WEBVTT 00:00:09.476 --> 00:00:09.642 ALL RIGHT. 00:00:09.709 --> 00:00:12.712 THE SENATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:15.248 WE'RE GOING TO START AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. 00:00:15.315 --> 00:00:19.719 BUT IF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, CAN COME TO ROOM 113 00:00:19.786 --> 00:00:21.688 AS WELL AS AUTHORS, I THINK WE'RE STILL, 00:00:21.755 --> 00:00:25.024 WE HAVE TWO MORE AUTHORS WE'RE WAITING ON. 00:00:25.091 --> 00:00:27.861 BUT IN THE MEANTIME, 00:00:27.927 --> 00:00:29.829 WE HAVE A VERY PREPARED AUTHOR HERE READY TO GO. 00:00:29.896 --> 00:00:32.332 SO THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, FOR APPEARING. 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:34.434 AND, PLEASE PRESENT AT YOUR DISCRETION. 00:00:34.501 --> 00:00:36.169 I THINK YOU'VE GOT TWO BILLS BEFORE US TODAY. 00:00:36.236 --> 00:00:38.972 FILE NUMBER TWO WOULD BE 1960 AND 1964. 00:00:39.038 --> 00:00:41.408 I'LL DO HAVE A NUMERICAL ORDER, PLEASE. 00:00:41.474 --> 00:00:43.476 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AND MEMBERS. 00:00:43.543 --> 00:00:47.247 LAST YEAR MARKED A HISTORIC, DEVASTATING YEAR FOR WILDFIRE 00:00:47.313 --> 00:00:48.381 IN CALIFORNIA. 00:00:48.448 --> 00:00:51.384 AS CLIMATE CHANGE ACCELERATES, THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY 00:00:51.451 --> 00:00:52.018 OF WILDFIRES, 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:55.488 IS GOING TO BECOME WORSE. 00:00:55.555 --> 00:00:58.558 AND SO BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IS VITAL. 00:00:58.858 --> 00:01:03.096 AB 1960 ALLOWS CAL FIRE TO FUND COMMUNITY LEVEL HARDENING 00:01:03.163 --> 00:01:06.266 PROJECTS THROUGH THEIR WILDFIRE PREVENTION GRANTS. 00:01:06.633 --> 00:01:10.670 I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE NEIGHBORHOOD HARDENING 00:01:10.737 --> 00:01:11.638 IS POWERFUL. 00:01:11.704 --> 00:01:14.073 NEIGHBORHOOD PREPARATION IS POWERFUL. 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:17.377 SO PART OF OUR JOB HERE IS TO HAVE A GIANT 00:01:17.444 --> 00:01:21.414 MARKETING CAMPAIGN IN CALIFORNIA TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HARDEN. 00:01:21.648 --> 00:01:22.916 BUT THAT MARKETING CAMPAIGN 00:01:22.982 --> 00:01:24.951 SHOULD NOT BE JUST INDIVIDUALLY FOCUSED. 00:01:25.018 --> 00:01:26.519 IT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITIES. 00:01:26.586 --> 00:01:27.554 BECAUSE WHEN 00:01:27.620 --> 00:01:30.990 YOU HARDEN AS A GROUP, YOU BUFFER EACH OTHER'S HOME. 00:01:31.324 --> 00:01:36.095 SO AB 2025, STUDYING, MAPPING THE IMPACTS OF HOME 00:01:36.162 --> 00:01:38.698 HARDENING DEMONSTRATES THAT SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS 00:01:38.765 --> 00:01:40.533 IN PROPERTY LOSSES ARE ACHIEVABLE 00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:43.203 WITH COMMUNITY WIDE MITIGATIONS ARE APPLIED. 00:01:43.269 --> 00:01:44.437 THIS BILL INCENTIVIZES 00:01:44.504 --> 00:01:47.507 HOMEOWNERS TO REDUCE RISK BY WORKING TOGETHER. 00:01:47.774 --> 00:01:49.943 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I VOTE. 00:01:50.009 --> 00:01:50.777 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:01:50.844 --> 00:01:53.580 WE'LL TURN TO IF THERE ARE ANY LEADING WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. 00:01:53.646 --> 00:01:55.548 WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM AT THIS TIME. 00:01:55.615 --> 00:01:57.951 OR JUST GENERAL WITNESSES IN SUPPORT JUST FOR NAME 00:01:58.017 --> 00:02:00.820 AND AFFILIATION WILL TAKE THAT TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. WELCOME. 00:02:01.955 --> 00:02:03.690 FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER. 00:02:03.756 --> 00:02:05.325 GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 00:02:05.391 --> 00:02:09.128 JIM WOOD HERE ON BEHALF OF FIRE A SIDE, A TECHNOLOGY BASED 00:02:09.195 --> 00:02:11.097 WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT, 00:02:11.164 --> 00:02:13.500 RISK MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL. OKAY. 00:02:13.566 --> 00:02:14.968 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 00:02:15.034 --> 00:02:17.470 OTHERS WELCOME. 00:02:17.537 --> 00:02:19.038 GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MARTIN, 00:02:19.105 --> 00:02:21.307 ON BEHALF OF MEGA FIRE ACTION IN SUPPORT. 00:02:21.374 --> 00:02:23.409 THANKS. 00:02:23.476 --> 00:02:25.411 AND JEFF NEIL HERE REPRESENTING THE ORANGE COUNTY 00:02:25.478 --> 00:02:27.180 FIRE AUTHORITY, ALSO IN SUPPORT. 00:02:27.247 --> 00:02:28.815 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:02:28.882 --> 00:02:31.351 SEEING NO OTHERS IN SUPPORT WILL TURN INTO ANY OPPOSITION. 00:02:31.417 --> 00:02:33.720 THERE MAY BE 00:02:33.786 --> 00:02:35.088 SEEING NONE. 00:02:35.154 --> 00:02:37.590 BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS. 00:02:37.657 --> 00:02:40.460 QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONCERNS. 00:02:40.527 --> 00:02:42.428 YOU HAVE A COAUTHOR HERE IN THE CHAIR. 00:02:42.495 --> 00:02:45.465 EXCITED ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION? 00:02:45.532 --> 00:02:48.501 I AM, YOU KNOW, THE THIS WOULD BE 00:02:48.568 --> 00:02:51.571 AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT, BUT I DO WANT TO FLAG GOING FORWARD. 00:02:51.638 --> 00:02:54.541 WE STILL, YOU KNOW, MONEY TALKS. 00:02:54.607 --> 00:02:58.378 AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD 00:02:58.444 --> 00:03:00.013 ON OUR PROP FOR CONVERSATION, WHICH 00:03:00.079 --> 00:03:03.616 I THINK IS GOING TO BE OCCURRING THROUGH THE THE INTERIM, 00:03:03.850 --> 00:03:06.052 THROUGH THE RECESS AND INTO AUGUST, I THINK 00:03:07.220 --> 00:03:10.723 REALLY TRYING TO GET THESE REFORMS AND THIS SORT OF RISK 00:03:10.790 --> 00:03:16.262 BASED, COMMUNITY FOCUSED, NOT HOME BY HOME GIANT PROJECT, 00:03:16.329 --> 00:03:19.332 BUT SMALL THINGS AT LARGE SCALES. 00:03:20.133 --> 00:03:24.070 APPROACH IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME A CONSENSUS HERE. 00:03:24.137 --> 00:03:25.538 I THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT 00:03:25.605 --> 00:03:27.907 AT A BIPARTISAN AND BICAMERAL BASIS 00:03:27.974 --> 00:03:29.375 TO GO INTO THE FINAL NEGOTIATION. 