MORNING, EVERYONE. AND WELCOME
TO THIS MORNING ASSEMBLY JETTY
COMMITTEE HEARING TO ENSURE
MEMBERS IN THE MEDIA AND THE
PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO OUR
PROCEEDINGS TODAY THIS HEARING
WILL BE STREAMED ON THE ASSEMBLY
WEBSITE AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN
PERSON HERE ROOM 1 27. ALL
WITNESSES, TESTIMONY WILL BE IN
PERSON. THERE WILL WILL BE NO
PHONE TESTIMONY OPTIONS FOR THIS
HEARING. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC IN THE ROOM WITH LIKE TO
TESTIFY ON THE BILL, I WILL ASK
YOU TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE.
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO
PRESERVE SAFETY OF EVERYONE HERE
TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO
DISCUSSION. PLEASE FOLLOW THE
DIRECTIONS OF THE SERGEANTS. I
WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THING.
VANESSA GONZALEZ HERE FROM
UTILITIES AND ENERGY COMMITTEE
FOR ASSISTING US TODAY AND I
WANT TO THANK SUDDENLY MEMBER
EDUARDO GARCIA FOR HIS
GENEROSITY. AND I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW
COMMITTEE SECRETARY OF JETTY,
ACTUALLY, BENNETT WELCOME.
RIGHT. I'LL GET A LITTLE COUGH.
THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD. UM TODAY WE
HAVE 12 BILLS ON THE AGENDA. THE
FOLLOWING SEVEN BILLS WILL BE ON
CONSENT. LET ME GO OVER AND FIVE
FILE OUT IN NUMBER ONE A B 258
REYES FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO,
MAYBE 306 SANCHEZ. BY ITEM
THREE. MAYBE 3 68 WILSON. BY ALL
ITEM NUMBER FOUR A B 8 79 V
VALLAPUDUA. BIO ITEM EIGHT A B
11 80 82 PETRIE-NORRIS NORRIS
FILE ITEM NUMBER 11 A B 15 62
GARCIA AND FILE OUT IN NUMBER 12
A B 16 68 QUIRK-SILVA OKAY? AND
THEN LET ME REPEAT, FILE OUT OF
NUMBER THREE A. B 6 28 WILSON.
OKAY? WELL WE'LL BE ALLOWING
PRIMARY WITNESSES HERE IN
PERSON. ROOM TO SPEAK FOR TWO
MINUTES EACH WITH TWO PRIMARY
WITNESSES PER SIDE AND ANY
ADDITIONAL WITNESS WILL BE
LIMITED TO NAMES ORGANIZATIONS
THEY REPRESENT AND POSITION OF
THE BILL. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN
TODAY SINCE WE STILL DON'T HAVE
A FULL QUORUM AS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
WITH THAT I WILL WAIT. FOR OUR
FIRST MEMBER TO SHOW UP.
SO MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE A BILL
BEFORE COMMITTEE, PLEASE COME
DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, UM. WE WILL NOT
MOVING THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
MAYBE 9 30 BY FREEMAN. AND WHEN
YOU'RE READY, REMEMBER YOU CAN
START. ACCEPT THE SUGGESTED. YOU
KNOW, IT'S ALSO. PLEASE FIVE. I
WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.
CALIFORNIA HOW LONG VEHICLE.
MILES TRAVELED. I'M A MISSIONS.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE,
EQUITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE GOALS
FOR THE STATE'S RESIDENTS. SP 3
75, WHICH PASSED ABOUT 15 YEARS
AGO, WAS WRITTEN BY DARRELL
STEINBERG LAUNCHED A PROCESS FOR
REGIONAL PER CAPITAL GHD
REDUCTIONS, AND MORE RECENTLY,
THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES
BOARD IS PROPOSED. AND IT'S 2022
SCOPING PLAN UPDATING UPDATE
ACHIEVING A PER CAPITA BMT
REDUCTION OF AT LEAST 25% BELOW
2019 LEVELS BY 2030 AND 30%
BELOW 2019 LEVELS BY 2045. IN
ORDER TO MEET THE STATE'S
CLIMATE GOALS. YET WE HAVE BEEN
MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. N
B. M T. MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
WOULD LIKE TO BOOST INVESTMENT
IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSIT
ORIENTED INFILL DEVELOPMENT, BUT
THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY LACK
ACCESS TO FUNDING AND PROJECTS
BECOME NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE
DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE LAND,
HIGH INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND
EXPENSIVE AND RISKY ENTITLEMENT
PROCESSES. SO EVEN WHEN CITIES
N FOR ZONING AND THEIR
DOWNTOWNS. A LOT OF TIMES
DEVELOPERS CAN BUILD OR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST NOT IN
PLACE. 89 30 IS A IS A OPT IN
THE MEANEST PERSON FOR CITIES
AND REGIONS THAT WOULD PERMIT
TWO OR MORE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
JOINTLY FORM A REINVESTMENT IN
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE
AND EQUITY. EQUITABLE CALIFORNIA
DISTRICT TO UNLOCK TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
LOCATION EFFICIENT AREAS BEING
IN OUR COURSE URBAN COURSE. FOR
JURISDICTIONS THAT OPT INTO
FORMER RISE DISTRICT AND HAVE
STATE APPROVED RISE PLANS. WE
HOPE TO USE REVOLVING LOANS AND
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TO
JUMPSTART EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
AND INVESTMENTS IN
INFRASTRUCTURE. MAYBE 9 30. THE
RISE ACT WILL ALIGN PLANNING AND
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO
REFOCUS GROWTH TOWARDS COMMUNITY
CENTERS WHILE REDUCING CAR
DEPENDENCE LOWER CARBON
EMISSIONS THAT ENCOURAGE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE
RESILIENT HOUSING PRODUCTION
NEAR TRANSIT IN WALKABLE
COMMUNITIES. TESTIFYING TODAY IS
MIA KANG, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
WITH RELATED CALIFORNIA AND
DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL OF
INFILL BUILDERS, AND ROGER
DICKINSON, THE POLICY DIRECTOR
WAS CIVIC WORLD AND I WAS WITH
THAT I WOULD RESPECT YOUR I VOTE
AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU
GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MIA KONG, AND I'M, A
FOUNDING DIRECTOR FOR THE
COUNCIL OF INFIELD BUILDERS AND
ALSO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT WITH
RELATED CALIFORNIA I BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE LAST
TWO DECADES I'VE BUILT ABOUT
2500 UNITS UP AND DOWN THE STATE
IN SMALL COMMUNITIES AND LARGE
COMMUNITIES NUMBER ONE THING WE
NEED IS SUBSIDY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING SUBSIDY FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S A VERY
DIFFICULT EFFORT TO AFTER
REDEVELOPMENT TO WORK WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO FIND THE
NECESSARY RESOURCES. OFTENTIMES.
AFTER WE COMPETE FOR LAND. IT
CAN TAKE ANOTHER 2 TO 5 YEARS
AFTER ENTITLEMENTS TO STACK UP
ENOUGH FINANCING TO START
CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
WITHOUT REDEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND
TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL HAVE A
DIFFICULT TIME FINDING THE
SUBSIDY NEEDED TO COMPETE FOR
COMPETITIVE TAX CREDITS AND
BUILD THE KINDS OF COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE STATE PLANS HAVE BEEN
WARRANTING FOR MANY YEARS. BABY
9 30 SON ADVISES LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO PLAN AND INVEST
RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR JOB
CENTERS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT TO
REDUCE THE MTS BY PROMOTING
COMPACT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS
CONNECTING EXISTING COMMUNITIES
WHERE RESIDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY
TO WALK, BIKE OR TAKE PUBLIC
TRANSIT AND THE VERY EXISTING
COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE TODAY,
89 30 WILL ALSO SPUR THE
CREATION OF MANY NEW JOBS, BOTH
IN CREATION AS WELL AS
COMMERCIAL UM, TO ESTABLISH A
VIRTUAL CYCLE THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO CREATE NEW TAX INCREMENT
REVENUES TO FINANCE ONGOING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS NEAR
TRANSIT AND LOCATION. EFFICIENT
CITES THE BILL ESTABLISHES HIS
FIRST TIME EVER REVOLVING LOAN
FUND THAT SIGNALS TO THE ENTIRE
PRIVATE SECTOR THAT CALIFORNIA
IS GOING TO INVEST IN
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. WE'RE
GOING TO BE THE LEADER IN
INVESTING IN INFILL AND
SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S GOING TO JUMP START
REDEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITIES
THAT NEED IT MOST. WE'RE ALSO
GOING TO LOOK AT THE PRICES ARE
ALSO INCORPORATES COMMUNITY
INPUT AND VALUES OF INCLUSION
AND EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THAT ALL
PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE,
ETHNICITY, FAMILY STATUS OR
DISABILITY HAVE A RANGE OF
CHOICES FOR WHERE THEY WANT TO
LIVE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
OVERALL THE ESTABLISHES AT 9 30
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCENTIVIZE
INVESTMENT ON COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT SCALE THAT WE
HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE END OF
REDEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING
ACCESS TO CERTAINTY AND
FINANCING WILL EMPOWER LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO TAKE A MORE
ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR
REDEVELOPMENT PROCESSES. WE
RESPECTFULLY URGE THIS COMMITTEE
IS I VOTE. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD
MORNING, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
I'M ROGER DICKINSON, THE POLICY
DIRECTOR FOR CIVIC WELL,
FORMERLY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION. SOME REMEMBER,
FRIEDMAN HAS DESCRIBED THE BILL
WELL, AND I WANT TO THANK HER
FOR HER LEADERSHIP. I'VE BEEN
DEEPLY INVOLVED IN EFFORTS TO
INTEGRATE LAND USE AND
TRANSPORTATION FOR MULTIPLE
DECADES AS A COUNTY SUPERVISOR,
A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND AS
A SIN, A CITIZEN TO PROMOTE A
STRONGER ECONOMY, A HEALTHIER
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING AS A
PRINCIPAL CO AUTHOR OF SP 6 28.
