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CORUM AND WE WILL BEGIN ON THE
VOTE ONLY CALENDAR. WE HAVE
THREE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION,
WHICH ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST MOTION IS ON THE
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AGENCY,
MASS TIMBER BUILDING COMPETITION
, RE APPROPRIATION RE
APPROPRIATION. YEAH. IT'S KIND
OF READ IT TWICE. THE CHAIRS.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE AS
BUDGET THAT CLINIC IN MOTION IN
A SECOND. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. KOREA I LI LI I PATERSON
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EXCESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
SHARES RECOMMENDATION IS TO
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COMMISSION OF ON STATE MANDATES
, FUNDED AND SUSPENDED MANDATES.
THE CHAIRS RECOMMENDATION IS TO
ADOPT THE JANUARY BUDGET. AND
THE SPRING FINANCE LETTER
PROPOSAL AND ADJUSTMENTS. ROLL
CALL, PLEASE. RILEY. HI. HI,
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PATTERSON. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD
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NUMBER THREE PATERSON PATERSON,
NO. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR BEING
HERE ON TIME. I KNOW WE HAVE
OTHER COMMITTEES HAPPENING AT
THE SAME TIME. WE WILL COMMENCE
WITH ISSUE NUMBER ONE. OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS
FOR THIS ISSUE WE WILL HEAR
ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S
PROPOSAL. TO PROVIDE ONGOING
FUNDING FOR CAL VOLUNTEERS.
THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION
TAKING PLACE IN THIS ROOM IS
VERY ECHOEY. JUST PLEASE SPEAK
AS CLOSELY TO THE MICROBES YOU
POSSIBLY CAN. THANK YOU. LET'S
BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. GREAT
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING US TODAY. MY NAME IS JOSH
FRIDAY, AND I'M WITH CALIFORNIA
VOLUNTEERS. I'M HERE TODAY WITH
OUR CEO ANTHONY CHAVEZ, WHO IN
OUR OFFICE AT CALIFORNIA
VOLUNTEERS, OVERSEAS PAID
SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES. REALLY WITH THE
GOAL TO UNITE TO MOBILIZE INTO
ENGAGE CALIFORNIANS IN SERVICE
SO THAT WE CAN TACKLE OUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGES TOGETHER, AND
WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING OUR
STATE IS THE REALITY OF AN
ECONOMY THAT LEAVES TOO MANY
BEHIND WITHOUT REAL OPPORTUNITY
AND A SENSE OF HOPE FOR A CAREER
OF DIGNITY, MEANING AND PURPOSE.
AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN A
TOUGH ECONOMY. SO BEFORE YOU
TODAY ARE TWO UNIQUE PROGRAM
BUDGET PROPOSALS. THEY'RE BOTH
FOCUSED ON CREATING ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY AND A FUTURE
WORKFORCE WHILE INSPIRING YOUNG
PEOPLE TO SERVE AND FOSTERING
FUTURE LEADERS IN COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE TOO OFTEN UNDER
INVESTED IN. FIRST THE
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORE.
WE ARE REQUESTING 4.7 MILLION
ANNUALLY AND ONGOING TO EXPAND
AND CONTINUE THE PROVEN AND
SUCCESSFUL CALIFORNIA CLIMATE
ACTION PROGRAM. IN 2020,
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS LAUNCHED
WHAT WAS BECOME THE COUNTRY'S
FIRST STATEWIDE CORE FOCUSED ON
EMPOWERING CALIFORNIANS TO TAKE
MEANINGFUL CLIMATE ACTION. THE
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORE
FELLOWS WORK FOR EITHER AS
SUMMER OR AN 11 MONTH TERM OF
SERVICE, AND THEY WORK WITH
PUBLIC AGENCIES, TRIBES AND
NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY CLIMATE
ENGAGEMENT IN CLIMATE ACTION,
AND PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE HIT HARDEST BY THIS
CLIMATE CRISIS. AND IN FACT,
RIGHT NOW IN L, A COUNTY IN THE
INLAND EMPIRE IN THE EAST BAY
ALONE, WE HAVE DOZENS OF FELLOWS
WORKING WITH A MULTITUDE OF
ORGANIZATIONS. CALIFORNIA
CLIMATE ACTION COURT PROGRAM
LEVERAGES FEDERAL AMERICORPS
FUNDING AND HUNDREDS OF CLIMATE
ACTION COURT FELLOWS HAVE
ALREADY SERVED THROUGHOUT OUR
STATE IN COMMUNITIES ON THE
FRONT LINES, AND THESE FELLOWS
RECEIVE BOTH THE STATEMENT AND A
SCHOLARSHIP TO HELP PAY FOR
SCHOOL OR PAY DOWN DEBT IN THE
FUTURE. IN PART WE ARE
REQUESTING FUNDING BECAUSE
DEMAND FOR THIS PARTICULAR
PROGRAM IS GREATER THAN WHAT WE
CAN ACCOMMODATE AT THIS POINT.
FOR THE CURRENT FELLOWSHIP, TERM
ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
APPLIED TO HOST OVER 450 FULL
TIME FELLOWS, WHILE ONLY 115 4
TIMES SLOTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION COURT
ALSO RECEIVED FIVE FELLOW
APPLICATIONS FOR EVERYONE SLOT
AVAILABLE SHOWING US THAT
CALIFORNIANS ARE EAGER AND
HUNGRY FOR SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
WHERE THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
THEIR ECONOMY WHILE LEARNING AND
PREPARING FOR A CAREER IN THE
NEW GREEN ECONOMY, MADAM CHAIR I
RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE TO MEET
WITH ANNA KOBO RUBY S IN YOUR
DISTRICT. WHO IS WORKING WITH L
A COMPOST AND SHE TALKED TO ME
ABOUT HOW IMPACTFUL WAS FOR HER
TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST SERVING
HER DISTRICT BUT TO BE ABLE TO
EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY. SHE GREW
UP IN AROUND SUSTAINABILITY, AND
THE CLIMATE CORPS IS ALSO
ENGAGING LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF
VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE STATE TO
BE EMPOWERED TO TAKE CLIMATE
ACTION AS SOME WOMEN LI IT WAS
REALLY GREAT TO BE WITH YOU LAST
YEAR IN SAN JOSE FOR COMMUNITY
CLIMATE ACTION DAY. WHICH WAS
ORGANIZED BY OUR CLIMATE ACTION
CORE FELLOWS, AND THESE
WONDERFUL EVENTS ARE HAPPENING
IN LITERALLY COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE STATE. SO WE HAVE LEARNED
THAT CALIFORNIANS ARE HUNGRY TO
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK IN
CLIMATE AND BE PART OF THE NEW,
CLEAN ECONOMY AND WE KNOW THAT
WE JUST NEED TO CREATE THESE
OPPORTUNITIES. THE SECOND BUDGET
REQUEST IS FOR THE CALIFORNIANS
FOR ALL YOUTH JOBS CORPS FOR
WHICH WE REQUEST $78.1 MILLION
IN ONGOING FUNDING. IN 2022,
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS LAUNCHED
THE YOUTH JOBS CORPS. THIS IS A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO GIVE
UNDERSERVED YOUTH A MEANINGFUL
SERVICE EXPERIENCE WHILE EARNING
A COMPETITIVE WAGE AND GAINING
VALUABLE SKILLS TO HELP LAUNCH
THEIR CAREERS. TO DATE 27 LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING THE 13
BIGGEST CITIES HAVE BEEN FUNDED
TO EMPLOY YOUTH AGE 16 TO 30 WHO
ARE AND WE VERY INTENTIONALLY
FOCUSED THIS PROGRAM ON THIS
POPULATION WHO ARE LOW INCOME.
JUSTICE INVOLVED CURRENT OR
FORMER FOSTER YOUTH ENGAGED WITH
THE MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE
STRUGGLING TO ENTER THE
WORKFORCE. AND WITH THIS REQUEST
BEFORE YOU TODAY, OUR INTENTION
IS TO EXPAND THE FOCUS OF THE
YOUTH JOB SCORE TO INCLUDE DACA
RECIPIENTS AND 85 40, CALIFORNIA
DREAM EX STUDENTS OF POPULATION
WE KNOW IS TOO OFTEN EXCLUDED
FROM FELLOWSHIPS AND FEDERALLY
FUNDED NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS
AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE ARE
WORKING HARD TO CHANGE THIS AND
WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH. MADAM
CHAIR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS
THIS PROGRAM WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS
RECENTLY IN YOUR DISTRICT. WITH
THIS PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO A
COMPETITIVE WAGE PARTICIPANTS
RECEIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES,
WHICH INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM
EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO
CHILDCARE, RESUME PREPARATION,
LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND MUCH
MORE, AND THEY WORK IN A VARIETY
OF CRITICAL AREAS, INCLUDING
FOOD INSECURITY, CLIMATE ACTION
AND EDUCATION. THE DEMAND FOR
THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE REAL.
OVER 6000 YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY APPLIED TO BE PART OF
THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH JOBS CORPS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WEEKS. I WAS
RECENTLY ACTUALLY IN RICHMOND TO
MEET WITH YOUR JOB CORPS MEMBER
FROM YOUR DISTRICT AND ALSO
RECENTLY WAS WITH YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM MEMBERS IN
OAKLAND, WHERE THEY'RE HELPING
BEAUTIFY STREETS. THEY'RE
BUILDING COMMUNITY GARDENS TO
EDUCATE, EMPOWER AND FEED THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY'RE ALSO
BUILDING TINY HOMES AND
REMODELING HOMES FOR LOW INCOME
FAMILIES. THIS IS THE KIND OF
MEANINGFUL WORK AND SERVICE THAT
HAS NOW HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF THE
YOUTH JOBS CORPS. THIS BUDGET
REQUEST FOR THE CALIFORNIANS FOR
ALL YOUTH JOB CORPS PROGRAM
EXTENDS THE CURRENT PROGRAM
BEYOND FISCAL YEAR 24 WHICH IS
NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE
THIS PROGRAM. SO TO CONCLUDE THE
CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL YOUTH JOBS
CORPS PROGRAM AND THE CLIMATE
ACTION CORE WE BELIEVE ARE WIN
WIN WIN. THEIR WIN FOR THE
SERVICE MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED THE
JOBS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
THE CAREER EXPERIENCE TO HELP
LAUNCH THEIR CAREER TO INFER OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE BENEFITING FROM
THIS REALLY MEANINGFUL WORK. AND
IT'S A WIN FOR ALL OF SOCIETY.
WHEN WE CREATE REAL ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO NEED
IT MOST WHILE THE SAME TIME
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THEIR
COMMUNITY, CONNECTING PEOPLE TO
EACH OTHER AND HOPEFULLY
INSPIRING CAREERS IN PUBLIC
SERVICE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING
THESE PROGRAMS IN YOUR DISTRICTS
, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
AND CONSIDERATION TODAY AND ARE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR
FROM THE YELLOW, FOLLOWED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THANK
YOU, MADAM. CHAIR MEMBERS,
RACHEL ADLER'S WITH THE L. A O
AS NOTED IN YOUR AGENDA, WE DO
RECOMMEND REJECTING BOTH OF
THESE PROPOSALS. AND REALLY,
THAT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR
LARGER GENERAL FUND. BUDGET
CONDITION. UM, WE THINK THAT YOU
KNOW, AND EVERY DOLLAR OF BRAND
NEW SPENDING NECESSARILY MEANS A
DOLLAR OF REDUCTIONS ELSEWHERE
FROM YOUR EXISTING COMMITMENTS.
THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF THE
BUDGET PROBLEM YOU'RE IN. SO AS
A RESULT, WE THINK THERE'S A
MUCH HIGHER BAR THAT YOU SHOULD
USE AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING NEW
SPENDING AND EXPANDING, UH,
EXPANDING EXISTING PROGRAMS. UM
AND WHILE THESE PROGRAMS CLEARLY
HAVE MERITS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS
AND FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES,
WE THINK THEY DON'T NEED THAT
HIGHER BAR. BECAUSE THERE IS
EXISTING FUNDING THAT WOULD
ALLOW THESE PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE
EVEN WITHOUT THE EXPANSIONS IN
THE CASE OF THE CLIMATE JOB, UM
, CLIMATE PROGRAM, THERE'S
EXISTING FUNDING COMMITTED
THROUGH 25 26. IN THE CASE OF
THE YOUTH JOB CORPS. THERE IS
EXISTING FUNDING FOR THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS SEVERAL
OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MEET SIMILAR
GOALS AND SIMILAR POPULATIONS.
UH, AND AS WELL, THESE PROGRAMS
ARE PRETTY NEW. THEY'RE KIND OF
IN THEIR FIRST OR SECOND YEAR.
SO IF YOU WAITED, YOU COULD
COLLECT ADDITIONAL DATA AND FIND
OUT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AND THAT
MIGHT PUT YOU IN A BETTER
POSITION AS HOPEFULLY THE
GENERAL FUND CONDITION DOES
IMPROVE TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU
WANT TO MAKE ONGOING SUSTAINED
COMMITMENTS TO THESE PROGRAMS.
SO REALLY, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
VERY TOUGH FISCAL DECISIONS THAT
YOU'RE MAKING. WE THINK THAT
FOCUSING ON YOUR EXISTING
COMMITMENTS RATHER THAN
EXPANDING AT THIS TIME MAKES THE
MOST SENSE FOR THESE PROGRAMS.
KEVIN CLARK DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. UM, SO JUST RESPOND TO
HELIOS COMMENTS ON REJECTING THE
PROPOSALS. UM IN TERMS OF THE
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE, ACTION CORE
REQUESTS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT
CLIMATE MITIGATION AND
ADAPTATION IS NOT REALLY AN
EITHER OR STRATEGY REALLY
MULTIFACETED AND COORDINATED
APPROACH ACROSS STATE AGENCIES.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING EARLY
SUCCESS WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION
CORE A LOT OF INTEREST AND CAL
VOLUNTEERS IS ENABLING A
VOLUNTEER BASE TO BECOME
PROACTIVE IN THEIR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES. IN TERMS OF THE
YOUTH JOBS CORE PROPOSAL AGAIN
SEEING EARLY SUCCESS AND
INTEREST ACROSS THE STATE FOR
THIS PROGRAM. AND AS ELIO
MENTIONED, WE ARE THE NEED FOR
BUDGET. YOUR FUNDING IS SO THAT
THE PROGRAM DOESN'T LAPSE IN THE
BUDGET YEAR. UM FUNDING IS
NECESSARY IN BUDGET YEAR, UM,
BECAUSE THERE'S A REQUEST FOR
APPLICATIONS BY FALL OF 2023
THAT WOULD OCCUR AND THEN A
GRANT AWARDS WOULD BE WOULD BE
GIVEN IN THE SPRING OF 2024. SO
IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE
BUDGET YOUR FUNDING TO CONTINUE
THIS PROGRAM. WITHOUT A LAPSE.
