THIS COMMITTEE ON LABOR PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT WILL
COME TO ORDER GOOD MORNING. FOUR
NINE WELL DONE CHURCH PEOPLE
GOOD MORNING. MUCH BETTER THANK
YOU THE SENATE CONTINUES TO WORK
IN THE PUBLIC IN PERSON VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENTS- TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8163 I'M NOT GONNA TWO
ONE MORE TIME. 877-226-8163 AND
THE ACCESS CODE IS. SEVEN FIVE
THREE TWO FIVE EIGHT ONE. UNDER
THE RULES OF THE COMMITTEE EACH
SIDE WILL BE WILL BE PERMITTED
AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME LEAD
WITNESSES WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES
EACH AND THERE'S NO WE'RE
SERVING TIME FOR OTHER WITNESSES
ALL OTHERS WISHING TO TESTIFY
MUST LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO
THEIR NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE MEASURES
TESTIMONY VIA THE
TELECONFERENCING SERVICE WILL BE
LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWENTY
MINUTES. WE ARE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARINGS HERE IN THE-
STREET BUILDING I ASK ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO BE
PRESENT ROOM TWO TWO ZERO ZERO
WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB SO
WE CAN ESTABLISH A CORPSMAN WE
ACT ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE A QUORUM
. WE HAVE FOURTEEN BILLS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA BEFORE WE HEAR
THE PRESENTATION THE BILL'S LESS
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. IF YOU COULD
CALL THE ROLL. SENATOR CORTEZ HE
SENATOR WILK PRESIDENT WILK
PRESENT SENATOR DORADO SENATOR
LAYERED LAYERED HERE SENATOR
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.
THANK YOU I WOULD TAKE A MOTION
TO- THE CAN SECOND- WHICH IS
WHICH IS AB THREE EIGHTY. A. B.
THREE A THREE AND A. B. SIX TWO
ONE WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
SENATOR LAYERED. WITH THAT IF
YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL. FILE
ITEMS NUMBER FOUR FIVE ELEVEN
OLD ONE CONSENT SENATOR CORTEZ
ET CENTER WELL BY WELL I SENATOR
DURAZO SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED
I SENATORS SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THESE ITEMS
ARE ON CALL AND OF THREE AYE
VOTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE TO OUR FIRST ITEM
TODAY. WHICH IS. ITEM NUMBER ONE
AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT BY SOME
WOMEN HOLDEN WHO I WOULD LIKE TO
RECORD TO NOTE WAS HERE EARLY
SOMEONE APOLOGIZE TO YOU WE
TYPICALLY WE START ON TIME ON
THIS COMMITTEE JUST A FREAK
THING SO. APOLOGIZE IN WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY YOU MAY PROCEED
WELL THANK YOU THAT'S NO PROBLEM
- FIRST OF ALL I LIKE TO THINK
THE CHAIR IN THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO
PRESENT AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT A
BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT A
FAST FOOD RESTAURANT FRANCHISE
OR- SHARE WITH ITS FAST FOOD
RESTAURANT FRANCHISEE ALL CIVIL
WILL. LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
CIVIL LIABILITY FOR THE
FRANCHISEES LABOR VIOLATIONS. AS
MANY OF YOU KNOW CALIFORNIA'S
FAST FOOD INDUSTRY EMPLOYS OVER
FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX
THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF ANY STATE. IN
THE COUNTRY. OF THOSE FAST FOOD
WORKERS NEARLY 70% ARE PEOPLE OF
COLOR. WE HAVE HEARD FAST FOOD
WORKERS EXPERIENCE OF WAGE
THEFT. VIOLENCE AT WORK. SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT THE NILE
OF EARNED SICK DAYS INTENSE HEAT
FOR WORKPLACE SAFETY PRACTICES.
AND RETALIATION FOR SPEAKING OUT
. WELL THIS DOES NOT IMPLY THAT
ALL FAST FOOD FRANCHISEES
MISTREAT THEIR WORKERS. IT IS
CLEAR THAT WE MUST ENSURE THAT
OUR FAST FOOD WORKERS ARE ABLE
TO THRIVE IN THE WORKPLACE. AND
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. LAST YEAR
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PER TO
LISTEN TO FAST FOOD WORKERS
FRANCHISEES AND FRANCHISE STORES
AND EVEN MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE REGARDING JOINT
LIABILITY. DURING OUR
DISCUSSIONS THERE WAS A COMMON
THEME THAT WAS VOICED THERE
NEEDS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FRANCHISE ORDERS TO ADDRESS
THEIR LABOR VIOLATIONS BEFORE
THERE'S JOINT LIABILITY. AND
THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL DOES. AB
TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT STATES THAT
NO CIVIL ACTION SO COMMENCE
AGAINST THE FAST FOOD FRANCHISE
OR- PRIOR TO THIRTY DAYS AFTER
RECEIVING A WRITTEN NOTICE OF
THE ALLEGED VIOLATION. THE TIME
PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO SIXTY DAYS
OF A FRANCHISE OR MAKES A
WRITTEN REQUEST. TO THE NOTICE
IN PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO
COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION. THE
BILL FURTHER STATES THAT THE
FRANCHISE OR WOULD NOT BE LIABLE
IN A CIVIL ACTION IF THE
FRANCHISOR CURES THE ALLEGED
VIOLATION WITHIN THE APPLICABLE
TIME PERIOD. FINALLY THE BILL
WOULD PROVIDE THAT A WAIVER OF
THIS BILL'S PROVISION OR ANY
AGREEMENT BY THE FRANCHISEE. TO
INDEMNIFY ITS FRANCHISE OR FOR
LIABILITY. IS CONTRARY TO PUBLIC
POLICY AND IS VOID AND
UNENFORCEABLE. WITH ME TO
TESTIFY IS A FAST FOOD WORKER
JAMAR ROMERO SHE IS A CHILD
LABOR WHISTLEBLOWER OF POPEYE'S
EXPERT- AND TIA KOONCE. LEGAL
AND POLICY RESEARCH MANAGER AT
UCLA LABOR CENTER. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS
JOE MONTANA RUMEN- AND I AM
SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD I HAVE
WORKED AT POPEYES FOR ALMOST
FOUR MONTHS. IN MAY I WENT ON
STRIKE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
TO SOUND THE ALARM ON HOW THE
COMPANY HAS BEEN EXPLOITING
MINORS AT THE STORE INCLUDING A
THIRTEEN YEAR OLD WORKERS.
DURING MY TIME AT POPEYES
MANAGEMENT NEVER ASKED ME FOR
WORK FOR ME I WAS EXPECTED TO
WORK LATE UNTIL TEN OR ELEVEN
PM. THERE WERE TIMES I MISSED MY
MORNING CLASSES BECAUSE I WAS
TIRED AFTER LATE SHIFT. I NEVER
SAID ANYTHING TO MANAGEMENT
BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT CALL
ALL MY HOURS AND I NEED THIS JOB
SO MY FAMILY WAS BILLS FROM TIME
TO TIME. PUBLIC DIDN'T TAKE
ACTION UNTIL HEARING FROM A
WASHINGTON POST REPORTER. DAD
WHICH PROVIDES CORPORATE OFFICE
FOR COMMENTS ABOUT THE CHILD
LABOR VIOLATIONS WE EXPOSE. THEY
TOLD HER THEY HAD IMMEDIATELY
SHUT DOWN THE STORE EVEN THOUGH
IT'S A FRANCHISE STORE. IF PAPAS
AS A POWER TO CLOSE A FRANCHISE
TO WIN THEIR PETITIONS ON THE
LINE THEY HAVE THE POWER TO STEP
IN THE MANY OTHER TIMES OUR
SAFETY AND HEALTH IS AT RISK.
THE SAME GOES FOR ANY OTHER FAST
FOOD CORPORATION LIKE MCDONALD'S
WAS ALSO FACING SERIOUS CHILD
LABOR VIOLATIONS. WHAT THEY'RE
DOING ISN'T RIGHT AND THEY ARE
THE ONLY COMPANY MAKING FALSE
PROMISES IT SEEMS LIKE ME SAYING
THAT THIS IS THE BEST FIRST JOB.
WHEN SO FAR MY EXPERIENCE AT THE
GERMS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. IF
THESE COMPANIES ARE GOING TO
FOLLOW THE RULES THIS TIME THE
LEGISLATORS LIKE YOU STEP IN AND
MAKE SURE THEY ARE. IT'S TIME TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR US
WORKERS AND STOP PUTTING THE
BLAME ON THE FRANCHISE OWNERS
WHO OFTENTIMES WILL HAVE MUCH OF
A SAY IN THE FIRST PLACE. FAST
FOOD JOB SHOULD BE GOOD JOBS FOR
YOUNG WORKERS LIKE ME IN THE
MANY OLDER WORKERS WILL ALSO
DEPEND ON THE STEPS OF FEED
THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THAT YOU
SUPPORT THE HALF A MILLION FAST
FOOD WORKERS AROUND CALIFORNIA
BY SUPPORTING AB TWELVE TWENTY
EIGHT. LET'S WORK TOGETHER
MAKING FAST FOOD JOB SAFE FOR
EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SEVENTEEN LADIES AND GENTLEMAN
SHE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF
HER GOOD MORNING SENATORS MY
NAME IS TIA KUN SAYING HERE WITH
THE UCLA LABOR CENTER I MIGHT
NOT EVEN TAKE TWO MINUTES I'M
HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT. ANYONE
WHO STUDIES. FAST FOOD. WE'LL
TELL YOU WHICH IS THAT THIS
JOINT LIABILITY. IS NECESSARY TO
CLOSE THE GAP IN LIABILITY THAT
EXISTS. IN THIS AND SO MANY
OTHER FISHER INDUSTRIES. WE'VE
SEEN THIS KIND OF END RUN AROUND
LABOR STANDARDS IN. TEMP WORK IN
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING IN THE
RISE OF GIG WORK. WE ALSO SEE IT
RIGHT NOW. IN THIS FRANCHISING-
ISSUE THAT WE EXPERIENCE AS THE
NINETEEN SEVENTIES SO. THE SOME
MEMBERS ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT.
WE EMPLOY A FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND FAST FOOD WORKERS IN
THE STATE. 80% IN FACT ARE
WORKERS OF COLOR AND THE
MAJORITY ARE WOMEN SO WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WOMEN OF COLOR
SEVEN IN TEN FAST FOOD WORKERS
ARE WOMEN. YOU'VE HEARD THE
STATISTICS REGARDING WAGE THEFT
IT'S REALLY ASTONISHING HOW MANY
WORKERS EXPERIENCE NOT JUST WAGE
THEFT BUT ALSO SEXUAL
HARASSMENT. ASSAULT VIOLENCE
WORKPLACE SAFETY ISSUES IN THE
WORKPLACE MY OFFICE MOST
RECENTLY CONDUCTED A STUDY
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC THAT FOUND THAT MOST
FAST FOOD WORKERS CONTRACTED
COVE IT. BUT LESS THAN HALF
RECEIVED ANY OTHER PAID SICK
LEAVE. AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU
THAT JUST AS THIS LEGISLATIVE
BODY HAS TAKEN ACTION TO CLOSE
THOSE LIABILITY LOOPHOLES. BY
GOING UP THE CHAIN IN THE
GARMENT INDUSTRY TO CLOSE AS
LIVELY LOOPHOLES BY CREATING
JOINT LIABILITY FOR TEMP WORK
THAT'S NECESSARY HERE BECAUSE
THE REASON WORKING CONDITIONS
ARE SO TERRIBLE IN FAST FOOD IS
A RESULT OF THE FRANCHISING
MODEL. ONE STUDY OF THE TOP
TWENTY FAST FOOD COMPANIES IN
THE COUNTRY FOUND. THOSE
COMPANIES THAT WERE FRANCHISE
WERE. OWNED BY FRANCHISEE
OPERATED. ALL ALL. BY OF
OVERTIME AND MINIMUM WAGE. YOU
SIMPLY CANNOT AS A FRANCHISEE
AFFORD TO MEET ALL THE STATE
LABOR STANDARDS REQUIRED OF YOU
WITH ALL OF THE PRICES SUPPLIERS
VENDORS AND PROTOCOL SET BY THE
FRANCHISE OR- IT'S REALLY TIME
FOR THE FRANCHISE SO WE'RE TO BE
LIABLE. FOR WAGE AND HOUR AND
HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS GO
FOR THE BIG POCKETS NOT THE
SMALL POCKETS THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. OKAY AT THIS POINT WILL
TAKE. ME TO TESTIMONY SO IF
ANYBODY WANTS TO BE IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL. JUST COME UP SHARE
YOUR NAME AFFILIATION IF ANY AND
YOUR POSITION ON THE BILL. I'M
ASSUMING YOU'RE ALL GOING TO
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME OUT
AND- YEAH OKAY GOOD. IT'S SIR.
OKAY HI MY NAME GO. STATE ON
GROUP FIVE JUNIOR I'M FROM A
LIST. A SUPPORT IN THE- BEER
TWELVE TWENTY. THANK YOU. SO.
WHEN THE OTHER NUMBER IS THE
SOUTH EAGLE WILL FIND. FROM
TABLING SANTANDER HE IS THE MOST
KEY BUT I IN THESE FOR YOU BUT A
LOT OF THESE SAVING. YOU. NEXT
HELLO MY NAME IS CARLOS- LEE
WITH US TO. AND I SU AB TWELVE
TWENTY EIGHT THANK YOU SIR.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE NINE
EASILY YES YOU I WORK FOR THEM
IN A SPEAKS DURING SAN JOSE
PLEASE VOTE YES FOR EIGHTY FOUR
TWENTY EIGHT THANK YOU THANK YOU
. GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
SYNONYMOUS FUND- THANK OF THE
SAN CENTRAL BUT I LEFT THE
DOUGLAS. HAVING PACIFIC. THANK
YOU IF. ONE OF THE BEEN UP IS
FROM THE WHILE IN HALF YO
ENGLISH WHY YAHOO CALIFORNIA.
BUT I'M NOT DONE US ON THE A IF
I SO MUCH OF SINGLES YES A SOBRE
WILL BE THE END OF IT WHAT THEY
POLITELY THOSE HAVING TO GO TO
THE C. Q. THE MORNING.
FOUR OF TWENTY EIGHT THANK YOU
CAN. MORNING EVERYONE I WILL IN
THE IN THE UP IN THE BOX- ARE
YOU IN SOME AND PLEASE SUPPORT
THE AB THRILLED TWENTY PLEASE
THANK YOU. ONE OF THE ASKED ME
IN L'OREAL DRIVE HOPE BUT I IN
THE EVEN GOING KEY BUT I KEPT
GOING AND THEN THEY OBVIOUSLY
SEVENTY TO. THE YOU. GOOD
MORNING MY NAME HOW ARE YOU I
WALDRON SAID- YET THE NUMBER I
CENTER. I Y. TO SUPPORT FOR THAT
A TWO TWENTY PLEASE THANK YOU
THANK YOU. ALAMEDA REYES AND
WEBER NOW MINGUS ON SICKENING
FOR. FEDERAL HOME LOAN YES THEY
ARE COPPER BABY OF THOUGH ON
BOTH THE AVE THE IT'S- THANK YOU
.
WHEN THE DS AT THOSE NUMBERS FOR
SEVERAL CANNELLA MINGLE THIS
BECAUSE CALIFORNIA- IS THERE A
COUPLE TO SO THEM TO STOP YOU-
VERY DECEIVING TO WATCH WITH A
NECESSITY OF THE SOME WHICH IS
AS IF THREE Q. YES MINIMALIST.
RIGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE CALIFORNIA
IS BEAUTIFUL A LOVELY BOOK JUDGE
. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE ENORMOUS
THE OF A MONTH ALREADY EVEN.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME'S-
SEBASTIAN MERRICK I COME FROM
LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA I'M AN
EMPLOYEE AT MCDONALD'S AND I
SUPPORT EIGHTY TWELVE TWENTY
THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS GERMAN
MENTAL HERE OPENING WAS THE AB
WHEN THANK YOU THANK YOU. MY
NAME IS NAME AND ON THE OTHER A.
AND I ALSO PART OF AB TWO THE
SIXTIES. OKAY WHY OF THE OTHER
THE NOTICE I MEAN A LOT ONE
EVENT WHAT FOOTBALL ONE WAS THE
POINT CORNER OF IN THOSE MAKE
YOUR JOB BUT CAN YOU THOUGHT
WHEN MOTHER TO ANOTHER TO BE THE
AS THE- BE MY ABOUT THE WAY YOU
THIS CAN YOU'LL ENOUGH. TO
SANDWICHES AND I ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE SUPPORT AT TWELVE TWENTY.
THE. ONE OF THE S. NUMBER IS
FAILING BY YEAR A THROW HOME
WITH ANOTHER BEEN LIVE MCAULIFFE
YES REPUBLICANS. AT THE HAVE
BEEN TO CHOI. UP WITH THOSE.
FIFTY I KNOW THE ANSWER NOMBRE
ES SO.
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON AB
TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT THANK YOU.
HELLO OF THE S. MINIMALIST A LOT
OF DOES. IN THE SUPPORT YOU BUT
I CAN MOST THANK YOU THEM OUT.
OF IT THOSE LAWS HAVING FUTURE
EVEN GO THERE CLICK CALIFORNIA.
I THINK. HI GOOD MY NAME IS GRAY
S. A. I'M HERE SUPPORT AND AB
TOTAL THANK YOU THANK YOU. ONE
OF ALUMINUM BUT IT'S GOT A C.
OKAY A SUPPORT OF BUT ALSO IN TO
TAKE CARE. THE MORNING EVER AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY
I'M HERE ASKED FOR YEARS FOR AB
TWENTY EIGHT I'M A CAR JUNIOR
WORKER HAVE FOR FIVE YEARS AND I
WOULD REALLY OF YOUR- THANK YOU
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING MY NAME
IS A WILLIAMS A JACK THE BOX
WERE LAW JUST NOT JUST ACTS IF
YOU COULD PLEASE SUPPORT AB TWO
TWENTY EIGHT THANK THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS SHERRY
AND I'M LOS AND CALIFORNIA
ASKING FOR YEARS FOR A BI TWELVE
EIGHT THANK YOU THANK YOU. ONE
OF THE BEST NUMBER SOME. MINIMAL
TIME YAKKING THOSE FOR YOUNGER
NOT- IT ALSO MEANS INCH OF
PROBLEM THE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
EVEN IN WITH CAL OF. COLOR OF
EIGHTY. IN THE. GRASSROOTS OOPS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT
OF THE EIGHT TWO TWO. TWELVE
TWENTY THANK YOU. HI I'M ERIN
FROM DAVIS CALLING AND I'M IS OF
AB COMPANY. NUMBER THREE WOMEN.
ONE INVESTMENT UNDERSTOOD AS A
LAS COLINAS CANNOT BOIL. YOU
CHÁVEZ. GOOD MORNING I'M BRANDED
I'M SEIU TWENTY WANT TO SAY
FRANCISCO AND I'M HERE TO ASK
YOU A TO SOME AB ONE EIGHT THANK
YOU. WHEN I'M IN THE MIDDLE
PERCENT SINCE IN TALK ABOUT A
MONTH ON A THAT IT WAS
CALIFORNIA GET THEM SOMEWHERE
CONNIVE IS ALSO A BIG JUST
ENOUGH THIS YOU.
CALIFORNIA BECAME A SAMPLE YOU
BUT I'VE BEEN THOSE SEVENTY
WHICH YES YES WE CAN. THE NUMBER
IS ALSO ASKING. HE MISSED THEM
SO UP FOR YOU MEAN THOSE. PART
OF IT TOTALLY IN. MCDONOUGH'S
MIRO'S HOUSE KEYS WERE. THANK
YOU. MORE OF THE RIVER OF BLOOD
OF MIDDLE SECOND THEIR MOTHERS.
BILLABLE AND I'M SO TYPES OF.
ONE OF THE S. MEMBER THAT.
HOW GOOD FOR HER BUT I'M NOT
GONNA GIVING GOAL BUT I GAMES IN
. COPY THE CITY CHARGE. THE YOU
. IN THE MORNING- MY NAME IS
FOSTER I'M LOCAL FROM HERE A
SECOND AND I ASKED YOU GUYS
SUPPORT ON THE LEDGE. EIGHTY
TWELVE TWENTY. MY NAME IS YOURS
YOU OKAY YOU AND I'M ASKING FOR
SUPPORT UNTIL TO THANK YOU FOR.
HI MY NAME IS RICARDO AND I WORK
OUTSIDE BELL OVER AN ALAMEDA I'M
HERE TO YOU FOR YOU GUYS FOR THE
AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT THANK YOU
. NEGATIVE HI MY NAME IS KEY
ONIE AND CARS OVER HERE IN NORTH
HIGHLANDS AND I AM HERE TO THE
FIRST DOLLARS WITH AB TWENTY
THANK YOU. MANILA JUST IN ORDER
BECAUSE YOU HERE IN HIGHLANDS
AND ALMOST YOU SUPPORT FOR THE
FIGHT FOR FIFTY DOLLARS WE. I'M
IN AMERICA SO SAY HELLO UP OUT A
LITTLE NURSERY. THANK YOU.
SYDNEY IN ANYMORE. THAT'S IT
OKAY ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME WILL
GO TO ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. I AM VERY WITNESSES
. ANY OPPOSITION.
GOOD MORNING CHURCHES HE AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME
IS SAID NGUYEN TRUNG AND I LIVE
IN THE GERMANS DISTRICT. I DON'T
HAVE A FRANCHISE RESTAURANT UP
AND RUNNING YET BUT MY BROTHER
MOTHER AND I ARE WORKING TO OPEN
A TERIYAKI MADNESS BY THE END OF
THE YEAR IN SAN JOSE. IF PASSED
AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT WOULD
BRING THIS DREAM AN OPPORTUNITY
TO AN ABRUPT STOP. MY PARENTS
IMMIGRATED FROM VIETNAM I HAVE
WORKED HARD A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS TO GIVE ME AND MY BROTHER
A GOOD LIFE. SINCE THE CLOSING
OF OUR FAMILY BUSINESS IN TWO
THOUSAND TEN OPENING A FRANCHISE
HAS BEEN A LONG TERM TERM GOAL
TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR
MY FAMILY. FRANCHISING OFFERS A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ENTREPRENEURS LIKE US. THAT'S
WHY SO MANY FRANCHISEES OR
PEOPLE OF COLOR WOMEN VETERANS
AND IMMIGRANTS AND IN MY CASE
CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS BUT AB
TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT WOULD
DESTROY THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US
AND COUNTLESS OTHERS BUT
STRIPPING LOCAL RESTAURANT
OWNERS OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE ARE
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. IF FAST
FOOD CORPORATIONS ARE HELD
LIABLE FOR DECISIONS MADE AT
LOCAL RESTAURANTS. THEY WILL
HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
MICROMANAGE OUR DAY TO DAY
OPERATIONS AND BUSINESSES. AS WE
PREPARE TO OPEN OUR TERIYAKI
MADNESS. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A
PLACE WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL
LIKE THEY WANT TO COME TO WORK.
WHERE THEY CAN GET BACK TO THEIR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'LL
SEE THEIR FRIENDS INTERACT WITH
CUSTOMERS AND FEEL AT HOME. BUT
IF AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT PASSES
WE MAY NOT GET TO OPEN A
RESTAURANT. I'M WORRIED OUR
CORPORATE PARTNER WILL TAKE AWAY
MY INDEPENDENCE AND TURNED ME
INTO ON A MIDDLE MANAGER.
INSTEAD OF A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER. THAT'S IF THEY EXPAND
FURTHER IN CALIFORNIA AT ALL.
YEAH AND THAT WOULD BE THE END
OF OUR DREAMS. PLEASE VOTE NO ON
AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT. THANK
YOU SIR. YEAH ANOTHER ME. THE
MORNING CARE AND LOOKING MY
NAME'S HAVE YOUR VOTE AND I A
PROBLEM REST OWNER AND EARLIER
DISTRICT. I TRY OPPOSED TO AB
TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT. I
IMMIGRATED FROM MEXICO WHEN I
WAS FOUR YEARS OLD AT ONE OF
EIGHT KIDS. I WORKED IN FAST
FOOD RESTAURANTS IN HIGH SCHOOL
TO HELP SUPPORT MY FAMILY AND TO
SAVE MONEY FOR COLLEGE. I WORKED
MY WAY UP AND AFTER FINISHING
COLLEGE I BECAME A DISTRICT
MANAGER FOR RALLIES. IN TWENTY
TWELVE I HAD FINALLY SAVED
ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY MY OWN LOCAL
RESTAURANT. ADRIN CONTROL. SAYS
IN MY FAMILY BUSINESS HAS GROWN
TO PROVIDE GENERATION
OPPORTUNITY FOR MY THREE KIDS
AND THREE HUNDRED EIGHT CREW
MEMBERS. THAT'S WHY AB. TWELVE
TWENTY EIGHT THE IS SOLD THE
DEVASTATED. AB TWELVE TWENTY
EIGHT WHAT ELIMINATE
INDEPENDENCE AS A SMALL OWNER
AND EFFECTIVELY DEMOTE ME TO
MIDDLE MANAGEMENT. THAT'S NOT
WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. IF AB
TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED. I HAVE NEVER STARTED
MY OWN FRANCHISE BUSINESS NOW I
WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR
BUSINESS. FOR MY KIDS. AND
RECENT OFFER ECONOMICAL FONG
FOUNDED IN THAT 92% OF
FRANCHISE. RESTAURANT OWNER IN
CALIFORNIA COUPLE'S EIGHTY
TWENTY TWENTY. THAT'S BECAUSE IT
DESTROYS WHAT WE BE. SUPPORTERS
OF AB TWELVE TWENTY TWENTY
FALSELY CLAIMED THE LABOR
VIOLATION ARE MORE COMMON THE
FASTER. THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE
STATE OWNED SHOWS THAT FRENCH I
SQUARE SERVICE RESTAURANT
REPRESENT LESS THAN 1% OF ALL
WHICH- FILES LET'S SEE WHITE.
DESPITE REPRESENTING ONE POINT
SEVEN OF THE WORK FORCE. AB
TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT IT'S NOT
FAIR IT'S NOT RIGHT PLEASE HOLD
ALL FALL EIGHTY TWENTY TWENTY.
THANK YOU SIR AT THIS POINT WE
WILL TAKE MEET ME TO TESTIMONY
SO NAME AFFILIATION POSITION ON
THE BILL MISS JENSEN MISTER
SHARON MEMBERS COURTNEY JENSEN
ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AND CIVIL JUSTICE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA IN
OPPOSITION THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. IT'S AMAZING HEARING ON BEHALF
OF THE Y. INTO ACP STRONG. THANK
YOU. THIS CHAIRMAN MEMBERS GLAD
ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN HUNDRED
AND MAKE DA. FOR OWNER OP- IN
CALIFORNIA WE STRONG OPPOSE.
THANK YOU SIR. MORE SUPPORT
JACQUI ON ASSEMBLY OF CALIFORNIA
FUELS CONVENIENCE OF INTO
OPPOSITION THANK YOU YOU. I DO
TRY COFOUNDER THE SO VALLEY
ASSOCIATION AND IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT IS OPPOSITION AB TWO.
THANK YOU. FOR ANY POLIQUIN BE
OF THE INTER FOR SO IS TWELFTH
FOR. ENOUGH IS THANK YOU. JOHN
MY ON BEHALF OF OUR FAST ROBIN
BUFFALO WILD DUNCAN CHU JOHN AND
SONIC ENOUGH. THANK YOU. THE
EVENT FOR LOOKING AND UP. THANK
YOU SIR. BUT SUDDENLY CAL
RESTAURANTS TO STRONG UP THANK
YOU. JOE LEVINE WITH PLASMID
VISORS ON BEHALF OF THE
DIVERSITY REST GROUP IN
OPPOSITION THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT
AND THAT'S IT. THIS WE'RE GONNA
GO TO THE PHONE. SO FOR THOSE
LISTENING IT AGAIN IT'S SIMPLY
ME TO. SO YOU'RE- IN THE FILM
YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR POSITION ON
THE BILL WE WILL TAKE BOTH PRO
AND CON. CONCURRENTLY SO WITH
THAT MODERATOR. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE TESTIMONY AT TWELVE
TWENTY EIGHT INTO THE PORT OR
OPPOSITION. PLEASE PRESS ONE
ZERO AT THIS TIME. AND FIRST WE
WILL HEAR FROM LINE. TWENTY
THREE. GOOD MORNING MEMBER
JACQUI RAILWAY PSC WO AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. A LINE OF.
THIRTY FIVE. BRIAN COBURN
REPRESENTING DIAGRAMS TO
SERVICES INFO SOON CHIU AP ONE
THREE TWO EIGHT YEAH OCTOBER
ABOUT. THE YOU. HELLO TWENTY. HI
MY NAME AND HOW OR NOT NOT WITH
- RESTAURANT BUT I'M A PER YOU
KNOW MEMBER I SUPPORT MY FELLOW
WORKERS THERE TODAY IN SUPPORT
OF AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT THANK
YOU. THE LINE. TWENTY SIX. GOOD
MORNING SHARING TOO MANY MEMBERS
MY NAME IS TYLER LACK ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA ASIAN PACIFIC
CAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. LINE. THIRTY THREE.
