THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. GOOD
MORNING AGAIN. THE SENATE
CONTINUES TO WELCOME PUBLIC IN
PERSON, THE PUBLIC AND PERSONAL
VIEW THAT TELECONFERENCE SERVICE
FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS 8772268.
AGAIN THAT'S 8772268163 AND THE
ACCESS CODE IS 609796. THAT'S
609. A 6709796670. WE ARE
HOLDING OUR COMMITTEE HEARINGS
HERE IN THE STREET BUILDING. I
ASK ALL MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE TO
BE PRESENT IN ROOM 2200 SO WE
CAN ESTABLISH A QUORUM WHICH WE
DO NOT YET HAVE. WE WILL. WE
WILL. WE WILL START THIS HEARING
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. BY WAY OF
CONTEXT. THERE IS ANOTHER
COMMITTEE HEARING GOING RIGHT
NOW. THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
ELECTIONS OF WHICH I AM A
MEMBER. AND THERE ARE TWO
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE. IN
ADDITION TO THEIR MEMBERS OF
THAT COMMITTEE, SENATOR GLASER
IS CHAIRING THAT HEARING.
SENATOR MCGUIRE IS ALSO PART OF
THAT HEARING. THEY WILL MAKE
THEIR WAY OVER HERE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. LAST MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE, SENATOR WILK WILL BE
HERE ALBEIT A LITTLE BIT LATE
TODAY, AND WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE
TO SUBJECT AND WE WILL DO SO IT
HAVING SAID THAT I ASKED THE
TESTIMONY A MAIN WITNESSES TODAY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION BE
LIMITED TO TWO PEOPLE PER SIDE
WITH TWO MINUTES FOR EACH
PERSON. ALL OTHERS MAY ADD ON
AND SIMPLY STATE, YOUR NAME
ORGANIZATION. YOUR POSITION. ON
THE BILL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE
BILL ON TODAY'S AGENDA. A B 3 89
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS BEFORE
WE HEAR PRESENTATION, THE BILLS
, WE WILL NO NO QUORUM AGAIN. SO
IN THE ABSOLUTE COURT, WE WILL
START AS A SUBCOMMITTEE WELCOME
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS. YOU MAY
PROCEED WHEN READY, AND AS YOU
MAKE YOUR WAY UP HERE, I WANT TO
SAY AS YOU DO, SO, THANK YOU
AGAIN. FOR BEING SO
ACCOMMODATING AND COLLEGIAL
ISSUED WORKED THROUGH WHAT HAS
STARTED AS A VERY DIFFICULT SET
OF ISSUES AND I WANT TO SAY FOR
MY PART, AND I THINK, SPEAKING
OF THE COMMITTEE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUST
LOTS OF THINGS WE DON'T NORMALLY
INTERESTED IN TRIBAL MATTERS. SO
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS
WHERE WE ARE COMPELLED TO DO SO
AS YOU'LL SPEAK TO IN YOUR
TESTIMONY. BUT AS YOU AND I
DISCUSSED, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT IN DOING SO WE WERE AS WE
MAKE POLICY WANT TO DO SO WITH
THE MAXIMUM CHANCE OF CONSENSUS
, AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE
WILL BE ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS TODAY. IS
THAT CORRECT? YEAH GO AHEAD WITH
THAT PRESENTATION. MR SPEAKER.
YES. PLEASE PLEASE PROCEED.
THANK YOU TO CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS IN 2021, A PROFESSOR
AT CAL STATE SAN JOSE POSTED
THAT SHE WAS GLAD TO BE BACK
AMONGST OLD FRIENDS. SHE WAS
REFERRING TO A NATIVE AMERICAN
REMAINS THAT SHE WAS HOLDING IN
HER HANDS, WHICH WAS A SKULL OF
A NATIVE AMERICAN. ONE OF OUR
ANCESTORS ON MARCH 28TH. 2022 I
REQUESTED AN AUDIT OF THE CAL
STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS
COMPLIANCE WITH NAGRA. NATIVE
AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND
REPATRIATION ACT, AS WELL AS THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
GRAVES PROTECTION AND
REPATRIATION ACT. THE AUDIT WAS
COMPLETE IN JUNE OF 2023. WHICH
NOW HAS FOUND NON COMPLIANCE AND
GROSS NEGLECT OF FOLLOWING BOTH
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. THE AUDIT
REVEALED OVER 700,000 NATIVE
AMERICAN REMAINS STILL IN THE
PROCESS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE
CAL STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
EVEN THOUGH FEDERAL LAW DIRECTED
THEM IN 1995 TO START UP THE
REPATRIATION PROCESS. 20 YEARS
HAS GONE BY EVERY 3 89 IS A
COMPILE ATION OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOUND IN THE
REPORT AND WE'LL START THE
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT WITH
REPORTING MECHANISMS TO THIS
BODY TO ENSURE ONGOING
COMPLIANCE OF BOTH STATE AND
FEDERAL LAW. ON AUGUST 29TH 2023
JOINT HEARING ON THE STATE
ARTIST FINDINGS WAS HEARD WITH
TRIBAL LEADERS INPUT. THE AUDIT
REVEALED THAT HALF OF ALL
CAMPUSES DID NOT EVEN KNOW THE
EXTENT OF THE REMAINS THAT THEY
POSSESSED DESPITE FEDERAL LAW,
GIVING DIRECTION 1995 AND
CALIFORNIA STATE LAW. ALSO THE
AUDIT ALSO REVEALED. THAT SYSTEM
WIDE ONLY 6% OF REMAINS HAD BEEN
REPATRIATED SINCE 1995. ALSO
IDENTIFIED OR THE TOP VIOLATOR
WAS IDENTIFIED AS SONOMA STATE
WITH OVER 185,000 NATIVE
AMERICAN REMAINS THAT HAVE NOT
EVEN STARTED THE PROCESS FOR
REPATRIATION. I ASKED THE STATE
HOW LONG MUST CALIFORNIA INDIAN
PEOPLE BE SHOWN A DIFFERENT VIEW
IN RESPECT THAN OTHERS IN THE
STATE? WE NEED A CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM THAT HONORS
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE WITH
THE SAME STANDARDS AND
COMMITMENT IN WHICH THEY ALLOW
OTHER PEOPLE WITH HONOR AND
RESPECT. MAYBE 3 89 TAKES AN
IMPLEMENTS WERE TRIBAL INPUT.
