YEAH GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING
. WELCOME TO THE ASSEMBLY PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. UM WE
? WE ENCOURAGE EACH ENCOURAGE
THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE WRITTEN
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE HEARING BY
VISITING COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
WEBSITE AT. ÁP SF DOT ASSEMBLY
THAT CA.GOV. PLEASE NOTE THAT
ANY WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMITTED
TO THE COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERED
PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAYBE READ
INTO THE RECORD OR REPRINTED.
ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO WATCH THE
HEARING FROM ITS LIVESTREAM ON
THE ASSEMBLY'S WEBSITE AT W W
DOT ASSEMBLY DOT CA.GOV
BACKSLASH TODAY'S EVENTS. THE
HEARING WILL BE OPEN FOR
ATTENDANCE FOR THIS HEARING. THE
HEARING ROOM WILL BE OPEN FOR 10
MINUTES FOR THIS HEARING AND THE
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING A
HEARING IS ENCOURAGED TO WEAR
MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE IN THE
BUILDING. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS HEARING BY
TELEPHONE. WE ENCOURAGE THE
PUBLIC PUBLIC TO MONITOR THE
COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE FOR UPDATE
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A
ROLE. ARRIVAL CORE. OKAY WITH
ONE MORE FOR THAT. SO WE'LL
BEGIN AS A SUBCOMMITTEE AND THAT
WAY WE CAN. OH I FORGOT. THERE'S
A FEW HOUSEKEEPING THINGS THAT
WE NEED TO DO. TODAY. WE HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LEE. FILLING IN
FOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BRIAN
SIDEKICK, BRIAN, UM, HE WILL BE
JOINING US HOPEFULLY PRETTY
SOON. AND WE ALSO HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CRISTINA GARCIA
. SO YOU FILLING THE VACANCY
TODAY? NOW CAN WE BEGIN AT THE
SUBCOMMITTEE? OKAY STANDARD OF
MEN. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN AT THE
SUBCOMMITTEE. AS SOON AS WE GET
ONE MORE, WE'LL TAKE A QUORUM
AND THEN BUT WE DON'T WANT TO
HOLD YOU UP. WE KNOW YOU'RE VERY
BUSY. THANK YOU. CHAIR JOHN
SAWYER. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. I JUST WANT TO
START BY ANNOUNCING WE ARE
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE'S
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, WHICH
NARROWED THE SCOPE OF WHAT NEAR
DEATH MEANS WITH THIS BILL, BUT
SB 863 WOULD ALLOW DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. DEATH REVIEW TEAMS TO
EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THEIR
EXAMINATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS
TO COVER NEAR DEATH INCIDENTS
RESULTING FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE.
WELL NOT EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR
WITH THE WORK OF DEATH REVIEW
TEAMS. WHAT THEY DO IS THAT THEY
RESEARCH AND STUDY DOMESTIC
ABUSE RELATED FATALITIES, AND
THEY PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN
DEVELOPING DATA TO HELP US
DEVELOP LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER
SOLUTIONS. DEATH REVIEW TEAMS
ARE OPTIONAL FOR COUNTIES INNER
COMPRISED OF VOLUNTEERS FROM
LEGAL HEALTH SERVICE, ADVOCACY
AND JUDICIAL GROUPS. THEY WORK
WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
PROVIDE A CONFIDENTIAL FORUM TO
SYSTEMICALLY REVIEW DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE RELATED DEATHS AND WHAT
THIS BILL REDUCED TO EXPAND THAT
TO NEAR DEATHS AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY CALIFORNIA LAW
RIGHT NOW LIMITS THESE TEAMS TO
ONLY BE ALLOWED TO INVESTIGATE
RESEARCH SITUATIONS OF DOMESTIC
ABUSE THAT RESOLVED IN ACTUAL
DEATH THAT IGNORES AN INCREDIBLY
LARGE NUMBER OF VERY, VERY
SERIOUS INCIDENTS WHERE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE ALMOST KILLED A
SURVIVOR, BUT DID NOT QUITE
ACHIEVED THAT RESULT. WE BELIEVE
THAT EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF
THESE INVESTIGATIONS WOULD HELP
US DEVELOP MORE IDEAS. MORE
DATA. AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO
THIS PROBLEM THAT EXISTS IN OUR
SOCIETY SINCE 2000 AND FOUR
THIRD OF STATE LEGISLATURES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE PASSED
LAWS AUTHORIZING DEATH REVIEW
TEAMS TO RESEARCH IN YOUR DEATH
FATALITIES. WE BELIEVE THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SHOULD JOIN THESE
OTHER STATES TO CONDUCT
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH THAT
WOULD HELP PREVENT FUTURE DEATHS
BY BRINGING CALIFORNIA IN
ALIGNMENT WITH OTHER STATES, SP
8 63 WOULD PROMOTE THE CRUCIAL
WORK OF DEATH REVIEW TEAMS. AND
SUPPORT THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO
AMPLIFY THE POWERFUL VOICES OF
SURVIVORS WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE
TWO WITNESSES ON THE PHONE IN
SUPPORT OF SB 863. DR DAVID
WELCH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
, DEATH, OR YOU TEAM, AND MR
PEDRO NAVA, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
LITTLE HARBOR COMMISSION. THANK
YOU, GENTLEMEN. WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY TO BEGIN FIVE MINUTES
TOTAL. BOTH BY PHONE OPERATOR.
UM GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR
ME? YES. OH HI. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF
THIS IS PEDRO NAGA. UM AND I
HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS
CHAIR OF LITTLE HOOVER
COMMISSION AND I'M HERE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF SB 8 63. THE
COMMISSION IS AN INDEPENDENT
BIPARTISAN OVERSIGHT AGENCY
CHARGED WITH MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE STATE
GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
. WE ISSUED TWO REPORTS
EXAMINING CALIFORNIA'S RESPONSE.
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS OF ALL
BACKGROUNDS, AGES AND GENDER
IDENTITIES EXPERIENCES HORRIFIC
FORM OF ABUSE DURING THEIR
LIFETIME, YOU KNOW, REPORT
ENTITLED BEYOND THE CRISIS, A
LONG TERM APPROACH TO REDUCE,
PREVENT AND RECOVER FROM
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. WE
LEARNED THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS
MORE ACCURATE DATA. TO
SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESS THIS
HEINOUS CRIME. SPECIFICALLY WE
FOUND THAT CALIFORNIA DOES NOT
HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF
THE FULL SCOPE AND IMPACT OF
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON
CALIFORNIANS. NOR DOES THE STATE
KNOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS
MAIN PROGRAMS FOR SURVIVORS. TO
FACILITATE THE I'M SORRY TO
FACILITATE EVIDENCE BASED
DECISION MAKING. THE COMMISSION
RECOMMENDED THAT CALIFORNIA
CREATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR DATA
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS ONCE
CREATED, THIS FRAMEWORK CAN BE
USED TO EVALUATE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE METHODS.
THE STATE IS USING TO COMBAT
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. WE
BELIEVE SB 8 63 WOULD IMPLEMENT
PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION BY
HELPING THE STATE GATHER MORE
DATA AND IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TO
THIS HORRIBLE CRIMES. WE BELIEVE
THIS WILL OUT CALIFORNIA TO
BETTER SERVE SURVIVORS. I'M
GONNA THANK SENATOR MEANT FOR
HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL ON BEHALF OF
THE LITTLE UBER COMMISSION.
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT
MORNING. YOUR HONOR. MY NAME IS
DR DAVID WELCH. I'M A CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGIST. AND I'VE BEEN
RUNNING BATTERS, INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS AND ORANGE COUNTY FOR
MALE AND FEMALE OFFENDERS SINCE
1996. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF. THE
GOAL OF OUR TEAM IS TO DEVELOP
STRATEGIES, POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE SYSTEM
BASED AND COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TO REDUCE
AND PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE RELATED HOMICIDES AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED
HOMICIDE SUICIDE. CERTAINLY
CALIFORNIA LAW ONLY AUTHORIZES
OUR TEAM. TWO EXAMPLES
FATALITIES. WHEN WE REVIEW THE
COUNTIES WERE FORCED TO ONLY
RELY ON CORNERS, OFFICE RECORDS
, POLICE REPORTS AND DATABASE
SEARCHES AND WE OFTEN HAVE VERY
LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT THE
HISTORY LEADING UP TO THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMICIDES.
AND ESPECIALLY HOMICIDES,
SUICIDES BECAUSE THERE'S NO
REMAINING PERPETRATOR
INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION.
INSTEAD THE CORONER'S RECORDS
ARE FOCUSED ON THE DETECTION OF
THE DEATH, NOT THE BACKGROUND
DYNAMICS AND HELP VICTIMS HAVE
TRIED TO SEE CURRENTLY
CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
TEAMS ARE UNABLE TO BENEFIT FROM
ONE OF THE GREATEST RESOURCES IN
THE EFFORTS TO END FATAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE VOICES
AND EXPERIENCES OF THE
SURVIVORS. SINCE 2000 AND 4 15
OTHER STATES HAVE PASSED
STATUTES AUTHORIZING NEAR DEATH
, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CASE
EXAMINATION AND 30% OF STATES
NOW PERMIT REVIEW OF NEAR DEATH.
NOTABLY. THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO
LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE COUNTY
WHO HAVE VOTED AGAINST EXPANDING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REVIEW TEAMS
TO INCLUDE NEAR DEATH DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CASES. THIS BILL. 2 83
CREATE A VOLUNTARY OPTION FOR
TEAMS TO REVIEW THEIR FATAL
CASES AND ANY SURVIVORS. INPUT
IS VOLUNTARY. THE BILL PROVIDES
CONFIDENTIALITY AND LIABILITY
PROTECTION. I SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL SO CALIFORNIA CAN
JOIN OTHER STATES AND ALLOWING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEPUTIES TEAMS
TO LEARN FROM NEAR FATAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. NOW GO TO THE ROOM OR
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND
HEARING ROOM AND SUPPORT OF A S
B A 63 SEEING. THEN WE'LL GO TO
THE PHONE LINES FOR SUPPORT FOR
S B A 63 MEN. TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT. PLEASE PRESS ONE, THEN
ZERO. AT THIS TIME, YOU'LL HEAR
AN INDICATION YOU'VE BEEN PLACED
INTO Q AND AN 18 T SPECIALIST
WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR LINE
NUMBER. WE'LL CALL YOU WHEN YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. WELL, FIRST GO TO
LINE SIX. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. FIND
SIX. YOUR LINE IS OPEN. 96 ONCE
AGAIN YOUR LINE IS OPEN. GO
AHEAD. HEARING NOTHING WILL
RELEASE THE LINE. THERE ARE NO
OTHER LINES IN QUÊ. MR. CHAIRMAN
THANK YOU FOR, UM WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION FOR SB 863. I DON'T
READ LIPS. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
SUPPORT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. GO
AHEAD. MORNING MR. CHAIR. THANK
YOU. RAIN SHERMAN WITH THE
RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION
AND ALSO REPRESENTING THE
FOLLOWING POLICE OFFICER,
ASSOCIATIONS AND SUPPORT OF THE
LEGISLATION. CLAREMONT CORONA,
POMONA. PALACE FERGIE'S NEWPORT
BEACH AND SANTA ANA. BURBANK
ENGLEWOOD, ARCADIA, RIVERSIDE
SCHOOLS, FULLERTON AND COVER
CITY HALL AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. AND HE WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING
ROOM SEEN NONE WILL GO TO THE
PHONE LINES, AND HE WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO
AT THIS TIME. THERE'S NO LINES
QUEUED UP, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK
YOU. WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE OR ANY QUESTIONS.
CONCERNS, MR QUIRK. UM I HOPE C
A C. J GIVEN ALL THE AMENDMENTS
YOU'VE TAKEN HAS COME OFF OF
OPPOSITION. I DON'T KNOW YET,
BUT I'M HOPING THEY HAVE NO A C
L U AND OTHERS HAVE SO THANK YOU
AND GOOD BILL. WHEN WE HAVE A
QUORUM, I'LL MOVE. YOU REMEMBER?
AND THE OTHER. YOU MAY CLOSE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO VOTE.
THANK YOU, MR AS WE GET A QUORUM
CHAIR IS GOING TO RECOMMEND AND
I VOTE AND HOPEFULLY, THAT
HAPPENS SOON, WITH THE TO
SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS COMING IN. WE
NOW ARE LOOKING FOR SENATOR
EGGMAN. SENATOR BATES. SENATOR
PORTANTINO SENATOR SKINNER,
SENATOR BECKER, SENATOR
BRADFORD. AND KAMLAGER. BRADFORD
AND KAMLAGER IN SENATE PUBLIC
SAFETY RIGHT NOW. UH, MEETING AT
THE SAME TIME, SO HOPEFULLY.
EGGMAN BATES, PORTANTINO OR
SKINNER. WILL BE HERE. SOON.
AGAIN. WE'RE WAITING ON. SOME
SENATORS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD AND. MOVE QUICKLY
THROUGH ALL OF THESE ITEMS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LEE AND GARCIA.
THE COMMENTS SO WE CAN GET A
CORE. IN SANTIAGO SO WE CAN GET
A QUORUM.
GOOD MORNING, SENATOR EDMUND
COME ON UP. HOW NICE TO SEE YOU
ALL. I THINK WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON
CONSENT S B A TWO. AND SO IT'S A
SP 12 09. OKAY GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY. UH, THANK YOU TO THE
CHAIRS OF THE MEMBERS. ARE WE
READY FOR NOW? YOU HAD TO ON
CONSENT, NOT JUST ONE. THANK
YOU. AH! SO BUT TODAY I'M
PRESENTING SP 12 09. AND THIS
YEAR I PARTNER WITH SENATOR MEN
ON THIS, AND THE KEY POINT OF
THIS BILL IS TO ENSURE THAT
VETERANS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
TRAUMA RELATED TO THEIR MILITARY
SERVICE. ARE PROVIDED WITH THE
SENTENCING MITIGATION AND RE
SENTENCING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE
HAVE PROVIDED. WE'VE ALREADY
PASSED THAT LAW PROVIDED THAT
LAW PASSED IT INTO LAW. UM AND
THIS THIS THE INITIAL BILL THAT
WE PASSED THAT ALLOWED FOR
SENTENCING MITIGATION THAT DID
NOT APPLY TO RE SENTENCING AT
ALL TREATING THOSE VETERANS WHO
ARE ALREADY INCARCERATED THAN
COMING BACK FOR RE SENTENCING
DIFFERENTLY THAN ANOTHER GROUP
OF VETERANS. SO THE LOBBYING, UM
UNEQUALLY APPLIED. THE WE WORKED
WITH A JUDGE. JUSTICE EILEEN
MORE AN APPELLATE COURT JUDGE
HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHO IS
HERSELF A VETERAN, UM, VIETNAM
LEVEL NURSE, AND IN NOW AND DOWN
DOING THIS WORK, SO SHE HAS A
REAL HEART FOR THIS. UM AND SHE
REALLY FEELS LIKE THIS AND EVEN
OUR JUSTICE. LIU HAS SAID THE
LAW HAS BEEN APPLIED UNEVENLY.
WE SHOULDN'T TREAT THOSE WHO
HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED
DIFFERENT THAN THOSE WHO HAVE
THIS BILL HAS NO OPPOSITION
AGAIN. WE ARE CONSIDERING THE
ISSUES OF TRAUMA RELATED TO
MILITARY EXPERIENCING DURING
SENTENCING, AND I ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE AND I DO HAVE WITH ME TO
TESTIFY TODAY IS GREG VALIANT
AND GREG FIDEL ON BEHALF OF THE
JUSTICE INITIATIVE. AND THEY'RE
ON THE PHONE OPERATOR. AND SAVED
ALL THEN HIS WITNESSES, THEIR
LINES ARE OPEN. YOU MAY BEGIN.
YOU BOTH HAVE FIVE MINUTES FIVE
MINUTES TOTAL. I'M HERE AT THIS
GLENN VALIANT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK, GOOD
MORNING. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S YES.
MY NAME IS GLEN VALIANT. I LIVE
IN COSTA MESA. I'M A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER. I'M PROUD FATHER
OF A VETERAN AND I'VE LIVED THE
DEVASTATION MENTAL HEALTH
INJURIES HAD ON MY SON'S LIFE.
HE ENTERED SPECIAL FORCES
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY STRONG.
HE HAD UNSTOPPABLE CONFIDENCE.
IN SERVICE. HE WAS HURT.
MEDICALLY DISCHARGED. HE DIDN'T
QUITE SEEM THE SAME WHEN HE CAME
HOME. I WASN'T CONCERNED. I
BELIEVE WHATEVER WAS BOTHERING
HIM. HE WOULD OVERCOME IT. AND
THAT WAS A MISTAKE. I WAS WRONG.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN VERY
CONCERNED. HIS STRUGGLE SLOWLY
GOT MORE FREQUENT, MORE
PROBLEMATIC. ONE DAY SOMETHING
BAD HAPPENED AND THEN IT WAS TOO
LATE. SEEING MY STRONG CAPABLE
SONS, SO COMPLETELY BROKEN WAS
UNBEARABLY PAINFUL. I HAVE OFTEN
THOUGHT IF ONLY HE HADN'T JOINED
THE MILITARY, WE WOULD NOT BE
WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I DON'T
REGRET THE SERVICE. I'M PROUD OF
IT. BUT THINGS TURNED OUT BADLY.
