WELL CALL TO ORDER THE ASSEMBLY
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER FIVE
ON PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU ALL
FOR BEING WITH US. TODAY WE HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE
FINE WOMEN LEADERS ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND OUR
SESSION RAN A LITTLE LONG BUT
TODAY WELL, WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING BUDGET ISSUES FROM
THE CALIFORNIA MILITARY
DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSION AND
PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND
TRAINING AND THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE
PANELISTS ARE LISTED IN SPEAKING
ORDER, AND WE WILL HAVE
QUESTIONS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE
AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF EACH
ITEM. WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY
VOTES TODAY, AND PUBLIC COMMENT
WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER ALL
ISSUES HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AND
DISCUSSED AT THE END OF THE
HEARING. WE ASK ALL PANELISTS TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES PRIOR TO
SPEAKING AND WE WILL TAKE ROLL
CALL AT A LATER DATE. OKAY WE
WILL BEGIN WITH THE CALIFORNIA
MILITARY DEPARTMENT AND ISSUE
ONE OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF VARIOUS YOUTH PROGRAMS. SURE
I MET BEAVER. SO ACTING ADJUTANT
GENERAL OF THE CALIFORNIA
MILITARY DEPARTMENT AND BASED ON
THE AGENDA TODAY, I THOUGHT THAT
IT WOULD BE BEST TO EXPLAIN THE
DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT
WE'RE DOING TODAY. AND THEN TALK
BRIEFLY ABOUT THE YOUTH AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TASK FORCE
THAT YOU MENTIONED. SO TODAY,
JUST TODAY WE HAVE 155 SOLDIERS
AND 52 HIGH WATER VEHICLES RIGHT
ACROSS THE STATE TO SUPPORT THE
FLOOD FIGHT ON BEHALF OF
DIRECTOR WARD. 277 SERVICE
MEMBERS UNDER THE OPERATIONAL
CONTROL. CAL FIRE ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE FLOOD FIGHT
AND ALSO WHILE THEN FUELS
MITIGATION. 366 SERVICE MEMBERS
ARE SUPPORTING OUR COUNTER
NARCOTICS TASK FORCE. THEY
SUPPORT FOR HIGH INTENSITY DRUG
TRAFFICKING AREAS. THEY ALSO
SUPPORT CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION. INTERDICTING
FENTANYL BELONG TO THREE PORTS
OF ENTRY. SINCE THE GOVERNOR
NEWSOM APPROPRIATED $15 MILLION
LAST YEAR AND INAPPROPRIATE
ANOTHER 15 GOING FORWARD, WE MAY
ABLE TO INCREASE OUR PARTNER
SEIZURES BY 529% JUST THIS YEAR
, SO INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM. SO WE'RE ATTACKING THE
SUPPLY SIDE OF NARCOTICS,
PRIMARILY FENTANYL WERE ALSO
ATTACKING THE DEMAND SIDE. LAST
YEAR ALONE. WE REACHED OUT TO
56,000 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS WITH A DRUG DEMAND
REDUCTION MESSAGE TALKING ABOUT
RESILIENCY, TALKING ABOUT THE
DELETERIOUS EFFECTS AND
NARCOTICS HAVE ON NOT ONLY
MENTAL HEALTH BUT ALSO ON THE
PHYSICAL HEALTH. WE HAVE 42
CYBER WARRIORS PARTICIPATE
ACROSS STATE GOVERNMENT WORKING
FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGIES STATE OPERATIONS
CENTER. OH YES. IS CAL SICK AND
OUR OWN COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE
TEAM IN ORDER TO SECURE THE
STATE'S NETWORK, MAKE IT LESS OR
MAKE IT LESS VULNERABLE, MAKE IT
MORE RESILIENT. TODAY WE ALSO
HAVE 144TH FIGHTER WING OUT OF
FRESNO. THEIR JETS PROTECT THE
SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AIRSPACE
EVERY DAY ON A MISSION. WE CALL
THE AIRSPACE CONTROL ALERT
MESSAGE ALERT SYSTEM. 1044
CALIFORNIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
SOLDIERS TODAY. ARE DEPLOYED ON
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS ABROAD
AND LET ME GIVE YOU JUST A TASTE
OF WHERE THEY'RE AT. THESE
COUNTRIES INCLUDE POLAND. KOSOVO
KUWAIT. CUTTER IRAQ, JORDAN'S
AND GERMANY AND THIS SUMMER WE
WILL DEPLOY ANOTHER 1000
SOLDIERS TO KUWAIT INTO IRAQ.
OUR AIR NATIONAL GUARD. WE HAVE
342 AIRMEN. DEPLOYED AGAIN TO
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS ABROAD.
THESE COUNTRIES INCLUDE GERMANY
, POLAND, ROMANIA, QATAR, KUWAIT
, JORDAN'S IRAQ, DJIBOUTI. AND
KOREA. SO ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS
WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARILY
CAPABLE WHAT WE CALL YOUTH AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TASK FORCE
AND WHAT WE DO THERE RUN THREE
CHARTER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE
ONE HERE IN STOCKTON. ONE IN SAN
LUIS OBISPO AND ONE OF LOS
ALAMITOS AND THESE ARE 22 WEEK.
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY
TARGETING AT RISK YOUTH THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE NOT GRADUATE
FROM HIGH SCHOOL. WE BRING THEM
IN, PROVIDE SOME EXTRAORDINARY
LEADERSHIP TRAINING, VERY
RIGOROUS ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND
GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EITHER COMPLETE THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL OR GET A G E. D. WE ALSO
RUN RIGHT NOW TO AFTER SCHOOL.
FIFTH GRADE STEM PROGRAMS CALLED
THE STARBASE TEACHES SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY AND INJURING MATH TO
FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. IN ORDER
TO REALLY BOLSTER THEIR ABILITY
AND UNDERSTANDING. GET THEM
INVOLVED IN THOSE STEM PROGRAMS
. THAT PROGRAM IS 100% FEDERALLY
FUNDED WE ALSO OPERATE OR
SUPPORT THE OPEN MILITARY
INSTITUTE. THE CALIFORNIA
MILITARY INSTITUTE. AND THE
PORTER VILLE MILITARY ACADEMY
SUPPORT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WITH
MILITARY CADRE AND LEADERSHIP
INSTRUCTORS AND IN THOSE
PROGRAMS ARE REALLY TARGETED,
PROVIDING REALISTIC APPLIED
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND
VERY RIGOROUS ACADEMIC SETTING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A ROLL UP OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. AND WHAT
WE DO RELATIVE TO OUR YOUTH AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TASK FORCE.
THANK YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO BE
SPEAKING? NO, I'M DARREN BENDER
. I'M THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
OFFICER FOR THE MILITARY
DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. L U.
THANK YOU, MADAM. SHARING. NO
COMMENTS FROM THE THANK YOU.
DEALER. ANTHONY FRIENDS, OY,
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. GREAT.
THANK YOU. WHILE GO AHEAD AND
ASK QUESTIONS FIRST. I WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND FOR OUTLINING SUCH CRITICAL
AREAS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE TO
THE STATE AND CERTAINLY THE
COUNTRY AND I JUST WANTED TO GET
A SENSE OF WHETHER YOU COULD
GIVE US A BIT MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE, UH, THE YOUTH
PROGRAMS. OTHER MAJOR GENERAL
BEAVERS OR COLONEL BENDER. IN
YOUR OPINION, WHAT ELEMENTS OF
YOUR PROGRAM DIFFERENTIATES
DIFFERENTIATES ITSELF FROM
TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS PROGRAMS. TO
MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. I THINK A
COUPLE OF THINGS NUMBER ONE.
IT'S A RESIDENTIAL NUMBER TWO.
WE PROVIDE, UM GIVEN IT'S A
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AND GIVEN WE
SEGREGATE THEM BY SEX SO THAT WE
HAVE MAIL. UH FACILITIES, FEMALE
FACILITIES, WE GIVE THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS PRIMARILY
ON THEIR ACADEMICS AND THEIR
LEADERSHIP SKILLS. WE SPEND A
LOT OF TIME TO ENSURE THAT THEY
ARE BOTH PHYSICALLY FIT SO YEAR
OR SO AGO. COLLECTIVELY ACROSS
ONE OF OUR ACADEMIES, I THINK
STUDENTS LOST £1000 TOTAL. SO
IT'S ENSURING THAT WE PROVIDE
THEM NOT ONLY THE MENTAL PART,
BUT ALSO THE PHYSICAL PART
RIGOROUS LEADERSHIP, TEACHING
THEM TECHNIQUES OF RESILIENCY,
MUCH LIKE WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND DO YOU
HAVE ANY BREAKDOWN INFORMATION
ABOUT THE RACE, ETHNICITY,
GENDER AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
OF THE YOUTH WHO ARE IN YOUR
PROGRAMS? SURE, GENERALLY, IT'S
A OUR STUDENTS ARE ARE CADETS
COME FROM LOW SCS GENERALLY KIND
OF A TITLE. ONE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S ABOUT 53 47 MALE TO FEMALE.
UH ROUGHLY 74% HISPANIC. I
THINK, UM. 7% AFRICAN AMERICAN,
PROBABLY 4% ASIAN. UM AND THEN
9% NATIVE AMERICAN AND THE
BALANCE WOULD BE OTHER NOT
REPORTED. DO YOU GET A SENSE
THAT THERE ARE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ENROLL
AND GET RECRUITED INTO THE
PROGRAMS. ABSOLUTELY THE
CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW, MAN, IT'S
THESE PROGRAMS ARE WILDLY
OVERSUBSCRIBED. DO YOU HAVE A
SENSE ABOUT HOW MUCH HOW MANY
ARE THEY'RE LOOKING TO JOIN THE
PROGRAMS OR NO, NOT AT THE TOP
OF MY HEAD. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO, TOO. IN THE IN THIS BUDGET.
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GROW THE
PROGRAM IN, UH IN SILENCE,
OBISPO BY 100 STUDENTS AND
THAT'S A BUDGET ISLAND THAT WILL
BE BEFORE YOU LATER AND IF WE
SECURE THAT, IF THAT'S APPROVED
, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GROW IT BY
100 STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND THEN
200 THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. I
WAS TALKING TO A YOUTH. UH JUST
TWO DAYS AGO WHO WAS INTERESTED
IN ENTERING INTO THE MILITARY
SERVICE, AND HE WAS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE
BEST PATHWAY FOR HIM TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT, AND I GREW UP OR I
WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN
ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT,
AND WE HAD A RAZZIE PROGRAM AND
PEOPLE WERE VERY DEDICATED TO
ENSURING THAT IT EXISTED. SO
IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO
BECOMING PART OF THE SERVICE.
THANK YOU. MR LOCKIE, DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY THANK
YOU. VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU.
CDVA. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON
TO THE COMMISSION ON PEACE
OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS POST FOR
THE NEXT ISSUE. ISSUE TO
OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
UPDATE AND SP TWO IMPLEMENTATION
AND THE RELATED BUDGET
PROPOSALS. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BONTA
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LACKEY STAFF
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS MANI ALVAREZ AND I SERVE
AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
THE COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER
STANDARDS AND TRAINING OR AS
WERE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
POST SEATED TO MY LEFT IS
ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ANNEMARIE DELMON AO. ASSISTANT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DELMON AO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEW PEACE
OFFICER STANDARDS ACCOUNTABILITY
DIVISION WITHIN POST WE THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY AT THIS AFTERNOON'S
HEARING. POST IS A REGULATORY
AGENCY, WHICH SETS THE MINIMUM
SELECTION AND TRAINING STANDARDS
FOR OVER 600 LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES AND APPROXIMATELY
90,000 PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC
SAFETY DISPATCHERS IN
CALIFORNIA. PURSUANT TO THE
PENAL CODE. THE POST COMMISSION
IS MADE UP OF 18 MEMBERS, 15 OF
WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR TO BUY LEADERSHIP IN
THE LEGISLATURE, AND ONE IS A
PERMANENT EX OFFICIO POSITION
FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. TODAY.
WE WILL SPEAK TO YOU. TWO TODAY
WE WILL SPEAK TO WHERE WE STAND
WITH THE EXECUTION OF SENATE
BILL TWO. TESTIMONY WILL INCLUDE
IMPLEMENTATION STEPS THE VOLUME
OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT REPORTING
WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE JANUARY 1ST
OF THIS YEAR. AS WELL AS THE
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
SUPPORT EXPECTED EXPENDITURES
FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS BEFORE
THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
HEARINGS HEARINGS, WHICH ARE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE
LEGISLATION. PRIOR TO THE
GOVERNOR SIGNING SB TWO POST
BEGAN COORDINATING
IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD THE BILL
BE SIGNED INTO LAW. IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE BILL WAS SIGNED BY THE
GOVERNOR POST REDIRECTED
APPROXIMATELY 8% OF EXISTING
STAFFING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT. IN THE SPRING OF 2022.
THE COMMISSION APPROVED OVER 20
NEW REGULATIONS FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO FOLLOW.
ONCE FISCAL RESOURCES WERE
PROVIDED TO POST IN THE FY 2022
22 23 BUDGET POST STARTED HIRING
FOR THE NEW DIVISION IN EARNEST.
WE ALSO STARTED TRAINING LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
STATE. SINCE JULY, 2022 POSTERS
TRAINED MORE THAN 3200 LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ON SP TWO
ON THE NEW REGULATIONS, AS WELL
AS THE PROCEDURES TO BE USED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS TO
SUBMIT SERIOUS MISCONDUCT DATA
TO POST POST ALSO WORKED
DILIGENTLY AND ACCOMPLISHED
INFLUENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF A
SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS TO
SUBMIT DATA AND ENABLE POST TO
TRACK INVESTIGATIONS AND PERFORM
OVERALL CASE MANAGEMENT.
SEPARATELY TRAINED OVER 1700 LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ON THE USE
OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.
ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DILLMAN A. OH, WILL NOW PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT AND
EXPECTED VOLUME OF DATA. ON
CERTIFICATION ACTIONS. AND SHE
WILL DETAIL THE NEED FOR FUNDING
TO SUPPORT EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS
BEFORE THE OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR ALVAREZ. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR BONTA AND MEMBERS OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ANNE
MARIE DOMAIN. A. OH I'M THE
ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE STANDARDS ACCOUNTABILITY
DIVISION OF POST TODAY. THE
PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS
ACCOUNTABILITY DIVISION IS IN
FULL OPERATION AND IS COMPRISED
OF SIX BUREAUS, CERTIFICATION IN
TAKING DISPOSITION AND FOR
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT BUREAUS
THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
INVESTIGATIONS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT REPORTS. THESE
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT BUREAUS ARE
BROKEN UP INTO FIVE DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE
ALIGNED WITH THE REGIONS FOR THE
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
HEARINGS. SINCE JANUARY, 1ST
2023 THE DIVISION HAS RECEIVED
OVER 4500 REPORTS OF SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT FROM APPROXIMATELY
31% OF THE 690 LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE. THIS
IS ON AVERAGE, ROUGHLY 400
REPORTS WEEKLY. ABOUT 59% OF
THOSE REPORTS RECEIVED OR WHAT
IS REFERRED TO AS LOOK BACK
CASES WHERE THE INVESTIGATIONS
AND FINDINGS OCCURRED BETWEEN
JANUARY 1ST 2020 AND JANUARY 1ST
2023. I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE
4500 REPORTS ARE COMING FROM THE
31% OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE, BUT
THOSE ARE THE LARGEST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
REPRESENTING ABOUT 85,000 PEACE
OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. SB TWO INCLUDED
PROVISIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES TO SUBMIT THESE LOOK
BACK REPORTS FOR SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT TO POST BY JUNE 30TH
2023 FOR POST TO ACT ON CASES
INVOLVING EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE
LIKELY TO CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY
INJURY OR DEATH. CASES OF
DISHONESTY AND CASES OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT. SHOULD BE NOTED THAT
WHILE POST IS RECEIVING 31% OF
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
REPORTING TO DATE, IT IS NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SIZE OF
THESE AGENCIES, SO WE'RE STILL
EXPECTING A GREAT DEAL. MORE
REPORTS FOR SOME OF THE LARGEST
AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA GIVEN THE SHEER
VOLUME OF REPORTS, THE DIVISIONS
IMPLEMENTED A TRIAGE SYSTEM
WHERE, UPON INITIAL REVIEW OF
THE SERIOUS MISCONDUCT REPORTS
STAFF ASSIGNED PRIORITY TO THE
REPORTS, ACCORDING TO THE
SERIOUS NATURE OF THE ACT, AND
WHETHER THE SUBJECT PEACE
OFFICERS STILL EMPLOYED.
CURRENTLY THE DIVISION IS
ACTIVELY REVIEWING 2000 CASES
THAT MAY RESULT IN SOME FORM OF
ACTION. THE DIVISION IS ALSO
ELEVATED 15 CASES TO THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT HAVE
RESULTED IN THE ISSUANCE OF AN
IMMEDIATE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION
ORDER WHERE THE SUBJECT OFFICER
SUSPENDED FROM SERVING AS A
PEACE OFFICER UNTIL A FULL
ADJUDICATION OF THE CASE UNDER
THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
HEARINGS OR CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS. TODAY WE ARE BEFORE
YOU TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR 4.5
MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN
23 24 3.9 MILLION ONGOING 22 FOR
THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. THESE
COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ADJUDICATION OF THE PEACE
OFFICERS DO CERTIFICATION AS
REQUIRED UNDER SENATE BILL TWO.
