OKAY MORNING. LET'S BEGIN OUR
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER TWO.
THIS IS OUR LAST HEARING OF THE
YEAR BEFORE. ARE A REVISE. WE
HAVE A VARIETY OF ISSUES TODAY
WITH HIGHER EDUCATION OR STATE
LIBRARY AND OUR COLLEGE OF LAW,
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
SAN FRANCISCO COLLEGE OF LAW
FORMALLY HASTINGS, THAT'S THE
LAST TIME I'LL SAY THAT WORD,
BUT JUST THE INTRO THERE. UM AS
WELL. WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT
UM, SCHOLAR SHARE IN BASIC
STUDENT NEEDS. UM YOU KNOW, A
PRIORI THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING
ON THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE
ASSEMBLY AND THE LEGISLATURE,
BUT EVEN MORE SO AFTER THE
PANDEMIC. SO WITH THAT WILL
BEGIN. LET'S BRING UP ISSUE
NUMBER ONE. SCHOLAR, SHARE
INVESTMENT BOARD COW KITS.
OKAY, SO. LET ME SET THE STAGE
HERE THEY DO HAVE WE DO HAVE A
PROPOSAL FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET? IT'S A YOU KNOW, NOT AN
EARTHSHAKING PROPOSAL, BUT
NONETHELESS, IT'S A BUDGET
PROPOSAL. BUT THIS ITEM WE
REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON, UM
KIND OF OVERSIGHT AND JUST
INFORMATION ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION. THIS WAS A
PRIORITY OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE LAUNCHED THIS AS A PILOT. I
THINK FOUR YEARS AGO AND THEN,
OF COURSE, TWO YEARS AGO, WE PUT
IN QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. AND
THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE BEGINNING
SO I REALLY WANT TO REALLY FOCUS
ON KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND
GOING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS
AND IDEAS TO MAKE THIS MORE
EFFECTIVE FOR CALIFORNIA
FAMILIES. SO WITH THAT LET'S
HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
ELIO, THEN SCHOLARSHIP. YES GO
AHEAD JUST AS THE MIND. OKAY,
GREAT. YEP. GOOD MORNING
CHAIRMAN KARDIAN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DEVIN MITCHELL
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
SCHOLARSHIP INVESTMENT BOARD
ADMINISTERS CAL KIDS, A COLLEGE
SAVINGS PROGRAM CREATED TO HELP
MORE CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION. WANT TO LAST
AUGUST. HOW COULD AUTOMATICALLY
PROVIDES ALL NEWBORNS AND
ELIGIBLE LOW INCOME FOSTER YOUTH
AND HOMELESS PUBLIC SCHOOL
CHILDREN WITH AN INITIAL SEED
DEPOSIT, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
TO HELP STUDENTS BEGIN SAVING
MONEY FOR COLLEGE, ALL NEWBORN
CHILDREN, CALIFORNIA BORN ON OR
AFTER JULY, 1ST 2022 ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. THE
BUDGET INCREASES THE SEAT
OFFERING AND CALCULATE ACCOUNTS
FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN FROM $25 TO
$100. THIS PROPOSAL UTILIZES
AVAILABLE FREE SOURCES WHEN THE
PROGRAM THAT ARE A FUNCTION OF
REDUCED EXPENDITURES ON SEA
DEPOSITS FOR FIRST GRADE
STUDENTS. THE BUDGET ALSO
INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF
1,000,001 TIME GENERAL FUND TO
SUPPORT MARKETING EFFORTS
INTENDED TO INCREASE
PARTICIPATION IN THE CALCULUS
PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THIS
INVESTMENT IS TO RAISE AWARENESS
OF THE PROGRAM AMONG PARENTS AND
FAMILIES. THANK YOU, AND I'M
READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THE COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE. THANK
YOU, ELLA. YOU GOOD MORNING
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. LISA KING
WITH THE L A. OH, I'LL JUST
COMMENT BRIEFLY. I NEED TO THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL SO YOU CAN
FOCUS YOUR TIME TODAY ON PROGRAM
OVERSIGHT. FIRST REGARDING THE
PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE SEED
DEPOSIT FOR NEWBORNS. WE
RECOMMEND REJECTING THIS IN
LIGHT OF THE STATE BUDGET
CONDITION. AS YOU KNOW, THE
STATE FACES A BUDGET PROBLEM.
AND SO THERE'S A HIGH THRESHOLD
THIS YEAR FOR PROGRAM
EXTENSIONS. AT THIS TIME. WE
DON'T KNOW WHETHER INCREASING
THE SEED DEPOSIT FOR NEWBORNS
FROM $25 TO $100 IS LIKELY TO
IMPACT THEIR EVENTUAL OUTCOMES,
SUCH AS WHETHER THEY GO ON TO
ENROLL IN COLLEGE. WE ESTIMATE
YOU COULD GENERATE ABOUT 30
MILLION AND ONGOING SAVINGS
WHERE YOU TO REJECT THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED INCREASE TO
THE SAFE DEPOSIT AND INSTEAD OF
LINE FUNDING IN THE CALKINS
PROGRAM, WITH THE REVISED COST
ESTIMATES. REGARDING THE
PROPOSED FUNDING FOR MARKETING.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND REJECTING
THIS. THE STATE PROVIDED
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR CAL KIDS
MARKETING AND OUTREACH LAST
YEAR. TO DATE, THOSE FUNDS
REMAIN LARGELY UNSPENT. AND SO
WE THINK IT'S TOO SOON TO
DETERMINE WHETHER MORE MONEY IS
NEEDED THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. I'D
BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SCHOLARS SHARE
THANK YOU. CHAIR. MCCARTY AND
MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE. NO
ALIGNMENT WITH THE SCHOLAR SHARE
INVESTMENT FORWARD. WE
APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S
SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS AND RESPECTFULLY
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF
THE PROPOSAL, HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY YEAH. SO
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US. UM UH,
NO. UH, MR LIGHTMAN TO JUST
FOCUS ON LESS ON THIS PROPOSAL
AND MORE ON THE OVERALL PROGRAM
. SO A COUPLE OF NEWER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS UP HERE AS WELL. SO YOU
KNOW, WE STARTED THIS. I THINK
THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. I THINK
MAYBE NOT. FIVE NOW WAS SEED
MONEY FOR SMALLER COMMUNITIES
ARE DOING IT THEN WE WANT
STATEWIDE TWO YEARS AGO. UM SO
WHERE ARE WE AT AND WHERE DO WE
SEE US GOING WITH THIS? WITH
THAT INFUSION OF ONE TIME MONEY
AND THEN THE ONGOING
APPROPRIATION. YES SO AS YOUR
CALL THE PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY
CONCEIVED IN 2019 WITH A ONE
TIME BUDGET ALLOCATION AND THEN
IN 2021, THE STATE INVESTED
ABOUT $1.8 BILLION TO EXPAND THE
PROGRAM TO ALSO INCLUDE STUDENTS
. WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE
PROGRAM IN AUGUST OF 2022
CONFERENCING, BOTH THE NEWBORNS
AND THE SCHOOL AGE COMPONENTS.