HAPPY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? ANDREAS,
MAJORITY LEADER THANK YOU.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, INCREASING
VOLUNTEERISM IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT. AND YOU'VE GOT A
PROGRAM THAT WHOSE GOAL IT IS TO
INCREASE VOLUNTEERISM. UH I KNOW
WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
INCREASING IT IN THE INLAND
EMPIRE AND MAKING SURE THAT MORE
IN MY COMMUNITY ARE INCLUDED. I
KNOW YOU ZEROED IN ON OUR CHAIR
AND ON MISS WICKS. I HEARD
NOTHING ABOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE,
BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S IN THE
WORKS. HAVING SAID THAT, I
RECOGNIZE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE
GOT LOTS OF PROGRAMS. WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM WE
HAVE CALL WORKS. WE HAVE HOUSING
MONEY FOR HOUSING, AND ALL OF
THESE ARE TAKING HITS. I
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE DO
HAVE FUNDING THROUGH 26. UM ONE
OF THE ISSUES ARE. ONE OF THE
COMMENTS WAS TO PROVIDE THAT WE
NEED TO HAVE MORE DATA. WE NEED
TO KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL IT WAS
THAT YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE 6000
PEOPLE WHO APPLIED HAVE ALREADY
APPLIED. MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY
HOW MANY PEOPLE? HOW MANY SLOTS
DO YOU HAVE FOR THOSE 6000? SO
FIRST, UM LET ME APOLOGIZE. UH
WE ARE EAGER TO COME WITH YOU TO
BE THE IN AN EMPIRE WITH YOU. WE
DO HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT
ARE OPERATING IN AN EMPIRE WITH
THE CLIMATE ACTION CORE, AS WELL
AS WITH THE YOUTH JOBS CORPS,
INCLUDING IN RIVERSIDE AND SAN
BERNARDINO. JUST DIDN'T MENTION
THEM. WE JUST MENTIONED THE JUST
FAILED TO MENTION THEM, SO
FORGIVE ME. UH SO FOR SO TO DATE
OVER 2000 YOUTH JOB CHORD
MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE
PROGRAM OF THE 6000 THAT HAVE
APPLIED. UM AND WE EXPECT BY THE
END OF THE YEAR TO HAVE, UM,
SOMEWHERE AROUND 5000 POSITIONS
. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO ESTIMATE
BECAUSE WE ALLOW FLEXIBILITY FOR
THE CITIES AND COUNTIES TO PAY A
COMPETITIVE WAGE BASED ON WHAT
THEY THINK IS COMPETITIVE
LOCALLY, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS THAT THAT THE MEMBERS
ARE PAID. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM. BUT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
. AND THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE
AGAIN. FOSTER YOUTH FORMERLY
INCARCERATED, LOW INCOME AND IF
WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND TO DHAKA
AND MAYBE 5 40 STUDENTS THAT ARE
BENEFITING FROM THIS PROGRAM, I
THINK IF WE HAD THE KIND OF
BUDGET THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR I
THINK THIS SHOULD BE GREAT. I
THINK THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING TO
BALANCE A BUDGET, I DO HAVE
CONCERNS. NOW, HOWEVER. ONE
THING THAT I THINK WILL BE
IMPORTANT IS A COLLECTION OF
DATA. UM AND IT IS NOW ALL
KIDDING ASIDE, MAKING SURE THAT
ALL OF OUR REGIONS DO RECEIVE
FUNDING THAT WE ARE INVITING OUR
YOUTH FROM VARIOUS AREAS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO
PARTICIPATE, UM, ALSO LOOKING AT
THE DIVERSITY OF THOSE WHO ARE
BEING INCLUDED, WHO ACTUALLY GET
THE STIPEND TO ACTUALLY GET THE
SCHOLARSHIP. THE PROGRAM, I
THINK IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT EXPAND.
AYE. LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET
CONSTRAINTS. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION. BUT I'M GLAD TO
KNOW THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE
AT LEAST THROUGH 26. AND JUST TO
CLARIFY THAT'S FOR THE CLIMATE
ACTION CORE PROGRAM, AS
INDICATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. THEY YOUTH JOBS CORPS
PROGRAM WILL LAPSE, UM BY NEXT
YEAR WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM YEAH
, I THINK YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, UM
WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE
DECISIONS. IT'S HARD TO CONSIDER
, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING PROGRAMS
IN THE FUTURE RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS I WAS IN INTRIGUED
AND INTERESTED IN THE COMMENTS
ABOUT HELPING FOSTER YOUTH. IT
IS FOSTER YOUTH AWARENESS,
FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH
RIGHT NOW. UM I HAPPEN TO SIT ON
A COUPLE OF BUDGET SUBS. THIS
BEING ONE OF THEM AND BUDGET SUB
FIVE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A
PROPOSAL TO CUT $40 MILLION FROM
CASA PROGRAMS. AND THAT WAS ALSO
A GENERAL FUNDS. SO YOU KNOW
IT'S HARD FOR ME SITTING ON A
COUPLE OF THESE COMMITTEES TO
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN SAY
OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE THIS PART OF
MONEY HERE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM
. BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, SEPARATELY
, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL TO CUT
FUNDING THAT PEOPLE WERE
ACTUALLY DEPENDING ON WHERE
FASTER THOSE KIDS GETTING THAT
HELP WOULD HELP REDUCE
POTENTIALLY FUTURE INCARCERATION
AND HOMELESSNESS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT. SO UM, FOR MY TWO CENTS
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I THINK YOU
KNOW, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT EXPANSIONS OF PROGRAMS AT
THIS POINT WHEN WE'RE CUTTING
SOME CRITICAL PROGRAMS RIGHT
NOW. THANK YOU, MR PATTERSON. UM
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY A
COUPLE OF THINGS. AND I THINK
YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE MEMBERS.
WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH. A FEW
MEETINGS AS OF LATEST YOU KNOW?
GIVEN THE BUDGET REALITY WHAT
WE'RE ABLE TO TRIM DOWN WHAT
WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. WHAT
WE'RE ABLE TO DIFFER. NOT
NECESSARILY. CUT COMPLETELY BUT
DIFFER IN AN EFFORT TO BALANCE
OUR BUDGET. SO THESE ARE ALL
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING
THROUGHOUT A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT ISSUES. UM A LOT OF
WHICH HAVE COME BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, WHICH
IS PRIORITY TO ALL OF US ACROSS
THE STATE. I WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION PREVIOUSLY THAT THE
PROGRAM THAT WE HELPED FUND
INITIALLY INCLUDED. 85 40
STUDENTS AND UNDOCUMENTED
STUDENTS. CAN YOU SHARE WHY
THAT'S NOT THE CASE AND WHY THIS
PROPOSAL IS NOW JUST INCLUDING
THEM. YES SO A COUPLE OF THINGS
. UM ONE IS THE ORIGINAL FUNDING
FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS FEDERAL
FUNDING THROUGH THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN? UH AND SO DID NOT
BECAUSE IT WASN'T STATE FUNDING
DID NOT COVER THE A B 5 40
POPULATION. IT WAS ALSO
INITIALLY NOT A TARGET AREA. SO
IN THE INITIAL PROGRAM, WHICH
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING OVER THE LAST
YEAR THE TARGET AREAS WERE AS AS
DISCUSSED FOSTER YOUTH FORM
INCARCERATED YOUTH IN THE MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SYSTEMS AND SO THE INTENTION
WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UM IS NOT TO
INDIA ALSO TO CLARIFY IS NOT TO
EXPAND THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE
SPENDING, BUT IT IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE
THIS PROGRAM THAT WE ARE NOW
EXPANDING, WHO IS INCLUDED TO
MAKE A FOCUS AREA ARE DACA, UH,
AND DREAMER POPULATION AND THEN
ALSO BECAUSE ITS STATE FUNDING
AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE
FELLOWSHIPS THROUGH 85 40
PROGRAM, SO THAT THAT IS THE
INTENTION OF THIS PROGRAM
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE FOR THE
FIRST TIME. USING STATE GENERAL
FUNDS TO ALLOW US TO INCLUDE
THAT POPULATION. THANK YOU AND
JUST AGAIN TO CLARIFY WHAT WAS
THE AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE THAT
YOU RECEIVED THROUGH FEDERAL
FUNDING. THE INITIAL AMOUNT FOR
THIS WAS, UM UH, I'M GONNA
ANTHONY CHÁVEZ. WELL OVER THE
TWO YEARS OVER TWO YEARS, I
BELIEVE WE RECEIVED 100. CAN YOU
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SPEAK
CLOSER TO MIKE ANTHONY CHAVEZ,
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS? I BELIEVE
WE RECEIVED OVER 146 MILLION
OVER TWO YEARS. YEAH IT WAS
ENTIRELY FEDERAL FUNDING. MADAM
CHAIR KEVIN CLARK FROM THE
FINANCE 185,000,005 FOR THE
YOUTH JOB SCORE. 185 MILLION
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE YOUTH
JOB CORPS THAT DID NOT INCLUDE
DACA RECIPIENTS BECAUSE IT'S
FEDERAL FUNDING IS ACCURATE.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND I THINK YOU
MAY BE REFERRING TO THE COLLEGE
SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM THAT
INCLUDED. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT
AMOUNT BUT INCLUDED GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS TO ALLOW FOR
UNDOCUMENTED PARTICIPATION. WE
HAVE A THIRD PROGRAM, WHICH IS
THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE CORP
PROGRAM, AND THAT PROGRAM
FOCUSED ON COLLEGE STUDENTS IS
$146 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
ABOUT $30 MILLION OF THAT WAS
STATE GENERAL FUND. SPECIFICALLY
TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
TO 85 40 STUDENTS. WHAT'S THE
NAME OF THAT PROGRAM, THE
COLLEGE CORE? COLLEGE CORE. YEAH
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. YEAH AND
BEFORE US BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
TODAY IS JUST A PROPOSAL,
WHEREAS WITH REGARD TO PROGRAMS
, RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO GET
CLARIFICATION AS TO THE
AMBIGUITY OF DACA RECIPIENTS AND
WHERE THEY'RE BEING PLACE BASED
ON FEDERAL FUNDING BASED ON
GENERAL FUNDING, SO THE COLLEGE
CORE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED 146
MILLION. FEDERAL FUNDS INCLUDED
30 MILLION OF GENERAL FUNDS,
WHICH ALLOWS A B 5 40 STUDENTS
TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
CORRECT THAT'S CORRECT. YES THE
ADDITIONAL INCLUSION OF WHAT
WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IS FOR
THE CLIMATE JOBS AND SO THERE'S
YEAH. SO YOU JUST DESCRIBED THE
COLLEGE CORE PROGRAM. THEN WE
HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION CORE,
WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS LAUNCHED A
FEW YEARS AGO. AND THE PROPOSAL
BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO EXPAND
THAT PROGRAM AND PROVIDE ONGOING
FUNDING BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM
MADAM CHAIR BECAUSE WE LEVERAGE
FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH
AMERICORPS. IN ORDER TO RUN THAT
PROGRAM. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
INCLUDE A B 5 40 STUDENTS OR
DREAMERS, BECAUSE THERE YOU
HAVE, THERE'S A CITIZENSHIP
REQUIREMENT. SO ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT WE ARE SO FOCUSED
AND BEING INTENTIONAL ON BOTH
BUILDING, THE COLLEGE CORE
PROGRAM AND THE YOUTH JOBS CORPS
PROGRAM IF WE'RE ABLE TO
CONTINUE IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE
OPPORTUNITIES TO THAT POPULATION
SPECIFICALLY. UM SO THANK YOU
FOR THAT. THE L. A S COMMENTS
RELATED TO DATA I THINK ARE
IMPORTANT. WE OBVIOUSLY YOU
HEARD THE MAJORITY LEADER. TALK
ABOUT IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON
OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. UM HOWARD.
HOW WHEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE US A REPORT AS TO WHAT
THE POPULATIONS OF JOB PLACEMENT
HAS BEEN ACROSS THE STATE AND IS
THEIR MEASUREMENTS THAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT RELATED TO DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION? YES ABSOLUTELY.
WE COLLECT DATA REGULARLY ON ALL
OF THESE PROGRAMS, AND SO WE'RE
ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, DATA NOW IF
WE COULD PROVIDE REPORTS FOR
YOUR OFFICE IS, UH ON EACH OF
THESE PROGRAMS ON COLLEGE CORE,
FOR INSTANCE, WHICH IS NOT
BEFORE YOU TODAY, BUT JUST AS AN
EXAMPLE, UH, 80% OF THE PROGRAM
ARE SELF IDENTIFIED. STUDENTS OF
COLOR OF 70% OF THEM ARE PELL
GRANT RECIPIENTS. WE HAVE NEARLY
500 DREAMERS PARTICIPATING IN
THE PROGRAM. UM AND WITH OUR
YOUTH JOBS PROGRAM BECAUSE OF
THE FACT THAT WE'RE FOCUSING
SPECIFICALLY AND CERTAIN
POPULATIONS WE FEEL, UM WE'RE
VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IT
DOES REPRESENT CALIFORNIA AND
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS A IS
A PILLAR OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS. WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY, ARE THE MEASUREMENTS OF
SUCCESS THAT THE PROGRAM WORKS?
WELL FOR JOBS. IT'S ARE WE ARE
REPLACING OPPORTUNITY ONE ARE
REPLACING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. ARE WE
CREATING REAL OPPORTUNITIES? AND
I THINK BOTH THE DEMAND AND THEN
OUR ABILITY TO PLACE THEM IS
SHOWING THAT SUCCESS ALREADY.
WE'RE ALSO HOPING AS PART OF THE
PROGRAM TO NOT JUST PROVIDE A
SHORT TERM EXPERIENCE, ALTHOUGH
IT'S MEANINGFUL, BUT TO HELP
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE LAUNCHED
CAREERS, THAT'S WHERE THE REAL
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMES INTO
PLAY. THAT'S WHY THE WRAPAROUND
SERVICES THAT ARE THAT WE MAKE
AVAILABLE WITH THESE SOURCES ARE
SO CRITICAL SO BEING ABLE TO
ENSURE THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE JOBS AFTER IT'S WHY WE'RE
SO ENCOURAGED IN PLACES WE'VE
SEEN ACROSS THE STATE L. A SAN
DIEGO SAN JOSE, WE'RE ALREADY
SEEING YOUTH JOBS CORPS MEMBERS
BEING HIRED INTO THE CITY. AS
FOR FULL TIME JOBS OF IS JUST
ONE EXAMPLE OR BEING HIRED BY
THE NONPROFIT THAT THEY'RE
WORKING. SO LONG TERM JOB
PLACEMENT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE TRACKING. WE JUST DID
A. WE DECIDED GRADUATION IN
MONTEREY FOR SEVERAL YOUTH JOBS
CORPS MEMBERS WHO WERE
UNEMPLOYED DID DID OUR PROGRAM
FOR SIX MONTHS AND ARE NOW
WORKING FULL TIME FOR STATE
PARKS IN MONTERREY IS JUST ONE
EXAMPLE. SO THE THAT'S THE KIND
OF INFORMATION AND WE'RE
TRACKING, UM, FOR CLIMATE CORPS
. WE'RE TRACKING NOT JUST THEIR
PARTICIPATION AND RETENTION. BUT
WHAT IMPACT ARE THEY HAVING IN
THE COMMUNITY? HOW MANY CLIMATE
ACTIONS ARE THEY TAKING TREES
PLANTED, UH, FOOD DIVERTED FROM
GOING TO LANDFILL BUT ALSO HOW
MUCH WE'RE HELPING WITH
SCHOLARSHIPS TO REDUCE THEIR
STUDENT DEBT. THESE ARE ALL THE
EXACTLY THE KINDS OF METRICS
THAT WE'RE TRACKING VERY CLOSELY
IN THE DATA THAT WE'RE TRACKING.