BY SENATOR BELL IN 2014, WHICH
AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF
ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCING DISTRICTS. 89 30
BUILDS ON THE CONCEPT OF THOSE
DISTRICTS. SORRY, I FDS BY
ALLOWING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO
DEDICATE GROWTH IN LOCAL
PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO FINANCE
INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS NEAR TRANSIT.
AND IN LOCATION EFFICIENT SITES
, AND SO DOING A B 9 30 PROVIDES
A FORM OF VALUE CAPTURE
PROPERTIES THAT ENJOY ENHANCED
VALUE DUE TO THEIR PROXIMITY TO
TRANSIT OR OTHER DESIRABLE
LOCATION WILL HELP UNDERWRITE
THE COST OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ABLE
TO FOCUS THAT PUBLIC INVESTMENT
WHERE IT WILL YIELD THE GREATEST
RETURN IN FOSTERING THE ELEMENTS
IN WHICH SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
DEPEND A GREATER SUPPLY OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN THAT REDUCES TRIPS AND
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. EXCUSE
ME. A SETTING THAT PROVIDES WALK
ABILITY AND SOCIAL COHESION. 89
30 CAN JUMPSTART PROJECTS THAT
WILL BRING THESE RESULTS THROUGH
THE CONCEPT OF A STATE REVOLVING
LOAN, DESCRIBED BY MISS KONG AND
WILL DOVETAIL WITH A B 2011 AND
SB SIX FROM LAST YEAR TO
ACCELERATE THE REBIRTH OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
MAYBE 9 30 PROVIDES A
SIGNIFICANT NEW TOOL. FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO USE AS THEY
ENDEAVOR TO GROW SMARTER. I
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR VOTE.
NAMING INTERRUPTED IT LOOKS LIKE
WE HAVE A POEM. MADAM SECRETARY,
IF YOU COULD PLEASE CALL ROLL.
VÆ VALLAPUDUA VALLAPUDUA HERE.
HOOVER HOOVER HERE. HANEY.
JACKSON JACKSON HERE,
PETRIE-NORRIS RAMOS. WALLACE.
WALLACE HERE. WHERE THANK YOU.
AH WE HAVE A CORE. UM AND, UM
MEMBERS WERE GOING TO TAKE UP
CONSENT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY
SECRETARY IF YOU COULD PLEASE
CALL ROLL. ITEM ONE, MAYBE 258.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS ITEM
NUMBER TWO. MAYBE 306. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS ITEM NUMBER THREE
A B 6 28. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS ITEM FOUR. A B
879. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS. ITEM EIGHT A B
11 82. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS. ITEM NUMBER 11.
MAYBE 15 62. THE MOTION IS DUE
PAST APPROPRIATIONS ITEM, 12. A
B 16 69. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS. VÆ VALLAPUDUA I
BOUDOIR? AYE. HOOVER HOOVER. I.
HANEY JACKSON JACKSON. I
PETRIE-NORRIS. RAMOS WALLACE
WALLACE. AYE. THAT'S FOUR. OKAY,
WE'LL KEEP THAT OPEN. UM NOW
WE'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER
ANY OTHER FOLKS HERE IN SUPPORT.
FOR 89 30. YES MR CHAIR MEMBERS
, MICHAEL GUNNING HERE WITH
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON
BEHALF OF SPUR AND SUPPORT AND
URGED PASSAGE OF THE BILL. THANK
YOU. LET'S SEE NO OTHERS.
NETWORK CALLING OPPOSITION
ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION. I SEE
. NONE WILL BRING IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS LISTEN. THE MOVE
OVER. OH SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION
THAT IT'S GOING. I THINK IN ITS
CURRENT FORM. UM I DON'T KNOW IF
I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THERE
TODAY, BUT I DID WANT TO OF US.
CURIOUS ABOUT UM, YOUR THOUGHTS.
I KNOW THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATED
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS HAS PUT
FORWARD SOME AMENDMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK ONE IS
, YOU KNOW REQUIREMENT THAT ANY
BOND ISSUANCE OR TAXES BE GET
TWO THIRDS VOTER APPROVAL AS
WELL AS, UM, A PROHIBITION THAT
, UM THE FUNDING IS NOT USED TO
ACQUIRE MARKET RATE HOUSING, AND
THEN THE I THINK IT'S THAT A
PERCENTAGE OF THE PROGRAM BE PUT
TOWARDS DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
OR PRODUCTION OF ENTRY LEVEL
HOMES. I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT
YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON SOME OF
THAT, PARTICULARLY THE TWO
THIRDS REQUIREMENT. I THINK
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT'S HANGING
ME UP THE MOST, BUT I JUST
WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THAT. SURE, WE'RE STILL
REVIEWING THE SUGGESTION
AMENDMENTS AND WE'RE CERTAINLY
OPEN TO CONSIDERING ALL OF THEM.
I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY, VOTING FOR A BILL IN
COMMITTEE IS NOT VOTING FOR THE
FINAL FORM. IT'S JUST SAYING
THAT YOU THINK THEY'VE
CONVERSATIONS WORTHY TO CONTINUE
THE BILL. WILL CHANGE OVER TIME
AND I WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE
REALTORS AND ALWAYS HAVE AND
TAKE THEIR INPUT VERY SERIOUSLY
THEIR MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS AND
THEY I THINK THEY WANT TO SEE
WHATEVER WE'RE DOING SUCCEED, SO
WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. I APPRECIATE
THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY
OTHERS? I SEE NONE. UM,
SOMETHING MEMBER FREEMAN. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? JUST, UH WE
CERTAINLY ARE. CITIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES WHO WANT TO DO
THE RIGHT THING. NEED HELP. THEY
NEED INVESTMENT. WE KNOW THAT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OFTEN HAS TO
PICK UP THE BRUNT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. IT'S
NOT UNCOMMON. THAT AND
AFFORDABLE, EVEN IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT WILL BE TOLD BY
A CITY YOU NOW HAVE TO PAY TO
WIDEN THE SIDEWALK OR PUT MONEY
INTO THIS POOL FOR TRANSIT. THIS
HELPS RELIEVE THAT BURDEN OFF OF
PRIVATE DEVELOPERS FOR THE
BENEFITS OF THE PUBLIC SHARES AT
LARGE ALONG WITH, OF COURSE,
THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
THAT PROJECTS BEGIN UM AND I'M
WANT TO THANK THE WITNESS WHO
WERE TOUR HERE WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD ON
DEVELOPING THIS BILL. UM AND I
WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR
VOTE TODAY SO THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH
ARRIVAL. WELL I JUST WANT TO SAY
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD ON IT IS. FOR
SURE. A SUBJECT THAT WE'RE ALL
TALKING ABOUT. SO THANK YOU WITH
THAT IS ZERO EMOTION. FOOD BILL
MOTION. ARE THERE IS A SECOND UM
, UM, BOOED BY SEMINARY JACKSON
AND MOVED BY HIS SECOND BY SOME
MEMBER HOOVER. SECRETARY, CAN
YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? ITEM
NUMBER FIVE A B 9 30. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSES AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS. THE VALLAPUDUA
VALLAPUDUA I HOOVER HOOVER, NOT
VOTING. HANEY. JACKSON JACKSON.
I PETRIE-NORRIS RAMOS. WALLACE.
WELL, IT'S NOT VOTING. THAT'S
TWO. YEAH TWO WILL KEEP THE
ROPE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. OKAY, I SEE. THIS
IS OUR SECOND, THOUGH. OKAY? CAN
I CAN I ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE
CONSENT FILE? THANK YOU. ALISON
JACKSON, WALLACE AND JACKSON.
YOU CAN MOVE INTO, UH, ITEM
NUMBER SIX. MICHIGAN. ARE YOU
READY? OKAY? I HAD A NUMBER SIX
A B 9 63. YOU MAY START.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND
MEMBERS AND I WONDER I HAVE.
ACTUALLY MY BILL IS PRESENTING
AROUND FOSTER YOUTH HOUSING. I
HAVE A FOSTER YOUTH SHADOWING ME
TODAY, SO I KNOW IT'S NOT
CUSTOMARY TO HAVE THREE
WITNESSES, BUT I WONDER IF IT'S
OKAY IF HE SPEAKS WELCOME THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. SO I'M GRATEFUL
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A
B 963 TO YOU TODAY, AND I WANT
TO THANK STAFF. UM AND WANNA SAY
THAT I WILL DEFINITELY ACCEPT
AMENDMENTS AND APPRECIATE
WORKING WITH US ON THIS BILL. UM
WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY FRANCE
TODAY WHO IS A YOUTH
PARTICIPATING IN THE CALIFORNIA
YOUTH CONNECTIONS LEGISLATIVE
SHADOW DAY? AND UM, MAYBE 963
SUPPORTS DEVELOPING HOUSING FOR
FOSTER YOUTH IN THE TRANSITION
TRANSITION AGE BY ESTABLISHING A
NEW PROGRAM AT MY BANK TO
LEVERAGE PRIVATE FUNDING TO
SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEARLY
ONE IN THREE TRANSITION AGE.
FOSTER YOUTH EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA. BOTH
FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
HAVE INVESTED IN TRYING TO
SUPPORT THOSE TRANSITIONING OUT
OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IN
FINDING PERMANENT HOUSING.
