WELCOME EVERYBODY TO, UM,
ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
AND THE INTEREST OF TIME WE WILL
WAIT TO ESTABLISH A CORN, BUT
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM SEE HERE, UM, GO OVER SOME
LOGISTICS AND PROTOCOLS. WE HAVE
SOME 10 BILLS ON OUR AGENDA THAT
ARE UNDER OUR CONSIDERATION THIS
AFTERNOON. SIX BILLS ARE ON THE
CONSENT FILE. ASSEMBLY BILL 1733
BY GIBSON ASSEMBLY BILL 774 BY
MATHIS ASSEMBLY BILL 1289 BY
MATHIS UM AND THEN THREE AG.
SOME COMMITTEE BILLS ASSEMBLY
BILLS. 15831752 AND 1763. AND
FOR ALL THOSE WHO WILL BE, UM
PROVIDING COMMENTS THIS
AFTERNOON. WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE
ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT. AND
IF YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE
BILLS UNDER OUR OUR
CONSIDERATION. ANY MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT WRITTEN
COMMENTS TO OUR COMMITTEE
THROUGH EMAIL EMAILS MAY BE SENT
TO THE ADDRESS FOUND ON THE
COMMITTEE WEBSITE, WHICH IS A G
R I DOT COMMITTEE. AT ASSEMBLY
DOT C A DOT G O V SO AGAIN LIKE
TO WELCOME EVERYBODY LIKE TO
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE TO THE
CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY. AGRICULTURE
UM, COMMITTEE HEARING UH AND, UM
, I'M GONNA PASS THE GAVEL OVER
TO ASSEMBLY WOMAN AS MOTHER SOYA
AS I WILL BE PRESENTING THE
FIRST ITEM ON EGYPT. WE GOT ONE.
I COULD USE THAT THING ONCE. I
KNOW IT'S A GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE ASSEMBLY
BILL 8 65 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GARCIA, THE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WAS
NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TO PRESENT
SO OR CHAIR ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RIVAS WILL BE PRESENTING ON HIS
BEHALF. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RIVAS.
UM WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE
PROCEED WITH THE BILL. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND SO YEAH,
AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO THANK AH,
THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE
AND ON BEHALF OF SIMILAR EDUARDO
GARCIA BE PRESENTING ASSEMBLY
BILL 865. AS WE ALL KNOW. HERE
IN CALIFORNIA FARMERS AND
RANCHERS THEY STAND AS LEADERS
IN IN IN IN GLOBAL FOOD. UM,
SOME PRODUCTION, THEY PRODUCED
SEVERAL, UH, THE DIVERSE
COMMODITIES IN CALIFORNIA
REGULARLY RANKS AS THE TOP STATE
FOR AGRICULTURAL CASH RECEIPTS.
FOR MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM WHO
REPRESENT AND HAVE LIVED IN
AGRICULTURAL REGIONS OF
CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED
THE MANY, UH, THE BENEFITS OF
FARMING AND OF AGRICULTURE, AND
THIS INCLUDES THE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF THE INDUSTRY,
ESPECIALLY CRUCIAL ECONOMIC
IMPACTS IN OUR RURAL
AGRICULTURAL REGIONS. AND AS WE
KNOW THE SUCCESS OF CALIFORNIA
AGRICULTURE VERY MUCH DEPENDS ON
THE SUCCESS ON THE SAFETY AND
THE HEALTH OF ITS WORKFORCE. AND
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN
CALIFORNIA ENJOY SOME OF THE
MOST ROBUST PROTECTIONS IN THE
WORLD. AND IN RECENT YEARS,
LABOR SHORTAGES CHANGES TO
UNEMPLOYMENT LAWS. THE RISING
COST OF LAND USE IN VARIOUS
REGULATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANDATES. THEY HAVE COMBINED TO
MAKE CALIFORNIA IN MORE
EXPENSIVE PLACE TO CONDUCT
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAN
MANY OTHER STATES. AH AND
COMPLYING WITH THESE LAWS, THESE
MANDATES AND STANDARDS, THEY
INCREASED COSTS. BUT THEY
PROVIDE REAL BENEFITS, SOME
BENEFITS TO CONSUMERS TO OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE WORKERS
WHO PRODUCE THESE FIRST RATE
COMMODITIES. BUT NEVERTHELESS,
THESE RULES CREATE ADDITIONAL
COSTS COSTS THAT CAN PUT
CALIFORNIA FARMERS IN RANCHERS
AT A FINANCIAL AND COMPETITIVE
DISADVANTAGE. MEANWHILE WE
IMPORT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FROM OTHER
STATES AND COUNTRIES, STATES AND
COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE
SAME STRONG CONSUMER WORKER AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. AND
AS A RESULT, THESE PRODUCTS CAN
BE SOLD MORE CHEAPLY. THIS
LEGISLATION BY SOME OF THE
MEMBER GARCIA SEEKS TO HELP
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD BY
ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM. TO
ENSURE THAT CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING DATES, LEMONS AND
TABLE GRAPES, THAT THEY'RE
PRODUCING COMPLIANCE WITH
CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS.
SPECIFICALLY THIS LEGISLATION
CREATES A SELF ATTESTATION. FORM
FOR A GROWER TO VERIFY THAT A
LISTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT WAS
IN FACT PRODUCED IN COMPLIANCE
WITH CALIFORNIA LAW. WHEN
SELLING THAT PRODUCT TO A
DISTRIBUTOR. IF THE PRODUCT IS
NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THE
DISTRIBUTOR WOULD BE PROHIBITED
FROM SELLING IT. WITH ME HERE TO
OFFER SOME TESTIMONY THIS
AFTERNOON ARE DAVID QUINTANA ON
BEHALF OF GROWING COACHELLA
VALLEY. ALSO WITH WITH, UM WITH
GROWING, UM, THE COACHELLA
VALLEY IS GLENN FARRELL, WHO CAN
ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE HERNAN
HERNANDEZ WITH THE CALIFORNIA
FARM WORKER FOUNDATION. AND WITH
THAT, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MADAM CHAIR
CHAIRWOMAN. THIS IS DAVID
QUINTANA. AND I HAVE, UH, SOME
WOMEN REVIS MENTIONED I AM WITH
GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY. PROUD
SPONSOR OF HB 8 65, WHICH HELPS
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR
CALIFORNIA GROWERS. THE
COACHELLA VALLEY HAS A LONG AND
PROUD AGRICULTURAL HISTORY.
UNFORTUNATELY TODAY AND FOR THE
PAST DECADE ARE PROUD INDUSTRY
HAS BEEN SHRINKING DAY BY DAY,
WE'RE LOSING DOZENS OF FARMING
FAMILIES AND FARM WORKERS EVERY
YEAR DUE TO THE RISING COSTS AND
SCARCITY OF WATER, THE
CONVERSION OF ARABLE LAND TO
DEVELOPMENT TOUGHER AND TIGHTER
REGULATORY SCHEMES AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THE BIGGEST HIT IS
FROM AN EVER GROWING WAVE OF
CHEAPER FOOD IMPORTS COMING INTO
OUR STATE. FOR THESE REASONS. WE
HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH
ASSEMBLYMAN GARCIA TO BRING THIS
BILL FORWARD. SO HOPEFULLY
FUTURE GENERATIONS IN THE
COACHELLA VALLEY AND THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA CAN CONTINUE TO GROW
FOOD, PROVIDE JOBS AND
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR STATE'S
ECONOMY. CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN
HALF OF ALL DOMESTIC FRUIT AND
VEGETABLE PRODUCTION AND HAS
MAINTAINED ITS POSITION AS A
NATIONAL AND WORLD LEADER WHEN
IT COMES TO PROTECTION OF
CONSUMERS AND AGRICULTURAL FIELD
WORKERS BY ENSURING THE USE OF
SAFE CHEMICALS AND ENSURING THE
RIGHT TO A LIVING WAGE.
UNFORTUNATELY OTHER STATES AND
COUNTRIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
MEET CALIFORNIA'S HIGH STANDARDS
AND PROTECTIONS AND CAN EXPORT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INTO OUR
STATE AT LOWER COSTS AND WITH
NONE OF THE CONSUMER AND
FARMWORKER PROTECTIONS THAT
CALIFORNIA GROWERS PROVIDE.
