WEBVTT 00:00:45.678 --> 00:00:47.213 THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:48.548 APPROPRIATIONS WILL NOW COME TO 00:00:48.615 --> 00:00:49.749 ORDER. SERGEANTS. PLEASE CALL 00:00:49.816 --> 00:00:51.451 ANY ABSENT MEMBERS AND HAVE 00:00:51.518 --> 00:00:52.952 THEM JOIN US IN THE HEARING 00:00:53.019 --> 00:00:54.320 ROOM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 00:00:54.387 --> 00:00:56.456 TODAY WE HAVE FIVE MEASURES ON 00:00:56.523 --> 00:00:57.757 FILE THIS MORNING, INCLUDING 00:00:57.824 --> 00:01:01.060 ONE 29.10 B FOR REFERRAL AND 00:01:01.127 --> 00:01:03.363 FOR NEW BILLS. ALL OF THESE 00:01:03.430 --> 00:01:04.464 BILLS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 00:01:04.531 --> 00:01:06.366 VOTE TODAY, AND WILL REQUIRE AN 00:01:06.433 --> 00:01:08.334 AUTHOR PRESENTATION. BEFORE WE 00:01:08.401 --> 00:01:10.537 BEGIN, I DO WANT TO REMIND ANY 00:01:10.603 --> 00:01:11.571 WITNESSES TO LIMIT THEIR 00:01:11.638 --> 00:01:13.773 TESTIMONY TO THE FISCAL ASPECT 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.508 OF THE BILL, AND PLEASE REFRAIN 00:01:15.575 --> 00:01:17.710 FROM ANY LENGTHY POLICY 00:01:17.777 --> 00:01:19.479 DISCUSSION AND REPEATING PRIOR 00:01:19.546 --> 00:01:21.381 TESTIMONY IN YOUR COMMENTS. 00:01:21.448 --> 00:01:23.483 BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY'S HEARING, 00:01:23.550 --> 00:01:25.652 LET'S ESTABLISH A QUORUM. MADAM 00:01:25.718 --> 00:01:27.887 ASSISTANT. CERVANTES. CERVANTES. 00:01:27.954 --> 00:01:30.023 HERE. TO HERE. TO HERE. 00:01:30.089 --> 00:01:33.593 CABALDON. CABALDON. HERE. DALLY. 00:01:33.660 --> 00:01:36.763 GRAYSON. GRAYSON. HERE. 00:01:36.830 --> 00:01:41.100 RICHARDSON. WAHAB. A QUORUM HAS 00:01:41.167 --> 00:01:42.469 BEEN ESTABLISHED. WE WILL NOW 00:01:42.535 --> 00:01:44.037 MOVE ON TO THE BUSINESS OF THE 00:01:44.103 --> 00:01:47.006 DAY. OUR FIRST ITEM UP WILL BE 00:01:47.073 --> 00:01:49.876 A B 2727 ASSEMBLY MEMBER NGUYEN. 00:01:49.943 --> 00:01:52.612 YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE 00:01:52.679 --> 00:01:57.684 READY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 00:01:57.750 --> 00:01:59.519 GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND 00:01:59.586 --> 00:02:01.321 MEMBERS. I'M BACK HERE TO 00:02:01.387 --> 00:02:03.456 PRESENT AB 2727 WITH 00:02:03.523 --> 00:02:04.491 STRENGTHENS THE PAROLE REVIEW 00:02:04.557 --> 00:02:06.326 PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS 00:02:06.392 --> 00:02:07.527 CONVICTED OF SOME OF THE MOST 00:02:07.594 --> 00:02:09.329 SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENSES. I JUST 00:02:09.395 --> 00:02:10.563 WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE 00:02:10.630 --> 00:02:11.531 WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE 00:02:11.598 --> 00:02:12.565 ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD OF 00:02:12.632 --> 00:02:14.267 PAROLE HEARING, DEPARTMENT OF 00:02:14.334 --> 00:02:15.635 STATE HOSPITALS, AND THE LATEST 00:02:15.702 --> 00:02:17.103 AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT 00:02:17.170 --> 00:02:18.471 THE PROCESS IS WORKABLE AND 00:02:18.538 --> 00:02:20.106 ADDRESSES ANY OF THE CONCERNS. 00:02:20.173 --> 00:02:22.442 AND HERE WITH ME, TO ANSWER ANY 00:02:22.509 --> 00:02:23.610 TECHNICAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY 00:02:23.676 --> 00:02:27.847 HAVE IS ROCHELLE BEARDSLEY FROM 00:02:27.914 --> 00:02:29.315 THE SACRAMENTO DISTRICT 00:02:29.382 --> 00:02:32.252 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. PLEASE BEGIN 00:02:32.318 --> 00:02:33.953 WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY. I'M 00:02:34.020 --> 00:02:36.089 HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL 00:02:36.155 --> 00:02:37.924 QUESTIONS THAT THIS COMMITTEE 00:02:37.991 --> 00:02:43.129 MAY HAVE. YOU SAID KEEP IT 00:02:43.196 --> 00:02:44.264 BRIEF AND DON'T REPEAT ANYTHING 00:02:44.330 --> 00:02:46.733 WE'VE SAID BEFORE. WE FOLLOWED 00:02:46.799 --> 00:02:52.672 DIRECTIONS. EXCELLENT. THANK 00:02:52.739 --> 00:02:54.474 YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY 00:02:54.541 --> 00:02:55.475 OTHER ADDITIONAL SUPPORTERS IN 00:02:55.542 --> 00:02:56.643 THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO 00:02:56.709 --> 00:03:00.580 TESTIFY AND SUPPORT TO AB 2727? 00:03:00.647 --> 00:03:01.681 MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, DAN 00:03:01.748 --> 00:03:02.815 FELIZARDO, ON BEHALF OF THE LOS 00:03:02.882 --> 00:03:03.850 ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT 00:03:03.917 --> 00:03:05.218 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CRIME 00:03:05.285 --> 00:03:06.986 VICTIMS ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT AND 00:03:07.053 --> 00:03:08.621 HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 00:03:08.688 --> 00:03:09.589 THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL 00:03:09.656 --> 00:03:10.423 WITNESSES? GOOD MORNING, MADAM 00:03:10.490 --> 00:03:12.091 CHAIR. COREY, ON BEHALF OF THE 00:03:12.158 --> 00:03:13.159 CALIFORNIA STATE SHERIFFS 00:03:13.226 --> 00:03:14.994 ASSOCIATION, SUPPORT. DO WE 00:03:15.061 --> 00:03:16.195 HAVE ANY WITNESSES WHO WOULD 00:03:16.262 --> 00:03:17.730 LIKE TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION 00:03:17.797 --> 00:03:21.200 TO AB 2727? SEEING NONE, WE 00:03:21.267 --> 00:03:22.969 WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE 00:03:23.036 --> 00:03:24.137 COMMITTEE. SEEING NO QUESTIONS 00:03:24.203 --> 00:03:25.705 OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS. 00:03:25.772 --> 00:03:26.472 ASSEMBLYMEMBER NGUYEN, WOULD 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:28.274 YOU LIKE TO. DEPARTMENT OF 00:03:28.341 --> 00:03:30.109 FINANCE IS WITH US TODAY. 00:03:30.176 --> 00:03:31.177 CHRISTIAN BELTRAN, DEPARTMENT 00:03:31.244 --> 00:03:32.545 OF FINANCE. THANK YOU, MADAM 00:03:32.612 --> 00:03:33.846 CHAIR. GOOD MORNING. NO FILE ON 00:03:33.913 --> 00:03:35.515 THIS ONE. THANK YOU. 00:03:35.582 --> 00:03:36.349 ASSEMBLYMEMBER NGUYEN, WOULD 00:03:36.416 --> 00:03:37.250 YOU LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK 00:03:37.317 --> 00:03:39.118 FOR A VOTE ON THIS, MADAM CHAIR? 00:03:39.185 --> 00:03:40.286 THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS 00:03:40.353 --> 00:03:41.955 ELIGIBLE FOR A VOTE TODAY. DO 00:03:42.021 --> 00:03:44.524 WE HAVE A MOTION ON AB 2727? WE 00:03:44.591 --> 00:03:47.427 HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR 00:03:47.493 --> 00:03:48.895 DOLLY. IF WE COULD PLEASE. THE 00:03:48.962 --> 00:03:50.330 MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE SENATE 00:03:50.396 --> 00:03:52.031 FLOOR. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 00:03:52.098 --> 00:03:53.232 THE MOTION IS THAT THE MEASURE 00:03:53.299 --> 00:03:55.034 BE RETURNED TO THE SENATE FLOOR 00:03:55.101 --> 00:03:56.769 FOR CONSIDERATION. CERVANTES. 00:03:56.836 --> 00:03:59.238 CERVANTES. AYE. CIERTO. 00:03:59.305 --> 00:04:03.309 CABALDON. DALLY. AYE. DALLY. 00:04:03.376 --> 00:04:08.948 AYE. GRAYSON. RICHARDSON. WAHAB. 00:04:09.015 --> 00:04:12.218 CABALDON. CABALDON. AYE. 00:04:12.285 --> 00:04:15.188 CURRENT CURRENT VOTE IS 3 TO 0. 00:04:15.254 --> 00:04:17.123 WE WILL LEAVE THAT MEASURE ON 00:04:17.190 --> 00:04:18.291 CALL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:04:18.358 --> 00:04:24.030 MEMBERS. WE WILL NOW LIKE TO 00:04:24.097 --> 00:04:26.332 INVITE ASSEMBLY MEMBER PELLERIN 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:30.970 TO JOIN US FOR AB 282, WHICH IS 00:04:31.037 --> 00:04:33.539 ELIGIBLE FOR A DUE PASS MOTION. 00:04:33.606 --> 00:04:34.107 ASSEMBLYMEMBER PELLERIN, THE 00:04:34.173 --> 00:04:36.309 FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. AB 00:04:36.376 --> 00:04:37.877 282 SEEKS TO PREVENT THE 00:04:37.944 --> 00:04:39.278 GRAVEST THREAT TO OUR ELECTIONS 00:04:39.345 --> 00:04:40.713 BY PREVENTING ANY ATTEMPTS TO 00:04:40.780 --> 00:04:42.815 SEIZE BALLOTS, ELECTION RECORDS 00:04:42.882 --> 00:04:44.651 AND CERTIFIED VOTING TECHNOLOGY 00:04:44.717 --> 00:04:46.419 BEFORE OUR ELECTION RESULTS ARE 00:04:46.486 --> 00:04:49.322 CERTIFIED. IT MAKES CLEAR THAT 00:04:49.389 --> 00:04:50.323 INTERFERING WITH BALLOTS OR 00:04:50.390 --> 00:04:51.324 VOTING EQUIPMENT BEFORE AN 00:04:51.391 --> 00:04:52.558 ELECTION IS CERTIFIED IS A 00:04:52.625 --> 00:04:54.661 SERIOUS OFFENSE WITH SERIOUS 00:04:54.727 --> 00:04:55.361 CONSEQUENCES, AND I 00:04:55.428 --> 00:05:01.934 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE. 00:05:02.001 --> 00:05:03.302 THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY 00:05:03.369 --> 00:05:04.404 WITNESSES WHO WOULD LIKE TO 00:05:04.470 --> 00:05:07.607 TESTIFY IN SUPPORT TO AB 282 00:05:07.674 --> 00:05:09.842 TODAY? SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE 00:05:09.909 --> 00:05:11.744 ANYONE IN OPPOSITION WOULD LIKE 00:05:11.811 --> 00:05:13.813 TO TESTIFY FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 00:05:13.880 --> 00:05:15.348 282? SEEING NONE, BRING IT BACK 00:05:15.415 --> 00:05:17.583 TO THE COMMITTEE FOR FINANCE. 00:05:17.650 --> 00:05:19.519 DO YOU HAVE A FILE ON THIS BILL? 00:05:19.585 --> 00:05:20.586 NO. MADAM CHAIR, SEEING NO 00:05:20.653 --> 00:05:21.654 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM 00:05:21.721 --> 00:05:22.655 COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THIS ITEM IS 00:05:22.722 --> 00:05:24.490 ELIGIBLE FOR A VOTE TODAY. DO 00:05:24.557 --> 00:05:42.075 WE HAVE A MOTION ON AB 282? 00:05:46.212 --> 00:05:46.546 WE 00:05:46.612 --> 00:05:47.513 WILL HAVE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION 00:05:47.580 --> 00:05:49.382 WHEN WE HAVE MEMBERS RETURN. 00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:51.718 APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I 00:05:51.784 --> 00:05:53.086 DID NOT ALLOW YOU TO CLOSE. I 00:05:53.152 --> 00:05:55.455 JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A 00:05:55.521 --> 00:05:56.689 VOTE. PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY. 00:05:56.756 --> 00:05:58.291 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER 00:05:58.357 --> 00:06:14.507 PELLERIN. 