WEBVTT

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THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION

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COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.

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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME,

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EVERYBODY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF

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15 MEASURES ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

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FIRST, I HAVE A FEW

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HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. WE'RE GOING

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TO ALLOW FOR TWO PRIMARY

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WITNESSES FOR EACH SUPPORT AND

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OPPOSITION. EACH WITNESS WILL

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HAVE TWO MINUTES AND ADDITIONAL

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WITNESSES WILL ASK TO LIMIT

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YOURSELVES TO NAME AFFILIATION.

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YOUR POSITION ON THE BILL.

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WE'LL BE HEARING BILLS ON THE

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AGENDA IN FILE ORDER, AND WE'LL

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BE ENTERING MOTIONS ON BILLS AT

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THE APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN

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QUORUM IS ESTABLISHED. WE HAVE

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FIVE MEASURES PROPOSED ON THE

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CONSENT TODAY. ITEM ONE A, B

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FIVE, NINE NINE. ITEM TWO AND

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THREE A, B 1145 AND 2055. I'M

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13AB2541 IN ITEM 15AB2719. SO

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WE'RE GOING TO ACT AS A

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SUBCOMMITTEE UNTIL WE GET A

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QUORUM. WHO IS HERE FIRST? GOOD

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TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. COME ON

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UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR

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AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK

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YOU FOR TODAY. AS FORMER MAYOR

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OF LYNNWOOD, I AM HONORED TO

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PRESENT AB 1338. I AM GRATEFUL

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TO THE COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE

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STAFF FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL

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ENGAGEMENT. SO THANK YOU SO

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MUCH FOR THAT. AB 1338. IT'S A

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BILL THAT WOULD RESOLVE A

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UNIQUE LAND UTILIZATION

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CHALLENGE IN THE CITY OF

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LYNNWOOD. THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW

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THE CITY TO TRANSFER A PUBLIC

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PURPOSE COVENANT FROM THE

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CITY'S IMPERIAL HIGHWAY

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PROPERTY TO AN ADJACENT CITY

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OWNED PARCEL, ALLOWING FOR

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MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND THE

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INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

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DUE TO A UNIQUE SET OF

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CHALLENGES, INCLUDING PROXIMITY

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TO THE 105 FREEWAY, THE

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PROPERTY CONTAMINATION HISTORY,

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IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO

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DEVELOP THE LAND HOLDING THE

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COVENANT FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.

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AB 1338 OFFERS A SOLUTION THAT

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WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO

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TRANSFER THE COVENANT TO AN

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ADJACENT PROPERTY MORE SUITABLE

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FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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DEVELOPMENT. TESTIFYING IN

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SUPPORT, I WOULD LIKE TO

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INTRODUCE LYNNWOOD CITY MANAGER

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SUE LOWENTHAL. WE ALSO HAVE MR.

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JOHN LAMB, LINWOOD'S ASSISTANT

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CITY ATTORNEY, AVAILABLE FOR

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ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. THANK

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YOU FOR BEING HERE IN TWO

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MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR

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AND MEMBERS. I'M DOCTOR SUZANNE

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LOWENTHAL, AND I AM THE CITY

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MANAGER OF THE CITY OF LYNNWOOD

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HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AB

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1338. LYNNWOOD IS A FULLY BUILT

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OUT CITY. WE DO NOT HAVE VACANT

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FIELDS OR OPEN LAND WAITING TO

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BE DEVELOPED. EVERY CITY OWNED

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PARCEL WE HAVE IS PRECIOUS, AND

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ONE OF THEM HAS SAT VACANT AND

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BLIGHTED FOR NEARLY A DECADE

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BECAUSE OF A DEED RESTRICTION

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WE CANNOT RESOLVE ON OUR OWN.

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IN 2016, CALTRANS TRANSFERRED

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THIS PROPERTY TO LYNNWOOD WITH

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A PUBLIC PURPOSE COVENANT

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ATTACHED. SINCE THEN, THE CITY

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HAS DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO

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UTILIZE THE LAND, INCLUDING

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REMEDIATING DECADES OF

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CONTAMINATION AND COMPLYING

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WITH SURPLUS LAND ACT. AFTER

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YEARS OF OBSTACLES, AB 1338

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PROVIDES US WITH THE SOLUTION

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WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. MOVING

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THE COVENANT TO AN ADJOINING

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CITY OWNED PARCEL ALLOWS US TO

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PRESERVE PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHILE

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FREEING THE SITE FOR 55 UNITS

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OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CITY

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THANKS ASSEMBLY MEMBER SALAS

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FOR HIS STRONG ADVOCACY. AB

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1338 WILL ALLOW THE CITY AND

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THE STATE TO WORK AS PARTNERS

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TO EXPAND HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

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DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. OUR

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REGION NEEDS THIS HOUSING. OUR

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FAMILIES ARE WAITING FOR IT,

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AND WE URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO

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HELP US CLEAR THE FINAL PATH. I

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RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE

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VOTE ON AB 1338. THANK YOU FOR

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BEING HERE. TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

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YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER SPORT IN

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THE ROOM? ANY OTHER SUPPORT IN

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THE ROOM? ANY OPPOSITION? WELL,

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ASSEMBLYMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

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CLOSE? I THANK YOU, MR. VICE

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CHAIR. AS YOU AND I SHARE LOCAL

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GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE, WE KNOW

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THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THESE

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LOCAL ISSUES RESOLVED. I'M

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EXCITED THAT THE CITY OF

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LYNNWOOD, MY FORMER COUNCIL

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THAT I SERVED ON, WILL ADDRESS

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SOME RETAIL SPACE, AFFORDABLE

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HOUSING, AND A BETTER PLACE FOR

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OUR COMMUNITY TO ENJOY FOR MANY

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YEARS TO COME. SO I

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RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE

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VOTE, AND AS SOON AS WE GET A

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QUORUM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MOVE

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YOUR ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. VICE

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CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

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THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING

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TO FILE ORDER FILE ITEM NUMBER

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FOUR, AB 1330. OH NO, THAT WAS

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JUST DONE. AB 15 FILE ITEM

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NUMBER FIVE. AB 1594. URBAN,

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK

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YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR. APPRECIATE

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IT. AND FIRST, I JUST WANT TO

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THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL

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THEIR WORK ON THIS BILL. SB 959

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BY SENATOR PORTANTINO IN 2022,

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LAID OUT A PROCESS FOR

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NONPROFIT TENANTS AND

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PROPERTIES OWNED BY CALTRANS IN

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THE FORMER 710 CORRIDOR IN

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PASADENA TO PURCHASE THEIR

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PROPERTIES. THEY OPERATE OUT OF

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MANY HOMES THAT WERE THAT WERE

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BOUGHT OR PURCHASED IN THE 60S

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AND 70S BY CALTRANS. AND AS

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PART OF THE THE EXISTENCE OF

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THESE NONPROFITS LIKE RONALD

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MCDONALD HOUSE, THEY ARE TRYING

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TO PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES.

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AND THE BILL WOULD ALLOW THEM

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TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR A

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VALUE IN USE, WHICH IS A PRICE

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BELOW FAIR MARKET VALUE. RONALD

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MCDONALD, AGAIN, IS ONE OF

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THOSE NONPROFIT TENANTS. AND AS

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EVERYONE KNOWS, THEY DO

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CRITICAL WORK. THEY PROVIDE

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TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR CHILDREN

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THAT ARE DEALING WITH SERIOUS

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ILLNESS. THEY HAVE OPERATED

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THERE FOR DECADES, AND THEY DO

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LIFE SAVING WORK. THEY ARE

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CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATION WITH

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CALTRANS FOR THE THREE

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PROPERTIES THAT THEY OPERATE

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OUT OF. AND CALTRANS HAS

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INSERTED A PROVISION WITHIN THE

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CONTRACT THAT SAYS THAT AFTER

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30 YEARS, RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE

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WOULD HAVE TO PAY BACK A NET

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EQUITY, MEANING THAT IN 30

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YEARS THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY

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BACK THE DELTA BETWEEN THE USE

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VALUE AND THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.

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THAT EQUATES TO MILLIONS OF

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DOLLARS OF DEBT THAT THIS

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NONPROFIT WOULD HAVE TO INCUR,

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PUT ON ITS BALANCE SHEET, AND

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IT WOULD ACTUALLY IMPACT THEIR

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OPERATIONS. THE MONEY WOULD GO

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TOWARDS DEBT SERVICE

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POTENTIALLY, OR AT LEAST THERE

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WOULD HAVE TO ACCRUE SOME SORT

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OF POTENTIAL SATISFACTION OF

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THE DEBT IN LIEU OF ACTUALLY

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PROVIDING CRITICAL CARE FOR

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THESE CHILDREN. WHAT THIS BILL

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DOES IS VERY NARROW. IT ONLY

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APPLIES TO RONALD MCDONALD

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HOUSE, AND ALL IT SAYS IS THAT

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THE APPROPRIATE TERMS,

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CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON

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THE SALE SHOULD NOT ACTUALLY

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INCLUDE THE NET EQUITY

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OBLIGATION ON THE ORGANIZATION.

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THIS WILL ALLOW THE

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ORGANIZATION TO PURCHASE THE

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PROPERTIES, CONTINUE TO OPERATE

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AND WON'T AFFECT THE CHILDREN

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THAT ARE BEING SERVICED BY THE

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NONPROFIT. AND JUST AGAIN, WANT

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TO THANK THE WHOLE COMMITTEE,

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THE CHAIR AND THE STAFF FOR

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THEIR WORK ON IT. WITH ME TODAY

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IS RICHARD LEWIS, THE EXECUTIVE

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DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR

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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE. THANK

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YOU. BUT BEFORE WE GO, ARE YOU

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WILLING TO ACCEPT THE

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COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS? YES.

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OKAY. TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU

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FOR BEING HERE, SIR. THANK YOU.

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CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

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THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RICHARD

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LEWIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

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REAL ESTATE FOR THE RONALD

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MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU

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FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO

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YOU IN SUPPORT OF AB 1594. AND

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THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER

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GARABEDIAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP

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ON THIS LEGISLATION. RONALD

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MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES

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PROVIDE CHILDREN AND THEIR

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FAMILIES WITH A HOME AWAY FROM

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HOME, CLOSE TO HOSPITALS, SO

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THEY CAN REMAIN TOGETHER DURING

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TREATMENT EACH YEAR. OUR

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PASADENA HOUSE PROVIDES NEARLY

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4000 OVERNIGHT STAYS, PROVIDING

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A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR

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APPROXIMATELY 440,000 CHILDREN

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AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. MORE

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THAN 75% OF THE FAMILIES WE

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SERVE IDENTIFY AS LOW TO

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MODERATE INCOME, AND THEY

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TRAVEL FROM THROUGHOUT

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CALIFORNIA TO VISIT OUR

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PARTNERS, INCLUDING HUNTINGTON

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HEALTH, SHRINERS CHILDREN'S

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HOSPITAL AND CITY OF HOPE. FOR

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MORE THAN TWO YEARS NOW, WE'VE

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BEEN WORKING TO COMPLETE THE

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ACQUISITION OF THE RONALD

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MCDONALD HOUSE PASADENA

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PROPERTIES SO WE CAN BEGIN MUCH

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NEEDED RENOVATION AND EXPANSION

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TO SERVE MORE FAMILIES.

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COMPLETING THIS ACQUISITION IS

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ESSENTIAL TO THAT EFFORT. AB

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1594 ADDRESSES A NARROW BUT

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IMPORTANT ISSUE INVOLVING THE

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FORMER SR 710 SURPLUS

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PROPERTIES. WHEN THE

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LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED THESE

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PROPERTIES TO BE SOLD TO

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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ITS

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INTENT WAS CLEAR TO PRESERVE

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THESE PROPERTIES. FOR

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ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE AN

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ONGOING PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR

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ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS, THE

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CURRENT NET EQUITY PROVISION

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CREATES A LONG TERM FINANCIAL

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OBLIGATION THAT MAKES IT MORE

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DIFFICULT TO RAISE PRIVATE

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PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, SECURE

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FINANCING, AND INVEST IN

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FACILITIES THAT CONTINUE TO

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SERVE THEIR INTENDED CHARITABLE

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PURPOSE. REMOVING THAT BARRIER

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WILL ALLOW US TO FOCUS OUR

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RESOURCES WHERE THEY BELONG. ON

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CARING FOR FAMILIES WITH

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CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN. AB

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1594 RESTORES THE LEGISLATURE'S

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ORIGINAL INTENT, PROTECTS THE

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PUBLIC INTEREST, AND HELPS

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ENSURE THAT CHARITABLE

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ORGANIZATIONS CAN CONTINUE TO

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INVEST IN THESE PROPERTIES. ON

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BEHALF OF THE RONALD MCDONALD

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HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN

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CALIFORNIA AND THE FAMILIES WE

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SERVE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR

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AYE VOTE. THANK YOU FOR BEING

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HERE. ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN

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SUPPORT? ANY WITNESSES IN

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OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE. WOULD

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YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? RESPECTFULLY

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ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE? MR. AND

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I'LL MOVE IT WHEN WE GET. OH,

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I'M SORRY, ASSEMBLYMAN. I MEAN,

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SENATOR SENATOR ARCHULETA,

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

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MR. CHAIR. CO-CHAIR, THANK YOU

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FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.

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I AM IMMENSELY CLOSE TO THE

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AREA. OBVIOUSLY, CAL STATE LA

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IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM

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OUR DISTRICT, EL SERENO. AND OF

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COURSE, 710 GOING INTO PASADENA.

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AND SO SO I KNOW IT WELL. AND

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AND AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER,

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THERE'S BEEN FIGHTS OVER THAT

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PROPERTY AND ON AND ON. AND SO

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NOW HERE WE ARE WITH LOOKING AT

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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE. AND I

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COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER

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NONPROFIT THAN RONALD MCDONALD

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HOUSE. WITH SO MANY OF OUR

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FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY

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CANCER AND ISSUES AND SO ON,

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AND TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THE

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FAMILIES CAN STAY AND AND BE

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THERE. AND THAT LOCATION IS

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NEAR HOSPITALS ALL OVER LA

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COUNTY. WHETHER THE PATIENT IS

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THERE AT LÀ OR RIGHT DOWN THE

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STREET AT THE UCLA, USC

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HOSPITAL, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT

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IT'S THERE. THE QUESTION ABOUT

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CALTRANS WORKING WITH IT AND

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THE EQUITY AND YOU'RE LOOKING

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AT AT THE END, NOT TO HAVE TO

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REVERT BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL

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AMOUNT, WHICH WOULD BE

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DETRIMENTAL FOR THE FUTURE. AND

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SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I THINK

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IT'S A GREAT BILL, GREAT

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OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STATE OF

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CALIFORNIA TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT

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RONALD MCDONALD IS ALL ABOUT.

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SO WITH THAT, AT THE

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APPROPRIATE TIME, I'LL MOVE IT.

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IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL PICK IT UP

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ONCE WE HAVE ONCE WE HAVE A

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QUORUM. THANK YOU, MR. VICE

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CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, SENATOR,

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FOR THE KIND WORDS. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT

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UP, I BELIEVE, IS ASSEMBLYMAN

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LACKEY. MEMBERS. WE HAVE TWO

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ITEMS FROM ASSEMBLYMAN. THE

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FIRST ONE IS FILED ON NOVEMBER

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7TH, AB 1685. THANK YOU FOR

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BEING HERE, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU

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MAY OPEN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

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ISN'T IT 1685? YES. FILE NUMBER

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SEVEN, AB 1685. ALL RIGHT. WELL,

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THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBER.

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THIS BILL WILL INCREASE THE

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POINTS FOR GROSS VEHICULAR

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MANSLAUGHTER FROM 2 TO 3 POINTS.

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AS FORMER HIGHWAY PATROL

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OFFICER, I'VE SEEN THE DANGERS

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AND HEARTBREAK DRUNK DRIVING

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CAN ACTUALLY BRING INTO

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PEOPLE'S FAMILIES. THE

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CALIFORNIA DMV USES THE

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NEGLIGENT OPERATOR TREATMENT

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SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS KNOTS OR

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KNOTS, TO ASSIGN POINTS TO A

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DRIVER'S RECORD BASED ON

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TRAFFIC RELATED CONVICTIONS AND

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VIOLATIONS. THESE POINTS ARE

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USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A

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DRIVER'S PRIVILEGE TO OPERATE A

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MOTOR VEHICLE SHOULD BE

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SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. IF A

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PERSON ACCUMULATES FOUR POINTS

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IN 12 MONTHS, SIX POINTS IN 24

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MONTHS, OR EIGHT POINTS IN 36

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MONTHS, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR

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VEHICLES MAY SUSPEND THEIR

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LICENSE. CURRENTLY, A

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CONVICTION FOR VEHICULAR

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MANSLAUGHTER AND VEHICULAR

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MANSLAUGHTER WHILE INTOXICATED.

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AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW,

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THAT MEANS SOMEONE DIED RESULTS

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IN A PERSON HAVING TWO POINTS

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ON THEIR LICENSE. ONLY TWO

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POINTS. THIS IS THE SAME NUMBER

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OF POINTS ASSESSED FOR RECKLESS

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DRIVING AND DRIVING 100 MILES

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AN HOUR, BUT NOTHING TO DO WITH

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LOSS OF LIFE. THIS IS

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UNACCEPTABLE. TAKING A PERSON'S

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LIFE SHOULD NOT BE EQUAL TO

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JUST SPEEDING ON THE FREEWAY.

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THIS BILL 1685, MAKES THE

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NECESSARY CHANGE TO THE KNOTS

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SYSTEM BY ADDING THREE POINTS

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TO GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER

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WHILE INTOXICATED, BECOMING THE

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FIRST CONVICTION TO HAVE THIS

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HIGH OF A POINT ASSESSMENT WITH

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ME TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THIS

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BILL IS TERRI MCKELL WITH THE

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CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

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ASSOCIATION AND JUSTIN FANSLAU

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ON BEHALF OF SAFE ROADS. YEAH,

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THE CALIFORNIA GOOD GRIEF SAFE

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CALIFORNIA ROADS COALITION. I'M

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SO SORRY, MR. MCHALE. YOU HAVE

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TWO MINUTES, MR. CHAIRMAN. IN

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YOUR FAVORITE SPORT, THEY'VE

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ONLY MADE ONE MAJOR CHANGE IN

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BASKETBALL IN THE LAST HUNDRED

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YEARS. AND WHAT, THEY DIDN'T

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CHANGE THE HEIGHT OF THE BASKET.

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THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THE SIZE OF

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THE COURT. BUT THEY ADDED THE

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TECHNICAL FOUL. THERE ARE SOME

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FOULS THAT ARE SO EGREGIOUS

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THEY NEED TO BE ANSWERED. THERE

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NEEDS TO BE A RESPONSE EVERY

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SINGLE DAY. A CALIFORNIA

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HIGHWAY PATROLMAN COMES UP ON

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AN ACCIDENT WHERE AN INNOCENT

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PERSON HAS BEEN KILLED BY

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SOMEONE DRIVING DRUNK. IT IS

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UNACCEPTABLE AND IT IS

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ASTONISHING WITH UBER AND THE

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OTHER OPTIONS THAT THE NUMBER

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OF DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS HAVE

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GONE UP 55%, THIS WON'T END IT,

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BUT IT SENDS AN ABSOLUTE CLEAR

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MESSAGE THAT YOUR INSURANCE

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WILL GO UP, THAT THE

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PROSECUTORS WILL LOOK AT THIS

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WITH GREATER GRAVITY AND AN

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UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHING OF

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OUR CHILDREN AND ALL OF SOCIETY,

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THAT THERE ARE GREATER

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CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS AVOIDABLE

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TRAGEDY. WE ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE.

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THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS. TWO

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MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR BEING

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HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. JUSTIN.

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ON BEHALF OF THE SAFE

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CALIFORNIA ROADS COALITION. I'D

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LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE

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AUTHOR. THIS IS A ONE OF A

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NUMBER OF BILLS THAT OUR

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COALITION IS SUPPORTING THIS

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YEAR. AMONG THEM ARE STRONGER

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RULES AROUND IGNITION INTERLOCK.

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WE JUST HEARD MR. SENATOR

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ARCHULETA'S BILL THIS MORNING

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ON INCREASED PENALTIES. AND ONE

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THING THAT WE KEEP SEEING IS WE

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KEEP HEARING FROM WITNESSES WHO

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HAVE ENDURED THE ULTIMATE LOSS,

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WHICH IS WHAT IS DISCUSSED HERE.

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VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER FOR

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THOSE THAT ENDURE THAT BECAUSE

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SOMEONE WAS DRINKING WHILE THEY

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GOT BEHIND THE CAR. COALITION

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MEMBERS THAT I REPRESENT CALL

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THAT MURDER. SO TO RECEIVE ONE

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MORE POINT SEEMS VERY, VERY

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SMALL IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.

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LASTLY, I'LL NOTE MADD ISSUED A

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REPORT, AN UPDATE ON THEIR

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NATIONAL REPORT ON STATES LAWS

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AROUND DRUNK DRIVING. TO NO

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SURPRISE, CALIFORNIA AGAIN

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RECEIVED AN F FAILURE. EIGHT OF

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THE TEN TOP CITIES IN THE

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COUNTRY THAT HAVE THE WORST DUI

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RATES IN THE COUNTRY AND WORST

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DEATH RATES IN THE COUNTRY ARE

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HERE IN CALIFORNIA. NUMBER TWO,

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SAN JOSE. NUMBER THREE,

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SACRAMENTO. WE HAVE TO DO

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SOMETHING. AND THIS IS A VERY

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MEASURED APPROACH TO MAKING

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SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THERE ARE

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CONSEQUENCES ON THE OTHER SIDE

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OF AN IMPAIRED, GRABBING OF THE

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KEYS AND DRIVING A CAR. THANK

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YOU. THANK YOU. ANY SUPPORT FOR

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IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES?

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JEANNIE WARDWELL, REPRESENTING

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PEOPLE FOR BIKES AND SUPPORT.

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THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF STREETS

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FOR ALL IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU,

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GENTLEMEN, ON BEHALF OF THE

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LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND

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SUPPORT. THANK YOU. RHONDA

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CAMPBELL, MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK

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DRIVING IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

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RYAN SHERMAN WITH CALIFORNIA

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NARCOTIC OFFICERS AND THE OTHER

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POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATIONS

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LISTED IN THE ANALYSIS. ALL IN

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SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY

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WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION? SEEING

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NONE. IT GOES BACK TO THE

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COMMITTEE. SENATOR ARCHULETA.

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GOOD. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY

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MEMBER, FOR BRINGING THIS

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FORWARD. EARLIER TODAY, YOU

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SAID WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING

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ABOUT DUI EPIDEMIC. YOU SAID IT.

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I'VE SAID IT. I THINK EVERYONE

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IN THIS ROOM CAN AGREE THAT

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CALIFORNIA MUST STEP UP TO

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INCREASE ITS PENALTIES ON DRUNK

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DRIVING. LIVES ARE TAKEN. I

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THINK I'VE MADE IT PUBLICLY

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CLEAR THAT I LOST MY OWN

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GRANDDAUGHTER TO A DRUNK DRIVER

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CHRISTMAS EVE, DEVASTATED TO

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THE FAMILY, AND BRONZE LAW IS

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ON THE TABLE BECAUSE OF THAT

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FAMILY LOSING THEIR SON AND

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DRUNK DRIVING. IT'S AN EPIDEMIC

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THAT IS AFFECTED SO MANY

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FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA. AND I

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WAS IN ORANGE COUNTY EARLIER

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THIS YEAR, AND THERE WAS AN

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OFFICE BUILDING HERE, AN OFFICE

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BUILDING HERE, AND A WALKWAY IN

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BETWEEN, AND HUNDREDS UPON

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HUNDREDS OF PICTURES OF OUR

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VICTIMS WERE ON THESE WALLS,

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AND THE PODIUM WAS UP FRONT AND

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PEOPLE SPOKE AND I WAS ABLE TO

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SPEAK, AND I SPOKE ON THE

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OVERALL ISSUES PERTAINING TO

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DRUNK DRIVING AND HOW IT'S

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AFFECTING SO MANY LIVES AND

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ECONOMICALLY. LOOK WHAT IT'S

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DOING TO OUR HOSPITALS. THE

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NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

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OFFICERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN A,

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IN A, IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

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WHERE SOMEONE DIES MEDICALLY,

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THE DOCTORS ARE FILLED WITH

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WITH THESE PATIENTS THAT CAN NO

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LONGER WALK IN SOME ONTO THE

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MORGUE. IT'S DEVASTATING. YOUR

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BILL 1685 ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS

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KNOCKING ON THE DOOR TELLING US

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ALL. TELLING THE DMV THEY HAVE

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TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. KEEP THE

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RECORDS. WHEN THESE INDIVIDUALS

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CAUSE A LOSS OF LIFE, DRUNK

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DRIVING, WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT

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SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCE THAT IS

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RECORDED ON THEIR LICENSE,

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RECORDED ON THE RECORD FOR

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YEARS TO COME. AND SO I COMMEND

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YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL

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FORWARD, AND I WILL SUPPORT IT.

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I WILL MOVE IT AT THE

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APPROPRIATE TIME. AND I THANK

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YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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SO WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, SO

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WE'LL MOVE ON. MEMBERS TO THE

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NEXT ITEM, THE ASSEMBLYMAN

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LACKEY FILE NUMBER EIGHT AB

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1687. ASSEMBLYMAN, YOU MAY OPEN.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK

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YOU. AB 1687 IS MY SECOND DUI

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BILL, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE

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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

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REVOCATION PERIOD FOR GET THIS,

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A THIRD DUI CONVICTION AND

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MOVING THE PENALTY FROM THREE

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YEARS TO EIGHT YEARS. THIS BILL

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ALSO ADDS THAT A PERSON MAY BE

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ABLE TO APPLY FOR AN INTERLOCK

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DEVICE AFTER FOUR YEARS, WITH

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THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE IT

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WITHIN THEIR VEHICLE FOR TWO

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YEARS. A RECENT DMV ANALYSIS

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FOLLOWED DRIVERS WHO RECEIVED A

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DUI IN 2005. OVER THE NEXT 15

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YEARS, OVER 25% OF THOSE

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DRIVERS WERE ARRESTED AGAIN FOR

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ANOTHER DUI. AMONG THOSE

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DRIVERS, 40% ALREADY HAD THREE

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OR MORE DUIS AT THE TIME OF THE

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2005 ARREST. CALIFORNIA WAS

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ONCE THE LEADING, ONCE LEADING

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THE NATION AGAINST DRIVING

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND NOW

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HAS FALLEN SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND.

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IN NEW JERSEY, A PERSON

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CONVICTED OF REPEAT DUIS CANNOT

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GET THEIR LICENSE BACK UNTIL

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EIGHT YEARS AFTER THEIR

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CONVICTION, WHILE IN NEBRASKA.

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IT IS 15 YEARS AND CONNECTICUT

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WILL PERMANENTLY REVOKE THE

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LICENSE. HOWEVER, IN CALIFORNIA,

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A PERSON CAN GET THEIR LICENSE

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BACK AFTER THREE YEARS AND

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CONTINUE TO ADD MORE DUIS TO

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THEIR RECORD. THIS BILL, AB

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1687, WILL REQUIRE THE

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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO

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IMMEDIATELY REVOKE THE LICENSE

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OF A PERSON CONVICTED OF THREE

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DUIS FOR EIGHT YEARS, UNLESS

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THE DRIVER AGREES TO THE

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INSTALLATION OF AN INTERLOCK

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DEVICE AT YEAR FOUR. BY

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EXPANDING THE REVOCATION PERIOD

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FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS, THIS BILL

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1687, WILL HELP MAKE CALIFORNIA

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ROADS SAFER BY KEEPING REPEAT

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DRUNK DRIVERS FROM BEING BEHIND

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THE WHEEL WITH WITH ME TO

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TESTIFY ON THIS BILL IS RHONDA

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CAMPBELL, ON BEHALF OF THE

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MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING.

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AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION

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THAT THE AUTHOR OF THE

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AMENDMENTS THAT I HAVE CROSSED

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OFFICIALLY NAMING THE BILL

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IRENE'S LAW COMES FROM HER

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SISTER IRENE, WHO WAS KILLED BY

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A REPEAT OFFENDER AT THE AGE OF

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12. I ALSO HAVE WITH ME RYAN

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SHERMAN, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE

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FOR THE CALIFORNIA NARCOTIC

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OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU.

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YES, YOU'LL HAVE A COUPLE

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MINUTES EACH. THANK YOU. HELLO

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AGAIN. MY NAME IS RHONDA

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CAMPBELL. I AM THE STATE VICTIM

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SERVICES MANAGER FOR MOTHERS

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AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING

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CALIFORNIA. AND I'M HERE TODAY

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IN SUPPORT OF IRENE'S LAW.