00:03:29.442 --> 00:03:30.877 BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM 00:03:30.944 --> 00:03:34.080 ON THE SIDE OF JUST DOING THINGS THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN DONE 00:03:34.147 --> 00:03:36.749 AND NOT ROCK THE BOAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE 00:03:36.816 --> 00:03:39.519 THE VERY PRODUCTIVE BOAT ROCKING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE 00:03:39.586 --> 00:03:40.753 AND STAND WITH YOU IN THAT. 00:03:40.820 --> 00:03:43.656 AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I'LL, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 00:03:43.723 --> 00:03:44.591 BUT I DO NOT THINK 00:03:44.657 --> 00:03:47.860 WE WERE THERE YET FOR QUORUM, SO THANK YOU TO CLOSE. 00:03:47.927 --> 00:03:49.162 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:03:49.228 --> 00:03:52.098 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU 00:03:52.165 --> 00:03:53.967 IN TERMS OF TRYING TO PULL OFF THIS, 00:03:54.033 --> 00:03:57.070 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN HOW WE APPROACH THINGS IN CALIFORNIA 00:03:57.136 --> 00:03:59.739 WITH REGARD TO WILDFIRE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 00:03:59.806 --> 00:04:00.006 OKAY. 00:04:00.073 --> 00:04:04.243 NEXT UP, NEXT UP IS, AB 1964. 00:04:04.477 --> 00:04:07.947 AND, THIS IS A, SURVEY, 00:04:08.214 --> 00:04:12.986 BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY FIRES, THE 00:04:13.052 --> 00:04:18.458 THE FOCUS HAS REALLY, BECOME JUST HOW VULNERABLE ARE WE? 00:04:18.524 --> 00:04:20.193 AND WE DON'T HAVE COMPREHENSIVE DATA 00:04:20.259 --> 00:04:22.762 ON THE STATE OF HOME HARDENING IN CALIFORNIA. 00:04:22.829 --> 00:04:24.597 AB 1964 REQUIRES 00:04:24.664 --> 00:04:26.532 A STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO CONDUCT A SURVEY 00:04:26.599 --> 00:04:30.236 THAT IDENTIFIES A NUMBER OF HOMES THAT NEED TO MODERNIZE 00:04:30.303 --> 00:04:34.140 TO VERY HIGH FIRE, HARDENING STANDARDS, 00:04:34.407 --> 00:04:36.509 AND CREATE AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST 00:04:36.576 --> 00:04:38.811 TO COMPLETE THAT SO THAT YOU CAN'T, 00:04:38.878 --> 00:04:41.280 YOU REALLY CAN'T 00:04:41.347 --> 00:04:43.950 MEASURE HOW WELL YOU'RE DOING IF YOU DON'T HAVE 00:04:44.017 --> 00:04:45.518 A DECENT STARTING POINT. 00:04:45.585 --> 00:04:46.319 AND SO THAT'S WHAT 00:04:46.386 --> 00:04:47.754 THIS WOULD BE, IS A STARTING POINT 00:04:47.820 --> 00:04:50.490 THAT WE NEED FOR THIS MASSIVE NEW CHANGE 00:04:50.556 --> 00:04:52.859 THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD. 00:04:53.893 --> 00:04:54.127 OKAY. 00:04:54.193 --> 00:04:54.727 THANK YOU. 00:04:54.794 --> 00:04:56.329 WE'LL LOOK TO WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. 00:04:56.396 --> 00:04:58.698 LEAD WITNESSES CAN HAVE TWO MINUTES OR JUST. 00:04:58.765 --> 00:05:00.299 OKAY. ME TWO IN SUPPORT. 00:05:00.366 --> 00:05:03.336 COME ON UP. 00:05:04.504 --> 00:05:04.804 THANK YOU. 00:05:04.871 --> 00:05:05.304 AFTERNOON. 00:05:05.371 --> 00:05:07.974 ISABELLA BETHEA WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN SUPPORT. 00:05:08.041 --> 00:05:10.243 THANKS SO MUCH 00:05:10.309 --> 00:05:12.478 JIM WOOD AGAIN HERE WITH FIRESIDE AND SUPPORT. 00:05:12.545 --> 00:05:15.548 THANK YOU. 00:05:15.615 --> 00:05:15.915 MARTIN. 00:05:15.982 --> 00:05:18.985 AND ALSO WITH MEGA FIRE ACTION IN SUPPORT. 00:05:20.119 --> 00:05:20.453 OKAY. 00:05:20.520 --> 00:05:22.522 SEE NO OTHERS IN SUPPORT. 00:05:22.588 --> 00:05:23.690 WE'LL TURN ON THE OPPOSITION. 00:05:23.756 --> 00:05:25.858 THERE. MAY BE SEEING NONE. 00:05:25.925 --> 00:05:27.060 WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS. 00:05:27.126 --> 00:05:30.096 QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONCERNS. 00:05:30.163 --> 00:05:33.166 WE'RE SUBCOMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, SO CAN'T ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 00:05:34.634 --> 00:05:37.303 YET AGAIN, BIG FAN OF BILL. 00:05:37.370 --> 00:05:39.772 CAN'T MANAGE. WHICH, YOU KNOW, MEASURE. 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:43.309 WE HAVE PLENTY OF TARGETS WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT, 00:05:43.376 --> 00:05:45.778 HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING. SOUND FORESTRY GOALS. 00:05:45.845 --> 00:05:50.016 EVEN ON BIODIVERSITY, 30 BY 30, WE HAVE ACREAGE GOALS 00:05:50.083 --> 00:05:50.817 FOR FORESTRY. 00:05:50.883 --> 00:05:51.918 AND YET WE HAVE 00:05:51.984 --> 00:05:53.352 WE HAVE NO WAY OF EVEN MEASURING 00:05:53.419 --> 00:05:57.490 HOW WE'RE DOING ON THE HARDENING SIDE, EXCEPT TO KNOW THAT, 00:05:57.557 --> 00:06:01.761 I THINK THE ONE ESTIMATE THAT WE SAW FROM STANFORD SAYS, 00:06:01.828 --> 00:06:04.964 ABOUT 2 MILLION HOMES IN WHAT'S BROADLY CONSIDERED 00:06:05.031 --> 00:06:07.467 THE WUI, MAYBE IT'S MODERATE HIGH, VERY HIGH. 00:06:07.533 --> 00:06:09.902 THAT'S A ONE ROUGH ESTIMATE OUT THERE. 00:06:09.969 --> 00:06:12.739 BUT I THINK THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WE'VE HARDENED, 00:06:12.805 --> 00:06:15.742 RIGHT NOW IN, IN THE STATE'S HARDENING PROGRAM IS UNDER 100. 00:06:15.808 --> 00:06:19.078 SO, IF YOU'RE UNDER 100 DONE AND YOU GOT, 00:06:19.645 --> 00:06:23.583 1.1 1,000,900, 00:06:23.816 --> 00:06:26.753 90,000 TO GO, IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM. 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:28.020 SO GOT TO GET ON TOP OF THIS. 00:06:28.087 --> 00:06:29.889 ANYWAY, APPRECIATE THE BILL WILL MAINTAIN A MOTION 00:06:29.956 --> 00:06:31.224 THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 00:06:31.290 --> 00:06:32.058 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:06:32.125 --> 00:06:35.962 AND I'D LIKE TO THANK AGAIN THE COLLABORATION. 00:06:36.028 --> 00:06:39.799 THIS HAS BEEN, BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THIS, THIS THESE 00:06:39.866 --> 00:06:42.101 THESE BILLS, THESE FIRE BILLS IN GENERAL. 00:06:42.168 --> 00:06:42.902 OUT THERE. 00:06:42.969 --> 00:06:44.737 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE 00:06:44.804 --> 00:06:45.872 THAT SHOWED UP TO SPEAK TODAY 00:06:45.938 --> 00:06:47.406 AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY REPRESENT. 00:06:47.473 --> 00:06:50.143 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO MUCH. THANKS FOR PRESENTING. 00:06:50.209 --> 00:06:50.510 OKAY. 00:06:50.576 --> 00:06:54.447 WE'RE, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR MISS PETRIE NORRIS 00:06:54.514 --> 00:06:55.648 NOT TO CALL YOU OUT. 00:06:55.715 --> 00:06:58.618 AND MISS BAUER CAN 00:06:59.719 --> 00:07:02.355 GET READY FOR A TEXT. 00:07:02.421 --> 00:07:05.424 OH. PAUSE FOR A BRIEF MOMENT. 