WEBVTT

00:01:00.059 --> 00:01:01.928
THE COMMITTEE ON ROMAN TAX WILL

00:01:01.995 --> 00:01:03.296
NOW COME TO ORDER. GOOD MORNING,

00:01:03.363 --> 00:01:04.697
AND WELCOME TO THE SENATE

00:01:04.764 --> 00:01:06.132
COMMITTEE ON REVENUE AND

00:01:06.199 --> 00:01:08.668
TAXATION. WE HAVE 21 BILLS ON

00:01:08.735 --> 00:01:10.503
TODAY'S AGENDA, WITH TWO BILLS

00:01:10.570 --> 00:01:13.072
PROPOSED FOR CONSENT. THE THE

00:01:13.139 --> 00:01:16.609
THE CONSENT BILLS ARE FILE ITEM

00:01:16.676 --> 00:01:18.778
1AB611 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE

00:01:18.845 --> 00:01:23.416
AND FILE ITEM 13AB2167 BY

00:01:23.483 --> 00:01:25.618
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MACEDO. FILE

00:01:25.685 --> 00:01:30.623
ITEM 21, A B 2705 BY ASSEMBLY

00:01:30.690 --> 00:01:32.025
MEMBER DICKSON HAS BEEN PULLED

00:01:32.091 --> 00:01:34.894
BY THE AUTHOR AND VICE CHAIR

00:01:34.961 --> 00:01:36.763
ALVARO GIL IS UNABLE TO ATTEND

00:01:36.830 --> 00:01:38.531
TODAY'S HEARING. WE DO NOT HAVE

00:01:38.598 --> 00:01:40.233
A QUORUM YET, SO WE'LL BEGIN AS

00:01:40.300 --> 00:01:42.802
A SUBCOMMITTEE. WE SEE ONE OF

00:01:42.869 --> 00:01:46.139
THE AUTHORS IN THE HOUSE

00:01:46.206 --> 00:01:48.308
ASSEMBLY MEMBER TO ON A B 760,

00:01:48.374 --> 00:01:49.476
PLEASE COME AND PRESENT YOUR

00:01:49.542 --> 00:01:58.785
BILL AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. I NEED

00:01:58.852 --> 00:02:02.589
A SCRATCH PAD. GOOD MORNING,

00:02:02.655 --> 00:02:04.557
CHAIR AND SENATOR, TODAY I'M

00:02:04.624 --> 00:02:08.027
HERE TO INTRODUCE A B 760, A

00:02:08.094 --> 00:02:09.496
BILL THAT WOULD ENSURE THE

00:02:09.562 --> 00:02:10.964
VICTIM OF THE GARDEN GROVE

00:02:11.030 --> 00:02:13.132
CHEMICAL INCIDENT THAT WILL BE

00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:14.801
MADE WHOLE. I WOULD LIKE TO

00:02:14.868 --> 00:02:17.003
START BY THANKING THE COMMITTEE

00:02:17.070 --> 00:02:20.306
STAFF WHO WENT BEYOND AND ABOVE

00:02:20.373 --> 00:02:22.075
IN WORKING WITH MY OFFICE, AND

00:02:22.141 --> 00:02:25.078
I WILL. HAPPY, HAPPY TO ACCEPT

00:02:25.144 --> 00:02:27.180
THE. THE COMMITMENT AND

00:02:27.247 --> 00:02:30.717
AMENDMENTS ON MAY 22ND, OVER

00:02:30.783 --> 00:02:32.919
50,000 RESIDENTS OF ORANGE

00:02:32.986 --> 00:02:36.055
COUNTY WERE EVACUATED TO THE

00:02:36.122 --> 00:02:39.425
ISSUE OF. OF THE CHEMICAL TANK,

00:02:39.492 --> 00:02:41.561
THE WRECKING OF THE TANK TO

00:02:41.628 --> 00:02:43.396
RELEASING PRESSURE BECAME A BIG

00:02:43.463 --> 00:02:44.797
CONCERN TO EVERYONE IN THE

00:02:44.864 --> 00:02:45.999
COMMUNITY AND THANKFULLY, WITH

00:02:46.065 --> 00:02:47.333
THE HARD WORK FROM ORANGE

00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:48.735
COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY AND

00:02:48.801 --> 00:02:50.336
SEVERAL OTHER AGENCIES FROM THE

00:02:50.403 --> 00:02:51.604
FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL, WE

00:02:51.671 --> 00:02:53.840
COULD ABLE TO PREVENT A

00:02:53.907 --> 00:02:56.009
DISASTER UNDER. TOTAL DISASTER

00:02:56.075 --> 00:02:57.744
WAS AVOIDED. MANY OF THOSE

00:02:57.810 --> 00:03:00.246
EVACUATED STILL SUFFER LOSSES.

00:03:00.313 --> 00:03:02.482
SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED. FAMILY WAS

00:03:02.549 --> 00:03:04.517
FORCED FROM THEIR HOME TO FIND

00:03:04.584 --> 00:03:06.653
SHELTER. SMALL BUSINESSES THAT

00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.522
SURVIVE ON. SMALL MERCHANTS

00:03:09.589 --> 00:03:11.491
WERE FORCED TO CLOSE AND MANY

00:03:11.558 --> 00:03:16.029
LOW INCOME FAMILIES LOST. LEGAL

00:03:16.095 --> 00:03:18.331
WAY. I DID VISIT A FEW SHELTER

00:03:18.398 --> 00:03:20.300
AT A TIME AND RECEIVED MANY

00:03:20.366 --> 00:03:22.135
CONCERNS FROM MANY OF MY

00:03:22.201 --> 00:03:23.903
CONSTITUENTS. AS A RESULT,

00:03:23.970 --> 00:03:26.105
TODAY THERE ARE SEVERAL

00:03:26.172 --> 00:03:29.709
LAWSUITS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED

00:03:29.776 --> 00:03:31.878
SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR THESE

00:03:31.945 --> 00:03:34.380
LOSSES. UNDER CURRENT LAW,

00:03:34.447 --> 00:03:36.182
SETTLEMENT THAT MAY ARISE FROM

00:03:36.249 --> 00:03:39.052
THIS LAWSUIT CAN BE CONSIDERED

00:03:39.118 --> 00:03:41.254
INCOME TAX. THESE FUNDS ARE

00:03:41.321 --> 00:03:44.424
INTENDED TO MAKE VICTIMS WHOLE.

00:03:44.490 --> 00:03:45.959
CURRENT LAW WOULD ALLOW THE

00:03:46.025 --> 00:03:48.361
STATE TO TAKE A CUT OF

00:03:48.428 --> 00:03:49.963
COMPENSATION THAT IS INTENDED

00:03:50.029 --> 00:03:53.132
FOR VICTIMS. TAXING THIS

00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:54.934
COMPENSATION REDUCES THE

00:03:55.001 --> 00:03:58.905
ABILITY OF THIS SETTLEMENT TO

00:03:58.972 --> 00:04:01.441
MAKE VICTIM WHOLE A B SEVEN SIX

00:04:01.507 --> 00:04:03.076
TO ENSURE THAT SETTLEMENT THAT

00:04:03.142 --> 00:04:05.345
COME FROM GARDEN ROAD CHEMICAL

00:04:05.411 --> 00:04:07.113
INCIDENT WILL BE EXEMPT FROM

00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:09.115
CALIFORNIA INCOME TAX VICTIMS

00:04:09.182 --> 00:04:11.517
WILL BE FULLY COMPENSATED AND

00:04:11.584 --> 00:04:18.224
ALLOWED TO RECOVER A B 760 FOR

00:04:18.291 --> 00:04:20.059
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS BY

00:04:20.126 --> 00:04:22.996
ENSURING THAT VICTIMS ARE FULLY

00:04:23.062 --> 00:04:24.030
REIMBURSED. I'D LIKE TO

00:04:24.097 --> 00:04:27.000
INTRODUCE MY WITNESS, MR. L®NG

00:04:27.066 --> 00:04:28.134
NGUYEN, TRUSTEE OF GARDEN GROVE

00:04:28.201 --> 00:04:32.305
SCHOOL UNIFIED DISTRICT. GOOD

00:04:32.372 --> 00:04:34.540
MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN

00:04:34.607 --> 00:04:37.810
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I AM THE

00:04:37.877 --> 00:04:39.545
TRUSTEE OF UNIFIED SCHOOL

00:04:39.612 --> 00:04:41.280
DISTRICTS. I'M HERE TO TESTIFY

00:04:41.347 --> 00:04:44.751
IN SUPPORT OF A B 760 SPONSORED

00:04:44.817 --> 00:04:46.686
BY ASSEMBLYMAN TREE TO OUR

00:04:46.753 --> 00:04:49.922
SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF OVER 33,000

00:04:49.989 --> 00:04:52.492
STUDENTS IN 68 SCHOOL SITES,

00:04:52.558 --> 00:04:54.293
FROM KINDERGARTEN TO HIGH

00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:56.062
SCHOOLS DUE TO DUE TO THE

00:04:56.129 --> 00:04:58.598
CHEMICAL LEAK EVACUATION ON A

00:04:58.665 --> 00:05:00.867
MOMENT'S NOTICE, WE HAD TO SHUT

00:05:00.933 --> 00:05:04.804
DOWN 5050 SCHOOLS, AFFECTING

00:05:04.871 --> 00:05:07.206
8000 STUDENTS AND ABOUT 1000

00:05:07.273 --> 00:05:09.008
EMPLOYEES. WITH THIS NUMBER OF

00:05:09.075 --> 00:05:10.276
STUDENTS, OUR STAFF MEMBER

00:05:10.343 --> 00:05:11.878
BEING AFFECTED, WE HAVE A

00:05:11.944 --> 00:05:14.080
LARGER NUMBER OF THE PAN FAMILY

00:05:14.147 --> 00:05:15.882
MEMBERS AND OTHER RELATIVES

00:05:15.948 --> 00:05:18.317
BEING EVACUATED AS WELL AS WE

00:05:18.384 --> 00:05:20.253
WERE ATTENDING TO THIS ONE

00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:21.988
QUARTER OF OUR DISTRICT

00:05:22.055 --> 00:05:23.489
POPULATION. WE STILL HAVE TO

00:05:23.556 --> 00:05:24.957
MAINTAIN REGULAR OPERATION TO

00:05:25.024 --> 00:05:27.293
THE OTHER THREE QUARTERS OF OUR

00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.229
DISTRICT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY

00:05:30.296 --> 00:05:32.432
DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS OF

00:05:32.498 --> 00:05:34.600
SCHOOLS, INCLUDING GRADUATION

00:05:34.667 --> 00:05:36.703
AND OTHER SCHOOL AND ACTIVITIES.

00:05:36.769 --> 00:05:38.204
WE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE

00:05:38.271 --> 00:05:41.808
INCURRED OVER 56,000 FOR

00:05:41.874 --> 00:05:43.276
SERVING LUNCHES TO THE STUDENTS

00:05:43.342 --> 00:05:46.079
WHO WERE EVACUATED, AND ALSO

00:05:46.145 --> 00:05:49.382
SUFFERED TWO 250,000 IN COSTS

00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:51.150
IN LOSS OF SERVICES TO OUR

00:05:51.217 --> 00:05:53.686
DISTRICT STAFF, ALONG WITH OUR

00:05:53.753 --> 00:05:55.555
SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY. WE

00:05:55.621 --> 00:05:58.391
HAD WITNESSES ON LOSSES TO OUR

00:05:58.458 --> 00:06:00.526
BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS DUE TO

00:06:00.593 --> 00:06:03.396
THE DANGERS, SHORT NOTICE AND

00:06:03.463 --> 00:06:05.231
URGENCY NATURE OF THIS

00:06:05.298 --> 00:06:08.134
EVACUATION. OUR COMMUNITY HAS

00:06:08.201 --> 00:06:10.937
SUFFERED FAR MORE LOSSES THAN

00:06:11.003 --> 00:06:13.106
THEY COULD IF THEY COULD PLAN

00:06:13.172 --> 00:06:15.975
OR HAVE SOME TIME PRIOR WARNING,

00:06:16.042 --> 00:06:18.144
THEY HAD TO ENDURE THE

00:06:18.211 --> 00:06:20.313
TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCES OF NOT

00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:22.582
KNOWING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT.

00:06:22.648 --> 00:06:25.051
PAY FAR MORE EXPENSES FOR THE

00:06:25.118 --> 00:06:27.520
BASIC NEED BEFORE THE EMERGENCY

00:06:27.587 --> 00:06:30.022
SERVICES KICK IN. THESE LOSSES

00:06:30.089 --> 00:06:32.191
COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LESS IF

00:06:32.258 --> 00:06:33.960
THEY HAD SOME MORE TIME FOR

00:06:34.026 --> 00:06:36.462
WARNING OR PREPARATION. NOW

00:06:36.529 --> 00:06:39.398
THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN

00:06:39.465 --> 00:06:41.601
EVER RECOVER ANY LOSSES OR

00:06:41.667 --> 00:06:43.302
DAMAGES THAT THEY SUFFER, BUT

00:06:43.369 --> 00:06:45.138
IF THEY DO, THEY SHOULD BE

00:06:45.204 --> 00:06:46.939
ALLOWED TO KEEP WHATEVER LITTLE

00:06:47.006 --> 00:06:50.243
RECOVERY THEY CAN. THEREFORE, A

00:06:50.309 --> 00:06:52.712
VISION OF THE ÁP SEVEN 60TH MAY

00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:54.881
NOT MAKE THEM WHOLE, BUT IT

00:06:54.947 --> 00:06:57.049
WOULD PROVIDE AN IMMENSE

00:06:57.116 --> 00:06:59.152
COMFORT TO THE PEOPLE THAT THE

00:06:59.218 --> 00:07:01.721
STATE IS DOING WHAT IT CAN TO

00:07:01.788 --> 00:07:04.991
ASSIST THE VICTIM IN THIS VERY

00:07:05.057 --> 00:07:06.659
EXTRAORDINARY DISASTER. THANK

00:07:06.726 --> 00:07:08.494
YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE

00:07:08.561 --> 00:07:10.329
MEMBER, FOR LISTENING TO MY

00:07:10.396 --> 00:07:14.033
TESTIMONY TODAY. I'M JUST HERE

00:07:14.100 --> 00:07:20.072
FOR TECHNICAL. WELL, I THINK

00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:21.874
THE THE AUTHOR AND THE

00:07:21.941 --> 00:07:22.875
WITNESSES, ARE THERE ANY

00:07:22.942 --> 00:07:24.043
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH

00:07:24.110 --> 00:07:26.546
TO VOICE THEIR OPINION IN

00:07:26.612 --> 00:07:29.048
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL? AND IF SO,

00:07:29.115 --> 00:07:30.783
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE

00:07:30.850 --> 00:07:33.653
AND LIMIT YOUR YOUR COMMENTS TO

00:07:33.719 --> 00:07:36.189
YOUR YOUR AFFILIATION AND YOUR

00:07:36.255 --> 00:07:41.594
SUPPORT. SEEING NO MEMBERS OF

00:07:41.661 --> 00:07:43.496
THE PUBLIC APPROACH THE

00:07:43.563 --> 00:07:47.033
MICROPHONE. OKAY. SEEING NONE.

00:07:47.099 --> 00:07:48.434
APOLOGIES, MR. CHAIRMAN, AMY

00:07:48.501 --> 00:07:49.602
JENKINS, ON BEHALF OF THE

00:07:49.669 --> 00:07:50.703
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF

00:07:50.770 --> 00:07:51.704
SUPERVISORS AND STRONG SUPPORT.

00:07:51.771 --> 00:07:55.007
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO

00:07:55.074 --> 00:07:56.709
OTHER MEMBERS, NO OTHER MEMBERS

00:07:56.776 --> 00:07:58.010
OF THE PUBLIC VOICING SUPPORT.

00:07:58.077 --> 00:08:00.713
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS IN

00:08:00.780 --> 00:08:02.882
PRIMARY OPPOSITION THAT WISH TO

00:08:02.949 --> 00:08:06.152
MAKE THEIR CASE? SEEING NONE,

00:08:06.219 --> 00:08:07.787
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE

00:08:07.854 --> 00:08:09.121
PUBLIC THAT WISH TO VOICE THEIR

00:08:09.188 --> 00:08:13.059
OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE, I WILL

00:08:13.125 --> 00:08:14.660
TURN TO THE COMMITTEE AND SEE

00:08:14.727 --> 00:08:16.629
IF ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE

00:08:16.696 --> 00:08:22.001
COMMENTS. SEEING NONE, ASSEMBLY

00:08:22.068 --> 00:08:23.536
MEMBER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

00:08:23.603 --> 00:08:24.904
YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I WANT

00:08:24.971 --> 00:08:26.772
TO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT

00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:28.140
THE STAFF GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND

00:08:28.207 --> 00:08:29.575
BECAUSE THEY DO. I APPRECIATE

00:08:29.642 --> 00:08:31.410
THAT THE GARDEN GROVE CHEMICAL

00:08:31.477 --> 00:08:34.180
LEAK HARMED RESIDENTS CLEARLY,

00:08:34.247 --> 00:08:35.748
AND BUSINESSES THROUGH NO FAULT

00:08:35.815 --> 00:08:38.184
OF THEIR OWN. THERE ARE

00:08:38.251 --> 00:08:39.652
SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS. THE BILL

00:08:39.719 --> 00:08:41.087
SAYS THAT CALIFORNIA WILL NOT

00:08:41.153 --> 00:08:42.822
TAX THOSE SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS.

00:08:42.889 --> 00:08:45.358
THAT'S FAIR. ARE YOU I JUST

00:08:45.424 --> 00:08:46.826
WANT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU ARE

00:08:46.893 --> 00:08:47.860
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE

00:08:47.927 --> 00:08:49.695
AMENDMENTS. YES, I DO, AND I

00:08:49.762 --> 00:08:51.230
REALLY WANT TO. THANKS. I

00:08:51.297 --> 00:08:52.632
REALLY WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR

00:08:52.698 --> 00:08:54.333
AND THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR

00:08:54.400 --> 00:08:55.835
WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS

00:08:55.902 --> 00:08:59.338
BILL. THEY ALL GO ABOVE AND

00:08:59.405 --> 00:09:01.540
BEYOND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE

00:09:01.607 --> 00:09:04.410
THAT. AND THIS BILL IS REALLY

00:09:04.477 --> 00:09:08.047
IMPORTANT. FOR MY DISTRICT. I

00:09:08.114 --> 00:09:09.782
STILL REMEMBER THAT FOR THE

00:09:09.849 --> 00:09:13.786
LAST 4 OR 5 DAYS AT A TIME,

00:09:13.853 --> 00:09:17.156
EVERY DAY THAT I VISITED A FEW

00:09:17.223 --> 00:09:19.191
SHELTERS IN MY DISTRICT, AND I

00:09:19.258 --> 00:09:21.394
RECEIVED A LOT OF CONCERNS, A

00:09:21.460 --> 00:09:24.931
LOT OF A LOT OF A LOT, A LOT OF

00:09:24.997 --> 00:09:26.399
MY CONSTITUENTS. THEY REALLY,

00:09:26.465 --> 00:09:27.833
REALLY WORRY. THEY DIDN'T KNOW

00:09:27.900 --> 00:09:29.635
WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT NEVER

00:09:29.702 --> 00:09:33.706
HAPPENED BEFORE. AND UNTIL NOW,

00:09:33.773 --> 00:09:35.474
A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN MY

00:09:35.541 --> 00:09:36.909
DISTRICT, THEY CONTINUE TO CALL

00:09:36.976 --> 00:09:39.445
ME TO ASK ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING

00:09:39.512 --> 00:09:41.480
TO HAPPEN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

00:09:41.547 --> 00:09:44.350
THEY THEY HAVE A LOT OF LOSSES.

00:09:44.417 --> 00:09:46.552
LIKE THEY HAVE TO TAKE A DAY

00:09:46.619 --> 00:09:48.821
OFF FROM WORK. AND THEIR FAMILY

00:09:48.888 --> 00:09:51.924
WAS EVACUATED. SO I, I, I

00:09:51.991 --> 00:09:53.159
EXPERIENCED THAT BECAUSE THAT,

00:09:53.225 --> 00:09:54.293
THAT HAPPENED IN MY DISTRICT.

00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:57.196
SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU, I

00:09:57.263 --> 00:10:02.134
VOTE THANK YOU. PORTUGAL. AND

00:10:02.201 --> 00:10:04.570
ALSO WE WILL ADDRESS. AND WE

00:10:04.637 --> 00:10:06.339
WILL HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU

00:10:06.405 --> 00:10:10.409
SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

00:10:10.476 --> 00:10:10.943
SENATORS. MCNERNEY. HERE.

00:10:11.010 --> 00:10:13.212
MCNERNEY. PRESENT. ALVARADO.

00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.816
GIL. ASHBY. BECKER. AYE. BECKER.

00:10:16.882 --> 00:10:18.617
BECKER. PRESENT. GRAYSON.

00:10:18.684 --> 00:10:24.523
GRAYSON. PRESENT. THE QUORUM,

00:10:24.590 --> 00:10:29.028
AND I WILL ASK THE SECRETARY TO.

00:10:29.095 --> 00:10:31.030
Þ. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE

00:10:31.097 --> 00:10:32.999
BILL? MOTION BY SENATOR GRAYSON.

00:10:33.065 --> 00:10:34.867
AND NOW WE WILL ASK THE THE

00:10:34.934 --> 00:10:37.703
CALL. THE ROLL MOTION IS DO

00:10:37.770 --> 00:10:38.938
PASS, AS AMENDED, TO THE

00:10:39.005 --> 00:10:39.505
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

00:10:39.572 --> 00:10:41.240
SENATORS. MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY.

00:10:41.307 --> 00:10:43.209
AYE. ALVARADO. GILL. ASHBY.

00:10:43.275 --> 00:10:45.978
BECKER. AYE. BECKER. AYE.

00:10:46.045 --> 00:10:48.180
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. THREE

00:10:48.247 --> 00:10:52.818
ZERO. THE BILL IS NOW ON CALL.

00:10:52.885 --> 00:10:54.587
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER AUTHORS

00:10:54.653 --> 00:10:56.389
PRESENT? THE COMMITTEE WILL NOW

00:10:56.455 --> 00:10:59.258
GO INTO RECESS UNTIL WE HAVE

00:10:59.325 --> 00:11:28.020
ANOTHER AUTHOR.

00:11:28.087 --> 00:11:29.422
THE COMMITTEE ON REVENUE AND

00:11:29.488 --> 00:11:30.923
TAXATION WILL COME TO ORDER.

00:11:30.990 --> 00:11:34.293
AND JUST A REMINDER, ITEM 21

00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:35.895
HAS BEEN PULLED BY THE AUTHOR.

00:11:35.961 --> 00:11:40.633
AND ALSO ITEM NUMBER TWO, A B

00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:42.435
1675. AUTHOR. ASSEMBLY MEMBER

00:11:42.501 --> 00:11:43.869
LEE HAS BEEN PULLED BY THE

00:11:43.936 --> 00:11:46.005
AUTHOR AS WELL. WE DO HAVE AN

00:11:46.072 --> 00:11:48.874
AUTHOR WITH US TODAY. ITEM

00:11:48.941 --> 00:11:51.777
NUMBER 16AB2319 BY ASSEMBLY

00:11:51.844 --> 00:11:54.613
MEMBER SCHULTZ, PLEASE AND YOU

00:11:54.680 --> 00:12:01.153
MAY PRESENT WHEN YOU ARE READY.

00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:02.388
WELL, GOOD MORNING SENATORS.

00:12:02.455 --> 00:12:03.622
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I FEEL

00:12:03.689 --> 00:12:05.224
LIKE THIS IS AN INTIMATE

00:12:05.291 --> 00:12:06.325
CONVERSATION ABOUT A TOPIC THAT

00:12:06.392 --> 00:12:08.094
I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT. I AM

00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:09.195
PLEASED TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY

00:12:09.261 --> 00:12:11.130
BILL 2319 THIS MORNING, AND I

00:12:11.197 --> 00:12:12.264
HOPE YOU'LL INDULGE ME FOR A

00:12:12.331 --> 00:12:14.467
FEW HOPEFULLY ENTERTAINING

00:12:14.533 --> 00:12:16.602
COMMENTS. I DO WANT TO BEGIN ON

00:12:16.669 --> 00:12:17.770
A SERIOUS MATTER AND THANK THE

00:12:17.837 --> 00:12:19.538
COMMITTEE PROFUSELY FOR ALL THE

00:12:19.605 --> 00:12:20.739
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THE

00:12:20.806 --> 00:12:22.641
BILL AND WANT TO GO WITH.

00:12:22.708 --> 00:12:23.843
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, JUST

00:12:23.909 --> 00:12:25.544
MENTION THAT I WILL BE

00:12:25.611 --> 00:12:26.712
ACCEPTING ALL OF THE COMMITTEE

00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:27.680
AMENDMENTS LISTED IN COMMENT

00:12:27.746 --> 00:12:28.881
EIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS.

00:12:28.948 --> 00:12:30.549
AS WE ALL MAY KNOW, CALIFORNIA

00:12:30.616 --> 00:12:31.617
REMAINS THE CENTER OF THE

00:12:31.684 --> 00:12:32.751
GLOBAL FILM AND TELEVISION

00:12:32.818 --> 00:12:33.786
INDUSTRY. BUT POST-PRODUCTION

00:12:33.853 --> 00:12:36.055
WORK INCLUDING EDITORIAL, SOUND

00:12:36.122 --> 00:12:37.823
SCORING, VISUAL EFFECTS AND

00:12:37.890 --> 00:12:39.325
FINISHING, IS INCREASINGLY

00:12:39.391 --> 00:12:41.026
BEING PERFORMED IN OTHER

00:12:41.093 --> 00:12:42.228
JURISDICTIONS THAT OFFER

00:12:42.294 --> 00:12:44.430
TARGETED COMPETITIVE INCENTIVES.

00:12:44.497 --> 00:12:45.764
CURRENT LAW LIMITS ELIGIBILITY

00:12:45.831 --> 00:12:47.266
FOR THE CALIFORNIA MOTION

00:12:47.333 --> 00:12:48.701
PICTURE TAX CREDIT, PRIMARILY

00:12:48.767 --> 00:12:50.169
TO PROJECTS THAT COMPLETE

00:12:50.236 --> 00:12:51.971
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN OUR

00:12:52.037 --> 00:12:53.806
STATE. AS A RESULT,

00:12:53.873 --> 00:12:54.640
POST-PRODUCTION WORK IS OFTEN

00:12:54.707 --> 00:12:55.908
MOVED TO COMPETING

00:12:55.975 --> 00:12:56.976
JURISDICTIONS THAT OFFER

00:12:57.042 --> 00:12:58.310
STANDALONE OR MORE FLEXIBLE

00:12:58.377 --> 00:13:00.212
INCENTIVES FOR POST-PRODUCTION

00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:01.914
ACTIVITY. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT

00:13:01.981 --> 00:13:03.382
CALIFORNIA IS A LITTLE LATE TO

00:13:03.449 --> 00:13:04.617
THE GAME ON THIS ONE. STATES

00:13:04.683 --> 00:13:06.318
AND COUNTRIES ALREADY OFFER AND

00:13:06.385 --> 00:13:07.419
HAVE OFFERED FOR SOME TIME.

00:13:07.486 --> 00:13:08.387
THESE INCENTIVES INCLUDE, BUT

00:13:08.454 --> 00:13:09.588
ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATES

00:13:09.655 --> 00:13:11.457
OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AS WELL

00:13:11.524 --> 00:13:12.658
AS CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM

00:13:12.725 --> 00:13:15.127
AND AUSTRALIA. THESE POLICIES

00:13:15.194 --> 00:13:16.262
HAVE LED TO THE MIGRATION OF

00:13:16.328 --> 00:13:18.297
HIGH WAGE JOBS, VENDOR SPENDING

00:13:18.364 --> 00:13:19.932
AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OUT OF

00:13:19.999 --> 00:13:22.535
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MAJOR

00:13:22.601 --> 00:13:23.302
POST-PRODUCTION EDITORIAL

00:13:23.369 --> 00:13:24.703
FACILITIES, INCLUDING SCORING

00:13:24.770 --> 00:13:26.438
STAGES OPERATED BY SONY, FOX,

00:13:26.505 --> 00:13:28.240
WARNER BROTHERS AND SKYWALKER

00:13:28.307 --> 00:13:29.675
SOUND, ARE GENERATING

00:13:29.742 --> 00:13:30.776
SUBSTANTIALLY LESS REVENUE THAN

00:13:30.843 --> 00:13:32.278
IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND FACE THE

00:13:32.344 --> 00:13:34.680
RISK OF CLOSURE. ECONOMIC

00:13:34.747 --> 00:13:36.148
ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES THAT

00:13:36.215 --> 00:13:37.216
POST-PRODUCTION INCENTIVES

00:13:37.283 --> 00:13:38.684
GENERATE SIGNIFICANT RETURNS ON

00:13:38.751 --> 00:13:39.852
PUBLIC INVESTMENT THROUGH

00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.153
INCREASED TAXABLE WAGES, LOCAL

00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:43.455
VENDOR SPENDING, AND BROADER

00:13:43.522 --> 00:13:45.891
ANCILLARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.

00:13:45.958 --> 00:13:47.259
WITHOUT A TARGETED

00:13:47.326 --> 00:13:48.394
POST-PRODUCTION INCENTIVE,

00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:50.062
CALIFORNIA RISKS FURTHER LOSING

00:13:50.129 --> 00:13:51.764
A CRITICAL SEGMENT OF THE

00:13:51.830 --> 00:13:53.098
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY SUPPLY

00:13:53.165 --> 00:13:54.500
CHAIN THAT HAS TRULY DEFINED

00:13:54.567 --> 00:13:56.669
THE STATE. EVEN WHEN CREATIVE

00:13:56.735 --> 00:13:57.803
LEADERSHIP REMAINS LARGELY

00:13:57.870 --> 00:14:00.639
BASED IN THE STATE. AB 2319, IF

00:14:00.706 --> 00:14:02.174
APPROVED, WOULD CREATE THE

00:14:02.241 --> 00:14:03.542
CALIFORNIA POST PRODUCTION TAX

00:14:03.609 --> 00:14:05.010
CREDIT, A TARGETED INCENTIVE

00:14:05.077 --> 00:14:06.745
FOR QUALIFIED POST-PRODUCTION

00:14:06.812 --> 00:14:08.581
EXPENDITURES PERFORMED IN

00:14:08.647 --> 00:14:10.349
CALIFORNIA, REGARDLESS OF WHERE

00:14:10.416 --> 00:14:11.483
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY OCCURRED

00:14:11.550 --> 00:14:12.885
AND SUBJECT TO PROGRAM

00:14:12.952 --> 00:14:14.386
REQUIREMENTS AND OVERSIGHT. I'D

00:14:14.453 --> 00:14:15.955
LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS POST

00:14:16.021 --> 00:14:17.256
PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT IS NOT

00:14:17.323 --> 00:14:20.092
TIED TO THE $750 MILLION BUDGET

00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.160
FOR THE MOTION PICTURE TAX

00:14:21.227 --> 00:14:22.294
CREDIT THAT WAS PASSED LAST

00:14:22.361 --> 00:14:23.729
YEAR. I HAVE SUBMITTED A

00:14:23.796 --> 00:14:25.130
PENDING BUDGET REQUEST TO

00:14:25.197 --> 00:14:26.298
ESTABLISH THE SEPARATE FUNDING

00:14:26.365 --> 00:14:28.267
THAT THIS PROGRAM ANTICIPATES.

00:14:28.334 --> 00:14:30.035
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE, VERY

00:14:30.102 --> 00:14:31.036
IMPORTANTLY, THAT TO BE

00:14:31.103 --> 00:14:33.038
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CONTEMPLATED

00:14:33.105 --> 00:14:34.473
POST-PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT, THE

00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:35.574
PROJECT EITHER NEEDS TO BE

00:14:35.641 --> 00:14:37.042
FILMED OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA OR

00:14:37.109 --> 00:14:39.144
BE A PROJECT THAT WAS FILMED IN

00:14:39.211 --> 00:14:40.946
CALIFORNIA BUT DID NOT RECEIVE

00:14:41.013 --> 00:14:42.548
THE MOTION PICTURE TAX CREDIT.

00:14:42.615 --> 00:14:44.049
WHAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS

00:14:44.116 --> 00:14:45.184
THERE IS NO DOUBLE DIPPING

00:14:45.251 --> 00:14:47.219
PERMITTED. VOICING THEIR NEED

00:14:47.286 --> 00:14:48.887
TO. AND OUT OF THE MORE FUN

00:14:48.954 --> 00:14:49.955
PART, VOICING THEIR NEED TO

00:14:50.022 --> 00:14:51.724
SUPPORT TODAY ARE MANY MEMBERS

00:14:51.790 --> 00:14:53.158
OF THE MOTION PICTURE EDITORS

00:14:53.225 --> 00:14:55.427
GUILD, LOCAL 700 AND OTHERS

00:14:55.494 --> 00:14:56.829
WITH THE CALIFORNIA POST

00:14:56.895 --> 00:14:58.163
ALLIANCE, AND I WANT TO THANK

00:14:58.230 --> 00:14:59.265
BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR

00:14:59.331 --> 00:15:00.666
THEIR STEADFAST SUPPORT IN

00:15:00.733 --> 00:15:02.568
GETTING US HERE TODAY. YOU'RE

00:15:02.635 --> 00:15:05.738
ALSO GOING TO HEAR SOME PRETTY

00:15:05.804 --> 00:15:07.539
EXCEPTIONAL ME TOO COMMENTS,

00:15:07.606 --> 00:15:09.041
INCLUDING FROM TEN TIME ACADEMY

00:15:09.108 --> 00:15:10.409
AWARD NOMINATED RERECORDING

00:15:10.476 --> 00:15:12.611
MIXER ANNA BELMAR, PICTURE

00:15:12.678 --> 00:15:14.880
EDITOR MAISIE HOY, AND POST

00:15:14.947 --> 00:15:16.382
EXECUTIVE TED GALIANO. BUT

00:15:16.448 --> 00:15:18.384
BEFORE ALL THAT, WITH ME TODAY

00:15:18.450 --> 00:15:20.853
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AB

00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:22.721
292319 IS F HUDSON MILLER,

00:15:22.788 --> 00:15:23.756
PRESIDENT OF THE MOTION PICTURE

00:15:23.822 --> 00:15:26.358
EDITORS GUILD. I SEE LOCAL 700

00:15:26.425 --> 00:15:28.861
AND MARY ELLA, PRESIDENT OF THE

00:15:28.927 --> 00:15:30.329
CALIFORNIA POST ALLIANCE. AND

00:15:30.396 --> 00:15:32.031
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, MR.

00:15:32.097 --> 00:15:33.032
CHAIR, I'LL RESPECTFULLY ASK

00:15:33.098 --> 00:15:37.469
FOR YOUR VOTE. I'D LIKE TO

00:15:37.536 --> 00:15:39.104
REMIND THE WITNESSES THAT YOU

00:15:39.171 --> 00:15:40.272
HAVE TWO MINUTES TO PRESENT.

00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:43.909
YES. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

00:15:43.976 --> 00:15:45.744
GOOD MORNING. I PROUDLY

00:15:45.811 --> 00:15:47.880
REPRESENT THE MOTION PICTURE

00:15:47.946 --> 00:15:50.416
EDITORS GUILD, THE WORLD'S

00:15:50.482 --> 00:15:51.850
PREEMINENT LABOR UNION AND

00:15:51.917 --> 00:15:52.951
POST-PRODUCTION PROFESSIONALS.

00:15:53.018 --> 00:15:55.788
OUR MEMBERS WORK THE MAGIC OF

00:15:55.854 --> 00:15:57.323
TRANSFORMING RAW CAMERA FOOTAGE

00:15:57.389 --> 00:15:58.724
INTO THE STORIES THAT

00:15:58.791 --> 00:16:00.626
TRANSFIXED THE WORLD. WE HAVE

00:16:00.693 --> 00:16:03.028
MORE THAN 6200 MEMBERS IN

00:16:03.095 --> 00:16:04.830
CALIFORNIA, THE HISTORIC HEART

00:16:04.897 --> 00:16:08.033
OF OUR INDUSTRY. BUT OUR

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:10.602
INDUSTRY AND OUR HEART IS

00:16:10.669 --> 00:16:13.105
AILING. OUR CALIFORNIA

00:16:13.172 --> 00:16:14.873
MEMBERSHIP HAS SHRUNK BY 15% IN

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:18.177
THE LAST FOUR YEARS, A LOSS OF

00:16:18.243 --> 00:16:20.346
1100 HARDWORKING MIDDLE CLASS

00:16:20.412 --> 00:16:22.448
MEMBERS. WE HAVE LOST 3% OF OUR

00:16:22.514 --> 00:16:25.684
MEMBERS IN THIS PAST YEAR ALONE.

00:16:25.751 --> 00:16:27.853
THESE AREN'T STATISTICS TO US.

00:16:27.920 --> 00:16:30.356
THEY'RE OUR UNION SISTERS,

00:16:30.422 --> 00:16:32.157
BROTHERS AND KIN, THEIR

00:16:32.224 --> 00:16:34.059
TALENTED ARTISTS AND

00:16:34.126 --> 00:16:35.094
CRAFTSPEOPLE, AND YES,

00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:37.262
CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS WHOSE

00:16:37.329 --> 00:16:38.630
LIVES HAVE BEEN UPENDED BY THE

00:16:38.697 --> 00:16:40.799
EMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN OUR

00:16:40.866 --> 00:16:43.068
INDUSTRY. TOO MANY OF THEM NO

00:16:43.135 --> 00:16:44.470
LONGER BELIEVE THEY CAN SUPPORT

00:16:44.536 --> 00:16:45.537
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES

00:16:45.604 --> 00:16:47.306
DOING THE WORK THEY LOVE IN THE

00:16:47.373 --> 00:16:49.141
STATE THAT THEY LOVE. THAT'S

00:16:49.208 --> 00:16:50.342
WHY WE MUST FOLLOW THE LEAD OF

00:16:50.409 --> 00:16:52.745
NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND OTHER

00:16:52.811 --> 00:16:54.113
STATES BY ESTABLISHING A

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:55.180
STANDALONE POST-PRODUCTION TAX

00:16:55.247 --> 00:16:58.083
CREDIT. THAT'S WHY OUR UNION

00:16:58.150 --> 00:17:00.719
LOUDLY, PROUDLY AND WITHOUT

00:17:00.786 --> 00:17:02.054
RESERVATION, CO-SPONSORS THIS

00:17:02.121 --> 00:17:04.590
BILL. THAT'S WHY OUR MEMBERS

00:17:04.656 --> 00:17:07.192
HAVE WRITTEN MORE THAN 1200

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.894
LETTERS TO MEMBERS OF THIS

00:17:08.961 --> 00:17:12.164
COMMITTEE. THESE 1200 LETTERS

00:17:12.231 --> 00:17:14.433
HAVE JUST ONE MESSAGE WE NEED

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:18.303
TO PASS AB 2319. LIKE MANY OF

00:17:18.370 --> 00:17:20.272
OUR MEMBERS, I AM A CALIFORNIAN

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:23.308
BY CHOICE. I MOVED HERE BECAUSE

00:17:23.375 --> 00:17:25.778
THIS STATE WAS THE UNDISPUTED

00:17:25.844 --> 00:17:27.279
CAPITAL OF MOVIEMAKING. I'VE

00:17:27.346 --> 00:17:30.182
HAD A REWARDING CAREER IN THIS

00:17:30.249 --> 00:17:32.351
INDUSTRY SPANNING DECADES,

00:17:32.418 --> 00:17:33.752
HELPING TO BRING CINEMATIC

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:35.988
MAGIC TO SCREENS ACROSS AMERICA

00:17:36.054 --> 00:17:37.790
AND AROUND THE WORLD. I HAVE

00:17:37.856 --> 00:17:39.525
BEEN LIVING THE CALIFORNIA

00:17:39.591 --> 00:17:41.693
DREAM. THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US

00:17:41.760 --> 00:17:43.128
IS HOW TO KEEP THIS CALIFORNIA

00:17:43.195 --> 00:17:46.365
DREAM ALIVE. ALIVE RIGHT HERE,

00:17:46.432 --> 00:17:48.634
WHERE IT BELONGS IN CALIFORNIA,

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.635
CALIFORNIA, THE STATE THAT

00:17:49.701 --> 00:17:50.636
HISTORICALLY BEEN THE HEARTBEAT

00:17:50.702 --> 00:17:53.572
OF AMERICAN STORYTELLING.

00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:54.606
CALIFORNIA. WOULD YOU PLEASE

00:17:54.673 --> 00:17:55.941
WRAP UP YOUR EXCUSE ME? WOULD

00:17:56.008 --> 00:17:57.643
YOU PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR

00:17:57.709 --> 00:17:58.644
TESTIMONY? SURE. WOULD YOU

00:17:58.710 --> 00:18:00.345
PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR TESTIMONY?

00:18:00.412 --> 00:18:01.580
PLEASE KEEP THIS CALIFORNIA

00:18:01.647 --> 00:18:04.950
DREAM ALIVE. VOTE TO PASS AB

00:18:05.017 --> 00:18:07.453
2319. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:09.688
MORNING, DEAR CHAIR MCNERNEY

00:18:09.755 --> 00:18:11.089
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,

00:18:11.156 --> 00:18:12.357
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

00:18:12.424 --> 00:18:14.359
TO SPEAK TODAY. AND THANK YOU,

00:18:14.426 --> 00:18:15.360
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SCHULTZ, FOR

00:18:15.427 --> 00:18:16.829
YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THIS BILL.

00:18:16.895 --> 00:18:18.697
MY NAME IS MARIELLE, AND I

00:18:18.764 --> 00:18:20.098
SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE

00:18:20.165 --> 00:18:21.633
CALIFORNIA POST ALLIANCE, AND I

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:23.368
WORK IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT

00:18:23.435 --> 00:18:25.137
SIGNATURE POST. I AM HERE

00:18:25.204 --> 00:18:26.205
REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF

00:18:26.271 --> 00:18:27.673
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS WHO WORK

00:18:27.739 --> 00:18:29.475
ACROSS ALL AREAS OF POST

00:18:29.541 --> 00:18:31.210
PRODUCTION, INCLUDING PICTURE,

00:18:31.276 --> 00:18:33.345
EDITORIAL, SOUND, MUSIC, COLOR,

00:18:33.412 --> 00:18:35.914
VFX AND FINISHING. WHILE OUR

00:18:35.981 --> 00:18:38.050
NAMES DO NOT APPEAR ON MOVIE

00:18:38.116 --> 00:18:39.885
POSTERS, OUR WORK BRINGS EVERY

00:18:39.952 --> 00:18:41.720
FILM AND TELEVISION SHOW TO

00:18:41.787 --> 00:18:43.555
LIFE. THE CHALLENGE FOR THE

00:18:43.622 --> 00:18:44.623
POST-PRODUCTION COMMUNITY IS

00:18:44.690 --> 00:18:46.792
THAT OUR STRUGGLES ARE OFTEN

00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:48.527
INVISIBLE WHEN PRODUCTION

00:18:48.594 --> 00:18:50.028
LEAVES AND STUDIO LOTS ARE

00:18:50.095 --> 00:18:51.830
EMPTY. THAT MAKES HEADLINES.

00:18:51.897 --> 00:18:53.999
WHEN POST LEAVES, THE LOS IS

00:18:54.066 --> 00:18:55.701
QUIETER. THE RESULTING LAYOFFS,

00:18:55.767 --> 00:18:57.703
FACILITY CLOSURES, DISPLACEMENT

00:18:57.769 --> 00:18:58.937
OF OUR WORKFORCE, AND THE

00:18:59.004 --> 00:19:00.739
ANXIETY FELT BY THE NEXT

00:19:00.806 --> 00:19:02.908
GENERATION GO UNNOTICED.

00:19:02.975 --> 00:19:04.343
JURISDICTIONS SUCH AS THE UK,

00:19:04.409 --> 00:19:05.777
CANADA AND NEW YORK HAVE

00:19:05.844 --> 00:19:07.946
OFFERED ROBUST STANDALONE POST

00:19:08.013 --> 00:19:09.748
PRODUCTION TAX INCENTIVES. FOR

00:19:09.815 --> 00:19:11.316
YEARS, NEW YORK HAS HAD THERE

00:19:11.383 --> 00:19:13.685
FOR 16 YEARS, WHILE CALIFORNIA

00:19:13.752 --> 00:19:15.487
IS ONLY NOW CONSIDERING ITS

00:19:15.554 --> 00:19:17.689
FIRST ITERATION OF THIS TAX

00:19:17.756 --> 00:19:20.259
INCENTIVE. CONSEQUENTLY, JOBS

00:19:20.325 --> 00:19:22.060
AND TAXABLE INCOME ARE BEING

00:19:22.127 --> 00:19:23.495
TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE STATE AS

00:19:23.562 --> 00:19:25.230
A ROUTINE BUSINESS DECISION.

00:19:25.297 --> 00:19:27.432
WITH AB 2319, WE ARE SIMPLY

00:19:27.499 --> 00:19:29.167
ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

00:19:29.234 --> 00:19:30.969
COMPETE. WE STILL HAVE THE

00:19:31.036 --> 00:19:32.804
LARGEST POOL OF POST-PRODUCTION

00:19:32.871 --> 00:19:34.706
TALENT AND REAL ESTATE

00:19:34.773 --> 00:19:35.707
INFRASTRUCTURE OF ANYWHERE IN

00:19:35.774 --> 00:19:38.243
THE WORLD. AB 2319 IS A

00:19:38.310 --> 00:19:40.746
TARGETED STEP TO RETAIN AND

00:19:40.812 --> 00:19:42.881
RECLAIM THOSE HIGH WAGE, LONG

00:19:42.948 --> 00:19:44.750
DURATION JOBS AND SUPPORT

00:19:44.816 --> 00:19:46.852
CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES. THIS

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:48.220
BILL RECOGNIZES THAT

00:19:48.287 --> 00:19:49.721
POST-PRODUCTION IS NOT AN

00:19:49.788 --> 00:19:50.822
AFTERTHOUGHT. IT IS AN

00:19:50.889 --> 00:19:52.224
ESSENTIAL PART OF THE

00:19:52.291 --> 00:19:54.459
ENTERTAINMENT ECOSYSTEM. MANY

00:19:54.526 --> 00:19:55.494
POST-PRODUCTION BUSINESSES WILL

00:19:55.561 --> 00:19:56.895
NOT SURVIVE IF THIS BILL DOES

00:19:56.962 --> 00:19:59.464
NOT PASS DURING THIS SESSION.

00:19:59.531 --> 00:20:02.334
PASSING AND FUNDING AB 2319

00:20:02.401 --> 00:20:03.869
SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT

00:20:03.936 --> 00:20:05.571
OUR STATE LEGISLATURE IS

00:20:05.637 --> 00:20:07.005
COMMITTED TO CALIFORNIA'S

00:20:07.072 --> 00:20:08.807
CREATIVE ECONOMY, ENSURING THAT

00:20:08.874 --> 00:20:10.676
CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO BE THE

00:20:10.742 --> 00:20:11.677
ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE

00:20:11.743 --> 00:20:13.145
WORLD FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

00:20:13.211 --> 00:20:14.913
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR YES

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:19.651
VOTE ON AB 2319. THANK YOU. I

00:20:19.718 --> 00:20:22.120
THANK THE WITNESSES. ARE THERE

00:20:22.187 --> 00:20:23.789
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

00:20:23.855 --> 00:20:26.158
WISH TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT OF

00:20:26.224 --> 00:20:27.859
THIS BILL? IF SO, PLEASE

00:20:27.926 --> 00:20:29.494
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, GIVE

00:20:29.561 --> 00:20:31.229
YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION AND

00:20:31.296 --> 00:20:35.500
YOUR SUPPORT. HI. AUSTIN SCOTT,

00:20:35.567 --> 00:20:37.002
20 YEAR VETERAN TV FILM EDITOR,

00:20:37.069 --> 00:20:38.704
OUT OF WORK FOR THE LAST THREE

00:20:38.770 --> 00:20:39.771
YEARS NOW DOING ART FOR A

00:20:39.838 --> 00:20:41.673
LIVING. I MADE THIS PIN. I'M

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:43.008
HERE TO PLEASE ASK YOU TO

00:20:43.075 --> 00:20:46.612
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.

00:20:46.678 --> 00:20:48.714
HI, MY NAME IS DOUG. I'M A

00:20:48.780 --> 00:20:50.248
SOUND EDITOR WITH MOTION

00:20:50.315 --> 00:20:52.317
PICTURE EDITORS GUILD 700. I

00:20:52.384 --> 00:20:54.519
LIVE IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA,

00:20:54.586 --> 00:20:55.988
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS

00:20:56.054 --> 00:21:00.325
BILL. SAM HOOD ON BEHALF OF

00:21:00.392 --> 00:21:00.859
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP IN

00:21:00.926 --> 00:21:02.160
SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK

00:21:02.227 --> 00:21:05.464
YOU. HI, I'M TED GAGLIANO. I'VE

00:21:05.530 --> 00:21:06.765
BEEN PRESIDENT OF POST

00:21:06.832 --> 00:21:08.033
PRODUCTION FOR 20TH CENTURY FOX

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:09.334
FOR 30 YEARS, AND I'M HERE TO

00:21:09.401 --> 00:21:11.136
SUPPORT THE WORKERS FOR THIS

00:21:11.203 --> 00:21:12.904
BILL, WHICH IS SO NEEDED. THANK

00:21:12.971 --> 00:21:17.209
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

00:21:17.275 --> 00:21:18.644
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF

00:21:18.710 --> 00:21:23.281
BURBANK IN SUPPORT. HI, I'M

00:21:23.348 --> 00:21:24.816
MAZIE HØI. I'VE BEEN A FILM

00:21:24.883 --> 00:21:26.985
EDITOR FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND

00:21:27.052 --> 00:21:28.887
I'VE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR CLOSE

00:21:28.954 --> 00:21:30.055
TO TWO YEARS. AND I TOTALLY

00:21:30.122 --> 00:21:38.163
SUPPORT THIS BILL. RUSSELL.

00:21:38.230 --> 00:21:39.364
RUSSELL ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA

00:21:39.431 --> 00:21:42.000
STATE TREASURER. SORRY, IN

00:21:42.067 --> 00:21:47.072
SUPPORT. MY NAME IS MARK

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:49.274
CAMPERO. I'M THE CREATIVE

00:21:49.341 --> 00:21:50.976
DIRECTOR AT MTC AUDIO, AND I

00:21:51.043 --> 00:21:52.511
ALSO SIT ON THE BOARD OF

00:21:52.577 --> 00:21:53.178
DIRECTORS FOR THE MOTION

00:21:53.245 --> 00:21:54.713
PICTURE SOUND EDITORS. I'VE

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:56.081
BEEN A SOUND EDITOR AND

00:21:56.148 --> 00:21:57.883
RERECORDING MIXER FOR 20 YEARS.

00:21:57.949 --> 00:21:59.484
THIS BILL IS ABOUT PROTECTING

00:21:59.551 --> 00:22:01.186
MIDDLE CLASS JOBS. HOLLYWOOD IS

00:22:01.253 --> 00:22:02.954
NOT ALL ABOUT GLITZ AND GLAMOR,

00:22:03.021 --> 00:22:04.122
AND WE'RE ALSO SPREAD ALL OVER

00:22:04.189 --> 00:22:08.326
THE ENTIRE STATE. THANK YOU. HI,

00:22:08.393 --> 00:22:10.562
MY NAME IS ERIC C ANDERSON. I'M

00:22:10.629 --> 00:22:12.564
A FILM EDITOR AND I'VE NEVER

00:22:12.631 --> 00:22:13.765
SEEN THIS BUSINESS LIKE THIS.

00:22:13.832 --> 00:22:15.567
I'VE LOST MY HEALTH CARE AT A

00:22:15.634 --> 00:22:18.136
TIME. MY WIFE IS HAVING A VERY

00:22:18.203 --> 00:22:19.237
BIG HEALTH CRISIS. PLEASE HELP

00:22:19.304 --> 00:22:26.011
US GET BACK TO WORK. HI. SOUND

00:22:26.078 --> 00:22:27.379
PEOPLE YOU KNOW. HI. ANNA

00:22:27.446 --> 00:22:29.981
BELMAR. I'M A RERECORDING MIXER,

00:22:30.048 --> 00:22:31.316
AND I HAVE BEEN IN THIS

00:22:31.383 --> 00:22:34.252
INDUSTRY FOR 43 YEARS, AND IT'S

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:35.987
VERY DIFFICULT TO ENCOURAGE THE

00:22:36.054 --> 00:22:38.023
YOUNG WHO ARE COMING IN BECAUSE

00:22:38.090 --> 00:22:40.158
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT'S GOING

00:22:40.225 --> 00:22:41.860
TO HAPPEN, BUT THIS BILL IS

00:22:41.927 --> 00:22:43.361
GOING TO GIVE THEM HOPE. IT'S

00:22:43.428 --> 00:22:45.030
GOING TO GIVE THE INDUSTRY HOPE,

00:22:45.097 --> 00:22:46.798
AND WE DESPERATELY NEED IT. SO

00:22:46.865 --> 00:22:51.169
PLEASE, PLEASE PASS THIS BILL.

00:22:51.236 --> 00:22:52.604
HI, MY NAME IS FRED PARAGANO.

00:22:52.671 --> 00:22:54.806
I'VE BEEN RERECORDING MIXER.

00:22:54.873 --> 00:22:56.541
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30

00:22:56.608 --> 00:22:59.077
YEARS, AND I REALLY BELIEVE

00:22:59.144 --> 00:23:01.480
THAT THIS WILL HELP MAINTAIN

00:23:01.546 --> 00:23:02.881
THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE BUILT

00:23:02.948 --> 00:23:04.583
WITH OUR DIRECTORS AND OUR

00:23:04.649 --> 00:23:05.951
FRIENDS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY,

00:23:06.017 --> 00:23:11.656
MANY YEARS. I'M IN SUPPORT.

00:23:11.723 --> 00:23:13.158
MAUREEN TOTH, OWNER OF EASTERN

00:23:13.225 --> 00:23:14.926
TALENT AGENCY IN LOS ANGELES,

00:23:14.993 --> 00:23:15.994
REPRESENTING MANY

00:23:16.061 --> 00:23:17.829
POST-PRODUCTION PROFESSIONALS

00:23:17.896 --> 00:23:19.264
WATCHING FOR 20 PLUS YEARS,

00:23:19.331 --> 00:23:21.199
WATCHING OVER THE LAST HANDFUL

00:23:21.266 --> 00:23:23.201
OF YEARS THE SUFFERING AND LOSS

00:23:23.268 --> 00:23:25.704
OF JOBS IN MY COMMUNITY, AND

00:23:25.771 --> 00:23:28.240
ALSO THE LATTER FOR THE YOUNGER

00:23:28.306 --> 00:23:30.041
FOLKS COMING UP, HAS BEEN A

00:23:30.108 --> 00:23:31.510
VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND I

00:23:31.576 --> 00:23:32.544
THINK THIS BILL WOULD

00:23:32.611 --> 00:23:34.713
ABSOLUTELY HELP TO BRING

00:23:34.780 --> 00:23:35.814
POST-PRODUCTION. A STRONG

00:23:35.881 --> 00:23:36.882
POST-PRODUCTION COMMUNITY BACK

00:23:36.948 --> 00:23:39.417
IS SUPER NECESSARY. THANK YOU

00:23:39.484 --> 00:23:43.355
SO MUCH. HELLO, MY NAME IS DAN

00:23:43.421 --> 00:23:44.856
SCHMIDT. I'M A VISUAL EFFECTS

00:23:44.923 --> 00:23:45.891
SUPERVISOR AND FOUNDER OF

00:23:45.957 --> 00:23:46.992
SENATE-ROOM HOLLYWOOD. WE'RE A

00:23:47.058 --> 00:23:49.861
25 YEAR VISUAL EFFECTS COMPANY,

00:23:49.928 --> 00:23:51.730
REPRESENTATIVE OF A LOT OF THE

00:23:51.797 --> 00:23:54.566
SMALL COMPANIES AND POSTS THAT

00:23:54.633 --> 00:23:56.334
MAKE UP THE FABRIC OF

00:23:56.401 --> 00:23:57.736
POST-PRODUCTION. WE NEED THIS

00:23:57.803 --> 00:23:59.471
BILL. WE'RE SUFFERING. PLEASE

00:23:59.538 --> 00:24:05.677
PASS THIS BILL. HI, MY NAME IS

00:24:05.744 --> 00:24:07.813
LILLIAN BENSON. I HAVE BEEN

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.981
WORKING AS AN EDITOR IN

00:24:10.048 --> 00:24:12.851
CALIFORNIA FOR 30 YEARS, WORKED

00:24:12.918 --> 00:24:15.453
TEN WEEKS LAST YEAR ON A

00:24:15.520 --> 00:24:17.589
PROJECT THAT TOOK A BREAK. AND

00:24:17.656 --> 00:24:20.792
THEN WE STARTED IN ILLINOIS TO

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.394
FINISH THE PROJECT. WE NEED

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:26.598
THIS BILL. FIRST OF ALL, THANK

00:24:26.665 --> 00:24:28.033
YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.634
FOR DOING ALL OF THE WORK YOU

00:24:29.701 --> 00:24:30.836
DO IN OUR GREAT AND WONDERFUL

00:24:30.902 --> 00:24:32.304
STATE. INCREDIBLY GRANULAR

00:24:32.370 --> 00:24:34.873
STUFF. I'M BEN URQUHART, I'M A

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.274
BOARD MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA

00:24:36.341 --> 00:24:37.742
POST ALLIANCE AND A POST

00:24:37.809 --> 00:24:39.544
EXECUTIVE STRONG SUPPORTER OF

00:24:39.611 --> 00:24:40.779
THIS BILL. WE NEED THE JOBS AND

00:24:40.846 --> 00:24:43.515
THE HOURS BACK. THANK YOU.

00:24:43.582 --> 00:24:44.950
HELLO. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS

00:24:45.016 --> 00:24:46.751
DAVID TORRES. I'M A PRODUCER

00:24:46.818 --> 00:24:49.321
WORKING IN FILM AND TELEVISION.

00:24:49.387 --> 00:24:52.490
WE NEED THIS BILL. HELP US KEEP

00:24:52.557 --> 00:24:54.459
MIDDLE CLASS JOBS IN CALIFORNIA.

00:24:54.526 --> 00:24:56.828
THIS IS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.

00:24:56.895 --> 00:24:59.731
THIS IS TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE

00:24:59.798 --> 00:25:01.466
WORKING. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE,

00:25:01.533 --> 00:25:02.968
YOUNG PEOPLE ENERGIZED AND

00:25:03.034 --> 00:25:05.136
WANTING TO KEEP WORKING IN THIS

00:25:05.203 --> 00:25:08.640
INDUSTRY. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:25:08.707 --> 00:25:09.741
MORNING, MR. CHAIR. AND MEMBERS,

00:25:09.808 --> 00:25:11.343
DYLAN HOFFMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE

00:25:11.409 --> 00:25:12.344
CALIFORNIA ARTS ADVOCATES, THE

00:25:12.410 --> 00:25:14.779
CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD AND

00:25:14.846 --> 00:25:15.981
MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES KAREN BASS

00:25:16.047 --> 00:25:19.451
IN SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING.

00:25:19.517 --> 00:25:20.819
SENATORS MIKE ROBSON HERE ON

00:25:20.886 --> 00:25:22.554
BEHALF OF THE WALT DISNEY

00:25:22.621 --> 00:25:23.822
COMPANY, WHICH IS THE PARENT

00:25:23.889 --> 00:25:25.257
COMPANY OF INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND

00:25:25.323 --> 00:25:26.491
MAGIC, WHICH IS THE BIRTHPLACE

00:25:26.558 --> 00:25:28.126
OF VISUAL EFFECTS FROM FROM

00:25:28.193 --> 00:25:30.395
STAR WARS MOVIES. WE'RE IN

00:25:30.462 --> 00:25:32.030
SUPPORT OF THE BILL WE WANT.