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DRUNK DRIVING IS NOT AN

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ACCIDENT. IT'S A CHOICE. WHEN

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THAT CHOICE IS MADE REPEATEDLY,

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IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT SOME

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INDIVIDUALS HAVE DEMONSTRATED

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AN UNWILLINGNESS TO SAFELY

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SHARE OUR ROADWAYS. THE NEED

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FOR THIS BILL IS UNDENIABLE.

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DURING A RECENT 12 HOUR

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CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

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MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT PERIOD,

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OFFICERS ARRESTED 505 IMPAIRED

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DRIVERS. THAT'S MORE THAN 42

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YEARS DUI ARRESTS EVERY HOUR.

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MANY OF THE TRAGEDIES MADD SEES

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ARE NOT CAUSED BY FIRST TIME

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OFFENDERS, BUT BY REPEAT

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OFFENDERS WHO CONTINUE TO

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REGAIN ACCESS TO OUR ROADS. FOR

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ME, THE ISSUE IS PERSONAL. WHEN

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I WAS A CHILD, MY 12 YEAR OLD

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SISTER IRENE WAS KILLED BY A

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FOUR TIME REPEAT OFFENDER. I

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STILL REMEMBER STANDING BESIDE

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MY MOTHER AS IRENE'S CASKET WAS

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BEING CLOSED. AS THE LID WAS

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CLOSED, MY MOTHER LET OUT A

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SCREAM THAT I CAN STILL HEAR

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MORE THAN 40 YEARS LATER. THAT

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SCREAM WAS THE SOUND OF A

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MOTHER REALIZING SHE WOULD

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NEVER AGAIN HOLD HER DAUGHTER

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OR WATCH HER GROW UP. THAT

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DRIVER MADE A CHOICE, BUT MY

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FAMILY RECEIVED THE SENTENCE.

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TODAY, I WORK WITH FAMILIES

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ACROSS CALIFORNIA WHO CARRY THE

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SAME LIFELONG GRIEF BECAUSE OF

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COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE CRIMES.

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AB 1687 RECOGNIZES THAT DRIVING

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IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT.

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IT HELPS KEEP CALIFORNIA'S MOST

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DANGEROUS, REPEAT IMPAIRED

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DRIVERS OFF OUR ROADS, WHILE

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STILL ALLOWING THEM TO AN

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OPPORTUNITY TO EARN BACK THAT

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PRIVILEGE THROUGH COMPLIANCE,

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REHABILITATION, AND THE USE OF

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AN INTERLOCK DEVICE. YOU CAN'T

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CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED TO IRENE,

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BUT TODAY YOU CAN HELP PREVENT

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ANOTHER FAMILY FROM

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EXPERIENCING THE SAME

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HEARTBREAK THAT MINE DID FOR MY

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SISTER IRENE, AND FOR EVERY

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VICTIM WHOSE VOICE CAN NO

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LONGER BE, AND FOR EVERY FAMILY

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WHO STILL HAS THAT WE STILL

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HAVE THE CHANCE TO PROTECT. I

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RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

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THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS PLEASE.

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YES, BRIEFLY, MR. CHAIR. RYAN

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SHERMAN WITH CALIFORNIA

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NARCOTIC OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

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AND A COUPLE DOZEN POLICE

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OFFICER ASSOCIATIONS AROUND THE

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STATE, ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE

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BILL. WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE

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ABLE TO SUPPORT THE BILL AND

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RECOGNIZE THAT THIS ALLOWS THE

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DMV TO REVOKE A PERSON'S

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DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR EIGHT

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YEARS IF THEY ARE CONVICTED OF

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THREE OR MORE SPECIFIED

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IMPAIRED DRIVING OFFENSES

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WITHIN A TEN YEAR PERIOD. WE

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THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLY

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GENEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT

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OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER LACKEY'S

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TESTIMONY ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE

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HANDLED. SIMILARLY IN OTHER

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STATES. WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE

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BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS

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ENTIRE PACKAGE OF THE DUI BILLS

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THIS YEAR, INCLUDING SENATOR

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ARCHULETA'S LEGISLATION, WHICH

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IS BEING CONSIDERED TODAY IN

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.147
THE ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY

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COMMITTEE. AND WE'D ALSO LIKE

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TO THANK PUBLICLY,

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ASSEMBLYMEMBER LACKEY, FOR HIS

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DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.987
KEEPING THOSE WHO TRAVEL ON

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CALIFORNIA'S ROADS SAFE. I CAN

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REPEAT THINGS, AND I JUST

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CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE HERE

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AND WITH THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER

00:24:25.063 --> 00:24:26.164
AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR

00:24:26.231 --> 00:24:30.068
AYE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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APPRECIATE BOTH WITNESSES. AND

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OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY, VERY

00:24:34.105 --> 00:24:35.273
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AND SORRY

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:37.175
THAT YOU EVEN HAVE TO COME IN

00:24:37.242 --> 00:24:39.411
AND GIVE TESTIMONY ON THIS

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TOPIC. BUT IT IS IT IS WEIGHED

00:24:42.747 --> 00:24:44.115
HEAVILY INTO THE PROCEEDINGS.

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THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO ASK

00:24:45.317 --> 00:24:47.219
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE IN THE

00:24:47.285 --> 00:24:49.454
COMMITTEE ROOM WHO WISHES TO

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SUPPORT THE MEASURE. AND WE SEE

00:24:50.789 --> 00:24:51.857
A LINE FORMING AT THE

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MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. MARK

00:24:53.491 --> 00:24:54.593
VUKOVICH, ON BEHALF OF STREETS

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:57.362
FOR ALL IN SUPPORT. CHRISTIAN

00:24:57.429 --> 00:24:58.763
NUNEZ ON BEHALF OF STREETS ARE

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FOR EVERYONE IN SUPPORT. ON

00:25:04.736 --> 00:25:05.370
BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE OF

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CALIFORNIA CITIES IN SUPPORT.

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KATHY HARRIS IN. VOLUNTEER FOR

00:25:12.644 --> 00:25:15.780
MADD IN SUPPORT AND I AM THE

00:25:15.847 --> 00:25:19.017
MOTHER OF IRENE HARRIS. THANK

00:25:19.084 --> 00:25:22.954
YOU. CODY BOYLE. ON BEHALF OF

00:25:23.021 --> 00:25:23.955
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF

00:25:24.022 --> 00:25:27.259
HIGHWAY PATROLMEN AND SUPPORT.

00:25:27.325 --> 00:25:28.293
FOR PEOPLE FOR BIKES AND

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:31.696
SUPPORT. NICOLE WATERMAN ON

00:25:31.763 --> 00:25:33.031
BEHALF OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

00:25:33.098 --> 00:25:35.901
IN SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK

00:25:35.967 --> 00:25:38.103
YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO

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OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO

00:25:39.237 --> 00:25:40.372
WISHES TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION ON

00:25:40.438 --> 00:25:44.075
THE BILL? SEEING NO ONE COME

00:25:44.142 --> 00:25:45.210
FORWARD, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE

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COMMITTEE. SENATOR ARCHULETA.

00:25:48.146 --> 00:25:50.916
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND ONCE

00:25:50.982 --> 00:25:52.417
AGAIN, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, THANK

00:25:52.484 --> 00:25:54.586
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

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AND FOR THE RECORD, I AM A

00:25:56.821 --> 00:25:58.924
COAUTHOR. AND FOR THE RECORD, I

00:25:58.990 --> 00:25:59.925
SHARED WITH THE MONTEBELLO

00:25:59.991 --> 00:26:00.926
POLICE DEPARTMENT. FOR THE

00:26:00.992 --> 00:26:02.827
RECORD, I LOST MY GRANDDAUGHTER

00:26:02.894 --> 00:26:05.363
TO A DRUNK DRIVER, SO I'M

00:26:05.430 --> 00:26:07.232
EXTREMELY PASSIONATE AND

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INVOLVED IN EVERY BILL THAT

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COMES ACROSS THIS FLOOR

00:26:12.304 --> 00:26:14.506
PERTAINING TO LOSS OF LIFE. AND

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EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS

00:26:15.874 --> 00:26:20.178
AUDIENCE. IF YOU EVER HAVE

00:26:20.245 --> 00:26:21.613
SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY LOSE

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:24.115
THEIR LIFE TO A DRUNK DRIVER,

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YOU WOULD JOIN US. WITHOUT A

00:26:26.418 --> 00:26:29.854
DOUBT. WHEN YOU ATTEND THAT

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FUNERAL, WHEN YOU HUG THAT

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PARENT BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR

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CHILD. SO IF I MAY READ MR.

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CHAIR, YES, GRANTED. IRENE RUTH

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HARRIS IRENE WAS 12 YEARS OLD

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WHEN SHE WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK

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DRIVER. THE DRUNK DRIVER RAN A

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STOP SIGN AND HIT THE CAR SHE

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WAS RIDING IN HEAD ON. SHE WAS

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FOUR TIMES. HE WAS A FOUR TIME

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OFFENDER AND BLEW A 16. AFTER

00:27:02.821 --> 00:27:06.624
THE CRASH, IRENE WAS A VIBRANT,

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HAPPY 12 YEAR OLD WITH HER

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WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER THAT

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WAS STOLEN BY THE IRRESPONSIBLE

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:16.401
DECISION SOMEONE MADE TO DRINK

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AND DRIVE. IRENE WAS GOING TO

00:27:20.705 --> 00:27:23.575
CHANGE THE WORLD THAT WAS

00:27:23.641 --> 00:27:25.744
STOLEN FROM HER. SHE WOULD LIKE

00:27:25.810 --> 00:27:27.879
TO BE RIGHT HERE WITH US AND

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TRY TO HELP MAKE THIS A BETTER

00:27:30.081 --> 00:27:31.783
WORLD, A BETTER WAY OF LIFE FOR

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EVERYONE. WHAT AN ANGEL. MAY

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SHE BE WITH THE GOOD LORD. AND

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I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

00:27:39.424 --> 00:27:42.293
AND WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR, I

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.294
WILL MOVE THE BILL AT THE

00:27:43.361 --> 00:27:45.497
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU

00:27:45.563 --> 00:27:47.198
SENATOR. OTHERS WHO WISH TO

00:27:47.265 --> 00:27:49.034
COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS.

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:51.536
SEEING NONE, WE DON'T HAVE A

00:27:51.603 --> 00:27:52.537
QUORUM ESTABLISHED, AS I

00:27:52.604 --> 00:27:54.806
UNDERSTAND IT. SO WE DO HAVE A

00:27:54.873 --> 00:27:55.907
MOTION. WHEN THE TIME COMES

00:27:55.974 --> 00:27:57.375
THAT WE ESTABLISH QUORUM, WE'LL

00:27:57.442 --> 00:27:58.977
TAKE THE BILL UP. APPRECIATE

00:27:59.044 --> 00:28:02.013
AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:03.014
TESTIMONY. THANK YOU FOR

00:28:03.081 --> 00:28:04.115
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD. SOME

00:28:04.182 --> 00:28:09.988
OF. MEMBER. LACKEY. THANK YOU.

00:28:10.055 --> 00:28:13.892
WE WILL NOW CALL UPON A FILE.

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ITEM SIX IS ASSEMBLYMEMBER

00:28:16.494 --> 00:28:23.935
WILSON A B 1613. WELCOME. THANK

00:28:24.002 --> 00:28:33.711
YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING

00:28:33.778 --> 00:28:36.648
OR GOOD AFTERNOON? IT'S BEEN A

00:28:36.714 --> 00:28:40.552
LONG DAY ALREADY. LOOK, THIS IS

00:28:40.618 --> 00:28:48.259
WHERE I HAD TO. THE MICROPHONE

00:28:48.326 --> 00:28:49.561
GOT TURNED OFF. YOU MAY PROCEED

00:28:49.627 --> 00:28:50.995
WHEN READY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER

00:28:51.062 --> 00:28:52.797
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR

00:28:52.864 --> 00:28:55.033
AND SENATORS, FIRST, I WOULD

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:57.435
LIKE TO START BY NOTING THAT I

00:28:57.502 --> 00:28:59.537
AM ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE

00:28:59.604 --> 00:29:01.806
MEN'S. THANK YOU FOR BOTH YOU

00:29:01.873 --> 00:29:04.275
AND YOUR STAFF'S WORK ON THIS

00:29:04.342 --> 00:29:05.743
BILL. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT A

00:29:05.810 --> 00:29:08.580
B 1613, A BILL THAT WOULD

00:29:08.646 --> 00:29:10.348
CREATE A CALIFORNIA OFF HIGHWAY

00:29:10.415 --> 00:29:12.150
VEHICLE SAFETY AND STEWARDSHIP

00:29:12.217 --> 00:29:13.952
COURSE AS A SELF GUIDED

00:29:14.018 --> 00:29:15.520
CERTIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF

00:29:15.587 --> 00:29:18.289
SAFE OPERATING PRACTICES OF

00:29:18.356 --> 00:29:20.425
OHVS, AND REQUIRE OPERATORS OF

00:29:20.492 --> 00:29:21.926
OHVS TO TAKE THIS COURSE IN

00:29:21.993 --> 00:29:23.695
ORDER TO ACCESS OFF HIGHWAY

00:29:23.761 --> 00:29:26.498
LANDS BEGINNING IN 2029. BOTH

00:29:26.564 --> 00:29:28.333
FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES HAVE

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:30.135
STANDARDS FOR THE SAFE

00:29:30.201 --> 00:29:32.871
OPERATION OF AN OHV. HOWEVER,

00:29:32.937 --> 00:29:35.106
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT

00:29:35.173 --> 00:29:36.741
OPERATORS KNOW THESE EXISTING

00:29:36.808 --> 00:29:39.110
OR OTHER SAFETY STANDARDS.

00:29:39.177 --> 00:29:40.245
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS NO

00:29:40.311 --> 00:29:41.679
REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE THE

00:29:41.746 --> 00:29:43.515
ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR

00:29:43.581 --> 00:29:44.482
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A

00:29:44.549 --> 00:29:46.117
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. BECAUSE

00:29:46.184 --> 00:29:48.520
OF THIS GAP IN LAW, MISUSE,

00:29:48.586 --> 00:29:50.688
PROPERTY DAMAGE, ACCIDENTS,

00:29:50.755 --> 00:29:52.524
INJURIES, AND EVEN DEATHS HAVE

00:29:52.590 --> 00:29:54.292
BECOME A PROBLEM IN OUR STATE

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.426
PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS

00:29:55.493 --> 00:29:59.964
THAT ALLOW OHV RECREATION.

00:30:00.031 --> 00:30:01.499
CALIFORNIA HAS EVEN RANKED THE

00:30:01.566 --> 00:30:03.568
HIGHEST IN FATALITIES AMONGST

00:30:03.635 --> 00:30:05.403
DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH OHVS

00:30:05.470 --> 00:30:07.338
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AS A RESULT

00:30:07.405 --> 00:30:10.441
OF THIS NEED, STAKEHOLDER

00:30:10.508 --> 00:30:11.876
CONVERSATIONS, INCLUDING

00:30:11.943 --> 00:30:13.678
SEVERAL SAFETY SUMMITS OVER THE

00:30:13.745 --> 00:30:16.281
PAST FEW YEARS WITH MEMBERS OF

00:30:16.347 --> 00:30:17.882
THE COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT

00:30:17.949 --> 00:30:19.484
AND THE DEPARTMENT HAVE

00:30:19.551 --> 00:30:21.986
REVEALED A COMMON INTEREST, A

00:30:22.053 --> 00:30:23.488
COMMON INTEREST TO PROVIDING

00:30:23.555 --> 00:30:25.657
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND

00:30:25.723 --> 00:30:28.092
EDUCATION TO THE OHV COMMUNITY.

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:30.695
AB 1613 IS THE CULMINATION OF

00:30:30.762 --> 00:30:32.463
YEARS OF WORK AMONGST THE

00:30:32.530 --> 00:30:34.299
COMMUNITY AND IS NOT ONLY

00:30:34.365 --> 00:30:35.633
MODELED AFTER SIMILAR PROGRAMS

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:38.536
IN OTHER STATES LIKE UTAH AND

00:30:38.603 --> 00:30:39.671
ARIZONA, BUT IT IS MODELED

00:30:39.737 --> 00:30:41.839
AFTER CALIFORNIA'S OWN

00:30:41.906 --> 00:30:44.075
SUCCESSFUL VOTER ID CARD THAT

00:30:44.142 --> 00:30:46.844
THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED OVER A

00:30:46.911 --> 00:30:48.947
DECADE AGO. IT IS TIME THAT

00:30:49.013 --> 00:30:50.415
CALIFORNIA TAKE THIS REASONABLE

00:30:50.481 --> 00:30:53.017
STEP FORWARD IN OUR OHV LANDS

00:30:53.084 --> 00:30:54.719
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND

00:30:54.786 --> 00:30:56.955
ENACT THE CHANGE THE OHV

00:30:57.021 --> 00:30:58.723
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SEEKING.

00:30:58.790 --> 00:31:00.925
WITH ME TODAY, I'D LIKE TO

00:31:00.992 --> 00:31:03.061
INTRODUCE TWO WITNESSES AMY

00:31:03.127 --> 00:31:05.263
GRANT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

00:31:05.330 --> 00:31:07.732
SIERRA ACCESS COALITION, AND

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.534
DIANA MEAD, DIRECTOR FOR

00:31:09.601 --> 00:31:11.269
CALIFORNIA OUTDOOR RECREATION

00:31:11.336 --> 00:31:16.407
FOUNDATION. WITNESSES. YOU HAVE

00:31:16.474 --> 00:31:18.109
A COUPLE OF MINUTES EACH AND

00:31:18.176 --> 00:31:19.978
YOU CAN PROCEED. GOOD AFTERNOON,

00:31:20.044 --> 00:31:21.579
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE,

00:31:21.646 --> 00:31:24.249
I'M DIANA MEAD. I AM A PROUD

00:31:24.315 --> 00:31:26.818
VOTER IN DISTRICT NUMBER NINE,

00:31:26.884 --> 00:31:28.953
AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY.

00:31:29.020 --> 00:31:30.221
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

00:31:30.288 --> 00:31:32.957
TO ADDRESS YOU IN SUPPORT OF AB

00:31:33.024 --> 00:31:35.093
1613. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:36.527
ASSEMBLYWOMAN WILSON FOR HER

00:31:36.594 --> 00:31:37.929
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO

00:31:37.996 --> 00:31:39.731
SAFEGUARDING OUR NATURAL

00:31:39.797 --> 00:31:41.899
RESOURCES AND ENSURING SAFE,

00:31:41.966 --> 00:31:43.735
SUSTAINABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION

00:31:43.801 --> 00:31:46.604
DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC,

00:31:46.671 --> 00:31:51.676
PEOPLE FELT SAFER OUTDOORS

00:31:51.743 --> 00:31:52.877
BETWEEN 2020 AND 2023. SALES OF

00:31:52.944 --> 00:31:54.612
SIDE BY SIDE VEHICLES AMONG THE

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:56.981
MOST ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE

00:31:57.048 --> 00:32:01.052
OHVS INCREASED BY A WHOPPING

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:03.154
220%. THIS RAPID GROWTH

00:32:03.221 --> 00:32:04.956
CONTINUES TO GENERATE MANY NEW

00:32:05.023 --> 00:32:07.458
RIDERS AND DRIVERS WITH LIMITED

00:32:07.525 --> 00:32:08.826
EXPERIENCE OR UNDERSTANDING OF

00:32:08.893 --> 00:32:12.463
SAFE RIDING PRACTICES AND TRAIL

00:32:12.530 --> 00:32:13.998
ETIQUETTE. SUBSEQUENTLY, WE

00:32:14.065 --> 00:32:15.700
HAVE WITNESSED UNACCEPTABLE

00:32:15.767 --> 00:32:18.002
INCREASES IN ACCIDENTS,

00:32:18.069 --> 00:32:20.104
INJURIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL

00:32:20.171 --> 00:32:23.241
IMPACTS. IN 2022, CALIFORNIA'S

00:32:23.308 --> 00:32:24.442
OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE

00:32:24.509 --> 00:32:26.911
RECREATION DIVISION RESPONDED

00:32:26.978 --> 00:32:29.547
BY SPONSORING ANNUAL SAFETY

00:32:29.614 --> 00:32:30.848
SUMMITS. THESE MEETINGS BROUGHT

00:32:30.915 --> 00:32:33.051
TOGETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT,

00:32:33.117 --> 00:32:35.453
INDUSTRY, OHV ORGANIZATIONS AND

00:32:35.520 --> 00:32:37.722
LAND MANAGERS TO EXPLORE

00:32:37.789 --> 00:32:39.757
SOLUTIONS. THE BILL YOU HAVE

00:32:39.824 --> 00:32:42.026
BEFORE YOU IS A RESULT OF THAT

00:32:42.093 --> 00:32:44.028
INCLUSIVE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.

00:32:44.095 --> 00:32:45.697
IT REFLECTS A COLLABORATIVE

00:32:45.763 --> 00:32:47.432
EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE

00:32:47.498 --> 00:32:49.934
CHALLENGES AND EFFECT CHANGE.

00:32:50.001 --> 00:32:51.836
THE BILL IS NOT RELIANT ON

00:32:51.903 --> 00:32:53.938
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS AND

00:32:54.005 --> 00:32:55.406
INCORPORATES EFFECTIVENESS

00:32:55.473 --> 00:32:57.475
METRICS TO ENSURE FUTURE

00:32:57.542 --> 00:32:59.711
IMPROVEMENTS AS NEEDED. THE

00:32:59.777 --> 00:33:01.979
BILL MANDATES A PRACTICAL,

00:33:02.046 --> 00:33:04.048
EDUCATION FIRST APPROACH TO

00:33:04.115 --> 00:33:06.484
REDUCE ACCIDENTS, PROTECT

00:33:06.551 --> 00:33:07.919
CALIFORNIA'S NATURAL RESOURCES

00:33:07.985 --> 00:33:10.488
AND SAVE LIVES, WHILE

00:33:10.555 --> 00:33:11.856
PRESERVING ACCESS FOR

00:33:11.923 --> 00:33:14.459
RESPONSIBLE RECREATION. I

00:33:14.525 --> 00:33:15.927
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO SUPPORT

00:33:15.993 --> 00:33:19.397
AB 1613. ALL RIGHT. NEXT

00:33:19.464 --> 00:33:22.633
WITNESS, PLEASE, MEMBERS OF THE

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:27.372
COMMITTEE. MR. CHAIR, AMY GRANT.

00:33:27.438 --> 00:33:29.173
I'M 20 YEAR ADVOCATE FOR OFF

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:32.377
ROAD VEHICLES ON PUBLIC LAND

00:33:32.443 --> 00:33:35.346
AND A PROUD JEEPER. I KNOW WHAT

00:33:35.413 --> 00:33:36.748
IT'S LIKE TO EXPERIENCE THE

00:33:36.814 --> 00:33:37.915
TRAILS, AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S

00:33:37.982 --> 00:33:40.051
LIKE TO COME ACROSS RIDERS AND

00:33:40.118 --> 00:33:41.786
DRIVERS THAT SIMPLY DO NOT

00:33:41.853 --> 00:33:42.920
UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE

00:33:42.987 --> 00:33:45.823
ROAD. IT'S BECOME PRETTY

00:33:45.890 --> 00:33:47.558
DANGEROUS OUT THERE IN SOME

00:33:47.625 --> 00:33:49.026
CASES WHERE WE HAVE SOME

00:33:49.093 --> 00:33:50.395
OVERCROWDED TRAILS. YOU KNOW,

00:33:50.461 --> 00:33:52.096
THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE

00:33:52.163 --> 00:33:53.297
NEED TO WORK ON. BUT IN THE

00:33:53.364 --> 00:33:55.199
MEANTIME, WE NEED TO ALL COME

00:33:55.266 --> 00:33:56.334
TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT THE

00:33:56.401 --> 00:33:58.102
RIDERS AND DRIVERS OF THESE

00:33:58.169 --> 00:34:00.104
VEHICLES UNDERSTAND FIRST, BEST

00:34:00.171 --> 00:34:01.739
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WHEN

00:34:01.806 --> 00:34:03.775
THEY'RE OFF ROAD, TRAIL

00:34:03.841 --> 00:34:04.909
ETIQUETTE, WHEN THEY'RE OFF

00:34:04.976 --> 00:34:07.378
ROAD, AND HOW TO SHARE THIS

00:34:07.445 --> 00:34:09.180
COMMODITY, OUR PRECIOUS PUBLIC

00:34:09.247 --> 00:34:10.648
LANDS WITH EVERYONE ELSE WHO

00:34:10.715 --> 00:34:12.750
WANTS TO ENJOY IT. THE PUBLIC

00:34:12.817 --> 00:34:14.919
LANDS ALLOW ACCESS TO

00:34:14.986 --> 00:34:16.020
NON-MOTORIZED ACTIVITIES SUCH

00:34:16.087 --> 00:34:18.189
AS HIKING AND BIKING, AND

00:34:18.256 --> 00:34:19.991
ACCESS FOR MOTORIZED VEHICLES

00:34:20.057 --> 00:34:22.026
TO GO OFF ON TRAILS AND

00:34:22.093 --> 00:34:24.262
CHALLENGE THEIR VEHICLES LIKE I

00:34:24.328 --> 00:34:26.764
TEND TO DO. BUT IT DOESN'T

00:34:26.831 --> 00:34:28.166
MATTER WHY YOU'RE OUT THERE.

00:34:28.232 --> 00:34:29.300
THE IMPORTANT THING TO

00:34:29.367 --> 00:34:30.468
UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU HAVE TO

00:34:30.535 --> 00:34:32.470
DO IT RESPONSIBLY. YOU HAVE TO

00:34:32.537 --> 00:34:34.338
DO IT. UNDERSTAND WHAT THE

00:34:34.405 --> 00:34:35.807
CAPABILITIES OF YOUR VEHICLE

00:34:35.873 --> 00:34:37.141
ARE, WHETHER IT'S A DIRT BIKE,

00:34:37.208 --> 00:34:39.710
A SIDE BY SIDE, A JEEP, OR ANY

00:34:39.777 --> 00:34:41.212
OTHER VEHICLE THAT IS CAPABLE

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.680
OF TRAVELING ON DIRT ROADS. AND

00:34:42.747 --> 00:34:45.483
I HAVE SEEN PRIUSES ON DIRT

00:34:45.550 --> 00:34:48.419
ROADS MANY TIMES, AND A LOT OF

00:34:48.486 --> 00:34:50.521
SUBARUS WITH KAYAKS ON TOP.

00:34:50.588 --> 00:34:54.492
THIS WILL HELP EVERYONE, AND

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:57.795
THE MEASURE AB 1613. WITH THE

00:34:57.862 --> 00:34:59.564
HELP OF STAFF AND ASSEMBLY

00:34:59.630 --> 00:35:01.666
MEMBER, WILSON WAS REALLY

00:35:01.732 --> 00:35:03.501
DESIGNED FOR A COLLABORATIVE

00:35:03.568 --> 00:35:05.703
APPROACH TO THIS EDUCATIONAL

00:35:05.770 --> 00:35:07.371
MANDATE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU

00:35:07.438 --> 00:35:11.943
TO SUPPORT AB 1613. OKAY. THANK

00:35:12.009 --> 00:35:13.277
YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. ARE

00:35:13.344 --> 00:35:14.812
THERE OTHERS HERE WHO WISH TO

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.880
EXPRESS SUPPORT? PLEASE COME TO

00:35:15.947 --> 00:35:17.748
THE MICROPHONE IF YOU WISH TO

00:35:17.815 --> 00:35:18.983
DO SO. THANK YOU. TERRY MCHALE

00:35:19.050 --> 00:35:20.518
WITH AARON REED AND ASSOCIATES

00:35:20.585 --> 00:35:21.886
REPRESENTING A COALITION OF

00:35:21.953 --> 00:35:23.654
OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE

00:35:23.721 --> 00:35:25.189
RECREATIONISTS. I REALLY WANT

00:35:25.256 --> 00:35:26.724
TO THANK THE AUTHOR AND HER

00:35:26.791 --> 00:35:27.825
STAFF, WHO'VE BEEN VERY OPEN

00:35:27.892 --> 00:35:29.060
AND WILLING TO DISCUSS THIS

00:35:29.126 --> 00:35:30.862
ISSUE. THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS

00:35:30.928 --> 00:35:32.330
THAT REMAIN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO

00:35:32.396 --> 00:35:34.866
MEET ON JULY 7TH AND WE'LL WORK

00:35:34.932 --> 00:35:36.467
THOSE THROUGH AND APPRECIATE,

00:35:36.534 --> 00:35:37.635
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE OPENNESS OF

00:35:37.702 --> 00:35:39.203
THIS COMMITTEE AND BEING SO

00:35:39.270 --> 00:35:42.440
WELCOMING. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:35:42.507 --> 00:35:43.641
AFTERNOON, KIRA ROSS. ON BEHALF

00:35:43.708 --> 00:35:45.343
OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION

00:35:45.409 --> 00:35:46.777
OF RECREATION AND PARK

00:35:46.844 --> 00:35:47.845
DISTRICTS IN SUPPORT OF THE

00:35:47.912 --> 00:35:50.615
BILL. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,

00:35:50.681 --> 00:35:51.482
MR. CHAIR. MATT ROBINSON ON

00:35:51.549 --> 00:35:52.617
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA

00:35:52.683 --> 00:35:53.985
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.