00:07:12.632 --> 00:07:14.000 OKAY. 00:07:14.066 --> 00:07:15.268 WE HAVE AN AUTHOR. 00:07:15.334 --> 00:07:18.337 PLEASE WELCOME SAMIR PEACHY NORRIS 00:07:19.906 --> 00:07:20.239 MEMBERS. 00:07:20.306 --> 00:07:23.609 WE'RE ON FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, 00:07:23.976 --> 00:07:26.979 AB 2385. 00:07:27.046 --> 00:07:28.648 AT YOUR DISCRETION, PLEASE. 00:07:28.714 --> 00:07:30.750 GOOD AFTERNOON. MR. 00:07:30.817 --> 00:07:32.852 CHAIR AND MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 00:07:32.919 --> 00:07:35.922 AND WE'RE ALL TRYING TO BE IN FOUR PLACES AT ONCE TODAY. 00:07:36.222 --> 00:07:41.194 PLEASED TO JOIN YOU TO PRESENT AB 2385. 00:07:41.694 --> 00:07:44.497 AS WE KNOW, DISASTERS ARE BECOMING 00:07:44.564 --> 00:07:46.599 NATURAL, DISASTERS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT 00:07:46.666 --> 00:07:49.669 AND MORE SEVERE ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 00:07:50.303 --> 00:07:52.738 EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN TOUCHED. 00:07:52.805 --> 00:07:56.075 BUT, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 00:07:56.142 --> 00:07:57.710 OFTEN LACK CLEAR AUTHORITY 00:07:57.777 --> 00:08:01.447 TO PLAN FOR AND EXECUTE RECOVERY WHEN DISASTER DOES STRIKE. 00:08:02.114 --> 00:08:04.183 BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, SOME 40 YEARS AGO, 00:08:04.250 --> 00:08:05.184 THE LEGISLATURE PASSED 00:08:05.251 --> 00:08:08.254 THE DISASTER DISASTER RECOVERY RECONSTRUCTION ACT 00:08:08.521 --> 00:08:09.889 TO EQUIP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 00:08:09.956 --> 00:08:12.959 WITH TOOLS TO PROACTIVELY PLAN FOR DISASTERS. 00:08:13.025 --> 00:08:15.928 IT AUTHORIZES REGIONAL ENTITIES TO MANAGE RECOVERY WITH POWERS 00:08:15.995 --> 00:08:17.763 INCLUDING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, 00:08:17.830 --> 00:08:19.899 AN AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS 00:08:19.966 --> 00:08:21.534 FOR LARGE SCALE REBUILDING. 00:08:21.601 --> 00:08:23.836 HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS ACT REFERENCES 00:08:23.903 --> 00:08:26.839 NOW DEFUNCT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, 00:08:26.906 --> 00:08:27.440 THE AUTHORITY 00:08:27.506 --> 00:08:31.143 TO PERFORM THIS RECOVERY WORK HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN ELIMINATED. 00:08:31.677 --> 00:08:32.278 WHAT WE'VE SEEN 00:08:32.345 --> 00:08:34.180 IS THAT THIS AMBIGUITY DELAYS REBUILDING, 00:08:34.247 --> 00:08:36.382 INCREASES COSTS, AND LEAVES COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE 00:08:36.449 --> 00:08:39.452 TO DISORGANIZED RECOVERY AND SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT. 00:08:39.685 --> 00:08:43.589 AB 2385 CLARIFIES STATE LAW BY ALLOWING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 00:08:43.890 --> 00:08:46.626 TO CREATE, LOCAL, RECONSTRUCT AGENCIES. 00:08:46.692 --> 00:08:47.426 THE BILL ENUMERATES 00:08:47.493 --> 00:08:50.496 SPECIFIC POWERS NECESSARY FOR COMPREHENSIVE RECOVERY. 00:08:50.863 --> 00:08:52.531 IN ADDITION, IT OFFERS STATE SUPPORT 00:08:52.598 --> 00:08:55.001 DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES 00:08:55.067 --> 00:08:58.104 AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION 00:08:58.170 --> 00:09:01.140 TO DEVELOP MODEL ORDINANCES AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 00:09:01.207 --> 00:09:02.441 TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 00:09:02.508 --> 00:09:03.609 PLEASED TO BE JOINED TODAY 00:09:03.676 --> 00:09:06.679 BY MELISSA SPARKS KRANZ, RELIEF OF CALIFORNIA CITIES. 00:09:07.113 --> 00:09:09.115 THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. 00:09:09.181 --> 00:09:11.284 GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS 00:09:11.350 --> 00:09:13.619 MELISSA SPARKS, FRIENDS WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES. 00:09:13.686 --> 00:09:16.689 WE'RE PLEASED TO BE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2385 00:09:16.956 --> 00:09:18.691 AND THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER PETRI NORRIS 00:09:18.758 --> 00:09:20.860 FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN CARRYING THIS BILL. 00:09:20.927 --> 00:09:23.863 MAYBE 2385 DOES CLARIFY STATE LAW 00:09:23.930 --> 00:09:25.564 THAT WOULD ALLOW A CITY OR COUNTY 00:09:25.631 --> 00:09:27.800 TO DEVELOP THESE DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS 00:09:27.867 --> 00:09:29.635 PRIOR TO A DISASTER OCCURRING 00:09:29.702 --> 00:09:31.704 TO HELP FACILITATE THE EXPEDITIOUS 00:09:31.771 --> 00:09:33.873 AND ORDERLY RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:35.708 SHOULD A DISASTER OCCUR. 00:09:35.775 --> 00:09:38.611 THESE DISASTER RECOVERY RECOVERY PLANS WOULD PROVIDE 00:09:38.678 --> 00:09:39.445 LOCAL AGENCIES 00:09:39.512 --> 00:09:42.448 THE ABILITY TO BETTER DEFINE OPERATIONAL STRUCTURES, 00:09:42.515 --> 00:09:45.017 ROLES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THEIR LEADERSHIP 00:09:45.084 --> 00:09:47.253 COORDINATION WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.222 IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER, AS WELL AS RECOVERY PRIORITIES, 00:09:50.289 --> 00:09:52.391 STRATEGIES, AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW. 00:09:52.458 --> 00:09:55.328 DEVELOPING THESE PLANS UNLOCKS A VERY POWERFUL TOOL 00:09:55.394 --> 00:09:56.462 AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 00:09:56.529 --> 00:09:58.030 IT AUTHORIZES THE ESTABLISHMENT 00:09:58.097 --> 00:10:00.566 OF A LOCAL RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY, 00:10:00.633 --> 00:10:02.001 AND WOULD EMPOWER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 00:10:02.068 --> 00:10:03.302 TO USE A PORTION OF THEIR TAX 00:10:03.369 --> 00:10:06.305 REVENUE TO HELP FINANCE THE DISASTER RECOVERY. 00:10:06.372 --> 00:10:08.107 CITIES FROM ACROSS THE STATE HAVE SHARED, 00:10:08.174 --> 00:10:09.408 THEIR DEEP CONCERNS 00:10:09.475 --> 00:10:11.243 ABOUT THE THREAT OF DISASTERS WITH US 00:10:11.310 --> 00:10:13.879 AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 00:10:13.946 --> 00:10:14.547 DISASTERS 00:10:14.613 --> 00:10:15.081 LOOK DIFFERENT 00:10:15.147 --> 00:10:17.183 IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING, 00:10:17.249 --> 00:10:19.518 WILDFIRES, EARTHQUAKES, DROUGHTS, EXTREME 00:10:19.585 --> 00:10:22.488 HEAT, FLOODING, STORM SURGES AND COASTAL EROSION. 