IF MEMBERS IN THE HOUSING
COMMITTEE COULD COME TO ROOM 1
26. WE'D LOVE TO BEGIN OUR
HEARING SOON, AND MR CHOLERA
GETS TEACHER'S PET FOR ARRIVING
ONLY 11 MINUTES LATER. THANK
YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO START AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. WELL, FOLKS. GET
HERE, UM AND WHEN WE GET CORN,
WE GET CORN. WELCOME. SORRY.
WELCOME TO THE ASSEMBLY, HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE HEARING. WE HAVE 11 IS
THAT RIGHT? NO. WE HAVE NINE NO.
89. RIGHT WE HAVE EIGHT UH,
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND AH!
SORRY. AND SAY. YES, OKAY. TWO
ITEMS ON CONSENT MATH. UM A
SPEEDY 6 49 BY MR CORTEZ E AND S
B 13 35. UH BY MR EDMUND HAVE
BEEN PULLED BY THE AUTHORS.
TODAY WE'RE ASKING AUTHORS TO
GIVE STINK PRESENTATIONS. EACH
BILL CAN HAVE TWO MAIN WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION. EACH
MAIN WITNESS GETS TWO MINUTES
EACH. THERE'S NO PHONE TESTIMONY
OPTION FOR THIS HEARING. ALL
WITNESSES, TESTIMONY WILL BE IN
PERSON. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY THROUGH
THE POSITION PORTAL ON THE
COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE. THIS WILL
BECOME PART OF THE OFFICIAL
RECORD OF THE BILL. THE HEARING
ROOM WILL BE OPEN FOR ATTENDANCE
OF THIS HEARING. ANY MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC ATTENDING THE HEARING
ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR A MASK AT
ALL TIMES WHILE IN THE BUILDING.
ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO WATCH THE
HEARING FROM ITS LIVE STREAM ON
THE ASSEMBLY WEBSITE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND
UNDERSTANDING. AND WITH THAT,
LET'S START OFF WITH MR WIENER
WITH SP 13 36.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM CHAIR. I FIRST WANT TO
THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOR
WORKING WITH US ON THIS BILL,
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS AS
OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS. UM
COLLEAGUES. SP 13 36 WORLD OUT
PLACES OF WORSHIP AND NONPROFIT
COLLEGES TO UTILIZE THEIR EXCESS
LAND TO BUILD 100% AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. AND IT DOES SO BY
APPLYING CERTAIN ZONING
STANDARDS AND BY RIGHT APPROVAL
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN
ACTUALLY BUILD THAT DESPERATELY
NEEDED HOUSING. UM WE IN RECENT
YEARS HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT TO
TRY TO SPERM, MUCH MORE HOUSING
PRODUCTION AND CALIFORNIA EVERY
KIND OF HOUSING MARKET RATE
AFFORDABLE. 80 U STUDENT
HOUSING, ETCETERA, BUT WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF
FAR MORE HOUSING FOR OUR LOW
INCOME RESIDENTS. AND WE ALSO
KNOW THAT OUR CHURCHES,
SYNAGOGUES, MOSQUES, NONPROFIT
COLLEGES HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF EXCESS LAND. THAT MIGHT BE A
PARKING LOT THAT'S TWICE AS BIG
AS THE CONGREGATION. NEEDS I
KNOW. MADAM CHAIR. YOU'VE DONE
SOME WORK IN THIS AREA. UM OR
OTHER EXCESS LAND, AND WE KNOW
THAT PARTICULARLY WITH OUR FAITH
BASED INSTITUTIONS. PART OF
THEIR MISSION IS TO HELP PEOPLE
IN NEED. WE KNOW THAT MANY
CHURCHES AND OTHER FAITH BASED
INSTITUTIONS WANT TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THEIR
LAND, BUT THE LAND IS NOT ZONED.
APPROPRIATELY AND THEY CAN'T GET
IT APPROVED THIS BILL UNLOCK AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF LAND THAT
TURNER'S CENTER THAT A STUDY
IT'S JUST A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF
LAND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. THAT
WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR 100%
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO
COLLEAGUES THIS IS A BILL WHOSE
TIME HAS COME AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE WITH ME TODAY
TESTIFY IS, UM, IS ABRAM DIAZ,
THE POLICY DIRECTOR. UM AT
NONPROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ONE OF OUR
CO SPONSORS, AND DR JILL SHOOK
AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
MAKING HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
HAPPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND POLICE
TESTIFY AND SUPPORTED THIS
IMPORTANT BILL ON BEHALF OF NPH
MPH REPRESENT AROUND 750,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDERS,
ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS
WORKING TO SUPPORT THE CREATION,
PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE
HOMES. IN THE BAY AREA. AS WE
ALL KNOW, THE SHORTAGE OF
HOUSING HAS CREATED A DESPERATE
CRISIS FOR A STATE AND WORKING
FAMILIES RESPONSE MANY FAITH
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND COLLEGES
ARE STEPPING UP THEIR EFFORTS TO
PARTNER WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
LEADERS TO BUILD MORE CRITICALLY
NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOMES ON LAND
THEY ALREADY OWN AND SUPPORTED
THEIR MISSIONS. HIS FACE BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AS LONG STANDING
COMMUNITY ANCHORS WISH TO LEAD
AND SUPPORTING THEIR
CONGREGATIONS, NEIGHBORS AND
FAMILIES AND UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO
PLAY IN ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA'S
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
AS LARGE PROPERTY HOLDERS. FAITH
BASED INSTITUTIONS ARE IN A GOOD
POSITION TO FILL. THIS IMPORTANT
GAP REPORT FROM THE TURNER
CENTER FOUND THAT THERE ARE OVER
38,000 ACRES OF LAND THAT ARE
USED FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
THERE POTENTIALLY DEVELOPABLE
STATEWIDE. AS A STATE. WE SHOULD
BE SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH
LEADERS, RABBIS, PASTORS AND
REVERENCE AND OTHERS WHO WISH TO
LEAD CALIFORNIA AND BATTLING
POVERTY BY BUILDING HOUSING
UNITS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
I'VE HEARD INCREDIBLE STORIES
ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR SENIORS.
WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS THE CHURCH
SERVICES AND AMENITIES RIGHT
NEXT DOOR. IT WILL BE THE
SHORTEST COMMUTER SERVICE
ANYONE'S EVER HAD ON A SUNDAY
MORNING. AND AS NOTED, THE
PRBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE
HERE IS THAT MANY OF THESE
INSTITUTIONS ARE LOCATED IN
AREAS THAT ARE NOT ZONED TO
PERMIT THIS KIND OF HOUSING.
PROPER FOLKS THAT CAN TAKE AT
YEAR MINIMUM AND MORE TYPICALLY
SEVERAL YEARS AND HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ALLOW
THESE PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD.
THAT KIND OF DELAYING CAUSES
SIGNIFICANT DISCOURAGES AND
PREVENTS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
FROM OFFERING HOMES TO LOCAL
FAMILIES AND WORKING FAMILIES AS
WELL. THIS BOW AND ENSURE THAT
WE HAVE PIE, PRACTICAL,
STREAMLINING PRINCIPLES SO THAT
OUR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES CAN
OPEN THE DOORS TO CALIFORNIANS
IN NEED. THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERATION. I'M HAPPY TO HELP
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS NEEDED.
HELLO MY NAME IS JILL SHOOK. AND
I'M, THE CO FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF
MAKING HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
HAPPEN. WE DO, UM, HOUSING
JUSTICE INSTITUTES AROUND THE
COUNTRY, BUT OUR PRIMARY WORK IS
IN PASADENA. AND ALL OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. WE, UM ARE
PRIVILEGED TO SEE OVER 1000
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PRODUCED THROUGH OUR WORK IN OUR
CITY, WHICH IS RESULTED IN A 56%
DROP IN OUR HOMELESS COUNT IN
THE LAST 10 YEARS. UM. WE HAVE
OVER 56 CHURCHES THAT HAVE
APPROACHED US. AH WANTING TO
HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THEIR
CAMPUSES. AND. WE DO FEASIBILITY
STUDIES, BOTH LAND USE AND
FINANCIAL AS WELL AS
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS AND
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. RFP S TO
HELP CHURCHES AND VISION WHAT'S
POSSIBLE ON THEIR SITE. AND ALSO
TO HELP PREPARE THEM TO PARTNER
WITH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. AND SO. WE
JUST FINISHED A DEAL IN, UH,
CALIFORNIA COASTAL CITY IN
ORANGE COUNTY. AND THAT CHURCH
WILL BE PROVIDING 84 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RIGHT
SIZING THEIR UH, SANCTUARY. FOR
THEIR CURRENT NEEDS. THAT'S THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 2000 AND FIVE
THAT THAT CITY WILL HAVE
PRODUCED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REALLY
ENABLES CHURCHES TO STAY IN LINE
WITH THEIR MISSION. UM AND USE
WHAT THEY HAVE. UM THEY HAVE
BUILDINGS. THEY HAVE OVERSIZED
PARKING LOTS AND. WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT WHEN GOD ASKED MOSES WHAT
HE HAD IN HIS HAND, HE HAD A
SIMPLE TAP JUST A SIMPLE STAFF.
AND GOD USED THAT STAFF TO DO
MORE THAN MOSES COULD EVER
IMAGINE. SO WE HELP CHURCHES TO
BE ABLE TO, UM, AND
CONGREGATIONS OF ALL KINDS. THAT
HAVE COME TO US, UM SPANISH
SPEAKING. JEWISH CONGREGATIONS.
PRESBYTERIAN YOU COULD WRAP UP.
SO WITH ALL THESE CHURCHES THAT
HAVE COME TO US, ONLY A FRACTION
HAD THE RIGHT ZONING AND SO WE
DESPERATELY NEED THIS BILL, UM
SO THAT WE CAN HELP CHURCHES.
BLESS AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES
WITH BEAUTIFUL, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE
IT. AND IF FOLKS WANT TO
REGISTER SUPPORT IN THE ROOM,
PLEASE HELP TONIGHT. MIKE NAME
ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT.
PRESSING SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING
PARTNERSHIP. AND CALIFORNIA. UM,
B. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STEPHEN
STENZEL, WITH FRANCINE BEHALF OF
THE HOUSING ACTION COALITIONS TO
SUPPORT. NAME ME CLEARLY WITH A
G GLOBAL SOLUTIONS REPRESENTING
TH HOUSING AND SUPPORT. MARY
ELLEN SHAKE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HOUSING
FINANCE AGENCIES AND SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING, UH, CORNELIUS
BURKE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
WERE SUPPORTIVE. AMENDED WE JUST
REQUEST PARAGRAPH NINE.
SUBDIVISION B BE DELETED THE
LABOR PROVISIONS MAKE THIS BILL
VERY COSTLY. OTHER THAN THAT,
IT'S A GREAT BILL. WE THANK THE
AUTHOR OF HIS LEADERSHIP HAPPY
TO WORK WITH MOSES OR WHEREVER
SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE
HOUSING. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR. DEBORAH CARLSON WITH
THE CALIFORNIA APARTMENT
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY TWEENERS?
YOU HAVE MET HIM, UM, CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS SCOTT WEST ON BEHALF
OF CALIFORNIA STATE PATRIOTS
COUNCIL ASSOCIATION OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS, CALIFORNIA
COALITION OF UTILITY EMPLOYEES
IN THE WESTERN STATES COUNCIL OF
SHEET METAL WORKERS. WE'RE
TWEENER BECAUSE FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS, FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE
2.5 MONTHS LEFT IN THIS YEAR,
AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN
HAVE A HOLISTIC, COMPREHENSIVE.
UM. HOUSING SOLUTION ON MANY OF
THE BILLS THAT ARE PENDING AND
WE THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME
TO SIT DOWN. SO WE'RE WORKING
WITH THE AUTHOR TO TRY TO GET TO
THAT SPOT. AND SO WE WOULD WE
WOULD SUPPORT THE BILL MOVING
OUT TODAY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL
NOW GO TO PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.
THE COMMITTEE JEREMY SMITH, ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL ARE
500,000 MEMBERS AND FOR THE
THOUSANDS MORE CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WHO ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH
TO BE IN A UNION. SP 13 36,
WHILE WELL INTENTIONED AND WITH
PREVAILING WAGE COVERAGE DOES
NOT, UNFORTUNATELY DO ENOUGH TO
PROTECT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
THERE ARE NO PROVISIONS RELATED
TO THE USE OF A SKILLED AND
TRAINED WORKFORCE. I WILL
EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS IMPORTANT.
EVEN THOUGH MOST OF YOU ALREADY
KNOW, BUT FIRST I WANTED TO
SPEAK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ARE MEMBERS AND THEY'RE WORKING
FAMILIES, UM, ARE ACROSS THE
ECONOMIC SPECTRUM ARE
INCREASINGLY SPENDING MORE OF
THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING COSTS.
THEY FEEL THIS IS ACUTELY AS
ANYONE ELSE. EVEN FOR MANY OF
OUR MEMBERS, IT IS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO AFFORD FAIR MARKET
RENT. LET ALONE INTERSTATE DREAM
OF OWNING THEIR OWN HOME.
HOWEVER THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO
GRANT STATEWIDE BY RIGHT,
STREAMLINING ANY KIND OF HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT BOTH WAGE
AND BENEFIT PROTECTIONS AND
TRAINING PROTECTIONS FOR THE
WORKERS WHO WILL BUILD THIS
HOUSING. FOR NEARLY A DECADE. WE
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE THIS
POINT TO POLICYMAKERS THAT WE
SHOULDN'T BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF
THE HOUSING MORASS. WE ARE IN ON
THE BACKS OF UNSKILLED WORKERS
WHO TOIL AND ARE EXPLOITED IN
THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY. YOU MAY
NOT WANT TO HEAR THIS, BUT THAT
IS HOW A LOT OF HOUSING IS BUILT
IN THIS STATE. EVERYWHERE THERE
IS NOT A UNION IN ANY INDUSTRY
IS A PLACE WHERE WORKER
EXPLOITATION IS LIKELY TO OCCUR.
WHAT MIGHT BE MOST IMPORTANT
ABOUT THE SKILLED AND TRAINED
LANGUAGE THAT WE ASK FOR IS THAT
IT DOESN'T JUST MEAN THAT
WORKERS ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR
CRAFT. IT MEANS THEY KNOW THEIR
VALUE. AS A WORKER. THEY ARE
TRAINED IN THEIR APPRENTICESHIPS
ABOUT WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR IN A
JOB SITE FROM SAFETY. TO WHETHER
THEY GET A CORRECT CHECK. STEP.
THEY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE TAKING
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEY KNOW
THEIR WORTH AS A WORKER WITHOUT
THIS KNOWLEDGE IS EASIER TO
EXPLOIT WORKERS. INFORMATION BY
RIGHT STREAMLINING TAKES AWAY
LOCAL CONTROL AND THE ABILITY OF
OUR LOCAL LEADERS TO USE THEIR
VOICE TO STAND UP FOR THEIR
MEMBERS FOR MOST OF THE CRAFT
THAT WERE BUILT HOUSING THE
REQUIREMENT TO MEET US 30% FOR
OTHERS, IT'S 60% THIS IS NOT
ABOUT CORNERING THE MARKET AS A
HOUSING ADVOCATE ONCE YELLED AT
ME, THIS IS NOT ABOUT OUR
LEADERS EARNING A PROFIT. WE ARE
NOT IN THE LATER MOVED TO MAKE
MONEY. WE ARE STANDING ON THE
SHOULDERS OF LABOR ADVOCATES WHO
CAME BEFORE US TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT AGAINST PROFIT DRIVEN.