00:35:54.051 --> 00:35:57.588
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

00:35:57.655 --> 00:35:59.357
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION THAT

00:35:59.423 --> 00:36:00.791
WISHES TO COME FORWARD AT THIS

00:36:00.858 --> 00:36:03.060
TIME? ANY OPPOSITION TESTIMONY

00:36:03.127 --> 00:36:05.696
AT ALL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE,

00:36:05.763 --> 00:36:06.697
THE COMMITTEE WILL BRING IT

00:36:06.764 --> 00:36:08.566
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. I GUESS

00:36:08.633 --> 00:36:09.767
I'M ON A ROLL, SENATOR. GO

00:36:09.834 --> 00:36:11.569
AHEAD. YEAH, WELL, WE'VE HEARD

00:36:11.636 --> 00:36:13.771
DUI BILLS ALL DAY. I'VE BEEN

00:36:13.838 --> 00:36:16.641
INVOLVED IN THAT. BUT I SEE

00:36:16.707 --> 00:36:17.875
THIS. YOU KNOW, THE OLD SAYING,

00:36:17.942 --> 00:36:19.844
FOR EVERY ACTION HAS A REACTION.

00:36:19.911 --> 00:36:21.712
THIS IS TRAINING, THIS IS

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:23.481
INVOLVEMENT. THIS IS GIVING

00:36:23.548 --> 00:36:24.849
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE OR ANYONE

00:36:24.916 --> 00:36:26.484
WHO DRIVES THESE VEHICLES, THE

00:36:26.551 --> 00:36:28.452
SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN HOW

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.987
SOMEONE CAN GET HURT. WE JUST

00:36:30.054 --> 00:36:31.389
HEARD FROM THE MEDICAL SIDE,

00:36:31.455 --> 00:36:33.491
I'M SURE BROKEN BONES AND AND

00:36:33.558 --> 00:36:34.625
ALL KINDS OF THINGS HAPPEN WITH

00:36:34.692 --> 00:36:36.360
THESE VEHICLES. MAYBE NOT

00:36:36.427 --> 00:36:38.529
FATALITIES, BUT PEOPLE WILL

00:36:38.596 --> 00:36:39.997
LEARN THAT WHEN THEY GET OUT

00:36:40.064 --> 00:36:41.098
THERE BY THEMSELVES, THEY CAN

00:36:41.165 --> 00:36:43.334
START DRINKING. WHO KNOWS? BUT

00:36:43.401 --> 00:36:45.836
I SEE THIS AS AN EDUCATIONAL

00:36:45.903 --> 00:36:47.204
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE A

00:36:47.271 --> 00:36:49.373
SAFER CALIFORNIA. AND I THINK

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.975
IT'S A GREAT BILL, AND I'M

00:36:51.042 --> 00:36:52.710
GOING TO SUPPORT IT, OBVIOUSLY,

00:36:52.777 --> 00:36:53.978
AND I WILL MOVE IT AT THE

00:36:54.045 --> 00:36:55.947
APPROPRIATE TIME. SENATOR

00:36:56.013 --> 00:36:58.382
GRAYSON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR,

00:36:58.449 --> 00:36:59.584
AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE

00:36:59.650 --> 00:37:00.885
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS BILL

00:37:00.952 --> 00:37:04.555
FORWARD. I, AS A WRITER, OFF

00:37:04.622 --> 00:37:07.391
ROAD VEHICLES, ENJOYING SPACE

00:37:07.458 --> 00:37:09.927
AND AND ALL THAT. I WANT TO

00:37:09.994 --> 00:37:12.730
BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE WILL

00:37:12.797 --> 00:37:14.966
GLEAN FROM THE EDUCATION, GROW

00:37:15.032 --> 00:37:16.701
FROM IT, AND THEN OPERATE

00:37:16.767 --> 00:37:18.970
SAFELY OUT THERE ON THE TRAILS

00:37:19.036 --> 00:37:20.371
AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

00:37:20.438 --> 00:37:22.239
I DO KNOW THIS, THAT THOSE THAT

00:37:22.306 --> 00:37:24.308
WANT TO BE SAFE, THEY WILL TAKE

00:37:24.375 --> 00:37:25.843
ADVANTAGE OF THE EDUCATION AND

00:37:25.910 --> 00:37:27.945
THEY WILL OPERATE SAFELY. IF

00:37:28.012 --> 00:37:30.848
ANYTHING, IT WILL PROTECT THEM

00:37:30.915 --> 00:37:32.950
FROM THOSE THAT DON'T. AND SO

00:37:33.017 --> 00:37:35.519
JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE, THERE MAY

00:37:35.586 --> 00:37:38.022
BE SOME OR WILL BE SOME THAT

00:37:38.089 --> 00:37:39.857
DON'T REALLY GLEAN FROM THAT IS

00:37:39.924 --> 00:37:41.993
NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT DO

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.794
THIS. SO WITH THAT, I. I

00:37:43.861 --> 00:37:45.229
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THE

00:37:45.296 --> 00:37:50.568
BILL FORWARD. THANK YOU. EXCUSE

00:37:50.635 --> 00:37:52.603
ME. SEEING NO OTHER REQUESTS TO

00:37:52.670 --> 00:37:57.375
SPEAK, LET ME BOTH GIVE THE THE

00:37:57.441 --> 00:37:58.542
THE AUTHOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO

00:37:58.609 --> 00:38:00.344
CLOSE. BUT BEFORE DOING SO, I

00:38:00.411 --> 00:38:01.946
DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

00:38:02.013 --> 00:38:03.748
YOU'RE ON THE RECORD, TAKING

00:38:03.814 --> 00:38:05.316
THE TECHNICAL CLARIFYING

00:38:05.383 --> 00:38:07.585
AGREEMENTS THAT WE INHERITED

00:38:07.652 --> 00:38:09.387
FROM NATURAL RESOURCES. YES. AT

00:38:09.453 --> 00:38:11.389
THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

00:38:11.455 --> 00:38:14.291
AND I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A BIG

00:38:14.358 --> 00:38:16.027
STATEMENT BECAUSE WE'VE GONE

00:38:16.093 --> 00:38:16.827
THROUGH THIS STUFF PRETTY

00:38:16.894 --> 00:38:18.295
THOROUGHLY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

00:38:18.362 --> 00:38:19.397
MEETING. AND I CAME IN HERE

00:38:19.463 --> 00:38:21.365
WITH A SUPPORT. SO WITH THAT

00:38:21.432 --> 00:38:24.035
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE AT

00:38:24.101 --> 00:38:25.136
THIS TIME. THANK YOU. YES.

00:38:25.202 --> 00:38:26.971
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK

00:38:27.038 --> 00:38:28.139
YOU FOR THE COMMENTS FROM THE

00:38:28.205 --> 00:38:30.941
SENATORS. AND AS WE NOTED THAT,

00:38:31.008 --> 00:38:33.811
YOU KNOW, THERE'S OFF ROAD

00:38:33.878 --> 00:38:35.546
VEHICLES, HAVE AN ISSUE OF

00:38:35.613 --> 00:38:37.815
INJURIES, HAVE AN ISSUE WITH

00:38:37.882 --> 00:38:39.150
FATALITIES HERE IN THE STATE OF

00:38:39.216 --> 00:38:40.217
CALIFORNIA. AND WHAT WE FOUND

00:38:40.284 --> 00:38:41.752
IS THAT THERE WAS A CULTURE

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:44.989
AROUND OFF ROAD VEHICLES THAT

00:38:45.056 --> 00:38:46.791
WAS UNDERSTOOD AND PEOPLE WERE

00:38:46.857 --> 00:38:48.259
BEING MUCH MORE SAFER. AND THEN

00:38:48.325 --> 00:38:49.760
THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED, AND

00:38:49.827 --> 00:38:51.128
PEOPLE WENT OUTSIDE AND HAD

00:38:51.195 --> 00:38:53.597
SOME RESOURCES TO BUY MORE

00:38:53.664 --> 00:38:54.598
VEHICLES, THESE TYPES OF

00:38:54.665 --> 00:38:55.733
VEHICLES WHO NEVER HAD WRITTEN

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.867
THEM BEFORE. AND THAT'S REALLY

00:38:56.934 --> 00:38:58.569
WHERE A LOT OF THIS STUFF

00:38:58.636 --> 00:38:59.804
CREATED. IT'S A NEW PHENOMENON

00:38:59.870 --> 00:39:01.138
WHERE YOU DIDN'T GROW UP WITH

00:39:01.205 --> 00:39:02.940
IT. NOW YOU HAVE IT AND AND

00:39:03.007 --> 00:39:04.608
THERE'S NO RULES ABOUT IT. AND

00:39:04.675 --> 00:39:05.776
SO WE MODELED THIS AFTER THE

00:39:05.843 --> 00:39:07.611
BOATER SAFETY LAW TO SAY THERE

00:39:07.678 --> 00:39:09.080
SHOULD BE SOME UNDERSTANDING

00:39:09.146 --> 00:39:10.948
BEFORE YOU GET ON A VEHICLE OF

00:39:11.015 --> 00:39:13.784
THIS TYPE. WE ARE STILL OPEN TO

00:39:13.851 --> 00:39:15.152
AS JUST LIKE THE THE GROUPS

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:17.154
WERE OPEN OVER THE LAST THREE

00:39:17.221 --> 00:39:18.489
YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT THIS. WE

00:39:18.556 --> 00:39:20.157
ARE STILL OPEN TO MAKING SURE

00:39:20.224 --> 00:39:21.358
WE GET THIS RIGHT BECAUSE WE

00:39:21.425 --> 00:39:23.160
WANT PEOPLE TO ENJOY OUR GREAT

00:39:23.227 --> 00:39:24.528
OUTDOORS HERE IN THE STATE OF

00:39:24.595 --> 00:39:26.063
CALIFORNIA. AND WITH THAT, AT

00:39:26.130 --> 00:39:27.064
THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I

00:39:27.131 --> 00:39:28.132
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:29.266
VOTE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE

00:39:29.333 --> 00:39:31.068
STILL TRYING TO PUT A QUORUM

00:39:31.135 --> 00:39:32.169
TOGETHER. AND AS SOON AS WE

00:39:32.236 --> 00:39:34.105
HAVE ONE, I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A

00:39:34.171 --> 00:39:35.106
MOTION. WE'LL HAVE AN

00:39:35.172 --> 00:39:36.273
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE UP THE VOTE.

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:38.142
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK

00:39:38.209 --> 00:39:39.343
YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. WE'LL

00:39:39.410 --> 00:39:40.344
CONTINUE IN FILE ORDER. WE'LL

00:39:40.411 --> 00:39:42.913
MOVE TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:45.116
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RANSOM ON A B

00:39:45.182 --> 00:39:47.485
2046. AND THEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER

00:39:47.551 --> 00:39:49.053
WICKS WILL FOLLOW ASSEMBLY

00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:54.792
MEMBER RANSOM. WELCOME. THANK

00:39:54.859 --> 00:40:07.037
YOU SENATOR. GOOD, GOOD. GOOD

00:40:07.104 --> 00:40:08.806
AFTERNOON, SENATOR CHAIR AND

00:40:08.873 --> 00:40:11.509
MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK

00:40:11.575 --> 00:40:13.978
ABOUT ASSEMBLY BILL 2046, WHICH

00:40:14.044 --> 00:40:15.012
EXPANDS CONSUMER CHOICE BY

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:17.047
GIVING CALIFORNIA'S ACCESS TO

00:40:17.114 --> 00:40:19.016
CLEANER, MORE AFFORDABLE FUEL

00:40:19.083 --> 00:40:20.384
OPTIONS. CALIFORNIANS, AS WE

00:40:20.451 --> 00:40:22.119
KNOW, CONSISTENTLY PAY MORE AT

00:40:22.186 --> 00:40:23.287
THE PUMP THAN DRIVERS IN OTHER

00:40:23.354 --> 00:40:25.422
STATES, AND GAS PRICES ARE ONCE

00:40:25.489 --> 00:40:27.158
AGAIN CLIMBING ACROSS THE STATE,

00:40:27.224 --> 00:40:28.392
PUTTING ADDED PRESSURE ON

00:40:28.459 --> 00:40:30.828
WORKING FAMILIES AND COMMUTERS.

00:40:30.895 --> 00:40:32.496
E85 IS A BLEND OF ETHANOL AND

00:40:32.563 --> 00:40:34.498
GASOLINE. IT IS A LOWER CARBON

00:40:34.565 --> 00:40:35.766
FUEL OPTION THAT TYPICALLY

00:40:35.833 --> 00:40:37.635
COSTS LESS PER GALLON THAN

00:40:37.701 --> 00:40:39.603
REGULAR GASOLINE. FOR COMMUTERS

00:40:39.670 --> 00:40:41.005
AND WORKING FAMILIES, IT OFFERS

00:40:41.071 --> 00:40:43.073
A PRACTICAL WAY TO SAVE MONEY.

00:40:43.140 --> 00:40:44.441
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY

00:40:44.508 --> 00:40:47.344
SEE ON CARS WHO ARE FLEX FUEL

00:40:47.411 --> 00:40:48.879
CARS. THEY'RE USING FEWER. AT

00:40:48.946 --> 00:40:50.614
THE GAS PUMP, YOU'LL SEE THE

00:40:50.681 --> 00:40:51.982
YELLOW, NOT THE GREEN. THAT'S

00:40:52.049 --> 00:40:53.217
DIESEL, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE

00:40:53.284 --> 00:40:56.020
YELLOW, WHICH IS FLEX FUEL. BUT

00:40:56.086 --> 00:40:57.621
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE REMAIN

00:40:57.688 --> 00:40:59.590
THE ONLY STATE THAT PROHIBITS

00:40:59.657 --> 00:41:02.960
THE USE OF A PROVEN US EPA

00:41:03.027 --> 00:41:05.296
APPROVED E85 CONVERSION KIT,

00:41:05.362 --> 00:41:06.797
WHICH THEREFORE LIMITS THE

00:41:06.864 --> 00:41:08.232
ACCESS TO THIS AFFORDABLE FUEL

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:09.967
OPTION FOR MANY CALIFORNIANS,

00:41:10.034 --> 00:41:12.169
AB 2046 WILL ALLOW THESE

00:41:12.236 --> 00:41:13.737
APPROVED CONVERSION KITS TO

00:41:13.804 --> 00:41:15.406
OPERATE IN CALIFORNIA, GIVING

00:41:15.472 --> 00:41:17.575
FAMILIES GREATER FLEXIBILITY

00:41:17.641 --> 00:41:19.076
AND MORE AFFORDABLE CHOICES AT

00:41:19.143 --> 00:41:21.345
THE PUMP. AT A TIME WHEN

00:41:21.412 --> 00:41:21.912
CALIFORNIANS ARE STRUGGLING

00:41:21.979 --> 00:41:24.381
WITH AFFORDABILITY, AB 2046

00:41:24.448 --> 00:41:25.182
PROVIDES REAL RELIEF FOR

00:41:25.249 --> 00:41:27.117
FAMILIES ACROSS THE STATE. THIS

00:41:27.184 --> 00:41:28.519
IS A CONSUMER CHOICE BILL,

00:41:28.586 --> 00:41:30.120
WHICH GIVES CALIFORNIANS A MORE

00:41:30.187 --> 00:41:31.889
AFFORDABLE, CLEANER ALTERNATIVE

00:41:31.956 --> 00:41:32.990
OPTION WHICH IS BETTER THAN THE

00:41:33.057 --> 00:41:35.893
STATUS QUO. WE WANT TO GIVE

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.894
FAMILIES MORE FLEXIBILITY AT

00:41:36.961 --> 00:41:37.995
THE PUMP INSTEAD OF BEING

00:41:38.062 --> 00:41:41.298
LOCKED INTO HIGH FUEL COST

00:41:41.365 --> 00:41:42.800
OPTIONS. SO WITH ME TODAY, I

00:41:42.867 --> 00:41:46.070
HAVE ALESSANDRA PESCETTO, AND

00:41:46.136 --> 00:41:47.538
WITH THE CALIFORNIA FUELS AND

00:41:47.605 --> 00:41:49.240
CONVENIENCE ALLIANCE AND MR.

00:41:49.306 --> 00:41:51.041
JEFF WILKERSON WITH PEARSON

00:41:51.108 --> 00:41:52.243
FUELS. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD

00:41:52.309 --> 00:41:54.678
AND GIVE IT TO MY WITNESSES.

00:41:54.745 --> 00:41:57.047
THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

00:41:57.114 --> 00:41:58.415
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

00:41:58.482 --> 00:41:59.750
TO SPEAK TODAY. ALESSANDRA, ON

00:41:59.817 --> 00:42:00.985
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA FUELS

00:42:01.051 --> 00:42:02.620
AND CONVENIENCE ALLIANCE, PROUD

00:42:02.686 --> 00:42:05.489
SPONSOR OF AB 2046. AT ITS CORE,

00:42:05.556 --> 00:42:07.358
AB 2046 ADVANCES THREE

00:42:07.424 --> 00:42:08.392
PRIORITIES THAT ARE CENTRAL TO

00:42:08.459 --> 00:42:09.727
CALIFORNIA'S TRANSPORTATION

00:42:09.793 --> 00:42:11.729
FUTURE AFFORDABILITY, EMISSIONS

00:42:11.795 --> 00:42:13.497
REDUCTION, AND FUEL RELIABILITY.

00:42:13.564 --> 00:42:14.498
CALIFORNIA DRIVERS CONTINUE TO

00:42:14.565 --> 00:42:15.699
FACE SOME OF THE HIGHEST AND

00:42:15.766 --> 00:42:17.134
MOST VOLATILE FUEL PRICES IN

00:42:17.201 --> 00:42:19.169
THE NATION. ETHANOL BLENDS,

00:42:19.236 --> 00:42:20.571
PARTICULARLY E85, PROVIDE AN

00:42:20.638 --> 00:42:22.006
IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE

00:42:22.072 --> 00:42:24.208
FUEL COSTS. E85 IS TYPICALLY

00:42:24.275 --> 00:42:25.910
PRICED AT $1.50 TO $2 PER

00:42:25.976 --> 00:42:27.912
GALLON LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL

00:42:27.978 --> 00:42:29.313
GASOLINE, PROVIDING MEANINGFUL

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.581
SAVINGS FOR FAMILIES, COMMUTERS

00:42:30.648 --> 00:42:32.316
AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT RELY

00:42:32.383 --> 00:42:35.419
ON THEIR VEHICLES EVERY DAY. AB

00:42:35.486 --> 00:42:36.420
2046 HELPS ENSURE CONSUMERS

00:42:36.487 --> 00:42:37.888
KNOW THIS LOWER COST FUEL

00:42:37.955 --> 00:42:39.556
OPTION EXISTS AND CAN ACCESS IT

00:42:39.623 --> 00:42:41.091
WHEREVER IT IS AVAILABLE. THE

00:42:41.158 --> 00:42:42.559
BILL ALSO SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA'S

00:42:42.626 --> 00:42:45.095
CLIMATE GOALS. E85 CAN REDUCE

00:42:45.162 --> 00:42:46.163
LIFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS

00:42:46.230 --> 00:42:47.932
EMISSIONS BY AS MUCH AS 80%

00:42:47.998 --> 00:42:49.033
COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:50.501
GASOLINE. THESE EMISSIONS

00:42:50.567 --> 00:42:51.635
REDUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TODAY

00:42:51.702 --> 00:42:53.737
USING EXISTING FUEL FLEX FUEL

00:42:53.804 --> 00:42:55.239
VEHICLES AND EXISTING FUEL

00:42:55.306 --> 00:42:56.907
FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE, WITHOUT

00:42:56.974 --> 00:42:58.008
REQUIRING CONSUMERS TO PURCHASE

00:42:58.075 --> 00:42:59.877
NEW VEHICLES OR ADOPT NEW

00:42:59.944 --> 00:43:02.346
TECHNOLOGY. FINALLY, AB 2046

00:43:02.413 --> 00:43:03.447
STRENGTHENS CALIFORNIA'S

00:43:03.514 --> 00:43:04.882
TRANSPORTATION FUEL SUPPLY.

00:43:04.949 --> 00:43:05.516
CALIFORNIA'S FUEL MARKET

00:43:05.582 --> 00:43:06.750
REMAINS VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF

00:43:06.817 --> 00:43:08.085
LIMITED IN-STATE REFINING

00:43:08.152 --> 00:43:09.586
CAPACITY AND INCREASING

00:43:09.653 --> 00:43:11.355
RELIANCE ON IMPORTED PETROLEUM

00:43:11.422 --> 00:43:12.756
PRODUCTS. ETHANOL IS PRODUCED

00:43:12.823 --> 00:43:14.358
FROM DOMESTIC FEEDSTOCKS, MOVES

00:43:14.425 --> 00:43:15.526
THROUGH A SEPARATE SUPPLY CHAIN,

00:43:15.592 --> 00:43:17.094
AND HELPS DIVERSIFY THE STATE'S

00:43:17.161 --> 00:43:18.462
TRANSPORTATION FUEL MIX, MAKING

00:43:18.529 --> 00:43:19.897
IT LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO GLOBAL

00:43:19.964 --> 00:43:22.166
GLOBAL OIL MARKET DISRUPTIONS.

00:43:22.232 --> 00:43:23.534
EXPANDING ACCESS TO ETHANOL

00:43:23.600 --> 00:43:25.235
BLENDS IMPROVES FUEL RESILIENCY

00:43:25.302 --> 00:43:26.503
WHILE PROVIDING CONSUMERS WITH

00:43:26.570 --> 00:43:28.605
GREATER CHOICE AT THE PUMP. AB

00:43:28.672 --> 00:43:30.374
2046 IS A PRACTICAL, CONSUMER

00:43:30.441 --> 00:43:31.442
FOCUSED SOLUTION THAT LOWERS

00:43:31.508 --> 00:43:32.943
COSTS, REDUCES EMISSIONS, AND

00:43:33.010 --> 00:43:34.011
STRENGTHENS CALIFORNIA'S

00:43:34.078 --> 00:43:35.813
TRANSPORTATION FUEL SUPPLY. WE

00:43:35.879 --> 00:43:36.880
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

00:43:36.947 --> 00:43:39.450
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE

00:43:39.516 --> 00:43:40.551
OTHERS IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM

00:43:40.617 --> 00:43:41.785
WHO WISH TO EXPRESS SUPPORT? IF

00:43:41.852 --> 00:43:43.454
SO, PLEASE COME TO THE

00:43:43.520 --> 00:43:46.991
MICROPHONE AT THIS TIME. WE

00:43:47.057 --> 00:43:50.194
HAVE A THIRD, SECOND. NEXT ONE

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:51.628
IS THE SECOND. THE GENTLEMAN IS

00:43:51.695 --> 00:43:53.897
A SECOND WITNESS. OH, APOLOGIZE.

00:43:53.964 --> 00:43:55.299
YOU'RE OKAY. WOULDN'T BE THE

00:43:55.366 --> 00:43:57.101
FIRST TO TRY TO CUT ME OFF, I

00:43:57.167 --> 00:43:58.836
APPRECIATE IT. THE STANDBY.

00:43:58.902 --> 00:44:00.004
WE'LL CUT YOU OFF AFTER TWO

00:44:00.070 --> 00:44:02.806
MINUTES. THAT'S FINE, I DEEPLY

00:44:02.873 --> 00:44:03.974
APOLOGIZE. THAT'S. NO. PLEASE

00:44:04.041 --> 00:44:05.376
PROCEED. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:44:05.442 --> 00:44:06.510
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS.

00:44:06.577 --> 00:44:08.212
I'M JEFF WILKERSON FROM PEARSON

00:44:08.278 --> 00:44:10.347
FUELS, CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST E85

00:44:10.414 --> 00:44:11.782
SUPPLIER. PEARSON FUELS

00:44:11.849 --> 00:44:13.250
DISTRIBUTES E85 THROUGH

00:44:13.317 --> 00:44:14.785
HUNDREDS OF RETAIL GAS STATIONS

00:44:14.852 --> 00:44:16.520
ACROSS THE STATE. WE STRONGLY

00:44:16.587 --> 00:44:18.856
SUPPORT AB 2046 AS A TANGIBLE

00:44:18.922 --> 00:44:20.024
AND IMMEDIATE WAY TO REDUCE

00:44:20.090 --> 00:44:21.859
FUEL COSTS FOR CALIFORNIA

00:44:21.925 --> 00:44:24.428
DRIVERS. E85 IS A LIQUID FUEL

00:44:24.495 --> 00:44:26.230
CONTAINING NOMINALLY 85%

00:44:26.296 --> 00:44:28.432
ETHANOL AND 15% GASOLINE, OR

00:44:28.499 --> 00:44:29.800
RENEWABLE NAPHTHA,

00:44:29.867 --> 00:44:31.268
TRADITIONALLY USED IN FLEX FUEL

00:44:31.335 --> 00:44:32.669
VEHICLES, IN WHICH THE DRIVER

00:44:32.736 --> 00:44:34.471
HAS THE OPTION TO CHOOSE

00:44:34.538 --> 00:44:36.673
GASOLINE OR E85, DEPENDING ON

00:44:36.740 --> 00:44:39.510
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY. AB 2046

00:44:39.576 --> 00:44:40.944
WOULD HELP CALIFORNIANS BY

00:44:41.011 --> 00:44:42.046
ALLOWING THEM TO TURN THEIR

00:44:42.112 --> 00:44:43.380
NORMAL INTERNAL COMBUSTION

00:44:43.447 --> 00:44:46.717
ENGINE VEHICLE INTO AN FFV.

00:44:46.784 --> 00:44:47.851
CALIFORNIA IS THE ONLY STATE

00:44:47.918 --> 00:44:49.686
THAT PROHIBITS EPA APPROVED

00:44:49.753 --> 00:44:51.121
KITS. EVEN THOUGH WE PAY THE

00:44:51.188 --> 00:44:52.489
HIGHEST FUEL PRICES IN THE

00:44:52.556 --> 00:44:54.058
COUNTRY AND HAVE THE MOST TO

00:44:54.124 --> 00:44:55.692
GAIN FROM THEM, THIS IS

00:44:55.759 --> 00:44:57.194
FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT CHOICE. A

00:44:57.261 --> 00:44:58.629
CONVERSION KIT PREVENTS

00:44:58.695 --> 00:45:00.030
CALIFORNIANS FROM BEING LOCKED

00:45:00.097 --> 00:45:02.166
INTO ONE. FUEL DRIVERS CAN RUN

00:45:02.232 --> 00:45:04.368
GASOLINE OR E85 BY PICKING

00:45:04.435 --> 00:45:06.170
WHICHEVER IS MORE ECONOMICAL,

00:45:06.236 --> 00:45:07.771
WHILE E85 IS USUALLY AVAILABLE

00:45:07.838 --> 00:45:10.607
FOR $1.50 TO $2 PER GALLON LESS

00:45:10.674 --> 00:45:11.909
THAN GASOLINE, THE SAVINGS ARE

00:45:11.975 --> 00:45:13.744
MORE DRASTIC WHEN GAS PRICES

00:45:13.811 --> 00:45:15.546
SPIKE, AS THE STATE'S AVERAGE

00:45:15.612 --> 00:45:17.414
GAS PRICE ROSE ABOVE $6 A

00:45:17.481 --> 00:45:19.483
GALLON IN MAY, FUEL STATIONS IN

00:45:19.550 --> 00:45:22.719
OUR NETWORK OFFERED E85 AT

00:45:22.786 --> 00:45:25.255
$3.05 LESS PER GALLON THAN

00:45:25.322 --> 00:45:26.356
GASOLINE. THAT WAS LESS THAN

00:45:26.423 --> 00:45:28.125
HALF THE COST, WE ESTIMATE.

00:45:28.192 --> 00:45:30.294
THAT LED TO SAVINGS OF NEARLY

00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:31.728
$30 MILLION FOR THE STATE'S

00:45:31.795 --> 00:45:33.397
CONSUMERS. THIS BILL WILL LET

00:45:33.464 --> 00:45:34.598
YOUR CONSTITUENTS TAKE

00:45:34.665 --> 00:45:35.999
ADVANTAGE OF MORE AFFORDABLE,

00:45:36.066 --> 00:45:37.534
CLEANER FUEL. THERE IS NO OTHER

00:45:37.601 --> 00:45:39.670
SOLUTION AVAILABLE THAT CAN

00:45:39.736 --> 00:45:41.505
BOTH DECARBONIZE A VEHICLE

00:45:41.572 --> 00:45:43.974
ALREADY ON OUR ROADS AND OFFER

00:45:44.041 --> 00:45:45.109
CALIFORNIANS A SIGNIFICANTLY

00:45:45.175 --> 00:45:47.544
CHEAPER FUEL OPTION. AS

00:45:47.611 --> 00:45:48.645
REFINERIES CLOSE AND OUR FUEL

00:45:48.712 --> 00:45:50.881
MARKET GROWS MORE ISOLATED AND

00:45:50.948 --> 00:45:53.083
VOLATILE, AB 2046 GIVES DRIVERS

00:45:53.150 --> 00:45:55.119
A HEDGE BY OFFERING PROTECTION

00:45:55.185 --> 00:45:57.221
FROM OUTAGES AND PRICE SPIKES

00:45:57.287 --> 00:45:59.423
WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY A NEW CAR.