HOWEVER THE NATURE OF FOSTER
YOUTH RENTAL SUBSIDIES, WHICH
ARE PORTABLE HAS IMPEDED PRIVATE
FINANCING MODELS INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR FOSTER
YOUTH. FOR DECADES, I BANK HAS
RUN A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN
GUARANTEE PROGRAM, WHICH IS
GUARANTEED OVER $1.7 BILLION IN
LOANS, WHILE ONLY HAVING TO PAY
A FRACTION OF A PERCENT ON
DEFAULTS. MAYBE 963 LOOKS TO
REPRODUCE THE SUCCESS OF THIS
MODEL USING STATE INVESTMENT IN
LOAN GUARANTEES TO CREATE
CONFIDENCE IN THE PRIVATE
LENDING MARKET THAT WILL
LEVERAGE EVEN GREATER AMOUNTS
TOWARDS PROJECTS DEDICATED TO
FOSTER YOUTH AND ADULTS RELYING
ON THESE VOUCHERS. WITH THIS NEW
PROGRAM, WE CAN CREATE MORE
HOUSING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
THOSE ONE IN THREE YOUTH TO FIND
A PLACE TO CALL HOME AND HERE
TODAY TO TESTIFY AND SUPPORT OUR
DANIEL HEMPEL AND L. A BASED
JOURNALIST AND FOSTER CARE
ADVOCATE, AND ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ
, PRESIDENT OF THE COALITION FOR
RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, PART PARTNERS AND
ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE BILL.
UM AND ALSO FRANCE IS HERE TO
SORRY I'M SAYING IN A FRENCH WAY
I AM FRENCH. ALL OF A SUDDEN.
WHAT WAS THE NAME FRANCE
FRIENDS, OKAY, AND TO TALK ABOUT
HIS EXPERIENCE WITH HOUSING AND
SHARE SOME OF THE WORK HE'S DONE
WITH LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
AROUND HOUSING AS WELL. THANK
YOU. FIRST THAT BEING SAID AGAIN
. MY NAME IS FRANCE. LIKE THE
COUNTRY FRANCE. WE WILL DO IT
FOR ME. IS THAT AS WELL? UM BUT
YEAH. SO I DO CREATE NOT CREATE
, BUT I DO SEE THE CHANGES BEING
HAPPENED. THAT'S HAPPENING, UM,
WITH HOUSING, BUT I HAVE
EXPERIENCED MYSELF. UM SOME FORM
OF LIKE, NOT HAVING A BED, NOT
ENOUGH BEDS AND SPECIALLY IN L.
A, UM THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A
BIG POPULATION OF FOSS. SHOOT
THERE. SO FIGHTING FOR A BED,
YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT? WHAT DO WE
HAVE TO DO THAT? WHEN WE COULD,
YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT FOR US NOW,
RIGHT? AND IT'S LIKE AGAIN WHERE
SHE'S TRYING. WHAT WHAT SHOULD I
WAS TRYING TO DO IS CREATE THAT
SPACE TO HAVE THOSE BEDS AND
HAVE AT LEAST SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP
AT. AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR
THAT, UM SO I REALLY DO SAY LIKE
I REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL
THAT THERE'S PEOPLE OUT HERE
REALLY TRYING TO CREATE CHANGE
AND THE SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN
IMPACTING FOSTER YOUTH FOR QUITE
SOME TIME. SO UM, YEAH. SO I
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM AND
AGAIN THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
LITTLE OFF GUARD SO APPRECIATE
HIS BRAVERY TO COME UP AND SPEAK
IN SUPPORT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES. NOTICE AWESOME. UM
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FRANCE AND
THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SHIAVO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS EFFORT AND ALL THE REST
THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR VULNERABLE
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU TO CHAIR
VIA. OTTAWA. THERE YOU GO. OKAY
FRENCH AS WELL. UM AND FIVE
CHAIR, HOOVER. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR
HEARING A B 963 AS YOU KNOW. WE
ARE IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND IN
THIS STATE, AND SUCH CRISES
REQUIRE BOTH BOLD AND THOUGHTFUL
ACTION. UH AN AVERAGE OF 4500
FOSTER YOUTH WILL LEAVE THE
SYSTEM. IN CALIFORNIA WITH NO
PERMANENT CONNECTIONS, AND
DESPITE DECADES OF WORK TO GIVE
THESE DESERVING YOUNG PEOPLE A
FAIR SHOT AT SUCCESS, TOO MANY
WILL FIND THEMSELVES FACING
EXTREME HOUSING. CARROT E. AS
FRANCE ALLUDED TO HIMSELF, UM
THIS IS A PROJECT PREDICTABLE
AND THUS PREVENTABLE PIPELINE
INTO HOMELESSNESS. AND ENDING
THAT PIPELINE, I WOULD ARGUE, IS
GROUND ZERO IN OUR BROADER
AMBITIONS TO END HOMELESSNESS IN
CALIFORNIA. THE CRITICAL FACTOR
FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IS
HOUSING. THE STATE HAS BEEN A
NATIONAL LEADER IN OFFERING
SUBSIDIES AND SERVICES FOR
TRANSITION AGE YOUTH BUT ARE
UNFORGIVING HOUSING MARKET HAS
DEGRADED THE PROGRESS WE SHOULD
HAVE ACHIEVED BY THIS POINT. A B
963 LOOKS TO LEVERAGE LEVERAGE
THE STATE'S EXISTING.
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN
FOSTER YOUTH TO ENSURE THEIR
SUCCESS. THE BILL WOULD GIVE I
BANK THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE AN
UNFUNDED LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
TO SPUR PRIVATE FINANCING OF
PROJECTS THAT HOUSE FOSTER YOUTH
, AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SHIAVO
NOTED. I BANK SMALL BUSINESS
LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
A SMASH SUCCESS, UM, CREATING OR
RETAINING OVER THE PAST DECADES
. SOME 437,000 JOBS WITH VERY
LITTLE EXPOSURE TO THE STATE. UM
. ONE STRUCTURED RIGHT? MAYBE
9663 PROMISES THAT THIS KIND OF
SUCCESS IN FACILITATING
FINANCING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR FOSTER YOUTH. AND ONCE WE
CAN PROVE THAT I SEE THIS AS A
MODEL, THIS MODEL OF UNFUNDED
PUBLIC LOAN GUARANTEES BEING
APPLIED TO PRIVATELY FINANCED,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS THE STATE ON A MUCH
BROADER LEVEL, GETTING FOSTER
YOUTH ON THE PATH TO SUCCESS AND
GETTING THE STATE OUT OF ITS
HOUSING REQUIRE HOUSING CRISIS
WILL REQUIRE HITTING ON ALL
CYLINDERS, AND THAT MEANS THE
GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT AND
PRIVATE SECTOR PUSHING TOGETHER
THIS BILL DOES JUST THAT. I ASK
RESPECTFULLY, UM, FOR YOUR VOTE
IN SUPPORT OF 89 63. AND IF
THERE ARE QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO
TAKE THEM ALEJANDRO. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU. CHAIR VIA
PADOVA AND CHAIR VICE CHAIR,
HOOVER AND THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE
FOR HEARING A B 9 63 TODAY.
ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 18
YEARS AGO BECAUSE THREE THINGS
WERE HAPPENING UNTIL LOS ANGELES
OUR YOUTH EXITING THE FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM WHERE BECOMING
HOMELESS. THEY WERE BEING
INCARCERATED. AND THEY WERE
DYING IN OUR STREETS AND THE
RATES WERE HIGHER THAN ANYWHERE
ELSE IN L. A COUNTY. THAT'S THE
REASON WHY WE WERE FOUNDED. A B
9 63 WOULD GIVE BANKS AUTHORITY
TO CREATE A LOAN GUARANTEE
PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE FUNDING
FINANCING OF PROJECTS THAT HOUSE
OUR FOSTER YOUTH. 89 63 WILL NOT
BE THE END ALL TO END
HOMELESSNESS, BUT IT WILL BE
ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX.
WE'VE SEEN AND WE'VE BENEFITED
FROM OTHER LOAN GUARANTEE
PROGRAMS, AND THEY WORK. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
HAS A NEW GENERATION FUND. THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES HAS THEIR
L A. L A CHIEF PRONOUNCING IT
WRONG. AND THEN THERE'S A GOLDEN
STATE ACQUISITION FUND, THESE
THREE FUNDING SOURCES ALONE HAVE
GENERATED THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS. BUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN GENERAL. NONE OF THEM HAVE
SPECIFICALLY TARGETED
TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH. I WANT
TO STRESS THAT LOAN GUARANTEES
DO WORK. WE'VE PERSONALLY SEEN
IT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD
HOUSING PROJECTS WITH THOSE LONG
GUARANTEES. AND I THINK IN THE
INNER CITY, YOU WILL SEE THAT A
LOT OF GROUPS A LOT OF COMMUNITY
BASED GROUPS LIKE OURSELVES. A
LOT OF BIPOD GROUPS WILL BE ABLE
TO ACCESS THIS LOAN GUARANTEE
FUND TO BUILD TRANSITION HOUSING
FOR TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH
SPECIFICALLY. IN LOS ANGELES. IT
IS AND IN THE STATE, IT IS
UNCONSCIONABLE HOW WE FINANCE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THE NEED
IS TODAY THE NEED IS NOW AND
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS LIKE THIS
ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP US GET
TO THE FINISH LINE OF ONE DAY,
ELIMINATING HOMELESSNESS FOR
TRANSITION AND YOUTH. AND WITH
THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN THE ROOM?
