YEAH GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING
MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE AND EXCUSE
MY VOICE. IT'S ALWAYS HORSE, AND
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, UM, GOOD
MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC TO THE
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT BEFORE WE
BEGIN THE GENDER. I HAVE A
COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE.
FIRST FILE ITEM EIGHT A B 15 30
ORTEGA HAS BEEN PULLED BY THE
ARTHUR AND SECOND WE WILL BE
LIMITING TESTIMONY TO TWO
PRIMARY WITNESSES. YEAH EACH
SIDE OF THE BILL AND EACH WILL
HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
EVERYONE ELSE MUST ONLY STAY
THERE NAME ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION ON THE BILL. ALSO
BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE NEED TO
ESTABLISH A QUORUM SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MCKENNA.
ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT HERE LUCKY
ADDIS PRESENT. MIKE FONG. EXCUSE
ME, VINCE VAUGHN HEANEY. ANY
PRESENT. WHEN PRESENT, SZABO. IT
APPEARS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE
HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS, AND WE'VE
ESTABLISHED QUORUM. UM THE FIRST
BILL THAT WILL BE HEARD IS THE
BEAR A B 14 84.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I'M PROUD TO PRESENT A
B 14 84 A BILL THAT STRENGTHENS
RIGHTS FOR TEMPORARY WORKERS
ALONGSIDE WITH OUR SPONSORS. S C
I U THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION AND ASKED ME AND I
WANT TO THANK THE STAFF TODAY
FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND
ENGAGEMENT ON THIS BILL.
TEMPORARY WORKERS ARE VITAL OR
VITAL CONTINGENCY OF OUR
WORKFORCE AND HELP EMPLOYERS
MEET SHORT TERM STAFFING NEEDS,
SUCH AS ABSENCES, EMERGENCIES
AND WORKLOAD INCREASES. BUT IN
RECENT YEARS, CITIES AND
COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE HAVE
BEEN USING TEMPORARY WORKERS TO
FILL LONG TERM STAFFING NEEDS
OFTEN REHIRING THEM YEAR AFTER
YEAR. CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE
GROWN INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON
TEMPORARY WORKERS INSTEAD OF
CREATING PERMANENT POSITIONS IN
SOME JURISDICTIONS, AS MANY AS
40% OF THE WORKFORCE AND
TEMPORARY WORKERS. THIS RELIANCE
HAS CREATED AN OVERLOOKED GROUP
OF WORKERS WHO OFTEN DO NOT
RECEIVE RETIREMENT, HEALTH
INSURANCE, DISABILITY OR UNION
BENEFITS. THIS INEQUITY IS
FURTHER AMPLIFIED. AS TEMPORARY
WORKERS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
IDENTIFIED AS WOMEN AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREES
. A B 14 84 ADDRESSES THE
INEQUITIES CREATED BY THE MISUSE
OF TEMPORARY WORKERS BY ALLOWING
A UNION REPRESENTING PERMANENT
WORKERS TO REQUEST THAT
TEMPORARY WORKERS PERFORMING
SIMILAR WORK BE INCLUDED IN THE
SAME BARGAINING UNIT. THIS BILL
DOES NOT RESTRICT THE CITY OR
COUNTIES ABILITY TO HIRE
TEMPORARY WORKERS. NOR DOES IT
GIVE TEMPORARY WORKERS PERMANENT
STATUS. THIS BUREAU MERELY GIVES
THESE EMPLOYEES THE OPTION TO
BARGAIN ALONGSIDE THEIR
PERMANENT COLLEAGUES WITH ME
TODAY AS SAND SANDRA BARRERA OF
CI CALVE SC HIÂU, CALIFORNIA AND
GABRIEL MALDONADO OF ASKED ME CO
SPONSORS OF THE BILL TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY AND ASSIST
ME WITH QUESTIONS. SANDRA THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS AND
THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S OF
BIRTH FOR AUTHORING THIS BILL TO
STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND
PUBLIC SERVICES. UM THE GROWING
NUMBER OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
DESTABILIZES THE PUBLIC SECTOR
WORKFORCE AND LOWERS WAGES FOR
BOTH PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND
, ABOUT 40% OF THE WORKFORCE IS
NOW TEMP. I JUST WANTED TO
QUICKLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE
CONCERNS RAISED BY THE
OPPOSITION. ONE IS THAT THIS
BILL FAILS TO RECOGNIZE THE
COMPLEXITY OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING WITH TEMPORARY
WORKERS. UH FIRST THIS IS
ALREADY DONE. THERE ARE SEVERAL
EMPLOYEES WHO INCLUDE TEMPORARY
WORKERS IN THEIR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH
PERMANENT EMPLOYEES TO OUR
HEALTH CARE CENTERS. SETTINGS
SUCH AS SAN FRANCISCO AND THEN
THE ALAMEDA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM,
SO THEY'RE ALREADY COMING TO THE
TABLE AND NEGOTIATING TOGETHER.
THE OTHER IS THAT SOME EMPLOYERS
NEGOTIATE WITH TEMPORARY WORKERS
SEPARATELY IF THEY ARE
REPRESENTED, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY
MORE BURDENSOME BECAUSE THAT
MEANS PUBLIC EMPLOYERS ARE GOING
THROUGH TO NEGOTIATION
PROCESSES. SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY
BE MORE EFFICIENT TO COMBINE
INTO ONE. UM BUT ULTIMATELY,
WHAT THIS BILL COMES DOWN TO IS
WHETHER EMPLOYERS WANT TO
CONTINUE TO DESIGNATE THESE
WORKERS AS TEMPORARY DESPITE
WORKING FOR FIVE OR 10 YEARS TO
DIVIDE WORKERS OR IF THEY WANT
TO RECOGNIZE THEM IN ONE UNIT
AND HELPED TO STABILIZE THEIR
WORKFORCE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS GABRIEL
MALDONADO. I'M A MEMBER OF ASKED
ME TO LOCAL 8 29 IN SUPPORT OF A
B 14 84. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
MAKING FOR TAKING UP THE ISSUE
OF EQUITY RESPECT THE FAIR
TREATMENT FOR PUBLIC SECTOR
WORKERS, EVEN THOSE OF US WHO
HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE CATEGORY
OF TEMPORARY EXTRA HELP FOR
YEARS. I'M A YOUTH COUNSELOR FOR
THE HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY OF SAN
MATEO COUNTY. I WORK WITH
TEENAGERS FOSTER YOUTH WHO WERE
ENROLLED AT THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS
THAT LAST SIX MONTHS AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, IT'S WORK THAT'S BADLY
NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. AND
EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY REWARDING
, IT'S ALSO VERY STRESSFUL. I
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK IS
EXTRA HELP FOR 29 YEARS. THE
NEEDS OF FOSTER. YOU DIDN'T TAKE
A PAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND
NEITHER DID WE BECAUSE OF OUR
DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOUTH WE SHOWED UP EVERY DAY.
NEARLY HALF OF MY COWORKERS ARE
EXTRA HELP OR TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES LIKE ME. IN SAN MATEO
COUNTY ALONE, A LOT OF OUR EXTRA
HELP WORKERS HAVE BEEN WORKING 5
10 15 YEARS NEARLY HALF OF ALL
EXTRA HELP WORKERS ARE WORKING
40 HOURS A WEEK. YOU CAN'T
REALLY CALL THESE POSITIONS
EXTRA HELP ANYMORE. THAT IS A
DECEPTION. WE'RE DOING EXACTLY
THE SAME WORK AS PERMANENT STAFF
EMPLOYEES WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY
OF THE BENEFITS, PENSION,
MEDICAL TIME OFF OR SICK TIME.
MY STATUS BECAME TRULY
FRUSTRATING DURING THE PANDEMIC
, LIKE ALL EXTRA HELP, I WAS
EXPERIENCING THE SAME LEVEL OF
RISK AS MY PERMANENT CO WORKERS
. MY FAMILY WAS JUST AS MUCH AS
RISK AS THEIRS. BUT I DO NOT
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SICK TIME
TO RECOVER FROM COVID. IT IS NOT
A GOOD FEELING TO BE TREATED AS
A SECOND CLASS WHEN YOU SHOW UP
EVERY DAY, PUTTING YOUR WHOLE
HEART INTO YOUR WORK. IT'S NOT
RIGHT TO HAVE A TWO TIER SYSTEM
WHERE YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES WORKING
POSITIONS THEY SHOULD BE
PERMANENT OR COUNTIES ARE GIVING
THOSE WORKERS THE ABILITY TO
BECOME PERMANENT EMPLOYEES. HERE
IS JUST THE FACT FROM SAN MATEO
COUNTY. THE SAN MATEO COUNTY
WORKERS 45% OF THE COUNTY
WORKFORCE, WHICH IS EXTRA HELP
WORK FULL TIME HOURS WITHOUT
RECEIVING BENEFITS AND VACATION.
WE NEED A B 14 84 AND I URGE
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT? PLEASE
ONLY GIVE YOUR NAME ORGANIZATION
AND POSITION. THANK YOU, MADAM.
CHAIR MEMBERS AND STAFF MITCH
STEIGER WITH CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION PROUD CO SPONSORS OF
THE BILL OR YOUR SPORT. JULIA
GRIFFIN WITHOUT CALIFORNIA, ALSO
CO SPONSOR IN URGENT SUPPORT,
THANKS. SEEING NO OTHER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. ARE THERE
ANY WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
COMMITTEE ERADICATE ON BEHALF OF
THE RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES
OF CALIFORNIA REPRESENTING
CALIFORNIA'S 40 REAL COUNTIES.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL HAVE
BROUGHT IMPACTS AND WILL
INCREASE THE COST FOR PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES AND WILL SERIOUSLY
DISCOURAGE PUBLIC AGENCIES FOR
HIRING TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.
TEMPORARY POSITIONS, PROVIDE
INCOME, STABILITY AND
FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKING PARENTS
, STUDENTS AND THOSE IN ENTERING
OR RE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE,
AMONG OTHERS, AND ARE OFTEN
IMPORTANT STEPPING STONE TO LONG
TERM PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. THERE'S
SEVERAL CONCERNING PROVISIONS
WITHIN A B 14 84 THAT I WILL
HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
FIRST THE DEFINITION OF
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TOO BROAD
AND INCLUDES STAFFING AGENCIES,
CONSULTING SERVICE PROVIDERS,
SEASONAL EMPLOYERS, RETIRED A
NEW ATTENDANCE AND PAID INTERNS
, ALL OF WHICH RAISED DISTINCT
AND DIFFICULT ISSUES DETAILED IN
OUR LETTER. THE BILL WOULD
INFLEXIBLY MANDATE THAT
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES MUST BE
INCLUDED WITHIN THE SAME
BARGAINING UNIT AS A PERMANENT
EMPLOYEE, REGARDLESS IF THERE IS
A COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS AND
PRECLUDES LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
FROM CREATING A SPECIFIC
BARGAINING UNIT SHARED BY ALL
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WITH SIMILAR
INTERESTS, MAYBE 14 84 MANDATES
THAT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES BE
GRANTED ACCESS TO THEIR
GRIEVANCE PROCESS IF DISCHARGED.
THIS MAY BE ARGUED TO CREATE A
CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED
PROPERTY INTEREST. PERHAPS MOST
CRITICALLY. 80 14 84 PROVIDES
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WITH THE
RIGHTS AND EXCESS OF THOSE
PROVIDED TO PERMANENT EMPLOYEES
. THE BILL PROPOSES THAT
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE
BEEN EMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN 30
CALENDAR DAYS SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO USE ANY GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
IN THE MOU TO CHALLENGE ANY
DISCIPLINE WITHOUT CAUSE. BY
CONTRAST, NEARLY EVERY PUBLIC
AGENCY HAS A PROBATIONARY PERIOD
FOR PERMANENT EMPLOYEES, OFTEN 6
TO 12 MONTHS DURING WHICH THE
EMPLOYEE MAY BE RELEASED WITHOUT
CAUSE AND WITHOUT TRIGGERING A
GRIEVANCE. THIS PROBATIONARY
PERIOD IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE
HIRING PROCESS IN A PUBLIC
EMPLOYERS CANNOT USE THIS
PROCESS FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
WILL BE VASTLY LESS LIKELY TO
HIRE THEM. LASTLY THE BILL
INCLUDES DIFFICULT AND
UNWORKABLE NOTIFICATION
PROVISIONS THAT CONFLICT WITH
EXISTING LAW FOR PERMANENT
EMPLOYEES. IN CONCLUSION,
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ARE BROUGHT
IN FOR A TEMPORARY AND URGENT
NEED, AND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
BILL SEVERELY LIMIT LOCAL
AGENCIES ABILITY TO UTILIZE THIS
WORKFORCE AND ULTIMATELY IMPACTS
OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES
FOR THESE REASONS ARE FIERCELY
OPPOSES 14 84, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
AUTHOR TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR,
REMEMBERS SARAH BURGE ON BEHALF
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
HEALTHCARE DISTRICTS HERE WITH
THE RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED UNLESS
AMENDED POSITION ON A B 14 84
ECHO THE CONCERNS OF MY
COLLEAGUE FROM OUR CRC. HOWEVER
OUR CONCERNS HINGE AROUND THE
UNIQUE NATURE OF THE HEALTHCARE
WORKFORCE. CALIFORNIA IS PUBLIC
IN DISTRICT HOSPITALS OFTEN
OPERATE BOTH CLINICS AND
HOSPITALS UTILIZED TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE THEY ARE
ADEQUATELY STAFFED. TO CARE FOR
PATIENTS, SPECIFICALLY, A B 14
84 REQUIRES PUBLIC EMPLOYERS TO
INCLUDE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES AND
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
, HOSPITALS AND CLINICS MAY USE
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES FOR SHORT OR
LONG PERIODS OF TIME. TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES, PARTICULARLY
REGISTERING NURSES HAVE BEEN AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF THE HEALTH
CARE DELIVERY FOR SYSTEM FOR
YEARS AND HAVE PROVED TO BE
ESPECIALLY NECESSARY DURING
EMERGENCIES SUCH AS COVID 19. IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT, IT IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT PUBLIC
HOSPITALS MAINTAINED THE ABILITY
AND FLEXIBILITY TO RAPIDLY
ADDRESS ACCESS CONCERNS AND MEET
FLUCTUATIONS IN PATIENT ACTIVITY
IN DEMAND. CALIFORNIA LAW
APPROPRIATELY REQUIRES PROVIDERS
AND A HEALTH CARE SETTING TO
PROVIDE SPECIFIED MEAL AND REST
PERIODS TO EMPLOYEES OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN CERTAIN STAFFING LEVELS
HAVE ADEQUATE PATIENT PROVIDER
RATIOS AND ALLOW EMPLOYEES SICK,
BEREAVEMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY
LEAVES WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO
RELY ON TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO
FILL GAPS PUBLIC IN DISTRICT
HOSPITALS MAY FALL OUT OF
COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER
REQUIREMENTS TO THE DETRIMENT OF
THEIR EXISTING WORKFORCE. ÁP 14
84 FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
COMPLEXITY OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND THE
CHALLENGES AND EXPENSES
ASSOCIATED WITH ADDING EMPLOYEES
TO THESE AGREEMENTS, TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES MAY CHARGE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES THAN
THE NEGOTIATED EXISTING STAFF
UNDER A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT, WHILE PUBLIC INDUSTRY
HOSPITALS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER
WHAT RATES THEY PAY FOR
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, THIS PAY
DISCREPANCY IN SOME CASES WILL
FORCE OPEN THEIR EXISTING
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
. MAYBE 14 80 FOR ME ATTEMPT TO
AVOID APPLICATION TO TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES NOT DIRECTLY EMPLOYED
BY A PUBLIC AGENCY. IT REMAINS
UNCLEAR. THE PRINCIPLE OF JOINT
EMPLOYMENT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO
HOLD AN ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR
EMPLOYMENT RELATED MATTERS, EVEN
IF THAT ENTITY IS NOT THE END
INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYER OF RECORD
THAT'S IT REMAINS UNCLEAR IF A
PUBLIC OR DISTRICT HOSPITAL
COULD BE CONSIDERED THE EMPLOYER
OF AN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED THROUGH
STAFFING AGENCY SUCH THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE COVERED
UNDER THE BILL AND NEED TO BE
ADDED TO THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 80 14 84
DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR PUBLIC
ENTITIES WHO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE
SERVICES AND WILL NEGATIVELY
IMPACT THE ABILITY OF THOSE
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO DELIVER
CARE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR
AND SPONSORS BUT AT THIS TIME AS
ART, RESPECTIVELY, OPPOSING LESS
AMENDED AND WOULD URGE YOUR NO
BOAT, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
MORE WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION?
