WEBVTT 00:00:07.374 --> 00:00:10.210 SO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES WILL COME TO ORDER. 00:00:10.276 --> 00:00:10.710 GOOD MORNING. 00:00:10.777 --> 00:00:14.514 WE ARE TODAY OVER IN THE STATE CAPITOL IN ROOM 113. 00:00:14.981 --> 00:00:15.949 SO WE ARE ASKING 00:00:16.015 --> 00:00:18.852 OUR MEMBERS TO GET HERE SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A QUORUM 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:21.688 WITH 25 BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 00:00:21.755 --> 00:00:25.058 SIX OF THOSE BILLS ARE ON THE PROPOSED CONSENT. 00:00:25.125 --> 00:00:28.528 DEKALB MERGER AND CONSENT. 00:00:28.595 --> 00:00:31.531 WE HAVE FILED ITEM SIX, EIGHT, TEN, 13, 00:00:31.965 --> 00:00:34.634 19 AND 24. 00:00:35.769 --> 00:00:38.872 WE WILL START AS A SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE HAVE AUTHORS HERE 00:00:38.938 --> 00:00:39.606 READY TO GO. 00:00:39.672 --> 00:00:42.809 SO WE'LL START WITH SOME MEMBER. 00:00:42.876 --> 00:00:55.255 COLOSSI, YOU ARE FILING IN ONE WELCOME. 00:00:58.358 --> 00:00:59.125 EVERYTHING HERE IS 00:00:59.192 --> 00:01:01.928 STUCK TO THE TABLE. 00:01:04.097 --> 00:01:04.764 HELLO. 00:01:04.831 --> 00:01:07.100 OKAY. GOOD MORNING. 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.370 THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:14.140 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AB 262. 00:01:14.574 --> 00:01:16.943 THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE CONSULTANTS AND STAFF 00:01:17.243 --> 00:01:19.112 FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS BILL. 00:01:20.413 --> 00:01:21.181 I AM PLEASED TO 00:01:21.247 --> 00:01:24.684 PRESENT AB 262, WHICH TAKES AN IMPORTANT FORCE, 00:01:24.751 --> 00:01:27.687 IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TOWARDS ADDRESSING UNIQUE CHALLENGES 00:01:28.021 --> 00:01:30.990 FACED BY PREGNANT WOMEN IN CRISIS 00:01:31.057 --> 00:01:33.760 WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA. 00:01:34.527 --> 00:01:36.963 EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PREGNANT WOMEN 00:01:38.131 --> 00:01:41.968 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE PREGNANT AND FACE 00:01:42.402 --> 00:01:45.371 SO MUCH INSTABILITY FROM LACK OF SERVICES, 00:01:45.438 --> 00:01:47.507 FROM LACK OF HOUSING AND SO MANY MORE 00:01:48.041 --> 00:01:50.510 WITHOUT STABLE SHELTER, THEY FACE GREATER RISKS 00:01:50.743 --> 00:01:54.414 OF PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, DELAYED PRENATAL CARE, 00:01:54.481 --> 00:01:58.218 POOR BIRTH OUTCOMES, AND INCREASED HEALTH CARE COSTS. 00:01:59.152 --> 00:02:01.354 IN MY DISTRICT, I REPRESENT 00:02:01.621 --> 00:02:04.390 EAST HOLLYWOOD AND NORTHEAST L.A., EAST L.A. 00:02:04.457 --> 00:02:06.359 AND SOUTH GLENDALE. 00:02:06.426 --> 00:02:09.996 AND FORTUNATELY, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF REALLY HEARTBREAKING 00:02:10.363 --> 00:02:13.800 CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PREGNANT WOMEN 00:02:14.133 --> 00:02:17.403 HAVE HAD TO GO DOOR TO DOOR, KNOCKING ON THE DOORS 00:02:17.470 --> 00:02:21.541 OF SMALL BUSINESSES, ASKING FOR HELP TO NO AVAIL. 00:02:22.275 --> 00:02:25.912 A MOST RECENT EXAMPLE INVOLVED AN AUTO BODY 00:02:26.613 --> 00:02:30.083 AUTO BODY OWNER WHERE THE PREGNANT WOMAN LOCKED HERSELF 00:02:31.384 --> 00:02:31.651 IN HIS 00:02:31.718 --> 00:02:34.721 BREAK ROOM AND GAVE BIRTH AND HER BABY. 00:02:34.787 --> 00:02:36.890 AND FORTUNATELY DIED. 00:02:36.956 --> 00:02:39.626 AND THESE STORIES AND SO MANY MORE 00:02:39.692 --> 00:02:43.496 FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT WHO DO VOLUNTEER 00:02:43.563 --> 00:02:45.098 WORK AND PROVIDE MUTUAL AID. 00:02:45.164 --> 00:02:47.200 UNFORTUNATELY, ARE TOO COMMON 00:02:50.169 --> 00:02:53.640 FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAD TO EXPERIENCE THIS. 00:02:54.007 --> 00:02:56.709 HE REALLY WANTED TO HELP AND DO THE RIGHT THING. 00:02:56.776 --> 00:03:00.380 BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANY SYSTEMS IN PLACE 00:03:00.780 --> 00:03:02.282 TO REALLY SUPPORT 00:03:02.348 --> 00:03:05.084 OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES, 00:03:05.351 --> 00:03:09.055 AND THOSE WHO END UP INTERACTING WITH OUR PREGNANT WOMEN 00:03:09.122 --> 00:03:10.857 IN CRISIS. 00:03:10.924 --> 00:03:14.761 DESPITE THESE UNIMAGINABLE YET REAL CONCERNS, 00:03:15.628 --> 00:03:18.498 WE LACK COMPREHENSIVE DATA TO INFORM 00:03:18.565 --> 00:03:21.901 HOW OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND HOUSING NETWORKS 00:03:22.201 --> 00:03:23.269 CAN BETTER SUPPORT 00:03:23.336 --> 00:03:25.772 THIS PARTICULAR VULNERABLE POPULATION. 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:27.507 THIS BILL 00:03:27.574 --> 00:03:31.544 ASKS OUR NEW CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AGENCY 00:03:31.844 --> 00:03:35.114 TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF ISSUES IMPACTING 00:03:35.181 --> 00:03:38.484 PREGNANT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND REPORTED 00:03:38.551 --> 00:03:41.988 FINDINGS TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JULY 1ST, 2028. 00:03:42.488 --> 00:03:45.658 THE STUDY WOULD ALSO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING 00:03:46.059 --> 00:03:48.328 A VOLUNTARY PINK ALERT SYSTEM 00:03:48.995 --> 00:03:51.130 AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON 00:03:51.631 --> 00:03:55.635 WHAT A SYSTEM COULD LOOK LIKE. 00:03:57.070 --> 00:03:59.172 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD EXAMINE WAYS 00:03:59.238 --> 00:04:02.976 NONPROFITS COULD VOLUNTARILY RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS 00:04:03.042 --> 00:04:04.043 WHEN A PREGNANT PERSON 00:04:04.110 --> 00:04:07.013 NEEDS EMERGENCY HOUSING OR PRENATAL SERVICES. 00:04:07.380 --> 00:04:09.415 HOW PARTICIPATING SHELTERS 00:04:09.482 --> 00:04:11.884 COULD BE CONNECTED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 00:04:11.951 --> 00:04:14.821 HOW ORGANIZATIONS COULD REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE. 00:04:15.088 --> 00:04:16.756 AND HOW EXISTING EMERGENCY SERVICE 00:04:16.823 --> 00:04:19.993 PARTNERS COULD BE BETTER INCORPORATED INTO THIS NETWORK. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:22.028 CALIFORNIA HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED 00:04:22.095 --> 00:04:24.697 SIMILAR ALERT SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE AMBER ALERT 00:04:24.764 --> 00:04:26.966 OR THE FEATHER ALERT OR THE SILVER ALERT. 00:04:27.867 --> 00:04:31.971 AND BY IDENTIFYING WHAT'S NEEDED FIRST, WHICH AB 262 WOULD DO. 00:04:32.171 --> 00:04:35.041 WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND EXISTING GAPS IN HOUSING 00:04:35.775 --> 00:04:38.311 AND PRENATAL PRENATAL SERVICES NEEDED FOR THIS 00:04:38.378 --> 00:04:41.614 VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION. 00:04:41.681 --> 00:04:44.951 DUE TO SCHEDULING, I WILL BE READING THE TESTIMONY 00:04:45.018 --> 00:04:48.588 PROVIDED BY BRIAN KAHAN, WHO IS A CONSTITUENT OF MINE 00:04:49.055 --> 00:04:52.158 AND A CHAMPION FOR A LOT OF HOMELESSNESS ISSUES 00:04:52.225 --> 00:04:53.393 IN MY DISTRICT. 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:56.095 AND ALSO WITH ME TODAY, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING 00:04:56.162 --> 00:04:59.632 FIRST IN SUPPORT OF AB 262 AS CATHERINE SQUIRE, 00:04:59.966 --> 00:05:02.568 A LEGISLATIVE ANALYST FOR THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION 00:05:02.635 --> 00:05:04.537 ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS. 00:05:06.305 --> 00:05:07.306 OKAY, WHY DON'T 00:05:07.373 --> 00:05:08.307 YOU GO FIRST 00:05:08.374 --> 00:05:11.177 AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE SAME MEMBER FOR TESTIMONY. 00:05:11.244 --> 00:05:14.347 GO AHEAD. HELLO? 00:05:14.414 --> 00:05:15.448 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 00:05:16.082 --> 00:05:17.583 GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. AND MEMBERS. 00:05:17.650 --> 00:05:18.918 MY NAME IS CATHERINE SQUIRE. 00:05:18.985 --> 00:05:20.753 I'M A LEGISLATIVE ANALYST WITH THE COMMISSION 00:05:20.820 --> 00:05:22.188 ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS. 00:05:22.255 --> 00:05:24.691 AND WE ARE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AB 2622. 00:05:25.291 --> 00:05:28.361 FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS THE COMMISSION HAD HAS ADVOCATED 00:05:28.428 --> 00:05:30.296 FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS 00:05:30.363 --> 00:05:31.998 WORKING TO ELIMINATE SYSTEMIC 00:05:32.065 --> 00:05:35.068 INEQUALITIES DESIGNED TO IMPACT TO MORE THAN 19 MILLION 00:05:35.134 --> 00:05:37.503 RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 00:05:37.570 --> 00:05:40.640 OUR MISSION ENCOMPASSES PROMOTING EQUALITY AND JUSTICE 00:05:40.707 --> 00:05:44.410 THROUGH RESEARCH, POLICY, DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, OUTREACH 00:05:44.477 --> 00:05:46.646 AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. 00:05:46.713 --> 00:05:50.316 AB 262 REFLECTS THAT MISSION BY RECOGNIZING 00:05:50.383 --> 00:05:52.785 ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS 00:05:52.852 --> 00:05:56.289 IN CALIFORNIA, PREGNANT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS 00:05:56.589 --> 00:06:00.226 AND TAKING A THOUGHTFUL, DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING 00:06:00.293 --> 00:06:02.328 HOW WE CAN BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS. 00:06:02.395 --> 00:06:04.831 PREGNANCY SHOULD NEVER BECOME LIFE THREATENING 00:06:04.897 --> 00:06:07.266 BECAUSE SOMEONE LIKE STABLE HOUSING. 00:06:07.333 --> 00:06:10.603 YET TOO MANY PREGNANT WOMEN FACE BARRIERS TO PRENATAL CARE, 00:06:10.903 --> 00:06:14.040 EMERGENCY SHELTER AND BASICS SUPPORT SERVICES. 00:06:14.607 --> 00:06:16.976 BEFORE CALIFORNIA CREATES A NEW ALERT SYSTEM, 00:06:17.243 --> 00:06:18.878 IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE FIRST STUDY 00:06:18.945 --> 00:06:22.215 THE PROBLEM THEY FACE FROM HOUSING INSECURITIES 00:06:22.281 --> 00:06:26.052 TO INACCESSIBLE PRENATAL CARE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS 00:06:26.119 --> 00:06:27.854 THAT ARE INFORMED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.389 SERVING THESE INDIVIDUALS EVERY DAY. 00:06:30.456 --> 00:06:32.158 THE PROPOSED PINK ALERT STUDY. 00:06:32.225 --> 00:06:33.392 EVALUATE, EVALUATE 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:37.530 HOW NONPROFITS CAN VOLUNTARILY OPT INTO A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, 00:06:37.897 --> 00:06:39.699 HOW SHELTERS CAPABLE OF SERVING 00:06:39.766 --> 00:06:42.902 PREGNANT PEOPLE CAN BE CONNECTED MORE EFFICIENTLY 00:06:43.202 --> 00:06:45.071 AND HOW EXISTING EMERGENCY SERVICE 00:06:45.138 --> 00:06:48.241 ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THAT NETWORK. 00:06:48.841 --> 00:06:52.645 AB 262 LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR A COORDINATED RESPONSE 00:06:52.712 --> 00:06:55.248 THAT PRIORITIZES HEALTH, SAFETY AND DIGNITY, 00:06:55.748 --> 00:06:58.985 ENSURING THAT ANY FUTURE PROGRAM IS BUILT ON EVIDENCE 00:06:59.051 --> 00:07:01.020 RATHER THAN ASSUMPTIONS. 00:07:01.087 --> 00:07:03.122 AT THE COMMISSION, WE KNOW THAT IMPROVING OUTCOMES 00:07:03.189 --> 00:07:06.759 FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES REQUIRES COLLABORATION ACROSS AGENCIES, 00:07:07.260 --> 00:07:10.763 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY 00:07:10.830 --> 00:07:12.331 BASED NONPROFITS. 00:07:12.398 --> 00:07:14.934 THE PROVISIONS IN AB TWO SIX TO EMBRACE 00:07:15.001 --> 00:07:16.636 THIS COLLABORATIVE APPROACH 00:07:16.702 --> 00:07:19.438 WHILE ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTION OF HOW CALIFORNIA 00:07:19.505 --> 00:07:20.706 CAN BETTER SUPPORT 00:07:20.773 --> 00:07:22.775 PREGNANT PEOPLE DURING ONE OF THE MOST 00:07:22.842 --> 00:07:25.211 VULNERABLE MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES. 00:07:25.278 --> 00:07:27.113 FOR THESE REASONS, THE COMMISSION IS PROUD TO BE 00:07:27.180 --> 00:07:30.750 IN SUPPORT OF AB 262 AND RESPECTFULLY ASKS FOR YOUR VOTE. 00:07:30.817 --> 00:07:32.451 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:35.021 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 00:07:35.087 --> 00:07:37.490 NOW I'M GOING TO READ THE STATEMENT FROM 00:07:37.690 --> 00:07:40.860 BRIAN COHAN, MY SECOND WITNESS, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE. 00:07:42.061 --> 00:07:44.030 HE WROTE GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 00:07:44.096 --> 00:07:48.835 THANK YOU FOR HEARING AB 262 IN MY COMMENT IN ABSENTIA. 00:07:49.035 --> 00:07:52.104 MY NAME IS BRIAN COHAN AND I'M A CONSISTENT CONSTITUENT 00:07:52.171 --> 00:07:54.140 OF ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 52. 00:07:54.207 --> 00:07:56.843 FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, I'VE BEEN RUNNING WEEKLY 00:07:57.043 --> 00:07:59.245 DROP IN PROGRAMS AND DOING VOLUNTEER 00:07:59.312 --> 00:08:01.981 HOMELESS STREET OUTREACH WITH A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS. 00:08:02.281 --> 00:08:04.884 WE STARTED AS A SMALL MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATION 00:08:04.951 --> 00:08:06.719 AND NOW HAVE FOUR STAFF 00:08:06.786 --> 00:08:10.256 SUPPORTING OVER 800 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS LIKE MYSELF. 00:08:10.790 --> 00:08:11.624 OUR VOLUNTEERS 00:08:11.691 --> 00:08:13.759 ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS 00:08:13.826 --> 00:08:14.994 IN LOS ANGELES. 00:08:15.061 --> 00:08:18.231 WE FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER A WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE PREGNANT 00:08:18.564 --> 00:08:20.333 AND LESS FREQUENTLY, BUT MORE 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:23.970 SO THAN IS ACCEPTABLE ENCOUNTER VISIBLY PREGNANT WOMEN. 00:08:24.604 --> 00:08:27.573 SOME NOTABLE EXPERIENCES STAND OUT TO ME OVER THE YEARS, 00:08:27.840 --> 00:08:31.711 PARTICULARLY THE CASE OF A WOMAN WHO WAS IN HER THIRD TRIMESTER 00:08:31.944 --> 00:08:34.247 AND LIVING ON THE STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD. 00:08:34.313 --> 00:08:37.683 SHE CARED DEEPLY FOR HER UNBORN CHILD, BUT FOR COMPLEX 00:08:37.750 --> 00:08:39.852 REASONS OF TRUST IN HER RELATIONSHIP 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.788 WITH A FATHER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE INDOORS. 00:08:43.122 --> 00:08:46.559 WE BROUGHT HER A CELL PHONE SO SHE COULD AT LEAST CALL 911 00:08:46.626 --> 00:08:48.628 IF SHE WENT INTO LABOR. 00:08:48.694 --> 00:08:49.662 IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, 00:08:49.729 --> 00:08:52.598 WE FOUND A NEW MOTHER WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY 00:08:52.832 --> 00:08:56.469 AND HER THREE MONTH OLD BABY IN A TENT ON SUNSET BOULEVARD. 00:08:57.036 --> 00:08:59.972 OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS SHOULD TRY TO BREAK THE CYCLE 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.542 OF POVERTY, MENTAL ILLNESS AND VIOLENCE THAT LEAD TO IT. 00:09:03.843 --> 00:09:05.344 HELPING MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN 00:09:05.411 --> 00:09:08.147 GET THE BEST START IN LIFE IS A CRITICAL PART OF THAT. 00:09:08.514 --> 00:09:11.751 AB 262 IS ABOUT ASKING IF WE CAN DO MORE. 00:09:12.451 --> 00:09:13.185 THAT'S THE QUESTION 00:09:13.252 --> 00:09:16.122 I WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO AND I HOPE THE ANSWER IS YES. 00:09:16.422 --> 00:09:16.856 THANK YOU. 00:09:18.324 --> 00:09:19.525 THANK YOU. 00:09:20.660 --> 00:09:21.894 WITH OTHERS WHO WENT AWAY 00:09:21.961 --> 00:09:24.363 IN SUPPORT, OTHERS IN SUPPORT 00:09:25.531 --> 00:09:27.199 SYSTEM LIKE. THANK YOU. 00:09:27.266 --> 00:09:29.802 LET ME TURN NUMBER FIVE 00:09:29.869 --> 00:09:32.438 THIS MORNING TO REMEMBER 00:09:32.505 --> 00:09:33.706 TREVOR NELSON OF THE CALIFORNIA 00:09:33.773 --> 00:09:35.875 ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES EXPERT. 00:09:36.375 --> 00:09:38.110 OKAY. THANK YOU. 00:09:38.177 --> 00:09:40.880 ANY AN OPPOSITION TO HAVE ANY OPPOSITION. 00:09:42.748 --> 00:09:44.116 LET'S TAKE IT BACK TO OUR VICE CHAIR. 00:09:44.183 --> 00:09:45.384 ANY COMMENTS? 00:09:46.118 --> 00:09:49.088 I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR WITNESS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. 00:09:49.155 --> 00:09:51.490 I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD. 00:09:51.757 --> 00:09:53.826 I THINK THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE WOULD BE 00:09:54.560 --> 00:09:55.695 I UNDERSTAND THE SILVER ALERT. 00:09:55.761 --> 00:09:58.364 I UNDERSTAND THE. AND THE FEATHER ALERT. 00:09:58.664 --> 00:10:00.366 WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BE THE PINK ALERT? 00:10:00.433 --> 00:10:03.302 WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING TO. 00:10:03.369 --> 00:10:04.904 NOW, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 00:10:04.971 --> 00:10:08.074 AND THIS IS A STUDY BILL FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT 00:10:08.140 --> 00:10:10.042 TO COME UP WITH A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS. 00:10:10.109 --> 00:10:12.445 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IMPETUS BEHIND 00:10:12.511 --> 00:10:16.048 IT IS REALLY NOTIFYING SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE AREA 00:10:16.282 --> 00:10:19.852 WHEN SOMEONE LIKE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER ENCOUNTERS 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:23.723 A PREGNANT WOMAN IN CRISIS AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE 00:10:23.789 --> 00:10:28.761 A COORDINATED WAY TO ALERT NEARBY PROVIDERS CURRENTLY. 00:10:28.828 --> 00:10:33.933 IT'S REALLY TOUGH FOR SOME PROVIDERS TO PRIORITIZE 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.703 PREGNANT WOMEN JUST DEPENDING ON HOW THEIR FUNDING IS PROVIDED. 00:10:37.903 --> 00:10:39.739 THAT DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO DO SO. 00:10:39.805 --> 00:10:43.909 HOWEVER, WHEN PEOPLE LIKE THE MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS, 00:10:43.976 --> 00:10:48.280 LIKE ONE OF MY WITNESSES VOLUNTEERS FOR BECOMES AWARE, 00:10:48.914 --> 00:10:52.251 THEY IMMEDIATELY WORK TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES 00:10:52.318 --> 00:10:54.653 TO THAT VERY VULNERABLE PERSON. 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.022 AND SO THE IDEA OF THE PINK 00:10:56.088 --> 00:10:58.090 ALERT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VOLUNTARY. 00:10:58.157 --> 00:10:59.492 BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS 00:10:59.558 --> 00:11:03.162 A GREAT NEED, ESPECIALLY FOR MY DISTRICT AND FOR A LOT OF 00:11:04.764 --> 00:11:06.565 URBAN CITIES IN PARTICULAR, 00:11:06.632 --> 00:11:10.069 WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS, ALL THE TIME 00:11:10.136 --> 00:11:11.904 AND WOMEN WHO ARE OUT ON THE STREETS 00:11:11.971 --> 00:11:14.106 ARE INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE IN GENERAL. 00:11:14.173 --> 00:11:17.810 AND A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 00:11:18.177 --> 00:11:21.647 DOESN'T EXIST, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING THE HOUSING AGENCY 00:11:22.314 --> 00:11:25.051 TO STUDY THIS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY JUST 00:11:26.585 --> 00:11:29.355 ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF REORGANIZING TO ACTUALLY 00:11:29.422 --> 00:11:31.357 BE A CABINET LEVEL AGENCY 00:11:31.424 --> 00:11:33.793 WITH A FOCUS ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. 00:11:33.859 --> 00:11:36.529 SO WE THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO STUDY THIS ISSUE. 00:11:36.729 --> 00:11:39.632 WE HEAR A LOT OF ANECDOTAL REPORTS, 00:11:39.698 --> 00:11:42.902 AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT 00:11:42.968 --> 00:11:44.570 A SUPER VULNERABLE POPULATION. 00:11:44.637 --> 00:11:47.540 BUT THE REALITY IS 00:11:47.606 --> 00:11:49.608 THIS IS HAPPENING AND THIS IS A REALITY, 00:11:49.675 --> 00:11:53.279 ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE HOLLYWOOD AND NORTHEAST L.A.. 00:11:54.113 --> 00:11:57.116 WELL, I THINK IT'S A COMMENDABLE I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE GOING 00:11:57.183 --> 00:11:59.452 TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH THE STUDY. 00:11:59.518 --> 00:12:03.122 I THINK THE ONLY CAUTION I WOULD PROBABLY SHARE WOULD BE 00:12:03.589 --> 00:12:04.890 WHEN WE THINK OF A FEATHER ALERT, 00:12:04.957 --> 00:12:08.160 WHEN WE THINK OF A SILVER ALERT, WE THINK OF THESE ALERT OR 00:12:08.894 --> 00:12:09.595 AN AMBER ALERT. 00:12:09.662 --> 00:12:12.698 WE USUALLY THINK OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SOMEONE MISSING. 00:12:13.199 --> 00:12:16.235 SO I THINK I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN I WOULD HAVE WOULD BE 00:12:17.403 --> 00:12:20.306 BY REFERRING IT TO THE PINK ALERT, 00:12:20.372 --> 00:12:22.875 THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEBODY MISSING, 00:12:24.777 --> 00:12:26.212 HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, 00:12:26.278 --> 00:12:29.014 PRECEDENCE WISE, WE HAVE IT AS SOMEONE MISSING. 00:12:29.081 --> 00:12:30.516 THEY NEED HELP FINDING SOMEONE. 00:12:30.583 --> 00:12:35.154 SO TO CALL IT A PINK ALERT JUST MIGHT BE A LITTLE MISLEADING. 00:12:35.221 --> 00:12:37.123 OR THAT MISLEADING. THAT'S THE WRONG WORD. 00:12:37.189 --> 00:12:39.358 LET ME REPHRASE THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE 00:12:42.328 --> 00:12:44.230 WHAT WOULD BE THE WORD 00:12:45.097 --> 00:12:48.334 YOU WOULD IT WOULD IT WOULD IMPLY SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY. 00:12:48.400 --> 00:12:50.336 THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD I WOULD JUST 00:12:50.402 --> 00:12:53.839 BRING LITTLE TO YOUR ATTENTION ON ON CALLING IT A PINK ALERT. 00:12:53.906 --> 00:12:54.707 BUT OTHER THAN THAT, 00:12:54.773 --> 00:12:57.376 I THINK IT'S A GREAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, 00:12:58.544 --> 00:13:01.046 YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENTS SUPPORT WHICH SAY, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING 00:13:01.113 --> 00:13:04.416 TWO LIVES AT ONCE, WHICH I ACTUALLY REALLY, 00:13:04.483 --> 00:13:07.553 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR IT. 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:07.853 I'M GOING 00:13:07.920 --> 00:13:08.721 I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING 00:13:08.787 --> 00:13:11.290 I'LL BE HAPPY TO MOVE THE BILL WHEN APPROPRIATE, MA'AM. 00:13:11.624 --> 00:13:14.994 AND WHEN THE WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE, 00:13:15.060 --> 00:13:17.296 WE'D LOVE TO MOVE THE BILL FORWARD. 00:13:17.930 --> 00:13:20.633 MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 00:13:20.699 --> 00:13:22.668 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND TESTIFYING 00:13:22.735 --> 00:13:23.202 IN SUPPORT. 00:13:24.837 --> 00:13:25.437 OKAY. 00:13:25.504 --> 00:13:27.806 THANKS TO OUR VICE CHAIR, I SHE'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL. 00:13:27.873 --> 00:13:29.208 I REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU 00:13:29.275 --> 00:13:31.377 HERE AND YOUR WITNESS WHO COULDN'T BE HERE. 00:13:32.011 --> 00:13:34.046 I LOVE THE IDEA OF A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. 00:13:34.113 --> 00:13:36.248 YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD PIONEER SOMETHING LIKE THIS 00:13:37.049 --> 00:13:39.385 THAT WOULD GO OUT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW 00:13:39.451 --> 00:13:43.289 THAT THERE'S THIS NEED AND LET PEOPLE RESPOND ACCORDING TO WAY. 00:13:44.023 --> 00:13:44.723 SO I'M SURE OF IT. 00:13:44.790 --> 00:13:47.193 BUT THE BROADER STUDY IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. 00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:49.595 AGAIN, WE ARE A SUBCOMMITTEE RIGHT NOW. 00:13:49.662 --> 00:13:50.796 WE'LL HAVE A MOTION FROM OUR VICE CHAIR 00:13:50.863 --> 00:13:53.332 AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:53.632 THANK YOU. 00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:54.066 SENATORS. 00:13:54.133 --> 00:13:57.403 WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 00:13:57.736 --> 00:13:59.471 YES FOR A TIME. THANK YOU. 00:13:59.538 --> 00:14:00.806 YES, THAT YOUR CLOTHES. 00:14:00.873 --> 00:14:02.708 WE'LL TAKE THOSE. YOUR CLOTHES. YES. 00:14:02.775 --> 00:14:04.510 THANK YOU. SORRY, IT'S MONDAY. 00:14:04.577 --> 00:14:05.678 OKAY. AWESOME. 00:14:07.313 --> 00:14:07.780 I SEE. 00:14:07.846 --> 00:14:08.480 AS A MEMBER 00:14:08.547 --> 00:14:11.383 JACKSON, WE'VE A SPECIAL GUEST, OUR SUPERINTENDENT 00:14:11.784 --> 00:14:12.718 OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 00:14:12.785 --> 00:14:14.086 SO GOING TO TAKE THEM NEXT AND THEN I'LL TAKE 00:14:14.153 --> 00:14:17.156 SOME OF THEM ARE LACHEY WHO WAS HERE EARLY 00:14:17.223 --> 00:14:29.468 WILL MAKE SURE WE'LL TAKE YOU NEXT SIR. 00:14:32.504 --> 00:14:33.339 WELCOME, SUPERINTENDENT. 00:14:33.405 --> 00:14:35.374 WELCOME, SIR. I'M A MEMBER. 00:14:35.708 --> 00:14:35.941 GO AHEAD. 00:14:36.008 --> 00:14:38.010 ONE READY? 00:14:38.077 --> 00:14:40.246 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. 00:14:40.312 --> 00:14:45.784 I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT BECAUSE THE REAL DEAL IS HERE. 00:14:45.851 --> 00:14:47.820 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE 00:14:47.886 --> 00:14:49.588 AND STAFF FOR THEIR AMENDMENTS 00:14:49.655 --> 00:14:51.724 AND WHICH I'LL BE ACCEPTING TODAY. 00:14:51.790 --> 00:14:55.160 TODAY IS AB 673, WHICH ESTABLISHES 00:14:55.227 --> 00:14:57.596 THE UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM. 00:14:58.030 --> 00:15:01.600 THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO 16 AND 17 YEAR 00:15:01.667 --> 00:15:03.869 OLD STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS 00:15:03.936 --> 00:15:07.406 AND WHO ARE NOT IN THE PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN 00:15:07.473 --> 00:15:10.175 AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. 00:15:10.743 --> 00:15:14.780 WITH ME TODAY IS TONY THURMOND, THE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC 00:15:14.847 --> 00:15:18.083 INSTRUCTION AND ALSO ACCOMPANIED 00:15:18.150 --> 00:15:20.886 BY ERIC DUNK AS WELL, 00:15:21.153 --> 00:15:23.889 WHO'S BEEN MY RIDER DIE 00:15:23.956 --> 00:15:27.126 THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 00:15:29.161 --> 00:15:30.396 WELCOME. 00:15:30.629 --> 00:15:31.764 VERY NICE TO HAVE YOU. 00:15:31.830 --> 00:15:32.665 GO AHEAD. READY? 00:15:32.731 --> 00:15:35.000 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR, 00:15:36.035 --> 00:15:38.304 I WANT TO THANK SENATOR JACKSON 00:15:38.370 --> 00:15:40.606 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER. 00:15:41.373 --> 00:15:42.708 WE'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. 00:15:42.775 --> 00:15:45.644 JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, MOST RECENT DATA 00:15:45.711 --> 00:15:47.946 SHOWS IS MORE THAN 280,000 00:15:48.981 --> 00:15:51.116 HOMELESS YOUTH IN OUR STATE. 00:15:51.183 --> 00:15:55.087 10,000 OF THOSE YOUTH ARE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. 00:15:55.287 --> 00:15:59.024 I THINK ABOUT 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS WHO ARE HOMELESS 00:15:59.291 --> 00:16:01.593 AND DON'T HAVE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO HELP THEM. 00:16:02.494 --> 00:16:03.629 TO MAKE THE MATTER WORSE. 00:16:03.696 --> 00:16:08.300 THERE'S ONLY 130 BEDS STATEWIDE FOR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY 00:16:08.367 --> 00:16:12.771 SHELTER, AND ONLY 10% OF SCHOOLS THAT GET MCKINNEY VENTO 00:16:13.405 --> 00:16:16.442 DOLLARS ARE ABLE TO USE ANY OF THOSE RESOURCES. 00:16:16.508 --> 00:16:19.745 BUT EVEN WITH THOSE RESOURCES, THEY DON'T PROVIDE ENOUGH 00:16:20.045 --> 00:16:21.146 TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS 00:16:21.213 --> 00:16:24.483 OF THOSE YOUTH WHO ARE HOMELESS AND ON THEIR OWN. 00:16:25.351 --> 00:16:28.354 THIS BILL CLOSES THE GAP BY ESTABLISHING 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:31.957 THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT YOU HEARD THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER TALK ABOUT 00:16:32.191 --> 00:16:36.195 FOR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH AGES 16 AND 17 TO GET ACCESS 00:16:36.261 --> 00:16:39.131 TO HOUSING, NAVIGATION, BASIC NEEDS, TUTORING, EMPLOYMENT 00:16:39.431 --> 00:16:43.102 READINESS, HEALTH AND CERTAINLY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 00:16:43.335 --> 00:16:45.371 THE FUNDING FLOWS TO A WEIGHTED FORMULA 00:16:45.704 --> 00:16:47.406 THAT FOCUSES ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS 00:16:47.473 --> 00:16:49.174 THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION 00:16:49.241 --> 00:16:51.677 OF UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH WITH THE GREATEST NEED. 00:16:52.244 --> 00:16:55.781 AND THAT WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON PROVIDING THE BEST OUTCOME. 00:16:56.215 --> 00:16:57.783 YOUR COMMITTEE SITS AT THE INTERSECTION 00:16:57.850 --> 00:17:00.085 OF HOUSING AND CHILD WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES. 00:17:00.452 --> 00:17:02.755 THIS BILL IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT CONNECTING THOSE STUDENTS 00:17:03.355 --> 00:17:05.457 TO SYSTEMS AND TO SCHOOLS. 00:17:05.958 --> 00:17:06.759 THIS BILL DOES NOT ASK 00:17:06.825 --> 00:17:08.694 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REPLACE HUMAN SERVICES, 00:17:08.761 --> 00:17:09.895 BUT IT DOES ASK THEM TO 00:17:09.962 --> 00:17:13.399 BE A BRIDGE THAT GETS VULNERABLE STUDENTS TO THE RIGHT DOOR. 00:17:13.465 --> 00:17:16.301 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON 80 673. 00:17:17.936 --> 00:17:18.704 THINKING 00:17:20.973 --> 00:17:22.374 HERE FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT. 00:17:22.441 --> 00:17:25.043 OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU BOTH. 00:17:25.110 --> 00:17:28.614 DO YOU HAVE OTHERS WHO WANT TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT? 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.214 WE DO. 00:17:29.281 --> 00:17:31.250 STEP TO THE MIC. 00:17:33.385 --> 00:17:34.853 I'M ZACHARIAH OQUENDO. 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:36.121 I'M WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. 00:17:36.188 --> 00:17:37.689 WE'RE ALSO IN SUPPORT 00:17:37.756 --> 00:17:38.690 AND I WANT TO SPEAK 00:17:38.757 --> 00:17:42.161 AND PERSONALLY, I WAS A FORMERLY HOMELESS YOUTH UNACCOMPANIED 00:17:42.227 --> 00:17:45.264 MINOR AGED 1617 WITHOUT A GUARDIAN. 00:17:45.330 --> 00:17:47.166 I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA 00:17:47.232 --> 00:17:50.369 WITHOUT GUARDIANS OR CAREGIVERS, AND IT WAS THE SCHOOL 00:17:50.436 --> 00:17:52.704 DISTRICT AND LOCAL POPULATION THAT CAME TOGETHER. 00:17:52.771 --> 00:17:54.606 BUT I REALLY PERSONALLY 00:17:54.673 --> 00:17:55.274 SUPPORT THIS BILL 00:17:55.340 --> 00:17:57.209 BECAUSE IT WOULD CREATE A RESOURCE 00:17:57.276 --> 00:17:59.378 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY HELPFUL TO ME, 00:17:59.445 --> 00:18:01.013 NOT JUST SCRAPING, 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:03.315 YOU KNOW, RAGTAG SORT OF GROUPS TOGETHER 00:18:03.382 --> 00:18:05.417 FROM THE INTERFAITH COMMUNITY AND OTHER FOLKS TO COME HELP. 00:18:05.484 --> 00:18:07.753 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING YOUR WORK AGAIN. 00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:08.720 SO I REMEMBER JACKSON 00:18:09.755 --> 00:18:11.323 OKAY, THANK YOU. 00:18:11.390 --> 00:18:14.693 WE'RE GENERALLY IN MEETINGS, BUT WE ONLY HAD ONE WITNESS. 00:18:14.760 --> 00:18:16.595 SO WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR PERSONAL STORY. 00:18:16.662 --> 00:18:17.529 THANK YOU. 00:18:17.596 --> 00:18:18.063 GO AHEAD. 00:18:18.130 --> 00:18:18.497 MAKE YOUR CHAIR. 00:18:18.564 --> 00:18:19.998 MEMBER TREVOR NELSON OF THE CALIFORNIA 00:18:20.065 --> 00:18:23.168 ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AND SUPPORT THE 00:18:24.970 --> 00:18:26.939 YES AND YEAH EVERYBODY SHOW WITH END CHILD POVERTY 00:18:27.005 --> 00:18:30.375 CALIFORNIA AND STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU 00:18:31.376 --> 00:18:32.511 AMANDA KERSHNER COUNTY WELFARE 00:18:32.578 --> 00:18:34.413 DIRECTORS AND SUPPORT 00:18:36.048 --> 00:18:37.082 EXCELLENT 00:18:37.149 --> 00:18:39.885 ANY IN OPPOSITION TO HAVE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:42.454 TO THIS BILL 00:18:44.356 --> 00:18:46.892 SHE NONE WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. 00:18:46.959 --> 00:18:48.927 ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR 00:18:48.994 --> 00:18:51.563 I GUESS WE'RE FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS TODAY 00:18:53.699 --> 00:18:58.203 SO A COUPLE OF THINGS SO WE SAW THIS BILL IN EDUCATION. 00:18:58.270 --> 00:19:01.707 I DO NOT SUPPORT THE BILL IN EDUCATION AT THE TIME BECAUSE 00:19:02.708 --> 00:19:06.678 IT WAS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVERAL 00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:12.084 AREAS WHERE OUR STUDENTS FALL INTO AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES. 00:19:12.150 --> 00:19:13.819 SO IF WE LOOK AT 00:19:15.554 --> 00:19:17.890 OUR OUR LCF, OUR FUNDING, 00:19:17.956 --> 00:19:23.028 WHICH IS LOW SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC, 00:19:23.095 --> 00:19:26.365 THESE STUDENTS WOULD FALL INTO THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT. 00:19:26.431 --> 00:19:30.102 SO ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCES. 00:19:30.402 --> 00:19:33.272 WE ALSO HAVE THE 00:19:34.873 --> 00:19:38.443 THE CURRENTLY THE SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ARE 00:19:38.510 --> 00:19:41.780 CURRENTLY PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE UNACCOMPANIED 00:19:41.847 --> 00:19:43.415 ALREADY. 00:19:45.851 --> 00:19:47.052 SORRY, 00:19:47.486 --> 00:19:52.090 I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE. SO, 00:19:53.458 --> 00:19:55.561 BUT SEE, SO RIGHT NOW 00:19:55.861 --> 00:19:58.997 THE CITY SUBMITTED A BUDGET REQUEST FOR $45 MILLION 00:19:59.064 --> 00:19:59.665 AND THERE'S CURRENTLY 00:19:59.731 --> 00:20:02.601 330 MILLION IN THE MAY REVISE FOR THE MCKINNEY VENTO 00:20:03.502 --> 00:20:05.604 AND HOMELESS SUPPORTS. 00:20:05.671 --> 00:20:09.474 IN GENERAL, THIS HAS BEEN AUGMENTED TO 300 MILLION 00:20:09.541 --> 00:20:12.077 IN THE SENATE'S PROPOSAL AS OF RIGHT NOW. 00:20:13.712 --> 00:20:16.048 SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR FROM 00:20:16.114 --> 00:20:18.917 THIS ANGLE, IN THIS PERSPECTIVE, HOW WILL THE 00:20:19.952 --> 00:20:21.620 THE CITY ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM 00:20:21.687 --> 00:20:23.589 DOES NOT DUPLICATE SERVICES ALREADY 00:20:23.655 --> 00:20:25.390 OFFERED THROUGH COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES 00:20:25.457 --> 00:20:27.492 AND OTHER LOCAL HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS? 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:31.697 BECAUSE IN THIS CASE, WHEN STUDENTS ARE UNACCOMPANIED 00:20:32.364 --> 00:20:34.466 OR THEY'RE BEING 00:20:35.767 --> 00:20:39.171 MUCH TAKEN CARE OF AS FAR AS HOMES, 00:20:39.805 --> 00:20:42.507 THE THE SCHOOLS HAVE AN AUTOMATIC 00:20:43.108 --> 00:20:46.612 RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES. 00:20:46.878 --> 00:20:51.550 SO IN THIS CASE, AS I AS WE SPOKE AND IN EDUCATION, 00:20:51.850 --> 00:20:55.854 THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT 00:20:55.921 --> 00:21:00.192 OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND GET THAT DEPARTMENT ALREADY 00:21:01.493 --> 00:21:03.762 ENGAGE IN WITH THESE PARTICULAR 00:21:04.529 --> 00:21:07.499 WITH THESE PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF STUDENTS. 00:21:07.566 --> 00:21:10.902 SO HOW DO WE NOT DUPLICATE PROGRAMS? 00:21:10.969 --> 00:21:12.471 SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW, 00:21:12.537 --> 00:21:14.506 IS THAT WE HAVE POTS OF MONEY EVERYWHERE. 00:21:14.573 --> 00:21:15.374 AND IN REALITY, 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.875 WE'RE STARTING TO REALLY DUPLICATE 00:21:16.942 --> 00:21:19.177 A LOT OF SERVICES RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON 00:21:19.244 --> 00:21:20.312 WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.647 THE SYSTEMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, 00:21:21.713 --> 00:21:23.215 AND ENSURING THAT WE ACTUALLY ENFORCE 00:21:23.281 --> 00:21:27.252 FULLY FUNDED THEM FIRST, STAFFING THEM AND AND FULLY 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:29.054 ENSURING THAT THEY'RE WORKING THE WAY 00:21:29.121 --> 00:21:31.390 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING SO WELL. 00:21:31.456 --> 00:21:33.992 THIS ONE, HOW DO WE NOT DUPLICATE? 00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:37.963 NUMBER TWO, HOW DO WE HOW WILL THIS TAKE AWAY CONTROL 00:21:38.030 --> 00:21:40.465 FROM SOCIAL SERVICES WHO ARE ALREADY TASKED 00:21:40.532 --> 00:21:43.468 BY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO SERVE THIS POPULATION? 00:21:43.802 --> 00:21:45.237 AND WILL THERE BE COLLECTIVE 00:21:45.303 --> 00:21:48.774 COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN THE CDC AND THE CDC 00:21:50.642 --> 00:21:52.811 AND. OH, WELL, WE'LL START WITH THAT. 00:21:53.011 --> 00:21:54.279 AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION AFTER THAT. 00:21:54.346 --> 00:21:56.481 SORRY, I HAVE ABOUT A COUPLE OF FOUR OR FIVE. 00:21:56.548 --> 00:22:00.552 AND THEN AFTER THAT, WILL THE SAY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:03.355 YOU'VE GOT QUITE A TEAM HERE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS BILL 00:22:03.422 --> 00:22:05.390 BEING SIGNED INTO LAW WILL LIKELY BE THERE. 00:22:05.457 --> 00:22:10.262 BUT I DO WANT TO PUT ON RECORD THAT IF IT DOES GO THROUGH 00:22:10.328 --> 00:22:12.130 AND IT DOES GET SIGNED INTO LAW, 00:22:12.197 --> 00:22:13.465 WILL THERE BE A REQUIREMENT 00:22:13.532 --> 00:22:15.500 TO COME BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE AND ENSURE 00:22:15.567 --> 00:22:17.302 THAT WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE IN THAT? 00:22:17.369 --> 00:22:19.671 SO ONE, TWO, THREE. 00:22:19.738 --> 00:22:22.674 I'LL DEFER TO MY WITNESS. 00:22:22.741 --> 00:22:23.575 THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR. 00:22:23.642 --> 00:22:25.577 THE LAST TWO. YOUR LAST QUESTION. 00:22:25.644 --> 00:22:26.611 THE ANSWER IS YES. 00:22:26.678 --> 00:22:28.046 THE BILL HAS BUILT IN A MECHANISM 00:22:28.113 --> 00:22:29.247 FOR REPORTING BACK 00:22:29.314 --> 00:22:31.550 TO THE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR ON ITS PROGRESS. 00:22:31.917 --> 00:22:32.684 I WOULD JUST SAY 00:22:32.751 --> 00:22:33.518 THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY 00:22:33.585 --> 00:22:35.987 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION, 00:22:36.788 --> 00:22:38.323 THOSE AGENCIES THAT SERVE YOUTH. 00:22:38.390 --> 00:22:39.858 YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THEM TODAY. 00:22:39.925 --> 00:22:42.327 I WORKED FOR MANY OF THEM FOR 20 YEARS. 00:22:42.961 --> 00:22:45.564 TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, THERE ARE ONLY 130 00:22:46.031 --> 00:22:49.301 TEMPORARY SHELTER BEDS FOR THESE YOUTH. 00:22:49.367 --> 00:22:51.069 WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO EACH OF 00:22:51.136 --> 00:22:51.903 THE THOUSAND DISTRICTS 00:22:51.970 --> 00:22:52.871 TO ASK THEM 00:22:52.938 --> 00:22:55.907 THEIR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW MANY UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH 00:22:55.974 --> 00:22:56.508 THAT THERE ARE. 00:22:56.575 --> 00:22:59.711 AND THEY GAVE US DATA AND THEY SAID AT LEAST 80% OF 00:22:59.778 --> 00:23:03.181 THE YOUTH ARE EITHER DOUBLING DOWN SOMEBODY'S 00:23:03.715 --> 00:23:06.585 COUCH SURFING, THEY MAY BE SLEEPING IN A CAR, 00:23:06.785 --> 00:23:09.221 BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING INTO ANY SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS 00:23:09.287 --> 00:23:12.257 BECAUSE THOSE PROGRAMS ARE COMPLETELY TAXED. 00:23:12.491 --> 00:23:14.126 THEY'RE DOING ALL THAT THEY CAN. 00:23:14.192 --> 00:23:15.093 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.263 TO HELP YOUTH WHO OTHERWISE BECOME HOMELESS ADULTS. 00:23:18.930 --> 00:23:20.699 AND I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE. 00:23:20.766 --> 00:23:24.136 AND SO I AGAIN URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS BILL, 00:23:24.503 --> 00:23:27.706 BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP NOW. 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:30.642 AND THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED 00:23:30.709 --> 00:23:32.744 HAVE NO ABILITY OR CAPACITY TO HELP THEM. 00:23:32.811 --> 00:23:37.682 130 BEDS MATCHED UP AGAINST 10,000 00:23:38.016 --> 00:23:41.153 HOMELESS TEENAGERS WHO HAVE NO ADULT TO HELP THEM. 00:23:42.721 --> 00:23:45.957 SENATOR, I WOULD I WOULD ALSO JUST SAY THAT SIMILAR 00:23:46.024 --> 00:23:47.492 TO HOW WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:50.862 THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR HOMELESSNESS FOR VETERANS, 00:23:51.396 --> 00:23:54.933 THE IDEA IS THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE HOUSING PROGRAMS, 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:57.903 BUT WE KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T SET ASIDE FUNDS 00:23:58.303 --> 00:24:01.173 AND MAKE SURE THAT PROGRAMS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED 00:24:01.239 --> 00:24:02.541 TO THE POPULATION, 00:24:02.607 --> 00:24:04.776 AND MANY TIMES THEY DON'T HAVE AN ADVOCATE 00:24:04.843 --> 00:24:07.279 TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THOSE RESOURCES. 00:24:07.612 --> 00:24:10.982 AND MANY TIMES THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE RESOURCES EXIST. 00:24:12.017 --> 00:24:15.854 AND SO IN A TIME WHERE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS 00:24:15.921 --> 00:24:20.992 AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORTS OR ARE STRESSED TO POINT, LIKE 00:24:22.427 --> 00:24:25.063 TO EXPRESS IT LIGHTLY, IS THAT 00:24:26.131 --> 00:24:27.699 THIS JUST SHOWS THAT, NUMBER ONE, 00:24:27.766 --> 00:24:30.802 THESE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN, 00:24:30.869 --> 00:24:34.439 OFTEN ARE UNABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. 00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:38.210 AND SO BY MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY THROUGH LAW 00:24:38.276 --> 00:24:42.380 BUT ALSO THROUGH THE BUDGET, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE 00:24:42.848 --> 00:24:47.586 THAT THESE FUNDS ARE DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY GOING TO GO TO THEM 00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:51.723 SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THIS POPULATION. 00:24:52.057 --> 00:24:54.693 SO A SIMILAR TO A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT WE DO. 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.327 FOR INSTANCE, 00:24:55.393 --> 00:24:59.431 WHEN WE DO YOUTH SET ASIDE FOR HOME CARE OR OTHER THINGS, 00:24:59.731 --> 00:25:00.732 WE'RE JUST BASICALLY SAYING 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:03.768 IT'S TIME FOR US TO SET ASIDE SOME FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS 00:25:03.835 --> 00:25:05.170 UNIQUE POPULATION 00:25:06.571 --> 00:25:08.573 THAT IS EVEN 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:13.778 MORE DISTRESSED THAN FOR, SAY, THE NUMBER OF MCKINNEY, VENTO, 00:25:14.446 --> 00:25:19.251 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ALSO ARE GOING THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL. 00:25:19.317 --> 00:25:19.584 OKAY. 00:25:19.651 --> 00:25:20.719 SO GOING BACK TO I'M 00:25:20.785 --> 00:25:23.755 GOING TO BREAK DOWN WHAT I JUST HEARD TO ENSURE THAT 00:25:25.056 --> 00:25:26.925 WE HAVE CLARITY. 00:25:26.992 --> 00:25:28.894 SO WHEN ARE WE HAVING THIS PARTICULAR 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.228 FUNDING GOING IN THERE? 00:25:30.295 --> 00:25:34.633 THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN THAT I HEAR IS THAT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM 00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:38.370 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS ALREADY OVERLY 00:25:38.436 --> 00:25:40.205 TASKED, MEANING, ONE, THEY DON'T HAVE 00:25:40.272 --> 00:25:42.674 A STAFF OR NUMBER TWO, THEY'RE OUT OF FUNDING 00:25:44.209 --> 00:25:46.311 AND THEY DON'T HAVE FOSTER PARENTS. 00:25:46.378 --> 00:25:48.446 I KNOW THAT YOU'VE RAISED THAT. 00:25:48.513 --> 00:25:49.915 THEY DON'T HAVE FOSTER PARENTS FOR CHILDREN 00:25:49.981 --> 00:25:52.050 WHO ARE BEING ABUSED EVERY SINGLE DAY. 00:25:52.717 --> 00:25:56.054 AND THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE GROUP HOMES FOR GROUP OF YOUTH 00:25:56.288 --> 00:25:57.289 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 00:25:57.355 --> 00:25:58.757 YOU KNOW, THERE WERE 00:25:58.823 --> 00:26:01.593 MANY OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE RUN AWAY. 00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:04.129 AND SO THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM. 00:26:05.130 --> 00:26:07.065 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HELP THEM. 00:26:07.132 --> 00:26:10.769 SO THIS FUNDING WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY 00:26:11.736 --> 00:26:14.239 RESPONSIBLE FOR, ONE, ADDING HOUSING, 00:26:14.739 --> 00:26:16.474 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THIS WOULD PROVIDE 00:26:16.541 --> 00:26:18.376 MORE HOUSING? 00:26:18.443 --> 00:26:19.945 EVERYTHING THAT YOU LAID OUT ABOUT 00:26:20.011 --> 00:26:22.981 WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL CREATES A FRAMEWORK 00:26:23.048 --> 00:26:27.152 FOR SOME HOUSING, SUPPORTS SHELTER. 00:26:27.352 --> 00:26:30.188 IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HOUSE YOUNG PEOPLE 00:26:30.555 --> 00:26:33.858 WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A GUARDIAN UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW. 00:26:35.393 --> 00:26:39.097 AND SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY IS TO CREATE SOME SHELTER 00:26:39.331 --> 00:26:41.633 AND SOME RESOURCES TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FIND 00:26:41.933 --> 00:26:44.169 WHERE THERE MIGHT BE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SUPPORTS. 00:26:44.469 --> 00:26:46.638 AND SO THAT'S WHAT MIGHT BE IN THE BUDGET. 00:26:46.705 --> 00:26:48.573 AND IF YOU IF YOU CAN'T SUPPORT THE BUDGET, 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:50.642 THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT 00:26:50.709 --> 00:26:52.644 ABOUT YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP 00:26:52.711 --> 00:26:55.280 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MOST URGENT OF SITUATIONS. 00:26:55.347 --> 00:26:58.917 SO THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING WITH IS THAT 00:26:59.718 --> 00:27:02.354 THAT FUNDING THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY 00:27:03.722 --> 00:27:06.391 ADDED INTO THE INTO THE 00:27:06.458 --> 00:27:10.595 BUDGET, IS THAT WITH THAT HELP ON THE DEPARTMENT 00:27:10.662 --> 00:27:13.598 OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR IS THAT FUNDING GOING TO BE 00:27:14.833 --> 00:27:18.436 ACCESSIBLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEMSELVES? 00:27:18.503 --> 00:27:20.472 I THINK SOME OF THOSE DETAILS WILL GET WORKED OUT 00:27:20.538 --> 00:27:22.340 AS THE BUDGET PROCESS CONCLUDES. 00:27:22.407 --> 00:27:25.176 BUT YOU DID ASK IN YOUR OPENING QUESTIONS 00:27:25.243 --> 00:27:28.380 IF THERE WOULD BE COOPERATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:30.015 AND DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. 00:27:30.081 --> 00:27:31.516 AND THE ANSWER IS YES, 00:27:31.583 --> 00:27:34.452 BECAUSE MOST OF THE YOUTH THAT WE SEE IN THESE SITUATIONS 00:27:34.786 --> 00:27:37.856 ULTIMATELY DO GET SERVE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS 00:27:37.922 --> 00:27:41.426 IN SOME WAY, BUT THERE ARE NO RESOURCES FOR THEM. 00:27:41.760 --> 00:27:44.863 AND SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEPARTMENTS 00:27:45.063 --> 00:27:46.965 TO CONTINUE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER. 00:27:47.032 --> 00:27:48.533 WE'VE BEEN IN REGULAR CONTACT 00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:50.268 WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS 00:27:50.335 --> 00:27:52.237 WHO WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 00:27:52.303 --> 00:27:55.740 AND WE COULD DO THE SAME IN TERMS OF YOU HEARD TODAY 00:27:55.807 --> 00:27:57.342 ONE OF THE GROUPS IN SUPPORT 00:27:57.409 --> 00:27:59.544 IS THE COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 00:27:59.611 --> 00:28:03.048 THEY GIVE US THE ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES 00:28:03.615 --> 00:28:04.983 TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A 00:28:06.384 --> 00:28:07.852 COORDINATED EFFORT, 00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:10.088 GREAT COMMUNICATION TO HELP THESE YOUTH. 00:28:10.155 --> 00:28:11.856 THESE ARE YOUTH WHO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS 00:28:11.923 --> 00:28:14.092 AND IT TAKES ALL THE SYSTEMS WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP THEM. 00:28:14.592 --> 00:28:15.226 OKAY. 00:28:15.293 --> 00:28:16.895 SO THE OTHER THE OTHER 00:28:16.961 --> 00:28:18.463 THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE 00:28:18.530 --> 00:28:21.766 IS THAT AS WE'RE ALLOCATING THIS FUNDING FOR THESE STUDENTS 00:28:21.833 --> 00:28:24.969 AND AS WE'RE LOOKING INTO GIVING THE SCHOOLS 00:28:25.036 --> 00:28:29.908 MORE RESPONSIBLE, AND THIS IS THIS IS THE OTHER PART 00:28:30.108 --> 00:28:31.743 WE'RE THINKING WE'RE ASSUMING 00:28:31.810 --> 00:28:34.379 THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE STAFF IN 00:28:34.712 --> 00:28:38.650 AND THE PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY CARE SPECIFICALLY 00:28:38.716 --> 00:28:40.919 AND COUNSEL THESE STUDENTS. RIGHT. 00:28:40.985 --> 00:28:43.088 WHICH WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 00:28:43.154 --> 00:28:44.889 COUNSELORS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL. 00:28:44.956 --> 00:28:46.891 WE WERE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT PIPELINE. 00:28:46.958 --> 00:28:49.694 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF WORKING IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES 00:28:49.761 --> 00:28:50.862 WITHIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS 00:28:52.030 --> 00:28:54.599 TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS 00:28:54.666 --> 00:28:56.000 AND THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE. 00:28:56.067 --> 00:28:58.169 NUMBER ONE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS 00:28:58.236 --> 00:28:59.604 THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, 00:28:59.671 --> 00:29:01.706 WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT PIPELINE 00:29:01.773 --> 00:29:03.741 TO GET MORE FOLKS INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, 00:29:03.808 --> 00:29:08.046 WHETHER IT'S COUNSELORS, HEALTH AIDES, TEACHERS AND SO FORTH. 00:29:08.746 --> 00:29:11.816 SAME THING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. 00:29:11.883 --> 00:29:13.885 NUMBER ONE CONCERN, NOT ENOUGH 00:29:13.952 --> 00:29:15.787 FUNDING, NOT ENOUGH STAFFING AND SO FORTH. 00:29:15.854 --> 00:29:19.924 SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO 00:29:19.991 --> 00:29:22.861 IS ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING, MORE RESOURCES. 00:29:23.728 --> 00:29:27.799 BUT OVERALL, EITHER WAY, WHETHER IT'S FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 00:29:27.866 --> 00:29:31.836 OR FOR THE EDUCATION, FOR A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC IN GENERAL, 00:29:33.104 --> 00:29:37.142 WE WE WERE TRYING TO FIGHT IN COMBAT 00:29:37.208 --> 00:29:39.210 AND TRY TO CREATE A NEW PROGRAM AND ALLOCATION 00:29:39.277 --> 00:29:42.447 OF FUNDING FOR SYSTEMS THAT WE CURRENTLY CAN'T SUPPORT. 00:29:42.814 --> 00:29:45.950 I GUESS YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IF STAFFING SHORTAGES 00:29:46.351 --> 00:29:48.219 IS A REASON TO VOTE AGAINST A BILL 00:29:48.286 --> 00:29:48.987 THAT'S ACTUALLY TRYING 00:29:49.053 --> 00:29:51.322 TO AUGMENT WHAT DISTRICTS ARE TRYING TO DO. 00:29:51.389 --> 00:29:53.324 I WOULD PUT IT IN THIS CONTEXT. 00:29:53.391 --> 00:29:55.793 WE ASKED THE DISTRICTS WHAT KIND OF HELP THEY WANT. 00:29:56.127 --> 00:29:58.830 MORE THAN 60% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR STATE 00:29:59.030 --> 00:30:01.266 SAID THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THESE TYPES OF RESOURCES. 00:30:01.566 --> 00:30:04.002 ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT HAS A STAFF PERSON 00:30:04.335 --> 00:30:06.471 WHO WORKS WITH HOMELESS STUDENTS. 00:30:06.704 --> 00:30:07.272 YOU'RE CORRECT. 00:30:07.338 --> 00:30:09.307 NOT EVERY DISTRICT HAS ENOUGH COUNSELORS, 00:30:09.374 --> 00:30:10.508 BUT ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT 00:30:10.575 --> 00:30:13.344 HAS SOME STAFF PERSON WHO WORKS WITH HOMELESS STUDENTS 00:30:13.611 --> 00:30:16.080 AND THEY NEED THESE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM 00:30:16.381 --> 00:30:18.416 NAVIGATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. 00:30:18.483 --> 00:30:20.451 THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP. 00:30:20.518 --> 00:30:22.754 AND RESPECTFULLY, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE BILL. 00:30:23.221 --> 00:30:25.123 OKAY, SO GOING BACK AND I'M GOING TO PUSH 00:30:25.190 --> 00:30:26.291 A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT IN 00:30:26.357 --> 00:30:29.327 BECAUSE I REALLY I'M REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE 00:30:29.394 --> 00:30:31.496 ON EVERY SINGLE NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE AT WHERE 00:30:31.563 --> 00:30:32.297 WE'RE CREATING, 00:30:32.363 --> 00:30:35.700 BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE WE SUPPORT, 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.268 WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE 00:30:37.335 --> 00:30:38.937 AND FIX WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BEFORE 00:30:39.003 --> 00:30:41.072 WE START EXPANDING SOMETHING NEW. 00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:43.508 SO THE CHALLENGE ON THIS, WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE 00:30:43.575 --> 00:30:47.111 HOUSING COMPONENT ON THERE AND ANOTHER ANOTHER AREA 00:30:47.178 --> 00:30:49.747 WHERE I ALSO PUSH ON THE ON THE HOUSING PART 00:30:50.215 --> 00:30:53.184 AS FAR AS EITHER HAVING VOUCHERS OR CREATING 00:30:53.685 --> 00:30:55.386 HOUSING ON OUR CAMPUSES. 00:30:55.453 --> 00:30:59.090 IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE STATING THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP HOUSING 00:31:00.792 --> 00:31:03.962 THE COMMENT, THE CONCERN I'M GOING TO PUT ON RECORD IS THAT 00:31:04.796 --> 00:31:07.031 THIS DOES NOT ADD TO HOUSING. 00:31:07.966 --> 00:31:12.670 AND WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A PREMISE 00:31:12.737 --> 00:31:15.506 WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ALLOCATE FUNDING 00:31:15.573 --> 00:31:18.309 FOR HOUSING FOR OUR STUDENTS IN COLLEGE. 00:31:18.543 --> 00:31:22.280 YEAH, AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST POINTS 00:31:22.347 --> 00:31:22.947 THAT I'VE MADE IN 00:31:23.014 --> 00:31:23.514 THE PAST 00:31:23.581 --> 00:31:25.049 IS GIVING VOUCHERS TO STUDENTS 00:31:25.116 --> 00:31:27.485 DOES NOT FIX THE ACTUAL LACK OF HOUSING. 00:31:28.753 --> 00:31:32.423 WHAT WOULD FIX THE HOUSING ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COLLEGE 00:31:32.490 --> 00:31:35.927 STUDENTS WOULD BE BUILDING HOUSING ON COMMUNITY COLLEGES 00:31:35.994 --> 00:31:37.795 IN OUR STATE COLLEGES, IN OUR UCS, 00:31:37.862 --> 00:31:40.498 IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE LACKING 00:31:40.565 --> 00:31:42.667 HOUSING THAT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM 00:31:42.734 --> 00:31:45.003 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ADD HOUSING TO JUST GIVE VOUCHERS. 