SUPPORT. MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
RAND MARTIN HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE H HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, AND
ITS HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT
DIVISION IN VERY STRONG SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS JENNY TRACE ON BEHALF OF
THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT CHAIR
MEMBERS, MICHAEL GETTING
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON
BEHALF OF UNITED WAY OF GREATER
LOS ANGELES AND ALSO AS A POINT
OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I WANT TO
COMMEND THE AUTHOR, UM, THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK IS A
MARVELOUS TOOL THAT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA HAS FOR FINANCING,
AND I MET WITH THEM AND THEY SAY
WE DON'T DO HOUSING. AND SO I
THINK THIS BILL IS A GREAT ENTRY
POINT AND A GREAT VEHICLE TO
INCREASE HOUSING PRODUCTION. THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO URGE YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NOW WE'LL CALL IS THERE ANYONE
HERE IN THE ROOM? THE OPPOSITION
. I SEE NONE. LET'S BRING IT
BACK TO COMMITTEE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR COMMENTS REMEMBERS. IT WAS
EMOTIONAL SECOND. THANK YOU. I
WILL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO
SAY THANKS FOR BRINGING THE BILL
FORWARD. UM, I THINK THERE'S A
LOT OF CHALLENGES FOR BUILDING
AFFORDABLE AND MAKING HOUSING
MORE AFFORDABLE IN CALIFORNIA,
BUT BUT AS YOUR WITNESS
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW THIS IS A
TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU THE
THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT INTO
HELPING OUR FOSTER YOUTH. SO
THANK YOU. OKAY? ANY OTHERS. SEE
NONE. THERE WAS EMOTION BY SOME
REMEMBER WALLIS AND A SECOND BY
ASSEMBLY. MURRAY JACKSON. UM.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YEAH, I
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN
SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK
YOU, TOO. DANIEL, WHO ACTUALLY
BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO OUR OFFICE
AND HAS BEEN CHAMPION
CHAMPIONING, UM, SOLUTIONS
AROUND SUPPORTING FOSTER YOUTH
AND, YOU KNOW REALLY APPRECIATE
FRANCE FOR BEING SO BRAVE TO
SPEAK TODAY. I FIRST MET HIM,
ACTUALLY, UM, HIM AND A WHOLE
GROUP OF FOSTER YOUTH CAME INTO
MY OFFICE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES OF BEING A FOSTER
YOUTH THAN WHEN WE STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THIS BILL. ALL OF
THEM HAD A STORY ABOUT, UM,
CHALLENGES AROUND HOUSING, AND A
THIRD OF THEM HAD EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS THEMSELVES AND THAT
THAT GROUP OF PROBABLY 10. YOUTH
UM AND SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
DEEP NEED FOR THIS. UM IT'S BEEN
GETTING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT,
WHICH I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE
BROAD SUPPORT FOR THIS AND
APPRECIATE AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AND I ABOUT. THANK YOU. WELL
UH, I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBER
FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD
AND CONTINUE SUPPORTING FOSTER
YOUTH ACCEPTING THE COMMITMENT.
THE COMMITTEES. AH COMMITMENTS,
BUT I DO WANT TO STAY IN FRANCE.
THANKS. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THAT I
KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SOMETIMES
COME THROUGH HERE AND SPEAK TO
YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE BUT I CAN
SEE YOUR PASSION YOUR HEART. SO
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT THERE
WAS EMOTION A SECOND. MADAM
SECRETARY, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL
ROW? YES ITEM NUMBER SIX A. B
963. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
LEOPOLD ONE, I PUT WHAT I
HOOVER. HOOPER, I HANEY.
JACKSON. JACKSON I PETRIE-NORRIS
. PETRIE-NORRIS AYE, RAMOS,
WALLACE WALLACE. AYE. FIVE. KEEP
ROB. THANK YOU. OF COURSE.
YES.
HMM.
MEMBERS IF YOU'RE READY TO
PRESENT PLEASE MAKE IT DOWN.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
KHÔNG CROSSES. FOR AUTHORS.
BRITAIN'S. I DON'T HAVE A
CUSHION.
BOOKS.
WE HAVE WE HAVE AN AUTHOR.
MR GRAYSON, WHEN YOU'RE READY
YOU MAY START. ITEM NUMBER NINE
A B 11 98. IT'S STILL MORNING.
YEAH, IT IS. IT'S BEEN A BUSY
DAY. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT
11 98, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE
EQUITY AND ENERGY TASK FORCE
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN AND
CONTINUES TO BE A GLOBAL LEADER
ON CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND HAS
MADE SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINED
INVESTMENTS TOWARDS PROGRAMS TO
REDUCE CALIFORNIA'S GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS. OFFERING A
VARIETY OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
TO ADVANCE THE STATE'S
TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY AND
TRANSPORTATION, NOTABLY SMALL
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE IN FIGHTING
CLIMATE CHANGE. CALIFORNIA SMALL
BUSINESSES ACCOUNT FOR 99.8% OF
BUSINESSES AND 1.2 MILLION ARE
MINORITY OWNED, DESPITE THE
SIGNIFICANT ROLE THAT MINORITY
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE IN CLEAN
ENERGY TRANSITION, THERE REMAINS
A HUGE GAP IN MINORITY SMALL
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
PARTICIPATION IN THE MARKET
TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON
FUTURE. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT
THAT MINORITY ENTERPRISES
ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN
DELIVERING SOLUTIONS THAT HELP
CALIFORNIA ACHIEVE ITS
AGGRESSIVE CLIMATE GOALS, BUT
THE STATE NEEDS TO SUPPORT
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES BY
PROVIDING EFFECTIVE PATHWAYS.
AND RESOURCES TO CREATE
COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING
OPPORTUNITIES. 11 98 ESTABLISHES
THE EQUITY AND ENERGY TASK FORCE
TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT
ALL ENERGY RELATED POLICIES IN
CALIFORNIA AND IDENTIFY GAPS
THAT MAY EXIST FOR MINORITY
OWNED BUSINESSES AND THEIR
EMPLOYEES. BY ESTABLISHING THIS
TASK FORCE A B 11 98 WILL HELP
US ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOALS.
AND SUPPORT ARE ESSENTIAL SMALL
BUSINESSES WITH THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE WITNESSES BE ABLE
TO TESTIFY THROUGH THE CHAIR AND
THEY CAN SELF IDENTIFIED. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR. MEMBERS
OF THE JOBS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I'M
YOLANDA BENSON, REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA HISPANIC CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE TODAY. UM WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY AND SUPPORT AND
ABSOLUTELY VERY HAPPY TO CO
SPONSOR UM A B 11 98. THIS IS
ABOUT WORKING WITH THE STATE IN
AND AS THE AMENDMENTS FROM THE
PRIOR COMMITTEE HAVE SHOWN THAT
IT'S GOING TO THE ENERGY UNIT AT
GO BIZ. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER DATA
AND INFORMATION THAT IS MISSING
BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY DEVELOP
POLICIES FOR UNDERSTANDING
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO SMALL
BUSINESS IF WE DON'T HAVE THE
DATA, AND OFTENTIMES WE DON'T
HAVE THE DATA IN THE
INFORMATION. WE FEEL THAT THIS
BILL WILL HELP US GET THAT DATA
. WE ALSO FEEL THAT WITHOUT A
MORE TARGETED APPROACH TO
UNDERSTANDING WHERE THERE ARE
UTILIZATION GAPS GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
ONLY A FEW PEOPLE BECAUSE MOST
OF THE BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA
ARE SMALL. MOST OF THOSE SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE OWNED BY DIVERS.