THANK YOU. UM AND FINALLY GIVEN
THE BUDGET PROPOSES REDUCTIONS
IN MANY OTHER AREAS, AND YOU'VE
HEARD CONCERNS HERE TODAY,
PARTICULAR REASON WHY THE
ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED AND ON
AN ONGOING EXPANSION OF THIS
PROGRAM. SO TO BE CLEAR THE
EXPANSION I THE MAIN EXPANSION
IS WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION CORE,
AND I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE, UM,
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SEEN THE
DEMAND, UH AND UNDERSTANDS THAT
THIS IS PART OF A MUCH BROADER,
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TAKE
CLIMATE ACTION FOR CALIFORNIA TO
CONTINUE TO LEAD AND AS STATED
THIS IS THE COUNTRY'S FIRST
CLIMATE ACTION CORP PROGRAM.
IT'S PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE DEMAND IS OUTPACED THE OUR
ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE CREATING
THESE OPTIONS. Tð NITTIES. FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE, AND SO THE HOPE IS
TO EXPAND SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO
MEET THAT DEMAND FOR THE JOBS
CORPS PROGRAM. THE EXPANSION IS
NOT AN EXPANSION IN TERMS OF
DOLLARS IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ITS EXPANSION IN TERMS OF THE
POPULATIONS THAT WERE HOPING TO
REACH AND INCLUDE WITH THIS
PROPOSAL, SO, UH, THE HOPE IS TO
ONE BE MORE INCLUSIVE. UH TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING
OPPORTUNITIES AS WE DISCUSSED
FOR POPULATIONS LIKE OUR BABY 5
40 STUDENTS WHO DESERVE THESE
KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. UM AND THE
AND THE DESIRES TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE A PROGRAM THAT WE
NOTICE SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE SEEN
THE DEMAND AND OUR AND OUR LOCAL
LEADERS HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT OF
IT. UH AND OUR AND OUR CONCERN
IS THAT WITHOUT ACTION THIS YEAR
THAT THE PROGRAM WILL LAPSE. UM,
IN THE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANK
YOU. NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION. THIS ITEM IS OPEN
FOR THE MOMENT AND WE'LL
CONTINUE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, ALL
MEMBERS. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ISSUE WITH OPR. OPR BCPS.
PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S YOUR
CARILLO SCOTT MORGAN WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE PLANNING AND
RESEARCH HERE TO TALK ABOUT A
VARIETY OF BUDGET CHANGE
PROPOSALS AS LISTED IN THE
AGENDA. FOR THE COMMITTEE. THE
FIRST ONE IS THE RACIAL EQUITY
COMMISSION AND YOUTH EQUITY
COMMISSION PROPOSAL. THE OFFICES
REQUESTING 3.7 MILLION IN
GENERAL FUND STARTING FISCAL
YEAR. 23 24 3.1 MILLION OF
CONTINUING FROM 24 25 THROUGH 29
30 TO SUPPORT THE NEW RACIAL
EQUITY COMMISSION. AS WELL AS
SUPPORT THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
COMMISSION. OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT
INCLUDED IN THAT 1.5 IN GENERAL
FUND HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED
BY THE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT
THE YOUTH EQUITY COMMISSION. THE
PROPOSAL DOES INCLUDE TRAILER
BILL LANGUAGE TO PLACE THE YOUTH
EQUITY COMMISSION, SO YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT COMMISSION AT THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH.
IT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE BY
ITSELF AND DOESN'T HAVE ANYBODY
TO ADMINISTER IT. UM AS REQUIRED
BY EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE RACIAL
EQUITY COMMISSION WILL BE TASKED
WITH DEVELOPING RESOURCES, BEST
PRACTICES AND TOOLS TO ADVANCE
ASIAN RACIAL EQUITY, AND THOSE
TOOLS AND RESOURCES ARE FROM
BOTH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
. THIS EFFORT WILL ULTIMATELY
RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
STATEWIDE RACIAL EQUITY
FRAMEWORK, WHICH WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND
THE LEGISLATURE NO LATER THAN
APRIL, ONE OF 2025. IN THAT
FRAMEWORK IS MEANT TO HELP THE
STATE GUIDE THE STATE THROUGH
OUR RACIAL EQUITY WORK. THIS
FRAMEWORK WILL BE DEVELOPED
THROUGH A PROCESS OF OUTREACH TO
STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE. THE COMMISSION WILL
CONSIST OF 11 MEMBERS, SEVEN
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO BY
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES
AND TWO BY THE SPEAKER OF THE
ASSEMBLY. CREATION OF THE
COMMISSION WAS AND IS A PRIORITY
OF BOTH THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
ADMINISTRATION. THE YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT COMMISSION WAS
ENACTED BY A B 46 2021. AS A
STATE BODY TASKED TO EXAMINE AND
DISCUSS POLICY. UH AND FISCAL
ISSUES AFFECTING THE INTERESTS
NEEDS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
YOUTH OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
FORMALLY ADVISE AND MAKE
RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE LEGISLATURE, THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION AND THE GOVERNOR ON
SPECIFIC LEGISLATION AND FISCAL
ISSUES AFFECTING YOUTH, THE
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT COMMISSION
WILL BE MADE UP OF 13 MEMBERS.
11 OF WHICH WILL BE APPOINTED BY
THE GOVERNOR TO BE BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 20, OR 14 AND 25. 1,
APPOINTED BY THE SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE AND ONE APPOINTED BY
THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS
ON THAT, OR SHOULD I JUST ROLL
THROUGH ALL OF THE PROPOSALS AT
ONCE YOU CAN ROLL THROUGH ALL
THE PROPOSALS. KEEP THEM BRIEF,
PLEASE. THAT'D BE GREAT. SOUNDS
GOOD. THE NEXT UP IS THE GENERAL
PLAN GUIDELINES PROPOSAL. UM AS
YOU ALL KNOW, OPR IS REQUIRED TO
DEVELOP GENERAL PLAYING
GUIDELINES, AND THIS PROVIDES
ADVICE TO CITIES AND COUNTIES ON
HOW TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT
GENERAL PLANS. THE LAST UPDATE
TO THE GUIDELINES WAS 2017 SINCE
THAT TIME, APPROXIMATELY 150
DIFFERENT LAWS HAVE BEEN PASSED
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IMPACT
LOCAL PLANNING PROCESSES AND
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE
GUIDELINES WERE REQUESTING $2.2
MILLION TO UPDATE THOSE
GUIDELINES. UM AND THAT IS OUR
REQUEST. I WILL NOT READ THE
REST OF THAT TO KEEP IT BRIEF.
THE LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSAL. THIS IS REALLY TO ADD
TO OUR LEGAL ALLEGED TEAM WERE
REQUESTING 1.4. MILLION DOLLARS
IN FIVE POSITIONS, ONGOING WITH
THE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND
COMPLEXITY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT
OPR WE FEEL THIS IS NEEDED TO
MEET ARE BOTH LEGISLATIVE AND
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WITHIN OPR,
UH AND REALLY, WE'RE JUST VERY
SHORT STAFFED AND THAT SIDE OF
THE HOUSE THE NEXT PROPOSAL IS
THE EXTREME HEAT PROPOSAL. UH
THIS CAME OUT OF 20 TO 38
ASSEMBLY BILL 20 TO 38. THE
OFFICERS REQUESTING NINE 9
900,940. GENERAL FUND AND 23, 24
564,024 25. AND 25 25 25 26 TO
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION OF
A STATEWIDE HEAT RANKING SYSTEM
. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUSIVE TO
SENIOR, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ANALYSTS, ONE ASSOCIATE, UM INTO
GOVERNMENT ANALYST TO SUPPORT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXTREME
HEAT RANKING SYSTEM. THIS WORK
WILL BE UM, COORDINATED WITH AND
AS PART OF THE OVERALL EXTREME
HEAT WORK THAT'S GOING ON AT THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY KELLY
BIA ÁP, A CALI P A DEPARTMENT
AND BUY INSURANCE AND OTHER
ENTITIES ACROSS THE STATES, A
LARGE, LARGER PART OF OUR CROSS
ORGANIZATIONAL ACROSS STATE. UM,
EXTREME HEAT WORK. UM FINAL
PROPOSAL ON THE AGENDA. IS THAT
SORRY? ONE MORE TRIBAL LIAISON
POSITION. WE WERE ASKING FOR
FUNDING TO HIRE A TRIBAL A ZON.
THERE WAS STATUTE PASSED
REQUIRING, UM CONSULTATION AND
COORDINATION WITH GENERAL PLANS
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. SEVERAL
LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED
REQUIRING PLANNING ENTITIES AND
SEQUA TO CONSIDER TRIBES. WE
CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A
DEDICATED POSITION FOR THAT.
THAT INDIVIDUAL ALSO ACT AS A
TRIBAL LAYS ON ACROSS ALL OF OUR
BUDGET PROGRAMS TO COORDINATE
TRIBAL ACTIVITIES ACROSS GRANT
PROGRAMS. GUIDELINES AND OTHER
ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE STATE. THE
FINAL PROPOSAL IS THE ADAPTATION
STRATEGY POSITION. THIS IS A NEW
REQUIREMENTS OUT OF A B 13 84.
WE WERE ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR
ONE POSITION TO SUPPORT THAT
WORK. UM THAT WORK IS GOING TO
BE COORDINATED AGAIN ACROSS
STATE AGENCIES WITH CALIFORNIA.
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY IN THE
OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF
THE ADAPTATION STRATEGY AND
REALLY NEW NEW WORK THAT HAS
BEEN PLACED AT OPR THAT WE DON'T
HAVE THE STAFF TO FULFILL. I
WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE'LL
GO WITH THE L A. L FOLLOWED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR AGAIN. RACHEL
SAILORS WITH THE L. A WE DIDN'T
RAISE ANY CONCERNS WITH ANY OF
THESE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS. WE DO
THINK THE STAFF ANALYSIS RAISES
SOME IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
FOR THE LEGISLATURE IN
PARTICULAR IN LIGHT OF THE VERY
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN BOTH
ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES AND
FUNDING FOR THIS OFFICE IN
RECENT YEARS. SO ULTIMATELY IT'S
REALLY YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU
WANT THIS OFFICE TO DO, AND DO
YOU WANT IT TO CONTINUE TO GROW
AND EXPAND FOR ALL OF THESE
RESPONSIBILITIES IT HAS RECENTLY
BEEN ASSIGNED. WHAT IS THE
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE
LEGISLATURE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES
? AND HOW ARE THE
RESPONSIBILITIES INTERACTING
WITH AND COORDINATING WITH OTHER
STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
DOING SIMILAR WORK? THANK YOU.
KEVIN CLARK DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. SEEING
NONE. JUST A COUPLE THAT I HAVE.
CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED 80
MILLION REDUCTION AND ITS
IMPACT? SO YEAH, I CAN GIVE YOU
A VERY HIGH LEVEL, AND KEVIN CAN
CHIME INTO AS WELL FROM D O F.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, THIS IS AN
OVERALL EFFORT BY THE
ADMINISTRATION TO FIND COST
CUTTING BASED ON OUR CURRENT
BUDGET SITUATION, SO I COULDN'T
FIND WHAT I'M SORRY. FIND CARS,
CUTTINGS THAT BASED ON OUR OUR
CURRENT BUDGET SITUATION, SO
THIS WAS 11 PART THAT WE THOUGHT
WAS A REDUCTION WHILE ALSO
LEAVING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR
THE OFFICE TO CONTINUE THE GREAT
WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. YEAH. I
MEAN, KEVIN CLARK GOVERNMENT
FINANCE. UH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS NOW. I MEAN, WE HAVE WE ARE
FACING A BUDGET DEFICIT AND IN
AN EFFORT TO PROPOSE A BALANCED
BUDGET, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME
PRETTY TOUGH, DIFFICULT
DECISIONS. UM SO CONSISTENT WITH
THE APPROACH TAKEN BY THE
ADMINISTRATION AND VARIOUS
BUDGET REDUCTIONS. WE LOOKED AT
APPROPRIATIONS THAT WERE
PROVIDED ON A ONE TERM BASIS,
AND WE WERE CAREFUL TO REALLY
IDENTIFY AND FOCUSING ON
FUNDING. THAT WASN'T FULLY
ENCUMBERED WHEN MAKING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, YOU KNOW.
GOVERNORS. PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS
IS STARTING POINT ACKNOWLEDGED
WILL BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS TO
FINALIZE THE BUDGET AS WELL. AND
I WOULDN'T THE REDUCTION OF 80
MILLION WON'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT
PLANS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED
BY THE LEGISLATURE. IT'S GONNA
IT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
OUTREACH THAT IS THAT'S GOING ON
FOR THE VAX 58 WORK. YES, BUT
IT'S NOT A I DON'T KNOW. IF
THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS THE RIGHT
WORD. IT WILL IMPACT THE AMOUNT
OF OUTREACH THAT IS CONDUCTED BY
THE OFFICE, COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP AND STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATION. ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH OPR
IN THE PAST HAS BEEN, UM THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR O P R I 10
OUTREACH WORK. SO RELATED TO
VARIOUS NUMBERS OF UNDOCUMENTED
PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ONLY ABOUT
76,000 ARE ACTUALLY I 10
TAXPAYERS AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IN
THE PAST WHAT HOPE ER CAN DO TO
WORK WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS AND OUTREACH
EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF ITEMS WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON
THAT OR WHAT'S THE STATUS OF
THAT? SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT
FUNDING THAT THIS THE 80 MILLION
WAS A DIRECT TO THE TO THE VAX.
58 FUNDING. THE ITANIUM IS BEING
ROLLED INTO THE OVERALL WORK
THAT THE OFFICE IS DOING AND WE
DO HAVE A MEMBER FROM THE OFFICE
IF YOU WANT MORE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS ON THAT, BUT THEY'RE
LOOKING TO UTILIZE THEIR
EXISTING NETWORK OF COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND TRUSTED
MESSENGERS. TO GET INFORMATION
OUT ON THE ITUNES. I'D LOVE TO
HEAR FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES
SPECIFICALLY. I KNOW SEVERAL OF
US ON THIS DIETS HAVE WORK TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO KELLY EITC TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE WAY
THAT HE, D. D ALSO LOOKS AT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS
FOR FOLKS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS.
NONE OF THAT IS POSSIBLE IF WE
DON'T HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON
OUTREACH FOR TITAN. TO BE FOR
MORE INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME ITIN
TAXPAYERS. CAN YOU GIVE US AN
UPDATE AS TO WHERE CONVERSATIONS
HAVE BEEN AND WHAT YOUR
POTENTIAL GOALS ARE AN
INCREASING THOSE NUMBERS?