00:10:22.555 --> 00:10:27.093 AB 2385 PROPOSES A VALUABLE CHANGE IN STATE LAW 00:10:27.326 --> 00:10:30.296 THAT WOULD SUPPORT ANY COMMUNITY OR ANY CITY WITH, 00:10:30.363 --> 00:10:33.366 YOU KNOW, THEIR RECOVERY FROM A FUTURE DISASTER. 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:35.568 AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR. 00:10:35.634 --> 00:10:37.303 I VOTE ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU. 00:10:38.604 --> 00:10:39.105 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:10:39.171 --> 00:10:40.639 WE'LL, WE'LL HEAR FROM OTHERS AND SUPPORT 00:10:40.706 --> 00:10:42.641 ANY OTHERS WISHING TO TESTIFY IN GENERAL. 00:10:42.708 --> 00:10:44.010 SUPPORT. 00:10:44.076 --> 00:10:45.411 NOW WOULD BE THE TIME. 00:10:45.478 --> 00:10:46.879 SEEING NONE, 00:10:46.946 --> 00:10:49.048 WE'LL LOOK FOR ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS MEASURE. 00:10:49.115 --> 00:10:52.151 ANY LEAD OPPOSITION OR GENERAL OPPOSITION. 00:10:52.218 --> 00:10:53.719 SEEING NONE. 00:10:53.786 --> 00:10:56.589 BRING BACK TO THE DAIS MEMBERS COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. 00:10:56.655 --> 00:10:59.992 AND WE ALMOST HAVE A QUORUM OR ONE AWAY FROM SENATOR GRAYSON. 00:11:00.359 --> 00:11:01.260 THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. 00:11:01.327 --> 00:11:04.263 AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE AUTHOR FOR AN ABSOLUTE TREMENDOUS 00:11:04.330 --> 00:11:08.134 BILL THAT IS PROACTIVE, GETS AHEAD OF OF THINGS. 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:10.669 OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A POUND OF CURE. 00:11:10.736 --> 00:11:14.140 AND, I JUST, WORKING VERY HARD IN THE DISTRICT. 00:11:14.206 --> 00:11:17.176 CREATED THE EAST BAY REGIONAL WILDFIRE TASK FORCE. 00:11:17.243 --> 00:11:20.046 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 00:11:20.112 --> 00:11:20.946 WHAT? 00:11:21.013 --> 00:11:22.782 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 00:11:22.848 --> 00:11:26.886 WHAT I MY HOPE IS, IS THAT IT REMAINS A TOOL 00:11:27.219 --> 00:11:29.755 AND NOT JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY, 00:11:29.822 --> 00:11:32.224 THAT ENDS UP BEING CREATED, THAT MAKES IT EVEN 00:11:32.291 --> 00:11:34.160 THAT MUCH HARDER FOR RECOVERY. 00:11:34.226 --> 00:11:35.694 BUT THAT'S NOT FOR US 00:11:35.761 --> 00:11:38.330 TO DETERMINE HOW SOMEONE USES A TOOL THAT WE 00:11:38.397 --> 00:11:40.166 HAND THEM ON A SILVER PLATTER. 00:11:40.232 --> 00:11:42.968 SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL USE IT AS A TOOL 00:11:43.035 --> 00:11:45.671 AND NOT JUST AS ANOTHER BLANKET OR LAYER. 00:11:45.738 --> 00:11:48.240 WITH THAT, I AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU. 00:11:48.307 --> 00:11:50.276 THIS IS INCREDIBLE WORK HERE. 00:11:50.342 --> 00:11:54.013 AND, WOULD LOVE TO COME ON AS A COAUTHOR AT YOUR DISCRETION. 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.580 THANK YOU. 00:11:54.647 --> 00:11:56.649 THANK YOU, SENATOR, REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. 00:11:56.715 --> 00:11:58.717 AND, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. 00:11:58.784 --> 00:11:59.985 THANK YOU. 00:12:00.052 --> 00:12:00.820 OKAY. 00:12:00.886 --> 00:12:05.391 SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL JUST COMMEND YOU ALSO. 00:12:05.825 --> 00:12:08.727 BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION, AFTER THE WILDFIRES IN LA 00:12:08.794 --> 00:12:11.097 HAVE THIS AS A CORE RECOMMENDATION 00:12:11.163 --> 00:12:12.298 AT THE END OF THEIR PROCESS. 00:12:12.364 --> 00:12:12.998 BEEN FRUSTRATING 00:12:13.065 --> 00:12:14.500 BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE SOME OF THAT 00:12:14.567 --> 00:12:16.268 THAT COMMISSION REPORT IS SET ON THE SHELF. 00:12:16.335 --> 00:12:18.170 BUT THIS CLEARLY IS NOT WE'RE PUTTING INTO ACTION. 00:12:18.237 --> 00:12:19.839 SO IT'S A BIG DEAL. 00:12:19.905 --> 00:12:22.475 I'LL JOIN IN. ADD ME ON IF YOU DON'T MIND. 00:12:22.541 --> 00:12:24.577 I THINK THIS IS POWERFUL. 00:12:24.643 --> 00:12:28.047 AND, YEAH, THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH 00:12:28.114 --> 00:12:31.283 AUTHORITIES IN HERE, TO REALLY MAKE THIS MEANINGFUL. 00:12:31.617 --> 00:12:35.054 SO I'LL JUST URGE YOU TO BE VIGILANT AND HOLD ON TO THE, 00:12:35.454 --> 00:12:38.157 YOU KNOW, HOLD ON TO THE PARAMETERS 00:12:38.224 --> 00:12:39.825 OF THIS BILL AS WE'VE CURRENTLY GOT IT. 00:12:39.892 --> 00:12:41.627 AND, 00:12:41.694 --> 00:12:42.161 I THINK, YOU KNOW, 00:12:42.228 --> 00:12:42.828 WHATEVER AMENDMENTS 00:12:42.895 --> 00:12:45.531 HAVE BEEN MADE UP UNTIL THIS POINT ARE, ARE FINE, 00:12:45.598 --> 00:12:47.032 BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE SORT 00:12:47.099 --> 00:12:49.468 OF A WHITTLING AWAY HERE AT AN ANY OF THESE AUTHORITY. 00:12:49.535 --> 00:12:52.538 SO WE THINK, THESE PERSONALLY I THINK MORE IS BETTER. 00:12:52.605 --> 00:12:54.573 AND I LIKE WHERE IT'S AT. 00:12:54.640 --> 00:12:57.409 SO AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION. 00:12:57.476 --> 00:12:58.611 YOU CAN CLOSE IT. 00:12:58.677 --> 00:13:01.046 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. 00:13:01.113 --> 00:13:03.382 AND ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 00:13:03.449 --> 00:13:05.518 OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. 00:13:12.591 --> 00:13:15.594 FOR YOUR. 00:13:27.673 --> 00:13:28.007 ALL RIGHT. 00:13:28.073 --> 00:13:31.410 BEFORE WE LOSE IT, WE ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM. 00:13:35.614 --> 00:13:38.617 LET'S CALL THE ROLL. 00:13:38.984 --> 00:13:40.419 SENATOR STERN. 00:13:40.486 --> 00:13:42.955 STERN HERE. SENATOR ALLEN. 00:13:43.022 --> 00:13:43.722 ALLEN HERE. 00:13:43.789 --> 00:13:45.424 ASHBY. BLAKE. SPEAR. 00:13:45.491 --> 00:13:47.126 BLAKE'S HERE. HERE. DALI. 00:13:47.193 --> 00:13:48.761 DALI. HERE. GRAYSON. 00:13:48.827 --> 00:13:49.862 GRAYSON! HERE. PEREZ. 00:13:49.929 --> 00:13:51.397 RUBIO. WE'VE REACHED A QUORUM. 00:13:51.463 --> 00:13:52.932 OKAY, OKAY. 00:13:52.998 --> 00:13:54.099 WE'VE GOT A QUORUM ESTABLISHED. 00:13:54.166 --> 00:13:55.634 WE'VE HAD A FEW BILLS PRESENTED. 