00:25:32.097 --> 00:25:33.164
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SENATE

00:25:33.231 --> 00:25:34.299
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SCHULTZ ON

00:25:34.366 --> 00:25:35.734
LANGUAGE SPECIFIC TO THE VISUAL

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:37.836
EFFECTS INDUSTRY. I'M

00:25:37.903 --> 00:25:38.970
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC IS

00:25:39.037 --> 00:25:40.772
WORKING WITH A BROADER GROUP OF,

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:44.109
OF VFX STUDIOS TO, TO, TO, TO

00:25:44.175 --> 00:25:45.744
ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THE BILL.

00:25:45.810 --> 00:25:46.912
AND, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE

00:25:46.978 --> 00:25:47.946
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. WANT TO SEE

00:25:48.013 --> 00:25:50.482
THE BILL MOVE ALONG. THANKS.

00:25:50.548 --> 00:25:51.750
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF

00:25:51.816 --> 00:25:54.052
THE PUBLIC WISH TO VOICE THEIR

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:58.123
SUPPORT OF OF AB 2319? ARE

00:25:58.189 --> 00:26:02.994
THERE ANY MAJOR VOICES IN

00:26:03.061 --> 00:26:07.699
OPPOSITION TO AB 2319 ANY

00:26:07.766 --> 00:26:09.134
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:12.070
VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION, SEEING

00:26:12.137 --> 00:26:13.838
NONE. VERY GOOD. I WILL NOW

00:26:13.905 --> 00:26:15.740
TURN TO THE COMMITTEE TO SEE IF

00:26:15.807 --> 00:26:16.908
THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS. SENATOR

00:26:16.975 --> 00:26:17.742
GRAYSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

00:26:17.809 --> 00:26:18.910
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK

00:26:18.977 --> 00:26:20.745
YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AND CHAIR

00:26:20.812 --> 00:26:21.913
FOR WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR ON

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:24.349
THIS. TO THE AUTHOR, A GREAT

00:26:24.416 --> 00:26:25.750
BILL THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO

00:26:25.817 --> 00:26:27.218
MOVE FORWARD WOULD BE HONORED

00:26:27.285 --> 00:26:29.254
TO BE ABLE TO BE ADDED ON AS A

00:26:29.321 --> 00:26:30.355
COAUTHOR. THANK YOU, SIR, IF

00:26:30.422 --> 00:26:32.190
THAT'S POSSIBLE. I WANT TO

00:26:32.257 --> 00:26:34.693
STATE THAT SOME FOLKS LOOK AT

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.727
TAX CREDITS DIFFERENT WAY. I

00:26:35.794 --> 00:26:37.696
DON'T SEE IT THIS TAX CREDIT AS

00:26:37.762 --> 00:26:38.863
A LIABILITY. I SEE THIS TAX

00:26:38.930 --> 00:26:40.065
CREDIT AS AN INVESTMENT. THIS

00:26:40.131 --> 00:26:42.267
IS CALIFORNIA. THIS IS WHAT

00:26:42.334 --> 00:26:44.536
MADE CALIFORNIA OR AS A PART OF

00:26:44.602 --> 00:26:46.104
THE FIBER, WHAT MADE CALIFORNIA

00:26:46.171 --> 00:26:48.039
WHAT IT IS TODAY. AND TO BE

00:26:48.106 --> 00:26:49.908
ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD KEEPS

00:26:49.975 --> 00:26:52.010
THE FABRIC OF CALIFORNIA WHOLE.

00:26:52.077 --> 00:26:53.345
SO WITH THAT, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY

00:26:53.411 --> 00:26:55.580
SUPPORT YOUR BILL. THANK YOU.

00:26:55.647 --> 00:26:59.250
SENATOR BECKER, YOU RECOGNIZED.

00:26:59.317 --> 00:27:00.618
I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR AS

00:27:00.685 --> 00:27:02.253
WELL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE.

00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:03.321
AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO

00:27:03.388 --> 00:27:07.459
CAME TO TESTIFY. YOU KNOW, I

00:27:07.525 --> 00:27:08.827
REALLY ENJOY BEING ON THIS

00:27:08.893 --> 00:27:12.163
COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE

00:27:12.230 --> 00:27:15.734
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AND SUPPORT

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.334
INDUSTRIES LIKE THIS ONE. WE

00:27:16.401 --> 00:27:18.169
ALSO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH

00:27:18.236 --> 00:27:19.270
DECISIONS ABOUT SOMETIMES ABOUT

00:27:19.337 --> 00:27:22.874
WHERE TO INVEST AS A STATE. BUT

00:27:22.941 --> 00:27:24.409
I THINK, AS MY COLLEAGUE JUST

00:27:24.476 --> 00:27:26.511
SAID, THESE JOBS ARE THIS

00:27:26.578 --> 00:27:28.380
INDUSTRY REALLY STARTED HERE.

00:27:28.446 --> 00:27:29.814
AND TO HEAR THE PERSONAL

00:27:29.881 --> 00:27:32.317
TESTIMONY OF EVERYONE HERE

00:27:32.384 --> 00:27:34.419
TODAY ABOUT THE LOSS OF JOBS IS

00:27:34.486 --> 00:27:36.621
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL. SO I WILL

00:27:36.688 --> 00:27:38.123
BE SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY

00:27:38.189 --> 00:27:39.324
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING

00:27:39.391 --> 00:27:44.295
WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR

00:27:44.362 --> 00:27:47.098
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD. AB

00:27:47.165 --> 00:27:51.036
2319, THE CALIFORNIA FILM AND

00:27:51.102 --> 00:27:54.406
TELEVISION INDUSTRY HAS HELPED

00:27:54.472 --> 00:27:55.774
CALIFORNIA BECOME WHAT IT IS,

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:57.509
AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE

00:27:57.575 --> 00:27:58.710
SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN

00:27:58.777 --> 00:28:00.512
THE BACK ROOMS MAKING THESE

00:28:00.578 --> 00:28:01.713
FILMS, THE INCREDIBLE WORKS OF

00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:03.515
ART THAT THEY ARE. SO I

00:28:03.581 --> 00:28:04.516
APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING

00:28:04.582 --> 00:28:05.850
FORWARD WITH YOUR STORIES AND

00:28:05.917 --> 00:28:08.420
YOUR, THE SITUATION THAT THAT

00:28:08.486 --> 00:28:10.889
YOU'VE BECOME IN. AND NOW WE

00:28:10.955 --> 00:28:12.690
NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN

00:28:12.757 --> 00:28:16.961
REVERSE THAT. THE THE TAX

00:28:17.028 --> 00:28:18.463
CREDIT HAS HELPED KEEP

00:28:18.530 --> 00:28:20.899
PRODUCTION IN THE STATE, BUT

00:28:20.965 --> 00:28:22.133
POST-PRODUCTION WORK CAN FACE

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:24.936
MUCH DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. AB

00:28:25.003 --> 00:28:27.839
2319 PROVIDES A TARGETED TOOL

00:28:27.906 --> 00:28:30.642
TO HELP RETAIN AND GROW PAST.

00:28:30.708 --> 00:28:32.811
POST PAST PRODUCTION JOBS IN

00:28:32.877 --> 00:28:34.612
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:36.414
WORKERS AND BUSINESSES AND THE

00:28:36.481 --> 00:28:38.049
BROADER ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

00:28:38.116 --> 00:28:40.018
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. I WANT TO

00:28:40.085 --> 00:28:42.554
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:44.756
COMMITTEE AND THE OPPOSITION TO

00:28:44.823 --> 00:28:46.124
STRENGTHEN THE BILL. WE CAN

00:28:46.191 --> 00:28:47.959
ALWAYS MAKE THINGS BETTER. ARE

00:28:48.026 --> 00:28:49.227
YOU ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE

00:28:49.294 --> 00:28:50.728
AMENDMENTS FOR THE RECORD? YES,

00:28:50.795 --> 00:28:53.298
SIR. WITH THAT, I WILL BE

00:28:53.364 --> 00:28:54.732
SUPPORTING THE BILL. ASSEMBLY

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:57.235
MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE

00:28:57.302 --> 00:28:59.437
JUST BRIEFLY, MR. CHAIR, AGAIN,

00:28:59.504 --> 00:29:01.339
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM

00:29:01.406 --> 00:29:03.374
FOR WORKING WITH US ON THOSE

00:29:03.441 --> 00:29:04.843
AMENDMENTS. I WILL LEAVE IT TO

00:29:04.909 --> 00:29:06.511
THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL BE

00:29:06.578 --> 00:29:08.179
LISTENING TO MY COMMENT HERE AS

00:29:08.246 --> 00:29:09.981
I CLOSE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ME

00:29:10.048 --> 00:29:11.583
TO WITNESS WAS A STORMTROOPER

00:29:11.649 --> 00:29:13.852
IN THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS MOVIE.

00:29:13.918 --> 00:29:15.353
A LITTLE FUN POINT OF TRIVIA

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.654
THERE. I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU

00:29:16.721 --> 00:29:17.689
OFFLINE AFTERWARDS. AND THANK

00:29:17.755 --> 00:29:19.591
YOU SENATOR WILL ADD YOU AS A

00:29:19.657 --> 00:29:21.726
CO AUTHOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE

00:29:21.793 --> 00:29:22.927
ONE POINT. AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH

00:29:22.994 --> 00:29:24.729
THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE

00:29:24.796 --> 00:29:26.731
WHO I THINK GET IT. BUT TO YOUR

00:29:26.798 --> 00:29:27.732
COLLEAGUES THAT MIGHT BE

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.733
TRACKING THIS TO THE

00:29:28.800 --> 00:29:29.734
ADMINISTRATION, THAT MIGHT BE

00:29:29.801 --> 00:29:30.869
TRACKING THIS BILL, THE STORIES

00:29:30.935 --> 00:29:32.303
THAT YOU HEARD, THAT IS MY

00:29:32.370 --> 00:29:33.972
LIVED EXPERIENCE. I COULD WALK

00:29:34.038 --> 00:29:35.206
UP AND DOWN MY BLOCK AND YOU

00:29:35.273 --> 00:29:37.041
WILL HEAR THE SAME STORIES. AND

00:29:37.108 --> 00:29:38.209
NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT. IT

00:29:38.276 --> 00:29:40.044
REALLY IS AROUND THE STATE. WE

00:29:40.111 --> 00:29:41.146
PEOPLE ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW.

00:29:41.212 --> 00:29:43.047
AND THE POINT THAT I WANT TO

00:29:43.114 --> 00:29:44.949
MAKE IS THIS THIS BILL HAS TO

00:29:45.016 --> 00:29:46.151
MOVE THIS YEAR. AND I THANK YOU

00:29:46.217 --> 00:29:47.285
ALL FOR EXERCISING YOUR

00:29:47.352 --> 00:29:48.953
LEADERSHIP IN MOVING IT PAST

00:29:49.020 --> 00:29:50.121
THIS COMMITTEE AND TO THE NEXT

00:29:50.188 --> 00:29:51.289
STAGE. BUT TO ANYONE LISTENING

00:29:51.356 --> 00:29:53.458
IN THESE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE,

00:29:53.525 --> 00:29:54.859
THESE JOBS, THESE INDUSTRIES,

00:29:54.926 --> 00:29:56.661
THEY WON'T BE HERE NEXT YEAR.

00:29:56.728 --> 00:29:58.596
THE CRISIS HAS LONG EXISTED.

00:29:58.663 --> 00:30:00.365
THE TIME IS NOW. AND SO I AM

00:30:00.431 --> 00:30:02.500
PLEADING WITH ANYONE ANSWER THE

00:30:02.567 --> 00:30:03.701
CALL. VOTE AYE TODAY, OF COURSE,

00:30:03.768 --> 00:30:05.503
AND LET'S GET THIS DONE THIS

00:30:05.570 --> 00:30:06.437
YEAR AND KEEP POST-PRODUCTION

00:30:06.504 --> 00:30:07.639
AND VISUAL EFFECTS JOBS IN THE

00:30:07.705 --> 00:30:09.274
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU,

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:10.842
MR. CHAIR. WELL, AGAIN, I THANK

00:30:10.909 --> 00:30:14.312
THE AUTHOR. WE WILL NOW PUT THE.

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:17.949
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR.

00:30:18.016 --> 00:30:19.717
GRAYSON HAS MOVED THE BILL, AND

00:30:19.784 --> 00:30:23.354
WE WILL NOW TAKE THE VOTE. THE

00:30:23.421 --> 00:30:24.322
MOTION IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED,

00:30:24.389 --> 00:30:25.557
TO THE COMMITTEE ON

00:30:25.623 --> 00:30:26.090
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

00:30:26.157 --> 00:30:27.725
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE.

00:30:27.792 --> 00:30:29.928
ALVARADO. GILL. ASHBY. BECKER.

00:30:29.994 --> 00:30:31.963
A. BECKER. AYE. GRAYSON.

00:30:32.030 --> 00:30:35.300
GRAYSON. AYE. 300. THE BILL IS

00:30:35.366 --> 00:30:37.835
NOW ON CALL. THANK THE AUTHOR.

00:30:37.902 --> 00:30:38.970
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR

00:30:39.037 --> 00:30:40.438
YOUR TESTIMONY. THANK YOU.

00:30:40.505 --> 00:30:49.814
HALEY. A GREAT PLEASURE. THANK

00:30:49.881 --> 00:30:52.250
YOU. THE NEXT AUTHOR WE HAVE IS

00:30:52.317 --> 00:30:54.118
ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND CHAIR OF

00:30:54.185 --> 00:30:59.924
THE ASSEMBLY TAX COMMITTEE.

00:30:59.991 --> 00:31:02.260
ASKED IF SHE COULD GO BEFORE

00:31:02.327 --> 00:31:04.295
THE NEXT. TO GET OVER TO THE

00:31:04.362 --> 00:31:05.463
OTHER. HAVE THEY GIVEN. HAVE

00:31:05.530 --> 00:31:07.865
THEY GIVEN PERMISSION? THANK

00:31:07.932 --> 00:31:11.436
YOU. GIBSON. ASSEMBLY MEMBER

00:31:11.502 --> 00:31:14.772
GIBSON IS PREPARED TO TAKE THE

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:18.243
SEAT AND LET MEMBER MCKENNA. GO

00:31:18.309 --> 00:31:20.678
AHEAD. OKAY. VERY GOOD. MCKENNA,

00:31:20.745 --> 00:31:22.113
PLEASE APPROACH THE BENCH. MAKE

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:30.655
YOUR CASE. THANK YOU FOR. THANK

00:31:30.722 --> 00:31:33.391
YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, MR.

00:31:33.458 --> 00:31:35.226
CHAIR. MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. A

00:31:35.293 --> 00:31:38.162
B 2186 FULFILLS AN IMPORTANT

00:31:38.229 --> 00:31:39.897
POLICY GOAL OF REPUBLICANS AND

00:31:39.964 --> 00:31:42.033
DEMOCRATS TO REDUCE TAXES ON

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:43.935
HARDWORKING CALIFORNIANS BY

00:31:44.002 --> 00:31:46.204
ELIMINATING A TAX LIABILITY ON

00:31:46.271 --> 00:31:47.505
ANY FUTURE BENEFITS FOR

00:31:47.572 --> 00:31:49.173
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS THAT ARE

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.874
DESCENDANTS OF FORMERLY

00:31:49.941 --> 00:31:51.709
ENSLAVED PEOPLE. IT IS

00:31:51.776 --> 00:31:52.810
IMPORTANT TO BEGIN BY

00:31:52.877 --> 00:31:54.212
HIGHLIGHTING THE. THE

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.847
DESCENDANCY IS A LEGAL STATUS

00:31:55.913 --> 00:31:57.815
THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS

00:31:57.882 --> 00:31:59.350
LEGISLATURE. LEGISLATURE AND

00:31:59.417 --> 00:32:01.152
SIGNED INTO LAW BY THIS

00:32:01.219 --> 00:32:03.655
GOVERNOR IN 2025. THE LEGAL

00:32:03.721 --> 00:32:05.189
STATUS IS ASSIGNED TO

00:32:05.256 --> 00:32:06.491
INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN ESTABLISH

00:32:06.557 --> 00:32:08.626
DIRECT LINEAGE TO A PERSON WHO,

00:32:08.693 --> 00:32:11.162
PRIOR TO 1900, WAS SUBJECT TO

00:32:11.229 --> 00:32:12.997
AMERICAN SHADOW SLAVERY. THE

00:32:13.064 --> 00:32:14.399
LEGAL STATUS IS NOT BASED ON

00:32:14.465 --> 00:32:16.868
RACE AND DOES NOT VIOLATE PROP

00:32:16.934 --> 00:32:18.536
209. RATHER, THE LEGAL STATUS

00:32:18.603 --> 00:32:20.238
IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER

00:32:20.305 --> 00:32:21.306
CALIFORNIANS WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC

00:32:21.372 --> 00:32:22.974
BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A DEFINED

00:32:23.041 --> 00:32:25.276
LEGAL STATUS, INCLUDING AN

00:32:25.343 --> 00:32:26.944
INDIVIDUAL'S IMMIGRATION STATUS

00:32:27.011 --> 00:32:29.447
OR SURVIVOR. EXCUSE ME, A

00:32:29.514 --> 00:32:30.548
SURVIVOR, SURVIVOR, OR

00:32:30.615 --> 00:32:32.684
DESCENDANT OF A SURVIVOR OF THE

00:32:32.750 --> 00:32:34.519
HOLOCAUST, AN ENROLLED MEMBER

00:32:34.585 --> 00:32:37.755
OF A TRIBAL NATION, MEMBERS FOR

00:32:37.822 --> 00:32:38.823
GENERATIONS, DESCENDANTS OF

00:32:38.890 --> 00:32:39.891
FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE HAVE

00:32:39.957 --> 00:32:41.993
ENDURED SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE,

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:43.861
ECONOMIC EXCLUSION, AND THE

00:32:43.928 --> 00:32:45.263
DENIAL OF OPPORTUNITIES TO

00:32:45.330 --> 00:32:46.731
BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND

00:32:46.798 --> 00:32:48.733
FINANCIAL SECURITY. TO BE CLEAR,

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:51.803
A B 2186 DOES NOT PROVIDE

00:32:51.869 --> 00:32:53.137
REPARATIONS TO ANY CALIFORNIAN

00:32:53.204 --> 00:32:54.272
THAT IS, THE DESCENDANTS OF A

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:56.107
FORMERLY ENSLAVED PERSON, AND I

00:32:56.174 --> 00:32:57.875
AM CONFIDENT THAT THE DAY WILL

00:32:57.942 --> 00:32:59.744
COME WHEN OUR FEDERAL AND STATE

00:32:59.811 --> 00:33:01.512
GOVERNMENTS WILL PROVIDE

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.146
DESCENDANTS OF FORMERLY

00:33:02.213 --> 00:33:03.681
ENSLAVED PEOPLE WITH

00:33:03.748 --> 00:33:06.150
REPARATIONS. UNTIL THEN. A B

00:33:06.217 --> 00:33:07.919
2186 ENSURES THAT ANY FUTURE

00:33:07.985 --> 00:33:09.887
FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL

00:33:09.954 --> 00:33:11.556
REPARATION BENEFIT WILL NOT BE

00:33:11.622 --> 00:33:13.758
TAXED AS STATE INCOME. I

00:33:13.825 --> 00:33:15.593
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:17.395
AND MY WITNESS HERE, TANISHA.

00:33:17.462 --> 00:33:20.064
HEARING FROM THE NAA CP

00:33:20.131 --> 00:33:21.265
CALIFORNIA HAWAII STATE

00:33:21.332 --> 00:33:23.101
CONFERENCE. THANK YOU. THANK

00:33:23.167 --> 00:33:24.869
YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND

00:33:24.936 --> 00:33:25.970
MEMBERS. THE AUTHORS WRITE IN

00:33:26.037 --> 00:33:27.438
THAT TEXT REPARATIONS

00:33:27.505 --> 00:33:28.873
UNDERMINES THEIR PURPOSE FROM

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:30.174
THE. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE ON

00:33:30.241 --> 00:33:31.743
THE GROUND, THIS IS NOT

00:33:31.809 --> 00:33:32.777
ABSTRACT. DESCENDANTS OF

00:33:32.844 --> 00:33:33.911
FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE WHO

00:33:33.978 --> 00:33:35.780
RECEIVE THESE BENEFITS ARE

00:33:35.847 --> 00:33:37.181
OFTENTIMES THE SAME COMMUNITIES

00:33:37.248 --> 00:33:38.249
NAVIGATING THE WIDEST WEALTH

00:33:38.316 --> 00:33:40.418
GAPS IN THE STATE. A TAX

00:33:40.485 --> 00:33:41.452
LIABILITY ON REPARATIONS

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:43.254
PAYMENT IS NOT A TECHNICALITY.

00:33:43.321 --> 00:33:45.390
IT IS A REDUCTION IN JUSTICE.

00:33:45.456 --> 00:33:46.491
CALIFORNIA HAS ALREADY DONE THE

00:33:46.557 --> 00:33:48.693
WORK. THE TASK FORCE PROCESS

00:33:48.760 --> 00:33:50.128
HAS PRODUCED A COMPREHENSIVE

00:33:50.194 --> 00:33:52.730
RECORD OF DOCUMENTED HARM. A B

00:33:52.797 --> 00:33:54.065
2186 HONORS THAT RECORD BY

00:33:54.132 --> 00:33:55.099
ENSURING THE LEGISLATIVE

00:33:55.166 --> 00:33:56.901
INFRASTRUCTURE CATCHES UP. A

00:33:56.968 --> 00:33:58.035
REPARATIONS PROGRAM WITHOUT A

00:33:58.102 --> 00:34:00.238
TAX EXCLUSION IS INCOMPLETE

00:34:00.304 --> 00:34:01.906
PROGRAM. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

00:34:01.973 --> 00:34:03.074
THE BILL'S INCLUSIVE DEFINITION

00:34:03.141 --> 00:34:04.909
OF REPARATIONS BENEFIT BY

00:34:04.976 --> 00:34:06.277
COVERING MONETARY PAYMENTS,

00:34:06.344 --> 00:34:08.045
GRANTS, TRUST DISTRIBUTIONS,

00:34:08.112 --> 00:34:09.180
DEBT FORGIVENESS AND OTHER

00:34:09.247 --> 00:34:10.748
FINANCIAL COMPENSATION AT THE

00:34:10.815 --> 00:34:12.850
STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

00:34:12.917 --> 00:34:15.286
A B 2186 FUTURE PROOFS. THIS

00:34:15.353 --> 00:34:17.021
EXCLUSION WHATEVER FROM

00:34:17.088 --> 00:34:18.556
REPARATIONS ULTIMATELY TAKE

00:34:18.623 --> 00:34:19.624
THIS BILL ENSURES THE

00:34:19.690 --> 00:34:21.325
PROTECTION FOLLOWS. CALIFORNIA

00:34:21.392 --> 00:34:23.127
HAS EXCLUDED OTHER CATEGORIES

00:34:23.194 --> 00:34:24.395
OF COMPENSATION FROM GROSS

00:34:24.462 --> 00:34:26.197
INCOME BEFORE DISASTER RELIEF,

00:34:26.264 --> 00:34:27.532
CERTAIN LEGAL SETTLEMENTS,

00:34:27.598 --> 00:34:29.734
FEDERAL COVID RELIEF PAYMENTS,

00:34:29.801 --> 00:34:31.035
EXCLUDING REPARATIONS BENEFITS,

00:34:31.102 --> 00:34:32.603
IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT

00:34:32.670 --> 00:34:34.071
PRECEDENT. THIS IS NOT NOVEL.

00:34:34.138 --> 00:34:35.973
THIS IS PRINCIPLED. THE FIVE

00:34:36.040 --> 00:34:39.210
YEAR WINDOW THROUGH 2023 2033

00:34:39.277 --> 00:34:41.312
IS REASONABLE AND GIVES THE

00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:42.447
LEGISLATURE TIME TO EVALUATE

00:34:42.513 --> 00:34:44.115
AND EXTEND. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE

00:34:44.182 --> 00:34:45.650
MEMBERS TO VIEW THIS AS A FLOOR,

00:34:45.716 --> 00:34:47.452
NOT A CEILING. AS REPARATIONS

00:34:47.518 --> 00:34:49.921
PROGRAMS DEVELOP, DEVELOP THE

00:34:49.987 --> 00:34:51.055
NAA CP CALIFORNIA. HAWAII

00:34:51.122 --> 00:34:52.657
STRONGLY URGES YOUR VOTE. THANK

00:34:52.723 --> 00:34:56.027
YOU. I THANK THE WITNESSES FOR

00:34:56.093 --> 00:34:58.162
YOUR TESTIMONY. ARE THERE ANY

00:34:58.229 --> 00:34:59.730
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH

00:34:59.797 --> 00:35:01.132
TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:03.568
BILL? IF SO, PLEASE GIVE YOUR

00:35:03.634 --> 00:35:06.838
NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION. ONLY.

00:35:06.904 --> 00:35:08.573
GOOD MORNING, JIM LINDBERGH. ON

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:10.107
BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS COMMITTEE

00:35:10.174 --> 00:35:11.843
ON LEGISLATION OF CALIFORNIA.

00:35:11.909 --> 00:35:13.311
FRIENDS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF

00:35:13.377 --> 00:35:14.745
SUPPORTING REPARATIVE JUSTICE,

00:35:14.812 --> 00:35:16.547
AND WE SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK

00:35:16.614 --> 00:35:18.716
YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER

00:35:18.783 --> 00:35:22.019
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO

00:35:22.086 --> 00:35:24.021
OFFER SUPPORT? ARE THERE ANY

00:35:24.088 --> 00:35:26.591
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS

00:35:26.657 --> 00:35:31.128
MEASURE? SEEING NONE, ARE THERE

00:35:31.195 --> 00:35:33.030
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

00:35:33.097 --> 00:35:35.933
WISH TO VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:40.271
TO THIS MEASURE? SEEING NONE, I

00:35:40.338 --> 00:35:42.139
WILL NOW ASK IF MEMBERS OF THE

00:35:42.206 --> 00:35:44.208
COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.

00:35:44.275 --> 00:35:45.743
MR. BECKER, YOU WOULD LIKE TO

00:35:45.810 --> 00:35:47.178
COMMENT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO

00:35:47.245 --> 00:35:48.579
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR THIS. WE

00:35:48.646 --> 00:35:50.781
SHOULD ABSOLUTELY PASS THIS

00:35:50.848 --> 00:35:52.016
BILL, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE

00:35:52.083 --> 00:35:53.784
THE ANALYSIS AS WELL, AND KIND

00:35:53.851 --> 00:35:57.121
OF THE HISTORY OF OF THE

00:35:57.188 --> 00:35:58.923
DIFFERENT MEASURES WE'VE TAKEN

00:35:58.990 --> 00:36:02.560
OVER TIME ALONG THESE LINES. SO

00:36:02.627 --> 00:36:04.729
I'D LOVE TO MOVE THE BILL WHEN

00:36:04.795 --> 00:36:06.163
APPROPRIATE. AND THANK YOU.

00:36:06.230 --> 00:36:10.201
AUTHOR. WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER

00:36:10.268 --> 00:36:12.970
OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO VOICE

00:36:13.037 --> 00:36:14.805
OPINION. YES. THANK YOU.

00:36:14.872 --> 00:36:16.641
APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE.

00:36:16.707 --> 00:36:17.275
WHITNEY FRANCIS WITH THE

00:36:17.341 --> 00:36:18.976
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND

00:36:19.043 --> 00:36:20.077
POVERTY AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

00:36:20.144 --> 00:36:22.647
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF

00:36:22.713 --> 00:36:23.748
THE COMMITTEE WISH TO VOICE

00:36:23.814 --> 00:36:27.184
OPINION? YOU RECOGNIZED. THANK

00:36:27.251 --> 00:36:28.553
YOU, MISTER CHAIR. I ALSO WANT

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.921
TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR COMING

00:36:29.987 --> 00:36:32.089
FORWARD. VERY APPROPRIATE AND

00:36:32.156 --> 00:36:33.324
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BILL AND

00:36:33.391 --> 00:36:34.825
THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO

00:36:34.892 --> 00:36:36.494
THIS, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT

00:36:36.561 --> 00:36:37.862
MULTIPLE YEARS BUILDING UP TO

00:36:37.929 --> 00:36:40.197
THIS. IT'S THE RIGHT TIME AND

00:36:40.264 --> 00:36:43.634
THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WELL,

00:36:43.701 --> 00:36:44.435
ASSEMBLYMEMBER MCKENNA, THANK

00:36:44.502 --> 00:36:45.770
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

00:36:45.836 --> 00:36:47.305
IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE PUT

00:36:47.371 --> 00:36:48.706
THIS IN FRONT OF OUR COMMITTEE

00:36:48.773 --> 00:36:50.408
AND SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THIS

00:36:50.474 --> 00:36:53.311
FORWARD. REPARATION PAYMENTS

00:36:53.377 --> 00:36:54.745
COMPENSATE FOR SPECIFIC HARMS

00:36:54.812 --> 00:36:57.481
AND INJURIES, AND PERSONS WHO

00:36:57.548 --> 00:36:59.050
HAVE SUFFERED DISCRIMINATION

00:36:59.116 --> 00:37:00.251
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. AND THERE'S

00:37:00.318 --> 00:37:02.453
AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF THAT. THIS

00:37:02.520 --> 00:37:03.688
BILL ENSURES THAT CALIFORNIA

00:37:03.754 --> 00:37:05.890
DOES NOT ERODE THE VALUE OF

00:37:05.957 --> 00:37:06.958
REPARATION REPARATIONS BY

00:37:07.024 --> 00:37:09.860
TAXING PAYMENTS MEANT TO

00:37:09.927 --> 00:37:11.762
PROVIDE REPARATIVE JUSTICE. I

00:37:11.829 --> 00:37:13.497
AM SUPPORTING THIS BILL.

00:37:13.564 --> 00:37:14.832
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCKENNA, WOULD

00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:16.801
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I

00:37:16.867 --> 00:37:17.902
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

00:37:17.969 --> 00:37:19.270
THANK YOU. VERY NICE CLOSING.

00:37:19.337 --> 00:37:22.139
THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE A MOTION.

00:37:22.206 --> 00:37:26.143
WOULD WE PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE?

00:37:26.210 --> 00:37:27.378
MOTION IS TO PASS THE COMMITTEE

00:37:27.445 --> 00:37:29.046
ON APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

00:37:29.113 --> 00:37:30.615
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE.

00:37:30.681 --> 00:37:32.984
ALVARADO. GILL. ASHBY. BECKER.

00:37:33.050 --> 00:37:35.119
AYE. BECKER. AYE. GRAYSON.

00:37:35.186 --> 00:37:38.756
GRAYSON. AYE. THREE ZERO. SO,

00:37:38.823 --> 00:37:41.626
DO WE GO NEXT? THE BILL IS NOW

00:37:41.692 --> 00:37:44.228
ON CALL. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY

00:37:44.295 --> 00:37:50.267
MEMBER IRWIN. I WANT TO GIVE

00:37:50.334 --> 00:37:51.502
THE ROOM A MINUTE TO QUIET DOWN

00:37:51.569 --> 00:37:55.339
SO THAT WE CAN HEAR EACH OTHER.

00:37:55.406 --> 00:37:56.807
SO EVERY TIME WE OPEN THE DOOR,

00:37:56.874 --> 00:37:58.542
IT'S HARD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND

00:37:58.609 --> 00:37:59.543
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE

00:37:59.610 --> 00:38:01.746
COMMITTEE. SO I'D LIKE TO

00:38:01.812 --> 00:38:03.214
MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF DOOR

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:13.557
OPENINGS DURING HEARING.

00:38:13.624 --> 00:38:14.558
ASSEMBLYMEMBER IRWIN, WOULD YOU

00:38:14.625 --> 00:38:15.793
LIKE TO COME AND PRESENT YOUR

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:22.333
BILL? THAT'S THE WAY THE SYSTEM

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:29.473
WORKS. YOU PRESENT WHEN YOU'RE

00:38:29.540 --> 00:38:34.078
READY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,

00:38:34.145 --> 00:38:35.946
MR. CHAIR. AND SENATOR. SORRY I

00:38:36.013 --> 00:38:38.482
WASN'T HERE EARLIER, BUT I

00:38:38.549 --> 00:38:39.550
PRESENTED FOUR BILLS ALREADY,

00:38:39.617 --> 00:38:41.719
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY

00:38:41.786 --> 00:38:42.720
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE

00:38:42.787 --> 00:38:44.288
AMENDMENTS TO PROVIDE K¾T T F

00:38:44.355 --> 00:38:46.757
à WITH GREATER ENFORCEMENT

00:38:46.824 --> 00:38:47.825
AUTHORITY. I'M PLEASED TO

00:38:47.892 --> 00:38:49.727
PRESENT A B 762, WHICH WOULD

00:38:49.794 --> 00:38:52.163
BAN THE SALE OF DISPOSABLE

00:38:52.229 --> 00:38:55.032
NICOTINE VAPES IN CALIFORNIA.

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:56.133
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE DISPOSABLE

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:57.601
DEVICES ARE INCREDIBLY POPULAR

00:38:57.668 --> 00:38:59.103
AND HAVE BECOME AN ACCESSORY

00:38:59.170 --> 00:39:00.771
FOR SEVERAL AGE GROUPS. YOU SEE

00:39:00.838 --> 00:39:02.573
THEM IN BARS, RESTAURANTS,

00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:03.974
WORKPLACES, AND IN OUR

00:39:04.041 --> 00:39:06.177
CHILDREN'S BACKPACKS. THEY

00:39:06.243 --> 00:39:08.713
OFTEN RESEMBLE MUNDANE OBJECTS

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:10.448
LIKE PENS. BUT A NEW TREND IS

00:39:10.514 --> 00:39:11.882
EMERGING TO INCLUDE ELABORATE

00:39:11.949 --> 00:39:13.718
SCREENS AND BUTTONS TO PLAY

00:39:13.784 --> 00:39:16.187
CLASSIC GAMES LIKE PAC-MAN OR

00:39:16.253 --> 00:39:18.355
TETRIS. AS DISTRESSING AS IT IS

00:39:18.422 --> 00:39:19.590
TO SEE THESE DISPOSABLE DEVICES

00:39:19.657 --> 00:39:20.958
IN THE HANDS OF OUR CHILDREN

00:39:21.025 --> 00:39:22.727
ARE THROWN ON THE SIDEWALK. THE

00:39:22.793 --> 00:39:23.928
SCARIEST PLACE TO FIND ONE IS

00:39:23.994 --> 00:39:25.930
THE PLACE THE MANUFACTURER

00:39:25.996 --> 00:39:27.732
DESIGNS THEM FOR, WHICH IS THE

00:39:27.798 --> 00:39:29.567
TRASH CAN WITH DESIGNS THAT

00:39:29.633 --> 00:39:31.102
PREVENT REFILLING OF VAPE

00:39:31.168 --> 00:39:32.536
LIQUID AND RECHARGING THE

00:39:32.603 --> 00:39:34.071
LITHIUM BATTERY. THESE DEVICES

00:39:34.138 --> 00:39:36.841
HAVE AN INTENDED LIFESPAN OF

00:39:36.907 --> 00:39:38.576
ABOUT A WEEK. YOU MAY BE

00:39:38.642 --> 00:39:39.477
THINKING, WHY IS THIS SO BAD?

00:39:39.543 --> 00:39:41.245
PLENTY OF CONSUMER ITEMS ARE

00:39:41.312 --> 00:39:42.413
MEANT TO BE THROWN AWAY. THE

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.514
ANSWER IS SIMPLE LITHIUM

00:39:43.581 --> 00:39:45.316
BATTERIES AND VAPES ARE HIGHLY

00:39:45.382 --> 00:39:46.817
FLAMMABLE. THEY CANNOT EASILY

00:39:46.884 --> 00:39:48.619
BE REMOVED, SO THEY POSE COSTLY

00:39:48.686 --> 00:39:49.854
AND HAZARDOUS SAFETY ISSUES AT

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:52.289
EVERY POINT IN THE WASTE STREAM.

00:39:52.356 --> 00:39:53.591
MARKETED AS DISPOSABLE AND

00:39:53.657 --> 00:39:55.259
WITHOUT A ROBUST EPR PROGRAM

00:39:55.326 --> 00:39:56.527
FOR THESE DEVICES, THEY ARE

00:39:56.594 --> 00:39:58.295
THROWN IN THE TRASH AND SENT TO

00:39:58.362 --> 00:40:00.231
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES

00:40:00.297 --> 00:40:01.699
AND LANDFILLS, WHERE THEY

00:40:01.766 --> 00:40:03.334
IGNITE AND CATCH ENTIRE GARBAGE

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.802
TRUCKS AND RECYCLING FACILITIES

00:40:04.869 --> 00:40:06.570
ON FIRE, PUTTING FACILITY

00:40:06.637 --> 00:40:08.372
OPERATORS AT RISK. LOCAL

00:40:08.439 --> 00:40:09.306
GOVERNMENTS AND OUR

00:40:09.373 --> 00:40:10.441
CONSTITUENTS END UP SHOULDERING

00:40:10.508 --> 00:40:11.642
THE COST OF EXTINGUISHING AND

00:40:11.709 --> 00:40:12.843
CLEANING UP THE DANGEROUS

00:40:12.910 --> 00:40:15.980
BATTERY FIRES AND PARALLELING

00:40:16.046 --> 00:40:17.748
IMPERILING OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND

00:40:17.815 --> 00:40:19.917
FIRST RESPONDERS. WE MUST BE

00:40:19.984 --> 00:40:21.018
CLEAR THAT BY ALLOWING THESE

00:40:21.085 --> 00:40:22.219
DEVICES TO BE SOLD AND THROWN

00:40:22.286 --> 00:40:24.021
AWAY, WE ARE PUTTING OUR FIRST

00:40:24.088 --> 00:40:25.356
RESPONDERS DIRECTLY IN DANGER.

00:40:25.422 --> 00:40:27.491
THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITHOUT A

00:40:27.558 --> 00:40:28.492
READILY AVAILABLE SOLUTION ON

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.960
THE MARKET. RIGHT NOW, THERE

00:40:30.027 --> 00:40:34.064
ARE 40 FDA AUTHORIZED REUSABLE

00:40:34.131 --> 00:40:35.766
VAPE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

00:40:35.833 --> 00:40:37.968
THAT ARE REFILLABLE AND

00:40:38.035 --> 00:40:38.969
RECHARGEABLE. DESPITE THE FACT

00:40:39.036 --> 00:40:40.805
THAT DISPOSABLE VAPES CONTAIN A

00:40:40.871 --> 00:40:42.873
BATTERY THAT IS CAPABLE OF 700

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:45.876
RECHARGES, THEY ARE OFTEN

00:40:45.943 --> 00:40:47.578
THROWN AWAY AFTER ONE BATTERY

00:40:47.645 --> 00:40:49.480
CYCLE BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER

00:40:49.547 --> 00:40:50.881
OMITTED A CHARGING PORT. WE DO

00:40:50.948 --> 00:40:52.383
NOT THROW AWAY OUR PHONES OR

00:40:52.449 --> 00:40:54.018
OUR LAPTOPS AFTER ONE WEEK OF

00:40:54.084 --> 00:40:55.186
USE, AND WE SHOULD NOT TREAT

00:40:55.252 --> 00:40:57.054
OTHER LITHIUM DEVICES ANY

00:40:57.121 --> 00:40:59.089
DIFFERENTLY. AB 762 HAS STRONG

00:40:59.156 --> 00:41:00.758
ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS TO DETER

00:41:00.825 --> 00:41:02.359
THE SALE OF DISPOSABLE VAPES

00:41:02.426 --> 00:41:04.295
BEFORE CONSUMERS HAVE THE

00:41:04.361 --> 00:41:05.496
CHANCE TO PURCHASE THEM IN THE

00:41:05.563 --> 00:41:07.431
STORE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK

00:41:07.498 --> 00:41:09.600
FOR A SECOND ABOUT THE ILLICIT

00:41:09.667 --> 00:41:10.701
MARKET AND THE ARGUMENT THAT

00:41:10.768 --> 00:41:13.504
THIS BILL WILL EXPAND IT WHEN

00:41:13.571 --> 00:41:14.972
CONSUMERS HAVE A CLEAR

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:16.841
PREFERENCE FOR A SUBSTANCE,

00:41:16.907 --> 00:41:18.209
THEY LOOK AT THE ILLICIT MARKET.

00:41:18.275 --> 00:41:20.411
THIS IS THE CASE FOR FLAVORED

00:41:20.477 --> 00:41:22.513
VAPES WITH SINGLE VERSUS

00:41:22.580 --> 00:41:23.948
RECHARGEABLE VAPES, THERE IS A

00:41:24.014 --> 00:41:25.816
CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE SUBSTITUTE.

00:41:25.883 --> 00:41:27.218
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE

00:41:27.284 --> 00:41:29.019
CONSUMERS CHOOSING TO SEEK OUT

00:41:29.086 --> 00:41:30.855
ILLICIT DEALERS TO OBTAIN A

00:41:30.921 --> 00:41:31.922
DISPOSABLE VAPE OVER WALKING

00:41:31.989 --> 00:41:33.691
INTO A RETAILER TO GET A REFILL

00:41:33.757 --> 00:41:35.125
OF THEIR RECHARGEABLE VAPE,

00:41:35.192 --> 00:41:37.027
MAKING IT VERY UNLIKELY TO

00:41:37.094 --> 00:41:38.929
EXPAND THE ILLICIT MARKET. A

00:41:38.996 --> 00:41:40.197
STUDY IN THE UK SHOWED THAT

00:41:40.264 --> 00:41:42.032
PRIOR TO A DISPOSABLE VAPE BAN

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:43.100
BEING ENACTED, CONSUMERS

00:41:43.167 --> 00:41:45.202
SHIFTED TO REUSABLE MODELS,

00:41:45.269 --> 00:41:46.470
REDUCING USE OF DISPOSABLES

00:41:46.537 --> 00:41:49.940
FROM 63% TO 35%. THIS PAST

00:41:50.007 --> 00:41:51.742
SUMMER, THE UK BANNED

00:41:51.809 --> 00:41:52.810
DISPOSABLE VAPES. SINCE THEN,

00:41:52.877 --> 00:41:54.678
ELF BAR, ONE OF THE LARGEST

00:41:54.745 --> 00:41:55.746
MANUFACTURERS, HAS PUT OUT DATA

00:41:55.813 --> 00:41:57.481
THAT 85% OF THE CONSUMERS

00:41:57.548 --> 00:41:59.283
EASILY PIVOTED TO REUSABLE

00:41:59.350 --> 00:42:01.719
DEVICES. THIS BILL KEEPS THESE

00:42:01.785 --> 00:42:03.120
DEVICES OUT OF THE TRASH CAN

00:42:03.187 --> 00:42:04.622
AND OUT OF THE HANDS OF OUR

00:42:04.688 --> 00:42:06.190
CHILDREN. WITH ME TO TESTIFY IN

00:42:06.257 --> 00:42:07.358
SUPPORT OF THE BILL ARE JOHN

00:42:07.424 --> 00:42:08.525
KENNEDY, REPRESENTING THE RURAL

00:42:08.592 --> 00:42:10.160
COUNTIES, AND NICK LAPIS WITH

00:42:10.227 --> 00:42:11.896
CALIFORNIANS AGAINST WASTE. OH,

00:42:11.962 --> 00:42:12.963
YES. EACH WITNESS WILL BE

00:42:13.030 --> 00:42:14.465
ALLOWED TWO MINUTES. PLEASE

00:42:14.531 --> 00:42:16.834
PROCEED. GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS

00:42:16.901 --> 00:42:17.968
OF CALIFORNIANS AGAINST WASTE,

00:42:18.035 --> 00:42:20.571
A PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF THIS BILL.

00:42:20.638 --> 00:42:22.373
IT'S NOT EXAGGERATING TO SAY

00:42:22.439 --> 00:42:23.774
THAT THE VAPE CRISIS, THE

00:42:23.841 --> 00:42:25.009
GROWING VAPE CRISIS, IS POSING

00:42:25.075 --> 00:42:25.976
AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR

00:42:26.043 --> 00:42:28.045
WASTE AND RECYCLING SYSTEM.

00:42:28.112 --> 00:42:29.780
OVER 12 MILLION DISPOSABLE

00:42:29.847 --> 00:42:31.982
VAPES ARE SOLD NATIONALLY EVERY

00:42:32.049 --> 00:42:33.550
SINGLE MONTH, WHICH BREAKS DOWN

00:42:33.617 --> 00:42:36.453
TO SIX VAPES PER SECOND, EVEN

00:42:36.520 --> 00:42:38.155
IF MANAGED RESPONSIBLY. THIS IS

00:42:38.222 --> 00:42:39.623
A STAGGERING WASTE OF THE

00:42:39.690 --> 00:42:40.557
FINITE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT

00:42:40.624 --> 00:42:42.159
GO INTO MAKING THEM. BUT THE

00:42:42.226 --> 00:42:44.361
FACT IS, THEY AREN'T MANAGED

00:42:44.428 --> 00:42:46.063
RESPONSIBLY. A RECENT STUDY

00:42:46.130 --> 00:42:48.599
FOUND THAT 88% OF USERS

00:42:48.666 --> 00:42:49.700
REPORTED DISPOSING OF THEM IN

00:42:49.767 --> 00:42:51.835
THE TRASH, RECYCLING OR

00:42:51.902 --> 00:42:53.804
LITTERING THEM. THE BATTERIES

00:42:53.871 --> 00:42:56.206
IN THESE DEVICES IGNITE FIRES

00:42:56.273 --> 00:42:58.275
AT TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING

00:42:58.342 --> 00:43:00.110
1200°C, FIRES THAT OUR WASTE

00:43:00.177 --> 00:43:02.313
SYSTEM CANNOT HANDLE. A RECENT

00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:04.815
STUDY IN THE UK FOUND A 77%

00:43:04.882 --> 00:43:06.216
INCREASE IN WASTE FIRES

00:43:06.283 --> 00:43:08.018
ATTRIBUTED TO VAPES, AND WE'RE

00:43:08.085 --> 00:43:09.920
SEEING SIMILAR NUMBERS IN THE

00:43:09.987 --> 00:43:12.456
U.S. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE

00:43:12.523 --> 00:43:14.191
FIRES ARE ENORMOUS, AND IT IS

00:43:14.258 --> 00:43:15.326
RATEPAYERS THAT ABSORB THESE

00:43:15.392 --> 00:43:16.493
COSTS, WITH HIGHER GARBAGE

00:43:16.560 --> 00:43:18.829
RATES AND TAX TAXPAYER FUNDED

00:43:18.896 --> 00:43:20.931
CLEANUPS. THERE WAS A RECENT

00:43:20.998 --> 00:43:22.399
EXAMPLE FROM ONE OF OUR

00:43:22.466 --> 00:43:23.968
CO-SPONSORS IN SENATOR BECKER'S

00:43:24.034 --> 00:43:25.436
DISTRICT, WHO OPERATES A

00:43:25.502 --> 00:43:27.504
RECYCLING FACILITY. THEY HAD A

00:43:27.571 --> 00:43:29.673
MASSIVE FIRE IN 2017 THAT

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:31.108
BURNED DOWN THE FACILITY. IT

00:43:31.175 --> 00:43:33.544
COST $8.5 MILLION WORTH OF

00:43:33.610 --> 00:43:35.946
DAMAGE. ALMOST MORE IMPORTANTLY

00:43:36.013 --> 00:43:37.881
THAN THAT, THEIR INSURANCE FOR

00:43:37.948 --> 00:43:40.484
THEIR FACILITY WENT FROM

00:43:40.551 --> 00:43:43.320
$180,000 A YEAR TO MORE THAN

00:43:43.387 --> 00:43:44.455
3.5 MILLION, AND THEY HAD TO

00:43:44.521 --> 00:43:46.156
SPLIT THAT OVER 17 DIFFERENT

00:43:46.223 --> 00:43:47.558
INSURERS. AND THEY WERE TOLD IF

00:43:47.624 --> 00:43:48.826
THEY HAVE ANOTHER SIMILAR

00:43:48.892 --> 00:43:50.527
FACILITY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO

00:43:50.594 --> 00:43:51.628
SIMILAR FIRE. THEY'RE NOT GOING

00:43:51.695 --> 00:43:55.199
TO GET INSURANCE AT ALL. SINCE

00:43:55.265 --> 00:43:57.368
THAT FIRE, THEY'VE HAD 131

00:43:57.434 --> 00:43:58.569
SMALLER FIRES. TO GIVE YOU A

00:43:58.635 --> 00:44:00.137
SENSE OF THE SCALE OF THE

00:44:00.204 --> 00:44:01.305
PROBLEM. AND THIS IS ONE

00:44:01.372 --> 00:44:04.908
FACILITY IN THE BAY AREA.

00:44:04.975 --> 00:44:06.343
BEYOND THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS,

00:44:06.410 --> 00:44:07.177
BOTH THE WORKERS IN THESE

00:44:07.244 --> 00:44:08.278
FACILITIES AND THE FIREFIGHTERS

00:44:08.345 --> 00:44:09.980
THAT RESPOND TO THE FIRES PUT

00:44:10.047 --> 00:44:11.448
THEIR LIVES AT RISK. EVERY TIME

00:44:11.515 --> 00:44:13.250
ONE OF THESE FIRES OCCURS. AND

00:44:13.317 --> 00:44:14.718
THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOLL ISN'T

00:44:14.785 --> 00:44:16.353
LIMITED TO THE IMPACT OF THE

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.488
FIRES, THE DISPOSABLE VAPES

00:44:17.554 --> 00:44:18.589
LEACH HEAVY METALS AND OTHER

00:44:18.655 --> 00:44:20.391
TOXINS INTO OUR WATER AND SOIL,

00:44:20.457 --> 00:44:21.892
AND THE WASTED RESOURCES AND

00:44:21.959 --> 00:44:23.227
THEIR BATTERIES COULD POWER

00:44:23.293 --> 00:44:27.931
OVER 3300 ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

00:44:27.998 --> 00:44:28.999
THE OPPOSITION HAS ARGUED THAT

00:44:29.066 --> 00:44:30.200
THIS WILL FUEL A BLACK MARKET

00:44:30.267 --> 00:44:31.468
AKIN TO ALCOHOL PROHIBITION,

00:44:31.535 --> 00:44:33.003
BUT THAT IS BOTH ILLOGICAL AND

00:44:33.070 --> 00:44:34.938
EMPIRICALLY UNTRUE. THE BILL

00:44:35.005 --> 00:44:36.473
DOES NOT BAN NICOTINE. IT

00:44:36.540 --> 00:44:39.176
DOESN'T BAN VAPES. 8762 GETS

00:44:39.243 --> 00:44:40.811
RID OF AN INHERENTLY HAZARDOUS,

00:44:40.878 --> 00:44:41.879
WASTEFUL AND COMPLETELY

00:44:41.945 --> 00:44:44.014
UNNECESSARY PRODUCT THAT HAS A

00:44:44.081 --> 00:44:45.949
COMMONLY AVAILABLE REUSABLE

00:44:46.016 --> 00:44:47.684
ALTERNATIVE. EACH OF THE SIX

00:44:47.751 --> 00:44:48.685
DISPOSABLE VAPES THAT GET

00:44:48.752 --> 00:44:49.887
THROWN AWAY EVERY SECOND IS A

00:44:49.953 --> 00:44:51.688
TICKING TIME BOMB THAT CAN BE

00:44:51.755 --> 00:44:55.692
EASILY PREVENTED. THANK YOU.

00:44:55.759 --> 00:44:57.861
GOOD MORNING, JOHN KENNEDY WITH

00:44:57.928 --> 00:44:59.229
RCRC. ON BEHALF OF OUR 40

00:44:59.296 --> 00:45:00.964
MEMBER COUNTIES, AS LOCAL

00:45:01.031 --> 00:45:02.099
GOVERNMENTS WERE CHARGED WITH

00:45:02.166 --> 00:45:03.934
SOLID WASTE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE

00:45:04.001 --> 00:45:05.335
MANAGEMENT, COLLECTION AND

00:45:05.402 --> 00:45:07.638
DISPOSAL. NOT JUST OUR COUNTIES,

00:45:07.704 --> 00:45:08.505
BUT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN

00:45:08.572 --> 00:45:10.040
GENERAL ACROSS THE STATE RUN

00:45:10.107 --> 00:45:11.475
ABOUT 200 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS

00:45:11.542 --> 00:45:13.310
WASTE COLLECTION FACILITIES,

00:45:13.377 --> 00:45:15.379
WHERE WE TRY TO OFFER FREE

00:45:15.446 --> 00:45:17.214
OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE HAZARDOUS

00:45:17.281 --> 00:45:19.016
MATERIALS BACK FROM RESIDENTS

00:45:19.083 --> 00:45:21.218
HOUSEHOLDS FREE OF CHARGE, AND

00:45:21.285 --> 00:45:23.220
THEN ALSO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES

00:45:23.287 --> 00:45:24.822
FOR VERY SMALL QUANTITY

00:45:24.888 --> 00:45:25.823
GENERATORS. WE'RE HERE TO

00:45:25.889 --> 00:45:27.658
SUPPORT AB 762 TODAY BECAUSE WE

00:45:27.724 --> 00:45:28.892
THINK IT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES

00:45:28.959 --> 00:45:30.627
OUR COSTS AND CHALLENGES WITH

00:45:30.694 --> 00:45:32.296
MANAGEMENT OF THIS MANAGEMENT

00:45:32.362 --> 00:45:34.364
AND DISPOSAL DISPOSAL, EXCUSE

00:45:34.431 --> 00:45:36.400
ME, OF SINGLE USE VAPES. IN

00:45:36.467 --> 00:45:38.168
DOING SO, WE CAN SIGNIFICANTLY

00:45:38.235 --> 00:45:39.570
INCREASE OUR COLLECTION AND

00:45:39.636 --> 00:45:41.038
DISPOSAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR

00:45:41.105 --> 00:45:43.240
RESIDENTS TO SAFELY GET RID OF

00:45:43.307 --> 00:45:44.708
THEIR PRODUCTS. FROM THE

00:45:44.775 --> 00:45:45.809
MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THERE

00:45:45.876 --> 00:45:47.077
ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES.

00:45:47.144 --> 00:45:48.345
FIRES ARE JUST ONE OF THE

00:45:48.412 --> 00:45:49.480
CHALLENGES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

00:45:49.546 --> 00:45:50.714
ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE AND

00:45:50.781 --> 00:45:52.516
MORE VAPES IN OUR FACILITIES.

00:45:52.583 --> 00:45:54.017
THEY'RE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FOR

00:45:54.084 --> 00:45:55.752
US TO MANAGE AND DISPOSE. IT

00:45:55.819 --> 00:45:58.088
COSTS US ABOUT $350 TO MANAGE

00:45:58.155 --> 00:46:00.023
ONE FIVE GALLON BUCKET OF VAPES

00:46:00.090 --> 00:46:01.391
THAT MAY CONTAIN SOMEWHERE

00:46:01.458 --> 00:46:03.660
BETWEEN 150 TO 200 VAPES. THE

00:46:03.727 --> 00:46:05.229
CHALLENGE IN THE COST DRIVER IS

00:46:05.295 --> 00:46:06.597
THE NICOTINE CARTRIDGE IN THAT

00:46:06.663 --> 00:46:08.699
VAPE DEVICE. IF WE'RE ABLE TO

00:46:08.765 --> 00:46:10.434
SEPARATE, SEPARATE AND

00:46:10.501 --> 00:46:11.535
SEPARATELY MANAGE AND DISPOSE

00:46:11.602 --> 00:46:12.703
OF THE CARTRIDGE FROM THE REST

00:46:12.769 --> 00:46:14.471
OF THE DEVICE, WE CAN

00:46:14.538 --> 00:46:15.339
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE OUR COSTS.

00:46:15.405 --> 00:46:16.540
THE CARTRIDGE IS TINY, THE

00:46:16.607 --> 00:46:18.075
DEVICE IS LARGE. WE CAN GET FAR

00:46:18.142 --> 00:46:19.610
MORE CARTRIDGES IN THAT FIVE

00:46:19.676 --> 00:46:21.378
GALLON BUCKET. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT

00:46:21.445 --> 00:46:22.679
BANNING THE PRODUCT, JUST ONE

00:46:22.746 --> 00:46:23.847
FORM OF THE EXISTING

00:46:23.914 --> 00:46:25.649
CHALLENGING DELIVERY DEVICE AND

00:46:25.716 --> 00:46:26.850
SHIFTING TO A MUCH MORE

00:46:26.917 --> 00:46:27.885
SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLABLE

00:46:27.951 --> 00:46:29.253
DELIVERY SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN

00:46:29.319 --> 00:46:30.320
ACTUALLY RECOVER SOME OF THE

00:46:30.387 --> 00:46:32.456
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND

00:46:32.523 --> 00:46:33.991
CIRCUITRY THAT'S IN THOSE

00:46:34.057 --> 00:46:36.026
DEVICES. WITH RESPECT TO THE

00:46:36.093 --> 00:46:37.227
ILLICIT MARKET, YOU'RE GOING TO

00:46:37.294 --> 00:46:39.329
HEAR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS

00:46:39.396 --> 00:46:40.797
ABOUT SHIFTING FOLKS TO THE

00:46:40.864 --> 00:46:43.267
ILLICIT MARKET. I, AS OUR

00:46:43.333 --> 00:46:44.234
ORGANIZATION, WOULD BE VERY,

00:46:44.301 --> 00:46:46.503
VERY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO

00:46:46.570 --> 00:46:48.038
COMBAT THE ILLICIT MARKET,

00:46:48.105 --> 00:46:50.140
INCREASE ENFORCEMENT, INCREASE

00:46:50.207 --> 00:46:51.642
PENALTIES, WOULD WELCOME THE

00:46:51.708 --> 00:46:52.976
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH

00:46:53.043 --> 00:46:54.778
OPPONENTS AND OTHERS TO ACHIEVE

00:46:54.845 --> 00:46:57.114
THOSE OBJECTIVES. AND JUST

00:46:57.181 --> 00:46:59.082
BRIEFLY, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

00:46:59.149 --> 00:47:01.251
EPR AS A SYSTEM WORKS FOR A LOT

00:47:01.318 --> 00:47:03.820
OF PRODUCTS. IT'S NOT IDEAL FOR

00:47:03.887 --> 00:47:05.255
VAPES BECAUSE NICOTINE IS

00:47:05.322 --> 00:47:06.757
ACUTELY HAZARDOUS, AND THAT

00:47:06.823 --> 00:47:08.058
PRESENTS A LOT OF CHALLENGES

00:47:08.125 --> 00:47:09.326
FOR THE PRO TO MANAGE THROUGH

00:47:09.393 --> 00:47:12.062
AN EPR PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO

00:47:12.129 --> 00:47:13.463
CANNABIS, WHICH ISN'T PART OF

00:47:13.530 --> 00:47:14.932
THIS. CANNABIS VAPES ARE MUCH

00:47:14.998 --> 00:47:16.900
EASIER FOR US AS FACILITIES TO

00:47:16.967 --> 00:47:19.269
MANAGE AS E-WASTE BECAUSE

00:47:19.336 --> 00:47:20.537
PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR TESTIMONY.

00:47:20.604 --> 00:47:21.738
THE CANNABIS CARTRIDGE IS NOT

00:47:21.805 --> 00:47:23.240
CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS. SO FOR

00:47:23.307 --> 00:47:25.742
THOSE REASONS, WE STRONGLY

00:47:25.809 --> 00:47:27.811
SUPPORT 8762 AND URGE YOUR AYE

00:47:27.878 --> 00:47:31.148
VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK

00:47:31.215 --> 00:47:32.249
THE WITNESSES. THE MAJOR

00:47:32.316 --> 00:47:33.517
WITNESSES. ARE ANY MEMBERS OF

00:47:33.584 --> 00:47:35.819
THE PUBLIC WISH TO VOICE THEIR

00:47:35.886 --> 00:47:39.556
SUPPORT FOR AB 762, PLEASE?

00:47:39.623 --> 00:47:40.924
JUST YOUR NAME AND YOUR

00:47:40.991 --> 00:47:42.392
AFFILIATION. JIM LINDBERG,

00:47:42.459 --> 00:47:43.760
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON

00:47:43.827 --> 00:47:45.195
LEGISLATION OF CALIFORNIA IN

00:47:45.262 --> 00:47:48.465
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:47:48.532 --> 00:47:49.533
MORNING. LEILA ROMERO. ON

00:47:49.600 --> 00:47:50.367
BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE OF

00:47:50.434 --> 00:47:51.702
CALIFORNIA CITIES AND STRONG

00:47:51.768 --> 00:47:54.538
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

00:47:54.605 --> 00:47:55.872
AARON, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY

00:47:55.939 --> 00:47:57.541
OF SAN MATEO AND STRONG SUPPORT.