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. CHAIR
CARILLO. MY NAME IS AUBREY PHªN
WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS, BUT WE WERE ABLE
TO FOLD IN SOME INITIAL EIGHT
AND OUTREACH. SORRY LET ME BACK
UP. FIRST, OUR OFFICE HAD TO GET
VERY FAMILIAR WITH JUST SOME OF
THE THINGS AROUND EIGHT AND
HOLDERS AND THE PROCESS THAT
THEY GO THROUGH TO GET THEIR
ITEMS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO
PRESENT THE GOLDEN WE PARTNERED
WITH THE GOLDEN STATE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO OUR
STATEWIDE A CBO NETWORK JUST A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. EXCUSE ME
, UM AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR
EFFORTS. WE MET WITH OUR
PARTNERS OVER AT F T B TO LEARN
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR
PROCESS. AND KELLY 80 SECRET
GRANTEES. WE'VE ALSO MET WITH
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED WAY AND
ALSO JUST KIND OF CONTINUED TO
LOOK, EXPLORE SOME OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN, UH DO
OUR OUTREACH AND HELP GIVE
INFORMATION THROUGH OUR CBO
NETWORK PARTNERS. WHAT ARE YOUR
GOALS, THEN? OUR GOAL OF YOUR
EXPECTATIONS? YES. SO OUR
EXPECTATION REALLY IS JUST TO
HELP INFORM OUR CBO PARTNERS AND
OTHER EXTERNAL PARTNERS ABOUT
WHAT THE PROCESS IS WHAT KELLY E
I T C OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND HOW
WE CAN POINT TO OTHER PLACES
WHERE WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE.
UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE
PROCESS FOR APPLYING FOR 18 AND
THE BENEFITS IN CALIFORNIA THAT
THAT COULD BRING THEM. I
APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE, AND I
KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE.
AWARENESS IS ONE THING, BUT
RESULTS ARE COMPLETELY ANOTHER
THING RIGHT? SO IF WE WANT TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO KELLY EITC
BENEFITS AS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. OR
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE HAVE
SEEN THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC
THAT DISENFRANCHISE OUR HARDEST
HIT WORKERS. UM I DON'T THINK
AWARENESS IS ENOUGH. SO WHAT CAN
YOU POTENTIALLY PUT IN PLACE
THAT CREATES RESULTS? OUTSIDE OF
AWARENESS? OUR APPROACH REALLY
STARTS WITH AWARENESS FIRST, BUT
HERE, YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, BEING RESULTS BASED AS
WELL. SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OR
WE ARE WORKING ON MEASURES TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICE
OUTWARD OUTREACH WORK AND
AWARENESS WORK IS RESULTS BASED
, DRIVEN JUST IN GENERAL WITH
ALL OF OUR WORK AROUND CLIMATE
AND COVID 19 VACCINES SO WE'LL
BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DO THAT
WITH OUR OUTREACH BASED ON EIGHT
AND PROCESS AND HOLDERS AS WELL.
OKAY AND I SAY THIS IN AN EFFORT
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU NEED? YEAH SO IF THERE
ARE APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION
WORKERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WITHOUT STATUS WHO
ARE PAYING INTO OUR UI SYSTEM
WHO ARE PAYING TAXES INTO THE
STATE WERE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS
OF THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY YET
ARE MISSING A VERY SIMPLE NUMBER
THAT CAN, WHERE THEY CAN ALSO
REAP THE BENEFITS THAT THEY ARE
PAYING INTO. I HOLD YOUR
DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE. AND
ENSURING THAT THERE ARE MORE
ITEM TAXPAYERS AND IT'S A
CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD FOR
AT LEAST TWO YEARS NOW. RIGHT
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE HAD TO
ALL THE CONVERSATIONS NECESSARY
TO FIGURE OUT EVEN HOW ONE
APPLIES AND GETS AN ITEM NUMBER.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THE AWARENESS WE
ARE LOOKING FOR TANGIBLE RESULTS
TO HELP PEOPLE. SO WHAT DOES
THAT LOOK LIKE? YES I AGREE WITH
YOUR YOUR POINTS THERE AND I
THINK AS WE HAVE LEARNED MORE
AND EXPLORING THIS AREA MORE WE
, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOME
PLACES TO LEARN HERE AS WELL.
JUST AS WE DID WITH COVID AND
YOU KNOW, JUST AS WE'RE DOING
NOW, WITH OUR EXTREME HEAT AND
WATER CONSERVATION WORK, SO AS
WE LEARN MORE, WE WILL
DEFINITELY COME BACK AND SHARE
SOME OF OUR MEASURES OF SUCCESS
WHEN IT COMES TO OUTREACH FOR
EIGHT AND HOLDERS. I WOULD LOVE
TO SEE A LIST OF THE CBS THAT
YOU WORK WITH, MAYBE POTENTIALLY
BY REGION. RIGHT SO THERE ARE 58
COUNTIES. YES EVERY COUNTY IS
DIFFERENT, BUT I IMAGINE THAT
THERE ARE SOME COUNTIES THAT
ACTUALLY HAVE MORE, UM MORE
WORKERS AND OTHERS THAT MAY
REQUIRE SOME ASSISTANCE. I CAN
OBVIOUSLY THINK OF FARM WORKERS
, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE BEEN
HIT THE HARDEST BY COVID, AS
WELL AS WILDFIRES AND IN THE
PASTORAL REGION, EVEN BY FLOODS.
ALL OF WHOM DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
YOU, I AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. I WORRY
THAT THEY MAY NOT BE IN A SPACE
TO BE CONNECTED WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW
TO GET AN I 10. MAYBE. MAYBE
NOT. I DON'T. I'M NOT SURE,
RIGHT? YEAH, BUT I KNOW THAT
THERE'S A THERE'S A VOID THERE.
THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT AND
SO MY GOAL IS TO ENSURE IF WE
HAVE POTENTIALLY TWO MILLION
WORKERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS
, AND ONLY ABOUT 70,000. I 10
TAXPAYERS. HOW DO WE CREATE MORE
ITEM TAXPAYERS? AND I'M I LEAVE
THAT WITH YOU. I KNOW YOU DON'T
HAVE A RESPONSE NOW, BUT I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE YOU KNOW MORE, UM
THE PROPOSAL ON HOW THAT CAN
CHANGE MOVING FORWARD.
ABSOLUTELY AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE
A LIST OF OUR CBO PARTNERS AS
WELL. WE DO HAVE THEM BROKEN
DOWN INTO 10 REGIONS THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU KNOW,
AUDITION? YES. MAJORITY LEADER.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE
COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR AND I
THINK THAT IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. UM KELLY EITC HAS
BEEN EXPANDED AS YOU KNOW, 10
FILERS. BUT IF WE HAVE SO FEW
THAT THAT HAVE ACTUALLY GONE
THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET THE I
10. THEN WE'RE LEAVING LOTS OF
MONEY ON THE TABLE. AND THIS IS
MONEY THAT CAN GO TO THESE
FAMILIES THAT ABSOLUTELY DO
DESERVE TO HAVE IT. I AM THE
LIST OF CBOS THAT YOUR
DEPARTMENT IS REACHING OUT TO IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I KNOW I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LIST FROM
FROM MY REGION SPECIFICALLY. UM
AND I HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST. I'D
LIKE TO SEE WHAT. WHAT THE
INFORMATION IS THAT GOES OUT. UM
ABOUT HOW TO GET AN I 10. UM
BECAUSE I MANY OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I TALKED TO EVEN SOME OF MY
CBOS. UM I DON'T I STILL DON'T
HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT IT IS
. IT IS THAT THE MESSAGE THAT IS
CONVEYED TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE
DOCUMENTATION YET ARE PAYING
TAXES RIGHT? AND JUST A QUICK
POINT POINT OF CLARIFICATION OR
OFFICES OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND
OUTREACH OFFICE, SO YOU KNOW ARE
CHARGED WITH FIGHTING INITIALLY
WAS THAT THE PUBLIC AWARENESS
AND OUTREACH EFFORTS AND YOU
KNOW THERE ARE OTHER STATE
AGENCIES THAT WERE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH TO DO AND BUILD THE
ITEM APPLICATION PROCESS OR GET
MORE FOLKS TO APPLY FOR THE
ITEMS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
THAT QUICK POINT OF
CLARIFICATION TO THAT. THAT
WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT OUR
PARTNERS WOULD BE WORKING WITH,
AND WE WOULD BE HELPING TO SHARE
OUT THAT INFORMATION. AND WHO
ARE THE PARTNERS ARE CBO NETWORK
PARTNERS OR OTHER EXTERNAL
PARTNERS THAT WE'VE BUILT FROM
THE CENSUS CAMPAIGN AND THE
VACCINATE ALL 58 CAMPAIGN?
THAT'S WHAT'S MENTIONED EARLIER
. WE HAVE A LARGE CBO NETWORK
THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD ON,
MAINTAIN AND, UM, KIND OF
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WORK THAT
THE NEW OFFICE HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH. AND TO USE THE NUMBERS
THAT THE CHAIR HAS SHARED THAT
THERE ARE ONLY 70,000 OF
POTENTIAL TWO MILLION I THINK
THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, WE HAVE TO HAVE A
GOAL. WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL
ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO BE NEXT
YEAR. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE WELL
, IF THEY APPLY. FINE IF THEY
DON'T APPLY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE
DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN. BUT IF
WE SAY BY NEXT YEAR WE INTEND TO
HAVE 200,000 OR HALF A MILLION
THAT HAVE THAT. HAVE I TENS,
THEN YOU CAN MEASURE YOUR
SUCCESS BY THE GOAL THAT YOU
HAVE SET. SO THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE
HAVE A GOAL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
REACH. AND THEN AS A CHAIR HAS
SAID, TELL US WHAT? HOW WE HELP
YOU. ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, AND AS
AS YOU ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT
REACHING THAT GOAL, YOU MAY
REALIZE THAT YOU NEED SOMETHING
IN PARTICULAR TO HELP YOU GET
THERE. THEN YOU COME TO US SO
THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THAT. YES
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
NOTED. AND JUST AS I SAID,
BEFORE, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR
DEPARTMENT PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT INFORMATION IS, UM
READY FOR YOU ALL AGAIN IN IN
COMPANY AND INCOME COMBINATION
WITH OUR INFORMATION ON ALL OF
THE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND
OUTREACH THAT OUR OFFICE
SPECIFICALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
DO WE GET FROM A TO C RIGHT SO
UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT YOUR AGENCY
GETS FUNDED TO WORK WITH THE
CBOS. THAT FUNDING GETS
TRANSLATED DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
RIGHT TO UM LOCALITIES,
MUNICIPALITIES, LOCAL
COMMUNITIES. BUT THEN WHEN THOSE
CBOS ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS AND
DOING OUTREACH IF I'M TRYING TO
GET ASSISTANCE, ARE THEY THEN
RESPONSIBLE AND TRYING TO WALK
ME THROUGH THE PROCESS? AND DO
THEY HAVE RESOURCES TO DO THAT?
OR IS THAT SOMEONE AT FT B OR
LIKE I WANT TO. I WANT TO
UNDERSTAND HOW IT HOW IT WORKS
AND WHERE WE'RE WHERE THERE'S A
VOID OF SOMEONE JUST POTENTIALLY
WANTING TO DO IT AND THEN MAYBE
FALLING INTO THE CRACKS OF NOT
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
APPLICATION. THAT MAKES SENSE.
ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK OUR GOAL
IS TO HELP THEM GET THAT
INFORMATION WHETHER IT'S FROM
FTP OR ANOTHER PARTNER, AGENCY,
OR DEPARTMENT OR ORGANIZATION IS
TO HELP THEM GET TO THE
INFORMATION SO THAT THEY HAVE
MORE CLARITY ON THOSE THINGS,
RIGHT? BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE THE
OUTREACH HAND RIGHT TO THE SEAT
TO THE COMMUNITY NONPROFITS. THE
COMMUNITY NONPROFITS, THEN GOES
OUT INTO THERE. THERE. UM THEIR
COMMUNITY, THEIR NETWORK, AND
THEN SOMEBODY SAYS, OKAY, I'M
INTERESTED. WHAT DO I DO? WHAT
HAPPENS TO THAT PERSON THEN DO
THEY GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
NONPROFIT OR DO THEY GO DIRECTLY
TO F T? B? THEY DON'T COME TO
YOU. CORRECT RIGHT RIGHT NOW ARE
CBO PARTNERS, IF SO, IF THE
PERSON CAME BACK TO THAT CBO AND
SAID, HEY, WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND
THE CBO MAY NOT HAVE THE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THEY CAN
ALWAYS COME BACK TO OUR OFFICE
AND WE CAN POINT THEM IN A
DIRECTION OF EXPERTISE, BUT OR
THEY CAN REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO
YOU KNOW IF WE PROVIDED THEM
INFORMATION FROM A PLACE LIKE
UNITED WAY OR GOLDEN STATE
OPPORTUNITY IF THERE WAS
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE CBO
OR THE COMMUNITY MEMBER, THEY'RE
THEY'RE THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY
WELCOME TO REACH BACK OUT TO
THEM. BUT OUR OFFICE IS ALWAYS A
RESOURCE TO THE CBO PARTNERS, IF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS GO BACK TO
THEM WITH QUESTIONS RIGHT? NO,
I'M SORRY. MAYBE I'M NOT
UNDERSTANDING YOUR FINE. IT'S
NOT A QUESTION OF RESOURCE. IT'S
A IT'S A QUESTION OF PROCESS.
YEAH LIKE, ULTIMATELY, WE'RE
PROVIDING THEM THE INFORMATION
TO BE AWARE THAT THIS
OPPORTUNITY IS THERE AND THEN
THEY WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO F D TV
THAT TO SIGN UP FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. AND WE WOULD
BE GETTING INFORMATION FROM
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE F T B THAT
WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE CBO. SO
WE'RE NOT WE'RE USING YOU KNOW
THAT THE EXPERT PARTNERS AS IN
FOR THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE
SHARING WITH OUR CBO NETWORK. SO
THE FAULT THE FOLLOW UP THAT WE
ALSO HAVE TO DO IS WITH F T B
AND FIGURING OUT LIKE, WHERE IS
THE CONNECTION? WHAT'S GOING ON?
AND HOW DO WE CREATE A GOAL? TO
CREATE MORE ITEM TAXPAYERS,
RIGHT? GOT IT BECAUSE WE CAN
PROVIDE DATA ON THE AMOUNT OF
OUTREACH DONE. AND YOU KNOW, YOU
KNOW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
COMMUNITIES OUTREACH TO, BUT WE
DON'T HAVE THE FEEDBACK LOOP ON
WHO IS ACTUALLY CONTACTED FTV
AND TRY TO SIGN UP FOR THE FOR
THE PROGRAM. UNDERSTOOD THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THIS ITEM IS
GOING TO REMAIN OPEN. THANK YOU.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO ISSUE
NUMBER THREE, THE COMMISSION ON
NATION AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
AMERICAN AFFAIRS, SPRING
PROPOSAL AND COMMISSION UPDATE.