THE STATE AUDITORS,
RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRING CAL
STATE UNIVERSITIES TO REPORT TO
THE LEGISLATURE ANNUALLY ON EACH
INSTITUTION'S PROGRESS TOWARDS
REPATRIATION, ENSURING PROTOCOLS
ARE IN PLACE REGARDING HANDLING
AND IDENTIFYING REMAINS IN
CULTURAL ITEMS ISSUING A SYSTEM
WIDE NAG FROM POLICY AND CAL
NIAGARA POLICY. REQUIRING FULL
TIME EXPERIENCE REPATRIATION
COORDINATORS. AND REQUIRING
COMPLETION OF CAMPUSES EFFORTS
TO INVENTORY THEIR COLLECTIONS.
THIS BILL WOULD ALSO PROHIBIT
THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITIES TO
USE NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS. FOR
PURPOSES OF TEACHING OR
RESEARCH. WE ARE TAKING ACTION
TO HOLD CAL STATE UNIVERSITIES
ACCOUNTABLE AND ALLOWING
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES TO FINALLY HAVE PEACE AND
CLOSURE ON AN ISSUE THAT HAS
BEEN AROUND FOR GENERATIONS. THE
INDEPENDENT AUDIT. BLATANTLY
SHOWED DISRESPECT FOR
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE. AND
DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION.
A B 3 89, AS AMENDED NOW
INCLUDES THE VOICE OF CALIFORNIA
INDIAN PEOPLE WITH ME TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL IS
JOHNNY HERNANDEZ, VICE CHAIRMAN
OF THE SALMON WHILE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT AND JANET QUÊ BILL
CHAIRPERSON OF THE PECULIAR
RANCHERIA BAND CHANCY INDIANS.
THANK YOU. UM, THE WITNESSES
HERE. VICE CHAIR. PLEASE MR
HERNANDEZ. WELCOME YES, PLEASE.
SORRY THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT
HERE. I'M NOT SURE. READY YES,
PLEASE, PLEASE PROCEED. OPTION
IT TO ONE. JOHNNY HERNANDEZ.
THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TIME. NOON.
COOPER I TO THE YOU HAVE YOUR
TAMPON MOVE. MY NAME IS JOHNNY
HERNANDEZ. I HAD THE HONOR OF
SERVING ON BEHALF OF MY PEOPLE
AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAME
WILL ABANDON MISSION INDIANS, A
SOVEREIGN NATION IN IRELAND,
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU, SENATOR
NEWMAN AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE
MEMBERS FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY TRIBE AND
SUPPORT OF 3 89. MAYBE 3 89. THE
BILL IS BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A
RESULT OF THE RECENT STATE AUDIT
RELEASED IN JUNE, 29TH WHICH
BROUGHT FINDINGS ARE GROSS
INACTION BY THE CSU SYSTEM TO
ADDRESS MORE THAN 700,000
ANCESTRAL REMAINS IN CULTURAL
ITEMS NEEDING TO BE RETURNED AND
REPATRIATED TO INDIAN TRIBES,
TRIBAL LEADERS JUST SHARED
BEFORE AN ASSEMBLY JOINT
COMMITTEE HEARING ABOUT THE SAD
REALITY SHOWN THROUGH THE STATE
AUDIT, COMPLETE FAILURE AND
COMPLIANCE BY THE CSU SYSTEM. TO
ACHIEVE DELIBERATE AND
MEANINGFUL REPATRIATION, AS
REQUIRED THROUGH NET PLANNING.
KALLENBACH BRAH. TRIBES CONTINUE
TO FACE TODAY'S SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT TO OUR FAMILY CULTURE,
TRADITION AND LACK OF RESPECTFUL
TREATMENT. OF WHAT IS MOST
SACRED TO THE IDENTITY AND
PRESERVATION OF OUR PEOPLE.
DESPITE ENACTMENT OF THE FEDERAL
NAQURA MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO,
LITTLE TO NO PROGRESS HAS BEEN
MADE IN REPATRIATING ITEMS THAT
ARE OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE TO TRIBES PRO WAS
ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE A PROCESS
WHERE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
TRIBES COULD REQUEST FROM
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, MUSEUMS,
THE RETURN OF THEIR HUMAN
REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS. BUT
THE LACK OF A COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGY TO ADDRESS COMPLIANCE
BY UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE ONGOING GROWING
TREND OF LIMITED OR NO ACTION
REGARDED NAQURA AND KALACHAKRA
OBLIGATIONS. THESE CULTURAL
ITEMS TO BE REPATRIATED MIGHT
INCLUDE BASKETS WOVEN BY GREAT
GRANDMOTHER'S, WHICH, WITH VERY
INTRICATE DETAIL THAT ARE
MASTERFULLY MADE WITH LOVE IN
THE BONDS OF A FAMILY, ENRICH
HISTORY AND STORYTELLING. THERE
REMAINS OF LOVED ONES. OUR
ANCESTORS WHO GRAVES HAVE BEEN
DISTURBED AND REMAINS IN SACRED
ITEMS HELD IN COLLECTIONS FOR
RESEARCH. THESE ANCESTRAL
REMAINS IN CULTURAL ITEMS ARE
FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR IDENTITY AND
HERITAGE, AND IT IS THE
FOUNDATION THAT CONNECTS OUR
PRESENT DAY PEOPLE WHAT THEIR
ANCESTORS PROVIDING A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY AND BELONGING. I WOULD
ASK ALL NON TRAVEL PEOPLE TO
PICTURE YOUR FAMILY, YOUR
ANCESTORS AND THEIR BELONGINGS
THAT YOU HOLD NEAR AND DEAR.