00:31:45.069 --> 00:31:46.404 IT JUST ADDS TO THE FACT 00:31:46.471 --> 00:31:49.007 THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES 00:31:49.073 --> 00:31:50.808 AND WE'RE MAKING AN IMPACT ON THOSE COMMUNITIES. 00:31:50.875 --> 00:31:51.876 WE ADD STUDENTS. 00:31:51.943 --> 00:31:53.444 SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT, 00:31:53.511 --> 00:31:57.115 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT 00:31:57.615 --> 00:32:02.220 THAT ADDING FUNDING FOR HOUSING WITHOUT ACTUALLY PROVIDING 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:05.089 ADDITIONAL BUILDING 00:32:05.790 --> 00:32:09.394 HOUSING UNITS IS NOT GOING TO FIX THE ACCESS TO HOUSING. 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.528 AND I JUST WANT TO PUT ON RECORD 00:32:10.595 --> 00:32:12.597 I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY TO ADDRESS THAT. 00:32:13.731 --> 00:32:14.265 SURE. 00:32:14.332 --> 00:32:14.932 GO AHEAD. 00:32:15.333 --> 00:32:16.100 THANK YOU. 00:32:16.167 --> 00:32:18.836 I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE NEED BOTH HOUSING AND VOUCHERS. 00:32:18.903 --> 00:32:19.871 AND HERE'S WHY 00:32:19.937 --> 00:32:23.541 I SPENT ALMOST FIVE YEARS WORKING WITH EMANCIPATED FOSTER 00:32:23.608 --> 00:32:26.477 YOUTH, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE 18 TO 24 00:32:26.911 --> 00:32:30.715 WHO BOUNCED AROUND SOMETIMES IN FOSTER CARE 00:32:30.782 --> 00:32:33.551 AND THEN OUT OF FOSTER CARE, LIMITED SYSTEMS. 00:32:33.918 --> 00:32:36.020 AND THEY NEEDED THE VOUCHERS. 00:32:36.754 --> 00:32:37.555 THE STATE OFFERS 00:32:37.622 --> 00:32:38.423 SOME TRANSITIONAL 00:32:38.489 --> 00:32:41.159 HOUSING PROGRAMS, BUT IT IS COMPLETELY UNDERFUNDED 00:32:41.526 --> 00:32:45.296 AND THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT YOUNG ADULTS 00:32:45.363 --> 00:32:48.333 CAN GET HOUSING IF THEY HAVE THOSE VOUCHERS, 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:51.469 AS WELL AS THE COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT 00:32:51.803 --> 00:32:53.204 WHO NEED TO HAVE IT. 00:32:53.271 --> 00:32:58.176 I WOULD SAY THAT THESE 15, 16, 17 YEAR OLDS NEED IT EVEN MORE 00:32:58.543 --> 00:33:01.713 BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ONE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO NO ONE. 00:33:02.013 --> 00:33:03.881 THEY CAN'T SIGN UP FOR FOSTER CARE. 00:33:03.948 --> 00:33:06.050 THEY CAN'T SIGN UP FOR EXTENDED FOSTER CARE. 00:33:06.250 --> 00:33:07.852 THEY CAN'T GET ANY RESOURCES. 00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:09.587 THEY CAN'T GET INTO A GROUP HOME. 00:33:09.654 --> 00:33:11.456 THEY CAN'T GET INTO A SHELTER. 00:33:11.522 --> 00:33:14.192 THEY CAN'T GET INTO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. 00:33:14.592 --> 00:33:16.127 BECAUSE IT IS NOT AVAILABLE. 00:33:16.194 --> 00:33:18.496 IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. AND SO WE NEED BOTH. 00:33:18.563 --> 00:33:22.734 WE NEED BOTH ADDITIONAL SLOTS AND WE NEED THE STIPENDS 00:33:22.967 --> 00:33:26.504 TO FUND THE INDIVIDUAL COSTS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TO 00:33:26.571 --> 00:33:27.338 GET INTO A PLACE. 00:33:28.406 --> 00:33:29.974 OKAY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY, 00:33:30.041 --> 00:33:31.409 BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 00:33:31.476 --> 00:33:35.213 HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:38.349 POURING MONEY WITHOUT BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 00:33:38.416 --> 00:33:40.051 IS NOT GOING TO FIX THE ISSUE. 00:33:40.118 --> 00:33:42.453 THE MONEY'S JUST GOING TO GO POOF. 00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:44.455 AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. 00:33:44.522 --> 00:33:45.790 THAT IS A TEMPORARY 00:33:45.857 --> 00:33:47.825 IT LITERALLY IS A BAND-AID OR IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD. 00:33:47.892 --> 00:33:50.328 AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 00:33:50.928 --> 00:33:52.697 TO THE TO THE CONCERN THAT YOU SAID 00:33:52.764 --> 00:33:56.334 YOU SAID IT EARLIER, WE DON'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE. 00:33:56.634 --> 00:33:58.936 SO WE HAVE TO BUILD IT. 00:33:59.003 --> 00:34:01.672 AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT 00:34:01.739 --> 00:34:03.441 I WANT TO SEE MORE IN THAT EFFORT. 00:34:03.508 --> 00:34:06.377 I'M BUILDING HOUSING TO FIX THE ISSUES 00:34:06.744 --> 00:34:10.748 AND ALSO NOTING THAT JUST ADDING MONEY TO THE PROBLEM 00:34:10.815 --> 00:34:15.086 TO THE ISSUE DOES NOT INCREASE NECESSARILY THE STAFF OR 00:34:16.788 --> 00:34:18.923 OR THE STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED FOR IT. 00:34:18.990 --> 00:34:20.525 SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD ON THERE. 00:34:20.591 --> 00:34:22.093 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY 00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:22.994 AND HUMAN SERVICES, 00:34:23.060 --> 00:34:24.929 BUT I WANT TO SEE THAT COLLABORATION 00:34:24.996 --> 00:34:25.463 IN ENSURING 00:34:25.530 --> 00:34:27.565 THAT WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS THAT 00:34:27.632 --> 00:34:30.601 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT SYSTEMS AND FULLY FUNDING THEM 00:34:30.902 --> 00:34:32.136 OR FIXING THEM. 00:34:32.203 --> 00:34:33.538 SO WITH THAT, 00:34:34.505 --> 00:34:37.275 MR. CHAIR, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MOVE THE BILL WHEN APPROPRIATE. 00:34:37.875 --> 00:34:39.510 OKAY. AND MR. 00:34:39.577 --> 00:34:40.978 CHAIR, IF I COULD THROUGH THE CHAIR, 00:34:41.045 --> 00:34:42.613 I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU BOTH 00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:46.050 TO ATTEND A MEETING THAT WE'VE CONVENED OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS 00:34:46.517 --> 00:34:47.718 WHERE WE WILL HAVE SOCIAL SERVICE 00:34:47.785 --> 00:34:49.387 AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT. 00:34:49.454 --> 00:34:51.689 YOU CAN CALL IT A HOMELESSNESS SUMMIT. 00:34:51.756 --> 00:34:54.358 IT'S INTENDED TO REALLY FLESH OUT 00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.627 SOME OF THE VERY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 00:34:56.994 --> 00:34:58.729 HOW DO WE MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY RESOURCE? 00:34:58.796 --> 00:35:01.599 HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION? 00:35:02.066 --> 00:35:05.036 IT WILL BE ON JULY THE 22ND HERE IN SACRAMENTO AT 1 P.M. 00:35:05.369 --> 00:35:06.737 THERE IS A ZOOM OPTION. 00:35:06.804 --> 00:35:08.973 WE WOULD INVITE YOU BOTH IN THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE 00:35:09.507 --> 00:35:13.411 AND OBVIOUSLY THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL TO PARTICIPATE. 00:35:13.678 --> 00:35:17.048 AND AGAIN, WE SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS YOU DO. 00:35:17.114 --> 00:35:19.917 THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. 00:35:19.984 --> 00:35:21.552 WILL NOTE THAT. AND 00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:24.021 I WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST, SUPERINTENDENT. 00:35:24.088 --> 00:35:27.792 I KNOW HOW MUCH OF A CHANCE THEY'LL HAVE THIS YEAR TO 00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:30.428 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ACROSS THE BOARD. 00:35:31.062 --> 00:35:32.363 WE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING, 00:35:32.430 --> 00:35:33.264 WHICH I THINK IS SEPARATE 00:35:33.331 --> 00:35:36.467 FROM THIS BILL RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH 00:35:36.534 --> 00:35:39.403 TO CREATE HOUSING ON SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY, 00:35:40.705 --> 00:35:41.606 THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 00:35:41.672 --> 00:35:43.341 I KNOW ACTUALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 00:35:43.407 --> 00:35:47.645 ACTUALLY JUST BROKE GROUND ON ON 26 UNITS OF HOUSING. 00:35:47.712 --> 00:35:50.448 YOU WERE DOING THAT ALSO ON 00:35:50.515 --> 00:35:53.918 IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN OTHER PLACES. 00:35:53.985 --> 00:35:58.322 BUT BUT AGAIN YOU WORK FOR ALL STUDENTS 00:35:58.389 --> 00:36:02.026 ALSO MEAN SURE OUR STUDENTS CAN SUCCEED IN CALIFORNIA 00:36:02.093 --> 00:36:04.562 AND I VERY MUCH SEE THIS WORK YOUR COLLECTIVE WORK 00:36:05.162 --> 00:36:06.264 AS PART OF THAT. SURE. 00:36:06.330 --> 00:36:08.299 ALL STUDENTS HAVE A CHANCE TO SUCCEED. 00:36:08.366 --> 00:36:12.470 WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE WITNESSES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE 00:36:12.970 --> 00:36:15.773 AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HELPING HIM GET TO THE STAGE. 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.508 HE'S HERE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR AND REPRESENT 00:36:17.575 --> 00:36:19.677 ONE OF THE GROUPS TESTIFYING HERE TODAY. SO 00:36:20.611 --> 00:36:23.014 I WANT TO THANK YOU THAT HUMAN SERVICES. 00:36:23.781 --> 00:36:26.584 GREAT TO HAVE THE HUMAN SERVICES CHAIR FOR THE ASSEMBLY HERE 00:36:27.151 --> 00:36:28.953 IN OUR COMMITTEE. 00:36:29.020 --> 00:36:30.187 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL AS WELL. 00:36:30.254 --> 00:36:31.289 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 00:36:31.355 --> 00:36:32.256 I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:36:32.323 --> 00:36:35.459 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT 00:36:35.526 --> 00:36:39.430 FOR HIS IDEA ON THIS BILL. 00:36:40.831 --> 00:36:44.502 AND IT'S IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN TWO SOCIAL WORKERS 00:36:44.569 --> 00:36:46.637 CAN WORK TOGETHER ON AN ISSUE LIKE THIS 00:36:47.371 --> 00:36:49.707 AND UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITIES. 00:36:49.774 --> 00:36:52.643 I WOULD JUST SAY 00:36:52.710 --> 00:36:55.379 AS ALSO 00:36:55.446 --> 00:36:58.683 ONE OF THE BUDGET SUB CHAIRS IN THE BUDGET ON THE BUDGET SIDE 00:36:59.050 --> 00:37:00.251 IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET 00:37:00.318 --> 00:37:00.785 AS A WHOLE 00:37:00.851 --> 00:37:01.953 AND THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING, 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:04.155 NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS WEEK, 00:37:04.388 --> 00:37:07.158 BUT WHAT WE DID LAST WEEK IS, 00:37:07.358 --> 00:37:11.696 AS YOU KNOW, I HAD A VERY HOT BILL WHEN IT COMES TO 00:37:13.531 --> 00:37:14.298 STUDENTS IN 00:37:14.365 --> 00:37:17.602 PARKING LOTS, AND IT WAS A LOT OF GREAT DEBATES 00:37:17.668 --> 00:37:19.837 FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. 00:37:20.905 --> 00:37:23.140 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE NEED 00:37:23.207 --> 00:37:27.144 BOTH AND APPROACH AND A PART OF THAT IS 00:37:28.412 --> 00:37:31.582 WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS ON THIS BALLOT AND NOVEMBER, 00:37:31.649 --> 00:37:32.016 WE'RE GOING TO 00:37:32.083 --> 00:37:34.619 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON A HOUSING BOND 00:37:34.685 --> 00:37:38.222 THAT INCLUDES BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDES 00:37:38.856 --> 00:37:42.360 VETERANS HOUSING, ALSO INCLUDES UNIVERSITY 00:37:42.426 --> 00:37:46.163 HOUSING AS WELL, WHICH IS ONE OF MY STICKING POINTS 00:37:46.230 --> 00:37:47.632 THAT WE'VE HAD AS WELL. 00:37:47.698 --> 00:37:49.467 AND SO WE ACTUALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 00:37:49.533 --> 00:37:51.435 IN TOTALITY, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING 00:37:51.502 --> 00:37:53.671 THIS YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING A 00:37:53.738 --> 00:37:56.641 WELL ROUNDED APPROACH, BUILDING MORE HOUSING, 00:37:56.941 --> 00:38:00.611 SETTING ASIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR FOR PROGRAMS 00:38:00.678 --> 00:38:03.648 IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS 00:38:04.749 --> 00:38:07.752 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO MAKING 00:38:07.818 --> 00:38:11.055 SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING VERY ROBUST 00:38:12.690 --> 00:38:14.025 SUPPORT TO OUR COUNTIES, 00:38:14.091 --> 00:38:18.596 AS WELL AS HISTORIC FUNDING FOR OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. 00:38:18.896 --> 00:38:21.799 SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING A FULL COURT PRESS ON THIS 00:38:21.866 --> 00:38:25.469 TO MAKING SURE NO ONE IS LEFT THROUGH THE CRACKS. 00:38:25.836 --> 00:38:28.673 PEOPLE ARE 00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:30.908 ARE BEING SUPPORTED ACCORDING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL 00:38:30.975 --> 00:38:35.079 NEEDS AS EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN LIVES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 00:38:35.513 --> 00:38:37.748 MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE. 00:38:37.815 --> 00:38:40.584 SO WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN ANNI VOTE, 00:38:40.651 --> 00:38:41.452 BUT THANK YOU AGAIN. 00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:43.721 THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE. 00:38:44.055 --> 00:38:45.189 WE WILL BOTH BE SUPPORTING THE BILL 00:38:45.256 --> 00:38:47.058 AND WE'LL TAKE A MOTION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 00:38:47.124 --> 00:38:47.525 THANK YOU. 00:38:47.591 --> 00:38:48.459 THANK YOU. 00:38:48.526 --> 00:38:51.195 THANK YOU. 00:38:51.262 --> 00:39:08.946 OKAY, SO REMEMBER LACHIE, WHEN YOU'RE READY. 00:39:09.013 --> 00:39:29.200 YEAH, GREAT. 00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.335 THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. I'M READY. 00:39:31.402 --> 00:39:33.070 ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 00:39:33.137 --> 00:39:35.172 A MEMBER I. 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:38.175 I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AND 00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:40.544 EXPLAIN TO YOU ABOUT 00:39:40.611 --> 00:39:44.515 AB 2304, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS GABRIEL'S LAW. 00:39:44.582 --> 00:39:47.418 IT CLARIFIES WHEN A CHILD REQUIRES IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY 00:39:47.485 --> 00:39:48.185 CARE. 00:39:48.252 --> 00:39:51.822 IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, SOCIAL WORKERS MUST HAVE 00:39:52.890 --> 00:39:57.595 A CHILD SEEN BY THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. 00:39:57.661 --> 00:40:00.431 THIS BILL ADDITIONALLY CLARIFIES EXISTING LAW 00:40:00.498 --> 00:40:01.265 THAT SOCIAL WORKERS 00:40:01.332 --> 00:40:03.934 CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FALSIFYING RECORDS. 00:40:05.169 --> 00:40:08.773 AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, SINCE BECOMING A LEGISLATOR, 00:40:08.839 --> 00:40:11.776 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PASS LEGISLATION IN A ROW REVOLVING 00:40:11.842 --> 00:40:17.047 AROUND THE HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE CASE OF GABRIEL FERNANDEZ. 00:40:17.114 --> 00:40:18.282 HE WAS AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY 00:40:18.349 --> 00:40:20.551 WHO WAS TORTURED AND KILLED BY HIS MOTHER 00:40:20.618 --> 00:40:22.720 AND HER BOYFRIEND IN MY DISTRICT. 00:40:24.054 --> 00:40:26.791 IN HIS CASE, THE SOCIAL WORKERS INVOLVED, 00:40:27.725 --> 00:40:30.094 THEY ACTUALLY FAILED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS 00:40:30.161 --> 00:40:33.130 THAT WERE NEEDED TO PROTECT HIM, 00:40:33.197 --> 00:40:35.733 EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO SEE HIM MULTIPLE TIMES 00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:37.334 FOR VARIOUS INJURIES. 00:40:37.401 --> 00:40:40.871 HIS BODY CHART WAS ONLY UPDATED ONCE, WITH A BRUISE 00:40:40.938 --> 00:40:44.675 ON HIS BOTTOM, PREVENTING ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION 00:40:45.242 --> 00:40:48.212 AND FROM HIM BEING SEEN BY ANY MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.815 ADDITIONALLY, THE VARIOUS SOCIAL WORKERS 00:40:50.881 --> 00:40:56.220 HE WAS ASSIGNED TO BACKDATED AND FALSIFIED HIS RECORDS. 00:40:56.287 --> 00:40:58.522 WHEN HIS CASE WAS CLOSED 00:40:58.589 --> 00:40:59.857 A MONTH BEFORE HE WAS KILLED, 00:40:59.924 --> 00:41:02.126 ONE SOCIAL WORKER CHANGED THE DATE 00:41:02.193 --> 00:41:05.296 TO BE MARCH INSTEAD OF APRIL IN ORDER TO NOT BE HELD RESPONSE. 00:41:05.362 --> 00:41:08.232 ALL FOUR VISITS TO THE FAMILY IN HIS FINAL MONTH 00:41:10.401 --> 00:41:11.435 BEFORE SOCIAL WORKERS 00:41:11.502 --> 00:41:13.404 WERE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF CHILD ABUSE 00:41:13.470 --> 00:41:15.372 AND ONE COUNT OF FALSIFYING PUBLIC RECORDS. 00:41:15.439 --> 00:41:19.577 HOWEVER, ALL CHARGES WERE DISMISSED IN 2020. 00:41:19.643 --> 00:41:23.414 THE DEATH OF GABRIEL FERNANDEZ SERVES AS A WAKEUP CALL 00:41:23.948 --> 00:41:25.115 TO FOCUS 00:41:25.182 --> 00:41:28.285 OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE SYSTEMATIC FAILURES 00:41:28.686 --> 00:41:30.721 THAT EXIST TO PROTECT INNOCENT CHILDREN. 00:41:32.223 --> 00:41:32.823 IT REVEALED THAT 00:41:32.890 --> 00:41:35.793 THERE ARE MANY CRACKS WITHIN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM 00:41:36.126 --> 00:41:39.663 THAT MALIGN THE INTEREST OF THOSE CHILDREN. 00:41:39.730 --> 00:41:44.835 HB 2304 MAKES A NECESSARY CHANGE AND CLARIFICATION OF CURRENT 00:41:44.902 --> 00:41:49.573 LAW TO HELP PREVENT ANY MORE CASES LIKE GABRIEL. 00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:51.008 THIS BILL REQUIRES THAT 00:41:51.075 --> 00:41:54.211 IF A CHILD APPEARS TO BE IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY CARE 00:41:54.912 --> 00:41:58.415 THAT THE SOCIAL WORKER CALLED TO THE CASE MUST HAVE SEEN 00:41:58.616 --> 00:41:59.950 THE CHILD. 00:42:00.017 --> 00:42:02.386 THEY MUST COME AND RESPOND. 00:42:02.453 --> 00:42:05.222 I HAVE WITH ME GABRIEL'S AUNT, EMILY CARRANZA, 00:42:05.489 --> 00:42:09.393 AND THEN PHIL LAZARO WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY 00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:14.064 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TESTIFY. 00:42:14.131 --> 00:42:16.400 OKAY. THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 00:42:16.767 --> 00:42:18.936 AND YOU'LL EACH HAVE 2 MINUTES. 00:42:19.003 --> 00:42:19.837 THANK YOU. 00:42:20.104 --> 00:42:20.571 GOOD MORNING. 00:42:20.638 --> 00:42:24.408 MY NAME IS EMILY CARRANZA, AND I'M HERE TODAY IN MEMORY 00:42:24.675 --> 00:42:26.977 OF GABRIEL FERNANDEZ, ANTHONY AVALOS. 00:42:27.044 --> 00:42:29.246 AND NO QUARTER 00:42:29.313 --> 00:42:32.850 A QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHY IS GABLE'S LAW NECESSARY? 00:42:32.917 --> 00:42:34.885 THE ANSWER IS CLEAR. 00:42:34.952 --> 00:42:37.888 GABLE'S LAW IS NECESSARY BECAUSE CHILDREN CANNOT 00:42:37.955 --> 00:42:39.490 PROTECT THEMSELVES. 00:42:39.556 --> 00:42:42.726 WHEN A CHILD IS BEING ABUSED, NEGLECTED OR SUFFERING 00:42:42.793 --> 00:42:46.764 IN SILENCE, THEY RELY ON ADULTS AND THE SYSTEMS DESIGNED 00:42:46.830 --> 00:42:50.634 TO PROTECT THEM, TO STOP, TO STEP IN BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 00:42:51.101 --> 00:42:54.571 SADLY, CALIFORNIA HAS WITNESSED THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES 00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:57.207 WHEN THOSE PROTECTIONS FAIL. 00:42:57.274 --> 00:42:59.843 GABRIEL FERNANDEZ WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD 00:42:59.910 --> 00:43:01.745 WHEN HE WAS TORTURED AND MURDERED. 00:43:01.812 --> 00:43:04.114 DESPITE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ABUSE, 00:43:05.082 --> 00:43:06.850 ANTHONY AVALOS WAS TEN YEARS 00:43:06.917 --> 00:43:10.888 OLD WHEN HE DIED, ENDURING HORRIFIC ABUSE AND REPEATED 00:43:10.955 --> 00:43:14.224 WARNING SIGNS THAT SHOULD HAVE TRIGGERED STRONGER INTERVENTION. 00:43:15.192 --> 00:43:17.394 NO, ECUADOR WAS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD 00:43:17.461 --> 00:43:19.530 WHEN HIS YOUNG LIFE WAS CUT SHORT 00:43:19.897 --> 00:43:23.067 AFTER CONCERNS ABOUT HIS SAFETY HAD BEEN RAISED. 00:43:23.867 --> 00:43:25.736 THESE CHILDREN HAD NAMES. 00:43:25.803 --> 00:43:27.204 THEY HAD DREAMS. 00:43:27.271 --> 00:43:29.306 THEY HAD FUTURES. 00:43:29.373 --> 00:43:32.443 MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY DESERVED TO BE PROTECTED. 00:43:33.711 --> 00:43:36.780 GABRIEL'S LAW IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE LESSONS LEARNED 00:43:37.114 --> 00:43:39.650 FROM THESE TRAGEDIES MUST LEAD TO ACTION. 00:43:40.117 --> 00:43:42.486 IT IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY, 00:43:42.987 --> 00:43:46.123 IMPROVING COMMUNICATION, ENSURING THOROUGH 00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:49.860 INVESTIGATIONS, AND MAKING CHILD SAFETY THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. 00:43:50.627 --> 00:43:53.897 IT IS ABOUT PREVENTING WARNING SIGNS FROM BEING OVERLOOKED 00:43:54.164 --> 00:43:57.935 AND ASSURING THE CRIES FOR HELP ARE MET WITH IMMEDIATE ACTION. 00:43:58.669 --> 00:44:01.405 THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. 00:44:01.472 --> 00:44:03.640 IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN. 00:44:03.707 --> 00:44:06.176 IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE STORIES 00:44:06.243 --> 00:44:10.214 OF GABRIEL, ANTHONY AND NOAH BECOME CATALYST FOR CHANGE 00:44:10.481 --> 00:44:13.017 RATHER THAN JUST HEADLINES THAT FADE WITH TIME. 00:44:13.851 --> 00:44:17.488 WE CANNOT BRING THESE BOYS BACK, BUT WE CAN HONOR THEIR LIVES 00:44:17.554 --> 00:44:21.091 BY BUILDING A STRONGER CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM THAT RESPONDS 00:44:21.158 --> 00:44:25.029 QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY AND PUTS CHILDREN FIRST. 00:44:25.763 --> 00:44:28.132 I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT GABRIEL'S LAW 00:44:28.565 --> 00:44:31.135 SO THAT FUTURE CHILDREN HAVE THE PROTECTION THAT GABRIEL 00:44:31.201 --> 00:44:34.171 ANTHONY AND NOAH DESERVED BUT NEVER RECEIVED. 00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:36.540 THEIR VOICES WERE SILENCED. 00:44:36.607 --> 00:44:38.842 BUT OURS DO NOT HAVE TO BE. 00:44:38.909 --> 00:44:39.943 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, 00:44:40.010 --> 00:44:42.079 YOUR COMPASSION, AND YOUR COMMITMENT 00:44:42.146 --> 00:44:44.348 TO PROTECTING CALIFORNIA'S CHILDREN. 00:44:44.415 --> 00:44:47.418 LET THE LEGACY OF GABRIEL FERNANDEZ, ANTHONY AVALOS 00:44:47.785 --> 00:44:50.487 AND NOAH QUATRO BE ONE OF THE LASTING CHANGE 00:44:50.554 --> 00:44:53.457 AND STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR EVERY CHILD IN OUR STATE. 00:44:55.025 --> 00:44:55.626 THANK YOU. 00:44:55.692 --> 00:44:56.994 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 00:44:57.061 --> 00:44:59.229 GO AHEAD. 00:45:00.464 --> 00:45:00.998 MR. CHAIRMAN. 00:45:01.065 --> 00:45:02.900 MEMBERS, DANIEL'S ORDER ON BEHALF OF THE LOS 00:45:02.966 --> 00:45:05.235 ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 00:45:05.302 --> 00:45:07.604 WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT HB 2304 00:45:08.672 --> 00:45:12.743 AS THE AUTHOR AND WITNESS SAID, THIS BILL WOULD SIMPLY ENSURE 00:45:12.810 --> 00:45:16.080 THAT CHILDREN IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE ACTUALLY 00:45:16.146 --> 00:45:19.817 RECEIVE IT FAR TOO OFTEN IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS. 00:45:20.150 --> 00:45:24.254 AFTER THE FACT, WE HEAR STORY AFTER STORY. 00:45:24.321 --> 00:45:27.858 IF THIS CHILD HAD JUST BEEN SEEN BY MAYBE ONE MEDICAL 00:45:27.925 --> 00:45:31.862 PROFESSIONAL, SOMETHING MAY HAVE BEEN DONE. 00:45:33.230 --> 00:45:35.666 THIS BILL WOULD HELP ENSURE 00:45:35.732 --> 00:45:38.402 THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE SEEN BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS 00:45:38.702 --> 00:45:41.038 WHEN THEY'RE SEEN BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. 00:45:41.105 --> 00:45:44.341 IT HELPS ENSURE MANDATED REPORTING ARE 00:45:46.877 --> 00:45:48.912 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT 00:45:49.246 --> 00:45:52.015 LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOCIAL WORKERS, THE ENTIRE 00:45:52.249 --> 00:45:53.317 HUMAN SERVICES CAMP. 00:45:53.383 --> 00:45:56.954 IT IS THERE TO PROVIDE WHATEVER SERVICES ARE NEEDED 00:45:57.221 --> 00:45:58.689 FOR THOSE CHILDREN. 00:45:58.755 --> 00:46:00.324 IT ALSO CLARIFIES 00:46:00.390 --> 00:46:03.861 THAT SOCIAL WORKERS EMPLOYED BY CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES 00:46:04.061 --> 00:46:08.699 WHO ARE NOT COURT OFFICERS ARE STILL COVERED BY SECTION 6201. 00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:11.969 AS THE AUTHOR SAID IN OUR PROSECUTION, 00:46:12.669 --> 00:46:16.540 WE CHARGED THE INDIVIDUALS UNDER SECTION 6200. 00:46:16.807 --> 00:46:20.077 THE COURT OF APPEALS SAID THAT WAS THE WRONG SECTION 00:46:20.477 --> 00:46:21.912 TO BE CHARGED. 00:46:21.979 --> 00:46:24.448 THIS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT NO 00:46:25.382 --> 00:46:29.553 FUTURE PROSECUTION IS UNNECESSARILY 00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:32.422 OVERTURNED BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE IN CHARGING. 00:46:32.856 --> 00:46:34.958 FOR THOSE REASONS, WE ASKED FOR YOUR IPHONE. 00:46:35.359 --> 00:46:36.693 OKAY. THANK YOU. 00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:38.629 OTHERS IN SUPPORT 00:46:39.263 --> 00:46:42.032 TO ANYONE IN OPPOSITION AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY 00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:44.801 IN OPPOSITION? WE DO, YES. 00:46:45.435 --> 00:46:47.838 THAT'S OKAY. 00:46:48.071 --> 00:46:49.873 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. YEAH. 00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:52.376 MICHAEL HEFTI, LOS ANGELES DEPENDENCY LAWYERS 00:46:52.442 --> 00:46:55.679 ON THE COURT APPOINTED APPELLATE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING PARENTS 00:46:55.746 --> 00:46:58.382 IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY JUVENILE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM. 00:46:58.815 --> 00:47:01.485 WE DO OPPOSE FOR TWO REASONS. 00:47:01.552 --> 00:47:04.721 THE QUICKER REASON WOULD BE THAT THE MEDICAL 00:47:05.222 --> 00:47:06.990 THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE 00:47:07.057 --> 00:47:10.994 DOES NOT INCLUDE A CORRESPONDING POTENTIAL, A CRIMINAL PENALTY 00:47:11.061 --> 00:47:12.529 FOR FAILURE TO DO THAT. 00:47:12.596 --> 00:47:13.597 SO ONLY TO THE EXTENT 00:47:13.664 --> 00:47:15.432 THAT THERE IS NOT THAT CORRESPONDING PENALTY, 00:47:15.499 --> 00:47:16.233 WE OPPOSE THAT 00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:19.603 PARTICULAR ASPECT, BUT WE DO CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE IDEA 00:47:19.670 --> 00:47:23.207 OF MAKING THAT PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE A REQUIREMENT. 00:47:23.607 --> 00:47:26.043 THE MAIN OPPOSITION THAT WE HAVE PERTAINS 00:47:26.109 --> 00:47:28.712 TO THE AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 201. 00:47:29.379 --> 00:47:32.616 THE COURT OF APPEAL CASE THAT CAME OUT OF THE GABRIEL 00:47:32.683 --> 00:47:35.986 FERNANDEZ ISSUE WAS BARTON V SUPERIOR COURT. 00:47:36.053 --> 00:47:37.821 THAT'S A BOMB. BOMB. 00:47:37.888 --> 00:47:41.458 THE COURT OF APPEAL, AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IDENTIFIED, 00:47:41.792 --> 00:47:45.295 ASSERTED THAT COUNTY, CHILD WELFARE OR SOCIAL WORKERS 00:47:45.362 --> 00:47:49.633 ARE NOT OFFICERS WHO CAN BE PROSECUTED UNDER 6200 00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:54.838 6201 AND ALREADY STATES QUOTE EVERY OTHER PERSON AND QUOTE 00:47:54.905 --> 00:47:58.675 WHO IS NOT DESCRIBED BY 6200 CAN BE PROSECUTED 00:47:58.742 --> 00:48:03.146 UNDER 6201 AS A FELONY EXCUSE ME, AS A MISDEMEANOR PENALTY. 00:48:03.447 --> 00:48:07.117 SO 6201 ALREADY INCLUDES CHILD 00:48:07.584 --> 00:48:09.920 SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY 00:48:09.987 --> 00:48:13.090 BECAUSE, AS BOB ASSERTED, THEY ARE NOT OFFICERS 00:48:13.156 --> 00:48:15.292 WHO CAN BE PROSECUTED UNDER 6200. 00:48:16.226 --> 00:48:18.862 THE COURT OF APPEAL IN BöHM ASSERTED 00:48:19.196 --> 00:48:21.031 PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY DETERMINED 00:48:21.098 --> 00:48:22.966 THAT SOCIAL WORKERS WERE NOT. 00:48:23.033 --> 00:48:27.404 OFFICERS PERTAIN TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 24,020 00:48:27.471 --> 00:48:32.376 4000 IDENTIFIES COUNTY OFFICERS AND THE COURT OF APPEAL IN BOND 00:48:32.442 --> 00:48:33.577 SAID THAT CHILD WELFARE 00:48:33.644 --> 00:48:35.812 SOCIAL WORKERS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT LIST. 00:48:36.246 --> 00:48:39.449 THE COURT OF APPEAL IN BONN REASSERTED THAT 00:48:39.516 --> 00:48:41.885 THOSE WHO ARE INCLUDED IN THAT LIST 00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:45.722 ARE OFFICERS WHO CAN BE PROSECUTED UNDER 6200. 00:48:46.290 --> 00:48:49.293 THE MAIN PROBLEM, I THINK, WITH AB 2304 IS, 00:48:49.993 --> 00:48:51.261 AS YOU SAID, TO WRAP UP. 00:48:51.328 --> 00:48:51.995 OH, YES. 00:48:52.062 --> 00:48:56.667 THE FACT THAT 24,000 INCLUDES SUCH PERSONS AS COUNTY 00:48:56.733 --> 00:48:58.435 VETERINARIANS OR COUNTY LIBRARIANS 00:48:58.502 --> 00:49:01.171 WHO CAN BE PROSECUTED UNDER FELONY PENALTIES, 00:49:01.471 --> 00:49:05.375 WHILE AB 23 OR FOUR ASSURES THAT THE SOCIAL WORKERS IN 00:49:05.442 --> 00:49:08.412 CAPABLE FERNANDEZ IN THIS CASE, HAD THAT LAW BEEN IN EFFECT 00:49:08.478 --> 00:49:11.748 AT THAT TIME, WOULD ONLY RECEIVE MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS. 00:49:11.982 --> 00:49:15.352 WE DO THINK THAT THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE, 00:49:15.419 --> 00:49:18.288 GIVEN THAT ACTUALLY IN THE GABRIEL FERNANDEZ CASE, 00:49:18.522 --> 00:49:22.092 SHOULD THIS COMMITTEE DECIDE TO PASS THIS BILL OUT 00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:26.396 OF COMMITTEE, IT SHOULD BE WITH AMENDMENTS TO 24,000 OR 6200 00:49:26.697 --> 00:49:30.767 TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PERSONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS OFFICERS 00:49:30.834 --> 00:49:33.570 WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE MORE HARSH PENALTY 00:49:33.637 --> 00:49:36.073 UNDER FELONY CONVICTIONS. WE HAVE TO WRAP UP. 00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:36.940 IT'S CERTAINLY. 00:49:38.642 --> 00:49:39.109 THANK YOU. 00:49:39.176 --> 00:49:40.610 AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT 00:49:40.677 --> 00:49:40.977 YOU RAISED 00:49:41.044 --> 00:49:43.513 WAS ACTUALLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH YOU ALSO JURISDICTION, 00:49:43.580 --> 00:49:45.182 WHICH WILL HEAR THE BILL TOMORROW. 00:49:45.248 --> 00:49:45.449 OKAY. 00:49:45.515 --> 00:49:46.316 THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE 00:49:46.383 --> 00:49:49.119 TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC CERTAIN 00:49:50.520 --> 00:49:51.021 MEASURES. 00:49:51.088 --> 00:49:52.155 SO THANK YOU. 00:49:52.222 --> 00:49:55.092 AND ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION 00:49:55.158 --> 00:49:56.526 LIKE STEP FORWARD. 00:49:56.593 --> 00:49:57.327 OKAY. 00:49:57.894 --> 00:50:00.030 WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO COMMITTEE TWO. 00:50:01.264 --> 00:50:04.134 YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD THAT WE NEED THIS BILL IN THE FIRST PLACE. 00:50:04.201 --> 00:50:06.403 IT'S IT'S IT'S 00:50:06.470 --> 00:50:07.671 INCREDIBLY DISHEARTENING 00:50:07.738 --> 00:50:09.873 TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED THIS. 00:50:10.173 --> 00:50:12.743 BUT I AM IN FULL SUPPORT TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE 00:50:12.809 --> 00:50:15.812 WHEN THEY TRY TO FALSIFY INFORMATION WHEN 00:50:17.581 --> 00:50:20.751 WHEN DEALING WITH OUR WITH WITH WITH CHILDREN. 00:50:21.685 --> 00:50:23.653 BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE AUTHOR TO BRING THIS FORWARD. 00:50:23.720 --> 00:50:24.721 I DO WANT TO ASK 00:50:24.788 --> 00:50:27.524 FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES BASED ON WHAT THE WITNESS 00:50:27.591 --> 00:50:28.992 IN OPPOSITION STATED IS 00:50:30.527 --> 00:50:31.361 WITH THESE. 00:50:31.428 --> 00:50:32.562 FIRST OF ALL, 00:50:33.330 --> 00:50:37.334 IS THERE ANY PLAN TO ADDRESS THE CLASSIFICATION 00:50:37.401 --> 00:50:39.870 OF SOCIAL WORKERS AS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, OFFICERS? 00:50:40.771 --> 00:50:43.273 AND FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, 00:50:43.340 --> 00:50:45.041 WITHIN THIS BILL, WOULD THIS 00:50:45.108 --> 00:50:46.443 AND I KNOW THIS PROBLEM, PUBLIC SAFETY, 00:50:46.510 --> 00:50:48.979 BUT IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE BY THE OPPOSITION. 00:50:49.312 --> 00:50:51.982 IS THIS CONSIDER WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A MISDEMEANOR 00:50:52.048 --> 00:50:54.651 OR A FELONY IF SOMEONE IS IS CAUGHT 00:50:55.285 --> 00:50:58.321 FALSIFYING INFORMATION, WHICH I'M ASSUMING SHOULD ALREADY BE 00:50:58.822 --> 00:51:01.158 ILLEGAL IN IN OUR IN OUR SYSTEM 00:51:01.391 --> 00:51:03.026 MOVING FORWARD 00:51:04.461 --> 00:51:05.429 THROUGH THE CHAIR. 00:51:05.495 --> 00:51:08.031 YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 00:51:09.099 --> 00:51:10.200 MR.. TO 00:51:11.201 --> 00:51:12.736 CERTAIN SOCIAL 00:51:12.803 --> 00:51:15.839 WORKERS, CHILD SOCIAL WORKERS ARE CONSIDERED CORE OFFICERS. 00:51:15.906 --> 00:51:17.340 OTHERS ARE NOT. 00:51:17.407 --> 00:51:20.677 THAT IS THE CONFUSING PART. 00:51:20.744 --> 00:51:24.514 WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHO IN THEIR JOB 00:51:24.581 --> 00:51:27.517 DESCRIPTION, ARE CLASSIFIED AS COURT OFFICERS. 00:51:28.151 --> 00:51:30.787 BUT LIKE I SAY, OTHER SOCIAL WORKERS ARE NOT. 00:51:32.355 --> 00:51:34.458 IF THIS BILL WERE TO BE ENACTED, 00:51:35.492 --> 00:51:38.061 THE PENALTIES IS WOBBLER PENALTIES 00:51:38.128 --> 00:51:41.097 AVAILABLE SO THESE CAN BE CHARGED 00:51:42.199 --> 00:51:44.401 AS AN ALTERNATIVE, MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY? 00:51:45.769 --> 00:51:46.603 IT IS. 00:51:46.670 --> 00:51:47.070 YOU ARE RIGHT. 00:51:47.137 --> 00:51:50.307 IT'S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR 00:51:51.675 --> 00:51:53.810 A COURT OFFICER OR NON COURT OFFICER 00:51:54.244 --> 00:51:59.249 WHO IS DOCUMENTING INSTANCES OF CHILD ABUSE, CHILD NEGLECT 00:51:59.316 --> 00:52:03.320 TO FALSIFY REPORTS, ALTER REPORTS. 00:52:03.720 --> 00:52:07.290 IN OUR PARTICULAR CASE, THERE WAS REPORTS 00:52:07.357 --> 00:52:11.228 MADE ON VISITS THAT NEVER EVEN OCCURRED. 00:52:12.295 --> 00:52:15.131 IT'S JUST COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. 00:52:15.198 --> 00:52:17.467 AND LIKE I SAY, THE PROSECUTOR 00:52:17.701 --> 00:52:21.004 IN OUR OFFICE WHO WHO FILED THAT CASE IS CONSIDERED 00:52:21.071 --> 00:52:24.040 ONE OF THE FINEST COMPLEX 00:52:24.107 --> 00:52:26.710 CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTORS IN THE STATE. 00:52:27.644 --> 00:52:30.280 AND HE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. 00:52:30.347 --> 00:52:32.315 THIS BILL WILL HELP 00:52:32.649 --> 00:52:35.051 OTHER PROSECUTORS WHO ARE NOT AS EXPERIENCED 00:52:35.118 --> 00:52:38.855 AS HE WAS, MAKE THE CORRECT FILING DECISION. 00:52:39.523 --> 00:52:42.859 SO FOLLOWING UP ON ON YOUR ON YOUR COMMENT ON 00:52:42.926 --> 00:52:44.227 CLARIFYING WHETHER 00:52:45.795 --> 00:52:47.430 WHETHER SOME 00:52:47.497 --> 00:52:49.833 OR SOME AND NOT 00:52:52.168 --> 00:52:55.405 SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL WORKERS ARE CONSIDERED 00:52:55.472 --> 00:52:58.441 OFFICERS OR NOT, WHAT DEFINES THAT DEFINITION? 00:52:58.508 --> 00:53:01.878 AND THE PERSON THAT FALSIFY THE INFORMATION 00:53:03.847 --> 00:53:06.016 WITH THE WITH THIS CHILD THAT 00:53:07.150 --> 00:53:09.519 HIS NAME. 00:53:11.655 --> 00:53:12.188 SORRY. 00:53:12.622 --> 00:53:12.956 SORRY. 00:53:13.023 --> 00:53:15.892 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE 00:53:17.861 --> 00:53:18.828 WITH GABRIEL 00:53:18.895 --> 00:53:21.965 FERNANDEZ WHERE THEY CONSIDERED OFFICERS ARE NOT OFFICERS. 00:53:22.032 --> 00:53:27.804 AND WITH THIS BILL HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE WITHIN THAT CASE. 00:53:27.871 --> 00:53:29.406 TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 00:53:29.472 --> 00:53:29.906 FIRST, 00:53:29.973 --> 00:53:33.109 AS FAR AS WHETHER YOUR COURT OFFICER OR NOT, A COURT OFFICER. 00:53:33.743 --> 00:53:36.947 THAT IS, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR JOB DUTIES. 00:53:37.013 --> 00:53:40.283 SO THAT'S A KIND OF A HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUE AS FAR AS, 00:53:40.350 --> 00:53:42.919 YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION IS. 00:53:43.753 --> 00:53:45.822 AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT. 00:53:46.923 --> 00:53:49.092 AS FAR AS 00:53:49.159 --> 00:53:52.362 WOULD THIS BILL HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE? 00:53:52.429 --> 00:53:54.864 YES. BECAUSE IN OUR AT THE TIME 00:53:55.699 --> 00:53:57.968 IS AND I WAS NOT INVOLVED 00:53:58.034 --> 00:53:58.969 IN THAT PROSECUTION, 00:53:59.035 --> 00:54:03.440 BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TIME THEY THOUGHT THAT 00:54:03.506 --> 00:54:07.277 ALL THE SOCIAL WORKERS WERE COURT OFFICERS 00:54:07.344 --> 00:54:12.015 AND THAT'S WHY THE 6200 WAS THE RIGHT CHARGE 00:54:13.316 --> 00:54:17.053 IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE 00:54:17.120 --> 00:54:20.957 THE DUTIES OF THE PARTICULAR SOCIAL WORKERS INVOLVED 00:54:21.024 --> 00:54:24.394 DID NOT QUALIFY THEM AS COURT OFFICERS. 00:54:24.461 --> 00:54:27.097 THAT'S WHAT THE COURT OF APPEALS 00:54:27.163 --> 00:54:27.964 RULE. 00:54:28.031 --> 00:54:31.935 OF COURSE, BY THAT TIME, IT WAS TOO LATE TO REFILE THAT CASE. 00:54:32.502 --> 00:54:36.072 SO WITH THIS BILL ONCE AGAIN READING WITH THIS 00:54:36.139 --> 00:54:39.109 BILL, WOULD THEY HAVE WOULD THIS BILL MAKE THIS 00:54:40.443 --> 00:54:43.647 THE OFFICER THAT OR THE OFFICER, THE SOCIAL WORKER 00:54:43.847 --> 00:54:47.083 TAKING CARE OF THE DEATH OF GAY OR GABRIEL FERNANDEZ? 00:54:47.550 --> 00:54:49.486 WOULD THIS MAKE THEM OFFICERS? 00:54:49.552 --> 00:54:51.154 NO, IT WOULDN'T MAKE THEM OFFICERS. 00:54:51.221 --> 00:54:52.856 BUT THAT'S WHY I SAY IF THEY WERE OFFICERS, 00:54:52.922 --> 00:54:56.226 YOU WOULD CHARGE UNDER SECTION 6200. 00:54:56.626 --> 00:54:58.495 IF YOU ARE NOT A COURT OFFICER, 00:54:58.561 --> 00:55:01.231 YOU WOULD BE CHARGED UNDER SECTION 6201. 00:55:01.564 --> 00:55:06.870 WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS CLARIFY FOR PROSECUTORS, OTHER 00:55:06.936 --> 00:55:11.841 SOCIAL WORKERS, EVERYBODY THAT NON COURT OFFICER, 00:55:12.375 --> 00:55:15.779 SOCIAL WORKERS ARE COVERED BY 6201. 00:55:15.979 --> 00:55:20.617 SO IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION IN WHICH A NON COURT OFFICER, 00:55:20.684 --> 00:55:24.854 CHILD SOCIAL WORKER IS DOING THESE HORRIBLE THINGS, 00:55:24.921 --> 00:55:27.691 THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE CODE SECTION TO CHARGE THEM, 00:55:27.991 --> 00:55:28.391 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO. 00:55:28.458 --> 00:55:29.793 THIS IS PUBLIC SAFETY. 00:55:29.859 --> 00:55:35.432 SO WE GOT TO REMOVE ON THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING. 00:55:35.498 --> 00:55:36.599 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BILL 00:55:36.666 --> 00:55:38.868 IS ACTUALLY DOING WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO. 00:55:38.935 --> 00:55:40.804 AND IF THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL 00:55:40.870 --> 00:55:42.539 NOT MEETING THAT DEFINITION, 00:55:42.605 --> 00:55:43.106 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 00:55:43.173 --> 00:55:45.341 THAT WE HAVE LANGUAGE MOVING FORWARD THAT IT DOES. 00:55:45.942 --> 00:55:48.378 I WAS GOING TO SAY THE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTORS 00:55:48.445 --> 00:55:53.850 WHO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE FEEL THAT THE LANGUAGE IN 00:55:53.917 --> 00:55:57.420 THE BILL IS CORRECT, UNDERSTAND WOULD PROBABLY BE 00:55:59.823 --> 00:56:01.257 PROBABLY MORE 00:56:03.359 --> 00:56:05.028 APPROPRIATE, I THINK. 00:56:05.095 --> 00:56:05.328 ALL RIGHT. 00:56:05.395 --> 00:56:07.430 WELL, I TRUST THE AUTHOR, 00:56:08.498 --> 00:56:10.533 ASSEMBLYMEMBER LACKEY AND THE WORK THAT HE DOES. 00:56:10.600 --> 00:56:12.635 SO I'M GOING TO TRUST THAT HE IS 00:56:12.702 --> 00:56:14.504 HE'S HE'S DONE THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 00:56:14.571 --> 00:56:16.573 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT 00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:17.874 SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP 00:56:17.941 --> 00:56:19.409 BY THE BY THE OPPOSITION. 00:56:19.476 --> 00:56:23.747 BUT I WILL 100% SUPPORT THE BILL AND IF AND TRUST 00:56:23.813 --> 00:56:26.116 THAT ANY NUANCES OF STILL NEED TO BE 00:56:26.182 --> 00:56:28.752 ADDRESSED WILL BE ADDRESSED THE NEXT COMMITTEE HEARING. 00:56:29.385 --> 00:56:31.621 WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MOVE THE BILL WHEN APPROPRIATE. 00:56:32.455 --> 00:56:33.690 OKAY. OKAY. 00:56:33.757 --> 00:56:34.591 THANK YOU 00:56:36.459 --> 00:56:37.260 AGAIN. 00:56:37.660 --> 00:56:38.561 APPRECIATE RAISING THOSE ISSUES. 00:56:38.628 --> 00:56:40.730 BUT A LOT OF THEM WILL BE WILL BE DISCUSSED TOMORROW. 00:56:41.297 --> 00:56:43.032 I JUST WANT TO SAY. 00:56:43.099 --> 00:56:46.336 THANK YOU, SENATOR LACKEY, YOU'RE YOU KNOW, GOING BACK 00:56:46.402 --> 00:56:49.272 AND LOOKING AT YOUR ALL YOUR BILLS OVER THE YEARS, 00:56:49.939 --> 00:56:52.308 YOU'VE BEEN REALLY STEADFAST 00:56:52.375 --> 00:56:56.546 AND DOGGED IN IN IN TRYING TO FIX THIS ISSUE. 00:56:58.181 --> 00:56:59.516 I DID NOTE IN THE ANALYSIS 00:56:59.582 --> 00:57:03.319 THERE WERE NO, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT HAD BEEN. 00:57:03.386 --> 00:57:03.887 THE L.A. 00:57:03.953 --> 00:57:05.555 COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES 00:57:05.622 --> 00:57:08.191 HAVE HAVE TAKEN US IN THE WAKE OF 00:57:09.926 --> 00:57:11.094 OF THE TRAGEDY AS WELL. 00:57:11.161 --> 00:57:13.897 AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE ARE HAVING AN EFFECT AS WELL. 00:57:13.963 --> 00:57:15.965 BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT 00:57:16.032 --> 00:57:18.535 YOUR LEGISLATION WILL HELP 00:57:20.470 --> 00:57:22.972 HELP PREVENT SIMILAR CHARGES IN THE FUTURE. 00:57:23.039 --> 00:57:24.774 SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL HERE TODAY 00:57:24.841 --> 00:57:25.875 WHEN A THANK YOU FOR TESTIFYING. 00:57:25.942 --> 00:57:27.544 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 00:57:27.744 --> 00:57:31.047 YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE ALWAYS 00:57:31.614 --> 00:57:32.282 TO ALL BILLS. 00:57:32.348 --> 00:57:34.617 THERE ARE SOME COMPLEXITIES AND SOME OF THOSE 00:57:34.684 --> 00:57:36.820 INTERPRETATIONS COULD ALSO BE MISGUIDED. 00:57:37.420 --> 00:57:40.590 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND 00:57:40.924 --> 00:57:43.026 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ARRIVE AT HERE, 00:57:43.092 --> 00:57:45.228 AND THAT IS PROTECTION OF THESE CHILDREN. 00:57:45.295 --> 00:57:46.763 SHE MENTIONED THREE CASES. 00:57:48.164 --> 00:57:49.699 EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES HAVE HAPPENED 00:57:49.766 --> 00:57:52.569 WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS AND WERE FROM MY DISTRICT. 00:57:53.403 --> 00:57:56.005 THAT MEANS THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY IS MUCH BIGGER 00:57:56.673 --> 00:57:58.341 THAN PEOPLE REALIZE. 00:57:58.408 --> 00:58:01.010 WE HAVE GOT DO 00:58:01.077 --> 00:58:03.446 WHAT EVERYBODY EXPECTS AND THAT'S PROTECT CHILDREN. 00:58:03.880 --> 00:58:05.815 AND WHEN YOU HAVE MALFEASANCE 00:58:05.882 --> 00:58:08.384 AND BEHAVIOR BY A SOCIAL WORKER WHO'S 00:58:09.452 --> 00:58:12.589 THE KEY LINK BETWEEN DISCOVERING 00:58:13.857 --> 00:58:15.391 THIS KIND OF MISTREATMENT? 00:58:15.458 --> 00:58:16.192 YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, 00:58:16.259 --> 00:58:19.262 THESE KIDS ARE NOT ONLY ABUSED, THEY'RE TORTURED. 00:58:19.796 --> 00:58:21.631 IMAGINE THAT. 00:58:22.332 --> 00:58:25.635 AND YOU HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT. 00:58:26.402 --> 00:58:29.405 AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, THEY ARE VERY OVERBURDENED. 00:58:29.472 --> 00:58:32.642 BUT THAT DOES NOT EXCUSE 00:58:33.910 --> 00:58:34.811 BEING DISHONEST. 00:58:34.878 --> 00:58:36.279 AND THE PAPERWORK. 00:58:36.346 --> 00:58:38.815 WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO THESE THINGS. 00:58:38.882 --> 00:58:42.652 AND DOGGONE IT, WE CAN DO BETTER. 00:58:42.719 --> 00:58:44.787 WE NEED TO DO BETTER. AND THIS BILL MAKES IT BETTER. 00:58:45.521 --> 00:58:47.323 SO I ASK FOR SUPPORT WHEN TIME COMES. 00:58:48.391 --> 00:58:49.092 THANK YOU. 00:58:49.158 --> 00:58:51.261 I WOULD MOVE THE BILL WHEN THE TIME COMES AND. 00:58:51.327 --> 00:58:53.429 AND TAKE A VOTE. THANK ALL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 00:58:53.763 --> 00:59:08.244 THANK YOU. 00:59:12.916 --> 00:59:13.149 ALL RIGHT. 00:59:13.216 --> 00:59:15.718 WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO STICK TO FOLLOW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 00:59:15.785 --> 00:59:18.087 ASSEMBLYMEMBER ARAMBULA. 00:59:18.154 --> 00:59:21.090 YOU HAVE TWO BILLS. 00:59:25.328 --> 00:59:26.362 WELCOME. 00:59:26.429 --> 00:59:26.763 THANK YOU. 00:59:26.829 --> 00:59:28.798 START WITH PILOT AND THREE. 00:59:28.865 --> 00:59:31.401 WE START WITH 1575 FIRST. 00:59:31.768 --> 00:59:34.337 SOUNDS GREAT. OKAY. 00:59:34.737 --> 00:59:39.409 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON ASSEMBLY BILL 1575. 00:59:40.343 --> 00:59:43.880 THE LAND FOREMAN ACT WAS A LANDMARK LAW PASSED IN THE 00:59:44.180 --> 00:59:47.216 OF CALIFORNIA GUARANTEEING THE RIGHTS 00:59:48.217 --> 00:59:51.587 FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. 00:59:52.221 --> 00:59:56.125 PRIOR TO ITS PASSAGE, THE COMMUNITY WAS OFTEN 00:59:56.192 --> 01:00:00.563 SUBJECTED TO OVERCROWDED STATE HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS 01:00:00.897 --> 01:00:04.801 WITHOUT SERVICE TO EDUCATION, SOCIALIZATION 01:00:04.867 --> 01:00:09.138 AND OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE CARE AND SERVICES AT HOME. 01:00:09.872 --> 01:00:12.342 BY ENSURING THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY 01:00:12.709 --> 01:00:15.812 TO CARE FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, 01:00:16.212 --> 01:00:20.049 THE ACT CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF DISABILITY SERVICES 01:00:20.116 --> 01:00:21.250 IN CALIFORNIA 01:00:21.317 --> 01:00:25.455 AND WENT A LONG WAY TO LESSENING THE ASSOCIATED STIGMA. 01:00:26.189 --> 01:00:30.893 UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE THESE EXISTING PROTECTIONS, ADULTS 01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:34.630 WITH DISABILITIES CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE DISCRIMINATION 01:00:34.697 --> 01:00:38.234 IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS. 01:00:38.835 --> 01:00:43.306 A.B. 1575 CONTINUES THIS ARC OF PROGRESS 01:00:43.639 --> 01:00:47.243 BY UPDATING THE LAND TREATMENT ACT TO ENSURE CONSISTENT 01:00:47.310 --> 01:00:52.782 USE OF PERSON FIRST LANGUAGE, EMPHASIZING EACH PERSON'S 01:00:52.849 --> 01:00:56.552 HUMANITY AND MOVING AWAY FROM STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE. 01:00:56.886 --> 01:00:59.355 HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF A.B. 01:00:59.422 --> 01:01:03.226 1575 IS JOE METERS MATTERS, 01:01:03.626 --> 01:01:07.463 FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PEOPLE FIRST OF CALIFORNIA, 01:01:07.764 --> 01:01:10.733 AND JULIE SHERMAN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY 01:01:10.800 --> 01:01:14.670 AT THE ARC AND UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY, CALIFORNIA COLLABORATION. 01:01:15.938 --> 01:01:16.105 OKAY. 01:01:16.172 --> 01:01:16.973 WELCOME, BOTH OF YOU. 01:01:17.040 --> 01:01:19.375 YOU EACH HAVE 2 MINUTES. 01:01:19.442 --> 01:01:20.610 THANK YOU. 01:01:20.843 --> 01:01:21.411 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 01:01:21.477 --> 01:01:24.247 OKAY? GREAT. 01:01:24.781 --> 01:01:25.248 GOOD MORNING. 01:01:25.314 --> 01:01:27.116 CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR JULIE SHERMAN, 01:01:27.183 --> 01:01:29.585 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE ARC AND UNITED 01:01:29.652 --> 01:01:31.921 CEREBRAL PALSY, CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE. 01:01:31.988 --> 01:01:34.524 WE REPRESENT THE OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE 01:01:34.590 --> 01:01:37.627 IN CALIFORNIA WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 01:01:37.894 --> 01:01:40.263 THEIR FAMILIES AND THE WORKFORCE THAT SUPPORT THEM. 01:01:41.230 --> 01:01:46.169 AS THE AUTHOR MENTIONED, AB 1575 IN ITS AMENDED FORM 01:01:46.502 --> 01:01:49.405 SIMPLY UPDATED THE OUTDATED TERM CONSUMER. 01:01:49.872 --> 01:01:50.640 WITHIN THE LATTER 01:01:50.706 --> 01:01:54.010 ACT AND REPLACES IT WITH PERSON FIRST LANGUAGE. 01:01:54.677 --> 01:01:56.012 SO WHY DOES THAT MATTER? 01:01:56.079 --> 01:01:58.047 WELL, BECAUSE WORDS MATTER. 01:01:58.114 --> 01:02:00.650 THE LANGUAGE WE USE IN OUR LAWS SHAPES 01:02:00.716 --> 01:02:01.150 HOW PEOPLE 01:02:01.217 --> 01:02:04.153 WITH DISABILITIES ARE VIEWED AND HOW THEY VIEW THEMSELVES. 01:02:04.987 --> 01:02:07.990 EVERY DAY, PEOPLE RECEIVING REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES AND 01:02:08.057 --> 01:02:11.861 THEIR FAMILIES READ MATERIALS THAT REFER TO THEM AS CONSUMERS, 01:02:12.495 --> 01:02:14.063 A TERM MANY SELF ADVOCATES 01:02:14.130 --> 01:02:17.100 FIND IMPERSONAL, TRANSACTIONAL AND OUTDATED. 01:02:18.000 --> 01:02:20.036 ALSO, THE TERM IS NOT ACCURATE. 01:02:20.103 --> 01:02:22.972 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE NOT CONSUMERS 01:02:23.039 --> 01:02:26.275 PURCHASING SERVICES UNDER THE LANHAM AND ACT. 01:02:26.709 --> 01:02:29.545 THEY HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. 01:02:29.612 --> 01:02:30.847 THEY REQUIRE 01:02:30.913 --> 01:02:31.747 REGIONAL CENTERS, 01:02:31.814 --> 01:02:34.617 DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY AND COORDINATE THOSE SERVICES. 01:02:34.817 --> 01:02:38.454 BUT THEY ARE NOT SELLING A PRODUCT, REFERRING TO SOMEONE 01:02:38.521 --> 01:02:42.058 AS A PERSON ELIGIBLE FOR REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES 01:02:42.358 --> 01:02:44.660 BETTER REFLECTS THAT RELATIONSHIP. 01:02:44.727 --> 01:02:47.330 THIS BILL, IN ITS AMENDED FORM, DOES NOT CREATE 01:02:47.396 --> 01:02:50.733 A NEW PROGRAM OR CHANGE ANYONE'S TO SERVICES. 01:02:51.134 --> 01:02:54.537 IT'S SIMPLY A RESPECTFUL MODERNIZATION OF THE LANGUAGE 01:02:54.604 --> 01:02:56.205 AND ONE OF THE NATION'S STRONGEST 01:02:56.272 --> 01:02:59.642 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. 01:03:00.076 --> 01:03:02.778 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES HAS INDICATED 01:03:02.845 --> 01:03:06.215 THE BILL'S COST COSTS ARE MINOR, UNOBSERVABLE 01:03:06.782 --> 01:03:09.452 AND THE SUBSTANTIAL WORK OF REVISING THE WORDING OF THE LAW 01:03:09.652 --> 01:03:10.319 AND ACT 01:03:10.386 --> 01:03:11.554 HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED 01:03:11.621 --> 01:03:14.590 BY THE AUTHORS OFFICE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 01:03:15.158 --> 01:03:17.994 WE THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE 01:03:18.060 --> 01:03:19.328 WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE. 01:03:19.395 --> 01:03:22.265 THANK YOU AND I WILL NOT PASS IT OVER TO OUR SECOND WITNESS. 01:03:22.331 --> 01:03:23.065 TWO LETTERS. 01:03:24.100 --> 01:03:24.200 RIGHT. 01:03:24.267 --> 01:03:25.168 2 MINUTES. EXACTLY. 01:03:25.234 --> 01:03:26.569 EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 01:03:26.636 --> 01:03:27.837 GOOD MORNING. 01:03:28.971 --> 01:03:29.338 HELLO. 01:03:29.405 --> 01:03:31.641 MY NAME IS JOE METTERS. 01:03:32.475 --> 01:03:35.678 I AM THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE 01:03:36.212 --> 01:03:38.714 OF CALIFORNIA, A 01:03:38.781 --> 01:03:41.250 SELF ADVOCATE NOW. 01:03:42.785 --> 01:03:45.655 I AM ALSO A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY. 01:03:47.390 --> 01:03:49.525 AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK 01:03:50.126 --> 01:03:53.062 FOR MANY OF MY PEERS WITH A DISABILITY. 01:03:53.829 --> 01:03:58.067 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AB 1575 01:03:59.835 --> 01:04:02.071 BECAUSE I BELIEVE 01:04:02.138 --> 01:04:04.874 IN THE NEED FOR PERSON 01:04:05.141 --> 01:04:10.346 FIRST LANGUAGE IN OUR LAWS. 01:04:10.846 --> 01:04:12.114 THE MOVEMENT 01:04:13.649 --> 01:04:14.450 TOWARDS PEOPLE 01:04:14.517 --> 01:04:18.221 FIRST LANGUAGE BEGAN IN THE 1980S, 01:04:18.621 --> 01:04:22.325 OVER 40 YEARS AGO. 01:04:22.892 --> 01:04:25.661 IT WAS ABOUT PUTTING THE PERSON 01:04:25.861 --> 01:04:29.031 BEFORE THE DISABILITY. 01:04:29.699 --> 01:04:33.302 HELP REDUCE HARMFUL LABELS 01:04:33.369 --> 01:04:37.740 BY SHOWING OUR SHOWING THAT OUR DISPUTE 01:04:38.074 --> 01:04:40.676 IS JUST ONE PART 01:04:40.743 --> 01:04:45.147 OF SOMEONE WHO SOMEONE IS. 01:04:45.815 --> 01:04:48.317 AS TIME CHANGES, OUR LANGUAGE 01:04:48.517 --> 01:04:52.188 SHOULD CHANGE TO 01:04:52.255 --> 01:04:55.491 DETERMINE CONSUMER ENLIGHTENMENT, 01:04:55.558 --> 01:04:58.761 AS MAY HAVE ONCE BEEN. 01:04:58.828 --> 01:05:01.130 OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT. 01:05:01.864 --> 01:05:05.868 BUT THIS IS NO, NO LONGER OKAY. 01:05:07.637 --> 01:05:08.604 THE WOKE 01:05:08.671 --> 01:05:13.042 CONSUMER BOTHERS ME. 01:05:15.111 --> 01:05:16.279 IT DOES 01:05:16.345 --> 01:05:19.382 DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A PERSON 01:05:19.849 --> 01:05:22.551 WHEN WE HEAR CONSUMER. 01:05:23.052 --> 01:05:25.388 I THINK OF SOMETHING. 01:05:25.454 --> 01:05:29.525 SOMETIMES SOMEONE WANTS SOMETHING. 01:05:31.227 --> 01:05:32.695 IT'S NOT CLEAR 01:05:32.762 --> 01:05:35.564 AND DOES NOT DESCRIBE WHO 01:05:37.366 --> 01:05:39.535 WHO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 01:05:40.703 --> 01:05:43.139 THE CHANGE TO THE LAW WAS. 01:05:43.406 --> 01:05:46.042 STOP CALLING ME CONSUMER. 01:05:47.777 --> 01:05:49.245 FROM NOW 01:05:49.312 --> 01:05:55.818 ON, I WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE. 01:05:56.452 --> 01:06:01.257 A PERSON ELIGIBLE FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES. 01:06:02.525 --> 01:06:06.162 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TO ME, 01:06:06.429 --> 01:06:09.198 PLEASE CALL ME A PERSON. 01:06:09.832 --> 01:06:12.601 I WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE A PERSON. 01:06:13.035 --> 01:06:14.070 THANK YOU. 01:06:15.104 --> 01:06:15.971 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:06:16.038 --> 01:06:18.474 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR TESTIFYING. 01:06:18.541 --> 01:06:19.375 THANK YOU. 01:06:19.442 --> 01:06:21.477 WITH OTHERS IN SUPPORT WHO WOULD LIKE TO IN. 01:06:21.544 --> 01:06:22.645 YES, WE DO. 01:06:22.712 --> 01:06:25.848 PLEASE COME TO MAKE YOUR SAY NAME AND ORGANIZATION POSITION. 01:06:26.082 --> 01:06:26.515 THANK YOU. 01:06:26.582 --> 01:06:27.083 GOOD MORNING. 01:06:27.149 --> 01:06:30.419 ROXY ORTIZ WITH THE ASSOCIATION OR REGIONAL CENTER AGENCIES 01:06:30.486 --> 01:06:33.089 REPRESENTING THE 21 REGIONAL CENTERS IN CALIFORNIA 01:06:33.155 --> 01:06:35.825 IN SUPPORT. 01:06:36.525 --> 01:06:38.494 HELLO, VANESSA FLORES ON BEHALF OF THE ALAMEDA 01:06:38.561 --> 01:06:40.262 COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT. 01:06:40.329 --> 01:06:43.833 THANK YOU. 01:06:43.899 --> 01:06:47.036 OTHER IN OPPOSITION TO ANYONE IN OPPOSITION 01:06:47.737 --> 01:06:50.873 TO THE BILL? NO. 01:06:51.107 --> 01:06:52.041 OKAY. LET'S BRING IT BACK 01:06:53.609 --> 01:06:55.277 TO OUR VICE CHAIR. 01:06:55.344 --> 01:06:56.278 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:06:56.345 --> 01:06:58.814 MEMBER FROM THE LEFT FOR BRINGING THIS MEASURE FORWARD. 01:06:58.881 --> 01:07:02.485 I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR INFORMING ME THIS MORNING ABOUT, 01:07:02.818 --> 01:07:05.354 YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF OF LANGUAGE 01:07:05.755 --> 01:07:11.127 AND HOW WE USE LANGUAGE TO CREATE A A PERCEPTION. 