POST ESTIMATES IT WILL RECEIVE
THOUSANDS OF CASES MONTHLY. ONCE
ALL AGENCIES BEGIN TO FULLY
REPORT ACTS OF SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT. THE PROJECTION IS
BASED ON ANALYZING THE PUBLIC
COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNUALLY,
WHERE ROUGHLY 6400 OF THOSE
COMPLAINTS INVOLVED ACTS OF
SERIOUS MISCONDUCT BY PEACE
OFFICERS, WHICH MAY RESULT IN
DISCIPLINARY ACTION WHERE AN
OFFICER IS AFFORDED DUE PROCESS
AND HEARING. POST PROJECTS ABOUT
30% OF THOSE CASES MAY BE
HANDLED THROUGH STIPULATED
SETTLEMENT AND NOT REACH A FULL
EVIDENTIARY HEARING THAT BEING
SAID THERE IS STILL WORK LOAD
FOR THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
HEARINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FILING OF CASES, INCLUDING
ANALYZING THE COMPLEXITY OF THE
CASE CALENDAR, THE MATTER FOR
HEARING, SCHEDULING AND STAFFING
, SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES AND
CONSULTATION ON RESOLUTION.
WHILE POST APPRECIATES THERE'S A
GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING REGARDING THE VOLUME
OF THE CASES THAT WILL RESULT IN
THE CERTIFICATION. WE KNOW THIS
WORKLOAD IS ONGOING. AS SUCH, WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
APPROVAL OF THIS FUNDING TO
ENABLE POST TO MEET THE MANDATES
OF SENATE BILL TWO AND
RESPONSIBLY ADDRESS. ACTS OF
SERIOUS MISCONDUCT BY PEACE
OFFICERS WHO POSE A THREAT TO
THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH, WELFARE AND
SAFETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FROM ELIO. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS JARRETT. SIMPLE AND
I'M WITH THE L A. OH SO
REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL, WE
RECOMMEND THAT THE HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
THE LEGISLATURE'S CONSIDERATION
. FIRST WE RECOMMEND THAT THE
LEGISLATURE APPROVED THE FUNDING
FOR THREE YEARS, AS OPPOSED TO
ONGOING AS PROPOSED BY THE
GOVERNOR AND REQUIRE POST TO
REPORT ON ITS OHH HEARING COST
OVER THAT TIME. AND SECOND, WE
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE
ADOPT PROVISIONAL LANGUAGE THAT
WOULD REQUIRE ANY UNSPENT FUNDS
TO REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND AT
THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. WE
BASED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
REALLY BASED ON I THINK TWO KEY
FINDINGS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE
NUMBER OF DECERTIFICATION CASES
THAT ARE REFERRED TO THE O H AT
THIS POINT IN TIME OR UNCERTAIN
AS THE DEPARTMENT MENTIONED
CASES WERE JUST STARTED TO BEING
REFERRED TO POST AS OF JANUARY
OF THIS YEAR, AND THE NUMBER OF
CASES THAT ULTIMATELY WORK THEIR
WAY THROUGH THE PIPELINE UP TO
OH, AAH! IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS
POINT, AND EVEN IF CASES DO
REACH OHH THE NUMBER OF HOURS
THAT OHH BILLS BY CASE WOULD
VARY DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY
OF THE CASE. SO ESSENTIALLY
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE
ACTUAL OR HISTORICAL DATA TO
BASE ONGOING FUNDING NEEDS ON
AND THEN OUR SECOND POINT IS
THAT POST IS STILL ACTIVELY
BUILDING CAPACITY TO RECEIVE AND
PROCESS CASES. UM ALSO HAS
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE
AWARE THAT SB TWO WAS JUST
PASSED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021 2022
23 BUDGET IS WHAT PROVIDED THE
FUNDING FOR POST TO IMPLEMENT SB
TWO SO POST IS UNDERSTANDABLY
STILL ACTIVELY STAFFING. UM MANY
OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND
PROCESSING THE CASES, WHICH
COULD AFFECT THE VOLUME THAT
ULTIMATELY REACHES HUESO. AGAIN
I THINK REALLY, OUR POINT IS, AT
THIS POINT, WE WOULD RECOMMEND
THAT THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED
THE FUNDING FOR THREE YEARS.
GIVE POST TIME TO PROCESS CASES
, TRACK DATA AND REPORT IT TO
INFORM ONGOING FUNDING LEADS
NEEDS FOR THE LEGISLATURE. AND
THEN IN THE EVENT THAT NOT, YOU
KNOW, DEPENDING IF NOT AS MANY
CASES OR AS MANY HOURS ARE
BILLED BY OHH. WE WOULD HAVE THE
PROVISIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WOULD
REVERT ANY UNSPENT FUNDS AT THE
END OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS
IMPORTANT GIVEN THE BUDGET
ENVIRONMENT. SO MANY CLARIFY
WITH NO. AAH IS PLEASE GO AHEAD
. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS IT'S
A THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. YEAH I
WAS HEARING OH, EHH MYSELF. I'M
SORRY. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND DEAL
WITH SARAH THOMASON DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE. THE ADMINISTRATION
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE ONGOING
COST TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE
CERTIFICATION HEARINGS
REPRESENTS THE BEST ESTIMATE
AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND THAT
COSTS IN THE FUTURE COULD VARY.
HOWEVER THE ADMINISTRATION NOTES
THAT THIS REQUEST IS BASED ON
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES, AND THAT
COSTS AND WORKLOAD ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE HEARINGS AND HEARINGS
WILL BE ONGOING. ACCORDINGLY THE
ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION IS
THAT THE ONGOING FUNDING FOR
THIS PURPOSE IS THE MOST
APPROPRIATE AND REASONABLE AT
THIS. TIME AND IT'S THE BEST
APPROACH AS IT PERTAINS TO
SUPPORT FOR POST IN IMPLEMENTING
SB TWO. LASTLY THE
ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY
CONCERNS WITH ADDITIONAL
REPORTING, UM AS POST CAN
EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. SP TWO
INCLUDED ANNUAL REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS THAT COULD LIKELY
BE LEVERAGED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK
YOU. IF YOU THINK LAO TOUCHED A
LITTLE BIT ON THIS CAPACITY
ISSUE, AND YOU ALL DID AS WELL,
BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE US A SENSE
POST, IF YOU CAN CLARIFY HOW
MANY POSITIONS YOU'VE ACTUALLY
FILLED FOR THIS EFFORT SO FAR
AND TO TALK ABOUT ANY CHALLENGES
ASSOCIATED WITH FILLING THOSE
POSITIONS IN GENERALLY WHAT THE
LEAD TIME IS FOR YOUR FROM
RECRUITMENT TO ACTUALLY ON
BOARDING CAN WE START? THE
GENERAL WILL GIVE YOU THE CHAIR,
BONTA. I'LL GIVE YOU THE
OVERVIEW OF OVERALL HIRING IT
POST AND THEN ANNEMARIE CAN
ADDRESS. UH, THE NEW DIVISION.
SO THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE
STAFFED WITH 125 FULL TIME
POSITIONS AND FIVE ARE RACE. WE
ARE CURRENTLY AS OF TODAY AT 153
FULL TIME POSITIONS, AND I
BELIEVE NINE R A SAYS. WE HAVE
BEEN HIRING AN EARNEST OBVIOUSLY
WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE DEPART. UM
SO WE'VE ADDED A TOTAL OF 28
POSITIONS IN THE LAST YEAR, MOST
OF THEM COMING AFTER JULY ONE.
ONCE WE GOT THE RESOURCES HALF
OF THEM HAVE GONE TO THE NEW
DIVISION. HALF OF THEM HAVE GONE
TO EXISTING POST POSITIONS WHERE
WE TRANSFERRED PEOPLE FROM
EXISTING POST POSITIONS INTO THE
NEW DIVISION. THE NEW DIVISION
IS STAFFED BY YOU KNOW 50%
PREVIOUS POST EMPLOYEES AND THEN
50% NEW HIRES MEMORY CAN YOU
GIVE GENERALLY? SO ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD IS HIRING
LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANTS AND
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT
ACTUALLY ANALYZE THE SERIOUS
MISCONDUCT CASES THAT COME TO
POST AS A PART OF SB TWO. WE
CURRENTLY HAVE 12 FULL TIME LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANTS WORKING
IN THE DIVISION AND 20 VACANCIES
THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO FILL.
THESE POSITIONS ARE CHALLENGING
TO FILL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
CONSIDERED LOT PEACE OFFICER
POSITIONS SO EITHER SOMEONE
WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR PEACE
OFFICER CAREER MID CAREER TO
COME OVER TO POST AND THEN, OF
COURSE. UM OUR SALARY IS NOT,
YOU KNOW, CAN MEASURE IT WITH
WHAT SOMEONE MAY LEAVE AS AS A
LIEUTENANT OR ABOVE, FROM A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THEY ARE
RETIRED, AND THEY COME OVER
AFTER THEY RETIRE FROM THEIR LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAREER, HOWEVER, IF
THEY HAVE BEEN IN PERS, UM THEY
CAN'T COME OVER BECAUSE THEY
WOULD THEN BE DOUBLE DIPPING
INTO A PURSE. AND THEN THAT
REALLY RESTRICTS US IN THE LOCAL
AREA, RIGHT WHERE WE HAVE A LOT
OF PRAYERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM,
PERSONNEL. UM SO WE HAVE BEEN
STAFFING JUDICIOUSLY AS QUICKLY
AS WE CAN. WE ARE UTILIZING THE
HELP OF RETIRED INNUIT INTS TO
HELP SHORE UP SOME OF THE
WORKLOAD BECAUSE AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, WITH 4500 CASES IN 2000
ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS, 12 LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANTS IS
REALLY LIMITED TO ATTACK. THIS
WORK LOADED THIS TIME. SO WE ARE
USING THE HELP OF OUR ACE. WE
HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL ARI'S THAT
WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE IN THE
NEXT MONTH TO TRY TO SHORE UP
THAT WORKLOAD. BUT THOSE ARE
SOME OF THE CHATS THAT THE
STAFFING CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING
IN THE DIVISION. AND IF I MAY,
UM, OVERALL 25 TO 30% OF OUR
OVERALL STAFFING IS MADE UP OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANTS IN
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AT LEAST
TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IS
EITHER A SERGEANT OR AS A
LIEUTENANT IN THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BOTH ON THE
TRAINING AND THE STANDARD SIDE
AS WELL AS ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY
SIDE. HELPFUL AND ACTUALLY THANK
YOU FOR POINTING OUT THE IMPACT
OF THE PURSE. REALLY LIMITING
THE POOL, BUT AT LEAST FOR A BIT
WHICH IS TRUE. SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER. AND THEN JUST ON THE
REPORTING AND DATA COLLECTION
SIDE OF THINGS, CAN YOU REMIND
US WHAT SB TWO INCLUDED IN IN
TERMS OF DATA COLLECTION?
ABSOLUTELY SO PENAL CODE SECTION
13 5 10.9 REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE
REPORTING ON POST AS A RESULT OF
SP TWO, INCLUDING REPORTING OF
EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION,
SEPARATIONS. COMPLAINTS CHARGES
ALLEGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS OF
SERIOUS MISCONDUCT. SETTLEMENTS
BY A CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT AGENT OR
BOARD ANY CIVIL JUDGMENTS. IT
ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE REPORT THE
NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES REPORTING AND ON AND
ON. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF
REPORTING. SO IF YOU WANT ME TO
HIGHLIGHT ALL OF IT, I'M HAPPY
TO DO SO NUMBER OF NOTICES THAT
WE SEND A PEACE OFFICERS AS A
RESULT OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE
RECEIVING FROM THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NUMBER OF
HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD
AND THE COMMISSION NUMBER OF
HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE
OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS,
NUMBER OF CERTIFICATIONS THAT
ARE SURRENDERED, SUSPENDED OR
OTHERWISE REVOKED. NUMBER OF
AUDITS THAT WE MAY CONDUCT ON
THE ANALYSIS OF THE
INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE
SUBMITTED TO POST AND THAT
DOESN'T NAME ALL OF THEM. BUT
IT'S QUITE COMPREHENSIVE THE
REPORTING THAT'S ALREADY
REQUIRED INTO THE PENAL CODE.
THANK YOU, AND I'M HOPING THAT
WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE TO
CONTINUE TO CONFER WITH SENATOR
BRADFORD'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT
THE IDENTIFYING DATA POINTS ARE
ALRIGHT, HELPFUL TO THE
LEGISLATURE, ULTIMATELY TO BE
ABLE TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION.
ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM OUR COLLEAGUES. YEAH I HAVE
A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M NOT
GONNA BURDEN EVERYBODY DURING
THIS SESSION, BUT WE HAVE A LOT
OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE I THINK
THAT THERE IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND, UM I GUESS. ONE OF
THE GENERAL QUESTIONS NOT BEING
AS FAMILIAR WITH SP TWO IS I'D
LIKE TO BE, UM IS THIS AN
ALLEGATION DRIVEN PROCESS? WHERE
AT THE POINT TO WHERE YOU GUYS
GET INVOLVED AT WHAT POINT DOES
THE AGENCY UM WORK WITH YOU. AND
THE ALLEGATION IS THAT IT'S NOT
JUST ME. I CAN'T BE JUST MERE
ALLEGATION. THERE IS A
REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCIES TO
REPORT COMPLAINTS, CHARGES AND
ALLEGATIONS TO POST THAT'S BEEN
FOREVER RIGHT WELL TO DOJ
ORIGINALLY, AND NOW IT'S TWO
POST. OKAY SO, UM, WHAT WE
TYPICALLY RECEIVE IS AN INTERNAL
AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION THAT SENT
TO POST WHERE THERE HAS BEEN
COMPLETED AND THERE'S BEEN SOME
FINDINGS. WHEN WE GET A
COMPLAINT CHARGER ALLEGATION
WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THAT IS WE
WOULD LOG IT INTO OUR DATA
SYSTEM OR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
. BUT THAT COMPLAINT ARE CHARGE
OR ALLEGATION WOULD GO BACK TO
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR A
FULL INVESTIGATION, AND SB TWO
REQUIRES THAT IF THEY RECEIVE A
COMPLAINT CHARGER ALLEGATION, IT
MUST BE INVESTIGATED, REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS
SEPARATED OR TERMINATES. YEAH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LACKEY IF I MAY
ADD, ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF
THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED
BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
, THE BILL ALSO GIVES US THE
ABILITY TO CONDUCT OUR OWN
INVESTIGATION OUTSIDE OF THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY JUST
EMPHASIZE, UM WHAT MY COLLEAGUE
HERE MENTIONED THE CHALLENGE, I
THINK FOR MOST, INCLUDING POST
IS THE VOLUME OF DATA WITH A
COMPLAINT CHARGE OR ALLEGATION
THAT HAS TO BE REPORTED WITHIN
10 DAYS. WE HAVE A WE GET A LOT
OF QUESTIONS FROM THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT
THAT ALL MEANS, AND WE JUST
RECITE THE BILL TO THEM AND TELL
THEM I COULD COMPLAINT. CHARGER
ALLEGATION MUST BE REPORTED TO
POST WITHIN 10 DAYS. I WORK FOR
AN AGENCY THAT TOOK THE
COMPLAINT PROCESS VERY SERIOUS.
I WISH ALL OF THEM WOULD HAVE.
WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SP
TWO. UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU
THAT. IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK. AND I DON'T
THINK THE PUBLIC HAS ANY IDEA.
HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THESE
INVESTIGATIONS. AND I'M THANKFUL
THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST. AND,
UH, YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO. AH
MEET WITH SOMEBODY FROM YOUR
ORGANIZATION TO HELP FAMILIARIZE
ME SO THAT I COULD BE MORE AWARE
OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS BECAUSE
IT'S A LOT TO IT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR. OH, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AND THANKS FOR THE TIME
YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE LAST COUPLE
OF HEARINGS PROBABLY WON'T TAKE
13 MINUTES LIKE I TOOK. UH UM ON
ONE, BUT, UM, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT
AND MAYBE YOU SAID THIS BEFORE I
WALKED IN, BUT WHAT THE COST
WOULD BE TO HIRE PEACE OFFICERS
AND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS. UM
AND THAT YOU WERE SAYING MIGHT
BE HARD TO ATTRACT FOLKS. WE
HAVEN'T EXPLORED THAT TO DATE,
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE
JUST PRELIMINARILY BEEN SPEAKING
ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE HIRING
CHALLENGES THE RECRUITMENT
CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING. SO
WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED THAT TO
DATE. HOW MANY VACANT POSITIONS
YOU SAY? I KNOW THERE'S 127 HERE
THAT NEED TO BE FOR FAILED BAD.