WE RECENTLY JUST SURPASSED OVER
100,000 PARTICIPANTS, WHICH WE
VIEW AS A SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM
, CONSIDERING THAT THE PROGRAM
ITSELF HAS TWO UNIQUE COMPONENTS
BETWEEN THE NEWBORNS AND THE
STUDENTS THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT
MORE COMPLEX AND HARDER TO
MARKET WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
TWO DIFFERENT, UNIQUE
POPULATIONS, AND ALSO WE'RE IN
THE PROCESS OF SENDING OUT
NOTIFICATION LETTERS. UM THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT THE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED
FUNDING FOR, AND WE'RE ABOUT
HALFWAY THROUGH OUR NOTIFICATION
LETTERS TO ABOUT 3.4 MILLION
STUDENTS IN EACH MONTH. AS WE
GET NEW LETTERS GOING OUT, WE
SEE RISES IN PARTICIPATION
RATES. UM AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE
JUST CONTINUING TO SEND OUT
NOTIFICATION LETTERS. AND
WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO GET THE
MESSAGE OUT. YES SO I'M I'M A
BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS AND WE
SPENT WEEKS AND WE'LL SPEND A
FEW MOMENTS LATER IN THIS
HEARING, TALKING ABOUT THE COST
OF COLLEGE AND JUST THE
FINANCIAL PIECE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION. AND UM, YOU KNOW,
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO
HAVE THESE COLLEGE SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS ARE ARE, YOU KNOW,
SEVEN OR SOMETHING TO SEVEN OR
SO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GO TO
COLLEGE, WHETHER THEY HAVE $500
IN THEIR NAME TO GO TO COLLEGE,
OR 50,000, OR TWO MILLION AS A
TRUST FUND KID, SO LIKE IT JUST
SETS UP THE EXPECTATIONS AND
FOCUSES ON YOU KNOW THAT THE
ECONOMICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
AND SO, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THIS IS A REALITY. I WE KNEW
THIS WHEN WE STARTED THIS THAT
IT WOULD BE COMPLICATED. FOR
FAMILIES TO FIGURE IT OUT. FOR
ONE BIG REASON. IT SOUNDS TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE. LIKE EVERY DAY
WHEN YOU GET HOME AND YOU LOOK
AT YOUR MAIL, YOU NEVER GET
ANYTHING BARELY RARELY THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. MAYBE A BILL
MORE LIKELY AT SOME
ADVERTISEMENT FROM SOMETHING A
LOT OF TIMES AT SOME MONEY
CREDIT CARD WITH THIS AND THAT,
AND SO IT JUST GOES TO THE SIDE
. AND EVEN FOR ME AS AN ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, I PUT STUFF TO THE SIDE
ALL THE TIME. SO I THINK IT'S
GONNA BE REALLY HARD TO REALLY
CRACK THROUGH, UM AND WHETHER
IT'S ONE LETTER OR PUT MORE
MONEY FOR TWO LETTERS OR THREE
LETTERS IT'S GOING TO BE. I
THINK A LOT OF THOSE SAME ISSUES
SO KNOWING THAT WE DO HAVE
ONGOING MONEY FOR THIS WE WERE
WE WANT TO KEEP RAMPING IT UP
YEAR BY YEAR. WHAT OTHER UM,
STRATEGIES DOES SCHOLAR SHARE? L
A. R D O F THINK THAT WE OUGHT
TO BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
EFFECTIVE FOR CALIFORNIA, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY, EFFECTIVE FOR
FAMILIES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM
IT. YEAH WE APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION. I THINK OUR NUMBER ONE
GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS TO BUILD
BRAND AWARENESS. HOW DO WE DO
THAT? WE DO THAT THROUGH PAID
MARKETING STRATEGIES THROUGH
RADIO VIDEO DIGITAL DISPLAY. WE
ALSO DO THAT THROUGH
PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS. AND THAT INCLUDES
SCHOOLS. UM, SO WE'RE WORKING
WITH SCHOOLS THROUGH A TOP DOWN
APPROACH. ON THE TOP END. WE'VE
PARTNERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION ON SENDING OUT NOTICES
TO CAMPUSES. WE'VE ALSO WORKED
WITH STATEWIDE ASSOCIATIONS THAT
REPRESENT COUNSELORS, TEACHERS,
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, UM AND PR
OFFICIALS AS WELL. AND THEN
WE'VE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT.
HEY THIS IS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS
HERE. OUR DIGITAL ASSETS THAT
YOU ALL CAN USE TO GET THE WORD
OUT. WE HAVE ALSO ENGAGED 30
COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION AND
I'VE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT.
HEY, THIS IS WHAT THE PROGRAM
IS. HERE'S HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
ENROLLED IN YOUR PROGRAM VERSUS
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED
AT THE STAFF LEVEL. WE'RE ALSO
WORKING AT A GRASSROOTS STYLE TO
REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL OFFERED
TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS TO
FAMILIES. AND WORK WITH SCHOOLS
TO LET THEM KNOW THAT. HEY, YOU
HAVE THREE MONEY ON THE TABLE.
YOU JUST NEED TO LET THAT YOUR
FAMILIES KNOW THAT. HEY, THIS IS
THERE. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
IT. DOES THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE OR LAO HAVE ANY
IMPLEMENTATION SUGGESTIONS? NO
MR CHAIR. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE
TO POINT OUT IS THAT THAT THAT
RENEWED AND SORT OF CENTRAL
FOCUS ON L E A PARTNERSHIPS IS
WAS SORT OF A RESULT OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS. LAST CYCLE. UM
JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING
TOGETHER WITH THE COMMITTEE TO
ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE ALL
SHARE AND TAKING THE INPUT OF
THIS COMMITTEE VERY SERIOUSLY.
THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING I
WOULD ADD, IS THAT IF YOU TURN
TO PAGE FOUR OF YOUR AGENDA,
YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF THE ACTIONS
THAT THE LEGISLATURE TOOK LAST
YEAR TO SUPPORT THESE MARKETING
AND OUTREACH EFFORTS. AND THIS
INCLUDES, UM SUPPORTING
FINANCIAL LITERACY OUTREACH FOR
STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
INCLUDES NOTIFICATION LETTERS
JUST TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE
INITIAL AWARENESS BUT ALSO
INCLUDES CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL
COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
PROGRAMS. IN ORDER TO LEVERAGE
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT CITIES AND
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE IN THIS
SPACE AS WELL. ONE THING THAT'S
COME UP IN PREVIOUS
CONVERSATIONS OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE IS THAT SOMETIMES
IF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AREN'T
FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM OR
WITH THE AGENCY OPERATING IT, IT
COULD HELP. IT COULD BE A
PROMISING PRACTICE FOR THEM TO
HEAR FROM AN ORGANIZATION THAT
THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH, AND
THAT'S TRUSTED. YEAH I JUST
DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WORKING IS
ON AN INDICTMENT ON THIS, YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE GET INFORMATION
FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES. IT'S
DIFFERENT. 2023 YOU KNOW, MAYBE
WE NEED TO CONTRACT WITH SOME
TIKTOK INFLUENCERS. I'M SERIOUS
. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO
REACH PEOPLE THESE DAYS. AND YOU
KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
INTERESTED IN. AND SO UM. I'M
NOT SURE TODAY TO THIS BUDGET
PROCESS, BUT FINDING WAYS THAT
FAMILIES CAN TAP THIS
ACCOUNTANTS. ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE
READY TO ACTIVATE. UM SO WALK US
THROUGH THROUGH THROUGH AGAIN.
THE ONE TIME INFUSION WHEN WE
STARTED IT, WE ARE. OBVIOUSLY WE
HAD A SURPLUS A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, LOOKING FOR SOME CREATIVE
THINGS TO DO WITH ONE TIME MONEY
VERSUS, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD.
SO GOING FORWARD NOW THE 170
MILLION DOLLARS. WE'LL GO TO
CREATE, UM SEE IT ACCOUNTS FOR
WHO WALK US THROUGH. HOW THAT
HOW THAT WORKS. YES SO THE WAY
THAT THE PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED
IS IT HAS MULTIPLE COMPONENTS.
UM WE START WITH NEWBORNS AND
EVERY NEWBORN BORN IN THE STATE
ON OR AFTER JULY. 1ST OF 2022 IS
AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN A SEAT
DEPOSIT OF $25 AND THE PROPOSAL
BEFORE YOU IS TO REVERT 30
MILLION OF THAT 170 MILLION TO
INCREASE THAT SEAT DEPOSIT FROM
$25 TO UNDER DOLLARS. THE SECOND
COMPONENT, WHICH WAS FROM THAT
ONE TIME FUNDING WAS FOR 3.4
MILLION LOW INCOME STUDENTS WHO
ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE 2021 2022
ACADEMIC YEAR. SO IN THEORY,
THOSE STUDENTS ARE SECOND
GRADERS THROUGH COLLEGE FRESHMAN
RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE STUDENTS
WERE GIVEN $500. AND THE IDEA IS
THAT AN ONGOING YEARS WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE ADDING
NEWBORNS, UM AND THEN LOW INCOME
FIRST GRADERS INTO THE PROGRAM
AND THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE
IDENTIFIED AS LOW INCOME IN
FIRST GRADE WILL GET ANOTHER
$500. SO THE 1.8 BILLION HOW
MUCH IS, UM IS WAS APPROPRIATED
BUT UNALLOCATED AND SPENT SO
FAR. SO ALL THAT MONEY WAS SENT
TO OUR ACCOUNT FOR THE 3.4
MILLION STUDENTS. THERE MAY BE A
LITTLE BIT MET LEFTOVER AND OUR
INTENT WOULD BE TO USE THAT ON
THE FIRST MUCH OF THE OF THAT
MONEY. HOW MUCH HAS BEEN
ACTIVATED BY THE FAMILIES OR
JUST SITTING THERE WAITING FOR
THE FAMILIES TO ACTIVATE THE
ACCOUNT. AND SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW
ABOUT AND WHAT WE SHARED WITH
THE COMMITTEE. THERE'S BEEN
ABOUT 110,000 PARTICIPANTS THAT
HAVE ACTUALLY REGISTERED OUT OF
HOW MANY OUT OF THAT 3.4 MILLION
? YEAH, SO NO, WELL OVER. 95% IS
STILL SITTING THERE, RIGHT? AND
I THINK TO JUST FOR OUR COMFORT.