WHEN I WAS THE ALONG CAME- I WAS
WILL THIS IS OUR PLAINS-
ACTUALLY THE OPERATOR. LIFESTRAW
OPPOSE A. B. TWENTY I BUT MOSTLY
HERE ON BEHALF OF SOME HELPFUL
BECAUSE THE FRENCH SO. MEDIA THE
THIRTY. FIVE THE- PROCESS OF
SOME HELPFUL. IS ONE WHICH JUST
POSITION AB COMPLETE. THANK YOU
SIR. ONE THIRTY TWO. HELLO MY
AWESOME JOB ALL THE HONORED
BRANCHES YOUR PARKING MAKERS CAL
. AND A STRONG WITH AB TWELVE
TWENTY EIGHT. THE YOU. OF.
TWENTY EIGHT. YES SURE HUMOR I'M
THE- CAL PRESIDENT- FRANCHISE SO
SHE FOR BURGER KING- AND I'M
MORE A FRANCHISEE AND WE ALL
OPPOSE. AB TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT
THANK YOU. FINE SIR. I WOULD
LIKE TO HOLD THE PHONE FRANCHISE
BROWN BUT LOCAL THANKS FOR
OPPOSE SB CALL CAREER. THE YOU.
AND ALLOW. THIRTY ONE. LEGAL
SECTOR FRANCHISE OWNER STRONGLY
OPPOSED THANK YOU. TWENTY AND
MEDICARE THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENT. THANK YOU MISTER. THIS
POINT WILL PULL IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR ANY. COM CONCERNS
. CENTER SMALL WOULD QUIT. I
WANT TO JUST A STATE BANK YOU TO
THE AUTHOR. RAISING THIS THIS
ISSUE AND SHINING A LIGHT ON IT
AND TO ALL THE WORKERS- WHO
SHARED THEIR TESTIMONY- IN
SUPPORT OF THIS THIS BILL THIS
IS A- SOMETHING IS BREAKING
THROUGH HAS TO BREAK THROUGH IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR ECONOMY. GETS
TURNED RIGHT SIDE AT- THIS WAS A
JOB I HAD A FAST FOOD JOBS-
WHERE YOU COULD COME IN AND WORK
A FEW HOURS AND GAIN YOUR WORK
EXPERIENCE. BUT INCREASINGLY
THESE JOBS ARE ACTUALLY HELD BY
FOLKS THAT HAVE FAMILIES. FOLKS
WHO NEED TO PAY RENT. FOLKS WHO
HAVE TO PAY LIGHT BILLS PUT GAS
CAR NOTE INSURANCE. THAT'S THE
STATE OF OUR ECONOMY AND WE KNOW
THIS BECAUSE IN CALIFORNIA WE
ARE HOLDING WHAT WE THINK IS THE
30% SHARE OF HOMELESSNESS OF THE
COUNTRY'S HOMELESSNESS. IN THE
STATE AT PROJECT IT'S A LOT
MORE- WE'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO
COUNT WHO'S ON THE COUCHES- WE
NEED EVERY JOB. TO HAVE DIGNITY
AND RESPECT ON IT AND WE NEED
EVERY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT
WORKERS RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED. I
HAVE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE
OPPORTUNITY PERSONALLY TO. GO
VISIT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT
WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO WORK TO
RAISE THE WAGE WHICH WE HAVE
DONE- AND CONTINUE TO SEE A
THRIVING INDUSTRY- BUT I HAD A
CHANCE TO GO VISIT. ONE OF THESE
RESTAURANTS AND- THE FRANCHISEES
MODEL IN PRACTICE WAS TO ONLY
HIRE WORKERS WHO HAD GREEN CARDS
. AND IT WAS A OCCUPATIONAL
SEGREGATION THAT REALLY EXPOSED
TO ME. THE LINKS BETWEEN THE
EXPLOITATION AND BE EXCLUSION
AND THIS FRANCHISING MODEL A
REINFORCES THAT- WHERE SOME
WORKERS ARE LOCKED INTO REALLY
DANGEROUS. BAD JOBS AND THE
OTHER WORKERS ARE JUST EXCLUDED
I'M LOCKED OUT OF IT. IT'S A
IT'S A MODEL THAT WE HAVE TO
MODERNIZE FOR THE TWENTY FIRST
CENTURY ECONOMY THAT WE HAVE AND
YES THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT
BILL. BUT WE'VE GOT A
BREAKTHROUGH. THE LOCK THE
POVERTY HAS ON THE STATE AND I
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PART OF
IT AND I WANT TO SAY THE ONLY
WAY THAT WE CAN REDUCE THESE
KINDS OF FREQUENT VIOLATIONS AS
THE CAN YOU CONTINUE TO PUSH.
AND TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS
AND THE FRANKLY SAY WE CANNOT
HAVE BUSINESS MODELS THAT ARE
BUILT ON THE BACKS OF WORKERS
BEING EXPLOITED. IT THAT'S OUR
MARGIN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM AND
WE SEE IT EVERY DAY AND THE WAY
THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
HOMELESSNESS FOOD SUBSIDIES
HEALTHCARE SUBSIDIES. IN OUR
BUDGET PROCESS WE CAN'T MOVE
FORWARD BECAUSE SO MANY FOLKS
ARE FALLING OFF THE CLIFF AND
WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY
NET. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT-
WHERE THERE IS SUCH CONTROL OVER
THE BUSINESS MODEL. WE'VE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT HOW. WE STOP. THE
CUTTING OF CORNERS. THAT IS DONE
ON THE BACKS OF WORKERS AND
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS WHEN WE
HAVE STRONG WORKERS. WHEN
WORKERS DO WELL OUR COMMUNITIES
TO WELL. AND WHEN I COMMUNITIES
DO WELL OUR BUSINESSES DO WELL
SO THIS IS A PROCESS BY WHICH
WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL
STAKEHOLDERS- OF LIFTED AND WELL
AND SO YOU KNOW WITH THAT I'M
HAPPY TO MOVE THIS MOTION WHEN
THE TIME IS RIGHT. THANK YOU
SENATOR. FIVE FOR THOSE SAID FOR
THOSE THAT SHARED AND IT HAD A
NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE- WITH THEIR
JOB- I AND I'M SORRY FOR THAT. I
TOO STARTED MY- EMPLOYMENT
CAREER IN FAST FOOD I WORKED
THIS HOW OLD I AM. I IT WAS IT
IT WAS CALLED KERR WIENER
SCHNITZEL THAN NOT WE'RE STATES
WITH YOUR WINTER SETS ALL. AND
MY E. I BELIEVE IT WAS A DOLLAR
SIXTY FIVE AN HOUR. AND THEN-
POPEYE'S WROTE RIVAL KFC WHICH I
THINK IS WAY BETTER THAN POPEYES
BUT THAT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL
OPINION- BUT YOU KNOW IN IT
HAVING SAID THAT. I LEARNED I
LEARNED A LOT OF SKILLS THERE
YOU KNOW MOVED UP. I'VE MET A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SIR THERE
BECAME FRANCHISEES I HAVE A
FRIEND- HISPANIC GERMAN
ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO HIS
FAMILY NOW OWN THIRTY TWO
MCDONALD'S SO. I THINK WHETHER
YOU'RE A PRIEST UP. A POLITICIAN
OR POLICEMEN THERE'S ALWAYS
GONNA BE BAD ACTORS
UNFORTUNATELY AND I HATE TO SEE
US- PUNISH YOU KNOW THE 90%
BETTER GOOD ACTORS TO JUST TO
JUST GO AFTER THAT THREE PER AND
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THREE I
DON'T I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS. AND THERE ARE REMEDIES
FOR THAT MY QUESTION MY QUESTION
GENERAL IS ON I THOUGHT WE COME.
TO AN AGREEMENT ON THIS LAST
YEAR AND NOW YOU'RE YOU'RE
YOU'RE YOU'RE ALREADY BACK AGAIN
I WAS JUST WONDERING. WHICH WHAT
YOU KNOW WHY. IN THE BECAUSE FOR
ME IT'S LIKE. WE COME TO DEALS
AND THEN THE DO THE DEALS I SEEM
LIKE A CHANGES THAT I'VE BEEN
HERE ELEVEN YEARS NOW BECAUSE WE
AND I CAME IN THE SAME CLASS AN
INCH I CAN. I GET FRUSTRATED
WITH THIS I'M JUST CURIOUS.
RESPONSE BEHIND THAT I'M I'M
FRUSTRATED WITH THAT AS WELL- I
CAN TELL YOU THAT. THERE WAS NO
DEAL THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY
TO- TO BRING. CONSENSUS AROUND
THE BILL A TWO FIVE SEVEN LAST
YEAR THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO
TAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL. TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE
OPPOSITION I COULD HAVE JUST
SAID NO I'M NOT TAKING ANY
AMENDMENTS. I TOOK AMENDMENTS TO
REMOVE- REMOVE SUBPOENA POWER. I
TOOK A MEMBERS TO REMOVE JOINT
LIABILITY. I TOOK AMENDMENTS TO
CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE
COMMITTEE OR THE COUNCIL WHERE
THERE WOULD BE PARITY WITH
BUSINESS INTERESTS AS WELL AS-
WORKER INTERESTS. I TOOK
AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD HAVE.
THE FINAL SAY- AND SO THESE ARE
ISSUES THAT CAME UP DURING THE
PROCESS. AND AS THESE PROCESSES
WORK. YOU TAKE AMENDMENTS OR YOU
DON'T RIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR
INSTANCE INSTANCE WE TOOK A
SERIES OF A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS
AND THIS IS JUST PART OF WHAT
WE- WERE ABLE TO. INTEGRATE INTO
THE BILL OR TAKE OUT OF THE
BILL. SO WHEN IT MADE IT THROUGH
THE PROCESS AND WAS. SIGNED INTO
LAW THERE WAS NO DEAL. THERE WAS
STILL OPPOSITION. AND CLEARLY
OPPOSITION TO THE LEVEL OF
WILLING TO SPEND TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO- PUT A
REFERENDUM- OUT ON THE LAST BILL
WHICH IS. THE PROCESS RIGHT.
WHERE WE ARE NOW THOUGH IS THIS
OF THE WORKERS WHO ARE STILL
EXPOSED. WHO ARE STILL AND THE
REASON FOR THE BILL WAS DESIGNED
TO PROTECT THE WORKERS IN
WORKPLACES AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF FRANCHISEES
ARE REALLY GOOD. HI E. PATRON
THEM VERY OFTEN. I USED TO OWN A
FRANCHISE. YOU AS WELL NO YOU
AND YOU HAD TO WRITE. TO YOU TO
LOCATION I WANT ONE IT'S A TOUGH
BUSINESS I UNDERSTAND AND
APPRECIATE THAT YEAH- ONE WAS-
WAS IT. BUT IN THAT PROCESS I
TREATED MY WORKERS RIGHT RIGHT
SO I NEVER HAD A CONCERN THAT
THIS BILL WAS IN PLACE I WOULD
NEVER HAVE A CONCERN THAT. MY
WORKERS ARE GONNA FOLLOW
WORKPLACE COMPLAINT BECAUSE I'M
- PUTTING THEM IN HARM'S WAY.
THERE'S HARASSMENT THERE'S
RETALIATION. THERE'S WAIT STAFF.
NO THAT WAS NOT THE CASE SO
WHETHER YOUR AN EXISTING
FRANCHISEE. OR SOON TO BE
FRANCHISEE. THAT IF YOU'RE
OPERATING YOUR BUSINESS
CORRECTLY. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE A
CONCERN WITH THIS BILL. AND SO
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT
. WE'LL GO BEYOND JUST SAYING
THAT THEY'RE STRICTLY ABILITY.
WE'LL PUT IN A OPPORTUNITY TO
CURE OR WHATEVER THE COMPLAINT
OR WHATEVER THAT PLACE. OUR
CONCERN HAPPENS TO BE SO THIS
BILL UNLIKE A LOT OF JOINT
LIABILITY BILLS OR ANY OTHER
JOINT LIABILITY BILLS AND
STATUTE HAS A PROVISION TO CURE.
SO IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A
WORKPLACE COMPLAINT THE
FRANCHISEE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CURE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS IF THEY
NEED MORE TIME. THEY CAN ASK FOR
ADDITIONAL THIRTY DAYS OF UP TO
SIXTY DAYS. I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY
TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE- I'M EVEN OPEN
TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ON HOW TO CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT WAYS TO PROTECT THE
FRANCHISEE- THAT AS THE BILL
MOVES FORWARD WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE THOSE. THOSE KIND OF
CONVERSATIONS BUT- IF THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF A DEAL. THE IT'S
CERTAINLY NEWS TO ME OKAY-
ANOTHER COULD YOU UNITED HAVE
DONE A COUPLE FRANCHISE BILLS
EARLIER IN OUR CAREER WHICH WERE
KIND OF. GROUND BREAKING AND
CHECKED IN THE FRANCHISEE FROM
THE FRENCH EXACTLY AND SO I'M
CURIOUS ABOUT YOU COMING AND SO
A COUPLE OF THE OF THE ARGUMENTS
THAT WERE MADE. BY A FRANCHISEE
AND I WANT TO BE FRANCHISEE
ABOUT THEIR FRAYED THAT. THE
CORPORATE IS NOW GOING TO BE
EVEN MORE. YOU KNOW MORE MORE
INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS OF
POTENTIALLY- BECAUSE OF THIS AS
AS HE IN PARTICULAR WHEN YOU
LOOK AT SEVEN ELEVEN OWNERS THEY
ARE TRULY EVEN THOUGH THEY
INVEST THEIR OWN MONEY THEY ARE
TRULY BECAUSE THAT MODEL.
THEY'RE REALLY JUST MIDDLE
MANAGERS AND SO THESE PEOPLE
WANT TO BE ENTREPRENEURS- IN THE
CAR SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE SO
JUST CURIOUS. DO YOU DO YOU HAVE
POTENTIAL FEARS THAT THAT COULD
HAPPEN TO THEM THAT. THERE ARE
NOW JUST BASICALLY MIDDLE
MANAGERS INSTEAD OF REALLY BEING
ENTREPRENEURS AND IS THERE A WAY
TO. ADDRESS THAT- YEAH I KNOW I
MEAN FIRST OF ALL AS I SAID WE
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO- TO
CREATE EQUITY IN TERMS OF WHAT
POTENTIAL IMPACT THEIR COULD BE
ON A- FRANCHISEE BUT I THINK
THAT. TO THE EXTENT THAT THESE
ARE- OPPORTUNITIES AS FOR ME-
WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO. TO OWN A
FRANCHISE OR HAVE A SENSE OF
INDEPENDENCE. BUT AT THE SAME
TIME THE FRANCHISE OR EVEN AND
STILL UNDER THESE MODELS HAS A-
CONSIDERABLE NO WAY OUT FOR ALL.
OVER THE FRANCHISEE RIGHT AND
THE OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE.
CASE IN POINT THE NEED TO HAVE
TO RISE RIGHT LEGISLATION TO
CREATE. PROTECTIONS FROM THE
FRANCHISEE FROM THE FRANCHISE OR
RIGHT RIGHT SO NOW WE'RE DEALING
WITH LEGISLATION THAT HAS TO
PROTECT THE FRAT THE WORKER WHO
IS A PART OF THAT EQUATION. THE
WORKER NO BUSINESS AND IF YOU
PUT WORKERS IN UNCOMFORTABLE AND
UNSAFE ENVIRONMENTS. WHETHER ITS
WAIT STAFF OR YOU CREATE AN
UNSAFE. ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO
WORK IN. THAT HAS TO BE A- AND I
HAVE. HAVE AND CONTINUE THAT
FRIEND. OR THAT THIS BILL-
RECOGNIZES THAT THERE ARE GOOD
FRANCHISEES. JUST LIKE IN ANY
SUBJECT WE CAN TOLERATE. WE DEAL
WITH OTHER- SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY AND DEALING WITH. MARKET
PLACES WHERE FEW BAD APPLES ARE
KIND OF CREATING A BAD SITUATION
OTHERS BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO
ADDRESS. THOSE ISSUES AND I'D
LIKE TO- IF I COULD HAVE MY
SERVE COURSE GIVE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS TO. THE ISSUE OF THE-
FRANCHISE OR- TAKING AWAY THE-
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SMALL
BUSINESS ON. SO I MEAN I THINK.
THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS TO GO
ABOUT IT ONE IS ALREADY AS YOU
KNOW FRANCHISE WAS EXERCISE SO
MUCH CONTROL OVER THE WAY IN
WHICH A FRANCHISEE HAS TO
OPERATE. AND YET. AS THE LAW
STANDS NOW THE ANCHOR ZERO
LIABILITY. SO MANY IMMIGRANT
ENTREPRENEURS GO INTO
FRANCHISING RIGHT IT'S
ABSOLUTELY TRUE. AND WE SEE AT
THE END OF THE DAY NO ONE GOES
INTO IT THINKING A HA HA I AM
THE MONOPOLY MAN WITH A MONOCLE
AND I AM GOING TO MAKE ALL OF MY
MONEY ON THE BACKS OF MY
WORKERS. YOU GO INTO IT THINKING
HERE AND MAKE A GOOD HONEST
LIVING BUT IF THE FRANCHISE OR
HAS MUCH CONTROL OVER YOUR
SUPPLIERS OVER YOUR PRICING OVER
YOUR MENU OF YOUR CLEANING
PROTOCOLS. AT THE END OF THE DAY
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE PAYROLL WHAT
ARE YOU GONNA DO. SO TO THE
COMMENT ABOUT BEING MIDDLE
MANAGEMENT. MY CONCERN IS LESS
ABOUT. FEELING LIKE YOUR MIDDLE
MANAGEMENT AND MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE
FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
WORKERS HAVE SAFE AND DIGNIFIED
WORKPLACES. SECONDARILY I THINK
HONESTLY THERE'S ENOUGH PROFIT
AT THE TOP WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
COMPANIES SPECIALLY THE TOP TEN
FAST FOOD COMPANIES HAVE
EXPERIENCED RECORD PROFITS IN
THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN
PARTICULAR SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THE PANDEMIC. BECAUSE THOSE
ARE RESTAURANTS THAT DRIVE
THROUGH WINDOWS. DIDN'T SHUT
DOWN RIGHT AND THEY DIDN'T SHUT
DOWN BECAUSE THEIR WORKERS KEPT
GOING TO WORK. THERE WERE KEPT
GOING TO WORK. THE PANDEMIC
DESPITE NOT BEING GIVEN
APPROPRIATE PP NOT BEING GIVEN
THEIR COVERT SICKLY AND HALF
ACTUALLY CONTRACTING CORVETTE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE EXACT
POPULATION OF FOLKS WHO
DISPROPORTIONATELY DIE FROM
COVERT NINETEEN. SO I THINK THAT
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP VERSUS MIDDLE
MANAGEMENT IT'S KIND OF A RED
HERRING. GOOD MISTER PAUL YOU
MOVED OUT OF THIS AT THE YOU
WANT IT OR- SOMETHING SINCE.
THANK YOU IS THAT RIGHT IT HERE
BECAUSE DON'T RECALL YOU. OVER
THERE CORRECT. YES SORRY. SO
RAINEY POPPED BEHALF AND THEN
TRY FRENCH SO SHE- WITH THERE IS
REALLY TO. CAN OF WHAT HAVE TO
THE FRAME. NOT HERE THE SUPREME
COURT IN THE- THAT. BY HAVING
COMPLETE CONTROL CASE LIKE THIS
IT WOULD TURN THE FRENCH MODEL
ON ITS- AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
FRANCHISE. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE HIRING THE SCHEDULING
THE BENEFITS. THIS IS THEIR OWN
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS. AND WHAT
THIS BILL WILL DO IS WAIT WHAT-
SOME WOMEN HOLDEN SAYS BOOK
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD
FRANCHISEES OUT THERE. AND WE'RE
ONLY GOING AFTER A VERY SMALL
PART BUT YOU'RE TAKING A WHOLE
HAMMER AGAIN SAID HAND HERE. FOR
OUR CONCERN IS THAT WHAT THE
CORPORATE. BOB FRANCHISORS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS THEY'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO INSTITUTE
CERTAIN PROTOCOLS OVER ALL OF
THEIR FRANCHISEES. SO THEY ARE
GOING TO INCLUDE ALL THE ONES
THAT YOU THINK ARE DOING REALLY
GOOD JOBS AND THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO ADHERE TO THAT AND IN
THAT CASE THEY ARE GOING TO
BECOME MIDDLE MANAGERS. IT'S NOT
A RED HERRING ARCTIC- ISSUE THE
LAST THING I WILL SAY IS WE HEAR
ABOUT THESE VIOLATIONS WE ARE
ALL FOR ENFORCEMENT WAIVER
ENFORCEMENT. IF WE REALLY WANT
TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE LET'S GET
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ON THE
CASE WITH THEIR ENFORCEMENT TO
MAKE SURE THEY MOVE QUICKLY
THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THE
LAST THING I WILL SAY IS THAT
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CARE THERE
ISN'T REALLY ANY CARE HERE.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIRTY DAYS TO
CARROT HOW BOUT IF YOU DISPUTE
THAT CARE. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A
FOR SETTLEMENT AND SO WHAT WE
SEE IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE
GOING TO GAUGE AND IT COMES OUT
OF ALL THIS. THANK YOU WE
APPRECIATE THAT. THIS TREE WITH
THE GAVEL BACK YOU WANT ME. TO
FINISH THIS UP. ARE YOU BY
COMMENTS TO. IMPORTANT BILL HERE
IT DOWN. AND WE DO WIN THE TIME
IS APPROPRIATE WE HAD A MOTION
FROM SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS.
BEFORE WE- GO TO. BED COMMITTEE
INTO MOTION OR TO RECOGNIZE THE
MOTION- TO UNDERSTANDING THAT.
THERE'S BEEN AN EXPRESSED
CONCERN- THAT THE COMMITTEE
STAFF IS RECEIVED. IN THE
COMMITTEE ROOM IS RECEIVED-
THAT. THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL
PUBLIC COMMENT THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ACCESS- OR SO OR SO THE
ASSERTION IS SO- I. AM NOT IN A
POSITION TO VERIFY. WHAT
HAPPENED OR NOT BUT WE HAD HAS
UNDERSTAND IT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
OF PUBLIC COMMENT WE CAP- PUBLIC
COMMENT IN. IN TERMS OF ME TOO
SAID TWENTY MINUTES TOTAL. I
WANT TO RECREATE A RETEST SO.
TECHNICALLY THERE'S ABOUT
FIFTEEN MINUTES LEFT AVAILABLE.
MAXIMUM AND THEN WE WOULD CUT IT
OFF AND HOPEFULLY THE MODERATORS
HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING IN TERMS
OF THE TIME LIMITATIONS. THE
MODERATOR. THE IN THE- THE
INTEREST OF- A PUBLIC COMMENT IN
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AS
WELL AS- ABUNDANT CAUTION ON MY
PART WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN OPEN
UP THE TOLL COMES FLYING TO
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION THE BILL.
SO LONG AS IT'S ONLY NAME
AFFILIATION IN YOUR POSITION
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION- MATER CAN
WE CAN WE OPEN UP THE LINES. YES
WE CAN DO THAT FASTER CARE THANK
YOU ONCE AGAIN IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY ON AT
TWELVE TWENTY EIGHT. YOU MAY DO
SO BY PRESSING ONE ZERO AT THIS
TIME. THAT COMMAND AGAIN ONE
THEN. ZERO AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC
COMMENT FROM THE LINE FORTY SIX
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME THREE
THREE O'CLOCK IS THE OWNER OF
FRANCESI RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND I
STRONGLY OPPOSE AB. TWELVE
TWENTY EIGHT. AND ONCE AGAIN TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS PRESS
ONE THEN. ZERO MISTER CHAIR
THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU MODERATOR- I
THINK WE'VE CREATED EVERY
OPPORTUNITY AND- WE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR HELP WITH THAT THAT
WILL BRING IT BACK TO- THE
COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. AND LET
ME FOR SAYS OTHERS ON THE
COMMITTEE IF THERE ARE COMMENTS
OR CONCERNS- THEY WISH TO
EXPRESS. IF YOU HAVE A- I AM
JUST TO. COMPLETE HER PRESIDING
THE CHEERING HERE AND- THE
DIFFERENT COMMENTS- AT THIS TIME
SO WE'LL GO TO THE MOTION- WHICH
AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS- FROM
CENTER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS- WE WILL
ASSISTANCE TO. UGH TO CALL THE
ROLL CALL AS SOON AS THEY GIVE-
THE AUTHOR AN OPPORTUNITY CLOSE
PLEASE DO. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR- EVERY NIGHT I THINK I'VE
SAID IT ALL OF I WOULD SAY THAT
. IT WAS OUR INTENTION TO PUT IN
THE STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURE
. THAT SEEMS TO BE JUST BEING
PUSHED ASIDE LIKE IT MEANS
NOTHING. WHAT IT MEANS A LOT.
THIS IS NOT SAYING THAT WE GOES
DIRECTLY TO STRICTLY ABILITY. SO
IT'S LIKE THE ARGUMENTS LIKE
IT'S STRICTLY ABILITY YES IF YOU
DON'T CURE. WHATEVER THE
WORKPLACE COMPLAINTS. BUT IF YOU
CURE IT THEN THERE'S NO STRICTLY
BILITY. SO I'M I'M ALWAYS HAVING
A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY HEAD
AROUND THAT I COULD SEE IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE THAT PROVISION IN
THERE. BUT EVEN WITH THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT. THE
OPPOSITION'S CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT
THEY THINK THIS BILL COULD
REFLECT IN IT. TO PUT SOME
ADDITIONAL FOR PROTECTIONS IN.
OUR FOR FRANCHISEE AND FRANCHISE
OR- SO I'M NOT SAYING I'M
THROUGH TALKING. WELL AS THEY
ARE. I'M NOT RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU BEGIN
WITH THE MOTION BY CENTER SMALL
QUICK THE SOURCES TO CALL THE
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EIGHT THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED
BUT FIRST RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY SENATOR
CORTEZ HE- PRETENDS THE ICE
CENTER WELL SENATOR DORADO
SENATOR LAYERED CENTER SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS. SMALLWOOD CUEVAS I THIS
BILL IS ON CALLING CURRENTLY IS
TO AYE VOTES. ALL RIGHTS TO THE
BILL IS- HAS TO AYE VOTES AND IS
ON A ON CALL AT THIS TIME THANK
YOU VERY MUCH- WE'RE GOING TO
ALLOW THE ROOM- TO CLEAR OUT
HERE- SARGIS WOULD LIE BECAUSE-
TO COOPERATE WITH THAT SO
PLEASE. QUIETLY CREATE SPACE BY
LEAVING THE ROOM IF YOU'RE- WORK
IS COMPLETE HERE. YOU'RE
CERTAINLY WELCOME TO STICK
AROUND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
OBSERVING THE PROCEEDINGS OR
PARTICIPATE IN ANY OTHER BILLS
BUT- IF YOU WERE HERE SIMPLY FOR
THIS ONE- THIS PROCEEDING IS
DONE UNTIL WE GET ABSENT MEMBERS
HERE WILL COMPLETE THE VOTE
LATER ON THANK YOU. WE'RE JUST
GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF INFORMAL
RECESS AT THIS TIME- IT SHOULD
BE. LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES THANK
YOU. HOWEVER WILL TURN THE
CAMERAS OFF. IT WILL GO UP WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO- ACTUALLY PAUSE
THE VIDEO AT THIS TIME.
IN OFFICIALLY FROM A VERY BRIEF
RECESS- AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO
CALL- THE NEXT BILL FILE ITEM
SIX AB FIVE OH FOUR REYES. I SEE
THE AUTHOR HERE PLEASE THE STEP
OF THE PODIUM PROCEED WHEN READY
. THANK. GET EVERYTHING BACK
GOING AGAIN HERE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
. THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
I PRESENT TO AB FIVE OH FOUR
WHICH WILL PROTECT A PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES RIGHT TO HONOR A
PICKET LINE WAY PUBLIC EMPLOYERS
ENGAGED IN THE PRIMARY LABOR
DISPUTE LAST YEAR THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA GAUGED IN LABOR
DISPUTE WITH GRADUATE WORKERS
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS AND
ACADEMICS RESEARCHERS
REPRESENTED BY THE UNITED AUTO
WORKERS. THE DISPUTE FOCUSED
PRIMARILY ON LOW WAGES AND
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES CONDUCTED
BY THE UC THE DISPUTED
CULMINATED IN THE LARGEST HIGHER
EDUCATION STRIKE IN THE NATION'S
HISTORY. WHICH LASTED SIX WEEKS
DURING THE STRIKE UC WORKERS
REPRESENTED BY UNIONS SUCH AS
TEAMSTERS AND YOU SEE YOU SEE
AFTER WERE UNABLE TO SUPPORT
THEIR COLLEAGUES DUE TO CLAUSES
IN THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS PREVENTING SYMPATHY
STRIKES. NON U. A. W.