HE LOOKED AT 11 79 1 REQUIRES
VETERANS RECEIVE MITIGATING
CONSIDERATION AT SENTENCING FOR
MENTAL HEALTH INJURIES SUSTAINED
AS A RESULT OF THEIR SERVICE.
AND THEY DESERVE IT. RETROACTIVE
PROVISION WAS ADDED SO IMPACTED
VETERANS WHO HAD NEVER RECEIVED
CONSIDERATION WOULD BE ALLOWED
TO RE SENTENCING HEARING AND
THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THAT RETROACTIVE PROVISIONS HAS
NOT WORKED FOR ALL IMPACTED
VETERANS. MANY HAVE BEEN DENIED
RE SENTENCING FOR A NUMBER OF
UNFORESEEN REASONS. SB 12 09
ADDRESSES THOSE REASONS IT
ENSURES ALL IMPACTED AMERICANS
WHO HAVE NEVER RECEIVED
CONSIDERATION WILL NOW FINALLY
BE ABLE TO RECEIVE IT, AND IT IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO. PEOPLE
OFTEN SAY I SUPPORT OUR VETERANS
. I BELIEVE MOST PEOPLE WHO SAY
IT BELIEVE IT. F B 12 09
PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
TO SHOW THAT SUPPORT. SO I'M
ASKING YOU TO PLEASE VOTE YES,
ON THE BILL AND MOVE IT TO THE
NEXT COMMITTEE WITH YOUR
STRONGEST RECOMMENDATION. I
THINK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU NEXT
WITNESS. MR FIDEL. I DON'T. ARE
YOU THERE? I'M SORRY. THE NAME
OF THE PERSON ONCE AGAIN. I CAN
DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF THEY HAVE
ONLINE. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE
WITNESS? RIGHT, FIDEL. I DO NOT
SEE HIM HAVING DIALED IN. OKAY
WELL, WE'LL MOVE AHEAD. AND
MAYBE HE'LL CATCH ON WILL OPEN
UP THE LINE. UM FIRST WE'LL SEE
IT OR ANY OTHER WITNESSES
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM.
COME TO THE MIC. NAME AND
ORGANIZATION, PLEASE. HI GOOD
MORNING. SHARON MEMBERS MARSHALL
CAMILLE, WITH THE JUDICIAL
COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIANS. SUPPORT
OF SB 12 AND NINE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
MEMBERS ANTHONY DEMARTINO,
CALIFORNIA'S FOR SAFETY AND
JUSTICE AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. SEEING NO MORE
WITNESSES WILL GO TO THE PHONE
LINES, WITNESSES AND SUPPORT
WELL A B 12 09 EGGMAN. AND THE
SP 12 09. TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT.
PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO AT THIS
TIME. WE'LL GO TO LINE SIX. GO
AHEAD, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING.
MORE GO GEORGE ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION AND STRONG SUPPORT.
LINE 43. IN 43 YEAR LINE IS
OPEN. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 9 43 IF
YOU WOULD MEET YOUR PHONE OR
CHECK CHECKING MUTE FEATURE OR
PICK UP YOUR HANDSET. LINE 43
HAS TAKEN THEMSELVES OUT OF QUÊ.
WE'LL GO TO LINE 21. GEORGE
BURNS ON BEHALF OF HULU
CALIFORNIA ACTION IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN. THERE
ARE NO OTHER LINES IN QUÊ. THANK
YOU GO TO WITNESSES AND THE ROOM
AND OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE WILL
GO TO THE PHONE LINES, WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION TO SB 12 OR NINE
EGGMAN. TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION
PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME. OF ONE
LINE QUEUING UP ONE MOMENT WHILE
WE PROVIDE THEM THEIR LINE
NUMBER.
OPEN LINE. 46 GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
HI GOOD MORNING. THIS IS GREGORY
FIDDLE WITH INITIATIVE, JUSTICE
AND VERY STRONG SUPPORT HAD
DIFFICULTY GETTING THROUGH ON
THE SUPPORT. TESTIMONY LINES IF
IT'S APPROPRIATE, CAN I STILL
SAY A FEW WORDS HERE AND A HALF
MINUTES? GO FOR IT? THANK YOU.
GOOD SIR. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS GREGORY
MODEL AND I AM THE POLICY
DIRECTOR FOR INITIATE JUSTICE.
PLEASED TO SUPPORT SP 12 OR NINE
AND THANK SENATORS EGGMAN AND
THEN FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ISSUE. THAT THE LEGISLATURE
HAS MADE PROGRESS AND
RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT THAT
MILITARY SERVICE CAN HAVE ON
MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW TRAUMA
EFFECTS LATER DECISION ACTIONS.
THERE ARE STILL VETERANS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY IMPARTIALITY HAVE
BEEN LEFT OUT OF THIS IMPORTANT
RELIEF. PREVIOUS LEGISLATION HAS
CREATED BARRIERS FOR SOME
SERVICE MEMBERS WHO ARE
DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD, SUBSTANCE
ABUSE OR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS AFTER THEIR INITIAL
SENTENCING. FURTHER VETERANS WHO
TOOK PLEA DEALS OR RECEIVED
INDETERMINANT SENTENCES WERE NOT
ALLOWED TO BENEFIT FROM HIS
POSITIVE CHANGES IN LINE.
SENATOR EDMUND NOTED. CALIFORNIA
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GOODWIN
LIU CALLED OUT THIS
RETROACTIVITY ISSUE JUST LAST
YEAR. THIS BILL PROVIDES A
SOLUTION. TO BE CLEAR. THIS BILL
IS NOT A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE
CARD. NOR IS IT A SECOND BITE OF
THE APPLE. THIS IS ENSURING A
FAIR FIRST BITE OF THE APPLE
POPULATION AND SACRIFICED
EVERYTHING FOR THIS COUNTRY.
THIS BILL DOES NOT COST TOO
MUCH, AND THIS IS NOT LEAD TO
UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS GETTING
CARRIED OUT IN COURT. THERE ARE
PLENTY OF MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS
THAT CAN BE REFERENCED BY THE VÀ
OR CDCR, FOR EXAMPLE. WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE ALL
VETERANS ARE RECEIVING EQUAL
TREATMENT UNDER LAW IN JAPAN
GAPS IN CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES
WHERE THEY EXIST. THIS MEASURE
DOES EXACTLY THAT. THANK YOU.
AND I HEARD YOUR VOTE TODAY AND
AGAIN APOLOGIES FOR MY ISSUE
WITH THIS ONLINE. THANK YOU. NO
PROBLEM. WE'LL NOW BRING IT BACK
TO COMMITTEE FOR ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS. NOTHING DONE. YOU
MAKE CLOTHES. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I WOULD JUST ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE TREATING LOVE PLAYING THE
LAW FAIRLY TO ALL OF OUR
VETERANS, AND AS SOON AS WE GET
ONE MORE MEMBER TO ESTABLISH A
QUORUM WILL THEN HAVE A MOTION
AND A SECOND AND MOVE FORWARD.
THE CHAIR IS GOING TO RECOMMEND,
AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE NOW HAVE
DEBATES SP 904. CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES TREATMENT. WELL, GOOD
MORNING AND THANK YOU. MR CHAIR
. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT SP 904
, WHICH CLARIFIES THE STANDARDS
OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
EDUCATION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS
FOR DIVERTING HE'S PROBATIONERS
AND PRISONERS WHO HAVE COMMITTED
DRUG ABUSE RELATED OFFENSES.
THIS BILL ADDRESSES THE
AMBIGUITY IN CURRENT LAW, WHICH
LEAVES MANY PROBATIONERS AND
DIVERT EASE WITH LITTLE
DIRECTION FOR EDUCATION OR
TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT ADDRESS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SB 904
CLARIFIES THE STANDARDS OF THESE
EDUCATION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS
BY REQUIRING THEM. TO INCLUDE
EDUCATION ON THE DANGERS OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, FACTORS
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PHYSICAL
DEPENDENCE AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE
AND RESPOND TO THE SIGNS OF A
DRUG OVERDOSE. THE BILL IS
SIMILAR TO ASSEMBLY BILL 17 50
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DAVIES THIS
PAST THE COMMITTEE BACK IN MARCH
. WHEN THIS BILL WAS IN THE
SENATE, I WORKED EXTENSIVELY
WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND REMOVED
MOST OF THE OPPOSITION. WITH
FENTANYL USE AND DRUG OVERDOSES
ON THE RISE IN CALIFORNIA.
ADDITIONAL ACTION IS NEEDED TO
ENSURE INDIVIDUALS BATTLING
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS ARE
RECEIVING PROPER TREATMENT AND
EDUCATION. SB 904 IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION
. MIGHT WITNESSES TODAY OUR
CHIEF DEPUTY, PATRICK ESPINOSA,
WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS
WELL AS RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPUTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ROBERT
HIGHTOWER. THEY WILL BE
AVAILABLE TO HELP ANSWER
QUESTIONS. BUT IT TESTIFYING IN
OPEN UP THE PHONE LINES. AND
DEBATES. TESTIFYING ALSO. THEY
WERE HERE FOR WITNESSES ARE THEY
TESTIFIED. THEY'RE ON. THEY'RE
ON THE PHONE LINE. 18 T OPERATOR
OPENED UP THE PHONE LINES. IF
THEY HAVE DIALED IN HIS
WITNESSES, THEIR LINES ARE
ALREADY OPEN AT THIS TIME. GOOD
MORNING TO THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. CAN YOU HEAR
ME, MR HIGHTOWER? NO THIS IS
PATRICK ESPINOZA. I'M THE CHIEF
DEPUTY AND THE SAMUEL COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
SAN DIEGO D A S OFFICE IS PROUD
TO SPONSOR SP 904 IN AN EFFORT
TO ADDRESS THE FENTANYL CRISIS.
THERE ARE MANY APPROACHES TO
ADDRESSING THE FENTANYL CRISIS.
SP 904 FOCUSES ON PROVIDING
EDUCATION AND TREATMENT TO
INDIVIDUALS PLACED ON PROBATION
FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DEFENSE
EDUCATION WOULD INCLUDE LECTURES
CLASSES. GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND
COUNSELING. THE GOAL OF THE
EDUCATION AND TREATMENT IS TO
STOP CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AND SAVE LIVES BY EDUCATING
INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM ABOUT THE RISKS
AND DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH
CRIMINAL WITH CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, SUCH AS THE ALARMING
INCREASE IN THE LETHALITY AND
AVAILABILITY OF PRESCRIPTION
PILLS CONTINUES, BUT NOT IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2021, THE DRUG
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WARNED THE
PUBLIC ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT
NATIONWIDE SURGE. IN COUNTERFEIT
PILLS THAT ARE MASS PRODUCED BY
CRIMINAL DRUG NETWORKS
DECEPTIVELY MARKETED AS
LEGITIMATE PRESCRIPTION PILLS
THAT ARE KILLING UNSUSPECTING
AMERICANS. IN 2021, IT DOESN'T
STAND UP, COUNTY USED
ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSED ON
FENTANYL FENTANYL. DEATHS HAVE
INCREASED 2300% IN THE REGION
SINCE 2016 AND 2021 AT LEAST 817
DEATHS HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS
UNINTENTIONAL FENTANYL
OVERDOSES. BY THE COUNTY MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE. ACCORDING TO
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH. THERE WERE 3946
DEATHS RELATED TO FEDERAL
OVERDOSE IN CALIFORNIA IN 2020
BET NOW IS 100 TIMES MORE
IMPORTANT THAN MORPHINE. 30
TIMES STRONGER THAN HEROIN. THE
SANTIAGO DAYS OFFICES ATTACKING
THE PROBLEM ON SEVERAL FRONTS
WERE WORKING WITH SANDY GO
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND DANIEL
COUNTY POLICE CHIEF AND
SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATIONS TO SPREAD
AWARENESS ABOUT ACCIDENTAL
FENTANYL DESK. WE'RE USING
SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TOOL TO
EDUCATE YOUTH AND PARENTS THAT
COUNTERFEIT PILLS CAN BE
ESPECIALLY DEADLY. OUR OFFICE
HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE
SANYO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES AGENCY TO CREATE SAN
DIEGO, A PROJECT DESIGNED TO
EDUCATE AND CHANGE BEHAVIOR AND
ULTIMATELY REDUCE OVERDOSE
DEATHS IN ST HILL COUNTY. IN
DECEMBER, THE SAMUEL COUNTY
OFFICE OF EDUCATION THE D A
HOSTED AN ONLINE SUMMIT TO
ADDRESS THE DANGER OF BETTER NOT
BUT LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE S D NEEDS
TO KNOW EVENT ADDRESSED THE
PERVASIVENESS OF THAT NORWAY
STREET DRUGS. LAST WEEK. THE
COUNTY DANIEL COUNTY OFFICIALS
AND THE D, A ORGANIZED A VIRTUAL
TOWN HALL MEETING TO WARN PEOPLE
IN THE REGION ABOUT THE DANGERS,
PANELISTS INCLUDED STATE AND
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS, MEDICAL
EXPERTS. AND THE CHIEF MEDICAL
REFORMS. ANOTHER'S SP 904 IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE EFFORT TO
RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE
INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THE RISK OF
STREET DRUGS OR PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS. BEING LACED WITH FENTANYL
AND OTHER DRUGS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
WE WOULD ASK FOR MY VOTE AND HAS
BEEN 904 AND WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU.
NUMBERS TO HIGHTOWER. GOOD
MORNING MEMBERS. I ANT TO THANK
ALL OF YOU. FIRST OF ALL FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL
. UM ONE THING I DO WANT TO
TOUCH ON IS I WANT TO THANK UM
AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE
SENATOR BASE DROP. IT HAS
COORDINATED A CONSENSUS BILL. WE
WORKED ON THE SENATE SIDE WITH
THE DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE,
SENATOR WEINER AND OTHERS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD CRAFT A
BILL. THAT EVERYONE WAS
COMFORTABLE WITH. AS WE ALL KNOW
ANDHAVE, UH, MENTIONED WHEN I
TESTIFIED IN THIS HEARING, UM,
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SO THAT NO ONE
HAS TOUCHED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
US. IN SOME FASHION OR ANOTHER,
AND ADDICTION IS REAL. BUT ONE
THING WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE IS
THAT OUR PENAL CODE AND OUR LAWS
NEED TO CATCH UP WITH SCIENCE,
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL
ENSURES TO DO. ON THE SENATE
SIDE. WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE
TOOK CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. WE'VE
UPDATED THE PENAL CODE BASED ON
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ADDICTION AND
HOW ADDICTION WORKS AND TO
ENSURE THAT WE DO SO. WITH
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY. UM THIS
BILL ENSURES THAT THERE WILL BE
EDUCATION OR TREATMENT AVAILABLE
FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH
THIS ADDICTION. AND WITH THAT I
WOULD ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE AND
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE. THANK
YOU. AND NOW GO TO THE ROOM FOR
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT.
MORNING MR CHAIR MEMBERS, RYAN
SHERMAN WITH THE RIVERSIDE
SHERIFF ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT
ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
FOLLOWING POLICE OFFICER
ASSOCIATIONS CLAREMONT CORONA,
POMONA. PALS FOR THESE NEWPORT
BEACH, UPLAND, SANTA ANA,
BURBANK, INGLEWOOD, ARCADIA,
RIVERSIDE. L, A SCHOOLS FULLER
TÂM AND COVER CITY HALL AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WILL NOW GO TO THE PHONE LINES
FOR WITNESSES AND SUPPORT. OF SP
904. TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT PRESS
10 AT THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE A
LINE QUEUING UP ONE MOMENT WHILE
WE PROVIDE THEIR LINE NUMBER.
WE'LL OPEN UP LINE. 23 GO AHEAD,
PLEASE. MORE GOOD MORNING
COMMITTEE TO MY NAME IS JULIO DE
LEON, REPRESENTING THE RIVERS OF
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF
SHERIFF CHAD BIANCO. IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL. THANK YOU. THERE
ARE NO FURTHER LINES IN QUÊ. MR
CHAIRMAN, NOW GO TO THE HEARING
ROOM, WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION
TO SB 904. SEEING NONE IN THE
ROOM WHEN I GO TO THE PHONE
LINES, WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION
TO SB 904. SPEAKING OPPOSITION
PRESS ONE THAN ZERO AT THIS
TIME. MR CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO
LINES QUEUED UP. WE'LL BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. FOR YOU.
NONE. YOU MAKE CLOTHES CENTER.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE
DID TAKE ON A NUMBER OF
AMENDMENTS AND I JUST LIKE TO
ENSURE THE COMMITTEE THAT THE
TERM SUCCESSFUL, WHICH WAS AN
ISSUE MANY HAD ABOUT. DID THAT
MEAN YOU HAD TO STAY, YOU KNOW,
CLEAN. NO IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU
WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROGRAM
AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE
PROGRAM ITSELF. SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR HEARING THIS TODAY
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE. THANK YOU. AND AS SOON AS
WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM WOLF. I'M
SURE WE'LL HAVE A MOTION IN THE
SECOND. WILL APPROVE. THANK YOU.