IT SAYS THAT IF THESE ARE NEVER
ACTIVATED IT BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF TIME. THE MONEY DOESN'T GO
TO, YOU KNOW, CITIBANK OR
WHOEVER IS YOU KNOW, AND IT'S
WHAT BANK IS IT? OKAY FIRST
REPUBLIC. YEAH, THAT'S FUNNY.
ONE GOOD ONE, UM IT'LL REVERT
BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S
CORRECT. SO HOW MANY? HOW DOES
THAT WORK AFTER HOW MANY YEARS
WOULD IT YOU KNOW, BECOME. IN
OPERATIVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. SO
ACCORDING TO STATUTE, THE
STUDENT HAS UP UNTIL AGE 26 TO
UTILIZE THE FUNDS THERE. YOU
KNOW, NEWBORN ER. IT COULD BE A
COUPLE OF DECADES DOWN THE SO
JUST CONTINUE TO TRY TO TOUCH
THOSE PEOPLE AND HOPE THEY WHAT
HAPPENS IF THEY GO AND CREATE A
SCHOLAR SHARE ACCOUNT ON THEIR
OWN. AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW
THAT THEY HAVE THIS ONE OVER
HERE. WHAT WILL THEY BE NOTIFIED
THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE FOR
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OPENED
FOR YOU. AND SO WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF TRYING TO COORDINATE
. ALL OF OUR SCHOLARS SHARE 5 TO
9 MARKETING WITH CAL KIDS ON
SCHOLARSHIP 5 TO 9 SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE PROMOTE THE CALCULUS PROGRAM.
IF I GO TO THE BANK TODAY, I WAS
HAVING A NEWBORN AND GOT A
GOLDEN ONE GREAT SCHOLARSHIP
ACCOUNT. WHAT WOULD MY WOULD
THEY ALREADY KNOW WHEN THE BANK
GOES TO SCHOLARSHIP AND STARTS
ONE? OH, YOU ALREADY HAVE A SEAT
ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. LET'S LINK THESE
TWO TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE TO
DUPLICATE SO THEY MAY NOT
ALREADY KNOW. AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY
REQUESTING MORE FUNDING FOR
MARKETING EFFORTS SO THAT WE CAN
MARKETING THAT'S LIKE A BANKING
AND SCHOLARSHIP. SO WHEN THE
BANK DOESN'T THE BANK HAVE TO
WORK THROUGH 5 20 NINES THROUGH
SCHOLAR SHARE. SO HOW IT WORKS
IS THESE ACCOUNTS ARE OWNED AND
OPERATED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WERE THE ONLY ONES
THAT CAN ADD MONEY TO IT AND
TAKE MONEY OUT WHEN IT'S TIME
FOR A STUDENT'S DISTRIBUTE THAT
WHEN I WALK OVER TO THE BANK
OVER HERE, AND I CREATE A 5 29
IT'S THROUGH. IS THE STATE
SCHOLAR SHARE NOTIFIED THAT I
HAD CREATED IS THERE BESIDES THE
FACT THAT THING THAT WE JUST
CREATED? IS THERE ANY TOUCHING
OF THE INFORMATION WHERE WE
WOULD KNOW THAT. HEY, THERE'S
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OVER HERE
CREATED. SO I'M NOT SURE OF THIS
SORT OF SCENARIO THAT YOU'RE
DESCRIBING, BUT A FAMILY HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY IF THEY CHOOSE TO.
TO LINK A SCHOLAR SHARE 5 TO 9
ACCOUNT, TOO. THERE CAL KIDS
AGAIN I GET THAT. BUT WHAT IF
THE FAMILY NEVER HAS HEARD OF
THIS? WHICH OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE
WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
RIGHT NOW. SO YOU GO TO ANY
BANK, WELLS FARGO BANK OF
AMERICA. OR YOU KNOW, THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, YOU KNOW, THREW
THE NEW EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS HAVE
THEM. SO IS THERE IS THERE DO WE
HAVE MAYBE THERE ISN'T A
SOLUTION THERE, BUT I THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD THINK
ABOUT. HOW CAN WE GOING FORWARD?
MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVEN IF THEY
DON'T KNOW WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS
IN PLACE TO CROSS REFERENCE TO
INFORM AND LINKED TO ACCOUNTS.
WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION WORKING WITH YOU
ALL ON HOW TO BEST FIND A
SOLUTION FOR THAT. OKAY YEAH.
AND LOOK, I DON'T THINK THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
TURN AWAY FROM. AND SO THESE ARE
ALL QUESTIONS. HOW DO WE MAKE
THIS MAXIMIZES GOING? FORWARD
WHAT? WHAT YOU KNOW, WE ASKED
THIS QUESTION IN THE AGENDA TO
WHAT ARE SOME I KNOW YOU SAID
YOU REACHED, UH, HE THOUGHT IT
IMPORTANT MARKER OF 100,000.
THAT'S 100,000. BUT AS YOU KNOW,
WE IT WAS A LONG, LONG, LONG WAY
FROM FROM EVERYONE. WHAT DO WE
THINK IS A REASONABLE
PARTICIPATION GOAL. FOR THE
PROGRAM GOING FORWARD FOR THE
YEAR TWO AND THREE AND AGAIN
WE'RE WE LITERALLY, UM YOU KNOW,
LESS THAN A YEAR INTO
IMPLEMENTATION, SO YEAH, AND
THAT'S THE KEY POINT. I MEAN,
WE'RE LESS THAN A YEAR IN AND SO
YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT
PARTICIPATION GOALS AS
ESSENTIALLY A STARTUP. OUR GOAL
THIS YEAR IS TO WORK ON BUILDING
BRAND AWARENESS. AND AS WE DO,
THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS CREATE
A BASELINE SO I CAN'T YOU KNOW,
SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO REACH
THIS PARTICIPATION RATE OR THAT
PARTICIPATION RATE, BUT WE'RE
EIGHT. WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
EVERY TIME WE DO A NOTIFICATION
DROP, OR EVERY TIME WE DO AND
ADD, UM, WE GET A BETTER SENSE
ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS WHAT
OUR BASELINE IS AND HOPEFULLY IN
THE COMING YEARS WILL COME BACK
TO YOU WITH SOME MORE NUMBERS.
OKAY AND THEN THAT THE FINAL
QUESTION ON FROM THE STAFF ON
THE AGENDA IS, AS WE TRY TO FIND
CREATIVE WAYS TO IMPLEMENT AND
GET THE WORD OUT. UM. WHAT ARE
WE DOING WITH OR WHAT CAN WE DO
MORE WITH? UM L E A S AND C D E
TO KIND OF TRACK THE STUDENTS
AND CONNECT AND CONNECT THEM AS
WELL, BECAUSE IT JUST BEFORE YOU
ANSWER THAT. WHEN I'M WHEN I
WANT THIS IDEAS WAS LITERALLY I
CREATED IT HERE IN MY CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICT 15 YEARS AGO,
WE GOT A LOCAL BANK. WE HEARD
ABOUT THE IDEA IN SAN FRANCISCO.
BUT, HEY, WE SHOULD DO THIS
HERE. SO WE WENT TO SOME
ELEMENTARY. UM SCHOOLS HAD HAD A
LITTLE, UM, WITH THE PARTNERS
HAD AN ASSEMBLY WHEN THE PARENTS
AND INEVITABLY THEY THOUGHT IT
WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
ESPECIALLY FAMILIES WHO DON'T
ALWAYS ARE SUPER PROFICIENT IN
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND SO
FORTH. IT JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THIS IS ALL ABOUT. SO WHAT DID
THE THING THAT MADE IT
SUCCESSFUL WAS THE MESSENGER OF
THE TEACHER TEACHER WROTE A
LETTER TO THEM AND SAID, HEY,
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOUR STUDENT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
PEOPLE OPENED UP. SO WHAT ABOUT
, UM, MAXIMIZING AND UTILIZING,
TRULY TRUSTED PEOPLE, NOT JUST
COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE L AGO
SAID, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT KNOW
THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHO THEIR
TEACHERS ARE AND THERE
COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS. SO
HOW CAN WE BETTER UTILIZE THAT
ROUTE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
CHAIR MCCARTHY AND AS OUR
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE, SAID, WE'RE REALLY
CENTERING OUR FOCUS AROUND.