AND PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONES.
THANK YOU. STATE YOUR NAME
ORGANIZATION AND OPPOSITION ONLY
GOOD MORNING, JONNY PENA WITH
THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
AND OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. YOU
HAVE TO BED ALYSSA, STILL HIGH
WITH THE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT IN
OPPOSITION AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF
MY COLLEAGUES AT THE CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION
AND OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, JEANNE HURST HERE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNTIES
OF CALIFORNIA, ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUES AT THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES,
ALSO WHEN I REGISTER OPPOSED
UNLESS AMENDED POSITION FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC
HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS.
GOOD MORNING FAITH GORGEOUS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF JOINT POWERS,
AUTHORITIES AND THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED
FOR THE REASONS STATED. THANK
YOU. SAYING NO MORE WITNESSES.
I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HANEY. THANK
YOU AND THANK YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S OVER AND TO THE
SPONSORS. I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON SOME OF
THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED BY
THE CITIES AND COUNTIES, I WILL
SAY, AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES
HERE AS WELL CAME FROM LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AS A FORMER COUNTY
ELECTED OFFICIAL. I COULD NOT BE
MORE STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
EFFORT. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE
SAW IN OUR COUNTY AND ALSO IN
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAD
EMPLOYEES WERE THERE FOR DECADES
WHO ARE STILL CLASSIFIED AS
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. THESE WERE
FOLKS WHO WERE DOING THE SAME
JOBS WHO DESERVE THE SAME
PROTECTIONS. AND IF WE BELIEVE
THAT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHICH I
KNOW WE DO HERE SHOULD HAVE
REPRESENTATION THAT IT ENSURES
NOT ONLY THE BENEFITS AND THE
SALARIES AND THE CONDITIONS AND
THE RIGHTS THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE
SHOULD HAVE BUT ALSO IT
STRENGTHENS THE SERVICES THAT
ARE RESIDENTS RECEIVED WHEN YOU
RELY SO MUCH ON TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE THESE
RIGHTS AND ACTUALLY HURTS THE
SERVICES THAT ARE RESIDENTS RELY
ON SO I VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED
AS A CO AUTHOR, AND I KNOW THE
CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE
AROUND SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
AROUND. SEASONAL EMPLOYEES AND
INTERNS, AND I'M SURE THOSE
THINGS NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.
BUT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES SHOULD
HAVE THE RIGHT TO BARGAIN AND TO
BE ABLE TO BE INCLUDED, AND I
HOPE WE ALSO THROUGH THIS MOVED
TOWARDS A SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T
RELY SO HEAVILY ON ON TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES. SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR AUTHORING THIS IN YOUR
WORK. THANK THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS. ANY OTHER MEMBERS.
QUESTIONS. THE BILL HAS BEEN
ALREADY MOVED BY ATIS AND SECOND
BY HEINI. UM ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WOULD LIKE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? YEAH I JUST WANTED TO
RAISE A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES. I
THINK SOME OF THE ISSUES RELATED
TO THE DEFINITION OF STAFFING IS
SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK
ON THERE ARE THERE. I THINK
THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION
ABOUT SORT OF WHAT THIS IS
INTENDED TO APPLY TO. AND THERE
ARE CERTAIN EMPLOYEES THAT ARE
COMING THROUGH STAFFING AGENCIES
THAT IT WOULDN'T APPLY TO SO
THAT I THINK WILL ADDRESS SOME
OF THE CONCERNS BUT WILL
CONTINUE WORKING WITH SOME OF
THE WITH THE OPPONENTS ON THAT
SET OF ISSUES. UM I THINK THEY
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESISTED, I
THINK, TRIED JUST EXCLUDING THE
HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS
BECAUSE WE THINK THOSE WORKERS
ARE IMPORTANT WORKERS THAT NEED
PROTECTIONS. AND I THINK THE
THING WE WOULD SAY IS THAT YOU
KNOW THE PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AS ONE THAT ALLOWS
FOR FLEXIBILITY WHEN YOU'RE
USING THESE TEMPORARY WORKERS IN
A ROUTINE BASIS, YOU CAN WORK
OUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS TO
ALLOW FOR THE INTERMITTENT USE
AS PART OF THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT, AND I
THINK THAT'S THE INTENTION OF
THE BILL AND I THINK WOULD ALLOW
PUBLIC HOSPITALS TO CONTINUE
HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY BUT WE
RESISTED. JUST EXCLUDING PUBLIC
HOSPITALS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
REALLY ALL OF OUR PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES ARE SERVING THE PUBLIC
AND ARE IMPORTANT TOO. SO UM,
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH YOU AND TO REALLY TRY TO
FOCUS ON SOME OF THE DETAILS OF
THE BILL. UM AND SO WITH THAT, I
JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW CLOSE
THAT, UM THAT THE CALIPH UH
WHERE WAS IT? I THINK. YEAH THAT
THAT THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION, I THINK IN THEIR
LETTER REALLY ARTICULATED, UM,
THE REAL REASON FOR THIS BILL
WHEN THEY SAID OVER THE PAST FEW
DECADES, CORPORATIONS HAVE
SHIFTED TO RELIANCE ON
CONTINGENT WORK RATHER THAN HIRE
WORKERS DIRECTLY OR MAINTAIN A
FULL TIME WORKFORCE. THEY'VE
MOVED TOWARDS THE USE OF
CONTRACTORS AND TEMPORARY
WORKERS TO CUT COSTS AND AVOID
PAYING BENEFITS. THE RESULT HAS
BEEN AN INCREASE IN INCOME
INEQUALITY AS JOBS ONCE OFFERED
WORKERS, ECONOMIC STABILITY AND
A CAREER PATH HAVE BEEN REPLACED
BY PRECARIOUS WORK.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS TREND HAS
BEEN HAS NOT BEEN LIMITED TO THE
PRIVATE SECTOR. EVEN IN OUR
STATE. OUR CITIES AND COUNTIES
HAVE MOVED TOWARDS THIS
CONTINGENT WORKFORCE. THIS
DOESN'T JUST UNDERMINE WORKERS'
STANDARDS THAT THREATENS THE
QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF
PUBLIC SERVICES. AS WE SEE
HIGHER TURNOVER, PROLONGED
VACANCIES AND REDUCED
ACCOUNTABILITY. HISTORICALLY THE
PUBLIC SECTOR HAS OFFERED A
PATHWAY TO THE MIDDLE CLASS FOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR. AS JOB QUALITY
HAS BEEN ERODED. IT HAS
UNDERMINED THIS PROMISE. TODAY
WE SEE THAT WORKERS CLASSIFIED
AS TEMPORARY ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY WOMEN AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR, UNDERSCORING
THE INEQUITY OF THIS TWO TIER
SYSTEM. THIS BILL WILL HELP
IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS. SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL WANT TO
THANK YOUR STAFF AGAIN, WE WILL
BE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE
OPPONENTS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
DETAILS IN THE BILL AND ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU. UM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S OF BAR I AM. I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD. I'VE BEEN HEARING
A LOT ABOUT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
AND HOW IT'S GROWING AT EVERY
LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT IN
CALIFORNIA. NOW I RESPECT THAT.
SOME PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH THE
TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT JOB, AND
SOME EMPLOYERS USE TEMPORARY
WORKERS TO FILL CRITICAL NEEDS
WHEN NEEDED. SO THERE'S A PLACE
FOR TEMPORARY WORKERS, BUT
OVERALL HOW MUCH PUBLIC
EMPLOYERS ARE INCREASINGLY
RELYING ON USING TEMPORARY
WORKERS INSTEAD OF PERMANENT
EMPLOYEES? IT'S DEEPLY
CONCERNING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
LOT OF VACANCIES, UM, IN
CALIFORNIA AND GOVERNMENT, AND
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
NEED WORK, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE
GOOD JOBS THAT HAVE SICK PAY.
THEY WANT TO HAVE GOOD JOBS THAT
PAY RETIREMENT AND VACATION. AND
SO I THINK THE EMPLOYEES OF
CALIFORNIA DESERVE THAT. AND I
RECOMMEND UM AND I VOTE ON BILL
A B 14 18 SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL
THE WORLD 14 84 14 18 IS BINDS.
PROMOTION IS DO PASS AND WE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS MAKIN, ER I LUCKY
LUCKY. YOU KNOW, ATIS ARTIST I
VINCE FONG. HANEY. HE NEEDS I
WHEN I SHIAVO. THAT BILL HAS
FOUR VOTES WILL PLACE AN ON
CALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU. UM, NEXT UP, GRAYSON. MAYBE
10 20.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT
MAYBE 10 20, WHICH SEEKS TO
BRING UNIFORMITY AND FIX
INCONSISTENCIES THAT GOVERN
DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR PUBLIC
SERVANTS, LIKE FIREFIGHTERS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT, INDUSTRIAL
DISABILITY RETIREMENT OR I, D. R
IS A TYPE OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT
AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
UNABLE TO PERFORM THEIR USUAL
JOB DUTIES AS A RESULT OF WORK
RELATED INJURY OR ILLNESS. IN
PARTICULAR FIREFIGHTERS FACING
RETIREMENT BECAUSE OF AN I D R
FALL UNDER TWO RETIREMENT
SYSTEMS, CALPERS OR COUNTY
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT LAW,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS C ER, L
FIREFIGHTERS THAT FALL UNDER
CALPERS USED PRESUMPTION
SPECIFIED IN THE LABOR CODE AND
FIREFIGHTERS WHO FALL UNDER C ER
. L USE A DIFFERENT SET OF
PRESUMPTIONS FOUND IN THE
GOVERNMENT CODE. THE PRESUMPTION
THE PRESUMPTIONS LISTED IN THE
GOVERNMENT CODE DO NOT ALIGN AND
FALL SHORT OF INCLUDING THE
PRESUMPTIVE INJURIES LISTED IN
THE LABOR CUB. SPECIFICALLY
THESE MISSING PRESUMPTIONS ARE
HERNIA, PNEUMONIA, MENINGITIS
AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS. NOT
ONLY ARE THE PRESUMPTIONS
DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BUT UNDER CRL
A FIREFIGHTER MAY BE REQUIRED TO
PROVE THAT THE INJURY AROSE FROM
WORK DUTIES UNDER A DIFFERENT
STANDARD, THEN THE WORKERS
COMPENSATION SYSTEM DUE TO THE
DIFFERENCE AND PRESUMPTIONS
BETWEEN THE TWO RETIREMENT
SYSTEMS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE FACED
WITH THE DIFFICULT AND
BURDENSOME PROCESS WHEN SIMPLY
SEEKING RETIREMENT BENEFITS THAT
THEY CLEARLY DESERVE. NOTABLY
WHILE UNDER CALPERS DISABILITY
RETIREMENT CLAIM IS
AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED AND
CONVERSELY, THAT COUNTY
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CLAIM CAN
BE MANUALLY DENIED THIS RESULTS
IN FIREFIGHTERS HAVING TO
RELITIGATE THEIR I D R PROCESS,
CREATING AN EXPENSIVE AND
STRESSFUL SITUATION, MAYBE 10 20
WILL MAKE CHANGES TO THE
GOVERNMENT CODE BY INCLUDING THE
SAME PRESUMPTIONS THAT ARE
LISTED IN THE LABOR CODE BY
ESTABLISHING PARITY ACROSS
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. MAYBE 10 20
WILL END SURE THAT ALL PUBLIC
SAFETY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE
SUSTAINED CAREER ENDING INJURIES
IN THE COURSE OF THEIR WORK ARE
ABLE TO RETIRE WITH CARE AND
WITH DIGNITY, NO PUBLIC SERVANT
WHO HAS DEDICATED THEIR
LIVELIHOOD TO THE PROTECTION OF
THOSE WHO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA,
AND OUR STATE SHOULD BE FORCED
TO REPEATEDLY FIGHT FOR THE
RETIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE
RIGHTFULLY EARNED. WITH THAT I
HAVE WITNESSED WITH ME THROUGH
THE CHAIR WHO WILL SELF
INTRODUCE THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS DOUG SUPERS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS WERE
PLEASED TO SPONSOR 10 20. I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GRAYSON FOR
BRINGING THIS MEASURE FORWARD.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT
AND THOROUGH ANALYSIS. UM MR
GRAYSON DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
, UH, WALKING THROUGH THE ENTIRE
BILL AND THE ISSUE. I THINK WE
WOULD WE HAVE 30 OVER 34,000
MEMBERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
PERSONNEL STATEWIDE. WE HAVE 11
LOCALS THAT ARE IN 1937 AT
COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS,
INCLUDING LOS ANGELES. MARINE
CONTRA COSTA, SAN BERNARDINO'S
AND OTHERS AND THESE MEMBERS
WHEN THEY HAVE A JOB CAUSED
ILLNESS OR AN INJURY,
PARTICULARLY MENINGITIS,
TUBERCULOSIS POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS WHEN THEY ACCESS THE
WORKERS COMPENSATION SYSTEM,
THEY HAVE A WORKER'S
COMPENSATION PRESUMPTION WHERE
THE BURDEN OF PROOF HAS SHIFTED
ITS DEEMED TO BE JOB CAUSED
UNLESS OTHERWISE REBUTTED BY THE
EMPLOYER. FOR THAT SAME INJURY
THAT A WORKER MAY BE GETTING
CARE UNDER THE WORKERS'
COMPENSATION SYSTEM IN
ACCOUNTING RETIREMENT SYSTEM IF
THEY GO FOR AN INDUSTRIAL
DISABILITY OR SERVICE CONNECTED
DISABILITY RETIREMENT, THEY HAVE
A DIFFERENT BURDEN OF PROOF THAT
WILL BE APPLIED TO THAT
DETERMINATION, AND THEY WOULD
HAVE TO PROVE UNDER A DIFFERENT
STANDARD. WHETHER THAT
MENINGITIS, POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS INJURY OR TUBERCULOSIS,
FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE JOB CAUSED WE
THINK THAT THIS BILL REALLY DOES
DRIVE AT PARODY TO ENSURE THAT
EVERY FIREFIGHTER THAT HAS
COMMITTED THEIR LIFE TO SERVICE
AND HAS A JOB CONNECTED INJURY
OR ILLNESS, SHOULD THEY
REGRETTABLY HAVE TO PURSUE A
SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY
RETIREMENT. THIS ENSURES THAT
THEY WILL BE TREATED UNDER THE
SAME STANDARD IN THE COUNTY 37
ACT RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. THERE
ARE ALREADY FIVE PRESUMPTIONS
WITHIN THE EXISTING SYSTEM. SO
THIS CREATES PARODY WITH THE
LABOR CODE. FOR ALL THOSE
REASONS WE WOULD REQUEST LEE
RESPECT, REQUEST YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM THERE
ANYMORE. ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT? PLEASE STATE, YOUR NAME
ORGANIZATION AND YOUR POSITION.