HOW MANY ANSWERING SO WE HAVE
100 AND 53 FULL TIME POSITIONS
ON BOARD RIGHT NOW. UM THE
STAFFING MODELS 263 TOTAL AFTER
SENATE BILL TWO. WE ADDED 127
POSITIONS EFFECTIVE JULY ONE. SO
THE GROWTH HAS BEEN ALMOST
DOUBLE SINCE JULY ONE. OKAY? ALL
RIGHT. AND SO THE BUDGET HERE IS
20.6 MILLION. IN THIS COMING
BUDGET YEAR. PLUS 4.5 FOR OFFICE
OF MINISTRATIONS HEARINGS, OR
3.9, AND ONGOING TO SUPPORT
IMPLEMENTATION OF SB TWO.
CORRECT, OKAY? IT'S A LOT OF
MONEY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR MONTOYA. ALRIGHT
UM, UM, EXCUSE ME, AND MAYBE I
MISSED IT. UM THERE'S A NINE
MEMBER PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS
ACCOUNTABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN UM,
DID YOU TELL US WHO IS ON THIS
BOARD, OR DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA
WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE? BECAUSE
THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY GONNA HAVE AN
AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY. YES SO,
UM, THE SENATE MADE AN
APPOINTMENT. I BELIEVE BACK IN
MARCH, APRIL MAY OF LAST YEAR.
THE SPEAKER, UM, MADE AN
APPOINTMENT LAST WEEK, AND THERE
ARE SEVEN REMAINING POSITIONS
THAT THAT ARE TO BE FILLED BY
THE GOVERNOR. UM MY
UNDERSTANDING FROM WORKING WITH
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT
THEY'RE ACTIVELY PUTTING THAT
TOGETHER RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
SO THERE'S SEVEN VACANCIES OF
THE NINE THIS IS NO LATER THAN
JANUARY JANUARY 1 2023. TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS, SAYING THAT WE
HAVEN'T MADE THEM ARE MY READING
THIS WRONG? I MEAN, THIS IS.
YEAH I STILL MARCH 2023. CORRECT
I THINK YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GO
BACK TO THE BILL IN AND OF
ITSELF TO SEE IF THE
APPOINTMENTS HAD TO BE MADE BY
JANUARY ONE WHO ARE THEY HAD TO
START MOVING ON IT BY JANUARY
ONE. I DON'T HAVE THE BILL IN
FRONT OF ME. I KNOW THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICES ACTIVELY
WORKING ON THOSE APPOINTMENTS
ONLY BECAUSE WE SPEAK TO THEM
ABOUT THEM. REGULARLY EVERY
COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH THEM AS
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE
APPLICATIONS AND THE CANDIDATES.
I BELIEVE THEY'VE STARTED DOING
INTERVIEWS AWHILE BACK SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO OF CANDIDATES, BUT WE
ARE STILL AWAITING THE REMAINING
SEVEN. OKAY THE IMPLEMENTATION
OBVIOUSLY REALLY IMPORTANT AND
KEY TO THIS IS THE ADVISORY
BOARD AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A
BALANCED BROOKE, UM, BECAUSE YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT POST
HAVING 18 PEOPLE OR. 18 OR THEY
LIKE ENFORCEMENT AND TO NON LAW
ENFORCEMENT. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE
MAKEUP OF THAT? OF THE OF THE OF
THE SENATE BILL TO THE PEACE
OFFICER STANDARDS ACCOUNTABILITY
BOARD. OR THE COMMISSION OF THE
COMMISSION. YES THE COMMISSION I
BELIEVE, HAS SIX VACANCIES RIGHT
NOW, IF NOT FIVE, BUT THEY MADE
TWO APPOINTMENTS. LAST WEEK, TWO
NEW APPOINTMENTS OF TWO NEW
COMMISSIONERS. UM, I BELIEVE
THAT BRINGS US UP TO THE 3RD 13
OF THE 18. OR NOW IN PLACE YOU
GIVE ME A BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY
ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT? HOW MANY
NON LAW ENFORCEMENT? SURE.
ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. UM THAT
IT'S WRITTEN IN THE PENAL CODE.
13 500. OKAY SO THERE ARE FIVE
CHIEFS AND SHERIFFS. THERE ARE
FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
SERGEANT OR BELOW. WE CALL HIM
RANK AND FILE THERE IS ONE
EDUCATOR. 11 THERE IS THERE ARE
TWO PUBLIC MEMBERS. THERE IS A
COUNTY ELECTED OR COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR POSITION THERE IS
A CITY ELECTED IN A CITY
ADMINISTRATOR. AND I BELIEVE
THAT COVERS THE 15. IF I'M NOT
MISTAKEN, THEN THERE IS ONE BY
THE SENATE. THIS IS A NEW, UM A
NEW LAW THAT WAS PASSED TWO
YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE IT WAS
SENATE BILL ONE OR SO, UM, SO
THERE'S A POSITION FOR THE
SENATE PROTEST TO APPOINT
SOMEBODY. AND THEN THERE IS ONE
FOR THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE SPEAKER TO APPOINT
ANOTHER POSITION AND THEN THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL EX OFFICIO
POSITION THE SENATE HAS
APPOINTED THEIR MEMBERS, AS HAS,
UM AS HAS. I BELIEVE THE
ASSEMBLY. I HAVE TO GO BACK NOW
. IT WAS MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
BUT THERE THERE ARE FIVE
VACANCIES ON THE COMMISSION.
PRIMARILY UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOLKS AND ONE PUBLIC MEMBER, THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR. POSITIONS ARE
ALSO VACANT. AND THE REASON I
ASKED IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY THESE
POSITIONS WILL HAVE IMMENSE
POWER OVER HOW WELL. SB TWO IS,
YOU KNOW IMPLEMENTED? AND, UH,
IT NEEDS TO SAY I DON'T I DON'T
THINK SP TWO WAS THE FAVORITE OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT, UH SHERIFF JIM
COOPER. MAYBE A MEMBER OF POST
NOW. HE IS GOD HELP ME WHILE YOU
WOULD PUT SOMEBODY ON THAT WAS
ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING AGAINST
THIS LAW. UH, AND BE THERE IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE TO BE
LITTLE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. BUT
YOU KNOW, APPOINTMENTS OR
APPOINTMENTS AT THE END OF THE
DAY. WHAT I THINK THE CHAIR IS
ASKING. MAKE SURE THAT YOU TALK
TO THE AUTHOR OF THIS BILL, SO
THAT A YEAR FROM NOW, TWO YEARS
FROM NOW WE'LL LOOK BACK AND
NOTHING OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL
AUTHOR WANTED TO DO IS DONE.
BECAUSE WE'VE STACKED THE DECK
WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT
GOING TO GO TO THE LETTER OF THE
LAW AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED THE WAY IT
WAS VOTED ON BY THE ASSEMBLY AND
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. IT'S
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. THE
IMPLEMENTATION PART LEGISLATION
IS FINE. BUT IMPLEMENTATION BY
ALL MEANS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
AND SO IF YOU CAN GET ME SOME
DATA ON ON WHOSE OR WHO THESE
INDIVIDUALS ARE, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE
MOVE FORWARD, AND MAYBE EVEN
LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF POST SO
THAT IT'S MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF
A NEW WAY. WE SHOULD TRAIN
PEOPLE. THE REASON I SAY THAT
BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE A BILL. A B
89 THAT WENT INTO EFFECT WHICH
TOTALLY CHANGES THE WAY WE
RECRUIT OFFICERS. AND I'M
CONCERNED THAT THAT ALSO COULD
BE COMPROMISED IN A WAY WHERE
MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FULLY ON BOARD
WITH IT, AND THAT IT IS DILUTED
OR COMPROMISE IN A WAY THAT WE
DON'T REALLY HIT THE MOST
EFFECTIVE AND THE BEST
CANDIDATES FOR RECRUITING AND
TWO INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO
THAT'S WHY THIS IS B TWO IS SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY
ROWING. THE SAME WAY TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED.
THANK YOU. IF I MAY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S READY, JOHN
SAWYER OR JOINT SAWYER. SHERIFF
COOPER. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE.
NO, NO DISRESPECT IN THAT, UM
SHERIFF. COOPER WAS APPOINTED
LAST WEEK, AS WELL AS A RANK AND
FILE MEMBER TO THE COMMISSION
THERE THAN TWO NEW MEMBERS AND I
ALSO SAID THAT I COULDN'T RECALL
IF THE SPEAKER IN THE THERE WAS
A POSITION FILLED BY THE
ASSEMBLY. IT WAS FILLED BACK IN
JANUARY, SO THERE IS A POSITION
ON THE COMMISSION FOR AN
APPOINTEE FROM THE SPEAKER'S
OFFICE AS WELL AS FROM THE
SENATE. ONE OUT OF 18. PARDON ME
OUT OF 18. YEAH, THAT'S OKAY?
THANK YOU, SIR. I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
FOR THANK YOU COMING TO THE
HEARING TODAY. WE WILL MOVE ON
TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES, AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I
WANT TO WELCOME. WAIT TILL YOU
HEAR. PLEASE COME, UH, WANT TO
WELCOME THE NEW DIRECTOR OF OH,
YES, MISS NANCY WARD TO OUR
SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. WE'RE
DISCUSSING ISSUE NUMBER THREE
OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
CURRENT THE APARTMENT AND
CURRENT DISASTER RESPONSE
EFFORTS. GREAT SORRY IT IS OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BONTA AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M NANCY
WARD, THE NEW DIRECTOR OF CALA
ES GOVERNOR, NEWSOM APPOINTED ME
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 2022. AND I
HAVE TO SAY IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A
RIDE SINCE THAT DAY AS A BIT OF
A BACKGROUND. I'M NOT NEW TO
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I'VE
WORKED AT CALAVIUS AND, UH, A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.
BACK IN THE NINETIES, I WAS THE
RECOVERY DIVISION DIRECTOR, UH,
IN 2014 TO 2017. I WAS THEIR
CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR. UH AND
SINCE THAT TIME I'VE BEEN A
RETIRED INNUIT INTENT OF WORKING
AS A SPECIAL ADVISER TO CALLOWAY
. YES UM, DURING THE BREAK OF 14
YEARS, I WAS WITH THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
EIGHT OF THOSE YEARS I WAS THE
FEMA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR
FEMA REGION NINE, WHICH ALSO
OVERSEAS. EMERGENCIES AND
DISASTERS IN CALIFORNIA AS WELL.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DONE RETIRE
. IT'S REALLY IS A PRIVILEGE TO
BE BACK, WORKING WITH SOME OF
THE MOST DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS
IN ALL OF STATE GOVERNMENT. BUT
BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS,
THE WINDS AND IN DECEMBER AND
JANUARY COLD SNOWSTORMS IN
FEBRUARY AND THESE LATEST
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS IN MARCH. OH,
YES! IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES HAS
BEEN COORDINATING STATE AND
LOCAL RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OF
ALL OVER THE STATE. IN A
NUTSHELL. CALLOWAY S ROLE IS
COORDINATION. WERE CHARGED WITH
ANTICIPATING PLANNING AND
PREPARING TO COORDINATE CRITICAL
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO THE
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT
LIVES AND PROPERTY. AND TO
SUPPORT THEIR RECOVERY EFFORTS
FROM DISASTERS. OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS. THE STATE IS
EXPERIENCE AND PRECEDENTED
NUMBER OF EMERGENCY, SEVERE
DROUGHT CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES.
POWER GRID, AVERAGE CHALLENGES
EARTHQUAKES, COVID 19 AND
INTENSIVE STORMS OF SEVERE
FLOODING. 15 OF THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 15
2007 OF WHICH IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS CALIFORNIA MOVED INTO A
NEW CHAPTER OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE
AND RECOVERY. EMERGENCIES AND
DISASTERS ARE MORE FREQUENT.
THEY'RE MORE COMPLICATED AND
INVOLVING MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND
REGIONS ALL THROUGH THE STATE
SIMULTANEOUSLY. DURING THE LAST
FEW YEARS. CALAVIUS HAS BEEN
BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.
DISCUSSING THE CHANGING AND
WORSENING DISASTER LANDSCAPE AND
WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE'VE MADE
SOME SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN
CREATING A STRONGER CALLOWAY.
YES. THIS YEAR. WE HAVE
PROPOSALS TO MAKE PERMANENT
CALIFORNIA CYBER INTEGRATION
CENTER. EXPAND OUR HAZARD
MITIGATION EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
OUR PROCESSES AND ADVANCE OUR
COORDINATION TO INDIVIDUALS
RECEIVING FEDERAL AID. I WAS
ALSO ASKED TO TOUCH A BIT ON
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CURRENT
STORMS. UM UH, WE AS WE KNOW
SINCE JANUARY NINE ATMOSPHERIC
RIVERS THAT CAME ACROSS OUR
STATE. UM THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IN MY 30 SOME ODD YEARS OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT QUITE
FRANKLY, THAT WE HAD SOME
TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST US FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES,
THEIR STATE CLIMATOLOGIST. AND
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO
ACTUALLY PREDICT WHERE THOSE
MOST VULNERABLE PLACES IN THE
STATE WOULD BE. IF THE IF THE
STORMS CAME ON, AS THEY WERE
PREDICTED OUT AND OUT IN THE
OCEAN WE HAD IN THE 1ST JANUARY
FEBRUARY STORMS. WE HAD 17 AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THAT WE
WOULD CONSIDER THE MOST
VULNERABLE TO BE ABLE TO
SHOULDER THE KIND OF WATER AND
SNOW THAT WAS PREDICTED. BY
PREDICTING THOSE 17 AREAS. WE
WERE ABLE TO, UM PREPOSITION
RESOURCES ALL THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. HIGH WATER VEHICLES WITH
WATER RESCUE FIRE ENGINE E. M S
, UM AND NOT TO MENTION
COMMODITIES FOR SHELTERING
SUPPLIES IF COMMUNITIES WERE TO
NEED THEM WITH FOOD, WATER
GENERATORS. UH HUH. AND SUPPLIES
? UM. THE GOVERNOR. DECLARED A
STATE OF EMERGENCY AND 51
COUNTIES AT THAT TIME AND
SECURED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TO
HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES AS
WELL AS TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
AS WELL FROM THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
THIS TIME AROUND WITH THREE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS HITTING US IN
IN MARCH, THE GOVERNOR HAS
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
FOR 43 COUNTIES SO FAR AND
OBTAINED DIRECT FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA SO FAR THAT
ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE FULL
WEIGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SHOULD WE NEED THEIR RESOURCES
STAFF AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
TO ASSIST US AS WE MOVE THROUGH
THE STORMS. UM. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE
UH, ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AND
MOST OF THE CRITICALLY HIT
COMMUNITIES. CALIFORNIA HAS A
LARGE THRESHOLD TO ME TO AGAIN
SECURE FEDERAL DISASTER
ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE TO HAVE
UPWARDS OF 1000 TO 1200
DESTROYED OR MAJOR DAMAGED HOMES
AND BUSINESSES AS WELL AS WE
HAVE TO MEET A MORE THAN $70
MILLION FINANCIAL THRESHOLD FOR
DAMAGES TO PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR TEAMS ARE
OUT IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES RIGHT
NOW DOING DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS,
AND WE ASSUME, AS WE BELIEVE
THAT WE MEET THOSE FEDERAL
THRESHOLDS. UM THE GOVERNOR WILL
MOVE SWIFTLY AGAIN TO TRY AND
SECURE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. WHAT
I'D LIKE TO SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT
THESE STORMS LIKE SO MANY OTHER
DISASTERS, DISPROPORTIONATELY OR
IMPACTING THE MOST VULNERABLE
CALIFORNIANS. FOR THE FIRST TIME
DURING THESE EVENTS, THE STATE
GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN A NEW AND
NOVEL APPROACH AND HOW WE
COMMUNICATE WITH PRIORITIZING
THE WAY THE CRISIS OUTREACH IS
BEING HANDLED. WE BELIEVE THAT
THE CHANCES OF CALIFORNIANS
SURVIVING A DISASTER SHOULDN'T
DEPEND ON THEIR AGE, THEIR
ABILITY, THEIR ZIP CODE OR HOW
MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE IN THE BANK
, NOR WHAT LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK
WITH THE NEW FUNDING APPROVED
LAST YEAR BY THE LEGISLATURE AND
CHAMPIONED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM.