THEY'RE THE MINORITY OWNED THEIR
VETERAN OWNED AND THEY JUST ARE
PART OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT MAKES UP
CALIFORNIA. SO IT AUTOMATICALLY
GOES THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES IN
CALIFORNIA WE FILL THE SPILL
GOES A LONG WAY TO MAKING MAKING
SURE THAT WE PARTNER TO
UNDERSTAND THAT POLICIES DO HAVE
AN IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS AND
WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE
WORKING WITH THE WITH GO BIZ AND
THE ENERGY UNIT, SO WE ASKED FOR
YOUR I VOTE. GOOD MORNING, SIR
VÆ VALLAPUDUA AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANDREA COW,
AND I'M THE SENIOR PUBLIC POLICY
MANAGER WITH A CALIFORNIA ASIAN
PACIFIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE
CHAMBER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2010
AND REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF
OVER 746,000. ASIAN, AMERICAN
AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ALSO
REFERRED TO AS A P I OWNED
BUSINESSES ACROSS CALIFORNIA. I
WANT TO THANK ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
TIM GRAYSON FOR AUTHORING A B 11
98, ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS
THAT HAVE CO AUTHORED THIS
PIVOTAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION. AS
A STATE MAKES ITS TRANSITION
WITH THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING
CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2045 THE
COLLISION CHAMBER ALONG WITH OUR
CO SPONSORS, AND OUR SMALL
BUSINESS COALITION, WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES
PLAY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO FULLY
PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRANSITION,
AFFORDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND
ADAPTABILITY ARE THE TOP THREE
COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED AS WE ASK OUR
COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THIS
TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON
ECONOMY, AFFORDABILITY IS THE
ELECTRIFICATION. ECONOMY
AFFORDABLE TO OUR DIVERSE SMALL
BUSINESS COMMUNITIES. WE KNOW
THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS STATED
THAT THEY HAVE OVER ACHIEVED
THEIR GOAL OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE
ADOPTION, BASED ON TIMELINE ARE
QUESTION WOULD BE WHO WAS
ADOPTING. AND WHERE IS THIS
ADOPTION OCCURRING ACCESSIBILITY
OUR RESOURCES AVAILABLE WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC
VEHICLES? IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE
BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO
SUPPORT THESE VEHICLES AND THIS
, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTAINED
AND SUSTAINABLE. ADAPTABILITY
ARE THESE COMMUNITIES GETTING
THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY
NEED TO ADAPT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN
SACRAMENTO, WE WORK WITH THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO
INCLUDE A CARVE OUT EXEMPTIONS
FOR RESTAURANTS IN THE
ELECTRIFICATION ORDINANCE FOR
ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILT SO
THAT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN
KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES OPERATING
WHILE TECHNOLOGY IS DEVELOPED,
EMULATE, WALK COOKING, WE ARE IN
FULL SUPPORT OF 11 98 AS THE
SPILL EXPAND GO BUSINESS
AUTHORITY, ALLOWING ITS ENERGY
UNIT TO TAKE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK
AT ALL THE ENERGY RELATED
MANDATES AND POLICIES WITHIN
CALIFORNIA WHILE IDENTIFYING THE
GAPS AND BARRIERS THAT MAY
ACCESS FOR MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES TO HELP MAKE THIS
TRANSITION EQUITABLE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IS
THERE ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN THE
ROOM FOR SUPPORT? MR CHAIRMAN,
MEMBERS MEL OSCAR FOR THE
CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PRODUCT
SPONSOR AND STRONG SUPPORT. THE
OTHERS. I SEE NONE. WE WILL CALL
ON THE OPPOSITION ANYONE IN THE
ROOM AND IN OPPOSITION IN A
ROOM. I SEE NONE. LET'S BRING IT
BACK. ANY ANY COMMENTS FROM
BOARD MEMBERS. I'VE GOT IT. I'VE
GOT A QUICK QUESTION. GOOD
MORNING. UH I HAVE REALLY,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTENT
BEHIND THE BILL AND THE
OBJECTIVES OF THE BILL. UM JUST
WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO
ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE
CONSIDERED, UM PRIOR TO
DETERMINING THAT WE NEEDED TO
CREATE KIND OF YET ANOTHER BODY
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF
AGENCIES. THERE'S LOTS OF I
THINK SOMETHING LIKE 20
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE
SOME ELEMENT OF OUR E V MANDATE
WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW, ALWAYS
RETICENT ABOUT CREATING YET
ANOTHER BODY. SO MAYBE YOU CAN
SPEAK TO, I GUESS. UM THE
INVESTIGATIONS THAT THAT YOU ALL
DID BEFORE DETERMINING THAT THAT
WE IN FACT NEED, UM YES, AND
WHEN THIS BILL WAS HEARD, AND
UTILITIES AND ENERGY AND
AMENDMENT WAS TAKEN TO PUT IT AT
GO BIZ? YEAH, THEY DO HAVE AN
ENERGY UNIT AND THEY FELT THAT
THE ENERGY UNIT WOULD BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
BECAUSE THIS DOES CROSS SEVERAL
SECTORS, SEVERAL AGENCIES TO
WORK WITH THEM AND FIGURING OUT
WHAT THE POLICIES HAVE BEEN, AND
WE'RE AND COME TO THE
CONCLUSIONS THAT THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO REPORT AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION. SO WE HOPE WE'RE
NOT CREATING ANOTHER DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE IT IS THE ENERGY UNIT.
THAT JOB IS SO IT'S WORKING
WITHIN KIND OF WHAT WE ALREADY
HAVE ESTABLISHED. SO I HOPE THAT
QUESTION AND IF I IF I MAY JUST
, UH TO USE THE WORD THAT YOU
USED THAT IT IS SPREAD OUT, AND
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
ALREADY EXISTING THAT HAVE SOME
AND SO THEY MIGHT HAVE A PART.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS A
HOLE AND WE BELIEVE THAT BY
PUTTING IT IN THE ENERGY PART OF
KOBE IS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND
TURN IT INTO A WHOLE, RATHER
THAN JUST DEPENDING ON SOME A
GROUP THAT MAY HAVE SOME
INFORMATION BUT NOT ACCESS TO
THE WHOLE. GOT IT. SO UM, THE
HOPE IS THAT THEN THIS TASK
FORCE WITHIN THE ENERGY UNIT
WOULD ESTABLISH THAT IS FOCUS.
ON ON THAT CALL. OKAY. ALRIGHT.
UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THE
OTHERS SEE NONE. MR GRAYSON,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I WANT
TO THANK MY WITNESSES FOR THEIR
IMPACTFUL TESTIMONY AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK DR THANK YOU
SEVEN. GRAYSON UH, FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD, WE'RE
INCREASING PARTICIPATION FOR
WOMEN MINORITIES. DISABLED
INDIVIDUALS AND VETERAN OWNED
BUSINESSES OVERALL, ESPECIALLY
IN GROWING SECTORS, SUCH AS
ENERGY. AH YOUR BILL ENJOYS AND
I VOTE RECOMMENDATION WITH THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION THERE'S A
MOTION BY MR WALLACE AND SECOND
BY MR JACKSON. MADAM SECRETARY,
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? ITEM
NUMBER NINE A B 11 98. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS BE VALLAPUDUA
HOOVER. HANEY. HONEY, I JACKSON.
JACKSON I PETRIE-NORRIS
PETRIE-NORRIS. AYE, RAMOS.
RAMOS. I WALLACE. WALLACE. AYE.
THAT'S 606 SO BILL PASSES. THANK
YOU. THREE OF THEM ROPING. YEAH
OTHER MEMBERS NOW, MR GALLAGHER.
WHEN YOU'RE READY, WE'RE MOVING
TO AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN A.
B 1044. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIRMAN. UM AND I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS
BILL. THIS MORNING. I, YOU KNOW,
REALLY? I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A
LOT. UM, PRIOR TO THIS HEARING,
BECAUSE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, UM
. FROM MY DISTRICT. CERTAINLY,
BUT REALLY, FOR I THINK THIS
ENTIRE STATE AND THE WORLD. UM
AND YOU KNOW, THIS BILL IS. I
CERTAINLY WANT TO PASS. IT IS AS
THE POLICY AND THE RELIEF THAT I
THINK IS NEEDED, BUT I ALSO WANT
TO USE IT JUST AS A LITTLE BIT
OF AN EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY. UM YOU KNOW, I'M
I'M A FARMER SIXTH GENERATION
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. UM AND I'VE
I'VE NEVER SEEN THE INDUSTRY. IN
A MORE PRECARIOUS SITUATION THAT
IT IS RIGHT NOW, UM AND, UH, YOU
KNOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ME SPEAK
ON AGDAY ABOUT THAT AND WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY START.
ANALYZING POLICIES. UM. AND
ENSURING THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING
THIS VITAL CALIFORNIA
AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY. UM AND SO
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A
LITTLE BIT OF A PICTURE OF SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE
GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE
WALNUTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE AT 30
CENTS A POUND. IT COSTS ABOUT 80
CENTS A POUND TO GROW THEM. SO
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A 50 CENT.
DEFICIT RIGHT THERE PER POUND.
UM. MANY OF THOSE FARMERS ARE IN
VERY BAD POSITIONS RIGHT NOW,
BANKS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
TO DO ON FINANCING. UM WE COULD
SEE THE COLLAPSE OF VITAL
INDUSTRY AND THE STATE. MY
DISTRICT LAST YEAR, 200,000
ACRES OF RICE WAS FOLLOWED.
BECAUSE WE HAD NO WATER. UM AND
SO WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIKE, ALL THE
WATER GOES TO THE FARMERS. HMM
MY FARMERS IN IN THE WEST SIDE
OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY GOT
ZERO. COULD NOT PLANT UM. SO I
MEAN THE WAY THAT THIS SYSTEM
WORKS RIGHT NOW, UM IS ACTUALLY
REALLY DAMAGING TO FARMERS. AND
THIS HAPPENED A LOT OF OTHER
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA. I'M JUST
GIVING YOU ONE EXAMPLE. 200,000
ACRES NOW IN THAT GOES FALLOW.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FARMER WHO'S
IMPACTED BY THAT. IT'S ALL OF
THE EMPLOYEES. THE FARM WORKERS
THAT RELY ON THAT WORK
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM THAT
RELY ON THAT SEASONAL WORK,
HARVEST AND PLANNING VERY BUSY
TIMES, BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME WHEN
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS
COMPLETELY LOST. UM YOU TALKED
ABOUT ALL THE VENDORS YOU KNOW,
RECENTLY TALKED TO UM, YOU KNOW,
A GUY IN THE DISTRICT IS A CROP
DUSTER. AND YOU KNOW THERE'S NO
INSURANCE FOR HIM. WHEN YEAH,
YOU KNOW THERE'S NO CROP AND HE
LOSES BUSINESS. AND THEN THAT
AFFECTS ALL OF HIS EMPLOYEES AND
HIS ABILITY TO JUST STAY VIABLE
. TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS IN
THESE SMALL TOWNS, MANY SMALL
TOWNS THAT I REPRESENT AND
COLUSA NORLAND WILLOWS. UM ALL
THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE
EAST TOWNS RELY ON THAT ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY FROM AGRICULTURE.
PEOPLE MAKE MONEY IN THIS
INDUSTRY. THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. UM THIS
HAS BEEN VERY DEVASTATING FOR
THEM, AND I HEAR THOSE STORIES A
LOT, ESPECIALLY HIS LAST FEW
YEARS, AND IT'S NOT JUST
DROUGHT. IT'S BEEN SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES. COVID YOU KNOW CRISIS
GREATLY IMPACTED THE INDUSTRY AS
WELL. UM. IT'S QUITE FRANKLY,
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT HAS
BECOME MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. COST
INFLATION YOU KNOW, COSTS AND
AGRICULTURE OF TRIPLED FOR MANY
INDUSTRIES WHEN IT CAUGHT WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT COST OF
FERTILIZER. YOU TALK ABOUT COST
OF ALL THE INPUTS, GAS DIESEL.
FUEL UM, YOU HAVE SKYROCKETED.