COMPLIANCE WITH THESE IMPORTANT
LAWS AND REGULATION COMES WITH A
COST TO CALIFORNIA GROWERS AND
FARM WORKERS. A B 65. I'M SORRY
. A B 8 65 HELPS BY CREATING A
SELF AT HIS STATION PROCESS FOR
ENSURING THAT AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA WERE
PRODUCED IN COMPLIANCE. WITH
CALIFORNIA'S HEALTH.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FOOD
SAFETY AND LABOR LAWS. FURTHER
THIS BILL ONLY APPLIES DURING
THE GROWTH. CALIFORNIA GROWING
SEASON FOR SEVEN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS, BELL PEPPERS,
BLUEBERRIES DATES, HONEY DEW,
MELONS, LEMONS, OLIVES AND TABLE
GRAPES. FURTHER IF THE SPECIFIED
PRODUCTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE
DURING THAT GROWING SEASON. THIS
IS INAPPLICABLE. SO IT'S ONLY IF
AVAILABLE DURING THAT GROWING
SEASON FOR SEVEN DEFINED
PRODUCTS. WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
A B 8 65 THE FARMERS AND FARM
WORKER PROTECTION AND CLIMATE
MITIGATION PILOT PROGRAM. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK
YOU. CHAIR MEMBER, UM, REVERSE
THE CALIFORNIA FARMWORKERS
FOUNDATION SUPPORTS LEGISLATION
THAT EXPANDS PROTECTION OR FARM
WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES. ALTHOUGH WORK IS STILL
NEEDED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
CALIFORNIA FARMWORKERS A B 865
SETS THE STANDARD FOR IMPORTANT
FOR THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN
CROPS INTO CALIFORNIA. THESE
STANDARDS ARE BASED ON
CALIFORNIA'S GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED
PESTICIDE AND SAFETY STANDARDS
AND ENSURES THE PROTECTIONS
AFFORDED TO FARM WORKERS HERE IS
ALSO APPLIED TO FARM WORKERS
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. A B 865
ALSO ENSURES THE PROTECTION OF
FARMWORKER LIVELIHOODS. THE
COACHELLA VALLEY FARMER
POPULATION HAS GONE FROM 65,000
FARM WORKERS TO NOW. 25,000 FARM
WORKERS HAS CROPS MOVE OUTSIDE
OF OUR STATE LINES. WE NEED TO
PROTECT THE LIVELIHOOD AND
FUTURE OF COACHELLA VALLEY FARM
WORKERS AS WELL AS FARM WORKERS
ACROSS THE STATE BY SUPPORTING
THIS LEGISLATION. CALIFORNIA IS
THE NATIONAL LEADER IN SETTING
STANDARDS FOR AUTOMOTIVE
EMISSIONS. AND MAYBE 865 IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR STATE
LEADING THE WAY AND PROTECTING
THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF FARM
WORKERS. FOR THESE REASONS, THE
CALIFORNIA FARMWORKERS
FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO SUPPORT A
B 865 AND WE THINK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GARCIA FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT
ISSUE. WE ASKED FOR SUPPORT FOR
A B 65. THANK YOU. GREAT THANK
YOU. UM SO THERE IS NO
OPPOSITION ON THE FILE. AT THIS
TIME, WE WILL OPEN IT UP. WE
WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND SO DO WE HAVE
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT
WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER THEIR
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION FOR THE
BILL. YOUR TIME IS NOW IF YOU
COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND WHETHER YOU
SUPPORT OR OPPOSE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR JASON
GONZALEZ ON BEHALF OF 29 PALMS
BANDED MISSION INDIANS. I THINK
WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
CHAIR. I'LL STOP THERE. THANK
YOU. K¾T LITTLE WITH CALIFORNIA
FARM BUREAU AND SUPPORT. ONE OF
THE. GOOD AFTERNOON, LETICIA
GARCIA WITH THE CALIFORNIA
GROCERIES ASSOCIATION, AND WE
ARE IN OPPOSITION, AND I BELIEVE
OUR OPPOSITION IS REFLECTED ON
THE, UH ON THE ANALYSIS. ALRIGHT
WELL, THANK YOU. CHAIR MEMBERS,
OTC GARCIA WITH THE CALIFORNIA
GROCERIES ASSOCIATION AND
OPPOSITION TO A V 8 65. MAYBE 8
65 PROHIBITS THE SELL OF
SPECIFIC IMPORTED PRODUCTS IF
THEY IF THEY DO NOT MEET
CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM WAGE,
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH LAWS.
GROCERY STORES ACROSS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. SOURCE. CALIFORNIA
GROWN PRODUCE WHEN IT IS IN
SEASON IN ADDITION TO SOURCE IN
CALIFORNIA PRODUCE, THERE IS A
NEED TO SOURCE FROM OUTSIDE OF
CALIFORNIA TO MEET CONSUMER
NEEDS UNDER 88 65 THE MINIMUM
WAGE REQUIREMENTS ALONE MAKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO SELL THE LIST OF
PRODUCTS IN THIS IN THIS BILL.
APOLOGIES, ALLERGIES. CALIFORNIA
HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST MINIMUM
WAGE IN THE U. S AND OTHER
COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF
CALCULATING THEIR MINIMUM WAGE,
NOT TO MENTION FOREIGN
CURRENCIES ARE CONSTANTLY
FLUCTUATING. 88 65 ELIMINATE
ACCESS TO FRESH PRODUCE, AND
THAT IS SOMETHING WE
FUNDAMENTALLY CANNOT SUPPORT. CJ
IS WORKING TO CREATE INCENTIVES
FIRST SNAP CONSUMERS TO PURCHASE
FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN
THIS BILL WOULD GO AGAINST OUR
EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY
EATING HABITS FOR THESE REASONS
. CALIFORNIA GROCERIES
ASSOCIATION AS OPPOSED TO 88 65.