THE TEAM AT CALLAWAY HAS CHANGED
OUR COMMUNICATIONS APPROACH FOR
THIS EVENT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
THOSE ALL TOO OFTEN OVERLOOKED
AND AT MOST AT RISK. WE HAVE
ALSO ESTABLISHED A NEW PRIORITY
POPULATIONS TASK FORCE CHARGED
WITH IDENTIFYING WAYS TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIANS AND TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THEM. THOSE THAT WERE MOST
THREATENED. MATERIALS WERE
DELIBERATELY PREPARED TO
CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY
INVITING ACCESSIBLE. RESPECTFUL
AND USEFUL OUTREACH. LIKEWISE
WHO'S INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO
BE PEOPLE CENTERED, AND PEOPLE
POWERED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY
GROUPS, ASSISTING OUR LEADERS
AND MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW
MOST AND KNOW THEIR TRUSTED
AGENTS WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES
TO BE ABLE TO RAPIDLY GET ON THE
GROUND AND GET THE WORD OUT FOR
HOW TO GET RESOURCES WHERE TO
GET RESOURCES. HOW TO PREPARE
THEMSELVES PERSONALLY AND THEIR
FAMILIES FOR DISASTER, SO IT'S A
NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS
GETTING OUT ON THE GROUND A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UM AND
FOCUSING ON THOSE THAT ARE MOST
VULNERABLE, AND WE'RE SEEING
THAT ACTUALLY PLAY OUT AND HOW
THESE DISASTERS OVER THESE LAST
THREE MONTHS HAVE PLAYED OUT IN
CALIFORNIA. SO WITH THAT. HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU, MS. WORD. COULD WE HEAR
FROM L A. OH, MADAM CHAIR, JARED
SAID BOTH THE L. A OF NO
COMMENTS ON AND YOUR TEST TO
COME BACK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS, BUT NO COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. I'LL JUST, UH, TOUCH
ON SOME OF THE RECENT FREQUENCY
OF SO MANY OF THE DISASTERS THAT
WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND
EMERGENCIES. THERE ARE CAUSING
US TO BE A LOT MORE NIMBLE. AND
I APPRECIATE DOC DIRECTOR AWARD
THAT YOU'RE OKAY. YOU STEPPED IN
AT A TIME WHEN WE COULDN'T HAVE
IMAGINED THAT LEVEL OF DISASTER
THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY ADDITIONAL
PROACTIVE MEASURES YOUR OFFICE
IS UNDERTAKEN TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THESE DISASTERS. I THINK SOME OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT IS REALLY, UM
, GETTING IN AND BEING IN THE
LOCAL, UM, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICES IN THE
COUNTIES. WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER
THESE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. QUITE
HONESTLY IS SOME OF THOSE
OFFICES ARE NOT TOTALLY STAFFED
, NOT CERTAINLY TRAINED TO THE
LEVEL OF DISASTER THAT WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW. SOME OF THE
EMERGENCY MANAGERS QUITE
HONESTLY, THIS IS THEIR FIRST
EVENT. UM AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO
BE THERE FOR THEM TO SHORE UP
THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATION
CENTERS TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY
ANTICIPATE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
NEED, BUT TO HELP US HELP THEM
AND IDENTIFYING THE KINDS OF
RESOURCES THAT THEY THAT WE NEED
TO BRING TO THEM TO HELP THEM.
THROUGH THESE EVENTS. I WOULD
SAY THAT'S THE MOST AH, UH,
WIDESPREAD, UM, PROACTIVE THING
THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ALL OF US
TO KNOW FIRSTHAND FROM THOSE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHAT THEY NEED
WHEN THEY NEED IT AND HOW THEY
CAN SHOULDER THE RESOURCES THAT
WE'RE ABOUT TO BRING. UM SOME OF
WHAT WE BROUGHT HAVE BEEN
OVERWHELMING, QUITE HONESTLY. TO
SOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND SO
WE'RE SENDING NOT ONLY EQUIPMENT
AND PERSONNEL, BUT OVERHEAD
TEAMS FROM CAL FIRE AND THE
GUARD AS YOU HEARD FROM THE
GENERAL EARLIER TO ASSIST THE
COUNTIES AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE
HAVING YOU KNOW. ONE OF THE MOST
TERRIBLE WINTERS IN THEIR IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM
UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN GET
RESOURCES QUICKLY FROM US. I
APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING THAT
YOU'RE HOPING TO KIND OF ENTER
INTO A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS
AND YOU MENTIONED THE PRIORITY
POPULATIONS TASK FORCE. I DID
WANT TO JUST USE A VERY RECENT
AND HORRIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE CITY
OF BIHAR Ó IN MONTEREY COUNTY,
WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF
UNDOCUMENTED AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
REALLY STRUGGLED MIGHTILY WITH
THE RECENT FLOODING AND ARE
STILL DOING SO AS ITS TOWN
PRIMARILY IS MADE UP OF WORKING
CLASS FARM WORKERS IN PARTICULAR
, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
ABOUT 2000 UNDOCUMENTED
RESIDENTS WERE IMPACTED BY THE
FLOOD. AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD,
MANY, IF NOT ALL OF THEM DO NOT
HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. SO IT'S
BEEN REPORTED THAT LOOKED FROM
LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT THEY KNEW
ABOUT THE RISK OF THE LEVEE
BREAKING BUT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT. SO MY FIRST QUESTION
IS REALLY ARE THEIR RESOURCES
FOR UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN THESE
TYPES OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THEN
SECOND QUESTION IS, DOES O. E. A
S HAVE ANY ROLE RELATED TO LOCAL
INFRASTRUCTURE? I'LL TAKE THE
FIRST QUESTION FIRST. UM YES,
THERE ARE RESOURCES, CERTAINLY
ANY SHELTERING AND, UM UM
IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT ANY OF
THOSE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES
HAVE THEIR PLETHORA OF RESOURCES
FOR THEM FOR THE FARM WORKERS
ARE MY UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT
THERE THROUGH THE, UM, UNITED
WAY THAT THERE IS A FARM WORKER
? UM, FUND THAT IS GIVING $600
PER PERSON. OUT TO THESE
COMMUNITIES WAS A DONATION. I
UNDERSTAND. ALSO WE HAVE THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES, HHS AND A PLETHORA OF
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN
MONTEREY COUNTY, HOPING TO
ESTABLISH LOCAL ASSISTANCE
CENTER SO THERE IS ONE STOP SHOP
OTHER THAN THE SHELTER TO GO TO
FOR ASSISTANCE. KEEPING IN MIND
THAT WE ARE DOING DAMAGE
ASSESSMENTS TO TRY AND MEET THE
FEDERAL THRESHOLDS FOR DAMAGED
RESIDENCES, AND THE GOVERNOR
WILL BE MAKING A REQUEST IF WE
MEET THOSE THRESHOLDS TO AGAIN
SECURE, UH, FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
THAT HAS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
AH IF A AN UNDOCUMENTED
HOUSEHOLD HAS A CHILD OR OR A
PERMANENT RESIDENT IN THE
HOUSEHOLD, THAT HAS, UH, THEIR
OWN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, THE
HOUSEHOLD IS ELIGIBLE FOR
ASSISTANCE THROUGH THAT PROCESS
, AS WELL. UM, SORRY, SO IT'S
ONLY CONDITIONALLY AVAILABLE. IF
THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO IS A
DOCUMENTED CITIZEN FROM FROM
FEMA. OKAY UM, SO WE ARE ALSO
GOING, UM, ESTABLISHING, UM,
TASKS FOR LONG TERM RECOVERY
TASK FORCES THAT WILL WRAP
AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND TRY AND
BRING IN PHILANTHROPIC,
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
EVEN FOR HOME REPAIRS, UM, TO
TRY AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR
THIS COMMUNITY AND OTHERS. WE
BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE
OTHERS IN THE TALLULAH. TO LARRY
LAKE BASIN AREA OUTSIDE OF THE
PRIVATE DOLLARS THAT, UH, THESE
COMMUNITIES ARE RECEIVING. WHAT
DO YOU THINK THE WOULD YOU
INCLUDE UNDOCUMENTED CITIZENS IN
THE CATEGORY OF PEOPLE THAT
SHOULD BE RECEIVING STATE
SUPPORT? ABSOLUTELY OKAY.
ALRIGHT UM DO ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS, MR
LACKEY? MORE OF A OF A COMMENT
ON THE CRITICAL NATURE OF WHAT
YOU FOLKS OFFER. UM, JUST
RECENTLY. I WAS REMINDED OF YOUR
CRITICAL SERVICES THAT YOU
PROVIDE IN MY DISTRICT. WE HAD A
QUITE A SNOW. INCIDENT THAT WAS
PRETTY OVERWHELMING. AND, UH,
FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THE UNIFIED
COMMAND SYSTEM AND THE DEPTH OF
DAILY COORDINATION THAT GOES ON.
THE PUBLIC WOULD BE HEARTENED TO
KNOW BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE ALL
THEY KNOW IS WHAT'S NOT BEING
MET, AND IF THEY KNEW THE DEGREE
OF WORK AND COMMITMENT. THAT
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND IT'S NOT
JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE
DEPARTMENT. IT IS GAS COMPANIES
. IT'S UH IT'S ALL SORTS OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE
CLEARLY COOPERATING IN A VERY
FEVERISH MANNER AND THE DEPTH OF
COORDINATION AND THE EXPERTISE
THAT WAS DISPLAYED THAT I WENT
AND SAW WAS VERY, VERY, UM
REASSURING THAT A LOT OF TALENT
IS BEING DEMONSTRATED, AND WHEN
THERE'S THAT DEGREE OF
OVERWHELMING I MEAN, WE HAD 10
FT OF SNOW. AND IN AN AREA THAT
THAT ACCUMULATED IN LESS THAN A
WEEK. AH, THAT IS ENORMOUS. AND
IT IT. THE RESIDENTS FELT
BETRAYED, AND MANY OF THEM AND
UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S ONLY SO
MUCH YOU CAN DO IN THOSE KINDS
OF CALAMITIES. AND I TOOK AN
ACTIVE ROLE AS MY RESPONSIBILITY
IS JUST TO OVERSEE AND WAS VERY
PROUD OF THE HARD WORK AND DEALT
WITH A LOT OF VERY STILL WILL.
DEAL WITH A LOT OF VERY, VERY
DISHEARTENED. SURPRISED PEOPLE,
AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF
EMERGENCY. AND I'M THANKFUL AS A
PATROLMAN. I DEALT WITH A LOT OF
AH, CIRCUMSTANCES WITH FIRES.
AND THE SAME SYSTEM IS UTILIZED
THAT THAT WHOLE, UM EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS SYSTEM. YES. SUCH A.
EXAMPLE OF EFFECTIVE
COORDINATION BECAUSE AND THE
DEPTH OF COORDINATION, AS I
SAID, IS SO REMARKABLE. I MEAN,
IF YOU GO AROUND AND YOU GO TO
THE COMMAND POST, AND YOU SEE
ALL THE TABLES ARE PROBABLY AT
LEAST 25 30. DIFFERENT TABLES
ARE ALL COORDINATING AT A VERY,
VERY EFFICIENT AMOUNT AND THE
AND THE DEGREE OF TECHNOLOGY AND
THE MAPPING SYSTEMS AND THE
CURRENT UPDATING OF INFORMATION.
HAS REALLY PROGRESSED SINCE MY
DAY. I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT,
UH I WISH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
SO FRUSTRATED, COULDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS HAPPENING INSTEAD OF
JUST WHAT WASN'T HAPPENING, AND
I UNDERSTAND IT, RIGHT? I MEAN,
IF I WAS IN THEIR SHOES, I'D
PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY. SO
IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT IN THE
SAME, RIGHT, I'M VERY, VERY
THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO. UM
IT'S VERY, VERY CRITICAL. IT'S
LIFE AND DEATH STUFF. AND SO
WE'RE VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR
YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR GENERAL
INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC. GOOD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST
HAVE A FOLLOW UP. SO I HAD A
SECOND PART TO MY QUESTION. I'M
SORRY, WHICH WAS THE LEVEES AND
THE CONDITION OF THE LEVEES AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT IN SOME SENSE
, IT WAS A DISASTER WAITING TO
HAPPEN, RIGHT? THAT WAS PRETTY
WELL UNDERSTOOD TO BE SO. SO.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ROLE THAT
OH, YES, WE'LL HAVE OR COULD
HAVE AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORT. DOES IT MEAN DO YOU
HAVE A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING
WHEN THERE IS A LEGITIMATE
DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T INVESTED IN
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE? IS THERE
ANY PRE POSITIONING THAT IS
BEING DONE TO EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED HERE? UNFORTUNATELY
SHORING UP ONE SIDE OF THE LEVEE
WEAKENED THE OTHER. UM BUT THE
SIDE THAT WAS THAT WAS SHORT UP,
HAD A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEVEE,
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE
VULNERABILITY THAT THEY WANTED
TO SHORE UP ON THAT SIDE, AND IT
WEAKENED THE OTHER SIDE ACTUALLY
WEAKENED IN ABUTMENT TO A BRIDGE
. UH THAT, UM, ALMOST CAUSED, UH
, BRING A BREACH TO HAVE TO BE
DONE AGAIN TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF
THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER. OH
YES. DOESN'T HAVE, UM, ANY, UM.
RESPONSIBILITY IN THE IN THE
AREA OF LEVEE MAINTENANCE OR
LEVEE REPAIR. UM UH, I WOULD
TELL YOU THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE THIS THIS LEVEE HAS BEEN
VERY VULNERABLE, HAVE MUCH, UH,
LEGISLATION. UH AND, UM
CRITICALITY TO THE VULNERABILITY
OF IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM,
I UNDERSTAND THAT JUST LAST FALL
, GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED A BILL
TO HELP THE COMMUNITY PAID THEIR
SHARE OF THE LEVEE. UM UM,
STABILITY THAT WILL BE ONGOING.
IT JUST HAPPENED BEFORE. THAT
COULD ALL GET WORKED OUT AND
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING APPARENTLY,
I'VE UNDERSTOOD FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS. UM HISTORICALLY, UM, WHEN
WE'VE HAD EVENTS AND WE'VE
RECEIVED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE,
FEMA HAS LIMITED UH, LEVEE
REPAIRS. UH REIMBURSEMENT TO
JUST FLOOD FIGHT AND EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TO STOP THE, UM THE
BREACH OR SEEPAGE OR WHATEVER TO
STABILIZE IT FOR EMERGENCY
RESPONSE. THEY TYPICALLY DON'T,
UH, REPAIR THE LEVEE UNLESS IT'S
AT A STANDARD THAT MEETS THE
CORPS OF ENGINEERS. AND THESE
LEVEES OUT THERE TYPICALLY DON'T
THEY WERE BUILT FOR AGRICULTURAL
LAND. AND SO THEY DON'T MEET THE
REQUIREMENT FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE
AS WELL. SO IT'S A LONG PROBLEM.
I AGREE WITH YOU, CHAIR BONTA
THAT THIS WAS A DEVASTATING
EVENT THAT HAD YEARS BEFORE, UM
, BEEN REALIZED TO GO IN AND
SHORE UP THOSE LEVEES. THIS MAY
NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THANK YOU. MR
PATTERSON. THANK YOU. UM
RECENTLY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REPRESENT PLASTER AND
ELDORADO COUNTY'S AND BEEN A FEW
INSTANCES OUT THERE IN THE LAST
WOW. REALLY LAST YEAR 18 MONTHS,
BUT, UM, WHEN UP TO TOUR THE
GRIZZLY FLATS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY
RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT, UM
AND, YOU KNOW, INEXPLICABLY, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DENIED
GRIZZLY FLATS. FOR INDIVIDUAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE CALDERON
FIRE, AND I THINK YOU KNOW THERE
WAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FROM, UM
YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY
IN THIS STATE TO DO THAT AND
APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, THE
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTED THAT AS
WELL. UM BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE
THING THAT STRUCK ME IS WHEN I
WAS OUT THERE. THERE WAS A LADY
, PROBABLY IN HER SEVENTIES, UH,
SHOVELING SNOW. UM AND SHE WAS
LIVING. SHE WAS LIVING IN A
TRAILER BECAUSE YOU KNOW SHE,
HER HOUSE BURNED DOWN IN THE
FIRE. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY
HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THIS
COMMUNITY. UH YOU KNOW WHERE
PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN TRAILERS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT ONE
THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE, UH YOU
KNOW, RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT
, BUT A LITTLE BIT BEYOND MY
DISTRICT IN BOTH PLASTER AND
ELDORADO COUNTY'S ARE OBVIOUSLY
THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FOREST
LANDS THAT ARE THERE, AND I WAS
JUST CURIOUS. UM WHAT YOUR I
SAID ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE WHERE
MAYBE THIS WILL BE AN
APPROPRIATE QUESTION THERE, TOO,
BUT WHAT IS YOUR INVOLVEMENT? UM
ON EMERGENCIES, ESPECIALLY FIRES
, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE FLOODING WITH THE SNOWPACK
AND YOU KNOW THERE'S NO TREES
THAT YOU KNOW, TAKE THE WATER
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT UM,
YOU KNOW WHEN THE FIRE IS
ACTUALLY HAPPEN, AND WHEN THIS
FOREIGN THESE FLOODS
UNFORTUNATELY, OCCUR AS WELL,
WHAT IS YOUR INNER REACTION
WITH, UM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND THE AND THE FORESTRY SERVICE
PERTAINING TO, UM FIRES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, IN TERMS OF
JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU YOU CAN
OBVIOUSLY CONTROL OR HELP. UH
NAVIGATE DIFFERENT STATE
AGENCIES THAT ARE RESPONDING TO
FIRES WHERE THERE'S CHP OR CAL
FIRE. BUT YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS SUCH A HUGE ROLE
, OBVIOUSLY IN RESPONSE TO FIRES
, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. YOU KNOW
HOW HOW IS COMMUNICATION THERE?
UM BETWEEN THE FOREST SERVICE
AND THE STATE CORRECT. UM. UH
TESTY AT BEST. UM I'LL SAY YEAH.
