WEBVTT 00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:17.150 SENATE. NATURAL. SENATE 00:00:17.217 --> 00:00:17.884 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER 00:00:17.951 --> 00:00:18.985 COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. 00:00:19.052 --> 00:00:21.454 GOOD MORNING. WE ASK IF ALL 00:00:21.521 --> 00:00:23.623 MEMBERS CAN COME TO ROOM 2100 00:00:23.690 --> 00:00:25.358 VERY PROMPTLY, SINCE WE ONLY 00:00:25.425 --> 00:00:27.293 HAVE ONE BILL ON TODAY'S AGENDA 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:29.763 PURSUANT TO SENATE RULE 29.10 00:00:29.829 --> 00:00:35.468 BE NOT. 29.1 A THIS IS A B 2051 00:00:35.535 --> 00:00:36.536 BY WIX. THE BILL WAS 00:00:36.603 --> 00:00:37.404 SUBSTANTIALLY AMENDED ON THE 00:00:37.470 --> 00:00:40.874 FLOOR LAST WEEK. PREVIOUSLY AB 00:00:40.940 --> 00:00:41.941 2051 PASSES COMMITTEE 00:00:42.008 --> 00:00:45.578 UNANIMOUSLY AT OUR JULY 1ST, 00:00:45.645 --> 00:00:48.882 2026 HEARING. BLESS YOU. WE DO 00:00:48.948 --> 00:00:50.617 HAVE A SIMILAR WORKS WITH US. 00:00:50.683 --> 00:00:52.051 PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TELL US. 00:00:52.118 --> 00:00:54.287 GIVE US THE UPDATE. THANK YOU, 00:00:54.354 --> 00:00:56.089 MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR 00:00:56.156 --> 00:00:58.491 HEARING AB 2051. IN LIGHT OF 00:00:58.558 --> 00:00:59.626 AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE LAST 00:00:59.692 --> 00:01:01.795 WEEK, THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY 00:01:01.861 --> 00:01:03.296 SUPPORTED THE POLICY THAT IS IN 00:01:03.363 --> 00:01:05.365 SECTION TWO OF THE LEGISLATION. 00:01:05.432 --> 00:01:06.599 SO NOW WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT 00:01:06.666 --> 00:01:10.036 THE AMENDMENTS. AMENDMENTS MADE 00:01:10.103 --> 00:01:11.104 ALSO NARROWLY ADDRESSED ONE OF 00:01:11.171 --> 00:01:12.939 THE MANY HURDLES FACING THE 00:01:13.006 --> 00:01:14.374 VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING 00:01:14.441 --> 00:01:15.842 PROJECT, A 100% AFFORDABLE 00:01:15.909 --> 00:01:17.277 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON WHAT IS 00:01:17.343 --> 00:01:19.412 CURRENTLY A PARKING LOT 800FT 00:01:19.479 --> 00:01:21.247 FROM THE COASTLINE IN THE 00:01:21.314 --> 00:01:22.215 VENICE BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD OF 00:01:22.282 --> 00:01:24.417 LOS ANGELES. THE PROJECT, FIRST 00:01:24.484 --> 00:01:25.952 PROPOSED TEN YEARS AGO, WOULD 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:27.687 INCLUDE TWO MIXED USE 00:01:27.754 --> 00:01:29.122 STRUCTURES, EACH FOUR STORIES 00:01:29.189 --> 00:01:30.890 HIGH, WHICH CONTAIN 120 00:01:30.957 --> 00:01:32.725 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, 68 OF 00:01:32.792 --> 00:01:34.194 WHICH ARE RESERVED FOR PEOPLE 00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:35.962 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WITH 00:01:36.029 --> 00:01:37.831 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OFFERED ON 00:01:37.897 --> 00:01:41.034 SITE. THE 2025. IN 2025, THE 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:41.701 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 00:01:41.768 --> 00:01:43.236 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED 00:01:43.303 --> 00:01:45.305 A 42.4 MILLION CONDITIONAL 00:01:45.371 --> 00:01:47.807 AWARD TO HELP FUND THE PROJECT. 