00:13:55.701 --> 00:13:57.903 THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S ONE LEFT. 00:13:57.970 --> 00:14:00.973 BUT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 00:14:01.040 --> 00:14:04.009 IF ANYONE'S WILLING TO MAKE ONE. 00:14:04.310 --> 00:14:06.512 SO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE HAVE FILE ITEM 00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:11.984 AB 1699, AB 2473 AND AB 2475. 00:14:12.051 --> 00:14:15.654 THE MOTIONS FROM SENATOR GRAYSON, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 00:14:19.525 --> 00:14:20.993 SENATOR, MR. 00:14:21.060 --> 00:14:25.297 STERN, I, SARAH ALLEN ALLEN, I ASHBY. 00:14:25.364 --> 00:14:26.265 BLAKE SPEAR. 00:14:26.332 --> 00:14:30.536 BLAKE SPEAR I DALLY DALLY I GRAYSON GRAYSON I PRESSED 00:14:30.603 --> 00:14:34.340 RUBIO OKAY FIVE WILL LEAVE IT ON CALL FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:38.143 THERE I WOULD ENTERTAIN ALSO A MOTION 00:14:38.210 --> 00:14:42.448 ON AB 1960 FROM AS A MEMBER BENNETT 00:14:43.882 --> 00:14:45.117 TO SO 00:14:45.184 --> 00:14:48.187 THE MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:14:48.954 --> 00:14:51.790 THIS IS FILE THE NUMBER 2AB 1960. 00:14:51.857 --> 00:14:54.860 BENNETT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 00:14:55.594 --> 00:14:56.028 SENATOR ALLEN. 00:14:56.095 --> 00:14:57.930 SORRY. SENATOR ALLEN. 00:14:57.997 --> 00:15:00.366 YES, SENATOR. MR. 00:15:00.432 --> 00:15:01.834 STERN, I SERATO. 00:15:01.900 --> 00:15:03.435 ALLEN. ALLEN. 00:15:03.502 --> 00:15:04.536 I ASHBY. BLAKE. 00:15:04.603 --> 00:15:07.606 SPEAR LAKES FOR I DALI. 00:15:08.107 --> 00:15:09.575 GRAYSON. GRAYSON. 00:15:09.642 --> 00:15:12.044 I PERES. RUBIO. 00:15:12.111 --> 00:15:13.979 OKAY. 4 TO 0. 00:15:14.046 --> 00:15:14.747 WE WILL LEAVE THAT ON CALL. 00:15:14.813 --> 00:15:16.248 WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS FILING NUMBER THREE 00:15:16.315 --> 00:15:19.318 AB 1964 WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 00:15:22.488 --> 00:15:24.423 MOTION FROM SENATOR DALI. 00:15:24.490 --> 00:15:28.594 THE MOTION IS DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:15:29.261 --> 00:15:30.696 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 00:15:30.763 --> 00:15:32.564 SENATORS. STERN. 00:15:32.631 --> 00:15:35.100 STERN. ISOTOPE. ALLEN. 00:15:35.167 --> 00:15:35.601 ALLEN. 00:15:35.668 --> 00:15:37.603 I ASHBY. BLAKE. SPEAR. 00:15:37.670 --> 00:15:39.405 BLAKE. SPARE I DALI. 00:15:39.471 --> 00:15:39.738 DALI. 00:15:39.805 --> 00:15:41.340 I GRAYSON. GRAYSON. 00:15:41.407 --> 00:15:44.209 I PRES. RUBIO. 00:15:44.276 --> 00:15:46.111 OKAY, I WILL LEAVE THAT ON CALL FOR THOSE MEMBERS. 00:15:46.178 --> 00:15:50.716 AND, FINALLY HERE A B 2385 PETRIE 00:15:50.783 --> 00:15:53.018 NORRIS WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 00:15:53.085 --> 00:15:54.486 SENATOR GRAYSON MOVES. 00:15:54.553 --> 00:15:57.289 THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPR 00:15:58.557 --> 00:15:59.692 SENATOR STERN. 00:15:59.758 --> 00:16:00.392 SIR, AND I. 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:02.061 SATO ALLEN. 00:16:02.127 --> 00:16:04.930 WELL. AND I ASHBY. BLAKE. SPEAR. 00:16:04.997 --> 00:16:06.632 BLAKE. SPEAR I DALI. 00:16:06.699 --> 00:16:08.200 SALIH I GRAYSON. 00:16:08.267 --> 00:16:10.502 GRAYSON I PRES RUBIO. 00:16:10.569 --> 00:16:13.572 OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON CALL FOR SOME MEMBERS. 00:16:13.939 --> 00:16:15.207 FIVE ZERO. 00:16:15.274 --> 00:16:17.476 AND WE ARE ON THE BRINK 00:16:17.543 --> 00:16:21.146 OF HAVING OUR FINAL AUTHOR HERE IMMINENTLY. 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:24.016 HOLD YOUR BREATH. 00:16:24.083 --> 00:16:27.086 DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU CAN HOLD YOUR BREATH. 00:16:36.595 --> 00:16:37.696 WE'LL MAKE IT QUICK FOR YOU. 00:16:37.763 --> 00:16:41.433 YOU'RE ON FATHER NUMBER FOUR, 80, 20, 93. 00:16:41.667 --> 00:16:42.735 SENATOR, PLEASE. 00:16:42.801 --> 00:16:45.137 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 00:16:45.204 --> 00:16:46.605 GOOD AFTERNOON. 00:16:46.672 --> 00:16:47.539 AS MANY OF YOU 00:16:47.606 --> 00:16:50.576 ARE AWARE, IN 2022, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AB 988, 00:16:50.642 --> 00:16:54.246 AND IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN CALIFORNIA BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM. 00:16:54.446 --> 00:16:57.216 MANY OF YOU SUPPORTED THIS LEGISLATION, 00:16:57.282 --> 00:17:00.018 AND DESPITE ITS POPULARITY, BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND LIFE 00:17:00.085 --> 00:17:02.287 SAVING MISSION, THE 90 DAY IMPLEMENTATION 00:17:02.354 --> 00:17:05.057 HAS BEEN AT BEST DELAYED AND ROCKY. 00:17:05.124 --> 00:17:07.626 IT IS CRITICAL IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE 00:17:07.693 --> 00:17:10.562 COMPREHENSIVE NINE AND EIGHT SERVICES TO CALIFORNIANS. 00:17:10.629 --> 00:17:11.630 THAT MEANS THEY HAVE SOMEONE 00:17:11.697 --> 00:17:14.700 TO CALL AN ACCESS POINT INTO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, 00:17:14.967 --> 00:17:15.901 SOMEONE TO COME, 00:17:15.968 --> 00:17:18.937 BOTH OF WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SET UP BY THE 98 SYSTEM, 00:17:19.004 --> 00:17:20.072 AND THEN HOPEFULLY SOMEWHERE 00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:23.142 TO GO USING THE WORK WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE BOND MEASURE. 00:17:24.543 --> 00:17:27.546 AS I HAVE LOOKED INTO THE ROLL OUT OF THIS BILL, 00:17:27.813 --> 00:17:30.616 I FOUND THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE THE INTEROPERABILITY 00:17:30.682 --> 00:17:31.817 THAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO. 00:17:31.884 --> 00:17:33.152 WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED THE ABILITY 00:17:33.218 --> 00:17:34.853 TO TRANSFER FROM NINE ONE, ONE, TWO, NINE, EIGHT, 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:36.989 EIGHT AND NINE AND 8 TO 9 ONE ONE, WHICH, 00:17:37.055 --> 00:17:40.058 IF SOMEONE CALLS THE WRONG NUMBER, IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 00:17:40.125 --> 00:17:41.193 AND THAT CAN BE TRUE 00:17:41.260 --> 00:17:44.329 IF YOU'RE ENTERING THE PHONE SYSTEM IN EITHER DIRECTION. 00:17:44.897 --> 00:17:47.299 AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE FUNDING MECHANISM 00:17:47.366 --> 00:17:49.735 WHICH WE SET UP TO GO THROUGH, OH YES, 00:17:49.802 --> 00:17:51.270 ALTHOUGH MAYBE MADE SENSE AT THE TIME 00:17:51.336 --> 00:17:53.539 BECAUSE OS HAD TO DO ROLL OUT OF THE TECHNOLOGY. 