REPRESENTED WORKERS WERE FORCED
TO ENTER HOSTILE WORK
ENVIRONMENTS AND WITHHOLD
SUPPORT FOR THEIR COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE FIGHTING FOR FAIR WAGES AND
JOB SECURITY ISSUES THAT
INHERENTLY AFFECT EVERY WORKER.
HAVING THE RIGHT TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH COLLEAGUES
ENGAGE DEALS IN THE STRIKE
SHOULD BE PROTECTED OUR WORKERS
SHOULD OUR WHAT OUR WORKERS
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR LOSING
THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY HONOR A
PICKET LINE. THEY OFTEN HAVE TO
CONCEDE THESE TYPES OF
PROTECTIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THEY RECEIVE ADEQUATE WAGES AND
CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES. CALIFORNIA
WORKERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GIVE
UP THEIR RIGHTS IN ORDER TO LIVE
SUSTAINABLE LIVES AND SUPPORT
OTHERS OTHERS FIGHTING FOR THE
SAME GOAL. AB FIVE OH FOUR WILL
ENSURE WORKERS HAVE THEIR RIGHTS
PROTECTED WHILE THEY CONTINUE
FIGHTING FOR EQUITY. AB FIVE OH
FOUR WILL ALLOW ALL PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES TO SYMPATHY STRIKE.
HOWEVER FIREFIGHTERS ARE
EXEMPTED FROM THE BILL DUE TO
OUR CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON WITH
THE CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS. REGARDING OTHER
ESSENTIAL WORKERS WE ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH THE LABOR
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO
DEVELOP LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THE
BILL IS IMPLEMENTED IN AN
EFFECTIVE MANNER. AS NOTED THIS
BILL IS DOUBLE DOUBLE REFERRED
TO THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK ON ADDRESSING THE
CONCERNS OUTLINED IN THE
ANALYSIS REGARDING CURRENT MO
USE. HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL IS NICK CREWS FROM
THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
. GOOD MORNING MR CHAIRMAN
COMMITTEE MY NAME IS NICK CRUZ
AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF AB FIVE OH
FOR. SOME PUBLIC EMPLOYERS SUCH
AS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
PUSH NO SYMPATHY STRIKE CLAUSES
IN CONTRACTS THESE CLAUSES WHICH
PREVENT WORKERS FROM RESPECTING
OTHER WORKERS PICKET LINES.
FORCE WORKERS TO CROSS THE
PICKET LINES OF THEIR STRIKING
COWORKERS EFFECTIVELY COERCING
THEM INTO TAKING THEIR BOSSES
SIDE IN A LABOR DISPUTE WITH
PEOPLE THEY OFTEN WORK WITH SIDE
BY SIDE IN THE SAME WORKPLACES.
THIS NOT ONLY RESTRICTS WORKERS
FREE SPEECH RIGHTS BUT ALSO
CREATES A HOSTILE WORK
ENVIRONMENT. THESE KNOW
SOMEBODY'S TRY CLASSES CAN ALSO
SEVERELY DAMAGE UNIONS ABILITIES
TO NEGOTIATE FAIR WORKING
CONDITIONS. BY PROVIDING
EMPLOYERS WITH THE ABILITY TO
COMPEL WORKERS TO PERFORM AT THE
STRUCK LABOR OF THEIR COWORKERS
FOR EXAMPLE AN ACADEMIC WORKERS
REPRESENTED BY UNITED AUTO
WORKERS. WENT ON STRIKE AT THE
UNIVERSIT CALIFORNIA LECTURES
REPRESENTED BY A. F. T. WE'RE
EXPECTED TO PERFORM MUCH OF THE
LABOR THAT THEY'RE STRIKING-
TEACHING ASSISTANTS NORMALLY
WOULD HAVE DONE IN SHORT THE
SAFETY LECTURES. WERE FORCED TO
PERFORM EXTRA UNPAID LABOR IN
DOING SO THEY WERE FORCED TO
TANGIBLY UNDERMINE THE
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING EFFORTS
OTHER COWORKERS. IN THESE CASES
STRIKING WORKERS OR THESE
WORKERS WERE COERCED TO
EFFECTIVELY BECOME
STRIKEBREAKERS AGAINST OUR
COWORKERS EMPLOYERS USE THESE
CLAUSES TO PIT WORKERS AGAINST
ONE ANOTHER. LEADING TO WORSE
OUTCOMES FOR ALL WORKERS THESE
KNOW SOME OF THESE TRY CLAUSES
HINDER WORKERS ABILITY TO BRING
THEIR EMPLOYER TO BARGAIN TABLE
AND CAN LEAD TO PROLONGED AND
PROTRACTED LABOR DISPUTES. I'VE
SEEN FIRST HAND THE DAMAGE I
KNOW SOMEBODY STRIDES CLAUSES
CAN CAUSE BEFORE I JOINED THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION. I
WAS ELECTED LEADER AT THE UNITED
AUTO WORKERS REPRESENTING THE
STRIKING WORKERS DURING THE
STRIKE I ONCE SPOKE TO A WORKER
WHO DUE TO THIS CLAUSE BEING
PRESIDENT'S CONTRACT. HAD NO
CHOICE BUT TO CROSS THE PICKET
LINE HE FELT GENUINE FEAR AND
ANXIETY ABOUT BEING PERCEIVED AS
INSULTING OR HOSTILE TO A CO
WORKERS. MANY OF WHOM HE
CONSIDERS HIS FRIENDS AND ALI.
HE BROUGHT WITH HIM A VERY FOOD
ITEM. WHICH I WAS TOLD IT A
TONY. FOR PENICILLIN. FOR BEING
FORCED TO CROSS THE PICKET LINE
AND ACTIVELY HARMED HIS FRIENDS
AND COLLEAGUES JUST FIGHT. FOR
FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS EIGHTY
FIVE OH FOR WHICH THE CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION IS PROUD
SPONSOR. IS A NECESSARY
CORRECTIVE THAT WILL ALLOW
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS TO
EXERCISE THEIR FREE SPEECH
RIGHTS AND SUPPORT THEIR
STRIKING COWORKERS. RATHER THAN
BE FORCED UNDERMINE THEM AND
CONTRIBUTE TO WORST WORKING
CONDITIONS FOR ALL WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR AYE VOTE
ON AB FIVE BEFORE. AND I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND OF
COURSE- LESLIE OF I'LL BE THE
ONLY PERSON TO TESTIFY AS ARE
REPRESENTED FROM THE TEAMSTERS
WASN'T TO MAKE IT TODAY. THANK
YOU GOOD MORNING I'D APPRECIATE
THE HEADS UP- IS THERE ANYONE
ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WISHES TO
EXPRESS THE SUPPORT POSITION.
PLEASE COMPORT MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS MY QUEST ON BEHALF OF
THE STATE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL ALSO
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU. MISTER
CHAIRMAN PROCESS BROWN BUT HERE
ON BEHALF OF COLOR. TEACHERS
PROUD TO SUPPORT. TIFFANY MARC
RIVERS CS. OR FREDERICK THE EDGE
. AND CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS
INCLUDING UC AFT LECTURERS WHO
YOU JUST HEARD WERE PART OF THE
HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE URGE YOUR
SUPPORT AS A PROUD CO SPONSOR.
NAVNEET PRAYER BE OF THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. TELL
THE VALENTINE IT. HERE FOR YOU A
W. TWO EIGHT SIX FIVE IN SUPPORT
. MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS LIVING
COSTS THAT WITH THE STATE
LEGISLATIVE BOARD OF SMART
TRANSPORTATION DIVISION IN
SUPPORT. MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
STARTING IN BIRD WITH THE ASKED
ME CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.
SENATOR PER ARMY HALF OF SEIU
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.
RESEARCHER MEMBERS PATRON WITH
THERE AND ASSOCIATES
REPRESENTING THE ORANGE COUNTY
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. HEY GOOD MORNING
DANIEL SURE ON BEHALF OF THIS
LOCAL ONE THOUSAND AND MYSELF A
FORMER UC AFT MEMBER IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. MISTER
MEMBERS KOBE PRESIDING WITH
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS AND
SUPPORT. I THANK YOU SEE NO ONE
ELSE COME FORWARD DOUBLE GOOD
OPPOSITION YSR IN OPPOSITION
WITNESS. PRIMARY OPPOSITION WHEN
THIS PLEASE COME FORWARD
IDENTIFY YOURSELF. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR IN A- MEMBERS JOHNNY PINA
WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES HERE TODAY AND RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION OF AB FIVE OO FOR-
STATE LAWS. GOVERNING COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING ARE IN PLACE TO
ENSURE FOR PROCESSES FOR BOTH
UNIONS AND PUBLIC ENTITIES AB
FIVE OH FOUR UNFORTUNATELY UP IN
THE CURRENT BARGAINING PROCESS
WHICH ALLOW STRIKING COOLEY
UNSPECIFIED LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES POTENTIALLY MAKING
FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS MORE
DIFFICULT. THIS POSES A SERIOUS
PROBLEM FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT
PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES ON A
LIMITED BUDGET. ALLOWING FOR ANY
INPUT PUBLIC EMPLOYEE WITH
LIMITED EXEMPTIONS. TO JOIN A
STRIKING BARGAINING UNIT IN
WHICH THAT EMPLOYEE IS NOT A
MEMBER COULD LEAD TO SEVERE
WORKFORCE STOPPAGE AND SEVERELY.
IMPACT THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
THAT CITIES TO PROVIDE. THE BILL
REMOVING AGENCIES ABILITY TO
PLAN AND PROVIDE SERVICE TO
SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE
EVENT ANY BARGAINING UNIT
DECIDES TO STRIKE. A LOCAL
AGENCY CANNOT MAKE A CONTINGENCY
PLAN FOR AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE
DECIDED TO JOIN THE STRIKE. ARE
NOT DISPUTING THE RIGHT OF AN
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION TO ENGAGE
THE PROTECTED ACTIVITIES A
STRIKING HOWEVER AB FIVE OH FOUR
WOULD VOID LOCALLY BARGAINED
MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE'S ABILITY
DECEMBER THE STRIKE. IT INSERTED
THE ABILITY FOR ANY PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE TO ENGAGE IN SOME
PLACES THAT THE SENATE CENSUS
COMMITTEE STRIKING WITH AGAIN A
LIMITED EXCEPTION. BUTTON NO
STRIKE PROVISIONS AND LOCAL
CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY
BOTH PARTIES IN GOOD FAITH OFTEN
DUE TO THE CRITICAL NATURE OF
THE EMPLOYEE'S JOB. A LOCAL
AGENCIES WE HAVE THE STATUTORY
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE
SERVICES FOR COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE THIS BILL
JEOPARDIZES THE DELIVERY OF
THOSE SERVICES. AND UNDERMINES.
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS FOR THOSE REASON WE
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE AND DO LOOK
FORWARD SO. FOR WORKING ON
AMENDMENTS AND- I DISCUSS WHAT
WHAT WILL AS AN IN HOUSE THANKS
SO MUCH. THANK YOU THE SHOOTERS
MONEY- WE WILL NOW ASK FOR SOON
IN THE ROOM IS TEST THE- IN
OPPOSITION OF SO PLEASE COME
FORWARD STATE YOUR NAME.
AFFILIATION IN OPPOSITION SEEN
NO ONE WILL GO TO THE MODERATE
YES WE SUPPORT. A GOOD MORNING
CAROLING ON BEHALF OF THE SOLANO
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
OPPOSITION THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING
KAELIN THE IN CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES IN
OPPOSITION ALSO IN OPPOSITION
CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS
ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF JOINT POWERS
AUTHORITIES THE RURAL COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE URBAN COUNTIES OF
CALIFORNIA. PERSECUTE US HERE ON
BEHALF OF PUBLIC RISK IN OF A
SOLUTION AND MANAGED IN THE
STATE OFFICES THANK. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE IN OFFICE. I WILL GO
TO THE- TO. LINE ASK THE
MODERATOR PLEASE QUEUE UP ANY
OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT. OF HOME
TOLD COPS ON THANK YOU. THANK
YOU MATT BETTER CARE IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY
ON A- FIVE OH FOUR. INTO OR
OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO
AT THIS TIME. AND OF COURSE
WE'LL HEAR FROM LINE FOURTEEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MERRY CREEK
THE END THEY HAVE TO STAND
BERNARDINO COUNTY AND OPPOSITION
. ONE FIFTY EIGHT. A GOOD
AFTERNOON COMMISSION MEMBER
SHANE GUSMAN ON BEHALF OF THE
TEAMSTERS- THE CO SPONSOR THE
BILL WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
BILL AND- I CAN BE THERE. WHY IN
THE. FORTY FOUR. ONE FORTY FOUR
YEAR MIKE IS OPEN PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS NICOLE OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER WE SUPPORT THE STUFF.
KLEIN TWENTY. HI MY NAME'S AND
HEALTH BORN I WAS A POSTDOC AT
UC RIVERSIDE FOR THREE YEARS AND
A MEMBER OF UAW FIFTY EIGHT TEN
AND I SUPPORT THIS BILL. FLANK.
SIXTY TWO. HI MY WILL WITH YOU
IN A LOCAL TWENTY EIGHT SIXTY
FIVE PROUD SPONSOR OF THE BILL
AND IN SUPPORT. LINE. SIX FIVE
SIXTY EIGHT. MEMBERS PERMANENTLY
ON BEHALF YOU A. W. REGION SIX
THE PRESENTING A HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACTIVE RETIRED UAW
MEMBERS OF PRIVATE PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS BILL. FLANK
SIXTY TWO. MICHAEL BOUCHARD ON
BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IN OPPOSITION. KLEIN
SEVENTY FIVE. HI MY NAME IS
DAVID VANDER STATE BY INTO
MEMBER BARGAINING UNIT TEN AYE
FOR A. B. FIVE ZERO FOUR THANK
YOU. FIVE SEVENTY SEVEN. MY
NAME'S ANTHONY STONER- FROM UC
RIVERSIDE FROM YOU A W. TWO
EIGHT SIX FIVE AND I SUPPORT AB
. FIVE OH FOUR. BLANKS SEVENTY
FOUR. HI MY NAME IS CONNOR
JACKSON'S- I'M LAWRENCE BERKELEY
NATIONAL LABORATORY AND A MEMBER
OF UAW LOCAL TWENTY SIXTY FIVE
OF SUPPORTING. EIGHTY FIVE OH
FOUR. FOUR NINE SIXTY FIVE.
HELLO NEED ON YOUR W. LOCAL TO
EIGHT SIX FIVE- YOU CAN BURKE
STRONGLY SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE
BEFORE. PINE SIXTY. HI THIS IS
EVEN CALLING FROM UW TWENTY
SIXTY FIVE AND I FRAWLEY'S THERE
ARE AB OF. FOUR LINE EIGHTY ONE
. HI AT NAME'S BRIGETTE FULL- I
AM A MAN OF W. TWO SIXTY AND I
SUPPORT. EIGHTY FIVE OH. BY
SEVENTY THREE. YEAH HI MY NAME
IS ANJALI MCNEIL I'M A MEMBER OF
YOU IT LOCAL TWO EIGHT SIX FIVE
AND I STRONGLY THIS. LEVINE SAID
. HI MY NAME IS DIANE ARE KNOWS
MY MEMBER OF UAW LOCAL TWO EIGHT
SIX FIVE EIGHT UC BERKELEY AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT EIGHTY FIVE A
FOUR. NINE SEVEN NINE. HI MY
NAME IS AB ONE I REMEMBER OF ARE
YOU A LOOK. ACOUSTIC FIVE PROPER
AND I FINALLY FOR AB FIVE BEFORE
. BLANK SEVEN EIGHT. HI MY NAME
IS MANY I REMEMBER YOUR W.
CHOICE FIVE YES I BEEN I HE LOOK
. FOR ONE SEVEN ONE. BERMAN LEO
REELING- I- GRADUATE DEGREE
BAKER IF YOU COULD BRING YOUR W.
THREE FIVE I STRONGLY IT I
BEFORE. **** SAID TWO. HI MY
NAME IS LINDA HARBOR I'M OF MAN
OF NEW I GOT FIFTY EIGHT HAMMER
CO SPONSOR OF THE BILL AND I
SUPPORT A FIVE OF THANK YOU.
BLIND A. FOUR HI A CRIME- THERE
THEN FROM YOU LOCAL TWO EIGHT
SIX ANTI DIEGO OUT ONE OF THE
AND I STRONGLY. ALIGN NINETY
TWO. HEY THIS GOING TO BE HERE
FOR- I'M RESEARCHER AT SAN DIEGO
PRIVATE OF YOU CRITICS AND ICE
WITH AB FIVE A FULL. LINE. FORTY
THREE. I FORTY THREE- MY IS OPEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. WHY NOT. FOUR
HI MY NAME IS CONNIE MILLER WHEN
THAT I AM A STUDENT AT UC. FROM
NUMBER OF YOUR DRUG WHICH WITH I
DON'T CALL YOU COULD OF AB HAVE
BEFORE. AND. NINETY EIGHT. WITH
THE- WAY I'M FOURTH OF MARCH ON
. STUDENT RESEARCHER ET BURKE
AND THE NUMBER OF YOUR W.
COUNTRIES COST AND I STRUGGLING
SUPPORT AB FIVE LOCAL THANK YOU
. ENEMY CHAIR THERE ARE NO COM
THANK. THANK APPEARS WE MAY HAVE
IN ADDITION WITH US IN THE ROOM
THAT WE JUST AS- SORRY FOR THE
DELAY CAN REALLY WITH S. C. I IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. FOR THE
HERE- WE WILL COME BACK TO THE
NOW FOR OR CONCERNS BUT FOR
OFFICE. I THE BRINGING THOSE-
THAT THE- STRENGTHENS THE RIGHTS
OF WORKERS TO HAVE SOME SAY SO
IN CONTROL OVER THEIR WAGES AND
WORKING CONDITIONS AND I MOVED
THE BILL. THANK YOU SENATOR AND-
ANYTHING ELSE SEEN NO ONE ELSE
THE PRESENT TO SPEAK LET ME JUST
CLARIFY- BEFORE YOUR CLOTHES
ASSEMBLY MEMBER I KNOW THAT YOU
SAID- DURING YOUR YOUR
PRESENTATION DURING YOUR
OPENING- THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
WORK ON THE ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN
THE ANALYSIS OF WERE MATTERS OF
CONCERN- I KNOW THAT WE- HAVE
CONVERSED ABOUT THOSE- IN.
YOU'VE GIVE ME YOUR
REPRESENTATION THAT YOU WILL. BE
GIVEN THE BILL'S DOUBLE REFERRED
THAT YOU WORK ON THOSE ISSUES TO
COME UP WITH- FINAL LANGUAGE
SHOULD TO DEAL WITH THEM-
BETWEEN NOW AND JUDICIARY AND I
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M STATING
THAT. CORRECTLY THAT IS CORRECT
MISTER CHAIR AND WE WILL BE
WORKING WITH YOUR COMMITTEE AS
WELL TO BRING THEM WHATEVER
UPDATES WE HAVE AFTER THE
CONTINUED CONVERSATION BETWEEN
OURSELVES A STICKER
STAKEHOLDERS. AND THE PUBLIC
WORKS- THANK COMMITTEE YEAH
THANK YOU. WE HAVE- OF COURSE
ALWAYS- WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE
SOMETHING RIGHT YOU KNOW SOME
PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP IN WHAT
WORKS WHAT WE'RE- RECOMMENDING-
OR WHAT WE WOULD- DO TO TRY TO
CLEAR UP- CONCERNS ESPECIALLY
TECHNICAL CONCERNS- WE ALSO.
NOTE THAT- ESPECIALLY WHEN
DOUBLE REFERRED TO. ANOTHER
COMMITTEE- THAT- OFTENTIMES THEY
HAVE- EQUAL EXPERTISE TO DEAL
WITH ISSUES ESPECIALLY WHEN
THERE'S LEGAL IMPORTANT TO THEM
AND I THINK THAT'S THE CASE HERE
THAT THE ISSUES OR- IS MUCH
LEGAL ISSUES LABOR ISSUES TO
MAKE SURE THAT. THE BILL WERE
ENACTED LAW IS SURVIVABLE GOING
FORWARD SO- I CAN'T EMPHASIZE
ENOUGH- YOU KNOW CONTINUE TO
DEAL WITH THOSE BROKE BECAUSE MY
ORDER BOOK BECAUSE- YOU SAID A
COUPLE TIMES YOU CAN DO THAT I
DO APPRECIATE YOU. ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT ON THE RECORD- IT WITH THAT
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE
IN THE WE'LL GET TO A VOTE.
THANK YOU I DO APPRECIATE THAT
OPPORTUNITY SHOULD THE COMMENTS
FROM THOSE IN FAVOR AND THOSE
OPPOSED AND THOSE WHO ARE
OPPOSED TO ART THEY ARE PART OF
OUR DISCUSSIONS. AS WE COME UP
WITH A LANGUAGE THAT I THINK
WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH THIS
COMMITTEE AND JUDICIARY AND WILL
WITHSTAND. ANY LEGAL- AT.
CHALLENGE AND WITHOUT A
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. OKAY THANK YOU AND WE'LL
GO SEE SYSTEM TOOK ROLL CALL
VOTE. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY
CENTER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. FILE
ITEM NUMBER SIX AB FIVE OH FOUR
IF THE MOTION IS TO PASS BUT
FIRST WE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY SENATOR
CORTEZ. CORTEZ HE AYE SENATOR
WILK SENATOR DORADO SENATOR
LAYERED SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THIS BILL IS
ON CALL AND CURRENTLY HAS TO AYE
VOTES. ALL RIGHT BILLS ON COLD
BUT IT DOES HAVE TO AYE VOTES
AGAIN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY THANK YOU STILL THERE WERE
EMPTY SHE THE BILL. FOR THE NEXT
. INFO ORDER. OKAY WE'RE WE'RE-
WE'RE TRYING TO WITH A ORDER TO
AND NOW WOULD PUT US TO. ITEM
FILE A NUMBER TO AB ONE- MCKENNA
- YOU WALKING COME WITH HIM.
BEGIN YOUR PRESENT TO WHEN
READY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS
BILL AND I WON A SPECIALLY THANK
THE CHAIR FOR TAKING TIME WITH
ME TO DISCUSS SOME IMPORTANT.
CONSTITUTIONAL ITEMS I'M
COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH THE CHAIR TO ADDRESS THOSE
ITEMS AND TO ENSURE THAT THE
LEGISLATURE IS ABLE TO PERFORM
AND MEET ITS LEGAL DUTIES UNDER
THE BILL. AB ONE WILL GIVE NON
SUPERVISORY OR LEGISLATIVE STAFF
THE CHOICE TO JOIN A UNION AND
TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN FOR
WAGES BENEFITS AND WORKPLACE
CONDITIONS. MEMBERS ARE STAFF
AREN'T LOOKING FOR SPECIAL
TREATMENT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
THE SAME DIGNITY AND RESPECT
AFFORDED TO ALL REPRESENT IT
WORKERS PERIOD. TO THE STAFF IN
OUR DISTRICT OFFICES IN CAPITAL
STAFF THAT ARMOR BELIEVES SERVE
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA EVERY EVERY DAY NO
THIS. WE SEE YOU AND WE RESPECT
YOU. AND WITH AB ONE WE ARE
TAKING ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE CURRENT AND FUTURE
LEGISLATIVE STAFF REGARDLESS OF
THEIR MEMBERS POLITICAL
AFFILIATION OR FORTY TO SAFE
EQUITABLE AND FAIR OPPORTUNITY
TO BUILD A NOBLE CAREER IN
PUBLIC SERVICE. IT IS
HYPOCRITICAL AS LEGISLATORS THAT
WE ASK OUR EMPLOYEES TO STAFF
COMMITTEES AND RIGHT LEGISLATION
THAT OFTEN EXPAND COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING RIGHTS FOR OTHER
WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA BUT WE
INTENTIONALLY PROHIBIT OUR OWN
WORKERS FROM THAT SAME RIGHT.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS FAILED TO
SHOW THE POLITICAL WILL TO
RESPECT ITS STAFF FOR LONG
ENOUGH TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR LEGISLATORS TO STAND UP FOR
THEIR OWN WORKERS AND I AM PROUD
TO STAND HERE TODAY WITH A
BIPARTISAN COALITION OF FORTY
THREE. CALL OUR OFFICE FROM THE
ASSEMBLY INNOCENT AND THE SENATE
SUPPORTING AB ONE. AS A FORMER
LEGISLATIVE STAFFER MYSELF AN
ORIGINAL SIGNER OF THE WE SAID
ENOUGH LETTER THAT SPARKED THE
ME TOO MOVEMENT I KNOW JUST HOW
CHALLENGING A PLACE LIKE THE
LEGISLATURE CAN BE TO WORK. IF
WE'RE TRULY COMMITTED TO
RECRUITING AND RETAINING THE
BEST STAFF POSSIBLE AND IF WE'RE
TRULY COMMITTED TO RECRUIT TO
CREATING A- SAFE AND INCLUSIVE
WORKPLACE. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO
SHOW OUR STAFF THAT WE SEE THEM
AND RESPECT THEIR CONTRIBUTION
TO CALIFORNIA'S DEMOCRACY I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU THAT
YOU SUPPORT AB ONE TODAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU AND- BEFORE WE GO
TO WITNESSES- I DID WANT TO
CLARIFY- IN YOU MENTIONED- OUR
OWN CONVERSATIONS- THAT- YOU ARE
ARE WILLING TO TAKE TO A MEMBERS
IN JUDICIARY- IN I UNDERSTAND.
THOSE TO BE- MOVING THE
OPERATIVE DATE- TO JULY ONE A
TWENTY TWENTY SIX. AND WE
DISCUSSED ALSO- THE EXCLUSION
OF. OF MATTERS FROM THE SCOPE OF
REPRESENTATION ON THOSE
EMPLOYEES WHO AS YOU CALLED OUT
IN YOUR PRESENTATION ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE BILL IN THE
FIRST PLACE- IS THAT. ACCURATE
THAT IS ACCURATE ALL RIGHT THANK
YOU- THANK YOU VERY MUCH- IN.
THE WHAT I'M SORRY THE WITNESS
THAT I HAVE HERE TODAY ARE TWO
FORMER STAFFERS ALAN MOORE AND
SANDRA NOT CAUGHT WE HELP I SAID
IT CORRECTLY AND A TECHNICAL
WITNESS A SHABAN DAY DEMARCO'S
FROM THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION. THANK YOU- WITH
WITNESSES PLEASE COME FORWARD
AND YOU CAN PROCEED IN WHICHEVER
FORTY ONE. COUPLE MINUTES EACH
THANK YOU. THE MORNING CHAIRMAN
MY NAME IS ALI MOORE AND I
PREVIOUSLY IN THE SOUTH FOR FIVE
FROM TWENTY SEVENTEEN TO TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. DURING MY TENURE IN
THE BUILDING I HAD A GREAT
EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THREE
AMAZING MEMBERS INCLUDING THE
CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND YET
EVEN WITH THESE GOOD EXPERIENCES
I COULD HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE
PROTECTIONS THAT COME WITH
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. IN FACT
MANY OF MY OWN GRIEVANCES HAVE
NOT BEEN WITH BAD MEMBERS BUT
INSTEAD WITH THE INSTITUTION
ITSELF. AND A DISTINCT LACK OF
UNIFORM STANDARDS AND
PROTECTIONS. TO ME STAFFERS LACK
CLARITY AROUND THEIR JOB
DESCRIPTION HAVING HAD TO THE
WORK OF MANAGERIAL POSITIONS ARE
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE WITHOUT EVER
RECEIVING SUITABLE COMPENSATION.
FOR HAVING A LEGITIMATE WAY TO
ADDRESS THESE GRIEVANCES. TOO
MANY STAFFERS TO FOCUS STRONGLY
IMPLIED OBLIGATION TO USE THEIR
OWN VACATION TIME TO GO OUT AND
CAMPAIGN FOR VARIOUS MEMBERS AND
HOPE THAT THEY REMAIN. IN GOOD
STANDING WITH THE INSTITUTION
AND TOO MANY STAFFERS HAVE
SUFFERED FROM THIS
CLASSIFICATION TO THE SENATE'S
ANTIQUATED SLOT SYSTEM. BUT IT'S
HOBBLED THEIR SALARY PERMANENTLY
AND ULTIMATELY PUSH STAFF OUT OF
THE INSTITUTION AND INSTEAD
WORKING IN THE THIRD HOUSE.
INDEED FOR THE LAST THREE FORMER
SENATE FOLLOWS INCLUDING MYSELF
HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT OUR
FELLOWSHIP YOUR WILL NOT COUNT
FOR EXPERIENCE DURING SALARY OR
PROMOTION NEGOTIATIONS. THERE
ARE COUNTLESS STORIES OF
STAFFERS PICKING UP AFTER THE
MEMBERS DOGS ASSEMBLING IKEA
FURNITURE AND IN DURING HOSTILE
WORKING CONDITIONS AND
HARASSMENT. YES THIS IS A
FAILING OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS. BUT A GREATER FEELING
OF THE INSTITUTION. STAFFERS
WORKPLACE CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT
VARY SO DRAMATICALLY FROM OFFICE
TO OFFICE. AND WE SHOULD NOT BE
THIS AT THE SOLE WHIM OF EACH
LEGISLATOR OR SUPERVISOR. THE
STRUCTURES RULES AND PROCEDURES
PUT IN PLACE TO TRY AND SOLVE
MANY OF THE GRIEVANCES STAFF
HAVE ELEVATED WERE DONE SO
WITHOUT ANY STAFF INPUT AND
SOLUTIONS. AND ARE ALL IN
SERVICE OF PROTECTING THE
INSTITUTION NOT THE EMPLOYEES.