YES, I FOLLOW ORDERS. I'M A 37
ACT FIRE CAPTAIN OF 35 YEARS
WITH THE L. A COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT. MY NAME IS DAVE
GELATI ALSO SERVE AS THE SEVENTH
DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE
CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS AND I STAND TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. TIM EDWARDS
PRESIDENT CAL FIRE LOCAL 28 81.
16 NO MORE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
. ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. SEEING NO WITNESSES
IN THAT POSITION. I'LL BRING IT
BACK TO THE MEMBERS. ANY
QUESTIONS? UM SO THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY AND SECOND BY WHEN
. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION, RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU, UM, I
RECOMMEND AND I VOTE ON A B 10
20. SECRETARY, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL? THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS MCKENNA. I LUCKY I ATIS HIS
EYES. VINCE VAUGHN HANEY. WHEN.
WHEN I SHIAVO VÚI. HAS FIVE TO
PUT IN A CALL. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. NEXT. THE REST. MAYBE 10 32
PACHECO.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY ADULTS AND
THE SECOND BY NGUYEN.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TODAY I
PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 10 32. IN
2001 SP 3 71 BY FORMER SENATOR
ESTABLISHED THE TRIAL COURT
INTERPRETER, EMPLOYMENT AND
LABOR RELATIONS ACT. TO
ESTABLISH AN INTERPRETER,
EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE THAT WOULD
HELP WITH LANGUAGE ACCESS.
UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOT GO FAR
ENOUGH AND HELPING RECRUIT AND
INCENTIVIZED COURTS TO HIGHER
COURT INTERPRETERS AS EMPLOYEES
RATHER THAN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS. SOME REGIONS OF
CALIFORNIA HAVE 68% OF
ASSIGNMENTS BEING COMPLETED BY
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AS
RECORDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2017 18.
COURTS ARE CURRENTLY NOT HIRING
COURT INTERPRETERS AND RELYING
HEAVILY ON INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED
TO BE AVAILABLE ON AN ALL DAY
BASIS IN COURTHOUSES. MAYBE 10
32 WOULD UPDATE THE TRIAL COURT
INTERPRETER, EMPLOYMENT AND
LABOR RELATIONS ACT TO ENSURE
GREATER RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION OF COURT INTERPRETERS
AS EMPLOYEES INSTEAD OF
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. IT
WOULD ALSO ALLOW COURT
INTERPRETERS TO RECEIVE BONUSES
AND OTHER INCENTIVES. OTHER
COURT EMPLOYEES RECEIVE ALONG
WITH ADDING PROVISIONS TO HELP
FACILITATE CROSS ASSIGNMENTS FOR
BORROWING COURT INTERPRETERS
ACROSS COUNTIES TO HELP OUT OUR
RURAL AREAS. RURAL AREAS WHO
HAVE AN EVEN GREATER NEED. THIS
BILL WOULD NOT DO AWAY WITH
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. IT
MERELY HELPS, UH, INCENTIVIZED
COURTS TO HIGHER COURT
INTERPRETERS AS EMPLOYEES. SO
WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE TWO
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT I HAVE WITH
ME JANET, WHO DID CUBIC VICE
PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA
FEDERATION OF INTERPRETERS AND
ALSO IGNACIO HERNANDEZ OF
HERNANDEZ STRATEGY GROUP. GOOD
MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND GOOD MORNING,
MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
BEFORE YOU. MY NAME IS JANET
COURIC. I AM A CERTIFIED COURT
INTERPRETER IN THE SPANISH
LANGUAGE FOR THE COUNTY OF
MADEIRA AND HAVE BEEN AN
INTERPRETER OF THAT CAPACITY FOR
18 YEARS. HALF OF IT WAS ME
BEING A CONTRACTOR AND THE OTHER
HALF BEING AN EMPLOYEE. IN 2001
. THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
ADOPTED THE CALIFORNIA
INTERPRETER ACT WHAT THEY
SPECIFIC INTENT TO CREATE THE
INTERPRETER, EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE
IN THE STATE. UNTIL THEN, ALL
BUT 20 INTERPRETERS IN
CALIFORNIA WERE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS. THEN WE ONLY HAD AN
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR WORKFORCE
WHEN I'M SORRY WHEN WE ONLY HAD
AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
WORKFORCE, IT LED MANY GAPS OF
LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES, SINCE
THESE CONTRACTORS COULD NOT BE
REQUIRED TO BE IN THE COURTHOUSE
IS ON A DAILY BASIS. THIS
RESULTED IN COUNTLESS CASES
BEING DELAYED, POSTPONED
CANCELED UNTIL THE COURT CAN
SCHEDULE AN INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR TO BE ASSIGNED TO A
SPECIFIC CASE. WHEN THE
INTERPRETER ACT I'M SORRY WITH
THE INTERPRETER ACT, CALIFORNIA
CREATED THE LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL
PROTOCOLS TO ALLOW FOR SOME
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS BUT ALSO
TO TRANSFORM INTO A LARGELY
EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE. THIS
INCLUDED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
GUIDELINES AS WELL AS SPECIFIC
GUIDELINES AS TO WHEN COURT MUST
OFFER EMPLOYMENT TO INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS. MORE THAN 20. YEARS
LATER, IT IS TIME TO UPDATE THE
INTERPRETER, THE COURT
INTERPRETER ACT AND CLEAN UP
SOME OF THE OBSTACLES THAT WE
FACE IN TRYING TO CREATE A
ROBUST EMPLOYEE WORKERS. SOME
COUNTIES STILL HAVE A 60% OR
MORE RELIANCE ON INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS. THIS LEGISLATION
WILL HELP US FULFILL THE
ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE 2001
LEGISLATION. AND ENSURE THAT
COURT INTERPRETER ENSURE COURT
USERS WHO NEED AN INTERPRETER
WILL HAVE ACCESS TO LANGUAGE
SERVICES AND WILL BE ABLE TO
MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE IN
THEIR COURT CASES. I THANK YOU
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN
THIS FIELD. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS. IGNACIO
HERNANDEZ. ALSO HERE ON BEHALF
OF CF. I LET ME JUST ADD BRIEFLY
THAT PROVIDING AN INTERPRETER
AND IN A COURT HEARING OR
PROCEEDING IS A REQUIREMENT OF
THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.
IT'S ALSO REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS. AND IN FACT,
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE ENTERED INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA, REQUIRING THAT
INTERPRETERS BE PROVIDED IN
EVERY CASE. AND AT NO CHARGE TO
THE INDIVIDUALS, AND SO IT IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AN
ONGOING PUSH THROUGHOUT THIS
COUNTRY AND IN CALIFORNIA TO
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COURT
INTERPRETERS AVAILABLE. LET ME
MAKE A COUPLE OF, UH, POINT REAL
QUICK POINTS ON THIS. WHILE THE
INTERPRETER ACT WAS INTENDED TO
DEVELOP A ROBUST WORKFORCE FOR
EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'S THE
DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING, IN
FACT, THIS LEGISLATURE TWO YEARS
AGO, AND THE GOVERNOR ALLOCATED
$30 MILLION TO HELP COURTS IN
THIS TRANSITION. WE'RE HELPING
TO HELP SPEND THAT MONEY RIGHT
NOW. WE ALSO BUILD INTO THE BILL
. SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY
AND ASSURANCES. FOR INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE OF
CORK AND HIRE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS, TRACTOR FOR A HALF
DAY BASIS OR A FULL DAY BASIS,
AND THAT TAKES AWAY THE GAPS
THAT WE WERE HAVING WHERE THEY
JUST HIRE THE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR FOR A SINGLE CASE AND
THEN THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND
THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR OTHER
CASES DOWN THE HALL. SO WE DO
BUILD THAT INTO THIS BILL AS
WELL. SO WE THINK IT STRIKES
REALLY GOOD BALANCE WHERE WE
BUILD THE WORKFORCE THAT WE NEED
. BUT WE ALSO ALLOW FOR
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SO WE
NEED THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
HAVE SO MANY LANGUAGES IN
CALIFORNIA. SO FOR THOSE REASONS
WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
MORE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT?
PLEASE COME FORWARD, PLEASE
STATE, YOUR NAME ORGANIZATION
AND YOUR POSITION, PLEASE.
CARMEN RAMOS CERTIFIED SPANISH
INTERPRETER. I HAVE BEEN WORKING
AS A CERTIFIED COURT IN
TRUMPETER FOR 33 YEARS. I AM A
STAFF INTERPRETER FOR SOME
COCAINE SUPERIOR COURT. AND I AM
THE SECRETARY TREASURER FOR UM,
MA'AM, I'M SORRY. NAME
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION.
CARMEN RAMOS CERTIFIED COURT
INTERPRETER. AND I AM A STAFF
INTERPRETERS. SAHAKIAN SUPERIOR
COURT AND THE SECRETARY
TREASURER FOR THE UNION,
REPRESENTING COURT INTERPRETERS
IN YOUR POSITION I SUPPORT 100.
THANK YOU. SANDRA BARRERA ON
BEHALF OF STU, CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION? SEEING
NO WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION TO
THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED. BYE.
MOVE MY ADDIS AND SECOND BY WHEN
REMEMBER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? THANK YOU AGAIN, UH,
EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME, AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
UM BRINGING IT BACK TO THE
MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. UM, I
RECOMMEND AND I VOTE FOR A B 10
32. SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. THE MOTION IS DO PASS ON
RE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS MCKINNA MCKINNA.
AYE LACKEY. NO NO, ATIS I VINCE
FONG HEANEY. WHEN I SZABO VÚI.
THAT BILL HAS FOUR VOTES WILL
PLACE IT ON COLLEGE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S I'M
GLAD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE IS
BETTER. THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY
YOUR VOICE GETS BETTER SOON.
THANK YOU, UM, NEXT ONE UP A B 6
58 ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FALL.
PERSPECTIVE THANK YOU MOVED AND
SECONDED. COME BACK. GOOD
MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK YOUR CHIEF CONSULTANT FOR
HIS HELP ON THE SPILL, AND I
ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S SUGGESTED
AMENDMENT. A B 658 AS A DISTRICT
BILL. THE CITY OF SAINT GABRIEL
IS A SMALL HISTORIC BEAUTIFUL
CITY OF NEARLY 40,000 RESIDENTS
AND MIGHT RESTRICT AND EMPLOYS
NEARLY 200 PEOPLE. AND 2021, THE
CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR
RELEASED THE REPORT EXPRESSING
SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE
CITY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION AND
RANK THE CITY AS HIGH RISK FOR
FINANCIAL INSTABILITY AS PART OF
ITS LONG TERM RECOVERY PLAN. THE
CITY NEGOTIATED MEN AROUND US OF
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEREFORE
EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES AND ONE
UNDER REPRESENTED EMPLOYEE GROUP
UNDER THIS PLAN. THE CITY WILL
PROVIDE HIGHER WAGES TO
EMPLOYEES IN EXCHANGE FOR A
REDUCED LEVEL OF HEALTH BENEFITS
UPON RETIREMENT. THIS WILL ONLY
APPLY TO EMPLOYEES HIRED
BEGINNING JANUARY. 1ST OF 2023.
MAYBE 658 AUTHORIZES THE CITY OF
SAINT GABRIEL IMPLEMENT THIS
AGREEMENT. ALLOWING THE CITY TO
MAKE THESE CHANGES WILL HELP THE
CITY ACHIEVED ITS LONG TERM
FINANCIAL STABILITY AND TO
BETTER SERVE ITS RESIDENTS. AND
HERE TO TESTIFY SUPPORT OTHER
SPELLS SAINT GABRIEL CITY
COUNCILOR AND DENISE MENCHACA
AND CITY MANAGER MARK LAZARETTO.
I RESPECT THE ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU HONORABLE CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS DENISE WHEN CHAKA
COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE CITY OF
SAINT GABRIEL. FIRST OF ALL, I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK A SIMILAR
MEMBER MIKE FONG FOR AUTHORING A
B 658, SAYING GABRIEL IS A PROUD
CITY OF NEARLY 40,000 RESIDENTS
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT IS
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE LOS
ANGELES REGION AND HOME TO THE
FOURTH OF THE 21 CALIFORNIA
MISSIONS. THOUGH THE CITY IS
CURRENTLY ON FIRM FINANCIAL
GROUND APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS
AGO, WE WERE IN A DEFICIT
POSITION, AND THEN YOU HAD COVID
, WHICH I HAPPEN TO BE MAYOR AT
THE TIME, UM, WAS A REAL
CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US. IT WAS
A DIFFICULT TIME, BUT WE GOT
THROUGH IT THROUGH THE HARD WORK
OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY
STAFF. WE SPENT THE LAST FIVE
YEARS MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS
THAT HAVE RESULTED IN A MORE
SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL FUTURE. AS
YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR CITY
MANAGER MARK LAZARETTO. ONE OF
THESE TOUGH DECISIONS WAS TO
NEGOTIATE WITH OUR EMPLOYEE
UNIONS TO REDUCE SOME OF THEIR
BENEFITS TO LEVELS THAT ARE
SUPPORTABLE BY OUR REVENUES.