I WILL SAY THAT THEY DON'T. UM
UH, ATTACK OF FIRE LIKE COW FIRE
DOES OR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A LOT OF TIMES THEY LET THAT
FIRE BURNED WAY TOO LONG. IT'S
BEEN A IT'S BEEN A BONE OF
CONTENTION BETWEEN THE STATE AND
THE FOREST SERVICE FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS. UM I WOULD SAY
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BONE
OF CONTENTION STILL VERY TENSE,
SOMETIMES. UM BUT THEY DO HAVE
TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE FIRES
KNOW NO BOUNDARIES, SO IT GOES
FROM FOREST SERVICE LAND TO
STATE PROPERTY TO THE INTERFACE
VERY, VERY QUICKLY. UM I WILL
TELL YOU THAT. THEY ALSO, UM ARE
INCLUDED IN WHAT'S CALLED A MAX
, UH, TASK FORCE, AND THAT'S THE
ADJUDICATION OF RESOURCES WHEN
RESOURCES BECOME FINITE, AND
THESE LARGE WILD LAND FIRES,
THEY'RE GOOD PARTNERS IN THAT
BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO SHARE
RESOURCES AND UNDERSTAND THAT
SOME OF THE BIGGER TYPES OF
RESOURCES AIR RESOURCES MOSTLY
WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO SHARE
THEM AND WE HAVE TO PUT THEM IN
THE MOST PRIORITY DRIVEN AREAS
AND A LOT OF THAT IS DRIVEN BY
THE STATE ON OUR LAND. BUT I
WOULD SAY THAT IT'S TENSE AT
BEST AT TIMES. JUST OPERATIONAL
QUESTION WHEN THERE'S A FIRE ON
FEDERAL FOREST LAND, ARE WE ABLE
TO GO IN THERE AND HELP? OKAY
GOVERNMENTS HELP? UH, CERTAINLY
BECAUSE AGAIN VERY QUICKLY COULD
BURN OFF INTO STATE LAND AND THE
STATE INTERFACE. SO, YES, WE'RE
WE'RE WE'RE CAL FIRE'S ENGAGED
IN IN ALL FIRES AND CALIFORNIA.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOU
KNOW I JUST FOR AGAIN THE WHOLE
STATE CAME TOGETHER TO ASK FOR
THIS INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE,
WHICH HAS BEEN GRANTED ROUTINELY
IN FIRES LIKE THIS ALL ACROSS
THE STATE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT
, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER
STAB AT IT. UH YOU KNOW TO THE
PRESIDENT. I'M SURE HE'LL HE'S
GOING TO BE LISTENING TO SIMILAR
BANJO. PATERSON UM, FROM
ROCKLAND. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK
WE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING THAT
BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THE
REALITY IS AND I KNOW THAT THERE
ARE ARE FEDERAL ELECTED.
OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING AT CHANGES
IN THAT POLICY, INCLUDING
SENATOR FEINSTEIN, I BELIEVE HAS
BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE IN THAT, BUT
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE
DISASTERS HERE. UNFORTUNATELY
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO ATTACK THE FIRES, BUT
WHEN THEY HAPPEN, AND YOU KNOW,
I SEE A LADY THAT'S UH, YOU KNOW
, SHOVELING SNOW TO FRANK GUARD
AND LIVING IN A TRAILER AND
DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE EVER REBUILD
BECAUSE SHE JUST YOU KNOW,
FRANKLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE ALL
HER ECHO. SHE'S HAD HER HOUSE
PAID OFF. SO UM, YOU KNOW, WE
NEED WE NEED A POLICY ON THAT IN
CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND
THEY'RE GETTING BIGGER. I SPENT
14 YEARS WITH THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND
THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE
CRITERIA WAS THE BANE OF MY
EXISTENCE. I HATED IT, THEN I
HATE IT NOW. AND WILL BE PUSHING
WITH THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY ABOUT THAT,
AND ABOUT A WEEK BECAUSE OF ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH UM, IT IS
WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE STATE AND
HAVE TO HAVE WHOLE COMMUNITIES.
THAT ARE GONE AND STILL HAVE TO
MEET A THRESHOLD OF 1000 TO 1200
DESTROYED OR MAJORLY DAMAGED
RESIDENCES. IT'S UM IT'S OUT OF
BALANCE AND THERE AND WHILE THEY
WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE
OTHER CRITERIA THAT THEY LOOK AT
THEY'RE LOOKING REALLY AT THE
NUMBERS. WELL THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING IN A GOOD WORD FOR
CALIFORNIA. WHERE DO YOU MEET
WITH THEM? THANK YOU. DON'T KNOW
THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO ME WHEN I
WAS THERE. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
HERE. NOW THAT'S RIGHT. THANK
YOU. SO MUCH FOR THE TESTAMENT
APPRECIATE YOU. WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ON NOW TO ISSUE NUMBER
FOUR, WHICH IS DISASTER RELATED
FEDERAL FUNDING REALIGNMENT. YES
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS
. I'M ERIC SWANSON, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION AT CALA ES. I'M
GOING TO DESCRIBE OUR BUDGET.
ASK IN A MOMENT, BUT I FIRST
WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO MR
BURRIS RIGHT BESIDE ME. HE WILL
GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR FEDERAL
DISASTER FUNDING PROCESS. THANK
YOU. CHAIR AND THANK YOU
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
RYAN BURAS AND THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR RECOVERY CALAVIUS,
AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO FOLLOW
YOUR BOSS. TYPES OF HEARING, SO
I REALLY WANNA GO OVER JUST A
QUICK FEDERAL OVERVIEW OF
FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT ON TWO
PROGRAMS, ONE BEING HAZARD
MITIGATION AND ONE BEING PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE, AND I'M GONNA START
WITH HAS MITIGATION FIRST. UM
HAS A MITIGATION. THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS
TWO PROGRAMS ANNUALLY SET UP NOT
TIED TO A DISASTER PER SE HERE
IN CALIFORNIA, ONCE CALLED THE
BUILDING RESILIENT
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND COMMUNITIES
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE FLOOD
MITIGATION ASSISTANCE. NOW,
THESE ARE ANNUAL GRANTS THAT ARE
ALLOCATED MONEY EACH YEAR BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THERE
ARE NATURALLY COMPETITIVE GRANT
PROGRAMS, SO WE AS A STATE OR
COMPETING AGAINST OUR COLLEAGUES
THROUGHOUT THE NATION. UM WE HAD
ALWAYS YES, MY TEAM HAS
MITIGATION TEAM IS REQUIRED TO
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AND ITS
KEY, UH, THEY DO TWO THINGS ONE.
THEY ENSURE THAT WHATEVER
THEY'RE SUBMITTING IS ELIGIBLE,
OR ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE PROGRAMS
AND TWO WE ALSO LOOK OVER THESE
PROGRAMS AS THERE'S YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE WENT WHEN WE GET THE
NOTIFICATION OF WHAT IS THESE
DOLLARS BEFORE WE TRY TO ASSIST
THOSE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE
PROJECTS AND THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT TIED TO THOSE CRITERIA TO
BEAT NATURALLY. COMPETITIVE AND
I AM GLAD TO SAY WE HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN THAT IN 2020. WE
HAD SEVEN PROJECTS APPROVED FOR
ABOUT 20% OF THE NATIONAL
FUNDING, AND THAT CONTINUED INTO
2021 WHEN WE HAD 12 PROJECTS
AWARDED NATIONALLY AND THEY
ARRANGED FROM WILDFIRES TO
DROUGHT TO FLOODS, SO IT REALLY
WAS ALL HAZARDS. UM WHICH IS KEY
NOW MOVING ON TO POST INCIDENT
OR POST FIRE. THERE'S TWO GRANTS
ONE POST FIRES THE FIRE
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT
PROGRAM. WE GET EVERY F MEG.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THAT WE GET
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS PER
INCIDENT THAT WE CAN USE TO
MITIGATE THAT COMMUNITY AND IN
OUR COMMUNITIES AND TWO FOR THE
HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM
WHERE WHEN WE'RE ALLOWED OR ABLE
TO GET A MAJOR DECLARATION LIKE
GOVERNOR NEWSOM WAS ABLE TO GET
THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, PASS BY THE
PRESIDENT THIS PAST DECEMBER. WE
GET 20% OF THE TOTAL COST OF
THAT FEDERAL DISASTER TO BE USED
FOR HAZARD MITIGATION. THE
REASON WE CAN GET 20% IS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS AN
ENHANCED STATE HASN'T MITIGATION
PLAN APPROVED BY FEMA, SO WE GET
5% ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. UM WHEN
WE DO GET A DISASTER VERY MUCH
LIKE THE OTHER PROGRAMS I JUST
MENTIONED, UM CALLOWAY'S DOES
PROVIDE LOCAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
TO THE LOCALS TO ENSURE THAT
THEIR PROJECTS WHEN THEY ARE
SUBMITTED DO MEET THE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THERE'S
QUITE LENGTHY FOR THE PROJECTS.
UH TO MEET ONCE AGAIN. THIS
FUNDING IS FOR ALL HAZARDS. SO
EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE A
DISASTER FOR FLOOD DOESN'T MEAN
ALL THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE USED.
FOR FLOOD THEY COULD BE USED FOR
ANYTHING WHILE FIRE FLOOD
EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI, UM OR
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED. WE
ALSO GET MANAGEMENT COSTS FOR
BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO THE
STATE GETS MANAGEMENT COSTS, AND
SO DOES THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO
PAY FOR THE MANAGEMENT TO ASSIST
HIM WITH THESE GRANTS, AND I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE MOVE ON
THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, IT'S BEEN
STATED IMPROVED FOR EVERY DOLLAR
INVESTED AND HAS A MITIGATION
YOU SAVE $6. SO IT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT INVESTMENT FOR ALL OF
US HERE IN THE STATE. FOR FEMA
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, DISASTER
FUNDING AFTER WE DO GET A
DISASTER DECLARATION, AND WE DO
GET APPROVED FOR PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE WERE ALLOWED TO WORK
WITH THE LOCALS TO ASSIST THEM
WITH GETTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR
EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES,
REMOVING DEBRIS OVER TIME AND
ALSO FOR REPAIRING
INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, BRIDGES
AND LIKE THERE IS NO CAP TO THE
FUNDING, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR
THOSE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE
RELATED TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE
DISASTER, SO IT'S NOT TO DO
ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
PRE DISASTER RELATED. IT'S ONLY
THERE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT
WAS CAUSED AS A RESULT OF THAT
DISASTER. THERE ARE WAYS TO USE
MITIGATION AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
. SO IF YOU CAN DO A BENEFIT
COST ANALYSIS OF BUILDING
SOMETHING THAT LIKE FOR LIKE, IF
YOU LOSE A COMPLETE BUILDING
THIS IS SOMETHING FAIRLY NEW AND
WHERE HE WOULD ASSIST OUR
APPLICANTS DOING THAT, UM AS AS
AS WELL AS WELL. UM. ONCE AGAIN.
THIS IS A LONG TERM, UH, PROJECT
FOR HAZARD MITIGATION AND PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE. MANY OF THESE
PROJECTS LAST YEAR'S WE ACTUALLY
GET ALLOCATED THE MANAGEMENT
COSTS FOR UP TO EIGHT YEARS. UH
AND THEN WE LOSE IT IF WE'RE
STILL WORKING THOSE PROJECTS AND
IN MANY CASES, SOME OF THE
PROJECTS WE ARE STILL WORKING
WITH THOSE APPLICANTS LIKE AFTER
AN EARTHQUAKE. IT TAKES A LONG
TIME TO BUILD BACK YOUR
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THEIR PROJECT
THEMSELVES WILL BE, UH, ASSISTED
WITH FEMA AS LONG AS THEY
EXTENSION IS GRANTED AND ONLY
MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE, AS WE
ALL KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE'RE
GETTING MORE AND MORE DISASTERS
THAT JUST GOES ON TOP OF
EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE WORKING
HERE AT O ES WITH THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT THAT
THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO GET EVERY DOLLAR BACK
THAT THEY LOST DURING THOSE
DISASTERS. SO ERIC. AND ARE YOU
GOING TO GO OVER SOME
ADDITIONAL, SO OUR OUR BUDGET
REQUEST IS REALLY A BUDGET
DISPLAY ISSUE. UM IT'S TWO
SEPARATE OUT OR TO MAKE MORE
TRANSPARENT, DISASTER RELATED
FEDERAL GRANT TO REIMBURSEMENT
FUNDS. UM IF APPROVED, THE NEW
BUDGET ITEMS WOULD HAVE ENOUGH
BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR, BASED ON AN
ANALYSIS OF PRIOR YEAR RECEIPT
OF FUNDS. THE OTHER IMPORTANT
FACTOR HERE IS TO MENTION IT IS
THAT THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE
DISCRETION ON HOW WE ALLOCATE
THESE FEDERAL FUNDS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CHOOSES. AH WE ACT AS
A PASS THROUGH FOR FEMA
REIMBURSEMENTS THAT GO TO LOCAL,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, OTHER
STATE AGENCIES OR TO REIMBURSE
THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE
PROPOSING ONE BILLION IN FEDERAL
FUNDING AUTHORITY FOR STATE
OPERATIONS AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE.
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NEW ITEM.
AND AGAIN, THERE IS NO GENERAL
FUND SPENDING IMPACT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU.
HEARING FROM L A OR DEAL WITH ON
THIS. OKAY THANKS. I DID. YOU
JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. CAN
YOU GIVE US AN ESTIMATE OF HOW
MUCH IN FEDERAL FUNDS THE STATE
WILL APPLY FOR RC FOR THE FLOOD
DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED SO FAR. SO
AT THE PRESENT TIME WE DON'T
HAVE THE ESTIMATE. WE CAN GET
BACK WITH YOU. HOW THIS WORKS IS
WE WORK WITH NOT ONLY LOCALS
ALSO STATE AGENCIES AND WE MEET
WITH HIM. UM AND WE HAVE A
BRIEFING TO GET THEIR PROJECTS
THAT WERE DAMAGED.
UNFORTUNATELY. THEY'VE BEEN
PRETTY BUSY SINCE THE FIRST OF
THIS YEAR. SO IT'S A TAKE SOME
MORE TIME JUST TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THAT ACTUAL COST CAN BE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU WE'RE
TALKING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE
STORM IN DECEMBER, JANUARY AND
RELATED TO THE HAZARD MITIGATION
GRANT PROGRAM, JUST AS AN
EXAMPLE UH, JUST TO GET A SENSE
OF HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES TO GET
RESOURCES TO THE INTENDED
RECIPIENT. INDIVIDUAL IS THE CAN
YOU PERHAPS WALK US THROUGH A
SCENARIO OR TIMELINE RELATE TO
HOW AND WHEN THE GRANT PROGRAM
IS AVAILABLE, AND WHEN THE
BENEFITS EVENTUALLY REACH A
HOMEOWNER? SO THERE'S AN
APPLICATION PERIOD. WE GIVE A
NOTICE OF INTENT THROUGH. OH YES
, AND WE RECEIVED THE
APPLICANTS. WOULD THE
APPLICATIONS TYPICALLY, WE GIVE
30 DAYS OR SO AND THEN THERE'S A
REVIEW PERIOD. UM AND THEN WE
SUBMIT THAT TO FEMA. THAT'S
WHERE THE DELIGHT TYPICALLY IS.
FEMA DOES REVIEW THESE PROJECTS
AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO
ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET THESE
APPROVED WOULD SAY, THOUGH THIS
IS A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. SO
EVEN ONCE APPROVED, THE MONEY IS
NOT PROVIDED UPFRONT TO THAT
ENTITY. SO IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT
. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW
LONG IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF
PROJECT IF YOUR PROJECT IS
BUYING A GENERATOR, YOU'RE NOT
TALKING THAT LONG. BUT IF YOU
LOOK INTO, UM UH, MOVE A POLICE
STATION TO ANOTHER AREA. THAT,
OF COURSE, HAS ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS. WHICH WOULD TAKE
LONGER. I'M NOT TRYING TO DODGE
THE QUESTION, BUT IT ALL VARIES
AND I CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING
BACK FOR AVERAGE TIME. THAT
WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. I
DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS
A REQUEST FOR FOUR POSITIONS AND
23 8 23.98 8,000,008 STATE
SUICIDE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CRISIS SERVICES FUND. THAT'S A
LONG NAME FOR ORIENT US WERE AN
ISSUE FIVE, WHICH IS THE 988
SUICIDE IN CRISIS ABOUT THAT.
