FINE WILL COME TO ORDER. UM
PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL. SENATORS
CABALLERO CABALLERO, PRESIDENT,
SARTO TOLD PRESIDENT BLAKE SPEAR
, BLAKE SPIRIT PRESIDENT AND
DOLLY DOLLY PRESIDENT DURAZO. SO
PRESIDENT GLASER. SKINNER.
WIENER. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. WE
HAVE A QUORUM. SO GOOD MORNING
TO EVERYBODY. THE SENATE
CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC
IN PERSON AND VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. SO FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT, TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS 8772. AND
THE ACCESS CODE IS 7 36 28 36.
WE ARE HOLDING. OUR COMMITTEES
ARE COMMITTEE HEARING HERE. HERE
IN THE CAPITAL. WE ARE IN ROOM 1
12 AND I ASKED, UM, ANY MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE THAT ARE NOT
HERE TO PLEASE, UM COME IN,
BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY ONE BILL ON
THE AGENDA TODAY, AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
EVERYBODY'S VOTE RECORDED.
TODAY'S AGENDA IS SB 3 35 BY
SENATOR CART EASY AND WE ARE
HEARING THE BILL UNDER SENATE
RULES 29.10 D. WE'RE WE'RE
CONSIDERING THE AMENDMENT TO THE
BILL MADE IN THE ASSEMBLY. SO
SENATOR COURTESY. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND THE FLOOR IS
YOURS. I THINK YOU YOU. OKAY, GO
AHEAD AND TRY IT. HMM. JUST
SAYING. I THINK THAT'S GOOD,
BECAUSE WE CAN HEAR YOU PRETTY
GOOD.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
YEAH. LATER I WILL. BUT THERE WE
GO. ALRIGHT, PERFECT. JUST LIT
UP. AGAIN THANK YOU, CHAIR
CABALLERO AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. I'M HERE TODAY TO
PRESENT SB 3 35. THIS BILL WOULD
GRANT THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
TEMPORARY AUTHORITY GIVE VOTERS
THE OPTION TO RAISE LOCAL TAXES
UNTIL DECEMBER. 2028 EXISTING
LAW ALLOWS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW TO
COLLECTIVELY LOBBY LOCAL SALES
TAXES UP TO A 2% LIMIT. SP 703
SIGNED INTO LAW BACK IN OCTOBER
OF 2017. GRANTED THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CLARA AT THAT TIME
AUTHORITY TO PROPOSE A NEWER,
INCREASED SALES TAX 0.625% EVEN
IF THE COMBINED LOCAL SALES
TAXES WOULD EXCEED 2% CAP.
HOWEVER THAT BUILDS SUNSET IT IN
2022 WITH WITHOUT A PROPOSAL
BEING PLACED ON THE BALLOT. SP 3
35 WOULD SIMPLY GIVE THE COUNTY
THAT SAME AUTHORITY UNTIL 2028.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT THE
COUNTY UM IS, UM FUNDING, UH,
MANY OF WHICH ARE ON ITS OWN
INITIATIVE, MOSTLY SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS, AS IS THE CASE IN MOST
COUNTIES. IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'D BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
. UM LET ME ALSO SAY THAT, UM WE
HAVE INCLUDED A PROVISION THAT
CORRECTS THE MISTAKE. FROM LAST
YEAR WITH A B 24 53, WHICH WAS A
BENNETT BILL, WHICH EMPOWERED
THE VENTURA COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO
IMPOSE A DISTRICT TAX.
UNFORTUNATELY THE COMMISSION
CAN'T DO THAT THAT BILL SHOULD
HAVE IDENTIFIED THE COUNTY OF
VENTURA INSTEAD. SO THAT
TECHNICAL CORRECTION IF YOU WILL
IS HAS BECOME PART OF THIS BILL
. BUT AGAIN, UM COMING FROM MY
HOME COUNTY, MY HOME DISTRICT.
IT WAS PRIMARILY MY
RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO GET
THIS BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE AND
I HAVE AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE HERE TODAY
WITH US AS JEAN HURST WITH KANYE
SANTA CLARA WELCOME. SO MUCH
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS JEAN HURST
HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA. WE ARE
PROUD SPONSORS OF SENATE BILL 3
35. AS SENATOR CORTEZ MENTIONED
THIS WOULD SIMPLY ALLOW THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SEEK THE
APPROVAL OF OUR VOTERS FOR A
MODEST LOCAL TRANSACTIONS AND
USE TAX OF UP TO 0.625% THE
COUNTY IS ADDRESSING A BUDGET
DEFICIT IN 23 24 AND FORECAST A
GREATER SHORTFALL IN THE
FOLLOWING YEAR. THE COUNTY DID
INVEST SIGNIFICANTLY WELL OVER A
BILLION DOLLARS INDEPENDENT
RESPONSE ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT
COMMUNITY HEALTH, MUCH OF WHICH
WILL EITHER NOT BE REIMBURSED AT
ALL, OR MAY TAKE MANY YEARS FOR
REIMBURSEMENT. AND, OF COURSE,
BROADER ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE
ALSO HAVING, UH, CREATING SOME
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. AS
SENATOR CORTEZ MENTIONED THE
COUNTY IS THE SAFETY NET FOR
THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
TRADITIONALLY THE MOST
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
BUDGET REDUCTIONS, AND SP 35
OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY. CONTINUE
TO PROTECT THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO
NEED THE MOST ASSISTANCE. WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WANT
TO ASK ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
COMMITTEE ON THIS ISSUE? PLEASE
COME FORWARD TO THE MIC.
IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND WHETHER
YOU'RE IN IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT
ANYONE IN THE ROOM. SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION
HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY
IN OPPOSITION? SAYING NONE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE AND SEE IF
THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE
TO TESTIFY EITHER IN SUPPORT OR
IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
OPPOSITION. YOU MAY PRESS ONE
THAN ZERO. MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE
NO ONE IN KILL. VERY GOOD. WE'LL
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
ARE TEST TODAY IS TO CONCUR OR
DO DISAGREE WITH THE AMENDMENTS
MADE IN THE ASSEMBLY. ANY
QUESTIONS OR EMOTION? OKAY THERE
IS EMOTION. SENATOR CORTEZ WILL
ALLOW YOU TO CONCLUDE. WE ASK
FOR YOUR EYEBALL. THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD. THERE IS EMOTION. UM,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MOTION IS
THAT THE ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS WE
CONCURRED IN SENATORS CABALLERO
CABALLERO, I CR TO CR TOÀN NOTE.
BLAKE SPEAR, BLAKE SPIRIT. I
DALI DALI. NO, DURAZO. SO I
GLASER GLASER, I SKINNER WIENER.
42. FOR THE TWO WILL PUT THAT ON
CALL AND WAIT FOR THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, LET'S GET.
WE ARE BACK. WE'RE WAITING TO.
SO WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD IN
THE SENATE GOVERNANCE AND
FINANCE AND WE HAVE ONE AGENDA
ITEM, WHICH IS SP 3 35, WHICH
CAME BACK FROM THE ASSEMBLY WITH
AMENDS. UM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS. MOTION
IS THAT THE ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS
BE CONCURRED IN WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING I, SENATOR SKINNER
SKINNER, I WIENER WIENER. I'M
622. THAT BILL IS OUT. 6 TO 2.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING, AND
THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.