I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING
ORDER AND APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS
WHO HAVE SHOWN UP ON TIME FOR
THIS MEETING. UM WANT TO JUST TO
EXPLAIN TO THE AUDIENCE? I'M
ALSO ON THE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE,
WHICH IS MEETING AT THIS EXACT
SAME TIME, WHICH IS WHY I KEEP
DUCKING IN AND OUT, UM OF THIS
ROOM AND WE'LL NEED TO DO SO, UM
PROBABLY MULTIPLE OTHER TIMES
DURING THE MEETING HERE TODAY,
UM, WELCOME TO ASSEMBLY BUDGET
SUB THREE. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION. WE'LL ALSO
HEAR FROM THE OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND RESEARCH IN THE STRATEGIC
GROWTH COUNCIL. THESE ENTITIES
ARE NOT NORMALLY HEARD IN THIS
SUBCOMMITTEE. BUT WE APPROVE
FUNDING OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS
FOR EXTREME HEAT AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE, SO WE WILL ASK FOR
AN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND VET
THE PROPOSED CUTS. WE WILL ALSO
VOTE ON 20 ITEMS THAT WERE HEARD
AT OUR MARCH 22ND MEETING. WE
HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE
PLANNED TO BE HEARD FOR EACH
PRESENTATION ITEM. I WILL ASK
EACH OF THE WITNESSES IN THE
AGENDA TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
BEFORE THEY BEGIN THEIR
TESTIMONY. AT THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION ITEMS, MEMBERS OF
THIS SUBCOMMITTEE MAY ASK
QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS ON
ANY OF THE 14 NON PRESENTATION
ITEMS. AFTER ALL THE ITEMS ARE
HEARD WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
IN REGARD TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
BEFORE US TODAY, FIRST IN THE
ROOM, FOLLOWED BY PHONE
TESTIMONY, EACH MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO
SPEAK. THE PHONE NUMBER IS ON
THE COMMITTEE WEBSITE AND SHOULD
ALSO BE ON THE SCREEN. IF YOU'RE
WATCHING OVER THE INTERNET, THAT
NUMBER IS 877692. THE ACCESS
CODE IS 13154. IF YOU ENCOUNTER
ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE CONTACT THE
ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE AT
91631. AND A STAFF MEMBER WILL
ASSIST YOU. UM CAN WE TAKE ROLL?
BENNETT. HERE. DAILY. FRIEDMAN
HERE TO PATERSON. RIVAS. WE DO
HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING ON TIME. I KNOW.
THE EXTREME HEAT ITEM IS AN
IMPORTANT ONE FOR US, AND WE'RE
TAKING IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING
TO BE HEARD. ALSO IN ANOTHER
ANOTHER COMMITTEE, UM, WE'LL
TAKE TWO MOTIONS FOR THE VOTE
ONLY CALENDAR AND THE FIRST VOTE
IS TO APPROVE ITS BUDGETED VOTE
ONLY ISSUES 457 THROUGH 11. 13
AND 15 THROUGH 20. CAN I GET A
MOTION ON THE CONSENT COUNT?
MOVED AND SECONDED. ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. BENNETT. HI. DAILY.
FRIEDMAN GARCIA. PATERSON.
RIVAS. THE SECOND VOTE IS TO
APPROVE HIS BUDGETED VOTE ONLY
ISSUES ONE TWO AND THREE ITEMS 6
12 AND 14. BENNETT. AYE. YOU SAY
LEE FREEDMAN. MACIA. PATERSON.
WE'LL LEAVE THE ROLL ROLL OPEN
FOR ABSENT MEMBERS OF AND NOW
WE'RE AT ISSUE ONE, UM OPR
GENERAL FUND SOLUTIONS AND
IMPLEMENTATIONS UPDATE, UM.
WELCOME TO PANEL. YES. IT DID
MINE YESTERDAY. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. THANK YOU. CHAIR
ADMINISTRATION. WHOEVER WOULD
LIKE TO GO FIRST. IF YOU PLEASE
IDENTIFY, KICK IT OFF. SCOTT
MORGAN I'M CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF
PLANNING RESEARCH. AND LYNN
VANCO CLEAVER, WHO IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL FROM
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE. AND
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF.
I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE TWO PROGRAMS
THAT WERE BROUGHT ON THE AGENDA
FOR THE OFFICE PLANNING RESEARCH
THAT INCLUDES THE EXTREME HEAT
AND COMMUNITY REASONS PROGRAM.
AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL REASON.
REASONABLE RESILIENCE. GRANT
PROGRAM LOTS OF RS IN THESE
PROGRAMS. EXTREME HEAT AND
COMMUNITY WITH NEW ZEALAND'S
PROGRAM WILL INVEST IN LOCAL,
REGIONAL AND TRIBAL HEAT
REDUCTION AND MITIGATION
EFFORTS. THIS PROGRAM
COORDINATES THE STATE'S
COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO
EXTREME HEAT AND BUILDS CAPACITY
FOR HEAT ACTION PLANNING AND
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. IN THE
MOST BURDEN, HEAT BURDEN
COMMUNITIES WERE FIGHTING GRANT
FUNDING AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE. WOULD YOU BE A
LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE?
CERTAINLY CLOSER TO YOU RIGHT,
EXECUTIVE. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT.
THE PROGRAM ALSO DRIVES THE
STATE'S WORK TO IMPLEMENT
CALIFORNIA'S EXTREME ACTION PLAN
THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE
COORDINATED RESPONSE ACROSS
STATE AGENCIES FOR ADVANCING
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES, INCLUDING
REDUCING ECONOMIC AND HEALTH
DISPARITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
EXTREME HEAT. OF THE 100 MILLION
BUDGETED FOR THIS PROGRAM. 90
MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR GRANTS
AND WILL BE DISPERSED IN TWO
ROUNDS OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.
THE STAFF ANTICIPATES MAKING
AROUND ONE AWARDS IN EARLY 2024
AROUND TWO AND 2025. UM FOR
IMPLEMENTATION STAFF WILL LAUNCH
A FORMAL ENGAGEMENT AT THE
INTEGRATED CLIMATE ADAPTATION
AND RESILIENCY PROGRAMS
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
MEETING THAT IS HAPPENING IN ON
APRIL 4TH OR APRIL 14TH COMING
UP NEXT MONTH. AFTER THAT, WE
WILL ENGAGE IN AH, UM, STAFF,
KICKING OFF A FORMAL ENGAGEMENT
THROUGH A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS,
LISTENING SESSIONS, AND THEN
WE'LL MOVE TO DRAFT THE
GUIDELINES AND RELEASE THEM FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT IN FALL OF THIS
YEAR. STAFF IS LOOKING TO
RELEASE NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY IN THE APPLICATION
FOR THE GRANTS IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2024. UM WHAT DO YOU
HOPE THAT ROUND ONE AWARDS
AMOUNTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE
FINAL ROUND. UM ONE EXTREME HEAT
AND COMMUNITY FILMS. PROGRAM
GUIDELINES. UM AT THAT TIME, SO
I WILL NOW GIVEN OVER UNLESS YOU
WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ON THAT. I
CAN GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
REGIONAL RESILIENCY PROGRAM AT
THIS TIME. MANY MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST PROGRAM.
OKAY WE'LL DO IT ALL. SOUNDS
GOOD. THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT, SO
ON THE REGION REGIONAL CLIMATE
RESILIENCY PROGRAM, UM THIS THIS
WILL FUND LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITIES
, CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES AND COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PLANNING
AND IMPLEMENTING REGION SCALE
REGIONAL SCALE PROJECTS SO VERY
REGIONAL TYPE OF PROGRAM. UM THE
ADVANCED CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND
RESPOND TO THE GREATEST CLIMATE,
STRICT RISK IN THEIR REGIONS. SO
WE'RE LOOKING FOR MULTIPLE
ENTITIES, COMBINING TOGETHER TO
PROVIDE REGIONAL SCALE EFFORT ON
RESILIENCE. UM OVER MULTIPLE
FUNDING ROUNDS. UM THE PROGRAM
WILL INVEST 125 MILLION INTO
REGIONS ADVANCING CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND RESPONDING TO THE
REGION'S GREATEST CLIMATE RISKS
. THE PROGRAM WILL FUND BOTH
REGIONAL PLANNING AND PROBABLY
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS.
EXCUSE ME. ROUND ONE WILL INVEST
21.3 MILLION WITH AT LEAST 12.5
MILLION SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT
REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS,
PLANNING GRANTS. UM WE'RE
LOOKING TO MAKE AROUND ONE
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SEPTEMBER 2021.
IN THE CENTER. SORRY SEPTEMBER
2023. IN THE SUMMER OF 2022
STAFF HELD A SERIES OF REGIONAL
LISTENING SESSIONS TO INFORM THE
GRANT GUIDELINES WITH OVER 400
PARTICIPANTS STATEWIDE. WE
ESTABLISHED AN INTERAGENCY
WORKGROUP REGIONAL CLIMATE GRANT
PROGRAMS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE GAPS IN RESILIENCE FUNDING
IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, STAFF
RELEASED DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AND HELD SEVEN
REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY SPECIFIC
WORKSHOPS TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK.
NEARLY 300 PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR
THOSE WORKSHOPS. STAFF IS
CURRENTLY WORKING TO INCORPORATE
FEEDBACK. IN THE FINAL
GUIDELINES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE
RELEASED ON APRIL 26TH. I WILL
NOW HAND IT OFF TO THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE STRATEGIC GROWTH
COUNCIL TO GO OVER THOSE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE
AGENDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND GOOD
MORNING CHAIR BENNETT AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LYNN VAUGHAN
COKE LIEBERT FOR THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE STRATEGIC GROWTH
COUNCIL, SO THERE ARE TWO
PROGRAMS THAT I WILL BE
DISCUSSING TODAY. UM, THE FIRST
IS THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES GET AS CLOSE TO THAT
ALSO AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
HOW'S THAT MUCH BETTER? THANK
YOU. SO THE TRANSFORMATIVE
CLIMATE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM OR
TCC FUNDS, COMMUNITY DRIVEN
PROPOSALS FOR INTEGRATED
RESILIENCY PROJECTS IN THE
STATES, MOST OVERBURDEN
COMMUNITIES. THE FUNDING
SUPPORTS MULTIPLE INTEGRATED
PROJECTS SUCH AS SUSTAINABLE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CLEAN
MOBILITY AND TRANSIT, URBAN
GREENING, BUILDING,
ELECTRIFICATION AND AIR
POLLUTION REDUCTION. IN ADDITION
, FUNDING SUPPORTS COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT THROUGH
IMPLEMENTATION, WORKFORCE,
DEVELOPMENT, DISPLACEMENT,
AVOIDANCE AND INDICATOR TRACKING
TO EVALUATE THE ONGOING PROGRESS
OF THE PROJECTS. TO DATE, AND
TCC HAS AWARDED OVER $326
MILLION THROUGH 36 PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS DURING
ROUNDS ONE THROUGH FOUR, WHICH
HAS RANGED FROM THE YEARS 2018
TO 2022. ALL 11 IMPLEMENTATION
GRANTS ARE UNDERWAY. AND OF THE
25 PLANNING GRANTS. 15 HAVE
COMPLETED WORK. FIVE OF THE 15
PLANNING GRANTS WENT ON TO
RECEIVE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY,
WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY
PROUD AND EXCITED OF. THE SECOND
PROGRAM IS THE COMMUNITY
RESILIENCY CENTERS, OR CRCS
SECOND PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY
RESILIENCY CENTERS. THIS IS A
NEW PROGRAM AND THIS WILL FUND
CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADES OF
NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL RESILIENCY
CENTERS TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND
RESOURCES DURING CLIMATE AND
OTHER EMERGENCIES. THE PROGRAM
WILL ALSO FUND ONGOING YEAR
ROUND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS SUCH AS FOOD
DISTRIBUTION OR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING THAT BUILDS
OVERALL COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
PROGRAM STAFF HAVE RELEASED
DRAFT GUIDELINES AND ARE
CURRENTLY INCORPORATING FEEDBACK
FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS INTO THE FINAL
DRAFT OF THE ROUND ONE
GUIDELINES, WHICH ARE
ANTICIPATED TO BE ADOPTED BY THE
COUNCIL IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
STAFF WILL THEN RELEASE A NOTICE
OF FUNDING AND APPLICATION IN
SPRING OF 2023 ANTICIPATE MAKING
ROUND WON AWARDS FALL 2023 ROUND
ONE IS INTENDED TO PLAN TO
PROVIDE BOTH PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES TO BE
USED AS A COMMUNITY RESILIENCY
CENTERS AS WELL AS FOR SERVICES
AND PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE CENTERS. STATUTE GRANTEES
WILL BE REQUIRED TO COLLABORATE
WITH COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY
RESIDENTS IN THE DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE
PROJECTS. ROUND ONE AWARDEE
AMOUNTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE
FINAL ROUND ONE GUIDELINES IN
APRIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ADMINISTRATION ANYBODY ELSE FROM
THE ADMINISTRATION, RIGHT? GOOD
MORNING, KEVIN CLARK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. I'LL JUST
SPEAK TO THE FOUR OPR CLIMATE
ITEMS WHERE THE GOVERNMENT
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
GENERAL FUND SOLUTIONS FOR AND
THESE INCLUDE THE FIRST BEING A
REDUCTION OF 125 MILLION FOR THE
REGIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE
PROGRAM. WHICH LEAVES
APPROXIMATELY 125 MILLION, OR
50% OF THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION.