I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT GOING. YOU
KNOW, WE'RE BEHIND. APPRECIATE
THAT, YEAH. AH SO YEAH, THIS IS
THE 98 SUICIDE FUND. WE ARE
ASKING FOR POSITIONS. $23.8
MILLION. AH AND ONGOING A
SMALLER AMOUNT TO SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT
A B 98 8. THIS INCLUDES A
REQUEST TO SHIFT SIX MILLION AND
ONGOING FUNDING AUTHORIZED IN
THE 22 23 BUDGET FROM THE
GENERAL FUND TO THE NEW 988
FUND. AND WITH ME TODAY IS MR
COURIER, WHO WILL FURTHER
DESCRIBE OUR PROPOSAL. THANK
YOU, CHAIR BANTA AND MEMBERS OF
THE SUBCOMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW ON
WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR
IN THE 98 EFFORTS, SO YOU'RE
PROBABLY TRACKING THAT IN JULY
16TH OF 2022 98 8 BECAME A
NUMBER THAT YOU COULD USE TO
ACCESS CRISIS AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES NATIONWIDE IN
CALIFORNIA. WE SUBMITTED A
BUDGET REQUEST LAST YEAR AND WE
BEGAN THE INITIAL EFFORTS TO
SUPPORT WE CALL SORT OF BASIC
INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN NINE
AND ONE AND 988 KNOWING THAT WE
HAD TO BUILD OUT ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY AND SUPPORT. WE'RE
REALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS
THAT NO MATTER WHAT CHOICE AND
INDIVIDUAL MAKES WHEN THEY BEGIN
TO ACCESS SERVICES, WHETHER THEY
CALL 911 OR 98, OR THEY CALL A
WARM LINE TO GET SERVICES. THEY
GET EQUAL ACCESS TO WHATEVER
HELP THEY NEED, AND THAT MEANS
BUILDING IN THE CAPACITY TO BE
INTEROPERABLE BETWEEN NINE AND
1988 AND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
INFORMATION AROUND. SO WE
STARTED THIS PROCESS IN JULY OF
2022. WE DID A COMPETITIVE BID
PROCESS ANTICIPATING THIS 98
NUMBER WAS COMING, OF COURSE
WITH THE THANKS OF THE
LEGISLATURE, UM WE WERE ABLE TO
GET INITIAL FUNDING TO START
THIS PROCESS. WE'VE BEGUN OUR
INITIAL SITE SURVEYS AT ALL OF
OUR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CENTERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OR LIFELINE
CRISIS CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. WE'VE FINISHED THE
COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. WE'VE
SELECTED A VENDOR. WE STARTED
THE ROLLOUT, THEN A B 90 88
PASSED AND ADDED ADDITIONAL
CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAD THAT
WERE REALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND
THOSE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AND
SO WE TOOK THE REQUIREMENTS IN A
B 98 TOOK A GOOD ASSESSMENT OF
WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO ABOVE AND
BEYOND THE WORK WE'D ALREADY
STARTED. THAT'S THE BUDGET
PROPOSAL THAT AIR JUST PROVIDED
A SUMMARY FOR SO WE'VE FORMED
AND 98 TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
. WE'VE ALREADY MET A COUPLE OF
TIMES. WE'RE STAFFING THAT, UM,
BY USING SOME OF THE INITIAL
RESOURCE PROVIDED, BUT REALLY
THESE EXTRA REQUIREMENTS THAT
INCLUDE THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS
BOARD, THE ADMINISTRATION OF 98
SURCHARGE OF THAT WAS PART OF A
B 98 8 AND REALLY BUILDING OUT
MOBILE CRISIS CAPACITY AND
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
DOWN TO THESE LOCAL CENTERS. WAS
ALL INCLUDED IN A B 98 ABOVE AND
BEYOND THOSE INITIAL FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS, SO IT'S THAT
EFFORT NOW THAT WE NEED THE
RESOURCES TO COMPLETE THAT WORK
AND AGAIN. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHATEVER CHOICE AND
JOE MIX TO RECEIVE SERVICES, WE
GET THE BEST SERVICES POSSIBLE
AND PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL.
THAT'S A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHERE
WE ARE, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE
WHAT THE ES FUNDS ARE BEING USED
FOR RIGHT NOW? INITIALLY FROM
THE LEGISLATION RIGHT FROM THE
LEGISLATURE FROM THE BCP FROM
LAST YEAR. IT'S THAT TECHNOLOGY
UPGRADE TO SUPPORT THE INTERFACE
BETWEEN 911 AND 988. THE
SURCHARGE THAT, UM WITH WAS
ENACTED WITH A B 98 8 STARTED TO
BE COLLECTED IN 2023, BUT ACCESS
TO THAT FUNDING IS DEPENDENT ON
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND SO THOSE
EXPENDITURES WOULD BEGIN IN JULY
OF 2023 DEPENDENT ON THE BUDGET
AND WHAT HAPPENS, MOVING FORWARD
AND ARE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS
CURRENTLY BEING USED TO FUND
CALL CENTER PERSONNEL. SO THE
SURCHARGE FUNDS CHAIRS CHAIR
BONTA. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING ALL THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT
ACCESSIBLE YET BECAUSE THAT
WOULD BE IN JULY OF THIS COMING
YEAR. THIS YEAR. DO YOU HAVE A
PLAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GETS
ALLOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE CALL
CENTERS, THE LOCAL COUNCIL CALL
CENTERS AND THE PERSONNEL. THE
LEGISLATION IS VERY CLEAR AND
WHAT THE REQUIRED STEPS ARE TO
ACCESS THAT FUNDING AND SO WE'RE
WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS,
AND THAT'S REALLY A BIG PART OF
WHAT THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
BOARD IS DOING, AND ALSO WORKING
WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING
THROUGH A B 98. CAN YOU DESCRIBE
IT ALL THE TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY
BUILDING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH
PARTNERS AT D. D. HIRSCH YES. SO
DD. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM.
THEY'RE THE LARGEST 988 CENTER
IN THE STATE. THERE ARE TOTAL OF
12. SO THERE'S OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS SPACE AS
WELL. AND WE'VE MET WITH HIM
MANY TIMES. WE'VE TOURED THEIR
FACILITY. THE FOCUS THAT WE'RE
WORKING ON NOW IS A UNIFIED
PLATFORM FOR 98 CALL HANDLING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO GATHER THE DATA STATISTICS
ANSWER THE CALL VOLUME AND DO
THE TRANSFERS BETWEEN 911 AND 98
VICE VERSA. AND ALSO BE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SAMHSA, THE
FEDERAL AGENCY THAT'S OVER THIS
AND VIBRANT THEIR SERVICE
PROVIDER THAT THEY'RE WORKING
WITH, UM, TO GATHER THIS
STATISTICS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
AND THEN AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH
HHS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
GATHERING THE DATA NEEDED THERE.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THE
TECHNOLOGY THEY REFER TO AS
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP
MANAGEMENT. IT'S BASICALLY A
WORKFLOW. WHEN YOU CALL INTO 988
. IT'S WALKING YOU THROUGH
CERTAIN TOPICS LIKE A FLOW OF
OKAY. NEED THIS SERVICE. I NEED
THAT SERVICE AND THEN PROVIDING
HELP FOR THE COUNSELOR THAT'S
WORKING WITH THE HELP SEEKER
THAT ENTIRE SOFTWARE PACKAGES
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW AND
THE ABILITY TO INTEGRATE WITH
OTHER DATA SOURCES THAT MIGHT
EXIST. AT THESE CRISIS CENTERS
TODAY. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN PROVIDE THAT TECHNOLOGY BE
ABLE TO INTERFACE WITH 911, AND
THAT'S THE EFFORT THAT'S
UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, AND YOU HAVE
A SENSE OF WHAT THE INTEGRATION
ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN THE CRM AND
THE INTERSECTION WITHIN 911
TECHNOLOGY IS WE DO SO.
THANKFULLY WE BEGAN NEXT
GENERATION 911 ROLLOUT PROJECT A
FEW YEARS AGO WITH SUPPORT
OBVIOUSLY FROM THE LEGISLATURE,
AND SO WE'RE AHEAD OF THAT
PROCESS, AND WE'RE REALLY
BLAZING THE TRAIL NOT ONLY FOR
CALIFORNIA BUT FOR THE NATION ON
HOW YOU DO INTEROPERABLE
COMMUNICATIONS. BETWEEN 911 AND
988. SO WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY
IN PLACE. WE WILL BEGIN TO
DEPLOY THAT AT THE CENTERS, UM,
BY JUNE OF THIS YEAR WITH THE
PLAN TO GET THE FIRST CENTERS
ONLINE WITH THAT TECHNOLOGY BY
JULY AND THEN TO COMPLETE THE
ROLLOUT AT ALL 2012 CENTERS BY
JULY OF 2024, OBVIOUSLY PENDING
THE RESOURCES THAT WERE BEING
REQUESTED THROUGH THIS PROCESS,
AND CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A SENSE
OF SOME OF THE COORDINATION
BETWEEN OTHER STATES? AND LOCAL
EFFORTS, AND THIS IS IT'S
OBVIOUSLY A HUGE INTEGRATION
IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE. I KIND
OF WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BUT
ALSO JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT KIND OF COORDINATION IS
HAPPENING. UM WITH OTHER LINED
EFFORTS, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE
CRISIS, CONTINUING PLANNING OR
THE ROLLOUT OF THE NEW MEDICAL
MOBILE BENEFIT, OR ANYTHING
ELSE. HOW HOW IS THAT GOING? SO
THE MEDICAL BENEFIT AND THE
MOBILE CRISIS THAT'S REALLY OVER
IN THE HHS SPACE, BUT TO ANSWER
THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION
, THE COLLABORATION WE'RE DOING
WITH OTHER STATES. I SERVE AS
THE STATE I WANT ADMINISTRATOR
FOR CALIFORNIA EACH STATE HAS
SOMEONE LIKE ME. WE HAVE A BOARD
AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THAT
BOARD RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE A LOT OF
COLLABORATION BECAUSE I'M
LEADING THAT EFFORT AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL, AND IT'S THE
SAME QUESTION THAT THAT'S BEING
AN ASKED IN EACH STATE. SO
WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, MICHIGAN,
UM AND A FEW OTHER STATES ARE
REALLY FARTHER AHEAD IN THIS
PROCESS. MINNESOTA IS ANOTHER
ONE THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING A
LOT WITH TO REALLY LEARN. WHAT
ARE YOU DOING IN THIS SPACE? HOW
IS YOUR YOU KNOW 98 CRISIS
LIFELINE CENTER PROCESS MOVING
FORWARD. HOW IS IT INTERACTING
WITH 911, AND THEN WE'RE MEETING
WITH THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE DONE
PILOT PROJECTS OR HAVE YOU KNOW
, ROLLED OUT SIMILAR INTEGRATION
OF TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN 911 AND 98
MORE OF A LOCALIZED LEVEL.
OBVIOUSLY WHAT WORKS FOR A
SINGLE CITY. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO SPEND THAT TO SOME SOMETHING
THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT IT'S
THOSE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT. PART OF OUR
TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD. WE
FORMED THREE WORKING GROUPS. ONE
OF THEM IS LOOKING AT THE
INTERFACE BETWEEN 91 AND 988.
ANOTHER WORKING GROUP IS LOOKING
AT THESE BEST PRACTICES THAT
EXIST AROUND THE NATION. AND
THEN THE THIRD IS LOOKING AT
REALLY EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE
SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHATEVER IS DONE, WE PROVIDE
EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL THAT'S
THAT'S A REALLY KEY PART OF OUR
PROCESS. SO THOSE ARE ONGOING
EFFORTS AND THERE'S A WORK IN
PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY
MAKING SOME SOME HUGE STRIDES
TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THIS SYSTEM
AND LET ME JUST CLARIFY IF I
COULD JUST FOR A SECOND, THE
ALTHOUGH IT'S A LESBIAN, AS, UH,
MR COURIER, SAYING, IT'S VERY
IT'S A COLLABORATIVE SYSTEM,
WORKING WITH A LOT OF
DEPARTMENTS AND A LOT OF
DIFFERENT AGENCIES. OUR LITTLE
NICHE HERE IS SORT OF ON THE
TECHNOLOGY AND FISCAL END. IT'S
SORT OF THE ROLE WE'RE PLAYING
IN THIS, BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE
WORKING WITH ALL KINDS OF FOLKS
ON HOW TO DEVELOP THE BEST 988
SYSTEM POSSIBLE AND FROM THE
TECH AND FISCAL END OF THINGS.
WHERE ARE YOUR CHALLENGES? NO
ONE'S EVER DONE THIS BEFORE, AND
CERTAINLY NO ONE'S EVER DONE IT
ON THIS SCALE. UM SO I THINK
THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE. NO PRESSURE.
AND I KNOW THIS WILL ALSO GET
REVIEWED IN ASSEMBLY SUBJECT
COMMITTEE, ONE ON HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, SO I'M SURE
THERE WILL BE OTHER QUESTIONS IN
THAT REGARD, BUT I JUST WANTED
TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT ROLE THE
ES. UH IT WILL PLAY IN. ANY
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ON THE
AVAILABILITY OF 988 IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES. YOU HAVE A SENSE OF
THAT? SO YOU'RE RIGHT. MOST OF
THAT IS OVER ON THE HHS SIDE.
OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT LIMIT
ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE
COLLABORATION COMES IN. THANK
YOU AND I, UH FEEL TO GIVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A OR D O HAVE TO
SPEAK ON THIS. MADAM SHARON. NO
COMMENTS FROM LEO. THANK YOU.
GREAT. TO MY COLLEAGUES, MR
LACKEY. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY I'D
LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS
MY FRUSTRATION, DISMAY. ABOUT
ACTION TAKEN THROUGH BUDGET BILL
LANGUAGE LAST YEAR IN SB 1 84.
IT SHIFTED THE STATUTORY
PROVISIONS FOR THE SUICIDE
PREVENTION VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTION FUND. WHICH MIGHT
BILL 89 84. IN 2019. CREATED A
FUND. TO FIND SUICIDE PREVENTION
SERVICES ACROSS CRISIS CENTERS
WITH SPECIFIED SPLIT. FOR
DEDICATED RESOURCES IN RURAL AND
DESERT COMMUNITIES. WHEN ASKED.
MY OFFICE EXPRESSED OPPOSITION
TO THIS CHANGE, BECAUSE THESE
DOLLARS WOULD GO MUCH FARTHER
WITH A DEDICATED MISSION RATHER
THAN FUNDING AND EXPENSIVE
PROJECT. WHEN YOU ONLY GET THESE
COMMUNITIES PRIORITY. THERE.
JUSTICE FORGOTTEN. AND THAT'S
ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS. THEY GET
FORGOTTEN IN THIS WHOLE SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DID IT THIS
WAY. UH THAT MERGE TAKES AWAY
THE INTENT TO SERVICE AN
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY IN ORDER
TO SOLVE THE BUREAUCRATIC
PROBLEM OF IMPLEMENTATION. UM. I
WAS ALSO CO AUTHOR OF 89 88, BY
THE WAY, WHICH WAS A GREAT AND
IMPORTANT SERVICE THAT NEEDS TO
BE IMPLEMENTED AND I SEE THE
HUGE CHALLENGES AND CHEER IT ON.
BECAUSE IT IT'S LONG AND COMING.
AND SO. BUT TO REVERT BACK MY
BILL A B 9 84 MADE IT THROUGH
THE TRANSPARENT POLICY PROCESS
WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. AND I'M
FRUSTRATED THAT THE VALUABLE
WORK THAT THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED
WAS SWEPT INTO A BUDGET BILL
LANGUAGE WITHOUT GIVING DUE
CONSIDERATION TO OUR PARTICULAR
EFFORTS AND UNDERTAKING. SO IF
THERE'S ANY WAY TO REVERSE THIS
ACTION, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY
KIND OF CONSIDERATION THAT YOU
COULD AFFORD US TO GET SOME
DEDICATED FUNDS TO DESERT AND
RURAL COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE
THEY'RE SO EASILY FORGOTTEN
BECAUSE THEY'RE SWAMPED. BY THE,
UH THE CITY AND URBAN CHALLENGE
AND, UH WE GET SWALLOWED UP. AND
SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME WAY TO
WHERE WE COULD GET SOME LEVEL OF
PRIORITY, WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I GOT. DO YOU
HAVE A RESPONSE FOR THAT AT ALL
? NO, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS WE'RE MAKING SURE IS THAT
EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL IS A BIG
PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND ALBERT DEFINITELY BRING THIS
UP TO THAT WORKING COMMITTEE
THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT, UM
THERE'S EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
THESE SERVICES APPRECIATING ON
THAT. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST
FOLLOW UP AND ASK PERHAPS THAT
ELIO DO SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OR LACK
THEREOF OF 89 84. FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. CRITICS. WE WILL
MOVE ON NOW TO ISSUE SIX, WHICH
IS SCHOOL CYBERSECURITY. THE
NEXT PROPOSAL ON YOUR AGENDA AS
A REQUEST FOR 5.4 MILLION
GENERAL FUND AND 17 POSITIONS,
AND IT'S SPLIT BETWEEN
DEPARTMENTS. THERE'S SEVEN
POSITIONS AT CALLAWAY S FIVE
POSITIONS AT CDT OR THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY AND FIVE POSITIONS OF
THE CALIFORNIA MILITARY
DEPARTMENT. TO IMPLEMENT A B 23
55 UNTIL THE REPEAL DATE OF
JANUARY. 1ST 2027 WITH ME TODAY
IS MR OSBORNE, WHO WILL DESCRIBE
HOW WE APPROACHED IMPLEMENTING A
B 23 55. THANK YOU, ERIC. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS TOM
OSBORNE. I'M ONE OF THE DEPUTY
DIRECTORS AT THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. I
OVERSEE OUR HOMELAND SECURITY
DIVISION, WHICH INCLUDES OUR
STATE THREAT ASSESSMENT CENTER,
AS WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA
CYBERSECURITY INTEGRATION CENTER
. AND I WOULD FIRST WOULD JUST
LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ONGOING PARTNERSHIP. AND YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS
COMMITTEE REGARDING OUR BUDGET
PROPOSAL TO HELP CALIFORNIA
CYBERSECURITY INTEGRATION CENTER
OR KNOWN AS THE CAL SICK TO HELP
MEET A STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS
UNDER A B 23 55 BY WAY OF
BACKGROUND, THE CAL SICK I WAS
ORIGINALLY FORMED IN 2015 BY
THEN GOVERNOR BROWN VIA AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BOLSTER
CALIFORNIA'S PREPAREDNESS AND
RESPONSE TO DESTRUCTIVE
CYBERATTACKS. IN 2018 AND
RECOGNITION OF THE EVER
EXPANDING CYBER THREAT
ENVIRONMENT AND ITS ASSOCIATED
RISKS. THE LEGISLATURE FORMALLY
CODIFIED THE CAL SICK BY STATUTE
. THIS PLACE THE CAL SICK WITHIN
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES AND CHARGED IT WITH THE
PRIMARY MISSION OF REDUCING THE
LIKELIHOOD AND SEVERITY OF CYBER
INCIDENTS THAT COULD DAMAGE
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, IT'S
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPUTER
NETWORKS. A B 23 55 REQUIRES A
CAL SICK TO DO SEVERAL THINGS,
NUMBER ONE TO ESTABLISH A
DATABASE THAT TRACKS AND REPORTS
CYBERATTACKS SUBMITTED BY LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES REFERRED TO
AS ELIA'S. IN THIS CONTEXT AND
TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO
THE GOVERNOR AND RELEVANT POLICY
COMMITTEES TO THE LEGISLATURE.