WELL I'M LEGISLATIVE STAFF THE
ABILITY TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN
FINALLY PUT A PROCESS IN PLACE
TO GIVE STOP A REAL VOICE IN
THEIR WORKPLACE. WITHOUT FEAR OF
RETALIATION. LAST YEAR WHEN
ASSEMBLY MARK STONE FOUGHT TOOTH
AND NAIL TO GET THIS BILL
HARDNESS I'M COMMITTEE. A BILL
THAT MY DEAR FRIEND L. CHEN AND
SHE BONTA HERE PORT THEIR SOULS
INTO. ONE OF THE MEMBERS SAID IN
OPPOSITION THERE WAS NOBODY LIKE
THIS. THIS LEGISLATURE IS NOT
LIKE ALL OTHERS AND I AGREE THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IS UNIQUE
BUT IT'S NOT THAT YOU THINK.
THIS BODY IS HEARD THAT ARGUMENT
BEFORE FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES AND
HAS CONSISTENTLY REJECTED IT IN
FAVOR OF INCREASED WORKER
PROTECTIONS. I ASK THAT YOU DO
THE SAME FOR THOSE FOLKS TO HELP
YOU LEGISLATIVE THE FULL SEVERE
BILITY. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. MEMBERS MY IS SANDY
NOT ABOUT AND I WAS. TODAY
PERSONAL. HAVE WORKED IN THE
LEAD TO. BETWEEN SEVENTEEN AND
TWENTY TWO AS A SIDE. FELLOW AS
A LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND AS A
COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE SOUTH. FOR
ROLE IN THE- MAKING PROCESS
POSITION. YAK SOURCES OF
INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. MAY
ALSO STAFF BILLS CRAFT BUDGET
NEGOTIATE AMENDMENTS AND MAKE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS LIKE THIS ONE
POSSIBLE. THE JOB IS A DEMANDING
ONE WITH LATE NIGHTS WEEKENDS
SPENT WRITING ANALYSES. AND
ADDED STRESS OF KNOWING. THEY
SAID ANYTIME I BECAME MICHIGAN'S
. AFTER COMPLETING A PEACHY
SOCIAL. AND APPLYING TO THE
SCIENCE FONG PROGRAM I WROTE
APPLE. ABOUT HOW X. I WAS. WORK
IN THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE OF
THE STATE'S LEADERSHIP IN
ADVANCING EQUITY AND JUSTICE. BY
PASSING LAWS LIKE THE CALIFORNIA
FAIR PAY ACT. THE PROVIDED
PEOPLE PAY FOR EQUAL WORK. AND
LATER LEARNED THAT WHILE IN THE
LEGISLATURE TO TALK THE TALK ON
EQUAL PAY IT DIDN'T ALWAYS WALK
THE WALK WHEN IT CAME TO ITS OWN
STAFF. IN MY CASE I WAS PAID
LESS THAN OTHER ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEES STAFF WHO HAD LESS
EXPERIENCE IN A LATER BILLOWED.
WHEN I REALIZED I WAS BEING PAID
WASN'T BEING PAID FAIRLY MORE
THAN A YEAR INTO MY JOB WORKING
ON HOUSING POLICY INNOVATION
PRODUCTION DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ASK FOR MY COMPENSATION TO BE
INCREASE. IT TOOK FIVE LONG
MONTHS FOR THAT EQUITY INCREASE
TO BE APPROVED AND I NEVER
RECEIVED BACK PAY FOR THE
EIGHTEEN MONTHS RISE PAID ABOUT
TWENTY THOUSAND A YEAR LESSEN
THE WHITE MEN IN SIMILAR ROLES.
IT I KNOW I WAS LUCKY I HAD A
MANAGER AND A CHAIR WHO
ADVOCATED FOR ME TO BE PAID
FAIRLY. AN INSTITUTION
EVENTUALLY RESPONDED. TO OFTEN
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THAT'S
WHY I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AB ONE
TODAY. IF THIS INSTITUTION WANTS
TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TALENTED
HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS IT'S
WORKERS NEED TO HAVE A VOICE.
EQUITY SHOULDN'T ONLY BE
ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO ARE
LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A MEMBER
THAT'S WILLING TO GO TO BAT FOR
THEM. ALL WORKERS DESERVE UNION
AND IT'S TIME FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO WALK THE WALK
WHEN IT COMES TO HOW IT TREATS
STAFF. I WOULD YOU TO SUPPORT AB
ONE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE- ANYWAY ELSE WISH TO EX.
ITS SUPPORT POSITION OF TIME
PLEASE CONFIRM. MISTER CHAIRMAN
. ON THE DEMO. WITH THE- LABOR
FOR. WORK TO BE SPONSORS OF THE
FIFTH ITERATION OF THIS BILL
GRATEFUL TO THE AUTHOR. FOR
PUSHING THIS FORWARD AND
RESPECTFULLY OR DRIVE OF. KAREN
SENATORS MICHELLE TRAMMELL FORK
WITH THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION
ON THE STATUS SO MANY GIRLS IN
STRONG SUPPORT. ASSEMBLY
ROSENBERGER WITH SEIU IN STRONG
SUPPORT. CONTRABAND WITH
CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION
STRONG SUPPORT. MISTER CHAIRMAN
AS WE COSTA WITH SMART
TRANSPORTATION DIVISION STATE
LEGISLATIVE BOARD IN SUPPORT
THANK. GOOD MORNING MISTER
TURNER MEMBERS RON RAPP ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. GOOD
MORNING ANIMOSITIES IN BEHALF OF
THE FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING HEARTBREAK HARTMAN WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS AND WE'RE
IN STRONG SUPPORT AND WE- BE
HAPPY TO REPRESENT THEM AND DEAL
WITH THIS. ELEMENT THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS ADORABLE
POLICY FELLOW LISTEN ALONG HERE
IN SUPPORT. HOWEVER YOUR DAY
GOES A THERE FOR KERN JUST
DIRECTOR WHO DESERVE IN MY
WORKPLACE STRONG. POLICE IN
BENEFIT LEWIS JOHNSON ON THE OF
- HAVE BEEN A FORMER JESUS AND
AS A CO FOUNDER SAID ENOUGH.
MISTER JERRY MEMBERS PAT MORAN
WITH THEIR AND READING THIS.
REPRESENTING CAL SO SAY OF FOR
SIDE SINCE THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING MR TERRY MEMBERS INTERIM
OF THE SCOUT FORMER SENATE STOP
OF THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THE SHERIN
CENTERS COULD BE VISITORS
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS AND A
FORMER STAFFER FROM NINETEEN
NINETY SIX TO TWO THOUSAND SIX
SPORT. THE OF BRAMBLE SPEAKING
TODAY ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IN STRONG
SUPPORT. FIFTEEN LAKH
REPRESENTING CFD IN STRONG
SUPPORT ALSO SPEAKING ON MY
PERSONAL BEHALF AS A FORMER
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STAFFER IN
SUPPORT. NAVNEET CAREER ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND
SUPPORT. MORNING CHAIRED MEMBERS
DANIEL CHERYL ON BEHALF OF SEIU
LOCAL ONE THOUSAND IN SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING MISTER TURNER
MEMBERS GREGORY KRAMER FORMER
LEGISLATIVE STAFFER IN THE
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY FOR ABOUT A
DECADE IN SUPPORT. THIS IS YOUR
MEMBERS MY QUEST ON BEHALF OF
THE STATE BUILDING TRADES IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. MESSAGER
MEMBERS ARE CHAMBERS ON BEHALF
ASKED ME CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.
HURRIED TO THE SCENE ON A
SUPPORT ON SUPPORTERS IN
OPPOSITION WITNESS- OR ANY ONE
IN OPPOSITION WAS TO COME
FORWARD. I'VE SEEN NONE OF WILL
GO TO THE TELECOMS OPERATOR-
MODERATOR WOULD YOU PLEASE- CALL
ANY SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
WITNESSES AT THIS TIME MOVE
CALLED IN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO AB ONE PLEASE
PRESS ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME.
FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM LINE
SEVENTY SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD. THE
ONE IN THE CHAMBERS MOLLY
FINALLY YOU W. ASKING THIRTY
THIRTY SHARKS THANK YOU. BLINDER
FIFTY FIVE. REMEMBER CATTLE
SANCHEZ A FORMER STAFFER ANY
CURRENT COUNCILMEMBER THE CITY
BERKELEY STRONG SUPPORT OF
WORKER UNIONIZATION AND I LET.
THANK YOUNG. LINE. FORTY FIVE.
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS JACKIE
ROBINSON BASICALLY FORMER VICE
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER IN
KATHLEEN A AS WELL F. F. F. YEAH
I FORMER STAFF OF SBI SO AND-
THANK YOU. FOR WHY FIFTY THREE.
HI THIS IS LEGENDARY SMALLER
CURRENT SENATE STAFF AND- BUYING
. TWENTY ONE. GOOD MORNING MY
NAME IS NOT THE BEST DEAL FORMER
LESS STAFF BRING CURRENT ENGLISH
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CONCORD AB
ONE THANK YOU. BY. FORTY FOUR.
MORNING MY NAME IS A KALBARRI
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE FIFTY ONE
AND CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERS PROBABLY TRACK IS THE
PART OF THE SELF. LINE. FOR
THREE. THANK FORTY THREE YEAR
MIKE IS OPEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. AN
ONLINE AT. FORTY EIGHT. MEMBERS
CAROLINE VALOR HERE'S TAX NUMBER
OF I NINETEEN THIRTY TWO AND
RESIDENT OF EIGHTY SIXTEEN IN
PARIS SUPPORT THANK YOU. AND
WIND EX. ONE SIX YEAR MIKE IS
OPEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. LINE ONE
OH SIX. THIS RESPONSE SERVICE
PART ARE FORMER LET'S STOP FOR-
IN STRONG SUPPORT. AND MISTER
CHAIR WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT
AT THIS TIME. MODERATOR JUST
WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T
HAVE PEOPLE WHO INADVERTENTLY
GOT ON THE LISTENING ONLY LINE
RATHER THAN THE TESTIMONY LINE
BECAUSE WE DO SHOW THAT THAT'S
POSSIBLE BASED ON WHAT WE CAN
SEE FROM HERE COULD YOU MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT- CLARIFYING THAT IF
ANYONE'S ON THE LISTING LINE
WHAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO- TO
TRANSFER OVER- AND GIVEN THE
PROPER Q. AND THEN. WE'LL JUST
CALL FOR WITNESSES ONE MORE TIME
THANK YOU. MISTER CHAIR I WAS
JUST INFORMED THAT WE HAVE MADE
THAT ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE LISTEN
ONLY LINE- MORE THAN ONE SO IT
LOOKS LIKE. WOULD YOU STILL LIKE
ME TO EVERY PROMPT AT THIS TIME
YEAH IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE
WE HAVEN'T MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
SO- MAYBE IT'S TIME TO DO IT
AGAIN THANK YOU. CHORE IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR AB
ONE PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO AT
THIS TIME.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE OF
PEOPLE QUEUING UP TOUGH FIRST
PULL HERE FROM LINE SIX. LINE
SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD. ONE FORTY
THREE. HELLO YES YOU CAN PROCEED
WE CAN HEAR YOU ALL HI I HAVEN'T
BEEN GIVEN A NUMBER AND I WAS
PASSED OVER THE LAST TIME AROUND
BUT THE OTHER BILL I'M MY NAME'S
ON ANYTHING NOT BE. I'M CALLING
ON BEHALF OF WESTCHESTER QUITE
DEMOCRATIC CLUB ALTHOUGH A HE
DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO EIGHTY
SIXTY ONE OF WE ARE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF A FORMER ATHLETE
WHERE MEMBERS. AND LOTS OF
PEOPLE THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK
YOU GO TO WORK TO. WHY ONE- OH
EIGHT. HI THANK YOU KAREN
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS JOHN CARL BARRIOS FORMER
AND WE STOPPED FOR- IN HERE
TODAY TO BEGIN MY OWN CAPACITY
BUT ALSO FURTHER STAFFERS WHO
MIGHT FEAR RETALIATION FOR
SUPPORTING THE RIGHT TO
COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN IN THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE. EXACTLY
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY I WOULDN'T
YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT SKEWS ME WE
ONLY ALLOW NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION. SOUNDS LIKE YOUR
SUPPORT ON THIS BILL. IS THAT
CORRECT YES THAT IS OKAY THANK
I'M SORRY- TO CUT YOU OFF BUT
THAT'S THE RULE ON THIS SO THIS
PART OF THE MEETING THANK YOU.
BUT IN LINE ONE OH NINE THANK
YOU ARE THANK YOU GO HEAD. ONE
ONE OH NINE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WHAT STAFFER IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF AB ONE. AND WE DO HAVE ONE
MORE LINE QUEUING UP JUST BE ONE
MOMENT PLEASE WHILE WE PROVIDE
THEM WITH HER LIFE.
ONE ONE HUNDRED TWELVE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THERE THURMOND FROM
SUPPORT THE. MISTER CHAIR WE
HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT AT THIS
TIME. I THANK MODERATOR- WE WILL
COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE NOW
FOR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS
SENATOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
MUCH I AM PROUD TO BE A CO
AUTHOR WITH A GREAT ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MIKE TINA MCCANN ARE ON
THIS THIS BILL- COMING TO THE
LEGISLATURE OF HERE FOR SIX
MONTHS. IT WAS REALLY TOUGH FOR
ME TO SEE SOME OF MY STAFF- WHO
I KNEW WERE JUST SHINING AND
BRIGHT STARS BE OFFERED WAGES-
THAT REALLY PUT US IN VIOLATION
OF SOME OF THE WAGE LAWS IN MY
COUNTY. BECAUSE THE SALARY
SCALES- THAT WE HAVE AT THE
STATE LEVEL- NEED TO BE IMPROVED
IN NEED TO BE RAISED AND I THINK
THIS GIVES THE WORKERS WHO ARE
MOST IMPACTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE SOME SAY SO. OVER THEIR
WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS AND
ALLOWS US TO RETAIN WHAT ARE THE
BEST AND BRIGHTEST MINDS I THINK
OUR STATE- HAS TO OFFER- SO MANY
INCREDIBLY TALENTED FOLKS IN
THIS BUILDING- AND THEY COME AND
GO. BECAUSE BETWEEN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR- AND EVEN OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES. THEY EARN MORE-
THAN WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE
SO. I WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL
WORKERS IN PARTICULAR THESE
FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING HERE IN
THE CAPITOL EVERY DAY TO MAKE
OUR DEMOCRACY THRIVE. HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY- TO HAVE A SEAT AT
THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR
OWN- WORKING CONDITIONS AND I
BELIEVE THIS THIS THIS POLICY IS
LONG OVERDUE AND I'M- SO HAPPY
TO SUPPORTED AND HAPPY TO MOVE
THE MOTION WHEN THE TIME IS
RIGHT MISTER CHAIR. THANK YOU
SENATOR- CENTER LAYERED- WELCOME
AND- ONE TO INDICATE ONE AB ONE-
A WITNESS TESTIMONIES COMPLETED
AT THIS TIME- CENTER SMALL
CUEVAS- AS YOU KNOW IT'S JUST
SPOKEN- ONE COULD BE AN
OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S ANYTHING
YOU WANTED TO ADD- BEFORE- WE
GET TO THE AUTHORS CLOSE THANK
I'M SORRY I MISSED THE- ALL THE
TESTIMONY. WAS BOGGED DOWN TO
BILLS THIS. AND JUST IN THE
INTEREST OF BREVITY I'M GONNA
SAY I'M A CO AUTHOR AND THAT IS
MY STATEMENT AND- I LOOK FORWARD
TO VOTING FOR. THANK YOU SIR SIR
WORD- THE END OF COURSE THE USE
OF PUBLIC IN THE AUTHOR KNOWS-
I'M ALSO PROUD COR THROUGH THE
BILL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO THE AUTHOR DIRECTLY
ABOUT- COMMITTEE CONCERNS THAT
HAVE BEEN- OUTLINED- MOST OF
WHICH- AGAIN ARE REALLY- TO
INSURE- THE LEGAL- NOT ONLY
SURVIVABILITY WHICH IS THE
LEGAL- APPROPRIATENESS OF EVERY
DETAIL IN THE BILL SO THAT WE
DON'T GET INTO. A SITUATION
WHERE AFTER YOU KNOW ALL THIS
WORK- THERE'S A SOME SORT OF
THIS IS THE KIND OF A CHALLENGER
GLITCH THAT- BARS OR OR- YOUR
LEAST DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION
SOMEHOW- SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS
YOU'VE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED IN
TERMS OF WHAT YOU'LL BE. TAKING
WE PROVIDED LANGUAGE UP ON THE
TWO AMENDMENTS- WE TALKED ABOUT
THE INCLUDE EXCLUDE EMPLOYEES
BUT THAT'S GOING FORWARD TO
JUDICIARY IN THIS COMMITTEE
WILL. FORWARD TO- THAT WHICH
WE'VE AGREED TO THOSE OTHER
THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE- DISC-
CONCERNS ABOUT PROBES ROLE IN
HOW THE INTERPLAY WILL WORK
GOING FORWARD A RELATIVE TO- NON
LEGISLATIVE- RELATED EMPLOYERS-
AND- YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE
LEGISLATURE CORE FUNCTION IS
PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION
APPRECIATED VERY MUCH YOU'RE IN
YOUR OPENING YOUR INDICATION
THAT- YOU'RE- VERY FOCUSED ON-
NAVIGATING OF THOSE ISSUES GOING
FORWARD. I'M QUITE SURE YOU'LL
HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY IN THE
NEXT COMMITTEE GIVEN MY
EXPERIENCE- WITH THAT COMMITTEE-
IN THEIR GREAT CHAIR- WHOSE
BRILLIANT A MOST OF THESE
ISSUES- THE ISSUES OF STRIKES
ARE. NO LABOR STRIFE SHOULD
HAPPEN SHOULD IMPASSE HAPPEN
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT I THINK IT'S
JUST ONE OF THOSE ISSUES SETS UP
PARTICULARLY- IMPORTANT TO GET
EXACTLY RIGHT- YOU KNOW BEFORE
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OR THE
OPERATIONAL DATA OF THE BILL- I
DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY
ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT I THINK
JUST THE- THE ISSUES- THAT COME
UP MANY OF US HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED. WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE IN
NO THERE'S ISSUES. AROUND- WHO
WHEN HOW. AND SO OF THAT- YOU IT
AND- LOT OF A LOT OF- THE-
PRACTICE THERE WHICH WITNESSES
APPLY TO THE STATE- BUT- THAT
THAT INVOLVES AROUND. REVOLVES
AROUND- THE ISSUES OF. WHO ARE
CENTRAL EMPLOYEES AND WHO THE
COURSE MIGHT DECLARE- YOU KNOW
ACTUALLY HAS THOSE. RATES
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE MIGHT SEE
IN THE LEGISLATION SO THESE ARE
ALL IMPORTANT THINGS- TO CLEAR
UP- AMONG OTHERS- BUT- I KNOW
THAT YOU'VE- WORKED DILIGENTLY-
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU'VE DONE
A TERRIFIC JOB GETTING THIS BILL
TO WHERE IT IS WITH. OF MORE
MOMENTUM THAN I'VE SEEN IN THE
PAST WE DON'T WANT TO. DO
ANYTHING- TO TRIP UP YOUR
MOMENTUM BUT TO ENCOURAGE- BY
WAY OF OUR CONTINUED HELP YOUR
FROM THE COMMITTEE STUFF. THE IN
TERMS OF NAVIGATING SOME OF
THESE FINAL ISSUES- WE'RE HAPPY.
TO HELP AND STAY ON TOP OF THOSE
ISSUES- AND WORK WITH JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE- THE WORLD IS A STAGE
HERE THEY'RE QUITE AWARE OF WHAT
WE'VE- DONE IN TERMS OF OUR
ANALYSIS HERE IN YOU KNOW WHAT
WORST WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE
TODAY ON THE RECORDS SO- CLEARLY
THEY'LL THEY'LL PICK UP ON THAT
IN- WILL PASS THE BATON. TO THEM
ON THESE REMAINING ISSUES- OUR
ONLY OBJECTIVE HERE IN TERMS OF
ANYTHING WE RECOMMEND- THAT'S
NOT CURRENTLY IN PRINT IS TO
STRENGTHEN THE BILL BECAUSE WE
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT CRITICAL
THE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES AND I WANT
TO EMPHASIZE THAT- HI. I'M
NATALIE COLE AUTHOR BUT AN ALLY
ON THE CONCERNS THAT YOU SET
FORTH GOING FORWARD MY OWN
EXPERIENCE WITHOUT GETTING INTO
. SPECIFIC DETAILS- OR SEEN
SOMETHING THAT MAY INDIRECTLY
ALLOW. MY WORDS TO BE TRACED
BACK TO A PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE I
DON'T WANT TO DO THAT YOU KNOW
WE ARE ALL STUCK IN THAT WORLD
BETWEEN IT'LL MAINTAIN THAT THE
PRIVACY AND- TO THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF OUR
PERSONNEL- IN IN THE DEEP. DEEP
FRUSTRATION ESPECIALLY FROM
SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS A PLACE
LIKE SILICON VALLEY. WHICH HAS
THE HIGHEST COST OF LIVING IN
THE WORLD- YOU KNOW TRYING. TO
JUSTIFY- THE PACKAGE OF- WAGES
AND BENEFITS AND- AND SO FORTH
YOU KNOW THAT. THERE WERE
LIMITED TO IN TERMS OF TRYING
TO. A CREEK- NOT ONLY A LIVING
WAGE- BUT A WORLD FOR EMPLOYEES
YOU KNOW TO LIVE IN. THAT
ATTRACTS THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT PEOPLE STAY
HERE. THE RETAIN BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO BE HERE- AND WE'RE NOT
LOSING THEM EVERY EIGHTEEN
MONTHS BECAUSE- THEY HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT TO- TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE RING OF LIVING. THE SO I
KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT- I'M FOR THAT I THINK WITH
THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE-
YOU WILL SEE THAT THE COMMITTEE
IS FOR THAT ARGUMENT OPPORTUNITY
TO CLOSE- HE ENTERED AND THEN
WE'LL GET THE MOTION FORMALLY ON
THE FOR YOU GET TO A ROLL CALL
VOTE- THANK YOU CHAIR WE HAVE
TWO MORE WITNESSES MAY I. AT THE
POINT OF PRIVILEGE OR THE MUSIC
THESE TWO ARE THESE PRIMARY
WITNESSES WELL THEY JUST WENT UP
ABOUT ME TOO IN THAT YES PLEASE
COME FORWARD I'M SORRY YEAH NO
WORRIES HI EVERYONE HI TAYLOR
MORRIS- CURRENTLY STAFF AND IS
TRANSPORT. THANK YOU CAN'T RILEY
CURRENT STAFFER IN STRONG. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE WE IT THANK
YOU WELCOME BACK TO. CLOSE THANK
YOU- THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR
TODAY FOR HEARING THIS BILL AND
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS- I
TOO WAS A PREVIOUS STAFF FOR
BOTH OF THE DISTRICT AND IN THE
CAPITAL AND SO. THIS BILL THIS
BILL MEANS A LOT TO ME IT MEANS
A LOT TO ME PERSONALLY WE KNOW
THAT OUR DISTRICT STAFF I KNOW
YOU WE DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT
THEM SKEWS ME. AS MUCH WILL GET
TO SEE THEM AS MUCH. BUT THEY
ALSO WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK-
THEY WORK ON HOLIDAYS YOU KNOW
SOMETIME ON CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR'S
EVE FOR THE JULY. DOING PARADES
THEY WORK A LOT AND SO THIS BILL
WILL ALSO HELP THEM A LOT SO I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE
VOTE THANK YOU. THANK YOU IN THE
MOTION IS SO BY SENATOR SMALL
CUEVAS- SO WE WILL GO TO THE
SYSTEM FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE NO
PLEASE THANK YOU. FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWO AB ONE THE MOTION IS
DO YOU PASS BUT FIRST RE REFER
TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
SENATOR CORTEZ HE- PRETENDS THE
ICE CENTER WILK. SENATOR DORADO
SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED HI
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THIS BILL IS
ON CALL WITH THREE AYE VOTES.
FOR EIGHT THIRTY I SHE OF TO GET
THE OTHER TWO TODAY BUT WE'LL
LEAVE IT ON CALL FOR THE ABSENT
MEMBERS AGAIN THANK YOU FOR.
STEPPING INTO THIS AND BRING THE
BILL FORD THANK YOU. BUT OF. FOR
ME. YOU DO SIXTEEN SEVENTY
SEVEN. ALL RIGHT YOU MAY PROCEED
WITH YOUR NEXT BILL- IN THE IS.
LET ME STAY WHAT IT IS FOR THE
RECORD- BY PHONE NUMBER- WEIRD-
FILE NUMBER THREE NEXT AB.
SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN. THANK YOU
CHAIR. I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT A.
B. SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN THIS
MORNING. A BILL SPONSORED BY THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION A
PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS ARE
CAPS. CAPS IS COLLECTED AS A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT FOR
THE MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND
SPECIALLY TRAINED HIGHLY
EDUCATED STATE SCIENTISTS. WHO
WORK THROUGHOUT. A STATE
GOVERNMENT AB SIXTEEN SEVENTY
SEVEN IS THE FIRST STEP TO
ENSURE THAT THESE WORKERS ARE
RECEIVING A COMPETITIVE WAGE. AB
SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN WOULD
REQUIRE THE UNIVERSITY OF
BERKELEY LABOR CENTER TO
EVALUATE THE EXISTING STATE
SCIENTISTS VALERIE STRUCTURE AND
PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS IF
APPROPRIATE. WHAT OF SALARY
MODELS FOR RANKING FILE
CALIFORNIA'S SCIENTIST CURRENTLY
COVERED BY A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT THE UC
BERKELEY BERKELEY LABOR CENTER
WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT TO THE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE THE
CHAIRPERSON OF THE JOINT
LEGISLATIVE. BUDGET COMMITTEE
AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE POLICY
AND BUDGET COMMITTEES CAPS AND
CAL H. R. WILL BOTH BE CONSULTED
I'M CONSULTED IN IDENTIFYING THE
STUDY'S PARAMETERS AND
OBJECTIVES. THIS WILL ALLOW CAPS
IN THE STATE TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WITH THE
MORE INFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT IT IS AN APPROPRIATE
STARTING POINT FOR EMPLOYEE
SALARIES I AM JOINED TODAY BY
PAT MORAN WHO REPRESENTS THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS. AND
JUSTIN GARCIA FROM THE CAPS
BOARD BOARD MEMBER. THE PLEASE
COME FORWARD LOCAL. MR SURE
MEMBERS PATRON WITH THEIR AND RE
SOCI REPRESENT THE CAL SO OF FOR
SCIENTISTS PURSUE LIKE TO THANK
- ASSEMBLY MCKENNA PROFFERING
BILL IN THE- THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS
BY YOUR STAFF. WITH ME TODAY IS
JUST AN GARCIA HE'S A STATE
SCIENTISTS IN THE CAPS BOARD
MEMBER TO OFFER- TESTIMONY AS TO
THE NEED FOR THE BILL THANK YOU
THANK YOU. MORNING MY NAME IS
JUSTIN GARCIA I'M A SENIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
SERVICE THE ENDANGERED. WILDLIFE
RESEARCH PERMIT COORDINATOR IN
HERE TODAY IS THE CAP SECRETARY.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCCANN- FOR ALL
THREE IN THIS BILL IN
SHEPHERDING IT THROUGH THE
PROCESS TO THIS COMMITTEE
HEARING. AS MENTIONED BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCCANN- AB
SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN WOULD BE A
FIRST STEP TO ENSURE THAT STATE
THANK YOU SIR VALUE TO
EQUITABLY. WITH TO THEIR PEERS
WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF STATE
CIVIL SERVICE SIX I JUST LIKE
MYSELF. YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY
COME TO MIND WHEN PEOPLE THINK
OF THEIR DAILY LIFE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA BUT WE SHOULD. WE
HAVE STATE SCIENTISTS WHO WORK
DILIGENTLY ACROSS THE STATE TO
PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC
HEALTH FOOD SUPPLY AND
AGRICULTURE WILDLIFE AND
ENVIRONMENT IN MORE THAN FORTY
DIFFERENT. STATE AGENCIES
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE JUST ARE
GREAT A CALL TO ADDRESSING AND
PREVENTING URGENT CHALLENGES
THAT THREATEN. OUR STATE OUR
NATION AND OUR WORLD INCLUDING
CLIMATE CHANGE- WILD FIRES AND
DROUGHT EXPOSURE TO TOXIC
CHEMICALS LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
INVASIVE SPECIES ECOSYSTEM
DESTRUCTION HOUSING SHORTAGES.