00:06:16.109 --> 00:06:17.944 OUR NEXT ITEM ON FILE 00:06:18.010 --> 00:06:20.713 IS A B 817 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER 00:06:20.780 --> 00:06:22.548 MARK GONZALEZ. WE WOULD LIKE TO 00:06:22.615 --> 00:06:23.750 INVITE ASSEMBLY MEMBER GONZALEZ 00:06:23.816 --> 00:06:26.486 TO JOIN US. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 00:06:26.552 --> 00:06:27.386 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND 00:06:27.453 --> 00:06:28.988 THANK YOU, MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO 00:06:29.055 --> 00:06:30.123 PRESENT AB 817, WHICH WILL 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:31.524 ADDRESS SEVERAL PRESSING ISSUES 00:06:31.591 --> 00:06:32.592 BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE OF 00:06:32.658 --> 00:06:34.260 LINEAGE FIRE IN MY DISTRICT IN 00:06:34.327 --> 00:06:36.996 BOYLE HEIGHTS, AB 817 WILL 00:06:37.063 --> 00:06:38.097 TACKLE TWO KEY ISSUES BROUGHT 00:06:38.164 --> 00:06:40.199 ABOUT BY THIS FIRE. FIRST, BY 00:06:40.266 --> 00:06:41.267 PREVENTING ANY NEW BUILDING 00:06:41.334 --> 00:06:42.368 PERMITS LIKE COMPANIES LIKE 00:06:42.435 --> 00:06:43.736 LINEAGE, UNTIL THEY CAN SHOW 00:06:43.803 --> 00:06:44.937 THAT THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY 00:06:45.004 --> 00:06:46.739 FUND OF UP TO $20 MILLION SET 00:06:46.806 --> 00:06:48.841 ASIDE FOR DISASTERS LIKE THIS. 00:06:48.908 --> 00:06:50.009 SECOND, IT WILL ENSURE THAT ANY 00:06:50.076 --> 00:06:51.077 SETTLEMENT THAT A RESIDENT OR 00:06:51.144 --> 00:06:52.845 BUSINESS GETS FROM ANY FUTURE 00:06:52.912 --> 00:06:53.846 LITIGATION BECAUSE OF THE 00:06:53.913 --> 00:06:55.648 INCIDENT IS STATE TAX FREE. 00:06:55.715 --> 00:06:57.984 LINEAGE IS EXPECTED TO SPEND 80 00:06:58.050 --> 00:06:59.185 TO $100 MILLION ON THE CLEANUP 00:06:59.252 --> 00:07:00.987 ALONE, BUT THEY HAVE ONLY GIVEN 00:07:01.053 --> 00:07:02.121 AROUND $3 MILLION TO HELP THE 00:07:02.188 --> 00:07:03.356 SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. AS THIS 00:07:03.422 --> 00:07:05.057 IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM TODAY. 00:07:05.124 --> 00:07:06.592 THIS COMMITTEE'S ANALYSIS NOTES 00:07:06.659 --> 00:07:07.927 THERE SHOULD BE MINOR AND 00:07:07.994 --> 00:07:08.961 OBSERVABLE COSTS TO THE 00:07:09.028 --> 00:07:10.363 FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, AND THE 00:07:10.429 --> 00:07:11.564 STATE WILL NOT NEED TO BE 00:07:11.631 --> 00:07:13.032 REIMBURSED FOR ANY COSTS FROM 00:07:13.099 --> 00:07:14.734 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BILL 00:07:14.801 --> 00:07:16.469 BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. I WANT TO 00:07:16.536 --> 00:07:17.937 ALSO SAY THAT I WILL BE 00:07:18.004 --> 00:07:19.071 COMMITTING TO MAKING AMENDMENTS 00:07:19.138 --> 00:07:20.173 TO ADDRESS THE OPPOSITION 00:07:20.239 --> 00:07:21.574 CONCERNS, AND HOW THIS MIGHT 00:07:21.641 --> 00:07:22.642 AFFECT THE VARIETY OF COLD 00:07:22.708 --> 00:07:24.310 STORAGE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT 00:07:24.377 --> 00:07:25.511 THE STATE. THESE AMENDMENTS 00:07:25.578 --> 00:07:27.380 WILL DO THE FOLLOWING. CLARIFY 00:07:27.446 --> 00:07:28.414 THAT THE COLD STORAGE 00:07:28.481 --> 00:07:29.916 FACILITIES THE BILL APPLIES TO 00:07:29.982 --> 00:07:32.051 MUST EITHER BE AT LEAST 00:07:32.118 --> 00:07:33.119 20,000FT², COLD STORAGE 00:07:33.186 --> 00:07:34.287 FACILITY, OR A FACILITY THAT 00:07:34.353 --> 00:07:36.789 HAS AT LEAST 20,000FT² OF COLD 00:07:36.856 --> 00:07:38.157 STORAGE WITHIN. IF IT'S NOT 00:07:38.224 --> 00:07:40.293 ENTIRELY COLD STORAGE AT AN 00:07:40.359 --> 00:07:41.727 INSURANCE POLICY, AS ANOTHER 00:07:41.794 --> 00:07:43.996 OPTION FOR THE CONTINGENCY FUND 00:07:44.063 --> 00:07:45.398 APPLIES A CONTINGENCY FUND 00:07:45.464 --> 00:07:46.833 SECTION TO ONLY APPLY TO THE 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:48.000 GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF BOYLE 00:07:48.067 --> 00:07:50.536 HEIGHTS FOR 2027. DELAYS AT THE 00:07:50.603 --> 00:07:52.205 BILL FOR THE REST OF THE STATE 00:07:52.271 --> 00:07:54.040 UNTIL JULY 1ST, 2028. WITH MY 00:07:54.106 --> 00:07:55.441 COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH ALL THE 00:07:55.508 --> 00:07:56.609 STAKEHOLDERS NEXT YEAR TO CRAFT 00:07:56.676 --> 00:07:58.211 A SOLUTION THAT CAN INCORPORATE 00:07:58.277 --> 00:08:00.112 THE FEEDBACK I HAVE RECEIVED 00:08:00.179 --> 00:08:01.547 FROM EVERYONE, BECAUSE NO 00:08:01.614 --> 00:08:02.615 COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE TO GO 00:08:02.682 --> 00:08:04.183 THROUGH WHAT MINE HAS GONE 00:08:04.250 --> 00:08:05.351 THROUGH, WHICH IS WHY I'VE BEEN 00:08:05.418 --> 00:08:06.352 REALLY WORKING HARD WITH 00:08:06.419 --> 00:08:07.386 OPPOSITION, WITH A NUMBER OF 00:08:07.453 --> 00:08:09.255 COLLEAGUES, TO MAKE SURE WE GOT 00:08:09.322 --> 00:08:10.423 THIS BILL TO WHERE IT'S AT 00:08:10.489 --> 00:08:11.557 TODAY. PRIMARY WITNESSES IN 00:08:11.624 --> 00:08:12.558 SUPPORT ARE WILLIE ARMSTRONG, 00:08:12.625 --> 00:08:13.492 SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STATE 00:08:13.559 --> 00:08:15.194 AFFAIRS FOR LOS ANGELES MAYOR 00:08:15.261 --> 00:08:16.529 KAREN BASS AND CLEO BLUTHENTHAL 00:08:16.596 --> 00:08:17.830 WITH THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 00:08:17.897 --> 00:08:18.631 FOUNDATION. TAKE IT AWAY. 00:08:18.698 --> 00:08:20.233 PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. 00:08:20.299 --> 00:08:22.101 GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND 00:08:22.168 --> 00:08:24.237 MEMBERS, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. 00:08:24.303 --> 00:08:25.571 MY NAME IS WILLIE ARMSTRONG, 00:08:25.638 --> 00:08:26.806 AND I SERVE AS THE SENIOR 00:08:26.873 --> 00:08:28.374 DIRECTOR FOR STATE AFFAIRS ON 00:08:28.441 --> 00:08:29.642 BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES MAYOR 00:08:29.709 --> 00:08:32.578 KAREN BASS, PROUD SPONSOR OF AB 00:08:32.645 --> 00:08:37.183 817. ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. 00:08:37.250 --> 00:08:39.318 HI, CLEO BLUTHENTHAL. I SERVE 00:08:39.385 --> 00:08:41.120 AS A CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 00:08:41.187 --> 00:08:43.356 FOUNDATION'S POLICY OFFICER AS 00:08:43.422 --> 00:08:44.690 LAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. WE'VE 00:08:44.757 --> 00:08:45.825 ANCHORED AND SUPPORTED 00:08:45.892 --> 00:08:46.926 COMMUNITY RECOVERY FROM THE 00:08:46.993 --> 00:08:48.561 LINEAGE FIRE IN BOYLE HEIGHTS. 00:08:48.628 --> 00:08:50.162 WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE 00:08:50.229 --> 00:08:50.897 AFTERMATH OF A FIRE THAT 00:08:50.963 --> 00:08:52.732 OCCURRED IN A LINEAGE OWNED AND 00:08:52.798 --> 00:08:54.133 OPERATED COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:55.935 FACILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR 00:08:56.002 --> 00:08:57.336 CONTEXT, LINEAGE IS THE WORLD'S 00:08:57.403 --> 00:08:58.304 LARGEST GLOBAL TEMPERATURE 00:08:58.371 --> 00:08:59.605 CONTROLLED WAREHOUSE. REAL 00:08:59.672 --> 00:09:01.340 ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST. 00:09:01.407 --> 00:09:02.675 LINEAGE OWNS AND OPERATES OVER 00:09:02.742 --> 00:09:04.911 500 WAREHOUSES ACROSS THE WORLD, 00:09:04.977 --> 00:09:06.379 TOTALING THREE POINT 00:09:06.445 --> 00:09:07.446 1,000,000,000 CUBIC FEET OF 00:09:07.513 --> 00:09:09.682 CAPACITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE 00:09:09.749 --> 00:09:10.983 500,000FT² IN THE FACILITY THAT 00:09:11.050 --> 00:09:12.885 BURNED. THIS IS NOT A COMPANY 00:09:12.952 --> 00:09:14.053 ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY OR 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.422 EVEN OPERATING ON SMALL MARGINS. 00:09:16.489 --> 00:09:17.523 LINEAGE HAS ALREADY SPENT 00:09:17.590 --> 00:09:18.991 UPWARDS OF $80 MILLION ON 00:09:19.058 --> 00:09:20.559 CLEANUP FROM THE RECENT FIRE, 00:09:20.626 --> 00:09:21.761 AND WILL SPEND TENS OF MILLIONS 00:09:21.827 --> 00:09:23.229 TO REBUILD, BECAUSE OPERATING 00:09:23.296 --> 00:09:24.730 THAT FACILITY IS VERY 00:09:24.797 --> 00:09:26.332 PROFITABLE FOR THEM. MEANWHILE, 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:28.367 THEY'VE ONLY INVESTED ABOUT $3 00:09:28.434 --> 00:09:29.368 MILLION TO REMEDIATE THE 00:09:29.435 --> 00:09:30.503 IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING 00:09:30.569 --> 00:09:31.504 COMMUNITY, LEAVING THE CITY, 00:09:31.570 --> 00:09:33.706 COUNTY TAXPAYERS, NONPROFIT 00:09:33.773 --> 00:09:34.974 ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL BUSINESSES, 00:09:35.041 --> 00:09:36.275 AND PHILANTHROPY TO CARRY THE 00:09:36.342 --> 00:09:38.344 LOAD TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN 00:09:38.411 --> 00:09:39.412 BOYLE HEIGHTS AND IN THE 00:09:39.478 --> 00:09:40.479 BACKYARDS OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS 00:09:40.546 --> 00:09:42.315 OUR STATE. COMPANIES LIKE AND 00:09:42.381 --> 00:09:43.482 INCLUDING LINEAGE, SHOULD BE 00:09:43.549 --> 00:09:44.717 REQUIRED TO HOLD RESERVE FUNDS 00:09:44.784 --> 00:09:46.319 TO ACTIVATE FOR COMMUNITY 00:09:46.385 --> 00:09:47.386 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY IN THE 00:09:47.453 --> 00:09:48.587 EVENT OF A DISASTER LIKE THE 00:09:48.654 --> 00:09:51.123 ONE EXPERIENCED IN JUNE, A $20 00:09:51.190 --> 00:09:52.458 MILLION CONTINGENCY FUND WOULD 00:09:52.525 --> 00:09:55.361 REPRESENT 0.38% OF LINEAGE'S 00:09:55.428 --> 00:09:58.097 PROFIT LAST YEAR. BETWEEN 2020 00:09:58.164 --> 00:09:59.231 AND 2024, THE U.S. AVERAGED 00:09:59.298 --> 00:10:00.866 MORE THAN 1500 WAREHOUSE FIRES 00:10:00.933 --> 00:10:02.835 A YEAR. THESE DISASTERS MAY BE 00:10:02.902 --> 00:10:03.903 UNPREDICTABLE AND SPECIFIC, BUT 00:10:03.970 --> 00:10:05.771 