01:07:11.894 --> 01:07:13.662 YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NEVER 01:07:13.729 --> 01:07:16.432 I WOULD HAVE NEVER QUESTIONED THE CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE 01:07:16.499 --> 01:07:20.269 ON ON THAT END, TOO, BECAUSE I ALWAYS ASK MYSELF AS A CONSUMER 01:07:21.203 --> 01:07:24.573 AND I JUST NEVER CONSIDERED IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. 01:07:24.640 --> 01:07:25.975 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR, 01:07:26.041 --> 01:07:27.710 AND SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. 01:07:27.777 --> 01:07:28.744 YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 01:07:28.811 --> 01:07:30.746 YOU ARE A PERSON AND DESERVES TO BE TREATED 01:07:30.813 --> 01:07:32.815 AS A PERSON AND VIEWED AS A PERSON 01:07:32.882 --> 01:07:35.184 RATHER THAN JUST A CONSUMER. 01:07:35.251 --> 01:07:37.553 AND YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON, YOU KNOW, 01:07:37.620 --> 01:07:39.388 THE SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED. 01:07:39.455 --> 01:07:41.624 YOU KNOW, IT'S THEY'RE ENTITLED TO 01:07:41.690 --> 01:07:42.858 THEY'RE NOT JUST CONSUMERS 01:07:42.925 --> 01:07:44.026 OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE THERE'S A WAY. 01:07:44.093 --> 01:07:46.262 SO YOUR PERSPECTIVE WAS VERY WELL TAKEN, MA'AM. 01:07:46.896 --> 01:07:47.963 WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MOVE. 01:07:48.030 --> 01:07:50.399 THE THE MEASURE WHEN APPROPRIATE. 01:07:50.666 --> 01:07:53.669 MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU. 01:07:53.736 --> 01:07:54.570 THANK YOU VERY MUCH 01:07:55.538 --> 01:07:56.539 FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 01:07:56.605 --> 01:08:01.210 AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR COMING IN AND HIGHLIGHTING 01:08:01.777 --> 01:08:04.013 THE CHANGE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE MADE 01:08:04.513 --> 01:08:07.349 AND MAKING A VERY POWERFUL CASE FOR IT. 01:08:08.350 --> 01:08:10.619 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL AS WELL. 01:08:11.320 --> 01:08:12.588 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 01:08:12.655 --> 01:08:13.189 THANK YOU, MR. 01:08:13.255 --> 01:08:15.691 CHAIR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. 01:08:15.758 --> 01:08:17.993 ULTIMATELY, THIS BILL IS ABOUT ENSURING 01:08:18.060 --> 01:08:20.029 THAT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 01:08:20.095 --> 01:08:22.665 ARE TREATED WITH THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE. 01:08:23.132 --> 01:08:25.401 I REQUEST FULLY ASK FOR A NO VOTE WHEN APPROPRIATE. 01:08:26.101 --> 01:08:27.136 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:08:27.203 --> 01:08:29.171 WE'RE STILL UP IN SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT WE WILL 01:08:29.238 --> 01:08:30.172 TAKE A VOTE AT THE PROPER TIME. 01:08:30.239 --> 01:08:32.842 THANK YOU ALL. 01:08:32.908 --> 01:08:35.845 I SEE YOU HAVE A SECOND, BILL. 01:08:35.911 --> 01:08:38.581 HB 2510. 01:08:38.647 --> 01:08:39.782 SO WILL 01:08:41.217 --> 01:08:42.017 SWITCH OUT WITNESSES. 01:08:42.084 --> 01:08:44.820 WE HAVE A CHANCE. 01:08:45.354 --> 01:08:47.656 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND SENATORS. 01:08:47.723 --> 01:08:50.159 HB 2510 STRENGTHENS 01:08:50.226 --> 01:08:53.295 THE CALWORKS FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAM 01:08:53.629 --> 01:08:56.732 BY ENSURING THAT FAMILIES HAVE THE SUPPORT NEEDED 01:08:56.799 --> 01:08:59.902 TO BRING CHILDREN HOME SAFELY AND SUCCESSFULLY. 01:09:00.603 --> 01:09:03.639 CALWORKS PROVIDES CRITICAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES 01:09:03.706 --> 01:09:06.642 WORKING TO REUNIFY WITH THEIR CHILDREN 01:09:06.709 --> 01:09:08.844 WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, 01:09:08.911 --> 01:09:12.281 INCLUDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION, FUNDING FOR FAMILIES 01:09:12.348 --> 01:09:14.884 WHO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN REMOVED FROM THE HOME. 01:09:15.551 --> 01:09:18.220 HOWEVER, UNDER CURRENT RULES, 01:09:18.654 --> 01:09:22.324 ALL CALWORKS ELIGIBLE CHILDREN MUST BE REMOVED 01:09:22.391 --> 01:09:25.060 FROM THE HOME TO QUALIFY FOR THESE FUNDS. 01:09:25.628 --> 01:09:29.365 CUTTING OFF SUPPORT DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME UNDERMINES 01:09:29.431 --> 01:09:31.300 THE REUNIFICATION EFFORTS 01:09:31.367 --> 01:09:35.437 AND CREATES UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP THAT JEOPARDIZES 01:09:35.504 --> 01:09:38.541 FAMILY STABILITY AND DELAYS REUNIFICATION. 01:09:39.174 --> 01:09:42.745 AB 2510 ENSURES THAT FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS 01:09:42.811 --> 01:09:46.715 TO THESE CRITICAL RESOURCES BY ALLOWING ALL FAMILIES 01:09:46.949 --> 01:09:48.651 TO CONTINUE RECEIVING CASH, 01:09:48.717 --> 01:09:52.321 AID AND CHILDREN DURING THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS. 01:09:52.821 --> 01:09:55.057 THIS BILL IS ABOUT STABILITY, 01:09:55.124 --> 01:09:58.227 EQUITY AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN'S AND FAMILIES. 01:09:58.661 --> 01:10:01.897 HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF AB 2510 01:10:02.264 --> 01:10:06.001 IS REBECCA GONZALEZ, POLICY ADVOCATE WITH THE WESTERN CENTER 01:10:06.368 --> 01:10:09.371 ON LAW AND POVERTY AND COSATU ROOM 01:10:09.438 --> 01:10:14.109 OF THE COALITION OF CHILDREN, WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. 01:10:14.176 --> 01:10:15.511 THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 01:10:15.578 --> 01:10:17.246 WE EACH HAVE 2 MINUTES. GO AHEAD. GREAT. 01:10:17.313 --> 01:10:18.414 HELLO, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 01:10:18.480 --> 01:10:19.815 MY NAME IS REBECCA GONZALES 01:10:19.882 --> 01:10:21.450 FOR THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY. 01:10:21.517 --> 01:10:25.754 WE ARE CO-SPONSORS OF AB 2510, ALONG WITH THE REIMAGINE 01:10:25.821 --> 01:10:27.423 CAL WORKS COALITION. 01:10:27.489 --> 01:10:30.492 THIS BILL UPDATES THE CAL WORKS FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAM 01:10:30.559 --> 01:10:32.795 TO REMOVE BARRIERS WHICH PREVENT PARENTS 01:10:33.028 --> 01:10:35.798 CONTINUING TO RECEIVE CASH, AID AND SERVICES 01:10:36.065 --> 01:10:36.332 WHILE THEIR 01:10:36.398 --> 01:10:40.135 CHILDREN ARE TEMPORARILY PLACED OUTSIDE THE HOME IN FOSTER CARE 01:10:40.336 --> 01:10:41.604 OR THE HOME OF A RELATIVE. 01:10:41.670 --> 01:10:45.341 THIS ALLOWS THE STATE TO BETTER ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF FAMILY 01:10:45.407 --> 01:10:50.312 REUNIFICATION BY PROMOTING FAMILY STABILIZATION IN 2021. 01:10:50.613 --> 01:10:51.981 THE 2021 LAW ALLOWED 01:10:52.047 --> 01:10:54.683 THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO ISSUE 01:10:54.750 --> 01:10:57.386 GUIDANCE TO THE COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM. 01:10:57.620 --> 01:10:59.755 IN DOING SO, THE DEPARTMENT RESTRICTED 01:10:59.822 --> 01:11:01.223 WHEN A FAMILY CAN CONTINUE 01:11:01.290 --> 01:11:03.993 TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN WAYS WHICH ARE INCONSISTENT 01:11:04.059 --> 01:11:06.261 WITH THE INTENT OF THE CURRENT STATUTE. 01:11:06.328 --> 01:11:08.864 THE DEPARTMENT RESOLVES SEVERAL OF OUR CONCERNS, 01:11:08.931 --> 01:11:10.532 BUT THE FOLLOWING AREAS 01:11:10.599 --> 01:11:12.201 ADDRESSED IN THE BILL WERE IDENTIFIED 01:11:12.267 --> 01:11:14.303 AS NEEDING STATUTORY CLARIFICATION, 01:11:14.670 --> 01:11:15.804 WHICH WAS JUST MENTIONED. 01:11:15.871 --> 01:11:19.008 NOT ALL CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE HOME 01:11:19.074 --> 01:11:22.211 BEFORE THE FAMILY CAN RECEIVE REUNIFICATION ASSISTANCE. 01:11:22.578 --> 01:11:24.346 ALSO, AID CAN BE CONTINUED 01:11:24.413 --> 01:11:26.281 WHEN A ELIGIBLE CHILD JOINS THE FAMILY, 01:11:26.348 --> 01:11:28.283 SUCH AS THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER CHILD, 01:11:28.350 --> 01:11:31.253 OR IN A CASES OF PARTIAL REUNIFICATION 01:11:32.054 --> 01:11:34.523 TO AUTOMATICALLY ENDS THE IMMUNIZATION 01:11:34.590 --> 01:11:37.960 SANCTION FOR FAMILIES WHO FAILED TO SHOW PROOF OF IMMUNIZATION. 01:11:38.027 --> 01:11:39.595 SINCE THEY DO NOT HAVE PHYSICAL 01:11:39.662 --> 01:11:41.664 OR LEGAL CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN 01:11:41.730 --> 01:11:44.299 AND CANNOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. 01:11:44.366 --> 01:11:46.635 THREE SPECIFIES THE ASSIGNMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT 01:11:46.702 --> 01:11:47.302 AND CHILD SUPPORT. 01:11:47.369 --> 01:11:50.372 COOPERATION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUSPENDED FOR THESE FAMILIES 01:11:50.906 --> 01:11:51.674 DURING THIS TIME. 01:11:51.740 --> 01:11:52.675 FOUR SPECIFIES 01:11:52.741 --> 01:11:56.445 PARENTS MUST NAVIGATE ONLY ONE SET OF REQUIREMENTS THAT COVERS 01:11:56.512 --> 01:12:00.015 BOTH REUNIFICATION AND WELFARE TO WORK ROLES IN A UNIFIED PLAN, 01:12:00.315 --> 01:12:02.418 AS IS DONE IN THE MAJORITY OF COUNTIES. 01:12:02.484 --> 01:12:04.720 FIVE CLARIFIES OF A FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT. 01:12:04.787 --> 01:12:06.689 AS WITH A FORMER NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT, 01:12:06.755 --> 01:12:08.624 THE COUNTY CANNOT DISCONTINUE AID TO 01:12:08.691 --> 01:12:10.526 THE ORIGINAL ASSISTANCE UNIT 01:12:10.592 --> 01:12:14.096 IF THEY ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR CALWORKS REUNIFICATION AID. 01:12:14.329 --> 01:12:17.733 LASTLY, ENSURES A SIX MONTH LIMIT ON CALVERT'S TIME ON 01:12:17.800 --> 01:12:20.769 AID IS NOT RUNNING FOR FAMILIES IN THIS PROGRAM. 01:12:20.836 --> 01:12:24.540 AB 2510 HELPS TO FULFILL THE STATE'S GOAL OF REUNIFYING 01:12:24.606 --> 01:12:28.544 CALWORKS FAMILIES BY REMOVING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS. 01:12:28.777 --> 01:12:31.380 THE WESTERN CENTER RESPECTFULLY ASKS FOR YOUR VOTE. 01:12:31.980 --> 01:12:33.248 THANK YOU, H.R. 01:12:33.315 --> 01:12:35.484 BECKER AND MEMBERS, MY NAME IS COYOTE TURN 01:12:35.551 --> 01:12:37.953 WITH THE COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. 01:12:39.088 --> 01:12:40.589 I'M A FORMER CALWORKS RECIPIENT, 01:12:40.656 --> 01:12:44.393 AND I'M ALSO VERY FAMILIAR WITH SYSTEMIC MARGINALIZATION. 01:12:45.060 --> 01:12:46.195 THIS BILL ENSURES THAT WHEN A PARENT 01:12:46.261 --> 01:12:47.963 IS ALREADY CARRYING EVERYTHING, 01:12:48.030 --> 01:12:49.465 THE STATE DOESN'T ADD TO THE WEIGHT OF IT. 01:12:49.531 --> 01:12:51.667 BY TAKING AWAY THE ONE THING KEEPING THEM STANDING. 01:12:52.067 --> 01:12:53.202 MORE THAN 80% 01:12:53.268 --> 01:12:57.172 OF CALIFORNIA FOSTER PLACEMENTS RESULT FROM NEGLECT, NOT ABUSE 01:12:57.873 --> 01:13:01.477 DRUG WITH ONLY A FACTOR OF 41% OF THE TOTAL IN INVESTIGATIONS. 01:13:01.977 --> 01:13:03.779 AND CALIFORNIA LAW IS CLEAR. 01:13:03.846 --> 01:13:07.816 POVERTY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE NEGLECT OR SORRY. 01:13:08.717 --> 01:13:11.453 THESE ARE POOR PARENTS, NOT NECESSARILY BAD PARENTS. 01:13:12.521 --> 01:13:13.856 THAT'S A SYSTEMIC MARGINALIZATION. 01:13:13.922 --> 01:13:15.257 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. 01:13:15.324 --> 01:13:17.092 IMAGINE A SINGLE MOTHER ON CALWORKS. 01:13:17.159 --> 01:13:17.960 SHE LEAVES HER 13 YEAR 01:13:18.026 --> 01:13:20.329 OLD WATCHING HER FIVE YEAR OLD TO FINISH 01:13:20.395 --> 01:13:22.531 BECAUSE MISSING IT MEANS LOSING HER JOB. 01:13:22.598 --> 01:13:24.266 A TEACHER NOTICES THAT A FIVE YEAR 01:13:24.333 --> 01:13:25.634 OLD HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 01:13:25.701 --> 01:13:26.568 SHE FOLLOWS A REPORT 01:13:26.635 --> 01:13:29.138 AND DURING A HOME VISIT, THE WORKER SEES AN EMPTY FRIDGE 01:13:29.505 --> 01:13:32.241 AND THE 13 YEAR OLD PLAYING PARENT AND AN EMPTY FRIDGE. 01:13:32.608 --> 01:13:33.542 AND THEN 01:13:34.476 --> 01:13:36.745 THE FIVE YEAR OLD GETS REMOVED, THE 13 YEAR OLD STAYS HOME. 01:13:36.812 --> 01:13:38.380 AND SHE DIDN'T ABUSE HER CHILD. 01:13:38.447 --> 01:13:40.682 SHE MADE THE ONLY CHOICE THAT POVERTY LEFT HER. 01:13:41.416 --> 01:13:43.585 NOW SHE HAS SIX MONTHS TO REUNIFY. 01:13:43.652 --> 01:13:46.622 NOW SHE HAS TO TAKE PARENTING CLASSES, DRUG TESTING, THERAPY, 01:13:47.222 --> 01:13:49.458 AND HAVE STABLE HOUSING ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY. 01:13:50.125 --> 01:13:53.595 AND UNDER CURRENT CDC GUIDANCE, BECAUSE OUR 13 YEAR OLD 01:13:53.662 --> 01:13:55.731 STAYED HOME AND HER FIVE YEAR OLD WAS REMOVED, 01:13:55.798 --> 01:13:57.933 SHE DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR REUNIFICATION AID. 01:13:58.534 --> 01:14:01.270 GETTING STABLE AFTER BEING DESTABILIZED IS NOT LINEAR. 01:14:01.336 --> 01:14:04.106 SO GETTING TO PARENTING CLASSES REQUIRES A TRANSPORTATION 01:14:04.373 --> 01:14:06.308 WHICH REQUIRES MONEY AND AN EMPLOYMENT, 01:14:06.375 --> 01:14:07.810 AND IT ALSO REQUIRES CHILDCARE 01:14:07.876 --> 01:14:09.144 AND GETTING TO PARENTING CLASSES. 01:14:09.211 --> 01:14:11.013 YOU HAVE NO MONEY AND NO CHILDCARE, 01:14:11.079 --> 01:14:13.916 AND A COURT DAY AT THE SAME WEEK IS NOT A FAILURE OF CHARACTER. 01:14:13.982 --> 01:14:15.884 IT'S JUST A FAILURE OF SUPPORT. 01:14:15.951 --> 01:14:17.786 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL FIXES. 01:14:17.853 --> 01:14:20.022 IN 2021, THE LEGISLATOR 01:14:20.088 --> 01:14:22.090 LATER MADE A PROMISE FOR FAMILIES LIKE HERS 01:14:22.591 --> 01:14:25.961 FACE ABLE, KEEP IT, KEEP WORKING TOWARD REUNIFICATION. 01:14:26.395 --> 01:14:27.362 AND WE WILL NOT CUT YOU OFF 01:14:27.429 --> 01:14:29.498 WHILE YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE ASK. 01:14:29.565 --> 01:14:31.166 SERIOUS HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE 01:14:31.233 --> 01:14:33.202 INCONSISTENT WITH LEGISLATIVE INTENT. 01:14:33.268 --> 01:14:34.136 WRAP UP, PLEASE. 01:14:34.203 --> 01:14:35.704 OKAY. 01:14:35.771 --> 01:14:38.740 SO AB 2510 MAKES THE PROGRAM MATCH THAT PROMISE. 01:14:38.807 --> 01:14:40.409 SO WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO VOTE. 01:14:40.475 --> 01:14:42.010 I THANK YOU. 01:14:42.077 --> 01:14:44.313 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHERS IN SUPPORT. 01:14:44.546 --> 01:14:46.682 OTHERS WHO WOULD TO WEIGH IN THERE ARE. 01:14:46.748 --> 01:14:50.853 PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC. 01:14:50.919 --> 01:14:53.121 AMANDA KIRKPATRICK COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS AND SUPPORT 01:14:55.691 --> 01:14:56.658 YES IN YOUR RIBBON SHOW WITH 01:14:56.725 --> 01:14:58.794 END CHILD POVERTY CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. 01:14:58.861 --> 01:14:59.661 THANK YOU. 01:15:00.863 --> 01:15:01.029 OKAY. 01:15:01.096 --> 01:15:04.533 ANYONE IN OPPOSITION OF ANY OPPOSITION? 01:15:05.601 --> 01:15:06.802 SEE? NONE. 01:15:07.269 --> 01:15:09.671 STICK IT BACK TO ME. 01:15:09.738 --> 01:15:12.140 ANY COMMENTS? 01:15:16.945 --> 01:15:18.380 HOW MUCH? 01:15:18.647 --> 01:15:19.982 HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 01:15:20.048 --> 01:15:23.652 AS FAR AS A MONTHLY STIPEND FOR, CAL WORKS ELIGIBLE CHILDREN 01:15:24.019 --> 01:15:24.720 IN THAT HOME. 01:15:24.786 --> 01:15:27.856 WHAT WOULD PARENTS BE RECEIVING DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME? 01:15:29.458 --> 01:15:32.661 THE AVERAGE COW WARRANTS GRANT IS ABOUT $1,000, 01:15:34.496 --> 01:15:37.032 SO $1,000 PER MONTH. 01:15:37.099 --> 01:15:39.368 AND THEN IF THE CHILD IS REMOVED, 01:15:39.601 --> 01:15:42.304 THAT THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD BE REMOVED APPROXIMATELY. 01:15:42.371 --> 01:15:42.871 RIGHT. 01:15:43.105 --> 01:15:46.441 AM CURIOUS, HOW DID YOU FOLKS COME UP WITH THE SIX MONTH 01:15:47.476 --> 01:15:53.115 PERIOD OF, BY THE WAY, $1,000 IN OUR MONEY? 01:15:53.181 --> 01:15:54.082 JUST FOR THE RECORD, 01:15:54.149 --> 01:15:56.852 I JUST WANT TO BE STATED $1,000, NOT A LOT OF MONEY. 01:15:59.488 --> 01:16:01.156 HOW DID YOU FOLKS COME UP WITH SIX MONTHS 01:16:01.223 --> 01:16:04.559 AS THE THRESHOLD FOR CONTINUING BENEFITS 01:16:04.626 --> 01:16:05.894 WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE REMOVED? 01:16:07.496 --> 01:16:09.965 SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS. 01:16:10.532 --> 01:16:11.300 WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR. 01:16:11.366 --> 01:16:15.070 SO WHEN THERE'S A TEMPORARY ABSENCE PERIOD 01:16:15.137 --> 01:16:15.237 THAT'S 01:16:15.304 --> 01:16:18.807 ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR 30 DAYS AND THAT COULD COVER THINGS 01:16:19.074 --> 01:16:21.743 LIKE A HOSPITAL IZATION, LIKE THE KID IS OUT OF THE HOME. 01:16:21.810 --> 01:16:23.478 AND SO THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. 01:16:23.545 --> 01:16:26.815 BUT THE STATUTE IN 2021, IN THE TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE, 01:16:26.882 --> 01:16:32.487 THEY ADDED THE SIX MONTH PERIOD FOR FOR THIS AID. 01:16:33.088 --> 01:16:37.326 I DON'T THINK I COULD, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO THE THINKING IN 2021, 01:16:37.392 --> 01:16:41.430 BUT WE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT IN THE BILL 01:16:42.531 --> 01:16:46.234 AND CLARIFYING THAT IT IS UP TO SIX MONTHS OR 01:16:46.735 --> 01:16:48.804 OR FOR A TIME DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT 01:16:48.870 --> 01:16:50.739 THE REASON WE PUT THAT IS WE JUST, 01:16:50.806 --> 01:16:53.542 YOU KNOW, DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE SHORTER THAN SIX MONTHS IF IT 01:16:53.608 --> 01:16:54.242 WAS NEEDED. 01:16:55.744 --> 01:16:58.313 SO WITH THIS WITH THE SIX MONTHS, I'M JUST RIGHT HERE 01:16:58.380 --> 01:17:01.383 BECAUSE A REALLY LONG TIME NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN AND TO BE 01:17:02.851 --> 01:17:06.388 TO CONTINUE THIS THIS AID, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED, 01:17:06.455 --> 01:17:09.524 IS THERE, HISTORICALLY 01:17:09.591 --> 01:17:12.661 SPEAKING, OTHER AID THAT THIS FAMILY WOULD BE RECEIVING 01:17:13.795 --> 01:17:17.065 IN ADDITION TO THE CAL WORKS FUNDING OF $1,000 01:17:17.132 --> 01:17:19.768 A MONTH, SUCH AS HOUSING 01:17:23.138 --> 01:17:26.408 ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING 01:17:26.475 --> 01:17:30.145 IN ADDITION TO THE $2,000 THEY MIGHT BE ON THE FELT, 01:17:30.212 --> 01:17:33.181 YOU KNOW, CAL WORKS FAMILY REUNIFICATION, 01:17:33.382 --> 01:17:34.016 YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE 01:17:34.082 --> 01:17:37.252 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 01:17:38.020 --> 01:17:41.556 I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF GET BACK TO THE SIX MONTH QUESTION 01:17:41.623 --> 01:17:43.325 BECAUSE I THINK YOU IMPLIED SOMETHING ELSE THERE, 01:17:43.392 --> 01:17:45.660 THAT THERE COULD BE A PERIOD WHERE 01:17:46.528 --> 01:17:49.398 THE SOCIAL WORKER DETERMINES THAT THEY DON'T NEED THE AID. 01:17:49.931 --> 01:17:51.033 YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SIX MONTHS. 01:17:51.099 --> 01:17:54.269 SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE THE ENTIRE TIME. 01:17:54.936 --> 01:17:55.604 BUT THERE ARE YEAH, 01:17:55.670 --> 01:17:56.371 THERE ARE OTHER CAL 01:17:56.438 --> 01:17:58.940 WORK SUPPORTS THAT FAMILIES MIGHT BE RECEIVING. 01:17:59.341 --> 01:17:59.841 OKAY. 01:17:59.908 --> 01:18:02.411 BECAUSE I THINK THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT 01:18:02.611 --> 01:18:03.645 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILD 01:18:03.712 --> 01:18:06.648 FOR IF YOU HAVE YOUR CHILDREN FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, 01:18:07.082 --> 01:18:10.218 EVEN AFTER A MONTH OR TWO, I WOULD I WOULD EXPECT 01:18:10.552 --> 01:18:14.790 THAT THESE PARENTS WOULD BE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT TO HELP, 01:18:15.891 --> 01:18:18.160 YOU KNOW, HELP THEM FINANCIALLY. 01:18:18.226 --> 01:18:20.362 I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH JUST 01:18:21.096 --> 01:18:23.832 CREATING SYSTEMS WHERE 01:18:23.899 --> 01:18:26.768 IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO INITIATING THAT 01:18:27.803 --> 01:18:31.773 SELF-DRIVE, OF WANTING WORK OR HAVING WORK. 01:18:32.040 --> 01:18:33.408 IN THIS CASE, I'M A LITTLE THROWN OFF 01:18:33.475 --> 01:18:33.775 BY THE 01:18:33.842 --> 01:18:35.110 BY THE COMMENT BY ONE OF THE WITNESSES 01:18:35.177 --> 01:18:36.945 SAYING THAT THEY ARE WORKING AND THEY LEFT THE 13 01:18:37.012 --> 01:18:39.214 AND FIVE YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW, AT HOME. 01:18:39.281 --> 01:18:41.416 NOW, THAT IS ALSO VERY CULTURAL 01:18:42.284 --> 01:18:44.753 PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, 01:18:44.820 --> 01:18:48.090 YOU KNOW, IN LATIN HOMES, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT UNUSUAL 01:18:48.156 --> 01:18:52.394 TO LEAVE A 13 YEAR OLD, EVEN A 11 AND 12 YEAR OLD 01:18:53.128 --> 01:18:55.797 AT HOME BABYSITTING THEIR SIBLINGS. 01:18:56.298 --> 01:18:59.701 BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS 01:19:00.135 --> 01:19:03.371 INAPPROPRIATE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PARENT. 01:19:03.438 --> 01:19:06.007 SO JUST THAT'S WHY I, I 01:19:07.275 --> 01:19:10.245 SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT HOW PERCEIVE THINGS, 01:19:10.679 --> 01:19:12.781 ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING 01:19:12.848 --> 01:19:16.151 THE MATURITY OF THE CHILDREN AND THE CULTURE IN THE HOME 01:19:16.218 --> 01:19:19.221 AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OR NOT AS APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATE. 01:19:19.287 --> 01:19:21.990 I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE 01:19:23.358 --> 01:19:25.861 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILD AT HOME FOR SIX MONTHS, 01:19:26.394 --> 01:19:27.429 YOU SHOULD BE WORKING 01:19:27.496 --> 01:19:28.630 AND YOU SHOULD BE GETTING 01:19:28.697 --> 01:19:32.534 EXTRA JOB OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO TO BE ABLE TO CREATE 01:19:33.401 --> 01:19:36.204 ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SECURITY, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE 01:19:36.271 --> 01:19:36.805 NOT WITH YOU. 01:19:36.872 --> 01:19:37.572 THAT'S WHY 01:19:37.639 --> 01:19:38.440 I HAVE A HARD TIME 01:19:38.507 --> 01:19:40.609 SUPPORTING THIS BILL IN THIS CASE, 01:19:40.675 --> 01:19:42.310 BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING FOR, 01:19:42.377 --> 01:19:43.812 YOU KNOW, FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, 01:19:43.879 --> 01:19:44.946 YOU SHOULD BE WORKING. RIGHT. 01:19:45.013 --> 01:19:47.949 I DON'T THINK THAT THE BILL REMOVES THE INCENTIVE TO WORK. 01:19:48.183 --> 01:19:51.086 THE IDEA IS, IS THAT IF THE CHILD IS REMOVED 01:19:51.153 --> 01:19:52.387 AND THEN THE GRANT GETS 01:19:52.454 --> 01:19:56.491 PULLED OUT FROM UNDER THEM, IT'S IMMEDIATELY DESTABILIZING. 01:19:56.558 --> 01:19:59.161 AND PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT. 01:19:59.427 --> 01:20:02.130 THEY MAY BECOME HOMELESS IF THEY'RE HOMELESS THERE, 01:20:02.197 --> 01:20:04.533 YOU KNOW, THE CHANCES OF GETTING THEIR KIDS BACK 01:20:04.799 --> 01:20:05.934 IS REALLY HARMED. 01:20:06.001 --> 01:20:08.637 SO IT'S REALLY MORE PULLING RUG OUT FROM UNDER THEM. 01:20:08.703 --> 01:20:11.373 I DON'T THINK IT REDUCES THE INCENTIVE TO WORK. 01:20:11.439 --> 01:20:11.773 AND I THINK 01:20:11.840 --> 01:20:13.875 THIS IS WHY MY PREVIOUS QUESTION AS TO 01:20:13.942 --> 01:20:15.544 HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH SIX MONTHS? 01:20:15.610 --> 01:20:17.312 BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND LIKE MAYBE 01:20:17.379 --> 01:20:20.282 MONTH, MAYBE TWO MONTHS, AND THEN YOU ARE EMPLOYED 01:20:21.082 --> 01:20:22.584 AND THEN MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. 01:20:22.651 --> 01:20:24.786 BUT SIX MONTHS SEEMS A REALLY LONG TIME 01:20:25.187 --> 01:20:27.756 TO GIVE AID WITHOUT HAVING SOMEONE. 01:20:27.956 --> 01:20:30.892 SO I WOULD THAT I'LL START IF I CAN, SENATOR. 01:20:30.959 --> 01:20:34.763 I WAS PRESENT BACK IN 2021 WHEN WE PASSED THAT TRAILER 01:20:34.829 --> 01:20:37.199 BILL LANGUAGE CHAIRING THE SUBCOMMITTEE 01:20:37.265 --> 01:20:39.367 THAT OVERSAW HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 01:20:39.801 --> 01:20:40.602 AND AT THAT TIME, 01:20:40.669 --> 01:20:44.072 WHAT WE HEARD FROM FAMILIES IS THE NEED TO GET THEIR FEET 01:20:44.372 --> 01:20:48.043 UNDER THEM AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT YEAR 01:20:48.510 --> 01:20:52.480 ONLY DEALT WITH THOSE WHO HAD THEIR FULL FAMILY REMOVED 01:20:52.981 --> 01:20:53.782 AT THIS TIME. 01:20:53.848 --> 01:20:55.951 WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO IS TO CREATE PARITY, 01:20:56.518 --> 01:21:00.422 TO ENSURE THAT IF YOU HAD ONE CHILD INSTEAD OF TWO CHILDREN 01:21:00.855 --> 01:21:03.024 REMOVED IN THE CASE THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT, 01:21:03.358 --> 01:21:06.328 THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT THEY HAD THAT SAME STABILITY, 01:21:06.394 --> 01:21:10.332 THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BETTER REUNIFY THEIR FAMILY UNIT. 01:21:10.832 --> 01:21:14.302 AND THAT OFTENTIMES DOES REQUIRE MONTHS OF HELP 01:21:14.369 --> 01:21:18.139 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING WORK WELL AS DOING LONG 01:21:18.206 --> 01:21:20.942 TERM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AS WELL AS ENSURING 01:21:21.009 --> 01:21:23.211 THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. 01:21:24.112 --> 01:21:26.514 WE HAVE MOSTLY WOMEN WHO ARE ON CALWORKS 01:21:26.581 --> 01:21:30.518 THAT NEED THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT TO CREATE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT 01:21:30.585 --> 01:21:32.654 WE CAN FOR CHILDREN TO STAY WITHIN THE HOME. 01:21:33.154 --> 01:21:34.689 THE ALTERNATIVE WAS THEY 01:21:34.756 --> 01:21:36.992 THEN ENTER INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM 01:21:37.058 --> 01:21:40.262 AND ONCE THEY'RE INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, IT'S MUCH HARDER 01:21:40.595 --> 01:21:44.032 FOR THEM TO PROVE IF THEY'RE NOW HOMELESS, IF THEY'RE NOW 01:21:44.232 --> 01:21:47.269 UNSTABLE WITH THEIR LIFE AND THUS WE FOUND 01:21:47.335 --> 01:21:52.107 A REAL RATIONALE FOR US TO PUSH FOR A LONGER GRACE PERIOD, 01:21:52.507 --> 01:21:53.875 IF YOU WILL. 01:21:53.942 --> 01:21:56.244 BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS BILL IS ABOUT CREATING PARITY. 01:21:56.311 --> 01:21:58.446 IF YOU HAD ONE OR TWO CHILDREN 01:21:58.513 --> 01:22:01.783 REMOVED VERSUS IF YOU HAD THE ENTIRE FAMILY REMOVED. 01:22:02.117 --> 01:22:04.886 AND BY DOING THAT, WE ARE BETTER ABLE 01:22:04.953 --> 01:22:08.223 TO SUPPORT ALL FAMILY UNITS AND NOT TO FOCUS 01:22:09.190 --> 01:22:11.893 ON SAYING THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE ALL YOUR CHILDREN REMOVED 01:22:11.960 --> 01:22:15.230 FROM YOUR HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT 01:22:15.297 --> 01:22:19.834 AT ALL. 01:22:19.901 --> 01:22:20.702 OKAY. 01:22:21.002 --> 01:22:23.972 YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT'S GOOD. 01:22:24.239 --> 01:22:24.939 WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU. 01:22:25.006 --> 01:22:29.277 I THINK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE AND WORKING ON THIS. 01:22:29.911 --> 01:22:32.013 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL HERE TODAY. 01:22:32.080 --> 01:22:33.148 WE'RE STILL OPERATING SUBCOMMITTEE. 01:22:33.214 --> 01:22:35.450 WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN BUDGET. 01:22:35.517 --> 01:22:36.584 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 01:22:36.651 --> 01:22:37.185 THANK YOU, MR. 01:22:37.252 --> 01:22:39.054 CHAIR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT 01:22:39.120 --> 01:22:41.523 AND I'LL TAKE MY RESPONSE EARLIER AS MY CLOSE. 01:22:41.756 --> 01:22:43.058 OKAY. THANK YOU. 01:22:43.124 --> 01:22:43.525 OKAY, THANKS. 01:22:43.591 --> 01:22:47.996 THE WITNESSES, UH, WE HAVE SOME MEMBER BRYANT FILE 01:22:48.063 --> 01:22:51.733 AND FIVE 1655 01:22:57.005 --> 01:23:01.710 WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, SO GO AHEAD. 01:23:02.610 --> 01:23:03.411 YES, THANK YOU, MR. 01:23:03.478 --> 01:23:04.245 CHAIR. 01:23:04.312 --> 01:23:07.382 AND SENATORS, I AM PROUD TO PRESENT 86 FIVE 1655. 01:23:07.449 --> 01:23:08.950 THE COW WORKS PROGRAM 01:23:09.017 --> 01:23:10.885 IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S BASIC NEEDS 01:23:10.952 --> 01:23:12.387 AND FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY. 01:23:12.454 --> 01:23:13.555 THE PROGRAM PROVIDES 01:23:13.621 --> 01:23:14.255 MODEST SUPPORT 01:23:14.322 --> 01:23:17.025 TO HELP PAY FOR FOOD, RENT, CLOTHING AND OTHER ESSENTIALS. 01:23:17.359 --> 01:23:18.793 HOWEVER, WHEN A CHILD IS TEMPORARILY 01:23:18.860 --> 01:23:20.695 ABSENT FROM THE HOME FOR LONGER THAN 30 DAYS, 01:23:20.762 --> 01:23:23.198 THAT SUPPORT CAN BE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED. 01:23:23.765 --> 01:23:25.200 THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR THIS, OF COURSE. 01:23:25.266 --> 01:23:27.168 FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CHILD IS IN THE HOSPITAL, 01:23:27.235 --> 01:23:29.270 THEY ARE CONSIDERED TEMPORARILY ABSENT 01:23:29.571 --> 01:23:32.073 FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR STAY, EVEN IF IT PASSES 30 DAYS 01:23:32.140 --> 01:23:34.409 AND THE FAMILY DOESN'T LOSE SUPPORT. 01:23:34.476 --> 01:23:36.711 HOWEVER, FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CHILDREN 01:23:36.778 --> 01:23:39.347 KIDNAPED BY ICE AND HELD IN A DETENTION FACILITY 01:23:39.414 --> 01:23:40.615 FOR LONGER THAN 30 DAYS, 01:23:40.682 --> 01:23:42.884 THEY CAN LOSE THE CRITICAL SAFETY NET THAT THEY NEED 01:23:43.184 --> 01:23:43.785 AND DESERVE. 01:23:43.852 --> 01:23:47.155 THIS BILL, HB 1655, PROTECTS STRUGGLING FAMILIES 01:23:47.522 --> 01:23:49.457 WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE KIDNAPED BY ICE 01:23:49.524 --> 01:23:51.059 AND HELD IN DETENTION FACILITIES. 01:23:51.126 --> 01:23:53.395 I THINK OFTEN ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR OLD BOY 01:23:53.461 --> 01:23:55.363 FROM MINNESOTA, LIAM RAMOS, WHO WAS SHIPPED 01:23:55.430 --> 01:23:58.366 TO A FACILITY DOWN IN TEXAS, BECAME SICK AT THAT FACILITY, 01:23:58.433 --> 01:24:00.535 AND A COURT ORDERED THAT HE BE RETURNED HOME. 01:24:00.602 --> 01:24:01.436 HAD HE BEEN GONE FOR MORE 01:24:01.503 --> 01:24:04.372 THAN 30 DAYS HERE IN CALIFORNIA, HIS FAMILY WOULD HAVE SUFFERED 01:24:04.572 --> 01:24:06.274 FINANCIALLY DURING HIS ABSENCE. 01:24:06.341 --> 01:24:07.475 IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT WE HAVE TO THINK 01:24:07.542 --> 01:24:09.644 ABOUT THESE KINDS OF POLICIES IN THIS MOMENT, 01:24:09.711 --> 01:24:11.246 BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE DO. 01:24:11.312 --> 01:24:14.749 WITH ME TO TESTIFY IS EDGAR GARA WITH SEIU STATE COUNSEL. 01:24:16.418 --> 01:24:17.652 THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMEMBER. 01:24:17.719 --> 01:24:18.887 GOOD HE GOOD MORNING. 01:24:18.953 --> 01:24:19.988 CHAIR BECKER 01:24:20.054 --> 01:24:23.091 MY NAME IS ED GET OUT HERE ON BEHALF OF SEIU, CALIFORNIA, 01:24:23.158 --> 01:24:27.829 CO-SPONSOR OF 86 AND 55, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 750,000 01:24:28.029 --> 01:24:29.063 WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE, 01:24:29.130 --> 01:24:31.032 INCLUDING THE COUNTY ELIGIBILITY WORKERS 01:24:31.099 --> 01:24:34.035 WHO ADMINISTER THE CALWORKS PROGRAM EVERY DAY. 01:24:34.102 --> 01:24:37.372 AB 1655 IS A TARGETED FIX WHEN A CHILD OR FAMILY MEMBER 01:24:37.439 --> 01:24:38.606 IS UNLAWFULLY DETAINED. 01:24:38.673 --> 01:24:40.275 FEDERAL IMMIGRATION CUSTODY CURRENT 01:24:40.341 --> 01:24:42.510 LAW CAN REDUCE A FAMILY'S CALWORKS GRANT 01:24:42.577 --> 01:24:43.311 BECAUSE THAT PERSON 01:24:43.378 --> 01:24:45.613 IS NO LONGER COUNTED IN THE ASSISTANCE UNIT. 01:24:46.481 --> 01:24:47.315 FROM THE PERSPECTIVE 01:24:47.382 --> 01:24:49.517 OF THE COUNTY WORKERS WHO RUN THIS PROGRAM, 01:24:49.584 --> 01:24:50.819 THIS CHANGE MAKES SENSE. 01:24:50.885 --> 01:24:51.920 COUNTY ELIGIBILITY 01:24:51.986 --> 01:24:53.755 STAFF ARE OFTEN THE ONES SITTING ACROSS 01:24:53.822 --> 01:24:56.291 THE TABLE FROM THE FAMILIES IN CRISIS. 01:24:56.357 --> 01:24:58.426 WHEN A PARENT OR CHILD IS SUDDENLY DETAINED 01:24:58.493 --> 01:24:58.960 THE LAST THING 01:24:59.027 --> 01:25:00.695 A WORKERS SHOULD HAVE TO DO IS EXPLAIN THAT 01:25:00.762 --> 01:25:02.864 THE FAMILY'S CASH AID WILL ALSO BE CUT. 01:25:03.932 --> 01:25:07.769 HB 1655 GIVES COUNTIES CLEAR DIRECTION AND ALLOWS WORKERS 01:25:07.836 --> 01:25:08.603 TO DO THEIR JOB 01:25:08.670 --> 01:25:11.239 IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS CHILDREN INSTEAD OF PUNISHING THEM, 01:25:11.973 --> 01:25:14.442 PUSHING THEM DEEPER INTO POVERTY. 01:25:14.509 --> 01:25:16.744 THIS BILL IS ALSO ABOUT STABILITY FOR CALIFORNIA 01:25:16.811 --> 01:25:17.512 FAMILIES. 01:25:17.579 --> 01:25:19.681 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IMMIGRATION ARRESTS 01:25:19.747 --> 01:25:21.516 CAN RESULT IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 01:25:21.583 --> 01:25:23.485 IN FINANCIAL LOSS TO A HOUSEHOLD. 01:25:23.551 --> 01:25:25.286 AND LOSING CALWORKS ON TOP OF THAT 01:25:25.353 --> 01:25:27.789 ONLY MAKES THE SITUATION WORSE. 01:25:27.856 --> 01:25:30.625 ON OF ACLU, CALIFORNIA AND OUR MEMBERS, 01:25:31.226 --> 01:25:33.661 INCLUDING THE COUNTY WORKERS WHO ADMINISTER THESE PROGRAMS, 01:25:34.195 --> 01:25:35.497 WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 01:25:35.563 --> 01:25:36.464 THANK YOU. 01:25:37.198 --> 01:25:38.066 THANK YOU. 01:25:38.132 --> 01:25:40.034 OTHERS IN SUPPORT WITH OTHERS IN SUPPORT. 01:25:40.101 --> 01:25:40.902 WHO WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN? 01:25:40.969 --> 01:25:42.003 WHO DO YOU HAVE? 01:25:42.070 --> 01:25:43.705 PLEASE COME TO THE MIC. 01:25:44.906 --> 01:25:47.275 SAN DIEGO AVILA POLICY CENTER WITH LAMAR SEVIER, 01:25:47.342 --> 01:25:48.176 THE GROUP 01:25:48.243 --> 01:25:49.878 REPRESENTING THE CENTRAL AMERICAN 01:25:49.944 --> 01:25:52.413 RESEARCH CENTER GOT CENT IN SUPPORT. 01:25:52.480 --> 01:25:52.847 THANK YOU. 01:25:52.914 --> 01:25:53.815 ALL DONE 01:25:54.048 --> 01:25:55.183 THOROUGHBRED IN WITH THE WHITE WOMEN 01:25:55.250 --> 01:25:58.052 GROUP ON BEHALF OF NEXT GEN CALIFORNIA AND STRONG SUPPORT. 01:25:58.353 --> 01:25:58.786 THANK YOU. 01:26:00.755 --> 01:26:02.290 YES. AND YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF WITH END CHILD 01:26:02.357 --> 01:26:04.893 POVERTY IN CALIFORNIA PROUD CO-SPONSORS AND STRONG SUPPORT. 01:26:05.393 --> 01:26:05.927 RIGHT. 01:26:06.961 --> 01:26:08.596 I SAY TURN WITH A COALITION OF CALIFORNIA 01:26:08.663 --> 01:26:12.200 WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION AND STRONG SUPPORT. 01:26:12.267 --> 01:26:14.202 REBECCA GONZALES, WESTERN CENTER 01:26:14.269 --> 01:26:17.272 ON LAW AND POVERTY AND SUPPORT. 01:26:17.338 --> 01:26:17.705 GOOD MORNING. 01:26:17.772 --> 01:26:19.207 ADAM KAGAN ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA 01:26:19.274 --> 01:26:21.509 CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA. 01:26:21.576 --> 01:26:24.145 LOU, I CAN SUPPORT. 01:26:24.812 --> 01:26:25.346 GOOD MORNING. 01:26:25.413 --> 01:26:26.781 ERIC BARRETT IS WITH THE CALIFORNIA 01:26:26.848 --> 01:26:30.552 FACULTY ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT 01:26:31.219 --> 01:26:33.254 TO OTHERS IN ANY OPPOSITION 01:26:34.122 --> 01:26:36.324 WE DO, YES. 01:26:36.391 --> 01:26:38.993 YEAH. 01:26:39.060 --> 01:26:43.631 YOU CAN EITHER SPEAK AT THE MIC OR SAY WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU. 01:26:44.532 --> 01:26:45.099 MORNING. 01:26:45.166 --> 01:26:48.469 GOOD MORNING, SIR. 01:26:48.536 --> 01:26:49.637 THANK YOU, CHAIR BECKER 01:26:49.704 --> 01:26:52.240 AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 01:26:52.740 --> 01:26:55.743 GLENN ALLEN ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA WELFARE FRAUD 01:26:55.810 --> 01:27:00.081 INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS S.W. 01:27:00.148 --> 01:27:04.819 FOIA, CWA FOYERS AND RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. 01:27:05.420 --> 01:27:08.289 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR ORGANIZATION FOR 50 YEARS. 01:27:08.356 --> 01:27:12.460 THAT IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MAIN GOAL IS TO ASSURE 01:27:12.527 --> 01:27:14.562 WELFARE FRAUD IS DETECTED, PREVENTED 01:27:14.896 --> 01:27:18.266 AND OR PROSECUTED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN PROGRAM 01:27:18.333 --> 01:27:21.202 INTEGRITY AND TRUST IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 01:27:21.769 --> 01:27:24.572 WE ARE RECOGNIZED ON THE STATE SOCIAL SERVICES WEBSITE 01:27:24.639 --> 01:27:28.776 AS STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC BENEFIT PROGRAMS. 01:27:29.177 --> 01:27:32.113 MOST OF OUR MEMBERS ARE SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 01:27:32.347 --> 01:27:34.415 AND WE HAVE ELIGIBILITY WORKERS 01:27:34.482 --> 01:27:37.752 OUT OF SEIU THAT ARE WORKING IN UNITS. 01:27:38.252 --> 01:27:40.455 THIS BILL IS MISSING SPECIFIC LANGUAGE 01:27:40.755 --> 01:27:42.824 THAT WOULD PROTECT THE TAXPAYERS MONEY 01:27:43.057 --> 01:27:45.460 WHICH FUNDS CAL WORKS AND PROTECT FRAUD. 01:27:45.994 --> 01:27:48.896 TWO SIMPLE STEPS TO CORRECT THE BILL. 01:27:49.163 --> 01:27:52.834 THE REPORTING PERSON SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A COUNTY 01:27:52.900 --> 01:27:55.770 OR STATE SOCIAL SERVICES SWORN STATEMENT FORM. 01:27:56.170 --> 01:27:58.673 THE PRESENT BILL AS A SWORN STATEMENT 01:27:59.073 --> 01:28:02.810 UNDER THE PRESENT BILL, THAT COULD BE AN ORAL STATEMENT 01:28:02.877 --> 01:28:06.247 WHICH IF IF IF WE DENY AID 01:28:06.681 --> 01:28:10.685 TO A RECIPIENT THAT'S DETAINED, THEY FILE A FAIR HEARING. 01:28:10.752 --> 01:28:12.887 THE RECIPIENT WE HAVE TO PROVE OUR CASE 01:28:13.521 --> 01:28:15.523 BESIDE IN FRONT OF A STATE JUDGE. 01:28:16.057 --> 01:28:19.794 STATE JUDGE AND ORAL ARGUMENT WILL NOT HOLD TOO MUCH WATER 01:28:19.861 --> 01:28:22.296 THERE THAT THE CASE WENT INTO CRIMINAL COURT. 01:28:22.630 --> 01:28:27.335 THE BEST EVIDENCE IS A WRITTEN A WRITTEN STATEMENT. 01:28:28.469 --> 01:28:30.104 IT COULD BE SIMPLY FIXED IN THE BILL 01:28:30.171 --> 01:28:32.707 BY STATING AN ACCOUNT AT THE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES 01:28:32.774 --> 01:28:35.276 SWORN STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT 01:28:35.877 --> 01:28:39.747 INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING A SWORN STATEMENT. 01:28:41.516 --> 01:28:44.385 ALSO, ONE OTHER AREA THAT'S LACKING IN THE BILL, 01:28:45.253 --> 01:28:48.423 THE REPORTING PERSON SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SIGN IT. 01:28:48.656 --> 01:28:49.924 I'M SORRY, BACK UP. 01:28:49.991 --> 01:28:50.725 THE REPORTING MEMBER 01:28:50.792 --> 01:28:53.861 SHOULD PROVIDE THE LOCATION OF THE DETENTION FACILITY 01:28:54.128 --> 01:28:56.431 WHERE THE ASSISTANCE MEMBER IS DETAINED. 01:28:56.864 --> 01:28:59.067 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 01:28:59.133 --> 01:29:02.704 HAS A PUBLIC PORTAL TO OBTAIN THE LOCATION OF THE DETENTION. 01:29:03.237 --> 01:29:06.140 IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF A REQUEST, 01:29:06.541 --> 01:29:09.544 THE LOCATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITHIN 30 DAYS. 01:29:10.011 --> 01:29:10.678 CONTINUING AID 01:29:10.745 --> 01:29:12.647 FOR THE DETAINED FAMILY MEMBER 01:29:12.714 --> 01:29:14.782 WOULD BE TERMINATED THE FOLLOWING MONTH 01:29:15.183 --> 01:29:19.287 IF THE LOCATION OF DETAINMENT IS NOT REPORTED AND 01:29:22.690 --> 01:29:25.927 IN A FINAL STATEMENT, 01:29:25.993 --> 01:29:28.129 THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 01:29:28.196 --> 01:29:29.664 FIGURED THIS BILL IS PROBABLY 01:29:29.731 --> 01:29:33.534 ABOUT 1.7 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 01:29:33.601 --> 01:29:35.937 AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. 01:29:36.003 --> 01:29:38.873 OUR ORGANIZATION HAS SEEN IT WELL NORTH OF 2 MILLION, 01:29:39.373 --> 01:29:41.109 MAYBE TOWARDS 3 MILLION SINCE. 01:29:42.110 --> 01:29:42.543 OKAY, GREAT. 01:29:42.610 --> 01:29:44.846 DO YOU HAVE TO ASK YOUR WRAP UP? OKAY. STAY STILL. 01:29:44.912 --> 01:29:47.248 YOUR SERVICES DID NOT INCLUDE INVESTIGATOR 01:29:47.315 --> 01:29:51.686 TIME STATE HERE IN TIME AND SOME OTHER FACETS. 01:29:51.753 --> 01:29:52.987 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 01:29:53.054 --> 01:29:54.856 OKAY. OTHERS IN OUR POSITION. 01:29:54.922 --> 01:29:57.925 ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADD ON AN OPPOSITION? 01:29:57.992 --> 01:30:01.129 OKAY, WELL, IT WILL TAKE IT BACK TO VICE CHAIR. 01:30:01.195 --> 01:30:02.563 ANY COMMENTS? 01:30:02.897 --> 01:30:04.198 SOMETHING CURIOUS OF THE OTHER. 01:30:04.265 --> 01:30:04.899 HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 01:30:04.966 --> 01:30:09.437 TO WORK WITH THE OPPOSITION TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS. 01:30:09.637 --> 01:30:11.639 I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING THAT THIS OPPOSITION 01:30:11.706 --> 01:30:12.173 HAS BEEN HERE. 01:30:12.240 --> 01:30:16.444 BUT IN STATE LAW CURRENTLY THERE ARE TEMPORARY ABSENCES. 01:30:16.511 --> 01:30:18.646 AS I MENTIONED, HOSPITAL STAYS, WHATEVER 01:30:18.713 --> 01:30:21.883 THE CURRENT DOCUMENTATION IS TO FOR A TEMPORARY 01:30:22.517 --> 01:30:24.919 A TEMPORARY ABSENCE, WE ARE SIMPLY ADDING 01:30:25.153 --> 01:30:26.621 AN ADDITIONAL EXCEPTION TO THAT. 01:30:26.687 --> 01:30:29.257 AND SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE REPORTING THAN IS ALREADY 01:30:29.757 --> 01:30:31.692 CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW FOR FOR ABSENCES 01:30:31.759 --> 01:30:34.228 BUT OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION NONETHELESS. 01:30:34.295 --> 01:30:36.831 BUT AND WE'LL NOTE THIS BILL IS GOING TO JUDICIARY NEXT. 01:30:36.898 --> 01:30:38.099 IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 01:30:38.166 --> 01:30:38.299 OKAY. 01:30:38.366 --> 01:30:40.535 SO WE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE 01:30:40.601 --> 01:30:41.736 ISSUES IN JUDICIARY, 01:30:42.904 --> 01:30:43.237 WE CAN TAKE 01:30:43.304 --> 01:30:45.540 A MOMENT TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM. 01:30:46.474 --> 01:30:50.711 HE'S GOT THE WRONG BECKER HERE OCCUR AT SHOWBOAT HERE 01:30:50.778 --> 01:30:54.315 AT SHOWBOAT HERE LEONARD PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 01:30:54.782 --> 01:30:56.384 WEBBER PEARSON. HERE. 01:30:56.450 --> 01:30:57.018 A QUORUM. 01:30:57.084 --> 01:30:59.987 WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. 01:31:00.054 --> 01:31:02.390 OKAY, SO IN JUDICIARY, SO SOME OF THESE 01:31:03.391 --> 01:31:06.194 ELEMENTS I THINK WILL BE APPROPRIATE THERE AS WELL. 01:31:06.694 --> 01:31:07.061 OKAY. 01:31:07.128 --> 01:31:10.398 SO I WILL I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY. 01:31:10.765 --> 01:31:11.966 I WILL LOOK TO SEE 01:31:12.033 --> 01:31:15.002 WHAT THE LANGUAGE WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER JUDICIARY. 01:31:15.069 --> 01:31:15.937 IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? 01:31:16.003 --> 01:31:18.172 JUDICIARY IS NEXT. 01:31:18.239 --> 01:31:20.074 AND THEN I'M ASSUMING 01:31:20.141 --> 01:31:22.610 SOME OF THESE CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED THEN. OKAY. 01:31:22.877 --> 01:31:24.645 SO I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT TODAY. 01:31:24.712 --> 01:31:25.913 I WILL 01:31:26.547 --> 01:31:28.616 WILL HAVE MY TEAM MONITOR 01:31:28.683 --> 01:31:32.486 THE BILL AS IT MOVES FORWARD AND WE'LL LOOK INTO 01:31:34.322 --> 01:31:37.725 THE BILL AND FINAL LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US. 01:31:37.792 --> 01:31:38.226 I'M ASSUMING 01:31:38.292 --> 01:31:40.862 THE SENATE IS PROBABLY GOING TO GO AFTER THAT DIRECTLY TO US. 01:31:41.329 --> 01:31:43.831 YES, PROBABLY SENATE AFTER THAT JUDICIARY 01:31:44.465 --> 01:31:48.336 AND THEN THIS JUST A LITTLE POINT FOR ANY OPPOSITION 01:31:48.703 --> 01:31:50.004 FOR ADVOCATES MOVING FORWARD. 01:31:50.071 --> 01:31:52.206 THIS IS WHY YOUR OPPOSITION NEEDS TO COME IN 01:31:52.807 --> 01:31:55.776 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND ADDRESS WITH THE 01:31:55.843 --> 01:31:58.779 WITH THE AUTHORS IN ORDER TO THAT WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE. 01:31:58.846 --> 01:31:59.247 IT'S CORRECT. 01:31:59.313 --> 01:32:02.083 SO THAT WE'RE NOT POSTPONING IT AND 01:32:02.149 --> 01:32:04.151 DELAYING THE PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT 01:32:04.218 --> 01:32:08.155 FINAL LANGUAGE IS A PROPONENT OF OUR ADVOCATES MOVING FORWARD. 01:32:08.222 --> 01:32:08.990 SO THANK YOU FOR 01:32:09.056 --> 01:32:11.759 BRINGING THIS MEASURE FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND 01:32:12.994 --> 01:32:13.895 EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS. 01:32:13.961 --> 01:32:16.697 I'M VERY, VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF ANY MEASUREMENT 01:32:17.632 --> 01:32:21.102 WITHIN STATUTE TO INSURE AGAINST FRAUD. 01:32:21.168 --> 01:32:23.504 SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD, SIR. WELCOME. 01:32:24.772 --> 01:32:25.273 OKAY. 01:32:25.339 --> 01:32:29.744 HEY. EXCELLENT. 01:32:29.810 --> 01:32:30.912 WELL, THANK YOU. 01:32:30.978 --> 01:32:33.414 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTED TWEAKS 01:32:33.481 --> 01:32:35.716 THAT YOU WILL LOOK AT GOING FORWARD 01:32:36.884 --> 01:32:38.252 TO THANK 01:32:38.619 --> 01:32:40.121 OUR FOUR INVESTIGATORS. 01:32:40.187 --> 01:32:42.056 DO YOU THINK THIS IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT, BILL, 01:32:42.123 --> 01:32:43.958 THAT WE DON'T WANT FAMILIES PUNISHED 01:32:44.025 --> 01:32:44.825 BECAUSE A FAMILY MEMBER 01:32:44.892 --> 01:32:46.527 WAS TAKEN BY ICE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS? 01:32:46.594 --> 01:32:48.596 WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. 01:32:48.663 --> 01:32:51.666 SO THANK YOU WITH EMOTION 01:32:51.732 --> 01:32:53.467 FROM SENATOR DR. 01:32:53.534 --> 01:32:55.970 ROBERT PEARSON. PLEASE, PLEASE CALL THE ROCK. 01:32:56.037 --> 01:32:57.705 DID YOU SAY WHAT THE OH 01:32:57.772 --> 01:32:59.774 DUE TO CLOSE PLEASE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR ARRIVAL 01:33:00.875 --> 01:33:04.178 AND READ BE THE MOTION WE FILE ITEM FIVE B 01:33:04.245 --> 01:33:07.982 1655 MOTION IS DO PASS TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. 01:33:08.316 --> 01:33:10.952 BECKER I BECKER I. 01:33:11.252 --> 01:33:13.721 A BOK CHOP OF NO. 01:33:13.921 --> 01:33:15.356 LAIRD PEREZ. 01:33:15.423 --> 01:33:15.723 WEBBER. 01:33:15.790 --> 01:33:18.259 PEARSON. WEBBER PEARSON I 01:33:19.260 --> 01:33:19.961 WITH A 2 TO 1. 01:33:20.027 --> 01:33:22.863 THAT BILL WILL STAY ON CALL AND MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT. 01:33:24.332 --> 01:33:25.866 YES. WITH A MOTION FROM. 01:33:25.933 --> 01:33:32.740 THE CONSENT CALENDAR FROM OUR VICE CHAIR. 01:33:32.807 --> 01:33:33.474 SURE. WHY? 01:33:33.541 --> 01:33:37.378 WHEN WE DO THAT, CAN SYNC CALENDAR FILE ITEM SIX. 01:33:37.445 --> 01:33:38.412 BECKER. 01:33:38.679 --> 01:33:43.250 HI. BECKER I PROVOKE ATROPOS I FLARED. 01:33:43.651 --> 01:33:45.853 PERES WEBBER PEARSON. 01:33:45.920 --> 01:33:46.220 WEBBER. 01:33:46.287 --> 01:33:48.522 PEARSON I KNOW. 01:33:49.290 --> 01:33:51.158 OKAY. THREE ZERO WILL BE ON CALL. 01:33:51.225 --> 01:33:51.892 THANKS. 01:33:52.159 --> 01:33:55.296 FILE ITEM ONE AB 262 MOTION 01:33:55.363 --> 01:33:57.264 AS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 01:33:57.331 --> 01:33:58.165 BECKER 01:34:05.239 --> 01:34:07.641 YES, GREAT. 01:34:07.708 --> 01:34:10.244 SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR SCHOENBERG. 01:34:11.245 --> 01:34:14.281 FILE ITEM ONE AB 262 MOTION IS TO PASS 01:34:14.348 --> 01:34:16.484 TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. BECKER. 01:34:16.550 --> 01:34:19.687 BECKER I SPOKE ATROPOS GUY 01:34:19.754 --> 01:34:22.256 LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 01:34:22.923 --> 01:34:27.028 WEBBER PEARSON I WILL PUT THAT ON CALL. 01:34:27.395 --> 01:34:27.628 OKAY. 01:34:27.695 --> 01:34:31.098 THREE ZERO ON CALL, FILE TWO. 01:34:31.165 --> 01:34:33.934 WE ALSO HAVE A MOTION FROM A VICE CHAIR. 01:34:34.001 --> 01:34:35.803 I BELIEVE. YES. 01:34:35.870 --> 01:34:38.139 FILE ITEM 2AB673. 01:34:38.205 --> 01:34:40.741 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 01:34:41.008 --> 01:34:43.844 BECKER ALL RIGHT. BECKER I A JOB. 01:34:43.911 --> 01:34:46.414 OKAY. ACHO SPOKE. I LAYERED. 01:34:46.981 --> 01:34:49.517 PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 01:34:49.583 --> 01:34:53.054 WEBBER PEARSON, I OH, THAT'S 320. 01:34:53.120 --> 01:34:53.821 STAY ON CALL 01:34:55.790 --> 01:34:57.525 AND THEN FILE ITEM THREE 01:34:57.591 --> 01:35:03.764 AB 1575 MOTION IS DO PASS AND THAT WAS MOVED BY IT DROVE OUT. 01:35:03.831 --> 01:35:05.032 BECKER ALL RIGHT. 01:35:05.099 --> 01:35:07.234 BECKER I ACHO BROKE. 01:35:07.301 --> 01:35:07.935 ACHO BROKE. 01:35:08.002 --> 01:35:09.503 I LAYERED. 01:35:09.570 --> 01:35:11.839 PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 01:35:11.906 --> 01:35:15.810 WEBBER PEARSON I FILE ITEM FOR 01:35:26.687 --> 01:35:29.757 A WE NEED A MOTION ON FILE ITEM FORGE WE HAVE A MOTION 01:35:30.991 --> 01:35:31.926 OKAY THAT DR. 01:35:31.992 --> 01:35:34.929 PEARSON WAS CIVIL CASE FILE ITEM 01:35:34.995 --> 01:35:39.433 FOR AB 2510 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 01:35:39.500 --> 01:35:40.568 BECKER. 01:35:40.634 --> 01:35:44.205 BECKER I OTTOBOCK. 01:35:44.271 --> 01:35:46.907 LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER. 01:35:46.974 --> 01:35:48.109 PEARSON. 01:35:48.175 --> 01:35:52.179 WEBBER PEARSON I TO TO ZERO THE BILLS ON COLUMN 01:35:52.546 --> 01:35:55.249 AND THEN WE DO OUR FILE ITEM 21. 01:35:55.983 --> 01:35:59.186 DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ONE? 01:35:59.253 --> 01:36:03.457 YES. COLUMN 21 A MOTION. 01:36:03.524 --> 01:36:05.426 OUR VICE CHAIR, JOE BOEKE. 01:36:05.493 --> 01:36:05.693 OKAY. 01:36:05.759 --> 01:36:09.230 FILE ITEM 21 AB 2304 01:36:09.296 --> 01:36:11.899 MOTION IS DO PASS TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 01:36:12.399 --> 01:36:13.334 BECKER. 01:36:13.400 --> 01:36:16.137 BECKER I A JOE BOAK CHUBBUCK 01:36:16.203 --> 01:36:19.607 I LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 01:36:20.040 --> 01:36:22.776 WEBBER PEARSON I HAD A30 01:36:24.812 --> 01:36:26.013 ON CALL. 01:36:26.080 --> 01:36:27.014 OKAY, SIR. 01:36:27.081 --> 01:36:39.326 DAVID, THANK YOU FOR WAITING PATIENTLY. 01:36:39.393 --> 01:36:41.395 OKAY. GOOD MORNING. 01:36:42.396 --> 01:36:42.863 THANK YOU, MR. 01:36:42.930 --> 01:36:43.164 CHAIR. 01:36:43.230 --> 01:36:46.800 SENATORS, TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT AB 1746. 01:36:47.134 --> 01:36:48.402 I FIRST WANT TO THANK COMMITTEE 01:36:48.469 --> 01:36:51.872 STAFF FOR WORKING WITH MY STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS BILL. 01:36:52.273 --> 01:36:52.806 SENATORS. 01:36:52.873 --> 01:36:57.244 AB 1746 CIRCUMFERENCE MEASURE TO REQUIRE COUNTIES TO PROVIDE 01:36:57.311 --> 01:36:58.812 CALWORKS APPLICANTS 01:36:58.879 --> 01:37:00.948 AND RECIPIENTS WITH MORE INFORMATION 01:37:01.015 --> 01:37:03.751 OPPORTUNITIES TO REQUEST CHILD CARE SUPPORT. 01:37:04.118 --> 01:37:05.986 THE BILL INCLUDES A TEN DAY DEADLINE 01:37:06.053 --> 01:37:08.856 COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENTS TO APPROVE, DENY 01:37:08.923 --> 01:37:10.157 OR SEEK MORE INFORMATION 01:37:10.224 --> 01:37:12.693 ONCE THE CHILD CARE REQUEST FORM IS SUBMITTED. 01:37:13.260 --> 01:37:15.296 THIS PREVENTS ADMINISTRATIVE DELAYS 01:37:15.362 --> 01:37:16.964 THAT COULD OTHERWISE KEEP A PARENT 01:37:17.031 --> 01:37:19.433 FROM STARTING A JOB OR ATTENDING A TRAINING PROGRAM. 01:37:19.800 --> 01:37:23.037 THIS BILL ENSURES PARENTS AREN'T JUST TOLD THAT AID EXISTS, 01:37:23.103 --> 01:37:26.407 BUT ARE ACTIVELY GIVEN THE TOOLS TO FIND AND CHOOSE A PROVIDER 01:37:26.640 --> 01:37:28.075 THAT FITS THEIR FAMILY NEEDS 01:37:29.510 --> 01:37:30.778 WITHOUT RELIABILITY. 01:37:30.844 --> 01:37:31.879 AFFORDABLE CARE. 01:37:31.946 --> 01:37:34.181 TALENTED AND MOTIVATED PARENTS ARE FORCED TO CHOOSE 01:37:34.248 --> 01:37:36.183 BETWEEN THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR CHILDREN 01:37:36.250 --> 01:37:37.885 AND THE STABILITY OF THEIR CAREERS, 01:37:37.952 --> 01:37:40.321 A CHOICE THAT NO CALIFORNIA SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE 01:37:40.654 --> 01:37:42.089 BY INVESTING IN CHILD CARE. 01:37:42.156 --> 01:37:43.857 WE AREN'T JUST SUPPORTING FAMILIES. 01:37:43.924 --> 01:37:45.459 WE ARE FUELING THE WORKFORCE 01:37:45.526 --> 01:37:47.561 THAT DRIVES OUR STATE'S ECONOMY FORWARD. 01:37:47.928 --> 01:37:48.762 AND LASTLY, 01:37:48.829 --> 01:37:50.898 YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE WORKING 01:37:50.965 --> 01:37:53.968 WITH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES TO ENSURE THE GOALS OF THE BILL 01:37:54.034 --> 01:37:56.637 TO ENSURE CHILD CARE IS RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER. 01:37:56.704 --> 01:37:58.239 IS MET WITH THAT. MR. 01:37:58.305 --> 01:38:00.574 CHAIR, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN EYE VOTE, AND WITH ME 01:38:00.641 --> 01:38:02.576 HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE 01:38:02.643 --> 01:38:03.143 IS CAUSE 01:38:03.210 --> 01:38:04.745 SAY TURN ON BEHALF 01:38:04.812 --> 01:38:07.514 OF THE COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. 01:38:07.581 --> 01:38:08.649 THANK YOU. 01:38:08.716 --> 01:38:09.516 BUT GO AHEAD 01:38:09.583 --> 01:38:10.951 VERY QUICKLY, TURN WITH THE COALITION 01:38:11.018 --> 01:38:13.387 OF CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE ORGANIZATION. 01:38:13.454 --> 01:38:16.156 THE PURPOSE IS TO REQUIRE COUNTIES TO PROCESS CHILD CARE 01:38:16.223 --> 01:38:18.158 WITHIN TEN DAYS OF REQUEST. 01:38:18.225 --> 01:38:22.596 COERCE CHILD CARE STARTS WHEN CALWORKS STARTS 01:38:24.732 --> 01:38:25.799 IT. NEVER. 01:38:25.866 --> 01:38:28.535 SO COUNTIES DO NOT DO REFERRALS. 01:38:30.271 --> 01:38:32.172 THEY DON'T ACTUALLY BEGIN SERVICES UNTIL THE COW WORKS. 01:38:32.239 --> 01:38:34.541 RECIPIENTS SUBMIT A FORM CALLED THE OVEN. 01:38:35.009 --> 01:38:36.110 THE PROBLEM IS THAT 01:38:36.176 --> 01:38:39.146 THERE IS NO TRUE LIKE TIMEFRAME FOR COUNTIES. 01:38:39.213 --> 01:38:41.048 THE PROCESS IS CHEAP, 01:38:41.115 --> 01:38:43.484 EVEN IF COUNTIES EARLY IN DOING THAT 01:38:43.550 --> 01:38:44.585 AND, THAT MEANS THAT CALWORKS 01:38:44.652 --> 01:38:48.088 RECIPIENTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CHILD CARE 01:38:48.555 --> 01:38:50.090 AND THEY CANNOT. 01:38:50.157 --> 01:38:52.860 THIS REQUIRES THAT COUNTIES A PROCESS ACTUALLY KEEP SEVEN 01:38:53.627 --> 01:38:54.261 OR EQUIVALENT 01:38:54.328 --> 01:38:56.330 FORM WITHIN TEN DAYS TO ALLOW THE CALWORKS FAMILIES 01:38:56.397 --> 01:38:58.932 TO QUICKLY ACCESS CHILD CARE AND MOVE FORWARD 01:38:58.999 --> 01:39:00.601 WITH THEIR WELFARE TO WORK PLANS. 01:39:00.668 --> 01:39:02.770 SO WHEN I WAS A STUDENT PARENT AT UC SANTA CRUZ, 01:39:02.836 --> 01:39:04.972 I HAD A TEN YEAR OLD AND A NEWBORN. 01:39:05.039 --> 01:39:08.108 I WENT TO THE CALL CENTER AND. 01:39:08.175 --> 01:39:10.811 THEY HANDED ME THE NOTICE AND NOT THE ACTUAL FORM, 01:39:10.878 --> 01:39:14.481 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY'S OBLIGATION IS CURRENTLY. AND 01:39:15.883 --> 01:39:16.917 AFTER HAVING TO NAVIGATE 01:39:16.984 --> 01:39:20.321 GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, NAVIGATING CHILD CARE, 01:39:20.988 --> 01:39:24.158 BEING THAT STUDENT PARENT AND BEING A FIRST GENERATION 01:39:24.224 --> 01:39:25.392 ESPECIALLY, IT'S 01:39:25.459 --> 01:39:27.661 HARD FOR YOU TO JUST NAVIGATE ALL THE MENTAL WORKLOAD. 01:39:28.462 --> 01:39:30.631 AND I THINK THIS EXPERIENCE ISN'T UNUSUAL. 01:39:30.698 --> 01:39:31.932 IN MY CASE ALONE. 01:39:31.999 --> 01:39:34.101 IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THERE'S A HUGE GAP 01:39:34.168 --> 01:39:35.069 THAT NEEDS TO BE CLOSED. 01:39:35.135 --> 01:39:37.738 AND THIS BILL ENSURES THAT THAT GAP IS CLOSED. 01:39:38.339 --> 01:39:39.840 THE COUNTY'S OBLIGATION IS CLEAR. 01:39:39.907 --> 01:39:42.276 TEN CALENDAR DAYS, IT'S PROCESS. 