00:47:57.608 --> 00:47:59.576
THANK YOU, TONY HACKETT. ON

00:47:59.643 --> 00:48:01.011
BEHALF OF CALIFORNIANS AGAINST

00:48:01.078 --> 00:48:02.212
WASTE, AS WELL AS REGISTERING

00:48:02.279 --> 00:48:03.513
SUPPORT FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT,

00:48:03.580 --> 00:48:04.982
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION,

00:48:05.048 --> 00:48:06.350
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN

00:48:06.416 --> 00:48:07.818
FRANCISCO, CITY AND COUNTY OF

00:48:07.884 --> 00:48:09.286
SACRAMENTO, CITY OF LONG BEACH,

00:48:09.353 --> 00:48:10.387
PACOIMA. BEAUTIFUL TOBACCO

00:48:10.454 --> 00:48:11.421
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

00:48:11.488 --> 00:48:12.589
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, RURAL

00:48:12.656 --> 00:48:13.790
COUNTIES, ENVIRONMENTAL

00:48:13.857 --> 00:48:14.291
SERVICES, JOINT POWERS

00:48:14.358 --> 00:48:16.126
AUTHORITY, CALIFORNIA STATE PTA,

00:48:16.193 --> 00:48:17.327
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL

00:48:17.394 --> 00:48:18.495
RESPONSIBILITY, LOS ANGELES,

00:48:18.562 --> 00:48:20.197
LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY

00:48:20.264 --> 00:48:20.797
DEPARTMENTS OF SANITATION AND

00:48:20.864 --> 00:48:22.366
THE ENVIRONMENT, PLACER COUNTY

00:48:22.432 --> 00:48:23.433
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:27.070
REPUBLIC SERVICES. GOOD MORNING.

00:48:27.137 --> 00:48:28.639
KEELY MORRIS ON BEHALF OF THE

00:48:28.705 --> 00:48:29.873
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SANITATION

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:32.809
DISTRICTS IN SUPPORT. GOOD

00:48:32.876 --> 00:48:33.810
MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS.

00:48:33.877 --> 00:48:35.245
DYLAN HOFFMAN ON BEHALF OF THE

00:48:35.312 --> 00:48:36.346
CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP

00:48:36.413 --> 00:48:38.048
COUNCIL, PROUD CO-SPONSOR, THE

00:48:38.115 --> 00:48:39.116
SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION OF

00:48:39.182 --> 00:48:40.150
NORTH AMERICA'S LEGISLATIVE

00:48:40.217 --> 00:48:41.852
TASK FORCE, ALAMEDA STOP WASTE,

00:48:41.918 --> 00:48:43.120
AND THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS

00:48:43.186 --> 00:48:44.888
YUBA COUNTY, SUTTER COUNTY YUBA,

00:48:44.955 --> 00:48:45.989
SUTTER INTEGRATED WASTE

00:48:46.056 --> 00:48:47.491
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, BEYOND

00:48:47.557 --> 00:48:48.925
PLASTICS, COMMUNITY

00:48:48.992 --> 00:48:49.993
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, THE

00:48:50.060 --> 00:48:51.395
NATIONAL STEWARDSHIP ACTION

00:48:51.461 --> 00:48:53.764
COUNCIL, CLEAN EARTH FOR KIDS,

00:48:53.830 --> 00:48:55.098
SUSTAINABLE WORKS, MONTEREY

00:48:55.165 --> 00:48:56.900
WATERKEEPER, ACTIVE SAN GABRIEL

00:48:56.967 --> 00:48:58.302
VALLEY AND GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR

00:48:58.368 --> 00:48:59.436
INCINERATOR ALTERNATIVES, ALL

00:48:59.503 --> 00:49:02.272
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GREAT.

00:49:02.339 --> 00:49:03.774
GOOD MORNING, JACK FROM

00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:04.408
NORSEMAN. ON BEHALF OF THE

00:49:04.474 --> 00:49:08.378
COUNTY OF MONTEREY IN SUPPORT.

00:49:08.445 --> 00:49:09.780
GOOD MORNING, CARRIE BAXTER ON

00:49:09.846 --> 00:49:11.648
BEHALF OF THE YUBA SUTTER

00:49:11.715 --> 00:49:12.716
COUNTY REGIONAL WASTE

00:49:12.783 --> 00:49:14.117
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. WE'RE

00:49:14.184 --> 00:49:18.088
FULL SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING.

00:49:18.155 --> 00:49:19.956
JULIE Kò. ON BEHALF OF ZERO

00:49:20.023 --> 00:49:21.291
WASTE, SONOMA JOINT POWERS

00:49:21.358 --> 00:49:22.793
AUTHORITY, ZERO WASTE, MARIN

00:49:22.859 --> 00:49:24.127
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY,

00:49:24.194 --> 00:49:25.062
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COMMITTEE

00:49:25.128 --> 00:49:26.663
OF WEST MARIN, CALIFORNIA

00:49:26.730 --> 00:49:28.131
PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP,

00:49:28.198 --> 00:49:30.367
CLEAN WATER ACTION

00:49:30.434 --> 00:49:31.501
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, PARENTS

00:49:31.568 --> 00:49:32.903
AGAINST VAPING PLASTIC

00:49:32.969 --> 00:49:34.171
POLLUTION COALITION, THE LAST

00:49:34.237 --> 00:49:35.706
PLASTIC STRAW FAMILIES

00:49:35.772 --> 00:49:36.807
ADVOCATING FOR CHEMICAL AND

00:49:36.873 --> 00:49:38.475
TOXIC SAFETY FOR SOUTHERN

00:49:38.542 --> 00:49:40.077
CALIFORNIA AND AMERICANS FOR

00:49:40.143 --> 00:49:43.313
NONSMOKERS RIGHTS. THANK YOU.

00:49:43.380 --> 00:49:44.848
GOOD MORNING. JAKE SCHULTZ ON

00:49:44.915 --> 00:49:45.782
BEHALF OF THE YOSEMITE RIVERS

00:49:45.849 --> 00:49:47.617
ALLIANCE. 350 BAY AREA ACTION.

00:49:47.684 --> 00:49:49.286
350 CONTRA COSTA ACTION 350

00:49:49.353 --> 00:49:50.821
VENTURA COUNTY CLIMATE HUB, LOS

00:49:50.887 --> 00:49:52.289
ANGELES CITY DEPARTMENT OF

00:49:52.356 --> 00:49:54.057
SANITATION, LOS SAN LUIS OBISPO

00:49:54.124 --> 00:49:55.158
INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT

00:49:55.225 --> 00:49:56.159
AUTHORITY, CALIFORNIA

00:49:56.226 --> 00:49:57.627
COMMUNITIES AGAINST TOXICS,

00:49:57.694 --> 00:49:58.795
NAPA WASTE AND RECYCLING

00:49:58.862 --> 00:50:00.197
SERVICES, JUST ZERO, SAN

00:50:00.263 --> 00:50:01.331
FRANCISCO, BAYKEEPER THE STORY

00:50:01.398 --> 00:50:02.766
OF STUFF PROJECT LA WATERKEEPER

00:50:02.833 --> 00:50:03.900
AND THE ENDANGERED HABITATS

00:50:03.967 --> 00:50:07.070
LEAGUE IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

00:50:07.137 --> 00:50:08.205
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR

00:50:08.271 --> 00:50:10.073
YOUR INDULGENCE. DANIELLE LYNCH

00:50:10.140 --> 00:50:11.742
ON BEHALF OF HEAL THE BAY,

00:50:11.808 --> 00:50:13.009
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF UNITED

00:50:13.076 --> 00:50:14.978
LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS,

00:50:15.045 --> 00:50:17.080
CENTRAL CONTRA CONTRA, COSTA

00:50:17.147 --> 00:50:19.349
COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY,

00:50:19.416 --> 00:50:21.051
SALINAS VALLEY. SOLID WASTE

00:50:21.118 --> 00:50:23.587
AUTHORITY. CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA

00:50:23.653 --> 00:50:25.389
SANITARY DISTRICT, TEHAMA

00:50:25.455 --> 00:50:27.190
COUNTY. SOLID. WASTE MANAGEMENT

00:50:27.257 --> 00:50:29.359
AGENCY, WESTERN. PLACER. WASTE

00:50:29.426 --> 00:50:31.228
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY REGION,

00:50:31.294 --> 00:50:32.929
MONTEREY. MERCED COUNTY

00:50:32.996 --> 00:50:34.197
REGIONAL WASTE AUTHORITY, CITY

00:50:34.264 --> 00:50:36.867
OF ARCADIA. SMOKE FREE AIR FOR

00:50:36.933 --> 00:50:38.702
EVERYONE AND LINDA G. SWAN,

00:50:38.769 --> 00:50:40.837
COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF LOS

00:50:40.904 --> 00:50:44.508
ALTOS HILLS. THANK YOU. MANDY.

00:50:44.574 --> 00:50:46.343
ON BEHALF OF RETHINK WASTE, AS

00:50:46.410 --> 00:50:47.744
WELL AS SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

00:50:47.811 --> 00:50:48.912
DIVISION OF RESOURCE RECOVERY

00:50:48.979 --> 00:50:50.547
AND WASTE MANAGEMENT,

00:50:50.614 --> 00:50:52.048
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

00:50:52.115 --> 00:50:52.716
INFORMATION CENTER, GREEN

00:50:52.783 --> 00:50:54.551
SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE,

00:50:54.618 --> 00:50:56.286
OCEANIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY,

00:50:56.353 --> 00:50:57.454
SAVE OUR SHORES, ZERO WASTE,

00:50:57.521 --> 00:50:59.656
SAN DIEGO, PACIFIC BEACH

00:50:59.723 --> 00:51:00.924
COALITION, SUNRISE MOVEMENT,

00:51:00.991 --> 00:51:02.359
CALIFORNIA, SAVE THE BAY, CAL

00:51:02.426 --> 00:51:03.860
POLY CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH,

00:51:03.927 --> 00:51:05.028
ALLIANCE OF NURSES FOR A

00:51:05.095 --> 00:51:06.863
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, BAY AREA

00:51:06.930 --> 00:51:07.864
STUDENT ACTIVISTS AND OAKLAND

00:51:07.931 --> 00:51:11.468
RECYCLES. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:51:11.535 --> 00:51:12.936
MORNING. ISABELLE FERRAND ON

00:51:13.003 --> 00:51:14.738
BEHALF OF MOJAVE DESERT AND

00:51:14.805 --> 00:51:16.072
MOUNTAIN RECYCLING AUTHORITY,

00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:18.375
GPA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF

00:51:18.442 --> 00:51:19.776
ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NON

00:51:19.843 --> 00:51:21.945
TOXIC NEIGHBORHOODS, SAN LUIS

00:51:22.012 --> 00:51:24.414
OBISPO COUNTY TOBACCO CONTROL

00:51:24.481 --> 00:51:26.216
COALITION, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

00:51:26.283 --> 00:51:28.018
TOBACCO EDUCATION COALITION,

00:51:28.084 --> 00:51:28.852
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC

00:51:28.919 --> 00:51:30.821
HEALTH ASSOCIATION, TOBACCO

00:51:30.887 --> 00:51:32.389
PREVENTION COALITION OF CONTRA

00:51:32.456 --> 00:51:34.191
COSTA COUNTY, DEL NORTE WASTE

00:51:34.257 --> 00:51:36.393
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, CASTRO

00:51:36.460 --> 00:51:38.195
VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT,

00:51:38.261 --> 00:51:40.263
YUBA, SUTTER RECYCLES. AND THEN

00:51:40.330 --> 00:51:41.731
LASTLY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

00:51:41.798 --> 00:51:43.166
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND

00:51:43.233 --> 00:51:45.669
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:51:45.735 --> 00:51:47.137
MORNING, CHAIR, ON BEHALF OF

00:51:47.204 --> 00:51:48.738
ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH,

00:51:48.805 --> 00:51:49.739
ALAMEDA COUNTY TOBACCO CONTROL

00:51:49.806 --> 00:51:50.707
COALITION, ALGALITA MARINE

00:51:50.774 --> 00:51:52.108
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION,

00:51:52.175 --> 00:51:53.143
AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

00:51:53.210 --> 00:51:54.244
NETWORK, ASSOCIATION OF

00:51:54.311 --> 00:51:56.046
CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE DISTRICTS,

00:51:56.112 --> 00:51:57.981
AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION GROUP,

00:51:58.048 --> 00:51:59.416
CALIFORNIA HEALTH COALITION,

00:51:59.483 --> 00:52:00.817
ADVOCACY, CALIFORNIA

00:52:00.884 --> 00:52:01.318
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND

00:52:01.384 --> 00:52:02.552
JUSTICE, CHILDREN NOW, COURAGE,

00:52:02.619 --> 00:52:03.420
CALIFORNIA DEFENDER HEALTH, AND

00:52:03.487 --> 00:52:04.721
SEVENTH GENERATION ADVISORS AND

00:52:04.788 --> 00:52:07.958
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:52:08.024 --> 00:52:09.092
MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS,

00:52:09.159 --> 00:52:10.160
CAITLIN LEVENTHAL ON BEHALF OF

00:52:10.227 --> 00:52:11.561
THE CALIFORNIA STATE

00:52:11.628 --> 00:52:12.128
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND

00:52:12.195 --> 00:52:15.932
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:52:15.999 --> 00:52:18.034
MORNING. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY

00:52:18.101 --> 00:52:19.169
OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AND THE CITY

00:52:19.236 --> 00:52:20.971
OF THOUSAND OAKS IN SUPPORT.

00:52:21.037 --> 00:52:22.873
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR

00:52:22.939 --> 00:52:24.241
AND MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF

00:52:24.307 --> 00:52:25.308
TEAMSTERS CALIFORNIA AND OUR

00:52:25.375 --> 00:52:26.409
MEMBERS WHO WORK IN THESE

00:52:26.476 --> 00:52:27.410
FACILITIES AND SUPPORT. THANK

00:52:27.477 --> 00:52:29.613
YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR.

00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:31.615
HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE

00:52:31.681 --> 00:52:32.182
SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF

00:52:32.249 --> 00:52:34.050
SUPERVISORS IN SUPPORT. GOOD

00:52:34.117 --> 00:52:35.185
MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS,

00:52:35.252 --> 00:52:36.953
KAREN L®NG, ON BEHALF OF THE

00:52:37.020 --> 00:52:37.954
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS OF

00:52:38.021 --> 00:52:39.122
HUMBOLDT AND MARIN AND THE CITY

00:52:39.189 --> 00:52:40.257
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

00:52:40.323 --> 00:52:41.958
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON SUPPORT.

00:52:42.025 --> 00:52:43.226
THANK YOU, CHAIR MEMBERS, ON

00:52:43.293 --> 00:52:44.394
BEHALF OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY

00:52:44.461 --> 00:52:47.597
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN SUPPORT.

00:52:47.664 --> 00:52:49.099
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. ON

00:52:49.165 --> 00:52:50.233
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

00:52:50.300 --> 00:52:51.234
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS IN

00:52:51.301 --> 00:52:53.770
SUPPORT, THANK ANY OTHER

00:52:53.837 --> 00:52:55.105
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH

00:52:55.171 --> 00:52:56.940
TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT. ARE

00:52:57.007 --> 00:52:59.476
THERE ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN

00:52:59.543 --> 00:53:02.345
OPPOSITION? YOU CAN TAKE A

00:53:02.412 --> 00:53:11.821
CHAIR IF YOU. WISH. THANK YOU.

00:53:11.888 --> 00:53:13.223
THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. OKAY. NOW

00:53:13.290 --> 00:53:16.159
YOU CAN PROCEED. CHAIR MEMBERS.

00:53:16.226 --> 00:53:17.594
THANK YOU. ALESSANDRA, ON

00:53:17.661 --> 00:53:18.562
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA FUELS

00:53:18.628 --> 00:53:20.630
AND CONVENIENCE ALLIANCE, THIS

00:53:20.697 --> 00:53:21.531
COMMITTEE IS BEING ASKED TO

00:53:21.598 --> 00:53:22.499
ELIMINATE ONE OF THE ONLY

00:53:22.566 --> 00:53:23.533
DISPOSABLE VAPE PRODUCTS THAT'S

00:53:23.600 --> 00:53:24.734
ACTUALLY REGULATED, TAXED AND

00:53:24.801 --> 00:53:26.570
SOLD THROUGH LICENSED RETAILERS.

00:53:26.636 --> 00:53:27.771
THAT MAY SOUND LIKE IT ADVANCES

00:53:27.837 --> 00:53:29.205
THE BILL'S GOAL, BUT IN

00:53:29.272 --> 00:53:30.373
PRACTICE, IT DOES THE OPPOSITE.

00:53:30.440 --> 00:53:31.575
CALIFORNIA'S DISPOSABLE VAPE

00:53:31.641 --> 00:53:33.009
MARKET IS ALREADY DOMINATED BY

00:53:33.076 --> 00:53:34.644
ILLEGAL PRODUCTS. THE DEVICE IS

00:53:34.711 --> 00:53:35.579
CREATING. THE ENVIRONMENTAL

00:53:35.645 --> 00:53:36.913
PROBLEMS THIS BILL SEEKS TO

00:53:36.980 --> 00:53:37.981
ADDRESS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY

00:53:38.048 --> 00:53:39.182
ENTERING THROUGH ILLICIT

00:53:39.249 --> 00:53:40.550
CHANNELS, NOT THROUGH RETAILERS

00:53:40.617 --> 00:53:41.985
COMPLYING WITH CALIFORNIA LAW.

00:53:42.052 --> 00:53:43.753
IN FACT, THERE IS ONLY ONE FDA

00:53:43.820 --> 00:53:45.522
AUTHORIZED DISPOSABLE VAPE AND

00:53:45.589 --> 00:53:47.023
ONLY A HANDFUL OF DISPOSABLE

00:53:47.090 --> 00:53:47.891
PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE LEGALLY

00:53:47.958 --> 00:53:49.492
SOLD IN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THE

00:53:49.559 --> 00:53:51.227
OTHER FDA AUTHORIZED VAPES

00:53:51.294 --> 00:53:52.062
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ARE

00:53:52.128 --> 00:53:53.463
FLAVORED, SO THEY ARE NOT

00:53:53.530 --> 00:53:54.598
ALLOWED IN CALIFORNIA. THE

00:53:54.664 --> 00:53:55.599
PRODUCTS ALLOWED HERE ARE

00:53:55.665 --> 00:53:56.733
FEDERALLY REVIEWED, STATE

00:53:56.800 --> 00:53:58.168
REGULATED, AND GENERATE TAX

00:53:58.234 --> 00:54:00.370
REVENUE. A B 762 REMOVES THE

00:54:00.437 --> 00:54:01.571
LEGAL MARKET BUT LEAVES THE

00:54:01.638 --> 00:54:03.306
ILLEGAL MARKET INTACT. WE'VE

00:54:03.373 --> 00:54:04.708
SEEN THIS PLAY OUT BEFORE. THE

00:54:04.774 --> 00:54:05.709
UNITED KINGDOM BANNED

00:54:05.775 --> 00:54:06.910
DISPOSABLE VAPES TO REDUCE

00:54:06.977 --> 00:54:09.012
BATTERY FIRE, WASTE AND FIRES.

00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:10.046
INSTEAD, BATTERY FIRES REACHED

00:54:10.113 --> 00:54:11.414
RECORD HIGHS BECAUSE CONSUMERS

00:54:11.481 --> 00:54:12.916
SIMPLY SHIFTED TO LARGER,

00:54:12.983 --> 00:54:13.783
REFILLABLE DEVICES THAT WERE

00:54:13.850 --> 00:54:15.452
THROWN AWAY IN THE SAME MANNER,

00:54:15.518 --> 00:54:16.753
THE LEGAL PRODUCT DISAPPEARED,

00:54:16.820 --> 00:54:18.421
BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM

00:54:18.488 --> 00:54:19.389
REMAINED, AND BELGIUM AND

00:54:19.456 --> 00:54:20.223
AUSTRALIA EXPERIENCED SIMILAR

00:54:20.290 --> 00:54:21.591
GROWTH IN ILLICIT SALES AFTER

00:54:21.658 --> 00:54:22.993
ADOPTING COMPARABLE

00:54:23.059 --> 00:54:24.094
RESTRICTIONS. THAT'S A

00:54:24.160 --> 00:54:25.195
FUNDAMENTAL FLAW IN THIS BILL.

00:54:25.261 --> 00:54:26.162
IT ASSUMES ELIMINATING THE

00:54:26.229 --> 00:54:27.364
LEGAL MARKET ELIMINATES THE

00:54:27.430 --> 00:54:29.833
PROBLEM. IT DOESN'T. A B 762

00:54:29.899 --> 00:54:31.067
DOESN'T REDUCE THE ILLICIT

00:54:31.134 --> 00:54:32.435
MARKET. IT REWARDS IT. EVERY

00:54:32.502 --> 00:54:34.037
LEGAL SALE ELIMINATED IS SIMPLY

00:54:34.104 --> 00:54:35.572
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR UNTAXED,

00:54:35.639 --> 00:54:37.407
ILLEGAL PRODUCTS TO TAKE ITS

00:54:37.474 --> 00:54:38.475
PLACE. THAT MEANS MORE PRODUCTS

00:54:38.541 --> 00:54:39.976
SOLD OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA'S

00:54:40.043 --> 00:54:41.411
REGULATORY SYSTEM, FEWER SALES

00:54:41.478 --> 00:54:42.879
THROUGH LICENSED RETAILERS, AND

00:54:42.946 --> 00:54:43.913
NO MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TOWARDS

00:54:43.980 --> 00:54:45.415
THE BILL'S ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS.

00:54:45.482 --> 00:54:46.683
IF THE LEGISLATURE TRULY WANTS

00:54:46.750 --> 00:54:48.084
TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS,

00:54:48.151 --> 00:54:49.386
THE ANSWER IS STRONGER

00:54:49.452 --> 00:54:50.553
ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ILLEGAL

00:54:50.620 --> 00:54:52.155
IMPORTS AND ILLEGAL SELLERS,

00:54:52.222 --> 00:54:53.189
NOT BANNING ONE OF THE FEW

00:54:53.256 --> 00:54:54.357
PRODUCTS THAT IS ALREADY

00:54:54.424 --> 00:54:55.325
REGULATED. FOR THESE REASONS,

00:54:55.392 --> 00:54:57.060
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR NO

00:54:57.127 --> 00:55:01.164
VOTE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS

00:55:01.231 --> 00:55:02.666
NATE. I'M A LIEUTENANT WITH THE

00:55:02.732 --> 00:55:03.800
SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S

00:55:03.867 --> 00:55:05.735
OFFICE. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST

00:55:05.802 --> 00:55:08.104
THAT YOU VOTE NO TODAY ON AB

00:55:08.171 --> 00:55:09.272
762. LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING

00:55:09.339 --> 00:55:11.074
THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILL

00:55:11.141 --> 00:55:12.142
IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH. WE

00:55:12.208 --> 00:55:14.077
ALL SHARE A GOAL OF KEEPING

00:55:14.144 --> 00:55:15.578
UNSAFE AND UNREGULATED VAPING

00:55:15.645 --> 00:55:16.513
PRODUCTS OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES

00:55:16.579 --> 00:55:17.681
AND AWAY FROM OUR YOUTH.

00:55:17.747 --> 00:55:19.249
HOWEVER, THE VAST MAJORITY OF

00:55:19.315 --> 00:55:20.283
THE DISPOSABLE VAPE PRODUCTS

00:55:20.350 --> 00:55:22.118
CAUSING CONCERN TODAY ARE

00:55:22.185 --> 00:55:23.486
ALREADY ILLEGAL. MANY OF THESE

00:55:23.553 --> 00:55:24.587
PRODUCTS ARE IMPORTED FROM

00:55:24.654 --> 00:55:25.989
OVERSEAS WITHOUT PROPER TESTING,

00:55:26.056 --> 00:55:27.757
REGULATION OR AUTHORIZATION.

00:55:27.824 --> 00:55:29.392
THEY VIOLATE EXISTING FEDERAL

00:55:29.459 --> 00:55:30.660
AND STATE LAWS AND IN MANY

00:55:30.727 --> 00:55:32.262
CASES, LOCAL ORDINANCES AS WELL.

00:55:32.328 --> 00:55:34.264
THE ISSUE IS NOT A LACK OF LAWS

00:55:34.330 --> 00:55:35.265
PROHIBITING THESE PRODUCTS. THE

00:55:35.331 --> 00:55:36.833
ISSUE IS A LACK OF RESOURCES

00:55:36.900 --> 00:55:38.435
EFFECTIVELY TO ENFORCE THE LAWS

00:55:38.501 --> 00:55:40.370
THAT ALREADY EXIST. AS A LAW

00:55:40.437 --> 00:55:41.438
ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL, I CAN

00:55:41.504 --> 00:55:43.106
TELL YOU THAT THE ILLEGAL

00:55:43.173 --> 00:55:44.174
PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO ENTER OUR

00:55:44.240 --> 00:55:45.175
COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THERE ARE

00:55:45.241 --> 00:55:46.543
SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH ENFORCEMENT

00:55:46.609 --> 00:55:48.011
RESOURCES DEDICATED TO

00:55:48.078 --> 00:55:49.045
IDENTIFYING, INVESTIGATING, AND

00:55:49.112 --> 00:55:50.146
REMOVING THEM FROM OUR

00:55:50.213 --> 00:55:51.748
MARKETPLACE. OUR AGENCY HAS

00:55:51.815 --> 00:55:53.450
CONDUCTED NUMEROUS ENFORCEMENT

00:55:53.516 --> 00:55:54.584
OPERATIONS INVOLVING THE SALE

00:55:54.651 --> 00:55:56.219
OF ILLICIT VAPING PRODUCTS.

00:55:56.286 --> 00:55:58.021
DURING THOSE OPERATIONS, WE

00:55:58.088 --> 00:55:59.522
HAVE ALREADY REPEATEDLY

00:55:59.589 --> 00:56:00.890
ENCOUNTERED PRODUCTS BEING SOLD

00:56:00.957 --> 00:56:02.392
OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA

00:56:02.459 --> 00:56:03.827
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING

00:56:03.893 --> 00:56:04.928
PRODUCTS THAT WERE PROHIBITED,

00:56:04.994 --> 00:56:06.629
UNTESTED, IMPROPERLY LABELED,

00:56:06.696 --> 00:56:09.199
AND FROM AN UNKNOWN ORIGIN. LAW

00:56:09.265 --> 00:56:10.567
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ALSO HAVE

00:56:10.633 --> 00:56:11.668
ENCOUNTERED VAPING PRODUCTS

00:56:11.735 --> 00:56:13.503
THAT CONTAIN SUBSTANCES OTHER

00:56:13.570 --> 00:56:15.739
THAN WHAT WAS REPRESENTED TO

00:56:15.805 --> 00:56:17.073
THE CONSUMER, CREATING

00:56:17.140 --> 00:56:19.309
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC CONCERNS AND

00:56:19.375 --> 00:56:21.244
OVERDOSES ON FENTANYL. THAT IS

00:56:21.311 --> 00:56:23.113
MY CONCERN WITH AB 762. THE

00:56:23.179 --> 00:56:24.280
BILL DOES NOT ADDRESS CRIMINAL

00:56:24.347 --> 00:56:25.348
NETWORKS ALREADY OPERATING

00:56:25.415 --> 00:56:26.850
OUTSIDE OF EXISTING LAW. THE

00:56:26.916 --> 00:56:28.985
PRODUCTS CREATING THE GREATEST

00:56:29.052 --> 00:56:30.086
RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY ARE

00:56:30.153 --> 00:56:31.888
ALREADY PROHIBITED. CRIMINAL

00:56:31.955 --> 00:56:33.690
ORGANIZATION, ILLICIT ILLICIT

00:56:33.757 --> 00:56:34.891
DISTRIBUTORS AND OVERSEAS

00:56:34.958 --> 00:56:35.892
MANUFACTURERS DO NOT COMPLY

00:56:35.959 --> 00:56:37.660
WITH CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS,

00:56:37.727 --> 00:56:39.129
TESTING REQUIREMENTS, AGE

00:56:39.195 --> 00:56:40.530
RESTRICTIONS OR PRODUCT BANS.

00:56:40.597 --> 00:56:41.965
PASSING AN ADDITIONAL

00:56:42.031 --> 00:56:43.500
PROHIBITION ON PRODUCTS THAT

00:56:43.566 --> 00:56:44.768
ALREADY ARE ILLEGAL DOES NOT

00:56:44.834 --> 00:56:46.302
IMPACT THOSE BAD ACTORS, IN

00:56:46.369 --> 00:56:47.771
EFFECT, WOULD BE PASSING A

00:56:47.837 --> 00:56:49.439
SECOND LAW TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM

00:56:49.506 --> 00:56:51.341
THAT STEMS FROM AN INSUFFICIENT

00:56:51.407 --> 00:56:53.176
ABILITY TO DO THE FIRST. LAW

00:56:53.243 --> 00:56:54.244
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS

00:56:54.310 --> 00:56:55.311
CALIFORNIA, ALREADY OPERATING

00:56:55.378 --> 00:56:56.780
WITH LIMITED PERSONNEL,

00:56:56.846 --> 00:56:58.481
INCREASING DEMANDS RATHER THAN

00:56:58.548 --> 00:56:59.582
CREATING ADDITIONAL BANS, WE

00:56:59.649 --> 00:57:01.351
WOULD ENCOURAGE LEGISLATIVE

00:57:01.417 --> 00:57:03.887
BODIES TO INVEST IN ENFORCEMENT

00:57:03.953 --> 00:57:05.388
EFFORTS, INVESTIGATIONS,

00:57:05.455 --> 00:57:06.790
INTERDICTION OPERATIONS, AND

00:57:06.856 --> 00:57:08.925
COMPLIANCE EFFORTS THAT TARGET

00:57:08.992 --> 00:57:11.127
ILLEGAL PRODUCTS ALREADY

00:57:11.194 --> 00:57:12.562
FLOODING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

00:57:12.629 --> 00:57:14.030
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU VOTE

00:57:14.097 --> 00:57:16.666
NO ON AB 762. THANK YOU. THANK

00:57:16.733 --> 00:57:17.901
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.

00:57:17.967 --> 00:57:19.669
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

00:57:19.736 --> 00:57:20.737
WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON IN

00:57:20.804 --> 00:57:21.971
OPPOSITION YOUR NAME,

00:57:22.038 --> 00:57:23.039
AFFILIATION AND POSITION,

00:57:23.106 --> 00:57:25.175
PLEASE? DENNIS LOPER FOR THE

00:57:25.241 --> 00:57:26.276
CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTORS

00:57:26.342 --> 00:57:29.179
ASSOCIATION IN OPPOSITION. ANY

00:57:29.245 --> 00:57:30.647
OTHER MEMBERS? YES, PLEASE

00:57:30.713 --> 00:57:33.149
APPROACH THE MIC. ON BEHALF OF

00:57:33.216 --> 00:57:34.317
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE,

00:57:34.384 --> 00:57:35.752
THE CALIFORNIA HISPANIC CHAMBER

00:57:35.819 --> 00:57:38.321
AND THE ÁP CHAMBER, ALL IN

00:57:38.388 --> 00:57:39.556
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. THANK

00:57:39.622 --> 00:57:42.792
YOU SIR. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ WITH

00:57:42.859 --> 00:57:43.660
THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF

00:57:43.726 --> 00:57:44.928
COMMERCE IN OPPOSITION. THANK

00:57:44.994 --> 00:57:49.933
YOU. JASMINE ADVINCULA WITH THE

00:57:49.999 --> 00:57:51.167
CHAMBER IN OPPOSITION. THANK

00:57:51.234 --> 00:57:55.104
YOU. LETICIA GARCIA WITH THE

00:57:55.171 --> 00:57:56.239
CALIFORNIA RETAILERS

00:57:56.306 --> 00:57:57.173
ASSOCIATION IN OPPOSITION.

00:57:57.240 --> 00:57:59.008
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:57:59.075 --> 00:58:00.476
ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE

00:58:00.543 --> 00:58:02.312
PUBLIC TO ADD ON IN OPPOSITION?

00:58:02.378 --> 00:58:04.047
SEEING NONE, WE WILL BRING IT

00:58:04.113 --> 00:58:06.216
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. SENATOR

00:58:06.282 --> 00:58:08.718
BECKER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AS A

00:58:08.785 --> 00:58:10.854
COMMITTEE MEMBER. AS PRESIDENT,

00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:12.622
I'LL GO FIRST. FIRST OF ALL, I

00:58:12.689 --> 00:58:14.557
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR. I

00:58:14.624 --> 00:58:15.992
HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE

00:58:16.059 --> 00:58:18.494
OPPOSITION AND, YOU KNOW,

00:58:18.561 --> 00:58:20.296
RESPECT THOSE CONCERNS. AND I

00:58:20.363 --> 00:58:22.031
KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WORK

00:58:22.098 --> 00:58:24.334
GOING FORWARD TO THINK ABOUT

00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:26.002
THOSE ISSUES. I WILL BE

00:58:26.069 --> 00:58:27.437
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY.

00:58:27.503 --> 00:58:29.239
RETHINK WASTE IS ONE OF THE

00:58:29.305 --> 00:58:31.708
CO-SPONSORS, AND THAT'S A JOINT

00:58:31.774 --> 00:58:32.809
POWERS AUTHORITY FORM 11 LOCAL

00:58:32.876 --> 00:58:34.677
GOVERNMENTS IN SAN MATEO COUNTY.

00:58:34.744 --> 00:58:36.045
THEY OWN THE SHOREWAY

00:58:36.112 --> 00:58:37.146
ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER IN SAN

00:58:37.213 --> 00:58:38.915
CARLOS, WHICH RECEIVES ALL

00:58:38.982 --> 00:58:39.983
RECYCLABLES, GREEN WASTE AND

00:58:40.049 --> 00:58:42.919
GARBAGE COLLECTED FROM 420,000

00:58:42.986 --> 00:58:45.021
RESIDENTS AND 11,000 BUSINESSES.

00:58:45.088 --> 00:58:48.424
AS MENTIONED, THERE WAS A

00:58:48.491 --> 00:58:49.525
BATTERY STARTED, A FOUR ALARM

00:58:49.592 --> 00:58:51.261
FIRE THAT CLOSED DOWN THE

00:58:51.327 --> 00:58:52.395
FACILITY FOR OVER THREE MONTHS

00:58:52.462 --> 00:58:54.497
RESULTED IN $8.5 MILLION IN

00:58:54.564 --> 00:58:55.899
DAMAGES, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE

00:58:55.965 --> 00:58:57.834
FURLOUGHS, DAMAGES TO EQUIPMENT

00:58:57.901 --> 00:58:58.968
INCREASES, INSURANCE COSTS THAT

00:58:59.035 --> 00:59:02.105
WERE MENTIONED. BUT FROM 2017

00:59:02.171 --> 00:59:04.173
2020, THERE HAVE BEEN 131 FIRES

00:59:04.240 --> 00:59:06.843
AT SHOREWAY. WE BELIEVE THAT

00:59:06.910 --> 00:59:08.511
THIS BILL WILL, AND THEY

00:59:08.578 --> 00:59:09.913
BELIEVE THAT IT WILL REALLY

00:59:09.979 --> 00:59:12.815
HELP MATERIALLY INCREASE SAFETY

00:59:12.882 --> 00:59:15.318
IN IN MATERIAL RECOVERY

00:59:15.385 --> 00:59:16.386
FACILITIES AND HELP PROTECT THE

00:59:16.452 --> 00:59:17.553
HEALTH AND JOBS EMPLOYEES WHO

00:59:17.620 --> 00:59:18.688
WORK IN THESE FACILITIES, AS

00:59:18.755 --> 00:59:20.390
WELL AS PREVENT THE NEED TO

00:59:20.456 --> 00:59:23.192
RAISE RATES ON RATEPAYERS. SO I

00:59:23.259 --> 00:59:25.495
HAVE JUST A TREMENDOUS

00:59:25.561 --> 00:59:26.930
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR MY

00:59:26.996 --> 00:59:28.665
DISTRICT. WE HEARD SOME OF THAT

00:59:28.731 --> 00:59:30.099
TODAY. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS

00:59:30.166 --> 00:59:33.703
TO BE ADDRESSED. AGAIN, RESPECT

00:59:33.770 --> 00:59:35.305
THE THE CONCERNS GOING FORWARD.

00:59:35.371 --> 00:59:37.340
WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AS

00:59:37.407 --> 00:59:39.175
WE'VE DONE IN SOME OTHER AREAS,

00:59:39.242 --> 00:59:40.576
CLOSE DOWN THE LEGAL MARKET,

00:59:40.643 --> 00:59:41.644
HELP THE ILLEGAL MARKET, WE

00:59:41.711 --> 00:59:43.379
HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO DO THAT.

00:59:43.446 --> 00:59:45.448
WE HAVE TO FIND RESOURCES FOR

00:59:45.515 --> 00:59:47.050
ENFORCEMENT, AS WAS MENTIONED.

00:59:47.116 --> 00:59:48.318
BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BILL.

00:59:48.384 --> 00:59:49.419
I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT TODAY.

00:59:49.485 --> 00:59:51.387
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR.

00:59:51.454 --> 00:59:53.589
AND I WOULD ALSO JUST TO

00:59:53.656 --> 00:59:55.758
CLARIFY SOME THINGS THAT WERE

00:59:55.825 --> 00:59:57.794
SAID. I BELIEVE ONE OF THE

00:59:57.860 --> 00:59:59.729
WITNESSES HAD MADE A STATEMENT

00:59:59.796 --> 01:00:02.231
IN TESTIMONY THAT THEY'RE NOT

01:00:02.298 --> 01:00:05.134
BANNING THE PRODUCT. IS THIS

01:00:05.201 --> 01:00:06.102
BANNING THE PRODUCT OR NOT

01:00:06.169 --> 01:00:07.603
BANNING THE PRODUCT? THIS IS

01:00:07.670 --> 01:00:09.272
WE'RE NOT BANNING THE NICOTINE.

01:00:09.339 --> 01:00:11.441
WE'RE BANNING ONE SPECIFIC

01:00:11.507 --> 01:00:13.876
PRODUCT THAT IS DISPOSABLE.

01:00:13.943 --> 01:00:18.014
THERE ARE 40 FDA APPROVED

01:00:18.081 --> 01:00:20.316
DEVICES THAT THAT COULD BE USED

01:00:20.383 --> 01:00:22.352
WITH NICOTINE. SO IT'S ONE

01:00:22.418 --> 01:00:25.254
PRODUCT. AND AND AGAIN, IF YOU

01:00:25.321 --> 01:00:28.091
WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT LITHIUM

01:00:28.157 --> 01:00:29.826
ION BATTERIES AS MUCH AS

01:00:29.892 --> 01:00:30.927
POSSIBLE. AND IF YOU HAVE

01:00:30.994 --> 01:00:32.795
SOMETHING THAT HAS A SHELF LIFE

01:00:32.862 --> 01:00:37.400
OF ONE WEEK, IT IS A VAST

01:00:37.467 --> 01:00:38.935
AMOUNT OF. THERE ARE A VAST

01:00:39.002 --> 01:00:39.969
AMOUNT OF LITHIUM BATTERIES

01:00:40.036 --> 01:00:41.537
THAT ARE GOING INTO THE WASTE

01:00:41.604 --> 01:00:43.072
STREAM. AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY

01:00:43.139 --> 01:00:44.207
WHAT IS CAUSING THE DANGER. AND

01:00:44.273 --> 01:00:46.142
THEN I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE

01:00:46.209 --> 01:00:47.844
ILLICIT MARKET. OBVIOUSLY,

01:00:47.910 --> 01:00:49.412
THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE,

01:00:49.479 --> 01:00:52.915
BUT IT IS FOR A LOT OF IT IS

01:00:52.982 --> 01:00:54.751
FLAVORED VAPES, WHICH ARE

01:00:54.817 --> 01:00:57.220
ACTUALLY BANNED. AND AND IN

01:00:57.286 --> 01:00:59.355
THIS CASE, AGAIN, THERE IS AN

01:00:59.422 --> 01:01:00.857
ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT. WE ALSO

01:01:00.923 --> 01:01:03.459
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE,

01:01:03.526 --> 01:01:04.794
STRENGTHEN THE ENFORCEMENT. SO

01:01:04.861 --> 01:01:07.764
FOR. K¾T TÊ F Ã THEY HAVE THE

01:01:07.830 --> 01:01:09.465
AUTHORITY TO SEIZE CONFISCATED

01:01:09.532 --> 01:01:11.601
DISPOSABLE VAPES, A $50 FINE

01:01:11.667 --> 01:01:15.605
FOR EACH RECOVERED VAPE AND

01:01:15.671 --> 01:01:18.241
ACTION WITH THE TOBACCO LICENSE

01:01:18.307 --> 01:01:19.976
SUSPENSION FOR THE SECOND

01:01:20.043 --> 01:01:21.411
VIOLATION. AND THEN THERE IS

01:01:21.477 --> 01:01:24.614
ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT IN AB

01:01:24.680 --> 01:01:27.116
762, WHICH IS FINANCIAL. THE

01:01:27.183 --> 01:01:29.352
COUNTIES AND CITIES 500 FOR THE

01:01:29.419 --> 01:01:30.420
FIRST VIOLATION, 1000 FOR THE

01:01:30.486 --> 01:01:32.121
SECOND AND 2000 FOR THE THIRD.

01:01:32.188 --> 01:01:36.426
BUT I DO THINK THAT THE. IT IS

01:01:36.492 --> 01:01:38.061
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE STATE

01:01:38.127 --> 01:01:39.729
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES

01:01:39.796 --> 01:01:41.397
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIGHT THE

01:01:41.464 --> 01:01:42.665
ILLICIT MARKET. THAT WAS DONE A

01:01:42.732 --> 01:01:44.934
FEW YEARS AGO UNDER THE WOOD

01:01:45.001 --> 01:01:48.337
BILL. BUT IT IS YOU KNOW, IT IS

01:01:48.404 --> 01:01:50.540
DEFINITELY A CONCERN, BUT WE

01:01:50.606 --> 01:01:52.175
DON'T SEE AT ALL THAT THIS

01:01:52.241 --> 01:01:53.242
INCREASES THE ILLICIT MARKET

01:01:53.309 --> 01:01:54.844
BECAUSE THEY'RE READILY

01:01:54.911 --> 01:01:56.179
AVAILABLE PRODUCTS THAT ARE

01:01:56.245 --> 01:01:58.081
JUST REUSABLE INSTEAD OF

01:01:58.147 --> 01:02:00.216
DISPOSABLE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY

01:02:00.283 --> 01:02:01.818
MEMBER I. AND THEN SPEAKING OF

01:02:01.884 --> 01:02:03.086
THE ILLICIT MARKET, I THINK WE

01:02:03.152 --> 01:02:04.754
ALL AGREE THERE IS AN ILLICIT

01:02:04.821 --> 01:02:07.690
MARKET. BUT HAVING

01:02:07.757 --> 01:02:09.892
UNDERSTANDING THAT, WHAT

01:02:09.959 --> 01:02:11.127
PERCENTAGE ARE YOU REALLY

01:02:11.194 --> 01:02:12.328
TALKING ABOUT HERE OF THE

01:02:12.395 --> 01:02:14.630
MARKET? WOULD THIS BILL

01:02:14.697 --> 01:02:17.133
ACTUALLY IMPACT. IT'S THIS

01:02:17.200 --> 01:02:19.635
WE'RE THINKING IT'S 10% OF THE

01:02:19.702 --> 01:02:20.837
MARKET. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

01:02:20.903 --> 01:02:24.240
HAVE A QUICK ANSWER. I THINK

01:02:24.307 --> 01:02:26.075
THAT'S WHAT PERCENTAGE ABOUT

01:02:26.142 --> 01:02:27.543
10%. WE DO THINK THIS WILL

01:02:27.610 --> 01:02:29.512
ALLOW US TO GO AFTER EVERYBODY

01:02:29.579 --> 01:02:31.114
AS WELL, BECAUSE THE

01:02:31.180 --> 01:02:32.215
ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES WOULD

01:02:32.281 --> 01:02:33.783
APPLY TO THE ILLICIT PRODUCTS

01:02:33.850 --> 01:02:35.585
AS WELL. AND IT WILL BE EASIER

01:02:35.651 --> 01:02:36.619
TO TELL FOR ENFORCEMENT

01:02:36.686 --> 01:02:37.954
AGENCIES IF IT'S DISPOSABLE,

01:02:38.020 --> 01:02:40.123
IT'S ILLEGAL. SO EVEN THOUGH

01:02:40.189 --> 01:02:42.258
THE 10% IS LEGAL, IT WOULD BE

01:02:42.325 --> 01:02:43.793
ENFORCEMENT AGAINST THE 100%.

01:02:43.860 --> 01:02:45.828
OKAY. AND HAVE YOU BEEN HAVING

01:02:45.895 --> 01:02:46.896
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE

01:02:46.963 --> 01:02:48.564
OPPOSITION, WORKING WITH THEM?

01:02:48.631 --> 01:02:50.099
I KNOW THE BILL HAS A COUPLE OF

01:02:50.166 --> 01:02:52.335
MORE STOPS TO GO BEFORE IT

01:02:52.401 --> 01:02:54.137
REACHES THE HOUSE. I THINK THAT

01:02:54.203 --> 01:02:55.938
THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON

01:02:56.005 --> 01:02:56.906
THAT THE COMMITTEE ADDED

01:02:56.973 --> 01:02:58.074
ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT

01:02:58.141 --> 01:02:59.909
PROVISIONS. OKAY. WOULD JUST

01:02:59.976 --> 01:03:02.078
WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE

01:03:02.145 --> 01:03:05.281
COMMITTEE. LET ME SEE HERE. ARE

01:03:05.348 --> 01:03:06.349
YOU ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE

01:03:06.415 --> 01:03:08.851
AMENDMENTS TO ADD K¾T TÊ F Ã

01:03:08.918 --> 01:03:11.721
ENFORCEMENT? YES. OKAY. PERFECT.

01:03:11.787 --> 01:03:16.058
WITH THAT, I BY MYSELF UP HERE.

01:03:16.125 --> 01:03:18.261
SO THERE'S NO HUMOR IN THE ROOM

01:03:18.327 --> 01:03:21.164
WHATSOEVER. YOU ALL ARE ASLEEP

01:03:21.230 --> 01:03:24.700
BY NOW. I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE

01:03:24.767 --> 01:03:26.936
AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH

01:03:27.003 --> 01:03:28.171
OPPOSITION ON THIS. OBVIOUSLY,

01:03:28.237 --> 01:03:31.207
THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT

01:03:31.274 --> 01:03:33.676
WE'RE DEALING WITH AS FAR AS

01:03:33.743 --> 01:03:36.245
WASTE. BUT THEN ALSO IT'S A

01:03:36.312 --> 01:03:38.047
PRODUCT THAT NEEDS TO BE

01:03:38.114 --> 01:03:39.448
ADDRESSED AND REGULATED,

01:03:39.515 --> 01:03:40.983
ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS THIS

01:03:41.050 --> 01:03:42.652
PUSH TOWARD THE ILLICIT MARKET.

01:03:42.718 --> 01:03:43.786
HOWEVER, I THINK WE'RE TAKING

01:03:43.853 --> 01:03:45.254
ENFORCEMENT MEASURES TO DEAL

01:03:45.321 --> 01:03:48.824
WITH THAT AS WELL. WITH THAT,

01:03:48.891 --> 01:03:51.127
I'LL I'LL LET YOU PLEASE WOULD

01:03:51.194 --> 01:03:53.029
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE RESPECTFULLY

01:03:53.095 --> 01:03:54.931
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE AND

01:03:54.997 --> 01:03:57.500
EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IS ABSENT

01:03:57.567 --> 01:03:58.634
THERE I VOTES MAYBE THEY'RE

01:03:58.701 --> 01:04:00.770
WATCHING ON TV OR OKAY, THEN I

01:04:00.836 --> 01:04:06.108
WILL VOTE. SO CAN I MAKE THE

01:04:06.175 --> 01:04:07.677
MOTION? I CANNOT MAKE THE

01:04:07.743 --> 01:04:09.378
MOTION, SO I'LL HAVE TO WAIT

01:04:09.445 --> 01:04:11.280
FOR A MOTION. I CAN'T EVEN VOTE.

01:04:11.347 --> 01:04:12.949
SORRY, ASSEMBLY MEMBER. AS SOON

01:04:13.015 --> 01:04:15.251
AS MEMBERS RETURN, WE'LL GET A

01:04:15.318 --> 01:04:16.619
MOTION AND TAKE A VOTE ON THE

01:04:16.686 --> 01:04:18.754
ON THE BILL. VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

01:04:18.821 --> 01:04:20.389
ATTENTION. I THANK YOU SO VERY

01:04:20.456 --> 01:04:21.657
MUCH. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER AUTHOR

01:04:21.724 --> 01:04:24.093
IN THE ROOM, ASSEMBLYMEMBER

01:04:24.160 --> 01:04:27.363
GIBSON. THANK YOU. ARE YOU

01:04:27.430 --> 01:04:31.000
READY? AS EXPECTED, YOU HAVE

01:04:31.067 --> 01:04:32.668
TWO BILLS WITH US TODAY. ITEM

01:04:32.735 --> 01:04:35.471
NUMBER SEVEN, AB 1519 AND ITEM

01:04:35.538 --> 01:04:38.274
NUMBER EIGHT, AB 2172. WOULD

01:04:38.341 --> 01:04:39.709
YOU LIKE TO START WITH ITEM

01:04:39.775 --> 01:04:41.844
SEVEN? AB 1519? YES, PLEASE.

01:04:41.911 --> 01:04:42.445
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RIGHT.

01:04:42.511 --> 01:04:44.046
WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE GO

01:04:44.113 --> 01:04:46.115
AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

01:04:46.182 --> 01:04:48.651
CHAIRMAN. AND MR. CHAIRMAN,

01:04:48.718 --> 01:04:50.386
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO

01:04:50.453 --> 01:04:54.323
PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 1519.

01:04:54.390 --> 01:04:55.825
WHILE THE TAX ADMINISTRATION

01:04:55.891 --> 01:04:58.261
CAN BE COMPLICATED, THE CONCEPT

01:04:58.327 --> 01:05:01.597
OF STATUTE OF OF STATUTE OF

01:05:01.664 --> 01:05:03.766
LIMITATION IS SIMPLE. FOR

01:05:03.833 --> 01:05:06.736
CENTURIES, THE LEGAL CODE HAS

01:05:06.802 --> 01:05:11.641
RECOGNIZED THAT LAWFUL CLAIMS

01:05:11.707 --> 01:05:14.910
MUST BE FOR MUST HAVE

01:05:14.977 --> 01:05:17.480
EXPIRATION DATES, PROVIDING

01:05:17.546 --> 01:05:19.615
CERTAINTY AND PREDICTABILITY

01:05:19.682 --> 01:05:21.884
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY.

01:05:21.951 --> 01:05:23.619
WITHOUT A STATUTE OF

01:05:23.686 --> 01:05:26.055
LIMITATIONS ON TAX COLLECTION

01:05:26.122 --> 01:05:29.659
AND TAXPAYERS LIVES FOR THEIR

01:05:29.725 --> 01:05:31.961
ENTIRE LIFE, UNDER THE SHADOWS

01:05:32.028 --> 01:05:34.697
OF POTENTIAL COLLECTIONS,

01:05:34.764 --> 01:05:36.999
ACTIONS FOR LIABILITIES COVERED

01:05:37.066 --> 01:05:39.368
FOR DECADES EARLIER, RECORDING

01:05:39.435 --> 01:05:41.937
RECORDING RECORDS WOULD BE LOST,

01:05:42.004 --> 01:05:44.073
MEMORIES WOULD FADE, AND THE

01:05:44.140 --> 01:05:46.542
SYSTEMS WOULD BE UNWORKABLE.

01:05:46.609 --> 01:05:48.744
FOR MANY YEARS, NO STATUTE OF

01:05:48.811 --> 01:05:51.247
LIMITATIONS EXISTS ON THE

01:05:51.314 --> 01:05:53.783
COLLECTIONS OF ON THEIR INCOME

01:05:53.849 --> 01:05:57.053
OR FRANCHISE DELINQUENCIES. FOR

01:05:57.119 --> 01:05:59.588
AT THE STATE LEVEL. HOWEVER,

01:05:59.655 --> 01:06:02.758
BEGINNING IN 2006, A STATUTE OF

01:06:02.825 --> 01:06:04.860
LIMITATIONS FOR FTB COLLECTIONS

01:06:04.927 --> 01:06:08.197
ACTIONS WENT IN EFFECT DESPITE

01:06:08.264 --> 01:06:10.366
THE. THE 20 YEARS OF STATUTE OF

01:06:10.433 --> 01:06:12.201
LIMITATIONS BEGINNING. CODIFIED

01:06:12.268 --> 01:06:15.304
IN STATUTES, THE CLOCK IS RESET

01:06:15.371 --> 01:06:17.873
ANYTIME THE FTB IMPOSES A FEE,

01:06:17.940 --> 01:06:21.143
PENALTIES OR INTEREST UNDER THE

01:06:21.210 --> 01:06:24.313
UNCUT. EXCUSE ME, THIS

01:06:24.380 --> 01:06:26.482
UNDERCUTS THE WHOLE POINT OF

01:06:26.549 --> 01:06:27.917
HAVING THE STATUTE OF

01:06:27.983 --> 01:06:30.519
LIMITATIONS. ASSEMBLY BILL 1519

01:06:30.586 --> 01:06:32.388
PROVIDES THAT ONCE THE

01:06:32.455 --> 01:06:34.056
UNDERLYING TAX LIABILITY

01:06:34.123 --> 01:06:36.559
BECOMES DUE AND PAYABLE, THE

01:06:36.625 --> 01:06:38.761
THE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

01:06:38.828 --> 01:06:42.031
PERIOD BEGINS TO RUN, AND THE

01:06:42.098 --> 01:06:44.166
SUBSEQUENT FEES AND CHARGES DO

01:06:44.233 --> 01:06:47.770
NOT RESET THE CLOCK. AND THAT'S

01:06:47.837 --> 01:06:49.572
IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT. SO

01:06:49.638 --> 01:06:52.141
ASSEMBLY BILL 1519 PROVIDES

01:06:52.208 --> 01:06:54.243
ONCE PROVIDES THE UNDERLYING. I

01:06:54.310 --> 01:06:55.644
WANT TO REPEAT TO PROVIDE THE

01:06:55.711 --> 01:06:57.546
UNDERLYING LIABILITY BECOMES

01:06:57.613 --> 01:07:00.449
DUE AND PAYABLE. THE LIABILITY

01:07:00.516 --> 01:07:02.284
PERIOD BEGINS TO RUN OUT AND

01:07:02.351 --> 01:07:04.320
THE SUBSEQUENT FEES CHARGES DO

01:07:04.387 --> 01:07:08.591
NOT RESET THE CLOCK. PUT. THIS

01:07:08.657 --> 01:07:11.961
BILL WOULD CREATE AN ACTUAL 20

01:07:12.027 --> 01:07:14.096
YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS,

01:07:14.163 --> 01:07:19.101
NOT ONE THAT THE FTB CAN

01:07:19.168 --> 01:07:21.637
UNILATERALLY EXTENDS WHEN EVER

01:07:21.704 --> 01:07:24.573
THE NEW FEES OR PENALTIES ARE

01:07:24.640 --> 01:07:26.609
IMPOSED. ASSEMBLY BILL. THIS

01:07:26.675 --> 01:07:28.778
BILL WILL PROVIDE CLEAR

01:07:28.844 --> 01:07:31.280
DIRECTIONS. THIS BILL WILL NOT

01:07:31.347 --> 01:07:33.549
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT REVENUE

01:07:33.616 --> 01:07:35.651
LOSS TO THE STATE, BECAUSE

01:07:35.718 --> 01:07:38.621
THESE AMOUNTS ARE NOT ACTUALLY

01:07:38.687 --> 01:07:41.457
COLLECTIBLE. IN ANY CASES, THIS

01:07:41.524 --> 01:07:43.993
BILL IS IMPORTANT TO ONE

01:07:44.059 --> 01:07:46.295
CLARIFY WHERE WHERE PEOPLE NEED

01:07:46.362 --> 01:07:48.030
TO STAND IN THIS PARTICULAR

01:07:48.097 --> 01:07:49.665
BILL. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY

01:07:49.732 --> 01:07:51.100
MUCH FOR ALLOWING THIS BILL TO

01:07:51.167 --> 01:07:52.501
BE HEARD HERE WITH ME. TO

01:07:52.568 --> 01:07:54.770
PROVIDE SUPPORTING TESTIMONY IS

01:07:54.837 --> 01:07:57.006
A REPRESENTATIVE IS THE CHAIR

01:07:57.072 --> 01:07:59.809
OF THE CALIFORNIA CPA TAX

01:07:59.875 --> 01:08:01.911
COMMITTEE, AND THEY BOTH WILL

01:08:01.977 --> 01:08:03.412
INTRODUCE AND ALSO THE

01:08:03.479 --> 01:08:04.780
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF ENROLLED

01:08:04.847 --> 01:08:06.582
AGENT. BOTH WILL BE TESTIFYING

01:08:06.649 --> 01:08:08.017
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL AND

01:08:08.083 --> 01:08:09.452
BOTH WILL SELF-IDENTIFY. THANK

01:08:09.518 --> 01:08:10.653
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. TWO

01:08:10.719 --> 01:08:13.155
MINUTES EACH. MY NAME IS ANDY

01:08:13.222 --> 01:08:14.957
MATSON. I'M A CALIFORNIA CPA

01:08:15.024 --> 01:08:16.792
WITH BAKER TILLY IN SAN JOSE,

01:08:16.859 --> 01:08:18.928
AND I AM CHAIR OF CAL CPAS

01:08:18.994 --> 01:08:22.798
COMMITTEE ON TAXATION, AB

01:08:22.865 --> 01:08:24.200
151519 MAKES A SIMPLE BUT

01:08:24.266 --> 01:08:26.368
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION FOR

01:08:26.435 --> 01:08:28.304
CALIFORNIA'S 20 YEAR STATUTE OF

01:08:28.370 --> 01:08:30.039
LIMITATIONS ON TAX COLLECTIONS.

01:08:30.105 --> 01:08:31.173
WHEN THE LEGISLATURE

01:08:31.240 --> 01:08:33.275
ESTABLISHED THAT STATUTE IN

01:08:33.342 --> 01:08:35.077
2006, THE INTENT WAS TO PROVIDE

01:08:35.144 --> 01:08:36.445
TAXPAYERS WITH CERTAINTY THAT

01:08:36.512 --> 01:08:37.680
THERE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE AN

01:08:37.746 --> 01:08:40.282
END POINT TO COLLECTION

01:08:40.349 --> 01:08:41.984
ACTIVITY. UNFORTUNATELY,

01:08:42.051 --> 01:08:44.119
AMBIGUITY IN CURRENT LAW ALLOWS

01:08:44.186 --> 01:08:45.855
CERTAIN FEES, PENALTIES,

01:08:45.921 --> 01:08:47.790
INTEREST AND COLLECTION RELATED

01:08:47.857 --> 01:08:49.191
CHARGES TO EFFECTIVELY RESTART

01:08:49.258 --> 01:08:51.293
THE 20 YEAR CLOCK, EXTENDING

01:08:51.360 --> 01:08:52.661
COLLECTION ACTIVITY FAR BEYOND

01:08:52.728 --> 01:08:54.530
WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.