THE SECOND BEING A REDUCTION OF
75 MILLION FOR THE EXTREME HEAT
AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTERS
PROGRAM, LEAVING APPROXIMATELY
$100 MILLION, OR 57% OF THE
TOTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE
PROGRAM. THE THIRD IS A
REDUCTION OF 105 MILLION GENERAL
FUND FOR THE TRANSFORMATIVE
CLIMATE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
LEAVING APPROXIMATELY 315
MILLION, OR 75% OF THE TOTAL
APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND THE FOURTH IS A DELAY OF 85
MILLION GENERAL FUND TO 2024 25
BUDGET. FOR THE COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE CENTERS PROGRAM. SO
THE ADMINISTRATION REALLY HAD TO
MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO
MEET OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY
REQUIRED MANDATE TO HAVE A
BALANCED BUDGET. THOUGH THE
ADMINISTRATION STILL SUPPORTS
ALL OF THESE REDUCTIONS AND
DELAY AND HAS, UM THAT'S WHY
WE'RE INCLUDING THESE REDUCTIONS
IN DELAYS AND THEN TRIGGER THAT
WOULD RESTORE THESE CUTS AT THE
FISCAL OUTLOOK CHANGES HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
REDUCTIONS IN DELAY AND LEAVE IT
THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
THANKS FOR CLEARLY IDENTIFYING
THE REDUCTIONS, WHICH SO WE HAVE
THAT READ INTO THE RECORD. ELIO
GOOD MORNING RACHEL MAILERS WITH
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
. COMMENTS ON THESE PROPOSALS
ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT
YOU'VE HEARD US. SAY IN THE PAST
FEW WEEKS, WE THINK GENERALLY
THEY'RE REASONABLE. YOU'VE GOT A
BUDGET PROBLEM. YOU'VE GOT TO
FACE THAT CAUSES SOME DIFFICULT
DECISIONS. UM THE PROPOSALS FROM
THE GOVERNOR FOCUS ON NEW
PROGRAMS LARGE PROGRAM, SO
SCALING THEM BACK PROBABLY MAKES
SOME SENSE. IN OUR REPORT. WE
ALSO AS WE DID IN THE OTHER
AREAS, IDENTIFY SOME
ALTERNATIVES OR ADDITIONAL
REDUCTIONS YOU COULD MAKE AS YOU
CRAFT YOUR OWN PACKAGE, WHICH IS
OUR PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION THAT
YOU PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE THAT
REFLECTS YOUR PRIORITIES, NOT
THE GOVERNOR'S. BUT YOURS, WHICH
PROGRAMS ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO
SUSTAIN AND WHICH YOU MIGHT WANT
TO SCALE DOWN ONE OF THE I AM
ALTERNATIVES WE IDENTIFY FOR
YOU, AS NOTED IN YOUR AGENDA IS
THE FUNDING FOR A PUBLIC
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN SPECIFIC TO
EXTREME HEAT. WHILE WE THINK
THAT OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT,
THERE IS AN EXISTING PROGRAM AT
THE AT OPR WITH ONGOING FUNDING
SPECIFICALLY AROUND PUBLIC
OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS, SO
YOU COULD LOOK AT WHETHER THAT
FUNDING COULD BE LEVERAGED FOR
THIS SPECIFIC ACTIVITY RATHER
THAN NEEDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING
THAT MAYBE THAT COULD BE BUILT
INTO THE ACTIVITIES THAT THAT
OFFICE IS ALREADY UNDERTAKING.
WE ALSO RAISED JUST A FLAG FOR
YOU ON THE REGIONAL CLIMATE
RESILIENCE PROGRAM, WHICH, AS
YOU HEARD IS BEING PROPOSED TO
BE CUT IN HALF FROM 250 MILLION
TO 125 MILLION. THIS IS A NEW
EFFORT THAT THAT WAS A
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY TO TRY AND
LOOK AT PLANNING ACROSS REGIONAL
BOUNDARIES. AS WE KNOW CLIMATE
IMPACTS. DON'T STOP AT THE CITY
LINE. SO THESE TYPES OF MULTI
JURISDICTIONAL PLANNING AND
PROJECTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS. AND SO YOU KNOW, AS
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR
PRIORITIES AND MAKING THESE
DECISIONS THAT COULD BE AN AREA
WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT MORE FUNDING THAN WHAT IS
PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR.
OBVIOUSLY THAT MEANS TRADE OFFS
ELSEWHERE. BUT WE THINK THAT
TYPE OF EFFORT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE STATE TO BE
BEGINNING TO UNDERTAKE. AND THEN
THE FINAL POINT I'LL MAKE IS
JUST ON THE TOPIC OF EXTREME
HEAT. THE LAST TWO BUDGETS ARE
REALLY THE FIRST TIME THE STATE
HAS INVESTED SPECIFICALLY IN
THIS SPECIFIC CLIMATE CHALLENGE,
WHICH IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS. CLIMATE IMPACTS WE'RE
FACING IN TERMS OF PUBLIC
HEALTH, AND SO BECAUSE WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW YET WHAT WORKS IN
RESPONSE TO THIS CHALLENGE
BECAUSE IT IS A NEW EFFORT AND A
NEW CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING. THIS
IS AN AREA YOU MIGHT WANT TO
THINK ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL DATA
COLLECTION AND REPORTING AND
KIND OF TESTING OF THESE PILOT
EFFORTS THAT WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF BEGINNING JUST SO WE
DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING
TO RESPOND IN THE FUTURE. AND UM
YOU KNOW, THE WE KIND OF
SPRINKLED MONEY THROUGH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO
EXTREME HEAT TO TRY AND TEST OUT
WHAT MIGHT WORK AND SO JUST
MAKING SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE
WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
YOU'RE COLLECTING SO THAT AS
WE'RE FACING THIS CHALLENGE IN
FUTURE YEARS, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU
MIGHT WANT TO MAKE INVESTMENTS.
THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TURN IT OVER TO MEMBERS. AND
REMEMBER REVIS. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR
THIS UPDATE. YOU KNOW, WHILE
IT'S RAINING RIGHT NOW, IN A FEW
MONTHS, WE'RE HEADED INTO THE
SUMMER WHERE UM, MANY
COMMUNITIES WILL BE EXPERIENCING
EXTREME HEAT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS
A PRIORITY AND HAS BEEN A
PRIORITY FOR ME. FOR THE LAST
FEW YEARS. UM YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD
BILLS RELATED TO EXTREME HEAT
AND ALSO ADVOCATED FOR SOME OF
THESE PROGRAMS TO BE INCLUDED IN
IN THIS BUTTON PRIOR YOUR BUDGET
. AH AND IT'S MAINLY MY
COMMUNITY SUFFERS FROM THIS. I'M
REPRESENT THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY OF LOS ANGELES. VERY HOT.
UM, IN THE SUMMERS, UM, AND A
LOTS OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE THAT
DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING OR
ACCESS TO ANYWHERE TO GO. UM TO
STAY COOL. UM WE HAVE VERY FEW
TREES. UNFORTUNATELY UM, AND IN
OUR AREA, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS THAT I HAVE PUSHED
AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED THIS IS
DANGEROUS. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW. UH AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
, LIKE I SAID, IS A PRIORITY FOR
MY DISTRICT. BUT THERE'S SO MANY
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA
THAT NEED US TO TAKE ACTION. UM
AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF
EXTREME HEAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S
UM INCREASED HOSPITALIZATIONS.
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS OR WHEN
WE HAVE THESE HEAT WAVES. UM YOU
KNOW, PUBLIC HEALTH. IT'S A
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. UM AND YOU
KNOW, I FEEL THAT YOU KNOW THE
ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW? HAD AN
EXTREME HEAT ACTION PLAN THAT I
THOUGHT WAS GROUNDBREAKING WORK
. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME WE'RE
ADDRESSING THIS IN CALIFORNIA.
AH BUT WITH THESE CUTS, MY
QUESTION IS, HOW IS THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN? UH
GOING TO BE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF
THE CUTS? WHAT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN? YEAH I MEAN, GENERALLY
ACROSS THE BOARD. WE'RE LOOKING
AT A REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO MAKE TO LOCAL
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THESE
PROGRAMS AND NOT NECESSARILY A
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, YOU
KNOW, LESS MONEY PRO GRANT, AND
THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY BE A
FEASIBLE. ALTERNATIVE SO IT'S
GOING TO BASICALLY BE LESS LESS
GRANTS PER PROGRAM THAT WILL BE
AVAILABLE ACROSS THE BOARD. ARE
YOU COLLECTING DATA REPORT LIKE
THE LAO MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD
BE COLLECTING TO SEE. WHAT WORKS
? WHAT'S MOST EFFECTIVE? HOW
WILL YOU EVALUATE THESE FOR SURE
. ACROSS THE PROGRAMS WE COLLECT
, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. YOU KNOW
A NUMBER OF THOSE APPLICATIONS
THAT WERE ELIGIBLE, AND COULD
POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BECOME
GRANT ORTIZ AND THEN OBVIOUSLY
THE NUMBER OF GRANTS AWARDED SO
WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK
AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED
THE MONEY? HOW MUCH MONEY WE
COULD WE COULD PUT OUT ACROSS
THE BOARD AND THEN A VARIETY OF
METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT,
RIGHT? WHAT? WHAT THE WAS IT
PLANNING GRANTS? WHAT WAS IT,
YOU KNOW? IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS
WAS IT TO BUILD FACILITIES, YOU
KNOW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS WITHIN EACH
GRANT WILL BE TRACKED AS WELL.
YEAH GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. AND
FOR THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY, THE
COMMUNITY RESILIENCY CENTERS.
THERE WILL NOT BE AN IMPACT IN
THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE
AWARDED. IT WILL JUST
EFFECTIVELY DELAY THE NUMBER OF
GRANTS THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED
FROM TWO YEARS OVER THREE YEARS
SO WE WOULD SEE THE SAME IMPACT
JUST WITH A ONE YEAR DELAY. FOR
THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES THINK THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WILL BE ABLE
TO HELP US FILL THE FILL THE
DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WAS
ENVISIONED IN THE LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET IN THIS YEAR. THE
TRANSFORM OF CLIMATE COMMUNITIES
PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED
NATIONALLY AS BEING A MODEL TO
BE ABLE TO REALLY DELIVER STATE
DOLLARS LOCALLY IN A WAY THAT
REALLY RESPONDS TO COMMUNITY
NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, AND SO THE
FEDERAL INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
INCLUDES A $3 BILLION PROGRAM
THAT LARGELY LOOKS LIKE THE
TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, SO WE ARE
GOING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT
PUTTING A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
CONTRACT IN PLACE. THE RFP
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WAS
RELEASED YESTERDAY. TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES ALL
AROUND THE STATE TO ACCESS THOSE
FEDERAL DOLLARS TO WITH THE GOAL
OF REALLY BACKFILLING AND
PROVIDING AN INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF SUPPORT THROUGH
PROGRAMS LIKE TCC. YEAH I KNOW
MY COMMUNITY IS A TCC COMMUNITY
. UM A SUN VALLEY. UM AND YOU
KNOW, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT AWARD. THAT WAS DONE A FEW
YEARS AGO, AND I'VE ALREADY
STARTED TO SEE UM YOU KNOW THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TCC AND,
YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SUPPORT, UH
, THAT THAT PROGRAM AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MOST
DISADVANTAGED AND VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES. THAT ARE BURYING
THE BRUNT OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
RIGHT AND NOT NECESSARILY THE
ONES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE. MR IF I MAY JUST
RESPOND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT THE DATA
COLLECTION AND EVALUATION, YOU
KNOW, COLLECTING. HOW MANY
ENTITIES APPLY FOR A GRANT? AND
HOW MANY GRANTS ARE AWARDED
WON'T TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S MORE
EFFECTIVE TO PLANT TREES OR
BUILD A COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
CENTER OR, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE
GRANTS FOR HEAT PUMPS. YOU KNOW
WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE
RESPONSE TO EXTREME HEAT THAT
REALLY TAKES AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL
OF ANALYSIS AND RIGOR AND STUDY
AND SOMETHING THAT STATE
DEPARTMENTS YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY
AREN'T KIND OF WELL EQUIPPED TO
DO YOU REALLY NEED AN OUTSIDE
RESEARCHER? UM WHICH COSTS MONEY
, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THINKING
ABOUT IS THAT A PRIORITY FOR YOU
? IT MAY REQUIRE SETTING ASIDE
SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND
DIRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO
DO THAT, BUT IF YOU DON'T START
COLLECTING THE DATA AT THE
OUTSET, YOU MAY LOSE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME OF THAT
EVALUATION. SO I THINK THE
REASON OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,
RESEARCH IS GREAT IN ALL CASES,
BUT I THINK THE REASON WE
HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN PARTICULAR
IS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW EFFORT
FOR THE STATE. TO ADDRESS THIS
CHALLENGE, AND THERE REALLY IS
THUS FAR KIND OF A LACK OF
RESEARCH AROUND WHAT ARE THE
MOST EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I AGREE. UM AND YOU
KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
THINK WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE. WE
DON'T WANT TO JUST GIVE OUT
GRANTS AND NOT KNOW WHAT WAS
EFFECTIVE. AND WHAT WASN'T. UM
THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT
THE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO INVEST RIGHT. IT'S
NOT JUST A THREE YEAR UH, YOU
KNOW, EXTREME HEAT ISN'T GOING
AWAY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WILL
NEED THIS OR VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE
HOSPITALIZATIONS DURING THE
SUMMER. UM BUT WHAT IS MOST
EFFECTIVE TO REDUCE DEATHS RIGHT
TO REDUCE THOSE EMERGENCY ROOM
VISITS DURING THIS WEATHER, AND
, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR
THAT, AND I WILL DEFINITELY
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND PUSH.
THAT WE WILL WE DO EVALUATE
WHAT'S WORKING WHAT ISN'T OR
WHAT WAS MOST OF EFFECTIVE
DURING THOSE HEATWAVES. UM AND
YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SEVERAL OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE THE
RESILIENCE PROGRAM. THE EXTREME
HEAT. HOW DO ALL OF THOSE
PROGRAMS FIT TOGETHER? HOW DO
YOU FROM? HOW DO YOU SEE THEM
ALL FITTING TOGETHER? SO SO ON
THE EXTREME HEAT, THERE'S A
VARIETY OF WORKING GROUPS THAT
ACROSS THE RESOURCES AGENCY OPR
. EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THAT THAT
WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT SIT
IN TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW DO
THEY ALL COORDINATE AND REALLY,
SO WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING. WE'RE
NOT HAVING DUPLICATED PROGRAMS
AS WELL, AS, UM, HAVING MEMBERS
FROM OTHER AGENCIES BE PART OF
OUR GRANT AWARDS AND REVIEW
PROCESS AS WELL. SO REALLY
THINKING ABOUT THAT
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH OF CROSS
AGENCY COORDINATION TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE ARE I DON'T
WANT TO SAY STAYING IN OUR LANE,
BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR GRANT
PROGRAM IS NOT DUPLICATED OF
OTHERS. AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THOSE ARE ALL INTEGRATED? SO
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON
THE EXTREME HEAT SIDE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING
TOGETHER. WE'RE UNDERSTANDING
WHO'S FUNDING? WHAT AND HOW
THOSE HOW THOSE CAN INTERPLAY
TOGETHER AS OPPOSED TO BEING
DUPLICATIVE. IS THERE OTHER WAYS
THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING EACH
OTHER? THESE PROGRAMS? Tð I CAN
I CAN TOUCH ON THAT.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THE WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE PROCESS THAT MANY
COMMUNITIES TAKE IN TERMS OF
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
ACCESSING STATE FUNDS AND
INVESTING IN EXTREME HEAT,
READINESS AND RESILIENCE, WE
OFTEN SEE THAT THERE'S A PATHWAY
THAT STARTS WITH BASELINE
READINESS CAPACITY BUILDING THAT
HAPPENS THROUGH THE PLANNING
PROCESS. AND SO WE HAVE DESIGNED
A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS TO BE
ESSENTIALLY TACKLING DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE READINESS PROCESS.