01:39:42.343 --> 01:39:43.410 IT'S IN THE SYSTEM. 01:39:43.477 --> 01:39:46.747 AND THEN, YEAH, IF I'M MY KID IS GOING TO SCHOOL, 01:39:46.980 --> 01:39:49.183 I'M ALREADY OF LIKE LOOKING FOR CHILDCARE OR WHATEVER. 01:39:49.450 --> 01:39:52.052 IT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO COME. 01:39:52.786 --> 01:39:56.156 SO WE BASICALLY URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR SUPPORT THIS. 01:39:56.223 --> 01:39:56.724 THANK YOU. 01:39:56.790 --> 01:39:57.825 OKAY. THANK YOU. 01:39:57.891 --> 01:39:59.093 HERE FOR TECHNICAL. 01:39:59.159 --> 01:40:00.894 YES, THANK YOU. 01:40:00.961 --> 01:40:03.697 BUT OTHERS IN SUPPORT WILL TAKE OTHERS IN SUPPORT HERE. 01:40:04.531 --> 01:40:06.633 PLEASE COME TO THE MIC. 01:40:09.770 --> 01:40:10.204 GOOD MORNING. 01:40:10.270 --> 01:40:10.571 THANK YOU. 01:40:10.637 --> 01:40:13.173 I'M NAOMI GAMEL WITH CHILD CARE LAW CENTER. 01:40:13.540 --> 01:40:16.710 AND WE DO SUPPORT THE INTENT OF THE BILL, 01:40:16.777 --> 01:40:19.012 BUT THERE ARE A FEW AMENDMENTS WE'D LIKE TO SEE, 01:40:19.079 --> 01:40:20.981 SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR 01:40:21.048 --> 01:40:22.316 ON THOSE AMENDMENTS. 01:40:22.383 --> 01:40:24.485 OKAY, THERE'S STILL TIME. OKAY. 01:40:24.551 --> 01:40:27.454 THANK YOU. 01:40:27.521 --> 01:40:29.022 ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO ANYONE? 01:40:29.089 --> 01:40:31.625 OPPOSITION. 01:40:35.729 --> 01:40:36.163 GOOD MORNING. 01:40:36.230 --> 01:40:37.998 AMANDA KIRCHNER, COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS. 01:40:38.065 --> 01:40:40.768 NOT OFFICIALLY IN OPPOSITION, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS. 01:40:40.834 --> 01:40:42.870 WE'VE BEEN IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE. 01:40:43.070 --> 01:40:45.406 WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT OVER THE BREAK 01:40:45.472 --> 01:40:47.207 AND I THINK WE'LL GET TO A RESOLUTION. 01:40:47.274 --> 01:40:48.876 OKAY. SOUNDS POSITIVE. 01:40:48.942 --> 01:40:50.110 I HAVE GOOD FEELING ABOUT THAT. 01:40:50.177 --> 01:40:52.646 OKAY. 01:40:52.713 --> 01:40:54.915 VICE-CHAIR AND WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. 01:40:54.982 --> 01:40:57.618 THAT'S LOVE. SERVING WITH A CHAIR THAT IS OPTIMISTIC. 01:40:58.619 --> 01:40:59.686 WE LOVE THAT. 01:40:59.753 --> 01:41:01.989 I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE BILL. 01:41:02.055 --> 01:41:03.657 TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER DAVIS, 01:41:03.724 --> 01:41:04.858 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 01:41:04.925 --> 01:41:08.762 WE ALWAYS WANT TO SEE STREAMLINING IN IN GOVERNMENT. 01:41:09.396 --> 01:41:11.665 WE CALL IT GOOD GOVERNMENT FOR A REASON. 01:41:11.732 --> 01:41:13.200 AND IT IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING 01:41:13.267 --> 01:41:15.569 WHEN WE CAN'T GET THE WORK AND THERE'S JUST SO 01:41:15.636 --> 01:41:17.271 MUCH PAPERWORK AND SO MUCH INFORMATION. 01:41:17.337 --> 01:41:18.238 THIS IS WHERE 01:41:18.305 --> 01:41:20.641 I'M A HUGE ADVOCATE OF THE USE OF 01:41:20.908 --> 01:41:24.077 I AM ENSURING THAT WE HAVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN 01:41:24.144 --> 01:41:27.214 ALL AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING THE WORK. 01:41:27.481 --> 01:41:30.184 AND I HOPE THAT THE POWERS THAT BE THAT ARE LISTENING, 01:41:30.250 --> 01:41:31.285 THAT THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD. 01:41:31.351 --> 01:41:32.553 AND IN A WAY WHERE WE ARE 01:41:32.619 --> 01:41:35.022 SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN AGES, DEPARTMENTS, 01:41:35.689 --> 01:41:37.191 UTILIZING A.I. 01:41:37.257 --> 01:41:38.625 IN A WAY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION 01:41:38.692 --> 01:41:40.894 SO THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING AND CREATING 01:41:40.961 --> 01:41:43.297 EXTENSIVE BUREAUCRATIC I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE I THINK 01:41:43.864 --> 01:41:47.334 THE TOOLS AT HAND COULD BE FULLY UTILIZED 01:41:47.401 --> 01:41:50.404 AND REALLY BENEFIT. 01:41:50.471 --> 01:41:52.239 CHASE CONSUMERS ARE NOT CONSUMERS. 01:41:52.306 --> 01:41:54.808 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO USE NOW. 01:41:54.875 --> 01:41:57.744 PERSONS RECEIVING ABLE TO QUALIFY 01:41:57.811 --> 01:42:00.581 FOR BENEFITS I GUESS IS THAT IS THAT WHAT THE TERM IS? 01:42:00.881 --> 01:42:04.384 I'M GOING TO BE VERY MINDFUL NOW IN HOW TO USE THOSE TERMS, BUT 01:42:04.651 --> 01:42:06.553 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD. 01:42:06.620 --> 01:42:11.558 I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE THE BILL FORWARD. 01:42:12.693 --> 01:42:12.926 THANK YOU. 01:42:12.993 --> 01:42:13.460 I'LL BE SUPPORTING 01:42:13.527 --> 01:42:17.130 BILL TO ECHO THE COMMENTS ABOUT STREAMLINING AND 01:42:18.365 --> 01:42:19.433 ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE, 01:42:19.500 --> 01:42:21.568 GETTING MONEY OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. SO THANK YOU. 01:42:21.635 --> 01:42:23.971 WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE. 01:42:24.204 --> 01:42:25.272 THANK YOU ALL. 01:42:25.906 --> 01:42:29.076 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM A SENATOR ABOUT 01:42:30.210 --> 01:42:31.912 THIS FOR FILE ITEM NINE. 01:42:31.979 --> 01:42:36.383 A 1746 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 01:42:36.450 --> 01:42:37.484 BECKER HI. 01:42:37.551 --> 01:42:40.687 BECKER, I A JOBURG METRO FOLK. I. 01:42:40.754 --> 01:42:43.190 LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER. 01:42:43.257 --> 01:42:44.324 PEARSON 01:42:46.627 --> 01:42:47.761 IT'S TWO ZERO. 01:42:47.828 --> 01:42:48.795 KEEP IT ON CALL. 01:42:48.862 --> 01:42:49.830 I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. 01:42:49.897 --> 01:42:55.602 ONE, TWO, IF THAT'S OKAY, IT'S A MIRACLE. 01:42:55.869 --> 01:42:58.438 THANK YOU FOR PATIENTLY 01:43:02.009 --> 01:43:02.943 YOUR TIME. 01:43:03.010 --> 01:43:04.211 THANK YOU, SIR. 01:43:05.312 --> 01:43:06.480 MAY I BEGIN? 01:43:06.547 --> 01:43:07.781 YES, GO AHEAD. 01:43:07.848 --> 01:43:09.216 GOOD MORNING, MR. 01:43:09.283 --> 01:43:11.552 CHAIR AND SENATOR SCHUBACH. 01:43:11.618 --> 01:43:14.454 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 1688. 01:43:15.255 --> 01:43:15.923 FIRST OF ALL, 01:43:15.989 --> 01:43:18.292 TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS BILL. 01:43:18.358 --> 01:43:20.427 AND I WILL BE ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. 01:43:20.494 --> 01:43:21.562 THANK YOU. 01:43:21.628 --> 01:43:22.829 HB 1688 01:43:22.896 --> 01:43:26.333 IS A MEASURE THAT WILL PROVIDE A GREATER DEGREE OF TRANSPARENCY 01:43:26.733 --> 01:43:29.636 AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ATTORNEYS AND GUARDIANS OF DEPENDENTS 01:43:29.703 --> 01:43:32.172 OF THE CALIFORNIA FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 01:43:32.239 --> 01:43:35.108 CURRENTLY, IN CASES OF SUSPICION OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT, 01:43:35.642 --> 01:43:37.911 ONLY THE ATTORNEYS OF CHILDREN SUSPECTED OF BEING ABUSED 01:43:37.978 --> 01:43:41.848 DIRECTLY ARE THE ONLY ALERTED OF THESE ALLEGATIONS. 01:43:42.482 --> 01:43:44.217 THIS CREATES A GAP IN REPORTING 01:43:44.284 --> 01:43:46.286 ALLOWING OTHER YOUTH IN THIS SAME FOSTER PLACEMENT 01:43:46.353 --> 01:43:49.489 TO POTENTIALLY BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME ABUSE OR NEGLECT. 01:43:50.190 --> 01:43:51.291 FOR CONTEXT, 01:43:51.358 --> 01:43:54.361 CHILDREN'S MEDIA REPORTS THAT SOME 68,000 CHILDREN MOVING 01:43:54.428 --> 01:43:57.030 IN AND OUT OF THE CALIFORNIA FOSTER CARE SYSTEM ANNUALLY, 01:43:57.564 --> 01:43:59.066 WITH MORE THAN HALF OF FOSTER YOUTH 01:43:59.132 --> 01:44:01.735 BEING HOUSED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 01:44:01.802 --> 01:44:04.237 WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, GENERALLY NEGLECT MADE UP 01:44:04.304 --> 01:44:10.043 TO 39.2% OF THE REFERRALS TO FOSTER HOME, WITH 19.4% 01:44:10.110 --> 01:44:12.346 BEING AT RISK DUE TO THEIR SIBLINGS BEING ABUSED 01:44:12.813 --> 01:44:16.083 AND 15.6% MORE PHYSICALLY ABUSED. 01:44:16.850 --> 01:44:21.054 IN A 2022 STUDY, IT WAS FOUND THAT 169 CHILDREN 01:44:21.121 --> 01:44:23.590 IN CALIFORNIA WERE VICTIMS OF ABUSE 01:44:23.657 --> 01:44:26.126 OR MALTREATMENT BY THEIR FOSTER PARENTS. 01:44:26.193 --> 01:44:29.396 NATIONALLY, SIX CHILDREN PASSED AWAY DUE TO THE ABUSE 01:44:29.463 --> 01:44:31.531 OR MALTREATMENT FROM THEIR FOSTER PARENTS. 01:44:32.132 --> 01:44:33.233 AS IT STANDS, 01:44:33.300 --> 01:44:36.103 THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PARENTS 01:44:36.169 --> 01:44:37.604 OR ATTORNEYS OF ALL THE CHILDREN 01:44:37.671 --> 01:44:39.773 IN THIS SAME PLACEMENT THAT THEIR CLIENT OR CHILD 01:44:39.840 --> 01:44:41.875 IS BEING HOUSED IN A FOSTER LOCATION 01:44:41.942 --> 01:44:43.810 WHERE ABUSE HAS OCCURRED. 01:44:43.877 --> 01:44:45.012 AND DUE TO THIS, 01:44:45.078 --> 01:44:46.246 TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE FALLING 01:44:46.313 --> 01:44:48.615 THROUGH THE CRACKS OF OUR STATE'S FOSTER SYSTEM 01:44:48.682 --> 01:44:49.116 BECAUSE OF 01:44:49.182 --> 01:44:51.918 THIS OVERSIGHT IN THE CHILD WELFARE REPORTING PROCESS. 01:44:52.519 --> 01:44:56.123 THIS IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE AB 1688 01:44:56.623 --> 01:44:59.226 TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION OF CHILDREN 01:44:59.292 --> 01:45:00.894 THAT MUST TRANSVERSE AND NAVIGATE 01:45:00.961 --> 01:45:02.963 THE COMPLEXITIES OF FOSTER CARE SYSTEM 01:45:03.330 --> 01:45:06.099 AND THEIR GUARDIANS THAT DEPEND ON THEM FOR SUPPORT 01:45:06.967 --> 01:45:07.768 IN ORDER TO CONTINUE 01:45:07.834 --> 01:45:10.237 PROTECTING FOSTER YOUTH THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. 01:45:10.704 --> 01:45:11.738 WE MUST ENSURE THAT THERE 01:45:11.805 --> 01:45:13.974 ARE EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS TO CLOSE THE HOLES 01:45:14.041 --> 01:45:15.475 IN OUR STATE'S SAFETY NET 01:45:15.542 --> 01:45:16.610 IN REPORTING ALLEGATIONS 01:45:16.677 --> 01:45:19.046 OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT IN FOSTER HOMES. 01:45:19.880 --> 01:45:22.149 THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WILL BE A CRITICAL STEP 01:45:22.215 --> 01:45:25.285 FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THAT WILL COME AFTER US 01:45:25.552 --> 01:45:27.954 ARE CARED FOR IN A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT. 01:45:28.722 --> 01:45:29.656 JOINING ME TO TESTIFY 01:45:29.723 --> 01:45:32.125 AND SUPPORT AND ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS IS ON QUEER, 01:45:32.192 --> 01:45:35.295 WHERE THIS CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER IS. 01:45:36.196 --> 01:45:37.330 WELL, THANK YOU. 01:45:37.397 --> 01:45:39.132 GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANNE QUIRK. 01:45:39.199 --> 01:45:40.734 I'M GOING TO PASS I'M A POLICY ATTORNEY 01:45:40.801 --> 01:45:43.103 WITH CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA, 01:45:43.170 --> 01:45:45.205 WHERE THE DEPENDENCY ATTORNEYS FOR CHILDREN IN THE CHILD 01:45:45.272 --> 01:45:48.442 WELFARE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES, SACRAMENTO AND PLACER 01:45:48.508 --> 01:45:51.445 COUNTIES IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD IN CALIFORNIA. 01:45:51.812 --> 01:45:53.547 WE HOLD A SPECIAL POSITION. 01:45:53.613 --> 01:45:56.683 WE ARE BOTH THEIR LAWYER AND THEIR CAPTIVE GUARDIAN AD LITEM 01:45:57.250 --> 01:45:59.219 OR IN SIMPLE TERMS, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE 01:45:59.286 --> 01:46:01.488 PEOPLE KNOW WHAT OUR CLIENT WANTS 01:46:01.555 --> 01:46:03.690 AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR SAFETY AND PROTECTION. 01:46:04.925 --> 01:46:05.625 FOR THIS REASON, WE 01:46:05.692 --> 01:46:08.829 ARE PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR R AB 1688, WHICH ADDRESSES 01:46:08.895 --> 01:46:12.132 A CRITICAL GAP IN CHILD SAFETY WITHIN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 01:46:13.166 --> 01:46:15.802 UNDER CURRENT LAW, IF THERE'S A REASONABLE SUSPICION 01:46:16.203 --> 01:46:18.939 THAT A CHILD HAS BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED WHILE IN FOSTER 01:46:19.005 --> 01:46:21.475 CARE, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD IS NOTIFIED. 01:46:22.809 --> 01:46:26.446 HB 1688 ADDS TWO IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS. 01:46:26.646 --> 01:46:29.549 IF THE ALLEGED MALTREATMENT IS SUBSTANTIATED 01:46:30.050 --> 01:46:32.919 OR THE CHILD IS MOVED FROM THE PLACEMENT DUE TO THE REPORT, 01:46:33.520 --> 01:46:34.588 NOTICE WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN 01:46:34.654 --> 01:46:37.858 TO THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD'S PARENTS AND THE CHILD'S TRIBE 01:46:38.558 --> 01:46:40.794 SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND QUICKLY GET THAT CHILD 01:46:40.861 --> 01:46:43.096 WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SAFE. 01:46:43.163 --> 01:46:45.532 SECONDLY, BECAUSE FOSTER PLACEMENTS 01:46:45.599 --> 01:46:47.734 USUALLY HAVE MORE THAN ONE CHILD IN THEM 01:46:48.235 --> 01:46:49.669 AND THOSE CHILDREN WILL HAVE DIFFERENT 01:46:49.736 --> 01:46:51.738 SOCIAL WORKERS, DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS, 01:46:51.805 --> 01:46:54.074 AND EVEN BE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTIES, 01:46:54.141 --> 01:46:55.842 NOTICE WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE ATTORNEYS 01:46:55.909 --> 01:46:58.311 OF THE OTHER CHILDREN IN THAT PLACEMENT AS WELL. 01:46:59.312 --> 01:46:59.679 THE FIRST 01:46:59.746 --> 01:47:00.580 CHILD'S PRIVACY IS 01:47:00.647 --> 01:47:03.150 PROTECTED, SO NO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS SHARED. 01:47:03.750 --> 01:47:05.585 BUT THIS NOTICE WILL ALERT THE ATTORNEYS, 01:47:05.652 --> 01:47:07.287 THE OTHER CHILDREN, TO GO CHECK IN 01:47:07.354 --> 01:47:10.290 WITH THEIR CLIENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. 01:47:10.357 --> 01:47:13.960 FOSTER CARE SHOULD PROVIDE SAFETY, NOT CAUSE MORE HARM. 01:47:15.061 --> 01:47:17.998 ABC 1688 ENSURES THAT ATTORNEYS HAVE THE INFORMATION 01:47:18.064 --> 01:47:20.634 THEY NEED TO ACT SWIFTLY AND PROTECT VULNERABLE CHILDREN. 01:47:21.301 --> 01:47:23.937 WE THINK ASSEMBLYMEMBER CARILLO, FOR AUTHORING THIS IMPORTANT 01:47:24.004 --> 01:47:27.741 MEASURE AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR VOTE. 01:47:28.175 --> 01:47:29.075 THANK YOU. 01:47:29.276 --> 01:47:31.278 OTHERS IN SUPPORT WITH OTHERS IN SUPPORT. 01:47:32.279 --> 01:47:33.180 WOULD YOU 01:47:34.915 --> 01:47:35.882 LIKE YOUR CHAIR AND MEMBERS? 01:47:35.949 --> 01:47:37.184 TREVOR NELSON OF THE CALIFORNIA 01:47:37.250 --> 01:47:41.221 ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES IN SUPPORT. 01:47:42.255 --> 01:47:43.089 THANK YOU. 01:47:43.156 --> 01:47:47.460 ANY OPPOSITION? 01:47:47.527 --> 01:47:50.430 SEE? NONE. WE'LL TAKE IT BACK. 01:47:50.664 --> 01:47:54.634 VICE-CHAIR ANY COMMENTS? 01:47:54.701 --> 01:47:55.502 OKAY. 01:47:56.670 --> 01:47:57.504 YEAH. TO MEET YOU. 01:47:57.571 --> 01:48:00.574 THIS IS A REALLY COMMON SENSE MEASURE. 01:48:01.775 --> 01:48:03.376 WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY I'M SURPRISED 01:48:03.443 --> 01:48:08.882 IT'S NOT HAPPENING ALREADY, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE. 01:48:08.949 --> 01:48:10.717 YOU'VE COME FORWARD WITH THIS TO. 01:48:10.784 --> 01:48:12.152 TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. 01:48:12.219 --> 01:48:13.653 I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL. 01:48:13.720 --> 01:48:15.088 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 01:48:15.155 --> 01:48:15.922 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 01:48:15.989 --> 01:48:19.359 AND THANK YOU, SENATOR SCHUBACH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 01:48:19.426 --> 01:48:21.027 OAK RESPECT RESTAURANT. 01:48:21.094 --> 01:48:24.064 ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR CHUBBUCK. 01:48:24.130 --> 01:48:28.168 PLEASE CALL WRONG FILE ITEM 7AB16, EIGHT, EIGHT. 01:48:28.235 --> 01:48:30.570 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 01:48:30.637 --> 01:48:34.541 BECKER ECKER I ATROPOS ATROPOS GUY 01:48:34.741 --> 01:48:37.677 LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON 01:48:38.945 --> 01:48:39.512 THANK YOU. 01:48:39.579 --> 01:48:42.048 207 CALL 01:48:47.053 --> 01:48:48.255 RODRIGUEZ, YOU HERE? 01:48:48.321 --> 01:48:48.722 GO AHEAD. 01:48:48.788 --> 01:48:49.823 YOU HAVE 01:48:55.595 --> 01:48:56.897 ACTUALLY TWO BILLS IN FRONT OF US. 01:48:56.963 --> 01:49:02.002 WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH 21, 95? 01:49:02.068 --> 01:49:03.169 YES. WHAT IS 2195? 01:49:03.236 --> 01:49:06.840 FIRST, THANK YOU 01:49:06.907 --> 01:49:09.209 AND GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 01:49:09.542 --> 01:49:12.212 I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR ANALYSIS. 01:49:12.712 --> 01:49:15.115 8020 195 THE WORK TO SUPPORT FAMILIES 01:49:15.181 --> 01:49:16.516 ACT BUILDS ON CALIFORNIA'S 01:49:16.583 --> 01:49:20.053 PREVIOUS EFFORT TO MODERNIZE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 01:49:20.120 --> 01:49:21.955 THIS BILL PREVENTS THE SUSPENSION 01:49:22.022 --> 01:49:24.858 OF AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FOR A PARENT WHO LOST CHILD SUPPORT. 01:49:24.925 --> 01:49:28.094 IF THAT PARENT IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS AT OR BELOW 70% 01:49:28.161 --> 01:49:31.364 OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, THE GOAL OF CHILD SUPPORT 01:49:31.431 --> 01:49:34.100 INVESTMENT IS TO ENSURE CHILDREN AND THE CUSTODIAL PARENT 01:49:34.167 --> 01:49:36.536 ARE RECEIVING CONSISTENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 01:49:36.603 --> 01:49:38.505 SUSPENDING A PARENT'S OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE 01:49:38.571 --> 01:49:40.573 TO WORK WILL. MAKE THAT GOAL UNREACHABLE. 01:49:41.374 --> 01:49:44.511 AB 2195 ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM BY FOCUSING LICENSE 01:49:44.577 --> 01:49:47.247 SUSPENSIONS ON CASES WHERE THEY ARE MOST APPROPRIATE, 01:49:47.514 --> 01:49:49.983 WHILE PROTECTING LOW INCOME PARENTS FROM THEIR JOBS. 01:49:50.517 --> 01:49:52.152 THIS BILL MAINTAINS LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT 01:49:52.218 --> 01:49:53.787 AGENCIES, OTHER ENFORCEMENT TOOLS. 01:49:55.322 --> 01:49:57.624 THE WORK TO SUPPORT FAMILIES ACT PRESERVES ACCOUNTABILITY 01:49:57.691 --> 01:49:59.592 WHILE KEEPING PARENTS CONNECTED TO WORK. 01:49:59.659 --> 01:50:01.361 I HAVE WITH ME TODAY REBECCA GONZALEZ 01:50:01.428 --> 01:50:03.496 WITH THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY 01:50:03.563 --> 01:50:05.265 AND STEVEN GOLDBERG FROM THE CALIFORNIA 01:50:05.332 --> 01:50:07.767 WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY 01:50:08.868 --> 01:50:17.110 NOT GOOD MORNING, SHARON MEMBERS. 01:50:17.177 --> 01:50:18.411 MY NAME IS REBECCA GONZALEZ 01:50:18.478 --> 01:50:20.046 FOR THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY. 01:50:20.113 --> 01:50:21.181 WE ARE PROUD 01:50:21.247 --> 01:50:25.151 CO-SPONSOR OF AB 2195 UNDER THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE 01:50:25.218 --> 01:50:26.853 IN CHILD SUPPORT COALITION, 01:50:26.920 --> 01:50:29.356 A COALITION OF MORE THAN 30 ORGANIZATIONS 01:50:29.422 --> 01:50:32.225 WORKING TO REFORM CALIFORNIA'S CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM 01:50:32.459 --> 01:50:35.261 SO IT BETTER SUPPORTS LOW INCOME CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 01:50:35.328 --> 01:50:37.564 AND HELPS REDUCE CHILD POVERTY. 01:50:37.630 --> 01:50:40.200 AT ITS CORE, CHILD SUPPORT IS ABOUT CHILDREN. 01:50:40.266 --> 01:50:42.469 IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE A CHILD BEING RAISED 01:50:42.535 --> 01:50:44.104 IN A SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD 01:50:44.170 --> 01:50:46.539 HAS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM BOTH PARENTS, SUPPORT 01:50:46.606 --> 01:50:47.774 THAT HELPS PAY FOR FOOD, 01:50:47.841 --> 01:50:51.411 RENT, TRANSPORTATION, CLOTHING AND BASIC STABILITY. 01:50:51.644 --> 01:50:56.016 AB 2195 ASKS A SIMPLE QUESTION ARE OUR ENFORCEMENT 01:50:56.082 --> 01:50:58.385 TOOLS HELPING DELIVER THAT SUPPORT TO CHILDREN? 01:50:58.451 --> 01:51:00.854 ARE THEY SOMETIMES MAKING IT HARDER? 01:51:00.920 --> 01:51:01.755 UNDER CURRENT LAW, 01:51:01.821 --> 01:51:04.691 WHEN A LOW INCOME PARENT FALLS BEHIND ON CHILD SUPPORT, 01:51:05.392 --> 01:51:07.927 CALIFORNIA CAN DENY OR SUSPEND THAT PARENT'S 01:51:07.994 --> 01:51:09.329 OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE. 01:51:09.396 --> 01:51:12.599 BUT FOR MANY, MANY PARENTS, THAT LICENSE IS VITAL. 01:51:12.665 --> 01:51:13.466 IT IS THEIR JOB 01:51:13.533 --> 01:51:16.970 AS A SECURITY GUARD, BARBER, MANICURIST, VOCATIONAL NURSE, 01:51:17.203 --> 01:51:19.339 OR IN ANOTHER LICENSED PROFESSION. 01:51:19.406 --> 01:51:21.908 WHEN WE SUSPEND LICENSE, WE ARE NOT CREATING MONEY 01:51:21.975 --> 01:51:22.575 FOR THE CHILD. 01:51:22.642 --> 01:51:24.811 WE MAY BE TAKING AWAY THAT PARENT'S PAYCHECK. 01:51:25.045 --> 01:51:26.112 WE MAY BE CAUSING THEM 01:51:26.179 --> 01:51:28.314 TO LOSE THEIR JOB, FALL FURTHER BEHIND, 01:51:28.381 --> 01:51:30.884 OR BE PUSHED OUT OF THE OCCUPATION THEY TRAIN FOR. 01:51:31.084 --> 01:51:34.454 THAT MAKES IT HARDER, NOT EASIER FOR SUPPORT TO REACH THE CHILD 01:51:34.521 --> 01:51:37.290 AND THE SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD DEPENDING ON IT. 01:51:37.557 --> 01:51:39.325 THE LEGISLATURE HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED 01:51:39.392 --> 01:51:43.263 THIS ISSUE THROUGH SB 1055 BY FORMER SENATOR CAM LUGAR. 01:51:43.530 --> 01:51:46.399 CALIFORNIA LIMITED DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS 01:51:46.466 --> 01:51:48.635 FOR LOW INCOME PARENTS WHO OWE CHILD SUPPORT. 01:51:49.035 --> 01:51:52.238 A.B., 2195 CONTINUES THAT EFFORT BY APPLYING THE SAME 01:51:52.305 --> 01:51:56.009 PRACTICAL, PRACTICAL PRINCIPLE TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES. 01:51:56.076 --> 01:51:58.044 IF THE GOAL IS TO GET RESOURCES TO CHILDREN, 01:51:58.111 --> 01:52:00.880 WE SHOULD NOT CUT OFF A LOW INCOME PARENTS ABILITY TO WORK. 01:52:01.147 --> 01:52:02.115 WE HAVE EVIDENCE 01:52:02.182 --> 01:52:05.185 THIS APPROACH WORKS IN ORANGE COUNTY, EVALUATION OF SB 01:52:05.251 --> 01:52:08.755 1055 FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON COLLECTIONS. 01:52:08.822 --> 01:52:12.058 IN FACT COLLECTIONS INCREASED, THE COUNTY ALSO SAW 01:52:12.125 --> 01:52:15.528 ADMINISTRATIVE SAVINGS EQUAL TO TWO FULL TIME CASEWORKERS. 01:52:16.162 --> 01:52:19.132 AB 2195 IS NOT ABOUT EXCUSING NONPAYMENT. 01:52:19.199 --> 01:52:20.900 IT PRESERVES ACCOUNTABILITY. 01:52:20.967 --> 01:52:24.137 IN RESPONSE TO PRIOR CONCERNS, THE AUTHOR AMENDED THE BILL 01:52:24.204 --> 01:52:25.772 TO ALLOW CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES 01:52:25.839 --> 01:52:29.375 TO REQUEST INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTATION OF A PARENT 01:52:29.442 --> 01:52:30.176 DOES NOT RESPOND. 01:52:30.243 --> 01:52:32.879 THE EXISTING SUSPENSION PROCESS MAY CONTINUE. 01:52:33.213 --> 01:52:35.181 CALIFORNIA HAS OTHER EFFECTIVE TOOLS 01:52:35.248 --> 01:52:37.750 TO COLLECT SUPPORT, INCLUDING WAGE GARNISHMENTS, 01:52:37.951 --> 01:52:41.721 TAX REFUND OFFSETS, BANK LEVIES, CREDIT REPORTING, PASSPORT 01:52:41.788 --> 01:52:43.723 ACTIONS AND INTEREST ON LATE PAYMENTS. 01:52:43.790 --> 01:52:45.492 I'M SORRY, I'M WRAPPING IT UP. 01:52:45.558 --> 01:52:46.726 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:52:46.793 --> 01:52:48.595 WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 01:52:48.661 --> 01:52:49.229 OKAY, GREAT. 01:52:49.295 --> 01:52:49.796 HEY, COACH. 01:52:49.863 --> 01:52:50.597 HEY, TURN WITH THE WEST 01:52:50.663 --> 01:52:53.266 OR THE COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. 01:52:53.533 --> 01:52:58.071 I'M READING TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE HAMPTON OF NICE. 01:52:58.138 --> 01:53:01.341 MY CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS BEGAN IN 1995, AND OVER TIME, 01:53:01.674 --> 01:53:03.276 AS I CANNOT PAY THE FULL AMOUNT, MY CHILD 01:53:03.343 --> 01:53:05.044 SUPPORT ARREARS JUST BALLOONED. 01:53:05.111 --> 01:53:07.947 MY DIET GOT SO HIGH THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS STUCK IN A HOLE. 01:53:08.014 --> 01:53:09.082 MY CHILDREN WERE IN THEIR THIRTIES 01:53:09.149 --> 01:53:11.417 AND HAD OVER 100,000 AND CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS. 01:53:11.684 --> 01:53:12.986 MOST OF THE INTEREST 01:53:13.052 --> 01:53:15.455 OVER THAT LAST DECADE I HAVE BEEN ON A FIXED INCOME. 01:53:15.855 --> 01:53:18.458 ALTHOUGH I WAS MAKING REGULAR PAYMENTS OF $50 A MONTH 01:53:18.791 --> 01:53:20.627 EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SO BECAUSE OF MY ARREARS, 01:53:20.693 --> 01:53:22.595 MY DRIVER'S LICENSE WOULD GET SUSPENDED. 01:53:22.662 --> 01:53:23.296 WHEN THIS HAPPENED, 01:53:23.363 --> 01:53:25.131 I CONTACTED THE DMV AND CHILD SUPPORT, 01:53:25.198 --> 01:53:28.001 BUT IT WAS HARD TO GET INTO CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT PERSON. 01:53:28.067 --> 01:53:29.636 ONCE I GOT INTO CONTACT WITH THEM, CHILD 01:53:29.702 --> 01:53:29.936 SUPPORT 01:53:30.003 --> 01:53:31.571 SAID THEY WOULD LIFT THE SUSPENSION, 01:53:31.638 --> 01:53:32.605 BUT SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE MONTHS 01:53:32.672 --> 01:53:34.574 TO GET MY LICENSE REINSTATED. 01:53:34.641 --> 01:53:36.109 THANKS TO AB 1055. 01:53:36.176 --> 01:53:36.809 I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 01:53:36.876 --> 01:53:38.878 MY LICENSE BEING SUSPENDED ANYMORE. 01:53:38.945 --> 01:53:40.847 I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, 01:53:40.914 --> 01:53:42.782 BUT ONCE I WAS MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY 01:53:42.849 --> 01:53:44.017 AND EMOTIONALLY BETTER, 01:53:44.083 --> 01:53:46.119 I WANTED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO LEARN A SKILL. 01:53:46.186 --> 01:53:47.120 SO I LOOKED INTO PROGRAMS 01:53:47.187 --> 01:53:48.955 THAT WOULD TRAIN ME TO BECOME A BARBER 01:53:49.022 --> 01:53:50.690 WHEN I FIRST RECEIVED MY BARBERING LICENSE. 01:53:50.757 --> 01:53:51.691 THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY 01:53:51.758 --> 01:53:53.893 SUSPENDED MY LICENSE BECAUSE OF MY ARREARS. 01:53:53.960 --> 01:53:55.295 I CALLED THEM BACK AND THEY FIXED IT. 01:53:55.361 --> 01:53:57.330 ABOUT ONE MONTH LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. 01:53:57.397 --> 01:53:59.532 I HAD TO CALL THEM BACK AND THEY LIFTED THE SUSPENSION. 01:53:59.799 --> 01:54:01.768 ABOUT TWO DAYS LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. 01:54:01.834 --> 01:54:03.803 THE PERSON I TALKED WITH KNEW THAT MY LICENSE 01:54:03.870 --> 01:54:05.405 KEPT GETTING SUSPENDED, BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING 01:54:05.471 --> 01:54:06.573 SHE COULD DO. 01:54:06.639 --> 01:54:08.508 I HAVE TO CALL, GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM, 01:54:08.575 --> 01:54:10.143 WAIT FOR THEM TO CALL ME BACK. 01:54:10.210 --> 01:54:12.378 SHE WOULD ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN SHE WOULD RELEASE 01:54:12.445 --> 01:54:13.146 A HOLD. 01:54:13.213 --> 01:54:14.514 THIS HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH I WAS MAKING 01:54:14.581 --> 01:54:16.883 REGULAR PAYMENTS AS THEY REQUIRED ME TO DO. 01:54:16.950 --> 01:54:17.784 IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT 01:54:17.850 --> 01:54:19.319 FOR ME TO ADDRESS MY CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS 01:54:19.385 --> 01:54:21.721 BECAUSE THEY HELD ME BACK FROM GROWING IN LIFE. 01:54:21.788 --> 01:54:23.856 I COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHILE I HAVE SUCH A BIG DEBT. 01:54:24.157 --> 01:54:24.757 OVER THE YEARS 01:54:24.824 --> 01:54:26.059 I HAD TALKED TO CHILD SUPPORT WORKERS 01:54:26.125 --> 01:54:28.228 AND, FAMILY LAW FACILITATORS ABOUT MY ARREARS, 01:54:28.561 --> 01:54:30.863 BUT NO ONE EVER TOLD ME ABOUT THE DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 01:54:31.297 --> 01:54:31.864 WHEN I WENT TO 01:54:31.931 --> 01:54:33.833 NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES, AN ATTORNEY TOLD ME 01:54:33.900 --> 01:54:35.635 ABOUT THE DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM, 01:54:35.702 --> 01:54:37.337 ABOUT THE DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 01:54:37.403 --> 01:54:38.204 WHEN I ASKED MY CHILD 01:54:38.271 --> 01:54:39.706 SUPPORT CASEWORKER ABOUT IT, SHE TOLD ME THAT 01:54:39.772 --> 01:54:42.075 IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM, 01:54:42.141 --> 01:54:44.310 ALI CHILD SUPPORT, I HAD TO FIRST AUDIT MY ACCOUNT, 01:54:44.811 --> 01:54:47.513 WHICH COULD TAKE UP TO YEAR ONCE THE AUDIT WAS COMPLETE. 01:54:47.580 --> 01:54:47.814 THANK YOU. 01:54:47.880 --> 01:54:49.882 THAT'S ABOUT 2 MINUTES. CAN YOU WRAP UP THE 01:54:49.949 --> 01:54:51.618 WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR IPHONE. 01:54:51.684 --> 01:54:52.919 MM HMM. 01:54:52.986 --> 01:54:54.487 GOOD TO HEAR THE PERSONAL CASE. 01:54:54.554 --> 01:54:57.090 IF WE HAVE TO STAY ON TIME HERE. OKAY. 01:54:57.156 --> 01:54:58.491 ARE THERE OTHERS IN SUPPORT? 01:54:58.558 --> 01:55:00.493 OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT HERE? 01:55:00.560 --> 01:55:04.163 WE DO. 01:55:04.230 --> 01:55:05.932 YES THEY ARE A BUNCH OF WITH END CHILD POVERTY. 01:55:05.999 --> 01:55:08.201 CALIFORNIA PROUD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. 01:55:08.968 --> 01:55:09.969 THANK YOU. 01:55:10.336 --> 01:55:11.738 ARE THERE OTHERS IN OPPOSITION? 01:55:11.804 --> 01:55:12.872 ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? I 01:55:16.743 --> 01:55:17.477 SEE NONE. 01:55:17.543 --> 01:55:19.646 TAKE IT BACK TO OUR CHAIR. 01:55:20.146 --> 01:55:26.653 YES. SO QUESTION QUESTIONS ON ON. 01:55:26.853 --> 01:55:29.656 THIS PARTICULAR BILL WOULD BE 01:55:29.722 --> 01:55:35.361 SO I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE BILL, 01:55:35.428 --> 01:55:40.066 WHICH MEANS THAT I WOULD IMPLY THAT WE WANT FOLKS TO WORK 01:55:40.133 --> 01:55:42.468 BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T WORK, WE TAKE THEIR LICENSE, 01:55:42.802 --> 01:55:45.838 HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES? 01:55:46.873 --> 01:55:49.242 SO I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THE PRINCIPLE. 01:55:49.309 --> 01:55:52.312 I DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH REGARDS TO 01:55:53.846 --> 01:55:56.082 WHAT OPTIONS DO DEPARTMENTS 01:55:56.149 --> 01:55:59.352 HAVE IN ORDER TO ENFORCE 01:56:01.954 --> 01:56:03.856 PARENTS TO ACTUALLY PAY CHILD SUPPORT. 01:56:03.923 --> 01:56:07.493 IF WE REMOVE EVERY SINGLE TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THAT. 01:56:07.794 --> 01:56:09.429 I WAS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF 01:56:09.495 --> 01:56:12.265 ENSURING THAT WE DON'T REMOVE LICENSES LIKE DRIVER'S LICENSE 01:56:12.332 --> 01:56:14.367 BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO WORK IN ORDER TO 01:56:14.434 --> 01:56:16.602 TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 01:56:17.103 --> 01:56:20.873 SO WHAT TOOLS ARE THERE TO HELP FOLKS ENFORCE 01:56:20.940 --> 01:56:24.243 LAWS, PARENTAL OBLIGATIONS FOR CHILD SUPPORT? 01:56:25.878 --> 01:56:26.446 WANT TO GO AHEAD. 01:56:26.512 --> 01:56:27.280 OKAY. 01:56:27.814 --> 01:56:31.284 SO THERE ARE VARIOUS TOOLS, SOME OF THE TOOLS 01:56:31.351 --> 01:56:35.955 SUCH AS WAGE GARNISHMENTS AND TAX REFUND OFFSETS. 01:56:36.222 --> 01:56:39.726 THOSE ARE REALLY VALUABLE BECAUSE THEY PUT MONEY DIRECTLY 01:56:39.792 --> 01:56:43.196 INTO THE HANDS OF THE CUSTODIAL PARENTS. 01:56:43.262 --> 01:56:46.432 SO THEY ACTUALLY GET THAT MONEY INSTEAD OF HARMING THE ABILITY 01:56:46.499 --> 01:56:49.902 OF THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT TO WORK AND TO GET THEM. 01:56:50.403 --> 01:56:52.572 YOU TO ACTUALLY PAY THEIR SUPPORT. 01:56:52.638 --> 01:56:55.808 THERE'S OTHER THINGS SUCH AS PASSPORTS. 01:56:57.110 --> 01:56:58.344 LET ME SEE. I HAVE THE FULL LIST. 01:56:58.411 --> 01:56:59.645 WAGE GARNISHMENTS, 01:56:59.712 --> 01:57:02.548 BANK LEVIES, CREDIT REPORTING, PASSPORT ACTIONS 01:57:02.615 --> 01:57:04.450 AND INTEREST ON LATE PAYMENTS. 01:57:04.517 --> 01:57:06.886 SO THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS IN THEIR TOOL SHED. 01:57:06.953 --> 01:57:08.988 AND WE JUST THINK THIS PARTICULAR ONE 01:57:09.222 --> 01:57:10.757 DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 01:57:10.823 --> 01:57:13.526 NO. AND I AND I, 01:57:13.926 --> 01:57:15.561 I AGREE ON THAT. ON THE PRINCIPLE. 01:57:15.628 --> 01:57:17.663 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE 01:57:17.730 --> 01:57:19.098 TOOLS TO ENFORCE 01:57:20.099 --> 01:57:23.269 THE THE OBLIGATION OF PAYING CHILD SUPPORT. 01:57:23.903 --> 01:57:26.372 AND I THINK THE THE OTHER CONCERN THAT WOULD HAVE HAD 01:57:26.439 --> 01:57:30.443 WOULD HAVE BEEN OR IT WOULD BE IF SELF-EMPLOYED 01:57:30.510 --> 01:57:35.081 IF YOU HAVE A LICENSE TO BE SELF-EMPLOYED, WHAT 01:57:35.148 --> 01:57:38.117 WHAT GUARANTEES DO WE HAVE THAT THEY DON'T? 01:57:38.184 --> 01:57:40.987 MY GUESS WOULD BE, EVEN FOR ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, 01:57:41.053 --> 01:57:41.821 PAY YOUR TAXES. 01:57:41.888 --> 01:57:44.657 BUT HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT THEY'RE FULLY REPORTING 01:57:44.724 --> 01:57:45.825 WHAT THEY'RE MAKING IN ORDER 01:57:45.892 --> 01:57:49.796 TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PAYING THEIR THEIR THEIR CHILD SUPPORT? 01:57:49.862 --> 01:57:52.165 SO THEY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH INCOME VERIFICATION. 01:57:52.231 --> 01:57:55.034 AND ACTUALLY, THE DEPARTMENT IS 01:57:55.101 --> 01:57:57.136 IS NOT AGAINST THIS BILL BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THIS 01:57:57.203 --> 01:57:58.104 AS AN OPPORTUNITY 01:57:58.171 --> 01:57:59.572 TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE PARENT 01:57:59.639 --> 01:58:02.809 IF THEY DO DO DECIDE TO PURSUE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS BILL, 01:58:02.875 --> 01:58:04.544 BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM THAT CHANCE 01:58:04.610 --> 01:58:07.146 TO VET THEIR INCOME AND SET UP PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS. 01:58:07.513 --> 01:58:07.980 OKAY. 01:58:08.047 --> 01:58:08.314 SO JUST 01:58:08.381 --> 01:58:09.749 I KNOW YOUR CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT 01:58:09.816 --> 01:58:11.851 AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THE TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL 01:58:12.051 --> 01:58:15.955 AND THEY ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 01:58:16.022 --> 01:58:16.556 FOR THEM. 01:58:16.622 --> 01:58:17.089 OKAY. 01:58:17.156 --> 01:58:19.525 THAT WAS MY MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS OKAY. 01:58:19.759 --> 01:58:19.992 YEAH. 01:58:20.059 --> 01:58:20.726 YOU DON'T WANT THEM 01:58:20.793 --> 01:58:23.563 DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM BE ABLE TO WORK 01:58:23.896 --> 01:58:24.297 ON THAT END? 01:58:24.363 --> 01:58:28.234 BUT THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN WOULD WOULD BE THE ENFORCEMENT PART. 01:58:28.301 --> 01:58:30.536 BUT THERE ARE STILL TOOLS. ABSOLUTELY. 01:58:30.603 --> 01:58:32.605 THAT CAN BE USED TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE 01:58:33.072 --> 01:58:35.007 BEING THEIR CHILD SUPPORT. 01:58:35.074 --> 01:58:38.044 AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE 01:58:38.110 --> 01:58:38.911 BILL AT THIS TIME. 01:58:40.112 --> 01:58:42.548 WE CAN'T MAKE A MOTION YET BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE. 01:58:42.615 --> 01:58:46.085 BUT WE WILL KEEP THIS ON CALL OR WE'LL WE'LL RETURN 01:58:46.152 --> 01:58:49.088 WHEN WE HAVE MORE MEMBERS ON OUR COMMITTEE. 01:58:49.155 --> 01:58:50.490 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 01:58:50.556 --> 01:58:52.225 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 01:58:52.291 --> 01:58:53.993 JUST WHEN PARENTS ARE ABLE TO WORK, 01:58:54.060 --> 01:58:55.428 THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 01:58:55.495 --> 01:58:57.263 SO WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU EITHER. 01:58:57.330 --> 01:59:07.673 THANK YOU. 01:59:07.740 --> 01:59:08.441 OKAY. 01:59:09.041 --> 01:59:11.410 SO YOU HAVE A SECOND BILL WITH US TODAY? YES. 01:59:11.477 --> 01:59:15.114 25, 67, 25, 67. 01:59:15.181 --> 01:59:17.717 FILE ITEM NUMBER 16, PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE READY. 01:59:17.984 --> 01:59:18.518 OKAY. 01:59:19.218 --> 01:59:19.685 THANK YOU. 01:59:19.752 --> 01:59:21.387 I WANT TO AGAIN THANK THE COMMITTEE 01:59:21.454 --> 01:59:24.090 FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS. A.B. 01:59:24.357 --> 01:59:27.393 2560 IS A SIMPLE BILL THAT HELPS FAMILIES IN CRISIS 01:59:27.460 --> 01:59:29.795 GET EMERGENCY RELIEF FROM COWARDS FASTER. 01:59:30.096 --> 01:59:31.664 SPECIFICALLY, IT REQUIRES COUNTIES 01:59:31.731 --> 01:59:33.699 TO DETERMINE IF FAMILIES A PARENT ELIGIBILITY 01:59:33.766 --> 01:59:36.102 FOR IMMEDIATE NEED AND TEMPORARY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE 01:59:36.168 --> 01:59:37.537 WITHOUT FIRST REQUIRING THE FAMILY 01:59:37.603 --> 01:59:39.105 TO APPLY FOR OTHER INCOME BENEFITS. 01:59:39.171 --> 01:59:40.973 THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING 01:59:41.040 --> 01:59:42.275 CALWORKS OR FAMILIES 01:59:42.341 --> 01:59:44.644 WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE OFTEN TURNING TO THE SAFETY NET 01:59:44.844 --> 01:59:47.146 DURING MOMENTS OF SERIOUS FINANCIAL CRISIS. 01:59:47.747 --> 01:59:49.448 CURRENT RULES CAN REQUIRE FAMILIES 01:59:49.515 --> 01:59:50.883 TO FIRST APPLY FOR OTHER BENEFITS, 01:59:50.950 --> 01:59:52.451 SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY, 01:59:52.518 --> 01:59:54.687 VETERANS BENEFITS OR STATE DISABILITY INSURANCE 01:59:54.921 --> 01:59:57.423 BEFORE EMERGENCY AID CAN BE ISSUED. 01:59:57.490 --> 02:00:00.092 THIS CAN TAKE TIME, AND THIS IS DURING AN EMERGENCY. 02:00:00.960 --> 02:00:03.930 APPLYING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS CAN REQUIRE INTERNET ACCESS. 02:00:03.996 --> 02:00:07.600 A PHONE, COMPUTER WORK HISTORY, BANK INFORMATION, ID AND TIME. 02:00:07.667 --> 02:00:09.869 FAMILIES IN CRISIS MAY NOT HAVE. 02:00:09.936 --> 02:00:13.105 THAT DELAY CAN MAKE EMERGENCIES WORSE, IMMEDIATE NEED 02:00:13.172 --> 02:00:13.639 AND TEMPORARY 02:00:13.706 --> 02:00:16.008 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ARE INTENDED TO KEEP FAMILIES STABILIZED 02:00:16.075 --> 02:00:18.210 BEFORE THEY FALL DEEPER INTO CRISIS. 02:00:18.678 --> 02:00:21.280 THIS BILL ADDRESSES THIS GAP BY REMOVING UNNECESSARY 02:00:21.347 --> 02:00:24.150 FRONT END BARRIERS TO EMERGENCY CALWORKS ASSISTANCE. 02:00:24.216 --> 02:00:26.586 THIS CHANGE ALLOWS COUNTIES TO EVALUATE A FAMILY'S 02:00:26.652 --> 02:00:28.454 IMMEDIATE NEED BASED ON ALL THE INFORMATION 02:00:28.521 --> 02:00:30.723 AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. 02:00:30.790 --> 02:00:34.293 TO BE CLEAR, EXISTING SAFEGUARDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. 02:00:34.360 --> 02:00:36.662 FAMILIES MUST STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR CASH WORKS, 02:00:36.729 --> 02:00:38.798 AND THEY MUST STILL APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT 02:00:38.864 --> 02:00:42.068 ALL AVAILABLE INCOME BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL AND ONGOING AID. 02:00:42.602 --> 02:00:45.838 I HAVE WITH ME AMANDA FROM ONE OF OUR SPONSORS, 02:00:45.905 --> 02:00:48.274 THE COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA, 02:00:48.507 --> 02:00:52.445 TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY AND SUPPORT. 02:00:52.511 --> 02:00:53.079 GOOD MORNING. 02:00:53.145 --> 02:00:55.514 AMANDA KIRCHNER COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 02:00:55.581 --> 02:00:57.883 WE'RE A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE BILL. 02:00:57.950 --> 02:00:58.784 WHEN OUR CALWORKS 02:00:58.851 --> 02:01:02.555 FAMILIES COME TO US, OBVIOUSLY BY DEFINITION ARE LOW INCOME. 02:01:02.822 --> 02:01:06.025 BUT WHEN WE HAVE A CRISIS MOMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE FACING 02:01:06.092 --> 02:01:09.395 AN EVICTION, THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH UTILITY BILL. 02:01:10.196 --> 02:01:12.064 ANY NUMBER OF THESE SITUATIONS OCCUR. 02:01:12.131 --> 02:01:14.367 THEIR CAR IS BROKEN DOWN SO THEY CAN'T GET TO WORK. 02:01:15.901 --> 02:01:17.303 THEY NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. 02:01:17.370 --> 02:01:19.438 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A PAPERWORK BARRIER 02:01:19.505 --> 02:01:23.242 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SHOW US THAT APPROVED AND APPLIED FOR 02:01:23.476 --> 02:01:25.411 ANY OTHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION, 02:01:25.478 --> 02:01:27.647 ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE EVICTIONS. 02:01:27.913 --> 02:01:29.949 IT'S VERY EASY FOR THEM TO LOSE THE DOCUMENTS 02:01:30.016 --> 02:01:32.184 THEY NEED TO PROVE TO US THAT THEY'VE APPLIED 02:01:32.251 --> 02:01:34.020 FOR THOSE TYPES OF INCOME, 02:01:34.086 --> 02:01:36.222 ESPECIALLY AROUND LIKE VETERANS BENEFITS. 02:01:36.288 --> 02:01:38.924 IF THEY LOST THEIR DUTY TO 14 IN AN EVICTION. 02:01:39.158 --> 02:01:42.094 AND THEN THEY HAVE TO SHOW US THAT THEY'VE APPLIED FOR IT, 02:01:42.361 --> 02:01:44.130 BUT THEY STILL NEED TO GET A NEW ONE. 02:01:44.196 --> 02:01:46.132 IT JUST DELAYS ALL OF THE PROCESS 02:01:46.198 --> 02:01:48.567 WHEN AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY REALLY ARE ALREADY ELIGIBLE 02:01:48.634 --> 02:01:49.735 FOR CASH WORKS. 02:01:49.802 --> 02:01:51.971 THEY JUST SOME PAPERWORK TO SHOW US. 02:01:52.038 --> 02:01:53.406 AND SO WHAT THIS LETS US DO 02:01:53.472 --> 02:01:56.208 IS MOVE THAT PAPERWORK TO THE TO THE BACK END 02:01:56.542 --> 02:01:58.010 INSTEAD OF THE FRONT END. 02:01:58.077 --> 02:01:59.178 AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET THEM 02:01:59.245 --> 02:02:02.615 THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS JUST ABOUT $200 IN CASH BENEFIT 02:02:02.682 --> 02:02:05.818 AND THEN SOME TEMPORARY HOUSING SUPPORT FOR A HOUSING VOUCHER. 02:02:06.485 --> 02:02:07.687 AND IT'S ONLY FOR 16 DAYS. 02:02:07.753 --> 02:02:08.954 IT'S NOT LONG TERM. 02:02:09.021 --> 02:02:11.557 IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING TO GET THEM STABILIZED 02:02:11.824 --> 02:02:14.226 WHILE THE CAL WORKS APPROVAL GOES THROUGH 02:02:14.293 --> 02:02:16.495 AND THEY MEET ALL THE OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 02:02:16.562 --> 02:02:18.164 SO IT STREAMLINES OUR WORKLOAD. 02:02:18.230 --> 02:02:20.466 IT'S BETTER FOR OUR CLIENTS AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 02:02:20.733 --> 02:02:22.401 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 02:02:22.468 --> 02:02:22.735 ALL RIGHT. 02:02:22.802 --> 02:02:26.972 WELL, NOW CONTINUE WITH ANY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT HERE. 02:02:27.173 --> 02:02:29.375 PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME. 02:02:29.442 --> 02:02:31.877 YOU'RE THE NATION IN YOUR POSITION ON THE BILL. 02:02:32.411 --> 02:02:33.879 MEXICAN SONA HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY 02:02:33.946 --> 02:02:34.947 OF HUMBOLDT IN SUPPORT 02:02:36.982 --> 02:02:37.683 CLOSELY TURN WITH THE 02:02:37.750 --> 02:02:40.152 COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT 02:02:41.821 --> 02:02:43.289 REBECCA GONZALEZ WESTERN 02:02:43.355 --> 02:02:46.392 CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY AND SUPPORT 02:02:46.459 --> 02:02:48.194 JOSH GALLAGHER ON BEHALF OF THE RIVERSIDE 02:02:48.260 --> 02:02:56.302 COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT. 02:02:56.368 --> 02:02:56.702 OKAY. 02:02:56.769 --> 02:02:58.437 SEE, NO OTHER WITNESSES IN 02:02:58.504 --> 02:03:03.509 SUPPORT WILL NOT CONTINUE WITH ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. 02:03:03.576 --> 02:03:05.478 SHE NO LEAD OPPOSITION. 02:03:05.544 --> 02:03:06.846 DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 02:03:06.912 --> 02:03:09.315 WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPPOSITION? 02:03:09.381 --> 02:03:12.084 SEE, NOW WE'RE NOW CAN BRING IT BACK 02:03:12.151 --> 02:03:14.820 TO THE DAIS AND I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE. 02:03:15.321 --> 02:03:23.195 ISN'T THAT FUN? 02:03:23.262 --> 02:03:23.796 OKAY. 02:03:23.863 --> 02:03:27.833 SO I THINK THE THE ONE CONCERN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 02:03:27.900 --> 02:03:31.670 IF THEY CAN I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE POSSIBLE 02:03:31.737 --> 02:03:35.007 DOUBLE DIPPING. 02:03:35.074 --> 02:03:38.244 WOULD THERE BE A POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING THE EMERGENCY 02:03:38.310 --> 02:03:41.547 ASSISTANCE BEFORE APPLICANTS PURSUE THEIR AVAILABLE BENEFITS? 02:03:41.614 --> 02:03:44.583 MAY INCREASE THE STATE COST AND DUPLICATE AVAILABLE, 02:03:44.650 --> 02:03:47.019 ESPECIALLY IN THE ERA OF EFFORTS IN HOLD 02:03:47.086 --> 02:03:49.555 TO HOLD FRAUD ACCOUNTABLE ALL WHILE THE STATE GRAPPLES 02:03:49.622 --> 02:03:50.756 WITH FISCAL DEFICITS. SO 02:03:52.291 --> 02:03:52.525 IS THERE A 02:03:52.591 --> 02:03:54.293 POSSIBILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, 02:03:54.360 --> 02:03:56.629 AS YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD, THAT THERE COULD BE 02:03:56.695 --> 02:03:58.831 AN ISSUE OR PROBLEM WITH LITERALLY DOUBLE 02:03:58.898 --> 02:04:01.400 DIPPING IN OTHER AREAS ON THIS WITH THIS 02:04:01.700 --> 02:04:05.304 IN THIS PARTICULAR SPACE, OF COURSE. 02:04:05.604 --> 02:04:07.506 SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, 02:04:07.573 --> 02:04:10.509 THEY STILL HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR REGULAR CALWORKS 02:04:10.576 --> 02:04:11.977 ELIGIBILITY FOR INCOME 02:04:12.044 --> 02:04:14.213 AND TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR US 02:04:14.413 --> 02:04:15.481 JUST SORT OF DETERMINE 02:04:15.548 --> 02:04:17.349 THE AMOUNT OF INCOME THEY WOULD GET, 02:04:17.416 --> 02:04:19.985 NOT WHETHER THEY WOULD GET IT MORE THAN ONCE OR AGAIN. 02:04:20.319 --> 02:04:22.688 THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IS A SMALL AMOUNT. 02:04:22.755 --> 02:04:25.057 IT'S NOT PART OF THEIR TYPICAL CALWORKS ALLOTMENT. 02:04:25.858 --> 02:04:28.394 AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SORT OF ISSUES WHERE WE THINK 02:04:28.460 --> 02:04:30.462 IT WAS SOME SORT OF FRAUDULENTLY ENGAGED, 02:04:30.529 --> 02:04:32.765 NOTHING IN THE BILL CHANGES ANY OF OUR PROCESSES 02:04:33.032 --> 02:04:34.767 FOR ANY FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS. 02:04:35.868 --> 02:04:36.702 I WILL SAY 02:04:36.769 --> 02:04:39.305 ANECDOTALLY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WE TRACK 02:04:39.705 --> 02:04:41.373 BECAUSE IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A DENIAL, 02:04:41.440 --> 02:04:41.774 IT'S JUST 02:04:41.841 --> 02:04:43.976 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO APPLY FOR IT 02:04:44.043 --> 02:04:46.078 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION. 02:04:46.145 --> 02:04:48.814 BUT WHAT WE HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM OUR ELIGIBILITY WORKERS 02:04:49.081 --> 02:04:52.218 IS THAT ALMOST ALWAYS BECAUSE THEY ALREADY GENERALLY 02:04:52.284 --> 02:04:53.953 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CALWORKS, 02:04:54.019 --> 02:04:56.522 THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 02:04:57.189 --> 02:04:58.090 OKAY. 02:04:58.390 --> 02:05:01.560 IF THAT'S THE CASE, I, I, I TRUST YOU 02:05:02.094 --> 02:05:10.836 AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE BILL. 02:05:10.903 --> 02:05:11.036 ALL RIGHT. 02:05:11.103 --> 02:05:13.239 WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON BOTH THESE BILLS 02:05:14.506 --> 02:05:18.878 AND DIDN'T GET TO COME COMMENT TOO MUCH ON ON THE LICENSE BILL. 02:05:18.944 --> 02:05:21.914 BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE INTENT THERE. AND 02:05:24.016 --> 02:05:26.252 AND WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THAT ONE AS WELL. 02:05:27.453 --> 02:05:28.554 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE 02:05:28.621 --> 02:05:31.123 WILL HAVE A MOTION ON THIS FROM OUR VICE-CHAIR 02:05:32.691 --> 02:05:35.628 AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING 27 AS WELL. 02:05:35.694 --> 02:05:37.396 SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE 02:05:37.463 --> 02:05:40.699 MAYBE 25, 67 INCHES THAT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS 02:05:40.766 --> 02:05:41.700 THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED? 02:05:41.767 --> 02:05:42.835 QUICKLY, CLEARLY 02:05:42.902 --> 02:05:45.437 AND NOW AND HELP FAMILIES WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST. 02:05:46.272 --> 02:05:48.841 THIS BILL IS SPONSORED BY A NUMBER OF FOLKS 02:05:49.241 --> 02:05:51.977 AND WE GRATEFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 02:05:52.745 --> 02:05:53.379 ALL RIGHT. 02:05:53.445 --> 02:05:57.249 WELL, WE WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR CHUBBUCK. 02:05:57.316 --> 02:06:02.054 PLEASE CALL THEM ON FILE ITEM 16 AB 2567. 02:06:02.121 --> 02:06:04.556 MOTION DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 02:06:04.623 --> 02:06:07.259 BECKER HI. BECKER I XIAOBO. 02:06:07.593 --> 02:06:11.063 CHO POLK I LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER. 02:06:11.130 --> 02:06:13.899 PEARSON ARE TWO ZERO. 02:06:13.966 --> 02:06:15.034 SO THAT WAS ON CALL. 02:06:15.100 --> 02:06:17.469 WE HAVE A MOTION ON 02:06:17.536 --> 02:06:19.838 BILL NUMBER 15. 02:06:19.905 --> 02:06:20.973 I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. 02:06:21.040 --> 02:06:22.474 OKAY. EXCELLENT. 02:06:22.541 --> 02:06:25.477 WE HAVE A MOTION THEN ON AB 2195. 02:06:25.811 --> 02:06:28.847 THANK YOU. YEAH, PLEASE 02:06:30.482 --> 02:06:32.117 FILE ITEM 15 AB 02:06:32.184 --> 02:06:36.322 2195 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 02:06:36.388 --> 02:06:36.989 BECKER. 02:06:37.056 --> 02:06:40.225 HI BECKER, I ACTUALLY BROKE A CHOP GUY. 02:06:40.292 --> 02:06:42.294 LAIRD PEREZ. 02:06:42.361 --> 02:06:46.532 WEBBER PEARSON. 02:06:46.598 --> 02:06:46.765 ALL RIGHT. 02:06:46.832 --> 02:06:49.735 THAT WAS TWO ZERO AS WELL ON CALL. 02:06:49.802 --> 02:06:54.807 EXCUSE ME, SHE SAID I REMEMBER PATTERSON. 02:06:54.873 --> 02:06:55.607 ZUBER. 02:06:55.674 --> 02:06:56.275 OH, OKAY. 02:06:56.342 --> 02:06:59.111 SORRY. IN OUR FIVE LETTER ORDER, 02:06:59.178 --> 02:07:00.045 THEY'RE PULLING RANK. 02:07:00.112 --> 02:07:00.913 I'M SORRY. 02:07:00.980 --> 02:07:04.149 I'M SORRY, SIR. 02:07:04.216 --> 02:07:14.393 I'M SORRY. 02:07:14.460 --> 02:07:24.670 I DON'T SEE. 02:07:24.737 --> 02:07:25.070 OKAY. 02:07:25.137 --> 02:07:30.009 WELCOME SOME MEMBERS BR IN FILE A FILE ORDER PLEASE GO AHEAD. 02:07:30.075 --> 02:07:31.944 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 02:07:32.011 --> 02:07:34.980 I'M PROUD TODAY TO PRESENT AB 1967, 02:07:35.047 --> 02:07:36.348 WHICH WILL PROMOTE BETTER OUTCOMES 02:07:36.415 --> 02:07:39.284 FOR OLDER YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND INSTABILITY. 02:07:40.586 --> 02:07:43.122 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS OFTEN EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS 02:07:43.188 --> 02:07:45.624 FOR REASONS THAT ARE DISTINCT FROM THE ADULT POPULATION. 02:07:45.991 --> 02:07:47.726 THEIR EPISODES OF HOMELESSNESS MAY FOLLOW 02:07:47.793 --> 02:07:49.762 SIGNIFICANT FAMILY INSTABILITY OR EXIT 02:07:49.828 --> 02:07:51.930 FROM INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS SUCH AS JUVENILE. 02:07:52.164 --> 02:07:53.799 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 02:07:53.866 --> 02:07:56.435 IN OTHER CASES, YOUTH MAY HAVE LEFT THE CHILD 02:07:56.502 --> 02:07:58.537 WELFARE SYSTEM THROUGH ADOPTION OR GUARDIANSHIP, 02:07:58.604 --> 02:08:00.272 ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION 02:08:00.339 --> 02:08:02.341 THAT IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OR EVEN UNSAFE. 02:08:02.808 --> 02:08:04.243 YOUTH WHO LEAVE THEIR SITUATIONS 02:08:04.309 --> 02:08:06.512 CAN BECOME HOMELESS OR EXPLOITED WITHIN WEEKS, 02:08:06.879 --> 02:08:10.182 DISPROPORTIONATELY LGBTQ PLUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. 02:08:10.249 --> 02:08:11.016 THESE YOUTH 02:08:11.083 --> 02:08:12.785 ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE AND YET CURRENT 02:08:12.851 --> 02:08:14.720 LAW IS LEAVING THEM BEHIND. 02:08:14.787 --> 02:08:17.156 YOUTH WHO ARE UNHOUSED AND LIVING IN A YOUTH SHELTER 02:08:17.222 --> 02:08:19.858 OR GROUP HOME ARE OFTEN UNABLE TO ENTER THE CHILD 02:08:19.925 --> 02:08:22.061 WELFARE SYSTEM THROUGH SELF PETITION. 02:08:22.127 --> 02:08:24.430 WHEN THESE YOUTH SELF PETITIONED, THE COUNTY 02:08:24.830 --> 02:08:27.433 OFTEN ONLY INVESTIGATES THE SHELTER OR GROUP HOME 02:08:27.499 --> 02:08:28.233 THAT THEY'RE TEMPORARILY 02:08:28.300 --> 02:08:31.670 LIVING IN AND CONSIDERS THEM TO BE IN A STABLE SITUATION. 02:08:32.137 --> 02:08:33.238 THIS ASSESSMENT, 02:08:33.305 --> 02:08:35.207 THE REALITY OF THE YOUTH SITUATION 02:08:35.274 --> 02:08:37.776 AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY MAY HAVE LEFT BEHIND 02:08:38.010 --> 02:08:38.811 WHEN THEY BECOME 02:08:38.877 --> 02:08:40.546 WHEN THEY BECAME UNHOUSED 02:08:40.612 --> 02:08:42.414 FOUR UNHOUSED YOUTH WHO NEED THE SUPPORT OF 02:08:42.481 --> 02:08:43.449 THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. 02:08:43.515 --> 02:08:44.716 THIS BILL ENSURES 02:08:44.783 --> 02:08:45.984 THAT COUNTY SOCIAL WORKERS 02:08:46.051 --> 02:08:48.420 REVIEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE HOME OF THE YOUTH, 02:08:48.687 --> 02:08:51.256 NOT JUST THE YOUTH SHELTER OR THE GROUP HOME. 02:08:51.490 --> 02:08:54.059 THEY MAY BE TEMPORARILY LIVING WHEN DETERMINING 02:08:54.126 --> 02:08:56.361 IF THEY NEED TO ENTER THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. 02:08:56.728 --> 02:08:58.464 THIS GIVES THEM A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE. 02:08:58.530 --> 02:08:59.898 THIS GIVES THE SOCIAL WORKERS 02:08:59.965 --> 02:09:02.534 A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE INSTABILITY A YOUTH MAY BE 02:09:03.535 --> 02:09:05.370 AND WHY THEY NEED SERVICES. 02:09:05.437 --> 02:09:07.906 THIS BILL ALSO ENSURES THAT THESE YOUTH CAN PETITION 02:09:07.973 --> 02:09:08.574 THE COURT 02:09:08.640 --> 02:09:09.641 IF THE ASSIGNED COUNTY 02:09:09.708 --> 02:09:11.777 SOCIAL WORKER DOES NOT RESPOND TO THEIR SELF. 02:09:11.844 --> 02:09:14.880 PETITION AND GIVES THE COURT JURISDICTION TO OPEN A JUVENILE 02:09:14.947 --> 02:09:18.083 DEPENDENCY CASE FOR YOUTH WHO LEFT AN ADOPTIVE HOME. 02:09:18.150 --> 02:09:20.686 THIS BILL ELIMINATES BARRIERS SO THAT THEY CAN ENTER 02:09:21.019 --> 02:09:22.721 ENTER EXTENDED FOSTER CARE 02:09:22.788 --> 02:09:23.489 WHEN THEIR GUARDIAN 02:09:23.555 --> 02:09:25.891 OR ADOPTIVE PARENT IS NO LONGER PROVIDING SUPPORT 02:09:26.125 --> 02:09:28.660 BUT IS STILL RECEIVING FINANCIAL BENEFITS ON THEIR BEHALF. 02:09:29.161 --> 02:09:31.630 REENTRY INTO FOSTER CARE ALLOWS A YOUTH TO REGAIN 02:09:31.697 --> 02:09:33.165 ACCESS, HOUSING, CASE 02:09:33.232 --> 02:09:36.235 MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND EDUCATION SUPPORTS 02:09:36.435 --> 02:09:38.770 AND PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS AND LONG TERM HARM. 02:09:38.837 --> 02:09:41.406 OLDER YOUTH DESERVE A SAFE PATH INTO FOSTER CARE. 02:09:41.640 --> 02:09:43.242 WHEN ABUSE OR NEGLECT OCCURS, 02:09:43.308 --> 02:09:44.042 WHETHER THEY'RE ENTERING 02:09:44.109 --> 02:09:46.311 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THEIR OWN PETITION OR RETURNING 02:09:46.378 --> 02:09:48.847 BECAUSE AN ADOPTIVE PARENT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTING THEM. 02:09:49.248 --> 02:09:50.816 HB 1967 CONTINUES. 02:09:50.883 --> 02:09:51.083 THE WORK 02:09:51.150 --> 02:09:53.185 THAT I STARTED IN THIS SPACE SEVERAL YEARS AGO 02:09:53.252 --> 02:09:54.253 AND ENSURES THAT OLDER YOUTH 02:09:54.319 --> 02:09:56.088 HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. 