THEY'RE NOT INFREQUENT NOR 00:10:05.838 --> 00:10:07.406 UNLIKELY, REQUIRING PREPARATION 00:10:07.473 --> 00:10:08.641 THAT AMOUNTS TO LESS THAN HALF 00:10:08.708 --> 00:10:10.810 OF 1% OF A SINGLE YEAR'S PROFIT 00:10:10.876 --> 00:10:12.345 IS NOT UNREASONABLE, NOR 00:10:12.411 --> 00:10:13.779 ESPECIALLY BURDENSOME. THE 00:10:13.846 --> 00:10:15.448 BURDEN OF AN INDUSTRIAL 00:10:15.514 --> 00:10:16.615 DISASTER SHOULD NOT FALL ON 00:10:16.682 --> 00:10:17.616 NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS. SMALL 00:10:17.683 --> 00:10:19.485 BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY 00:10:19.552 --> 00:10:21.687 ORGANIZATIONS OR TAXPAYERS. AB 00:10:21.754 --> 00:10:22.922 817 CAN'T UNDO THE DAMAGE THAT 00:10:22.989 --> 00:10:24.090 THE LINEAGE FIRE CAUSED. IT 00:10:24.156 --> 00:10:25.691 CAN'T GIVE FAMILIES BACK THE 00:10:25.758 --> 00:10:26.859 DAYS THAT THEY SPENT WORRYING 00:10:26.926 --> 00:10:27.893 ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS SAFE TO 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:29.762 BREATHE OR LET THEIR KIDS GO 00:10:29.829 --> 00:10:30.963 OUTSIDE, BUT WE CAN HELP ENSURE 00:10:31.030 --> 00:10:32.698 THAT THE NEXT COMMUNITY DOES 00:10:32.765 --> 00:10:33.933 NOT FACE THE SAME UNCERTAINTY, 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:35.001 NOR FACE IT ALONE. FOR THESE 00:10:35.067 --> 00:10:36.035 REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK 00:10:36.102 --> 00:10:37.903 FOR YOUR VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 00:10:37.970 --> 00:10:39.705 817. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY 00:10:39.772 --> 00:10:40.706 ADDITIONAL WITNESSES IN SUPPORT 00:10:40.773 --> 00:10:48.314 FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 817? GOOD 00:10:48.381 --> 00:10:49.415 MORNING, CAROL GONZALEZ. ON 00:10:49.482 --> 00:10:50.282 BEHALF OF INCLUSIVE ACTION FOR 00:10:50.349 --> 00:10:53.285 THE CITY AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 00:10:53.352 --> 00:10:54.353 GOOD MORNING. CHAT WITH THE 00:10:54.420 --> 00:10:55.888 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, 00:10:55.955 --> 00:10:56.989 REGISTERING SUPPORT ON THE PART 00:10:57.056 --> 00:10:58.691 OF THE YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS 00:10:58.758 --> 00:11:00.893 ANGELES, THE PROJECT CLINICA 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.695 ROMERO, PROYECTO PASTORAL 00:11:02.762 --> 00:11:04.096 ALTAMED AND ADVENTIST HEALTH 00:11:04.163 --> 00:11:06.832 WHITE MEMORIAL. DO WE HAVE ANY 00:11:06.899 --> 00:11:07.900 WITNESSES WHO WOULD LIKE TO 00:11:07.967 --> 00:11:11.670 TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO HB 817? 00:11:11.737 --> 00:11:13.305 SEEING NONE. FINANCE. DO YOU 00:11:13.372 --> 00:11:15.041 HAVE A FILE IN THIS BILL? NO 00:11:15.107 --> 00:11:16.208 FILE. MADAM CHAIR, ONE MOMENT. 00:11:16.275 --> 00:11:17.877 WE DO HAVE WITNESSES IN 00:11:17.943 --> 00:11:32.558 OPPOSITION. PLEASE APPROACH. 00:11:32.625 --> 00:11:34.560 GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 00:11:34.627 --> 00:11:36.529 MY NAME IS KATIE DAVEY. I'M THE 00:11:36.595 --> 00:11:37.696 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DAIRY 00:11:37.763 --> 00:11:39.331 INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA. DAIRY 00:11:39.398 --> 00:11:40.866 INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA, 00:11:40.933 --> 00:11:41.901 REPRESENTS MILK PROCESSORS AND 00:11:41.967 --> 00:11:43.335 DAIRY PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS 00:11:43.402 --> 00:11:44.770 WITH PROCESSING PLANTS BASED IN 00:11:44.837 --> 00:11:46.605 OUR STATE. THANK YOU FOR THE 00:11:46.672 --> 00:11:47.706 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR 00:11:47.773 --> 00:11:50.342 CONCERNS REGARDING AB 817. WE'D 00:11:50.409 --> 00:11:51.644 LIKE TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING 00:11:51.710 --> 00:11:53.879 THE HEAVY TOLL OF THE JUNE 17TH 00:11:53.946 --> 00:11:55.881 WAREHOUSE FIRE ON BOYLE HEIGHTS 00:11:55.948 --> 00:11:57.483 AND LOS ANGELES, AND WE AGREE 00:11:57.550 --> 00:12:00.319 ON THE NEED TO DELIVER TO 00:12:00.386 --> 00:12:01.720 DELIVER CLEAR PROCEDURES TO 00:12:01.787 --> 00:12:03.889 HANDLE FUTURE EMERGENCIES 00:12:03.956 --> 00:12:04.924 EMERGENCIES EFFECTIVELY. WE 00:12:04.990 --> 00:12:06.625 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE 00:12:06.692 --> 00:12:07.860 OFFER FOR OFFERING THE 00:12:07.927 --> 00:12:10.396 AMENDMENTS TODAY TO LIMIT AB 00:12:10.463 --> 00:12:12.098 817 APPLICATION TO THE BOYLE 00:12:12.164 --> 00:12:13.566 HEIGHTS COMMUNITY FOR THIS 00:12:13.632 --> 00:12:15.334 FIRST YEAR, WHICH WILL GIVE US 00:12:15.401 --> 00:12:16.569 TIME TO WORK WITH THE AUTHOR 00:12:16.635 --> 00:12:19.038 AND HIS OFFICE TO ADDRESS OUR 00:12:19.105 --> 00:12:19.839 CONCERNS FOR OUR MEMBERS 00:12:19.905 --> 00:12:20.806 THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE 00:12:20.873 --> 00:12:22.675 STATE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT 00:12:22.741 --> 00:12:24.777 DAIRY PROCESSORS BE GIVEN THE 00:12:24.844 --> 00:12:25.344 FLEXIBILITY TO UPGRADE THEIR 00:12:25.411 --> 00:12:27.580 COLD STORAGE FACILITIES, 00:12:27.646 --> 00:12:29.815 ENCOURAGE NEW INVESTMENT IN 00:12:29.882 --> 00:12:31.484 FACILITIES, AS WELL AS ATTRACT 00:12:31.550 --> 00:12:33.319 NEW PROCESSORS AND INVESTMENT 00:12:33.385 --> 00:12:34.653 TO OUR STATE SO OUR INDUSTRY 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:37.289 CAN GROW. THERE ARE 114 ACTIVE 00:12:37.356 --> 00:12:38.357 DURING MANUFACTURING FACILITIES 00:12:38.424 --> 00:12:40.326 ACROSS CALIFORNIA. MANY OF 00:12:40.392 --> 00:12:41.894 THESE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS 00:12:41.961 --> 00:12:43.796 HAVE A COLD STORAGE FACILITY. 00:12:43.863 --> 00:12:45.197 DAIRY PROCESSORS HOLD PRODUCTS 00:12:45.264 --> 00:12:47.066 AND COLD STORAGE IMMEDIATELY 00:12:47.133 --> 00:12:48.501 AFTER PROCESSING TO PREVENT 00:12:48.567 --> 00:12:49.902 MICROBIAL GROWTH, PRESERVE 00:12:49.969 --> 00:12:52.238 PRODUCT QUALITY, AND SATISFY 00:12:52.304 --> 00:12:53.439 STRICT FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS 00:12:53.506 --> 00:12:55.374 AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. 00:12:55.441 --> 00:12:56.442 CALIFORNIA IS THE NUMBER ONE 00:12:56.509 --> 00:12:57.543 DAIRY STATE IN THE NATION, 00:12:57.610 --> 00:12:59.311 EMPLOYING OVER 150,000 00:12:59.378 --> 00:13:00.679 CALIFORNIANS IN WHICH MANY OF 00:13:00.746 --> 00:13:01.981 THEM ARE UNIONIZED. OUR MEMBERS 00:13:02.047 --> 00:13:03.916 HAVE MANUFACTURING PLANTS, 00:13:03.983 --> 00:13:05.117 DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, COLD 00:13:05.184 --> 00:13:07.253 STORAGE FACILITIES IN URBAN, 00:13:07.319 --> 00:13:08.988 SUBURBAN, INDUSTRIAL AND RURAL 00:13:09.054 --> 00:13:10.856 SETTINGS FOR CALIFORNIA'S DAIRY 00:13:10.923 --> 00:13:11.991 INDUSTRY TO GROW AND PROVIDE 00:13:12.057 --> 00:13:14.093 GOOD MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR 00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:15.494 CALIFORNIANS, WE NEED COLD 00:13:15.561 --> 00:13:16.595 STORAGE FACILITIES FOR THE 00:13:16.662 --> 00:13:19.765 PRODUCTS WE MANUFACTURE. 00:13:19.832 --> 00:13:21.267 IMPOSING A $20 MILLION 00:13:21.333 --> 00:13:22.334 CONTINGENCY FUND ON COLD 00:13:22.401 --> 00:13:23.402 STORAGE FACILITIES THREATENS 00:13:23.469 --> 00:13:24.904 OUR MEMBERS OPERATIONS AND 00:13:24.970 --> 00:13:26.372 DIRECTLY COMPROMISES THEIR 00:13:26.438 --> 00:13:28.140 ABILITY TO INVEST IN GROWTH AND 00:13:28.207 --> 00:13:29.642 EXPANSION OF CURRENT FACILITIES, 00:13:29.708 --> 00:13:30.910 AS WELL AS FUND ENERGY 00:13:30.976 --> 00:13:32.912 EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 00:13:32.978 --> 00:13:34.580 EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. DAIRY 00:13:34.647 --> 00:13:36.482 PRODUCTS ARE EASY TO DISPOSE OF 00:13:36.549 --> 00:13:38.584 AND DO NOT REQUIRE EXTENSIVE 00:13:38.651 --> 00:13:39.952 REMEDIATION. COLD STORAGE 00:13:40.019 --> 00:13:41.820 FACILITIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO 00:13:41.887 --> 00:13:42.888 DELIVERING NUTRITIOUS DAIRY 00:13:42.955 --> 00:13:44.290 PRODUCTS TO CALIFORNIANS. WE 00:13:44.356 --> 00:13:45.391 ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE 00:13:45.457 --> 00:13:46.625 AUTHOR'S WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS 00:13:46.692 --> 00:13:48.093 OUR CONCERNS AND ARE COMMITTED 00:13:48.160 --> 00:13:49.795 TO WORKING WITH HIM AND ALL 00:13:49.862 --> 00:13:50.963 STAKEHOLDERS TO FIND A BALANCE, 00:13:51.030 --> 00:13:52.698 EQUITABLE APPROACH. HOWEVER, 00:13:52.765 --> 00:13:53.966 TODAY WE MUST REMAIN OPPOSED 00:13:54.033 --> 00:13:54.767 UNLESS AMENDED, AND LOOK 00:13:54.833 --> 00:13:55.734 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE 00:13:55.801 --> 00:13:57.870 AUTHOR IN THE NEXT SESSION ON 00:13:57.937 --> 00:13:59.471 THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. THANK YOU 00:13:59.538 --> 00:14:02.975 AGAIN. THANK YOU. DENNIS 00:14:03.042 --> 00:14:05.611 ALBIANI, ON BEHALF OF COALITION 00:14:05.678 --> 00:14:07.313 OF AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS, 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.547 INCLUDING CALIFORNIA GRAIN AND 00:14:08.614 --> 00:14:10.216 FEED, CALIFORNIA GROWERS, 00:14:10.282 --> 00:14:12.818 CALIFORNIA CHERRY GROWERS, AND 00:14:12.885 --> 00:14:15.321 SEVERAL OTHERS. SO WEATHER, NOT 00:14:15.387 --> 00:14:17.022 ALL COLD STORAGE IS CREATED 00:14:17.089 --> 00:14:18.891 EQUAL AND NOT ALL THE USES 00:14:18.958 --> 00:14:20.726 COULD LEAD TO THE COMMUNITY 00:14:20.793 --> 00:14:22.695 IMPACTS, AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN 00:14:22.761 --> 00:14:23.829 BOYLE HEIGHTS. AND WE WANT TO 00:14:23.896 --> 00:14:25.998 SAY WE APPRECIATE AGAIN THE 00:14:26.065 --> 00:14:27.833 IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY AS 00:14:27.900 --> 00:14:31.503 WELL AS THE THE GRACIOUS 00:14:31.570 --> 00:14:32.304 AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 00:14:32.371 --> 00:14:33.305 OFFERED AND WORKING WITH THE 00:14:33.372 --> 00:14:35.007 STAFF AS WELL. THE ASSEMBLY 00:14:35.074 --> 00:14:36.075 MEMBER HAS BEEN EXCELLENT IN 00:14:36.141 --> 00:14:37.977 THAT WHETHER THE COLD STORAGE 00:14:38.043 --> 00:14:39.812 IS STORING, YOU KNOW, A BIOTECH 00:14:39.878 --> 00:14:42.348 FACILITY, VACCINES, MEDICAL 00:14:42.414 --> 00:14:43.682 WAREHOUSE OR AGRICULTURE LIKE 00:14:43.749 --> 00:14:45.851 I'M REPRESENTING TODAY, ALL 00:14:45.918 --> 00:14:47.620 THOSE HAVE DIFFERENT IMPACTS ON 00:14:47.686 --> 00:14:49.755 THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND SO SOME 00:14:49.822 --> 00:14:50.889 OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE 00:14:50.956 --> 00:14:51.890 BROUGHT FORWARD AND HAD 00:14:51.957 --> 00:14:52.925 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AND LOOK 00:14:52.992 --> 00:14:54.760 FORWARD TO IF THIS BILL PASSES, 00:14:54.827 --> 00:14:56.161 TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR OR 00:14:56.228 --> 00:14:57.796 WHETHER THIS BILL WILL DEPEND 00:14:57.863 --> 00:14:59.932 ON THE FATE CAN TALK ABOUT IN A 00:14:59.999 --> 00:15:02.835 FUTURE LEGISLATIVE. IS THE 00:15:02.901 --> 00:15:06.739 STATEWIDE IMPACTS OF THIS ARE 00:15:06.805 --> 00:15:08.240 SIGNIFICANT. THIS HAPPENED TO 00:15:08.307 --> 00:15:10.409 BE IN AN URBAN SETTING. MANY, 00:15:10.476 --> 00:15:12.611 MANY COLD STORAGE FACILITIES 00:15:12.678 --> 00:15:14.680 ARE IN EITHER SUBURBAN OR EVEN 00:15:14.747 --> 00:15:16.448 RURAL AREAS. SO SHOULD THEY BE 00:15:16.515 --> 00:15:18.584 HELD TO THE SAME FINANCIAL 00:15:18.651 --> 00:15:19.318 SITUATIONS AND COMMUNITY 00:15:19.385 --> 00:15:20.653 IMPACTS, WHEN THERE MAY NOT 00:15:20.719 --> 00:15:22.354 EVEN BE A COMMUNITY ANYWHERE 00:15:22.421 --> 00:15:22.921 NEAR THAT FACILITY? IF YOU 00:15:22.988 --> 00:15:24.757 DRIVE DOWN I-5, AS MANY HAVE, 00:15:24.823 --> 00:15:26.892 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FRUIT 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:28.894 PROCESSING FACILITIES, NUT 00:15:28.961 --> 00:15:31.530 FACILITIES SURROUNDED BY ONLY 00:15:31.597 --> 00:15:32.998 TREES. SO SHOULD THEY BE HELD 00:15:33.065 --> 00:15:35.934 TO THE SAME IMPACTS AS WHAT A 00:15:36.001 --> 00:15:37.269 FACILITY THAT MIGHT BE IN A IN 00:15:37.336 --> 00:15:38.404 AN URBAN AREA LIKE BOYLE 00:15:38.470 --> 00:15:39.838 HEIGHTS, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT 00:15:39.905 --> 00:15:42.341 THE LOCAL LAND USE ENTITIES ARE 00:15:42.408 --> 00:15:43.842 EVALUATING AS THEY CITE THESE 00:15:43.909 --> 00:15:45.944 AND GO THROUGH THAT THOSE. THAT 00:15:46.011 --> 00:15:47.446 IS WHERE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES 00:15:47.513 --> 00:15:50.683 SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. AND SO THE 00:15:50.749 --> 00:15:51.850 THE BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE SOME 00:15:51.917 --> 00:15:55.321 OF THE STATEWIDE IMPACTS THAT 00:15:55.387 --> 00:15:57.856 INCLUDE LOCATION DENSITY, AS 00:15:57.923 --> 00:16:00.759 WELL AS THE USE OF THE FACILITY, 00:16:00.826 --> 00:16:02.528 SHOULD ALL BE CONSIDERED 00:16:02.594 --> 00:16:05.130 LOCALLY AND MAY NOT BE 00:16:05.197 --> 00:16:06.498 APPROPRIATE FOR A STATEWIDE 00:16:06.565 --> 00:16:07.633 SOLUTION. WE COMMIT TO WORKING 00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:08.600 WITH THE MEMBER. AS WE 00:16:08.667 --> 00:16:11.637 MENTIONED, WE HAVE LOOK FORWARD 00:16:11.704 --> 00:16:13.505 TO THE LONG TERM DISCUSSION 00:16:13.572 --> 00:16:16.141 OVER THIS, AND WE DO NEED COLD 00:16:16.208 --> 00:16:17.476 STORAGE, AND SO WE DON'T WANT 00:16:17.543 --> 00:16:19.078 TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD 00:16:19.144 --> 00:16:20.546 INHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLD 00:16:20.612 --> 00:16:21.580 STORAGE GOING FORWARD. THANK 00:16:21.647 --> 00:16:23.082 YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL 00:16:23.148 --> 00:16:25.317 WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO AB 00:16:25.384 --> 00:16:26.318 817, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF 00:16:26.385 --> 00:16:27.519 THE COMMITTEE, LOUIS BROWN HERE 00:16:27.586 --> 00:16:28.587 TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE 00:16:28.654 --> 00:16:29.788 CALIFORNIA GROCERS ASSOCIATION 00:16:29.855 --> 00:16:30.989 AND THE GROWER SHIPPER 00:16:31.056 --> 00:16:32.491 ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL 00:16:32.558 --> 00:16:33.258 CALIFORNIA, APPRECIATE THE 00:16:33.325 --> 00:16:34.326 AUTHOR'S WILLINGNESS TO WORK 00:16:34.393 --> 00:16:35.527 WITH US. LOOK FORWARD TO 00:16:35.594 --> 00:16:36.962 WORKING WITH THE ISSUE FURTHER 00:16:37.029 --> 00:16:40.332 NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. GOOD 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.333 MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. 00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:42.901 TRICIA GEHRINGER WITH 00:16:42.968 --> 00:16:44.269 AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OF 00:16:44.336 --> 00:16:46.772 CALIFORNIA, ALSO GREATLY 00:16:46.839 --> 00:16:47.940 APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR'S WORK ON 00:16:48.006 --> 00:16:49.875 THE BILL WITH AG, BUT WE DO 00:16:49.942 --> 00:16:53.445 REMAIN OPPOSED UNLESS AMENDED. 00:16:53.512 --> 00:16:54.580 NOT OPPOSED. SORRY, A LITTLE 00:16:54.646 --> 00:16:56.115 BIT LATE. MONICA MADRID WITH 00:16:56.181 --> 00:16:57.182 THE COALITION FOR HUMANE 00:16:57.249 --> 00:16:58.684 IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND SUPPORT. 00:16:58.751 --> 00:17:02.454 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR 00:17:02.521 --> 00:17:03.689 MEMBERS. MELISSA CHUCK WITH 00:17:03.756 --> 00:17:05.557 WESTERN GROWERS. DEFINITELY 00:17:05.624 --> 00:17:06.191 APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS 00:17:06.258 --> 00:17:07.359 WILLINGNESS TO WORK ON AMENDS, 00:17:07.426 --> 00:17:09.094 BUT WE CURRENTLY REMAIN OPPOSED 00:17:09.161 --> 00:17:12.798 UNLESS AMENDED. THANK YOU. GOOD 00:17:12.865 --> 00:17:13.999 MORNING. NICOLE QUINONES. ON 00:17:14.066 --> 00:17:15.601 BEHALF OF THE GLOBAL COLD CHAIN 00:17:15.667 --> 00:17:16.702 ALLIANCE, ALSO OPPOSED THE LAST 00:17:16.769 --> 00:17:17.803 AMENDED TODAY. BUT AS EVERYONE 00:17:17.870 --> 00:17:18.971 HAS SAID, WE REALLY APPRECIATE 00:17:19.037 --> 00:17:20.005 THE AUTHOR'S WILLINGNESS TO 00:17:20.072 --> 00:17:21.707 WORK WITH US. THANK YOU, THANK 00:17:21.774 --> 00:17:23.475 YOU, MARK SAMPSON ADVISORS HERE 00:17:23.542 --> 00:17:24.843 ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA 00:17:24.910 --> 00:17:26.612 LEAGUE OF FOOD PRODUCERS, 00:17:26.678 --> 00:17:27.546 ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR 00:17:27.613 --> 00:17:30.015 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. MADAM 00:17:30.082 --> 00:17:31.049 CHAIR. AND SENATOR MATTHEW, 00:17:31.116 --> 00:17:32.618 WITH THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS 00:17:32.684 --> 00:17:33.952 PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION. WITH 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:35.721 THE AMENDMENTS TODAY. WE REALLY 00:17:35.788 --> 00:17:36.655 APPRECIATE THEM BEING NARROWED 00:17:36.722 --> 00:17:37.856 AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 00:17:37.923 --> 00:17:38.924 WITH THE AUTHOR NEXT YEAR. 00:17:38.991 --> 00:17:41.860 THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING NO 00:17:41.927 --> 00:17:43.862 ADDITIONAL WITNESSES. FINANCE. 00:17:43.929 --> 00:17:45.497 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON FILE? 00:17:45.564 --> 00:17:46.932 NO FILE. MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU 00:17:46.999 --> 00:17:48.367 HAVE ANY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE 00:17:48.434 --> 00:17:50.169 TO ASK QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 00:17:50.235 --> 00:17:52.738 SENATOR BALDWIN, THANK YOU SO 00:17:52.805 --> 00:17:56.341 MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. AND I MEAN, 00:17:56.408 --> 00:17:58.410 IT'S TRAGIC WHY WE'RE HERE AND 00:17:58.477 --> 00:18:00.045 AND WHAT THE THE PEOPLE OF 00:18:00.112 --> 00:18:01.647 BOYLE HEIGHTS HAVE GONE THROUGH 00:18:01.713 --> 00:18:03.682 AND AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE 00:18:03.749 --> 00:18:05.284 THE AUTHOR'S LEADERSHIP TO TRY 00:18:05.350 --> 00:18:07.319 TO TACKLE TACKLE THIS IN A, IN 00:18:07.386 --> 00:18:08.887 A, IN A WAY THAT WILL REALLY 00:18:08.954 --> 00:18:10.722 PROTECT BOTH COMMUNITIES AND 00:18:10.789 --> 00:18:11.290 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE 00:18:11.356 --> 00:18:13.158 STATE. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE 00:18:13.225 --> 00:18:13.926 AMENDMENTS. LOOK FORWARD TO 00:18:13.992 --> 00:18:16.595 SEEING THEM. I REPRESENT A LOT 00:18:16.662 --> 00:18:17.896 OF COLD STORAGE FACILITIES, 00:18:17.963 --> 00:18:20.265 BOTH BOTH SUBURBAN AND RURAL, 00:18:20.332 --> 00:18:22.901 BUT ALSO URBAN IN MY. EVEN IN 00:18:22.968 --> 00:18:24.102 MY OWN CITY, RIGHT ACROSS THE 00:18:24.169 --> 00:18:26.138 RIVER, THERE ARE AT LEAST A 00:18:26.205 --> 00:18:27.673 HALF A DOZEN COLD STORAGE 00:18:27.739 --> 00:18:29.408 FACILITIES AND REPRESENT THE 00:18:29.475 --> 00:18:31.543 THE FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND 00:18:31.610 --> 00:18:34.179 OTHERS THAT THAT DEPEND ON THE 00:18:34.246 --> 00:18:36.782 SYSTEM. THIS YOU KNOW, WE ARE 00:18:36.849 --> 00:18:38.817 OFTEN BIG ADVOCATES OF FARM TO 00:18:38.884 --> 00:18:42.821 FORK AND HEALTHY FOODS. AND YET 00:18:42.888 --> 00:18:44.923 A LOT OF THE PROCESSING, 00:18:44.990 --> 00:18:46.658 STORAGE, RENDERING PLANTS, 00:18:46.725 --> 00:18:48.026 WHICH IS PROBABLY A TERM THAT 00:18:48.093 --> 00:18:49.127 URBAN FOLKS DON'T EVEN KNOW 00:18:49.194 --> 00:18:50.295 WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT, YOU KNOW, 00:18:50.362 --> 00:18:52.097 I MEAN, THESE ARE NECESSARY IN 00:18:52.164 --> 00:18:53.465 ORDER FOR THAT, FOR THAT, FOR 00:18:53.532 --> 00:18:55.267 THAT, FOR THAT, THAT IMPORTANT 00:18:55.334 --> 00:18:57.135 VALUE OF HEALTHY LOCAL 00:18:57.202 --> 00:18:58.537 CALIFORNIA FOODS BEING 00:18:58.604 --> 00:19:00.038 AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE 00:19:00.105 --> 00:19:01.740 THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND 00:19:01.807 --> 00:19:03.242 FIGHTING BACK AGAINST FOOD 00:19:03.308 --> 00:19:05.344 DESERTS, THAT ENTIRE CHAIN IS 00:19:05.410 --> 00:19:07.112 ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. AND SO WE 00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:08.313 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:10.249 RIGHT AND THAT WE ARE AT THE 00:19:10.315 --> 00:19:11.517 SAME TIME PROTECTING, 00:19:11.583 --> 00:19:12.918 PROTECTING COMMUNITIES AND 00:19:12.985 --> 00:19:14.486 THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR SAFETY, 00:19:14.553 --> 00:19:16.922 AND ALSO RESPECTING AND 00:19:16.989 --> 00:19:17.756 ADVANCING. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 00:19:17.823 --> 00:19:19.858 I'VE SEEN JUST TOO MANY STORAGE 00:19:19.925 --> 00:19:21.093 AND PROCESSING FACILITIES IN 00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:23.395 AND AROUND MY DISTRICT CLOSE. 00:19:23.462 --> 00:19:25.264 AND THEN EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, 00:19:25.330 --> 00:19:26.598 EVERYONE LOSES THE, THE FOOD 00:19:26.665 --> 00:19:27.799 SUPPLY AND CERTAINLY THE 00:19:27.866 --> 00:19:28.867 FARMERS THAT ARE WORKING. AND 00:19:28.934 --> 00:19:30.869 SO WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT ON 00:19:30.936 --> 00:19:31.870 A STATEWIDE BASIS AND 00:19:31.937 --> 00:19:33.138 APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR'S 00:19:33.205 --> 00:19:34.573 COMMITMENT TO, TO DOING THAT 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:36.441 AND THE COMMITMENT OF SO MANY 00:19:36.508 --> 00:19:37.509 OF THE AGRICULTURAL FOLKS TO, 00:19:37.576 --> 00:19:39.444 TO TRY TO MAKE THAT REAL AS 00:19:39.511 --> 00:19:40.646 WELL. SO WITH THAT, I INTEND TO 00:19:40.712 --> 00:19:42.514 SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY AND ON 00:19:42.581 --> 00:19:43.649 THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM 00:19:43.715 --> 00:19:44.650 CHAIR. THANK YOU. SEE NO 00:19:44.716 --> 00:19:45.651 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR 00:19:45.717 --> 00:19:46.685 QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS. I DO 00:19:46.752 --> 00:19:48.620 ALSO WANT TO ALIGN MY COMMENTS 00:19:48.687 --> 00:19:49.521 WITH SENATOR BALDWIN AND 00:19:49.588 --> 00:19:50.622 APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR BRINGING 00:19:50.689 --> 00:19:51.623 THIS FORWARD. WE KNOW THE 00:19:51.690 --> 00:19:52.724 DEVASTATION HAS OCCURRED. I DO 00:19:52.791 --> 00:19:53.825 HAVE SEVERAL COLD STORAGE 00:19:53.892 --> 00:19:55.460 FACILITIES IN MY DISTRICT AS 00:19:55.527 --> 00:19:56.695 WELL AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, AND 00:19:56.762 --> 00:19:57.696 SO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE 00:19:57.763 --> 00:19:58.664 AMENDMENTS THAT WE WILL BE 00:19:58.730 --> 00:20:01.466 SEEING ON THE FLOOR. WITH THAT, 00:20:01.533 --> 00:20:04.102 I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE. 00:20:04.169 --> 00:20:05.137 ASSEMBLY MEMBER GONZALEZ, WOULD 00:20:05.203 --> 00:20:06.605 YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I JUST WANT 00:20:06.672 --> 00:20:08.206 TO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR 00:20:08.273 --> 00:20:09.274 THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT 00:20:09.341 --> 00:20:10.309 TODAY. AND THANK YOU TO MY 00:20:10.375 --> 00:20:11.443 COLLEAGUE, SENATOR CABALDON, 00:20:11.510 --> 00:20:13.145 FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL. AND 00:20:13.211 --> 00:20:14.246 LOOK, OBVIOUSLY, WE DIDN'T PLAN 00:20:14.313 --> 00:20:16.148 FOR A FIRE TO HAPPEN THE WAY 00:20:16.214 --> 00:20:17.416 THAT IT DID. WE DIDN'T PLAN TO 00:20:17.482 --> 00:20:19.151 HAVE. TWO MONTHS LATER, RATS 00:20:19.217 --> 00:20:20.218 AND FLIES STILL INFESTING MY 00:20:20.285 --> 00:20:21.320 NEIGHBORHOOD AND MY COMMUNITY. 00:20:21.386 --> 00:20:22.354 AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT 00:20:22.421 --> 00:20:24.189 YOUR AREA OR ANY OTHER AREA TO 00:20:24.256 --> 00:20:25.390 BE THE NEXT BOYLE HEIGHTS, 00:20:25.457 --> 00:20:27.125 WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THIS 00:20:27.192 --> 00:20:28.260 LEGISLATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. 00:20:28.327 --> 00:20:30.128 BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO HAVE 00:20:30.195 --> 00:20:31.129 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES TO HURT 00:20:31.196 --> 00:20:32.230 ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COLD 00:20:32.297 --> 00:20:33.332 STORAGE INDUSTRY. SO WE DO WANT 00:20:33.398 --> 00:20:35.200 TO WORK TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO 00:20:35.267 --> 00:20:36.335 PUT THIS FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE 00:20:36.401 --> 00:20:38.270 TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TODAY. 00:20:38.337 --> 00:20:39.371 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK 00:20:39.438 --> 00:20:41.139 EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TODAY, 00:20:41.206 --> 00:20:42.374 WHO HAS COME TO THE TABLE IN 00:20:42.441 --> 00:20:44.276 THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET 00:20:44.343 --> 00:20:45.410 US TO THIS POINT AND 00:20:45.477 --> 00:20:47.145 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE. 00:20:47.212 --> 00:20:48.313 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:50.148 IS ELIGIBLE FOR A VOTE TODAY. 00:20:50.215 --> 00:20:52.150 DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON AB 817, 00:20:52.217 --> 00:20:53.318 A MOTION BY SENATOR BALDWIN. 00:20:53.385 --> 00:20:54.386 THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED AS 00:20:54.453 --> 00:20:56.221 AMENDED, TO THE SENATE FLOOR OR 00:20:56.288 --> 00:20:57.489 EXCUSE ME. THE MOTION IS DUE 00:20:57.556 --> 00:20:59.157 PASSED TO THE SENATE FLOOR. 00:20:59.224 --> 00:21:01.159 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CERVANTES. 00:21:01.226 --> 00:21:03.895 AYE. CERVANTES. AYE. CIERTO 00:21:03.962 --> 00:21:05.964 CIERTO. NÓ. CABALDON. CABALDON. 00:21:06.031 --> 00:21:09.935 AYE. DOLLY. DOLLY. NO. GRAYSON. 00:21:10.002 --> 00:21:15.707 RICHARDSON. WAHAB. THE VOTE IS 00:21:15.774 --> 00:21:17.175 2 TO 2. WE WILL LEAVE THAT ON 00:21:17.242 --> 00:21:28.086 CALL. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE 00:21:28.153 --> 00:21:32.557 ROLL ON AB 282. YES, IF WE CAN 00:21:32.624 --> 00:21:41.299 HAVE A MOTION. HAVE A MOTION BY 00:21:41.366 --> 00:21:44.903 SENATOR CABALDON ON AB 282. THE 00:21:44.970 --> 00:21:47.039 MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED. 00:21:47.105 --> 00:21:49.641 RIGHT. JUST TO PASS TO THE 00:21:49.708 --> 00:21:50.676 SENATE FLOOR. PLEASE CALL THE 00:21:50.742 --> 00:21:53.578 ROLL. CERVANTES. CERVANTES. A 00:21:53.645 --> 00:21:56.081 CIERTO CIERTO NO CABALDON 00:21:56.148 --> 00:21:58.917 CABALDON. AYE, DOLLY. DOLLY NO. 00:21:58.984 --> 00:22:04.022 GRAYSON. RICHARDSON. WAHAB. 00:22:04.089 --> 00:22:06.024 CURRENT VOTE IS 2 TO 2. WE WILL 00:22:06.091 --> 00:22:07.192 LEAVE THAT ON CALL TO ALLOW 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:12.264 OTHERS TO ADD ON. OUR NEXT ITEM 00:22:12.330 --> 00:22:15.934 ON FILE. WE WILL MOVE TO AB 00:22:16.001 --> 00:22:17.703 2760 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER SHARP 00:22:17.769 --> 00:22:22.040 COLLINS. WELCOME. ASSEMBLY 00:22:22.107 --> 00:22:23.375 MEMBER. PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU 00:22:23.442 --> 00:22:33.085 ARE READY. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL 00:22:33.151 --> 00:22:36.755 RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, 00:22:36.822 --> 00:22:38.523 MADAM CHAIR AND SENATORS, I 00:22:38.590 --> 00:22:39.925 WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY 00:22:39.991 --> 00:22:41.426 ADDRESSING THE PROMISED 00:22:41.493 --> 00:22:43.095 AMENDMENTS. DUE TO TIMING, WE 00:22:43.161 --> 00:22:44.963 ARE UNABLE TO AMEND THE BILL IN 00:22:45.030 --> 00:22:46.531 THIS IN THIS COMMITTEE, BUT 00:22:46.598 --> 00:22:48.100 PLAN TO TAKE THE AMENDMENTS ON 00:22:48.166 --> 00:22:49.234 THE FLOOR SHOULD THE BILL BE 00:22:49.301 --> 00:22:51.103 ABLE TO GET OUT OF THIS 00:22:51.169 --> 00:22:52.104 PARTICULAR COMMITTEE? I'M PROUD 00:22:52.170 --> 00:22:53.338 OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE 00:22:53.405 --> 00:22:55.273 IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, 00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:56.441 AND THE NEARLY 30 COAUTHORS 00:22:56.508 --> 00:22:58.210 WITHIN BOTH HOUSES THAT WE HAVE 00:22:58.276 --> 00:22:59.411 BEEN ABLE TO TO PULL TOGETHER. 