ELIA'S LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IMPLEMENT
A TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP
APPROACH WITH SCHOOLS. WE'VE
COORDINATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION TO GET THE WORD OUT
. WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED ON OUR
WEBSITE AND MARKETING TOOLKIT
SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOLS. AND
THIS INCLUDES Q R CODES WITH
FLYERS THAT THEY CAN PUT OUT ON
CAMPUS INCLUDES EMAILS THAT THE
SCHOOLS CONSENTED TO THE
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS
PRINCIPAL ROBOCALL SCRIPTS. UM,
AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO REACH
OUT TO AS MANY DISTRICTS AS
POSSIBLE, LETTING THEM KNOW.
HEY, HERE'S WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.
OFFERING TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS
TO NOT JUST FAMILIES, BUT ALSO
STAFF ESPECIALLY COUNSELORS AND
TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND P IOS
SO THAT THEY CAN BE AWARE OF THE
PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY GET THE
WORD OUT. AND SO, UM, AS THE
COMMITTEE IS AWARE, THERE'S A
LOT OF ELIA'S ACROSS THE STATE
WERE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON A
COUNTY BY COUNTY LEVEL. AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT
PROGRESS AS WE CONTINUE OVER
TIME. OKAY? THANK YOU, MR
ALVAREZ. ALRIGHT SO I'M GONNA
START PROBABLY FROM THE
BEGINNING. I HAVE OPENED A 5 29
ACTUALLY SCHOLARSHIP FOR BOTH MY
KIDS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UM
OPENING AN ACCOUNT IS REALLY
CHALLENGING. IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT. I WOULDN'T. I'M NOT
SURPRISED. A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE
NOT PARTICIPATING GIVEN THE
DIFFICULTY OF ONE. YOU HAVE TO
DO IT ONLINE. BECAUSE
SCHOLARSHIP IS ONLY ONLINE. YOU
CANNOT GO TO A BANK. SO, UM LET
ME UNDERSTAND NEWBORNS. THEY'RE
BORN AND THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
THIS. BUT THEY'RE NOT
AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED. THERE'S
NOT AN ACCOUNT THAT GETS CREATED
FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE BORN, OR
IS THERE SO HOW IT WORKS IS ONE
A NEWBORN IS BORN. UM WE GET
THEIR DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WE ACTUALLY
DO ENROLL THEM AUTOMATICALLY
INTO WHAT'S CALLED CALKINS
ACCOUNT. THIS IS A SEPARATE
ACCOUNT FROM THEIR OWN
INDIVIDUAL 5 TO 9. IF THEY
CHOOSE TO CREATE ONE. WE DO NOT
REQUIRE FAMILIES TO MAKE THEIR
OWN 5 TO 9 ACCOUNT. BUT IF THE
PARENTS OF THE NEWBORN DO MAKE
THEIR OWN ACCOUNT, WHAT THEY'RE
ABLE TO DO IS THEN LINK THOSE
ACCOUNTS TOGETHER ONLINE THROUGH
THEIR PORTAL, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY
GIVE THEM ANOTHER $50 INCENTIVE.
SO THEY START WITH $25 IF THEY
HAVE ANOTHER SCHOLAR, SHARING
THE LINK IT THEY GET $75
BASICALLY. AND, UM SO YOU DO
YOU? I REMEMBER WHEN I DID THOSE
FORMS FOR THESE 5 29. DON'T YOU
HAVE TO INCLUDE THE CHILD'S
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AND
MAYBE THE PARENTS AS WELL.
THAT'S CORRECT IF YOU'RE FILLING
OUT AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIP 5
TO 9 ACCOUNTS. SO NOT FOR A COW
KIDS. THAT'S CORRECT. WE DO NOT
ASK FOR TAXPAYER DATE. REMEMBER
THAT IS JUST WHAT IS ASSOCIATED
JUST THEIR NAME AND DATE OF
BIRTH. WHAT OTHER DATA DO YOU
ASSOCIATE WITH THE PERSON TO THE
QUESTION OF THE CHAIR WAS
ASKING. HOW DOES SOMEONE
POTENTIALLY LINKED THESE
ACCOUNTS? I GUESS IF IT'S NOT IF
IT'S NOT A SCHOLARSHIP, 5 29,
YOU CANNOT LINK IT. THERE'S NO
WAY BECAUSE YOU AT 5 29 DON'T
SHARE THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION
WITH IF YOU GO TO A WELLS FARGO
TO CREATE 5 29. THERE IS NO
SHARING OF DATA. SO IF A PERSON
WANTS TO LOG IN TO VIEW THEIR
CALCULATES ACCOUNT JUST TO SEE
FOR THAT NEWBORN TO SEE THE $25.
WHAT THEY WOULD NEED IS THREE
PIECES OF UNIQUE INFORMATION. UM
THEIR DATE OF BIRTH, THEIR
COUNTY WHERE THEY WERE BORN. UM
AND THEN WHAT'S CALLED THE LOCAL
REGISTRATION NUMBER, WHICH IS ON
THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, BUT
WE'RE ALSO LIKE I WAS TALKING
ABOUT BEFORE, IN THE PROCESS OF
SENDING OUT NOTIFICATION LETTERS
TO FAMILIES AS SOON AS THE BABY
IS BORN. UM AND SO ON THAT
NOTIFICATION LETTER, WE HAVE A
UNIQUE CODE, AND SO IF THE
FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE THEIR BIRTH
CERTIFICATE WITH THEM, THEY CAN
UTILIZE THAT UNIQUE CODE, OKAY?
AND TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THIS,
THIS, UH PROGRAM THAT WAS
STARTED. WAS IT ALWAYS INTENDED
THAT YOU WOULD GET THE $25 AT
BIRTH OR WHATEVER AMOUNT AT
BIRTH AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL
AMOUNT IF YOU ARE A LOW INCOME
FAMILY OR A STUDENT IN THE FIRST
GRADE. IS THAT HOW THIS WAS
PLANNED OUT. SO YOU'RE BORN AND
LET'S SEE SEVEN YEARS LATER, YOU
KNOW, FIRST GRADE YOU GET IF
YOU'RE LOW INCOME STUDENT, YOU
GET $500 MORE. THAT'S THAT'S
CORRECT, OK? UH UM. SO THE 1.8
BILLION THAT WAS AUTHORIZED FOR
THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER ALL
NEWBORNS FOR HOW MANY YEARS AND
FIRST GRADERS FOR HOW MANY YEARS
SO THE 1.8 BILLION WAS USED TO
COVER. UM 3.4 MILLION KIDS IN
THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR, WHO ARE
IDENTIFIED AS FIRST THROUGH 12TH
GRADERS, UM, AND THE IDEAS FOR
FIRST GRADERS ONGOING, IT WOULD
BE ABOUT 140 MILLION IF THE
COMMITTEE WERE TO ACCEPT THE
GOVERNMENT AT THE PROPOSAL
ONGOING BASIS. GOT IT, OKAY. NOW
TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST GRADERS
WHO WOULD PROBABLY FACE SOME
MORE EVEN HIGHER BARRIER BECAUSE
YOU DON'T GET ANY INFORMATION,
BECAUSE YOU, UM DON'T GET THAT
BIRTH INFORMATION BECAUSE
THEY'RE ALREADY SEVEN YEARS OLD.
I ACTUALLY RECEIVED MY CHILDREN
ATTENDED A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, SO
WE RECEIVED A LETTER NOTIFYING,
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T QUALIFY. UM,
BUT OUTSIDE OF THE LETTER. UM
WHAT ARE WHAT IS SPECIFICALLY
BEING DONE IN SCHOOLS THAT WHERE
WE KNOW THERE'S A HIGH
CONCENTRATION OF STUDENTS THAT
SHOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS FUNDING
. WHAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN
OCCURRING IN THOSE SCHOOLS, OR
IS THERE NOTHING HAPPENING AT
THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL AT THE
MOMENT? THAT'S A SCHOOL DECISION
. YOU KNOW HOW THEY CHOOSE TO
PROMOTE THE PROGRAM. BUT ARE THE
FUNDS THAT WERE, UM,
APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROGRAM
ARE BEING UTILIZED AT A SCHOOL
SITE LEVEL. THAT'S IF THE SCHOOL
DOES IT. THEY DO IT. THAT'S
CORRECT. GOT IT. UM, IS THE ONE
POINT. ROUGH NUMBER OF WHAT YOU
SAID, IS BEING SPENT. ONE POINT.