02:09:56.155 --> 02:09:57.990 I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 02:09:58.056 --> 02:09:58.457 AND WITH ME 02:09:58.524 --> 02:10:01.393 TODAY ARE KIM LEWIS ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA COALITION 02:10:01.460 --> 02:10:04.229 YOUTH, AND ZACHARIAH KENDALL, SENIOR POLICY 02:10:04.296 --> 02:10:06.865 ATTORNEY WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, 02:10:06.932 --> 02:10:08.133 BOTH CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL. 02:10:09.368 --> 02:10:10.135 OKAY, THANK YOU. 02:10:10.202 --> 02:10:12.104 YOU EACH HAVE A 2 MINUTES. 02:10:12.171 --> 02:10:12.638 GREAT. THANK YOU. 02:10:12.704 --> 02:10:14.873 KIM LEWIS REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR YOUTH. 02:10:15.240 --> 02:10:16.475 AND I THINK MOST FOLKS ARE VERY FAMILIAR 02:10:16.542 --> 02:10:17.643 WITH THE CPS HOTLINE 02:10:17.709 --> 02:10:19.144 CALL AS A PROCESS OF HOW 02:10:19.211 --> 02:10:21.547 YOU WOULD NORMALLY BRING A YOUNG PERSON INTO CHILD 02:10:21.613 --> 02:10:23.715 WELFARE AND CALL IT THE ATTENTION OF SOCIAL WORKERS. 02:10:24.049 --> 02:10:26.652 BUT THE WORK AT 329 331 PROCESS 02:10:26.718 --> 02:10:28.720 HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. 02:10:28.787 --> 02:10:31.623 AND WE ARE JUST AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SELF PETITION TODAY 02:10:31.690 --> 02:10:32.124 WE ARE TRYING 02:10:32.191 --> 02:10:33.725 TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 02:10:33.792 --> 02:10:35.194 THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH MANY TIMES 02:10:35.260 --> 02:10:37.629 THAT ARE GETTING IGNORED IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES 02:10:37.696 --> 02:10:39.531 AND NOT GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE. 02:10:39.598 --> 02:10:43.435 SO THEY FILE THEIR JB 210 THAT THEY OUTLINE. 02:10:43.502 --> 02:10:44.636 WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY ARE 02:10:44.703 --> 02:10:46.004 MEETING OF HER ABUSE OF NEGLECT? 02:10:46.071 --> 02:10:48.173 WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF ABUSE NEGLECT. 02:10:48.240 --> 02:10:50.175 THAT IS A DIFFERENT SECTION, THE CODE 02:10:50.242 --> 02:10:51.677 AND WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THAT AT ALL. 02:10:51.743 --> 02:10:54.680 WE ARE JUST SAYING TO ASK, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION 02:10:54.746 --> 02:10:56.949 THE HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT THE CUSTODIAL PARENTS HAVE 02:10:57.015 --> 02:10:58.584 WHERE THAT YOUNG PERSON COMES FROM. 02:10:58.650 --> 02:10:59.985 THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SOCIAL WORKER 02:11:00.052 --> 02:11:01.420 TO ALSO NOT JUST A PLACE 02:11:01.486 --> 02:11:02.688 WHERE THE YOUNG PERSON'S RESIDING, 02:11:02.754 --> 02:11:04.790 WHICH MAY BE ONE OF OUR MINOR SHELTERS 02:11:04.856 --> 02:11:06.758 AND THE OTHER PORTION OF THE BILL, 02:11:06.825 --> 02:11:09.461 WHEN IF A SOCIAL WORKER DEEMS TO NOT BRING 02:11:10.562 --> 02:11:11.997 PULL PAPERS, TO BRING THAT YOUNG PERSON 02:11:12.064 --> 02:11:14.132 IN FRONT OF THE COURT, TO BRING THEM INTO THE CHILD 02:11:14.199 --> 02:11:17.035 WELFARE, AND THE YOUNG PERSON CAN APPEAL THAT PROCESS. 02:11:17.102 --> 02:11:20.672 RIGHT NOW IN THE CODE IN 331, THERE IS NO TIMELINE 02:11:20.973 --> 02:11:25.410 FOR WHEN THE JUDGE MUST ACT ON THAT PETITION AND THAT JB TO 12. 02:11:25.877 --> 02:11:28.146 AND SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS GREAT. 02:11:28.213 --> 02:11:30.582 WE'VE SEEN SOME TIMES WHERE 14 DAYS CAN BE MET, 02:11:30.949 --> 02:11:34.486 OFTENTIMES IT'S 50, 60, WORST CASE, 300 DAYS 02:11:34.886 --> 02:11:37.189 FOR A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS BEING ABUSED, NEGLECTED. 02:11:37.256 --> 02:11:40.058 THAT IS A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO BE IGNORED 02:11:40.325 --> 02:11:42.894 AND TO NOT HAVE THEIR ACTIONS MET UPON. 02:11:43.195 --> 02:11:46.732 SO WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE JUDGE TO RULE ON THIS 02:11:46.798 --> 02:11:47.666 IN A TIMELY MANNER. 02:11:47.733 --> 02:11:50.269 SO THEN THAT PETITION GOES BEFORE THE COURT 02:11:50.502 --> 02:11:53.338 WHERE YOU WOULD COMMENCE WHAT IS CALLED A DETENTION PROCESS. 02:11:53.672 --> 02:11:55.374 AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT TRIGGERS 02:11:55.440 --> 02:11:58.610 THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND DUE PROCESS AND APPLICATION 02:11:58.677 --> 02:12:01.046 AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO 02:12:01.113 --> 02:12:02.948 BRINGING YOUNG PERSON INTO CHILD WELFARE. 02:12:03.015 --> 02:12:04.616 AND IT IS STILL A LENGTHY PROCESS. 02:12:04.683 --> 02:12:07.686 IT DOES NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY HAPPEN THAT DAY. 02:12:07.753 --> 02:12:09.988 SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT SECTIONS ONE 02:12:10.055 --> 02:12:12.291 AND TWO OF THE BILL REALLY ARE ABOUT, 02:12:12.357 --> 02:12:14.159 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 02:12:16.094 --> 02:12:16.495 THANK YOU. 02:12:16.561 --> 02:12:17.696 I'M ZAKARIA KANDA 02:12:17.763 --> 02:12:19.798 WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, 02:12:19.865 --> 02:12:23.135 WE SERVE YOUTH WHO EXPERIENCE POVERTY, ABUSE OR NEGLECT, 02:12:23.201 --> 02:12:25.337 WHICH CAN INCLUDE YOUTH AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES. 02:12:25.404 --> 02:12:27.973 AND SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SECTION THREE OF THE BILL. 02:12:28.040 --> 02:12:30.542 ADOPTION IS NOT ALWAYS THE PERMANENT SAFETY 02:12:30.609 --> 02:12:31.943 NET THAT WE HOPE IT TO BE. 02:12:32.010 --> 02:12:32.978 WHEN AN ADOPTION BREAKS 02:12:33.045 --> 02:12:34.346 DOWN, A YOUNG PERSON 02:12:34.413 --> 02:12:36.581 CAN LOSE THEIR HOUSING AND SUPPORT OVERNIGHT 02:12:37.082 --> 02:12:38.116 AND UNDER CURRENT LAW, 02:12:38.183 --> 02:12:40.886 A YOUTH CAN BE LOCKED OUT OF EXTENDED FOSTER CARE ENTIRELY 02:12:41.186 --> 02:12:43.522 IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY REENTER BEFORE 02:12:43.588 --> 02:12:45.257 TURNING 18. 02:12:45.624 --> 02:12:47.025 THE WORST CASE SCENARIO CAN HAPPEN 02:12:47.092 --> 02:12:49.194 WHEN THE ADOPTIVE PARENT IS STILL COLLECTING 02:12:49.561 --> 02:12:52.197 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PAYMENTS, EVEN WHILE PROVIDING 02:12:52.264 --> 02:12:54.499 NO YOUTH OR NO SUPPORT TO THE YOUTH. 02:12:55.434 --> 02:12:56.935 AND WE SAW THIS WITH 02:12:57.002 --> 02:13:00.272 MANY CLIENTS, BUT ONE OF THEM, ALEX, WAS A CHILD ADOPTED 02:13:00.339 --> 02:13:04.109 AT TWO YEARS OLD BY HIS AUNT AND UNCLE AND KICKED OUT AT 17. 02:13:04.176 --> 02:13:06.211 JUST MONTHS BEFORE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, 02:13:06.712 --> 02:13:08.513 ALEX WANTED GO TO COLLEGE. 02:13:08.580 --> 02:13:11.550 HIS UNCLE, COMING FROM A LEGACY OF FAMILY MILITARY SERVICE, 02:13:11.950 --> 02:13:13.752 INSISTED ALEX ENLIST IN THE MILITARY. 02:13:13.819 --> 02:13:17.122 INSTEAD, ALEX SIMPLY REMAINED COMMITTED 02:13:17.189 --> 02:13:19.858 TO PURSUING HIS EDUCATION, AND FOR THIS HE WAS CUT OFF. 02:13:20.392 --> 02:13:23.662 MEANWHILE, MEANWHILE, ALEX'S ADOPTIVE PARENTS CONTINUED 02:13:23.729 --> 02:13:25.831 TO RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS 02:13:25.897 --> 02:13:28.300 WITHOUT PASSING THAT SUPPORT ON TO ALEX. 02:13:28.367 --> 02:13:30.502 DESPITE BEING HOMELESS IN THOSE FINAL MONTHS, ALEX 02:13:30.569 --> 02:13:34.539 COUCH SURFED, STAYED FOCUSED, AND HE GRADUATED WITH A 3.5 GPA. 02:13:35.273 --> 02:13:37.008 BUT THE SYSTEM HAD NO 02:13:37.075 --> 02:13:40.045 FOR HIM TO GET SUPPORT BY REENTERING FOSTER CARE. 02:13:40.579 --> 02:13:43.782 NO MORE SHOULD SHOULD THE FLOW OF THOSE AP PAYMENTS 02:13:44.216 --> 02:13:46.885 GO TO UNSUPPORTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS. 02:13:46.952 --> 02:13:51.156 AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE A YOUTH A BARRIER FOR YOUTH LIKE ALEX 02:13:51.823 --> 02:13:53.125 TO REENTERING FOSTER CARE 02:13:53.191 --> 02:13:54.893 AND GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. 02:13:54.960 --> 02:13:58.663 ABBY, 1967, WOULD HAVE HELPED ALEX BY ALLOWING HIM TO REENTER 02:13:58.730 --> 02:14:00.799 FOSTER CARE UNDER THE SECTION THREE OF THIS BILL 02:14:01.500 --> 02:14:02.934 WITH A VOLUNTARY REENTRY AGREEMENT 02:14:03.001 --> 02:14:05.937 THAT TRIGGERS THE SUSPENSION OF THOSE AP PAYMENTS, 02:14:06.004 --> 02:14:08.240 AND THIS REFOCUSES THE SUPPORT WHERE IT SHOULD BE. 02:14:08.306 --> 02:14:09.875 AND THAT'S ON THE YOUTH. 02:14:09.941 --> 02:14:12.477 THANK YOU. 02:14:12.544 --> 02:14:13.512 OKAY, THANK YOU. 02:14:13.578 --> 02:14:18.683 ARE THERE OTHERS IN SUPPORT, NICOLE? 02:14:18.750 --> 02:14:21.319 MORE OR LESS. ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN NOW IN STRONG SUPPORT, 02:14:22.921 --> 02:14:24.489 MICHAEL HENNING ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA 02:14:24.556 --> 02:14:29.294 ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES, SUPPORT. 02:14:29.361 --> 02:14:32.531 DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSITION OPPOSITION WITNESSES, 02:14:34.433 --> 02:14:35.200 WOULD YOU. 02:14:35.934 --> 02:14:36.835 YEAH. FROM THE MIC. 02:14:36.902 --> 02:14:37.169 GO AHEAD. 02:14:37.235 --> 02:14:39.271 WE EACH HAVE 2 MINUTES 02:14:40.739 --> 02:14:41.306 TO OUR MEMBERS. 02:14:41.373 --> 02:14:42.474 MY NAME IS GREG BIRCH 02:14:42.541 --> 02:14:43.241 WITH THE CALIFORNIA 02:14:43.308 --> 02:14:46.077 FAMILY COUNCIL REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES 02:14:46.445 --> 02:14:47.746 AND CHURCHES. 02:14:47.813 --> 02:14:50.916 WE SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AB 1967 02:14:50.982 --> 02:14:54.219 RELATED TO PROTECTING AGE OUT FOSTER YOUTH. 02:14:54.286 --> 02:14:56.621 HOWEVER, WE ARE GRAVELY CONCERNED 02:14:56.688 --> 02:15:01.026 WITH THE CHANGES OF SECTIONS 329 AND 331. 02:15:01.293 --> 02:15:04.329 FIRST, THE BILL DOES NOT JUST AFFECT HOMELESS CHILDREN, 02:15:04.796 --> 02:15:08.834 IT DISRUPTS THE PARENT CHOSEN RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT A CHILD. 02:15:09.468 --> 02:15:13.038 THE BILL SPEEDS UP THE MINOR INITIATED DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS 02:15:13.104 --> 02:15:16.274 AGAINST THE FAMILY WITHOUT NOTICE TO THE PARENTS 02:15:17.008 --> 02:15:19.444 AFFIDAVITS BY A MANDATORY ASSESSMENT, 02:15:19.511 --> 02:15:22.981 THE PARENT'S HOME AND A 14 DAY CLOCK ON THE COURT. 02:15:23.482 --> 02:15:26.284 AND IT ADDS NOT ONE PROTECTION FOR THE PARENT. 02:15:26.751 --> 02:15:27.486 AND IT DOES NOT 02:15:27.552 --> 02:15:30.889 EVEN THE PARENTS BE TOLD THEIR HOME IS UNDER REVIEW. 02:15:31.556 --> 02:15:34.726 WHAT WORRIES US THE MOST IS THAT THE AUTHOR SAYS HE WANTS 02:15:34.793 --> 02:15:39.097 TO PROTECT LGBTQ YOUTH FROM ABUSE OF PARENTS. 02:15:39.164 --> 02:15:41.066 BUT HOW DOES ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, 02:15:42.834 --> 02:15:44.503 HOW DOES ASSEMBLYMAN 02:15:44.569 --> 02:15:47.239 THE DEFINE ABUSE 02:15:47.305 --> 02:15:48.473 UNDER THE UNDEFINED 02:15:48.540 --> 02:15:52.544 SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DAMAGE STANDARD IN SECTION 300 C, 02:15:52.811 --> 02:15:55.714 WE BELIEVE THE ASSEMBLYMAN WOULD TREAT A PARENT'S FAITH 02:15:55.780 --> 02:15:58.583 BASED DECISION NOT AFFIRM 02:15:58.783 --> 02:16:02.354 A GENDER IDENTITY OF A CHILD AS ITS SELF HARM. 02:16:02.787 --> 02:16:06.324 AND IF TRUE, HB 1967 BUILDS 02:16:06.391 --> 02:16:10.562 A FAST, FASTER TRACK ON WHICH THE CLAIM 02:16:11.596 --> 02:16:13.164 CAN TRAVEL. 02:16:13.231 --> 02:16:15.767 LAST YEAR, THE SUPREME COURT HELD THE OPPOSITE 02:16:16.201 --> 02:16:18.904 IN A MAHMOOD VERSUS TAYLOR, THE COURT AFFIRMED 02:16:18.970 --> 02:16:21.840 THAT PARENTS, NOT THE STATE, HOLD THE PRIMARY 02:16:22.974 --> 02:16:25.977 RIGHT TO DIRECT THE RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING OF THEIR CHILDREN. 02:16:26.278 --> 02:16:27.846 THE STATE DOES NOT GET TO RE 02:16:27.913 --> 02:16:31.683 LABEL A SINCERELY RELIGIOUS CONVICTION AS ABUSE 02:16:31.950 --> 02:16:34.152 JUST BECAUSE IT DISAGREES WITH IT. 02:16:34.219 --> 02:16:36.788 WE ASKED FOR THREE AMENDMENTS CONFIRMED. 02:16:36.855 --> 02:16:38.990 THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF YOU CAN START TO WRAP UP. 02:16:39.057 --> 02:16:40.559 JUST DO YOUR THING. OKAY. 02:16:40.625 --> 02:16:43.628 THE AMENDMENTS WE WANT TO TO CONFIRM 02:16:43.828 --> 02:16:47.365 THAT RELIGIOUS BELIEF IN GOOD FAITH PARENTING DECISIONS, 02:16:47.432 --> 02:16:50.135 GENDER IDENTITY ARE NOT IN THEMSELVES ABUSE. 02:16:51.002 --> 02:16:53.738 SO IF THIS BILL IS NOT AIMED AT PEOPLE OF FAITH, 02:16:53.805 --> 02:16:55.674 THIS AMENDMENT WILL COST NOTHING. 02:16:55.740 --> 02:16:57.342 WE ASK FOR THEM TO BE ACCEPTED. 02:16:57.409 --> 02:16:58.376 THANK YOU. 02:16:58.443 --> 02:17:03.748 THANK YOU, AARON. 02:17:03.815 --> 02:17:05.984 FRIDAY, PRESIDENT OF OUR DUTY. 02:17:06.051 --> 02:17:08.753 THIS BILL IS PART OF THE LEFT'S AGENDA TO REPLACE 02:17:08.820 --> 02:17:11.656 PARENTS WITH GOVERNMENT GUARDIANS. 02:17:11.923 --> 02:17:12.991 LAW AFTER LAW. 02:17:13.058 --> 02:17:18.263 SB 127895786658495. 02:17:18.330 --> 02:17:20.031 AB 1955 02:17:20.098 --> 02:17:23.602 DESIGNED TO TAKE PARENTS TAKE TAKE KIDS FROM PARENTS LIKE ME. 02:17:24.269 --> 02:17:27.472 MY DAUGHTER ADOPTED A TRANS IDENTITY AFTER SEX ED CLASS 02:17:27.772 --> 02:17:29.174 WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN 02:17:29.240 --> 02:17:32.277 SOCIALLY TRANSITIONING HER, I DEMANDED IT TO STOP. 02:17:32.611 --> 02:17:35.780 THEN CPS KNOCKED AT MY DOOR, FOLLOWED BY THE POLICE. 02:17:36.147 --> 02:17:38.817 MY CRIME WAS THAT I WAS RAISING HER AS A GIRL. 02:17:39.284 --> 02:17:41.319 SHE LATER ASKED TO BE EMANCIPATED 02:17:41.620 --> 02:17:45.390 AND THAT SHE WOULD GO LIVE IN AN LGBTQ CENTER. 02:17:45.824 --> 02:17:48.460 THE ONLY REASON THAT I DID NOT LOSE HER IS BECAUSE I'M 02:17:48.526 --> 02:17:49.494 AN ATTORNEY. 02:17:49.561 --> 02:17:52.263 THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO SHE IS NOW AN ADULT. 02:17:52.664 --> 02:17:53.465 HAVING DROPPED HER 02:17:53.531 --> 02:17:57.002 TRANS IDENTITY BEFORE SHE DID REVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO HER BODY, 02:17:57.602 --> 02:18:01.039 99% OF THE WORLD WOULD CELEBRATE MY DAUGHTER'S OUTCOME. 02:18:01.272 --> 02:18:04.509 BUT MEMBERS LIKE THE AUTHOR WISH THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD LEFT 02:18:04.576 --> 02:18:07.412 HOME, FOUND A CHOSEN FOSTER FAMILY 02:18:07.612 --> 02:18:10.348 AND PUMPED HER BODY WITH CROSS-SEX HORMONES. 02:18:10.415 --> 02:18:12.484 THAT IS WHAT THIS BILL IS ABOUT. 02:18:12.951 --> 02:18:16.655 THE AUTHOR'S OWN WITNESS, ZAKARIYA OQUENDO, ADMITTED TO ME 02:18:16.721 --> 02:18:20.091 THAT HE AND THE AUTHOR BELIEVE THAT PARENTS WHO ARE RAISING 02:18:20.158 --> 02:18:24.462 THEIR GENDER DYSPHORIC CHILD AS THEY'RE SEX ARE ABUSIVE. 02:18:24.863 --> 02:18:29.300 THIS BILL CREATES AN EXPEDITED METHOD FOR KIDS TO CLAIM 02:18:29.968 --> 02:18:33.405 AND ESCAPE THEIR LOVING PARENTS, EVEN IF THEY ARE IN 02:18:33.471 --> 02:18:34.706 AN INAPPROPRIATE, 02:18:34.773 --> 02:18:38.543 SAFE, THERAPEUTIC PLACEMENT OR BOARDING SCHOOL. 02:18:39.077 --> 02:18:42.981 PARENTS WHO REFUSE TO TRANSITION THEIR KIDS MUST BE PUNISHED. 02:18:43.281 --> 02:18:45.183 THEY MUST BE INVESTIGATED. 02:18:45.250 --> 02:18:47.152 THEY MUST LOSE CUSTODY. 02:18:47.218 --> 02:18:49.688 YOU MUST ADD TO THE RANKS FOSTER CARE. 02:18:50.088 --> 02:18:53.358 THIS BILL DOESN'T PROTECT ABUSED CHILDREN, BUT STREAMLINES 02:18:53.425 --> 02:18:57.062 THE PROCESS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONTROL OVER CHILDREN. 02:18:57.295 --> 02:18:59.097 SHOULD A PARENT DARE 02:18:59.164 --> 02:19:02.734 THE CHILD'S MEDICAL TREATMENT CONTRARY TO THE TRANSGENDER? 02:19:03.234 --> 02:19:05.537 I'M HERE FOR ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS, TOO. 02:19:05.603 --> 02:19:07.939 THANK YOU. 02:19:08.239 --> 02:19:08.573 THANK YOU. 02:19:08.640 --> 02:19:17.115 OTHERS IN OPPOSITION. 02:19:17.182 --> 02:19:18.116 GOOD MORNING, JARROD. 02:19:18.183 --> 02:19:19.217 MY NAME IS DAVID BALOG. 02:19:19.284 --> 02:19:21.619 AND ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, AS OF THE 02:19:21.686 --> 02:19:23.488 THE CALIFORNIA MOMS FOR LIBERTY, TAXPAYER 02:19:23.555 --> 02:19:26.057 OVERSIGHTS FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS, THE TRUTH EXCHANGE 02:19:26.458 --> 02:19:28.526 AND THE FACTS LAW, TRUTH, JUSTICE, LAW FIRM. 02:19:28.593 --> 02:19:31.496 WE ARE IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 02:19:33.098 --> 02:19:34.232 MATTHEW WARD, SCHOOL BOARD 02:19:34.299 --> 02:19:35.934 MEMBER FOR GOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 02:19:36.000 --> 02:19:37.836 AND I OPPOSE THE BILL. THANK YOU. 02:19:37.902 --> 02:19:40.739 THANK YOU. OKAY. 02:19:40.805 --> 02:19:48.146 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON OUR VICE CHAIR. 02:19:48.213 --> 02:19:51.282 I SHOULD HAVE HAD LUNCH BEFORE THIS. 02:19:51.349 --> 02:19:52.317 GET ALONG HERE ALREADY. 02:19:52.384 --> 02:19:53.918 IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. 02:19:53.985 --> 02:19:58.623 OKAY, SO LET'S SEE. 02:19:58.690 --> 02:20:00.024 WHERE DO WE BEGIN? 02:20:00.759 --> 02:20:04.562 LET'S BEGIN BY TRYING TO FIND 02:20:06.498 --> 02:20:11.102 WHEN A MINOR IS 02:20:12.737 --> 02:20:15.140 CURRENTLY WANTING TO 02:20:16.274 --> 02:20:19.544 IS JUST FOR EMANCIPATION TO REMOVE FROM A HOUSING 02:20:20.044 --> 02:20:22.580 COMPONENT, WHEREVER THAT MAY BE TOWARDS 02:20:22.647 --> 02:20:25.784 ABUSE. 02:20:25.850 --> 02:20:26.751 WHAT IS THAT? 02:20:26.818 --> 02:20:28.920 WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF 02:20:30.155 --> 02:20:33.057 OF NEGLECT OR ABUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW? 02:20:33.124 --> 02:20:36.861 WHAT IS THAT CONSIDERED ABUSE OR NEGLECT? 02:20:36.928 --> 02:20:38.963 WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WHAT WOULD TRIGGER? 02:20:39.030 --> 02:20:39.664 CAN I SAY SOMETHING? 02:20:39.731 --> 02:20:40.698 AND THEN I'D LIKE THEM TO 02:20:40.765 --> 02:20:42.801 ACTUALLY GET INTO THE EXPERTS GETTING DETAILS. 02:20:42.867 --> 02:20:43.802 SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS BILL 02:20:43.868 --> 02:20:47.639 IS NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE STANDARDS RELATED TO 02:20:48.807 --> 02:20:49.774 ABUSE OR NEGLECT. 02:20:49.841 --> 02:20:51.976 IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE STANDARDS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 02:20:52.043 --> 02:20:53.945 SO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THESE OPPONENTS 02:20:54.012 --> 02:20:57.048 ABOUT, THE STANDARDS BEING CHANGED IS NOT. 02:20:57.682 --> 02:20:59.117 SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT STANDARD? 02:20:59.184 --> 02:21:01.553 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE, IS THE 02:21:02.554 --> 02:21:04.255 THE ABUSE AND NEGLECT. 02:21:04.322 --> 02:21:07.759 SO WHAT WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW? 02:21:09.294 --> 02:21:11.696 THE DEFINITION OF ABUSE NEGLECT IS DEFINED IN WELFARE 02:21:11.763 --> 02:21:12.530 INSTITUTION CODE. 02:21:12.597 --> 02:21:16.334 SECTION 300 IS EXPLICIT IN THE CODE ABOUT MULTIPLE 02:21:16.401 --> 02:21:19.003 DIFFERENT INSTANCES, SO ABOUT WHAT THAT ENTAILS. 02:21:19.070 --> 02:21:21.105 SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS IN THERE. 02:21:21.172 --> 02:21:22.307 SO COULD YOU EXCUSE ME? 02:21:22.373 --> 02:21:24.943 I DON'T I HAVEN'T READ THE CODE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT 02:21:25.009 --> 02:21:26.244 THAT, WHAT THAT DEFINITION WOULD BE. 02:21:26.311 --> 02:21:26.444 YEAH. 02:21:26.511 --> 02:21:29.113 WELL, I MEAN IT'S A VERY EXPANSIVE DEFINITION, 02:21:29.180 --> 02:21:30.782 SO I DON'T HAVE THAT COMPLETELY MEMORIZED. 02:21:30.849 --> 02:21:33.918 BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A PARAPHRASE VERSION THAT IT INCLUDES 02:21:33.985 --> 02:21:35.286 FORMS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, 02:21:35.353 --> 02:21:39.457 SEXUAL VIOLENCE, EMOTIONAL ABUSE, MENTAL ABUSE, 02:21:40.024 --> 02:21:42.360 FINANCIAL OR OTHER COERCIVE FORMS OF ABUSE. 02:21:42.627 --> 02:21:44.329 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF ABUSE 02:21:44.395 --> 02:21:46.564 OR NEGLECT, ABANDONMENT, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT 02:21:47.332 --> 02:21:50.001 SITUATIONS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THOSE VARIOUS CATEGORIES. 02:21:50.668 --> 02:21:54.205 I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE OPPOSITION WAS EXPLICITLY 02:21:54.272 --> 02:21:56.908 GETTING AT AND HOW THEY VIEW THEIR 02:21:57.609 --> 02:22:01.546 DIFFERENCES WITH THE STATE'S DIRECTION ON POLICY AROUND 02:22:02.313 --> 02:22:04.749 EMOTIONAL ABUSE, POTENTIALLY OR SOME OTHER FORM OF ABUSE 02:22:04.816 --> 02:22:06.885 THAT MAY BE IN THOSE CASES. 02:22:07.118 --> 02:22:09.520 BUT THIS BILL DOESN'T TOUCH ON ANY OF THOSE. 02:22:09.587 --> 02:22:10.655 AND SO, 02:22:10.922 --> 02:22:13.524 YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SITS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE 02:22:13.591 --> 02:22:14.893 IN THAT IN THIS CONTEXT. 02:22:14.959 --> 02:22:15.260 OKAY. 02:22:15.326 --> 02:22:17.161 SO LET ME LET ME ASK A LITTLE BIT. 02:22:17.228 --> 02:22:19.430 SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED IS 02:22:20.965 --> 02:22:24.335 NOT NOT USING AFFIRMING PRONOUNS. 02:22:24.402 --> 02:22:26.137 WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED EMOTIONAL? 02:22:26.204 --> 02:22:29.707 WOULD THAT FALL UNDER THE EMOTIONAL, 02:22:29.774 --> 02:22:33.144 PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE OR NEGLECT? 02:22:33.578 --> 02:22:35.513 I THINK IT IS A CASE BY CASE BASIS, 02:22:35.580 --> 02:22:37.181 AND THAT ALL GETS DETERMINED IN THE COURT. 02:22:37.248 --> 02:22:41.452 I MEAN, THEY CONSIDER ALL OF THE FACTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THOSE 02:22:42.253 --> 02:22:44.522 OF THOSE INCIDENTS OR THOSE CASES, WHATEVER 02:22:44.589 --> 02:22:47.292 THE ALLEGATIONS UNDERNEATH THOSE ARE REPORTING. 02:22:47.558 --> 02:22:48.559 SO I COULDN'T 02:22:48.626 --> 02:22:51.029 SPEAK THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CONTEXT OF A 02:22:51.095 --> 02:22:52.363 SPECIFIC CASE. 02:22:52.430 --> 02:22:54.532 SO THIS IS WHERE I DON'T THINK DOING THIS. 02:22:54.599 --> 02:22:57.535 THEY SAY, IS IT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE ANY OF THOSE STANDARDS. 02:22:57.602 --> 02:22:59.671 THIS IS THE BILL THAT THEY'RE RAISING OF 02:23:00.638 --> 02:23:03.541 ISSUES RELATED TO THEIR VIEWS OF THESE STANDARDS. 02:23:03.841 --> 02:23:05.109 BUT THIS BILL DOES NOT DO ANYTHING 02:23:05.176 --> 02:23:06.110 TO CHANGE THE STANDARDS. 02:23:06.177 --> 02:23:09.681 ALL THIS BILL DOES IS IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE 02:23:09.747 --> 02:23:10.548 IF YOU HAVE A CHILD 02:23:10.615 --> 02:23:11.449 THAT IS ACTUALLY SELF 02:23:11.516 --> 02:23:12.617 PETITIONING TO COME BACK 02:23:12.684 --> 02:23:16.287 INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND THEY'RE IN A TEMPORARY 02:23:17.188 --> 02:23:20.925 FACILITY OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A SHELTER, 02:23:20.992 --> 02:23:21.826 THEY MAY 02:23:21.893 --> 02:23:23.494 THEY MAY BE UNHOUSED, THEY MAY BE IN A SHELTER, 02:23:23.561 --> 02:23:25.596 THEY MAY BE IN SOME KIND OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. 02:23:25.897 --> 02:23:28.666 THAT WHEN YOU'RE ASSESSING WHETHER OR NOT THEY AT HARM, 02:23:28.967 --> 02:23:31.436 YOU DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE POINT IN TIME AND SAY, 02:23:31.502 --> 02:23:33.771 DO THEY HAVE A ROOF OVER THE HEAD THAT NIGHT 02:23:33.838 --> 02:23:35.106 BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER 02:23:35.173 --> 02:23:36.774 THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES 02:23:36.841 --> 02:23:39.043 OF THEIR HOUSING, THEIR PHYSICAL SITUATION. 02:23:39.110 --> 02:23:40.011 THAT'S ALL THE BILL DOES. 02:23:41.012 --> 02:23:42.280 AND I THINK. 02:23:42.347 --> 02:23:44.248 WELL, WITH THAT IN MIND. 02:23:44.315 --> 02:23:46.884 BUT YOU'RE TAKING EVERYTHING CONSIDERATION. 02:23:46.951 --> 02:23:50.054 I THINK BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE STREAMLINING THE PROCESS 02:23:50.121 --> 02:23:53.091 AND REMOVING THE ABILITY TO 02:23:53.157 --> 02:23:57.028 INVESTIGATE THE THE THE ACTUAL FACILITY. 02:23:57.095 --> 02:23:58.396 IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? 02:23:58.463 --> 02:24:00.999 NO. THE FACILITY IS STILL ABLE TO BE INVESTIGATED. 02:24:01.065 --> 02:24:03.267 IT'S ALSO SAYING THAT IF THE IT'S SAYING THAT 02:24:03.334 --> 02:24:05.603 IN THE CASE OF A SELF PETITION, IF THAT YOUNG PERSON 02:24:05.670 --> 02:24:08.806 IS IN A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, THAT THAT INVESTIGATION 02:24:08.873 --> 02:24:11.709 ALSO LOOKS AT THE HOME AND THE CUSTODIAL PARENT. 02:24:12.977 --> 02:24:14.812 OKAY, GIVE ME 1/2. 02:24:14.879 --> 02:24:19.150 SO IT SUGGESTS IN THE VERY NICHE INSTANCE OF A SELF PETITION 02:24:19.517 --> 02:24:20.385 AND ON THAT J.V. 02:24:20.451 --> 02:24:24.856 210, YOU ARE FILLING OUT ALL THE FACTS AND INSTANCES 02:24:24.922 --> 02:24:27.158 AND THE ALLEGATIONS OF AND NEGLECT. 02:24:27.225 --> 02:24:29.360 SO YOU ARE PROVIDING EVIDENCE, YOU ARE PROVIDING 02:24:29.427 --> 02:24:31.396 WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION 02:24:31.462 --> 02:24:34.999 UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY ABOUT WHY YOU BELIEVE 02:24:35.566 --> 02:24:36.534 THAT THE CHILD 02:24:36.601 --> 02:24:38.803 EITHER IT'S ON YOURSELF OR IF YOU'RE FILLING IT OUT 02:24:38.870 --> 02:24:40.371 ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER CHILD 02:24:40.438 --> 02:24:42.573 OR FOR SOME TIME THAT YOU BELIEVE IS BEING ABUSED. 02:24:42.940 --> 02:24:44.809 WHAT DO YOU THINK ALL THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE? 02:24:44.876 --> 02:24:48.713 AND THE JUDGE WILL REVIEW AND SEE IF IT MEETS THE STANDARDS 02:24:49.680 --> 02:24:53.651 OF THAT AGAINST 300. 02:24:53.718 --> 02:24:55.420 BUT THIS BILL DOESN'T CHANGE THE STANDARD. 02:24:55.486 --> 02:24:56.954 I MEAN, YOU WOULD WANT YOU KNOW, 02:24:57.021 --> 02:24:59.090 IF YOUR FOCUS IS ON PROTECTING THE KIDS, 02:24:59.657 --> 02:25:02.060 YOU'D WANT TO KNOW WHY THAT KID IS IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER. 02:25:02.126 --> 02:25:04.028 IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING IN THEIR HOME? 02:25:04.095 --> 02:25:06.264 IS IT BECAUSE THEY ARE 02:25:06.330 --> 02:25:09.300 AND THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT COULD MAKE THE KID'S 02:25:09.367 --> 02:25:10.334 SITUATION UNSAFE? 02:25:10.401 --> 02:25:11.636 THERE'S YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN 02:25:11.702 --> 02:25:13.671 A TEMPORARY SHELTER IN OF ITSELF 02:25:13.738 --> 02:25:16.607 SHOULD MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING BEYOND 02:25:16.674 --> 02:25:18.476 A NARROW ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A ROOF 02:25:18.543 --> 02:25:19.010 OVER THEIR HEAD. 02:25:19.077 --> 02:25:21.279 ON A PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT 02:25:21.345 --> 02:25:23.514 WHETHER THE KID HAS A STABLE LIVING SITUATION. 02:25:23.581 --> 02:25:25.817 AND THAT'S ALL THIS BILL DOES. 02:25:26.217 --> 02:25:33.624 OKAY. 02:25:33.691 --> 02:25:34.992 AND SENATOR, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE 02:25:35.059 --> 02:25:38.963 THE ALSO STATUTORY CITATIONS TO THE CURRENT PROCEDURE 02:25:39.030 --> 02:25:42.800 THAT WOULD PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PARENTS THAT WOULD MAINTAIN 02:25:42.867 --> 02:25:45.336 ALL OF THE PARENTAL RIGHTS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST UNDER THIS 02:25:45.736 --> 02:25:48.940 THE CURRENT PROCESS, THAT THIS DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL IN WHICH 02:25:50.007 --> 02:25:52.143 THE STANDARDS FOR WHETHER THAT CHILD IS REMOVED 02:25:52.210 --> 02:25:55.880 FROM THAT RESIDENTIAL FACILITY IS COMPLETELY A STANDARD. 02:25:55.947 --> 02:25:57.081 THAT'S UP TO THE DETERMINATION 02:25:57.148 --> 02:25:59.484 OF SORT OF THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, OFFICER, 02:25:59.550 --> 02:26:00.918 A SOCIAL WORKER. 02:26:00.985 --> 02:26:02.053 THAT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT CHILD 02:26:02.120 --> 02:26:04.188 HAS TO BE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER FOR THAT REMOVAL 02:26:04.255 --> 02:26:07.825 THAT'S UNDER WEEK 307.43 OR SEVEN THROUGH FIVE. 02:26:07.892 --> 02:26:09.760 SO THERE ARE THOSE KINDS OF STANDARDS 02:26:09.827 --> 02:26:11.562 THAT THIS BILL ISN'T TOUCHING AT ALL. 02:26:11.629 --> 02:26:15.066 AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE OPPOSITION, RAISE 02:26:15.133 --> 02:26:15.733 SOME OF THOSE POINTS. 02:26:15.800 --> 02:26:17.702 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY PROCEDURALLY 02:26:17.768 --> 02:26:19.437 THAT NONE OF THAT ACTUALLY CHANGES 02:26:19.504 --> 02:26:22.006 AND THE PARENTS STILL GET NOTICE, 02:26:22.073 --> 02:26:24.175 LIKE IN ANY OTHER CASE IN WHICH 02:26:24.542 --> 02:26:28.379 THERE IS A REPORTED ALLEGATION OF ABUSE. 02:26:28.446 --> 02:26:28.646 RIGHT. 02:26:28.713 --> 02:26:30.081 AND JUST AS IN ANY CPS 02:26:30.148 --> 02:26:32.316 INVESTIGATION, NOBODY GETS TOLD IN ADVANCE 02:26:32.383 --> 02:26:32.550 THAT WE'RE 02:26:32.617 --> 02:26:35.753 COMING TO INVESTIGATE YOUR HOME WHEN ANYONE GETS REPORTED. 02:26:36.387 --> 02:26:37.555 IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY. 02:26:38.756 --> 02:26:39.524 I'M SORRY. 02:26:40.091 --> 02:26:43.227 THEY'RE CLOSING THE WRONG. 02:26:43.294 --> 02:26:45.296 SO YOU'RE GETTING CALLED OUT, RIGHT? 02:26:45.363 --> 02:26:46.364 WHAT'S THAT? 02:26:46.430 --> 02:26:46.864 SORRY. 02:26:46.931 --> 02:26:47.465 I KNOW 02:26:47.532 --> 02:26:48.699 WE'RE WE'RE DEALING 02:26:48.766 --> 02:26:51.135 WITH THREE COMMITTEES AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT NOW, 02:26:51.202 --> 02:26:53.604 SO WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE TIMING AND QUESTIONS. 02:26:53.671 --> 02:26:54.505 BUT I. 02:26:55.039 --> 02:27:02.113 SO I'M SORRY. 02:27:02.180 --> 02:27:04.382 SO WE SOMETHING THAT 02:27:08.920 --> 02:27:11.756 FOR OUR FOLKS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS 02:27:11.822 --> 02:27:12.723 WHEN YOU HAVE THREE COMMITTEES 02:27:12.790 --> 02:27:15.359 GOING ALL AT ONCE WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO CLOSE 02:27:15.426 --> 02:27:18.629 A ROLL AND YOU'RE NOT DONE, YOU KNOW, DOING YOUR QUESTIONING 02:27:18.696 --> 02:27:20.598 AND DOING YOUR JOB IN THE CURRENT COMMITTEES. 02:27:20.665 --> 02:27:22.800 THIS IS THE BIGGEST, 02:27:22.867 --> 02:27:24.135 I DON'T KNOW, 02:27:24.702 --> 02:27:27.772 DISSERVICE TO THE AMERICAN TO CALIFORNIA PUBLIC 02:27:27.838 --> 02:27:31.042 WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TO VOTE BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE SENATE. 02:27:31.108 --> 02:27:32.276 SO I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. 02:27:32.343 --> 02:27:34.245 IT'S FRUSTRATING. 02:27:34.312 --> 02:27:35.213 IT'S INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. 02:27:35.279 --> 02:27:38.482 OH, OKAY. 02:27:38.549 --> 02:27:44.589 SORRY. 02:27:44.655 --> 02:27:48.025 I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY 02:27:48.092 --> 02:27:49.360 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS 02:27:49.427 --> 02:27:51.796 TO BE IN MAKING DECISIONS ON THEIR CHILD. 02:27:52.063 --> 02:27:53.931 AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, 02:27:53.998 --> 02:27:56.133 SAY THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW 02:27:56.200 --> 02:27:58.769 IS THAT WHEN PARENTS, WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE, 02:27:59.103 --> 02:28:02.840 HAVE A PREROGATIVE TO PLACE THEIR CHILD 02:28:02.907 --> 02:28:06.510 IN A FACILITY WHERE THEY FEEL THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE, 02:28:07.778 --> 02:28:09.880 YOU KNOW, COUNSELING 02:28:10.681 --> 02:28:12.884 SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEED AT THAT 02:28:12.950 --> 02:28:15.453 PARTICULAR TIME, THAT THE CHILD 02:28:16.120 --> 02:28:18.656 MAY AT SOME POINT 02:28:18.723 --> 02:28:22.326 THROUGH AN EMAIL, DECIDE AND CLAIM 02:28:22.393 --> 02:28:26.697 THAT THEY'RE BEING ABUSED AND MISTREATED 02:28:26.764 --> 02:28:30.901 BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A FACILITY THAT IS NOT BE AT THE TIME 02:28:31.135 --> 02:28:35.106 CONDUCIVE TO THEIR IDEA OR THEIR NOTION THAT THEY ARE, 02:28:36.507 --> 02:28:40.645 YOU KNOW, WANTING TO TRANSITION OR CONSIDERING THEMSELVES 02:28:40.711 --> 02:28:46.884 AS TRANS OR IDENTIFYING AS SOME LGBTQ IDENTITY THAT THEY WANT. 02:28:46.951 --> 02:28:48.986 AND IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE PARENT'S ABILITY 02:28:49.053 --> 02:28:52.857 TO PLACE A CHILD IN AND WHERE THEY FEEL IS 02:28:53.291 --> 02:28:57.361 IS GOING TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY NEED. 02:28:57.561 --> 02:29:00.364 WHETHER ONE AGREES, DISAGREE WITH IT, 02:29:00.798 --> 02:29:03.134 THAT IS CURRENTLY, ACCORDING TO THE COURTS 02:29:03.200 --> 02:29:05.436 AND AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THESE PARENTS HAVE. 02:29:06.070 --> 02:29:09.307 MY FEAR IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR BILL WILL 02:29:10.408 --> 02:29:13.244 AT SOME POINT THIS CHILD CAN SAY, 02:29:13.611 --> 02:29:17.181 I AM BEING NEGLECTED OR ABUSED BECAUSE THIS GOES CONTRARY 02:29:17.248 --> 02:29:21.052 TO MY PERSONAL BELIEF AT THAT TIME, POINT IN TIME 02:29:21.752 --> 02:29:25.856 WITH A MINOR, WHICH THEN TRIGGERS THE ABILITY 02:29:25.923 --> 02:29:28.259 FOR THEN THE STATE TO COME IN AND SAY, OKAY, 02:29:28.459 --> 02:29:32.229 WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE YOU AND IMMEDIATELY TAKE THEM INTO 02:29:32.730 --> 02:29:35.800 THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE AND THEN 02:29:36.300 --> 02:29:38.836 REMOVED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THE PARENT'S OPPORTUNITY TO. 02:29:38.903 --> 02:29:43.908 BE THERE AND CHOOSE THE FACILITY WHERE THESE CHILDREN ARE GOING 02:29:43.974 --> 02:29:48.913 TO BE AT THAT TIME IN THAT PARTICULAR RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. 02:29:48.979 --> 02:29:52.483 THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE THAT THIS HAS THAT PUT IN PLACE. 02:29:52.550 --> 02:29:55.052 I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR 02:29:56.153 --> 02:29:58.923 YOUR YOUR 02:29:59.790 --> 02:30:00.424 YOUR CONCERNS. 02:30:00.491 --> 02:30:03.060 AND THEN WITH THAT, IN MY 02:30:03.761 --> 02:30:04.295 TO THE WITNESS 02:30:04.362 --> 02:30:05.396 WHO'S THE ATTORNEY ON 02:30:05.463 --> 02:30:08.065 THE OPPOSITION, WOULD THAT BE AN ACCURATE 02:30:08.132 --> 02:30:10.000 STATEMENT OF THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE 02:30:10.067 --> 02:30:14.939 WITH THE WAY THE BILL IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN? 02:30:15.005 --> 02:30:18.209 SO I THINK WE'LL RESPOND WITH THROUGH THE CHAIR. 02:30:18.275 --> 02:30:22.113 IT WOULD BE OKAY FROM THE SUPPORT WITNESSES IF MY 02:30:22.413 --> 02:30:27.184 IF MY CONCERN IS VALID OR NOT ON THAT END, THEN THAT MAY. 02:30:27.251 --> 02:30:28.152 YEAH, YES. 02:30:28.219 --> 02:30:30.554 LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING AND I'D LIKE YOU TO EXPERTS IT. 02:30:30.621 --> 02:30:34.291 SO SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS BILL DOES NOT CHANGE 02:30:34.358 --> 02:30:38.763 ANY OF THE STANDARDS RELATED TO WHETHER THE KID IS UNSAFE. 02:30:38.829 --> 02:30:41.132 I MEAN, ALL THIS IS A VERY NARROW BILL. 02:30:41.198 --> 02:30:42.166 IT DOESN'T REMOVE 02:30:42.233 --> 02:30:44.235 PARENTS RIGHTS IN THE PROCESS IT DOESN'T REDUCE 02:30:44.301 --> 02:30:45.936 PARENTAL RIGHTS OR LEGAL PROTECTIONS. 02:30:46.003 --> 02:30:48.072 IT DOESN'T ALLOW THE COURTS TO TAKE CUSTODY OF A CHILD 02:30:48.406 --> 02:30:51.942 FOLLOWING EXISTING DEPENDENCY LAWS. 02:30:52.009 --> 02:30:54.011 IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE DUE PROCESS FAMILIES. 02:30:54.078 --> 02:30:55.679 IT DOESN'T DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS. 02:30:55.746 --> 02:30:57.314 IT IS A VERY NARROW BILL. 02:30:57.381 --> 02:31:00.184 IT BASICALLY SAYS IF YOU'VE GOT A KID THAT IS IN A, 02:31:00.885 --> 02:31:03.120 YOU KNOW, A TEMPORARY SHELTER AND YOU'RE LOOKING 02:31:03.187 --> 02:31:05.222 WHETHER OR NOT THE SITUATION IS UNSAFE, 02:31:05.289 --> 02:31:06.891 YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE BROADER 02:31:06.957 --> 02:31:08.025 CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE KID. 02:31:08.092 --> 02:31:09.894 THAT'S ALL THE BILL DOES. 02:31:09.960 --> 02:31:11.162 AND SO, FRANKLY, 02:31:12.363 --> 02:31:14.064 IF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 02:31:14.131 --> 02:31:17.668 THE KID'S ABILITY TO DO THE SELF PETITION, THAT'S NOT CHANGED. 02:31:17.735 --> 02:31:19.737 THE KID'S ALREADY HAS THAT ABILITY TO SELL PETITION. 02:31:19.804 --> 02:31:23.574 SO THAT IS THAT IF THAT THIS DOESN'T CHANGE 02:31:23.641 --> 02:31:26.444 ANYTHING, IT JUST REALLY JUST SAID IN THAT REGARD, 02:31:26.677 --> 02:31:27.711 IT REALLY JUST SAYS THAT 02:31:27.778 --> 02:31:30.714 WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER THE CHILD IS SAFE, 02:31:31.048 --> 02:31:33.918 YOU BASICALLY LOOK AT AT THE BROADER CIRCUMSTANCES. 02:31:33.984 --> 02:31:36.120 AND THEN I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE WITNESS. 02:31:36.187 --> 02:31:37.488 I DID GET A CHANCE 02:31:37.555 --> 02:31:40.090 AND MAYBE THE OPPOSITION WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS. 02:31:40.157 --> 02:31:41.625 BUT I THINK YOU FRAMED 02:31:41.692 --> 02:31:44.829 WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THEIR POSITION TO BE VERY CLEARLY, 02:31:45.062 --> 02:31:47.264 AND I THINK THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT. 02:31:47.932 --> 02:31:51.235 AND WHAT I'LL ADD TO THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER IS TO SAY 02:31:51.702 --> 02:31:54.371 WITHIN THAT, IN THAT CONTEXT, WHERE A YOUTH IS 02:31:54.638 --> 02:31:57.274 IS BY THEIR PARENTS PUT INTO A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. 02:31:57.741 --> 02:32:00.444 AND FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT COULD BE IN 02:32:00.511 --> 02:32:03.514 I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO WAS MAYBE THERE WAS A FACILITY 02:32:03.781 --> 02:32:04.482 THAT WOULD, 02:32:05.483 --> 02:32:06.317 YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE 02:32:06.383 --> 02:32:10.187 PARENT'S VIEW ON THE CHILD'S IDENTITY AS AN EXAMPLE. 02:32:10.554 --> 02:32:12.890 AND IF THAT CHILD FELT THAT THAT WAS ABUSIVE. 02:32:13.357 --> 02:32:15.493 RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT THIS BILL, 02:32:15.559 --> 02:32:18.996 THERE COULD STILL BE A PETITION FOR THAT CHILD. 02:32:19.363 --> 02:32:21.365 IN THIS INSTANCE. 02:32:21.432 --> 02:32:23.567 THIS BILL DOES NOT CHANGE, HOWEVER, 02:32:23.634 --> 02:32:25.269 WHETHER OR NOT THAT SETTING 02:32:25.336 --> 02:32:27.438 IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED ABUSIVE OR NOT. 02:32:27.505 --> 02:32:30.140 FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S SORT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE. 02:32:30.207 --> 02:32:33.811 THERE'S TWO SCENARIOS WHEN A PETITION IS FILED 02:32:34.111 --> 02:32:35.646 WHERE THIS BECOMES RELEVANT. 02:32:35.713 --> 02:32:38.282 ONE IS, IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT 02:32:38.582 --> 02:32:40.851 OR SOCIAL WORKER, A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 02:32:40.918 --> 02:32:43.420 OR A SOCIAL WORKER UNDER WE'RE GOING TO COME IN 02:32:43.487 --> 02:32:47.191 AND ACTUALLY REMOVE THAT CHILD FROM A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. 02:32:47.791 --> 02:32:49.860 THAT'S A DETERMINATION THAT THIS BILL DOESN'T CHANGE. 02:32:49.927 --> 02:32:51.428 IF THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IT'S IT'S 02:32:51.495 --> 02:32:53.797 GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OR NOT. 02:32:53.864 --> 02:32:57.368 AND THAT IS THAT STANDARD FOR REMOVAL IN THAT STAGE 02:32:57.434 --> 02:32:59.036 IS IMMEDIATE DANGER. 02:32:59.103 --> 02:33:02.606 SO IT'S A DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN WHAT THE 02:33:02.840 --> 02:33:04.108 WHEN THE PETITION IS FILED 02:33:05.075 --> 02:33:05.576 OR THIS 02:33:05.643 --> 02:33:09.780 OR THAT IN THE SOUTH PETITION IS FILED TO ASK THAT. 02:33:09.847 --> 02:33:11.849 YOU KNOW, THIS BE INVESTIGATED DOES NOT 02:33:11.916 --> 02:33:14.852 IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT THIS BILL 02:33:15.452 --> 02:33:18.389 OR THE CURRENT LAW EVEN DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT THAT CHILD 02:33:18.455 --> 02:33:20.925 IS GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT FACILITY. 02:33:20.991 --> 02:33:23.227 I'M JUST STATING THAT IT WILL WARRANT THE 02:33:23.294 --> 02:33:24.361 IN THE INVESTIGATION. 02:33:24.428 --> 02:33:27.064 ALL THIS BILL IS DOING, AS THE SAME MEMBER HAS REITERATED, 02:33:27.131 --> 02:33:30.334 IS JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS PETITION PROCESS HAS EXISTED. 02:33:31.101 --> 02:33:35.105 BUT WHAT IT HAS LACKED IS THE FOLLOW UP 02:33:35.673 --> 02:33:38.676 BY THE SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON INVESTIGATION, 02:33:38.742 --> 02:33:40.911 TO ADD A TIMELINE FOR WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING 02:33:40.978 --> 02:33:43.981 SO THAT THE YOUTH, YOU KNOW, ISN'T JUST IGNORED FOR 02:33:44.515 --> 02:33:46.650 UP TO 300 DAYS IN SOME CASES. 02:33:46.984 --> 02:33:51.121 AND SO THAT IF ARE IF THERE IS SUBSTANTIATED ABUSE 02:33:51.188 --> 02:33:53.757 OR NEGLECT OR OTHER THINGS GOING ON, THAT THOSE ARE 02:33:54.224 --> 02:33:55.459 THOSE ARE LOOKED INTO. 02:33:55.526 --> 02:33:57.361 THAT IS THAT IS ALL THIS IS ABOUT. 02:33:57.428 --> 02:33:58.062 AND I THINK 02:33:58.128 --> 02:34:01.298 WHERE THE QUESTION LIES IS WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT FOLLOW UP 02:34:01.632 --> 02:34:04.134 AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DEFINE THE THE 02:34:05.102 --> 02:34:09.039 THE DEFINITION OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? 02:34:09.106 --> 02:34:10.574 AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN. 02:34:10.641 --> 02:34:11.775 AND I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG. 02:34:11.842 --> 02:34:17.014 BUT ON THE TECHNICAL, I KNOW WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY, MS.. 02:34:17.081 --> 02:34:17.815 FRIDAY HERE 02:34:17.881 --> 02:34:19.750 WHO COULD ACTUALLY 02:34:19.817 --> 02:34:24.421 EXPAND ON THAT, IF THAT IS OKAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR. 02:34:24.488 --> 02:34:25.089 YEAH, 02:34:25.556 --> 02:34:26.624 I'M GOING TO GIVE HIS FULL HEARING, 02:34:26.690 --> 02:34:28.792 BUT I THINK WE'RE COVERING A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES OVER. 02:34:28.859 --> 02:34:31.328 SO IF YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY BE GREAT. 02:34:31.528 --> 02:34:34.632 YEAH, WELL, I JUST I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, 02:34:34.698 --> 02:34:38.102 THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS SEEMING TO INDICATE THAT THESE ARE JUST 02:34:38.168 --> 02:34:41.338 THAT THIS BILL JUST ADDRESSES TEMPORARY SHELTERS. 02:34:41.405 --> 02:34:42.506 AND IT GOES WELL BEYOND THAT. 02:34:42.573 --> 02:34:44.908 IT GOES TO RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES. 02:34:44.975 --> 02:34:46.644 SO THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES. 02:34:46.710 --> 02:34:48.379 IF WE TAKE IT OUT OF THE TRANS 02:34:48.445 --> 02:34:50.814 MILIEU FOR A SECOND, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY 02:34:50.881 --> 02:34:53.550 THAT A PARENT MAY HAVE CHOSEN FOR THEIR 02:34:54.118 --> 02:34:55.219 BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IS THE 02:34:55.285 --> 02:34:58.856 BEST FACILITY FOR THEIR CHILD, WHICH IS THE PARENT'S RIGHT 02:34:59.156 --> 02:35:00.190 UNDER J.R. 02:35:00.257 --> 02:35:03.961 VERSUS PARAM, ALL UNDER SUPREME COURT CASES AMENDMENT. 02:35:04.695 --> 02:35:07.297 AND THAT PARENT CHOOSES THAT FACILITY AND SAYS 02:35:07.364 --> 02:35:09.166 THIS IS A SAFE PLACE FOR MY CHILD 02:35:09.233 --> 02:35:12.302 AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT MY CHILD TO GET DRUG REHAB OR 02:35:12.369 --> 02:35:13.404 OR THERAPY, TAKE, 02:35:15.205 --> 02:35:15.439 YOU KNOW, 02:35:15.506 --> 02:35:19.076 THERAPY OR OR NON AFFIRMING THERAPY. 02:35:19.343 --> 02:35:22.880 AND THIS BILL MAKES IT THEN THAT KID'S SAFE. 02:35:22.946 --> 02:35:25.716 THAT CHILD IS IN A SAFE PLACE CHOSEN BY THE PARENT. 02:35:26.150 --> 02:35:27.685 THIS BILL THEN SAYS, 02:35:27.751 --> 02:35:28.919 HEY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO 02:35:28.986 --> 02:35:31.088 THAT DECISION MADE BY THAT PARENTS 02:35:31.288 --> 02:35:32.656 AND WE'RE GOING TO STREAMLINE IT. 02:35:32.723 --> 02:35:34.725 AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY SIMPLE 02:35:34.792 --> 02:35:36.193 FOR THIS CHILD TO SAY, 02:35:36.260 --> 02:35:37.795 I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS FACILITY 02:35:37.861 --> 02:35:39.530 BECAUSE MAYBE I DON'T GET MY CELL PHONE. 02:35:39.596 --> 02:35:42.533 MAYBE I DON'T GET TO GET THE DRUGS I WANT. 02:35:42.599 --> 02:35:44.435 SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF THE BILL THAT WE NEED 02:35:44.501 --> 02:35:46.637 TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT, THAT IT GOES 02:35:46.704 --> 02:35:49.606 IT GOES INTO RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, 02:35:49.673 --> 02:35:53.043 EVEN BOARDING SCHOOLS THAT A PARENT HAS CHOSEN. 02:35:53.110 --> 02:35:55.212 SO THAT'S A VIOLATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. 02:35:55.713 --> 02:35:58.348 NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TRANS STUFF, WHICH IS THE THING 02:35:58.415 --> 02:36:00.951 THAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, AS I ALWAYS AM, 02:36:01.285 --> 02:36:02.553 IS THIS IS ANOTHER 02:36:03.520 --> 02:36:05.222 FOR PARENTS WHO 02:36:05.289 --> 02:36:08.459 DON'T AFFIRM THEIR CHILD'S TRANS IDENTITY. 02:36:09.159 --> 02:36:13.030 AND IN THAT SPACE AND THE ASSEMBLYMAN KEEPS 02:36:13.097 --> 02:36:16.800 SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF ABUSE. 02:36:16.867 --> 02:36:17.634 AND THAT IS TRUE. 02:36:17.701 --> 02:36:20.471 THIS BILL DOES NOT CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF ABUSE. 02:36:20.871 --> 02:36:23.607 BUT WHAT I WANT TO HEAR AND WHAT WE SHOULD ALL HEAR 02:36:23.841 --> 02:36:27.611 IS, IS IT CONSIDERED DO YOU CONSIDER IT ABUSIVE 02:36:27.878 --> 02:36:32.116 FOR PARENTS LIKE ME WHO RAISE THEIR CHILD AS THEIR SEX? 02:36:32.182 --> 02:36:35.853 SHOULD I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY CPS 02:36:36.120 --> 02:36:39.189 AND DETERMINED TO BE ABUSIVE ON THAT ISSUE? 02:36:39.256 --> 02:36:42.493 ONLY BECAUSE I WOULDN'T AFFIRM THE TRANS IDENTITY. 02:36:42.559 --> 02:36:45.996 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO IN THIS BILL, BECAUSE 02:36:46.497 --> 02:36:46.797 THANK YOU. 02:36:46.864 --> 02:36:49.700 I THINK, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE HEARING 02:36:50.801 --> 02:36:52.369 FROM THE AUTHORITY IS A NARROW BILL. 02:36:52.436 --> 02:36:53.170 YOU BELIEVE IT'S 02:36:53.237 --> 02:36:55.672 NOT A MORE EXPANSIVE, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE TO 02:36:55.739 --> 02:36:57.407 KEEP MOVING A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE 02:37:01.111 --> 02:37:03.280 SO I THINK OH, MY GOODNESS. 02:37:03.347 --> 02:37:03.647 OKAY. 02:37:03.714 --> 02:37:05.649 SO IT EXPANDS TO THE RESIDENTIAL 02:37:05.716 --> 02:37:07.251 EXPANSION OF THE BOARDING SCHOOLS. 02:37:07.317 --> 02:37:08.318 THE QUESTION IS, 02:37:08.385 --> 02:37:10.687 HOW IS THIS BILL DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM 02:37:10.754 --> 02:37:14.725 IN WHICH THE CHILD IS, IS OR THE PARENTS ARE INVESTIGATING 02:37:14.792 --> 02:37:18.729 AND REMOVED FROM A FACILITY THAT THE PARENT HAS TO CHOSE. 02:37:18.796 --> 02:37:22.166 SO THE WITNESS SEEMS TO BE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT LOOKING 02:37:22.232 --> 02:37:26.737 AT THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY THAT THE CHILD MAY BE PLACED IN 02:37:27.137 --> 02:37:29.540 ON THE EXISTING LAW WITHOUT THE SOUTH PETITION 02:37:29.606 --> 02:37:31.041 WOULD LOOK AT THAT FACILITY. 02:37:31.108 --> 02:37:34.878 SO WHAT THIS LAW DOES DO IS IT SAYS, 02:37:34.945 --> 02:37:36.680 LOOK AT YOU WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, 02:37:36.747 --> 02:37:38.515 YOU DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE FACILITY. 02:37:38.582 --> 02:37:39.850 SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE FACILITY 02:37:39.917 --> 02:37:42.686 THAT THE PARENT PLACES THE CHILD IN CURRENTLY. 02:37:42.753 --> 02:37:45.222 THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE FACILITY WITHOUT THIS BILL. 02:37:45.422 --> 02:37:48.759 WHAT THIS IS BASICALLY SAYING, THOUGH, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 02:37:48.826 --> 02:37:50.727 THE FACT PATTERN THAT'S OCCURRING 02:37:50.794 --> 02:37:52.696 IS THAT WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE IN TEMPORARY 02:37:52.763 --> 02:37:53.630 HOMELESS SHELTERS 02:37:53.697 --> 02:37:54.631 AND WE HAVE 02:37:54.698 --> 02:37:57.601 COUNTY SOCIAL WORKERS THAT GO OUT AND THEY BASICALLY SAY 02:38:00.370 --> 02:38:00.804 THE KID IS 02:38:00.871 --> 02:38:03.807 IN A SOCIAL IS IN A IS IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER. 02:38:03.874 --> 02:38:05.876 THE SHELTER IS SAFE FOR THE KID 02:38:05.943 --> 02:38:08.478 FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, FOR A DAY OR TWO A FEW WEEKS. 02:38:09.046 --> 02:38:12.749 AND THEREFORE, THE KID IS NOT IN IMMINENT DANGER. 02:38:12.816 --> 02:38:14.785 AND THEY BASICALLY CLOSED DOWN THE CASE, 02:38:14.852 --> 02:38:17.821 EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE BROADER 02:38:18.989 --> 02:38:20.657 OF THE KID'S SAFETY. 02:38:20.724 --> 02:38:23.093 SO THAT'S ALL THE BILL DOES, IS IT BASICALLY SAYS, 02:38:23.160 --> 02:38:25.762 LOOK AT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT NOT JUST THAT 02:38:26.463 --> 02:38:29.933 NARROW SCOPE IN TIME WHERE THE KID IS AT THE FACILITY, 02:38:30.000 --> 02:38:32.302 THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, WHATEVER. 02:38:32.369 --> 02:38:33.303 AND SHE'S RIGHT. 02:38:33.370 --> 02:38:35.105 IT DOESN'T INCLUDE JUST HOMELESS SHELTERS. 02:38:35.172 --> 02:38:37.307 IT'S ANY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. 02:38:37.374 --> 02:38:38.742 BUT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT. 02:38:38.809 --> 02:38:41.078 BUT BUT PEOPLE DON'T LIVE IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES 02:38:41.144 --> 02:38:41.845 GENERALLY, RIGHT? 02:38:41.912 --> 02:38:44.047 I MEAN, THE GOAL IS REALLY LOOKING AT 02:38:44.114 --> 02:38:47.150 IF A KID IS BASICALLY SELF PETITIONING SAYING, 02:38:47.217 --> 02:38:48.719 I FEEL LIKE I'M IN DANGER 02:38:48.785 --> 02:38:52.356 FOR WHATEVER REASON IT COULD BE BECAUSE THEY'RE AT A FACILITY 02:38:52.623 --> 02:38:53.123 THAT IS HAS 02:38:53.190 --> 02:38:57.160 NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ISSUES THAT THE WITNESSES COMING UP 02:38:57.227 --> 02:38:59.463 AND THEY'RE AT A FACILITY WHERE THEY ARE IN DANGER. 02:38:59.830 --> 02:39:02.466 I MEAN, YOU WOULD WANT THE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO PETITION 02:39:02.532 --> 02:39:06.103 AND YOU'D WANT TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT ARE THEIR LUNGS? 02:39:06.169 --> 02:39:08.572 WHAT IS THE BROADER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT INDICATE 02:39:08.639 --> 02:39:09.206 WHETHER THE KID 02:39:09.273 --> 02:39:12.809 HAS A STABLE PLACE TO GO BACK TO AT THE END OF THAT TIME 02:39:13.043 --> 02:39:16.380 AND NOT CUT OFF THE INQUIRY AT THAT POINT. 02:39:16.446 --> 02:39:18.515 SO THAT'S ALL THE BILL DOES. I'M CLEAR. 02:39:18.582 --> 02:39:20.350 AND THEN WHO WOULD MAKE THE ULTIMATE JUDGMENT 02:39:20.417 --> 02:39:23.253 WOULD BE A JUDGE OR A HEARING OR THE JUDGE? 02:39:23.820 --> 02:39:24.321 YEAH. 02:39:24.388 --> 02:39:26.723 THIS FOLLOWS THE SAME PROCEDURES AS ANY OTHER PETITION 02:39:26.790 --> 02:39:28.225 OR ALLEGATION OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT, 02:39:28.292 --> 02:39:29.426 AND IT GOES THROUGH THE COURT 02:39:29.493 --> 02:39:30.827 SYSTEM, JUVENILE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM. 02:39:30.894 --> 02:39:33.497 AND THE JUDGE SAYS, WE EITHER HAVE JURISDICTION OR WE DON'T. 02:39:33.797 --> 02:39:35.666 WE'RE GOING TO DETAIN THE CHILD OR WE DON'T. 02:39:35.732 --> 02:39:37.267 IT'S THE SAME PROCESS. 02:39:37.334 --> 02:39:40.704 AND THIS BILL IS JUST SPEEDING UP THAT THAT PROCESS. 02:39:40.771 --> 02:39:44.541 IT'S JUST TO GET TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THAT PROCESS. 02:39:44.775 --> 02:39:46.076 IF ANYTHING, YOU KIND OF THINK OF IT 02:39:46.143 --> 02:39:49.279 AS A PARODY TYPE OF BILL BECAUSE ALL IT'S ACTUALLY SAYING 02:39:49.346 --> 02:39:51.782 THIS JUST HAS TO BE TREATED AS ANY OTHER, 02:39:51.848 --> 02:39:53.517 ESSENTIALLY AS ANY OTHER FORM OF 02:39:54.952 --> 02:39:56.920 ALLEGATION. 02:39:56.987 --> 02:39:58.422 IT GOES BEYOND IT. 02:39:58.488 --> 02:39:59.122 OH, HOLD ON. 02:39:59.189 --> 02:40:00.123 HOLD ON A SECOND. 02:40:00.190 --> 02:40:02.359 DID YOU NOTIFICATION OR I GUESS. 02:40:02.426 --> 02:40:03.727 WELL, WE'LL JUST GIVE MS. 02:40:03.794 --> 02:40:07.397 FRIDAY JUST ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON. 02:40:07.698 --> 02:40:08.398 WE'LL BE OKAY. 02:40:08.465 --> 02:40:12.602 WHAT IT DOES IS IF A CHILD IS IN A SAFE FACILITY 02:40:12.669 --> 02:40:15.639 CHOSEN BY THE PARENTS, AND THEN THERE'S 02:40:15.706 --> 02:40:19.042 THIS INVESTIGATION THAT COMES OUT, GOES FORWARD, 02:40:19.443 --> 02:40:22.813 THEN THE JUDGE HAS THE ABILITY AND MUST ACTUALLY 02:40:22.879 --> 02:40:25.315 IF THE JUDGE DETAINS THE CHILD AND SAYS, 02:40:25.716 --> 02:40:28.719 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRIMA FASCIA AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON 02:40:28.785 --> 02:40:32.422 WRITTEN ALLEGATIONS, THERE'S NO TESTIMONY AT THAT POINT. 02:40:32.489 --> 02:40:34.024 IT'S JUST A WRITTEN ALLEGATION 02:40:34.091 --> 02:40:36.626 WITH NO ABILITY FOR THE PARENTS TO CONTEST IT. 02:40:37.294 --> 02:40:40.497 THAT CHILD HAS TO GO INTO A COUNTY 02:40:40.731 --> 02:40:44.001 APPROVED FACILITY, SO THEY MOVE THEM 02:40:44.267 --> 02:40:48.805 FROM THEIR PARENT CHOSEN FACILITY TO A COUNTY FACILITY. 02:40:48.872 --> 02:40:51.942 THAT CHILD CANNOT STAY IN THAT PRIVATE FACILITY. 02:40:52.009 --> 02:40:54.478 THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF THAT. 02:40:54.544 --> 02:40:56.313 THERE IS NO GUARANTEE BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE 02:40:56.380 --> 02:40:58.015 A COUNTY APPROVED FACILITY. 02:40:58.081 --> 02:41:01.485 SO THE PARENTS MAY HAVE CHOSEN A CHRISTIAN FACILITY 02:41:02.052 --> 02:41:05.756 OR A FACILITY THAT CHOSE TO BE SAFE FOR THEIR CHILD. 02:41:05.956 --> 02:41:09.092 AND THE COUNTY SWOOPS IN AND TAKES THE CHILD OUT 02:41:09.493 --> 02:41:12.729 BASED ON THE WORD OF THE CHILD, ONLY WITHOUT 02:41:13.296 --> 02:41:17.501 WITH NEXT TO NO NOTICE FOR THE PARENTS TO DEFEND UPON THIS. 02:41:17.734 --> 02:41:18.168 SO THAT'S 02:41:18.235 --> 02:41:21.738 THE PROBLEM IS IT'S AGAIN, ABROGATING PARENTAL RIGHTS. 02:41:21.805 --> 02:41:24.307 THEY CHOSE THE SAME SAFE PLACE FOR THEIR CHILD 02:41:24.508 --> 02:41:26.076 AND THAT'S BEEN SWEPT AWAY. 02:41:26.143 --> 02:41:27.744 SO JUST REALLY QUICK. 02:41:27.811 --> 02:41:30.547 SO THE CHILD IS REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. 02:41:30.614 --> 02:41:32.582 IF THEY'RE IF THE CHILD PETITIONS 02:41:32.649 --> 02:41:34.484 TO BE REMOVED UNSAVED CLAIM 02:41:34.551 --> 02:41:36.953 OR IS THERE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THEY DO THE INVESTIGATION 02:41:37.754 --> 02:41:39.790 FIRST BEFORE REMOVING THEIR CHILD? 02:41:40.323 --> 02:41:43.160 I WANT TO, IF I MAY. YES. 02:41:43.226 --> 02:41:45.395 THE OPPOSITION I THINK AS THEY CHARACTERIZE 02:41:45.462 --> 02:41:48.999 THE POTENTIAL FOR A JUDGE TO DECIDE MOVING OF THE CHILD. 02:41:49.299 --> 02:41:50.300 AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING, 02:41:50.367 --> 02:41:54.071 A LAW THAT CURRENTLY IS OTHERWISE THE WAY IT GOES, 02:41:54.137 --> 02:41:55.205 LIKE IF IT 02:41:55.272 --> 02:41:56.873 IF THE JUDGE DETERMINES 02:41:56.940 --> 02:41:59.342 THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER JURISDICTION OF THE CHILD, 02:41:59.543 --> 02:42:03.246 WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHEREVER THEY ARE THEY HAVE THAT 02:42:03.313 --> 02:42:04.848 THAT IS THE PROCESS THEY WOULD FOLLOW. 