MR PORTANTINO, YOU'RE UP NEXT FB
993. SCHOOL SAFETY MASS
CASUALTY. THREATS. MORNING, MR
CHAIR. GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO START BY ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS AND, UH
, THANK THE COMMITTEE, STAFF AND
ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING WITH
MY STAFF AS WELL. UM, ON THE
RECENT AMENDMENTS AND HAPPY TO
TAKE THEM, UM, FOR THIS. WHAT I
THINK IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION. SB 906 IS IN
RESPONSE. TO THE SCHOOL SHOOTING
TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED IN
MICHIGAN EARLIER IN THE YEAR. SP
906 WOULD REQUIRE AN
INVESTIGATION FROM LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR SCHOOL CAMPUS
POLICE WHENEVER THERE IS A
PERCEIVED UH, FIREARM THREAT AS
YOU KNOW. IN MICHIGAN, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVE NOTICE
AND DID NOTHING. UM AND THAT'S
JUST UNACCEPTABLE. SP 906 ALSO
REQUIRES LOCAL EDUCATION
AGENCIES. TO INCLUDE INFORMATION
ON SAFE FIREARM STORAGE IN THEIR
ANNUAL NOTIFICATION. IT
PRIORITIZES SAFETY OF STUDENTS,
TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS,
CLASSIFIED STAFF. UM. WHICH IS
IMPORTANT TO DO AND SO OBVIOUSLY
THE SAFE STORAGE LAWS IN
CALIFORNIA STRONG'S. WE ALSO
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S
AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO GO
ALONG WITH THEM. TODAY I HAVE
WITH ME TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT
TRISTAN BROWN FROM THE
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS AND ALEC FOSTER ON
BEHALF OF WOMEN AGAINST GUN
VIOLENCE. AND AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A CHOIR MODE,
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SIT
OR YOU WON'T GO FROM THERE?
AMERICAN EMBASSY. WE WELCOME
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. TRISTAN BROWN
WAS CFT UNION OF EDUCATORS AND
CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS. YOU
KNOW, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS
BILL IS ALWAYS A VERY HARD ONE
TO DISCUSS. WE NEED TO LOOK NO
FURTHER INTO OUR PAST AND THE
SEA. RECENT TRAGEDIES OF WHAT
CAN HAPPEN WHEN THERE'S A
HOMICIDAL ACT AT A SCHOOL. THIS
IS THE KIND OF FEAR THAT I KNOW
I AS A NEW PARENT AND MANY
OTHERS LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT,
WONDERING IF THEIR SCHOOL IS
GOING TO BE NEXT. UH IT'S A
DISEASE IN AMERICA WHERE WE HAVE
THIS ISSUE, AND SB 906 IS AN
ATTEMPT TO GET AT SOME OF THE
CORE. TO BE AN EARLY
PREVENTATIVE MEASURE SO THAT
LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES AS WELL
AS APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES CAN COME TOGETHER AND
CREATE BEST PRACTICES WERE VERY
HAPPY TO SEE THE INCLUSION OF
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS IN THAT
PROCESS, SO THAT THIS DOES WHAT
IS IT INTENDED TO DO AND HAVE NO
OVERSPILL INTO OUR KIND OF OTHER
ISSUE OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
THAT MIGHT OFTEN OCCUR IN THESE
POSITIONS. THIS IS THE SORT OF
BILL THAT I THINK IS REALLY
GOING AT THE HEART OF MAKING
SURE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY
THREATS THAT WE KNOW HOW TO
RESPOND TO THEM AND THAT WE CAN
PREVENT HARM BEFORE IT OCCURS.
THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT
WILL HELP PEOPLE REST AT NIGHT
AND KNOW THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE
SAFE AS WELL AS OUR MEMBERS OF
EDUCATORS WHO YOU SAW GAVE UP
THEIR LIVES IN TEXAS TO PROTECT
THEIR KIDS. WE NO LONGER WANT TO
BE IN THAT POSITION, SO WE
WHOLEHEARTEDLY VERY MUCH ENDORSE
THIS BILL. WE ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE THIS MORNING. AND I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEONE ON
THE PHONE. ALEX FOSTER. WOMEN
AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE. 18 3
OPERATED HELLO. GO AHEAD ONCE
AGAIN IF THEY COULD ISLANDERS OR
WITNESSED AIRLINE HAS ALREADY
OPEN SER OKAY. HELLO. CAN YOU
HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS ALEX FOSTER, REPRESENTING
WOMEN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE AND
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF SB 906,
THE SCHOOL SAFETY MASS CASUALTY
THREATS BILL AUTHORED BY
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR ANTHONY
PORTANTINO. I'M A GUN VIOLENCE
SURVIVOR. ON DECEMBER 8TH 1997
BY SEVEN YEAR OLD BROTHER EVAN
LEE FOSTER WAS MURDERED AND I
JUST 10 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME
WAS INJURED BY HE ASSAILANT WHO
WAS USING MAC 90 ASSAULT
WEAPONS. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS. AT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAVE
BECOME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT
ADULT. VARIOUS STATE GOVERNMENTS
AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE
SHIFTED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SCHOOL SAFETY ONTO THE STUDENTS
AND THEIR TEACHERS. WE PUT IN
PLACE PROGRAMS SUCH AS ACTIVE
SHOOTER DRILLS. SEE SOMETHING
SAY SOMETHING. SIGNS OF SUICIDE
OR S. O S A PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT
TEACHES THEM HOW TO IDENTIFY
SIGNS OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
IN THEMSELVES AND THEIR PEERS.
FIRST AID TRAINING FOR STUDENTS
TO LEARN HOW TO ASSIST THEIR
INJURED PEERS DURING A SCHOOL
SHOOTING. AND ALICE, AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER DRILL THAT INCLUDES HOW
TO FIGHT OFF THE GUN. NOW WITH
THIS RECENT PROPOSED COMPROMISE
IN WASHINGTON, D. C. WE KNOW
THAT WE CAN'T COUNT ON THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP KEEP
US SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE. AT
LEAST NOT FOR NOW. INSTEAD WE
ARE COUNTING ON YOU. OUR STATE
GOVERNMENT TO HELP PROTECT US
FROM THIS EPIDEMIC. PLEASE VOTE
YES. ON SP 906 SCHOOL SAFETY,
MASS CASUALTY THREATS. AND SEND
THIS CRITICAL LIFESAVING
LEGISLATION ON ITS PATH FORWARD
TO BECOMING A CALIFORNIA LAW.
BECAUSE PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY
OF STUDENTS BY INCREASING
TRANSPARENCY, ENSURING SAFE AT
HOME STORAGE AND EMPOWERING
EDUCATORS IS CRUCIAL TO KEEPING
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS SAFE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU WILL. WILL NOW
TAKE IT TO THE ROOM OR ANY
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT THAT WOULD
LIKE TO TESTIFY. NAME AND
ORGANIZATION SAYING DONE WILL GO
TO THE PHONE LINE FOR WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT. OF SP 906. 18 TO
OPERATOR OPENING SUPPORT. YES TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT PRESS ONE THAN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. WE'LL OPEN UP
LINE. 19 GO AHEAD, PLEASE. LINE
19 YEAR LINE IS OPEN. ONCE AGAIN
LINE 19. YOUR LINE IS OPEN AND
PLEASE GO AHEAD. ALL PARTIES
PERSECUTED ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF CHILD
ANALYSIS, PSYCHIATRY AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LINE 15.
GOOD MORNING. THIS IS SUSAN LUC
CALLING FROM WOMEN FOR AMERICAN
VALUES AND ETHICS IN ORANGE
COUNTY, AND WE'RE CALLING IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF SB 906. THANK
YOU. LINE 51. JEFF BARKER,
REPRESENTING THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
AND SUPPORT. MR CHAIRMAN. THERE
ARE NO FURTHER LINES IN QUÊ.
THANK YOU. SO ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES IN THE HEARING ROOM
AND OPPOSITION? CN DONE. WE'LL
GO TO THE LINE EARLY WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION 18 THE OPERATION.
TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION PRESS
ONE, THEN ZERO AT THIS TIME.
WILL OPEN LINE. 33 GO AHEAD,
PLEASE. HI THIS IS RACHEL WITH
NATOMAS FREEDOM AND TOWED. SPEAK
KIND. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. LINE 50. HELLO. GOOD
MORNING. UM. MY NAME'S TIM BELL
. I HOPE YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME.
NOT BEFORE. UM I'M A MOM WAS FOR
AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, THE ACTUAL
GROUP FOR 26 YEARS. UNOPPOSED BE
SEX. AND I HOPE YOU WILL
CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE AND THIS
IS JUST FOR ME. IT'S THANK YOU,
NORTON. NEXT GO TO LINE 28. YES
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM
DR JOSEPH HOLLIFIELD, A
PSYCHOLOGIST WHO WORKS WITH
CHILDREN. ADOLESCENTS. I AM NOT
A LOBBYIST. WHETHER I'VE BEEN
INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL BEHAVIORAL
THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR 22 YEARS
AND WOULD LIKE A MINIMUM OF TIME
WITH THE COMMITTEE TO SHARE MY
EXPERTISE ON THAT TOPIC. I KNOW
THAT'S QUESTIONING RIGHT NOW HIS
NAME AND ORGANIZATION THANK YOU.
BLIND 52. THIS IS GEORGE BRANTON
DO ON THE HULU. CALIFORNIA
ACTION STEP CLEAN OPPOSITION.
HOWEVER, WE APPRECIATE THE
AMENDMENTS ENTER QUARANTINE. OH
IS MADE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER TO
KEEP STUDENTS SÜ. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER
LINES IN QUÊ. MR. CHAIRMAN THANK
YOU. BRING IT BACK FOR ANY
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. I LIKE
IT. YEAH, THANK YOU. I FIRST OF
ALL I WANT TO COMMEND QATAR FOR
ADDRESSING THIS VERY SENSITIVE
ISSUE VERY TIMELY ISSUE. AND MY
CONCERN IS NOT ABOUT THE
CONTENTS OTHER THAN WHAT IT'S
MISSING. MY FRUSTRATION IS THE
FACT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE
LEFT OUT OF THIS BILL. BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT INFORMATION COULD
ACTUALLY TRAVEL. THROUGH THE
SCHOOLS WITH YOUNGER STUDENTS OF
THE SIBLINGS WERE TO INFORM
PERSONNEL ABOUT A POTENTIAL
THREAT. FOR EXAMPLE, A YOUNG
CHILD COMES AND EXPRESSES TO
THEIR TEACHER THAT THEY'RE
WORRIED ABOUT A IBLING. I THINK
THAT'S A VERY POSSIBLE SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES. MAYBE HOPEFULLY
NOT AS PREVALENT AS AS SOME OF
THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I
DO THINK IT'S NO MISSION THAT I
HAVE CONCERN OVER. MAYBE YOU
COULD EXPLAIN THAT. WOULD YOU
LIKE ME TO DO MY CLOSER IF YOU
COULD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR
QUIRK? YEAH UM, SINCE WE HAVE A
QUORUM, I'LL MOVE YOUR BILL.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE DON'T
HAVE A QUORUM YET, MR. NO IT'S
SOON AS OKAY. THE MATH MUFFLED
DAY AS SOON AS. YOU MAY CLOSE.
UM OBVIOUSLY, WE WRESTLED WITH
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISSUE IN
TALKING TO PEDIATRICIANS AND
OTHERS FELT THAT AH! THAT ASPECT
OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND
THEN EXCUSE ME STUDENTS AND THEN
THE STATISTICS SURROUNDING THE
SHOOTERS. THE AVERAGE AGES 15.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE SHOOTERS
COME FROM 15 TO 18. AND SO WE
FELT IT WAS IN A PRUDENT
OMISSION. ON THE NOTIFICATION
PIECE. U THAT WAS A DRAFTING
ERROR. WE WILL BE CORRECTING
THAT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GET THE
EDUCATION COMPONENT, BUT NOT THE
MANDATORY INVESTIGATION
COMPONENT, JUSTIN AND ADVICE OF
THE PEDIATRICIANS AND THEN THE
STATISTICS OF THE SHOOTERS. SO
THAT'S WHY WE LEFT THAT OUT. UM
FURTHER. HAS BEEN SAID. YOU KNOW
THESE TIMES. YOU KNOW, ALL OF
US. HAVE BEEN ROCKED BY THE
TRAGEDY IN TEXAS. BY THIS
LARGELY AMERICAN ISSUE. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT ONLY HAPPENS
HERE. UM AND I DON'T WANT TO
WAKE UP ONE DAY AND SAY WE COULD
HAVE PREVENTED SOMETHING. YOU
NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU ACTUALLY
PREVENT SOMETHING, BUT YOU DO
KNOW IN A SENSE THAT WHEN YOU
PUT IN PLACE PRUDENT ACTIONS,
THEY'RE GOING TO BEAR FRUIT. AND
SO I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP AND
SAY WE COULD HAVE DONE MORE, AND
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO DO MORE TO
MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS AH!
PRAGMATICALLY AND PROACTIVELY
PREVENT A VIOLENT ACT WHEN
THERE'S A THREAT. IT'S ALSO PART
OF THE SLATE OF BILLS THAT THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATIVE
LEADERSHIP OF NEGOTIATED TO TRY
TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE CHAIRS. HELP
IN THE COMMITTEES. QUICK AND
SWIFT WORK TO GET THIS WHERE IT
IS TODAY, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE. THANK YOU, MR AS WE
HAVE A QUORUM CHAIR WHERE WE
RECOMMEND AND I VOTE, WE WORRY.
HAVE A COMMITMENT OF A FIRST AND
THE SECOND SO SHOULD BE FINE.
THANK YOU. AND SINCE WE HAVE, UH
THE PUBLIC SAFETY SENATE
COMMITTEE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO
START WITH THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, MR BRADFORD. AND THEN
SENATOR KAMLAGER SO THEY CAN GO
BACK. AND VOTE ON SOME VERY
IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY.
ASSEMBLY BUILDING ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS NOT THE AGUAS HERE, SO
WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH A
QUORUM. MET COLORADO. JOHN
SAWYER LACKEY. BANTA. LEE.
QUIRK. SANTIAGO. SEYARTO
CRISTINA GARCIA. ONCE PRESIDENT
ARE NOT CONSENT CALENDAR NUMBER
TWO SB 877 EGGMAN. I DON'T
NUMBER THREE SB 882 EGGMAN. I
DON'T NUMBER FIVE SB 903
HERTZBERG AND ITEM NUMBER 12. 14
18 NEWMAN. MOTION. HIS SECOND.
CALLED ROLE. AND THEY COULD SEND
CALENDAR JOHN SAWYER. I LACKEY
LACKEY. I BONTA LEE. QUIRK.
QUIRK EYES SANTIAGO SANTIAGO, I
SAY YOU'RE TOO CR TWO I GARCIA.
STATE CALENDAR HAS BEEN APPROVED
. CHAIRMAN BRADFORD YOU MAY
BEGIN WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, UM 11 78,
WHICH WILL ELIMINATE THE TIME
LIMITATIONS ON RETROSPECTIVE
CASES IN WHICH PERSONS CONVICTED
THE QUALIFYING FELONY MAY FILE A
PETITION TO THE COURT TO HAVE
THEIR SENTENCE REDUCED OR
RECORDS RECLASSIFIED AS A
MISDEMEANOR. THIS IS JUST MOVING
, ELIMINATING. I GUESS THE
SUNSET DOESN'T CHANGE ANYONE
WHO'S ELIGIBLE FOR THIS, NOR ANY
OF THE CRIMES AS WE ALL KNOW, IN
2014 PROP 47 PAST TO RECLASSIFY
SIX LOW LEVEL, NONVIOLENT
FELONIES AS MISDEMEANORS AND
AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED
OF QUALIFYING FELONIES TO
PETITION THE COURT. AH TO RE
SENTENCE THOSE PREVIOUS
CONVENTION. THE CONVICTIONS AS
MISDEMEANORS. THIS IS ALL THIS
BILL DOES. IT WAS DUE TO EXPIRE
ON NOVEMBER. AH OF THIS YEAR.
2022 SIMPLY WE'RE SEEING, LET'S
REMOVED THE SUNSET. AS WE KNOW.
UM, THREE YEARS AGO, IT WAS
EXTENDED. THROUGH A B 27 65.
THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US HERE
TODAY. AND JUST THE BILL JUST
SIX TO ELIMINATE THE DEADLINE
FOR SEVERAL REASONS. INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE AND INDIGENT AND ON
HOUSE OR OFTEN PREOCCUPIED WITH
ATTENDING TO BASIC SURVIVAL
NEEDS, EVEN IF THERE WERE THERE
AVAILABLE FOR RE SENTENCING
RELIEF. THEY ARE LIKELY UNAWARE
OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO PREPARE
AND FOLLOW THEIR PETITIONS. OUR
THEIR WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WILL
END. FURTHER THIS FRONT
VULNERABLE POPULATION OFTEN
LACKS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY TO
CONTACT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
OFFICE AND THE COURTS TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS AND FINALLY OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS DEPEND ON BECAUSE
LIMITED TO ACCESS TO COURT. SO
WE JUST FEEL THERE WAS A NEED TO
EXPAND THIS SO IT WOULD PROVIDE
THAT PERMANENT UNLESS RESOURCE
INTENSIVE MECHANISM FOR
OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS
WHO SEEK TO HAVE THEIR RECORDS.