THANK YOU. AYE RYAN ELAINE, WITH
THE CALIFORNIA RETAILERS
ASSOCIATION, WERE ALSO LISTED IN
OPPOSITION. UM COMMENTS UM, AS I
SAID, WITH CALIFORNIA TERRORIST
ASSOCIATION, MAIENSCHEIN ELAINE
WERE OPPOSED A B 865. WE ARE
OPEN TO WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR
ON LEGISLATION TO SEE IF WE CAN
MOVE THE LANGUAGE, MORE
INCENTIVE BASED APPROACH RATHER
THAN PUNITIVE ARE CONCERNED WITH
THIS BILL IS CONSUMER DEMAND IN
THE ABILITY TO KEEP FRESH
PRODUCE STOCKED IN OUR STORES DO
NOT BELIEVE THERE'S AN ADEQUATE
SUPPLY OF PRODUCED IN CALIFORNIA
TO MEET ALL DEMANDS ALL TIMES OF
THE YEAR. IN BUYING PRODUCE
REQUIRES FLEXIBILITY, AND THESE
PURCHASES COME FROM MULTIPLE
SOURCES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND
THIS BILL COMPLICATES RETAILERS
ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE PURCHASES
SIGNIFICANTLY. LIMITED CHOICE
COULD RAISE PRICES AND RESULT IN
STOCK SHELVES, WHICH GIVEN THE
SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS IS THIS IS THE
LAST THING THAT OUR MEMBERS
WANT, AND WE WANT TO AVOID. THIS
BILL ALSO PROHIBIT OUR ABILITY
TO IMPORT MANY ITEMS
INTERNATIONALLY. ADDITIONALLY
THIS BILL STATES THAT THE
PROVISIONS WOULD APPLY TO THOSE
PRODUCTS ONLY IN CALIFORNIA
GROWING SEASON, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CALIFORNIA
GROWING SEASONS NOT ALL
CALIFORNIA GROWING SEASONS ARE
THE SAME EVEN FOR THE SAME
PRODUCT AND FIGURING OUT WHAT IS
IN SEASON. WHAT IS THAT A SEASON
DEPENDS ON AGRICULTURAL REGION
IN CALIFORNIA AND THE PRODUCT
GROWN ADDITIONALLY, THE TERM
GROWING SEASON IS UNDEFINED IN
AS WRITTEN COULD INCLUDE WHEN A
PRODUCT IS PLANTED, NOT
HARVESTED, AND WE CANNOT STOCK
OUR SHELVES UNLESS IT IS
HARVESTED. LASTLY THERE IS NO
CONSIDERATION. UH THERE'S NO
CONSIDERATION FOR NATURAL
DISASTERS, LOW YIELD OF CROPS OR
INFESTATIONS. IT COULD
SIGNIFICAN SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPER
THIS THAT SUPPLY FOR ALL THESE
REASONS. CALIFORNIA TELL
ASSOCIATION REMAINS AN
OPPOSITION TO 865. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE
RECORD, MY APOLOGIES. THERE WAS,
UM UM, OPPOSITION ON THE RECORD
, AND IT IS REFLECTED IF YOU GO
ONLINE. I JUST PULLED IT. SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
CLARIFICATION UM, SO NOW WE'LL
BRING IT IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE,
UM, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. IF YOU
GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SYMBOL NUMBER, DID YOU ANYONE ON
THE PANEL WHEN IT ADDRESSED
ABOUT THE WHAT WAS STATED,
ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
MAKING SURE WE CAN GET FRESH
PRODUCTS. UM AND ESPECIALLY
DURING AN EMERGENCY. UM, I THINK
. LIKE IN MY DISTRICT SOUTH. L
A. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF
PRODUCTS ESPECIALLY OUR
STRINGENT UM, REQUIREMENTS. I
THINK WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD FOR
CALIFORNIA TOO GOOD FOR
CALIFORNIANS. AND THE
BREADBASKET OF AMERICA. WE'RE
PROBABLY GOOD FOR AMERICA, SO I
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
CAN. WE CAN SUPPLY AS MUCH AS WE
CAN. RIGHT AND I THINK IT'S A
YOU KNOW A GREAT QUESTION WHEN
IT COMES TO THOSE SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES, SO, UH, GLENN, IF YOU
LIKE TO ANSWER YEAH. GLEN
FARRELL ON BEHALF OF THE GROWN
COACHELLA VALLEY. SOMEONE
REMEMBER, I GUESS JUST TO THE TO
THE POINT, YOU KNOW, RAISED BY
THE OPPOSITION, I MEAN, THEY
RAISED SOME LEGITIMATE ISSUES IN
TERMS OF AN OFF GROUND. IN THE
EVENT OF A NATURAL DISASTER OR
SOME OTHER SORT OF SITUATION.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE YOU KNOW
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW
HOW WE COULD ADDRESS THAT SORT
OF AN OFF RAMP. BUT I GUESS JUST
IN THE LARGER MACRO CONSTRUCTION
OF THE BILL, I MEAN, IT'S A
PILOT PROGRAM. WE'VE SELECTED
THESE SEVEN COMMODITIES FOR
SPECIFIC REASONS, RIGHT. THE
REASONS ARE CALIFORNIA HAS THE
BULK OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF
THESE COMMODITIES. THE GROWING
SEASON IS VERY DISTINCT AND
DEFINED. AND THEN WE'VE
INTENTIONALLY LOOPED IN THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD
AND AGRICULTURE IN TERMS OF THE
REGULATION PROCESS SO THEY CAN
BETTER DEFINE WHAT IS THE
GROWING SEASON OR THE HARVESTING
SEASON OR THE MARKETING SEASON
TO WHICH THE YOU KNOW THE PILOT
PROGRAM WOULD APPLY AND KIND OF
LOOK AT, UM WHETHER THERE'S SOME
APPROPRIATE OFFERINGS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE YOU KNOW
THE REGULATORY PROCESS AS WELL
THROUGH CDF A OKAY, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER MEMBER WITH QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS. SEEN NONE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S REVIS, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE ON YOUR BILL
ON BEHALF OF SOME REMEMBER
EDUARDO GARCIA? I KNOW HE'S PUT
IT IN A LOT OF WORK, MULTIYEAR
EFFORT, AND YOU KNOW IN THIS, UM
YOU KNOW ON THIS ISSUE, AND SO I
CERTAINLY TRUST THAT HE'LL
CONTINUE THAT WORK AS THIS BILL
MOVES. THE UH THE PROCESS BUT,
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY ONCE WE
ESTABLISH QUORUM ON HIS BEHALF
APPRECIATE NEITHER. THANK YOU.
PERFECT SO, UM THE MOTION ON
THIS BILL IS DUE PARTLY DUE PATH
TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. IS
THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE BILL?
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND
BY CONNOLLY. MADAM SECRETARY. IF
YOU CAN PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. I
DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A QUORUM NOW
CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY AFTER OKAY?
ON A B 8 65 EMOTIONS DO PASS THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE RIVAS
MATHIS AGUIAR-CURRY ELONIS. ALL
I NEED IS NOT VOTING. CONNELLY
CONNELLY. I FLORA. IRWIN IRWIN,
I JOAN SAWYER. JOHN SAWYER. I
SORIA SORIA, IVY VALLAPUDUA. THE
FOOD WALL. I WOULD. SIX MONTHS.
OKAY LETS THAT THOSE OUT, BUT
WE'LL HOLD THE ROLL OPEN. UM AND
SO NOW WE WILL GO BACK. UM AS I
MENTIONED, UM, AT THE TOP OF
THIS MEETING, WE HAVE SIX ITEMS
THAT ARE CONSENT ASSEMBLY BILLS
. 1733 BY GIBSON 774 BY MATHIS
12 89 BY MATHIS AND THEN WE HAVE
THREE EGGS. SOME COMMITTEE BILLS
ASSEMBLY BILLS 15, 83, 1752 AND
1763 IS OUR MOTION. FOR THE
CONSENT ITEMS THAT WAS CORN
FIRST. SO MADAM SECRETARY IF WE
COULD SUBSEQUENT HIM OH, RIVAS
HERE. MATHIS AGUIAR-CURRY. ALAN
EASE, FINALLY. LARA IRWIN. JOAN
SAWYER, KOREA, VALLAPUDUA WOULD
. OKAY WE HAVE A CORN AND WE'LL
GO BACK TO THE CONSENT ITEMS.
THAT WAS A MOTION BY BYE, MR
ALLEN, EASE IN THE SECOND BY
SYRIA. SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL IT
WRONG CONSENT ITEMS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. RIVAS RIVAS I
MATHIS AGUIAR-CURRY ELONIS.
ALRIGHT ELONIS? AYE CONNELLY
CONNELLY I FLORA IRWIN. IRWIN I,
JOAN SAWYER. NOW JOAN SAWYER ON
THE THANK YOU, I SORIA. SORRY. I
VE VALLAPUDUA THE FOOD WALL. I
WOULD OKAY? HOLD THAT ROLE OPEN
AS WELL. BUT THAT IS OUT. THANK
CALENDAR. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS
ASSEMBLY BILL 1197 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GREG HART. GREG
WELCOME TO ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE.