HIRING PRACTICES. WE ARE HERE TO
BE THE VOICE OF WORKERS IN THIS
BUILDING BECAUSE BY RIGHTS
REMIND TAKES AWAY THEIR ABILITY
TO USE THEIR VOICE THEIR
HOMETOWNS. IRELAND NO VOTE ON SP
13 36 THANK YOU NEXT WITNESS,
BUT I'M CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. JENNIFER SPEC ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, WHO
MUST RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED SB 13
36 UNLESS IT IS AMENDED TO
REFLECT CONCERNS OR ORGANIZATION
HAS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CERTAIN
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL ON
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SPECIFICALLY SB 13 36 EXPANDS BY
RIGHT APPROVAL TO COMMERCIAL USE
OF PROPERTY PLACED WITHIN
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
RUNNING CONTRARY TO THE STATE
AND LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING
STRATEGIES THAT ACCOUNT FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE
NEEDS. WE DO NOT HAVE AN
OBJECTION TO THE PROVISION OF
CHILDCARE, WHICH HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED A RESIDENTIAL USE OF
RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY, BUT
BEYOND THAT, THE COMMERCIAL USES
OF PROPERTY AND RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS. SHOULD HAVE
COMMUNITY INPUT AND NOT BE DONE
BY RIGHT. SB 13 36 ALSO
EFFECTIVELY EXPANDS THE STATE'S
CURRENT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ALSO
INCLUDE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
WHICH IS ALSO A DRASTIC CHANGE
FROM CURRENT LAW. WE HAVE
SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL INCREASE TO COST
HOMEOWNERS WHO FACED THE VERY
REAL POSSIBILITY OF BEING
ASSESSED HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES
IN THE FORM OF BONDS AND SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS. TO ACCOMMODATE
THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS
WITHIN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
. SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT,
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES
NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THESE
COMMUNITIES. AND IT IS OUR
OPINION THAT THE EXPANSION OF
THE STATE'S WELFARE EXEMPTION TO
THESE COMMERCIAL PARCELS WHICH
CAN BE WHICH CAN BE HOST FOR
PROFIT BUSINESSES ONLY SERVES TO
MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP LESS
AFFORDABLE TO OUR STATES WORKING
FAMILIES. WE REQUESTED THE
PROVISION THAT ALLOWS FOR SUCH
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BE
REMOVED FROM THE BILL. IN
ADDITION TO THE COMMERCIAL USAGE
CONCERN, WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE
COMPLETE EXPANSION OF THE BILL
TO UNIVERSITY PROPERTY AND
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE
KNOW THAT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
HAVE A CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE
MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES,
AND WE EXPECT THEY WILL
EXERCISE. THEIR NEW POWER WITH
SENSITIVITY TO THE COMMUNITIES
WITHIN THE WITHIN WHICH THEY
OPERATE. ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED
SB NINE AND S B 10 AND PRIOR TO
THAT, BY RIGHT LAWS FOR A D U. S
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR SUPPORT OF
THESE BILLS. BUT OUR MEMBERS ARE
ALSO HEARING THE ANXIETY FROM
HOMEOWNERS AND IN PARTICULAR
FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND WHOM ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
THESE BILLS WILL IMPACT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS. ADDING THIS BILL
IN ITS CURRENT FORM, FURTHER
LIMITING COMMUNITY INPUT ON HOW
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT UH AND
NON MISSION RELATED UNIVERSITY
CONSTRUCTION IS JUST TOO MUCH
TOO SOON. WITH THAT, WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A NO VOTE
WITHOUT OUR AMENDMENTS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND
ANY OTHER OPPOSITION IN THE ROOM
FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER.
OKAY WE WILL TAKE IT NOW TO OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE IN COMMITTEE, MR
CHOLERA. THANK YOU, MADAM SHARON
. THANK YOU, SENATOR FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM THE.
BUT THERE WAS MENTION ON BOTH
SIDES OF CONCERN ABOUT THE LABOR
PROVISIONS. I GUESS SOME FOLKS
MAY NOT LIKE THEM. SOME FOLKS
MAY THINK THEY NEED TO BE
STRONGER. WHAT ARE THE LABOR
LABOR PROVISIONS AS IT'S
CURRENTLY DROPPED? ID THE THANK
YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, AND I
KNOW THIS COMMITTEE IS NO
STRANGER TO THE TWISTING TURNS
OF THE LABOR CONVERSATIONS
HAPPENING IN THE CAPITAL. UM SO
TO BE CLEAR. THIS BILL REQUIRES
PREVAILING WAGE. UM, UM, IN
ORDER TO INVOKE AH, THE
PROVISIONS UNTIL JUST VERY
RECENTLY, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
BUILDERS WERE VERY OPPOSED TO
EVEN HAVING PREVAILING WAGE.
THAT WAS ALWAYS A FIGHT IN THIS
CAPITAL GOING BACK 20 YEARS. AH
WE'VE NOW GOTTEN TO THE POINT
WHERE THEY'RE THEY'RE OKAY WITH
THAT. NOW THE FIGHT IS ABOUT
SKILLED WORKFORCE WHEN WE PASSED
SB 35 2017. WE DRAW A
DISTINCTION. WE HAVE SKILLED
WORKFORCE IN THAT BILL. SKILLED
WORKFORCE APPLIES TO MARKET RATE
AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING
PROJECTS AND PREVAILING WAGE TO
100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THIS
IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT. WITH
THAT SAID, WE KNOW THERE IS A
BROADER CONVERSATION HAPPENING.
AND I AND MR WATCH MENTIONED
THAT AND I AGREE WITH HIM ABOUT
THE TERRORIST BILL AND OTHER
BILLS AS WELL. I'M NOT SOMEONE
WHO'S BEEN OPPOSITIONAL
SCHOOLWORK FOR IT. I PUT IT IN
SP 35. I WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT. I
HAVE A STUDENT HOUSING BILL THAT
JUST PASSED OUT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES ON MONDAY, WHICH HAS
SKILLED WORKFORCE IN IT. I HAVE
A TRANSPORTATION BILL WITH
SKILLED WORKFORCE. AND SO I'M
NOT ALLERGIC TO SKILLED
WORKFORCE. BUT THIS IS
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER BILLS
AROUND 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
BUT WITH THAT SAID, UM, WE HOPE
TO BE PART OF THAT BROADER
CONVERSATION. WELL YEAH, I
APPRECIATE THAT, AND I
APPRECIATE THE POSITION OF THE
BUILDING TRADES AND ADVOCATING
FOR THEIR MEMBERS, BUT ALSO, AS
YOU MENTIONED THE TWEENER
COMMENT FROM MR WEDGE. THE
CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE, AND I
THINK ALL OF US ARE URGING THOSE
CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS AND
DOING WHAT WE CAN TO HELP
FACILITATE WHEREVER IT'S
POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW THE REALITY
IS THAT LOCAL CONTROL IS
OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE
DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY IN TERMS OF
BYPASSING IT. BUT THE REALITY IS
THAT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE
DENYING THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE SKILLED AND
TRAINED WORKFORCE. THEY'RE
DENYING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT
HOUSING BUILT IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES. UM AND IF SCOTLAND
TRADE WAS INCLUDED, I'M SURE UM
, YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSITION
WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT
BEING BY RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE
OTHER LEGISLATION THAT DOES HAVE
BY RIGHT WITH SKILLED AND TRADE
THAT THE TRAIN THAT COULD ALSO
HAVE THE SAME ISSUES IN TERMS OF
BEING CONCERNED ABOUT LOCAL
CONTROL. AND SO I AM. LOOK, YOU
KNOW THE. WHEN I GO TO MY DON'T
KNOW HOW MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT
TESTIFIED HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF
THE PLACES OF WORSHIP. UM THAT
HAVE BEEN, TOO AND I'VE BEEN TO
MANY OF THEM OR BEEN WITH
PASTORS AND OTHERS WHEN WE GO
OUT AND DO ENCAMPMENTS, AND I'VE
BEEN TO MANY OF OUR PLACES OF
WORSHIP THAT TRYING THEIR BEST
TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WHETHER
THEY'RE SLEEPING. YOU KNOW,
INSIDE AND ON THE GROUND AND
WITH SLEEPING BAGS WHEREVER
ACCOMMODATIONS THEY CAN GIVE
THEM OR HAVE TENTS OUTSIDE THE
PERIMETER OF THE PLACES OF
WORSHIP. UM I APPRECIATE THOSE
PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT WANT TO
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND WANT
TO FIND A WAY TO HOUSE OUR OWN
HOUSE, BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND
CONTINUE TO OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGED
THE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS.
WITH WITH OPPOSITION BECAUSE YOU
KNOW WE DO HAVE THE WE DO HAVE
TO FIND A WAY TO KIND OF GET
THROUGH SOME OF THIS LOGJAM TO
START BUILDING AND I THINK THAT
IF WE, ESPECIALLY FOR 100%
AFFORDABLE, UM YOU KNOW SOME OF
THESE PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT ARE
WILLING TO COME FORWARD AND DO
THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN
CAUSE SOME STRAIN WITHIN CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT THE REALITY
IS THAT FOLKS THAT ARE CAMPED
OUT IN TENTS AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOODS DOESN'T EXACTLY
REMOVE THAT STRAIN, AND SO, UM,
YOU KNOW, BE SUPPORTING THIS AND
OBVIOUSLY UM, JUST ASK FOR THE
CONTINUED CONVERSATION AND
CONTINUE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE
OPPOSITION CONCERNS,
PARTICULARLY FROM THE BUILDING
TRADES, BUT WE'LL BE SUPPORTING
IT TODAY AND AS MR WHICH SAID,
YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING. THEY
NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, AND
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP THEM.
ENCOURAGE THEM OF THAT. THANKS.
MR SERRA. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS. UM FIRST TO COMMENT
ON AND KIND OF MY EXPERIENCE
WITH, UH DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES
AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. WE
HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
REALLY GREAT CHURCHES AND
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN OUR IN
OUR DISTRICT. AND A LOT OF THEM
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE LAST
30 YEARS SINCE OUR COMMUNITY
STARTED GROWING AND ALONG THE
WAY, I LEARNED THAT THEY HAVE A
LOT OF LATITUDE. IN SUPERSEDING
ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY MAY
HAVE AND SO THEY WIND UP GOING
INTO SOMETIMES AREAS THAT ARE
NOT NECESSARILY UM, SUITABLE
FOR, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF. UM
MULTI FAMILY HOUSING OF ANY
KIND. AND. SO AND THOSE BUMP UP
AGAINST WHAT? I KNOW A LOT OF
CONCERNS FROM MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
HAD ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE. ISSUES THEY WANT US TO
ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ON
ONE HAND BY NOT BUILDING NEXT TO
FREEWAYS NOT BUILDING NEXT TO
INDUSTRIAL AREAS, NOT BUILDING
NEXT TO UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE
INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE USE AND
FRANKLY THE, UH, USE OF
RESIDENTIAL. WHERE DOES THE CITY
IN A BUY RIGHT? TYPE OF AH!
ENVIRONMENT WHERE DOES THE CITY
HAVE A SAY? IN DETERMINING
WHETHER THEY'RE IN AN AREA THAT
IS BUMPING UP AGAINST THAT
COMPATIBILITY OR THOSE EFFORTS
TO FOR CITIES TO ADDRESS THOSE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES
AHEAD OF TIME, AS OPPOSED TO UM
, TRYING TO RETROACTIVELY
ADDRESS THEM LIKE IN L A THAT
THEY HAVE TO DO WITH FLIGHT
PATHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHERE DOES THIS CITY IN A BUY
RIGHT? HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT GETTING
INTO LEGAL SQUABBLES WITH THE
DEVELOPERS. WE FIRST OF ALL THE
BILL DOES DIFFER, TOO. QUITE A
FEW OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT
CITIES HAVE IN PLACE AND WE TOOK
THIS BILLS. UM IN 2020. I
INTRODUCED AN ALMOST IDENTICAL
VERSION OF THIS BILL THAT PASSED
THE SENATE 39 NOTHING PAST THIS
COMMITTEE SEVEN OR UNANIMOUSLY
BELIEVE RECALL CORRECTLY, UM AND
WE TOOK A LOT OF AENDMENTS IN
SENATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE TO
TRY TO REALLY TELL HER THIS,
PARTICULARLY IN RESIDENTIAL
AREAS AND DEFER TO A NUMBER OF
LOCAL, UM, REQUIREMENTS. THERE
ARE YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE
STILL ABILITY, YOU KNOW TO IN
TERMS OF BUFFERS AROUND FREEWAYS
OR WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT
THAT. UM BUT I DON'T DOESN'T
OVERRIDE EVERY OBJECTIVE
STANDARD. UM UH, CHURCHES AT ALL
DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO OVERRIDE LOCAL LOCAL
ZONING. UM AND PART OF THE ISSUE
IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF LAND. THAT
IS NOWHERE NEAR A FREEWAY OR
INDUSTRIAL AREA, BUT THEY WANT
TO DEVELOP IT AND IT'S NOT. IT'S
NOT ZONED. UM AND SO THEY SIMPLY
CAN'T DO IT. AND SO THAT'S
THAT'S WHY THE BILL IS NEEDED OR
YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THEY
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE ZONING,
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM
EIGHT YEARS. TO GET IT ENTITLED
, UM AND THEN PROJECT GOES BELLY
UP BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A MARKET
RATE DEVELOPER THAT CAN BANKROLL
PROJECT FOR EIGHT YEARS WHILE
YOU GO THROUGH A DISCRETIONARY.
PROCESS SO WE'LL GO BACK AND
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT. BUT I THINK THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF CASES
THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE UM SO MY
SECOND QUESTION IS, I DIDN'T SEE
ANYTHING IN HERE ABOUT SEQUEL
EXEMPTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
. THERE ARE NO SEQUEL EXEMPTIONS
IN HERE. IT'S MINISTERIAL
APPROVAL, SO THAT MEANS IT'S BUT
IF IT MEETS ALL OF THE CRITERIA
LAID OUT IN THE BILL AROUND
DENSITY AND HIGH AND THE LOCAL
OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT APPLY
ETCETERA, ETCETERA. CHECK ALL
THE BOXES, THEN YOU GET
APPROVED. RIGHT BUT I CAN THINK
OFA CHURCH RIGHT NOW THAT IF
THEY DID THIS TYPE OF
DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, THE
TRAFFIC IMPACTS ALONE WOULD BE
NOT MITIGATE HERBAL. UM, LET'S
PUT THAT WAY. SO I'M TRYING IT
SO THIS SHOULD STILL BE
SUBJECTED TO A SECRET PROCESS
BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE EIGHT
YEAR PROCESS THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT. SO WE REALLY TRULY WANT
TO HELP FOLKS DO THIS AND
ADVANCE THIS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
THAT, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE
PROCESS BEFORE THEY GO BANKRUPT
. YOU BROUGHT UP A REALLY
INTERESTING POINT THERE, SO WE
ALSO YOU KNOW? WANT TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE HAVE HOUSING AND THAT YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE ARE, AS WAS POINTED
OUT. ARE ALREADY IN. THESE
COMMUNITIES ARE LIVING IN TENTS
. OLIVIA IN CARS IN PLACES THAT
DEEPLY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. AND
SO, YEAH, THEY'RE ALWAYS VARIOUS
CONSIDERATIONS. THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
US BREAKING DOWN. UM NOT THE
BARRIER THAT IS IMAGINE, BUT THE
BARRIER THAT EXISTS BECAUSE
THERE IS AN EXISTING BARRIER AND
THAT'S WHY IT'S FAILING. WE'RE
NOT ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. AND
IN THE MEANWHILE WE'RE DOING A
LOT OF THINGS LIKE BY RIGHT AND
THINGS THAT LEAVE CITIES OUT OF
THE PROCESS, BASICALLY. AND WITH
IN THEIR CITIZENS WITHOUT A
VOICE, AND THAT CONCERNS ME A
LOT AND UNTIL WE GET THE OTHER
PART OF IT, WHERE PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE TO TAKE EITHER FOR, YOU
KNOW, NON AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW,
MARKET RATE HOUSING OR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UNTIL WE GET
TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN WE CAN
GET THOSE PROJECTS THROUGH IN A
REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. WE'RE
NOT GOING TO FIX THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PART BECAUSE THERE'S NO
SUCH THING AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE IN
CALIFORNIA. SO I APPRECIATE THE
EFFORTS ON THIS BILL BECAUSE I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU
ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SUPPLY
THAT MEETS THE DEMAND THAT WILL
BRING DOWN THE PRICES. THANK
YOU. AND LET'S ACTUALLY JUST
ESTABLISHED A QUESTION REAL
QUICK. WEEKS HERE, HERE THEY
ARE. TOÀN YOU'RE HERE, GABRIEL.