ASSEMBLY BILL 658 WOULD ALLOW US
TO IMPLEMENT THE TWO TIERED
RETIREE HEALTH BENEFIT THAT THE
EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY AGREED
TO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
AGAIN. THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MIKE FONG FOR
HIS ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU,
MADAM. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MARK LAZARETTO, THE
CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF
SAINT GABRIEL. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND THINK
YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FONG FOR
AUTHORING THIS BILL THAT WILL
HELP US. HOPEFULLY AID IN OUR
FISCAL RECOVERY OR CONTINUE THAT
FISCAL RECOVERY. WE HAD A
GENEROUS, PROBABLY OVERLY
GENEROUS BENEFIT PROGRAM FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES, AND IT BECAME ONE OF
THE FACTORS THAT AS YOU HEARD
FROM THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND
COUNCILWOMAN MENCHACA DROVE US
INTO A DEEP FINANCIAL SITUATION
. I'M HAPPY AND PROUD TO SAY
THAT WITH THE HARD WORK OF THE
COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, WE ARE IN
A VERY GOOD POSITION. TODAY. WE
HAVE OVER 20% IN OUR RAINY DAY
FUND AND ARE CONTINUING TO ADD
TO THAT. WE'VE DONE THAT. WELL
MAINTAINING SALARIES THAT ARE
COMPETITIVE AND WE'RE ABLE TO
ATTRACT REALLY GREAT EMPLOYEES
AND RETAIN THEM. BUT THIS
RETIREE HEALTH BENEFIT WAS
COSTING THE CITY MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS A YEAR AND THAT
LIABILITY WAS ONLY GETTING
BIGGER AS TIME WENT BY. SO WE
WORKED WITH ALL FOUR OF OUR
EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND RECEIVED
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IN ORDER TO
SUNSET THAT BENEFIT FOR FUTURE
EMPLOYEES. ALL OF THE EXISTING
EMPLOYEES ARE STILL COVERED
UNDER THE OLD PROGRAM AND WOULD
BE GRANDFATHERED IN SO TO SPEAK
. ANY NEW EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE
THAT MORE REALISTIC TIER, WHICH
IS WHAT MOST CITIES HAVE ALREADY
GONE TO. UM AS I SAID, WE WOULD
CONTINUE TO PAY THOSE BENEFITS
TO THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES. UM,
AND IT HAS NOT RESULTED IN ANY
PROBLEMS FOR US AND ATTRACTING
FUTURE EMPLOYEES. THE LAST FEW
MONTHS. WE'VE SEEN GREAT
EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO COME
THROUGH THE DOOR. THE BENEFIT
CHANGE WILL REDUCE OUR FUTURE
LIABILITIES BY MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. IT WILL HELP OUR
RANKING WITH THE STATE AUDITOR.
AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE KEY
POINTS THAT THE STATE AUDITOR
POINTED OUT IN HER REPORT OF US
THREE YEARS AGO THAT ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO RIGHT
SIZE FOR THE SIZE OF OUR CITY.
SO I DO AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR TIME AND URGE YOUR SUPPORT
OF A B 6 58. IT WILL HELP US TO
CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT CITY
MAINTAINED RESIDENT OF SERVICES
AND ALSO RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES
THINKING AGAIN, THANKS TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SONG FOR YOUR
HELP. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT?
SAYING NO WITNESSES ARE THERE
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION?
SAYING NO WITNESSES. THE BILL
HAS BEEN MOVED BY WHEN AND
SECOND BY ATIS. UM I'VE GOT TO
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
REMEMBER ADDIS? JUST JUST A
BRIEF COME AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WORK COMING FROM
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I KNOW HOW
HARD COVID WAS ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND APPRECIATE YOU
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MOVE INTO
THE FUTURE AND ABSOLUTELY
SUPPORT THIS. BUT I APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND
THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
COMMENTS. ARTHUR WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
SPOKE TO ASK FOR YOUR EYE, BUT
THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM I
RECOMMEND AN AYE. VOTE FOR A B 6
58. SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED AND RE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
MCKINNA MCKINNA EYES. LACKEY
MACKEY, I, ADDIS I VINCE FARM,
HEANEY. WHEN I SZABO VÚI. WE
HAVE FIVE VOTES AT THE PLACE I
CALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HAVE
A B FIVE OH, FOUR REST.
THANK YOU. 85 OH, FOUR WILL
PROTECT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES RIGHT TO HONORARY
PICKET LINE WHEN A PUBLIC
EMPLOYER IS ENGAGED IN A PRIMARY
LABOR DISPUTE. LAST YEAR, THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ENGAGED
IN LABOR DISPUTE WITH GRADUATE
WORKERS, POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS
AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS
REPRESENTED BY THE UNITED AUTO
WORKERS. THE DISPUTE FOCUSED ON
PRIMARILY LOW WAGES AND UNFAIR
LABOR PRACTICES CONDUCTED BY THE
èC. THE DISPUTE CULMINATED INTO
THE LARGEST HIGHER EDUCATION
STRIKE IN THE NATION'S HISTORY,
WHICH LASTED SIX WEEKS. DURING
THE STRIKE, YOU SEE WORKERS
REPRESENTED BY UNIONS SUCH AS
TEAMSTERS AND TO FT, WERE UNABLE
TO SUPPORT THEIR COLLEAGUES DO
TWO CLAUSES IN THEIR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS PREVENTING
SYMPATHY STRIKES. NON U A W
REPRESENTED WORKERS WERE FORCED
TO ENTER HOSTILE WORK
ENVIRONMENTS AND WITHHOLD
SUPPORT FOR THEIR COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE FIGHTING FOR FAIR WAGES AND
JOB SECURITY ISSUES THAT
INHERENTLY AFFECT EVERY WORKER.
HAVING THE RIGHT TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH COLLEAGUES
ENGAGED IN A STRIKE SHOULD BE
PROTECTED OUR WORKERS, WORKERS
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR LOSING
THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY HONOR A
PICKET LINE. HERE TO TESTIFY IN
FAVOR OF A B FIVE. OH, FOUR IS
RAFAEL HEIMER, PRESIDENT OF U A
W AND W 28 65 MATT BROAD
REPRESENTING TEAMSTERS. GOOD
MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
RAPHAEL HEIM AND I AM A GRADUATE
STUDENT WORKER AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES AND
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE
PERSON OF LOCAL 28 65, WHICH
REPRESENTS 36,000 TEACHING
ASSISTANCE TUTORS, READERS AND
RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA SYSTEM. LAST FALL.
YOU HAD EVERY 2065 IN OUR
SIBLING UNION. W 58 10 WENT ON
STRIKE FOR SIX WEEKS OVER THE
UCS, UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AND
BAD FAITH BARGAINING. DURING OUR
STRIKE. WE FELT SOLIDARITY FROM
EVERY CORNER OF THE CALIFORNIA
LABOR MOVEMENT, INCLUDING UPS
TEAMSTERS, WHO HAVE THE
CONTRACTUAL RIGHT TO RESPECT
PICKLE LINES AND TURN THEIR
TRUCKS AROUND AT OUR PICKETS.
HOWEVER WE ALSO WITNESSED
FIRSTHAND THE MORAL INJURY THAT
HAS CAUSED WHEN PUBLIC EMPLOYERS
DO NOT RESPECT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF WORKERS TO
ABIDE BY THEIR CONSCIENCE AND
OUR OR THE PICKET LINE. OTHER
WORKERS LIKE YOU. SAFETY
LECTURES WERE FORCED TO CROSS
THE PICKET LINES, VIOLATING
THEIR DIGNITY AND PRESSURE TO
PICK UP WORKERS STRUCK LABOR,
CREATING A HOSTILE WORK
ENVIRONMENT. PUBLIC UNIONS AND
WORKERS' RIGHTS HAVE BEEN
SEVERELY ERODED OVER THE YEARS
AS EMPLOYERS FACE FEW
CONSEQUENCES FOR BREAKING LABOR
LAW DURING YOUR CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS WITH èC PURPOSE,
YOU'D 15 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
PRACTICE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE
UNIVERSITY. WE'RE JUST NOT WHICH
WAS NOT COMPELLED TO CORRECT
THEIR ACTIONS UNTIL WE WENT ON
STRIKE. IT IS THE BREAKDOWN OF
UNION POWER AND COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AT THE HANDS OF THE
EMPLOYER, WHICH NECESSITATES A B
FIVE OR FOUR AS A CORRECTIVE.
TWO DECADES OF LOPSIDED
BARGAINING IN FAVOR OF EMPLOYERS
, WHICH HAS GREATLY REDUCED THE
CENTERS OF LIVING FOR PUBLIC
SECTOR IN THE WORKING CLASS,
MAYBE FIVE OR FOUR WILL PROTECT
THE RIGHT TO PICKET LINES AS AN
ESSENTIAL RIGHT FOR ALL PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES, AND IT'S TRYING TO
CALIFORNIA LAW. IT'S THIS FIRST
AMENDMENT FREEDOM. IT WILL
ENCOURAGE GOOD FAITH BARGAINING
SHINS TOWARDS THE SPEEDY
RESOLUTION SO THAT WORKERS CAN
GET BACK TO THE WORK THEY WANT
TO DO. SERVING THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA. I RESPECTFULLY URGE
YOUR I VOTE. I VOTE ON THIS
BILL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MATT BROAD HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
TEAMSTERS. WE'RE PROUD SPONSORS
OF MAYBE FIVE. OH, FOUR. UM
WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT BILL.
I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK
ABOUT THE IMPETUS FOR THE BILL.
I THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
THE W STRIKE. UM WHAT WE SAW WAS
REALLY THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN THE
TEAMSTERS ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THE
PRIVATE SECTOR. UM AS MR JAIME,
UH EXPLAINED UPS TEAMSTERS IN
BOTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE'RE ABLE
TO SANCTION A STRIKE RESPECT THE
PICKET LINE FOR OUR OVER 10,000
MEMBERS THAT WORKS AS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS
THAT YOU SEE THEY WERE FORCED TO
CROSS THE PICKET LINE BECAUSE OF
UM I THIS CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS
AND, UM I JUST I THINK THAT, UM
ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS
ON IS THAT THIS ACTUALLY SORT OF
CREATES A HOSTILE WORKPLACE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE WORKERS WHO
DON'T WANT TO CROSS THE PICKET
LINE. THEY SEE MEMBERS OF THEIR
OWN UNION WHO DON'T HAVE TO
CROSS THE PICKET LINE. AND YET
THEY'RE FORCED INTO COMING
AGAINST THEIR OWN CONSCIOUS, UM
AND WE FIND THAT VERY
PROBLEMATIC JUST AS THE LAST
POINT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF
THE CONCERNS OUTLINED IN THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS. I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AT LENGTH
WITH MR BOLDEN YESTERDAY ABOUT
HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE MOVING
FORWARD. I THINK WE WERE PRETTY
ALIGNED. UM AND YOU HAVE OUR
COMMITMENT TO DO THAT. SO WITH
THAT I WOULD URGE YOUR I VOTE ON
THIS BILL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ARE THERE ANY ANY MORE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT, PLEASE?
STATE YOUR NAME ORGANIZATION.
CAN YOUR POSITION WOW. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR MITCH STEIGER,
WITH CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION, PROUD CO SPONSOR IS
URGING SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING.
SCOTT BRENT I'M, THE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BOARD FOR
SMART TV WERE IN SUPPORT AND ON
BEHALF OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND
TRAINING THERE IN SPORT TO THANK
YOU. JULIA GRIFFIN ASKED ME
CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT. TOM
HENZE INTERNATIONAL REP WITH YOU
ON BEHALF OF THE REGION SIX AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
JOE. SHOW KAREN NICK STATE
BUILDING TRADES AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. SARAH
HARBISON. W 58 10 PROUD TO CO
SPONSOR AND SUPPORT. GOOD
MORNING. DANIEL CHERYL. WITH C I
U LOCAL 1000 IN SUPPORT. HI MY
NAME IS MARSHALL NAKATANI WITH
LOCAL U A W 28 65 IN SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING, MARISA WITH 2065
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND
MEMBERS TRISTAN BROWNWOOD CFT
UNION OF EDUCATORS AND
CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS PROUD
TO BE A CO SPONSOR. THANK YOU.
SANDRA BARRERA ON BEHALF OF
HIÂU, CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.
NEIL SWEENEY, PRESIDENT OF LOCAL
50 W LOCAL 58 10 IN SUPPORT.
LAURA LIU XIA WITH U A W 58 10
IN SUPPORT. WHY IS PUNTING UM W
2065 SUPPORT. KATHERINE LOCKE.
LOCAL U A W 28 65 SUPPORT.
BRENNAN GARNERING U A W 28 65
SUPPORT. MELISSA YEAH, I'M ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES UNION AND
SUPPORT SEEN ANYMORE. SEEING NO
MORE WITNESSES AND SUPPORT. ARE
THERE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR MEMBERS. HER
NAME IS JONNY PENA, WITH THE
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND
HERE TODAY AND RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION TO A B FIVE. OH,
FOUR. FIRST I'D REALLY LIKE TO
THANK THE AUTHORS STAFF FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR OUT OUR
CONCERNS AND ALSO LIKE TO THINK
THAT COMMITTEE STAFF AFTER DOING
YEAH. ROBUST ANALYSIS ON THIS
BILL. I THINK I'D LIKE TO GIVE
YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR
MAJOR CONCERNS REGARDING 85. OH
FOUR, UH, STATE LAWS GOVERNING
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ARE IN
PLACE TO ENSURE FAIR PROCESS FOR
BOTH THE UNION AND PUBLIC
ENTITIES. MAYBE FIVE. OH, FOUR
DOES UPENDED THE CURRENT
BARGAINING PROCESS, WHICH ALLOWS
STRIKING ONLY IN SPECIFIED
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS
POSES A SERIOUS PROBLEM. FOR
PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT ARE
PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES ON A
LIMITED BUDGET ENDED IN TIME OF
THE WORKFORCE. SHORTAGE ALLOWING
FOR ANY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE WITH
LIMITED EXCEPTION TO JOIN A
STRIKING BARGAINING UNIT IN
WHICH THAT EMPLOYEE IS NOT A
MEMBER COULD LEAD TO THE SEVERE
WORK STOPPAGE. THIS BILL WOULD
REMOVE AN AGENCY'S ABILITY AND
TO PLAN AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO
THE COMMUNITY AND THE EVENT OF
ANY BARGAINING UNITS THAT
DECIDED TO STRIKE. A LOCAL
AGENCY CANNOT MAKE CONTENT ITS
CONTINGENCY PLANS TO PROVIDE
THAT. COMMUNITY WITH ESSENTIAL
SERVICES FOR AN UNKNOWN NUMBER
OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. UM JUST
THAT DO DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN
AUSTRALIA. WE'RE NOT DISPUTING
THE RIGHT OF THE EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION TO ENGAGE IN THEIR
PROTECTED ACTIVITY OF STRIKING,
HOWEVER, MAYBE FIVE OF FORWARD
VOTE AVOID LOCAL BARGAINING. M O
U. S REGARDING WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE'S ABILITY TO
SYMPATHY STRIKE AND ALLOW FOR
THE ABILITY. UM. TO PARTICIPATE
IN THAT SYMPATHY, STRIKING WITH
LIMITED EXCEPTION THAT NO STRIKE
PROVISIONS AND LOCAL CONTRACTS
HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY BOTH
PARTIES AND GOOD FAITH, OFTEN
DUE TO THE CRITICAL NATURE OF
THE EMPLOYEE'S JOB. AS LOCAL
AGENCIES. WE HAVE A STATUTORY
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THIS BILL
JEOPARDIZES THE DELIVERY OF
THOSE SERVICES AND UNDERMINES
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS. AND FOR THOSE REASONS,
WE RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED INNER
JERED HMM. YOUR NO VOTE TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE
ANY OTHER WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION? LATIFA ALEXANDER
WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE DISTRICTS
IN OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING,
JEANNE HURST HERE TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNTIES OF
CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF MY
COLLEAGUES AT THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
SARAH CAN ON BEHALF OF THE RURAL
COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF JOINT POWERS
AUTHORITY IN OPPOSITION. THANK
YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT TO
THE MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS? ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SHOVEL. UM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UH
AND I WAS ON THE PICKET LINE. IT
WAS VERY INSPIRING TO SEE THE
STATEWIDE, UM, UNITY AND
ORGANIZING THAT WAS HAPPENING BY
THE STUDENTS AND SOLIDARITY FROM
OTHERS. UM AND YOU KNOW, WOULD
LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR
TO THE BILL, IF YOU WOULD HAVE
ME, UM I WONDER IF YOU HAVE
RESPONSES TO THE OPPOSITION THAT
THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE. OKAY?