DISEASES THREATS TO OUR FOOD AND
WATER SUPPLY AND MUCH MORE. A
FEW EXAMPLES INCLUDE OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS AND
ARCHAEOLOGISTS WHO WORK AT CAL
FIRE ON THE FIRE LINES THAT CAN
IN THE BASE CAMPS TRACKING HOT
SPOTS AND PROGRESSION OF FIRES
THAT. HAVE RAVAGED CALIFORNIA
WHILE SCIENTISTS AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CONTROL AND CAL RECYCLE ENSURE
THAT THE PUBLIC IS SAFE FROM ANY
TOXIC CHEMICALS BURNED IN THE
AREA. WITH VETERINARIANS AND
OTHER SCIENTISTS AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE TO ENSURE THAT
CALIFORNIA CAN CONTINUE TO BE
THE UNITED STATES TOP RANKED
AGRICULTURAL STATE BY
MONITORING. IN CERTIFYING. THE
MEAT POULTRY AND EGGS. SO THE
THEIR SAFETY CAN IN THE DEAL
WITH THE DISEASES AVIAN AND-
THERE'S EXCITED WHO WHO WORK IN
MY TO. THEY TO. SPECIES THAT ARE
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED WITH
EXTINCTION SUCH AS CALIFORNIA
CONDOR CHINOOK SALMON IN
SOUTHERN SEA OTTER. THESE
EXAMPLES DON'T BEGIN TO SCRATCH
THE SURFACE IN THE WAYS THAT
SEEKS SCIENTISTS PROVIDE FOR
CALIFORNIA THAT IS WHY AB
SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN IS SO
IMPORTANT. C. STATUS ARE HIGHLY
EDUCATED SPECIALIZED EXPERTS.
WHO DO THE WORK BEHIND THE
SCENES TO ENSURE THAT IT YOUR
DAILY LIFE GOES UNINTERRUPTED.
WE NEED RECOGNITION FOR
IMPORTANT WORK. IN THIS BILL
WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TO COUNTERACT AN
IMPENDING LOSS OF SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE IN STATE SERVICE WITH
IMPARTIAL DATA. I'M HERE TODAY
TO EXPRESS MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN
SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL. AB
SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN WILL ALLOW
BOTH CAPS IN THE STATE TO ENTER
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MORE
INFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF
APPROPRIATE SALARY COMPARISONS
WHICH WILL BE DEFINED IN
CONCRETE SOLUTIONS TO OUR
LONGSTANDING SALARY ISSUES THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE
ELSE HERE IN THE ROOM THAT
WISHES TO EXPRESS SUPPORT
POSITION PLEASE COMPORT. KOBE
PRESIDED WITH CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS ALSO IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU AGAIN. CAITLIN VEGA
FOR THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT
GREAT THANK YOU. SEE NO ONE ELSE
CAN FORD IS THERE IN OPPOSITION
WITNESS IN THE ROOM. IF SO YOU
MAY COME FORTH AT THIS TIME IS
THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL
AT THIS TIME. SIS AB SIXTEEN
SEVENTY SEVEN. SEE NO ONE COME
FORWARD MODERATOR OF COULD YOU
PLEASE QUEUE UP ANY SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TESTIMONY ON AB
SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN AT THIS
TIME THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. TO EIGHTY
SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN PLEASE
PRESS ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME.
OKAY AND YOUR FIRST WE WILL HEAR
FROM LINE SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD. I
THINK. LEVINE SIGNATURE BY COULD
OPEN. SECOND WE A LOOK AT IT
THINK. THAT WE'RE UNABLE HEAR
YOU. HE. ONE NINE SEVEN FIVE. HI
MY NAME IS DYLAN. EIGHT FINANCES
POWERED BY AND CAP CORRECT. I AM
IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF
RECRUITING AND RETAINING THE
SCIENTISTS CALIFORNIA NEEDED
THANK YOU. ALIGNMENT. HUNDRED
SEVENTEEN. GOOD MORNING THIS IS
JESSE ZERO I AM A SCIENTIST AT
THE DEPARTMENT TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CONTROL I COMPLETELY SUPPORT
THIS BILL TO HELP RECRUIT AND
RETAIN RETAIN. BONTA SCIENTISTS
WHICH IS CRITICAL TO THE STATE-
MISSION PLEASE POST ON OFFICIALS
. WHY. ONE NINE. HI MY NAME IS
MARLENE I'M BIG SCIENTISTS WITH
THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FISH
AND WILDLIFE AND I AM SUPPORT OF
THIS TO A BILL A. ONE SEVEN
SEVEN. ALLYING THAT NIGHT. HI MY
NAME'S CAROL BRUSH MY MEMBER OF
FINE WITH OF THE CALL FOR
DEPARTMENT OF WILD AND I FOR A.
SIX THANKS THANK YOU. BLANKLY.
HI MY NAME IS ANDREA. NINE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AT THE COW
DEPARTMENT FISHING WHY. I CAN
CREATE SUPPORT A. B. SIX FEB
SEVEN THANK YOU. WHY NOT. ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY. HI MY NAME IS
CAROLYN EVAN RUN I'M ACTUALLY TO
ACT THE PART OF HEALTH CARE FOR.
AND I A COMPLETE SUPPORTER AND
RETAINING THANK HELLO. THANK YOU
. MISTER CHAIRMAN WE HAVE NO FOR
COMMENT AT THIS TIME THANK YOU
SO MUCH COME BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE AND SENATOR. THANK YOU
FOR MUCH IN AND I'M THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR BRING THIS BILL FOR.
I KNOW THAT A CLOSE IF NOT A
MAJORITY OF THE WITNESSES WERE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE. AND IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF FISH AND WILDLIFE NOW THEY'RE
MORE SCIENTISTS THAN THERE ARE
WILDLIFE OFFICERS FORMALLY KNOWN
AS GAME WARDENS. AND IF WE'RE
REALLY GOING TO INVEST. IN THE
BELIEF THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE MORE
THANKS TO SCIENCE WE HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO RECRUIT AND PAY THE
SCIENTISTS AND IN MY EIGHT YEARS
AS RESOURCES SECRETARY IT WAS
PAINFUL WE WALKED IN THE DOOR
WITH THE TWENTY SIX BILLION
DOLLAR. DEFICIT I DON'T REMEMBER
BRINGING THIS ISSUE OF EQUITY
AND THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE
THEY'RE DIFFERENT PIECES TO IT
BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE SUPERVISORS IN ONE UNION AND
THE RANK AND FILE WERE ANOTHER
UNION. AND THERE WERE TIMES
WHEN- DIFFERENT ONES OF THEM OUT
OF WHACK WERE MAKING MORE THAN
THE OTHER END AND PEOPLE SITTING
NEXT TO EACH OTHER WE'RE OUT OF
WHACK. IN THE I RECALL MEETING
Y. SO GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE
STATE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR THAT HE
HAD OTHER CABINET SECRETARIES
AND WENT AROUND THE ROOM AND
SAY. ONE ROUND OF THE DEFICIT
WILL YOU COMMIT TO WORK ON THIS
YET EVERYBODY SAY YES AND THEN
HE QUIT HIS JOB TWO WEEKS LATER.
IT AND IT WAS EXASPERATING DISH
JUST KEPT COMING BACK AND IT
KEPT COMING AROUND. IN THE
OFFERS FROM THE STATE WERE
MINUSCULE COMPARED TO THOSE
SALARY STUDIES AND I WAS OUT OF
WHACK AND SO. IT'S MY HOPE
BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS
ISSUE IS STILL GOING ON IT IS MY
HOPE. THAT IF A STUDY IS DONE IT
FOCUSES ON WHAT THE NEED IS IT'S
NOT AN OUTRIGHT LEGISLATION OF
THE SALARIES. WHICH WOULD
PROBABLY BE VETOED BY THE ADMIN
A- BUT IT'S A WAY TO. UP TO
DISCUSS WITH FACTS SO- I THINK
THIS IS A GREAT EFFORT I THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD I
APPRECIATE ALL THE TESTIMONY.
THE APPROPRIATE TIME I'LL BE
HAPPY TO MOST. ALL RIGHT WELL I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS VERY
MUCH JUST GIVE ME MY MORE
LIMITED BACKGROUND IN THE IN THE
SUBJECT MATTER- IN WILL COME
BACK TO FOR MOTION IN A MOMENT
WE'LL GIVE- THE OFTEN OPTING TO
CLOSE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I THOUGHT. RATE NOT MOVE
THE BILL CENTER LITTERED MOUSSE
THE BILL WILL ASSIST SYSTEM TO
CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER THREE AB SIXTEEN SEVENTY
SEVEN THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED
BUT FIRST RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATOR CORTEZ ET. HI FOR TED
THE ICE SENATOR WILK SENATOR
DORADO SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED
ICE CENTER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS THIS
BILL IS ON CALL AND. CURRENTLY
HAS TO AYE VOTES THANK YOU. THE
BILL ON CALL TO A VOTE AND- WILL
NOW MOVE. IN FILE ORDER. TO THE
NEXT AUTHOR PRESENT- THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE MISTER
MAIENSCHEIN BUT- THE NEXT FOLLOW
ORDERS- AUTHOR IS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PAP AND I'M GOING TO ASK
SENATOR LAYERED- TO PRESIDE IF
HE CAN I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO. TO BE HERE HE
APPROVES- I. S. GOING TO RUN OFF
TO IT COMMITTEE FOR A LONG COME
RIGHT BACK. I JUST ASK THAT YOU
COME BACK AT SOME POINT. THANK
YOU YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS PARTY
TODAY BUT THE OTHER AYE YEAH
THIS IS THIS IS HOW I ENDED UP
SHARING THE CAST
NONDISCRIMINATION BILL FOR TWO
AND A HALF HOURS. SO AS. A SO
YOU KNOW- ONE I WAS JUST MINDING
MY OWN AND THAT WAS AROUND AND
FILE. SO ASSEMBLY MEMBER UP
HAPPENED ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TO
THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU SAID
EARLIER IT COULD BE WITH YOU
ASSEMBLY BILL FIVE SEVEN FIVE
SIMPLY REMOVES UNNECESSARY
BARRIERS FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING
TO ACCESS PAID FAMILY LEAVE. I'D
LIKE TO START PRETENDING WILL
ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
WOULD CROSS REFERENCE THE PAID
FAMILY LEAVE CODE OF
REGULATIONS. FOR THE DEFINITION
OF IN LOCO PARENTIS. TWENTY
YEARS AGO CALIFORNIA BECAME THE
FIRST IN THE NATION DIRECTLY
FAMILY PROGRAMS. PFL PAID FAMILY
LEAVE PROVIDES WORKERS WITH
PARTIAL WAGE REPLACEMENT WHEN
THEY TAKE LEAVE FROM WORK TO
PROVIDE CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER
IN SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. WHAT
CALIFORNIANS THAT THE NATION.
AND IS TAKING MEANINGFUL STEPS
TO MAKE THE PROGRAM MORE ACABOU
WORKERS STILL FACE SOME
BARRIERS. TO GET PAID FAMILY
LEAVE BENEFITS AND AB FIVE SEVEN
FIVE. SIX TO REMOVE SOME OF
THOSE BARRIERS IN THREE WAYS
NUMBER ONE YOU CAN HAVE MORE
THAN ONE FAMILY MEMBER- CARE FOR
A SICK FAMILY MEMBER IN THE SAME
HOUSEHOLD. NUMBER TWO. PAID
FAMILY LEAVE WILL ALLOW SOMEBODY
WHO IS NOT A FORMAL GUARDIAN TO
TAKE. FAMILY LEAVE TO BOND WITH
A CHILD ID A GRANDPARENT WHO
TAKES IN A GRAND CHILD BUT IS
NOT A FOSTER PARENT BONA FIDE OR
DEDUCTED PAIRED ANYTHING ALONG
THOSE LINES. AND FINALLY AB FIVE
SEVEN FIVE REMOVES A PROVISION
THAT. SAYS THAT WOULD ALLOW.
EMPLOYERS TO FORCE AN EMPLOYEE
TO TAKE TWO WEEKS PAID VACATION
BEFORE THEY CAN START THEIR PAID
FAMILY LEAVE. THAT'S IT IS JUST
THREE STEPS TO IT- AND WITH ME
TODAY I HAVE K¾T WHICH IT ON
BEHALF OF LEGAL AID AT WORK TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
THANK YOU WELCOME TO THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU GOOD
AFTERNOON ADAM AS SHE SAID I'M
K¾T WHICH IT AND I'M A SENIOR
STAFF ATTORNEY AT LEGAL AID AT
WORK AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
THAT'S DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING
FAMILIES. TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
CARE OF THEIR LOVED ONES WITHOUT
HAVING TO SACRIFICE THEIR JOBS
OR THEIR INCOME TO DO THAT. AS A
PART OF OUR WORK WE HAVE A
WORKING FAMILY HELPLINE WHERE
EVERY YEAR WE HEAR FROM OVER A
THOUSAND FAMILIES WHO ARE
REACHING OUT OFTEN BECAUSE THEY
THEY NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF TO
CARE FOR THEIR FAMILY. BUT
THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS
ACCESSING PAID FAMILY LEAVE.
THEY REACH OUT AND THEIR CONCERN
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY NEED
TO TAKE TIME OFF BECAUSE THEIR
FAMILY NEEDS THEM BUT IF THEY DO
THAT. THEY'LL LOSE OUT ON THEIR
INCOME AND THAT WILL- CAUSE
DIFFICULTY FOR THEM STILL RISK
DEBT HOMELESSNESS. AND HUNGER-
THE PAID FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM IS
A PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY
THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT. AND IT PROVIDES
PARTIAL WAGE REPLACEMENT WHEN
PEOPLE CANNOT WORK BECAUSE OF
EITHER. THE NEED TO BOND WITH A
NEW CHILD THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF
A SICK FAMILY MEMBER. OR BECAUSE
OF CERTAIN MILITARY EXIGENCIES.
AND IMPORTANTLY IT SOMETHING
THAT WORKERS PAY FOR IT'S A 100%
PAID FOR OUT OF WORKERS WAGES
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
EMPLOYERS. CONTRIBUTE AND ZERO-
BUT SOME WORKERS RIGHT NOW
AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THE
PROGRAM IN THE WAY THAT THEY
SHOULD BE. SO FIRST OF ALL AB
FIVE SEVEN FIVE WOULD MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR MORE THAN ONE
FAMILY MEMBER TO TAKE PAID
FAMILY LEAVE AT A TIME. WHEN AN
OLDER PARENT IS DYING OR A CHILD
IS GETTING CHEMOTHERAPY IT MIGHT
BE NECESSARY TO HAVE MULTIPLE
FAMILY CARE GIVERS BE THERE. AND
ONE OF THEM SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
MAKE THAT SACRIFICE OF LOSING
OUT ON THEIR INCOME WELL THEY'RE
PROVIDING THAT CARE. SECONDLY
IT'LL ALLOW. LOVING ADULTS WHO
STEP INTO THE ROLE TO CARE FOR A
CHILD IN A TIME OF DISTRESS. TO
ACCESS PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR
BINDING. RIGHT NOW- PFL DOES
RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF IN LOCO
PARENTIS SOAPY PARENTS WHO ARE
IN LOCO PARENTIS. CAN TAKE TIME
TO BOND BUT ONLY WITHIN A YEAR
AFTER THEY FORMALLY EIGHTY FIVE.
OR CHIU. BUT OFTEN. AND A TIME
OF DISTRESS- EMERGENCY EVENT.
THAT FORMAL PROCESS ISN'T THERE
SO THAT. FAMILY MEMBER WHO TAKES
THEM AND ISN'T ABLE TO GET PAID
FAMILY LEAVE INCOME. SO EVEN IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS ON OUR
HELPLINE WE'VE HEARD FROM A
GRANDMOTHER WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS
IN A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT. AND
SHE WANTED TO TAKE IN HER EIGHT
YEAR OLD GRANDSON WHO LIVED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO HE WAS
MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
STAY WITH HER A NEW HOME A NEW
ADULT BUT SHE WASN'T ABLE TO GET
PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND COME. TO
PROVIDE HIM WITH SUPPORT- OR WE
HEARD FROM AN AUNT WHOSE SISTER
WAS DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AND SHE WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF
HER YOUNG NIECE BUT SHE WASN'T
ABLE TO GET PAID FAMILY LEAVE
INCOME TO SUPPORT THEM DURING
THAT TIME. AND THEN FINALLY IT
WOULD ALLOW WORKERS TO ACCESS
PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND WHEN THEY
WANT TO. AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT'S
PAID FOR COMPLETELY OUT OF
WORKERS WAGES THEY CURRENTLY AN
EMPLOYER CAN REQUIRE SOMEONE TO
USE TWO WEEKS OF VACATION FIRST.
THIS WOULD SIMPLY STATE WORKERS
PAY FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE THEY
CAN USE IT WHEN THEY WANT TO- AB
FIVE SEVEN FIVE. MAKES MODEST
CHANGES TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE BUT
THEY'RE THE KIND OF CHANGES THAT
FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT THE
IMPACT. THEY'LL HAVE A REAL MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES SO.
FOR THOSE REASONS WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I.
BOATS. THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH- WITH THAT AS THE- WAY. IS
THERE ANYBODY IN ROOM THAT
WISHES TO DO A MEET. IN SUPPORT
ON THIS BILL ME TOO WAS JUST
NAME. ORGANIZATION AND- POSITION
. STEIGER WITH CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION ALSO IN SPORTS THANK
YOU. HEY KAREN SOME OF THE OTHER
NEIGHBOR APPROACHES CALIFORNIA
AS WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA NURSES
ASSOCIATION IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. GENYA CASSIDY
CALIFORNIA WORK AND FAMILY
COALITION IN STRONG SUPPORT.
ALSO TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE
FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS. IN
STRONG SUPPORT. CARING ACROSS
GENERATIONS. EQUAL RIGHTS
ADVOCATES. FRIEND'S COMMITTEE ON
LEGISLATION OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
COUNCIL AND WORKSAFE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. DOES YOUR CREWS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
PARTNERSHIPS AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
MEANWHILE THE HEART WELL WITH A.
R. P. CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT
THANK. MISTER AND CENTERS KOBE
PRESIDED WITH CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS ALSO IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN IN THE
IN THE ROOM IS THERE ANYBODY
THAT WISHES TO TESTIFY IN
OPPOSITION. SAY NO ONE. OTHER
THAN WILL GO TO THE MODERATOR
AND MODERATOR- THIS WOULD BE AT
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO
TESTIFY FOR OR AGAINST OF THIS
BILL AS IT MAY TO JUST NAME
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS. ONE
THAT IS HERO AT THIS TIME. FIRST
WE'LL GO TO LINE FOURTEEN PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HE YOU HI MERRY
CREAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HALF
OF THE CHILDREN PARTNERSHIP AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. WINE AT ONE
TWENTY SIX. GOOD MORNING JANET
JACKSON ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY
CAREGIVER ALLIANCE AND THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION ON FAMILY
CAREGIVING AND SUPPORT AGAIN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LINE. ONE
TWENTY FIVE. HI LESLIE BIGELOW
I'M REPRESENTING THE ORANGE
COUNTY QUALITY COALITION IN
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU. MISTER
CHAIR THERE ARE NO FURTHER
COMMENTS THANK YOU AT THIS TIME
. **** THAT AND WE'RE IN ONE OF
THOSE AWKWARD SENATE MOMENTS
WHERE- IF THERE'S ONE PERSON IN
THERE CHAIRING THEY'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO MAKE A MOTION SO- LET
ME ASK YOU IF. YOU WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE I WOULD THANK YOU SO MUCH
CENTER THERE'D. WE SHOULD YOU'RE
ATTENDANCE TODAY- IF YOU DO HAVE
THIS BILL IS THAT IT DOES NOT
COST CALIFORNIA PLAYERS ANYMORE
BECAUSE EMPLOYEES PLAY INTO IT
AND AT RESPECTFULLY HOUSE FOR AN
AYE VOTE FOR THIS SORT OF CLEAN
UP OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE THANK
YOU I APPRECIATE IT AND WHEN WE
GET BACK TO HAVING A MEMBERS WE
WILL VOTE ON YOUR BILL. SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. AND NEXT WE'LL
MOVE TO THE EVER PATIENTS
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MAIENSCHEIN WHO
HAS TWO BILLS AND THE FIRST ONE
IS ASSEMBLY BILL FIVE NINETY
FOUR. WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE
THE FLOOR'S YOURS THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AS CENTER LAYERED AS CHAIR
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE I ALSO
WILL HAVE TO. HEAR THAT CASPIT
SAYS ONE AND IF YOU COULD KIND
OF COME OVER AND SERVICE LIKE
HONORARY VICE CHAIR FOR THE DAY
YES I NEED TO STEP OUT FOR ABOUT
SIX HOURS. I EXPECT TO HAVE A
DENTAL APPOINTMENT WHENEVER THAT
IS. RIGHT WELL I TRIED THAT- SIR
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO START WITH
AB FIVE NINETY FOUR WE JUST
SPLIT OKAY. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS AB FIVE NINETY
FOUR WILL EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN
THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO PROTECT
WORKERS FROM LABOR LAW
VIOLATIONS. AND PROTECT
RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYERS FROM
UNFAIR COMPETITION. DESPITE THE
BEST EFFORTS OF THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER LOCAL AGENCIES
ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR LAW
VIOLATIONS IS INADEQUATE TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF CALIFORNIANS AND
THAT'S WORKFORCE. WAGE THEFT IS
WIDESPREAD IN CALIFORNIA AND IS
PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS IN LOW
WAGE INDUSTRIES. IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE ALMOST NINETEEN
THOUSAND WORKERS FILED CLAIMS
WITH THE LABOR COMMISSIONER.
ADDING UP TO MORE THAN THREE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT MILLION
IN LOST WAGES. COMPANIES
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MORE
SOPHISTICATED WAYS TO EVADE
ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LABOR
LAW VIOLATIONS. THESE TECHNIQUES
MAKE THE ALREADY BACKLOGGED WAGE
CLAIM PROCESS EVEN MORE
COMPLICATED AND TIME INTENSIVE.
IT IS ESSENTIAL WE MAXIMIZE THE
TOOLS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. TO GIVE
WORKERS ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND
HOLD COMPANIES THAT BREAK THE
LAW ACCOUNTABLE. AB FIVE NINETY
FOUR EXPANDS PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT
IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS IT
BROADENS THE AUTHORITY OF
DISTRICT AND CITY ATTORNEYS TO
ENFORCE LABOR LAWS. AND SEEK
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO STOP%
VIOLATIONS CLARIFIES THAT PUBLIC
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE NOT
BOUND BY ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
SIGNED BY INDIVIDUAL WORKERS.
AND AUTHORIZES THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER TO ISSUE PENALTIES
FOR WILLFUL MISCLASSIFIED CATION
IN THE WAGE CLAIM PROCESS I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE OPPOSITION. WE'RE STILL
IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING
THEIR SUGGESTIONS I LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS. THIS
REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT MEASURE
TO PROTECT WORKERS- AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE WITH ME TO TESTIFY IS
CAITLIN VEGA WITH THE CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION. THANK YOU AND
WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE. WHAT
WE JUST FOR THE RECORD WE
NORMALLY HAVE FOUR MINUTES FOR
EACH SIDE PRIMARY WITNESSES BUT
WHEN THERE'S A ONE. YOU COULD GO
UP TO FOUR MINUTES BUT- I WOULD
URGE YOU TO BE CIRCUMSPECT YOU
MISTER CHAIR I WILL TRY NOT TO.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THIS
BILL AND MANY OF US I THINK
PERHAPS YOU MISTER CHAIR AND ME
HAVE BOTH BEEN DOING THIS WORK
FOR SEVERAL DECADES. I'M
THINKING ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF
LEGAL PROTECTIONS WE CAN THAT
CAN ENACT TO BETTER PROTECT
WORKERS ESPECIALLY LOW WAGE
WORKERS ESPECIALLY WORKERS. IN
INDUSTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF
LABOR LAW VIOLATION. AND AFTER A
CERTAIN POINT YOU START TO
QUESTION HOW ARE THESE LAWS
WORKING ARE THEY EFFECTIVE AS WE
INTENDED WHAT ARE WE DOING
HELLO. HOW ARE ALL OF THESE LAWS
TO ADDRESS WAGE THEFT IN THIS
CLASSIFICATION AND ALL OF THESE
OTHER LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS.
BEING IMPLEMENTED TO ACTUALLY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
OF WORKERS. AND WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IS THAT WE TRULY FACE AN
ENFORCEMENT CRISIS WE HAVE ONE
STATE AGENCY THAT IS UNDERFUNDED
THAT HAS REALLY HIGH RATES OF
VACANCIES. AND WITH ALL OF THEIR
BEST EFFORTS IT'S TAKES YEARS
FOR WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND TO GET
JUSTICE. NOT ONLY IS THAT UNFAIR
TO WORKERS THAT'S UNFAIR TO ALL
THE EMPLOYERS ALL THE
RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES THAT ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THING THAT ARE
PROVIDING WORKERS COMPENSATION
WORKPLACE AND PAYING PEOPLE
PROPERLY. IT'S ALSO UNFAIR TO
THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE
LOSES OUT ON UNPAID TAXES. AND
SO WE REALLY TRY TO THINK
SERIOUSLY THIS YEAR ABOUT WAYS
WE CAN STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT.
ON THIS BILL LOOK AT THE ALREADY
EXISTING AUTHORITY A LITTLE
LOCAL CITY ATTORNEYS AND
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. SEVERAL OF
WHOM HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO
DEVELOP WORKERS RIGHTS
ENFORCEMENT UNITS. AND WE SAID
HOW CAN WE BROADEN AND- NOT A-
SO THAT WORKERS ARE NOT. IN TO
ON THE STATE A- BUT CAN ALSO
SEEK ASSISTANCE- OUT THE LOCAL
LEVEL WHERE SOMETIMES THE CITY
ATTORNEYS AND DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS. BECAUSE THEY'RE AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE ABLE TO
UNCOVER OR DISCOVER KINDS OF
LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS. AND THAT
MIGHT BE MISSED OTHERWISE AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE
CLEAR AUTHORITY. TO HOLD
VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE SO THAT'S
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL I'M
WORKERS DESPERATELY NEED THESE
LAWS TO BE ENFORCED AND ENFORCED
ADEQUATELY AND TIMELY. AND
THAT'S THE POINT OF THE OF THE
LEGISLATION THAT WE ASK FOR YOUR
I. PHONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
THIS WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ANYONE TO DO A ME TO IN SUPPORT
IN THE ROOM. SURE SURE MEMBERS
GOT WHICH ABOUT THE STATE
ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS TO CALIFORNIA'S THE
PATRIOTS COUNCIL THE WESTERN
STATES COUNCIL SHEET METAL
WORKERS. IN THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION UTILITY EMPLOYEES IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN CLOSE BUT
IT WILL LIMIT TO TWO MINUTES THE
LIST OF ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SOME. I HAVE. YOU HAD NEED PER
YEAR ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA'S EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. JUST ONE MISTER CHAIR LOWER
COSTS OF FOR A SMART
TRANSPORTATION DIVISION CAL FOR
SAINT LUCIA BOARD IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MISTER
MEMBERS COULD BE PRESIDING
REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS WHICH IS LOCAL AND
PRIVATE SECTOR PSYCHICS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. REMEMBER START
CHAMBER ON BEHALF ASKING
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. FOR
SHOULD. ARE YOU HOWEVER FOR THE
NEXT CATEGORY HERE TO ASSIST-
HERE'S A LATE BREAKING ME. TO
SORRY MISTER CHAIR PACMAN WITH
REDUCE. ARE OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEE
ASSOCIATION IT'S A THANK THANK
YOU VERY MUCH NOW WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE. TO OPPOSITION WITNESSES
THAT ARE IN THE ROOM. SO
WELCOME. MISTER SHARON MEMBERS
COURTNEY JENSEN ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RESPECTFULLY IN OPPOSITION WE
APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR
AND AUTHORS OFFICE AND HAVE
PROVIDED AMENDMENTS REFLECTING
OUR CONCERNS. AB FIVE NINE FOUR
PROVIDES A BROAD NEW AUTHORITY
FOR PUBLIC PROSECUTORS TO
ENFORCE NEW PROVISIONS OF THE
LABOR CODE. IT IS TRUE THAT
LOCAL PUBLIC PROSECUTORS CAN
PROSECUTE CLAIMS REGARDING
PAYMENT OF WAGES HOWEVER THESE
CLAIMS ARE OFTEN CUT AND DRY AND
LEAVE LITTLE OPEN TO
INTERPRETATION. OUR CONCERN WITH
THIS EXPANSION IS THAT WE ARE
NOW GIVING LOCAL PROSECUTORS THE
ABILITY TO ENFORCE LAWS THAT ARE
OPEN TO MUCH MORE
INTERPRETATION- WHICH WILL LEAD
TO INCONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THIS IS
PARTICULARLY BURDENSOME FOR
BUSINESSES THAT WORK ACROSS
JURISDICTIONS AS NOTED IN THE
ANALYSIS THAT IS REQUESTED IN
OUR AMENDMENTS WE BELIEVE
REQUIRING THE D. I. R. TO ISSUE
REGULATIONS PROVIDING GUIDANCE.