00:45:59.490 --> 00:46:01.925
ABSENT PASSAGE OF AB 2046,

00:46:01.992 --> 00:46:03.327
DRIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE

00:46:03.393 --> 00:46:05.295
FORCED TO PAY WHATEVER IT COSTS

00:46:05.362 --> 00:46:06.997
TO COMMUTE TO WORK, SCHOOL OR

00:46:07.064 --> 00:46:09.032
FAMILY ENGAGEMENTS. WE URGE YOU

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:10.200
TO VOTE AYE TODAY AND HELP

00:46:10.267 --> 00:46:11.969
BRING NEEDED RELIEF TO YOUR

00:46:12.035 --> 00:46:13.103
CONSTITUENTS AT THE PUMP. THANK

00:46:13.170 --> 00:46:17.040
YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK NOW

00:46:17.107 --> 00:46:18.876
WE'RE DONE WITH SUPPORT

00:46:18.942 --> 00:46:20.477
WITNESSES. I GUESS I PROBABLY

00:46:20.544 --> 00:46:21.945
SHOULDN'T START A NEW TREND OR

00:46:22.012 --> 00:46:24.681
COUNTING THE ASSEMBLY PERSON

00:46:24.748 --> 00:46:25.749
PRESENTER AS ONE OF THE

00:46:25.816 --> 00:46:28.552
WITNESSES, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:30.687
HAVE A LITTLE CARRY WITH OUR

00:46:30.754 --> 00:46:32.489
CAUCUS, BUT WE'LL TRY NOT TO

00:46:32.556 --> 00:46:34.424
BRING THAT UP. NOW WE'RE GOING

00:46:34.491 --> 00:46:36.894
TO COME TO OTHER SUPPORT

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.961
WITNESSES AND WHO HAVE BEEN

00:46:38.028 --> 00:46:39.129
PATIENTLY WAITING BACK THERE.

00:46:39.196 --> 00:46:40.430
PLEASE COME ON. THANK YOU, MR.

00:46:40.497 --> 00:46:41.498
CHAIR. AND SENATORS TATUM

00:46:41.565 --> 00:46:43.167
MCCLURE, ON BEHALF OF THE

00:46:43.233 --> 00:46:44.168
CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS

00:46:44.234 --> 00:46:47.037
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. THANK

00:46:47.104 --> 00:46:48.205
YOU, MR. CHAIR. MATT ROBINSON

00:46:48.272 --> 00:46:49.239
ON BEHALF OF THE SPECIALTY

00:46:49.306 --> 00:46:50.607
EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION,

00:46:50.674 --> 00:46:54.478
SEMA AND SUPPORT. SABRINA

00:46:54.545 --> 00:46:55.913
GLIDES WITH AXIOM ADVISORS ON

00:46:55.979 --> 00:46:57.381
BEHALF OF GROWTH, ENERGY AND

00:46:57.447 --> 00:47:00.250
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR

00:47:00.317 --> 00:47:01.685
AND MEMBERS JOHN KENDRICK FROM

00:47:01.752 --> 00:47:04.955
CAL CHAMBER IN SUPPORT. GOOD

00:47:05.022 --> 00:47:06.790
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS ON

00:47:06.857 --> 00:47:08.192
BEHALF OF LU T AND SUPPORT.

00:47:08.258 --> 00:47:10.427
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

00:47:10.494 --> 00:47:11.595
OPPOSITION. DO WE HAVE ANY. IF

00:47:11.662 --> 00:47:14.631
SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING

00:47:14.698 --> 00:47:16.800
NONE. NO ONE'S COMING FORWARD,

00:47:16.867 --> 00:47:19.469
SENATOR ARCHULETA. YEAH, I'VE

00:47:19.536 --> 00:47:21.171
GOT SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'VE

00:47:21.238 --> 00:47:25.142
GOT A CAR OR TWO THAT RUNS ON

00:47:25.209 --> 00:47:28.445
NORMAL GASOLINE. AND AND I'M

00:47:28.512 --> 00:47:30.013
SURE MY WIFE WOULD BE VERY

00:47:30.080 --> 00:47:31.915
INTERESTED IN HOW TO REDUCE THE

00:47:31.982 --> 00:47:35.219
COST. SO TELL ME ABOUT IT. HOW

00:47:35.285 --> 00:47:37.020
MANY GAS STATIONS ACROSS THE

00:47:37.087 --> 00:47:40.557
STATE DO WE HAVE THAT HAVE THAT

00:47:40.624 --> 00:47:44.962
85 RATING RATHER THAN THE

00:47:45.028 --> 00:47:46.697
NORMAL. YES. SO THERE'S

00:47:46.763 --> 00:47:48.899
CURRENTLY 630 GAS STATIONS

00:47:48.966 --> 00:47:51.768
ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND 38. YES.

00:47:51.835 --> 00:47:54.204
SO IT'S OUT THERE. AND WHAT IS

00:47:54.271 --> 00:47:57.541
THE COST OF THE APPARATUS OR

00:47:57.608 --> 00:47:59.109
WHAT WHAT DO YOU TAKE OUT OR

00:47:59.176 --> 00:48:00.744
YOU PUT INTO YOUR VEHICLE TO

00:48:00.811 --> 00:48:02.546
MAKE THIS THING WORK? AND WHAT

00:48:02.613 --> 00:48:03.747
DOES THAT COST? I KNOW THE

00:48:03.814 --> 00:48:04.982
ANSWER, BUT SINCE WE DO HAVE

00:48:05.048 --> 00:48:06.783
WITNESSES, I'LL LET THEM. OKAY.

00:48:06.850 --> 00:48:07.951
YEAH. YOU DON'T TAKE ANYTHING

00:48:08.018 --> 00:48:10.087
OUT, YOU JUST ADD A DEVICE.

00:48:10.153 --> 00:48:11.255
THERE ARE DIFFERENT

00:48:11.321 --> 00:48:13.457
MANUFACTURERS, BUT GENERALLY 7

00:48:13.523 --> 00:48:14.658
TO $800 WOULD BE THE RETAIL

00:48:14.725 --> 00:48:16.493
COST. SO THAT WOULD WELL PAY

00:48:16.560 --> 00:48:18.662
ITSELF BACK BEFORE THE THE YEAR

00:48:18.729 --> 00:48:21.932
IS UP. THAT SOUNDS LIKE SEVEN

00:48:21.999 --> 00:48:24.534
PHILLIPS IN A LARGE VEHICLE.

00:48:24.601 --> 00:48:26.003
SAY THAT AGAIN, SIR. I SAID IT

00:48:26.069 --> 00:48:29.039
SOUNDS LIKE 7 OR 8 PHILLIPS IN

00:48:29.106 --> 00:48:31.675
A LARGE VEHICLE. YOU'RE RE

00:48:31.742 --> 00:48:32.809
YOU'LL HAVE YOUR RETURN ON YOUR

00:48:32.876 --> 00:48:35.679
MONEY. SO IT SOUNDS PRETTY

00:48:35.746 --> 00:48:37.381
INTERESTING. SO THERE YOU GO.

00:48:37.447 --> 00:48:40.717
THANK YOU SENATOR. ANYBODY ELSE

00:48:40.784 --> 00:48:42.519
WISHING TO EXPRESS A CONCERN OR

00:48:42.586 --> 00:48:46.156
ASK QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE

00:48:46.223 --> 00:48:48.258
STILL ARE AT QUORUM. I

00:48:48.325 --> 00:48:51.194
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT WE WILL

00:48:51.261 --> 00:48:53.597
ASK FOR A MOTION. I HAVE A

00:48:53.664 --> 00:48:55.465
FEELING IT MIGHT BE COMING FROM

00:48:55.532 --> 00:48:57.000
AS SOON AS WE HAVE A QUORUM,

00:48:57.067 --> 00:48:58.835
WE'LL TAKE UP THE VOTE. THANK

00:48:58.902 --> 00:49:00.003
YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TESTIMONY

00:49:00.070 --> 00:49:01.138
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE

00:49:01.204 --> 00:49:02.239
BILL FORWARD. AWESOME. THANK

00:49:02.306 --> 00:49:03.874
YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR. AND YOU

00:49:03.940 --> 00:49:05.042
CAN CLOSE. OKAY. APPRECIATE

00:49:05.108 --> 00:49:06.977
THAT. AGAIN, THIS BILL IS ABOUT

00:49:07.044 --> 00:49:08.412
AFFORDABILITY. YOU KNOW, THIS

00:49:08.478 --> 00:49:10.347
BILL, MAKE SURE THAT

00:49:10.414 --> 00:49:11.348
CALIFORNIANS HAVE THE SAME

00:49:11.415 --> 00:49:12.582
OPTIONS AS EVERY OTHER STATE,

00:49:12.649 --> 00:49:15.686
BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE

00:49:15.752 --> 00:49:16.820
ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH COST FUELS

00:49:16.887 --> 00:49:17.921
AND REALLY MAKES THE MARKET

00:49:17.988 --> 00:49:19.923
MORE COMPETITIVE. THIS IS A

00:49:19.990 --> 00:49:21.358
REAL SOLUTION TO THE RISING

00:49:21.425 --> 00:49:22.526
PRICES THAT ARE IMPACTING

00:49:22.592 --> 00:49:23.527
EVERYDAY LIVES. AND I

00:49:23.593 --> 00:49:25.829
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE

00:49:25.896 --> 00:49:27.064
WHEN YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK

00:49:27.130 --> 00:49:28.832
YOU. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE THE VOTE,

00:49:28.899 --> 00:49:30.000
SHARE, ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTION

00:49:30.067 --> 00:49:31.068
YOU MAY ASK. I DON'T THINK

00:49:31.134 --> 00:49:32.903
WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, BUT

00:49:32.969 --> 00:49:35.505
WE'LL MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR YOU,

00:49:35.572 --> 00:49:36.606
SENATOR, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN

00:49:36.673 --> 00:49:38.175
CARRYING THE DAY HERE, IF IT'S

00:49:38.241 --> 00:49:39.343
ALL RIGHT WITH THE AUTHOR,

00:49:39.409 --> 00:49:40.811
SHE'S NOT REALLY SUBJECT TO

00:49:40.877 --> 00:49:42.312
QUESTIONS. BUT IF THIS DOES GET

00:49:42.379 --> 00:49:43.914
VERY POPULAR, DOES THE INDUSTRY

00:49:43.980 --> 00:49:45.615
HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO MEET

00:49:45.682 --> 00:49:48.385
THE DEMAND? THE AND I FORGOT TO

00:49:48.452 --> 00:49:49.886
ASK THAT QUESTION. I'M SORRY.

00:49:49.953 --> 00:49:51.221
YOU SAID IF THIS GETS POPULAR,

00:49:51.288 --> 00:49:53.023
DOES THE INDUSTRY HAVE THE

00:49:53.090 --> 00:49:54.658
ABILITY TO MEET THE DEMAND IF

00:49:54.725 --> 00:49:57.060
IT INCREASES, OBVIOUSLY THE

00:49:57.127 --> 00:49:58.628
PRODUCTION. YES, I THINK AND

00:49:58.695 --> 00:50:00.297
THAT'S WHY WE'RE THERE'S THE

00:50:00.364 --> 00:50:01.398
CAPACITY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE

00:50:01.465 --> 00:50:03.266
DOING THE BILL. THERE'S A

00:50:03.333 --> 00:50:05.769
DEMAND FOR IT ALREADY. AND WE.

00:50:05.836 --> 00:50:06.737
THAT'S WHY WE'RE THAT'S WHY

00:50:06.803 --> 00:50:08.105
WE'RE HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE THE

00:50:08.171 --> 00:50:09.206
ONLY STATE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW

00:50:09.272 --> 00:50:10.374
PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:12.376
KIDS. AND SO THIS IS, AGAIN,

00:50:12.442 --> 00:50:14.745
IT'S AN ETHANOL BASED ETHANOL

00:50:14.811 --> 00:50:16.880
AND GASOLINE BASED PRODUCT. AND

00:50:16.947 --> 00:50:18.682
SO ETHANOL IS AVAILABLE. AND WE

00:50:18.749 --> 00:50:20.250
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE

00:50:20.317 --> 00:50:21.918
CAN ACCESS THIS OPTION. AND

00:50:21.985 --> 00:50:23.320
WITH THAT I WILL MOVE THE BILL

00:50:23.387 --> 00:50:24.454
APPROPRIATE TIME. GOT IT. OKAY.

00:50:24.521 --> 00:50:26.289
THANK YOU AGAIN, I APPRECIATE

00:50:26.356 --> 00:50:27.691
IT. AND WE'LL CALL

00:50:27.758 --> 00:50:29.559
ASSEMBLYMEMBER WICKS UP HERE

00:50:29.626 --> 00:50:33.096
NOW ON HER BILL AB 2168 IS FILE

00:50:33.163 --> 00:50:37.267
ITEM TEN. WELCOME TO YOU,

00:50:37.334 --> 00:50:39.770
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, AND YOU CAN

00:50:39.836 --> 00:50:40.971
PROCEED WHENEVER YOU LIKE.

00:50:41.037 --> 00:50:44.107
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR

00:50:44.174 --> 00:50:48.779
AND MEMBERS. AB 2168 MAKES A

00:50:48.845 --> 00:50:50.614
SERIES OF MODEST COMMON SENSE

00:50:50.680 --> 00:50:51.681
IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE

00:50:51.748 --> 00:50:52.682
CALIFORNIA'S ACTIVE

00:50:52.749 --> 00:50:53.917
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS

00:50:53.984 --> 00:50:55.986
ARE SPENT EFFECTIVELY AND

00:50:56.052 --> 00:50:57.421
EFFICIENTLY. THE ATP IS OUR

00:50:57.487 --> 00:50:58.688
STATE'S PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE

00:50:58.755 --> 00:51:00.390
FOR BIKING AND WALKING

00:51:00.457 --> 00:51:01.358
INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORTING

00:51:01.425 --> 00:51:02.426
PROJECTS THAT INCREASE SAFETY,

00:51:02.492 --> 00:51:03.593
PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND

00:51:03.660 --> 00:51:05.295
REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

00:51:05.362 --> 00:51:07.531
THE PROGRAM IS CHRONICALLY

00:51:07.597 --> 00:51:08.098
OVERSUBSCRIBED, MEANING OUR

00:51:08.165 --> 00:51:09.566
STATE MUST BE STRATEGIC ABOUT

00:51:09.633 --> 00:51:10.767
WHERE AND HOW WE DIRECT OUR

00:51:10.834 --> 00:51:12.569
LIMITED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

00:51:12.636 --> 00:51:14.204
DOLLARS. CURRENT ATP GUIDELINES

00:51:14.271 --> 00:51:15.505
DO NOT ADEQUATELY PRIORITIZE

00:51:15.572 --> 00:51:17.607
THE LOCATIONS WHERE ACTIVE

00:51:17.674 --> 00:51:18.642
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS

00:51:18.708 --> 00:51:19.776
GENERATE THE HIGHEST RETURN ON

00:51:19.843 --> 00:51:21.344
THE INVESTMENT, SPECIFICALLY,

00:51:21.411 --> 00:51:22.979
THE PROGRAM'S EXISTING

00:51:23.046 --> 00:51:24.481
DEFINITION OF SAFE ROUTES TO

00:51:24.548 --> 00:51:26.283
TRANSIT FAILS TO SPECIFY THE

00:51:26.349 --> 00:51:28.051
BROADER LANDSCAPE OF TRANSIT

00:51:28.118 --> 00:51:29.186
SUPPORTIVE GEOGRAPHY, WHERE

00:51:29.252 --> 00:51:30.520
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

00:51:30.587 --> 00:51:31.621
IMPROVEMENTS CAN MOST

00:51:31.688 --> 00:51:33.423
EFFECTIVELY CONNECT PEOPLE TO

00:51:33.490 --> 00:51:34.558
TRANSIT AND REDUCE VEHICLE

00:51:34.624 --> 00:51:36.626
MILES TRAVELED. THE ATP ALSO

00:51:36.693 --> 00:51:38.462
LACKS MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY

00:51:38.528 --> 00:51:39.863
MECHANISMS FOR GRANTEES WHO

00:51:39.930 --> 00:51:42.399
FAIL TO SPEND AWARD FUNDS ON

00:51:42.466 --> 00:51:44.267
TIME DELAYED OR STALLED

00:51:44.334 --> 00:51:46.036
PROJECTS, TIE UP SCARCE

00:51:46.102 --> 00:51:47.304
RESOURCES, PREVENTING OTHER

00:51:47.370 --> 00:51:48.438
WORTHY APPLICANTS FROM

00:51:48.505 --> 00:51:50.307
RECEIVING FUNDING, AND SLOWING

00:51:50.373 --> 00:51:52.509
THE DELIVERY OF CRITICAL SAFETY

00:51:52.576 --> 00:51:54.678
INFRASTRUCTURE. A B 2168

00:51:54.744 --> 00:51:55.712
MODERNIZES THE DEFINITION OF

00:51:55.779 --> 00:51:58.014
SAFE ROUTES TO TRANSIT,

00:51:58.081 --> 00:51:59.349
SHIFTING FOCUS TOWARDS TRANSIT

00:51:59.416 --> 00:52:00.817
RICH CORRIDORS, INFILL

00:52:00.884 --> 00:52:02.619
OPPORTUNITY AREAS, STATION WALK

00:52:02.686 --> 00:52:04.721
SHEDS AND UNDERSERVED OR RURAL

00:52:04.788 --> 00:52:06.289
AREAS. IT ADDS TRANSIT ACCESS

00:52:06.356 --> 00:52:07.691
AS AN EXPLICIT PROJECT

00:52:07.757 --> 00:52:09.292
SELECTION CRITERIA, ALIGNING

00:52:09.359 --> 00:52:10.560
WITH CALIFORNIA'S BROADER

00:52:10.627 --> 00:52:12.329
CLIMATE AND HOUSING GOALS, AND

00:52:12.395 --> 00:52:14.831
IT ESTABLISHES A GUARANTEED,

00:52:14.898 --> 00:52:16.933
SORRY, A GRADUATED PENALTY

00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:18.034
STRUCTURE FOR GRANTEES WHO FAIL

00:52:18.101 --> 00:52:20.504
TO SPEND FUNDS ON TIME, HELPING

00:52:20.570 --> 00:52:22.005
ENSURE AWARDED DOLLARS MOVE

00:52:22.072 --> 00:52:24.107
FROM PAPER TO PAVEMENT WITHOUT

00:52:24.174 --> 00:52:26.009
DELAY. I WANT TO THANK THIS

00:52:26.076 --> 00:52:27.043
COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR FOR

00:52:27.110 --> 00:52:28.278
WORKING CLOSELY WITH MY STAFF

00:52:28.345 --> 00:52:29.880
AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS A

00:52:29.946 --> 00:52:30.947
SERIES OF CONCERNS WITH THE

00:52:31.014 --> 00:52:32.449
PRIOR VERSION OF THE BILL. WITH

00:52:32.516 --> 00:52:33.850
YOUR COLLABORATION ON

00:52:33.917 --> 00:52:35.785
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED LAST WEEK ON

00:52:35.852 --> 00:52:37.854
THE 22ND, ALL ORGANIZATIONS

00:52:37.921 --> 00:52:39.589
EXCEPT ONE HAVE REMOVED THEIR

00:52:39.656 --> 00:52:41.091
OPPOSITION, AND MORE THAN 45

00:52:41.157 --> 00:52:42.192
STATE AND REGIONAL

00:52:42.259 --> 00:52:43.293
ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOW IN

00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:45.795
SUPPORT. TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT

00:52:45.862 --> 00:52:46.930
TODAY IS KENDRA RAMSEY,

00:52:46.997 --> 00:52:47.898
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

00:52:47.964 --> 00:52:48.965
CALIFORNIA BICYCLE COALITION.

00:52:49.032 --> 00:52:50.300
AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT,

00:52:50.367 --> 00:52:51.334
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE

00:52:51.401 --> 00:52:52.936
VOTE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMEMBER,

00:52:53.003 --> 00:52:53.970
AND YOU MAY PROCEED WHENEVER

00:52:54.037 --> 00:52:55.672
YOU LIKE. I'LL HAVE A COUPLE

00:52:55.739 --> 00:52:56.940
MINUTES. GREAT. THANK YOU SO

00:52:57.007 --> 00:52:58.008
MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND

00:52:58.074 --> 00:52:59.075
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,

00:52:59.142 --> 00:53:00.477
KENDRA RAMSEY, EXECUTIVE

00:53:00.544 --> 00:53:01.378
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA

00:53:01.444 --> 00:53:02.679
BICYCLE COALITION, WHERE THE

00:53:02.746 --> 00:53:03.947
VOICE OF THE EVERYDAY BICYCLIST

00:53:04.014 --> 00:53:05.382
IN THE STATE CAPITOL. AND WE

00:53:05.448 --> 00:53:06.383
WORK DIRECTLY WITH LOCAL

00:53:06.449 --> 00:53:07.317
BICYCLE COALITIONS THROUGHOUT

00:53:07.384 --> 00:53:08.818
THE STATE, REPRESENTING TENS OF

00:53:08.885 --> 00:53:10.720
THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS. I'D LIKE

00:53:10.787 --> 00:53:12.289
TO THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER WICKS

00:53:12.355 --> 00:53:14.257
FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON ACTIVE

00:53:14.324 --> 00:53:15.292
TRANSPORTATION AND INTRODUCING

00:53:15.358 --> 00:53:17.460
THIS BILL. WE'VE BEEN DEEPLY

00:53:17.527 --> 00:53:18.895
ENGAGED WITH THE ACTIVE

00:53:18.962 --> 00:53:19.696
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SINCE

00:53:19.763 --> 00:53:21.731
ITS INCEPTION, AND OUR PROUD

00:53:21.798 --> 00:53:23.567
SPONSOR OF THE BILL,

00:53:23.633 --> 00:53:24.634
INVESTMENTS IN ACTIVE

00:53:24.701 --> 00:53:25.669
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

00:53:25.735 --> 00:53:26.836
NOT ONLY IMPROVES SAFETY AND

00:53:26.903 --> 00:53:27.938
MOBILITY, BUT ALSO SUPPORT

00:53:28.004 --> 00:53:29.773
PUBLIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC

00:53:29.839 --> 00:53:30.440
VITALITY, AND THE STATE'S

00:53:30.507 --> 00:53:33.310
CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS. AB 2168

00:53:33.376 --> 00:53:34.377
REPRESENTS A THOUGHTFUL AND

00:53:34.444 --> 00:53:36.546
NECESSARY STEP, BETTER ALIGNING

00:53:36.613 --> 00:53:37.647
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS WITH THESE

00:53:37.714 --> 00:53:39.349
GOALS. THE INTENT OF THE

00:53:39.416 --> 00:53:40.417
PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON

00:53:40.483 --> 00:53:41.952
BIKING AND WALKING AS

00:53:42.018 --> 00:53:43.353
TRANSPORTATION MODES, AND

00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:44.421
INCLUDING SAFE ROUTES TO

00:53:44.487 --> 00:53:45.956
TRANSIT. THE FOCUS REALLY IS ON

00:53:46.022 --> 00:53:47.624
THE FULL TRIP SOMEONE TAKES

00:53:47.691 --> 00:53:49.392
WHEN THE DESTINATION IS TOO FAR

00:53:49.459 --> 00:53:52.028
TO TRAVEL BY FOOT OR BIKE ALONE.

00:53:52.095 --> 00:53:53.263
MANY PEOPLE AT A TRANSIT RIDE

00:53:53.330 --> 00:53:55.632
TO COMPLETE THEIR JOURNEY. THE

00:53:55.699 --> 00:53:57.067
BILL MODERNIZES THE DEFINITION

00:53:57.133 --> 00:53:58.268
OF SAFE ROUTES TO TRANSIT

00:53:58.335 --> 00:54:00.704
WITHIN ATP. THE PROPOSED CHANGE

00:54:00.770 --> 00:54:01.972
INCLUDES MORE THAN MASS TRANSIT

00:54:02.038 --> 00:54:03.540
AND SCHOOL BUS STOPS, AS THE

00:54:03.607 --> 00:54:05.642
ORIGINAL LEGISLATION INCLUDED

00:54:05.709 --> 00:54:06.676
LIFTING UP THE IMPORTANCE OF

00:54:06.743 --> 00:54:08.578
ALL TYPES OF TRANSIT FACILITIES,

00:54:08.645 --> 00:54:09.679
INCLUDING CRITICAL TRANSIT

00:54:09.746 --> 00:54:10.880
FACILITIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

00:54:10.947 --> 00:54:13.550
AND SMALL TOWNS. THE BILL ALSO

00:54:13.617 --> 00:54:14.684
RECENTLY ADDED A REQUIREMENT TO

00:54:14.751 --> 00:54:16.519
CONSULT WITH TRANSIT AGENCIES

00:54:16.586 --> 00:54:17.921
ALONG A PROPOSED PROJECT

00:54:17.988 --> 00:54:19.389
CORRIDOR, BETTER ALIGNING

00:54:19.456 --> 00:54:20.957
PLANNING FOR ACTIVE TRAVEL AND

00:54:21.024 --> 00:54:23.660
TRANSIT FROM PROJECT INCEPTION.

00:54:23.727 --> 00:54:24.728
IMPORTANTLY, THE BILL MAKES TWO

00:54:24.794 --> 00:54:25.895
CHANGES TO HELP MAKE THE MOST

00:54:25.962 --> 00:54:27.797
OF LIMITED FUNDING. FIRST, IT

00:54:27.864 --> 00:54:29.165
STRENGTHENS THE PROCESS TO

00:54:29.232 --> 00:54:30.567
ADDRESS AGENCIES WHICH ARE

00:54:30.634 --> 00:54:31.601
FAILING TO UTILIZE THEIR FUNDS

00:54:31.668 --> 00:54:33.336
IN A TIMELY MANNER AT A TIME

00:54:33.403 --> 00:54:34.471
WHEN THE LION'S SHARE PROJECTS

00:54:34.537 --> 00:54:36.973
GO UNFUNDED. FOR EXAMPLE, CTC

00:54:37.040 --> 00:54:37.641
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION

00:54:37.707 --> 00:54:38.642
COMMISSION JUST ANNOUNCED THAT

00:54:38.708 --> 00:54:40.977
THEY RECEIVED 2.9 BILLION IN

00:54:41.044 --> 00:54:42.078
APPLICATIONS FOR THE CURRENT

00:54:42.145 --> 00:54:44.614
CYCLE CYCLE, EIGHT FOR THE 600

00:54:44.681 --> 00:54:46.316
MILLION AVAILABLE TO AWARD OVER

00:54:46.383 --> 00:54:48.084
THE FOUR YEARS OF THE CYCLE.

00:54:48.151 --> 00:54:49.653
THE CURRENT APPLICATION

00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:50.754
SELECTION PROCESS DOES NOT

00:54:50.820 --> 00:54:53.556
ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

00:54:53.623 --> 00:54:55.392
IT ALSO. THE BILL ALSO ADDS A

00:54:55.458 --> 00:54:56.559
PROVISION TO HELP LEVERAGE THE

00:54:56.626 --> 00:54:58.395
SMALL AMOUNT OF ATP FUNDING

00:54:58.461 --> 00:54:59.663
AVAILABLE TO BRING OTHER

00:54:59.729 --> 00:55:01.931
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IN, TO

00:55:01.998 --> 00:55:02.999
INVEST IN FULL NETWORKS FOR

00:55:03.066 --> 00:55:04.668
BIKING AND WALKING.

00:55:04.734 --> 00:55:05.669
CALIFORNIANS CAN'T WAIT FOR

00:55:05.735 --> 00:55:08.038
SAFE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

00:55:08.104 --> 00:55:09.439
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE COMPLETE

00:55:09.506 --> 00:55:10.507
MULTI-MODAL NETWORKS IN OUR

00:55:10.573 --> 00:55:11.808
COMMUNITIES. FOR THESE REASONS,

00:55:11.875 --> 00:55:12.976
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR

00:55:13.043 --> 00:55:15.512
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU.

00:55:15.578 --> 00:55:16.680
OKAY. WE HAVE OTHERS COMING UP

00:55:16.746 --> 00:55:18.348
AT THIS TIME TO EXPRESS

00:55:18.415 --> 00:55:22.318
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. JEANNIE

00:55:22.385 --> 00:55:23.820
WALLER, ON BEHALF OF CLIMATE

00:55:23.887 --> 00:55:26.656
PLAN PEOPLE FOR BIKES AND NRDC.