UH, FIVE BILLION THAT IS STILL
ON UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM. WHAT
KIND OF WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNT
DOES THAT END? IS THAT LIKE AN
INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT OR IS
IT A CASH? YEAH SO HOW WE'VE
STRUCTURED THESE ACCOUNTS IS IN
SUCH A WAY THAT FOR NEWBORNS AND
YOUNGER STUDENTS THERE IN AN
ENROLLMENT AIR PORTFOLIO, WHICH
KIND OF WORKS LIKE TARGET DATE
FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT IN THE
SENSE THAT IT'S MORE AGGRESSIVE
AS THEIR YOUNGER, MORE
CONSERVATIVE AS THEIR OLDER AND
FOR THE OLDER STUDENTS, IT'S IN
A MORE CONSERVATIVE ACCOUNT. TO
MAINTAIN CAPITAL PRESERVATION.
SO, UM. BUT THE FUNDS THAT YOU
HAVEN'T ACTUALLY ALLOCATED
BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN AN
ENROLLMENT ABOVE 110,000. SO
YOU'VE GOT SOUNDS LIKE AGAIN.
ROUGH FIGURE 1.5 BILLION. I'M
JUST DOING THIS MATH IN MY HEAD
SO IT COULD BE OFF BUT CERTAINLY
OVER A BILLION DOLLARS. THAT
HASN'T BEEN YOU DON'T HAVE
ACCOUNTS. FOR ALL THAT BILLION
DOLLARS THAT'S SITTING SOMEWHERE
ELSE. THAT'S SITTING IN AN
INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT WITH
YOU. IS THAT STILL WITH THE
STATE? WHERE IS THAT FUNDING? NO
WE HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY FOR
THIS 3.4 MILLION STUDENTS. THERE
MAY BE SOME LEFT OVER AND THAT
WOULD BE IN IN AN INTEREST
BEARING ACCOUNT. HOW HAVE YOU
SPENT THIS MONEY IF THERE'S NO,
THERE'S ONLY 110,000 ENROLLED
STUDENTS. MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE A
STEP BACK AND JUST WALK THROUGH
HOW THAT GOES. SO WHAT? WHAT IS
THE THAT THE FINANCE INSTITUTION
THAT WE CONTRACTED WITH OUR PLAN
MANAGER IS T I A CREF CRAP. SO
WE GIVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THESE
STUDENTS. AND THEN, UM, IT'S
LITERALLY IT SITS THERE IT
REVERTS IF THEY DON'T GO TO
COLLEGE AND OPEN UP BY THE TIME
IN 25, SO THAT POTENTIALLY IS
TWO DECADES FROM 3.4 MILLION
ACCOUNTS. THOSE ACCOUNTS EXIST
TODAY. YEAH BUT MAYBE YOU CAN
CLARIFY FOR MR ALVAREZ. SORRY TO
INTERRUPT. DAVID UM, IS THAT
THEY'RE THEY'RE OPEN, BUT
THEY'RE NOT QUITE LIKE OPEN.
IT'S LIKE YOU CREATED BANK
ACCOUNT. YOU HAVE TO PRESS THIS
LITTLE BUTTON FOR IT TO ACTIVATE
SO MAYBE WALK THROUGH THE
MECHANICS HOW THAT WORKS. CHAIR
MCCARTY DESCRIBED IT EXACTLY HOW
IT IS. WE CREATED THIS BIG
ACCOUNTS. UM AND WITHIN THE
ACCOUNT, WE DIVIDE IT INTO FOR
ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
UM, AND WE CALL THAT THEIR
PERSONAL CALCULATES ACCOUNT AND
THEN THE FAMILY HAS TO GO ONLINE
TO ACTUALLY ACTIVATED AS THE
CHAIR STATED. OKAY? UM, WHAT WAS
THE. IF IF A FIRST GRADER GETS I
JUST DID THE QUICK MATH ON A
COMPOUND CALCULATOR IF THE FIRST
GRADER GETS $500 HMM. THEY CASH
IT OUT. I JUST USED 18. YEARS
LATER. IT WILL BE ABOUT $1500 IS
WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THEIR
ACCOUNT IS THAT WHAT THE
EXPECTATION IS AND SOME OF THESE
AT A 6% INTEREST RATE GROWTH
ANNUALLY. THAT'S POSSIBLE. UM
THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT
TIME THEY ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO GO
TO COLLEGE AND USE THE FUNDS
MARKET CONDITION, BUT WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S
OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH FOR THESE
FUNDS. SO THEY COULD THEY MOVE
THE FUNDS INTO A MORE AGGRESSIVE
TARGET DATE FUND OR MORE
AGGRESSIVE FUNDS GENERALLY. FOR
THESE COW KIDS FUNDS THEY CANNOT
IF THE FAMILY CHOOSES TO CREATE
THEIR OWN SCHOLARSHIP 5 TO 9
ACCOUNT, THEY CAN CHOOSE ANY
INVESTMENT OFFERING. THEY'D
LIKE. UM WHAT IS, UH, THE WORK
BEING DONE ON MODEL LIKE NON
ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN TERMS OF
FAMILIES THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR
THIS. YEAH. THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY
TRANSLATED OUR PARENT PORTAL
INTO SPANISH, CHINESE,
VIETNAMESE AND FILIPINO. WE'RE
IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATING
MORE MATERIALS. WE HAVE A CALL
CENTER WITH AGENTS AVAILABLE IN
SPANISH, UM AND AS WELL AS THE
LANGUAGE LINE WITH A VARIETY OF
OTHER LANGUAGES. AND WE'RE
CONTINUING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT
PIECES OF COLLATERAL THAT WE CAN
TRANSLATE. AND THEN FROM SO FROM
THE BUDGET REQUEST FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION. SO THE $140
MILLION ANNUALLY THAT SHOULD
THEORETICALLY COVER THE NUMBER
OF FIRST GRADERS AND NEWBORNS
EVERY YEAR. HOW MANY NEWBORNS
ARE ESTIMATED HOW MANY FIRST
GRADERS I DON'T HAVE THAT
PROJECTION ON HAND. I CAN
CERTAINLY SEND YOUR STAFF A
NOTE. BUT BROADLY SPEAKING, WHAT
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT IS
YOU KNOW WE WORK WITH ARE
FORECASTING FOLKS TO DETERMINE
ROUGHLY HOW MANY FIRST GRADERS
WERE EXPECTING. WE HAVE A BIRTH
RATE CALCULATOR. SO YOU KNOW WE
ARE. WE ARE CHECKING THE BIRTH
RATE. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
DOES CREATE A FORECAST FOR THAT
AS WELL, UM, USING THAT
INFORMATION AND THE SORT OF THE
STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM THAT
WE'VE DESCRIBED HERE WE COME UP
WITH AN ESTIMATE. UH WHICH IS
WHY YOU KNOW WHEN WE RAN THOSE
NUMBERS WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH
OUR FIRST GRADERS THAN WE
INITIALLY PROJECTED, WHICH IS
WHY WE SHIFTED SOME OF THOSE
AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT
THE NEWBORN SIDE BY INCREASING
THAT SEED DEPOSIT SO I CAN GET
YOU OUR LATEST ON EARLIEST
NEWBORN IN FIRST GRADE
PROJECTIONS. I DON'T HAVE THEM
ON HAND. BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY
TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU. AND THAT
IS HOW WE BUILD THAT. AND THAT
FIGURE OBVIOUSLY NOW ALSO
INCLUDES THIS, UM PROPOSED
INCREASE FROM NEWBORNS FROM 25
TO $100. THAT'S RIGHT. IF I MAY.
MR ALVAREZ, THERE ARE SOME
FIGURES IN YOUR AGENDA ON PAGE
FOUR. REGARDING THE FIRST
GRADERS THAT 140 MILLION IS
EXPECTED TO SUPPORT ABOUT
255,000 LOW INCOME FIRST GRADERS
MOVING FORWARD. IN ADDITION TO
THAT 140 MILLION, THERE IS ALSO
ABOUT 45 MILLION ONGOING IN THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FOR THE
NEWBORNS. 45 MILLION IS WHAT
WOULD SUPPORT THE $100 DEPOSITS.