UM, UTILITY COSTS. MANY FARMERS
IN MY DISTRICT HAVE ADOPTED
SOLAR AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW,
INVESTED IN SOLAR ENERGY TO HELP
THEM WITH YOU KNOW THE HIGH COST
OF ENERGY? UM I WANT TO SEE SOME
CHANGES IN THAT PROGRAM TO THAT
HAVE THAT HAVE ALSO AFFECTED
THEM AND DRUG DRIVEN THEIR COSTS
UP. AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE SUBJECT OF THE PREVIOUS
BILL, I ALSO WANT. IT WAS PART
OF THIS BILL PREVIOUSLY, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO TAKE OUT
SOME OF THAT REGULATORY RELIEF.
WHEN YOU REQUIRING FARMERS TO
GET RID OF TRUCKS THAT THEY
DESPERATELY NEED. TO MOVE THEIR
GOODS TO THE PROCESSING
FACILITIES. UM TRUCKS THAT THEY
BOUGHT THINKING I'VE GOT, YOU
KNOW, A 20 YEAR LIFESPAN ON YOU
HAVE TO THEN REPLACE THAT WITH
SOMETHING THAT IS MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE. UM THAT'S ANOTHER BIG
COST. UM TO THIS INDUSTRY, AND I
REALLY THINK WE NEED TO THINK
ABOUT IT'S NOT IN THIS BILL NOW.
BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT HOW WE GOING TO MAKE THIS
WORK FOR AGRICULTURE, BECAUSE
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT,
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO ALL
ELECTRIC. QUITE THERE IS NOT
EVEN THE FACILITIES TO DO THAT.
THERE'S NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THERE'S NOT CHARGING STATIONS.
YOU KNOW WILLOWS, CALIFORNIA.
LET ALONE NEAR THE FIELDS. YOU
KNOW, THERE'S A VERY RURAL
REMOTE AREAS WHERE WE'RE GROWING
OUR CROPS. SO YOU GET YOU GET
THAT PICTURE, AND I MEAN, LOOK,
LOOK AT OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE
PATROL RIGHT NOW. DEVASTATED, UM
LARGE FARMWORKER COMMUNITY AND
COMMUNITIES IN YOUR DISTRICT, MR
CHAIRMAN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN
DEVASTATED BY THIS, UM IN ORDER
TO RECOVER. WE'RE GONNA NEED TO
PROVIDE RELIEF. YOU KNOW, AND I
THINK USUALLY AGRICULTURE IS
COMING TO YOU SAYING JUST HEY.
LEAVE US ALONE, BUT WE NEED
HELP. WE REALLY NEED HELP RIGHT
NOW. AND WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM
FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS STATE.
WELL ONE WE GROW HEALTHY FOOD.
IN CALIFORNIA WE GROW 3 3/4 OF
THE NATIONS. FRUITS AND NUTS. SO
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BLUEBERRIES
AND RASPBERRIES. WALNUTS,
ALMONDS. YOU KNOW VERY HEALTHY,
YOU KNOW? FOODSTUFFS THAT ARE
VITAL NOT ONLY TO EVERYBODY IN
THIS STATE BUT TO THE ENTIRE
NATION, AND ULTIMATELY TO THE
WORLD. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY
PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN
GROW FOOD. WE HAVE 400 CROPS
THAT ARE GROWN IN CALIFORNIA
ALONE. PLAYS OVER 400,000
PEOPLE. THIS AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRY AND I GREATLY FEAR THAT
IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO HELP
SUPPORT. OUR AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY THROUGH. RIGHT NOW.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF BECAUSE OF
EVERYTHING THEY'RE FACING, BUT
ALSO REGULATORY REFORM AND
THINKING ABOUT TRANSITION.
HYDROGEN HAS TO BE PART OF THE
EQUATION. THAT'S NOT IN THERE
RIGHT NOW. EVERYTHING IS FOCUSED
ON ELECTRIC FULLY ELECTRIC. IT'S
VERY LIKELY NOT FEASIBLE AND
VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT. UM SO
I'M LITERALLY JUST. COMING FOR
THIS LEGISLATURE SAYING, PLEASE
LET'S LET'S REALLY THINK ABOUT
HOW WE REALLY SUPPORT THIS VITAL
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND
SECTOR. UM THE DROUGHT ITSELF.
WE LOST $1.7 BILLION OF REVENUE.
JUST DURING THE DROUGHT, AND NOW
WE'VE HAD FLOODING. YOU'VE HAD
ALL THESE OTHER THINGS IMPACTING
AGRICULTURE THAT JUST GOES ON
TOP OF THAT. 14,000 LOST JOBS
JUST DURING THE DROUGHT. UM
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF CROP
DAMAGE. FROST, UM RAIN FLOODING,
YOU KNOW THAT HAVE DAMAGED
DAMAGED CROPS AS WELL. AND THEN,
AS I SAID, THE DEPRESSED
COMMODITY VALUES SO WHEN I'M
ASKING FOR IS IT YOU WOULD
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THIS WOULD
PUT ANOTHER $100 MILLION INTO
THE CALIFORNIA SMALL
AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS DROUGHT
PROGRAM. NOW WE STARTED THAT
LAST YEAR, AND I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS OTHER ISSUE TO 75
MILLION LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. AND
THAT WAS DEFINITELY NEEDED. BUT
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S MONEY
IS NOT EVEN OUT THERE YET. I
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY, BUT THE
PROGRAM HAS BEEN DELAYED. WE
ALLOCATED THE MONEY IN THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR 75 MILLION.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GONE OUT YET
FOR THE OUTREACH. TO HAVE PEOPLE
SIGN UP. SO 75 MILLION HASN'T
EVEN GOTTEN OUT THE DOOR, NOT
EVEN CLOSE. AND NOW WE HAVE ALL
THESE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE
GONE ON THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE
NEED ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THIS
PROGRAM. SO THERE'S TWO THINGS
THERE WHEN WE GOT TO GET THIS
PROGRAM OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO
NEED IT, WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT
RIGHT NOW. AND WORKING WITH JOB
IS AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FOOD AND AG TO MAKE SURE THAT
PROGRAM GETS OUT THERE. BUT
THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED
MORE. WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE
RELIEF THERE. THAT'S WHY I'M
PROPOSING 100 MILLION IN THIS
BUDGET. BECAUSE I THINK THAT
WILL REALLY GET ON TOP OF THE
MANY DIFFERENT PARTS THAT ARE
AFFECTED HERE. MANY DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES, UM, THAT ARE
IMPACTED HERE AND WILL HELP
PROVIDE MUCH MUCH NEEDED RELIEF
IN THIS YEAR. AND SO I WOULD ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL.
TODAY IN YOUR COMMITTEE. UM. AND
I DO HAVE SOME WITNESSES HERE TO
TESTIFY AND SUPPORT. MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHRIS
REARDON, UH, REPRESENT THE
CALIFORNIA BARN FROM BUREAU
FEDERATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. AND, UM, WE JUST WANT TO
LET ME JUST FOLLOW ON WITH
SOMEBODY MEMBER GALLAGHER'S
COMMENTS. WE WERE WE'RE LUCKY
THIS YEAR IN A LOT OF WAYS,
HOPEFUL THAT I THINK WE ALL FEEL
HOPEFUL THAT WE'VE HAD A BUNCH
OF WATER A BUNCH OF RAIN. IT'S
BEEN SIGNIFICANT. IT'S HELPED A
LOT OF US. BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE
NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS THAT
COULD ALL CHANGE. UM AS WELL SO
THE OTHER GUY WANTED TO MENTION,
TOO, IS, UH, WE ARE VERY
CONCERNED BECAUSE OF WHAT'S
HAPPENED OVER THE LAST THREE
YEARS IN CALIFORNIA WITH OUR
RURAL COMMUNITIES. AND SO THIS
DROUGHT AND SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES ARE REAL COMMUNITIES
. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT OUR
COMMUNITY HOSPITALS WERE WORRIED
ABOUT THE RESTAURANTS WERE
WORRIED ABOUT ALL THOSE
COMMUNITY CENTERS ALL OVER THE
STATE RURAL CALIFORNIA THAT ARE
DEPENDENT ON CALIFORNIA
AGRICULTURE. UM SO WE REALLY
BELIEVE THIS BILL, UM IS SORT OF
A LIFELINE, SO TO SPEAK TO
MAINTAINING, UM, THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY THAT
WE'RE USED TO HAVE IN THIS
STATE. LET ME ALSO SAY, TOO, IS
AS WELL A LOT OF THOSE SMALL
FARMERS BY AND LARGE CALIFORNIA
FARM BILL REPRESENT A LOT OF
SMALL FARMERS IN THIS STATE. A
LOT OF THOSE SMALL FARMERS NOW
PARTICULARLY IN CENTRAL VALLEY.
ARE FACING A FLOOD OR FACE AND
FLOODS. ALL OVER THE GREATER
CENTRAL VALUE, PARTICULARLY
SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEY. SO NOT
ONLY ARE WE SORT OF EXPERIENCE
IN SORT OF CATCHING UP AS IT
RELATES TO INFLATION COSTS, FUEL
COSTS ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE
FACE PREVIOUSLY BUT NOW WE HAVE
FLOODS AND WE'RE TOLD THAT WE
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR
THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS AND SOME
OF THOSE AREAS, UM, OF THE
GREATER, UH, CENTRAL VALLEY SO
ANYWAY. WE THINK THIS IS THE
PART. WE THINK IT'S A DOWN
PAYMENT. WE THINK IT'S A
LIFELINE. AND I HOPE THIS
COMMITTEE WILL SUPPORT THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS TAYLOR
ROSHAN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA RICE COMMISSION.