01:08:54.597 --> 01:08:56.699
AS PRACTITIONERS, WE HELP

01:08:56.765 --> 01:08:58.801
TAXPAYERS RESOLVE LIABILITIES,

01:08:58.868 --> 01:09:00.503
EVALUATE PAYMENT OPTIONS, AND

01:09:00.569 --> 01:09:02.371
RETURN TO COMPLIANCE. THIS

01:09:02.438 --> 01:09:04.273
REQUIRES CLEAR AND PREDICTABLE

01:09:04.340 --> 01:09:06.108
RULES. FOR EXAMPLE, A TAXPAYER

01:09:06.175 --> 01:09:08.911
MAY DISCOVER A DECADES OLD TAX

01:09:08.978 --> 01:09:10.312
LIABILITY WHILE SETTLING A

01:09:10.379 --> 01:09:11.780
FAMILY ESTATE OR HANDLING

01:09:11.847 --> 01:09:13.616
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL

01:09:13.682 --> 01:09:15.184
MATTER. THEY REASONABLY EXPECT

01:09:15.251 --> 01:09:16.552
THAT CALIFORNIA'S 20 YEAR

01:09:16.619 --> 01:09:18.020
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS MEANS

01:09:18.087 --> 01:09:19.688
THERE IS A CLEAR END POINT TO

01:09:19.755 --> 01:09:21.490
COLLECTION ACTIVITY. INSTEAD,

01:09:21.557 --> 01:09:23.325
UNDER CURRENT LAW, COLLECTION

01:09:23.392 --> 01:09:24.693
RELATED FEES OR SIMILAR CHARGES

01:09:24.760 --> 01:09:26.161
CAN EFFECTIVELY RESET THE CLOCK

01:09:26.228 --> 01:09:29.465
AND EXTEND COLLECTION EFFORTS

01:09:29.532 --> 01:09:30.900
TO THE SAME UNDERLYING

01:09:30.966 --> 01:09:32.735
LIABILITY. THAT OUTCOME IS

01:09:32.801 --> 01:09:34.837
DIFFICULT FOR TAXPAYERS TO

01:09:34.904 --> 01:09:36.372
UNDERSTAND AND UNDERMINES THE

01:09:36.438 --> 01:09:37.940
THE CERTAINTY AND FINALITY THAT

01:09:38.007 --> 01:09:39.542
A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IS

01:09:39.608 --> 01:09:42.578
INTENDED TO PROVIDE. AB 1519

01:09:42.645 --> 01:09:43.746
DOES NOT FORGIVE TAXES. IT

01:09:43.812 --> 01:09:46.181
DOESN'T CHANGE HOW THE FTB

01:09:46.248 --> 01:09:47.683
CALCULATES AN UNDERLYING

01:09:47.750 --> 01:09:49.084
LIABILITY, AND IT DOES NOT

01:09:49.151 --> 01:09:51.520
LIMIT THE ABILITY TO COLLECT

01:09:51.587 --> 01:09:53.656
LEGITIMATE TAX DEBTS. IT SIMPLY

01:09:53.722 --> 01:09:54.990
CLARIFIES THAT THE 20 YEAR

01:09:55.057 --> 01:09:55.991
LIMITATION STATUTE OF

01:09:56.058 --> 01:09:57.993
LIMITATIONS PERIOD IS TIED TO

01:09:58.060 --> 01:09:59.295
THE UNDERLYING TAX LIABILITY

01:09:59.361 --> 01:10:00.796
AND CANNOT BE INDEFINITELY

01:10:00.863 --> 01:10:02.197
EXTENDED THROUGH SUBSEQUENT

01:10:02.264 --> 01:10:04.366
FEES, PENALTIES OR COLLECTION

01:10:04.433 --> 01:10:05.834
CHARGES. THIS RESTORES THE

01:10:05.901 --> 01:10:07.570
ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE LAW AND

01:10:07.636 --> 01:10:08.637
PROVIDES CERTAINTY FOR

01:10:08.704 --> 01:10:10.406
TAXPAYERS AND PRACTITIONERS,

01:10:10.472 --> 01:10:12.408
AND STRENGTHENS CONFIDENCE IN

01:10:12.474 --> 01:10:13.809
CALIFORNIA'S TAX SYSTEM. FOR

01:10:13.876 --> 01:10:15.177
THIS REASON, WE RESPECTFULLY

01:10:15.244 --> 01:10:17.780
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR AB

01:10:17.846 --> 01:10:19.214
1519. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO

01:10:19.281 --> 01:10:22.451
MUCH. NEXT WITNESS. TWO MINUTES.

01:10:22.518 --> 01:10:23.786
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS

01:10:23.852 --> 01:10:25.054
JENNIFER TANNEHILL WITH AARON

01:10:25.120 --> 01:10:26.355
REED AND ASSOCIATES. ON BEHALF

01:10:26.422 --> 01:10:28.090
OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF

01:10:28.157 --> 01:10:30.492
ENROLLED AGENTS. CÁC IS PLEASED

01:10:30.559 --> 01:10:32.828
THAT THE LEGISLATURE, FTB AND

01:10:32.895 --> 01:10:34.296
STAKEHOLDERS WORKED ON THE

01:10:34.363 --> 01:10:35.464
SOLUTION TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY

01:10:35.531 --> 01:10:37.166
TO TAXPAYERS WHILE CONTINUING

01:10:37.232 --> 01:10:39.768
TO ALLOW AN EXTENDED WINDOW FOR

01:10:39.835 --> 01:10:42.438
FTB TO COLLECT. I JUST WANT TO

01:10:42.504 --> 01:10:44.273
NOTE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. THE

01:10:44.340 --> 01:10:45.774
DEFINITION OF TAX IN THIS BILL

01:10:45.841 --> 01:10:47.643
RELATES ONLY TO THE SPECIFIC

01:10:47.710 --> 01:10:49.445
SECTION OF CODE, AND DOES NOT

01:10:49.511 --> 01:10:51.580
AFFECT THE DEFINITION OF TAX

01:10:51.647 --> 01:10:54.016
ELSEWHERE. ALSO OF NOTE, THE

01:10:54.083 --> 01:10:55.851
IRS IS ALLOWED TEN YEARS TO

01:10:55.918 --> 01:10:58.053
COLLECT TAX LIABILITIES WHERE

01:10:58.120 --> 01:10:59.888
CALIFORNIA AFFORDS THE FTB 20

01:10:59.955 --> 01:11:01.690
YEARS TO COLLECT. SO WE JUST

01:11:01.757 --> 01:11:03.025
ARE PLEASED WITH THE SOLUTION

01:11:03.092 --> 01:11:04.693
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK

01:11:04.760 --> 01:11:06.762
YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR

01:11:06.829 --> 01:11:09.298
YOUR TIMELY TESTIMONY. MEMBERS

01:11:09.365 --> 01:11:10.399
OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE

01:11:10.466 --> 01:11:13.769
TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT, PLEASE

01:11:13.836 --> 01:11:14.970
APPROACH THE MIC. SEEING NO ONE

01:11:15.037 --> 01:11:16.372
MOVING, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE

01:11:16.438 --> 01:11:18.507
LEAD OPPOSITION WITNESSES WITH

01:11:18.574 --> 01:11:21.076
US. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC IN

01:11:21.143 --> 01:11:22.478
OPPOSITION SEEING NO ONE MOVING,

01:11:22.544 --> 01:11:27.483
I'LL BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE.

01:11:27.549 --> 01:11:31.453
AGAIN. HERE I AM. AB 1519

01:11:31.520 --> 01:11:32.888
STRENGTHENS TAXPAYER

01:11:32.955 --> 01:11:34.390
PROTECTIONS BY ENSURING THAT

01:11:34.456 --> 01:11:36.892
ONCE A TAX LIABILITY EXPIRES,

01:11:36.959 --> 01:11:38.661
RELATED PENALTIES AND FEES DUE

01:11:38.727 --> 01:11:41.296
TO GOOD WORK TO THE AUTHOR. AND

01:11:41.363 --> 01:11:42.631
WITH THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

01:11:42.698 --> 01:11:44.433
CLOSE RESPECTFULLY ASK WHEN I

01:11:44.500 --> 01:11:45.601
VOTE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHEN

01:11:45.668 --> 01:11:47.536
WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN

01:11:47.603 --> 01:11:49.538
GET A MOTION AND A VOTE, WE'LL

01:11:49.605 --> 01:11:51.407
DO THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

01:11:51.473 --> 01:11:54.309
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR

01:11:54.376 --> 01:11:57.179
LIST, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT A, B

01:11:57.246 --> 01:11:59.248
2172. YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE

01:11:59.314 --> 01:12:00.683
READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

01:12:00.749 --> 01:12:02.117
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS, ASSEMBLY

01:12:02.184 --> 01:12:05.120
BILL 2172 PROVIDES COUNTIES

01:12:05.187 --> 01:12:06.755
WITH A PARTICULAR TEMPORARY

01:12:06.822 --> 01:12:08.657
TOOLS TO ADDRESS THE GROWING

01:12:08.724 --> 01:12:10.693
BACKLOG AND COMPLEX TAX APPEALS.

01:12:10.759 --> 01:12:12.861
UNDER THE CURRENT LAW, ALL

01:12:12.928 --> 01:12:15.164
APPEALS MUST BE HEARD BY THE

01:12:15.230 --> 01:12:18.000
MULTI MEMBER BOARD AND AN

01:12:18.067 --> 01:12:19.735
APPROACH THAT SUPPORTS

01:12:19.802 --> 01:12:22.705
TRANSPARENCY, BUT OFTEN OFTEN

01:12:22.771 --> 01:12:25.140
CREATES A SCHEDULE. CHALLENGES

01:12:25.207 --> 01:12:26.642
AND DELAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR

01:12:26.709 --> 01:12:30.112
MULTI DAY CASES INVOLVING HOTEL,

01:12:30.179 --> 01:12:31.547
STADIUM AND OTHER COMPLEX

01:12:31.613 --> 01:12:33.816
PROPERTIES. THESE CASES REQUIRE

01:12:33.882 --> 01:12:35.851
EXTENSIVE TESTIMONIES, DETAILED

01:12:35.918 --> 01:12:37.686
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND

01:12:37.753 --> 01:12:39.488
SIGNIFICANT COORDINATION AMONG

01:12:39.555 --> 01:12:41.957
BOARD. BOARD MEMBERS PARTIES

01:12:42.024 --> 01:12:46.729
AND COUNSELING WHICH CAN PUSH

01:12:46.795 --> 01:12:49.064
RESULTS RESOLUTIONS BEYOND SIX

01:12:49.131 --> 01:12:52.134
MONTHS AND OFTEN MORE THAN ONE

01:12:52.201 --> 01:12:55.170
YEAR. DATA FROM THE PAST THREE

01:12:55.237 --> 01:12:57.873
FISCAL YEARS SHOW THAT MANY

01:12:57.940 --> 01:12:59.308
ASSESS APPEALS TAKES LONGER

01:12:59.375 --> 01:13:03.112
THAN SIX MONTHS, AND OFTEN OVER

01:13:03.178 --> 01:13:06.548
A YEAR TO RESOLVE, INDICATING A

01:13:06.615 --> 01:13:08.016
BACKLOG IN THE SYSTEM. ASSEMBLY

01:13:08.083 --> 01:13:10.753
BILL 2172 ALLOW COUNTIES TO

01:13:10.819 --> 01:13:13.322
INSTEAD USE A SINGLE QUALIFIED

01:13:13.388 --> 01:13:15.524
ASSESSMENT APPEALS COMMISSION

01:13:15.591 --> 01:13:17.659
AS A NEUTRAL DECISION MAKING.

01:13:17.726 --> 01:13:20.229
IN THESE COMPLEX CASES.

01:13:20.295 --> 01:13:23.098
IMPORTANTLY, IT PROVIDES THE

01:13:23.165 --> 01:13:24.900
RIGHT THE RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO

01:13:24.967 --> 01:13:27.002
REQUEST A TRADITIONAL MULTI

01:13:27.069 --> 01:13:29.004
MEMBER BOARD. THIS MEASURES.

01:13:29.071 --> 01:13:30.272
THIS MEASURED APPROACH,

01:13:30.339 --> 01:13:32.741
IMPROVES EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE

01:13:32.808 --> 01:13:35.377
DELAYS WHILE MAINTAINING A FAIR,

01:13:35.444 --> 01:13:37.146
CONSISTENT AND DUE PROCESS.

01:13:37.212 --> 01:13:39.281
PROTECTIONS FOR TAXPAYERS TO

01:13:39.348 --> 01:13:41.049
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS THE

01:13:41.116 --> 01:13:43.652
ASSESSOR, JOAQUIM TORRES, WHO

01:13:43.719 --> 01:13:45.754
WILL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WHO

01:13:45.821 --> 01:13:47.556
WILL BE HERE TO TESTIFY IN

01:13:47.623 --> 01:13:50.159
SUPPORT OF AB 2172. WE LOOK

01:13:50.225 --> 01:13:51.660
FORWARD TO YOUR TESTIMONY. TWO

01:13:51.727 --> 01:13:52.995
MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

01:13:53.061 --> 01:13:54.797
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

01:13:54.863 --> 01:13:55.998
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

01:13:56.064 --> 01:13:56.999
TO PRESENT OUR SUPPORT FOR

01:13:57.065 --> 01:13:59.434
ASSEMBLY BILL 2172. MY NAME IS

01:13:59.501 --> 01:14:00.936
JOAQUIN TORRES, AND I'M HERE ON

01:14:01.003 --> 01:14:02.304
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

01:14:02.371 --> 01:14:04.139
ASSESSOR'S ASSOCIATION IN

01:14:04.206 --> 01:14:05.474
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL AND ON

01:14:05.541 --> 01:14:06.942
BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

01:14:07.009 --> 01:14:08.377
ASSESSOR JEFF PRANG, THE

01:14:08.443 --> 01:14:11.413
SPONSOR OF THE BILL, AB 2172,

01:14:11.480 --> 01:14:13.849
IS A PRACTICAL MODERNIZATION OF

01:14:13.916 --> 01:14:15.250
CALIFORNIA'S PROPERTY TAX

01:14:15.317 --> 01:14:17.386
ASSESSMENT APPEAL SYSTEM. LARGE

01:14:17.452 --> 01:14:18.921
COUNTIES ARE FACING A GROWING

01:14:18.987 --> 01:14:20.689
REALITY. THE CURRENT APPEAL

01:14:20.756 --> 01:14:21.757
STRUCTURE WAS DESIGNED FOR A

01:14:21.824 --> 01:14:23.859
MUCH SMALLER WORKLOAD AND IS NO

01:14:23.926 --> 01:14:25.727
LONGER EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE

01:14:25.794 --> 01:14:27.062
VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF THE

01:14:27.129 --> 01:14:28.363
APPEALS THAT WE ARE SEEING

01:14:28.430 --> 01:14:31.099
TODAY. IN L.A. COUNTY ALONE,

01:14:31.166 --> 01:14:33.335
THERE ARE NOW APPROXIMATELY

01:14:33.402 --> 01:14:35.137
40,000 PENDING APPEALS, ROUGHLY

01:14:35.204 --> 01:14:37.239
DOUBLE THE PRE-PANDEMIC VOLUME.

01:14:37.306 --> 01:14:38.674
THESE ARE OFTEN COMPLEX CASES

01:14:38.740 --> 01:14:40.108
INVOLVING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL

01:14:40.175 --> 01:14:41.476
STAKES, YET COUNTIES MUST

01:14:41.543 --> 01:14:42.411
MANAGE THEM THROUGH A SYSTEM

01:14:42.477 --> 01:14:44.546
THAT RELIES LARGELY ON PART

01:14:44.613 --> 01:14:46.315
TIME BOARD MEMBERS MEETING ON

01:14:46.381 --> 01:14:48.050
LIMITED SCHEDULES. THE RESULT

01:14:48.116 --> 01:14:50.252
IS DELAYS FOR TAXPAYERS,

01:14:50.319 --> 01:14:51.720
SIGNIFICANT REFUND INTEREST

01:14:51.787 --> 01:14:53.488
COSTS FOR COUNTIES, AND A

01:14:53.555 --> 01:14:54.990
GROWING STRAIN ON LOCAL

01:14:55.057 --> 01:14:56.658
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES. THIS

01:14:56.725 --> 01:14:58.126
PROVIDES A SENSIBLE SOLUTION.

01:14:58.193 --> 01:14:59.995
THE BILL WOULD ALLOW LARGE

01:15:00.062 --> 01:15:01.063
COUNTIES, THROUGH A LIMITED

01:15:01.129 --> 01:15:02.898
PILOT PROGRAM, TO USE A SINGLE

01:15:02.965 --> 01:15:04.666
MEMBER, FULL TIME ASSESSMENT

01:15:04.733 --> 01:15:05.667
APPEALS COMMISSIONER, AS YOU

01:15:05.734 --> 01:15:07.803
JUST HEARD, TO HEAR CERTAIN

01:15:07.870 --> 01:15:09.404
APPEALS. IT'S NOT A MANDATE. IT

01:15:09.471 --> 01:15:11.139
DOES NOT ELIMINATE EXISTING

01:15:11.206 --> 01:15:12.507
ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARDS. IT

01:15:12.574 --> 01:15:14.643
SIMPLY GIVES COUNTIES ANOTHER

01:15:14.710 --> 01:15:16.111
TOOL TO MANAGE GROWING

01:15:16.178 --> 01:15:17.713
CASELOADS, IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

01:15:17.779 --> 01:15:20.048
AND REDUCE DELAYS. JUST AS

01:15:20.115 --> 01:15:20.849
IMPORTANTLY, THIS BILL

01:15:20.916 --> 01:15:22.284
PRESERVES TAXPAYER RIGHTS AND

01:15:22.351 --> 01:15:24.119
DUE PROCESS. TAXPAYERS MAY

01:15:24.186 --> 01:15:25.187
STILL REQUEST TO HAVE THEIR

01:15:25.254 --> 01:15:27.723
APPEAL HEARD BY A TRADITIONAL 3

01:15:27.789 --> 01:15:29.791
OR 5 MEMBER BOARD, AND THE BILL

01:15:29.858 --> 01:15:31.693
INCLUDES SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE

01:15:31.760 --> 01:15:33.161
TRANSPARENCY, CONSISTENCY AND

01:15:33.228 --> 01:15:34.563
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THAT PROCESS.

01:15:34.630 --> 01:15:36.265
SIMPLY PUT, THIS RECOGNIZES

01:15:36.331 --> 01:15:37.366
THIS BILL, RECOGNIZES THAT A

01:15:37.432 --> 01:15:38.567
SYSTEM BUILT FOR A DIFFERENT

01:15:38.634 --> 01:15:40.202
ERA NEEDS A MODERN TOOL TO KEEP

01:15:40.269 --> 01:15:42.070
UP WITH TODAY'S WORKLOAD, WHILE

01:15:42.137 --> 01:15:43.538
PRESERVING FAIRNESS FOR

01:15:43.605 --> 01:15:44.539
TAXPAYERS. FOR THESE REASONS,

01:15:44.606 --> 01:15:46.275
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR

01:15:46.341 --> 01:15:52.881
VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 2172.

01:15:52.948 --> 01:15:54.650
THANK THE AUTHOR AND THE

01:15:54.716 --> 01:15:56.184
WITNESS. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS

01:15:56.251 --> 01:15:58.086
OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO

01:15:58.153 --> 01:15:59.988
VOICE THEIR SUPPORT? IF SO,

01:16:00.055 --> 01:16:04.026
PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.

01:16:04.092 --> 01:16:05.694
SEEING NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY

01:16:05.761 --> 01:16:10.832
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION? SEEING

01:16:10.899 --> 01:16:12.534
NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF

01:16:12.601 --> 01:16:14.236
THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO VOICE

01:16:14.303 --> 01:16:18.473
THEIR OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE,

01:16:18.540 --> 01:16:20.042
I WILL NOW TURN TO MEMBERS OF

01:16:20.108 --> 01:16:21.710
THE COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS.

01:16:21.777 --> 01:16:24.413
MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

01:16:24.479 --> 01:16:26.281
THE COMMENT IS THAT SENATOR

01:16:26.348 --> 01:16:29.351
GRAYSON WISHES TO MAKE A MOTION,

01:16:29.418 --> 01:16:31.186
SENATOR, I MEAN, CHAIR GIBSON,

01:16:31.253 --> 01:16:32.587
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK

01:16:32.654 --> 01:16:35.223
WITH YOU AS A SORT OF A PARTNER

01:16:35.290 --> 01:16:37.926
ON TAX ISSUES. AND IT'S ALWAYS

01:16:37.993 --> 01:16:39.227
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE

01:16:39.294 --> 01:16:41.063
TAX ONES ARE QUICKLY,

01:16:41.129 --> 01:16:42.464
EFFICIENTLY AND FAIRLY. I THINK

01:16:42.531 --> 01:16:44.766
THAT'S A AN IMPORTANT TASK FOR

01:16:44.833 --> 01:16:47.102
ALL OF US. THIS IS AN APPROACH

01:16:47.169 --> 01:16:49.037
WORTH TRYING. AND I WISH THE

01:16:49.104 --> 01:16:51.340
ASSESSOR PRAYING THE BEST WITH

01:16:51.406 --> 01:16:52.641
YOUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO

01:16:52.708 --> 01:16:54.509
IMPLEMENT IT. GOOD LUCK. I'M

01:16:54.576 --> 01:16:55.610
HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOUR BILL.

01:16:55.677 --> 01:16:57.145
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK

01:16:57.212 --> 01:16:58.380
YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO THANK

01:16:58.447 --> 01:17:00.148
ASSESSOR PRAYING AND ALSO MR.

01:17:00.215 --> 01:17:01.350
TORRES, FOR MY WITNESS FOR

01:17:01.416 --> 01:17:03.618
BEING HERE TODAY ON SUCH SHORT

01:17:03.685 --> 01:17:05.120
NOTICE. WHILE SISTER PRAYING IS

01:17:05.187 --> 01:17:07.789
IS MENDING AND HEALING BACK

01:17:07.856 --> 01:17:09.992
HOME. THIS IS A SIMPLE BILL.

01:17:10.058 --> 01:17:11.960
WE'RE TRYING TO FIX A COMPLEX

01:17:12.027 --> 01:17:16.031
PROBLEM AS, AS I TESTIFIED,

01:17:16.098 --> 01:17:17.532
MULTI MEMBERS TRYING TO GET

01:17:17.599 --> 01:17:18.934
TOGETHER WITH VERY COMPLEX

01:17:19.001 --> 01:17:21.503
SCHEDULE. THIS IS A SIMPLE FIX.

01:17:21.570 --> 01:17:23.572
I'M TRYING TO MOVE AND ADDRESS

01:17:23.638 --> 01:17:26.074
THE BACKLOG IN THE SYSTEM.

01:17:26.141 --> 01:17:30.779
RESPECTFULLY ASKED WHEN I VOTE.

01:17:30.846 --> 01:17:34.116
WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE

01:17:34.182 --> 01:17:36.218
SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

01:17:36.284 --> 01:17:37.786
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED TO THE

01:17:37.853 --> 01:17:38.720
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:17:38.787 --> 01:17:40.022
SENATORS. MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY.

01:17:40.088 --> 01:17:41.757
AYE. ALVARADO. GILL. ASHBY.

01:17:41.823 --> 01:17:46.194
BECKER. GRAYSON. GRAYSON. I 200

01:17:46.261 --> 01:17:48.363
BILLS ON CALL. THANK YOU. THANK

01:17:48.430 --> 01:18:01.076
YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT MEMBER.

01:18:01.143 --> 01:18:03.912
PLEASE SIT DOWN AND MAKE YOUR

01:18:03.979 --> 01:18:07.115
CASE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

01:18:07.182 --> 01:18:08.250
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

01:18:08.316 --> 01:18:09.985
IN THE MORNING. I'D LIKE TO

01:18:10.052 --> 01:18:12.020
BEGIN WITH A VÆ 2222, IF THAT'S

01:18:12.087 --> 01:18:14.656
OKAY. YES. GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

01:18:14.723 --> 01:18:16.158
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, MR.

01:18:16.224 --> 01:18:17.325
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, I ALSO WANT

01:18:17.392 --> 01:18:18.460
TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AND

01:18:18.527 --> 01:18:20.162
STAFF FOR WORKING WITH MY

01:18:20.228 --> 01:18:21.296
OFFICE IN CRAFTING THIS BILL. I

01:18:21.363 --> 01:18:22.531
WILL, OF COURSE, BE ACCEPTING

01:18:22.597 --> 01:18:23.598
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. SO

01:18:23.665 --> 01:18:24.533
TODAY, LOCAL JOURNALISM IS

01:18:24.599 --> 01:18:26.201
UNDER ATTACK FROM EVERY

01:18:26.268 --> 01:18:27.369
DIRECTION. NEWSROOMS ACROSS

01:18:27.436 --> 01:18:28.403
CALIFORNIA ARE SHRINKING,

01:18:28.470 --> 01:18:29.805
REPORTERS ARE BEING LAID OFF,

01:18:29.871 --> 01:18:31.339
COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ARE

01:18:31.406 --> 01:18:32.340
CLOSING, AND TRUSTED LOCAL

01:18:32.407 --> 01:18:34.476
VOICES ARE DISAPPEARING. AT THE

01:18:34.543 --> 01:18:35.944
SAME TIME, WE ARE WITNESSING

01:18:36.011 --> 01:18:37.179
INCREASING POLITICAL ATTACKS ON

01:18:37.245 --> 01:18:38.880
A FREE AND INDEPENDENT PRESS

01:18:38.947 --> 01:18:40.215
WITH EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE

01:18:40.282 --> 01:18:42.050
JOURNALISTS, DISCREDIT CREDIBLE

01:18:42.117 --> 01:18:43.185
REPORTING, AND WEAKEN THE

01:18:43.251 --> 01:18:44.619
INSTITUTIONS THAT HOLD POWER

01:18:44.686 --> 01:18:46.354
ACCOUNTABLE. WHEN A NEWSROOM

01:18:46.421 --> 01:18:47.956
CLOSES, COMMUNITIES LOSE MORE

01:18:48.023 --> 01:18:50.058
THAN JUST HEADLINES. THEY LOSE

01:18:50.125 --> 01:18:51.460
WATCHDOGS TRANSPARENCY AND

01:18:51.526 --> 01:18:53.228
ACCESS TO RELIABLE LOCAL

01:18:53.295 --> 01:18:55.030
INFORMATION. LOCAL JOURNALIST

01:18:55.097 --> 01:18:56.298
EXCUSE ME. LOCAL JOURNALISTS

01:18:56.364 --> 01:18:57.532
ARE OFTEN THE ONLY PEOPLE

01:18:57.599 --> 01:18:58.900
ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS,

01:18:58.967 --> 01:18:59.734
SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND

01:18:59.801 --> 01:19:01.803
COVERING THE ISSUE ISSUES THAT

01:19:01.870 --> 01:19:03.338
DIRECTLY AFFECT CALIFORNIANS.

01:19:03.405 --> 01:19:06.174
SO ÁP 2222 IS ABOUT INVESTING

01:19:06.241 --> 01:19:08.410
IN THAT PUBLIC GOOD. THE BILL

01:19:08.477 --> 01:19:09.377
ESTABLISHES A TARGETED

01:19:09.444 --> 01:19:10.979
TEMPORARY TAX CREDIT TO HELP

01:19:11.046 --> 01:19:12.681
LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS RETAIN

01:19:12.747 --> 01:19:14.816
EXISTING JOURNALISTS, HIRE NEW

01:19:14.883 --> 01:19:16.218
REPORTERS, AND EXPAND LOCAL

01:19:16.284 --> 01:19:17.953
COVERAGE ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THE

01:19:18.019 --> 01:19:19.087
LATEST AMENDMENTS FURTHER

01:19:19.154 --> 01:19:20.188
STRENGTHEN THE MEASURE BY

01:19:20.255 --> 01:19:21.990
EXPANDING SUPPORT TO PART TIME

01:19:22.057 --> 01:19:23.825
JOURNALISTS, RECOGNIZING SOLE

01:19:23.892 --> 01:19:24.960
PROPRIETORS WHO OPERATE LOCAL

01:19:25.026 --> 01:19:26.628
NEWS OUTLETS AND ENSURE THAT

01:19:26.695 --> 01:19:28.363
THE CREDIT REACHES A BROAD

01:19:28.430 --> 01:19:30.098
RANGE OF LOCAL PRINT, DIGITAL,

01:19:30.165 --> 01:19:32.501
BROADCAST AND NONPROFIT NEWS

01:19:32.567 --> 01:19:33.602
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE

01:19:33.668 --> 01:19:34.669
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES. THE

01:19:34.736 --> 01:19:36.771
BILL ALSO INCLUDES A STRONG

01:19:36.838 --> 01:19:38.206
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE.

01:19:38.273 --> 01:19:39.241
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS MUST

01:19:39.307 --> 01:19:41.510
PUBLICLY DISCLOSE OWNERSHIP OF

01:19:41.576 --> 01:19:44.079
GOVERNANCE, MAINTAIN CORRECT,

01:19:44.146 --> 01:19:45.780
MAINTAIN CORRECTIONS POLICIES,

01:19:45.847 --> 01:19:48.016
CARRY LIABILITY INSURANCE AND

01:19:48.083 --> 01:19:49.384
CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY

01:19:49.451 --> 01:19:51.153
POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS OR 501

01:19:51.219 --> 01:19:54.356
C FOUR ADVOCACY GROUPS. THESE

01:19:54.422 --> 01:19:55.790
SAFEGUARDS ENSURE THAT TAXPAYER

01:19:55.857 --> 01:19:57.292
DOLLARS SUPPORT INDEPENDENT,

01:19:57.359 --> 01:19:58.693
COMMUNITY FOCUSED JOURNALISM,

01:19:58.760 --> 01:20:00.495
NOT POLITICAL PROPAGANDA. AT A

01:20:00.562 --> 01:20:01.830
TIME WHEN MISINFORMATION IS

01:20:01.897 --> 01:20:03.098
SPREADING AND TRUSTED LOCAL

01:20:03.165 --> 01:20:04.833
NEWS IS DISAPPEARING,

01:20:04.900 --> 01:20:05.800
CALIFORNIA HAS AN OPPORTUNITY

01:20:05.867 --> 01:20:07.469
TO INVEST IN ONE OF THE

01:20:07.536 --> 01:20:08.803
CORNERSTONES OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

01:20:08.870 --> 01:20:10.505
WITH ME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF

01:20:10.572 --> 01:20:12.374
THE COMMUNITY NEWS ACT, WE HAVE

01:20:12.440 --> 01:20:15.744
JEFF KNOX FROM TWN IN SAN

01:20:15.810 --> 01:20:17.078
FRANCISCO REPRESENTING

01:20:17.145 --> 01:20:18.914
SAG-AFTRA AND FORMER SENATOR

01:20:18.980 --> 01:20:22.184
STEVE GLAZER. THANK YOU, MR.

01:20:22.250 --> 01:20:23.552
CHAIR AND MEMBERS FOR THE

01:20:23.618 --> 01:20:25.086
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY

01:20:25.153 --> 01:20:27.088
NAME IS JEFF KNOX. I'M A MEMBER

01:20:27.155 --> 01:20:29.291
OF SAG-AFTRA'S NOR-CAL LOCAL

01:20:29.357 --> 01:20:31.193
BOARD. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY

01:20:31.259 --> 01:20:34.229
UNION'S 160,000 MEMBERS, MANY

01:20:34.296 --> 01:20:36.198
OF WHOM ARE BROADCASTERS LIKE

01:20:36.264 --> 01:20:38.200
MYSELF AND WHO KNOW FIRSTHAND

01:20:38.266 --> 01:20:40.035
THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY

01:20:40.101 --> 01:20:42.637
JOURNALISM TO A HEALTHY SOCIETY.

01:20:42.704 --> 01:20:46.341
RIGHT NOW, SITUATION IS DIRE.

01:20:46.408 --> 01:20:48.810
LAST YEAR, CONGRESS ELIMINATED

01:20:48.877 --> 01:20:50.879
OVER $1 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR

01:20:50.946 --> 01:20:52.747
THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC

01:20:52.814 --> 01:20:54.115
BROADCASTING, DECIMATING

01:20:54.182 --> 01:20:55.884
AVAILABLE GRANTS FOR LOCAL PBS

01:20:55.951 --> 01:20:58.453
AND NPR AFFILIATES. THESE CUTS

01:20:58.520 --> 01:21:01.623
HAVE PROMPTED SEVERE JOB LOSSES

01:21:01.690 --> 01:21:03.458
AT STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

01:21:03.525 --> 01:21:05.227
LEAVING MANY OUTLETS, INCLUDING

01:21:05.293 --> 01:21:07.295
THOSE IN CALIFORNIA, SCRAMBLING

01:21:07.362 --> 01:21:09.564
FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING.

01:21:09.631 --> 01:21:10.699
BROADCASTERS CHOSE THIS

01:21:10.765 --> 01:21:12.834
BUSINESS BECAUSE WE WANT TO

01:21:12.901 --> 01:21:14.970
SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE

01:21:15.036 --> 01:21:17.272
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF

01:21:17.339 --> 01:21:19.674
UNBIASED ACCESS TO INFORMATION,

01:21:19.741 --> 01:21:21.776
AND SADLY, THE CORPORATE

01:21:21.843 --> 01:21:22.844
DOMINATED MEDIA SPACE IS

01:21:22.911 --> 01:21:24.479
BECOMING INCREASINGLY HOSTILE

01:21:24.546 --> 01:21:26.481
TO LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND OUR

01:21:26.548 --> 01:21:28.683
ABILITY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES

01:21:28.750 --> 01:21:31.119
INFORMED AND OUR LIVELIHOOD

01:21:31.186 --> 01:21:32.954
SUSTAINED. COMPLICATING THINGS

01:21:33.021 --> 01:21:35.557
FURTHER IS THE HARM WROUGHT BY

01:21:35.624 --> 01:21:37.792
AI TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ABILITY

01:21:37.859 --> 01:21:41.296
TO CHURN OUT UNRELIABLE AND

01:21:41.363 --> 01:21:43.198
POLARIZING SLOP THAT DIVERTS

01:21:43.265 --> 01:21:44.499
TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE WORK OF

01:21:44.566 --> 01:21:47.369
REAL JOURNALISTS. LAWMAKERS

01:21:47.435 --> 01:21:49.170
NEED TO STEP IN AND MAKE THE

01:21:49.237 --> 01:21:51.373
POLICY CHANGES NECESSARY TO

01:21:51.439 --> 01:21:53.842
ENSURE CONTINUED ACCESS TO THE

01:21:53.908 --> 01:21:55.644
JOURNALISM THAT KEEPS OUR

01:21:55.710 --> 01:21:57.479
DEMOCRACY THRIVING. ASSEMBLY

01:21:57.545 --> 01:22:00.815
MEMBER WARDS 2222 IS URGENTLY

01:22:00.882 --> 01:22:02.150
NEEDED. IT MAKES FUNDING

01:22:02.217 --> 01:22:03.985
AVAILABLE TO INCENTIVIZE THE

01:22:04.052 --> 01:22:05.387
HIRING OF PROFESSIONAL

01:22:05.453 --> 01:22:06.454
JOURNALISTS. IT'S A GAME

01:22:06.521 --> 01:22:08.323
CHANGING PLAN THAT'S ALL ABOUT

01:22:08.390 --> 01:22:10.458
GIVING THE POWER OF INFORMATION

01:22:10.525 --> 01:22:13.828
BACK TO THE PEOPLE. A $20,000

01:22:13.895 --> 01:22:15.230
JOB RETENTION CREDIT TO THOSE

01:22:15.297 --> 01:22:17.232
WHO HIRED JOURNALISTS IS ABOUT

01:22:17.299 --> 01:22:19.401
KEEPING CALIFORNIANS ARMED WITH

01:22:19.467 --> 01:22:21.870
ACCESS TO HUMAN MADE NEWS

01:22:21.936 --> 01:22:23.738
COVERAGE. THIS IS ABOUT

01:22:23.805 --> 01:22:25.507
PRESERVING THE ECONOMIC

01:22:25.573 --> 01:22:27.342
VIABILITY FOR OUTLETS OF ALL

01:22:27.409 --> 01:22:29.477
SIZES AND PRESERVING

01:22:29.544 --> 01:22:31.313
CALIFORNIA'S INTELLECTUAL

01:22:31.379 --> 01:22:33.048
VIABILITY. THIS IS ABOUT OUR

01:22:33.114 --> 01:22:35.350
FREEDOM AND OUR FUTURE. THANK

01:22:35.417 --> 01:22:38.987
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR

01:22:39.054 --> 01:22:40.021
MCNERNEY, WHAT A TREAT TO BE

01:22:40.088 --> 01:22:41.790
BACK HERE IN THE CAPITOL.

01:22:41.856 --> 01:22:43.825
DIFFERENT SEAT, BUT BUT A JOY

01:22:43.892 --> 01:22:46.094
AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I'M

01:22:46.161 --> 01:22:47.829
HERE ON BEHALF OF REBUILD LOCAL

01:22:47.896 --> 01:22:50.365
NEWS. IT'S A NATIONAL,

01:22:50.432 --> 01:22:51.833
NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT

01:22:51.900 --> 01:22:53.301
COALITION DEVELOPING AND

01:22:53.368 --> 01:22:55.136
ADVANCING EFFECTIVE PUBLIC

01:22:55.203 --> 01:22:56.805
POLICIES DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN

01:22:56.871 --> 01:22:59.441
COMMUNITY NEWS AND INFORMATION.

01:22:59.507 --> 01:23:01.876
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SAT IN THE

01:23:01.943 --> 01:23:03.211
SEATS THAT YOU'RE IN TODAY, I

01:23:03.278 --> 01:23:04.946
KNOW THAT PART OF REALLY TRYING

01:23:05.013 --> 01:23:06.881
TO DO YOUR JOB WELL IS TO HAVE

01:23:06.948 --> 01:23:08.016
ACCESS TO INFORMATION, TO KNOW

01:23:08.083 --> 01:23:09.584
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR

01:23:09.651 --> 01:23:10.919
COMMUNITY, AND YOU DO THAT WITH

01:23:10.985 --> 01:23:12.087
YOUR OWN OUTREACH, WITH YOUR

01:23:12.153 --> 01:23:14.656
OWN STAFF. BUT A KEY PART OF

01:23:14.723 --> 01:23:16.091
THAT IS THE STORYTELLING THAT

01:23:16.157 --> 01:23:18.560
YOU HEAR FROM LOCAL NEWS ABOUT

01:23:18.626 --> 01:23:20.261
WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHETHER IT'S

01:23:20.328 --> 01:23:22.364
ABOUT HEALTH CARE ISSUES OR

01:23:22.430 --> 01:23:24.833
SAFETY OR SCHOOLS OR THE

01:23:24.899 --> 01:23:26.301
ENVIRONMENT OR IMMIGRATION.

01:23:26.368 --> 01:23:27.369
IT'S THE STORYTELLING THAT

01:23:27.435 --> 01:23:29.237
GIVES YOU THE INFORMATION THAT

01:23:29.304 --> 01:23:30.605
ALLOWS YOU TO TRY TO SOLVE

01:23:30.672 --> 01:23:32.006
PROBLEMS, TRY TO MAKE YOUR

01:23:32.073 --> 01:23:34.209
COMMUNITIES A BETTER PLACE. AND

01:23:34.275 --> 01:23:36.010
IT HAS BEEN SAID INDEPENDENT

01:23:36.077 --> 01:23:38.113
NEWS IS IN CRISIS. MORE THAN A

01:23:38.179 --> 01:23:39.280
THIRD OF OUTLETS HAVE CLOSED IN

01:23:39.347 --> 01:23:41.449
THE LAST TWO DECADES. MORE THAN

01:23:41.516 --> 01:23:42.550
TWO THIRDS OF JOURNALISTS HAVE

01:23:42.617 --> 01:23:44.619
LOST THEIR JOBS. AND A KEY

01:23:44.686 --> 01:23:45.987
QUESTION THAT THIS BILL TRIES

01:23:46.054 --> 01:23:47.188
TO ADDRESS IS THAT WHAT'S THE

01:23:47.255 --> 01:23:49.324
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN A PLACE

01:23:49.391 --> 01:23:52.193
IN WHICH NEWS WANTS TO HAVE A

01:23:52.260 --> 01:23:54.028
SEPARATION, A DISTANCE, BECAUSE

01:23:54.095 --> 01:23:56.231
THEY OVER THEY REPORT ON WHAT

01:23:56.297 --> 01:23:59.033
WHAT YOU AND WE DO. BUT BUT

01:23:59.100 --> 01:24:01.536
THIS BILL, ASSEMBLY BILL 2222,

01:24:01.603 --> 01:24:03.405
DOES EXACTLY THE DOES IT IN

01:24:03.471 --> 01:24:05.173
EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY THROUGH A

01:24:05.240 --> 01:24:06.641
TAX CREDIT, JUST AS YOU

01:24:06.708 --> 01:24:08.410
PROVIDED A TAX CREDIT FOR

01:24:08.476 --> 01:24:09.310
HOLLYWOOD, YOU DON'T DECIDE

01:24:09.377 --> 01:24:11.045
WHAT MOVIES GET MADE OR SHOWS

01:24:11.112 --> 01:24:13.281
GET MADE. THIS BILL IS DONE IN

01:24:13.348 --> 01:24:15.550
A WAY THAT'S THAT'S OWNERSHIP

01:24:15.617 --> 01:24:17.385
NEUTRAL PLATFORM NEUTRAL,

01:24:17.452 --> 01:24:19.654
CONTENT NEUTRAL. SOME OF YOU

01:24:19.721 --> 01:24:21.423
HAVE HEARD ME SAY THAT THERE IS

01:24:21.489 --> 01:24:23.892
MORE THAN 2000 REGISTERED

01:24:23.958 --> 01:24:25.794
LOBBYISTS HERE IN SACRAMENTO,

01:24:25.860 --> 01:24:28.563
BUT FEW OF THEM HAVE DEMOCRACY

01:24:28.630 --> 01:24:31.466
ON THEIR CLIENT LIST. MEASURES

01:24:31.533 --> 01:24:32.901
LIKE THIS DON'T HAVE THE POWER.

01:24:32.967 --> 01:24:34.569
PLAYERS THAT TYPICALLY OCCUPY A

01:24:34.636 --> 01:24:38.239
ROOM LIKE THIS. BUT WE KNOW

01:24:38.306 --> 01:24:40.375
THAT INDEPENDENT NEWS GATHERING

01:24:40.442 --> 01:24:42.677
AND REPORTING IS THE

01:24:42.744 --> 01:24:45.113
INFRASTRUCTURE OF A DEMOCRACY.

01:24:45.180 --> 01:24:47.215
COMMUNITY NEWS EQUIPS YOU, THE

01:24:47.282 --> 01:24:48.349
PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE, TO DO

01:24:48.416 --> 01:24:50.418
YOUR BEST WORK. AND WITH THAT,

01:24:50.485 --> 01:24:52.120
I URGE A YES VOTE ON ASSEMBLY

01:24:52.187 --> 01:24:54.522
BILL 2222 AND THANK OUR

01:24:54.589 --> 01:24:55.957
WONDERFUL CHAMPION AUTHOR,

01:24:56.024 --> 01:24:58.493
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GIBSON. GIBSON.

01:24:58.560 --> 01:25:01.362
WARD. EXCUSE ME. NOT SURE. I

01:25:01.429 --> 01:25:02.797
THINK THE WITNESSES ALL HAVE

01:25:02.864 --> 01:25:04.199
SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT LATER.

01:25:04.265 --> 01:25:05.533
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE

01:25:05.600 --> 01:25:09.938
PUBLIC THAT WISH TO OFFER THEIR

01:25:10.004 --> 01:25:14.209
SUPPORT? CONGRESSMAN? THANK YOU.

01:25:14.275 --> 01:25:16.444
ARE THERE ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN

01:25:16.511 --> 01:25:19.380
OPPOSITION SEEING NONE. ARE

01:25:19.447 --> 01:25:20.715
THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

01:25:20.782 --> 01:25:22.550
THAT WISH TO VOICE THEIR

01:25:22.617 --> 01:25:25.019
OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE, I WILL

01:25:25.086 --> 01:25:26.187
TURN TO MEMBERS OF THE

01:25:26.254 --> 01:25:27.889
COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS. SENATOR

01:25:27.956 --> 01:25:29.090
GRAYSON, YOU RECOGNIZED. MR.

01:25:29.157 --> 01:25:30.892
CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND

01:25:30.959 --> 01:25:32.293
TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD, ONE OF

01:25:32.360 --> 01:25:33.895
THE GREATEST COMPLIMENTS I EVER

01:25:33.962 --> 01:25:35.129
HAD IN THIS BUILDING WAS WHEN I

01:25:35.196 --> 01:25:38.366
WAS CALLED ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD.

01:25:38.433 --> 01:25:42.337
THAT'S DOABLE. YES. SO HAVING

01:25:42.403 --> 01:25:44.973
SAID THAT, JUST A CLARIFICATION

01:25:45.039 --> 01:25:47.775
ON A QUALIFIED JOURNALIST, IF I

01:25:47.842 --> 01:25:48.776
UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, ACCORDING

01:25:48.843 --> 01:25:51.679
TO THE BILL ANALYSIS, THE

01:25:51.746 --> 01:25:52.780
QUALIFIED JOURNALIST WOULD BE

01:25:52.847 --> 01:25:56.284
ONE THAT IS WORKING FOR A IS A

01:25:56.351 --> 01:26:01.489
NETWORK OR A NEWS AGENCY. IS IS

01:26:01.556 --> 01:26:03.157
I BELIEVE SO TOO. I KNOW THAT

01:26:03.224 --> 01:26:04.225
WE'RE TAKING A CLARIFYING

01:26:04.292 --> 01:26:07.562
AMENDMENT, OF COURSE, TO POINT

01:26:07.629 --> 01:26:09.764
OUT THAT A QUALIFIED JOURNALIST

01:26:09.831 --> 01:26:10.965
WOULD RESIDE IN THE STATE,

01:26:11.032 --> 01:26:12.267
WOULD BE A RESIDENT OF THE

01:26:12.333 --> 01:26:13.902
STATE. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S ON

01:26:13.968 --> 01:26:15.136
PAGE FOUR OF THE ANALYSIS OF

01:26:15.203 --> 01:26:16.971
THE ANALYSIS. I'M JUST

01:26:17.038 --> 01:26:18.072
CLARIFYING JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK

01:26:18.139 --> 01:26:19.974
AND MAKE SURE FROM YOU AS THE

01:26:20.041 --> 01:26:21.209
AUTHOR THAT THAT IS THAT IS THE

01:26:21.276 --> 01:26:23.044
INTENT. THAT IS THE INTENT.

01:26:23.111 --> 01:26:24.212
WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. AND

01:26:24.279 --> 01:26:26.314
IF THAT THAT IS, THAT'S

01:26:26.381 --> 01:26:30.852
SOMETHING. THAT THE PART TIME

01:26:30.919 --> 01:26:31.853
JOURNALISTS FOR QUALIFYING PART

01:26:31.920 --> 01:26:33.755
TIME JOURNALISTS, DOES IT HAVE

01:26:33.821 --> 01:26:35.623
A MINIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS? OKAY.

01:26:35.690 --> 01:26:37.191
MID PAGE, JUST CHECK ON CHECK

01:26:37.258 --> 01:26:39.994
ON THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME

01:26:40.061 --> 01:26:42.830
BECAUSE YOU JUST, I THINK YOU

01:26:42.897 --> 01:26:46.334
USED THE ONE OF THE WITNESSES

01:26:46.401 --> 01:26:47.502
HERE USED THE WORD MULTIPLE

01:26:47.569 --> 01:26:50.305
TIMES QUALITY. AND THAT'S WHAT

01:26:50.371 --> 01:26:52.340
I KNOW YOU ASPIRE FOR. AND

01:26:52.407 --> 01:26:55.276
THAT'S QUALITY JOURNALISM. AND

01:26:55.343 --> 01:26:56.678
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO

01:26:56.744 --> 01:26:57.712
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING

01:26:57.779 --> 01:27:00.014
THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND

01:27:00.081 --> 01:27:01.082
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO

01:27:01.149 --> 01:27:02.216
ACCOMPLISH AND MAKING SURE THAT

01:27:02.283 --> 01:27:04.252
THE ARE NOT IN THERE. THEY'RE

01:27:04.319 --> 01:27:07.155
LITERALLY LAYING OUT THE TRUTH

01:27:07.221 --> 01:27:08.556
AND, AND ACCURATE INFORMATION.

01:27:08.623 --> 01:27:10.391
I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK MY

01:27:10.458 --> 01:27:12.594
PREDECESSOR FOR HIS GREAT WORK

01:27:12.660 --> 01:27:14.362
ON THIS. THIS IS A PASSION OF

01:27:14.429 --> 01:27:16.598
HIS WHICH EXCITES ME AND MAKES

01:27:16.664 --> 01:27:18.499
ME WANT TO VOTE FOR IT. ALL

01:27:18.566 --> 01:27:19.667
RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I WILL BE

01:27:19.734 --> 01:27:21.569
SUPPORTIVE OF THE BILL AND MY

01:27:21.636 --> 01:27:22.704
PREDECESSOR AS WELL. THANK YOU,

01:27:22.770 --> 01:27:23.738
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, FOR YOUR GOOD

01:27:23.805 --> 01:27:26.307
WORK. THANK YOU SENATOR. WELL,

01:27:26.374 --> 01:27:29.110
I THINK THE THE AUTHOR MAYBE

01:27:29.177 --> 01:27:30.011
SOMEDAY I'LL HAVE THE HONOR OF

01:27:30.078 --> 01:27:31.679
BEING CALLED ASSEMBLY MEMBER

01:27:31.746 --> 01:27:35.283
WARD. WE'LL WORK ON IT. AND I

01:27:35.350 --> 01:27:36.651
WANT TO THANK MY PREDECESSOR

01:27:36.718 --> 01:27:38.620
HERE AS CHAIR, PAST CHAIR OF

01:27:38.686 --> 01:27:39.954
THE REVENUE TAX COMMITTEE, FOR

01:27:40.021 --> 01:27:41.990
YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS ISSUE.

01:27:42.056 --> 01:27:43.825
THIS IS IMPORTANT. IN MY

01:27:43.891 --> 01:27:46.494
DISTRICT, THERE'S A BIG DESERT

01:27:46.561 --> 01:27:49.664
OF JOURNALISTIC INDEPENDENCE,

01:27:49.731 --> 01:27:52.100
AND IT'S IT'S HAD AN EFFECT.

01:27:52.166 --> 01:27:54.302
THERE'S A SORT OF SLOPPY ISSUES

01:27:54.369 --> 01:27:57.238
COMING FORWARD AND NOT

01:27:57.305 --> 01:27:58.673
ALTOGETHER TRUTHFUL OR

01:27:58.740 --> 01:27:59.774
VERIFIABLE. AND IT'S IT'S BEEN

01:27:59.841 --> 01:28:01.509
HARMFUL TO OUR TO OUR COMMUNITY.

01:28:01.576 --> 01:28:04.512
SO I APPRECIATE THIS. AND IT'S

01:28:04.579 --> 01:28:06.981
CLEAR THAT JOURNALISM IS IN

01:28:07.048 --> 01:28:08.416
DECLINE. A LOT OF REASONS

01:28:08.483 --> 01:28:11.319
BESIDES BEHIND THIS, I THINK

01:28:11.386 --> 01:28:13.087
AUTOMATION AND ARTIFICIAL

01:28:13.154 --> 01:28:14.155
INTELLIGENCE ARE GOING TO BE

01:28:14.222 --> 01:28:16.024
MAKING IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.

01:28:16.090 --> 01:28:17.158
SO WE NEED TO TAKE WHATEVER

01:28:17.225 --> 01:28:19.494
STEPS WE CAN. AND I WANT TO

01:28:19.560 --> 01:28:21.095
JUST PUT FOR THE RECORD,

01:28:21.162 --> 01:28:22.296
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, YOU ACCEPTING

01:28:22.363 --> 01:28:24.265
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS? YES.

01:28:24.332 --> 01:28:25.400
THANK YOU. OKAY. I WILL BE

01:28:25.466 --> 01:28:27.268
SUPPORTING THE BILL. DO I HAVE

01:28:27.335 --> 01:28:31.205
A MOTION? ASSEMBLY MEMBER,

01:28:31.272 --> 01:28:32.674
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE BEFORE

01:28:32.740 --> 01:28:33.941
I CALL FOR A MOTION? I WOULD

01:28:34.008 --> 01:28:35.810
JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

01:28:35.877 --> 01:28:36.811
TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND ALL

01:28:36.878 --> 01:28:38.680
THE HARD WORK ON THIS BILL.

01:28:38.746 --> 01:28:39.847
ULTIMATELY, THIS IS BOTH A JOBS

01:28:39.914 --> 01:28:41.849
BILL AND A DEMOCRACY BILL. WE

01:28:41.916 --> 01:28:44.419
ARE WITNESSING IN REAL TIME THE

01:28:44.485 --> 01:28:46.621
CLOSURE OF STATIONS THAT SERVE

01:28:46.688 --> 01:28:48.356
BROAD REGIONS OF OUR STATE WITH

01:28:48.423 --> 01:28:50.858
THAT TRUSTED LOCAL NEWS. OTHERS

01:28:50.925 --> 01:28:52.660
JUST UP AND DOWN THE STATE ARE

01:28:52.727 --> 01:28:53.661
STRUGGLING TO MEET THEIR

01:28:53.728 --> 01:28:54.829
BUDGETS. AND SO WE KNOW THIS

01:28:54.896 --> 01:28:56.764
WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELP

01:28:56.831 --> 01:28:57.899
LEVEL SOME OF THE FINANCIAL

01:28:57.965 --> 01:28:58.900
CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING

01:28:58.966 --> 01:28:59.967
RIGHT NOW. KEEP THEM AFLOAT

01:29:00.034 --> 01:29:01.769
WHILE WE WEATHER SOME OF THE,

01:29:01.836 --> 01:29:03.271
YOU KNOW, MACRO AND EXTERNAL

01:29:03.337 --> 01:29:04.672
FORCES THAT ARE COMING AT THEM

01:29:04.739 --> 01:29:05.673
FROM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY

01:29:05.740 --> 01:29:07.141
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. WE WANT

01:29:07.208 --> 01:29:09.077
TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT WE

01:29:09.143 --> 01:29:10.311
GREW UP AND ENJOYED WITH AND

01:29:10.378 --> 01:29:12.180
THE RELIABILITY THAT WE HAD IN

01:29:12.246 --> 01:29:13.281
THESE STATIONS, NOT JUST FOR,

01:29:13.347 --> 01:29:16.017
OF COURSE, FOR LOCAL PROGRAMING,

01:29:16.084 --> 01:29:17.518
BUT ALSO, I THINK, ENJOYMENT

01:29:17.585 --> 01:29:18.619
AND ENTERTAINMENT AND FAMILY

01:29:18.686 --> 01:29:20.855
AND KIDS. THERE'S JUST A

01:29:20.922 --> 01:29:22.090
MULTITUDE OF BENEFITS HERE THAT

01:29:22.156 --> 01:29:23.725
I THINK MAKES IT WORTHY OF THIS

01:29:23.791 --> 01:29:25.226
PUBLIC INVESTMENT OF THIS TAX

01:29:25.293 --> 01:29:26.527
CREDIT. WHEN THE TIME IS

01:29:26.594 --> 01:29:27.195
APPROPRIATE. I RESPECTFULLY

01:29:27.261 --> 01:29:29.797
REQUEST YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.

01:29:29.864 --> 01:29:31.599
DID I GET A MOTION? MOTION

01:29:31.666 --> 01:29:34.736
MOVED. A MOTION FROM SENATOR,

01:29:34.802 --> 01:29:37.705
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

01:29:37.772 --> 01:29:38.973
YES. MOTION IS DO PASSES

01:29:39.040 --> 01:29:40.374
AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:29:40.441 --> 01:29:40.908
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

01:29:40.975 --> 01:29:42.443
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE. ALL.

01:29:42.510 --> 01:29:44.312
BROUGH. GILL. ASHBY. BECKER.

01:29:44.378 --> 01:29:49.550
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. TWO ZERO.

01:29:49.617 --> 01:29:51.319
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

01:29:51.385 --> 01:29:54.155
STAFF. THANK YOU. STAFF WOULD

01:29:54.222 --> 01:29:57.925
LIKE TO. BEALL THOÁT 93. YES I

01:29:57.992 --> 01:30:00.027
WOULD AND THIS WILL BE BRIEF. I

01:30:00.094 --> 01:30:01.462
WANT TO AGAIN WISH YOU A GOOD

01:30:01.529 --> 01:30:03.297
MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS,

01:30:03.364 --> 01:30:04.866
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE

01:30:04.932 --> 01:30:06.033
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AB 1793.

01:30:06.100 --> 01:30:07.835
THIS IS TONGUE IN CHEEK KNOWN

01:30:07.902 --> 01:30:08.970
AS THE CALIFORNIA COMMON SENSE

01:30:09.036 --> 01:30:12.406
ACT. CENTSAB1793 WOULD LEGALIZE

01:30:12.473 --> 01:30:14.375
THE SYMMETRICAL ROUNDING OF

01:30:14.442 --> 01:30:15.476
CASH TRANSACTIONS TO THE

01:30:15.543 --> 01:30:16.944
NEAREST NICKEL. YOU ALL

01:30:17.011 --> 01:30:18.312
PROBABLY KNOW WELL. IN 2025,

01:30:18.379 --> 01:30:20.214
THE U.S. MINT WAS ORDERED TO

01:30:20.281 --> 01:30:21.983
CEASE PRODUCTION OF THE PENNY

01:30:22.049 --> 01:30:23.384
COIN, WHICH WAS FIRST MINTED IN

01:30:23.451 --> 01:30:25.620
THE YEAR 1793. ALREADY,

01:30:25.686 --> 01:30:26.654
CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES ARE

01:30:26.721 --> 01:30:28.055
EXPERIENCING SHORTAGES. THAT'S

01:30:28.122 --> 01:30:29.757
LEADING TO A LOT OF CONFUSION

01:30:29.824 --> 01:30:30.858
AND INCONSISTENCY AT THE CASH

01:30:30.925 --> 01:30:32.160
REGISTER. SO WE'RE FOLLOWING

01:30:32.226 --> 01:30:33.194
THE SAME MODEL. WE HAVE TO

01:30:33.261 --> 01:30:35.329
UPDATE OUR CODES. THAT WAS

01:30:35.396 --> 01:30:36.597
SUCCESSFULLY USED IN CANADA

01:30:36.664 --> 01:30:38.533
SINCE 2013, WHEN THEY

01:30:38.599 --> 01:30:40.301
DISCONTINUED THE CANADIAN PENNY.

01:30:40.368 --> 01:30:41.369
SEVERAL U.S. STATES HAVE

01:30:41.435 --> 01:30:42.870
ENACTED POLICIES ALREADY OF

01:30:42.937 --> 01:30:43.971
SYMMETRICAL ROUNDING UP OR DOWN

01:30:44.038 --> 01:30:45.406
TO THE NEAREST FIVE CENT

01:30:45.473 --> 01:30:46.941
INCREMENT. SYMMETRICAL ROUNDING

01:30:47.008 --> 01:30:48.242
ONLY BE APPLIED TO THE TOTAL

01:30:48.309 --> 01:30:49.377
TRANSACTION PRICE AFTER THE

01:30:49.443 --> 01:30:51.546
APPLICATION OF TAXES AND FEES,

01:30:51.612 --> 01:30:52.680
ELECTRONIC OR CREDIT CARD

01:30:52.747 --> 01:30:54.048
TRANSACTIONS WILL BE UNAFFECTED.

01:30:54.115 --> 01:30:55.416
IN THE ABSENCE OF CLEAR FEDERAL

01:30:55.483 --> 01:30:56.484
GUIDANCE, THE BILL FACILITATES

01:30:56.551 --> 01:30:58.286
A SMOOTH AND TRANSPARENT

01:30:58.352 --> 01:30:59.854
TRANSITION FOR CONSUMERS AND

01:30:59.921 --> 01:31:00.922
BUSINESSES ALIKE. I WANT TO

01:31:00.988 --> 01:31:02.023
THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR

01:31:02.089 --> 01:31:02.990
THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT. I KNOW

01:31:03.057 --> 01:31:04.859
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMITTEE

01:31:04.926 --> 01:31:06.060
MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO HELP TO

01:31:06.127 --> 01:31:07.862
GET THE TECHNICAL DETAILS RIGHT,

01:31:07.929 --> 01:31:08.863
PARTICULARLY, THAT REMOVES THE

01:31:08.930 --> 01:31:09.964
STATE TREASURER FROM THE BILL

01:31:10.031 --> 01:31:11.699
AND ALLOWS K¾T TFA TO

01:31:11.766 --> 01:31:13.835
PROMULGATE REGULATIONS THAT

01:31:13.901 --> 01:31:15.670
THAT SUCH THAT ROUNDING

01:31:15.736 --> 01:31:16.671
ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE DISREGARDED

01:31:16.737 --> 01:31:18.005
FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPUTING

01:31:18.072 --> 01:31:19.140
TAXES AND FEES. WITH THAT, I

01:31:19.207 --> 01:31:20.308
WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE

01:31:20.374 --> 01:31:21.442
AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR

01:31:21.509 --> 01:31:23.878
AYE VOTE. THERE ARE NO

01:31:23.945 --> 01:31:25.980
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. I THANK

01:31:26.047 --> 01:31:28.115
THE AUTHOR. ARE THERE ANY

01:31:28.182 --> 01:31:29.283
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH

01:31:29.350 --> 01:31:32.119
TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS

01:31:32.186 --> 01:31:33.588
MEASURE? PLEASE APPROACH THE

01:31:33.654 --> 01:31:35.423
MICROPHONE. STATE YOUR NAME AND

01:31:35.489 --> 01:31:36.424
AFFILIATION. THANK YOU, MR.

01:31:36.490 --> 01:31:37.925
CHAIR. JACKIE JENSEN, ON BEHALF

01:31:37.992 --> 01:31:39.594
OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY

01:31:39.660 --> 01:31:41.929
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER

01:31:41.996 --> 01:31:44.732
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? OKAY.

01:31:44.799 --> 01:31:47.535
ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES IN

01:31:47.602 --> 01:31:54.075
OPPOSITION? I SEE AT LEAST ONE.

01:31:54.141 --> 01:31:58.546
PLEASE PRESENT YOUR CASE. LET

01:31:58.613 --> 01:32:01.048
ME JUST SET A TIMER SO I DON'T

01:32:01.115 --> 01:32:05.686
GO OVER. GOOD MORNING,

01:32:05.753 --> 01:32:07.088
HONORABLE CHAIR MCINERNEY AND

01:32:07.154 --> 01:32:08.456
SENATOR GRAYSON. MY NAME IS

01:32:08.522 --> 01:32:11.692
DAVID, THE SF ALLIANCE. WHILE

01:32:11.759 --> 01:32:13.194
THIS. WHILE THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER

01:32:13.261 --> 01:32:14.662
STATES THAT THIS SHALL ALLOW

01:32:14.729 --> 01:32:15.730
FOR THE ROUNDING OFF, IT

01:32:15.796 --> 01:32:17.598
ACTUALLY MAKES IT MANDATORY. SO

01:32:17.665 --> 01:32:19.367
IF I WANT TO PAY THE REAL PRICE,

01:32:19.433 --> 01:32:21.168
OR IF A MERCHANT WANTS TO

01:32:21.235 --> 01:32:22.403
CHARGE ME THE REAL PRICE, THEY

01:32:22.470 --> 01:32:24.171
HAVE NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER.

01:32:24.238 --> 01:32:25.339
THEY HAVE TO ROUND IT UP IF

01:32:25.406 --> 01:32:27.241
THIS BILL COMES INTO PLAY. SO

01:32:27.308 --> 01:32:28.309
FAR, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE

01:32:28.376 --> 01:32:30.378
AUTHOR IS CONSIDERING THIS BILL

01:32:30.444 --> 01:32:31.946
BECAUSE OUR PRESIDENT, A

01:32:32.013 --> 01:32:33.014
BILLIONAIRE, DECIDED THAT THE

01:32:33.080 --> 01:32:35.182
PENNY IS NOT VALUABLE AND

01:32:35.249 --> 01:32:36.284
DECIDED THAT IT'S BETTER THAT

01:32:36.350 --> 01:32:38.386
WE DO NOT HAVE A DIVISIBLE

01:32:38.452 --> 01:32:41.989
MONEY SUPPLY. WE DISAGREE. WE

01:32:42.056 --> 01:32:43.090
UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY IS

01:32:43.157 --> 01:32:44.725
BECAUSE OF THE COST OF STRIKING.

01:32:44.792 --> 01:32:45.960
THE PENNY IS OVER $50 MILLION A

01:32:46.027 --> 01:32:47.795
YEAR LOSS TO THE TREASURY. BUT

01:32:47.862 --> 01:32:49.597
IF THIS GOES THROUGH, THE

01:32:49.664 --> 01:32:51.399
LOSSES TO THE INDIGENOUS AND

01:32:51.465 --> 01:32:52.566
POOR PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA WILL

01:32:52.633 --> 01:32:55.236
BE UP TO $5.6 MILLION A YEAR.

01:32:55.303 --> 01:32:56.370
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH IN

01:32:56.437 --> 01:32:59.273
COMPARISON. IT'S ONLY 10%. BUT

01:32:59.340 --> 01:33:02.476
IT WILL MATTER TO THOSE WHO

01:33:02.543 --> 01:33:04.345
EVERY PENNY COUNTS AND THOSE

01:33:04.412 --> 01:33:06.180
WHO WANT TO USE CASH, AND THOSE

01:33:06.247 --> 01:33:07.915
WHO ALSO WANT TO MAINTAIN AN

01:33:07.982 --> 01:33:10.017
HONEST LEDGER, WHO WANT TO MAKE

01:33:10.084 --> 01:33:11.719
SURE THAT EVERY PENNY MATTERS

01:33:11.786 --> 01:33:13.254
IF THEY'RE ON THE MARGINS OF

01:33:13.321 --> 01:33:16.590
MARGINS OF POWER, OF, OF COSTS

01:33:16.657 --> 01:33:18.426
FOR PROFITS, THIS WILL AFFECT

01:33:18.492 --> 01:33:19.894
THEM VERY NEGATIVELY. IF MORE

01:33:19.961 --> 01:33:21.862
OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS GO TO THE

01:33:21.929 --> 01:33:23.030
NEGATIVE AND THEY HAVE TO ROUND

01:33:23.097 --> 01:33:26.233
IT OFF. I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT

01:33:26.300 --> 01:33:28.803
IN 2029, WE WILL HAVE A NEW

01:33:28.869 --> 01:33:30.538
PRESIDENT, WHICH WILL BE VERY

01:33:30.604 --> 01:33:32.039
JOYFUL TO MANY OF YOU, I

01:33:32.106 --> 01:33:33.074
UNDERSTAND. BUT THAT NEW

01:33:33.140 --> 01:33:34.108
PRESIDENT MAY UNDERSTAND THE

01:33:34.175 --> 01:33:36.010
VALUE OF DIVISIBLE MONEY SUPPLY

01:33:36.077 --> 01:33:37.812
AND MAY START STRIKING PENNIES

01:33:37.878 --> 01:33:39.914
AGAIN. SO WE DO NOT THINK IT'S

01:33:39.981 --> 01:33:41.482
HONEST. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO

01:33:41.549 --> 01:33:43.317
GO TO A CASHLESS SOCIETY, AND I

01:33:43.384 --> 01:33:44.685
KNOW THIS BILL DOESN'T DO THIS,

01:33:44.752 --> 01:33:46.454
BUT IT IS POINTING US IN THAT

01:33:46.520 --> 01:33:48.189
WAY BY REMOVING ONE FORM OF

01:33:48.255 --> 01:33:49.590
DIVISIBLE MONEY. SO WITH THAT,

01:33:49.657 --> 01:33:51.826
WE ASK YOU TO VOTE NO. THANK

01:33:51.892 --> 01:33:55.296
YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY

01:33:55.363 --> 01:33:56.764
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH

01:33:56.831 --> 01:33:58.632
TO VOICE OPPOSITION TO THIS

01:33:58.699 --> 01:34:01.902
MEASURE? SEEING NONE, I WILL

01:34:01.969 --> 01:34:03.571
SEE IF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

01:34:03.637 --> 01:34:07.274
HAVE COMMENTS. SEEING NONE.

01:34:07.341 --> 01:34:09.010
WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE

01:34:09.076 --> 01:34:10.845
MEMBER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

01:34:10.911 --> 01:34:12.413
IT USED TO BE THAT YOU'D SAY.

01:34:12.480 --> 01:34:14.015
CAN I HAVE A PENNY? I'LL GIVE

01:34:14.081 --> 01:34:15.850
YOU A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.

01:34:15.916 --> 01:34:17.852
BUT NOW IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A

01:34:17.918 --> 01:34:19.653
NICKEL. BUT EVEN THAT DOESN'T

01:34:19.720 --> 01:34:21.989
SEEM LIKE MUCH. PENNY

01:34:22.056 --> 01:34:23.090
PRODUCTION DOES SEEM TO BE

01:34:23.157 --> 01:34:24.759
ENDING. AND I DON'T THINK

01:34:24.825 --> 01:34:25.960
THAT'S GOING TO BE OVERTURNED.

01:34:26.027 --> 01:34:27.261
WHICH MEANS THE STATE LAW HAS

01:34:27.328 --> 01:34:29.430
TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. THIS

01:34:29.497 --> 01:34:32.433
BILL CLARIFIES HOW THE ROUNDING

01:34:32.500 --> 01:34:33.868
BASED, CASH BASED TRANSACTION

01:34:33.934 --> 01:34:36.003
TAKES PLACE. IT'S BASICALLY

01:34:36.070 --> 01:34:38.973
WILL JUST CLARIFY THE PROCESS.

01:34:39.040 --> 01:34:41.142
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE

01:34:41.208 --> 01:34:44.345
COMMITTEE RECORD IS THE IS THE

01:34:44.412 --> 01:34:45.913
AUTHOR ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE

01:34:45.980 --> 01:34:46.914
AMENDMENTS? YES. THERE'S A

01:34:46.981 --> 01:34:48.149
NUMBER THERE ACCEPTING THEM ALL.

01:34:48.215 --> 01:34:50.551
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL BE

01:34:50.618 --> 01:34:52.019
SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY.

01:34:52.086 --> 01:34:53.120
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, WOULD YOU LIKE

01:34:53.187 --> 01:34:54.288
TO CLOSE? I APPRECIATE YOUR

01:34:54.355 --> 01:34:55.256
CONSIDERATION. YOU KNOW, AT ONE

01:34:55.322 --> 01:34:57.191
POINT WE HAD A HALF PENNY. AT

01:34:57.258 --> 01:34:59.026
ONE POINT WE HAD A PENNY. I

01:34:59.093 --> 01:35:00.261
THINK, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OF

01:35:00.327 --> 01:35:01.996
THE PENNY, OF COURSE, HAS

01:35:02.063 --> 01:35:03.064
DECREASED OVER TIME. EVEN IF

01:35:03.130 --> 01:35:04.165
SOMEBODY DID DECIDE THAT THEY

01:35:04.231 --> 01:35:06.000
WANTED TO ORDER THE MEN TO

01:35:06.067 --> 01:35:07.168
START TO REPRODUCE IT, IT COSTS

01:35:07.234 --> 01:35:09.937
MORE THAN $0.04 FOR A $0.01

01:35:10.004 --> 01:35:11.405
VALUATION. SO IT WOULD NOT MAKE

01:35:11.472 --> 01:35:13.040
SENSE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK.

01:35:13.107 --> 01:35:14.208
AND OF COURSE, THIS BILL WOULD

01:35:14.275 --> 01:35:16.010
NOT IMPLEMENT UNTIL JULY 1ST OF

01:35:16.077 --> 01:35:17.144
2027 WITH THE COMMITTEE'S

01:35:17.211 --> 01:35:18.112
AMENDMENTS AS WELL. SO I KNOW

01:35:18.179 --> 01:35:19.947
TO HELP MERCHANTS AND CUSTOMERS

01:35:20.014 --> 01:35:21.115
ALIKE IS EVERYTHING IS GOING TO

01:35:21.182 --> 01:35:22.950
WASH OUT OVER TIME. YOU, OF

01:35:23.017 --> 01:35:24.051
COURSE, CAN STILL USE YOUR

01:35:24.118 --> 01:35:25.186
PENNIES. THEY ARE LEGAL TENDER.

01:35:25.252 --> 01:35:27.021
WE JUST KNOW THAT OVER TIME AND

01:35:27.088 --> 01:35:28.189
OVER TOTALITY, I THINK OF ALL

01:35:28.255 --> 01:35:29.957
THE CURRENCY OUT THERE WILL

01:35:30.024 --> 01:35:31.325
CONTINUE TO DECLINE IN STOCK.

01:35:31.392 --> 01:35:33.260
AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO

01:35:33.327 --> 01:35:34.462
RESPOND TO THAT AND UPDATE OUR

01:35:34.528 --> 01:35:35.429
CODES. WITH THAT, I

01:35:35.496 --> 01:35:36.497
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE

01:35:36.564 --> 01:35:39.033
VOTE. THANK YOU. MOTION. SO

01:35:39.100 --> 01:35:41.202
MOVED. MOVED BY SENATOR GRAYSON.

01:35:41.268 --> 01:35:44.205
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MOTION IS

01:35:44.271 --> 01:35:45.706
DO PASS AS AMENDED TO THE

01:35:45.773 --> 01:35:46.474
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:35:46.540 --> 01:35:47.775
SENATORS. MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY.

01:35:47.842 --> 01:35:49.877
AYE. Þ. GILL. ASHBY. BECKER.

01:35:49.944 --> 01:35:55.015
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. AYE. TWO

01:35:55.082 --> 01:36:01.122
ZERO, TWO ZERO. THANK YOU,

01:36:01.188 --> 01:36:04.024
THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE.

01:36:04.091 --> 01:36:05.326
YES. ONE MORE. HOPEFULLY BRIEF

01:36:05.392 --> 01:36:07.495
ONE. AND WE'RE SHIFTING OVER TO

01:36:07.561 --> 01:36:10.764
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH A B

01:36:10.831 --> 01:36:11.999
2089. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

01:36:12.066 --> 01:36:13.834
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO

01:36:13.901 --> 01:36:14.935
PRESENT THIS BILL, AND FOR A

01:36:15.002 --> 01:36:16.770
LOT OF THE STAFF'S THOUGHTFUL

01:36:16.837 --> 01:36:17.938
ENGAGEMENT. A B 2089 SUPPORTS

01:36:18.005 --> 01:36:18.973
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESS BY

01:36:19.039 --> 01:36:20.474
PROMOTING AN EFFICIENT ANNUAL

01:36:20.541 --> 01:36:21.909
FILING PROCESS FOR THE PROPERTY

01:36:21.976 --> 01:36:23.744
TAX WELFARE EXEMPTION. THE

01:36:23.811 --> 01:36:24.745
WELFARE EXEMPTION IMPROVES

01:36:24.812 --> 01:36:25.846
PROJECT FEASIBILITY FOR

01:36:25.913 --> 01:36:27.648
ELIGIBLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

01:36:27.715 --> 01:36:28.415
DEVELOPERS, SUPPORTING LONG

01:36:28.482 --> 01:36:30.251
TERM AFFORDABILITY AND

01:36:30.317 --> 01:36:31.385
FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR LOW

01:36:31.452 --> 01:36:32.853
INCOME CALIFORNIANS. NOW, AFTER

01:36:32.920 --> 01:36:34.321
THE INITIAL WELFARE EXEMPTION

01:36:34.388 --> 01:36:36.223
IS GRANTED FOR A GIVEN PROPERTY,

01:36:36.290 --> 01:36:38.092
THE ANNUAL FILING PROCESS

01:36:38.159 --> 01:36:39.160
INCLUDES A TIME INTENSIVE

01:36:39.226 --> 01:36:40.628
PROCESS OF COLLECTING TENANT

01:36:40.694 --> 01:36:42.796
SIGNATURES TO RECERTIFY THEIR

01:36:42.863 --> 01:36:44.965
INCOME BY REQUIRING ALL, BY

01:36:45.032 --> 01:36:46.100
REQUIRING THAT ALL NECESSARY

01:36:46.167 --> 01:36:48.135
FORMS ARE RELEASED BY NOVEMBER

01:36:48.202 --> 01:36:49.236
15TH EACH YEAR, THE BILL WOULD

01:36:49.303 --> 01:36:50.771
ENSURE ADEQUATE TIME TO

01:36:50.838 --> 01:36:52.072
COMPLETE RECERTIFICATION BEFORE

01:36:52.139 --> 01:36:54.375
THE FEBRUARY 15TH DEADLINE TO

01:36:54.441 --> 01:36:55.142
MODERNIZE THE FILING PROCESS

01:36:55.209 --> 01:36:56.410
AND REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE

01:36:56.477 --> 01:36:57.244
STRAIN. THIS BILL WOULD

01:36:57.311 --> 01:36:58.479
AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ASSESSOR

01:36:58.546 --> 01:37:00.548
TO COLLECT VERIFIED ELECTRONIC

01:37:00.614 --> 01:37:01.916
SIGNATURES. AND AS A WITNESS IN

01:37:01.982 --> 01:37:03.417
SUPPORT, I HAVE AWARDS FROM THE

01:37:03.484 --> 01:37:04.752
CALIFORNIA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP.

01:37:04.818 --> 01:37:06.887
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR

01:37:06.954 --> 01:37:08.088
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TAISHA

01:37:08.155 --> 01:37:09.089
WALTZ WITH THE CALIFORNIA

01:37:09.156 --> 01:37:10.624
HOUSING PARTNERSHIP. THE

01:37:10.691 --> 01:37:12.026
PARTNERSHIP IS A PRIVATE

01:37:12.092 --> 01:37:13.160
NONPROFIT CREATED BY THE

01:37:13.227 --> 01:37:14.028
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR.

01:37:14.094 --> 01:37:15.629
IN 1988, WITH THE MISSION OF

01:37:15.696 --> 01:37:16.564
INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF

01:37:16.630 --> 01:37:17.698
AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE

01:37:17.765 --> 01:37:19.300
HOMES THROUGH TECHNICAL

01:37:19.366 --> 01:37:20.367
ASSISTANCE AND POLICY

01:37:20.434 --> 01:37:21.769
LEADERSHIP, WE ARE PROUD TO

01:37:21.835 --> 01:37:23.904
CO-SPONSOR AB 2089 ALONGSIDE

01:37:23.971 --> 01:37:25.039
OUR PARTNERS AT ENTERPRISE AND

01:37:25.105 --> 01:37:26.473
THE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR

01:37:26.540 --> 01:37:27.942
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS BILL

01:37:28.008 --> 01:37:29.376
MAKES THREE TARGETED COMMON

01:37:29.443 --> 01:37:30.678
SENSE FIXES TO THE WELFARE

01:37:30.744 --> 01:37:32.079
EXEMPTION THAT TOGETHER PROTECT

01:37:32.146 --> 01:37:33.547
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, REDUCE

01:37:33.614 --> 01:37:34.648
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, AND

01:37:34.715 --> 01:37:35.816
PRESERVE HOUSING STABILITY FOR

01:37:35.883 --> 01:37:37.518
WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS

01:37:37.585 --> 01:37:38.919
CALIFORNIA. FIRST, THE BILL

01:37:38.986 --> 01:37:40.754
EXTENDS A CRITICAL BUT EXPIRING

01:37:40.821 --> 01:37:41.822
PROTECTION FOR NONPROFIT

01:37:41.889 --> 01:37:43.157
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS

01:37:43.224 --> 01:37:44.558
THAT RECEIVE LOW INCOME HOUSING

01:37:44.625 --> 01:37:46.527
TAX CREDITS. UNDER CURRENT LAW,

01:37:46.594 --> 01:37:48.295
IF LONG TERM TENANTS AND INCOME

01:37:48.362 --> 01:37:49.730
RISES MODESTLY ABOVE THE LOWER

01:37:49.797 --> 01:37:52.299
INCOME THRESHOLD, UP TO 140% OF

01:37:52.366 --> 01:37:54.134
THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, THE

01:37:54.201 --> 01:37:55.502
UNIT CAN STILL COUNT TOWARD THE

01:37:55.569 --> 01:37:56.904
PROPERTY'S WELFARE EXEMPTION

01:37:56.971 --> 01:37:58.405
WITHOUT THIS PROVISION. THAT

01:37:58.472 --> 01:38:00.241
PROTECTION EXPIRES AFTER THE

01:38:00.307 --> 01:38:03.477
2027 2028 FISCAL YEAR. ÁP 2020

01:38:03.544 --> 01:38:05.779
ÁP 2089 EXTENDS IT ONE YEAR TO

01:38:05.846 --> 01:38:07.481
GIVE THE LEGISLATURE AN

01:38:07.548 --> 01:38:08.449
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES

01:38:08.515 --> 01:38:09.850
TIME TO PURSUE A COMPREHENSIVE,

01:38:09.917 --> 01:38:11.852
UNIFIED SOLUTION. THIS MATTERS

01:38:11.919 --> 01:38:13.220
BECAUSE WITHOUT THE EXTENSION,

01:38:13.287 --> 01:38:14.622
NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS COULD FACE

01:38:14.688 --> 01:38:16.457
A SUDDEN LOSS OF THEIR PROPERTY

01:38:16.523 --> 01:38:18.225
EXEMPTION ON UNITS OCCUPIED BY

01:38:18.292 --> 01:38:20.027
STABLE, RENT PAYING, LONG TERM

01:38:20.094 --> 01:38:21.795
TENANTS WHOSE INCOMES ROSE ONLY

01:38:21.862 --> 01:38:23.264
MODESTLY. THE PRACTICAL RESULT

01:38:23.330 --> 01:38:25.232
WILL BE WOULD BE FINANCIAL

01:38:25.299 --> 01:38:26.634
PRESSURE ON NONPROFITS TO EVICT

01:38:26.700 --> 01:38:28.636
THOSE TENANTS. THE VERY OUTCOME

01:38:28.702 --> 01:38:29.637
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DESIGNED

01:38:29.703 --> 01:38:31.872
TO PREVENT. SECOND, THE BILL

01:38:31.939 --> 01:38:32.940
MODERNIZES AN OUTDATED

01:38:33.007 --> 01:38:34.074
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT BY

01:38:34.141 --> 01:38:35.576
ALLOWING COUNTY ASSESSORS TO

01:38:35.643 --> 01:38:37.011
ACCEPT ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES ON

01:38:37.077 --> 01:38:38.379
WELFARE EXEMPTION FORMS,

01:38:38.445 --> 01:38:40.514
INCLUDING ANNUAL TENANT INCOME

01:38:40.581 --> 01:38:41.615
VERIFICATION. TODAY, MANY

01:38:41.682 --> 01:38:42.950
COUNTIES STILL REQUIRE PHYSICAL

01:38:43.017 --> 01:38:44.218
INK SIGNATURES, CREATING

01:38:44.285 --> 01:38:45.552
UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND

01:38:45.619 --> 01:38:46.320
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR

01:38:46.387 --> 01:38:47.755
NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS

01:38:47.821 --> 01:38:48.956
MANAGING HUNDREDS OF UNITS.

01:38:49.023 --> 01:38:50.958
THIS IS A SIMPLE, OVERDUE FIX.

01:38:51.025 --> 01:38:52.426
THIRD, THE BILL REQUIRES

01:38:52.493 --> 01:38:53.594
COUNTIES TO RELEASE ANNUAL

01:38:53.661 --> 01:38:54.962
TENANT INCOME CERTIFICATE

01:38:55.029 --> 01:38:56.730
RECERTIFICATION FORMS BY

01:38:56.797 --> 01:38:57.898
NOVEMBER 15TH EACH YEAR.

01:38:57.965 --> 01:38:59.066
CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO DEADLINE

01:38:59.133 --> 01:39:00.734
IN LATE RELEASES LEAVE HOUSING

01:39:00.801 --> 01:39:02.136
PROVIDERS SCRAMBLING TO MEET

01:39:02.202 --> 01:39:03.203
COMPLIANCE DEADLINES THROUGH NO

01:39:03.270 --> 01:39:04.972
FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THIS FIX

01:39:05.039 --> 01:39:06.473
PROTECTS BOTH HOUSING PROVIDERS

01:39:06.540 --> 01:39:08.275
AND COUNTIES. TAKEN TOGETHER,

01:39:08.342 --> 01:39:09.543
THESE THREE PROVISIONS PROTECT

01:39:09.610 --> 01:39:10.878
HOUSING STABILITY, REDUCE

01:39:10.944 --> 01:39:11.912
BUREAUCRATIC BURDEN, AND KEEP

01:39:11.979 --> 01:39:13.113
CALIFORNIA'S WELFARE EXEMPTION

01:39:13.180 --> 01:39:15.082
WORKING AS THE LEGISLATURE

01:39:15.149 --> 01:39:16.183
INTENDED. THANK YOU, AND I AM

01:39:16.250 --> 01:39:19.386
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

01:39:19.453 --> 01:39:20.788
I THANK THE WITNESS AND THE

01:39:20.854 --> 01:39:23.724
AUTHOR. ARE THERE ANY LEAD

01:39:23.791 --> 01:39:27.628
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION? I'M

01:39:27.695 --> 01:39:29.830
SORRY. IN SUPPORT, ARE THERE

01:39:29.897 --> 01:39:31.665
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

01:39:31.732 --> 01:39:34.134
WISHING TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT?

01:39:34.201 --> 01:39:35.669
GOOD MORNING. GRACIELA CASTILLO

01:39:35.736 --> 01:39:36.737
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE

01:39:36.804 --> 01:39:38.172
CALIFORNIA HOUSING CONSORTIUM

01:39:38.238 --> 01:39:39.573
AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY

01:39:39.640 --> 01:39:40.941
PARTNERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

01:39:41.008 --> 01:39:44.411
CARRYING THE BILL. TO CHARGE

01:39:44.478 --> 01:39:45.612
YOU WITH HOUSING CALIFORNIA IN

01:39:45.679 --> 01:39:49.049
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING. JENNA

01:39:49.116 --> 01:39:50.017
ABBOTT WITH THE CALIFORNIA

01:39:50.084 --> 01:39:51.251
COUNCIL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING,

01:39:51.318 --> 01:39:52.820
PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL

01:39:52.886 --> 01:39:57.191
AND STRONGLY IN SUPPORT. NÓ.

01:39:57.257 --> 01:39:59.727
ANYBODY ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN

01:39:59.793 --> 01:40:02.563
OPPOSITION, ANY MEMBERS OF THE

01:40:02.629 --> 01:40:05.566
PUBLIC WISH TO VOICE THEIR

01:40:05.632 --> 01:40:07.768
OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE, I WILL

01:40:07.835 --> 01:40:09.002
ASK MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

01:40:09.069 --> 01:40:12.773
FOR THEIR COMMENTS. SEEING NONE,

01:40:12.840 --> 01:40:14.108
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD, THANK YOU

01:40:14.174 --> 01:40:15.943
AGAIN FOR GOOD WORK HERE. I

01:40:16.009 --> 01:40:21.048
THINK WITNESSES HACIA HACIA

01:40:21.115 --> 01:40:22.449
YOUR STRONG BEEN A STRONG

01:40:22.516 --> 01:40:23.517
ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

01:40:23.584 --> 01:40:24.952
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT,

01:40:25.018 --> 01:40:26.687
ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS. THE BILL

01:40:26.754 --> 01:40:27.788
DOES MAKE THE THREE GOOD

01:40:27.855 --> 01:40:29.890
CHANGES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY

01:40:29.957 --> 01:40:32.493
THE WITNESS. AND I WILL BE

01:40:32.559 --> 01:40:34.128
SUPPORTING YOUR BILL. ASSEMBLY

01:40:34.194 --> 01:40:35.396
MEMBER DO YOU HAVE A CLOSING

01:40:35.462 --> 01:40:36.330
STATEMENTS? I APPRECIATE YOUR

01:40:36.397 --> 01:40:37.297
TIME THIS MORNING. JUST

01:40:37.364 --> 01:40:38.265
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE

01:40:38.332 --> 01:40:39.299
VOTE. I APPRECIATE YOUR

01:40:39.366 --> 01:40:43.170
PATIENCE AS WELL. DO WE HAVE A

01:40:43.237 --> 01:40:46.206
MOTION MOVED BY SENATOR GRAYSON?

01:40:46.273 --> 01:40:48.442
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MOTION IS

01:40:48.509 --> 01:40:49.943
DUE. PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:40:50.010 --> 01:40:50.577
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

01:40:50.644 --> 01:40:52.980
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE. GILL.

01:40:53.046 --> 01:40:55.449
ASHBY. BECKER. GRAYSON. GRAYSON.

01:40:55.516 --> 01:40:57.851
AYE. TWO ZERO. VOTE IS TWO. THE

01:40:57.918 --> 01:41:00.888
VOTE IS 2 TO 0. THE BILL IS ON

01:41:00.954 --> 01:41:06.794
CALL. WE NOW. WE NOW HAVE

01:41:06.860 --> 01:41:08.862
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HANEY, AUTHOR

01:41:08.929 --> 01:41:10.697
OF. PLEASE APPROACH THE BENCH.

01:41:10.764 --> 01:41:12.833
MAKE YOUR CASE AND WE'LL MAKE

01:41:12.900 --> 01:41:19.606
JUDGMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS

01:41:19.673 --> 01:41:24.344
AB 1265 HISTORIC BUILDING TAX

01:41:24.411 --> 01:41:25.512
RELIEF. I WANT TO THANK THE

01:41:25.579 --> 01:41:26.847
COMMITTEE STAFF AND YOU, MR.

01:41:26.914 --> 01:41:28.715
CHAIR, AND I WILL BE ACCEPTING

01:41:28.782 --> 01:41:30.050
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TODAY.

01:41:30.117 --> 01:41:32.586
AB 1265 IS THE HISTORIC

01:41:32.653 --> 01:41:34.154
BUILDING TAX RELIEF ACT, WHICH

01:41:34.221 --> 01:41:36.190
WILL HELP INCENTIVIZE THE

01:41:36.256 --> 01:41:37.691
CONVERSION OF UNUSED AND VACANT

01:41:37.758 --> 01:41:39.626
HISTORIC BUILDINGS INTO HOUSING

01:41:39.693 --> 01:41:41.228
AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT BY

01:41:41.295 --> 01:41:42.996
PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED FINANCIAL

01:41:43.063 --> 01:41:45.432
RELIEF. ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

01:41:45.499 --> 01:41:48.035
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF HISTORIC

01:41:48.101 --> 01:41:49.470
BUILDINGS THAT SHOULD BE

01:41:49.536 --> 01:41:50.971
PRESERVED OR CONVERTED INTO

01:41:51.038 --> 01:41:52.706
HOUSING, BUT THESE PROJECTS ARE

01:41:52.773 --> 01:41:54.174
OFTEN EXTREMELY COSTLY. THEY

01:41:54.241 --> 01:41:55.242
REQUIRE SKILLED LABOR AND

01:41:55.309 --> 01:41:56.977
CUSTOM MATERIALS, WHICH CAN

01:41:57.044 --> 01:41:57.878
DISCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND

01:41:57.945 --> 01:41:59.646
LEAVE BUILDINGS VACANT AND

01:41:59.713 --> 01:42:00.681
NEIGHBORHOODS BLIGHTED.

01:42:00.747 --> 01:42:01.281
CALIFORNIA HAS ALREADY

01:42:01.348 --> 01:42:02.483
RECOGNIZED THE VALUE OF

01:42:02.549 --> 01:42:03.517
PRESERVATION AND CONVERSION

01:42:03.584 --> 01:42:04.985
WORK THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA

01:42:05.052 --> 01:42:06.520
HISTORIC TAX CREDIT, WHICH

01:42:06.587 --> 01:42:08.222
PROVIDES A RETROACTIVE CREDIT,

01:42:08.288 --> 01:42:10.057
RETROACTIVE CREDIT TO COMPLETED

01:42:10.123 --> 01:42:11.091
PROJECT THAT KEEP HISTORIC

01:42:11.158 --> 01:42:12.893
BUILDINGS ALIVE AND USABLE.

01:42:12.960 --> 01:42:14.328
HOWEVER, THAT CREDIT IS SET TO

01:42:14.394 --> 01:42:16.163
EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

01:42:16.230 --> 01:42:17.197
ADDITIONALLY, THE CREDITS WERE

01:42:17.264 --> 01:42:18.966
AWARDED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST

01:42:19.032 --> 01:42:20.133
SERVED BASIS, MEANING TAX

01:42:20.200 --> 01:42:21.835
CREDITS WERE GIVEN TO QUALIFIED

01:42:21.902 --> 01:42:23.003
APPLICANTS THAT SIMPLY

01:42:23.070 --> 01:42:24.471
SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS

01:42:24.538 --> 01:42:27.341
FIRST. AB 1265 EXTENDS THE

01:42:27.407 --> 01:42:29.109
SUNSET DATE OF THE HISTORIC TAX

01:42:29.176 --> 01:42:31.278
CREDIT BY FIVE YEARS, AND ALSO

01:42:31.345 --> 01:42:32.346
PRIORITIZES PROJECTS THAT

01:42:32.412 --> 01:42:33.780
PRESERVE EXISTING AFFORDABLE

01:42:33.847 --> 01:42:35.249
HOUSING OR CONVERT HISTORIC

01:42:35.315 --> 01:42:36.717
BUILDINGS INTO HOUSING, WHICH

01:42:36.783 --> 01:42:37.985
ENSURES THAT THE COMMUNITIES

01:42:38.051 --> 01:42:40.287
MOST IMPACTED BY VACANCY AND

01:42:40.354 --> 01:42:41.755
DISINVESTMENT SEE THE GREATEST

01:42:41.822 --> 01:42:42.856
BENEFIT BY MAKING THESE

01:42:42.923 --> 01:42:43.857
PROJECTS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

01:42:43.924 --> 01:42:46.426
AB 1265 WILL HELP DELIVER MORE

01:42:46.493 --> 01:42:47.794
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

01:42:47.861 --> 01:42:48.896
OPPORTUNITY FOR UNUSED

01:42:48.962 --> 01:42:50.430
BUILDINGS STATEWIDE, WHILE

01:42:50.497 --> 01:42:51.532
PRESERVING THE HISTORIC

01:42:51.598 --> 01:42:52.533
CHARACTER THAT MAKES OUR

01:42:52.599 --> 01:42:54.001
NEIGHBORHOODS UNIQUE. WITH ME

01:42:54.067 --> 01:42:56.203
IN SUPPORT TODAY IS CINDY

01:42:56.270 --> 01:42:57.504
HEITZMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

01:42:57.571 --> 01:42:59.339
THE CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION

01:42:59.406 --> 01:43:00.340
FOUNDATION, AND JONA

01:43:00.407 --> 01:43:03.744
HENDRICKSON WITH ALAMEDA POINT

01:43:03.810 --> 01:43:08.715
DEVELOPERS. THANKS. THANK YOU,

01:43:08.782 --> 01:43:09.783
ASSEMBLYMAN HANEY, CHAIRMAN,

01:43:09.850 --> 01:43:11.251
MCNERNEY COMMITTEE MEMBERS,

01:43:11.318 --> 01:43:12.452
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

01:43:12.519 --> 01:43:14.788
TO TESTIFY TODAY. I WANT TO

01:43:14.855 --> 01:43:15.889
ALSO THANK THE COMMITTEE

01:43:15.956 --> 01:43:17.124
CONSULTANT FOR THOUGHTFUL WORK

01:43:17.190 --> 01:43:19.426
ON THIS BILL. MY NAME IS CINDY

01:43:19.493 --> 01:43:20.561
HEITZMAN. I'M THE EXECUTIVE

01:43:20.627 --> 01:43:22.029
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA

01:43:22.095 --> 01:43:23.830
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION,

01:43:23.897 --> 01:43:26.066
CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL, ALONG

01:43:26.133 --> 01:43:28.235
WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF

01:43:28.302 --> 01:43:29.937
ARCHITECTS CALIFORNIA. AT ITS

01:43:30.003 --> 01:43:31.305
CORE, THIS BILL IS ABOUT

01:43:31.371 --> 01:43:32.372
PRESERVING CALIFORNIA'S

01:43:32.439 --> 01:43:34.241
HISTORIC PLACES, GIVING THEM

01:43:34.308 --> 01:43:36.176
NEW LIFE AS HOUSING, BUSINESSES

01:43:36.243 --> 01:43:38.245
AND COMMUNITY ASSETS. BUT IT'S

01:43:38.312 --> 01:43:40.747
ALSO ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

01:43:40.814 --> 01:43:42.516
ACROSS THE STATE. VACANT AND

01:43:42.583 --> 01:43:43.283
UNDERUTILIZED HISTORIC

01:43:43.350 --> 01:43:44.718
BUILDINGS CAN MEET SOME OF

01:43:44.785 --> 01:43:46.186
CALIFORNIA'S MOST PRESSING

01:43:46.253 --> 01:43:48.255
NEEDS, BUT FINANCING GAPS OFTEN

01:43:48.322 --> 01:43:49.756
STAND IN THE WAY. AND THAT'S

01:43:49.823 --> 01:43:51.191
WHERE THE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS

01:43:51.258 --> 01:43:53.327
COME IN. 38 STATES HAVE

01:43:53.393 --> 01:43:54.628
HISTORIC TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS.

01:43:54.695 --> 01:43:56.196
THEY STIMULATE ECONOMIC

01:43:56.263 --> 01:43:57.364
DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PROVEN

01:43:57.431 --> 01:43:59.299
FISCAL MULTIPLIERS, ACCORDING

01:43:59.366 --> 01:44:00.500
TO THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR

01:44:00.567 --> 01:44:02.336
HISTORIC PRESERVATION, STATE

01:44:02.402 --> 01:44:04.104
HISTORIC TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS

01:44:04.171 --> 01:44:05.906
TYPICALLY GENERATE $1.20 OR

01:44:05.973 --> 01:44:08.108
MORE IN TAX REVENUE FOR EVERY

01:44:08.175 --> 01:44:10.310
DOLLAR OF CREDIT AWARDED. THEY

01:44:10.377 --> 01:44:11.378
LEVERAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT,

01:44:11.445 --> 01:44:13.113
CREATE JOBS, PRODUCE HOUSING,

01:44:13.180 --> 01:44:15.282
EXPAND LOCAL TAX REVENUES, AND

01:44:15.349 --> 01:44:17.084
REVITALIZE DOWNTOWNS, ALL WHILE

01:44:17.150 --> 01:44:18.151
PRESERVING THE HISTORIC

01:44:18.218 --> 01:44:19.987
BUILDINGS THAT TELL CALIFORNIA

01:44:20.053 --> 01:44:21.788
STORY AND DEFINE ITS CHARACTER.

01:44:21.855 --> 01:44:24.124
THE AMENDMENTS TO AB 1265 MAKE

01:44:24.191 --> 01:44:26.493
A GOOD BILL BETTER BY

01:44:26.560 --> 01:44:28.295
PRIORITIZING HOUSING, ECONOMIC

01:44:28.362 --> 01:44:29.630
DEVELOPMENT, GEOGRAPHIC

01:44:29.696 --> 01:44:30.831
DIVERSITY, AND ACCESS FOR

01:44:30.897 --> 01:44:32.866
SMALLER PROJECTS WHILE

01:44:32.933 --> 01:44:34.735
ADDRESSING A PER PROJECT CAP TO

01:44:34.801 --> 01:44:37.304
BROADEN BENEFITS STATEWIDE. FOR

01:44:37.371 --> 01:44:39.039
THESE REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY

01:44:39.106 --> 01:44:47.314
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF AB 1265.

01:44:47.381 --> 01:44:48.415
STARTED WITH GOOD MORNING, BUT

01:44:48.482 --> 01:44:50.350
I GUESS WE CAN STILL DO THAT.

01:44:50.417 --> 01:44:51.385
IT'S STILL GETTING THERE. MY

01:44:51.451 --> 01:44:52.653
NAME IS JONAH HENDRICKSON, AND

01:44:52.719 --> 01:44:53.720
I'M A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.

01:44:53.787 --> 01:44:55.789
I'M ALSO ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS

01:44:55.856 --> 01:44:57.424
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE

01:44:57.491 --> 01:44:59.259
HISTORIC HISTORIC TAX CREDIT.

01:44:59.326 --> 01:45:00.994
AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE

01:45:01.061 --> 01:45:05.532
PASSAGE OF AB 1265. PLEASE HAVE

01:45:05.599 --> 01:45:08.935
A LOOK AT YOUR PRESENTATION

01:45:09.002 --> 01:45:11.071
WHILE YOU LISTEN. OVER THE LAST

01:45:11.138 --> 01:45:13.140
DECADE, I'VE HAD THE EXCITING

01:45:13.206 --> 01:45:14.107
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP REDEFINE

01:45:14.174 --> 01:45:16.743
THE FUTURE OF OUR. APPOINT THE

01:45:16.810 --> 01:45:18.879
FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION IN

01:45:18.945 --> 01:45:21.715
ALAMEDA CLOSED IN 1996 THROUGH

01:45:21.782 --> 01:45:23.583
THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ONE

01:45:23.650 --> 01:45:26.486
BUILDING AT THE HEART OF IT ALL,

01:45:26.553 --> 01:45:27.854
BUILDING EIGHT. NOW THE

01:45:27.921 --> 01:45:29.089
STOREHOUSE LOFTS AT THE CENTER

01:45:29.156 --> 01:45:30.891
OF THE FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION

01:45:30.957 --> 01:45:33.293
IS AN EXEMPLARY HISTORIC

01:45:33.360 --> 01:45:36.163
ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT ENABLING

01:45:36.229 --> 01:45:37.631
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF THE

01:45:37.698 --> 01:45:40.133
FORMER NAVAL BASE AND THE

01:45:40.200 --> 01:45:41.568
PRESERVATION OF CALIFORNIA'S

01:45:41.635 --> 01:45:42.936
HISTORY, AND WAS FINANCED IN

01:45:43.003 --> 01:45:44.438
PART BY THE FEDERAL AND

01:45:44.504 --> 01:45:46.573
CALIFORNIA HISTORIC TAX CREDIT

01:45:46.640 --> 01:45:49.843
PROGRAMS. OVER NEARLY A DECADE,

01:45:49.910 --> 01:45:51.712
I. OUR REDEVELOPMENT

01:45:51.778 --> 01:45:54.915
TRANSFORMED 270,000FT² OF

01:45:54.981 --> 01:45:55.949
ABANDONED NAVAL OFFICE

01:45:56.016 --> 01:45:58.585
WAREHOUSE INTO 200 LOFTS RENTED

01:45:58.652 --> 01:46:01.421
AS BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES.

01:46:01.488 --> 01:46:03.190
THE TAX CREDITS HELPED

01:46:03.256 --> 01:46:04.224
FACILITATE HUNDREDS OF JOBS

01:46:04.291 --> 01:46:06.126
DURING THE REDEVELOPMENT PHASE,

01:46:06.193 --> 01:46:07.494
INCLUDING DURING THE PANDEMIC,

01:46:07.561 --> 01:46:08.929
AND THE PROJECT NOW PROVIDES

01:46:08.995 --> 01:46:10.764
HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

01:46:10.831 --> 01:46:12.532
UNITS AND SPACE TO RUN JUST AS

01:46:12.599 --> 01:46:15.102
MANY BUSINESSES. THE PROPERTY

01:46:15.168 --> 01:46:17.604
ENJOYS A 99% OCCUPANCY RATE,

01:46:17.671 --> 01:46:19.740
AND WE INTERPRET THAT TO MEAN

01:46:19.806 --> 01:46:21.475
THAT THE LOFTS PROVIDE REAL AND

01:46:21.541 --> 01:46:22.943
MEANINGFUL VALUE TO OUR

01:46:23.009 --> 01:46:25.512
OCCUPANTS. TODAY, BUSINESS

01:46:25.579 --> 01:46:27.247
ACTIVITY FROM ALL STRIPES OF

01:46:27.314 --> 01:46:28.715
ENTREPRENEURS, FROM ARTISTS TO

01:46:28.782 --> 01:46:31.585
ARCHITECTS TO ATTORNEYS DINING

01:46:31.651 --> 01:46:33.453
ESTABLISHMENTS, COMBINED WITH

01:46:33.520 --> 01:46:36.990
ONGOING CITY PROPERTY SALES TAX

01:46:37.057 --> 01:46:38.825
PROVIDING ECONOMIC ENGINE IN A

01:46:38.892 --> 01:46:41.061
FORMER ECONOMIC DESERT,

01:46:41.128 --> 01:46:42.796
CREATING A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE

01:46:42.863 --> 01:46:44.564
REDEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION,

01:46:44.631 --> 01:46:46.333
AND THE SURROUNDING HISTORIC

01:46:46.399 --> 01:46:48.568
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PROVING THE

01:46:48.635 --> 01:46:50.403
SUBSTANTIAL AND LONG LASTING

01:46:50.470 --> 01:46:52.506
IMPACT AND THE VALUE OF THE

01:46:52.572 --> 01:46:55.342
CALIFORNIA HISTORIC TAX CREDIT.

01:46:55.408 --> 01:46:59.312
THANK YOU. I THANK THE

01:46:59.379 --> 01:47:00.413
WITNESSES. DO WE HAVE ANY

01:47:00.480 --> 01:47:01.648
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH

01:47:01.715 --> 01:47:04.785
TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT? GOOD

01:47:04.851 --> 01:47:05.919
MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

01:47:05.986 --> 01:47:07.187
ADAM QUINONES, CALIFORNIA

01:47:07.254 --> 01:47:08.021
ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF THE

01:47:08.088 --> 01:47:08.889
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF

01:47:08.955 --> 01:47:10.624
ARCHITECTS, CALIFORNIA IN

01:47:10.690 --> 01:47:12.659
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD

01:47:12.726 --> 01:47:13.760
MORNING, MR. CHAIR. KAREN L®NG

01:47:13.827 --> 01:47:15.328
OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF

01:47:15.395 --> 01:47:16.329
SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT. THANK

01:47:16.396 --> 01:47:20.901
YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

01:47:20.967 --> 01:47:22.702
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF

01:47:22.769 --> 01:47:24.137
BAKERSFIELD IN SUPPORT. THANK

01:47:24.204 --> 01:47:29.109
YOU. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS OF

01:47:29.176 --> 01:47:31.111
THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO OFFER

01:47:31.178 --> 01:47:33.079
SUPPORT, ARE THERE ANY LEAD

01:47:33.146 --> 01:47:37.117
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION? SEEING

01:47:37.184 --> 01:47:38.218
NONE, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF

01:47:38.285 --> 01:47:40.020
THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO VOICE

01:47:40.086 --> 01:47:46.092
OPPOSITION? MY APOLOGIES, MR.

01:47:46.159 --> 01:47:47.627
CHAIR. MEMBER STEVENSON, WITH

01:47:47.694 --> 01:47:48.695
BROWNSTONE ON BEHALF OF THE

01:47:48.762 --> 01:47:49.763
HOUSING ACTION COALITION IN

01:47:49.830 --> 01:47:54.434
SUPPORT. OKAY. I THINK WE'VE

01:47:54.501 --> 01:47:55.902
GOT MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE

01:47:55.969 --> 01:47:58.104
PUBLIC WRAPPED UP HERE, AND

01:47:58.171 --> 01:48:00.273
THAT I WILL SEE IF A MEMBER OF

01:48:00.340 --> 01:48:03.043
THE COMMITTEE WISH TO MAKE AN

01:48:03.109 --> 01:48:04.811
OPINION. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

01:48:04.878 --> 01:48:06.646
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE

01:48:06.713 --> 01:48:08.982
AUTHOR ON THIS. THIS IS EXACTLY

01:48:09.049 --> 01:48:10.851
WHERE WE NEED TO GO, IN THE

01:48:10.917 --> 01:48:12.352
DIRECTION WE NEED TO HEAD TO

01:48:12.419 --> 01:48:13.553
PRODUCE THE RESULTS THAT WE

01:48:13.620 --> 01:48:15.655
NEED FOR CALIFORNIA DESPERATELY,

01:48:15.722 --> 01:48:17.123
DESPERATELY NEED, ESPECIALLY IN

01:48:17.190 --> 01:48:20.093
HOUSING. SO EXCELLENT WORK.

01:48:20.160 --> 01:48:23.897
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THANK MY

01:48:23.964 --> 01:48:25.398
COLLEAGUE, AND I WANT TO THANK

01:48:25.465 --> 01:48:29.402
THE MEMBER FOR THIS. THIS IS

01:48:29.469 --> 01:48:31.104
IMPORTANT IN MY MIND AS WELL,

01:48:31.171 --> 01:48:33.974
BECAUSE WE SEE THESE SORT OF

01:48:34.040 --> 01:48:35.375
ABANDONED PROPERTIES. AND IF WE

01:48:35.442 --> 01:48:36.943
CAN TURN THIS INTO ECONOMIC

01:48:37.010 --> 01:48:38.445
POWERHOUSES, THAT'S THAT'S AN

01:48:38.511 --> 01:48:39.913
INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT. WE'VE

01:48:39.980 --> 01:48:42.582
SEEN SOME SUCCESS HERE IN THE

01:48:42.649 --> 01:48:43.783
ALAMEDA AND THE CITY OF ALAMEDA.

01:48:43.850 --> 01:48:44.985
VERY GOOD. I REALLY APPRECIATE

01:48:45.051 --> 01:48:46.620
THAT. I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF.

01:48:46.686 --> 01:48:50.257
I'VE ENJOYED SOME OF THE.

01:48:50.323 --> 01:48:51.391
VENUES THAT THEY HAVE THERE. SO

01:48:51.458 --> 01:48:53.193
IT'S REALLY PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

01:48:53.260 --> 01:48:54.995
I MEANT TO INVITE EVERYONE THAT

01:48:55.061 --> 01:48:56.796
IS INTERESTED IN TAKING A TOUR

01:48:56.863 --> 01:48:58.665
TO REACH OUT TO ME. I'D BE

01:48:58.732 --> 01:48:59.866
HAPPY TO HOST YOU AND LET YOU

01:48:59.933 --> 01:49:01.735
SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT IT LOOKS AND

01:49:01.801 --> 01:49:03.670
FEELS LIKE. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE

01:49:03.737 --> 01:49:05.038
PRESERVING HISTORIC PROPERTY,

01:49:05.105 --> 01:49:06.406
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING

01:49:06.473 --> 01:49:07.941
HOUSING, WHICH IS ALSO VERY

01:49:08.008 --> 01:49:09.809
IMPORTANT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

01:49:09.876 --> 01:49:12.112
SO IT'S KIND OF A WIN WIN. I

01:49:12.178 --> 01:49:13.580
SEE PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS.

01:49:13.647 --> 01:49:17.250
YES. SO I LIKE THAT. AND I

01:49:17.317 --> 01:49:18.618
HEARD THAT YOU WOULD BE

01:49:18.685 --> 01:49:19.719
ACCEPTING ALL THE COMMITTEE

01:49:19.786 --> 01:49:21.621
AMENDMENTS. WITH THAT I WILL BE

01:49:21.688 --> 01:49:23.256
SUPPORTING YOUR BILL. ASSEMBLY

01:49:23.323 --> 01:49:24.624
MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?

01:49:24.691 --> 01:49:26.159
YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO

01:49:26.226 --> 01:49:27.394
MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AND AND I

01:49:27.460 --> 01:49:29.195
COULD NOT AGREE MORE. IT'S IT'S

01:49:29.262 --> 01:49:31.197
A WIN WIN. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE

01:49:31.264 --> 01:49:32.365
SURE THAT OVER TIME THAT THIS

01:49:32.432 --> 01:49:34.100
IS FUNDED AND REALLY APPRECIATE

01:49:34.167 --> 01:49:35.235
THE WITNESSES HERE. AND I WANT

01:49:35.302 --> 01:49:37.103
TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT

01:49:37.170 --> 01:49:38.104
CINDY HEITZMAN, WHO'S HERE,

01:49:38.171 --> 01:49:39.105
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

01:49:39.172 --> 01:49:39.606
CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION

01:49:39.673 --> 01:49:40.674
FOUNDATION, WHO HAS BEEN

01:49:40.740 --> 01:49:42.142
PRIORITIZING THIS AND IN SO

01:49:42.208 --> 01:49:44.344
MANY WAYS BEEN SUCH A VISIONARY

01:49:44.411 --> 01:49:46.112
LEADER. LEADER THERE, RECENTLY

01:49:46.179 --> 01:49:48.281
ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT. SO I

01:49:48.348 --> 01:49:50.417
WANT TO SAY SHE'S SHE SHE HAS

01:49:50.483 --> 01:49:51.484
NOT STOPPED. AND I'M SURE SHE

01:49:51.551 --> 01:49:54.321
WILL NOT STOP. BUT IT IS REALLY

01:49:54.387 --> 01:49:55.555
AN HONOR TO HAVE HER HERE AND

01:49:55.622 --> 01:49:57.524
TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HER ON

01:49:57.590 --> 01:49:59.326
THIS ISSUE. AND WITH THAT,

01:49:59.392 --> 01:50:00.427
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

01:50:00.493 --> 01:50:02.963
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION?

01:50:03.029 --> 01:50:04.597
SENATOR GRAYSON MOVES THE BILL.

01:50:04.664 --> 01:50:06.633
WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? MOTION

01:50:06.700 --> 01:50:08.501
IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED, TO THE

01:50:08.568 --> 01:50:09.235
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:50:09.302 --> 01:50:11.037
SENATORS. MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. I

01:50:11.104 --> 01:50:12.672
OVER. GILL. ASHBY. BECKER.

01:50:12.739 --> 01:50:17.544
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. I 200 VOTES

01:50:17.610 --> 01:50:19.446
TO ZERO. THE BILL IS NOW CALL.

01:50:19.512 --> 01:50:21.848
THANK THE AUTHOR AND THE AUTHOR.

01:50:21.915 --> 01:50:23.483
YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY HERE AND

01:50:23.550 --> 01:50:24.551
PRESENT ANOTHER BILL. YOU'RE

01:50:24.617 --> 01:50:27.087
WELCOME TO DO THAT FOR SURE.

01:50:27.153 --> 01:50:28.154
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND

01:50:28.221 --> 01:50:29.656
MEMBERS, I'M PROUD TO PRESENT A

01:50:29.723 --> 01:50:33.159
B 1633, WHICH WILL IMPOSE A 50%

01:50:33.226 --> 01:50:34.961
GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON

01:50:35.028 --> 01:50:36.363
CORPORATIONS OPERATING FOR

01:50:36.429 --> 01:50:37.497
PROFIT PRIVATE DETENTION

01:50:37.564 --> 01:50:39.299
FACILITIES IN CALIFORNIA. WE'VE

01:50:39.366 --> 01:50:42.469
GOT CLOSE TO 7000 PEOPLE IN OUR

01:50:42.535 --> 01:50:45.005
STATE WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING

01:50:45.071 --> 01:50:48.274
DETAINED IN FOR PROFIT PRIVATE

01:50:48.341 --> 01:50:49.743
IMMIGRATION DETENTION

01:50:49.809 --> 01:50:50.910
FACILITIES. THERE ARE SEVEN OF

01:50:50.977 --> 01:50:52.879
THOSE FACILITIES IN OUR STATE,

01:50:52.946 --> 01:50:55.115
AND THEY HAVE A LONG AND

01:50:55.181 --> 01:50:56.282
WELL-DOCUMENTED RECORD OF

01:50:56.349 --> 01:50:57.951
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, INCLUDING

01:50:58.018 --> 01:50:59.219
INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE, HEALTH

01:50:59.285 --> 01:51:01.388
AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS, AND

01:51:01.454 --> 01:51:03.757
INHUMANE LIVING CONDITIONS.

01:51:03.823 --> 01:51:04.958
DESPITE PRIOR EFFORTS TO

01:51:05.025 --> 01:51:05.959
INCREASE OVERSIGHT AND

01:51:06.026 --> 01:51:06.659
ACCOUNTABILITY, SERIOUS

01:51:06.726 --> 01:51:08.895
CONCERNS CONTINUE FOLLOWING

01:51:08.962 --> 01:51:09.929
INSPECTIONS OF A NEWLY OPENED

01:51:09.996 --> 01:51:11.297
PRIVATE DETENTION FACILITY IN

01:51:11.364 --> 01:51:12.465
KERN COUNTY, THE ATTORNEY

01:51:12.532 --> 01:51:13.566
GENERAL REPORTED DANGEROUS

01:51:13.633 --> 01:51:15.702
LIVING CONDITIONS AND A LACK OF

01:51:15.769 --> 01:51:17.070
MEDICAL ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE,

01:51:17.137 --> 01:51:18.838
INCLUDING INSUFFICIENT MEDICAL

01:51:18.905 --> 01:51:21.007
STAFF, HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND

01:51:21.074 --> 01:51:22.509
INADEQUATE FOOD AND WATER. AT

01:51:22.575 --> 01:51:24.310
THE SAME TIME, THESE PRIVATE

01:51:24.377 --> 01:51:25.378
COMPANIES OPERATING IN OUR

01:51:25.445 --> 01:51:26.880
STATE CONTINUE TO GENERATE

01:51:26.946 --> 01:51:27.981
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THROUGH

01:51:28.048 --> 01:51:29.682
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, WHILE

01:51:29.749 --> 01:51:31.151
CALIFORNIANS AND IMMIGRANT

01:51:31.217 --> 01:51:32.552
FAMILIES BEAR THE HUMAN AND

01:51:32.619 --> 01:51:35.188
COMMUNITY COSTS OF THIS PRIVATE

01:51:35.255 --> 01:51:37.490
DETENTION, AB 1633 IS ROOTED IN

01:51:37.557 --> 01:51:38.825
A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE CALIFORNIA

01:51:38.892 --> 01:51:40.927
SHOULD NOT REWARD PRIVATE

01:51:40.994 --> 01:51:43.496
CORPORATIONS FOR PROFITING FROM

01:51:43.563 --> 01:51:45.231
DETENTION WITH SUCH CONDITIONS.

01:51:45.298 --> 01:51:46.966
THIS BILL DOES NOT REGULATE

01:51:47.033 --> 01:51:48.468
FEDERAL IMMIGRANT POLICY.

01:51:48.535 --> 01:51:50.603
INSTEAD, IT TAKES CALIFORNIA'S

01:51:50.670 --> 01:51:51.838
LONGSTANDING TAXING AUTHORITY

01:51:51.905 --> 01:51:53.173
TO ASSESS BUSINESS ACTIVITY

01:51:53.239 --> 01:51:54.908
TAKING PLACE IN OUR STATE. WE

01:51:54.974 --> 01:51:56.976
ALREADY APPLY INDUSTRY SPECIFIC

01:51:57.043 --> 01:51:58.478
TAXES AND FEES WHERE SECTORS

01:51:58.545 --> 01:51:59.946
CREATE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC COSTS,

01:52:00.013 --> 01:52:01.781
INCLUDING HEALTH CARE, TOBACCO

01:52:01.848 --> 01:52:04.617
AND OIL EXTRACTION. AB 1633

01:52:04.684 --> 01:52:06.753
FOLLOWS THAT SAME PRINCIPLE OF

01:52:06.820 --> 01:52:07.454
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND REVENUE

01:52:07.520 --> 01:52:09.355
GENERATED BY THIS BILL WILL BE

01:52:09.422 --> 01:52:10.557
REINVESTED INTO THE DUE PROCESS

01:52:10.623 --> 01:52:12.559
FOR ALL FUND TO PROVIDE

01:52:12.625 --> 01:52:13.993
IMMIGRATION RELATED SERVICES

01:52:14.060 --> 01:52:15.395
AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES

01:52:15.462 --> 01:52:16.930
IMPACTED BY DETENTION AND

01:52:16.996 --> 01:52:19.099
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. AB 1633 IS

01:52:19.165 --> 01:52:20.100
ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY,

01:52:20.166 --> 01:52:21.167
PROTECTING CALIFORNIA

01:52:21.234 --> 01:52:22.335
COMMUNITIES, AND ENSURING OUR

01:52:22.402 --> 01:52:24.838
LAWS DO NOT REWARD PRIVATE

01:52:24.904 --> 01:52:25.839
PROFITEERING FROM DETENTION.

01:52:25.905 --> 01:52:28.675
HERE WITH ME TO TESTIFY ARE.