I SEE THAT NOW. THANK YOU. OKAY?
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. YES. MR
FONG. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, AND
THANK YOU, TYRONE FOR THE
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY. JUST
FOLLOWING MY COLLEAGUE'S
COMMENTS IN TERMS OF THEM
WORKING OUTREACH, MILLION
DOLLARS WAS SET ASIDE TO
INCREASE OUR BRIDGE. BUT IT
SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH
THE CD WITH ELLY GAI IS WITH
DIFFERENT AGENCIES. BUT HOW ARE
WE? UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS TO
RELATE, AUGMENT OUTREACH
EFFORTS. AND ARE THERE. LOCAL
ELIA'S THEY'RE DOING IS BETTER
THAN OTHERS, AND HOW AND THOSE
BEST PRACTICES THAT WE CAN LEARN
FROM. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I
THINK THERE'S TWO WAYS TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION. FIRST TO FOCUS ON
THE MARKETING DOLLARS. WE JUST
RELEASED AN RFP AND SELECTED A
FIRM FOR MEDIA BUYING AND
ADVERTISING SERVICES TO UTILIZE
THOSE FUNDS FROM THE LAST YEAR
BUDGET AND WE JUST NEEDED TO
FORMALIZE THE CONTRACT AND
EXPECT TO ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS
BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM AND TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION
ABOUT WORKING WITH SCHOOLS YOU
KNOW, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE L
E. A THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE
MORE INTERESTED THAN OTHERS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH SOME SCHOOLS
ON DOING PRESENTATIONS MULTIPLE
TIMES THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC
YEAR. SOME SCHOOLS HAVE SENT OUT
TARGETED EMAILS TO STUDENTS THAT
THEY KNOW ARE LOW INCOME. ONE
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HAS
GONE SO FAR TO CREATE. EFFECT
CHECK THAT, SAYS CAL KIDS AND
INSPIRE FAMILIES AND GIVE THEM
HOPE. AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE
JUST BEEN DOING OUR DUE
DILIGENCE WITH OUR LIMITED STAFF
OF TRYING TO REACH OUT TO AS
MANY ELIA'S AND STATEWIDE
ASSOCIATIONS AS POSSIBLE TO
EXPAND OUR AVERAGE. THANK YOU
FOR THAT UPDATE IN TERMS OF THE
MEDIA BIAS. ALSO, AS MR ALVAREZ
HAS STATED, THERE'S A LOT OF
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN
CALIFORNIA. WE ONLY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO
YOU. COMMUNITIES AND THE RESPECT
OF NATIVE LANGUAGE IS A LOT OF
TIMES DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WILL
GET THEIR INFORMATION AND, UH
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS THAT ARE NOT
ENGLISH. PUT IT ON MINUTE THAT
THERE MIGHT BE IN CHINESE OR
SPANISH OR KOREAN OR TOOK ALL
LOOK, SO I THINK THERE'S A
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WHOEVER YOU
CONTRACT WITH THAT THEY
HOPEFULLY THAT'S PART OF THEIR
CAMPAIGN AS WELL TO REACH
FAMILIES ARE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS
POSSIBLE? ABSOLUTELY AT THAT
POINT IS WELL TAKEN. OKAY? THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. YES,
MR ALVAREZ. SO UM, GIVEN THE
REPORTS SAYING THAT THERE'S
LARGELY UNSPENT FUNDS ON
OUTREACH UM. WHY ARE WHY ARE
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS NEEDED AT
THIS TIME? YEAH SO I MEAN,
CALIFORNIA IS VERY EXPENSIVE. UM
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COMMUNITY
. THAT'S PART OF THE CALCULUS
POPULATION. THAT'S VERY DIVERSE
. WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR
SCHOLARSHIP 5 TO 9 MARKETING
DIRECTOR WHO HAS SUGGESTED THAT
YOU KNOW, FOR A TWO WEEK
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN IN
CALIFORNIA AND CAN COST ROUGHLY
ABOUT $2 MILLION. RIGHT NOW. WE
HAVE ABOUT $1 MILLION THAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH PROVIDING THE LAST
YEAR BUDGET AND SO OUR ABILITY
TO CONTINUE DEMYSTIFYING THE
MYTH OF FREE MONEY THROUGH THIS
PROGRAM IS REALLY INCUMBENT ON
HOW MUCH MONEY WILL HAVE
AVAILABLE, AND SO THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
YEAH GO AHEAD, MR ROBERT, I'LL
JUST END THIS. THIS I REMAIN
UNCONVINCED THAT IMMEDIATE BY UM
ESPECIALLY OF ONLY MILLION
DOLLARS IS GOING TO BE REACHING
THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE
REACHED. I THINK WE'VE SEEN IT
TIME AND AGAIN AND CERTAINLY FOR
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WHETHER IT'S TESTING
VACCINATIONS WHEN IT CAME TO
COVID, UM IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING
TO PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT IT'S
HARD FOR THEM TO ENGAGE AND
PARTICIPATE, AND SO I THINK
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE.
FOCUS ON HOW DO WE TOUCH PEOPLE
AND PERSONAL WAY AT THE SCHOOL
SITE WITH TRUSTED SOURCES. UM
OTHERWISE, THESE NUMBERS I THINK
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO UM, BE
PRETTY PRETTY, UH, NOT NOT WHERE
WE WANT THEM TO BE. SO I WOULD
SUGGEST WE RECONSIDER THAT AND
WHAT? WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
DOING IN TERMS OF, UM ON THE
GROUND, TRUE GRASSROOTS LEVEL OF
OUTREACH AND OTHERWISE, I THINK
WE'RE GONNA SEE OURSELVES HERE
NEXT YEAR, WITH SOME GROWTH,
PROBABLY, BUT MAINLY DUE TO THE
BORN, UM DO WE HAVE THAT
BREAKDOWN? BY THE WAY? HOW MANY
OF THE 110,000 ACCOUNTS ARE
FIRST GRADERS VERSUS NEWBORNS? I
DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER ON HANDS
, UM, THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE
INFORMATION WITH YOUR OFFICE. SO
IT SAYS THAT APPROXIMATELY 40
50,000 NEWBORNS, BUT ACTUALLY.
VERY FEW, VERY FEW NEWBORNS.
MAINLY STUDENTS, OKAY? ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL JUST
REMEMBER DAVID. OBVIOUSLY. YOU
WIN OUR WHEN OUR SPOUSES HAD
KIDS. WHEN WE WENT HOME, WE WERE
FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL, NOT OPENING
SOME LETTER WITH SOME MONEY. PUT
IT OFFER IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU SAID. UH
UM, ABOUT COVID. AND ALSO WHEN
WE DID THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
AND ANYTHING BIG, WE HAVE A
BROAD CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC
OUTREACH, AND THIS IS NICE, BUT
IT'S WOEFULLY INSUFFICIENT. A
MILLION DOLLARS IS LIKE BARELY
SACRAMENTO, NOT EVEN SAN DIEGO'S
MEDIA MARKET, SO THIS IS A $2
BILLION PLUS PROGRAM IS 1.8 PLUS
170 YEAR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
NOW. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD, LIKE,
INVEST IN IT IF WE WANT TO GET A
BETTER OUTCOME, SO I THINK THAT
YOU KNOW I KNOW, OVER THE YEARS
PAST, WE HAVE WE HIRE FIRMS AND
DO THIS MULTI, YOU KNOW, MEDIA
AND YOU KNOW, DIVERSE LANGUAGES
AND BROAD EFFORT TO FOCUS ON
IMPLEMENTATION. I DON'T KNOW FOR
DOING IT HERE, AND I'M NOT
SAYING IT'S THEIR FAULT HERE,
BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WE
WANT THIS TO REALLY SUCCEED. I
THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
OPTIONS. SO WE WILL DO THAT AND
MAYBE WE CAN PARTNER TOGETHER TO
LOOK AT SOME IDEAS. UM OKAY?
FURTHER QUESTIONS SEEING NONE
WILL HOLD THIS ISSUE OPEN. IS
SHE NUMBER TWO? WE HAVE OUR
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. UH
FOLKS HERE AND A FEW PROPOSALS
FROM THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.