REDRESSED AND AUTHORIZED UNDER
PROP 47 AGAIN. IT DOESN'T EXPAND
THE UNIVERSE OF CRIMES OR THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO QUALIFY THAT FOR
THIS AND OF COURSE, SPONSORS OF
THE BILL OR CALIFORNIA FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE AND THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS TESTIFYING AND
SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY IS DANA
BOAT ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
ADVISOR WITH THE L. A COUNTY
OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER AND
JOY WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF ORGAN
OR ORGANIZING WITH THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE FOR VOTE
PROJECT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
I VOTE. THANK YOU. MR WILLIAMS.
YOU MAY BEGIN AND THEN WE'LL DO
THE PHONE WITHIN THE BOLT. THANK
YOU. CHAIR AND THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MY NAME IS JOEY
WILLIAMS THAT WAS MENTIONED I'M
THE DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING WITH
THE CALIFORNIA NATIVO PROJECT.
MEMBER OF THE NEWER PEOPLE, THE
CURRENT VALLEY INDIAN COMMUNITY
AND THE REASON WHY I STAY THERE
BECAUSE NATIVE AMERICANS, WE
SUFFER THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATES
, THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION
RATES AND THE HIGHEST POLICE
BRUTALITY RATES PER CAPITA THAN
ANY OTHER GROUP. AND ALREADY
SHARE THINK THAT MEMBERS SHARED
ABOUT THE EXPLORATION HAS SET
FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, SO I
WON'T GO DO TOO MUCH INTO THAT.
IN 2015 MY FELONY DRUG
POSSESSION FROM 1998, WHICH
ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
MISDEMEANOR OR THREE, CLASSIFIED
BY THE CURRENT COUNTY PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE, THE PROP 47
UNIT. I WAS 21 YEARS OLD IN 1998
AND BELIEVE THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN TREATED FOR MY ADDICTION
AND I PUNISHED FOR THE REST OF
MY LIFE. AFTER COMPLETING FELONY
PROBATION. A JAIL SENTENCE OF
DRUG PROGRAM MOVED TO SANTA
BARBARA, CALIFORNIA TO GO BACK
TO COLLEGE. MY FIRST SEMESTER AT
A FOUR POINT OH, UPON GETTING A
STUDENT JOB ON CAMPUS AS THE GOP
S PURE ADVISOR. I WAS INFORMED
BY THE HR DEPARTMENT THAT MY
FELONY ON MY RECORD WOULD NEED
TO COME OFF IF I EVER WANTED A
BETTER JOB AT THE COLLEGE. THE
STRESS THAT WAS ADDED IN MY LIFE
AFTER THAT WAS ENORMOUS AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE, BUT I ALWAYS
BELIEVE IF I WORKED HARD AND HAD
HOPED IT WOULD CHANGE THINGS.
THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. BUT
IN 2014 AFTER COMPLETING A
BACHELOR'S AND A MASTER'S AT CAL
STATE BAKERSFIELD. I WAS ABLE TO
RUN OUR PROP 47 CAMPAIGN AFTER
BECOMING A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
WITH FAITH IN THE VALLEY IN A
CURRENT COUNTY WITH THE PICO
NETWORK, AND WE WON IN NOVEMBER
OF 2014. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR
LIBERATION. IS THAT WHAT
THOUSANDS OF US DID? MANY WERE
RELEASED FROM PRISON THAT VERY
NIGHT, EVEN GETTING OUR PAROLE
AND TAKING JOBS OUTSIDE OF THE
COUNTY OF THE RESIDENTS. IS
VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
PROVIDE MORE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO
CHANGE THEIR RECORDS. MANY OF
THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES AS
MENTIONED, INCLUDING THOSE WHO
SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILLNESS,
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER MAY BE
RELUCTANT TO SEEK RECORD
RELIEVED BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN
NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES. WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. MOST
PEOPLE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA
TODAY WITH AN OLD FELONY RECORD,
HAVE FULLY COMPLETED THEIR
SENTENCE AND LIVE CRIME FREE FOR
YEARS OR EVEN DECADES. RATHER
THAN KEEPING US SAFE, LONG
LASTING POST CONVICTION
RESTRICTIONS MAKE IT HARDER FOR
CALIFORNIA'S LIKE MYSELF TO
REBUILD PRODUCTIVE IN FULL LIVES
. FINALLY OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS, THE PANDEMIC HAS GREATLY
LIMITED ACCESS TO THE COURTS AND
CREATED SIGNIFICANT BACKLOGS.
COMPLETION OF CENSORSHIP PAVED A
WAY FOR COMPLETE RETURN TO CIVIC
LIFE, INCLUDING BEING TAXPAYERS.
INSTEAD OF COST COSTING
TAXPAYERS 70 YEAR 70 GRAND A
YEAR, WHICH CAN GO TO SCHOOLS
NATIONALLY, THERE ARE MORE THAN
48,000 RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON
PEOPLE LIVING WITH THE OLD
FELONY CONVICTION, INCLUDING
NEARLY 5000 IN CALIFORNIA ALONE.
FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I HUMBLY
REQUEST YOU SUPPORT SB 11 78
TODAY WITH AN I VOTE AND GIVE
INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS MORE TIME
TO SEEK CHANGE TO THEIR RECORDS.
THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. MR BOLT.
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DANA BOLT. I
AM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY ADVISOR WITH THE
L. A COUNTY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER AND I'M TESTIFYING ON
BEHALF OF THE L. ACOUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON COUNTY CO
SPONSORED SB 11 78. AS SENATOR
BRADFORD MENTIONED PROPOSITION
47 WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS IN
2014 AND CHANGED THE PENALTY FOR
SIMPLE DRUG POSSESSION AND FIVE
PETTY THEFT RELATED CRIMES FROM
A FELONY TO A MISDEMEANOR. IT
ALSO GRANTED INDIVIDUALS
CONVICTED OF THESE OFFENSES
PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE INITIATIVE TO PETITION THE
COURT FOR RE SENTENCING OR
RECORDS, RECLASSIFICATION. THE
ORIGINAL DEADLINE AGAIN AS THE
ESTEEMED SENATOR BRADFORD
MENTIONED, UM, FOR FILING
PETITIONS WAS NOVEMBER 20
NOVEMBER 2017, BUT IT QUICKLY
BECAME CLEAR THAT THREE YEARS
WAS INSUFFICIENT TO IDENTIFY AND
ADDRESS RECORDS RELIEF FOR THE
CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF
POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS. THEREFORE THANKS TO
DR SHIRLEY WEBER. THE DEADLINE
WAS EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 2022.
WITH THIS BILL, WE ARE SEEKING
ELIMINATION OF THE SUNSET DATE
ALTOGETHER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT
NOT EVERYONE ELIGIBLE FOR
RECORDS, CORRECTIONS HAS HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK RELIEF.
COVID RELATED DELAYS ALONE HAVE
HINDERED COURT'S ABILITY TO
PROCESS CASES FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS AND COUNTING. AND IF THE
SUNSET WERE TWO LAPS, QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUALS COULD STILL SEEK
RELIEF, BUT ONLY THROUGH MORE
TIME AND RESOURCE INTENSIVE
SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE. SB 11 78
IS A NARROWLY DRAFTED BILL THAT
SEEKS TO EXTEND AN IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERWISE
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND ENSURES
ACCESS TO A PERMANENT AND MORE
EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR RECORDS.
CORRECTIONS. PROPOSITION 47 HAS
BEEN A LIFELINE TO VULNERABLE
CALIFORNIANS. IT HAS LESSENED
RACIAL DISPARITIES IN
CALIFORNIA'S CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM IT HAS REDUCED ON
CONSTITUTIONAL OVERCROWDING IN
STATE PRISON. IT HAS REINVESTED
MORE THAN HALF A BILLION. THAT'S
A B DOLLARS INTO LOCAL PROGRAMS
THAT ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF
INCARCERATION. IT HAS REDUCED
HOMELESSNESS AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, IN THE CONTEXT OF
SB 11 78 CREATED A PROCESS FOR
RECLASSIFYING OLD FELONIES THAT
REMOVES BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT,
HOUSING, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES. AND PROVIDES
PEOPLE WITH ITS ABILITY THEY
NEED TO PUT THEM ON THE ROAD TO
SELF SUFFICIENCY. I URGE YOUR I
VOTE ON SB 11 78 AND THANK YOU
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH
TESTIFY. THANK YOU AND I'LL
BRING IT TO THE ROOM WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT NAME AND
ORGANIZATION. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I'M ELIZABETH
ESPINOSA ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN
COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA, A
COALITION OF THE 14 MOST
POPULOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE,
AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS IN THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CLARA. THANK YOU, SENATOR
BRADFORD. QUÊ. GOOD MORNING
AGAIN. ANTHONY DEMARTINO ON
BEHALF OF A CO SPONSORS,
CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFETY AND
JUSTICE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
, MELISSA COSI ON BEHALF OF TIME
DOWN AND REPACK IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, MR CHAIR COMMITTEE,
CARILLO FERGUSON ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
BLACK CAUCUS LUNCH COMMITTEE AND
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING. GLENN
BECK IS FOR THE L. A BAKER
CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NOW GO TO
THE PHONE LINES, WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT 18 T OPERATE, YOU CAN
OPEN UP LINE. TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT. PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. WILL FIRST GO TO LINE
63. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS JIM LINDBERG ON BEHALF
OF THE FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON
LEGISLATION OF CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT. FIND SIX. GOOD MORNING
. THIS IS MARCO GEORGE AGAIN ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LINE 65.
LINDA WINER WITH THE CALIFORNIA
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. LINE 62. GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS GREGORY FOR THAT WAS
INITIATE JUSTICE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE
MORE LINE IN Q WHILE WE PROVIDE
THEIR LINE NUMBER ONE MOMENT,
PLEASE. 9 24 GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
WE'RE BACK IN GONZALES NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER AND SUPPORT.
MR CHAIRMAN. THERE ARE NO
FURTHER LINES IN. Q THANK YOU
WILL NOW GO TO WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. THEY'RE IN THE
HEARING ROOM. SEEING NONE. YOU
MAY GO TO PHONE LINE FOR
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION. 11 78
BRADFORD. TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION
. PLEASE PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO AT
THIS TIME. THE CHAIRMAN. WE HAVE
NO LINES QUEUED UP IN
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. WE'LL
BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND QUESTIONS, MR
LACKEY. YEAH. I, UH. I
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING
FROM. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I
SUPPORTED THE INITIAL EXTENSION
, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A
REASON IN PROP 47. WHY THAT THEY
INDICATED TO OUR PUBLIC AT LARGE
THAT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE
AN ENDLESS OR INFINITE TIMELINE
THAT THERE WOULD BE A REASONABLE
STANDARD, AND I BELIEVE THAT AN
INFINITE AND ENDLESS TIMELINE IS
NOT REASONABLE. AND FOR THAT
REASON, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS ONE. YES MR QUIRT.
UH SENATOR BRADFORD, YOU ARE
ALWAYS THINKING. ABOUT WHERE YOU
CAME FROM AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING
AND TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WHO
NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF WAS
TRUE IN YOUR BILL YESTERDAY THAT
I HEARD IN REVENUE AND TAX SO I
MOVE YOUR BILL AND CONGRATULATE
YOU ON GOOD WORK. YOU DO. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. QUÊ. THAT YOU
MAKE CLOTHES. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THIS IS A
COMMON SENSE MEASURE. UH TRULY
PROP 47 DID HAVE A SUNSET, BUT
WE'VE ALL KNOWN THE BARRIERS AND
ROADBLOCKS AND INDIVIDUALS. HAVE
RUN INTO IN ORDER TO ACCESS
PROPOSITION 47. ALSO THE
PANDEMIC ONLY EXACERBATED WANTS
ACCESS TO THE COURTS AND AGAIN
ONE'S AWARENESS AND THE NUMBER
OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. BE
AWARE OF WHAT EVEN PROP 47 MEANS
TO THEM, LET ALONE HOW TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT, SO WE SHOULDN'T
ASK FOLKS TO BE BURDENED WITH
AGAIN. SIX. UH CONVICTIONS, NOT
A WIDE ARRAY OF CRIMES THAT CAN
BE REDUCED TO A MISTER MEANER
BUT JUST ONLY SIX AND AGAIN,
ALLOWING FOLKS TO HAVE LIVE A
PRODUCTIVE LIFE TO GET EDUCATION
AS MR WILLIAMS CLEARLY
ARTICULATED. SO UH,
UNDERSTANDING THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU. I'LL DO THE SECOND.
YOU'RE. SANTIAGO ALSO SECONDARY.
UM CHERISH. RECOMMEND I VOTE
BECAUSE NOT ONLY EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES OF COVID JUST HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS, UM FOR ALL THE
PROP 47 RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
BE INSTITUTED. IT'S NOT MY
MICROWAVE WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT. THE FACT THAT YOU'VE
EXTENDING THE TIME ON THE SHOWS
THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THIS MORE
TIME. AND MORE PEOPLE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THEIR
LIVES. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR
THAT. COLORADO. AND SB 11 78 BY
SENATOR BRADFORD. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS JOHN SAWYER. I LACKEY
LACKEY NOTE. BONTA. LEE. QUIRKS.
AYE. CORK I SANTIAGO. SANTIAGO
EYES CR TO CR TONO GARCIA. HE
SAID. OKAY WE'RE WAITING FOR THE
OTHER MEMBERS ON CALL.
THINNER KAMLAGER. COME ON DOWN.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
. GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
I AM HERE TO PRESENT MY BILL. SB
13. OH, FOUR. WHICH SEEKS TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT CDCR GIVES TO PEOPLE UPON
RELEASE FROM STATE PRISONS, ALSO
KNOWN AS GATE MONEY. THIS BILL
WOULD ALSO COMPEL CDCR TO
CONTINUE ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION
FROM 2024 ONWARDS. THE CURRENT
AMOUNT OF GATE MONEY GIVEN IS
$200. IT ISN'T AMOUNT THAT HAS
REMAINED THE SAME SINCE 1973 AND
THIS WILL INCREASE THIS AMOUNT
TO 1300 TO ADJUST FOR INFLATION.
EVERYTHING COSTS LESS IN 1973 AT
THE TIME. A $200 CHECK COULD
MORE THAN COVER THE COST OF ONE
MONTH'S RENT ON A TYPICAL TWO
BEDROOM APARTMENT IN 2022. $200
BARELY COVERS LESS THAN 15% OF
ONE MONTH'S RENT ON A TYPICAL
STUDIO APARTMENT, LET ALONE FOOD
, HYGIENE, TRANSPORTATION OR ANY
OTHER BASIC NEEDS. PROVIDING A
NEWLY RELEASED PERSON WITH $1300
COULD ALLOW THEM TO LOCATE A NEW
JOB AND MAY ASSIST WITH SOME OF
THE POST RELEASE FINANCIAL
OBLIGATIONS. MANY FORMERLY
INCARCERATED PEOPLE FACE SUCH AS
TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM
PAROLE CHECK INS. PROVIDING GATE
MONEY. THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE
REFLECTION OF TODAY'S FINANCIAL
REALITY FOR CALIFORNIANS IS
CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS
POLICY AND THE SUCCESS OF A
REHABILITATIVE PRISON SYSTEM.
FACILITATING A SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITION TO LIFE AFTER PRISON
BUT ULTIMATELY INCREASING PUBLIC
SAFETY AND DECREASING RECIDIVISM
WITH ME HERE IN SUPPORT IS
GEORGIA HORTON, FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GEORGIA
HORTON MINISTRIES, AND KARINA
MELENDEZ, ON BEHALF OF THE
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES. AND AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME, I WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
18 3 OPERATING THAT YOU OPEN UP
THE PHONE LINES FOR THE TWO
WITNESSES. FIVE MINUTES TOTAL.
THE WITNESS LINES ARE OPEN. MISS
HORTON. OR MELENDEZ, YOU MAY BE
DEAD. YES. HI. UM. MY NAME IS
GEORGE IMPORTANT? UM I LIKE TO
KNOW THE STATE OF TIME IS NOW
TIME TO SPEAK OR TIME JUST TO
INTRODUCE IT'S YOUR TIME TO
SPEAK. IN FAVOR OF THE BILL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. AGAIN MY
NAME IS EVANGELIST GEORGIA
HORTON FROM GEORGIA. AND THEN
I'M ALSO EX OFFENDER THAT DID 25
YEARS TO LIFE AND THE LARGEST,
ONE OF FACILITIES SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THIS BILL. BECAUSE OF
THE NECESSARY NEEDS OF INCREASE
ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS ONE OF
THE MAJOR, AMONG MANY REASONS
FOR INCREASE UPON, UM, INMATE
LEAVING THE INSTITUTION ALONE.