THAT ARE OWNED AND USED UNDER
THE GUISE OF AN ARTIFACT ON
DISPLAY FOR PUBLIC LEARNING AND
TEACHING. AND THIS IS THE
UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF MY
PEOPLE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HUMANITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. IT IS
TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT AND BRING
OUR PEOPLE HOME. THE FACT THAT
LITTLE TO NO PROGRESS HAS BEEN
MADE IN REPATRIATING ITEMS THAT
ARE HISTORICAL AND CULTURALLY
SIGNIFICANT, TWO TRIBES AS
APPALLING AND UNACCEPTABLE. LACK
OF FUNDING. OUR STATEWIDE POLICY
CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE AS A
BARRIER AS TO WHY THE CSU SYSTEM
IS MAKING LITTLE TO NO PROGRESS
ON REPATRIATION. EXCUSES HAVE
BEEN HOLLOW, AND IT'S LONG
OVERDUE. THAT ACTION BE TAKEN BY
ALL PARTIES INVOLVED AT EVERY
LEVEL. MAYBE 3 89 INCLUDES TWO
MAIN COMPONENTS PROHIBITING USE
OF NATIVE AMERICAN HUMANS, HUMAN
REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS FOR
PURPOSES OF TEACHING AND
RESEARCH AT THE AT THE CSU AND
REQUIRING THE OFFICE THE
CHANCELLOR OF THE CSU TO COMPLY.
WITH THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS
RELATED TO REPATRIATION OF
NATIVE AMERICAN HUMAN REMAINS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS UNDER CALVIN
OPERA. I ASK TODAY FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, MAYBE 3 89
IS A CRITICAL STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TOWARDS HEALING AND
JUSTICE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. BANSTETTER REMAINS IN
CULTURAL ITEMS HELD AT CSU
CAMPUSES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART
OF OUR NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
AND NEED TO BE TREATED WITH
RESPECT AND ACCORDANCE WITH
ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES AND
CONSULTING WITH TRIBES ON THE
REPATRIATION PROCESS SHOULD BE A
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. BOTHER HAS
BEEN SOME OUTREACH FOR EMC SUS
TO LOCAL TRIBES. PERVASIVE
ACTION ACROSS THE SYSTEM CANNOT
BE IGNORED, AND TRIBES HAVE BEEN
WILLING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
REPATRIATION PROCESS AND MUST
HAVE A VOICE. IT IS IMPERATIVE
THAT TRIES BEING CONSULTED IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ITEMS
SHOULD BE REPATRIATED AND TO
KEEP THE CSU'S ACCOUNTABLE
THROUGH THE PROCESS. THERE NEEDS
TO BE A THOUGHTFUL,
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC APPROACH
TO REPATRIATION AND 83 89 CAN BE
A RESOURCE TO HELP MAKE THAT
HAPPEN. THIS IS A PAINFUL
PROCESS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO
ENDURE, ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS.
WE ARE BUT WE ARE RESILIENT AND
KNOW THAT REPATRIATION IS A PATH
TOWARDS REPAIRING THE PAST AND
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE
VALUE IN APARTMENTS OF OUR
PEOPLE BEING MADE WHOLE AGAIN
AND WE WILL NOT REST. ENTIRE
THING IS HOME. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR HERNANDEZ AND NEXT MISS
BILL. CHAIRWOMAN. CHAIRWOMAN.
WELCOME. MAYBE PLEASE PROCEED.
HILLY HILLY HOYA WASHINGTON
JANICKI BILL, THE CHAIRPERSON OF
THE PICAYUNE RANCHERIA OF CHUCK
CHANCY INDIANS, A SOVEREIGN
NATION LOCATED IN MADERA COUNTY.
ON BEHALF OF MY NATION, MITCH
GUYS, THANK YOU TO THE HONORABLE
CHAIRMAN NEWMAN AND RESPECTED
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR
INVITING OUR TRAVEL NATION TO BE
HERE TODAY TO SHARE A
PERSPECTIVE ON THE CSU AUDIT AND
SUPPORTIVE A B 389. THIS BILL IS
THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE JOINT
SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES
PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION
ASIAN ACT AUDIT, WHICH SHOWED
THAT C SUS HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY
WITH LONGSTANDING LAW. THE
EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS HELD BY
THE CSU'S ENCOMPASS A WIDE RANGE
OF ARTIFACTS, TRADITIONS,
LANGUAGES, RITUALS AND
PRACTICES. THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED
DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AND
HOLD HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND
SPIRITUAL VALUE TO OUR PEOPLE.
THEY ARE FOUNDATION OF AND
CONNECTION TO OUR IDENTITY AND
HERITAGE. THE CSU SYSTEM AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
LEARNING HAVE AMASSED THEIR
COLLECTIONS THROUGH EFFORTS OF
CULTURAL GENOCIDE AND
ASSIMILATION POLICIES THAT CAUSE
OUR PEOPLE AND CULTURAL ITEMS TO
BE REMOVED AND REDISTRIBUTED
ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
DUE TO THE NEED OF BREVITY.