02:42:04.915 --> 02:42:06.783 THIS BILL DOESN'T CHANGE THAT AT ALL 02:42:06.850 --> 02:42:08.418 AND DOESN'T CREATE A 02:42:08.485 --> 02:42:08.819 DOES IT MAKE IT 02:42:08.885 --> 02:42:11.088 EASIER, DOESN'T IT, WHERE AT THE POINT 02:42:11.154 --> 02:42:13.023 WHERE THE JUDGE IS MAKING THAT DECISION? 02:42:13.090 --> 02:42:16.393 I THINK THE QUESTION BUT NOT SOON IT'S BEING AS IS 02:42:16.893 --> 02:42:17.527 IS WHETHER OR NOT 02:42:17.594 --> 02:42:22.165 WHEN THE CHILD IMMEDIATELY EMAILS AND SAYS I FEEL UNSAFE 02:42:23.767 --> 02:42:25.402 AND THE AUTHORITIES 02:42:25.469 --> 02:42:27.904 GET A HOLD OF THIS EMAIL THAT SAYS I'M UNSAFE, 02:42:27.971 --> 02:42:29.906 DO THEY IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THAT CHILD 02:42:29.973 --> 02:42:32.876 OR DO THEY DO THE INVESTIGATION FIRST TO ASSESS 02:42:32.943 --> 02:42:36.213 THE WHOLE BEFORE REMOVING THAT CHILD? 02:42:36.613 --> 02:42:38.381 JUST IN THAT CONTEXT, FOR EXAMPLE, 02:42:38.448 --> 02:42:41.885 THEY'LL SEND A SOCIAL WORKER TO THAT FACILITY TO INTERVIEW 02:42:41.952 --> 02:42:44.888 CHILD FIRST TO SEE WHAT IS THIS? 02:42:44.955 --> 02:42:46.656 YOU KNOW, YOU SUBMITTED THIS PETITION. 02:42:46.723 --> 02:42:48.125 I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT SO THEY CAN 02:42:48.191 --> 02:42:50.093 SUBSTANTIATED A LITTLE BIT MORE. 02:42:50.160 --> 02:42:51.595 AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS, 02:42:51.661 --> 02:42:53.597 NOT AN AUTOMATIC REMOVAL, UNLESS THAT CHILD IS 02:42:53.663 --> 02:42:54.865 IN PHYSICAL DANGER 02:42:54.931 --> 02:42:57.334 IN THAT FACILITY, SAY, LIKE THERE'S SEXUAL ABUSE 02:42:57.400 --> 02:42:59.603 ALLEGATIONS IN THE FACILITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 02:42:59.903 --> 02:43:02.005 THAT WOULD BE THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY 02:43:02.072 --> 02:43:02.906 AT THAT STAGE 02:43:02.973 --> 02:43:04.307 WITHOUT JUDGE'S INTERVENTION, 02:43:04.374 --> 02:43:06.443 EMERGENCY REMOVE THE CHILD FROM THE FACILITY. 02:43:06.810 --> 02:43:09.513 BUT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT WHAT'S BEING TALKED 02:43:09.579 --> 02:43:10.680 ABOUT BY THE OPPOSITION RIGHT NOW. 02:43:10.747 --> 02:43:12.315 THAT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC THING. 02:43:12.382 --> 02:43:14.684 IT'S JUST CHILD PUT A PETITION IN 02:43:14.751 --> 02:43:17.187 AND THE SOCIAL WORKER SHOWS UP AND THEN WHEN 02:43:17.254 --> 02:43:20.690 THEY INTERVIEW THE CHILD, THEN THAT'S THE THREE THE WEEK 329 02:43:20.757 --> 02:43:24.895 PROCEDURE KICKS IN WITH NOTICE TO THE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, VISIT 02:43:24.961 --> 02:43:28.565 TO THE PARENTS, THE INTERVIEWS OF THE PARENTS, THE ALL OF THAT, 02:43:29.633 --> 02:43:32.135 YOU KNOW, IF THE ISSUE IS WITH RESPECT 02:43:32.202 --> 02:43:33.470 TO THE FACILITY WHERE THE CHILD'S 02:43:33.537 --> 02:43:36.006 IN, THIS BILL DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 02:43:36.573 --> 02:43:40.010 THE JUDGE HAS A DISCRETION TODAY WITHOUT MY BILL AT ALL 02:43:40.076 --> 02:43:42.679 TO REMOVE A CHILD FROM AN UNSAFE FACILITY. 02:43:43.079 --> 02:43:44.114 AND THEN THE BILL DOES 02:43:44.181 --> 02:43:46.783 NOT CHANGE THE STANDARDS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES HARM. 02:43:47.350 --> 02:43:50.086 SO SO AND I THINK THIS WHERE 02:43:50.587 --> 02:43:51.788 THERE'S ANOTHER CLARIFICATION THERE 02:43:51.855 --> 02:43:52.189 WHERE I MAKE 02:43:52.255 --> 02:43:54.391 BECAUSE IF IT'S A CHILD IS NOT MOVED IMMEDIATELY, 02:43:54.457 --> 02:43:55.959 THERE'S INVESTIGATIONS THAT GO ON. 02:43:56.026 --> 02:43:58.195 WHEN THE CHILD DOES THE EMAIL, THE 02:43:58.261 --> 02:43:58.862 THE SOCIAL WORKER 02:43:58.929 --> 02:44:01.631 COMES INTO THE FACILITY, THEY SPEAK TO THE CHILD 02:44:02.799 --> 02:44:06.236 AND THEN THEY EVALUATE BASED ON CURRENT LAW, 02:44:06.303 --> 02:44:10.240 ESPECIALLY CONSTITUTIONALLY SPEAKING WITH, THE WITH 02:44:10.607 --> 02:44:14.010 WITH THE LAW SETTING AND GIVING PREFERENCE TO PARENTS 02:44:14.778 --> 02:44:16.112 TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN 02:44:16.179 --> 02:44:19.449 ACCORDING TO THEIR PERSONAL BELIEF SYSTEM. 02:44:19.516 --> 02:44:20.650 I DON'T THINK 02:44:21.651 --> 02:44:23.753 KNOWING THAT THAT THE 02:44:24.588 --> 02:44:27.324 CURRENT SOCIAL WORKERS WOULD BE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT 02:44:27.390 --> 02:44:31.695 CHILD BASED ON, THAT CHILD'S PERSONAL BELIEF SYSTEM, 02:44:31.761 --> 02:44:35.332 THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING, SAY, AFFIRMED BY THEIR 02:44:36.633 --> 02:44:39.035 BY THEIR GENDER TO BE DEFINED 02:44:39.102 --> 02:44:41.638 AS ABUSE. 02:44:42.005 --> 02:44:44.374 WOULD THAT BE FAIR TO STATE? 02:44:45.075 --> 02:44:46.710 THAT WOULD BE THE PROTECTION THAT PARENTS 02:44:46.776 --> 02:44:48.745 RIGHT NOW WOULD HAVE, ACCORDING 02:44:48.812 --> 02:44:52.249 WHAT HAS BEEN CONSTITUTIONALLY DEFINED IN COURT 02:44:53.483 --> 02:44:56.453 IN CASE OF THIS ARGUMENT, THAT CHILD 02:44:56.519 --> 02:44:58.421 THAT COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THAT FACILITY 02:44:58.488 --> 02:45:02.459 BASED ON THAT DEFINITION, I COULDN'T SAY FOR SURE. 02:45:02.792 --> 02:45:05.462 YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A SOCIAL WORKER MYSELF ON THESE CASES. 02:45:05.895 --> 02:45:07.464 I DON'T KNOW. 02:45:07.530 --> 02:45:08.898 BUT I MEAN, THAT IS FOR UNDER CURRENT 02:45:08.965 --> 02:45:10.533 LAW, I'M NOT I'M NOT ENTIRELY THAT'S THIS 02:45:10.600 --> 02:45:12.569 THIS BILL DOES NOT CHANGE THE STANDARD 02:45:12.636 --> 02:45:14.371 OF WHAT'S DEEMED UNSAFE FOR THE CHILD. 02:45:14.437 --> 02:45:16.873 IT JUST DOESN'T I MEAN, SO 02:45:16.940 --> 02:45:19.976 IF IF A SOCIAL CAME IN AND DETERMINED 02:45:20.043 --> 02:45:21.044 IT WAS UNSAFE, THEY'D BE APPLYING. 02:45:21.111 --> 02:45:23.580 THE LAW EXISTS TODAY. WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT AT ALL. 02:45:24.014 --> 02:45:26.049 SO THE BILL JUST DOESN'T CHANGE. 02:45:26.116 --> 02:45:28.785 YOU KNOW WHAT THE WITNESS IS WORRIED ABOUT 02:45:29.152 --> 02:45:31.621 IS JUST NOT RELEVANT TO THE BILL. 02:45:31.921 --> 02:45:33.890 THE BILL DOESN'T CHANGE THE STANDARD. 02:45:33.957 --> 02:45:36.459 THE DECISION ULTIMATELY IS MADE BY A JUDGE 02:45:36.526 --> 02:45:37.994 APPLYING THAT STANDARD, THE BILL. 02:45:38.061 --> 02:45:41.431 AND THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE JUDGE'S DISCRETION. 02:45:41.498 --> 02:45:42.332 THANK YOU, SIR. 02:45:42.666 --> 02:45:43.533 OKAY. THANK YOU. 02:45:43.600 --> 02:45:47.537 YEAH, WELL, I 02:45:48.571 --> 02:45:51.107 APPRECIATE THE ROBUST DISCUSSION. 02:45:51.174 --> 02:45:53.510 I APPRECIATE THE OPPOSITION, 02:45:53.576 --> 02:45:55.879 APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES CHILDREN. 02:45:55.945 --> 02:45:58.581 GETS EMOTIONAL, FOR SURE. 02:45:58.648 --> 02:46:01.584 I'VE HEARD YOU TO SAY AND YOU AND I DISCUSSED THIS MORNING 02:46:02.018 --> 02:46:04.888 THAT, AS YOU REITERATED HERE, DOES NOT CHANGE THE 02:46:07.090 --> 02:46:08.591 AND THAT THIS IS REALLY A NARROW 02:46:08.658 --> 02:46:11.328 YOU SAY PARITY BILL ESSENTIALLY IN THESE OTHER 02:46:11.795 --> 02:46:14.998 AND I CERTAINLY GET THE YOU KNOW A HOMELESS SHELTER. 02:46:15.065 --> 02:46:16.399 YOU AND I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 02:46:16.466 --> 02:46:19.436 OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITY THIS MORNING 02:46:19.502 --> 02:46:21.538 WHICH YOU KNOW I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND 02:46:21.604 --> 02:46:23.173 AND MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK AT GOING FORWARD 02:46:23.239 --> 02:46:25.809 JUST MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEARLY DEFINED. 02:46:27.477 --> 02:46:31.147 BUT I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. 02:46:31.214 --> 02:46:38.021 I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL HERE TODAY AND. 02:46:39.122 --> 02:46:40.457 WELL, WITH THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 02:46:40.523 --> 02:46:42.659 I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE 02:46:42.726 --> 02:46:46.796 FOR THE AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE FOCUS ON THE BILL. 02:46:46.863 --> 02:46:49.632 AND WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN EITHER. 02:46:49.699 --> 02:46:51.101 OKAY. 02:46:51.167 --> 02:46:53.403 I THINK WE MAY NOT HAVE A MOTION. 02:46:53.470 --> 02:46:54.437 UM. YEAH, NO 02:46:55.405 --> 02:46:55.705 OKAY. 02:46:55.772 --> 02:46:58.475 SO WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS ONE 02:47:00.243 --> 02:47:01.111 LATER IN THE HEARING. 02:47:01.177 --> 02:47:01.378 OKAY. 02:47:01.444 --> 02:47:02.312 THANK YOU 02:47:58.802 --> 02:48:10.213 SO MUCH. 02:48:11.047 --> 02:48:11.714 WE'VE A COUPLE OF THINGS 02:48:11.781 --> 02:48:14.684 GOING ON TODAY, SO WE MAY HAVE TO RECESS HERE IN ABOUT 02:48:15.718 --> 02:48:16.419 5 MINUTES. 02:48:16.486 --> 02:48:19.856 I KNOW YOU CAN BE QUICK WITH YOUR. 02:48:19.923 --> 02:48:20.790 OKAY. 02:48:21.991 --> 02:48:22.492 ALL RIGHT. 02:48:22.559 --> 02:48:23.460 LET'S HOPE 02:48:23.726 --> 02:48:26.429 THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION, BUT WE'LL SEE IF THEY'RE HERE. 02:48:26.629 --> 02:48:26.963 OKAY. 02:48:27.030 --> 02:48:31.468 SO, SENATOR MACHADO, YOU FAST. 02:48:32.402 --> 02:48:35.638 IF YOU WANT MY COMMENTS, COULD THAT BE. YES. 02:48:36.773 --> 02:48:38.241 AND THEN WE'LL DEBATE. 02:48:38.308 --> 02:48:39.342 WE WILL COME. BACK TO YOU. 02:48:39.409 --> 02:48:41.611 BUT IF WE KEEP OUR COMMENTS BRIEF, THAT'D BE GREAT. 02:48:42.846 --> 02:48:44.714 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. 02:48:44.781 --> 02:48:45.548 CHAIR. 02:48:45.615 --> 02:48:49.986 I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT AB 1914, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL 02:48:50.053 --> 02:48:53.356 GOVERNMENTS TO INCLUDE CHILD CARE IN THEIR GENERAL PLANNING. 02:48:54.023 --> 02:48:56.726 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT THIS BILL IS ABOUT 02:48:56.793 --> 02:49:00.230 IS MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A PROCESS AND INTENTIONALITY 02:49:00.296 --> 02:49:03.466 AROUND CHILD CARE PLANNING FOR OUR CITIES. 02:49:04.501 --> 02:49:06.202 AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, 02:49:06.269 --> 02:49:09.472 WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN THE CHILD CARE WHO HAVE TRIED 02:49:09.539 --> 02:49:12.909 TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS AND GOT MET WITH BLANK STARES 02:49:12.976 --> 02:49:16.346 OR YOU DON'T BELONG HERE KIND OF CONVERSATION. 02:49:17.247 --> 02:49:19.983 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS, 02:49:20.517 --> 02:49:22.418 YOU KNOW, IS REALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT 02:49:22.485 --> 02:49:24.621 THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO CHILD CARE. 02:49:24.687 --> 02:49:28.091 THIS IS SOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST COSTS THAT FAMILIES HAVE TO PAY 02:49:28.324 --> 02:49:29.893 SOME PEOPLE PAYING AS MUCH 02:49:29.959 --> 02:49:32.629 OR MORE THAN THEIR MORTGAGE FOR CHILD CARE. 02:49:33.530 --> 02:49:37.133 THEY MAKE DECISIONS TO NOT HAVE PARENTS GO TO WORK. 02:49:37.200 --> 02:49:38.334 THAT HAPPENED IN MY FAMILY. 02:49:38.401 --> 02:49:40.236 WHEN I WENT BACK TO WORK, I WENT TO WORK 02:49:40.303 --> 02:49:42.438 AND MY HUSBAND STAY AT HOME. 02:49:42.505 --> 02:49:45.341 IT IS A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON FAMILIES 02:49:45.408 --> 02:49:46.709 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS 02:49:46.776 --> 02:49:50.580 THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AS THEY GROW. 02:49:50.647 --> 02:49:53.416 I HAVE 20,000 HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT 02:49:53.483 --> 02:49:56.119 IN MY COMMUNITY OF SANTA CLARITA RIGHT NOW. 02:49:56.553 --> 02:49:58.788 NO CHILD CARE PLAN FOR THAT. 02:49:58.855 --> 02:50:00.924 SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, 02:50:00.990 --> 02:50:01.724 I THINK, OF 02:50:01.791 --> 02:50:05.295 WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY TAKE ON THIS ISSUE 02:50:05.662 --> 02:50:06.596 AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 02:50:06.663 --> 02:50:09.799 AND THIS BILL ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY. 02:50:09.866 --> 02:50:14.037 AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LETTER FROM THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW 02:50:14.103 --> 02:50:16.573 THAT REALLY POINTS OUT THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IT ALLOWS 02:50:16.639 --> 02:50:19.676 FOR ALLOW ALLOWING AN EXISTING CHILD CARE PLAN 02:50:19.909 --> 02:50:22.245 TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THE BILL. 02:50:23.179 --> 02:50:26.149 AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY WITNESSES. 02:50:26.382 --> 02:50:27.050 KIRK KIMMEL. 02:50:27.116 --> 02:50:28.585 SCHOU REPRESENTING THE LOW INCOME 02:50:28.651 --> 02:50:32.188 INVESTMENT FUND, AND STUART BOWEN, WHO'S A COUNCIL MEMBER 02:50:32.455 --> 02:50:34.057 FOR THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO. 02:50:35.391 --> 02:50:36.559 MR. CHAIR, AND MEMBERS 02:50:36.626 --> 02:50:38.394 KIRK KIMMEL ESHOO, AS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER 02:50:38.461 --> 02:50:39.395 NOTED HERE TODAY 02:50:39.462 --> 02:50:41.731 ON BEHALF OF THE LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND, 02:50:41.998 --> 02:50:44.033 I TOO WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF, 02:50:44.100 --> 02:50:44.601 BUT OBVIOUSLY 02:50:44.667 --> 02:50:45.234 WANT TO EXTEND 02:50:45.301 --> 02:50:49.105 OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR AUTHOR AS WELL AS THE CHAIR OF 02:50:49.172 --> 02:50:52.375 THE COMMITTEE, AS A COAUTHOR AS WELL, AND THE COMMITTEE STAFF 02:50:53.076 --> 02:50:54.444 ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, 02:50:54.510 --> 02:50:56.946 CALIFORNIA IS FACING CHILD CARE CRISIS. 02:50:57.013 --> 02:50:58.381 AS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER NOTED. 02:50:58.448 --> 02:51:01.017 THAT IS EXACERBATED BY THE LACK OF FACILITIES, 02:51:01.217 --> 02:51:04.187 WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND INADEQUATE FUNDING. 02:51:04.454 --> 02:51:06.889 WE HAVE A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES 02:51:06.956 --> 02:51:10.994 MULTIFACETED SOLUTIONS, AND WE BELIEVE HB 914 OFFERS ONE 02:51:11.327 --> 02:51:12.996 BY RECOGNIZING THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES 02:51:13.062 --> 02:51:14.297 CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE 02:51:14.364 --> 02:51:17.333 BY INCORPORATING CHILD CARE INTO THEIR GENERAL PLANS, 02:51:17.667 --> 02:51:20.503 OR BY CREATING SEPARATE CHILD CARE PLANS THAT REFLECT 02:51:20.570 --> 02:51:22.105 THE NEEDS OF WORKING FAMILIES. 02:51:22.171 --> 02:51:24.707 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME 02:51:24.774 --> 02:51:26.909 OBVIOUSLY WOULD WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 02:51:28.011 --> 02:51:29.312 THANK YOU. 02:51:29.379 --> 02:51:30.213 GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR. 02:51:30.279 --> 02:51:31.381 BACK IN THE COMMITTEE, 02:51:31.447 --> 02:51:33.516 MY NAME IS STUART BOWEN AND I PROBABLY SERVE 02:51:33.583 --> 02:51:35.551 AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN SAN LEANDRO. 02:51:35.618 --> 02:51:38.187 I'M ALSO A MOTHER OF THREE AND A FOUNDER OF A NONPROFIT 02:51:38.254 --> 02:51:39.722 DEDICATED TO REMOVING BARRIERS 02:51:39.789 --> 02:51:42.025 SO NEW MOTHERS CAN REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL 02:51:42.425 --> 02:51:43.126 THROUGH THIS WORK. 02:51:43.192 --> 02:51:44.093 ONE IMPORTANT LESSON 02:51:44.160 --> 02:51:47.764 SURFACES OVER AND CHILDCARE ISN'T SIMPLY A FAMILY ISSUE. 02:51:48.031 --> 02:51:49.899 IT IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE, 02:51:49.966 --> 02:51:51.534 AND IT'S CRITICAL TO OUR PARENTS ABILITY 02:51:51.601 --> 02:51:54.437 TO AFFORD TO LIVE AND WORK AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 02:51:54.504 --> 02:51:57.273 I'VE WORKED IN SHARE CHILDCARE AS PART OF SAN LEANDRO STRATEGY 02:51:57.340 --> 02:52:00.543 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND CITY PROGRAMS 02:52:00.810 --> 02:52:02.478 WITHOUT ACCESS TO QUALITY CHILDCARE 02:52:02.545 --> 02:52:05.581 COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO. 02:52:05.648 --> 02:52:07.684 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE WHERE HOUSING GETS APPROVED. 02:52:07.750 --> 02:52:10.586 BUSINESSES OPEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS GROW AB 1940 02:52:10.653 --> 02:52:12.555 AND GIVE CITIES AND COUNTIES THE FRAMEWORK TO ENSURE 02:52:12.622 --> 02:52:14.624 CHILDCARE GROWS ALONGSIDE THEM. 02:52:14.691 --> 02:52:16.826 WE INTENTIONALLY PLAN FOR HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, 02:52:16.893 --> 02:52:19.262 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE 02:52:20.296 --> 02:52:21.064 BECAUSE WE KNOW STRONG 02:52:21.130 --> 02:52:23.299 INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. 02:52:23.366 --> 02:52:26.569 CHILD CARE DESERVES REQUIRES THE SAME LEVEL OF PLANNING. 02:52:26.903 --> 02:52:28.337 PARENTS CAN'T FULLY PARTICIPATE 02:52:28.404 --> 02:52:30.573 IN THE WORKFORCE WITHOUT RELIABLE CHILDCARE. 02:52:30.907 --> 02:52:33.509 EMPLOYERS STRUGGLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN WORKERS, AND FAMILIES 02:52:33.576 --> 02:52:34.644 CAN'T FIND. 02:52:34.711 --> 02:52:36.813 AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMIES LOSE TALENT, INNOVATION 02:52:36.879 --> 02:52:37.380 AND OPPORTUNITY. 02:52:37.447 --> 02:52:38.247 WHEN PARENTS, 02:52:38.314 --> 02:52:40.083 ESPECIALLY MOTHERS, ARE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 02:52:40.149 --> 02:52:42.518 EARNING A PAYCHECK AND CARING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 02:52:43.152 --> 02:52:46.222 HB 19 RECOGNIZES SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL TRUTH. 02:52:46.489 --> 02:52:48.324 CHILD CARE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 02:52:48.391 --> 02:52:49.025 IT IS WORKFORCE. 02:52:49.092 --> 02:52:51.461 INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN EQUITY STRATEGY, 02:52:51.527 --> 02:52:52.662 AND IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE 02:52:52.729 --> 02:52:55.998 LONG TERM HEALTH AFFORDABILITY OF OUR OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 02:52:56.466 --> 02:52:59.335 THIS BILL DOESN'T REQUIRE CITIES TO BUILD CHILD CARE CENTERS 02:52:59.402 --> 02:53:00.603 OR CREATE NEW PROGRAMS. 02:53:00.670 --> 02:53:02.071 IT SIMPLY ASKED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 02:53:02.138 --> 02:53:05.241 TO INTENTIONALLY PLAN FOR CHILD CARE ALONGSIDE HOUSING, JOBS 02:53:05.308 --> 02:53:06.242 AND FUTURE GROWTH. 02:53:06.309 --> 02:53:08.578 AND FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES CAN SUCCEED TOGETHER. 02:53:08.878 --> 02:53:10.880 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 02:53:10.947 --> 02:53:12.682 OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 02:53:12.749 --> 02:53:13.750 OTHERS IN SUPPORT 02:53:18.087 --> 02:53:19.288 DC SENATOR 02:53:19.355 --> 02:53:20.656 AMANDA HICKEY ON BEHALF OF THE CHILD 02:53:20.723 --> 02:53:22.225 CARE COORDINATORS ASSOCIATION, 02:53:22.291 --> 02:53:24.961 WHICH REPRESENTS ALL 58 PLANNING COUNCILS. 02:53:25.795 --> 02:53:27.096 OKAY. 02:53:27.163 --> 02:53:30.666 KIM LEWIS REPRESENTING CHILDREN NOW IN SUPPORT. 02:53:30.733 --> 02:53:31.134 GOOD MORNING. 02:53:31.200 --> 02:53:33.436 KIRA ROSS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AND SUPPORT 02:53:35.271 --> 02:53:37.006 MIKAYLA HARTLEY WITH CHILD ACTION 02:53:37.073 --> 02:53:40.109 IN SUPPORT. 02:53:40.176 --> 02:53:41.410 MEGAN BARBIE WITH KAISER 02:53:41.477 --> 02:53:43.913 ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF CAMEO NETWORK AND SUPPORT 02:53:45.681 --> 02:53:47.416 KATIE COCHRAN ON BEHALF OF THE CALL 02:53:47.483 --> 02:53:49.185 FOR A COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 02:53:49.252 --> 02:53:53.256 GIRLS, WE ARE A PROUD CO-SPONSOR, 02:53:53.322 --> 02:53:55.124 MCKENZIE RICHARDSON ON BEHALF OF THRIVING FAMILIES 02:53:55.191 --> 02:53:57.927 CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT. 02:53:57.994 --> 02:53:59.095 OKAY. 02:53:59.362 --> 02:54:03.466 ANY OPPOSITION TO ANY OPPOSITION. 02:54:03.533 --> 02:54:05.334 OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION. 02:54:05.401 --> 02:54:08.404 SO I WILL BE IN FACT, I WAS BEFORE BEING ELECTED, 02:54:08.471 --> 02:54:10.306 I SERVED ON THE CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS 02:54:10.373 --> 02:54:11.574 COUNCIL, SAN MATEO COUNTY. 02:54:11.641 --> 02:54:14.877 THAT'S OUR LOCAL PLANNING COUNCIL. AND, 02:54:16.279 --> 02:54:17.613 YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY PROUD TO SERVE ON THAT. 02:54:17.680 --> 02:54:19.048 WE HAD THREE DIMENSIONS. 02:54:19.115 --> 02:54:20.082 WE HAD THE 02:54:20.149 --> 02:54:21.284 THE BUILDING DIMENSION, 02:54:21.350 --> 02:54:24.453 THE WORKFORCE DIMENSION AND THE POLICY DIMENSION. 02:54:24.520 --> 02:54:28.624 AND I LEARNED A LOT OF BEING ON THERE. 02:54:28.691 --> 02:54:32.295 AND AND I THINK BECAUSE WE HAD THAT KIND OF FOCUS, 02:54:33.296 --> 02:54:35.832 WE WERE ABLE TO EARN THE SUPPORT OF THE SUPERVISORS 02:54:37.233 --> 02:54:40.503 TO TAKE STEPS THAT ARE SOME ARE STILL IN PROCESS. 02:54:40.570 --> 02:54:45.875 BUT TO DO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES IN IN THE COUNTY. 02:54:45.942 --> 02:54:47.410 BUT IT REALLY DID TAKE THAT KIND OF FOCUS. 02:54:47.476 --> 02:54:49.645 SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BILL. 02:54:49.712 --> 02:54:52.982 I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED THE 20,000 02:54:53.282 --> 02:54:55.384 PERSON CITY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT 02:54:56.319 --> 02:54:58.087 IS IS HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC. 02:54:58.154 --> 02:55:01.224 SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORT AND CHILD CARE 02:55:01.290 --> 02:55:04.260 AND WE'RE DOING SOME GOOD WORK IN THE BUDGET HERE LATER TODAY, 02:55:04.994 --> 02:55:06.863 BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE THE FACILITIES. 02:55:06.929 --> 02:55:08.030 YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES, 02:55:08.097 --> 02:55:08.998 WE'RE NOT THE WORKFORCE, 02:55:10.266 --> 02:55:12.668 THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 02:55:12.735 --> 02:55:14.403 SO WE'LL BE SUPPORTING. 02:55:14.470 --> 02:55:16.005 WE'RE STILL A SUBCOMMITTEE. 02:55:16.072 --> 02:55:18.407 I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY, 02:55:18.474 --> 02:55:19.642 BUT I RECOMMEND I VOTE SOME. 02:55:19.709 --> 02:55:20.810 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE NOW? 02:55:20.877 --> 02:55:22.945 I THINK THAT YOUR WORDS WERE A PERFECT CLOSING. 02:55:23.012 --> 02:55:25.715 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 02:55:25.781 --> 02:55:29.218 WELL, WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. 02:55:30.219 --> 02:55:32.154 AND WHEN WE DO HAVE 02:55:32.221 --> 02:55:33.789 SOME OF THE MEMBERS COME BACK, SENATOR PATTERSON, 02:55:33.856 --> 02:55:34.523 IF YOU WANT TO STICK AROUND, 02:55:34.590 --> 02:55:36.292 WILL WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR BILL. 02:55:36.359 --> 02:55:39.795 WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FOLKS COMING OVER SOON FROM BUDGET. 02:55:40.196 --> 02:55:45.001 SO IF YOU WANT, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT SENSE BUT UNDERSTOOD. 02:55:45.067 --> 02:55:46.335 LET'S SAY A BRIEF RECESS NOW. 02:55:46.402 --> 02:55:54.477 NO. ALRIGHTY. 02:55:54.543 --> 02:55:58.814 WE WILL BRING THIS COMMITTEE BACK TO ORDER. 02:55:58.881 --> 02:56:02.885 AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE ASSEMBLYMEMBER PATTERSON HERE 02:56:02.952 --> 02:56:05.988 TO PRESENT AB 2037 02:56:06.055 --> 02:56:09.692 ASSEMBLY MEMBER IF WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WHENEVER YOU'RE READY 02:56:19.335 --> 02:56:23.039 TO SHORT FOR THESE CHAIRS HERE. SO 02:56:23.606 --> 02:56:25.942 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 02:56:27.410 --> 02:56:29.745 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT 02:56:29.812 --> 02:56:32.882 AB 2037 02:56:32.949 --> 02:56:34.717 IS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, 02:56:34.784 --> 02:56:37.887 WILDFIRES QUITE A BIG ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT. 02:56:37.954 --> 02:56:40.022 AND SO WHEN WE'RE BRAINSTORMING IDEAS, 02:56:40.323 --> 02:56:42.591 WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP 02:56:44.660 --> 02:56:47.530 ELDERLY POPULATION AS WELL AS THOSE WITH DISABILITIES 02:56:47.797 --> 02:56:51.801 CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACES AROUND THEIR PROPERTIES. 02:56:52.001 --> 02:56:55.271 AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO CREATE A 02:56:56.772 --> 02:56:59.642 PROGRAM UPON APPROPRIATION IN WHICH, 02:57:01.143 --> 02:57:05.114 YOU KNOW, GRANT COULD BE ISSUED TO HELP ASSIST WITH THAT. 02:57:05.181 --> 02:57:06.749 WITH SOME OF THE INTERESTING 02:57:06.816 --> 02:57:09.819 STATISTICS IS IN THE EATON AND PALISADE 02:57:10.853 --> 02:57:13.990 FIRES, 87% OF THE VICTIMS 02:57:14.056 --> 02:57:17.727 WERE 65 YEARS OR OLDER OR HAD A DISABILITY. 02:57:18.294 --> 02:57:20.563 AND 80% OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN 02:57:20.629 --> 02:57:24.300 THE CAMPFIRE WERE 65 YEARS OLD OR, OLDER. 02:57:24.734 --> 02:57:27.536 SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A PRETTY MODEST APPROACH. 02:57:27.603 --> 02:57:30.239 OBVIOUSLY, I'D LOVE TO HAVE IT STATEWIDE. 02:57:30.940 --> 02:57:33.442 WE WERE WE WERE SOMEWHAT COGNIZANT OF A 02:57:35.011 --> 02:57:37.613 MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY MANY WILDFIRES, 02:57:37.947 --> 02:57:40.883 BUT ALSO WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OBVIOUSLY COSTS AND THINGS 02:57:40.950 --> 02:57:42.985 LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S UPON APPROPRIATION. 02:57:43.052 --> 02:57:44.653 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE IT 02:57:44.720 --> 02:57:47.356 SOMEWHAT OF A OF A PILOT PROJECT, IF YOU WILL, 02:57:48.224 --> 02:57:49.058 WITH ME IN SUPPORT. 02:57:49.125 --> 02:57:52.194 I HAVE RUSSELL DAWSON RAWLINGS ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA 02:57:52.261 --> 02:57:57.466 FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS. 02:57:57.533 --> 02:58:00.803 THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THANK YOU 02:58:00.870 --> 02:58:04.073 TO THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER PATTERSON FOR THIS 02:58:04.774 --> 02:58:08.077 VERY IMPORTANT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. 02:58:08.144 --> 02:58:10.112 I AM RUSSELL DAWSON RAWLINGS 02:58:10.179 --> 02:58:11.981 COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS 02:58:12.048 --> 02:58:14.050 MANAGER AT CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION 02:58:14.116 --> 02:58:15.951 FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS. 02:58:16.018 --> 02:58:18.988 I AM ALSO A PERSON WITH A SIGNIFICANT DISABILITY 02:58:19.622 --> 02:58:21.724 CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS. 02:58:21.791 --> 02:58:23.759 WE ARE A STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION 02:58:23.826 --> 02:58:26.929 OF CALIFORNIA'S INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS, ORGANIZATIONS 02:58:26.996 --> 02:58:27.863 RUN BY 02:58:27.930 --> 02:58:30.599 AND FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM 02:58:30.666 --> 02:58:31.634 AND EMPOWER THEM 02:58:31.700 --> 02:58:34.003 TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, RECEIVING 02:58:34.070 --> 02:58:36.705 BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO DO SO. 02:58:37.239 --> 02:58:39.775 ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN AT CFI, LC 02:58:39.842 --> 02:58:42.745 IS KNOWN AS THE DISABILITY DISASTER ACCESS AND RESOURCES 02:58:42.812 --> 02:58:47.316 PROGRAM, OR DDR PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH PG 02:58:47.383 --> 02:58:50.586 AND E TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE DURING WILDFIRES 02:58:50.653 --> 02:58:54.323 AND EVEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE POWER IS SHUT OFF, 02:58:54.390 --> 02:58:57.326 KNOWN AS PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFF PROGRAMS. 02:58:57.660 --> 02:59:00.229 SO THIS THIS BILL, THIS PILOT PROGRAM, 02:59:00.696 --> 02:59:05.000 WOULD MAKE A PROFOUND STEP TOWARD PROTECTING CALIFORNIANS, 02:59:05.067 --> 02:59:06.035 AS YOU HEARD, 02:59:06.102 --> 02:59:07.103 THE MORTALITY RATES 02:59:07.169 --> 02:59:10.606 DURING WILDFIRES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ABOVE THE AGE OF 65, 02:59:10.840 --> 02:59:13.909 AND PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE ABOVE THE AGE OF 65 02:59:13.976 --> 02:59:17.079 WITH DISABILITIES, IS VERY, VERY, VERY DIRE. 02:59:18.047 --> 02:59:19.849 YOU KNOW, 70, 87%. 02:59:19.915 --> 02:59:22.284 THAT'S THAT'S A VERY HIGH NUMBER. 02:59:22.351 --> 02:59:25.121 I THINK MANY OF YOU PROBABLY SAW HEADLINES FROM THE 02:59:26.422 --> 02:59:29.425 THE PALISADES FIRES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BEING LEFT 02:59:29.492 --> 02:59:32.328 BEHIND AND UNFORTUNATELY LOSING THEIR LIVES. 02:59:33.062 --> 02:59:36.365 THE WORK THAT DONE TO PROTECT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 02:59:36.432 --> 02:59:40.169 GIVING PEOPLE DIRECT AID TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR HOMES 02:59:40.503 --> 02:59:44.006 MORE DEFENSIBLE AGAINST FIRE IS A GOOD THING. 02:59:44.073 --> 02:59:46.809 AND CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS. 02:59:46.876 --> 02:59:48.711 I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE 02:59:48.777 --> 02:59:52.047 IN HELPING PEOPLE IDENTIFY RESOURCES SUCH AS THIS. 02:59:52.114 --> 02:59:54.950 IF THEY WERE MADE AVAILABLE, AND THEY ALSO HAVE DEEP ROOTS 02:59:55.017 --> 02:59:55.651 IN PARTNERSHIPS 02:59:55.718 --> 02:59:57.820 WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS, THEY CAN 02:59:58.087 --> 02:59:59.622 ACTUALLY GET THE WORK DONE. 02:59:59.688 --> 03:00:02.258 SO I THINK THIS PROGRAM CAN BE VERY EXCITING 03:00:02.591 --> 03:00:05.461 AND IT WILL HELP BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE 03:00:05.528 --> 03:00:07.897 BECAUSE INVESTING IN THIS PROGRAM 03:00:07.963 --> 03:00:10.032 WILL ALSO SHOW THAT IT'S A PRIORITY 03:00:10.099 --> 03:00:11.934 TO PROTECT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 03:00:12.001 --> 03:00:15.404 AND OLDER ADULTS IN WILDFIRE AND OTHER DISASTER SITUATIONS. 03:00:16.172 --> 03:00:20.876 AND I HAVE RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR ROSA PARKS. 03:00:20.943 --> 03:00:22.344 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 03:00:22.411 --> 03:00:25.314 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE IN SUPPORT TO OFFER MEETINGS 03:00:26.482 --> 03:00:26.749 HERE AND 03:00:26.815 --> 03:00:29.251 CONSULT US ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF THOUSAND OR 03:00:31.320 --> 03:00:33.489 PETERHANSEL HERE, ON BEHALF OF AARP, 03:00:33.556 --> 03:00:36.025 CALIFORNIA, AND SUPPORT 03:00:37.026 --> 03:00:37.793 LUCY GWYNN SOTO HERE, 03:00:37.860 --> 03:00:40.629 BEHALF OF THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA AND PLACER AND SUPPORT. 03:00:41.230 --> 03:00:42.298 EXCELLENT. 03:00:42.364 --> 03:00:43.165 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 03:00:43.232 --> 03:00:46.468 NOW, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION? 03:00:46.535 --> 03:00:48.804 ANYONE IN OPPOSITION SAYING NO AND RACING? 03:00:48.871 --> 03:00:50.973 I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. 03:00:51.707 --> 03:00:57.112 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 03:00:57.179 --> 03:00:59.582 THE CHAIR'S RECOMMENDATION IS AND I VOTE 03:00:59.648 --> 03:01:01.283 AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT YOUR BILL AS WELL. 03:01:01.350 --> 03:01:02.851 I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 03:01:02.918 --> 03:01:05.888 ASSEMBLYMEMBER PATTERSON, AND YOU BEING PATIENT. 03:01:05.955 --> 03:01:07.156 ALL ONE OF US 03:01:07.223 --> 03:01:08.624 ARRIVE TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEE, 03:01:08.691 --> 03:01:10.993 SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO CLOSE. 03:01:11.060 --> 03:01:11.994 VERY WELL, THANK YOU. 03:01:12.061 --> 03:01:13.963 I KNOW IT'S A BUSY DAY FOR EVERYBODY 03:01:14.029 --> 03:01:15.564 AND REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS 03:01:15.631 --> 03:01:18.567 AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I VOTE ONE GREAT. 03:01:18.801 --> 03:01:21.303 BY THE WAY, WE HAVE QUORUM. CAN YOU CONFIRM? 03:01:21.370 --> 03:01:21.937 OKAY. 03:01:22.004 --> 03:01:24.640 WE HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR WEBBER 03:01:24.707 --> 03:01:29.411 AND THAT MOTION IS IS IT JUST TO PASS? 03:01:30.846 --> 03:01:31.280 OKAY. 03:01:31.347 --> 03:01:32.681 OKAY, DO PASS. 03:01:32.748 --> 03:01:35.017 AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO CALL THE ROLL 03:01:35.084 --> 03:01:38.854 FIRELIGHT ON 1480 2037 MOTION 03:01:38.921 --> 03:01:43.292 IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE BECKER A BOGUE 03:01:43.993 --> 03:01:48.197 LAIRD PEREZ PEREZ I WEBBER PEARSON 03:01:48.631 --> 03:01:51.900 WEBBER PEARSON I TO THAT IS ON CALL 03:01:52.268 --> 03:01:54.570 AND WE WILL PUT THAT BILL BACK ON CALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 03:01:54.637 --> 03:01:56.939 ASSEMBLY MEMBER THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 03:01:57.006 --> 03:01:57.840 THANK YOU. 03:01:58.374 --> 03:02:01.744 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 03:02:01.810 --> 03:02:04.346 NO, I NEED TO LIFT CALLS. I DON'T KNOW. 03:02:04.413 --> 03:02:06.882 YEAH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND LIFT 03:02:06.949 --> 03:02:11.687 CALLS. 03:02:11.754 --> 03:02:13.789 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 03:02:14.790 --> 03:02:16.925 LAIRD PEREZ. 03:02:16.992 --> 03:02:19.261 PEREZ, I 03:02:19.762 --> 03:02:23.098 WILL PUT THAT ONE ON CALL AND WE WILL PUT THAT BACK ON CALL. 03:02:23.599 --> 03:02:27.202 FILE ITEM ONE AB 262 MOTION IS TO PASS 03:02:27.269 --> 03:02:30.239 TWO APPROPRIATIONS LAIRD PEREZ. 03:02:30.572 --> 03:02:33.409 PEREZ I PUT THAT ON CALL. 03:02:33.609 --> 03:02:35.744 I WILL PUT THAT BILL BACK ON CALL. 03:02:35.811 --> 03:02:41.317 FILE ITEM 2AB673 MOTION IS TO PASS TWO APPROPRIATIONS. 03:02:41.383 --> 03:02:43.619 LAIRD PEREZ. 03:02:43.686 --> 03:02:46.288 PEREZ, I AM CHAO. 03:02:47.089 --> 03:02:52.127 OKAY, FILE ITEM 3AB1575. 03:02:52.528 --> 03:02:54.063 MOTION IS DO PASS. 03:02:55.831 --> 03:02:58.100 LAIRD PEREZ. 03:02:58.167 --> 03:02:58.734 PEREZ. 03:02:58.801 --> 03:03:03.072 I GOT ONE ON CALL FILE ITEM FOUR 03:03:03.572 --> 03:03:06.842 AB 2510 MOTION IS TO PASS 03:03:06.909 --> 03:03:10.946 TWO APPROPRIATIONS ACHO BOGUE LAIRD 03:03:11.380 --> 03:03:15.250 PEREZ PEREZ I ADD ON CALL 03:03:16.785 --> 03:03:20.055 FILE ITEM FIVE AB 1655 03:03:20.122 --> 03:03:23.192 MOTION IS TO PASS TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE LAIRD 03:03:23.792 --> 03:03:25.961 PEREZ PEREZ I 03:03:27.029 --> 03:03:29.098 ALL FILE ITEM SEVEN 03:03:29.164 --> 03:03:34.503 AB 1688 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS LAIRD 03:03:35.104 --> 03:03:37.439 PEREZ PEREZ I WEBER. 03:03:37.506 --> 03:03:39.241 PIERSON. WEBER PIERSON. 03:03:39.308 --> 03:03:41.410 I PUT THEM ALL 03:03:43.178 --> 03:03:46.448 FILE ITEM NINE AB 1746. 03:03:46.515 --> 03:03:48.851 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 03:03:48.917 --> 03:03:50.853 LAIRD PEREZ. 03:03:50.919 --> 03:03:53.155 PEREZ I WEBER PIERSON. 03:03:53.222 --> 03:03:54.056 WEBER PIERSON. 03:03:54.123 --> 03:03:57.393 I DON'T CALL BILL BACK ON CALL 03:03:57.993 --> 03:04:02.898 FILE ITEM 11 AB1914 MOTION IS TO PASS TWO. 03:04:03.499 --> 03:04:05.334 OH, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION ON THAT ONE. 03:04:05.401 --> 03:04:07.436 WOULD ANYONE WANT TO MOVE THAT BILL? 03:04:07.503 --> 03:04:08.704 I'M SORRY, 03:04:09.805 --> 03:04:11.874 1914? 03:04:11.940 --> 03:04:13.842 NO. OKAY, SO I'LL JUST HOLD THAT BILL. 03:04:13.909 --> 03:04:14.643 OKAY. 03:04:14.910 --> 03:04:18.781 AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET ON FILE ITEM 12. 03:04:19.648 --> 03:04:23.685 I MOVED THE BILL MOVED BY WEBER PEARSON FILE ITEM 03:04:23.752 --> 03:04:29.291 12 AB 1967 MOTION IS TO PASS TWO APPROPRIATIONS BECKER 03:04:30.359 --> 03:04:31.760 ACHO, BOAK, 03:04:31.827 --> 03:04:37.065 LAIRD PEREZ PEREZ I WEBER PEARSON WEBER PEARSON. 03:04:37.132 --> 03:04:40.903 I PUT THAT ON, PUT THAT BILL BACK ON CALL 03:04:41.937 --> 03:04:45.874 AND THEN FILE ITEM 15 AB 2195 03:04:45.941 --> 03:04:48.410 MOTION IS TO PASS TWO APPROPRIATIONS. 03:04:49.077 --> 03:04:53.382 LAIRD PEREZ PEREZ I WEBER PEARSON. 03:04:53.849 --> 03:04:57.953 WEBER PEARSON I WILL PUT THAT BILL BACK ON CALL. 03:04:58.554 --> 03:05:02.057 FILE ITEM 16 AB 2567. 03:05:02.524 --> 03:05:05.994 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 03:05:06.061 --> 03:05:08.197 LAIRD PEREZ. 03:05:08.263 --> 03:05:10.232 PEREZ I WEBER. PEARSON. 03:05:10.299 --> 03:05:11.033 WEBER. PEARSON. 03:05:11.099 --> 03:05:13.635 I WILL PUT THAT BILL BACK ON CALL 03:05:15.237 --> 03:05:19.107 FILE ITEM 20 1AB2304 03:05:19.808 --> 03:05:22.277 MOTION IS TO PASS TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 03:05:22.611 --> 03:05:26.181 LAIRD PEREZ I PEREZ, I. 03:05:27.082 --> 03:05:29.518 OKAY, LET'S PUT THAT ON CALL 03:05:29.585 --> 03:05:31.854 AND THEN WE WILL PUT THAT BILL BACK ON CALL. 03:05:31.920 --> 03:05:33.956 YEAH. ALL RIGHTY. 03:05:34.022 --> 03:05:34.556 I SEE WE. 03:05:34.623 --> 03:05:38.694 HAVE BOTH ASSEMBLY MEMBER SHAK COLLINS AND ROGERS. 03:05:38.760 --> 03:05:40.496 I BELIEVE ROGERS IS FIRST. 03:05:40.562 --> 03:05:41.396 SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE 03:05:41.463 --> 03:05:46.201 TO BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, IT'S 03:05:48.136 --> 03:05:50.239 OKAY IF 03:05:51.874 --> 03:05:54.076 WHICHEVER WE HAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO. 03:05:54.142 --> 03:05:57.746 IF I'M NOT READY 03:05:57.813 --> 03:06:00.782 TO GO SEE THE FIRST. 03:06:00.849 --> 03:06:02.184 I'M A GIANTS FAN. 03:06:02.251 --> 03:06:05.320 OKAY. UH, 03:06:07.489 --> 03:06:08.156 THAT'S 03:06:10.292 --> 03:06:13.629 OKAY. 03:06:13.695 --> 03:06:18.166 SO I TEXTED HER. 03:06:18.233 --> 03:06:26.074 I'LL TEXT AGAIN. 03:06:26.141 --> 03:06:27.075 OH, RIGHT. 03:06:27.142 --> 03:06:29.378 I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH CALDERON'S GO. 03:06:29.845 --> 03:06:31.547 OKAY, RALPH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 03:06:31.613 --> 03:06:33.949 ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE DOING THE. 03:06:34.016 --> 03:06:35.784 YEAH, ON THE COLORADO. THANK YOU. 03:06:35.851 --> 03:06:37.052 YOU'RE HERE. IT'S OKAY. 03:06:37.119 --> 03:06:37.853 I'LL SWITCH 03:06:38.954 --> 03:06:40.055 RIGHT NOW. 03:06:40.122 --> 03:06:42.324 SWITCH 23. 95. 03:06:42.391 --> 03:06:45.694 YOU GOT IT. 03:06:45.761 --> 03:06:46.261 OKAY. 03:06:46.328 --> 03:06:49.831 I'LL SWITCH TO BANK ASSEMBLY BILL 23, 95. 03:06:50.098 --> 03:06:52.367 OKAY. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN. 03:06:52.434 --> 03:06:56.672 MEMBERS, TODAY I'M HERE TO SORRY, 23, 95 A BILL 03:06:56.738 --> 03:06:59.141 THAT SEEKS TO IMPROVE AN EXISTING STATE RESOURCE, 03:06:59.474 --> 03:07:01.643 THE CHILD SUPPORT DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 03:07:01.710 --> 03:07:03.579 CALIFORNIA CARRIES MORE THAN 6 BILLION 03:07:03.645 --> 03:07:05.480 IN GOVERNMENT CHILD SUPPORT DEBT, 03:07:05.547 --> 03:07:08.584 MUCH OF WHICH IS EXASPERATED BY A 10% INTEREST RATE, 03:07:08.850 --> 03:07:10.552 ONE OF THE HIGHEST WITHIN THE NATION. 03:07:10.619 --> 03:07:11.920 PEOPLE GET INTO THIS TYPE OF DEBT 03:07:11.987 --> 03:07:14.423 BECAUSE A PARENT PAYING CHILD SUPPORT MUST BE PAID. 03:07:14.489 --> 03:07:16.124 THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE THERE, 03:07:16.191 --> 03:07:19.528 THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF MONEY BASED ON THE CHILD ITSELF. 03:07:19.861 --> 03:07:23.031 THESE ARE RESOURCES LIKE OUR FRESH COW WORKS AND HER WIG. 03:07:23.298 --> 03:07:23.765 THE RESULT 03:07:23.832 --> 03:07:26.401 THIS GOVERNMENT REIMBURSEMENT COMES AT AN EXPENSE OF A CHILD 03:07:26.468 --> 03:07:28.737 THAT LOSES MONEY THEIR PARENT CAN PROVIDE. 03:07:28.804 --> 03:07:31.907 THIS CAN BE INCREASINGLY HARMFUL AS A CHILD IS ALREADY ELIGIBLE 03:07:31.974 --> 03:07:34.743 FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE DUE TO CUSTODIAL PARENTS INCOME. 03:07:35.310 --> 03:07:37.679 THE DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO ASSIST THESE 03:07:37.746 --> 03:07:38.647 LOW INCOME FAMILIES 03:07:38.714 --> 03:07:41.049 WHO HAVE BECOME PARALYZED BY THEIR DEBT SITUATION. 03:07:41.516 --> 03:07:44.219 HOWEVER, THE PROGRAM LACKS UNIFORMITY, AS LOCAL CHILD 03:07:44.286 --> 03:07:44.519 SUPPORT 03:07:44.586 --> 03:07:47.623 AGENCIES HAVE VARYING METHODS OF ADMINISTRATING THE PROGRAM. 03:07:48.390 --> 03:07:50.926 THIS CAUSES SOME PARENTS TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 03:07:51.326 --> 03:07:53.829 TO RECEIVE THEIR HELP WITH PROVIDING FOR THE CHILD. 03:07:54.096 --> 03:07:55.697 ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY 03:07:55.764 --> 03:07:57.332 FOR A PARENT TO APPEAL THEIR CASE 03:07:57.399 --> 03:07:59.635 WHEN STATEWIDE CENTERS ARE IN QUESTION. 03:07:59.701 --> 03:08:02.004 MY BILL ENSURES THAT LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES 03:08:02.070 --> 03:08:03.405 HAVE READILY AVAILABLE 03:08:03.472 --> 03:08:06.375 CONTACT INFORMATION, ESTABLISHES A CLEAR TIMELINE 03:08:06.441 --> 03:08:09.344 FOR PROCESSING CASES AND ALLOWS PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY 03:08:09.544 --> 03:08:11.313 TO CONTEST AGENCY ACTIONS. 03:08:12.314 --> 03:08:13.048 IT ALSO 03:08:13.115 --> 03:08:14.616 YOU TO PARTNER THE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES 03:08:14.683 --> 03:08:16.718 TO CREATE REGULATIONS FOR EVEN CLEARER 03:08:16.785 --> 03:08:20.155 IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES, SPECIFICALLY ON HOW PASSTHROUGH 03:08:20.389 --> 03:08:21.590 SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. 03:08:21.657 --> 03:08:24.993 SO SIMPLY BILL 2095 HELPS IN THE CYCLE OF POVERTY 03:08:25.394 --> 03:08:27.996 MANY CALIFORNIANS ARE TRAPPED IN DUE TO ENLIST GOVERNMENT 03:08:28.063 --> 03:08:29.264 OR CHILD SUPPORT DEBT. 03:08:29.331 --> 03:08:33.435 AND WE HAVE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS CSA 03:08:33.935 --> 03:08:37.105 AND AND THEY HAVE REMOVED THEIR OPPOSITION HERE TO TESTIFY 03:08:37.172 --> 03:08:39.041 IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL TODAY IS REBECCA 03:08:39.107 --> 03:08:42.277 GONZALEZ, POLICY ADVOCATE FOR WESTERN CENTRAL POVERTY. 03:08:42.344 --> 03:08:43.011 IN COURSE, 03:08:43.078 --> 03:08:45.347 ACCION FROM THE COALITION OF CALIFORNIA 03:08:45.414 --> 03:08:46.982 WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, 03:08:47.049 --> 03:08:47.949 READING A TESTIMONY 03:08:48.016 --> 03:08:50.719 ON BEHALF OF DAMON HAMPTON FROM VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA. 03:08:51.119 --> 03:08:53.288 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 03:08:53.355 --> 03:08:54.222 GOOD AFTERNOON. 03:08:54.289 --> 03:08:56.792 MY NAME IS REBECCA GONZALES FOR THE WESTERN CENTER 03:08:56.858 --> 03:08:57.826 ON LAW AND POVERTY. 03:08:57.893 --> 03:09:00.696 WE ARE CO-SPONSOR OF BABY 2395, 03:09:00.762 --> 03:09:03.665 ALONG WITH THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE AND CHILD SUPPORT COALITION. 03:09:03.999 --> 03:09:06.868 THIS BILL WOULD CREATE ENFORCEABLE STATEWIDE STANDARDS 03:09:06.935 --> 03:09:10.138 TO ENSURE THE EXISTING DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM AND CHILD 03:09:10.205 --> 03:09:13.375 SUPPORT TRULY LOW INCOME PARENTS TO SETTLE THEIR GOVERNMENT 03:09:13.442 --> 03:09:14.943 OWED CHILD SUPPORT DEBT. 03:09:15.010 --> 03:09:17.913 FOR OVER 40 YEARS, CALIFORNIA HAS REQUIRED PARENTS 03:09:17.979 --> 03:09:20.515 WHO RECEIVE CAL WORKS TO REPAY THOSE BENEFITS 03:09:20.582 --> 03:09:22.784 BY, INTERCEPTING THEIR CHILD SUPPORT. 03:09:22.851 --> 03:09:26.188 FAMILIES RECEIVING CAL WORKS GENERALLY ONLY RECEIVE $100 03:09:26.254 --> 03:09:27.055 FOR ONE CHILD 03:09:27.122 --> 03:09:31.326 OR $200 FOR TWO OR MORE CHILDREN OF THEIR MONTHLY CHILD. 03:09:31.393 --> 03:09:33.295 WHILE THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS THE REST, 03:09:33.361 --> 03:09:37.165 THIS DEBT CAN GROW RAPIDLY BECAUSE OF THE 10% INTEREST RATE 03:09:37.466 --> 03:09:37.766 PASS. 03:09:37.833 --> 03:09:40.535 STUDIES SHOW THAT 95% OF THIS GOVERNMENT 03:09:40.936 --> 03:09:43.705 DEBT IS UNCOLLECTABLE AND THE BULK OF THE STATE OWED 03:09:43.772 --> 03:09:46.708 ARREARS ARE OWED BY PARENTS WITH EXTREMELY LOW INCOMES 03:09:46.942 --> 03:09:47.976 AND MANY OF THEIR 03:09:48.043 --> 03:09:48.844 THESE CASES 03:09:48.910 --> 03:09:50.912 THE CHILDREN ARE NOW ADULTS AND THE PARENTS 03:09:50.979 --> 03:09:53.215 ARE IN THEIR FIFTIES AND SIXTIES. 03:09:53.281 --> 03:09:55.650 SPECIFICALLY, THIS BILL REQUIRES DCS 03:09:55.717 --> 03:09:58.720 ASKED TO PROMULGATE STATEWIDE PROGRAM REGULATIONS, 03:09:58.787 --> 03:10:00.188 FORMS AND PROCEDURES 03:10:00.255 --> 03:10:02.991 TO MAKE THE PROGRAM OPERATE UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE, 03:10:03.058 --> 03:10:04.960 WHICH CAN BE ENFORCED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT 03:10:05.026 --> 03:10:07.662 DEPARTMENT'S EXISTING COMPLAINT RESOLUTION PROCESS 03:10:07.996 --> 03:10:10.165 REQUIRING ALL LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES 03:10:10.232 --> 03:10:12.634 TO POST THE APPLICATION TO THE PROGRAM ON THEIR WEBSITE, 03:10:12.901 --> 03:10:16.471 HAVE A DESIGNATED PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL, AND SEND A NOTICE TO 03:10:16.671 --> 03:10:18.774 PARENTS WHO ARE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE. 03:10:18.840 --> 03:10:20.142 LASTLY, THE BILL ENSURES 03:10:20.208 --> 03:10:21.810 THE NEW REGULATIONS ACCOUNT FOR PASS 03:10:21.877 --> 03:10:23.945 THROUGH FOR FORMERLY ASSISTED FAMILIES. 03:10:24.012 --> 03:10:26.114 LIFTING THE BURDEN OF GOVERNMENT OWED CHILD SUPPORT 03:10:26.181 --> 03:10:28.283 DEBT FROM PARENTS HAS SHOWN TO REDUCE EMPLOYMENT 03:10:28.350 --> 03:10:31.019 BARRIERS, IMPROVE HOUSING STATUS AND CREDIT SCORES, 03:10:31.253 --> 03:10:32.554 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 03:10:32.621 --> 03:10:35.323 IMPROVE PARENT, CHILD AND CO-PARENTING RELATIONSHIPS. 03:10:35.624 --> 03:10:37.559 THIS BILL IS A COMMON SENSE IMPROVEMENT 03:10:37.626 --> 03:10:40.195 OF AN EXISTING PROGRAM AND ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. 03:10:40.262 --> 03:10:43.465 THANK YOU. HELLO. 03:10:43.532 --> 03:10:44.132 QUITE A TURN 03:10:44.199 --> 03:10:45.767 WITH THE COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE 03:10:45.834 --> 03:10:47.869 RIGHTS ORGANIZATION LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE. 03:10:48.303 --> 03:10:49.337 I'M READING TESTIMONY 03:10:49.404 --> 03:10:53.341 ON BEHALF OF LAMONT HAMPTON FROM VAN NUYS. 03:10:53.408 --> 03:10:54.042 MY CHILD SUPPORT 03:10:54.109 --> 03:10:56.678 OBLIGATIONS BEGAN IN 1995 AND OVER TIME, 03:10:56.745 --> 03:10:58.513 BECAUSE I COULD NOT PAY THE FULL AMOUNT, 03:10:58.580 --> 03:11:00.749 MY CHILD TO PUERTO RICO JUST BALLOONED. 03:11:00.816 --> 03:11:03.351 MY DIET GOT SO HIGH THAT FELT LIKE I WAS STUCK IN A HOLE. 03:11:03.418 --> 03:11:04.085 MY CHILDREN ARE IN THEIR 03:11:04.152 --> 03:11:08.023 THIRTIES AND I HAD OVER $100,000 IN CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS, 03:11:08.089 --> 03:11:09.524 MOST OF IT INTEREST. 03:11:09.591 --> 03:11:10.959 ALSO, ALL OF MY ARREARS WERE ASSIGNED 03:11:11.026 --> 03:11:13.595 TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THAT OWED TO MY CHILDREN. 03:11:13.662 --> 03:11:15.397 OVER THE LAST DECADE I HAVE BEEN ON A FIXED 03:11:15.463 --> 03:11:17.332 INCOME EVERY MONTH CHILD SUPPORT 03:11:17.399 --> 03:11:20.168 CHILD SUPPORT GARNISHED $50 FOR MY SOCIAL SECURITY. 03:11:20.735 --> 03:11:22.470 IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ADDRESS 03:11:22.537 --> 03:11:23.471 MY CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS 03:11:23.538 --> 03:11:25.740 BECAUSE THEY HELD ME BACK FROM GROWING IN LIFE. 03:11:25.807 --> 03:11:27.843 I CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WHILE I HAVE SUCH A BIG DEBT. 03:11:28.243 --> 03:11:29.544 OVER THE YEARS, I TALKED TO CHILD 03:11:29.611 --> 03:11:32.280 SUPPORT WORKERS AND FAMILY LAW FACILITATORS ABOUT MY ARREARS, 03:11:32.614 --> 03:11:34.883 BUT NO ONE EVER TOLD ME ABOUT THE DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 03:11:35.350 --> 03:11:37.419 IT WASN'T UNTIL I WENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES 03:11:37.485 --> 03:11:39.855 THAT AN ATTORNEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 03:11:39.921 --> 03:11:42.257 I FIRST, I COULDN'T EVEN GET A COPY OF THE APPLICATION. 03:11:42.657 --> 03:11:43.525 WHEN I ASKED MY CHILD 03:11:43.592 --> 03:11:46.494 SUPPORT CASEWORKER ABOUT IT, SHE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER TO PAY 03:11:47.195 --> 03:11:49.397 CHILD SUPPORT, I HAD TO FIRST AUDIT MY ACCOUNT, 03:11:49.464 --> 03:11:52.801 WHICH COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR AFTER THE AUDIT WAS COMPLETE. 03:11:52.868 --> 03:11:55.170 CHILD SUPPORT SENT ME A COPY OF THE APPLICATION. 03:11:55.637 --> 03:11:56.605 I RETURNED THE APPLICATION. 03:11:56.671 --> 03:11:59.040 I ASKED THREE MORE MONTHS TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE. 03:11:59.107 --> 03:12:00.408 WHEN MY APPLICATION WAS APPROVED, 03:12:00.475 --> 03:12:03.178 THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO MAKE A PAYMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS. 03:12:03.478 --> 03:12:05.513 THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW ME A COPY OF THE DEBT 03:12:05.580 --> 03:12:07.616 RELIEF AGREEMENT UNTIL I HAD MADE THE PAYMENT. 03:12:07.682 --> 03:12:09.050 LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT 03:12:09.117 --> 03:12:10.318 AND SIGNED THAT AGREEMENT AND TODAY 03:12:10.385 --> 03:12:12.687 ALL OF MY CHILD SUPPORT DEBT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. 03:12:12.754 --> 03:12:15.390 AB 2395 WILL HELP OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME RESOLVE 03:12:15.457 --> 03:12:18.126 OLD AND BURDENSOME GOVERNMENT OWED CHILD SUPPORT THAT 03:12:18.660 --> 03:12:21.429 IT WILL MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE DEBT REDUCTION. 03:12:21.496 --> 03:12:22.764 IT WILL MAKE SURE THERE ARE CLEAR RULES 03:12:22.831 --> 03:12:24.566 TO FOLLOW, TO APPLY AND QUALIFY. 03:12:24.633 --> 03:12:26.902 AND IT WILL MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT 03:12:26.968 --> 03:12:28.169 FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS TO GET THE RELIEF 03:12:28.236 --> 03:12:30.939 THEY QUALIFY FOR AND MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR LIVES. 03:12:31.006 --> 03:12:33.341 RESPECTFULLY, OUR DRIVER. THANK YOU. 03:12:33.975 --> 03:12:34.776 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 03:12:34.843 --> 03:12:36.478 IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM 03:12:36.544 --> 03:12:38.914 THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, 03:12:39.247 --> 03:12:40.081 THIS IS YOUR TIME. 03:12:40.148 --> 03:12:41.483 COME TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE 03:12:41.549 --> 03:12:44.085 YOUR NAME, YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOUR POSITION ONLY. 03:12:44.152 --> 03:12:44.786 THANK YOU. 03:12:44.853 --> 03:12:45.186 THANK YOU. 03:12:45.253 --> 03:12:46.721 SAM WILKINSON WITH CHILD POVERTY 03:12:46.788 --> 03:12:48.924 IN CALIFORNIA, COALITION CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL 03:12:48.990 --> 03:12:51.359 AND IN STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU 03:12:52.494 --> 03:12:54.396 SAYING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK 03:12:54.462 --> 03:12:55.697 IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE 03:12:55.764 --> 03:12:56.598 THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK 03:12:56.665 --> 03:12:58.733 AND LEAD OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL, 03:12:58.800 --> 03:13:01.937 THIS IS YOUR TIME TO COME TO TABLE, 03:13:02.003 --> 03:13:03.071 NOT SEEING ANY MOVEMENT. 03:13:03.138 --> 03:13:04.906 IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER 03:13:04.973 --> 03:13:06.841 THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL, THIS IS YOUR TIME 03:13:06.908 --> 03:13:08.977 TO COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR POSITION, 03:13:09.511 --> 03:13:10.979 AND YOUR ORGANIZATION. 03:13:11.046 --> 03:13:14.783 ONLY NOT SEEING ANY MOVEMENT WILL BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. 03:13:15.784 --> 03:13:17.652 I'M SEEING ANY 03:13:19.854 --> 03:13:23.391 SENATOR IN TROUBLE. 03:13:23.458 --> 03:13:26.594 THANK YOU, SIR. QUESTION SAID. 03:13:26.962 --> 03:13:28.630 JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND CURRENT PRACTICE. 03:13:28.697 --> 03:13:30.198 SO RIGHT NOW. 03:13:31.166 --> 03:13:33.535 PARENT OH CHILD 03:13:33.601 --> 03:13:35.570 AND THIS HAS TO DO PRIMARILY 03:13:35.637 --> 03:13:40.075 WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE AGED OUT, I'M ASSUMING, RIGHT? 03:13:40.875 --> 03:13:42.677 NO, NOT AT NOT NECESSARILY. 03:13:42.744 --> 03:13:46.014 THE DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM IS FOR PARENTS. 03:13:46.081 --> 03:13:48.049 THERE ARE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS 03:13:48.116 --> 03:13:51.619 WHO HAVE GOTTEN BEHIND ON GOVERNMENT OWED CHILD SUPPORT. 03:13:52.120 --> 03:13:53.388 SO COULD BE 03:13:54.456 --> 03:13:54.889 CURRENT 03:13:54.956 --> 03:13:57.292 OR FORMERLY ASSISTED COERCED PEOPLE. 03:13:58.059 --> 03:14:00.128 SO SO 03:14:00.829 --> 03:14:01.763 I'M LOOKING AT THAT 03:14:01.830 --> 03:14:06.768 AT THE CHILD'S OR THE CHILD CAN BE CURRENTLY ASSISTED 03:14:06.835 --> 03:14:09.904 BUT THIS IS ONLY THE SUPPORT THAT'S OWED TO THE GOVERNMENT 03:14:09.971 --> 03:14:14.309 BECAUSE WE ONLY PASS THROUGH $100, $200 TO THE FAMILIES. 03:14:14.376 --> 03:14:18.480 THAT'S THE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS. NOW. 03:14:18.546 --> 03:14:26.354 SO I'M TRYING TO THINK, OKAY, LET ME WE MIGHT ASK 03:14:26.421 --> 03:14:27.155 YOU ONE MORE TIME. 03:14:27.222 --> 03:14:38.133 SORRY. 03:14:38.199 --> 03:14:38.533 OKAY. 03:14:38.600 --> 03:14:40.902 SO IF THE IF THE PAIR IS THE PARENT, 03:14:40.969 --> 03:14:43.805 THE NON-CUSTODIAL PET PARENT OWES 03:14:45.106 --> 03:14:47.909 AT LEAST $10,000. 03:14:47.976 --> 03:14:49.944 RIGHT. SOME THRESHOLD? 03:14:50.011 --> 03:14:52.447 NO, I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A 10,000 THRESHOLD. OKAY. 03:14:52.514 --> 03:14:53.948 BECAUSE WE HAVE A $10,000. 03:14:54.015 --> 03:14:55.850 SO INCREASES THE EXISTING AUTHORITY FOR DSS 03:14:55.917 --> 03:14:56.918 AS TO COMPROMISING THE AMOUNT 03:14:56.985 --> 03:14:59.454 OF CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS TO $10,000. 03:14:59.521 --> 03:15:01.823 SO UP TO 10,000. 03:15:03.091 --> 03:15:03.558 RIGHT. 03:15:03.625 --> 03:15:07.462 THAT THAT'S AMOUNT THAT CAN BE COMPROMISED WITHOUT ANY APPROVAL 03:15:07.529 --> 03:15:08.630 BY THE STATE. 03:15:08.696 --> 03:15:11.766 TEXAS, THAT'S THE AUTHORITY FOR THE LOCAL TRANSPORT 03:15:11.833 --> 03:15:16.271 AGENCY ITSELF WITHOUT STATE APPROVAL, A COMPROMISE. 03:15:16.938 --> 03:15:17.739 OKAY. 03:15:17.806 --> 03:15:19.507 SO THIS IS JUST TO HELP THAT PARENT 03:15:19.574 --> 03:15:22.043 NOT NECESSARILY DO TO HELP SAY, 03:15:22.710 --> 03:15:24.546 LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT MY CONCERN IS. 03:15:25.580 --> 03:15:27.248 I HAVE A CONCERN THAT, 03:15:27.315 --> 03:15:30.018 SAY THE CHILD, THE PARENT OWES 03:15:31.119 --> 03:15:33.321 A CHILD SUPPORT 03:15:33.388 --> 03:15:37.525 AND THE CHILDREN ARE AGED OUT OF THE PROGRAM. 03:15:38.426 --> 03:15:40.628 NOW WE HAVE THAT THE 03:15:40.962 --> 03:15:43.965 THE PARENT THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT 03:15:44.032 --> 03:15:46.668 NOW DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY THEIR FULL AMOUNT. 