UH, AT THE INMATE IS NOT AS
THEY'RE IN OUR AND ARE GETTING
READY TO PAROLE WITH THE CURRENT
$200. IT'S AN INMATE HAS BEEN
DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND
DOES NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY
ITEMS THAT WAS RECEIVED GIVEN TO
THEM WHEN THEY ENTERED INTO THE
INSTITUTION. THEY ARE CHARGED
WITH OUT FOR THOSE ISLANDS. SO
YOU'RE STARTING OFF WITH $200.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PANTS,
BUT THE COAT THE LOCK THE THINGS
THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU, ME
MYSELF. BEING INCARCERATED
BETWEEN FIVE YEARS I DID NOT
HAVE THE INITIAL ITEMS THAT WAS
GIVEN TO ME WHEN UPON MY
RELIEVING WHICH MADE ME LEAVE
WITH, UH, INSTEAD OF $200. UM
$96. ALSO UPON ME LEAVING. I
HAVE TO PAY FOR MY, UM,
TRANSPORTATION BACK TO MY HOME,
WHICH WAS LOS ANGELES AT THAT
TIME, SO WHETHER THERE'S A BUS
TICKET OR SOME INMATES LEAVE OUT
THAT LIVE OUT OF STATE. THEY
HAVE TO PLAIN PAPER THAT PLANE
TICKET. SOME INMATES ARE
PAROLING TO RE INSTANCE. NOW
BECAUSE OF COVID 19. A LOTTERY
ENTRIES ARE EVEN CHARGING FOR
HOUSING SO YOU MIGHT IMMEDIATELY
UPON COMING INTO REENTERING HAVE
TO PAY THE FIRST MONTH WRENCH.
WHICH WAS MY $500. SO THESE ARE
THE CHALLENGES JUST MAJOR MINOR
CHALLENGE IS JUST GETTING INTO
THE CITY THE FIRST DAY UPON YOUR
PAROLE MORE LESS STARTING YOUR
WHOLE LIFE OVER. UM HAVING TO
GAIN YOUR I D HAVING TO GET THE
NECESSARY CLOTHING TO EVEN GO
PRESENTABLE TO EVEN APPLY FOR A
JOB HAVING TO GET TRANSPORTATION
HAVING TO GET THE NECESSARY
ITEMS TO EVEN TO LIVE FOOD
HOUSING NECESSITY. MOLEST TRYING
TO FIND THE RESIDENCE. IF YOU'RE
GOING INTO A HOME WHERE YOUR
FAMILY IS THERE, YOU DON'T WANT
TO GO IN AS A HAND DOWN BUT A
HAND UP, SO YOU WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN GIVING INTO UH
AND ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN GONE AND HAVE BEEN A
STRANGE TO THE ECONOMIC DOING
COVID 19 ECONOMIC UM AND SOCIAL
, UH, AND MENTAL CRISIS, UH,
AFFECTED EVEN PEOPLE THAT WILL
STABLE FOR YEARS AND DECADES
MORE OR LESS A RETURNING
CITIZENS THAT'S COMING BACK INTO
AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS CHANGED.
UH DRASTICALLY ALL OVER. UM.
WITH THE EXTRA NECESSARY THINGS
THAT NEEDED AS MATH. I'M ASKING
VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS GATE
MONEY BE RAISED FROM 200 TO 1300
TO ME. IT EVEN NEEDS TO BE EVEN
MORE. BUT ON THE FLOOR. WE HAVE
THIS AMOUNT. I'M ASKING THAT THE
COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING, UM
BE GRANTED TOWARDS THE RETURNING
CITIZENS. SO THEY WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REGAIN NOT ONLY
THEIR FREEDOM, BUT THE THING
THAT LIVES BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW
THAT PAROLE DON'T NAG ME GIVING
YOUR LIFE BACK. BUT ALSO MAYBE
EVEN BACK. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING. REMEMBER I AM KARINA
MELENDEZ ADVOCACY CENTER FOR
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I WAS
CONNECTED WITH CEO WHILE
INCARCERATED THROUGH A JOB
COURSE CLASS I ATTENDED TODAY.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND TESTIFY
FOR AS THE 13. OH, FOUR. THE
BILL THAT INCREASES OUR GATE
MONEY UPON RELEASE. HAD TO START
FROM THERE WHEN I GOT OUT, IT
WASN'T IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
RETURNING CITIZENS STIMULUS
PAYMENT, BUT I WAS PROVIDED
THROUGH CEO HONESTLY DON'T KNOW
HOW I WOULD HAVE SURVIVED MY
FIRST FEW MONTHS OUT. THIS IS
INCREASING GATE MONEY WILL HELP
A LOT OF THOSE COMING HOME TO
GET OTHER IMMEDIATE NEEDS. FOR
EXAMPLE, CLOTHING, HYGIENE AND
TRANSPORTATION TO JOB LOSS FROM
LIVED IN IMMENSELY OFF OUR
FAMILY SHOULDERS, AND NOW THEY
HAVE ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED. OUR
GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE SYMBOLISM AS
BEST AS WE CAN. THAT RETURNING
CITIZENS STIMULUS PREMIUM HELPED
ME OUT NOT ONLY TO BUY CLOTHES
FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR INTERVIEWS.
IT ALSO HELPED ME. FOR MY
TRANSPORTATION TO MY JOB AND TO
WORK INTERVIEW IT IS WHAT PAVED
THE WAY FOR ME TO BE WHERE I AM
TODAY AND ADVOCACY FELLOW SP.
OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WITHOUT WITNESSES AND HEARING
ROOM AND SUPPORT. ANTHONY
DEMARTINO ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFETY AND
JUSTICE. TIME DONE AND REPACK.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. GLENN
BECK IS FOR ELLA BAKER CENTER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. MORNING, KHALIL
FERGUSON CDP BY CONGRESS PLEDGED
COMMITTEE AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
AN ALGORITHM. PHONE LINES. FOR
WHAT? POINT THAT WE GET AND
SUPPORT. PHONE RIGHTS AND
SUPPORT. TO MY TRY TO CORRECT ME
THE WRONG WAY. THAT WITNESS IS
ON THE PHONE LINE IN SUPPORT. TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT. PRESS ONE,
THEN ZERO AT THIS TIME. WELL,
FIRST GO TO LINE 24. GOOD
MORNING, REBECCA GONZALEZ FOR
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS, CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER IN SUPPORT. LINE SIX.
MOM. GOOD MORNING, MARCO,
GEORGIA AND THE HALF OF
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. BUYING 69. GOOD MORNING. MY
NAME IS CATALINA LEWIS, LILY GO
SERVICES FOR PRISONERS, WITH
CHILDREN CALLING IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF S B 13. OH, FOUR.
THANK YOU. BUYING 70. HELLO.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARVIN
GOLD, UM, IS COMING FROM LEGAL
SERVICES FOR PRISONERS WITH
CHILDREN AND I'M CALLING A
STRONG SUPPORT OF SB 13. OH,
FOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HUESO
LINE 63. GOOD MORNING, JIM
LINDBERG ON BEHALF OF THE
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION
IN CALIFORNIA AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. BLAME 62.
GOOD MORNING, GREGORY PUT UP
WITH INITIATE JUSTICE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LINE 68.
GOOD MORNING, GLENN DALLIANCE
CUSTOM IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL. LINE 61. SOMEWHERE IN MY
NAME IS PAUL BRILEY ON BEHALF OF
LEGAL SERVICES FOR PRISONERS
WITH CHILDREN AND ALL OF US ARE
NONE AND STRONG SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. MR CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO
FURTHER LINES IN QUÊ MALCO
THROUGH HEARING ROOM WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION. NOTHING AND WILL
NOW GO TO PHONE LINES, WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION. 18 THE OPERATOR
OPENED UP THE PHONE LINES FOR
OPPOSITION FOR SB 13. OH, FOUR.
SPEAKING OPPOSITION PRESS ONE,
THEN ZERO AT THIS TIME. MR
CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO LINES
QUEUING UP. WE'LL BRING IT BACK
TO COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. MR LACKEY. YEAH FIRST
OF ALL, I THINK YOU BRING UP A
GOOD POINT AT THIS GATE MONEY IS
TRULY A LEGITIMATE PROBLEM. NO
ONE WOULD ARGUE WITH THAT THAT
HAS ANY KIND OF GRASP ON
REALITY, HOWEVER. AYE. I WOULD
ACTUALLY FEEL A LOT MORE
COMFORTABLE AND I THINK IT WOULD
BE A BETTER SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY
PROVIDE MORE GUIDED ASSISTANCE
IN THE FORM OF SOME KIND OF
VOUCHER OR COUPON. BECAUSE I
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION
ONCE YOU JUST GET RELEASED FROM
PRISON, AND THERE'S A LOT OF
TEMPTATION. TO SPEND THAT MONEY
IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND SO I
WOULD JUST BE MORE COMFORTABLE
IF WE HAD A MORE GUIDED WAY TO
DIRECT THAT FUNDING ASSISTANCE,
BUT I DO THINK IT'S CALLED FOR
WHEN I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH JUST
CASH RIGHT NOW. OKAY, MR QUIRK.
I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR TWICE AS
MUCH, UM AH, YOU KNOW, I CAN
TELL YOU THAT I ASSUME YOU'RE
LIMITED BY APPROPRIATIONS AND
SUCH THINGS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU
CAN INCREASE IT, BUT I'M VERY
HAPPY YOU'VE DONE THIS AND I
WILL MOVE THE BILL, WHICH WILL
BE SECONDED BY MIGUEL, WON'T
YOU? YES, HE SECONDED IT. WELL,
IN FACT, THE ORIGINAL BILL, UH,
WAS FOR $2600. BASED ON THE
MIGHTY LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR
AND IT DID HAVE TO GO THROUGH
APPROPRIATIONS. YES. YEAH. ALL
RIGHT, WELL, MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
MAYBE THIS APPROPRIATE MAYBE ON
THE ASSEMBLY SIDE, IT'LL BUMP
BACK UP. THAT SELDOM HAPPENS.
THANK YOU ANY MORE QUESTIONS,
CONGRESSWOMAN, YOU MAKE CLOTHES.
UM I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LACKEY THAT IT
WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WERE
FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS IN
OUR VARIOUS FACILITIES TO HELP
PREPARE FOLKS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE
TO FACE ON THE OUTSIDE. UM I
ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT THERE IS
AN INFORMAL GROUP IN LOS ANGELES
THAT INTRODUCES RECENTLY
RELEASED INDIVIDUALS. TO
HOMELESSNESS. THEY HELP THEM
IDENTIFY THE BEST STREETS TO
SLEEP ON. THEY TALK TO THEM
ABOUT THE HOT SPOTS AND THE
PLACES THAT THEY SHOULD TRY TO
AVOID. THEY GIVE THEM AN
UNDERSTANDING OF, UM YOU KNOW
WHO THE PLAYERS ARE, AND I DON'T
THINK WHEN WE ARE ASKING FOLKS
TO REENTER COMMUNITIES AND TO BE
SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS OR
WORKING TO BE SUCCESSFUL
INDIVIDUALS AS WE ALL ARE. FROM
AN INSTITUTION WHERE WE HAVE
KEPT THEM FOR SO LONG,THAT THAT
SHOULD BE THEIR INTRODUCTION. UM
TO WHAT FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE, AND
IT IS THEIR INTRODUCTION BECAUSE
THEY GET $200. AND AS THE
WITNESS STATED, IF YOU HAVE
MONEY ON THE BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE
TO PAY DOWN IF YOU DON'T HAVE
CLOSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE
TO MEET YOU ALL OF THAT GETS
DEDUCTED FROM THE GATE MONEY. UM
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE FASTEST
GROWING POPULATION IN OUR PRISON
SYSTEM ARE MOTHERS. AND SO THEY
ARE BEING RELEASED WITH $200 AND
BABIES TO CARE FOR, AND SO WE
HAVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB IF
WE ARE GOING TO BE TRUTHFUL
ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS
TO US. AND WHAT LOWERING
RECIDIVISM SHOULD LOOK LIKE WE
HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE
FINANCIAL REALITIES IN WHICH WE
ARE PLACING PEOPLE. AND SO WITH
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR IPHONE. THANK YOU. CHEERS.
RECOMMENDED I VOTE CALL THE
ROLL. AND SB 13 OH, FOUR BY
SENATOR KAMLAGER. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS. JOAN
SAWYER SUGAR, I LACKEY NOT
VOTING BONTA LEE. CORK I
SANTIAGO SANTIAGO. I SAY ARTO CR
TWO, NOT VOTING, GARCIA.
MEASURES ON CALL THESE TWO MORE. NOW MR. BECKER SENATOR BECKER.
SB 1008 CORRECTIONS,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS. THANK YOU,
MR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS HERE TO PRESENT THIS
BILL, WHICH ELIMINATES
TELECOMMUNICATION FEES FOR PHONE
CALLS TO AND FROM CURRENTLY
INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN OUR LOCAL
JAILS AND STATE PRISONS. AND
JUST WANT TO START QUICKLY WITH
THE PUBLIC PURPOSE HERE, WHICH
IS THAT WE WANT AND ACTUALLY
SEE. DRC SAYS THEY WANT AS WELL
. WE WANT. PEOPLE ARE MEN AND
WOMEN IN OUR PRISONS TO BE ABLE
TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEIR
SUPPORT NETWORKS WITH THEIR
LOVED ONES. WITH THEIR MOTHERS,
THEIR FATHERS, THEIR BROTHERS,
THEIR SISTERS, THEIR FATHER.
THERE'S THEIR SONS, THEIR
DAUGHTERS. WE WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN. UM AND THE REALITY IS
THAT. DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE THREE TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE
SERVING LIFE SENTENCES AS TEXAS
BUT THE REALITY IS, MOST PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO GET OUT AND WE WANT
THEM TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEIR
THEIR SUPPORT NETWORKS AND KEEP
THOSE TOGETHER. AND, UM, I DON'T
KNOW OW MANY OF YOU PAY FOR PER
MINUTE FOR YOUR PHONE CALLS
ANYMORE, OR PAPER EMAIL WOULD
PROBABLY ADD UP QUITE A LOT FOR
MANY OF US. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S
ABOUT THREE CENTS A MINUTE FOR A
PHONE CALL IN PRISON. IT'S FIVE
CENTS FOR AN EMAIL. IT'S AN
ADDITIONAL FIVE CENTS IF YOU
ATTACH A PICTURE TO THE EMAIL
IT'S 20 CENTS FOR VIDEO CALL
RIGHT NOW. AND RIGHT. WHAT IS
THAT? WHAT THAT IS DOING IS
MAKING IT VERY HARD TO KEEP IN
TOUCH WITH SUPPORT NETWORKS.
IT'S ALSO FUELING $1.4 BILLION
INDUSTRY OF PRISON PHONE CALLING
THAT'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT
IT'S KIND OF ASTOUNDING STAT AND
DURING THE EVEN PRIOR TO THE
PANDEMIC, MORE THAN ONE IN THREE
FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA WERE
DRIVEN INTO DEBT WHILE
STRUGGLING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH
LOVED ONES INSIDE 87% OF THIS
WEIGHT. FALLING ON WOMEN. SO FOR
ALL THOSE REASONS, WE THINK THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WITHIN A
$16 BILLION PRISON SYSTEM, WE
HOPE THAT WE COULD FIND, UM THE
MONEY NECESSARY FOR THIS WHICH
AS WE'LL DISCUSS UM IS NOT. IT'S
NOT A SAFE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND
IN FACT, OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE
THIS NOW AND WE SEE THE WHOLE
STATE OF NEW OF CONNECTICUT HAS
NOW ADOPTED FREE PRISON PHONE
CALLS. SO THIS IS DOABLE. AND
WITH US, I HOPE STILL ON THE
PHONE. WE HAVE THE SHERIFF OF
THE CITY AND COUNTY SAN
FRANCISCO, PAULIE MIYAMOTO AND
THEN COURIERS ALI FROM CDCR
FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP. 18 TO
OPERATOR. WELL WELL, WELL,
LISTEN TO THE WITNESSES. THAT'S
HERE IN PERSON FIRST, AND THEN
THE 18TH THE OPERATOR. GOOD
MORNING, SHARON. THANK YOU.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR JOINING US
TODAY, SENATOR BECKER. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. WE'RE VERY HONORED AND
PROUD TO BE HERE. I MY NAME IS
CARRIE OURS AT AND I SUPPORT
MANY FAMILIES STATEWIDE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. UM MY FAMILY'S
SYSTEM IMPACTED. UM OUR SON WAS
SIX MONTHS OLD WHEN MY HUSBAND
WENT TO PRISON, AND WE'VE BEEN
PAYING FOR PHONE CALLS FOR OVER
15 YEARS NOW AND, UM, FOR US.
WHAT PHONE CALLS MEAN IS NOT
ONLY CALLING HOME AND CHECKING
ON THE WELL BEING, YOU KNOW,
KEEPING IN TOUCH AND CHECKING ON
THE WELL BEING OF EACH OTHER,
BUT FOR US PHONE CALLS ME AND SO
MUCH TO OUR CHILDREN. UM OUR
SONS. WE JUST HAD ONE THAT
GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE
WAS ABLE TO SHARE SOME TIME ON
THE PHONE WITH DAD FOR DAD TO
TELL HIM HOW PROUD HE WAS. YOU
KNOW, EVEN THOUGH NOT HAVING A
DAD AND HIS LIFE FOR OVER A
DECADE, HE'S STILL GRADUATED
HIGH SCHOOL, UM, FOR OUR
YOUNGEST SON. HE'S TWO YEARS
FROM GRADUATING, DOING VERY WELL
STRUGGLED OVER THE PANDEMIC.
WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE DAD
AND HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO
KEEP IN CONTACT CHECK IN WITH
EACH OTHER ON THEIR GRADES. UM
AND HE'S ACTUALLY PASSED EVERY
CLASS THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH HE
STRUGGLED BY VISITING DAD. ON A
WEEKDAY WAS THE ONLY DAY THAT
VISITS WERE ALLOWED UP WHERE MY
HUSBAND IS CURRENTLY SERVING
TIME AT AT HIGH DESERT STATE.
PRISON CALLS WOULD MEAN SO MUCH
TO US BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE THE
FINANCIAL COSTS. OF HOTEL ROOMS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I DRIVE 10 HOURS
TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO VISIT
THEIR DAD, UM, WE HAVE HOTEL
COSTS AS WELL AS FOOD EXPENSES
AND AGAIN. THIS IS JUST A WAY
FOR US TO STAY CONNECTED AS A
FAMILY. UM AND WE'RE ONE OF
100,000 FAMILIES HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. THAT HAVE
INCARCERATED LOVED ONES IN
PRISON AND IN JAILS AND ARE
JUVENILES. YOU KNOW, I WORK WITH
FAMILY STATEWIDE, AND THERE'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T
APPROVED TO VISIT. THEIR LOVED
ONES. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO
THEM? THAT MEANS THE ONLY WAY TO
COMMUNICATE AND COEXIST WITH ONE
ANOTHER IS THROUGH A PHONE CALL
AND OFTEN TIMES WHEN PEOPLE GO
TO PRISON, THEY'RE OFTEN OUT OF
SIGHT OUT OF MIND, SO FAMILIES
FALL APART, THEY GET
DISCONNECTED AND THEY STRUGGLE
NOT ONLY WITH PHYSICALLY BEING
NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ONE
ANOTHER, BUT THE FINANCIAL
BURDEN AND THE COST. THAT IT
COST TO OUR FAMILIES OUT HERE.
UM WE, UH, ALSO WORK WITH THE
CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDDAUGHTER
HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH HER PAPA. SHE'S FIVE YEARS
OLD, AND SHE'S LEARNED TO COUNT
WITH HIM OVER THE PHONE. SHE
SINGS HER FAVORITE SONGS TO HIM
OVER THE PHONE, AND THOSE PHONE
CALLS COST US MONEY. YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT THE CHILDREN'S FAULT OF
THESE FINANCIAL BURDENS. I'VE
BEEN WORKING MY ENTIRE LIFE AND
OUR CHILDREN HAVE STILL
STRUGGLED NOT HAVING DAD IN THE
HOME. BUT WITH THE COMMUNICATION
THEY'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.
THEY'RE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. UM
BUT NOT A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH. AND WE SURE DO
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. AND WE
DO. ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK
YOU, SHERIFF MIYAMOTO. HI. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
SENATOR BECKER. MY NAME IS PAUL
ME TOMORROW AND THE SHERIFF HERE
IN SAN FRANCISCO. I'VE SERVED IN
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR OVER 26
YEARS NOW, AND I'M CALLING IN
TODAY TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORTIVE
FOR SB 10 08 KEEP FAMILIES
CONNECTED AT AND TO SHARE OUR
EXPERIENCES HERE IN SAN
FRANCISCO. WE WERE THE FIRST
COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA TO
IMPLEMENT FREE TELEPHONE CALLS
FOR OUR JAILS BACK IN 2020, AND
I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS
ACHIEVEMENT. WE WORKED WITH THE
MAYOR, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE,
UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WE KNEW
WE HAD TO DO MORE TO HELP KEEP
FAMILIES CONNECTED AND ENSURE
THAT THE COST OF PHONE CALLS
WERE NOT PLACING A BURDEN ON OR
INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND THEIR
LOVED ONES. IN SAN FRANCISCO
HERE. OUR RESEARCH SHOWED THAT
INCARCERATED PEOPLE'S FAMILY
MEMBERS WERE FOOTING THE BILL
FOR THESE COSTS, AND THE MEMBERS
WERE MOST LIKELY TO BE FROM LOW
INCOME WOMEN OF COLOR FAMILIES.
SOMEONE'S MOTHER, SOMEONE'S
GRANDMOTHER, SOMEONE'S WIFE. THE
HIGH COST OF CALLED PREVENTED
INCARCERATED PEOPLE FROM STAYING
IN TOUCH WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
OUR RESEARCH ALSO SHOWED THAT
WHEN PEOPLE MAINTAIN CONTACT
WITH THEIR FAMILIES, THEY HAVE
STRONGER REENTRY OUTCOMES WHEN
THEY GET OUT. MAKING THE MOVE TO
FREE PHONE CALLS WAS AH, PRETTY
SIMPLE FOR US TO IMPLEMENT HERE
IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE HAD THE
SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND
FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND THE MAYOR. WE IN THE JAILS
DON'T REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF
ARE INCARCERATED PERSONS ARE
ALLOWED TO USE THE PHONES AS
LONG AS THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY
OTHER OBLIGATIONS, SUCH AS
PARTICIPATING IN CLASSES OR
SUPPORT GROUPS. AND WE WORK TO
ENSURE EVERYONE HAS EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO THE PHONES THROUGH
MESSAGE METHODS SUCH AS BONELESS
OVERNIGHT WHEN WE MADE THE PHONE
CALLS FREE, THERE WAS A 41%
INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME. AND
PEOPLE ACTUALLY SPENT 81% MORE
TIME AND COMMUNICATION WITH
THEIR FAMILIES COMPARED TO THE
YEARS PRIOR, AH ENERGY PARENT
SAN FRANCISCO, WE NEGOTIATED THE
NATION'S FIRST FIXED RATE
CONTRACT WITH OUR PHONE
PROVIDER. AND WE PAY ONE PRICE
NOW UPFRONT EACH YEAR, NO MATTER
HOW MANY PHONE CALLS PEOPLE
MAKE. IT'S A BETTER DEAL FOR US
, UH THAN PAYING FOR A MINUTE.
LIKE MOST OTHER INCARCERATED
FAMILY CONTRAST, FACILITY
CONTRACTS ARE AND AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO
YEARS SINCE OUR CALLS WERE FREE
HERE. IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE
CHANGE FOR EVERYONE. OUR STAFF
ARE INCARCERATED AND THEIR
FAMILIES HAD A CALMING EFFECT ON
THE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR CUSTODIAL
FACILITIES. AND THERE'S BEEN, UH
, A DECREASE IN SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN
MANAGEMENT OF OUR POPULATION.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT
WE'VE DONE HERE IN SAN
FRANCISCO, AND I'M REALLY
EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS BEFORE
MISS SPREADING ACROSS CALIFORNIA
, AND I LOOK TO YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE TIME TO
SPEAK ABOUT THIS HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY OF THE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE
ANY THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO TO
THE COMMITTEE ROOM FOR WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT NAME AND
ORGANIZATION. GOOD MORNING,
DANICA ROAD, ARMEL ON BEHALF OF
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS AND INSIGHT CENTER FOR
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ALSO REGISTERING SUPPORT FOR
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES, INDIVISIBLE
CALIFORNIA STATE STRONG JESSE'S
PLACE IN LIFE AFTER NEXT THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING, MELISSA COZY
ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA'S FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. CARRIERS THAT WITH
CDCR FAMILY SUPPORT STRONGLY
HERE IN SUPPORT OF SB 1008.
THANK YOU. DELORES SALUS AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF SB 1008. THANK
YOU. JENNIFER CLARK S BUONO
EIGHT STRONGLY SUPPORT. THE
AMERICAN WITH SC JUSTICE GROUP
AND STRONG SUPPORT. GOING BACK
IS FOR ELLA BAKER CENTER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. OKAY, WELL NOW. GO TO THE
TO THE PHONE LINES, WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
. PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO AT THIS
TIME. WILL OPEN LINE 34. HI GOOD
MORNING. I'M LINE 34. MY NAME IS
JULIE PSA WITH THE LEAGUE OF
WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA AND
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
FIND 56. HI MY NAME IS ANNA
MATTHEWS AND THE POLICY INTERNET
IN CENTRAL NORTHERN POVERTY IS A
PROUD CO SPONSOR ON BEHALF OF
OUR COLLEAGUES AT A NEW WAY OF
LIFE AND TO PROJECT THE AREA
LEGAL AID CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE
AND IN COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. ELLA BAKER
CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND
FELONY MURDER ELIMINATION
PROJECT TO OUR OWN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. LINE SIX. MARKET
GEORGE ON THE HALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION, AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. LINE 69. POINTING MY NAME
IS LUIS WILL LEGAL SERVICES
PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN CALLING
IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR XP TEEN
AWAY THANK YOU. LINE 76. HELLO
MY NAME IS MARIA RIOS GARCIA ON
BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION AND
PRO COAST COSPONSORS AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
LINE 48. TIME MY NAME IS IVANA
GONZALES AND I AM CALLING ON
BEHALF OF LEGAL SERVICES FOR
PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN, OFFICER
NONE. THE COALITION FOR FAMILY
UNITY, FREEDOM FOR YOUTH GLIDE.
GRACE AND CHILD POVERTY,
CALIFORNIA GROWING GREATNESS NOW
AND HOME, RIGHT? SAN FRANCISCO
ALL INSTABLE SUPPORT OF SB 10.
OH, WAIT. THANK YOU. LINE 24.
GOOD MORNING, REBECCA GONZALEZ
WITH THE NATIONALISTS, OC ATION
OF SOCIAL WORKERS, CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
BLIND 70. IN 70, OR LINE IS
OPEN. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. WE MAY
BE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTY LINES 70. I'M SORRY,
LION 70 WAS OPEN. THEY'VE TAKEN
THEMSELVES OUT OF QUÊ. WE'LL GO
NEXT TO LINE 75. NATASHA
MINSTER. SMART JUSTICE
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT. BLIND 49.
GOOD MORNING, DANNY KENDALL
KAISER ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL
CONSUMER LAW CENTER AND SUPPORT
LINE 78. CAN'T JUST SUAREZ
DISPLACED ORGANIZATION PROTOCOL
SPONSOR OF SB 10, 008 AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. LINE 63. FIND
63. YOUR LINE IS OPEN. GO AHEAD,
PLEASE. IN LINDBERG FOR THE
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION
OF CALIFORNIA AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LINE 61.
HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
NAME AND ORGANIZATION, PLEASE.
TIME IS PAUL BRILEY. I'M A
POLICY ADVOCATE FOR LEGAL
SERVICES FOR PRISONERS WITH
CHILDREN REGIONAL COORDINATOR
FOR ALL OF US OR NONE. WE ARE
PROUD COSPONSORS ALSO WOULD LIKE
THE RECORD TO REFLECT EXCEPT
FRANCISCO PRETRIAL DIVERSION
PROJECT. RE EVOLUTION PUBLIC
COUNCIL POLICY LINK COLORS OF
THE COMMUNITY. SAN DIEGO AND
NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER AND
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LINE
59. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY NAME
IS SEAN YOUNG, CALLING ON BEHALF
OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FINANCIAL
JUSTICE PROJECT IN THE OFFICE OF
THE SAN FRANCISCO TREASURER,
PROUD SUPPORTER AND CO SPONSORED
BY THE 1008, AS WELL AS THE
FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND
SUPPORT ON EMPOWERING WOMEN
IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION, THE
SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD BANK
SISTER WARRIORS FREEDOM
COALITION TAXPAYERS FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY TIME DONE AND WORKED
RISES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
LINE 62. GOOD MORNING TURN
MEMBERS, GREGORY SADDLE WAS
INITIATED JUSTICE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. FIND 74.
REMEMBER TO BE HAPPY. BLU
CALIFORNIA ACTION AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. LINE 72. BY MY NAME
IS ALISON LAWYER. I'M CALLING ON
BEHALF OF LEGAL SERVICES FOR
PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN. STRONG
SUPPORT OF 10 AWAIT LINE 79.
DIDN'T GIVE ME A Q NUMBER. 9 79.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN, SIR. HELLO MY
NAME IS JUSTIN RUIN, CALLING ON
BEHALF OF LEGAL SERVICES FOR
PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN AND
STRONG SUPPORT. SB 10 AWAIT.
THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE
NO FURTHER LINES IN QUÊ. THANK
YOU NOW GO TO WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING ROOM.
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR MEMBERS,
RUSSIA MUCH LOWER ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA
SHERIFFSASSOCIATION RESPECTFULLY
IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL, WITH
ALL THE RESPECT TO THE AUTHOR,
AND, UM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN INCARCERATED PERSONS AND
THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. WE
ALL JUST HEARD THE ELOQUENT
TESTIMONY OF THIS ONE OF THE
SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL AND HOW
IMPORTANT THAT WAS TO HER AND
HER FAMILY. AND OF COURSE, I AM
HIGHEST RESPECT TO SHERIFF
MIYAMOTO IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO
HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SUCH A
THING IN THAT COUNTY. BUT WE
JUST OUR OPPOSITION IS
RESPECTFULLY TO THE ONE SIZE
FITS ALL APPROACH IN TERMS OF,
UM, COMMUNICATION DEVICES TO
PERSON. NEGLECTS DIFFERENT
REALITIES IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES
. WHAT WORKS IN ONE COUNTY MAY
NOT WORK IN THE OTHER 57
COUNTIES AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW,
UNDER CURRENT LAW, FINANCIAL
PROCEEDS FROM INMATE
COMMUNICATION CONTRACTS MUST GO
TO THE COUNTIES IN MADE WELFARE
FUND. AND MUST BE USED PRIMARILY
FOR THE BENEFIT OF INMATES. MANY
COUNTIES PAY FOR VITAL
REHABILITATIVE AND TREATMENT
PROGRAMS OUT OF THAT FUND AND
ITS RESPECTIVE OF ONCE THOUGHT
ON THAT POLICY. THE REALITY IS
THAT THERE WILL LIKELY NOT BE
FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BACKFILL THE
LOSS OF REVENUE THAT WOULD
RESULT FROM THE BILL'S
REQUIREMENT THAT IT COUNTY MAY
NOT RECEIVE REVENUE FROM THE
PROVISION OF INMATE
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. AGAIN
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS BEING IN
TOUCH WITH INMATES. THAT'S WHY
WE'RE ALWAYS AND WE HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN
DISCUSSIONS ON HOW ARE WE, IF WE
ARE TO TAKE THIS FUNDING AWAY?
BY THIS BILL, HOW ARE WE GOING
TO BACKFILL THIS FUNDING SO
INMATES HAVE ACCESS TO THE
PROGRAMS THAT THEY NEED AND
FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR
LOVED ONES IN JAIL. SO AGAIN, WE
ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT
CONVERSATION. AND THE MODEL HAS
WORKED IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT
RESPECTFULLY WE HAVE TO OPPOSE
UNTIL WE KNOW HOW THIS FUNDING
THAT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY BY THIS
BILL IS GOING TO BE BACKFILLED.
FOR THESE REASONS. WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR NO
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ENDED UP ON BEHALF OF THANK YOU.
BRANDON UP ON BEHALF OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT. YOU'RE NOT OPPOSED
TO THE CONCEPT. BUT AS UH, MY
COLLEAGUE MENTIONED MENTIONED IN
THE ANALYSIS OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY ACROSS THE STUDY OF THE
FINANCIAL IMPACT THE BOARD.
HOWEVER THAT'S ALL WE'VE DONE SO
FAR IN L, A COUNTY SO UNTIL
THEY'VE COMMITTED TO BACKFILLING
THE FUNDING THEY'LL BE LOST.
WITH THIS BILL. THE SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT HAS TO REMAIN
OPPOSED. RESPECTFULLY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE NOW GO
TO THE PHONE LINE FOR WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION. TO BE SPEAKING
OPPOSITE. PARDON ME TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION. PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE A LION
QUEUING UP. ONE MOMENT WHILE WE
PROVIDE THEIR LINE NUMBER.
GO TO LINE 77 GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE SERGEANT
JULIO DELEON, RIVERSIDE KIND OF
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF
OF THE DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF
CHAD BIANCA. WE HAVE THOSE THE
BILL. THANK YOU. LINE 70. 0.70
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. GO AHEAD,
PLEASE. HELLO. YES MY NAME IS
MARVIN FROM LEGAL SERVICES
BUSINESS WITH CHILDREN, AND I'M
CALLING IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SB
10 08. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO NEXT
TO LINE 69. GOOD MORNING. MY
NAME IS TATYANA LEWIS SERVICES
FOR PRISONERS. CHILDREN CALLING
NATIONS SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THIS
IS FOR OPPOSITION. WE HAVE NO
FURTHER LINES IN QUÊ, MR. CHAIR
THANK YOU. BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MR BLACKIE
AND MR QUIRK. FIRST OF ALL, YOU
KNOW, FAMILY. COMMUNICATION AS
WE ALL REALIZE, IS A POWERFUL
INSTRUMENT AND SHE DESERVES
STRONG CONSIDERATION, HOWEVER.