00:17:53.605 --> 00:17:55.340 NOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO DO IT OUT, THE SYSTEM 00:17:55.407 --> 00:17:57.910 MAYBE IS BETTER PLACED ACROSS AGENCIES. 00:17:57.976 --> 00:18:00.045 AND SO THIS BILL IS REALLY A GOOD GOVERNANCE BILL. 00:18:00.112 --> 00:18:02.047 IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE WORK WE DID TO SET UP 00:18:02.114 --> 00:18:05.951 THE 98 SYSTEM IS DONE IN THE WAY THIS LEGISLATURE INTENDED. 00:18:06.151 --> 00:18:09.354 WITH ME HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY IS, 00:18:11.256 --> 00:18:13.992 WELL, I WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY ALL THIS, AND I CAN SAY ALL THIS. 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.760 OKAY. 00:18:14.827 --> 00:18:17.596 TURNING OVER TO THE STEINBERG INSTITUTE. 00:18:17.663 --> 00:18:19.097 OKAY. EIGHT MINUTES. 00:18:19.164 --> 00:18:19.998 GOOD AFTERNOON. 00:18:20.065 --> 00:18:22.734 CHAIR AND MEMBERS TARA GAMBOA EASTMAN WITH THE STEINBERG 00:18:22.801 --> 00:18:26.572 INSTITUTE, PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF AB 908 AND AB 2093. 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:29.842 WHEN THE LEGISLATURE PASSED TO AB 908, CALIFORNIA 00:18:29.908 --> 00:18:32.277 MADE A COMMITMENT TO BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE 00:18:32.344 --> 00:18:34.112 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM 00:18:34.179 --> 00:18:36.949 WITH SOMEONE TO CALL, SOMEONE TO COME, AND SOMEWHERE TO GO. 00:18:37.015 --> 00:18:38.684 AS IMPLEMENTATION HAS MOVED FORWARD, 00:18:38.750 --> 00:18:40.986 A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES HAVE EMERGED 00:18:41.053 --> 00:18:43.889 THAT CANNOT BE SOLVED ADMINISTRATIVELY ALONE. 00:18:43.956 --> 00:18:45.824 THESE ISSUES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED 00:18:45.891 --> 00:18:48.894 BY ANY ONE STAKEHOLDER OR IN ANY ONE FORUM. 00:18:49.127 --> 00:18:51.563 OVER JUST THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THEY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED 00:18:51.630 --> 00:18:54.166 REPEATEDLY IN MULTIPLE BUDGET HEARINGS 00:18:54.233 --> 00:18:55.534 AND INFORMATIONAL HEARING. 00:18:55.601 --> 00:18:58.937 THE AB 908 POLICY ADVISORY GROUP AND MOST RECENTLY, 00:18:59.004 --> 00:19:01.006 THE ASSEMBLY'S MAY OVERSIGHT HEARING 00:19:01.073 --> 00:19:04.142 EXAMINING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 908 SYSTEM. 00:19:04.209 --> 00:19:05.777 THE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN REMARKABLY 00:19:05.844 --> 00:19:07.145 CONSISTENT AND UNCLEAR. 00:19:07.212 --> 00:19:08.313 STATEWIDE LEADERSHIP 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:12.518 GAPS IN COORDINATION BETWEEN 988911 AND MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS, 00:19:12.751 --> 00:19:14.720 AND FUNDING PROCESSES THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT 00:19:14.786 --> 00:19:17.623 TO PLAN FOR FUTURE DEMAND AND SYSTEM GROWTH. 00:19:17.689 --> 00:19:20.559 AB 2093 IS REFLECTED OF THOSE FINDINGS. 00:19:20.626 --> 00:19:23.161 IT IS A TARGETED CLEANUP BILL THAT RESPONDS DIRECTLY 00:19:23.228 --> 00:19:25.531 TO THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING IMPLEMENTATION 00:19:25.597 --> 00:19:28.233 AND ADDRESSES PROBLEMS THAT CANNOT BE FULLY RESOLVED 00:19:28.300 --> 00:19:30.202 WITHOUT STATUTORY CHANGES. 00:19:30.269 --> 00:19:32.337 I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU. 00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:34.540 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:19:34.606 --> 00:19:36.108 WE'LL LOOK FOR OTHER WITNESSES 00:19:36.174 --> 00:19:39.177 AND SUPPORT, GENERAL TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT. 00:19:39.511 --> 00:19:40.445 YOU ARE WELCOME. 00:19:40.512 --> 00:19:42.748 NAME AND AFFILIATION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 00:19:42.814 --> 00:19:45.484 I THREE SECONDS STOCK WITH TWO ORGANIZATIONS. 00:19:45.551 --> 00:19:48.020 CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 00:19:48.086 --> 00:19:49.154 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 00:19:49.221 --> 00:19:52.724 AND THE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUPPORT. 00:19:52.925 --> 00:19:55.360 THANK YOU. 00:19:55.427 --> 00:19:56.595 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND MEMBERS. 00:19:56.662 --> 00:19:58.196 MIKE SHARIF, ON BEHALF OF THE STEINBERG 00:19:58.263 --> 00:20:00.832 INSTITUTE, THE KENNEDY FORUM, THE MILES HALL FOUNDATION, 00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:03.902 CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF ALCOHOL DRUG EXECUTIVES, 00:20:04.169 --> 00:20:07.506 PROGRAM EXECUTIVE, EXCUSE ME, SMART JUSTICE, DRUG POLICY 00:20:07.573 --> 00:20:09.241 ALLIANCE, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION 00:20:09.308 --> 00:20:12.544 OF SOCIAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES, 988 CALIFORNIA 00:20:12.978 --> 00:20:15.948 AND THE CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES OF ALAMEDA COUNTY AND SUPPORT. 00:20:16.014 --> 00:20:17.516 THANK YOU. 00:20:17.583 --> 00:20:18.817 GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR GEORGE CRUZ, 00:20:18.884 --> 00:20:20.919 ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION. 00:20:20.986 --> 00:20:23.055 PROUD CO-SPONSOR AND SUPPORT. THANKS. 00:20:24.690 --> 00:20:26.491 HI. ALEX OLMEDO, ON BEHALF OF 00:20:26.558 --> 00:20:28.694 CO-SPONSOR, MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF CALIFORNIA. 00:20:28.760 --> 00:20:29.995 I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF 00:20:30.062 --> 00:20:32.297 OF THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT NETWORK. 00:20:32.364 --> 00:20:36.034 AND, LGBTQ, PLUS INCLUSIVITY, VISIBILITY 00:20:36.101 --> 00:20:37.970 AND EMPOWERMENT OR LIVE IN SUPPORT. 00:20:38.036 --> 00:20:38.670 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:20:38.737 --> 00:20:41.607 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:20:41.673 --> 00:20:43.308 DANNY OFER WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE 00:20:43.375 --> 00:20:44.376 ON MENTAL ILLNESS, 00:20:44.443 --> 00:20:47.779 ALSO KNOWN AS NAMI CALIFORNIA, ANOTHER PROUD CO-SPONSOR 00:20:47.846 --> 00:20:49.414 IN SUPPORT. THANKS VERY MUCH. 00:20:49.481 --> 00:20:50.916 THANK YOU. 00:20:50.983 --> 00:20:51.216 ALL RIGHT. 