01:52:28.741 --> 01:52:30.844
BRUNO HUSSAR, SUPERVISING

01:52:30.910 --> 01:52:32.045
POLICY MANAGER AT THE

01:52:32.112 --> 01:52:32.846
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY

01:52:32.912 --> 01:52:34.214
CENTER, AND KIMBERLY WU,

01:52:34.280 --> 01:52:35.248
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR

01:52:35.315 --> 01:52:36.649
SERVICES, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND

01:52:36.716 --> 01:52:40.787
EDUCATION NETWORK. GOOD MORNING,

01:52:40.854 --> 01:52:42.555
CHAIR MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY

01:52:42.622 --> 01:52:43.623
NAME IS BRUNO WITH THE

01:52:43.690 --> 01:52:44.991
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY

01:52:45.058 --> 01:52:47.026
CENTER. WE ARE PROUD CO-SPONSOR

01:52:47.093 --> 01:52:50.063
OF AB 1633 BECAUSE IT HOLDS

01:52:50.130 --> 01:52:51.831
PRIVATE DETENTION COMPANIES

01:52:51.898 --> 01:52:53.199
ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROFITEERING

01:52:53.266 --> 01:52:55.135
OFF OF THE LABOR AND LIVES OF

01:52:55.201 --> 01:52:56.536
CALIFORNIANS IN CUSTODY.

01:52:56.603 --> 01:52:58.338
PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE

01:52:58.404 --> 01:53:00.106
GENERATING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS

01:53:00.173 --> 01:53:03.009
IN ANNUAL REVENUE RIGHT HERE IN

01:53:03.076 --> 01:53:05.512
CALIFORNIA, FROM DETAINING

01:53:05.578 --> 01:53:07.046
CALIFORNIANS AND SEPARATING

01:53:07.113 --> 01:53:09.482
CALIFORNIA FAMILIES EACH YEAR,

01:53:09.549 --> 01:53:11.684
FOR PROFIT PRIVATE DETENTION

01:53:11.751 --> 01:53:13.486
FACILITIES DETAIN TENS OF

01:53:13.553 --> 01:53:15.722
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS IN

01:53:15.788 --> 01:53:16.990
INHUMANE CONDITIONS, WITH

01:53:17.056 --> 01:53:19.592
LITTLE TO NO ACCOUNTABILITY,

01:53:19.659 --> 01:53:20.793
THREATENING THE HEALTH, SAFETY

01:53:20.860 --> 01:53:23.096
AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF

01:53:23.163 --> 01:53:24.230
CALIFORNIANS. LAST MONTH, THE

01:53:24.297 --> 01:53:25.298
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

01:53:25.365 --> 01:53:26.699
JUSTICE RELEASED THEIR ANNUAL

01:53:26.766 --> 01:53:28.568
REPORT AFTER INSPECTING

01:53:28.635 --> 01:53:30.270
CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS OF SEVEN

01:53:30.336 --> 01:53:32.472
PRIVATE DETENTION FACILITIES,

01:53:32.539 --> 01:53:33.907
AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

01:53:33.973 --> 01:53:35.441
REPORTED DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

01:53:35.508 --> 01:53:37.277
THIS IS A, QUOTE, INADEQUATE

01:53:37.343 --> 01:53:39.379
MEDICAL CARE, DELAY IN MEDICAL

01:53:39.445 --> 01:53:40.980
TREATMENT, OVERCROWDING, UNSAFE

01:53:41.047 --> 01:53:44.184
FOOD AND WATER, LACK OF HYGIENE

01:53:44.250 --> 01:53:47.220
AND UNSAFE FOOD AND WATER.

01:53:47.287 --> 01:53:49.055
TRAGICALLY, SIX PEOPLE HAVE

01:53:49.122 --> 01:53:51.257
DIED IN CALIFORNIA'S PRIVATE

01:53:51.324 --> 01:53:52.992
DETENTION FACILITIES SINCE

01:53:53.059 --> 01:53:55.161
SEPTEMBER, CAUSING IRREPARABLE

01:53:55.228 --> 01:53:57.263
HARM TO THE PEOPLE AND STATE OF

01:53:57.330 --> 01:54:00.567
CALIFORNIA. THE TAX THAT AB 63

01:54:00.633 --> 01:54:02.468
PROPOSES IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY

01:54:02.535 --> 01:54:03.836
MECHANISM THAT THE STATE OF

01:54:03.903 --> 01:54:06.005
CALIFORNIA HAS THE AUTHORITY TO

01:54:06.072 --> 01:54:08.141
IMPOSE ON PRIVATE COMPANIES

01:54:08.208 --> 01:54:09.943
THAT SUBJECT CALIFORNIANS TO

01:54:10.009 --> 01:54:12.579
INHUMANE CONDITIONS, MEDICAL

01:54:12.645 --> 01:54:15.315
NEGLECT AND EVEN DEATH. AB 1633

01:54:15.381 --> 01:54:16.616
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER HANEY MAKES

01:54:16.683 --> 01:54:18.484
IT CLEAR NO COMPANY IN

01:54:18.551 --> 01:54:19.919
CALIFORNIA SHOULD PROFIT OFF OF

01:54:19.986 --> 01:54:22.889
MASS DETENTION AND MASS FAMILY

01:54:22.956 --> 01:54:24.657
SEPARATION. CALIFORNIA MUST

01:54:24.724 --> 01:54:26.526
HOLD PRIVATE COMPANIES

01:54:26.593 --> 01:54:27.860
ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROFITEERING

01:54:27.927 --> 01:54:30.029
OFF OF CALIFORNIANS IN CUSTODY,

01:54:30.096 --> 01:54:31.564
AND STAND UP FOR THE HEALTH,

01:54:31.631 --> 01:54:33.466
SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING OF ALL

01:54:33.533 --> 01:54:34.867
RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES IN

01:54:34.934 --> 01:54:37.670
CALIFORNIA. WITH OVER 116

01:54:37.737 --> 01:54:39.505
IMMIGRANT JUSTICE COMMUNITY

01:54:39.572 --> 01:54:40.907
ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH BASED AND

01:54:40.974 --> 01:54:42.208
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS

01:54:42.275 --> 01:54:43.910
SUPPORTING THIS BILL ACROSS THE

01:54:43.977 --> 01:54:45.211
STATE, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST

01:54:45.278 --> 01:54:49.649
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. GOOD

01:54:49.716 --> 01:54:50.883
MORNING. I'M KIMBERLY WU, AND

01:54:50.950 --> 01:54:53.086
I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR

01:54:53.152 --> 01:54:54.621
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION

01:54:54.687 --> 01:54:55.989
NETWORK, ALSO KNOWN AS SIREN.

01:54:56.055 --> 01:54:56.990
WE SERVE OUR IMMIGRANT AND

01:54:57.056 --> 01:54:58.925
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN THE BAY

01:54:58.992 --> 01:55:00.426
AREA AND CENTRAL VALLEY, AND WE

01:55:00.493 --> 01:55:03.229
ARE PROUD CO-SPONSOR FOR AB

01:55:03.296 --> 01:55:05.265
1633, WHICH WOULD IMPOSE A 50%

01:55:05.331 --> 01:55:07.433
TAX ON CORPORATIONS OPERATING

01:55:07.500 --> 01:55:09.269
PRIVATE IMMIGRATION DETENTION

01:55:09.335 --> 01:55:11.471
CENTERS. I HAVE LOVED ONES WHO

01:55:11.537 --> 01:55:13.339
SOUGHT PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR

01:55:13.406 --> 01:55:16.042
OVER 20 YEARS, AND WHEN THEY

01:55:16.109 --> 01:55:18.278
GOT TO THE FINAL INTERVIEW, ICE

01:55:18.344 --> 01:55:19.879
AGENTS HANDCUFFED THEIR HANDS

01:55:19.946 --> 01:55:21.581
AND FEET AND FORCIBLY SHIPPED

01:55:21.648 --> 01:55:23.449
THEM TO SEPARATE DETENTION

01:55:23.516 --> 01:55:26.319
CENTERS. IN CALIFORNIA. WORDS

01:55:26.386 --> 01:55:28.821
CANNOT DESCRIBE THE PAIN OF

01:55:28.888 --> 01:55:30.256
SEEING YOUR ELDERLY RELATIVE

01:55:30.323 --> 01:55:32.025
WHO IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY

01:55:32.091 --> 01:55:33.826
TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR YOUR

01:55:33.893 --> 01:55:36.329
FAMILY. BREAK DOWN CRYING

01:55:36.396 --> 01:55:37.764
BEHIND A GLASS SCREEN WINDOW.

01:55:37.830 --> 01:55:39.232
WHILE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HUG

01:55:39.299 --> 01:55:41.034
THEM AND HOLD THEIR HAND

01:55:41.100 --> 01:55:42.802
THROUGH NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO

01:55:42.869 --> 01:55:44.270
COMFORT YOUR LOVED ONE WHO WAS

01:55:44.337 --> 01:55:46.039
STRIPPED FROM THEIR PERSONAL

01:55:46.105 --> 01:55:47.507
BELONGINGS, THE CLOTHES, THEIR

01:55:47.573 --> 01:55:48.975
MEDICAL NEEDS, AND THEIR

01:55:49.042 --> 01:55:51.077
FREEDOM. NO ONE DESERVES TO

01:55:51.144 --> 01:55:52.745
EXPERIENCE THE PAIN, SUFFERING,

01:55:52.812 --> 01:55:54.314
AND LONELINESS THAT MY LOVED

01:55:54.380 --> 01:55:56.649
ONES FELT EVERY DAY IN THAT

01:55:56.716 --> 01:55:58.751
PRISON. PRIVATE COMPANIES LIKE

01:55:58.818 --> 01:56:00.820
GEO GROUP AND CÁC PROFIT FROM

01:56:00.887 --> 01:56:02.422
CAGING PEOPLE LIKE MY RELATIVES

01:56:02.488 --> 01:56:03.656
WHO HAD NEVER SPENT A SINGLE

01:56:03.723 --> 01:56:05.291
NIGHT APART IN THEIR DECADES

01:56:05.358 --> 01:56:07.694
LONG MARRIAGE UNTIL THEY WERE

01:56:07.760 --> 01:56:09.562
DETAINED FIANCES WEEKS AWAY

01:56:09.629 --> 01:56:11.264
FROM THEIR WEDDING, AND YOUNG

01:56:11.331 --> 01:56:12.665
CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR

01:56:12.732 --> 01:56:14.867
MOTHER. I KNOW THESE STORIES

01:56:14.934 --> 01:56:16.636
BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE ROOM

01:56:16.703 --> 01:56:19.138
WITH ME, WAITING HOURS FOR A

01:56:19.205 --> 01:56:20.640
CHANCE OF A ONE HOUR VISIT FOR

01:56:20.707 --> 01:56:23.209
THEIR LOVED ONES, PRIVATE

01:56:23.276 --> 01:56:24.243
DETENTION FACILITIES HOLD

01:56:24.310 --> 01:56:25.611
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS

01:56:25.678 --> 01:56:26.713
CALIFORNIA IN INHUMANE

01:56:26.779 --> 01:56:28.181
CONDITIONS LIKE SEVERE MEDICAL

01:56:28.247 --> 01:56:30.383
NEGLECT, FILTHY WATER, ROTTEN

01:56:30.450 --> 01:56:32.552
FOOD AND ABUSE, AND POOR ACCESS

01:56:32.618 --> 01:56:34.520
TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION. THE

01:56:34.587 --> 01:56:36.823
CEO OF ONE OF THE LARGEST FOR

01:56:36.889 --> 01:56:40.893
PROFIT CORPORATIONS REPORTED

01:56:40.960 --> 01:56:42.495
$7.5 MILLION IN ANNUAL

01:56:42.562 --> 01:56:44.030
COMPENSATION AND MORE SINCE

01:56:44.097 --> 01:56:45.865
THEN, AND NOTED THAT THE RECENT

01:56:45.932 --> 01:56:47.934
RISE IN IMMIGRATION SWEEPS WAS,

01:56:48.000 --> 01:56:49.469
QUOTE UNQUOTE, TRULY ONE OF THE

01:56:49.535 --> 01:56:51.137
MOST EXCITING PERIODS IN MY

01:56:51.204 --> 01:56:53.539
CAREER WITH THE COMPANY. THIS

01:56:53.606 --> 01:56:55.174
IS WHO CALIFORNIA IS IN BED

01:56:55.241 --> 01:56:56.976
WITH PRIVATE, FOR PROFIT

01:56:57.043 --> 01:56:58.544
COMPANIES WHO FIND IT EXCITING

01:56:58.611 --> 01:57:00.279
TO MAKE MILLIONS FROM THE

01:57:00.346 --> 01:57:02.682
SUFFERING OF OUR LOVED ONES. WE

01:57:02.749 --> 01:57:03.983
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU, I VOTE

01:57:04.050 --> 01:57:06.719
ON AB 1633 TO HOLD THESE

01:57:06.786 --> 01:57:08.521
CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE AND

01:57:08.588 --> 01:57:10.123
PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY AND

01:57:10.189 --> 01:57:11.324
DIGNITY OF ALL CALIFORNIANS.

01:57:11.391 --> 01:57:17.130
THANK YOU. I THANK THE

01:57:17.196 --> 01:57:18.931
WITNESSES. ARE THERE ANY

01:57:18.998 --> 01:57:20.299
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH

01:57:20.366 --> 01:57:21.801
TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT? PLEASE

01:57:21.868 --> 01:57:23.569
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, YOUR

01:57:23.636 --> 01:57:28.441
NAME. YOUR AFFILIATION. GOOD

01:57:28.508 --> 01:57:29.675
MORNING. CARLOS LOPEZ WITH THE

01:57:29.742 --> 01:57:30.777
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES

01:57:30.843 --> 01:57:34.781
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. GOOD

01:57:34.847 --> 01:57:36.249
MORNING, CHRISTIAN. ON BEHALF

01:57:36.315 --> 01:57:37.583
OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF

01:57:37.650 --> 01:57:38.751
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TONY

01:57:38.818 --> 01:57:40.553
THURMOND, SAN BERNARDINO

01:57:40.620 --> 01:57:41.654
COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER, THE

01:57:41.721 --> 01:57:43.022
SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK, THE

01:57:43.089 --> 01:57:44.724
SOUTHEAST ASIA RESOURCE ACTION

01:57:44.791 --> 01:57:47.059
CENTER, THE STREET LEVEL HEALTH

01:57:47.126 --> 01:57:48.394
PROJECT, THE THAI COMMUNITY

01:57:48.461 --> 01:57:49.495
DEVELOPMENT CENTER, THE

01:57:49.562 --> 01:57:51.030
CALIFORNIA LGBTQ HEALTH AND

01:57:51.097 --> 01:57:52.632
HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK, THE

01:57:52.698 --> 01:57:54.333
FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA, THE

01:57:54.400 --> 01:57:56.335
TRANS LATINA COALITION, THE

01:57:56.402 --> 01:57:58.871
UNCOMMON LAW IN THE UNIVERSIDAD

01:57:58.938 --> 01:58:00.273
POPULAR AND THE WORKING

01:58:00.339 --> 01:58:04.744
PARTNERSHIPS, USA. THANK YOU.

01:58:04.811 --> 01:58:07.146
GOOD MORNING, JOANNA GARCIA ON

01:58:07.213 --> 01:58:09.081
BEHALF OF NEXTGEN CALIFORNIA IN

01:58:09.148 --> 01:58:11.651
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, MISTER

01:58:11.717 --> 01:58:13.986
CHAIR, SENATOR GRAYSON WITH THE

01:58:14.053 --> 01:58:15.421
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY

01:58:15.488 --> 01:58:17.590
CENTER HERE IN SUPPORT. ALSO

01:58:17.657 --> 01:58:18.658
INDIVIDUAL. CALIFORNIA STATE.

01:58:18.724 --> 01:58:20.493
STRONG. INDIVISIBLE. EAST BAY

01:58:20.560 --> 01:58:22.662
AREA. INDIVISIBLE. EUCLID.

01:58:22.728 --> 01:58:24.096
INDIVISIBLE. FAIR. OAKS.

01:58:24.163 --> 01:58:25.164
CARMICHAEL. INDIVISIBLE. PALO.

01:58:25.231 --> 01:58:27.166
ALTO. PLUS. INLAND. COALITION

01:58:27.233 --> 01:58:28.768
FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE.

01:58:28.835 --> 01:58:29.936
INTERFAITH MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN

01:58:30.002 --> 01:58:31.637
INTEGRITY, JEWISH FAMILY AND

01:58:31.704 --> 01:58:33.473
CHILDREN'S SERVICES, EAST BAY

01:58:33.539 --> 01:58:35.575
JUSTICE COALITION, KERN.

01:58:35.641 --> 01:58:36.776
WELCOMING, EXTENDING SOLIDARITY

01:58:36.843 --> 01:58:38.478
TO IMMIGRANTS. LA DEFENSA AND

01:58:38.544 --> 01:58:41.714
LA VOICE. THANK YOU. GOOD

01:58:41.781 --> 01:58:43.749
MORNING. CALIFORNIA POLICY

01:58:43.816 --> 01:58:44.984
CENTER ALSO REGISTERING SUPPORT

01:58:45.051 --> 01:58:47.453
FOR ÁP FOR CIVIC EMPOWERMENT

01:58:47.520 --> 01:58:48.955
ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

01:58:49.021 --> 01:58:50.790
ALLIANCE FOR BETTER COMMUNITY,

01:58:50.857 --> 01:58:51.791
ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING

01:58:51.858 --> 01:58:53.292
JUSTICE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

01:58:53.359 --> 01:58:56.462
THE BLACK LGBT, LGBTQ PLUS,

01:58:56.529 --> 01:58:59.098
MIGRANT PROJECT, BLUE TURN,

01:58:59.165 --> 01:59:00.800
INDIVISIBLE BONVICINO, THE

01:59:00.867 --> 01:59:01.868
CALIFORNIA DIGNITY NOT

01:59:01.934 --> 01:59:03.669
DETENTION COALITION, THE

01:59:03.736 --> 01:59:04.770
CALIFORNIA FOOD AND FARMING

01:59:04.837 --> 01:59:05.838
NETWORK, CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT

01:59:05.905 --> 01:59:07.573
YOUTH JUSTICE ALLIANCE, AS WELL

01:59:07.640 --> 01:59:08.941
AS THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN

01:59:09.008 --> 01:59:10.510
ISLAMIC RELATIONS, EAST BAY

01:59:10.576 --> 01:59:11.911
SANCTUARY COVENANT EMPOWERING

01:59:11.978 --> 01:59:13.679
MARGINALIZED ASIAN COMMUNITIES,

01:59:13.746 --> 01:59:15.114
ENSURING OPPORTUNITY, CONTRA

01:59:15.181 --> 01:59:16.883
COSTA EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF SAN

01:59:16.949 --> 01:59:18.751
JOAQUIN, FREEDOM FOR IMMIGRANTS,

01:59:18.818 --> 01:59:20.186
FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA,

01:59:20.253 --> 01:59:21.988
HEALTHY CONTRA COSTA IMMIGRANT

01:59:22.054 --> 01:59:23.389
JUSTICE AND ACTION COALITION,

01:59:23.456 --> 01:59:24.524
IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER,

01:59:24.590 --> 01:59:25.992
IMPERIAL VALLEY EQUITY, JUSTICE

01:59:26.058 --> 01:59:31.864
AND INDIVISIBLE. ALTA. PASADENA.

01:59:31.931 --> 01:59:32.798
ANGELA MARTIN REGISTERING

01:59:32.865 --> 01:59:34.267
SUPPORT FOR CALIFORNIA

01:59:34.333 --> 01:59:35.368
IMMIGRATION PROJECT. CALIFORNIA

01:59:35.434 --> 01:59:37.169
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN

01:59:37.236 --> 01:59:38.237
CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP TO END

01:59:38.304 --> 01:59:39.438
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CALIFORNIA

01:59:39.505 --> 01:59:41.007
WORK AND FAMILY COALITION,

01:59:41.073 --> 01:59:42.942
CALIFORNIA UNITED FOR. FOR A

01:59:43.009 --> 01:59:45.444
RESPONSIBLE BUDGET, CANAL

01:59:45.511 --> 01:59:46.546
ALLIANCE, CENTRAL VALLEY

01:59:46.612 --> 01:59:47.547
IMMIGRATION INTEGRATION

01:59:47.613 --> 01:59:49.382
COLLABORATIVE. CHISPA

01:59:49.448 --> 01:59:50.583
COMMUNITIES. UNITED FOR

01:59:50.650 --> 01:59:51.951
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, YOUTH

01:59:52.018 --> 01:59:53.586
JUSTICE, COURAGE, CALIFORNIA

01:59:53.653 --> 01:59:56.355
DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE, LATINO

01:59:56.422 --> 01:59:58.090
HEALTH. ACCESS, LEGAL AID AT

01:59:58.157 --> 01:59:59.525
WORK, MID-CITY COMMUNITY

01:59:59.592 --> 02:00:01.727
ADVOCACY NETWORK, MEXICO,

02:00:01.794 --> 02:00:03.062
INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

02:00:03.129 --> 02:00:04.664
PROJECT, NEW LIFE WELLNESS,

02:00:04.730 --> 02:00:06.999
NORCAL RESIST, ORANGE COUNTY

02:00:07.066 --> 02:00:08.301
EQUALITY COALITION, ORANGE

02:00:08.367 --> 02:00:11.704
COUNTY RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK,

02:00:11.771 --> 02:00:13.139
PARENT VOICES, CALIFORNIA

02:00:13.205 --> 02:00:14.140
FILIPINO WORKER CENTER OF

02:00:14.206 --> 02:00:15.308
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND PUBLIC

02:00:15.374 --> 02:00:20.046
COUNCIL. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF

02:00:20.112 --> 02:00:21.380
OF ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING

02:00:21.447 --> 02:00:24.350
JUSTICE AND SUPPORT. KAREN LING,

02:00:24.417 --> 02:00:25.952
ON BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO

02:00:26.018 --> 02:00:26.953
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND

02:00:27.019 --> 02:00:30.423
SUPPORT, GREG RAPIER, PASTOR OF

02:00:30.489 --> 02:00:31.724
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

02:00:31.791 --> 02:00:33.259
HERE WITH SACRAMENTO AREA

02:00:33.326 --> 02:00:34.727
CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER IN

02:00:34.794 --> 02:00:37.997
SUPPORT. WITH THE CALIFORNIA

02:00:38.064 --> 02:00:39.031
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND

02:00:39.098 --> 02:00:41.634
SUPPORT. LINDA WHEATON,

02:00:41.701 --> 02:00:43.736
VOLUNTEER WITH NORCAL RESIST

02:00:43.803 --> 02:00:48.774
AND INDIVISIBLE IN SUPPORT.

02:00:48.841 --> 02:00:50.576
ALICIA DEAN, SACRAMENTO AREA

02:00:50.643 --> 02:00:51.611
CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER IN

02:00:51.677 --> 02:00:56.716
SUPPORT. MONNING. MR. CHAIR,

02:00:56.782 --> 02:00:57.950
RYAN SHERMAN WITH THE RIVERSIDE

02:00:58.017 --> 02:01:04.590
SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.

02:01:04.657 --> 02:01:06.025
ERIC PAREDES WITH THE

02:01:06.092 --> 02:01:07.226
CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION

02:01:07.293 --> 02:01:10.896
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I THANK

02:01:10.963 --> 02:01:14.300
THE WITNESSES. ARE THERE ANY

02:01:14.367 --> 02:01:19.472
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION? SEEING

02:01:19.538 --> 02:01:20.272
NONE, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF

02:01:20.339 --> 02:01:22.742
THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO VOICE

02:01:22.808 --> 02:01:27.346
THEIR OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE,

02:01:27.413 --> 02:01:28.748
I WILL NOW TURN TO THE

02:01:28.814 --> 02:01:31.617
COMMITTEE. NO COMMENTS.

02:01:31.684 --> 02:01:32.885
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. HI. THANK YOU

02:01:32.952 --> 02:01:34.820
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT'S

02:01:34.887 --> 02:01:37.056
A MATTER OF CLEAR JUSTICE AND

02:01:37.123 --> 02:01:39.959
NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT

02:01:40.026 --> 02:01:41.427
WILL HELP DEFEND CALIFORNIA

02:01:41.494 --> 02:01:42.495
AGAINST THE MALICE THAT WE

02:01:42.561 --> 02:01:43.863
MIGHT BE SEEING COMING FROM

02:01:43.929 --> 02:01:46.465
FROM WASHINGTON. I THINK THE

02:01:46.532 --> 02:01:48.534
WITNESSES, THE COURTS MAY WELL

02:01:48.601 --> 02:01:50.002
WEIGH IN ON THIS SOMEDAY, BUT

02:01:50.069 --> 02:01:52.138
FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT

02:01:52.204 --> 02:01:54.340
THIS. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO

02:01:54.407 --> 02:01:56.809
CLOSE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK

02:01:56.876 --> 02:01:58.010
YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND I WANT TO

02:01:58.077 --> 02:01:59.845
THANK THE WITNESSES AND THE

02:01:59.912 --> 02:02:01.047
MANY, MANY, AS YOU HEARD, OVER

02:02:01.113 --> 02:02:02.214
100 ORGANIZATIONS WHO'VE BEEN

02:02:02.281 --> 02:02:04.450
IN SUPPORT AND ALL OF THE FOLKS

02:02:04.517 --> 02:02:05.785
WHO'VE DIRECTLY EXPERIENCED

02:02:05.851 --> 02:02:08.621
THESE FACILITIES AND BEEN SEEN

02:02:08.688 --> 02:02:10.823
FIRSTHAND THE CRUELTY THAT IS

02:02:10.890 --> 02:02:12.558
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND THE

02:02:12.625 --> 02:02:13.993
IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD ON THEIR

02:02:14.060 --> 02:02:15.561
FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

02:02:15.628 --> 02:02:17.329
AND WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE

02:02:17.396 --> 02:02:19.498
YOUR, YOUR, YOUR WORDS AND

02:02:19.565 --> 02:02:21.967
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

02:02:22.034 --> 02:02:24.470
APPRECIATE THAT. DO WE HAVE A

02:02:24.537 --> 02:02:25.705
MOTION? SENATOR GRAYSON MOVES

02:02:25.771 --> 02:02:29.141
THE BILL. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL

02:02:29.208 --> 02:02:30.342
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED THE

02:02:30.409 --> 02:02:31.510
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

02:02:31.577 --> 02:02:34.346
SENATORS MCNERNEY. AYE. OR GILL.

02:02:34.413 --> 02:02:36.348
ASHBY. BECKER. GRAYSON A

02:02:36.415 --> 02:02:38.651
GRAYSON. AYE. TWO ZERO 2 TO 0.

02:02:38.718 --> 02:02:41.120
THE BILL IS ON CALL. AND AT

02:02:41.187 --> 02:02:42.888
THIS POINT THE CHAIR IS GOING

02:02:42.955 --> 02:02:44.824
TO HAVE TO STEP OUT FOR ANOTHER

02:02:44.890 --> 02:02:46.892
COMMITTEE. IS MR. GRAYSON GOING

02:02:46.959 --> 02:02:49.161
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE ROLL?

02:02:49.228 --> 02:02:51.063
THE CHAIR FOR A MOMENT FOR THE

02:02:51.130 --> 02:02:55.067
GAVEL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

02:02:55.134 --> 02:03:00.606
THE NEXT AUTHOR IS RBK. PLEASE

02:03:00.673 --> 02:03:02.475
COME AND PRESENT YOUR BILL.

02:03:02.541 --> 02:03:03.809
THANK YOU. IT'S FUN TO SEE MY

02:03:03.876 --> 02:03:06.278
SENATORS HERE. DISTRICT 16 IS

02:03:06.345 --> 02:03:07.513
WELL REPRESENTED ON THIS

02:03:07.580 --> 02:03:13.119
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MISTER

02:03:13.185 --> 02:03:15.321
CHAIR. AND MISTER CHAIR, I WANT

02:03:15.387 --> 02:03:16.422
TO THANK COMMITTEE STAFF FOR

02:03:16.489 --> 02:03:17.957
THEIR WORK AND COLLABORATION ON

02:03:18.023 --> 02:03:19.391
THIS BILL. I'M PROUD TO PRESENT

02:03:19.458 --> 02:03:21.060
AB 2084, WHICH PROMOTES

02:03:21.127 --> 02:03:22.261
CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AND

02:03:22.328 --> 02:03:23.562
PREVENTS DISRUPTIONS TO

02:03:23.629 --> 02:03:25.097
CALIFORNIA'S NONPROFIT

02:03:25.164 --> 02:03:26.432
ORGANIZATIONS. RECENTLY, WE'VE

02:03:26.499 --> 02:03:27.566
EXPERIENCED A NOTABLE INCREASE

02:03:27.633 --> 02:03:29.001
IN FEDERAL SCRUTINY AND

02:03:29.068 --> 02:03:30.069
RHETORIC DIRECTED AT OUR

02:03:30.136 --> 02:03:31.504
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

02:03:31.570 --> 02:03:32.972
REGARDING THEIR TAX EXEMPT

02:03:33.038 --> 02:03:34.406
STATUS, CREATING A LEVEL OF

02:03:34.473 --> 02:03:35.908
UNCERTAINTY THAT EXTENDS BEYOND

02:03:35.975 --> 02:03:37.676
ESTABLISHED LEGAL ELIGIBILITY

02:03:37.743 --> 02:03:38.744
STANDARDS AND RAISES SERIOUS

02:03:38.811 --> 02:03:40.513
CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY AND

02:03:40.579 --> 02:03:41.714
PREDICTABILITY. THIS CREATES

02:03:41.781 --> 02:03:43.015
RISK FOR CALIFORNIA BASED

02:03:43.082 --> 02:03:43.816
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE

02:03:43.883 --> 02:03:45.217
OTHERWISE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH

02:03:45.284 --> 02:03:46.786
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, BUT ARE

02:03:46.852 --> 02:03:48.420
CAUGHT UP IN SHIFTING FEDERAL

02:03:48.487 --> 02:03:49.922
ACTIONS OR NARRATIVES.

02:03:49.989 --> 02:03:51.157
CALIFORNIA NONPROFITS, AS WE

02:03:51.223 --> 02:03:52.691
ALL KNOW, PROVIDE VITAL

02:03:52.758 --> 02:03:54.193
SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY

02:03:54.260 --> 02:03:55.361
MEMBERS, AND THEY RELY ON THEIR

02:03:55.427 --> 02:03:57.062
STATUS AS A TAX EXEMPT

02:03:57.129 --> 02:03:58.597
ORGANIZATION TO REMAIN OPERABLE

02:03:58.664 --> 02:03:59.932
UNDER CURRENT LAW. WHEN FEDERAL

02:03:59.999 --> 02:04:01.066
STATUS IS STRIPPED, THE

02:04:01.133 --> 02:04:02.034
CALIFORNIA FRANCHISE TAX BOARD

02:04:02.101 --> 02:04:04.003
IS REQUIRED TO REVOKE OUR STATE

02:04:04.069 --> 02:04:05.638
TAX EXEMPT STATUS. CURRENTLY,

02:04:05.704 --> 02:04:07.139
THE FTB DOES NOT HAVE THE

02:04:07.206 --> 02:04:08.274
AUTHORITY TO DELAY AND REVIEW

02:04:08.340 --> 02:04:09.775
THE ACTION BEFORE NONPROFITS

02:04:09.842 --> 02:04:11.844
ARE HIT WITH STATE REVOCATION.

02:04:11.911 --> 02:04:13.279
THIS MEANS THE NON-PROFITS

02:04:13.345 --> 02:04:14.380
PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES

02:04:14.446 --> 02:04:15.815
CAN LOSE STATE TAX EXEMPT

02:04:15.881 --> 02:04:17.583
STATUS QUICKLY THROUGH NO FAULT

02:04:17.650 --> 02:04:19.118
OF THEIR OWN. THIS BILL

02:04:19.185 --> 02:04:20.186
ADDRESSES THAT GAP BY GIVING

02:04:20.252 --> 02:04:21.520
THE FRANCHISE TAX BOARD

02:04:21.587 --> 02:04:23.222
AUTHORITY TO USE ITS DISCRETION

02:04:23.289 --> 02:04:24.924
TO MAINTAIN STATE INCOME TAX

02:04:24.990 --> 02:04:27.026
EXEMPT STATUS FOR 501 C THREE

02:04:27.092 --> 02:04:28.060
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SOUGHT

02:04:28.127 --> 02:04:29.128
ORIGINAL EXEMPTION THROUGH THE

02:04:29.195 --> 02:04:31.664
STREAMLINED 3500 A PROCESS IF

02:04:31.730 --> 02:04:33.098
FEDERAL REVOCATION OCCURS FOR

02:04:33.165 --> 02:04:35.201
REASONS NOT RELATED TO LEGAL

02:04:35.267 --> 02:04:36.535
ELIGIBILITY FOR REVOCATION.

02:04:36.602 --> 02:04:38.170
THIS ENSURES THAT CALIFORNIA

02:04:38.237 --> 02:04:39.238
NONPROFITS ARE PROTECTED FROM

02:04:39.305 --> 02:04:41.307
FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT MAY BE

02:04:41.373 --> 02:04:43.142
INFLUENCED BY THE FEDERAL

02:04:43.209 --> 02:04:44.977
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. IT IS

02:04:45.044 --> 02:04:46.045
NARROWLY CRAFTED AND DOES NOT

02:04:46.111 --> 02:04:47.947
EXPAND ELIGIBILITY OR REDUCE

02:04:48.013 --> 02:04:49.348
OVERSIGHT. IT SIMPLY PRESERVES

02:04:49.415 --> 02:04:50.416
STATUS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT

02:04:50.482 --> 02:04:52.852
ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW. AB 2084

02:04:52.918 --> 02:04:54.353
ADDRESSES A REAL AND GROWING

02:04:54.420 --> 02:04:55.688
RISK. IT IS NECESSARY AND

02:04:55.754 --> 02:04:57.223
TIMELY TO SAFEGUARD ENSURE

02:04:57.289 --> 02:04:58.624
CALIFORNIA RETAINS CONTROL OF

02:04:58.691 --> 02:05:00.392
ITS OWN STANDARDS AND PROTECTS

02:05:00.459 --> 02:05:01.527
ORGANIZATIONS FROM CONSEQUENCES

02:05:01.594 --> 02:05:03.028
BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. WITH ME

02:05:03.095 --> 02:05:04.396
TODAY IN SUPPORT IS JENNIFER

02:05:04.463 --> 02:05:05.464
FEARING, SACRAMENTO, ADVOCATE

02:05:05.531 --> 02:05:06.765
FOR THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION

02:05:06.832 --> 02:05:09.101
OF NONPROFITS. TWO MINUTES,

02:05:09.168 --> 02:05:11.604
PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

02:05:11.670 --> 02:05:12.872
JENNIFER FEARING, SACRAMENTO

02:05:12.938 --> 02:05:13.772
ADVOCATE FOR CALIFORNIA

02:05:13.839 --> 02:05:15.174
ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS AT

02:05:15.241 --> 02:05:16.709
10,000 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

02:05:16.775 --> 02:05:18.510
STATEWIDE POLICY ALLIANCE. CAL

02:05:18.577 --> 02:05:20.279
IS PLEASED TO SPONSOR AB 2084

02:05:20.346 --> 02:05:21.313
AND GRATEFUL TO THE AUTHOR FOR

02:05:21.380 --> 02:05:22.581
HELPING PROTECT THE STABILITY

02:05:22.648 --> 02:05:23.916
OF CALIFORNIA'S NONPROFIT

02:05:23.983 --> 02:05:25.985
SECTOR. SINCE 2008, NONPROFITS

02:05:26.051 --> 02:05:27.820
CAN PURSUE STATE TAX EXEMPT

02:05:27.887 --> 02:05:29.355
STATUS EXPEDITIOUSLY BY FILING

02:05:29.421 --> 02:05:32.191
THE TBS 3500, A FORM THAT

02:05:32.258 --> 02:05:33.192
RELIES ON THE FEDERAL

02:05:33.259 --> 02:05:34.727
GOVERNMENT'S 501 C THREE

02:05:34.793 --> 02:05:35.728
DETERMINATION. ALMOST A QUARTER

02:05:35.794 --> 02:05:37.162
OF CALIFORNIA'S NONPROFITS HAVE

02:05:37.229 --> 02:05:38.964
UTILIZED THIS PROCESS. THIS

02:05:39.031 --> 02:05:40.065
RELIANCE ON THE FEDERAL

02:05:40.132 --> 02:05:41.033
APPROVAL CREATES AN EFFICIENCY,

02:05:41.100 --> 02:05:43.002
BUT ALSO PRECARITY. IF THE

02:05:43.068 --> 02:05:44.003
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REVOKES A

02:05:44.069 --> 02:05:45.804
NONPROFIT, TAX EXEMPT STATUS,

02:05:45.871 --> 02:05:47.172
EVEN FOR POLITICAL REASONS, THE

02:05:47.239 --> 02:05:48.307
FTB IS REQUIRED TO

02:05:48.374 --> 02:05:49.174
AUTOMATICALLY REVOKE THEIR

02:05:49.241 --> 02:05:51.277
STATE STATUS AS WELL. THE FTB

02:05:51.343 --> 02:05:52.244
CURRENTLY LACKS THAT AUTHORITY

02:05:52.311 --> 02:05:53.412
TO DELAY OR EVALUATE THE MERITS

02:05:53.479 --> 02:05:55.414
OF THE ACTIONS. FOR NONPROFITS

02:05:55.481 --> 02:05:56.582
THAT USE THE STREAMLINED

02:05:56.649 --> 02:05:58.384
PROCESS. SINCE FEDERAL THREATS

02:05:58.450 --> 02:06:00.219
BEGAN EMERGING IN EARLY 2025,

02:06:00.286 --> 02:06:01.787
CAL NONPROFITS HAS CONTINUED TO

02:06:01.854 --> 02:06:04.590
URGE ALL 3500 Ã NONPROFITS TO

02:06:04.657 --> 02:06:05.724
INITIATE THE LONGER FORM

02:06:05.791 --> 02:06:07.026
PROCESS TO GET INDEPENDENT

02:06:07.092 --> 02:06:08.227
VALIDATION FROM THE STATE OF

02:06:08.294 --> 02:06:09.929
THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS. AND WE

02:06:09.995 --> 02:06:11.297
ARE ONLY HERE REQUESTING THIS

02:06:11.363 --> 02:06:12.798
CHANGE IN LAW BECAUSE OF

02:06:12.865 --> 02:06:14.566
SPECIFIC AND UNPRECEDENTED

02:06:14.633 --> 02:06:15.567
FEDERAL THREATS AND EXECUTIVE

02:06:15.634 --> 02:06:17.136
ORDERS TARGETING NONPROFITS FOR

02:06:17.202 --> 02:06:18.671
THEIR SPEECH OR MISSION DRIVEN

02:06:18.737 --> 02:06:20.739
WORK, RATHER THAN ANY ACTUAL

02:06:20.806 --> 02:06:22.107
WRONGDOING. INDEED, IN JUST IN

02:06:22.174 --> 02:06:23.976
MAY OF THIS YEAR, THE OMB

02:06:24.043 --> 02:06:25.744
ISSUED AN ALARMING DIRECTIVE

02:06:25.811 --> 02:06:27.212
SINGLING OUT 49 NONPROFITS

02:06:27.279 --> 02:06:28.981
UNDER THE PRETENSE OF FRAUD

02:06:29.048 --> 02:06:30.482
PREVENTION. AND THESE WERE

02:06:30.549 --> 02:06:32.217
MOSTLY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING

02:06:32.284 --> 02:06:33.619
IMMIGRANTS OR PROVIDING LEGAL

02:06:33.686 --> 02:06:35.821
AID WITH THEIR TAX EXEMPT

02:06:35.888 --> 02:06:36.889
STATUS. IN JEOPARDY, A

02:06:36.956 --> 02:06:38.023
NONPROFIT CAN FIND ITS GRANTS

02:06:38.090 --> 02:06:39.491
AND PAYMENTS FROZEN, FACE NEW

02:06:39.558 --> 02:06:41.327
TAX LIABILITIES, AND POSSIBLY

02:06:41.393 --> 02:06:42.227
HAVE TO REDUCE ESSENTIAL

02:06:42.294 --> 02:06:44.063
SERVICES TO VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

02:06:44.129 --> 02:06:45.531
THIS IS A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION,

02:06:45.597 --> 02:06:47.333
GIVING THE FTB DISCRETION TO

02:06:47.399 --> 02:06:48.734
EVALUATE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF

02:06:48.801 --> 02:06:51.003
STATE TAX STATUS. IF A FEDERAL

02:06:51.070 --> 02:06:53.505
RECOGNITION WAS DUE NOT TO A

02:06:53.572 --> 02:06:54.907
NON-FILING FRAUD OR MISCONDUCT

02:06:54.974 --> 02:06:56.575
ISSUE, IT DOES NOT LOWER THE

02:06:56.642 --> 02:06:57.843
BAR FOR TAX EXEMPTION. IT

02:06:57.910 --> 02:06:59.211
SIMPLY GIVES NONPROFITS TIME TO

02:06:59.278 --> 02:07:00.346
DEMONSTRATE THEIR ONGOING

02:07:00.412 --> 02:07:01.780
ELIGIBILITY TO THE STATE. WE

02:07:01.847 --> 02:07:02.881
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE

02:07:02.948 --> 02:07:04.717
STATE PROTECT OUR OUR RIGHT TO

02:07:04.783 --> 02:07:06.719
SAFEGUARD NONPROFITS. RESIDENTS

02:07:06.785 --> 02:07:08.587
RELY ON EVERY DAY. AND I'LL

02:07:08.654 --> 02:07:10.122
JUST ADD, THIS BILL ALIGNS WITH

02:07:10.189 --> 02:07:11.457
THE STATE SOVEREIGNTY, GOALS

02:07:11.523 --> 02:07:13.926
AND PROTECTIONS OF AB 1318 FROM

02:07:13.993 --> 02:07:15.361
LAST YEAR, WHICH THE GOVERNOR

02:07:15.427 --> 02:07:16.829
SIGNED TO ENSURE CALIFORNIA

02:07:16.895 --> 02:07:17.930
NONPROFITS REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR

02:07:17.997 --> 02:07:19.264
STATE SUPPORT BASED ON STATE

02:07:19.331 --> 02:07:20.666
LEVEL STANDING AND NOT FEDERAL

02:07:20.733 --> 02:07:22.167
STATUS ALONE. WE THANK THE

02:07:22.234 --> 02:07:22.935
ASSEMBLYWOMAN FOR HER

02:07:23.002 --> 02:07:24.370
LEADERSHIP AND URGE HER. I VOTE

02:07:24.436 --> 02:07:26.905
RIGHT TO THE SECOND. VERY GOOD.

02:07:26.972 --> 02:07:28.107
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

02:07:28.173 --> 02:07:30.542
WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT

02:07:30.609 --> 02:07:32.211
YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION AND

02:07:32.277 --> 02:07:34.046
POSITION, PLEASE. ANGELA

02:07:34.113 --> 02:07:35.447
PONTIUS, ON BEHALF OF PLANNED

02:07:35.514 --> 02:07:36.248
PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF

02:07:36.315 --> 02:07:39.385
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT, JENNIFER

02:07:39.451 --> 02:07:40.919
TANNEHILL WITH AARON REED AND

02:07:40.986 --> 02:07:42.154
ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF THE

02:07:42.221 --> 02:07:43.856
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF ENROLLED

02:07:43.922 --> 02:07:45.758
AGENTS IN SUPPORT. VERY GOOD.

02:07:45.824 --> 02:07:47.960
ANY OTHERS IN SUPPORT? SEEING

02:07:48.027 --> 02:07:49.094
NONE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE

02:07:49.161 --> 02:07:51.463
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.

02:07:51.530 --> 02:07:53.232
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC OR IN THE

02:07:53.298 --> 02:07:56.402
ROOM IN OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE

02:07:56.468 --> 02:07:57.736
MOVE, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO

02:07:57.803 --> 02:07:58.937
COMMITTEE. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

02:07:59.004 --> 02:08:00.739
I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

02:08:00.806 --> 02:08:01.807
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

02:08:01.874 --> 02:08:03.909
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.

02:08:03.976 --> 02:08:05.778
ASSEMBLYMEMBER BARRETT CAN BE I

02:08:05.844 --> 02:08:07.579
SHOULD NOT AFFECT AN

02:08:07.646 --> 02:08:08.247
ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT

02:08:08.313 --> 02:08:10.816
STATUS UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW IN

02:08:10.883 --> 02:08:12.985
ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. SO THIS

02:08:13.052 --> 02:08:14.386
BILL SAYS THAT CALIFORNIA MUST

02:08:14.453 --> 02:08:15.821
EVALUATE NONPROFITS ON THEIR

02:08:15.888 --> 02:08:17.623
ACTUAL COMPLIANCE RECORD. SO

02:08:17.689 --> 02:08:19.091
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

02:08:19.158 --> 02:08:21.126
AND WHEN WE GET WHAT WOULD YOU

02:08:21.193 --> 02:08:23.062
LIKE TO CLOSE RESPECTFULLY ASK

02:08:23.128 --> 02:08:23.996
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.

02:08:24.063 --> 02:08:25.664
SENATOR. AWESOME. CLOSE. WHEN

02:08:25.731 --> 02:08:28.067
WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN

02:08:28.133 --> 02:08:29.868
GET A MOTION AND TAKE A VOTE,

02:08:29.935 --> 02:08:31.737
WE WILL. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH

02:08:31.804 --> 02:08:33.505
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. DO WE

02:08:33.572 --> 02:08:38.877
HAVE IS THIS. IS THAT HOW YOU

02:08:38.944 --> 02:08:41.780
PRONOUNCE HER NAME? ARE YOU. I

02:08:41.847 --> 02:08:44.283
BELIEVE WE HAVE. I ALMOST GAVE

02:08:44.349 --> 02:08:46.351
YOU A PROMOTION. CALLED YOU SIR.

02:08:46.418 --> 02:08:48.287
I'LL TAKE THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER

02:08:48.353 --> 02:08:50.722
OVER. YOU ARE HERE TODAY WITH

02:08:50.789 --> 02:08:55.360
AB 2403 AND THAT. RIGHT? YES,

02:08:55.427 --> 02:08:56.528
SIR. YOU CAN PRESENT WHEN

02:08:56.595 --> 02:08:58.530
YOU'RE READY. GLAD TO HAVE YOU

02:08:58.597 --> 02:09:03.368
HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD

02:09:03.435 --> 02:09:05.037
MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

02:09:05.104 --> 02:09:07.406
I'M PROUD TO PRESENT AB 2403, A

02:09:07.473 --> 02:09:09.074
BILL FOCUSED ON KEEPING

02:09:09.141 --> 02:09:10.976
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION JOBS HERE

02:09:11.043 --> 02:09:12.711
IN CALIFORNIA FOR OUR WORKERS,

02:09:12.778 --> 02:09:14.913
OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR LOCAL

02:09:14.980 --> 02:09:16.315
ECONOMIES. CALIFORNIA HAS LONG

02:09:16.381 --> 02:09:17.783
BEEN A HUB FOR COMMERCIAL

02:09:17.850 --> 02:09:19.184
PRODUCTION. WE HAVE THE CREWS,

02:09:19.251 --> 02:09:21.053
THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE

02:09:21.120 --> 02:09:22.588
TALENT THAT BUILT THIS INDUSTRY,

02:09:22.654 --> 02:09:24.323
BUT WE ARE LOSING THAT WORK.

02:09:24.389 --> 02:09:25.791
OVER THE PAST DECADE,

02:09:25.858 --> 02:09:26.391
CALIFORNIA'S SHARE OF

02:09:26.458 --> 02:09:27.826
NATIONALLY AIRED COMMERCIALS

02:09:27.893 --> 02:09:30.829
HAS DROPPED FROM ABOUT 50% TO

02:09:30.896 --> 02:09:33.132
25%. IN LÀ ALONE, PRODUCTION

02:09:33.198 --> 02:09:34.399
HAS DECLINED BY 35% IN JUST

02:09:34.466 --> 02:09:36.935
FIVE YEARS. THAT DECLINE HAS

02:09:37.002 --> 02:09:38.770
REAL CONSEQUENCES. IT MEANS

02:09:38.837 --> 02:09:40.772
FEWER JOBS FOR SKILLED WORKERS,

02:09:40.839 --> 02:09:42.307
FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE

02:09:42.374 --> 02:09:43.709
TRYING TO GET THEIR FOOT IN THE

02:09:43.775 --> 02:09:44.910
DOOR, AND LESS INVESTMENT IN

02:09:44.977 --> 02:09:46.879
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

02:09:46.945 --> 02:09:48.447
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IS HIGHLY

02:09:48.514 --> 02:09:50.516
MOBILE, AND RIGHT NOW, OTHER

02:09:50.582 --> 02:09:51.717
STATES ARE ACTIVELY COMPETING

02:09:51.783 --> 02:09:54.920
FOR THIS WORK AND WINNING

02:09:54.987 --> 02:09:55.954
BECAUSE THEY ARE OFFERED

02:09:56.021 --> 02:09:57.456
TARGETED INCENTIVES. AT THE

02:09:57.523 --> 02:09:58.991
SAME TIME, CALIFORNIA REMAINS

02:09:59.057 --> 02:10:00.626
ONE OF THE ONLY MAJOR

02:10:00.692 --> 02:10:02.060
PRODUCTION STATES WITHOUT A

02:10:02.127 --> 02:10:03.462
DEDICATED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION

02:10:03.529 --> 02:10:05.164
TAX CREDIT. THIS BILL IS

02:10:05.230 --> 02:10:06.331
SUPPORTED BY LABOR

02:10:06.398 --> 02:10:07.766
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THE

02:10:07.833 --> 02:10:09.568
VERY WORKERS WHO POWER THIS

02:10:09.635 --> 02:10:11.136
INDUSTRY EVERY DAY. IT PROTECTS

02:10:11.203 --> 02:10:12.871
GOOD PAYING, MIDDLE CLASS JOBS

02:10:12.938 --> 02:10:14.206
AND THE WORKERS WHO DEPEND ON

02:10:14.273 --> 02:10:15.908
THEM. OUR LABOR PARTNERS KNOW

02:10:15.974 --> 02:10:17.976
THAT WHEN PRODUCTIONS LEAVE,

02:10:18.043 --> 02:10:20.846
CAREERS, LEAVE WITH IT. AB 2403

02:10:20.913 --> 02:10:22.915
IS ABOUT CLOSING THAT GAP. IT

02:10:22.981 --> 02:10:24.149
CREATES A TARGETED INCENTIVE TO

02:10:24.216 --> 02:10:26.118
KEEP COMMERCIALS AND THEIR

02:10:26.185 --> 02:10:27.452
PRODUCTION HERE SO WE CAN

02:10:27.519 --> 02:10:29.421
RETAIN JOBS, SUPPORT OUR

02:10:29.488 --> 02:10:30.822
WORKFORCE, AND ENSURE THIS

02:10:30.889 --> 02:10:32.291
INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO GROW IN

02:10:32.357 --> 02:10:34.026
THE STATE THAT BUILDS IT. THESE

02:10:34.092 --> 02:10:35.794
JOBS ALSO CREATE REAL PATHWAYS,

02:10:35.861 --> 02:10:37.262
INCLUDING FOR INDIVIDUALS

02:10:37.329 --> 02:10:39.498
LOOKING TO ENTER OR REENTER THE

02:10:39.565 --> 02:10:40.832
WORKFORCE AND BUILD STABLE

02:10:40.899 --> 02:10:42.100
CAREERS. WITH ME TODAY IS DAVID

02:10:42.167 --> 02:10:43.702
MICHAEL GONZALEZ, VICE

02:10:43.769 --> 02:10:44.903
PRESIDENT OF LABOR RELATIONS

02:10:44.970 --> 02:10:48.073
AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

02:10:48.140 --> 02:10:49.942
ASSOCIATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE

02:10:50.008 --> 02:10:50.909
WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF

02:10:50.976 --> 02:10:52.044
INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL

02:10:52.110 --> 02:10:53.512
PRODUCERS AND RUDY REYES,

02:10:53.579 --> 02:10:54.580
LIGHTING TECHNICIAN AND

02:10:54.646 --> 02:10:55.747
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DIRECTOR AT

02:10:55.814 --> 02:10:57.416
THE RESTORATIVE RESTORATIVE

02:10:57.482 --> 02:10:58.850
ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.

02:10:58.917 --> 02:10:59.985
GREAT. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES

02:11:00.052 --> 02:11:03.522
EACH. THANK YOU. I'M DAVID

02:11:03.589 --> 02:11:04.656
MICHAEL GONZALEZ WITH THE

02:11:04.723 --> 02:11:05.424
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT

02:11:05.490 --> 02:11:06.491
COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS,

02:11:06.558 --> 02:11:08.160
REPRESENTING OVER 300 COMPANIES

02:11:08.227 --> 02:11:09.027
THAT SPECIALIZE IN THE

02:11:09.094 --> 02:11:10.395
PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION

02:11:10.462 --> 02:11:11.430
OF TV COMMERCIALS FOR

02:11:11.496 --> 02:11:13.265
ADVERTISERS AND AD AGENCIES. ÁP

02:11:13.332 --> 02:11:14.766
IS PROUD TO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT

02:11:14.833 --> 02:11:17.603
AB 2403. COMMERCIALS ARE SHORT,

02:11:17.669 --> 02:11:19.771
FAST MOVING AND HIGHLY MOBILE

02:11:19.838 --> 02:11:20.739
PRODUCTIONS. BECAUSE OF THAT

02:11:20.806 --> 02:11:21.640
SPEED AND FLEXIBILITY,

02:11:21.707 --> 02:11:22.674
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IS

02:11:22.741 --> 02:11:24.509
UNIQUELY SENSITIVE TO COSTS AND

02:11:24.576 --> 02:11:26.311
LOGISTICS. TO DATE, 29 STATES

02:11:26.378 --> 02:11:27.346
INCLUDE COMMERCIALS IN THEIR

02:11:27.412 --> 02:11:29.248
FILMING INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, BUT

02:11:29.314 --> 02:11:30.549
CALIFORNIA DOES NOT. AS A

02:11:30.616 --> 02:11:32.050
RESULT, WORK THAT WAS ONCE

02:11:32.117 --> 02:11:33.151
ROUTINELY PRODUCED IN

02:11:33.218 --> 02:11:34.253
CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO OTHER

02:11:34.319 --> 02:11:35.354
STATES AND EVEN OUT OF THE

02:11:35.420 --> 02:11:37.089
COUNTRY. WHEN THAT HAPPENS,

02:11:37.155 --> 02:11:38.523
CALIFORNIA LOSES JOBS TO CREW

02:11:38.590 --> 02:11:39.591
MEMBERS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR

02:11:39.658 --> 02:11:41.326
SMALL BUSINESSES, CUSTOMERS FOR

02:11:41.393 --> 02:11:42.427
EQUIPMENT VENDORS,

02:11:42.494 --> 02:11:43.929
POST-PRODUCTION FACILITIES,

02:11:43.996 --> 02:11:44.896
TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS, AND

02:11:44.963 --> 02:11:46.765
LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT

02:11:46.832 --> 02:11:49.534
PRODUCTION. AB 2403 ADDRESSES

02:11:49.601 --> 02:11:50.702
THE GAP IN CALIFORNIA'S FILM

02:11:50.769 --> 02:11:51.870
INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK WITH A

02:11:51.937 --> 02:11:53.639
TARGETED AND MEASURED, MEASURED

02:11:53.705 --> 02:11:55.440
SOLUTION. IT ESTABLISHES A

02:11:55.507 --> 02:11:56.241
STANDALONE COMMERCIAL

02:11:56.308 --> 02:11:57.309
PRODUCTION CREDIT WITH A

02:11:57.376 --> 02:11:58.677
LIMITED ANNUAL ALLOCATION AND

02:11:58.744 --> 02:11:59.845
REQUIRES PRODUCTIONS TO INCUR

02:11:59.911 --> 02:12:02.381
AT LEAST 75% OF FILMING COSTS

02:12:02.447 --> 02:12:04.416
IN CALIFORNIA. TO QUALIFY,

02:12:04.483 --> 02:12:05.584
CREDITS WOULD BE ALLOCATED

02:12:05.651 --> 02:12:06.585
AFTER PRODUCTION OCCURS,

02:12:06.652 --> 02:12:08.086
HELPING ENSURE THAT INCENTIVES

02:12:08.153 --> 02:12:09.855
REMAIN TIED TO REAL ECONOMIC

02:12:09.921 --> 02:12:11.390
ACTIVITY AND VERIFIED IN STATE

02:12:11.456 --> 02:12:13.091
SPENDING. AS CALIFORNIA

02:12:13.158 --> 02:12:14.459
IMPLEMENTS EXPANDED FILM AND TV

02:12:14.526 --> 02:12:15.560
TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, COMMERCIAL

02:12:15.627 --> 02:12:16.662
WORK REMAINS AN IMPORTANT

02:12:16.728 --> 02:12:17.696
BRIDGE BETWEEN LARGER

02:12:17.763 --> 02:12:18.830
PRODUCTIONS FOR THE WORKFORCE,

02:12:18.897 --> 02:12:20.098
VENDORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

02:12:20.165 --> 02:12:22.167
THAT SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY.

02:12:22.234 --> 02:12:23.201
CALIFORNIA REMAINS THE BEST

02:12:23.268 --> 02:12:24.336
PLACE IN THE WORLD TO MAKE

02:12:24.403 --> 02:12:25.370
CONTENT, BUT WITHOUT A

02:12:25.437 --> 02:12:26.438
COMPETITIVE FRAMEWORK FOR

02:12:26.505 --> 02:12:27.472
PRICING OURSELVES OUT OF AN

02:12:27.539 --> 02:12:28.607
IMPORTANT SEGMENT OF THE FILM

02:12:28.674 --> 02:12:31.143
INDUSTRY. ONCE DOMINATED, AB 24

02:12:31.209 --> 02:12:32.144
WILL HELP STABILIZE EMPLOYMENT

02:12:32.210 --> 02:12:33.645
FOR SKILLED WORKERS. IT WILL

02:12:33.712 --> 02:12:34.680
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT

02:12:34.746 --> 02:12:35.947
DEPEND ON PRODUCTION ACTIVITY,

02:12:36.014 --> 02:12:37.082
AND IT WILL ENSURE THAT

02:12:37.149 --> 02:12:38.317
CALIFORNIA REMAINS A LEADER

02:12:38.383 --> 02:12:40.018
ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF

02:12:40.085 --> 02:12:41.320
PRODUCTION. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK

02:12:41.386 --> 02:12:43.422
FOR YOUR VOTE ON AB 2403. THANK

02:12:43.488 --> 02:12:45.190
YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WITNESS TWO

02:12:45.257 --> 02:12:46.825
MINUTES. MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF

02:12:46.892 --> 02:12:48.727
THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. MY

02:12:48.794 --> 02:12:49.761
NAME IS RUDY REYES. I'M A

02:12:49.828 --> 02:12:52.030
MEMBER OF LOCAL 728, SAID

02:12:52.097 --> 02:12:53.832
LIGHTING TECHNICIANS UNION IN

02:12:53.899 --> 02:12:55.600
HOLLYWOOD. AND I ALSO SERVE AS

02:12:55.667 --> 02:12:57.736
A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DIRECTOR

02:12:57.803 --> 02:12:59.538
FOR THE RESTORATIVE ACADEMIC

02:12:59.604 --> 02:13:01.273
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN LOS

02:13:01.340 --> 02:13:02.441
ANGELES. AND I'M A MEMBER OF

02:13:02.507 --> 02:13:04.443
THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION,

02:13:04.509 --> 02:13:06.778
ALSO LOS ANGELES. EVERY DAY I

02:13:06.845 --> 02:13:08.180
WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE

02:13:08.246 --> 02:13:09.381
FIGHTING FOR A SECOND CHANCE,

02:13:09.448 --> 02:13:11.183
AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO

02:13:11.249 --> 02:13:12.417
TALK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT

02:13:12.484 --> 02:13:14.319
CONNECTS ECONOMIC POLICY WITH

02:13:14.386 --> 02:13:16.455
PUBLIC SAFETY, WORKFORCE

02:13:16.521 --> 02:13:17.889
DEVELOPMENT, AND HUMAN

02:13:17.956 --> 02:13:20.092
POTENTIAL. I'M HERE TODAY

02:13:20.158 --> 02:13:21.093
REPRESENTING THE THOUSANDS OF

02:13:21.159 --> 02:13:22.794
SKILLED WORKERS WHO RELY ON

02:13:22.861 --> 02:13:24.696
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION TO MAKE A

02:13:24.763 --> 02:13:26.198
LIVING. CALIFORNIA HAS LONG

02:13:26.264 --> 02:13:27.499
BEEN THE GLOBAL LEADER IN FILM

02:13:27.566 --> 02:13:29.501
AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION.