TO PUBLIC PROSECUTORS TO AID IN
UNIFORMITY AND ENFORCEMENT
ACROSS THE STATE WOULD BE
IMMENSELY HELPFUL WE HOPE TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE AUTHOR
ON THIS ISSUE I THINK IF. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WITNESS.
GOOD OF CHAIRMAN CHRIS MCKAY ON
BEHALF OF THE LOS SEARCH OF
COMMERCE RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION-
CHEN THIS- THAT WITH HIS STAFF
ABOUT POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS AS-
MISS JENSEN OUTLINE I WON THE-
FIRST NOTE THAT WAGE THEFT DOES
IN FACT CONTINUE TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN
CALIFORNIA I KNOW THAT THE
EMPLOYER COMMUNITY. OVER THE
PAST DECADE HAS WORKED WITH BOTH
LEGISLATORS AND OUR FRIENDS AT
THE LABOR FEDERATION AMONG
OTHERS TO COMBAT. WAGE THEFT-
INCREASE RESOURCES FOR THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AND GIVE
THEM ENHANCED LEGAL AUTHORITY TO
COMBAT THIS ISSUE. TWO
ADDITIONAL CONCERNS IN ADDITION
TO THOSE RAISED BY MR JOHNSON
THE FIRST IS IN SECTION ONE
EIGHTY ONE EIGHTY. IT SAYS THAT
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR CAN WORK
QUOTE WITHOUT SPECIFIC DIRECTION
OF THE D. SEE- NOW. I CAN
APPRECIATE HOW THE CERTAINLY THE
FIFTY EIGHT ELECTED DA'S AND THE
NUMBER OF ELECTED CITY ATTORNEYS
DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE
DIRECTION OF THE D. LSE. BUT AS
THE REFERENCE AMENDMENTS FROM
THE EMPLOYER COMMUNITY INDICATE
WE WOULD LIKE- COLLABORATION AT
THE VERY LEAST- IN THAT REGARD
PERHAPS NOT WORKING AT THE
DIRECTION OF- BUT CERTAINLY NOT
ISOLATED FROM THIS TO HELP GIVE.
DIRECTION AND THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF ISSUES WHILE PERHAPS WAGE
THEFT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CUT
AND DRY IN A LEGAL ANALYSIS
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES
EXAM VERSUS NON EXEMPT.
CLASSIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR VERSES WORKER IT
CETERA EMPLOYEE EXCUSE ME. THEY
DO HAVE DISCRETIONARY- STANDARDS
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE
CONSISTENCY STATEWIDE THE SECOND
AND FINAL POINT IS. A
SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IN THE
EMPLOYER COMMUNITY REGARDING THE
POTENTIAL FOR ANY CONTRACTED
ATTORNEYS TO DO THIS WORK ON
BEHALF OF THE LOCAL
JURISDICTION. YOU KNOW PERHAPS
IN SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT
INSTANCES VERY LIMITED ONES THAT
MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE
PARTICULARLY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS
OF INTEREST BUT WE WOULD HATE TO
SEE ANY SORT OF- YOU KNOW BOUNTY
HUNTER LITIGATION AS A RESULT OF
THIS LEGISLATION. FOR THOSE
THREE REASONS WE RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR NO VOTE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BUT NOW WE
WILL MOVE IN THE ROOM. TO ANY
OPPOSITION THAT IS A ME TOO NAME
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION. THE
MORNING PERSECUTE US HERE ON
BEHALF OF PUBLIC RISK INNOVATION
SOLUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT KNOWN
AS PRESIDENT RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING KATIE DAVEY WITH A
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT
ASSOCIATION RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THING NO
ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM MODERATOR-
WE WILL MOVE TO THE PHONES. AND
THIS IS. ON ASSEMBLY BILL FIVE
NINETY FOUR WORK TO THE ME TO
FACE WHICH IS JUST NAME
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION IT CAN
BE SUPPORT OR OPPOSE MODERATOR
OVER TO YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY. FOR EIGHTY
FIVE NINE FOUR IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO
AT THIS TIME. AN ONLINE AT ONE
THIRTY ONE PLEASE GO AHEAD.
BENETTI COME AFTER THE
CALIFORNIA'S LEGAL SEED
PRODUCERS IN OPPOSITION FOR THE
REASONS STATED THANK YOU THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. AND A LINE OF ONE
THIRTY. LAWRENCE GATE NUMBER THE
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURES
TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES
RESPECTIVOS THANK YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MISTER CHAIR THERE
ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS THANK
YOU THANK YOU MODERATOR. A WILL
BRING IT BACK TO THE MEMBER AND-
OF IT AND LET ME ASK ONE
QUESTION AND THAT IS- IS THERE
HAD BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS THAT
THERE BEEN LOTS OF MEETINGS AND
ARE YOU STILL WORKING ON THIS
AND ARE YOU STILL ATTEMPTING TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES
YEAH WE WE'VE HAD IT WE HAVE A
VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
OPPOSITION. AND WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THEM ON ON THIS BILL
NO ONE OF THE THINGS TO ADDRESS
SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE POINTS
MR. MAKENI RAISED ABOUT SORT OF
AT THE DIRECTION THE LANGUAGE IN
THERE ABOUT AT THAT DIRECTION-
OF THE LABOR COMMISSION I THINK
REALLY AS A PRACTICAL MATTER
THERE'S TWO ISSUES THERE THAT I
HOPEFULLY WILL GIVE SOME
REASSURANCE ANY OPPOSITION ONE
IS YOU KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE SOME
DISCRETION THAT GOES TO DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS INTO CITY ATTORNEYS
THAT HAPPENS. JUST INHERENT IN
IN OUR COURT SYSTEM BUT SECONDLY
IN A REALLY OF TIME OF LIMITED
RESOURCES I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE
THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE
LOT OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND
CITY ATTORNEYS THAT WANT TO DO
DUPLICATIVE WORK IF THE LABOR.
COMMISSION IS ALREADY TAKING ON
AND IN FACT THE WHOLE REASON FOR
THIS BILL IS THAT. THERE IS THAT
THE LABOR CHRISTIANS ALREADY
OVERWORKED SO THE- TICKET TO
THINK THAT WITH THIS MUCH WAGE
STAFF THAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
THAT EVERYBODY SORT OF GONNA
PILE ON TO ONE INDIVIDUAL. GROUP
OR TRADE OR SOMETHING I THINK IS
VERY VERY UNLIKELY I THINK IN
WITH THESE LIMITED RESOURCES IT
WILL BE SPREAD OUT HAVING SAID
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THEM AND- AND TRY TO FIND AREAS
WHERE WE CAN. SHAPE UP SOME OF
THE LANGUAGE- SHOULD AND I'M
GONNA GIVE YOU THE UP. TO CLOSE
AND WAS. BASICALLY- YEAH THAT'S
MY CLOSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MISTER CHAIR- APPRECIATED WOULD
. REQUEST AN AYE VOTE THANK YOU
AND WHEN WE- CAN GET THERE WE
WILL HAVE A MOTION THAT VOTE SO
THANK YOU THANK YOU. AND THEN
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ASSEMBLY BILL
ELEVEN FORTY FIVE THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS AB LET FORTY
FIVE WOULD ESTABLISH A
REBUTTABLE REBUTTABLE
PRESUMPTION THAT PTSD SUFFERED
BY NURSING STAFF TO PROVIDE
DIRECT CARE TO PRISON INMATES IN
STATE HOSPITAL PATIENTS. IS A
WORKPLACE INJURY. THE STATE
NURSES PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS
SOCIAL SERVICE SPECIALISTS AND
VARIOUS MEDICAL SPECIALS PROVIDE
DIRECT CARE. TO AN INMATE IN
PATIENT POPULATIONS THAT HAVE
COMMITTED SERIOUS AND VIOLENT
FELONIES OR HAVE SEVERE MENTAL
ILLNESSES. THAT MAKE THEM A
DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS
THIS NURSING STAFF IS MOST OFTEN
DIRECT RECIPIENT OF ASSAULTIVE
BEHAVIOR. EACH DAY LIKELY.
INVOLVES REPETITIVE VERBAL AND
EMOTIONAL ABUSE PHYSICAL
THREATS. AND WITNESSING OR EVEN
BEING THE TARGET OF HORRIFIC
VIOLENCE SALTS THE TOLL ON THEIR
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL
HEALTH. FROM THESE TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCES CAN UNDOUBTEDLY
PRODUCE PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY
INCLUDING PTSD. UNFORTUNATELY
BURDEN FALLS UPON THE NURSE TO
PROVE THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY
RESULTED FROM A WORKPLACE INJURY
THESE NURSES DESERVE TO RECEIVE
THE BENEFITS OF WORKERS COMP
WITHOUT UNDUE BURDEN. SO THEY
CAN HEAL FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL
TRAUMA THEY MAY AND YEAR INDOOR
DURING THEIR JOB. THIS BILL HAS
RECEIVED NO NO VOTES ALONG THE
WAY AND HERE TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF AB ELEVEN FORTY FIVE
AS KOBE BASADI. WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS THEY
DON'T STRUCTURE RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AND I THANK YOU AND JUST
BEFORE YOU TESTIFY. LET ME JUST
INDICATE THIRD WE HAVE THREE
MORE AUTHORS THEY'RE NOT IN THE
ROOM RIGHT NOW SO ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS WICKS HANEY IN ORTEGA.
IF YOU ARE WITHIN EARSHOT OR
YOUR STAFF MEMBERS AND THEY'RE
SHOCKED WHEN THIS BILL WAS DONE
WE WILL BE READY TO TAKE UP
WHOEVER'S NEXT IN THE ROOM.
HAVING SAID THAT. MR PRESIDING
WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE. IT THE
TIME- SHARE MEMBERS I'M KOBE
PRESIDING WITH CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS WE REPRESENT
APPROXIMATELY SIX THOUSAND
PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS IN THE
STATE- THAT WORK FOR PRISONS
MENTAL HOSPITALS AND
DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS- ONE OF
THE LARGEST DIRECT LEVEL OF CARE
PROVIDERS IN ALL THE STATE
HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY THIRTY SIX HUNDRED
MEMBERS WORKING AT ATASCADERO
COALINGA NAPA PATTON
METROPOLITAN STATE HOSPITALS-
YOU KNOW JUST TO. KIND OF PUT
INTO CONTEXT WHAT WE FACE.
THIRTY THIRTY SIX HUNDRED OF US
THERE WAS TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED
ASSAULTS ON STAFF LAST YEAR
ALONE. THAT'S NOT TO MENTION THE
THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED PATIENT ON
PATIENT ASSAULTS. THAT WE HAVE
TO BREAK UP BECAUSE WE DO NOT
HAVE HOSPITAL POLICE OFFICERS ON
OUR UNITS WHO BY THE WAY HAVE
THIS PRESUMPTION. SO WE ARE THE
ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE
WORK OF SUBDUING AND TAKING DOWN
A PATIENT ASSAULT- YOU KNOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
IS MORE OF A PARITY ISSUE AND I
WANT TO KIND OUT WHEN IT WITH
THIS ONE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT
HAPPENED IN PRISON- IN MARCH
NINTH IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
IN MAY JAMESON A- COMMITTEE VERY
HEINOUS CRIME AND IT WAS OUR
PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIAN. THAT WHO
IS DOING HER ROUNDS DISCOVERED
THAT MR OSUNA HAD DECAPITATED
DISSECTED. AND THEN ADORNED
HIMSELF AND HIS CELL MATES
INNARDS- MY SITE TECH THEY HAD
TO CALL A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
FOR HELP. TOOK EIGHTEEN MONTHS
TO RECEIVE HER WORKERS
COMPENSATION APPROVAL. WHILE THE
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER WHO HAD
THIS PRESUMPTION. AUTOMATICALLY
RECEIVED. I JUST KIND OF WANTED
TO PUT EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE
I HATED TO BE THAT GRAPHIC BUT
IT DOES KIND OF MAGNIFIED THE
ISSUE. AND WITH THAT SENATOR HI-
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE
APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY THIS
WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM. TO DO A ME
TO. OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL.
JOHN JAPAN CALIFORNIA NURSES
ASSOCIATION IT'S FOR THANK YOU.
A GOOD AFTERNOON DANIEL CHERYL
ON BEHALF OF SEIU LOCAL ONE
THOUSAND WHICH INCLUDES
BARGAINING UNIT SEVENTEEN
REGISTERED NURSES AND PARTY
UNITY TWENTY MEDICAL AND SOCIAL
SERVICE SPECIALISTS IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RESEARCHER DARCHINYAN ON BEHALF
OF ASK ME CALIFORNIA WHO SUPPORT
FOR THE BILL'S CONTINGENT UPON
AMENDMENTS. IF YOU THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MISTER CHAIR MEMBER
ARE FLOCKS CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION SUPPORT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH SEEING NO OTHER
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT IN THE
ROOM- THIS WOULD BE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY THAT
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF
THE BILL TO THE BILL IN THE ROOM
. SIR ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO
SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. SAYING NO
ONE THEN MODERATOR. WE WILL GO
TO YOU. THIS IS SENATE BILL- I
MEAN ASSEMBLY BILL ELEVEN FORTY
FIVE. AND IF IT TURNS OUT
THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT IT
INTENDED TO SPEAK FOR A LITTLE
BIT IN OPPOSITION WE WILL TAKE
IT LONGER THAN THE ME TOO BUT
OTHER THAN THAT- THIS IS A ME
TOO TESTIMONY NAME ORGANIZATION
AND POSITION MODERATOR OVER TO
YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE ME TO TESTIMONY IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION A. B.
ELEVEN FORTY FIVE PLEASE PRESS
ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME. HEY
MISTER CARE WE HAVE NO COMMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE
APPRECIATE IT. WELCOME BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE. AND INTERESTINGLY
I JUST PRESENTED A BILL ON THE
SUBJECT TO RENEW THE- THE-
REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS THIS
MORNING AND COMMITTEE. IN ONE OF
THE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN RAISED
IN IN THAT CASE THE EXTENSION OF
THE SUNSET WAS VETOED LAST YEAR
BY THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF
DOCUMENTATION OR INFORMATION AND
THAT IS BEING ASSEMBLED. AND
I'VE TAKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE
THE SUGGESTION THAT WE WILL ASK
FOR- A SPECIFIC STUDY IN
ADDITION TO THAT INFORMATION IF
THE BILLS ENACTED. IS THE
INFORMATION IT'S MINUTE
MENTIONED IN THE ANALYSIS AND
WAS MENTIONED BY THE WITNESS
WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO SORT OF
DEMONSTRATE- THE NEED FOR THIS.
MISTER PISANI. YES THANK YOU- SO
WE HAVE THERE'S NOT A TON OF
PEOPLE THAT GET DENIED IF IT'S
ON THE SOLES IF ONE OF OUR
NURSES GETS ASSAULTED THE CLAIM
IS GENERALLY. APPROVED IT'S THE
CLAIMS THAT ARE MORE VISUAL THAN
ANYTHING ELSE WHERE. OVER TIME
THEY SEE THIS ASSAULTIVE
BEHAVIOR OR THEY'RE CONSTANTLY
THREATED THREATENED SO WE HAVE
YOU KNOW STATISTICS OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS LAST YEAR WE HAD
. FORTY TWO THIS IS JUST FOR
STATE TAX BECAUSE I COULDN'T ASK
FOR OTHER BURKE UNION
INFORMATION BUT- LAST YEAR WE
HAD FORTY TWO PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS- HAS. FILED CLAIMS
FOR A COMP THAT ARE NON COVERT
RELATED AND NON ASSAULT RELATED
. ONLY TWENTY SIX OF THEM WERE
PROVED IN THE SAID THE
DEPARTMENT STATE HOSPITALS-
PRIOR YEARS IT WAS FORTY ONE AND
TWELVE OF FORTY SIX AND OUR
DEALER. I TRUST THAT YOU HAVE
THE INFORMATION THAT JUST MAKE
SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE THAT
DOCUMENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE
SO ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ANSWER- IT IS SAYING THAT THE
ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS NO
OTHER QUESTIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE I WOULD I YOU KNOW I'D
I'D REITERATE TWO POINTS THAT MR
PATAKI RAISED I THINK IN MY
CLOTHES ONE IS IT IS HE LISTED
THE NUMBER OF SORT OF ASSAULTS
AND ACTIONS. IT'S GETTING
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO ONE TO ONE
AT JUST DOING THE MATH THERE AND
THAT'S TROUBLING AND THEN
SECONDLY IN TERMS OF A PARITY
ISSUE- WITNESS SCENE AND AT THE
SAME INCIDENT. BEING A
PARTICIPANT IN THE SAME
INTERESTS AND INCIDENT- WITH THE
SAME POPULATION PEOPLE SHOULD BE
TREATED EQUALLY AS OPPOSED TO
BASED ON SOME CLASSIFICATION
THAT HAS NO. DISTINCTION IN
TERMS OF HOW THE INCIDENT
ACTUALLY OCCURRED SO WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN AYE VOTE
MISTER CHAIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH
IN. SINCE WE ARE. ARE WITHOUT
MORE THAN ONE MEMBER WE WILL-
TAKE ACTION ON THIS WHEN THE
MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE
COMMITTEE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES I KNOW. IT IS THE THIS IS
WHY MAKES ME CRAZY ABOUT FIVE
ORDER- THIS MEMBER HEARD MY
POINT PLEASE AND THEN ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ANYMORE IN RIGHT BEFORE.
WE COULD GET TO HER SO. I KNOW
THAT'S HOW I LOSE STOMACH LINING
SO- ASSUMING IT'S OKAY WITH YOU
TO WE WILL MOVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PARDON. OKAY REMOVED ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ANY PEOPLE WHO HAS TWO
ITEMS. AND EVEN THOUGH HE SAID
HE'D BE QUICK I KNOW THE
SUBJECTS OF THESE BILLS. SO RIO-
YEAH SO WE TAKE UP- ASSEMBLY
BILL EIGHT SEVENTY ONE WELCOME
TO THE COMMITTEE THE FLOOR'S
YOURS THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR I'M
HERE TO PRESENT AB EIGHT SEVENTY
ONE. THE RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR
SAFETY BILL. WOULD BE ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TODAY
AND THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF FOR
WORKING WITH US ON THE BILL.
EIGHTY EIGHT SEVENTY ONE WILL
ENSURE THAT STANDARDS AND SAFETY
MEASURES REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL
ELEVATORS ARE ALSO IN PLACE FOR
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL ELEVATORS
INSIDE THE HOME. PRIVATE
RESIDENTIAL ELEVATORS ARE
BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR
AMONG HOMEOWNERS WHO INSTALL
THEM OUT OF NECESSITY OR
CONVENIENCE HOWEVER WITHOUT
PROPER REGULATION AND SAFETY
STANDARDS IN PLACE THESE
ELEVATORS CAN POSE SERIOUS RISKS
TO WRITERS. ARE TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF HOMEOWNERS OF FAMILIES
AND THE GAS IT IS CRUCIAL THAT
PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATORS ARE
SUBJECT TO REGULATION OVERSIGHT
SIMILAR TO COMMERCIAL ELEVATORS.
CURRENTLY IN CALIFORNIA ONLY
COMMERCIAL ELEVATORS ARE SUBJECT
TO POST INSTALLATION SAFETY
INSPECTIONS ADDITIONALLY THESE
ELEVATORS ARE SUBJECT TO
ANYONE'S FACTIONS BY CAL OSHA
ELEVATOR UNIT INSPECTOR. PRIVATE
RESIDENCE ELEVATORS ARE NOT
SUBJECT TO THE SAME SAFETY
STANDARDS AND CODES AND ARE NOT
REGULARLY INSPECTED AND ARE MORE
SUBJECT TO CRUCIAL SAFETY SYSTEM
ERRORS. THIS BILL WILL ENSURE
THAT PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATORS
MEET THE SAME RIGOROUS SAFETY
STANDARDS INSPECTIONS. HOW
DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES WITH
SAFER ACCESS IN HOME FOR IN TO
IN HOME TRANSPORTATION ENCOURAGE
MORE PRACTICES WHILE PROVIDING A
SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE
FOR ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
OCCUPATIONS. IN REGARDS TO ON
THE JOB THE TALLIES AB EIGHT
SEVENTY ONE IS SPONSORED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELEVATOR
CONSTRUCTORS. AND TODAY GREG
HARTMAN FROM LOCAL EIGHT AND
SCOTT WENT TO REPRESENTS THE
SPONSORS ARE HERE TODAY. AND
SUPPORT THIS BILL AND TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS FIRST ASCOT.
WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE.
REMEMBER SCOTT WHICH HERE TODAY
I'LL BE OF THE INTERNET UNION OF
L. BECAUSE- AND THE STATUS OF
ELECTRICAL. SUPPORTING THE BILL.
WEEK SPONSORED THE BILL OVER
TWENTY YEARS AGO BY THEN SENATOR
TORLAKSON. TO ESTABLISH THIS
PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED
INCIDENCE OF. ACCIDENTS AND
INJURIES IN RESIDENTIAL
ELEVATORS- WE'VE INTRODUCED THIS
BILL. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A
COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT POINTS IN
THE BILL MISTER CHAIR. WE HAVE
LIMITED THIS LEGISLATION TO JUST
ELEVATORS NOT STAIRLIFTS AND
PLATFORM LIFTS. THE AVERAGE
ELEVATOR IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. IS THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS THEY CAN GO OF UPWARDS
OF OVER FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE COST OF THE PERMIT TO. FROM
THE DIVISION OF ELEVATORS IN D.
I. R. IS A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS. SO
THE BILL WOULD INCREASE THE COST
TO THE INSTALLATION BY A FEW
HUNDRED DOLLARS ALSO IN RESPONSE
TO CONCERNS RAISED BY SOME OF
THE OPPOSITION. ABOUT CURRENT
ELEVATOR MECHANICS WORKING IN
THE RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR SECTOR-
WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE
COMMITTEE. AUTHORS AMENDMENTS
THAT WILL GRANDFATHER IN THOSE
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR
MECHANICS AND ALLOW THEM TO SET
TO TAKE THE TEST AND- BECAME
BECOME CERTIFIED. WITH THAT I'D
LIKE TO INTRODUCE OF. GREG
HARTMAN OF FROM THE ELEVATOR
CONSTRUCTORS UNION- GOOD MORNING
OPERABLE CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AND STAFF. MY NAME IS GREG
HARTMAN I REPRESENT
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELEVATOR
CONSTRUCTORS LOCAL EIGHT WITH
THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNTERPART
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCAL
EIGHTEEN- I HAVE OVER TWENTY
YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THIS IN THE
ELEVATOR INDUSTRY. I HAVE
FOURTEEN YEARS OF FIELD
EXPERIENCE WORKING ON
CONSTRUCTION MODERNIZATION
REPAIR SERVICE IN BOTH
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
ELEVATORS I'VE ALSO BEEN A REP
FOR EIGHT YEARS FOR OUR UNION
AND FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS
I'VE BEEN SHARING OR JTC. AND TO
THE TO THE- ANALYSIS IT SAID
WERE KIND OF SHORT ON
APPRENTICES GRADUATING OR
PRODUCES AVAILABLE WE HAVE OVER
THREE HUNDRED FURNACES OR
APPLICANT LISTED APPROVED BY THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA BILLABLE TO
HIGHER TODAY. AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA HAS A SIMILAR NUMBER
IF NOT MORE SO THERE WOULD BE A
LACK OF DRUG REGISTER PRESSES
FOR HIGHER. AND AS WELL AS YOU
AS YOU KNOW THAT ELEVATORS ARE
GONNA SAY THIS FORM OF
TRANSPORTATION BUT IN THE
PRIVATE IN THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE
SECTOR IT IS NOT- NUMBERS ON
INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS ARE HARD
TO COME BY LAST YEAR IN SAN
FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTER FELL WHILE
RESPONDING TO A FIRE. A TWO
ALARM FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN A
PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATOR. HAND
HOW TO GO WE RUSHED TO THE ER.
ON THE THIRD OF. IN REGULATE BY
THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ON AXIS AND PRIVATE RESIDENCE
ELEVATORS MAKE IT TOUGH TO COME
BY INFORMATION BUT ALL I'M AS
FIELD EXPERIENCE I CAN TELL YOU
WHAT I'VE WORKED ON AN ELEVATOR
THAT A NON LICENSED PERSON
WORKED ON BEFORE ME. CRUCIAL
SAFETY DEVICES ARE TYPICALLY
JUMPED OUT IS WHAT WE CALL IT-
THAT WOULD ALLOW THE ELEVATOR ON
THE DOORS OPEN AND CREATE UNSAFE
WORKING CONDITIONS HOME OR
INDUSTRY IS ALSO VERY DANGEROUS-
WE ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST. OFFER
A TALLY RATES IN THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THE
SAME WOULD GO IN THE PRIVATE
RESIDENCE SECTOR BUT SINCE
THERE'S NO REGULATION THOSE
NUMBERS OF WORKERS DEATHS ARE
HARD TO COME BY AS WELL. SO
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO
INCREASE OUR- HERE'S TO BECOME A
MECHANIC FROM THREE TO FOUR
YEARS. AND I STAND HERE AND
HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FROM
YOUR FOR OUR THIS BILL AND THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU OTHER
TUITION. FOR POSITION ON THIS
BILL. MISTER MEMBERS MIKE WEST
ON BEHALF STATE BUILDING TRADES
ALSO IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
MISTER TERRY MEMBERS ARE FLOCKS
LABOR FEDERATION IN SUPPORT.
VENTURER SEIU CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT. EIGHTEEN NO NO ONE ELSE
COME FORWARD IN SUPPORT- WE WILL
ASK THERE'S AN OPPOSITION
WITNESSES. SO PLEASE COME
FORWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
WITH YOU TODAY MY NAME IS KEVIN
ROSS AND I AM EMPLOYED BY
MCKINLEY ELEVATOR. I AM ALSO A
MEMBER OF AMOS WHICH IS THE
ACCESSIBILITY EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
ASSOCIATION. I'VE BEEN WORKING
THE ACCESSIBILITY INDUSTRY SINCE
NINETEEN NINETY ONE. WE
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE
COMMITTEE AND HOW IT IMPROVES
THE BILL HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL
HUGE CONCERN. WITHIN THE
ACCESSIBILITY INDUSTRY SAFETY IS
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO USE OUR PRODUCTS AS
WELL AS THE MECHANICS THAT
MAINTAIN THEM. CURRENTLY
CALIFORNIA'S DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIALIZATION ACCEPTS
FEDERAL US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
CALLED THE C. T. WHICH IS
CERTIFIED ELEVATOR TECHNICIAN.
AND CAT CERTIFIED ACCESSIBILITY
TECHNICIAN THE BILL CONTINUES TO
TRY TO REMOVE THEM IN THE UNION
CHECK TRAINING PROGRAM THERE IS
NOTHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
EXCESS ABILITY PRODUCTS INTO THE
LAST COURSE IN ONLY TWO UNITS OF
THE TEN IN THAT COURSE DISCUSS
SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCTS AND
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL METERS.
THERE FOR LESS THAN 2% OF THE
UNION TRAINING PROGRAM IS
DEVOTED TO EXCESSIVELY PRODUCTS
INCLUDING PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
ELEVATORS. AND WE BELIEVE
THEREFORE THAT THEY ARE NOT
PROPERLY TRAINED ON THESE
DEVICES. WHERE IS THE ALREADY
ACCEPTED CAT PROGRAM. HAS TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY HOURS IN FOUR
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FUEL HOURS
OF TRAINING SPECIFICALLY DEVOTED
TO ACCESSIBILITY AND PRIVATE
RESIDENTIAL ELEVATORS. PRIMARY
RESIDENTIAL ELEVATORS A LOAN HAS
A HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR CLASSROOM
HOURS AND OVER EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
FIELD HOURS. THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS YESTERDAY STILL DO
NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. AFTER
PROPOSED ONE YEAR TO APPLY FOR A
LIMITED LICENSE ANY NEW MECHANIC
HIRED IN THE INDUSTRY WILL HAVE
ONLY ONE PATHWAY TO LICENSURE.
AND THAT IS THE UNION PASSED
AGAIN WE BELIEVE THAT ON QUALIFY
TRAINING. AN EXCESS ABILITY AND
PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATORS.
CALIFORNIA HAS MADE IT VERY
CLEAR WORK POSSIBLE ISN'T AIM OF
THE STATE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO AGE
IN PLACE GRACEFULLY AND WITH
DIGNITY. AB SEVENTY ONE IS AT
ODDS WITH THIS GOAL. THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD ESSENTIALLY
COMPEL YOUR RELATIVES YOUR
FRIENDS IN YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO
MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS ABOUT
WHATEVER THEY CAN AFFORD TO
REPAIR THEIR RESIDENTIAL
CONVEYANCES SYSTEMS. OR FIND
ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS.