AND UH, YOU CAN START WHEN YOU
ARE READY. NOTHING. WELL THANK
YOU. CHAIR REUSE. APPRECIATE ALL
THE MEMBERS ATTENTION AND LOOK
FORWARD TO PRESENTING A B 11 97
, A MEASURE TO IDENTIFY AND MAP
LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS THAT ARE
DOING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF
SUPPORTING AND FEEDING LOCAL
COMMUNITIES. CALIFORNIA'S SMALL
AND FAMILY FARMERS FACE NUMEROUS
CHALLENGES THAT MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN FOOD
PRODUCTION. CLIMATE CHANGE,
DECREASING CROP RESILIENCE AND
RECENT DROUGHTS THREATENED FARM
TO FORK EFFORTS, FARMERS MARKETS
AND OTHER IMPORTANT COMMUNITY
MARKET OPPORTUNITIES. MAYBE 11
97 WILL SERVE AS AN ESSENTIAL
FIRST STEP IN HELPING SUPPORT
LOCAL FAMILY FARMS. THE MEASURE
DEFINES LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS AND
EXPANDS EXISTING GRANT PROGRAMS
TO HELP MAP THESE IMPORTANT
AGRICULTURAL LANDS. BY MAPPING
LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS. THE
MEASURE WILL SUPPORT EFFORTS TO
CONNECT SMALL FAMILY FARMS TO
THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND
ENSURE CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO
PROTECT DIVERSE CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES AND BOLSTERS LOCAL
ECONOMIES. THE CALIFORNIA
CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION RECENTLY
RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE H
COURAGE REQUIREMENTS TO MEET THE
DEFINITION OF LOCAL FOOD
PRODUCERS. THOSE CONVERSATIONS
ARE ONGOING AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER ON
ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS, TAKE
THOSE VERY SERIOUSLY AND WANT TO
FIND A SOLUTION. TESTIFYING AND
SUPPORT TODAY ARE JUDITH
REDMOND, REPRESENTING FULL BELLY
FARMS AND DAVID RUNS ESTÁN,
REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY
ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS. MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS, UM COMMUNITY
LINES WITH FAMILY FARMERS OR
CALF HAS REPRESENTED SMALL FARMS
AND LOCAL FOOD FOR OVER 45
YEARS. WE ARE THE SPONSOR OF A B
11 97, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HEART. FOR
CARRYING THE BILL. WHY DID WE
CREATE THIS BILL? CALIFORNIA
AGRICULTURE STILL INCLUDES TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF SMALL SCALE
FARMS, INCLUDING MOST OF THE
IMMIGRANT RUN FARMS AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR. A SIZABLE NUMBER GROW
PRODUCE THAT HAS CONSUMED
LOCALLY BY THEIR DIVERSE
CULTURAL COMMUNITIES. AND THIS
IS IMPORTANT FOR THE ECONOMIC
WELL BEING AND FOOD SECURITY OF
THOSE COMMUNITIES. A SIGNIFICANT
SHARE OF THIS PRODUCE IS
MARKETED DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CERTIFIED
FARMERS MARKETS ALLOW SMALL
FARMERS TO MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS
AT RETAIL PRICES WITHOUT THE
ADDED EXPENSES OF COMMERCIAL
PREPARATION. WHICH INCREASES
THEIR NET INCOME AND MAKES IT
POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO STAY IN
BUSINESS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 650 CERTIFIED
FARMERS MARKETS AND 2700
CERTIFIED PRODUCERS IN
CALIFORNIA. BUT THIS IS DOWN
FROM OVER 800 MARKETS AND SOME
4000 CERTIFIED PRODUCERS 10
YEARS AGO. THE PANDEMIC REALLY
HAMMERED FARMERS MARKETS. THESE
FARMS ARE INCREASINGLY UNDER
STRESS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES.
THE COVID PANDEMIC. CLIMATE
CHANGE, WHICH IS INCREASED
WEATHER VARIABILITY, LEADING TO
DRY WILDFLOWER AND FLOOD IMPACTS
. WHEN WE SEE THE FLOOD IMPACTS,
PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR.
CONSOLIDATION OF FARMS SAYS
PROCEEDED RAPIDLY IN CALIFORNIA
IN RECENT YEARS, AND THE
SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER
MANAGEMENT ACT HAS ONLY
AMPLIFIED THIS CONSOLIDATION
TREND. AS THE PROSPECT OF
REDUCING IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
BECOMES A REALITY AND SO THE
PRICE OF LAND WITH MORE SECURE
SOURCES OF WATER IS BEING BIT
UP. IN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE PAVED
OVER SOME 40 TO 50,000 ACRES OF
AGRICULTURAL LAND EACH YEAR FOR
SEVERAL DECADES, BUT NOW WE HAVE
THE ADDED PRESSURE OF OUTSIDE
INVESTMENT IN FARMLAND. THE
ACREAGE OF NUTS INCREASED BY
MORE THAN A MILLION ACRES IN THE
20 YEARS FROM 1997 TO 2017 AND
NOW OCCUPIES MORE THAN A QUARTER
OF IRRIGATED FARMLAND, AND MUCH
OF THIS INCREASE WAS FUELED BY
SPECULATIVE FINANCIAL
INVESTMENT. NOW 50% OF
CALIFORNIA. CROPLAND IS OWNED BY
5% OF THE TOTAL LANDOWNERS AND
ALMOST 40% OF LAND IS OWNED BY
NON FARMERS AND RENTED OR
LEASED. THIS IS MAKING IT
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR
PEOPLE TO START FARMS OR
CONTINUE PRODUCING LOCAL FOOD.
THIS REALITY PROMPTED US TO
SPONSOR A B 11 97. WE HAVE
FOCUSED ON FARMS AT 500 ACRES OR
LESS THAN ENGAGE IN DIRECT
MARKETING AND SELL AT LEAST 75%
IN CALIFORNIA. AND THIS SEEMS
APPROPRIATE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE CATTLEMEN'S
ORGANIZATION HAVE SUGGESTED WE
CREATE OTHER CRITERIA MORE
APPROPRIATE FOR RANTERS AND
DAIRIES THAT SELL THEIR PRODUCTS
DIRECTLY TO CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS
. AND AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HEART
SAID, WE ARE OPEN TO AMENDING
THIS BILL OR HAVING ANOTHER
BILL. WE KNOW RANCHERS THAT SELL
ALL THEIR MEAT DIRECTLY TO THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC. SOMEONE LIKE
JOE MORRIS HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF
OUR ORGANIZATION FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME, AND WE WOULD
LIKE TO INCLUDE THEM. THERE ARE
SEVERAL EFFORTS UNDERWAY AT CDFA
AND DWR TO MAP SMALL FARMS AND
THE MAPPING REQUIREMENT IN THIS
BILL COULD BE COORDINATED. UM,
AND THAT COST SHARED WITH THOSE
EFFORTS. WE URGE YOUR I VOTE ON
A B 11 97 TO HELP US PRESERVE
LOCAL FOOD IN CALIFORNIA. JUDITH
REDMOND FROM FULL BELLY FARM.
IT'S COMING. THANK YOU. CHEER
AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JUDITH
REDMOND. I HAVE BEEN A FARMER IN
YOLO COUNTY FOR MORE THAN THREE
DECADES. MY FARM FULL BELLY FARM
IS ABOUT 400. 50 ACRES. IT'S A
DIVERSIFIED FARM THAT MAINLY
SELLS THROUGH DIRECT MARKET
CHANNELS. WE OPERATE A COMMUNITY
SUPPORTED OR SIX, A PROGRAM THAT
WE HAVE ABOUT 1000 MEMBERS,
BOXES OF PRODUCE THAT GO OUT
EVERY WEEK. WE ALSO SELL IT
THREE FARMERS MARKETS EVERY WEEK
, THE PALO ALTO, THE SAN RAFAEL
AND THE BERKELEY FARMERS MARKET.
BERKELEY IS MINE. WE SELL
DIRECTLY TO LOCAL STORES LIKE
THE DAVIS FOOD CO OP AND THE
SACRAMENTO FOOD CO OP AND WE DO
SELL WHOLESALE. SMALL AMOUNT OF
OUR PRODUCT GOES THROUGH THE
LOCAL SACRAMENTO WHOLESALING
NORTH CAL PRODUCE. UM BUT YEAR
ROUND AT LEAST 95% OF OUR
PRODUCE IS SOLD WITHIN
CALIFORNIA. SO WE DO FIT REALLY
WELL INTO THIS DEFINITION THAT'S
PROVIDED IN THE LEGISLATION OF A
LOCAL FOOD PRODUCER. UM I JUST
HAVE A COUPLE ANECDOTES I WANTED
TO SHARE WITH YOU DURING THE
PANDEMIC. OUR FARM AND ALL OF
OUR EMPLOYEES. AND OTHER LOCAL
FARMERS AND RANCHERS LIKE US
DOUBLE DOWN TO CONTINUE WORKING
. 24 7 THROUGH THE SHUTDOWN. WE
CONTINUED GOING TO FARMERS
MARKETS FROM DAY ONE. I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU CAN SORT OF FIGURE
OUT WHAT THAT WAS LIKE, BUT FROM
DAY ONE OF THE SHUTDOWN, WE
CONTINUE TO GO. I WENT TO THE
FARMERS MARKET THE NEXT DAY
AFTER SHUTDOWN, MAKING OUR
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO FOOD BANKS
AS WELL TO EMERGENCY FEEDING
PROGRAMS. AND TOO MANY OF OUR
CUSTOMERS WHO HAD BECOME
UNEMPLOYED AND LOST THEIR THEIR
WORK AS A RESULT OF THE
EMERGENCY. AND WE WHO WE HAD
KNOWN WE HAD THESE LONG
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS, SO WE CONTINUE
TO PROVIDE FOOD TO THEM, OF
COURSE, AT NO COST HONORING
THOSE LONG RELATIONSHIPS AND THE
UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION THAT ALL
OF US FACED. SO THOSE ARE THAT'S
JUST ONE ANECDOTE. A RECENT
EXAMPLE. OF THE BENEFITS OF
LOCAL PRODUCERS, AND I THINK
THERE'S MANY, MANY OTHER STORIES
LIKE THAT OF LOCAL PRODUCERS WHO
GO TO LOCAL MARKETS AND HAVE
THESE LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS. I
ALSO WORK FOR CALIFORNIA FARM
LINK, WHICH IS A C D F I OR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS SERVING UNDER
SERVED FARMERS. IT'S FOCUSES ON
FARMERS AND IT PROVIDES
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS WELL.