CHOLERA. CALL HER HERE, KYLIE.
QUIRK-SILVA WORK WORK HERE.
THANK YOU AND MR WARD. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SENATOR. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD. JUST LAST
WEEKEND, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
CUTTING A RIBBON THAT I APPROVED
ON WHEN I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL A
FEW YEARS AGO ON A PIECE OF
PROPERTY OWNED BY A RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTION. THEY'RE VERY PROUD
OF THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE
MULTIPLE BENEFITS. THERE WERE
COMMUNITY BENEFITS. THERE ARE
BENEFITS TO THEM. THEY HAD SOME
NEW OFFICE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO
CONGREGATE SOME NEW UH, CIVIC
FORUM AREA THAT THEY WERE ABLE
TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM,
AND THAT HAD A PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENT ATTACHED TO THAT AS
WELL. AND SO I WAS PRETTY HAPPY
HOW EVERYTHING WAS ABLE TO BE
UPLIFTED. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS HERE, AND I MISSED THE
OPENING OF YOUR PRESENTATION IN
REGARDS TO SOME OF THE
COMMITTEE'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
HAVE YOU ACCEPTED SOME OF THOSE
ALL OF THEM? ALL THAT WE
ACCEPTED THE COMMITTEE'S
AMENDMENTS. I'M WONDERING, YOU
KNOW, EITHER THROUGH YOU OR
POSSIBLY THROUGH COMMITTEE STAFF
, THE REMOVING THE PROVISION
THAT ALLOWS A REQUIREMENT FOR
THE PROJECT TO ONLY BE FOR LOWER
INCOME. HOUSEHOLDS I LIKED THAT
, UM WE'RE CLAIMING THERE'S AN
UNNECESSARY COMPONENT HERE. BUT
WHY? WHY NOT ENSHRINE THAT? THE
BILL APPLIES TO ITS BELOW MARKET
RATE ONLY DID RESTRICTED. THEY
CAN DO 100% OF IT. 80 80% OF
THEM, ER LOWER. THEY DO HAVE THE
OPTION OF DOING UP TO 20% OF THE
UNITS AT 80 TO 1 20 THAT
MODERATE INCOME REMAINS IN HERE
THAT STILL REMAINS IN THERE.
YEAH, I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE WHAT
REQUIREMENTS REMOVING HERE THEN
ABOUT LOWERING. UM I'M NOT SURE
WHICH ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO,
MISS. I THINK THAT MR WERTHEIM
ANALYZED THE BILL. SORRY MR WARD
. ARE YOU REFERRING TO SOMETHING
SPECIFIC IN AMENDMENTS OR THE
REMOVING THE PROVISION THAT ONLY
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO REQUIRE A
PROJECT ONLY BE FOR LOWER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE
WANT TO DO HERE RIGHT IS TO
REALLY DRIVE THAT AFFORDABILITY
BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT
OF CONFUSION IN THE LANGUAGE,
AND IT WAS, UM, IT WAS BASICALLY
SAYING THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT
ONLY FOR 80% OF AMI OR LOWER,
BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE OPTION
OF DEDICATING 20% OF THE UNITS
TO THE TO THE MODERATE INCOME
CATEGORY. 80 TO 1 20% OF AMI.
CORRECT ME IF I'M DIDN'T WANT TO
CONFLICT IN THERE. YEAH SO I
DON'T THINK IT CHANGES
SUBSTANTIVELY. UM BUT BUT STAFF
WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
MAKES MR WERTHEIM IS DOING A
THUMBS UP, SO I'M GOING TO
INTERPRET THAT, AS I HAVE
CORRECTLY STATED THAT I THINK IT
WAS A CLEAR IT WAS A CLARIFYING
AMENDMENT. NOT A SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGE THAT I WANT THIS TO GO.
SO THAT WAS NOT, UM UNDERCUT AND
THEN YOU KNOW, FOUR UM, SOME OF
THE BASELINE. UH DENSITY. UM
ALLOWANCES, I GUESS THAT ARE IN
HERE. WHAT HOW DID YOU SORT OF
SOURCE THOSE, UH AND DEFINE
URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL? SO
THOSE AMENDMENTS AND IT'S REALLY
ALL OUTLINED ON PAGE THREE,
WHICH LIMIT DENSITY AND YOU DO
THE LOCAL HEIGHT AND RESIDENTIAL
LOCAL HEIGHT, PLUS ONE AND
COMMERCIAL, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.
THAT THOSE WERE ALL AMENDMENTS
TAKEN IN 2020 IN THE SENATE
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE
COMMITTEE. WHEN SENATOR MCGUIRE
WAS A CHAIR. WE WORKED WITH
THEM. THOSE DENSITY LEVELS I
THINK ARE FROM HOUSING ELEMENT
LAW. I BELIEVE IN TERMS OF
WHAT'S CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE
FOR AFFORDABLE SUBURBAN OR
ETCETERA, SO THAT THAT'S THAT'S
HOW THAT CAME IN, SO WE HONORED
ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS. WHEN WE
REINTRODUCED THE BILL THIS YEAR
, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS SOCIAL
ISSUE WILL COME UP WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT I CAN POINT SOMETHING TO
POINT TO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
BEING CONSISTENT WITH. YES IT'S
GOING TO NATURAL RESOURCES IF IT
PASSES TODAY. GREAT. THANK YOU
AGAIN REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IN
STATES IN SANFORD NON PROFIT
COLLEGE. I KNOW OUR CHAIR HAS
WORKED ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL,
TOO. SO GREAT BILL AND HAPPY TO
SUPPORT IT TODAY. THANK YOU.
CREATE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE. AND DO WE GET OVER?
WHATEVER WE NEED TO CLARIFY.
WE'RE GOOD. OKAY GREAT ONCE IN A
WHILE, I GET IT RIGHT? WOULD
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YEAH
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MANAGER. ONE THING I DO. JUST
WANNA POINT OUT, UM IN TERMS OF
THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR.
THE BILL DOES NOT ALLOW BY RIGHT
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS
IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THEY
CAN ONLY PUT FACILITIES
SOMETHING THAT THAT SERVE THE
POPULATION. SO A CHILDCARE
CENTER A COMMUNITY GATHERING
SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING
THERE. UNLESS THE CITY ALLOWS
IT. THEY CAN'T PUT COMMERCIAL
THERE. THE COMMERCIAL IS ALLOWED
ONLY IF IT'S IN, YOU KNOW MORE
OF A MIXED USE. COMMERCIAL AREA
AND AGAIN THAT WAS A SENATE
GOVERNANCE OF FINANCE. AND WE
TOOK AS WELL TO BE SENSITIVE
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
AUTOMATICALLY PUTTING COMMERCIAL
USES IN THE MIDDLE OF
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO
COLLEAGUES. I APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION TODAY AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU, SENATOR WIENER. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK IN THIS SPACE. YOU
AND I HAVE PARTNERED ON IN THIS
DIGBY SPACE, WHICH I'M A BIG FAN
OF. UM I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE
THE BROADER LABOR CONVERSATIONS
THAT ARE HAPPENING. THAT WAS THE
CONCERNS RAISED BY OPPOSITION.
THE CONCERNS RAISED BY TWEENERS
AND UM, I'M COMMITTED TO FINDING
A, UM, PER MR CHOLERA AS REMARKS
AS WELL, SOMETHING THAT WORKS
FOR EVERYONE AND I KNOW YOU ARE.
YOU ARE AS WELL. SO WITH THAT I
WOULD LOVE TO ALSO BE ADDED AS A
PRINCIPAL CO AUTHOR AND SUPPORT
THE BILL AND LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY.
AND WITH THAT WE CAN HAVE AN
EMOTION. OKAY WE GOT A MOTION.
SECOND DO PASS TWO AS AMENDED TO
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
RESOURCES. WEEKS SEYARTO TOÀN NO
CARILLO. CARILLO. YEAH. AH, I
GABRIEL. CHOLERA. CALLER I KYLIE
QUIRK-SILVA. THIS IS AN AP 13
36. HI. QUIRK-SILVA I WORK WORK,
I WANT TO SAY FOUR. AT ITS A.
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT OPEN, BUT
IT'LL GET OUT 51 GREAT. AND WITH
THAT, YOUR NEXT BILL, MR WIENER,
WHICH IS A SPEED TO 34. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'LL BE BRIEF
ON THIS ONE. SP 2 34 IS WILL
CREATE A NEW TRANSITION AGE
YOUTH HOUSING PROGRAM TO EXPAND
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH
BETWEEN THE AGE OF 16 TO 26. WHO
ARE EITHER CURRENTLY OR FORMERLY
IN FOSTER CARE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
ARE EXITING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM. IT CREATES A FORGIVABLE
LOAN PROGRAM. THIS IS LONG
OVERDUE. THIS IS VERY, VERY IN
NEED, UM, COMMUNITY OF GREAT
NEED, AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED BY OUR STATE
HOUSING POLICY. AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE
WITH ME TODAY. TESTIFY IS DAVID
BAKER FROM THE Y M C. OF SAN
DIEGO KRISTIN POWER OF ALLIANCE
FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, AND I
THINK WE CAN PROBABLY BRIEFING
HER PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU.
GREAT THANK YOU. KRISTIN POWER
WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S
RIGHTS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WICKS
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FB 2 34.
TO SUPPORT OUR STATE'S MOST AT
RISK YOUTH, IT IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN INCREASED
HOUSING AVAILABILITY TO ENSURE
THAT ALL WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE
IN EXTENDED FOSTER CARE CAN TAKE
FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM
AND UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH
ARE SAFELY AND STABLY HAS TO
PREVENT THE HEIGHTENED RISK.
THEY'RE ENTERING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS. WE MUST STEM THE
PIPELINE FROM YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
TO CHRONIC ADULT HOMELESSNESS.
WE THANK SENATOR WEINER FOR HIS
SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL AND HIS
LEADERSHIP ON THESE ISSUES AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT
WITNESS. THANK YOU, CHAIRPERSON
WICKS AND ASSEMBLY FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK FIGHTING AGAINST
THIS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND OF
COURSE, THANK YOU, SENATOR
WIENER FOR ALWAYS STANDING AS A
PILLAR OF SUPPORT FOR YOUTH AND
ALL THE THINGS YOU DO. MY NAME
IS DAVID BAKER FROM, UH WHY EMC
SAN DIEGO COUNTY. I'M A YOUTH
SYSTEMS DIRECTOR. I'M GOING TO
SHARE A BIT OF A FEW WORDS OF
SUPPORT FOR SB 2 34, BUT ALSO
SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF INVESTING IN YOUTH. UM THIS
BILL WILL INTRODUCE AND, UM,
SORT OF SOLIDIFY, UH, COMPONENTS
OF THE. OF OUR SORT OF VITAL
COMPONENTS OF OUR STATEWIDE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
UM, AND IT WILL ALSO SHOW YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE WORTH IT. UM
AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I'M HERE
TO SHARE. I USE A TRANSITIONAL
LIVING PROGRAM TO ESCAPE
POVERTY. UM AND IT WAS EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT EVERY SINGLE DOOR THAT
I KNOCKED ON CLOSED, BUT THE
VERY FEW THAT OPENED MENTAL
WORLD TO ME, AND THAT'S HOW I
WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY.
UM AND THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE
TO, UH, END INTERGENERATIONAL
HOMELESSNESS. IF Y'ALL ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THAT TERM, IT
MEANS THAT MY GRANDMOTHER WAS
HOMELESS. MY MOTHER WAS BORN
INTO HOMELESSNESS. AND SO THAT'S
WHERE I FOUND MYSELF. UM. AND IT
ALL STARTED WITH THE
TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM, AND
IT ENABLED ME TO NOW BE A LEADER
IN THE SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AND HELP THEM THROUGH SOME OF
THE SAME THINGS THAT I HADTO
NAVIGATE AND PRESENT THEM WITH
OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WAS
PRESENTED WITH. AND SO IT'S SORT
OF THIS FOR US BY US EFFECTIVE,
UPLIFTING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE MOST
TRAUMATIC THINGS. THAT YOU CAN
IMAGINE. SO I JUST WANT TO, UH,
SORT OF RE OTTER THE THANKS TO
YOU ALL FOR STANDING STRONG IN
THESE TIMES. AND I KNOW YOU ALL
HAVE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE
NAVIGATING AS WELL. SO THE FACT
THAT YOU'RE HERE IT MEANS A
WHOLE LOT TO ME. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE
YOUR TESTIMONY. OTHER FOLKS IN
THE ROOM AND SUPPORT, PLEASE
NAME ORGANIZATION.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS MADISON.
WELL, HE PUT GOZO WITH POLITICAL
SOLUTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT TIFFANY
FAN ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE
ASSOCIATION OR CAL CASA IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW GO TO PRIMARY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION. DO WE
HAVE ANY GREAT. ANYONE ELSE IN
ONE TO REGISTER OPPOSITION IN
THE ROOM. OKAY, WE'LL TAKE IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. SO I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS
BILL TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF
THESE FOSTER YOUTH. IT'S LIKE
WHEN THEY WERE 18. WHEN WE'RE
18. WE STILL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
PARENTS. A LOT OF US SUPPORTIVE
PARENTS, UH UP UNTIL WE'RE 25 26
SOME OF US UP TO OUR 40. BUT UM,
THEY DON'T. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE
JUST PUT OUT IN THE WORLD, AND,
UH AND THAT'S AND THAT'S A
DIFFICULT SPOT FOR THEM TO BE
IN. I THINK BILLS LIKE THIS ARE
VERY HELPFUL AND HELPING TO MAKE
THAT TRANSITION SO THANK YOU.
AND, UH, GUESS WHAT? THEY PLAN
TO VOTE? AYE. ON THIS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. AND WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE. THANK YOU AND
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS,
SENATOR WEINER AND HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THE BILL. TODAY WE HAVE
A MOTION AND A SECOND. I BELIEVE
IT'S DUE PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AND
COMMITTING HUMAN RESOURCES.
SORRY, SORRY. HUMAN SERVICES.
PLEASE TAKE ROLL. WEEKS SEYARTO
TOÀN CARILLO. FOR YOUR EYE
GABRIEL CHOLERA. CALLER I KYLIE
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA I WORLD
WORD II. DOING IT FOR GRADE 60.
WE'LL LEAVE IT OPEN, BUT THAT
BUILDS OUT. THANKS, SENATOR
WIENER. MR SENATOR HERZBERG.
PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND
WE'LL BE HEARING SP 5 13 AND SP
14 57. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO
BE MOVED TO THE NEXT HEARING.
CORRECT. YOU KNOW, WE IN THIS
GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN SPENDING A
LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF BILLS
AND IDEAS TO DEAL WITH FOLKS
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS.