I IMPLORE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS
BILL AS WRITTEN AND WORK WITH
ACCESSIBILITY INDUSTRY EXPERTS
TO MAKE CHANGES TO THIS BILL.
THAT WILL TRULY MAKE SAFETY. THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY THANK YOU FOR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE SIR
ANYWAY ELSE HERE IN OPPOSITE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS. WHO ARE
YOU- SECOND LEAD WITNESS OR YOU
HEAR TO EXPRESS YOUR OPPOSITION.
EXPRESSED OPPOSITION OR YOU MAY
DO SO. JUSTICE THIS. IS A NUMBER
THAT CAN BE MOVED. GOOD MORNING
CHAIRED COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY
NAME IS DOMINIC COOKE
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA ABILITY
INK- MEMBER OF KEITA THE
CALIFORNIA ACCESSIBILITY DEALER
ASSOCIATION. DON'T LET WHAT YOU
CANNOT DO INTERFERE WITH WHAT
YOU CAN DO. THAT JOHN WOODEN
QUOTE TWENTY YEARS AGO. AND IT
FOREVER CHANGED MY LIFE. AT THE
TIME I WAS A TWENTY TWENTY YEAR
OLD STUDENT ATHLETE IS UC
BERKELEY. AND INVOLVED IN A CAR
ACCIDENT I'M SORRY. THE ONE IN A
RED CAN WE LOWER THAT. IT SEES
VERY VISIBLE ON THE TELEVISION
SCREEN BUT FOR US IT'S- I THINK
WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE OBSCURED
HERE. EXCELLENT THANK YOU. THE
BILL MORE COMFORTABLE THANK YOU
SENATOR RECOMMENDING THAT. CAN
YOU ME OK. I READ THAT JOHN
COACHED YEARS AGO AND IF CHANGED
MY LIFE AT THE TIME AS A TWENTY
YEAR OLD STUDENT ATHLETE AT UC
BERKELEY. AND INVOLVED IN A CAR
ACCIDENT LEFT ME PARALYZED FROM
THE WAIST DOWN. MY DOCTOR TOLD
ME I WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN AND
THAT WOULD BE FOREVER DEPENDENT
ON A WHEELCHAIR. I KNEW NOTHING
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD
. AND THEIR IMPORTANT ROLE OF
EXCESS ABILITY EQUIPMENT WOULD
HAVE ON MY MENTAL HEALTH AND
QUALITY OF LIFE. IN MY POST
ACCIDENT YEARS I ADOPTED THE
JOHN WOODEN'S CAN DO MIND SET.
AND EVERYTHING TO PURSUE MY
GOALS. BUT A KEY CHALLENGE WITH
CONSISTENTLY PRESENTED ITSELF.
IN HOME ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY
. THIS CHALLENGE BECAME THE
CATALYST OF OUR FAMILY OWNED
BUSINESS CALIFORNIA ABILITY.
HEADQUARTERED IN SACRAMENTO WITH
EMPLOYEES IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE STATE. CALIFORNIA
BELIEVES FOUNDED TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WITH
MOBILITY CHALLENGES. HOME
ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY
SOLUTIONS. RESIDENTIAL ELEVATORS
IN PRIVATE HOMES FROM PROVIDE
VITAL ASSISTANCE TO SOME OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS IN
CALIFORNIA. THIS INCLUDES
ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS VETERANS
HAVE SUSTAINED INJURIES DURING
THEIR SERVICE. AND INDIVIDUALS
AFFECTED WITH MOBILE MOBILITY
AFFECTING HIS DISEASES SUCH AS
ALS. PARKINSON'S IN VARIOUS
FORMS OF CANCER. THESE
INDIVIDUALS RELY ON LIST TO
ACCESS THEIR HOMES AND MAINTAIN
THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND FROM MY
OWN EXPERIENCE. THIS
INDEPENDENCE MEANS EVERYTHING.
IS ALLOWED ME TO BE SELF
SUFFICIENT MOVED FREELY IN MY
HOME WITH DIGNITY. IN ORDER TO
LIVE A LIFE OF PURPOSE.
CALIFORNIA HAS LONG BEEN THE
GOLD STANDARD FOR ACCESSIBILITY
AN AGING IN PLACE BUT I BELIEVE
THIS BILL. WOULD BE A STEP
BACKWARD DUE TO ITS UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. WITH ADDED
CERTIFICATION TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS IN THE BILL IT WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INSTALLED BASE
AND CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASE IN
FALLS AND ULTIMATELY LESS SAFETY
FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. IN
ADDITION IT WOULD INCREASE
INCREASE THE COST OF RESIDENTIAL
ELEVATOR INSTALLATIONS PLACING
AN ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN
ON THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED WHO
ARE OFTEN ON FIXED INCOMES. AND
OR HAVE OTHER EXPENSES RELATED
TO THEIR CONDITIONS. FOR THESE
REASONS I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU
TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE LIVES
OF THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED IN
CALIFORNIA AND OPPOSE THIS BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY IS THERE ANYONE ELSE
HERE WHO WISHES TO EXPRESS
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. AB
EIGHT SEVENTY ONE PLEASE COME
FORWARD. MY NAME IS BRANDON COOK
WITH FRANCO USA AND I OPPOSE
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. I
APOLOGIZE MR HERE I MISS THE-
SUPPORT SECTION SERVICES GO
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE
SEE NO ONE ELSE COME FOREGO THE
MODERATOR MODERATOR POLICE A
COUPON SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION
WITNESSES AT THIS TIME THANK YOU
. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
ME TO TESTIMONY FOR A. B. EIGHT
SEVENTY ONE IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS ONE.
ZERO AT THIS TIME. AND WE DO
HAVE ONE PERSON QUEUING UP
THEY'LL JUST BE ONE MOMENT
PLEASE WHILE WE PROVIDE THEM
WITH THEIR LINE NUMBER.
JUST ONE MORE MOMENT PLEASE.
AND FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM LINE
NINETY SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD. YES
HI MY NAME IS MICHAEL HALPIN ON
THE POLITICAL ACTION DIRECTOR
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS AND WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. END
OF LINE A. ONE THIRTY TWO. THE
RESEARCHER MEMBERS CODY BOLTON
HALF THE NATIONAL ELEVATOR
INDUSTRY IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
AND MEDICARE WE HAVE NO MORE
COMMENTS AND KILLED THANK YOU
MODERATOR BRING BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE. SERVER I WAS GONNA
ASK THE AUTHOR- IF YOU WOULD
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE
OPPOSITION. I WILL MISTER WHICH
YOU WANT TO ANOTHER WAS A POOR
PART OF THAT YOU WANTED TO YEAH
THAT'S OKAY IF I AM MIGHT THE
CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL OF ON THE
COST ISSUE THAT THEY RAISE. THE
AVERAGE COST OF A RESIDENTIAL
ELEVATOR BECAUSE WE EXEMPTED LOU
CHAIRLIFTS AND PLATFORM LESS WE
TALK ABOUT ELEVATORS THE AVERAGE
COST OF RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR IS
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY
CAN GO UP TO EIGHTY THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND. THE COST OF
THIS BILL IS IT A PERMIT THE
COST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS SO I
THINK THAT'S A RED HERRING. ON
THE TRAINING ISSUE OKAY. WE'VE
HAD THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
TWENTY YEARS. ON COMMERCIAL
ELEVATORS. THERE IS A ROBUST NON
UNION ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY OUT THERE DOING IT
ELEVATOR INSTALLATIONS THEY'VE
HAD NO PROBLEMS BEING CERTIFIED
THE BILL DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A UNION
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. IT
REQUIRES YOU TO GO THROUGH A
STATE APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM OF WHICH THERE ARE UNION
AND NONUNION PRETTY SURE
PROGRAMS. THE WE'VE
GRANDFATHERED IN ALL THE
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR
CONSTRUCTORS SO THEY'RE COVERED
TO THE EXISTING WORKFORCE HAS
NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED WITH. IF
THE INDUSTRY IS CONCERNED ABOUT
A FUTURE WORKFORCE THEN THEY
NEED TO INVEST IN A PRESSURE
PROGRAMS AND TRAIN THE
ADDITIONAL. WORK FORCE OR GET
APPRENTICES FROM THE EXISTING
THEY CAN CALL. THE UNION
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM TODAY AND
BY LAW WE HAVE TO DISPERSE
DISPATCHER POSITIONS TO THEM. SO
THAT'S THE RESPONSE. THANK YOU
NIELSEN EARLIER A. B. YES- I
HAVE A SNEAKING SUSPICION THAT
DOESN'T SATISFY THE OPPOSITION
AND SO. WILL YOU CONTINUE TO
TALK WITH THEM THE END TO SEE IF
THERE'S LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT
YOU TRY TO WORK THEM OUT IN THE
REST OF THIS PROCESS YES YEAH
ABSOLUTELY I MEAN. ULTIMATELY
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE
THERE'S ADEQUATE SAFETY AND
INSPECTIONS ARE FOR THESE
ELEVATORS WE KNOW THAT. THIS
EXISTS IN THE COMMERCIAL CONTEXT
FOR A REASON- THESE ARE VERY
COMPLICATED THEY CAN HAVE SEVERE
SAFETY ISSUES AND SOME OF THESE
TYPES OF INSPECTIONS AND
TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
DONE RIGHT. IS REALLY TO PROVIDE
FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE FOLKS
WHO USE THEM I WE'VE EXEMPTED AS
AS YOU HEARD- INITIALLY THIS
BILL HAD PRIVATE LIFTS AND ALL
SORTS OF OTHER THINGS IN IT NOW
SUGGEST ELEVATORS WE'VE ALSO.
EXEMPTED THE CURRENT CONTRACTORS
BUT ALL THAT IS TO SAY YES WE
WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
AND TRY TO WORK ON SOME OF THE
REMAINING CONCERNS THAT EXIST
AROUND. A COST AND BEING ABLE TO
DO THIS- THAT IN A WAY THAT
DOESN'T RESTRICT ACCESS BUT
ACTUALLY EXPANDS IT. THANK YOU.
THE IMAGES NOTE- WITH RULES
COMING IN AT ONE O'CLOCK WE'VE
GOT THIRTY FIVE MINUTES TO WRAP
UP THIS BILL INTO MORE SO. THE
ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD IN
AND THINK- THE CONSIDER. FROM
SANTA CRUZ. FOR THAT CLARIFYING
QUESTION. IS THAT. FEDERAL
INSTEAD LAWS ARE OFTEN DIFFERENT
AND I APPRECIATE HOW OUR
STANDARDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
IN CALIFORNIA- IN SO MANY
INSTANCES EXCEED. WHAT EXISTS ON
THE FEDERAL LEVEL IT'S IMPORTANT
TO HAVE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STATE
POLICIES- IN TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE- THE HIGH IS. HEALTH AND
SAFETY STANDARDS- POSSIBLE SO I
WANNA SAY I. APPRECIATE THE
QUESTIONS BUT I ALSO THINK
CALIFORNIA SHOULD HAVE
ALIGNMENT- IN THE WAY THAT WE
ARE REGULATING- AT THIS
PARTICULAR SECTOR SO- WITH THAT
I. WILL MOVE THE MOTION WHEN
TIME IS RIGHT. OKAY THANK YOU
SENATOR- CENTER WILL. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR MISTER WHICH IF YOU
COULD COME BACK UP I KNOW YOU
DID SOME CLARIFY. CLARIFY THINGS
WHICH WAS HELPFUL OF THE ONE
THING YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS WAS-
AND NOT ENOUGH TRAINING IN TERMS
OF ACCESSIBILITY. AND THAT I
THINK THE POINT IS THAT IT'S
ONLY ABOUT 2% OF THE PROGRAM.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS ACT
SOME CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF SENIORS AND DISABLED
PEOPLE. WELL ALL I CAN SAY TO
THAT SENATOR WILK IS THAT THE
ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES THAT EXIST
IN. A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND
MULTI FAMILY HOMES OF TWO UNITS
OR LESS WHICH IS WHAT THIS BILL
ADDRESSES. ARE REALLY NOT THAT
DIFFERENT THAN THE ACCESSIBILITY
ISSUES OF. A MULTI FAMILY-
PROJECTS OF THREE OR LARGER OR
EVEN COMMERCIAL PROJECTS LIKE
THIS BUILDING SO. WE ALREADY
ADDRESS THE SX SENSIBILITY
ISSUES. OUR MAKE THE MECHANICS
CURRENTLY UNION AND NONUNION
THAT ARE CERTIFIED THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA HAVE TO BE UP TO
SPEED WITH ALL THE ACCESSIBILITY
CODES THAT EXIST IN THE-
RESIDENTIAL CODE IN THE BUILDING
CODE- SO I JUST DON'T SEE THAT
AS BEING AN ISSUE THAT'S COVERED
IN MANY OTHER PLACES. IN THE IN
IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
FIVE IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT
. COULD RESPOND TO THAT THAT AND
IT IS THAT YOUR VIEW AS WELL OR
VEHICLE IT COME ON. IS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE SO. IF YOU PULL
UP THE CALIFORNIA D. I. R.
APPRENTICESHIPS ON THE WEB PAGE
RIGHT NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE
IS TO PROGRAMS THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA UNION PROGRAM AND THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNION
PROGRAM. THAT IS IT THE DATA
THAT I STATED IN HERE ABOUT
TRAINING THIS IS FACTUAL I COULD
PROVIDE IT TO YOU TO YOU TO ALL
ANY TIME. THE BILL SAYS THE
APPRENTICE MUST BE REGISTERED
WITH A STATE APPROVED
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BECAUSE
THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE ONLY.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THE CURRENT APPROVED
. GRAMS FROM THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF ELEVATOR
COMMITTEE WHICH IS C. C. T.
CERTIFIED ELEVATOR TECHNICIAN
AND C. A. T. CERT ACCESSIBILITY
TECHNICIAN WOULD NO LONGER APPLY
SO AFTER THE AMENDMENTS FROM
YESTERDAY. AFTER ONE YEAR OF THE
GRANDFATHERING THEN IN THE
FUTURE THERE WOULD BE YOU WOULD
TAKE AWAY SOMEONE'S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE DO I WANT TO GO WORK FOR
THE UNION OR DO I WANT TO GO AND
GO DOWN THIS OTHER PATH AND THAT
PERSON'S CHOICE WOULD BE TAKEN
AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY ONLY
HAVE ONE CHOICE AND THAT WOULD
BE TO HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE
UNIQUE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SIR
THANK YOU. THREE REVEALS. RIGHT
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOU-
BRING THE BILL FORD AND I
UNDERSTAND YOU. TAKING THE
AMENDMENTS SOME IT AND I KNOW
YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE COMMITTEE
STAFF CLOSELY. ALL THAT'S
APPRECIATED- I DO THINK IN THESE
ISSUES IT'S IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE'S A TOTAL WORKFORCE
THAT'S OUT THERE. RIGHT NOW-
UNION AND NONUNION- AND I THINK
IT'S PROBABLY- STERN OTHER PIECE
OF LEGISLATION IF SOMEBODY WANTS
TO TACKLE EXPANDING
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS BUT THE
FACT THAT- YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD
WITH THIS ON THIS BILL- I'M
CERTAINLY SUPPORTING IT WILL
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE
BEFORE WE GO BACK TO CENTERS. A
SMALL QUIT WITH THANK YOU
RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL. SENATOR
DO YOU WANT ME TO MOTIONS. SO
MOVED ALL RIGHT WE DO HAVE- THE
MOTION ON THE TABLE WAS THIS IS
NICOLE. FILE ITEM NUMBER TWELVE
EIGHTY EIGHT SEVENTY ONE THE
MOTION IS TO PASS BUT FIRST
AMENDED AND RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATOR CORTEZ HE- PRETENDS HE
AYE. AND WELL NO WEALTH NO
SENATOR DORADO SENATOR LAYERED.
LAYERED ICE CENTER SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THIS
BILL IS ON CALL WITH FOR THREE
AYE VOTES. WE ARE. ENOUGH TO GET
IT WILL BE ON CALL FOR THE UPS
MEMBERS THANK YOU AND- IF YOU
CAN PROCEED NOW TO FILE ITEM
THIRTEEN AC SIX. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS- ECA
SIX IS A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT. THAT WOULD ADDRESS
BASIC LABOR STANDARDS FOR
WORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. LIKE MANY OF YOU I
AM A HUGE SUPPORTER AND
BENEFICIARY OF THE UNIVERSITY.
I'M A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY I GREW
UP. IN STUDENT HOUSING RAISED BY
MY MOM WHO WENT THERE. MY DAD
TEACHES THERE MY SISTER
GRADUATED FROM THERE AND I
REPRESENT TO UNIVERSITIES. IT IS
THE JEWEL OF CALIFORNIA THAT
DOES SO MUCH TO EXPAND
OPPORTUNITY. FOR FAMILIES AND
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALSO SO MUCH TO
PROVIDE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
STAFF WHO WORK AT THE
UNIVERSITY. THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE
THAT THOSE WORKERS HAVE BASIC
LABOR STANDARDS APPLYING TO THEM
AND APPLYING TO THE UC JUST AS
THEY APPLY TO OTHER EMPLOYERS IN
CALIFORNIA. NEITHER THE GOVERNOR
NOR THE LEGISLATURE HAVE THE
EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE
AUTHORITY. TO ENSURE BASIC LABOR
STANDARDS APPLY TO OR ENFORCED
AT THE UC. DUE TO A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY YEAR OLD OUTDATED
PROVISION OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION. EIGHTY SIX WOULD
ALLOW CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO AMEND
ARTICLE NINE SECTION NINE OF THE
STATE CONSTITUTION. AN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE WOULD COVER
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CALIFORNIANS PERFORMING. WORK AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE. NOT
COVERED BY BASIC LABOR STANDARDS
INCLUDE UNDERPAID SERVICE AND
MAINTENANCE WORKERS WHO CLEAN
TOILETS. BED PANS THANK UP TRASH
COOK FOOD PERFORM CLERICAL
FUNCTIONS MAINTAIN BUILDINGS AND
PERFORM JOBS SUBJECT OUTSOURCING
WITH UNEQUAL WAGES AND BENEFITS.
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
WOULD INCLUDE BASIC LABOR
STANDARDS SUCH AS EQUAL PAY
STANDARDS PAYMENT OF A MINIMUM
WAGE AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH STANDARDS. DESPITE THE
FACT THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS
ADOPTED LAWS THAT WOULD PROTECT
ALL WORKERS THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA HAS REPEATEDLY
PREVAILED IN COURT ON THEIR
IMMUNITY FROM THOSE. BASIC LABOR
STANDARDS MOST RECENTLY IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE IN CASES
RELATED TO THE MINIMUM WAGE AND
THE EQUAL PAY ACT. WE HAVE MAKE
CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS AT THIS
ACA IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SECTOR
AND NOT PRIVATE SECTOR AND I
WANT TO THANK. THE COMMITTEE AND
THE CHAIR OUT FOR THEIR FEEDBACK
AND FOR ALL OF THE CENTERS FOR
ENGAGING WITH THIS ON THIS VERY
IMPORTANT. STEP FORWARD TO
ENSURE THAT ALL WORKERS IN OUR
STATE INCLUDING THOSE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARE
PROTECTED BY BASIC LABOR
STANDARDS. ARE WITH ME HERE
TODAY TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS
MONICA DE LEÓN OF ASKED ME
THIRTY TWO NINETY NINE. RIGHT
AND I'M GOING TO- PUT A FINAL
ADVISORY OUT TO ITS TWO MINUTES
EACH FOR LEAD WITNESSES STAND-
WE DON'T SHARE THE TIME WITH
EACH OTHER- THAT'S OPPOSITION
AND SUPPORT. IT I KNOW WE ONLY
HAVE TWO BILLS LEFT BUT- MARINO
TIME SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING THANK YOU SENATOR ONE
TAKE LONG. HI MY NAME IS MONICA
THE LONE TREASURE ABSENT TWO
NINETY NINE. IN THE UC IRVINE
MEDICAL CENTER WORKER FOR
SEVENTEEN YEARS IN SUPPORT. APPS
ME THIRTY TWO NINETY NINE
REPRESENTS SERVICE WORKERS.
JANITORS GROUNDSKEEPERS
CAFETERIA WORKERS AND MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. ARTICLE NINE SECTION
NINE OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION
WAS ADOPTED NEARLY A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY YEARS AGO. BEFORE BASIC
LABOR STANDARDS WERE IN PLACE.
NO EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN. MINIMUM
WAGE OVERTIME PAY. MEAL AND.
REST BREAKS. SICK LEAVE. THE
WAGE OR WITH. ON OUT. OF JOBS.
WITHOUT PROVISION OF THE- COMES
. HAVE A LOT USE. TO REPEATEDLY
PREVAIL IN COURT IN NEARLY. TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE EXCLUDED
FROM BASIC STATE LABOR
STANDARDS. NO OTHER WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA- FORCED TO NEGOTIATE
FOR THESE BASIC LABOR STANDARDS.
WE REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION OF
A CA SIX TO ALLOW CALIFORNIA
VOTERS TO CHANGE THIS THANK YOU
THANK YOU NEXT WITNESS PLEASE.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBER SERRA FLOCKS
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION AND
WE'RE PROUD CO SPONSOR OF THIS
ACA- AND SINCE EIGHTEEN SEVENTY
NINE THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE
HUNDRED AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES
TO THE CONSTITUTION. AND DURING
THAT SAME TIME PERIOD THE
LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED IN THE
STYLISH A NUMBER OF BASIC LABOR
PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS IN THE
STATE. BUT TODAY HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AT THE UC
ARE EXCLUDED FROM THOSE BASIC
LABOR PROTECTIONS. ALL WE'RE
ASKING IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA HAVE A CHANCE TO
CHANGE THAT. THANK YOU AND WE
URGE YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE OTHERS WHO WISH TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT AT THIS TIME
PLEASE COME FORWARD. SURE
MEMBERS MIKE WEST OF THE HAVE
THE STATE BUILDING TRADES ALSO
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU.
STEPHANIE MAR THIRTY HAPPENS THE
IN SUPPORT THANK YOU. CENTER FOR
ON BEHALF OF SEIU CALIFORNIANS.
BRAMBLE ABOUT THE COLOR TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD MEMBERS BLAKE
JOHNSON WE HAVE THE SAFETY
UNTENABLE CONSTRUCTION TONY
THURMOND PROTOCOLS BONTA YOUR
SUPPORT. CHEN MEMBERS ARE
CHAMBERED ASPEN. IN SUPPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON JOSH VAN
CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION IN
STRONG SUPPORT. RIKISHI HARM
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA PLANET
LAWYERS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
WESTERN CENTERS COULD BE
PROVIDED WITH CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS AND THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS AND SUPPORT. ALL
RIGHT THANK YOU HAVE COULD
SUPPORT WE HAVE OPPOSITION IN
THE ROOM IF SO PLEASE COME
FORWARD. WELCOME THANK YOU. MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS SIDE JASON
MURPHY HERE ON BEHALF UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA ARISING TODAY IN
STRONG OPPOSITION TO A CA SIX. I
WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY
NOTING THAT THE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA'S GREAT RESPECT FOR
ALL OF OUR- UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES
AT THE AT THE UNIVERSITY- AND WE
SEE DISPLAY THAT RESPECT AND
APPRECIATION THROUGH GOOD FAITH
BARGAINING WITH ALL OF OUR
GROUPS- BOTH- REPRESENTED AND
NON REPRESENTED- HOWEVER- WE
BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL UNFAIRLY
TARGETS THE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA- BY APPLYING PUBLIC
SECTOR OF. EMPLOYMENT RULES THE
ONLY TO THE UNIVERSITY TO JUST
UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA'S OPPOSED
TO OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES OF
HIGHER EDUCATION STATE. BUT
ALSO- BEYOND JUST THE RANK AND
FILE AND ALSO TO OUR STUDENT
PLOYS ARE GRADUATE STUDENT
RESEARCHERS AND OUR FACULTY. THE
UNIVERSITIES ACADEMIC COMMISSION
IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM A STATE
AGENCY MISSION AND THEREFORE WE
BELIEVE ACA SIX UNDERMINES THE
UNIVERSITY'S ABILITY. TO DIRECT
OUR ACADEMIC ENTERPRISE. IN
ADDITION UNIVERSITY BELIEVES
THAT A SEASICK IS. THE
UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA ALREADY
MEETS OR EXCEEDS MOST IF NOT ALL
OF THE LABOR STANDARDS
IDENTIFIED IN THIS BILL. WE
BELIEVE THAT THESE ISSUES SHOULD
RATHER BE DEALT WITH EITHER AT
THE BARGAINING TABLE OR EVEN
WITH OTHER POLICY REGULAR POLICY
BILLS THAT COME BEFORE. THIS
BODY AND WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE
SPOTTED NEGOTIATED AND CLOSED.
RECENTLY A NUMBER OF BARGAINING
UNIT AGREEMENTS. WITH THE
ANSWERS ARE YOU SEE POLICE
OFFICERS. SEIU INTERNS AND
RESIDENTS. S. C. A. FOR EXAMPLE
. UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA
CURRENTLY ABIDES BY STATE
MINIMUM WAGE RULES. PURSUANT TO
UNIVERSITY POLICY. UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY ABIDES BY
THE MEAL REST BREAK PERIODS THAT
ARE REQUIRED NOW BY VIRTUE OF
MR. BRADFORD'S A SB THIRTEEN
THIRTY FOUR I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO
WRAP UP TO TWO MINUTES. UNIVERSE
CALIFORNIA BITES BY THE LIMITS
ON CONTACT NUMBERS WITH
UNIVERSITY POLICY. YOU MAY ASK
WHAT THEN DOES THIS BILL DO TO
US THAT IS SO PROBLEMATIC. THE
APPLICANT APPLICABILITY OF PAID
LEAVE PERIODS WILL FORCE THE
CONVERSION OF THOUSANDS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF ACTIVE EMPLOYEES
AWAY FROM- THEIR CURRENT. JOB
PAID MEDICAL LEAVE BENEFITS INTO
A DIFFERENT PROGRAM IT WILL
EXTEND ADDITIONAL CONTRACTING
OUT FOR SERVICES WITH ASIANS ON
THE DIVERSITY AND LASTLY WILL
LIMIT THE ABILITY TO TAKE
UNIVERSITIES ABILITY TO MANAGE.
OUR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS TAKEN
TOGETHER WE BELIEVE THIS BILL
IS- VERY PROBLEMATIC FAVORS THE
CALIFORNIA FALLS REASONS WE
REQUEST WE ASK FOR HYPER
TESTIMONY HELLO. THERE ANYONE
ELSE WHO WISHES TO EXPRESS
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL AC SIX.
HAVE SEEN NONE MODERATOR WHICH
PLEASE CHECK AND SEE IF ANYONE
WANTS TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION
OR SUPPORT UNTIL. CONFERENCE
LINE AT THIS TIME THANK YOU. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
CUSTOMER AND STUFF OR- ACA SIX
PLEASE PRESS ONE IF ZERO AT THIS
TIME. BETTER CARE WE HAVE NO
COMMENT IN CASE ALL RIGHT THANK
YOU FOR CHECKING WILL BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND NOW
FOR A COMMENTS OR MOTION. THE
CENTER WILL WANT TO MAKE THE
MOTION IT TOO I KNOW WE'RE
RUNNING BEHIND THAT. ARE USED
THIS IS A GREAT THIS IS GREAT
PROPOSAL. WHEN IT COMES TO THE
UC IS ALWAYS RULES FOR THE BUT
NOT FOR ME HI THERE THE BIGGEST
PHONIES AND FRAUDS WHEN IT COMES
TO SPREAD EXPRESSING. THEIR
THEIR VALUES SO I HOPE THE
VOTERS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WEIGH IN ON THIS AND SEND A
MESSAGE TO THE UC SYSTEM. THANK
YOU MISTER CRUSHER CENTER
WHERE'D- DESPITE I MIGHT BE
VOTING SAME I'M NOT. ASCRIBING
MYSELF TO THE PHONY AND FRAUD
COMMENTS- FOR THE RECORD AND I'M
NOT MOVING TO AMERICA EITHER-
REMAINING HERE. I THINK IT I
THINK THERE'S ONE. COMMENT I
WANTED TO MAKE AS A MAYOR OF A
FORMER UC CITY. THAT ONE OF THE
MOST DIFFICULT THINGS HAS BEEN.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL EXEMPTION OF
YOU SEE FROM LOCAL LAND USE AND
OTHER THINGS AND SO IT'S VERY
HARD. TO HAVE AN INSTITUTION OF
TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE INSIDE
THE CITY LIMITS OF A CITY THAT
SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT DOES
NOT PAY TAXES THAT EXPECTS THE
CITY TO DO THE MITIGATIONS AND
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE. THE OF TWENTY
THOUSAND STUDENTS TO HOUSE
1-000-021-0000 FALLS ON US AND
WE HAVE NO RECOURSE BECAUSE OF
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL EXEMPTION.
AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IT ON THE
BALLOT. A TO DO THIS FOR THE
BREATH THAT IT NEEDS PROBABLY
OVER TIME TO BE DONE. BUT I
APPRECIATE THIS AND I THINK OUR
VOTE TODAY IS JUST ENABLING THE
PEOPLE TO MAKE A DECISION IT'S
NOT THE ACTUAL DECISION ITSELF
AND SO I WILL BE PREPARED TO
SUPPORT THE MOTION. HELLO KITTY
NOT SEEN ANYTHING ELSE CENTER
WILL PRESENT A MOTION EARLIER.
ARRAY TILL WE DO HAVE A MOTION
ON THE FOR PENDING. THE AUTHORS
CLOSE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW WE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE IN DISCUSSION
WITH THE UNIVERSITY HOW FUNNY I
DO WANT TO SAY THAT. WE'VE HEARD
THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARY
BECAUSE THEY ALREADY FOLLOW MANY
OF THESE LAWS AND I THINK IT'S-
VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY FOLLOW
MANY OF THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE
PASSED HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE.
WITH THAT SAID THEY'VE ALSO GONE
TO COURT AND SAID THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS
AND IN MANY CASES THESE ARE ONE
IN BARGAINING CREATES A LACK OF
CLARITY THAT WE CAN FIX WITH
THIS AMENDMENT- AND YOU KNOW.
GENERALLY IS CRITICAL FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO NOT TREAT THE UC
DIFFERENTLY BUT. TO TREAT THEM
THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER EMPLOYER
ON ALLOWING US TO PER. FOR THESE
BASICALLY REFER TO. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR YOU FOR THE MOTION
AND WITH THAT RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR- CALL RIGHT TO MOVE THIS IS
WHERE WE THIS IS WHERE WE HEAR
THINGS OUT THAT'S WHY THEY CALL
HEARING ROOM AS WELL AS THIS
ISN'T A CALL THE ROLL NOW. FILE
ITEM NUMBER THIRTEEN ACA SIX THE
MOTION IS BE ADOPTED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
SENATOR CORTEZ LIKE PRETEND THE
AYE SENATOR WELL. WILK ICE
CENTER JURADO. JURADO AYE
SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED ICE
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HEIGHTS
MY WOULD PLAY LIST I. THIS IS
OUT ON A FIVE TWO ZERO VOTE. ALL
RIGHT. HEARD SADDAM UNANIMOUS
VOTE. THANK YOU. END THE SOME
RELIGIOUS ORTEGA IS HERE.
PATIENTLY WAITING PLEASE COME UP
. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON
AB. I WANT THE- SEVEN. ONE ZERO
ZERO SEVEN. WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY. THANK YOU SENATOR ADDING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD. GIVEN
THAT TIME I RESTRAINTS. ON MAKE
MY COME IT'S VERY BRIEF I WOULD
LIKE TO START BY ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AND THANK
THE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE STAFF
FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL INPUT. AB
ONE ELSE AT TEN OH SEVEN WOULD
REQUIRE THE USE OF PLUME
SCAVENGING SYSTEM IN ALL
SETTINGS. THAT PERFORMANCE
LECTEUR LASER SURGERY TO PROTECT
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND PATIENTS
FROM SURGICAL SMOKE I'M GONNA GO
AHEAD AND CALL ME WITNESSES
TODAY BUT I BECAUSE I THINK
THEY'RE MORE IMPORTANT. AND I
THINK THAT HEARING FROM THEM- IS
WHAT'S NEEDED- SO TESTIFYING IN
SUPPORT TODAY'S JANELLE CATS AND
I'M NOT A NURSE WITH THE
ASSOCIATION. OF PERIOPERATIVE
OPERATIVE REGISTERED NURSES AND
CHRIS EVANS AND CLINICAL NURSE
AT UC DAVIS. THANK YOU WELCOME
AND IT'S A TWO MINUTE LIMIT FOR
EACH WHICH WE HAVE TO ENFORCE
BECAUSE THE TIME CONSTRAINTS NO
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING MEMBERS
OF COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
TODAY I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB
ONE ZERO ZERO SEVEN. MY NAME IS
JANELLE CASSON EVEN I'M A
SURGICAL NURSE FOR KAISER
PERMANENTE HEY. I'VE HAD THE
HONOR OF BEING A SURGICAL NURSE
FOR OVER ELEVEN YEARS OPPOSITION
I TRULY LOVE AND ENJOY. HOWEVER
THERE'S A DARK SIDE TO THE
OPERATING ROOM AND NOT SURGICAL
SMOKE PLUME. I'LL NEVER FORGET.
BEING A NEW NURSE STEPPING INTO
THE O. R. THE SURGEON WAS
PERFORMING AN UMBILICAL HERNIA
REPAIR. A LARGE CLOUD OF SMOKE
FILLED THE AIR AS HE'S BEGAN TO
CAUTERIZE THE PATIENT'S TISSUE.
THE SMELL OF BURNT FLESH FILLED
MY LUNGS. I REMEMBER THINKING
WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE.
THIS SMOKE PLUME HAS TO BE
HAZARDOUS AND IT IS. HOWEVER I
WAS NEW IN MUCH TOO TIMID THE
SAME THING. SO FOR FIVE YEARS I
TOLERATED THE SMOKE. ESSENTIALLY
SMOKING MULTIPLE PACKS OF
CIGARETTES A DAY. IN TWO
THOUSAND AND SEVENTEEN I BECAME
PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST BORN. MY
UNBORN CHILD BECAME THE DRIVING
FORCE FOR A SMOKE FREE
INITIATIVE I CREATED AT KAISER
SAN JOSE FRANKLY I'M SICK OF THE
SMOKE AND I REFUSE TO SUBJECT MY
UNBORN CHILD. WHAT I FULLY KNEW
WAS TOXIC. WITH THE HELP OF
STOPPING DOCTORS WE BECAME ONE
OF THE FIRST FACILITIES AND
KAISER. AND MAYBE THE FIRST
FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA TO BECOME
COMPLETELY SMOKE FREE. THE
CHANGE WAS PRETTY SEAMLESS IT
ONLY REQUIRE THE USE OF UPGRADED
BOFI PENCILS TO CAPTURE THE
SMOKE AND A SMALL GENERATOR BOX.
THE FILTER THE SMOKE WITHIN
MONTHS OF STARTING THE
INITIATIVE. I BEGAN HERE
OVERWHELMING TESTIMONY FROM
STAFF AND DOCTORS WHO NOTICED
IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR HEALTH.
THE JOBS LESS FREQUENT HEADACHES
SINUS ISSUES AND BREATHING
PROBLEMS. THOSE WERE THE
IMMEDIATE BENEFITS THE POTENTIAL
DEADLY ONES WE HOPEFULLY
PREVENTED. WHAT I REALLY TOOK
FROM THIS EXPERIENCE IT'S NOT
THE OVER A SMOKE PLUME IS VERY
SIMILAR TO CIGARETTE SMOKE
PLUME. NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO BE
AROUND IT. BUT NO ONE'S REALLY
COMFORTABLE STOPPING IT
MEANWHILE WE'RE ALL SUFFERING
THE DEVASTATING AND DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES FROM IT. SO I STAND
BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR
HELP. PLEASE HELP US TO MAKE
CALIFORNIA TRULY SMOKE FREE. NOT
ONLY IN BARS RESTAURANTS AND
PUBLIC PLACES BUT IN THE
OPERATING ROOM. THE ONE PLACE OF
ALL PLACES WE SHOULDN'T SEE
SMOKE IS THE PLACE WE LOOK TO
FOR HEALTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. ESPECIALLY
FROM SAN JOSE. GOOD AFTERNOON MY
NAME IS CHRIS EVANS AND I'M A
CLINICAL NURSE IN THE CHILDREN
SURGERY CENTER AT UC DAVIS
MEDICAL CENTER AND HAVE BEEN
WORKING AS AN OR NURSE FOR MORE
THAN THIRTY YEARS. IT IS QUITE
FITTING THAT THE TOPIC OF
SURGICAL SMOKE BE ADDRESSED AT
THIS TIME AS THE- NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH RECOGNIZES.
JUNE AS NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH IN
DOING SO NIASSE HIGHLIGHTS
HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE AS A
FIRST STEP TO PREVENTING INJURY
AND DEATH. ALTHOUGH UC DAVIS
CLAIMS TO BE A SMOKE FREE
ENVIRONMENT CAMPUS THE OPERATING
ROOMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS
MANDATE. IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT
ONE GRAM OF SURGICAL SMOKE IS
EQUIVALENT TO SMOKING SIX
CIGARETTES. R. OR STAFF IS BEING
EXPOSED TO THIS TOXIC HEALTH
RISK ON A DAILY BASIS WHILE
CARING FOR OUR VULNERABLE
PATIENT POPULATION. THE CDC
NIASSE THEY ARE IN JOINT
COMMISSION. STAGES AT ACS ALL
ENCOURAGE THE USE OF SMOKE
EVACUATION DEVICES TO HELP
PREVENT INHALATION OF THESE
TOXIC CARCINOGENIC PLUMES BY OR
STUFF. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS
EFFORT HAS NOW BEEN MANDATED BY
LEGISLATION INTERNATIONALLY IN
TWELVE OTHER STATES AND IN THE
PROGRESS IN OUR STATE HERE AND
WHY I'M HERE TODAY. AT UC DAVIS
WE HAVE QADIRI AND SMOKE
EVACUATION DEVICES AVAILABLE FOR
VOLUNTARY USE. THE CHALLENGE HAS
BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE FROM OUR
SURGEONS TO USE THESE DEVICES.
THE UC DAVIS ADMINISTRATORS ARE
NOT MANDATED TO USE THESE
DEVICES ARE THEY HAVE NOT MADE
THIS A MANDATED. ENDEAVOR AND
THIS HAS BEEN THE MAJOR OBSTACLE
IN THIS CULTURE SHIFT UC DAVIS-
OR NURSING STAFF HAVE BEEN AND
CONTINUE TO BE ON BOARD WITH
THIS NECESSARY CHANGE. MY
NURSING COLLEAGUES HAVE VOICED
THEIR CONTINUED FRUSTRATION WITH
HAVING TO EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO
SURGICAL SMOKE WHILE CARING FOR
PATIENTS. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
THE PASSING OF LEGISLATION AB
TEN OH SEVEN TO MANDATE SMOKE
FREE OPERATING ROOMS IN
CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS FOR THE
PREVENTATIVE HEALTH OF ALL OUR
STAFF AND PATIENTS. THANK YOU.
NEXT TO SUPPORT. MISTER TERRY
MEMBERS THERE ARE FLOCKS
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE
IN THE ROOM IN SUPPORT- SEEN
NONE OF OPPOSITION. WITH SPONSOR
CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION
EIGHT TRUCKS PARKED RIGHT THANK
YOU ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT NOT
TRYING TO. OVERLY RUSHED THINGS
JUST SLIGHTLY ROSE THANKS.
ALRIGHT WE'LL GO TO OPPOSITION-
MISTER IN OPPOSITION WITNESS.
PLEASE COME FORTY OF A COUPLE
MINUTES THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
FIRST AND FOREMOST MY NAME IS
GIDEON BACK HOME AND I'M WITH A
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO
TAKE AN OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
POSITION- OUR CONCERNS ARE
LARGELY TECHNICAL- AND REALLY
HAVE TO DO WITH- ISSUES HAVING
TO DO WITH THE DEFINITIONS IN
THE BILL. AS WELL AS SOME OF THE
REQUIREMENTS WITH THE CREATION
OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS- I
WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE HOWEVER TO
REALLY SALUTE- STAFF WHO OFFERED
US SOME PHENOMENAL- THAT THE
AUTHORS TAKEN WE'RE STILL IN THE
PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE
MOMENTS IN THOSE AMENDMENTS- MAY
LEAD TO A POSITION CHANGED OUR
PART- BUT AT LEAST AT THIS POINT
IN TIME- WE MUST. REMAIN IN AN
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED POSITION
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY AT
SOME POINT WORKING WITH THE
AUTHOR- AND CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH STAFF SO THANK YOU. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE GOOD TO SEE
YOU- ANYONE ELSE HERE IN
OPPOSITION TODAY IN THE ROOM. A
MODERATOR SIR ARE THERE ANY
SUPPORT WITNESSES ARE OPPOSITION
OF WITNESSES ON THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE IS SO PLEASE
QUEUE THEM UP THANK YOU. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTING
AND- OR OPPOSITION TO. ONE ZERO
IS A SAN. EIGHT PRESS ONE ZERO
AT TIME. AND MISTER CHAIR WE
HAVE NO COMMENT THANK YOU ALL
RIGHT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
CHECKING WILL COME BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A MOTION- ON
THE TABLE FROM SENATOR LAYERED
PENDING- THE- CLOSE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I.
WILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD UNLESS
YOU ASSISTANT. CALL THE ROLL NOW
FILE ITEM NUMBER FOURTEEN AB TEN
OH SEVEN THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED BUT FIRST AMEND IN RE
REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR CORTEZ
HE- PRETENDS THE ICE AND- WILK.
SENATOR DORADO. IRAN'S- I
SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED ICE
INTERVIEW SMALLWOOD PLAY LESS
SMALLER CUEVAS I. THIS BILL HAS
FOR AYE VOTES CURRENTLY.
OPERATES ON THE BILL IS. A HAS
FOR A VOTES WILL LEAVE IT ON
CALL FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS
AGAIN THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING
FORWARD AND- REDUCING YOUR TIME
A LITTLE BIT WE APPRECIATE IT
THANK YOU FOR. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WICKS. AS YOU'RE COMING UP RULES
COMPUTERS THIS ROOM IT WILL
O'CLOCK SO WE HAVE TEN AND REYES
ANY YOU WANT TO TRIMS ON YOU
PRESENT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
GET A VOTE ON THE- CARE FOR YOU
TODAY. GREAT I CAN VERY BRIEF-
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. ONE OF THEM TO
EIGHTY FIVE EIGHTEEN AND
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS BILL DOES
I'VE WORKED IN THIS SPACE NOW
FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS- LAST
YEAR WE EXPANDED WHO COULD
QUALIFY FOR UNPAID LEAVE TO
INCLUDE CHOSEN FAMILY NOT
EVERYONE FOLLOWS A TRADITIONAL
NINETEEN FIFTIES NUCLEAR MODEL
FAMILY. AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT TO OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY
TOWARD YOUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
TO EXPAND AND MODERNIZE THAT
DEFINITION. THIS BILL WOULD NOW-
AT THE SAME- ALLOWANCE FOR THE
PAID LEAVE PROGRAM SO IT PRINT
BRINGS INTO CONFORMITY WITH
UNPAID PROGRAM ON THIS
DEFINITION EXPANDED LAST YEAR.
I'M PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD BILL
SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF GREAT
PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS. AND
WITH THAT RESPECT FASTER AND I
VOTE. OR IF THE THING YOU DO YOU
HAVE WITNESSED- I CAN DO IN THEY
CAN BE. AT THE CAN BE BRIEF-
HAVE- MISS WOULD SHOT AND MISS
CASSIDY. YEAH WE HAVE A- THE
LIMIT ON TIME TO EACH. BUT COME
. HI EVERYONE I'M WHICH IT FROM
LEGAL IT OUT- WE'RE AN
ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO
SUPPORTING LOW WAGE WORKING
FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN
CARE FOR EACH OTHER DURING TIMES
OF NEED. EVERY YEAR WE HEAR FROM
OVER THOUSAND FAMILIES THAT
REACH OUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S
SICK OR THEIR L. AND THEY WANT
TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THEIR
HEALTH WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY
ABOUT THEIR PAYCHECK- PAID
FAMILY LEAVE IS A PROGRAM THAT'S
A HUNDRED PERCENT. PAID FOR BY
WORKERS IT JUST GIVES THEM
INCOME WHEN THEY'RE UNABLE TO
WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING CARE
OF. A FAMILY MEMBERS THERE'S A
SEPARATE LAW THAT PROHIBITS
EMPLOYERS FROM FIRING WORKERS
FOR TAKING TIME OFF TO CARE FOR
THEIR FAMILY- FORTUNATELY DUE TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WICKS
LEADERSHIP. LAST YEAR WITH TEN
FORTY ONE WE ADDED CHOSEN
FAMILY. TO THOSE THAT YOU CAN
TAKE TIME OFF TO CARE FOR SO IT
COULD BE. AN ANNOYANCE A COUSIN
JUST SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE FAMILY
TO YOU OUTSIDE OF LIKE IMMEDIATE
NUCLEAR FAMILY GRANDPARENTS
GRANDKIDS. SLIPPING SPOUSE
DOMESTIC PARTNER- IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
WHO MAY HAVE HAD TO REBUILD A
NEW FAMILY IN THE COUNTRY PEOPLE
WHO ARE OLDER AND MAYBE
CHILDLESS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE
PASSED AWAY AND RELY ON OTHERS.
AND LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY WHO
MIGHT RELY ON PEOPLE OTHER THAN
THEIR BIOLOGICAL FAMILY FOR THE
SUPPORT AND LOVE THAT THEY NEED.
THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU
CONSIDERING THIS BILL IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE CAN
TAKE CARE OF THE ONES THAT THEY
LOVE DURING TIMES OF NEED. AND
NOT SACRIFICE THEIR HOUSING
THEIR RENT STARED THEIR FOOD TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE ARE TO
SUPPORT THANK. YOU THANK YOU. WE
HAVE ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES LEFT TO
TAKE A VOTE. TENURE CASSIDY
CALIFORNIA WORKING FOR CLOSE.
AND I. QUICK READING. TESTIMONY
FROM OF OUR MEMBER IF THAT'S-
FROM ORANGE COUNTY. LGBTQ
CENTER- WHOSE MOTHER HAS IS
EIGHTY THREE AND SHE'S LIVED
WITH HER PARTNER FOR OVER TWENTY
SIX YEARS. THIS PERSON TAKES HER
TO DOCTORS RUNS ERRANDS AND
HELPS WITH GROCERIES. EVERYTHING
AMERICA WOULD DO EXCEPT THEY'RE
NOT MARRIED. AND THIS IS FOR ME
THAT THREE OF MY CHILDREN ARE
ALSO HAVE PARTNERS THEY'RE NOT
MARRIED TO. MANY MY CHILDREN'S
FRIENDS CALL ME MOM ONE OF WHICH
I HAVE A VERY CLOSE FUND. HE
LEFT HIS HOME IN A YOUNG AGE AND
DUE TO IT AN ABUSIVE SITUATION.
AND ONE WAS ON HOUSE FOR A LONG
TIME. WE TALK ALL THE TIME I
HELP. TO GIVE HIM A PARTY WHEN
HE GRADUATED WITH HIS MASTER'S
HE CALLS ME WHEN UPSET AND
UNHAPPY. WE LAUGH JOKE CRY
TOGETHER I NEVER ADOPTED HIM AND
HE IS NOT MY CHILD BY BLOOD.
HOWEVER HE IS STILL MY CHILD TO
ME WHEN HE BECAME VERY ILL I
COULD NOT TAKE TIME OFF WORK.
BECAUSE FINANCIALLY I COULD NOT
AFFORD TO BECAUSE HE IS MY
CHOSEN FAMILY- THE PAID FAMILY
LEAVE PROGRAM DOES NOT CURRENTLY
SEE HIM THE SAME WAY I DO. OTHER
RELATIONSHIPS I DESCRIBED ARE
PART OF MY FAMILY. IF ANY OF US
NEEDED TIME AWAY FROM WORK TO
CARE FOR A LOVED ONE THREE BUT
NOT NOW QUALIFY FOR PAID FAMILY
LEAVE. WE WILL BE FORCED- TO
WORK INSTEAD OF CARING FOR OUR
LOVED ONES. OUR RELATIONSHIPS
THAT ARE NOT RECOGNIZED BY LARA
NO LESS. COMMITTED AND
MEANINGFUL. CHOSEN FAMILY IS
JUST AS IMPORTANT AND SOMETIMES
LIFESAVING. WHEN IT COMES TO
THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY- AND- PLEASE VOTE FOR.
AB FIVE ONE EIGHT TODAY TO
ENSURE FAMILIES LIKE MINE. IS A
FAMILY. OKAY THANK YOU. WE HAVE
A. EXCEPT FOR CITY SUPPORT. GOOD
THANK. THANKS NEED PRAYER CSEA
SO. THANK YOU COULD BE PRESIDING
CALIFORNIA. SECTOR TAKE. IN
SUPPORT. THIRTY BIRD ASKED ME
COME. SUPPORT AND THERE'S NEVER
A S. C. I. CAL. SUPPORT. IN
ORDER PASS WAS CENTER ON LAW
CENTER FOR LAW AND POVERTY IN
SUPPORT. KAREN CERTAINLY
APPROACH CAL AND THE GUY- ACCESS
IN SUPPORT. THIS RECRUIT COLOR
PARTNERS TENDERNESS OF VIOLENCE
SUPPORT. MEANWHILE A RP CAL
ENGINE SUPPORT. THE. RIPPLES
FROM BEHALF OF CALL CAL FOR
SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
IS THERE ENOUGH WITNESS IN THE
ROOM. IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
OBSCENE IS THERE ANY WHO WISHES
TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION IN THE
COMMIT ROOM. SEEN NONE MODERN WE
SHOULD CHECK IN SEE IF THERE'S A
WISH TO TESTIFY IN THE TOLD ON
THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
PROVIDE TESTIMONY PLEASE PRESS
ONE ZERO AT THIS TIME. FIRST WE
WILL HEAR FROM ONE ONE THIRTY
FOUR. THE NEW CARE MEMBER JUST
CENTER ON BEHALF OF THE RIGHTS
ADVOCATES ON THE CAL EMPLOYMENT
LAWYERS FIFTY FOR SPONSORS IN
OF. AND ON THE OF WOMEN LAWYERS
FROM COURT THANK YOU.
ON BEHALF THE FAMILY CAREGIVER
ALLIANCE AND THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION ON FAMILY CAREGIVING
IN STRONG SUPPORT. WINE.
FOURTEEN MERRI CREEK. ONE ONE
THIRTY EIGHT. I THEIR BIANCA
BONTA ON BEHALF OF SMALL
BUSINESS MAJORITY AND SUPPORT.
AN ONLINE. FIFTY SEVEN. EIGHTY
DIFFERENT WORKING FAMILY COLOR
CALIFORNIA WORK AND FAMILY
COALITION PROUD CO SPONSOR I'M
ALSO ON BEHALF OF EACH YEAR YOU
CALIFORNIA ACTION CARRYING A
CROSS GENERATIONS BUT IT'S
INSTITUTIONAL. MARKETPLACE THE
CALIFORNIA NATIONAL COUNCIL
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC COUNCIL SANTA
CLARA COUNTY WHICH THAT
COALITION AND WE'RE. TRANSPORT
THANK YOU. AND IT MISTER CHAIRED
ARE NO FURTHER. OKAY THANK YOU
MODERATOR FOR ANOTHER GREAT JOB
AGAIN TODAY- GIVEN THIS IS OUR
LAST BILL AND I WANT TO COME
BACK TO CAMINO SEE IF THERE'S A
MOTION SENATOR WORD AND MISTER
CHAIR A RED PORSCHE TO AUTHORS
WORK LAST YEAR APPRECIATE THIS
BILL TO GOOD BILL I MOVED THE
BILL. ALL RIGHT- WE HAVE A
MOTION READY TO GO WOULD YOU
LIKE CLOSE UP FAST FOR A VOTE
ALL RIGHT WE'LL COME BACK IN-
INDICATE THAT THE MOTION WAS
FROM SENATOR LAYERED IN WEST
ASSISTANT TO CALL THE ROLL THIS
TIME. FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
EIGHTY FIVE EIGHTEEN THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSED BUT FIRST RE REFER
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR CORTEZ E.
BY PROTESTS THE AYE SENATOR WELL
BY WILK AYE SENATOR DORADO
DRAWS- I SENATOR LAYERED LAYERED
ICE CENTER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THIS BILL IS
OUT ON A FIVE TWO ZERO VOTE
BILLS ON FIVE ZERO GRADUATION.
GIFTS- AND NOW WILL MOVE TO. THE
CALLING THE UPS MEMBERS- WE'RE
GONNA START WITH CONSENT I AND
GO IN FOR OR. THREE REALLY. FIVE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR FIVE ELEVEN
THEY'RE ALL ON CONSENT SENATOR
CORTEZ HE PRETENDS THE ICE
SENATOR DORADO DORADO HI THESE
ITEMS ARE OUT ON A FIVE TWO ZERO
VOTE. SO HE KNOWS VOTE THANK
YOU. MOVING ON THE FILE ITEM
NUMBER ONE AB TWELVE TWENTY
EIGHT THE MOTIONS DO PASSPORT
FIRST RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE
ON JUDICIARY THE CHAIR IS VOTING
ICE SENATOR WILK NO WELL NOW
CENTER DURAZO. DORADO ICE
SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED HI THIS
BILL IS OUT ANY FOUR TO ONE VOTE
THE BILL'S OWN FORTY ONE VOTE.
MOVING ON FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO
AB THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED BUT
FIRST RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE
ON JUDICIARY THE CHAIR IS
AVOIDING ICE CENTER WELCOME
VOTING WELL NOT VOTING SENATOR
DORADO. DRYSDALE HI THIS ITEM IS
OUT ON EIGHT FOUR TWO ZERO VOTE
AB ONE IS OUT ON THE FOUR ZERO
VOTE. MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER THREE AB SIXTEEN SEVENTY
SEVEN THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED
BUT FIRST RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS THE
CHAIRS VOTING I'D- SENATOR
WELCOME NO WELCOME NO SENATOR.
JURADO ICE SENATOR SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THIS
BILL IS OUT ON A FOUR TO ONE
VOTE AB SIXTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN IS
ON A FOUR TO ONE VOTE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER SIX AB FIVE OH FOR THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED BUT FIRST
RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY THE CHAIR IS VOTING
ICE SENATOR WELL NO WELCOME NOW
SENATOR DORADO. DORADO AYE
SENATOR LAYERED LAYERED HI THIS
BILL IS NOW ON A FOUR TO ONE
VOTE AB FIVE OH FOUR CELL FORTY
ONE VOTE. FILE ITEM NUMBER
EIGHTY FIVE SEVENTY FIVE OF THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED BUT FIRST
AMEND AND RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SENATOR. NOPE WE NEED A MOTION
SORRY GUYS THE MOVE BY WILK.
WELL I IT'S DO THAT AGAIN FILE
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AB FIVE
SEVENTY FIVE THE MOTION IS DO
YOU PASS BUT FIRST AMEND AND RE
REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR CORTEZ.
BY PROTESTS THE AYE SENATOR WELL
BY WILK I SENATORS ARE AS OUT.
DRAWS I SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED
I SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THIS BILL IS
OUT ON A FIVE TWO ZERO VOTES.
MOVIE OR LET ME NOW SEE FIVE C.
FIVE OUT OF THE UNITED VOTE. IN
WE HAVE A MOTION AB 594% OR
WHERE. FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE AB
FIVE NINETY FOR THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSED BUT FIRST WE REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY.
SENATOR CORTEZ. CORTEZ THE AYE
SENATOR WEALTH NOW WILK NOW
SENATOR JURADO. DORADO ICE
SENATOR LAYERED. LAYERED I
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI THIS BILL IS
OUT ON A FOUR TO ONE VOTE AB.
FIVE NINETY FOUR SEVEN FORTY ONE
VOTE. MOVIE MOTIONS WHERE HBO
FORTY. THE BILL. FILE ITEM
NUMBER TEN AB ELEVEN FORTY FIVE
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED BUT
FIRST RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS SENATOR CORTEZ
A- PROTEST THE AYE SENATOR WELL
HI WILK AYE SENATOR OSLO. SIRAJ-
I SENATOR LAYERED LAYERED I
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI. THIS BILL
IS OUT ON A FIVE TWO ZERO VOTE
A. B. O. M. FORTY FIVE SOUTHERN
FIVE ZERO VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON THE FILE ITEM NUMBER
TWELVE EIGHTY EIGHT SEVENTY ONE
THE MOTION IS TO PASS BUT FIRST
AMEND AND RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS THE
CHAIR IS VOTING I THE VICE CHAIR
IS VOTING NO SENATOR DORADO.
DORADO HI THIS BILL IS OUT ON A
FOUR TO ONE VOTE AB EIGHT
SEVENTY ONE IS OUT OF THE FORTY
ONE VOTE. LAST FILE ITEM NUMBER
FOURTEEN AB TEN OH SEVEN THE
MOTION IS DO YOU PASS BUT FIRST
AMEND AND RE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS THE
CHAIR IS VOTING AYE. SENATOR
WELCOME NOT VOTING. THIS ITEM IS
OUT ON A FOUR TWO ZERO VOTE
HURRIED THE BILL IS OUT ON A
FOUR ZERO VOTE THAT CONCLUDES
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE COMMITTEE STAFF
EVERYONE WHO TESTIFIED TO ALL
THE MEMBERS WHO. HAD TO COME
BACK AND FORTH IN. IN ABSENTIA
ME THANK SENATOR WORD FOR
PRESIDING FOR QUITE A WHILE IN
THE VICE CHAIR FOR ALL HIS USUAL
GOOD DUTY. THANK YOU WE'RE NOW
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. OKAY
FINDER YEAH THANK.