00:01:47.874 --> 00:01:49.642 BECAUSE OF THE OBSTACLES THAT 00:01:49.709 --> 00:01:51.144 VENICE STILL MUST OVERCOME, 00:01:51.211 --> 00:01:53.947 THAT AWARD IS NOW IN PERIL. AB 00:01:54.013 --> 00:01:55.482 2051 RETROACTIVELY EXTENDS FOR 00:01:55.548 --> 00:01:56.850 FIVE YEARS THE COASTAL 00:01:56.916 --> 00:01:58.418 COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY TO GIVE 00:01:58.485 --> 00:01:59.986 A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MORE TIME TO 00:02:00.053 --> 00:02:01.855 ACT ON MODIFICATIONS TO A LAND 00:02:01.921 --> 00:02:04.023 USE PLAN, WHICH SPECIFICALLY 00:02:04.090 --> 00:02:05.458 AUTHORIZES THE APPROVAL OF A 00:02:05.525 --> 00:02:07.360 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. 00:02:07.427 --> 00:02:08.928 TO BE CLEAR, THIS BILL DOES NOT 00:02:08.995 --> 00:02:10.730 SIMPLY PROVIDE A GLIDE PATH FOR 00:02:10.797 --> 00:02:12.665 THE VENICE FOR VENICE DEL. TO 00:02:12.732 --> 00:02:13.867 BREAK GROUND. THE PROJECT HAS 00:02:13.933 --> 00:02:15.969 BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL 00:02:16.035 --> 00:02:18.071 LAWSUITS, OF WHICH IT HAS ONE 00:02:18.137 --> 00:02:19.706 AND TWO OF WHICH ARE SCHEDULED 00:02:19.772 --> 00:02:22.041 TO GO ON TRIAL NEXT YEAR. AB 00:02:22.108 --> 00:02:23.843 2051 DOES NOT INVALIDATE THOSE 00:02:23.910 --> 00:02:25.311 CHALLENGES, BUT IT ADDRESSES 00:02:25.378 --> 00:02:27.480 THE ISSUES OF THE CITY OF LOS 00:02:27.547 --> 00:02:29.015 ANGELES TO ACT ON THE PATHWAY 00:02:29.082 --> 00:02:30.016 PROVIDED BY THE COASTAL 00:02:30.083 --> 00:02:31.384 COMMISSION FOR VENICE, DEL. TO 00:02:31.451 --> 00:02:33.353 BEGIN ITS CONSTRUCTION. JOINING 00:02:33.419 --> 00:02:34.721 ME TODAY TO TESTIFY AND ANSWER 00:02:34.787 --> 00:02:36.723 TECHNICAL QUESTIONS IS ON YOUR 00:02:36.789 --> 00:02:38.224 LAWYER ON BEHALF OF THE VENICE 00:02:38.291 --> 00:02:39.926 COMMUNITY HOUSING. AND WHEN THE 00:02:39.993 --> 00:02:41.361 TIME IS RIGHT, I WOULD 00:02:41.427 --> 00:02:42.428 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE 00:02:42.495 --> 00:02:44.130 VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE 00:02:44.197 --> 00:02:45.798 GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, MR. 00:02:45.865 --> 00:02:48.001 CHAIR. MEMBERS ARE HERE TODAY 00:02:48.067 --> 00:02:48.868 REPRESENTING VENICE COMMUNITY 00:02:48.935 --> 00:02:49.769 HOUSING, ONE OF THE TWO 00:02:49.836 --> 00:02:50.870 DEVELOPERS OF VENICE DEL 00:02:50.937 --> 00:02:52.405 PROJECT. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN 00:02:52.472 --> 00:02:54.107 PUT THROUGH THE WRINGER TOTALLY 00:02:54.173 --> 00:02:56.643 UNNECESSARILY. THIS IS A MINOR 00:02:56.709 --> 00:02:57.677 MODIFICATION TO KEEP THE 00:02:57.744 --> 00:02:59.445 COASTAL COMMISSION'S APPROVAL 00:02:59.512 --> 00:03:01.648 ALIVE, SO THAT ONCE THE 00:03:01.714 --> 00:03:02.749 REMAINING TWO PIECES OF 00:03:02.815 --> 00:03:03.516 LITIGATION ARE RESOLVED, THE 00:03:03.583 --> 00:03:04.517 PROJECT CAN QUICKLY BREAK 00:03:04.584 --> 00:03:06.386 GROUND AND NOT LOSE OUT ON ADHD 00:03:06.452 --> 00:03:07.387 AWARD. AND WE WOULD 00:03:07.453 --> 00:03:09.022 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN AYE 00:03:09.088 --> 00:03:13.560 VOTE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE, 00:03:13.626 --> 00:03:16.129 ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT? GOOD 00:03:16.195 --> 00:03:17.163 MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 00:03:17.230 --> 00:03:18.197 STEPHEN STENZLER WITH 00:03:18.264 --> 00:03:18.865 BROWNSTEIN ON BEHALF OF THE BAY 00:03:18.932 --> 00:03:19.933 AREA COUNCIL, A PROUD 00:03:19.999 --> 00:03:22.201 CO-SPONSOR OF THIS MEASURE, 00:03:22.268 --> 00:03:23.636 YIMBY ACTION HOUSING ACTION 00:03:23.703 --> 00:03:24.704 COALITION. AND I'VE BEEN ASKED 00:03:24.771 --> 00:03:26.639 TO GIVE A ME TOO FOR ENTERPRISE 00:03:26.706 --> 00:03:27.640 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THANK YOU. 00:03:27.707 --> 00:03:31.144 ALL IN SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, 00:03:31.210 --> 00:03:32.045 CHAIR AND MEMBERS, PAUL SHAFFER 00:03:32.111 --> 00:03:33.680 WITH THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF 00:03:33.746 --> 00:03:34.681 AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE IN 00:03:34.747 --> 00:03:38.017 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD 00:03:38.084 --> 00:03:39.152 MORNING. LIZZIE SONA HERE ON 00:03:39.218 --> 00:03:40.787 BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF MARIN 00:03:40.853 --> 00:03:41.955 CITY, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 00:03:42.021 --> 00:03:43.356 CITY COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF SAN 00:03:43.423 --> 00:03:44.824 MATEO AND SF BAY FERRY. ALL IN 00:03:44.891 --> 00:03:49.128 SUPPORT. JACK WATERSON FROM 00:03:49.195 --> 00:03:50.229 NORSEMAN ON BEHALF OF THE 00:03:50.296 --> 00:03:51.264 COUNTY OF MONTEREY AND THE 00:03:51.331 --> 00:03:52.365 SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER 00:03:52.432 --> 00:03:57.770 DISTRICT IN SUPPORT. OKAY. ANY 00:03:57.837 --> 00:03:59.305 OPPOSITION? DO WE HAVE ANY 00:03:59.372 --> 00:04:03.309 OPPOSITION? WE DO NOT. WE'LL 00:04:03.376 --> 00:04:06.079 BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR 00:04:06.145 --> 00:04:08.281 DISCUSSION. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY 00:04:08.348 --> 00:04:10.783 TO WEIGH IN. GOOD. I HAVE 00:04:10.850 --> 00:04:12.385 QUESTIONS TOO, BUT GO AHEAD. 00:04:12.452 --> 00:04:14.721 YOU GO FIRST. THANK YOU. 00:04:14.787 --> 00:04:16.189 ACTUALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY 00:04:16.255 --> 00:04:17.824 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE 00:04:17.890 --> 00:04:19.759 IN TRYING TO SEE THIS THROUGH. 