THIS OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF
YEARS. I'VE SUPPORTED BUDGET
REQUESTS AND NOW PUTTING
TOGETHER A PERMANENT PROGRAM
THAT WE CALL BOTH ENDS OF THE
LEASH. THE NONPROFIT ENTITY
FEEDING AH, PETS OF THE HOMELESS
ESTIMATES BETWEEN 15 AND 25% OF
THE FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS HAVE PETS. SO IF
YOU JUST PROVIDE A SHELTER AND
ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
PETS THE YOU CAN PEEP. FOLKS WHO
DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE STREET
WILL LEAVE THE STREET IS A
HUGELY COMMON SENSE, INEXPENSIVE
AND OVER THE LAST. I THINK IT
WAS 19 2021. WE HAD 5,000,001
YEAR 10 MILLION THE OTHER YEAR.
PROVED TO BE OVERLY SUBSCRIBED
AND UNBELIEVABLY SUCCESSFUL. SO
HERE WE SPEND BILLIONS. AND YET
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RAGING
COMMON SENSE KIND OF THINGS THAT
I THINK IS CRITICAL. IT'S BEEN
PROVEN OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF
YEARS. AND SO NOW WE WANT TO PUT
THE PROGRAM INTO A PERMANENT
POSITION IN OUR GOVERNMENT. AND
WITH THAT I HAVE A WITNESS WHO'S
HERE WITH US TODAY. LAURA
SANDOVAL FROM PEOPLE ASSESSING
ALMOST PATH ORGANIZATION TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS MEASURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
GOOD MORNING. ALRIGHT GOOD
MORNING CHAIR WICKS AND VICE
CHAIR SEYARTO AND THE ENTIRE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS
LAURA SANDOVAL. I'M THE REGIONAL
DIRECTOR FOR PATH IN THE SILICON
VALLEY. WE ARE ONE OF THE
LARGEST NONPROFIT HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE OPERATE
SEVERAL INTERIM SHELTER SITES
CURRENTLY BENEFITING FROM THE
TEMPORARY VERSION OF THE PET
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. HOMELESSNESS
IS A TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE.
OUR NEIGHBORS LIVING ON
SIDEWALKS AND ALLEYWAYS AND
PARKS AND ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE
SEAT, COMFORT AND COMMUNITY
WHEREVER THEY CAN. AND LIKE MANY
OF US IN THIS ROOM THEY CAN LOOK
TO THEIR PETS FOR COMPANIONSHIP.
IT CAN BE A SCARY TIME FOR
SOMEONE WHEN THEY TRANSITION
FROM A TENT TO AN INDOOR SHELTER
, AND WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR WAYS TO
MAKE THAT SHELTER FEEL MORE LIKE
A HOME, WHICH MEANS
ACCOMMODATING PETS AS BEST AS WE
CAN. OF COURSE, AS ANY PET OWNER
KNOWS, WITH PETS COME
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SHELTERS
ALREADY STRUGGLED TO KEEP PACE
WITH OPERATING COSTS. IT'S
EXPENSIVE TO PROVIDE
ACCOMMODATIONS LIKE PET RELIEF
AREAS, FOOD AND BASIC VETERINARY
CARE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO
GRATEFUL FOR THE PET ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, HELPING TO COVER THESE
COSTS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF
YEARS AT OUR PATH SITES ACROSS
THE STATE IN SAN JOSE, I OVERSEE
A COLLECTION OF SMALL, TEMPORARY
HOMES WHERE FAMILIES. GET
CONNECTED TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
AND SHELTER. WE RECENTLY ALSO
HAD THE PLEASURE OF WELCOMING
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHOLERA THERE,
UM, AND ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS
THERE WHO HAD STRUGGLED FOR
YEARS TO FIND A SAFE PLACE FOR
HERSELF FOR HER TWIN CHILDREN
AND FOR THEIR DOG AND THEIR CAT.
I WAS ABLE TO MOVE INTO OUR
COMMUNITY AND JUST SEEING THE
DOG RUN. JUST THAT SIMPLE SITE
WAS ENOUGH FOR THEM TO REALLY
HAVE OPE AGAIN. AND NOW THEIR
ENTIRE FAMILY DOG AND CAT
INCLUDED ARE BACK UNDER ONE ROOF
TOGETHER, WORKING TOWARDS THEIR
HOUSING GOALS. WE WANT TO KEEP
PROVIDING THESE ACCOMMODATIONS
IN AS MANY SHELTERS AS WE CAN.
PET ASSISTANCE BUILDS TRUST IN
THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM,
AND IT PRESERVES THE EMOTIONAL
STABILITY IS THAT OUR
PARTICIPANTS NEED AND WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL TO SENATOR HERZBERG FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON SP 5 13 AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU AND OTHER FOLKS LIKE
TO REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT,
PLEASE NAME ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. GOOD MORNING. JENNY
BERG, CALIFORNIA STATE DIRECTOR
FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND SUPPORT
THING. THANK YOU. MANAGER
REMEMBERS ROSS BUCKLING ON
BEHALF OF THE SEA OF SACRAMENTO
AND SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING. CIERA
HORTON WITH GREEN BRIDGE TRAURIG
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
PARTNERSHIP TO END DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IN SUPPORT. GOOD
MORNING, SHARON GONZALVES ON
BEHALF OF THE CITIES OF SANTA
ROSA AND CARLSBAD AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
MADISON. WELL, IT GOES ON BEHALF
OF MARS INCORPORATED IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU TO HAVE ANY PRIMARY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. ANYONE
ELSE IN THE ROOM AND OPPOSITION.
OKAY, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE. MR COLORADO. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU,
SENATOR FOR BEING THIS FORWARD.
AS MENTIONED IT WAS A HAD THE
PLEASURE OF VISITING A SITE A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN SAN JOSE,
AND THEN BE VISITING ANOTHER
PATH SITE THIS FRIDAY. UM AND IT
WAS A DELIGHT TO SEE, UH, LITTLE
AREA FOR THE DOGS, THE LITTLE
FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AND
HABIT, UM, INCORPORATED INTO THE
FACILITY INTO THE WITH WITH ALL
THE HOMES AROUND THERE.
OFTENTIMES OF SOMEONE THAT HAS
SPOKEN TO A LOT OF OUR ON HOUSE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE THAT HAVE PETS. THAT'S A
BIG OBSTACLE TO THEM WANTING TO
TAKE A SHELTER BED. THEY'RE NOT.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT FOR
ANYONE THAT HAS A PET AND YOU'RE
BEING ASKED TO GIVE UP YOUR PET.
TO HAVE SHELTER TO PUT SOMEONE
IN THAT POSITION. IS COOL, BUT
IT DOES TAKE RESOURCES FOR US TO
GIVE THE OPTION OPPORTUNITY AND
OPTIONS TO, UM TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE PETS. AND SO I FULLY
SUPPORT THIS. UM AND I WOULD
CERTAINLY LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A
CO AUTHOR AND THAT'S GOOD STAFF
APPROVED. OKAY. GOOD THANK YOU
SO MUCH AND MOVE THE BILL IF IT
HASN'T MOVED A MOTION AND A
SECOND AND MISS QUIRK-SILVA. UM
I DO SUPPORT THIS BILL, AND I
WANT TO KIND OF SPEAK TO IT.
FROM A TRAUMA STANDPOINT, WE
KNOW THAT, UH, PETS ARE FAMILY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHETHER YOU'RE
A MILITARY VETERAN, AND YOU HAVE
A SUPPORT PET WHETHER YOU ARE
SOMEBODY THAT MAY BE BLIND, BUT
YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN HAVE. MY
NIECE HAS BEEN BLIND SINCE TWO
AND HAS A SUPPORT DOG. AND YET
THE QUESTION MIGHT BE. WHY WOULD
WE USE GOVERNMENT FUNDS IF YOU
WANT TO SAY IT THAT WAY FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS THAT
HAVE PETS AND SIMPLY, WE HAVE TO
NOT LOOK AT THAT SCENARIO. WE
HAVE TO LOOK OUT. WHAT IS OUR
GOAL FOR HOMELESS OUR GOAL FOR
HOMELESS? IS TO BECOME NOT ONLY
STABLE BUT TO ALSO MOVE FORWARD
INTO STABLE HOUSING AT SOME
POINT AND BECOME PART OF OUR
COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY WITH, UM
FOR MANY HOMELESS THAT HAVE BEEN
TRAUMATIZED. SOMETIMES
REPEATEDLY. IT IS ONLY THAT PET
THAT SOMETIMES AS WE SAY, IS
THEIR BEST FRIEND. AND THAT IS
WHY SO MANY OF THEM GRAVITATE TO
A PET. UH BECAUSE THEY ARE YOU
HAVE TO DO IS LOOK OUTSIDE THE
CAPITAL HERE AS I WALK AROUND
THE CAPITAL. SOME OF YOU HAVE
HEARD ME SAY IT REPEATEDLY. BUT
THERE IS A GENTLEMAN THAT
LITERALLY LIVES AT THE EDGE OF
THE CAPITAL ON 15TH STREET. ANY
AS A PRETTY FIERCE DOG. AH AND
THAT DOG STANDS BY HIM. I
ACTUALLY WENT UP TO OFFER HIM A
COFFEE AND THE DOG WAS SO FIERCE
. I OF COURSE BACKED AWAY. BUT
THE POINT IS THAT TO THAT PERSON
TRUST AND THAT IS IN ESSENCE HAS
COMPANION. AND SO FOR THE GRANTS
THAT THIS WOULD HELP, IT GOES
MUCH FURTHER THAN THE SUPPORT OF
THAT FOOD OR CARE FOR THE DOG.
IT REALLY COULD HELP STABILIZE
THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED THAT
COMPANION AND SUPPORT. UH,
THAT'S NOT MEDICAL BUT WE KNOW
HOW MUCH PETS MEAN TO US. AND
THEY MEAN THE SAME TO ANYBODY
ELSE WHO'S EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, SO I, TOO, WOULD
LIKE TO JOIN AS A CO AUTHOR.
WONDER. THANK YOU ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MISS KOREA.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO, THERE
WAS A HUGELY UM. POPULAR ARTICLE
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WENT VIRAL
, AND IT WAS, UM ANIMAL RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS REMOVED OR TOOK AWAY A
DOG FROM AN HOUSED INDIVIDUAL.
AND THE CONVERSATION, THEN
BECAME WHO HAS WHO HAS A WHO HAS
MORE RIGHTS TO LIVE IN DIGNITY.
THE DOG ON THE STREET. OR THE
PERSON WHO NEEDS SHELTER. AND I
THOUGHT IT WAS A PROFOUNDLY, UM
IMPORTANT THING TO LIKE TO SHED
LIGHT ON BECAUSE YES, THERE'S A
LOT OF US THAT CARE FOR ANIMALS.
I HAVE A DOG, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL
KNOW MY LITTLE LULU. UM AND YOU
KNOW, CARE FOR CARE FOR THE CARE
FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF
OUR ANIMALS, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME WHAT THAT ARTICLE
HIGHLIGHTED AND WHAT THOSE VERY
WELL MEANING PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED
IN TERMS OF OFFERING SERVICES TO
MM. THIS DOG WAS THE LACK OF
HUMAN EMPATHY AND HUMAN DIGNITY
OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AN
ANIMAL AND ITS OWNER. AND THE
FACT THAT THERE ARE COUNTLESS
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN GREAT NEED.
WHO ARE CONNECTED. AND THEIR
ABILITY TO CARE FOR A LITTLE A
LITTLE ANIMAL. A DOG A CAT,
WHATEVER IT IS. PERHAPS, IS. OF
FINAL CONNECTION OF THEIR
HUMANITY. AND THAT I THINK IN
ITSELF IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
WE HAVE HAD SO MANY CHALLENGES
IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON HOUSED
TO BE ABLE TO STAY AND LIVE WITH
THEIR PETS WITH THEIR ANIMALS.
BECAUSE THAT CONNECTION PERHAPS
CAN BE THE ONLY SAFETY
CONNECTION AND HUMAN SUCH
CONNECTION THAT THEY HAVE HAD,
REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER
CONSEQUENCES LEAD TO THEM LIVING
ON THE STREET. AND FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO LEAD WITH COMPASSION
WITH DIGNITY WITH CARE TO ENSURE
THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS A
RIGHT TO FEEL LOVE, BE LOVE AND
GIVE LOVE AND SOMETIMES THAT
LOVE ON THE STREET IS AN ANIMAL.
A DOG A CAT, WHATEVER IT IS.
WE'VE LOST. THAT ABILITY TO SEE
THAT AND I THINK YOUR BILL WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST YOUR
BILL FINALLY CREATE SOME
MOMENTUM FOR US TO CHANGE THAT
THINKING THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL
HAS A RIGHT. UM TO HAVE A PET TO
FEEL LOVED TO GIVE LOVE AND TO
OFFER A SENSE OF CARE AND WELL
BEING. TO SOMETHING ELSE, AND
PERHAPS THAT CAN BE THEIR
CONNECTION TO SOCIETY. SO BEYOND
THE FACT THAT, UM IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR AN HOUSED
INDIVIDUALS TO KEEP THEIR PETS.
IT IS. BEYOND THAT. IT ISN'T AN
EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
CONNECTION THAT IS VASTLY NEEDED
IN THE CONVERSATION FOR UNUSED
INDIVIDUALS, SO THANK YOU. AND
I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ALSO JOIN
YOU AS A COOPER. GREAT AND WITH
THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I
THINK THAT THE STATEMENTS MADE
BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE
MUCH MORE ARTICULATE AND
IMPACTFUL THAN ANYTHING I COULD
ADD. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE
IT. MY NEW CO AUTHORS VERY MUCH
AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG
STRUGGLE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS OR
SO. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS AND
, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN THIS
MEASURE VERSUS THE OTHER EFFORTS
THAT WE'VE HAD THE BILL AND THE
BILL GOT STRIPPED OUT BECAUSE,
BUT I GOT IT THE MONEY IN THE
BUDGET. BUT IT PROVES THE
IMPORTANCE THAT WAS EXPRESSED
HERE TODAY AND SO HOPEFULLY WE
CAN MAKE THIS PROGRAM PERMANENT
NIGHT SP I VOTE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, SENATOR HERZBERG. I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY
, ONGOING YEARS. ADVOCACY ON
THIS, AND I'M NOT LETTING YOU
GO. IT'S ALSO JUST COMMON SENSE
, RIGHT. IF OUR GOAL IS TO GET
PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, WE HAVE
TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. AND
HAS BEEN SAID HERE SO ELOQUENTLY
BY OUR COLLEAGUES. FOR MANY
FOLKS, THIS IS THE MOST SECURITY
THEY HAVE. IS THAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEIR PET. I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR.
UM AND WE TAKE YOUR BILL. YEAH
UM AND OBVIOUSLY RECORD EXCITED
TO SEE IT COME OUT OF COMMITTEE
TODAY, AND IT'S DO PASS TO
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. UM CREATING THIS WEEK'S I
SAY, ARTO I. KOREA. VERY I
GABRIEL CHOLERA. CHOLERA I
HIGHLY HIGHLY I QUIRK-SILVA HI
QUIRK-SILVA I AWARD 56. THE
BILLS OUT. WE'LL LEAVE IT ON.
CALL 60. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU FOR THE
SENTIMENT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE CO AUTHORS APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY. NEXT UP. WE HAVE SENATOR
WIECKOWSKI. D. HMM. BRING UP MY
WITNESSES NOW. MANAGER DO I
BRING UP MY WITNESSES? NOW?