THREE THROUGH THE CHAIR, MATT
BROUGHT AGAIN FOR THE TEAMSTERS.
UM YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, JUST
WITH RESPECT TO THE OPPOSITION'S
CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
, FOR EXAMPLE, THE W STRIKE WAS
A SIX WEEK STRIKE RIGHT AND THE
REASON THAT IT LASTED SO LONG
WAS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY
OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYER TO CREATE
AND ENFORCE PROVISIONS IN A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
THAT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO WAIVE
THEIR RIGHT TO HONOR A PICKET
LINE. AND WHAT THAT DOES, IS IT?
IT ELONGATES THE LENGTH OF IT OF
A STRIKE RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE IS
NOT THAT MASSIVE, OVERWHELMING
RESPONSE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE
TEAMSTER MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE
ABLE TO JOIN IN AND HONOR THE
PICKET LINE AND MAY ACTUALLY
BRING EMPLOYEE PUBLIC EMPLOYERS
THAT TABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY
AND MORE URGENTLY, INSTEAD OF,
UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE STRIKE
LAST LONGER. UM AND I THINK THAT
THAT GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS
RESTORING PARODY BETWEEN THE
UNION AND EMPLOYER. OBVIOUSLY,
WHEN WORKERS GO OUT ON STRIKE,
IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION. UM
YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HURTS
PEOPLE'S BOTTOM LINES, AND WE
WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT AS
SHORT AS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK
THIS BILL WILL KIND OF HELP
RESTORE THE PLAYING FIELD THERE.
THANK YOU. SIMILAR MEMBER HANEY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR
AND THE SPONSORS. YOU KNOW, I
WAS PRETTY SHOCKED WHEN I WAS
BRIEFED ON THIS BILL THAT THIS
ISN'T ALREADY OF FUNDAMENTAL
PROTECTED, RIGHT? I MEAN
SYMPATHY STRIKES AND SOLIDARITY
STRIKES AT THE WORKPLACE OR
SOMETHING THAT ARE REALLY A CORE
PART OF ORGANIZING AND ENSURING
THAT THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS ARE
PROTECTED. THESE TYPES OF
STRIKES ARE VERY RARE. BUT AS
YOU SAID THE CONDITIONS FOR
WORKERS AT A SITE WHERE A STRIKE
IS HAPPENING. I CAN'T IMAGINE.
FOLKS BEING FORCED TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN EITHER LOSING THEIR JOB
, POTENTIALLY OR CROSSING A
PICKET LINE ALONGSIDE THEIR
COLLEAGUES. IT IS INCREDIBLY
DAMAGING FOR THEM THEIR WORKING
CONDITIONS AND ALSO FOR THE
WORKPLACE ABILITY. TO MOVING
FORWARD, DELIVER ON THE SERVICES
OR, YOU KNOW AT THE U. C IF YOUR
COLLEAGUE CROSSED THE PICKET
LINE THAT MAKES IT A BIT AWKWARD
WHEN THE STRIKE ENDS, AND THEY
SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS
PROTECTED, RIGHT. SO I REALLY
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I
KNOW THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
CONVERSATIONS BUT THE PROFIT
SUPPORT THIS TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THE BILL
WAS MOVED BY ARTISTS AND SECOND
BY SZABO. I'M ARTHUR, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? I THINK
PROTECTING A WORKER'S RIGHT. TO
RESPECT THE PICKET LINE IS A
BASIC HUMAN RIGHT. AND I WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RAISE AS A FORMER LABOR UNION
MEMBER AS STRONGLY SUPPORT LABOR
UNIONS, BUT I'M ALSO, UH,
STRONGLY SUPPORT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AND FIRMLY BELIEVE
THAT WHAT BELONGS IN THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS
SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN THE IN
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS. BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT
THIS BILL REMAINS A WORK IN
PROCESS AND I RECOMMEND AND I
VOTE. UM, SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. THE MOTION IS DO PASS
, AND WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE
ON JUDICIARY MCKENNA. MCKENNA I
LACKEY VOTING, NOT VOTING. ADDIS
I, VINCE FONG WONG. NO ANY ANY I
WIN WHEN I SZABO VÚI. STILL HAS
FIVE VOTES. IT IS OUT. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN.
NEXT ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FLORA A B
12 54. SECOND. MM HMM. THANK
YOU, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU,
CHAIR. UM TODAY. I PRESENT A B
12 54, WHICH REQUIRES THE STATE
TO PAY STATE FIREFIGHTERS WITHIN
15% OF THE AVERAGE SALARY. THE
CORRESPONDING RATES WITHIN 20
SPECIFIED DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE
STATE, AND IT MUST BE INCLUDED
DEMENTED THROUGH COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING. I WILL KEEP MY
REMARKS SHORT. I'VE GOT TWO
WITNESSES WITH ME, MR TERRY
MCHALE AND, UH, MY FORMER LOCAL
PRESIDENT, TIM EDWARDS. MADAM
CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU FOR LETTING
ME BE HERE THIS MORNING. UH,
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK
ASSEMBLYMAN FLORA FOR CARRYING
THIS BILL. ASSEMBLYMAN FLOOR IS
A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, AND NOT
ONLY A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, BUT
IN A STEAMED AND HIGHLY
RESPECTED FORMER CAL FIRE
FIREFIGHTER. AH THERE SEEMS TO
BE A CERTAIN PATTERN IN THIS
COMMITTEE THAT EVERYONE
CONGRATULATES THE STAFF ON THE
EXCELLENT ANALYSIS THAT GETS
WRITTEN AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
TRUE. IN THIS INSTANCE, ALSO
THIS BILL BOILS DOWN TO THIS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CAL FIREWORKS,
THE LONGEST HOURS OF ANY FIRE
DEPARTMENT IN IN CALIFORNIA THAT
A 72 HOUR WORK WEEK. AND THEY
GET PAID LESS. THAN VIRTUALLY
EVERY OTHER MAJOR FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND AT A TIME IN
WHICH THERE HAS BEEN PROFOUND
LOSS DUE TO THESE FIRES, IT IS
HIGHLIGHTED. WHAT ARE
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE GONE THROUGH?
AND AS THE ANALYSIS POINTED OUT
THIS LOW PAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS
WHO ARE EXTRAORDINARILY WELL
TRAINED, WORKING FOR A DIVERSE
FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE IS
THE PROBLEM WITH CANNIBALIZATION
THAT OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE
TRYING TO TAKE THEM AWAY. AND SO
WE NEED THIS BILL BECAUSE WE
WANT TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
PROTECT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I AM JOINED TODAY BY MY FRIEND
OF PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA LOCAL
TO 881 PRESIDENT TIM EDWARDS.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. TIM EDWARDS PRESIDENT
CAL FIRE LOCAL 21 REPRESENTING
OVER 7000, PLUS MEN AND WOMEN OF
YOUR STATE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CAL
FIRE AND WE STAND IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, AND WE
APPRECIATE MR FLORIDA, BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD. I HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING FOR THIS UNION SINCE
2006 AND SINCE 2006 EVERY SALARY
SURVEY HAS SHOWED US, AT LEAST
80% BEHIND OUR LOCAL
COUNTERPARTS. AND IN THAT TIME
WE HAVE NOT. PROGRESSED WE HAVE
NOT GONE AWAY FROM THAT 80%
LEVEL AND BASE SALARY. IN ORDER
TO GET EVEN CLOSE TO A 35%
COMPARISON. WE HAVE TO WORK
ADDITIONAL WORK HOURS 72 HOURS
WORKWEEK. WHAT THIS BILL DOES
IS, I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT
DOESN'T TAKE AWAY COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING, BUT IT BRINGS BACK
THE TRUE MEANING TO GOOD FAITH
BARGAINING. TO COME TO THE TABLE
AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE
SALARY SURVEYS AND COMPARE US TO
OUR COUNTERPARTS. CAL FIRE IS A
24 7 OPERATION. WE'VE RESPONDED
TO FLOODS, THE PANDEMIC
EARTHQUAKES, CIVIL UNREST. BUT
YET WE ARE NOT SEEN AS EQUALS TO
OUR COUNTERPART. SO I STRONGLY
URGE YES ABOUT TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS
DOUG SUPERS ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS AND STRONG SUPPORT
AND WOULD ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
PRESIDENT EDWARDS AND MR MCHALE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SAYING NO
MORE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. ARE
THERE ANY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. SEEING NO WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION BRING IT BACK TO
THE MEMBERS. ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS JUST LIKE TO THANK THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND THE
WITNESSES FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD HAVING A DISTRICT WHERE
THERE'S PLENTY OF CAL FIRE VERY
MUCH SUPPORTING THIS. AND IF
YOU'RE TAKING CO AUTHORS WOULD
LIKE TO ADD ON ABSOLUTELY THANK
YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBERS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THE BILL HAS
BEEN MOVED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WHEN AND SECONDED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LACKEY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CAUSE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME CHAIR AND YOUR STAFF AND
YOUR GREAT ANALYSIS ON THIS
BILL, AND ONE OF THE GREATEST
PRIVILEGES OF MY LIFE WAS TO
WORK FOR THE STATE AND WORK FOR
CALIFORNIA HERE FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS AND TO GET THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO ARE ON THE FRONT
LINES. I MEAN, EVEN WITH THIS
RECORD SNOW THAT WE HAD. I MEAN,
WE'VE GOT CAL FIRE EMPLOYEES ON
SNOWMOBILES RUNNING AROUND
DIGGING HOMES OUT RIGHT NOW, SO
THIS IS TRULY AN ALL RISK
DEPARTMENT AND THEY DESERVE TO
BE PAID PROPERLY. SO WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU. I REMEMBER. I
RECOMMEND AND I VOTE. FOR A B 12
54. SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. THE MOTION IS DO PASS AND
WE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS MCKINNA MCKINNA.
AYE LACKEY. HI GI ADDIS FENCE
FONG TAHINI. MANY I WIN WHEN I
SHIAVO VÚI BILL HAS. 70
BUILDINGS OUT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT
IS A B 16 99 MCCARTY.
DISTRACTION. OKAY I'M THE LAST
ONE. WE HAVE SUPPORT. THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS
BILL THAT THIS WILL HELP
CLASSIFIEDS. SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
EXPAND CLEAR OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT
NOW. WE HAVE SHORTAGES AT SCHOOL
SITES FOR EDUCATORS, NOT JUST
TEACHERS, BUT BUS DRIVERS,
CAFETERIA WORKERS MANY TIMES,
PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE WOULD LIKE
TO APPLY FOR THE OTHER PART TIME
JOB. BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS
GIVEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY. SO IT
REALLY IS, UM, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES IT'S THE WALMART
EFFECT WHERE THEY PUT PEOPLE IN
25 HOURS. DON'T HAVE THEM
BENEFITS, AND SOME OF THESE
WORKERS WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR
THE OTHER JOB TO BE ABLE TO
SERVE THE SCHOOL HELP
THEMSELVES, BUT THEY CAN'T SO
THIS WILL GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO
HAVE FIRST CRACK OF THOSE JOB
OPENINGS. AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WITH ME ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND S
. C I U RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS TRISTAN BROWN
WITH CFT UNION EDUCATORS AND
CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS HERE IS
PROUD CO SPONSOR OF THIS BILL.
WE HEARD FROM OUR MEMBERS. WE
REPRESENT A NUMBER OF CLASSIFIED
UP AND DOWN THE STATE WHO HAVE
BEEN SUBJECT TO FRUSTRATION AS
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN
PART TIME ASSIGNMENTS AT THEIR
WORK SITES AND THEN SEE THAT
SAME DISTRICT HIGHER AGAIN AND
AGAIN, MORE PART TIME WORK.
WHERE THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN
WILLING TO PICK UP THE EXTRA
HOURS AND MAKE A LIVING WAGE. UH
THE SEVEN CRISIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND
EDUCATION SYSTEM IS NOT IMMUNE
TO THAT. SO WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY
FACED WITH THE POLITICAL I'M
SORRY THE ECONOMIC REALITIES
THAT A FOOD SERVICE WORKER, FOR
INSTANCE, MIGHT ONLY HAVE A FEW
HOURS PER DAY IN THEIR SHIFT AND
COULD MAKE FAR MORE OF A LIVING
AT AN IN AND OUT BURGER STAND.
THEN THEY CAN AS A PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE HERE SERVING OUR
CHILDREN. SO RATHER THAN FORCE
EVERYBODY INTO A MINIMUM HOURS
OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WAY
MORE INTRUSIVE TO THE SYSTEM. WE
THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT
TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS WHO ALREADY
WORK AS A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR EXTRA
HOURS THAT ARE POSTED.
SECONDARILY. CLASSIFIED JOBS, UH
, SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME BASIC
SKILLS AND YOU CAN MOVE AROUND
FROM ASSIGNMENT TO ASSIGNMENT
RELATIVELY EASILY. THERE ARE
SOME EXCEPTIONS, SUCH AS BUS
DRIVERS WHO REQUIRE A SPECIAL
LICENSE AND SPECIAL PERMITTING
WITH THE CHP. AND SO IF A MEMBER
WERE TO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY AND
OBTAIN THESE BASIC REQUIREMENTS
OF WHATEVER THE JOB POSTING IS,
WE THINK THAT THEY TOO, SHOULD
BE ALLOWED TO OBTAIN MORE HOURS.
IF THAT WORKS IN THEIR SCHEDULE.