WELCOME AND PLEASE BEGIN WHEN
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. AND HAPPY ÁP
HERITAGE MONTH EARLIER, YANG,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON ASIAN
PACIFIC, AND ER, AMERICAN
AFFAIRS, ARE COMMISSION WAS
CREATED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 1, 16
AND 2002 BIAS. REMEMBER GEORGE
FICANO? WE ARE 13 MEMBER
COMMISSION, WHOSE MISSION IS TO
ELEVATE THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF ASIAN
AMERICANS, NATIVE HORNS AND
PACIFIC ISLANDERS. BY
CONTRIBUTING TO AND
STRENGTHENING HOW STATE
GOVERNMENT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS,
ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF ARE VERY
DIVERSE AND COMPLEX COMMUNITIES
CAME ON AS THE COMMISSION'S
FIRST EVER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND STAFF IN NOVEMBER, 2020 IN
THE MIDDLE OF CALIFORNIA
SHELTERING IN PLACE AND THE RISE
OF HATE INCIDENTS AND HATE
CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS.
WE LEARNED AND SAW THE
DEVASTATING IMPACT OF COVID 19
ON A NHP COMMUNITIES AND THE
UPTAKE AND ANTI ASIAN HATE AND
VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
AND THEN IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR,
THE SPA SHOOTINGS AND AH ATLANTA
O OF ASIAN WOMEN IN ATLANTA
ROCKED THE NATION. IMMEDIATELY
THE COMMISSION MET WITH DR
RICHARD PAN, THEN CHAIR OF THE
API LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, WHO
QUICKLY MOVE FORWARD ON
COORDINATED AND STRATEGIC ACTION
, WHICH LED TO THE COLLABORATION
AMONG THE API LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
BUDGET STAFF. OUR COMMISSION
STOP ÁP I HATE COALITION. AND
ALMOST 200 COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT WHAT
WAS TERMED THE API EQUITY BUDGET
WITH THE API LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
LEADERSHIP AND THE SUPPORT OF
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. HISTORIC
KPI EQUITY BUDGET WAS SECURED
WITH 100 AND $66.5 MILLION IN
FUNDING FOR A PERIOD OF THREE
YEARS. AS PART OF THIS FUNDING,
THE COMMISSION WAS HAS BEEN
INTERESTED TO PROVIDE
CONSULTATION TO THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ON
THEIR STOP THE HATE AND
TRANSFORMATIVE GRANT PROGRAMS
THAT AWARDS FUNDING TO
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS OF HATE INCIDENTS OF
HATE CRIMES. WE ALSO PROVIDE
CONSULTATION TO THE CALIFORNIA
STATE LIBRARY. ON THEIR ETHNIC
MEDIA GRANT OUTREACH PROGRAM
THAT AWARDS FUNDING TO ETHNIC
MEDIA OUTLETS SERVING
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
HISTORICALLY VULNERABLE TO HATE
INCIDENTS AND HATE CRIMES IN
2022, THE COMMISSION STAFF GREW
FROM A TEAM OF ONE TO A TEAM OF
THREE COMMISSION MEETINGS
EXPANDED FROM PUBLIC HEARINGS TO
QUARTERLY FULL COMMISSION
BUSINESS MEETINGS, AND WE ALSO
ESTABLISHED NEW COMMISSION, UM
FOR NEW COMMISSION COMMITTEES.
THE COMMISSION'S EFFORTS WITH
THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY
PARTNERS ALSO LED TO CALIFORNIA
TO ESTABLISH THE CALIFORNIA AND
HPAI STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
PROGRAMS. WHICH WILL PROVIDE
GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES TO
PROVIDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES TO
UNDERSERVED A NHP. AYE. HIGHER
EDUCATION STUDENTS. WE ENDED
2022 WITH OUR FIRST EVER
LISTENING TOUR WHERE WE HELD
SEVEN LISTENING SESSIONS IN THE
COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE
TO INFORM OUR WORK AHEAD. WHILE
WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN A
SHORT PERIOD, ONE OF THE MOST
PRESSING ISSUE REMAINS THE
ALARMING MENTAL HEALTH AND, WELL
WELLNESS OF OUR A NHP
COMMUNITIES. HENCE TODAY'S
REQUEST FOR $149,000 ONGOING
GENERAL FUND FOR A NEW PERMANENT
A G P A POSITION THE A G P A
POSITION WILL FOCUS ON IMPROVING
THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF A AND
HPR COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA.
BY MOVING FORWARD THE FOLLOWING
THREE KEY HEALTH EQUITY GOALS.
ONE IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY
APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR A AND HP
CALIFORNIANS. THERE ARE
LISTENING SESSIONS, COUPLED WITH
RECENT REPORTS, WE LEARNED THAT
A NHP AYE, COMMUNITIES CONTINUE
TO FACE LOW ACCESS AND
UTILIZATION TO MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES AND RESOURCES. TWO WILL
BE TO STRENGTHEN STATE PROGRAMS
AND POLICIES TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE
ACCESS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND LANGUAGE,
ACCESS AND JUSTICE AT THE
INTERSECTION OF COMMUNITIES WHO
ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
AND HAVE HIGH POVERTY RATES PER
CAPITA AND THEN THREE TO IMPROVE
STATEWIDE HEALTH DATA FOR A NHP
. AYE. COMMUNITIES WE NEED
ACCESS TO QUALITY AND
DISAGGREGATED A NHP I DATA IN
ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND DIRECT
RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES WHERE
GREATER IMPACT CAN BE MADE. UM
SO HAVING AN ADDITIONAL
PERMANENT STAFF DEDICATED TO
STRATEGIC STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT
AND PARTNERSHIP. WOULD IMPROVE
THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE, THE AGENCIES,
DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER
COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS
STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS THE
DIVERSE NEEDS OF ALL A NHP. I
ESPECIALLY THE MOST UNDERSERVED
AND MARGINALIZED TO CREATE A
HEALTHIER AND THRIVING
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU AND OPEN TO
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, FOLLOWED
BY ELIO. ANTHONY FORENSIC
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT THIS
TIME. AND HOLLINGSHEAD
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE. WE
DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH
THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU.
MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE, MR LEE.
YES SO THIS IS, OF COURSE, A
STRONG PARTY FOR THE ÁP
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS IN RESPONSE
TO THE SURGE OF ANTI ASIAN
HATRED THAT WE SAW IN 2021 THAT
STILL PERSIST TODAY, NOT PERHAPS
THE SAME VOLUME BUT STILL
PERSISTS TODAY AND ALSO I
REPRESENT BY POPULATION, THE
MOST ASIAN AMERICAN DISTRICT IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SO I
WAS ALWAYS CONSTANTLY SURPRISED
FOR STILL LEADING UP TO THIS
DAY. A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS.
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WERE UNAWARE OF THE 160 PLUS
MILLION DOLLARS PUT IN, YOU KNOW
THE BATH. VAST CHUNK OF THAT WAS
$110 MILLION TO COUNTRY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS NON PROFITS TOO.
WORK ON UM, STOPPING ÁP. I HATE
AND JUST SPREADING MORE MORE
AWARENESS OR MORE UNDERSTANDING
. SO I HAVE A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT
IT SURE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF
THIS SO PRIOR TO THE GRANT
APPLICATION PROCESS, DID THE
COMMISSION CONSULT WITH
POTENTIAL NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS ARE LIKELY TO
APPLY FOR THE STOP THE HATE AND
TRANSFORMATIVE GRANTS. YES SO
PRIOR TO THE R F A. WE ACTUALLY
CO HOSTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, TO
LISTENING SESSIONS WHERE WE HAD
OVER 100 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
IN ATTENDANCE. AND SO YOU GOT
FEEDBACK FROM THE NON PROFITS OF
THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM TO
WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK REGARDING
WHAT THE HIGHEST NEEDS WOULD BE
, UM OR WHAT? WHAT WOULD BE THE
ISSUE AREAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
TO FOCUS ON? UM SOME OF THEM
ACTUALLY DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE
PARAMETERS. UM, YES, INDEPENDENT
OF THEIR WORK WITH BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF LISTENING
SESSIONS OR SEMINARS WITH CDSS.
DID THE COMMISSION INDEPENDENTLY
DO OUTREACH DO CAN BE BASED
ORGANIZATIONS? YES, WE DID. WHAT
KIND OF ORGANIZATIONS OR WHAT
KIND OF OUTREACH DID THAT LOOK
LIKE? YES. SO WE WERE ABLE TO
COLLECT. I CAN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO
GIVE YOU A NUMBER OF BABY ABOUT
OVER 150 ORGANIZATIONS,
ADDITIONAL TO THE ALMOST 200
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ALSO IN
SUPPORT OF THE EFFORTS. UM AND
SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE
OUTREACH TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTER THROUGH
EMAILS AND ALSO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS. THEN, AFTER THE
GRANTS WENT OUT WHAT ASSISTANTS
DID THE COMMISSION PROVIDE THESE
NONPROFITS AND IMPLEMENTING THE
PROGRAM? THEY SOUGHT TO GET
FUNDING FOR WE WERE WE DO NOT
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE ANY
ASSISTANCE IN TERMS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.
AND SO IF A NONPROFIT GRANTS HE
HAS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WHEN THEY
DO GET THE GRANT, DO THEY REACH
OUT TO THE COMMISSION OR THE
REACH OF THE CDSS? THEY COULD
REACH OUT TO BOTH OF US. UM AND
SO WE HAVE HAD, UH, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE
FUNDED WHO HAVE EXPRESSED
CONCERNS. UM OR EVEN JUST
EXPRESSED SUCCESS OF THE
PROGRAMS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO
US AND IF THEY HAVE NOT REACHED
OUT TO CDSS, AND WE WOULD ALSO
ENSURE THAT CDSS WAS AWARE OF
THE ISSUE, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
YOUR BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINTS SO
WHEN THE NONPROFIT GRANTS, HE
SAID, WE HAVE AN ISSUE
IMPLEMENTING, OR WE DIDN'T.
WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE DOING WHAT
WE SET OUT TO DO. WHAT DO YOU
END UP DOING TO HELP THEM? UM I
WOULD RAISE IT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AS
WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CBO,
WHICH WE TERM THE REGIONAL
LEADS. OKAY? AND DID THE
COMMISSION REGULARLY MEET WITH
THE NONPROFIT SECTOR. GRANTED
THESE FUNDS WE? WE DID NOT MEET
REGULARLY WITH THE NONPROFITS.
THERE'S OVER 92 ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WERE FUNDED AND SO THERE'S
ONLY THREE OF US. ONE UM STAFF
WHO FOCUSES ON HIGHER EDUCATION
SPECIFICALLY AND THEN ONE STAFF
SERVICES ANALYST, SO IT WOULD
LEAVE ME ONLY UM AND SO I DO NOT
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO
MEET WITH ON 90 REGULARLY. SO.
SO IT WAS MORE OF A BAND WIDTH
ISSUE OF WHY YOU COULDN'T
REGULARLY AND ADVOCATE WITH
THEM, RIGHT? YEAH BECAUSE I
THINK MEMBERS OF THE A P I COOK
IS KIND OF SAW THE COMMISSION AS
KIND OF THE ADVOCATE FOR THESE
COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFIT.
CERTAINLY THEY'RE COMING TO US,
AND WE'RE TRYING TO REDIRECT
THEM TOWARDS YOU ALL OR OR THE
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TO
ACCESS THESE FUNDS. SO THAT'S
OBVIOUSLY, A CHALLENGE AND KIND
OF ALARMING IN THAT SENSE IS
THAT WE WANT YOU TO BE A GOOD
ADVOCATE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO SO MANY
DIFFERENT AREAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT COMES TO GETTING YOU KNOW,
BASICALLY MONEY. WE INTEND TO
GET OUT THE DOOR FOR THEM. UM I
ALSO WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE YOU
KNOW TODAY, I GUESS WE HAVE A
THEME OF ASKING FOR A LIST OF
THINGS YOU SAID THERE'S 92
ORGANIZATIONS THEY'RE FUNDED. DO
YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT?
LISTEN TO US, OF WHICH
ORGANIZATIONS AND WHERE THEY'RE
BASED OR WHERE THEY'RE SERVING.
AT LEAST? ABSOLUTELY WE CAN SEND
THAT TO, UM TO YOU OR TO
EVERYONE AT THE COMMITTEE OR
I'LL SEND IT TO THE STAFF SO
THAT THEY CAN SHARE AS WELL. UM
THAT LIST IS ALSO MADE PUBLIC ON
THE C D S S WEBSITE. OKAY? VERY
GOOD. SO I MEAN, NOW THAT WE
HAVE, OF COURSE IN THE 2021
BUDGET EXPENDED OVER $110
MILLION TOWARDS THAT. WHAT'S
KIND OF THE RESULTS WE'VE SEEN.
WHAT KIND OF THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED SINCE THEN? YEAH SO I
THINK JUST, UM THROUGH WHAT
WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT WE
HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF A AND H
P I COMMUNITIES ACCESSING
SERVICES, EVEN ACCESSING MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES. I THINK THERE'S
A LOT MORE AWARENESS ABOUT THE
IMPACT. OF UM, HATE INCIDENTS
AND HATE CRIMES ON ASIAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. UM, WE'VE
ALSO SEEN A LOT MORE
COLLABORATION, UM, CROSS RACIAL
COMMUNITY COLLABORATION THAT'S
HAPPENING. UM YOU KNOW
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UM THERE
ARE. I'M SMILING BECAUSE THERE
ARE YOU KNOW, DATA POINTS TO
HAVE COME IN THAT WE'RE STILL
WAITING FOR OUR PROGRAMMING
EVALUATOR TO COME IN TO DO THE
ACTUAL ANALYSIS, SO WE'RE HOPING
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, UM
THROUGH CDSS TO YOU ALL SOON,
RIGHT? SO ANECDOTALLY, THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. YOU'RE
SAYING THAT YOU FEEL THAT THESE
KIND OF COLLABORATIONS ACTIVE
SERVICE IS A RESULT OF THE
INVESTMENTS WE MADE? ABSOLUTELY
IF WE HAD NOT MADE INVESTMENTS
THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE DOING
ABSOLUTELY. UM WELL, WHEN DO YOU
THINK THAT REPORT IS GONNA COME
OUT? SO I THINK HELPFUL. I MEAN,
I'M HOPING BY THE END OF THE
YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM
, WELL RIGHT NOW, CDSS IS STILL
WORKING ON BRINGING ON A PROGRAM
EVALUATOR TO DO THAT WORK. YEAH
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE
DATA OR THE LIST OF GROUPS. DO
YOU FEEL THERE'S ANY GEOGRAPHIC
OR ETHNIC BIAS WITH AN API
GRANTS LIKE IF IT'S CLUSTERED IN
CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN THE
STATE WITHIN, SAY, THE EAST
ASIAN POPULATION OR SOUTH ASIAN
POPULATION, OR HAS IT BEEN
EQUITABLY DISPERSED? BECAUSE, OF
COURSE WE HUGE DIASPORA AND A
HUGE, EVEN MORE DESPERATE OF
COMMUNE BASED ORGANIZATIONS. ÁP
COMMUNITY SO DO YOU FEEL AT
LEAST FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
THERE'S ANY CLUSTERING OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF I WOULD SAY
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT WE NEED
A LOT MORE OUTREACH IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF SACRAMENTO
, TO OF YES, NORTH OF SACRAMENTO
. UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE ASIAN
POPULATION THAT HAVE NOW GROWN
AND SISKIYOU COUNTY IN SHASTA
COUNTY. THERE'S ALSO A NEED AND
DOING MORE OUTREACH TO THE
INLAND EMPIRE, AND ALSO JUST TO
CLARIFY THAT THIS PARTICULAR
GRANT TO THE OR NOT GRANT. I'M
SORRY THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING
THAT IS BEING ADMINISTRATED
ADMINISTER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES IS NOT ONLY FOR
ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC
ONDERS IS ACTUALLY FOR UM, A LOT
OF COMMUNITIES, AND SO WE'RE
SEEING IN GENERAL THAT IN TERMS
OF REGION IT WOULD BE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND NORTH OF
SACRAMENTO AND ALSO THE INLAND
EMPIRE AND EVEN IN SOME ASPECTS
IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA, WE'RE
SEEING THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
INVESTMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO
SPECIFICALLY THE SAN FRANCISCO
GREATER BAY AREA. YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT MORE WE CAN DO IN
THE SOUTH BAY SANTA CLARA AREA.