00:55:26.723 --> 00:55:27.891
AND I'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO ADD

00:55:27.957 --> 00:55:29.726
ON FOR A FEW ORGANIZATIONS, SO

00:55:29.793 --> 00:55:30.960
BEAR WITH ME. PASADENA COMPLETE

00:55:31.027 --> 00:55:33.163
STREETS COALITION, TRANSFORM

00:55:33.229 --> 00:55:34.597
MEDICAL ADVOCATES FOR HEALTHY

00:55:34.664 --> 00:55:37.867
AIR SAN DIEGO 350 MOVE LA 350

00:55:37.934 --> 00:55:40.203
BAY AREA ACTION Kò, Ã AND THE

00:55:40.270 --> 00:55:41.471
SAFE ROUTES PARTNERSHIP AND

00:55:41.538 --> 00:55:43.940
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD

00:55:44.007 --> 00:55:44.941
AFTERNOON, STEVE WALLACH ON

00:55:45.008 --> 00:55:46.076
BEHALF OF THE ALAMEDA CONTRA

00:55:46.142 --> 00:55:47.310
COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT IN

00:55:47.377 --> 00:55:50.780
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

00:55:50.847 --> 00:55:51.881
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST

00:55:51.948 --> 00:55:53.349
GIVING ME 20S MATT ROBINSON ON

00:55:53.416 --> 00:55:54.718
BEHALF OF THE MONTEREY-SALINAS

00:55:54.784 --> 00:55:56.419
TRANSIT DISTRICT, I JUST WANT

00:55:56.486 --> 00:55:57.787
TO THANK THE AUTHOR OR STAFF

00:55:57.854 --> 00:55:59.422
FOR SPONSORS FOR WORKING WITH

00:55:59.489 --> 00:56:01.357
US TO ADDRESS A COMMENT THAT WE

00:56:01.424 --> 00:56:02.859
MADE AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH

00:56:02.926 --> 00:56:04.027
THESE ATP PROCESSES IN THE PAST

00:56:04.094 --> 00:56:05.862
THAT WE THINK NOT ONLY WILL

00:56:05.929 --> 00:56:07.363
BENEFIT MST, BUT ALSO OTHER

00:56:07.430 --> 00:56:08.298
TRANSIT OPERATORS UP AND DOWN

00:56:08.364 --> 00:56:11.768
THE STATE. SO THANK YOU. I

00:56:11.835 --> 00:56:12.902
THINK JEANNIE COVERED US, BUT I

00:56:12.969 --> 00:56:14.838
WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OVER

00:56:14.904 --> 00:56:15.972
MARQUIS Kò MASON WITH NRDC AND

00:56:16.039 --> 00:56:19.242
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MARK,

00:56:19.309 --> 00:56:20.910
ON BEHALF OF STREETS FOR ALL IN

00:56:20.977 --> 00:56:23.847
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. CRISTIAN

00:56:23.913 --> 00:56:25.081
NUNEZ ON BEHALF OF STREETS ARE

00:56:25.148 --> 00:56:26.416
FOR EVERYONE WITH SUPPORT.

00:56:26.483 --> 00:56:29.719
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

00:56:29.786 --> 00:56:31.488
OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANY

00:56:31.554 --> 00:56:32.489
OPPOSITION IN THE COMMITTEE

00:56:32.555 --> 00:56:33.990
ROOM? IF SO, PLEASE COME

00:56:34.057 --> 00:56:35.391
FORWARD. SEEING NONE, WE'LL

00:56:35.458 --> 00:56:36.793
COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO

00:56:36.860 --> 00:56:38.661
THE DAIS. ANY QUESTIONS OR

00:56:38.728 --> 00:56:41.297
CONCERNS? SEEING NONE. WE HAVE

00:56:41.364 --> 00:56:42.999
TO WAIT FOR A QUORUM, BUT WE

00:56:43.066 --> 00:56:44.267
WILL LET YOU CLOSE. THANK YOU.

00:56:44.334 --> 00:56:46.002
WELL, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

00:56:46.069 --> 00:56:47.937
I THINK I VIEW THIS BILL AS A

00:56:48.004 --> 00:56:49.038
GOOD GOVERNMENT BILL, A GOOD

00:56:49.105 --> 00:56:50.106
PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY BILL

00:56:50.173 --> 00:56:51.241
AND A GOOD HOUSING BILL,

00:56:51.307 --> 00:56:52.976
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US

00:56:53.042 --> 00:56:54.210
TO DO MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED

00:56:54.277 --> 00:56:55.178
DEVELOPMENT. SO AND TIE THAT

00:56:55.245 --> 00:56:56.312
WITH TRANSPORTATION. SO WITH

00:56:56.379 --> 00:56:57.914
THAT, RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN

00:56:57.981 --> 00:56:59.182
AYE VOTE WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.

00:56:59.249 --> 00:57:00.984
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR

00:57:01.050 --> 00:57:11.161
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD. OKAY.

00:57:11.227 --> 00:57:12.796
I DON'T SEE MY FRIEND

00:57:12.862 --> 00:57:17.967
ASSEMBLYMEMBER CHOLERA YET. IF

00:57:18.034 --> 00:57:19.002
HE'S MONITORING THESE

00:57:19.068 --> 00:57:20.136
PROCEEDINGS, IT WOULD BE A GOOD

00:57:20.203 --> 00:57:23.206
TIME TO COME OVER. FOLLOWING IS

00:57:23.273 --> 00:57:24.774
WE COULD USE ASSEMBLY MEMBER

00:57:24.841 --> 00:57:29.546
FONG OR HADWIG. ANY OF THOSE

00:57:29.612 --> 00:57:32.715
THREE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE

00:57:32.782 --> 00:57:33.850
AND OTHER MEMBERS SO WE CAN

00:57:33.917 --> 00:57:36.619
HAVE A QUORUM. YEAH. THAT'S THE

00:57:36.686 --> 00:57:53.436
THAT'S THE REAL ISSUE.

00:59:27.463 --> 00:59:27.864
ASSEMBLY

00:59:27.931 --> 00:59:29.999
MEMBER FONG, IF YOU'RE READY TO

00:59:30.066 --> 00:59:31.134
PRESENT, YOU CAN COME FORWARD

00:59:31.200 --> 00:59:37.573
AT THIS TIME. AND THIS IS FILE

00:59:37.640 --> 00:59:41.878
ITEM 12, A B 2329. WELCOME TO

00:59:41.945 --> 00:59:46.549
OUR COMMITTEE. ANYTIME YOU'RE

00:59:46.616 --> 00:59:49.118
READY GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.

00:59:49.185 --> 00:59:50.320
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR.

00:59:50.386 --> 00:59:51.587
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR.

00:59:51.654 --> 00:59:53.389
MEMBERS. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO

00:59:53.456 --> 00:59:54.324
ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S

00:59:54.390 --> 00:59:55.325
AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE TWO

00:59:55.391 --> 00:59:56.426
PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL. THANK

00:59:56.492 --> 00:59:57.760
YOU SO MUCH TO YOUR CHIEF

00:59:57.827 --> 00:59:59.329
CONSULTANT FOR WORKING WITH MY

00:59:59.395 --> 01:00:01.331
OFFICE ASSEMBLY BILL 2329

01:00:01.397 --> 01:00:03.166
ASSISTS TENANTS IN A SALE OF

01:00:03.232 --> 01:00:05.034
SURPLUS PROPERTY ACROSS STATE

01:00:05.101 --> 01:00:06.736
ROUTE 710 AND INCREASES

01:00:06.803 --> 01:00:07.837
TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS IN

01:00:07.904 --> 01:00:10.440
THE PROCESS. BEGINNING IN THE

01:00:10.506 --> 01:00:11.374
1950S, CALTRANS STARTED TO

01:00:11.441 --> 01:00:12.842
ACQUIRE PROPERTIES THROUGH

01:00:12.909 --> 01:00:14.143
EMINENT DOMAIN TO MAKE WAY FOR

01:00:14.210 --> 01:00:15.812
THE 710 FREEWAY IN THE GREATER

01:00:15.878 --> 01:00:17.547
LOS ANGELES AREA. WHEN THE

01:00:17.613 --> 01:00:19.248
DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO FINISH

01:00:19.315 --> 01:00:20.450
THE FREEWAY LEGISLATION WAS

01:00:20.516 --> 01:00:21.484
PASSED, WHICH ESTABLISHED

01:00:21.551 --> 01:00:22.552
PRIORITIES FOR SALES OF THE

01:00:22.618 --> 01:00:25.054
HOMES ACQUIRED BY CALTRANS. THE

01:00:25.121 --> 01:00:26.556
LAW PRIORITIZES SELLING

01:00:26.622 --> 01:00:27.657
PROPERTIES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL

01:00:27.724 --> 01:00:29.492
OWNERS, TO CURRENT AND FORMER

01:00:29.559 --> 01:00:30.560
TENANTS, TO CITIES, OR TO

01:00:30.626 --> 01:00:32.362
HOUSING RELATED ENTITIES.

01:00:32.428 --> 01:00:33.563
HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS THAT

01:00:33.629 --> 01:00:36.332
THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN YEARS.

01:00:36.399 --> 01:00:37.400
CONSTITUENTS HAVE CONTACTED MY

01:00:37.467 --> 01:00:38.935
OFFICE OFFICES OF OTHER MEMBERS

01:00:39.002 --> 01:00:40.403
WHO REPRESENT THE AREA, AND OUR

01:00:40.470 --> 01:00:42.005
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE

01:00:42.071 --> 01:00:43.873
EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH THE

01:00:43.940 --> 01:00:45.475
PROCESS. SOME WHO WERE OFFERED

01:00:45.541 --> 01:00:46.509
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE

01:00:46.576 --> 01:00:48.111
THEIR HOMES YEARS AGO, BUT THAT

01:00:48.177 --> 01:00:51.047
IS STILL NOT RESOLVED. AS TIME

01:00:51.114 --> 01:00:52.515
PASSES, THE VALUES OF THE HOME

01:00:52.582 --> 01:00:54.250
CONTINUE TO INCREASE WHILE THE

01:00:54.317 --> 01:00:55.151
CONTINUES. WHILE THE CONDITION

01:00:55.218 --> 01:00:56.619
OF THE HOMES CONTINUE TO

01:00:56.686 --> 01:00:57.987
DETERIORATE FURTHER. MANY OF

01:00:58.054 --> 01:00:59.155
THE TENANTS HAVE LIVED ON THEIR

01:00:59.222 --> 01:01:00.523
PROPERTIES FOR DECADES AND

01:01:00.590 --> 01:01:02.191
SIMPLY WISH TO FIND A

01:01:02.258 --> 01:01:04.360
RESOLUTION. ASSEMBLY BILL 2329

01:01:04.427 --> 01:01:05.828
ESTABLISHES A PROCESS WHEREBY

01:01:05.895 --> 01:01:07.530
THE CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA AND

01:01:07.597 --> 01:01:08.931
THE CITY OF PASADENA WOULD BE

01:01:08.998 --> 01:01:10.767
ABLE TO FACILITATE THE SALE OF

01:01:10.833 --> 01:01:12.001
THE HOMES IF SALES DO NOT COME

01:01:12.068 --> 01:01:13.770
TO FRUITION BETWEEN TENANTS AND

01:01:13.836 --> 01:01:15.138
CALTRANS. THE BILL ALSO

01:01:15.204 --> 01:01:16.205
REQUIRES DOCUMENTS RELATED TO

01:01:16.272 --> 01:01:17.940
THE PROPERTY TO BE SHARED WITH

01:01:18.007 --> 01:01:19.509
POTENTIAL BUYERS, AND HERE TO

01:01:19.575 --> 01:01:20.910
TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OUR SHEILA

01:01:20.977 --> 01:01:22.278
ROSSI, THE MAYOR OF THE GREAT

01:01:22.345 --> 01:01:23.746
CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA, AND

01:01:23.813 --> 01:01:24.714
PAIGE PHILLIPS, A TENANT FROM

01:01:24.781 --> 01:01:26.182
THE GREAT CITY OF SOUTH

01:01:26.249 --> 01:01:28.818
PASADENA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

01:01:28.885 --> 01:01:30.119
FOR BOTH FOR BEING HERE. YOU

01:01:30.186 --> 01:01:31.354
HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES EACH.

01:01:31.421 --> 01:01:32.755
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR

01:01:32.822 --> 01:01:34.490
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ON

01:01:34.557 --> 01:01:35.725
BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, AND ALSO

01:01:35.792 --> 01:01:37.493
ON BEHALF OF THE TENANTS WHO

01:01:37.560 --> 01:01:38.694
ARE TRYING TO PURCHASE THEIR

01:01:38.761 --> 01:01:40.430
HOMES AT FAIR MARKET VALUE. I

01:01:40.496 --> 01:01:41.597
HAVE THREE POINTS THAT I'D LIKE

01:01:41.664 --> 01:01:43.433
TO MAKE, AND I'LL SPEAK AS

01:01:43.499 --> 01:01:44.600
QUICKLY AS I POSSIBLY CAN. THE

01:01:44.667 --> 01:01:46.436
FIRST IS THE INEQUITY OF THE

01:01:46.502 --> 01:01:47.437
CURRENT SALES PROCESS. THIS

01:01:47.503 --> 01:01:49.072
PROCESS WAS STARTED IN 2019

01:01:49.138 --> 01:01:50.173
WHEN CALTRANS WAS ORDERED TO

01:01:50.239 --> 01:01:52.575
SELL THE HOMES. THEY PUT THE

01:01:52.642 --> 01:01:55.511
HOMES ON A PHASED PROCESS, AND

01:01:55.578 --> 01:01:56.913
FOR WHATEVER REASON, OUR HOME

01:01:56.979 --> 01:01:58.815
ENDED UP ON PHASE FOUR, WHICH

01:01:58.881 --> 01:02:00.149
MEANS WE WERE OFFERED OUR HOME

01:02:00.216 --> 01:02:02.985
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, SIX YEARS

01:02:03.052 --> 01:02:04.887
AFTER THE PROCESS BEGAN, SIX

01:02:04.954 --> 01:02:07.690
YEARS OF RISING INTEREST RATES

01:02:07.757 --> 01:02:09.358
AND ALSO HOUSING MARKET, WHICH

01:02:09.425 --> 01:02:11.661
SEEMS VERY INEQUITABLE. THE

01:02:11.727 --> 01:02:12.795
SECOND POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE

01:02:12.862 --> 01:02:15.631
IS THAT THIS LEGISLATION HELPS

01:02:15.698 --> 01:02:17.366
CALTRANS TO REMAIN FISCALLY

01:02:17.433 --> 01:02:19.001
RESPONSIBLE TO THE STATE. IF

01:02:19.068 --> 01:02:20.470
THEY WERE TO SELL THESE HOMES

01:02:20.536 --> 01:02:22.405
TO THE TENANTS, THEY WOULD AT

01:02:22.472 --> 01:02:24.941
AS IS CONDITION CONSIDERING THE

01:02:25.007 --> 01:02:27.110
COST OF REPAIRS AS WELL AS THE

01:02:27.176 --> 01:02:28.911
LONGEVITY OF THE TENANTS, ETC.

01:02:28.978 --> 01:02:30.379
THE TENANTS MIGHT BE ABLE TO

01:02:30.446 --> 01:02:31.514
AFFORD TO PURCHASE THESE HOMES,

01:02:31.581 --> 01:02:32.982
WHICH WOULD GENERATE SOME

01:02:33.049 --> 01:02:35.051
REVENUE. HOWEVER, OTHERWISE THE

01:02:35.118 --> 01:02:36.119
CITIES WOULD BE ABLE TO

01:02:36.185 --> 01:02:37.253
PURCHASE THEM AT ACQUISITION

01:02:37.320 --> 01:02:39.021
PRICE AND NO REVENUE WOULD BE

01:02:39.088 --> 01:02:40.490
GENERATED AT ALL. THE THIRD

01:02:40.556 --> 01:02:42.225
POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS

01:02:42.291 --> 01:02:43.493
PERSONAL. MY FAMILY MOVED INTO

01:02:43.559 --> 01:02:47.330
OUR HOME IN FEBRUARY 6TH 15,

01:02:47.396 --> 01:02:48.798
1996. JUST OVER 30 YEARS AGO,

01:02:48.865 --> 01:02:50.299
WE WERE THE FIRST TENANTS TO

01:02:50.366 --> 01:02:51.601
OCCUPY THE PROPERTY ONCE

01:02:51.667 --> 01:02:53.469
CALTRANS PURCHASED IT. LIKE

01:02:53.536 --> 01:02:55.238
MANY OF THE CALTRANS TENANTS,

01:02:55.304 --> 01:02:57.373
WE'VE BEEN. WE'VE BEEN VERY

01:02:57.440 --> 01:02:58.374
RESPONSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY

01:02:58.441 --> 01:02:59.575
AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVE MEMBERS OF

01:02:59.642 --> 01:03:01.711
OUR COMMUNITY, LOSING OUR HOME

01:03:01.777 --> 01:03:04.213
BECAUSE OF AN INEQUITABLE SALES

01:03:04.280 --> 01:03:05.615
PROCESS, DURING A HOUSING

01:03:05.681 --> 01:03:08.184
SHORTAGE AND AN ECONOMIC

01:03:08.251 --> 01:03:10.753
SETBACK IS INHUMANE AND NOT

01:03:10.820 --> 01:03:12.822
NECESSARY. PLEASE PASS THIS

01:03:12.889 --> 01:03:13.956
LEGISLATION. WE ARE ONLY ASKING

01:03:14.023 --> 01:03:16.459
FOR FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY

01:03:16.526 --> 01:03:18.561
AND FOR A PROCESS THAT

01:03:18.628 --> 01:03:20.029
ACKNOWLEDGES THE CALTRANS

01:03:20.096 --> 01:03:21.130
TENANTS WHO HAVE BUILT THEIR

01:03:21.197 --> 01:03:23.299
LIVES IN THESE HOMES AND SO

01:03:23.366 --> 01:03:24.734
DESPERATELY WISH TO KEEP THEM.

01:03:24.800 --> 01:03:26.369
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

01:03:26.435 --> 01:03:28.037
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT

01:03:28.104 --> 01:03:30.606
WITNESS. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR

01:03:30.673 --> 01:03:31.807
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

01:03:31.874 --> 01:03:32.975
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE

01:03:33.042 --> 01:03:34.810
TODAY. MY NAME IS SHEILA ROSSI,

01:03:34.877 --> 01:03:36.045
AND I'M THE MAYOR OF THE CITY

01:03:36.112 --> 01:03:37.947
OF SOUTH PASADENA. AND I'M HERE

01:03:38.014 --> 01:03:39.815
IN SUPPORT OF AB 2329. I WANT

01:03:39.882 --> 01:03:40.983
TO START BY TELLING YOU ABOUT

01:03:41.050 --> 01:03:42.818
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MY REASON

01:03:42.885 --> 01:03:44.187
FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ONE IS A

01:03:44.253 --> 01:03:45.988
MOTHER WHO LIVES IN A SMALL TWO

01:03:46.055 --> 01:03:47.823
BEDROOM HOUSE ON A BUSY STREET.

01:03:47.890 --> 01:03:49.058
SHE LOST HER YOUNG CHILD DURING

01:03:49.125 --> 01:03:51.794
HER DECADE LONG FAILED SALES

01:03:51.861 --> 01:03:53.896
PROCESS, HOLDING HER CHILD IN

01:03:53.963 --> 01:03:56.032
HER ARMS IN THAT HOME IS THE

01:03:56.098 --> 01:03:58.234
LAST MEMORY THAT SHE HAS OF HIM.

01:03:58.301 --> 01:04:01.103
THAT HOME IS EVERYTHING TO HER.

01:04:01.170 --> 01:04:02.271
OTHERS ARE FAMILIES WHO RAISE

01:04:02.338 --> 01:04:03.372
THEIR CHILDREN IN THESE HOMES

01:04:03.439 --> 01:04:04.707
AND NOW WELCOME THEIR

01:04:04.774 --> 01:04:06.542
GRANDCHILDREN. THEY ARE SENIOR

01:04:06.609 --> 01:04:08.311
CITIZENS AND THEY ARE SCARED

01:04:08.377 --> 01:04:09.712
ABOUT LOSING THEIR HOMES AND

01:04:09.779 --> 01:04:12.315
LOSING STABILITY. THESE ARE

01:04:12.381 --> 01:04:13.749
SMALL, MODEST HOMES THE

01:04:13.816 --> 01:04:15.017
FAMILIES HAVE LIVED IN AND

01:04:15.084 --> 01:04:16.185
CARED FOR OVER DECADES, EVEN AS

01:04:16.252 --> 01:04:18.387
THE STATE LET THEM FALL INTO

01:04:18.454 --> 01:04:19.388
DISREPAIR. THESE PROPERTIES

01:04:19.455 --> 01:04:20.990
WERE TAKEN THROUGH EMINENT

01:04:21.057 --> 01:04:22.758
DOMAIN, NOT PURCHASED, TAKEN

01:04:22.825 --> 01:04:23.726
FOR A FREEWAY. THE STATE

01:04:23.793 --> 01:04:25.628
DECIDED NOT TO BUILD THE

01:04:25.695 --> 01:04:26.762
ROBERTI ACT, SOUGHT TO RETURN

01:04:26.829 --> 01:04:27.964
THEM TO THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE

01:04:28.030 --> 01:04:29.031
TENANTS OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE

01:04:29.098 --> 01:04:30.600
THEIR HOMES. THE IDEA THAT

01:04:30.666 --> 01:04:32.034
EMINENT DOMAIN COULD INSTEAD BE

01:04:32.101 --> 01:04:33.169
USED AS A REAL ESTATE

01:04:33.236 --> 01:04:37.073
INVESTMENT STRATEGY IS CHILLING,

01:04:37.139 --> 01:04:38.574
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS PROCESS

01:04:38.641 --> 01:04:40.076
IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WHEN I

01:04:40.142 --> 01:04:41.410
REVIEW DOCUMENTS OF RESIDENTS

01:04:41.477 --> 01:04:42.445
BROUGHT TO ME, I FOUND THE

01:04:42.511 --> 01:04:43.546
CALTRANS CONTRACTOR WAS

01:04:43.613 --> 01:04:44.747
CONDITIONING ACCESS TO

01:04:44.814 --> 01:04:46.115
APPRAISALS ON TENANTS SIGNING

01:04:46.182 --> 01:04:47.250
NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.

01:04:47.316 --> 01:04:48.284
TENANTS WERE BEING ASKED TO

01:04:48.351 --> 01:04:50.753
SIGN AWAY THEIR RIGHTS, A FAST

01:04:50.820 --> 01:04:52.488
TRACK FOR PUBLIC RECORDS THAT

01:04:52.555 --> 01:04:53.923
THEY WERE ALREADY ENTITLED TO.

01:04:53.990 --> 01:04:55.825
THE PURCHASE CONTRACT REQUIRES

01:04:55.891 --> 01:04:57.960
TENANTS TO TAKE THE HOMES AS IS,

01:04:58.027 --> 01:04:59.061
WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS TO INSPECT

01:04:59.128 --> 01:05:00.496
IT AND INDEMNIFY THE STATE FOR

01:05:00.563 --> 01:05:02.198
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. THAT'S

01:05:02.265 --> 01:05:03.165
THE KIND OF CONTRACT WRITTEN

01:05:03.232 --> 01:05:05.534
FOR A SAVVY CASH INVESTOR. IT'S

01:05:05.601 --> 01:05:07.069
NOT A PATH TO HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR

01:05:07.136 --> 01:05:08.271
LONG TERM TENANTS TRYING TO BUY

01:05:08.337 --> 01:05:10.239
THEIR FIRST HOME. IT'S A

01:05:10.306 --> 01:05:12.041
PROCESS THAT'S DESIGNED TO FAIL.

01:05:12.108 --> 01:05:14.343
AB 2329 ADDRESSES THE FAILURES

01:05:14.410 --> 01:05:15.711
IN THIS PROCESS, SO THE TENANTS

01:05:15.778 --> 01:05:17.179
HAVE A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO

01:05:17.246 --> 01:05:18.614
PURCHASE THEIR HOMES. IT ASKS

01:05:18.681 --> 01:05:19.815
THE PRICE TO REFLECT THE TRUE

01:05:19.882 --> 01:05:21.550
CONDITION OF THESE HOMES, SO

01:05:21.617 --> 01:05:22.518
THE TENANTS CAN SECURE

01:05:22.585 --> 01:05:23.919
FINANCING. THE STATE CANNOT

01:05:23.986 --> 01:05:25.855
RESET THE PRICE HIGHER AFTER

01:05:25.921 --> 01:05:26.889
FAILING TO COMPLETE THEIR OWN

01:05:26.956 --> 01:05:28.958
SALES PROCESS. SOUTH PASADENA

01:05:29.025 --> 01:05:29.992
WOULD PREFER TO SEE THIS

01:05:30.059 --> 01:05:31.327
PROCESS COMPLETED AT THE STATE

01:05:31.394 --> 01:05:32.928
LEVEL WHERE IT BELONGS, BUT WE

01:05:32.995 --> 01:05:34.530
ARE WILLING TO USE OUR POSITION

01:05:34.597 --> 01:05:36.165
IN THE WATERFALL TO GIVE OUR

01:05:36.232 --> 01:05:38.668
TENANTS A FAIR OPPORTUNITY. IF

01:05:38.734 --> 01:05:39.468
THERE'S ANY WAY FOR THESE

01:05:39.535 --> 01:05:40.569
FAMILIES TO PURCHASE THEIR

01:05:40.636 --> 01:05:42.371
HOMES THEY HAVE LIVED IN FOR SO

01:05:42.438 --> 01:05:43.773
LONG, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT

01:05:43.839 --> 01:05:44.674
POSSIBLE. THESE FAMILIES HAVE

01:05:44.740 --> 01:05:46.309
WAITED LONG ENOUGH, AND I

01:05:46.375 --> 01:05:47.376
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE

01:05:47.443 --> 01:05:49.245
VOTE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

01:05:49.312 --> 01:05:50.513
THANK YOU. OTHERS IN THE

01:05:50.579 --> 01:05:52.148
COMMITTEE ROOM WHO WISH TO

01:05:52.214 --> 01:05:53.249
EXPRESS SUPPORT. YOU MAY COME

01:05:53.316 --> 01:05:54.483
UP TO THIS MICROPHONE AT THIS

01:05:54.550 --> 01:05:57.720
TIME. WHAT IS ALLOWED IS NAME,

01:05:57.787 --> 01:06:00.289
AFFILIATION AND YOUR SUPPORT.

01:06:00.356 --> 01:06:01.657
JIM WONG, HOUSING DIRECTOR,

01:06:01.724 --> 01:06:03.459
CITY OF PASADENA. GOOD

01:06:03.526 --> 01:06:04.794
AFTERNOON, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF

01:06:04.860 --> 01:06:06.696
THE COMMITTEE. I WILL KEEP MY

01:06:06.762 --> 01:06:08.164
COMMENTS VERY BRIEF AND

01:06:08.230 --> 01:06:10.399
SUCCINCT. THE CITY STRONGLY

01:06:10.466 --> 01:06:12.835
SUPPORTS AB 2329. WE BELIEVE IT

01:06:12.902 --> 01:06:14.303
WILL PROVIDE GREATER CLARITY

01:06:14.370 --> 01:06:16.439
AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE

01:06:16.505 --> 01:06:17.873
DISPOSITION OF TENANT OCCUPIED

01:06:17.940 --> 01:06:19.709
CALTRANS OWN HOMES AND

01:06:19.775 --> 01:06:21.510
FURTHERMORE ENHANCE THE

01:06:21.577 --> 01:06:22.912
HOMEOWNERSHIP OUTCOMES. THANK

01:06:22.978 --> 01:06:26.182
YOU, THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE

01:06:26.248 --> 01:06:28.451
THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPPORT

01:06:28.517 --> 01:06:30.152
TESTIMONY. IS THERE ANY

01:06:30.219 --> 01:06:31.554
OPPOSITION IN THE ROOM OR THEIR

01:06:31.620 --> 01:06:33.022
OPPOSITION WITNESSES IN THE

01:06:33.089 --> 01:06:34.824
ROOM? ANYONE WHO WISHES TO

01:06:34.890 --> 01:06:36.325
EXPRESS OPPOSITION, SEEING NONE

01:06:36.392 --> 01:06:38.394
WILL BRING IT BACK TO. I'D LIKE

01:06:38.461 --> 01:06:40.963
TO MOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE QUORUM.

01:06:41.030 --> 01:06:43.499
OKAY, GREAT. WE HAVE AN OFFER

01:06:43.566 --> 01:06:46.302
OF OF A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR

01:06:46.369 --> 01:06:47.737
STRICKLAND. WE ARE SHORT OF A

01:06:47.803 --> 01:06:49.905
QUORUM, AS YOU CAN GATHER. I DO

01:06:49.972 --> 01:06:51.173
NEED YOU TO STATE ON THE RECORD.