00:20:51.283 --> 00:20:52.818 SEEING NO OTHERS IN SUPPORT, 00:20:52.884 --> 00:20:55.887 ANYONE IN OPPOSITION WILLING TO TESTIFY AT THIS TIME? 00:20:57.456 --> 00:21:00.459 PLEASE. 00:21:00.926 --> 00:21:01.693 GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. 00:21:01.760 --> 00:21:02.194 CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 00:21:02.260 --> 00:21:02.728 MALIK BYNUM 00:21:02.794 --> 00:21:04.529 WITH THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR HEALTH DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION 00:21:04.596 --> 00:21:06.898 WITH THE RESPECT FOR OPPOSING LAST AMENDED POSITION. 00:21:06.965 --> 00:21:08.233 HOWEVER, LOOKING FORWARD 00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:10.535 TO CONTINUED, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SPONSORS AND OTHER. 00:21:10.602 --> 00:21:12.337 THANK YOU. 00:21:12.404 --> 00:21:13.205 OKAY. THANK YOU. 00:21:13.271 --> 00:21:16.975 WE WILL SEE NO OTHERS WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS. 00:21:17.042 --> 00:21:18.710 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS. 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.746 THE MOTION. 00:21:20.812 --> 00:21:23.815 SENATOR ALLEN, SEEING NO QUESTIONS. 00:21:24.449 --> 00:21:24.683 IT'S GREAT. 00:21:24.750 --> 00:21:27.119 BILL, THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD ON THIS THROUGHOUT. 00:21:27.185 --> 00:21:29.588 AND, 00:21:29.655 --> 00:21:30.188 I THINK YOU'VE 00:21:30.255 --> 00:21:31.490 YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB 00:21:31.556 --> 00:21:33.392 OF PUTTING, A FRAMEWORK TOGETHER 00:21:33.458 --> 00:21:34.626 THAT COVERS A LOT OF THE GAPS. 00:21:34.693 --> 00:21:35.060 AND NOW 00:21:35.127 --> 00:21:36.328 WE'VE JUST GOT TO STEP UP AND DELIVER, 00:21:36.395 --> 00:21:37.295 AND WE KNOW THE FUNDING IS GOING 00:21:37.362 --> 00:21:38.897 TO BE A BIG PART OF THE EQUATION, TOO. 00:21:38.964 --> 00:21:40.899 BUT I THINK THIS YEAR WITH ALL THE POLICY STUFF. 00:21:40.966 --> 00:21:42.668 SO HAVE AN EYE RECOMMENDATION ON THE BILL 00:21:42.734 --> 00:21:44.269 AND ALLOW YOU TO CLOSE TO THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 00:21:44.336 --> 00:21:45.070 THANK YOU. SENATOR. 00:21:45.137 --> 00:21:46.938 WE DID THIS BILL IN THE MEMORY OF MILES 00:21:47.005 --> 00:21:48.340 HALL, A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS SHOT 00:21:48.407 --> 00:21:49.775 AND KILLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 00:21:49.841 --> 00:21:53.612 CRISIS IN, MIND IN SENATOR GRAYSON'S DISTRICT. 00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.846 AND, 00:21:55.947 --> 00:21:57.249 WHEN WE DELIVERED THIS 00:21:57.315 --> 00:22:01.086 VICTORY TO HIS MOTHER, SHE WAS SO DELIGHTED 00:22:01.153 --> 00:22:02.688 THAT HIS MEMORY WOULD SAVE OTHER PEOPLE. 00:22:02.754 --> 00:22:04.056 AND THIS CONTINUES THAT WORK. 00:22:04.122 --> 00:22:05.590 AND I HOPE WE CAN SAVE MORE CALIFORNIANS. 00:22:05.657 --> 00:22:08.694 SO WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I VOTE 00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:09.661 YOU INTO THAT. 00:22:09.728 --> 00:22:14.566 THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:22:15.033 --> 00:22:16.401 OKAY. SO SENATOR ALLEN MADE THE MOTION. 00:22:16.468 --> 00:22:18.236 WE'LL CALL THE ROLL. 00:22:18.303 --> 00:22:19.604 SENATOR STERN. 00:22:19.671 --> 00:22:20.639 HI, STERN. 00:22:20.706 --> 00:22:23.075 I SERATO, ALLEN. 00:22:23.141 --> 00:22:25.377 ALLEN I ASHBY, BLAKE SPEAR. 00:22:25.444 --> 00:22:28.714 BLAKE'S FOR I DOLLY, DOLLY I GRAYSON. 00:22:29.514 --> 00:22:32.584 GRAYSON I PRES RUBIO. 00:22:32.651 --> 00:22:33.585 ALL RIGHT. 00:22:33.652 --> 00:22:35.520 OKAY. WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON CALL IF THEY HAVE. SIMMONS. THANKS. 00:22:35.587 --> 00:22:36.121 PLEASE. POSITIVE. 00:22:36.188 --> 00:22:39.257 SENATOR, OUR FOR ME, IT'S NOT MY FAULT. 00:22:39.324 --> 00:22:40.759 OKAY? OKAY. 00:22:40.826 --> 00:22:41.159 GOOD. 00:22:41.226 --> 00:22:44.229 GOOD. 00:22:47.632 --> 00:22:47.966 ALL RIGHT. 00:22:48.033 --> 00:22:49.434 I THINK NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 00:22:49.501 --> 00:22:52.037 A BRIEF RECESS WHILE WE WAIT FOR ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:22:52.104 --> 00:22:53.171 I WON'T TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. 00:23:00.112 --> 00:23:00.879 OKAY. 00:23:00.946 --> 00:23:03.348 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL RECONVENE. 00:23:03.415 --> 00:23:05.550 WE ARE GOING TO LIFT THE, 00:23:05.617 --> 00:23:09.988 LEFT THE CALL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST. 00:23:10.055 --> 00:23:13.258 THAT'S FIVE ITEMS, ONE, SIX, AND SEVEN. 00:23:13.725 --> 00:23:15.727 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:23:15.794 --> 00:23:16.328 SENATORS. 00:23:16.394 --> 00:23:19.965 SENATOR SARAH, TWO I PEREZ RUBIO, SIX. 00:23:20.232 --> 00:23:21.066 OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE THAT UNCALLED FOR. 00:23:21.133 --> 00:23:24.803 THE ABSENT MEMBERS NEXT WE HAVE FILE A NUMBER TWO HB 1960. 00:23:25.871 --> 00:23:26.538 THAT HAS BEEN IT. 00:23:26.605 --> 00:23:28.707 THE CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR. 00:23:28.774 --> 00:23:30.809 IS THERE A 4 TO 0 CHAIR VOTING? 00:23:30.876 --> 00:23:34.045 I THE MOTION IS, DO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:23:34.112 --> 00:23:35.180 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:23:35.247 --> 00:23:39.484 SENATOR SARAH TO SARAH TO I, SPEED DALLY PEREZ. 00:23:39.551 --> 00:23:40.919 RUBIO. THAT'S FIVE. IT'S OKAY. 00:23:40.986 --> 00:23:42.587 FIVE ZERO. WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON CALLED THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:23:42.654 --> 00:23:45.490 FIVE NUMBER THREE AB 1964. 00:23:45.557 --> 00:23:46.758 BENNETT. MOTION IS DUE. 00:23:46.825 --> 00:23:48.894 PAST APPROPRIATIONS. CURRENT VOTE IS FIVE ZERO. 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.361 CHAIR VOTING. 00:23:49.427 --> 00:23:52.464 I, PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:23:52.531 --> 00:23:52.998 SENATOR. 00:23:53.064 --> 00:23:56.368 SENATOR SARAH TO I ASHBY PRESENT RUBIO. 