02:13:29.568 --> 02:13:31.603
THROUGH LEGISLATION LIKE AB

02:13:31.670 --> 02:13:33.305
1138, THIS BODY MADE A POWERFUL

02:13:33.372 --> 02:13:34.606
STATEMENT THAT WE ARE COMMITTED

02:13:34.673 --> 02:13:36.074
TO KEEPING PRODUCTION AND JOBS

02:13:36.141 --> 02:13:38.410
THAT COME WITH IT HERE AT HOME,

02:13:38.477 --> 02:13:40.078
BUT THERE IS A GAP IN THAT

02:13:40.145 --> 02:13:41.980
VISION COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION,

02:13:42.047 --> 02:13:43.482
ADVERTISING, BRANDED CONTENT,

02:13:43.548 --> 02:13:45.650
SHORT FORM MEDIA IS QUIETLY

02:13:45.717 --> 02:13:47.319
LEAVING CALIFORNIA AT A RAPID

02:13:47.386 --> 02:13:49.888
PACE THERE. THESE ARE HIGH

02:13:49.955 --> 02:13:50.956
FREQUENCY, FAST MOVING

02:13:51.022 --> 02:13:52.023
PRODUCTIONS THAT GENERATE

02:13:52.090 --> 02:13:53.425
CONSISTENT JOBS FOR CREW

02:13:53.492 --> 02:13:55.227
MEMBERS, ELECTRICIANS, GRIPS,

02:13:55.293 --> 02:13:57.362
DRIVERS, CATERERS, STYLISTS AND

02:13:57.429 --> 02:13:59.564
COUNTLESS ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS.

02:13:59.631 --> 02:14:01.299
YET, UNLIKE FILM AND TELEVISION,

02:14:01.366 --> 02:14:03.535
THEY OFTEN DO NOT QUALIFY FOR

02:14:03.602 --> 02:14:05.370
MEANINGFUL TAX INCENTIVES. I

02:14:05.437 --> 02:14:06.805
REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I WOULD DO

02:14:06.872 --> 02:14:08.573
2 TO 3 SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS

02:14:08.640 --> 02:14:11.610
PER YEAR. THEN IN 2024 AND 2025,

02:14:11.676 --> 02:14:13.979
I DID NO SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS.

02:14:14.045 --> 02:14:15.981
AS A RESULT, THEY GO ELSEWHERE

02:14:16.047 --> 02:14:17.616
TO STATES AND COUNTRIES THAT

02:14:17.682 --> 02:14:19.818
OFFER EVEN MODEST FINANCIAL

02:14:19.885 --> 02:14:20.952
ADVANTAGES. CALIFORNIA'S SHARE

02:14:21.019 --> 02:14:22.788
OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION HAS

02:14:22.854 --> 02:14:25.624
DROPPED FROM ABOUT 50% TO 25%

02:14:25.690 --> 02:14:27.793
OVER THE LAST DECADE, AND LOS

02:14:27.859 --> 02:14:29.094
ANGELES ALONE, PRODUCTION IS

02:14:29.161 --> 02:14:32.330
DOWN ROUGHLY 35 TO 40% IN

02:14:32.397 --> 02:14:33.432
RECENT YEARS. IT IS ABOUT

02:14:33.498 --> 02:14:34.866
THOUSANDS OF JOBS THAT COULD BE

02:14:34.933 --> 02:14:36.435
FILLED BY CALIFORNIANS,

02:14:36.501 --> 02:14:37.436
ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE TRYING

02:14:37.502 --> 02:14:39.538
TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE, BEING

02:14:39.604 --> 02:14:41.406
EXPORTED OUT OF STATE THROUGH

02:14:41.473 --> 02:14:42.841
RAMP. WE WORK WITH JUSTICE

02:14:42.908 --> 02:14:44.276
IMPACTED YOUTH WHO ARE READY TO

02:14:44.342 --> 02:14:45.477
WORK, READY TO LEARN AND READY

02:14:45.544 --> 02:14:47.212
TO CONTRIBUTE. WHAT THEY NEED

02:14:47.279 --> 02:14:48.180
IS ACCESS. COMMERCIAL

02:14:48.246 --> 02:14:49.748
PRODUCTION IS UNIQUELY

02:14:49.815 --> 02:14:51.817
POSITIONED TO TO PROVIDE THAT

02:14:51.883 --> 02:14:53.218
ACCESS. IT OFFERS SHORTER

02:14:53.285 --> 02:14:54.986
PROJECT CYCLES, MORE FREQUENT

02:14:55.053 --> 02:14:56.788
HIRING OPPORTUNITIES, AND ENTRY

02:14:56.855 --> 02:15:00.459
LEVEL POSITIONS. I RESPECTFULLY

02:15:00.525 --> 02:15:02.594
ASK FOR A VOTE ON THIS. THANK

02:15:02.661 --> 02:15:04.095
YOU SO VERY MUCH. GREAT

02:15:04.162 --> 02:15:05.697
TESTIMONY ON THAT. ANY MEMBERS

02:15:05.764 --> 02:15:06.832
OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE

02:15:06.898 --> 02:15:09.134
TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT YOUR NAME,

02:15:09.201 --> 02:15:10.168
AFFILIATION AND POSITION,

02:15:10.235 --> 02:15:12.304
PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR

02:15:12.370 --> 02:15:13.472
AND MEMBERS. MR. JOHNSON, ON

02:15:13.538 --> 02:15:14.673
BEHALF OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD

02:15:14.739 --> 02:15:16.408
OF AMERICA, AS WELL AS THE

02:15:16.475 --> 02:15:17.142
ENTERTAINMENT UNION COALITION

02:15:17.209 --> 02:15:20.312
IN SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR

02:15:20.378 --> 02:15:21.446
MEMBERS. CONGRESSMAN, ON BEHALF

02:15:21.513 --> 02:15:22.714
OF SAG-AFTRA AND TEAMSTERS

02:15:22.781 --> 02:15:25.617
CALIFORNIA. AND THANK YOU. GOOD

02:15:25.684 --> 02:15:26.885
MORNING, ADAM KAPLAN. ON BEHALF

02:15:26.952 --> 02:15:28.086
OF CALIFORNIA, LULAC AND THE

02:15:28.153 --> 02:15:30.055
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK AND

02:15:30.121 --> 02:15:33.191
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. ON

02:15:33.258 --> 02:15:34.593
BEHALF OF THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM

02:15:34.659 --> 02:15:35.727
COALITION, CREATING

02:15:35.794 --> 02:15:37.128
OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS AND

02:15:37.195 --> 02:15:38.730
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

02:15:38.797 --> 02:15:40.165
SO MUCH. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF

02:15:40.232 --> 02:15:41.867
THE PUBLIC IN SUPPORT? SEEING

02:15:41.933 --> 02:15:43.235
NONE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE

02:15:43.301 --> 02:15:45.470
LISTED LEAD OPPOSITION. SO ARE

02:15:45.537 --> 02:15:46.938
THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

02:15:47.005 --> 02:15:48.807
THAT WOULD LIKE TO STEP UP IN

02:15:48.874 --> 02:15:51.243
OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE MOVING

02:15:51.309 --> 02:15:51.977
TOWARD THE MICROPHONE WILL

02:15:52.043 --> 02:15:54.446
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE

02:15:54.513 --> 02:15:56.948
AND NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED

02:15:57.015 --> 02:15:58.650
TO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR

02:15:58.717 --> 02:15:59.584
YOUR PRESENTATION. GREAT

02:15:59.651 --> 02:16:01.019
TESTIMONIES FROM YOUR WITNESS.

02:16:01.086 --> 02:16:02.020
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IS AN

02:16:02.087 --> 02:16:03.421
IMPORTANT PART OF CALIFORNIA'S

02:16:03.488 --> 02:16:05.957
BROADER FILM AND MEDIA ECONOMY.

02:16:06.024 --> 02:16:08.059
AND SO WHAT THIS BILL MAKES

02:16:08.126 --> 02:16:09.227
CALIFORNIA MAKES IT MORE

02:16:09.294 --> 02:16:10.695
COMPETITIVE FOR COMMERCIAL

02:16:10.762 --> 02:16:12.097
PRODUCTION BY PROVIDING AN

02:16:12.163 --> 02:16:13.498
INCENTIVE TO KEEP PRODUCTIONS

02:16:13.565 --> 02:16:15.100
RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA, JUST

02:16:15.166 --> 02:16:17.068
AS YOU TESTIFIED. SO I ALSO

02:16:17.135 --> 02:16:19.671
WANT TO APPLY THE AI GUARDRAILS

02:16:19.738 --> 02:16:21.139
THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THIS

02:16:21.206 --> 02:16:22.908
MEASURE. AND THANK YOU FOR

02:16:22.974 --> 02:16:24.309
WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE TO

02:16:24.376 --> 02:16:26.111
IMPROVE THE BILL. SO THAT'S

02:16:26.177 --> 02:16:27.612
VERY IMPORTANT. SO REALLY

02:16:27.679 --> 02:16:28.413
APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU

02:16:28.480 --> 02:16:30.215
TO THE COMMITTEE AS WELL. WITH

02:16:30.282 --> 02:16:31.449
THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?

02:16:31.516 --> 02:16:32.484
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR

02:16:32.551 --> 02:16:34.486
VOTE. FANTASTIC. CLOSE. WHEN WE

02:16:34.553 --> 02:16:36.488
GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GET

02:16:36.555 --> 02:16:37.789
A MOTION AND A VOTE, WE'LL TAKE

02:16:37.856 --> 02:16:39.591
ONE. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

02:16:39.658 --> 02:16:40.759
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU

02:16:40.825 --> 02:16:43.428
SO VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM

02:16:43.495 --> 02:16:45.030
15. WE DO HAVE AN AUTHOR WITH

02:16:45.096 --> 02:16:50.001
US. ITEM 15, AB 2250 ASSEMBLY

02:16:50.068 --> 02:16:54.172
MEMBER AGAR CURRY. WHEN YOU ARE

02:16:54.239 --> 02:16:56.441
READY, YOU CAN BEGIN TO PRESENT.

02:16:56.508 --> 02:16:58.577
OKAY. WHAT A MORNING, WHAT A

02:16:58.643 --> 02:17:01.079
MORNING. TWO MORE MINUTES OF

02:17:01.146 --> 02:17:03.114
MORNING. I'LL MAKE IT TWO

02:17:03.181 --> 02:17:05.016
MINUTES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL

02:17:05.083 --> 02:17:09.220
RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

02:17:09.287 --> 02:17:12.924
AND MEMBERS. AB 2250 IS A

02:17:12.991 --> 02:17:13.992
STRAIGHTFORWARD,

02:17:14.059 --> 02:17:15.126
STRAIGHTFORWARD CLEANUP BILL TO

02:17:15.193 --> 02:17:16.595
HELP OUR HEMP ENFORCEMENT LAWS

02:17:16.661 --> 02:17:18.730
WORK AS INTENDED. LAST YEAR, I

02:17:18.797 --> 02:17:20.498
RAN AB EIGHT TO BETTER REGULATE

02:17:20.565 --> 02:17:22.334
HEMP DERIVED PRODUCTS AND

02:17:22.400 --> 02:17:24.402
ADDRESS THE RISING RISE OF

02:17:24.469 --> 02:17:25.904
INTOXICATING PRODUCTS IN THE

02:17:25.971 --> 02:17:27.772
UNREGULATED MARKET. THAT LAW

02:17:27.839 --> 02:17:30.308
GAVE K¾T T F Ã ADDITIONAL

02:17:30.375 --> 02:17:31.643
ENFORCEMENT TOOLS, BUT A FEW

02:17:31.710 --> 02:17:33.044
TECHNICAL FIXES ARE NEEDED TO

02:17:33.111 --> 02:17:34.579
ENSURE THAT THE LAW IS FULLY

02:17:34.646 --> 02:17:36.348
EFFECTIVE. THE EXISTING GAPS IN

02:17:36.414 --> 02:17:37.415
LANGUAGE COULD CREATE

02:17:37.482 --> 02:17:39.651
ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES OR CAUSE

02:17:39.718 --> 02:17:40.685
UNCERTAINTY FOR BUSINESSES

02:17:40.752 --> 02:17:43.188
TRYING TO FOLLOW THE LAW. AB

02:17:43.254 --> 02:17:44.656
2250 MAKES TARGETED

02:17:44.723 --> 02:17:45.991
CLARIFICATIONS TO CLOSE THOSE

02:17:46.057 --> 02:17:47.158
GAPS AND MAKES THE LAW CLEAR

02:17:47.225 --> 02:17:48.593
AND ENFORCEABLE SO ILLEGAL

02:17:48.660 --> 02:17:50.362
PRODUCTS CAN BE REMOVED. IT

02:17:50.428 --> 02:17:52.263
ENSURES PRODUCTS ARE TREATED

02:17:52.330 --> 02:17:53.598
CONSISTENTLY UNDER STATE LAW,

02:17:53.665 --> 02:17:55.000
AND IT PROTECTS PUBLIC HEALTH,

02:17:55.066 --> 02:17:56.868
WHILE GIVING BUSINESSES CLEAR

02:17:56.935 --> 02:17:59.170
RULES TO FOLLOW. THE BILL DOES

02:17:59.237 --> 02:18:00.805
NOT CHANGE THE UNDERLYING

02:18:00.872 --> 02:18:02.207
POLICY. IT SIMPLY ENSURES THE

02:18:02.273 --> 02:18:03.441
FRAMEWORK THAT THE LEGISLATURE

02:18:03.508 --> 02:18:05.110
PASSED LAST YEAR CAN WORK AS

02:18:05.176 --> 02:18:06.945
INTENDED. WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE

02:18:07.012 --> 02:18:08.880
AMY GORMAN JENKINS ON BEHALF OF

02:18:08.947 --> 02:18:10.815
THE CALIFORNIA CANNABIS

02:18:10.882 --> 02:18:12.751
OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. TWO

02:18:12.817 --> 02:18:14.152
MINUTES. THANK YOU SIR. THIS IS

02:18:14.219 --> 02:18:16.021
MY MIC ON. OKAY. GOOD MORNING,

02:18:16.087 --> 02:18:17.722
MR. CHAIR. AND MEMBERS, AMY

02:18:17.789 --> 02:18:18.757
JENKINS ON BEHALF OF THE

02:18:18.823 --> 02:18:20.225
CALIFORNIA CANNABIS OPERATORS

02:18:20.291 --> 02:18:21.726
ASSOCIATION, WE REPRESENT ABOUT

02:18:21.793 --> 02:18:23.461
500 LICENSE HOLDERS STATEWIDE.

02:18:23.528 --> 02:18:25.964
PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF AB

02:18:26.031 --> 02:18:27.766
EIGHT, ALSO AUTHORED BY THE

02:18:27.832 --> 02:18:29.267
MAJORITY LEADER, INTOXICATING

02:18:29.334 --> 02:18:30.669
HEMP PRODUCTS FLOODED THE

02:18:30.735 --> 02:18:32.637
CALIFORNIA MARKETPLACE. DATA

02:18:32.704 --> 02:18:33.938
FROM PUBLIC REPORTING,

02:18:34.005 --> 02:18:35.306
INCLUDING OUR OWN ANALYSIS,

02:18:35.373 --> 02:18:36.675
SHOWED WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY

02:18:36.741 --> 02:18:38.643
OF THESE PRODUCTS IN YOUTH

02:18:38.710 --> 02:18:40.078
ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENTS, OFTEN

02:18:40.145 --> 02:18:42.180
WITH POTENCY LEVELS WELL IN

02:18:42.247 --> 02:18:43.314
EXCESS OF WHAT IS PERMITTED IN

02:18:43.381 --> 02:18:45.250
THE REGULATED CANNABIS MARKET.

02:18:45.316 --> 02:18:46.918
AT THE SAME TIME, THESE

02:18:46.985 --> 02:18:48.720
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS WERE SOLD

02:18:48.787 --> 02:18:50.121
ENTIRELY OUTSIDE THE LEGAL

02:18:50.188 --> 02:18:51.990
CANNABIS FRAMEWORK AB EIGHT.

02:18:52.057 --> 02:18:53.324
THE PRIOR BILL PUT A STOP TO

02:18:53.391 --> 02:18:55.593
THAT. THAT WAS THE RIGHT POLICY

02:18:55.660 --> 02:18:56.628
DECISION, AND I APPLAUD THE

02:18:56.695 --> 02:18:58.063
LEGISLATURE AND THE AUTHOR FOR

02:18:58.129 --> 02:18:59.798
CHAMPIONING THAT MEASURE. BUT

02:18:59.864 --> 02:19:00.932
PASSING A LAW IS NOT

02:19:00.999 --> 02:19:02.033
NECESSARILY THE SAME AS

02:19:02.100 --> 02:19:04.202
IMPLEMENTING IT. AND AB 2250 IS

02:19:04.269 --> 02:19:05.970
ABOUT MAKING THAT POLICY REAL.

02:19:06.037 --> 02:19:07.405
IT DOES SO BY TIGHTENING AND

02:19:07.472 --> 02:19:08.840
CLARIFYING KEY PROVISIONS

02:19:08.907 --> 02:19:10.308
RELATED TO HOW CANNABINOID

02:19:10.375 --> 02:19:12.210
PRODUCTS ARE TREATED UNDER

02:19:12.277 --> 02:19:14.245
CANNABIS TAX LAW, AND REFINING

02:19:14.312 --> 02:19:16.448
K¾T F A SEIZURE AUTHORITY.

02:19:16.514 --> 02:19:17.849
THESE MAY BE TECHNICAL CHANGES,

02:19:17.916 --> 02:19:19.718
BUT THEY GO DIRECTLY TO TAX

02:19:19.784 --> 02:19:21.019
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEABILITY.

02:19:21.086 --> 02:19:23.955
AB EIGHT PUT AN END TO THAT. AB

02:19:24.022 --> 02:19:25.023
2250 SUPPORTS ITS

02:19:25.090 --> 02:19:26.024
IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE.

02:19:26.091 --> 02:19:27.158
AND WE URGE YOUR VOTE TODAY.

02:19:27.225 --> 02:19:28.727
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU

02:19:28.793 --> 02:19:30.795
SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.

02:19:30.862 --> 02:19:32.363
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

02:19:32.430 --> 02:19:34.232
THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON IN

02:19:34.299 --> 02:19:35.233
SUPPORT? SEEING NONE MOVING

02:19:35.300 --> 02:19:36.334
TOWARD THE MICROPHONE, I DON'T

02:19:36.401 --> 02:19:37.502
BELIEVE WE HAVE LEAD WITNESSES

02:19:37.569 --> 02:19:39.370
IN OPPOSITION. SO DO WE HAVE

02:19:39.437 --> 02:19:40.472
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HERE IN

02:19:40.538 --> 02:19:42.407
THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO

02:19:42.474 --> 02:19:43.742
STEP UP IN OPPOSITION? SEEING

02:19:43.808 --> 02:19:44.843
NONE, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO

02:19:44.909 --> 02:19:47.078
MYSELF. I MEAN, THE COMMITTEE.

02:19:47.145 --> 02:19:49.314
AND HERE WE ARE. HERE WE ARE. I

02:19:49.380 --> 02:19:50.548
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY

02:19:50.615 --> 02:19:52.283
MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

02:19:52.350 --> 02:19:53.651
AS WAS STATED BY THE WITNESS,

02:19:53.718 --> 02:19:55.954
THE TECHNICAL, BUT GOOD WORK.

02:19:56.020 --> 02:19:57.188
SO WHEN WE GET TO WOULD YOU

02:19:57.255 --> 02:19:58.890
LIKE TO CLOSE RESPECTFULLY ASK

02:19:58.957 --> 02:20:00.091
FOR YOUR VOTE? THANK YOU SO

02:20:00.158 --> 02:20:01.993
VERY MUCH. WHEN WE GET TO A

02:20:02.060 --> 02:20:03.928
PLACE TO GET A MOTION AND WE'LL

02:20:03.995 --> 02:20:05.163
TAKE A VOTE ON IT. THANK YOU

02:20:05.230 --> 02:20:07.065
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

02:20:07.132 --> 02:20:07.932
PRESENTATION, YOUR WORK.

02:20:07.999 --> 02:20:08.399
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

02:20:08.466 --> 02:20:09.934
COMMITTEE. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER

02:20:10.001 --> 02:20:12.904
AUTHOR WITH US. YAY! LET'S

02:20:12.971 --> 02:20:16.574
BRING FORWARD ITEM 1980 2650.

02:20:16.641 --> 02:20:20.178
ASSEMBLYMEMBER PELLERIN.

02:20:20.245 --> 02:20:21.312
FANTASTIC. WHEN YOU ARE READY,

02:20:21.379 --> 02:20:26.217
YOU MAY BEGIN. OKAY. ROLL. VERY

02:20:26.284 --> 02:20:29.020
WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL

02:20:29.087 --> 02:20:30.955
GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON.

02:20:31.022 --> 02:20:35.326
NOW, RETIREMENT SAVINGS, WHILE

02:20:35.393 --> 02:20:37.962
IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE

02:20:38.029 --> 02:20:39.731
MANY DO NOT PLAN FOR UNTIL IT'S

02:20:39.798 --> 02:20:41.332
TOO LATE. PLANNING FOR

02:20:41.399 --> 02:20:42.734
RETIREMENT IN TODAY'S ECONOMY

02:20:42.801 --> 02:20:45.336
IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE

02:20:45.403 --> 02:20:47.806
DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN. AS OF 2020,

02:20:47.872 --> 02:20:50.008
OVER ONE FOURTH OF NON-RETIRED

02:20:50.074 --> 02:20:52.143
ADULTS AND TWO THIRDS OF

02:20:52.210 --> 02:20:53.211
MILLENNIALS DO NOT HAVE ANY

02:20:53.278 --> 02:20:55.046
FORM OF RETIREMENT SAVINGS AT

02:20:55.113 --> 02:20:57.615
ALL. CALSAVERS WAS CREATED BY

02:20:57.682 --> 02:20:59.751
THIS BODY IN 2016 TO TACKLE

02:20:59.818 --> 02:21:01.553
CALIFORNIA'S RETIREMENT SAVINGS

02:21:01.619 --> 02:21:03.755
CRISIS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN

02:21:03.822 --> 02:21:05.156
2019, CALIFORNIA HAS SEEN

02:21:05.223 --> 02:21:06.958
PRIVATE EMPLOYER PLANS GROW BY

02:21:07.025 --> 02:21:09.160
15%, WITH CALSAVERS ADDING MORE

02:21:09.227 --> 02:21:11.262
THAN 630,000 ACCOUNTS TO

02:21:11.329 --> 02:21:13.464
SUPPLEMENT THAT COVERAGE.

02:21:13.531 --> 02:21:14.499
HOWEVER, MULTIPLE PROBLEMS ARE

02:21:14.566 --> 02:21:16.067
FACING THE CALSAVERS PROGRAM,

02:21:16.134 --> 02:21:17.435
WHICH HAVE AFFECTED

02:21:17.502 --> 02:21:18.803
IMPLEMENTATION AND REQUIRE

02:21:18.870 --> 02:21:22.140
UPDATING. AB 2650 THE SAVE FOR

02:21:22.207 --> 02:21:24.676
ALL WORKERS ACT MAKES SEVERAL

02:21:24.742 --> 02:21:25.977
TECHNICAL UPDATES TO MODERNIZE

02:21:26.044 --> 02:21:27.846
THE LAW, BRINGING THE PROGRAM

02:21:27.912 --> 02:21:29.614
CLOSER TO SUSTAINABILITY AND

02:21:29.681 --> 02:21:31.416
MAINTAINING EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE

02:21:31.482 --> 02:21:33.585
OVER TIME. FURTHERMORE, IT

02:21:33.651 --> 02:21:35.787
ALLOWS CALSAVERS TO ASSIST

02:21:35.854 --> 02:21:36.454
PARTICIPANTS IN CLAIMING

02:21:36.521 --> 02:21:38.256
GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT BENEFITS

02:21:38.323 --> 02:21:40.191
BY CUTTING THE RED TAPE, WHICH

02:21:40.258 --> 02:21:42.927
CAN RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF

02:21:42.994 --> 02:21:45.063
$136 MILLION A YEAR. THE BILL

02:21:45.129 --> 02:21:46.831
ALSO CLARIFIES THAT DOMESTIC

02:21:46.898 --> 02:21:48.333
EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED IN THE

02:21:48.399 --> 02:21:49.434
PROGRAM, ENSURING THAT THEY

02:21:49.500 --> 02:21:50.835
HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME

02:21:50.902 --> 02:21:52.737
RETIREMENT AS THEIR BOSS. WITH

02:21:52.804 --> 02:21:54.772
ME TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS

02:21:54.839 --> 02:21:55.974
CALSAVERS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF

02:21:56.040 --> 02:21:58.209
POLICY TRISTAN WOOLCOTT. THANK

02:21:58.276 --> 02:22:00.211
YOU. TWO MINUTES. NO WORRIES.

02:22:00.278 --> 02:22:01.279
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE

02:22:01.346 --> 02:22:02.747
COMMITTEE. I'M TRISTAN WOOLCOTT,

02:22:02.814 --> 02:22:04.215
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE

02:22:04.282 --> 02:22:05.216
CALSAVERS RETIREMENT SAVINGS

02:22:05.283 --> 02:22:07.352
BOARD. CALSAVERS IS A SMALL

02:22:07.418 --> 02:22:08.586
AGENCY WITHIN THE STATE

02:22:08.653 --> 02:22:10.321
TREASURER'S OFFICE, HEADED BY

02:22:10.388 --> 02:22:12.090
TREASURER FIONA MA AND PROUD

02:22:12.156 --> 02:22:14.926
SPONSOR OF AB 2650 THE SAFE FOR

02:22:14.993 --> 02:22:17.228
ALL WORKERS ACT. CALSAVERS.

02:22:17.295 --> 02:22:18.563
CALIFORNIA'S RETIREMENT SAVINGS

02:22:18.630 --> 02:22:20.331
PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES WHO DON'T

02:22:20.398 --> 02:22:22.967
HAVE ONE AT WORK. TO CALIFORNIA

02:22:23.034 --> 02:22:24.102
EMPLOYEES, WE FUNCTION LIKE

02:22:24.168 --> 02:22:26.504
MOST OTHER WORKPLACE RETIREMENT

02:22:26.571 --> 02:22:27.572
PROGRAMS, SAVE FOR A FEW

02:22:27.639 --> 02:22:30.441
NOTABLE DISTINCTIONS FOR

02:22:30.508 --> 02:22:31.910
EMPLOYEES. THEIR ACCOUNTS ARE

02:22:31.976 --> 02:22:32.911
COMPLETELY PORTABLE. THEY

02:22:32.977 --> 02:22:34.012
FOLLOW THEM WHEREVER THEY GO

02:22:34.078 --> 02:22:36.547
FOR WORK AND EMPLOYERS, THEY

02:22:36.614 --> 02:22:39.484
PAY NO FEES AND THEY'RE NOT

02:22:39.550 --> 02:22:40.818
FIDUCIARIES. THE SAVE FOR ALL

02:22:40.885 --> 02:22:42.687
WORKERS ACT, WHILE MOSTLY

02:22:42.754 --> 02:22:44.122
TECHNICAL AT FIRST GLANCE,

02:22:44.188 --> 02:22:45.456
SOLVE SOME REAL PROBLEMS FOR

02:22:45.523 --> 02:22:47.458
OUR CONSTITUENTS AND SETS UP

02:22:47.525 --> 02:22:49.460
OUR FUTURE ONES FOR SUCCESS.

02:22:49.527 --> 02:22:51.696
THE BILL CUTS RED TAPE, AS

02:22:51.763 --> 02:22:53.131
ASSEMBLYMEMBER MENTIONED, WHERE

02:22:53.197 --> 02:22:54.866
MOST PRACTICAL. ALLOWING

02:22:54.933 --> 02:22:56.734
CALSAVERS TO OPEN SPECIFIED

02:22:56.801 --> 02:22:58.803
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FOR

02:22:58.870 --> 02:22:59.771
PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE

02:22:59.837 --> 02:23:02.473
TO RECEIVE RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

02:23:02.540 --> 02:23:04.709
THIS PUTS US TO WORK FOR OUR

02:23:04.776 --> 02:23:06.444
CONSTITUENTS, SAVING THEM TIME

02:23:06.511 --> 02:23:07.946
WHILE STILL KEEPING THEM FULLY

02:23:08.012 --> 02:23:09.380
INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS

02:23:09.447 --> 02:23:10.882
HAPPENING AND ALLOWS THEM TO

02:23:10.949 --> 02:23:12.216
STOP THE PROCESS WHENEVER

02:23:12.283 --> 02:23:14.786
THEY'D LIKE. OTHER BENEFITS

02:23:14.852 --> 02:23:16.654
INCLUDE MAXIMIZING FEDERAL

02:23:16.721 --> 02:23:18.690
DOLLARS, GOING TO ACCOUNTS

02:23:18.756 --> 02:23:20.591
BECAUSE WE'RE ELIMINATING A KEY

02:23:20.658 --> 02:23:21.926
FRICTION POINT FOR OUR

02:23:21.993 --> 02:23:23.695
PARTICIPANTS, AND IT ALSO SAVES

02:23:23.761 --> 02:23:24.929
OUR PROGRAM SIGNIFICANT TIME

02:23:24.996 --> 02:23:26.931
AND MONEY, ALLOWING US TO DO

02:23:26.998 --> 02:23:29.200
THE BACK END WORK BY OURSELVES.

02:23:29.267 --> 02:23:31.002
ADDITIONALLY, THE BILL EXPANDS

02:23:31.069 --> 02:23:32.503
CALSAVERS TO HOUSEHOLD

02:23:32.570 --> 02:23:33.504
EMPLOYEES, ENSURING THEY CAN

02:23:33.571 --> 02:23:35.340
SAVE FOR RETIREMENT WHILE AT

02:23:35.406 --> 02:23:36.341
WORK, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER

02:23:36.407 --> 02:23:38.676
EMPLOYEE IN CALIFORNIA. LASTLY,

02:23:38.743 --> 02:23:40.678
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE BILL

02:23:40.745 --> 02:23:42.513
ENSURES OUR PARTICIPANTS CAN

02:23:42.580 --> 02:23:43.614
CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFUL

02:23:43.681 --> 02:23:45.183
RETIREMENT SAVINGS AT A TIME

02:23:45.249 --> 02:23:48.019
THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM.

02:23:48.086 --> 02:23:49.220
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

02:23:49.287 --> 02:23:50.388
TO SPEAK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF

02:23:50.455 --> 02:23:52.090
THE SAFE FOR WORKERS ACT, AND

02:23:52.156 --> 02:23:53.224
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

02:23:53.291 --> 02:23:54.225
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH

02:23:54.292 --> 02:23:56.027
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. ANY OTHER

02:23:56.094 --> 02:23:57.128
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

02:23:57.195 --> 02:23:58.329
WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD AND

02:23:58.396 --> 02:24:00.031
EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR NAME,

02:24:00.098 --> 02:24:01.499
AFFILIATION AND POSITION,

02:24:01.566 --> 02:24:06.637
PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR

02:24:06.704 --> 02:24:09.374
AND MEMBERS, AARP CALIFORNIA.

02:24:09.440 --> 02:24:11.609
I'M DAVID AZEVEDO IN STRONG

02:24:11.676 --> 02:24:13.011
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

02:24:13.077 --> 02:24:14.212
SO MUCH. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF

02:24:14.278 --> 02:24:15.980
THE PUBLIC IN SUPPORT? SEEING

02:24:16.047 --> 02:24:17.248
NONE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE

02:24:17.315 --> 02:24:18.850
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.

02:24:18.916 --> 02:24:20.718
SO ANY MEMBERS HERE IN THE ROOM

02:24:20.785 --> 02:24:21.753
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS

02:24:21.819 --> 02:24:22.687
OPPOSITION. SEEING NO ONE

02:24:22.754 --> 02:24:24.655
MOVING, BRING IT BACK TO THE

02:24:24.722 --> 02:24:25.823
COMMITTEE. I JUST WANT TO STATE

02:24:25.890 --> 02:24:28.059
THAT THE BILL. FIRST OF ALL,

02:24:28.126 --> 02:24:29.293
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

02:24:29.360 --> 02:24:31.496
AND THE BILL BUILDS ON THE

02:24:31.562 --> 02:24:33.231
SUCCESS OF CALSAVERS BY

02:24:33.297 --> 02:24:34.365
ENSURING THAT CALIFORNIA

02:24:34.432 --> 02:24:35.767
WORKERS CAN SAVE FOR RETIREMENT.

02:24:35.833 --> 02:24:38.302
AND THIS MEASURE HELPS WORKERS

02:24:38.369 --> 02:24:40.838
WHO DON'T REALLY HAVE ACCESS TO

02:24:40.905 --> 02:24:42.573
EMPLOYER SPONSORED RETIREMENT

02:24:42.640 --> 02:24:44.909
PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY. SO THANK

02:24:44.976 --> 02:24:46.811
YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT

02:24:46.878 --> 02:24:47.945
WORK. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO

02:24:48.012 --> 02:24:49.113
CLOSE? THANK YOU. WELL, SINCE

02:24:49.180 --> 02:24:50.848
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, I REQUESTED I

02:24:50.915 --> 02:24:52.183
VOTE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND

02:24:52.250 --> 02:24:53.951
WE'LL TRY TO MAKE IT A BETTER

02:24:54.018 --> 02:24:55.787
BIRTHDAY FOR YOU HERE IN A

02:24:55.853 --> 02:24:56.888
LITTLE BIT. WHEN WE GET A

02:24:56.954 --> 02:24:58.790
CHANCE FOR A MOTION AND VOTE,

02:24:58.856 --> 02:24:59.957
WE'LL DO THAT. THANK YOU SO

02:25:00.024 --> 02:25:01.025
MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO

02:25:01.092 --> 02:25:02.960
VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER

02:25:03.027 --> 02:25:06.631
AUTHOR PRESENT WITH ITEM NUMBER

02:25:06.697 --> 02:25:07.632
20AB2667. ASSEMBLY MEMBER

02:25:07.698 --> 02:25:10.168
HEDWIG, PLEASE. YOU MAY PRESENT

02:25:10.234 --> 02:25:19.710
WHEN YOU ARE READY. I CAN I

02:25:19.777 --> 02:25:21.345
HAVE PERMISSION TO USE A PROP

02:25:21.412 --> 02:25:22.914
TO PASS AROUND TO THE COMMITTEE

02:25:22.980 --> 02:25:28.920
OF YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR,

02:25:28.986 --> 02:25:30.154
AND THE MEMBERS THAT MAY WATCH

02:25:30.221 --> 02:25:32.290
THIS LATER. I WOULD REALLY LIKE

02:25:32.356 --> 02:25:33.825
TO THANK THE CHAIR AND THE

02:25:33.891 --> 02:25:34.826
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR WORKING

02:25:34.892 --> 02:25:36.094
WITH ME ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE.

02:25:36.160 --> 02:25:37.095
I ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S

02:25:37.161 --> 02:25:38.629
AMENDMENTS. TEENAGERS AND

02:25:38.696 --> 02:25:40.031
ADULTS IN AMERICA ARE BUYING

02:25:40.098 --> 02:25:41.866
ROUGHLY 12 MILLION DISPOSABLE

02:25:41.933 --> 02:25:43.634
VAPES PER MONTH, AND FOUR AND A

02:25:43.701 --> 02:25:44.802
HALF. VAPES ARE THROWN AWAY

02:25:44.869 --> 02:25:46.604
EVERY SECOND. AS A MOM OF

02:25:46.671 --> 02:25:47.738
TEENAGERS, I FOUGHT THE VAPING

02:25:47.805 --> 02:25:49.107
CRISIS WITH MY OWN CHILDREN. WE

02:25:49.173 --> 02:25:50.675
DON'T YET HAVE THE RESEARCH TO

02:25:50.741 --> 02:25:51.809
KNOW THE FULL DAMAGE THAT

02:25:51.876 --> 02:25:53.678
VAPING WILL HAVE ON OUR YOUTH.

02:25:53.744 --> 02:25:54.812
RURAL AREAS ARE SEEING HIGHER

02:25:54.879 --> 02:25:56.247
STATISTICS THAN ANYWHERE IN MY

02:25:56.314 --> 02:25:57.348
SCHOOLS. ALMOST EVERY KID HAS

02:25:57.415 --> 02:25:58.850
TRIED IT AND HALF OF THEM ARE

02:25:58.916 --> 02:25:59.951
ADDICTED. WHEN WE ASKED KIDS

02:26:00.017 --> 02:26:01.686
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR SCHOOL

02:26:01.752 --> 02:26:02.820
WAS VAPING, THEY ALMOST ALWAYS

02:26:02.887 --> 02:26:04.689
SAID 80%. WHEN ASKED PARENTS

02:26:04.755 --> 02:26:05.957
THAT SAME QUESTION, THEY WOULD

02:26:06.023 --> 02:26:08.493
SAY 10 TO 20. AND EVEN MORE

02:26:08.559 --> 02:26:09.560
TROUBLING TREND IS KIDS ARE

02:26:09.627 --> 02:26:10.628
USING VAPES AT SCHOOLS

02:26:10.695 --> 02:26:12.130
DISGUISED AS EVERYDAY ITEMS

02:26:12.196 --> 02:26:13.831
LIKE THE SHARPIE PEN THAT I

02:26:13.898 --> 02:26:15.666
PASSED AROUND, KEY FOBS,

02:26:15.733 --> 02:26:16.734
CHARGERS, HIGHLIGHTERS, AND

02:26:16.801 --> 02:26:18.569
HOODIE STRINGS. SOME HAVE

02:26:18.636 --> 02:26:19.837
FEATURES INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED

02:26:19.904 --> 02:26:21.072
TO INCREASE DEPENDENCY AND

02:26:21.139 --> 02:26:22.974
ADDICTION, LIKE BUILT IN VIDEO

02:26:23.040 --> 02:26:24.308
GAMES. THESE HIDDEN DEVICES

02:26:24.375 --> 02:26:25.843
MAKE DEVICES MAKE IT EVEN

02:26:25.910 --> 02:26:27.411
HARDER FOR TO TRAIN TEACHERS

02:26:27.478 --> 02:26:28.813
AND STAFF ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR

02:26:28.880 --> 02:26:30.615
TO STOP KIDS FROM VAPING. EVEN

02:26:30.681 --> 02:26:32.583
IF A SCHOOL CAN DETECT AND

02:26:32.650 --> 02:26:33.651
CONFISCATE THESE DISGUISED

02:26:33.718 --> 02:26:35.386
VAPES, THE SCHOOL HAS NO WAY TO

02:26:35.453 --> 02:26:36.621
DISPOSE OF IT. AS A TOBACCO USE

02:26:36.687 --> 02:26:37.989
PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM

02:26:38.055 --> 02:26:39.757
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, I HAD A

02:26:39.824 --> 02:26:41.092
DRAWER FULL OF VAPES, HUNDREDS

02:26:41.159 --> 02:26:42.927
OF VAPES THAT I COULD NOT DO

02:26:42.994 --> 02:26:43.995
ANYTHING WITH BECAUSE THEY ARE

02:26:44.061 --> 02:26:44.929
CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS WASTE

02:26:44.996 --> 02:26:46.797
COMING FROM A SCHOOL BECAUSE

02:26:46.864 --> 02:26:48.032
SOME VAPES ARE DISGUISED, SOME

02:26:48.099 --> 02:26:49.534
WASTE FACILITIES NEVER CATCH

02:26:49.600 --> 02:26:50.968
THEM, LEADING TO BATTERY FIRES,

02:26:51.035 --> 02:26:52.403
AND THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS

02:26:52.470 --> 02:26:53.871
WASTE. AND A SPECIAL PERMIT IS

02:26:53.938 --> 02:26:54.939
REQUIRED TO SEPARATE THE

02:26:55.006 --> 02:26:56.407
NICOTINE OR CANNABIS CARTRIDGE

02:26:56.474 --> 02:26:57.508
FROM THE BATTERY AND OTHER

02:26:57.575 --> 02:27:00.411
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. A B 2667

02:27:00.478 --> 02:27:02.113
BANS DECEPTIVELY MARKETED AND

02:27:02.180 --> 02:27:03.247
DISGUISED VAPES TARGETING

02:27:03.314 --> 02:27:04.248
CHILDREN TO LOOK LIKE A

02:27:04.315 --> 02:27:05.683
HANDHELD VIDEO GAME, FOOD,

02:27:05.750 --> 02:27:07.218
CANDY, SCHOOL SUPPLIES OR

02:27:07.285 --> 02:27:10.421
CLOTHES. IT ALSO PROTECTS KIDS,

02:27:10.488 --> 02:27:11.289
SUPPORTS SCHOOLS AND ENSURES

02:27:11.355 --> 02:27:12.657
THAT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE

02:27:12.723 --> 02:27:14.358
HANDLED RESPONSIBLY. I

02:27:14.425 --> 02:27:15.226
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE,

02:27:15.293 --> 02:27:16.827
AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY THE

02:27:16.894 --> 02:27:17.929
BILL'S SPONSOR, JOHN KENNEDY,

02:27:17.995 --> 02:27:19.030
WITH RURAL COUNTY

02:27:19.096 --> 02:27:20.531
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA,

02:27:20.598 --> 02:27:22.300
AND CARRIE BAXTER, EXECUTIVE

02:27:22.366 --> 02:27:23.034
DIRECTOR OF YUBA-SUTTER

02:27:23.100 --> 02:27:24.502
REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

02:27:24.569 --> 02:27:25.836
AUTHORITY. THANK KERRY. GO

02:27:25.903 --> 02:27:26.938
FIRST. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY

02:27:27.004 --> 02:27:28.706
MEMBER, TWO MINUTES EACH. THANK

02:27:28.773 --> 02:27:30.308
YOU. MY NAME IS CARRIE BAXTER,

02:27:30.374 --> 02:27:31.909
AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE

02:27:31.976 --> 02:27:32.710
DIRECTOR OF YUBA-SUTTER

02:27:32.777 --> 02:27:34.245
REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

02:27:34.312 --> 02:27:35.613
AUTHORITY. I'M HERE TODAY IN

02:27:35.680 --> 02:27:37.882
SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2667.

02:27:37.949 --> 02:27:39.150
THE REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

02:27:39.217 --> 02:27:41.452
AUTHORITY IS A JPA DEDICATED TO

02:27:41.519 --> 02:27:42.386
PROVIDING SOLID WASTE

02:27:42.453 --> 02:27:44.255
MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO

02:27:44.322 --> 02:27:45.690
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN OUR

02:27:45.756 --> 02:27:46.991
JURISDICTIONS. WE ALSO CONTRACT

02:27:47.058 --> 02:27:48.426
WITH RECOLOGY TO OPERATE THE

02:27:48.492 --> 02:27:49.660
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

02:27:49.727 --> 02:27:52.196
FACILITY. VAPE DEVICES HAVE

02:27:52.263 --> 02:27:53.598
BECOME AN INCREASINGLY

02:27:53.664 --> 02:27:54.599
CHALLENGING WASTE STREAM FOR

02:27:54.665 --> 02:27:56.067
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SCHOOLS AND

02:27:56.133 --> 02:27:57.301
COLLECTION FACILITIES TO MANAGE

02:27:57.368 --> 02:27:59.370
THESE PRODUCTS MUST OFTEN BE

02:27:59.437 --> 02:28:01.105
MANAGED AS HAZARDOUS WASTE.

02:28:01.172 --> 02:28:02.540
THIS ISSUE HAS BECOME

02:28:02.607 --> 02:28:03.708
ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR

02:28:03.774 --> 02:28:06.010
SCHOOLS. VAPES ARE INCREASINGLY

02:28:06.077 --> 02:28:06.978
DESIGNED TO APPEAL TO MINORS,

02:28:07.044 --> 02:28:10.181
AS YOU JUST SAW, SCHOOL

02:28:10.248 --> 02:28:12.750
SUPPLIES, EVERYDAY ITEMS, EVEN

02:28:12.817 --> 02:28:14.252
GAMING FEATURES ARE INCLUDED IN

02:28:14.318 --> 02:28:15.820
THEM. THESE PRODUCTS ARE HARDER

02:28:15.886 --> 02:28:17.355
FOR EDUCATORS TO DETECT AND

02:28:17.421 --> 02:28:19.257
CREATE REAL CHALLENGES WHEN

02:28:19.323 --> 02:28:20.625
THEY'RE CONFISCATED FROM

02:28:20.691 --> 02:28:22.493
STUDENTS IN OUR REGION, WE'VE

02:28:22.560 --> 02:28:23.561
BEEN HOLDING MONTHLY

02:28:23.628 --> 02:28:25.963
DISCUSSIONS WITH RECOLOGY, THE

02:28:26.030 --> 02:28:27.465
YUBA AND SUTTER COUNTY HEALTH

02:28:27.531 --> 02:28:28.566
DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL SCHOOL

02:28:28.633 --> 02:28:30.001
DISTRICTS TO DETERMINE HOW TO

02:28:30.067 --> 02:28:31.302
COORDINATE PROPER COLLECTION

02:28:31.369 --> 02:28:33.671
AND DISPOSAL OF VAPES,

02:28:33.738 --> 02:28:34.572
PARTICULARLY THOSE CONFISCATED

02:28:34.639 --> 02:28:36.474
BY SCHOOLS. THE NEEDS CLEAR

02:28:36.540 --> 02:28:38.609
LAST SCHOOL YEAR, FROM AUGUST

02:28:38.676 --> 02:28:40.711
TO MARCH, MARYSVILLE HIGH

02:28:40.778 --> 02:28:44.048
SCHOOL COLLECTED OVER 50 VAPES,

02:28:44.115 --> 02:28:46.217
WHEATLAND HIGH SCHOOL 130. AND

02:28:46.284 --> 02:28:47.952
THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON.

02:28:48.019 --> 02:28:49.587
SCHOOLS WANT TO DO THE RIGHT

02:28:49.654 --> 02:28:50.755
THING, BUT THEY'RE NOT.

02:28:50.821 --> 02:28:52.256
HOUSEHOLDS UNDER THE HAZARDOUS

02:28:52.323 --> 02:28:53.624
WASTE REGULATIONS AND DISPOSAL

02:28:53.691 --> 02:28:55.126
OPTIONS CAN BE LIMITED,

02:28:55.192 --> 02:28:57.228
CONFUSING, COSTLY AND

02:28:57.295 --> 02:28:58.663
ULTIMATELY, SCHOOLS ARE LEFT TO

02:28:58.729 --> 02:29:00.097
FOOT THE BILL FOR MANAGING

02:29:00.164 --> 02:29:01.932
HAZARDOUS DEVICES THAT WERE

02:29:01.999 --> 02:29:04.068
LEGALLY USED ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

02:29:04.135 --> 02:29:06.270
A B 2667 TAKES AN IMPORTANT

02:29:06.337 --> 02:29:08.039
STEP BY DIRECTING THE STATE TO

02:29:08.105 --> 02:29:09.473
IDENTIFY WAYS TO IMPROVE AND

02:29:09.540 --> 02:29:11.676
SIMPLIFY VAPE MANAGEMENT AND

02:29:11.742 --> 02:29:13.077
DISPOSAL, PROVIDING CLEAR

02:29:13.144 --> 02:29:14.445
GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS AND

02:29:14.512 --> 02:29:16.347
COLLECTION FACILITIES. INCREASE

02:29:16.414 --> 02:29:17.081
FLEXIBILITY FOR LOCAL

02:29:17.148 --> 02:29:18.449
GOVERNMENTS TO COORDINATE SAFE

02:29:18.516 --> 02:29:20.651
DISPOSAL OPPORTUNITIES. IT ALSO

02:29:20.718 --> 02:29:22.086
HELPS BY GIVING HOUSEHOLD

02:29:22.153 --> 02:29:23.521
HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAMS MORE

02:29:23.587 --> 02:29:24.722
FLEXIBILITY TO SAFELY MANAGE

02:29:24.789 --> 02:29:26.724
THESE DEVICES, AND FOR THESE

02:29:26.791 --> 02:29:27.792
REASONS, THE REGIONAL WASTE

02:29:27.858 --> 02:29:29.260
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY AND ITS

02:29:29.327 --> 02:29:31.896
MEMBER AGENCIES ARE PLEASED TO

02:29:31.962 --> 02:29:34.332
SUPPORT AB 2667 AND WE

02:29:34.398 --> 02:29:35.333
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR

02:29:35.399 --> 02:29:36.500
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

02:29:36.567 --> 02:29:37.601
YOUR TESTIMONY. TWO MINUTES.

02:29:37.668 --> 02:29:39.136
GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN KENNEDY

02:29:39.203 --> 02:29:40.571
WITH CRC. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO

02:29:40.638 --> 02:29:42.940
BE A SPONSOR HERE TODAY. WE'RE

02:29:43.007 --> 02:29:44.108
REALLY TRYING TO GET AT VAPES

02:29:44.175 --> 02:29:45.810
AND MANAGEMENT, FOCUSING ON

02:29:45.876 --> 02:29:48.012
SCHOOLS SAFETY AND COST SAVINGS.

02:29:48.079 --> 02:29:49.146
THESE, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER

02:29:49.213 --> 02:29:50.214
TODAY, ARE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR

02:29:50.281 --> 02:29:52.650
US TO MANAGE $350 PER FIVE

02:29:52.717 --> 02:29:54.185
GALLON BUCKET. WE'RE TRYING TO

02:29:54.251 --> 02:29:55.820
PROVIDE PATHWAYS SO WE CAN

02:29:55.886 --> 02:29:57.388
REDUCE OUR COSTS AS LOCAL H, H

02:29:57.455 --> 02:29:59.924
W PROGRAMS, HOPEFULLY ACCEPT

02:29:59.990 --> 02:30:01.492
MORE FROM THE PUBLIC, FIND WAYS

02:30:01.559 --> 02:30:03.094
THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL

02:30:03.160 --> 02:30:04.628
SERVICES TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN

02:30:04.695 --> 02:30:07.098
THE SCHOOL SETTINGS, PROVIDE

02:30:07.164 --> 02:30:08.599
MORE CLARITY WITH RESPECT TO

02:30:08.666 --> 02:30:10.201
WHAT WE CAN ACCEPT, WHAT WE

02:30:10.267 --> 02:30:11.936
CAN'T ACCEPT, AND THEN DEAL

02:30:12.002 --> 02:30:13.604
WITH DISGUISED VAPES THAT POSE

02:30:13.671 --> 02:30:16.107
VERY SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY AND

02:30:16.173 --> 02:30:18.275
HEALTH RISKS FOR STUDENTS, AND

02:30:18.342 --> 02:30:19.710
ALSO IN OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT

02:30:19.777 --> 02:30:20.878
SETTINGS, BECAUSE THEY'RE HARD

02:30:20.945 --> 02:30:22.246
TO TELL THAT THEY HAVE LITHIUM

02:30:22.313 --> 02:30:23.848
ION BATTERIES AND THEY MIGHT GO

02:30:23.914 --> 02:30:25.082
THROUGH OUR SORTING SYSTEMS,

02:30:25.149 --> 02:30:26.417
GET CRUSHED BY BULLDOZERS OR

02:30:26.484 --> 02:30:28.719
ANY OTHER THINGS. SO FOR THOSE

02:30:28.786 --> 02:30:29.887
REASONS, WE'RE PLEASED TO

02:30:29.954 --> 02:30:31.455
SPONSOR THE BILL. I'D ALSO LIKE

02:30:31.522 --> 02:30:34.091
TO ME TO FOR CPSC AND STOP

02:30:34.158 --> 02:30:36.260
WASTE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

02:30:36.327 --> 02:30:37.428
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

02:30:37.495 --> 02:30:39.163
WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT,

02:30:39.230 --> 02:30:40.965
MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE MICROPHONE,

02:30:41.031 --> 02:30:42.099
NAME, AFFILIATION AND POSITION.

02:30:42.166 --> 02:30:43.167
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GENE

02:30:43.234 --> 02:30:44.335
HIRST HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF

02:30:44.402 --> 02:30:46.070
THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY BOARD

02:30:46.137 --> 02:30:47.071
OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT.

02:30:47.138 --> 02:30:48.873
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR

02:30:48.939 --> 02:30:49.940
MELISSA SPARKS KRANZ WITH THE

02:30:50.007 --> 02:30:51.776
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES IN

02:30:51.842 --> 02:30:53.978
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,

02:30:54.044 --> 02:30:54.945
CHAIRMAN SASHA HOROWITZ, LOS

02:30:55.012 --> 02:30:56.247
ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

02:30:56.313 --> 02:30:58.916
AND SUPPORT. KAREN L®NG ON

02:30:58.983 --> 02:31:00.618
BEHALF OF THE SHASTA COUNTY

02:31:00.684 --> 02:31:02.920
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN SUPPORT

02:31:02.987 --> 02:31:04.789
AND ON BEHALF OF RETHINK WASTE

02:31:04.855 --> 02:31:06.190
AND CALIFORNIANS AGAINST WASTE

02:31:06.257 --> 02:31:08.626
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK

02:31:08.692 --> 02:31:09.760
YOU, MR. CHAIR. CHRIS STRONG

02:31:09.827 --> 02:31:10.895
WITH CAPITAL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF

02:31:10.961 --> 02:31:13.030
OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND SUPPORT.

02:31:13.097 --> 02:31:14.064
FANTASTIC. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF

02:31:14.131 --> 02:31:15.266
THE PUBLIC LIKE TO STEP FORWARD

02:31:15.332 --> 02:31:17.668
IN SUPPORT SEEING NONE LEAD

02:31:17.735 --> 02:31:19.470
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. SEEING

02:31:19.537 --> 02:31:21.939
NONE. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?

02:31:22.006 --> 02:31:23.841
DEFINITELY SEEING NONE. BRING

02:31:23.908 --> 02:31:25.676
IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. I WOULD

02:31:25.743 --> 02:31:28.078
LIKE TO GIVE YOU YOUR PROP BACK,

02:31:28.145 --> 02:31:29.079
BECAUSE I'M NOT NORMALLY

02:31:29.146 --> 02:31:30.581
ALLOWED TO HOLD ON TO PERMANENT

02:31:30.648 --> 02:31:32.716
MARKERS. I HAVEN'T REACHED THAT

02:31:32.783 --> 02:31:35.653
LEVEL YET, BUT IT WAS A

02:31:35.719 --> 02:31:38.489
PROFOUND ILLUSTRATION AT HOW

02:31:38.556 --> 02:31:41.392
DISGUISED THEY CAN BE. SO I DO

02:31:41.459 --> 02:31:43.160
WANT TO SAY, ASSEMBLYMEMBER

02:31:43.227 --> 02:31:44.628
HARDWICK, FIRST OF ALL, THANK

02:31:44.695 --> 02:31:45.729
YOU FOR BRINGING THE BILL

02:31:45.796 --> 02:31:47.131
FORWARD. THIS BILL SHOULD HAVE

02:31:47.198 --> 02:31:48.632
A DOUBLE BENEFIT OF HELPING

02:31:48.699 --> 02:31:50.768
MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER AND REDUCING

02:31:50.835 --> 02:31:52.636
HAZARDOUS WASTE. AND I JUST

02:31:52.703 --> 02:31:54.305
WANT TO ALSO CONFIRM THAT YOU

02:31:54.371 --> 02:31:56.607
ARE ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE

02:31:56.674 --> 02:31:59.043
AMENDMENTS FOR K¾T T F Ã

02:31:59.109 --> 02:32:01.178
ENFORCEMENT. YES. WITH THAT ON

02:32:01.245 --> 02:32:03.013
RECORD, WHEN WE GET AN

02:32:03.080 --> 02:32:04.114
OPPORTUNITY, WE'LL GET A MOTION.

02:32:04.181 --> 02:32:05.649
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? OH, NO.

02:32:05.716 --> 02:32:06.750
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR

02:32:06.817 --> 02:32:08.619
VOTE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR

02:32:08.686 --> 02:32:09.854
TIME. FANTASTIC. CLOSE WITH

02:32:09.920 --> 02:32:10.855
THAT. WHEN WE GET AN

02:32:10.921 --> 02:32:12.556
OPPORTUNITY FOR A MOTION AND A

02:32:12.623 --> 02:32:14.124
VOTE, WE'LL DO SO. THANK YOU SO

02:32:14.191 --> 02:32:16.327
MUCH. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I

02:32:16.393 --> 02:32:19.196
THINK WE'RE DOWN TO TWO AUTHORS

02:32:19.263 --> 02:32:22.766
LEFT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE

02:32:22.833 --> 02:32:26.804
ARE GOING TO GO TO RECESS AND

02:32:26.871 --> 02:32:27.938
ONE AUTHOR. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE

02:32:28.005 --> 02:32:29.840
GOING TO GO TO RECESS UNTIL WE

02:32:29.907 --> 02:32:55.833
GET THE LAST AUTHOR HERE.

02:32:55.900 --> 02:33:03.274
ONE OF THOSE DAYS. I'M GOOD.

02:33:03.340 --> 02:33:07.978
READY WHENEVER YOU ARE, CHAIR.

02:33:08.045 --> 02:33:09.480
THE COMMITTEE ON REVENUE AND

02:33:09.547 --> 02:33:11.982
TAXATION IS NOW IN ORDER. WE

02:33:12.049 --> 02:33:14.552
HAVE ONE AUTHOR REMAINING. THAT

02:33:14.618 --> 02:33:17.054
IS ASSEMBLYMEMBER ORTEGA, AND

02:33:17.121 --> 02:33:22.059
HER BILL IS A B 2465. PLEASE

02:33:22.126 --> 02:33:24.595
BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK

02:33:24.662 --> 02:33:26.030
YOU, CHAIR AND SENATORS, FOR

02:33:26.096 --> 02:33:29.199
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AB

02:33:29.266 --> 02:33:31.368
2465 TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE

02:33:31.435 --> 02:33:33.571
CHAIR AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR

02:33:33.637 --> 02:33:35.039
INCREDIBLE WORK ON THIS BILL

02:33:35.105 --> 02:33:36.840
AND HAVE AGREED TO TAKE

02:33:36.907 --> 02:33:37.975
AMENDMENTS FOLLOWING THIS

02:33:38.042 --> 02:33:41.879
COMMITTEE. TRUMP'S DHS AND I

02:33:41.946 --> 02:33:44.014
ARE PAYING BILLIONS TO PRIVATE

02:33:44.081 --> 02:33:45.816
PRISONS AND SPY COMPANIES FOR

02:33:45.883 --> 02:33:47.585
THEIR CAMPAIGN OF TERROR.

02:33:47.651 --> 02:33:49.053
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE

02:33:49.119 --> 02:33:50.854
SITTING IN IMMIGRANT DETENTION

02:33:50.921 --> 02:33:52.690
CENTERS WITHOUT MEDICAL CARE OR

02:33:52.756 --> 02:33:55.159
EVEN PROPER NUTRITION. IT'S

02:33:55.225 --> 02:33:57.394
COSTING LIVES. THE RATE OF

02:33:57.461 --> 02:33:59.463
DEATH IN ICE CUSTODY IS NOW ONE

02:33:59.530 --> 02:34:02.733
PERSON EVERY FOUR DAYS. GEO

02:34:02.800 --> 02:34:04.535
GROUP AND CORE CIVIC, TWO OF

02:34:04.602 --> 02:34:06.670
THE LARGEST PRIVATE PRISON

02:34:06.737 --> 02:34:08.505
CONTRACTORS THAT WORK WITH ICE,

02:34:08.572 --> 02:34:10.341
POSTED A RECORD REVENUE OF

02:34:10.407 --> 02:34:13.911
NEARLY $5 BILLION LAST YEAR.

02:34:13.978 --> 02:34:15.379
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE'RE

02:34:15.446 --> 02:34:17.147
GIVING THESE BUSINESSES GRANTS,

02:34:17.214 --> 02:34:19.917
LOANS AND TAX CREDIT CREDITS

02:34:19.984 --> 02:34:22.553
PAID BY US, WHILE AT THE SAME

02:34:22.620 --> 02:34:24.355
TIME WE'RE MAKING DEEP CUTS TO

02:34:24.421 --> 02:34:27.257
HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND EVEN

02:34:27.324 --> 02:34:31.095
FOOD ASSISTANCE. I WAS A THREE

02:34:31.161 --> 02:34:32.630
YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL WHEN MY

02:34:32.696 --> 02:34:34.431
PARENTS BROUGHT ME TO THIS

02:34:34.498 --> 02:34:36.567
COUNTRY, BUT I WAS ONE OF THE

02:34:36.634 --> 02:34:38.736
LUCKY ONES. I WAS NOT PUT IN A

02:34:38.802 --> 02:34:41.038
CAGE AND I WAS NOT SEPARATED

02:34:41.105 --> 02:34:44.108
FROM MY PARENTS. SO I'M GOING

02:34:44.174 --> 02:34:47.044
TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT A DIME OF

02:34:47.111 --> 02:34:49.580
OUR MONEY GOES TO COMPANIES WHO

02:34:49.647 --> 02:34:51.749
ARE PROFITING FROM KEEPING KIDS

02:34:51.815 --> 02:34:56.353
IN CAGES. AND THAT'S WHY A B

02:34:56.420 --> 02:35:00.290
2465 SAYS NO MORE. CALIFORNIA

02:35:00.357 --> 02:35:02.292
TAXPAYERS DO NOT SUPPORT THIS,

02:35:02.359 --> 02:35:03.961
AND WE WILL NOT BE FORCED TO

02:35:04.028 --> 02:35:06.897
PAY FOR IT. MY WITNESSES TODAY

02:35:06.964 --> 02:35:08.966
ARE SHOWN HERE WITH THE

02:35:09.033 --> 02:35:10.834
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY

02:35:10.901 --> 02:35:13.404
CENTER. AND JESSICA MARQUEZ, ON

02:35:13.470 --> 02:35:14.738
BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF

02:35:14.805 --> 02:35:17.041
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TONY

02:35:17.107 --> 02:35:20.511
THURMOND. HI. GOOD MORNING. MY

02:35:20.577 --> 02:35:21.679
NAME IS AND I'M A DEPUTY

02:35:21.745 --> 02:35:22.780
DIRECTOR WITH THE CALIFORNIA

02:35:22.846 --> 02:35:24.481
IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER. WE'RE

02:35:24.548 --> 02:35:26.950
PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF AB 2465,

02:35:27.017 --> 02:35:28.519
BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT OUR

02:35:28.585 --> 02:35:30.220
STATE'S FISCAL POLICIES ARE

02:35:30.287 --> 02:35:31.422
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER STATE

02:35:31.488 --> 02:35:33.123
LAWS THAT PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S

02:35:33.190 --> 02:35:34.558
RESOURCES FROM BEING USED TO

02:35:34.625 --> 02:35:36.694
SUPPORT UNLAWFUL AND IMMORAL

02:35:36.760 --> 02:35:39.296
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AB

02:35:39.363 --> 02:35:40.664
2465 USES THE STATE'S DECISION

02:35:40.731 --> 02:35:42.499
MAKING POWER ON GRANTS, LOANS

02:35:42.566 --> 02:35:43.901
AND TAX CREDITS TO HOLD

02:35:43.967 --> 02:35:45.703
BUSINESSES ACCOUNTABLE FOR

02:35:45.769 --> 02:35:47.137
PROFITEERING OFF MASS

02:35:47.204 --> 02:35:48.605
DETENTIONS AND DEPORTATIONS.

02:35:48.672 --> 02:35:50.040
WE'VE SEEN THE WIDESPREAD

02:35:50.107 --> 02:35:51.842
DAMAGE FROM UNCHECKED VIOLENT

02:35:51.909 --> 02:35:53.711
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. OVER 1

02:35:53.777 --> 02:35:55.145
IN 4 CALIFORNIANS ARE

02:35:55.212 --> 02:35:56.113
IMMIGRANTS, TOTALING ALMOST 11

02:35:56.180 --> 02:35:57.114
MILLION PEOPLE. WHO ARE OUR

02:35:57.181 --> 02:36:00.084
FAMILY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS,

02:36:00.150 --> 02:36:01.585
FRIENDS AND LOCAL BUSINESS

02:36:01.652 --> 02:36:03.320
OWNERS. MASS RAIDS AND

02:36:03.387 --> 02:36:04.555
DEPORTATIONS HAVE DETRIMENTAL

02:36:04.621 --> 02:36:05.723
EFFECTS ON FAMILIES,

02:36:05.789 --> 02:36:06.824
COMMUNITIES AND THE STATE'S

02:36:06.890 --> 02:36:08.058
ENTIRE ECONOMY, INCLUDING ON

02:36:08.125 --> 02:36:09.727
KEY INDUSTRIES SUCH AS

02:36:09.793 --> 02:36:11.228
CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURE AND

02:36:11.295 --> 02:36:13.030
CAREGIVING. BUSINESSES WERE

02:36:13.097 --> 02:36:14.765
DIRECTLY INVESTED IN OAN OR

02:36:14.832 --> 02:36:16.200
MANAGE A PRIVATE DETENTION

02:36:16.266 --> 02:36:17.301
FACILITY, OR THAT CONTRACT WITH

02:36:17.367 --> 02:36:18.836
A PRIVATE DETENTION FACILITY OR

02:36:18.902 --> 02:36:20.571
AGENCY. ENGAGING IMMIGRATION

02:36:20.637 --> 02:36:21.772
ENFORCEMENT ARE PROFITING FROM

02:36:21.839 --> 02:36:23.040
THE SUFFERING OF OUR

02:36:23.107 --> 02:36:24.608
COMMUNITIES. FOR EXAMPLE,

02:36:24.675 --> 02:36:25.609
PRIVATE DETENTION FACILITY

02:36:25.676 --> 02:36:28.078
OWNERS AND OPERATORS REPORTED A

02:36:28.145 --> 02:36:30.247
13% OR $2 BILLION INCREASE IN

02:36:30.314 --> 02:36:31.849
PROFITS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF

02:36:31.915 --> 02:36:34.017
MORE PEOPLE BEING DETAINED.

02:36:34.084 --> 02:36:36.086
ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA'S MAY

02:36:36.153 --> 02:36:38.222
2026 REPORT ON CONDITIONS AT

02:36:38.288 --> 02:36:38.889
CALIFORNIA'S IMMIGRATION

02:36:38.956 --> 02:36:40.524
DETENTION FACILITIES DESCRIBED

02:36:40.591 --> 02:36:41.792
A, QUOTE UNQUOTE, SHOCKING

02:36:41.859 --> 02:36:43.193
INCREASE IN DETAINEE

02:36:43.260 --> 02:36:45.028
POPULATIONS. COUNTLESS REPORTS

02:36:45.095 --> 02:36:47.164
OF DISTURBING, UNSAFE AND

02:36:47.231 --> 02:36:48.565
UNSANITARY CONDITIONS, AND

02:36:48.632 --> 02:36:49.967
FOUND THIS TO BE CRUEL,

02:36:50.033 --> 02:36:52.202
INHUMANE AND UNACCEPTABLE. THIS

02:36:52.269 --> 02:36:53.737
BILL BUILDS ON OUR PRIOR

02:36:53.804 --> 02:36:55.239
LANDMARK LEGISLATION THAT CIPC

02:36:55.305 --> 02:36:57.207
AND THE CALIFORNIA COALITION

02:36:57.274 --> 02:36:58.776
SPONSORED, RELATED TO ENSURING

02:36:58.842 --> 02:37:00.277
THAT OUR LOCAL AND STATE

02:37:00.344 --> 02:37:02.980
RESOURCES ARE NOT USED TO

02:37:03.046 --> 02:37:04.281
COLLUDE WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES

02:37:04.348 --> 02:37:06.216
THAT TEAR FAMILIES APART. AS WE

02:37:06.283 --> 02:37:07.317
WITNESSED THE UNPRECEDENTED

02:37:07.384 --> 02:37:09.119
WAYS IN WHICH IMMIGRANTS AND

02:37:09.186 --> 02:37:10.320
SOMETIMES U.S. CITIZENS ARE

02:37:10.387 --> 02:37:11.288
BEING ATTACKED BY THE

02:37:11.355 --> 02:37:13.056
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM,

02:37:13.123 --> 02:37:14.324
WE SHOULD RESPOND BY USING ALL

02:37:14.391 --> 02:37:16.293
THE TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL. THIS

02:37:16.360 --> 02:37:17.427
INCLUDES OUR REVENUE AND

02:37:17.494 --> 02:37:19.963
TAXATION CODES. OVER 100 LABOR

02:37:20.030 --> 02:37:21.365
UNIONS, FAITH BASED GROUPS,

02:37:21.431 --> 02:37:22.166
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS AND

02:37:22.232 --> 02:37:23.267
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS SUPPORT

02:37:23.333 --> 02:37:26.069
AB 2465 AND URGE YOU TO DO THE

02:37:26.136 --> 02:37:30.340
SAME. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,

02:37:30.407 --> 02:37:31.842
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS

02:37:31.909 --> 02:37:33.577
JESSICA MARQUEZ AND I'M A

02:37:33.644 --> 02:37:34.611
LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE AT

02:37:34.678 --> 02:37:36.079
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

02:37:36.146 --> 02:37:37.614
EDUCATION. SPEAKING ON BEHALF

02:37:37.681 --> 02:37:38.916
OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF

02:37:38.982 --> 02:37:40.384
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TONY

02:37:40.450 --> 02:37:41.985
THURMOND, WHO IS A SPONSOR ON

02:37:42.052 --> 02:37:43.654
BEHALF OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

02:37:43.720 --> 02:37:45.556
AS WE ALL KNOW, OVER THE PAST

02:37:45.622 --> 02:37:46.890
YEAR, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

02:37:46.957 --> 02:37:48.725
HAS INTENSIFIED IN OUR

02:37:48.792 --> 02:37:50.294
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA

02:37:50.360 --> 02:37:52.496
AND THE NATION. ENTIRE FAMILIES

02:37:52.563 --> 02:37:54.464
ARE LIVING IN FEAR. WORKERS ARE

02:37:54.531 --> 02:37:56.266
STAYING HOME FROM WORK,

02:37:56.333 --> 02:37:57.701
STUDENTS ARE MISSING SCHOOL AND

02:37:57.768 --> 02:37:59.203
SHIFTING TO ONLINE LEARNING.

02:37:59.269 --> 02:38:00.904
SOME ADVOCATES HAVE DESCRIBED

02:38:00.971 --> 02:38:03.440
THESE CONDITIONS AS THE ICE

02:38:03.507 --> 02:38:04.641
PANDEMIC. AT THE DEPARTMENT, WE

02:38:04.708 --> 02:38:06.076
HAVE BEEN DEEPLY DISTURBED BY

02:38:06.143 --> 02:38:07.845
THE DEPORTATION OF A SIX YEAR

02:38:07.911 --> 02:38:10.013
OLD STUDENT FROM THE CALIFORNIA

02:38:10.080 --> 02:38:11.715
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN FREMONT,

02:38:11.782 --> 02:38:13.517
WHO WAS DETAINED AND DEPORTED

02:38:13.584 --> 02:38:15.385
WITHOUT MEDICAL DEVICES

02:38:15.452 --> 02:38:16.854
ESSENTIAL TO HIS ABILITY TO

02:38:16.920 --> 02:38:18.555
HEAR THESE AGGRESSIVE

02:38:18.622 --> 02:38:20.023
ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES ARE

02:38:20.090 --> 02:38:21.091
THREATENING THE HEALTH, SAFETY

02:38:21.158 --> 02:38:22.926
AND STABILITY OF OUR YOUNGEST

02:38:22.993 --> 02:38:24.628
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY

02:38:24.695 --> 02:38:26.830
OUR BABIES AND TÊ K THROUGH 12

02:38:26.897 --> 02:38:29.132
STUDENTS. A RECENT REPORT FOUND

02:38:29.199 --> 02:38:31.602
THAT ICE HAS DETAINED OVER 500

02:38:31.668 --> 02:38:34.438
BABIES AND TODDLERS SINCE

02:38:34.504 --> 02:38:35.439
JANUARY 2025, OF WHICH

02:38:35.505 --> 02:38:36.607
ADVOCATES SAY THAT OUR

02:38:36.673 --> 02:38:39.076
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS BREAKING

02:38:39.142 --> 02:38:40.911
CHILDREN. THE FEAR OF BEING

02:38:40.978 --> 02:38:42.279
DETAINED IS ALSO CREATING A

02:38:42.346 --> 02:38:44.481
CHILLING EFFECT ON ATTENDANCE

02:38:44.548 --> 02:38:46.383
AND STRAINING ALREADY LIMITED

02:38:46.450 --> 02:38:48.785
DISTRICT RESOURCES. AND IN

02:38:48.852 --> 02:38:50.621
CALIFORNIA, ATTENDANCE MATTERS.

02:38:50.687 --> 02:38:52.456
SCHOOL FUNDING IS TIED TO

02:38:52.522 --> 02:38:53.557
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE,

02:38:53.624 --> 02:38:54.958
MEANING THESE ABSENCES DON'T

02:38:55.025 --> 02:38:56.360
JUST IMPACT STUDENTS, THEY

02:38:56.426 --> 02:38:57.861
DIRECTLY IMPACT THE RESOURCES

02:38:57.928 --> 02:38:59.630
SCHOOLS NEED TO SERVE THEM.

02:38:59.696 --> 02:39:01.465
MEANWHILE, PRIVATE DETENTION

02:39:01.531 --> 02:39:02.466
OPERATORS AND THOSE THEY

02:39:02.532 --> 02:39:03.634
CONTRACT WITH ARE REPORTING

02:39:03.700 --> 02:39:05.369
RECORD PROFIT FROM HIGHER

02:39:05.435 --> 02:39:06.904
DETENTION RATES. CALIFORNIA NOW

02:39:06.970 --> 02:39:08.972
HAS EIGHT, NOW HAS EIGHT ICE

02:39:09.039 --> 02:39:10.807
DETENTION CENTERS, TWO OF WHICH

02:39:10.874 --> 02:39:11.909
OPENED SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP

02:39:11.975 --> 02:39:15.178
TOOK OFFICE IN 2025. CALIFORNIA

02:39:15.245 --> 02:39:17.648
HAS LED THE NATION IN ADVANCING

02:39:17.714 --> 02:39:19.082
POLICIES ROOTED IN INCLUSION,

02:39:19.149 --> 02:39:20.918
EQUITY AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN

02:39:20.984 --> 02:39:22.486
DIGNITY. OUR VALUES ARE DEFINED

02:39:22.552 --> 02:39:24.855
BY OUR POLICY CHOICES. EVERY

02:39:24.922 --> 02:39:26.590
FUNDING DECISION IS A STATEMENT

02:39:26.657 --> 02:39:28.091
ABOUT WHO AND WHAT WE ARE

02:39:28.158 --> 02:39:29.860
WILLING TO SUPPORT. IF WE

02:39:29.927 --> 02:39:31.328
BELIEVE IN HUMAN DIGNITY,

02:39:31.395 --> 02:39:32.729
JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL,

02:39:32.796 --> 02:39:34.564
THEN OUR PUBLIC TAXPAYER

02:39:34.631 --> 02:39:35.999
DOLLARS SHOULD REFLECT THOSE

02:39:36.066 --> 02:39:37.067
COMMITMENTS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK

02:39:37.134 --> 02:39:41.004
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. I

02:39:41.071 --> 02:39:42.572
THANK THE WITNESSES. ARE THERE

02:39:42.639 --> 02:39:44.207
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

02:39:44.274 --> 02:39:45.409
WISH TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR

02:39:45.475 --> 02:39:46.743
THIS BILL? IF SO, PLEASE

02:39:46.810 --> 02:39:48.345
APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, STATE

02:39:48.412 --> 02:39:50.147
YOUR NAME AND YOUR ORGANIZATION.

02:39:50.213 --> 02:39:51.648
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

02:39:51.715 --> 02:39:52.482
RENEE BILODEAU, REPRESENTING

02:39:52.549 --> 02:39:54.351
ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS, PICO,

02:39:54.418 --> 02:39:56.853
CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS

02:39:56.920 --> 02:39:57.821
CALIFORNIANS UNITED FOR

02:39:57.888 --> 02:40:00.090
RESPONSIBLE BUDGET A NEW PATH

02:40:00.157 --> 02:40:04.828
SOUTHBAY PEOPLE POWER. 805

02:40:04.895 --> 02:40:05.862
UNDOCUMENTED INVISIBLE SAN

02:40:05.929 --> 02:40:06.997
FRANCISCO ALLIANCE FOR SAN

02:40:07.064 --> 02:40:08.098
DIEGO AND HEALTH AND

02:40:08.165 --> 02:40:09.199
PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU, THANK

02:40:09.266 --> 02:40:10.901
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR

02:40:10.968 --> 02:40:12.002
MEMBERS MARTY LOPEZ WITH THE

02:40:12.069 --> 02:40:13.203
CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION

02:40:13.270 --> 02:40:16.039
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD

02:40:16.106 --> 02:40:18.508
AFTERNOON, POLICY GROUP, ON

02:40:18.575 --> 02:40:19.676
BEHALF OF INCLUSIVE ACTION FOR

02:40:19.743 --> 02:40:21.812
THE CITY IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

02:40:21.878 --> 02:40:23.113
GOOD AFTERNOON, WHITNEY FRANCIS

02:40:23.180 --> 02:40:24.548
WITH THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW

02:40:24.614 --> 02:40:26.016
AND POVERTY IN SUPPORT. THANK

02:40:26.083 --> 02:40:28.685
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. ON BEHALF

02:40:28.752 --> 02:40:30.187
OF THE CONGREGATIONS ORGANIZED

02:40:30.253 --> 02:40:32.189
FOR PROPHETIC ENGAGEMENT, ASIAN

02:40:32.255 --> 02:40:33.757
AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS

02:40:33.824 --> 02:40:35.826
FOR CIVIC EMPOWERMENT, LOCAL

02:40:35.892 --> 02:40:36.827
PROGRESS, CALIFORNIA,

02:40:36.893 --> 02:40:38.695
CALIFORNIA NATIVE VOTE. PROJECT

02:40:38.762 --> 02:40:41.131
UNIDOS 805 OR THE ORGANIZING

02:40:41.198 --> 02:40:42.399
ROOTED IN ABOLITION, LIBERATION

02:40:42.466 --> 02:40:43.767
AND EMPOWERMENT AND THE CENTER

02:40:43.834 --> 02:40:45.068
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND

02:40:45.135 --> 02:40:46.169
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. THANK YOU,

02:40:46.236 --> 02:40:47.738
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.

02:40:47.804 --> 02:40:49.473
CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE

02:40:49.539 --> 02:40:51.241
CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER

02:40:51.308 --> 02:40:53.343
REGISTERING SUPPORT FOR SAN

02:40:53.410 --> 02:40:54.411
BERNARDINO COMMUNITY SERVICE

02:40:54.478 --> 02:40:55.879
CENTER, INC. SERVICES,

02:40:55.946 --> 02:40:57.014
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION

02:40:57.080 --> 02:40:59.316
NETWORK, SIREN, SOUTHEAST ASIA

02:40:59.383 --> 02:41:01.318
RESOURCE ACTION CENTER, CRACK,

02:41:01.385 --> 02:41:03.520
UNCOMMON LAW, NONPROFIT HOUSING

02:41:03.587 --> 02:41:04.588
ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN

02:41:04.654 --> 02:41:05.956
CALIFORNIA, THE KENNEDY

02:41:06.023 --> 02:41:06.923
COMMISSION, HOUSING AUTHORITY

02:41:06.990 --> 02:41:08.992
OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA,

02:41:09.059 --> 02:41:10.761
IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE, CANAL

02:41:10.827 --> 02:41:12.129
ALLIANCE, CALIFORNIA COVERAGE

02:41:12.195 --> 02:41:14.698
AND HEALTH INITIATIVE, CCH I,

02:41:14.765 --> 02:41:16.166
IMMIGRANT DEFENDERS LAW CENTER

02:41:16.233 --> 02:41:17.534
AND FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON

02:41:17.601 --> 02:41:18.335
LEGISLATION, CALIFORNIA. THANK

02:41:18.402 --> 02:41:21.505
YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RAMOS OF

02:41:21.571 --> 02:41:22.906
THE CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY

02:41:22.973 --> 02:41:25.075
CENTER ON BEHALF OF A NEW WAY

02:41:25.142 --> 02:41:27.210
OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT, ASIAN

02:41:27.277 --> 02:41:28.712
PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE,

02:41:28.779 --> 02:41:30.881
CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION,

02:41:30.947 --> 02:41:31.948
CALIFORNIA NATIONAL

02:41:32.015 --> 02:41:33.417
ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN,

02:41:33.483 --> 02:41:34.818
CALIFORNIA RELIGIOUS ACTION

02:41:34.885 --> 02:41:36.953
CENTER OF REFORM JUDAISM.

02:41:37.020 --> 02:41:38.388
COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD OF SANTA

02:41:38.455 --> 02:41:40.290
CRUZ COUNTY, COURAGE,

02:41:40.357 --> 02:41:41.625
CALIFORNIA, AND EMPOWERING

02:41:41.691 --> 02:41:42.959
MARGINALIZED ASIAN COMMUNITIES.

02:41:43.026 --> 02:41:48.098
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MARTIN.

02:41:48.165 --> 02:41:48.832
REGISTERING SUPPORT FOR

02:41:48.899 --> 02:41:50.300
ENSURING OPPORTUNITY. CONTRA

02:41:50.367 --> 02:41:53.937
COSTA EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF SAN

02:41:54.004 --> 02:41:55.305
JOAQUIN HARBOR INSTITUTE FOR

02:41:55.372 --> 02:41:56.740
IMMIGRANT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE,

02:41:56.807 --> 02:41:58.642
HEALTHY CONTRA COSTA IMMIGRANT

02:41:58.708 --> 02:41:59.976
JUSTICE AND ACTION COALITION,

02:42:00.043 --> 02:42:01.778
IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER,

02:42:01.845 --> 02:42:03.613
INDIVISIBLE PASADENA, AND

02:42:03.680 --> 02:42:06.149
COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE,

02:42:06.216 --> 02:42:07.517
INTERFAITH MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN

02:42:07.584 --> 02:42:09.019
INTEGRITY, NEW LIGHT WELLNESS,

02:42:09.086 --> 02:42:11.455
ORANGE COUNTY EQUALITY

02:42:11.521 --> 02:42:12.456
COALITION AND PUBLIC COUNCIL.

02:42:12.522 --> 02:42:15.959
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. WITH

02:42:16.026 --> 02:42:17.961
HOUSING CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.

02:42:18.028 --> 02:42:20.764
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

02:42:20.831 --> 02:42:22.365
ALICIA ÓRDENES FROM SACRAMENTO

02:42:22.432 --> 02:42:24.101
AREA CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER IN

02:42:24.167 --> 02:42:27.704
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GREG RAPIER,

02:42:27.771 --> 02:42:29.005
SACRAMENTO AREA CONGREGATIONS

02:42:29.072 --> 02:42:32.042
TOGETHER IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

02:42:32.109 --> 02:42:34.544
SORRY I MISSED SEIU CALIFORNIA

02:42:34.611 --> 02:42:38.081
ALSO IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY

02:42:38.148 --> 02:42:39.182
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

02:42:39.249 --> 02:42:42.452
WISH TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT?

02:42:42.519 --> 02:42:45.021
ARE THERE ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN

02:42:45.088 --> 02:42:48.592
OPPOSITION? ONE OF THE

02:42:48.658 --> 02:42:51.461
WITNESSES MAKE ROOM FOR THE

02:42:51.528 --> 02:42:54.064
OPPOSITION WITNESS. ARE YOU A

02:42:54.131 --> 02:43:04.841
LEAD WITNESS? OKAY. GOOD

02:43:04.908 --> 02:43:06.076
AFTERNOON. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ

02:43:06.143 --> 02:43:07.377
WITH THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF

02:43:07.444 --> 02:43:08.778
COMMERCE. AND WE'RE HERE

02:43:08.845 --> 02:43:11.548
REGRETTABLY OPPOSED TO A B 2465.

02:43:11.615 --> 02:43:13.049
FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO BE CLEAR

02:43:13.116 --> 02:43:14.351
THAT WE DO NOT OPPOSE THIS BILL

02:43:14.417 --> 02:43:16.186
OUT OF ANY SUPPORT, ANY SUPPORT

02:43:16.253 --> 02:43:17.354
FOR ICE OR THE TROUBLES THAT

02:43:17.420 --> 02:43:18.455
FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT HAS CAUSED

02:43:18.522 --> 02:43:19.956
LATINO COMMUNITIES. OUR

02:43:20.023 --> 02:43:21.358
OPPOSITION HERE IS BASED ON THE

02:43:21.424 --> 02:43:23.126
PRACTICAL CONCERNS WITH THE

02:43:23.193 --> 02:43:24.127
WITH THE BILL'S LANGUAGE AND

02:43:24.194 --> 02:43:25.295
ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR

02:43:25.362 --> 02:43:26.696
CALIFORNIA'S BUSINESSES. THE

02:43:26.763 --> 02:43:27.831
BILL IS NOT LIMITED TO

02:43:27.898 --> 02:43:28.999
COMPANIES THAT CONTRACT

02:43:29.065 --> 02:43:30.700
DIRECTLY WITH ICE. INSTEAD, THE

02:43:30.767 --> 02:43:32.936
BILL APPLIES BROADLY AND

02:43:33.003 --> 02:43:35.438
PENALIZES COMPANIES FROM. KHN

02:43:35.505 --> 02:43:36.773
PENALIZES A COMPANY FROM

02:43:36.840 --> 02:43:38.608
CONTRACTING WITH DHS AND ITS

02:43:38.675 --> 02:43:41.144
AGENCIES. FOR COMPANIES WHO

02:43:41.211 --> 02:43:43.647
CONTRACT WITH ANY AGENCY. THE

02:43:43.713 --> 02:43:45.115
BILL WOULD THEN DENY THAT

02:43:45.182 --> 02:43:46.082
COMPANY ANY STATE PROVIDED

02:43:46.149 --> 02:43:48.752
GRANT, LOAN OR TAX CREDIT FROM

02:43:48.818 --> 02:43:50.520
ANY STATE PROVIDED GRANT, LOAN

02:43:50.587 --> 02:43:52.322
AND TAX CREDIT. THOUGH WE

02:43:52.389 --> 02:43:53.323
APPRECIATE THE RECENT EXCLUSION

02:43:53.390 --> 02:43:54.791
OF MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS

02:43:54.858 --> 02:43:55.926
BECAUSE DENYING HEALTH CARE TO

02:43:55.992 --> 02:43:57.961
SUCH AGENCIES AND FACILITIES

02:43:58.028 --> 02:43:59.829
WOULD ULTIMATELY HURT DETAINED

02:43:59.896 --> 02:44:01.698
INDIVIDUALS AND PUNISH

02:44:01.765 --> 02:44:02.832
NON-PROBLEMATIC CONTRACTS. WE

02:44:02.899 --> 02:44:04.301
ARE CONCERNED THAT MEDICAL. WE

02:44:04.367 --> 02:44:05.669
ARE CONCERNED THAT MEDICAL CARE

02:44:05.735 --> 02:44:07.337
IS NOT THE ONLY NON PROBLEMATIC

02:44:07.404 --> 02:44:08.438
CONTRACT THAT IS LOOPED INTO

02:44:08.505 --> 02:44:10.640
THIS BILL. FOR EXAMPLE,

02:44:10.707 --> 02:44:11.641
COMPANIES WHO CONTRACT TO

02:44:11.708 --> 02:44:13.176
PROVIDE BLANKETS TO AN AGENCY

02:44:13.243 --> 02:44:16.346
UNDER DHS OR SERVICES OR

02:44:16.413 --> 02:44:17.914
SERVICE AIR CONDITIONING

02:44:17.981 --> 02:44:18.982
MACHINES WOULD BE IMPACTED BY

02:44:19.049 --> 02:44:21.851
THIS BILL. IN SHORT, WE ARE

02:44:21.918 --> 02:44:24.788
CONCERNED THAT AB 2465 IS VAGUE

02:44:24.854 --> 02:44:26.556
AS TO THE COVERAGE OF FEDERAL

02:44:26.623 --> 02:44:27.591
AGENCIES AND ALSO LOOPS IN A

02:44:27.657 --> 02:44:29.392
LARGE POOL OF NON PROBLEMATIC

02:44:29.459 --> 02:44:31.861
CONTRACTS, THOUGH WE ARE

02:44:31.928 --> 02:44:33.330
SYMPATHETIC TO THE AUTHOR'S

02:44:33.396 --> 02:44:34.764
GOALS AT THIS TIME, WE REMAIN

02:44:34.831 --> 02:44:38.702
OPPOSED. THANK YOU. I THINK THE

02:44:38.768 --> 02:44:40.070
WITNESS. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS

02:44:40.136 --> 02:44:41.204
OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO

02:44:41.271 --> 02:44:47.010
VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION? SEEING

02:44:47.077 --> 02:44:48.612
NONE, I WILL NOW ASK IF THERE

02:44:48.678 --> 02:44:49.779
ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

02:44:49.846 --> 02:44:51.748
THAT WISH TO VOICE THEIR

02:44:51.815 --> 02:44:54.317
CONCERNS. SENATOR BECKER, YOU

02:44:54.384 --> 02:44:57.587
RECOGNIZED. YES. CAN I VOICE

02:44:57.654 --> 02:45:01.858
SUPPORT AS WELL? I WANT TO

02:45:01.925 --> 02:45:03.126
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING

02:45:03.193 --> 02:45:05.895
THIS FORWARD. AND WE'VE SEEN

02:45:05.962 --> 02:45:07.897
HOW RUTHLESS ICE HAS BEEN IN

02:45:07.964 --> 02:45:10.133
TARGETING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.

02:45:10.200 --> 02:45:12.669
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PROUD

02:45:12.736 --> 02:45:13.770
TO COAUTHOR AND STAND WITH

02:45:13.837 --> 02:45:15.839
LATINO CAUCUS ON KEY PRIORITIES

02:45:15.905 --> 02:45:17.274
AND COAUTHOR, THE NO SECRET

02:45:17.340 --> 02:45:19.442
POLICE ACT AND SOME OF THE

02:45:19.509 --> 02:45:21.478
OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION

02:45:21.544 --> 02:45:23.313
THAT WE'VE PASSED HERE IN

02:45:23.380 --> 02:45:27.751
CALIFORNIA TO. TO, TO TRY TO

02:45:27.817 --> 02:45:29.619
MAKE A STAND. RIGHT. AND IN

02:45:29.686 --> 02:45:31.221
FACT, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AND

02:45:31.288 --> 02:45:32.922
WINNING IN A NUMBER OF CASES.

02:45:32.989 --> 02:45:34.858
IT WAS JUST A CASE OUT OF SAN

02:45:34.924 --> 02:45:37.060
FRANCISCO THAT'S GOING TO HELP

02:45:37.127 --> 02:45:39.296
IMMIGRANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

02:45:39.362 --> 02:45:42.499
SO REALLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.

02:45:42.565 --> 02:45:43.967
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING

02:45:44.034 --> 02:45:47.604
TO WORK AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW,

02:45:47.671 --> 02:45:49.272
WE KIND OF CONTINUE TO LOOK AT

02:45:49.339 --> 02:45:51.107
AND AND ANY UNINTENDED

02:45:51.174 --> 02:45:52.175
CONSEQUENCES FOR THE INNOVATION

02:45:52.242 --> 02:45:55.478
ECONOMY. AND SO I DO WANT TO

02:45:55.545 --> 02:45:57.013
HOPEFULLY WORK WITH FORWARD ON

02:45:57.080 --> 02:45:59.082
THAT GOING GOING FORWARD, BUT

02:45:59.149 --> 02:46:00.250
VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS

02:46:00.317 --> 02:46:03.420
TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,

02:46:03.486 --> 02:46:05.121
MR. CHAIR. AND I ALSO WANT TO

02:46:05.188 --> 02:46:06.222
EXPRESS MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU

02:46:06.289 --> 02:46:08.058
TO THE AUTHOR. I KNOW YOU'VE

02:46:08.124 --> 02:46:09.259
BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY HARD.

02:46:09.326 --> 02:46:11.127
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND THE

02:46:11.194 --> 02:46:12.796
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, WHO

02:46:12.862 --> 02:46:15.031
ALSO HAVE DIVED DEEP ON THIS

02:46:15.098 --> 02:46:18.435
AND WORKED VERY HARD ON IT. I

02:46:18.501 --> 02:46:19.569
INCREDIBLY SUPPORT IT. AND

02:46:19.636 --> 02:46:21.738
THANK YOU FOR FOR CARRYING THIS

02:46:21.805 --> 02:46:24.641
AND, AND THE PASSION THAT COMES

02:46:24.708 --> 02:46:27.844
FROM YOU SHOWS. I, TOO, SHARE

02:46:27.911 --> 02:46:29.612
CONCERNS ABOUT UNINTENDED

02:46:29.679 --> 02:46:30.347
CONSEQUENCES. SO I'M JUST GOING

02:46:30.413 --> 02:46:32.248
TO ASK, I KNOW THIS HAS SOME

02:46:32.315 --> 02:46:34.117
OTHER COMMITTEES IT'S GOT TO GO

02:46:34.184 --> 02:46:36.086
TO BEFORE ANY KIND OF FINAL

02:46:36.152 --> 02:46:37.454
DESTINATION. SO I'M JUST GOING

02:46:37.520 --> 02:46:38.688
TO ASK THAT WE REALLY SWEEP

02:46:38.755 --> 02:46:40.390
THROUGH THIS WORK WITH THE

02:46:40.457 --> 02:46:42.225
CHAMBER AND SOME OTHER

02:46:42.292 --> 02:46:43.293
STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT

02:46:43.360 --> 02:46:44.694
WE AREN'T EXPOSING OURSELVES OR

02:46:44.761 --> 02:46:46.896
OPENING UP TO SOME UNINTENDED

02:46:46.963 --> 02:46:47.997
CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY FOR

02:46:48.064 --> 02:46:50.133
THOSE THAT VERY WELL MAY BE

02:46:50.200 --> 02:46:52.469
PROVIDING THINGS FOR THOSE THAT

02:46:52.535 --> 02:46:55.171
ARE BEING DETAINED. WE

02:46:55.238 --> 02:46:56.072
DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE

02:46:56.139 --> 02:47:00.610
TAKE CARE OF THOSE THAT ARE.

02:47:00.677 --> 02:47:02.078
DETAINED. SO WITH THAT, I THANK

02:47:02.145 --> 02:47:06.015
YOU FOR CARRYING THE BILL.

02:47:06.082 --> 02:47:07.751
THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR

02:47:07.817 --> 02:47:09.919
COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK THE

02:47:09.986 --> 02:47:11.554
AUTHOR FOR FOR THIS BILL. I

02:47:11.621 --> 02:47:13.890
MEAN, THE INTENT IS VERY, VERY

02:47:13.957 --> 02:47:15.859
IMPORTANT. IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT

02:47:15.925 --> 02:47:18.228
TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED IN

02:47:18.294 --> 02:47:19.362
CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE

02:47:19.429 --> 02:47:21.131
NATION. THERE WERE INITIALLY

02:47:21.197 --> 02:47:23.633
SOME VERY BIG PROBLEMS THAT WE

02:47:23.700 --> 02:47:26.035
IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF HOW TO

02:47:26.102 --> 02:47:27.604
IMPLEMENT THIS, HOW TO MAKE IT

02:47:27.670 --> 02:47:29.439
A BILL THAT COULD GET SIGNED

02:47:29.506 --> 02:47:31.908
INTO LAW AND ENFORCED PROPERLY.

02:47:31.975 --> 02:47:34.077
AND THE THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN

02:47:34.144 --> 02:47:36.045
VERY COOPERATIVE IN WORKING

02:47:36.112 --> 02:47:37.647
WITH THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE

02:47:37.714 --> 02:47:38.882
THAT WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT

02:47:38.948 --> 02:47:40.717
THAT WE CAN PUT FORWARD TO THE

02:47:40.784 --> 02:47:43.453
NEXT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Þ AND

02:47:43.520 --> 02:47:44.587
FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE OUR JOB

02:47:44.654 --> 02:47:46.689
AND BEEN RESPONSIBLE NOT TO PUT

02:47:46.756 --> 02:47:48.291
SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT THAT

02:47:48.358 --> 02:47:49.559
WOULD WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO, TO

02:47:49.626 --> 02:47:52.095
TAKE A FAILURE POSITION. SO I

02:47:52.162 --> 02:47:53.863
APPRECIATE THE WORK. I KNOW THE

02:47:53.930 --> 02:47:54.964
COMMITTEE STAFF HAS WORKED HARD

02:47:55.031 --> 02:47:57.200
AS WELL, AND MY OWN STAFF HAS

02:47:57.267 --> 02:47:58.368
WORKED HARD. IT'S BEEN A BACK

02:47:58.435 --> 02:48:00.336
AND A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.

02:48:00.403 --> 02:48:02.472
AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT.

02:48:02.539 --> 02:48:04.307
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN A STRONG

02:48:04.374 --> 02:48:05.675
AUTHOR, YOU'VE BEEN THERE,

02:48:05.742 --> 02:48:09.345
YOU'VE MADE THE THE EFFORT OF

02:48:09.412 --> 02:48:11.147
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE HAD A

02:48:11.214 --> 02:48:13.349
SIMILAR BILL, HAD SIMILAR

02:48:13.416 --> 02:48:15.952
ISSUES, AND I. I ENCOURAGED HIM

02:48:16.019 --> 02:48:18.021
TO JOIN FORCES WITH YOU ON THIS.

02:48:18.087 --> 02:48:19.823
AND I THINK THAT'S HAPPENED. SO

02:48:19.889 --> 02:48:22.992
I APPRECIATE THAT AND HAS BEEN

02:48:23.059 --> 02:48:24.794
A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND

02:48:24.861 --> 02:48:28.064
YOUR STAFF. AND I JUST WANT TO

02:48:28.131 --> 02:48:29.532
REITERATE THAT YOU HAVE

02:48:29.599 --> 02:48:31.367
COMMITTED TO ACCEPTING THE

02:48:31.434 --> 02:48:32.769
AMENDMENTS THAT WE CAN'T

02:48:32.836 --> 02:48:34.637
IMPLEMENT TODAY, BUT THAT WILL

02:48:34.704 --> 02:48:36.372
BE AGREED TO NEXT COMMITTEE. SO

02:48:36.439 --> 02:48:38.908
I'LL GET A YES FROM YOU ON THAT.

02:48:38.975 --> 02:48:41.845
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. WITH

02:48:41.911 --> 02:48:43.913
THOSE COMMITMENTS, I AM

02:48:43.980 --> 02:48:46.583
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY. AND

02:48:46.649 --> 02:48:48.651
DO WE HAVE Ó WITH THE ASSEMBLY

02:48:48.718 --> 02:48:51.488
MEMBER LIKE TO CLOSE? YES. I

02:48:51.554 --> 02:48:53.423
AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME. I WANT TO

02:48:53.490 --> 02:48:55.291
THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR

02:48:55.358 --> 02:48:56.860
WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH MY TEAM.

02:48:56.926 --> 02:48:59.362
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

02:48:59.429 --> 02:49:00.864
THAT WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE

02:49:00.930 --> 02:49:02.298
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, THAT

02:49:02.365 --> 02:49:03.266
YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO

02:49:03.333 --> 02:49:04.534
CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS,

02:49:04.601 --> 02:49:06.069
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

02:49:06.135 --> 02:49:07.971
THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WE GET

02:49:08.037 --> 02:49:12.008
TO THE CORE OF THE ISSUE. BUT I

02:49:12.075 --> 02:49:13.776
ALSO WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE

02:49:13.843 --> 02:49:15.578
FACT THAT WE'RE LIVING THROUGH

02:49:15.645 --> 02:49:18.147
SOME REALLY DARK TIMES IN OUR

02:49:18.214 --> 02:49:20.984
HISTORY, AND PEOPLE AREN'T

02:49:21.050 --> 02:49:22.819
THINKING ABOUT THE UNINTENDED

02:49:22.886 --> 02:49:24.587
CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE BABIES IN

02:49:24.654 --> 02:49:26.923
THOSE CAGES. AND WHILE I HEAR

02:49:26.990 --> 02:49:29.292
THE OPPOSITION'S CONCERNS ABOUT

02:49:29.359 --> 02:49:30.360
BLANKETS, THE REPORTS THAT

02:49:30.426 --> 02:49:31.728
WE'RE RECEIVING IS THAT THEY'RE

02:49:31.794 --> 02:49:33.229
NOT GETTING BLANKETS, THEY'RE

02:49:33.296 --> 02:49:34.764
NOT GETTING FOOD. IF THEY'RE

02:49:34.831 --> 02:49:37.901
GETTING FOOD, IT'S IT'S, IT'S

02:49:37.967 --> 02:49:40.537
NOT I WOULDN'T EAT IT. NEITHER

02:49:40.603 --> 02:49:44.140
WOULD YOU. AND THAT IS WHY I'M

02:49:44.207 --> 02:49:47.010
SO PASSIONATE ABOUT ENSURING

02:49:47.076 --> 02:49:49.879
THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS DO NOT

02:49:49.946 --> 02:49:53.082
CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THIS. AS A

02:49:53.149 --> 02:49:55.218
STATE. WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT

02:49:55.285 --> 02:49:57.854
TO ALL CALIFORNIANS, AND THAT

02:49:57.921 --> 02:50:00.290
IS WHAT THIS BILL IS ABOUT.

02:50:00.356 --> 02:50:01.691
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I

02:50:01.758 --> 02:50:03.459
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

02:50:03.526 --> 02:50:05.128
AGAIN, I THANK THE AUTHOR, AND

02:50:05.194 --> 02:50:07.096
I JUST WANT TO ASK THE

02:50:07.163 --> 02:50:08.231
OPPOSITION TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT

02:50:08.298 --> 02:50:09.532
THE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN

02:50:09.599 --> 02:50:11.034
ACCEPTED. I THINK A LOT OF THE

02:50:11.100 --> 02:50:12.035
CONCERNS YOU RAISED HAVE

02:50:12.101 --> 02:50:13.536
ALREADY BEEN MANAGED IN AN

02:50:13.603 --> 02:50:15.505
APPROPRIATE WAY. SO DO WE HAVE

02:50:15.572 --> 02:50:17.540
A MOTION ON THIS? SENATOR

02:50:17.607 --> 02:50:19.242
BECKER MOVES THE BILL. PLEASE

02:50:19.309 --> 02:50:21.411
CALL. THE ROLL. MOTION IS DUE.

02:50:21.477 --> 02:50:22.879
PASSED THE COMMITTEE ON

02:50:22.946 --> 02:50:25.014
JUDICIARY. SENATORS. MCNERNEY.

02:50:25.081 --> 02:50:27.584
AYE. ALVARADO. GIL. ASHBY. AYE.

02:50:27.650 --> 02:50:30.119
ASHBY. AYE. BECKER. BECKER. AYE.

02:50:30.186 --> 02:50:32.221
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. FOUR

02:50:32.288 --> 02:50:36.593
ZERO. THE BILL HAS A VOTE OF 4

02:50:36.659 --> 02:50:39.095
TO 0, AND THIS BILL IS NOW OUT.

02:50:39.162 --> 02:50:41.297
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. SO

02:50:41.364 --> 02:50:42.999
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TO

02:50:43.066 --> 02:50:44.200
CLEAN UP. I THINK THIS IS THE

02:50:44.267 --> 02:50:46.336
ONLY BILL THAT'S OUT SO FAR

02:50:46.402 --> 02:50:49.572
TODAY. WE HAVE A CONSENT

02:50:49.639 --> 02:50:52.208
CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR

02:50:52.275 --> 02:50:59.215
IS MOVED. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

02:50:59.282 --> 02:51:00.850
THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS

02:51:00.917 --> 02:51:02.885
OF FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE A, B

02:51:02.952 --> 02:51:05.355
611 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE AND

02:51:05.421 --> 02:51:08.424
ITEM 13AB2167 BY ASSEMBLY

02:51:08.491 --> 02:51:10.493
MEMBER MACEDO. MOTION IS TO

02:51:10.560 --> 02:51:12.629
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

02:51:12.695 --> 02:51:14.797
SENATORS MCNERNEY. AYE.

02:51:14.864 --> 02:51:16.265
MCNERNEY. AYE. ALVARADO. GILL.

02:51:16.332 --> 02:51:18.668
ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE. BECKER.

02:51:18.735 --> 02:51:21.638
BECKER. AYE. GRAYSON. GRAYSON.

02:51:21.704 --> 02:51:26.676
AYE. FOUR ZERO. OKAY. THE

02:51:26.743 --> 02:51:29.479
CONSENT CALENDAR IS NOW ADOPTED.

02:51:29.545 --> 02:51:31.981
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OPENING

02:51:32.048 --> 02:51:33.783
UP THE BILLS THAT WERE PUT ON

02:51:33.850 --> 02:51:37.420
HOLD, STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER

02:51:37.487 --> 02:51:51.534
THREE. THIS IS A. WE'RE NOW

02:51:51.601 --> 02:51:54.303
GOING TO BE TAKING UP SOME AB

02:51:54.370 --> 02:52:12.288
760 BY MR. TALL.

02:52:12.822 --> 02:52:14.524
THIS IS AB 760

02:52:14.590 --> 02:52:15.758
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER TOM MOTION

02:52:15.825 --> 02:52:17.160
IS DO PASS AS AMENDED. THE

02:52:17.226 --> 02:52:17.727
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

02:52:17.794 --> 02:52:19.162
CURRENT VOTE IS THREE ZERO.

02:52:19.228 --> 02:52:20.697
CHAIR VOTING. AYE. SENATOR

02:52:20.763 --> 02:52:24.901
ASHBY AYE. ASHBY AYE 4040. THE

02:52:24.967 --> 02:52:28.204
BILL IS OUT. WE'RE NOW MOVING

02:52:28.271 --> 02:52:31.808
TO A B 762. IRWIN FILE NUMBER

02:52:31.874 --> 02:52:36.412
FOUR. OKAY. SENATOR BECKER

02:52:36.479 --> 02:52:38.948
MAKES A MOTION. PLEASE CALL THE

02:52:39.015 --> 02:52:41.150
ROLL. MOTION IS DO PASS, AS

02:52:41.217 --> 02:52:42.318
AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

02:52:42.385 --> 02:52:43.319
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

02:52:43.386 --> 02:52:45.121
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE. ALL.

02:52:45.188 --> 02:52:47.790
RODRIGO. ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE.

02:52:47.857 --> 02:52:50.593
BECKER. BECKER. AYE. GRAYSON.

02:52:50.660 --> 02:52:52.995
GRAYSON. AYE. FOUR ZERO. THE

02:52:53.062 --> 02:52:57.834
BILL AB 762 IS OUT NOW. MOVING

02:52:57.900 --> 02:53:05.942
ON TO NUMBER 5AB1265 MR. HANEY.

02:53:06.008 --> 02:53:07.076
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS

02:53:07.143 --> 02:53:08.177
AMENDED. THE COMMITTEE ON

02:53:08.244 --> 02:53:09.545
APPROPRIATIONS CURRENT VOTE IS

02:53:09.612 --> 02:53:11.647
2 TO 0. CHAIR VOTING AYE.

02:53:11.714 --> 02:53:13.783
SENATORS. ALVARADO. GIL. ASHBY.

02:53:13.850 --> 02:53:16.519
ASHBY. AYE. BECKER. BECKER. AYE.

02:53:16.586 --> 02:53:19.255
FOUR ZERO. THE VOTE IS FOUR

02:53:19.322 --> 02:53:21.457
ZERO. THE BILL IS OUT. GOING TO

02:53:21.524 --> 02:53:25.128
FILE ITEM NUMBER 6AB1633 BY

02:53:25.194 --> 02:53:27.930
HANEY. MOTION IS DUE. PASSED

02:53:27.997 --> 02:53:28.965
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

02:53:29.031 --> 02:53:30.500
CURRENT VOTE IS TWO ZERO. CHAIR

02:53:30.566 --> 02:53:31.901
VOTING AYE. SENATORS. ALVARADO.

02:53:31.968 --> 02:53:34.403
GIL. ASHBY. AYE. ASHBY. AYE.

02:53:34.470 --> 02:53:38.407
BECKER. BECKER. AYE. FOUR ZERO.

02:53:38.474 --> 02:53:40.543
THE VOTE ON AB 1633 IS FOUR

02:53:40.610 --> 02:53:43.179
ZERO. THAT BILL IS OUT NEXT.

02:53:43.246 --> 02:53:47.350
MOVING TO AB 1519. FILE NUMBER

02:53:47.416 --> 02:53:50.253
SEVEN MOTION. WE NEED A MOTION.

02:53:50.319 --> 02:53:53.856
A MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY MR.

02:53:53.923 --> 02:53:56.826
GRAYSON. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL

02:53:56.893 --> 02:53:57.927
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED TO THE

02:53:57.994 --> 02:53:59.061
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

02:53:59.128 --> 02:54:00.663
SEN. MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE.

02:54:00.730 --> 02:54:02.865
ALVARADO. GIL. ASHBY. ASHBY.

02:54:02.932 --> 02:54:05.735
AYE. BECKER. BECKER. AYE.

02:54:05.802 --> 02:54:07.904
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. FOUR

02:54:07.970 --> 02:54:11.107
ZERO. VOTE IS FOUR ZERO. THE

02:54:11.174 --> 02:54:15.845
BILL IS OUT. MOVING ON TO AB

02:54:15.912 --> 02:54:18.047
2172. MR. GIBSON, FILE FILE.

02:54:18.114 --> 02:54:20.316
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. MOTION IS

02:54:20.383 --> 02:54:22.151
DUE. PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

02:54:22.218 --> 02:54:23.152
APPROPRIATIONS. CURRENT VOTE IS

02:54:23.219 --> 02:54:24.854
TWO ZERO. CHAIR VOTING AYE.

02:54:24.921 --> 02:54:27.356
SENATORS. ALVARADO. GIL. ASHBY.

02:54:27.423 --> 02:54:30.226
AYE. ASHBY. AYE. BECKER. BECKER.

02:54:30.293 --> 02:54:33.229
AYE. FOUR ZERO. VOTE IS FOUR

02:54:33.296 --> 02:54:35.031
ZERO. THE BILL IS OUT. MOVING

02:54:35.097 --> 02:54:38.501
ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, A B

02:54:38.568 --> 02:54:41.537
1793 BY MR. WARD. MOTION IS DO

02:54:41.604 --> 02:54:42.772
PASS AS AMENDED TO THE

02:54:42.839 --> 02:54:43.673
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

02:54:43.739 --> 02:54:45.374
CURRENT VOTE IS TWO ZERO. CHAIR

02:54:45.441 --> 02:54:46.843
VOTING AYE. SENATORS. ALVARADO.

02:54:46.909 --> 02:54:51.781
GIL. ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE. BECKER.

02:54:51.848 --> 02:54:54.350
AYE. BECKER. AYE. FOUR ZERO.

02:54:54.417 --> 02:54:55.651
THE VOTE IS FOUR ZERO. THE BILL

02:54:55.718 --> 02:54:58.688
IS OUT. FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN A

02:54:58.754 --> 02:55:02.959
B 2089 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD.

02:55:03.025 --> 02:55:04.460
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASSED TO

02:55:04.527 --> 02:55:05.895
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

02:55:05.962 --> 02:55:07.396
CURRENT VOTE IS 2 TO 0. CHAIR

02:55:07.463 --> 02:55:08.831
VOTING AYE. SENATORS. ALVARADO.

02:55:08.898 --> 02:55:12.068
GIL. ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE. BECKER.

02:55:12.134 --> 02:55:14.203
BECKER. AYE. FOUR ZERO. THE

02:55:14.270 --> 02:55:15.738
VOTE IS FOUR ZERO. THE BILL IS

02:55:15.805 --> 02:55:18.841
OUT. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER

02:55:18.908 --> 02:55:22.111
11, A B 2222 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER

02:55:22.178 --> 02:55:24.580
WARD. MOTION IS DO PASS AS

02:55:24.647 --> 02:55:25.748
AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

02:55:25.815 --> 02:55:27.149
APPROPRIATIONS. CURRENT VOTE IS

02:55:27.216 --> 02:55:28.517
2 TO 0. CHAIR VOTING AYE.

02:55:28.584 --> 02:55:31.020
SENATORS. ALVARADO. GIL. ASHBY.

02:55:31.087 --> 02:55:33.322
ASHBY. AYE. BECKER. BECKER. AYE.

02:55:33.389 --> 02:55:35.725
FOUR ZERO. THE VOTE IS FOUR

02:55:35.791 --> 02:55:38.661
ZERO. THE BILL IS OUT.

02:55:38.728 --> 02:55:41.464
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. WARD. ITEM

02:55:41.530 --> 02:55:46.135
NUMBER 12, A B 2084 BY BAUER

02:55:46.202 --> 02:55:50.806
KAHN. WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT.

02:55:50.873 --> 02:55:53.042
SENATOR BECKER MOVES THE BILL.

02:55:53.109 --> 02:55:54.977
PLEASE CALL. THE ROLL. MOTION

02:55:55.044 --> 02:55:56.145
IS DUE. PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE

02:55:56.212 --> 02:55:58.447
ON APPROPRIATIONS. SORRY,

02:55:58.514 --> 02:55:59.815
SENATORS. MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY.

02:55:59.882 --> 02:56:02.418
AYE. ALVARADO. GIL. ASHBY.

02:56:02.485 --> 02:56:04.954
ASHBY. AYE. BECKER. BECKER. AYE.

02:56:05.021 --> 02:56:06.689
GRAYSON. AYE. GRAYSON. AYE.

02:56:06.756 --> 02:56:09.158
FOUR ZERO. VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.

02:56:09.225 --> 02:56:11.193
THE BILL IS OUT. WE'RE MOVING

02:56:11.260 --> 02:56:16.832
ALONG, FOLKS. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM

02:56:16.899 --> 02:56:21.170
NUMBER 14, A B 2186 BY MCHENRY.

02:56:21.237 --> 02:56:22.305
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED TO THE

02:56:22.371 --> 02:56:23.739
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

02:56:23.806 --> 02:56:25.408
CURRENT VOTE IS 3 TO 0. CHAIR

02:56:25.474 --> 02:56:26.309
VOTING AYE. SENATORS. ALVARADO.

02:56:26.375 --> 02:56:29.912
GIL. ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE FOUR

02:56:29.979 --> 02:56:34.417
ZERO. THE VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.

02:56:34.483 --> 02:56:36.686
THE BILL IS OUT. NEXT WE HAVE

02:56:36.752 --> 02:56:40.890
ITEM NUMBER 15, A B 2250 BY

02:56:40.957 --> 02:56:42.425
AGUIAR-CURRY. WE NEED A MOTION

02:56:42.491 --> 02:56:47.363
ON THIS. MOVED BY SENATOR ASHBY.

02:56:47.430 --> 02:56:49.165
PLEASE CALL. THE ROLL MOTION IS

02:56:49.231 --> 02:56:51.000
DUE. PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

02:56:51.067 --> 02:56:51.701
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

02:56:51.767 --> 02:56:53.135
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE.

02:56:53.202 --> 02:56:57.173
ALVARADO. GIL. ASHBY. ASHBY.

02:56:57.239 --> 02:56:59.308
AYE. BECKER. BECKER. AYE.

02:56:59.375 --> 02:57:01.110
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. FOUR

02:57:01.177 --> 02:57:03.346
ZERO. THE VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.

02:57:03.412 --> 02:57:08.384
THE BILL IS OUT. ITEM 16AB2319

02:57:08.451 --> 02:57:10.720
BY SCHULTZ. THE MOTION IS DO

02:57:10.786 --> 02:57:11.787
PASS, AS AMENDED TO THE

02:57:11.854 --> 02:57:12.722
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

02:57:12.788 --> 02:57:14.056
CURRENT VOTE IS 3 TO 0. CHAIR

02:57:14.123 --> 02:57:15.491
VOTING AYE. SENATORS. ALVARADO.

02:57:15.558 --> 02:57:18.027
GIL. ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE FOUR

02:57:18.094 --> 02:57:20.162
ZERO. VOTE IS FOUR ZERO. THE

02:57:20.229 --> 02:57:23.466
BILL IS OUT. NEXT ITEM FILE

02:57:23.532 --> 02:57:27.803
ITEM 17AB2403 BY ELHAWARY. WE

02:57:27.870 --> 02:57:31.374
NEED A MOTION. MOVED BY SENATOR

02:57:31.440 --> 02:57:33.876
ASHBY, PLEASE CALL. THE ROLL

02:57:33.943 --> 02:57:35.011
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED TO THE

02:57:35.077 --> 02:57:36.278
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

02:57:36.345 --> 02:57:38.180
SENATORS. MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY.

02:57:38.247 --> 02:57:40.716
AYE. ALVARADO. GILL. ASHBY.

02:57:40.783 --> 02:57:42.885
ASHBY. AYE. BECKER. BECKER. AYE.

02:57:42.952 --> 02:57:45.021
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. FOUR

02:57:45.087 --> 02:57:46.789
ZERO. THE VOTE IS FOUR ZERO.

02:57:46.856 --> 02:57:50.793
THE BILL IS OUT. MOVING UP PAST

02:57:50.860 --> 02:57:53.696
FILE 18 TO FILE ITEM 19. WE'RE

02:57:53.763 --> 02:57:58.634
NOW ON A B 2065 BY PELLERIN. WE

02:57:58.701 --> 02:58:04.040
NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. OKAY.

02:58:04.106 --> 02:58:05.474
SENATOR ASHBY MOVES THE BILL.

02:58:05.541 --> 02:58:06.976
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MOTION IS

02:58:07.043 --> 02:58:08.644
DUE. PASS TO THE COMMITTEE ON

02:58:08.711 --> 02:58:09.311
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

02:58:09.378 --> 02:58:11.213
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE. ALL.

02:58:11.280 --> 02:58:14.050
GILL. ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE. BECKER.

02:58:14.116 --> 02:58:16.218
BECKER. AYE. GRAYSON. GRAYSON.

02:58:16.285 --> 02:58:18.687
AYE. FOUR ZERO. FOUR ZERO. THE

02:58:18.754 --> 02:58:21.657
BILL IS OUT. THE LAST ITEM IS

02:58:21.724 --> 02:58:28.197
ITEM BY ITEM 20AB2667. WE NEED

02:58:28.264 --> 02:58:32.068
A MOTION. BAKER. SENATOR BECKER

02:58:32.134 --> 02:58:33.235
MOVES A BILL. PLEASE CALL THE

02:58:33.302 --> 02:58:35.304
ROLL. MOTION IS DO PASS, AS

02:58:35.371 --> 02:58:36.705
AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

02:58:36.772 --> 02:58:37.540
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

02:58:37.606 --> 02:58:39.275
MCNERNEY. MCNERNEY. AYE. OR

02:58:39.341 --> 02:58:42.178
GILL. ASHBY. ASHBY. AYE. BECKER.

02:58:42.244 --> 02:58:44.313
BECKER. AYE. GRAYSON. GRAYSON.

02:58:44.380 --> 02:58:46.916
AYE. FOUR ZERO. FOUR ZERO. THE.

02:58:46.982 --> 02:58:50.319
THE BILL IS OUT. THIS WILL BE

02:58:50.386 --> 02:58:52.221
OUR LAST HEARING, AND I WANT TO

02:58:52.288 --> 02:58:54.490
THANK. OUR LAST HEARING. I WANT

02:58:54.557 --> 02:58:55.791
TO THANK ALL THE COMMITTEE

02:58:55.858 --> 02:58:58.360
MEMBERS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

02:58:58.427 --> 02:58:59.428
AND I WANT TO THANK THE

02:58:59.495 --> 02:59:00.863
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD

02:59:00.930 --> 02:59:02.631
WORK. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF BILLS

02:59:02.698 --> 02:59:04.366
THAT HAVE GONE INTO A LOT OF

02:59:04.433 --> 02:59:09.171
DETAILS. COLLIN, HAILEY AND

02:59:09.238 --> 02:59:10.473
TAYLOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

02:59:10.539 --> 02:59:12.341
YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT STAFF.

02:59:12.408 --> 02:59:13.742
GREAT JOB. I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO

02:59:13.809 --> 02:59:31.093
HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. AND CHAIR.

02:59:31.160 --> 02:59:47.376
IS NOW CLOSED.