MAYBE IN REVERSE IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF A BUS DRIVER WHO HAS
COLLECTED ALL OF THE CHILDREN
COME TO CAMPUS NOW HAS A NUMBER
OF HOURS WITHOUT AN ASSIGNMENT
AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT
WITH, SAY, THE FOOD SERVICE
PREP. OR HELP OUT WITH THE
CUSTODIAL STAFF OR EVEN BE A
PAIR OF EDUCATOR HELPING
CHILDREN WITH THEIR NEEDS IN THE
CLASSROOM AND THEN RETURN BACK
TO THEIR OTHER ASSIGNMENT AS THE
AFTERNOON BUS DRIVER. SO WE
THINK THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
TO ALLOW FOLKS TO GATHER THOSE
HOURS TO MAKE A LIVING WAGE
WITHOUT WE ASKED FOR AN I VOTE
AND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU CAN REALLY ROSENBERG
ER WITH S E I U ALSO PROUD CO
SPONSORS. UM I'LL BE BRIEF
BECAUSE I THINK MY COLLEAGUE
SUMMARIZED IT WELL, BUT OUR
MEMBERS ARE VERY DEDICATED. MOST
OF THE CLASSIFIED POSITIONS ARE
ENTRY LEVEL. WHAT THEY DO
REQUIRE IS DEDICATION AND OUR
WORKERS HAVE THAT TENFOLD. THIS
ALLOWS THEM TO PIECEMEAL
TOGETHER BETTER HOURS, BETTER
BENEFITS AND ALLOW THEM ALSO A
CAREER PATHWAY BECAUSE MANY OF
THESE JOBS THINK CAN ALLOW THEM
TO GO TO FULL TIME TO GO TO THE
NEXT POSITION UP, SO WE THINK
IT'S JUST GOOD POLICY. HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE
ANY MORE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE? STATE, YOUR NAME
ORGANIZATION IN POSITION. THANK
YOU, MR TIGER, CALIFORNIA
FEDERATION IN SPORT. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU, JESSICA HEY
, WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, PROUD CO
SPONSORS. THANK YOU. GRIFFIN
ASKED ME CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT
. SAYING NO MORE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION? THERE'S TWO
SEATS.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS, DOROTHY JOHNSON ON
BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED TODAY WE
HAVE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DISCUSS SOME OF OUR CONCERNS
, BUT IT BOILS DOWN IN LIGHT OF
THE STAFF SHORTAGES TO LONGER
RECRUITMENT PERIODS. NEW ON THE
JOB MANDATED TRAINING AND LONGER
VACANCIES TO THE DETRIMENT OF
STUDENTS AND OTHER SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES. THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR
OPPOSITION ARE CAPTURED IN THE
ANALYSIS. WELL WE THINK THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS ALSO DOES A
GOOD JOB OF THE REAL WORLD ISSUE
OF RIGHT TO FIRST REFUSAL FOR
EXISTING EMPLOYEES AND AGAIN,
THE ON THE JOB TRAINING
COMPONENT. WE NEED GREATER
FLEXIBILITY AND DISCRETION,
PROPOSITIONS THAT HAVE
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER
PREREQUISITES. ONE PRACTICAL
EXAMPLE OF THE CHALLENGES
CREATED BY A B 16 99 IS
DEMONSTRATED BY THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF STATEWIDE
UNIVERSAL TRANSITIONAL
KINDERGARTEN. AS WE LOOK TO STOP
AT PARA PROFESSIONALS, WE
APPRECIATE THE MENTIONED BY THE
SPONSORS OF THAT NEED AND
POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING
ON EXISTING STAFF. THERE ARE
MANY THAT WOULD NOT BE THE
APPROPRIATE UH, EXPERIENCE OR
BACKGROUND TO WORK WITH CHILDREN
IN THAT SETTING. AND THEN IN
THAT CASE, WOULD WE HAVE TO HOST
AH, FOR THOSE INTERESTED PARTIES
PARAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING. IF WE
DON'T HAVE SUCH AN ON THE JOB
TRAINING PROGRAM WILL BE THEN
AFTER CONTRACT OUT WITH AN
INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
TO OFFER THAT WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE ON THE JOB TRAINING
ENDS, AND IF THE INDIVIDUAL
DECIDES MIDWAY THROUGH THAT
TRAINING, THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT
FIT OR THE EMPLOYER MAKES THAT
DETERMINATION. WHAT HAPPENS THEN
TO THAT EMPLOYEES PRIOR
POSITION. CREATING ONGOING
CHALLENGES, FURTHER VACANCIES
AND FURTHER DELAYS. OUR DISTRICT
HAVE SHARED THAT THEY DO OFFER
OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THERE'S
VACANCIES FOR OVERTIME AND
ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. KNOWING
HOW CRITICAL OUR EMPLOYEES IN
THIS AREA ARE FOR OUR STUDENTS
AND THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
UNFORTUNATELY 16 99 CREATES NEW
COSTS AND ALSO MAINTAINS VARIOUS
VAGUE TERMS SUCH AS REASONABLE
REASONABLE MIGHT CREATE
FLEXIBILITY. WE THINK IT CREATES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISPUTE AND
INEQUITABLE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION
STATEWIDE. WE ALSO NEED CLARITY
ON WHEN THE EMPLOYEE IS
CONSIDERED TO HAVE ACCEPTED,
REJECTED THE POSITION WHAT IS
CONSIDERED ADEQUATE NOTICES OF
EXISTING, UH, FRONT NOTICE FOR
EXISTING EMPLOYEES. AND WE ARE
AGAIN CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL
JUST FURTHER EXACERBATE STAFFING
SHORTAGES. FOR THESE REASONS. WE
ARE OPPOSED TO THE BILL AND MY
COLLEAGUE FROM THE ASSOCIATION
OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REGISTER
OPPOSITION. SHE'S IN ANOTHER
HEARING THIS MORNING. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, LEILANI AGUINALDO
ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL'S EXCESS
LIABILITY FUNDS. I THINK AXL DID
A WONDERFUL JOB SUMMARIZING THE
CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT.
MAYBE 16 99 THE ONLY THING THAT
I WOULD ADD AS AN EXAMPLE TO
HONE IN GIVEN THE EXAMPLE THAT
WAS PROVIDED A FEW MINUTES AGO
ABOUT BUS DRIVERS, FOR EXAMPLE,
WHO ARE VERY WELL CAPABLE OF
BEING ABLE TO STEP IN AND GET
ADDITIONAL HOURS, FOR EXAMPLE,
TO HELP IN THE NUTRITION
SERVICES. SECTOR. THE
COUNTERPOINT I WOULD GIVE TO
HONE IN ON THE EXAMPLE THAT
ACTUALLY JUST GAVE ABOUT THE ON
THE JOB TRAINING IS THE REVERSE
OF THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT
AND IT COULD BE INTERPRETED THAT
MAYBE 16 99 WOULD REQUIRE US TO
PROVIDE ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR
SOMEONE THAT WANTED TO APPLY FOR
ADDITIONAL HOURS AS A BUS
DRIVER, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT IF
THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE THE
CERTIFICATIONS, ETCETERA FOR
THOSE TYPES OF POSITIONS THAT
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED
TRAINING A B 16 99, WE BELIEVE
COULD BE INTERPRETED THAT, UM
ELIA'S WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GIVE
THAT ON THE JOB TRAINING. UM AND
IN ADDITION, IF I COULD ALSO DO
A ME TOO IN OPPOSITION ON BEHALF
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY, COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATORS, THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION? GOOD
MORNING, MADAM CHAIR CHRIS REEF
ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
BOARDS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT TO
ASSOCIATE OUR COMMENTS WITH
THOSE FROM MY UH HUH. THAT'S A
SUPPORT OPIE OPPOSITION. SORRY I
SHOULD RUSH OVER HERE. YOU'RE
WELCOME, MR MCCARTHY. YES. THANK
YOU WILL DO IT AND I ALSO HAVE
AUTHORIZATION TO ALSO SHARE
OPPOSITION FROM THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY OFFICE OF SCHOOLS AND
UNDER THE AFTER SUPERINTENDENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE
TO BRING THE QUESTIONS BACK TO
THE MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS OR COMMENTS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SHOVEL. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. I KNOW AS A P T, A MOM
AND A SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MOM
AND A LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. MOM UM
, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN
BUDGETING. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN
LOOKING AT STAFFING, UM, AND
CHALLENGES AROUND THAT, BUT MY
DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL ARE THE SCHOOL
LIBRARY WAS JUST NOT STAFFED FOR
A REALLY LONG TIME. MANY MANY
MONTHS AND THE KIDS COULD NOT GO
GET BOOKS OUT OF THE SCHOOL
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND
SOMEONE TO DO THAT PART TERM
TIME WORK. AND IF THERE WERE,
YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY FOR THEM
TO DO THAT PART TIME WORK AND
ALSO PICK UP ANOTHER PART TIME
POSITION TO MAKE IT FULL TIME. I
FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE
ABLE TO FILL THAT POSITION AND
FILL A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT
ARE CHALLENGING TO FILL. WE KNOW
THAT, UM THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT
STAFF AND, UM IN THE EDUCATION
STAFF AT SCHOOLS ARE NOT PAID
WHAT THEY NEED TO BE PAID. UM
AND I KNOW THAT'S A CONTINUAL
STRUGGLE AND SO TO ALSO HAVE
PART TIME WORK ON TOP OF THAT,
WHEN IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO MAKE
ENDS MEET. UM I YOU KNOW, I
DON'T KNOW HOW FOLKS ARE
SURVIVING ON SOME OF THESE PART
TIME JOBS HONESTLY. UM AND YOU
KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A
REAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THESE DEDICATED STAFF LIKE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO GREET
US EVERY DAY AT THE SCHOOL GATE
, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY
OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR KIDS ARE
SUPPORTED AS WELL. SO I'D LOVE
TO BE ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR, AND
I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD
THIS BILL. REMEMBER ATIS? YEAH I
WANT TO THANK THE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
ON THE WITNESSES FOR BEING HERE
AND JUST SHARE A PERSONAL STORY
THAT, UM MY MOTHER IN LAW IS A
CAFETERIA WORKER, BUT HAD TO
WORK TWO JOBS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
ENDS MEET AND EVENTUALLY HAD TO
LEAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER
COVID INTO A DIFFERENT POSITION
BECAUSE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
ENOUGH HOURS TO MEET HER
EXPENSES. ESPECIALLY ON THE VERY
EXPENSIVE CENTRAL COAST, WHICH
MUCH OF CALIFORNIA IS FACING THE
SAME ISSUES. AND SO I THINK THIS
IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, BUT
ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO
THERAPY TAKING CO AUTHOR
REQUEST. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
MEMBERS. THE BILL WAS MOVED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHEN AND
SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AT
US ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU. UM I
JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE FIRST
TIME I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE
OPPOSITION, UM ISSUES AND
ARGUMENTS AND THERE ARE SOME
TECHNICAL DETAILS THAT WE'RE
WILLING TO WORK WITH AND CLARIFY
SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. BUT THE
OVERALL TENOR I THINK MISSES.
THE POINT IS THAT WE'RE NOT
ASKING FOR ANY SPECIAL RIGHTS
AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULDN'T GET IF
SOMEONE GETS HIRED OFF THE
STREET. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO
GET THE SAME TRAINING COMING IN
THE DOOR LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. WE
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE WORK AT SCHOOL SITES WHO
ARE LITERALLY SOMETIMES PAID
POVERTY WAGES. CAN BENEFIT FOR
SOME PUBLIC BENEFITS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THAT JOB
THAT'S OPENING RIGHT NOW SO THEY
CAN GET MORE HOURS AND NOT LEAVE
AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND YOU
GO TO ANY SCHOOL THIS OR ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. THEY'LL TELL YOU THE
CRISIS RIGHT NOW. THEY CAN'T
FIND PEOPLE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE
PEOPLE RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE ONLY
WORKING 25 HOURS, SO WHY NOT
GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO FILL
ANOTHER ROLE? AND THEN? YEAH
THERE ARE SOME JOBS THAT WE'RE
NOT GOING TO PUT PEOPLE RIGHT
AWAY INTO A TEACHER POSITION. IF
THEY DON'T HAVE THE
QUALIFICATIONS, SO IT HAS TO.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. WHATEVER IS
THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT
POSITION, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY
WORK TO CLARIFY THOSE ISSUES.
AND, UM THANK YOU FOR THE
COMMENTS, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. UM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCCARTHY. THIS
BILL MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD
PUBLIC POLICY. UM WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
WHO, BY THE WAY, OR SOME OF THE
LOWEST PAID PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN
THE STATE, HAVING TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS TO MAKE
ENDS MEET. WHAT DOES THAT SAY
ABOUT OUR SOCIETY AND EXPECIALLY
IN CALIFORNIA? GIVEN THESE
EMPLOYEES THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY
FOR VACANCIES, WHICH WOULD
INCLUDE FULL TIME VACANCIES,
WHERE THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY
TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES, THEIR
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES MAKE
SENSE TO ME. IF THE EMPLOYEES
DON'T TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY,
THEN THE EMPLOYER CAN NOTICE THE
VACANCIES TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN.
IT JUST MAKES GOOD SENSE. I
WOULD SAY THAT I AGREE WITH SOME
OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED
REGARDING NEED TO ALREADY HAVE
SOME KIND OF SKILL SET AS YOU
SAID ASSEMBLY MEMBER. UM AND I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK ON THAT.
AS YOU MOVE THE BILL FORWARD. I
RECOMMENDED I VOTE. UM
SECRETARY, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL? THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
UNDER REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON HIGHER EDUCATION. YOU CANNOT.
I LUCKY YOU KNOW, ATIS IPHONE
VINCE VAUGHN. YOU KNOW ANY ANY I
WIN. WHEN I SZABO VÚI. THAT BILL
HAS FIVE TO VOTE. THAT BILL IS
OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. I HAVE TO STEP OUT FOR A
MOMENT I WILL TURN THE GAVEL
OVER TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LACKEY.
THE NEXT BILL WILL BE. AMY. 12
46. 16 16 72.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE HER? YEAH.
GO AHEAD. THAT'S FINE. TONIGHT,
SYDNEY. I THINK I'M OKAY. SECOND
. YOU MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU. UM
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS. SOME OF US
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN A
LIFETIME TO BE ABLE TO TIE THE
KNOT AND GET MARRIED AND FOR
THOSE OF US THAT GET MARRIED. WE
HOPE THAT IT LASTS FOREVER TILL
DEATH DO US PART. SOMETIMES THAT
ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE. BUT
YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND LOVE AGAIN
AND GET REMARRIED. THIS BILL
HERE WILL ALLOW OUR RETIRED
CALPERS MEMBERS WHO DIVORCED
AFTER RETIREMENT AND
SUBSEQUENTLY REMARRY DESIGNATE
THEIR NEW SPOUSE AS A
BENEFICIARY TO THE MEMBERS SHARE
OF RETIREMENT. I ALSO WANT TO
NOTE THAT THIS BILL IN NO WAY
WILL IMPACT THE FORMER SPOUSES
BENEFICIARY RETIREMENT BENEFITS
IN ANY WAY. WITH ME HERE TODAY
IS MR AARON READ FROM CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY PATROL
AND COW FIRE. LOCAL 2881. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS ERIN REED,
REPRESENTING THOSE GROUPS AND
THE RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
ALSO ALL CO SPONSORS. UH YOU
EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY. I CAN'T
ADD ANYTHING I DO WANT TO THANK
OUR AUTHOR FOR CARRYING THIS
BILL, AND SHE HAS A HEART FOR
THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, PUBLIC
SAFETY IS IMPORTANT TO HER. AND
WHAT? WHAT BROUGHT THIS TO US
WAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS WHO
UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A SUPER HIGH
DIVORCE RATE. UH BUT THAT SAID,
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MICHAEL
BOLDON, THE COMMITTEE CONSULTANT
WHO ALWAYS DOES A THOUGHTFUL AND
THOROUGH JOB ON HIS ANALYSIS,
ALWAYS AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK AND URGENT. I VOTE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER? WITNESSES WHO WOULD LIKE
TO EXPRESS SUPPORT. ANY
OPPOSITION. LOOKS LIKE NONE WILL
COME BACK. TO, UH MEMBERS. ANY
COMMENTS. MIGHT NEED A MOTION.
WE HAVE TO LOVE YOU. OKAY? I
DIDN'T GET THAT, BUT SOUNDS GOOD
. WE HAVE A MOTION OF SECOND.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
ON MY HAPPY SPOUSE. HAPPY HOUSE
BILL. VERY GOOD. WE'LL GO FOR
THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THE
MOTION IS DO PASS, AND WE REFER
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. KINER LUCKY I
DIS FENCE. FONG HANEY. HANEY I
WIN. I HAVE. OH I WILL PLACE
THIS BILL ON TOP. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
REMEMBER HANEY, YOU MAY, UH
PRESENT.
THANK YOU. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I
AM PROUD TO PRESENT A B 16 72,
WHICH WOULD ALLOW OUR INCREDIBLE
, ESSENTIAL, COMPASSIONATE
COMMITTED IN HOME SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES PROVIDERS AND EMPLOYERS
, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE IN THE
ROOM WITH US TODAY TO NEGOTIATE
THEIR CONTRACT AND WAGES AT A
STATE LEVEL INSTEAD OF THE
COUNTY LEVEL. GETTING CARE IN
THE SETTING OF YOUR CHOICE IS A
HUMAN RIGHT AND A BASIC FREEDOM
. IT'S ALSO THE MOST COST
EFFECTIVE WAY TO DELIVER CARE.
BUT THE LONG TERM CARE SYSTEM IN
OUR STATE IS BROKEN. AND THE
PROMISE OF DELIVERING LONG TERM
CARE AND THE COMFORT OF AN
INDIVIDUAL'S HOME IS THREATENED.
THIS IS IN PART DUE TO THE FACT
THAT RI HSS WORKERS ARE LEAVING
THE WORKFORCE AT ALARMING RATES
BECAUSE OF LOW WAGES AND POOR
BENEFITS. WHY HSS WAGES VARY
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THERE IS NOT
A SINGLE COUNTY THAT PAYS I H S
S PROVIDERS A LIVING WAGE. FIVE
COUNTIES STILL PAY CAREGIVERS
THE MINIMUM WAGE. ANOTHER 23
COUNTIES PAY LESS THAN A DOLLAR
ABOVE THE MINIMUM WAGE. 24 MORE
COUNTIES PAY LESS THAN $2 ABOVE
THE MINIMUM WAGE, AND ONLY SIX
COUNTIES PAY $2 OR MORE ABOVE
THE MINIMUM WAGE. THE STATE HAS
ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION OF
OLDER ADULTS WILL DOUBLE OVER
THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WITHOUT
ACTION THAT WILL HELP INCREASE
WORKFORCE RETENTION. THE CRISIS
IN CAREGIVING WILL BECOME A FULL
BLOWN CATASTROPHE. UNFORTUNATELY
THE CURRENT FRAGMENTED STRUCTURE
OF THE HSS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO
ESTABLISHING A LIVING WAGE OR
FILLING THE IMPENDING LONG TERM
CARE SHORTAGE. CARING FOR ALL
CALIFORNIANS IS A STATEWIDE
ENDEAVOR REQUIRING BOLD VISION
AND LEADERSHIP TO MATCH THE SIZE
OF THE CHALLENGE. CAREGIVERS
WITH FRONTLINE EXPERIENCE MUST
HAVE A RECOGNIZED VOICE AT THE
STATE LEVEL. BY TRANSITIONING
THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL OF
THE STATE. A B 16 72 WILL
PROFESSIONALIZE THE WORKFORCE
PROVIDE US AS WORKERS WITH
LIVING WAGES AND BENEFITS AND
ENSURING MORE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF LONG TERM CARE
FUNDS WHILE ALLOWING THE STATE
TO MEET ITS LONG TERM CARE
DEMANDS. I WANT TO THANK THE
SPONSORS WHO YOU'RE GOING TO
HEAR FROM AND ALL OF OUR HS AS
WORKERS. AS WELL AS THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES. STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES COUNTY WELFARE
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION FOR
ENGAGING WITH OUR OFFICE AND THE
SPONSORS. WE ARE WILLING TO
CONTINUE THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. I KNOW WE
SHARE THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING OUR
LONG TERM CARE WORKERS AND
ENSURING THAT EVERY CALIFORNIAN
HAS ACCESS TO CARE WHO NEEDS IT.
I HERE TO TESTIFY WITH ME TODAY
? IS MARISSA MORA IN IN MY HS S
PROVIDER FROM TRINITY COUNTY AND
SYDNEY O'CONNOR AND I. H S S
PROVIDER FROM KERN COUNTY.
ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE TIFFANY
FROM S E I U CALIFORNIA WHO IS
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR US
TODAY. THANK YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. WE SHOULD HAVE
TO, UM, WITNESSES SPEAK THANK
YOU. OKAY GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS MARISSA MAURA AND I'M AN ITIS
IS CARE PROVIDER IN TRINITY
COUNTY. UM THAT'S A POPEYE
READING. SO I CARE FOR MY
DAUGHTER, WHO HAS CEREBRAL PALSY
AND QUADRIPLEGIA. SHE BECAME
DISABLED. WHEN SHE WAS 18 MONTHS
. SHE STOPPED BREATHING AND MY
LIFE COMPLETELY CHANGED, AND SO
DID HERS. UM SO I JUST WANT TO
KIND OF UM, LET YOU GUYS KNOW A
LITTLE BIT OF THE THINGS THAT
SHE'S CAPABLE AND INCAPABLE OF
DOING. SHE STAYS HOME WITH WITH
ME AND SHE BASICALLY SHE
REQUIRES 100% CARE. I NEED TO,
UM, DIAPER HER. I NEED TO, UM,
YOU KNOW, SHE RELIES ON ME FOR
CHANGING. SHE HAS A TUBE IN HER
TUMMY THAT SHE HAS TO EAT FROM I
CONNECT A MACHINE TO IT. IT'S
RIGHT HERE WITH A WITH A BAG
THAT HAS HER FOOD IN IT, AND THE
REALITY IS THAT EMMA IS GOING TO
NEED ME FOR THE REST OF HER
LIFE. UM THE REALITY IS THAT I
AM A FULLY COMMITTED MOM. AND
JUST LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER
PROVIDERS WHO CARE FOR PEOPLE IN
THERE HOME WE GIVE WE GIVE
PEOPLE THE DIGNITY TO BE ABLE TO
STAY IN THEIR HOMES IN THE HOMES
THAT IF YOU'RE AN AGING PERSON
YOU IT'S THE HOME THAT YOU'VE
RAISED YOUR CHILDREN IN. IT'S
THE HOME THAT YOU HAVE HAVE
MARRIED YOUR SPOUSE AND HAVE
THESE WONDERFUL MEMORIES.
LISTEN. YOU KNOW, AND WE GIVE
PEOPLE THAT DIGNITY BACK. IT'S A
HARD THING TO BE AN AGING
PERSON, UM AND TO COME TO THE
REALIZATION THAT I CAN NO LONGER
DO FOR MYSELF. THE THINGS THAT
WERE SIMPLE FOR ME. I COULD NO
LONGER DO. I CAN'T BATHE MYSELF
. I'VE SLIPPED AND FELL A FEW
TIMES. I CAN'T. I CAN'T GO TO
THE BATHROOM BY MYSELF. I CAN'T
GET MY SHIRT ON. YOU KNOW, HOW
AM I GOING TO COOK? I'VE BURNED
SO MANY THINGS, AND IT'S A HARD
THING TO ACCEPT AS A HUMAN
BEING. BUT THE I JUST AS CARE
PROVIDERS. WE GIVE THAT DIGNITY
BACK TO PEOPLE WE LIFT AND
EMPOWER OUR RECIPIENTS. WE LIFT
THEM UP AND WE EMPOWER THEM. WE
ENCOURAGE THEM. WE LET THEM KNOW
THAT THEY'RE VALUABLE AND THEY
HAVE WORTH A LOT OF TIMES ONCE
THE PERSON GETS AN HSS CARE
PROVIDER IN THEIR HOME, YOU SEE
THIS HUGE CHANGE. YOU SEE THAT?
THEY'RE HAPPY. THEY'RE BRILLIANT
. THEY HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT
YOU KNOW, COMING TO VISIT THEM
AND THEY'RE HELPING THEM.
THEY'RE TAKING THE LOAD OFF. SO
YOU KNOW, I REALLY JUST WANT TO
SPECIFY I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ON
ON THAT, UM ALSO, WE DO. WE DO.
UM, A LOT OF WORK FOR A LITTLE
BIT OF MONEY. WE GIVE A LOT OF
LOVE. AND WE DON'T GET A LOT
BACK. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE
RETIREMENT. WE DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO SECURE OUR FUTURE
WHATSOEVER. UM I MYSELF MAKE 16
85 AN HOUR. UM AND YOU KNOW MY
DAUGHTER LIKE I SAID, 100% CARE
. AND IF I YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S
JUST IT'S HARD. WE DEAL WITH
CLEANING UP. MESSES THAT NOBODY
SHOULD. I MEAN, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA
DO YOU KNOW SOMEBODY'S GOT TO
CLEAN THEM UP. UM AND I JUST I
JUST REALLY I ASK YOU TO JUST
EXPLORE. YOU KNOW OUR OUR WORK
OUR HARD WORK WHAT WE DO AND
CONSIDER US WHEN YOU WHEN YOU
MAKE THE JUDGMENT ON THIS, UM WE
? WE WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
MY SISTER. SORRY WE'RE THREE
MINUTES. THANK YOU. OKAY THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING. COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND CHAIRPERSON. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. MY NAME
IS SYDNEY O CONNOR. I AM CURRENT
COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE OF U D W
UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS DISTRICT
FIVE AND BARGAINING TEAM MEMBER
AND CURRENT COUNTY. I AM A HOME
CARE PROVIDER TO MY PARTNER,
JACOB, WHO HAS BATTLED DIABETES
AND KIDNEY FAILURE SINCE HIS
ENTIRE LIFE SINCE HE WAS SEVEN
YEARS OLD. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
TYPE ONE DIABETES AND THAT WAS
IN THE SEVENTIES. SO YOU CAN
IMAGINE HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE HUMAN
INSULIN. SO HE'S HE'S SEEN THE
WHOLE PROCESS. HE WAS TOLD HE
WOULDN'T LIVE PAST 18. UM BUT
SCIENCE YOU KNOW, HAS EVOLVED
WITH HIM. UM, AND HE'S STILL
HERE. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR
THAT, BECAUSE I LOVE HIM VERY
MUCH. AND HE IS ALSO BLIND
BECAUSE IN HIS LATE TWENTIES, HE
HAD DIABETIC RETINOPATHY. SO THE
DIABETES ARE STARTING TO TAKE A
TOOL ON HIS HEALTH AND HIS
KIDNEYS AND HIS PANCREAS, OF
COURSE, DIDN'T FUNCTION PROPERLY
TO BEGIN WITH. SO HE HAD A
DOUBLE TRANSPLANT IN 2016, AND
HE'S BEEN LIVING WITH THAT EVER
SINCE. HE'S STILL BLIND, AND I
HAVE TO BE HIS EYES. SO I AM ONE
OF OVER HALF A MILLION CARE
WORKERS. IN THE STATE, BUT I
HAPPEN TO LIVE IN ONE OF THE
COUNTY'S WORK CARE WORK IS
BLATANTLY UNDERMINED AND
UNDERVALUED. IN MY SEVEN YEARS
AS A CAREGIVER AND CURRENT
COUNTY. I HAVE SEEN OUR BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ACTIVELY CHOOSE TO
SPEND FUNDS FIGHTING I H S S
WORKERS WITH LAWYERS AND EVEN
PAYING PENALTIES OF NEARLY
$800,000 RATHER THAN BARGAIN
WITH US IN GOOD FAITH. WE ARE
PROOF THAT THE CURRENT COUNTY BY
COUNTY BARGAINING SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO FAIL CAREGIVERS AND
THE CALIFORNIANS IN OUR CARE. IT
HAS CREATED AND THAT QUALITY
ACROSS THE STATE AND FORCES US
TO BARGAIN FOR PENNIES THAT
RESULT IN LOW WAGES, POOR
BENEFITS AND LACK OF TRAINING
AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. AND
BECAUSE THE JOB PAYS SO POORLY I
MAKE $15.50 AN HOUR. THERE
SIMPLY AREN'T ENOUGH CARE
WORKERS TO PROPERLY SERVE THE
SENIORS AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH
DISABILITIES WHO NEED AND HAVE A
RIGHT TO OUR CARE. OUR SYSTEM IS
LEAVING OVER 40,000 ARE OF OUR
STATE'S MOST VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS WITH MORE THAN 31
MILLION UNMET CARE HOURS EACH
MONTH. THIS IS WHY WE NEED
STATEWIDE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED A B 16 72. A
B 16 72 WOULD HELP STREAMLINE
THE BARGAINING PROCESS
PROFESSIONALIZED THE HSS
WORKFORCE AND GIVE US THE WAGES
AND BENEFITS WE DESERVE,
REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE LIVE. NOT
ONLY THAT, BUT WITH BETTER WAGES
AND BENEFITS. WE CAN RETAIN MORE
CARE WORKERS AND ATTRACT MORE
PEOPLE INTO THIS IMPORTANT
FIELD. A B 16 72 IS A NECESSARY
NEXT STEP TO ADDRESS OUR STATE'S
CARE CRISIS. ON BEHALF OF THE
NEARLY 600,000 CARE WORKERS. AND
THE PEOPLE IN OUR CARE. I URGE
YOU TO SUPPORT A B 16 72 AND I
AM VERY HOPEFUL AND HAPPY TO BE
HERE AND HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, ARE THERE ANY MORE WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT, PLEASE? UM STATE,
YOUR NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. THANK YOU. ELLIOT
GRIFFIN, CALIFORNIA AND STRONG
SUPPORT. MHM ADRIAN MOHAMMED
WITH THE UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS
CO SPONSORS THE MEASURE
OBVIOUSLY HERE IN SUPPORT, AND
I'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO VOICE IN
SUPPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AS WELL.
THANK YOU. MEAN HOMBRES MARTA
REESE. SOLAR REPRESENTATIVE W
ALSO LET'S SEE HERE TO SARAH
COUNTY. ADORA SYSTEM. MASAKI
PROPUESTA ABE'S ISN'T A DOES
EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. STATE YOUR
NAME ORGANIZATION POSITION. MY
NAME IS MARTA RUIZ COUNTY AND
I'M PROVIDED FOR 12 YEARS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS
LOOPY. SMITH I'M A PROVIDER FOR
17 YEARS. I AM FROM S E I U 2015
AND I HOPE YOU PACKED 20 YOU DO
PASS THE A B 16 72. OKAY. THANK
YOU. MEAN HOMBRES PATRICIA
ORNELAS. SO YOU DON'T CONDUCT
THE YELLOW THE LOCAL TAKING YOUR
SUPPORT PROPOSITION. THANK YOU.
HI I'M THERESA SNACKER. AND THIS
IS MY SON KEVIN WERE FROM DEL
NORTE COUNTY, WHICH IS UP BY THE
OREGON BORDER NHS WORKER AND I
HOPE THAT YOU SUPPORT A B 16 72.