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY
INSPIRING IN MY WORK WITH THOSE
FARMERS THAT ARE THEIR CLIENTS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE YOUNG
FARMERS, MANY OF THEM IMMIGRANTS
, OR, UM, NEW PEOPLE, NEW
FARMERS, AND THEY REALLY WANT TO
BUILD SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES AND
THEY DREAM ABOUT THAT. AND I
THINK WITH THE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL
FOOD PRODUCERS THAT THIS BILL 11
97 MIGHT PROVIDE THOSE DREAMS
ARE MORE LIKELY OF TO BE
REALIZED AND WILL HAVE LOCAL
FARMS ABLE TO SERVE OUR
COMMUNITIES LONG INTO THE
FUTURE. UM MANY CALIFORNIANS, I
THINK TREASURE THE UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT CALIFORNIA
OFFERS TO BUILD YEAR ROUND
RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL FARMERS
BY PURCHASING FOOD DIRECTLY FROM
THEM. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
IMPORTANT PART OF THE FABRIC OF
CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AND CULTURE, AND THEY'RE
AMPLIFIED BY FOOD STORES AND
RESTAURANTS THAT BUY DIRECTLY
FROM LOCAL FARMS. LIKE IN
SACRAMENTO, YOU MIGHT BE
FAMILIAR WITH MULVANEYS,
WATERBOY AND GRANGE THAT DEPEND
ON FARMS LIKE FULL BELLY TO
PROCURE FRESH AND UNIQUE
INGREDIENTS. FOR DECADES, OUR
FARM FOR BELLY HAS POSTED HOSTED
AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL WITH OVER
5000 PEOPLE ATTENDING MOSTLY
URBAN FOLKS WHO WANT TO GIVE
THEIR FAMILIES AN EXPERIENCE OF
BEING ON A FARM. AND I THINK
THAT, UM THIS ANECDOTE AGAIN.
IT'S JUST TO SAY TO YOU THAT IN
MANY WAYS FARMS LIKE OURS ARE
THE PUBLIC FACE. I THINK OF
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE AND WE
SERVE TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE
IMAGE OF FARMING THAT BENEFITS
ALL FARMERS. THOSE ARE THE LOCAL
FOOD PRODUCERS THAT THIS BILL IS
ABOUT UM, AND AS YOU PROBABLY
KNOW, CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN
ACTIVELY DEVELOPING A LOCAL
DIRECT MARKETING FOOD SYSTEM
SINCE CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET
LEGISLATION WAS PASSED IN 1977
UNDER GOVERNOR BROWN, AND
THERE'S BEEN SUBSEQUENT
LEGISLATION THAT'S GONE THROUGH
THIS COMMITTEE ON THINGS LIKE C
S. A S COMMUNITY SUPPORTED
AGRICULTURE, BARMAN FIELD STANDS
AND URBAN GARDENS. SO I'M HERE
TO ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THOSE LOCAL FARMS THAT I
THINK NEED THIS KIND OF
LEGISLATION. THIS KIND OF POLICY
SUPPORT TO ASSIST THEM IN, UM
BEING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE
PLANNING AND THE LAND
PRESERVATION AND THE SUPPORT UM
, FOR THESE KINDS OF FARMS, SO I
KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL
THE PROBLEMS OF FAMILY FARMING,
BUT BECAUSE IT DEFINES LOCAL
FOOD PRODUCERS AND PROVIDES A
PATH TO MAP LOCAL FOOD
PRODUCERS. AND THEN PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION TO ENTITIES THAT
SEEK PLANNING GRANTS FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL
LAND AND LOCAL AGRICULTURE. I
WOULD URGE A YES VOTE ON THIS
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU BOTH FOR THAT TESTIMONY.
THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. THE MEMBERS OF
THE AUDIENCE I WOULD LIKE TO
REGISTER THEIR SUPPORTER
OPPOSITION FOR THE BILL AGAIN,
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND WHETHER YOU
SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE BILL. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, UM, CHAIR.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE, PATRICIA
MILLER. BLACK URBAN FARMERS
ASSOCIATION OF STOCKTON'S SAMUEL
KING COUNTY. UM I AM IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF 11 97. THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS MOLLY MYERSON,
THREE ACRE FARM IN MARIN COUNTY,
LITTLE INFIRM. I'M IN SUPPORT.
WHEN I STARTED AS A MILLION
SANTOS UM. THE NUMBER OF
IMMIGRANTS ALPHA OMEGA ORGANIC
FARM. VIA THE SELENA'S. WE WILL
HOLLISTER SEE THE STORY THAT
WEATHER. JUST HERE TO TRANSLATE
. HER NAME IS AMELIA SANTOS. SHE
LIVES IN HOLLISTER PERFORMS AND
SELENA'S. HER FARM NAME IS
CALVIN OMEGA ORGANIC FARMING AND
SHE IS AN AGREEMENT OF THIS
BILL. MY WHEN I STARTED MY
ANTONIO VEGA ESTÁ ME, ALSO
ORGANIC FARMS AS THE MEAN
SERIOUSLY. HER NAME IS ANTONIO
VEGA. SHE RECITES AND
WATSONVILLE HER. HER FORMER NAME
IS DULCIE ORGANICS, AND SHE'S AN
AGREEMENT OF THIS BILL. HI MY
NAME IS MARCUS CARDONA'S MY
FATHER. MM. IS GREEN TIMER
ORGANIC FAR? AND SELENA'S
CALIFORNIA. MEET YOU. MHM. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR REVIS AND
MEMBERS KIRK WILBUR WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CATTLEMEN'S
ASSOCIATION. WE ARE CURRENTLY
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED ON THIS
BILL BECAUSE WE FEAR THAT IT
EXCLUDES LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS
THAT SAID IT WAS A LATE BREAKING
OPPOSING LESS AMENDED FROM US.
WE HAVE HAD SOME VERY PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS, SOME GOOD
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR'S
OFFICE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM AND SO
WITH THAT WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO
THIS COMMITTEE TO MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS YES, MR ELONIS? YES,
AND NOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S
ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED HAVE MANY
RENTALS AND RANCHERS AND CATTLE
OWNERS OWNERS IN MY DISTRICT WHO
HAVE EXPRESSED THE CONCERNS THAT
JUST CAME UP. WITH IT BEING
UNFAIR PRACTICES, THEY HAVE TO
MOVE THEIR HERDS FROM ONE LAND
TO THE OTHER, JUST MAINTAINING A
HERD IN GENERAL, BUT IT SOUNDS
LIKE ALREADY JUST FROM YOUR
WITNESSES ALREADY THAT YOU GUYS
ARE WILLING TO, UH TO WORK WITH
THEM. AND I THINK JUST TO
TESTIFYING RIGHT THERE ALSO. SO
THAT WAS MY BIG CONCERN THAT I
HAD FOR TODAY WITH LOOKING OVER
THE BILL, UH AND SO I WILL BE IN
SUPPORT OF IT, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING THE AMENDMENTS
AND YOU GUYS WORKING ON THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, AND WE DEFINITELY ARE
COMMITTED TO FINDING A SOLUTION
FOR THIS ISSUE. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REMEMBERS.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE
MEMBER OF THE A AND SECOND BY
SOME MEMBERS, ARE YOU MR. HART,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? JUST
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED. I VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FANTASTIC
AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE
LEGISLATION AND MADAM SECRETARY.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ON A B 11 97 MOTION IS DUE PASS
TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
RIVAS RIVAS I MATHIS
AGUIAR-CURRY ELONIS ELONIS. AYE,
CONNOLLY A COMMONLY I, FLORA
IRWIN. IRWIN I JOAN SAWYER. JOHN
SAWYER. I SORIA SORRY. IVY
VALLAPUDUA FOOD WALL. I WOULD.