00:04:19.826 --> 00:04:21.928 I THINK IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE 00:04:21.995 --> 00:04:24.097 OF WHY WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND IN 00:04:24.163 --> 00:04:26.933 HOUSING AS THE PROCESS, THE 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.135 LAWSUITS, THE ALL OF THE ABOVE 00:04:29.202 --> 00:04:30.903 THE COMMISSION SOMETIMES, I 00:04:30.970 --> 00:04:32.705 MEAN, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE 00:04:32.772 --> 00:04:34.874 THINGS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE AND 00:04:34.941 --> 00:04:36.676 AND NOW THEY ARE MANIFESTING 00:04:36.743 --> 00:04:38.077 THEMSELVES IN THIS TYPE OF 00:04:38.144 --> 00:04:39.545 ISSUE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE 00:04:39.612 --> 00:04:42.081 TO CREATE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW 00:04:42.148 --> 00:04:46.052 A PROJECT TO GET BUILT OR IT 00:04:46.119 --> 00:04:48.488 WON'T. AND THAT'S SAD. THAT'S 00:04:48.554 --> 00:04:49.622 SAD. WE REALLY NEED TO THINK 00:04:49.689 --> 00:04:52.425 ABOUT THAT AND, AND UNDERSTAND 00:04:52.492 --> 00:04:53.926 WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER, OR 00:04:53.993 --> 00:04:55.928 WHAT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE 00:04:55.995 --> 00:04:58.631 WAY OF SO THAT THESE TYPE OF 00:04:58.698 --> 00:05:00.466 PROJECTS CAN GET, GET, GET 00:05:00.533 --> 00:05:02.168 FUNDED AND GET DONE AND KEEP 00:05:02.235 --> 00:05:04.103 THEIR FUNDING. SO APPRECIATE IT. 00:05:04.170 --> 00:05:06.172 I'LL BE SUPPORTING WHEN TIME 00:05:06.239 --> 00:05:09.042 COMES. IF WE CAN GET A QUORUM, 00:05:09.108 --> 00:05:10.677 THAT'D BE REALLY GOOD BECAUSE I 00:05:10.743 --> 00:05:11.778 HAVE ANOTHER MEETING I HAVE TO 00:05:11.844 --> 00:05:14.080 GET TO. THAT WOULD BE REALLY 00:05:14.147 --> 00:05:16.315 GOOD. WE'VE CALLED THE RELEVANT 00:05:16.382 --> 00:05:18.818 MEMBERS. OKAY, I WANT QUESTION, 00:05:18.885 --> 00:05:20.319 WHICH IS WHY YOU TALK ABOUT 00:05:20.386 --> 00:05:21.888 THIS BEING PUT THROUGH THE 00:05:21.954 --> 00:05:24.624 WRINGER. WHY WAS IT PUT THROUGH 00:05:24.691 --> 00:05:25.625 THE WRINGER? WAS IT JUST 00:05:25.692 --> 00:05:26.759 NEIGHBORS WHO DIDN'T WANT THE 00:05:26.826 --> 00:05:28.895 PROJECT, OR WAS IT THE COASTAL 00:05:28.961 --> 00:05:31.030 COMMISSION ISSUES INVOLVED, OR 00:05:31.097 --> 00:05:32.265 WHY WAS IT PUT THROUGH THE 00:05:32.331 --> 00:05:34.200 WRINGER? IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT 00:05:34.267 --> 00:05:35.201 THE COASTAL COMMISSION. THE 00:05:35.268 --> 00:05:36.202 COASTAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN 00:05:36.269 --> 00:05:37.503 VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. 00:05:37.570 --> 00:05:39.639 THE PROJECT, THE THE START. 00:05:39.706 --> 00:05:40.673 THIS ACTUALLY STARTED WITH THE 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:42.208 CITY OF LOS ANGELES SEEKING 00:05:42.275 --> 00:05:44.277 DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP THIS 00:05:44.343 --> 00:05:45.812 PARKING LOT AS AFFORDABLE 00:05:45.878 --> 00:05:48.281 HOUSING. THE PROJECT. THESE 00:05:48.347 --> 00:05:49.382 DEVELOPERS APPLIED. VENICE 00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:50.450 COMMUNITY HOUSING AND HOLLYWOOD 00:05:50.516 --> 00:05:51.384 COMMUNITY HOUSING. THEY APPLIED. 00:05:51.451 --> 00:05:53.386 THEY WON THE AWARD TO. TO BUILD 00:05:53.453 --> 00:05:55.121 THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT WAS 00:05:55.188 --> 00:05:56.956 APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 00:05:57.023 --> 00:05:58.191 AND THEN A NEW CITY COUNCIL 00:05:58.257 --> 00:06:00.059 MEMBER CAME IN AND A NEW CITY 00:06:00.126 --> 00:06:01.094 ATTORNEY, AND THEY RESCINDED 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:02.128 THE APPROVALS. AND THAT TEED 00:06:02.195 --> 00:06:04.530 OFF A WHOLE BUNCH OF LITIGATION, 00:06:04.597 --> 00:06:05.531 MOST OF WHICH HAS BEEN RESOLVED 00:06:05.598 --> 00:06:07.333 IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT, TWO OF 00:06:07.400 --> 00:06:09.535 WHICH ARE PENDING IN MARCH AND 00:06:09.602 --> 00:06:11.971 APRIL. AND MEANWHILE, THE 00:06:12.038 --> 00:06:13.172 COASTAL COMMISSION'S APPROVAL 00:06:13.239 --> 00:06:14.640 HAS EXPIRED. SO THIS WOULD 00:06:14.707 --> 00:06:16.175 SIMPLY BE ABLE TO TO KEEP THAT 00:06:16.242 --> 00:06:17.310 ALIVE WHILE WE RESOLVE THOSE 00:06:17.376 --> 00:06:18.444 LAST TWO PIECES OF LITIGATION, 00:06:18.511 --> 00:06:20.179 AND THEN WE CAN BREAK GROUND 00:06:20.246 --> 00:06:21.180 AND BUILD 120 AFFORDABLE 00:06:21.247 --> 00:06:23.483 HOUSING. EXCELLENT. WELL, I 00:06:23.549 --> 00:06:24.684 WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL 00:06:24.751 --> 00:06:25.818 WHEN THE TIME COMES. I DON'T 00:06:25.885 --> 00:06:27.653 WANT TO REQUIRE YOU TO STAY 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:28.721 HERE NECESSARILY. WE'LL BE 00:06:28.788 --> 00:06:31.991 WAITING FOR A QUORUM TO VOTE. 00:06:32.058 --> 00:06:33.292 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? SURE. 00:06:33.359 --> 00:06:34.927 WELL, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. 00:06:34.994 --> 00:06:36.028 IT SHOULDN'T BE SO HARD TO 00:06:36.095 --> 00:06:37.296 BUILD HOUSING IN CALIFORNIA, 00:06:37.363 --> 00:06:39.165 ESPECIALLY 100% AFFORDABLE. AND 00:06:39.232 --> 00:06:40.266 WITH THAT, WHEN THE TIME IS 00:06:40.333 --> 00:06:41.334 RIGHT, RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN 00:06:41.400 --> 00:06:43.236 AYE VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY 00:06:43.302 --> 00:06:44.337 MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR 00:06:44.403 --> 00:06:50.376 BEING HERE. THANKS. THANKS. 00:06:50.443 --> 00:07:06.592 THANK YOU. 00:07:53.873 --> 00:07:54.841 WELL, THANK YOU FOR 00:07:54.907 --> 00:07:57.810 THAT. WE HAVE A RUSH OF MEMBERS. 00:07:57.877 --> 00:07:59.645 WE HEARD FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER 00:07:59.712 --> 00:08:03.716 WICKS ON AB 2051. I WOULD LOVE 00:08:03.783 --> 00:08:07.854 TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY. OH, 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:08.921 SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. LET'S DO 00:08:08.988 --> 00:08:11.157 QUORUM. FIRST. QUORUM, PLEASE 00:08:11.224 --> 00:08:14.293 CALL THE ROLL. SENATORS. BECKER. 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:18.698 AYE. HERE. BECKER. HERE. OUT OF 00:08:18.764 --> 00:08:21.267 PRACTICE. ALLEN. ALLEN. HERE. 00:08:21.334 --> 00:08:24.437 BALDWIN. BALDWIN. HERE. GROVE. 00:08:24.503 --> 00:08:28.741 LAIRD. STERN. NOW. STERN. HERE. 00:08:28.808 --> 00:08:30.610 OKAY, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL 00:08:30.676 --> 00:08:32.445 RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE A MOTION 00:08:32.511 --> 00:08:33.913 FROM SENATOR CIERTO. CAN YOU 00:08:33.980 --> 00:08:37.416 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? SENATORS 00:08:37.483 --> 00:08:39.218 BECKER? AYE. DO YOU WANT TO 00:08:39.285 --> 00:08:43.923 READ IT? THE MOTION MEASURE TO 00:08:43.990 --> 00:08:45.524 BE RETURNED TO THE SENATE FLOOR 00:08:45.591 --> 00:08:46.759 FOR CONSIDERATION. THAT IS THE 00:08:46.826 --> 00:08:49.662 MOTION BY SENATOR CIERTO A 00:08:49.729 --> 00:08:52.565 BECKER. AYE. BECKER. AYE. SATO 00:08:52.632 --> 00:08:56.102 A SATO. AYE. ALLEN. ALLEN. AYE. 00:08:56.168 --> 00:08:59.038 BALDWIN A BALDWIN. AYE. GROVE. 00:08:59.105 --> 00:09:04.076 LAIRD STERN A STERN AYE. OH 5 00:09:04.143 --> 00:09:05.711 TO 0. WE'LL KEEP THAT OPEN. 00:09:05.778 --> 00:09:07.146 THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS 00:09:07.213 --> 00:09:23.996 WHO ARE HERE. 00:15:10.576 --> 00:15:11.243 OKAY. WE HAVE 00:15:11.310 --> 00:15:12.711 SOME VISITORS FROM THE RULES 00:15:12.778 --> 00:15:13.879 COMMITTEE. WE'D LOVE TO REOPEN 00:15:13.946 --> 00:15:18.083 THE RULE ON AB 2051. WE HAVE A 00:15:18.150 --> 00:15:19.118 MOTION WITH THE MEASURE BE 00:15:19.184 --> 00:15:20.286 RETURNED TO THE SENATE FLOOR 00:15:20.352 --> 00:15:22.087 FOR CONSIDERATION. PLEASE CALL 00:15:22.154 --> 00:15:24.256 THE ABSENT MEMBERS. SENATORS. 00:15:24.323 --> 00:15:26.925 GROVE. GROVE. AYE. LAIRD. LAIRD. 00:15:26.992 --> 00:15:28.193 AYE. THANK YOU. TO BOTH OF YOU. 00:15:28.260 --> 00:15:30.195 THAT IS 7 TO 0. IT IS OUT. 00:15:30.262 --> 00:15:31.363 THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU GUYS 00:15:31.430 --> 00:15:33.132 SO MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL 00:15:33.198 --> 00:15:34.233 FLOWERS. YOU WERE SO SWEET. 00:15:34.300 --> 00:15:35.701 YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THAT WAS 00:15:35.768 --> 00:15:37.503 SUPER SWEET OF YOU GUYS TO DO 00:15:37.569 --> 00:15:41.507 THAT. THANK YOU TO REBECCA. ALL 00:15:41.573 --> 00:15:45.110 RIGHT, TO ADJOURN. AND NOW WE 00:15:45.177 --> 00:15:48.647 SHALL ADJOURN. THANK YOU SO 00:15:48.714 --> 00:15:58.424 MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 00:15:58.490 --> 00:16:04.830 THANK YOU. HEADING TO. YEAH. SO 00:16:04.897 --> 00:16:08.867 WE HAVE MAYBE FOR A STERN BILL 00:16:08.934 --> 00:16:13.439 THIS. YEAH. BUT I THANK YOU. 00:16:13.505 --> 00:16:15.240 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I 00:16:15.307 --> 00:16:31.924 THINK THEY'VE WAIVED HEARING.