IN AN IN AN ORDER SO REALLY
FOCUS ON PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND THEN
ADVANCING THROUGH TO PRE
DEVELOPMENT AND READINESS AND
THEN GETTING TO IMPLEMENTATION,
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE WITH A LOT
OF THE WAY THAT THESE PROGRAMS
WORK IS THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT
PHASES AND THOSE CYCLES SO THAT
THEN THERE IS ESSENTIALLY A
PROGRAM THAT WILL MEET EVERY
COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S AT AND THEN
OUR JOB AT THE AT OUR
ORGANIZATION IS THEN TO REALLY
HELP WITH COMMUNICATIONS.
CLARITY AROUND. WHAT'S A GOOD
PROJECT AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR
COMMUNITY THAT'S WORKING TO MEET
ITS NEEDS. AND HOW DO WE
COMMUNICATE WHICH WHICH IS A
GOOD PLACE TO ENTER, AND THEN
ALSO, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE
PLANNING PROCESS, FOR INSTANCE,
THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP
THAT YOU COULD GO INTO THAT
WOULD THEN BE THINKING ABOUT
INVESTING IN PRE DEVELOPMENT OR
GOING TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION, SO
I THINK WE ALSO THINK ABOUT IT
IN TERMS OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
MANY ENTRY POINTS, DEPENDING ON
WHERE COMMUNITY CURRENTLY IS.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION. UM, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS THESE LIKE WHILE
THIS IS NEW FOR THE STATE. THERE
ARE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE CAN BE
THINKING ABOUT HE LIKE, UH, YOU
KNOW, HOW CAN OUR STATE SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS RESILIENT TO
HEAT. DO HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF
THAT? OR ANY IDEAS. ON THAT. YES
THERE, THERE'S SO THERE'S
ACTUALLY A MOTHER A SEPARATE
BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSAL THAT'S
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT
NOW, UM, FOR OPIOID TO UPDATE
OUR GENERAL PLAN GUIDELINES. AND
THAT IS LONG RANGE GUIDANCE TO
CITIES AND COUNTIES ON UPDATING
THEIR THEIR LOCAL GENERAL PLAN,
WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU
DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30
YEARS IN PART OF THAT EFFORT IS
LOOKING AT ALL OF THE STATUTES
THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED THAT
INCLUDE EXTREME HEAT TO LOOK AT
THOSE LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS. AND
HOW DO WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON ON
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS RELATED TO
EXTREME HEAT AND OTHER HAZARDS
AS WELL? SO WHEN WILL THOSE
GUIDELINES BE MADE PUBLIC OR SO
WHERE YOU THAT'S THAT'S PART OF
THE PROPOSAL TO THE LEGISLATURE
IS FUNDING TO DO IT, DO IT? YES,
SO WE HAVEN'T EXISTING DRAFT
THAT WAS UPDATED SEVERAL YEARS
AGO. WELL THERE'S ABOUT 100 AND
52 DIFFERENT BILLS THAT HAVE
BEEN PASSED SINCE 2017 THAT
TOUCH ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT. AND
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE
, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE LOOK AT
THE GENERAL PLAN GUIDELINES TO,
YOU KNOW, ADVANCED LOCAL
PLANNING THAT INCLUDES VERY
VARIETY REAL THAT RESILIENCY
EFFORTS, INCLUDING EXTREME HEAT.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S I WOULD ADD
ALSO THAT WITHIN THE PROGRAMME'S
GUIDELINES AS WELL WHILE
CURRENTLY FUNDED THROUGH THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE
TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, WE CARRIED
FORWARD ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS FUNDED
THROUGH THE GREENHOUSE GAS
PRODUCTION FUND, WHICH INCLUDES
VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
AROUND REDUCING GREENHOUSE
GASSES AS PART OF CONSTRUCTION
AND THE WAY THAT THE BUILDINGS
AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS ARE MADE. SO IF YOU
LOOK AT THE TRANSFORMATIVE
CLIMATE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, IT
INCLUDES A NUMBER OF RESILIENCY
EFFORTS BUILT INTO THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW TO
CONSTRUCT WHERE TO CONSTRUCT HOW
TO DESIGN AND INTEGRATE ALL OF
THE PROJECT. ALL THE PROJECT
PARAMETERS SO THAT YOU HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE GREENING
RESILIENCY. UH MITIGATION PLAN
IN PLACE AS PART OF HOW THAT
INVESTMENT HAPPENS, SO THAT'S
REALLY BAKED INTO HOW THE
PROJECT WORKS ITSELF. IT SEEMS
LIKE THEN. WE CAN START WITH
THOSE YOU KNOW GUIDELINES AND
CAN INFORM THE OTHERS.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM MEMBERS. I HAVE A NUMBER OF
. AND A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT
I HAVE TO START WITH. JUST SORT
OF AN OVERALL. UM THOUGHT AND
COMMENTED, RELATES TO MANY
THINGS THAT WE DO IN STATE
GOVERNMENT. BUT THERE SIMPLY IS
NO SUBSTITUTE. FOR PROFESSIONAL
PUBLIC SERVANTS OUT THERE TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING
OUR DOLLARS PROPERLY. AND THE
REASON I SAY THAT IS PROGRAM
LIKE THE PROGRAM, LIKE LIKE THE
EXTREME HEAT CAN SO EASILY BE
ABUSED AS THAT AS THOSE DOLLARS
WORK THEIR WAY DOWN THROUGH THE
SYSTEM. UM AND ALL THAT TAKES IS
ONE HEADLINES ABOUT THE ABUSE
AND THERE GOES TO PUBLIC SUPPORT
FOR A PROGRAM OR PUBLIC SUPPORT
FOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS JUST IN
GENERAL. AND, UM AND I'M. OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. I AM IMPRESSED
BY HOW OFTEN PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE
REALLY DEDICATED TO TRYING TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING THESE
DOLLARS WELL. SO I VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE THAT. WE NEED TO GET
DATA. THAT IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE
DATA AND HELPFUL TO HAVE
RESEARCH EVEN WITH THE DATA AND
EVEN WITH THE RESEARCH JUST
TAKES COMMON SENSE. PROFESSIONAL
PUBLIC SERVANTS TO MAKE SURE
BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY
VARIABLES AND FACTOR IN AND IN
MY EXPERIENCE WITH WITH RESEARCH
DATA IS IT'S USUALLY FAIRLY
NARROW OR YOU HAVE TO. THERE'S A
NUMBER OF CAVEATS, BECAUSE HOW
THEY DID THIS STUDY WHAT DATA
THEY HAD IN TERMS OF WHETHER
IT'S VALID AND THIS PARTICULAR
SITUATION, SO I REALLY JUST ASK
YOU AS I ASKED. SORT OF
EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN STATE
GOVERNMENT TAKE BACK THESE ARE
REALLY PRECIOUS DOLLARS. THESE
AS AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S REVIS,
YOU KNOW, POINTS OUT THESE THESE
ARE GOING TO THE LOWEST INCOME
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO OTHER
OPTIONS, AND I'VE SEEN THOSE I
SEEN THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW
THE TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITIES,
PROGRAMS AND NATIONAL
RECOGNITION. I'VE I HAVE SEEN
LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
LIVES CHANGED BECAUSE THEIR
HOUSE GOT INSULATED. AND THEY
NEVER COULD EVENTUALLY DID THEIR
HOUSE ON THEIR OWN, AND SUDDENLY
THEY WERE WARM AND IN THE
WINTERTIME, AND THEY WERE COOL
IN THE SUMMERTIME. UH ME AND
WEST WAS A PROGRAM LIKE THAT. SO
WE, WE DON'T WE NEVER HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL OF THIS.
WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, IF YOU'LL JUST TAKE BACK
THAT. AT THAT POINT, AND IT'S
BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND
COPS, A PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC
SERVANTS. I MEAN PEOPLE WORKING
IN THE GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO
PEOPLE WORKING IN THE NONPROFITS
THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE GRANTS
FROM THE GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW,
AS AS IT GOES FORWARD, UM AND
THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS
EFFECTIVE IS THE FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTION THAT PUBLIC SERVANTS
HAVE TO JUST KEEP ASKING
THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME, AND WE
HAVE TO KEEP ASKING OURSELVES
BUT FROM OUR 50,000 FT LEVEL,
IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO DO THAT
, AND WE RELY ON THE
PROFESSIONALISM AS WE GO
FORWARD. UM, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, MONEY
AND IN AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, THAT
COMES JUST FROM MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE. I THINK L A IS
CORRECT TO SAY PUBLIC EDUCATION.
MONEY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE
TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT. UM WE
DID A PUBLIC YOU KNOW, IT WAS
SMOKING AWARENESS, AND EVERYBODY
WAS IN FAVOR OF MORE PUBLIC
EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN
TERMS OF SMOKING AWARENESS THAT
COUNTY OF VENTURA INITIATED THE
GRANT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE
SMOKING AWARENESS PROGRAM WAS
RUN BY SOMEBODY WHO TOOK OUT THE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LUNCH OF
ALL THE CITIES AND HAD LUNCH
WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT
WHAT THEY COULD DO FOR SMOKING
AWARENESS. IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A
VERY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM, JUST AS
AS AN EXAMPLE AND SO PUBLIC
OUTREACH I'VE I'VE ALWAYS HAD A
GREATER CONCERN ABOUT WHAT?
WHAT'S WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF
EFFECTIVE SPENDING OF PUBLIC
OUTREACH DOLLARS, SO WITH THAT
ABOUT A JUMP DOWN TO REGIONAL
CLIMATE RESILIENCE, THAT'S THE
THAT'S THE PROGRAM.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MULLINS WAS
PARTICULARLY PUSHING ON, BUT
THERE WERE FOUR OR FIVE OF US
THAT CAME FORWARD WITH SORT OF
REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS TWO YEARS
AGO, AND THESE ALL GOT LUMPED
INTO THIS REGIONAL CLIMATE.
RESILIENCE SO COULD YOU IDENTIFY
. WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS RIGHT
NOW. YOU ENVISION THE FUNDING
GOING FOR OR ARE WE NOT READY
FOR THAT? THAT PART OF THE
PRESENTATION. YES I CAN. IF I
COULD PHONE A FRIEND WOULD WITH
WITH THE COMMITTEE I HAVE I HAVE
A PROGRAM PERSON IN THE IN THE
AUDIENCE THAT CAN CAN GIVE IT
MUCH BETTER OVERVIEW THAN I CAN.
I KNOW THE 30,000 FT LEVEL.
SHE'S MUCH MORE EDUCATED IN THAT
ITS SPECIFICS THE PROGRAM. THANK
YOU, ABBY. NO. YOU CAN HAVE A
SEAT RIGHT THERE. I THINK
PROBABLY HERE. YOU BETTER AND HE
NEEDS TO STAND UP AND STRETCH
OUT A LITTLE BIT. ANYWAY.
EXACTLY. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS
ALL ABOUT. UM YEAH. SO FURTHER
REGIONAL RESILIENCE, PLANNING
AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANT
PROGRAM. SO AS SCOTT MENTIONED,
THEY WENT THROUGH THE FULL
PROCESS OF ENGAGING THE PUBLIC
TO HELP INFORM THE GUIDELINES
LAST YEAR, AND THEY DRAFTED
THEIR GUIDELINES AND THEY JUST
GOT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THEM AND
ARE REALLY INCORPORATING THOSE
COMMENTS AND GOING TO LAUNCH THE
PROGRAM. UM LATER THIS MONTH OR
LATER IN APRIL, AND I THINK THAT
THEY'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT
FROM THE PLANNING SIDE. THERE'S
12.5 MILLION FOR PLANNING AND SO
THINKING ABOUT THIS
MULTIJURISDICTIONAL APPROACH, SO
HOW CAN TRIBES OR, UM NONPROFITS
OR, UH LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITIES,
PUBLIC ENTITIES PARTNERED
TOGETHER BECAUSE AS WE KNOW,
CLIMATE CHANGE, DOESN'T UM
NECESSARILY JUST STAY WITHIN
CITY BORDERS, AND SO HOW CAN
THEY PARTNER TOGETHER TO LOOK AT
THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACED?
THEY'RE FACING SO REALLY LOOKING
AT THE HIGHEST RISK FOR EACH OF
THESE REGIONS, AND SO WE KNOW
THAT CAN BE DROUGHT. IT CAN BE
FLOODING IT CAN BE. WILDFIRES
CAN BE EXTREME HEAT OTHER
THINGS. AND SO WHAT'S THE
GREATEST RISK THAT THE REGION IS
FACING? AND SO WHETHER IT'S
CONDUCTING A VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT TO SEE WHAT THAT RISK
IS? OR IF IT'S USING THE FUNDING
TO, UM, DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY
FOR HOW PEACEABLE DIFFERENT
PROJECTS WOULD BE TO FIND. AND
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SORT OF
THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND
THEN THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING
AT. HOW CAN THEY USE THE REST OF
THE FUNDS TO? UM YEAH SUPPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO BE
MORE RESILIENT TO CLIMATE
CHANGE. AND AGAIN THAT'S SORTED
THROUGH THAT MULTIJURISDICTIONAL
LENS, BUT THEY ARE REALLY STILL
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OF THE
OF THE PROGRAM. AND SO THEY
HAVEN'T LAUNCHED THEIR
APPLICATIONS YET, SO WE DON'T
NECESSARILY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THOSE PROJECTS WILL LOOK LIKE A
START WITH A RISK ASSESSMENT
EVALUATION, AND I THINK WE
REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES ARE AT DIFFERENT
PHASES OF THE PROCESS OF ENGLAND
WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER
THAT SOME HAVE ALREADY, YOU KNOW
, BEEN KIND OF WELL UNDERWAY AND
KNOW THE VULNERABILITIES THAT
THEIR COMMUNITIES FACE. AND SO
IN THOSE INSTANCES, THOSE THOSE
PROJECTS YOU KNOW, CAN KIND OF
POTENTIALLY GO ON TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. UM BUT FOR
SOME COMMUNITIES, THEY HAVEN'T
DONE THAT VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE GREATEST RISK IS FOR THEIR
REGION, AND SO THEY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THAT PHASE. HOPE
COMMUNITY INFORMED PROCESS TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GREATEST
RISK IS. THOSE WILL BE
INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS AND
COMMUNITIES. YEAH CERTAINLY
FORWARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT. AND IN TERMS OF THE
INCENTIVE DOLLARS, UM HOW ARE
YOU WORKING WITH OTHER PROGRAMS
? UM THAT MIGHT ADDRESS SPECIFIC
CLIMATE CONCERNS THAT ARE
FUNDED, YOU KNOW INDIVIDUALLY.
AH! THAT COULD BE FOR YOU OR
OKAY, THAT WAS YOU'RE STILL ON.