TODAY WE'LL FOCUS OUR COMMENTS
ON THE CSU FRESNO BECAUSE IT IS
CLOSEST TO US. YES YOU. FRESNO
IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE CAMPUSES
THAT HAS COMPLETED A REVIEW OF
ITS COLLECTION OF HUMAN REMAINS
AND CULTURAL ITEMS. ALTHOUGH WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THE CSU FRESNO TOOK
INITIATIVE TO COMPLETE ITS
REVIEW, WE MUST HIGHLIGHT THAT
THEY DID NOT CONSULT WITH TRIBES
BEFORE REVIEWING ITS COLLECTION
, WHICH IS MANDATED UNDER THE
2020 AMENDMENT TO CAL NGARA.
THIS FAILURE TO CONSULT DENIED
US THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPINE ON
THE RESPECTFUL TREATMENT OF OUR
ARTIFACTS HINDERED OUR ABILITY
TO SHARE OUR TRAVEL, KNOWLEDGE
AND TRADITIONS AND UNDERMINED
OUR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.
ADDITIONALLY IT IS DISHEARTENING
TO KNOW THAT OVER 30 YEARS OF
THE ENACTMENT OF NAQURA CSU
FRESNO STILL MAINTAINS A SIZABLE
SELF REPORTED COLLECTION OF
NEARLY 40,000 ITEMS AND WITHOUT
CONSULTATION, IT IS DIFFICULT TO
KNOW IF THE SELF REPORTED NUMBER
IS ACCURATE. NOR WHETHER OUR
ANCESTORS AND CULTURAL ITEMS
WERE HANDLED WITH RESPECT.
PROVIDING FURTHER DOUBT TO THE
SELF REPORTED NUMBER IS THAT,
ACCORDING TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION, CSU FRESNO
FAILED TO SUBMIT THEIR
INVENTORIES LAST YEAR IN FURTHER
VIOLATION OF THE 2020 AMENDMENT
TO THE KALLENBACH BRAH. CSU
FRESNO SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION IT
HAS REPATRIATED 0. 0% HAS BEEN
REPATRIATED BACK TO OUR
SOVEREIGN NATIONS. BY FAILING TO
COMPLY WITH THE REPATRIATION
REQUIREMENTS IN AKRON CONAGRA,
THE CSU SYSTEM IS DIRECTLY
HARMING THE PRESERVATION AND
FUTURE OF OUR CULTURE. THIS
FAILURE. TRUE PATRIOT DENIES
THIS HEALING. DENIES THAT
DECOLONIZATION. DENIES US
JUSTICE. MAYBE 3 89 REQUIRES
THAT THE CSU'S REPORT ON THE
REPATRIATION PROCESS WHICH IS A
NEEDED FIRST STEP, BUT JUST THAT
THE FIRST STEP, MORE ACTION WILL
BE NEEDED TO BRING OUR ANCESTORS
AND STOLEN ITEMS BACK HOME. OUR
CULTURES WERE STOLEN AND HIS
PAST TIME WE REINFORCE THEIR
RETURN. THUS WE MUST START
INCREASING OVERSIGHT OF THEIR
RETURN AND IMPLEMENT THE STATE
AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS NOW.
TODAY. WE ASKED YOU TO VOTE AYE
ON A B 3 89 AND COMMITTED TO
MAKING THE SYSTEMIC CHANGE IS
NEEDED TO ENFORCE NIAGARA AND
CAL NIAGARA THROUGHOUT THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. TRAVEL NATION
STANDS READY TO PARTNER WITH YOU
ON THIS ENDEAVOR. WHICH CASE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY. LET'S NOW MOVE ON TO
ANY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
ADDITION WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
LEGISLATION, IF YOU COULD PLEASE
COME FORWARD AND SIMPLY STATE
YOUR NAME YOUR ORGANIZATION IN
YOUR POSITION. MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS. SCOTT, GOVERNOR BEHALF
OF THE MARENGO BAND EMISSIONS.
INDIANS IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AIR POCKET WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CHANCELLORS, OFFICE AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. NEIL PERRONE CHAIRMAN
TOOK OVER INDIAN RESERVATION IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MR CHAIR
MEMBERS, JAMES JACK ON BEHALF OF
THE SAME THING HAS BEEN TO MESH
INDIANS AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
CALVIN HEADRICK FROM THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE ART PROJECT,
AND I AM HERE IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALMOST
THANK YOU. HI I'M SICK. WE
COMMENT ON THE YOUTH ORGANIZER
WITH THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE VOTE
PROJECT, AND I'M HERE IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALMOST THANK
YOU. HEY I'M FROM EGO HOSLER,
AND I AM A YOUTH ORGANIZER FOR
THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PROJECT.
AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF 3 89.
THANK YOU REMEMBER ROBBERS?
TAMANO WENT ON NON CANAIMA
ENROLLED MEMBER PANEL ABO
POLLINATION AND MY SISTER I'M A
DAUGHTER MEMBER. I'M ALSO A
MEMBER OF NATIVE SISTER CIRCLE
ORGANIZATION LOCATED HERE IN
SACRAMENTO. AND I AM IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SOME REMEMBER, THANK
YOU. AMANA CANAIMA. MY NAME IS
LETICIA AGUILAR. ROLE MEMBER
PANEL EVIL POLLINATION,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NATIVE
SISTER CIRCLE, BUT I AM HERE AS
A GRANDDAUGHTER, BETTY SAKALA,
WHO UNSUCCESSFULLY HAD HER
MOTHER'S BASKETS RETURN BEFORE
HER PASSING. I'M IN SUPPORT OF A
B 3 89. YAHOO! ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ALMOST THANK YOU. PAMELA LOPEZ
ON BEHALF OF THE REDDING
RANCHERIA AND THE SANTA ROSA
RANCHERIA. TA KEO CLEATS TRIBE
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, RACHEL BAGUA WITH A
FEEL YOU CALIFORNIA ACTION AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. CHAIR MEMBERS
CAMERA DIMITRI, WITH CAPITAL
ASPHYXIA ON BEHALF OF THE
SUBURBAN BAND OF LUCIANO INDIANS
AND SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
PAUL BAUER ON BEHALF OF THE V, A
HOUSE BAND OF KUMI KUMI, I
INDIANS IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. CHARLES RIGHT ON
BEHALF OF THE SAME AND WELL
BENDING MISSION INDIANS. THANK
YOU REMEMBER RAMOS IN STRONG
SUPPORT? THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF
COMMITTEE FRANK MOLINA ON BEHALF
OF THE SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF
NEW YORK. ENGLAND'S AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
FOR THE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU.