ITEMS OUT, OKAY, WE'LL KEEP IT
ALL OPEN FOR MISSING MEMBERS.
THANK YOU. REMEMBER HEART. NEXT
MOVE TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 32
ASSEMBLY BILL 1603 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DAVID ALVAREZ.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALVAREZ.
WELCOME TO ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE. WE ARE READY WHEN YOU
ARE. THANK YOU. FASCINATING
COMMITTEE GOT TO HEAR FIRST FEW
ITEMS. ALWAYS LEARNING HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU
TODAY TO PRESENT ON MY BILL. I
CAN FIND MY NOTES. THERE'S A B
16 OH THREE. NUTRITION INCENTIVE
MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. I'LL
TELL YOU HOW I CAME TO THIS
BILL. UM I REPRESENT MAINLY A AN
URBAN COMMUNITY IN SAN DIEGO AND
TO LIVE ESTÁ BUT ALSO A FOOD
DESERT. IT HAPPENS TO ME IN A
LOT OF COMMUNITIES AND AS A
RESULT OF MANY COMMUNITIES BEING
A FOOD DESERT. UM COOP IS
LOOKING TO START IN THE
COMMUNITY OF IMPERIAL BEACH, ONE
OF OUR BEACH COMMUNITIES IN
CALIFORNIA. AND THE CO OP AS
IT'S TRYING TO STRUGGLE AND GET
STARTED, IS TRYING TO FIND
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP START UP
AND IT WOULD BE THE FIRST COOP
THAT STARTS IN A MY MAJORITY
MINORITY COMMUNITY. WE DON'T
HAVE COOP'S AND MINORITY
COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS ONE. AND
SO, SPE. EXCUSE ME A B 16 OH,
THREE IS THE BILL THAT WOULD
SPECIFY THAT CONSUMER
COOPERATIVE COOP. THAT SOUNDS
CALIFORNIA GROWN FRUITS, NUTS
AND VEGETABLES AND IS AUTHORIZED
TO ACCEPT NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
BENEFITS WOULD QUALIFY TO
RECEIVE GRANTS AWARDED THROUGH
THE NUTRITION INCENTIVE MATCHING
GRANT PROGRAM. OVER THE LAST 40
YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A
RESURGENCE OF CONSUMER CO OPS
THAT SELL FOOD IN CALIFORNIA.
MANY OF THEM ARE IN AREAS THAT
LACK THE ACCESS TO CONVENTIONAL
GROCERY STORES ITSELF FRESH
PRODUCE. I GREW UP IN THE
COMMUNITY OF BARRIO LOGAN. IT'S
CERTAINLY A FOOD DESERT. IN FACT
, WE DIDN'T GET OUR FIRST
SUPERMARKET UNTIL 12 YEARS AGO.
SO WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I
ACTUALLY WOULD TRAVEL USING OUR
TRANSIT SYSTEM DOWN SOUTH OF THE
BORDER INTO TIJUANA TO GET OUR
GROCERIES. THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD
GO. UM AND THAT WAS A STORY OF
MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY. YOU
HAVE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE, AND
THAT'S WHY COOP SOME ARE SO
IMPORTANT. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 14
FOOD CO OPS CURRENTLY OPERATING
IN CALIFORNIA AND ATE FOOD CO
OPS THAT ARE STARTUPS, MANY OF
WHICH AGAIN ARE LOCATED IN
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THESE
STARTUPS UM, SUNCOAST MARKET
COOP IS THE ONE IN MY DISTRICT
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST
TO BE LOCATED AGAIN IN A
HISPANIC MAJORITY COMMUNITY.
FOOD CO OPS ARE BASED ON A
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY FOCUS
MODEL THAT PARTNER WITH LOCAL
PRODUCERS TO OFFER HEALTHY AND
LOCALLY SOURCED FOOD OPTIONS FOR
THEIR CUSTOMERS. ADDITIONALLY
FOOD CO OPS PROVIDE INFORMATION
AND EDUCATION ON FOOD OPTIONS SO
CONSUMERS CAN MAKE MORE INFORMED
AND BETTER CHOICES. UM AS IS
DESCRIBING YOUR ANALYSIS. UH
RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT FOR
EVERY $1000 SPENT AT A FOOD CO
OP $1606 ARE GENERATING ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY IN THE LOCAL REGION,
WHICH IS MORE THAN IS GENERATED
AT A CONVENTIONAL GROCERY STORE.
FOOD ACCESS IS DEFINITELY SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND BY
EXPANDING ACCESS TO GRANTS FOR
FOOD CO OPS THAT WE CAN HAVE
MORE OF THEM. CALIFORNIA CAN
FURTHER BOLSTER THESE
ENTERPRISES THAT PROVIDE HEALTHY
AND LOCALLY SOURCED FOOD. S A B
16. OH, THREE, HAS SUPPORT FROM
SEVERAL FOOD CO OPS IN OUR
STATE, AND THE LIST CONTINUES TO
GROW. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I
HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS BILL
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS NO
WITNESSES TO THE TESTIMONY AT
THIS TIME WE OPENED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE IN THE
AUDIENCE LIKED REGISTERED
SUPPORT. OPPOSITION SEEN NONE
WILL BRING IT BACK TO THIS
COMMITTEE FOR COMMENTS MOTION
AND A SECOND MOTION BY SORIA AND
THE SECOND BY ALAN EASE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IS, UH, GREAT
BILL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
AND JUST LIKE TO SAY THIS IS
ONLY WOULD ALLOW, LIKE I SAID
STARTUPS TO COMPETE FOR GRANTS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE OUT THERE.
AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE FOOD
ACCESS IN OUR STATE TONIGHT.
APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE. GREAT.
WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
ONCE AGAIN. AND WITH THAT, MADAM
SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN CALL THE
ROLL. ON A B 16 OH, THREE MOTION
IS DUE PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. RIVAS RIVAS I MATHIS
AGUIAR-CURRY ELONIS ELONIS. I
COMMONLY CONNOLLY I FLORA IRWIN
IRWIN I JOAN SAWYER SAWYER I
SORIA SORIA IVY VALLAPUDUA WALL.
I WOULD. BILL IS OUT. WE'LL KEEP
IT ALL OPEN. THANK YOU. REMEMBER
ALVAREZ? AND WE ARE ON TO OUR
LAST ITEM OF THE AGENDA, WHICH
WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR VERY
OWN. COMMITTEE MEMBER. DAMON
CONNOLLY. ASSEMBLY BILL 1232.
FAMILY MEMBER. WE ARE ALWAYS
READY FOR YOU, MAN. SO IT'S ALL
YOURS. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS GREAT TO BE PRESENTING A
B 12 32. THE RESILIENT FARMS AND
RANCHES GRANT PROGRAM WITHIN CDF
TO WHICH WILL HELP SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND
RANCHERS, IMPROVE ANIMAL WELFARE
AND MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR
ANIMAL WILDFIRES CERTIFIED
PRODUCTS. WITH THE OVERWHELMING
PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 12 AND
2018, CALIFORNIA VOTERS
ESTABLISHED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
FOR FARMERS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
SPACE FOR HANDS, PIGS AND CALVES
AND ELIMINATED EXTREME
CONFINEMENT OF FARM ANIMALS.
CONSUMERS ARE INCREASINGLY
INTERESTED IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS
FROM FARMS USING MORE HUMANE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES.
NEARLY 60% OF US CONSUMERS ARE
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FARM ANIMAL
WELFARE NOW THAN THEY WERE JUST
A FEW YEARS AGO. 2018 STUDY ALSO
FOUND THAT 70% OF U. S.
CONSUMERS REPORTED PAYING
ATTENTION TO LABELS AND INDICATE
HOW ANIMALS WERE BEING RAISED.
14 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, OAKLAND,
SAN DIEGO AND SAN FRANCISCO.