UNFORTUNATELY MR GALLAGHER STOLE
MY THUNDER, WITH HIS REFERENCE
TO THE UNFORTUNATE NUMBER OF THE
ACREAGE FOLLOWED THIS YEAR FOR
RICE. WHAT I THINK I ALSO WOULD
LIKE TO MENTION IS THE WETLAND
HABITAT THAT RACE PROVIDES FOR
IMPORTANT ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THAT ASSET IS GONE WHEN WE HAVE
THESE SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT EVENTS
, AND THEN I JUST WANT TO ALSO
NOTE THAT, UM THERE IS A
HANGOVER IMPACT FROM HAVING THAT
AMOUNT FOLLOWED. SO WE LOST
SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION OF THE
TYPES OF SUSHI RICE IS
PREDOMINANT. WITH GROWN IN
CALIFORNIA, AND WE HAVE A
SPECIALTY MARKET. THE CHALLENGE
THERE IS THAT WHERE CALIFORNIA
CAN'T PRODUCE ANOTHER COUNTRY
STEPS IN AND THEN WE LOSE THAT
MARKET SHARE. SO IF YOU'RE A
RETAILER AND YOU NEED A
CONFIDENT YOU NEED CONFIDENCE IN
YOUR SUPPLIER THAT YOU'RE GONNA
BE ABLE TO GET THE AMOUNT OF
PRODUCT THAT YOU NEED AND YOU'VE
GOT YOUR OVER YEAR. I DON'T KNOW
THAT I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE
AMOUNT THAT I NEED. YOU DROP
THAT SUPPLIER AND YOU MOVE ON TO
SOMEONE WHO CAN OFFER YOU THAT
THAT COMMITMENT AND SO
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE RICE
INDUSTRY AND WE ARE STARTING TO
FEEL SOME OF THAT IMPACT. UM,
AND SO I THINK, WHILE WE
APPRECIATE THE FUNDS FROM LAST
YEAR ARE AVAILABLE WERE MADE
AVAILABLE TO MR GALLAGHER'S
POINT, THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN
ALLOCATED AND SO THAT THAT
IMPORTANT ASSISTANCE HAS NOT YET
BEEN OFFERED. UM AND WE THINK
THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL
THOSE COMPOUNDING IMPACTS THE
HANGOVER EFFECT FROM DROUGHT AND
THEN IT'S 88 DEGREES TODAY, EVEN
IF WE HAVE THE MOST TREMENDOUS
WET YEAR, WHICH WE'VE
EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST FEW
DECADES. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THIS
SUMMER. WE WON'T HAVE WATER
LOSSES AS WELL. AND SO I THINK
WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING TO SEE
THESE CLIMATIC CHANGES VERY
DRAMATICALLY. AND IN THAT YOU
HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. SO WE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE MR
GALLAGHER'S INTRODUCTION OF THIS
BILL, AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO
ECHO HIS POINT. WE DON'T OFTEN
COME ASKING FOR HELP. UM BUT I
THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE AT A
POSITION THAT WE NEED TO AND WE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE. AND I VOTE.
THANK YOU, ANDY, WITNESS IN THE
ROOM AND SUPPORT SEE NONE. WE
WILL NOW GO TO OPPOSITION.
ANYONE IN THE ROOM AND
OPPOSITION. I SEE NONE. LET'S
BRING IT BACK. THERE'S A MOTION
AND A SECOND. UM MR GALLAGHER,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? OKAY
I'M SORRY. UM. SO THANK YOU FOR
INTRODUCING THIS MEASURE. UH NO
DOUBT CALIFORNIA'S AGON STREET
IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL. UM, YOU
KNOW WE PRODUCE WHAT IS THAT 50%
OF THE FRUITS, NUTS, VEGETABLES
THAT ARE CONSUMED IN AMERICA ARE
GROWN HERE IN CALIFORNIA. AH WE
ARE THE NUMBER ONE AG STATE IN
THE ENTIRE NATION. UM I'M
CONCERNED, THOUGH. THAT YOU
TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE
ALLOCATED $75 MILLION FOR THIS
PROGRAM, BUT SOUNDS LIKE NONE OF
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED
TO THAT MONEY. IF IT'S BEEN
ALLOCATED THAT'S HAD THE IMPACT
WAS INTENDED TO HAVE DID YOU
CONSIDER OR IS THERE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE SOME
MEASURES AROUND? ACCOUNTABILITY
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE
ALREADY ALLOCATED $75 MILLION AS
PART OF THIS BILL, AND IT DOES
SOUND LIKE THIS BILL HAS BEEN
THROUGH JOURNEY, SO PERHAPS THAT
WAS IN AN EARLIER VERSION. BUT I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE
THAT IS PART OF THIS BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT. UM THAT
WE ENSURE THAT THOSE HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS WE MADE OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR
ACTUALLY. DELIVERING THE
HISTORIC IMPACT THAT WE NEED
THEM TO HAVE. YES SO I THINK
THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. AND I
WOULD DEFINITELY, UH WANT TO
INCLUDE THAT. SO MAYBE WE CAN
FIND SOME LANGUAGE TO, UM MAYBE
, I GUESS MAYBE AFTER THIS
COMMITTEE, BUT LIKE SOME
LANGUAGE, THAT WOULD SAY, HEY,
THIS HAS GOT TO GET OUT THE
DOOR. YOU KNOW, BY A DATE
CERTAIN. MAYBE PUTTING SOME KIND
OF TIMELINE ON THAT, I THINK
WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL,
BECAUSE, UM I HAVE BEEN TALKING
TO ADMINISTRATION AND FOLKS THAT
ALSO. DGS WHO PLAYS A ROLE IN IN
GETTING THIS OUT, TOO. ABOUT
THIS TIMELINE BECAUSE IT I
REALLY AM NOT SURE IT DOESN'T.
MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. THIS
HASN'T GOTTEN OUT C D F A WAS
KIND OF REVIEWING. THEY HAVE TO
HAVE A THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR. AND YOU KNOW TO
ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. AND SO
THEY'VE BEEN GOING OUT TO BID ON
THAT AND TRY AND HAVE PEOPLE BID
TO DO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW THE
OUTREACH AND THEN RUN THE GRANT
APPLICATION. UM BUT IT IS ODD
BECAUSE USUALLY THAT HAPPENS
MUCH FASTER. UH YOU KNOW, FOR
BUDGETED MONEY THAN WHAT WE'VE
SEEN, AND IT'S JUST BEEN MONTHS
AND MONTHS OF YOU KNOW, I'VE
BEEN SAYING, LIKE, WHEN IS WHEN
IS THIS THING GONNA GET? WHEN IS
THE ADMINISTRATOR GOING TO GET
CHOSEN? IT GOES THROUGH BOTH CDF
A. I THINK GO BIZ AND DGS AND I
GUESS THEY ALL HAVE TO HAVE
THEIR INPUT AND BEFORE THEY GO
AND PUT THIS OUT TO BED AND
SELECTED ADMINISTRATOR BUT IT'S
BEEN VERY DELAYED. IT MAKES ME
VERY CONCERNED. I ALSO WORRY
ABOUT HAZARD. IS THERE GOING TO
BE CLAWED BACK ON THIS? AH THAT
WOULD BE TERRIBLE. THAT WOULD BE
EXTREMELY DEVASTATING. SO, YEAH,
I MEAN, I WOULD HMM. I WOULD
DEFINITELY PUT IN LANGUAGE AND
MAYBE WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS TO
HELP MAKE SURE THAT'S
ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE WE NEED TO
GET THE MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE NOW.
OKAY? OKAY THERE WAS A MOTION BY
SOMEONE NEAR WALLACE, SECOND BY
MR JACKSON. YOU MAY CLOSE. JUST
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AND THANK YOU,
MR CHAIRMAN FOR ALLOWING ME TO
PRESENT TODAY. UM I DO WANT TO
SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOULD NOT
BE I AWAKENING AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR PASSION. IN TESTIMONY
TODAY, ALL OF YOU, UM I THINK A
LOT OF LOT OF FOLKS THINK THAT
FARMERS OWN IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE
LEASE THEIR LAND AND I KNOW ALL
HARD. I HEAR I HEAR THE CRIES. I
HEAR THAT THE PHONE CALLS ALSO,
I GET THEM TO, SO I DO
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
BILL SO WITH THAT OBSERVED THERE
WAS EMOTION IN SECOND. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL ROLL ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN A. B 10 44. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS. VÆ VALLAPUDUA
II, HOOVER HANEY. JACKSON
JACKSON. I PETRIE-NORRIS
PETRIE-NORRIS. AYE RAMOS RAMOS.