ALRIGHT SCOTT. OKAY YEAH. SO FOR
THE SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT. IS THAT WHAT THIS
QUESTION IS ABOUT? I'M SORRY I
DIDN'T. CAN YOU ASK YOUR
QUESTION AGAIN FOR THE INCENTIVE
DOLLARS THAT THAT WE HAVE? HOW
ARE YOU WORKING WITH OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT ADDRESS
SPECIFIC CLIMATE CONCERNS. THAT
ARE FUNDED, YOU KNOW, SORT OF IN
SILOS. CAN WE HAVE THE INCENTIVE
DOLLARS? WE'RE TRYING TO BRING
MORE DOLLARS INTO CLIMATE
RESILIENCE. UH PROGRAMS. IS
THERE AN OUTREACH TO OTHER
PROGRAMS AND YOU KNOW OTHER
SILOS? SO I THINK THAT FOR THIS
QUESTION YOU MIGHT NEED TO REFER
TO OTHER PROGRAMS STAFF, BUT I
THINK THAT FOR WHAT THE REGIONAL
PROGRAM IS THINKING ABOUT FOR
THEIR FUNDING SET ASIDES IS
REALLY TO INVEST 40% OF THE
GRANT FUNDS AND OVERALL
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. UM,
AND THEN SET ASIDE 10% OF THE
OVERALL FUNDS TO SUPPORT TRIBAL
ENTITIES. UM AND TO, SO I THINK
THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE
THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THEIR
FUNDING SET ASIDE, BUT I'M NOT
NECESSARILY SURE ABOUT THE
COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS
REGARDING THE SET ASIDES. THANK
YOU EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
THE FUNDS. YOU JUST IDENTIFIED
ONE, WHICH IS 40% OF THE
PROGRAMS FOR LOW INCOME,
ETCETERA. HOW ABOUT REGIONAL IS
THERE? IS THERE ANY EFFORT? IS
THERE ANY SPECIFICITY IN TERMS
OF REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE
FUNDS? I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'VE
OUTLINED SPECIFIC, UM FORMULA
FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC REGIONS. I
THINK THAT THAT WILL BE
DETERMINED THROUGH THEIR FINAL
GUIDELINES. YEAH, I WOULD HOPE
THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS SO MUCH
APPLICATION AROUND THE STATE
THAT THAT THAT THAT ACROSS THE
STRAIT STATE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THE FUNDS ARE SPREAD EQUITABLY
ACROSS THE STATE. FROM THAT
STANDPOINT, UM AND THEN WE'RE
CUTTING THIS PROGRAM IN HALF IN
ITS INFANCY, RIGHT? DOES IT SEND
A SIGNAL TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
THAT REGIONAL CLIMATE PLANE AND
COORDINATION IS NOT IMPORTANT,
AND THEY SHOULD GO? YOU KNOW,
WHY SHOULD YOU GET TOGETHER FOR
A REGIONAL THING? IF IT'S NOT
REALLY IMPORTANT AND YOU PUT ALL
AS IT TAKES SIGNIFICANT EFFORT
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COME
TOGETHER ON A REGIONAL LEVEL,
THEY ALL HAVE TO PUT THEIR OWN
SILOED INTERESTS ASIDE AND TRY
TO WORK. EXPERIENCE DOING THAT
FOR 20 YEARS SINCE THE COUNTY
SUPERVISOR AND STEPHANIE, YOU
DON'T DO THAT EASILY. WHEN YOU
DO IT, IT'S PRETTY PRECIOUS WHEN
YOU HAVE IT. UM BUT IF WE'RE ARE
WE SENDING A SIGNAL HERE THAT
THIS REGIONAL CLIMATE? UM
RESILIENCY IS NOT THAT REAL
IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR THE STATE?
WE'VE ALREADY CUT IT SOME AND
IT'S JUST GETTING STARTED. AND
WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE HAD HACKED IT
IN HALF. WILL THAT CONTINUE TO
GET CUT? SO WHY BOTHER? YEAH I
APPRECIATE THIS QUESTION, I
THINK IS THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT
THE FUNDING THAT WE DO HAVE IS A
REAL OPPORTUNITY? UM TO CREATE
AWARENESS AROUND THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE MULTIJURISDICTIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS, UM AND MULTI RISK
THIS MULTI RISK MULTI
JURISDICTION EXAMPLE. AND IT'S
REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF
SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE
NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK WITH
THE FUNDS THAT WE DO HAVE I
DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS
TO. I CAN ADD TO. I MEAN, THERE
IS THERE'S THE GRANT PROGRAM IS
ONE ASPECT OF HOW THE STATE IS
LOOKING AT RESILIENCE ACROSS THE
BOARD. RIGHT SO THERE'S THE
LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, PASSED
SOME LAWS AND GOVERNOR SIGNED,
OBVIOUSLY, UM, REQUIREMENTS
WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN AGAIN TO
LOOK AT ADAPTATION RESILIENCY.
SO YOU KNOW, WITHIN YOUR
PLANNING DOCUMENTS. YOU NEED TO
THINK ABOUT THIS. AND SO THERE,
THERE'S DIFFERENT LAYERS OF HOW
WE WERE, YOU KNOW, ATTACKING THE
PROBLEM FOR LACK OF A BETTER
TERM. IN PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING
TO YOU KNOW, LOCALS IS ONE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THEM TO
BUILD CAPACITY AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL AS ANOTHER TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES IN BUILDING THAT
LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE
WHEREWITHAL AND THE ABILITY TO
APPLY FOR NON STATE FUNDS IS
REALLY SOMETHING WE'RE FOCUSING
A LOT ON. AND SO THERE'S A
VARIETY OF WAYS WE'RE LOOKING AT
THIS AND SO I DON'T THINK IT
SENDS THE WRONG SIGNAL BECAUSE
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF MANY
PROGRAMS THAT THAT ARE LOOKING
AT THE GREATER ADAPTATION
RESILIENCY, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS OF
THE STATE AND HOW WE DEAL WITH
THAT ACROSS SO VARIETY OF
SPECTRUMS OFFER THIS
OBSERVATION, I THINK MANY
GOVERNMENT, MANY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE LOOKING AT THIS
ISSUE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEIR THEIR
COMMUNITIES WANT THEM TO FOCUS
ON, ETCETERA, AND THERE IS YES,
THERE IS. THERE ARE BIG QUESTION
MARKS IN PEOPLE'S HEADS ABOUT
HOW DO YOU DO THIS? OH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW? IS IT WORTH DOING,
ETCETERA? AND SO I THINK WE ALL
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO AS AS WE
ROLL THIS PROGRAM OUT TO
EMPHASIS. YES, WE WILL CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN CLIMATE RESILIENCY
BECAUSE IT'S JUST ESSENTIAL AS
THESE CHANGES, YOU KNOW, MOVE
FORWARD. UM WELL, THANK YOU. CAN
I JUST RESPOND TO I, UM THERE'S
NINE REGIONS IDENTIFIED THROUGH
THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE
ADAPTATION STRATEGY, AND THE
REGIONAL PROGRAM IS INTENDING TO
FUND ONE PROJECT IN EACH REGION
TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. THANK
YOU THAT THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.
GOOD FOR ME TO HEAR. I
APPRECIATE THAT. UM AND, UM,
THIS IS THE FINAL QUESTION. UM
IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
CENTERS, UM, GIVEN THE SMALL
AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE THAT
WILL REMAIN IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
23 IF DELAY IS ADOPTED, HOW YOU
HOW WILL YOU PRIORITIZE WHICH
PROJECTS ARE FUNDED? ARE YOU
CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FROM
AIR DISTRICTS THAT RUN EXISTING
PROGRAMS? UM UNDER THE COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE CENTERS. THANK YOU.
CHAIR FOR THAT QUESTION, SO THE
WAY THAT THE FIRST ROUND WILL BE
PRIORITIZED WILL INCLUDE BOTH
IMPLEMENTING PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS, SO THERE
WILL BE REALLY THE AWARDS OF THE
FIRST ROUND WILL BE BASED ON FOR
LOVE LATERAL LEVEL OF READINESS
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS SO
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE READY TO
MOVE INTO PRE DEVELOPMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY WOULD BE
WOULD BE PART OF THE
PRIORITIZATION STRUCTURE. THE
BECAUSE OF THE DELAY. WE
ACTUALLY SEE A REALLY GREAT
OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN AWARD
MORE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS TO
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MORE
PLANNING GRANTS TO
IMPLEMENTATION TO COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE LESS READY SO THAT THEY
CAN GET INTO THE SECOND OR THIRD
ROUND FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SO I
THINK AGAIN, IT'S THINKING ABOUT
HOW DO WE CAST A NET THAT'S VERY
WIDE AND INCLUSIVE AND MEET
COMMUNITIES AT THE AT THE PLACES
WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY. THANK
YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE IN
THE BACK OF THE CAN YOU GUYS
HEAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION NOISE
GOING ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE?
EVERYBODY'S OKAY. ALRIGHT,
GREAT. ALRIGHT. UM OKAY.
COMMUNITY BASED PUBLIC AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN. WHY IS $20 MILLION AND
CORRECT THEM OUT? HAVE THE NEXT
GREAT.
THAT'S YOUR. SO YOU ME. SARAH
HERE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE, COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP AND STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATION. UM COORDINATION.
SORRY I'LL GET IT LONG. ACRONYM.
UM NEW ME IS GOING TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. DO YOU
HAVE A PRESENTATION? YOU WANT TO
MAKE ALL STORIES JUST ANSWERING
QUESTIONS CAN DO EITHER, AND I
ALSO HAVE MADE UP A PRESENTATION
IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES THAT
JUST HEARING WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS
WERE, SO I COULD DO EITHER.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. WHEN YOU
SAY WHATEVER PRESENTATION YOU'D
LIKE TO MAKE, AND THEN YOU CAN
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ALSO, HOW
ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU. I MEAN,
IF YOU IF YOU'VE DONE SOME
POTENTIAL IN THE SAME THING FOR
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE I MEAN THE
CLIMATE. THE. CLIMATE RESILIENCE
PROGRAM. IF SHE HAS A
PRESENTATION SHE WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE LET US KNOW. OKAY, GREAT.
UM JUST CHECKING THE MIKE, ARE
YOU? IS THIS ALL RIGHT? OKAY
GREAT. SO THANKS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO YOUR
QUESTIONS REALLY SUPER HAPPY TO
BE HERE ARE BENNETT AND MEMBERS
? UM I JUST WANTED TO TAKE JUST
A SECOND TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND
OUR NEW OFFICE. MY NAME IS YOU,
ME, SARAH. I'M THE NEW EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE OPPOSITE
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. AND
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. UM AND
I'VE GOT ABOUT 30 YEARS OF OVER
30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BUT MOST
RELEVANTLY IN STATE SERVICE I
WAS A SENIOR ADVISER TO THE
VACCINATORS 58 CAMPAIGN AND, UM
, JUMP FROM THAT TO THIS AND
THEN, UM, BEFORE THAT, I WAS THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR STATEWIDE
OUTREACH FOR CALIFORNIA ACCOUNTS
. CENSUS 2020 CAMPAIGN WHERE
I'VE MET MANY OF THE CBOS ON THE
GROUND. AND LASTLY, I'M ALSO A
DAUGHTER OF PUBLIC SERVANTS, SO
I AM A REAL BELIEVER, ALSO IN
PUBLIC SERVICE. UM I HEARD A FEW
QUESTIONS THAT I'M HOPING TO
ANSWER ALSO THROUGH THESE, UM,
TALKING POINTS, BUT ONE QUESTION
, UM, WAS WHAT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN IF WE DON'T GET THE $20
MILLION AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS
AROUND EVALUATION AND DATA. UM
WHAT'S WORKING? WHAT'S NOT
WORKING? HOW DO YOU KNOW? UH
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MY
BACKGROUND. I ALSO WORKED WITH
THE WORLD BANK. AND SO I'M ALSO
BEEN TRAINED IN EVALUATION AND
HAVE CONDUCTED EVALUATIONS
MYSELF. AND A REAL STRONG
PROPONENT OF LEARNING. UM SO
THAT OUR OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR MANAGING THE STATE'S HIGHEST
PRIORITY CAMPAIGNS AND ONE OF
THEM BEING EXTREME HEAT. AND, UM
. COUPLE UM THE CAMPAIGNS ARE
REALLY BUILT ON GOOD PRACTICES
AND LESSONS LEARNT. FROM OUR
PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS OF THE
VACCINATION OF 58 CAMPAIGN AND
THE CENSUS 2020 CAMPAIGN. WE
WORK IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER
STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
TO ENSURE OUR WERE COMPLEMENTARY
AND WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING
EFFORTS AND WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR
OTHER PARTNERS IN STATE AGENCIES
. WE ARE A PUBLIC AWARENESS OR
AS YOU SAY, CHAIR BENNETT OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, AND
IT SERVES AS A CORE PILLAR IN
THE STATES. EXTREME HEAT ACTION
PLAN. WE'RE GOING. WE'RE WE'RE
USING OUR MODEL OF HOW WE FOCUS
ON WHERE THE HIGHEST RISK
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ARE WHO
THEY TRUST MOST IN THEIR
COMMUNITY, AND WHAT MESSAGE WILL
ACTUALLY RESONATE IN MOST LIKELY
TO DRIVE ACTION? WE'VE DONE THIS
IN THE CENSUS AND COVID
CAMPAIGNS AND WERE HIGHLY
RESPONSIBLE TO EMERGENCIES AS
YOU. REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE LAST TWO EMERGENCIES WE'VE
WORKED ON AND UNPREDICTABLE
NATURE OF WHETHER. UM WE'RE WHAT
WILL BE DOING IS CREATED WITH
THE $20 MILLION, WHICH IS
SEPARATE FROM OUR BASED FUNDING.
WE WILL BE, UM THIS WOULD BE
ALLOCATED TO EXTREME HEAT. A
PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WILL
BE DEVELOPING UMBRELLA AND RAPID
RESPONSE MESSAGES. UM
PARTICULARLY MESSAGES THAT CAN
BE TRANSLATED INTO OTHER
LANGUAGES AND OTHER CULTURES,
PARTNERING WITH ETHNIC MEDIA
OUTLETS ARE EMBEDDED IN
COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING A ROBOT
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN BECAUSE,
AS WE SAW, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE
CENSUS AND THE, UM COVERED
CAMPAIGNS WHERE MISINFORMATION
AND DISINFORMATION WAS RAMPANT.
WE FUND HIGHLY INTERACTIVE HEAT
SAFE OUTREACHED TACTICS LIKE
PHONE AND TEXT BANKING, AND ALL
OF THIS IS IN COORDINATION WITH
WHAT OUR BASE FUNDING FUNDS IS
OUR CBO TRUSTED MESSENGER
NETWORK. UM. AND JUST A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION
AROUND WHAT? HOW DO WE KNOW
WHAT'S WORKING? WHAT'S NOT
WORKING, RIGHT? UM. PROUD TO SAY
THAT WE WERE IN PACOIMA HOSTED
BY PACOIMA BEAUTIFUL. AH LAST
WAS IT LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS
AGO AND OUR STAFF I WAS IN A
HEARING, SO I WAS SADLY NOT ABLE
TO GO, BUT OUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO
DO A REALLY LEARNING EVENT, AND
WE ALSO DID TO FOCUS GROUPS WITH
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN UNDER FIVE AROUND
EXTREME HEAT, SO WE'RE REALLY
TRYING TO LEARN AND LISTEN TO
OUR COMMUNITIES. WE WERE ALSO IN
MADEIRA, WHERE WE MET WITH MANY
FARMWORKERS COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, WE WERE IN
VENTURA COUNTY, HOSTED BY
ADVENTURER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
, UM INCLUDING MANY OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL THE SOCIAL GROUPS.