03:15:47.202 --> 03:15:52.574 THE STATE IS OUT THAT THAT MONEY THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVING 03:15:52.640 --> 03:15:58.413 THE PARENT WITH THE CHILDREN, THEY'RE CHILD SUPPORT. 03:15:59.180 --> 03:16:01.716 SO THEN THE STATE IS NOT MADE WHOLE. 03:16:01.783 --> 03:16:02.350 RIGHT. 03:16:02.417 --> 03:16:07.088 BECAUSE THE STATE HAS BEEN PAYING INTO THAT PARENT 03:16:07.155 --> 03:16:11.526 WITH THE CHILDREN, EVEN THOUGH THE THE THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT 03:16:11.593 --> 03:16:15.864 HAS BEEN MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM. 03:16:16.231 --> 03:16:19.033 BUT THE STATE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THAT FAMILY, 03:16:19.534 --> 03:16:22.804 THAT MOTHER, SAME MOTHER OR FATHER WITH THE CHILDREN. 03:16:22.871 --> 03:16:26.407 THEN THAT THAT PARENT THAT IS OWING THE SYSTEM 03:16:26.474 --> 03:16:29.377 DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY IN TO PAY THE STATE BACK. 03:16:31.112 --> 03:16:32.881 AM I CORRECT? 03:16:32.947 --> 03:16:34.649 THAT IS THAT IS KIND OF CORRECT. 03:16:34.716 --> 03:16:36.117 AND THERE'S THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT 03:16:36.184 --> 03:16:38.186 TWO DIFFERENT RESPONSES, I THINK. 03:16:38.253 --> 03:16:40.088 AND LET ME SAY, STEPHEN GOLDBERG FROM THE COALITION 03:16:40.155 --> 03:16:42.390 OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS 03:16:42.457 --> 03:16:45.193 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 03:16:45.260 --> 03:16:47.228 THAT IS THE SITUATION TODAY. 03:16:47.295 --> 03:16:51.099 AND THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND IT IS THESE ARE LOW INCOME PARENTS 03:16:51.299 --> 03:16:55.203 WHO AREN'T TO BE ABLE TO PAY, SAY, $20,000. 03:16:55.403 --> 03:16:57.539 AND SO THE STATE IS GOING TO GET NOTHING. 03:16:57.839 --> 03:17:00.608 AND SO THE IDEA IS THIS ALLOWS THE 03:17:01.309 --> 03:17:03.278 THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT, THE PAYING PARENT, 03:17:03.344 --> 03:17:08.216 TO GIVE A LUMP SUM, SAY, $5,000 AND COMPROMISE 03:17:08.650 --> 03:17:11.119 THE DEBT SO THE STATE GETS SOMETHING 03:17:11.352 --> 03:17:14.322 WHEN MORE THAN LIKELY THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING. 03:17:15.156 --> 03:17:17.792 THE SECOND IMPORTANT THING IS THIS BILL DOESN'T CHANGE 03:17:17.859 --> 03:17:19.994 ANY OF THAT. THAT IS THE CURRENT LAW. 03:17:20.361 --> 03:17:23.364 ALL THIS BILL DOES IS CHANGE PROCEDURES 03:17:23.431 --> 03:17:24.933 AND ALLOW FOR TRANSPARENCY 03:17:24.999 --> 03:17:28.203 AND UNIFORMITY IN THE SYSTEM THAT ALREADY EXISTS. 03:17:29.103 --> 03:17:31.573 OKAY, SO EITHER WAY, 03:17:32.140 --> 03:17:36.144 SO ON THE ON, ON, ON THE POINT WHERE YOU SAID THAT THE STATE 03:17:36.678 --> 03:17:40.448 IT'S BETTER TO GET SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING WHEN. 03:17:40.515 --> 03:17:42.450 YOU MEAN THE STATE DOESN'T GET ANYTHING? 03:17:43.451 --> 03:17:46.120 IF THE CHILD WERE TO AGE OUT OF THE SYSTEM, 03:17:46.788 --> 03:17:50.058 THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT WOULD NOT BE GARNISHED. 03:17:50.124 --> 03:17:52.560 THERE THEIR WAGES WOULD NOT BE GARNISHED AT ANY POINT. 03:17:52.627 --> 03:17:56.431 WELL, THE IDEA IS THAT THESE ARE VERY LOW INCOME PARENTS, 03:17:57.665 --> 03:18:00.835 PAYING PARENTS, AND SO THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IT TO PAY. 03:18:00.902 --> 03:18:01.135 WELL, 03:18:01.202 --> 03:18:03.037 LET ME GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF A CLIENT OF MINE 03:18:03.104 --> 03:18:05.673 THAT WAS ONE OF THE TRIGGERS OF THIS BILL. 03:18:05.740 --> 03:18:08.977 THE CLIENT CAME IN TO THE CLIENT, WAS HOMELESS, HAD 03:18:09.043 --> 03:18:10.979 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 03:18:11.045 --> 03:18:12.146 WE SETTLED A LAWSUIT 03:18:12.213 --> 03:18:15.350 ON HIS BEHALF AND HE HAD A LUMP SUM THAT HE COULD PAY. 03:18:15.750 --> 03:18:19.320 AND SO WE OFFERED, WE WILL GIVE YOU THE LUMP SUM 03:18:20.021 --> 03:18:22.557 IN SATISFACTION OF THE ENTIRE DEBT. 03:18:22.624 --> 03:18:25.093 HE'S NEVER GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER DIME IN HIS LIFE. 03:18:25.560 --> 03:18:29.364 AND SO THE STATE IS GETTING IN THIS CASE, 03:18:29.430 --> 03:18:33.301 I TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT $5,000 OR ABOUT A $15,000 ARREARAGES. 03:18:34.369 --> 03:18:35.903 THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING. 03:18:35.970 --> 03:18:40.875 THEY'RE GETTING $5,000 AND WRITING OFF THE REST. 03:18:40.942 --> 03:18:41.776 OKAY. 03:18:42.443 --> 03:18:44.812 IT'S IT'S AN OFFER AND COMPROMISE OF A DEBT 03:18:45.079 --> 03:18:45.847 KIND OF SIMILAR. 03:18:45.913 --> 03:18:47.982 A WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS FOR TAX. 03:18:48.049 --> 03:18:49.450 THAT'S THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 03:18:49.517 --> 03:18:51.686 AND THE FRANCHISE TAX BOARD DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. 03:18:51.753 --> 03:18:53.154 FOUNDATION. 03:18:53.221 --> 03:18:54.255 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 03:18:54.322 --> 03:18:58.526 THANK YOU. 03:18:58.593 --> 03:18:59.394 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH 03:18:59.460 --> 03:19:02.830 FOR PRESENTING THIS ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER CALDERONE. 03:19:02.897 --> 03:19:07.669 THIS ONE'S MY OH, I'M HAPPY TO TELL. 03:19:07.735 --> 03:19:09.904 THE FOLKS. YES, PLEASE. 03:19:11.406 --> 03:19:12.840 AS COSTS RISE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, 03:19:12.907 --> 03:19:15.176 OUR RESIDENTS ARE RELYING ON US TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS 03:19:15.243 --> 03:19:17.111 THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT THEIR OVERALL NEEDS. 03:19:17.178 --> 03:19:19.514 IN THIS CASE, THIS PROGRAM, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, 03:19:19.580 --> 03:19:23.451 ALREADY EXISTS BUT IS NOT FULLY, FULLY EFFECTIVE. 03:19:23.518 --> 03:19:23.985 SO ASSEMBLY 03:19:24.052 --> 03:19:27.255 BILL 23, 95 IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR 03:19:27.322 --> 03:19:30.325 THE PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR LIVES JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 03:19:30.391 --> 03:19:32.694 SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND ALSO SENATORS 03:19:32.760 --> 03:19:33.594 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 03:19:33.661 --> 03:19:35.730 AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I VOTE 03:19:37.598 --> 03:19:38.099 THANK YOU. 03:19:38.166 --> 03:19:39.634 AND WHEN WE GET 03:19:39.701 --> 03:19:42.236 SOME MORE MEMBERS IN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT OKAY. 03:19:42.737 --> 03:19:43.938 THANK YOU. 03:19:44.005 --> 03:19:45.206 AND NOW YOU'LL DO WELL. 03:19:45.273 --> 03:19:51.079 ITEM 20 AB 2299 FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALDERON. YES. 03:19:51.145 --> 03:19:51.612 ALL RIGHT. 03:19:51.679 --> 03:19:54.415 THANK YOU. 03:19:54.482 --> 03:19:57.518 ALL RIGHT. FOR 22. 99. 03:19:58.119 --> 03:19:58.820 ALL RIGHT. 03:19:58.886 --> 03:20:00.388 SO STILL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. 03:20:00.455 --> 03:20:01.022 AND SENATORS. 03:20:01.089 --> 03:20:04.025 TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING ASSEMBLY BILL 22, 99, 03:20:04.592 --> 03:20:06.694 PRESENTED HERE. OKAY. 03:20:07.261 --> 03:20:07.562 I DON'T KNOW. 03:20:07.628 --> 03:20:11.399 BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M HERE AND SHE'S HERE NOW. 03:20:11.466 --> 03:20:12.400 YEAH, SHE'S HERE. YEAH. 03:20:12.467 --> 03:20:14.635 BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS, LIKE, YOU 03:20:14.702 --> 03:20:16.437 KNOW, BUT I'LL BE. 03:20:16.504 --> 03:20:18.072 CAN CAN I CONTINUE? 03:20:18.139 --> 03:20:18.973 THANK YOU. 03:20:19.907 --> 03:20:20.208 OKAY. 03:20:20.274 --> 03:20:22.076 TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING WE'LL BE PRESENTING 20 03:20:22.143 --> 03:20:24.512 TO 99 ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALDERON 03:20:24.846 --> 03:20:27.382 IN JULY 2025, CONGRESS PASSED H.R. 03:20:27.448 --> 03:20:28.316 ONE, WHICH SEVERELY 03:20:28.383 --> 03:20:30.385 CUT FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR MILLIONS OF FAMILIES 03:20:30.451 --> 03:20:32.153 AND SHIFTED COSTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS 03:20:32.220 --> 03:20:33.154 TO THE STATE. 03:20:33.221 --> 03:20:36.157 SPECIFICALLY, IT IMPOSED TIME LIMITS THOSE CONSIDER ABLE 03:20:36.224 --> 03:20:38.292 BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS. 03:20:38.359 --> 03:20:39.026 A PERSON SUBJECT 03:20:39.093 --> 03:20:41.062 TO THESE TIMELINES CAN ONLY RECEIVE COUCH 03:20:41.129 --> 03:20:43.131 PRESIDENT CALORIES BENEFITS FOR THREE MONTHS 03:20:43.197 --> 03:20:44.832 WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD UNLESS, 03:20:44.899 --> 03:20:45.666 THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE 03:20:45.733 --> 03:20:48.569 THEY ARE WORKING A MINIMUM OF 20 HOURS A WEEK EVERY MONTH. 03:20:48.770 --> 03:20:50.538 ARE THEY HAVE AN EXEMPTION. 03:20:50.605 --> 03:20:53.975 HEY THOSE WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT FROM A FROM TIME 03:20:54.041 --> 03:20:55.209 LIMITS INCLUDE 03:20:55.276 --> 03:20:59.814 FOSTER FORMER FOSTER YOUTH OLDER ADULTS AGES 55 TO 64, 03:21:00.047 --> 03:21:02.316 PEOPLE WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN OLDER THAN 13, 03:21:02.550 --> 03:21:04.552 AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS 03:21:04.619 --> 03:21:07.255 THESE TIMES, LIKE THESE TIME LIMITS, ALSO DISPROPORTIONATELY 03:21:07.321 --> 03:21:08.756 HARM BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES 03:21:08.823 --> 03:21:11.759 WHO ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN SNAP. 03:21:12.260 --> 03:21:14.195 THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 03:21:14.262 --> 03:21:15.630 ESTIMATES OVER HALF A MILLION 03:21:15.696 --> 03:21:18.433 CALIFORNIANS ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR FOOD ASSISTANCE. 03:21:18.833 --> 03:21:21.035 A SIMILAR BILL 20 TO 99, THE CALIFORNIA'S 03:21:21.102 --> 03:21:23.571 ANTI-HUNGER RESPONSE AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ACT 03:21:24.071 --> 03:21:26.073 WILL HELP CALIFORNIANS WHO LOST THEIR CAL FRESH 03:21:26.140 --> 03:21:27.909 UNTIL THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET THE WORK 03:21:27.975 --> 03:21:31.078 REQUIREMENTS, RECEIVE A WAIVER OR GAIN CAL FRESH BENEFITS. 03:21:31.512 --> 03:21:34.015 JUSTIFICATION FOR WORK REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED 03:21:34.081 --> 03:21:34.916 FALSE ASSUMPTIONS 03:21:34.982 --> 03:21:36.751 THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SNAP 03:21:36.818 --> 03:21:40.221 DO NOT WORK OR NEED TO BE CONVINCED TO DO SO. 03:21:40.555 --> 03:21:41.889 THE REALITY IS MOST PEOPLE 03:21:41.956 --> 03:21:45.059 RECEIVING BENEFITS ARE ALREADY WORKING FOR PAY TEMPORARILY 03:21:45.126 --> 03:21:47.995 BETWEEN JOBS, PROVIDING UNPAID CARE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS 03:21:48.262 --> 03:21:49.263 ATTENDING SCHOOL 03:21:49.330 --> 03:21:51.866 OR ARE OUT OF WORK BECAUSE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS. 03:21:52.433 --> 03:21:54.769 DISABLING ACCESS TO FOOD IS WRONG. 03:21:55.269 --> 03:21:58.372 HUNGER NEVER MAKES ANY PERSON BETTER ABLE TO PREPARE FOR WORK, 03:21:58.606 --> 03:22:01.142 SECURE A JOB OR SUCCEED AT THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. 03:22:01.442 --> 03:22:02.276 WITH ME HERE TONIGHT 03:22:02.343 --> 03:22:04.445 TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT IS KELLY O'BRIEN 03:22:04.512 --> 03:22:06.514 FROM THE WESTERN CENTER ON LONG POVERTY. 03:22:06.581 --> 03:22:07.248 AND AGAIN, 03:22:07.315 --> 03:22:09.183 OF COURSE, AARON, FROM THE CAMP, FROM THE COALITION 03:22:09.250 --> 03:22:11.319 OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS. 03:22:11.385 --> 03:22:12.620 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND. 03:22:12.687 --> 03:22:14.689 AT THE TIME SHE WAS BACK, WE ASKED FOR YOUR VOTE. 03:22:15.189 --> 03:22:16.591 HEY, WELCOME BOTH. 03:22:16.657 --> 03:22:18.726 YOU EACH HAVE 2 MINUTES. THANK YOU. 03:22:18.793 --> 03:22:21.829 HI, I'M KELLY O'BRIEN WITH THE WESTERN CENTER ON LONG POVERTY. 03:22:21.896 --> 03:22:25.666 I'M A SENIOR ADVOCATE AND WE'RE CURRENTLY 03:22:25.733 --> 03:22:28.936 FACING THE LARGEST CUTS TO FOOD ASSISTANCE IN U.S. 03:22:29.003 --> 03:22:30.071 HISTORY. 03:22:30.137 --> 03:22:33.474 CDC ESTIMATES THAT 700 AND THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS 03:22:33.541 --> 03:22:36.210 ARE LOSING CAL FRESH AS A RESULT OF THESE CRUEL CUTS. 03:22:36.511 --> 03:22:39.380 THAT INCLUDES 34,000 HUMANITARIAN IMMIGRANTS, 03:22:39.447 --> 03:22:42.984 INCLUDING REFUGEES, ASYLEES AND SURVIVORS OF TRAFFICKING, 03:22:43.050 --> 03:22:46.888 A THIRD OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN, AND MORE THAN 600,000 03:22:46.954 --> 03:22:48.990 CALIFORNIANS IMPACTED BY TIME LIMITS. 03:22:49.524 --> 03:22:50.358 IF WE DO NOTHING. 03:22:50.424 --> 03:22:54.095 TIME LIMITS ALONE ARE EXPECTED TO 4000 AVOIDABLE DEATHS 03:22:54.295 --> 03:22:57.131 BY 2040, JUST AMONG OLDER ADULTS AND PARENTS 03:22:57.198 --> 03:22:59.100 WITH TEENAGE CHILDREN. 03:22:59.166 --> 03:23:01.836 THESE TIME LIMITS OR WORK REPORTING RULES ARE BUILT 03:23:01.903 --> 03:23:03.337 THE LIE THAT HUNGRY PEOPLE 03:23:03.404 --> 03:23:05.740 NEED TO BE STARVED INTO WORKING HARDER. 03:23:05.806 --> 03:23:07.074 IN REALITY, 03:23:07.141 --> 03:23:08.309 74% OF CAL 03:23:08.376 --> 03:23:09.443 FRESH RECIPIENTS ARE ALREADY 03:23:09.510 --> 03:23:13.281 WORKING IN JOBS WITH LOW PAY, UNPREDICTABLE HOURS AND NO 03:23:13.347 --> 03:23:14.282 MARGIN FOR ERROR. 03:23:15.383 --> 03:23:17.818 AND THE RESEARCH IS COMPREHENSIVE AND UNAMBIGUOUS. 03:23:18.019 --> 03:23:20.221 WORK REQUIREMENTS DO NOT INCREASE EMPLOYMENT. 03:23:20.521 --> 03:23:22.790 EVERY RIGOROUS STUDY THE SAME THING. 03:23:22.990 --> 03:23:25.493 THEY DON'T INCREASE JOBS. THEY DON'T INCREASE WAGES. 03:23:25.693 --> 03:23:27.895 THEY JUST REMOVE PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO FOOD. 03:23:28.462 --> 03:23:30.965 THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT PERIOD IN CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY 03:23:31.032 --> 03:23:32.366 LAST SIX MONTHS. 03:23:32.433 --> 03:23:34.802 THAT'S DOUBLE THE LENGTH OF THE TIME LIMIT. 03:23:35.169 --> 03:23:37.972 SO THAT MEANS THAT FOSTER KIDS ARE AGING OUT OF THE SYSTEM. 03:23:38.306 --> 03:23:42.176 SINGLE PARENTS OF TEENAGE CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, UNHOUSED 03:23:42.243 --> 03:23:45.880 PEOPLE, VETERANS WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY ARE ALL PEOPLE 03:23:45.947 --> 03:23:49.951 WHO ARE FORMERLY PART PROTECTED BY BROAD BIPARTISAN EXEMPTIONS. 03:23:50.217 --> 03:23:53.521 WE'LL ALL LOSE FOOD ACCESS BEFORE THEY CAN FIND WORK. 03:23:54.121 --> 03:23:55.923 CALIFORNIA DOESN'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS. 03:23:55.990 --> 03:23:58.693 IF WE PASS AB 2299 AND FULLY FUND S.F. 03:23:58.759 --> 03:23:59.594 THAT, PLUS 03:23:59.660 --> 03:24:01.729 WE CAN MAKE CALIFORNIA THE STATE IN THE NATION 03:24:01.796 --> 03:24:04.966 TO BUILD A FOOD BENEFITS SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROTECTING EVERYONE. 03:24:05.032 --> 03:24:06.834 CUT OFF BY H.R. ONE. 03:24:06.901 --> 03:24:08.202 SEE FAT PLUS BUILDS ON THE PLANNED 03:24:08.269 --> 03:24:10.037 EXPANSION OF THE CALIFORNIA FOOD ASSISTANCE 03:24:10.104 --> 03:24:12.873 PROGRAM TO UNDOCUMENTED OLDER ADULTS IN 2027 03:24:13.140 --> 03:24:15.343 AND FURTHER ENHANCES OUR BEST EXISTING TOOL 03:24:15.409 --> 03:24:17.578 TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION AND HUNGER. 03:24:17.645 --> 03:24:19.847 WHILE $5 MILLION FOR ESTABLISHING C FAB 03:24:19.914 --> 03:24:22.550 PLUS INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATURE'S BUDGET, 03:24:22.917 --> 03:24:25.453 IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FINAL THREE HOUSE AGREEMENT. 03:24:25.886 --> 03:24:27.888 WE PLAN TO KEEP FIGHTING TO GET THIS CRITICAL 03:24:27.955 --> 03:24:29.890 FUNDING IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. 03:24:29.957 --> 03:24:32.660 THIS THE MOST EFFECTIVE, MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO GET PEOPLE 03:24:32.727 --> 03:24:33.694 THE FOOD THEY NEED 03:24:33.761 --> 03:24:35.997 AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS EXTRAORDINARY. 03:24:36.263 --> 03:24:38.766 HIGHER EMPLOYMENT, STABILIZE FAMILIES, REDUCED HEALTH 03:24:39.033 --> 03:24:41.402 COSTS, BETTER EDUCATIONAL AND MORE. 03:24:42.236 --> 03:24:43.471 WE'RE LUCKY TO BE IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 03:24:43.537 --> 03:24:45.272 AND PROSPEROUS STATE IN THE NATION. 03:24:45.339 --> 03:24:47.908 AB 2299 IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE THAT PROSPERITY 03:24:47.975 --> 03:24:50.544 REAL FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE ULTRA WEALTHY. 03:24:50.611 --> 03:24:51.112 THANK YOU. 03:24:51.178 --> 03:24:52.880 I THINK I THINK YOU GOT IT. 03:24:52.947 --> 03:24:53.981 THANK YOU. 03:24:54.048 --> 03:24:54.649 GO AHEAD. 03:24:55.182 --> 03:24:58.285 HI. CHAIR AND MEMBERS, OF COURSE, ADRIAN, LEGISLATIVE 03:24:58.352 --> 03:25:00.955 ADVOCATE WITH THE COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS. 03:25:02.123 --> 03:25:05.926 I'M I'M THE DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT REFUGEE FAMILY. 03:25:06.394 --> 03:25:07.094 WE'RE U.S. 03:25:07.161 --> 03:25:09.330 MILITARY ALLIES IN THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS, 03:25:09.397 --> 03:25:11.132 SIMPLE VILLAGE PEOPLE. 03:25:11.198 --> 03:25:13.000 WE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY CARRYING, THE WEIGHT OF A WAR 03:25:13.067 --> 03:25:14.001 THAT GOVERNMENT HELPED START. 03:25:14.068 --> 03:25:16.404 AND WE BUILT OUR LIVES HERE THE BEST WE KNEW HOW. 03:25:16.470 --> 03:25:18.305 I'M A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN. 03:25:18.372 --> 03:25:20.541 BORN IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. 03:25:20.608 --> 03:25:23.244 UC SANTA CRUZ GRADUATE AND CALIFORNIA RECIPIENT. 03:25:23.310 --> 03:25:25.246 PUBLIC BENEFIT RECIPIENT. 03:25:25.312 --> 03:25:27.548 THE SYSTEM WAS BUILT WITH SOMEONE LIKE ME IN MIND 03:25:27.615 --> 03:25:29.950 WHO HAD THE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO GET ME TO WHERE I AM. 03:25:30.851 --> 03:25:33.621 AND IT'S REALLY STILL HARD TO SURVIVE. 03:25:33.688 --> 03:25:36.090 ON APRIL 1ST, AS HUMANITARIAN IMMIGRANTS, 03:25:36.624 --> 03:25:40.061 REFUGEES, ASYLEES, SURVIVORS OF TRACK TRAFFICKING BEGAN 03:25:40.127 --> 03:25:42.129 LOSING THEIR COVERAGE BENEFITS. 03:25:42.196 --> 03:25:44.065 PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE THE SAME WAY 03:25:44.131 --> 03:25:47.001 MY FAMILY DID TO FLEE PERSECUTION BECAUSE OF WAR, 03:25:48.002 --> 03:25:49.336 THEY'LL LOSE THEIR BENEFITS 03:25:49.403 --> 03:25:51.972 ONE BY ONE AT RECERTIFICATION EDUCATION 03:25:52.039 --> 03:25:53.441 WITHOUT A BRIDGE WAITING FOR THEM. 03:25:53.507 --> 03:25:55.876 AND AB 2299 IS THAT BRIDGE. 03:25:55.943 --> 03:25:59.380 UM, AND IT REALLY HAS TO LAND BEFORE, I MEAN, 03:26:00.214 --> 03:26:02.016 IT HAS TO PASS THE WAY, IF ONLY THEY DON'T 03:26:02.083 --> 03:26:03.684 BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. 03:26:03.751 --> 03:26:04.685 IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 03:26:04.752 --> 03:26:06.821 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS BRIDGE. 03:26:07.388 --> 03:26:09.223 MY COMMUNITY CAME HERE CARRYING TRAUMA. 03:26:09.290 --> 03:26:11.292 MOST HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO TREAT. 03:26:11.358 --> 03:26:14.328 A PUBLISHED STUDY PUBLISHED A STUDY IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL 03:26:14.395 --> 03:26:19.433 OF PSYCHIATRY FOUND THAT 93% OF MY PATIENTS SHOWED PTSD. 03:26:20.167 --> 03:26:23.437 EVEN THOSE WHO MADE IT TO A CLINIC. 03:26:23.504 --> 03:26:24.905 THESE ARE PEOPLE 03:26:24.972 --> 03:26:27.074 IN MY COMMUNITY WHO ARE ALREADY BELOW BASELINE. 03:26:28.008 --> 03:26:29.844 WHEN YOU'RE CARRYING THAT KIND OF WEIGHT, 03:26:29.910 --> 03:26:32.179 USING ASSISTANCE DOESN'T COME AS A SEPARATE PROBLEM. 03:26:32.246 --> 03:26:34.248 IT REALLY ACCELERATES EVERYTHING. 03:26:34.315 --> 03:26:37.384 AND A 2023 TRAUMA STUDY FOUND THAT SNAP ACCESS 03:26:37.785 --> 03:26:40.421 IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED SUICIDE RISK, 03:26:42.323 --> 03:26:44.725 AND 36% OF THESE HUMANITARIAN IMMIGRANTS 03:26:44.959 --> 03:26:47.528 STARTED LOSING THEIR BENEFITS ON APRIL 1ST. 03:26:48.162 --> 03:26:51.398 36% ARE CHILDREN. 03:26:51.465 --> 03:26:53.100 AND WE ALL KNOW THAT 03:26:53.167 --> 03:26:55.269 ONCE YOU LOSE FOOD ASSISTANCE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT, 03:26:55.336 --> 03:26:56.837 STABILITY, GUIDANCE, 03:26:56.904 --> 03:27:01.375 YOU END UP IN HOSPITALS, EMERGENCY ROOMS, CHILD WELFARE. 03:27:01.442 --> 03:27:03.144 AND WHILE FOOD BANKS ARE VITAL SOURCE, 03:27:03.210 --> 03:27:04.545 THEY CANNOT FILL THE GAP THAT H.R. 03:27:04.612 --> 03:27:07.414 ONE IS CAUSING. 03:27:07.481 --> 03:27:08.849 AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WITH 03:27:08.916 --> 03:27:12.419 THE PROPER SYSTEMS IN PLACE, PEOPLE CAN TRULY THRIVE, 03:27:12.486 --> 03:27:14.021 NOT JUST SURVIVE. 03:27:14.088 --> 03:27:16.824 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 03:27:16.891 --> 03:27:18.759 OTHERS IN SUPPORT 03:27:20.928 --> 03:27:23.430 ATRIUM MEMBERS GABBY DAVIDSON ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA 03:27:23.497 --> 03:27:27.234 FOOD BANKS HEALTH A360 COURAGE CALIFORNIA THE CALIFORNIA FOOD 03:27:27.301 --> 03:27:29.904 AND FARMING NETWORK AND BAY AREA LEGAL AID AND SUPPORT. 03:27:29.970 --> 03:27:30.905 THANK YOU. 03:27:30.971 --> 03:27:33.707 THANK YOU. 03:27:33.774 --> 03:27:34.875 CHAIRMAN CHAIR MEMBERS 03:27:34.942 --> 03:27:37.044 SENIOR RO BANJO WITH END CHILD POVERTY CALIFORNIA 03:27:37.111 --> 03:27:39.346 PROUD CO-SPONSORS OF THIS IMPORTANT MEASURE. THANK YOU 03:27:41.382 --> 03:27:42.249 LUCY GUANTANAMO HERE ON 03:27:42.316 --> 03:27:45.252 BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF KATE TAYLOR IN SUPPORT 03:27:46.453 --> 03:27:47.588 ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY 03:27:47.655 --> 03:27:49.623 FOOD BANK IN SUPPORT 03:27:52.026 --> 03:27:54.161 WHEN ESTABLISHED BY NUMBERS CARMEN S.A. 03:27:55.095 --> 03:27:59.967 B BOYENS AND DEANDRA E THE MIDDLE ARE BOTH UP TO 03:28:00.034 --> 03:28:04.805 THE DELAY OF HAVING KIDDOS THERE AND THEY KNOW THE CRISIS. 03:28:06.240 --> 03:28:07.741 HI, MY NAME IS JOCELYN BERA. 03:28:07.808 --> 03:28:08.909 I'M A RESIDENT OF HAYWARD, 03:28:08.976 --> 03:28:11.912 CALIFORNIA, AND I AM A SUPPORTER OF AB 22 03:28:11.979 --> 03:28:14.248 AND 99. 03:28:15.683 --> 03:28:16.217 GOOD AFTERNOON. 03:28:16.283 --> 03:28:17.585 MY NAME IS SORAYA RUKIA. 03:28:17.651 --> 03:28:20.454 I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN LEANDRO AND I'M HERE 03:28:20.754 --> 03:28:23.390 IN SUPPORT OF AB 2299. 03:28:23.457 --> 03:28:25.626 AND I HOPE YOU GUYS SUPPORT US, TOO. THANK YOU. 03:28:26.160 --> 03:28:27.328 THANKS FOR COMING. 03:28:28.395 --> 03:28:29.196 HI, EVERYONE. 03:28:29.263 --> 03:28:30.564 MY NAME IS MARSHA LOPEZ. 03:28:30.631 --> 03:28:36.203 I'M COMING FROM HAYWARD AND I SUPPORT THE NAVY TO ANITA 99. 03:28:36.270 --> 03:28:40.074 THANK YOU FOR COMING 03:28:41.475 --> 03:28:43.043 ANNUALLY, MARTINE, WITH THE CALIFORNIA 03:28:43.110 --> 03:28:46.881 IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER AND STRONG SUPPORT. 03:28:46.947 --> 03:28:48.349 DAVID KNIGHT WITH THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 03:28:48.415 --> 03:28:52.152 ACTION PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. 03:28:52.219 --> 03:28:52.519 HELLO. 03:28:52.586 --> 03:28:54.088 SAM WILKINSON ON BEHALF OF THE PROSPER 03:28:54.154 --> 03:28:55.689 CALIFORNIA COALITION AND STRONGER 03:28:55.756 --> 03:28:57.658 CALIFORNIA IN STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU, 03:29:00.160 --> 03:29:00.828 EVERYBODY. 03:29:01.028 --> 03:29:03.831 ASHLAN, THAT IN INCORPORATE I MEAN UP OYETOLA 03:29:04.331 --> 03:29:08.302 I LAUGHED AT THOSE DOESN'T WAVING GUYS 03:29:10.471 --> 03:29:11.171 OKAY ANYONE. 03:29:11.238 --> 03:29:14.508 OPPOSITION TO THE OPPOSITION WITNESSES OR OPPOSITION 03:29:15.509 --> 03:29:17.611 WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE 03:29:19.780 --> 03:29:21.916 WEAVER EMOTION WHEN IT. 03:29:22.149 --> 03:29:25.019 THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING FOR SOME OF THEM OR CALDERON 03:29:26.387 --> 03:29:27.988 THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, BILL. 03:29:28.055 --> 03:29:30.190 AND YOU KNOW WE'VE SEEN HOW IN OTHER STATES, 03:29:30.591 --> 03:29:32.226 HOW MANY FOLKS ARE LOSING ACTUALLY, 03:29:32.293 --> 03:29:33.527 HOW MANY CHILDREN 03:29:33.594 --> 03:29:36.897 ARE LOSING ACCESS, HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE LOSING ACCESS? 03:29:37.298 --> 03:29:40.734 AND WE HAVE TO DO WHATEVER WE TO STEM THAT TIDE. 03:29:40.801 --> 03:29:44.705 SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE TO THE SENATE MEMBER. 03:29:44.772 --> 03:29:46.540 THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING FOR HER. 03:29:46.607 --> 03:29:48.442 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? 03:29:48.509 --> 03:29:50.778 YES, SHE'S SHE SAID KEEP IT SHORT AND BRIEF. 03:29:50.844 --> 03:29:51.545 SHE SAID, THANK YOU. 03:29:51.612 --> 03:29:54.815 AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK, VIVO, 03:29:54.882 --> 03:29:56.183 DO WE HAVE A MOTION? 03:29:57.184 --> 03:29:58.185 OKAY. 03:29:58.252 --> 03:30:00.321 MOTION FROM DR. 03:30:00.387 --> 03:30:01.655 WEBBER PEARSON, PLEASE. 03:30:01.722 --> 03:30:05.793 CALDERON FILE ITEM 20 AB 2299 MOTION 03:30:05.859 --> 03:30:08.028 IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 03:30:08.095 --> 03:30:12.366 BECKER HERE I MEAN BECKER I ATROPOS. 03:30:12.566 --> 03:30:15.235 LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 03:30:15.836 --> 03:30:18.839 WEBBER PEARSON I OKAY TWO ZERO KEEP IT ON CALL 03:30:19.139 --> 03:30:22.142 AND I'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A MOTION ON YOUR BILL. 03:30:23.344 --> 03:30:24.345 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DR. 03:30:24.411 --> 03:30:27.614 WEBBER PEARSON, WHICH 03:30:27.848 --> 03:30:31.151 ON 23.3 95 03:30:40.060 --> 03:30:40.861 FILE ITEM 03:30:40.928 --> 03:30:46.100 23 AB 2395 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 03:30:46.166 --> 03:30:48.836 BECKER I BECKER I SPOKE. 03:30:49.136 --> 03:30:51.405 LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 03:30:52.072 --> 03:30:55.376 WEBBER PEARSON I I THAT'S ALSO TWO ZERO. 03:30:55.442 --> 03:30:56.176 KEEP IT ON CALL. 03:30:56.243 --> 03:30:57.077 THANK YOU. 03:30:57.144 --> 03:31:01.248 ALL RIGHT, LET ME SEE WHO'S NEXT. 03:31:01.882 --> 03:31:02.282 ALL RIGHT. 03:31:02.349 --> 03:31:05.853 THANK YOU. 03:31:05.919 --> 03:31:07.321 THE MEMBER. 03:31:07.388 --> 03:31:12.026 ROGERS, YOU'RE HERE. 03:31:12.092 --> 03:31:14.928 OKAY. 03:31:14.995 --> 03:31:21.035 YOU HAVE AB 2314, CORRECT. 03:31:21.101 --> 03:31:21.902 TO START WHEN? READY. 03:31:22.936 --> 03:31:23.303 THANK, MR. 03:31:23.370 --> 03:31:24.104 CHAIR. 03:31:24.171 --> 03:31:24.905 AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF 03:31:24.972 --> 03:31:26.573 BECAUSE I KNOW HOW LONG THE DAY HAS BEEN, 03:31:26.640 --> 03:31:30.010 BUT WE CAME UPON AB 2314 WHEN WE FIRST WORKING 03:31:30.077 --> 03:31:33.013 WITH SOME OF OUR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS IN SONOMA COUNTY. 03:31:33.380 --> 03:31:34.648 AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION 03:31:34.715 --> 03:31:37.284 THAT THEY POTENTIALLY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE ROLE 03:31:37.985 --> 03:31:40.387 OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE CHILDREN 03:31:40.454 --> 03:31:42.289 FROM THESE SERVICES, NOT BECAUSE OF A LACK 03:31:42.356 --> 03:31:44.491 OF FUNDING, BUT BECAUSE OF BUREAUCRACY. 03:31:44.558 --> 03:31:46.326 AND SO WE STARTED WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PROVIDERS 03:31:46.393 --> 03:31:48.295 ON A WAY THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS PROCESS 03:31:48.362 --> 03:31:49.096 MORE TRANSPARENT 03:31:49.163 --> 03:31:50.798 AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR 03:31:50.864 --> 03:31:53.934 THAT WE FIND TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE, KNOWING HOW HARD 03:31:54.001 --> 03:31:56.937 THIS LEGISLATURE FIGHTS TO FIND THOSE DOLLARS 03:31:57.204 --> 03:31:59.373 COULD BE USED EFFICIENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS 03:31:59.440 --> 03:32:01.909 HAVE ACCESS TO THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. 03:32:01.975 --> 03:32:03.410 SO WE BROUGHT THIS BILL FORWARD. 03:32:03.477 --> 03:32:05.779 I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, OUR FIRST WITNESS OF THE DAY 03:32:06.346 --> 03:32:08.749 CHOSE TO HAVE AN APPENDECTOMY RATHER THAN COME 03:32:08.816 --> 03:32:11.852 AND PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE, WHICH SHE TOLD ME IT WAS A CLOSE 03:32:12.086 --> 03:32:14.388 OPTION, A CLOSE CHOICE FOR HER. 03:32:14.455 --> 03:32:17.491 SO INSTEAD, WE HAVE OUR GOOD FRIEND DANNY 03:32:17.858 --> 03:32:19.426 MICHELETTI FROM THRIVING FAMILIES 03:32:19.493 --> 03:32:21.895 CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION AND JEANETTE CARPENTER 03:32:21.962 --> 03:32:22.963 FROM CHILD ACTION. 03:32:23.030 --> 03:32:25.165 AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM. 03:32:25.232 --> 03:32:27.067 OKAY. PERFECT. 03:32:27.134 --> 03:32:30.204 OH, MY NAME IS DENEEN MICHELETTI, 03:32:30.270 --> 03:32:33.173 CEO OF THRIVING FAMILIES CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION. 03:32:33.640 --> 03:32:36.510 OUR MEMBERS ARE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS SERVING 03:32:36.577 --> 03:32:40.314 FAMILIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA THROUGH AND REFERRAL PROGRAMS, 03:32:40.380 --> 03:32:42.916 ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT PROGRAMS, CHILD CARE CENTERS, 03:32:43.350 --> 03:32:46.653 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND A BROAD 03:32:46.720 --> 03:32:49.656 RANGE OF SUPPORTS THAT HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THRIVE. 03:32:50.224 --> 03:32:53.760 I'M HERE IT IS TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF 2314. 03:32:54.161 --> 03:32:55.896 I'M GOING TO CUT THROUGH THE CHASE. 03:32:55.963 --> 03:32:58.665 ALTHOUGH UNSPENT CHILD CARE DOLLARS AND DELAY IN 03:32:58.732 --> 03:33:02.102 MOVING FUNDS ARE CHALLENGES OCCURRING ACROSS CALIFORNIA, 03:33:02.636 --> 03:33:05.172 IT WAS A SITUATION IN ASSEMBLY MEMBER ROGERS 03:33:05.239 --> 03:33:08.775 DISTRICT THAT BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO CRITICAL POINT 03:33:09.309 --> 03:33:12.813 FORCES IN SONOMA COUNTY, IDENTIFIED LAST AUGUST 03:33:13.046 --> 03:33:17.784 THAT THEY NEED THEY HAD A NEED FOR FUNDING. 03:33:17.851 --> 03:33:20.487 THEY SERVED 2500 CHILDREN EACH DAY 03:33:20.554 --> 03:33:25.192 AND HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 1800 MORE ON THEIR WAITLIST. 03:33:25.392 --> 03:33:29.496 THEY MADE A REQUEST FOR UNSPENT DOLLARS IN AUGUST. 03:33:30.597 --> 03:33:33.100 AS OF TODAY, THEY'VE NOT YET BEEN MADE WHOLE. 03:33:33.700 --> 03:33:36.503 THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ENROLL ONE NEW CHILD 03:33:36.703 --> 03:33:39.940 AND YET UNSPENT DOLLARS REMAIN IN THE SYSTEM. 03:33:40.674 --> 03:33:44.578 AB 2314 IMPROVES THAT SYSTEM BY CREATING A TIMELY 03:33:44.645 --> 03:33:48.148 AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR TRANSFERRING AVAILABLE FUNDS, 03:33:48.549 --> 03:33:52.786 ALLOWING AGENCIES TO CONTINUE ENROLLING ELIGIBLE FAMILIES, 03:33:53.053 --> 03:33:54.588 INSTEAD OF FORCING CHILDREN 03:33:54.655 --> 03:33:57.925 TO REMAIN ON WAITLISTS WHILE CHILD CARE SIT UNUSED. 03:33:58.592 --> 03:34:01.962 ONE SIDE NOTE I NEED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY. 03:34:02.229 --> 03:34:06.366 IN SONOMA COUNTY LAST AUGUST, WHEN THE AGENCY 03:34:07.201 --> 03:34:09.436 SOME ADDITIONAL MONEYS, 03:34:09.503 --> 03:34:12.739 THE TWO OTHER AGENCIES IN THAT COUNTY HAD ENOUGH 03:34:12.806 --> 03:34:14.174 UNSPENT DOLLARS 03:34:14.241 --> 03:34:17.811 TO MAKE THAT AGENCY WHOLE. 03:34:17.878 --> 03:34:19.646 THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 03:34:19.713 --> 03:34:22.916 DID NOT ALLOW THAT TRANSFER. 03:34:22.983 --> 03:34:24.952 WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY BEG 03:34:25.018 --> 03:34:27.821 AND PLEAD YOUR HIGH ON THIS VOTE ON THIS BILL. 03:34:28.622 --> 03:34:29.656 THANK YOU. 03:34:30.123 --> 03:34:31.758 GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 03:34:31.825 --> 03:34:33.293 MY NAME IS JEANETTE CARPENTER 03:34:33.360 --> 03:34:35.996 AND I'M THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SPECIALIST AND CHILD. 03:34:36.496 --> 03:34:37.965 THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER ROGERS 03:34:38.031 --> 03:34:40.000 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT BILL. 03:34:40.067 --> 03:34:43.036 FOR 50 YEARS, CHILD ACTION HAS SERVED SACRAMENTO COUNTY. 03:34:43.403 --> 03:34:46.907 TODAY, REACHING OVER 34,000 CHILDREN, PARENTS 03:34:46.974 --> 03:34:48.609 AND PROVIDERS ANNUALLY. 03:34:48.675 --> 03:34:51.745 OUR ROLE IS SIMPLE HELPING FAMILIES ACCESS CARE SO 03:34:51.812 --> 03:34:55.482 PARENTS CAN WORK BECAUSE QUALITY CHILD CARE IMPACTS EVERYTHING. 03:34:55.549 --> 03:34:59.419 AB 2314 IMPROVES ALIGNMENT IN THE FIELD, PROTECTS 03:34:59.486 --> 03:35:03.156 THE CONTINUITY OF CARE, AND INCREASES TRANSPARENCY. 03:35:03.557 --> 03:35:06.660 EARLIER THIS YEAR, CHILD FACED THE POTENTIAL 03:35:06.727 --> 03:35:09.396 DIS ENROLLMENT OF OVER A THOUSAND CHILDREN 03:35:09.930 --> 03:35:12.065 WHOSE FAMILIES WERE ELIGIBLE AND RECEIVING CARE 03:35:12.132 --> 03:35:15.269 BUT AT RISK DUE TO HOW THE SYSTEM IS STRUCTURED. 03:35:15.335 --> 03:35:16.336 IT SHOWED THAT EVEN 03:35:16.403 --> 03:35:18.238 WHEN EVERYONE IS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH, 03:35:18.305 --> 03:35:20.574 THE SYSTEM CAN CREATE INSTABILITY. 03:35:20.641 --> 03:35:22.976 THE CORE ISSUE IS HOW THE SYSTEM OPERATES. 03:35:23.243 --> 03:35:24.011 IT CAN LEAVE FUNDS 03:35:24.077 --> 03:35:26.113 UNSPENT FAMILIES REMAIN ON WAIT LISTS 03:35:26.179 --> 03:35:28.682 AND IN SOME CASES DISRUPT THE CONTINUITY OF CARE. 03:35:29.650 --> 03:35:31.351 THIS IS NOT ABOUT A LACK OF FUNDING. 03:35:31.418 --> 03:35:32.753 THE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE 03:35:32.819 --> 03:35:35.122 HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN CHILD CARE. 03:35:35.188 --> 03:35:36.890 THIS IS ABOUT ENSURING THOSE DOLLARS 03:35:36.957 --> 03:35:38.959 REACH THE FAMILIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST. 03:35:39.026 --> 03:35:39.593 WHEN FAMILIES 03:35:39.660 --> 03:35:42.829 LOSE CARE, PARENTS CAN'T WORK, AND THAT IMPACTS OUR ECONOMY. 03:35:43.397 --> 03:35:45.432 WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 03:35:45.499 --> 03:35:49.436 PLEASE CONSIDER THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND PROVIDERS TODAY. 03:35:49.503 --> 03:35:50.904 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 03:35:52.039 --> 03:35:52.739 THANK YOU BOTH. 03:35:52.806 --> 03:35:55.142 TO HAVE OTHERS IN SUPPORT. 03:35:58.679 --> 03:35:59.413 GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. 03:35:59.479 --> 03:35:59.579 CHAIR. 03:35:59.646 --> 03:36:01.315 AND SENATORS ROSANNA CARVALHO ELLIOTT 03:36:01.381 --> 03:36:02.482 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE EARLY CARE 03:36:02.549 --> 03:36:04.951 AND EDUCATION CONSORTIUM IN STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 03:36:05.352 --> 03:36:06.453 THANK YOU. 03:36:06.520 --> 03:36:10.324 OPPOSITION TO ANY IN OPPOSITION? NO. 03:36:10.891 --> 03:36:12.926 BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. 03:36:12.993 --> 03:36:14.461 ANY COMMENTS? 03:36:16.863 --> 03:36:17.764 OKAY. 03:36:18.365 --> 03:36:19.166 THANK YOU. 03:36:19.232 --> 03:36:21.268 THIS BILL ACTUALLY DOES A LOT OF THINGS, 03:36:21.968 --> 03:36:24.338 BUT TO MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER 03:36:24.705 --> 03:36:26.373 AND AS WE'VE SAID 03:36:26.440 --> 03:36:27.207 THROUGHOUT THIS HEARING TODAY 03:36:27.274 --> 03:36:28.742 A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, STREAMLINING, 03:36:28.809 --> 03:36:30.911 GETTING THE MONEY OUT TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO 03:36:31.411 --> 03:36:32.479 IS A PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US. 03:36:32.546 --> 03:36:33.980 SO THANK. 03:36:34.047 --> 03:36:35.749 BE SUPPORTING THOUGH WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE 03:36:35.816 --> 03:36:37.417 NOW JUST TO RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN EYE VOTE. 03:36:37.484 --> 03:36:39.686 AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE BILL. 03:36:40.220 --> 03:36:40.454 OKAY. 03:36:41.588 --> 03:36:42.289 WITH THAT, WITH A 03:36:42.356 --> 03:36:44.725 MOTION FROM OUR VICE-CHAIR SENATOR SHOWBOAT 03:36:45.759 --> 03:36:49.896 FILE ITEM 20 2A231 FOR MOTION IS TO PASS 03:36:49.963 --> 03:36:51.264 TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 03:36:51.331 --> 03:36:55.535 BECKER I BECKER I A CHOKE AT TROPPO GUY 03:36:55.602 --> 03:36:58.405 LAIRD PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON. 03:36:58.905 --> 03:36:59.606 WEBBER PEARSON. 03:36:59.673 --> 03:37:02.909 I LIKE THREE ZERO WE'LL KEEP THEM ON FILE 03:37:02.976 --> 03:37:03.810 THANK YOU 03:37:26.500 --> 03:37:48.922 AGAIN? YES, 03:37:53.960 --> 03:37:54.728 SURE. 03:37:54.795 --> 03:37:57.364 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS 03:38:01.101 --> 03:38:06.506 AND WILL RECONVENE SOME OF YOUR PARTIES, PLEASE. 03:38:06.573 --> 03:38:09.242 YOU HAVE TWO BILLS. 03:38:09.309 --> 03:38:11.411 WHICH DO YOU WANT TO START WITH? 03:38:11.478 --> 03:38:14.981 UM, WE'LL START WITH 20 TO 30, 03:38:16.583 --> 03:38:17.384 IF THAT'S OKAY OR WHATEVER. 03:38:17.451 --> 03:38:27.727 WHEN YOU WANT ME TO HEAR WHY THIS CHAIR FEELS SO. 03:38:32.065 --> 03:38:32.432 OKAY. 03:38:32.499 --> 03:38:33.467 SOUNDS GREAT. 03:38:34.201 --> 03:38:36.236 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND MEMBERS. 03:38:36.303 --> 03:38:37.437 ICE ENFORCEMENT 03:38:37.504 --> 03:38:40.707 CREATED FEAR ACROSS CALIFORNIA, IMPACTING BOTH CITIZENS 03:38:40.774 --> 03:38:42.375 AND IMMIGRANTS ALIKE. 03:38:42.442 --> 03:38:45.178 HB 2230 PROTECTS CHILD CARE FACILITIES 03:38:45.245 --> 03:38:47.347 FROM STRENGTHENING THE EXISTING LAW. 03:38:47.414 --> 03:38:48.348 THIS BILL WILL PROHIBIT 03:38:48.415 --> 03:38:51.551 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT FROM ENTERING NONPUBLIC AREAS 03:38:51.852 --> 03:38:53.320 OF THESE LOCATIONS AND ENSURING 03:38:53.386 --> 03:38:55.889 THAT CHILDREN CAN LEARN WITHOUT FEAR. 03:38:55.956 --> 03:38:58.391 CALIFORNIA, HOME TO 10 MILLION IMMIGRANTS, 03:38:58.592 --> 03:39:00.660 MANY OF WHOM ARE U.S. CITIZENS. 03:39:00.994 --> 03:39:02.896 AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS 03:39:02.963 --> 03:39:04.130 ABOUT IMAGE, TIMIDITY 03:39:04.197 --> 03:39:06.299 AND AGGRESSION AND ENFORCEMENT TACTICS, 03:39:06.366 --> 03:39:08.668 WE MUST ACT TO PROTECT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 03:39:08.735 --> 03:39:10.470 AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. 03:39:10.537 --> 03:39:12.506 NO PARENT SHOULD FEAR LOSING THEIR CHILD 03:39:12.572 --> 03:39:14.007 TO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. 03:39:15.041 --> 03:39:18.245 AB 2230 ENSURES THAT CHILD CARE FACILITIES 03:39:18.311 --> 03:39:21.147 REMAIN SAFE AND FREE FROM FEAR AND INTIMIDATION. 03:39:22.382 --> 03:39:26.820 TESTIFYING WITH ME TODAY IS RUTH HERNANDEZ EXECUTIVE SHE HERE. 03:39:26.887 --> 03:39:27.220 THIS. 03:39:28.188 --> 03:39:31.157 SHE HAD GO I WASN'T SURE SHE WAS GOING TO BE 03:39:31.224 --> 03:39:33.527 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM FIRST FIVE OF CONTRA 03:39:33.593 --> 03:39:36.863 COSTA. 03:39:36.930 --> 03:39:38.431 GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. 03:39:38.498 --> 03:39:40.800 CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 03:39:40.867 --> 03:39:43.036 THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, FOR INVITING ME. 03:39:43.103 --> 03:39:46.640 AGAIN, MY NAME IS RUTH FERNANDEZ SPEAKING BEHALF OF 45 03:39:46.706 --> 03:39:47.941 CONTRA COSTA. 03:39:48.008 --> 03:39:49.276 WE HAVE 27 03:39:49.342 --> 03:39:52.512 YEARS INVESTED IN A SIMPLE BUT CONSEQUENTIAL MISSION, 03:39:53.079 --> 03:39:56.883 ENSURING EVERY CHILD UNDER SIX HAS THE EARLY EXPERIENCES 03:39:56.950 --> 03:39:59.819 THEY NEED TO BE HEALTHY, NURTURED AND READY TO LEARN. 03:40:00.687 --> 03:40:03.156 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AB 2230, 03:40:03.657 --> 03:40:04.424 WHICH PROVIDES 03:40:04.491 --> 03:40:07.661 CLARITY AROUND PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES 03:40:07.928 --> 03:40:11.131 AND EARLY EDUCATORS IN LICENSED CHILDCARE FACILITIES. 03:40:11.898 --> 03:40:15.168 AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, THAT CLARITY MATTERS. 03:40:15.235 --> 03:40:17.671 OUR POSITION IS ROOTED IN A CORE PRINCIPLE. 03:40:18.572 --> 03:40:19.973 EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTINGS 03:40:20.040 --> 03:40:22.742 MUST BE SAFE, TRUSTED AND FREE FROM FEAR. 03:40:23.610 --> 03:40:24.978 CHILDREN CANNOT 03:40:25.045 --> 03:40:27.847 AND PARENTS CANNOT WORK WHEN FAMILIES FEAR THAT 03:40:27.914 --> 03:40:32.185 A ROUTINE DAY MIGHT BE DISRUPTED BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT 03:40:32.519 --> 03:40:35.455 IN PLACES MEANT TO BE SAFE FOR CHILDREN. 03:40:35.522 --> 03:40:38.358 WE HAVE HEARD COUNTLESS STORIES FROM OUR PROVIDER COMMUNITY. 03:40:38.425 --> 03:40:42.429 AND ACROSS CALIFORNIA, PARENTS SNATCHED BY MASKED AGENTS. 03:40:42.762 --> 03:40:44.998 CHILDREN AFRAID TO COME TO SCHOOL. 03:40:45.065 --> 03:40:46.399 PANIC ATTACKS. 03:40:46.466 --> 03:40:48.168 INCONSOLABLE CRYING. 03:40:48.234 --> 03:40:51.471 PRESCHOOLERS TERRIFIED BY THE SOUND OF PASSING SIRENS. 03:40:52.205 --> 03:40:55.642 WORSE STILL, MANY FAMILIES CHOOSING TO STAY HOME 03:40:55.709 --> 03:40:59.679 ALTOGETHER, MISSING CRITICAL MEDICAL VISITS, AVOIDING SCHOOL 03:41:00.013 --> 03:41:03.116 AND FORGOING SERVICES THEIR FAMILIES DESPERATELY NEED 03:41:03.483 --> 03:41:05.318 OUT OF FEAR OF BEING SEPARATED. 03:41:06.353 --> 03:41:08.688 WHAT FAMILIES NEED MOST FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD 03:41:08.755 --> 03:41:12.258 PROGRAMS IS TRUST, CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY. 03:41:13.093 --> 03:41:14.661 AB 2030 03:41:14.728 --> 03:41:18.264 THAT BY GIVING CHILDCARE PROGRAMS FOR A SMALL FAMILY, 03:41:18.331 --> 03:41:18.865 CHILD CARE 03:41:18.932 --> 03:41:22.836 HOMES, TWO LARGE CENTERS, CLEAR AND UNIFORM GUIDANCE ABOUT WHEN 03:41:22.902 --> 03:41:25.905 AND HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY ENTER A FACILITY. 03:41:26.439 --> 03:41:29.776 WHEN FAMILIES FEEL SAFE, ENROLLMENT STABILIZES, 03:41:29.976 --> 03:41:33.980 ATTENDANCE IMPROVES AND CHILDREN ARRIVE READY TO LEARN. 03:41:34.047 --> 03:41:36.016 PROVIDERS CAN ALSO FOCUS ON WHAT THEY DO 03:41:36.082 --> 03:41:38.451 BEST, WHICH IS OFFERING NURTURING CARE 03:41:38.518 --> 03:41:40.754 DURING THE MOST CRITICAL YEARS OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. 03:41:41.254 --> 03:41:43.156 I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY 03:41:43.223 --> 03:41:44.090 AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 03:41:44.157 --> 03:41:46.292 TO CALIFORNIA'S YOUNGEST CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 03:41:47.293 --> 03:41:48.328 THANK YOU. 03:41:48.928 --> 03:41:52.265 ARE THERE OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT? 03:41:52.332 --> 03:41:55.435 ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION? 03:41:55.502 --> 03:41:57.904 I WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE DAIS. 03:41:57.971 --> 03:42:00.740 ANY COMMENTS? 03:42:02.275 --> 03:42:06.413 SO I APPRECIATE THE THE BILL AND ITS INTENT. 03:42:06.746 --> 03:42:08.782 I KNOW WE'VE SEEN ANOTHER BILL, 03:42:08.848 --> 03:42:12.619 I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THIS COMMITTEE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO 03:42:14.020 --> 03:42:15.889 WELL, I GUESS THE STATE TO 03:42:15.955 --> 03:42:18.091 EDUCATE CHILD 03:42:19.993 --> 03:42:21.928 CHILD CARE 03:42:21.995 --> 03:42:24.831 EMPLOYEES WITH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 03:42:25.532 --> 03:42:28.334 AND I'M ALL FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 03:42:28.735 --> 03:42:32.605 I THINK THE ONLY CLARIFICATION I NEED IS CURRENTLY WHEN 03:42:33.239 --> 03:42:36.176 EITHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR 03:42:36.242 --> 03:42:38.244 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 03:42:38.311 --> 03:42:41.815 COME INTO A FACILITY, 03:42:41.881 --> 03:42:47.220 USUALLY THEY ONLY WILL COME IN IF THEY HAVE A WARRANT. 03:42:47.287 --> 03:42:47.587 RIGHT. 03:42:47.654 --> 03:42:52.358 I MEAN, THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T GO THE ABILITY FOR THE 03:42:53.760 --> 03:42:55.462 THE OFFICIALS TO GO INTO A FACILITY 03:42:55.528 --> 03:42:57.731 IF THEY HAVE A WARRANT, PER SE. 03:42:57.797 --> 03:43:00.467 RIGHT. 03:43:00.533 --> 03:43:02.268 IF I MAY, SYDNOR. 03:43:02.335 --> 03:43:07.006 SO THE ANALOGY THAT I USED AND IN THE ASSEMBLY SIDE WAS 03:43:07.073 --> 03:43:10.510 IT'S A PREVENTATIVE BILL BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN NATIONALLY, 03:43:11.311 --> 03:43:16.750 A LOT OF SITUATIONS THAT DIDN'T FOLLOW PROCESS OR DUE PROCESS. 03:43:17.183 --> 03:43:20.854 AND AND HERE IN CALIFORNIA, YOU KNOW, LIKE DRIVING IT, 03:43:20.920 --> 03:43:23.022 THERE WAS ONE POINT THAT WE DIDN'T WEAR SEATBELTS 03:43:23.089 --> 03:43:24.457 AND NOW WE WEAR SEATBELTS. 03:43:24.524 --> 03:43:26.960 AND SO THIS BILL IS REALLY GIVEN 03:43:27.427 --> 03:43:32.031 THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN STABILITY, THIS POLICYMAKING AREA 03:43:32.098 --> 03:43:34.968 ON IMMIGRANTS IN PARTICULAR, AND THEIR RIGHTS, 03:43:35.401 --> 03:43:38.938 THAT WE HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT IT'S DOING TO CHILDREN 03:43:39.005 --> 03:43:41.841 WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE VICTIMS IN ALL OF THIS. 03:43:42.642 --> 03:43:45.645 AND SO IT'S A PREVENTATIVE BILL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S 03:43:45.712 --> 03:43:49.015 A SPACE THAT FAMILIES AND IN PARTICULAR, CHILDREN 03:43:49.082 --> 03:43:50.250 SHOULD NOT BE DISRUPTED. 03:43:50.316 --> 03:43:53.520 AND IT IS NOT GOING AFTER A DUE PROCESS 03:43:53.586 --> 03:43:55.789 OF SOMEONE WHO DOES HAVE A LEGITIMATE WARRANT. 03:43:55.855 --> 03:43:59.192 IT IS THAT THIS ISN'T THE SPACE WHERE WE WANT THIS KIND OF 03:43:59.492 --> 03:44:01.161 ROGUE ENFORCEMENT HAPPENING. 03:44:01.227 --> 03:44:04.030 IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LEGITIMATE WARRANT IN YOUR HANDS. 03:44:04.097 --> 03:44:04.297 OKAY. 03:44:04.364 --> 03:44:06.766 SO GOING BACK TO WHAT CURRENTLY IS IN LAW. 03:44:07.100 --> 03:44:12.172 NORMALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 03:44:12.238 --> 03:44:15.275 USUALLY DON'T GO INTO SPACES UNLESS THEY USUALLY HAVE 03:44:15.341 --> 03:44:16.910 A WARRANT INSIDE OF A BUILDING 03:44:16.976 --> 03:44:19.078 AND THEY SHOULD BE GIVING PERMISSION. AND THIS 03:44:20.280 --> 03:44:22.949 THIS STILL GOES THROUGH IF IF 03:44:23.016 --> 03:44:25.285 A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR AN IMMIGRATION 03:44:25.351 --> 03:44:28.521 OFFICER COMES INTO THIS SPACE AND THEY HAVE A WARRANT 03:44:29.088 --> 03:44:30.223 IT DOESN'T 03:44:30.290 --> 03:44:31.925 IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE THE GENTLEMAN 03:44:31.991 --> 03:44:36.296 OR THE THE FOLKS IN CHARGE OF THE FACILITIES TO SAY, SORRY, 03:44:36.362 --> 03:44:39.065 WE CAN'T. THAT'S STATE LAW. RIGHT. OKAY. 03:44:39.132 --> 03:44:41.668 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT 03:44:41.734 --> 03:44:43.903 THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO COME IN. 03:44:43.970 --> 03:44:45.238 AND USUALLY THEY 03:44:45.305 --> 03:44:45.939 YOU KNOW, 03:44:46.005 --> 03:44:47.407 IF THEY WERE TO COME INTO A FACILITY, 03:44:47.473 --> 03:44:49.142 GO INTO THE PRIVATE SPACES, 03:44:49.209 --> 03:44:51.644 ONLY WITH THE WARRANT IS USUALLY THE CASE. RIGHT. 03:44:51.711 --> 03:44:56.316 SO IT'S NOTHING CONTRARY TO WHAT CURRENTLY WOULD BE PRACTICE. 03:44:56.683 --> 03:44:58.751 AND THIS ISN'T JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 03:44:58.818 --> 03:45:00.753 I'M GOING TO STOP BY AND INTIMIDATE 03:45:00.820 --> 03:45:04.257 INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES OR CHILDREN AND RACIALLY 03:45:04.324 --> 03:45:06.593 PROFILING PEOPLE THINKING, OH, YOU MIGHT BE OF THIS. 03:45:06.659 --> 03:45:08.595 SO WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT. 03:45:08.661 --> 03:45:10.930 AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S A PREVENTATIVE BILL. 03:45:10.997 --> 03:45:11.531 YEAH. 03:45:11.598 --> 03:45:14.133 AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY CURRENT PRACTICE, QUITE FRANKLY. 03:45:14.200 --> 03:45:14.634 I MEAN, YOU'RE 03:45:14.701 --> 03:45:18.338 JUST CODIFYING SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE, 03:45:18.404 --> 03:45:20.440 I THINK IN PRACTICE THAT SHOULD BE. 03:45:21.241 --> 03:45:24.010 SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MOVE THE BILL WHEN APPROPRIATE. 03:45:24.077 --> 03:45:28.648 MR. CHAIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL. 03:45:28.715 --> 03:45:30.016 SUPER IMPORTANT. 03:45:31.284 --> 03:45:33.887 YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOME BILLS LAST YEAR 03:45:33.953 --> 03:45:36.823 ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. 03:45:36.890 --> 03:45:40.627 AND THIS IS A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AREA 03:45:40.693 --> 03:45:43.096 BECAUSE WE WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE 03:45:43.496 --> 03:45:45.531 PARENTS FROM USING THESE SERVICES. 03:45:45.732 --> 03:45:47.166 WE WANT THEM TO BE USING OUR 03:45:47.233 --> 03:45:49.602 AND TAKING HIS CHILD CARE CENTERS SO THEY CAN WORK 03:45:49.669 --> 03:45:52.572 AND EARN A LIVING AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY. 03:45:52.639 --> 03:45:54.173 IN SOME CASES, MAYBE THEY'VE ALREADY LOST A LOT OF, 03:45:54.240 --> 03:45:55.575 YOU KNOW, LOVED ONES ALREADY DETAINED 03:45:55.642 --> 03:45:58.011 BY US, ALREADY EARNING CAPACITY DOWN FOR THE FAMILY. 03:45:59.045 --> 03:46:02.181 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CAN BE SAFE PLACES. 03:46:02.248 --> 03:46:06.019 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL. 03:46:06.085 --> 03:46:07.153 WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE. 03:46:07.220 --> 03:46:09.789 YOU KNOW, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 03:46:10.390 --> 03:46:11.157 OKAY. 03:46:11.224 --> 03:46:13.226 WE'VE MOTION FOR SENATOR SHOWBOAT. 03:46:13.293 --> 03:46:14.894 PLEASE CALL THE RAW FILE ITEM. 03:46:14.961 --> 03:46:17.330 1780 2230. 03:46:17.397 --> 03:46:19.198 MOTION IS DO PASS. 03:46:19.265 --> 03:46:20.833 BECKER. BECKER. 03:46:20.900 --> 03:46:22.502 I ATROPOS. 03:46:22.568 --> 03:46:25.238 ATROPOS GUI. LAIRD. PEREZ. 03:46:25.605 --> 03:46:26.372 WEBBER. PEARSON. 03:46:28.041 --> 03:46:28.274 RIGHT. 03:46:28.474 --> 03:46:29.742 THAT IS 220. 03:46:29.809 --> 03:46:31.945 NO, WE'LL HAVE THAT ON CALL. 03:46:32.011 --> 03:46:32.779 THANK YOU. 03:46:33.579 --> 03:46:33.846 ALL RIGHT. 03:46:33.913 --> 03:46:35.448 WE'VE YOUR. 03:46:36.249 --> 03:46:37.951 YOU GUYS HAD A MATCH IN UNIFORM, TOO. 03:46:38.017 --> 03:46:38.685 I KNOW. 03:46:38.751 --> 03:46:44.390 I THINK I'M TONE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY. 03:46:44.457 --> 03:46:47.193 OKAY, LET'S SEE YOUR NEXT BILL. GREAT. 03:46:47.260 --> 03:46:47.694 THANK YOU, MR. 03:46:47.760 --> 03:46:49.896 CHAIR. AND MEMBERS, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT. 03:46:50.463 --> 03:46:51.631 LET ME SEE IF MY. 03:46:51.998 --> 03:46:53.700 OH, OKAY. SORRY. 03:46:53.766 --> 03:46:55.835 I WAS LIKE, I JUST STARTED AND I FORGOT I HAD A 03:46:56.869 --> 03:46:57.503 SIDEKICK HERE. 03:46:57.570 --> 03:46:59.339 OKAY, WE'LL START AGAIN. 03:46:59.939 --> 03:47:00.473 THANK YOU, MR. 03:47:00.540 --> 03:47:00.740 CHAIR. 03:47:00.807 --> 03:47:03.843 AND MEMBERS, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT AB 258. 03:47:03.910 --> 03:47:05.111 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIR 03:47:05.178 --> 03:47:07.013 AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS MEASURE 03:47:07.080 --> 03:47:08.848 AND THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. 03:47:08.915 --> 03:47:10.817 IT'S A VERY COMPLEX BILL. 03:47:10.883 --> 03:47:13.786 AB 2258 POSES SIMPLE QUESTION 03:47:14.153 --> 03:47:14.954 IF CALIFORNIA 03:47:15.021 --> 03:47:18.157 HAS ALREADY APPROPRIATED APPROPRIATED CHILD CARE DOLLARS 03:47:18.391 --> 03:47:20.994 AND THOSE DOLLARS WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE GONE UNSPENT, 03:47:21.260 --> 03:47:22.328 SHOULDN'T WE DO WHAT 03:47:22.395 --> 03:47:25.765 WE CAN TO KEEP THE MONEY SERVING CALIFORNIA'S WORKING FAMILIES? 03:47:26.232 --> 03:47:29.535 TODAY, MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION INCOME ELIGIBLE CHILDREN 03:47:29.602 --> 03:47:32.638 IN CALIFORNIA LACK ACCESS TO SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE 03:47:33.272 --> 03:47:36.442 AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS ARE APPROPRIATED, DOLLARS 03:47:36.509 --> 03:47:40.046 REMAIN UNUSED AND LEAVE AND LEAVE THE SYSTEM. 03:47:40.513 --> 03:47:42.515 DURING THE YEAR'S BUDGET DISCUSSION, HEARD 03:47:42.582 --> 03:47:45.718 ESTIMATE OF $450 MILLION IN THE CHILD CARE FUNDS 03:47:45.785 --> 03:47:47.587 PROJECTED TO BE UNSPENT. 03:47:47.653 --> 03:47:50.189 IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN 03:47:50.256 --> 03:47:52.725 TO FAMILIES. 03:47:52.792 --> 03:47:56.829 CALIFORNIA'S MIX DELIVERY SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE GREATEST STRAINS 03:47:57.096 --> 03:48:00.033 CENTERS, FAMILY, CHILD CARE, HOMES, VOUCHERS, 03:48:00.099 --> 03:48:02.001 IMMIGRANT PROGRAMS, AND OTHER PROVIDERS 03:48:02.068 --> 03:48:04.337 EACH PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN MEETING 03:48:04.404 --> 03:48:06.472 THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 03:48:06.873 --> 03:48:09.609 THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT CHOOSING ONE PROGRAM OR ANOTHER. 03:48:10.009 --> 03:48:12.278 WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH THE OPPOSITION. 03:48:12.345 --> 03:48:15.815 I COMMIT TO AMENDING THE BILL TO ENSURE THAT THE UNSPENT 03:48:15.882 --> 03:48:19.285 DOLLARS ARE TURNED TO ALL CALIFORNIA SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS, 03:48:19.552 --> 03:48:22.588 NOT JUST ALTERNATIVELY ALTERNATE PAYMENT PROGRAMS. 03:48:23.322 --> 03:48:26.392 I WILL CONTINUE DISCUSSING CONTINUITY OF CARE, 03:48:26.459 --> 03:48:28.494 FUNDING MECHANISMS, IMPLEMENTATION 03:48:28.694 --> 03:48:30.029 AND HOW BEST TO STRENGTHEN 03:48:30.096 --> 03:48:32.865 EVERY PART OF CALIFORNIA'S MIX SYSTEM. 03:48:33.599 --> 03:48:36.002 I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING TOWARD A SYSTEM WHERE 03:48:36.069 --> 03:48:40.139 EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO SAFE, HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE. 03:48:40.673 --> 03:48:44.410 THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HB 2258, 03:48:45.711 --> 03:48:48.114 NOT THE ANSWER TO ALL THE SYSTEM'S PROBLEMS. 03:48:48.181 --> 03:48:49.916 BUT IT WILL MAKE EVERY AVAILABLE 03:48:49.982 --> 03:48:52.885 CHILD CARE DOLLAR HAS THE OPPORTUNITY SERVE CHILDREN. 03:48:52.952 --> 03:48:54.887 WORDS INTENDED TO HELP. 03:48:54.954 --> 03:48:59.592 AB 2258 IS A PRACTICAL, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE STEP 03:48:59.792 --> 03:49:02.929 THAT MAXIMIZES EXISTING RESOURCES AND STRENGTHENS 03:49:02.995 --> 03:49:05.898 WORKFORCE AND SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMIC HEALTH 03:49:06.432 --> 03:49:08.501 BY ENSURING THAT EVERY AVAILABLE DOLLAR 03:49:08.568 --> 03:49:09.836 IS USED TO SERVE FAMILIES. 03:49:09.902 --> 03:49:14.540 AB 2258 MOVES CALIFORNIA CLOSER TO A MORE RESPONSIVE, 03:49:14.841 --> 03:49:18.644 EFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE CHILD CARE CENTER SYSTEM. 