I WALLACE WALLACE. AYE. THAT'S
FINE. THAT'S VIABLE. KEEP THE
ROLE. BUT ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
TO THE COMMITTEE. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO
THIS TODAY. OKAY? ASSEMBLY
MEMBER SANTIAGO. AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 10 MAYBE 15 11. WHEN
YOU'RE READY, YOU MAY START.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR MEMBERS
ALLOWANCE TO PRESENT TODAY ON
ABC 15 11 IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME. HOW ABOUT I GET TO PUT THE
BILL DOES AND A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE NEED AND WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO REALLY IS TO
CONNECT ALL CALIFORNIANS AND
WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS WHEN
THERE'S MONEY SPENT OR
DEPARTMENTS OR ISSUING AN
INITIATIVE LIKE WE JUST SAW
DURING THE CENSUS WERE HARD TO
REACH. COMMUNITIES WEREN'T
COUNTED. WE ALSO SAW DURING
TESTING COVID. THERE WERE SOME,
THERE WERE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE
HARD TO REACH. THAT WERE NOT
REACHED AND GIVEN THE
INFORMATION WE SAW DURING THE
VACCINES, AND WE CAN GO ON AND
ON ON THE ON THE EXAMPLES OF
WHETHER IT'S HARD TO REACH
COMMUNITIES AND THE ADVERTISING
OR THE OUTREACH JUST DOESN'T
HAPPENING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO
TODAY TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IS
TO ESTABLISH A B 15 11, WHICH
WOULD CREATE AN ETHNIC MEDIA
PROGRAM WITHIN GO BIZ. IT WOULD
BE LED BY A DIRECTOR, THIS
DIRECTOR WOULD HELP STATE
DEPARTMENT'S INTEGRATE, UM
ETHNIC MEDIA INTO THEIR PUBLIC
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES. AND BY 2029, THIS
DIRECTOR WOULD REPORT WOULD
SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE ABOUT INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, WHETHER
THEY'RE CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES
, UM, AND OPTIONS TO MOVE
FORWARD AND MAKE THIS A LITTLE
BIT MORE ROBUST. I'D LOVE TO SIT
HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT UM, UH, EXAMPLES THAT
WE CAN NAME BUT THE BOTTOM LINE
IS THAT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
THOSE HARDEST TO REACH
COMMUNITIES UM ACROSS ALL
SECTORS AND I USE THE WORD. I
THINK THAT'S WHAT'S
TRADITIONALLY BEING USED ABSENT
OF A BETTER WORD. UM THERE IS A
DESPERATE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE ABOUT 300 DIFFERENT
QUOTE UNQUOTE ETHNIC GROUPS IN
MEDIA OUTLETS THAT HAVE NOT
REACHED AND ABOUT 38 DIFFERENT
ETHNIC, RACIAL OR CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE VERY HARD
TO REACH. AND WE SAW THIS IN OUR
OWN COMMUNITY JUST TO PINPOINT
ON THE VACCINE ISSUE WHEN
DEPARTMENTS AND CALIFORNIA AND
ALL OF US WERE PUSHING FOR
PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED. THERE
WERE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE NOT
REACHED OUT TO THE HOPE FOR THIS
IS THAT WE HAVE THOSE AVENUES
TRUSTED SOURCES OF INFORMATION
THAT CAN REACH OUT TO THESE
COMMUNITIES. AND I THINK THAT
THIS WILL HELP TO DO THAT. THANK
YOU. WE HAVE A WITNESS THAT WILL
ALSO PRESENT MR CHAIR, GOOD
MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY
NAME'S ARTURO CARMONA. AND I'M
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LATINO
MEDIA COLLABORATIVE LATINO MEDIA
COLLABORATIVE IS A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION THAT DEVELOPS HIGH
IMPACT MEDIA. AND OUTREACH
CAMPAIGNS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE LATINO MEDIA SECTOR TO
INVENT ADVANCE AND INFORMED UH
AND HIGHLY ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
WE'RE SPONSORING A B 15 11
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT ETHNIC
MEDIA HAS A CRITICAL ROLE TO
PLAY IN THE DELIVERY OF
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INFORMATION
CAMPAIGNS, AS WE HEARD FROM MR
SANTIAGO SAID SANTIAGO AND EVEN
THE PREVIOUS, UH, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. WE KNOW OF COUNTLESS OF
THESE, UH, CASES WHERE RESOURCES
ARE ALLOCATED TO REACH. AH OUR
STATE OUR DIVERSITY, WHICH IS A
VERY COMPLICATED, MULTILINGUAL,
MULTICULTURAL STATE, AND WE
OFTEN SEE A TOTAL
UNDERUTILIZATION, ESPECIALLY OF
THE SMALLER, UH, NICHE COMMUNITY
OUTLETS THAT REPRESENT, UH,
PARTICULARLY ETHNIC MEDIA
COMMUNITIES, AND SO, UM, WE SEE
THE NEED FOR A STRUCTURED AND
MORE REGIMENTED. PROGRAM THAT
COULD GUIDE THE STATE AND
PARTNERING WITH WITH THESE WITH
THESE DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS,
IT'S ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS. IT'S
ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY. UH SINCE 2021
THERE HAS BEEN, UH, A TRACKING
EFFORT BY THE STATE. AH TO
MONITOR THE ADVERTISING AND
OUTREACH SPENDING BY STATE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND
IDENTIFYING THE COMMUNITIES
WHICH THOSE MESSAGES ARE
TARGETED TO. UNFORTUNATELY,
THOSE FIGURES SHOW THAT DESPITE
UH, THE VERY DIVERSE STATE THAT
WE LIVE IN. UH LESS THAN 10% OF
OUTREACH DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT
IN IN IN AND ETHNIC MEDIA AND
TARGETED COMMUNITIES. AND SO
WE'RE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
THAT. AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT
CALIFORNIA SHOULD JOIN OTHER
REGIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
BETTER, UH, STRUCTURING THE WAY
YOU TARGET COMMUNICATIONS AND
THAT SPENDING UM AND SO WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S REALLY
NO EXCLUSION AND UNDER
RESOURCING OF ETHNIC AND
COMMUNITY MEDIA. UM AND SO, WITH
THAT, UH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR
SUPPORT IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE
OF LEGISLATION. THANK YOU ANY
OTHER. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIRMAN. MANY DÍAS. I'M HERE.
UM AS MYSELF. FORMER STATE LOOKS
LATER FROM SAN JOSE. I WORK A
LOT WITH OUR ETHNIC, UH, MEDIA
OF FOLKS IN SAN JOSE. AND SO
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT A REALLY
WAS A DISASTER, ESPECIALLY IN
THE SAN JOSE SO HAVING THIS KIND
OF COORDINATION WITH THE STATE
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, VERY MUCH
SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING. ALEJANDRO
SALAS ON BEHALF OF THE FOLLOWING
ETHNIC MEET ETHNIC MEDIA, NEWS
OUTLETS AND COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. COMMITTED VIA
REFORMA, DAUGHTER BY HISPANIC L,
A MEDIA OPINION. LATINO TIMES,
LATINO, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA
.COM. LINGUA SAN FERNANDO SON
AND THE LEAP INSTITUTE AS WELL
AS OTHERS ALL IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. LET'S SEE. PRETTY BAD.
JACK. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I
VOTE MR CHAIR AND THE MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT FIELD
FORWARD. IN ORDER TO LEVEL THE
PLAYING FIELD ON OUR SMALL
MINORITY OF BUSINESSES. STATE
NEED TO DO POTENTIALLY REACH OUT
TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE
THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS AND
INFORMATION. ON STATE GRANTS
PROGRAMS, INCENTIVES THAT WILL
HELP SUPPORT HEALTHY ECONOMY AND
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE BILL. THANK
YOU, SIR. BUT THERE WAS EMOTION
AND 2ND 2ND. MADAM SECRETARY,
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ITEM?
10 MAYBE 15 11. THE MOTION IS
DUE PAST APPROPRIATIONS. VÆ
VALLAPUDUA. VÆ VALLAPUDUA I.
HOOVER HANEY. JACKSON JACKSON. I
PETRIE-NORRIS. PETRIE-NORRIS AYE
, RAMOS RAMOS. I WALLACE.
WALLACE. AYE. IT'S FIVE. THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE CONSENT FILE. ITEM
NUMBER ONE, MAYBE 2 58. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
MAYBE 306. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS ITEM
NUMBER THREE A B 6 28. THE
MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS ITEM NUMBER FOUR
A. B 7879. THE MOTION IS DUE
PAST APPROPRIATIONS ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT A B 11 82 THE MOTION IS
DUE PAST APPROPRIATIONS. ITEM
NUMBER 11 A B 15 62. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSED THE APPROPRIATIONS
AND ITEM NUMBER 12 A B 16 69.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS. HANEY.
PETRIE-NORRIS PETRIE-NORRIS,
AYE, RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE.
CONSERVATIVE. 660 RIGHT NOW, AND
WE'LL KEEP THE ROAD. ITEM NUMBER
5 89 30. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
AS AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
HANEY. PETRIE-NORRIS
PETRIE-NORRIS NOT VOTING. RAMOS.
RAMOS. AYE. THREE SARAH 30 KEEP
ROVING ITEM NUMBER SIX A. B 963
. THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
HANEY. RAMOS RAMOS I SIX. 060
KEEP HER OPEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
MAYBE 10 40 FOR THE MOTION IS
DUE PAST APPROPRIATIONS. HOOVER.
HANEY. 5050 THE ROPE.
DID YOU GIVE ME YES.
THIS IS THE CONSENT FILE. HANEY.
HANDY. I. 60707 MOTION POUNDS.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. MAYBE 9 30.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS. HANEY. HANDY.
I. ITEM NUMBER SIX, MAYBE 963.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS. HANEY. HENNY
AYE. THAT'S 70. 70 BILL PASSED.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MAYBE 10 44.
THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS. HOOVER. HANEY.
HENNY AYE. 660 KEEP HER OPEN.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE FINAL WORD ON
WELCOME TO I HAD A NUMBER FIVE
ÁP 9 30. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS. THAT'S 4040.
BILL, PASS MHM. THAT WAS, UM,
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. A B 9 30. THAT
BILL IS OUT FOR ZERO. AH! THIS
IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN A. B 10 44
. THE MOTION IS DUE PAST
APPROPRIATIONS. HOOVER. HOOVER?
AYE. 7070 BILL PASS. ITEM NINE A
B 11 98. THE MOTION IS DUE.
PASTOR APPROPRIATIONS. HOOVER.
HOOVER? AYE. 70 Dð PAST 70. AN
ITEM 10, MAYBE 15 11. THE MOTION
IS DUE PAST HER APPROPRIATIONS.
HOOVER. HOOVER. I. HANEY. HANDY
I 70 PAST 70. OKAY THANK YOU.
MEMBERS OF THIS HEARING IS
ADJOURNED. GIULIO YEAH.