THERE ARE FARMWORKERS GROUPS AS
WELL. SO WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF
WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
COMMUNITY. UM, I'M I'VE I WAS
ALSO A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS.
I'M VERY COMMUNITY BASED AND
COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND REALLY
TAKING WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND
TRYING TO PUT THEM INTO OUR
PRACTICES. AND UM, ARE LESSONS
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
DEVELOPED BY LAUNCHED THIS THIS
YEAR WAS A LEARNING LAB FOR WAS
CALLED LEARNING TO ACTION AND
BRINGING OUR CBO AT CBO VOICES
AND AMPLIFYING THEM. WE'VE HAD
LIKE, FROM 180 TO 200 ON A ON A
WEBINAR EVERY MONTH TO LISTEN TO
SOME OF THEIR HOW THEY DO
OUTREACH. HOW DO THEY BUILD
COALITIONS? HOW THEY REACH OUT
TO ETHNIC MEDIA? OUR LAST ONE
WAS ACTUALLY ON EVALUATION.
WE'VE HAD ANY EVALUATOR
ACCOMPANY US FOR RESULTS BASED
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. SO WE KNOW UM
WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE'RE REALLY
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BOTH
CAPTURE THE LESSONS AND TO AND
TO REALLY SEND IT OUT TO THE
PUBLIC. OFTEN THE AND ALSO VERY
MUCH COMMUNITY BASED LESSONS
RIGHT ARE WE ARE ONE OF OUR
PILLARS IS TO BE DATA INFORMED.
WE COME FROM THE CENSUS, SO WE
KNOW ALL ABOUT DATA AND CENSUS
TRACTS. UM IN VENTURA WAS ONE OF
OUR FAVORITE COUNTIES, BY THE
WAY FOR CENSUS. UM THE WHAT?
WE'VE WHAT WE DO HAVE A DATA
PLATFORM, WHERE ARE CBOS ARE
REQUIRED TO PUT WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN DOING HOW THEY'VE BEEN
DOING. DOING THAT. WHAT KIND OF
INTERACTIVE WE JUST HAPPENING,
AND WE'RE ANALYZING THAT DATA OF
WHERE THEY SHOULD BE GOING NEXT
, WHICH WHICH AREA HAS THE LEAST
SOCIAL OR THE MOST SOCIAL AND
HEALTH INEQUITIES SO THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO TARGET OUR POPULATION?
BOTH FOR OUR CBOS AS WELL FOR
OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
WERE ALSO ABLE TO UM, UH, TARGET
THE LANGUAGES. WE WORK IN AT
LEAST 14 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE
ALL OF OUR BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO
WORK WITH ETHNIC MEDIA WERE ALSO
ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH SOME
OF THE RADIO ADVERTISEMENTS
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WORKS FOR
SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE FIELD.
AND UM I WAS PART OF THE
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
ACCESS PLAN FOR OUR SENSES. SO
I'M A REAL PROPONENT OF, UM UH,
CULTURALLY, RELEVANT AND
LINGUISTICALLY, UM. APPROPRIATE
KIND OF LENGTH LANGUAGE. UM,
TRANSLATIONS. SO I THINK THAT
WAS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WAS GOING
TO SAY SO I BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
UM HOW ABOUT HOW WILL THE FUNDS
COVER? AND HOW LONG DO YOU
ANTICIPATE THIS FUNDING TO LAST
? WE HAVE TO, UM FISCAL YEARS OF
FUNDING AND THE FIRST I THINK,
UM, JUST CHECK. THE FIRST IS FOR
SIX MILLION. UM AND THEN THE
SECOND FISCAL YEAR WILL BE FOR
14 MILLION, SO IT WILL LAST
UNTIL 2024. AND WHAT WILL BE
COVERING IS FOR THAT. THE $20
MILLION BUDGET. WHAT IT WILL BE
COVERING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
PUBLIC EDUCATION COMPONENT. UM,
THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT REPORTING
THIS? THESE COMMUNICATIONS YOU
KNOW, WITH OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
THAT ARE OUT THERE, RIGHT? UM UM
, ETCETERA, IS THAT WORK FOR THE
COMMUNICATION SPACE? I I'M ALSO
I SIT ON THE TASK FORCE, FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR THE ES PRIORITY
POPULATIONS TASK FORCE. UM WHICH
HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERY MORNING
THE THESE LAST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE
OF THE FLOODS, SO I'M ABLE TO AT
LEAST LEARN WHAT'S OUT THERE AND
CONTRIBUTE ALSO TO WHAT? WHAT
THE NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM BUT WHAT WE HOPE TO DO MORE
IS THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF THE
PREPARATION. UM AND SUPPORTING
ALSO ARE CBO SO THAT THEY THEY
HAVE THE RIGHT MESSAGES TO BE
ABLE TO GO OUT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WELCOME REMEMBER, CONNELLY
. HERE. APPRECIATE IT, UM,
TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE
COMMUNITIES. I JUST HAVE ONE
FINAL QUESTION. THERE WE GO. HOW
MUCH MONEY DO YOU ANTICIPATE WE
CAN GET FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO OFFSET CUTS. UM
CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION. IT'S SOMETHING I'VE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT. SO
TYPICALLY, THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS ABLE TO GET
BETWEEN 12 TO 15% OF THE
NATIONAL POOL THAT'S BASED OFF
OF OUR POPULATION. I THINK THAT
WE'RE IN A REALLY GREAT POSITION
AS A STATE TO DRAW DOWN THAT
AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO THAT EQUATES
TO ABOUT 250 TO $300 MILLION.
AND THE REASON I THINK WE'RE IN
SUCH A GOOD POSITION IS THAT THE
STATE HAS INVESTED A LOT OF TIME
IN PRE DEVELOPMENT IN READINESS
ACTIVITIES IN CAPACITY BUILDING.
AND SO EVEN JUST LOOKING ACROSS
THE TCC, UH, PLANNING GRANT
APPLICANTS. WE CERTAINLY HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE READY
TO START THEIR APPLICATION
PROCESS WITH THE U. S. C P A
THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WE'RE GETTING JUST GETTING
READY TO LEAVE. ISSUE NUMBER
NUMBER ONE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CONNOLLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
TOUGH. ISSUE TWO. GREAT. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. THANK
YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE ON TO ISSUE TO GENERAL
FUND SOLUTIONS AND
IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FROM
PARKS. JOY AGREE. AND WHOEVER
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
BEGIN AND FEEL. IDENTIFY
YOURSELF. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY. MY NAME IS ARMANDO
QUINTERO AND I'M, THE DIRECTOR
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK
SYSTEM. AND THIS IS BRIAN DEWEY
, WHO'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN
STATE PARKS. UM CALIFORNIA STATE
PARK SYSTEM REALLY REPRESENTS AN
EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF
LANDSCAPES AND DIVERSE HABITATS
, LANDS, HISTORICAL SITES,
CULTURAL SITES, RECREATION
AREAS, AND IT INCLUDES 340 MILES
OF CALIFORNIA'S COASTLINE. THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT
CALIFORNIA STATE PARK PROGRAMS
AND POLICIES REFLECTIVE OF THE
FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS OF ACCESS
, INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY.
PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PARKS AND
OPEN SPACE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITIES. EXCUSE ME IS
ESSENTIAL. IN FACT, DURING
COVID, WE SAW THE PARKS AND
PUBLIC LANDS REALLY BECAME
ESSENTIAL LANDSCAPES AND
REFUGEES FOR THE PUBLIC. THESE
PARKS, IMPROVE OUR HEALTH,
STRENGTHEN OUR CONNECTIONS AND
IMPROVES OUR LIVES AND OUTCOMES
, AND WE WORK TO MEET OUR
PROMISE OF A CALIFORNIA FOR ALL
THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE
ADVANCEMENTS OF EQUITABLE
OUTDOOR ACCESS PRIORITY, AND WE
HAVE MANY ADVANCEMENTS IN PLACE
TOWARDS THIS GOAL. WE'RE ABOUT
TO RELEASE A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN,
WHICH IS DUBBED PATH FORWARD,
AND THIS BUILDS UPON EXISTING
PRIORITIES, WHICH WERE
ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE PARK'S
TRANSFORMATION EFFORT, WHICH
BEGAN IN 2017. UM OUR NEWEST
STRATEGIC PLAN INTRODUCES NEW
IDEAS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND INTO THE
FUTURE, AND WE'RE ALREADY MAKING
PROGRESS ON A NUMBER OF THE
ITEMS THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN
JUST A FEW MONTHS. THIS PLAN
CREATES AN ACTIONABLE
INFLAMMATION STRATEGY THAT HAS
LED BY A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF
KEY LEADERS REPRESENTING ALL OF
THE PROGRAM AREAS IN PARKS. THE
PLAN IS IN ITS FINAL REVIEW, AND
AS I MENTIONED IT WILL BE
RELEASED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS. IN REGARDS TO INCREASING
, UH, ACCESS AND RELEVANCE. WE
ARE IMPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS TO INCREASE ACCESS
THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS. I'M GOING
TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW. THE
GOLDEN BEAR PASS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO EXPAND
ACCESS TO PARKS TO RECIPIENTS OF
SERVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES. AND SO THIS IS
FOR INCOME, ELIGIBLE CITIZENS,
UM, THIS YEAR IN YEARS PAST, UM
RECIPIENTS OR BENEFICIARIES OF
DSS SUPPORT. CHECK CHECKED OUT
ABOUT 2000 PASSES BY REGISTERING
FOR THESE BY WORKING WITH THE
SS. WE ACTUALLY, UM REALLY
PUSHED THE PAST FOR THE FOR THE
MEMBER OR FOR THE RECIPIENTS.
AND THIS YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED
38,000 GOLDEN BEAR PASSES. UM WE
ALSO CREATED SOMETHING NEW THIS
YEAR, AND I'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE.
HERE. IT'S CALLED THE LIBRARY
PARK PASS. THIS IS A HANG TAG
THAT GOES ON YOUR MIRROR AND
WORKING WITH THE STATE LIBRARY
IN OUR TEAMS GOT TOGETHER AND
CREATED A PROGRAM WHEREBY WE
WORKED WITH THE LEGISLATOR AND
WE WERE LEGISLATURES. AND WE
WERE ABLE TO GET 33,000 PASSES,
WHICH WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED TO A
NUMBER OF LIBRARIES ACROSS THE
STATE, INCLUDING TRIBAL
LIBRARIES WERE STILL
DISTRIBUTING THE LAST TRANCHE OF
THESE, BUT ALREADY THIS PASS IS
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ITEMS
CHECKED OUT FROM STATE LIBRARIES
. AND WE'RE HEARING FROM
LIBRARIANS THAT FAMILIES ARE
COMING IN AND CHECKING OUT BOOKS
AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE DID WITH THIS PASS. IS
THERE A CURE? THERE'S A Q R CODE
ON THE BACK, WHICH HAS ALLOWED
US TO GATHER DATA BY VOLUNTARY
UM, PARTICIPANTS IN A SURVEY
THAT WE'RE TAKING OF THE USERS,
AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THEY
HIT OUR TARGET AUDIENCE. HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF THE USERS, UM,
HAVE ANNUAL INCOMES OF $60,000
OR LESS. AND HAVE NOT GONE TO
STATE PARKS BEFORE AND NOW
THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO GO TO DO THEY'RE GONNA
PLAN ON GOING TO SEVERAL STATE
PARKS A YEAR, WHICH IS EXCITING
, AND FINALLY, WE DEVELOPED
SOMETHING CALLED THE FOURTH
GRADE ADVENTURE PASS. AND THIS
IS A PASS WHERE FOURTH GRADERS
CAN GO ONLINE REGISTER FOR ONE
OF THESE PASSES AND ALLOWS THAT
FOURTH GRADER TO TAKE THEIR
FAMILIES. 2 19 STATE PARKS
ACROSS THE STATE WHERE WE'VE
DEVELOPED PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY
FOR THOSE FOURTH GRADERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S A HIGHLY
POPULAR PROGRAM, AND TODAY WE'VE
ALREADY DISTRIBUTED 30,000 OF
THESE PASSES. SO WE'VE SEEN A
REAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY
IN THESE PARKS AND BEYOND
ADVENTURE PASSES IN THESE PASSES
THAT I'VE MENTIONED. WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH TRIBES TO DEVELOP.
MOU S, UM AND SOME OF THE RECENT
PARTNERSHIPS HAVE INCLUDED, UM M
O U. S WITH THE COIN NATION THAT
KASHIA POMO THE YUROK, THE WASH
SHOW FROM THE TAHOE AREA AND NON
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES LIKE
THE UM AHMAD SIN AND THE SANTA
CRUZ AREA AND JUST THIS LAST
SATURDAY, WE SIGNED AN MOU WITH
THE SAN LUIS REY BAND OF MISSION
INDIANS AND SAN DIEGO AND I HAVE
TO SAY THESE, UM THESE EVENTS
ARE INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL.
BECAUSE FOR THE TRIBES AND
ACTUALLY FOR PARKS, THESE
COLLABORATIONS REPRESENT
REINTRODUCE SPECIES, EXPANDED
HABITAT WORK, PUTTING
TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
TO WORK IN AREAS LIKE PRESCRIBED
BURN WORK. UM AND ALSO, TRIBES
ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE BRING
TRADITIONAL PRACTICES BACK TO
THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS, WHICH ARE
NOW MANAGED. BY STATE PARKS,
WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE
CEREMONY. SO REALLY IS A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT
ACROSS THE STATE. AND I WILL SAY
, UM, THOSE EXPERIENCES NOT ONLY
OUR EMOTIONAL IN THEIR, UM AND
THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT IN THEIR
ENGAGEMENT. IT'S REALLY
SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO PLANNING
FOR A CHANGING LANDSCAPE. STATE
PARKS MANAGES OVER 1.6 MILLION
ACRES OF CALIFORNIA'S WORLD AND
THAT INCLUDES 2200 AND 80 STATE
PARKS, AND THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN
HEAVILY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2021, WE
RELEASED A SEA LEVEL RISE
ADAPTATION STRATEGY, WHICH
PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR LONG
TERM PLANNING NEEDS ALONG THE
COAST AS WE ARE IMPACTED. BY
CERTAINLY WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED
ALONG THE COAST IN THESE RECENT
STORMS, AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING
AT ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL
THREATS POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
STATE PARKS IS ALSO ADVANCING
FOREST HEALTH THROUGH
STEWARDSHIP, FORESTRY AND
PRESCRIBED BURNS ACROSS MORE
THAN 100 STATE PARKS. AND SOME
OF THAT WORK IS BEING DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES AND
ACROSS THE STATE. THE DEPARTMENT
HAS ALSO BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, FLOODPLAIN
RE CONNECTION AND THE
RESTORATION OF WATERSHEDS DURING
HEAT EVENTS. AS I SAID, THESE
PARKS BECAME A HEAT REFUGEE
ACROSS THE ACROSS THE STATE, AND
I'LL JUST SAY THAT UM STATE
PARKS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC
WHAT THESE PLACES CAN PROVIDE
FOR THEM, EVEN BEYOND HEAT
REFUGEE, SO I APPRECIATE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
THIS HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND WE
CAN NOW TAKE QUESTIONS. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE. THANK YOU. I JUST
HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION BEFORE
WE GO TO THE MEMBERS. DID YOU
SAY 2200 AND 80 STATE PARKS TO
80? DID I SAY 2200 AND 80?
THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. BUT THAT
MAY NOT BE 280 STATE PARKS.
FORGIVE MY NERVOUSNESS TO 80. I
GUESS THAT'S A DREAM OR
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. MEMBERS. DO
WE HAVE QUESTIONS? I HAVE
QUESTIONS IF MEMBERS DON'T HAVE
QUESTIONS IN, RIGHT, UM UH THE
PROGRAM DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
FEDERAL LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION FUND AND THE
RECREATION TRAILS AND GREENWAYS
PROGRAM. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
LIZ. I'M GOING TO HAVE CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR LIZ MCGURK TALK
ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS LIZ MCGURK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION. UM SO THE STATE
RECREATIONAL TRAILS AND
GREENWAYS PROGRAM IS A STATE
PROGRAM THAT WAS THAT FUNDS,
TRAILS, TRAILHEADS AND AMENITIES
. UM FOR STATE PROJECTS. THE
FEDERAL LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION PROGRAM IS A
FEDERAL PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH
THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUNDING IS BROADER USAGE. SO IT
CAN FUND TRAILS, BUT IT CAN FUND
OTHER OUTDOOR PROJECTS.
CAMPGROUNDS PARKS, AMENITIES,
OUTDOOR AMENITIES. OKAY UM, WHEN
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE
FEDERAL MONEY WILL END SO THE
FEDERAL LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION FUNDS WERE ACTUALLY
PERMANENTLY AUTHORIZED RECENTLY
THROUGH THE GREAT AMERICAN
OUTDOORS ACT, AND SO, UM, WE DO
ANTICIPATE THAT FUNDING TO BE
ONGOING. THERE IS ALSO A
SEPARATE FEDERAL RECREATIONAL
TRAILS PROGRAM FUNDED FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION. ENHANCEMENT
FUNDS. THOSE HAVE BEEN IN
EXISTENCE SINCE 1992 AND HAVE
BEEN FUNDED SINCE THEN. SO WE
DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT FUNDING TO
END BUT IT IS CURRENTLY
AUTHORIZED. I BELIEVE THROUGH
FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2006. DO YOU
ANTICIPATE? I MEAN ALL OF THOSE
FEDERAL FUNDS, THERE'S NO
RESTRICTION OF THOSE FEDERAL
FUNDS BEING DRAWN DOWN BY THE
STATE FOR STATE PARKS AND STATE.
RECREATION TRAILS, IS THERE OR
IS THERE SO THERE'S TWO PROGRAMS
SO FEDERAL LAND AND WATER
CONSERVATION FUND DOES HAVE, UM,
SPECIFIED PURPOSES. THERE'S
GRANTS TO LOCAL ENTITIES AS WELL
AS IT CAN BE USED IN STATE
PROJECTS. UM THE FEDERAL
RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM ALSO
, UM, PROVIDES GRANTS AND IT CAN
BE USED FOR STATE. LOCAL NGOS
MAY APPLY FOR THE FUNDING. GREAT
QUESTIONS FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS
PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE THERE DID WE
DO? I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE LESLEY
HARTZELL, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF
OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME.
UM HOW MUCH FUNDING FROM THE
CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM HAS BEEN
COMMITTED TO DATE? UM GOOD
MORNING CHAIR BENNETT AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. MY NAME IS
LESLIE HEARTS FROM THE CULTURAL
RESOURCES DIVISION CHIEF AND I
ALSO SERVED ON BEHALF OF OUR
DIRECTOR AS THE DEPARTMENT'S
TRIBAL LAYS ON BY WAY OF
INTRODUCTION, THE FUNDING THAT
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO DATE. UM IS
THIS FOLLOWS DEPARTMENT HAS
DEVELOPED A WORK PLAN THAT
COMMITS 22 MILLION FOR, UM, OF
THE FUNDING OVER THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS. THAT WILL BE THROUGH JUNE
2027. WE ALSO HAVE THREE MILLION
THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS SET
ASIDE FOR CONTINGENCY. AND IN
THE COMING WEEKS, THE DEPARTMENT
ANTICIPATES THAT A TOTAL OF
APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION WILL BE
ENCUMBERED IN THE PROGRAM. AND
THEN WHY DOES THE DEPARTMENT
FIELD THIS PROGRAM SO IMPORTANT?
TO IMPLEMENT SO QUICKLY,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STATE IS
FACING A DEFICIT. THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION. THE ARTS AND
PARKS PROGRAM USES CULTURAL ARTS
TO RESPOND TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF
THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS
AFFECTING CALIFORNIA'S
COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE
RELATED TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
WELL BEING EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
THE BENEFITS OF PARKS TO
COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
HAVE BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED. WE'VE
CERTAINLY SEEN THAT THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC WITH A YOU KNOW, A
TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN
VISITATION IN OUR PARKS. NOT
ONLY WILL THIS PROGRAM HELPED
REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESS FOR
PARKS, BUT IT WILL DRAW AN
INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE LIMITED ENGAGEMENT IN PARKS
BY IMPLEMENTING CULTURALLY
RELEVANT ART PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS AS WELL AS MENTORSHIP
AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE PROGRAM WILL MAKE PARKS MORE
RELEVANT TO ALL THROUGH
INTERGENERATIONAL PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DESIGNING
WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON, UM
TRIBAL NATIONS, ENGAGEMENT,
YOUTH AND UNDERSERVED OR
DISINVESTED POPULATIONS, AND
THIS MAY INCLUDE FURTHER
INVESTMENT IN LOCAL PARKS FOR
EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ESPECIALLY WHERE ALREADY
INVESTED FUNDS IN LOCAL PARKS.
CREATION OR IMPROVEMENTS HAVE
ALREADY OCCURRED. LIKE OUR, UM
UM FABULOUSLY SUCCESSFUL OFFICER
GRANTS AND LOCAL, UM, SERVICES
PROGRAM THAT HAS PUSHED OUT AND
I THINK THE DIRECTOR YOU HAVE
THE FUNDS ON HOW MUCH WE'VE
PUSHED INTO PARTS OVER HALF OF
THE YEAR. 2000 THE OFFICE OF
GRANTS AND LOCAL SERVICES HAS
DISTRIBUTED $2 BILLION TO
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA
SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1964
OVER 700 COMMUNITIES. HAVE
BENEFITED FROM THESE INVESTMENTS
, AND THESE ARE FOR COMMUNITIES
OUTSIDE OF STATE PARKS. AND SO
WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE FUNDS GO
TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PARKED
POOR COMMUNITIES WHO EITHER
DON'T THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
WHAT PARK POOR. THEY DON'T HAVE
PARKS OR THEY HAVE FACILITIES
THAT ARE REALLY RUN DOWN AND
NEED TO BE REHABILITATED AND
AGAIN. I SAID THERE WAS AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
WORKING WITH TRIBES. AN EXAMPLE
IS LAST YEAR. ACTUALLY LAST YEAR
WAS THE BIGGEST YEAR OF
INVESTMENTS FOR COMMUNITIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS
$548 MILLION. AND THERE WERE 100
AND SIX COMMUNITIES HAVE
BENEFITED FROM THAT INVESTMENT.
AND UM, I WENT TO THE RIBBON
CUTTING FOR A PARK DOWN AT, UM,
THE COMMUNITY OF PARIS AND WITH
A GRANT THAT THEY GOT FROM OUR
OFFICE, THEY TRANSFORMED A 22
ACRE SITE INTO AN INCREDIBLE, UM
, COMMUNITY PARK AND THEY HAD
NOTHING AND THIS IS A WHOLE
TOWN. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS
ABOUT THESE ARTS PROGRAMS. THOSE
ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
ALSO GOING TO BE SERVED BY THE
DELIVERY OF THESE PROGRAMS.
CULTURE ARTS PROGRAMS ARE
HELPING WITH THE SPECIFIC
TRANSFORMATION OF PLACES INTO
PARKS AND PARK PARK COMMUNITIES
. EXACTLY AND THIS ARTS PROGRAM
WE'RE SEEING AS A VEHICLE FOR
REALLY HELPING COMMUNITIES
ENGAGE IN THOSE. SO IF WE HAVE
INVESTED TO UPLIFT AND CREATE
LOCAL PARKS SO THAT MIGHT BE
CITY COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS AREAS
THAN THE ARTS PROGRAMS HELP MAKE
SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS
WELCOME ENGAGED. AND UM, BRINGS
THEIR COMMUNITY INTERESTS TO
THAT SPACE THROUGH ARTS MIGHT
MENTION WHEN I MENTIONED THE
COMMUNITY PARK IN PARIS. UM WHEN
THEY DID THE COMMUNITY PLAN FOR
THE PARK, IT INCLUDED COMMUNITY
ART. AND IT'S JUST REALLY A
WONDERFUL EXPRESSION OF CREATING
LOCAL OWNERSHIP. AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS
TO REALLY GET THESE COMMUNITIES
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE
STATE INVESTMENTS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND THAT THESE PARKS
ARE CONNECTED TO THE GREATER
NETWORK OF STATE PARKS. SO WHEN
I SPEAK WITH THESE COMMUNITIES
WHO ARE OUT IN THESE PORK, AND
YOU KNOW POOR RURAL AREAS, OFTEN
I'LL MENTION YOU KNOW THESE
GIANT REDWOODS IN CALIFORNIA AND
ALL OF THESE BEACHES, THEY'RE
YOURS, AND SO IT'S REALLY AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE
CONNECTION. UM HOW ARE YOU ABLE
TO SPEND THESE FUNDS IN A MANNER
OF MONTHS WHEN, UH, NRA'S MUSEUM
GRANT FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH
WAS FOUNDED IN 2021 TO HELP
MUSEUMS LOSING REVENUE AS A
RESULT OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
YEAH AND PROVIDED PERMANENT
ONGOING STAFF JUST RECENTLY
AWARDED HALF OF THE MONEY
APPROPRIATED AND THE
ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING TO
CUT THE REST. SO HOW IS IT THAT
THE ONE PROGRAM MOVES SO FAST IN
THE MUSEUM GRANT PROGRAM DID NOT
MOVE ANYWHERE NEAR AS QUICKLY
AND NOW AS BEING CUT. UM I WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE STRATEGY
THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR THIS
BECAUSE THIS FUNDING IS REALLY
GEARED TO DO TWO THINGS. IT'S TO
SUPPORT ARTS AND PARKS FOR BOTH
STATE PARKS AS WELL AS LOCAL
PARKS. AS I MENTIONED FIRST,
STATE PARKS WERE ABLE TO MOVE
FAIRLY RAPIDLY, UM, BECAUSE
WE'VE DONE INVENTORIES OF OUR
OWN ARTS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT OUR
PARK SYSTEMS OR 280 PARKS. WE'VE
DONE AN EXTENSIVE INVENTORY TO
LOOK AT WHETHER WE ALREADY
DELIVERING. NOW WHAT ARE THE
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE
HAVING, WHICH ARE ONES THAT
MAYBE ARE JUST BEING INITIATED?
UM AND PLAN FOR A FUTURE ART
INSTALLATIONS WITH NEW PARTNERS
TO STEP FORWARD THAT WOULD LIKE
TO WORK WITH PARKS. WE ALSO HAVE
GONE THROUGH AND ARE CONTINUING
TO ANALYZE DATA FROM OUR
PLANNING EFFORTS WHERE WE MIGHT
HAVE INTERPRETATION NATURAL
CULTURAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS.
WORKING WITH TRIBES AND INTEREST
FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS, HELPING INFORM
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE, UM,
ARTS PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN DO. SO
UM, THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO
ALREADY IDENTIFIED PROGRAMS THAT
YEAR ONE. WE CAN COME OUT THIS
THIS JULY AND PRIORITIZE INITIAL
ROUNDS OF FUNDING WITHIN STATE
PARKS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO LIFT
EXISTING PROGRAMS LEARNED FROM
THOSE PROGRAMS AND USE THAT AS A
MODEL FOR EXPANDING THAT NETWORK
AND OUTREACH AND ARTS TO OTHER
LOCATIONS IN STATE. UM THE OTHER
THING THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO TO MOVE FAIRLY
QUICKLY ON ALL OF THE FUNDING IS
WE HAVE A STATUTORY PARTNER WITH
PARKS, CALIFORNIA THAT IS AT THE
TABLE WITH US HELPING DEVELOP
THE PROGRAM, AND THEY WILL BE
ADMINISTERING THE LOCAL GRANT
PROGRAM SIDE OF THINGS, AND THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT AND
EFFICIENT, NIMBLE MANNER THEY
HAVE. THEY HAVE DEALT WITH OTHER
GRANT PROGRAMS ALREADY BEFORE,
UM STATE PARKS. WE'VE ALSO
CONTRACTED WITH THE CONSULTANT
WHO IS SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE PROGRAM AND THUS ENSURING WE
HAVE ADEQUATE STAFF CAPACITY TO
MEET THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE, SO WE
WERE ABLE TO ONBOARD THAT
CONSULTANT FAIRLY QUICKLY,
WHEREAS SOMETIMES IT TAKES A
LITTLE WHILE TO HIRE STAFF.
EXCUSE ME A MINUTE. I ASKED THE
QUESTION, BUT ELECTIONS IS YES.
BEGGING ME TO COME OVER THERE
RIGHT NOW. PLEASE UNDERSTAND.
TURN THIS OVER TO A CITY. THANK
YOU. CHAIR.
OKAY AH, WE'LL HAVE IT ON RECORD
. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RIVAS. WOULD
YOU LIKE ME TO CONTINUE? YES
PLEASE CONTINUE. THE CALIFORNIA
ARTS COUNCIL IS ALSO ADVISING ON
THE PROGRAM'S DEVELOPMENT AND
ENGAGEMENT WITH ARTISTS AND ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP FOR US
WITH THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL
. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE
LEVERAGING. UM, WHAT THEY HAVE
IS EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND
ALREADY BUILT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES. TO
HELP US BE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY
, AND FINALLY, WE ARE GOING TO
BE ESTABLISHING AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE, UM, TO HELP INFORM
THE ARTS AND ART ARTS AND PARKS
PROGRAM, DEVELOPMENT,
IMPLEMENTATION, OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN THOSE WAYS
I FEEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN MOVING TO FUNDS
FAIRLY QUICKLY RIGHT INTO THE
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. AH
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CONNOLLY. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
NICE TO SEE YOU, DIRECTOR. UH IF
YOU COULD GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW
DO YOU PLAN TO ALLOCATE THE $35
MILLION FOR FUTURE CAPITAL
OUTLAY PROJECTS DO IT, FOR
EXAMPLE, WHAT CAPITAL OUTLAY
PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED AND WHEN
WILL THEY BE COMPLETED? THANKS
FOR THE QUESTION. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. BRIAN DEWEY,
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS. UM THE
35 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
FOR THREE EXISTING CAPITAL
OUTLAY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN NEED
OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND OR NEED
TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE
ADDITIONAL SCOPE ITEMS. UM, THE
. FIRST PROJECT IS FOR MCGRATH.