01:06:51.240 --> 01:06:53.142
YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY. IF SO, I

01:06:53.209 --> 01:06:54.977
APOLOGIZE, BUT THAT YOU'RE

01:06:55.044 --> 01:06:57.480
TAKING THE AMENDMENTS SO THAT

01:06:57.546 --> 01:06:59.715
OUR MOTION IS COMPLETE.

01:06:59.782 --> 01:07:00.816
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH,

01:07:00.883 --> 01:07:01.917
CHAIR. ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S

01:07:01.984 --> 01:07:02.918
AMENDMENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE

01:07:02.985 --> 01:07:03.853
YOUR CHIEF CONSULTANT WORKING

01:07:03.919 --> 01:07:05.388
CLOSELY WITH MY TEAM. THANK YOU.

01:07:05.454 --> 01:07:06.922
I APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION.

01:07:06.989 --> 01:07:09.024
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH

01:07:09.091 --> 01:07:09.959
THAT, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN

01:07:10.025 --> 01:07:10.993
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE. IF

01:07:11.060 --> 01:07:12.828
THERE'S ANY MORE YOU WANT TO

01:07:12.895 --> 01:07:14.029
SAY. AND AGAIN, WE'LL TAKE THE

01:07:14.096 --> 01:07:15.965
BILL UP FOR A VOTE AS SOON AS

01:07:16.031 --> 01:07:17.900
WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO

01:07:17.967 --> 01:07:19.101
MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. SENATORS,

01:07:19.168 --> 01:07:20.002
REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS

01:07:20.069 --> 01:07:21.771
HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU TO

01:07:21.837 --> 01:07:22.838
OUR WITNESSES AS WELL, THE

01:07:22.905 --> 01:07:24.006
MAYOR AND MISS PHILLIPS, WHO'S

01:07:24.073 --> 01:07:25.775
BEEN LIVING IN THEIR HOME SINCE

01:07:25.841 --> 01:07:26.876
1996 AND HAS PROCESSED THIS TO

01:07:26.942 --> 01:07:28.077
REALLY MOVE THE PROCESS ALONG

01:07:28.144 --> 01:07:29.745
THIS BILL WOULD HELP EXPEDITE

01:07:29.812 --> 01:07:30.813
THAT AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE

01:07:30.880 --> 01:07:32.014
LEADERSHIP HERE FROM SOUTH

01:07:32.081 --> 01:07:33.182
PASADENA AND TO OUR LEAD

01:07:33.249 --> 01:07:35.017
WITNESS FROM PASADENA AS WELL.

01:07:35.084 --> 01:07:36.585
AND SO WITH THAT, RESPECTFULLY

01:07:36.652 --> 01:07:37.520
ASK FOR A VOTE AT THE

01:07:37.586 --> 01:07:39.255
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU

01:07:39.321 --> 01:07:41.023
AGAIN. APPRECIATE YOUR

01:07:41.090 --> 01:07:46.228
TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY

01:07:46.295 --> 01:07:48.297
MEMBER CHADWICK, LOOKS LIKE YOU

01:07:48.364 --> 01:07:49.999
BEAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA HERE.

01:07:50.065 --> 01:07:56.472
SO YOU'RE UP. WELCOME TO YOU.

01:07:56.539 --> 01:08:00.142
HAD A BILL IN JUDICI TODAY. SO

01:08:00.209 --> 01:08:05.948
THEY HAVE 80. OKAY, I'LL BE

01:08:06.015 --> 01:08:08.818
FAST. ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY GO

01:08:08.884 --> 01:08:10.419
AHEAD AND PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE

01:08:10.486 --> 01:08:11.520
READY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,

01:08:11.587 --> 01:08:12.721
MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS, I WOULD

01:08:12.788 --> 01:08:14.523
FIRST LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIR

01:08:14.590 --> 01:08:15.624
AND COMMITTEE STAFF FOR WORKING

01:08:15.691 --> 01:08:16.625
COLLABORATIVELY WITH ME ON THIS

01:08:16.692 --> 01:08:17.693
CRITICAL ISSUE. I'M VERY

01:08:17.760 --> 01:08:18.828
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

01:08:18.894 --> 01:08:20.629
OF THIS BILL AND TO ADDRESS THE

01:08:20.696 --> 01:08:21.564
DANGEROUS SITUATION IN LAKE

01:08:21.630 --> 01:08:22.898
TAHOE. IN MY DISTRICT, LAKE

01:08:22.965 --> 01:08:23.899
TAHOE IS A BEAUTIFUL

01:08:23.966 --> 01:08:25.201
INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION.

01:08:25.267 --> 01:08:26.202
SITTING ON THE WEST SHORE OF

01:08:26.268 --> 01:08:28.103
THE LAKE, EMERALD BAY IS FAMOUS

01:08:28.170 --> 01:08:29.171
FOR ITS BRILLIANT BLUE GREEN

01:08:29.238 --> 01:08:30.172
WATER, PANORAMIC VISTAS AND

01:08:30.239 --> 01:08:32.174
RUGGED MOUNTAIN BACKDROP. IT IS

01:08:32.241 --> 01:08:33.509
WIDELY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE

01:08:33.576 --> 01:08:34.777
MOST PHOTOGRAPHED LOCATIONS IN

01:08:34.844 --> 01:08:36.479
THE WORLD. EVERY YEAR, MILLIONS

01:08:36.545 --> 01:08:38.414
OF TRAVELERS FROM EVERY NATION

01:08:38.481 --> 01:08:39.782
AND CALIFORNIA VISIT THE LAKE

01:08:39.849 --> 01:08:41.784
TAHOE BASIN. GROWING VISITATION

01:08:41.851 --> 01:08:43.219
AND LIMITED ROADWAY CAPACITY

01:08:43.285 --> 01:08:44.753
HAVE INCREASED SAFETY RISKS AND

01:08:44.820 --> 01:08:45.955
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ALONG

01:08:46.021 --> 01:08:47.756
STATE HIGHWAYS AND LAKE TAHOE

01:08:47.823 --> 01:08:50.092
BASIN STATE ROUTE 89 IS A TWO

01:08:50.159 --> 01:08:52.061
LANE, 55MPH HIGHWAY THAT RUNS

01:08:52.127 --> 01:08:53.596
NORTH TO SOUTH ON THE WEST SIDE

01:08:53.662 --> 01:08:55.931
OF LAKE AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO

01:08:55.998 --> 01:08:57.766
EMERALD BAY. ALONG THIS HIGHWAY.

01:08:57.833 --> 01:08:58.934
MANY PEOPLE ILLEGALLY PARK ON

01:08:59.001 --> 01:09:00.669
THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER UNDER

01:09:00.736 --> 01:09:01.971
ROCKFALL AREAS AND TEETERING

01:09:02.037 --> 01:09:03.906
OVER RIDGES. THIS RESULT IN

01:09:03.973 --> 01:09:05.307
BOTH SHOULDERS BEING CLOGGED,

01:09:05.374 --> 01:09:06.442
PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON THE

01:09:06.509 --> 01:09:07.309
HIGHWAY, CROSSING THE HIGHWAY,

01:09:07.376 --> 01:09:09.612
AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION. A 2025

01:09:09.678 --> 01:09:10.813
SAFETY REVIEW OF THE EMERALD

01:09:10.880 --> 01:09:13.682
BAY CORRIDOR DOCUMENTED 759

01:09:13.749 --> 01:09:15.117
WRONG-WAY DRIVERS RECORDED OVER

01:09:15.184 --> 01:09:18.354
A 40 DAY PERIOD AND MORE THAN

01:09:18.420 --> 01:09:19.788
20,500 PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE

01:09:19.855 --> 01:09:21.156
HIGHWAY, WITH NO CROSSWALKS OR

01:09:21.223 --> 01:09:24.093
PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES. A B 2679

01:09:24.159 --> 01:09:25.294
ADVANCES THE SAFETY FRAMEWORK

01:09:25.361 --> 01:09:27.263
THAT ADDRESSES THESE DANGEROUS

01:09:27.329 --> 01:09:28.264
CONDITIONS. THIS BILL ALLOWS

01:09:28.330 --> 01:09:29.798
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

01:09:29.865 --> 01:09:30.900
TRANSPORTATION TO WORK WITH

01:09:30.966 --> 01:09:32.434
TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY,

01:09:32.501 --> 01:09:33.669
THE TAHOE TRANSPORTATION

01:09:33.736 --> 01:09:34.870
DISTRICT AND EL DORADO AND

01:09:34.937 --> 01:09:36.205
PLACER COUNTIES TO IMPROVE

01:09:36.272 --> 01:09:37.773
PARKING MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC

01:09:37.840 --> 01:09:39.141
ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS

01:09:39.208 --> 01:09:40.209
DEVELOPING PUBLIC PARKING,

01:09:40.276 --> 01:09:41.977
TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS,

01:09:42.044 --> 01:09:44.246
TRASH CANS AND RESTROOMS. I

01:09:44.313 --> 01:09:45.281
ACCEPT THE SENATE

01:09:45.347 --> 01:09:46.348
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES

01:09:46.415 --> 01:09:47.516
AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS REFLECTED

01:09:47.583 --> 01:09:48.851
IN THE SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES

01:09:48.918 --> 01:09:50.085
AND WATER COMMITTEE ANALYSIS

01:09:50.152 --> 01:09:51.687
AND WILL BE TAKEN IN THAT

01:09:51.754 --> 01:09:52.821
COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE

01:09:52.888 --> 01:09:54.023
AMENDMENT CLARIFIES A VARIETY

01:09:54.089 --> 01:09:55.591
OF PROVISIONS AND IS INTENDED

01:09:55.658 --> 01:09:56.859
TO ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM THE

01:09:56.926 --> 01:09:58.961
SOLE OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. I

01:09:59.028 --> 01:10:00.029
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE,

01:10:00.095 --> 01:10:02.565
AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY NOAH

01:10:02.631 --> 01:10:04.366
BUNYAN AND REPRESENTING KEEP

01:10:04.433 --> 01:10:06.168
TAHOE BLUE AND DEVIN

01:10:06.235 --> 01:10:07.570
MIDDLEBROOK, REPRESENTING TAHOE

01:10:07.636 --> 01:10:10.139
REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY. ALL

01:10:10.205 --> 01:10:10.906
RIGHT. YOU HAVE A COUPLE

01:10:10.973 --> 01:10:12.741
MINUTES EACH AND YOU CAN GO

01:10:12.808 --> 01:10:15.144
WHATEVER ORDER YOU PREFER. GOOD

01:10:15.210 --> 01:10:16.612
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE

01:10:16.679 --> 01:10:18.514
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NOAH BUNYAN

01:10:18.581 --> 01:10:20.182
AND I'M WITH KEEP TAHOE BLUE,

01:10:20.249 --> 01:10:21.951
THE OLDEST AND LARGEST

01:10:22.017 --> 01:10:23.419
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION AT

01:10:23.485 --> 01:10:25.554
LAKE TAHOE. MY ORGANIZATION WAS

01:10:25.621 --> 01:10:28.557
FOUNDED IN 1957 TO PROTECT LAKE

01:10:28.624 --> 01:10:30.392
TAHOE'S FAMED CLARITY, WHICH

01:10:30.459 --> 01:10:32.127
REMAINS OUR MISSION TODAY. I'M

01:10:32.194 --> 01:10:34.697
HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2679, THE

01:10:34.763 --> 01:10:37.866
SAFE TAHOE TRAVEL ACT OF 2026.

01:10:37.933 --> 01:10:39.768
SIMPLY PUT, MORE CARS DRIVING

01:10:39.835 --> 01:10:42.137
MORE MILES AROUND LAKE TAHOE

01:10:42.204 --> 01:10:43.539
WORSENS WATER QUALITY BY

01:10:43.606 --> 01:10:45.374
MUDDYING OUR FAMED CLEAR BLUE

01:10:45.441 --> 01:10:47.943
WATER POLLUTION AND SEDIMENT

01:10:48.010 --> 01:10:49.011
RUNOFF FROM OUR ROADWAYS ARE

01:10:49.078 --> 01:10:50.813
THE NUMBER ONE CONTRIBUTOR TO

01:10:50.879 --> 01:10:53.349
LAKE CLARITY LOSS, MAKING IT

01:10:53.415 --> 01:10:54.850
EASIER AND SAFER FOR VISITORS

01:10:54.917 --> 01:10:56.518
AND RESIDENTS TO CHOOSE TRANSIT,

01:10:56.585 --> 01:10:58.354
BIKING AND WALKING TO REACH OUR

01:10:58.420 --> 01:10:59.688
BUSINESSES, BEACHES AND TRAILS.

01:10:59.755 --> 01:11:01.557
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPERATIVES

01:11:01.624 --> 01:11:04.426
AT LAKE TAHOE. TAHOE'S NATURAL

01:11:04.493 --> 01:11:06.261
BEAUTY SUPPORTS A REGIONAL

01:11:06.328 --> 01:11:08.731
ECONOMY EXCEEDING $5 BILLION

01:11:08.797 --> 01:11:10.065
ANNUALLY, AND PROVIDES ACCESS

01:11:10.132 --> 01:11:12.001
TO OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR

01:11:12.067 --> 01:11:13.469
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS AND

01:11:13.535 --> 01:11:15.704
VISITORS EACH YEAR, INCLUDING

01:11:15.771 --> 01:11:17.840
45 MILES OF LAKESHORE AND SEVEN

01:11:17.906 --> 01:11:19.208
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS SUCH AS

01:11:19.274 --> 01:11:21.477
EMERALD BAY. ON A TYPICAL

01:11:21.543 --> 01:11:23.646
SUMMER DAY, UPWARDS OF 500 CARS

01:11:23.712 --> 01:11:25.648
CAN BE PARKED ON NARROW DIRT

01:11:25.714 --> 01:11:28.183
SHOULDERS ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT

01:11:28.250 --> 01:11:30.386
EMERALD BAY. THIS HURTS THE

01:11:30.452 --> 01:11:31.854
LAKE AND FORCES TENS OF

01:11:31.920 --> 01:11:33.288
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO WALK

01:11:33.355 --> 01:11:34.790
ACROSS AND ALONG A STATE

01:11:34.857 --> 01:11:35.958
HIGHWAY TO VISIT EMERALD BAY

01:11:36.025 --> 01:11:39.428
STATE PARK. AB 2679 WOULD OFFER

01:11:39.495 --> 01:11:40.929
A CRITICAL TOOL TO PROTECT THE

01:11:40.996 --> 01:11:42.998
LAKE AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND

01:11:43.065 --> 01:11:44.466
ACCESS FOR THE MILLIONS OF

01:11:44.533 --> 01:11:45.901
PEOPLE WHO ENJOY TAHOE EACH

01:11:45.968 --> 01:11:48.904
YEAR, ESPECIALLY ALONG STATE

01:11:48.971 --> 01:11:51.273
ROUTE 89 THROUGH EMERALD BAY.

01:11:51.340 --> 01:11:52.708
BY ALLOWING FOR MORE LOCAL

01:11:52.775 --> 01:11:54.510
PARTNERSHIPS WITH CALTRANS TO

01:11:54.576 --> 01:11:56.745
MANAGE PARKING AND BUILD SAFETY

01:11:56.812 --> 01:11:58.480
PROJECTS AND PEDESTRIAN

01:11:58.547 --> 01:11:59.915
INFRASTRUCTURE, WE CAN IMPROVE

01:11:59.982 --> 01:12:01.750
SAFETY OUTCOMES AND LAKE

01:12:01.817 --> 01:12:03.218
CLARITY. THANK YOU FOR THE

01:12:03.285 --> 01:12:05.020
OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY IN

01:12:05.087 --> 01:12:07.423
SUPPORT OF AB 2679. WE URGE YOU

01:12:07.489 --> 01:12:08.390
TO ADVANCE THIS LEGISLATION,

01:12:08.457 --> 01:12:09.525
AND THANKS TO OUR BILL'S

01:12:09.591 --> 01:12:10.793
SPONSOR. THANK YOU. NEXT

01:12:10.859 --> 01:12:12.628
WITNESS PLEASE. THANK YOU,

01:12:12.695 --> 01:12:14.329
CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND

01:12:14.396 --> 01:12:15.431
STAFF. MY NAME IS DEVIN

01:12:15.497 --> 01:12:16.432
MIDDLEBROOK WITH THE TAHOE

01:12:16.498 --> 01:12:18.300
REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY, OR

01:12:18.367 --> 01:12:20.102
TRPA. WE WERE FORMED THROUGH A

01:12:20.169 --> 01:12:21.503
BI STATE COMPACT BETWEEN

01:12:21.570 --> 01:12:23.572
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA IN 1969.

01:12:23.639 --> 01:12:25.708
TRPA IS CHARGED WITH PROTECTING

01:12:25.774 --> 01:12:27.509
LAKE TAHOE. WE ALSO SERVE AS

01:12:27.576 --> 01:12:28.944
THE REGION'S METROPOLITAN

01:12:29.011 --> 01:12:30.813
PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND IN

01:12:30.879 --> 01:12:32.214
THAT CAPACITY, WE ARE

01:12:32.281 --> 01:12:34.349
SPONSORING A B 2679 WITH

01:12:34.416 --> 01:12:35.918
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HARDWICK. THE

01:12:35.984 --> 01:12:37.720
BILL WOULD ENABLE CALTRANS TO

01:12:37.786 --> 01:12:38.754
ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH

01:12:38.821 --> 01:12:40.189
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS OR THE

01:12:40.255 --> 01:12:41.724
TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

01:12:41.790 --> 01:12:43.692
TO MANAGE SAFETY AND RECREATION

01:12:43.759 --> 01:12:45.127
ACCESS ALONG OUR POPULAR

01:12:45.194 --> 01:12:47.296
HIGHWAY CORRIDORS AT LAKE TAHOE.

01:12:47.362 --> 01:12:49.131
THE INTENT IS TO CREATE A

01:12:49.198 --> 01:12:50.566
FRAMEWORK ALLOWING US TO

01:12:50.632 --> 01:12:52.334
DESIGNATE SAFETY ZONES ALONG

01:12:52.401 --> 01:12:54.169
HIGHWAY CORRIDORS AND IMPLEMENT

01:12:54.236 --> 01:12:55.938
ACTIONS TO REDUCE DANGEROUS

01:12:56.004 --> 01:12:57.005
PARKING AND DEVELOP PUBLIC

01:12:57.072 --> 01:12:58.407
PARKING, TRANSIT STOPS AND

01:12:58.474 --> 01:12:59.875
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN

01:12:59.942 --> 01:13:00.909
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE

01:13:00.976 --> 01:13:02.511
RIGHT OF WAY SO PEOPLE CAN

01:13:02.578 --> 01:13:03.846
SAFELY ACCESS THEIR PUBLIC

01:13:03.912 --> 01:13:06.348
LANDS. FINALLY, THE BILL WOULD

01:13:06.415 --> 01:13:07.850
SUPPORT REGIONAL CONSISTENCY.

01:13:07.916 --> 01:13:11.120
IN 2025, NEVADA ADOPTED NEVADA

01:13:11.186 --> 01:13:13.589
SENATE BILL 426. THIS LAW

01:13:13.655 --> 01:13:15.357
CREATED A SIMILAR FRAMEWORK FOR

01:13:15.424 --> 01:13:17.159
HIGHWAY SAFETY ZONES ON THE

01:13:17.226 --> 01:13:19.027
NEVADA SIDE OF LAKE TAHOE. WE

01:13:19.094 --> 01:13:20.796
ARE ASKING FOR CALIFORNIA

01:13:20.863 --> 01:13:22.564
LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE

01:13:22.631 --> 01:13:23.932
CONSISTENCY ON BOTH SIDES OF

01:13:23.999 --> 01:13:26.101
THE LAKE. WHILE ASPECTS OF WHAT

01:13:26.168 --> 01:13:27.503
THE BILL PROPOSES ARE ALREADY

01:13:27.569 --> 01:13:30.472
ALLOWED UNDER EXISTING LAW, AB

01:13:30.539 --> 01:13:32.040
2679 ADDRESSES THE UNIQUE NEEDS

01:13:32.107 --> 01:13:33.809
OF THE TAHOE BASIN AND

01:13:33.876 --> 01:13:35.544
INCORPORATES THE TAHOE

01:13:35.611 --> 01:13:37.012
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AND OUR

01:13:37.079 --> 01:13:39.214
AGENCY, TRPA, AS THE REGION'S

01:13:39.281 --> 01:13:41.016
TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENTATION

01:13:41.083 --> 01:13:42.518
AGENCIES. FINALLY, WE ARE

01:13:42.584 --> 01:13:44.353
ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH CALTRANS

01:13:44.419 --> 01:13:46.421
AND CALIFORNIA STATE PARK STAFF

01:13:46.488 --> 01:13:48.190
ON THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.

01:13:48.257 --> 01:13:49.324
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN

01:13:49.391 --> 01:13:51.393
PROTECTING LAKE TAHOE, FOR ALL

01:13:51.460 --> 01:13:53.195
CALIFORNIANS TO ENJOY TODAY AND

01:13:53.262 --> 01:13:54.930
IN FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK

01:13:54.997 --> 01:13:56.832
YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

01:13:56.899 --> 01:13:58.634
TESTIMONY. YES, OTHERS THAT

01:13:58.700 --> 01:14:00.102
WISH TO TESTIFY, PLEASE COME

01:14:00.169 --> 01:14:01.136
FORWARD, I. GOOD AFTERNOON,

01:14:01.203 --> 01:14:02.304
STEVE WALLACH ON BEHALF OF THE

01:14:02.371 --> 01:14:03.405
CALIFORNIA TAHOE ALLIANCE, AS

01:14:03.472 --> 01:14:05.073
WELL AS A PLACER COUNTY

01:14:05.140 --> 01:14:06.842
SUPERVISOR, CITY AND EL DORADO

01:14:06.909 --> 01:14:09.745
COUNTY SUPERVISOR. BROOKLYN.

01:14:09.812 --> 01:14:13.415
THANKS. GOT IT. THANK YOU. MARK

01:14:13.482 --> 01:14:14.283
VUKOVICH, ON BEHALF OF STREETS

01:14:14.349 --> 01:14:16.051
FOR ALL. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE

01:14:16.118 --> 01:14:17.252
FOR GETTING IN OUR OPPOSITION

01:14:17.319 --> 01:14:19.054
LATE, BUT I WANT TO SAY, WITH

01:14:19.121 --> 01:14:20.222
THE ACCEPTING OF THE COMMITTEE

01:14:20.289 --> 01:14:21.190
AMENDMENTS, WE HAVE A LATE

01:14:21.256 --> 01:14:22.291
BREAKING NEUTRALITY ON THE BILL.

01:14:22.357 --> 01:14:24.960
THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU.

01:14:25.027 --> 01:14:27.029
OTHERS IN SUPPORT. SEEING NONE,

01:14:27.095 --> 01:14:27.996
WE'LL MOVE TO OPPOSITION. IS

01:14:28.063 --> 01:14:29.898
THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO

01:14:29.965 --> 01:14:33.135
OPPOSE THIS BILL? WE HAVE NO

01:14:33.202 --> 01:14:34.636
REGISTERED OPPOSITION THAT I

01:14:34.703 --> 01:14:38.240
KNOW OF ANY FURTHER, AND NO ONE

01:14:38.307 --> 01:14:39.441
SEEMS TO BE COMING FORWARD TO

01:14:39.508 --> 01:14:41.510
THE MICROPHONE. SO WE'RE GOING

01:14:41.577 --> 01:14:42.778
TO COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.

01:14:42.845 --> 01:14:44.613
I MOVE THE BILL WHEN WE GET A

01:14:44.680 --> 01:14:45.714
QUORUM. SO VICE CHAIR

01:14:45.781 --> 01:14:47.516
STRICKLAND IS AT THE READY WITH

01:14:47.583 --> 01:14:49.484
A MOTION AS SOON AS WE CAN GET

01:14:49.551 --> 01:14:50.652
A QUORUM. WITH THAT, I'M GOING

01:14:50.719 --> 01:14:52.487
TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO

01:14:52.554 --> 01:14:53.488
CLOSE. WE APPRECIATE YOU

01:14:53.555 --> 01:14:54.556
WORKING WITH OUR COMMITTEE AND

01:14:54.623 --> 01:14:56.558
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD. WE

01:14:56.625 --> 01:14:58.694
DO NOT HAVE AMENDMENTS

01:14:58.760 --> 01:15:00.863
OURSELVES, BUT WE APPRECIATE

01:15:00.929 --> 01:15:01.930
YOU GOING ON THE RECORD

01:15:01.997 --> 01:15:03.932
INDICATING THAT YOU'RE PREPARED

01:15:03.999 --> 01:15:06.301
TO TAKE SOME RELATIVE TO THE

01:15:06.368 --> 01:15:08.136
OPPOSITION CONCERNS. SO WITH

01:15:08.203 --> 01:15:10.939
THAT, PLEASE CLOSE IF YOU LIKE.

01:15:11.006 --> 01:15:12.341
THANK YOU FOR YOUR

01:15:12.407 --> 01:15:13.375
CONSIDERATION. I RESPECTFULLY

01:15:13.442 --> 01:15:14.543
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE WHEN

01:15:14.610 --> 01:15:16.011
APPROPRIATE. OKAY. THANK YOU

01:15:16.078 --> 01:15:18.614
ALL. THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY IT'S

01:15:18.680 --> 01:15:19.715
GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE VERY,

01:15:19.781 --> 01:15:21.550
VERY SOON BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE

01:15:21.617 --> 01:15:23.585
ONE MORE BILL TO HEAR. THAT'S

01:15:23.652 --> 01:15:25.020
ASSEMBLYMEMBER CHOLERA. I'M

01:15:25.087 --> 01:15:27.489
ROOTING FOR A QUORUM HERE.

01:15:27.556 --> 01:15:28.690
MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF THE

01:15:28.757 --> 01:15:30.492
DODGERS COME IN AND START

01:15:30.559 --> 01:15:32.594
VOTING. RIGHT. GIANTS FANS

01:15:32.661 --> 01:15:39.801
WON'T LIKE THAT. YEAH. ALL

01:15:39.868 --> 01:15:41.603
RIGHT, ASSEMBLYMEMBER, CHOLERA.

01:15:41.670 --> 01:15:43.338
WELCOME. YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN

01:15:43.405 --> 01:15:44.806
YOU'RE READY, AND WE'LL HEAR

01:15:44.873 --> 01:15:46.375
YOUR BILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH,

01:15:46.441 --> 01:15:49.511
MR. CHAIR. AB 2263 WILL GIVE

01:15:49.578 --> 01:15:50.545
SANTA CLARA VALLEY

01:15:50.612 --> 01:15:51.613
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THE

01:15:51.680 --> 01:15:53.148
STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO SET

01:15:53.215 --> 01:15:54.883
ASIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR

01:15:54.950 --> 01:15:57.152
THEIR EMPLOYEES. I DON'T NEED

01:15:57.219 --> 01:15:59.054
TO TELL THE CHAIR THIS, BUT TO

01:15:59.121 --> 01:16:01.423
OTHERS. VTA IS A TRANSIT AGENCY

01:16:01.490 --> 01:16:02.925
THAT SERVES SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

01:16:02.991 --> 01:16:05.027
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 2300

01:16:05.093 --> 01:16:06.028
EMPLOYEES MANAGE AND OPERATE

01:16:06.094 --> 01:16:07.863
THE COUNTY'S BUS AND LIGHT RAIL

01:16:07.930 --> 01:16:09.364
SERVICES, AS WELL AS

01:16:09.431 --> 01:16:09.865
PARATRANSIT CONGESTION

01:16:09.932 --> 01:16:11.800
MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES.

01:16:11.867 --> 01:16:13.969
WHILE VTA WORKERS MAY BE MAKING

01:16:14.036 --> 01:16:15.203
COMPETITIVE MIDDLE CLASS WAGES,

01:16:15.270 --> 01:16:17.072
THEY ARE LIVING IN ONE OF THE

01:16:17.139 --> 01:16:18.073
MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSING MARKETS

01:16:18.140 --> 01:16:20.442
IN THE NATION. THE HIGH COST OF

01:16:20.509 --> 01:16:22.311
HOUSING HAS PRICED MANY OF THE

01:16:22.377 --> 01:16:24.046
VTA WORKERS OUT OF THE AREA,

01:16:24.112 --> 01:16:25.480
LEADING THEM TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF

01:16:25.547 --> 01:16:26.882
THE IMMEDIATE WORK AREA OR

01:16:26.949 --> 01:16:27.950
OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY AND

01:16:28.016 --> 01:16:29.251
CREATING LONG COMMUTES FOR THEM,

01:16:29.318 --> 01:16:31.219
WHICH IS KIND OF COUNTER TO THE

01:16:31.286 --> 01:16:34.489
VTA MISSION IN MANY WAYS, AB

01:16:34.556 --> 01:16:35.557
2263 WILL GIVE VTA THE

01:16:35.624 --> 01:16:36.692
AUTHORITY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE

01:16:36.758 --> 01:16:38.427
HOUSING FOR ITS EMPLOYEES,

01:16:38.493 --> 01:16:39.528
ENSURE THEIR WORKERS CAN LIVE

01:16:39.594 --> 01:16:41.663
CLOSER TO WORK, DECREASE THEIR

01:16:41.730 --> 01:16:43.298
COMMUTES, REDUCE DRIVER FATIGUE,

01:16:43.365 --> 01:16:44.733
AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL SAFETY

01:16:44.800 --> 01:16:46.234
FOR ALL DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS

01:16:46.301 --> 01:16:47.803
ON THE ROAD. THE BILL HAS

01:16:47.869 --> 01:16:49.237
ENJOYED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND

01:16:49.304 --> 01:16:51.073
NO OPPOSITION, AND WITH ME TO

01:16:51.139 --> 01:16:52.040
PROVIDE SUPPORTING TESTIMONY IS

01:16:52.107 --> 01:16:53.608
MARK TURNER, VTA BOARD MEMBER,

01:16:53.675 --> 01:16:55.444
AND JOCELYN HAZEN, MANAGER OF

01:16:55.510 --> 01:16:56.845
VTA'S TRANSIT ORIENTED

01:16:56.912 --> 01:16:58.914
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. WE

01:16:58.981 --> 01:17:01.216
APPRECIATE YOU BOTH BEING HERE.