LET US NOW MOVE ON TO OPPOSITION
AND FOR THEIR AT LEAST TWO
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION LIKE TO
GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WHEN YOU WERE READY. GOOD
MORNING. MAY YOU YOUNG, NON
MACARI, A CAR. LOCAL COPY OF
WHEN ANY VALUABLE MASH. MY NAME
IS MARK MCARDLE. I AM THE TRAVEL
CHAIRMAN FOR THE PECHANGA BAND
OF INDIANS. TEMECULA CALIFORNIA
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF
YOU. UM VERY PLEASED THAT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS HAS
AGREED TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S
AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS THE TRIBAL
CONCERNS THAT HAD THAT HAVE BEEN
RAISED OVER 3 89 HAVE BEEN AH A
DOZEN TRIBES AND TRIBAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN CALIFORNIA THAT
EITHER OPPOSED OR MOST OPPOSED
UNLESS AMENDED THIS BILL, SO
IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT THESE
AMENDMENTS WERE ACCEPTED. NOW
THE SUBJECT MATTER AND INTENT OF
THIS BILL IS ONE THAT EVERY
TRIBE IN CALIFORNIA WOULD
PROUDLY SUPPORT. WHEN THESE
AMENDMENTS WILL GO A LONG WAY
TOWARDS GETTING US TO THAT
POINT. LET ME BE ABUNDANTLY
CLEAR. WE FULLY SUPPORT THE GOAL
BEHIND ABBY 3, 89 AND
REPATRIATION. THAT'S WHY WE
SPONSORED LEGISLATION IN 2017 TO
PRESS THE U. C SYSTEM TO ADOPT
MEANINGFUL POLICIES. IT'S BEEN
33 YEARS SINCE THE FEDERAL NAG
PRO WAS PROMULGATED BY WELL
PASSED BY CONGRESS SIGNED INTO
LAW AND THEN PROMULGATED
ESSENTIALLY AS LAW OF THE UNITED
STATES. 33 YEARS WAS IN NOVEMBER
OF 1990. A GENERATION AND HALF
HAVE PASSED SINCE THAT TIME. I
MEAN, FROM MY CONTEXT, MY GREAT
UNCLE, MY DAD'S FATHER'S BROTHER
, HE WAS BORN 18 99, AND, YOU
KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIED IN
1992. AND UH, I JUST REFLECTED
HOW MANY ELDERS AND HOW MANY
PEOPLE WHO FOR WHOM THIS WAS
PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL, UH,
HAVE PASSED AWAY, SO I WANTED TO
PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE, UM
YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THAT GOES
BY IS A PAINFUL AND PAINFUL
REFLECTION FOR OUR PEOPLE TO
REGARD WHAT WHAT? WHAT HAS BEEN
TRANSPIRING WITH BOTH OF THESE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. JUST ESSENTIALLY,
YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THEM BEING
SCOFFLAWS AT AT THE FEDERAL LAW
AS WELL AS THE STATE CAL NGARA
LAW I DO WANT TO MENTION TO THE
CONGRESS WAS IT WASN'T
HAPPENSTANCE THAT THEY USED THE
TERM REPATRIATION. REPATRIATION
AS CONGRESS INTENDED. IT WAS
REPATRIATING THE CITIZENS OF OUR
PEOPLE. AND THAT WAS THE
FRAMEWORK AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW,
WE WOULD WE WOULD SEEK TO
REPATRIATE, UM FALLEN SERVICEMEN
WHO HAVE PASSED AND OTHER
COUNTRIES. SO IT IS A IT IS
CULTURAL. IT'S RELIGIOUS, BUT
IT'S ALSO A POLITICAL, UH,
DYNAMIC, AND THAT ALSO NEEDS TO
BE A PART OF, YOU KNOW, BEAR
THAT IN MIND. IT'S A CONTEXTUAL
THING. UH, TO THINK ABOUT
BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE
POWERFUL, BUT ALSO EVEN MORE
URGENT THAT WE REPATRIATE THOSE
CITIZENS OF OUR PEOPLE OF OUR
TRIBES. SO. THAT WAS A
DIGRESSION. THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS ADDRESS THE CONCERN.
THEN WITH THE BILL BY PLACING 83
89 IN THE CALLE NGARA STATE
STATUTE, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
, WHERE PROCESSES CLEAR IN TERMS
OF DEFINED SUCH AS NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBE AND TRIBAL
CONSULTATION. THIS CONSTRUCT IS
KNOWN AND IN USE BY TRIBES TODAY
, SO IT WILL BE FAMILIAR. THIS
SECTION ALREADY INCLUDES
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS FOR THE
PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE
BILL. SO IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE
REPATRIATION COMMITTEES. THE
AMENDMENTS OFFER SPECIFIC
CONSTRUCT FOR THE COMPOSITION
AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. IT IS SIMILAR TO
EXISTING LAW WHERE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE THE ONES MAKING
THE NOMINATIONS FOR COMMITTEES
WITH THE STATE'S NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE COMMISSION, MAKING THE
APPOINTMENT I THANK THE AUTHOR.