UM AS WELL. YES AND SO WE'RE
REALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH
ONE WITH TWO OF THE LARGEST
ASIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS IN
THAT AREA, BUT I KNOW THAT
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. WHAT ARE THE
TWO REMEMBER THERE? IS ASIAN
ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE AS WELL AS A
KEY YES, UM AND THEN ALSO
THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS
WHERE WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GET
MORE REPRESENTATION. WELL I'LL
JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. YOU KNOW,
THE API CAUCUS LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUSES REALLY INTERESTED IN
SEEING THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE INVESTMENTS
WE PUT IT IN SEEING HOW WE CAN
DO IT. SO IF YOU CAN SEND US AS
MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, WE
ALSO WANT TO SEE, OF COURSE, A
GREATER ROLE OF THE COMMISSION
ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. WE CAN'T SOLELY
RELY ON THE DEPARTMENT. SOCIAL
SERVICES DO THIS FOR US, BECAUSE
AT THE END, YOU KNOW A LOT OF
THE COMMISSIONERS AND I BELIEVE
YOURSELF. YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND
IN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND MUCH MORE FAMILIAR AND
UNDERSTAND THE PLAYERS IN THE
LANGUAGE, AND OFTENTIMES THEY
DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE A
STATE BUREAUCRACY. BUT THIS IS
ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE WERE
ABLE TO GIVE THESE INVESTMENTS
BECAUSE ONE OF THE TRANSLATED
BACK ON THE GROUND AND QUICKLY
AND TIMELY MANNER, BUT WE WANT
TO KNOW THAT IT WORKED. AND
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. OKAY?
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. SO MUCH
SUNDAY MEMBER. AH THANK YOU.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM
ON MY END. UM AND THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR YANG FOR TELLING US
ABOUT MORE OF THE REQUESTED
POSITIONS. UM, AT OUR LAST
HEARING WE'VE HEARD FROM THE
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AGENCY AND
THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT A
LANGUAGE ACCESS PILOT PROGRAM TO
TRANSLATE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND
HEARINGS. WILL THIS POSITION BE
ABLE TO ASSIST YOU AND YOUR
WORK? YES IT WOULD BE ABLE TO.
UM I THINK WHAT WE ARE MORE
INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY IS REALLY
BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE WITH
BOB'S ON HOW TO EXPAND STATE
LANGUAGE ACCESS WHEN IT COMES
TO, UM THE LIKE THE DIFFERENT
STATE DEPARTMENTS UNDER HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES, KNOWING THAT
A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE
TRYING TO ACCESS PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE, AND SO I THINK
THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE WERE
INTERESTED IN REALLY BEING ABLE
TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOD
JOBS AND OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS
. UM AND BUT I'M DEFINITELY OPEN
TO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH
KEBABS ON THE PILOT PROGRAM AS
WELL. WITH THE LANGUAGE ACCESS,
UM, ISSUE COMES UP IN A VARIETY
OF DIFFERENT SPACES, AND I THINK
IF I'M GOING TO ECHO MY
COLLEAGUE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S EARLY
IT'S THE OUTREACH EFFORTS AND
THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TOUCHED
BY POTENTIAL FUNDING. MAY HAVE
SOME LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY.
ISSUES AS WELL. THAT COULD BE
RESOLVED IF WE HAD
INTERPRETATION SERVICES. WOULD
THAT BE ACCURATE? YES IT'S
DEFINITELY ACCURATE. I WOULD SAY
INTERPRETATION IS KEYS BECAUSE I
KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE DO TALK
ABOUT TRANSLATION, SO WE NEED
TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION AND
OTHER AVENUES AS WELL. THANK YOU
. UM AND HOW WILL THE POSITION
IMPROVE ON THE STATE'S EXISTING
EFFORTS RELATED TO DATA
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS? YEAH SO
AT THE MOMENT WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH TO IMPLEMENT A B
17 26, WHICH WAS AUTHORED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA. NOW
ATTORNEY GENERAL. WANT TO, UM IN
2016. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOST
A WEBINAR WITH THEM IN DECEMBER.
UM TO RELEASE DATA THAT THEY'VE
BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH. WE'RE
HOPING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
RELEASE ADDITIONAL DATA THAT IS
WITHIN THE ABBEY 17 26 LAW, AND
WE ALSO HOPE TO WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES ON THEIR DATA EXCHANGE
FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS OTHER WAYS
TO REALLY INCREASE. DATA THIS
IRRIGATION FOR A NHP
COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU
APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE
UNDERSTAND DIRECTOR YANG THAT
YOU WILL BE LEAVING THE
COMMISSION AND THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION
TO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING,
AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH SO MUCH. CELEBRATE ÁP
HERITAGE MONTH. WE WISH YOU THE
VERY BEST IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR
. AND AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE
THIS. APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE
GOING TO LEAVE THIS ITEM OPEN
FOR THE MOMENT, AND WE'RE GONNA
GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA GO TO
ISSUE. FIVE THE COMMISSION ON
THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
THANK YOU. LET'S BEGIN AND IF WE
CAN BE BRIEF AND PRESENTATIONS,
UM SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE OTHER PROPOSALS AND TAKE A
VOTE. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT?
WELL THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOLLY
MARTINEZ HERE, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN AND GIRLS. I'M ALSO JOINED
BY MY COLLEAGUE TIFFANY BARTO,
WHO CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AS
IT RELATES TO SP 24 QUESTIONS.
UM BUT FIRST I AM REMINISCENT OF
BEING HERE LAST YEAR AND BEING
AMONG SO MANY CHAMPIONS HERE ON
THIS DIESS FOR WOMEN AND
SUPPORTING THIS ORGANIZATION, UM
, THE EXPANSION OF POSITIONS AND
OF THE WOMEN'S RECOVERY OF
RESPONSE $7.9 MILLION GRANT
PROGRAM AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME
FOR A MOMENT, I WANTED TO SHARE
OUR ANNUAL REPORT. UM BECAUSE
REALLY, IT DEMONSTRATES ALL THE
WORK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO
BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT. UM AND
SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT SB 24 PROGRAM. UM YOU
KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY
NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THE
COMMISSION, UM, WE ARE HERE TO
CHAMPION POLICY AND PROGRAM
SOLUTIONS SO WOMEN AND GIRLS CAN
ACHIEVE ECONOMIC SECURITY,
HEALTH, GREATER EQUALITY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL TOGETHER. WE ARE
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR WOMEN.
BUT TO DO THIS WORK, WE CAN NOT.
WE HAVE TO BE RELEVANT AND
COMPELLING WHEN IT COMES TO
SUPPORTING AND TALKING. ABOUT
ISSUES RELATED TO WOMEN. WE CAN
NO LONGER TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S
ISSUES AS A MORAL OBLIGATION,
EXPECTING PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT
THING. INSTEAD OF WORK AT THE
COMMISSION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON
RE FAINT REFRAMING THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WOMEN AND TO
BRING TO LIGHT, ACCURATE
REPRESENTATION OF OUR CHALLENGES
OUR ROLES CONTRIBUTIONS AS MORE
THAN HALF OF CALIFORNIA'S
POPULATION. THAT'S OVER 20
MILLION CALIFORNIANS THAT THIS
COMMISSION REPRESENTS BECAUSE WE
KNOW WOMEN ARE ESSENTIAL TO
CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE. BUT WE KNOW
THAT FUTURE HAS BEEN THREATENED
BY THE LONGSTANDING IMPACT OF
THE PANDEMIC. IN 2021. WE
ADVOCATED FOR FIRST OF ITS KIND
FUNDING WITH THE SUPPORT OF MANY
OF YOU AS I HAD MENTIONED TO
SECURE 7.9 MILLION AND WOMEN'S
RECOVERY RESPONSE FUNDING, WE
CREATED A $5 MILLION GRANT
PROGRAM, THE FIRST IN OUR NEARLY
60 YEAR HISTORY DEVELOPED BY
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY,
CALIFORNIA POLICY LAB. UM WE
LAUNCHED A STATEWIDE PUBLIC
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. WE DID THIS
ALL WITHIN A 6 TO 12 MONTH
PERIOD. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND
GOVERNMENT THAT IS EXTREMELY
NIMBLE AND EFFECTIVE. UM ARE
FUNDING WAS RENEWED AGAIN IN 22
23. UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT ON
THE CURRENT STATE FOR 23 24. UM
THE WOMEN'S RECOVERY RESPONSE
HELPS SUPPORT WOMEN WHO WERE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS CARRYING FOR
OUR LOVED ONES IN HOSPITALS,
EDUCATING OUR KIDS KEEPING OUR
STORES OPEN AND MORE ALL WHILE
ADDING TO THE BURDEN OF ADDED
RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE HOME. IN
CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
FELL SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN
MEN'S DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS
OF THE PANDEMIC. FEMALE
DOMINATED OCCUPATIONS, SUCH AS
THE CARE INDUSTRY. HOSPITALITY
EDUCATION SECTORS SUFFERED THE
LARGEST SHARE JOB LOSSES ACROSS
THE NATION. WOMEN OF COLOR WERE
THE FIRST TO LOSE THEIR LOST
JOBS, AND LAST TRAIN GAINED THEM
. AMONG THOSE WOMEN, BLACK AND
LATINO IMMIGRANT WOMEN LOST MORE
JOBS. UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECTED POOR
WOMEN AND WOMEN THAT WITHOUT
COLLEGE DEGREES, THE HARDEST ON
THE CONTRARY, WOMEN WITH DEGREES
AND WITHOUT CHILDREN WHO REMAIN
EMPLOYED SAW THEIR EARNINGS
RISE. THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW OUR
SYSTEMS WERE NOT BUILT FOR
WOMEN. WOMEN OF COLOR ARE
WORKING MOTHERS TO THRIVE. AND
AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO
HELP OUR CONTINUES TO IMPACT
WOMEN ECONOMICALLY. THE RIGHT OF
BODILY AUTONOMY WAS ALSO UNDER
ATTACK. AS A STATE ENTITY THAT
WORKS TO ELIMINATE INEQUITIES
AND STATE LAWS, PRACTICES AND
CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT
CALIFORNIA'S WOMEN AND GIRLS.
THE COMMISSION STANDS COMMITTED
TO ENSURE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ACCESS IN THE FACE OF ACTIONS.
THAT DETERIORATE PROGRESS
TOWARDS EQUALITY AND HARM
CITIZENS IN DOING SO. THE
COLLEGE STUDENT, TOO RIGHT TO
ACCESS ACT, FORMALLY KNOWN AS
SENATE BILL 24, AUTHORED BY THEN
COMMISSIONER CONNIE LEYVA.
REQUIRES ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1ST
2023, EACH STUDENT HEALTH CARE
SERVICE CLINIC ON A UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUS, OR
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS TO OFFER ABORTION BY BEN
OCCASSION TECHNIQUES THROUGH
CAMPUS HEALTH CENTERS. I COMMEND
THE FORESIGHT OF THE LEGISLATURE
TO PASS THIS BILL BACK IN 2019.
THIS LEGISLATION INCREASES
ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
CARE AT U. C S AND C S. U S AND
IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE BARRIERS
FOR HUNDREDS OF CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WHO
ARE FORCED TO GO OFF CAMPUS AND
SEEK CARE EVERY MONTH. OFTEN
MISSING CLASS AND DELAYING THEIR
ACCESS TO VITAL HEALTHCARE
SERVICES. THE COMMISSION IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING
THE COLLEGE STUDENT HEALTH
CENTER, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH PREPARATION FUND. WHICH
PROVIDES PRIVATE FUNDING FOR
STATEWIDE EFFORTS ACROSS ALL THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
AND CAMPUS IS THE COMMISSION IS
ALSO TASKED WITH PROVIDING NON
MONETARY ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT
AS WELL AS ACTIVITY AND
EXPENDITURE REPORTING TO THE
LEGISLATURE. TO THAT END, WE
HAVE PUBLISHED TWO YEAR END
REPORTS IN DECEMBER OF 2022 23
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM
HAS BEEN GROUNDBREAKING,
INSTITUTIONALIZED, IMPROVED
READINESS AND ACCESS TO
MEDICATED APPORTION ACROSS
CALIFORNIA'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
THIS IS TRULY BEEN A NATION
LEADING MODEL. WE RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST TO EXTEND THE EXTENT THE
EXISTING POSITION AUTHORITY BY
TWO YEARS FOR THREE LIMITED TERM
POSITIONS TASKED WITH
IMPLEMENTING SP 24 TO DEVELOP
IMPLEMENT REPORT MONITOR AND
OVERSEE THE WORK OF THE PROGRAM.
THERE IS SUFFICIENT FUNDING IN
THE BALANCE OF PRIVATE FUNDS TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE
POSITIONS FOR THE EXTENSION
REQUESTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WILL GO TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
FOLLOWED BY THE LEO ANTHONY
FRIENDS, ROY DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
AT THIS TIME BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. AND HOLLINGSHEAD
ELO. WE HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH
THIS PROPOSAL. COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM THE DIET. THIS
WEEK'S. UM I JUST WANNA THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WORK, UM, BIG
SUPPORTER OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING
. TURNS OUT WE SOLVENT ACHIEVED
EQUITY, SO THE WORK CONSIDERED
36 YEARS ADDED TO THE PAY GAP IT
WOULD TAKE FOR WOMEN TO REACH
PARITY AND I KNOW THAT, UH AND I
KNOW MANY OF US HAVE DISCUSSED
THIS, UM, WITH COVID. I THINK
THAT SHINED A BRIGHT SPOTLIGHT
ON WHAT WE KNEW WAS HAPPENING
ANYWAY. UM AND PARTICULARLY FOR
WOMEN OF COLOR, IN PARTICULAR IN
TERMS OF THE CHALLENGES WITH
REGARD TO JOB LOSS, AND ALL OF
THE CHALLENGES I REMEMBER. I
THINK IT WAS DECEMBER OF 20
2100% OF THE JOB LOSS WAS WOMEN
OF COLOR 100. LIKE THAT'S YES, A
LOT TO CRAWL OUT OF, UM AND I
KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN
THE SHIP AROUND OVERNIGHT. UM
BUT APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD WORK.