REPRESENTING OVER $145 MILLION
IN PURCHASING POWER. HAVE
ADOPTED GOOD FOOD PURCHASING
PROGRAMS AND ARE ACTIVELY
SEEKING TO SOURCE FROM WELFARE
CERTIFIED FARMS IN CALIFORNIA.
AS PROP 12 COMES INTO AFFECT
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS, WHO ARE
ALSO THE MOST VULNERABLE TO
CLIMATE IMPACTS NEED ASSISTANCE
TO KEEP UP WITH CHANGING FARMING
PRACTICES AND TAP INTO THIS
GROWING DEMAND FOR HIGHER
WELFARE AND WELFARE CERTIFIED
ANIMAL PRODUCTS. THE RESILIENT
FARMS AND RANCHES GRANT PROGRAM
WILL ANNUALLY AWARD PROJECTS AND
ENHANCE OR EXPAND ANIMAL WELFARE
PRACTICES WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO
SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
AND RANCHERS AND PRODUCERS IN
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THIS
GRANT AWARDS CAN BE USED TO HELP
COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
IMPROVING FARM ANIMAL WELFARE
COMPLYING WITH WELFARE BASED
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, MEETING
CLIMATE IMPACT AND ADAPTATION
NEEDS OR ACHIEVING OR
MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN A
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THESE
AWARDS CAN ALSO BE USED TO HELP
WITH THE FARMS, EXPANSION OF
OUTDOOR ACCESS OR TRANSITION.
TOO BAD PASTURE BASED
MANAGEMENT. THIS BILL TASK CDFA
IN THE BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR FARMER ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WITHIN C D. F A WITH
CONDUCTING OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FOR FARMERS AND
RANCHERS TO ENSURE THE BENEFITS
OF THIS PROGRAM CAN REACH THE
MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. THERE IS
ALSO FUNDING TIED TO THIS BILL.
SPECIFICALLY MAYBE 15 67 OF THIS
SESSION. THE CLIMATE BOND
INCLUDES $50 MILLION FOR CDFA TO
ADMINISTER A HIGHER WELFARE
GRANT PROGRAM AS OUTLINED IN
THIS BILL, A B 12 32 WILL HELP
CLOSE THE GAP IN THE SUPPLY OF
LOCAL WELFARE CERTIFIED PRO
PRODUCERS AND ENSURE OUR MOST
VULNERABLE FARMERS AND RANCHERS
ARE RECEIVING THE SUPPORT THEY
NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE. IN THESE
NEW MARKETS. WITH ME TO TESTIFY
TODAY ARE CHARLIE TERRY. IT BE
OWNER OF YACHT, JANO SECO MEAT,
AND KARA SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF
FARM ANIMAL WELFARE POLICY WITH
THE A. S P C. A WELCOME TO YOU
BOTH EAST GONE FOR ALL START,
RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHERRY
RIVAS, VICE CHAIR MATHIS AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS KARA SHANNON AND I'M
VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY. PREVENTION OF CRUELTY
TO ANIMALS, OR S P. C A TO SHARE
OUR STRONG SUPPORT, BUT ALSO THE
SUPPORT OF OUR BROAD COALITION
OF FARMERS. AGRICULTURE,
ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH,
BUSINESS AND LABOR GROUPS FOR A
V 12 32. SURVEYS CONSISTENTLY
SHOW THAT CONSUMERS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT HANNAH. HOW
ANIMALS RAISED FOR FOOD ARE
TREATED AND ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING
OUT HIGHER WELFARE AND WELFARE
CERTIFIED OPTIONS. CALIFORNIA'S
PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 12 AND
THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF
VALUES BASED FOOD PROCUREMENT
POLICIES PUTS THE STATE AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THIS BROADER MARKET
SHIFT TOWARDS MORE HUMANE ANIMAL
PRODUCTS. AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT
WE SUPPORT CALIFORNIA FARMERS AS
THEY WORK TO MEET THIS GROWING
DEMAND. THERE SIMPLY ARE NOT
ENOUGH LOCAL FARMERS AND
RANCHERS WHO CURRENTLY MEET
INDEPENDENT ANIMAL WELFARE
CERTIFICATION STANDARDS,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SOURCING
COMMITMENTS OF SO MANY OF
CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS. NOR IS THERE
ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HELP
FARMERS MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO
TRY AND CLOSE THAT GAP. EXISTING
FUNDING PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS
IMPLEMENTING HIGHER WELFARE
PRACTICES LIKE THE ONE RUN BY
THE NONPROFIT FOOD ANIMAL
CONCERN, TRUST OR FACTS. ANNUAL
FUND. A FARMER GRANTS ARE
INCREDIBLY OVERSUBSCRIBED. JUST
THIS MONTH FACT ANNOUNCED THAT
THEY RECEIVED OVER 735
APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR 2023
GRAND CYCLE. THEY WERE ABLE TO
FUND 87 OF THOSE SO CLEARLY,
THERE ARE MANY FARMERS WHO ARE
EAGER TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR
HIGHER WELFARE AND WELFARE,
CERTIFIED ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND A
B 12 32 WOULD HELP ENSURE THAT
CALIFORNIA PRODUCERS AND
PROCESSORS HAVE A LEG UP AND
ACCESSING THIS GROWING MARKET.
BY INVESTING IN FARMERS WHO ARE
IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE IN
CREATING SYSTEMS BETTER SUITED
TO THE CHANGING CLIMATE AND THE
MORE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.
CALIFORNIA CAN ENSURE THAT ALL
ITS FARMERS AND RANCHERS CAN BE
LEADERS IN MEETING THIS DEMAND
FOR HIGHER WELFARE PRODUCTS IN
THE STATE AND BEYOND. THANK YOU
AND AGAIN I URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF
MAYBE 12 32. I'M GOING TO HAND
IT OVER TO CHARLIE. HELLO AND
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BECAUSE
IT CONSIDERING OUR POSITION. MY
NAME IS CHARLIE. PERIOD I RUN
YOU KNOW SEIKO MEETS WE RAISE
GAP CERTIFIED PIGS OUTSIDE OF
CHICO, CALIFORNIA. OUR SYSTEM IS
LOW STRESS FOR THE ANIMALS AND
STAFF AND NON POLLUTING TO THE
LAND. TYPE OF SYSTEM REPRESENTS
LESS THAN 1% OF HOG PRODUCTION
IN THE UNITED STATES. CALIFORNIA
REPRESENTS ROUGHLY 2% OF US
PRODUCTION, BUT 13% OF ITS
CONSUMPTION OF PORK THE
STRUGGLES TO IMPLEMENT PROP 12
REPRESENT THE DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION BETWEEN OUT OF STATE
PRODUCERS AND IN STATE CONSUMERS
CONCERNING HOW PIGS SHOULD BE
TREATED. AND RAISED MASEKO. WE
HAVE BEEN RAISING PIGS FOR OVER
100 YEARS. WE ADOPTED
CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTION METHODS
AND SOLD INTO THE COMMODITY
MARKET. WE HAD TO STOP AND
RESTART PRODUCTION MANY TIMES
CHASING THE COMMODITY MARKET
ALWAYS FAILED US. IN THE LAST 15
YEARS, WE FOCUSED ON ANIMAL
WELFARE AND POOR QUALITY AND
SOLD CUSTOMERS HERE IN THE WEST.
WE RE LEARN HOW TO RAISE PIGS
THE RIGHT WAY, OFTEN THROUGH
TRIAL AND ERROR. CALIFORNIA HAS
A COMPARATIVELY EXCELLENT
CLIMATE FOR RAISING PIGS OUTSIDE
. WE STILL NEED TO INVEST IN
KEEPING THEM COMFORTABLE. OUR
DIFFICULTIES OFTEN ARISE DUE TO
A LACK OF LOCAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS. IRONICALLY THERE'S
NOT ENOUGH LOCAL COMPETITION TO
CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM FOR US TO BE
PART OF FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE
ONLY TWO SLAUGHTERHOUSES THAT WE
COULD REALISTICALLY USED IN
CALIFORNIA AND ONLY ONE IN OUR
AREA. WE HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL LONG
DISTANCES EVEN OUT OF THE STATE.
TO GET OUR PORK SMOKED OR
FURTHER PROCESSED. LOCAL FOOD
SYSTEMS ARE MORE EXPOSED TO
SCRUTINY, WHICH FAVORS THE GOOD
ACTORS. WE BUILD OUR BUSINESS BY
BRINGING CHEFS AND BUTCHERS TO
THE RANCH. BUT WE ARE STILL
UNDER CONSTANT COMPETITIVE
PRESSURE FROM LARGER PRODUCERS
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, WHERE
HUMANE, WASHING THEIR PRODUCTS
AND PRODUCTION METHOD. PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA EAT MEAT, BUT WE
SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT CREATE THE
LEAST STRESS POSSIBLE FOR THE
ANIMALS, PEOPLE AND THE LAND.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. TESTIMONY I
KNOW WE DO HAVE OPPOSITION ON
FILE SIMILAR BILL 123 TO INVITE
UP NICK SACKETT, DIRECTOR OF
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR SOCIAL
COMPASSION AND LEGISLATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR REMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS NICHOLAS SOCKET,
DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
FOR SOCIAL COMPASSION
LEGISLATION OR AN ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO PROTECTING ANIMALS.
FIRST OF ALL I DO WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR INTRODUCING THIS
LEGISLATION. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE
ON THE SAME SIDE AND THAT THE
PURPOSE OF THE BILL AND WHAT WE
WANT. WHAT YOU WANT IS TO RAISE
STANDARDS FOR ANIMALS. UM WHAT
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS
CREATING A PROGRAM WITH GOOD
INTENTIONS, BUT IN PRACTICE
MIGHT NOT IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR
ANIMALS AS MUCH AS CALIFORNIA
CONSUMERS MAY BELIEVE WHEN
MAKING PURCHASING DECISIONS
WHILE CREATING AN AVENUE FOR
PRODUCERS TO CHARGE MORE FOR THE
PRODUCT. THIS IS HUMANE
WATCHING. A RECENT SURVEY FOUND
THAT ANIMAL WELFARE CLAIMS ON
MEAT, DAIRY EGGS AND PACKAGING
INCREASED THE DESIRABILITY OF
THE PRODUCT FOR OVER HALF OF
CONSUMERS. THE ANIMAL EGG
INDUSTRY HAS CAUGHT ON TO
CONSUMER DEMAND FOR HIGHER
WELFARE PRODUCTS. THE USDA
REPORTED THAT IN 2019, THE
AGENCY RECEIVED OVER 10,000
APPLICATIONS TO MAKE ANIMAL
WELFARE PACKAGING CLAIMS. AND
THESE CLAIMS ARE WORKING. 75% OF
US ADULTS. BELIEVE THEY USUALLY
BUY HUMANELY RAISED PRODUCTS.
BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM. 99% OF
ANIMALS ARE RAISED ON FACTORY
FARMS, WHERE SPEED EFFICIENCY
AND PROFIT MARGIN IS WHAT
MATTERS, NOT THE WEALTH, THE
WELFARE OF ANIMALS. ALL OF THIS
IS TO SAY IF THE STATE IS GOING
TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO RAISE
WELFARE ON FARMS. THAT COULD
CERTAINLY BE A STANDARD THAT
INDUSTRY WILL POINT TO, AND
OTHER STATES WILL REPLICATE.
THEN WE MUST BE CERTAIN THAT
THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE
SIGNIFICANT AND MEANINGFUL FOR
THE ANIMALS RELATIVE TO THE PAIN
AND SUFFERING. THEY FEEL NOT
JUST RELATIVE TO CURRENT
INDUSTRY STANDARDS. IN LIGHT OF
CALIFORNIA'S FISCAL PROJECTIONS
SUBSIDIZING ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
WHEN WE SHOULD BE MOVING AWAY
FROM ANIMAL AGRICULTURE, NOT
JUST FOR THE ANIMALS, BUT ALSO
FOR THE CLIMATE, WHICH IS A
SEPARATE ISSUE LEAVES US IN THE
POSITION OF OPPOSED UNLESS
AMENDED TO SIGNIFICANTLY
STRENGTHEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
THE TEST NOTE. FOR TESTIMONY, MR
SACKETT AND WITH THAT, LIKE TO
OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
SO THOSE WHO WANT TO REGISTER
SUPPORT OPPOSITION FOR THE BILL.
SO IT'S IN MADDEN IT W
STRATEGIES ON BEHALF OF ANIMAL
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AND SUPPORT.
THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR
AND MEMBERS CRISTINA DICARA WITH
THE CALIFORNIA VETERINARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN A TWEENER
POSITION, MOVING TO NEUTRAL AND
WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND HIS STAFF
MICHAEL FOR WORKING WITH US ON
AMENDMENTS THAT WE UNDERSTAND
WILL BE TAKEN IN THE NEXT
COMMITTEE THAT PERTAIN TO THE
USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN LIVESTOCK
AND THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS
HEAVILY HEAVILY WORKED OUT WITH
YOUR COMMITTEE, YOUR CHIEF
CONSULTANT BACK IN 2015. WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE
MOVING FORWARD REPLICATES WHAT
WE WORKED OUT IN THE 2015 LOSS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND
WE THANK MR FRANKOVIC FOR
BRINGING IT UP IN THE ANALYSIS.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. JENNY
BURKE, CALIFORNIA STATE DIRECTOR
FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. I SEE NO OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING
TO OFFER COMMENTS BRINGING BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS CONCERNS SEE NONE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE. THANK YOU. AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I VOTE
SORRY MOTION FOR SOME OF BILL
1232. MOVE THE BILL BY SOME
MEMBER OF THE VALLAPUDUA
SECONDED BY AGUIAR-CURRY WITH
THAT, MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ON A B 12 32
MOTIONS DO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. RIVAS
RIVAS I MATHIS. AGUIAR-CURRY
AGUIAR-CURRY. AYE, ELONIS. ALLEN
IS NOT VOTING. FINALLY FINALLY,
I FLORA. OR NOT VOTING IRWIN
IRWIN I JOAN SAWYER. JOHN
SAWYER. I SORIA OH, SORRY. I VE
VALLAPUDUA VALLAPUDUA. I WOULD
WOULD I. OKAY THAT BUILDS OUT
SOME OF THEM. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO
BACK, AND, UH, WE'LL PICK UP ALL
THE MISSING VOTES STARTING WITH
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MADAM
SECRETARY. ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. MATHIS AGUIAR-CURRY
CURRY, I, FLORA FLORA. I WOULD
WOULD I? THAT THAT BUILDS UP.
THOSE BILLS ARE A B 8 65 GARCIA
MOTION WAS PASSED TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MATHIS
AGUIAR-CURRY CURRY, I FLORA.
BEFORE OR NOT VOTING WOULD WOULD
I WAS OUT. ON A B 11 97 HEART
MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. MATHIS
AGUIAR-CURRY AGUIAR-CURRY I
FLORA. FLORA. I WOULD WOULD I?
THOSE OUT. A B 16 OH, THREE.
ALVAREZ MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. MATHIS
AGREE. ERIC WORRY. AGUIAR-CURRY
I FLORA. LARA. I WOULD WOULD I?
AND ON A B 12 32 CONNOLLY.
MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. MATHIS
AND ON THAT I DO THAT CONSENT
CALENDAR. SORRY, OKAY. AIDEN.
YEAH YOU DID. YEAH. WE'RE GOOD.
SORRY ALL MEMBERS ARE GOOD.
WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN FOR VICE
CHAIR MATHIS. A SHORT TIME HERE.
THANK YOU ALL. I HEARD THAT.
UPSTAIRS. UPSTAIRS AND LOCAL
GIRL. FUN.
PERIOD.
WITH THE INTENT. WITH WITH THAT
, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD
START WITH OUR CONSENT CALENDAR
AND MOVED TO THE ITEMS TO ADD ON
MISSING MEMBERS. ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA. MATHIS IT SAID I WAS I
ON A B 8 65 GARCIA. MATH IS NOT
VOTING. ON A B 11 97 HEART.
MATHIS, MARTHA'S, AYE. ON A B 16
OH, THREE. ALVAREZ MATHIS.
MATHIS. AYE. A B 2012 32
CONNOLLY MATHIS. MATH IS NOT
VOTING. OKAY WE STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.