AND HIS STAFF AND THE CHAIR FOR
HIS STAFF AND FOR ALL THEIR TIME
AND EFFORTS IN MAKING A HELPING
MAKE THIS WORK. IN CLOSING. WE
URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS AND HELP
US MAKE A B 3 89 AS MEANINGFUL
AND AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
THE FINALLY RETURN OUR GREAT
GREAT GRANDPARENTS AND OUR
ANCESTORS HOME TO WHERE THEY
BELONG. TRUMP APPLAUDED HELP.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN
POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT WAS
TESTIMONY AND OPPOSITION.
OPPOSITION NOW REMOVE OPPOSITION
WITH AMENDMENTS WITH MISS
PITCHER CARL SO I UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE REMOVING YOUR OPPOSITION
PENDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE
AMENDMENTS. IS THAT CORRECT?
THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IS THE
SUPPORT THEY ARE IN SUPPORT BUT
HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR THEIR
MOMENT. THE AMENDMENTS IN THE
BEGINNING, MR CHAIRMAN, OKAY,
HANDS OVER IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY
GOOD. I AND I DO THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT. UM TO GIVE SOME OF
THE OTHER TRIBES A CHANCE TO
SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, ALTHOUGH
STIPULATING THAT WE DO HAVE AN
AGREEMENT ON THE AMENDMENTS
MISTREAT WELCOME, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
BEHALF OF THE COLUSA AND THE
TAILBONE TRIBES FROM OPPOSITION
TO SUPPORT VERY GOOD. THANKS.
PLEASE. THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS, PAT MORAN WITH AARON
READING ASSOCIATES REPRESENTING
THE FEDERATED INDIANS ARE GREAT
AND RANCHERIA. WE WERE OPPOSED
TO THE BILL. BUT AS THE
AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY
THE AUTHOR, WE'RE REMOVING OUR
OPPOSITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING ON THIS ISSUE NEXT YEAR
AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR JEROME
AND SEEN US ON BEHALF OF THE
UNITED AUBURN INDIAN COMMUNITY.
WE ARE STILL OPPOSED TO THE
MEASURE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING THE AMENDMENTS AND
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO
CHANGE OUR POSITION. AND THANK
YOU, MR STUDENTS. ANYBODY ELSE
IN OPPOSITION YET TO CLARIFY THE
WHOLE PROMO OF UPPER LAKE WITH
THE AMENDMENTS HAVE NOW MOVED TO
SUPPORT ALSO, ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, MR CANTONA. NEXT, PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BRENDAN
GREENAWAY. AND I'M THE PRESIDENT
OF THE SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGY. TESTIFYING AT THIS
HEARING TODAY REPRESENTING OVER
1200 SOCIETY MEMBERS INCLUDE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS. THAT ARE BOTH
STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS OF
THE VARIOUS CSU CAMPUSES.
MEMBERSHIP ALSO INCLUDES
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS
WORKING FOR THE STATE, FEDERAL
AGENCIES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AS WELL HAS BEEN ALLIED WITH
NATIVE CALIFORNIANS SINCE OUR
FOUNDING IN 1966. AND WE
COLLABORATE ON MANY COMMON
INTERESTS, INCLUDING WORKING
TOWARDS THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF CALIFORNIA'S DIVERSE CULTURAL
HERITAGE. TO BE CLEAR THE DOES
NOT OPPOSE CONAGRA. A B 39 3 89
WORKS INTEND TO REPATRIATE HUMAN
REMAINS AND SACRED OBJECTS. WE
DO, HOWEVER, OPPOSED. MAYBE 3 89
FOR THE PACE AT WHICH IT MOVES
FORWARD AND ITS UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. WE URGE MORE
THOROUGH CONSULTATION WITH
STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE CIA
AND BOTH FEDERALLY AND NOT
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED CALIFORNIA
TRIBES. MANY MANY OF OUR MEMBERS
, INCLUDING MYSELF, LEARN THEIR
TRADE IN THE CSU SYSTEM AND ARE
NOW GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AS
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS.
WORKING TO PRESERVE CALIFORNIA'S
DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR
ITS INHERENT VALUE TO CALIFORNIA
ALL CALIFORNIANS. I'M HERE TODAY
TO BRING THREE YOUR ATTENTION,
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT
THIS BILL WILL HAVE HAS WRITTEN.
THE BILL WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE
OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL
ITEMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF
TEACHING OR RESEARCH SUS THE
TERM CULTURAL ITEMS IS NOT
CLEARLY DEFINED IN THIS BILL
THAT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
THE BILL MAY BE INTERPRETED TO
MEAN THAT NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MATERIAL OF ANY KIND MAY BE
STUDIED, INCLUDING ITEMS TO BE
NOT SACRED, SUCH AS STONE TOOLS.
AND FISH, BONES AND SHELLFISH.
WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO TRAIN
STUDENTS HAD TO RESEARCH
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL WOULD
SIMPLY NOT BE ABLE TO EDUCATE
AND TRAIN STUDENTS TO BECOME
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS. THE
SUGGESTS A SOLUTION. WHEN SIGNED
INTO LAW FOR STATED THAT'S
INTENT WAS TO APPLY THE STATE'S
REPATRIATION POLICY CONSISTENTLY
WITH FEDERAL NIAGARA. FEDERAL
NIAGARA DEFINES CULTURAL ITEMS
TO INCLUDE HUMAN REMAINS,
FUNERARY OBJECTS, SACRED OBJECTS
AND OBJECTS OF CULTURAL
PATRIMONY HAS NO OBJECTION TO
THIS DEFINITION AND REQUESTS
THAT THE NAGRA DEFINITION OF
CULTURAL ITEMS BE ADDED VERBATIM
TO A B. 3 89. SUS ARE PROHIBITED
FROM PRODUCING EDUCATED
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS.
MAYBE 3 89 WILL HAVE THE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF
ABANDONING THE MISSION OF THE
CSU SYSTEM, DISREGARDING THE
PRESERVATION OF CALIFORNIA'S
DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND
NEGLECTING THE REGULATORY
OBLIGATIONS OF SEQUA AND THE
NATIONALIST OR PRESERVATION ACT.
IN CONCLUSION AND TO REITERATE
THE DOES NOT OPPOSE CONAGRA. BUT
WE DO OPPOSE MAYBE 3 89 UNLESS
AMENDED. THE BILL HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO TAKE AWAY THE
RIGHTS OF MANY GROUPS TO
UNDERSTAND THEIR CULTURAL
HERITAGE TO SILENCE THE VOICES
OF CALIFORNIA TRIBES WHO WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL
RESEARCH. AND TO SERIOUSLY
UNDERMINE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITIES AND TEACHING AND
TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS SEE
A URGES THOROUGH CONSULTATION
WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND OFFERS
ARE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE TO
ASSIST IN AMENDING LANGUAGE IN
THIS BILL TO AVOID SUCH
PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION? I'D ASK YOU TO KEEP
IT BRIEF, PLEASE. YES MY NAME IS
ANNE MARIE MAIDEN. I'M IMMEDIATE
PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY
FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY
AGAINST SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION,
AS WRITTEN, OUR CONCERN IS WITH
THE TERM CULTURAL ITEMS NOT
BEING CLEARLY DEFINED. UH
REMEMBER RAMOS, I AGREE
COMPLETELY. REPATRIATION NEEDS
TO HAPPEN AND I AM SADDENED THAT
IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG. ONE OF
THE ISSUES IS FUNDING AS YOU
WILL KNOW. THIS. THIS NEEDS TO
HAPPEN. I WILL SAY MANY I AM A
PRODUCT OF THE CSU SYSTEM. MANY
CS USED CAMPUSES HAVE PROGRAMS
TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO BE
PROFESSIONAL. ARCHAEOLOGISTS
USING EXISTING ARCHAEOLOGICAL
COLLECTIONS. HISTORICALLY THERE
HAS BEEN A PROBLEM OF
ARCHAEOLOGIST FEELING LIKE THEY
OWN THIS DATA, WHICH I AGREE IS
WRONG. UM NEW GENERATIONS ARE
RECTIFYING THESE PROBLEMS, AND
THEY ARE WORKING WITH TRIBES TO
IDENTIFY TRIBAL INTERESTS IN
DOING RESEARCH. I WOULD HATE TO
SEE THIS BILL INADVERTENTLY STOP
ALL THAT PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN
MADE IN THE NEW GENERATION IS
COMING UP AND HIS UNDERSTANDING
THESE TRIBAL CONCERNS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE THAT
IS IMPRINT AGAIN WITH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE ADOPTED
. THE UNDERSTANDING IS VIRTUALLY
ALL OTHER THAN THE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS. OPPOSITION HAS
BEEN DROPPED SEEING NOW LET'S
COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. HERE
COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS? FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS.
COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS REGARDING THE BILL. UM
YES, UM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE
CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY THAT THE
ARCHAEOLOGY EXPERTS HAD WITH
REGARDS TO THE, UM, FUTURE
COLLABORATION OF RESEARCH AND
TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION
ABOUT ARCHAEOLOGY? IN PRESERVING
. I THINK THAT THE CONSULTATION
THAT'S NOW ADOPTED INTO THE BILL
STARTS TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK OF
WORKING WITH TRIBES FROM THE
BEGINNING. UM AND ALSO TALKS
ABOUT AND POSSESSION OF THE
UNIVERSITY ITSELF REMAINS IN
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS THAT WERE
THERE. UM, AND TO STATE THAT
PEOPLE ARE UPSET WITH NOT BEING
ABLE TO USE REMAINS IN THE
CLASSROOM. THIS BILL MOVES
FORWARD. I THINK WE HAVE TO
REITERATE IN. IT'S SHOWN HERE
WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT CALIFORNIA AND
PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORT OF MOVING
SOMETHING FORWARD BECAUSE WHAT
WE DON'T ACCEPT IS A PROFESSOR
PROBABLY AROUND THE CLASSROOM
HOLDING OUR NATIVE AMERICAN
ANCESTORS. THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T
ACCEPT. THAT'S WHAT A B 3 89
STARTS TO MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE BALANCING THAT THAT
ACT IN THERE AS FAR AS MAKING
SURE TRIBAL PEOPLE ARE
REPRESENTED AND REPRESENTING THE
PERSON THAT THEY'RE HOLDING.
THANK YOU AND LET ME BACK THERE.
I APOLOGIZE. I ACTUALLY HAVE
BEEN NEGLECTED TO ENGAGE THE
TELECONFERENCE LINE, SO IF WE
COULD HOPEFULLY QUICKLY
MODERATED KAREN FROM 18 TO IF WE
HAVE FOLKS ON THE CONFERENCE
TELECONFERENCE LINE WOULD LIKE
TO WEIGH IN WITH THEIR NAME
THEIR POSITION ON THE BILL WITH
REFERENCE TO 83 TONIGHT.
APOLOGIES AGAINST PLEASE PROCEED
THERE. UM, HI. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
IN OPPOSITION OF MAYBE 3 89.
LET'S TAKE BOTH SUPPORT AND
OPPOSITION ON THE LINE. OKAY,
THANK YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
AND OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT OF
BILL A B 3 89, PLEASE PRESS 10
AT THIS TIME. AND AGAIN YOUR
NAME YOUR ORGANIZATION. YOUR
POSITION. THE DECISION. THANK
YOU. YES, WE HAVE ONE IN QUÊ. WE
WILL NOW GO TO LINE NUMBER 26,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS
PATRICK O'NEILL, FACULTY MEMBER
OF THE CSU SYSTEM, BUT I DON'T
REPRESENT THEM NOT ALLOWED TO,
BUT I'M GOING TO REPRESENT
MYSELF AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND SAY
THIS, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE LAW
COMPLETELY, HOWEVER. THERE IS A
PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVE FEDERAL
AND STATE AGENCIES THAT CONTROL
COLLECTIONS AND, UM, LET THE
UNIVERSITIES HOLD AND THEY ORDER
UNIVERSITIES NOT TO DISCLOSE AND
NOT TO CONSULT OR REPATRIATE
THINGS THAT ARE IN THEIR CONTROL
AND THE LARGE BEG CONCERNING
THAT, AND WE NEED SOME HELP WITH
THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A REAL
PROBLEM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL
RIGHT, THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT
AS ANYBODY ELSE ON THE LINE. MRS
MS MODERATOR. SEEING NONE NOTE.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO FURTHER
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. VERY
GOOD. AND LET'S COME BACK. UM
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES KNOW SO? SO I
WANT TO AGAIN. THANK YOU TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMA'S. AND
FIRST OF ALL, COMMEND YOU FOR
INITIATING THE AUDIT, WHICH LED
TO THIS LEGISLATION AND AGAIN,
I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE
SOMETHING. THAT APPEARS TO BE
CONSENSUS AMONG THE TRIBES. THIS
POINT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR
CLARIFIES, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO
PROHIBITION. UH HUH. THEY WOULD
GET IN THE WAY OF TRIBES WHO
WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH. IT'S
JUST A MATTER OF CONSULTATION
AND CULTURAL RESPECT. IS THAT
CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THAT
IS CORRECT, MR CHAIR WITH THE
VOICE OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE AT THE TABLE. VERY GOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY WE SEEM TO HAVE
EXHAUSTED OUR COMMENTS HERE. WE
DO NOT YET HAVE A QUORUM. UM AND
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M GLAD
TO SUPPORT THE BILL IN ITS
AMENDED FORM. I DON'T SEE ANY
IMPAIRMENT TO GETTING TO A
MAJORITY TODAY, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO NEED TO INVITE. I THINK AT
LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE TO COME OVER
AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM. MARAMA
SHOULD YOU KNOW YOU'RE FREE TO
GO IF YOU LIKE, OR YOU CAN WAIT,
BUT LET'S SEE IF WE CAN ORGANIZE
THAT. WHAT'S THAT? LET'S LET YOU
CLOSE AND I AM RUNNING A
TERRIBLE HEARING HERE TRYING TO
DO IT IN HEARING. THANK YOU. I
APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU AND ASK WHEN YOU HEARD
THE TESTIMONY. YOU'VE SEEN THE
WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO
ACCEPT AMENDS. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST PEOPLE. THIS IS A CHANCE
FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH US SO WE
COULD BE IN THE PROCESS NO
LONGER TAKING A PATERNAL
APPROACH TO THE TO THOSE IN THE
STATE AND THE AGENCIES THAT ARE
HERE. IT'S TIME THAT WE STAND
TOGETHER AND STAND UNITED FOR
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE. I ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE WHEN THE TIME'S
APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY AND YOUR PATIENTS
HERE. LET US RECESS FOR A MOMENT
AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE BRIEF. LET
ME SEE IF I CAN'T. THE OTHER
COMMITTEE HEARING WAS JUST
BUILDING. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T
GET A MEMBER OVER AND ESTABLISH
A QUORUM DO THAT VOTE, BUT FOR
NOW, LET'S LET'S RECESS THIS
COMMITTEE.
I'M SORRY. EDUCATION
EDUCATION. I DID NOT GET A LOT
OF SLEEP LAST NIGHT, SO I'M
SORRY. THAT'S MY NEXT STOP IS A
COMMUNITY EDUCATION IS NOW
RECONVENED AND LET MADAM
CONSULTANT PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
THAT IS ESTABLISHED QUORUM.
NEWMAN NEWMAN. HERE HOBO HERE,
HOBO HERE. CORTE ZING HERE,
GLASER. MCGUIRE MCGUIRE HERE.
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS WILL OKAY HERE
WE HAVE SOME QUORUM HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED. LET US NOW I NEED A
MOTION ON ASSEMBLY BILL 3 89
FROM ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS. DO
I HAVE A MOTION? SOME OF SENATOR
ACTUAL BOGUE MOVES THE BILL.
MADAM PERSON, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. HIGHLIGHTING ONE A B 3 89
DRAMAS. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
AS AMENDED, BUT FIRST AMEND AND
WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS NEWMAN COBURG
O'CIOCK ORTEZ, GLASER MCGUIRE
MCGUIRE, I, SMALLWOOD QUIVERS
WILK. THAT BILL CURRENTLY HAS
FOUR VOTES. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA
HOLD IT OPEN FOR A COUPLE MORE
MOMENTS FOR SENATOR GLAZER AND
SENATOR SENATOR GLASER,
ACTUALLY, BUT OTHERWISE IT IS
OUT AND AGAIN. THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
AND YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOUR
PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY THE WORK OF
THE STAFF. UM, AND SO WE WILL GO
BACK INTO RECESS FOR THE TIME
BEING. THANK YOU.
PATIENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
FILLING OUT THE VOTE. LET US
REOPEN THE ROLE FOR 83 89, MADAM
CONSULTANT, PLEASE FILE ITEM. 1
83 89 RAMOS MOTION IS DUE PASS
AS AMENDED BUT FIRST AMEND AND
WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS VOTE IS FOR EYES
AND NO NOSE WITH THE CHAIR AND
VICE CHAIR VOTING. AYE. GLASER
GLASER, I SMALLWOOD QUIVERS
WILK. VERY GOOD. THAT BILL IS
OUT WITH FIVE VOTES TO ZERO, AND
WITH THAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE
ON EDUCATION IS ADJOURNED.