00:23:56.434 --> 00:23:58.103 THAT'S 6 TO 0 SIX ZERO. 00:23:58.170 --> 00:24:00.071 LEAVE THAT ON CALL FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:24:00.138 --> 00:24:03.875 ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AB 2093 BARRETT KAHAN. 00:24:03.942 --> 00:24:05.977 MOTION IS DO PASS TWO APPROPRIATIONS. WHAT IS 00:24:06.945 --> 00:24:08.180 5 TO 5 ZERO? 00:24:08.246 --> 00:24:08.780 CHAIR VOTING. 00:24:08.847 --> 00:24:11.049 PLEASE, FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:24:11.116 --> 00:24:13.852 SENATOR SATO. 00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:15.453 SARAH TO I. 00:24:15.520 --> 00:24:16.755 ASHBY. PEREZ. RUBIO. 00:24:16.822 --> 00:24:19.291 THAT'S 6 TO 0. 00:24:19.357 --> 00:24:20.058 OKAY. 00:24:20.125 --> 00:24:25.263 LASTLY, FILE NUMBER FIVE AB 2385. 00:24:25.330 --> 00:24:26.131 PETRI NORRIS. 00:24:26.198 --> 00:24:26.965 MOTION IS DO PASS 00:24:27.032 --> 00:24:31.036 TWO APPROPRIATIONS CURRENT VOTE IS 5 TO 0 5 TO 0. 00:24:31.102 --> 00:24:35.207 CHAIR VOTING I, PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS CERATO. 00:24:35.273 --> 00:24:36.474 I MEAN SENATOR SATO. 00:24:36.541 --> 00:24:38.677 SARAH TO I ASHBY. PEREZ. RUBIO. 00:24:38.743 --> 00:24:40.178 THAT'S 6 TO 0 SIX ZERO. 00:24:40.245 --> 00:24:42.214 LEAVE BACK ONLY THE COFFEE HOUSE MEMBERS 00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:45.283 AND TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. 00:24:51.022 --> 00:24:51.289 OKAY. 00:24:51.356 --> 00:24:53.859 SENATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL RECONVENE. 00:24:53.925 --> 00:24:56.161 WE ARE GOING TO LIVE. CALLS FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:24:56.228 --> 00:24:58.230 WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 00:24:58.296 --> 00:25:00.432 FILE ITEMS ONE, SIX AND SEVEN. 00:25:00.498 --> 00:25:03.501 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:25:04.903 --> 00:25:06.605 SENATORS ASHBY. 00:25:06.671 --> 00:25:09.674 ASHBY I PEREZ, RUBIO, SEVEN AND ZERO 00:25:10.041 --> 00:25:13.178 FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS FOR THE NUMBER TWO AB 1960. 00:25:13.245 --> 00:25:16.114 BENNETT. THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:25:16.181 --> 00:25:17.182 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:25:18.950 --> 00:25:19.451 SENATOR. 00:25:19.517 --> 00:25:20.652 ASHBY. 00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:22.854 ASHBY. DALI. PEREZ. RUBIO. 00:25:22.921 --> 00:25:24.155 THAT'S 6 TO 0. 00:25:24.222 --> 00:25:24.890 IS THAT ON CALL? 00:25:24.956 --> 00:25:26.958 FILE NUMBER THREE AB 1964. 00:25:27.025 --> 00:25:28.560 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:25:28.627 --> 00:25:30.128 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:25:30.195 --> 00:25:33.298 SENATORS ASHBY ASHBY I PEREZ. 00:25:33.365 --> 00:25:36.368 RUBIO. THAT'S. 00:25:37.035 --> 00:25:38.136 7 TO 0. 00:25:38.203 --> 00:25:39.137 OKAY. 00:25:39.204 --> 00:25:42.941 ITEM NUMBER FOUR AB 2093 BARRETT KAHN. 00:25:43.008 --> 00:25:44.976 MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:25:45.043 --> 00:25:47.012 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:25:47.078 --> 00:25:48.380 SENATORS ASHBY. 00:25:48.446 --> 00:25:50.849 ASHBY I PEREZ. RUBIO. THAT'S 7 TO 0. OKAY. 00:25:50.916 --> 00:25:51.716 WE NEED THAT ON CALL. 00:25:51.783 --> 00:25:52.651 AND LASTLY 00:25:52.717 --> 00:25:57.022 AB 2385 PETRI NORRIS MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:25:57.088 --> 00:25:58.356 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:25:58.423 --> 00:26:01.359 SENATORS ASHBY ASHBY I PEREZ RUBIO. 00:26:01.426 --> 00:26:02.994 THAT'S SEVEN AND ZERO OKAY. WELL YOU DON'T CALL. 00:26:03.061 --> 00:26:06.064 WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS AND WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. 00:26:12.938 --> 00:26:13.104 ALL RIGHT. 00:26:13.171 --> 00:26:15.573 SENATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL RECONVENE. 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:17.242 WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE 00:26:17.309 --> 00:26:18.910 LAST TIME HERE FOR THE ABSENT MEMBERS. 00:26:18.977 --> 00:26:20.145 WE'RE GOING TO START OFF 00:26:20.211 --> 00:26:24.015 THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH IS FILE ITEMS ONE, SIX AND SEVEN. 00:26:25.116 --> 00:26:27.852 PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS, 00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:29.821 SENATORS PEREZ. 00:26:29.888 --> 00:26:32.290 PEREZ I RUBIO. THAT'S 8 TO 0. 00:26:32.357 --> 00:26:34.492 OKAY. BILLS OUT. 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.660 OUR BILLS ARE OUT. 00:26:35.727 --> 00:26:38.530 CONSENT CALENDAR IS A FINE MEMBER TO AB 1960. 00:26:38.596 --> 00:26:38.863 BENNETT. 00:26:38.930 --> 00:26:41.933 THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:44.502 WOULD YOU WANT TO JUST REPEAT THE CURRENT VOTE? 00:26:44.569 --> 00:26:44.803 YEAH. 00:26:44.869 --> 00:26:47.973 THE CURRENT VOTE IS 6 TO 0 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:51.810 WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR VOTING I SENATORS 00:26:51.876 --> 00:26:55.547 DALI, PEREZ, PEREZ, I RUBIO. 00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:58.450 THAT'S 7 TO 0 SENDS YOUR BILLS OUT. 00:26:58.516 --> 00:27:00.719 PHONE NUMBER THREE AB 1964. 00:27:00.785 --> 00:27:03.521 BENNETT TO PASS TWO APPROPRIATIONS IS THE MOTION 00:27:03.588 --> 00:27:08.093 VOTE SEVEN ZERO SENATORS PEREZ PEREZ I RUBIO. 00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:11.396 THAT'S 8 TO 0 ZERO BILLS OUT. 00:27:11.463 --> 00:27:15.300 FUND NUMBER 4AB2093. 00:27:15.867 --> 00:27:18.103 MOTION IS DO PASS TWO APPROPRIATION. 00:27:18.169 --> 00:27:22.474 WELL, AT SEVEN ZERO SENATORS PEREZ PEREZ I820 00:27:23.108 --> 00:27:25.510 OKAY ZERO BILLS OUT. LASTLY AB 00:27:25.577 --> 00:27:29.280 2385 PATRI NORRIS MOTION IS PASSED TO APPROPRIATIONS. 00:27:29.347 --> 00:27:30.515 CURRENT VOTE IS SEVEN ZERO. 00:27:30.582 --> 00:27:32.851 SENATORS PEREZ PEREZ I RUBIO. 00:27:32.917 --> 00:27:34.986 THAT'S 8 TO 0. NEBULOUS BILLS OUT. 00:27:45.630 --> 00:27:45.864 ALL RIGHT. 00:27:45.930 --> 00:27:47.665 WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU 00:27:47.732 --> 00:27:49.667 TO ALL THE MEMBERS AND THE STAFF FOR THEIR ANALYSIS. 00:27:49.734 --> 00:27:50.902 THEIR WORK TODAY 00:27:50.969 --> 00:27:54.005 AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.