03:49:19.278 --> 03:49:22.682 TESTIFYING WITH ME TODAY IS DYNAMIC MATTEL, 03:49:23.049 --> 03:49:26.285 CEO OF THRIVING FAMILIES OF CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION. 03:49:27.653 --> 03:49:28.621 HELLO AGAIN. 03:49:28.688 --> 03:49:30.723 DENNIS NICOLE, I WOULD LIKE 03:49:31.991 --> 03:49:33.359 ONE OF TWO SPANISH IT FOR YOU. 03:49:33.426 --> 03:49:36.028 O CEO WITH THRIVING FAMILIES 03:49:36.929 --> 03:49:41.601 CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF A B 2258. 03:49:41.667 --> 03:49:43.136 I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 03:49:43.202 --> 03:49:46.172 IN REVIEWING CHILD CARE DOLLARS SINCE 2010. 03:49:47.173 --> 03:49:50.843 RESPECTFULLY, IT WASN'T UNTIL THE PANDEMIC 03:49:51.043 --> 03:49:54.747 CALIFORNIA'S HISTORIC COMMITMENT TO ADD 200,000 NEW 03:49:54.814 --> 03:49:58.651 CHILDCARE SLOTS THAT WE BEGAN SEEING THE UNPRECEDENTED 03:49:58.718 --> 03:50:02.288 UNDERSPENDING AND OVERSPENDING WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. 03:50:03.055 --> 03:50:06.058 THIS IS NOT A FAILURE OF THE CHILD CARE DELIVERY MODEL. 03:50:06.125 --> 03:50:09.662 IT IS A STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE IN HOW THE STATE CONTRACTS 03:50:09.729 --> 03:50:11.764 WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAM. 03:50:11.831 --> 03:50:14.500 THE TIMING AND RELEASE OF CONTRACT DOLLARS. 03:50:15.201 --> 03:50:17.970 MANY OF OUR MEMBER AGENCIES OPERATE BOTH ALTERNATIVE 03:50:18.037 --> 03:50:21.841 PAYMENT PROGRAM OR VOUCHERS AND CENTER CONTRACTS. 03:50:22.141 --> 03:50:24.377 SO WE UNDERSTAND BOTH PERSPECTIVES. 03:50:24.744 --> 03:50:28.614 FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE PENDING BUDGET PROPOSAL, MANY NEW CENTER 03:50:28.681 --> 03:50:33.186 BASED SLOTS WOULD NOT BECOME UNTIL APRIL 2027. 03:50:33.819 --> 03:50:36.088 THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR 03:50:36.522 --> 03:50:40.059 THAT SIMPLY DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH TIME TO HIRE STAFF, 03:50:40.126 --> 03:50:41.327 PREPARE CLASSROOMS, 03:50:41.394 --> 03:50:44.497 RECRUIT FAMILIES, AND FULLY EXPAND THOSE FUNDS. 03:50:44.564 --> 03:50:46.165 EXPAND THOSE FUNDS. 03:50:46.232 --> 03:50:49.268 AS A RESULT, DOLLARS ARE OFTEN RETURNED, 03:50:49.502 --> 03:50:53.172 NOT BECAUSE PROVIDERS LACK COMMITMENT OR DEMAND, 03:50:53.506 --> 03:50:56.175 BUT BECAUSE THE CONTRACTING STRUCTURE DOESN'T 03:50:56.242 --> 03:50:58.978 PROVIDE ADEQUATE TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 03:50:59.579 --> 03:51:03.282 AB 2258 ADDRESSES THAT PROBLEM AND OTHERS. 03:51:03.616 --> 03:51:05.351 THIS BILL DOES NOT REDUCE 03:51:05.418 --> 03:51:07.787 FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS SERVING CHILDREN. 03:51:07.853 --> 03:51:11.490 REDIRECTION IS A LAST RESORT, NOT THE FIRST OPTION. 03:51:11.557 --> 03:51:14.594 EXISTING SAFEGUARDS, INCLUDING TEMPORARY TRANSFER 03:51:14.660 --> 03:51:16.495 OPPORTUNITIES AND COORDINATION 03:51:16.562 --> 03:51:18.864 THROUGH LOCAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 03:51:18.931 --> 03:51:22.902 PLANNING COUNCILS, ARE INTENDED TO MAXIMIZE CONTRACT 03:51:22.969 --> 03:51:26.772 UTILIZATION FIRST, ONLY AFTER A CONTRACTOR DETERMINES 03:51:26.839 --> 03:51:30.409 IT CANNOT FULLY EXPAND ITS CONTRACT WITH THOSE OTHERWISE. 03:51:30.776 --> 03:51:32.311 WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO WE COULD PROBABLY 03:51:32.378 --> 03:51:34.313 GET INTO SOME DISCUSSION. BUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO. 03:51:36.182 --> 03:51:38.517 LET ME JUST DO A CLARIFICATION. 03:51:38.584 --> 03:51:41.220 SO FIRST OFF, IS NOT 03:51:41.287 --> 03:51:43.956 THIS IS A FISCAL MECHANISM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 03:51:44.023 --> 03:51:46.726 IT'S NOT A POLICY PREFERENCE. 03:51:46.792 --> 03:51:47.326 I WANT TO 03:51:47.393 --> 03:51:50.896 GO AHEAD AND ALSO CLARIFY THAT PAGE TEN OF THE ANALYSIS. 03:51:51.163 --> 03:51:54.233 THERE WAS AN ON PRIORITY ONE. 03:51:54.467 --> 03:51:55.034 IT NOTED 03:51:55.101 --> 03:51:58.537 THAT VOUCHERS COULD NOT BE USED FOR DIRECT SERVICE TITLE FIVE. 03:51:58.604 --> 03:51:59.972 THAT'S INCORRECT. 03:52:00.039 --> 03:52:00.973 THEY CAN'T. 03:52:01.040 --> 03:52:02.642 THEY'RE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS. 03:52:02.708 --> 03:52:06.178 BUT IF A A CENTER BASED PROGRAM ACCEPTS VOUCHERS, 03:52:06.245 --> 03:52:07.847 THEN THEY CAN ACCEPT IT. 03:52:07.913 --> 03:52:10.883 SO THE THE THE VOUCHER CAN BE USED EVERYWHERE. 03:52:12.685 --> 03:52:15.288 I HAVE A LOT, BUT I THINK I WAS PRIME 03:52:15.354 --> 03:52:16.722 THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 03:52:16.789 --> 03:52:22.161 SO I THINK PROBABLY I WILL TABLE IT AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. 03:52:22.495 --> 03:52:22.795 OKAY. 03:52:22.862 --> 03:52:27.433 DO THE OTHERS AND SUPPORT OTHERS IN SUPPORT? 03:52:29.101 --> 03:52:31.003 RUTH FERNANDEZ FIRST CONTRA COSTA. 03:52:31.070 --> 03:52:32.104 WE SUPPORT THIS BILL. 03:52:32.171 --> 03:52:35.107 WE FEEL THAT IT WILL REDIRECT FUNDING 03:52:35.174 --> 03:52:38.277 IN A GOOD WAY WHILE ALLOWING MORE FAMILIES RECEIVE SERVICES. 03:52:38.544 --> 03:52:40.946 THANK YOU. 03:52:42.214 --> 03:52:43.616 MACKENZIE RICHARDSON WITH THRIVING FAMILIES 03:52:43.683 --> 03:52:46.452 CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT. 03:52:46.519 --> 03:52:47.119 OTHERS. 03:52:48.321 --> 03:52:50.456 ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO ANY OPPOSITION? 03:52:50.923 --> 03:53:04.937 YEP. SURE. 03:53:06.138 --> 03:53:07.406 GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR MEMBERS. 03:53:07.473 --> 03:53:08.908 LUCIA HATFIELD, AVERAGE HOUSE, 03:53:08.974 --> 03:53:11.977 CALIFORNIA, WITH MY COLLEAGUE ADAM NORTH HERE 03:53:12.044 --> 03:53:13.245 FOR ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. 03:53:13.312 --> 03:53:15.014 I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 03:53:15.081 --> 03:53:15.881 WE WILL JUST SAY THAT 03:53:15.948 --> 03:53:19.251 WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE AUTHORIZED WORK ON THIS, 03:53:19.852 --> 03:53:21.654 ESPECIALLY WITH HER LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR 03:53:21.721 --> 03:53:23.923 AND THEN AS WELL AS COMMITTEE STAFFERS. 03:53:23.989 --> 03:53:26.025 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, TOO. 03:53:26.425 --> 03:53:28.260 YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. 03:53:28.327 --> 03:53:30.696 WE ARE CURRENTLY OPPOSING LEFT AMENDED. 03:53:30.763 --> 03:53:33.599 WE'VE RECEIVED AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE HAPPY WITH 03:53:34.233 --> 03:53:36.569 AND WOULD MOVE TO A NEUTRAL IF THOSE ARE IN PRINT. 03:53:37.770 --> 03:53:38.304 OKAY. 03:53:38.371 --> 03:53:42.575 AND WHICH AMENDMENTS WERE THESE ONES FROM LAST NIGHT OR WHICH? 03:53:42.942 --> 03:53:45.544 SO THERE WERE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME IN OVER THE WEEKEND 03:53:45.611 --> 03:53:47.079 THAT WOULD MAKE IT SO THAT THE FUNDING 03:53:47.146 --> 03:53:48.981 THAT CAME FROM CERTAIN PROGRAMS 03:53:49.048 --> 03:53:51.117 WOULD BE FED BACK INTO THOSE PROGRAMS. 03:53:51.183 --> 03:53:54.186 THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOOD WITH. 03:53:54.253 --> 03:53:54.787 OKAY. 03:53:56.255 --> 03:53:59.558 OTHERS IN OPPOSITION. 03:54:00.826 --> 03:54:01.961 KIM LEWIS REPRESENTING CHILDREN. 03:54:02.027 --> 03:54:04.230 NOW, WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPOSE AND LESS AMENDED POSITION 03:54:04.296 --> 03:54:05.631 AND WE APPRECIATE THE OTHERS. 03:54:05.698 --> 03:54:06.866 AND THE STAFF ARE WORKING WITH US. 03:54:06.932 --> 03:54:07.400 WE'RE IN 03:54:07.466 --> 03:54:09.135 RECEIPT OF THE AMENDMENTS FROM YESTERDAY 03:54:09.201 --> 03:54:10.302 AND WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THEM 03:54:10.369 --> 03:54:13.639 AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL GET US TO A NEUTRAL POSITION. 03:54:13.706 --> 03:54:16.675 THANK YOU. OKAY. 03:54:16.742 --> 03:54:21.147 TAKE IT BACK TO THE DAIS, SIR. 03:54:21.781 --> 03:54:22.047 YEAH. 03:54:22.114 --> 03:54:24.383 SO I DON'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS THAT WERE GIVEN 03:54:24.450 --> 03:54:25.551 TO OUR CONSULTANT, TO OUR TEAMS. 03:54:25.618 --> 03:54:29.455 I DON'T KNOW WHO THE AMENDMENTS CAME FROM OR WHAT LOOK LIKE. 03:54:29.522 --> 03:54:32.825 MY OFFICE, WE WE DRAFTED NEW AMENDMENTS 03:54:33.259 --> 03:54:35.694 AND SENT SOME VERY LATE AMENDMENTS LAST NIGHT. 03:54:35.761 --> 03:54:37.863 I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM EITHER. 03:54:37.930 --> 03:54:39.832 OKAY. 03:54:39.899 --> 03:54:42.568 SO, I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF VOTING ON THE BILL IN PRINT. YEAH. 03:54:44.136 --> 03:54:44.537 OKAY. 03:54:44.603 --> 03:54:45.571 IT MAINLY WAS BECAUSE 03:54:45.638 --> 03:54:48.541 OF THE TIMING THAT ONCE WE HAD THE OPPOSITION 03:54:48.607 --> 03:54:50.876 THE DEADLINE HAD ALREADY PASSED FOR AMENDMENTS, 03:54:50.943 --> 03:54:52.945 BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND DRAFTED AND WORKED. 03:54:53.712 --> 03:54:54.680 IT WAS A TIME FOR THE AMENDMENTS. 03:54:54.747 --> 03:54:58.384 I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THEM AND THEN WE'LL. 03:54:58.451 --> 03:55:00.419 I'M SORRY. DO YOU REVIEW THEM? 03:55:00.486 --> 03:55:01.854 I DO HAVE COPIES. 03:55:01.921 --> 03:55:02.888 MY STAFF, UH, 03:55:02.955 --> 03:55:06.692 WE DO HAVE COPIES OF THE AMENDMENT, IF THAT'S HOW 03:55:06.759 --> 03:55:07.660 THEY CAN STILL WORK. 03:55:07.726 --> 03:55:08.427 SO HOW DO WE. 03:55:08.494 --> 03:55:09.261 HOW DO, MR. 03:55:09.328 --> 03:55:11.964 CHAIR, HOW HOW DO WE REVIEW 03:55:12.031 --> 03:55:14.200 THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED 03:55:14.266 --> 03:55:17.203 AND HOW ARE THEY ACCEPTED AND HOW DO THEY MOVE FORWARD? 03:55:17.269 --> 03:55:19.505 IS THAT. 03:55:19.572 --> 03:55:22.141 WELL, IT'S 03:55:22.908 --> 03:55:24.276 AS WE SAY, WE DON'T NEGOTIATE FROM THE DAY. 03:55:24.343 --> 03:55:25.478 SO WE DON'T WE YOU KNOW, 03:55:25.544 --> 03:55:31.617 I THINK WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE BILL IN IN PRINT. 03:55:31.684 --> 03:55:33.352 YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THEY COULD TAKE AMENDMENTS AFTER 03:55:33.419 --> 03:55:34.987 THIS COMMITTEE. 03:55:36.489 --> 03:55:39.158 BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE EVALUATING THE BILL IN PRINT. 03:55:39.225 --> 03:55:43.896 WHAT WHAT COMMITTEE DOES THIS GO THROUGH NEXT? 03:55:43.963 --> 03:55:45.931 SO IT GOES STRAIGHT TO APPROPRIATIONS. 03:55:45.998 --> 03:55:47.967 YEAH. OKAY. 03:55:48.033 --> 03:55:49.735 IT'S DIFFICULT ON THE TIMING. 03:55:49.802 --> 03:55:54.473 SO WE SEE THIS. 03:55:54.540 --> 03:55:55.608 SO I THINK SO. 03:55:55.674 --> 03:55:59.678 I'M ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE THE INTENT OF THE BILL, 03:55:59.745 --> 03:56:01.647 WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THESE FUNDS 03:56:01.714 --> 03:56:03.849 THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED APPROPRIATED 03:56:03.916 --> 03:56:06.886 BY THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE USED FOR FOR CHILD CARE. 03:56:06.952 --> 03:56:10.256 I THINK AS LONG AS WE ARE 03:56:11.023 --> 03:56:12.391 AND I KNOW THAT YOU WERE WORKING 03:56:12.458 --> 03:56:13.158 YOU SAID 03:56:13.225 --> 03:56:14.326 IN YOUR OPENING STATEMENT 03:56:14.393 --> 03:56:15.761 THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH THE OPPOSITION 03:56:15.828 --> 03:56:19.598 TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO THE ACCOUNT IN 03:56:19.665 --> 03:56:21.200 WHICH IS GOING TO GO TO TO ENSURE THAT 03:56:21.267 --> 03:56:24.036 IT'S NOT USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE BUT FOR CHILD CARE. 03:56:24.103 --> 03:56:27.573 AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO THAT END. 03:56:27.940 --> 03:56:29.275 THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. 03:56:29.341 --> 03:56:32.678 SO I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND SUPPORT THE BILL, 03:56:33.178 --> 03:56:37.383 AND THEN I WILL LOOK AT THE FINAL LANGUAGE IN 03:56:37.850 --> 03:56:39.418 WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US IN THE SENATE IS 03:56:39.485 --> 03:56:40.686 WHEN I WILL SEE IT NEXT. 03:56:40.753 --> 03:56:44.256 AND THEN I WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE BILL. 03:56:44.323 --> 03:56:48.294 IF THE IF THE LANGUAGE IS ACCURATE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT 03:56:49.261 --> 03:56:50.729 A GREAT POINT TO MAKE THAT 03:56:50.796 --> 03:56:52.298 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS INTENDED, 03:56:52.364 --> 03:56:56.302 BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UNLESS IT'S EXPRESS EXPRESSLY 03:56:56.802 --> 03:56:59.171 SPECIFIED, WE'RE NOT IT COULD BE USED SOMETHING ELSE 03:56:59.238 --> 03:57:00.873 AND WE DON'T WANT THAT IS EITHER. 03:57:00.940 --> 03:57:04.143 SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MOVE THE THE BILL. 03:57:04.376 --> 03:57:12.418 MR. CHAIR, WELL, 03:57:14.253 --> 03:57:16.188 WE APPRECIATE YOU TACKLING THIS ISSUE. 03:57:16.255 --> 03:57:19.658 IT'S SO OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, 03:57:19.725 --> 03:57:23.062 CONSISTENT WITH OTHER DISCUSSIONS TODAY. 03:57:23.796 --> 03:57:24.763 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE MONEY GETS OUT 03:57:24.830 --> 03:57:27.366 AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE 03:57:29.068 --> 03:57:31.170 UNUSED FUNDS. 03:57:31.804 --> 03:57:33.872 YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S 03:57:33.939 --> 03:57:37.109 ANYTHING WE FOR CHILDCARE, WE WANT TO USE IT. 03:57:37.176 --> 03:57:38.978 YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY 03:57:39.378 --> 03:57:42.047 CONCERNED ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSITION'S CONCERNS. 03:57:42.114 --> 03:57:46.819 I THINK WE SHARED A LOT OF THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT 03:57:48.554 --> 03:57:52.391 IF A YOU KNOW, IF A CONTRACTOR GETS OUT OF CONTRACT FUNDS, 03:57:52.791 --> 03:57:56.195 THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN GOING FORWARD? 03:57:56.261 --> 03:57:59.398 AND IF THEY CAN ABSORB THOSE COSTS 03:57:59.465 --> 03:58:01.233 WITHIN THE REGULAR CONTRACT, 03:58:01.300 --> 03:58:03.636 THEN WE CAN BE TAKING FUNDING FROM OTHER CONTRACTORS 03:58:03.702 --> 03:58:07.940 OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO BACKFILL COST. SO 03:58:09.408 --> 03:58:12.311 THAT POSE THE RISK OF REDUCING CHILD CARE FUNDING, 03:58:12.378 --> 03:58:17.049 OTHER PROGRAMS OR OTHER COUNTIES OR IN THE WORST CASE 03:58:18.117 --> 03:58:20.052 BE TO JUST ENROLL FAMILIES. 03:58:20.119 --> 03:58:24.056 SO IT WAS SAID WE HAD A NO RECOMMENDATION. 03:58:24.390 --> 03:58:27.326 HAD A NO RECOMMENDATION ON THIS BILL AND 03:58:28.394 --> 03:58:32.064 AND AND REALLY HAVE HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF TIME TO REVIEW 03:58:32.131 --> 03:58:33.465 THE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME IN LAST NIGHT. 03:58:33.532 --> 03:58:37.236 SO I'M I'M OF OF TWO MINDS ON THIS ONE. 03:58:38.537 --> 03:58:40.272 I'LL SAY THAT 03:58:40.339 --> 03:58:42.341 IF OUR POSITION IS SAYING THAT THEY HAVE 03:58:42.408 --> 03:58:44.276 AND THIS HAS BEEN OUR LEAD OPPOSITION OF 03:58:44.343 --> 03:58:46.612 IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU REVIEWED THE AMENDMENTS AND 03:58:48.280 --> 03:58:50.816 AND THAT YOU SHOULD YOU SHOULDN'T YOU WOULD BE 03:58:50.883 --> 03:58:53.185 YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE BILL GOING FORWARD? 03:58:53.252 --> 03:58:53.686 THAT'S CORRECT. 03:58:53.752 --> 03:58:55.954 WITH THE AMENDMENTS WERE DONE OVER THE WEEKEND. 03:58:56.255 --> 03:58:57.289 OKAY. 03:58:57.356 --> 03:59:00.693 I MEAN, I DO I DON'T LIKE TO DO THIS. 03:59:01.260 --> 03:59:05.664 AND AND I DO, YOU KNOW, LET'S ASSUME THE AMENDMENTS 03:59:05.731 --> 03:59:11.770 OR DO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS THAT THAT I OUTLINED. 03:59:11.837 --> 03:59:14.039 YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS STILL GOING FORWARD. 03:59:14.106 --> 03:59:14.973 THERE MIGHT BE PIECES. 03:59:15.040 --> 03:59:19.411 SO I YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU COMMIT TO MEETING 03:59:19.478 --> 03:59:20.612 WITH ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE 03:59:20.679 --> 03:59:22.981 THAT HAVE CONCERNS BEFORE THE BILL 03:59:23.048 --> 03:59:24.850 GO ONCE WE TAKE THESE OTHER AMENDMENTS 03:59:24.917 --> 03:59:27.486 AND THEN THE BILL BEFORE THE BILL GOES TO APPROPRIATIONS? 03:59:27.553 --> 03:59:28.020 ABSOLUTELY. 03:59:28.087 --> 03:59:29.722 AS I SAID IN MY OPENING THAT I 03:59:29.788 --> 03:59:30.956 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. 03:59:31.023 --> 03:59:33.959 IT'S A SPACE VERY COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING AND MOVING THAT. 03:59:34.026 --> 03:59:34.993 ABSOLUTELY. 03:59:35.060 --> 03:59:37.129 WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 03:59:37.196 --> 03:59:39.631 WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND OBVIOUSLY THE COMMITTEE. 03:59:40.165 --> 03:59:41.900 OKAY. 03:59:41.967 --> 03:59:42.267 OKAY. 03:59:42.334 --> 03:59:43.969 WELL, IT IS ABOUT LAST MINUTE, BUT I APPRECIATE 03:59:44.036 --> 03:59:45.270 YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OPPOSITION 03:59:45.337 --> 03:59:48.240 AND AND GOTTEN TO THE SPACE WITH THAT. 03:59:48.640 --> 03:59:50.576 I WILL SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY. 03:59:50.642 --> 03:59:52.878 WILL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 03:59:52.945 --> 03:59:54.213 WE HAVE WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE. 03:59:55.414 --> 03:59:56.482 I JUST WANT TO SHARE JUST THE 03:59:56.548 --> 03:59:59.184 OVERALL ARCHING THEME OF THIS IS IN THE SPACE 03:59:59.251 --> 04:00:01.086 OF AFFORDABILITY FOR CALIFORNIANS. 04:00:01.153 --> 04:00:03.655 AND AS SOMEONE WHO WITH MY BACKGROUND 04:00:03.722 --> 04:00:05.724 IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 04:00:05.791 --> 04:00:08.060 NEXT TO HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CALIFORNIA 04:00:08.127 --> 04:00:09.161 IS CHILD CARE. 04:00:09.228 --> 04:00:13.665 AND WE AS LEGISLATORS TO REALLY LEAN INTO THIS SPACE HEAVILY 04:00:14.433 --> 04:00:16.702 IN WHY MY ULTIMATE AND I THINK MANY OF US 04:00:16.769 --> 04:00:17.636 HAVE THAT A TOPIA 04:00:17.703 --> 04:00:20.906 THAT ONE DAY WE WILL REACH UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE. 04:00:20.973 --> 04:00:23.408 THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY STEPS THAT I HOPE 04:00:23.475 --> 04:00:25.744 UNDER MY TENURE HERE OF 11 YEARS, THAT 04:00:26.044 --> 04:00:28.947 WHEN I DEPART, THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN LOOK BACK ON THIS DAY 04:00:29.014 --> 04:00:29.214 AND SAY 04:00:29.281 --> 04:00:30.282 THIS WAS THE CATALYST 04:00:30.349 --> 04:00:32.684 THAT BROUGHT THAT TOPIA TO CALIFORNIANS, BUT 04:00:33.552 --> 04:00:35.821 IT'S IN THAT SPACE THAT IF WE ARE REALLY GOING 04:00:35.888 --> 04:00:38.690 TO TACKLE AFFORDABILITY, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 04:00:39.758 --> 04:00:42.161 FACTOR IN THE COST OF LIVING, OF CHILD CARE. 04:00:42.227 --> 04:00:45.264 AND WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE 04:00:45.330 --> 04:00:48.133 TO MAKE CHOICES OF A CAREER AND RAISING A FAMILY. 04:00:48.333 --> 04:00:50.369 I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT YOU CAN DO BOTH, 04:00:50.435 --> 04:00:53.839 AND WE SHOULD BE A STATE THAT ALLOWS THAT TO PROSPER 04:00:53.906 --> 04:00:56.542 FOR SO MANY YOUNG FAMILIES WANTING TO HAVE CHILDREN 04:00:56.608 --> 04:00:57.943 BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. 04:00:58.010 --> 04:01:02.514 SO I APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE IN US CONTINUING TO WORK 04:01:03.148 --> 04:01:05.717 WITH OPPOSITION THAT I WAS NO LONGER OPPOSITION 04:01:06.385 --> 04:01:07.820 AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. 04:01:07.886 --> 04:01:08.320 AND YOU HAVE MY 04:01:08.387 --> 04:01:10.789 PERSONAL COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL UP IN YOUR OFFICE 04:01:10.856 --> 04:01:12.324 AND MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS 04:01:12.391 --> 04:01:14.526 WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU. 04:01:14.593 --> 04:01:15.460 SO THANK YOU. 04:01:15.527 --> 04:01:15.894 THANK YOU. 04:01:15.961 --> 04:01:18.063 IT'S BEEN A BIG PRIORITY OF MINE AS WELL. 04:01:18.130 --> 04:01:20.032 AND WE'VE MADE AND INCLUDING WITH THE BUDGET 04:01:20.098 --> 04:01:21.533 I WILL VOTE ON TODAY, YOU KNOW, SOME 04:01:21.600 --> 04:01:25.737 SOME HUGE STRIDES IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF SPACES 04:01:26.738 --> 04:01:29.908 WHICH TRANSLATE TO KIDS USING THE WORD SLOTS. 04:01:29.975 --> 04:01:32.444 BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT TRANSLATES TO TO INDIVIDUAL KIDS, 04:01:33.011 --> 04:01:34.346 BUT STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. 04:01:34.413 --> 04:01:37.916 SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR CHUBBUCK. 04:01:37.983 --> 04:01:39.518 PLEASE CALL THE WRONG FILE. 04:01:39.585 --> 04:01:44.256 ITEM 1880 2258 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 04:01:44.323 --> 04:01:45.157 BECKER. 04:01:45.591 --> 04:01:48.093 BECKER I ATROPOS A SHOEBOX. 04:01:48.160 --> 04:01:50.629 I LAYERED PEREZ WEBBER. 04:01:50.696 --> 04:01:52.865 PEARSON. 04:01:52.931 --> 04:01:54.833 OKAY, SO TO HIM. 04:01:54.900 --> 04:02:01.974 OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE ROLL CALL. 04:02:02.040 --> 04:02:04.443 SEVEN MORE ERRANDS 04:02:04.943 --> 04:02:08.647 OR FINAL. 04:02:08.714 --> 04:02:09.615 YEAH. 04:02:09.815 --> 04:02:15.053 THANK YOU. 04:02:15.120 --> 04:02:15.921 I'M READY. 04:02:16.622 --> 04:02:17.990 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. 04:02:18.056 --> 04:02:19.892 CHAIR. AND MEMBERS. 04:02:20.492 --> 04:02:23.862 ABBY, 2766 TAKES SEVERAL KEY STEPS 04:02:23.929 --> 04:02:26.899 TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF FOSTER YOUTH, FORMER FOSTER YOUTH 04:02:27.165 --> 04:02:30.002 AND STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO OBTAIN STABLE 04:02:30.068 --> 04:02:33.038 HOUSING AT OUR CALIFORNIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 04:02:33.338 --> 04:02:35.073 FIRST, IT REQUIRES THAT THE CALIFORNIA 04:02:35.140 --> 04:02:36.541 COMMUNITY COLLEGES 04:02:36.608 --> 04:02:39.044 GRANT PRIORITY HOUSING TO CURRENT AND FORMER 04:02:39.111 --> 04:02:40.979 FOSTER YOUTH AND HOMELESS STUDENTS. 04:02:41.046 --> 04:02:42.614 THIS WILL ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE CALIFORNIA 04:02:42.681 --> 04:02:45.417 COMMIT COLLEGES AND CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES 04:02:45.684 --> 04:02:47.486 AND REQUESTS THAT THE U.S. 04:02:47.552 --> 04:02:50.289 CAMPUSES TO IDENTIFY FOSTER YOUTH AND HOMELESS STUDENTS 04:02:50.522 --> 04:02:52.324 WITHIN HOUSING APPLICATION OWNS 04:02:52.391 --> 04:02:54.259 AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAY THAT PRIORITY. 04:02:54.326 --> 04:02:56.929 HOUSING BENEFITS ARE AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITES. 04:02:57.396 --> 04:03:00.999 IN ADDITION, 2766 REQUIRES THE CALIFORNIA COMMIT COLLEGES 04:03:01.300 --> 04:03:03.835 AND CSU'S AND REQUEST UC CAMPUSES TO DEFER 04:03:03.902 --> 04:03:05.003 HOUSING DEPOSITS 04:03:05.070 --> 04:03:05.604 AND FEES 04:03:05.671 --> 04:03:06.939 FOR FOSTER YOUTH 04:03:07.005 --> 04:03:09.574 AND HOMELESS STUDENTS UNTIL FINANCIAL AID IS DISBURSED. 04:03:09.942 --> 04:03:12.044 FINALLY, THIS BILL LINES PARTY REGISTRATION 04:03:12.110 --> 04:03:13.946 ELIGIBILITY FOR THE NEXT STEP PROGRAM, 04:03:14.012 --> 04:03:16.415 ENSURING FOSTER YOUTH CAN ACCESS REQUIRED COURSES 04:03:16.682 --> 04:03:18.317 AT OUR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 04:03:18.383 --> 04:03:20.452 AS SOMEONE WHO'S EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, 04:03:20.786 --> 04:03:22.921 SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM 04:03:22.988 --> 04:03:24.189 AND AS SOMETHING 04:03:24.256 --> 04:03:26.124 THAT WE ALREADY DO, AND WITH OTHER HIGHER 04:03:26.191 --> 04:03:28.360 EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 04:03:28.427 --> 04:03:28.961 I BELIEVE THAT 04:03:29.027 --> 04:03:32.431 THIS IS A VERY STRAIGHT ORDER FORWARD, MEANINGFUL 04:03:32.965 --> 04:03:35.200 LEGISLATION THAT CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT 04:03:35.434 --> 04:03:39.137 ON A GROUP AND BODY OF STUDENTS THAT WE SO DESPERATELY WANT 04:03:39.204 --> 04:03:41.573 TO SUCCEED IN OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM. 04:03:41.640 --> 04:03:42.774 IT'S VERY CRUCIAL 04:03:42.841 --> 04:03:43.342 THAT WE HELP 04:03:43.408 --> 04:03:45.877 THESE VULNERABLE STUDENTS THAT LACK SUPPORT SYSTEMS 04:03:46.812 --> 04:03:48.447 THAT MANY OTHER STUDENTS HAVE. 04:03:48.513 --> 04:03:52.384 WITH ME TODAY IS CHRIS CHANEY, A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 04:03:52.451 --> 04:03:53.652 AT THE JOHN BURTON ADVOCATES 04:03:53.719 --> 04:03:57.956 FOR YOUTH AND EZELL CASEY US, A FIRST YEAR UC DAVIS STUDENT. 04:03:59.658 --> 04:03:59.925 THANK YOU 04:03:59.992 --> 04:04:03.862 BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND BEING VERY PATIENT. 04:04:03.929 --> 04:04:05.797 WE DO HAVE SESSIONS STARTING SHORTLY, 04:04:05.864 --> 04:04:06.932 SO WE COULD CONDENSE YOUR REMARKS A BIT. 04:04:06.999 --> 04:04:09.001 WE'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 04:04:09.301 --> 04:04:11.370 GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 04:04:11.436 --> 04:04:13.739 MY NAME IS CHRIS CHANEY AND I'M WITH JOHN BURNS. 04:04:13.805 --> 04:04:15.173 ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH 04:04:15.240 --> 04:04:17.676 FOR FAR TOO LONG, STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCE IN FOSTER CARE 04:04:17.743 --> 04:04:21.480 AND HOMELESSNESS HAVE FACED SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO JUST 12% 04:04:21.546 --> 04:04:23.448 AND 15%, RESPECTIVELY, 04:04:23.515 --> 04:04:25.050 ACHIEVING THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMPARED 04:04:25.117 --> 04:04:27.285 WITH 49% OF THEIR PEERS. 04:04:27.352 --> 04:04:28.387 WHILE CALIFORNIA HAS MADE 04:04:28.453 --> 04:04:30.255 MEANINGFUL PROGRESS IN CLOSING THIS GAP, 04:04:30.322 --> 04:04:33.091 TWO KEY FACTORS CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS DISPARITY, 04:04:33.558 --> 04:04:35.227 AND THAT IS PERSISTENT HOUSING INSTABILITY, 04:04:35.293 --> 04:04:36.395 AS WELL AS LIMITED ACCESS 04:04:36.461 --> 04:04:39.297 TO THE COLLEGE COURSES THEY NEED TO GRADUATE. 04:04:39.364 --> 04:04:41.633 NEARLY HALF OF FOSTER YOUTH ATTENDING COMMUNITY COLLEGES 04:04:41.700 --> 04:04:45.137 AND 25% ENROLLS IN THE CSU'S EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS. 04:04:45.404 --> 04:04:46.405 AND THERE'S CLEAR CONNECTION 04:04:46.471 --> 04:04:48.573 BETWEEN A LACK OF STABLE HOUSING AND THE ABILITY 04:04:48.640 --> 04:04:51.309 TO PERSIST IN AND COMPLETE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION 04:04:51.910 --> 04:04:53.779 WHILE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS REQUIRED 04:04:53.845 --> 04:04:56.515 AND THE USES ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE PRIORITY 04:04:56.581 --> 04:04:57.816 HOUSING TO STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCE 04:04:57.883 --> 04:04:59.684 IN FOSTER CARE OR HOMELESSNESS. 04:04:59.751 --> 04:05:02.020 THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE NOT. 04:05:02.087 --> 04:05:02.888 AS A RESULT, STUDENTS 04:05:02.954 --> 04:05:05.057 AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHO MAKE UP THE MAJORITY 04:05:05.123 --> 04:05:07.659 OF THESE POPULATIONS FACE UNEQUAL ACCESS TO STABLE 04:05:07.726 --> 04:05:11.296 HOUSING, EVEN AS COMMUNITY HOUSING CAPACITY HAS EXPANDED. 04:05:11.930 --> 04:05:13.932 AT INSTITUTIONS, WE'RE PROUD HOUSING DOES EXIST. 04:05:13.999 --> 04:05:16.034 STUDENTS ARE OFTEN UNAWARE OF THIS BENEFIT. 04:05:16.435 --> 04:05:18.270 THIS COUPLED WITH UPFRONT HOUSING DEPOSITS 04:05:18.336 --> 04:05:20.072 AND THE FEES THAT ARE OFTEN MONTHS 04:05:20.138 --> 04:05:22.174 BEFORE A STUDENT RECEIVES THEIR FINANCIAL AID 04:05:22.441 --> 04:05:24.543 CAN ACTUALLY BLOCK ACCESS TO CAMPUS HOUSING 04:05:24.609 --> 04:05:27.145 AND IN SOME CASES, PREVENT ENROLLMENT ALTOGETHER. 04:05:27.212 --> 04:05:29.414 FOR STUDENTS WITH LITTLE OR NO FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 04:05:30.015 --> 04:05:32.484 LASTLY, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 900 STUDENTS AT NEXT 04:05:32.551 --> 04:05:34.786 UP, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOSTER SUPPORT PROGRAM, 04:05:35.020 --> 04:05:37.456 AND THEY'RE OVER THE AGE OF 25, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE UNABLE 04:05:37.522 --> 04:05:38.390 TO ACCESS PRIORITY 04:05:38.457 --> 04:05:41.493 REGISTRATION, A CRITICAL BENEFIT FOR ALL STUDENTS SUCCESS. 04:05:42.127 --> 04:05:44.696 AB 2766 WILL ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, ENSURING 04:05:44.763 --> 04:05:46.398 THAT CALIFORNIA'S MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS 04:05:46.465 --> 04:05:47.632 HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES 04:05:47.699 --> 04:05:49.601 THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE THE CALIFORNIA DREAM 04:05:49.668 --> 04:05:51.036 THROUGH POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. 04:05:51.103 --> 04:05:52.404 AND IT'S FOR THESE REASONS THAT I URGE 04:05:52.471 --> 04:05:54.840 AND I VOTE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2766. 04:05:54.906 --> 04:05:57.042 THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. 04:05:57.109 --> 04:05:57.709 GOOD AFTERNOON. 04:05:57.776 --> 04:06:00.745 MY NAME IS ISAAC CASSIUS AND I AM A FIRST YEAR 04:06:00.812 --> 04:06:04.082 AT UC DAVIS AND IN MAJORING IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. 04:06:04.716 --> 04:06:07.018 MY JOURNEY TO GET HERE WAS NOT EASY. 04:06:07.085 --> 04:06:09.621 I EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AS A CHILD 04:06:09.888 --> 04:06:12.924 AND ENTERING FOSTER CARE WHEN I WAS 15. 04:06:13.291 --> 04:06:15.827 AS A FOSTER YOUTH, I DON'T HAVE FINANCIAL SAFETY 04:06:16.194 --> 04:06:19.231 NET TO FALL BACK ON WHEN EMERGENCIES. 04:06:19.297 --> 04:06:23.201 UNLIKE MANY OF MY FELLOW PEERS WITHOUT STABLE HOUSING, 04:06:23.602 --> 04:06:26.138 IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD A FUTURE, LET ALONE, 04:06:26.204 --> 04:06:28.507 LET ALONE SUCCEED IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 04:06:28.740 --> 04:06:31.776 FOR ME, ACCESSING ON CAMPUS HOUSING AT UC DAVIS 04:06:32.077 --> 04:06:34.346 WAS CRITICAL TO PURSUING MICHAEL'S, 04:06:34.913 --> 04:06:37.382 BUT NOBODY TOLD ME THAT FOSTER YOUTH WERE ELIGIBLE 04:06:37.449 --> 04:06:39.084 FOR PRIORITY HOUSING. 04:06:39.151 --> 04:06:42.787 THERE WAS NO CLEAR INFORMATION ON THE HOUSING WEBSITE. 04:06:42.854 --> 04:06:45.857 LUCKILY, I FOUND OUT THROUGH A QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION 04:06:47.526 --> 04:06:49.628 WHICH CONNECTED ME TO THAT SUPPORT. 04:06:50.262 --> 04:06:53.431 HAVING A QUESTION TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE POPULATIONS 04:06:53.498 --> 04:06:55.634 ABOUT PRIORITY HOUSING WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR ME. 04:06:57.302 --> 04:06:59.538 SECURING CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME. 04:06:59.971 --> 04:07:02.507 IT GAVE ME STABILITY, PEACE OF MIND, AND THE ABILITY 04:07:02.574 --> 04:07:03.909 TO FOCUS ON MY EDUCATION. 04:07:03.975 --> 04:07:06.611 IT MADE ME FEEL SEEN AND SUPPORTED BY MY UNIVERSITY. 04:07:07.412 --> 04:07:10.749 I DON'T A CAR AND I DON'T RELY AND I RELY ON BEING CLOSE 04:07:10.815 --> 04:07:14.085 TO CAMPUS TO GET TO CLASS WITHOUT ON CAMPUS HOUSING. 04:07:14.152 --> 04:07:17.455 JUST GETTING TO SCHOOL EACH DAY WOULD BE A BIG BARRIER. 04:07:18.256 --> 04:07:20.759 WHILE I WAS FORTUNATE, MANY STUDENTS AREN'T. 04:07:20.825 --> 04:07:23.795 NOT ALL CAMPUSES OFFER, OFFER 04:07:23.995 --> 04:07:28.500 OR CLEARLY COMMUNICATE PRIORITY HOUSING FOR FOSTER YOUTH. 04:07:29.301 --> 04:07:31.803 STUDENTS LIKE ME ARE WORKING TO OVERCOME 04:07:31.870 --> 04:07:34.673 SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT WERE NEVER OUR CHOICE. 04:07:35.440 --> 04:07:38.343 POLICIES LIKE PRIORITY HOUSING REGISTRATION HELP LEVEL 04:07:38.410 --> 04:07:40.545 THE PLAYING FIELD AND REMOVE BARRIERS 04:07:40.612 --> 04:07:42.981 SO WE CAN SUCCEED AND TRANSFORM OUR LIVES 04:07:43.215 --> 04:07:44.683 THROUGH A COLLEGE DEGREE. 04:07:44.749 --> 04:07:49.187 THAT'S WHY I RESPECTFULLY URGE AND I VOTE ON AB 2766. 04:07:49.688 --> 04:07:51.056 THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING YOUR STORY. 04:07:51.122 --> 04:07:52.023 THANK YOU. 04:07:52.090 --> 04:07:52.691 ALL RIGHT. 04:07:52.757 --> 04:07:54.526 WE HAVE A ADAMSON SUPPORT. 04:07:54.593 --> 04:07:56.895 JUST PLEASE KEEP IT TO JUST NAME 04:07:56.962 --> 04:07:58.330 AN ORGANIZATION POSITION ON THE BILL. 04:07:58.396 --> 04:07:59.130 NICOLE MORALES. 04:07:59.197 --> 04:08:02.901 ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN NOW IN SUPPORT. 04:08:02.968 --> 04:08:04.836 HI, KATE ROGERS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT HOMES 04:08:04.903 --> 04:08:07.105 COALITION, STRONG SUPPORT AS A SPONSOR. THANK YOU. 04:08:08.473 --> 04:08:10.675 MICHAEL HENNING ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF CHILD 04:08:10.742 --> 04:08:14.779 AND FAMILY SERVICES AND SUPPORT. 04:08:14.846 --> 04:08:16.448 CHRISTINE, NAZARETH CENTER WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY 04:08:16.514 --> 04:08:19.951 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND STRONG SUPPORT. 04:08:21.019 --> 04:08:22.287 GOOD AFTERNOON, CORINA POTTER. 04:08:22.354 --> 04:08:24.556 THIS IS PUBLIC ADVOCATES AND STRONG SUPPORT 04:08:27.392 --> 04:08:28.860 SO BRENNAN WITH THE VITAMIN GROUP 04:08:28.927 --> 04:08:31.396 ON BEHALF OF NEXT GEN CALIFORNIA AND STRONG SUPPORT 04:08:33.898 --> 04:08:35.634 JOSH GALLAGHER ON BEHALF OF THE SANTA CLARA 04:08:35.700 --> 04:08:39.070 COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT 04:08:39.404 --> 04:08:41.439 FRANCISCO AND ELIZABETH, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 04:08:41.506 --> 04:08:42.340 SENIORS ASSOCIATION. 04:08:42.407 --> 04:08:45.443 WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. 04:08:45.977 --> 04:08:50.515 THE DEPARTMENT I AM A RISING SENIOR AT UC DAVIS 04:08:50.815 --> 04:08:55.453 AND I'M WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION. 04:08:55.520 --> 04:08:58.623 STRONG SUPPORT. 04:08:58.690 --> 04:09:00.959 GOOD AFTERNOON. YANCEY GARCIA MONTEZ. 04:09:01.293 --> 04:09:04.696 I'M ALSO A RISING SENIOR AT UC IRVINE, AND I'M ON BEHALF 04:09:04.763 --> 04:09:07.065 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION, 04:09:07.132 --> 04:09:08.433 AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. 04:09:08.500 --> 04:09:11.803 THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. 04:09:11.870 --> 04:09:13.571 XAVIER BURCHFIELD, ON BEHALF OF THE INSTITUTE 04:09:13.638 --> 04:09:16.808 FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS, AS WELL AS SANTA CLARA, SANTA 04:09:16.875 --> 04:09:21.212 CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. 04:09:21.279 --> 04:09:22.580 DAVID KNIGHT, THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 04:09:22.647 --> 04:09:24.649 ACTION PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. 04:09:25.617 --> 04:09:26.484 THANK YOU. 04:09:26.551 --> 04:09:28.987 ANY OPPOSITION TO HAVE ANY OPPOSITION 04:09:29.054 --> 04:09:30.955 TAKE YOU BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN? 04:09:31.022 --> 04:09:35.060 THERE ARE SOME JUST CLARIFYING QUESTIONS 04:09:35.527 --> 04:09:37.595 AND CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THAT. 04:09:37.662 --> 04:09:41.132 I THINK WE I'M PRETTY SURE WE SAW THIS BILL IN EDUCATION. 04:09:41.766 --> 04:09:42.334 ALL RIGHT. 04:09:42.767 --> 04:09:44.202 SO I THINK I'M NOT 04:09:44.269 --> 04:09:46.805 I DON'T REMEMBER I DON'T RECALL IF WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. 04:09:46.871 --> 04:09:52.010 NOT SO WHEN WE WHEN WE PRIORITIZE OUR 04:09:53.111 --> 04:09:55.613 THIS DEMOGRAPHIC ABOVE, 04:09:55.680 --> 04:09:58.350 WHEN WE PRIORITIZED THIS DEMOGRAPHIC, IT'S OVER. 04:09:58.416 --> 04:10:03.154 WHAT SUCH AS WHAT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD YOU BE PRIORITIZING OVER? 04:10:03.221 --> 04:10:05.256 WHAT OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS? 04:10:05.323 --> 04:10:08.226 WELL, SO WE ALREADY DO THIS. 04:10:08.293 --> 04:10:12.097 I THINK MANY OF THE USES AND AND USE 04:10:12.330 --> 04:10:16.334 THIS IS ASKING FOR US TO PRIORITIZE FOR FOSTER 04:10:16.401 --> 04:10:19.537 YOU FOR OUR CALIFORNIA COMMITTEE COLLEGES AS MEANING 04:10:20.105 --> 04:10:22.807 ANYONE WHO WHO APPLIES FOR HOUSING. 04:10:23.141 --> 04:10:28.113 MANY OF THESE IMPACTED COLLEGES HAVE LIMITED SLOTS ON CAMPUS. 04:10:28.179 --> 04:10:29.280 SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING 04:10:29.347 --> 04:10:32.717 IS WE ALIGN FOSTER WITH PRIORITY REGISTRATION 04:10:33.218 --> 04:10:36.921 BEFORE YOU OPEN IT AVAILABLE TO YOUR ENTIRE COHORT. 04:10:37.322 --> 04:10:39.657 SO FOR EVERYONE. 04:10:39.724 --> 04:10:42.660 SO BUT WHAT DEMOGRAPHICS WITH THAT INCLUDE ALL 04:10:42.727 --> 04:10:43.862 DEMOGRAPHICS, SENATOR. 04:10:44.896 --> 04:10:45.063 RIGHT. 04:10:45.130 --> 04:10:46.564 IS YOUR PRIORITY IS OR ANY OTHER PRIORITY. 04:10:46.631 --> 04:10:48.967 NOW THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST, REALLY. 04:10:49.033 --> 04:10:51.636 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS PRIOR 04:10:51.970 --> 04:10:54.973 PRIORITY REGISTRATION AT THE USES AND SEE CSU'S 04:10:55.974 --> 04:10:57.308 WHICH IS WHY YOU SAW IN THE BILL 04:10:57.375 --> 04:10:58.910 THAT WE'RE JUST SIMPLY ALIGNING 04:10:58.977 --> 04:11:01.246 THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT SUCH AS PUTTING IT 04:11:01.312 --> 04:11:03.314 READILY AVAILABLE ON YOUR HOUSING WEBSITES. 04:11:04.349 --> 04:11:06.885 BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DO THIS 04:11:06.951 --> 04:11:07.886 BE ONE OF THE FIRST 04:11:07.952 --> 04:11:10.722 THAT WE PRIORITIZE FOR FOSTER YOUTH, ONE OF THE FIRST 04:11:10.789 --> 04:11:11.689 OR THE FIRST. 04:11:11.756 --> 04:11:13.925 I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO 04:11:14.225 --> 04:11:15.627 AND THERE'S A REASON FOR MY QUESTIONING 04:11:15.693 --> 04:11:17.395 WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION. 04:11:17.462 --> 04:11:19.464 THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN A RECORD. 04:11:19.531 --> 04:11:23.401 WHAT OVER WHAT DEMOGRAPHICS ARE WE ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, SENATOR. 04:11:23.701 --> 04:11:27.705 SO THIS IS JUST GIVING EARLY ACCESS BY A COUPLE OF WEEKS 04:11:28.139 --> 04:11:31.609 TO ALL EVERYONE WHO WAS TRYING TO GET LIMITED SLOTS 04:11:31.676 --> 04:11:34.979 AND HAVE A COUPLE SUCH AS EVERY SINGLE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC 04:11:35.046 --> 04:11:37.515 THAT IS AVAILABLE, WE'RE NOT PREJUDICING 04:11:37.982 --> 04:11:39.818 OTHER ONE DEMOGRAPHIC OR THE OTHER. 04:11:39.884 --> 04:11:40.385 WE'RE JUST SAYING 04:11:40.452 --> 04:11:43.087 IF YOU ARE A FORMER FOSTER YOUTH AND A PREFERENCE 04:11:43.154 --> 04:11:45.156 AND THIS WOULD CREATE A PREFERENCE FOR A GROUP. 04:11:45.223 --> 04:11:46.691 YEAH. OKAY. 04:11:46.758 --> 04:11:49.093 THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE IT SAYS 04:11:49.160 --> 04:11:55.567 HERE, HOUSING CAME FROM OUR FOSTER 04:11:55.633 --> 04:11:58.736 YOUTH AND HOMELESS YOUTH PAST THE AGE OF 25. 04:11:58.803 --> 04:12:02.173 SO THE REASON I'M ASKING IS PAST THE AGE OF 25. 04:12:02.640 --> 04:12:04.876 SO IF WE'RE PRIORITIZING FOSTER YOUTH 04:12:04.943 --> 04:12:08.646 THAT WERE CURRENTLY ENROLLED PAST THE AGE OF 25 04:12:09.147 --> 04:12:13.852 AND I DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT THAT'S A GROWN ADULT, 04:12:14.586 --> 04:12:16.788 IF WE WERE TO PRIORITIZE THAT AGE GROUP OR THAT 04:12:16.855 --> 04:12:20.258 DEMOGRAPHIC OVER, SAY, AN 18, 19 YEAR OLD 04:12:22.260 --> 04:12:23.862 LOW INCOME 04:12:23.928 --> 04:12:29.033 FIRST GENERATION COMING INTO THE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 04:12:29.100 --> 04:12:30.902 SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING IN. 04:12:30.969 --> 04:12:35.006 18 YEAR OLD IS VERY DIFFERENT COMING IN FIRST GENERATION 04:12:36.508 --> 04:12:39.878 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LATER TO A 25 YEAR OLD ADULT OR 04:12:39.944 --> 04:12:43.715 PLUS FIVE PLUS ADULT PAST THE AGE OF 25. 04:12:44.148 --> 04:12:46.918 THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU ADDRESS EACH QUESTION. 04:12:47.619 --> 04:12:51.022 SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO ADDRESS THAT. 04:12:51.256 --> 04:12:52.423 THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WITNESSING 04:12:52.490 --> 04:12:54.626 I YES FOR SO WITH JOHN BURNS ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH. 04:12:54.692 --> 04:12:56.027 WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT WITH THE CALIFORNIA 04:12:56.094 --> 04:12:57.662 COMMUNITY COLLEGES 04:12:57.729 --> 04:13:00.865 THEY WE HAD BROUGHT THIS CONCERN ABOUT THE AGE COMPONENT. 04:13:01.199 --> 04:13:02.333 THEY HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE 04:13:02.400 --> 04:13:04.235 ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT 04:13:04.302 --> 04:13:05.303 WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR STUDENT 04:13:05.370 --> 04:13:06.604 HOUSING PRIORITY POLICY IS 04:13:06.671 --> 04:13:07.839 THEY DO HAVE AN INTERNAL 04:13:07.906 --> 04:13:10.141 MATCHING PROCESS TO ENSURE AND TO TAKE 04:13:10.208 --> 04:13:11.843 AGE CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL. 04:13:11.910 --> 04:13:13.278 I'M SORRY ONE MORE TIME TO ENSURE 04:13:13.344 --> 04:13:15.413 AND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AGE CONSIDERATIONS 04:13:15.480 --> 04:13:17.582 SO THE COLLEGES HAVE A HOUSING PROCESS FOR 04:13:17.649 --> 04:13:20.151 WHEN IT COMES TO MATCHING FOLKS, WHEN IT COMES TO 04:13:20.218 --> 04:13:21.586 THEIR HOUSING SITUATIONS 04:13:21.653 --> 04:13:24.389 AND THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AGE TO ENSURE THAT 04:13:24.455 --> 04:13:26.391 THERE WOULDN'T BE A SITUATION WHERE AN 18 YEAR OLD 04:13:26.457 --> 04:13:27.659 WOULD BE SHARING A ROOM WITH SOMEONE 04:13:27.725 --> 04:13:29.027 WHO'S OVER THE AGE OF 25, 04:13:29.093 --> 04:13:32.630 NOT EVEN SHARING, BUT PRIORITIZING HOUSING, 04:13:32.697 --> 04:13:37.569 SOMEONE THAT IS 18 YEAR OLD VERSUS 04:13:37.902 --> 04:13:40.638 SOMEONE THAT'S 25 COMING INTO THE SYSTEM. 04:13:40.705 --> 04:13:43.041 THAT'S THAT'S MY THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE 04:13:43.107 --> 04:13:44.042 WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, 04:13:44.108 --> 04:13:46.811 NOT THE HOUSING TOGETHER THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO ME, 04:13:47.111 --> 04:13:50.481 BUT PRIORITIZING PUTTING SOMEONE HOUSING 04:13:50.715 --> 04:13:54.686 THAT IS AN 18 YEAR OLD FIRST GENERATION VERSUS 04:13:56.321 --> 04:13:58.389 MY SON IS ONLY IF YOU'RE IN THE NEXT PROGRAM. 04:13:58.456 --> 04:13:58.790 CORRECT. 04:13:58.856 --> 04:14:02.994 THIS IS ONLY THIS IS ONLY APPLYING TO ABOUT 900 STUDENTS. 04:14:03.061 --> 04:14:05.296 AND THIS IS NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO'S SIMPLY 26. 04:14:05.663 --> 04:14:08.366 THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE BEING HOMELESS 04:14:08.666 --> 04:14:11.402 AND WHO'S FORMER YOUTH OR CURRENT FOSTER YOUTH. 04:14:11.703 --> 04:14:14.138 SO THIS IS NOT JUST SIMPLY COMPARING AGE, 04:14:14.372 --> 04:14:15.473 VERY LIMITED POOL. 04:14:15.540 --> 04:14:18.109 THERE'S A NEXT STEP PROGRAM WHICH IS LIMITED 04:14:18.543 --> 04:14:19.844 TO LESS THAN A THOUSAND KIDS. 04:14:19.911 --> 04:14:22.180 AND THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THAT GROUP. 04:14:22.246 --> 04:14:24.482 AND THIS GO AHEAD. 04:14:24.749 --> 04:14:26.718 THERE'S THERE IS THE STUDENT HOUSING PRIORITY, 04:14:26.784 --> 04:14:27.752 WHICH IS PRIORITIZING 04:14:27.819 --> 04:14:29.253 STUDENT HOUSING AND FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 04:14:29.320 --> 04:14:31.022 AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF THE BILL, 04:14:31.089 --> 04:14:32.123 WHICH IS ABOUT THE NEXT STEP 04:14:32.190 --> 04:14:35.059 PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR PROVISION. 04:14:36.594 --> 04:14:39.197 I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WHEN WE WERE THE BUDGET 04:14:39.263 --> 04:14:43.301 SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER, WE EXPANDED THE NEXT UP PROGRAM. 04:14:43.368 --> 04:14:47.071 IT WAS $10 MILLION OR SOME SMALLER, SMALLER AMOUNT. 04:14:47.138 --> 04:14:48.673 IT WAS LIMITED 04:14:48.740 --> 04:14:49.874 TEN CAMPUSES 04:14:49.941 --> 04:14:53.611 AND WE BLEW THE LIMIT OFF AND ALLOWED IT TO GO TO MANY MORE. 04:14:53.811 --> 04:14:58.950 BUT IT'S STILL RELATIVE TO THE UNIVERSE IS A SMALL OF PEOPLE. 04:14:59.651 --> 04:15:03.354 IT'S JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE FOSTER KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY 04:15:03.421 --> 04:15:08.426 COLLEGE SYSTEM AND QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM. 04:15:08.493 --> 04:15:10.228 OKAY. I THINK SO. 04:15:10.294 --> 04:15:14.232 JUST FOR THE RECORD, I JUST HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A 25 04:15:14.298 --> 04:15:18.336 PLUS YEAR OLD BEING PRIORITIZED FOR HOUSING VERSUS 04:15:18.603 --> 04:15:21.739 AN 18 YEAR OLD WHO'S COMING IN BRAND 04:15:21.806 --> 04:15:25.710 SPANKING NEW INTO THE SYSTEM THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SAY 04:15:27.178 --> 04:15:29.414 FIRST GENERATION, LOW INCOME. 04:15:30.148 --> 04:15:31.082 AND THAT'S WHERE I AM. 04:15:31.149 --> 04:15:34.052 THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE, IS THAT YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE 04:15:34.352 --> 04:15:39.257 A FULL GROWN ADULT, 26 VERSUS, A RECENTLY GROWN YOUNG ADULT. 04:15:40.058 --> 04:15:40.925 THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE. 04:15:40.992 --> 04:15:42.827 I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE BILL, BUT I DO THE POWERS 04:15:42.894 --> 04:15:44.429 THAT BE THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS, 04:15:44.495 --> 04:15:46.197 THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING 04:15:46.264 --> 04:15:48.066 WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, NEXT GEN. 04:15:48.132 --> 04:15:51.769 AND EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL COHORT, YOU'RE STILL PRIORITIZING 04:15:52.637 --> 04:15:54.605 A GROWN ADULT OVER AN 18 YEAR OLD. 04:15:54.672 --> 04:15:57.175 AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT ON THAT END. 04:15:57.241 --> 04:16:00.845 SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE 04:16:01.179 --> 04:16:02.947 YOU KNOW, I SUPPORTED THE BILL IN EDUCATION, 04:16:03.014 --> 04:16:04.916 BUT I HAD THE SAME CONCERNS IN EDUCATION. 04:16:04.982 --> 04:16:06.384 I'M NOT SURE IF WE DISCUSSED IT OR NOT, 04:16:06.451 --> 04:16:08.319 BUT I JUST WANTED TO PLACE THAT ON THE RECORD. 04:16:08.386 --> 04:16:08.886 THANK YOU, SENATOR. 04:16:08.953 --> 04:16:10.354 I'D LOVE TO HAVE MY STAFF ALL 04:16:10.421 --> 04:16:14.125 BUT YOURS SO WE CAN BRIEF YOU ON THE INTRICACIES OF THE BILL 04:16:14.192 --> 04:16:16.527 SO WE CAN CLEAR UP ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 04:16:16.894 --> 04:16:17.662 OKAY. THANK YOU, 04:16:18.963 --> 04:16:19.464 MR. CHAIR. 04:16:19.530 --> 04:16:20.498 WHAT ARE WE DOING. 04:16:20.565 --> 04:16:22.667 BECAUSE WE'RE 10 MINUTES IN THE SESSION. 04:16:22.734 --> 04:16:24.168 I'VE GOT THE BUDGET BILLS. 04:16:24.235 --> 04:16:25.737 WE HAVEN'T LISTED THE CALLS YET. 04:16:25.803 --> 04:16:27.004 WHAT ARE WE DOING? 04:16:27.071 --> 04:16:29.140 WELL, WE WERE TRYING TO FINISH THIS BILL QUICKLY. 04:16:29.207 --> 04:16:31.109 THIS IS OUR LAST BILL. 04:16:31.175 --> 04:16:32.877 I THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS. 04:16:32.944 --> 04:16:34.545 NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. 04:16:34.612 --> 04:16:36.414 SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE BY? 04:16:36.481 --> 04:16:38.382 ACTUALLY ASK FOR YOUR EYE? OKAY. 04:16:38.449 --> 04:16:41.419 SO CAN WE HAVE. 04:16:41.486 --> 04:16:42.754 OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. 04:16:42.820 --> 04:16:47.592 LET'S CALL THE ROLL ITEM 25 AB 2766. 04:16:47.658 --> 04:16:49.761 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 04:16:49.827 --> 04:16:50.661 BECKER. 04:16:51.195 --> 04:16:53.231 BECKER I PROVOKE 04:16:53.297 --> 04:16:56.567 PROVOKE GUY LAIRD LAIRD I PEREZ 04:16:57.068 --> 04:17:01.539 WEBBER PEARSON, WHAT IS YOUR OWN CALL? 04:17:01.606 --> 04:17:03.908 NOW LET'S START AT THE TOP. WE WILL LIFT CALLS. THANK YOU. 04:17:04.275 --> 04:17:05.977 SOME ERRANDS, SIR. 04:17:06.043 --> 04:17:09.847 FROM THE TOP CAN ST CALENDAR FILE ITEM SIX LAIRD. 04:17:10.314 --> 04:17:14.552 AND THAT'S A CONCERN I LAYERED I THAT IS OUT 04:17:16.921 --> 04:17:18.189 FIVE ZERO THAT'S OUT 04:17:18.256 --> 04:17:20.992 FILE ITEM ONE AB 262 04:17:22.059 --> 04:17:23.027 LAIRD 04:17:23.861 --> 04:17:26.631 LAIRD I ALSO FIVE ZERO THAT IS OUT 04:17:28.533 --> 04:17:29.667 FILE ITEM TWO ABBEY 04:17:29.734 --> 04:17:32.870 673 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 04:17:32.937 --> 04:17:36.941 LAIRD LAIRD I THOUGHT WAS HERE THAT IT'S OUT 04:17:38.509 --> 04:17:42.413 FILE ITEM THREE AB 1575 MOTION IS TO PASS 04:17:42.713 --> 04:17:46.717 LAIRD LAYERED I THOUGHT ZERO THAT'S 04:17:48.186 --> 04:17:51.956 FILE ITEM FOR AB 2510 MOTION IS TO PASS 04:17:52.023 --> 04:17:54.325 TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ACHO ABOUT 04:17:55.126 --> 04:17:57.495 NOT VOTING LAIRD 04:17:57.562 --> 04:17:59.931 I 4 TO 0 THAT BILLS OUT 04:18:01.699 --> 04:18:04.402 FILE ITEM FIVE AB 1655 04:18:04.468 --> 04:18:08.539 MOTION IS DO PASS TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE LAIRD LAIRD 04:18:08.606 --> 04:18:12.143 I 4 TO 1 THAT BILLS HOW DID I VOTE ON THAT ONE? 04:18:12.476 --> 04:18:13.211 THE NUMBER FIVE? 04:18:13.277 --> 04:18:14.178 YES. NO. 04:18:14.245 --> 04:18:17.148 YES NO. OKAY. 04:18:17.215 --> 04:18:17.815 FILE ITEM 04:18:17.882 --> 04:18:21.853 SEVEN AB 1688 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 04:18:21.919 --> 04:18:26.924 LAIRD LAIRD I50 GOES OUT 04:18:26.991 --> 04:18:30.728 FILE ITEM NINE AB 1746 MOTION IS TO PASS 04:18:30.795 --> 04:18:35.833 TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE LAIRD LAYERED I50 THAT'S HOW 04:18:36.901 --> 04:18:38.369 FILE ITEM 11 AB 04:18:38.436 --> 04:18:42.106 1914 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 04:18:42.607 --> 04:18:45.543 AND WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT WOULD NEED A MOTION ON TIME. 04:18:45.610 --> 04:18:47.945 11 1914 YES. 04:18:48.012 --> 04:18:49.914 FILE ITEM 11. 04:18:49.981 --> 04:18:50.915 OKAY. 04:18:50.982 --> 04:18:54.252 LAIRD, THANK YOU. 04:18:54.318 --> 04:18:56.320 MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 04:18:56.387 --> 04:18:58.923 BECKER HI, BECKER. I CHUBBUCK. 04:18:59.590 --> 04:19:00.358 IS THAT NUMBER 11? 04:19:00.424 --> 04:19:02.660 NO, LAIRD. 04:19:02.727 --> 04:19:06.297 LAIRD, I PEREZ WEBBER PEARSON 04:19:07.431 --> 04:19:13.404 AT WEBBER PEARSON I WAS THERE NO OR NO FOR WEBBER PEARSON 04:19:13.471 --> 04:19:16.474 USE OF UNIT FOR THE 11 IS NO. 04:19:17.241 --> 04:19:18.142 I'M SO SORRY. 04:19:18.209 --> 04:19:20.278 I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY NO. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 04:19:20.344 --> 04:19:20.945 OKAY, OKAY. 04:19:21.012 --> 04:19:21.445 THREE, TWO, ONE. 04:19:21.512 --> 04:19:22.747 THAT'S FROM 04:19:25.383 --> 04:19:25.883 FILE ITEM 04:19:25.950 --> 04:19:30.454 12 AB 1967 DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 04:19:31.222 --> 04:19:31.923 BECKER. 04:19:32.223 --> 04:19:34.825 BECKER, I. BORG 04:19:34.892 --> 04:19:37.862 LAIRD LAIRD I FOR ZERO. 04:19:37.929 --> 04:19:38.896 THAT ZONE 04:19:41.332 --> 04:19:45.469 FILE ITEM 14 AB 20337. 04:19:45.803 --> 04:19:48.105 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 04:19:48.172 --> 04:19:49.607 BECKER HI, BECKER. 04:19:49.674 --> 04:19:52.944 I SHOEBOX SHOEBOX I LAIRD. 04:19:53.477 --> 04:19:55.546 LAIRD I DRIVE ZERO. SO 04:19:57.882 --> 04:20:00.651 FILE ITEM 15 AB 2195 MOTION 04:20:00.718 --> 04:20:03.120 IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE LAIRD 04:20:03.788 --> 04:20:06.590 LAIRD FIVE ZERO 04:20:07.525 --> 04:20:08.893 AND FILE ITEM 04:20:08.960 --> 04:20:13.497 16 AB 2567 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 04:20:13.564 --> 04:20:19.036 LAIRD LAIRD I50 TO FILE ITEM 17 04:20:20.805 --> 04:20:22.373 AB 2230 04:20:22.440 --> 04:20:25.476 MOTION IS TO PASS LAYERED LAIRD 04:20:25.710 --> 04:20:29.380 I PERES WEBBER PEARSON WEBBER 04:20:29.447 --> 04:20:31.716 PEARSON I40 ON CALL 04:20:33.851 --> 04:20:36.520 FILE ITEM 18 AB 2258 04:20:36.587 --> 04:20:39.290 MOTION IS TO PASS TWO APPROPRIATIONS LAIRD 04:20:41.525 --> 04:20:42.793 PERES 04:20:43.861 --> 04:20:45.463 WEBBER PEARSON. 04:20:45.529 --> 04:20:47.865 WEBBER PEARSON I 04:20:47.932 --> 04:20:51.235 SO THREE ZERO HONG KONG 04:20:51.302 --> 04:20:57.041 FILE ITEM TWO AB 2299 DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. 04:20:57.108 --> 04:20:58.476 RICHARD BOGUE 04:20:59.076 --> 04:21:00.044 THAT'S 04:21:01.178 --> 04:21:02.113 RIGHT. 04:21:02.546 --> 04:21:05.549 A CHO BOGUE I LAIRD LAIRD 04:21:05.616 --> 04:21:11.555 I PERES 405 FILE ITEM TWO THREE. 04:21:11.622 --> 04:21:12.556 SIR, I'M SORRY. 04:21:12.623 --> 04:21:15.559 FILE ITEM 21 AB 2304 04:21:16.227 --> 04:21:18.429 MOTION IS TO PASS TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 04:21:18.496 --> 04:21:22.066 LAIRD. LAIRD I50 HONG KONG. 04:21:22.133 --> 04:21:27.671 I MEAN THAT'S HOW TO FILE ITEM 22 AB 2314 MOTION IS TO PASS 04:21:27.738 --> 04:21:33.411 TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE LAIRD LAIRD I PEREZ FOUR 0:00 04:21:34.745 --> 04:21:38.883 FILE ITEM 23 AB 2395 MOTION 04:21:38.949 --> 04:21:42.486 IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AT XIAOBO 04:21:43.554 --> 04:21:46.257 SORRY WHICH AT 2395 04:21:47.925 --> 04:21:50.694 XIAOBO NO LAIRD LAIRD I. 04:21:50.761 --> 04:21:52.496 PEREZ OKAY. 04:21:52.563 --> 04:21:53.931 OKAY. THREE, TWO, ONE. 04:21:53.998 --> 04:21:55.599 THAT'S ON CALL. 04:21:55.833 --> 04:21:56.567 THANK YOU. 04:21:56.634 --> 04:21:57.568 JOHN LAIRD 04:21:59.403 --> 04:22:02.006 THANK YOU TO OUR VICE CHAIR 04:22:02.073 --> 04:22:04.308 BEING BUSY HEARING WILL 04:22:04.375 --> 04:22:07.278 YOU HAVE A BRIEF RECESS 04:22:07.344 --> 04:22:30.401 AS YOU COMING? 04:22:30.468 --> 04:22:32.837 WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AND LIFT THE CALLS 04:22:36.340 --> 04:22:37.007 FILE ITEM 04:22:37.074 --> 04:22:40.911 11 AB 1914 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS 04:22:40.978 --> 04:22:42.880 COMMITTEE PEREZ 04:22:53.190 --> 04:22:56.093 NOT VOTING. 04:22:56.160 --> 04:22:56.527 NOT VOTING. 04:22:56.594 --> 04:22:59.430 OKAY 3 TO 1 AT THOSE OF 04:23:01.398 --> 04:23:03.734 FILE AND 17 AB 2 TO 3 04:23:03.801 --> 04:23:07.538 OH MOTION IS DO PASS PEREZ 04:23:11.976 --> 04:23:13.911 YEAH I WENT ON THAT 04:23:13.978 --> 04:23:16.981 PEREZ I50 THAT GOES ON 04:23:18.015 --> 04:23:20.851 FILE ITEM 18 AB 2258 MOTION 04:23:20.918 --> 04:23:24.321 IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PEREZ 04:23:28.125 --> 04:23:28.759 LONG STORY. 04:23:28.826 --> 04:23:30.327 YES I. 04:23:30.394 --> 04:23:33.531 PEREZ I SUPPORT 420. 04:23:34.098 --> 04:23:34.598 THAT IS OUR 04:23:35.799 --> 04:23:38.502 FILE ITEM TAB 2299 04:23:38.569 --> 04:23:41.305 MOTION IS TO PASS TWO APPROPRIATIONS PEREZ 04:23:42.606 --> 04:23:45.075 PEREZ I520 THAT'S ON 04:23:45.743 --> 04:23:50.714 FILE 22 AB 231 FOR MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS 04:23:50.781 --> 04:23:56.921 COMMITTEE PEREZ PEREZ I50 THAT WENT DOWN AS WELL. 04:23:56.987 --> 04:23:59.857 FILE ITEM 23 AB 2395 04:24:00.090 --> 04:24:02.359 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 04:24:03.394 --> 04:24:04.728 PEREZ. 04:24:04.795 --> 04:24:08.632 PEREZ, I 4 TO 1 THAT THOSE ON FILE ITEM 04:24:08.699 --> 04:24:13.737 25 AB 2766 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS PEREZ. 04:24:14.605 --> 04:24:17.174 PEREZ I50 THE BILLS OUT. 04:24:17.808 --> 04:24:21.045 I THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING. 04:24:21.345 --> 04:24:23.847 WE ARE ADJOURNED.