ONE HOUR EVERY DAY. IS EXCESSIVE
, AND I THINK FOR PRISONS TO
MANAGE AN HOUR A DAY FOR EVERY
INMATE IS HARD THING TO TRY TO
ACCOMPLISH AND COORDINATE. AND I
FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOT TO BE A
COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN. AND
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PRISON
SYSTEMS AND OUR AND OUR JAILS TO
FIND A MORE COLLABORATIVE WAY
THAT WHERE THERE'S SOME
FLEXIBILITY. BUT I DO BELIEVE
THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND FACILITATE
THIS AND A REASONABLE WAY, BUT I
THINK THIS ONE GOES TOO FAR.
THANK YOU, MR QUIRK. UM AS YOU
PROBABLY KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO
DO THIS FIVE YEARS AGO. UM SO I
FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO BE CO
AUTHOR. AND I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY
I GOT THIS SAYING BILL OFF THE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR BEFORE. IF YOU
NEED SOMEONE TO DO THAT, I'M
GLAD TO HELP. UM LIKE WE SHOULD.
WELL I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'VE
SAID. ALL YOUR WITNESSES SAID
CHARGING POOR PEOPLE. AH I MEAN
PRISONERS MAKE NEST NEXT TO
NOTHING, AND YOU'RE CHARGING
THEM OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS, MUCH OF
WHICHIS GOING TO PROFIT FOR THE
TELECOMS. AH! YOU HAVE A GREAT
BILL AND I MOVED THE BILL AND MR
SANTIAGO WILL SECOND IT. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNS YOU MAY
CLOSE. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE A
COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS. THANK
YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. WHEN I
WILL BE ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS
WOULDN'T BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT.
UH, SECONDLY, UM SAY TO THE
COMMENT ABOUT THE HOUR. I KNOW
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE
DIFFICULT. UM AND THAT'S A
COMMENT. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THAT
DISCUSSION A LOT WITH PEOPLE. UM
ALL WE CAN DO REALLY DO IS POINT
TO WHERE THEY'VE TRIED IT IN SAN
FRANCISCO, HE SAID. IT WAS
PRETTY SIMPLE. UM AND UM, DIDN'T
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND IT
WORKED. WELL, SAME THING NEW
YORK CITY DID. I MENTIONED
CONNECTICUT'S DOING IT THE WHOLE
STATE, SO I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE
A LOT AND IT ALSO WAS THE
WITNESS AND I THINK THE SHERIFF
AS HE SAID IT CAN'T APPEAR WITH
CAN'T CONFLICT WITH OTHER, UM
ACTIVITIES OR OTHER PROGRAMS AT
THE PRISON, SO IT ENDS UP
GENERALLY BEING LESS THAN HAS IT
BEEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES A DAY IN
TWO INCREMENTS, BUT WE DO WANT
THAT FOR EMERGENCIES AND OTHER
OTHER REASONS, BUT I KNOW IT
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT I'M JUST
ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THE
EVIDENCE OF WHERE WE TRIED IT
BEFORE. UM AND THE OTHER POINT
ABOUT THE COUNTY FUNDS. UM YOU
KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, ALL WE CAN
SAY IS THAT YOU KNOW, IN THE
SCOPE OF OUR $16 BILLION PUBLIC
SAFETY BUDGET AND OUR PRISON
SYSTEM HERE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE
WE CAN FIND THE FUNDS TO MAKE
THIS WORK AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T
DISADVANTAGE COUNTIES. BUT WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC
PURPOSE. SO WITH THAT,
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU, AND IT'S IRONIC. A B
17 82. MY BILL INCARCERATED
PEOPLE'S WELFARE FUND ACTUALLY
LOOKS AT HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT
. NOT FOR LAKE TAHOE JUNKETS BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT. TO BE USED NOT
BE USED FOR INMATES BUT USED FOR
OPERATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE. AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT THE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION
ACTUALLY WANTS TO LOOK AT HOW WE
CAN USE THIS MONEY. TO ACTUALLY
GO TOWARDS PRISONER WELFARE AND
NOT OPERATION. SO I'M GLAD TO
HEAR THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONE
TO DO. UM, I ALSO THINK THAT
WITH TECHNOLOGY THERE'S A WAY WE
CAN DRIVE THOSE COSTS DOWN. UM
SOME OF THE US WHO ARE LONGER IN
THE TOOTH, REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT
WOULD COST TO DO A PHONE CALL
LONG DISTANCE? WHICH IS ALMOST
NON EXISTENT. NOW THAT YOU HAVE
TO, YOU CAN ALMOST DO AN
INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR NEXT TO
NOTHING NOW. AND SOME OF US
REMEMBER COUNTY TO COUNTY CALLS
USED TO BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE,
SO ALL OF THOSE COSTS HAVE COME
DOWN BUT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THIS
COST HAS COME DOWN. AND THERE
MAY BE SOME WAYS TO EVEN THOUGH
IT'S AN HOUR, THERE MAY BE SOME
WAYS WITH TECHNOLOGY TO SPREAD
THAT OUT, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT, IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY,
SO YOU DON'T COMPROMISE SAFETY.
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
BUT MOST IMPORTANT, BE ABLE TO
GET THIS DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED.
I THINK WE ALL PUT OUR HEADS
TOGETHER. AND TRY TO GET THIS
DONE. WE CAN WE CAN SAVE THE
FAMILIES. HUNDREDS OF $1000 A
YEAR THAT THEY MIGHT BE PAYING
OVER THE LIFE OF SOMEONE
INCARCERATED SO UM, I OBVIOUSLY
I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BILL,
AND, UH, AGAIN WILL HELP YOU
WITH WHATEVER ELSE YOU NEED.
CALL THE ROLL. AND SB 10 08 BY
SENATOR BECKER THE MOST THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO
THE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CONVENIENCE COMMITTEE. JOHN
SAWYER. I LACKEY LACKEY NOT
VOTING BONTA. LEE. QUIRK. I WORK
I SANTIAGO. SANTIAGO I CR TO CR
TONO GARCIA. MEASURES ON CALL
WHEN YOU NEED OTHER MEMBERS TO
BE HERE. AND THEN, UH, MISS
SKINNER. SENATOR SKINNER. WE NOW
HAVE CAL, THE C B. ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT SP 993. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIR MEMBERS. PLEASED TO
PRESENT SP 993 AND I'LL START
WITH I AM ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS. WHICH
ALIGNED THE DEFINITION OF VICTIM
IN OUR IN THE DIRECT CASH PILOT
THAT THE BILL PROPOSES, SO WE'RE
ALIGNING THAT DEFINITION TO
FEDERAL LAW. ALSO MAKING
TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE PILOT
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND VICTIMS
COMPENSATION BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
UM RESTORING THE PORTION OF
EXISTING STATUTE THAT THE BILL
HAD REMOVED WHICH ALLOWS THE
VICTIM'S COMPENSATION BOARD TO
DENY IT. THE VICTIM'S
COMPENSATION STAFF ARE
THREATENED WITH VIOLENCE OR
BODILY HARM. AND CLARIFYING THAT
THE VICTIM'S COMPENSATION BOARD
MUST REQUEST ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT
IF USING IF THE V. C B IS USING
A POLICE REPORT FOR DENIAL. NOW
THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS I'M
TAKING. LET ME START WITH THE
PURPOSE OF THE BILL. SO
CALIFORNIA WAS AN EARLY STATE IN
SETTING UP A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE
VICTIMS. OF CRIME SUPPORT. AND
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. HOWEVER.
IT IS HAS NOT BEEN SERVING. THE
VAST MAJORITY OF VICTIMS. WE
HAVE LESS IN FIVE CALIFORNIA
CRIME SURVIVORS ARE RECEIVING
ANY SORT OF SUPPORT OR HELP FROM
OUR EXISTING PROGRAM. AND ONLY
11% OF FOLKS WHO EXPERIENCE A
CRIME RECEIVED FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR CRIME
LOSSES. IT ALSO TAKES ABOUT 10
MONTHS. IN ORDER. IF ONCE YOU
SUBMIT A CLAIM SO MANY OF THE
TYPES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
THAT ARE REQUESTED, AS, FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR FUNERAL COSTS, IF
THE IF THERE WAS A DEATH
INVOLVED DUE TO THE CRIME AND
CLEARLY IF YOU'RE ALONE INCOME
FAMILY OR A LOW INCOME PERSON
REQUESTING THAT SUPPORT WAITING.
10 MONTHS IS NOT HAVE BENEFIT.
UM. WHAT THE BILL DOES. THE
PURPOSE OF SB 993 IS TO REMOVE
MANY OF THE BARRIERS THAT WOULD
LIMIT THE, UM, WHO RECEIVES
SUPPORT FROM OUR VICTIM'S
COMPENSATION BOARD. AND ALSO
STREAMLINED THE CLAIMS PROCESS.
AND JUST HELP TO ENSURE THAT
THOSEWHO HAVE EXPERIENCED CRIME
CAN GET SUPPORT FROM
CALIFORNIA'S GREAT PROGRAM, SO
THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE
BILL AND THE AND WHY DO WE WANT
TO DO THIS? WE WANT TO DO THIS
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PROVEN. THAT
IF WE SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIME.
WE REDUCE CRIME NOW, THAT MAY
SEEM A LITTLE BIT. UH NO, NOT A
CONNECTION TO DIRECT CONNECTION
. BUT IN FACT, WHAT WE FIND IS
THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED
FROM CRIME IF THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN HELPED IF
THEY'VE IF YOU KNOW OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM OR THE GOVERNMENT
HAS JUST ABANDONED THEM. YOU
KNOW, WE KNOW ALREADY THAT IT
TAKES THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO SOLVE CRIME TO BRING TO FULL
PROSECUTION. HAD THE CRIMINAL.
YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT WORKED VERY HARD TO
DO SO, BUT CLEARLY THERE'S MET
MUCH MORE CRIME THAN ACTUALLY
THAT WHICH GETS RESOLVED. AND SO
IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU JUST YOU
WEREN'T HELPED. OR YOUR CRIME
WASN'T SOLVED. THEN YOU'RE NOT
AS UH, SUPPORTIVE OF INTERACTING
WITH PUBLIC SAFETY OF
COOPERATING. AND THERE'S JUST
LOTS OF DETRIMENT TO THE REALLY
GOOD FUNCTIONING OF OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM WHEN WE LIMIT THE
TYPES OF SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE
CRIME VICTIMS OR EXCLUDE CERTAIN
CRIME VICTIMS. SO WITH THAT I
WANT TO HAVE MY WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT. I'VE GOT ANTHONY DI
MARTINO FROM CRIME SURVIVORS FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE. AND ANTHONY
IS JOE DIAZ FROM OKAY. AND ON
THE PHONE LINE IS JOE DIAZ, WHO
IS AN EXAM EXONERATED INDIVIDUAL
. I DID NOT MENTION THAT THE
BILL ALSO INCLUDES AND IMPROVED
PROCESS FOR GIVING PUNTS
SENSATION TO OUR EXONEREES. SO
THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT UM, WERE
CONVICTED OF A CRIME BUT FALSELY
, AND SO, UH, MR DIAZ WILL SPEAK
TO THAT. AND NOW ANTHONY DE
MARTINO. SORRY. WHAT PART ARE WE
ON? GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANTHONY
DEMARTINO AND I AM THE
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR
CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFETY AND
JUSTICE AND CRIME SURVIVORS FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE. I WILL
ACTUALLY BE READING THIS
STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF MY
ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR WHO UNFORTUNATELY,
COULD NOT BE ABLE TO TESTIFY
TODAY. MY NAME IS TONY
HOLLANDE'S AND I'M, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFETY AND
JUSTICE. I'M ALSO THE STATE
DIRECTOR OF CRIME SURVIVORS TO
SAFETY AND JUSTICE, THE STATE'S
LARGEST NETWORK OF VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS OF ABOUT 12,000 CRIME
SURVIVORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
CSS J IS PROUD TO COSPONSOR SP
993. I WANT TO THANK SENATOR
SKINNER FOR CHAMPION. THIS
GROUNDBREAKING PIECE OF
LEGISLATION I'M A SURVIVING
FAMILY MEMBER OF TWO HOMICIDE
VICTIMS. I LOST TWO BROTHERS TO
GUN VIOLENCE, AND THE TRAUMA OF
LOSING THEM CAUSED IRREVERSIBLE
DAMAGE TO MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
SOME LOST JOBS, SOME LOST HOMES
AND SOME HAVE LITERALLY LOST
THEIR LIVES FROM SELF
MEDICATING. UNABLE TO COPE WITH
THE PAIN. LIFE BECOMES
COMPLICATED, EXPENSIVE AND
CONFUSING FOR VICTIMS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS AFTER A CRIME. AND ANY
BARRIER TO GETTING HELP OR
SUPPORT CAUSES MORE TRANSITION
AND CAN PLACE PEOPLE IN MORE
DANGER. IT IS ESPECIALLY IN THIS
MOMENT THAT WE ASSESS THE NEEDS
OF ALL VICTIMS. IT'S IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. SB
993 IS THE BILL THAT CRIME
SURVIVORS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE
BEEN CALLING FOR THIS BILL WOULD
REMOVE DOZENS OF LEGAL BARRIERS
THAT PREVENT MANY CRIME
SURVIVORS FROM RECEIVING
ASSISTANCE. IT REDUCES RED TAPE
IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS
INCREASES, FLEXIBILITY AND FUNDS
INCREASES. RESPONSE TIME
IMPROVES OUTREACH ABOUT THE
PROGRAM AND CREATES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY
CENTERED RESOURCES. AND IT
LESSENS RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT
HAVE IMPACTED ACCESS TO
SERVICES. WHILE CALIFORNIA'S
VICTIMS COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS
IN MANY WAYS A NATIONAL LEADER
SURVIVORS ENTITLED TO
COMPENSATION STILL FACE HURDLES
ACCESSING IT. THOUSANDS OF
CLAIMS ARE DENIED EACH YEAR.
THIS BILL WOULD REMOVE MANY OF
THOSE BARRIERS. AND RECENT
ANALYSIS HAVE FOUND THAT THE
TYPES OF COMPENSATION
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
CALIFORNIA HAVE EXCLUDES AND
CREATES BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO
VICTIM SERVICES THAT ULTIMATELY
SHUT OUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
HARMED BY VIOLENT CRIME. STATE
SPENDING ON VICTIM SERVICES
REPRESENTS ABOUT 1% OF WHAT THE
STATE SPENDS ON THE PRISON
SYSTEM. IN OTHER WORDS,
CALIFORNIA SPENDS NEARLY 80
TIMES MORE IN PRISONS THAN ON
SERVICES FOR CRIME VICTIMS. IN
THE 2019 SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA
CRIME SURVIVORS FOUND THAT FEWER
THAN ONE IN FIVE VICTIMS
RECEIVED ANY MEDICAL, FINANCIAL
, MENTAL HEALTH OR OTHER HEALING
SERVICES TO HELP THEM RECOVER.
DESPITE THE MAJORITY WANTING ONE
OR MORE OF THESE SERVICES.
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
ARE IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE EVERY
YEAR, THE STATE CAN DO MORE TO
ADDRESS THE SCALE OF THE NEED
THAT EXISTS INTEGRATE SURVIVOR
VOICES AND LEADERSHIP IN THE
POLICY MAKING AND REDUCE
BARRIERS TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA
WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD BECAUSE OF
THIS BILL. FOR ALL OF THESE
REASONS, WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
SP 993 THANK YOU, CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. THE OTHER WITNESSES.
YES, ON THE TELEPHONE. HI. GOOD
MORNING. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. MY
NAME IS JOE DIAZ AND I URGE YOU
TO PASS SENATE BILL 993. WHICH
MAKES IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE WAY OUR STATE TREATS PEOPLE
WHO PROVED THAT THEY WERE
IMPRISONED FOR CRIMES THEY DID
NOT COMMIT. I KNOW A LOT ABOUT
THAT IN 1984. I WAS TRYING TO
CONVICTED OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT
SANTA CLARA COUNTY THAT I
ABSOLUTELY HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH. MY APPEALS TO THE STATE
AND FEDERAL COURTS WILL REJECT
AFTER MORE THAN NINE YEARS IN
PRISON, I WAS PAROLED AND PLACED
ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.
BUT I NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING TO
PROVE MY INNOCENCE, HIRED
ATTORNEYS TO ASSIST ME AND PAID
FOR DNA TESTING AND FOR
INVESTIGATORS TO INVESTIGATE MY
CASE. FINALLY IN 2012 MORE THAN
25 YEARS AFTER I WAS WRONGFULLY
CONVICTED, THE TRUTH CAME TO
LIGHT WITH COOPERATION FROM THE
SANTA CLARA DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT. MY
CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED IN THE
CHARGES AGAINST ME WERE
DISMISSED. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, I
WAS DECLARED FACTUALLY INNOCENT
AND COMPENSATED THROUGH THE
VICTIM COMPENSATION BOARD. MY
COMPENSATION MONEY INCLUDED ONLY
THE TIME I SPENT IN PRISON. NOT
THE TIME I SPENT ON PAROLE OR
JAIL. BY THE TIME I WAS
COMPENSATED OVER ONE THIRD OF
THE AMOUNT I RECEIVED HAD
ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON LEGAL FEES
TO GET MY CASE OVERTURNED.
IMPROVE MY INNOCENCE. THIS BILL
WILL MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR
CALIFORNIA'S EXONEREES. THIS
BILL WILL COMPENSATE EXONEREES
FOR TIME WE WRONGFULLY SPENT ON
PAROLE. THIS BILL WILL REIMBURSE
FUTURE EXONEREES SUPPORT THE
REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND
EXPENSES AND GETTING THEIR
CONVICTIONS OVERTURNED AND
GETTING COMPENSATION. THIS BILL
WILL ENSURE THAT THE AMOUNT OF
COMPENSATION MONEY PROVIDED TO
EXONEREES IS INCREASED ANNUALLY
TO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION.
NOTHING THE STATE DOES WHATEVER
MAKE UP FOR WHAT WE EXONEREES
HAVE LOST. BUT THAT DOES NOT
MEAN WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO DO
BETTER. THIS BILL IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT
DIRECTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK
YOU. WELL, NOW OPENING UP THE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. NAME AND
ORGANIZATION. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
MEMBERS, ONCE THE COAST ON
BEHALF IN CALIFORNIA'S FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. GLENN BECK IS FEELS
BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN
SUPPORT. JUSTIN ROSE ON BEHALF
OF THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY
GENERAL ROBIN 10 SUPPORT THANK
YOU. AMERICAN WITH SC JUSTICE
GROUP IN SUPPORT. MARRIED TO
BLAH. BOARD MOMS DEMAND ACTION,
VOLUNTEER AND SUPPORT. KATHLEEN
WEST WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU NOW GO TO
PHONE LINES FOR WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT. THE PHONE LINES. IF
YOU'RE IN SUPPORT, PLEASE PRESS
10 AT THIS TIME. WE'LL NOW HEAR
FROM LINE NUMBER 75, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. NATASHA AND SCORE ON
BEHALF OF SMART JUSTICE
CALIFORNIA AND THE PROSECUTORS
ALLIANCE OF CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT. RIGHT NOW GO TO THE
LINE OF LINE 24. YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. GOOD MORNING, REBECCA
GONZALEZ WITH THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS,
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN SUPPORT.
AND LINE 16. YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
GOOD MORNING, GABRIEL GARCIA,
WITH PEOPLE I'VE COSPONSORS OF
WAS SHAPE LEGISLATION AND STRONG
SUPPORT. LINE 88. YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. LINDA WATER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC OFFERED
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. LINE
EIGHT. YOUR LINE IS OPEN. I'M
CHRISTINA KANDARI AND I'M A
VOLUNTEER WITH MOMS DEMAND
ACTION FOR GUN SENSE CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF SB 9 93. WHAT
HEADLINE 62. YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
LINE 62. YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR MUTE BUTTON.
PICK UP THE HANDS KHN. GOOD
MORNING. THIS IS GREGORY FIDDLE
WITH INITIATE JUSTICE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL GO
TO LINE NUMBER 85. YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. JOHN ELDEN FROM THE
NONPROFIT AFTER INNOCENT SPONSOR
OF THIS BILL AND STRONG SUPPORT.
THOSE ARE ALL THE LINES WE
HAVEN'T SUPPORT. ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION. IN THE ROOM. SEEING
THEM. THEN GO INTO THE PHONE
LINES AND OPPOSITION. DOESN'T
OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS ONE AND
ZERO AT THIS TIME. NO LINES IN
OPPOSITION. PLEASE GO AHEAD BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE WHEN ANY MR
LATINA, MR QUIRK. UM I WILL MOVE
THE BILL. GO. OKAY? YES WELL
SENATOR IN IT IN ITS CURRENT
PROPOSED FORM, I BELIEVE THAT
THIS BILL IS EXTREMELY PRONE TO
A FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS, AND I WOULD
PREFER A PATH OF SUPPORTING AND
ENHANCING THE CURRENT, UH V. C
B. INSTEAD OF CREATING A
SPLINTERING OF THIS VICTIM
SYSTEM. I THINK IT'S RIFE WITH
CONFUSING CIRCUMSTANCES AND.
YOU'LL FIND NO STRONGER ADVOCATE
FOR VICTIMS THAN ME AND VERY,
VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE
UNDERTAKING THIS, AND I WOULD
JUST HOPE THAT MAYBE WE COULD
COLLABORATE IN A WAY THAT WOULD
BE MORE MEANINGFUL. QUÊ, MR
CIERTO. OKAY, SO. A LITTLE BIT
ALONG THOSE LINES. CHINA GET A
KIND OF A GRASP ON ON WHAT THE
BILL IS DOING IT. IT APPEARS
THAT WE'RE CREATING PARALLEL
VICTIMS COMPENSATION. PROGRAMS
ONE THE CURRENT ONE, AND THEN A
NEW ONE. HOW. INSTEAD OF JUST
MAKING ONE GOOD ONE. THAT'S THE
THAT'S THE CONFUSION I HAVE IS
THAT IS GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT.
TO MANAGE AND IT'S ALSO HOW DO
YOU PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
ACCESSING ONE AND THEN GOING IN
ACCESSING THE OTHER? UM AND
CREATING AN EVEN GREATER
EXPANSE. BECAUSE GO AHEAD AND
ANSWER THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, OR
YOU CAN DO IT IN THE BILL
DOESN'T CREATE IT CREATES A NEW
ADVISORY BOARD. YES, BUT NOT A
REPLACEMENT, NOT DOUBLE STAFF.
SO THERE IS STILL THE SAME. IT
WOULD STILL BE 11 VICTIM'S
COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, STAFFING.
BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT ADVISORS TO A NOT
DIFFERENT BUT TO ADVISORY BOARDS
FOR PROCESSING DIFFERENT KINDS
OF CLAIMS. OH, YES WOULD BE
DOING ONE THAT IS IN THE DIRECT
CASH PILOT. ANTHONY CAN GO AHEAD
. YEAH SO, UM, THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MEMBER FOR THE QUESTION. SO
THE DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO CALI S
THAT'S A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THREE
YEARS. IT'S MODELED AFTER A
PROGRAM ACTUALLY THAT WE RAN
LAST SUMMER, GIVING NONPROFITS
MONEY THAT ARE DIRECTLY IN THE
COMMUNITY ABILITY TO WORK WITH
SURVIVORS, AND THERE IS, UM
THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE
ARE TAKING TODAY. I NEED TO HAVE
DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT YOU
WERE THE VICTIM AND THAT WILL BE
VERIFIED THROUGH THE NONPROFIT
AND THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT HAS
CREATED WILL BE HELPING CALLOWAY
pYES, AND THE NON PROFITS AS THEY
NAVIGATE. THE APPLICATION
PROCESS FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM,
SO THE GRANT PROGRAM IS ONLY A
THREE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO LOOK
AT. HOW DO WE GET MONEY IN THE
HANDS OF VICTIMS QUICKER, RIGHT
BECAUSE WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
CABBIE CBS AVERAGE PROCESSING
TIME IS ABOUT 90 DAYS, AND THAT
IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING ELSE OF
THE BILL IS LOOKING TO DO TO TRY
TO SPEED UP HOW QUICKLY WE CAN
MAKE DECISIONS ON APPLICATIONS,
BUT WE'RE NOT CREATING, LIKE TWO
BRAND NEW SYSTEMS WERE JUST
LOOKING AT A PILOT PROGRAM. TO
SEE HOW DO WE GET MONEY OUT THE
DOOR FASTER TO VICTIMS? BECAUSE
WE KNOW OFTENTIMES THEIR NEEDS
ARE VERY PRESSING IN THE MOMENT,
RIGHT? AND WE ALSO KNOW CALLOW
YES, HAS MANY OTHER VICTIMS
PROGRAMS THAT THEY ALREADY RUN?
WHETHER IT'S BOCA ASSISTANCE
FUNDING RIGHT. THEY HAVE OTHER
VICTIMS, PROGRAMS OF PILOT
PROGRAMS AND GRANT PROGRAMS,
OKAY. YES UM, THE ONLY HEAD TO
ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT
THE OTHER THING THAT SPECIFIC IN
THE BILL IS THAT THERE ARE SOME
COUNTIES THAT RUN THEIR OWN
PROGRAMS. AND IF YOU ARE A
SURVIVOR OF CRIME, AND YOU HAVE
RECEIVED SUPPORT ROM YOUR
COUNTY PROGRAM, THEN YOU WOULD
NOT BE DUPLICATED THERE. IT
EXPLICITLY WOULD, UH, THE
VICTIM'S COMPENSATION BOARD
WOULD NOT THEN DUPLICATE THAT
SERVICE. SO IN EFFECT, IT'S THE
PROGRAM OF LAST RESORT IN EFFECT
, YEAH, A LOT OF THE BARRIERS
THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT ISN'T LONG IN
TERMS OF MY COLLEAGUES. IS SOME
OF THOSE BARRIERS EXIST, AND I
KNOW SOME OF THE, UM PROGRAMS
THAT ARE IN OUR IN OUR REGION
DOWN THERE. UM THEY EXIST TO TRY
TO ELIMINATE OR TRY TO MINIMIZE,
UM THE FRAUD AND ABUSE. IN I IN
READING A LOT OF THIS. IT
APPEARS THAT THIS IS GOING TO
OPEN UP THE DOOR. FOR A LOT OF
MONEY, AND A LOT OF THAT MONEY
IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM
THE GENERAL FUND. THERE'S
BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY THIS
VICTIM COMPENSATION BOARD IS
ALREADY UNDERFUNDED. AND IT'S
ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE IN THE
FUTURE. SO I SHARE A LOT OF
CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUE HAS
HAS ALREADY STATED IN. AND UH,
CREATING SOMETHING THAT WILL
INCREASE ABUSE AND INCREASED
FRAUD, WHICH ALWAYS HAS THE
RESULT OF DECREASING THEY THE
HELP THAT ACTUAL PEOPLE THAT ARE
SUFFERING NEED AND FOR THOSE
REASONS, I MEANT I'M A LITTLE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE BILL. THANK
YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
COMMENT. YOU MAKE CLOTHES. THANK
YOU. CHAIR. UM THIS BILL IS NOT
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE FRAUD OR
ABUSE. IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP
EXPAND. THE NOT JUST THE SUPPORT
BUT WHO RECEIVES THE SUPPORT
BECAUSE AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM WE
KNOW THAT GOOD VICTIM SUPPORT.
HELPS. IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. IT
BOTH REDUCES CRIME INCREASES
COOPERATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND IS JUST A BETTER SYSTEM.
THERE'S LOTS OF DATA THAT SHOWS
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR GUN
VIOLENCE, PRUDENT PREVENTION,
BECAUSE IF THE FAMILY OR LOVED
ONE OF A GUN VIOLENCE VICTIM IS
SUPPORTED WITH THAT TRAUMA WITH
THE FUNERAL COSTS WITH VARIOUS
THINGS FROM THE START, THEN THE
COOPERATION OF THAT FAMILY WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND THAT GUN
VIOLENCE GREATLY IMPROVES AND
THERE'S VERY GOOD DATA ABOUT
THAT. SO THEY PURPOSE OF THIS IS
IN NO WAY. TO CREATE A SITUATION
OR A SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE ABUSED
, BUT RATHER TO CREATE A SYSTEM
THAT BY SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF
CRIME IMPROVES OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY. AND OF COURSE, THEN, UH,
WE ALSO THE PORTION OF THE BILL
THAT WOULD IMPROVE OUR SUPPORT
FOR EXONEREES. AND WITH THAT, I
ASKED FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU
. WE HAVE OUR MOTION IN THE
SECOND CHAIRS RECOMMENDING I
CALLED THE ROLE. AN SP 993 BY
SENATOR SKINNER. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. JOHN
SAWYER, I LACKEY LACKEY NO
BONTA. LEE. LEÓN QUIRK. EYES
SANTIAGO SANTIAGO I CR TO CR
TONO GARCIA. IT'S NOT CALLED
NEED ONE MORE. THANK YOU. WELL
NOW GO THROUGH. FROM THE OTHER
ITEMS WE COULDN'T GET THROUGH.
UM. WHICH ONES DO WE NEED? A
MOTION AND A SECOND AND QUITE A
FEW, OKAY? ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. LI LI, I. SB. 8 63.
MOVE. ON SB 863 BY SENATOR MEN,
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. SAWYER I LACKEY
LACKEY, I BONTA. LI LI, I WORK I
WORK I SANTIAGO. SANTIAGO I
SEYARTO TOÀN CR TWO. I GARCIA.
THAT MEASURE PASSES, UM.
BELIEVE. I DON'T KNOW BEFORE. 12
12 09 EDMUND. MOVE 12 09. ON SB
12 09 BY SENATOR EDMUND THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE JOHN
SAWYER, I LACKEY. BLACKY NOT
VOTING. BONTA LI LI I QUIRK
QUIRK I SANTIAGO SANTIAGO. I SEE
YOU ARE TOO CR TWO, NOT VOTING,
GARCIA. MATCHES ARE CALLING EACH
ONE MORE. UM I BELIEVE ITEM
NUMBER SIX SP 904 BAITS. SECOND. AND SB 904 BY SENATOR BATES.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE JOHN
SAWYER, I LACKEY LACKEY, I
BONTA. LI LI, I QUIRK QUIRK EYES
SANTIAGO. SANTIAGO EYES SEE YOUR
TOE CR TWO. I GARCIA. MAJOR
PASSES. UM I DON'T NUMBER SEVEN
SB 906 PORTANTINO. SECOND. ON SB
906 BY SENATOR PORTANTINO. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
JOHN SAWYER, JOHN STILL YOUR EYE
LACKEY. LACKEY NOT VOTING BONTA
LI LI, I QUIRK QUIRK I SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO EYES THEY ARE TWO
SEYARTO I GARCIA.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. WE ARE STILL
WAITING FOR ABSENT MEMBERS. ITEM
NUMBER NINE. SB 1008. THIS
MEASURE WAS ON CALL LI LI I.
THAT MEASURE REMAINS ON CALL
NEEDS ONE. YES, YES. THANKS. AN
ITEM NUMBER 10. SB 11 78. THIS
MEASURE IS ON CALL LEE LEAD.
AYE. DIMENSION REMAINS ON CALL
WAITING FOR ABSENT MEMBERS. ITEM
NUMBER 11 SP 13 OH, FOUR. THIS
MEASURE IS ON CALL LEE. LI. I
THIS MEASURE REMAINS ON CALL. IT
NEEDS ONE. WE'RE JUST WAITING
FOR MISS GARCIA TO THE COMPLETE. THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE YOU
DID.
I BELIEVE THIS. GARCIA'S
FINISHING UP IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS
DOING THE BILL. SENATE POST
SAFELY. AH! YEAH, I THINK I HAVE
TO STAY.
NOT UPON FOR ME. THERE'S NOT A
PROBLEM FOR ME THAT WHICHEVER
YOU WANT. YOUR GOOD LUCK.
OTHERWISE, I'M BELIEVING MR
CHAIR, BUT YOU'RE GOOD, RIGHT?
RIGHT? ABOUT.
AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
CRISTINA GARCIA. GARCIA. I. ITEM
NUMBER ONE. SB 8 63 BY SENATOR
MIN GARCIA. GARCIA. I. ITEM
NUMBER TWO WAS SUNG CONSENT ITEM
THREE WITH SOME CONSENT. ITEM
NUMBER FOUR. SB TOGO NINE.
EGGMAN GARCIA. GARCIA I THAT
MEASURE NOW PASSES ITEM NUMBER
FIVE WAS ON CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER
SIX SP 904 BY SENATOR BATES
GARCIA GARCIA. AYE. ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN SP 906 BY SENATOR
PORTANTINO GARCIA GARCIA. AYE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SP 993 BY
SENATOR SKINNER GARCIA. GARCIA I
THAT MEASURE NOW PASSES I DON'T
NUMBER NINE SB 1008 BY SENATOR
BECKER GARCIA. GARCIA I THAT
MEASURE NOW PASSES. ITEM NUMBER
10 SB 11 78 BY SENATOR BRADFORD
GARCIA GARCIA I THAT MEASURE NOW
PASSES ITEM NUMBER 11 SP 13 OH,
FOUR BY SENATOR KAMLAGER GARCIA.
GARCIA EYES THAT MEASURE NOW
PASSES AN ITEM NUMBER. 12 WAS ON
CONSENT. ALRIGHT INCLUDES THE
BUSINESS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'RE
NOW ADJOURNED.