THAT INCLUDES SUMMARIES OF THE
TYPES AND NUMBERS OF CYBER
ATTACKS ON L E. A S DATA
BREACHES REPORTED TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ANY
ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE
CALCIUM TO PREVENT OR RESPOND TO
SUCH CYBER ATTACKS OR DATA
BREACHES ON ELIA'S. WITHIN
CALIFORNIA'S 58 COUNTIES.
THERE'S OVER 1000 SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND OVER 10,000
SCHOOLS AND NEARLY SIX MILLION
STUDENTS. FEDERAL AND PRIVATE
SECTOR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CYBER
THREATS TO THE K THROUGH 12
EDUCATION SECTOR. HAVE CONTINUED
TO ESCALATE SINCE AT LEAST 2018
SCHOOLS IN MOST STATES HAVE
REPORTED CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS
ON THEIR SYSTEMS AND THE IMPACTS
OF THESE CYBER ATTACKS CAN
RESULT IN THEFT OF OUR
CHILDREN'S E II OR PERSONALLY
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, WHICH
THEN IS USUALLY OFFERED FOR SALE
ON THE DARK WEB, ALLOWING FOR
FUTURE VICTIMIZATION TO OCCUR.
ADDITIONALLY RANSOMWARE DEPLOYED
BY CYBER CRIMINAL ACTORS CAN
ENCRYPT ENTIRE NETWORKS,
INCLUDING H V A C SYSTEMS,
RENDERING THEM INOPERABLE FOR
WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS, AT A TIME
REPORTED INCIDENTS BETWEEN 2018
AND 2021 HAVE RISEN FROM 420 18
TO AN ACCUMULATED TOTAL OF OVER
1300. INCIDENTS AND THIS IS
RECORDED. THIS IS PROVIDED BY
DHS CISA NATIONWIDE, ACCORDING
TO A RECENT REPORT BY THE MULTI
STATE INFORMATION SHARING AND
ANALYSIS CENTER OR M S. I SACK
29% OF THE ICE X K THROUGH 12
SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT MEMBERS
REPORTED BEING VICTIMS OF CYBER
INCIDENTS. EVEN WITHOUT THE
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF A B 23
55, THE CALCITE HAS OBSERVED A
TOTAL OF 36 CYBER INCIDENTS
TARGETING CALIFORNIA'S EDUCATION
SECTOR IN 2022. THIS IS AN
INCREASE OF 33% COMPARED TO 27
INCIDENTS OBSERVED IN 2021. WITH
SO MANY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. WE
EXPECT THAT THE INCREASING
AWARENESS OF A B 23 55 WILL LEAD
TO AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE OF
INCIDENTS REPORTED TO THE STATE
AND TO THE CAL SIX, SPECIFICALLY
, MANY OF WHICH WILL LEAD TO
REQUESTS FOR SERVICES THAT THE
CAL SICK CAN PROVIDE. THE
CALCIUM HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT
THE VULNERABILITY OF LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES TO CYBER
ATTACKS EVEN BEFORE THE PASSAGE
OF A B 23 55 L E. A S GENERALLY
HAD VERY LIMITED I T OR
CYBERSECURITY RESOURCES BUT
NEVERTHELESS MAINTAINED
SENSITIVE RECORDS FOR MILLIONS
OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE.
EVEN WITH CYBERSECURITY
INSURANCE POLICIES, THEY DO NOT
OFTEN HAVE CONSISTENT. STANDING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EXTERNAL
CYBER SECURITY SUPPORT OR
EXPERTS. THESE CHALLENGES
HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR THE
CALCIUM TO CONDUCT EXTENSIVE
TRAINING AND OUTREACH IN THE L.
A COMMUNITY SO THAT SCHOOL AND
LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THE
SUPPORT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. IF
OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL IS APPROVED
THAT CALCITE CONTENTION NUMBER
ONE ESTABLISHED REPORTING
MECHANISM FOR ALL CALIFORNIA
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS NUMBER TO
PROVIDE OUTREACH TO THOSE LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES TO STREAMLINE
THE REPORTING AND HELP IMPROVE
THEIR THEIR DEFENSIVE POSTURE
AND, IF NEEDED, CONDUCT MORE
ROBUST DATA ANALYTICS ON ACTIVE
THREAT MEASURES TO THEIR SCHOOLS
AND FOUR RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO
SUPPORT WITH SUFFICIENT ON SITE
INCIDENT RESPONDERS TO STOP AN
ACTIVE ATTACK AND CONDUCT UM
REASONABLE AND LOGICAL CYBER
FORENSIC ACTIVITY NECESSARY TO
PROSECUTE THE CYBERCRIMINALS.
CHAIR BONTA AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH
YOU THIS IMPORTANT WORK THAT ARE
DEDICATED TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS
ARE DOING IT. THE CALIFORNIA
CYBERSECURITY INTEGRATION CENTER
AND HOW YOU CAN ASSIST US IN OUR
EFFORTS TO SAFEGUARD OUR
EDUCATION SECTOR FROM
CYBERATTACKS. AND THANK YOU. I
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU ALL HEARD FROM THE L
A. OH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
JARED SYMBOL WITH THE LOW
REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL WE
RECOMMEND. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE
LEGISLATURE APPROVED ONLY
951,003. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SUPERVISOR, TWO POSITIONS, WHICH
IS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT
CAL SICK INDICATED WOULD TAKE
TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE REQUIRED
OR TO DEVELOP PLAN AND IMPLEMENT
THE REQUIRED, UH, DATABASE FOR
ELLIOT REPORTING. ACCORDINGLY WE
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE
REJECT THE REMAINDER OF THE
FUNDING AND POSITION REQUESTS
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BASIS
FOR ASSESSING THE ELIA'S NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM
CALCIUM CAL SICK AT THIS POINT
IN TIME WITH THAT SAID, WE DO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CAL SICK MAY
NEED SOME LEVEL OF FUNDING TO
HELP LIAISE WITH CYBER ATTACKS
AND DATA BREACHES, SO WE WOULD
ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE
LEGISLATURE CONSIDER APPROVING
PROVISIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WOULD
ALLOW CAL SICK TO ACCESS SOME
SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING. BASED
ON A DEMONSTRATED NEED FROM THE
ALLEY IS IN RESPONSE TO A B 23
55. AND SO JUST TO ELABORATE A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER. WE BASICALLY
RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY ON THREE
KEY FINDINGS. THE FIRST IS THAT
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL EXCEEDS
THE REQUIREMENTS OF A B 23 55,
WHICH CALLS FOR CAL STICK TO
DEVELOP A DATABASE TO TRACK
ELLIOTT REPORTS OF CYBERATTACKS
AND SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
LEGISLATURE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL ALSO
ASSUMES THAT CAL SICK WILL
PROVIDE ON SITE RESPONSE. TO
EVERY L E. A IF REQUESTED. WHILE
IT'S REASONABLE FOR CAL, SICK TO
CONSIDER WHAT ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES MIGHT BE NEEDED TO
HELP LIAISE. NONE OF THESE
ACTIVITIES ARE SPECIFICALLY
REQUIRED BY A B 23 55. AND
SECOND. THE SECOND POINT WE
WOULD MAKE IS THAT BECAUSE A B
23 55 REQUIREMENTS ARE NEW.
THERE'S NO HISTORICAL DATA ON
THE NUMBER OF ELIA CYBERATTACKS
REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE OR
INCIDENTS REQUIRING RESPONSE TO
BASE THE ACTUAL FUNDING NEEDS ON
SO THAT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S A
PRELIMINARY BEST GUESS ESTIMATE.
AND THEN THIRDLY, WHICH KIND OF
WRAPS THOSE TWO POINTS TOGETHER
, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE BUDGET
PROBLEM THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS
FACING THIS YEAR, AND THE FACT
THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY
HISTORICAL DATA AT THIS POINT IN
TIME TO DETERMINE WHAT AN
APPROPRIATE FUNDING LEVEL WOULD
BE ANY FUNDING BEYOND WHAT'S
NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT A B 23 55.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WHICH WE
BELIEVE SHOULD BE DONE
INCREMENTALLY AND BASED ON
ELIA'S DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM CAL
SICK SO BASICALLY JUST TO RECAP
. YOU KNOW, WE RECOMMEND ONLY
APPROVING THE FUNDING THAT'S
NEEDED TO, YOU KNOW,
SPECIFICALLY IMPLEMENT A B 23 55
, WHICH IS THE 951,003
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SUPERVISOR POSITIONS. PROJECT
THE REMAINING PROPOSAL BUT THEN
ALSO ADOPT PROVISIONAL LANGUAGE
THAT WOULD ALLOW CAL SICK TO
ACCESS SOME LEVEL OF FUNDING
WHEN THERE'S A DEMONSTRATED NEED
FROM L E A S AND FROM D O F
SURE. TEST CHECKING BACK WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. UM,
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT THE REQUEST AS
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, AND WE ARE
RECOGNIZING THAT SHOULD WE ONLY
PARTIALLY FUND THE PROPOSAL THAT
WE RUN THE RISK OF CALLOWAY.
YES, RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES
ARE BEING UNDER RESOURCED TO
PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPORT TO
LIAISE IN THE EVENT OF A CYBER
ATTACK. THANK YOU. THANKS SO IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT WE HAVE A
QUESTION OF SEQUENCING AND
TIMING AS IT RELATES TO SCOPE
HERE. UM SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE
YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO
THE L A. OH, BUT FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE. UH, THE 23 55 WAS
PRETTY NARROWLY SCOPED AROUND
JUST BEING A RESOURCE AROUND
DATA, CREATING KIND OF A
DATABASE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS
AND WHAT YOU'VE PROPOSED REALLY
GOES MORE INTO THE ACTUALLY
OFFERING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
ELIA'S HAVING BEEN A SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBER, I HAVE A SENSE AND
HAVING ACTUALLY WORKED WITH MANY
SCHOOL DISTRICTS. UM PROBABLY
ABOUT 10 IN CALIFORNIA AROUND
THEIR STUDENT INFORMATION
SYSTEMS AND A LOT OF THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY USE TO BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT. I'M
CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER YOU ALL
ARE ACTUALLY SET UP TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT. GIVEN THAT THERE'S
EACH SYSTEM IS HIGHLY
DECENTRALIZED. LET ME TAKE A
STAB AT THE FIRST PART OF THE
QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL LET MY
COLLEAGUE TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR READINESS TO, UM WORK
WITH LOCAL E L E. A S UM WE
THINK THEY ELIO ANALYSIS IS
CORRECT, AND THAT THE MINIMUM
THE BILL REQUIRED WAS TO KIND OF
PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENT
THIS DATABASE. HOWEVER IT'S
DIFFICULT FOR US TO SIT ON THE
SIDELINES OF ISSUES ARE REPORTED
TO US. WE TRIED TO MAKE A
REASONABLE EFFORT. SO THAT WE
CAN RESPOND TO THE INCREASED
EVENTS THAT WE THINK WILL BE
REPORTED TO US THROUGH THIS
PROCESS. SO YOU'VE HAD 36
INCIDENTS IN 2022 THAT THIS
PRESUMABLY WERE REPORTED TO YOU.
CORRECT EITHER DIRECTLY OR JUST
THROUGH OUR OBSERVATION OF OUR
DIFFERENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION
THAT THAT WE GET AND WHAT WAS
YOUR ROLE IN SUPPORTING THOSE I
MEAN, AND IT VARIES IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT DEGREES. I PICK ONE IN
PARTICULAR FREMONT SCHOOL
DISTRICT. THEY CALLED US
DIRECTLY AND SAID WE WERE A
VICTIM OF A CYBERATTACK
RANSOMWARE ATTACKED AND
REQUESTED OUR ASSISTANCE THAT
REQUIRED DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES
TO HELP THEM TO FIND WHERE THE
BAD ACTOR IS IN THEIR SYSTEM,
ERADICATE THE BAD ACTOR FROM
THEIR NETWORK DEPLOYMENT OF
RESOURCES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
UM PHYSICAL, UM ANALYSTS AND
COMPUTER EXPERTS TO GO TO THEIR
FACILITY TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR
INITIAL TRIAGE OF THAT CYBER
ATTACK. OKAY SO THAT'S ONE
EXAMPLE. CAN YOU JUST GIVE
ANOTHER SCENARIO WITH PERHAPS
SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH AND THEN
CERTAINLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLES. LF
L. A UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT'S YOU KNOW, LARGE, VERY
LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY ALSO
IN TURN CALLED US LOOKING FOR
SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN
REGARDS TO WHAT THEY WERE UP
AGAINST, ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT
NEED TO DEPLOY ACTUAL RESOURCES
PHYSICALLY ON SITE WE DID
PROVIDE LIMITED TECHNICAL
RESOURCES IN THAT PARTICULAR
INSTANCE. THEY HAD A CYBER
INSURANCE POLICY THAT THEY THAT
THEY LEVERAGED TO CONDUCT THEIR
INITIAL INCIDENT. RESPONSE TO
KIND OF BROAD EXAMPLES OF
ACTUALLY HANDS ON KEYBOARD TO
HELP THEM FIND THE BAD ACTOR IN
THEIR NETWORK TO HELP CONTAIN
THAT THREAT TO SIMPLY A
CONSULTATION WITH L. A UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT. HAVE YOU BEEN
ABLE TO CATALOG THE KINDS OF UH
, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR
SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE BEEN BEEN
ABLE TO PROVIDE IN THESE 36
INCIDENTS IN 2022 OR THE 27 2021
? YES UM, AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT
DEGREES. I'LL JUST QUICKLY KIND
OF SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
ONE. A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL
PROVIDE DARK WEB MONITORING. SO
WHEN A WHEN A SCHOOL SYSTEM IS
UNDER AND A CYBERATTACK AND
THEIR DATA HAS BEEN HELD RANSOM
, WE ARE SCOURING THE DARK WEB
BECAUSE TYPICALLY, THESE BAD
ACTORS ARE OFFERING THIS DATA
FOR SALE. SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO
FIND WHERE THAT BEING LOCATED.
THAT CAN FURTHER THE
INVESTIGATION. SECONDLY WE HAVE
ALSO WHEN I LIKE TO REFER TO
LEFT OF THE CYBER ATTACK, WE
HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A FEW
DIFFERENT DISTRICTS CAN CAN WE
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY
WHAT IS THEIR VULNERABILITIES
AND WHAT IS THERE? A CYBER
ATTACK SURFACE? LOOKS LIKE, UM
SO WE WILL PROVIDE SOME
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SCAN
THEIR NETWORKS WITH THEIR
PERMISSION TO SAY THIS IS KIND
OF WHAT WE SEE. THIS IS WHAT WE
DON'T SEE. HERE ARE SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS SO YOU CAN BEST
DEFEND YOUR NETWORK FROM FROM WE
LOOK AT IT FROM A, UH, AN
ATTACKER'S PERSPECTIVE AND
SAYING THIS IS HOW YOUR NETWORK
IS PRESENTED ITSELF ON THE
INTERNET FOR WHICH YOU COULD BE
EXPLOITED. UM AND THEN IT RUNS.
YOU KNOW THE GAMUT FROM
CERTAINLY NETWORK. JUST
CONSULTATION NETWORK HARDING.