01:17:01.283 --> 01:17:02.284
MAYOR TURNER, THANK YOU FOR

01:17:02.351 --> 01:17:04.086
COMING TO SACRAMENTO TO TESTIFY,

01:17:04.152 --> 01:17:05.487
AND YOU'LL EACH HAVE A COUPLE

01:17:05.554 --> 01:17:06.688
MINUTES TO DO SO. THANK YOU.

01:17:06.755 --> 01:17:08.490
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,

01:17:08.557 --> 01:17:10.592
CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR STRICKLAND,

01:17:10.659 --> 01:17:11.960
AND ALL OF YOU FOR THE

01:17:12.027 --> 01:17:13.128
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU

01:17:13.195 --> 01:17:14.496
TODAY. MY NAME IS MARK TURNER.

01:17:14.563 --> 01:17:16.164
I'M THE MAYOR OF MORGAN HILL

01:17:16.231 --> 01:17:17.299
AND A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE

01:17:17.366 --> 01:17:20.669
VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

01:17:20.736 --> 01:17:23.071
AND I REPRESENT BOTH THE CITIES

01:17:23.138 --> 01:17:24.906
OF MORGAN HILL AND GILROY. IN

01:17:24.973 --> 01:17:26.341
DOING SO, I WANT TO BEGIN BY

01:17:26.408 --> 01:17:27.843
THANKING ASSEMBLYMEMBER KALRA

01:17:27.909 --> 01:17:30.045
FOR AUTHORING AB 2263 AND FOR

01:17:30.112 --> 01:17:32.414
HIS ONGOING SUPPORT OF VTA AND

01:17:32.481 --> 01:17:34.249
OUR EMPLOYEES. I'D ALSO LIKE TO

01:17:34.316 --> 01:17:35.751
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THIS

01:17:35.817 --> 01:17:37.152
COMMITTEE AND TO YOUR STAFF FOR

01:17:37.219 --> 01:17:38.253
THE THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION THAT

01:17:38.320 --> 01:17:40.455
YOU'RE GIVING TO THIS BILL. VTA

01:17:40.522 --> 01:17:42.124
HAS DEVELOPED A ROBUST, TRANSIT

01:17:42.190 --> 01:17:43.625
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

01:17:43.692 --> 01:17:46.495
OVER MANY YEARS. AB 2263 WOULD

01:17:46.561 --> 01:17:48.130
ALLOW US TO ENHANCE THAT WORK

01:17:48.196 --> 01:17:49.664
BY DESIGNATING A PORTION OF THE

01:17:49.731 --> 01:17:51.933
HOUSING UNITS IN OUR SITES WITH

01:17:52.000 --> 01:17:55.137
A PREFERENCE FOR VTA EMPLOYEES.

01:17:55.203 --> 01:17:56.138
IMPORTANTLY, THE MAJORITY OF

01:17:56.204 --> 01:17:58.373
THE HOUSING CREATED UNDER AB

01:17:58.440 --> 01:17:59.841
2263 WOULD REMAIN OPEN TO THE

01:17:59.908 --> 01:18:01.510
GENERAL PUBLIC AND WOULD SERVE

01:18:01.576 --> 01:18:03.011
A MIX OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH A

01:18:03.078 --> 01:18:05.580
STRONG FOCUS ON LOW AND

01:18:05.647 --> 01:18:07.716
MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS,

01:18:07.783 --> 01:18:09.518
CONSISTENT WITH VTA'S EXISTING

01:18:09.584 --> 01:18:10.952
TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES

01:18:11.019 --> 01:18:12.487
PROGRAM. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD

01:18:12.554 --> 01:18:14.189
HELP VTA ATTRACT AND RETAIN A

01:18:14.256 --> 01:18:16.024
TALENTED WORKFORCE BY CREATING

01:18:16.091 --> 01:18:17.125
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES TO

01:18:17.192 --> 01:18:19.594
LIVE CLOSER TO THE VERY SYSTEM

01:18:19.661 --> 01:18:21.263
THEY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN, AND

01:18:21.329 --> 01:18:22.998
TO USE TRANSIT THEMSELVES FOR

01:18:23.065 --> 01:18:25.067
THEIR DAILY COMMUTE. IN DOING

01:18:25.133 --> 01:18:26.234
SO, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE

01:18:26.301 --> 01:18:28.270
THE BROADER COMMUNITY, COMPLY

01:18:28.336 --> 01:18:29.704
WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE FAIR

01:18:29.771 --> 01:18:31.440
HOUSING PRINCIPLES, AND

01:18:31.506 --> 01:18:32.941
ENCOURAGE GREATER TRANSIT

01:18:33.008 --> 01:18:34.409
RIDERSHIP, HELPING TO REDUCE

01:18:34.476 --> 01:18:36.311
CONGESTION ON OUR ROADS. TODAY,

01:18:36.378 --> 01:18:37.646
WITH A MEDIAN RENT NEARLY

01:18:37.712 --> 01:18:39.114
DOUBLE THAT OF THE NATIONAL

01:18:39.181 --> 01:18:40.849
AVERAGE, MANY VTA EMPLOYEES ARE

01:18:40.916 --> 01:18:42.284
COMPELLED TO LIVE IN A MORE

01:18:42.350 --> 01:18:43.452
AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES FURTHER

01:18:43.518 --> 01:18:45.554
FROM THEIR WORKPLACE. 1 IN 4

01:18:45.620 --> 01:18:47.089
VTA EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY

01:18:47.155 --> 01:18:48.490
COMMUTES MORE THAN AN HOUR EACH

01:18:48.557 --> 01:18:50.325
WAY, AND ABOUT 10% COMMUTE MORE

01:18:50.392 --> 01:18:52.694
THAN TWO HOURS EACH WAY. IN A

01:18:52.761 --> 01:18:55.230
RECENT EMPLOYEE SURVEY, 90%

01:18:55.297 --> 01:18:56.698
INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE

01:18:56.765 --> 01:18:57.799
INTERESTED IN AN EMPLOYEE

01:18:57.866 --> 01:19:00.001
HOUSING PROGRAM IF ONE WERE

01:19:00.068 --> 01:19:02.904
AVAILABLE. AB 2263 OFFERS A

01:19:02.971 --> 01:19:04.372
RESPONSIBLE, TARGETED TOOL TO

01:19:04.439 --> 01:19:06.074
RESPOND TO THOSE REALITIES, TO

01:19:06.141 --> 01:19:07.876
SUPPORT OUR WORKFORCE AND

01:19:07.943 --> 01:19:09.277
STRENGTHEN THE TRANSIT SYSTEM

01:19:09.344 --> 01:19:11.947
ON WHICH OUR REGION DEPENDS. BY

01:19:12.013 --> 01:19:13.281
OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR

01:19:13.348 --> 01:19:14.349
EMPLOYEES TO LIVE AND THE

01:19:14.416 --> 01:19:16.184
COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE, WE

01:19:16.251 --> 01:19:17.652
HOPE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR

01:19:17.719 --> 01:19:19.754
QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALLOW MORE

01:19:19.821 --> 01:19:20.889
OPPORTUNITIES TO RIDE OUR

01:19:20.956 --> 01:19:22.557
PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM. AGAIN,

01:19:22.624 --> 01:19:23.792
I'D LIKE TO THANK ASSEMBLY

01:19:23.859 --> 01:19:26.962
MEMBER KALRA FOR AUTHORING A B

01:19:27.028 --> 01:19:28.763
2263 AND TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR

01:19:28.830 --> 01:19:30.565
HEARING IT. I RESPECTFULLY URGE

01:19:30.632 --> 01:19:32.400
YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS BILL.

01:19:32.467 --> 01:19:33.835
THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.

01:19:33.902 --> 01:19:37.439
NEXT WITNESS PLEASE. THANK YOU,

01:19:37.506 --> 01:19:39.407
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND MEMBERS

01:19:39.474 --> 01:19:41.343
OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS

01:19:41.409 --> 01:19:42.878
JOCELYN HAZEN, AND I SERVE AS

01:19:42.944 --> 01:19:44.246
THE TRANSIT ORIENTED

01:19:44.312 --> 01:19:46.781
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AT VTA. VTA

01:19:46.848 --> 01:19:48.617
HAS A ROBUST TRANSIT ORIENTED

01:19:48.683 --> 01:19:50.385
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WITH NEARLY

01:19:50.452 --> 01:19:52.220
3000 HOUSING UNITS COMPLETED OR

01:19:52.287 --> 01:19:53.989
UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT, MORE

01:19:54.055 --> 01:19:56.158
THAN 2300 OF WHICH ARE DEED

01:19:56.224 --> 01:19:57.926
RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNITS.

01:19:57.993 --> 01:20:00.095
BASED ON AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY,

01:20:00.162 --> 01:20:02.030
84% OF VTA HOUSEHOLDS FALL AT

01:20:02.097 --> 01:20:05.167
OR BELOW 120% OF AREA MEDIAN

01:20:05.233 --> 01:20:06.334
INCOME, MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE

01:20:06.401 --> 01:20:08.069
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND

01:20:08.136 --> 01:20:10.105
OVER 90% OF OUR SURVEYED

01:20:10.172 --> 01:20:11.640
WORKFORCE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN

01:20:11.706 --> 01:20:13.542
EMPLOYEE HOUSING. THIS BILL

01:20:13.608 --> 01:20:15.477
WOULD ALLOW VTA TO IMPLEMENT AN

01:20:15.544 --> 01:20:17.045
EMPLOYEE HOUSING PREFERENCE

01:20:17.112 --> 01:20:18.713
POLICY, GIVING OUR EMPLOYEES

01:20:18.780 --> 01:20:20.248
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE

01:20:20.315 --> 01:20:21.716
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HELP

01:20:21.783 --> 01:20:23.518
CREATE THROUGH OUR TOD PORT

01:20:23.585 --> 01:20:25.053
PROGRAM AND IN THE COMMUNITIES

01:20:25.120 --> 01:20:26.888
THAT THEY SERVE. FOR MANY OF

01:20:26.955 --> 01:20:28.356
OUR WORKFORCE, THAT MEANS THE

01:20:28.423 --> 01:20:29.157
OPPORTUNITY FOR SHORTER

01:20:29.224 --> 01:20:30.692
COMMUTES, A BETTER QUALITY OF

01:20:30.759 --> 01:20:32.260
LIFE, AND THE ABILITY TO REMAIN

01:20:32.327 --> 01:20:33.595
IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY

01:20:33.662 --> 01:20:34.996
PROVIDE ESSENTIAL TRANSIT

01:20:35.063 --> 01:20:36.565
SERVICE. WE ARE THANKFUL TO

01:20:36.631 --> 01:20:38.333
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA FOR HIS

01:20:38.400 --> 01:20:39.668
AUTHORSHIP AND ON BEHALF OF VTA

01:20:39.734 --> 01:20:41.336
EMPLOYEES, WE HOPE TO HAVE YOUR

01:20:41.403 --> 01:20:43.672
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

01:20:43.738 --> 01:20:45.006
ARE THERE OTHERS IN THE

01:20:45.073 --> 01:20:46.074
COMMITTEE ROOM WHO WISH TO

01:20:46.141 --> 01:20:47.976
OFFER SUPPORT AT THIS TIME?

01:20:48.043 --> 01:20:50.445
SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY

01:20:50.512 --> 01:20:51.446
OPPOSITION IN THE COMMITTEE

01:20:51.513 --> 01:20:53.748
ROOM? IF SO, PLEASE COME

01:20:53.815 --> 01:20:56.318
FORWARD. SEEING NONE, WE'LL

01:20:56.384 --> 01:20:57.552
COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE NOW.

01:20:57.619 --> 01:21:00.956
SENATOR ARCHULETA, THANK YOU.

01:21:01.022 --> 01:21:02.357
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. MAYOR, FOR

01:21:02.424 --> 01:21:03.425
FOR THIS GREAT, OF COURSE,

01:21:03.491 --> 01:21:04.492
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. BUT YOU DON'T

01:21:04.559 --> 01:21:07.128
COUNT RIGHT NOW. MAYOR DOES,

01:21:07.195 --> 01:21:08.530
BECAUSE EVERY MAYOR AND EVERY

01:21:08.597 --> 01:21:10.131
CITY THAT I CAN THINK OF, THIS

01:21:10.198 --> 01:21:11.733
IS A DREAM COME TRUE. TO BE

01:21:11.800 --> 01:21:13.435
ABLE TO GET YOUR EMPLOYEES, GET

01:21:13.501 --> 01:21:16.104
ON TRAINS, BE PART OF THE

01:21:16.171 --> 01:21:18.173
PROJECT. SO CAN YOU JUST

01:21:18.240 --> 01:21:19.674
DESCRIBE THE PROJECT AND HOW IT

01:21:19.741 --> 01:21:21.343
CAME TOGETHER AND THE NUMBER OF

01:21:21.409 --> 01:21:22.744
UNITS AND WHICH INDIVIDUALS

01:21:22.811 --> 01:21:26.414
WILL BE CHOSEN TO OCCUPY? WELL,

01:21:26.481 --> 01:21:28.550
THIS, THIS WE, WE HAVE

01:21:28.617 --> 01:21:31.486
APPROXIMATELY 140 ACRES THAT

01:21:31.553 --> 01:21:34.789
WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING

01:21:34.856 --> 01:21:35.890
UNITS, OF WHICH A CERTAIN

01:21:35.957 --> 01:21:37.259
PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WOULD BE

01:21:37.325 --> 01:21:39.961
DEDICATED FOR VTA EMPLOYEES. SO

01:21:40.028 --> 01:21:41.930
THERE'S NO PARTICULAR PROJECT

01:21:41.997 --> 01:21:43.031
IN, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE

01:21:43.098 --> 01:21:44.099
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. BUT

01:21:44.165 --> 01:21:45.934
OVERALL, AS WE GO FORWARD, THIS

01:21:46.001 --> 01:21:47.669
IS WHAT WOULD BE A GREAT

01:21:47.736 --> 01:21:48.970
BENEFIT FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING

01:21:49.037 --> 01:21:52.440
FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. OKAY. SO I'M

01:21:52.507 --> 01:21:54.242
ASSUMING AS THIS GOES THROUGH,

01:21:54.309 --> 01:21:56.011
WHAT'S WHAT'S THE END RESULT?

01:21:56.077 --> 01:21:57.512
WHAT DO YOU THINK COUPLE OF

01:21:57.579 --> 01:21:58.713
YEARS FROM NOW YOU'LL HAVE THE

01:21:58.780 --> 01:22:00.548
FUNDING AND READY TO ROLL? WELL,

01:22:00.615 --> 01:22:02.083
WE DON'T AGAIN, WE HAVE LANDS

01:22:02.150 --> 01:22:03.451
AVAILABLE. AND SO WE USUALLY

01:22:03.518 --> 01:22:06.021
WHEN WE HAVE HOUSING, TRANSIT

01:22:06.087 --> 01:22:08.223
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATE

01:22:08.290 --> 01:22:09.491
BUILDERS COME IN. SO THEY HAVE

01:22:09.557 --> 01:22:11.159
THE FUNDING, OKAY, WE HAVE THE

01:22:11.226 --> 01:22:12.227
LAND AND TOGETHER IT'S A

01:22:12.294 --> 01:22:14.029
PERFECT RELATIONSHIP. BUT YOUR

01:22:14.095 --> 01:22:15.397
EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE PREFERENCE.

01:22:15.463 --> 01:22:17.198
THAT IS CORRECT. ON A CERTAIN

01:22:17.265 --> 01:22:18.733
PERCENTAGE. THAT IS CORRECT.

01:22:18.800 --> 01:22:20.168
YES, FOR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.

01:22:20.235 --> 01:22:21.936
OTHERWISE THESE WILL BE MARKET

01:22:22.003 --> 01:22:23.038
RATE AND THEN THERE'LL BE A

01:22:23.104 --> 01:22:26.174
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FOR FOR

01:22:26.241 --> 01:22:29.511
THOSE OF MODERATE INCOME

01:22:29.577 --> 01:22:30.979
HOUSEHOLDS WORKING FOR VTA. SO

01:22:31.046 --> 01:22:32.380
IT PROVIDES A WORKFORCE HOUSING

01:22:32.447 --> 01:22:33.815
WHILE ALSO PROVIDING MARKET

01:22:33.882 --> 01:22:35.717
RATE HOUSING AS WELL. AS YOU

01:22:35.784 --> 01:22:37.686
CAN IMAGINE, LIKE A LOT OF

01:22:37.752 --> 01:22:39.321
OTHER KIND OF SUBURBAN AREAS

01:22:39.387 --> 01:22:41.222
THAT ARE URBANIZING, WE HAVE A

01:22:41.289 --> 01:22:44.292
LOT OF PARKING LOTS NEXT TO OUR

01:22:44.359 --> 01:22:45.393
TRANSIT PARKING LOTS NEXT TO

01:22:45.460 --> 01:22:47.562
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS, WHAT HAVE

01:22:47.629 --> 01:22:48.963
YOU THAT I THINK COULD BE

01:22:49.030 --> 01:22:50.065
BETTER USED. AND THE IDEA

01:22:50.131 --> 01:22:52.567
BEHIND THIS MANY, MANY YEARS OF

01:22:52.634 --> 01:22:54.703
PLANNING IS THAT WHY NOT? WHY

01:22:54.769 --> 01:22:56.871
NOT HAVE OUR TRANSIT AGENCIES

01:22:56.938 --> 01:22:57.939
WORK WITH LOCAL HOUSING

01:22:58.006 --> 01:22:59.407
DEVELOPERS, WORK WITH OUR LOCAL

01:22:59.474 --> 01:23:01.076
CITIES, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS,

01:23:01.142 --> 01:23:02.477
WORK WITH THE STATE TO FIGURE

01:23:02.544 --> 01:23:04.112
OUT HOW WE HAVE A BETTER USE OF

01:23:04.179 --> 01:23:05.914
THIS LAND. AND WHILE WE'RE AT

01:23:05.980 --> 01:23:07.015
IT, CREATE SOME WORKFORCE

01:23:07.082 --> 01:23:08.149
HOUSING. AND I PREFER, RATHER

01:23:08.216 --> 01:23:10.552
THAN CALL IT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING,

01:23:10.618 --> 01:23:12.354
IT'S ENTRY LEVEL HOUSING.

01:23:12.420 --> 01:23:14.489
THAT'S FOR THE YOUNG

01:23:14.556 --> 01:23:16.391
PROFESSIONAL, CORRECT.

01:23:16.458 --> 01:23:17.359
FIREFIGHTERS, SCHOOL TEACHERS,

01:23:17.425 --> 01:23:19.527
YOUNG EMPLOYEES, ENTRY LEVEL

01:23:19.594 --> 01:23:21.730
HAS HAS A GOOD RING TO IT AND I

01:23:21.796 --> 01:23:23.631
FOUND IT VERY EFFECTIVE IN MY

01:23:23.698 --> 01:23:24.933
COMMUNITY. YES, VERY SIMILAR IN

01:23:24.999 --> 01:23:26.701
THAT REGARD. CORRECT. GOOD. BUT

01:23:26.768 --> 01:23:28.536
I DO CONGRATULATE YOU, ASSEMBLY

01:23:28.603 --> 01:23:30.004
MEMBER, FOR THE LEADERSHIP ROLE

01:23:30.071 --> 01:23:31.373
YOU'RE TAKING IN THIS, AND I

01:23:31.439 --> 01:23:33.508
WILL MOVE THE BILL WHEN IT IS

01:23:33.575 --> 01:23:35.744
APPROPRIATE TIME. ALL RIGHT.

01:23:35.810 --> 01:23:37.912
SENATOR, THANK YOU. SEEING NO

01:23:37.979 --> 01:23:39.714
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT

01:23:39.781 --> 01:23:44.686
THIS TIME, WE ARE. WHEN WE HAVE.

01:23:44.753 --> 01:23:49.157
I THINK WE ARE OFFERED ALREADY.

01:23:49.224 --> 01:23:50.825
OH, YOU ALREADY BEAT ME TO. ASK

01:23:50.892 --> 01:23:52.994
THE QUESTIONS. WE'RE REALLY

01:23:53.061 --> 01:23:54.062
HOPING FOR THE QUORUM AT THIS

01:23:54.129 --> 01:23:56.998
POINT. SO SOME CALLER THANK YOU

01:23:57.065 --> 01:23:58.466
FOR BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD.

01:23:58.533 --> 01:24:00.034
MAYOR. I'LL SEE YOU IN THE 4TH

01:24:00.101 --> 01:24:03.071
OF JULY PARADE AND SEEING YOU.

01:24:03.138 --> 01:24:05.073
AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AT THIS

01:24:05.140 --> 01:24:06.274
TIME. I KNEW IF I STALLED A

01:24:06.341 --> 01:24:08.076
LITTLE BIT, WE'D GET THERE,

01:24:08.143 --> 01:24:10.345
MOVE THE BILL. OH, NO, WE

01:24:10.412 --> 01:24:12.046
ALREADY GOT THAT ONE. I HAVE A

01:24:12.113 --> 01:24:13.882
QUESTION. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DID

01:24:13.948 --> 01:24:15.950
WE GO OVER THAT ONE? WE STORIES

01:24:16.017 --> 01:24:18.453
ON THAT ONE. YEAH, THAT WAS

01:24:18.520 --> 01:24:23.625
HEARD EARLIER. WE WILL. WE'LL

01:24:23.691 --> 01:24:25.026
COME BACK OVER THE ROLL CALL

01:24:25.093 --> 01:24:26.094
AND CLARIFY ALL THAT IN A

01:24:26.161 --> 01:24:28.997
MOMENT. BUT FOR THIS BILL WILL

01:24:29.063 --> 01:24:30.899
BE THE FIRST THE LAST BILL ON

01:24:30.965 --> 01:24:32.100
OUR POWER. BUT THE FIRST BILL

01:24:32.167 --> 01:24:34.369
WE GET TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON. SO

01:24:34.436 --> 01:24:35.737
THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE'RE

01:24:35.804 --> 01:24:37.572
GOING TO. DID YOU WANT TO CLOSE

01:24:37.639 --> 01:24:39.474
FIRST? DID I GIVE YOU THAT

01:24:39.541 --> 01:24:40.442
OPPORTUNITY ALREADY? OKAY. WELL,

01:24:40.508 --> 01:24:41.609
YOU CAN ESTABLISH QUORUM FIRST

01:24:41.676 --> 01:24:44.412
IF YOU LIKE. WE'LL DO THAT AND

01:24:44.479 --> 01:24:46.080
THEN I'LL CLOSE IF I COULD,

01:24:46.147 --> 01:24:48.817
FINE. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE

01:24:48.883 --> 01:24:51.252
QUORUM, I'LL MOVE THE CONSENT

01:24:51.319 --> 01:24:53.521
CALENDAR. OKAY. LET'S COME.

01:24:53.588 --> 01:24:54.856
LET'S COME BACK TO THAT AS SOON

01:24:54.923 --> 01:24:55.990
AS WE HAVE THE QUORUM

01:24:56.057 --> 01:24:57.759
ESTABLISHED. ASSISTANT SENATORS

01:24:57.826 --> 01:24:59.527
CORTEZ HERE. CORTEZ HERE.

01:24:59.594 --> 01:25:00.895
STRICKLAND HERE. STRICKLAND

01:25:00.962 --> 01:25:02.530
HERE. ARCHULETA HERE. ARCHULETA

01:25:02.597 --> 01:25:05.366
HERE. ARAGON. SHAKESPEARE. DALI.

01:25:05.433 --> 01:25:07.435
DALI. HERE. GONZALEZ. GRAYSON.

01:25:07.502 --> 01:25:09.337
HERE. GRAYSON. HERE. MENGIBAR.

01:25:09.404 --> 01:25:11.039
RICHARDSON. CIERTO. CIERTO.

01:25:11.105 --> 01:25:14.242
HERE. VALLADARES. WIENER.

01:25:14.309 --> 01:25:17.178
WIENER. HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE

01:25:17.245 --> 01:25:18.980
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. NOW YOU MAY

01:25:19.047 --> 01:25:20.748
CLOSE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

01:25:20.815 --> 01:25:21.916
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY

01:25:21.983 --> 01:25:23.117
YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND WORKING

01:25:23.184 --> 01:25:25.520
WITH VTA. AND I THINK WE'VE

01:25:25.587 --> 01:25:26.754
DONE A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS ON

01:25:26.821 --> 01:25:28.056
DIFFERENT LEGISLATION REGARDING

01:25:28.122 --> 01:25:30.258
VTA. THERE'S SOMEWHAT OF A FULL

01:25:30.325 --> 01:25:31.392
CIRCLE MOMENT. FOR ME, THE YEAR

01:25:31.459 --> 01:25:33.294
THAT I WAS VTA CHAIR WAS THE

01:25:33.361 --> 01:25:34.896
YEAR THAT OUR FORMER GENERAL

01:25:34.963 --> 01:25:35.997
MANAGER, NURIA FERNANDEZ, GOT

01:25:36.064 --> 01:25:37.332
HIRED IN. THE FIRST THING I

01:25:37.398 --> 01:25:39.300
SAID TO HER OF THINGS I WANTED

01:25:39.367 --> 01:25:40.502
DONE THAT YEAR IS I WANTED TO

01:25:40.568 --> 01:25:42.370
AUDIT KIND OF EVERY PARCEL OF

01:25:42.437 --> 01:25:43.538
LAND THAT VTA HAD. AT THAT

01:25:43.605 --> 01:25:45.306
POINT, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE

01:25:45.373 --> 01:25:46.541
ONE PLACE. AND SO THIS IS MANY

01:25:46.608 --> 01:25:48.409
YEARS LATER NOW WHEN WE THAT

01:25:48.476 --> 01:25:50.311
WAS KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF IT.

01:25:50.378 --> 01:25:52.113
AND NOW TO BE HERE AND ACTUALLY

01:25:52.180 --> 01:25:53.915
HAVE SUCH GREAT PLANS FOR THE

01:25:53.982 --> 01:25:56.117
FOR THESE SITES IS

01:25:56.184 --> 01:25:57.218
EXTRAORDINARY. AND SO I WANT TO

01:25:57.285 --> 01:25:59.587
THANK YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF

01:25:59.654 --> 01:26:01.089
THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I THINK

01:26:01.155 --> 01:26:03.324
THAT IF THIS CAN WORK IN OUR

01:26:03.391 --> 01:26:04.359
COUNTY, I THINK WE CAN

01:26:04.425 --> 01:26:05.994
REPLICATE THIS IN OTHER PLACES

01:26:06.060 --> 01:26:07.962
IN THE STATE. AND SO LET US BE

01:26:08.029 --> 01:26:09.063
THAT PILOT PROGRAM. LET US BE

01:26:09.130 --> 01:26:10.532
THAT TEST CASE. AND I'M

01:26:10.598 --> 01:26:12.000
CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN BRING

01:26:12.066 --> 01:26:13.735
SOMETHING OF VALUE THAT CAN BE

01:26:13.801 --> 01:26:15.236
REPLICATED IN ALL YOUR

01:26:15.303 --> 01:26:15.904
JURISDICTIONS. WITH THAT,

01:26:15.970 --> 01:26:17.238
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE

01:26:17.305 --> 01:26:18.406
VOTE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY

01:26:18.473 --> 01:26:19.908
MEMBER. AND IT'S IT'S GREAT TO

01:26:19.974 --> 01:26:21.242
HAVE AN AUTHOR THAT UNDERSTANDS

01:26:21.309 --> 01:26:22.777
HIS SUBJECT MATTER SO

01:26:22.844 --> 01:26:25.680
THOROUGHLY. WE ARE GOING. I

01:26:25.747 --> 01:26:27.115
THINK, ACTUALLY SENATOR

01:26:27.181 --> 01:26:28.016
ARCHULETA OFFERED THE MOTION

01:26:28.082 --> 01:26:30.685
FIRST. SO NOW WE HAVE A QUORUM

01:26:30.752 --> 01:26:31.886
MOTION BY ARCHULETA, AND WE'LL

01:26:31.953 --> 01:26:33.788
CALL THE ROLL CALL ON THE BILL.