00:22:59.478 --> 00:23:01.113 I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT 00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:02.280 ASSEMBLY BILL 2760, A BILL THAT 00:23:02.347 --> 00:23:04.015 PROTECTS PUBLIC HEALTH AND 00:23:04.082 --> 00:23:05.617 SAFETY BY PROHIBITING FEDERAL, 00:23:05.684 --> 00:23:06.985 STATE, FEDERAL, STATE, AND 00:23:07.052 --> 00:23:08.386 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 00:23:08.453 --> 00:23:10.255 FROM PURCHASING, POSSESSING OR 00:23:10.322 --> 00:23:12.390 USING ELECTRIC SHOCK GLOVES AND 00:23:12.457 --> 00:23:13.725 OTHER SUSTAINABLE, SIMILAR 00:23:13.792 --> 00:23:16.661 WEARABLE CONDUCTED ENERGY 00:23:16.728 --> 00:23:18.530 DEVICES. ELECTRIC SHOCK GLOVES 00:23:18.597 --> 00:23:20.332 ARE AN EMERGING USE OF FORCE 00:23:20.398 --> 00:23:21.333 TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.801 MARKETED AS A SOLUTION TO THE 00:23:22.868 --> 00:23:24.936 OVER USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE. 00:23:25.003 --> 00:23:26.805 HOWEVER, THE REALITY IS THAT 00:23:26.872 --> 00:23:27.939 THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT BEEN 00:23:28.006 --> 00:23:29.674 WIDELY EVALUATED FOR SAFETY OR 00:23:29.741 --> 00:23:31.610 PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS. SADLY, 00:23:31.676 --> 00:23:33.311 THIS MISUSE HAS ALREADY 00:23:33.378 --> 00:23:34.312 RESULTED IN SOMEONE LOSING 00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:36.148 THEIR LIFE AFTER AFTER 00:23:36.214 --> 00:23:36.815 REPORTEDLY BEING SHOCKED BY 00:23:36.882 --> 00:23:38.316 THESE GLOVES WHILE IN POLICE 00:23:38.383 --> 00:23:40.418 CUSTODY IN KENTUCKY AND SCHOOL 00:23:40.485 --> 00:23:42.420 RESOURCE OFFICERS IN NEBRASKA 00:23:42.487 --> 00:23:44.022 ARE NOW CARRYING THESE GLOVES, 00:23:44.089 --> 00:23:45.290 DESPITE CLEAR GUIDANCE OF THEM 00:23:45.357 --> 00:23:46.825 NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THEM 00:23:46.892 --> 00:23:48.527 AGAINST CHILDREN. JUST LAST 00:23:48.593 --> 00:23:49.861 WEEK, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE 00:23:49.928 --> 00:23:51.263 COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY 00:23:51.329 --> 00:23:52.497 SENT A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY 00:23:52.564 --> 00:23:54.065 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 00:23:54.132 --> 00:23:55.901 SECURITY URGING HIM TO HALT THE 00:23:55.967 --> 00:23:57.803 DEPARTMENT'S PLAN TO INVEST $20 00:23:57.869 --> 00:23:58.770 MILLION TOWARDS PURCHASING 00:23:58.837 --> 00:24:01.673 SHOCK GLOVES GLOBALLY, AMNESTY 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.474 INTERNATIONAL HAS DOCUMENTED 00:24:02.541 --> 00:24:05.210 THE USE OF ELECTRIC CHOCOLATE 00:24:05.277 --> 00:24:06.311 CHOCOLATE DEVICES AS 00:24:06.378 --> 00:24:08.113 INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE AND HAS 00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.281 RECOMMENDED THAT GOVERNMENTS 00:24:09.347 --> 00:24:11.283 CEASE USE OF DECOMMISSION AND 00:24:11.349 --> 00:24:12.717 DESTROY ANY STOCKPILES OF SUCH 00:24:12.784 --> 00:24:14.186 PROHIBITED ELECTRIC SHOCK 00:24:14.252 --> 00:24:15.420 WEAPONS. WHILE THE GLOVES ARE 00:24:15.487 --> 00:24:17.355 NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED IN 00:24:17.422 --> 00:24:18.890 CALIFORNIA, THE COST OF SAFETY 00:24:18.957 --> 00:24:20.826 AND HEALTH OUTWEIGHS THE 00:24:20.892 --> 00:24:22.127 FINANCIAL CONCERNS. SO ASSEMBLY 00:24:22.194 --> 00:24:24.596 BILL 2760 DRAWS A CLEAR LINE. 00:24:24.663 --> 00:24:25.797 PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY MUST 00:24:25.864 --> 00:24:27.132 BE PROVEN SAFE AND ACCOUNTABLE 00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:28.533 BEFORE IT IS DEPLOYED, NOT 00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:30.035 AFTER SOMEONE IS KILLED OR 00:24:30.101 --> 00:24:31.403 SERIOUSLY INJURED. HERE WITH ME 00:24:31.469 --> 00:24:35.373 TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF 2760 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:38.443 IS CLEO BLUMENTHAL. ON BEHALF 00:24:38.510 --> 00:24:39.778 OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 00:24:39.845 --> 00:24:41.246 FOUNDATION AND MONIKA MADRID 00:24:41.313 --> 00:24:43.615 WITH CHIRLA. THANK YOU. YOU MAY 00:24:43.682 --> 00:24:45.517 BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. GOOD 00:24:45.584 --> 00:24:46.618 MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF 00:24:46.685 --> 00:24:48.153 THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS CLEO 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.421 BLUTHENTHAL, AND I SERVE AS THE 00:24:49.487 --> 00:24:50.488 POLICY OFFICER FOR THE 00:24:50.555 --> 00:24:52.357 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. 00:24:52.424 --> 00:24:54.125 THIS BILL IS ABOUT A SIMPLE BUT 00:24:54.192 --> 00:24:56.127 URGENT TRUTH. LAWS CAN AND MUST 00:24:56.194 --> 00:24:57.796 BE ENFORCED SAFELY WITH ORDER 00:24:57.863 --> 00:24:59.464 AND WITHOUT CAUSING UNNECESSARY 00:24:59.531 --> 00:25:01.032 HARM TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.033 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TASKED 00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:04.936 WITH PROTECTING. AB 2760 WILL 00:25:05.003 --> 00:25:05.904 PROHIBIT LAW ENFORCEMENT 00:25:05.971 --> 00:25:07.405 AGENCIES IN OUR STATE FROM 00:25:07.472 --> 00:25:08.840 PURCHASING, POSSESSING OR USING 00:25:08.907 --> 00:25:10.308 TASER GLOVES AND OTHER 00:25:10.375 --> 00:25:12.077 SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR WEARABLE 00:25:12.143 --> 00:25:13.545 CONDUCTED ENERGY DEVICES. 00:25:13.612 --> 00:25:14.946 UNLIKE OTHER CONDUCTED ENERGY 00:25:15.013 --> 00:25:16.448 WEAPONS, THE DEVICES THAT ARE 00:25:16.514 --> 00:25:17.482 ADDRESSED IN THIS BILL ARE 00:25:17.549 --> 00:25:18.250 CONCEALED WITHIN A GLOVE AND 00:25:18.316 --> 00:25:20.151 CAN BE ACTIVATED DURING CLOSE 00:25:20.218 --> 00:25:21.853 PHYSICAL CONTACT AND BY TOUCH. 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:23.154 ALTHOUGH THEY ARE LABELED AS 00:25:23.221 --> 00:25:24.389 QUOTE UNQUOTE LESS THAN LETHAL. 00:25:24.456 --> 00:25:26.191 A 43 YEAR OLD MAN RECENTLY DIED 00:25:26.258 --> 00:25:27.592 AFTER BEING SHOCKED 40 TIMES 00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:29.027 WITH A COMBINATION OF GLOVES 00:25:29.094 --> 00:25:30.896 AND A TASER IN KENTUCKY. THIS 00:25:30.962 --> 00:25:32.597 BILL TAKES A PROACTIVE APPROACH, 00:25:32.664 --> 00:25:34.132 PREVENTING ADOPTION OF A 00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:35.166 TECHNOLOGY THAT RAISES 00:25:35.233 --> 00:25:36.234 SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH AND 00:25:36.301 --> 00:25:37.669 OVERSIGHT CONCERNS, WHILE 00:25:37.736 --> 00:25:38.770 OFFERING NO DEMONSTRATED 00:25:38.837 --> 00:25:40.238 BENEFIT BEYOND EXISTING LAW 00:25:40.305 --> 00:25:41.973 ENFORCEMENT TOOLS AND PRACTICES. 00:25:42.040 --> 00:25:43.241 WE AGREE WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER 00:25:43.308 --> 00:25:44.609 SHARP COLLINS. WE SHOULDN'T 00:25:44.676 --> 00:25:46.244 WAIT UNTIL A CALIFORNIAN DIES 00:25:46.311 --> 00:25:47.812 OR IS MAIMED BEFORE TAKING 00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:49.447 ACTION. THE NEED FOR THIS 00:25:49.514 --> 00:25:50.248 PROACTIVE APPROACH IS 00:25:50.315 --> 00:25:51.449 HIGHLIGHTED BY A NUMBER OF 00:25:51.516 --> 00:25:52.517 BILLS THIS SESSION, INCLUDING 00:25:52.584 --> 00:25:54.953 SB 937, WHICH FOCUSES ON 00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:55.954 REGULATING AND PREVENTING THE 00:25:56.021 --> 00:25:57.122 USE OF OTHER, QUOTE UNQUOTE, 00:25:57.188 --> 00:25:58.657 LESS THAN LETHAL DEVICES THAT 00:25:58.723 --> 00:26:00.358 HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY, 00:26:00.425 --> 00:26:01.426 INDISCRIMINATELY USED BY LOCAL, 00:26:01.493 --> 00:26:02.494 STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW 00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.628 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR 00:26:03.695 --> 00:26:05.330 STATE OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH 00:26:05.397 --> 00:26:06.865 DEVASTATING IMPACTS. THE 00:26:06.932 --> 00:26:08.366 BENEFIT OF ADDING ANOTHER 00:26:08.433 --> 00:26:09.834 SIMILAR DEVICE TO THIS LIST IS 00:26:09.901 --> 00:26:11.169 UNCLEAR, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE 00:26:11.236 --> 00:26:13.104 COST MAY BE HUMAN LIFE. WE'VE 00:26:13.171 --> 00:26:14.172 SEEN THE HARM THAT THESE 00:26:14.239 --> 00:26:15.407 DEVICES HAVE ALREADY CAUSED IN 00:26:15.473 --> 00:26:17.275 ANOTHER STATE. IT'S 00:26:17.342 --> 00:26:18.276 IRRESPONSIBLE TO WAIT UNTIL 00:26:18.343 --> 00:26:19.477 THESE HARMS HIT OUR STATE, OUR 00:26:19.544 --> 00:26:20.912 COMMUNITIES, AND CALIFORNIA 00:26:20.979 --> 00:26:22.714 RESIDENTS TO ACT. THE TIME TO 00:26:22.781 --> 00:26:24.115 ACT IS NOW. OUR COMMUNITIES 00:26:24.182 --> 00:26:25.583 DESERVE NOTHING LESS. FOR THESE 00:26:25.650 --> 00:26:26.618 REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK 00:26:26.685 --> 00:26:28.820 FOR YOUR VOTE ON ASSEMBLY BILL 00:26:28.887 --> 00:26:32.090 2760. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, 00:26:32.157 --> 00:26:33.091 CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE 00:26:33.158 --> 00:26:34.659 COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MONICA 00:26:34.726 --> 00:26:35.794 MADRID. I'M THE STATE POLICY 00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.895 ADVOCATE WITH THE COALITION FOR 00:26:36.962 --> 00:26:39.264 HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. CHIRLA 00:26:39.331 --> 00:26:42.634 HERE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2760 BY 00:26:42.701 --> 00:26:44.336 ASSEMBLY MEMBER SHARP COLLINS. 00:26:44.402 --> 00:26:46.771 AB 2760 ESTABLISHES AN 00:26:46.838 --> 00:26:48.540 IMPORTANT FISCAL SAFEGUARD BY 00:26:48.606 --> 00:26:50.075 PROHIBITING PROHIBITING LAW 00:26:50.141 --> 00:26:52.510 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM USING 00:26:52.577 --> 00:26:53.979 FUNDS TO PURCHASE WEARABLE 00:26:54.045 --> 00:26:56.548 ELECTRIC SHOCK DEVICES. AT THE 00:26:56.614 --> 00:26:58.283 TIME WHEN CALIFORNIA FACES 00:26:58.350 --> 00:26:59.617 SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, 00:26:59.684 --> 00:27:01.219 STATE RESOURCES SHOULD NOT BE 00:27:01.286 --> 00:27:03.054 SPENT PURCHASING OR 00:27:03.121 --> 00:27:04.189 IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY 00:27:04.255 --> 00:27:06.191 DESIGNED TO REMOTELY ADMINISTER 00:27:06.257 --> 00:27:08.026 ELECTRICAL SHOCKS TO 00:27:08.093 --> 00:27:09.494 INDIVIDUALS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 00:27:09.561 --> 00:27:11.529 CUSTODY. PREVENTING THE USE OF 00:27:11.596 --> 00:27:13.098 THESE DEVICES MAY ALSO REDUCE 00:27:13.164 --> 00:27:14.632 FUTURE FISCAL EXPOSURE TO STATE 00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:16.601 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THE USE 00:27:16.668 --> 00:27:19.537 OF FORCE CAN RESULT IN COSTLY 00:27:19.604 --> 00:27:22.407 LITIGATION, LEGAL DEFENSE 00:27:22.474 --> 00:27:24.175 EXPENSES, SETTLEMENTS AND 00:27:24.242 --> 00:27:26.311 JUDGMENTS PAID WITH THE PUBLIC 00:27:26.378 --> 00:27:28.513 DOLLARS BY ESTABLISHING A CLEAR 00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.948 PROHIBITION BEFORE WEARABLE 00:27:30.015 --> 00:27:31.816 ELECTROSHOCK DEVICES BECOME 00:27:31.883 --> 00:27:32.884 INCORPORATED INTO LAW 00:27:32.951 --> 00:27:33.918 ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES, 00:27:33.985 --> 00:27:35.353 CALIFORNIA CAN AVOID THAT BY 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:37.222 INTRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 00:27:37.288 --> 00:27:39.391 SOURCE OF POTENTIAL LIABILITY. 