HOW CAN WE, UM, GIVE US YOUR
ADVICE OF HOW WE CAN BETTER
PROTECT OUR NETWORKS. AND SO
THOSE REQUIRE VARIOUS DEGREES OF
EXPERTISE OF CYBER PROFESSIONALS
TO HELP THEM? DO YOU THINK THAT
YOU'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH,
WRITTEN RESPONSE AROUND THE
KINDS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR
SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO
PROVIDE TO GIVEN THE YOU HAVE
REAL LIFE SITUATIONS THAT YOU'VE
ALREADY PROVIDED SOME SUPPORT
AROUND TO BE ABLE TO INFORM THE
SECOND RECOMMENDATION AROUND THE
LEVEL OF SOME SOME TYPE OF
FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
YOUR EFFORTS. ABSOLUTELY HAPPY
TO OKAY? I THINK THAT WOULD
PROBABLY GIVE THE L A. OH, SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE
ABLE TO Dð ADDITION FURTHER
ASSESSMENT. SO I DON'T THINK I
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OTHER
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, AND I'M
THE ONLY ONE HERE SO WE WILL
MOVE ON. THANK YOU. THANKS. TO
ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS THE
EARLY EARTHQUAKE WARNING SYSTEM.
THIS ONE. WE GET TO GO STRAIGHT
TO MR MISSOURI HERE. GREAT. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR. BONTA MY NAME
IS LAUREN NAJERA AND THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING,
PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION AT
CALAVIUS. AND AS SUCH, I'M OVER
THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE EARLY
WARNING PROGRAM. WE NOW HAVE 912
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING.
STATIONS OPERATIONAL OUT OF A
STATEWIDE GOAL OF 1115. SO WE'RE
UP. FROM 800 TO STATIONS THIS
TIME LAST YEAR AND I'M HAPPY TO
REPORT THE REMAINING 203
STATIONS ARE FULLY FUNDED AND IN
VARYING STAGES OF PROGRESS.
WE'RE STILL ON TARGET FOR FULL
SYSTEM BUILD OUT IN 2025. AS YOU
KNOW, CALAVIUS HAS SPONSORED THE
PUBLIC OF THE MY CHIC MOBILE APP
, WHICH NOW HAS 2.49 MILLION
DOWNLOADS. PUBLIC ALERTS ALSO GO
OUT THROUGH THE ANDROID SYSTEM
ON IT ENABLED ANDROID PHONES.
SOMETIMES THROUGH THE FEDERAL
WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT, OR WE
ASSIST. UM AND THAT'S IF THE
EARTHQUAKES ARE FIVE POINT OH,
OR OR GREATER AND THROUGH OTHER
PUBLIC AND PROPRIETARY SYSTEMS
IN OFFICE BUILDINGS, FACTORIES
AND TRANSPORTATION HUBS. THE
SYSTEM IN ITS PUBLIC ALERTING
PARTNERS HAVE HAD SEVERAL REAL
WORLD USES OVER THE LAST SIX
MONTHS. ON SEPTEMBER 13TH OF
LAST YEAR. WE EXPERIENCED A 4.4
EARTHQUAKE IN SANTA ROSA. IT WAS
ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED AT THE 4.5
THRESHOLD, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD
ALERTS GO OUT. OVER 21,300 MY
SHAKE AND APPROXIMATELY 400,000
ANDROID USERS WERE ALERTED.
NEARLY 30,000 MY SHAKEUP. APP
DOWNLOADS OCCURRED IN THE THREE
DAYS FOLLOWING THE EVENT, AND TO
PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, WE
GENERALLY AVERAGE ABOUT 3000
WEEK SO CONSIDERABLY MORE. THEN
JUST SIX WEEKS LATER ON OCTOBER
25TH SAN JOSE EXPERIENCED A
MAGNITUDE 5.1 EARTHQUAKE AND IN
THAT DENSELY POPULATED AREA.
OVER 95,000 MY SHAKEN OVER 2.1
MILLION ANDROID USERS WERE
ALERTED WE HAD OVER 165,000 MY
SHAKE DOWNLOADS IN THE THREE DAY
PERIOD FOLLOWING THAT EVENT. OUR
PUBLIC OUTREACH INCLUDES WHAT WE
CALL EARTHQUAKE, RAPID RESPONSE
SOCIAL MEDIA AND EARNED MEDIA
STRATEGIES AND AS A RESULT, WE
SAW 182 ARTICLES IN ENGLISH,
SPANISH, CHINESE, KOREAN AND
OTHER LANGUAGES THAT MENTIONED
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING.
FOLLOWING THIS EARTHQUAKE, AND
CALLAWAY, US AND OUR SYSTEM
PARTNERS WERE INVITED TO DO OVER
20 BROADCAST INTERVIEWS AND WITH
EACH ONE OF THOSE MENTIONS, IT
INCREASES THE PUBLIC AWARENESS
OF EARTHQUAKE EARLY MORNING. THE
BIGGEST RECENT EARTHQUAKE HERE
IN CALIFORNIA, AS YOU KNOW WAS
THE DECEMBER 20TH 6.4 MAGNITUDE
IN FERNDALE UP IN HUMBOLDT
COUNTY. AND OVER 271,000 MILE
SHAKE AND THREE MILLION ANDROID
USERS WERE ALERTED AND THERE
WERE OVER 108 400 SORRY 108,400
MIGHT SHAKE DOWNLOADS IN A FOUR
DAY PERIOD FOLLOWING THAT EVENT,
AND THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING,
CONSIDERING THAT'S A FAIRLY
RURAL AREA. THESE EARTHQUAKES
TESTED AND VALIDATED THE
EARTHQUAKE, EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
OPERATIONS AND ALERTING
MECHANISMS. WE STILL HAVE WORK
TO DO WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATED
ACTIONS IN MANY SECTORS AND
SETTINGS, AND THAT IS OUR FOCUS
THIS YEAR AND MOVING FORWARD. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
LEGISLATURE SUPPORT OF THE
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING
PROGRAM. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
ANYTHING FROM ELIO CURE. ALRIGHT
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
SOMETHING. SO I HEARD YOU
REFERENCE SPECIFICALLY ENJOYED
USERS SO THAT MIGHT SHAKE APP IS
KIND OF NATIVE TO ENJOYED USERS
, AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT AN APP,
SO THERE'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO
GET THAT DIRECT AN ALERT SYSTEM
BUILT INTO THE ANDROID. BUT
THERE IS NOT CLEARLY FOR UH, NON
ANDROID, I IPHONE IOS, RIGHT?
THAT IS CORRECT. AND SO WE DO
FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON PUBLIC
AWARENESS OF THE MY SHAKE OUT TO
THE APPLE PHONES TO CLARIFY YOU
CAN DOWNLOAD IT. IT'S JUST NOT
AUTOMATIC. I HEARD I HEARD
BASICALLY WHEN THERE'S AN
EARTHQUAKE, YOU GET A BUNCH OF
DOWNLOADS. YES AND THOSE ARE OF
THE MY SHAKE UP OF THE OF THE
MICE A CAP ON THE IPHONES
BECAUSE THEY'VE JUST EXPERIENCED
AN EARTHQUAKE. UM SO CAN YOU
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE
EDUCATION CAMPAIGN OUTSIDE OF
THAT WOULD BE PRESUMABLY
TARGETED AT THE IOS USERS. HAPPY
TO WE? WE HAVE TAKEN QUITE A
DIVERSIFIED, UM STRATEGY WE'VE
AS OF LAST YEAR STARTED SOME, UH
, GRANTS TO NONPROFITS TO HELP
US DO SOME GRASSROOTS WORK IN
VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. AND THAT
WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THIS YEAR
WE'VE DONE A SECOND TRANCHE OF,
UM, GRANTS TO THOSE SAME NON
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE
ALSO DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC AFFAIRS
TEAM THAT WORKS ON THIS. AND,
UM, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING TO GET
THE MESSAGE OUT THROUGH VARIOUS
TOOL KITS AND VARIOUS SECTORS
EDUCATION. UTILITIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS HEALTHCARE,
UM GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND
MORE. AND WE'RE WORKING NOW ON
KIND OF A SPEARHEADED
IMPLEMENTATION. UM STRATEGY TO
TRY TO GET VARIOUS BUSINESSES
INDUSTRIES SET UP VARIOUS
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS
INTERESTED IN IMPLEMENTING
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING
AUTOMATED ACTIONS IN THEIR
FACILITIES TO PROTECT THEIR
CUSTOMERS THERE. THEIR WORKERS.
UM AND MORE. CAN YOU GIVE ME A
BREAKDOWN? IF YOU KNOW OF THE
PERCENTAGE OF CALIFORNIANS THAT
OUR ANDROID USERS VERSUS IOS
USERS? I DON'T HAVE THAT THAT'S
ACTUALLY A VERY DIFFICULT NUMBER
TO COME UP WITH. WE UM WE THINK
IT'S ROUGHLY 50 50. BUT ITS
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION SO WE
DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. A LITTLE
BIT OF A FORAY INTO THE TECH
WORLD WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO
MARKET A PARTICULAR APP. AND
UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES
RELATED TO IOS VERSUS ANDROID. I
ACTUALLY DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
50 50. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF
FOLKS ARE MORE IOS USERS AND
ANDROID. UM SO IT WOULD, I THINK
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND
THAT PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO
THE EDUCATION. UM COMPONENT AND
AWARENESS COMPONENT WHERE YOU'RE
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BE ABLE
TO GET INTO MY SHAKE AND HAVE
THAT BE PRIMARILY IOS FOLKS TO
BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I'LL MOVE ON
. DO YOU HAVE ANY DETAILS YOU
CAN SHARE REGARDING THE IMPACT
THIS EARLY WARNING SYSTEM HAS
HAD ON UTILITIES OR
TRANSPORTATION ENTITIES OR
HOSPITALS. DURING AN EARTHQUAKE.
SO WE DO HAVE, UM, EARTHQUAKE
EARLY WARNING IN SOME OF OUR
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES. I KNOW
CEDARS SINAI HAS PUBLIC ALERTING
SYSTEM. UM WE HAVE, I THINK
PROBABLY THE GREATEST IMPACT HAS
BEEN IN OUR TRANSPORTATION
SECTOR. AS YOU KNOW, BART IS ONE
OF THE FIRST ONES THAT
IMPLEMENTED EARTHQUAKE EARLY
WARNING. WE NOW HAVE METROLINK
AS OF A WEEK AGO. THAT'S FULLY
INTEGRATED IT INTO THEIR TRAIN
SYSTEM. AND MET L A METRO, WHICH
IS A BUS. UM UH, THE SYSTEM ALSO
PROVIDES THAT TO THEIR DRIVERS
SO THAT THEY KNOW WHEN TO PULL
OVER AND LEARN THEIR, UM
WRITERS. UM SO THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, I'D SAY
IS WHERE WE'VE MADE THE GREATEST
INROADS. AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED
UTILITIES SO PG KNEE HAS
IMPLEMENTED IN THEIR FACILITIES
. THEY HAVE A LONG TERM PLAN
THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH TO
GET IT TO DO MORE AUTOMATED
ACTIONS WITH THEIR, UM THERE'S
SKATER TO THEIR, UM I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GONNA STANDS FOR THEIR
SYSTEMS THAT CONTROL. THERE ARE
OTHER SYSTEMS. UM BUT THEY'RE
JUST BEGINNING THAT PART OF
THEIR THEIR GOALS. AND THEN JUST
A TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. SO JUST
THE MY SHAKE APP WORK. IS A KEY
TO INTO THE REGISTRANTS.
LOCATION I E. WHERE THEY LIVE,
OR IS IT WHERE THEIR PHONE IS?
SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION
WITH A COMPLICATED ANSWER. I'LL
TRY TO SIMPLIFY IT. UM THERE,
THE SNEER CELL TOWER WILL WILL
PICK UP WHERE THEIR PHONE IS
LOCATED, SO THEY'LL IF THEY'RE
IN AN AREA THAT HAS A MAGNITUDE
4.5 OR GREATER. AND WITH A
SHAKING OF WHAT WE CALL UH MM. I
THREE OR GREATER. THEY'LL GET AN
ALERT. UM THEY'LL ALSO GET IT IN
A SPECIFIC LOCATION IF THEY
REGISTER THEIR PHONE, UM WHAT WE
CALL HOME BASE SO THEY CAN PUT
AN ADDRESS IN THEIR PHONE AND
GET ALERTED WHETHER THEY'RE IN
AT THAT ADDRESS OR NOT. SO IT
DOESN'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, OR
YOU KNOW WHAT? WHERE THEIR HOME
IS. IT JUST KNOWS THAT THE PHONE
IS IN THAT POLYGON WHERE IT'S
GETTING ALERTED, UNDERSTOOD. I
DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU. THANK
YOU.
BEFORE WE TURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT
. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
AND THE PANELISTS FOR THE
DISCUSSIONS TODAY. WE APPRECIATE
THE PREPARATION AND LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING TOGETHER IN THE
COMING MONTHS. WE WILL START
WITH ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE
HEARING ROOM. EACH PERSON WILL
HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. NEXT WE WILL TURN TO
THE F TO THE TO THE PHONES. THE
PHONE NUMBER TO CONNECT IS ON
THE COMMITTEE WEBSITE AND SHOULD
BE ALSO ON THE SCREEN. IF YOU'RE
STREAMING THIS HEARING, THE
NUMBER IS FOR THE PUBLIC TOLL
FREE NUMBER 87769289. AND THE
PUBLIC ACCESS CODE IS 13147. 37
THAT WAS WRONG. THE PUBLIC
ACCESS CODE IS 13154 WHEN WE
WANT TO PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE
ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. UM I AM
CHRISTINA DICARO, REPRESENTING
THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC TELEVISION
WERE A GROUP OF THE PUBLIC
BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE
STATE, INCLUDING KQED IN SAN
FRANCISCO. I'M SPEAKING RELATIVE
TO AN ITEM ON THE CASE OF THE
CALLOW ES BUDGET. WE'D LIKE TO
THANK THE TEAM AT CALA ES THERE
EARLY EARTHQUAKE WARNING UNIT AS
WELL AS THIS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE AND YOUR
CONSULTANT JENNIFER KIM. FOR
HELPING CPT, ENSURE THAT
$500,000 IN FUNDING WAS INCLUDED
IN THE 2022 23 CALLOWAY A
SPENDING PLAN FOR PHASE TWO OF A
PROJECT BETWEEN KLOS AND CPT.
SPECIFICALLY THE FUNDS WILL
CONNECT THE REMAINING SIX PUBLIC
TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE STATE
TO THE EARLY EARTHQUAKE WARNING
SYSTEM, WHICH WILL COMPLETE A
SUCCESSFUL PILOTS STARTED IN
2018. AND WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY,
COUNTLESS FIRST RESPONDERS AND
FRONTLINE WORKERS WILL BE ABLE
TO EVENTUALLY RECEIVED WARNINGS
ON A RECEIVER BOX WHEN AN
EARTHQUAKE FIRE OR OTHER
DISASTER IS IMMINENT. THE
RECEIVER BOX CAN DIRECT FIRE
STATION DOOR TO ROLL UP
AUTOMATICALLY SO THAT THE FIRE
TRUCKS AREN'T TRAPPED INSIDE OR
CAN DIRECT SURGEONS AT A
HOSPITAL TO STOP THEIR SURGERIES
? WE ARE REQUESTING $1.8 MILLION
IN ONE TIME FUNDS TO BEGIN
PLACING THE RECEIVERS IN VARIOUS
HIGH RISK LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. WE KNOW THE BUDGET IS
VERY, VERY TIGHT, BUT WE WOULD
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS
LIFESAVING PROGRAM AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, AMANDA.
WELL, DRAMA FOR CAL BROADBAND.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE
COMMITTEE REJECTS THE PROPOSED
TRAILER BUILDING GUAGE RELATING
TO THE 98 LIFELINE LAST YEAR, A
COALITION WORKED WITH THE AUTHOR
OF A B 988 TO ENSURE A BALANCE
OF AFFORDABILITY FOR CONSUMERS
AND THE CAPACITY ABUSE FOR THE
LIFELINE. IF THE SOURCES OF THE
FUNDING OR THE USE OF THE
SURCHARGE FUNDS ARE PROPOSED TO
BE CHANGED. WE BELIEVE THOSE
DISCUSSIONS ARE BETTER STUDENT
TO BE HELD IN THE POLICY
COMMITTEE PROCESS RATHER THAN
THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE
HEARING ROOM. WE WILL MOVE TO
THE PHONES. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO
COMMENT, PLEASE PRESS ONE, THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING
TO GO TO LINE 18. YOUR LINE IS
NOW OPEN. BUT AFTERNOON CHAIR
AND MEMBERS ARE GAMBOA EASTERN
WITH THE STEINBERG INSTITUTE ON
HERE ON BEHALF OF BOTH THE
STEINBERG INSTITUTE AND THE
KENNEDY FORUM, THE TWO LEAD CO
SPONSORS ASSEMBLY BILL 988 LAST
YEAR. WE'RE STILL REVIEWING THE
TRAILER BILL, AND WHILE WE KNOW
IT'S GOING THROUGH SUB ONE
OBVIOUSLY TOUCHES THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU AND SUB ONE
AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE
ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR TODAY'S
DISCUSSION. SHIN AS WELL. OH
YES, FOR THEIR WORK TO IMPLEMENT
988. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM
CHAIR. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WHO
SIGNALED THAT THEY WISH TO
SPEAK. THANK YOU WITH THAT THAT
CONCLUDES THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER FIVE ON
PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR.