GOOD AFTERNOON. THE ASSEMBLY
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS
CALLED TO ORDER. WELCOME
EVERYBODY. THE HEARING ROOM IS
OPEN FOR ATTENDANCE OF THIS
HEARING, AND IT CAN ALSO BE
WATCHED FROM A LIVE STREAM ON
THE ASSEMBLY'S WEBSITE. WE
ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE
WRITTEN TESTIMONY BY VISITING
THE COMMITTEE WEBSITE AND NOTE
THAT ANY WRITTEN TESTIMONY
SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE IS
CONSIDERED PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND
COMMENT AND MAYBE READ INTO THE
RECORD OR REPRINTED. WE WILL
ALLOW TWO MINUTES EACH FOR TWO
PRIMARY WITNESSES AND SUPPORT
AND AN OPPOSITION AND THESE
WITNESSES MUST TESTIFY IN PERSON
IN THE HEARING ROOM. ADDITIONAL
WITNESS COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED
TO YOUR NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION ONLY, AND THOSE
COMMENTS CAN BE EITHER IN PERSON
OR ON THE TELEPHONE. WE'RE GOING
TO START THAT PART OF THE
TESTIMONY WITH THE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE IN THE
ROOM AND THEN MOVED TO BLENDED
TESTIMONY ON THE PHONE LINE. TO
USE OUR TELEPHONE SERVICE. THE
NUMBER TO CALL IS 877692 89 57.
THE ACCESS CODE IS 18 50 1100.
FINALLY THE COMMITTEE. THE
ASSEMBLY HAS EXPERIENCED A
NUMBER OF DISRUPTIONS TO
COMMITTEE AND FLOOR PROCEEDINGS
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. CONDUCT
THAT DISRUPTS DETER, DISTURBS OR
OTHERWISE IMPEDE THE ORDERLY
CONDUCT OF THE HEARING IS
PROHIBITED. SUCH CONDUCT MAY
INCLUDE TALKING OR MAKING LOUD
NOISES FROM THE AUDIENCE,
UTTERING LOUD THREATENING OR
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE SPEAKING LONGER
THAN THE TIME ALLOTTED. EXTENDED
DISCUSSION OF MATTERS NOT
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT OF THE
HEARING AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE
ACTS. TO ADDRESS ANY DISRUPTIVE
CONDUCT. I WILL TAKE THE
FOLLOWING STEPS. IF AN
INDIVIDUAL DISRUPTS OUR HEARING
PROCESS, I WILL DIRECT THEM TO
STOP AND WARNED THEM THAT THEY
CONTINUED DISRUPTIONS MAY RESULT
IN REMOVAL FROM THE BUILDING. I
WILL ALSO DOCUMENT ON THE RECORD
, THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED AND
THE NATURE OF THE DISRUPTIVE
CONDUCT. I MAY HAVE TO
TEMPORARILY RECESS THE HEARING.
IF THE CONDUCT DOESN'T STOP, I
WILL REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF
THE SERGEANTS AND ESCORTING THE
INDIVIDUAL FROM THE BUILDING. I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE A MEMBER OF
THE MINORITY PARTY WE CAN BRING
IN OUR HEARING. AND WE'LL WAIT
ON ROLL CALL UNTIL WE HAVE A
QUORUM. TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE 11 BILLS ON CONSENT. UM AND
THEN WE WILL AGAIN CALL FOR THAT
VOTE ONCE WE HAVE A QUORUM.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SEVEN BILLS TO
DISCUSS TODAY. AND JUST FOR THE
PUBLIC TO KNOW. FILE ITEM NUMBER
10 A B 8 32 BY CERVANTES WILL
NOT BE HEARD TODAY. SO ONCE WE
HAVE. OKAY WE'VE JUST BEEN TOLD
THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START.
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION BY
THE VICE CHAIR. SO WE'RE GOING
TO START WITH OUR FIRST BILL HB
4 13 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S EARLY
MR LEE, YOU AND YOUR WITNESSES
MAY APPROACH AND YOU MAY BEGIN
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. AND I
WANT TO THANK MR FONG. IN HIS
ABSENCE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. I WANT TO BEGIN BY
SAYING I WILL ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS IN OUR END
2312293 WHICH DISALLOWED PARKING
WITHIN 15 FT OF INTERSECTION IF
THERE'S A CURB EXTENSION UH,
CALIFORNIA'S PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
RATE IS ALMOST 25% HIGHER THAN
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 84 13 WILL
MAKE THE INTERSECTION SAFER BY
INCREASING VISIBILITY, USING A
STRATEGY CALLED DATE LIGHTING.
DAYLIGHTING IS A TRAFFIC SAFETY
MEASURE THAT RESTRICTS ON STREET
PARKING. THERE ARE 43 OTHER
STATES IMPLEMENT DAYLIGHTING.
MAYBE 143 DISALLOWS PARKING
WITHIN 20 FT. OF INTERSECTIONS
OR WITHIN 15 FT. EVERY
INTERSECTION IF THERE'S A CURB
EXTENSION, DESIRE FOR PARKING
MUST BE BALANCED AGAINST THE
NEED TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM
DYING AND PREVENTABLE TRAFFIC
COLLISIONS. THERE'S RICHARD
SHOWING THAT LOW INCOME AREAS
ARE HURT THE MOST BY PEDESTRIANS
. YES PEDESTRIAN CRUTCHES ARE
FOUR TIMES FREQUENT IN LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS BILL
WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND
SAVE LIVES. WITH THAT ELECTRIC
JUICE. MY TWO WITNESSES MARK
MARK, VU SAID, WHICH SURPRISED
STREETS FOR ALL AND ANDREAS
RAMIREZ ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT. SO MARK, DO YOU WANNA
GO FIRST? ABSOLUTELY. GOOD
AFTERNOON COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS
MARK BOOK CEVICHE, AND I'M, THE
CO DIRECTOR OF STATE POLICY FOR
STREETS FOR ALL. WE'RE AN
ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR
STATEWIDE FOR SAFE, SUSTAINABLE
AND EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION,
AND WE'RE THE PROUD SPONSORS OF
84 13. 84 13 REQUIRES
DAYLIGHTING AT CROSSWALKS. IT'S
A SMALL TWEAK THAT SAVES
COUNTLESS LIVES. THIS BILL WILL
IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST
SAFETY ON CALIFORNIA'S ROADS.
THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD
PROHIBIT VEHICLES FROM PARKING
OR STOPPING WITHIN 20 FT OF A
MARKED CROSSWALK, A PRACTICE
KNOWN AS DAYLIGHTING BEFORE 13
WOULD MAKE INTERSECTIONS SAFER
BY WIDENING SIGHTLINES, GIVING
DRIVERS BETTER VISION WHEN
LOOKING OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO MORE SAFELY
AND COMFORTABLY. CROSS AT THE
MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE
STREET. THE INTERSECTION IN
CALIFORNIA. PEDESTRIAN
FATALITIES ARE OVER 25% HIGHER
THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND IN
2021 PEDESTRIAN DEATHS IN THE US
REACHED A FOUR DECADE HIGH,
CALIFORNIA TOPPING THE LIST. THE
LIGHTING IS A PROVEN SAFETY,
TECHNOLOGY OR TECHNIQUE FOR
EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY FOR ITS FOR
SHORTER FOLKS WHO ARE SHORTER
THAN A CAR LIKE KIDS AND FOLKS
IN WHEELCHAIRS WHO ARE PEEKING
OUT BEHIND THE PARKED CAR WHEN
TRYING TO CROSS AT THE CROSSWALK
, LEADING TO A DANGEROUS
SITUATION, AND THAT'S WHAT
DAYLIGHTING SOLVES. DELIGHTING
IS WIDELY ACCEPTED. THE NATIONAL
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION HAS PROVEN IT TO
BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING
PEDESTRIAN CYCLIST, FATALITIES
AND INJURIES. AND THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF CITY
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS, A
GROUP OF ENGINEERS AND
TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS, WHO
DEDICATE THEIR FOCUS ON STREET
DESIGN STANDARDS. RECOMMEND
DELIGHTING WITH THE 20 TO 25 FT
TREATMENT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS BILL.
AND TO ADDRESS THE OPPOSITION
WHO WANT US TO EXCLUDE VERY
LARGE TRUCKS. I MEAN, THAT'S
THAT'S THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE
IS THAT WE CAN'T SEE OUR KIDS OR
SOMETIMES EVEN THE STOP SIGNS
BEHIND THOSE LARGE TRUCKS THAT
ARE PARKED AT A CROSSWALK RIGHT
THERE. SO THIS SAFETY MEASURE IS
AFFORDABLE AND COST LITTLE TO
NONE, MAKING IT A PRACTICAL AND
EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO IMPROVING
THE SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS,
WHICH TO SAY AGAIN IS REALLY THE
MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE
STREET. THE INTERSECTION. UM WE
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS
LIFESAVING BILL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PAUSE
THE TESTIMONY FOR A MOMENT THAT
WE CAN ESTABLISH A QUORUM. CAN
WE HAVE A REAL CALL, PLEASE?
FRIEDMAN HERE. FRIEDMAN HERE,
FANG BERMAN. CARILLO RIO HERE,
DAVIES LIPSON. PART. PART HERE,
JACKSON. JACKSON HERE. CHOLERA
CHOLERA HERE. LOWENTHAL NGUYEN
SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ HERE, WALLACE.
WALLACE HERE, WARD. WORD HERE,
WICKS. OKAY WE HAVE A QUORUM.
THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
RESTAURANT METERS ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF FREMONT HERE TO
EXPRESS THE CITY'S VERY STRONG
SUPPORT OF A B 4 13. A LITTLE
BACKGROUND, THE CITY OF FREMONT
ADOPTED A VISION ZERO POLICY IN
2015, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND PLANNING OF ROADWAY
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONSIDERS
THE LOSS OF LIFE FROM TRAFFIC
CRASHES TO BE UNACCEPTABLE PART
OF THIS POLICY AND SUBSEQUENTLY
ADOPTED PROGRAM HAS, UM,
RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN TRAFFIC
FATALITIES. OVER 40% IN THE CITY
OF FREMONT THROUGH THE USE OF
DAYLIGHTING AND OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS, FREMONT HAS
IMPLEMENTED NUMEROUS DAYLIGHTING
PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOL
ZONES THROUGH THE USE OF PARKING
RESTRICTIONS, AS WELL AS QUICK
BUILD CURB EXTENSIONS, BOTH OF
WHICH HAVE PROVEN TO BE QUICKER
AND EASIER TO BUILD THAN
TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS, WHILE ALSO BEING
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE COST
EFFECTIVE, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED.
IN 2022, A SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY ON
A BICYCLE WAS STRUCK BY A
VEHICLE AND KILLED IN HIS
FREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE
LIMITED VISIBILITY BETWEEN THE
BOY AND THE MOTORIST AT THE
INTERSECTION WHERE ANOTHER
VEHICLE WAS PARKED CLOSE TO THE
CORNER WAS IDENTIFIED AS A
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE
TRAGIC INCIDENT. INCIDENTS LIKE
THESE SHOCK COMMUNITIES AND
DAYLIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS NOT
ONLY INCREASES THE ACTUAL SAFETY
, BUT THEY INCREASE THE PUBLIC'S
COMFORT AT WITH PARTICIPATING IN
ACTIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION,
SUCH AS BIKING AND WALKING IN
RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE
OPPOSITION CONCERNS, NOTED IN
THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS, USUALLY
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING AND
LOADING DEMANDS OCCUR IN
INDUSTRIAL AREAS. AN INDUSTRIAL
AREAS DO TEND TO HAVE OTHER
PARKING OPTIONS THAT REDUCE THE
NEED TO BE PARKED AT A STREET
CORNER ON A STANDARD BLOCK.
ADDITIONALLY WE CONCUR WITH THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS, UM, THAT
LARGER SIZE OF DELIVERY VEHICLES
AND TRUCKS IS EVEN MORE LIKELY
TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE
VISIBILITY THIS BILL INTENDS TO
PROVIDE FOR DRIVERS,
PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS. FOR
SAFETY PURPOSES AND ALL THE CITY
FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT THE SIMPLE
MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE
INTERSECTION SAFETY AS A B 4 13
HAS IDENTIFIED IS A GOOD
PRACTICE THAT WILL SAVE LIVES OF
MANY CALIFORNIANS, ESPECIALLY
YOUNG PEDESTRIANS IN THE ELDERLY
AND FOSTER COMMUNITIES IN WHICH
RESIDENTS ARE WILLING TO WALK
AND RIDE MORE FREQUENTLY. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY
HAVE. THANK YOU, AND WE'RE GONNA
WAIT UNTIL THE VERY END OF ALL
THE TESTIMONY FOR QUESTIONS. IS
THERE ANYBODY IN THE ROOM
WISHING TO ADD THEIR SUPPORT FOR
THIS ITEM? IF SO, THE WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION TO WELCOME TO
COME UP TO THE TABLE AT THIS
POINT, BUT WE'LL ASK FOR SUPPORT
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM TWO.
PLEASE COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONE. HI JARED SANCHEZ
WITH CAL BIKE AND WE'RE IN
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN THE
ROOM? OKAY, SEEING THEM WILL
MOVE TO THE OPPOSITION
WITNESSES. TWO MINUTES APIECE.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
FRIEDMAN AND, UH, COMMITTEE
MEMBERS CHRISTMAS, CALIFORNIA
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION. C T A
MUSTARD UNFORTUNATELY OPPOSED A
BEFORE 13 UNLESS AMENDED TO
ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FLEXIBILITY TO EXEMPT SHORT TERM
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LOADING AND
UNLOADING. AH DAYLIGHTING HAS
TRADITIONALLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED
ON A LIMITED BASIS IN HIGH
TRAFFIC INCIDENT INTERSECTIONS
TO INCREASE PEDESTRIAN AND
BICYCLIST VISIBILITY. SPANNING
THIS PRACTICE TO ALL CALIFORNIA
STREETS WOULD DECREASE ALREADY
SCARCE CURB SPACE FOR COMMERCIAL
DELIVERIES BY AT LEAST 40 FT PER
CITY BLOCK OR AN ESTIMATED 15%
OVERALL. 2023 SURVEY BY THE
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
INSTITUTE FOUND THAT LACK OF
PARKING IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE
FOR AMERICA'S TRUCK DRIVERS, E
COMMERCE AND MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE DEMAND FOR DELIVERIES
IN DENSE URBAN AREAS WHERE CURB
SPACES ALREADY SCARCE WHILE WE
UNDERSTAND AND AS NOTED IN OUR
LETTER SUPPORT ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
EARLY'S INTENT TO IMPROVE
ROADWAY SAFETY FURTHER 15%
REDUCTION IN CURVED SPACE FOR
DELIVERY DRIVERS WOULD GREATLY
EXACERBATE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE
FOR AMERICA'S TRUCK DRIVERS. FOR
THESE REASONS, WE MUST
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED 84 13
UNLESS AMENDED TO EXEMPT
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LOADING AND
UNLOADING. THANK YOU. MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
SHANE GUSSMAN ON BEHALF OF THE
TEAMSTERS. UH FIRST, UH IN
OPPOSITION AND FIRST, I JUST
WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR OUR LATE
OPPOSITION, WE WERE TOLD ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT AMENDMENTS
WOULDN'T BE TAKEN TO THE BILL.
SO WE HAD TO GET OUR OPPOSITION
IN LATE NONETHELESS. UM, WE
SHARE THE CONCERNS. UH OF THE
TRUCKING ASSOCIATION ABOUT
HAVING ADEQUATE PLACE TO GET A
PLACE FOR OUR DELIVERY DRIVERS
TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. FOR US.
IT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE
ON IT, THOUGH. IT'S NOT SO MUCH
ABOUT CONVENIENCE. IT'S MORE
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS.
IF YOU DRIVE IN ANY URBAN AREA,
YOU'LL SEE DOUBLE PARKED FOLKS
WHO ARE DELIVERING PRODUCTS.
DELIVERING PACKAGES TO CONSUMERS
, THE CORNER GROCERY STORE, UM A
LOT OF TIMES IF THERE'S NO
PARKING SPACE FOR THEM, THEY'RE
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC
THERE, EVEN PARKED DOUBLE PARKED
OR PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF WHEN
THERE'S ONE OF THOSE SUICIDE
LANES, AND THEY'RE CARRYING
CARTS OF PRODUCTS ACROSS BUSY
STREETS AND FOR US EVERY EVERY
SPACE YOU ELIMINATE FOR THEM TO
GET CLOSER TO THE CURB. IT'S
JUST MORE INSTANCES OF OUR FOLKS
OUT IN TRAFFIC IN HARM'S WAY. WE
TOTALLY GET WANTING TO PROTECT
PEDESTRIANS, PEDESTRIANS, WE
SHARE THAT CONCERN. WE HAVE NO
DOUBT THAT THAT'S THE INTENT OF
THE BILL ARE OUR CONCERN IS THAT
IT SHOULDN'T BE ONE OF THOSE.
WILL MAKE YOU SAFER AT THE
EXPENSE OF MAKING SOMEONE LESS
SAFE, AND I THINK WE COULD
PROBABLY WORK TOGETHER TO COME
UP WITH SOME SORT OF SOLUTION
THAT THAT WORKS FOR OUR MEMBERS.
BUT AT THE AS THE WAY THIS BILL
AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, WE FEEL IT
MAKES OUR MEMBERS LESS SAFE.
OKAY THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL
MOVE TO ANY OPPOSITION. THAT'S
IN THE ROOM. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED
TO THE BILL, PLEASE COME TO THE
MICROPHONE. OKAY SEEING NONE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PHONES
FOR SUPPORT FOR BOTH SUPPORT AND
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL OVER THE
PHONE LINES. OPERATOR IF YOU
COULD OPEN UP THE PHONE LINES
FOR A B 4 13, PLEASE. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE PRESS 10
ON YOUR PHONE. YOU WILL THEN
RECEIVE PEOPLE LINE NUMBER AND
BE PLACED BACK INTO THE QUÊ. DO
YOU HAVE A SPEAKERPHONE? PLEASE
PICK UP THE HANDSET BEFORE
PRESSING YOUR NUMBERS ONCE AGAIN
, IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF A B 4 13 1, THEN
ZERO. AND WE DO HAVE A FEW
QUEUING UP HERE, SO IT'LL BE
JUST ONE MOMENT. OKAY AND IT
LOOKS LIKE WE WILL GO TO LINE
NUMBER 10, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI
GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE. THIS IS DAVID AZEVEDO
WITH AARP, CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT, YOU
WILL GO TO LINE NUMBER 25,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THIS IS HOW IT
HEATHER DELLA MARTIN FROM
DISABILITY RIGHTS. CALIFORNIA WE
SUPPORT 84 13. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. WE WILL GO TO LINE NUMBER
SEVEN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. TOÀN
BATHERS ACTUALLY SAYING EVERY
VALLEY WE SUPPORT 84 13. THANK
YOU NEXT WEEK, WE'LL GO TO LINE
NUMBER 23. LINE NUMBER 23 YEAR
LINE IS OPEN. THEN IN SOUTH LAKE
AND SUPPORTED THIS BILL THINKS
HMM. OKAY AND THEN NEXT, WE WILL
GO TO LET'S SEE HERE. WE HAVE
LINE NUMBER 14 WAITING HERE. ALL
RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO LINE NUMBER
14, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI. MY NAME
IS JOHN KERR AND I SUPPORT THIS.
A B FOR 13. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE IN THE
QUEUE, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU,
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE
COMMITTEE. AND THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM. YES, I DO. THANK YOU. YOU
UNDERSTAND THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
INTO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD ALL KEEP IN MIND. I ALSO
UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS FROM THE
OPPOSITION. AS FAR AS MAKING
GOODS DELIVERIES. UM.
NEVERTHELESS I THINK THAT WE
SHOULD BE MINING FOR PEDESTRIANS
. CITY PLANNER BY PROFESSIONAL
HAVE EXPERIENCED HOW SONY COURTS
TYPICALLY THEY WERE VEHICLES. UM
BASED ON PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN
THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UH, FOR
THAT REASON, I THINK THAT WE
SHOULD I AM GOING TO SUPPORT
PROPOSED, BUT I DO SEE HERE THAT
AN AMENDMENT IS BEING PROPOSED
20 FT GOING TO GO DOWN TO 15 FT.
IS THAT GOING TO BE THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO
I YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THESE
DISCUSSIONS WHERE THE TRUCKING
ASSOCIATION AND THE TEAMSTER
CERTAINLY HAVE A VERY VALID
POINT. AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE
SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN
IN OUR STREETS WITH, ESPECIALLY
WITH THE INCREASE IN E COMMERCE
AND DELIVERY WITH TRUCKS HAVING
TO DELIVER IN PLACES THAT WERE
NOT DESIGNED FOR TRUCKS TO
DELIVER AND THE STRUGGLES THAT
THOSE DRIVERS GO THROUGH.
SOMETIMES I WOULD SAY VERY
VALIANTLY TO TRY TO SERVE
CUSTOMERS. UM AND I UNDER AND I
WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
CERTAINLY PROBLEMS BY LACK OF
PARKING IN A LOT OF OUR AREAS,
UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE
SEEN, UNFORTUNATELY FATALITIES
AND BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF
VISIBILITY, AND ALL OF US HAVE
HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF STEPPING
BEHIND, PARTICULARLY A LARGE
TRUCK INTO A CROSSWALK. AND JUST
KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO JUST SORT OF PUT OUT AN ARM
AND MAYBE AHEAD AND TRY TO SNEAK
OUT BECAUSE THE DRIVERS JUST
CAN'T SEE. SO I AM GOING TO
SUPPORT THE BILL. I WOULD
ENCOURAGE THE AUTHOR TO CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH THE OPPOSITION TO
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, ANY
WAYS OF ADDRESSING ANY OF THEIR
CONCERNS ALONG THE PROCESS, AND
IF THERE'S ANY AREAS WHERE
CLEARLY PEDESTRIANS JUST AREN'T
GOING TO BE THAT MAYBE CAN BE
CARVED OUT OF THIS AS WELL,
PRIVATE PROPERTY PLACES WHERE
THERE'S WALLS THAT SORT OF
THING. UM WITH THAT I WILL
SUPPORT THE BILL AND ASK FOR A
ROLL CALL. WELL, I'M SORRY, CAN
YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIRST OF
ALL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE AND
THEN WE DO NEED EMOTION AS WELL?
YES I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS SUPPORTING THE SHERIFF
SUPPORTED THIS BILL. I THINK
THAT'S WELL. OBVIOUSLY
CALIFORNIA'S HAS 25% HIGHER
PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES THAN THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY. WE CLEARLY
HAVE A PROBLEM AND IF WE ARE
GIVING UP SOME PARKING SPACES, I
THINK IT'S A SMALL INCONVENIENCE
TO SAVE A LOT OF LIVES. SO I
ASKED HER, IVO. OKAY. DO WE HAVE
A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION
MOTION IN A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE
A ROLL? CALL PLEASE? FRIEDMAN
FRIEDMAN, I FANG BERMAN. CARILLO
VÚI DAVIES LIPSON. AND I HEART.
ART I JACKSON JACKSON I CHOLERA.
FULLER AYE, LOWENTHAL. I WIN
WHEN I SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ OPPOSE
WALLACE. WALLACE. NO WARD. WARD.
I WICKS. BRICKS? AYE. TENDED TO
THE BILL IS OUT. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOTION ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE A
MOTION, PLEASE. WE HAVE A MOTION
AND A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE ROLL
CALL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
FRIEDMAN FRIEDMAN, I FONG
BERMAN. CARILLO VÚI DAVIES
GIBSON GIBSON I HEART PART II,
JACKSON JACKSON. I CHOLERA.
CHOLERA I LOWENTHAL. I WIN WHEN
I SANCHEZ SANCHEZ, I WALLACE
WALLACE. I WARD FORD. I WICKS.
WICKS. AYE. UM CONTENT
CALENDARS, 12 BOATS IT HAS BEEN
ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO A B
5 91 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GABRIEL
. YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE
READY, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
, MADAM CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES AND
I WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST IN
YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THEIR
HELPFUL FEEDBACK AND THOUGHTFUL
ASSISTANCE ON THIS BILL. UH THE
PREMISE OF THIS BILL IS JUST
THAT WE NEED A LOT MORE EVIE
CHARGES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND WE HAVE OFFERED A
NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS TO THAT THIS
YEAR. THIS BEING ONE OF THEM AND
ALSO STARTING FROM THE PREMISE
THAT CHARGING YURI V SHOULD BE
AS EASY AS FILLING UP YOUR TANK
AT A GAS STATION. AND
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT
CURRENTLY THE CASE. EVERY
CHARGER CONNECTORS, WHICH
DETERMINE WHETHER A VEHICLE CAN
CHARGE WHEN IT ARRIVES AT A
CHARGING STATION REMAIN
FRAGMENTED ACROSS DIFFERENT
VEHICLE AND CHARGER MODELS. AND
SO THIS BILL WOULD MANDATE THAT
ALL NEW AND RETROFITTED PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE. EV CHARGERS HAVE
UNIVERSAL CONNECTORS AND BE
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TYPES
OF E. V. S THAT IS, UM,
ESSENTIAL NOT ONLY FOR
INCREASING DRIVER CONFIDENCE IN
OUR STATES CHARGING NETWORK AND
ADDRESSING RANGE ANXIETY. WHICH
IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENT TO
PEOPLE BUYING E. V S, BUT IT'S
ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR REDUCING
CARBON EMISSIONS AND MEETING OUR
AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS. THIS
BILL BUILDS ON RECENT FEDERAL
ACTION TAKEN BY THE BY INHERENT
HARRIS ADMINISTRATION THAT
OUTLINES NEW NATIONWIDE PLANS
FOR CREATING CONVENIENT AND
RELIABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING NETWORK. SO THIS BILL
IS, WE THINK AN IMPORTANT STEP
FORWARD. AND WITH ME TO TESTIFY
TODAY ARE LESLIE AGUAYO FROM THE
GREENLINING INSTITUTE IN ANTHONY
SAMPSON FROM THE CALIFORNIA NEW
CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. AND EACH WITNESS
WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, SHERIFF
FREEMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS LESLIE ACQUIRED. OH
I'M THE SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
OF CLIMATE EQUITY AT THE
GREENLINING INSTITUTE. AND A
COSPONSOR OF 85 91. A GREEN
LINING. WE WORK TOWARDS A FUTURE
WHERE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR CAN
BUILD WEALTH LIVING, HEALTHY
PLACES FILLED WITH ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY AND ARE READY TO
MEET THE CHALLENGES POSED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE. TO BE READY TO
MEET THE CHALLENGES POSED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE. IT IS IMPERATIVE
TO ENSURE ALL CALIFORNIANS HAVE
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN AND
RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
THIS MEANS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS
FULFILLING OUR STATE'S GOAL OF
REACHING 100% AND ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLE SALES BY 2035. WE MUST
ENSURE DRIVERS CAN MEET THE
DEMANDS OF THIS DE CARBONIZED
FUTURE AND HAVE ACCESS TO EASY
AND COMPREHENSIVE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE. UNFORTUNATELY
EVEN CHARGING STATIONS ARE
CURRENTLY NOT UNIVERSALLY
ACCESSIBLE AND DO NOT ALLOW FOR
STANDARDIZED USER EXPERIENCE.
DEPENDING ON VEHICLE MODELS AND
CHARGER TYPE. THE OWNERS ARE
LEFT WITH A SPLINTERED NETWORK
OF CHARGING STATIONS THAT DO NOT
ALLEVIATE RANGE ANXIETY NOR
INCENTIVIZE THE OWNERSHIP. AND
THIS INCONVENIENCE ONLY
COMPOUNDS FOR LOW INCOME AND
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN
CALIFORNIA, WHO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPOSED TO
POLLUTION AND EMISSIONS FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR AND WHO
FACE GREATER BARRIERS TO ENTRY
IN THE MARKET. MAYBE 591 WOULD
ALLEVIATE THE RANGE ANXIETY
DRIVERS EXPERIENCE BY CREATING A
SYSTEM OF UNIVERSITY UNIVERSALLY
COMPATIBLE PUBLIC CHARGING
STATIONS AT RETROFITTED AND NEW
SITES. THIS ACCELERATING OUR TV
SALES TARGETS AND OUR GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTION GOALS ALL WHILE
ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO CLEANER
AND HEALTHIER TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS.
WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
TRANSPORTATION DECARBONIZATION
BEING INVESTED IN CALIFORNIA
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THROUGH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
AMBITIOUS ELECTRIFICATION
POLICIES. CALIFORNIA IS UNIQUELY
POSITIONED AS A STATE TO LEAD
THE WAY NATIONALLY ON CLIMATE
JUSTICE. THIS MEANS ENSURING WE
BREACH OUR CLIMATE GOALS THROUGH
A PROCESS THAT PRIORITIZES THE
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHILE
RECTIFYING THE HARMS OF PAST
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
HARMS 85 91 IS A MEANINGFUL STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARDS
ACHIEVING AN EQUITABLE
TRANSPORTATION. FUTURE E V
CHARGING IS ACCESSIBLE AND
RELIABLE. TO ENSURE CLEAN
MOBILITY DOES NOT INHIBIT
ECONOMIC MOBILITY. FOR ALL OF
THE REASONS STATED ABOVE THE
GREENLINING INSTITUTE.
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I VOTE
ON THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS
ANTHONY SAMPSON WITH SAMSON
ADVISORS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS
ASSOCIATION. PLEASED TO SUPPORT
THIS MEASURE TODAY, C N C D A
SUPPORT THIS MEASURE FOR A VERY
SIMPLE REASON, AND THAT IS THAT
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THE
TRANSITION TO TVS. UM AND IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE
THAT TRANSITION, CONSUMERS NEED
TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE
THOSE VEHICLES AND BE ABLE TO
CHARGE THEM IN A VERY CLEAR,
CONSISTENT AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER
. THIS BILL HELPS US GET THERE.
WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THOSE WHO
ARE COMING INTO DEALERSHIPS
TODAY AND WHO HAVE INDICATED TO
DEALERS THAT THEY HAVEN'T RANGE
ANXIETY AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
BUYING ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE'RE
CONFIDENT THAT THIS BILL WILL
HELP, UM, GIVE AND INSTILL THE
CONFIDENCE INTO THOSE CONSUMERS
SO THAT THEY START PURCHASING
THOSE VEHICLES AT A HIGHER RATE
. FOR THOSE REASONS. WE
APPRECIATE IT AND SUPPORT THE
BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS
THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WISHING
TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL, PLEASE COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONE. SOFIA AFRICAN NOVA
WITH THE COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR
AND SUPPORT. VIÆT FIGHTING MIKE
BALLS UP HERE WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS AND SUPPORT
. GOOD AFTERNOON. WILL BRAGER 3
50, SACRAMENTO AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. IS THERE ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL, PLEASE
COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. OKAY
SEE, NOW WE'LL GO TO THE PHONE
LINES OPERATOR IF YOU COULD OPEN
UP THE PHONE LINES FOR A B 5 91,
PLEASE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF
YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
OF ABS, 5 91, PLEASE PRESS ONE,
THEN ZERO. THAT'S A B 5 91. OKAY
AND WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE.
LINE NUMBER 12. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
OOPS. THEY TOOK THEMSELVES OUT
HERE. IT'S HOLD ON. LET'S TRY
THIS AGAIN. OKAY LINE AND
NUMBER. 12. GO AHEAD. YOUR
OUTLINE IS OPEN. LINE NUMBER 12.
THIS IS CAROL. WE'D. ON BEHALF
OF SUSTAINABLE ROSE MORE IN
SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT, AND WE DO
NOT HAVE ANY MORE IN QUÊ MADAM
CHAIR. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. FAMILY MEMBER CARILLO.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO THIS
BOARD. I THINK THIS IS JUST
ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO EQUITABLE
TV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. I'VE
EXPERIENCED THAT MYSELF WHERE
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF A LOT MORE
EVEN CHARGING FOR TESLA AND NOT
FOR THE HYBRIDS THAT WE ALL
DRIVE. I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT IN
THE OLD DISTRICT THAT I
REPRESENT. WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK
YOU FOR DOING THAT. I'M
SUPPORTED THE BILL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH MEMBER DAVIS. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. I DO WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. I THINK ANYTHING
WE CAN DO TO RELEASE TO RELIEVE
ANXIETY SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL
COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT THAT
THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DRIVE IS A
GREAT IDEA, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO
BE CONSIDERED AS A CO AUTHOR.
THANK YOU, AND I MAKE A MOTION
TO MOVE. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION A
SECOND. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE
WISHING TO SPEAK. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? JUST RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AND I VOTE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL
CALL, PLEASE? FRIEDMAN. AYE,
FRIEDMAN I, FONG BERMAN. CARILLO
VÚI DAVIES. DAVIES. I GIBSON AND
I HEART. PART II. JACKSON
JACKSON I CHOLERA, CHOLERA. I
LOWENTHAL. I WIN WHEN I SANCHEZ
SANCHEZ, I WALLACE WALLACE. I
WARD WORD. I WICKS. WE HAVE 12.
THIS BILL IS OUT. THANK YOU. I
SEE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SHIAVO.
HE'D LIKE TO COME UP. WELCOME.
MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY,
AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER AUTHORS
WITHIN EARSHOT, I WOULD
RECOMMEND COMING TO THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I AM SO
EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO
PRESENT ON MY FIRST BILL. I KNOW
YOU BETTER LET ME TALK ABOUT IT
. YEAH UM, SO I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT ON A B 8 23. THE BILL
IDENTIFIES A NEW DIRECTION FOR
THE STATE TO, UM, SUPPORT THAT
EVER INCREASING FLEET IN ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES BY FUNDING
PROJECTS TO BUILD ELECTRIFIED
STREETS AND PARKING LOTS,
BASICALLY WIRELESS CHARGING
WHILE YOU DRIVE OR PARKED,
CALLED INDUCTIVE CHARGING. IT'S
BASED ON THE SAME MAGNETIC COIL
SYSTEM THAT WE CHARGE OUR PHONES
WIRELESSLY. WE KNOW CALIFORNIA
IS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE DOES
NOT SERVE EVERYONE THE SAME FOR
RENTERS, MULTI FAMILY APARTMENTS
AND OLDER BUILDINGS, ACCESS TO
CHARGING AND AT HOME IS
CHALLENGING IF IT'S A POSSIBLE
AT ALL. WHEN I PURCHASED AN E V
LAST SUMMER. I DIDN'T HAVE
CHARGING AT MY HOME FOR THE
FIRST THREE MONTHS, AND I
QUICKLY FOUND THAT THE WHOLE
NORTH SAN FERNANDO VALLEY ONLY
HAS FIVE FAST CHARGERS. TWO OF
THEM ARE ALWAYS BROKEN. THERE'S
A LINE AT THE OTHER TWO ALL THE
TIME. UM AND SO SOMETIMES, YOU
KNOW, AS A SINGLE WORKING MOM
ALSO, YOU KNOW, RUNNING A
CAMPAIGN. I WOULD SPEND HOURS
TRYING TO GET A CHARGE EVERY
DAY. UM, AND SOMETIMES I JUST
HAVE TO GIVE UP. FOR HEAVY DUTY
TRUCKS, BUSSES AND PUBLIC
TRANSIT. THERE ARE CHALLENGES
WITH BATTERY RANGE WEIGHT AND
RECHARGE TIMES. THE COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS POINTS TO SUCCESSFUL
DEPLOYMENTS AND WASHINGTON,
WHERE ELECTRIC BUSSES ARE
WIRELESSLY CHARGED AT BUS STOPS.
NOT ONLY WERE OPERATING COSTS
CUT IN HALF COMPARED TO DIESEL,
BUT THE MOMENTS OF CHARGE THAT
THEY RECEIVED ON STOPS AND
LAYOVERS PROVIDED ENOUGH RANGE
TO STAY IN SERVICE FOR 12 TO 14
HOURS A DAY, WHICH LED THEM TO
CALL THE WIRELESS CHARGING A
GAME CHANGER. MICHIGAN ALSO
RECEIVED RECENTLY INVESTED IN A
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT
THAT INTEGRATED ROADWAYS TO
ALLOW WIRELESS CHARGING ON THE
GO FOR YOUR CAR AND TRUCK. BY
FOCUSING ON HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES CONSERVE MORE
CAR OWNERS AS THEY DRIVE WAIT
FOR LIGHTS, DELIVER GOODS AND
MORE. FOR OTHER STATES HAVE, UM
, FOUR OTHER STATES HAVE STARTED
IN RHODE PILOT PROJECTS AS WELL
. AND ONE OF THE REASONS I
STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS
TECHNOLOGY IS BECAUSE I DROVE
WITH MY DAUGHTER FROM L. A TO
SACRAMENTO FOR THANKSGIVING LAST
YEAR, AND IT TOOK US FOUR EXTRA
HOURS WHEN WE STOPPED TO CHARGE
FROM JUST L. A TO SACRAMENTO ON
THE WAY BACK. WE GOT A LITTLE
MORE EFFICIENT, BUT IT WAS STILL
THREE EXTRA HOURS AND MY
DAUGHTER ON THE WAY UP WAS
CRYING AND A PARKING LOT IN ON
THE MALL AT 11 30 AT NIGHT. UM
BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING SO LONG
FOR US TO GET THERE AND SHE JUST
WANTED TO SEE HER COUSIN SO YOU
CAN IMAGINE THAT A WORLD WHERE
YOU CAN INSTEAD CHARGE WHILE YOU
DRIVE ON THE FINE ON THE FIVE
WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER OR IN
DOWNTOWN L, A OR AT PORTS WHERE
ROADS COULD BE ELECTRIFIED. A B
8 23 ALLOWS US TO REIMAGINE HOW
THE STATE EXPANDS ELECTRIC
VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
AND WITH FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN
INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS A
PERFECT MOMENT TO LOOK AT HOW WE
CAN SUPPORT GETTING TO ZERO
EMISSION IN A SUSTAINABLE LONG
TERM WAY AND HELP MEET OUR
MASSIVE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
DEMANDS. I RECOGNIZE THAT THE
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IS
UNDERGOING REAUTHORIZATION AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOWARDS
THAT EFFORT. AND ENSURING THAT
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS INCLUDED IN
THE FRAMEWORK. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY AND
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. WE
HAVE NO WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. IS
THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO
WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL? THIS PART MY EQUALS
APPEAR WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO WITNESSES
REGISTERED IN OPPOSITION. IS
THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM AND
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL? SEEING
NONE WILL GO TO THE TELEPHONE
LINES. OPERATOR IF YOU COULD
OPEN UP THE LINE FOR A B 8 23.
BEAUTIFUL AND OPPOSITION OR
SUPPORT OF A B A. 23 MAY PRESS
ONE AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN. THAT'S
ONE AND THEN ZERO FOR SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION OF A B A 23. MADAM
CHAIR. WE HAVE NO ONE IN CUBA AT
THE TIME. THANK YOU. IS THERE
ANYONE IN THE COMMITTEE WISHING
TO SPEAK REMEMBER CARILLO AGAIN
? SHE'S GONNA REITERATE. THANK
YOU, THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
THIS IN AND THANK YOU FOR
THINKING OF THE FUTURE. WE'RE
GOING TO GET THERE AND GET THOSE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AGAIN.
GETTING US ONE. STEP CLOSER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE TO
MENTION I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT
ABOUT ELECTRIFIED ROADS FROM ONE
OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WORKS
IN PASADENA LIVES IN THE A V.
SHE ONLY HAS A RANGE OF 80 MILES
, AND SHE HAS TO STOP THREE
TIMES ON HER WAY HOME TO CHARGE
. UM SO SHE'S THE ONE THAT
ILLUMINATED ME TO THIS, UH, WHEN
WE WERE STANDING THERE WAITING
TO CHARGE AT A CHARGING STATION
TOGETHER. THANK YOU. WELL, I AM
NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE CHAIR
OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE, LEADING THE
CHARGE. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. UH,
SO I. THAT'S WHY I'M CHAIR. GOOD
JOKES. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE
A SECOND CAN WE? DID YOU WANT TO
CLOSE? I JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A
MOTION IN A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE
A ROLL? CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
FRIEDMAN I'M SORRY. IT'S DO PASS
AND RE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS. FRIEDMAN
FRIEDMAN, I FONG SHANGHAI
BERMAN. CARILLO CARILLO DAVIES
DAVIES, I GIBSON GIBSON I HEART
ART I JACKSON JACKSON I CHOLERA.
LOWENTHAL LOWENTHAL. I WIN. WHEN
I SANCHEZ SANCHEZ, I WALLACE
WALLACE, I AWARD WORD I WICKS.
YOUR BILL HAS 12 VOTES. IT'S OUT
GOOD LUCK WITH IT. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING NEXT TO MR BENNETT
WITH A B 6 73. YOU AND YOUR
WITNESSES ARE WELCOME TO COME
FORWARD. YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THAT WAS. HOW ABOUT THAT?
GREAT YEAH. SO UM, THANK YOU
MUCH VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. UM I WANT TO THANK THE
CHAIR AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THE WORK
THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ON
THIS BILL. UM REALLY APPRECIATE
IT AS WE EVOLVE FROM A FOSSIL
FUEL CARBON ECONOMY TO A FOSSIL
FREE CARBONLESS ECONOMY. I
BELIEVE THAT CALIFORNIA WILL BE
MUCH BETTER OFF IF WE MAINTAIN A
HEALTHY COMPETITION BETWEEN AS
MANY TECHNOLOGIES AS POSSIBLE IN
AS MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE AS
WE'RE MOVING INTO THE INITIAL
PHASES OF THIS TRANSITION, AND I
HARK BACK TO THE 19 FIFTIES, THE
EARLY 19 FIFTIES WHEN THE
INTERNAL COMBUSTION CAR
COMPANIES PURCHASED UP ALL OF
THE PATENTS AND ALL OF THE MODEL
ELECTRIC CARS AND LITERALLY
CRUSHED THE INDUSTRY. THEY JUST
STOPPED IT IN ITS TRACKS AT THAT
POINT IN TIME. HOW MUCH BETTER
OFF WOULD WE HAVE BEEN BACK THEN
, IF SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WOULD HAVE SAID THAT'S NOT GOOD
FOR THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S
NOT GOOD FOR THE WORLD. IF 75
YEARS LATER, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A
HEALTHY COMPETITION BETWEEN
BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FUELED CARS
AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION CARS.
WELL I THINK WE'RE AT THE SAME
SPOT HERE IN TERMS OF A
TRANSITION. IT'S OUR
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR SECTOR AS
WE'RE MOVING TO SAVE VEHICLES. I
COMPLETELY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
LIGHT DUTY IS BEING DOMINATED
AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE
DOMINATED BY BATTERY TECHNOLOGY
. JUST LIKE MOST PEOPLE SAY
HEAVY DUTY IS BEING DOMINATED,
MOST LIKELY BY HYDROGEN
TECHNOLOGY. BUT THAT TO THE
EXTENT THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN SOME
HEALTHY COMPETITION IN ALL OF
THOSE AREAS FROM LIGHT DUTY TO
HEAVY DUTY BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM.
WE CALIFORNIANS AND I BELIEVE
THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE WORLD BENEFITS AND WE'RE
SEEING THAT IN IN OTHER PLACES
IN THE WORLD, BUT WE JUST DON'T
KNOW YOU ALREADY HAD
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SHIAVO. JUST
TALK ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS OF
CHARGING IN TERMS OF ELECTRIC
CHARGING JUST NOW, AND THE
CHALLENGES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH LITHIUM MINING. WHAT'S
RECYCLING OF BATTERIES WITH RARE
EARTH MINERALS THAT ARE OUT
THERE, ETCETERA, AND SO I HAVE
NO LEADING HORSE IN THE RACE
THAT I REALLY FAVOR BUT WHAT I
FAVOR IS THE BEST THING FOR
CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS TO TRY TO
KEEP THE COMPETITION ALIVE. SO
WITH THAT, MAYBE 6 73 SIMPLY, UM
. DIRECTS THE CEO TO CONSIDER,
AND THAT'S HOW IT WOULD NOT
MANDATING AT ALL, JUST TO
CONSIDER WHETHER IT'S
APPROPRIATE TO REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL LIGHT DUTY STATIONS
WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING IN THOSE
BIG HEAVY DUTY AND MEDIUM DUTY
STATIONS JUST TO CONSIDER THAT I
REMEMBER BACK MORE THAN 40 YEARS
AGO WHEN WE PURCHASED A RABBIT
DIESEL UM, VEHICLE LITTLE TINY
RABBIT DIESEL. WE PULLED THE WE
THE WE RELIED ON THE TRUCK STOPS
TO GET AROUND. AND IF THAT'S
WHAT HYDROGEN CARS NEED TO DO, I
THINK THAT THAT'S FAR BETTER
THAN NOT HAVING HYDROGEN OUT
THERE AS A AS A COMPETITION AND
THERE'S I COULD GO INTO DETAILS
AND IN TERMS OF THAT, IF ANY OF
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEED THAT
INFORMATION BEFORE THEY VOTED ON
THIS THE FINAL THING I WOULD
POINT OUT IS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S ALREADY STATED
A YEAR AGO AND BUDGET SUB THREE
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT
SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING INTO
HYDROGEN INTO XEV VEHICLES AT
THE MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY LEVEL
, AND THE CC HAS HAS RECOGNIZED
THAT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT
WILL BE HYDROGEN AND ALSO, I'M
TRYING TO SAY, IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT AT LEAST CONSIDER LIGHT
DUTY WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE ONLY
IN THE STATIONS AND THE PLACE IS
WHAT I SEE IS SORT OF A PATHWAY
ALONG INTERSTATES FIVE AND 99
THE MAJOR FREIGHT QUARTERS BEING
ABLE TO HANDLE BOTH OF THOSE,
AND WITH THAT, OPEN IT UP FOR
ANY QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE THIS ATTENTION. THANK
YOU. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM
WISHING TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT
OF THE BILL, SO PLEASE COME TO
THE MICROPHONE. CARE WOMEN. MAY
I TESTIFY AS A TWEENER? SURE,
SUPPORTIVE TWEENER THERESA COOK
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
HYDROGEN COALITION. I WANT TO
THANK THE ASSEMBLYMAN HIS STAFF
AND COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIND
CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGEN
FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE MEETS THE
INCOMING DEMAND THAT WE SUSPECT
AND ARE SEEING IN THE INDUSTRY.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
ASSEMBLYMAN ON A COUPLE OF
TECHNICAL ELEMENTS, UM AND ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DO SO. BUT GENERALLY VERY, YOU
KNOW, APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK
UNDER CONSIDERATION. THE ONE
THING THAT I WOULD OFFER,
THOUGH, IS AS IT RELATES TO
HEAVY DUTY. WHILE WE TEND TO
THINK THAT IT'S MORE DOMINATED
BY HYDROGEN, YOU KNOW.
UNFORTUNATELY THE ENERGY
COMMISSION DOES LIMIT INCENTIVE
FUNDING TO 30% SO ALWAYS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE. AND I
WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE DO
HAVE AN OPPOSITION WITNESS ON
FILE. IF THE WITNESS COULD COME
FORWARD, PLEASE. I DON'T SEE
THEM HERE. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE
IN THE ROOM WHO WANTS TO TESTIFY
IN OPPOSITION IF THEY CAN COME
TO THE MICROPHONE? OKAY THEN.
OPERATOR CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THE
PHONE LINES FOR A B 6 73? GIVE
YOUR SUPPORTER OPPOSITION OF A B
6 73. YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO AGAIN THAT IS ONE AND THEN
ZERO IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF A B 6 73. MADAM
CHAIR. WE HAVE ANOINTING QUÊ AT
THE MOMENT. THANK YOU, UM ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE? NO, I OH, YES, MISS
DAVIES. JUST REAL BRIEF. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE
TO BE READY WITH OTHER OPTIONS
ALL THE WAY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE BALANCED AT A GOOD
LEVEL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND
I'D BE HAPPY TO CO AUTHOR THIS
BILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO
HELP CLARIFY SOME OF THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD LAST
YEAR IN BUDGET SUB THREE. UM AND
DO WE HAVE EMOTION? I'LL TAKE
MISS DAVIES AS A MOTIONED. WE
HAVE A SECOND AND WE HAVE A
SECOND WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
. MY FAVORITE CLOSING STATEMENT
. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL,
PLEASE? THE MOTION IS DO PASS,
AND WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON
NATURAL RESOURCES. FRIEDMAN
FRIEDMAN, I FANG FOLLOWING I
BERMAN. CARILLO OH, I DAVIES
DAVIES. I GIBSON GIBSON I HEART
. AYE. JACKSON JACKSON. I
CHOLERA, LOWENTHAL. NO ONE
THOUGHT I WIN WHEN I SANCHEZ
SANCHEZ, I WALLACE WALLACE, I
AWARD WORD I WICKS. AND I WAS 12
VOTES. THE BILL IS OUT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT. WE HAVE
MISS CALDERON WITH A B 8 24 IF
YOU AND YOUR WITNESS, PLEASE IF
YOU HAVE ANY WITNESSES COME TO
THE IF YOU CAN. PLEASE COME. AND
YOU MAY BEGIN. WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY. WELCOME. WE HAVE EMOTION
THAN A SECOND. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. CHAIR AND MEMBERS
ASSEMBLY BILL 8 24 ESTABLISHES
THE HIGHWAY GREENING ACT, WHICH
WOULD TASK CALTRANS WITH
DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN TO
INCREASE HIGHWAY GREENING BY AT
LEAST 10% IN URBAN AREAS.
VEHICLE EMISSIONS ARE ELEVATED
NEAR MAJOR HIGHWAYS WERE FEEL
EVAPORATION, CAR EXHAUST AND
ROAD DUST CONTRIBUTE TO POOR AIR
QUALITY. INCOME CALIFORNIANS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
DISPROPORTIONATELY INHALE HIGH
CONCENTRATIONS OF AIR POLLUTION
DUE TO THEIR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
HIGHWAYS WHERE THE COST OF
LIVING IS OFTEN MORE AFFORDABLE.
AS A RESULT, THESE COMMUNITIES
ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM
INCREASED RATES OF ASTHMA, LUNG
CANCER AND PREMATURE DEATH. AS
CALIFORNIA GRAPPLES WITH
INCREASED EXTREME WEATHER
EVENTS, CLIMATE RESILIENT
GREENING POLICIES ARE
IMPERATIVE. THIS BILL ALSO
REQUIRES THE USE OF PLANTS
NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA INGREDIENT
EFFORTS FOR INCREASED DROUGHT,
TOLERANCE AND MINIMAL
MAINTENANCE NEEDS. MAYBE A 24
SUPPORTS THE STATE'S TRANSITION
TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE BY
MITIGATING AIR POLLUTION.
PROMOTING THE USE OF NATIVE
PLANTS AND COOLING VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES NEAR HIGHWAYS. I'D
LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK AND INPUT
AND ASSISTING MY STAFF ON THIS
BILL AND OFFERING A RECENT
AMENDMENTS WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO
TAKE. THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH, I'M
SORRY. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE
ROOM WISHING TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL? I KNOW THAT
THERE'S AT LEAST ONE I JUMPED
THE GUN. I WAS SO EXCITED BY THE
BILL. THIS IS FIGHTING MY PULLED
AWAY WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU. ANYBODY WISHING TO
TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION TO THE
BILL? VERY GOOD OPERATOR. CAN
YOU PLEASE OPEN UP THE PHONE
LINE FOR A B A 24? GIVEN
SUPPORTER OF POSITION OF A B 8
24. YOU MAY PRESS ONE AND THEN
ZERO. AGAIN THAT IS ONE AND THEN
ZERO FOR SUPPORTER OPPOSITION.
AND WE WILL GO TO LINE SEVEN.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. SO FOR
MOTHERS AFTER SAYING GABRIEL
VALLEY SUPPORT. CUTE WE HAVE NO
FURTHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
QUÊ. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE
COMMITTEE? MR FONG. UH THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR, CERTAINLY AS
SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS A NUMBER
OF RURAL COMMUNITIES. UM I'M
CONCERNED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
THE SHIFTING OF RESOURCES,
POTENTIALLY FROM RURAL AREAS TO
URBAN AREAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES, YOU KNOW TO ROAD FUNDING
AND IN THE STATES GAS TAX, SO
COULD YOU IS THERE? IS THERE A V
A MECHANISM OR WHAT? WHAT DO YOU
ENVISION? I GUESS WHAT WITH THIS
STRATEGIC PLAN, SO WE'RE STILL
WAITING, WORKING WITH CALTRANS
TO COST? UM AND SO I CAN'T
REALLY UH, IN TERMS OF UM, IT'S
JUST SUPPORTING URBAN AREAS. I
THINK THAT IF YOU KNOW IF
THERE'S A NEED FOR RURAL
GREENING TO THEN I'M OPEN TO
THAT. I JUST THE REASON I
FOCUSED ON URBAN AREAS IS
BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE MORE
DENSELY POPULATED. YOU KNOW,
HEAT ISLANDS, UM, LOWER INCOME.
BUT I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO
CONSIDERING WE ARE STILL WAITING
ON THE COSTS. CENTRAL COST
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU
KNOW THAT THAT I GUESS THAT'S
THAT'S JUST MY CONCERNS. I
WANTED TO JUST, UH IT'S LAID OUT
THERE. IN TERMS OF WE'RE ALWAYS
IN RURAL AREAS. YOU KNOW, UM YOU
KNOW, WE WON'T LOOK ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR MORE RESOURCES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD
SAFETY AND OTHER THINGS, AND SO
I FEAR IS THAT WHATEVER
STRATEGIC PLAN THAT COUCH ENDS
COMES FORWARD WOULD SOMEHOW
SHIFT THOSE RESOURCES AROUND. SO
WHAT THE TIME BEING? I CAN'T
SUPPORT IT. BUT HOPEFULLY AS
AMENDMENTS ARE DEVELOPED. MAYBE
THAT'S WHY WE GET TESTED.
DIFFERENT SPOT. SURE SURE. I
MEAN, I CAN'T SAY THAT. UM AND
THE 2021 BUDGET THERE WAS LIKE
1.1 BILLION UM, ALLOCATED FOR
THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN INITIATIVE
, AND THAT'S TO ADDRESS LITTER
INFRASTRUCTURE. MM
BEAUTIFICATION, SO. YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT MONEY IS
GOING TO BE SPENT. BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY I MEAN THAT
THAT FUNDING. MY UNDERSTANDING
WAS ONE TIME, BUT IF IT
CONTINUES FORWARD, I THINK THAT
CERTAINLY IS, IS AN AREA OF
CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD HAVE
TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A
BALANCE BETWEEN RURAL AREAS AND
URBAN AREA. THANK YOU. WELL, I
REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I
UNDERSTAND MY THE VICE CHAIRS
CONCERNING QUESTION, BUT IN MY
MIND RURAL AREAS TEND TO ALREADY
HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE AROUND
THE HIGHWAYS AND URBAN AREAS,
PARTICULARLY IN ECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGE. ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THERE
OFTEN IS A REAL LACK OF ANY
GREEN SPACE AT ALL. AND THE HEAT
ISLAND EFFECT, AS YOU MENTIONED
IS VERY PROFOUND IN THOSE AREAS
, AND THIS DOES GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME VERY
MUCH NEEDED GREEN SPACE AND
OXYGEN PRODUCING PLANTS. AND
HABITAT IN AREAS THAT ARE
ALREADY OVERRUN WITH CONCRETE IN
MANY CASES, SO I DO THINK THAT
FOCUSING ON URBAN AREAS IS
APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE SPECIFIC
UM, UM, UM UM. UH ALLOCATIONS
THAT ARE CALLED ON THIS BILL,
WHICH IS THIS IS NOT ABOUT
CLEANING UP POLLUTION. IT'S NOT
ABOUT PICKING UP TRASH. IT'S
REALLY ABOUT TRYING TO GREEN
AREAS THAT ARE NOT ALREADY
GREEN. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY
AN URBAN ISSUE. IN MOST CASES.
UM BUT I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
KEEP TALKING WITH MR FONG AND
OTHERS WHO HAVE A SIMILAR
CONCERN. I WANT TO THANK YOU
PERSONALLY FOR ADDING NATIVE
PLANTS TO THIS BILL, UM, LOSS OF
BIODIVERSITY IS SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT THOUGHT OF AS MUCH ALWAYS
BY THE GENERAL POPULATION, BUT A
PROFOUND CONCERN. AS WE'RE
LOSING INSECTS. WE'RE LOSING
POLLINATORS WERE LOSING HABITAT
. WE'RE LOSING THOUSANDS OF
SPECIES ACROSS THE PLANET. SO BY
INCLUDING NATIVE PLANTS IN THIS
YEAR, NOT ONLY REDUCING THE
MAINTENANCE NEEDS BUT YOU'RE
ALSO PROVIDING SOME HABITAT FOR
SOME OF THESE ANIMALS. AND I
HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH
CALTRANS IN THE PAST BECAUSE
I'VE DONE A BILL IN THE PAST
ABOUT TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE
NATIVES, AND I'VE YET TO SEE IT
REALLY BEEN REALLY INSTITUTED. I
STILL SEEK OUT TRANSPLANTING ICE
PLANTS AND LOTS OF NON NATIVE
SUCCULENTS THAT ARE NOT WELL
ADAPTED TO A LOT OF THESE
CLIMATES, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO BE
ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR TO THIS
BILL, IF YOU WOULD HAVE ME UM,
AND WITH I THINK WE DO HAVE A
MOTION AND A SECOND. SO UM,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YES I'D
BE HONORED TO ADD YOU AS CO
AUTHOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A
NIGHT VOTE. THANK YOU. ROLL
CALL, PLEASE. THE MOTION IS DO
PASS AND RE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
FRIEDMAN FRIEDMAN, I FANG I KNOW
BERMAN CARILLO RIO I DAVIES.
BABY'S NOT VOTING. GIBSON AND I
HEART. AYE. JACKSON JACKSON. I
CHOLERA. CHOLERA I, LOWENTHAL.
NO ONE THOUGHT I WIN WHEN I
SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ, NOT VOTING,
WALLACE. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T NOT
VOTING WALLACE WARD. WORD I WIX
WIX. AYE. OKAY? 12 TO 1. THE
BILL IS OUT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE MR
BRIAN. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO MR WARD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
APPROACH THE PODIUM WITH THE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. AND THE
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION. PLEASE
APPROACH. THE DIOCESE AND
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, MR WARD,
YOU CAN BEGIN. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS. THE GOVERNOR'S
HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION
PROJECTS THAT DRIVERS STRUCK AND
KILLED. APPROXIMATELY 7500
PEDESTRIANS IN THE UNITED STATES
IN 2021, THE MOST PEDESTRIAN
DEATHS IN A SINGLE YEAR IN FOUR
DECADES, WHILE PEDESTRIAN DEATHS
HAVE RISEN BY 54% OVER THE PAST
DECADE, ALL OTHER TRAFFIC DEATHS
HAVE INCREASED BY ONLY 13% AT
THE SAME TIME, THE SIZE AND
WEIGHT OF VEHICLES SOLD. THE
UNITED STATES HAS ALSO INCREASED
DRAMATICALLY, WHILE THE RISE IN
PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES HAS MANY
CAUSES, THERE'S GROWING EVIDENCE
THAT THE INCREASE IN VEHICLE
WEIGHT HAS PLAYED A ROLE,
ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE
INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY
WHEN STRUCK BY A SUV AT SPEEDS
OF 20 TO 39 MPH PEDESTRIANS HAD
A 30% FATALITY RATE COMPARED TO
23% WHEN STRUCK BY A CAR, BUT IT
SPEEDS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE FATALITY RATE INCREASES TO
100% WHEN STRUCK BY AN SUV
COMPARED TO 54. WHEN STRUCK BY A
CAR FORCE EQUALS MASS TIMES
ACCELERATION. IT'S NEWTON'S
SECOND LAW. ANOTHER STUDY
COVERING ALL FATAL VEHICLE
COLLISIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
FROM 2020 19 OVER THE TWO
DECADES PERIOD CONCLUDED THAT IF
WE REPLACED ALL LIGHT TRUCKS
WITH STANDARD SIZED CARS, IT
WOULD HAVE ALREADY MORE THAN
8100 FATALITIES. NOW WE'RE NOT
GOING TO GO THERE. BUT IN
RESPONSE TO THESE ALARMING
STUDIES, THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
INCLUDED IN THEIR 22 REPORT TO
THE LEGISLATURE, A
RECOMMENDATION REQUESTING THAT
THE LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED THE
COMMISSION TO CONVENE A TASK
FORCE TO STUDY THE MERITS OF A
WEIGHT BASED REGISTRATION FEE ON
PAST WIENER VEHICLE SIMILAR TO
THOSE ALREADY IN PLACE IN 14
OTHER STATES. WHILE RESULTS AND
THOSE OTHER STATES HAVE BEEN
PROMISING, RANGING FROM FLORIDA
TO NEW YORK TO BOTH DAKOTAS.
MANY ASPECTS OF WHEAT BASED FEE
IN CALIFORNIA REQUIRE FURTHER
EXAMINATION TO UNDERSTAND THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND BENEFITS
AND POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR SAFETY
INFRASTRUCTURE. THEREFORE A B
251 HERE CODIFIES THE
COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS,
PROVIDING THE LEGISLATURE WITH
TOOLS NEEDED TO CRAFT EVIDENCE
BASED POLICY TO CONSIDER OUR
NEXT STEPS. WE OWE IT TO ALL
CALIFORNIANS TO LOOK INTO THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE
VEHICLES AND FATALITIES SO WE
CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
EVERYONE INCLUDING DRIVERS,
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, ALL
FEEL SAFE ON THE ROADWAYS.
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT I HAVE
MARK BOOK CEVICHE WITH STREETS
FOR ALL AND JARED SANCHEZ WITH
THE CALIFORNIA BICYCLE
COALITION. AND I WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. YOU HAVE A MOTION IN A
SECOND. SO YOUR WITNESSES,
PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE
. MARK JACKSON, WHICH AGAIN FROM
STREET FOR ALL. UM WHERE TODAY
WE'RE HERE TODAY IS PROUD
SPONSORS OF 82 51, WHICH STUDIES
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEHICLE
WEIGHT AND PEDESTRIAN DEATHS AND
SEES WHAT WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT
IT IN RELATION TO VEHICLE
REGISTRATION. AS I SAID, IN MY
EARLIER TESTIMONY, OUR STATUS
FOR THAT, FACING A PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY CRISIS PEDESTRIAN
FATALITIES REACHED A FOUR DECADE
HIGH LAST YEAR IN THE UNITED
STATES AND CALIFORNIA HAS THE
MOST ON OUR ROADWAYS. IN
ADDITION TO ADVOCATING HERE AT
THE CAPITOL, ACTUALLY, I WORK ON
THE LOCAL LEVEL AND ORANGE
COUNTY AND ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE
CONCERNS I HEAR FROM LOCAL
VOTERS IS A. YOU KNOW, MY KIDS
ARE STUCK INSIDE BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T GO OUTSIDE SAFELY BECAUSE
ALL THE DANGEROUS CARS IN FRONT
OF MY HOUSE AND THOSE PARENTS
ARE RIGHT. THE VEHICLES ARE
MOVING TOO FAST FOR THE DRIVERS
TO REACT QUICKLY. THEY'RE TOO
LARGE TO SEE THE KIDS. AND
THEY'RE TOO HEAVY WITH TOO MUCH
MOMENTUM TO STOP. SOMETHING
NEEDS TO BE DONE. NUMEROUS
STUDIES HAVE POINTED TO AN
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VEHICLE
WEIGHT AND PEDESTRIAN DEATHS.
THIS BILL WILL STUDY THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT AND
TRAFFIC VIOLENCE SO THAT YOU ALL
ARE. POLICYMAKERS CAN MAKE
POLICY DECISIONS THAT WILL MAKE
SAFER ROADS AND STREETS FOR ALL.
THIS WILL BRING TOGETHER SAFETY
ADVOCATES THE D. M V, THE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND OTHERS
TO FORM A TASK FORCE TO SEE IF
OUR EXISTING REGISTRATION FEES
NEED TO BE ADJUSTED. THIS IS A
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. AND WE
NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
PROTECT VULNERABLE ROAD USERS,
AND THAT'S LIKE OUR KIDS BIKING
TO SCHOOL. IT'S OUR GRANDPARENTS
WALKING TO THE SENIOR CENTER,
AND IT'S OUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS WHO CAN'T SEE TOO WELL
OR CAN'T HEAR TOO WELL. EVERYONE
WHETHER YOUNG OR YOUNG, AT HEART
DESERVES TO NOT DESERVES TO FEEL
SAFE AND NOT FEEL THREATENED BY
CARS THAT ARE TOO HEAVY TO STOP
SAFELY. 82 51 IS AN IMPORTANT
STEP TOWARDS THE INCREASINGLY
URGENT ISSUE OF MAKING OUR ROADS
SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
CYCLISTS. I WANT TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR NUANCED
CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL AND I
ENCOURAGE MY VOTE. HELLO
COMMITTEE. JARED SANCHEZ, POLICY
DIRECTOR FOR COW BIKE. STRONGLY
URGES YOU TO SUPPORT A B 2 51
PEDESTRIAN CYCLIST, FATALITIES
AND INJURIES HAVE BEEN
INCREASING. CARS AND TRUCKS
POSED THE GREATEST DANGER THE
TRAFFIC VIOLENCE CAUSED BY HEAVY
VEHICLES ON VULNERABLE ROAD
USERS NEEDS GREATER ATTENTION BY
STATE POLICY. DATA IS CLEAR, THE
LARGER THE VEHICLE, THE GREATER
THE RISK FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
PEOPLE ON BIKES. VEHICLE WEIGHT
HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED SINCE
1980 WITH THE AVERAGE CAR SOLD
IN THE US WEIGHING AROUND £1000
MORE THAN IT DID THEN 33%
INCREASE. STUDY AFTER STUDY
SHOWED THAT COLLISIONS BETWEEN
LARGE VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS
AND PEOPLE ON BIKES OR MORE
LIKELY TO RESULT IN SERIOUS
INJURY AND DEATH. BECAUSE THESE
VEHICLES ARE TALLER, THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO HIT VULNERABLE
ROAD USERS HIGHER ON THEIR
BODIES AROUND THEIR TORSO. THE
INCREASED WEIGHT MEANS THESE
VEHICLES TAKE LONGER TO SLOW
DOWN AND THEY COLLIDE WITH MORE
FORCE THAN SMALLER CARS.
ADDITIONALLY LARGER VEHICLES
ALSO TAKE A HEAVIER TOLL ON THE
STATE'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND
SMALLER CARS REQUIRING MORE
FREQUENT ROAD MAINTENANCE. AND
THEIR WEIGHT CONTRIBUTES TO
INCREASE CANCER, CAUSING
PARTICULAR POLLUTION RESULTING
FROM BREAK ENTIRE AWARE
INCREASES IN CARBON CONSUMPTION
AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
CHARGING BY VEHICLE WEIGHT IS
NOT UNIQUE. AT LEAST 13 STATES,
INCLUDING NEW YORK AND FLORIDA,
CHARGE, A WEIGHT BASED VEHICLE
FEE IS NOW TIME FOR CALIFORNIA
TO START THE PROCESS BY
DEVELOPING A STATE SPECIFIC
STUDY SO THAT FURTHER POLICY
ACTION CAN BE TAKEN. I HOPE YOU
CAN SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT
EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS
THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO
WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS SYLVIA SALAS SHAH HERE
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA AND STRONG SUPPORT, ALSO
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. WE ARE IN
SUPPORT. WE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW
UP WITH THE AUTHOR REGARDING A
POTENTIAL AMENDMENT. BUT HERE IN
STRONG SUPPORT TODAY, THANK YOU.
SOFIA OFF TOCCOA WITH THE
COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR AND
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MICHAELA HELD ON BEHALF OF CAL
START A CALIFORNIA BASED
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY
CONSORTIUM. WHILE WE SUPPORT MR
WARD'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE SAFETY
FOR PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER JOBS,
JUST NAME AND YOUR POSITION,
WE'RE HEARING SUPPORT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. UM, IF AMENDED. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SURE THE
AUTHOR WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT
YOUR CONCERNS. UM, WITH THAT I
IS THERE. AN OPPOSITION WITNESS
HERE. I DON'T SEE ONE COMING
FORWARD. IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED
TO THE BILL? WHO WANTS TO COME
UP TO SPEAK AT THE AT THE
MICROPHONE? OKAY SEEING NONE.
OPERATOR CAN YOU PLEASE OPEN THE
PHONE LINES FOR A B 2 51? IF YOU
ARE IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF
A B 2 51 PLEASE PRESS ONE THAN
ZERO ON YOUR PHONE. OPPOSITION
OR SUPPORT OF A B 251. AND WE DO
HAVE ABOUT FIVE QUEUING UP HERE.
YEAH AND WE WILL START WITH WINE
NUMBER SEVEN. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
FROM OTHERS ON BEHALF BACK WITH
ANGULAR VALLEY WE SUPPORT THANK
YOU. NEXT WE WILL GO TO LINE
NUMBER. 30, PLEASE GO AHEAD. BUT
THIS YEAR VERY GOOD FROM BICYCLE
OVER CITY AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF
82 51. THANK YOU. OKAY WE'RE
WAITING FOR THE OTHER COUPLE OF
THE QUEUE UP HERE, GET THEIR
NIGHTLINE NUMBERS AND WE WILL GO
TO LINE NUMBER 26, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI THIS IS JUSTIN FROM
BACK EAST BAY, AND WE ARE IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL
GO TO LINE NUMBER 13, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. JUSTIN BARONS ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION IS
PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL GO TO THE
LAST ONE IN Q IS LINE NUMBER 28,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. JOSHUA COOPER
FROM NORTH HOLLYWOOD IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. AND THERE ARE NO MORE
IN QUÊ MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
I'LL GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO
SEE IF ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS I
WANT TO SPEAK. OH, I JUST WANT
TO SAY I THINK THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT BILL AND I ACTUALLY
BELIEVE THAT THE NATIONAL
HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION
SHOULD BE DOING THIS
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. BUT IF
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFER THAN IT'S CERTAINLY
APPROPRIATE THAT CALIFORNIA DOES
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. I WOULD BE
VERY HONORED IF YOU WOULD
CONSIDER ADDING ME AS A JOINT
AUTHOR TO THIS BILL. WE HAVE A
MOTION. OH, I'M SORRY WE HAVE WE
HAVE A MOTION FOR MR GIBSON AND
WE CAN HAVE A SECOND. I'M
ANYBODY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
I'M HAPPY TO AFTER SHE WAS A
JOINT AUTHOR. I WANT TO THANK
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR YOUR
THOUGHTFUL WORK AS WE WORKED ON
THIS TOGETHER DURING OUR
RESEARCH, PERIOD AND STREETS
FALL AS WELL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
IN THE SPACE, UM, HAPPY TO
RESPOND FULLY REQUESTER. I VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A
REAL CALL, PLEASE. THE MOTION IS
DO PASS AND RE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
FRIEDMAN FRIEDMAN, I FANG.
BERMAN CORIO HØI DAVIES. BABIES
KNOW GIBSON. GIBSON I HEART PART
I JACKSON. JACKSON. I KALRA.
ALRIGHT I LOWENTHAL THOUGHT I
WIN. WHEN I SANCHEZ SANCHEZ? NO.
WALLACE. WALLACE, NOT VOTING
WARD. WORD. I WICKS. AYE. THE
VOTE IS TENDED TO THE BILL IS
OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR.
BRIAN IS HERE WITH OUR LAST
BILL. WE ALWAYS SAVE THE BEST
AUTHOR FOR LAST HMM. SORRY. I'M
NOT TRYING TO PLAY FAVORITES.
TRY TO MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER. WE
HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A
SECOND STRONG SIGNAL THERE.
ALRIGHT. YOU MAY PROCEED
PRESSURE. THANK YOU, MADAM.
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. UM I COME
BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT A B
8 25. IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW,
YOU CAN BE CITED FOR WRITING ON
THE SIDEWALK EVEN WHERE NO SAFE
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OR MOBILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS ON THE
STREETS. AND DESPITE NO EVIDENCE
THAT SUGGESTS THAT SIDEWALK
RIDING DIFFERS BY RACE, NEARLY
ALL CITATIONS OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR. IN FACT, OVER 70% ARE
LATINOS EXCLUSIVELY. BICYCLE
LIST SHOULD HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO
DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES, WHETHER
IT'S SAFER TO BE ON THE STREET
OR ON THE SIDEWALK, WHERE NO
SAFE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
PEDESTRIANS, GROUPS AND
DISABILITY RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A SPEED
CAP ON RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK TO
PREVENT ANY KIND OF COLLISIONS.
BUT ALL OF THE DATA SHOWS THAT
WE LOSE. NEARLY THREE CYCLISTS A
WEEK IN CALIFORNIA TO DEATH ON
THE STREET AND MY TEAM, AND I IN
THE PAST MONTH COULDN'T FIND A
SINGLE CASE OF POSSESSION ON THE
SIDEWALK WHO LOST THEIR LIFE TO
A BICYCLIST. AND THIS IS SMART
POLICY. THE ANSWER TO THIS HIS
MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IN
THE ABSENCE OF IT, CRIMINALIZING
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FOR
RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE
THEY BELIEVE IT'S SAFER THAN
WRITING IN THE STREET. IS THE
WRONG APPROACH. I RESPECT THE
ASK YOUR I VOTE AND WITH ME
TODAY, STREETS FOR ALL YOU'RE
MAKING A LOT OF APPEARANCES.
I'VE GOT A BUBBA FISH WITH ME.
AND I'VE ALSO GOT. JARED SANCHEZ
, THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE
CALIFORNIA BY COALITION. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M BUBBA
FISH, CO DIRECTOR OF STATE
POLICY FOR STREETS FOR ALL THE
PROUD SPONSORS A B A 25 THE
RIGHT TO RIDE BILL AUTHORED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ISAAC BRIAN.
THIS BILL PROHIBITS LOCALITIES
FROM RESTRICTING CYCLING ON THE
SIDEWALK ON STREETS WHERE SITE
SAFE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE DOES
NOT EXIST, ALLOWING CALIFORNIANS
TO RIDE WHERE IT IS SAFEST FOR
THEM AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM.
I WAS RECENTLY WRITING MY BIKE
TO UCLA, WHERE I'M A GRADUATE
STUDENT WHEN I WAS ROUTED ONTO
PICO BOULEVARD, A SEVEN LANE
STREET WITH NO BIKE LANES. CAR
ZOOMED RIGHT PAST ME GOING 50
MILES AN HOUR. SO FEARING FOR MY
LIFE, I TOOK REFUGE ON THE
SIDEWALK, WHICH, THANKFULLY, IS
LEGAL IN THE CITY OF L. A.
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS FORCED
TO MAKE THAT ARE FORCED TO MAKE
THE CHOICE BETWEEN RIDING THEIR
BICYCLE ON DEADLY STREETS OR
BREAKING THE LAW. CRIMINALIZING
CYCLISTS WHO RIDE ON THE
SIDEWALK FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY
RATHER THAN A STREET WITH NO
BIKE LANES LEADS TO UNNEEDED AND
BIASED INTERACTIONS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT. IN FACT, AN L A
TIMES INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT
BETWEEN 2017 AND 2021 BIKE
RIDERS AND LOW INCOME MINORITY
COMMUNITIES WERE STOPPED INCITED
FAR MORE OFTEN THAN THOSE IN
MORE AFFLUENT, WIDER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY COUNTY. EXCUSE ME.
THIS KIND OF PROFILING IS NOT
JUST UNFAIR. IT ALSO CREATES A
BARRIER FOR COMMUNITIES WHO
ALREADY FACE CHALLENGES IN
ACCESSING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
TRANSPORTATION. IT IS A MATTER
OF LIFE OR DEATH. FOR MANY FOLKS
WHO USE A BICYCLE TO GET AROUND
IN CALIFORNIA AS A SEVEN MEMBER
, BRIAN JUST REFERRED TO 130
CYCLISTS DIE EACH YEAR BETWEEN
2016 AND 2018. CYCLISTS DEATHS
HIDDEN ALL TIME HIGH OF NEARLY
500 DEATHS OVER A THREE YEAR
PERIOD. THIS BILL KEEPS CYCLISTS
AND PEDESTRIANS SAFE. CYCLING ON
THE SIDEWALK HAS ALREADY BEEN
LEGALIZED IN AT LEAST 14,
CALIFORNIA CITIES, HOME TO OVER
SIX MILLION PEOPLE AND STILL
SERIOUS BIKE ON PEDESTRIAN
COLLISIONS REMAIN EXCEEDINGLY
RARE AND FATALITIES FROM THOSE
INCIDENTS ALMOST NON EXISTENT.
WE WORKED WITH DISABILITY AND
WALKING ADVOCATES LIKE
CALIFORNIA WALKS IN THE DESIGN
OF THIS BILL, AND ADDED A
PROVISION THAT CYCLISTS MUST
YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS ON
SIDEWALKS AND ADHERE TO A 10
MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
FURTHERMORE THE BILL ESTABLISHES
THAT PEDESTRIANS ALWAYS HAVE THE
RIGHT OF WAY ON SIDEWALKS. YOUR
YOUR TWO MINUTES IF YOU CAN
FINISH UP 25, OR MOVES, BARRIERS
TO CYCLING, REDUCES UNNECESSARY
INTERACTIONS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND HELPS PREVENT
NEEDLESS DEATHS ON OUR ROADS.
IT'S A CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS
CREATING SAFER, MORE EQUITABLE
STREETS FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS, SO
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK WHEN I VOTE.
THANKS. THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS.
HELLO AGAIN. COMMITTEE CHAIRED
SANCHEZ WITH THE COW BANK
COMPLEX STRONGLY URGES YOU TO
SUPPORT A B 8 25 SIDEWALK
WRITING IDEAL. NO IDEALLY, WE
HAVE SAFE CONNECTED PROTECTED
BIKE WAYS, CREATING CONVENIENT
TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND ITS
COMMUNITIES. MOST STREETS WOULD
BE COMPLETE STREETS WITH SAFE
FACILITIES FOR ALL MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION. BUT THAT'S NOT
THE REALITY TODAY AND EVEN IN
CALIFORNIA WOULD FULLY FUND OR
ACCESS STATION AFTER
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IMMEDIATELY
. IT WOULD TAKE YEARS TO
TRANSFORM EVERY DANGEROUS
RAILWAY IN CALIFORNIA INTO A
SAFE ROUTE FOR BIKING. IN THE
MEANTIME, PEOPLE ON BIKES MUST
AT TIMES TRAVEL ON STREETS WITH
BEST TRAFFIC. AND NO BIKE LANES
. MAYBE A 25 ALLOWS BIKE RIDERS
TO SHARE SPACES WITH PEDESTRIANS
SAFELY RATHER THAN TWO TONS,
SPEEDING VEHICLES. BEYOND THE
REALITY OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE ON
OUR STREETS, SIDEWALKS RIDING IS
OFTEN USED AS A PRETEXT FOR
POLICE TO STOP INCITE PEOPLE ON
BIKES. PLEASE DISPROPORTIONATELY
TARGET BLACK AND LATINO MEN,
STOPPING THEM FOR SMALL
INFRACTIONS, INCITING THEM
MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
MORE LIKELY. TO LACK SAFE BIKE
WAYS, FORCING PEOPLE TO RIDE ON
SIDEWALKS. DECRIMINALIZING
SIDEWALK RIDING PROTECTS
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS FROM
POLICE ENCOUNTERS, IN ADDITION
TO SHIELDING THEM FROM TRAFFIC
VIOLENCE. LASTLY I HAVE PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ISSUE. IN
2016. I WAS STOPPED SEARCHING
ISSUED A CITATION BY THE L. A
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
CLAIMING I WAS RIDING MY BIKE ON
THE SIDEWALK. IN FACT, I WAS
WALKING MY BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK
, AND ONLY AFTER MY INSISTENT
PROTESTS, THE DEPUTIES RELENTED
BY EMITTING. THEY THOUGHT THEY
SAW ME WRITING. ON THE SIDEWALK.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE THOUSANDS
OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT BIKES ON
BIKES OR UNFAIRLY STOPPED. THE
RECENT L. A TIMES INVESTIGATION
ONLY UNDERSCORED MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE WHEN POLICE USE MINOR
FRACTIONS TO TARGET VULNERABLE
PEOPLE AND FURTHER DAMAGED TRUST
BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE HOPE YOU CAN
SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT, BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE
ANYONE IN THE ROOM WISHING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL?
I DON'T HAVE ANY WITNESSES ON
FILE AND OPPOSITION. IS THERE
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WISHING TO
TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION? SEEING
THEM WILL GO TO THE PHONE LINES.
OPERATOR COULD YOU PLEASE OPEN
THE PHONE LINES FOR A B 8 25? IF
YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION
OF A B 25 IT IS ONE THEN ZERO ON
YOUR PHONE. THAT'S IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION OF A B 8 25 AND WE
HAVE A BOAT FIVE AND Q AND WE
WILL START WITH LINE NUMBER 26.
26 YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THIS IS
JUSTIN WHO WIN FROM BICYCLE
TESTING AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT.
SO THANK YOU. NEXT, YOU WILL GO
TO LINE NUMBER SEVEN. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. SO FOR MATTERS ON BEHALF
OF ACTIVE SAYING, BRO VALLEY WE
SUPPORT THANK YOU NEXT WEEK.
WE'VE GOT TO LINE NUMBER 31,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THIS IS
ISAIAH MADISON WITH THE BOOK
CALIFORNIA IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES
OPPOSED. THANK YOU. MY NUMBER
28. PROBABLY GOT THEMSELVES THAT
ACCUSED SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO
LINE NUMBER 30. YES BUT THIS
HERE BIBLE FROM BIKES, COOPER
CITY AND SUPPORT FOR A B H 25.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THERE
ARE NO OTHERS IN QUÊ. MADAM
CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OPERATOR WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
THE COMMITTEE. NOW, MR WARD.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR RAISING REASON.
THIS ISSUE REMINDED ME OF SOME
MY OWN EXPERIENCES WHEN I WAS ON
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON CITY COUNCIL
AND LIKE YOU, I ABSOLUTELY
AGREE. YOU KNOW, WE IT'S NOT
IDEAL TO BE MOVING. WE MUST DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE
OUR ROADWAYS ARE SAFE FOR
BICYCLISTS AS WELL. AND I GET
THE NEED TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT
DECISION FOR SAFETY. TO BE ABLE
TO MOVE OVER TO A SIDEWALK WHERE
YOU'RE FEELING LESS LIKELY TO BE
HIT AND AFTER THE LAST BILLS
INJURED OR KILLED BY A VEHICLE.
UM AND THEN WE GET INTO ANOTHER
SPACE RIGHT WHERE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN
VERSUS BICYCLE CONFLICTS, AND WE
DID SEE SOME OF THAT. UM UH, TWO
ISSUES KIND OF AROSE FROM A
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. RESPECTIVE UM,
ONE WAS BICYCLES THAT WE'RE
MOVING OVER TO USE A SIDEWALK.
UM WE'RE ENCOUNTERING, UM,
IMPERFECTIONS OR OTHER, YOU KNOW
ISSUES ON THAT SIDEWALK THAT MAY
BE A NORMAL PEDESTRIAN. UH, YOU
KNOW, WOULDN'T HAVE HAD SAY,
LIKE A TRIP HAZARD OR SOMETHING,
BUT IT CAUSED AN INJURY AND IT
CAUSED A LOT OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF PAYOUTS FROM CITIES
BECAUSE THEY WERE ARGUING IN
COURT THAT THIS ALSO SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ALLOWED. I THINK PROVIDING
CLARITY WHERE IT DOES OR SHOULD
OR SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED, YOU
KNOW? IS IT CERTAINLY HELPFUL,
BUT SOMETIMES THEY WANT
SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T WANT AND
SO I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS,
KNOWING THAT IF WE'RE SHIFTING
MORE PEOPLE TO A SIDEWALK THAT
WE COULD ALSO BE SHIFTING
LIABILITIES TO CITIES OR
COUNTIES AND UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITIES FOR USE OF THAT
SPACE AS WELL. WHERE A SIDEWALK
ISN'T NECESSARILY INTENSE, NOT
BUILT FOR AH, A BICYCLE IN AND
IT'S YOU KNOW, KIND OF ORIGINAL
DESIGN. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE ESPECIALLY
IN VERY HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS
ARE VERY TOURISM AREAS. YOU KNOW
, WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS OR
PATHWAYS THAT WILL HAVE A HIGH
VOLUME OF PEDESTRIANS. AND SO
YOU GET THEN INTO MAYBE, YOU
KNOW. FORTUNATELY NO NO
INJURIES, BUT YOU GET INTO A LOT
OF CONFLICT. AND SO WHAT I'M
HOPING FOR IS IF THIS BILL IS
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE
AUTHOR CONSIDERED REALLY TWO
THINGS FOR ME TO HAVE SUPPORT
FOR AND ON THE FLOOR IS ONE
LOOKING INTO INDEMNIFICATION FOR
CITIES WHEN A BICYCLIST IS
CHOOSING TO USE A SIDEWALK FOR
BICYCLE PURPOSES, AND THE SECOND
THING IS TO LOOK FOR NARROW
EXEMPTIONS FROM THIS PROHIBITION
WHERE CERTAIN CONDITIONS MIGHT
BE ESTABLISHED UNDER LOCAL
ORDINANCE THAT, UH, LOCAL
WALKWAY OR OR UM OR BOARDWALK OR
OTHER, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY USED
PEDESTRIAN SPACE. UH YOU KNOW,
JUST MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR,
UH, NON PEDESTRIAN VEHICLES AS A
PART OF THAT AS WELL. I JUST
ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE THINK
ABOUT AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH
YOU ON THAT, LOOKING AT NARROW
EXEMPTIONS AS WELL. THAT COULD
MAKE THIS WORK IN A VERY
DEVELOPMENT. LANDSCAPE. HAPPY TO
WORK WITH ANYBODY ON ALL PARTS
OF THIS. I THINK THE LIABILITY
ABILITY ISSUE IS DEFINITELY A
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WE COULD
WE COULD DO NOW BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT CITIES ARE PAYING MASSIVE
LIABILITIES IN THE STREETS, AND
SO THE IDEA THAT THERE WOULD BE,
UM, LIABILITY CONCERNS ON THE
SIDEWALK, I THINK ARE PROBABLY
NEGLIGIBLE COMPARED TO SOME OF
THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING ON
THE STREETS CURRENTLY, UM YOU
KNOW, I THERE. ON SOME
INDIVIDUAL CASES, THEY HAVE NOT
NECESSARILY BEEN NEGLIGIBLE WHEN
THEY AMASSED A SEVEN FIGURE
PAYOUTS. THE SAN DIEGO PAID $5
MILLION THIS YEAR AND SEVEN
SUITS, 2.5 MILLION AND ONE
PERSON IN ST COLLISIONS PAID ONE
MILLION TO TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN
WHO GOT HIT BY A POLICE CAR ON
THE STREET DOWNTOWN. AND SO IT'S
A TRADE OFF AND I THINK WE COULD
DO THE ANALYSIS TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT IF IT IF IT'S WORTH, UM,
TRYING TO COUNTERBALANCE OR IF
WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING MONEY. THE
MORE PEOPLE TRANSITION, BUT I
WOULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH YOU
ON THAT AND LOOK AT THERE ARE
WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF OF
CERTAIN PARTICULAR AREAS,
ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT
TO WRITE ON THE SIDE, UH,
SIDEWALK EITHER. SO IF THE
CYCLIST DOESN'T FEEL SAFE, AND
IT'S SUPER CROWDED SIDEWALK, I
COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD
. BUT IF IT'S EASIER TO TRY TO
GIVE SOME LOCAL CONTROLLER IDEAS
TO MAKE THAT EASILY MORE EASILY
UNDERSTOOD. HAPPY TO WORK WITH
YOU ON THAT, UM I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE
THAT. AND THEN I ALSO, YOU KNOW,
NOTED FOR THE COMMITTEE'S
ANALYSIS AS WELL TO THE INTENT
OF THIS TO TRY TO TRY TO DETER
OR GIVE SOME RELIEF TO, UH UM
CALIFORNIANS HAVE COLOR THAT ARE
BEING DISPROPORTIONATE, FULLY
FULLY GET THAT AND APPRECIATE
THAT AND IT IT'S KIND OF AN OPEN
QUESTION. IF YOU'RE MOVING THIS
OVER TO A SITUATION WHERE EVEN
THOUGH YES, YOU MUST YIELD TO A
PEDESTRIAN OR YES, YOU MUST TAKE
UNDER 10 MILES AN HOUR, YOU
KNOW, DO THEY OR EVEN WITH OPEN
VESTRY INS AROUND DO THEY KIND
OF FEEL THE FREEDOM TO MAYBE HIT
12 OR 15 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN
GET GET DINGED. GET GET TURNED A
STOPPED INCITED JUST FOR THAT.
IS THIS GOING TO INCREASE
CITATIONS OR WATCH ACTIVITY?
IT'S A REALLY, YOU KNOW, BIG
UNKNOWN, BUT JUST SOMETHING I
WOULD WANT TO THINK THROUGH AS
WELL THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY
INCREASE THE EXACT INTENT OF
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO
DECREASE IN OUR PUBLIC
INTERACTIONS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE AS WELL.
UM SO HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTED THIS
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU, AS WELL
AS HIS BILLS MOVE FORWARD.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR
GIBSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR
BRINGING THIS BEFORE THE THIS
COMMITTEE. UM UM, I'M SUPPORTING
THE BILL. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
AND KNOW THE STATISTICS THAT
SURROUNDS THIS AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WITNESS. BUT
I WILL. ALSO I THINK THERE IS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO CALTRANS HAVE,
AS YOUR WITNESS HAS INDICATED.
CERTAINLY WHEN CALTRANS IS
DEFERRING OR REROUTING TRAFFIC,
THEY SHOULD, IN FACT, CONSIDER
AND PLACING IN. IT SHOULD BE A
NO BRAINER FOR BICYCLISTS
BECAUSE WE DO MAKE SURE WE ARE,
YOU KNOW, CHANGING OUR STREETS
AND MAKING SURE THAT AS BIKE
FRIENDLY WE HAVE BIKE FRIENDLY
LANES AND THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY
TAKE IN CONSIDERATION SO IT
SHOULD BE DONE AS A NO BRAINER
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE COUCH
TRANS OR YOU WORKOUT TRANSLATE
TO BRING THIS TO CALTRANS
ATTENTION TO MAKING SURE THAT
WHEN THEY'RE DIVERTING TRAFFIC
THAT THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED,
WITHOUT PLACING PEDESTRIANS AND
WRITERS IN JEOPARDY, THERE'S NO
REASON WHY HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
IN TRAFFIC GOING 50 MILES AN
HOUR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND PLEASE CONSIDER ME AS A CO
AUTHOR OF IT. THE DEAL ACCEPTED.
MR FONG. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
. QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW THERE'S
A LOT OF LOCALLY. THERE'S A LOT
OF INTERNAL DISCUSSION ABOUT E
BIKES AND ALLOWING THEM ON
SIDEWALKS AND WE'RE NOT. CAN
YOU, UM CAN YOU PROVIDE ME A
LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON WHY
YOU ALLOW E BIKES ON SIDEWALKS?
AND I THINK THAT'S A
CONVERSATION THAT I'M ACTUALLY
STILL OPEN TO HAVING. UM, I
THINK THAT THE 10 MILE PER HOUR
PROHIBITION APPLIES TO ANY AND
ALL BICYCLES ON THE SIDEWALK. I
THINK. YOU COULD ARGUE THAT ANY
BIKE COULD BETTER EVEN GAUGE
THAT SPEED BECAUSE OF THE
REPORTING BACK ON YOUR SPEED ON
MANY BIKES, BUT THAT'S A
CONVERSATION I'M OPEN TO
CONTINUING TO HAVE WITH YOU.
OKAY I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
MANY CONCERNS. I MEAN THAT BEING
ALSO THAT THIS IS KIND OF A TOP
DOWN APPROACH. YOU KNOW THAT TO
MY COLLEAGUES THAT CERTAIN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN
KIND OF A LOCAL JURISDICTIONAL
ISSUE AND TO NOW KIND OF HAVE TO
STAY COME IN AND PROHIBIT OR IN
OR OVERRIDE LOCAL CONTROL IS
SOMETHING THAT UM YOU KNOW IS
PROBLEMATIC FOR MYSELF, BUT I DO
I DO TRY TO. I'M TRYING TO YOU
KNOW, I RESPECT YOUR YOUR YOUR
YOUR YOUR PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS
THIS THIS AREA AND I'M JUST
TRYING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS.
THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. MR
LOWENTHAL.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FIRST OF ALL. I
APPLAUD YOU TOTALLY AND
COMPLETELY FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD AND I SUPPORT IT
WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I DO HAVE A
QUESTION FOR YOU, UM MY
DISTRICT. THERE ARE FOUR CITIES.
ONE OF THOSE IS AVALON CATALINA
. IT HAS ONLY A FEW 1000
RESIDENTS AND OVER A MILLION
TOURISTS EVERY YEAR AND ALSO HAS
VIRTUALLY NO CARS. IT'S ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY WHAT ARE CALLED
OTTAWA. IT'S EFFECTIVELY GOLF
CARTS THE WAY THAT GET PEOPLE
AROUND. AND SO MOST OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE ON BIKES ARE ARE
EITHER THE RESIDENTS BUT ON ANY
GIVEN WEEKEND. IT'S ALMOST
ENTIRELY TOURISTS. AND THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS THEM TO STAY IN
CERTAIN AREAS. ACTUALLY IT'S
KIND OF THE CONVERSE OF THIS. IS
THERE ALREADY EXEMPTION OR ROOM
FOR EXEMPTION? FOR SPECIFIC
TOURIST DISTRICT LIKE THIS.