THANK YOU. AND MY NAME IS
BELINDA WELLS FROM EL DORADO
COUNTY. AND I AM A CAREGIVER.
I'VE BEEN A CAREGIVER NOW FOR
THREE YEARS AND I SUPPORT A B 16
72 AND I AM SURE HOPING THAT YOU
ALL WILL TO THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MITCH STEIGER, WITH THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MY
NAME IS PAUL HENDERSON, SENIOR
I'M A CARETAKER WITH JUSTICE AND
I'M ALSO PROVIDER. MEMBER OF THE
S E I U 20 BEING PROVIDED FOR
FIVE YEARS AND I HOPE IN SUPPORT
OF 16 17. TO THANK YOU KNOW
THAT. HELLO MY NAME IS SELF IN
YOUR COUNTRY FROM SOME KING
COUNTY AND I H S S CAREGIVER FOR
FAMILY. YEAH AND I AM IN SUPPORT
OF A B 16 72. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING. MY NAME IS JANELLE
BROWN KADO. I LIVE IN PLASTER
COUNTY. I'M AN I H S S PROVIDER
AND I AM A UNION MEMBER WITH
YOU. D W AND I CARE FROM MY 22
21 YEAR OLD BOTH SONS WHO HAVE
AUTISM, AND I SUPPORT A B 16 72.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS ALICIA. JORGE I'M FROM
PLASTER COUNTY. I'M IN HSS
PROVIDER OF MY MOTHER IN LAW.
YEAH. AND. MY UNION CDW, AND I
HOPE YOU SUPPORT A B 16 72.
THANK YOU. HELLO NILDA WEARY.
I'M A RECIPIENT. AND UM, THIS IS
MY FATHER. MY PROVIDER AND I
SUPPORT A B 1 16 72. THERE HE
IS, WITH YOU, D W AND I'M FROM
PLAZA COUNTY. THANK THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS ANTOINETTE
SKILES. I'M FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY
CHAIR MEMBER AND I'VE BEEN DOING
TELL GIVING FOR OVER 31 YEARS
AND I HOPE YOU SUPPORT MAYBE 16
72. MY NAME MANUAL CHAN. I
SUPPORT MY DAUGHTER'S BIG
PROBLEMS. YEAH, AND THE PLASTER
COUNTY I SUPPORT THE BIÂU. 16
72. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. TARA MY NAME
IS KEITH UMEMOTO WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED
AMERICANS AND STRONG SUPPORT. OF
UH, A B 16 72. MY NAME IS
SENATE-ROOM SMITH FROM CURRENT
COUNTY AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF A B
16 72. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS BRENDA GARTNER AND
I'M REPRESENTING OVER 300,000. I
H S WORKERS. I'M A UNION MEMBER
FOR S E I U LOCAL 2015, AND I
WAS VERY MUCH LIKE FOR YOU ALL
TO SUPPORT 16 72. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME
IS JUDE EQUITY CARE. I'M FROM
SACRAMENTO COUNTY. I'M ON I JUST
AS PROVIDER. TAKE CARE OF MY SON
. I SUPPORT ASSEMBLY BILL 60 72.
I EMPLOY YOU TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
WELL, THANK YOU. HELLO GOOD
MORNING. I'M DAPHNE DUNSTAN. I'M
RIOTOUS IS. PROVIDER FROM SOLANO
COUNTY. AH I'M TAKING CARE OF MY
TWO SPECIAL NEEDS SONS. I
SUPPORT A B 16 72, PLEASE. WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT A B 16 72
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
HELLO I'M DEBORAH DUNCAN FROM
RUSSIA COUNTY AND I SUPPORT A B
7 16 72. ANYWAY GO FOR IT. GOOD
MORNING. MY NAME IS KIM YVONNE.
I PROUDLY SERVE AS EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT OF S E I U 2015
ON BEHALF OF THE 420,000
CAREGIVERS ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WE REPRESENT WE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SUPPORT A B 16 72. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HI JUSTIN GARRETT.
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES, ALSO SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE COUNTY WELFARE
DIRECTOR ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA, AND, AS THE AUTHOR
NOTED, WE ARE WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY AND ACTIVE
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SPONSORS AS
WELL IN THIS BILL WITH THE
CHAIRS PERMISSION, WE DON'T HAVE
A POSITION YET, BUT WONDER IF I
COULD BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THE KEY
AREAS. SORRY YES, YES. OKAY.
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM
SO WE ARE ENGAGING ON THREE KEY
AREAS, ENSURING THAT PROVIDING
CLARITY THAT THE STATE WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF WAGE
AND BENEFIT INCREASES AGREED TO
IN STATE BARGAINING,
STRENGTHENING, PRESERVING THE
FUNDING AND FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES OUTSIDE OF
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. AND THEN,
UM, EXAMINING THE ITEMS THAT
WOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE
SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION AND
POTENTIAL COUNTY AND PUBLIC
AUTHORITY ROLE WITHIN THE
STATEWIDE BARGAINING UNIT AND
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU. KIM ROTHSCHILD
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES FOR HSS, SO WE JUST
WANT TO ECHO C SACKS. COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS
GLADYS TASTES AND I'M HSS
PROVIDER. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF
YOU. D W I'VE BEEN, UM, HOME
CARE PROVIDER FOR 12 YEARS. I
TAKE CARE OF MY MOM. THAT'S 85 A
HALF NOW, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO
DO THAT. AND I SUPPORT A B 16
72. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING
NO MORE WITH NO MORE WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT. ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES IN THE OPPOSITION?
SEEING NO WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. I'D LIKE TO BRING IT
TO THE BACK TO THE MEMBER'S
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MATTIS. I WANT
TO THANK THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BUT
EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT
MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
WITNESSES AND THE FOLKS THAT
SHOWED UP TO BE HERE TODAY I
KNOW YOU TRAVELED A GREAT
DISTANCE TO VOICE. WHAT'S
IMPORTANT TO YOU. AND IT'S MY
BELIEF THAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING
GOD'S WORK. OUR FAMILY HAS
BENEFITED FROM MY HS HOUSE
WORKERS, AND I'VE ALSO WORKED IN
PROGRAMS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE
CHILDREN. AND SO KNOW THAT NOT
JUST THE TOLL THAT THIS TAKES ON
FAMILIES BUT THE VALUE OF CARING
FOR A LOVED ONE BEING ABLE TO DO
SO IN YOUR OWN HOME AND BEING
ABLE TO EARN A SMALL I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY EARN A LIVING BUT
EARN EARN SOMETHING SMALL THAT
CAN HELP YOU GET BY SO I'M VERY,
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BEING
HERE. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHEN
THANK YOU, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE
IF SHE MOVED THE BILL, BUT I'LL
MOVE THE BILL. I WANTED TO SAY
BEFORE YOU SAT DOWN, BUT I
WANTED TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM
EVERYBODY. EVERYTHING MY
COLLEAGUES HAS SAID, UH, YOU DO
THE WORK THAT IS SO DIFFICULT.
AND I SAT HERE LISTENING TO YOU
SPEAK AND ALL OF YOU SPEAK. I
KNOW HOW ARTICULATE YOU ARE AND
HOW YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND
MAKE THE MILLIONS BUT YOU CHOOSE
NOT TO. YOU CHOOSE NOT TO.
BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE CARE
OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBER OF YOUR
LOVED ONE OR OF SOMEBODY THAT
YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH AND WANT
TO CARE FOR, AND YOU DO THAT
WITH THE PAY. THROUGH YOUR HEART
, RIGHT? BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO BE
TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL, TOO. AND
SO I WANT TO THANK THE ARTHUR
FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER
BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF
MEETING SO MANY I H S S WORKERS
, SO MANY OF THEM IN MY PREVIOUS
JOB AND MAKING SURE THAT MEMBERS
THAT THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO FILL
OUT THE APPLICATION, UNABLE TO
UNDERSTAND, UNABLE TO GET
PAYMENTS, GET IT DONE, AND THERE
WAS A SYSTEM THAT WAS BROKEN,
BUT THROUGH FOLKS LIKE YOU ALL
ADVOCATING FOR WE WERE ABLE TO
FIX IT, BUT THERE'S STILL MORE
THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE. SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I
WOULD HAVE HAD YOU GO FIRST
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO
TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS WOULD HAVE KNOWN HOW
MANY SHALLOW DEPTH THANK YOU SO
MUCH ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FOR
PULLING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS
PROBABLY THE BEST THING. I'M
GOING TO VOTE ON TODAY. HERE
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. UM, REMEMBER LACKEY.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UM THIS
RECOGNITION IS LONG TIME IN
COMING. UM ONE. I'M VERY
THANKFUL FOR AS EACH OF YOU. I H
S S WORKERS. CONSIDER SERVICE
OVER SELF. AND A LOT OF IT. AS
WAS JUST STATED BEFORE YOU HAVE
OTHER OPTIONS. BUT YOU'RE
CARING. PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR
COMMITMENT. TO SERVICE. NEEDS TO
BE TAKEN NOTE OF, AND THIS IS
THE SMALLEST THING THAT WE CAN
DO TO ADDRESS THE INEQUITY THAT,
UH, YOUR FACE ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND, UH, I WISH SOCIETY WOULD
LEARN AND APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT SERVICE NEEDS TO BE
REWARDED WHEN WE CAN AND IT WE
CAN'T REWARD IT NEAR ENOUGH. AND
ESPECIALLY THE WORK THAT YOU
GUYS DO YOU ENGAGE IN TASKS THAT
FEW PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO
CARRY OUT. EVEN TEMPORARILY.
MUCH LESS IN A PERMANENT
SETTING. UM AND WHAT A GREAT
EXAMPLE YOU WERE. AS A WITNESS
TODAY. AND. THE ROUTINE
SACRIFICE NEEDS TO BE GIVEN
RECOGNITION. AND THIS IS ONE OF
THE ONLY WAYS THAT WE CAN DO
THAT. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE
ABLE TO EXPRESS THIS LEVEL OF
SUPPORT. UH, TO A DESERVING PART
OF OUR SOCIETY THAT RARELY GETS
ACKNOWLEDGED. SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
BECAUSE VERY FEW OF US WOULD BE
WILLING TO DO THAT. AND WE'RE
VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR YOUR
WORK, AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT
THIS ONE MEASURE THAT WILL
RECOGNIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SHADOW. UM I JUST WANTED TO
THANK THE AUTHOR OF THE SPONSORS
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I
KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, HARD
ROAD. UM, AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO
GET HERE AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE
WHO'S COME TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW
HOW HARD THAT IS TO GET AWAY
FROM THE WORK THAT YOU DO. UM AS
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE
LABOR MOVEMENT FOR 20 YEARS. I
HAVE A STRONG BELIEF IN THE
POWER OF BARGAINING. UM AND
STATEWIDE BARGAINING, I THINK IS
THE SMARTEST SOLUTION HERE, UM,
FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, AND, YOU
KNOW, JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A
REAL OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE
KIND OF DIGNITY AND RESPECT TO
THE WORK THAT DESERVES IT. SO
THANK YOU. AND I'D LOVE TO BE
ADDED AS A CO AUTHOR. REMEMBER,
ADDED SECOND, THE MOTION HOUSING
. THANK YOU. I WAS GONNA ASK
THAT THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ACCEPTING CO AUTHORS WOULD LIKE
TO CALL HER AS WELL. AND I WOULD
, I WOULD, UM, THE BILL HAS BEEN
MOVED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHEN
AND SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ADDED ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YES WELL, I
WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR
THOSE VERY POWERFUL, ARTICULATE
WORDS AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND
YOU, CHAIRWOMAN FOR YOUR SUPPORT
AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK OUR
WITNESSES. MARISSA AND SYDNEY
FOR THEIR TESTIMONY AND FOR
THEIR WORK. I KNOW THEY ARE
REPRESENTING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS. PROVIDERS ALL OVER
THE STATE AND NOT JUST THE
PROVIDERS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO
REPRESENTING THE RECIPIENTS AND
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CARE FOR
EVERYONE THAT WE HEARD FROM
TODAY IS NOT ONLY REPRESENTING
THEMSELVES, BUT THEY'RE
REPRESENTING PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE
DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO CARE FOR
THEIR HEALTH, THEIR HAPPINESS,
THEIR WELL BEING, AND I WANT TO
SAY IN CLOSING AH! I APPRECIATE
THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF
US TO GET THIS DONE. THERE ARE
CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE SO
ESSENTIAL THERE SO CRITICAL FOR
THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE
REPRESENT THAT THEY ARE A LEVEL
OF STATE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. WE DID
THIS WITH CHILDCARE WORKERS. WE
HAVE TO DO IT WITH LONG TERM
CARE WORKERS AS WELL. SO I TAKE
ALL OF THAT SUPPORT AND ALSO, UH
, COMMIT TO WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU SO
THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS
DONE. AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AS
A STATE TO ENSURE THAT LONG TERM
CARE HAS THE SUPPORT THAT IT
REQUIRES. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO BE A CO AUTHOR OF THIS
BILL. AND WITH THAT, I
RECOMMENDED I VOTE ON A B 16 72
SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AND WE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS MAKIN, ER I LUCKY
LUCKY I ADDIS. I PHªN VINCE
PHªN. I NEVER THAT'S WHY I'M NOT
VOTING. HANEY I WIN. MOVIE. I
WHEN I SZABO, THAT WAS THAT WAS
60 0 VOTES. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. WE HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHEN A B 12 40
ALREADY WELL WHEN I TOOK MY
BREAK, SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE UP THE BILLS THAT ARE ON
CALL. SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. TO THE ITEM NUMBER ONE,
MAYBE FIVE OR FOUR. THAT BILL IS
OUT 5 TO 1. ITEM NUMBER TWO A. B
6 58 THE CURRENT PHOTOS 5 TO 0
CHAIR VOTING, AYE. VINCE FONG
FONG HANEY HANEY I. THAT BILL IS
ABOUT 7 TO 0. ITEM NUMBER THREE.
MAYBE 10 20. THAT CURRENT VOTE
IS 5 TO 0 CHAIR VOTING, AYE.
VINCE FONG 2010 20. HI VINCE
FONG I HANEY. PENNY I THAT BILL
IS OUT 7 TO 0. ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
MAYBE 10 32. THE CURRENT VOTE IS
FOR THE ONE CHAIR VOTING I VINCE
FONG FONG NO, HANEY I THAT BILL
IS OUT. ON A 5 TO 2 VOTE. ITEM
NUMBER FIVE A B 12 46. CHAIR
VOTING, AYE. JUST ME. CHAIR
VOTING MCKENNA. I MAKING HER I
THAT BILL IS OUT 7 TO 0. I DON'T
NUMBER SIX A. B 12 50 FOR THAT
VOTE BILL IS OUT 7 TO 0. I DON'T
NUMBER SEVEN, MAYBE 14 84. THE
CURRENT VOTE IS 4 TO 1. CHAIR
VOTING I VINCE FONG WANG, NO
SHIAVO. VÚI. THAT BILL IS OUT
FIVE TO ZOO TOO. AND THE ITEM
NUMBER 10 80 16 99. THAT BILL IS
OUT 5 TO 2. WHAT IS IT? I SAID.
I THINK YOU KNOW MORE BUSINESS.
THIS COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.