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY, UM
, ALSO GIVEN THE LARGER CONTEXT
AROUND WHAT WE'RE FACING WITH
REGARD TO ACCESS TO SAFE AND
LEGAL ABORTION AND HOW WE ARE A
BEACON OF HOPE, I THINK FOR MANY
PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THIS
WORK NEEDS TO CONTINUE IN
ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO EITHER
LEGISLATIVELY OR HERE WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
HAVING TO SUPPORT IT, SO THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH
APPRECIATE IT. MADAM MAJORITY
LEADER. WELL OUR DIRECTOR
MARTINEZ, I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT
IN SINCE YOU'VE BECOME THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I THINK THAT
MORE AND MORE WE SEE THAT THE
REST OF CALIFORNIA LOOKS TO THE
COMMISSION WHEN THERE IS AN
ISSUE THAT AFFECTS WOMEN, AND
JUST ABOUT EVERY ISSUE AFFECTS
WOMEN. TO GET YOUR INPUT, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'VE PUT
YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION
BECAUSE OF THE WORK AND THE
QUALITY OF WORK THAT THE
COMMISSION HAS PUT OUT. UM I
ABSOLUTELY WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS TODAY. ALSO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ACTUALLY
REALLY APPRECIATE OUR SUB FOR
SCREENSHOT IN YOUR YOUR ANNUAL
REPORT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE
COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AS
WELL UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
THE INVESTMENTS BEING MADE TO
THE COMMISSION WE'RE SEEING
WE'RE SEEING JUST A SUCCESS IS
RIGHT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
WHEN WE INVEST IN WOMEN AND
GIRLS. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FLOURISHES AND I THINK THAT'S A
THAT'S A GOOD THING. THE
RECOMMENDATION IS. TO ADOPT THE
SPRING FINANCE LETTER. CAN I GET
A MOTION AND A 2ND 2ND
UNANIMOUS. WELL. LET'S DO A
ROLL. CALL PLEASE. KOREA, RILEY.
WE I PATERSON. PATERSON NAIL
REYES. RAISE I WICKS QUICK SIDE.
SO GRATEFUL. THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE
THE FLEXIBILITY WE'RE GOING TO
GO BACK TO ISSUE NUMBER FOUR.
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN
AFFAIRS. CALVET SPRING BUDGET
PROPOSALS. THANK YOU. PLEASE
COME ON UP.
ALMOST I ALMOST HAD. PLEASE
BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. CALVERT CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF INCHES AFFAIRS IS
REQUESTING 2.2 POSITIONS AND
$365,000 IN 23 24 2010 POSITIONS
AND 1.3 TO 5 MILLION ONGOING
THEREAFTER. FOR THE FIRST PHASE
OF THE RAMP UP OF OUR NEW
SKILLED FIRST, UH, SKILLED
NURSING FACILITY BEING BUILT IN
YONVILLE VETERANS HOME. SO WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT
THIS NEW SKILL FACILITY. IT'S
GOING TO BE A GREAT MODERN
BUILDING FOR OUR VETERANS. UM UH
, CURRENTLY OUR VETERANS ARE
BEING HOUSED IN A DEPRESSION ERA
BUILT FACILITY THAT WAS NOT
DESIGNED FOR SKILLED NURSING
FACILITY. SO WE HAVE VETERANS
THAT ARE SHARING ROOMS AND IN
BATHROOMS, AND IN SOME CASES, WE
HAVE VETERANS THAT ARE SHARING
THREE OR FOUR VETERANS THAT ARE
SHARING RESTROOMS. SO UM, THIS
NEW FACILITY WILL BE, UH,
PROVIDING ON SUITE ROOMS FOR OUR
VETERANS AND A MORE MODERN AND
HOME LIKE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, BEING
ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE FACILITIES
FOR VETERANS. SO WITH THAT
OPENED ANY QUESTIONS. LET'S DO
ALL THREE PROPOSALS ONCE AND
THEN WE'LL GO TO L, A DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE AND ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY SURE. YES THERE'S A COUPLE
OF GROUPS HERE FOR THESE, UM SO
I'LL GO TO THE SECOND BCP. SO MY
NAME IS THOMAS MARTIN. I AM
CHIEF OF FUTURE OPERATIONS AND
PLANNING FOR THE VETERANS HOMES.
UM SO THE SECOND PROPOSAL FOR
CAL VET IS FOR THE IS FOR RE
APPROPRIATION OF $950,000.01
TIME. FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
RECTOR RESERVOIR AND DAM. UM THE
ASSESSMENT, THE STUDY FUNDS IT
FUNDS A STUDY THAT THAT ASSESSES
THE WATER FLOW AND ITS IMPACT ON
THE DIRECTOR CREEK AND THAT
ECOSYSTEM, UM TO HELP BUT HELP
INFORM US HOW TO BETTER BETTER
MANAGE THAT WATER FLOW. UM
PROVIDED THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT
OF WATER FOR THE CREEK. UM AND
AS WELL AS FOR WATER FOR OUR
FACILITY IN THE NEIGHBORING
COMMUNITY. HMM AND IS A KEY
COMPONENT OF A SETTLEMENT. UM
THAT WE REACHED AS PART OF A
LAWSUIT FROM 2016. UM SO THIS IS
AGAIN. THIS IS A RE
APPROPRIATION. UM THIS HAS BEEN
DELAYED. UH IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF RAIN FROM THE LAST
HANDFUL OF YEARS. UM THAT THE
MAJORITY OF STUDY HAS BEEN
COMPLETED. UM IT'S BEEN ABLE TO
BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE ECOSYSTEM
AND, UM AND THE FISH, THE
HABITAT, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS,
THE REMAINING PART OF THE STUDY
IS THE WATER, WHICH WE HAVE NOT
HAD. SO NOW THAT NOW THAT THE
RAIN HAS BEEN BETTER FOR THIS
THIS PAST YEAR, UM, WE HAVE, WE
WILL HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO BE ABLE
TO FINISH THE STUDY. UM, IT JUST
WE JUST DON'T HAVE ALL
EVERYTHING SET JUST YET BECAUSE
OF BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RAIN
PHILOSOPHY YEARS. SO UM, SO THIS
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD WOULD SIMPLY
EXTEND THAT EXISTING RE
APPROPRIATION. ONE MORE YEAR TO
GIVE US THAT TIME TO COMPLETE
IT. SO. SO HALF OF THAT. I
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT
. I THINK WE'LL NEED TO PULL UP
THE LAST GROUP. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS DANIEL MCCOLLUM. I'M
THE CHIEF COUNCIL OF CALVET.
WE'RE ASKING FOR $8.6 MILLION TO
PAY A JUDGMENT FOLLOWING A JURY
TRIAL IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
ARISING OUT OF AN ACCIDENT THAT
I'LL CHULA VISTA HOME. UH AND.
THAT'S A BRIEF EXPLANATION
POSSIBLE, BUT I'M AVAILABLE FOR
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE'LL
GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
FOLLOWED BY ELIO. ANTHONY
FRIENDS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE RE
APPROPRIATION AND THE SETTLEMENT
COSTS BUT JUST ONE POINT OF
CLARIFICATION ON THE INITIAL
SUPPORT FOR THE ENVELOPE SNIFF
CALVIN IS INDEED PLANNING TO
HIRE THOSE 10 POSITIONS IN 23 24
. BUT WHEN WE SAY 2.2 IT'S
REFERRING TO FULL TIME
EQUIVALENTS OR PERSONNEL YEARS
BECAUSE THE PLAN IS TO BRING A
POSITIONS ON AFFECTIVE. APRIL
2024, THEN TWO POSITIONS
EFFECTIVE JUNE 2024. SO JUST FOR
THE LAST PART OF THAT, THIS
QUEER THANK YOU. JENNY BELLA,
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE. WE'VE REVIEWED THE
PROPOSALS AND WE HAVE NO
CONCERNS TO RAISE FOR THE
SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE. THE MAJORITY LEADER.
I KNOW I HAD QUESTIONS LAST TIME
ON THE ABBEVILLE. I STILL HAVE
QUESTIONS. HOW MANY? HOW MANY
VETERANS DO WE HAVE HOUSED? IN
THE OUT BILL. UH AT THE HOME
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE, UM I
APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE A TOOL.
LET ME DO THE MATH. REALLY QUICK
. DO YOU HAVE THE TOTAL? UM SO
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 876 BUDGETED
BEDS OF WHICH 577 ARE FILLED. OF
THE 299 THAT OUR BACON ABOUT 59
OF THEM ARE IN THE SNIFF AND
SNIFF MEMORY CARE. OKAY? ALL
RIGHT. WELL I KNOW THAT I'LL
HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. I JUST
CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM SERIOUS
QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS ABOUT
CONTINUING WITH THE OUT, BILL,
AND I KNOW THAT, UM THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY THAT IS BEING EXPANDED
THEIR AYE. I'M CONCERNED THAT
THERE THAT THE FUNDING COULD BE
USED TO HOUSE MORE VETERANS. UM
AND I KNOW THAT TALKING ABOUT
REPURPOSING BELLEVILLE IS HAS
BEEN A SUBJECT IN THE PAST. UM
ARE WE PAST THE TIME WHEN WE CAN
REPURPOSE IT? UM SO THE, UM. SO
THIS PROPOSALS FOR SPECIFIC
SPECIFIC BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS
STAND AND MY QUESTION IS, IS
RIGHT. IT'S BROAD GENERAL
PURPOSE. SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
FOR HERE? THESE ARE SETTLEMENTS
. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
TO. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR MY
QUESTION IS MORE GENERAL NATURE.
CORRECT YES. SO UM SO, YES,
PARTS OF THE PARTS OF THE
CAMPUS. WE CAN. WE CAN STILL
DISCUSS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR,
UM AND IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
EXPLORING. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF
CONVERSATIONS, INCLUDING WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND VETERANS
GROUPS ABOUT SOME OPTIONS FOR
HOW TO USE THE CAMPUS. THERE ARE
RESTRICTIONS BY LAW AND BY DEED
ON WHAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE USED
FOR. UM ONE OF THE PERHAPS THE
LARGEST THING, THOUGH, THAT THAT
THAT THAT WE'VE DETERMINED AND
ALSO THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
VETERANS GROUPS IS THAT UM, THAT
SKILLED NURSING IN PARTICULAR TO
INCLUDE THAT WHICH WHICH THIS
BUILDING WOULD WOULD WOULD
ENHANCE. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT'S PROVIDED BY BASICALLY
ANYONE ELSE FOR VETERANS. UM THE
FEDERAL VÀ PROVIDES SOME SKILLED
NURSING, BUT IT TENDS TO BE MORE
SPECIALIZED, BUT OTHERWISE, UM,
THERE AREN'T FOR EXAMPLE, AS FAR
AS I'M AWARE, THERE ARE ZERO
NONPROFITS OR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
SKILLED NURSING SPECIFICALLY.
FOR VETERANS. IT'S A IT'S A
BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S A
DIFFICULT, COMPLICATED,
EXPENSIVE, UM, ETCETERA,
ETCETERA TYPE OF PROGRAM. THERE
ARE A LOT OF ALTERNATIVE
PROVIDERS OR THERE'S BASICALLY
ZERO ALTERNATIVE PROVIDERS.
ASIDE FROM THE STATE AND THE
FEDERAL VÀ. SO IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH VETERANS
GROUPS AND, UM AND SO FORTH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS. UM AT WHILE
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
MAYBE THERE'S OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO WITH WITH,
UH, WE CAN USE SOME OF THE SOME
OF THE CAMPUSES FOR INCLUDING
YONVILLE. IT'S ALWAYS IT'S
ALWAYS CENTERED AROUND. UM
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A FOCUS THAT
THE CAMPUS WOULD STILL BE
FOCUSED ON SKILLED NURSING
BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER GAME IN
TOWN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 615
ACRES, RIGHT? WE DON'T NEED 615
ACRES. FOR TO PROVIDE THIS
SERVICE TO OUR VETERANS, SO A
LOT OF THIS IS LAND. AND ITS
PRIME LAND THAT COULD BE USED
FOR OTHER PURPOSES OR COULD BE,
UH, REPURPOSED FOR SOMETHING
ELSE OR SOLD OUTRIGHT SO THAT WE
CAN THEN PURCHASE SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND PROVIDE A WHOLE LOT MORE
CARE FOR SO MANY MORE VETERANS.
THAT'S STILL A CONCERN FOR ME.
UM. IT'S WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR
THOUGHT ON THAT. WELL, THE SO
THE DEED, THE DEED GRANTING THE
LAND TO THE STATE. UM
SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES THAT THE
LAND BE USED FOR THE MEMBER FOR
THE VETERAN MEMBERS OF THE HOME.
SO THERE'S A THERE'S A
LIMITATION ON. THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THERE AREN'T OPPORTUNITIES
TO DO THINGS. BUT THINGS LIKE
SELLING THE LAND, FOR EXAMPLE,
UM I'M NOT ATTORNEY. I'M NOT
GONNA PRETEND THAT I COULD
ANSWER THIS CONCRETELY, BUT I
THINK AT THE VERY LEAST THERE
WOULD BE IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING
TO TRY TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THE
DEED IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW
THE PROPERTY CAN BE USED. BUT
THAT'S WHY I ASKED HOW LONG WHEN
ARE YOU ABLE TO REPURPOSE IT OR
TO SELL IT? IT'S THE DEED
RESTRICTION IS NOT FOREVER.
RIGHT? THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT ON
THE DEED. IT'S SO IT IS FOREVER
IN PERPETUITY. THE PROPERTY
LAWYER. UM I CAN'T SAY THERE WAS
THERE WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION TO FIND OUT. THAT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING, THOUGH. YES. OKAY
THAT WOULD BE NEW COMPARED TO
WHAT WE WERE TOLD PREVIOUSLY
FROM THE LITTLE HOOVER REPORT,
BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I
WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE FURTHER
BECAUSE. THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO
PROVIDE AS SERVICES TO HIS MANY
VETERANS AS POSSIBLE. UM, THERE
WAS A WAITING LIST OF VETERANS
THAT NEED SERVICES NEED CARE.
AND IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S
AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN REPURPOSE
TO SERVE MORE VETERANS. WE'VE
GOT TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.