THAT'S YOU KNOW, MAY NOT FIT
INTO THIS BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID,
THE INTENTION OF THIS BILL TO ME
IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED AND I'M
IN SUPPORT, REGARDLESS, BUT
WONDERING IF WE CAN MUCH LIKE MR
WARD BROUGHT UP IF THERE'S
ABILITY TO HAVE EXEMPTION. I'M
OPEN TO ALL CONVERSATIONS, BUT I
THINK ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES TO ESTABLISHES THAT
BICYCLISTS WOULD RATHER RIGHT ON
THE STREET. LIST WOULD RATHER
RIDE ON A SAFE BIKE LANE OR SAFE
MOBILITY LANE. THE PREFERENCE
ISN'T TO GO ON A SIDEWALK. UM
FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT WERE
MENTIONED BY OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
SAN DIEGO, RIGHT, IT'S NOT THE
PREFERRED WAY TO RIDE. BUT IN
THE ABSENCE OF A SAFE PATHWAY ON
THE STREET WOULD BE THE ONLY
REASON THAT A BICYCLIST WOULD BE
EMPOWERED TO MAKE THAT
DETERMINATION OF WHETHER TO TRY
TO ZIGZAG THROUGH CARS WHERE TO
GO THIS WAY, SO WE COULD. WE
COULD DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT
EXEMPTIONS. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT
WOULD BE ENTIRELY NECESSARY IF
THERE'S NO CARS IN THE STREETS
ARE OPEN FROM COUNTRIES X Y AND
Z MAY NOT BE UNDER THE SAME YOU
KNOW MENTALITY THAT WE'RE
SPEAKING OF RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S
A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PLACE IN
THIS DISTRICT. SO WE TALKED
ABOUT IT A BEAUTIFUL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THE
STEVIE'S. THANK YOU. THIS IS
OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT
WE DEAL WITH A LOT IN MY
DISTRICT AND JUST A FEW CONCERNS
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND TO SAFETY
SAFETY FOR THE BIKE RIDERS
SAFETY FOR THE PEDESTRIAN. WE'RE
HAVING A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH KIDS
RIDING THEIR BIKES ON SIDEWALKS,
AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SUBURBAN
AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING
THEIR DOGS, THEIR BABIES, THEIR
KIDS. EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE
COMING IN THERE, AND WE'RE
HAVING ACCIDENT AFTER ACCIDENT
HAPPENING, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE
CHILDREN, NOT KNOWING THE RULES
OF THE ROAD NUMBER ONE NOT
FOLLOWING THE RULES AND YOU KNOW
TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GO
MORE THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. WE
KNOW THAT A LOT OF THESE BAGS
CLASS TO CLASS THREE CAN GO UP
TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. UM THEY'RE
NOT PAYING ATTENTION, AND WE
CAN'T PUT A POLICE OFFICER TO
SIT THERE AND PUT A LITTLE THING
IN. MONITOR THEM GOING. SO I
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING AT
WHAT I ASK IS NOT TO MAKE THIS
ONE SIZE FITS ALL BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT AREN'T
PROBABLY HAPPENING IN YOUR
DISTRICT. WE HAVE DIFFERENT
THINGS. WE HAVE THAT WHEN WE
HAVE THE SAME IS PUBLIC SAFETY
AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE 100%
ALWAYS ON THE SAME TOPIC WITH
THAT, BUT PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE
THIS OUT THERE IS GOING TO BE
HARMFUL TO MY DISTRICT BECAUSE
WE'RE ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS
AND WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH OUR
STUDENTS. WE'VE GOTTA CLASSES
GOING ON EDUCATION ON THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY SHOULD BE
RIDING, RIDING THEIR BIKES WHERE
THEY SHOULDN'T BE RUNNING THEIR
BIKES. BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T
CARE. THEY'RE GOING EVERYWHERE.
THERE YOU KNOW, AND IT'S WE'RE
HAVING PEOPLE INJURED. WE'RE
HAVING SENIORS INJURED. WE'RE
HAVING MOTHERS WITH BABIES
INJURED BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST
GOING ON THERE, AND THEY'RE NOT
STAYING IN THE SIDEWALK AND WE
SORRY IN THE STREET, AND WE DO
HAVE BIKE LANES. AND SO THAT'S
THE PROBLEM, TOO. SO ALL I DO IS
LISTENING TO US WHENEVER LOAN TO
IF WE COULD JUST MAKE IT WHERE
PERHAPS IT'S A REGIONAL, YOU
KNOW, LET HIM MAKE HIM DECIDE IF
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DO THIS IF YOU WANT, BUT
DON'T PUT THAT ACROSS THE BOARD
BECAUSE IT WILL JUST CAUSE EVEN
MORE INJURIES IN MY DISTRICT SO
RESPECTFULLY AND REMEMBER, IF
YOU HAVE BIKE LANES. THIS BILL
DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU AT ALL.
EVERYTHING STAYS THE EXACT SAME
IF YOU HAVE BIKE LANE
INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS ONLY
APPLIES TO PLACES THAT DO NOT
HAVE SAFE BIKE LANE
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THIS DOESN'T
THIS DOESN'T TOUCH AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE
AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE BIKE
LANES AGAIN. UPDATING
INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND THINGS
LIKE THAT. SO I JUST ASKED THAT
IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN SAY,
LISTEN, IF A CITY WANTS TO UP IN
ON THAT THEY CAN DO IT AT LEAST
SEE WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE JUST
PUTTING THAT ACROSS TO EVERY IN
CITY BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO COME
DOWN JUST LIKE I SAID, IT'S
WE'VE HAD THE BEACH AREAS. YOU
KNOW WHAT? IT'S DANGEROUS.
YOU'VE GOT TONS OF PEOPLE
WALKING ON THESE PATHS AND TO
HAVE YOU KNOW HE BIKES GOING
2030 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN
AGAIN, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY
MONITORED THEM? SO I APPRECIATE
IT. JUST TAKE THOSE
CONSIDERATIONS IN. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANYONE
ELSE. UM WE KNEW THIS WAS GONNA
BE A TOUGH BILL QUITE HONESTLY,
AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT IT. AND OUR COMMITTEE. UH
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO STOP, AND
THAT'S THE SORT OF PUNITIVE
TICKETING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST
TRYING TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. WE
AGREE THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE GET THE POLICE HAVE
STOPPED GIVING STOP HARASSING
PEOPLE. REALLY FOR VERY LITTLE
GOOD REASON THERE ARE SOMETIMES
WHEN PEOPLE DO DESERVE A
CITATION. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN
PEOPLE RIDE RECKLESSLY ENOUGH ON
A SIDEWALK AND YOU KNOW SOME
URBAN AREAS TO WHERE I WISH THAT
THEY HAD BEEN A POLICE OFFICER
TICKET THEM. UM YOU KNOW, I
LIVED IN NEW YORK BIKE
MESSENGERS WERE USUALLY THE MAIN
OFFENDERS OF THAT WE DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF THEM HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. UM YOU KNOW, AND I
MYSELF OFF OCCASIONALLY DO RIDE
ON SIDEWALKS BECAUSE YOU KNOW
PLACES LIKE LOS FELIZ BOULEVARD
IN LOS ANGELES IS A LOT OF
PLACES WHERE I AM JUST NOT GOING
TO WRITE IN THE STREET. AND SO
THERE ARE YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT
DECISION. ON THE FLIP SIDE. I
HAVE A FRIEND WHO GOT KILLED
BECAUSE HE WAS WRITING ON THE
SIDEWALK POPPED INTO THE STREET
WHEN THE CARS COULDN'T POSSIBLY
SEE HIM. AND WHEN MY DAUGHTER
AND SHE ALSO I LET HER RIGHT ON
THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE PARTS OF MY
COMMUNITY I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH
A NINE YEAR OLD BEING ON THE
STREET. AND I WORRY BECAUSE
THOSE SIDEWALKS OFTEN THEY HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO VISIBILITY BECAUSE
OF SHRUBS AND YOU KNOW THOSE
DRIVEWAYS ARE TERRIFYING TO ME,
SO IT'S REALLY A TRADEOFF, RIGHT
? UM BUT I AGREE. I THINK IF
SOMEONE WAS TO TICKET HER FROM
ME, MAKING THAT CHOICE IS A MOM.
THIS IS SAFER THAN THAT. THAT
WOULD SEEM REALLY, REALLY
PUNITIVE. SO I'M GOING TO
SUPPORT THE BILL, BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO KEEP WORKING WITH YOU ON
IT. IF YOU DON'T MIND EVEN AFTER
PASSES OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE,
BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT WE GET THIS RIGHT. UM,
I DO WORRY ABOUT THE LIABILITY
AND I AM CURIOUS WHAT'S HAPPENED
IN PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND
SACRAMENTO THAT ALLOW IT BECAUSE
, LIKE CHRIS, I COME FROM LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND I'VE SEEN
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PAYOUTS OVER
HALF. YOU KNOW, ONE INCH
SIDEWALK OFFSETS SO I CAN
IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, EVEN A
SMALLER OFFSET FOR A BICYCLE
COULD SEND SOMEONE FLYING AND
YOU KNOW IS THAT INCREASING THE
LIABILITY FOR CITIES AND MAYBE
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO
THROUGH SOME SORT OF YOU KNOW,
HAZARD. YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE LAW
SORT OF KNOWN HAZARD LANGUAGE WE
CAN PUT IN THAT WOULD HELP
CITIES WITH THAT SORT OF THING.
THE LAST WORRY THAT WE HAD WAS
THAT CITIES MIGHT USE THIS AS AN
EXCUSE TO NOT PUT IN BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAY, HEY, WE
DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE NOW THEY
CAN JUST RIGHT ON THE SIDEWALK.
YOU KNOW? WHY SHOULD WE DO IT?
WHEN THE STATE SAYS HEY, YOU'RE
YOU'RE SAFE OVER THERE, SO I
DON'T I HOPE THEY DON'T. I HOPE
THAT MAYBE THE IDEA OF KEEPING
EVERYONE SEPARATE WOULD HELP
THEM PUT THE BIKE LANES IN. YOU
KNOW IF THEY THINK THAT THAT'S A
PROBLEM, SO I'M GOING TO ERR ON
THE SIDE OF THINKING THAT THAT
WOULD BE MORE OF AN INCENTIVE
THAN A DISINCENTIVE, BUT BUT I
DO THINK THAT THERE'S REASONABLE
CONCERN TO THIS. WHERE EITHER
WAY WHEN CITIES THE BOTTOM LINE
IS IF CITIES AREN'T PUTTING IN
SAFE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE,
THEY'VE PUT EVERYBODY IN A NO
WIN SITUATION. RIGHT PICK YOUR
POISON. IS IT MORE DANGEROUS TO
BE IN THAT HORRIBLY CROWDED
STREET WITH CARS GOING FAST? OR
IS IT MORE DANGEROUS TO BE ON A
SIDEWALK THAT WASN'T DESIGNED
FOR FASTER MOVING TRAFFIC AND
WHERE THERE'S VERY LITTLE
VISIBILITY WITH ONE DRIVEWAY
AFTER ANOTHER. IT'S KIND OF A NO
WIN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CYCLING
AND A LOT OF THESE AREAS AND YOU
KNOW MY HOPE, AND I'M SURE IT'S
YOUR HOPE. AT THE END OF THE DAY
THAT THERE ARE CITIES OUT THERE
LISTENING TO THIS DISCUSSION AND
SAYING, WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER
TO PROTECT PEOPLE BECAUSE
THEY'RE FAILING. MY DAUGHTER.
THEY'RE FILLING THE BIKE RIDERS.
THEY'RE THEY'RE FAILING EVEN THE
DRIVERS BY NOT GIVING GETTING
THIS CYCLISTS OUT OF THEIR OUT
OF THEIR LANES ON A ROAD THAT'S
DESIGNED FOR FASTER MOVING
TRAFFIC. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING
TO SUPPORT THE BILL. AND I DO
HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE AT LEAST REMOVE THESE REALLY
AGREE JUST FINDS AND HARASSMENT
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO
GET TO WORK SAFELY. SO DO WE
HAVE EMOTION? OKAY. WE HAVE A
MOTION AND A SECOND. WE BROKE
ALL. EMOTION IS DO PASS AND RE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. FRIEDMAN
FRIEDMAN, I FONG PHªN NÓ BERMAN
BERMAN I CORIO VÚI DAVIES BABIES
KNOW GIBSON. AND I HEART ART I
JACKSON JACKSON I CHOLERA.
ALRIGHT I LOWENTHAL ONE THOUGHT
I WIN WHEN I SANCHEZ SANCHEZ
KNOW WALLACE. WALLACE NO AWARD.
WORD. I WIX WIX. AYE. THE VOTE
WAS 11 TO 4. THE BILL IS OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH
THAT WE'RE GONNA CALL ROLE FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS WILL GO THROUGH
THE BILLS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
WE'LL START WITH THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. CONSENT CALENDAR. FANG
. FOLLOWING I BERMAN BERMAN I
DAVIES DAVIES. AYE. 15 VOTES
THAT CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. A B 4 13.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED AND RE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
SONG. FANG NO BERMAN BERMAN. I
DAVIES THIS WAS LI. LEE R.
DAVIES. NO. 11. 11 4. THAT BILL
IS PASSED. OKAY MAYBE 5 91. THE
MOTION IS DO PASS AND RE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS PHONE. FOLLOWING
I, BERMAN BERMAN. I WICKS. I 15
. 15. 15 0 15 0. THAT BILL IS
OUT. OKAY A B 6 73. THE MOTION
IS DO PASS AND RE REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
RESOURCES. BERMAN BERMAN I
CHOLERA. CHOLERA I WICKS. I 15
0. THAT BILL IS OUT. A B 8 23.
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AND WE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. BERMAN BERMAN I
CHOLERA. CHOLERA I WAX WICKS. I
15 OH 15 0. THAT BILL IS OUT.
MAYBE 8 24. THE MOTION IS DO
PASS AND RE REFER TO
APPROPRIATIONS. BERMAN BERMAN.
AYE. WE HAVEN'T 12 TO 1. THAT
BILL IS OUT. I THINK THAT'S
OKAY? OH, MAYBE 2 51. MAYBE 2 51
. THE MOTION IS DO PASS AND RE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS FONG. PHªN NÓ
BERMAN BERMAN? AYE. 11-3 11-3
THAT BILL IS OUT WITH THAT WE
ARE WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.
AH! TRANSPORTATION.