THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
HUMAN SERVICES IS IT WILL COME
TO ORDER GOOD AFTERNOON THE
SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE
PUBLIC'S IN PERSON AB
PARTICIPATION VIA TELECONFERENCE
OF THIS FOR ANY INDIVIDUALS
WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING
PARTICIPATE PHONE NUMBER.
877-226-8163 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS. ONE ONE FOUR SEVEN TWO SEVEN
SIX. MANY MANY OF THOSE ALMOST
EMPATHETIC IT IS ANOTHER-
THERE'S A PIECE OF THEIR MODELS-
BUT LET'S INDIVIDUALS GET GET
INSIDE- AND METAL THAT IF NOT BY
THAT- BUT AT THE MEDICAL MCCARTY
POLITICAL ELEMENT AWAY SAID ALSO
SET TO SEE IF IT DOES LOW SAFE
WHAT JONO. SAY STRESS YOUR CALL
THE OS WILL NOT WHAT THE CITY
MADE SET THE SPACE. THE WHOLE
COMMITTEE MEET HERE THE OSTER
BUILDING I'LL ASK ALL MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE TO BE PRESENT HERE
IN THE TWENTY TWO IN ROOM TWENTY
TWO HUNDRED SO THAT WE CAN
ESTABLISH A QUORUM AND BEGIN
ARCHITECT ARE HEARING. OKAY SO
NOTICED AN ABSENCE OF A QUORUM
WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN AS A SUB
COMMITTEE WE WILL HEAR OUR BILLS
IN FILE ORDER. IT LOOKS LIKE
TODAY WE HAVE THIRTY TWO BILLS
ON OUR AGENDA- FOR BILLS HAVE
BEEN PULLED FILE ITEM THREE AB
FORTY ONE FILE ITEM FOR A. B.
ELEVEN FORTY EIGHT FILE ITEM
TWENTY SEVEN. AB THIRTEEN TWENTY
FOUR AND FILE ITEM TWENTY EIGHT
AB FIFTEEN TWELVE THIRTEEN BILLS
ARE ON CONSENT. RIGHT SO WE WILL
PROCEED AB ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GIPSON I SEE YOU'RE HERE WE HAVE
ITEM- FILE NUMBER ONE AND TWO
ASSEMBLY BILL TWENTY AND
ASSEMBLY BILL THREE SEVEN THREE
PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE
READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
MADAM CHAIR AND TO OUR VICE
CHAIR AND TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS I
WOULD ASK THE CHAIR IF SHE WOULD
ALLOW ME- THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING
AND HAVING AND HEARING THE FIRST
BILL- A. B. THREE SEVEN THREE.
BECAUSE AB TWENTY MY WITNESS
JUST PARKED AND SO THEY'RE
RUNNING UP HERE SO WANT TO SEE
IF I CAN PROCEED WITH THAT DEAL
FIRST. AND THEN TAKE A B.
TWENTY- AT THE CONCLUSION OF
THIS THIS BILL I THINK THAT BE
GREAT RIGHT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MADAM
CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO PROVE. TO
PRESENTS ASSEMBLY BILL THREE
SEVEN THREE WHICH AIMS TO
INCREASE GRADUATION RATES FOR
FOSTER YOUTH AND HOMELESS YOUTH
BY GIVING THEM. PRIORITY ACCESS
FOR SUMMER AND WINTER SCHOOL
SESSION- ASSEMBLY BILL THREE
SEVEN THREE HAS RECEIVED
UNDERSCORE- UNANIMOUS BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO
PRESENT THIS BILL TODAY- I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK THIS COMMITTEE
STAFF WORKING. DILIGENTLY WITH
MIKE- WITH MY TEAM AND I WILL BE
ACCEPTING THE- COMMITTEES
AMENDMENTS TO ADD TRIBAL
LANGUAGE- TO THIS BILL. A. B.
THREE SEVEN THREE HIGHLIGHTS A
WELL KNOWN ISSUE THAT HOMELESS
AND FOSTER YOUTH HAVE STRUGGLED
MOST WHEN IT COMES TO RECEIVING
AN EDUCATION- WE AS A
LEGISLATURE HAS THE POWER. AND
THE OBLIGATION TO HELP IN ANY
WAY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN BY
RECOGNIZING THIS BARRIER AND-
AND ACTING ACCORDINGLY. OF
FOSTER YOUTH AND HOMELESS YOUTH
EXPERIENCE HIGH RATES OF
ABSENTEEISM SUSPENSION IT ALSO
SCHOOL MOBILITY. ACCORDING TO A
STUDY. THE BY THE LEARNING
POLICY INSTITUTE DURING TWO. AND
TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN A
SCHOOL YEAR ONLY FIVE PERCENT.
OF NON FOSTER CARE STUDENTS
MOVED SCHOOLS WHILE 34% OF THE
STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE DID. IN
ADDITION 20% OF THE STUDENTS
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS CHANGED
SCHOOLS AT LEAST ONCE DURING A
SCHOOL YEAR. AT A QUARTER OF THE
STUDENTS CHANGE SCHOOLS TWICE OR
MORE AND YOU WOULD HEAR WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT FOSTER YOUTH AND THE
TREMENDOUS- TRANSITION THEY HAVE
TO GO THROUGH I'VE HAD A YOUNGER
PERSON TESTIFY WAS MOVED THIRTY
TWO TIMES IN ONE YEAR. THAT
MEANS THIRTY TWO SCHOOLS THAT
MEANS THIRTY TWO HOMES THAT ME
THIRTY TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IN
WHICH IN ONE YEAR THAT THAT
CHILD'S LIFE WAS TURNED UPSIDE
DOWN. THESE FACTORS MAKE IT HARD
FOR STUDENTS TO- ENGAGE IN
EDUCATIONAL EDUCATION AND
MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER
OF CREDITS OF GRADUATION OFTEN
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE GRADUATES
GRADUATION IS A CRITICAL PART OF
A STUDENTS LONG TERM ACCESS WHEN
STUDENTS ARE FOCUSED TO
FREQUENTLY SWITCH SCHOOLS. THEY
STRUGGLE TO ADOPT A NEW SYSTEM A
NEW TEACHER A NEW EXPERIENCE A
NEW CURRICULUM THEIR LIVES ARE
CHANGED AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
STABLE HOMES- THOSE WHO HAVE.
AGENTS WITH THAT HAPPEN TO OUR
OWN CHILDREN BUT THIS IS WHERE
OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING THROUGH
IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND
THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS AB THREE SEVEN
THREE WILLIAMS WILL ENSURE THAT
FOSTER YOUTH AND HOMELESS
STUDENTS HAVE A PRIORITY ACCESS
TO- SUMMER AND WINTER SESSION
WHEN AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY CAN
ENROLL IN CLASSES. THAT THEY ARE
ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR SUCCESS WITH
ME TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING
TESTIMONY IS A REPRESENTATIVE
WAS SELF INTRODUCED THE CHIEF
PUBLIC UP POLICY AN ADVOCATE
OFFICER- AS WELL AS- A
REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OF PUBLIC POLICY
AND STRATEGIC. US OF STRATEGIES
CALIFORNIA LOWRY ALLOWING
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES THANK YOU ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BEFORE WE HEAR YOUR FROM
YOUR WITNESSES WERE GOING TO
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. RIGHT SO AB
CALL THE ROLL OF ROGUE. HERE THE
TROUBLE. HER TO. IMAGE OF HERE
WHAT. THERE SO WE HAVE A QUORUM
SO WE WILL CONTINUE ALL RIGHTS-
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME JUST SO
BECAUSE I INTERRUPTED YES HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON ADRIN SULTAN WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF CHILD
AND FAMILY SERVICES WE ARE
PLEASED TO CO SPONSOR ASSEMBLY
BILL THREE SEVENTY THREE WE
REPRESENT NONPROFIT COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA THAT ARE SERVING
CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES
PRIMARILY IN OUR MEDICAL
PROGRAM. I'M SO THIS BILL WOULD
PRIORITIZE YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE
THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH FOR
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS
SUMMER SCHOOL WHEN THOSE ARE
AVAILABLE IN THEIR DISTRICT.
THESE STUDENTS OFTEN EXPERIENCE
EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS DUE TO
FACTORS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF
THEIR CONTROL SUCH AS HIGHER
RATES OF ABSENCES SUSPENSIONS
AND SCHOOL MOBILITY COMPARED TO
THEIR PEERS. AND THAT'S ALL
REDUCES ACCESS TO IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONAL TIME ACADEMIC
SUPPORT. SO FOR EXAMPLE 22% OF
YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE CHANGE
SCHOOLS FOUR OR MORE TIMES OVER
A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. COMPARED TO
LESS THAN 1% OF ALL OTHER
STUDENTS. IN 202187% OF STUDENTS
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN FOUR
YEARS COMPARED WITH 73% OF
HOMELESS STUDENTS AND 61% OF
FOSTER STUDENTS. FOR THE SUMMER
AND WINTER PROGRAMS OFTEN
PROVIDE THESE IMPORTANT- CREDIT
RECOVERY OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT STUDENTS
OF COLOR ARE OVER REPRESENTED IN
BOTH FOSTER CARE AND ARE
HOMELESS POPULATION. THE AB
THREE SEVENTY THREE WILL REDUCE
BARRIERS FOR YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED- IT'S
ALL IN A- STEP TO ACHIEVE OUR-
VISION EDUCATIONAL EQUITY SO FOR
THOSE REASONS THE CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE URGES YOUR HIVE OF
TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE
SECOND LEAD WITNESS. THE STATE
YOUR NAME AND ORGANIZATION YOU
REPRESENT. YES GOOD AFTERNOON MY
NAME IS WENDY **** WITH
SYCAMORES A PROUD CO SPONSOR OF
AB THREE SEVEN THREE FOR OVER A
HUNDRED TWENTY YEARS. THE
COMMERCE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
SERVING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR
CAREGIVERS IN THE TOP WATER
SYSTEM. SINCE THE LAUNCH OF OUR
FIRST TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
PROGRAM IN TWO THOUSAND WE NOW
PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED
THIRTY FIVE SCATTERED SIDE
APARTMENT BEDS AND QUALITY
WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO YOUNG
PEOPLE. AGES EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY
FIVE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS THE STARK
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME DISPARITIES
OF FOSTER YOUTH STUDENTS AND
STUDENTS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WHEN COMPARED TO
THEIR PEERS RESPECTIVELY. IN THE
TWENTY EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY
NINETEEN ACADEMIC YEAR 25% OF
STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS FOR CHRONICALLY
ABSENT COMPARED TO ONLY TWELVE
PERCENT. OF NON HOMELESS
STUDENTS IN THAT SAME YEAR THE
SUSPENSION RATES FOR AND HOW
STUDENTS WERE TWICE THOSE OF
THEIR STABLY HOUSED
COUNTERPARTS. THIS DATA OTHER
RESEARCH AND EXAMPLES OF YOUNG
PEOPLE WE SERVE ILLUSTRATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITIZING
FOSTER YOUTH AND HOW STUDENTS
FOR ENROLMENT IN INTERSESSION
PROGRAMS WHEN OFFERED BY
ELEAZAR. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH
THE STORY OF JOHN A SIXTEEN YEAR
OLD FOSTER YOUTH STUDENT WHOSE
PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS SPANISH HE
FINISHED SPRING SEMESTER OF LAST
YEAR WITH THREE APPS AND ONE D.
PRIOR TO COMING INTO OUR CARE IN
SPRING OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO YOU.
HE HAD TRAVELED FROM GUATEMALA
TO THE U. S. HE WAS PLACED IN A
FOSTER HOME AND THEN SHELTER.
DESPITE EARLY COMMUNICATION AND
SUBMISSION OF ALL FORMS TO
ENROLL IN CREDIT RECOVERY HE DID
NOT END UP COMPLETING AT. THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT ONLY ROLLED HIM
VERY LAST MINUTE BUT PRIMARILY
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SPANISH
SPEAKING IN DISTRICTS SUMMER
PROGRAM FOR HIS EDUCATIONAL
NEEDS. AND CLOSING SYCAMORE
STRONGLY URGES YOU TO ENDORSE AB
. THREE SEVEN THREE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANY LEAD. A
OPPOSITION ON THIS BILL. HEY
SCENE. K. CLOUT UP THE MICRO-
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO
PARTICIPATE FROM THE PUBLIC IN
EITHER OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT. AT
LEAST APPROACH THAT THE
MICROPHONE WITH YOUR NAME- ANY
ORGANIZATION THAT YOU REPRESENT
AND YOUR POSITION ONLY PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON AMANDA KIRCHER
WITH COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
. THIS IS THIS ONE ABOUT THE
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF CHILD AND
ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY OF SUPPORT
THANK YOU YOU. HURRICANE WITH
THE CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER IN
SUPPORT GIVE. CAN WHERE IS
REPRESENTING CHILDREN NOW THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR YOUTH
AND A SPIRIT AT ALL IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. JENNY TRIES BEHALF OF
THE COUNTY SANTA CLARA AND SAN
FOR. Q. OKAY. ANYMORE WITNESSES
WISHING TO ADDRESS THAT OKAY. SO
WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
TO OUR PUBLIC TELECONFERENCE ANY
WITNESSES WAITING TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE- PLEASE
NOTE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
DISRUPTIVE MAY BE REMOVED FROM
THE REMOTE MEETING SERVICES OR
HAVE THEIR CONNECTIONS MUTED AT
THE CHAIRS TO. DISCRETION I WILL
NOT INSTITUTE ANY TIME LIMITS ON
TESTIMONY- BUT I WILL ASK FOR
YOU TO BE COURTEOUS AS WE HAVE A
LOT OF BILLS TODAY TO GET
THROUGH- I WILL PERMIT AN EQUAL
AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ALL WITNESSES
REGARDLESS OF THEIR POSITION.
AND I ASK THAT ALL WITNESSES TO
STATE THEIR NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ONLY IN THIS WILL BE
STRICTLY ENFORCED. HEY MODERATOR
AT PLEASE PROP THE INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION AB THREE SEVENTY
THREE THAT WE ARE READY TO BEGIN
. THANK YOU SHARE AND SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF AB THREE SEVENTY
THREE YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO. AND WE WILL GO TO A LINE
OF THIRTY FOR YOUR LINE IS OPEN
. GOOD AFTERNOON PICNIC IN ON BE
HOW CALIFORNIANS WHAT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATES FIFTY ASIAN OR
CAL COST THAT IS FOR YOU. CAN
GIVE. THANK YOU ONE THIRD EIGHT.
MATANCERA NUMBER HOLD WATER ON
THE- OF CHILDREN PARTNERS. IN
THANK YOU. THANK YOU LINE THIRD
NINE. BEYOND OF THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY SUPER. OF SCHOOLS AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MEDICARE WE
HAVE NO FOR THE SUPPORTER OF
POSITIONING KILL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH OKAY WHEN I BRING THE
CONVERSATION BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. I'LL MOVE THE BILL-
WHEN APPROPRIATE I DO WANT TO
THINK THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER EACH
HOW I'VE BEEN WATCHING SOME OF
YOUR BILLS I REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERY EVERY SINGLE BILL THAT YOU
HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD SO THANK
YOU AND- AS A FORMER. I CAN IN
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM I REALLY
DO APPRECIATE THINKING. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. HE OKAY M. I
WANTED TO STICK THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD-
AS YOU WERE DOING YOUR
PRESENTATION. AND REALLY
REPRESENTING THE VOICE OF OUR
FOSTER YOUTH- NO YOU'RE TELLING
A STORY HERE TELL THE STORY OF-
SO MANY TIMES ARE YOU THIRD
DISPLACED. FROM THEIR PLACE OF
STABILITY- WELL THAT THEY KNOW
FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL WHEN THOSE
PLACES. WITHOUT PLANS THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
FOR TAKING THE AMENDMENTS TO
INCLUDE THE TROUBLE TROUBLE.
THANK YOU RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION
FROM- ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALK UP.
AND PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FILE
ITEM. AB THREE SEVEN THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AS AMENDED. ALFA
ROMEO HI OF ROGUE YOU ARE SHOW
BOTH BY THE CHOI BOGUE. FOR TWO.
FOUR MINS OUR EYES WELL UP. NINE
WHAT BY. IS THAT FOUR ZERO AND-
WE LEAVE ON CALL. THANK YOU.
THANK IS A MEMBER- WOULD YOU
LIKE TO PROCEED WITH- AB TWENTY
I WOULD OKAY THANK YOU WHEN
YOU'RE- THEY YOU AGAIN MADAM
CHAIR VICE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
ME TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL-
TWENTY WHICH ALLOWS CHILDREN AND
YOUNG ADULTS TO CHANGE TO A
SAVED- STAY SAFE STAY CONNECTED
WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES SUPPOSED ADOPTION.
AB TWENTY HAS RECEIVED UNANIMOUS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT- THIS BILL IS
A REPEAT. OF THE BILL THAT IDEA
BACK IN TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY
TWO- THAT WAS ASSEMBLY BILL
SEVENTEEN NINETY FOUR- THIS
VIDEO- WAS VETOED. BY THE
GOVERNOR WE USED HIS MESSAGE TO
MAKE THIS BILL BEFORE YOU-
BETTER MOVING FORWARD. AND SO-
SPECIFICALLY THIS BILL WOULD
ENSURE THREE AREAS. IT WOULD
ENSURE A POST ADOPTION I'M
CONTRACTED TO CONTINUE
VISITATION BETWEEN A SIBLING AND
- ASSEMBLIES AND OUR DRESSING-
PRIOR TO TERMINATION OF PARENTAL
RIGHTS TO ENSURE SIBLING
VISITATION CONTINUES PAST THE
END OF PARENTAL RIGHTS CLARIFY
THE ADULT SIBLINGS EVEN IF THE
PREVIOUS ADOPTIONS ARE VIEWED AS
SIBLINGS UNDER. THE STATE LAW
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED TIMES A DAY A
CHILD IN CALIFORNIA'S PLACED IN
FOSTER CARE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
ALONE HAS OVER WATCH THIS THIRTY
THREE THOUSAND FOSTER YOUTH
THIRTY THREE THOUSAND FOSTER
YOU. THEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR
THESE CHILDREN WHO WANT TO LIVE
WITH THEIR BIRTH PARENTS AND TO
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP AND
STAY CONNECTED AS A FAMILY IN
SOME CASES THE ADOPTION FAILED.
AND THE CHILD HAS TO RE
ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH
THEIR PARENTS HAVING A FAMILY
CONNECTED DURING A TIME- IS
ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AS A MEMBER
OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
NATIVE. AMERICAN AFFAIRS- I AM
ALSO AWARE OF THE CRISIS WITH
OUR NATIVE AMERICAN FOSTER YOUTH
IN THIS STATE. ASSEMBLY CULTURE
CONNECTS IS IN MATH AND
IMPORTANT EVERY CHILD DESERVES A
LOVING A PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP
EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO FEEL
SAFE SECURE WARRANTED LOVE AND
HURT BY THE COMMUNITY- THEY
IDENTIFY WITH AND BOB DEVELOPED
TIES WITH AB FIVE EXCUSE ME AB
TWENTY PROVIDES A PATH FORWARD.
FOR THOSE FAMILIES WITH ME TO
PROVIDE SUPPORTING TESTIMONY- IS
A SENIOR POLICY ATTORNEY WITH
THE CHILDREN LAWCENTER OF
CALIFORNIA WHO ALSO SELF
INTRODUCED AND ALSO BE HERE TO
ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR
FIRSTLY WHEN IT'S- GOOD
AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ANGELA MCCORMICK SENIOR POLICY
ATTORNEY AT THE CHILDREN'S LAW
CENTER OF CALIFORNIA WE ARE THE
LARGEST NONPROFIT CHILDREN'S
LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION IN
THE NATION- AS A FAMILY MEMBER
GIPSON NOTED WE ADVOCATE FOR
OVER THIRTY THOUSAND CHILDREN
AND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE IN LOS
ANGELES SACRAMENTO AND PLASTER
COUNTY. SO FOR THIS BILL
PERMANENCY IS CRITICAL FOR OUR
CLIENTS BUT THERE'S ALSO A
GROWING RECOGNITION THAT MANY
ADOPTEES IS ALSO CRITICAL TO
MAINTAIN CONNECTION TO THEIR
BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES AND MAINTAINING
THESE CONNECTIONS CAN BE DONE
SAFELY. AND PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT
BENEFIT RESEARCHERS SHOWED THAT
THE SIBLING BOND IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT IN MITIGATING THE
TRAUMA OF FAMILY SEPARATION.
FEEDBACK WE HEAR FROM OUR
CLIENTS HAS REINFORCED THE
VERACITY OF THIS RESEARCH. WELL
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING
SEVEN CONNECTIONS IS ALREADY
RECOGNIZED IN LAW. SO WE RARELY
SEE THESE MEETINGS TAKE PLACE
TOO OFTEN WE SEE OUR CLIENTS
LOSE ALL CONTACT WITH THEIR
SIBLINGS. SO IF YOU WOULD ALLOW-
GIVEN THE HOLIDAY I DO NOT HAVE
OR OTHER WITNESS PRESENT BUT IF
I COULD SHARE THE STORY OF ONE
OF OUR CLIENTS. SHE'S A YOUNG
WOMAN WHO ENFORCE THE GREW UP IN
THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM WE STARTED
REPRESENTING A LANE IN TWENTY
TWELVE WHEN SHE ENTERED FOSTER
CARE AT TEN YEARS OLD. IN MAY OF
TWENTY SEVENTEEN SHE GAVE BIRTH
TO HER FIRST CHILD. A DAUGHTER
AND WE ALSO BEGAN TO REPRESENT
HER AS A MINOR MOTHER. THIS
CHILD MORE FOR TAURUS EA WAS
REMOVED FROM THE LANES CUSTODY
AND THE COURT DID ORDER FAMILY
REUNIFICATION SERVICES. AS A
FOSTER CHILD ELAINE STRUGGLED
WITH MANY ISSUES AS ONE CAN
IMAGINE. INCLUDING PERHAPS MOST
SIGNIFICANTLY A LACK OF FAMILY
SUPPORT. SHE LIVED IN VARIOUS
FOSTER HOMES AND GROUP HOMES.
AND ALTHOUGH HER SIBLINGS
RETURNED TO HER MOTHER'S HOME.
SHE NEVER REUNIFIED WITH HER OWN
MOTHER. THIS LAUGHTER WITH A
FEELING OF CONFUSION ABANDONMENT
AND FURTHER LOS. IN OCTOBER OF
TWENTY NINETEEN SHE GAVE BIRTH
TO A SECOND DAUGHTER AND IN
JANUARY OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE SHE
GAVE BIRTH TO A SON. BOTH THESE
CHILDREN WERE. EVENTUALLY
DETAINED FROM HER AND PLACED IN
THE SAME FOSTER HOME AS HER
FIRST CHILD. ALTHOUGH LEAN WAS
IMPARTIAL COMPLIANCE FOR THEIR
CASE PLAN TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF
THE OLDEST DAUGHTER. SHE
ULTIMATELY FACE TOO MANY
BARRIERS TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE
COURT ORDERS. AND SADLY HER
PARENTAL RIGHTS WERE TERMINATED
IN THE PERMANENT PLAN WAS
ADOPTION. UNFORTUNATELY THAT
CHILD PERSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE
MOTHER SEVERELY PHYSICALLY
ABUSED THAT CHILD. AND ALL THREE
SIBLINGS REALLY REMOVED FROM
THAT FOSTER HOME. SIGNIFICANTLY
AFTER HAVING SHARED THEIR LIVES
A LIVING TOGETHER FOR YEARS THE
DEPARTMENT DETERMINED IT WAS THE
BEST INTERESTS OF THE THREE
SIBLINGS. TO BE MOVED TOGETHER
AS A SIBLING. THAT TO A NEW
FOSTER HOME. PARKLAND LANE HAD
VISITS WITH ALL OF OUR CHILDREN
TOGETHER. SHE OBSERVE THEY WERE
EXCEPTIONALLY CLOSE THEY PLAYED
IN GAMES ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.
AND THE INTERACTIVE WARMLY.
ALAIN VAN. WONDERFULLY REUNITED
WITH HER TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN.
BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT HER
PRINTER IT'S ALREADY BEEN
TERMINATED HER OLDEST CHILD.
THOSE SIBLINGS HAVE NOW
COMPLETELY LOST CONTACT WITH
EACH OTHER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
SIMPLY CONTACT AGREEMENT STATED-
AND HER HEART IS BROKEN. SHE
KNOWS THAT HER YOUNGER TWO
CHILDREN MAY NEVER SEE THEIR
SISTER AGAIN. AND THAT HER
OLDEST DAUGHTER IS LIKEWISE
BEING DEPRIVED A RELATIONSHIP.
WITH HER BELOVED YOUNGER
SIBLINGS. AB TWENTY WOULD
STRENGTHEN EXISTING LAW ENSURE
MEETINGS TAKE PLACE AND GOT THE
POSSIBILITY OF A POST ADOPTION
CONTACT BETWEEN SIBLINGS. AND
ADDITIONALLY THIS BILL WOULD
CREATE PATHWAYS TO REINSTATE
PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR YOU. WHEN IT
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND IN
THEIR BEST INTERESTS. SUCH AS IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE. FOR
ELAINE AND HER OLDEST DAUGHTER
WHEN HER ADOPTION FELL THROUGH
AND OTHER SIBLINGS REUNIFIED
WITH ELAINE. TIRED YOUR SUPPORT
OF THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
AND I THINK ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GIPSON I THINK WE'VE ALL NOTED
HE IS SUCH A CHAMPION FOR THESE
YOUTH. AND FOR THE WORK HE DOES
DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA FAMILIES
. IN THE OFFING. HE TO. MEET
LEAD WITNESSES AN OP HERE TO.
OKAY WE WILL NOW- MOVE FORWARD
TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC- PLEASE
COME FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE
WHEN YOU'RE READY- MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHICH YOU TO EXPRESS
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR THIS
BILL PLEASE APPROACH WITH YOUR
NAME. ORGANIZATION AND YOUR
POSITION ONLY PLEASE. ANY TRACE.
WE HAVE THE COUNTY SAN CLEARANCE
APART THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT ANY
OTHER WITNESSES. HAVE SO. WE
WILL MOVE TO TELECONFERENCE
SERVICE A MODERATOR PLEASE PROP
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF
ASSEMBLY BILL TWENTY THAT WE ARE
READY TO BEGIN. THANK YOU FOR
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION OF AB
TWENTY YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND
THEN ZERO. DIFFICULT TO LINE.
THIRTY FOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON TO
THE FAN ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL
ADVOCATES ASSOCIATION OR CAL
COST THAT IS SUPPORT THANK YOU.
DO YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
THERE IS NO FOR THE SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION IN KILL OKAY WE'LL
BRING THE CONVERSATION BACK TO
THE MEMBERS. THANK CENTER WILL
HAVE HIS MOVE THE BILL. I KNOW
SHE'S MOVE US HERE SAID WE'RE
GOING TO BE A TOP TONIGHT. ALL
RIGHT YOU SO MUCH- I DON'T HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU- ASSEMBLY
MEMBER I DID HEAR THAT YOU
WORKED ON YOUR BILL- THE
PREVIOUS VERSION THAT WAS VETOED
YOU. TO ATTACK THE FEEDBACK IN
THE COMMENTS TO MAKE THIS BILL
STRONGER ABSOLUTE DID YOU WANT
TO SAY ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THOSE CHANGES- NO WHICH IS
MADE IT STRONGER WORKS WITH THE-
WITH THE SPONSORS I WANT TO
THANK OUR SPONSORS MCCORMICK FOR
BEING HERE- AND I EIGHT FIVE
FIVE CAN JUST SAY THIS BEFORE
CONCLUDING YOU TAKE A VOTE. THAT
ARE STRONGLY ASKED WHEN I VOTE-
IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE I MET
A BROTHER WHO CAME AND TESTIFIED
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL- TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY TWO. AND HE
TALKED ABOUT HE WAS SEPARATED AT
BIRTH HE WAS A TWIN BROTHER. HE
HAD A TWIN BROTHER. AND HE WENT
TO THE SOCIAL WORKER WHEN HE
BECAME OF AGE TO TRY TO FIND IT
SO TO TRY TO FIND IS WHEN
BROTHERS THAT'S AGAINST POLICY
WOULD NOT KNOWING THAT THEY WENT
TO THE SAME SCHOOL BUT THEY WERE
DIFFERENT TRACKS. THEY LIVED. I
LIVED A QUARTER MILE FROM EACH
OTHER AND THEY NEVER KNEW THAT.
THE SOCIAL WORKER DECIDED TO
BREAK THE RULES AND RE UNIFY
THEM SO THEY CAN MEET. TWO DAYS
BEFORE THEY WERE MET HIS TWIN
BROTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN A
DRIVE BY SHOOTING. HE SAID TO ME
I WISH I WOULD HAVE. AT LEAST
HAD OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAD
MANNERISMS DO WE ACTUALLY LOOK
ALIKE DO WE WALK OR TALK LIKE
OUR FATHER OR MOTHER. THE HE
WOULD NEVER HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY THE FIRST TIME AND
THE LAST. WAS AT A FUNERAL. TO
SAY GOODBYE TO HIS TWIN BROTHER.
THIS WITH THIS BILL MEANS. THIS
BILL MEANS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE
THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. THAT
WE KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER WHEN
POSSIBLE I RESPECTFULLY ASK WHAT
I BUILT. THANK YOU. RIGHT LET'S
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM ONE AB
TWENTY THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. OF RODEO HI
EVERADO YOU ARE A BOTH. THE
CHEWABLE BACK FOR TOTAL.
MENJIVAR MEANS OF OR I WILL
HAVE. WILL HAVE ARE. THE IS FOR
I AND BILL WILL TO CALL. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU. THANKS
RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER FIVE I SEE IS
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JONES SAWYER
PRESENT WE ARE READY WHEN YOU
ARE TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL
EIGHTY SIX. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS ARE PRESENT A.
B. EIGHTY SIX WHICH WILL
STRENGTHEN CALIFORNIA RESPONSE
TO THE HOMELESS. MISS BY
ESTABLISHING A STATEWIDE
HOMELESS COORDINATOR AT THE LEAD
ENTITY FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS
IN CALIFORNIA. TODAY OVER A
HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND
CALIFORNIANS INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
CALIFORNIA A ROUGHLY 6% INCREASE
SINCE TWENTY TWENTY. THE STATE
HAS INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT
SUPPORT HOUSING PROGRAM TO
SHELTER ON HOUSE INDIVIDUALS.
YET WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
NATION'S LARGEST HOMELESS
POPULATION IN PART DUE TO THE
STATE'S DISJOINTED APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. AND
TWENTY SEVENTEEN TO CALIFORNIA
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS. FORMALLY KNOWN AS
THE HOMELESS COORDINATING AND
FINANCING COUNCIL WAS
ESTABLISHED TO COORDINATE
FUNDING AND BUILD PARTNERSHIPS
WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS DEVELOP
STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS.
THE COUNCIL IS ONE OF MANY
AGENCIES THAT RECEIVE
INFORMATION ON THE HOMELESS THIS
IN THE STATE HOWEVER WITH NO
REAL ONE PERSON IN CHARGE TO
ENSURE TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY WE
CONTINUE TO SEE A DISCONNECT.
GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA TOMORROW
THE FUNDING INVESTED WE TRULY
NEED TO SYSTEM IN PLACE TO
TACKLE HOMELESSNESS AT BOTH THE
STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS TO BE
CONSISTENT AND EFFECTIVE THAT IS
WHY INTRODUCED AB EIGHTY SIX.
THIS BILL WILL ENSURE INTER
GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION KERN
HOMELESSNESS BY REQUIRING THE
GOVERNOR TO APPOINT A STATEWIDE
HOMELESS COORDINATOR THE
COORDINATOR WAS SET STATE GOALS
TO END HOMELESSNESS OVERSEE
RELATED PROGRAMS SERVICES DATA
POLICY BETWEEN FEDERAL STATE
LOCAL AGENCIES. AS WELL AS
COORDINATE THE TIMING OF THE
RELEASE OF STATE FUNDS AND
FUNDING APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING
AND HOUSING BASIC SERVICES AB
DECEITFUL OUTSCORED NAY THE
FLEXIBILITY IDENTIFIED A LOCAL
LEADER. AND THE APPROPRIATE
JURISDICTION TO SERVE AS A
LIAISON TO THE STATE. LAST IN
COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL LEADERS
THE COORDINATOR WILL PROVIDE ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS THE LEGISLATURE
AND THE GOVERNOR. MEMBERS WHILE
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OVERLAP IN
A LOT OF EXISTING RESOURCES.
MANY TIMES WE SEE IN THE- GOING
TO PRO TO LIVE VALUABLE TIME
WHEN IT COULD HAVE RECEIVED. SB
SIX IS PUTTING. A PERSON IN
CHARGE. THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK FOR
GUY. NOT ABOUT CREATING A NEW
PROPER ROCKERS THE ACCORDING TO
CAN HELP BETTER MANAGE THE
SYSTEM AND BRING ALL
STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER. HOME THIS
IS AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS EVERY
CORNER OF THE STATE MUST ENSURE
COORDINATED APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS. AND AB
EIGHTY SIX CAN HELP US THERE
WITH ME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL IS DANE HUTCHINGS WITH
THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY.
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
GOOD AFTERNOON SURE MEMBERS DEAN
HUTCHINGS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF REDWOOD CITY IN SUPPORT
OF AB EIGHTY SIX. THIS MEASURE
WOULD CREATE CONTINUITY AND
IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY BY STOP
WISHING STATEWIDE HOMES
COORDINATOR WITHIN THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AS PART OF
THEIR CHANGE OUR- STUDENTS PART
OF THE CHARGE. THE HOMELESS
COORDINATOR WOULD BE REQUIRED TO
IDENTIFY LOCAL LEADER. IN EACH
RELEVANT JURISDICTION TO SERVE
AS A LIAISON AND PROMOTE
COLLABORATION. BY PROVIDING
ANNUAL RECOMMENDATIONS BASED
UPON THE AGENCY'S BEST PRACTICES
- REDWOOD CITY STAFF IS UNABLE
TO BE HERE TODAY SO THEY BASS I
SHARE A CASE STUDY ON THEIR
BEHALF SO- THESE SPECIFIC
PROVISIONS ARE OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST TO REDWOOD CITY WITH
RESPECT TO THE LOCAL COORDINATOR
HER LOCAL CITY LEADERS- ALTHOUGH
REDWOOD CITY REPRESENTS 11% OF
THE POPULATION SAN MATTEO
COUNTY- THE JANUARY TWENTY
NINETEEN COUNTY WIDE. POINT IN
TIME COUNT. RESULTS SHOWED THAT
THEY HAD OVER 25% OF THE
UNSHELTERED POPULATION. IN THEIR
COUNTY. WITH OVER 50% CONSISTING
OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN ARBY'S
IN THE STREET. BY AUGUST TWENTY
TWENTY REDWOOD CITY HAD. HAD AN
AVERAGE OF A HUNDRED AND TEN R.
V.'S IN THEIR STREETS EVERY
NIGHT- IN THE FALL OF TWENTY
TWENTY THE CITY LAUNCHED ITS
TEMPORARY RDC PARKING PROGRAM.
WITHIN MONTHS THEY HAD NINETY
ONE HOUSEHOLDS REGISTERED FOR
TEMPORARY RBC PARKING. AND HAD
REDUCED THE NUMBER OF OUR VISA
ON THE STREET TO AN AVERAGE OF
TEN PER NIGHT. BY THE END OF THE
TWO AND A HALF YEAR PROGRAM OVER
60% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS HAD
TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
WHILE THE REMAINDER FOUND OTHER
OPTIONS WERE LEFT THE PROGRAM
AND THERE CONTINUES TO BE LESS
THAN A HANDFUL OF OUR VIEWS ON
THE STREET EACH AND EVERY NIGHT
. THE CITY'S EFFORTS
SUCCESSFULLY LEVERAGE THE
RESOURCES OF THE BMC OF SEA
RESULTING IN A 27% DECREASE IN
UNSHELTERED. HOMELESS POPULATION
APPEARED TO A 9% INCREASE COUNTY
WHY DURING THAT SAME TIME
PERIOD. THE CITY IS NOW APPLYING
LESSONS LEARNED TO ITS EFFORT TO
ADDRESS THE GROWTH OF HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS IN THE CITY AS NOTED
IN THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO DAY AT
POINT TIME COUNT- THE CITY HAS
SUCCESSFULLY BEEN TRANSITIONING
UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS FROM
ENCAMPMENTS. TO PERMANENT
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE ALSO
WORKING CLOSELY WITH CALTRANS
AND CHP. TO RESOLVE HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS ON CALTRANS PROPERTY
WHILE. THE POINT OF THE CASE
STORY- CASE STUDY IS THAT WHILE
IT'S IMPORTANT TO COORDINATE.
AND SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM LARGER
POPULATION CENTERS IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
JURISDICTIONS. FROM ACROSS THE
STATE HAVE CREATED NEW PROGRAMS
THAT HAVE HAD SUCCESSFULLY
COORDINATED WITH REGIONAL
LEADERS TO YIELD. THESE POSITIVE
RESULTS. AB EIGHTY SIX
RECOGNIZES THIS AND PROVIDES A
FRAMEWORK FOR TRUE MULTI
JURISDICTIONAL COLLABORATION. WE
WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION THE
LEGISLATURE AND OTHER KEY
STAKEHOLDERS. AND ADVANCING THE
SHARED GOAL OF ADDRESSING NEEDS
OF OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION.
THANK YOU TO US A MEMBER RENT
REGIONS WHERE FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND WE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE- I'VE ALSO
BEEN ASKED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT.
FOR THE CALIFORNIA. ASSOCIATION-
AND PARKS AND REX DISTRICTS AS
WELL. MY NEARLY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION HERE TODAY. IN HIRI
ENSINANDO MOVE TO OF THE PUBLIC
WHICH TO CAST- EXPRESSED THE
OPPOSITE OR SO. THEM PLEASE COME
TO MAKE. RIGHT HERE IN NONE-
BATTERY RE OR TO MOVE TO TELECOM
SERVICE. WE PLEASE PROMPT ANY
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
ON BEHALF OF ARE IN POSITIONS OF
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR AB
EIGHTY SIX THAT WERE READY TO
PROCEED. THANK YOU PRINT
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION OF AB
EIGHTY SIX PAYMENT PRESS ONE AND
THEN ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS ONE AND
THEN ZERO FOR IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF EIGHTY EIGHTY SIX.
MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO ONE IN
KILL OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH- WE
WILL- BRING THE CONVERSATION
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. I MEAN
I'VE GOT THAT. THE GOVERNMENT
COMARCH BROKEN WATER. THE
MANAGER. WITH A MEMBER A WE'VE
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND YOU
KNOW I'M NOT GONNA SAY
HOMELESSNESS IS IN A CRISIS IS
THE DIRE SITUATION HAVE INSTEAD
OF CALIFORNIA. ENOUGH TO REDEEM
THE ANALYSIS HERE Q. TALKING A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU WE
HAVE- AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT
MEETS TWICE A YEAR WITH CAL I C.
H. AND THEY PUT OUT A REPORT
EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I'M WONDERING
HOW THIS REPORT WOULD BE
DIFFERENT IN THE REPORT THAT
THIS PROPOSAL COORDINATOR. WOULD
PUT OUT AND THEN ON THE DATA
SIDE WE HAVE DATA COLLECTED- ON
THE HOME IS THAT INTEGRATION
SYSTEM ADMINISTERED THROUGH COPY
EIGHT I SEE H. AND THE DATA IS
COLLECTED- AND HOPEFULLY I MEAN
I WOULD SAY I WOULD AGREE WITH
YOU. I THINK WE COULD DO A
BETTER OBVIOUSLY A BETTER JOB ON
HANDLING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALL THIS IN
THE CITY OF LA AS WELL. I'M JUST
WONDERING- IF YOU COULD WALK ME
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS
BEING THE APPROACH TO FIXING
SOME OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE
IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH
HOMELESSNESS. AND THAT'S A VERY
GOOD QUESTION AND I LOOK AT IT
MORE IS NOT NECESSARILY FIXING
BUT BETTER COORDINATING
EVERYTHING. WE DO A LOT OF
STUDIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION A LOT OF IT SET UP
ON THE SHELF. AND IT NEARLY IS
NOT ACTIVATED AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL. OF COORDINATOR NOT ONLY
WILL MAKE SURE THIS GETS DONE AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL WILL BE DONE IN
REAL TIME WE DON'T WAIT SIX
MONTHS FOR REPORT COME OUT. OR
FOR TO COME BACK TO LEGISLATURE
DID AND DO MORE. ACTIVITY OR
MAKE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS MORE
BUDGETARY RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE
WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM WATCHING
OUR MAYOR MAYOR KAREN BASS THAT
YOU GOT INVOLVED WITH
HOMELESSNESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
I'VE SEEN MORE MORE PEOPLE BEING
MOVED UP TO ST BECAUSE YOU HAVE
ONE PERSON. IN CHARGE ONE PERSON
THAT TOOK IS TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEARHEAD. A
REDUCING HOMELESSNESS IN LOS
ANGELES. IT IS FROM THAT AND
ALSO TALKING TO- ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. THREE OF US WHO HAD
SIMILAR ATTEMPTS AT THIS BEFORE.
AND. SHE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS
TO THE TO THE COUNCIL THAT
YOU'RE- BUT YOU WILL WANTED
SOME. TO BE INTO. SOMEBODY WHICH
IS MOST IMPORTANT ACCOUNTABLE.
IF I ASKED YOU RIGHT NOW IN YOUR
DISTRICT YOU'RE JUST IN NEW
YORK. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T GO.
RIGHT WITH HOME ASSISTANT AREA
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE YOU PROBABLY
GET A LOT OF FINGER POINTING. A
LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS
COUNTY IS THE STATE WITH THE
LOCUST IS AGENT BETTY. IN ANY
MUNICIPALITY YOU NEED ONE PERSON
IN CHARGE WITH THE MAYOR
GOVERNOR PRESIDENT. THIS WILL
ACTUALLY PUT SOMEBODY WE CAN
ACTUALLY GO TO THE CENTER POINT
IN ONLY COORDINATE AND BRING ALL
THE RESOURCES THE FEDERAL STATE
AND LOCAL TOGETHER. TO MAKE IT
TO MOVE THE BALL AND A SUDDEN IT
AWAY BUT ALSO SET GOALS- THAT'S
ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE ARE
AFRAID OF. THE SET SOME SOME
TANGIBLE GOALS THAT WE CAN MOVE
ON AND DIDN'T MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
EVERY YEAR SO WE CAN KEEP GOING
ON. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THE
HELP SOMEBODY- RESPONSIBLE FOR
HOMELESSNESS. WOULD YOU THEN SAY
ON THE GOALS PART I MEAN THE COW
I CH ADOPTS AN ACTION PLAN FOR
PREVENTING AND ENDING
HOMELESSNESS. EVERY SINGLE YEAR
AND REFLECTS THE CURRENT PRIOR.
PRIORITIES AND THIS COORDINATORS
TO SET STATE GOES TO AN
HOMELESSNESS WHAT WOULD BE THE
DIFFERENCE THERE. HOPEFULLY
ISN'T THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.
BUT IT ALSO WOULD HOPEFULLY-
THEY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GOALS
ARE OR MAY. THE HELP TO MOVE
INTO THAT AN AREA WITH A CAN
ACTUALLY IT DONE. MR NOT GETTING
IT DONE. TO ME LOOK CORD HOW WE
CAN DO BETTER. TO MAKE SURE WE
GET IT DONE THE NEXT YEAR. THAT
WAY TO THREE YEARS BUT TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE HIM DO IT IN REAL
TIME. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING
NOW. AND WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO
COORDINATE THIS IN A MORE
SYSTEMATIC. REAL TIME
COORDINATION. WAS A MIND YOU
KNOW I SHARED WITH YOU I'M I'M
GONNA STAY OFF HIS BILL FOR
RIGHT NOW I'M- STILL STRUGGLING
TO FIND HOMES. YOU KNOW WE HAVE
SOME SOME ENTITIES IN PLACE- THE
MAYBE NEEDS MORE STRAINING
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY IN
PLACE- I DON'T THINK MAYBE PROPS
FOR AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFERS. IS THE BEST
THING TO DO I FEEL LIKE THAT
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
PROPS ECONOMY THERE- BUT I'M
JUST NOT SEEN AT THIS IS THE-
HOW. NEED TO APPROACH-
ACCOUNTABILITY BUT FOR NOW AT
THE STATE OFTEN UNDERSTAND. MAIN
REASON I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE
WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING. IN THE
PAST. NOT REALLY BEEN WORKING.
AND WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THE SAME
THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND
EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.
HELLO THIS IS A AN ATTEMPT TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL. A LOT
BETTER. BUT I RESPECT. YOUR
OPINION. HELLO OKAY. BECOMES I
JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS-
INTERESTING. THAT MY COLLEAGUE
WOULD MAKE POSTERS QUESTIONS MY
QUESTION WAS. I ALWAYS ASSUMED.
I THINK AS A STATE WE'VE ALWAYS
HOLD THE GOVERNOR. IN IN
ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR HOMELESS
SITUATION AS FAR AS THE PLAN.
AND THE ENTITIES THAT HE HAS PUT
IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO OVERSEE
WHAT'S GOING ON AND I THINK FOR
SOME. FOR SOME OF THE POPULATION
CALIFORNIA THEY LOOK TO THE AT.
THE GOVERNOR. I'LL BE SUPPORTING
THE BILL TODAY. BUT I DO HAVE A
COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU WITH
REGARDS TO- THE APPOINTMENT
ITSELF. SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR
PERSON BE APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR- THAT WOULD BE VETTED
THROUGH THE RULES COMMITTEE AND
VOTED UPON. THE SENATE- AS WE
NORMALLY DO WITH SOME OF THE
APPOINTEES FOR WITH THESE THIS
APPOINTEE BE SOLELY AT THE
DISCRETION. OF THE GOVERNOR. I
DO. NOT IT WOULD. YES IT WOULD I
WOULD RATHER GO TO MY STAFF
WOULD I THINK HE'S IT I NEED TO
THE LAY. IN THE BILL ITSELF
WHICH IS WHY I'M ASKING M. I
THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT
CLARIFICATION FOR YOU TO MAKE
SURE OKAY DOES. THAT THE TYPE OF
APPOINTMENT GOES TO. SENATE
RULES IN THE HER FADING AND THEN
VOTED UPON BY THE APPROPRIATE.
ANSWER READ IT. OKAY PERFECT I
THINK THE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS
I HAVE YOU. AND I BELIEVE SO
HOLD ON. YEAH IT DOESN'T LOOK
THE LANGUAGE UNDESERVEDLY WHICH
WOULD BE GREAT- SO THANK YOU
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE TO HAVE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
NO OKAY. WE LIKE TO CLOSE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL. THANK
YOU- UNDER SECRETARY. AND I'M
SORRY IT'S MISTER SO. NO FROM.
ADAM FIVE A EIGHTY SIX THEM- IS
DUE AND WE REFER TO THE
COMMITTEE ON HOUSING OF RADO
GIL. A CHOKE I TROUBLED BY
FURTADO. MENJIVAR WHAT'S UP.
WELL BY. SO THE MOTION IS WITH
THE PERFECT PLAN CLLR LEVINE.
LANGUAGE WHICH- IS WITH WITH
THAT THE THAT WE HAVE FIVE. IT
SHOULD BE I WOULD CLEAR LABOR
FROM RULES. HE MADE. THAT'S
RIGHT. HE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO
THAT THE CLEAR LANGUAGE IN A
THAT'S ENOUGH. OKAY PERFECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT I BELIEVE WE HAVE MISTER
FOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER CAREER HERE
WHO WILL BE PRESENTING ON BEHALF
OF- MEMBER QUIRK-SILVA. PERFECT
WELCOME NUMBER THREE YOU. THANK
YOU MEMBERS AND THE MEMBERS.
YOUR PRESENT A. SEVEN TWO THREE
ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY WOMAN
QUIRK-SILVA. ASSEMBLY BILL SEVEN
TWENTY THREE ASSISTS A SIMPLE
BILL THE CLARIFIES THE
DEFINITION OF FOSTER YOUTHS
SCHOOL OF ORIGIN THE ALSO
INCLUDE NON PUBLIC SCHOOLS A
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF
FOSTER YOUTH THAT THEN THE NON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH SERVE
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHOSE
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM
OR IEP TEAM SO THE TERM IN THAT
THERE IS NO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
EDUCATION PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO
MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS.
EXISTING LAW IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT
SCHOOLS OF ORIGIN INCLUDES NON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADDITIONALLY SOME
SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE POLICIES
THAT EXPLICITLY CLEAR ABOUT NON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM THE
DEFINITION OF SCHOOL OF ORIGIN
IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SCHOOLS
ABILITY. OUR SCHOOL OF ORIGIN-
WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE THERE IS NO- WITH
THIS THING SUPPORT SINNOH LEAD
WITNESS SAYS. A PERFECT ROLE-
CONTINUE WITH WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT HERE IN ROOM. TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED. C. NINE WILL NOW- I
BELIEVE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. THREE
ANY LEAD WITNESSES I DON'T HAVE
A LIST. YEAH OKAY SO WE DO NOT
HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
HASELEY RIZZO WILL CONTINUE WITH
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION FOR
A BETWEEN SEVEN TWENTY THREE
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY TWO HUNDRED.
C. NINE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE
A TELECONFERENCE SERVICES-
MODERATE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
FOUND ANY INDIVIDUALS IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION OF- BILL AB SEVEN
TWENTY THREE PLEASE. THANK YOU
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION OF AB SEVEN
TWENTY THREE YOU MAY PRESS ONE
AND THEN ZERO. WE'LL GO TO LINE
FORTY EIGHT. NINE FORTY EIGHT
YOUR LINE IS OPEN- ISN'T. I'M
SORRY FORTY LINE OPEN. IT WILL
MOVE TO LINE FIFTY YEAR IS OPEN
. OVER THERE THEY. HE DECLINED
TWO YEAR ONE OPEN. WE WILL. THE
. FIFTY THREE. HELLO HI MY NAME
IS DR ANY COOPER SCENE AND I AM
IN OPPOSITION OF THE MEASURE OF
ASSEMBLY BILL SEVEN TWO THREE I
THINK THAT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE
TO SPECIAL EDUCATION BE FORCED
ONTO THE STUDENT IN THEIR HOME
SCHOOL ORIGIN WHERE THEY WERE
PLACED IN FOSTER CARE TO BEGIN
WITH. IT IS LIMITS AND RESTRICT
THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GET ACCESS
TO SERVICES IN DIFFERENT
DISTRICTS WHERE THEIR FOSTER
PARENTS MIGHT RESIDE AND OPEN
THEM UP THE EQUITY. AND
DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS
DIFFERENT PLACES IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THE TECHNICAL TO LOOK INTO
. THE MEASURE THANK YOU. THANK
YOU ADAM. THANK YOU WE DO HAVE
ONE MORE IN Q. ONE MOMENT WHERE
THEY GET THEIR LINE NUMBER. AND
AGAIN WE ARE ON AB. SEVEN TWENTY
THREE. WE'LL GO TO LINE FIFTY
FOUR YOUR LINE IS OPEN. ONE
FIFTY FOR YOUR LINE IS OPEN. BOB
WHAT OFFENDED ME NUMBER EIGHTY
FOUR AND EAT LETTER FROM THE
MEDIUM AND LYFT FORTY. PEOPLE
THEY FOR MORTER IT THERE FOR YOU
EIGHTY ON THAT PLANE THANK SEE
IF IT DOES NOT MATTER OUR SCHOOL
THANK. THAT ARE THERE'S SOME OF
THIS WHICH I THOUGH IT. AND IF
WE THOUGHT THE ABBAS IF THEY BE
AT IS THIS WOULD BE. OKAY OKAY
MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO POSSESS A
OF THE KILL. THINGS YOU-
MODERATOR WILL NOT BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO OUR- TO THE
DÍAS TO WE HAVE. A SENIOR OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE HAVE A
MOTION BY SENATOR MENJIVAR-
NUMBER THREE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE WITH JUST THE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR MY VOTE THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM EIGHT A B. SEVEN
TWO THREE THE MOTIONS TO PASS A
RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS OF RADO GIL. AT
SHOWBOAT HI THE TROUBLED BY HER
TADO. ENGINE FOR IMAGE OF I WILL
HAVE. WHAT BY. ZERO I BELIEVE
YOU SAID YOU HAVE A BILL AS WELL
- YEAH WHEN WE HAVE THE PRESENT
WHY YOU'RE HERE OKAY. THANK YOU
AGAIN. I REMEMBER THIRTEEN RIGHT
. ONE SECOND. THIRTEEN WE CAN
MOVE BILL. FRIEDMAN YEAH MY
GOODNESS. M. SO WE HAVE AB
FIFTEEN THIRTY SIX BY A MEMBER
ONE CAN. THANK YOU AGAIN- THANK
YOU IT'S- CHU IN MEMBER. THANK
YOU FOR LIMITED PURSUE A BEEF
THIRTY SIX. THIS BILL SIX TO
EXPAND THE CURRENT EXISTING CASH
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR
IMMIGRANTS OR COPY TO ALLOW
ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM REGARDLESS
OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. THIS BILL
WILL ALSO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT
TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME OR
STATE SUPPORT MENTAL PAYMENT SSI
OR SSD FORTY NILE. MY PERSONAL
STORY I IMMIGRATED TO THIS
COUNTRY WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN YEARS
OLD FROM ONE ELECTRONICALLY
ISCHEMIC SICKLE. I CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY TO WORK AND TO ATTAIN AN
EDUCATION AND TO ACHIEVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM. MY FIRST JOB WAS
A DISHWASHER I KNOW FIRST HAND
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN A BACK
BREAKING JOB WORKING LONG HOURS
AND WERE YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT
IF I HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE. CALIFORNIA IS
HOME TO APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN
THOUSAND UNDOCUMENTED SENIORS
SIXTY FIVE YEARS OR OLDER. ALL
THESE SENIORS ABOUT SEVEN
THOUSAND. DO NOT HAVE A JOB OR
ARE NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE. IN
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED. ARE AT
OR BELOW POVERTY LEVEL. IN OVER
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN
CALIFORNIA HAVE LIVED AND WORKED
HERE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. FOR
SOME OF US. THAT'S OUR PARENTS
OR GRANDPARENTS WHO WE'VE SEEN
FOR DECADES CONTRIBUTED
SIGNIFICANT MONEY TOWARD ECONOMY
THROUGH TEXAS AND HOUSEHOLD
EXPENSES. CALIFORNIA HAS MANY
SORKIN BUSINESS AND EXPANDED FOR
THE SYSTEM BENEFITS AND UNLOCK
IT MEDICAL FROM DOCUMENT THAT
SENIORS. BUT WE HAVE FALLEN
SHORT IN DOING THE SAME FOR THE
CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR
IMMIGRANTS OR COPY. CURRENTLY
THIS LIFESAVING PROGRAM IS ONLY
LIMITED TO QUALIFIED IMMIGRANTS.
WHICH EXCLUDES OR LARGER
UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION. THESE
ARE THE VERY BENEFITS THAT THEY
HEALTH AND PAID INTO OVER THE
COURSE OF THE WORKING OUR STATE
. WE'VE SEEN OVER TIME CALLING
BACK FOR LEASE OR SERBIAN FORTY
INDIVIDUALS FACING EXTREME
POVERTY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THEN
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCLUSIVITY
IN OUR STATE. I WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES
OUR SENIORS. ESPECIALLY ARE
UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION. I AM
PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH CHIRLA
TO FOR THE UPLIFT THE VOICES OF
THOSE WHO SIMPLY WANT TO LIVE
THE REST OF THE YEARS. WITH
DIGNITY AND RESPECT. JOINING ME
HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY IN ANSWER
ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WRITTEN
MEDINA. DEPUTY DIRECTOR POLICY
ADVOCACY WHICH CHIRLA. ALSO YOUR
ENEMIES CHIRLA MEMBER OF IT THE
WOMAN SENATE THIS. SO I'M GONNA
BE GIVING MY TESTIMONY FIRST AND
THEN I BET THAT'S GOING TO GO
AND I WILL TRANSLATE FOR HIM. A
GOOD AFTERNOON CHURCH MEMBERS
RITA MEDINA AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR
POLICY ADVOCACY CHEERED LAUGHED.
CHÁVEZ A PROUD SPONSOR OF EIGHTY
FIFTEEN THIRTY SIX IN THE NEED
FOR THIS BILL CAME DIRECTLY FROM
OUR IMPACTED MEMBERSHIP MANY OF
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHIRLA
MEMBERS. HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE
FOR DECADES BUT DID NOT HAVE A
PATH TO CITIZENSHIP IN SITE AND
ARE EATING INTO POVERTY. IN THIS
PROGRAM BEGINS TO ADDRESS THIS
STARTING WITH THE MOST IN NEED.
CALIFORNIA ESTABLISH CAPPY IN
NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT FOLLOWING
THE NINETEEN NINETY SIX FEDERAL
WELFARE LAW THAT CUT ACCESS TO
FEDERAL SSI FOR QUALIFIED
IMMIGRANTS A LEGAL TERM. CAPPY
IS A 100% STATE FUNDED PROGRAM
DESIGNED TO MERE SOCIAL SECURITY
SSI BY PROVIDING A MONTHLY CASH
BENEFIT. INDIVIDUALS FOR EACH
BLIND OR DISABLED AND ARE
QUALIFIED IMMIGRANTS BUT IN
ELIGIBLE FOR SSI SOLELY DUE TO
THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. BY
CREATING CAPPY THE STATE TOOK
ACTION ENSURING THAT THE MOST
VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WOULD
CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A
BENEFIT THAT THEY HAVE RELIED
ON. THE PROGRAM SERVES A
CRITICAL LIFELINE TO PAY FOR
BASIC NECESSITIES IN CAPIZ
CURRENTLY NOT OPEN TO
UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS BUT
AFTER ALMOST TWENTY SIX YEARS OF
ITS CREATION. OF THE PROGRAM
IT'S TIME TO EXPAND WHO HAS
ACCESS. IN TWENTY NINETEEN
UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS CURRENT
CONTRIBUTED AN ESTIMATED THREE
POINT SEVEN BILLION TO
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY THEIR STATE
AND LOCAL TAXES. HOPING TO FIND
SOME OF THE VERY BENEFITS AND
RETIREMENT. PROGRAMS THAT
THEY'RE SHUT OUT OF ACCESSING.
THERE AN ESTIMATED SEVENTEEN
THE- AND- INDIVIDUALS SIXTY FIVE
PLUS THIS WAS JUST STATED. AND
THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
MEDIC CAL FOR OLDER ADULTS FIFTY
PLUS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION
STATUS HAS SHOWN US THAT
STATEWIDE NEARLY THREE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND FIFTY PLUS AN
OLDER. HAVE BEEN IT FROM
BENEFITTED FROM THAT EXPANSION
AND WILL CONTINUE TO AGE IN OUR
STATE AND NEED CARE. AGING AND
DISABILITY NEEDS ARE FELT IN
EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE FROM
THE LARGE CITIES LIKE LOS
ANGELES TO LARGE REGIONS LIKE
THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND THE
INLAND EMPIRE WHERE I'M FROM.
THESE REGIONS EMPLOYER FARM
WORKERS DOMESTIC WORKERS AND
WAREHOUSE WORKERS AND MORE
INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK LABOR
INTENSIVE JOBS TO SURVIVE AND
WHAT THOSE WERE FACED WITH
DISABILITIES HAVE CHALLENGES
ACCESSING THE SERVICES THEY NEED
TO LIVE OUT THEIR LIFE WITH
DIGNITY EASE. PAST EIGHTY
FIFTEEN THIRTY SIX SEVEN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION TO ENSURE THOSE
IN NEED HAVE THE OPTION TO
ACCESS SUPPORT AND CAN EACH WITH
DIGNITY WITH THAT I CLOSE ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. AND RIGHT AFTER
ME IT'LL BE SENIOR OF BETHEL.
THAT HE WILL PRESENT IN SPANISH
AND I WILL. TRANSLATE IN ENGLISH
. HELLO WHEN THE SENATE IS IT
FROM. MEANS IN A LOTUS. NUMBERS
THE WOMAN'S. ONE MEMBER OF THE
WITH THE YOU'RE NOT IN THE LIST
ON. YOU'RE NOT SEEING. CENTER
LET YOU MISTAKE. HISTORIAN TO GO
DOWN. IS THE PLACE THE WOMAN
OTHER. BUT I'M NOT LOOKING FOR.
MEDICAL MUSIC. BECAUSE I DON'T
MAKE WILL ALSO THIS IS YET THAT
. THIS YEAR THE BOTTOM LINE DAY
GLOBAL SKI AND WITH. DOES LOOK.
FOR BEAUTIFUL GUYS ORIENTAL.
COMMANDER LEVIABLE REGARDLESS.
IN THE SKY YES. ON THE THOUSAND
MILTON HAVE WHAT IT. EVEN THE
DANIEL COMPOSING THE CHIP IN.
THE COMBAT. DECAL CONTENTMENT IN
THE- FOR THE BOTTOM LINE THIRTY
IN THIS ASSEMBLY SAID THERE ON
YOUR- DO NOT ONES TO YOUR IN BOX
OTHER.
LETTING GRASS WAS. MELENDEZ TO
GET ON MAY LOCAL EVENT- YEAH CAN
LOOK AT THIS GOVERNMENT DISCUSS
. HERE TO THE BORDER TO LOOK AT
A SUITABLE INTO THAT WE HAVE TO
LOOK OUT OF YES BUT THEN. YES IT
WILL BE GIVEN A GOT YOU. BUT I
COMMITTED TO MAKING A LET'S GO
LEVEL GO UP WITH. CALL ME THAT
THIS HAPPENED ON THE- HIT THE
LAGOON THAT. HIS TAXPAYERS YEAH
W. AS YOU GO TO BED EARLY
SATURDAY WHEN THEY OPEN UP THE A
CARD WELL DONE OKAY LET ME THE-
SAID THE YOU SEE. THAT FORCES
MRS IDEA.
THEY CAN WELCOME MEDICAL WELL
YEAH BUT I BUT THEN THAT WOULD
FEDERAL STUDENT COVERS A FLIGHT
LATER COPY SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA
YUBA BUT I'M SO THRILLED TO MEET
THIS IS THE UP. ALMOST YEARS IN
THAT THE LOCAL YEAR ON. IT DOES
SEVEN IT BUT I PUESTO. THE SON
BILL ASCETICAL COME MISTER THE
WATER. THE MOST ON MONEY THAT
HAS ALEIDA COPY. DOES YES AND I
QUICKLY CANCEL I SENATORS THAT
SAYS THAT THE- JUST MADE IS A
THE LONG I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF
CHEER LEADING ASSIGNED. I WAS
BORN IN AND TO REST IN TWO
THOUSAND SIX I'VE BEEN LIVE IN
KOREA TOWN EVER SINCE I TO THE
COUNTRY AND DOC BECAUSE I WANTED
TO MY CHILL A BETTER. MY
CHILDREN STAY IN MEXICO AND ARE
SEVEN YEARS PASSED I'VE SEEN.
I'VE BEEN A STREET VENDOR AND
SELF AND COTTON CAN. I SELL AND
PUT AREAS LIKE PARKS AND
WHEREVER THE PUBLIC IS WHEN I
ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES I
WAS FORTY YEARS OLD AND AT THE
END OF THIS YEAR I'LL BE FIFTY
SEVEN. I SHARE MY RIGHT WITH A
FRIEND WHO IS ALSO A STREET
VENDOR AND A SIXTY SEVEN YEARS
OLD LIKE ME IS UNDOCUMENTED IF
IT WEREN'T FOR THE INCOME THE
BOTH OF US WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO PAY RENT SINCE EVERYTHING IS
EXPENSIVE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
THE PANDEMIC WAS VERY DIFFICULT
FOR ME SINCE I DEPEND ON THE
PUBLIC AND DURING THIS TIME I
WAS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT
INCOME MY SALES STOPPING PEOPLE
STAY HOME IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR
THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
INTERVENTION I WOULD HAVE ENDED
UP ON THE STREETS. TO EAT I HAD
TO GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE
ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
FOODS THEY WERE GIVING AWAY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE PANDEMIC
MADE ME REALIZE THAT WHEN I CAN
NO LONGER WORK BECAUSE OF MY AGE
WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PAY FOR THE
NECESSARY THINGS I'M ALREADY
CLOSE TO RETIREMENT AGE AND I'M
CONCERNED THAT I DO NOT HAVE A
SAVINGS OR PENSION. TO BE ABLE
TO LIVE MY OLD AGE IN A
DIGNIFIED WORRY FREE WAY I DON'T
WANT TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT I'M
GOING TO EAT FOR HOW I'M GOING
TO PAY. TO HAVE A ROOF OVER MY
HEAD. HAPPY WOULD BE A GREAT
HELP TO US IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE. A
FEW YEARS AWAY FROM RETIREMENT
AGE. IN ALL THESE YEARS I PAID
MY TAXES AND I ONLY ASK THAT OUR
WORK IN OUR HUMANITY BE
RECOGNIZED. PLEASE SAY YES. TO
CATHY. AND THEN I'M ALSO GONNA
HAND- UNFORTUNATELY HAD A LITTLE
SNAFU ON OUR END WITH THE-
PORTAL THAT. OUR COALITION KIND
ON THAT EVERYBODY WILL GET AS
WELL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH- DO WE HAVE
ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
. THANK YOU. SEE NONE. WILL MOVE
FORWARD TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC. WISHING TO. EXPRESS
SUPPORT. OR OPPOSITION. STATE
YOUR NAME. YOUR AFFILIATION. AND
YOUR- POSITION ONLY PLEASE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS
MARTHA GUERRERO REPRESENTING THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND WE URGE YOUR
IDOLS. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
AMANDA KIRCHER WITH THE COUNTY
WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. HELLO MY
NAME IS ALSO A I'M ACTUALLY A
MEMBER I'M FROM TURLOCK AND I
SUPPORT THE BILL. HERE. HELLO MY
NAME'S EDWIN- IMAGE MEMBER
CHILLUM FROM IS THAT
CALIFORNIA'S SUPPORT OF AB
FIFTEEN THIRTY SIX THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS LAURIE VALEN A
MATERNAL MEMBER I'M FROM TURLOCK
CALIFORNIA AND I ALSO SUPPORT
THE BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON TODAY IS ALMOST A
POLICY ADVOCATE WITH COALITION
FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS TO
LAND TRANSPORT. HE. AN
ESTABLISHED INSTEAD OF ME NUMBER
SEVEN WHETHER I'M- A- DENTIST OF
AN EXISTENTIALIST. LOS ANGELES
YUP WHEN YOU. BERMAN I LOVE MAIN
AVE CAN. SIX FOLLOWING THE OF
THOSE NUMBERS WILL SAY ON THIS
BILL NOT CONDONE ANGELES YOU CAN
GO UP YET A NUMBER OF YOU CUP.
OF A KING THE GOOD IDEAS GO THE
. GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
SENATE THEM I KNOW I'M FROM OUR
COUNTY ALSO MEMBER FOR CHIRLA
AND SUPPORTING AB FOR THIRTY.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM
FOR OF THE LESSONS ARE LAMPARD
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU. YEAH.
RESIDENTS CAN AND PRESENT THAT
MAY APPROVED. OKAY THANK YOU ALL
RIGHT ANYMORE WHAT. RIGHT WILL
MOVE TO THE TELECONFERENCE LINE
A MODERATOR OF PLEASE PROMPT OF
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WAITING TO
TESTIFY ON AB EIGHT FIFTEEN
THIRTY SIX THAT WE ARE READY.
THANK YOU SEE LIKE THE SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION ON AB FIFTEEN
THIRTY SIX YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND
THEN ZERO. WE'LL GO TO LINE
FORTY SIX FELINES OPEN. HELLO
CHURCH DISABILITY RIGHTS
CALIFORNIA STRONG SUPPORT. THANK
YOU ONE FIFTIES YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. WHY DO WE ARE YOU
CALIFORNIA BOARD. THANK YOU ONE
SIXTY SEVEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
HELLO MY NAME IS READABLE LANI
I'M A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
PRESIDENT OF VENETO YOUTH PUBLIC
POLICY INSTITUTE AND I SUPPORT
BILL AB FIFTEEN KERN SAID. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR WE
HAVE NO FURTHER SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION IN Q. GREAT THANK YOU
SO MUCH WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. SENATE- CHAU
FOLK WATER. THE QUESTION NO I
JUST. SO HELLO MEMBER CAREER
WELCOME- TO OUR THE COMMITTEE I
HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS BECAUSE
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF-
CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS AS TO
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE
BUDGET AND IT WHETHER OR NOT AND
WE HAVE FUNDS TO GIVE.
INDIVIDUALS FOR UNDOCUMENTED
WITHOUT PAPERS HERE WORKING IN
THE CITY CALIFORNIA SO I KNOW
WE'VE HAD A PRELIMINARY
CONVERSATION- WITH REGARD TO
THIS ISSUE SO I WENT FOR THE
RECORD I'M GONNA ASK YOU SEVERAL
QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC CAN
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF.
HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS- SO FIRST
OF ALL- WITH THIS- WITH THIS
BILL. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR
HOW LONG SENIORS WOULD HAVE HAD
TO PAY INTO THE SYSTEM BEFORE
THEY'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE
BENEFITS OF FINANCIAL BENEFITS
IS THERE A PERIOD OF TIME IN
WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE
VESTED BEFORE. PULLING OUT
THESE- THESE FUNDS I DON'T
BELIEVE SO AND I'M GONNA MISS
THE GREATER TO SPECIFY THAT.
HELLO SO THAT IF NOT FOR CAPPY
BECAUSE SIMILAR TO SSI YOU COULD
ALSO BE ENTERING INTO THE
PROGRAM AS A DISABLED
INDIVIDUAL. AND SO IT MAY BE
THAT YOU WEREN'T WORKING BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A DISABILITY SO IF
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SOCIAL
SECURITY SS I PROGRAM IT'S THE
SAME. SITUATION I'M NOT SO WOULD
YOU. NEED A LITTLE BIT SORRY I
NO NO NO NOT SO- BECAUSE IT
SERVES BOTH FOLKS WHO MAY BE AGE
AB BLIND OR DISABLED. SOME
PEOPLE MAY BE ENTERING INTO
GETTING THE BENEFIT AT AN
EARLIER AGE OR MAY HAVE NEVER
BEEN WORKERS A LOT OF THE CHAIR
LET MEMBERS THAT WE WORKED WITH
HAPPEN TO JUST BE ON SENIORS WHO
HAVE WORKED AND LIVED HERE FOR A
REALLY LONG TIME. AND THAT'S THE
WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN
APPROACHING THIS PROGRAM KNOWING
THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS- I. BUT THIS ALSO A
THE LIVES OF FOLKS ARE DISABLED
AND THEN MAYBE VARIOUS AGES. SO
IT'S PARTICULAR BILL WOULD BE-
WOULD YOU BE EMPHASIZING PEOPLE
WHO HAVE. FOUR SENIOR JUST
COMING INTO THE SYSTEM OR WHAT
WOULD IT BE SPECIFICALLY
NARROWED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
WORKED AND PAID INTO THE SYSTEM
FOR THEIR RECEIVE THE BENEFITS.
IT IS NOT THERE THERE'S NOT THE
DIFFERENTIATION IS NOT TO MY
KNOWLEDGE AND SET UP IN THAT WAY
TO SAY THAT SOMEBODY HAS THAT.
HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY YEARS OF
WORK IT'S JUST THEIR ABILITY TO
QUALIFY BECAUSE THERE ARE AT
INCOME LEVELS THAT YOU HAVE TO
QUALIFY AT ENTITIES ARE FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING. IN
EXTREME POVERTY BUT LIKELY DO
WORKING CONTRIBUTE AND- FOLKS DO
ALREADY CONTRIBUTE THROUGH THE
STATE AND LOCAL TAXES THAT THEY
PAY REGARDLESS OF IF THEY'VE
BEEN WORKING. AND WHEN YOU SAY
SO. FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND
WHEN YOU SAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM WHAT
IS THAT EXACTLY LOOK LIKE IN
YOUR IN YOUR DEFINITION FOR THIS
PARTICULAR BILL FOR THE MEMBERS
THAT WOULD BE RECEIVING THIS
BENEFIT. SHORES SO IF WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BROADLEAF
EVERYTHING FROM DISABLED
INDIVIDUALS TO SENIORS THE WAY
THAT WE SAY PAYING INTO THE
SYSTEM IS OFTEN THROUGH STATE
AND LOCAL TAXES. SO THAT'S AT A
BARE MINIMUM RIGHT EVERYBODY
WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING YOU'RE
PAYING YOUR STATE AND LOCAL
TAXES. OR IT COULD BE AT THE
OTHER END OF THE SCALE IF YOU
HAVEN'T I TEN NUMBER. AND YOUR
PAIN YOUR TAXES YOU'RE ALREADY
GETTING DEDUCTIONS FOR ALL OF
THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT
ABLE TO ACCESS. ANY ACTUAL
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR
WHAT ISSUE. TO CLARIFY IF THE
SIZE THAT PART RIGHT THERE.
HELLO AT THE THAT PEOPLE ARE
PAINS SO- LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE.
I AM AND DOC. BUT I HAVE AN I.
TEN AND SO I'M PAYING MY TAXES
THROUGH MY EMPLOYER. WHEN I'M
PAYING MY TAXES I'M GETTING
DEDUCTIONS JUST LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE. BUT BECAUSE I AM
UNDOCUMENTED I HAD NO ABILITY TO
ACCESS ANY OF THE THINGS LIKE
SOCIAL SECURITY IF YOU SEE IT ON
YOUR PAYCHECK WE GET THOSE
DEDUCTIONS. BUT YOU. FOLKS DON'T
HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
ACTUALLY ACCESS THE BENEFITS
BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDOCUMENTED
AND AT A FEDERAL LEVEL. AND THAT
WAS MY CAPPY WAS CREATED IS
BECAUSE THERE NEEDED TO BE. DONE
A LANE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE PAYING
INTO THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY
SSI. THAT IN NINETEEN NINETY SIX
WHEN WELFARE REFORM HAPPEN AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL. PEOPLE WERE
EXCLUDED FROM THAT SO THEY'RE
STILL PAYING INTO SOCIAL
SECURITY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
BUT WE ALL YOU KNOW CAN TAP INTO
IT HERE FOR CITIZENS. AND SO
IT'S REALLY JUST- ALLOWING FOR
THE EQUITY. OKAY AND THEN
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU
IS- WITH THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY
THE INDIVIDUALS BE IN PROPORTION
TO WHAT. PERHAPS THEY PAID INTO
THE SYSTEM AS WORKERS- OR AS
INDIVIDUALS IS OUR MINIMUM HOW
DO YOU. SIMULATE THE AMOUNT THAT
IS BEING RECEIVED IN PROPORTION
TO WHAT THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED. OR
IS THERE A CORRELATION- THERE AS
FAR AS I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE
PROGRAM IS THIS IS THE FIRST
YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
THAT'S NOT SO MUCH A CORRELATION
SO THE BENEFITS ARE I'M PRETTY
SET THERE'S A CHART THAT CSS
HAS- AWARE IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU
COME INTO THE PROGRAM SO
SOMEBODY WHO IS. A SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BLIND MAY GET
A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THAN A
COUPLE THAT COMES INTO THE
PROGRAM AND OUR AGE. SO YOU
COULD BE BUYING EASTER DISABLED
BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY- THE
AMOUNTS ARE NECESSARILY
CORRELATED TO ANYBODY'S-
SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS BUT I
THINK THAT. PEOPLE WOULD LOVE IT
IF THEY WERE IN SOME CASES
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ALL WORK MANY
HOURS AND- EVEN THOUGH THIS
CAPPY BENEFIT IS SIGNIFICANT YOU
KNOW COMPARED TO THE COST OF
LIVING THERE STILL A LOT TO BE
SAID FOR THE SUPPORT WE CAN
GIVE. YOU THE LAST QUESTION I
HAVE FOR YOU. IT ARE THESE
BENEFITS THAT YOU HAVE TO- IF
YOU IF THIS BILL WERE TO PASS A
THESE BENEFITS- SUPPOSED TO BE
RECEIVED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THE U. S. IS THEN REMAINING THE
U. S. OR IF THEY LEAVE THE
COUNTRY AND THEY- GO BACK HOME.
THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY WITH THESE
BENEFITS CONTINUE TO BE PAID OUT
TO THESE INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY
LEAVE ONCE IN THE PLAN OR WOULD
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROOF. OF
RESIDENCE HERE IN CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS YES SO YOU WOULD HAVE
TO BE LIVING IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
THESE- BENEFITS AND ONCE THEY
LEAVE. THE COUNTRY. TO GO BACK
TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY THEY
WOULD. CEASE TO RECEIVE THESE
BENEFITS- I WILL GET BACK TO
YOUR OWN SPECIFICALLY THAT
ANSWER BUT YOU KNOW FOR A LOT OF
FOLKS IF YOU'RE ENTERING ON THE
PROGRAM AND YOUR UNDOCUMENTED.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHANCE THAT
YOU WOULD EVER BE LEADING THE
UNITED STATES BECAUSE YOU WOULD
BE BARRED FROM REENTERING. AND
SO FOR A LOT OF FOLKS BECAUSE OF
THAT IF THEY'RE UNDOCUMENTED AND
THEY'RE GETTING THIS BENEFIT
SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO. APPLY FOR
THIS BENEFIT BECAUSE I THINK
THIS IS A REMINDER THIS ISN'T AN
AUTOMATIC BENEFIT. A PERSON HAVE
TO BE ELIGIBLE ON BASED ON THE
INCOME AND THEN THEY HAVE TO
APPLY IT TO ACTUALLY ACCESS THE
BENEFITS- BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE
UNDOCUMENTED THEY ARE HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES AND ONCE THEY
LEAVE. THEIR OFTEN AND NOT ABLE
TO COME BACK BECAUSE OF THAT
THREE IN TEN YEAR BARS AND SO IT
IS VERY UNLIKELY. THAT SOMEBODY
WOULD HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE WHERE
THEY ARE RECEIVING A BENEFIT BUT
LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND JUST
FOR CLARIFICATION. FOR THE
PUBLIC'S BENEFIT I NEED YOU TO
SPECIFY WHO EXACTLY WOULD
RECEIVE. THIS BENEFIT. IT WOULD
BE A- AS FOLKS WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED. AD NEED TO BE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS IN
TERMS OF BEING ELIGIBLE FOR
SOCIAL SECURITY SSI SO THERE'S
LOTS OF STIPULATIONS ON WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE A SET A MINIMUM
AGE OF SIXTY TO SIXTY FIVE. SO
YOU CAN ENTER INTO THE PROGRAM
BEING SIXTY FIVE AND OLDER YOU
CAN BE BLIND OR DISABLED SO THAT
IT FALLS. THANK YOU. IN SENATE
OVER TROUBLE IF I CAN- GIVE YOU
A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. WHEN I
CAME HERE IN NINETEEN EIGHTY
EIGHT. I CAME AT THE AGE OF
FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AND I CAME TO
WORK- I REQUEST SOME DOCUMENTED
FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SIX
YEARS. WE BECAME OF DOCUMENTED
THROUGH THE AMNESTY PROGRAM
WHERE MY PARENTS QUALIFIED. SO
OTHER CHILDREN MINORS OF
EIGHTEEN WE QUALIFIED. WE GOT
OUR- WORK PERMIT WHICH WE HAD TO
RENEW EVERY YEAR- DURING MY
WORKING YEARS I WAS. PAYING
TAXES THROUGH PAYROLL- DURING
THOSE FIVE YEARS I WAS NOT ABLE
TO REPORT INCOME TAXES BECAUSE
SOCIETY WAS UNDOCUMENTED AND- I
PAY MY TAXES BUT I WAS NOT ABLE
TO RECEIVE ANYTHING BACK. DURING
THOSE FIVE SIX YEARS- AND AS YOU
KNOW THERE'S- A LARGE NUMBER OF
ON THE COMMITTEE PEOPLE COME
HERE TO WORK FOR DECADES MAYBE
UP TO FORTY YEARS MAYBE- BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE. AN IMMIGRATION
REFORM. SO ALL OF THESE SENIORS
NOW THAT AWARD DURING THEIR
YOUNG YEARS THIRTY FORTY YEARS
IN THE FEELS IN CONSTRUCTION YOU
NAME IT. THEY'VE BEEN PAYING
THEIR TAXES THROUGH EMPLOYMENT
TAXES. BUT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
REPORT IT BECAUSE THEY ARE DON'T
HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
THAT UNDOCUMENTED. SO THERE ARE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE
FADING TO THE STATE AND THE
FEDERAL LEVEL. AND UNFORTUNATELY
BECAUSE THE LACK OF OUR
IMMIGRATION REFORM IS THERE JUST
NOT ABLE TO. FILE THEIR INCOME
TAXES- SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IN
THIS PEERLESS SHIFTS TO LEAVE
HIM A LITTLE BIT BACK RECOGNIZE
THEIR HARD WORK FOR DECADES.
ALSO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY
LEAVE WITH THE MEDIA AFTER THE
ARE SIXTY FIVE YEARS OLD.
BECAUSE IN OUR CULTURE AND NOT
IMMIGRANT CULTURES WE DO TAKE
CARE OF OUR PARENTS. DALY WITH
US. IN A LOT OF TIMES YOU KNOW
THEY LEAVE WITH OF. THE
GRANDKIDS AS WELL AND THERE
CHOOSE VERY LIMITED THAT'S WHAT
THEY CAN DO TO ENJOY THEIR LIFE
WITH THE GRANDKIDS. ESSENTIALLY
WHAT THESE BILLS BASIS HASKIN IS
DOING THAT'S OF THE- FOR UP.
THAT IS ALREADY IN A- MANCHESTER
HIM BACK EARLY BIT OF WHAT THE-
TO THE CALL OF THE STATE. RENDON
JR FAMILY COUPLE JUST PLEASE AND
THANK YOU KNOW I THINK IS. SO
THE REASON I WAS ASKING THE
HERE'S A QUESTIONS. I THINK IN
GENERAL MANY. ESPECIALLY U. S.
U. S- CITIZENS ARE ON THE PERSON
THAT MANY A DOCUMENTARY WOULD BE
RECEIVING BENEFITS WITHOUT
PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM WHICH IS
WHY I WAS A SERIES OF QUESTIONS
SO THAT. THE PUBLIC COULD
UNDERSTAND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
SYSTEM AND HOW IT WORKS-
SPECIALLY WITH- WITH THE FACT
THAT WE DON'T HAVE- AN UPDATED
IMMIGRATION- SYSTEM HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES NOT SO WE HAD
THOSE QUESTIONS AND I WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE- WHAT. THE
OTHER THING THAT YOU MIGHT BE
BENEFIT BENEFICIAL IS IN A
CONVERSATION YOU ALSO EXPRESS
WHAT THE COST WOULD BE. WITH
SOMETHING. OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IN
FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT- I
THINK IT WOULD BE- I THINK YOU'D
BE- HELPFUL. IF YOU KIND OF IF
YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS- WITH
YOU. WHAT THE COST OF THIS
PROGRAM WOULD BE- AND WITH THE
IMPACT OF HOW MANY SENIORS- OR-
OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IT
WOULD IMPACT THE ESTIMATE OF THE
COST OF THIS PROGRAM. WOULD BE
ABOUT THIRTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS- AND THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT WOULD BENEFIT-
BELIEVES ABOUT TWENTY. TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE LIVE
UNDER POVERTY- MONTHS THAT'S
ABOUT TWENTY TWO PEOPLE. IN MY
FINALLY WOULD BE. THAT- WHEN WE
THINK OUR SENIORS. THE THINK
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO. ARE DISABLED
CAN'T SEE. ON A HUMANITARIAN.
THIS FROM A HUMANITARIAN
PERSPECTIVE. I THINK IT BEHOOVES
ALL OF US TO ENSURE THAT WE DO
CARE FOR THOSE WHO- CAN'T TAKE
CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THIS IS
WHERE THE SAFETY NET CONSENT
THIS IS WHY I'M SUCH AN ADVOCATE
OF BEING VERY CAREFUL IN THE
PROGRAMS THAT I DO SUPPORT. THAT
DOESN'T INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO
COME HERE WITHOUT DOCUMENTS. I
HATE I HATE KNOWING THAT THERE
ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SHADOWS
BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN- AS A
SOCIETY I THINK. THERE'S A LEVEL
OF HUMANITY THAT WE HAVE TO
RESPECT THOSE WHO CANNOT IT
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.
WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF A HUMAN-
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE SO- I WILL
BE SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY.
AND I HOPE I HOPE THAT FOR THE
PUBLIC SAFETY WE'VE ACTUALLY
ADDRESS MANY OF THE CONCERNS
THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE WITH
REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT. PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM
TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE
BENEFITS THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SENATOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
COMMENTS. OF THE BILL OKAY WE
HAVE. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
CENTER MAKING FIVE. THIS
AMERICAN RADIO I JUST I WANT TO
THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU- YOU MET
WITH ME VERY EARLY ON ON THIS
BILL CAN YOU SHARED STORY- AND
YOU KNOW. I THINK FOR ME BEING
ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS
BILL FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAVE
MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED- YOU'VE
GOT TO A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE A
ROOM FULL. OF SUPPORT HERE- FROM
ALL OVER CALIFORNIA AND I THINK
THAT THAT IS JUST REMARKABLE-
THIS IS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR WHEN
YOU KNOW I WAS A YOUNG PERSON
AND- YOU KNOW THROUGH YOUR STORY
YOU'VE SHARED THAT IS THAT. WE
HAVE SO MANY WORKERS THAT FOR
WHATEVER REASON ARE NOT ABLE TO-
BE DOCUMENTED AND ENTER THEIR
SENIOR YEARS AND THESE ARE
WORKERS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED
FOR YEARS INTO OUR TAX BASE-
AND- FOR. MANY REASONS WANT TO
STAY IN THIS COUNTRY- YOU KNOW
WHETHER IT'S TO YOU SEE THEIR
GRANDKIDS GROW UP OR- YOU KNOW
JUST BE PART OF FAMILY RIGHT. SO
I THINK THIS IS THE LEAST THAT
WE CAN DO- AS CALIFORNIANS FOR
WORKERS AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FOR YOUR
STORY. AND FOR. BRING FOR THIS
BILL- HE WHAT METICULOUS DRESSES
AT THE OSCARS ALMOST GIVING IT
ON THE IT WAS BECAUSE IT IS
THAT'LL- BUT AS A TESTIMONIAL.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE
HAVE A MOTION FROM CENTER MAKE
ABOUT. THEM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
. FILE ITEM THIRD. AB THIRTY SIX
THE IS PASS AND WE WERE TO THE-
ON APPROPRIATIONS OF RODEO. HI A
ROGUE YOU ARE AT CHAU BOTH HIGH.
ABOVE FURTADO. MENJIVAR MENJIVAR
IOWA. THANK YOU NOTICE THREE
EYES THANK YOU THEY'LL ON CALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH THE MOVING
FORWARD AS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HOLDEN IS HERE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH
ITEM NUMBER SIX. I MY GLASSES
VEHICLES THIS IS FOUR POINT FIVE
I CAN'T READ. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HOLDING ALSO BE PRESENTED ON
ASSEMBLY BILL SEVENTEEN FIFTY
FIVE IS THAT CORRECT THAT'S
CORRECT ALL RIGHT OKAY SO WE'LL
START WITH ASSEMBLY BILL TWO
SIXTY TWO WHEN YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY
BILL TWO SIXTY TWO TODAY. THIS
COMING SUMMER CHILDREN FROM ALL
OVER CALIFORNIA WILL ATTEND
THOUSANDS OF SKIN THOUSANDS OF
CAMPS HOWEVER. IMPORTANT
SAFEGUARDS ARE LACKING IN
CENTRALIZING FORSMAN OF CURRENT
REQUIREMENTS IS NONEXISTENT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TOO MANY
EXAMPLES OF INJURY ABUSE AND
EVEN DEATHS OF CHILDREN WHILE
ATTENDING CAMP. THROUGH THE MANY
CONVERSATIONS ON THIS BILL IT IS
EVIDENT THAT THERE IS A WIDE
VARIETY OF FACTORS TO CONSIDER.
AS WE STEP IN TO PROACTIVELY
PROTECT CHILDREN AT CAMP. AB TWO
SIXTY TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO CONVENE
STAKEHOLDERS AND PRACTITIONERS.
ACROSS STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CHILD
ADVOCATES AND SAFETY EXPERTS TO
FOCUS ON DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE
REGULATIONS. FOR THE CHILD
CAMPAIGN INDUSTRY. THIS GROUP
WILL CONSIDER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
INCLUDING SHOULD A SINGLE AGENCY
REGULATE CABS OR SHOULD THERE BE
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE
AGENCIES AND LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT. HOW DO WE DIFFER
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN CAMPS WITH
LOWER RISK ACTIVITIES AND THOSE
THAT PROVIDE HIGHER RISK
ACTIVITIES. HOW BEST DO WE
PROVIDE CAMPUS SAFETY
INFORMATION TO PARENTS. AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE STAKEHOLDER
GROUP REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED
TO THE LEGISLATURE AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES NO
LATER THAN JUNE. OF TWENTY
TWENTY FIVE. WELL THERE ARE MANY
OPEN QUESTIONS WHAT WE DO KNOW
IS THAT CALIFORNIA'S LAWS MUST
CHANGE SO PARENTS ACROSS THE
STATE MAY REST ASSURED. THEIR
CHILD WILL RETURN HOME SAFELY
FROM CAMP. HERE WITH ME TO
TESTIFY TODAY IN SUPPORT. IS
BETSEY ARMSTRONG SENIOR POLICY
ANALYST WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH
EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION AND DOUG
FORBES. WHO TRAGICALLY LOST HIS
CHILD WHILE ATTENDING WHILE SHE
ATTENDED A DAY CAMP. I'D LIKE TO
THANK YOU AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I. BOATS. WILL MOVE
FORWARD WITH OUR- LEAD WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS BETSEY
ARMSTRONG WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH
EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTING LOCAL
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE
AND HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDEN ZB TWO
SIXTY TWO. COMMENCING ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS GOAL TO CREATE AN
OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT
STRUCTURE FOR CHILDREN'S CAMPS
THAT WILL ENSURE THE SAFETY AND
WELL BEING OF CHILDREN IN THEIR
CARE. AB TWO SIXTY TWO- REQUIRES
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AND LEAD A
STATE LEVEL STAKEHOLDERS WORK
TOGETHER INFORMATION AND PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEVELOP A
CHILDREN'S CAMP FRAMEWORK THAT
ESTABLISHES CHILD SUPERVISION
REQUIREMENTS. PHYSICAL FACILITY
STANDARDS GRADUATED REQUIREMENTS
FOR CAMP LICENSURE INTO
REGULATION APPROPRIATE
QUALIFICATIONS FOR CAMP STAFF
INCLUDING SPECIALTY TRAINING FOR
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS HORSEBACK RIDING
SWIMMING OR GUN INSTRUCTION AS
WELL AS STAFF EMERGENCY
TRAINING. COUNTIES BELIEVE THAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE
STATE AGENCY TO LEAD THESE
DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THERE
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING
DIVISION THAT INCLUDES CHILD
CARE FACILITIES. AND CHILDREN'S
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
FOCUS ITS EFFORTS ON THREE
PRIORITY AREAS PREVENTION
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT. AND
IN TERMS OF PREVENTION CDSS
WORKS TO REDUCE THE PREDICTABLE
HARM TO CHILDREN BY PROVIDING AN
ORIENTATION PRIOR TO LICENSURE
PERFORMING BACKGROUND CHECKS.
MAINTAINING STAFFING
REQUIREMENTS HEALTH SCREENINGS
PRE LICENSURE INSPECTIONS AND
PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING
LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THROUGH
COMPLIANCE CDSS INJURES CHILD
CARE FACILITIES OPERATE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING LAWS
AND IS MAINTAINED THROUGH
UNANNOUNCED FACILITY INSPECTIONS
COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS.
ISSUING DEFICIENCY NOTICES
CONSULTATIONS EDUCATION IN
SUPPORT AND FOLLOW UP AND
FINALLY ENFORCEMENT IS TAKEN
WHEN AN ENTITY FAILS TO PROTECT
THE HEALTH SAFETY AND PERSONAL
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN THEIR
CARE. OR IS UNWILLING TO
MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
AND REGULATIONS THIS IS DONE
THROUGH CIVIL PENALTIES AND OR
THE MINISTRY OF LEGAL ACTION
SUCH AS DENIALS OF APPLICATION
PROBATIONARY LICENSES OR
REVOCATION OF A LICENCE AND
LICENSING AN EMPLOYEE
EXCLUSIONS. AB TWO SIXTY TWO
WOULD BRING TOGETHER BOTH STATE
AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVISE
A STATEWIDE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA
THAT MOST APPROPRIATELY PROVIDES
THE NECESSARY SAFEGUARDS. TO
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF- IN
ATTENDING CAN. WE BELIEVE TWO
TWO IS A FOUGHT FULLER TO
ADDRESSING THE LONGSTANDING
ISSUE OF DAY CAMP OVERSIGHT. YOU
SHOULD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
BEFORE YOU TODAY AND
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR IPHONE ON
THE BEACHES. THANK YOU. FOR THE
NEXT WITNESS IN SUPPORT. MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS MY NAME IS DOUG
FORD'S I HAVE SAT IN SIMILAR
SEATS IN SIMILAR CHAMBERS
TELLING A SIMILAR STORY FOR FOUR
YEARS. SINCE THE CAMP KILLED MY
SEXUAL DAUGHTER ROXY. THEIR VILE
ACTS RAVAGED MY ENTIRE FAMILY.
MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD. MY WIFE IS
DEAD MY MOTHER IS DEAD AND THE
LIFE OF JOY I KNEW. IS THAT. ALL
OF US HERE WERE ONCE WIDE EYED
CHILDREN WITH A CHANCE TO LEAVE
THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAN WE
FOUND IT. MY GIRL WAS WELL ON
OUR WAY TO DOING JUST THAT
BEFORE SUMMER KIDS CAMP SAVAGED
HER HUGE HEART. HARM AT SUMMER
CAMPS IS WIDESPREAD IN DORING
AND COSTLY. IN FACT TAXPAYERS
SHELLED OUT FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS FOR A CHILD'S
PREVENTABLE DEATH RIGHT HERE AT
CAMP SACRAMENTO. ALSO PERVASIVE
CHILD SEX ABUSE TWO COUNTS AS
ONE OF AMERICA'S DARKEST
SECRETS. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE
BOY SCOUTS. IT'S A PERENNIAL
ISSUE WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
CAMPS NATIONWIDE. AS PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNTRY'S ONLY CAMP
SAFETY FOUNDATION. I HAVE
ENGAGED COUNTLESS EXPERTS
STAKEHOLDERS AND VICTIMS AND AS
A JOURNALIST I KNOW FACTS MATTER
. THE FACT IS MILLIONS OF
CHILDREN ATTEND THOUSANDS OF
CAMPS WITHOUT ANY MANDATED
OVERSIGHT FOR REPORTING. DESPITE
THE FACT THAT CHILDREN AS YOUNG
AS EIGHT SHOOT SEMI AUTOMATIC
RIFLES WITH LIVE AMMO. ZIP LINE
OVER VALLEYS AND JUMPED FROM
CLIPS INTO DARK WATERS. CDSS
REQUIRES LICENSES FOR CHILD CARE
FACILITIES THAT DO SING ALONGS
AND FINGER PAINTING. DAY CAMPS
ARE ALSO CHILD CARE FACILITIES
BUT WITH FAR GREATER RISK. YET
THEY ARE NOT LICENSED. NOT
REQUIRED TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND
CHECKS. NOT EVEN REQUIRED TO
KNOW BASIC CPR. RESIDENT CAMP
OVERSIGHT IS NOT ENFORCED IF NOT
ENTIRELY ANEMIC. CAMP LOBBYISTS
HAVE FOR EVER TOLD GOVERNMENT
THEY KNOW WHAT'S BEST. AGAIN
FACTS MATTER. CAMP LOBBYIST
PROTECT CAMPS NOT KIDS IT'S WHY
HARM PROCESS. EVEN DISPARAGE MY
OWN DAD DAUGHTER. MY FOUNDATION
PASSED LANDMARK CAMP SAFETY
LEGISLATION IN THE NATION'S
LARGEST COUNTY L. A. COUNTY. YET
THE REST OF THE STATE REMAINS
WITHOUT CRITICAL PROTECTIONS
YOUR AYE VOTE. PROVES THAT MY
CHILD'S PREVENTABLE DEATH
MATTERS AND THAT CALIFORNIA'S
CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER THANK
YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU AND CONDOLENCES TO YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR. BRINGING
ROCKS THE FORWARD IN IN YOUR
VENTURE TO PROTECT OTHER KIDS
THANK YOU. RIGHT ANY LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN THE
ROOM TODAY. HI WILL HAVE EQUAL
AMOUNT OF TIME SO HAVE TO LEAD
WITNESSES THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM CHAIR MADAM VICE CHAIR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
KATHY BRAND CAN HERE
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
COLLABORATION FOR USE WHICH IS
MADE UP OF CAMP ACCREDITING
ORGANIZATIONS AND TRADITIONAL
YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE. GIRL SCOUTS IN CAMPFIRE
WHO OFFER CAMP PROGRAMS I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN DAY CAMPS
AND RESIDENT CAMPS RESIDENT
CAMPS HAVE BEEN. REGULATED FOR
OVER FORTY YEARS AND YOU HAVE A
LITTLE BOOKLET IN FRONT OF YOU
THAT GIVES YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT
IS. WHAT THE SUPPORTERS ARE
SAYING DOESN'T EXIST AND IT IT
ACTUALLY DOES EXIST. HI I'M A
BIT OF A DISADVANTAGE HERE
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND FROM THE
AUTHOR'S OFFICE. THIS BILL IS
GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIVELY
AMENDED OUT WE WERE PROMISED A
COPY OF THOSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN
THEM SO I'M BASICALLY SPEAKING
TO A BILL THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN
YET. IT STRIKES ME THAT THIS
BEING THE LAST POLICY COMMITTEE
OR THE BILLS BEING HEARD IS NOT
A GOOD IDEA FOR PASSING
LEGISLATION IT'S A BETTER IDEA
FOR MAKING THIS BILL IT TO YOUR
BILL SO WE HAVE THE INTERIM. TO
TALK ABOUT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S A THOUGHTFUL BILL GOING
FORWARD. YOU KNOW DESPITE THE
FACT THAT THE- MR HOLDEN WANTS
THIS BILL TO BECOME EFFECTIVE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE THIS BILL DOES
THE OPPOSITE. IT GIVES THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
WHO HAS NO EXPERIENCE WITH
CAMPUS WHAT SO EVER TWO YEARS TO
COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT IT GOES TO THE LEGISLATURE
WHERE I ASSUME IT'S GOING TO
TAKE ONE OR TWO YEARS TO PASS
LEGISLATION. BANNING THOSE TO
WHATEVER STATE AGENCIES GOING TO
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OR TWO
YEARS TO DEVELOP REGULATIONS.
REGULATIONS WHICH DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH IS ALREADY DEVELOPED SO
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY
A SIX TO TEN YEAR. PERIOD OF
TIME BEFORE DAY CAMPS HAVE ANY
STANDARDS. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS
SPONSORED FOUR BILLS. THERE IN
YOUR ANALYSIS TO TRY TO GET DAY
CAMPS REGULATED. DAY CAMPS
THEMSELVES ARE SPONSORING
LEGISLATION TO GET THEM
REGULATED. THEY DON'T WANT
PROBLEMS TO HAPPEN AND. DAY
CAMPS OR RESIDENT CAMPS. I
DESPITE THE READING DID. CLAIMS
CAMPS ARE DANGEROUS PLACES BUT
THEY'RE DYING ALL THE TIME IF
THAT WAS THE CASE YOU'D BE
SEEING IT IN THE PAPERS YOU'D BE
HEARING IT ON TELEVISION. YOU
DON'T CANCER OF A SAFE PLACE. DO
WE WANT TO SAY FOR ABSOLUTELY DO
WE SUPPORT THAT ABSOLUTELY. I'M
GOING TO INTRODUCE MIKE STILSON
WHO IS THE CHAIR OF OUR BOARD
AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME
ADDITIONAL POINTS BUT I STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT.
ALLOWING SUFFICIENT TIME TO MAKE
SURE THERE'S A THOUGHTFUL BILL
AND THAT WE DO IT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. MR STILL ISN'T GOING
TO TELL YOU HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT
HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY THANK YOU.
BALLENGER MEMBERS MY NAME IS
MIKE STILSON AND YOU TAKE YOUR
DIRECTOR DOCTORAL SUMMER CAMPS
AND THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COVERAGE FOR YOU
EVERY THIRTY FIVE YEARS A CAMP
EXPERIENCE TO YOU TODAY. AB TWO
SIXTY TWO A CREDIT COMMITTEE TO
COME UP WITH AN APPROACH TO
REGULATING KIT DAY CAPSULES ONLY
DROP PROCESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW
CALIFORNIA DPH RADIOS AND
OVERSEES PERMITTING A RESIDENT
CAMPS BY. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING
NOW IS TO SIMPLY SIMPLY INSERT
THE WORD DAY INTO THE ORGANIZED
CAMP AT THE CURRENT REGULATIONS
WE CAN BEGIN THE IMPORTANT WORK
OF WRIGLEY DAY CAMPS EARLY NEXT
SUMMER. WE DO NOT NEED TO
ASSEMBLE COMMITTEE TO REINVENT
THE WHEEL TO ACCOMPLISH MR
HOLDEN'S ALTERNATIVE GOAL
BRIEFLY DAY CAMPS. LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN OVERSEEING
DAY CAMP ORGANISED CAMPS. FOR
FORTY YEARS. WE HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO
PERMIT AND READ REGULATE BOTH
DAY AND RESIDENT CAMPS. I
PERSONALLY SERVED ON THE L. A.
COUNTY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH
TASK FORCE. IN STATUS IN THE NEW
TICKET REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE
TO GET L. A. COUNTY WHICH
INCLUDES THE DEFINITIONS OF IT
HE CAN'T. THE TASK FORCE IS MADE
UP OF MEMBERS OF LOCAL AGENCIES.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY.
PROFESSIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
WITHOUT THE INPUT OF THE SEQUELS
WE NEVER WITHIN SUCCESSFUL CRANE
THE REGULATION. THE PERMITTING
PROCESS WE CREATED IT UNDER A
YEAR. CAN EASILY BE IMPLEMENTED
STATEWIDE TODAY. SHE ACT HAS
CONCERNS ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS HAVING THE ABILITY
TO ADD DICKENS THE WORKLOAD.
THIS IS JUST AN EXCUSE EVERY
TIME THE ROOF POSE A DAY CAMP
BILL INTRODUCED FOR THE
ORGANIZED CAMP ACT. DOES NOT
EXCUSE TO LEAD DAY CAMPS ON
REGULATED. MORE THAN SEVENTY
PERCENT. INCLUDING 10% OF THE
LARGEST COUNTIES CALIFORNIA.
ALREADY REGULATE INSPECT CAMPS.
ALREADY BEEN DONE. DPH OVERSEAS
CHILDHOOD AND- INTERVENTION
DROWNING PREVENTION IN MORE THIS
IS WHAT THE WORK WAS ABOUT.
NOTHING I GUESS IS PART OF
SOCIAL SERVICES WHAT THEY'RE ILL
EQUIPPED TO DO THIS TASK. DSS
OVERSEAS. LICENSED DAYCARES THE
HIP SO THEY DO NOT HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE REGULATE COMMERCIAL
KITCHENS WATER SYSTEMS.
CHALLENGE COURSES ARCHERY RANGES
HORSEBACK CORRAL SWIMMING POOLS
OR PROGRAMS ARE OPERATING
MAJORITY OUTDOORS. I ARE FREE TO
CAMPUS. WHAT IT ALWAYS CITY. AND
WON- CORPORATE L. A. COUNTY. S.
ELLIE CITY HAS NOT ADOPTED THE
REGULATIONS ONLY ONE OF MY
PROGRAMS ACTUALLY PERMITTED AND
REGULATED HOW DOES THIS MAKE
SENSE IT DOESN'T. IT HASN'T
INDUSTRY. WE CARE ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF OUR CAMPERS AND OUR
STAFF. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR
REGULATION WE ARE ACTUALLY
BREAKING FOR WOMEN BAKING FOR
THIS FOR SIXTY PLUS YEARS I HAVE
YOU WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS YES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL
PROGRAMS ARE SAFE. AGAIN TO
SIXTY TWO ONLY EXTEND THE AMOUNT
OF TIME THEY WILL TAKE TO GET TO
THIS POINT IS FOR THE- THE
CANCER BE THE NECESSARY
STANDARDS BASED ON THE STATE
REGULATIONS. THANK YOU THANK YOU
SO MUCH WHEN I OPENED IT UP TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ANYONE
WISHING TO EXPRESS SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL PLEASE
COME FORWARD NAME AFFILIATION
AND YOUR POSITION ONLY. KELLY
BROOKS ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN
COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF
CALIFORNIA HERE IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU. ANY TRACE ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNTY SANTA KOREAN SO PORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS STILL LEONA DERA WITH
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES IN SUPPORT YOU SO
MUCH OKAY. ANY OTHER WITNESSES.
RIGHT WILL NOW MOVE TO
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE
MODERATOR- PLEASE PROMPT ANYONE
WISHING TO. GIVE THEIR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO AB TWO FIVE TWO
THAT WE ARE READY TO BEGIN.
THANK THEIR PARENTS SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION. YOU MAY. PRESS ONE
AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS ONE
AND THEN THEY OPEN OPPOSITION OR
SUPPORT. PHOTO LINE. THIRTY TO
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THOUGH ARE
GOING TO WITH THE HEALTH
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AGAIN IF
YOU'RE INTO FOUR OPPOSITION YOU
MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO. AND
I'M SURE WE HAVE AN AWESOME KIA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH WE WILL BRING
THE DISCUSSION BACK TO THE
MEMBERS. YES MEANT CENTER MAY
HAVE ARE PLEASE. THANK YOU SOME
REMEMBER FOR THIS BILL I MEAN I
PARTICIPATED IN DAY CAMP. MY
WHOLE YOUTH RIGHT- I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO HAVE A ROBUST
WORKING- ENTITY OR GROUP TO
ESTABLISH RULES ACROSS THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA I'M GLAD THAT WE
REPRESENT AREAS IN L. A. COUNTY
THAT ALREADY HAVE THIS AND I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
THE REST OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
FOR THE OPPONENT TO SAY THE CSS
DOESN'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
THE CDSS HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
ANYTHING RELATED TO DO WITH
CHILDREN I THINK WOULD MAKE
SENSE FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED
WITH THIS THEY OVERSEE. CHILD
CARE THE OVERSEE THE REGIONAL
CENTERS THINGS TO DO WITH YOU I
THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR US TO
BRING THEM TO THE TABLE. TO
ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
JUST PUBLIC HEALTH THAT IS AT
THE TABLE THAT IS OVERSEEN
EASTER SECTION SO MANAGER WITH
WHEN APPROPRIATE LIKE TO MOVE
THIS BILL. IN CARE. SENATE TO
BOOK- SO THANK YOU FOR THE
COMMENTS MY COLLEAGUES- M. I DO
. OR VACATION PURPOSES. THIS
BILL IS A STUDY BILL RIGHT RIGHT
SO IT WOULD NOT AN- PROHIBIT ANY
OF THESE. POLICIES TO BE
COMPROMISED AT THIS TIME THERE
WOULD BE NOTHING THAT WOULD BE
COMPROMISING ANY RULES THAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE FOR IT
JUST DO A STUDY- AND THEN FROM
THAT CITY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE-
BE BROUGHT FORWARD. LATER ON.
THE A POLICY AND IT'S ALSO MY
AND UNDERSTANDING CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG THAT THAT CSS- WOULD
BE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH
CITY H. CORRECT SO IT'S NOT ONE
OR THE OTHER SO WE JUST WANT TO
MAKE THOSE CLARIFICATIONS FOR-
THOSE THAT EXPRESSED SOME
CONCERNS WITH THE BILLS BECAUSE
I'M I'M LISTENING AND I'M TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT. WHERE WHERE WE
FIND THAT THAT BALANCE SO
SOMETIMES. WE FOCUS ON ONE PART
OF THE POLICY AND SO THAT'S WHY
I THINK COMMITTEE FITTINGS. OF
THE BILLS IS SO IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS SO THAT
WE CAN. BOARD THE PUBLIC'S OF.
FOR THE PUBLIC'S INTERESTS ARE
IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST WE HAVE
CLEAR CLARITY AS TO WHAT THE
INTENT IS FOR THOSE POLICY SO.
WITH THAT IN MIND I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THE BILL LOOKING
FORWARD. IT'S GOING TO MAKE
THOSE APPLICATIONS THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO THE
OPPOSITION'S CONCERNS- YOU HEARD
WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY TODAY IN
TERMS OF- YOU KNOW THEY'RE
ALREADY BEING REGULATIONS CAN
YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THE GAP IS OR WHAT IS THAT
MISSING NEED. WELL IN TERMS OF
DAY CAMPS THERE IS NOT THE KIND
OF REGULATION THAT. THAT WE NEED
THIS ROBUST IN CLEAR TERMS OF
AGENCY THAT HAS THE CORRECT
OVERSIGHT. CENTER PORTANTINO RAN
THIS BILL BEFORE I RAN IT. I RAN
THE BILL AFTER HE TO TRY TO. BE
MORE PRESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF
HOW WE WOULD REGULATE DAY CAMPS.
AND WE EVERY TURN WHETHER WE
WERE CREATING A PROGRAM OR
OVERSIGHT THERE WAS CLEARLY NO
AGENCY THAT WANTED TO TAKE HOLD
OF IT EVERYONE AGREED THAT IT
NEEDED TO BE REGULATE UNLESS
YOU'VE HEARD TODAY. BUT HERE WE
ARE SIX YEARS LATER FIVE YEARS
LATER OUR COMPANY MANY YEARS
LATER. AND NOW WE'VE- BROUGHT IT
BACK TO JUST A STUDY BILL TO
PROVIDE. STAKEHOLDERS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER
OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS OF. KIND
OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GO BACK AND FORTH AND WHERE IS
THE RIGHT PLACE AND- TO REALLY
GET A WORKING GROUP. THEY CAN BE
VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW AND THE
BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. WHERE
IT SHOULD BE HOUSE AND WHAT KIND
OF OVERSIGHT OF MOVING FORWARD
AND- ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS. INCLUDING-
THE OPPOSITION. THANK LESSEN THE
QUESTION THAT I HAD. A WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE- I RESPECTFULLY
ASK HER OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CLICK I BELIEVE THAT A MOTION
CONSIDER MY HYPOCRISY OVER.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM SIX A. B. TWO
SIX TO THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS OF RODEO. I AM
PROUD OF YOU AYE MITCHELL BOOK
HI THE TROUBLED OCCUR TOTAL.
MENJIVAR MENJIVAR I'D LOVE. HE
THREE THIRTY THREE I IS. THAT
BILL GOES TO COUGH THANK YOU SO
MUCH. RIGHT AND WE'LL MOVE
FORWARD HERE TO EXPEL YES YES.
ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR OF THE
ASSEMBLY- COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY. 5% AB SEVENTEEN FIFTY
FIVE. WHICH MAKES SEVERAL
CHANGES TO THE STATEWIDE UNIFORM
CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES IN
ORDER TO BRING CALIFORNIA'S
FORMULA AND PROCEDURES. INTO
CONFORMITY WITH RECENTLY ISSUED
FEDERAL GUN. THIS WILL ALSO
ENSURE THE CALIFORNIA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE TO L. TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.
UNDER EXISTING LAW THE
CALIFORNIA FAMILY CODE
ESTABLISHES PROCEDURES FOR THE
ISSUANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS AND IT
ESTABLISHES A FORMULA FOR
CALCULATING. THE AMOUNT OF CHILD
SUPPORT OWED. AS A CONDITION OF
RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS HOWEVER
THE STATE'S CHILD SUPPORT
GUIDELINES MUST COMPLY WITH
TITLE. OF FOUR D. OF THE FEDERAL
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT IN JANUARY
OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN THE
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES PUBLISHED THE
FLEXIBILITY EFFICIENCY AND
MODERNIZATION AND CHILD. SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM REGULATIONS
ALSO KNOWN AS THE FINAL RULE.
THIS BILL WILL BRING CALIFORNIA
TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE FINAL
RULE BY ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF
SHORTCOMINGS IDENTIFIED IN
REVIEW CONDUCT BY THE JUDICIAL
COUNCIL CALIFORNIA. THE CHANGES
RECOMMENDED BY THE JUDICIAL
COUNCIL AND CODIFIED IN THIS
BILL WILL INCREASE THE ABILITY
OF NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS TO PAY
THEIR CHILD SUPPORT. MOST
NOTABLY THE BILL UPDATES THE
CHILD SUPPORT FORMULA TO BETTER
REFLECT CURRENT ECONOMIC
REALITIES AND REQUIRES LOCAL
CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES AND
COURTS TO CONDUCT MORE THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION INTO THE PARENTS
ACTUAL ECONOMIC SITUATION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL THANK YOU
SO MUCH DO YOU HAVE ANY LEAD
WITNESSES WITH YOU TODAY- PART.
DO NOT OKAY- ANY MEMBERS THE
PUBLIC OR LEAD OPPOSITION
WITNESSES TODAY. HEARING SEEING
THAN ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION THAT WOULD LIKE TO
PURCHASE THE MICROPHONE TODAY.
RIGHT WE WILL MOVE TO THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS. MMHM
MODERATOR PLEASE PROMPT ANYONE
WANTING TO SPEAK ON AB SEVENTEEN
FIFTY FIVE THAT WE ARE READY TO
PROCEED. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION OF AB SEVENTEEN FIFTY
FIVE YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO. WE'LL GO TO LINE IS
SEVENTY EIGHT. THANK SEVENTY
EIGHT YOUR LINE IS OPEN. SHE.
MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
WILL BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK
TO OUR MEMBERS. HEY WE HAVE A
MOTION FROM CINEMA HAVE ARE.
RATE. I DID WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING HERE- SO THE ISSUE OF
CHILD SUPPORT FOR ME IS VERY
SENSITIVE AND- WE DID NOT HEAR
ANY CHILD SUPPORT BILLS IN THE
SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY HAS DONE
SUCH A GREAT JOB TO BRING
FORWARD. AB VERY DETAILED
ROBUST- BILLS AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME THIS COMMITTEE AT BUT I'VE
BEEN SITTING ON THIS COMMITTEE
WE'VE BEEN BUT WE GOT SOME CHILD
SUPPORT BILLS IN FRONT OF US. I
WILL SAY THAT THE ONE THAT
YOU'RE PRESENTING ON TODAY. IT
HELPS ME TO LOOK AT THE ROOT OF
THE PROBLEM- HOW THE SYSTEM IS
CREATED- FOR. THE CREVICES OF
THE CRACKS RIGHT BOTH FOR THE
CUSTODIAL PARENT AND GUARDIAN
FOR THE CHILD AND ALSO FOR THE
ABSENT PARENT I THINK THAT THE
FAMILY UNIT- YOU KNOW HAS BEEN
HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS AND
OVER THE DECADES. AND NEW CHILD
SUPPORT HIS IS THAT SAFETY NET
FOR THAT CHILD IN FOR THE
BECAUSE DELUDE PARENT TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE FOR THAT CHILD AND
FOR THEIR FAMILY SO I WAS
ACTUALLY VERY HAPPY TO READ THIS
BILL. AND SEE THAT THERE'S-
THERE'S A WILL TO CREATE A
BETTER POLICY SO- I MEAN TO BE
SUPPORTING THIS BILL AND IT
SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME-
CONSENSUS HERE. BUT BEFORE WE
VOTE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A
CLOSING. WELL I IT WILL FIRST OF
ALL I THINK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS I'M SURE THE AUTHOR OF
THE BILL MISTER MAIENSCHEIN
WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF.
YOUR RECOGNIZING THE DUE
DILIGENCE THAT HE IN HIS
COMMITTEE PUT FORWARD- BEHIND
THIS AND- IT IS GOING A LONG WAY
TO DO SOME REALLY IMPORTANT
THINGS SO WITHOUT A RESPECT LAST
YEAR I. THINK THANK YOU SO MUCH
WE HAVE A MOTION. HAS A CHILD SO
. AND X. SABELLA VERY SOME RIGHT
YEAH OKAY. MY APOLOGIES IT MUST
HAVE BEEN ON CONSENT BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT YEAH. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. MY
APOLOGIES SENATORS SKINNER. YES
WE GOTTA GET WE'VE GOT TO GIVE
WE GOT TO GIVE OUR OUR CHAIR OF
THE BUDGET SOME CREDIT THERE SO.
WE'RE TOO CLOSE TO THE END OF
SESSION ABOUT THE- ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU SO MUCH WILL PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM THIRTY
TWO AB SEVENTEEN FIFTY FIVE THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. OF RAGU HI A LOT
OF GUYS THAT SHOW BOTH HI SHOBO
BY HER TOTAL. MENJIVAR MENJIVAR
IOWA. RIGHT THE VOTE IS THREE
ICE PUT THAT BILL ON CALL. I
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHTS
MOVING GREAT AHEAD- WE DO HAVE A
VERY FULL AGENDA TODAY WE'VE GOT
SOME OF OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
PRESENTING OTHER BILLS SO- WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
ITEM NUMBER NINE ASSEMBLY BILL
THREE SIXTY SIX AT BETWEEN NORTH
WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. ADDIS AND THEN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER YOU ALSO HAVE
TWO OTHER BILLS IN FRONT OF US
TODAY WE BE PREPARED FOR ALL
THREE. GREAT OKAY. WE'LL START
WITH ASSEMBLY BILL THREE SIXTY
SIX WHEN YOU'RE READY PERFECT.
WILL GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR- AND SENATORS
I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT. AB THREE
SIXTY SIX ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PETRIE-NORRIS. TO HELP
UNDERSTAFFED COUNTY HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO GROW
THEIR WORK FORCE. BY THE COUNTY
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS TO
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK
IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR OUR MOST
VALUED VULNERABLE CITIZENS
CHILDREN THE ELDERLY THE POOR OR
DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED.
HOWEVER ACROSS OUR STATE THEY
FACE HUGE VACANCY RATES AB THREE
SIXTY SIX HELPS ADDRESSES
WORKFORCE SHORTAGE IN TWO WAYS.
FIRST IT ALLOWS COUNTIES WITH
VACANCY RATES OF 20% OR MORE. TO
USE ALTERNATE HIRING
QUALIFICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE
MERIT SYSTEM SERVICES
REQUIREMENTS UNDER CALAIS CHARM.
AND SECOND THE BILL ESTABLISHES
A GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN
INTEREST IN PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE
WORK. THIS ALLOWS THE STATE AND
COUNTIES TO LEVERAGES 75%
FEDERAL MATCH- MADAM CHAIR I
KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT RURAL COUNTIES WITHOUT A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS THESE GRANTS. AND SO THE
AUTHOR HAS COMMITTED TO MAKING
THAT CHANGE IN THE NEXT
COMMITTEE. HERE TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT AS AMANDA KHORCHIN ARE
FROM THE COUNTY WELFARE
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. HE WOKE.
HI GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN AMANDA
KURTZ FROM BEHALF OF COUNTY
WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
I'M WE KNOW THAT THEIR WORK
FORCE SHORTAGES THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. BUT WHEN COUNTY
HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH STAFF IT IMPACTS
CLIENTS GETTING FOOD ASSISTANCE
EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND
MEDICAL COVERAGE. COUNTIES ARE
DOING THEIR BEST WITH LIMITED
RESOURCES BUT WE CAN DO BETTER-
AB THREE SIXTY SIX PUTS INTO
PLACE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN
FUNDING TO HELP CURRENT HIRING
NEEDS AS WELL AS BUILD OUT OUR
FUTURE WORKFORCE- WITH THAT I'M
JUST GONNA ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
TODAY IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WAS GREAT
. HE ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. THANK MEMBERS FROM
THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO
EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OR
OPPOSITION. PLEASE COME FORWARD
. CALIBRATES ON BEHALF OF THE
URBAN COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA
HERE IN SUPPORT THANK YOU. THIS
IS WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND
SUPPORT AND- HUMBOLDT COUNTY
BOARD OF SURPRISES AS SUPPORT
AND AS AS AMENDED THINK INDIA.
OKAY ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU TRY
SOMEBODY HAVE A COUNTY SANTA
CLARITA COURT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY WELL NOW MOVES TO THE
TELECONFERENCE ARVEST. MODERATOR
PLEASE PROMPT ANY INDIVIDUALS
WILLING TO PROVIDE TESTIMONIES
OF WILLING TO PROVIDE THEIR
POSITION OF SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL
THREE SIXTY SIX LET THEM KNOW WE
ARE READY. THANK YOU FOR IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF AB
THREE SIXTY SIX YOU MAY PRESS
ONE AND THEN ZERO. WE'LL GO TO
LINE OF FIFTY SIX AIRLINES OPEN.
UP YOU TOOK YOURSELF ALL YOU
HAVE TO PUSH ONE AND THEN ZERO.
GOOGLE LINE OF FIFTY YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. SB EIGHTY CALIFORNIA
REPORT THANK YOU. DO YOU. THANK
YOU DON'T LIVE SIXTY SIX CELL
LINE IS OPEN. MY NAME IS DOCTOR
HANY COOPER CNN I'D BRING
CONSUMER OPPOSITION TO THIS
GRANT PROGRAM BUT WITH NO LACK
OF STANDARDIZATION TO ABUSE AND
IF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDER THE
JURISDICTION DEVELOPMENT I'M
SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF BUT THIS IS
NAME FILIATION A POSITION ONLY.
ANY COOPER STEAM CONSUMER. IN
OPPOSITION THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU AND ONE MOMENT WE DO
HAVE ONE MORE IN Q.
AND THEY WERE BOTH THE LINE AT
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. BLIND EIGHTY
YEAR LINE IS OPEN. MADAM CHAIR
WE HAVE NO FURTHER IN Q. GREAT
THANK YOU SO MUCH WILL BRING THE
DISCUSSION BACK TO THE MEMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING
GOOD- SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH SO I
DON'T HELLO ARE YOU LOOKING TO.
RIGHT MODERATORS THAT OKAY.
EVERYTHING GOOD YES BUT ALL
RIGHT SOUNDS GOOD ALL RIGHT- I
DID WANT TO MENTION I KNOW YOU
PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PETRIE-NORRIS FELT MY
CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE
LANGUAGE IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S
WILLING TO AMEND THAT- IS THAT.
THE WAY THAT THE BILL READS
RIGHT NOW IS THAT. THE CITY OF
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IF THEY
ATTEND THAT CITY THERE WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS- AND I WAS
ASKING FOR THE AMENDMENT TO BE
CONSIDERED OF THE PRIMARY
RESIDENCE OF THE STUDENTS SO
JUST THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT
I'M LOOKING FOR BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE SOME COUNTIES THAT. DON'T
HAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGES- SO I'LL
BE LOOKING FOR THAT AMENDMENT-
LEVINE PARK OKAY GREAT THANK YOU
WE HAVE A MOTION. WILL MOVE BY
CENTER MAY HAVE FAR. RIGHT THIS
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM NINE A.
B. THREE SIX SIX THE MOTION IS
TO PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT. OF
RAGU BY A BROADER VIEW OF THE
TWO ABOVE. THE TROUBLED FURTADO
. SURE SPAN'S WHERE I WANNA. HEY
VOTERS. ZERO THAT GOES THAT BILL
GOES TO CALL. THANK YOU LET'S
MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR NEXT ONE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER I HAVE AB EIGHT
THREE NINE YES THANK YOU I THINK
YOUR HONORABLE CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE A MINUTE JUMP RATE
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR
WITNESSES FOR THEIR TESTIMONY
TODAY- AND COMMITTEES STUFF FROM
MY OWN FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON
THIS BILL. I'M HERE BECAUSE
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR
THE ELDERLY OR AN INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR RECEIPTS
HEALTH SYSTEM SUPPLYING HOUSING
AND CARE TO INDIVIDUALS OVER
SIXTY YEARS OF AGE. THESE
FACILITIES ARE GENERALLY SEEN AS
AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN
INDEPENDENT LIVING AND TWENTY
FOUR HOURS SUPERVISED CARE
PROVIDING PERSONAL CARE
ASSISTANCE ROOM AND BOARD AMONG
OTHER SERVICES TO SENIORS.
CALIFORNIA LIKE MANY OTHER
STATES HAS AN AGING POPULATION
AND BY TWENTY THIRTY WE ARE
EXPECTED TO HAVE OVER TEN POINT
EIGHT MILLION INDIVIDUALS OVER
THE AGE OF SIXTY. THE QUALIFYING
AGE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CARE.
FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY CARE
BY TWENTY SIXTEEN IS PROJECTED
THAT ADULTS AGE SIXTY. WILL MAKE
UP 30% OF OUR STATES OVER-
OVERALL POPULATIONS WHO AS YOU
CAN SEE SUCH CARE FACILITIES ARE
GOING TO BECOME MORE AND MORE
IMPACTFUL AS CALIFORNIA'S
DEMOGRAPHICS CONTINUE TO SHIFT.
INTERESTS ARE IN SHARP CONTRAST
TO THE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES
EXISTING STAFF SHORTAGES HAVE
BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC
WHICH LED TO A HOST OF OTHER
COMMON. PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY FOR
SMALLER AND NON PROFITS
FACILITIES SO THIS BILL AB EIGHT
THIRTY NINE WOULD DIRECTLY
SUPPORT NONPROFIT FACILITIES BY
OPENING UP ACCESS TO LOWER
INTEREST RATE TAX EXEMPT
FINANCING. VIA THE CALIFORNIA
HEALTH FACILITIES FINANCING
AUTHORITY AND THE BILL WOULD
ALSO CLARIFY THE AGE OF ELDERLY
ALTHOUGH NONE OF US LIKE THIS
AGE BUT- THE AGE OF ELDERLY IS-
AT SIXTY YEARS OLD BECAUSE THAT
ALIGNS THE DEFINITION TO
RELEVANT CODE SECTIONS. SO THIS
BILL IS A MODEST CHANGE THAT CAN
HAVE PROFES IMPACTS AND I WOULD
LIKE TO INTRODUCE WITNESSES THAT
ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH
THEIR TESTIMONY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS AND WORKING WITH LEADING
H. CALIFORNIA REPRESENTING
NONPROFIT PROVIDER SERVING THAT
CAN TEAM OF CARE FOR OLDER
ADULTS. INCLUDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING RESIDENTIAL CARE
FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY
SKILLED NURSING CARE HOME AND
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES HOME
HEALTH AND HOSPICE CARE WE ARE
PROUD TO SPONSOR A BEAT THIRTY
NINE TO ALLOW NONPROFIT
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR
THE ELDERLY- COMMONLY REFERRED
TO AS ASSISTED LIVING
FACILITIES. THAT ARE NOT
CONNECTED TO A SKILLED NURSING
FACILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
HAFEZ AND LOWER TAX EXEMPT FUND
PROGRAMS. AND THESE PROGRAMS
WILL ULTIMATELY SAVE THOSE
FACILITIES AND- FUNDS IN THEIR
LOWER AND LOWER BORROWING COSTS
IN THOSE FUNDS WITHIN HALF
DISCUSS THINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE
PASSED ON TO THE OLDER ADULTS
THAT ARE LIVING THERE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS A REQUIREMENT AT THE TOP
OF PROGRAM I WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
HERE TODAY- AS THE AUTHOR
MENTIONED THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
OLDER ADULTS IN THE STATE IS
RAPIDLY CHANGING AND THE WAY
OLDER ADULTS ARE CHOOSING TO AGE
AND RECEIVE CARE IS ALSO
INVOLVED. AND WHILE SKILLED
NURSING CARE IS A CRITICAL
COMPONENT OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM
WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF
OUR MEMBERS. SHIFTING AWAY FROM
SKILLED CARE AND PROVIDING MORE
ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE
IN PARTICULAR AS THE DEMANDS OF
OLDER ADULTS REALLY REQUIRE
THAT. AND OLDER ADULTS ARE ALSO
CHOOSING TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES
FOR LONGER IN THIS BILL WOULD
INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF
ASSISTED LIVING TO REALLY MEET
THOSE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS. IN
ADDITION AB THIRTY NINE FOR
THEIR SCHOOL WHY NOT. AND
HOUSING FOR ALL AGES AND STAGES
OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR AGING
WHICH- AIMS TO ALLOW OLDER
ADULTS TO LIVE IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AGE
DISABILITY. AND DEMENTIA
FRIENDLY AND WITH THAT WE WOULD
URGE YOUR IPHONE THANK YOU THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THE LEAD WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION. ANY MAN OF THE
WHICH TO ADDRESS. THE COMMITTEE
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
ALL RIGHT WE'LL GO TO THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICES
MODERATOR. SUPPORT FOR ASSEMBLY
BILL EIGHT THREE NINE. GIVEN
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION OF AB EIGHT
THIRTY NINE YOU MAY PRESS ONE
AND THEN ZERO. WE WILL GO TO
LINE EIGHTY ONE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. YEAH YES. I NEED A- LOCAL
. HELLO. ONE THERE ARE. HE
ACTUALLY CAME OVER COULD WE ARE
OPEN TO THE LATE LEVIN CO SEVEN.
OKAY WE'RE ON WE'RE ON BILL
EIGHT THREE NINE RIGHT NOW. THE
WILL HELP WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR THAT ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN
NEXT. OKAY OKAY THANK YOU- I
DON'T GO DON'T GO TOO FAR. THANK
YOU I'M EIGHTY FIVE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. BY EIGHTY FIVE YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. WILL MOVE ON TO EIGHTY
SIX YOUR LINE IS OPEN. HI GOOD
AFTERNOON HEATHER HARRISON WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ASSISTED LIVING
ASSOCIATION INTO COURT THANK YOU
. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE
NO FOR THE SUPPORTER OF THANK
YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH MODERATOR
BRING IT BACK TO OUR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. THE QUESTIONS
OKAY DO WE HAVE A MOTION- EXCUSE
ME WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
BEFORE WE- I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE RIGHT THANK YOU SO
MUCH. MOVED BY SENATOR MAY HAVE
ARE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FILE
ITEMS AB EIGHT THREE NINE THE
MOTIONS TO PASS AND REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
OF RAGO I AM PROUD OF YOU I HAD
CHAU BOTH THE TROUBLED BY HER
TADO. MENJIVAR MENJIVAR I WILL
HAVE. HE HAS THREE IN THAT BILL
TO CALL THANK MOVE FORWARD WITH
A SEVENTY ONE ONE FOUR SEVEN
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
CHAIRMAN HERE TO PRESENT AB
ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN WHICH IS A
BIPARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION
TO UNSC SPANNED AND IMPROVE
ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR
CALIFORNIANS WITH DISABILITIES.
I DO WANNA THANK OUR ADVOCATES
ORGANIZERS AND SUPPORTERS WHO'VE
SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WORKING ON
THIS LEGISLATION. MANY OF WHOM
HAVE FLOWN TO THE CAPITAL OR
TAKEN BUSES TO THE CAPITAL TO
GIVE TESTIMONY ON THIS BILL. I
ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE
CHAIR FOR HER INTEREST IN THIS
ISSUE AND SUPPORTING FOLKS WITH
DISABILITIES. AND TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR DEDICATION
IN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. AS ALL
OF US HERE TODAY NO THERE'S AN
IMMENSE GAP BETWEEN THE SERVICES
THE INDIVIDUALS NEED AND THE
ONES THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING AND
I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED THIS
AS A TEACHER OF STUDENTS WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS- AS CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES STRUGGLED TO ACCESS
NEEDED CARE WHEN THEY- WERE WITH
ME IN MY CLASSROOM. THIS PROBLEM
IS ESPECIALLY APPARENT AT
CALIFORNIA'S TWENTY ONE REGIONAL
CENTERS WHICH CONTRACT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES TO PROVIDE ASSESSMENTS.
DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY AND OFFER
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR
INDIVIDUALS. WITH INTELLECTUAL
AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
SO IN JUNE OF TWENTY TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR FOUND A
NUMBER OF DEFICIENCIES A
PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR. DISABILITY VOICES UNITED
FOUND THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE
TREATED DIFFERENTLY AND RECEIVE
SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER SERVICES AND
NOT CAUCASIAN PEOPLE. THE PUBLIC
COUNCILS REPORT ON RACIAL AND
ETHNIC ETHNIC INEQUITIES AMONG
CHILDREN SERVED IN REGIONAL
SOUND CENTERS FOUND SIMILAR
DISABILITIES PARTICULARLY FOR
LATINO CHILDREN. AND FINALLY THE
LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION HELD
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE REGIONAL
CENTER SYSTEM THIS PAST FALL. TO
IDENTIFY THE UNDERLYING CAUSES
OF DISPARITIES AND IMPROVE THE
CONSISTENCY. AS WELL AS TIMELY
AND S. OF SERVE DEVELOP DELIVERY
. THE DDS HAS SOME ON A NUMBER
INITIATIVES OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS TO ADDRESS SERVICE
ACCESS AND EQUITY AND
PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES FOR
REGIONAL CENTERS AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS. BUT DESPITE THESE
INITIATIVES MORE HELP IS NEEDED
SO WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT
FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN AREAS FOR
PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
EQUITY ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY AND SPECIFICALLY
THE BILL WOULD CREATE THE
FOLLOWING STANDARDIZED
INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM PLANNING
TIMELY ACCESS TO SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS AVAILABILITY OF
SERVICES TO ALL PERSONS.
COORDINATED STATEWIDE
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
ACCOUNTABILITY THREE NEW
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
AND RACIAL SLASH ETHNIC
REPORTING. SO WITH THESE REFORMS
CALIFORNIA CAN AND WILL SUPPORT-
AND MEET THE NEEDS OF
INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL
AND DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES AND WE DO HAVE
WITNESSES HERE TO TESTIFY. AND
THE ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
AS NEEDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH
WILL MOVE FORWARD LEAD WITNESSES
. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RAVI
SELENA AND I'M A MOTHER OF THREE
CHILDREN SERVED BY REGIONAL
CENTER AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
OF THE INTEGRATED COMMUNITY
SERVER. A COSPONSOR OF AB EIGHT
ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN FIRST I WANT
TO THANK SENATOR ARE BUT I
DON'T. FOR YOU SUPPORT FOR A
REPEAL AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO
OUR COMMUNITY THE INTEGRATED
COMMUNITY. IS BY LET APART
SENSOR UP WITH THIS. WE WERE THE
DATA. THE SHOW'S LEAD RECEIVE
FOR FORTY THREE FOR EVERY
THOUGHT SPENT ON WHITES. AND
THOSE ARE JUST THE LATINOS WHO
ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET SURPLUS
. IN SOME REGIONAL CENTERS. OVER
ONE QUARTER OF THE TEAM'S RECENT
NO SERVICES ARE. SERVICE ISN'T
OUR TITLE COOL. BEHIND THOSE
NUMBERS ARE REAL PEOPLE REAL
FAMILIES REAL STARS. WE WERE
WITH THEM EVERY DAY AND HOLD
THEIR HANDS. AS THEY TRY TO
MEMBER THE FULL. OVERLY SYSTEM
WE ARE THE SHOULDERS THAT FINE
PRICE. BECAUSE THE REGIONAL
CENTER DON'T THEM WITH CHRIS.
DESPITE ARE IN GREAT OVER ONE
WITH THREE A CHILD WITH THIS
BODY. WOULD THIS BE. AND THE
SYSTEM PUTS UP BY OF THE VARIOUS
AND MAKE THEM BEG FOR SAID THAT
ARE ENTITLED. TO PLEASE FAMILIES
. ARE NO WAR BIG OF. ELEVEN FOR
SEVEN HUNDREDS OF THEM TRAVEL TO
SECOND TO FOR THE HARM HAVE INTO
HEARINGS AND SEND LETTERS TO
SUPPORT THAT. THIS IS THE IN THE
MORE EQUITY IN AND TO BE. MOST
PEOPLE MICHAEL DON'T SHOW
REGIONAL CENTER. SAM HI
COMMITTEE ON TO WAY WE CAN ALL
SEE IT AND TO THE S. ORIGINAL
CENTERS THE HUGE PROBLEM. THEY
HAVE. ABOUT THE RACIAL THIS. IN
OUR FOR OVER A DECADE AND
NOTHING HAS. MANY IN OUR
COMMUNITY HAVE GONE TOO LONG
WITHOUT SERVICES. ALL THAT HAVE
DIED WAIT. IF YOU WAS THE CHILD
HELLO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
WAIT. MY COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD TO
WAIT ANY LONGER. ON BEHALF. OF
THE OWNER OVER ONE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY THOUSAND LATINO CHILDREN
AND COUPLES NO SIR BUT REGIONAL
CENTERS RIGHT. THE BULGES OR AB
ELEVEN FOR SEVEN. THANK YOU
THINK ISRAEL IS ME. THIS IS
PLAYING OUT. THE SIXTY COMMON.
HE LOOKS PLEASE THE WHOLE ESOS
THAT THIS ASSEMBLY GET ON BUT
COULD BUT WE MAY GUN MAYBE YOU
DON'T GET THAT WITH ME. BUT WE
COULD ALSO. BUT CAN REQUEST SORT
IS THEY INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW
OF THEIR OF.
THE NUMBER IS YEAH AND IT KIND
OF ENOUGH SORRY MY THEY ONE
MIGHT HAVE YOU ALSO NEED DATE
COULD COME YEAH CENTRAL YOU'LL-
EVEN GO OUT FOR YOU HELLO
KIDDIES SEND I KNOW YEAH BOY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST SAID BOOK
THEM POORLY AB A ON AND YOU AN
S. LEAD WITH IN OPPOSITION BEGIN
HE. TO PAPER ANY MY OF THE
PUBLIC WISHING TO ADD. WE SHOULD
. OPPOSITION OKAY PLEASE GET.
I'M GOOD AFTERNOON HONORABLE
INTO MIGHT IS AMY WESLEY AND I
AM EXACT DIRECTOR OF THE S. OF
REGIONAL AGE- NOTED ERICA WE
REPRESENT ALL ONE THE CAL. OF
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CENTERS
INFORM I WOULD LIKE TO THE
STAFFER THE D. THAT THOUGHTFUL.
OF THIS BILL. ARKIN THE REGIONAL
IT RE REMAIN COME TO US TO VOTE
SERVICES SYSTEM FOR THE MORE
THAN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
CALIFORNIANS WHO RELY UPON IT.
WE RECOGNIZE CALIFORNIA'S UNIQUE
IN THE NATION TITLE MENTOR
CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
COUPLED WITH THE ROLE OF
NONPROFIT BOARDS AND CONNECTING
REGIONAL CENTERS TO LOCAL
COMMUNITIES MAKES THIS SYSTEM
SPECIAL. WE APPRECIATE THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN THE AREA
OF TERMS FOR REGIONAL CENTER
BOARD MEMBERS AS IT REFLECTS A
RECOGNITION OF THE CRITICAL
FUNCTION OF BOARDS IN OVERSIGHT
OF REGIONAL CENTERS AND THE
VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE AND
INDIVIDUAL. THE EXPERIENCE AND
EXPERTISE OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
IN THAT ROLE AS WELL AS THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE MENTORSHIP.
SEASON MEMBERS PROVIDE TO NEW
ONES. THIS AMENDMENT GOES A LONG
WAY TOWARDS ADDRESSING ARKANSAS
OFFICE SESSION TO THIS SECTION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THE CONVERSATION WITH THE
SPONSORS ABOUT OTHER PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION. AND HAVE HAD
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS RELATED
TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR
PROSPECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS. THE
ROLE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND
REFERRING POTENTIAL BOARD
MEMBERS TO THE NOMINATING
COMMITTEE WHILE NOT
PARTICIPATING IN THEIR ELECTION
. ORTON'S OF CONSISTENT ROBUST
TRAINING FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND
PROVIDING FACILITATION. TO THEM
TO SUPPORT THEIR PARTICIPATION.
THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
CALIFORNIA'S DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES SYSTEM CAN CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE TO BETTER SERVE THOSE.
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ITS
SERVICES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS.
HONORABLE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS MY NAME IS ROSE MARIE
BETTIS I SERVICE PRESIDENT OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NORTH
BAY REGIONAL CENTER. WHICH
SERVES THE CLIENTS IN CINEMA
NAPA AND SOLANO COUNTIES. AS
BOARD MEMBERS OF REGIONAL
CENTERS WE TAKE ON A FIDUCIARY
DUTY TO OVERSEE AND MONITOR THE
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF OUR
REGIONAL CENTERS WHICH ARE PART
OF THE COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC
SYSTEM. DEVELOPING AN
UNDERSTANDING OF EVERY COMPONENT
OF OUR AGENCIES REQUIRES TIME AS
BOARD MEMBERS WE MUST REACH A
LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING NECESSARY
TO MONITOR AND MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS BECAUSE WE ARE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DECISIONS WE
MAKE. WANT TO THANK SENATOR OF A
LOT OF GUILT FOR HER AMENDMENT
ELIMINATING THE CHANGES TO THE
TERMS OF OFFICE OF REGIONAL
CENTER BOARD MEMBERS- SHORTENING
THE TERM OF OFFICE. AND
LENGTHENING THE TIME BETWEEN
BOARD TERMS WOULD HAVE
CONFLICTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
OF STRONG EFFECTIVE REGIONAL
CENTER BOARDS OF DIRECTORS.
INCREASING AND DEEPENING OUR
TRAINING IS A BETTER STRATEGY
FOR BALANCING POWER BETWEEN
BOARDS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.
REQUIRING BOARD MEMBERS TO
PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE SERIES
OF BOARD TRAINING MODULES
DEVELOPED CENTRALLY WOULD GIVE
BOARD MEMBERS AN ONLINE TO
KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM WHICH TO
GOVERN. THIS WOULD INCREASE
CONSISTENCY IN THE GOVERNANCE OF
REGIONAL CENTERS. AS A BOARD
MEMBER I STRONGLY SUPPORT
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THOSE
HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE
SYSTEM I KNOW WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO WORK TO BRING ABOUT
TRUE EQUITY IN THE SYSTEM. BUT I
ALSO KNOW THAT THE REGIONAL
CENTER EFFECTIVELY SERVES A VAST
AND DIVERSE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EVERY
DAY. I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THIS
WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP
SOLUTIONS AND TO ADVOCATE TO
BRING ABOUT THE CHANGES NEEDED
TO STRENGTHEN THE EFFICACY
EFFICACY OF THE REGIONAL SYSTEM
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO. EXPRESSED SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION LIKE TO APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE YOUR NAME AFFILIATION
AND POSITION ONLY PLEASE. I WANT
TO SEE THE ENGLISH WAS. IS FINE
YOUR- HIS NAME TURKEY SEND THIS
THAT I THE BANK OF THIS. HOUSTON
KEY PART OF FOR YEAH LAKE I HAVE
IT ON WHEN THEY CITY ASSEMBLY-
AMONG THANGAL NEED CONDI'S. THAT
IS. OF THE STATE AMPLE IS OVER
HERE NOW EITHER ACCESS TO I AND
HE'S ON OF COMMON THEY CAN YOU
THAT WAS SENT THE ADDAMS. US YOU
RESCUE. HI MY NAME IS MARIA
STRONG AND I'M A COMMUNITY
MEMBER FROM SOME AS WELL AND I
AM INTO. OF AB ELEVEN FORTY SAID
THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS
STARK AND I AM WITH THE
INTEGRATED COLLABORATIVE WHICH
SIX OF MOMS. AND PARENTS. AND SO
FABRIC. WHOSE STRONG. SUPPORT AB
IN FORTY. THANK YOU. I PARRISH
THIS IS VOICES YOU- SEVEN AND-
IN SOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT
WE'RE GONNA DOWN TO TELL
EVERYTHING. A MONTEREY WE PLEASE
PROMPT ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WISHING TO EXPRESS SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION FOR ASSEMBLY BILL ONE
ONE FOUR SEVEN. BUT THE NO WE
ALREADY. THANK YOU. ORDER
OPPOSITION- A. B. ELEVEN FORTY
SEVEN YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO. WE WILL ONLY BE TAKING
NAME AFFILIATION AND POSITION
PLEASE WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE ON
THE LINES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE CAN HEAR FROM EVERYONE. THANK
YOU KNOW ACOSTA LINE FORTY SIX
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. MEMBERS
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK
EIGHTY NINE. THE. ONE FIFTY NINE
YOU HAVE A SON NEWS. ALONG
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MODERATOR DO WE
HAVE AUTHORIZATION SERVICES.
WHAT ARE NOT NO. M. LET ME
REPEAT THE DIRECTIONS IN ESPANA.
AB IS THE MOST- RECIPE IN THE
COMMENTS THAT IS POLITICOS BUT A
A. B. WELL NO NOT QUITE CLOSELY
AT THE BORDER OF ORDER THAT MUCH
SOONER BUT I. AM LAUGHING DESI
OWN ALTHOUGH THE REPRESENT THE
E. SUPPOSE THE CM BEFORE.
DESPACITO ARMENIA. THE NUMBER
THERE A LEVEL THE STAFF THINK
WE'LL PUT IT ON THE CENTER
YOU'RE NOT YOUR FOR YOUR NOT NAY
OUT THE PHONE TO YEAR GARCIA.
FORTY FIVE. THANK YOU LINE EIGHT
EIGHT. FIVE EIGHTY EIGHT YEAR IS
OPEN. THIS ONE IS THAT THIS
NUMBER WILL BE LESS YOUNG ECA
COMPARED OKAY. THE NUMBER
MILLION BIGELOW COOKING THE
CENTER SHOULD NOT BE A FOR YOUNG
BILL LA AVENUE. THE REST IS.
THANK YOU LINES NINE. THIS THE
WINNER BURKE NUMBER THREE
THURMOND. OF MY LIVING ROOM WE
HAVE BEEN IN SIMPLISTIC UNITE
YOURSELF WE CAN LOOK AT WOMEN
THE LATE AVE WELL TO PUT IN
PLACE YOU THINK WHICH OF THE
RECORD THAT'S DO A WHAT IS
TRAVEL THAT YOU YES. A.
BUT A FIVE DAY. SIX SIX. THE
NUMBER THE NUMBER. NOBODY EVER
THEIR LIVES HE COME UP A LITTLE
FARTHER FOR THE FULL YEAR
CONSOLIDATION PUBLIC PUBLIC
FOLDER IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE
YOUNGER FITTER MENTALLY CALLING
FOR THAT BUT IF THEY FIELD
GLASSES. NINE FORTY FOR. ONE
FORTY FOR YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THE
WONDERFUL LISTENING OVER THE
SCHOOL SIX LOTUS A LITTLE OVER
COULD NOT BE HOME FOR FINISHING
PROPOSAL THAT YOU LOVE. TO SEE
DOUBLE. PHILOSOPHY FOR BECAUSE
TO FOR NAY OF A ONE SIX FORTY
DIGIT SIX DIGIT DUMBO WILL
FOLLOW THE COLLISION CENTER WILL
SUPPORT YOU WITH OF THE REST.
FIND ONE OLD. WHAT WE KNOW MAKE
MONEY YEAH. OKAY YEAH YEAH YEAH
. YEAH.
YES. THANKS VERY EXCITED LAST
YEAR FOR MY OTHER THERE WHEN
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IF THE FIFTY
CAME TO PERMISSION BAIL AND-
LINE LATE GRATEFUL THEY SEE IF
THEY- FROM THE ELECTRIC EXCEPT.
BETTER SPEED INTERNET OR FOREVER
FLOOR HI MY ANYTHING ON
EXPECTING A HOST OF THEM IF YOU
TRACK. OF MY AFTER.
I HAD. I AM HERE I'M WHICH A LOT
OF. AND I AM. I AM IN SUPPORT OF
AB ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN THANK YOU
SO MUCH THANK YOU. BY. NINETY
TWO. BERNIE MONIES CAN BE DONE I
REPRESENT TRACK NIELSEN
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
FAMILIES AND CRAPPIE FISHING
FAMILIES HERE IN THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND BATTLE
THE ARE STRONGLY INTO PORT A. B.
ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN THANK YOU SO
MUCH THANK YOU. WHY EIGHTY TWO.
HELLO MY NAME CRISTINA MORALES
FROM AUTISM SUPPORT COMMUNITY
AND WE SUPPORT AT ELEVEN FORTY
SEVEN THANK YOU. FIND. SEVENTY
FIVE. YEAH WHEN ASSEMBLY
NUMEROUS MONICA BE GOOD FOR MY
MOM THEY OWN NINO DAY THAT I
SPANIEL YEAH FOR YOUR FUNERAL.
ARE THEIR OWN ACCORDING
THIRTIETH FOR WATER SCHOOL
JOURNALISTS AT THE GOOD AT THERE
LASIUS. NINE FORTY THREE. NUMBER
OF CATALINA SHUTTING HER BRANDON
THE NEW CANAL SEASONAL BAKER
CAME THIRTY FOUR NINE IS WHY YOU
KNOW THANK YESTERDAY YOU FOR
THAT YEAR. SEPPUKU BECAUSE ON
THE A HUNDRED FORTY DAYS HERE
GASKET YES YES. BY NINETY THREE.
FOLLOWING THE NUMBER IN MY DM
VOTERS THE MOTOR WILL BE AND
SPENT ON A LOT FOR I KNOW. YEAH
FOR YOUR PEOPLE DAY LA OPERATE
TO THINGS YOU MESSAGE PRESS.
SIXTY ONE. HELLO MY NAME IS
SONIA MEDALLION- MY PHONE IS
KIND OF THE REASON FOR THE CALL
THANK YOU THREE AND I SUPPORT AB
. ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN THANK YOU
THANK YOU. FIVE EIGHTY THREE. I
AM VERY. YES- YES THIS IS THAT
ESTHER- CELEBRATED WITH THE ICC
AND- I SUPPORT AB ELEVEN DOLLARS
FORTY SEVEN PLEASE PRESS IT
RIGHT AWAY THANK YOU. FIND. ONE
HUNDRED. HI MY NAME IS YASMINE
EVAN LOW RETURNS MY PARENTS- OF
A CONSUMER OF ASSEMBLY UNICENTER
I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT AB
ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN IF YOU CAN
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS THANK YOU
VERY MUCH THANK YOU. WHITE WON
ALL THREE. HI MY NAME IS FIVE
ELECT CRUZ I'M FROM INTEGRATED
COMMITTEE COLLABORATIVE I HAVE A
CHILD FROM- THE CLIMB FROM THE
REGIONAL CENTER- WE ARE TIRED OF
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WE I AM
IN FULL SUPPORT OF AB ELEVEN
FORTY SEVEN THANK YOU THANK YOU
. NINE SIXTY EIGHT. GOOD
AFTERNOON IN GREATLY THAT I WAS
MINE POLICY AND ADVOCACY
DIRECTOR WHAT SPECIAL NEEDS
NETWORK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AB
ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN THANK YOU
THANK YOU. ONE ONE TEN. MY NAME
IS DR HANY CUPERTINO NINE
ARTISTIC CONSUMER WITH THE SAN
DIEGO REGIONAL CENTER AND I HAVE
REGISTERED OPPOSITION TO
ASSEMBLY BILL ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN
YOU MAY HEALTHCARE ANALYST FOR A
WRITTEN VERSION OF MY OPPOSITION
WHICH THEY ARE IN RECEIPT OF
TODAY. THIS BILL THANK YOU SO
MUCH INTEREST YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION AND YOUR- THANK YOU
. REFER TO YOUR AND FOR A
PRINTED VERSION OF OUR
OPPOSITION WE ARE FOUR HUNDRED
CONSUMERS AND ALL THANK YOU SO
MUCH YOU. NINE ONE FIFTEEN. HI
MY NAME IS EVELYN BULLARD AND I
HAVE YOUR IN THE REGIONAL CENTER
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT AB ELEVEN
FORTY SEVEN THANK YOU THANK YOU
. FIVE NINETY SEVEN. BY NINETY
SEVEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN. WILL
MOVE ON TO ONE NINETEEN. THIS.
AND ONE NINETEEN HEREBY IS OPEN
. THE LITTLE. I. AT HOME. FOR
THE MOMENT NINETY SO OF ONE OF
THE- HI IS BRIAN SENIORS
ATTORNEY WITH PUBLIC. AUTHOR OF
THE REPORT THAT WAS REFERENCED
BY ASSEMBLY ADDIS AND I'M
CALLING STRONG SUPPORT FOR AT
ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU LINE ONE EIGHTEEN YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. HE WAS A LUNATIC.
CALLOUS WE'LL UPDATE AVE
REPORTED THAT. HIT THE- THANK
YOU PRESS. MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE
NO OF THIS UP AS TO. OKAY AND
THERE WAS A LINES THAT WE OPENED
- THAT WE PASSED ME JUST DOUBLE
CHECK THAT TERM. THEY'RE NOT
STILL THERE HE DID NOT GET OUR
YEAH IF YOU DID NOT GET YOUR
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION AND YOU
MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO. THE
NUYS THAT'LL SUIT DOES THE
MONEY- IT'LL BE A KID AT THAT SO
THAT'S THE MONEY ALSO REPORT YET
TO THAT EIGHT WHO DON'T WANT TO
SIT THERE FOR FIVE ON A PERSONA
NEWMAN ONO. AND WE DO HAVE A FEW
CUTE ENOUGH THAT DO NOT HAVE A
LINE NUMBER ONE MOMENT PLEASE
OKAY. THANK. NINE ONE TWENTY
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. HI MY NAME IS
CLARA HERE OF THOSE PLANS AND I
AM THE MOTHER OF A YOUNG MAN
THAT IS CIRCUMCISED THE ULTRA
REGIONAL CENTER. AND I AM IN
FAVOR OF AB ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU LINE EIGHTY
NINE YOUR LINE IS OPEN. HI GOOD
AFTERNOON NAME IS VERONICA YEAH
. AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER OF LOS
EFFECTIVELY AND IRENE OFTEN
THERE- A LIFE OF IT. ELEVEN
SEVEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU I'M
- WE DO HAVE ONE MORE THING CAME
IN. ONE MOMENT. AGAIN THAT'S A.
FOR SUPPORTER OPPOSITION YOU MAY
PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO. BUT. GO
TO LINE ONE TWENTY TWO YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. HERE HI GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS AND I GET VERY NICE
THE FORGET ME OF ONE ONE FOUR
SEVEN THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ONE MOMENT AND WE'LL GO TO
LINE. ONE TWENTY THREE YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. HELLO MY NAME IS MERRY
GLENDALE AND OUR SUPPORT I SEE
SEE AND THE ATV. ONE ONE FOUR
SEVEN THANK YOU THANK YOU. HELLO
NINE ONE TWENTY ONE YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. I THINK THE POLITICAL. IF
YOU ON. YES. I THANK YOU SOME.
THANK YOU LINE. SEVEN RIGHT
NINETY SEVEN YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
NOW CAN MEDICARE WE HAVE NO
FURTHER UP TO SHARE SPORT IN
CHAOS OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH- I
WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THAT THIS IS AN IMPERFECT SYSTEM
OF WE DON'T HAVE TRANSLATION- I
APPALLED DO MY BEST AS WE
CONTINUE TO- HERE FROM PUBLIC
COMMENT- BUT I THINK YOU SEE
SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE WERE LIKE HOW DO WE
SOLVE THIS PARTICULAR. FOR THE
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE SO-
DRESSES AT THOSE GIG GAVE ME YOU
KNOW BUT I'M STILL TESTIMONIAL
PLAN- POLITICA IS DISTANCES THAT
MIGHT BE BETTER FACT THAT GATE
NOT THE MOST OTHERS FEEL
RECAPITALIZE THE MUSCLES IN THE
LAMICHAEL POSSIBLY BUT AS WHICH
AT THE LOS. OKAY SO BRING THE
DISCUSSION. BACK TO OUR MEMBERS
IN THIS BILL. SENATE TO REAL
QUICK QUICK I MEAN I'M ESTHER
SUB THREE I'VE DOING WITH THIS
THIS YEAR I MEAN WE HAD A LONG-
AND WONDERFUL- HEARING
INFORMATION HEARING ON THIS AND
I KNOW WE'RE GONNA POTENTIALLY
HAVE SOME TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE.
LATER THIS YEAR THERE'S GOING TO
BE A LINE TO THIS SO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WORKING ON THIS THIS IS REALLY
NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
ANOTHER THERE'S NEEDS TO BE A
LOT OF UNIFORMITY ACROSS
REGIONAL CENTERS A LOT OF MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY ASKING FOR CDSS
TO. BRING A LOT OF MORE KIND OF
LEAD TO REGIONAL CENTER SO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MY
TO MOVE THE BILL WHEN
APPROPRIATE THANK YOU THANK YOU
. SO ASSEMBLY ADDIS- I WANT TO
THANK YOU IN YOUR YOUR STAFF-
JULIE HIS THAT YOUR STAFF YES.
YOUR YOUR PRIMARY LEAD ON
GETTING US TO THIS PLACE BECAUSE
THAT YOU WORKED. VERY OPENLY AND
WILLING WILLING TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE AMENDMENTS PARTICULARLY
TO HELP THE OPPOSITION GET HER
BETTER PLACE AND I HEARD THAT
TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME YOU KEPT
THE INTEGRITY AND THE INTENT OF
YOUR BILL AND I THINK THAT THAT
TO ME IS THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU
BRING FORWARD AS AS A- AS A
LEGISLATOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR TO THE WITH THIS TOPIC THAT
YOU AND I. SHARE A VERY CLOSE
CONNECTION TO. THEM ONE THING
THAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT I
AM A- BIG SUPPORTER OF THE
REGIONAL CENTERS SO- I WAS
EXCITED TO SEE THE NORTH BAY
REGIONAL CENTER HERE TODAY
BECAUSE I. WAS A CLIENT. TWO
THOUSAND FIVE WITH MY YOUNG
DAUGHTER WHO WAS AB- THE WALK
DIDN'T TALK- AND DEB HAD SOME
SEVERE. MOBILITY ISSUES AS WELL.
AND AS A YOUNG MOTHER. KNOWING
THAT YOU HAVE A CHILD. WITH
DIFFERENT ABILITIES. AND WANTING
TO KNOW HOW TO PARENT YOUR CHILD
THAT- DOESN'T COME WITH A
HANDBOOK RATE. OF THE REGIONAL
CENTERS FOR ME WERE REALLY THAT
PLACE THAT I CAN ASK QUESTIONS
WITHOUT JUDGMENT- WHERE IT WAS
LIKE MY ONE STOP. WHERE THE TEAM
THAT REALLY CAME TOGETHER. AND I
WILL SAY THAT. YOU I'VE I'VE
EVOLVED OVER THE HEARSE. IN
TERMS OF MY ABILITY TO ADVOCATE
TO AND REALLY BE A SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE FOR THE- DISABILITY
RIGHTS COMMUNITY AND PROTECTED
EDUCATION- BUT I KNOW HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE A PARENT
AT THE SAME TIME BEING AN
ADVOCATE. FOR A SYSTEM THAT IS
BROKEN AND SO I REALLY FEEL.
VERY CLOSE CONNECTION TO ALL THE
PARENTS TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THAT CAME OUT TODAY TO SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF YOUR OF YOUR CHILDREN-
AND- THIS BILL FOR ME IS THAT
MOVEMENT TOWARDS A PARTNERSHIP
THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE
REGIONAL CENTERS AND OUR
CONSUMERS AND OUR CLIENTS-
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A CLOSE. MUCH
NEEDED PARTNERSHIP- TO BE ABLE
TO SERVE OUR KIDS- MY DAUGHTERS
NOW NINETEEN DOING WONDERFULLY
AND SHE SHARES HER EASTER SALES
EXPERIENCE WITH HER OWN CLIENTS
NOW SHE WORKS WITH KIDS WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS IN SCHOOLS. AND
HAS JUST MADE A PHENOMENAL-
JOURNEY IN HER LIFE AND I COULD
NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT THE
REGIONAL CENTERS AND THE TEAM OF
A ONE POINT THAT OUT. AND WITH
THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. OKAY
SO WE HAVE A MOTION OF WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE BEFORE WE YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TAKE CARE OF
THIS ACROSS HIS HOPE OF THOSE.
WHO I LOVE PRESIDENT THAT
MEDICAL ME DATE FOR SO COMMON
BARRIO- YOUR- SOON- WE'RE NOT
CLOSE- WE SURPRISE CROSSED.
GRASS YES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
GRASS YES THAT'S ANOTHER ORDER
FROM. OF FOR WORKING ON THIS SO
HARD. JOINT THE END OKAY SO
THROW A HORSE NGUYEN PUSHED ON
THE ASSEMBLY AND- EAGERLY SORT
OF STUMBLING ACROSS YES OPPOSE
GAY ONTO YOUR AUTO- AMID NEED A
PART OF OUR- SUIT TESTING. I SAW
MILLION SPENT AND- I PRODUCT AND
ALSO THROWS FOR ARE WE LOOK STOP
US UNDER. AND WITH THAT THEY BE
LAURA BUT THE- BAKED BOTH OF A.
I. YEAH. MEMBER. FULL OF
SURPRISES. SURPRISE. I WOULD
JUST SAY YOU KNOW THE KERN TO.
SPEAK IN YOUR NATIVE WAY I WE
OFTEN FORGET. WHEN WE FROM
PUBLIC AND- I KNOW A MEN THE
PUBLIC'S YOU KNOW THIS ENGLISH
IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE-
ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LIKE
EITHER THE KERR TO BE ABLE TO
COME UP IN LANGUAGE THAT'S NOT
YOUR PRIMARY LANGUAGE. AND BRING
SUCH EMOTION EXPERIENCE AND REAL
FACTS TO- FRIEND OF THIS
COMMITTEE IS SO POWERFUL AND
MUCH NEEDED SO DON'T STOP KEEP
DOING IT- ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO
THE A PLEASE CALDERON. FILE ITEM
EIGHTEEN A ONE FOURTH THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY OF ROMEO
I OF RODRIGUEZ AYE A SHOWBOAT I
TROUBLED BY FURTADO. MENJIVAR
MENJIVAR I WILL HAVE. OKAY SETS
THREE ZERO AND WE WILL PUT THAT
BILL ON CALL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MMHM RATE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED A
LITTLE STRETCH BREAK HERE. OKAY
WE HAVE A FINAL NUMBER ELEVEN
RIGHT. GET A BRING SOME BLOOD TO
MY LEGS HERE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER-
BORDER I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE
WAITING FOR. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JACKSON DR ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JACKSON IS THAT IS THAT OKAY ALL
RIGHT I'M JUST A LITTLE STRETCH
BREAK. OKAY RIGHT VERY NICE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. HEY
ALL RIGHT SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
TO ITEM NUMBER FIFTEEN ASSEMBLY
BILL FIVE EIGHT NINE THE MEMBER
BOARD WHEN YOU'RE READY THANK
YOU- GOOD AFTERNOON SURE THE
MEMBERS FOR SMALL THANK YOU TO
OUR ASSEMBLY HUMAN RESOURCES
HERE FOR LET ME JUMP THE LINE.
AND I DO HAVE A FLIGHT THAT I
HAVE TWO CATS- BUT EIGHTY FIVE
EIGHTY NINE WILL UPON
APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE
ESTABLISH A THREE YEAR PILOT FOR
PROJECT. OF THE UNICORN HOMES
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING HOME FOR
HOMELESS LGBTQ YOUTH PROGRAM IN
THE COUNTIES OF SAN DIEGO AND
SACRAMENTO. LGBTQ CENTERS WITHIN
EACH COUNTY WOULD ADMINISTER THE
PROGRAM PROVIDING CRISIS
INTERVENTION WITH A TRAUMA
INFORMED APPROACH THOSE ELIGIBLE
USE IN LGBTQ AFFIRMING HOST
HOMES. PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS
LGBTQ ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. HAVE GREATER
DIFFICULTY FINDING SHELTERS THAT
ACCEPT AND RESPECT THEM.
OFTENTIMES LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS AT
GREATER RISK OF ASSAULT TRAUMA
AND EARLY DEATH COMPARED TO
THEIR HETEROSEXUAL. PEERS
ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS IS
A KEY PRIORITY FOR THE STATE.
THERE'S NO STATE HOUSING PROGRAM
TARGETED DIRECTLY AT LGBT Q.
YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UNICORNS HOMES IS A PROGRAM
WITHIN THE NORTH COUNTY. SAN
DIEGO LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER THAT
AIMS TO PROVIDE CRISIS
INTERVENTION AND TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING TO LGBTQ YOUTH WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. TO
THE FAMILY REJECTION WITH THE
ULTIMATE GOAL THREE NIGHT
FAMILIES FOR IMPOSSIBLE. SIMILAR
PROGRAMS CALLED HOST HOMES.
EXIST IN THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO
LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE
SACRAMENTO L. G. B. T. COMMUNITY
CENTER THAT HELP HOUSE LGBTQ
YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND LGBTQ AFFIRMING HOMES.
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO CHARGES
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PANDEMIC THE
HOST ON HIS PROGRAM HERE IN
SACRAMENTO LGBT CENTER HAS TO
AND HAD TO AND ITS OPERATIONS A
FEW MONTHS AGO. THEY MADE THE
DIFFICULT DECISION TO DIVERT THE
FUNDS FROM THE HOST HOMES
PROGRAM TO CONTINUE OFFERING
THEIR YOUTH SHELTER.
ESTABLISHING A UNICORN HOMES
PILOT PROJECT. WILL NOT ONLY
PROVIDE STABLE HOUSING. FOR LGBT
YOUTH EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
BUT ALSO FOR PASS HIM MENTAL
HEALTH CARE AT MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES JOB READINESS AN
INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS
THROUGH A G. B. T. Q. CENTERS.
IN A CAR HOMES PROGRAM DOES NOT
REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE MAKING IT A
LOW COST FLEXIBLE A VALUABLE
STEPPING STONE WELL YOUTH WAIT
FOR MORE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.
WITH SO MUCH INTOLERANCE AND
HOSTILITY TOWARD THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY LATELY IT'S IMPERATIVE
THAT WE HAVE THE SAFETY NET FOR
POPULATION OF USE THAT
EXPERIENCE FAMILY REJECTION AT A
HIGHER RATE THAN OUTSIDE OF THE
L. G. B. T. Q. SPECTRUM. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE AND
HERE WITH ME TODAY IS CRAIG
PULLS OVER LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE QUALITY CALIFORNIA. THANK
THANK YOU. HI GOOD AFTERNOON
TURN MEMBERS CRIPPLES FROM
BEHALF OF CALL THE CALIFORNIA.
PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF AB FIVE EIGHT NINE
AND APPRECIATE SOME MEMBER FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.
ACCORDING TO THE TREVOR PROJECT
NEARLY A THIRD OF LGBTQ YOUTH
REPORTED EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. OR HOUSING
INSTABILITY AT SOME POINT IN
THEIR LIVES. AND THESE RATES ARE
EVEN HIGHER AMONG TRANSCEND BY
NON BINARY YOUTH AND LGBTQ YOUTH
OF COLOR. MANY OF THESE YOUTH
HAVE BEEN DISOWNED BY THEIR
FAMILIES OR ESCAPING EMOTIONAL
AND PHYSICAL ABUSE BECAUSE OF
THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR
GENDER IDENTITY. BUT FAMILY
REJECTION THE CERTAINLY NOT THE
ONLY CAUSE. AGING OUT OF THE
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM POVERTY AND
SHORTAGES OF SHELTER AND HOUSING
PROGRAMS CAN ALSO LEAVE MANY
LGBTQ. YOUTH WITH NO OR THE CO.
L. YOU WHO EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING.
EXPERIENCE HIGHER RATES OF
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
INCLUDING DEPRESSION PTSD AND
SUICIDE. THEY'RE ALSO AN EVEN
GREATER RISK OF VIOLENCE
TRAFFICKING AND FURTHER
EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE IN
SHELTERS OR ON THE STREETS. LOW
BARRIER HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE
DESPERATELY NEEDED TO SUPPORT
THESE YOUTH. ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT ARE WELCOMING AFFIRMING AND
INCLUDE ACCESS TO OTHER SUPPORT
SERVICES. SEVERAL LGBT CENTERS
ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING
SACRAMENTO AND SAN DIEGO.
CURRENTLY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR LGBTQ
YOUTH. AND AB FIVE EIGHT NINE
WOULD HELP TO BUILD AND EVALUATE
THESE EXISTING PROGRAMS. THIS
THREE YEAR PILOT WOULD PROVIDE
FUNDING TO LGBTQ COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. TO HELP IDENTIFY
AND TRAIN VOLUNTEERS WHO COULD
PROVIDE THESE YOUTH WITH A SAFE
AND AFFIRMING PLACE TO STAY. THE
PROGRAM HELPS PROMOTE HOUSING
STABILITY WITH AN ULTIMATE GOAL
OF REUNITING THEM WITH THEIR
FAMILIES WHENEVER POSSIBLE. OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE
LEGISLATURE HAS RIGHTLY MADE
HOMELESSNESS ONE OF ITS TOP
PRIORITIES. YET PROGRAMS TO
ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF
LGBTQ YEAR. REMAIN FAR TOO
LIMITED. THIS BILL IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP TO HELP ADDRESS
THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING
THESE VULNERABLE YOUTH AND I
RESPECTFULLY URGE HER AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ME LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. OKAY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION HIS APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE IS THIS ON THEIR
BEHALF- CADMIUM CHILD AND
ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU THANK YOU. RIGHT HOME
IT NOW MOVES THE
TELECONFERENCING SERVICES.
MODERATOR PLEASE PROMPT ANY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
EXPRESS. OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT
FOR AB FIVE EIGHT NINE THAT WE
ARE READY. OF COURSE LAYS IN
GERMAN IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A
COMMENT IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO.
WE'LL BE GOING TO LINE SEVENTY
NINE PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.
WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU. AND THERE'S
CURRENTLY NO ONE ELSE IN THE
QUEUE AT THIS TIME OKAY WE'LL
BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THUNDERMANS OF OUR THANK YOU SO
MUCH ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR
BRINGING THIS UP I KNOW THIS
YEAR YOU KNOW. I'M NOT SURE HOW
THE PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE GONE
FIRST MEMBER HERE BUT I REALLY
APPRECIATE A LOT OF THE
LEGISLATION THAT'S MOVING
THROUGH BOTH HOUSES TO ADDRESS
THE CRISIS BOTH ON HOMELESSNESS
TO ADDRESS THE-
DISPROPORTIONATE. REPRESENTATION
OF MY OWN HE PLUS YOUTH IN THE
VARIETY OF CRISIS IS THAT WOULD
WORK. RECESSES VERSUS CRISES
ORIGINALLY IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA I REALLY WANNA
APPRECIATE I WANT TO THANK YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND I KNOW.
YOU KNOW IN THE COMMENTS- I'M OF
THE ANALYSIS MANAGER YOU KNOW
YOU'RE YOU'RE A HUGE CHAMPION
AND RURAL AREAS- I KNOW YOU
ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S- A ROBUST FOR THE ENTIRE
STATE. IN THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
WORK TO DO IN A ROW AREAS TO
BRING THOSE COMMUNITY CENTERS TO
THOSE AREAS AND I KNOW YOUR
INTENTION IS TO HAVE ALREADY A
STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU
CAN BUILD OFF OF YOU KNOW. AND I
THINK ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS
THAT WE NEED TO DO IN RURAL
AREAS IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE
STAPLES COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT
ARE. DOING THAT COULD DO THE
WORK AND THEN. PUT PILOTS IN
THOSE AREAS BUT FOR NOW I KNOW
YOU LOOKED TO FIND PILOTS OR YOU
LOOK TO FIND ENTITIES THAT WERE
DOING SOME WORK. I'M IN BUILD
OFF OF THAT SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WELL ACTUALLY IF IT WERE
UP TO ME AND BUDGET WAS AND LAST
I WOULD JUST PUT ONE IN EVERY
COUNTY I EVERY FRANK I'D LIKE
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. BUT IN
NORTH COUNTY- ARE UNICORNS HOME
PROGRAM IN NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ-
CENTER. SERVES ABOUT TWENTY TWO
FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO USE A
YEAR. ON I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE AND THEN THE
PARTICLE THIS PILOT IS WANT TO
REESTABLISH. ON THE SECOND
PROGRAM BUT ALSO TO GET THAT
DATA THAT VERIFIES THE IMPACT.
THAT WHEN DONE CONSISTENTLY WITH
FUNDING. WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE
ON OUR LGBTQ YOUTH. WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
THEN BASED ON THAT. I'M SURE
AGAINST THE OTHER BILLS AND
BUDGET. COME BACK FORWARD AND
ACTUALLY OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER WE VISITED
THE GRAND OPENING OF THE FIRST
EVER IN RIVERSIDE. COUNTY IF I'M
NOT MISTAKEN- LGBTQ PLUS. TRENDS
HOUSING FOR YOU. AND AS WELL THE
FIRST OF ITS KIND SO I WE NEED
OF THOSE ARE. THE STATE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. CAN CHAU BOOK.
HELLO AND THANK YOU. I HAD THE-
TO- VOTE ON THIS. HERE THIS
POLICY FIRST IN- I BELIEVE IT
WAS HOUSING HOMES AND HOUSING.
BUT WE HEARD IT. I SUPPORTED THE
BILL AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE
SUPPORT THE BILL BECAUSE IT IS A
PILOT PROGRAM. AND I THINK IT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER DATA.
AND INFORMATION I KNOW THERE'S
BEEN SOME CONCERNS IN YOUR FEEL
FREE TO COMMENT ON IT BUT
THERE'S A- THERE'S CONCERNS WITH
REGARDS TO THE FACT THAT. IT
PRIORITIES AS ONE GROUP OF
PEOPLE VERSUS NEED IN GENERAL
FOR OUR YOUTH. WHO IS HOMELESS-
SO THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN THAT
I HAVE HEARD- WITH REGARDS TO
PRIORITIZE THE ONE ONE
DEMOCRATIC OVER OR JUST IN
GENERAL THE YOUTH. WHO ARE
SUFFERING FROM. HOMELESSNESS SO
THAT'S THE ONLY ONLY SET BACK OR
THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO EXPRESS. THEN YOU'RE
FREE TO COMMENT ON THAT IF YOU'D
LIKE BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A
PILOT PROGRAM AND YOU'LL GIVE US
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER DATA.
YES AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THAT UP I THINK WHEN YOU HEARD
THE STATISTICS ABOUT HOME WHAT
PORTION. OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE LGBT Q. THAT IS
THE REASON THAT YOU'RE TARGETING
IT BECAUSE THERE AREN'T THE
PEOPLE DON'T FEEL WELCOME AT
SHELTERS. THEY ARE SUBJECT TO
MORE ABUSE ON THE STREET THERE'S
A DIFFERENT PROPORTIONALITY OF
WHAT'S AFFECTED. AND THAT
BECAUSE OF FAMILY REJECTION
THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC THING
THAT HAPPENS AND LGBT Q.
COMMITTEES I KNOW MY SISTER CAME
OUT WHEN SHE WAS TWENTY THREE.
YOU KNOW I THINK SHE WAS
TERRIBLE THIS WAS A LONG TIME
AGO BUT SHE WAS TERRIFIED THAT
HER OUR FAMILY WHICH- I. WHICH
TO HAPPEN- YOU KNOW TO ONE
PARENT LONGER THAN THE OTHER TO
THE FIGURE IT OUT BUT- YOU KNOW
IT WAS ALSO TWENTY THREE. AND
WHAT SHE HAD BEEN REJECTED. HOW
SHE HAS DEALT WITH AND SO I
THINK YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A
GROUP THAT HAS AN UNDUE IMPACTS-
AN UNDUE RISK. AN UNDUE HARM
THEN IT'S A MOVES US TO HAVE
THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE
PROGRAMS. FOR YOUTH SHELTERS BUT
NOT ALL TO BE TO ALL OF TO BE TO
QUEUE YOU FELT COMFORTABLE. I'M
GOING TO THOSE SHELTERS AND THIS
HOST HOME PROGRAM. REALLY HAS
REALLY LGBTQ AFFIRMING TRAINED.
HOST HOMES THE AND WITH THE GOAL
OF REUNITE EVERY NIGHT REUNITING
FAMILIES WHICH I THINK IS SO
IMPORTANT. WE LOOK AT REDUCING
HOMELESSNESS THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT
B. MY- STATE WILL BE OF THAT.
AMOUNT IS THE CHAIR. SO JUST A
FOLLOW UP ON THAT. HOW WOULD YOU
RESPOND TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
MIGHT FEEL THAT YOU ARE
ISOLATING JUST THE L. G. B. T.
Q. TWO. A GROUP OF HOUSING.
VERSUS HAVING THEM INVENTED
INCLUSIVE IN OTHER IN OTHER
HOUSING SO THERE AND HOST HOMES.
THERE AND HOST OF THEY'RE NOT
AND A SHELTER. THERE AND- OF
FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
BACKGROUND CHECKED. AND WHO HAVE
BEEN TRAINED. ON HOW TO HELP-
ENCOURAGE AND MENTOR AND SUPPORT
LGBTQ YOUTH. AND SO THEY'RE NOT
AND A SEPARATE SHELTER THERE IN
THESE HOMES WHERE THEY CAN HAVE
THAT LOVING SUPPORT THAT MAYBE
THEY DIDN'T FEEL IN THEIR HOMES.
AND HELP YOU KNOW AND IF IN
CASES WHERE YOU CAN'T REUNITE
FAMILIES AND GIVING THEM THE
SKILLS SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP
ON THE STREETS. WERE MORE HARM
WILL COME TO THE- SO I WAS
SMILING AS- THAT ARE MEN
COMPARED WITH WAS MENTIONING AND
KIND OF WHERE. MY POSITION IS IN
TERMS OF REAL COMMUNITIES AND I
LOVE THAT BECAUSE THAT MEANS
THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
FOR QUITE SOMETIME. AND I DEPEND
ON HER AS THE CHAIR OF BUDGET.
IS IT ITS BUDGET THREE RIGHT
YES- TO MAKE THESE GREAT
POLICIES. GET THE FUNDING AND
THEN MOVE IT FORWARD SO AB I
FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THE I'M
HERE. NOW WHEN I FIRST SAW THE
BILL- AND IT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE I OWN MY OWN TEAM SAYS
OUT THERE'S NO RULE
REPRESENTATION IS STILL YOU'RE
NOT GONNA LIKE IT. AND I LOOKED
AT IT AND I SAID ONE THING THAT
I DO REALLY LIKE. IS THAT YOU
LOOKED AT NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. THAT TO ME SHOWS
THAT THE YOUR VERY THOUGHTFUL
INSANE. ALL DAY DOES NOT EQUAL
RIGHT- WHAT I WHAT I DO KNOW IS.
YOU KNOW I OPEN MY HOME FOR
ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND- UP.
THE MAJORITY OF THE USE THAT I
GOT TO WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
WERE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS
THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED FROM
THEIR FAMILIES. FOR LGBTQ YOUTH
. AND IT WASN'T A PROGRAM IT
WASN'T SOMETHING I SET UP BUT IT
IT. BECAME A SAFE PLACE FOR
YEARS TO COME AND BE THEMSELVES
. AND I'LL TELL YOU THEY WERE
ALL COMING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES
OTHER THAN WHERE I LIVED IN
WHERE THEY LANDED. THEY CAN JUST
LANDED THERE IS A ONE THING I
MEAN TO BE INTERESTED IN YOUR
STUDY BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW
WHERE OUR KIDS. WHERE WAS THAT
ORIGIN OF THE PLACE WHERE THE
KIDS STARTED. TO THEN GO DOWN
THE TRACK OF HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES AND HOW DID THEY THEN
FIND. OF THE UNICORN PROGRAM.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT DATA FOR ME
IS GOING TO BE VERY. TELLING IN
TERMS OF HOW WE SERVE AND
REPRESENT THE URBAN URBAN OR
RURAL COMMUNITIES LGBTQ YOUTH IN
RURAL COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE I
TELL YOU- I THINK I WAS UP IN
CINEMA THEN AND CINEMA CINEMA
COUNTY THAT. AND THE USE THAT
WERE COMING TO ME OR AT THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. THAT'S A LOT OF
MILES TO TRAVEL TO COME TO A
SAFE PLACE. AND SO- BY I KNOW WE
NEED TO DO BETTER. FOR OUR LGBTQ
PLUS YOUTH- AND I'M EXCITED TO
SEE THIS DATA SO MANY KEEP. KEEP
POKING AT YOU WHAT WE HOW IT
WORKS SAN DIEGO SACRAMENTO LET'S
BRING IT BACK BUT LET'S SEE WHAT
HAPPENS WE CAN WE CAN LEARN FROM
THAT DATA. I I'M HAPPY TO
PARTNER WITH YOU AND YOU AS I
SAID MIKE MY FIRST VERSION WAS
LIKE LET'S HAVE IN EVERY COUNTY
BUT I JUST DO IT EVERYWHERE.
YEAH AND THEN WE STARTED LOOKING
AT IT AND I THINK. I WOULD BE A
BOON FOR MY TEAM BECAUSE I GAVE
IN THIS IDEAS LIKE. WE NEED TO
DO THIS AND HAS LIKE A BIT WITH
ME FOR LIKE TWO DAYS. AGO ABOUT
THE DIFFERENCE ASSEMBLY MEMBER-
AND SO LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF
WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE
BUT I THINK. REALLY HAVING WHEN
YOU FUND A PROGRAM AND YOU DO IT
WELL WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
THAT SENTIMENT. EXACTLY WHAT ARE
THE LESSONS THAT IT TELLS US
THAT WE CAN APPLY. IN OTHER
AREAS. GREAT OKAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE BACK FOR US
FROM A VOTE. I THINK YOU. MIGHT
HAVE A MOTION FROM SACRAMENTO
BARTLETT. THE- CALL THE ROLL.
FILE ITEM FIFTEEN. AB FIVE EIGHT
NINE THE MOTION IS TO PASS. A
ROOF. TO THE- ON. OF ROGO HI.
HAVE RUN DO I SHOW BOTH. A
TROUBLED BY HER TOTAL. MENJIVAR
MANJA. I'D WELL. HEY VOTE IS
THREE AS ZERO THAT WILL. BUT
BUILT ON CALL. THANK YOU ALL
RIGHT THE YOU SO MUCH. GREAT
OKAY. DOCTOR JACKSON WELCOME. MY
FELLOW CO CHAIR IN THE ASSEMBLY
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH- MADAM
CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
IS. INDEED MY HONOR TO. PRESENT
ASSEMBLY BILL FOUR TWENTY SIX
YOU. THIS BILL WILL ENSURE OUR
STATE'S MOST VULNERABLE FOSTER
YOUTH ARE NOT FORCED TO SLEEP IN
PLACES THAT ENDANGER THEIR
WELFARE SUCH AS OFFICE BUILDINGS
FOR JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS.
WHEN YOU ENTER CALIFORNIA'S
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WE THE STATE
BECOME THEIR CUSTODIAL PARENTS.
WE HAVE THE DUTY AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING ARE
THE TOP PRIORITY. THESE CHILDREN
ARE ALREADY IN DURING A
TRAUMATIC EVENT OF BEING
SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILY AND
IT IS THE STATE'S JOB TO PREVENT
ANY FURTHER TRAUMA. AS MANY OF
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR HEARD OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS THERE ARE
REPORTS OF CHILDREN BEING FORCED
TO SLEEP. IN PLACES QUITE
FRANKLY THAT ARE NOT HEALTHY- OR
NOT EVEN MEANT FOR HUMAN BEINGS
TO SLEEP. AND FRESNO COUNTY OUR
FOSTER YOUTH WERE SLEEPING ON
TOP OF DESKS WITHOUT ACCESS TO A
SHOWER AND RELIEVING THEMSELVES
IN WATER BOTTLES. IN SACRAMENTO
COUNTY OUR FOSTER YOUTH WERE
PLACED AND FORMER DETENTION
FACILITY WHERE THERE WAS A
SINGLE SHARED BATHROOM FOR
FOURTEEN USE. THAT LOCKED FROM
THE OUTSIDE AND THAT THEY HAD TO
ASK PERMISSION TO USE. I WANT TO
REMIND EVERYONE THAT THESE ARE
CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA'S FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM. HAVE WE WOULDN'T
ACCEPT OUR OWN CHILDREN OR
FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN THESE
CONDITIONS WE SHOULD ACCEPT IT
FOR THESE VULNERABLE YOUTH
EITHER. CURRENTLY THERE ARE FEW
MECHANISMS FOR THE STATE TO STEP
IN AND ASSIST THESE COUNTIES
WHEN THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND
PROPER PLACEMENTS. WHEN THE
STATE BECOMES AWARE THAT THERE
ARE FOSTER YOU BEING HOUSED IN
UNSAFE CONDITIONS. THIS BILL
AUTHORIZES THE STATE TO NOTIFY
COUNTIES THAT THEY HAVE SIXTY
DAYS TO FIND APPROPRIATE
PLACEMENTS. WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE STATE AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE. IN
ORDER FOR FOSTER YOUTH- TO- IN
ORDER FOR THEM TO BE AND SAFER
HEALTHIER PLACES- AND BEFORE A
TEMPORARY PLACEMENT MANAGER IS
INSTALLED AND CIVIL PENALTIES
ARE INCREASED. THE CURRENT
PENALTY FOR PLACING YOUTH AND
UNSAFELY I'M LICENSE FACILITIES
IS TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY.
AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE. AS
OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS TO
DOLLARS IN TODAY'S EQUIVALENT IS
FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX
DOLLARS. THIS BILL WILL SET
CIVIL PENALTIES AT FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS PER DAY PER CHILD FOR
THE FIRST SIXTY DAYS OF NON
COMPLIANCE. AND THEN WILL
INCREASE TO FIVE THOUSAND PER
DAY PER CHILD ON DAY SIXTY ONE
AT THE YOUTH STILL ARE
LANGUISHING. IN ON SAFE
FACILITIES. OVER THE LAST TEN
YEARS- AND THANKS TO MEMBERS OF
THIS LEGISLATURE. BUT WE HAVE
REFORMED OUT SHALL WHERE FILL
SYSTEM TO BE CHILD CENTERED AND
FOCUSED ON REPEAL OF REMOVING
CHILDREN FROM CONGREGATE
SETTINGS. BECAUSE STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN HOW HARMFUL AND
DETRIMENTAL THEY ARE TO USE WELL
BEING. I MYSELF HAVE WORKED IN A
LEVEL TWELVE CONGREGANTS
FACILITY IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH
COLLEGE SO I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND
THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT- THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE COULD FIND
THEMSELVES IN. HOWEVER COUNTIES
HAVE REPORTED CHALLENGES AND
SHIFTING THEIR FOCUS AWAY FROM
CONGREGATE CARE SETTINGS AND
TOWARD HOME LIKE SETTINGS WITH
FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN POSSIBLE. SO
LET ME BE CLEAR I RECOGNIZE THIS
BILL WILL NOT FIX THOSE
PARTICULAR CHALLENGES BUT IT IS
MY INTENTION NEXT YEAR AND
WORKING. WITH MY COLLEAGUE IN
THE SENATE ON THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE TO FINALLY. UPDATE AND
FIX THE VERY COMPLEX CHALLENGES-
THAT ARE COUNTIES ARE FACING.
BUT AT THIS POINT THE STATUS QUO
IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THROUGHOUT
THE STATE TONIGHT THERE WILL BE
YOUNG PEOPLE SLEEPING IN OFFICE
SPACES. THE QUESTION IS ARE WE
OKAY WITH THAT. AND WE HAVE GOT
TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN
WHEN THEY ARE IN OUR CARE TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS. SO THIS BILL IS
SIMPLY AIMED AT KEEPING OUR
FOSTER YOUTH OUT OF TIME LIKE
SPENT. I'M HEALTHY I'M LICENSE
PLACES. I AM COMMITTED AGAIN TO
WORKING ON THE CHALLENGES AND
THE FRUIT FUTURE AND THE PURPOSE
OF THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM IS
TO KEEP ARE YOU SAFE. AND
PROTECT THEM FROM FURTHER
NEGLECT AND ABUSE. IT IS URGENT
THAT WE ACT NOW SO THAT ALL
FOSTER YOUTH HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. AND THESE
SAVINGS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO
SUPPORTING CHILDREN. HI THIS IS
JUST THE FIRST STEP IN MAKING
SURE THAT ALL FOSTER YOUTH HAVE
A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU. GIVE ME WITNESSES
WITH YOU TODAY I HAVE NO
WITNESSES AT THIS TIME I THINK
YOU ANY MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC
OF LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
. GOOD AFTERNOON AMERICANS FROM
BEHALF OF THE COUNTY WELFARE
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION WE VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR'S
ENGAGEMENT ON THIS ISSUE BUT
REGRETTABLY WE DO OPPOSE- EIGHTY
FOUR TWENTY SIX. NO ONE WANTS
ANY OF OUR FOSTER YOUTH TO SPEND
EVEN ONE NIGHT AND UNLICENSED
PLACEMENT BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT
SIMPLY THE REALITY THAT COUNTIES
HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR AT
LEAST THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THERE'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH
TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT
SETTINGS FOR OUR YOUTH AND THIS
BILL UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T
REALLY STOP. SINCE IMPLEMENTING
THE CONTINUUM OF CARE REFORM
CALIFORNIA'S WE GREAT STRIDES IN
REDUCING THE USE OF CONGREGATE
CARE BUT WE'VE ALSO LOST MANY OF
OUR TREATMENT OPTIONS. AS SOME
GROUP HOMES TO DOCTORS
TRANSITION INTO- SHORT TERM
RESIDENTIAL THERAPY PLACEMENTS
OR A SECURITY PIECE. FEDERAL
POLICY ADDITIONALLY HAS-
RESULTED IN FURTHER REDUCTIONS.
AT THE SAME TIME COMMUNITY BASED
SUPPORTS FOR FAMILIES HAVEN'T
KEPT PACE WITH THE NEED LEAVING
COUNTIES WITH LITERALLY NO WHERE
TO TURN FOR YOUTH WHO HAVE THE
MOST COMPLEX AND CROSS CUTTING
NEEDS. BASED ON CDS IS THAT OPEN
DATA. CALIFORNIA'S LOST OVER ONE
THOUSAND BEDS NEXT YEAR TEEPEES
LOST EUROPOL. AND LET ME JUST BE
CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T A MONEY
PROBLEM. COUNTY'S REGULARLY PAID
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH
SOMETIMES DOUBLE THAT FOR S.
TIER TEEPEES OF ONE. SO THAT A
FAST YOU CAN BE AN UNLICENSED
SERVICE REPLACEMENT TO ADDRESS
THEIR COMPLEX NEEDS. IN SOME
COUNTIES THOSE COSTS OF ACTUALLY
EXCEEDED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS PER MONTH. M. AS AN
EXAMPLE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
RECENTLY AGREED TO FUND AND ASK
YOUR TP OF ONE FOR SEVENTY FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH. THAT
DOES NOT INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES SO THAT WILL BE AN
ADDITIONAL COST. WE ASKED
SACRAMENTO COUNTY ASKED CDSS TO
EXPEDITE THE APPROVALS SO THAT
THE CHILD WAS NOT IN AN
UNLICENSED SETTING FOR ANY
LONGER. CSS HAS YET TO DO SO.
CANNONS ARE WILLING TO PAY WHAT
IT TAKES TO ENSURE THESE
CHILDREN ARE IN SERVICE RICH
APPROPRIATE PLACEMENTS BUT THERE
IS JUST SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH TO GO
AROUND. CSS HAS ALREADY HAS TWO
SEPARATE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS-
TOLD COUNTIES ACCOUNTABLE
THROUGH EITHER THE COMMUNITY
CARE LICENSING ADMINISTRATIVE
AUTHORITY OR ALSO UNDER WELFARE
AND INSTITUTIONS CODE ONE ZERO
SIX ZERO FIVE WE'RE IN AGREE
JUST CASES. THEY CAN TAKE OVER A
COUNTY CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENTS
IF WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR LEGAL
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FOSTER
YOUTH. THE BILL'S ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS PENALTIES IN THE
ABILITY FOR THE STATE TO TAKE
OVER PARTICULAR FACILITY. DOES
NOTHING TO SOLVE OUR UNDERLYING
PROBLEM. OF WHY THE CHILDREN ARE
IN LICENSE SETTING IN THE FIRST
PLACE. WE'RE COMMITTED TO
FINDING A SOLUTION FOR THIS
CRISIS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS
VERSION OF AB FOUR TWENTY SIX
DOES NOT DO THAT. FOR THOSE
REASONS WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE BILL
TODAY. THANK YOU. CALIBRATES
HAVE THIS AFTERNOON ON BEHALF OF
THE URBAN COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE ROLE COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA
WELL I'M WE SURE VERY MANY OF
THE SAME CONCERNS MENTIONED BY
THE WELFARE DOCTORS AND I. WON'T
REPEAT ANY OF THEM- I JUST WANT
TO NOTE THAT THE BILL ADDS A NEW
PENALTIES ON- ON PERSONS WORKING
FOR THE COUNTY SO ON SOCIAL
WORKERS. OR ON SUPERVISORS ARE I
GUESS POTENTIALLY COUNTY
SUPERVISORS LANGUAGE IS NOT
CLEAR- AND I AND WE HAVE I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE'VE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH AUTHOR ABOUT
THIS- WE'VE- WE WERE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT HAVING A
CHILLING EFFECT ON OUR ALREADY
DIFFICULT OR CORRECT. AND
RETENTION IF YOU ISSUES IF THERE
ARE POTENTIAL FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS CIVIL. PENALTIES PER DAY
PLACED ON- THE STAFF THAT DO DO
THIS WORK ON TRAVEL FAIRFIELD
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. ASSEMBLY MEMBER DID YOU WANT
TO. ADDRESS ANY OF THE- ONCE IN
THE OPPOSITION. SURE ABOUT THE
TIME THING I KNOW. WHAT THEY ARE
NOT NOT NOT A PROBLEM I THINK
THAT THAT'S THE FIRST THING IS
THAT- WHAT THE OPPOSITION IS
BRINGING UP ASSIST TOTALLY
SEPARATE ISSUE FROM WITH THIS
BILL IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE. THIS
BILL IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO
MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT
SLEEPING. PLACES THAT WERE NOT
MEANT FOR HUMAN BEINGS TO SLEEP
. THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER IT'S
LICENSED OR UNLICENSED. RIGHT
THIS THERE IS AND THE STATE EVEN
RECOGNIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES THIS EVEN
RECOGNIZES. THAT SURE WE WOULD
NOT WANT A YOUNG PERSON. TO EVEN
SLEEP AND HAVE TO SLEEP IN A
HOTEL ROOM. RIGHT BUT IS MET FOR
HUMANE THE SLEEP IN. SO WE'LL
GIVE YOU SOME WIGGLE ROOM THERE
. OFFICE SPACES. IT'S NOT OKAY.
SOME COUNTIES HAVE EVEN USED
AIRBNB IN ORDER TO FOR
TEMPORARY- SPACE LOCATION. RIGHT
SO THERE'S EVEN SAFE I'M LICENSE
PLACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BM.
BUT FOR UP SO THIS BILL IS JUST
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TREATING
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE
DIGNITY AND HUMANITY THAT THEY
THAT THEY DESERVE. NOW IN TERMS
OF THE WELFARE OF THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM REFORMS THAT HAVE
CREATED THIS ISSUE- THAT'S A
WHOLE SEPARATE ISSUE THAT NEEDS
A BROADER AND- MORE SUBSTANTIVE
BILL- THAT- I HAVE AGREED TO
MAKING SURE THAT WE TACKLE FOR
NEXT YEAR. SO THAT WE CAN GET IT
RIGHT. BUT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR OVER FOUR YEARS.
CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE STATE'S
CARE THAT MEANS THERE ARE
CHILDREN. HAVE BEEN SLEEPING IN
PLACES. THAT NONE OF US WOULD
PUT OUR CHILDREN IN. AND THAT IN
ITSELF IS WRONG. THE PENALTIES
PART- AND I WE'VE ALSO HAD
DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE
WILL BE OFFERING- LANGUAGE SO
THAT THE PENALTIES IS NOT BASED
UPON PEOPLE IS BASED UPON THE
STATE AND THE COUNTY. RIGHT NOW
REMINDS YOU THE CIVIL PENALTIES
IS CURRENT LAW. WE'RE JUST
UPDATING THE PENALTY BASED UPON
INFLATION. BUT I AGREE THAT IT
SHOULD BE ON AN INDIVIDUAL
THAT'S WORKING FOR COUNTY. AND I
HAVE A YOU HAVE MY WORD THAT WE
WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT CHANGE
OCCURS BECAUSE WE AGREE ON THAT
FACT. THANK YOU THANK YOU SO
MUCH WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
WITH THAT WITH PUBLIC COMMENT
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS.
OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR
ASSEMBLY BILL FOUR TWENTY SIX
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD
EVENING MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
GILLIAN AIR WITH THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES-
ECHOING THE CONCERNS OF
OPPOSITION THANK YOU THANK YOU.
OKAY SO- WE WILL MOVE TO THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE MODERATOR
WE PLEASE PROP ANY MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO
EXPRESS OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT
ASSEMBLY BILL FOUR TO SIX. THAT
WE ARE READY. OF COURSE LATE
INDEMNITY WHICH SHOULD MAKE A
COMMON IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO NOW.
IT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN QUEUING UP
AT THIS TIME MEDICARE OKAY GREAT
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL BRING
THE DISCUSSION TO OUR MEMBERS.
THE NOTEBOOK. GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME. JACKSON AND I HAVE TO
SAY- THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN HE
SENT FLOWERS TO MEMBERS
INCLUDING MYSELF FOR MY
BIRTHDAY. AND HIS OWN AND I JUST
WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND
HOW MOVED AND TOUCHED A WISE I
DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD ANY
OTHER MEMBER OF THE FLOWERS MY
BIRTHDAY SO THANK YOU. SO HOW
SAID THAT I HAVE SEVERAL
CONCERNS WITH THE BILL AND- AND
THE REASON BEING IS THAT I
ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT THE-
THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO SOLVE. BUT THE CONCERN THAT I
HAVE IS THAT. WHEN THE SYSTEM
CHANGE IN TRYING TO REMOVE
CHILDREN FROM CERTAIN HOMES WE
CAN GIVE. OUR PROVIDE
ALTERNATIVES RIGHT SO THE SYSTEM
IS ACTUALLY VERY LIMITED AS TO
THE HOUSING OPTIONS AND THEY SEE
POLICY THAT'S GOING THAT'S
MOVING FORWARD HERE IT'S MAKING
THAT. EVEN THE CURRENT HOMES THE
RESOURCE HOMES THAT WE HAVE EVEN
FURTHER LIMITED BY- BY SOME OF
THE BILLS ARE BEING PROPOSED
HERE. AND SO THE BIGGEST CONCERN
THAT I HAVE IS THAT. BECAUSE WE
CREATED A SYSTEM WITHOUT
ALTERNATIVES FOR THESE COUNTIES
TO HAVE. THE COUNTIES ARE NOT
FACING THESE PHYSICAL CHALLENGES
OF WHERE TO HELP OUR KIDS. AND
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOU KNOW
PENALIZING THEM FOR NOT HAVING
ALTERNATIVE IT BE GREAT IF
WITHIN THE SCOPE YOU KNOW WE HAD
WILL WILL USE THAT WE'LL BUILD
YOU KNOW THIS ONE GOING TO
AFFECT UNTIL WE BUILD SOME SORT
OF HOUSING. AVAILABLE FOR THE
FOR THESE COUNTIES TO USE BUT
THEN AGAIN IT GOES AGAINST WHAT
THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS FOR-
REMOVING THESE GROUP HOMES FOR
OUR KIDS. AND SO AM I. THE
PROBLEM I DON'T BELIEVE BY
PENALIZING THEM WITHOUT GIVING
AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THESE FOR
THESE KIDS TO BE HOW SOON. I
THINK POSES A HUGE PROBLEM FOR
COUNTIES TO BE ABLE TO FILL
FULFILLED INTENT OF THE BILL-
AND- UNLESS YOU CAN. PASILA
TATE- LET US KNOW WHAT THE
ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE OF. WHAT
WHAT HOUSING- WHAT ACCESS TO
HOUSING YOU WOULD GIVE THESE
COUNTIES TO UTILIZE I THINK IT
WOULD BE UNFAIR TO PUT HIM IN A
POSITION WHERE THEY'RE BEING
ACCOUNTABLE I MEAN. AND I AND I
AND I'M GOING TO THIS PROBABLY
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THE
PEOPLE HAVE WORKED IN SOCIAL
SERVICES WHO CARE FOR THESE
KIDS. DO NOT WANT TO WISH YOU
KNOW TO PUT THEM IN PLACES WHERE
THEY SHOULDN'T BE SLEEPING- BUT
I THINK. A BETTER BILL WOULD
PROBABLY BE ONE WHERE WE WILL RE
OPEN ACCESS TO- HOUSING-
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNTIES
TO USE. TO PUT THESE CHILDREN
INTO SHELTER FOR HER SAYS TRYING
TO PENALIZE THEM FOR BEING
LIMITED IN THEIR CAPACITY TO
ACCOMMODATE THESE KIDS AND
THAT'S PROBABLY THE ANGLE THAT I
WOULD PROBABLY. I WOULD RATHER
SEE. AND I THINK MOST OF OUR
COUNTIES AND I'M NOT GOING TO
SPEAK IN THE AND WE HAVE THE
COUNTIES BUT- I BELIEVE WHAT
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAVING
MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ARE
OPTIONS FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY
HOUSE THESE CHILDREN- BEYOND THE
FACT THAT- THEY HAVE TO DEAL
WITH. LIMITED CAPACITY AND THEN
BEING PENALIZED. NO ABSOLUTELY I
WOULD JUST SAY THIS UP ANOTHER
PART OF THE BILL THAT. WE
HAVEN'T DISCUSSED YET. REALLY
THE. THE BILL ALSO SAYS. THAT
PENALTIES AND STATE TAKING OVER
A DEPARTMENT ONLY COMES INTO
PLACE IF THEY ARE NOT TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE OTHER
SUPPORT. THAT THE STATE IS
GIVING THEM. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW-
THAT NGUYEN- SACRAMENTO WAS
ASKED TO REMOVE THOSE CHILDREN.
THEY WERE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
THAT THE STATE WAS OFFERING- NOR
MANY OF THE MONIES FOR INSTANCE.
THIS LEGISLATURE HAS ALREADY
APPROPRIATED A HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILLION FOR THE EXCELLENCE IN
FAMILY FINDING ENGAGEMENT
PROGRAM. THAT ALSO INCLUDES A
ONE TIME WITH FIVE YEAR
EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY OF SEVEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FROM
THE GENERAL FUND. FORTY THREE
MILLION TO COUNTIES TO THE
COMPLEX CARE CAPACITY BUILDING.
EIGHTEEN POINT ONE MILLION IN
ONGOING FUNDING TO SUPPORT
URGENT NEEDS. SIXTY ONE POINT
THREE MILLION TO COUNTIES AND
PROGRAM SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE
IN CHILDREN'S CRISIS CONTINUE
ONE PILOT. TWO POINT TWO BILLION
IN FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
INVESTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY SAID WE HAVE
NO WHERE ELSE TO PUT THEM. AND
THEN A DAY BEFORE PENALTIES WERE
GOING TO GIVE THEM THEY FOUND
PLACES. WHERE THEY LICENSED NO
BUT THEY WERE NOT IN FACILITIES
AT DETENTION CENTERS AND THEY
WERE NOT IN OFFICE SPACES. SO
ONCE AGAIN THIS BILL IS ONLY
NARROWLY DESIGNED TO MAKING
SURE. THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
DON'T END UP IN PLACES WHERE
HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT MEANT TO
SLEEP. RIGHT AND WE KNOW WE COME
FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN OTHER
PLACES AND WE KNOW THAT IF
THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES
IN PLACE THEY DON'T HAVE AN
URGENCY TO ACTUALLY MOVE. SO
THIS IS MEANT TO MAKING SURE
THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY KNOW THEY
NEED TO DO- AND- IN TERMS OF
MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS AT.
MORE PLACES AGAIN I THINK THAT'S
ANOTHER BILL. THAT WE NEED TO
WORK ON AND- IT'S GONNA I CAN
GUARANTEE HE WAS GOING TO BE ONE
OF THOSE BILLS THAT'S GOING TO
TAKE MONTHS AND MONTHS OF TALKS
AND NEGOTIATIONS. AND ALL THAT
STUFF. BUT THE IDEA IS THIS. AND
MADAM CHAIR KNOWS THIS- ON THE
THIRD CHAIR AND SIX YEARS OF
HUMAN SERVICES- THIS THIS
POSITION IS ONE THAT ROTATES A
LOT WHICH MEANS. MMHM THESE
THINGS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED.
ISSUES LIKE THIS. AND IT IS MY
COMMITMENT. TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE
PUTTING IN THE TIME AND EFFORT
AND THE SUSTAINABILITY IN TERMS
OF LEADERSHIP. TO FIX A SYSTEM
THAT WE'VE KNOWN. FOUR YEARS.
HAS BEEN BROKEN. SO THIS BILL IS
JUST TO SAY THIS- H. OW SHOULD
NOT SLEEP IN OFFICES. THEY CAN
SLEEP IN HOTELS. THEY CAN SLEEP
IN AIRBNB IS AND OTHER COUNTIES
ARE ALREADY USING THAT. THE
STATE KNOWS THAT AND THEY'RE NOT
BEING PENALIZED BECAUSE THEY
KNOW THAT'S THE BEST PLACE THAT
CAN BE PROVIDED AT THAT TIME-
BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET
CONFUSED THE LARGER ISSUE. OF
FIXING OUR SYSTEM. AND SHAME OF
US FOR EVEN ALLOWING IT TO GET
THIS WAY BY THE WAY. BECAUSE
THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN. THEIR
WARDS OF THE STATE. WE'VE JUST
GIVEN AUTHORITY AND RESOURCES TO
COUNTIES TO FULFILL OUR
RESPONSIBILITY. RIGHT NOW I'M
JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T GET TO RE
TRAUMATIZED. FOR SLEEPING IN
PLACES LIKE THEY'RE NOT EVEN
HUMAN BEINGS AT ALL. AND SO IT
YOU KNOW I'M IN IT FOR THE LONG
TERM LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU AND WORKING WITH ALL OF
YOU WHO KNOW AND HAVE WORKED
WITH CHILDREN BEFORE. AT THE
STATE FOUND. THAT WE WERE
TREATING CHILDREN LIKE THIS.
THEY WOULD COME DOWN WITH A
HAMMER. BUT FOR SOME REASON
BECAUSE NOW WE'RE THE STATE AND
THERE ARE RESPONSIBILITY SOMEHOW
WE HAVE TIME. TIME FOR CHILDREN
TO BE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES
SHAME ON US. AND I REFUSED TO GO
TO BED. WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT
I DID EVERYTHING THAT I CAN. I
TO DO THIS SO SYSTEMS PROCESS
SEES. BARACK BUREAUCRACY. SCREW
ALL THAT IT'S TIME TO GET DOWN
TIME IS UP. IT'S TIME FOR US TO
DO OUR JOB. THANK YOU MEMBER YES
A FOLLOW UP THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO- SO HE MENTIONED SOME POINTS
THAT- I WAS NOT AWARE OF AND I
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE
COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES. AS TO
WHY SOME OF THESE- FINANCIAL
THEM. OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING
HAVE NOT BEEN UTILIZED BY AT
SOME OF OUR COUNTIES SURE HAPPY
TO. OBSERVE SOME OF THE FUNDING
THAT WAS MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY
THE SOME OF THE FORTY THREE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COMPLEX
SCENES FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN
VERY DIFFICULT FOR COUNTIES TO
ACCESS WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL
FROM THE STATE FIRST AND THEN
GET REIMBURSED IN FACT THAT'S AN
ISSUE THAT WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT
BEFORE THIS. COMMITTEE IN SB
FOUR AWAIT AS PART OF A SOLUTION
TO TRY AND ADDRESS THAT- AND
UNFORTUNATELY THAT HAS BEEN
CENTER MOVED OUT OF THAT BILL AS
IT IS MOVED FORWARD. SO WHAT
COUNTIES ARE LEFT WITH IS TRYING
TO BRING TOGETHER FUNDING FROM A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES SOME
OF THAT IS OUR FUNDING UNDER THE
TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN REALIGNMENT
SOME OF THAT IS OUR FUNDING
UNDER- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ACT. BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY
PULL ALL THAT TOGETHER AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE BUT IT'S STILL GET
TAKES SETTING UP CONTRACTS WE
HAVE TO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH
PROVIDERS FOR THESE PLACEMENTS
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
UNDERSTAND. THAT THAT. REALLY WE
HAVE TWO MAIN SOURCES OF WHERE
WE- ARE ARE. PLEASING CHILDREN
FOR THEIR TREATMENT. THEY'RE IN
A FAMILY DISPLACEMENT WHETHER
THAT'S WITH THE RELATIVE
CAREGIVER OR- A RESOURCE FAMILY
SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE JUST NON
RELATED- OR IF THEY'RE. IN A AND
E'S HERE TP. THOSE ARE THE
LATEST FOR THE- THAT WE HAVE
OPTIONS TO. VERY LIMITED COUNTY
AS WE ALSO MAY HAVE A FEW
TEMPORARY SHELTERS BUT THOSE ARE
LIMITED TO. USUALLY A THREE DAY
A SEVEN DAY OR TEN DAY STATE
DEPENDING ON THE LICENSING
SCHEME. ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT
IS AN UNLICENSED PLACEMENT AS
FAR AS DSS IS CONCERNED. THEY
DON'T DISTINGUISH WHETHER IT'S A
HOTEL THEY DON'T DISTINGUISH
WHETHER IT'S AN AIRBNB THEY
DON'T DISTINGUISH WHETHER IT'S-
A CONFERENCE ROOM. ALL OF IT IS
AN UNLICENSED PLACEMENT THEY
WILL NOT GIVE US FUNDING FOR
THAT. ADDITIONALLY THEY WILL NOT
GIVE US FUNDING- ARE PROVIDERS
WILL NOT COME INTO THOSE
UNLICENSED PLACEMENT TO PROVIDE
TREATMENT BECAUSE THE LICENSE
SETTING. SO WE CAN'T EVEN GET
THE KID SERVICES WHEN THEY'RE IN
THOSE PLACEMENTS WE BASICALLY
JUST HAVE TO SIT THERE AND WATCH
THEM FOR TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.
UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM INTO THOSE
LICENSED SETTINGS AND SO FOR US
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF. CAN WE
SPEND THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE
SOMETIMES THERE'S LITERALLY NO
OPTIONS BUT ALSO WE CAN'T HAVE
CONTRACTS FOR UNLICENSED
FACILITIES AND CDSS WON'T
APPROVE THEM. BECAUSE THEY DON'T
MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A
HOTEL OR SOMEPLACE ELSE- I HOPE
THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION THAT
DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION AND
THROUGH THE CHAIR- SO BASICALLY
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT.
SYSTEMICALLY WE HAVE POLICY IN
PLACE THAT. SORT OF FINES HAND
OR YOUR OPPORTUNITIES YOUR
ABILITY TO ACTUALLY- ONE
FACILITATE THE HOUSING NUMBER TO
UTILIZE SOME OF THE FUNDING
THAT'S AVAILABLE. NUMBER THREE
ACTUALLY PROVIDE CONTRACTS- THAT
WOULD ALLOW YOU TO ACTUALLY
EXPAND THE SERVICES SO. CREATING
A PENALTY- THROUGH THIS BILL
WOULD ACTUALLY WOULD NOT HELP
FIX THAT PARTICULAR SYSTEM THAT.
THAT IMPEDES YOU FROM ACTUALLY
UTILIZING WHAT WAS MENTIONED BY
THE AUTHOR AS FAR AS- A FUNDING
AND- ACCESSIBILITY TO OTHER
HOUSING OPTIONS. YES THAT'S
CORRECT AND THE PROBLEM CAN BE
EXACERBATED BECAUSE WE KNOW
ABOUT 30% OF OUR STR TP-
PLACEMENT SETTINGS ACTUALLY GO
TO NON FOSTER YOUTH- SO COULD BE
AN EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT. IT
COULD BE A PRIVATE PAY CHILD-
THROUGH PRIVATE INSURANCE OR
JUST FROM FAMILIES WHO HAVE
MEANS TO PAY FOR IT. AND SO OUR
OPTIONS ARE ACTUALLY RESTRICTED
EVEN FURTHER BECAUSE WHEN WE DO
HAVE A CHILD WHO HAS THAT
COMPLEX NEED WHO NEEDS TO BE IN
A CONGREGATE SETTING. TO GET
STABILIZED TO GET INTENSIVE
SERVICES YOU'RE ALREADY SORT OF
LOSING 30% OF THOSE OPTIONS
RIGHT OFF THE BAT- AND THAT'S
BASED ON AN INTERNAL SURVEYS OF
OUR MEMBERS. AND S. HERE TO BE
IS THAT THEY WORK WITH ON A
REGULAR BASIS SO WHEN EVERY
OTHER SORT OF PIECE OF THE
COMPLEX CARE NEED. MENTAL HEALTH
A REGIONAL CENTERS ARE EDUCATION
EVERYONE ELSE GETS TO WALK AWAY
AT THE END OF THE DAY BY
COUNTIES HAVE THE CARE CUSTODY
AND CONTROL OF THE CHILD. AND WE
DON'T GET TO SAY NO AND THAT
LEAVES US IN A REALLY HARD PLACE
WHERE WE DESPERATELY WANT HIM TO
BE IN AN APPROPRIATE SETTING
BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT
DO IS RE TRAUMATIZE THEM. BUT IF
IT'S FOUR O'CLOCK ON A FRIDAY
AND UNLESS. YOUR TV IS JUST
KICKED THE CHILD OUT. WE HAVE
NOWHERE TO PUT THEM. WE WILL GET
ON THE PHONE WE WILL CALL
EVERYONE WE CAN TO TRY AND GET
THEM THERE WE WILL CALL THE
STATE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
BUT THE STATE DOES NOT MAKE
PEOPLE TAKE THE KIDS. AS TIER
TWO PEAS. DON'T GET TO SAY NO
OUR SEARCH AFTER SHE'S GOT TO
SAY NO WE DON'T. IS. IF BEHAVIOR
ANY SORTS OF ISSUES WE CAN'T
MAKE THEM TAKE A CHILD. AND SO
WE ARE LEFT JUST TRYING TO DO
OUR BEST TO GET THEM AS STABLE
AS POSSIBLE AND MOVE THEM INTO A
LICENSE SETTING AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. THROUGH THE CHAIR ONE
LINE HAS- FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON
THAT. SO WOULD BE BEST IF WE
WORKED ON A BILL. THAT WOULD
ACTUALLY EXPAND. THE REQUIREMENT
FROM LICENSE TO UNLICENSED.
FACILITIES IN ORDER TO BETTER
ACCOMMODATE- THE PLACEMENT OF
THESE CHILDREN. WOULD THAT BE A
BETTER CONDUIT TO MAKING SURE
THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT
SLEEPING ON DESK OR IN OFFICES
AND SO FORTH. I THINK THERE'S
SOME FLEXIBILITY BUT CDSS CAN
PUT INTO PLACE. BUT IT'S
DIFFICULT BECAUSE IN START YOU
RIGHT WE HAVE VERY STRICT RULES
ABOUT WHAT IS CONSIDERED
LICENSED. UNDER COMMUNITY CARE
LICENSING STANDARDS BUT UNDER
EMERGENCY. THAT'S THAT'S A
POSSIBILITY- WAIVERS TO HOW LONG
KIDS CAN STAY IN SHELTERS SO
THAT WE'RE NOT BREAKING UP
SIBLING GROUPS THAT'S WHEN THAT
COMES UP QUITE OFTEN- BECAUSE
ANYTIME YOU OVER STAY. IN A
SHELTER THAT BECOMES AN
UNLICENSED FACILITY BECAUSE
YOU'RE THERE TOO LONG.
BUREAUCRACY SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO
BE GONE BY TEN DAYS. WHAT
HAPPENS IF WE NEED THEM TO STAY
THERE FOR TWELVE BECAUSE THE
PLACE IN THIS COMING MONDAY
THIRTEEN. RIGHT SO SOME WE HAVE
TO MOVE THE KIDS AROUND TO KEEP
THEM IN LICENSE SETTING AND ALL
THAT DOES IS RE TRAUMATIZE THEM.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GIVE
COUNTY HAS SOME FLEXIBILITY SOME
WAIVERS FOR THESE ISSUES I THINK
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE
EXTENT THAT CITIZENS CAN DO ANY
OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY WE ARE
HAPPY TO WORK ON- BUT-
UNFORTUNATELY THIS BILL JUST
DOESN'T GET THERE WITHOUT
LANGUAGE. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
MAKING IT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN IT
BEING A HOTEL OR BEING A
CONFERENCE ROOM. THANK YOU. THE
CENTER MAKE OF OUR- QUICK
QUESTION. SO YOU MENTION IF
THEY'RE IN AN ONLINE. AUCTION
THEY DON'T GET SERVICE AND SO
FORTH ARE THEY GETTING SERVICE
AND COUNTY. OFFICES SLEEPING ON
DUSTIN INDICATING SERVICES IN
DETENTION CENTERS WHEN THEY'RE
BEING HOUSE THERE. SO I CAN RUN
ON LICENCES WELL RIGHT YES SO
THEY ALSO DON'T GET SERVICES
THERE I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO WHAT
I'VE HEARD FROM SACRAMENTO
COUNTY THAT THEY DID TRY AND
BRING SOME PROVIDERS AND- AND
WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE LIMITED
SERVICES. BUT NOT THE FULL RANGE
OF SERVICES THAT YOU WOULD GET
IN AND ASK YOUR GP OR AN S. YOUR
TP OF ONE THAT WAS BUILT AROUND
THAT CHILD. I KNOW SOURCE IF
THAT'S THE BASIS THEY'RE NOT
GETTING SERVICES EITHER SLEEPING
ON THE BEST SCORE SLEEPING IN A
BED AT AN AIRBNB. BUT AT LEAST
OR SLEEPING ON A BED IN AIRBNB.
YOU KNOW I THINK THE AUTHOR HERE
MENTION THIS IS A NINE AND OFFER
THE SITUATION IS SO COMPLEX. I
KNOW WE DID HEAR A BILL AS
BEFORE AWAY AND IT LOOKS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT YOU KNOW
I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF HANDING
OUT MONEY BEFORE YOU SEEN A PLAN
OF HOW THE COUNTIES ARE GOING TO
IMPLEMENT- THE CARE IF
INDIVIDUALIZED CARE. YOU KNOW
CENTER SKINNER HAS DONE SO MUCH
WORK IN THE PAST TO WIN GOLD
STEP AWAY FROM CONGREGATE LIVING
SPACES. TO ENSURE THAT EACH PLAN
IS SPECIFIC TO THE INDIVIDUAL-
AND I DON'T WANT TO MOVE
BACKWARDS ON THE LEGISLATION
THAT. HAS BEEN- PUSH FORWARD. IN
SUB THREE WE JUST- TOOK ACTION.
COME ON BRINGING MONEY ON A BILL
FOR SOME MEMBER RAMOS- TO BRING
ANOTHER LINE THE FUNDING
STRATEGY NEXT YEAR. AND THIS
WOULD START NEXT YEAR AS WELL
WHEN ANOTHER LINE OF FUNDING
THIS YOU KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER
BILL THAT WE CAN ALL WORK ON-
BACK. IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS A
SEPARATE THING BUT THIS
SPECIFICALLY. IS ONLY TALKING
ABOUT- ADDRESSING SOME. THAT WE
PUT IN MY- EIGHTY. DID NOT. BY
IF I NOT MISTAKEN. YES ENERGY
SINCE NAY. EIGHTY BUT HOW A
BENCH. AND IT'S JUST TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS A DAY. SO THAT MEANS
THAT YOU CAN BE HOT YOU CAN HAVE
A COUNTY CAN HAVE TWO HUNDRED
YOUTH LEAGUE BEING. IN AN OFFICE
AND IT'S JUST TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS. A DAY FOR DOING IT.
THAT'S IT. BUT NO IT'S NOT SEEN
. AND I'M- YOU KNOW I'M NOT A
HUGE HUGE FAN OF- PENALTIES AS
AN INCENTIVE- BUT AT THE SAME
TIME IT'S- ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR
TOOLBOX TO ADDRESS THIS- IT'S
NOT THE END ALL. BY BRINGING IN
THE CONVERSATION OF THIS IS NOT
GOING TO SOLVE THE CRISIS. HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE
IT'S NOT HE'S NOT CLAIMING THAT
THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE THE
CRISIS ISSUES CLAIMING THIS IS
JUST ANOTHER AND ANOTHER TOOL WE
CAN UTILIZE AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD STATE
WHICH AND- WITHIN THOSE
PARAMETERS- OF THIS BILL BECAUSE
WE CAN GO DOWN. A RABBIT HOLE OF
TALKING ABOUT THIS. BIGGER ISSUE
. ONE THING TO KEEP IN A SET OF
THE RABBIT HOLE SUTTER. OKAY ALL
RIGHT. AB FOLLOW FOLLOW QUESTION
YES PLEASE SORRY- SO I
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE UP. THE
UPDATING OF THE OTHER PENALTIES
ARE BUT I THINK IT GOES BACK AND
I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS. I
THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE- TO
THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM WHICH
IS. THAT COUNTIES DON'T HAVE
FLEXIBILITY WITHIN STATUTE TO BE
ABLE TO HEALTH THE STUDENTS. ARE
THE STUDENTS I'M SORRY. THE
CHILDREN ARE USED AND I THINK I
THINK A BETTER WAY WOULD BE
INSTEAD OF UPDATING THESE
PENALTIES WITHOUT ACTUALLY
GIVING THE COUNTIES THE
FLEXIBILITY. TO HOUSE ARE YOU IN
OTHER AREAS BECAUSE OUR LIMITED
ON HAVING TO HAVE THE LICENSE
FACILITIES- I THINK THAT'S I
THINK THAT'S WHERE I WOULD
PROBABLY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
REPORTING IS THE FACT THAT WE
EXPAND THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO
BE ABLE TO USE UNLICENSED
FACILITIES WHICH IS THE ROOT OF
THE PROBLEM OF WHY THESE
CHILDREN ARE YOU ARE SLEEPING IN
DASKIN IN OFFICES. IN
APPROPRIATE PLACES BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FROM TRADE GO
TOWARDS. IS THE FACT THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO
THAT AND WE'RE GONNA PENALIZE
HIM FOR NOT HAVING THAT
FLEXIBILITY- SO I THINK I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE OF
THAT OF ADDRESSING THE- ISSUE
FROM THAT. ANGLE THAN SAYING
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED- ACCESS
TO THESE LICENSE FACILITIES
WE'RE GONNA PENALIZE YOU. AND SO
AM I AM I WON'T BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT AND I RESPECTFULLY WILL
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. I DO I
DO THINK. AT THE ROOT OF THE
PROBLEM WE ARE PENALIZING THEM
FOR A SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY IN
PLACE INSTEAD OF FIXING THAT
SYSTEM AT THE ROUTE WHICH IS.
GIVING THEM THE FLEXIBILITY AND
MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND THAT
HOUSING SO THE KIDS DO NOT
SLEEP. SO I THINK TO ME THAT
MAKES MORE OF A SENSE TO BE ABLE
TO FIX THE ISSUE THAN IT IS TO
PENALIZE YOU FOR NOT DOING IT-
ANYWAY. THAT'S MY PERSONAL YEAH
AND AS FAR AS- AND I APPRECIATE
THE FACT THAT YOU FOLKS ARE AT
LEAST ATTEMPTING TO HAVE.
LIMITED RESOURCES COMING IN- FOR
THESE AND- YOU KNOW OVERNIGHT.
AT LEAST- AND I AND I APPRECIATE
THAT EFFORT BUT I THINK WE NEED
TO WORK BETTER I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HERE TO MAKING SURE
THAT WE- EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR
CHILDREN. GM I KNOW YOU WANTED
TO RESPOND I JUST I WANT TO PUT
KIND OF A BASIC QUESTION OUT NOW
THAT WE HAVE YOU FOR HERE- YOU
KNOW IT JUST. KIND OF GET AS
CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. ONE OF THE
REASONS. THAT KIDS WOULD BE
SLEEPING IN OFFICE BUILDINGS ON
DEATH I MEAN IS THIS AN
EXAGGERATION OR IS THIS A TRUE
THING. NO IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN
AND I MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO
APOLOGIES FOR IT IT'S
UNACCEPTABLE ONE OF THE REASONS
WHAT'S THE LOW AYE BEHIND THAT
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS-
AS I SAID. LAST YEAR TPS CAN
REJECT OR INJECTOR CHILDREN.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE ARE LEFT
WITH VERY LITTLE PLACE IN
OPTIONS. AND SO IF THAT HAPPENS
RIGHT BEFORE WEEKEND. YEAH YOU
MIGHT HAVE A KID WHO HAS TO
SPEND THE NIGHT IN AN OFFICE.
BEFORE WE CAN GET THE WHEELS
TURNING TO GET A NEW PLACE THAT.
IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO PICK
UP THE PHONE AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
RIGHT SO IS THAT LIKE SUPERVISED
OR UNSUPERVISED THAT WE LEAVE IN
THE OFFICE SO WE WOULD KEEP WE
WOULD HAVE THEM SUPERVISE THE
WILL HAVE A- SOCIAL WORKER
THERE. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE
WATCHED TWENTY FOUR SEVEN BUT
THEY'RE PROBABLY SITTING AT A
DESK NEXT TO THAT SOCIAL WORKER.
WHILE THEY'RE MAKING PHONE CALLS
WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE
LIST OF. ANY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THAT
COULD TAKE THEM ANY FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN
APPROVED THAT MIGHT BE WILLING
TO TAKE THEM. ON AN EMERGENCY
BASIS IF THEY WERE ABLE TO PASS-
WHAT WE CALL IT THREE OH NINE
WHICH IS THOSE- EMERGENCY
PLACEMENT SORT OF THINGS. WE
ALSO HAVE ISSUES WHERE WE JUST
HAVE COMPLEX NEEDS YOU. WHO HAVE
A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. AND IT
COULD BE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
SUBSTANCE USE IS A REALLY. BIG
PROBLEM FOR US THERE ARE VERY
LIMITED BEDS FOR SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER FOR YOUTH IN THE STATE.
AND SO IF SOMEONE HAS BOTH A
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND A
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ISSUE.
GETTING A PLACE TO PUT THEM SO
THAT THEY CAN GET FOR FREE
TREATMENT. VERY VERY DIFFICULT.
AND THEN OCCASIONALLY WE DO
HAVE- FOR THE COUNTIES THAT.
HAVE TEMPORARY SHELTER CARE.
SOME OF THOSE KIDS WILL OVERSEE.
RIGHT SO THE COUNTY IS. VICE UP
TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO
THE SHELTER. AND THE KIDS STAYS
LONGER THAN THAT. AND SO THAT IS
TECHNICALLY AN UNLICENSED
PLACEMENT. BUT AT LEAST IN THAT
PLACE THE GOOD ROOF OVER THEIR
HEAD. THEY ARE IN A COUNTY
FACILITY THAT IS OTHERWISE
LICENSE THEY'RE JUST NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE THERE THAT LONG.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE SITUATIONS
WHERE THE STATE WILL COME IN AND
SAY YOU HAVE KIDS WHO ARE
CONSTANTLY OVERSTAYING WHAT IS
THE PROBLEM. AND MOST THE TIME
IT CAN BE WE JUST HAVE A REALLY
HARD TIME. GETTING THEM BACK
INTO A FAMILY BASED PLACEMENT.
FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS SOME
OF THAT IS COMPLEX NEEDS. SOME
OF THAT IS CARE GIVER BURNOUT-
THEY'VE ALREADY MAY HAVE HAD
THIS CHILD IN THEIR HOME A
COUPLE OF TIMES. IT HASN'T
WORKED AND THEY NEED A LOT MORE
SUPPORT. TO BRING THE CHILD BACK
IN THE RESPITE CARE THEY NEED
FAMILY THERAPY. AND THAT STUFF
DOESN'T HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY-
AND SO. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
MAJOR REASONS- I HOPE THAT.
ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. YES
ALTHOUGH I'M HAVING A VISCERAL
REACTION TO THE RESPONSE BECAUSE
AT SOME POINT. THERE'S SOMEBODY
ON THE PHONE LOOKING FOR
PLACEMENT IN YEAR DESCRIBED
THERE'S A CHILD NEXT TO THEM.
HEARING REJECTION AFTER
REJECTION AFTER REJECTION YEAH
AND SO IF WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A
PROBLEM WHY ARE WE NOT DESIGNING
OUR OFFICE SPACE IS TO HAVE A
CALL MEAN. OR PROTECTIVE SPACE
FOR KIDS TO BE WHILE ADULTS. ARE
HAVING THOSE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I'LL TELL
YOU. FOR A CHILD TO HEAR OVER
AND OVER AGAIN TO GET THEIR
GETTING REJECTED. AND NOT
KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO
SLEEP THAT NIGHT RIGHT I MEAN.
IF WE ALREADY KNOW THIS IS A
PROBLEM. WHY ARE WE NOT
DESIGNING SPACES WITHIN OUR- OUR
OUR OFFICES THAT ARE. MORE MET
FOR YEAH HUMAN BEANS RIGHT I
MEAN. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT SOME
OF THE COUNTY OFFICES MAY HAVE
CHILD FRIENDLY SPACES- SOME
CARRY OFFICES DO YOU HAVE THAT.
BUT IT'S AGAIN NOT A PLACE
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY ALL
NIGHT RIGHT ADMITTANCE NOT A
PLACE IS SUPPOSED TO SLEEP AT
ALL AT AUTO. ZONE FOR ME HAVING
TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN.
CREATING A SLEEPING SPACE VERSUS
A SAFE CHILD FRIENDLY SPACE EVEN
JUST FOR RESPITE EVEN JUST TO BE
ABLE TO. DESTABILIZE OR AND PACK
RIGHT THOSE EMOTIONS IN THE IN
THE REALITY OF BEING. OUT OF
THEIR HOME RIGHT- WHAT WHY IS
THAT NOT A PRIORITY DESIGN
PHASES WITHIN WITHIN OUR OUR
OFFICE FACILITIES. I THINK IT'S
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN
ABSOLUTELY ADDRESS AND TRY AND
HAVE A MORE CHILD FRIENDLY AND
FAMILY FROM THE OFFICE AND WE
HAVE FOLKS IN. WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE
CAN SORT OF. ADDRESS FOLKS WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE AND LIVE TRAUMA
WITH HAVING TO HAVE REPEATED
CONTACTS WITH THE STATE OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT. BUT IT'S A COUNTY
OFFICE BUILDING SO NOT ALL OF
THAT SPACES OURS IT SHARED
BETWEEN A LOT OF THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS HE MIGHT HAVE APS ON
ONE LEVEL. AND CAL FRESHEN CAL
WORKS ON ANOTHER LEVEL AND
EVERYBODY SORT OF SHARE SPACE
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT.
BUT I THINK THE HEART OF THE
ISSUE IS WHETHER IT'S- AN OFFICE
WHETHER IT'S A HOTEL. WE NEED TO
HAVE A PLACE FOR THOSE KIDS CAN
GO THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM
AND YEAH THERE'S A CREATION RATE
IT'S BETTER TO BE IN A HOTEL.
IT'S BUT EVEN THAT UNACCEPTABLE.
BE IT AN OFFICE BUILDING I DON'T
I DON'T EVEN PUT THAT IN THE
SAME IT IS AND THAT'S NOT A LONG
TERM SOLUTION USUALLY BY THE
NEXT DAY WE IT'S NOT OPPOSITION
AT ALL THAT WE TRYING GET THAT
MAN. BUT WE DO HAVE THESE ISSUES
WERE SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS IT'S
NOT IT'S NOT ALL THE TIME. BUT
IT DOES HAPPEN AND WE CAN'T SAY
THAT IT DOESN'T BUT- OUR EFFORTS
ARE TO TRY AND FIND. A PERMANENT
PLACEMENT FOR THEM OR STABILIZE
PLACEMENT FOR THEM AND JUST
BOUNCING THEM BETWEEN A HOTEL TO
AN AIRBNB TO SOMEPLACE ELSE
DOESN'T SOLVE THAT PROBLEM
EITHER THAT WOULD RATHER HAVE A
MAN OFFICE SPACE WHERE. NOT
NECESSARILY LONG TERM BUT THAT'S
WHERE WE'RE CONTACTING FOLKS
FROM RATE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
WORKING WE'RE WORKING ACTING
WITH OR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
WERE CONNECTING WITH OUR
REGIONAL CENTER PROVIDERS. WERE
CONNECTING WITH THE STATE. TO
TRY AND- GET THAT DONE. SO
HERE'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE. WITH
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. IS WE
HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS SO FLAWED
THAT IT IS CREATED A SYSTEM. A
AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'RE NOT
EVEN TREATING CHILDREN. WITH THE
DIGNITY AND RESPECT THAT THEY
DESERVE. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS
WE'RE TAKING THE MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATION THAT IS ALREADY. IN A
TRAUMATIZED STATE. AND RE
TRAUMATIZING THEM IN AN
INSTITUTIONAL MANNER. RIGHT AND
SAME WE JUST CAN'T WE JUST DON'T
WE JUST WELL WE JUST IT AND FOR
ME. IT MAKES ME MORE ANGRY THAT
WE HAVE TO TAKE A LEGISLATIVE
ACT. TO WAKE UP. SO WHETHER OR
NOT. FOR ME THIS BILL IS THE
RIGHT WAY TO DO IT TO ME IT'S-
IT'S A WAKE UP CALL. RATE NOW
YOU HAVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DR
JACKSON AND ME AS CHAIRS OF
HUMAN SERVICES. WHICH AS NEW
LEGISLATORS NO WE ARE STRONG
ADVOCATES. FOR FOSTER YOUTH AT
BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKING IN LEVEL
TWELVE LEVEL FOURTEEN FACILITIES
UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES. OF
THE ROOT CAUSES OF TRAUMA WHICH
CHILDREN AND SEE DECADE AFTER
DECADE AFTER DECADE WE'RE
CONTINUING TO DO THE SAME THING.
AND NOW. KIDS THAT ARE NOW
ADULTS HAVING THEIR OWN KIDS.
OUR CYCLING THAT SAME TRAUMA. WE
HEARD THAT FROM OUR PUBLIC
TESTIMONY TODAY MMHM. AND SO FOR
ME WHETHER IT'S FUNDING ACCESS
TO FUNDING WHETHER IT'S YOU
KNOW. JUST REVAMPING THE SYSTEM
WHETHER IT'S LEGISLATIVE ACTS
THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT
HAD A PENALTY INCREASE SINCE
NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE. TELLS ME
THAT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THIS
ISSUE. AND WE'RE NOT BLIND. SO
WE NEED TO STOP PRETENDING THAT
WE ARE. THANK SO. I DID SPEAK
WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER JACKSON
ABOUT THIS BILL AND YOU KNOW WE
HAD A AT UNFORTUNATE
ADMINISTRATIVE- BUT WHAT I CALL
THIS THAT NOT EVEN A PARALLEL
YEAH BECAUSE YOU NEVER
TRANSACTED. YOU KNOW I AM
COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO BE A
US A PARTNER ON THIS BILL- TO
MAKE IT THE VERY BEST VERSION OF
ITSELF THAT IT CAN- I ALSO
BELIEVE THAT THIS. WE HAVE A
DUTY TO BRING FORWARD THE COUNTY
OFFICE- THE- SOCIAL WORKERS- THE
ASSOCIATION'S TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM I MEAN WE HAVE A DUTY TO
DO THAT. AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT
THE OPPOSITION IS OPEN TO THAT.
WHETHER OR NOT THIS BILL GOES
FORWARD THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO
SAYING THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE
THE FIRST SIGN OF FIXING THIS IS
A KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE A
PROBLEM. ABSOLUTELY WHEN WE DID
A SURVEY OF OUR MEMBERS IN
DECEMBER THIS WAS THEIR NUMBER
ONE CONCERN RIGHT REGARDLESS OF
ANYTHING ELSE THIS WAS THEIR
NUMBER ONE CONCERN EIGHT WE'VE-
PUT FOR LEGISLATION WE ARE
COMMITTED TO FIXING THIS ISSUE.
BUT WE NEED EVERYONE TO BE ON
BOARD AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE
SOME SOME MORE PARTNERSHIPS
OUTSIDE OF JUST THE COUNTY
WELFARE RIGHT WE NEED TO BRING
IN MENTAL HEALTH WE NEED TO
BRING IN EDUCATION WE NEED TO
BRING IN REGIONAL CENTRES.
BECAUSE FOR SOME OF THESE KIDS
IT REALLY CAN'T JUST BE ALL WE
GOT A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD SO
YOU'RE FINE THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
IT'S NOT ENOUGH IT'S ABSOLUTELY
NOT ENOUGH THEY NEED EVERYTHING
WE CAN GIVE THEM BECAUSE WE MADE
AN INHERENT PROMISE WHEN WE TOOK
THEM FROM THEIR HOMES. THAT WE
ARE GOING TO DO BETTER BY TIME.
AND FOR THESE KIDS ARE SLEEPING
IN HOTELS FOR NOT DOING BETTER
FOR THEM AND SO WE NEED TO DO
THAT YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT ON
BEHALF OF CWD TO CONTINUE WORK
ON THIS ORDER ACTORS ARE HAPPY
TO MEET ANYTIME WALK YOU THROUGH
THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE
HAVING. INTERNALLY WALK YOU
THROUGH THE CHALLENGES ARE
HAVING WITH THE STATE. ANYTHING
THAT YOU NEED WE WILL MAKE
OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO. BUT WE
WANT TO FIX THIS. THING KILL
THAT MEANS A LOT. ARE WE IN
DOCTOR JACKSON- I'M I'M WAITING.
I'M WAITING. HERE FOR SURE
DOESN'T. TAKE SO MUCH I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO- WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE SO WE SURE THANK
YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE IDEA THAT THE STATE DOESN'T
RECOGNISE LICENSED AND
UNLICENSED FACILITIES. ONLY
RECOGNIZES LICENSE IN A LICENSED
FACILITY IS JUST SIMPLY NOT
TRUE. I MEAN WE KNOW WE ALL KNOW
THAT. WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. FROM
WHAT POLICY SAYS. AND THERE IS
NO DOUBT. THAT EVERY STATE FINDS
OUT OF THE STATE FINDS OUT THAT
A- YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN
OFFICE SPACES ARE DETENTION
CENTERS. THEY WILL ENGAGE. BUT
IF THEY'RE STAYING IN AIRBNB IS
IN HOTELS. THEY WORK WITH THEM.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT SO I
THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST
IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY KEEP
SAYING THAT BUT IT'S JUST SIMPLY
NOT TRUE AND I'VE HAD PERSONAL
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES. ABOUT THESE
THINGS. IF YOU JUST PAY
ATTENTION TO. THE WORDING OF THE
BILL IT SAYS THAT F. FOSTER
YOUTH ARE BEING HOUSED IN UNSAFE
CONDITIONS. IS NOT SAYING
WHETHER THE AT THEIR HOUSE IN
LICENSED OR UNLICENSED AND
THAT'S ON PURPOSE. WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THE LICENSE FACILITY
THERE'S- A DEARTH OF ONLINE-
LICENSE FACILITIES AND WE NEED
MORE AND THEY NEED MORE
FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE MORE-
MORE STREAMLINING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY COME ON LINE EVEN
MORE. FOR LESS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
F. EVEN IF A YOUNG PERSON DOES
STAY. IN AN OFFICE LOCATION.
THEY SAY WELL MAYBE THEY'LL JUST
STAY THERE FOR IN THE NIGHT. AND
THEN THEY'LL BE TRANSFERRED TO
ANOTHER PLACE. THEN THIS BILL
DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU. THIS BILL
SAYS YOU HAVE SIXTY DAYS. YOU
HAVE SIXTY DAYS TO FIND A SAFE
PLACE FOR A YOUNG PERSON TO BE.
WHETHER LICENSED OR UNLICENSED
ARE THEY SAFE IS IT MEANT FOR A
HUMAN BEING TO BE THERE. YOU
HAVE SIXTY DAYS BEFORE YOU EVEN
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. ANY
PENALTIES. THE IDEA THE IDEA IS
THIS. IS THAT AT THE END OF THE
DAY IF YOU ARE FOUND A YOUTH IS
FOUND IN UNSAFE ON. A FACILITY
IT IS. TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER
DAY. THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS IN.
NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE. SO I THINK
THE IDEA IS THAT- I WAS MISTAKEN
HOLD ON. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
PER DAY PER CHILD FOR THE FIRST
SIXTY DAYS. AFTER SIXTY DAYS IT
GOES TO FIVE THOUSAND PER DAY
PER CHILD. SACRAMENTO BEFORE
THEY GOT THEIR PENALTIES THEY
ACTUALLY FOUND SAFE PLACES FOR
THOSE CHILDREN TO BE. DOES THAT
MEAN THEY WERE LICENSED AT ALL
IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY WERE IN
A SAFE PLACE. SO THIS BIT THIS
THIS BILL IS I BELIEVE TOTALLY
REASONABLE. GIVES AS MUCH
FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE. BUT
STILL MAKES IT CLEAR. CHILDREN
BEING IN UNSAFE PLACES UNDER OUR
WATCH IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE
TIME IS UP WE'VE HAD TWO YEARS.
WITH THIS ISSUE. AND I AM JUST
SIMPLY SAYING THAT. HOW WE MUST
DO BETTER. AND WE CAN DO BETTER
EVEN IN THE TOUGH SURPLUS
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE COUNTIES ARE
IN RIGHT NOW I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR NIVEAU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A
MOTION FROM CENTER MAKE OF OUR
OF PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FIRE
ALARM ELEVEN A. B. FOUR TO SIX
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY OF ROGO HI A ROGUE- I
HAD SHOWBOAT NOW. WHICH- BOTH
KNOW HER TADO. MENJIVAR IMAGE OF
OUR I GREW UP. EIGHTEEN FEB TWO
ONE THAT BILL WILL GO TO CALL
THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU. HEY
WE'RE- RANDY THE CORNER HERE. I
SEE- WE HAVE SOME OF OUR
BEGINNER HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR GOING TO PROCEED WITH I
DON'T NUMBER TWENTY FOUR
ASSEMBLY BILL NINE THREE SEVEN.
I GOT TOO MAY HAVE ARE URGING.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU PLEASE
PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY THANK
YOU CHAIR MEMBERS WHEN IT CHAO
IS REMOVED FROM THE CUSTODY OF
THEIR PARENTS PARENTS ARE
TYPICALLY ENTITLED TO
REUNIFICATION SERVICES IN ORDER
TO STABILIZE AND REGAIN CUSTODY.
DURING THIS REUNIFICATION PERIOD
A SOCIAL WORKER MUST PROVIDE
REASONABLE SERVICES TO APPARENT
THAT ARE TAILORED TO RESOLVE THE
ISSUES. THAT LEAD TO THE FAMILY
SEPARATION CURRENTLY IF THE
COUNTY FAILS TO PROVIDE SERVICES
WITHIN THE EIGHTEENTH EIGHTEEN
MONTH WINDOW FOR PARENTS TO
UTILIZE SERVICES THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE THAT THE COURTS WILL
EXTEND ITS TIMELINE TO GIVE
PARENTS A FAIR CHANCE TO
REUNIFY. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
ISSUE WAS DECIDED IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY THE PAST
MONTH THIS PAST MARCH IN THE
CASE OF MICHAEL G. WHERE FAMILY
WAS THEN DENIED ADDITIONAL.
REUNIFICATION AFTER NOT
RECEIVING APPROPRIATE SERVICES
INTO THE END OF THE EIGHTEEN
MONTH WINDOW. THIS RESULTED IN
THE PERMANENT SEPARATION OF A
CHILD THAT HAD SHOWN POSITIVE
IMPROVEMENT IN ENGAGEMENT IN
STABILIZING THAT FAVORED A
REUNIFICATION OUTCOME. CURRENTLY
THERE IS AN EXCEPTION TO EXTEND
SERVICES TO TWENTY FOUR MONTHS
IF PARENTS ARE INCARCERATED IN
THE CUSTODY OF PRICE OR THINK IN
SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING AND
COULD NOT ADEQUATELY RECEIVE.
ARE UTILIZED SERVICES AB NINE
THREE SEVEN WILL APPLY THIS
EXCEPTION AND GRANT TWENTY FOUR
MONTHS OF SERVICE SERVICES FOR
ALL FAMILIES SEEKING
REUNIFICATION SERVICES. AS LONG
AS THE CO COURTS DETERMINE THAT
IT IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE
CHILD TO BE UNIFIED TO THE
FAMILY. MY WITNESSES IN
COMMITTEE WITH ME TODAY IS ONE
OF THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL
JULIE MCCORMICK WITH CHILDREN'S
LAWCENTER. ME THANK YOU SO MUCH
. GOOD EVENING HI YOU SEE ALL
AGAIN. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS I AM A SENIOR
POLICY ATTORNEY FOR THE
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF
CALIFORNIA BUT IN HERE SPEAK ON
BEHALF. OF A COALITION OF CO
SPONSORS OF THIS BILL OF COURT
APPOINTED DEPENDENCY COUNCIL SO
COUNSEL THAT REPRESENT PARENTS-
AS WELL AS CHILDREN AS WELL AS
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS NATION'S.
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTS OVER
THIRTY THOUSAND CHILDREN AND
YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE IN LOS
ANGELES SACRAMENTO PASTOR
COUNTIES WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT
THAT'S HALF OF THE HOUSTON CARE
IN CALIFORNIA- AND PRIOR TO MY
ROLE AS A SENIOR POLICY ATTORNEY
WAS ACTUALLY KEITH CARING
ATTORNEY FOR. ABOUT SEVEN YEARS
SO I WORKED DIRECTLY ON THESE
CASES. AND OVER THE YEARS I'VE
SEEN MANY PARENTS OF OUR CLIENTS
MAKE ASTONISHING LIFE CHANGES
THROUGH SUPPORT OF SERVICES.
AFTER SUCCESSFUL PERIOD OF
UNIFICATION MANY PARENTS LEAD
LIVES THAT ARE UNRECOGNIZABLE
FROM THE ONES THAT LED THEM TO
CHILD WELFARE INTERVENTION. WITH
THE ASSISTANCE OF ROBUST
REUNIFICATION SERVICES THEY WORK
SO HARD TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO CREATE A SAFE
HOME FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND MAKE
SURE THEY'RE NEVER SEPARATED
AGAIN. HOWEVER THE FAILURE TO
PROVIDE REFERRALS TO HOUSING
SUPPORT CONSISTENT VISITATION OR
PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES.
CAN STOP THE PARENTS PROGRESS IN
THE TRUCKS AND I'VE SEEN
FAMILIES FOR EVER SEPARATED
BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT
VISITATION OR PARENTS REFERRED
TO SERVICES HUNDREDS OF MILES
AWAY FROM THE CHILDREN. FOR
THEIR CHILDREN REPLACE FAMILIES
WHO ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO
REUNITE WITH THE SOCIAL WORKER
NEVER READ THE COURT ORDERED
THANK OF VALUATION OR PROVIDED
THE- REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
SERVICE SAYS. EIGHTY NINE THREE
SEVEN ENSURES THAT IF A COURT
DOES FIND THAT A SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCY HAS NOT PROVIDED
REASONABLE SERVICES. AND LET ME
JUST SAY THIS IS A VERY HIGH BAR
AND HAPPENS. VERY INFREQUENTLY
BUT WHEN A COURT DOES MAKE THAT
FINDING THAT THE AGENCY FAILED
TO PROVIDE SERVICES. THE PARENTS
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO MORE TIME
TO PUT THEIR FAMILIES BACK
TOGETHER. THIS BILL WILL ENSURE
THAT THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE TO
THE AGENCY'S FAILURE IN THEIR
OBLIGATION TO THE WORK TOWARD
REUNITING FAMILIES. AND ENSURE
THAT FAMILIES HAVE THE CAPACITY
REUNITE. WILL BE GIVEN A FAIR
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. WE ARE
JUST. OF THIS LIFE CHANGING
LEGISLATION AND WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL FOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER
KENNER'S- WORK TO IMPROVE LIVES.
OF THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU. CAN THE LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. RIGHT
ASSEMBLY MEMBER READY GO TO
PUBLIC COMMENT NOW ANY MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO.
EXPRESS SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO
ASSEMBLY BILL NINE THREE SEVEN
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
HE RIGHT- NOW WE WILL GO TO
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE.
MODERATOR WE PLEASE PROMPT
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
EXPRESS OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT
FOR ASSEMBLY BILL NINE THREE
SEVEN THAT WE ARE READY. THANK
YOU IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF EIGHTY NINE THIRTY
SEVEN YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO. WE'LL GO TO LINE. THIRTY
EIGHT YOUR LINE IS OPEN. MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS MECOLE MORTAL
MAN ON BEHALF THE CHILDREN'S
PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR WE
HAVE NO FURTHER SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO KILL GREAT THANK
YOU SO MUCH TO BRING THE
CONVERSATION BACK TO OUR MEMBERS
AND WITH THE BILL. YOU. YEAH ALL
RIGHT- I DO HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS- YOU DID REFERENCE THE
CASE LAW. MIESES LOCATED HERE
MICHAEL G. VERSUS SUPERIOR COURT
OF ORANGE COUNTY. SO WHEN I READ
THIS CASE LAW THE QUESTION THAT
REALLY CAME DUE TO THE FOR
TUITION WAS WHETHER OR NOT A
COURT IS AUTOMATICALLY REQUIRED
TO GRANT AN EXTENSION- WHEN THEY
DEEM THAT REASONABLE SERVICES
WERE NOT PROVIDED DURING THAT
TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND
THE COURT DETERMINED THAT. THE
ANSWER IS NO RIGHT SO YOUR BILL
IS ESSENTIALLY CREATING A-
OPINION FROM THE LEGISLATURE
THAT THEY MAY GRANT IF THEY SEE
THAT IS THAT CORRECT OKAY RIGHT
RIGHT SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT I WAS CLEAR ON IT- AB.
I'VE READ THE NITTY GRITTY SO.
OKAY WONDERFUL- WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE HIS FIRST I'D LIKE TO
THANK ALL YOU SENATORS FOR
STAYING HERE SO LONG. YOU KNOW
ON THE DAY BEFORE A HOLIDAY WE
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M
SURE THE PUBLIC APPRECIATE YOU
AS WELL I JUST WANT TO STATE
THAT YOU KNOW OUR SOCIAL WORKERS
ARE. OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID
AND SO BY NO DOUBT I BY NO MEANS
THAT MY- BLAMING THEM I JUST
KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HUGE
CASELOADS I USED TO WORK FOR
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
MYSELF. AND SO WE JUST WANT THEM
TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO THEIR WORK WELL AND TO
REUNITE THESE KIDS- I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN IPHONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH WE HAVE A
MOTION BY. PHONE- SHOWBOAT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM
FOUR AB NO THIRTY THE MO IS TO
PASS RE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS OF RAGU HI OF
WROTE OF YOU ARE A TRUE BOOK. HI
JOE BOGART FOR TOTAL MENJIVAR.
IMAGE OF OUR ARMED WILL HAVE.
OKAY WE HAVE THREE ZERO THAT
WILL PUT THE BILL ON CALL THANK
YOU SO MUCH ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND PER YOUR JOY
YOUR DAY OFF. THE ON I SHOULD
SAY I THINK WE ALL. DAY ON.
RIGHT I KNOW I JOIN YOUR PARADES
. ALL RIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVE
FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER TWENTY
SIX ASSEMBLY BUILT NINE FIVE
FOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER BRIAN WE'RE
READY WHEN YOU ARE. EITHER BY
MAJORITY LEADER YES. JORDY
LEADER BRIAN THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR- AND COLLEAGUES I RISE
TODAY TO PRESENT AB NINE FIFTY
FOUR. THE BILL THAT WILL
CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO STOP
PUNISHING POVERTY IN THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM. EIGHTY NINE
FIFTY FOUR WILL ENSURE THAT THE
COURTS DO NOT DENY FAMILY
REUNIFICATION. OR FAMILY
MAINTENANCE TO PREVENT- TWO
APPARENT SOLELY BECAUSE THEY
CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY. FOR COURT
ORDERED SERVICES. TODAY WHEN A
CHILD IS REMOVED FROM PARENTS
CARE. THE COURT MAY ORDER THE
PAIR TO COMPLETE A VARIETY OF
PROGRAMS TO ASSIST IN THE
REHABILITATION OF THE FAMILY.
HOWEVER PARENTS OFTEN HAVE TO
BEAR THE COSTS OF THESE COURT
MANDATED PROGRAMS. WHICH CAN RUN
FOR FIFTY TWO WEEKS. AND COST
WILL BE ON THE MEANS OF IMPACT
PARENTS A THIRD OF WHOM HAVE AN
ANNUAL INCOME OF LESS THAN TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. CURRENT
FAN CURRENTLY FAMILIES ARE BEING
SEPARATED BASED SOLELY ON A
PARENT'S INABILITY TO PAY FOR
THIS QUARTER REPORTED SERVICES.
EVEN IF THE PARENT IS COMPLYING
WITH ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR
CASE PLAN THERE YOU THEIR
REUNIFICATION PLAN. IN MANY
INSTANCES PARENTS HAVE COMPLETED
A FIFTY TWO WEEK COURSE BUT WERE
NOT ISSUED A CERTIFICATE. OF
COMPLETION TO SUBMIT TO THE
COURT. BECAUSE THEY STILL HAD
OUTSTANDING CLASS FEES. WHEN A
PARENT IS THE NIGHT
REUNIFICATION SERVICES OR LOSES
THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS SIMPLY
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD. TO
PROVIDE PROOF THAT THEY HAVE
COMPLETED THE CLASS. THAT THEY
CANNOT AFFORD. WE'RE PUNISHING
POVERTY. WE'RE DENYING FAMILY
REUNIFICATION. AND WE'RE HURTING
CHILDREN. EIGHTY NINE FIFTY FOUR
WILL ENSURE THAT A PARENT WAS
DILIGENTLY FOLLOWING ALL OTHER
ASPECTS. OF THEIR CASE PLAN WILL
NOT BE DENIED REUNIFICATION
SERVICES SIMPLY. BECAUSE THEY
ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR COURT
ORDERED SERVICES. THE BILL HAS
GUARDRAILS TO ALLOW THE COURT TO
DISTINGUISH VERY CLEARLY BETWEEN
PARENTS WHO CHOOSE TO BE NON
COMPLIANT WITH THEIR CASE PLAN.
AND PARENTS WHO FINANCIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE COMPLIANCE ON
FEASIBLE. THIS BILL HAS NO
OPPOSITION. HAS RECEIVED
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT UP UNTIL NOW.
AND JOINING ME TODAY TO TESTIFY.
IS NATALIE- BAKSHI ON A SOCIAL
WORKER INVESTIGATOR FOR THE LOS
ANGELES DEPENDENCY LAWYERS.
HELLO AND GOOD EVENING MADAM
TRYING MEMBERS MY NAME IS
NATALIE BASHI AND I'M A SOCIAL
WORKER INVESTIGATOR AT LOS
ANGELES DEPENDENCY LAWYERS. WE
ARE THE LARGEST FAMILY DEFENSE
ORGANIZATION OF OUR KIND IN THE
NATION AND WE REPRESENT NEARLY
TWENTY THOUSAND PARENTS ON ANY
GIVEN DAY IN THE CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM. WE ARE HONORED TO
SPONSOR AB NINE FIVE FOUR TO
ENSURE A PARENT'S FINANCIAL
ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CORPS
ORDERED PROGRAMS. PARENTS
PARTICIPATION IN SERVICES
INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A
SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL
REUNIFICATION. A BARRIER TO
REUNIFICATION IN THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM EXISTS BECAUSE
THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS ARE POOR
AND LACK FUNDS TO PAY FOR CORPS
ORDER SERVICES THAT MUST BE
COMPLETED. IN ORDER TO REUNIFY
WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THE
SITUATION IS DIRE AN EXISTING
POLICY IS NOT ENOUGH. AN
ILLUSTRATION OF HOW SEVERE THE
SITUATIONS ARE IS ONE OF OUR
PARENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO
MAKE ENDS MEET AND HOW TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN DINNER OR PARENTING
PROGRAMS. THERE ARE ALSO PARENTS
LIVING IN THEIR CARS- HOMELESS
SHELTERS FOR COLLECTING AND
RECYCLING CANS IN AN ATTEMPT TO
ACCUMULATE ENOUGH MONEY TO
AFFORD THESE PROGRAMS. CORPS
ORDER CLASSES COST ANYWHERE FROM
FIFTEEN DOLLARS A SESSION TO
FORTY FIVE DOLLARS A SESSION.
MOST OF WHICH ARE TWENTY WEEK
PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO EARN A
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR
THE COURT. FURTHERMORE CORE
ORDERS LIKE INDIVIDUAL
COUNSELING CAN COST THIRTY FIVE
DOLLARS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS A SESSION DEPENDING ON
THE AGENCY AND WHETHER OR NOT
THE PARENT HAS MEDICAL
INSURANCE. LACK OF FUNDS LIMITS
A PARENTS CAPACITY TO COMPLY
WITH COURT ORDERS WHICH PREVENTS
CHILDREN FROM REUNITING WITH
THEIR PARENTS WERE MORE THAN
WILLING BUT UNABLE TO COMPLY
WITH COURT ORDERS DUE TO THEIR
FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS
BILL DOES NOT REQUIRE PAYMENT OF
FUNDS TO THE PARENT BUT IT DOES
ENSURE THAT A PARENT'S INABILITY
TO PAY FOR A PROGRAM IS NOT USED
AS A BASIS TO FIND THEM NON
COMPLIANT. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE
THE COURT TO OVER LOOK COMPLETE
NON COMPLIANCE AND LACK OF
EFFORT. BUT RATHER SUPPORT THE
PARENTS WERE ACTIVELY TRYING TO
COMPLETE THEIR CASE PLAN AND
REUNIFY WITH THEIR CHILD. IT
ENCOURAGES COUNTIES TO USE
EXISTING FUNDS TO ASSIST WILLING
PARENTS. LOS ANGELES DEPENDENCY
LAWYERS STRONGLY AND WITHOUT
RESERVATION SUPPORTS ASSEMBLY
BILL NINE FIVE FOUR THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS YOU. CAN
SELECT. WE HAVE ANY LEAD
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. HEY I
WILL MOVE TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WISHING TO EXPRESS
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO
ASSEMBLY BILL NINE FIVE FOUR.
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
ERIN KEANE WITH THE CHILDREN'S
LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY WHEN I
MOVED TO TELECONFERENCE OF
ASSIST AND ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC. TO A CALL IN TO EXPRESS
THEIR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO
ASSEMBLY BILL NINE FIVE FOUR
MODERATOR WILL YOU PLEASE LET-
ARE. OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
KNOW THAT WE'RE READY. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT OPPOSITION OF
NINE FIFTY FOUR YOU MAY PRESS
ONE AND THEN ZERO. BROUGH TO
LINE ONE THIRTY ONE. YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. FIND ONE THIRTY ONE
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. WE WILL MOVE
ON A LINE OF THIRTY EIGHT YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. NICOLE WATERMAN ON
BEHALF OF CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO FURTHER
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION Q. GREAT
THANK YOU SO MUCH WILL BRING THE
CONVERSATION BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. HEY MOVED BY
SENATOR WILL HAVE. THE QUESTIONS
. GREAT JOB. THAT WAS A COMMON.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BRIAN AB SORRY
MAJORITY LEADER RYAN YES IT
ROLLS OFF MY TONGUE YES AB I
WANTED JUST TO GET SOME
CLARIFICATION ON THIS BILL. SO
BEAUTIFICATION SERVICES THAT ARE
COURT ORDERED- R. FOR BENEFIT OF
THE FAMILY AS A UNIT CORRECT
THAT CORRECT SO WHEN THE PARENT
OR GUARDIAN IS UNABLE TO PAY FOR
THOSE SERVICES WHAT IS THE
ALTERNATIVE DO THEY- DO THEY NOT
GET THE SERVICES OR DO WE FIND
ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE. HOW DOES
THAT WORK YEAH THERE ARE
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS- IN
SOME INSTANCES PARENTS HAVE
COMPLETED THE COURSE BUT CAN'T
GET THEIR CERTIFICATION OF
COMPLETION BECAUSE THEY CAN
FINISH PAYING FOR IT OKAY THERE
ARE FREE ALTERNATIVES THAT THE
COURT HAS- IN MANY ANSWERS FOR
MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS
THAT THEY CAN. PRESCRIBE THE
COURTS ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED-
STOP FUNDS THAT THEY CAN USE TO
AUGMENT THAT COST RIGHT NOW
WE'RE NOT THINKING AT ALL ABOUT
THE BARRIER OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
PAY RIGHT AND WE'RE DISCHARGING
FOLKS REUNIFICATION PLANS. VERY
QUICKLY IN PREVENTING THOSE
FAMILIES FROM COMING TOGETHER
AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY SPURRED
THIS BILL WAS THE RECOGNITION
THAT MANY MANY FAMILIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA ARE DOING THE WORK.
THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THE WORK
AND THE ONLY THING MISSING IS
THAT THEY CAN'T PAY FOR IT THE
COURTS CAN ALSO EXTEND THE TIME
OF THE REUNIFICATION PLAN. RIGHT
THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY
FOR IT I INSTEAD OF DISCHARGING
AS FAST IT REALLY JUST. PUTS
THAT FINANCIAL LENS ON THIS
PROCESS BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY
DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT YOU KNOW IT
IT'S PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT'S-
KEEPING OUR FAMILIES IN THIS IN
THIS. VORTEX RATE UP. SO CAN YOU
HELP EDUCATE ME JUST ON. ARE
THOSE FEES PAID TO THE COURT ARE
THEY PAID TO THE PROVIDER THE
SERVICE PROVIDER HOW DOES THAT
WORK THEY'RE PAID TO THE SERVICE
PROVIDER OKAY BUT IN MANY
COUNTIES IN FACT ALL OF OUR
RURAL COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA. A
FOR THESE THEY DON'T MANDATE
SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T THEN
MAKE SURE YOU CAN PAY FOR OKAY
SOME OF OUR LARGER COUNTIES THAT
ARE STRUGGLING- WITH THIS
CONCEPT YEAH AND IT'S AT THE
EXPENSE OF STRUGGLING FAMILIES.
OKAY ALL RIGHT SO YOUR BILL
SOLVES THIS PROBLEM BY DOING
WHAT. IT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY
ALLOWING THE COURTS TO LOOK AT
ABILITY TO PAY WHEN DETERMINING
A REUNIFICATION PLAN. FOR THAT
IF THE ONLY BARRIER. ISN'T IT'S
NOT NON COMPLIANCE IT'S JUST
THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT ALLOWS
THE COURTS. TO RE THINK THROUGH
ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE CASE
PLAN LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES LOOK
FOR FREE ALTERNATIVES LOOK FOR
WAYS. TO AUGMENT THAT COST. IN
KEEP THAT FOCUS AS OPPOSED TO
IMMEDIATELY GOING. TO DISMISSAL
OF REUNIFICATION PLAN AND
BURDENING THE SYSTEM WITH EVEN
GREATER COST BY ALLOWING THE
CHILDREN GO THROUGH THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM. WHEN THEY HAVE
PARENTS WERE ACTIVELY DOING ALL
OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY
LIVE IN POVERTY. OKAY SO WHAT
WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT YOUR
BILL IS TAKING US AWAY FROM LIKE
A PUNITIVE MODEL. AND MORE. AM I
HAVE A SICK MEDICAL ADDITIVE. AB
I. IT'S INSURING THAT CHILDREN
WHO. BUT WHAT ALL OF THE
LITERATURE SHOWING US THAT IF WE
CAN AT ALL KEEP FAMILIES
TOGETHER. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO
DO IT RIGHT THAT'S NOT THE WAY
OUR SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED
RIGHT AND SO. IF THERE ARE
PLACES THAT ARE UNSAFE FOR
CHILDREN OF COURSE THAT'S
ADDRESS IF PARENTS ARE NON
COMPLIANT AND THERE'S NOT A GOOD
HOME TO GO BACK TO COURSE. THAT
IS ADDRESS WHAT WE HAVE DESIGNED
THE SYSTEM IN SUCH THAT JUST
BEING POOR. IS ONE OF THOSE
FACTORS AND THIS GETS US CLOSER
TO THE THINKING ABOUT FINANCIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES. THROUGH A LENS OF
UPLIFTING FOLKS IN POVERTY
ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND NOT.
PUNISHING IT CRIMINALIZING IT
WORK EXACERBATING IT BY
SPLITTING UP CHILDREN. THANK YOU
THANK YOU HE SAID IT MUCH BETTER
THAT I DID. SO THESE PROGRAMS
AND COULD IT BE SOMETHING LIKE
YOU KNOW LIKE ANGER MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS- AB- COUNSELING THINGS
LIKE THAT THOSE THAT HAVE
PROGRAMS TO TALK ABOUT ACTUALLY
IT CAN BE ALL OF THE ABOVE OKAY.
OKAY AND OTHERS AND- THE COURTS
TO HAVE THE FULL ABILITY TO. YOU
KNOW TALK WITH THE PROVIDERS OF
THESE PROGRAMS FIND THE
ALTERNATIVES KIND OF TAKE IN ALL
OF THE EVIDENCE THIS DOESN'T
ALLOW FOR. AN OUTRIGHT- FOR THEM
FROM REJECTING A FAMILY
UNIFICATION PLAN THEY STILL
MAINTAIN THAT A SORTIE AND
AUTONOMY IT JUST MAKE SURE THAT
THEY DON'T REJECTED. SOLELY
BECAUSE POVERTY IS THE FACTOR
OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS
THIS GIVES THEM THE COURTS. MORE
AGENCY TO HELP THE FAMILY BE
SUCCESSFUL THAT IS THAT RIGHT
THAT'S OKAY ACTUALLY WHAT IT ALL
RIGHT THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR.
BRINGING ME THERE OKAY THANK YOU
SO MUCH OF WHAT QUESTION JUST
FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE
RECORD. DOES THIS BILL EXCUSE
PARTICIPATION. ARE MERRILY
PAYMENT. IT DOES NOT EXCUSE FOR
NON COMPLIANCE CAN STILL BE A
REASON TO CLOSE. A REUNIFICATION
PLANNER TO AND ONE OF THIS ONLY
SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T CLOSE THE
PLAN. IF THE ONLY THING MISSING
IS FINANCIAL- OBLIGATIONS BEING
THAT. THE PARTICIPATION WOULD
STILL HAPPEN AT SOME POINT
CORRECT I WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE
THE COURSE WORK OR THE CLASS
UNLESS THE COURT DECIDED TO.
CHANGE YOUR REUNIFICATION PLAN
IN SOME WAY THAT'S UP TO THE
COURTS AND IN SOME INSTANCES
THEY MIGHT FIND THAT THERE'S A
FREE ALTERNATIVE AND THEN CHANGE
WHAT WHAT IF THE REQUIREMENT IS
FOR YOUR REUNIFICATION PLAN- BUT
BUT YES YOU STILL HAVE TO
COMPLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
IT THANK YOU SO MUCH OKAY SO WE
HAVE A MOTION AB FROM CENTER
WALK HOP. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE. I JUST. I GREW UP IN A
FAMILY THAT DID FOSTER CARE FOR
TWENTY SIX YEARS- THERE OVER TWO
HUNDRED UNLESS YOU CAME THROUGH
THE HOUSE. NINE OF US ENDED UP
ADOPTED I'VE KIND OF SEEN THE
INS AND OUTS OF THE SYSTEM IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS WE DO A LOT OF
CREATIVE THINGS. THAT ARE
ACTUALLY BAD FOR CHILDREN AND
BAD FOR FAMILIES AND MAKE-
POVERTY ONE OF THOSE ROUTE
CONDITIONS THAT WE DETERMINE.
OUR OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE UNSAFE
FOR CHILDREN WHEN THAT'S NOT THE
CASE WE HAVE STRUGGLING FAMILIES
WE HAVE MORE NOW THAN EVER. WHO
DESERVE A FIGHTING CHANCE TO
KEEP THEIR CHILDREN HI AND THE
ONES WHO ARE DOING THE WORK LIKE
THIS BILL SPECIFIES. A DESERVE
FOR THE COURTS TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION IN THE WORK FOR US
ALL IS TO ALLEVIATE THAT
PROPERTY BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT IF
WE DON'T START TO MAKE THE
CHANGES. IN THE SYSTEM AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
HERE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL.
THANK YOU THANK YOU MAJORITY
LEADER AND- I WILL SAY. THAT AB
EVERY ENCOUNTER I HAVE WITH YOU
I LEARNED MORE AND MORE- YOU
HEARD THAT DR JACKSON AND I IN
IN THE PREVIOUS- THE BILL- WE
ARE COMMITTED. TO BRINGING
CALIFORNIA BACK TO A PLACE WHERE
WE'RE PUTTING KIDS FIRST IN
FAMILIES FIRST- AND I HOPE THAT
YOU WILL. EMBRACE THAT WITH US
AND HELP- HERE AT US HERE THE
SENATE. GUIDE US IN THE
DIRECTION. OF DOING RIGHT BY
FAMILIES AND KIDS- ICE I SEE IT
IN YOUR BILL AND IT IN IN YOUR
LEADERSHIP AS WELL. SO PLEASE
CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND
ENCOURAGE US AND BRING US IN
THAT IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
THANK YOU. RIGHT PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FOLLOW TWENTY SIX. A. B.
NINE FIVE THE MOTION IS TO PASS.
OUT FRONT OF YOU HI A ROGUE- I
TROUBLED BY. TROUBLED BY HER
TOTAL. FOR TOTAL AREN'T
MAJORITY. OF OUR AYE WOW. WHILE
BY. FIVES THANK SOMEWHERE FIRST
UNANIMOUS VOTE TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS MADAM CHAIR ALL
RIGHT HAVE A GREAT WITH. OKAY SO
BEFORE WE- BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
OUR LAST BILL. I DO SEE THAT WE
HAVE OUR MEMBERS HERE SO I'D
LIKE TO TAKE UP THE CONSENT
ITEMS IF POSSIBLE. OKAY MOVED BY
SENATOR Y. HUB. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM SEVEN AB TWO
SEVEN ONE FILE ITEM TEN AB THREE
NINE THREE FILE ITEM TWELVE A.
B. FOUR FOUR EIGHT. FILE ITEM
FOURTEEN AB FIVE FIVE ONE. FILE
ITEM SIXTEEN EIGHTY SIX TWO FOUR
FILE ITEM NINETEEN AB EIGHT FIVE
SEVEN. FILE ITEM TWENTY A. B.
EIGHT SEVEN TWO FILE ITEM TWENTY
ONE AB EIGHT SEVEN SIX FILE ITEM
TWENTY TWO A. B. NINE TWO EIGHT.
FILE ITEM TWENTY THREE EIGHTY
TEN THIRTY EIGHT FILE ITEM
TWENTY FIVE A. B. ELEVEN TWELVE
FILE ITEM TWENTY NINE. AB NINE
SEVEN NINE FILE ITEM THIRTY A.
B. FOURTEEN SEVENTEEN. EVERADO
YOU HI A RUNNER GO I'D SHOW BOTH
TROUBLED BY FOR TOTAL. RETURN-
ON MENTOR. MENTOR I WANNA.
LEVINE FOUR ZERO IN Q. FIVE
ZERO- CONSENT KICKED THE CONSENT
ITEMS ARE OUT. AND CAN WE MOVE
FORWARD AND OPEN UP THE. CALL
BEFORE WE HEAR THE LAST FILM.
WANT TO KEEP. BOOKS.
WE ARE GOING TO WE'RE GONNA MOVE
FORWARD AS OUR LAST ITEM THAT-
SO WE HAVE- ITEM NUMBER THIRTY
ONE ASSEMBLY BILL ONE FIVE SIX
EIGHT ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD.
WELCOME THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS I'D FIRST
LIKE TO START BY THANKING YOU IN
YOUR COMMITTEE STAFFER YOUR WORK
ON THIS BILL- MEMBER- MEMBERS IT
WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION
EARLIER THIS YEAR. AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTAL SERVICES
RATE STUDY INCLUDED AN ERROR
WANTED TO SIGN RATES TO
INSTRUCTORS PROVIDING
INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES ALSO
KNOWN AS I. L. S. THIS RATE
RESULTED IN A MISMATCH OF
SERVICES AND SET A LOWER WAGE
THAN INSTRUCTORS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA EARNED.
MISCALCULATING THE RATE NEEDED
BY AGENCIES TO PAY THEIR EYELESS
INSTRUCTORS AB FIFTEEN SIXTY
WILL REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO
REVISE AND IMPLEMENT AN
EQUITABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE
RATE SETTING PROCEDURE FOR STATE
PAYMENT FOR IOWA SERVICES. I'M
THRILLED TO SEE THAT THE BUDGET
THAT THE RATE FIX WAS INCLUDED
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BILL AND
AB FIFTY FIFTEEN SIXTY WILL
COMPLEMENT THAT BUDGET
ALLOCATION. AB FIFTEEN SIXTY IT
GOES BEYOND THE FUNDING
ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET BY
SPECIFYING THAT INDEPENDENT
LIVING SKILLS SERVICES SHALL NOT
BE CATEGORIES IS COMMUNITY BASED
DAY PROGRAM OR ADULT DAY
PROGRAMS. THE RATE SETTING
PROCEDURES TO REFLECT THE
REASONABLE COSTS OF INDEPENDENT
LIVING SKILLS SERVICES. AB
FIFTEEN SIXTY WILL ALSO REQUIRE
THAT IOWA SERVICES HAVE
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS TRAINING
COMPONENTS INCLUDING AMONG
OTHERS. LOOKING MONEY MANAGEMENT
USE OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL
SERVICES. AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE
AWARENESS HERE TO TESTIFY IS
MARK IN SUPPORT AS MARK MELANSON
OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY LIVING
NETWORK. WELCOME THANK YOU THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS
EVENING OF COURSE. NOTHING LIKE
BEING LAST. STANDING BETWEEN YOU
GRANTED ALLEY. GOOD EVENING
COMMITTEE CHAIR MEMBERS AND
STAFF MY NAME'S MARK PLANTS AND
CEO OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
LIVING NETWORK CC ALLEN. AND
PROUD SPONSOR OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WOODS EIGHTY FIFTEEN SIXTY
EIGHT. SIXTY ON HIS MEMBERSHIP
NETWORK OF ALMOST ONE HUNDRED
AGENCY. SERVICE PROVIDERS LARGE
AND SMALL ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THE TWENTY NINETEEN
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES RIGHT CITY PROVIDED A
SOLID ROADMAP TO EVALUATE
SERVICE PROVIDER RATE. BUT THE
STUDY ALSO INCLUDED AN ERROR
WHEN IT ASSIGNED RATES TO
INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES ALSO
KNOWN AS IOS. A SERVICE MANY OF
OUR MEMBERS PROVIDE- EYELESS IS
A SERVICE THAT IN ADDITION TO
BEING PROVIDED. IN THE
INDIVIDUAL'S OWN HOME CAN ALSO
BE PROVIDED IN THE FAMILY HOMES
. AS A RESULT OF THIS MESS
CLASSIFICATION I LESS PROVIDERS
WILL BE RECEIVING A RATE CUT AT
FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RATE
SETTING. IMPLEMENTING THIS
REPLIED RATE WILL LEAD TO
FURTHER CLOSURES REDUCE ACCESS
OF HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED
COMPLIANCE SERVICES- THIS
NETWORK OF IOS PROVIDERS AND
FORCE CONSUMERS INTO MORE
EXPENSES EXPENSIVE LEVELS OF
KERR- AND PUT THEM ON LONG
WAITING LISTS TO ACCESS OTHER
MORE COSTLY SERVICES. SIMILAR TO
THE CURRENT BUDGET BILLS
LANGUAGE THIS BILL INCLUDES A
SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM
BUT THIS PROBLEM BY DRAWING MORE
APPROPRIATE PARALLELS TO BUREAU
OF LABOR STATISTICS TROUBLE
CODES. ADDITIONALLY IT WILL LINE
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
REVISED ALLESTREE BUT THE
STATUTORY TIMELINE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICE RATES. FOR
THOSE REASONS HE SEE ELENA PLUGS
THIS LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR. FOR THE TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR BUDGET THAT
APPROPRIATES FUNDS CONSISTENT
WITH THE APPROACH FOR REVISING
THE RATE IN THIS BILL. SO WHAT
ELSE WHAT ELSE DOES THIS BILL
PROPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH. A
SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE THIS BILL
SEEKS TO- REMOVE I LS OUT FROM
UNDER THE PROGRAMS AND ADULT DAY
SERVICES CATEGORY. WHICH IS
LIKELY WITH THE ERROR AND I'LL
S. READ CITY CAP CALCULATIONS
HAPPEN TO BEGIN WITH. EYELESS IS
A SUPPORT SERVICE THAT IS NOT
ONLY ACCESSED BY INDIVIDUALS FOR
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NINE TO
THREE. FOR EXAMPLE I'LL
HIGHLIGHT THE BROAD ARRAY AND
SCOPE OF VIOLENCE SUPPORTS
POSSIBLE THAT. THAT IS CODIFIED
IN CURRENT STATURE WHEN ALSO
REFERENCED AGAIN IN THIS BILL
SECTION THREE. INDEPENDENT
LIVING SERVICES MAY ALSO BE. MAY
ALSO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS
NECESSARY FOR CONSUMERS TO
MAINTAIN A SELF SUSTAINING.
INDEPENDENT LIVING SITUATIONS IN
THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS ALL
INCLUSIVE AND A FOUNDING
PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT LIVING
SERVICES. WE ALREADY SAW THE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT.
THAT DAY PROGRAM ADULT DAY
SERVICE CATEGORIZATION CAUSED IN
TWENTY NINETEEN WHEN THE
FOURTEEN DAY HOLIDAYS. ARE
FORCED CLOSURE SCHEDULE
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THE
PROVISION OF SERVICES IN IOS AND
THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THOSE
SERVICES WE ALL KNOW THERE'S NO
HOLIDAYS AND LIVING
INDEPENDENTLY. DISASTERS LIKE
WILDFIRES PANDEMIC CENTER CREEKS
. WHEN I LESS MAY NEED THE MOST
SUPPORT AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS
ONLY HAPPENED MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY NINE TO THREE IF THIS
BILL ALSO FIXES THIS
LONGSTANDING OUTDATED MIS
CATEGORIZATION. LASTLY THE BILL
REQUIRE EVALUATION OF THE
ADEQUACY OF THE IOS RATE IN THE
FUTURE. PROVIDERS CAN'T SURVIVE
ON TWENTY NINETEEN RAIL RATE
CALCULATIONS FOR EVER. AND
PEOPLE RECEIVING A LS SERVICES
DESERVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THIS
H. C. B. S. COMPLIANCE SERVICE
WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE
TO THEM LONG INTO THEIR FUTURES
. THE SURGEON ISSUE CAN'T WAIT
FOR A SOLUTION A LONGER
PROVIDERS ARE CLOSING THIS
ESSENTIAL WORK FORCE IS BEING
LOST IN INDIVIDUALS AND IOS.
PROGRAMS ARE AT RISK OF BEING
PROPELLED INTO CRISIS THANK YOU
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD FOR
CHAMPIONING THIS BILL AND
ALLOWING FOR ME TO PROVIDE-
TESTIMONY ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE
WERE X. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR AYE VOTE. FOR THIS
IMPORTANT BILL THAT HAS
WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT
FROM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY- AND
THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
STAFF HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO
EXPRESS OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT
ASSEMBLY BILL FIFTEEN SIXTY
EIGHT PLEASE APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE. CASEY NONE WILL MOVE
TO TELECONFERENCE SERVICE
MODERATOR- ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WISHING TO EXPRESS
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR
ASSEMBLY BILL FIFTEEN SIXTY
EIGHT. PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WE
ARE READY. THANK YOU REPORTER
POSITION- FIFTEEN SIXTY EIGHT
YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO
. AGAIN THAT IS ONE AND THEN
ZERO FOR SUPPORTER OPPOSITION.
AND MEDICARE WE HAVE NO ONE IN
Q. AT THE FAST MOVING THE BILL.
ONLY FILL OUT ALL OF MY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH-
LET ME QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS-
ASSEMBLY MEMBER- THERE THERE WAS
A SMALL YET- SUBSTANCE. TO
AMENDMENT THAT I HAD RECOMMENDED
THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD
RECOMMENDED TO ADD EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS- DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT WE AGREE I THINK WE'RE
GOING PLENTY TO TAKE THAT IN
APPROPRIATIONS. OKAY OKAY YES I
JUST WANTED A FIXER FOR THE
RECORD- I THINK YOU HAVE A VERY
FULL LIST OF- BY LESS SERVICES
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
PARTICULAR FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
AND I KNOW YOU THAT YOU COULD
RECOGNIZE THIS I KNOW THOSE
WERE. YES I MEAN WILDFIRES
FLOODS I MEAN. WE HAVE TO BE
PREPARED FOR ALL SO- SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH WELL WE HAVE A
MOTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE I
JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH WILL
CALL THE ROLL. FILE ITEM THIRTY
ONE AB FIFTEEN SIXTY EIGHT THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS OF RIGHT AGO HI A
ROGUE- I TROUBLED. TROUBLED GUY
HER TOTAL RETURN TO OUR IMAGE OR
IMAGE OF OUR IOWA. WE'LL HAVE
OUR- FIVE ZERO THAT- BILLS OUT
THE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN HAVE
MEASURES HER TODAY- WE HAD
THIRTY TWO ON THE AGENDA- THANK
YOU SO MUCH COMMITTEE WE HAVE
FOUR BILLS ASSEMBLY. BILL FIFTY
ONE ASSEMBLY BILL ELEVEN FORTY
EIGHT ASSEMBLY BILL THIRTEEN
TWENTY FOUR AN ASSEMBLY BILL
FIFTEEN TWELVE THAT- POOLED AT
THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIR TO BE
HEARD ON JULY THIRTEENTH UPON
ADJOURNMENT OF OUR SESSION THIS
WILL BE A SPECIAL HEARING TO
ALLOW. PLENTY OF TIME FOR US TO
ENGAGE WITH THE AUTHORS OF THIS
VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT MATTER.
SO WHAT THIS WILL NOT BE OUR
LAST SESSION TOGETHER SEE HOW
EXCITING IT'S NOT WE HAVE ONE
MORE. AND BEFORE DO THAT WE'RE
GONNA LIVE THE CALL THIS TIME
FOR REAL. MR WILL FILE ITEM ONE
AB TWENTY THE MOTION IS TO PASS
AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING I THE VICE CHAIR VOTING I
HER TADO- TOTAL I'D- FIVE ZERO
FIVE ZERO THAT BILLS OUT. MOVING
ON TO FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO AB
THREE SEVEN THREE THE MOTION IS
TO PASS AS AMENDED WITH THE
CHAIR VOTING I'D THE VICE CHAIR
VOTING ON. HER TOTAL. THE TOTAL
ON. FIVE ZERO EIGHT FIVE ZERO
AND THAT BILL IS OUT. MOVING ON
TO FILE ITEM FIVE A. B. EIGHTY
SIX THE MOTION IS TO PASS A RE
REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
HOUSING. EL DORADO DO. IN THE
FIVE YES ITEM NUMBER FIVE AB
EIGHTY SIX MOTIONS TO PASS A RE
REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
HOUSING HI OF REVIEW. FOR TOTAL.
RETURN TO OUR- IN THIS FOUR
ZERO. THE BILL. IT WAS FOUR
ZERO- FOUR ZERO THAT BILLS OUT.
MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM SIX A. B.
TWO SIX TWO THE MOTION IS TOO
FAST AND REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH
THE CHAIR VOTING ON THE VICE
CHAIR VOTING ON HER TADO.
FURTADO IOWA. WE'LL HAVE OUR-
FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO THAT BILLS
OUT. REMOVING ON THE FILE ITEM
EIGHT A. B. SEVEN TWO THREE THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. OF ROAD TO GIVE.
A ROUND OF YOU I HER TITLE. OR
TITLE I. FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO
THAT BILLS OUT. MOVING ON TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE. THIS IS
ME AB THREE SIX SIX THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT THE CHAIR
VOTING I THE VICE CHAIR VOTING
ON HER TADO. FOR TOTAL IOWA.
LEVINE. FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO THAT
BILLS OUT. MOVING ON TO FILE
ITEM ELEVEN A. B. FOUR TO SIX
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY. WITH THE CHAIR VOTING
ON VICE CHAIR VOTING NO HER
TOTAL. FOR TITLE I WILL HAVE. A
HOTLINE. IS. FOUR FILE ITEM
THIRTEEN EIGHTY FIFTEEN THIRTY
SIX THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. CHAIR VOTING ON
VICE CHAIR VOTING ON FOR TOTAL.
PER TOTAL I WANNA. LEVINE FIVE
ZERO FIVE ZERO THAT FILLS OUT.
FILE ITEM FIFTEEN AB FIVE EIGHTY
NINE THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING ON VICE CHAIR VOTING ON
HER TADO. FOR TOTAL- I WILL
HAVE. A BY. FIVE ZERO FIVE ZERO
THAT BILLS OUT. FILE ITEM
SEVENTEEN AB EIGHT THREE NINE
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS WHICH CHAIR
VOTING AYE VICE CHAIR VOTING ON
HER TADO. FOR TOTAL I WILL HA.
HA BY. FOUR ZERO FIVE ZERO THAT
FILLS OUT. FILE ITEM EIGHT A. B.
ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN THE MOTION IS
TO PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY WITH THE
CHAIR VOTING AYE VICE CHAIR
VOTING ON HER TITLE. RETURN I
WILL- LEVINE. FIVE ZERO FIVE
ZERO THAT FILLS OUT. FILE ITEM
TWENTY FOUR AB NINE THREE SEVEN
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR VOTING I
VICE CHAIR VOTING ON HER TADO.
FOR TOTAL I WILL HAVE. A BY.
FOUR ZERO FIVE ZERO THAT FILLS
OUT. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO FILE
ITEM THIRTY TWO A. B. SEVENTEEN
FIFTY FIVE THE MOTION IS TO PASS
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS WHICH CHAIR
VOTING ON THE VICE CHAIR VOTING
ON HER TADO. FOR TOTAL AREN'T
WELL. ONE OF OUR- IS FIVE ZERO
FIVE ZERO THAT FLOWS OUT. LOSE.
AB NINE FIVE OR. FIFTY SIXTY.
EVERYBODY'S HERE FOR THE. NUMBER
OF. BODIES UNION HAVE. RATE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF OUR
COMMITTEE STAFF I JUST WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU ARE SERGEANTS
ARE CONSULTANTS FOR HANGING IN
WITH US THE DAY BEFORE. THE
FOURTH OF JULY HOPEFULLY ALL OF
YOU WILL ENJOY A- SOME TIME IN
YOUR COMMUNITIES WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS AND LOTS OF RED WHITE
AND BLUE AND- PLEASE CARE FOR
YOUR PETS THIS IS NOT A GOOD
TIME FOR OUR PETS THEY GET VERY
SCARED SO GIVEN A LOT OF LOVE
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WITH
THAT WE WILL GAVEL OUT THE NOW
CONCLUDE THAT COMMITTEE SENATE
COMMITTEE HEARING OF HUMAN
SERVICES.