THERE'S NO REASON WITH 615 ACRES
. THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE ANY
VETERAN ON A WAITING LIST. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. UM A QUESTION TO YOUR
ATTORNEY RELATED TO THE CP THREE
ON THE SETTLEMENT COSTS AT THE
CHILI VISTA HOME. WHAT STEPS
HAVE HAS THE DEPARTMENT TAKEN TO
PREVENT ANY FUTURE INCIDENTS. UH
WHEN WILL ALL THE REMEDIATION
STEPS BE COMPLETED AND HAS
CALVET SURVEYED THE CHULA VISTA
HOME AND OTHER HOMES FOR
POTENTIAL SIMILAR HAZARDS? WELL,
UH, LET ME ADDRESS YOUR THIRD
QUESTION FIRST. THIS WAS A
UNIQUE SURFACE FUTURE UNIQUE TO
THE TRULY VISTA HOME. I DON'T
BELIEVE IT EXISTS ELSEWHERE. THE
EXACT REASON FOR ITS
CONSTRUCTION WAS SUBJECT TO
DIFFERENT TESTIMONY, BUT MOST
PERSUASIVE TESTIMONY WAS IT WAS
A FUTURE ADDED TO PREVENT
WHEELCHAIRS FROM ROLLING
BACKWARDS INTO AN ACTIVE
DRIVEWAY. SO IT HAD A LEGITIMATE
THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE. UM WHETHER
OR NOT THAT CONDITION ON THE
SURFACE OF, UH THE PROPERTY WAS
A DANGEROUS CONDITION IS SUBJECT
TO DISPUTE, BUT, UH, THE TRIAL
WAS HELD. THE JURY BELIEVED THAT
IT WAS AND FOUND AGAINST CALVIN.
NOW WITH REGARD TO THE
REMEDIATION OF THAT ISSUE ONCE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE
ADDUCED THAT IS A DANGEROUS
CONDITION, WE MADE REMEDIAL
STEPS TO, UM. TUBE TO PREVENT
FURTHER ACCIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
THE FIRST ONE WAS RELATIVELY LOW
COST HIGH EFFECT AND THAT WAS TO
PAINT THE FUTURE WITH THE HIGH
CONTRAST YELLOW PAINT. TO MAKE
IT MORE OBSERVABLE TO ORDINARY
PEDESTRIANS. THE NEXT STEP IN
THAT REMEDIATION EFFORT WILL BE
MORE EXPENSIVE AND REQUIRES A
STATE CONTRACT WHICH THE MORE
TIME CONSUMING PROCESS AND THAT
IS TO PUT UP A FENCE TO PREVENT
ACCESS TO THAT AREA. SO WE ARE
UNDERTAKING THAT PROCESS. IT'S
ONGOING AS WE SPEAK. BUT DUE TO
STATE CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS,
IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER. NOW AS
FAR AS THE SURVEY OF THE OTHER
HOMES TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I
DON'T BELIEVE, UM WE HAVE NOT
DONE A SURVEY TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION DIRECTLY, BUT TO MY
KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO SIMILAR
FEATURE AT ANY OTHER HOME.
THAT'S NOT THE SAME PLANTED
EQUIPMENT IS NOT IN NEED OF
REPAIR ANOTHER HOMES. THAT'S
ALWAYS THE CASE, AND THAT'S WHY
PERIODICALLY CALVET COMES BACK
FOR BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSALS TO
REMEDY THOSE CONDITIONS. BUT AS
I SIT HERE TODAY, I'M NOT AWARE
OF ANY SIMILAR CONDITION THAT
WOULD PROVIDE A SIMILAR THREAT
TO PUBLIC HARM, UM, THAT AROSE
IN THIS CASE. AND JUST TO BE
CLEAR JUST SPECIFICALLY TO THE
CHULA VISTA HOME. SO THE
REMEDIATION THAT TOOK PLACE
ENSURES THAT SOMEONE WALKING
WILL NOTICE THE FEATURE AND NOT
HARM THEMSELVES. BUT IT ALSO
PREVENTS ANYONE FROM THE INITIAL
PURPOSE, WHICH WAS TO AVOID THEM
IF THEY'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR FROM
ROLLING OUT INTO THE DRIVEWAY,
CORRECT. YES ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF
THE REMEDIATION STEPS THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WOULD HAVE
BEEN TO REMOVE THAT DOUBLE
CURVE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
REMOVED, BUT WE CHOSE TO PAINT
IT AND LEAVE IT IN PLACE. OKAY,
GOT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS. WE ARE HOLDING
THIS ITEM OPEN FOR NOW. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE
NOW DOWN TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY? GREAT UH, THE PHONE NUMBER
TO CONNECT IS ON THE COMMITTEE
WEBSITE AND SHOULD ALSO BE ON
THE SCREEN. IF YOU'RE WATCHING
OVER THE INTERNET, THE PHONE
NUMBER IS 8776928957 TOLL FREE.
PUBLIC ACCESS CODE IS 1315447.
WE ARE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT IN
THE HEARING ROOM AND OVER THE
PHONE. IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT IN
THE HEARING ROOM. PLEASE COME
FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE. YES
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS CRISSCROSSING WITH THE
BRAND MICHAELI ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION
, WHICH REPRESENTS CALIFORNIA'S
45 LOCAL WAR, FIRST DEVELOPMENT
BOARDS. WE SUPPORT ISSUE NUMBER
ONE. THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
REQUEST FOR $78.1 MILLION ON
GOING GENERAL FUND EXPAND AND
MAKE ONGOING THE CALIFORNIA FOR
ALL YOUTH JOB CORPS PROGRAM. UM
THIS PROGRAM IS ALREADY SHOWING
PROMISING RESULTS AND PROVIDING
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND WORK
EXPERIENCE ON CALIFORNIA'S JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. ONE PROGRAM
IN ANAHEIM, WHERE 50 YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE ENROLLED IN
PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM TO
DATE WITH EITHER AGES RANGING
FROM 16 TO 30 IN AN AVERAGE RATE
AGE OF 21. OF THOSE ONE GROUP
INCLUDED 1 10 HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH
AND ONE RECENT GRADUATE WHO
PARTICIPATED IN AN URBAN YOUTH
GARDENING PROJECT, WHERE
PARTICIPANTS GAIN TECHNICAL
SKILLS AND REGENERATIVE AND
ORGANIC FARMING PRACTICES,
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND CROP
ROTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN
£3000 OF PRODUCE, HAVING BEEN
HARVESTED AND DONATED TO LOCAL
PROBE TO LOCAL FAMILIES WERE THE
LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE THIS
FUNDING AND A APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HI
MY NAME IS MEG SNYDER AND WITH
AXIOM ADVISORS HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE SERVICE HERE ALLIANCE IN
SUPPORT OF ITEM ONE FOR FUNDING
FOR BOTH THE CLIMATE ACTION
COURT AND THE YOUTH JOBS CORPS
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS TIFFANY WHITE WITH
THE CIA, CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORT
OF THE APPROPRIATION TO OPR FOR
THE RACIAL EQUITY COMMISSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M CHAIRING
MEMBERS. GENESIS GONZALEZ ON
BEHALF OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
LENNY GONNA LOCK IS LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR IS IN SUPPORT OF ITEM
FIVE AND IS GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT
THE BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING FOR
THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN AND GIRLS. UM, HOW ARE IN
THE IN ORDER FOR THE COMMISSION
TO CONTINUE AWARDS. Tð ABOARD
STATEWIDE GRANTS AND PROGRAMMING
FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING A BUDGET
ALLOCATION OF AN ADDITIONAL 7.9
MILLION, WHICH THE COMMISSION
HAS RECEIVED IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS. THE FUNDING IS CRITICAL
TO SUSTAINING THE WOMEN'S
RECOVERY RESPONSE PROGRAMMING TO
ASSESS TO ASSIST WOMEN STATEWIDE
AND PROVIDE CRITICAL RESEARCH.
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RITA MEDINA
AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
POLICY AND ADVOCACY AT THE
COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT
RIGHTS CHEERED LÀ. WE'RE HERE
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ITEM ONE.
THE EXTENSION, OR I SHOULD SAY
THE CURRENT INVESTMENT AND
ONGOING EXPANSION OF CALIFORNIA
YOUTH JOBS CORPS AND
SPECIFICALLY THEIR EFFORTS TO
EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO DACA
RECIPIENTS AS WELL AS A B 5 40
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND
UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANT YOUTH.
THIS PROGRAM EXPANSION COMES AT
A REALLY CRITICAL TIME.
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO NEARLY
200,000 DACA RECIPIENTS. BUT
ALSO EVERY YEAR WE KNOW THAT
27,000 UNDOCUMENTED HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS EXIT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS,
AND ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THERE IS
NOT THE SAME ACCESS TO THE DACA
PROGRAM. WE HAVE A LOT OF
STUDENTS ASKING WHAT'S NEXT?
WHAT'S MY CAREER PATH AND WE SEE
THIS AS A REALLY CRITICAL
PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE
YOUTH, AND IT'S ALSO CENTERING
OUR STATE IN EQUITY, WHICH OUR
GOVERNOR IS VERY COMMITTED TO.
AND SO WE HOPE THAT THE
LEGISLATURE WILL SUPPORT THIS
EXPANSION. IN ADDITION, I ALSO
WANT TO ALIGN MY COMMENTS WITH
THOSE OF CI YOU ALSO IN SUPPORT
OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING
TOWARDS THE RACIAL EQUITY
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TASIA
STEPHENS AND LEGISLATIVE
ADVOCATE AND ON BEHALF CATALYST
, CALIFORNIA WE JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU AND THE GOVERNOR'S
ADMINISTRATION FOR THE 3.8
MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE
RACIAL EQUITY COMMISSION AS A
PART OF CARLOS, CALIFORNIA
ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY IS ONE
OF OUR CORE MAIN PILLARS. AND SO
WE LOOK FORWARD. WORKING WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
LEGISLATURE TO IMPLEMENT. UH,
THIS BILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SEE, YOU KNOW
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE
ROOM. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE
PHONE LINES OPERATOR. OF COURSE
, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE
SHOULD MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE PRESS 10 WILL BE GOING TO
LINE 21, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS, HOWEVER, IN THE WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF CHILD
AND FAMILY SERVICES THAT
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE REPRESENTS
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
SACRIFICE SERVICES, THE CHILDREN
YOU CAN FAMILIES ACROSS MENTAL
HEALTH, CHILD WELFARE. WE WERE
STRONG SUPPORTED THE VEST, THE
17 AND 2022 AUTHORED BY SENATOR
PANTS TO CREATE THE OPPOSITE
RACIAL EQUITY. UM, WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED AMENDMENT
THE TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE TO
INCLUDE BACK EVERY HEALTH AND
CHILD WELFARE AS AREAS OF FOCUS.
DATA SHOWS THAT BY PARK
COMMUNITIES HAVE THE LOWEST
ACCESS THAT BEHAVIOR, HEALTH
SERVICES AND SIGNIFICANT RACIAL
DISPARITIES OF INVOLVEMENT IN
THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. WE
BELIEVE THAT THE RACIAL EQUITY
COMMISSION CAN BE A CATALYST TO
ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
EQUITIES AND GOVERNMENT POLICY.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO
LINE 24. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR, CARILLO AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS STACY HERO
MOTO AND I'M, THE DIRECTOR OF
REMCO, THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC
DISPARITIES COALITION WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK TO ISSUE TO GO ALONG
WITH OTHER NONPROFITS. CBO
STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE CREATION
AND FUNDING OF THE RACIAL EQUITY
COMMISSION AND BELIEVE THE
COMMISSION CAN BE OF GREAT
ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCING RACIAL
EQUITY IN THE STATE. WE ALSO
STRONGLY SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE TO THE BUDGET TRAILER
BILL THAT WOULD INCLUDE
BEHAVIORAL, HEALTH AND CHILD
WELFARE AS AREAS OF FOCUS FOR
THE COMMISSION. AS A MEMBER OF
THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES,
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
COMMISSION CHAIR CAREER. WE KNOW
THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF HOW THE
COVID PANDEMIC ONLY EXACERBATED
THE MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES
FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, BUT
PARTICULARLY FOR CHILDREN AND
YOUTH FROM BIPAC AND LGBTQ, PLUS
COMMUNITIES. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE
THE SITUATION. EXTRA ATTENTION
MUST BE GIVEN TO BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND CHILD WELFARE UNLESS
THIS LANGUAGES INCLUDED. WE'RE
NOT POSITIVE THAT THESE ISSUES
WILL BE GIVEN THE WEIGHT OF
OTHER POLICY AREAS IN REGARDS TO
THE WORK OF THE NEW COMMISSION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUPPORT THE
REQUEST FOR $149,000 ONGOING
GENERAL FUND TO FUND ONE
POSITION AND INCREASED STAFFING
CAPACITY OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMISSION ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER AMERICAN AFFAIRS. I
WOULD LIKE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY
WITH THIS COMMISSION ON ISSUES
RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,
AND WE BELIEVE THEY NEED THE
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. THANK YOU
FOR CONSIDERATION AND ALL POLICE
SUPPORT FOR THE ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL
BE GOING TO LINE 23, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR,
CARILLO AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
REBECCA GONZALES AND I REPRESENT
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER AND WE REPRESENT SOCIAL
WORKERS WITH A DEGREE IN SOCIAL
WORK. UNDER ISSUE NUMBER TWO. I
WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
TYLER TRENDY AND SPACEY HER
MOTTO AND CALLED FOR THE RACIAL
EQUITY COMMISSION TO INCLUDE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CHILD
WELFARE AS AREAS OF FOCUS.
DESPITE THE EXPANSIONS OF
MEDICAL AND ITS ROLE IS A VITAL
PROVIDER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CARE TO LOW INCOME CALIFORNIANS.
THERE WERE STILL SIGNIFICANT
RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES
AND ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF
SERVICES ALSO DESPITE ONGOING
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR
YOUTH INVOLVED OR AT RISK OF
INVOLVEMENT IN CHILD WELFARE BY
PARK YOUTH ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
REFERRED TO CHILD WELFARE AND
ENDURE POORER OUTCOME. WE
BELIEVE ADDING CHILD WELFARE AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO THE WORK OF
THE COMMISSION WILL HELP TO
ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF RACIAL
EQUITY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'RE
GOING TO THE LINE. 16, PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHIEF
CARILLO REMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
PATERSON DOLIN AND I'M CALLING
ON BEHALF OF THE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION PREVENTION
INSTITUTE AND SUPPORTIVE ISSUE
ITEMS NUMBER TWO. SPECIFICALLY
THE RACIAL EQUITY COMMISSION IN
ORDER TO REALIZE RACIAL EQUITY
STATE GOVERNMENT MUST ADDRESS
IMPLICIT SES
PROCEDURES AND THE WAY OF
GOVERNING THAT CONTINUE TO
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR SERVICES, RESOURCES AND
PARTICIPATION IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE RACIAL
EQUITY COMMISSION CAN HELP HER
STATE GOVERNMENT BE A STRONGER
LEADER FOR RACIAL EQUITY. AND
IT'S FOR THESE REASONS THAT
PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISN'T
STRONG SUPPORT AT THE BUDGET
ALLOCATION FOR THE RACIAL EQUITY
COMMISSION. THANK YOU. AND THERE
IS CURRENTLY NO OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENTS AND THE ROOM ON THE
LINE MANAGER. THANK YOU,
OPERATOR AND AGAIN. THANK YOU TO
ALL OF OUR PANELISTS TODAY AND
SO FOREIGN MEMBERS OF THE
DIOCESE THIS ASSEMBLY BUDGETS OF
FOUR HEARING IS CONCLUDED. THANK
YOU.