00:27:39.457 --> 00:27:41.926 THIS BILL ALSO AVOIDS POTENTIAL 00:27:41.993 --> 00:27:43.661 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 00:27:43.728 --> 00:27:45.430 PURCHASING THESE DEVICES AND 00:27:45.497 --> 00:27:46.898 DEVELOPING THE TRAINING, 00:27:46.965 --> 00:27:49.467 IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT 00:27:49.534 --> 00:27:51.269 NECESSARY FOR THEIR USE FOR 00:27:51.336 --> 00:27:52.704 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THESE 00:27:52.771 --> 00:27:54.072 PROTECTIONS ARE PARTICULARLY 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.573 IMPORTANT GIVEN THE ESCALATION 00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.608 OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 00:27:56.674 --> 00:27:58.443 ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS ACROSS 00:27:58.510 --> 00:28:00.612 CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY ALSO 00:28:00.678 --> 00:28:02.414 REPRESENT RESPONSIBLE 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.516 STEWARDSHIP OF LIMITED PUBLIC 00:28:04.582 --> 00:28:06.418 RESOURCES. CALIFORNIA SHOULD 00:28:06.484 --> 00:28:07.385 INVEST ITS PUBLIC SAFETY 00:28:07.452 --> 00:28:08.887 DOLLARS IN PROTECTING 00:28:08.953 --> 00:28:10.655 COMMUNITIES, NOT IN NEW 00:28:10.722 --> 00:28:11.723 TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD EXPOSE 00:28:11.790 --> 00:28:13.858 THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 00:28:13.925 --> 00:28:16.061 TO ADDITIONAL COSTS AND 00:28:16.127 --> 00:28:17.529 LIABILITY. FOR THESE REASONS, 00:28:17.595 --> 00:28:19.664 WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR 00:28:19.731 --> 00:28:20.765 VOTE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO 00:28:20.832 --> 00:28:21.933 YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:25.470 WITNESSES IN SUPPORT TO AB 2760? 00:28:25.537 --> 00:28:26.638 SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW MOVE 00:28:26.704 --> 00:28:29.007 TO WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO B 00:28:29.074 --> 00:28:35.547 2760. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. 00:28:35.613 --> 00:28:36.681 HEEDING YOUR ADMONITION ABOUT 00:28:36.748 --> 00:28:38.516 STICKING TO THE FISCAL. I'LL 00:28:38.583 --> 00:28:39.851 JUST SAY THAT THERE WAS A 00:28:39.918 --> 00:28:41.419 DISCUSSION YESTERDAY ON BEHALF 00:28:41.486 --> 00:28:42.387 OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE 00:28:42.454 --> 00:28:43.588 SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION. WE REMAIN 00:28:43.655 --> 00:28:45.090 OPPOSED TO THE BILL IN PRINT. 00:28:45.156 --> 00:28:46.191 THERE WAS CONVERSATION IN 00:28:46.257 --> 00:28:47.392 COMMITTEE YESTERDAY ABOUT 00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:48.393 AMENDMENTS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.661 BE TAKEN HERE. THEY'RE NOT, I 00:28:49.727 --> 00:28:50.995 GUESS, BEING TAKEN. THERE ARE 00:28:51.062 --> 00:28:52.097 ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS, AS I 00:28:52.163 --> 00:28:53.465 UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT'S NOT ALL 00:28:53.531 --> 00:28:54.632 CLEAR WHAT ACTUALLY THE 00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:56.367 COMMITTEE HAS VOTED ON, UNLESS 00:28:56.434 --> 00:28:57.402 IT'S THE BILL IN PRINT THAT 00:28:57.469 --> 00:28:58.570 WENT INTO PRINT AT 4 A.M. ON 00:28:58.636 --> 00:28:59.671 SATURDAY MORNING, WHICH 00:28:59.737 --> 00:29:01.139 ACTUALLY BANS TASERS AND FAILS 00:29:01.206 --> 00:29:02.407 TO BAN THE ELECTROSHOCK GLOVES. 00:29:02.474 --> 00:29:03.608 WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE 00:29:03.675 --> 00:29:04.976 INTENTION IS TO FIX THAT 00:29:05.043 --> 00:29:06.511 DRAFTING ERROR, BUT AGAIN, 00:29:06.578 --> 00:29:07.545 WITHOUT THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT 00:29:07.612 --> 00:29:09.414 IS IN OR NOT IN THE BILL, WE'RE 00:29:09.481 --> 00:29:11.116 VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 00:29:11.182 --> 00:29:13.418 BANNING OF TECHNOLOGY THAT 00:29:13.485 --> 00:29:16.254 WOULD BE SEEN AS PRECEDENTIAL. 00:29:16.321 --> 00:29:17.989 AND IF YOU START TAKING AWAY 00:29:18.056 --> 00:29:20.191 FORCE OPTIONS ON THE SPECTRUM, 00:29:20.258 --> 00:29:21.526 YOU LIMIT THE ABILITY OF LAW 00:29:21.593 --> 00:29:22.527 ENFORCEMENT TO DEESCALATE. 00:29:22.594 --> 00:29:27.432 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD 00:29:27.499 --> 00:29:28.500 MORNING, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, 00:29:28.566 --> 00:29:29.934 RYAN SHERMAN WITH CALIFORNIA 00:29:30.001 --> 00:29:31.336 NARCOTIC OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, 00:29:31.402 --> 00:29:33.104 RIVERSIDE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION. 00:29:33.171 --> 00:29:34.372 WHILE WE REMAIN IN OPPOSITION 00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:36.107 TO THE BILL IN PRINT, WE HAVE 00:29:36.174 --> 00:29:37.709 BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 00:29:37.775 --> 00:29:39.244 AUTHOR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 00:29:39.310 --> 00:29:41.779 WORKING OUT SOME POTENTIAL 00:29:41.846 --> 00:29:42.814 AMENDMENTS AS THE BILL MOVES 00:29:42.881 --> 00:29:45.183 FORWARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 00:29:45.250 --> 00:29:46.384 FINANCE. DO YOU HAVE A FILE ON 00:29:46.451 --> 00:29:48.319 THE BILL? NO FILE. MADAM CHAIR, 00:29:48.386 --> 00:29:49.487 DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS HAVE 00:29:49.554 --> 00:29:50.522 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? QUICK 00:29:50.588 --> 00:29:53.057 QUESTION. SENATOR, I THINK ONE 00:29:53.124 --> 00:29:54.559 OF THE AMENDMENTS, I BELIEVE 00:29:54.626 --> 00:29:56.494 THEY WERE TRYING TO CLARIFY THE 00:29:56.561 --> 00:29:58.363 TRIGGER FINGER ISSUE IS THAT 00:29:58.429 --> 00:29:59.931 ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT 00:29:59.998 --> 00:30:01.966 YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ONE OF THE. 00:30:02.033 --> 00:30:03.234 BECAUSE IT WOULD. IF THEY 00:30:03.301 --> 00:30:06.738 DIDN'T, IT WOULD. IT WOULD 00:30:06.804 --> 00:30:10.708 ELIMINATE ALL ALL TASERS. SO 00:30:10.775 --> 00:30:12.410 THE AMENDMENTS ARE LISTED AT 00:30:12.477 --> 00:30:15.313 THE. IT'S THE LAST THE THE 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:18.216 ENDING OF YOUR ANALYSIS. AND SO 00:30:18.283 --> 00:30:20.051 THE AMENDMENTS IS ACTUALLY 00:30:20.118 --> 00:30:21.352 CLARIFYING THE FACT THAT IT IS 00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.954 ACTUAL GLOVES ITSELF. OKAY. SO 00:30:23.021 --> 00:30:25.723 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 00:30:25.790 --> 00:30:26.791 ELIMINATING TASER STUN GUNS OR 00:30:26.858 --> 00:30:29.360 ANY OTHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 00:30:29.427 --> 00:30:30.395 SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 00:30:30.461 --> 00:30:33.264 OR QUESTIONS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S 00:30:33.331 --> 00:30:34.365 COLLINS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 00:30:34.432 --> 00:30:36.434 CLOSE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO 00:30:36.501 --> 00:30:37.602 MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING 00:30:37.669 --> 00:30:39.504 ME TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT 00:30:39.571 --> 00:30:40.505 THIS PARTICULAR BILL TO THE 00:30:40.572 --> 00:30:42.373 COMMITTEE. JUST TO PUT IT 00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.641 SIMPLY, I'VE SAID IT TODAY 00:30:43.708 --> 00:30:44.709 DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE. IF 00:30:44.776 --> 00:30:46.644 NOT NOW, THEN WHEN? SO DO WE 00:30:46.711 --> 00:30:47.845 WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO DIE? DO WE 00:30:47.912 --> 00:30:49.647 WAIT FOR SOME OTHER SOMEONE 00:30:49.714 --> 00:30:50.915 ELSE TO, AND TO HAVE SOME TYPE 00:30:50.982 --> 00:30:52.016 OF BODILY HEALTH IMPACTS 00:30:52.083 --> 00:30:53.785 HAPPENING TO THEM? AS A RESULT 00:30:53.851 --> 00:30:55.086 OF THIS, WE CANNOT SPEND STATE 00:30:55.153 --> 00:30:56.654 MONEY OR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON 00:30:56.721 --> 00:30:57.855 THIS TECHNOLOGY UNTIL IT IS 00:30:57.922 --> 00:30:58.823 PROPERLY VETTED AND PROVEN TO 00:30:58.890 --> 00:31:00.725 BE SAFE. SO WITH THAT, I DO 00:31:00.792 --> 00:31:01.793 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE 00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.661 VOTE. THANK YOU. THE ITEM IS 00:31:03.728 --> 00:31:04.796 ELIGIBLE FOR A VOTE TODAY. WE 00:31:04.862 --> 00:31:06.664 HAVE A MOTION BY SENATOR WAHAB. 00:31:06.731 --> 00:31:07.765 THE MOTION IS DUE. PASSED. 00:31:07.832 --> 00:31:10.435 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CERVANTES. 00:31:10.501 --> 00:31:12.804 CERVANTES. AYE CIERTO CIERTO NÓ 00:31:12.870 --> 00:31:15.440 CABALDON. AYE CABALDON. AYE. 00:31:15.506 --> 00:31:18.977 DOLLY. DOLLY. NO. GRAYSON. 00:31:19.043 --> 00:31:23.014 RICHARDSON. WAHAB WAHAB. AYE. 00:31:23.081 --> 00:31:25.149 CURRENT VOTE IS 3 TO 2. CURRENT 00:31:25.216 --> 00:31:27.151 VOTE IS 3 TO 2. WE WILL LEAVE 00:31:27.218 --> 00:31:37.695 THAT OPEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF 00:31:37.762 --> 00:31:40.698 WE COULD OPEN THE ROLL ON AB 00:31:40.765 --> 00:31:48.439 2727. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE 00:31:48.506 --> 00:31:50.208 MOTION IS THAT THE MEASURE BE 00:31:50.275 --> 00:31:51.309 RETURNED TO THE SENATE FLOOR 00:31:51.376 --> 00:31:54.345 FOR CONSIDERATION. CIERTO I'M 00:31:54.412 --> 00:31:57.882 SORRY, WHAT WAS THE MOTION FOR? 00:31:57.949 --> 00:32:03.588 2727? THE 2910 BE OH THAT'S AN 00:32:03.655 --> 00:32:08.960 AYE. CIERTO. AYE. GRAYSON 00:32:09.027 --> 00:32:15.967 RICHARDSON WAHAB WAHAB AYE. 00:32:16.034 --> 00:32:18.369 VOTE IS 4 TO 0. VOTE IS 4 TO 0. 00:32:18.436 --> 00:32:20.605 WE WILL LEAVE THAT ON CALL. 00:32:20.672 --> 00:32:23.841 NEXT ITEM IS A B 282. ASSEMBLY 00:32:23.908 --> 00:32:26.377 MEMBER PELLERIN THE MOTION IS 00:32:26.444 --> 00:32:28.179 TO PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR. 00:32:28.246 --> 00:32:31.883 GRAYSON RICHARDSON WAHAB WAHAB 00:32:31.949 --> 00:32:34.986 AYE. CURRENT VOTE IS 3 TO 2. 00:32:35.053 --> 00:32:36.554 CURRENT VOTE IS 3 TO 2. WE WILL 00:32:36.621 --> 00:32:38.423 LEAVE THAT ON CALL. WE WILL 00:32:38.489 --> 00:32:42.927 CALL ON AB 817. THE MOTION IS 00:32:42.994 --> 00:32:44.629 TO PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR. 00:32:44.696 --> 00:32:48.766 GRAYSON RICHARDSON WAHAB WAHAB 00:32:48.833 --> 00:32:51.602 AYE. CURRENT VOTE IS 3 TO 2. 00:32:51.669 --> 00:32:53.538 WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON CALL. AND I 00:32:53.604 --> 00:32:56.174 WILL NOW TURN IT TO OUR VICE 00:32:56.240 --> 00:33:00.178 CHAIR. AS I PRESENT OUR LAST 00:33:00.244 --> 00:33:09.921 ITEM ON FILE. THE LAST ITEM ON 00:33:09.987 --> 00:33:13.157 FILE IS AB 2597 BY WICKS, 00:33:13.224 --> 00:33:15.560 PRESENTED BY THE CHAIR AND 00:33:15.626 --> 00:33:17.528 CLAIMS AGAINST STATE 00:33:17.595 --> 00:33:20.965 APPROPRIATION. CLAIMS AGAINST 00:33:21.032 --> 00:33:25.203 THE STATE. THANK YOU. SO AB 00:33:25.269 --> 00:33:27.171 2597 IS A CLAIM BILL CARRIED BY 00:33:27.238 --> 00:33:28.639 ONE OF THE CHAIRS OF THE 00:33:28.706 --> 00:33:29.741 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE EACH 00:33:29.807 --> 00:33:31.209 YEAR TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATION 00:33:31.275 --> 00:33:32.276 AUTHORITY FOR LEGAL JUDGMENTS 00:33:32.343 --> 00:33:34.379 AND SETTLEMENTS APPROVED BY THE 00:33:34.445 --> 00:33:35.680 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE 00:33:35.747 --> 00:33:37.248 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THIS 00:33:37.315 --> 00:33:38.983 URGENCY. BILL APPROPRIATES 00:33:39.050 --> 00:33:40.585 APPROXIMATELY 7.4 MILLION FROM 00:33:40.651 --> 00:33:42.920 THE GENERAL FUND TO DOJ FOR THE 00:33:42.987 --> 00:33:44.322 PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND 00:33:44.389 --> 00:33:46.591 COSTS RELATED TO EIGHT 00:33:46.657 --> 00:33:48.292 SPECIFIED CLAIMS AGAINST THE 00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:49.427 STATE. THESE JUDGMENTS AND 00:33:49.494 --> 00:33:51.662 SETTLEMENTS ARE BINDING STATE 00:33:51.729 --> 00:33:53.030 OBLIGATIONS. ANY FUNDS 00:33:53.097 --> 00:33:54.532 APPROPRIATED IN EXCESS OF THE 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:56.768 AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR THE CLAIMS 00:33:56.834 --> 00:33:58.403 WILL REVERT BACK TO THE GENERAL 00:33:58.469 --> 00:34:00.772 FUND. WITH ME TODAY IS TIFFANY 00:34:00.838 --> 00:34:01.672 BROKAW AND OTHER 00:34:01.739 --> 00:34:02.473 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 00:34:02.540 --> 00:34:03.508 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHO CAN 00:34:03.574 --> 00:34:05.076 ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS 00:34:05.143 --> 00:34:07.178 ABOUT INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS. ARE 00:34:07.245 --> 00:34:08.946 THERE ANYBODY DOING A 00:34:09.013 --> 00:34:10.081 PRESENTATION IN FAVOR, OR IS IT 00:34:10.148 --> 00:34:12.350 JUST HERE FOR TECHNICAL? I JUST 00:34:12.417 --> 00:34:13.618 HAVE A SHORT STATEMENT, BUT 00:34:13.684 --> 00:34:15.787 ABSOLUTELY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. 00:34:15.853 --> 00:34:17.455 TIFFANY BROKAW HERE ON BEHALF 00:34:17.522 --> 00:34:18.489 OF THE SPONSOR, ATTORNEY 00:34:18.556 --> 00:34:22.693 GENERAL ROB BONTA, AS SENATOR 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.961 SAID, CHAIR, THIS BILL WOULD 00:34:24.028 --> 00:34:26.297 APPROPRIATE APPROXIMATELY $7.4 00:34:26.364 --> 00:34:27.398 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND 00:34:27.465 --> 00:34:28.533 TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.234 THIS IS FOR THE PAYMENT OF 00:34:30.301 --> 00:34:31.169 CLAIMS, SETTLEMENTS OR 00:34:31.235 --> 00:34:32.170 JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE STATE 00:34:32.236 --> 00:34:33.171 ARISING FROM EIGHT SPECIFIED 00:34:33.237 --> 00:34:34.172 ACTIONS. AND THESE SETTLEMENTS 00:34:34.238 --> 00:34:35.540 WERE ENTERED INTO LAWFULLY BY 00:34:35.606 --> 00:34:37.375 THE STATE UPON ADVICE OF 00:34:37.442 --> 00:34:39.076 COUNSEL, AND ARE BINDING STATE 00:34:39.143 --> 00:34:40.044 OBLIGATIONS. AND FOR THESE 00:34:40.111 --> 00:34:41.078 REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK 00:34:41.145 --> 00:34:43.281 FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY 00:34:43.347 --> 00:34:44.715 MUCH. OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY 00:34:44.782 --> 00:34:46.651 ELSE IN SUPPORT, ANYBODY IN 00:34:46.717 --> 00:34:48.352 OPPOSITION? NO. COME ON BACK TO 00:34:48.419 --> 00:34:49.921 THE DAIS. ANYBODY? YOU HAVE 00:34:49.987 --> 00:34:52.089 QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION TO 00:34:52.156 --> 00:34:54.292 MOVE THE BILL. OH, YES. 00:34:54.358 --> 00:34:55.059 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. DID YOU 00:34:55.126 --> 00:34:56.694 HAVE A LITTLE REPORT FOR US ON 00:34:56.761 --> 00:34:58.663 THIS? THIS IS THE ONE WE DO, 00:34:58.729 --> 00:34:59.831 YES. MR. CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF 00:34:59.897 --> 00:35:02.133 FINANCE SUPPORTS AB 2597 AS IT 00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:03.234 AUTHORIZES NECESSARY 00:35:03.301 --> 00:35:04.035 APPROPRIATIONS TO EFFECTUATE 00:35:04.101 --> 00:35:05.369 PAYMENTS TO CLAIMANTS AND 00:35:05.436 --> 00:35:06.404 SPECIFICALLY FINANCES, REVIEWED 00:35:06.471 --> 00:35:07.371 EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE CLAIMS 00:35:07.438 --> 00:35:08.940 AND HAS NO CONCERNS WITH THE 00:35:09.006 --> 00:35:09.974 INCLUDED ITEMS. GREAT. THANK 00:35:10.041 --> 00:35:11.876 YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION 00:35:11.943 --> 00:35:14.312 BY WAHAB AND GO AHEAD AND CALL 00:35:14.378 --> 00:35:18.115 ROLL. THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO 00:35:18.182 --> 00:35:20.184 THE SENATE FLOOR. CERVANTES. 00:35:20.251 --> 00:35:23.054 CERVANTES. AYE CIERTO I SEE I 00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:26.357 CABALDON DOLLY, DOLLY AYE. 00:35:26.424 --> 00:35:30.628 GRAYSON. RICHARDSON. WAHAB. 00:35:30.695 --> 00:35:35.633 WAHAB. AYE. VOTES 4 TO 0. WE 00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:37.635 WILL LEAVE THAT ON CALL. THANK 00:35:37.702 --> 00:35:53.751 YOU. 00:36:54.545 --> 00:36:55.713 IF WE COULD PLEASE OPEN 00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:58.783 THE ROLL CALL ON AB 27. EXCUSE 00:36:58.849 --> 00:37:07.358 ME. AB 2597. MOTION IS TO PASS 00:37:07.425 --> 00:37:09.193 TO THE SENATE FLOOR. CABALDON 00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:11.862 CABALDON. AYE. GRAYSON. 00:37:11.929 --> 00:37:16.267 RICHARDSON. 5 TO 0. WE'LL LEAVE 00:37:16.334 --> 00:37:24.709 THAT ON CALL. WE WILL TAKE A 00:37:24.775 --> 00:37:29.981 SHORT RECESS. 00:37:36.954 --> 00:37:37.922 I'D LIKE TO LIFT 00:37:37.989 --> 00:37:41.559 THE CALL ON A B 2727. THE 00:37:41.626 --> 00:37:43.327 MOTION IS THAT THE MEASURE BE 00:37:43.394 --> 00:37:44.495 RETURNED TO THE SENATE FLOOR 00:37:44.562 --> 00:37:48.366 FOR CONSIDERATION. GRAYSON. 00:37:48.432 --> 00:37:51.702 GRAYSON. AYE. RICHARDSON. FINAL 00:37:51.769 --> 00:37:53.938 VOTE IS 6 TO 0. FINAL VOTE 6 TO 00:37:54.005 --> 00:37:57.775 0. THAT BILL IS OUT. A B 282. 00:37:57.842 --> 00:38:00.011 PELLERIN, THE MOTION IS DUE. 00:38:00.077 --> 00:38:02.380 PASS TO THE SENATE FLOOR. 00:38:02.446 --> 00:38:04.682 GRAYSON. GRAYSON. AYE. 00:38:04.749 --> 00:38:07.218 RICHARDSON. FINAL VOTE IS 4 TO 00:38:07.284 --> 00:38:09.220 2. FINAL VOTE, 4 TO 2. THAT 00:38:09.286 --> 00:38:11.122 BILL IS OUT. NEXT ITEM ON FILE 00:38:11.188 --> 00:38:13.991 A B 817. ASSEMBLY MEMBER 00:38:14.058 --> 00:38:16.060 GONZALEZ, MOTION IS DUE. PASS 00:38:16.127 --> 00:38:18.262 TO THE SENATE FLOOR. GRAYSON. 00:38:18.329 --> 00:38:22.233 GRAYSON. AYE. RICHARDSON 4 TO 2. 00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:24.869 FINAL VOTE IS 4 TO 2. THAT BILL 00:38:24.935 --> 00:38:30.508 IS OUT. NEXT ITEM IS A B 2597. 00:38:30.574 --> 00:38:31.642 MOTION IS DUE. PASSED TO THE 00:38:31.709 --> 00:38:33.778 SENATE FLOOR. GRAYSON. GRAYSON 00:38:33.844 --> 00:38:38.182 AYE. RICHARDSON 6 TO 0. VOTE 6 00:38:38.249 --> 00:38:42.053 TO 0. THAT BILLS OUT A B 2760. 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.487 MOTION IS DUE. PASSED TO THE 00:38:43.554 --> 00:38:46.057 SENATE FLOOR. GRAYSON. AYE. 00:38:46.123 --> 00:38:49.293 GRAYSON. AYE. RICHARDSON 4 TO 2. 00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:51.095 FINAL VOTE IS 4 TO 2. AND THAT 00:38:51.162 --> 00:38:52.997 BILL IS OUT. I NOW LIKE TO 00:38:53.064 --> 00:38:53.931 THANK EVERYONE FOR 00:38:53.998 --> 00:38:55.032 PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S 00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:56.200 HEARING. WE NOW HAVE CONCLUDED 00:38:56.267 --> 00:38:57.535 THE AGENDA. THE MEETING ON 00:38:57.601 --> 00:39:00.004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON 00:39:00.071 --> 00:39:16.587 APPROPRIATIONS IS NOW ADJOURNED.