WE'RE OKAY? WITNESSES
PROCEEDING. AND BEGIN WHEN
YOU'RE READY. GOOD MORNING. LET
ME START OFF BY ACCEPTING THE
AMENDMENTS. UH, PROPOSED BY THE
COMMITTEE, AND THANK YOU AND
YOUR CONSULTANT FOR WORKING WITH
MY OFFICE. UM SB 897 BUILDS ON
PREVIOUS LEGISLATION THAT I'VE
WORKED ON FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS
AND ADDRESSES SOME OF THE
ENDURING BARRIERS TO 80 YOU
CONSTRUCTION SO LET'S LET'S BE
CLEAR. THIS IS THE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU SEE CONTROL CAN
CONTAINED IN THIS BILL HAS BEEN
PEOPLE THAT HAVE PEOPLE THAT
BUILD A TO USE PEOPLE THAT OWN A
D USE THAT HAVE COME TO MY
OFFICE OR COME O HC D AND SAID,
THIS IS A PROBLEM. THIS
CONTINUES TO BE A BARRIER. THIS
IS HOW WE THINK THAT THE EIGHT
EU LAWS BEING MISAPPLIED. CAN
YOU HELP US AND THEY'VE COME TO
SOME SEVERAL OF YOUR OFFICE IS
ALSO SO A DUS ALLOW HOMEOWNERS
TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR
PROPERTY. IT PROVIDES THEM WITH
ADDITIONAL, GENERALLY MORE
AFFORDABLE RENTAL AVAILABILITY
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND CAN
PROVIDE WEALTH BUILDING FOR MANY
COMMUNITIES WHERE THE
OPPORTUNITY HAS NOT OR JUST DOES
NOT EXIST. PROVIDES OPTIONS.
HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THOSE
HOMEOWNERS WHO WANT TO AGE IN
PLACE, AND THAT'S AND ONE HAVE
SOME FLEXIBLE LIVING STANDARDS
WHERE THEY CAN YOU KNOW THEY CAN
HAVE IT IN OFFICE. NOW MAYBE THE
KIDS COME BACK. MAYBE THEY MOVE
INTO THE IDEA WITH IT REALLY
GIVES FLEXIBILITIES AND MAYBE
HAVE A CARETAKER COMES IN.
LOCALITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE
FACING LARGE REGIONAL NEEDS TO
ALLOCATE 80 US AND JUNIOR A. D.
U. S AND K AWS HAVE NOW BECOME
A KEY INSTRUMENT IN HELPING THE
STATES AND LOCALITIES MEET THESE
HOUSING PRODUCTION. SO. SB 897
ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF FROM
PERMITTED 80 80 US. THE BILL
WOULD PROHIBIT A LOCAL AGENCY
FROM DENYING A PERMIT FOR NON
PERMITTED TO DO BEFORE 2000 AND
18. UM UNLESS THERE'S A HEALTH
AND SAFETY VIOLATION. WHAT
HAPPENED IS IN THIS THE SENATE
WE PUT INTO 2018, BECAUSE THE
WAY IT WORKS IS THAT IF YOU HAD
AN UNPERMITTED A DO YOU YOU HAD
FIVE YEARS TO GET IT PERMITTED,
AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP
MOVING. THE WE DIDN'T WANT TO
KEEP MOVING THE MARKER. WE SAID
OKAY, WE'VE WE'VE NOW CREATED A
PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET
PERMITS ON THESE AND WE WANT YOU
TO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT WAS
BUILT BEFORE 2018, SO IT WAS
BEFORE WHEN PEOPLE WERE HAVING
DIFFICULTY GETTING PERMITS. UM
IT PROVIDES MORE STREAMLINING,
AS DO THE COMPANION BILLS THAT
ARE IN THE SENATE, AUTHORED BY
MS QUIRK-SILVA AND SALT AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALAS. AND
ALLOWS THESE UNITS AND
HOMEOWNERS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
HOUSING OPTIONS. UM BY
ADDRESSING THESE REMAINING
BARRIERS TO AWS. WE'RE NOT ONLY
ENCOURAGE HOMERS TO ASSIST US IN
DEALING WITH OUR HOUSING CRISIS
, BUT WE ALLOW THEM TO CREATE
MORE FINANCIAL STABILITY. UH
WITH THEM FOR THEMSELVES, AND I
HAVE TWO EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.
MR MERANTI FROM THE CALIFORNIA
NIMBY AND MR REAGAN FROM THE
VERY A COUNCIL THANK YOU HAVE
TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, SENATOR
, UM MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, MATT
REAGAN WITH THE BAY AREA COUNCIL
. WE REPRESENT ABOUT 300 OF THE
BAY AREA'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS AND
OBVIOUSLY THE HOUSING CRISIS IS
COMMISSION CRITICAL TO US AS AN
ORGANIZATION. WE DO HAVE A
HOUSING CRISIS. BUT YOU DON'T
NEED ME TO TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE
JUST ABOUT EVERY WITNESS THAT
HAS SAT IN THIS CHAIR FOR THE
LAST 10 YEARS HAS STARTED THEIR
TESTIMONY WITH THOSE FIVE WORDS.
UM SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I'M GOING TO CONGRATULATE YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE
DONE IN THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS
AS REGARDS TO ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS WHEN WE SPONSORED OUR
FIRST BILL AND WORKED WITH
SENATOR WIECKOWSKI IN 2015 16.
SB 10 69, CALIFORNIA PERMITTED
LESS THAN 280 US AS A STATE THAT
YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO
BE CLOSE TO 20,000 OF THE TURNER
CENTER, DAMON'S CARILLO POSTED
20% OF OUR FULL HOUSING
PRODUCTION PIPELINE WILL BE
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. YOU
CREATED THAT OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH
, SENATOR WIECKOWSKI AND THEN
SUBSEQUENT BILLS BY MEMBERS
BLOOM TING SALAS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SHARON
QUIRK-SILVA AS WELL HAVE ALL
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS HOUSING
SUCCESS STORY. THIS IS A UCCESS
STORY. UM AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE
STAGNATION AND SINGLE FAMILY
HOME CONSTRUCTION, MULTI FAMILY
HOME CONSTRUCTION, BUT THIS IS
THE ONLY GOOD NEWS. WE HAVE TO
TELL THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
AS REGARDS PRODUCTION OF NEW
HOMES, SO SB 8 97. AS A SENATOR
SAYS WE'RE MOVES REMAINING
BARRIERS. WE WANT TO KEEP THIS
ALLOWING HOMEOWNERS TO USE THEIR
PROPERTY TO BUILD ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS. TO PROVIDE
FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND AN ADDITIONAL
RENTAL UNIT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
MORNING MADAM CHAIR. MY NAME IS
LUIS BRONTE IN THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR FOR CALIFORNIA AND BE
HERE TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR
SB 8 97. AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
ALREADY SAID EIGHTIES HAVE BEEN
A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY FOR
CALIFORNIA SOMETHING WE SHOULD
REALLY CELEBRATE. TODAY THE EU
INDUSTRY IS A $5 BILLION
INDUSTRY, PRODUCING TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF HOMES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. AND REFLECTS ONE OF
THE ONLY SUCCESS SUCCESS STORIES
OF CONSTRUCTION DURING THE
PANDEMIC. IT'S THE ONLY PRODUCT
TYPE THAT INCREASED IN
PRODUCTION DURING THE PANDEMIC,
REFLECTING GINORMOUS DEMAND FOR
US AND FOR HOUSING. SB 8 97
CARRIES FORWARD MANY OF THE
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT
INDUSTRY AND MANY OF THE LESSONS
ALREADY IN PRACTICE AND POSITIVE
PROGRESSIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ACROSS THE STATE LIKE OURS HERE
IN SACRAMENTO. UM I THINK MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE COVERED MOST OF
THE IMPORTANT POINTS. I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE BILL, BUT STRONGLY
URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR S P A. 97
THANK YOU HAVE A QUESTION. JUST
A QUESTION. SO ON. I DO SUPPORT
THIS BILL, BUT I AM INTERESTED
IN CLARIFYING ON, UM, ITEM
NUMBER THREE UNDER IT SAYS
EXPANDS, WHERE JUNIOR 80 US OR J
A. D. U. S CAN BE BUILT TO
INCLUDE ATTACHED TO A DETACHED A
D, U UM SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE
GARAGE IS ATTACHED AND THEN TO
THE HOME AND THAT COULD BE
TURNED INTO A JUNIOR. A D YOU
BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION IS NOW
A DETACHED GARAGE CAN BE TURNED
INTO A JUNIOR A D YOU WITHOUT
BUILDING ANOTHER GARAGE. IS THAT
THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH YEAH. NO
AND I APPRECIATE THAT
CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THERE ARE
SOME CITIES THAT ARE SAYING IF
YOU HAVE AN ATTACHED TO GARAGE
THAT CAN BE A JUNIOR. A D YOU
BUT IF YOU HAVE A DETACHED
GARAGE THAT CANNOT BE A D YOU
YOU HAVE TO BUILD ANOTHER
GARAGE, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT
MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T DO THAT.
YEAH IN THE POINT. IS THAT
USUALLY ON THE JUNIOR A D USE
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE BATHROOM
AT THE AT THE MOTHER HOUSE SO
SOME OF THESE ARE COVERED.
THEY'RE DETACHED, BUT THEY'VE
GOT A COVERED POINT. SO THAT
PERSON WHO LIVES THERE WOULD
HAVE TO, YOU KNOW THEY'D ONLY
HAVE CERTAIN FACILITIES IN THE
IN THE JUNIOR TO YOU, AND THEY
WOULD WALK IN AND USE THE
BATHROOM AND I CALLED THE MOTHER
HOUSE. THERE WAS ANOTHER
CLARIFICATION. UM MAN, MATURE
THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME
SCUTTLEBUTT ABOUT THE HEIGHT
LIMIT OF 25 FT, SOMEHOW ENABLING
THREE STORY BUILDINGS AND WE'RE
HERE AND I WILL WHATEVER IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THREE STORIES
OUT OF 25 FT. THAT IS NOT THE
INTENT HERE, IT WOULD. IT WOULD
HAVE TO BE SEVEN FT. CEILING SO
IT WAS JUST IT JUST DOESN'T WORK
. BUT THAT IS NOT THE INTENT
HERE. IT'S AN ARCHITECTURAL AND
INSULATION, YOU KNOW, UH,
AMENITY FOR NOT FOR THESE ARE
THIS IS A MAXIMUM TWO STORY AND
THE ASSEMBLY. FIND THE
GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE LIMIT
THAT NOT TO EVERYWHERE BUT JUST
TO WHERE TRANSIT ORIENTED OR
HEAVY TRANSIT IS OPERATED, OR
IT'S AN ATTACHED UNIT TO THE TO
THE MOTHER HOUSE. I FORGOT TO
MENTION THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH,
WE DON'T WANT ANY BEING JOHN
MALKOVICH STORIES HERE. UM
GREAT. LET'S TAKE IT BACK HERE
TO OTHER FOLKS WHO LIKE TO
REGISTER SUPPORT, PLEASE. YES
GOOD MORNING, YOU KNOW WILDER
HARDWELL, AARP, CALIFORNIA ON
BEHALF OF OUR 3.3 MILLION
MEMBERS, YOU'RE HAPPY TO STAND
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
STEPHEN SENSOR, WITH BROWN SEEN
ON BEHALF OF HOUSING ACTION,
COALITION AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. ADRIAN MOHAMMED WITH
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON
BEHALF OF FILTH FIELD STEP IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, AND WE WILL
NOW GO TO PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
MEMBERS BRADY GUN ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING.
OFFICIALS WERE IN RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL, BUT
WANTED TO THANK THE SENATOR'S
OFFICE FOR BRINGING
CONVERSATIONS WITH US. WE HAVE
SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THIS BILL
WERE SUPPORTIVE OF AWS. WE THINK
THEY'RE VERY USEFUL BUT HAVE
CONCERNS THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT
DOES NOT DESIGNATE IN OUR
OCCUPANCY CHANGE IN THE LOCAL
BUILDING CODE COULD IMPACT FIRE
. LIFE SAFETY WITH SOME OF THE
IMPLICATIONS ARE THREE AND R TWO
OCCUPANCIES HAVE VARYING FIRE
SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR FIRE
SEPARATION. AS WELL AS SMOKE
ALARMS AND FIRE SPRINKLERS. AND
WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT IF
THEY'RE NOT UP TO CODE THAT WILL
HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. SO
THAT'S WHERE OUR MAIN CONCERN
IS. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER CONCERN
IS WITH THE GARAGES, GARAGES ARE
GOING TO HAVE MUCH DIFFERENT.
SAFETY RATINGS AS WELL IN SAFETY
CODES I NEED TO COMPLY WITH SO
OUR MAIN CONCERN IS THE SAFETY
ISSUE OR SUPPORTIVE 80 US, BUT
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE DONE IN A SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE MANNER. SO THAT'S
WHERE WE STAND IN RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION TODAY, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
AUTHOR'S OFFICE ON FINDING SOME
COMMON GROUND ON OUR CONCERNS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE
ANY OTHER PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION THAT WANT TO GIVE
MORE ELABORATED MARKS? MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS, JENNIFER SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. WE HAVE
AN OPPOSING LESS AMENDED
POSITION ON THIS BILL. WE'VE
BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY SUPPORTIVE
OVER 80 YOU CONSTRUCTION AND
MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OVER THE
YEARS. HOWEVER 25 FT IS JUST A
BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR US, WE WOULD
SUPPORT AN INCREASE OF TWO FT.
SIMILAR TO WHAT IS BEING DONE IN
89 16 FOR SOMETHING MEMBER SALAS
BILL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW GARAGES
TO HAVE A SECONDARY UNIT PLACED
ON TOP FOR A D U CONVERSION.
HOWEVER AGAIN, THE 25 FT
REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE BILL IS
JUST A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND WE COULD SEE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE COULD
TURN THESE INTO TWO STORY THREE
STORY TO US, AND THAT WAS NEVER
THE INTENT OF THE MINISTERIAL
APPROVAL. THANKS. THANK YOU OF
OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER
THEIR OPPOSITION NAME,
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION,
PLEASE. GOOD MORNING FAITH BOARD
IS ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS, RESPECTIVELY, ALIGNED
OUR COMMENTS WITH THOSE OF THE
BUILDING OFFICIALS. GOOD MORNING
, KAREN ROSS ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF SAN MARCOS IN THE MARIN
COUNTY COUNCIL OF MAYORS AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OPPOSITION.
DOING ANY GOOD MORNING, SHARON
GONZALVES ON BEHALF OF THE
CITIES OF CARLSBAD CORONA IN
RANCHO PALOS VERDE IS IN
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. NOW WE WILL BRING IT BACK
TO THE DIOCESE, MR Ó. MR KELLY,
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MR CHOLERA.
GOOD MORNING, SENATOR, YOU
MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE SORT OF
RESPONDING TO FEEDBACK YOU'VE
GOTTEN FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE, YOU
KNOW, NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE, UH,
BE ABLE TO GET THE APPROVAL THEY
WANT BASED UPON CURRENT LAW,
WHICH YOU KNOW, I THINK IS A
GOOD WAY TO LEGISLATE AND WE
HAVE A POLICY THAT'S ACHIEVING
ITS GOALS. AND YOU'RE
INTRODUCING A BILL TO TRY TO
FURTHER THAT. I GUESS MY
QUESTION AND ONE OF THE
OPPOSITION WITNESSES BROUGHT IT
UP TO 25 FT REQUIREMENT. YOU SAY
THAT THE INTENT IS NOT TO HAVE
THREE STORIES. I GUESS LIKE,
WHERE DO WE KIND OF DRAW THE
LINE ON THIS? SO NEXT YEAR? IF
WE PASS THIS ARE WE GOING TO
COME BACK WITH ANOTHER BILL
BASED ON MORE FEEDBACK FROM
PEOPLE WHO DO WANT THREE
STORIES? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHERE
IS THERE? SORT OF A LINE WHERE
YOU THINK THAT THE BY, RIGHT UH,
APPROVAL OUGHT TO STOP. I THINK
THE LINE IS 25 FT. I MEAN, THE
BUILDING INDUSTRY HAS TOLD US
THAT YOU NEED A MINIMUM OF 20 FT
. TO DO A TWO STORY BUILDING AND
THAT WOULD BE WITH A FLAT ROOF
BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOU NEED
FOUNDATION. YOU NEED PLUMBING
THAT GOES IN THAT THEY SAY THE
20 FT. NOW YOU CAN BE CREATIVE
AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING AT
THE 18 FT LEVEL, WHICH IS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALAS IS BUT AT
16 FT. YOU'RE LIMITED TO 21
STORY. AND THE CHALLENGE IS THAT
SOME OF THE CITIES HAVE MY CITY
OF FREMONT HAS A 30. SEVEN FT.