STATE BEACH. THIS IS, UM, AN
IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT RELOCATES
AND EXISTING CAMPGROUND HAS BEEN
CLOSED BECAUSE OF YEAR ROUND
FLOODING. IF IT WOULD RESTORE
MUCH NEEDED LOW COST LOW COST
COASTAL ACCOMMODATIONS IN THIS
STRETCH OF THE COAST. UM IT ALSO
INCLUDES THE RESTORATION
EXPANSION OF HIGH QUALITY
REPAIRING HABITAT, AND THE
PROJECT WAS INITIALLY FUNDED
WITH A COMBINATION OF STATE BOND
FUNDS. AND, UM THE OTHER HALF
WAS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED
MATCHING FUNDS, AND THE
DEPARTMENT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT
EFFORTS TO SEEK ADDITIONAL
FUNDING LOOK AT PARTNERS FOR
MATCHING BUT HAS YET TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN THAT, SO, UM, WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FROM
THIS PART HERE TO MATCH THAT
EXISTING FUNDING TO MAKE THAT
PROJECT WHOLE, UM THE NEXT
PROJECT IS CANDLESTICK POINT
STATE RECREATION AREA. THIS IS
AN EXISTING PROJECT. THERE'S A
APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION
APPROVED RIGHT NOW. $10 MILLION
STATE FUNDS WITH 40 MILLION FROM
LAND TRANSFERS THAT ARE PENDING
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ADJACENT AREAS. THE TIMING AND
AMOUNT OF THOSE TRANSFERS IS
SOMEWHAT UNKNOWN. GIVEN THE
CHANGING NATURE OF THE ECONOMICS
OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THE SOME
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THIS
PART WHERE ESSENTIALLY ALLOW US
TO, UM MAKE ADDITIONAL VERY HIGH
PRIORITY CORE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS
IS A PARK THAT, UM WOULD EXPAND
EQUITABLE EQUITABLE ACCESS IN AN
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. AS
WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S
THE BORDER FIELD STATE PARK
MONUMENT MESA PROJECT. THIS AS A
PROJECT THAT'S EVOLVED OVER TIME
. INITIALLY IT WAS MONUMENT ROAD
AND MESA PROJECT. THE ROAD ALSO
FLOODS MAJORITY OF THE YEAR
PROVIDES ACCESS TO MONUMENT MESA
, WHICH IS A IMPORTANT ASIDE
HISTORICAL AND FOR COMMUNITIES.
UM AND IT IS WHERE FAMILIES
WOULD GATHER AT THE BORDER. THE
SITE IS CURRENTLY INACCESSIBLE
MOST OF THE YEAR. THE PROJECT
WAS SPLIT UP INTO TWO PHASES.
ONE WAS THE ROAD REPAIR, WHICH
IS ONGOING. RIGHT NOW IT'S A LOT
OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. THE
MONUMENT MATES A PORTION WAS WAS
DROPPED AND IS NOW BEING PICKED
BACK UP AS A AS A AS A PROJECT
AND HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO
INCLUDE ADDITIONAL VISITORS
SERVING FACILITIES AGAIN. AND
IT'S A IT'S A LOCATION WHERE
WE'RE EXPANDING EQUITABLE ACCESS
TO PARKS IN A STRATEGIC MANNER.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A THERE'S SOME
QUESTIONS AS TO THE TIMING WHEN
WE WOULD COME FORWARD WITH THESE
PROPOSALS, AND BECAUSE THEY'RE
THEY'RE ALL BIG CAPITAL OUTLAY.
THEY'D BE, UH, BUDGET CHANGE
PROPOSALS THAT WOULD BECOME
BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AND OTHER
COMMITTEES LEGISLATURE AT A
FUTURE DATE WHEN ADDITIONAL
FUNDING IS NEEDED. THANK YOU ANY
OTHER. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALLY GOOD
MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD
MORNING. I'M SORRY. WHO'S FROM
STATE PARKS? YOU ARE? YES OKAY.
DIRECTOR OF STATE PARKS. I'M NOT
LOOKING TO. I LOVE THE STATE
PARKS. I MEAN, I THINK IN OUR
DIGITAL WORLD WHERE EVERYONE'S
LIKE IN THEIR COMPUTERS, IT'S
GOOD TO GO OUT. YOU KNOW,
CRYSTAL COVE NEARBY AND STUFF SO
I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AT 1.3 BILLION
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. AND
I JUST HOPE THAT AS GOVERNMENT
WE CAN BE CREATIVE AND SMART AND
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THIS,
UM I WAS, YOU KNOW THE OTHER
DAY, YOU KNOW YOU BUY CAN A CAN
OF COKE OR WHATEVER THEY ARE
STILL TAKING THAT NICKEL OR
WHATEVER OUT OF THE CAN, AND
THERE'S NOWHERE TO GET YOUR
MONEY BACK. IF YOU GUYS HAVE
REALIZED THAT SO I JUST LOOKED
UP AND THEY HAVE 1.4 BILLION
SITTING IN THIS FUND THAT FROM
ALL THE MONEY WE'RE PAYING, AND
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING
WITH IT, SO WHY CAN'T WE GO TAKE
THAT MONEY AND GIVE IT TO YOU?
AND YOU GUYS CAN CAN FIX ALL OUR
PARKS INSTEAD OF SITTING THERE,
SO I WOULD LOVE LIKE AT SOME
POINT, WE JUST KIND OF GET
CREATIVE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT
MONEY IS BEING USED AND NOT AND
PUTTING IT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
THE PARKS IS SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD BE FUNDED. I MEAN, FROM A
UM JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND
REALLY MENTAL HEALTH. UM
STANDPOINT FOR CITIZENS, IT'S
IMPORTANT SO I DON'T KNOW IF I
HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT'S MORE
OF A STATEMENT AND WELL, I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU RAISING
THAT POINT AND WE HAVE SOME
INCREDIBLE PARK PARTNERS PARKS
CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS CREATED BY
STATUTE IS A FUNDRAISING PARTNER
AND THEY HELP US WITH
PROGRAMMING. AND THERE'S ALSO
THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION. THOSE ARE THE TWO
LARGEST LARGEST BODIES AND SORT
OF MIRRORS WITH THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE DOES WITH NATIONAL
PARKS FOUNDATION AND THE NPC. A
AND THEY ARE THE BODIES THAT DO
GO AFTER THAT SORT OF FUNDING.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH THEM ON, AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS LOOK AT
THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE GOT.
AND YES, 1.8 OR THE DEFICIT OR
THE BARBIE. THE BACKLOG. YOU'RE
YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S A BIG NUMBER
OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
ALSO DONE IS WE KEEP, UM DO WE,
IN FACT, KEEPS A LIST OF LIKE
THE $200 MILLION MARK IS A
PRIORITY SO THAT WE'RE READY TO
GO SO THAT WE'RE SHOVEL READY
WHEN THESE FUNDS APPEAR? UM AND
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT
DILIGENTLY WITH OUR PARK
PARTNERS. AND WE CAN REPORT OUT
ON THAT, UM, AT SOME POINT, IT'S
JUST OUR BUDGET IS SO LARGE.
IT'S LARGER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN
. IT'S DOUBLED IN WHAT IT WAS 10
YEARS AGO. WE'RE ALMOST AT 300
BILLION. WE HAVE PLENTY OF
MONEY. I JUST QUESTION IF WE'RE
USING ALL THE MONEY UM,
EFFICIENTLY AND APPROPRIATELY
AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE
CAN'T FIND THIS MONEY FOR YOU.
IN OUR BUDGET. WE SPEND MONEY, A
LOT OF OTHER THINGS. SO IT'S
JUST AN OBSERVATION, BUT I
APPRECIATE. YEAH MAYBE MAYBE
SOMETHING THAT THE FINANCE
PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT. BUT THERE'S
A BILLION DOLLARS SITTING IN
THIS RECYCLED FUND THAT I DON'T
KNOW WHAT WHAT THEY DO WITH IT,
SO WE'LL TALK TO PARKS
CALIFORNIA ABOUT THAT. YEAH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. WHAT WAS THAT? DON'T
PUTS SURE. UM DO DO I DO THAT HE
NEEDS HE NEEDS TO ADD ON RIGHT
NOW AND DO YOU MIND WORKING AND
ADD ON PLEASE? MM HMM. ONE,
CONNOLLY YOU SAY LEE? AYE.
QUESTION TO CONNOLLY. NO. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
REMEMBER, RIGHT? UM I THINK THAT
THAT CONCLUDES OUR QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
FOR ISSUE TWO? WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ON TO ISSUE THREE. RIGHT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH PARK. DOES
RIO'S CRUNCH DAY. ON THE USE
LIKE A WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT
THIS. RIOS, OKAY? WHAT DO THEY
UM. THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING
NEW STATE PARK. AND THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES $5.8
MILLION IN ONE TIME GENERAL FUND
AND $3.3 MILLION IN ONGOING
FUNDING TO ESTABLISH AN OPEN
THOSE RIOS RANCHES AND NEW STATE
PARK FOR DAY USE OPERATIONS TO
CREATE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES
AND PARK ACCESS TO HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. THIS PARK IS
LOCATED 20 MINUTES WEST OF THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE CITY OF
MODESTO. EXPANDING PARK ACCESS
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS A
STRATEGIC PART OF THE STATE
PARKS FUTURE AS OUTLINED IN OUR
STATE PARK CENTRAL VALLEY VISION
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THOSE REALS
RANCH WAS PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED
JUST OVER 10 YEARS AGO BY THE
NONPROFIT RIVER PARTNERS AND
WITH PUBLIC FUNDS, UM UM. AND
THEY DID THE RESTORATION AND THE
AND THE ACQUISITION OF THESE OF
THESE LANDS OVER THE LAST 10
YEARS, AND THIS WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE AS A
DONATION. THERE WAS RESOURCE
PROPERTY HAS BEEN A LEADING
EXAMPLE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT LOWERS FLOOD RISK PROTECTS
ENDANGERED SPECIES AND BRINGS
LIFE BACK TO THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. UM WITH THE WORK THAT
THE RIVER PARTNERS HAS COMPLETED
OVER THOSE LAST 10 YEARS.
RECOGNIZING THOSE RIOS IS A NEW
STATE PARK ALLOWS CALIFORNIA TO
LEAD THE WAY IN NATURAL
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE PROJECTS
WHILE OPENING A 1603 ACRE. AREA
OF LAND TO THE PUBLIC AND
CREATING NEW RECREATION AND
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN A
HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA.
IN THE INTEREST OF DEVELOPING
PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE PARK AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING
THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, WHICH
WE HOPE TO HAVE HAPPENED TOWARD
THE END OF THE SUMMER. UM THE
FUNDING IN POSITIONS WILL BE
ALLOCATED WILL BE IN THE BUDGET
CHANGE. UH, PROPOSAL WILL
PROVIDE THE NEEDED STAFFING,
STARTUP RESOURCES AND
OPERATIONAL FUNDS TO ENABLE
IMMEDIATE PUBLIC USE OF THIS
AMAZING PLACE AND OFFER MUCH
NEEDED NATURAL RECREATION SPACE
FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY. AND I
JUST MIGHT MENTION THAT JUST
WEEKS BEFORE RIGHT AFTER THESE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS BEGAN, I
VISITED THE SITE WITH SECRETARY
CROW FOOT AND WE SAW THAT
FLOODPLAIN FLOODED. AND WHAT
THAT'S DOING IS ACTUALLY
RECHARGING THE GROUNDWATER BASIN
IN THAT AREA, SO THE IDEA OF
LOOKING AT PARKS AS TRUE MULTI
BENEFIT LANDSCAPES IN CALIFORNIA
NOT ONLY OFFERS THOSE SORTS OF
BENEFITS, BUT IT ALSO BECOMES A
REALLY POWERFUL EDUCATIONAL
FRAMEWORK FOR THE PUBLIC. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY
MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS. GREAT
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE. YOU KNOW,
WITH OUR 30 BY 30 GOALS THIS
IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE CHUNK,
BUT IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE THAT
WE'RE STILL ABLE TO EXPAND AND
CREATE NEW STATE PARKS. THEY ARE
AND YOU'RE BLESSED TO GET TO BE
THE DIRECTOR OF HIM AND
EVERYBODY THAT WORKS AT THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THEY'RE SORT OF
LIKE EVERY MAN'S PARK. YES THEY
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME HIGH
PROFILE AS OUR NATIONAL PARKS,
BUT THEY SURE GET A LOT OF USE
AND LOVED ACTUALLY, AND THEY
PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
VALUE. UH PARTICULARLY TO THE
LOCAL AREA WHERE THE STATE PARK
IS AND STUFF. SO, UM, KEEP UP
THE GOOD WORK AND SPEND THE
DOLLARS AS EFFICIENTLY AS
POSSIBLE. WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT
AND I KNOW WE GOT WE HAVE GREAT
PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THE STATE
PARK SYSTEM AND STUFF
THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. HOPE YOU
CAN KEEP INSPIRING ALL OF THEM.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE'RE AT
NON PRESENTATION ITEMS. UH, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS ON THE NON PRESENTATION
ITEMS. YEAH I REMEMBER CON LIKE
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS
PARTICULAR APPRECIATION ON ITEM
13 OF NON PRESENTATION. THE
CINEMA. YOU GUYS CAN LEAVE IF
YOU IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
WORK, UM SONOMA OPEN SPACE AREA
OPERATIONS. PARTICULARLY THE
GOVERNOR'S REQUEST FOR $3
MILLION AND REIMBURSEMENT
AUTHORITY. AH RELATING TO
MANAGING OPEN SPACE PARKLAND
WITHIN THE SONOMA DEVELOPMENTAL
CENTER, WHICH IS A CONVERSION OF
A FORMER DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER.