01:26:33.855 --> 01:26:34.989
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASSED THE

01:26:35.056 --> 01:26:36.057
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:26:36.124 --> 01:26:37.859
SENATORS. CORTEZ. CORTEZ. I.

01:26:37.926 --> 01:26:39.394
STRICKLAND. STRICKLAND. I.

01:26:39.460 --> 01:26:41.529
ARCHULETA. ARCHULETA. I. ARAGON.

01:26:41.596 --> 01:26:44.832
BLAKE. SPEER. DOLLY. DOLLY. I.

01:26:44.899 --> 01:26:47.335
GONZALEZ. GRAYSON. GRAYSON. I.

01:26:47.402 --> 01:26:49.337
MENGIBAR. RICHARDSON. CIERTO

01:26:49.404 --> 01:26:51.873
CIERTO I VALLADARES. WIENER. I

01:26:51.940 --> 01:26:56.611
WIENER. I. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT

01:26:56.678 --> 01:26:57.946
SEVEN ZERO AND WE'LL LEAVE IT

01:26:58.012 --> 01:26:59.814
OPEN FOR ABSENT MEMBERS. ALL

01:26:59.881 --> 01:27:01.249
RIGHT. MOVE THE CONSENT

01:27:01.316 --> 01:27:03.418
CALENDAR. VICE CHAIR MOVES

01:27:03.484 --> 01:27:06.354
CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT

01:27:06.421 --> 01:27:07.789
CALENDAR CONSISTS OF FIVE ITEMS

01:27:07.855 --> 01:27:10.758
ONE, TWO, THREE, 13 AND 15. THE

01:27:10.825 --> 01:27:12.193
MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE CONSENT

01:27:12.260 --> 01:27:14.195
CALENDAR. SENATOR CORTEZ. Ã

01:27:14.262 --> 01:27:15.697
CORTEZ. I. STRICKLAND.

01:27:15.763 --> 01:27:17.465
STRICKLAND. I. ARCHULETA.

01:27:17.532 --> 01:27:19.267
ARCHULETA. I. ARAGON. BLAKE.

01:27:19.334 --> 01:27:22.570
SPEER. DALI. DALI. I. GONZALEZ.

01:27:22.637 --> 01:27:24.772
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. I MENGIBAR.

01:27:24.839 --> 01:27:26.841
RICHARDSON. CIERTO CIERTO I

01:27:26.908 --> 01:27:31.112
VALLADARES. WIENER. WIENER. I.

01:27:31.179 --> 01:27:33.348
ALL RIGHT. CONSENTS SEVEN ZERO

01:27:33.414 --> 01:27:36.517
AND IT REMAINS OPEN. MOVE FILE

01:27:36.584 --> 01:27:40.655
ITEM NUMBER 4AB1338. THE MOTION

01:27:40.722 --> 01:27:42.724
IS Dð PASS THE COMMITTEE ON

01:27:42.790 --> 01:27:43.658
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS CORTEZ

01:27:43.725 --> 01:27:46.294
 I CORTEZ I. STRICKLAND.

01:27:46.361 --> 01:27:48.096
STRICKLAND. I ARCHULETA.

01:27:48.162 --> 01:27:49.831
ARCHULETA. I. ARAGON. BLAKE.

01:27:49.897 --> 01:27:53.801
SPEER. DALI. DALI. I. GONZALEZ.

01:27:53.868 --> 01:27:58.239
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. I MENGIBAR. I.

01:27:58.306 --> 01:28:00.742
RICHARDSON. CIERTO CIERTO I

01:28:00.808 --> 01:28:06.147
VALLADARES WIENER WIENER I.

01:28:06.214 --> 01:28:07.482
EIGHT ZERO. AND WE'LL LEAVE

01:28:07.548 --> 01:28:09.317
THAT OPEN. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE

01:28:09.384 --> 01:28:10.518
TO MOVE. FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE

01:28:10.585 --> 01:28:14.055
AB 1594 BY HERMITIAN. THE

01:28:14.122 --> 01:28:15.857
MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED TO

01:28:15.923 --> 01:28:17.692
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:28:17.759 --> 01:28:20.261
SENATORS CORTEZ A. CORTEZ. AYE.

01:28:20.328 --> 01:28:21.929
STRICKLAND. STRICKLAND. AYE.

01:28:21.996 --> 01:28:23.831
ARCHULETA. ARCHULETA. AYE.

01:28:23.898 --> 01:28:26.367
ARAGON. SHAKESPEARE.

01:28:26.434 --> 01:28:28.569
SHAKESPEARE. AYE. DALI. DALI.

01:28:28.636 --> 01:28:31.539
AYE. GONZALES. GRAYSON. GRAYSON.

01:28:31.606 --> 01:28:36.411
AYE. MENGIBAR. RICHARDSON.

01:28:36.477 --> 01:28:39.647
CIERTO. CIERTO. AYE. VALLADARES.

01:28:39.714 --> 01:28:42.850
WIENER. WIENER. AYE. MENGIBAR.

01:28:42.917 --> 01:28:45.420
AYE. THIS NEXT ONE'S YOURS.

01:28:45.486 --> 01:28:49.891
ARCHULETA. NINE ZERO. AND WE'LL

01:28:49.957 --> 01:28:51.859
LEAVE THAT OPEN FOR ABSENT

01:28:51.926 --> 01:28:55.797
MEMBERS. NEXT ONE IS IS

01:28:55.863 --> 01:28:56.898
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON'S BILL

01:28:56.964 --> 01:28:59.400
AB 1613. WE HAVE A MOTION BY

01:28:59.467 --> 01:29:00.501
SENATOR ARCHULETA. IS THAT

01:29:00.568 --> 01:29:01.669
CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL

01:29:01.736 --> 01:29:03.304
RIGHT. WE'LL CALL THE ROLL. THE

01:29:03.371 --> 01:29:04.505
MOTION IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED,

01:29:04.572 --> 01:29:05.673
TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:29:05.740 --> 01:29:06.674
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

01:29:06.741 --> 01:29:09.077
CORTEZ. CORTEZ. I. STRICKLAND.

01:29:09.143 --> 01:29:11.279
STRICKLAND. NØ. ARCHULETA.

01:29:11.345 --> 01:29:13.214
ARCHULETA. I. ARAGON.

01:29:13.281 --> 01:29:14.982
SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE. I.

01:29:15.049 --> 01:29:17.385
DALI. DOLLY. NØ. GONZALEZ.

01:29:17.452 --> 01:29:19.921
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. I MENGIBAR.

01:29:19.987 --> 01:29:23.624
MENGIBAR. I. RICHARDSON. CIERTO.

01:29:23.691 --> 01:29:26.427
CIERTO. NO. VALLADARES. WIENER.

01:29:26.494 --> 01:29:30.765
Ã. WIENER. I NO. BALLADARES.

01:29:30.832 --> 01:29:37.071
NO. THREE. FOUR FIVE. 6 TO 4.

01:29:37.138 --> 01:29:39.006
AND WE'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN. MR.

01:29:39.073 --> 01:29:40.141
CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FILE

01:29:40.208 --> 01:29:42.643
ITEM NUMBER 7AB1685 BY LACKEY.

01:29:42.710 --> 01:29:44.412
THANK YOU. CALL THE ROLL,

01:29:44.479 --> 01:29:46.347
PLEASE. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS

01:29:46.414 --> 01:29:47.315
TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:29:47.381 --> 01:29:48.483
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

01:29:48.549 --> 01:29:50.518
CORTEZ. CORTEZ. I. STRICKLAND.

01:29:50.585 --> 01:29:52.386
STRICKLAND. I. ARCHULETA.

01:29:52.453 --> 01:29:54.188
ARCHULETA. I. ARAGON.

01:29:54.255 --> 01:29:55.623
SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE. I.

01:29:55.690 --> 01:29:57.692
DOLLY. DOLLY. I. GONZALEZ.

01:29:57.759 --> 01:30:01.028
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. I. MENGIBAR.

01:30:01.095 --> 01:30:03.865
MENGIBAR. I. RICHARDSON. CIERTO.

01:30:03.931 --> 01:30:05.633
CIERTO. I. VALLADARES.

01:30:05.700 --> 01:30:13.207
VALLADARES. I WIENER. WIENER. I.

01:30:13.274 --> 01:30:14.642
TEN ZERO. WE'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN.

01:30:14.709 --> 01:30:16.210
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE.

01:30:16.277 --> 01:30:18.012
FILE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AB 1687

01:30:18.079 --> 01:30:21.149
BY LACKEY. THE MOTION IS DUE.

01:30:21.215 --> 01:30:22.583
PASS THE COMMITTEE ON

01:30:22.650 --> 01:30:23.251
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

01:30:23.317 --> 01:30:25.820
CORTEZ. CORTEZ. AYE. STRICKLAND.

01:30:25.887 --> 01:30:27.989
STRICKLAND. AYE. ARCHULETA. AYE.

01:30:28.055 --> 01:30:29.824
ARCHULETA. AYE. ARAGON.

01:30:29.891 --> 01:30:31.626
SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE. AYE.

01:30:31.692 --> 01:30:33.795
DALI. DALI. AYE. GONZALEZ.

01:30:33.861 --> 01:30:36.664
GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. MENGIBAR.

01:30:36.731 --> 01:30:38.399
MENGIBAR. AYE. RICHARDSON.

01:30:38.466 --> 01:30:40.935
CIERTO. CIERTO. AYE. VALLADARES.

01:30:41.002 --> 01:30:42.703
VALLADARES. AYE. WIENER. WIENER.

01:30:42.770 --> 01:30:47.475
AYE. TEN ZERO. LEAVE THAT OPEN.

01:30:47.542 --> 01:30:48.943
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE.

01:30:49.010 --> 01:30:51.379
FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE, AB 2046

01:30:51.445 --> 01:30:53.147
BY RANSOM. ALL RIGHT. MOTIONS

01:30:53.214 --> 01:30:54.382
MADE BY THE VICE CHAIR. CALL

01:30:54.448 --> 01:30:56.417
THE ROLL, PLEASE. THE MOTION IS.

01:30:56.484 --> 01:30:57.885
DO PASS THE COMMITTEE ON

01:30:57.952 --> 01:30:58.920
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

01:30:58.986 --> 01:31:01.556
CORTEZ. CORTEZ. AYE. STRICKLAND.

01:31:01.622 --> 01:31:02.890
STRICKLAND. AYE. ARCHULETA.

01:31:02.957 --> 01:31:06.093
ARCHULETA. AYE. ARAGON. BLAKE.

01:31:06.160 --> 01:31:07.895
SHAKESPEARE. AYE. DOLLY. DOLLY.

01:31:07.962 --> 01:31:10.498
AYE. GONZALEZ. GRAYSON. GRAYSON.

01:31:10.565 --> 01:31:13.301
AYE. MENGIBAR. MENGIBAR. AYE.

01:31:13.367 --> 01:31:15.436
RICHARDSON. CIERTO. CIERTO. AYE.

01:31:15.503 --> 01:31:17.271
VALLADARES. VALLADARES. AYE.

01:31:17.338 --> 01:31:22.643
WIENER. WIENER. AYE. TEN ZERO.

01:31:22.710 --> 01:31:24.512
LEAVE THAT OPEN FOR ABSENT

01:31:24.579 --> 01:31:30.585
MEMBERS. AND NEXT BILL IS A B

01:31:30.651 --> 01:31:33.487
21. I CAN'T READ THE NUMBER 68.

01:31:33.554 --> 01:31:36.324
FILE ITEM TEN. WICKS MOTION

01:31:36.390 --> 01:31:38.326
MOTION IS BY SENATOR ARCHULETA.

01:31:38.392 --> 01:31:39.594
CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. THE

01:31:39.660 --> 01:31:40.695
MOTION IS. DO PASS THE

01:31:40.761 --> 01:31:41.729
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:31:41.796 --> 01:31:44.632
SENATORS CORTEZ ICI. STRICKLAND.

01:31:44.699 --> 01:31:47.235
STRICKLAND. NO. ARCHULETA. I OR

01:31:47.301 --> 01:31:49.737
I. ARAGON. SHAKESPEARE.

01:31:49.804 --> 01:31:50.771
SHAKESPEARE. I. DARLING.

01:31:50.838 --> 01:31:53.341
DARLING. NO. GONZALEZ. GRAYSON.

01:31:53.407 --> 01:31:55.476
GRAYSON. I MENGIBAR. MENGIBAR.

01:31:55.543 --> 01:31:58.379
I. RICHARDSON. CIERTO CIERTO.

01:31:58.446 --> 01:32:00.448
NO. VALLADARES. VALLADARES. NÓ.

01:32:00.514 --> 01:32:07.989
WIENER. WIENER. I. 6 TO 4. WILL

01:32:08.055 --> 01:32:09.857
LEAVE THE ROLL OPEN. WE'RE

01:32:09.924 --> 01:32:11.726
GOING TO MOVE NOW TO ASSEMBLY

01:32:11.792 --> 01:32:13.761
MEMBER CARAS FILE ITEM 11. WE

01:32:13.828 --> 01:32:15.529
DON'T NEED TO. OH, MAYBE WE DO

01:32:15.596 --> 01:32:17.465
HAVE TO LIFT THE CALL ON THAT.

01:32:17.531 --> 01:32:18.599
THAT'S RIGHT. THE MOTION. THE

01:32:18.666 --> 01:32:20.468
MOTION IS TO PASS THE COMMITTEE

01:32:20.534 --> 01:32:21.435
ON APPROPRIATIONS. THE VOTE IS

01:32:21.502 --> 01:32:23.471
7 TO 0 WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE

01:32:23.537 --> 01:32:24.572
CHAIR VOTING AYE. SENATORS.

01:32:24.639 --> 01:32:26.407
ARAGON. SHAKESPEARE.

01:32:26.474 --> 01:32:28.976
SHAKESPEARE. AYE. GONZALEZ.

01:32:29.043 --> 01:32:31.145
MENGIBAR. MENGIBAR. AYE.

01:32:31.212 --> 01:32:32.880
RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON. AYE.

01:32:32.947 --> 01:32:40.154
VALLADARES. VALLADARES. AYE.

01:32:40.221 --> 01:32:41.989
ALL RIGHT. THAT BILLS AT 110

01:32:42.056 --> 01:32:43.391
AND IT'S STILL OPEN. MR. CHAIR,

01:32:43.457 --> 01:32:44.558
I'D LIKE TO MOVE. FILE ITEM

01:32:44.625 --> 01:32:48.095
NUMBER 12 AB 2329 BY FONG. ALL

01:32:48.162 --> 01:32:49.997
RIGHT. MOTION IS BY VICE CHAIR

01:32:50.064 --> 01:32:50.564
STRICKLAND. PLEASE CALL THE

01:32:50.631 --> 01:32:52.266
ROLL. THE MOTION IS DO PASS, AS

01:32:52.333 --> 01:32:53.434
AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:32:53.501 --> 01:32:54.568
APPROPRIATIONS. SENATORS.

01:32:54.635 --> 01:32:56.270
CORTEZ. AYE. CORTEZ. AYE.

01:32:56.337 --> 01:32:58.306
STRICKLAND. STRICKLAND. AYE.

01:32:58.372 --> 01:32:59.640
ARCHULETA. ARCHULETA. AYE.

01:32:59.707 --> 01:33:01.342
ARAGON. SHAKESPEARE.

01:33:01.409 --> 01:33:03.244
SHAKESPEARE. AYE. DOLLY. DOLLY.

01:33:03.311 --> 01:33:06.480
AYE. GONZALEZ. GRAYSON. GRAYSON.

01:33:06.547 --> 01:33:08.983
AYE. MENGIBAR. MENGIBAR. AYE.

01:33:09.050 --> 01:33:10.685
RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON. AYE.

01:33:10.751 --> 01:33:13.621
CIERTO. CIERTO. AYE. VALLADARES.

01:33:13.688 --> 01:33:15.823
VALLADARES. AYE. WIENER. WIENER.

01:33:15.890 --> 01:33:20.861
AYE. 110. LEAVE THAT OPEN. AND,

01:33:20.928 --> 01:33:22.296
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE.

01:33:22.363 --> 01:33:25.132
FILE ITEM NUMBER 14AB2679 BY

01:33:25.199 --> 01:33:26.600
HARDWICK. VICE CHAIR STRICKLAND

01:33:26.667 --> 01:33:28.636
MOVES FILE ITEM 14. HARDWICK.

01:33:28.703 --> 01:33:29.870
AND WE'LL CALL THE ROLL. THE

01:33:29.937 --> 01:33:30.905
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED THE

01:33:30.972 --> 01:33:32.006
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

01:33:32.073 --> 01:33:33.808
AND WATER. SENATORS. CORTEZ.

01:33:33.874 --> 01:33:35.242
CORTEZ. AYE. STRICKLAND.

01:33:35.309 --> 01:33:36.978
STRICKLAND. AYE. ARCHULETA.

01:33:37.044 --> 01:33:38.846
ARCHULETA. AYE. ARAGON. BLAKE.

01:33:38.913 --> 01:33:40.982
SPEAR. BLAKE. BLAKE. SPEAR. AYE.

01:33:41.048 --> 01:33:43.484
DOLLY. DOLLY. AYE. GONZALEZ.

01:33:43.551 --> 01:33:45.319
GRAYSON. AYE. GRAYSON. AYE.

01:33:45.386 --> 01:33:47.421
MENGIBAR. MENGIBAR. AYE.

01:33:47.488 --> 01:33:49.290
RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON. AYE. CR

01:33:49.357 --> 01:33:51.726
TO CR. AYE. VALLADARES.

01:33:51.792 --> 01:33:53.627
VALLADARES. AYE. WIENER. AYE.

01:33:53.694 --> 01:33:57.431
WIENER. AYE. 110. WE'LL LEAVE

01:33:57.498 --> 01:34:02.870
THAT OPEN. AND NOW WE ARE WE.

01:34:02.937 --> 01:34:06.974
SENATOR ARAGON IS. PRESENT.

01:34:07.041 --> 01:34:09.877
HE'S HE'S. BECAUSE GONZALEZ

01:34:09.944 --> 01:34:11.178
ISN'T GOING TO BE HERE. YEAH.

01:34:11.245 --> 01:34:13.314
NO SHE'S NOT RIGHT. SO IT WOULD

01:34:13.381 --> 01:34:17.184
JUST BE ARAGON. YEAH. OKAY. ALL

01:34:17.251 --> 01:34:21.522
RIGHT, I THINK EVERYONE'S. YOU

01:34:21.589 --> 01:34:22.723
KNOW. YEAH. WE'LL GO THROUGH

01:34:22.790 --> 01:34:24.125
THEM ALL. SENATOR ARAGON'S HERE.

01:34:24.191 --> 01:34:27.628
AND I THINK NOW WE HAVE ALL

01:34:27.695 --> 01:34:30.164
MEMBERS NECESSARY HERE. SENATOR

01:34:30.231 --> 01:34:32.166
GONZALEZ IS UNDER THE WEATHER.

01:34:32.233 --> 01:34:34.502
SHE WON'T BE HERE. SO WE'LL GO

01:34:34.568 --> 01:34:35.903
AHEAD AND LET THE CALL AGAIN.

01:34:35.970 --> 01:34:37.671
THANK YOU. THE CONSENT CALENDAR

01:34:37.738 --> 01:34:39.173
CONSISTS OF FILE ITEMS ONE, TWO,

01:34:39.240 --> 01:34:41.008
THREE, 13 AND 15. THE CURRENT

01:34:41.075 --> 01:34:43.044
VOTE IS 7 TO 0. SENATORS.

01:34:43.110 --> 01:34:45.246
ARAGON. ARAGON. AYE.

01:34:45.312 --> 01:34:47.782
SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE. AYE.

01:34:47.848 --> 01:34:49.984
GONZALEZ. MENGIBAR. MENGIBAR.

01:34:50.051 --> 01:34:52.086
AYE. RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON.

01:34:52.153 --> 01:34:54.955
AYE. VALLADARES. VALLADARES.

01:34:55.022 --> 01:35:05.433
AYE. THE CONSENT. 120120.

01:35:05.499 --> 01:35:08.702
CONSENTS ARE FILE ITEM FOUR AB

01:35:08.769 --> 01:35:10.404
1338 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. THE

01:35:10.471 --> 01:35:11.572
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED THE

01:35:11.639 --> 01:35:12.473
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:35:12.540 --> 01:35:15.776
THE CURRENT VOTE IS 8 TO 0 WITH

01:35:15.843 --> 01:35:17.044
THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR VOTING

01:35:17.111 --> 01:35:18.045
AYE. SENATORS. ARAGON. ARAGON.

01:35:18.112 --> 01:35:20.181
I BLAKE. SPEAR A BLAKE. SPEAR.

01:35:20.247 --> 01:35:23.050
AYE. GONZALEZ. RICHARDSON.

01:35:23.117 --> 01:35:25.186
RICHARDSON. AYE. VALLADARES.

01:35:25.252 --> 01:35:31.659
VALLADARES. AYE. 120 BILLS OUT.

01:35:31.725 --> 01:35:34.595
FILE ITEM FIVE AB 1594 BY

01:35:34.662 --> 01:35:36.097
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HARRY. THE

01:35:36.163 --> 01:35:37.531
MOTION IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED

01:35:37.598 --> 01:35:38.532
TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:35:38.599 --> 01:35:40.167
APPROPRIATIONS. THE VOTE IS 9

01:35:40.234 --> 01:35:42.269
TO 0. SENATORS. ARAGON. ARAGON.

01:35:42.336 --> 01:35:44.738
AYE. GONZALEZ. RICHARDSON.

01:35:44.805 --> 01:35:46.774
RICHARDSON. AYE. VALLADARES.

01:35:46.841 --> 01:35:51.512
VALLADARES. AYE. 120. THAT'S

01:35:51.579 --> 01:35:55.116
OUT. FILE ITEM 6AB1613 BY

01:35:55.182 --> 01:35:56.517
SENATOR WILSON. THE MOTION IS

01:35:56.584 --> 01:35:57.651
DO PASS AS AMENDED TO THE

01:35:57.718 --> 01:35:58.786
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:35:58.853 --> 01:36:00.621
THE CURRENT VOTE IS 6 TO 4 WITH

01:36:00.688 --> 01:36:01.722
THE CHAIR VOTING AYE AND THE

01:36:01.789 --> 01:36:03.524
VICE CHAIR VOTING NO. SENATORS

01:36:03.591 --> 01:36:05.493
OUT AGAIN. I OUT AGAIN I

01:36:05.559 --> 01:36:07.361
GONZALEZ. RICHARDSON.

01:36:07.428 --> 01:36:13.434
RICHARDSON. AYE. EIGHT FOUR

01:36:13.501 --> 01:36:18.839
BILLS OUT. FILE ITEM 7AB1685 BY

01:36:18.906 --> 01:36:19.907
SOME MEMBER LACKEY. THE MOTION

01:36:19.974 --> 01:36:21.542
IS DUE. PASSES THE COMMITTEE ON

01:36:21.609 --> 01:36:22.476
APPROPRIATIONS. THE CURRENT

01:36:22.543 --> 01:36:23.677
VOTE IS 10 TO 0. SENATORS

01:36:23.744 --> 01:36:26.046
ARAGON OUT AGAIN A. GONZALEZ.

01:36:26.113 --> 01:36:30.017
RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON AYE 120.

01:36:30.084 --> 01:36:34.088
THAT'S OUT. FILE ITEM 8AB1687

01:36:34.155 --> 01:36:35.489
BY MEMBER LACKEY. THE MOTION IS

01:36:35.556 --> 01:36:37.057
DUE. PASSED THE COMMITTEE ON

01:36:37.124 --> 01:36:37.625
APPROPRIATIONS. THE CURRENT

01:36:37.691 --> 01:36:39.193
VOTE IS 10 TO 0. SENATORS

01:36:39.260 --> 01:36:41.862
ARAGON OUT AGAIN A. GONZALEZ.

01:36:41.929 --> 01:36:45.833
RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON AYE 120

01:36:45.900 --> 01:36:51.338
BILLS OUT. FILE ITEM 9AB2046 BY

01:36:51.405 --> 01:36:52.039
ASSEMBLYMEMBER RANSOM. THE

01:36:52.106 --> 01:36:52.873
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED THE

01:36:52.940 --> 01:36:53.941
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:36:54.008 --> 01:36:55.676
THE CURRENT VOTE IS 10 TO 0.

01:36:55.743 --> 01:36:58.078
SENATORS ARAGON. A. GONZALEZ.

01:36:58.145 --> 01:37:02.149
RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON. AYE 120.

01:37:02.216 --> 01:37:05.286
BILLS OUT. FILE ITEM TEN A B

01:37:05.352 --> 01:37:06.487
2168 BY SOME MEMBER WICKS. THE

01:37:06.554 --> 01:37:07.555
MOTION IS DUE. PASSED THE

01:37:07.621 --> 01:37:08.622
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

01:37:08.689 --> 01:37:10.457
THE VOTE IS 6 TO 4 WITH THE

01:37:10.524 --> 01:37:12.293
CHAIR VOTING AYE AND THE VICE

01:37:12.359 --> 01:37:13.360
CHAIR VOTING NO. SENATORS OUT

01:37:13.427 --> 01:37:14.562
AGAIN AND AGAIN. AYE. GONZALEZ.

01:37:14.628 --> 01:37:18.232
RICHARDSON. RICHARDSON. AYE.

01:37:18.299 --> 01:37:22.636
EIGHT FORTH. BILLS OUT. FILE

01:37:22.703 --> 01:37:25.272
ITEM 11AB2263 BY ASSEMBLY

01:37:25.339 --> 01:37:26.707
MEMBER COLORADO. THE MOTION IS

01:37:26.774 --> 01:37:27.775
DUE. PASSED THE COMMITTEE ON

01:37:27.841 --> 01:37:29.476
APPROPRIATIONS. THE VOTE IS 11

01:37:29.543 --> 01:37:31.879
TO 0. SENATORS ARAGON OUT AGAIN

01:37:31.946 --> 01:37:36.650
A GONZALEZ BILLS OUT 120. FILE

01:37:36.717 --> 01:37:39.453
ITEM 12AB2329 BY SOME MEMBER

01:37:39.520 --> 01:37:40.921
FONG. THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS

01:37:40.988 --> 01:37:42.456
AMENDED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:37:42.523 --> 01:37:43.524
APPROPRIATIONS. THE VOTE IS 11

01:37:43.591 --> 01:37:45.926
TO 0. ARAGON OUT AGAIN A.

01:37:45.993 --> 01:37:52.066
GONZALEZ BILLS OUT 120. FILE

01:37:52.132 --> 01:37:54.568
ITEM 14AB2679 BY ASSEMBLY

01:37:54.635 --> 01:37:55.936
MEMBER HARDWICK. THE MOTION IS

01:37:56.003 --> 01:37:57.171
DUE PASSED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

01:37:57.238 --> 01:37:58.572
NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER.

01:37:58.639 --> 01:38:00.274
THE VOTE IS 11 TO 0. SENATORS

01:38:00.341 --> 01:38:04.678
ARAGON OUT AGAIN A GONZALEZ 120.

01:38:04.745 --> 01:38:07.881
THE BILLS OUT. ALL RIGHT. THAT

01:38:07.948 --> 01:38:10.084
WOULD CONCLUDE ALL THE VOTING

01:38:10.150 --> 01:38:11.185
TODAY. ALL THE VOTING MEMBERS

01:38:11.252 --> 01:38:12.152
HAVE HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITY.

01:38:12.219 --> 01:38:14.388
AGAIN. SENATOR GONZALEZ HAD AN

01:38:14.455 --> 01:38:15.456
EXCUSED ABSENCE, AS I

01:38:15.522 --> 01:38:17.291
UNDERSTAND UNDER THE WEATHER. I

01:38:17.358 --> 01:38:18.959
JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE

01:38:19.026 --> 01:38:20.127
RECORD, I WANT TO THANK THE

01:38:20.194 --> 01:38:21.895
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR DOING A

01:38:21.962 --> 01:38:23.330
GREAT JOB WORKING WITH AUTHORS

01:38:23.397 --> 01:38:25.899
OVER THE PAST COUPLE FEW WEEKS

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TO GET THINGS IN ORDER FOR

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TODAY, AND I THINK, HELP US

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HAVE A RELATIVELY SMOOTH

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COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY. AND

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THANK VICE CHAIR STRICKLAND FOR

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CARRYING THE PRESIDING DUTIES

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FOR A WHILE. WHILE I WAS

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RUNNING AROUND THE COMMITTEE

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STAFF. AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON

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TRANSPORTATION IS NOW ADJOURNED.