CAP ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YOU
COULD BUILD THE THREE STORY
HOUSE IN FREMONT. BUT YOU CAN'T
PUT A SECOND STORY ON THE ON AN
A D YOU YOU COULDN'T PUT ON A D
U THAT'S ON THE SECOND STORY,
WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'RE
PROHIBITED. IN THOSE
JURISDICTIONS FROM PUTTING IN A
DO OVER GARAGE EVEN THOUGH YOUR
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR ON BOTH SIDES
OF YOU HAS TWO STORY BUILDINGS,
SO THE IDEA IS IN THOSE
JURISDICTIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT
GOVERNMENT FINANCE THAT THEY
SAY. IF YOU HAVE MAJOR TRANSIT,
SO YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE FOUR
BUSSES OR FIXED RAIL. THAT'S
WITHIN A HALF MILE OR YOU'RE
PUTTING IT ON THE BUILDING. IT'S
NOT DETACHED. SO THE SO THERE'S
LIKE. THAT'S THE COMPROMISE.
THAT WAS THE COMPROMISE WAS
SAYING, OKAY? YOU HAVE A
JURISDICTION THAT DOESN'T HAVE
HIGH TRANSIT. YOU'RE OUT IN A
RURAL AREA. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO
IT. FINE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
IT, BUT IF YOU'RE IN TRANSIT
ORIENTED, ELOPEMENT AND OR OR
TRANSIT. UM. WHAT'S THE WORD?
I'M LOOKING FOR? TRANSIT RICH
I'M TALKING ABOUT SCOTT WIENER,
TRANSIT, RICH AND HOUSING RICH
AND JOBS RICH. THE THEN IT WOULD
FIT IN. IS THAT CLARIFY THAT I
THINK SO, MADAM. SHARING WITH
YOUR PERMISSION. CAN I GET THE
WITNESSES? UH TAKE ON THIS AS
WELL. I JUST YOU SAID 25 IS A
BRIDGE TOO FAR. SO WHY GIVEN
WHAT THE SENATOR JUST SAID IS,
IS 25 A BRIDGE TOO FAR, BUT
CURRENT LIES AND I'LL BE
COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU. I
LIVE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY AND I
HAVE A BUS STOP WITHIN A HALF
MILE OF MY HOUSE, AND I WILL
LIE IN A SINGLE FAMILY, ONE
STORY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE
HEIGHT MAXIMUM OF 16 FT. UH IN
THIS PARTICULAR BILL LIVING IN A
RURAL AREA AND YOU BUT COUNTY OF
ALL PLACES, I WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY BE ALLOWED TO HAVE
A 25. 25 HEIGHT FOOT. A D YOU
PLACED IN MY BACKYARD? IN THAT
CASE, IT WOULD DEFINITELY
PROBABLY THE TWO STORY
POTENTIALLY THREE STORY
BUILDING. THE THREE STORY
BUILDING CONCEPT CAME FROM
CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF
THE MEMBERS SALAS BILL WHEN WE
WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE HEIGHT INCREASE FROM
16 TO 18 FT WITHIN MULTI FAMILY
MULTI ZONED COMMUNITIES, WHICH
DIDN'T EVEN INCLUDE SINGLE
FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. THE
CONCERN THERE WAS, THEY SAID, WE
ONLY NEED TWO FT. IN ORDER TO
ACCOMMODATE THE GARAGE
CONVERSION IS WHAT KELLER AJ
SAID IN SALAS BILL. IT JUST
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO US THAT
KELLER AJ WHO WOULD BE
FACILITATING THESE TYPES OF
DEVELOPMENTS ON TOP OF GARAGES,
IS ASKING FOR A TIF TWO FT
INCREASE TO THE EU MINISTERIAL
APPROVAL FOR MULTI FAMILY MULTI
ZONE PARCELS, BUT THIS BILL IS
ASKING FOR 25 FT. AND MADAM
CHAIR. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE TAKEN IN
GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE. RURAL
CUBA CITY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO
TO THE 25 FT UNLESS THEY HAD
FOUR BUSSES. GOING THROUGH THE
FIXED POINT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA
. RURAL YUBA COUNTY IS NOT GOING
TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS AT ALL.
AND NEITHER WILL A LOT OF OTHER
PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE FOUR
BUSSES OR FIXED RAIL GOING FOUR
TIMES AN HOUR IN THEIR COMMUNITY
, OR IT'S ATTACHED TO THE
PERSON'S HOUSE. AND IT RIGHT? IF
WE HAVE THE THAT DEFINITION OF
TRANSIT RICH, WE HAVE A LOT OF
MEMBERS THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT HAVING A 25 FT HEIGHT
REQUIREMENT. THEY HAVE A LOT OF
SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
ARE AROUND LIGHT RAIL. THERE ARE
A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT ARE NOT
NECESSARILY INTERESTED IN HAVING
A 25 FT. EIGHT EU NEXT DOOR
THERE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF
HAVING A DUS. THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY
SUPPORTIVE OF PEOPLE CHANGING
THEIR GARAGES, BUT THEY'RE NOT
NECESSARILY SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING
THESE LARGER STRUCTURES IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE IF WE WERE BECAUSE
BECAUSE WE SINCE I FIRST
INTRODUCED MY FIRST AID EU, I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMEOWNER
AND I'M GIVING CONTROL OF THE
REAL PROPERTY TO THE PERSON THAT
OWNS THAT PROPERTY. I'M NOT. I'M
TAKING SOME OF IT AWAY FROM
LOCAL CITIES AND COUNTIES. THEY
KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN FIGHTING AND
THAT'S THAT'S THE IDEA. WE WANT
TO GIVE THE PERSON THAT OWNS
THAT LAND THAT HAS THAT PROPERTY
THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO
DO ON MY PROPERTY WITHIN THESE
KIND FINALS. YOU KNOW AGAIN,
IT'S GOT TO BE IN A TRANSIT RICH
AREA OR IT'S GOT TO BE ON IN
YOUR HOUSE. IT CAN'T BE A
DETACHED THEORY BECAUSE WE'RE
SENSITIVE TO THAT. PICTURE
THAT'S PAINTED THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BE A 25 FT MONSTROSITY
TO STAND ALONE IN THE MIDDLE OF
BUCOLIC CALIFORNIA AND WE DON'T
WANT THAT. ESTHER CIERTO, SOME
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT IS THE
OVER DENSIFICATION OF AREAS. UM
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S
ALREADY IN FOR A SINGLE FAMILY
DWELLING NEIGHBORHOOD. UM YOU
HAVE TO CONSIDER THE SEWER LINES
YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE END IN
LINE OF THE SEWER LINES. WHETHER
THOSE ARE ADEQUATE, AND I THINK
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEAR, YOU KNOW
WITHIN. THAT WAS THEIR FEAR WITH
JUST THE A D. U S THEMSELVES,
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
AWS ON TOP OF A TUS BASICALLY
YOU'RE STARTING TO CREATE
SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE THREE
OR FOUR FAMILIES LIVING ON A
PROPERTY THAT WAS REALLY MEANT
FOR ONE, AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE
WAS BUILT FOR THAT ONE. UM AND
THAT INCLUDES IF YOU'RE
CONVERTING A GARAGE, THOSE CARS
ARE GOING TO BE EITHER IN THE
DRIVEWAY OR IN THE STREET. AND
IF YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR
FAMILIES, AND THEY HAVE KIDS,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT
CARS IN THE STREET. AND THAT'S
DOES. THAT'S THE KIND OF, UM UH
, ISSUES THAT I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS WITH IF
THEY GO INTO SOME OF THE OLDER
COMMUNITIES IN L, A ONES I USED
TO WORK IN TWO HAD THE STREETS
WERE JUST LINED WITH CARS, AND
SO WERE THE FRONT YARDS. AND WE
CAN BARELY GET AN ENGINE FIRE
ENGINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STREET. BECAUSE ENABLED, FINALLY
HAD TO MAKE IT SO ONE SIDE OF
THE STREET COULDN'T PARK IN THE
STREET. SO IT'S THAT KIND, AND I
THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT IS CREATING A
SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE THIS
OVER DENSIFICATION. THEN WE
CAN'T GO BACK. AND SO I THINK
THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM PEOPLE AND FROM A SAFETY
PERSPECTIVE. YEAH MORE PEOPLE
MEANS MORE SAFETY ISSUES
FIGHTING A DUS. FIRED AND IT'S
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE EU. IT'S
GETTING NON PERMITTED BUILDINGS
, AND THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT
ISSUE. BUT THOSE ARE EASILY
DISGUISED BECAUSE GENERALLY
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BUILDING
OFFICIALS TO RUN AROUND AND LOOK
FOR THE NON PERMITTED 80 YOU
THAT'S GOING IN. RIGHT PRETTY
SOON IT'S BUILT AND THEY JUST
ASSUMED THAT THAT ONE MUST HAVE
BEEN, YOU KNOW, BUILT BEFORE I
WAS HERE, UM, BUT THAT'S WHY
WHEN THEY DO THEY WHEN YOU HAVE
A GARAGE UNDERNEATH UNDERNEATH
BUILDINGS. YOU'RE ATTACKING HIM
ABOUT MUCH MORE STRINGENT, UM,
SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS AND FOR
A REASON, AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE
DOING THOSE THEY LEAVE, THEY
LEAVE OPENINGS IN THEREFORE, OUR
WALL. UM AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF
TIMES, VEHICLE FIRES ARE YOU
KNOW THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF A
GARAGE FIRES VEHICLE FIRE. AND
THOSE EVENTS ARE PROVIDE PLENTY
OF FUEL AND A LOT OF TIMES THE
PEOPLE THAT LIVE ABOVE THEM GET
FRIED. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE
THEY WIND UP, AND SO THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE THAT'S THOSE. THOSE ARE
THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT THEY
THINK ABOUT THEIR WORRIED ABOUT.
UM AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY YOU
HAVE THIS PUSHBACK. OH, YEAH, I
KNOW YOU WANT TO PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO LIVE A LOT OF THOSE 80
US THAT ARE BEING BUILT. BY THE
WAY. SOMEBODY BROUGHT THAT UP.
UM, ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES IN OUR
AREA. I SEE A QUITE A FEW GOING
IN, AND BASICALLY THEY'RE MOVING
THEIR PARENTS FROM INSIDE THEIR
HOUSE TO THE 80 YOU SO HEY, MORE
POWER TO THEM. UM YEAH OR THE
KIDS THAT ARE MOVING BACK HOME
OR GOING INTO THE 80 YOU AND SO
THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST EXPANDING
WHERE THEIR FAMILY LIVES INTO AN
AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ON THEIR
PROPERTY. UM AND YOU KNOW IF WE
DON'T OVER IDENTIFY
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SCHOOLS CAN
ACCEPT IT AND ALL THAT ALL
THAT'S PART OF THE FORMULA, AND
THAT'S WHY CITIES HAVE TO BE
INVOLVED IN BEING ABLE TO
DETERMINE WHEN IT'S BECOMING TOO
MUCH. BECAUSE THEN THEY GET
FRUSTRATED CITIZENS WHEN YOU GET
FRUSTRATED CITIZENS YOU GET A
LOT OF PUSHBACK. SO THAT'S
THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS ON
THAT. THANKS, MR CHOLERA. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU,
SENATOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON A
D. U. S. MM. LOOK, YOU KNOW THAT
THE REALITY IS THAT AND I REALLY
RESPECT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS, BUILDING OFFICIALS
HAVING BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL
EIGHT YEARS. I REALLY UNDERSTAND
THE CHALLENGE OF THE WORK. UM
AND THEY'RE CONCERNED IS ALWAYS
ON SAFETY. UM AND THE REALITY
IS, THOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT
PLACES LIKE IN SAN JOSE, MY
DISTRICT THERE ARE ALREADY 23%
FAMILIES OR FAMILIES IN SOME
CASES LIVING IN ONE HOME. THAT
ARE LIVING IN THE GARAGE.
THEY'RE LIVING WHEREVER THEY CAN
LIVE. AND THE AND THE OTHER
REALITY IS THAT THE CITY KNOWS
IT. UM THEY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
GO IN AND BUST ALL THESE HOMES
FOR CODING FOR US AND VIOLATIONS
BECAUSE THEY'LL BE PUTTING A
BUNCH OF FAMILIES ON THE STREET.
AND SO, UM, THE NEED IS THERE,
UM, FOR US TO TRY TO BRING SOME
OF THESE, UM LIVING SITUATIONS
THAT ARE ALREADY OCCURRING AND
SOME OTHERS SAY ARTISTS
EVENTUALLY SOME OF THESE
EIGHTIES ARE BEING BUILT AND
KIDS ARE MOVING IN THERE OR THE
PARENTS ARE GOING INTO THAT
HOUSE OR THE WHATEVER IT MIGHT
BE. IT'S A MATTER OF CREATING,
UM YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES. FOR
A MORE HUMANE LIVING SITUATION,
ALLOWING MORE SPACE AND IN FULL
DEVELOPMENT IS FAR LESS RESOURCE
INTENSIVE. AND THIS IS IN. THIS
IS A FORM OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT
THAT YOU KNOW IF YOU THINK ABOUT
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND IF YOU
THINK ABOUT GENERATIONALLY, MANY
OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN
HAVE EXCLUDED SO MANY FAMILIES
FROM BEING EVIL, EVEN LIVE THERE
AND WE'VE BEEN CORRECTING AND
COURSE CORRECTING AND TRYING TO
GET ON THE RIGHT PATH AS FAR AS
THAT'S CONCERNED. BUT A LOT OF
THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOME
COMMUNITIES I LIVE IN ONE IN SAN
JOSE. CANNOT BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION OF ADDING TO OUR
HOUSING STOCK UNLESS WE ALLOW
MORE LIBERAL RULES FOR 80 YEARS
, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS
DON'T WANT IT IN THEIR
NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD. MAYBE BUT
THEN WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO
BUILD IT, I'M SURE THEY'D BE
HAPPY TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO
GO AS HIGH AS 25 FT. UH AND IT
MAKES FAR MORE SENSE TO DO THAT
AND EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOODS THAN TO BUILD A
WHOLE NEW SINGLE FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS NOT THAT'S
WHAT'S NOT RESOURCE WISE, THAT
THAT WOULD BE A WASTE OF PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD HAVE THE
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE
COMMUNITIES IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS. TO BE ABLE TO, UM
, YOU KNOW, ALLOWED FOR THE
FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE A. D. U
S. AND I THINK THAT THE REASON
WHY THESE COULD COME UP EVERY
COUPLE YEARS. WE'RE LEARNING AS
WE'RE GOING ALONG. I'M JUST
SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE OTHER.
THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US
TO CONTINUE DOWN. WHAT I THINK
IS A VERY RIGHTEOUS PATH AND
WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH 80 US AND
ALLOW THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE
THAT THAT WERE BUILT 10 30 4100
YEARS AGO TO BE PART TO BE IN
SOME SMALL PART OF PART OF THE
SOLUTION OF DEALING WITH OUR
HOUSING CRISIS, IN ADDITION TO
THE HIGHER DENSITY THAT WE'RE
BUILDING ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS
AND ALL BUILDING UP IN OUR
DOWNTOWNS, WHATEVER THAT HAS TO
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, BUT I DO
BELIEVE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY, HOME
COMMUNITIES NEED TO BE PART OF
THE SOLUTION FOR US TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON OUR
HOUSING STOCK. AND SO I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THE
LEGISLATION FORWARD AND WE'LL
MOVE THE BILL THROUGH HAS BEEN
JUST THE CLARIFICATION THAT YOU
YOU ASKED UNDER UNDER BUILDING.
UH, INSPECTORS. YOU KNOW, WE
DON'T HERE'S THE SITUATION. WE
TOOK AMENDMENTS IN GOVERNMENT
AND FINANCE AND THE SENATE AND
SAID, YOU HAVE A DUPLEX AND YOU
HAVE A STANDALONE GARAGE AND YOU
DECIDE TO MAKE AN 80 YOU OUT OF
THAT. THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T
TRIGGER AND OCCUPANTS THAT HE
CHANGED BECAUSE IF IT'S IF IT'S
ZONE ARE TWO, THEN IT'S IF YOU
DON'T TAKE THE OCCUPANTS THAT
WE'RE SEEING. WHEN IT'S A DO
PLACE TO TRY PLACE AND YOU'RE
BUILDING A D U. IT'S STILL AN 80
YOU ONCE IN A D. YOU ALWAYS NEED
TO YOU AND DOESN'T TRIGGER THIS
THE BUILDING CODE TO A
RECLASSIFICATION. THAT'S THAT'S
DISPUTE THERE. OKAY OKAY. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
THE SECOND. GREAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE VOTE? THANK YOU. I
APPRECIATE UH, SENATOR
WIECKOWSKI YOUR LEADERSHIP IN 80
US AND YOUR TRAILBLAZING AND
YOU'RE PUSHING OF THE ENVELOPE
AS ALWAYS IN THIS I'M A BIG FAN
OF THE 80 YOU SOLUTION. I THINK
IT'S AN ELOQUENT WAY WE CAN
CREATE MORE DENSITY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. I'M PROUD TO
SUPPORT THE BILL WITH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'VE TAKEN
LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY
GETTING OUT OF COMMITTEE AND
SUPPORTING IT. ON THE FLOOR. AND
WITH THAT THIS WILL BE A D PAST
AS AMENDED TO THE ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WEEKS, SARTO. I'M SORRY.
CARILLO. GABRIEL. CHOLERA. COLOR
I KYLIE KYLIE, I QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA I WORK. CHIEF BEFORE
THAT BUILDS ON CALL. UM AND I
DON'T SEE SENATOR RUBIO, BUT I
DO SEE SENATOR LAIRD. THANK YOU
, MADAM CHAIR AND I HAVE TO MAKE
ONE COMMENT SITTING THROUGH THE
EU BILL, WHICH IS WE'RE JUST
FINISHING IN EIGHT EU AT MY HOME
IN SANTA CRUZ AND THE POWER
COMPANY JUST SAID THEY COULDN'T
HOOK IT UP FOR EIGHT MONTHS. AND
SO I'VE BEEN EXCHANGING TEXT
WITH AN APPLE PLEC TICK SPOUSE
IN THE FRONT ROW. UM SO WELL.
WHAT YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES. I
APPRECIATE, UH, THE WORK OF THE
COMMITTEE AND THE INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS OF THIS BILL, AND WE
HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON
FUTURE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL SORT
OF RESOLVE MANY OF THE MAJOR
ISSUES OF THIS BILL. SO I'M
GOING TO WALK THROUGH BRIEFLY
THE ISSUE THE CURRENT BILL AND
WHERE THE AMENDMENTS ARE, SO IT
IS CLEAR TO EVERYBODY AND I AM
NOT TAKING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A
VERSION OF THE BILL THAT WILL NO
LONGER EXIST. MHM AND SO THIS
BILL IS ABOUT MOBILE HOME RENT
PROTECTIONS AND THE CONDITIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO
ENACT MOBILE HOME RENT CONTROL
ORDINANCES. SOME HAVE THEM SOME
DON'T AND CALIFORNIA THAT IS
VERY DIFFERENT FROM RESIDENTIAL
RENT CONTROL MOST MOBILE
HOMEOWNERS ON THEIR MOBILE HOME
BUT RENT THE SPACE UNDERNEATH
AND PAY ASSOCIATION FEES AND
UTILITIES. A MOBILE HOMES
DESPITE THE NAME MOBILE USUALLY
ARE NOT ABLE TO BE MOVED AND THE
HOMEOWNER IS AT A DISADVANTAGE
BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE MERCY OF
THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY OWNER.
AS A RESULT, MOBILE HOME RENT
CONTROL WAS ENACTED BY SOME
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS A WAY TO
BALANCE THE SITUATION A FAIR
RATE OF RETURN TO THE PARK
OWNER. AND STABILITY AND RENT
INCREASES TO THE MOBILE
HOMEOWNER. UM AND THIS IS
DIFFERENT THAN RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THAT'S A
BUILDING. THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS
ABOUT CONSTRUCTING PADS AND
UTILITIES UNDERNEATH A MOBILE
HOME AND MOBILE HOMES ARE ONE OF
THE GREATEST SOURCES OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE STATE.
IN 1989 LONG WAS ENACTED TO
ALLOW ANY MOBILE HOME PARK OR
SPACE CONSTRUCTED AFTER JANUARY
. 1ST 1990 TO BE EXEMPT FROM A
LOCAL MOBILE HOME RENT CONTROL.
TO INCENT, THE CONSTRUCTION OF
SPACES AND PARKS. AH AND ANY NEW
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN EXEMPT FOR
THE 32 YEARS SINCE THEN, AND
MANY HAVE LONG SINCE RECOVERED
THEIR ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION
COSTS. THE 1989 LAW HASN'T
REALLY BEEN AN INCENTIVE. THAT
IT WAS HOPED TO BE. NO NEW
MOBILE HOME PARK IS REALLY BEEN
BUILT IN THE LAST NINE YEARS IN
THE STATE RIGHT NOW, 98 A HALF
PERCENT OF THE MOBILE HOME PARKS
IN SPACES WERE BUILT PRIOR TO 19
91.5. SINCE THIS BILL IN ITS
ORIGINAL FORM, WHICH IS SHOWN IN
THE ANALYSIS WOULD HAVE MOVED
ALL THE PARKS IN SPACES
CONSTRUCTED SINCE 1990 UNDER ANY
LOCAL HOME RENT CONTROL LAW IF
THE CITY OR COUNTY HAS ONE. A
BILL BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S EVAN
LOW TO DO JUST THIS PAST OUT OF
THE ASSEMBLY IN 2020 WITH 44
VOTES. MANY MEMBERS HERE VOTED
FOR THIS BILL. THE ORIGINAL
VERSION OF THIS BILL IS THE LOW
BILL, BUT I TOOK A 10 YEAR
EXEMPTION FOR NEW PARK
DEVELOPMENT ON MY OWN WITH THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL. SO THE
CURRENT BILL WAS NOT AS STRONG
AS THE LOW BILL THAT HAD PASSED
OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY. THIS BILL
IS NOT A RENT CONTROL MANDATE.
THIS REALLY DEALS WITH PLACES AT
A LOCAL LEVEL THAT HAVE MADE THE
INDIVIDUAL DECISION TO DEAL WITH
RENT CONTROL. THIS DOES NOT
MANDATED, UH, ON ANY LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. CONCERNS WERE RAISED
ABOUT THE BILL THAT I ORIGINALLY
INTRODUCED, UM THAT THE PARK
OWNERS OR SPACES BUILT IN THE
LAST 15 YEARS, HAD NOT YET
RECOVERED THEIR COSTS AND RENT
CONTROL WOULD BE PUT UPON THEM.
AND CONCERNS WERE ALSO RAISED
ABOUT A PARKS ABILITY OR THE
INCENTIVE TO ADD SPACES. UH OR A
NEW PARK. GOING FORWARD. AND SO
WHILE I BELIEVE THAT THE OWNERS
COULD RECOVER THEIR COSTS SOONER
THAN 15 YEARS, THE IMPORTANT
THING IS TO HAVE RENT
PROTECTIONS FOR ALL MOBILE HOME
PARKS AND SPACES AFTER A
REASONABLE CHANCE TO RECOVER
INITIAL INVESTMENT THEREFORE
WHAT I HAVE AGREED TO IN CONCEPT
AND WILL PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO
DO AT THE NEXT STOP. IS THERE
WILL BE A 15 YEAR EXEMPTION
AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF A PARKER
SPACE GOING FORWARD, AND THEN IN
ANY LOCAL ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY.
ANY MOBILE HOME PARK OR SPACE
THAT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED
BETWEEN 19 92,022 WILL HAVE 15
YEARS TO RECOVER COSTS ON A
ROLLING BASIS OF PRACTICALLY
THAT MEANS THAT SPACES ARE PARKS
CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 2000 AND
SEVEN WOULD NOT HAVE AN
EXEMPTION FROM A RENT ORDINANCE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD 15 YEARS
TO RECOVER THEIR INITIAL COSTS.
ANY PARKER SPACE CONSTRUCTED
AFTER 2000 AND SEVEN WOULD HAVE
A 15 YEAR EXEMPTION ON A ROLLING
BASIS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PARK
WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2015, THE
EXEMPTION WOULD END IN 2030.
THEY WOULD HAVE 15 YEARS TO
RECOVER. THEIR COSTS. ALL PARKS
IN SPACES WOULD BE COVERED 15
YEARS AFTER CONSTRUCTION. THE
MECHANISM FOR WHAT IS THE START
OF THE CLOCK. COMPLETION OF
CONSTRUCTION OR OCCUPANCY BY A
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IS STILL
UNDER CONVERSATION. AND AS WE
DRAFT THESE AMENDMENTS WILL
REFINE THAT. SO THE AMENDMENTS
WILL BE TAKEN AT THE NEXT STEP.
I'M PLEASED THAT IT RESOLVES THE
ISSUES. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE
REALLY HELPFUL, INCLUDING THE
CHAIR IN THE LAST PERIOD OF
TIME. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY
AN ELEGANT SOLUTION IT ON A
ROLLING BASIS WILL BRING
EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED OR A SPACE OR PARK
HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE 1990
AFTER 15 YEAR COST RECOVERY TO
COME UNDER ANY LOCAL ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD ALLOW THE 15 YEARS
PERSPECTIVELY FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN. AND IT IS A WAY TO BOTH
STABILIZE RENT COSTS FOR ONE OF
THE LARGEST SOURCES OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
CALIFORNIA, WHILE ALLOWING PARK
OWNERS IF THEY CONSTRUCT NEW
PARKS OR SPACES, THE FAIR TIME
TO RECOVER COSTS AND I THINK
THERE IS A GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
THIS THAT WE WILL HERE IN OF THE
TESTIMONY AND THIS JUST ONE LAST
THING. THIS HAS BEEN THE
BALANCE. THAT IS THE REASON
MOBILE HOME RENT CONTROL IS
DIFFERENT. FROM RESIDENTIAL RENT
CONTROL BECAUSE IT IS REALLY
PEOPLE DON'T OWN THE LAND
UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE HOME THAT
THEY OWN, AND IT ALLOWS FOR THAT
NOT TO BE A DIFFICULT SITUATION
, BUT IT REALLY HAS BEEN A
HISTORIC BARGAIN FOR THAT 98 A
HALF PERCENT WHERE THE SUPPLIES
ALREADY FAIR RATE OF RETURN
ABILITY TO RECOVER COSTS FOR ONE
OF THE LARGEST SUPPLIES OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE STATE.
SO WITH THAT REQUEST, AND I VOTE
TODAY, AND WE WILL TAKE THE
AMENDMENTS TO IMPLEMENT WHAT I
JUST DESCRIBED AT THE NEXT STOP.
THANK YOU, SENATOR. AND EACH
PRIMARY WITNESS WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES EACH. YES THANK YOU. AND
GOOD MORNING, ROGER JOHNSON ON
BEHALF OF THE GOLDEN STATE
MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNERS LEAGUE G
S M O ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL. I'M A SENIOR. LIVING IN A
MOBILE HOME PARK. WE LIVE
MODESTLY. AND WITHOUT STABILIZED
RENTS. THE LIVES OF PEOPLE
LIVING ON MODEST FIXED INCOMES
ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE. LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO RESPOND
AND ADAPT ORDINANCES TO PROTECT
SENIORS LIKE US. YET BECAUSE OF
THE STATE LOOPHOLES WERE NOT ALL
PROTECTED. LOCAL ORDINANCES ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO FULLY GOVERN.
WHEN WE ASK LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO
ADDRESS THE STATE'S HOUSING
CRISIS IN THE D CALIFORNIA
SHOULD MAKE ACCOUNT. BUILDING
MOBILE HOME PARKS AND ALLOWING
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO GOVERN. AND
THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY ARE
NOT MUSICAL, MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
IN FACT, THE LEGISLATURE HAS
RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION TO
CREATE NEW AND DIFFERENT
INCENTIVES. TO BUILD NEW MOBILE
HOME PARKS, WHICH WE ALL
SUPPORT. SENATOR LAIRD HAS A
SOLUTION TO KEEP PEOPLE LIKE ME.
IN OUR HOMES. WHILE ALSO
ENSURING IT CONTINUES TO
INCENTIVIZE MUCH NEEDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE ON SB 9 40. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YES GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE BRUCE STANTON. GENERAL
COUNSEL GSM OL ALSO IN SUPPORT
OF JUST SECOND WHAT MR JOHNSON
JUST TESTIFIED TO HAPPY THAT
WE'RE FINALLY LOOKING AT THIS
REALLY ANCIENT AND AS TIME AND
DATA HAVE PROVEN INEFFECTIVE
EXEMPTION AND GIVING IT A NEW
LOOK AND GSM WELL IS SUPPORTIVE
OF THE AMENDMENTS TO SENATOR HAS
DESCRIBED OTHERWISE, I'M JUST
HERE FOR ANYTHING. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, AND OTHER FOLKS IN
THE ROOM WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS
SUPPORT. MARK STIVERS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
IN SUPPORT.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STEP UP TO
THE MIKE NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. LYLE FELLOWS AND
RANCHO CORDOVA. UM MOBILE
COUNTRY CLUB, AND I'M HERE IN
THE SUPPORT OF THIS FILM. JOE
FELLOWS, RANCHO CORDOVA. I LIVE
IN A MOBILE HOME. I SUPPORT THE
BILL. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
MARY VAN CLEVE AND I LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME. AND I SUPPORT THIS.
THIS BILL. GOOD MORNING,
MICHELLE MOANING. I'M A MOBILE
HOME OWNER AND THE PRESIDENT AT
A HOME LEVEL HOME PARK IN
ROOSEVELT AND I AM IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO
PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE CHAIR. FIRST OFF. I'D
LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR
WORKING WITH W. M A ON TRYING TO
FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE.
WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS INTRODUCED,
ALL W WAS REALLY SEEKING WAS TO
HAVE PARITY WITH A B 14 82 DAVID
CHU FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
WHICH ELIMINATED THE NEW
CONSTRUCTION EXEMPTION AND
REDUCED IT TO 15 YEARS FOR
APARTMENTS. THIS BILL, HOWEVER,
HAS INTRODUCED WENT TO 10 YEARS
AND WAS RETROACTIVE. CINDER
LAYERED. I DO WANT TO THANK FOR
WORKING WITH US THROUGHOUT AND I
KNOW IT WAS KIND OF LAST MINUTE
AND CAME AT THE END. BUT AS LONG
AS THE AMENDMENTS ARE DONE, AND
WERE ABLE TO COME TO SOME SORT
OF AGREEMENT, THAT'S WHAT
COUNTS. UM BUT INITIALLY WHAT WE
TOLD SENATOR LAIRD IS HE'S
CORRECT ON PARKS. WE HAVE NOT
BUILT A TON OF PARKS OVER THE
YEARS, AND ONE COULD ARGUE THE
BUILDING PARKS IN CALIFORNIA
WITH LAND, IT MIGHT BE BETTER
FOR HOUSING TO GO UP FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. HOWEVER WE HAVE
BUILT THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
OF SPACES OVER THE YEARS AS WE
SPEAK RIGHT NOW. 67 SPACES ARE
BEING BUILT IN SYLMAR,
CALIFORNIA OVER 200 RIVERSIDE.
THREE SPACES WERE JUST BUILT IN
PALM SPRINGS AT A COST OF A HALF
A MILLION DOLLARS. WE'RE
BUILDING 14 SPACES IN ROHNERT
PARK. SO THE REASON THE
EXEMPTION ON RENT CONTROL IS
CRITICAL IS BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD
SPEND $500,000 HAS BUILT THREE
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
ONLY TO GET RENT THAT MAYBE $500
A MONTH. YOU WILL NEVER MAKE
YOUR MONEY BACK. SO THE NEW
CONSTRUCTION EXEMPTION WAS MEANT
TO FIND THAT BALANCE. AND I
THINK WHAT THIS BILL IS TRYING
TO FIND, AND I APPLAUD SENATOR
LYRICS. I THINK WHERE HE'S GONE
IS AGAIN. WE DIDN'T WANT
ANYTHING MORE THAN 14 82, BUT WE
DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING LESS AND A
CENTER, LAIRD EXPLAINED. THE
BILL NOW IS AMENDED TO INCLUDE
SPACES GOING FORWARD, WHEREAS
BEFORE IT WAS JUST PARKS. IT'S
RETROACTIVE, STARTING ON 15
YEARS, SO THE SPACES THAT ARE
BEING BUILT TODAY AREN'T
INTERRUPTED, AND WE CAN
ENCOURAGE MORE OWNERS TO BUILD
SPACES. THERE ARE 4500 PARKS IN
THE STATE. EVERY PARK BUILT FIVE
SPACES. THAT'S 20,000 NEW HOMES
, SO WE BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT
TO FIND THAT BALANCE, AND THAT'S
WHERE THE 15 YEARS COMES IN. SO
AT CENTER, LAIRD SAID, WE'RE
STILL WORKING WITH HIM ON ON A
COUPLE OF WEEKS OF WHEN
OCCUPANCY COMES IN, BUT WE HAVE
ASKED OUR ASSOCIATION TO GO
NEUTRAL. WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT
WEEK. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN. BUT I CAN SAY WE
BELIEVE THIS GETS CLOSE TO
STRIKING THAT BALANCE. WHERE THE
PROPONENTS AREN'T 100% HAPPY,
AND NEITHER ARE THE OPPOSITION.
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT BASED ON THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS INPUT THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO STRIKE A BALANCE
FOR THIS INDUSTRY AND FOR
HOUSING IN CALIFORNIA, I WOULD
JUST LEAVE IN THIS FINAL NOTE.
IN RENT CONTROL. IT IS DIFFERENT
FOR APARTMENTS AND MOBILE HOMES
AND MOBILE HOMES. THE SPACES
RENT CONTROLLED, NOT THE SALE OF
THE HOME. SO WHAT'S ILLUSORY TO
THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE
RENT CONTROL ON THE SPACE THAT
IT'S AFFORDABLE FOR THE NEXT
BUYER, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AND
WE'VE SHOWN OVER THE YEARS THAT
OUR RENT CONTROL ANDLOWER SPACE
RENT ONLY INCREASES THE COST OF
THE SALE OF THE HOME? AND IF THE
COST OF THE SALE OF THE HOME
GOES UP BY 10 AND 20,000, IT
WOULD BE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR
RENT TO GO UP AND FOR A LOW
INCOME PERSON TO HAVE TO GET A
LOAN ON A HOME. THAT'S NOT
VALUED AT WHAT IT'S WORTH. SO
FOR THESE REASONS, WE'RE STILL
TECHNICALLY OPPOSED BECAUSE I
DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE
IT. BUT AS SENATOR LAIRD SAID, I
BELIEVE WE GOT TO THAT
COMPROMISE POINT THAT, UM I
THINK THIS SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF
HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND TRY
AND COME TO A BALANCE SO CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OTHER WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS JASON I COULD
WITH EDELSTEIN GILBERT ROBESON
SMITH ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA MOBILE HOME PARK
OWNERS ALLIANCE WANT TO ECHO
MANY OF MR GOVERNOR'S COMMENTS,
INCLUDING OUR EXTREME
APPRECIATION FOR THE SENATOR FOR
THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE,
WHO HAVE ADDRESS. A NUMBER OF
ISSUES ARE QUIET. CMP A
IDENTIFIED FOUR ISSUES WITH THIS
BILL COMING INTO THIS COMMITTEE
, UM THREE OF THOSE MAJOR ISSUES
HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY RESOLVED OR
WILL BE RESOLVED WITH THIS
COMMITMENT TODAY, SO WE
APPRECIATE THAT. LIKE MR
GOVERNOR, WE WILL BE GOING BACK
TO OUR CLIENT TO DISCUSS THIS
WITH THEM. OUR ONE REMAINING
CONCERN. IT DEALS WITH THE LAST
ISSUE THAT MR GOVERNOR RAISED.
RENT CONTROL IS DIFFERENT IN
MOBILE HOME PARKS. IT DOES
RESULT IN THE ADDITIONAL COST
FOR A NEW GENERATION OF
HOMEOWNERS. THERE IS A WAY TO
MITIGATE THAT IT'S WITH VACANCY
DECONTROL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT WAS PROVIDED FOR
APARTMENTS. AGAIN THOUGH I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH
THESE AMENDMENTS, AND WE
APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE SENATOR IN
THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ANY OTHER FOLKS IN THE ROOM LIKE
TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION? OKAY, WE
WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE DICE
MR CHOLERA. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND THANK YOU, SENATOR SAN
JOSE PUT IN LOCAL ORDINANCES TO
PROTECT MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS
BECAUSE THE REGULAR 58 MOBILE
HOMES. I THINK WE STILL HAVE
MORE MOBILE HOMES THAN ANY OTHER
CITY STATES. SAN DIEGO MAYBE UP
THERE AS WELL. BUT UM THE
REALITY IS THAT MOBILE HOMES ARE
IVIDED IN AREAS PRETTY MUCH
ANYWHERE IN THE STATE. BUT
CERTAINLY IN SILICON VALLEY IS
DEFACTO, AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
ESPECIALLY SENIOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, AND I THINK WE NEED TO-RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT. THESE
MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES BECAUSE
IF WE DON'T THERE'S REALLY
NOWHERE ELSE FOR SO MANY NOT
JUST SENIORS, BUT A LOT OF
FAMILIES LIVING THESE MOBILE
HOMES AS WELL, AND THERE'S NO
WAY THEY COULD AFFORD. TO LIVE
ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT THEY DO,
OR EVEN IN THE STATE WITHOUT THE
PROTECTION OF THESE MOBILE
HOMES, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT THE AUTHOR HAS DONE TO TRY
TO AMEND IT AND UNDERSTAND SOME
OF THE CONCERNS OF THE MOBILE
HOME PARK OWNERS. THE EFFORTS
HERE ARE NOT TO TRY AND SQUEEZE
THEM OUT, BUT RATHER TO THINK
ABOUT THE RESIDENTS, BUT I THINK
THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME
BALANCE THAT'S BEING MADE HERE
THAT I THINK MOVES US IN A
POSITIVE DIRECTION. AND FOR
THAT, I'M GRATEFUL TO MOVE THE
BILL. THANK YOU ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? JUST I APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY'S WORK ON THIS. UH I
KNOW IT'S HARD. I THINK WE'RE IN
A GOOD PLACE IN THE NEXT TIME.
YOU SEE THIS. THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE DESCRIBED WILL BE IN
THE BILL, SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN IPOD. THANK YOU. I WANT
TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR A LOT OF
IMPORTANT LAST MINUTE
CONVERSATIONS LAST NIGHT, UM AND
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH
MYSELF, AS WELL AS STAFF AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
HERE, AS WELL AS THE OPPOSITION
TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THESE
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT BILL.
I GREW UP IN A MOBILE HOME PARK
. UM, SO I HAVE FIRST HAND
KNOWLEDGE OF THAT EXPERIENCE.
AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, MR
COLOR FOR A LOT OF LOW INCOME
FAMILIES. IT'S THE MOST SECURITY
THAT THAT MANY OF US HAVE,
RIGHT. SO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK
IN THIS AND ALSO YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH ALL
STAKEHOLDERS AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING THOSE AMENDMENTS IN
THE NEXT COMMITTEE. AND WITH
THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION
MOTION? WE NEED A SECOND. SECOND
MR QUIRK-SILVA. AH SO WITH THAT
IT'S A DO PASS. UH, AS AMENDED.
YES OR NO. JUST DO PASS. SORRY.
YEP. WEEKS SEYARTO NOT WORRYING.
CARILLO. THREE I GABRIELLE
GABRIEL, I CHOLERA. ALTHOUGH I
KYLIE NOT BORING. QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA I WORK. WORD. I.
45606. TO 0, BUT WE'LL LEAVE IT
OPEN AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I THINK WE ARE LOOKING FOR
SENATOR PORTANTINO WILL MOVE THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE A
SECOND I CAN'T SECOND. YOU CAN
SET CONTAINED CALENDAR SP 9914
RUBIO S P 14 21 JONES MOTION TO
PASS TO THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
AND HUMAN SERVICES. WEEKS WEEKS.
I SEYARTO CARILLO. THREE. I
GABRIEL GABRIELLE LIKE CHOLERA.
COBRA I HIGHLY HIGHLY, I
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA I WARD
OR DIE. GREAT THAT IS OUT IN A
WHILE. WE'RE WAITING FOR MR
PORTANTINO. LET'S GO THROUGH AND
DO ADD ONS. PERFECT ITEM ONE SP
234 GABRIEL GABRIEL, I KYLIE.
HIGHLY, AYE. THAT IS OUT 80.
ITEM NUMBER TWO SP 13 36
GABRIEL. ONE NUMBER. I REMEMBER
TO SP 13 36 SENATOR WINNERS.
GABRIEL. I KYLIE. I'M SORRY,
SIR. I. KYLIE I WANT JUICE 34567
THAT IS OUT 71. UM ITEM NUMBER
THREE SP 5 13 GABRIEL GABRIEL I
AWARD WORD. I THAT IS OUT 80.
ITEM NUMBER 6897 FOR YOU. COREY
I. GABRIEL GABRIEL. AYE. AWARD.
COURT. I. THAT IS OUT 7 TO 0. A
SIX WORD TAKING CARE OF. WE HAVE
ADAM'S FOR PORTANTINO. I'M
SORRY. UM 60. EVERYONE BETTER,
CORRECT EVERYONE. WE HAVE MR
PORTANTINO. YOU ARE LAST BUT NOT
LEAST SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST
LIKE THAT. MY FAMILY DOESN'T SAY
THAT WHEN I COME HOME GOOD
MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. TODAY I'M PRESENTING SB
10 67 AN EFFORT TO RESTRICT
PARKING MINIMUMS IN OUR CITIES.
I THINK SENSIBLY I'D LIKE TO
START BY ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS LOCATED ON PAGE FOR
THE COMITTEE ANALYSIS AND THANK
THE CHAIR AND HER STAFF. FOR
WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON THOSE
AMENDMENTS. AS WE KNOW PARKING
MINIMUMS REQUIRE PRIVATE
PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVIDE HIM
MAINTAIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OFF
STREET PARKING SPACES. AND
OFTENTIMES THESE MINIMUMS,
IMPOSE FINANCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SOCIAL COSTS TO CITIES. SB
10 67 WILL PROHIBIT CITIES FROM
IMPOSING THE PARKING MINIMUM
REQUIREMENT AND HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT. LOCATED WITHIN A
HALF MILE PUBLIC TRANSIT IF
EITHER DEDICATING 20% OF THE
TOTAL UNITS TOO LOW AND VERY LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, THE ELDERLY
OR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
DEVELOPMENTAL, UH OR THE
DEVELOPMENT CONTAINS LESS THAN
20 UNITS. ALSO, STUDENT HOUSING.
WE KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA'S IN A
HOUSING CRISIS. WE NEED HOUSING
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, BUT IN
PARTICULAR, WE NEED LOW INCOME
AND WORKFORCE, HOUSING AND
STUDENT HOUSING. AND SO I THINK
THAT'S A PRUDENT INCLUSION IN
THIS BILL ELIMINATED PARKING
MINIMUMS WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WOULD ALSO
LESSEN CALIFORNIA'S DEPENDENCE
ON CARS. PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR
WALKING AND BICYCLING AND HELP
COUNTERACT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
PROBLEMS BY CUTTING COSTS FOR
TENANTS AND DEVELOPERS, AND WHEN
APPROPRIATE WITH RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR MY VOTE. GREAT. AND YOU
HAVE A PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING. NINA
WILDER HARDWELL, AARP,
CALIFORNIA WE ARE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
GREAT ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. EVEN SENSOR WITH
BRANSON ON BEHALF OF HOUSING
ACTION COALITION AND SUPPORT.
DEBORAH CARLSON OF THE
CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
AND SUPPORT. SAID THEY WERE
OPPOSED. MARY ELLEN SHAKE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES IN
SUPPORT. GREAT ANY PRIMARY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION. ANYONE
ELSE IN THE ROOM LIKE TO EXPRESS
OPPOSITION COUNTY GOOD MORNING,
KYRA ROSS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF SAN MARCOS AND THE MARIN
COUNTY COUNCIL OF MAYORS AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. WE'LL
BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
SENATOR. HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND. SAYING NO QUESTIONS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE, SENATOR
PORTANTINO. THANK YOU FOR
GETTING US IN AND THANK YOU FOR
THE AMENDMENTS AND APPRECIATE
THE SUPPORT AND RESPECTFULLY
AFTER, AND I VOTE GREAT, HAPPY
TO SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY, AND
WITH THAT IT'S DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO THE ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WEEKS. I SEYARTO CARILLO. FOR
YOUR EYE. GABRIEL GABRIEL I
CHOLERA CHOLERA, KYLIE!
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA I WORD?
OR DIE. 56 BILLS OUT 6 TO 0.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE WE GOOD
NOW? WE'LL WAIT FOR HIM. OKAY
WE'LL WAIT FOR THE VICE CHAIR,
BUT, UM FOLKS NEED TO LEAVE. I
THINK WE'RE WRAPPING UP HERE.
THANKS, EVERYONE.
WE DONE WE DON'T WE DON'T. DID I
ADD ON TO EVERYTHING? I GOT
STUCK BEHIND. LAURA WAS DOING
HER PARKING BILL IN GOVERNMENT
FINANCE. AND SO I SAT THROUGH
THE WHOLE THING, AND IT WAS LIKE
THE ENTIRE WORLD. DID HE SAY
THAT HE WAS GOING TO PUT
LANGUAGE.
AND. WE DID. WE'RE JUST WAITING
FOR YOU FOR THE LAST BILL. NO I
AM NOT KIDDING YOU. YEAH. YEAH
AND THIS IS AN ITEM NUMBER NINE,
UM SP 10 67 SEYARTO TO KNOW.
THAT BILL IS OUT 6 TO 1. AND
WE'RE DONE. WE'RE DONE. WE'RE
MEETING ADJOURNED.