TOWARD OPEN SPACE TOWARDS
REVITALIZATION. SO. APPRECIATE
ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT
AND JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S UM WE WILL NOW
TURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL
START WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN
THE ROOM? GOOD MORNING. GOOD AT
THIS. GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THANK
YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
ABIGAIL MILE ON BEHALF OF THE
SEMPER VIOLENCE FUND, AND I
WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED CUTS TO
STATE PARKS BOTH FOR DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND FOR THE OUTDOOR
ACCESS PROGRAMS AND ARTS
PROGRAMS JUST WANTED TO KIND OF
REITERATE WHAT WE DISCUSSED
BEFORE AND HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE
HAVE A WORLD CLASS STATE PARK
SYSTEM AND IT BENEFITS ALL
CALIFORNIANS STATEWIDE. I MEAN,
IT REALLY IS A GEM TO OUR STATE,
BUT TO NOT BE FUNDING DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND TO NOT BE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE UPKEEP THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT ALL. 280
STATE PARKS. UM IT'S REALLY A
DISSERVICE AND IT'S GOING TO
HAVE LONG TERM NEGATIVE IMPACTS
ON VISITOR EXPERIENCE. ON
NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE PARKS
AND ON OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND THE
PARKS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
ACCESSIBLE FOR MORE PEOPLE. UM
AND YOU KNOW, SAME GOES FOR
OUTDOOR ACCESS PROGRAMS. THEY
GET UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO
PARKS WHERE THEY HAVE LIFE
CHANGING EXPERIENCES. UM EVERY
DAY, SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
PUSH BACK ON THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL TO CUT THIS FUNDING. UM
AND JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT IT IT'S
SHORTSIGHTED AND IT REALLY IS
IMPORTANT, TOO. CALIFORNIANS
THANK YOU COMMENT HERE. BY YOUR
ON THIS TOPIC BECAUSE I DIDN'T
GET TO ADDRESS THAT AND
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAVE THE
DIRECTOR AND THE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR HERE. UM, THE RESET OUR
CLOCKS. UM. IT IS ONE OF THE
HARDEST QUESTIONS IN PUBLIC
POLICY AND THE ISSUE OF DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE. UH AND IT'S THE
HEALTHIEST ORGANIZATIONS. DO A
GREAT JOB OF NOT KICKING THE CAN
DOWN THE ROAD ON DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE AND IT'S IT. IT'S
YOU KNOW, PENNY WISE AND POUND
FOOLISH OFTEN TIMES AND YET AT
THE SAME TIME WHEN THERE ARE
TOUGH CUTS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE
THOSE DECISIONS ABOUT, UM WHAT
CAN TRULY BE DELAYED, BUT IT
USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU
GO, IT CAN BE DELAYED THIS YEAR
. IT ALSO CAN BE THE LIGHT NEXT
YEAR AND NEXT YEAR NEXT YEAR,
AND YOU'RE RIGHT INTO THE
PROBLEM. SO I'M A STRONG
PROPONENT AND HOPE THAT OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WE CAN
ADDRESS THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE AND START
TO HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT LITTLE
SET. THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
NUMBER DOWN. AND IF IT WAS LAST
YEAR AND WE HAD THAT BUDGET
SURPLUS WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM
THIS POSITION AS A CHAIR,
PUSHING MUCH HARDER TO GROW THAT
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW,
LET'S KNOCK THE DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE DOWN WHEN YOU GOT
$100 BILLION SURPLUS, LET'S
KNOCK IT DOWN AS MUCH AS
FEASIBLE. ANY OTHER YOU WATCH
WHAT CAN YOU HANDLE? BUT I
CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THE SPEAKER
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH THE
DIRECTOR AND THE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR AND STAFF HERE, TOO.
EMPHASIZE THAT I HOPE IN OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S
REALLY WHERE WE COULD GO. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER.
HELLO CHAIR AND MEMBER NICOLAS
MAZARI ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION COALITION,
URGING THE STATE TO PROTECT THE
FULL 160 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR
THE STAGE, STRATEGIC GROWTH
COUNCILS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
CENTERS PROGRAM. UM THIS PROGRAM
WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO COOLING
BACKUP POWER AND OTHER RESOURCES
, UPGRADING COMMUNITY BASED
FACILITIES WITH CLEAN ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY IS LIKE HEAT PUMPS
AND PRIORITIZING HIGH ROAD. UM
JOBS OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU. OPERATOR IF
YOU'LL START TO PHONE LINES.
PUBLIC COMMENTS DIDN'T IF YOU
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS
TIME, PRESS ONE, THEN ZERO ON
YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. WE'LL GO
TO LINE NUMBER EIGHT. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. YES GOOD MORNING, AND
RITA WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR AT CLIMATE RESOLVED.
WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
BASED IN LOS ANGELES, AND WE
WORKED ON POLICY AND PROJECTS
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. EVEN
THOUGH CALIFORNIA IS BEGINNING
TO ADDRESS EXTREME POINT MAJOR
GAPS REMAIN WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
FEW POINTS FIRST. THREE M,
CAUSING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
IT IS RESULTING IN PREVENTABLE
DEATHS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED
SECOND, THE PROPOSED $75 MILLION
TRIGGER CUT TO THE EXTREMELY AND
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PROGRAM.
REPRESENTS ALMOST A 50%
REDUCTION. WE BELIEVE THIS IS
JUST ONE PERSONALLY LARGER CUT
THAN OTHER AREAS. RESOLVED.
THEY'RE JUST THE ASSEMBLY, BUT
MILITARY PEOPLE ALREADY
APPROPRIATED. TRANSFER THAT
COMMUNITY TO EXTREME HEAT. WE
COMMIT TO WORKING WITH YOUR
STAFF AND TO FIND OTHER AREAS
FOR BUDGET SAVINGS. HE WOULD
LIKE TO ESPECIALLY CALL OUT. OPR
IS EXTREME HEAT AND COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE PROGRAM AND THE
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER
PROGRAMS. THEY ARE VITAL THAT
THIS INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD
LOOKING PROGRAMS HAVE THE
RESOURCES NEEDED TO ADVANCED,
LIFESAVING CUTTING EDGE
COMMUNITY CØNG PROJECTS. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COMMENTS. OUR NEXT COMMENT
COMES FROM LINE NUMBER 14,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. UM GOOD MORNING
CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS OLIVIA
SIDEMEN ON BEHALF OF LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. UM WE STRONGLY
URGE AGAINST CUTS OR DELAYS TO
THE SGC COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
CENTER PROGRAM. RESILIENCE
CENTERS ARE CRUCIAL INVESTMENTS
IN PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES
UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES WITH
THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS TO
ADAPT TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS WITH
THE FLOODS, STORMS AND
CONSEQUENCE, IN CONSEQUENCE,
EVACUATIONS OF THE PAST FEW
MONTHS. IT IS AN ARGUABLE HOW
URGENTLY WE NEED RESOURCES FOR
COMMUNITIES DURING CLIMATE
DISASTERS. AND WE MUST INVEST IN
A RATHER THAN LATER IN THIS
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO
ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH
CLIMATE EVENTS. THESE RESOURCES
ARE NEEDED URGENTLY, AND WE
STRONGLY URGE THAT THE BUDGET
KEEP THE FULL 160 MILLION
PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 24.
WE ALSO URGE AGAINST CUTS TO TCC
. THIS IS A CRITICAL PROGRAM TO
IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY
CENTERED IN PLACE BASED KIND OF
SOLUTIONS. COMMUNITIES THAT
RECEIVE PLANNING GRANTS WILL
HAVE TO SCALE DOWN AND REMOVE
PROJECTS TO REFLECT THE REDUCED
FUNDING WHEN APPLYING FOR
IMPLEMENTATION FUNDS, UM, WHICH
GOES AGAINST THE INTENT OF THE
PROGRAM, FULLY FUNDING TCC IS
IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE A JUST AND
EQUITABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF
CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE STRATEGIES.
RELATED WE ALSO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY. NEXT SPEAKER,
PLEASE. OUR NEXT COMMENT FROM
FROM LINE NUMBER 15, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HELLO CHAIR AND MEMBERS
ELISE VON DRAKE FROM TRENTON,
FRANK CONSULTING ON BEHALF OF
THE ASIAN PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL
NETWORK, THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE
AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL COALITION
IN STRONG SUPPORT TO PROTECTION
FOR 160 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR
THE SJC COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
CENTERS PROGRAM. ITS PROGRAM
THAT WOULD ENABLE THE
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION
OF NEIGHBORHOOD STATES COMMUNITY
CLINICS, COMMUNITY CENTERS,
LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS AND OTHER
PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES
THAT SERVE AS CIVILIAN CENTERS
TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEEDS OF
WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR IN THE FACE OF CONVERGING
MY NET ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISES, THEIR ESSENTIAL
SIGHTS OF BRAZILIANS AS THE
STATE FACES INCREASINGLY INTENSE
CLIMATE IMPACT. THAT ARE ALL TOO
FAMILIAR STREET HEAT. WILD FIRES
, POWER OUTAGES, SMOKE AND
SWEATING. DELAYS AND PROGRAMS.
FUNDS COULD LEAVE PLANNED
PROJECTS WITHOUT NECESSARY
RESOURCES TO MOVE AND IMPLEMENT
THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPER
PROGRAM. THAT AUTHORITY HAS
EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. OUR NEXT COMMENT IS FROM
LINE. 16, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING, KIM DELFINO
WITH EARTH ADVOCACY REPRESENTING
THE SONOMA LAMB TRÊN. UM I'M
SPEAKING TO ISSUES 13 INNOVA
OPEN SPACE AREA OPERATIONS. $3
MILLION FOR STATE PARKS TO
MANAGE OPEN SPACE PARKLANDS
WITHIN THE SONOMA DEVELOPMENT
CENTER. I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO
THE COMMENTS ALREADY MADE BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CONNOLLY. THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT AUGMENTATION TO
THE BUDGET AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT COMMENT IS
FROM LINE NUMBER SIX. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, SIR.
REMEMBER MY NAME IS MARINA
BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP FOR
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
EVERYTHING COMMENTS FROM THE
EQUITABLE BECOMING EXTINCT SHAM
PROGRAM, WHICH IS EXTREMELY
CONCERNING PROGRAM TO SEE DELAYS
AND CUTS THEM. INVESTMENTS ARE
BOTH CRUCIAL TO REACH OUR
CLIMATE GOAL INTO ENSURE THAT
LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES ARE
PEOPLE PUTS US. SPEAKER PROGRAMS
WHICH HAVE OPENED AND AS SUCH AS
IMPROVED AIR QUALITY AND LOWER
ENERGY BILLS. WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THAT PROTECTION ON THE
FULL 922 MILLION FOR THIS
BUILDING DECARBONIZATION FUNDS
AND ASKED THAT BECAUSE THERE IS
NO DELAY TO THE 283 MILLION FROM
BEING INVESTED INTO LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES, I GOT UP TO NOT
DELETE THIS PROGRAMS AND THE
PEOPLE BECAUSE. ACCELERATING THE
CRISIS IN THE SUMMER STORMS
FLOODS IN THE WINTER CRITICAL
THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE
HISTORIC INVESTMENTS TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS IN THAT THEY IMPART.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT
COMIC COMES FROM LINE NUMBER.
11, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR BENNETT AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RACHEL
NORTON AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
PARKS FOUNDATION, REPRESENTING
80,000 MEMBERS AND THOUSANDS
MORE PARK ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS
THE STATE AND I'M CALLING IN TO
DISCUSS PRESENTATION ITEMS ONE
AND TWO CONCERNING FUNDING FOR
STATE PARKS. FIRST I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT FOR THE FUNDING FOR DOS
RIOS AS A NEWS DAY PARK IN A
PARTICULARLY PART, PART FOUR
PART OF THE STATE. UM I WOULD
LIKE TO ALSO ADDRESS ARE STRONG
BECAUSE EXPRESS OUR STRONG
CONCERN AT THE PROPOSED CUTS TO
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT
WERE MADE FROM MEMBERS ABOUT
THIS TOPIC. IT HAS BEEN FEASTER
FAMINE FOR MANY YEARS, UM, FOR
STATE PARK DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
, AND SO WE END UP IN THE
SITUATION WHERE WE ARE, WHICH IS
A HUGE BACKLOG AND WE GET WE
NEVER KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO
GET MONEY. AND AS THE CHAIR
NOTED, NO. THERE WAS MONEY. WE
DID NOT GET ADDITIONAL MONEY
LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT SURPLUS. SO UM, I
DID VERY INTERESTED. WE WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH YOU
ON HOW TO ADDRESS THIS FEASTER
FAMINE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT
WORKING FOR STATE PARKS. FINALLY
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ADDRESS
THE SUGGESTIONS TO CUT THE
OUTDOOR ACCESS PROGRAM,
INCLUDING THE OUTER EQUITY
PROGRAM AND THE STATEWIDE PARKS
PROGRAM. BOTH ARE ASTRONOMICALLY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO THE
BEAUTY OF OUR STATE PARKS. AND
THEIR BENEFITS. UM AND THEY'VE
BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED. THE GRANT
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN VERY
OVERSUBSCRIBED. SO THERE NEEDED
THERE WANTED THEIR EFFECTIVE AND
THE URGE YOU NOT TO TAKE STEPS
BACK IN ACHIEVING EQUITABLE
OUTDOOR ACCESS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
AND IT APPEARS OUR LAST COMMENT
COMES FROM LINE NUMBER. 17,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NICOLE WONG,
SENIOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE
PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE
GREENLINING INSTITUTE, A
STATEWIDE RACIAL EQUITY POLICY
ORGANIZATIONS STRONGLY SUPPORT
PRESERVING THE ORIGINAL FOREIGN
TO 20 MILLION SUPPOSED FOR THE
TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS CRITICAL BUT
BETWEEN HOLISTIC COMMUNITY LIKE
RESILIENCE PROJECTS DESPITE THE
FORTHCOMING ROLLOUT OF FEDERAL
EPA FUNDING, THIS PROGRAM IS
ANTICIPATED TO BE HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE, AND THERE'S MORE
UNCERTAIN WHETHER CALIFORNIA
TEENAGER WILL BE ABLE TO
SUCCESSFULLY ACT THAT THE FUN
BUT ALSO START DIFFERENCES IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION, TIMELINE,
GOALS AND ELIGIBLE ENTITIES,
THEREFORE, URGE YOU TO FULLY
FINAL PCP PROGRAMS THAT AS YOU
SEE A TERROR OF THE PAST FIVE
YEARS, THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES
ADDITIONALLY, THE REGIONAL
CLIMATE COMMUNITY PROGRAM OFFERS
NECESSARY PARTNERSHIP SKILLS AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THAT
UNDER RESEARCH COMMUNITY CAN
PREPARE TO EFFECTIVELY APPLIED
THE CLIMATE FUNDING. WE STRONGLY
URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO INCLUDE
10 LOUISE MAINTAINS CRITICAL
CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM, WHICH
IS NOT INCLUDING THE CONVENTION
. RIGHT BUDGET. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU. THAT WE HAVE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH WE WILL. TODAY'S
HEARING IS ADJOURNED WILL BE
BACK ON APRIL 12TH FOR A JOINT
HEARING ON HIGH SPEED RAIL. I'M
SURE THAT THAT WILL BE AN
INTERESTING HEARING. MEETING'S
ADJOURNED.