OKAY? GOOD MORNING. MR CHAIR,
REMEMBERS JENNIFER LOUIS WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THE
STATE LIBRARIES AUGMENTATIONS
FOR GUN MURDERS BUDGET ARE A
CONTINUATION OF THE
ADMINISTRATION'S OFFENSES ON
ACCESS, INNOVATION AND EQUITY.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING FOUR PROPOSALS.
THE FIRST IS $462,000 AND
ONGOING JOURNAL FUND TO EXPAND
AND SUPPORT THE WEAKENED STATE
LAW LIBRARY AND PERSONNEL
SUPPORT. THE SECOND PROPOSAL IS
A GENERAL FUND INCREASE OF
$597,000 TO EXPAND THE
CALIFORNIA HISTORY ROOM, SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS AND PERSONAL SUPPORT
, SUPPORT AND WITHIN THE
AUGMENTATION $357,000, AN
ONGOING GENERAL FUND AND
$240,000.01 TIME, RESPECTIVELY.
THE THIRD PROPOSAL IS 100 AND
$68,000 IN ONGOING GENERAL FUND
TO SUPPORT THE STATE LIBRARY
AUDIT PROGRAM AND LASTLY,
100,000,001 TIME GENERAL FUND
SHIFT. FROM THE 2022 BUDGET ACT
TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, WHICH
SHALL BE RE ALLOCATED IN A THREE
YEAR PHASE PERIOD WITH 33
MILLION IN 24 25 33 MILLION
AGAIN IN THE 2025 26 34 MILLION
IN ITS FINAL AND THIRD YEAR IN
2026 27. WITH THAT I SHALL
CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MR. CHAIR MEMBERS E
INCLINE WITH THE L A. OH,
COMMENTS ON THE STATE LIBRARY
BEGIN IN YOUR AGENDA AND PAGES,
15 AND 16. WITH RESPECT TO THE
CALIFORNIA HISTORY ROOM, WE
RECOMMEND REJECTING THIS
PROPOSAL AND REVISITING WHEN THE
STATE'S BUDGET CONDITION
IMPROVES. WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
SHORTCOMINGS EXIST IN THESE
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS PORTFOLIO.
HOWEVER OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
EXIST FOR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS,
ACQUISITIONS SUCH AS FEDERAL
FUNDING AND FOUNDATION FUNDING.
WE ALSO IDENTIFY THAT THE
WORKLOAD FOR THE CALIFORNIA
HISTORY ROOM HAS RECENTLY
FLUCTUATED BOTH IN TERMS OF
REQUESTS RECEIVED AND HOURS
SPENT ON RESEARCH. HOWEVER, THE
CURRENT YEAR'S DATA IS MORE IN
LINE WITH LEVELS THAT WE'RE
SEEING PRE PANDEMIC. WHEN THE
STATE'S BUDGET CONDITION
IMPROVES, THE LEGISLATURE COULD
CONSIDER POTENTIALLY FUNDING A
SENIOR LIBRARIAN TO WORK ON
OUTREACH AND COLLECTIONS. AS
SUCH, WE RECOMMEND TO CONTINUE
TO MONITOR LIBRARIAN WORKLOAD
AND WHEN THE FISCAL CONDITIONS
IMPROVED, ONE TIME FUNDING COULD
BE PROVIDED FOR COLLECTIONS
PURCHASES, BUT UNTIL THAT TIME
WE RECOMMEND THAT THE HISTORY
ROOM UTILIZED NON GENERAL FUND
SOURCES FOR THESE ACQUISITIONS.
WITH RESPECT TO THE WEAKENED
STATE LAW, LIBRARY OR COMMENTS
ARE FOUND ON PAGES ARE JUST ON
PAGE 16. WE RECOMMEND REJECTING
THIS PROPOSAL. REVENUE FROM THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LAW LIBRARY
SPECIAL FUND IS INTENDED TO
COVER THE LAW LIBRARIES
OPERATING EXPENSES. CURRENTLY
$65 OF CERTAIN CIVIL FILING FEES
ARE DEPOSITED INTO THE LAW
LIBRARY SPECIAL FUND. THIS FEE
AMOUNT HAS BEEN FLAT SINCE 1999
AND COULD BE REAUTHORIZED IN
2025. THERE IS NO CLEAR
JUSTIFICATION FOR REPLACING
SPECIAL FUND SUPPORT WITH
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT.
FURTHERMORE WORKLOAD HAS
INCREASED FOR THE LAW LIBRARY
BUT REMAINS IN LINE WITH JOB
EXPECTATIONS. THOSE STAFF HOURS
SPENT ON RESEARCH HAVE INCREASED
THE AVERAGE SHARE OF TIME EACH
LIBRARIAN SPENDS ON RESEARCH
REMAINS BELOW 40. WHICH IS THE
TARGET, UH, LEVELED THE STATE
LIBRARY SPECIFIES IN ITS
LIBRARIAN JOB DUTY STATEMENT. WE
RECOMMEND CONSIDERING INCREASING
THE SHARE OF THE CIVIL APPELLATE
FILING FEE THAT IS DEPOSITED
INTO THE STATE LAW LIBRARY FUND.
WITH RESPECT TO THE AUDIT
PROGRAM ARE COMMENTS CAN BE
FOUND ON PAGE 17 OF YOUR AGENDA
. STATE LAW REQUIRES AGENCIES TO
HAVE INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND THE
STATE LIBRARY CURRENTLY UTILIZES
ITS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM TO
COMPLETE THIS FUNCTION. THIS
TEAM IS COMPRISED OF THE STATE
LIBRARIAN, THE DEPUTY STATE
LIBRARIAN AND THE BUREAU'S OF
ITS FIVE MAIN DIVISIONS. THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM, THEN DELEGATES
AUTHORITY AS IT DEEMS
APPROPRIATE TO SUPERVISORS IN
THE LINE STAFF TO COMPLETE AUDIT
RESPONSIBILITIES. STATE LAW ALSO
IDENTIFIES THAT AGENCIES WITH
ONGOING BUDGETS OF $50 MILLION
OR GREATER, SHOULD CONSIDER
ESTABLISHING AN ONGOING AUDIT
PROGRAM IN THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
ACCOMPLISH THAT END. HOWEVER, A
STRONG CASE HAS NOT BEEN MADE.
THE STATE LIBRARY IS ONLY $1
MILLION OVER THE $50 MILLION
THRESHOLD AT WHICH AN AGENCY IS
TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING AND
ONGOING AUDIT PROGRAM AND OF
THIS AMOUNT LESS THAN 25 MILLION
IS ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. NEW ONGOING
POSITIONS MAY NOT BE NECESSARY
IN THE LONG RUN AS MUCH OF THE
RECENT LARGE INCREASE IN GENERAL
FUND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IS FOR ONE
TIME INITIATIVES WITH FUNDS THAT
MUST BE EXPENDED BY THE END OF
THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. THE
STATE LIBRARY HAS ALSO RECENTLY
SEEN AN INCREASE IN STAFF OVER
THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH 20 FTE
ADDED IN THE 21 22 BUDGET ACT IN
17.5 ADDED IN THE 22 23 BUDGET
ACT. SO PERHAPS REDESIGNATED
EXISTING PERSONNEL WOULD
ACCOMPLISH THE SAME END. WITH
THAT WE RECOMMEND TWO OPTIONS.
THE PROPOSAL COULD BE OUTRIGHT
REJECTED IN THE LOB. THE LIBRARY
COULD CONTINUE RELYING ON
EXISTING STEP TO COMPLETE ITS
AUDIT FUNCTIONS. A SECOND OPTION
COULD BE TO CONVERT THE
REQUESTED POSITION INTO A TERM
LIMITED POSITION THAT WOULD
FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT THE LOCAL
LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
ARE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
STATE AND TENT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. STATE
LIBRARIAN, MR LUCAS, GREG LUCAS
STATE LIBRARY. I DON'T REALLY
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE L A
OR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
COMMENTS, BUT TO YOUR POINT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PHªN DURING THE
SCHOLARSHIP DISCUSSION. WE
ADMINISTER AN ETHNIC MEDIA GRANT
PROGRAM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE DONE
HERE, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE
SCHOLARSHIP FOLKS. WE CAN PUT
THEM IN FRONT OF 70, OR 80 MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR JUST KIND OF THE
COST OF AN EMAIL OR A PHONE
CALL, SO OKAY? THANK YOU FOR
BEING A GOOD TEAM PLAYER, MR
LUCAS VALUED STATE EMPLOYEES,
LIBRARIES. THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM HERE. UM
QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS MAYBE, MR
LUCAS IF YOU CAN KIND OF WALK
THROUGH, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF
THE NEW YORK COMMITTEE MEETING
MEMBERS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
WE HAVE GIVEN WITH THE ONE TIME
INFUSION, SOME MONEY THE STATE
LIBRARY TO HELP OUR LOCAL
LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
AND VARIETY OF THINGS WE LISTED
HERE, HOW WAS MAYBE JUST KIND OF
BROAD PICTURE? HOW'S THAT BEEN
GOING AND SUCCESSFUL AND MAYBE
GIVE US A FEW NARRATIVES? BE
HAPPY, TOO. IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE
. I MEAN, THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA MADE THE LARGEST
SINGLE INVESTMENT IT'S EVER MADE
IN LOCAL LIBRARIES IN WHAT ARE
WE AT NOW? 173 YEARS. AND THAT
WAS 489 MILLION, PRIMARILY
FOCUSED ON LIBRARY FACILITIES,
AND IT FOCUSED ON THE WAY THE
LEGISLATURE WROTE IT. UM FOCUSED
ON LEAST RESOURCE COMMUNITIES
AND THE MOST DIRE SORT OF
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR I MEAN,
IN MANY CASES, IT WAS LIKE FIRE
AND LIFE SAFETY SORT OF ISSUES.
WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION AT
THE STATE LIBRARY NOT TO SPEND
ALL OF IT THE FIRST YEAR BECAUSE
OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM,
WHICH SAID WE SHOULD FOCUS ON
THE LEAST RESOURCE COMMUNITIES
AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT YOU
KNOW ALREADY, UM A LOT OF TIMES.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT CAN'T
GET TOGETHER AND APPLICATION IN
A ONE YEAR PROCESS. SO WE GAVE
OUT 313 MILLION IN FUNDING LAST
YEAR, TOO. LET'S SEE. 232
LIBRARY PROJECTS AND 100 AND 84
CITIES AND 30 SOMETHING COUNTIES
THERE'S 100 AND 75 MILLION LEFT.
UM AND THE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT
CLOSE ON MAY 18TH. OUR
EXPECTATION IS THAT WE'LL GET
REQUESTS FOR AT LEAST 600
MILLION IN PROJECTS AND AS MUCH
AS A BILLION DOLLARS WE SEND OUT
LETTERS IN ADVANCE, SAYING,
HERE'S WHAT'S LEFT. YOU INTEND
TO APPLY. THE SO. AND IN PART,
THAT WAS THE GENESIS FOR OUR
IDEA THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE AN
AUDITOR BECAUSE WE WENT FROM. I
THINK IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
BUT LIKE 240,000,001 YEAR TO
ALMOST 600 MILLION IN MONEY
PASSING THROUGH THE LIBRARY, AND
SO RATHER THAN. RISK SOMETHING
GOING WRONG? WE THOUGHT IT'D BE
BETTER TO HAVE SOMEBODY FOCUSED
ON THAT. THE SECOND THING WE'RE
DOING AND, UH, HOPEFULLY
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET YOUR HELP
IN IN. THIS IS CALIFORNIA IS
DOING. THE STATE WAS A STATEWIDE
DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY
, WHICH AND I WAS REMINDED OF IT
DURING THE SCHOLAR SHARED
DISCUSSION. IT'S EVERY KID FROM
0 TO 5 IS ELIGIBLE. YOU SIGN UP
AND YOU GET A BOOK EVERY MONTH.
THAT KIND OF STEP LADDERS UP AND
COMPREHENSION UNTIL YOU TURN
FIVE. AND IT'S UH I MEAN, IT'S.
THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF
MOVING PARTS, BUT IT'S LIKE, YOU
KNOW, IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE
GREAT CHALLENGES TO HAVE. AND SO
THAT WAS PROBABLY GOING LIVE
WITH THAT ON JUNE 6TH AND THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR PUT
IN $60 MILLION TO COVER THE COST
FOR EACH KID IS ABOUT THREE
BUCKS. EXCUSE ME. EACH KID IS
ABOUT THREE BUCKS A MONTH. AND
SO THERE'S 2.4. MILLION, UH,
CALIFORNIA KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF
FIVE. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO, UH
GET AS MANY OF THEM SIGNED UP AS
POSSIBLE. AND WE'RE IT'S BEEN A
PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE DOLLY
PARTON FOUNDATION. UM AND THERE
. THEY'RE ALWAYS UPBEAT, AND
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO LIKE, FALL
BACK ON. YOU KNOW, MY FORMER
CYNICAL REPORTER LIKE
PERSONALITY WORKING AROUND THEM.
SO HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY WE CAN
GET YOUR HELP IN DOING SOME
OUTREACH IN YOUR DISTRICTS TO
MAKE SURE AS MANY PEOPLE SIGN UP
AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE ALSO USING UM
, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH
THESE ETHNIC MEDIA OUTLETS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TOUCHES
MANY CALIFORNIA KIDS AS
POSSIBLE. DID YOU AND MY
FILIBUSTERING MR CHAIR IS THAT
ONE? YOU'RE DOING A FINE JOB.
YEAH, BUT I WILL. I WILL NOTE
THAT THAT TONIGHT AT OUR MILE
FROM HERE OR LESS. OUR CITY
HALL, THEY'RE GONNA BE AGENDAS
AND ITEM TO APPLY FOR THE SAID,
UM, STATE GRANTS FOR A COUPLE OF
LIBRARIES. TERRIFIC SACK ONE IN
SOUTH SAC. SO YEAH, THERE'S YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE
A LIBRARY PLAN ON THE BOOKS A
DREAM WHETHER THEY'RE IN ALL OF
OUR DISTRICTS, AND THIS IS A
PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GO TO HELP
MAKE THOSE REALITIES. SO IT'S
JUST A REMINDER NEXT TIME WE
HAVEN'T AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE
TIME FUNDS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE
LAST ITEM, YOU KNOW, WE WAS
VISION FOR CALIFORNIA, AND WE'RE
STILL TRYING TO MAKE A GO OF IT.
AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO
AFFECTIVELY. INVEST ONE TIME
DOLLARS. THANK YOU. I COULDN'T
AGREE WITH YOU MORE. OKAY
QUESTIONS FOR OUR STATE. UH,
LIBRARIAN. OKAY EVERYONE LOVES
THEIR LIBRARY, BUT NO QUESTIONS
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, MR LUCAS.
YES, MR MURATSUCHI. THANK YOU,
MR LUCAS. AYE. APPRECIATE. MANY
OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE STATE
LIBRARIAN DOES YOU MENTIONED THE
ETHNIC MEDIA OUTREACH. WE WE'VE
ALSO BEEN WORKING ON THE
CALIFORNIA CIVIL LIBERTIES,
PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANT, UH AND
SO, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
YOUR WORK AND THAT RESPECT. UM I
WAS JUST CURIOUS AND IN TERMS OF
THE AUDITOR POSITION, WHY? WHY
THAT WOULD REQUIRE A POSITION
RATHER THAN JUST CONTRACTING OUT
AN AUDIT. I DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT. I DON'T THINK
THAT'S REALLY AN OPTION FOR
STATE AGENCIES. BUT I DON'T
KNOW. SMART PEOPLE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE YOUR ON
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THERE
HAS BEEN NO IDENTIFIED
MISMANAGEMENT. THIS IS MORE OF A
PREEMPTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY
APPROACH, GIVEN THE ANNUAL
ACCELERATION OF FUNDS AND THE
IMPORTANT OF PROVIDING LOCAL
ASSISTANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS AND
SO THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE AH,
LONG TERM ACCOUNTABILITY. UM FOR
STATE FUNDS FOR, UH, FOR
PROVIDING TO LOCAL LIBRARIES AND
GIVEN THE FREQUENT, UM FUNDING
TO LOCAL LIBRARIES. THE
ADMINISTRATION SOUGHT. UM IT
WOULD BE PRUDENT TO PROVIDE A
PERMANENT POSITION FOR THE STATE
AUDITOR OR NOT STAY HARD, A
LIBRARY AND BASED AUDITOR AT THE
STATE LIBRARY. OH, I'M SORRY.
DID I MISUNDERSTAND YOUR
QUESTION? I THOUGHT YOU WERE
ASKING. WHY WOULDN'T WE CONTRACT
WITH SOME OUTSIDE ENTITY TO COME
IN? THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, OK. YEAH
UM I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT.
OVER OVER 50 MILLION MILLION
HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF THAT
FOCUSES ON THAT AND I DON'T KNOW
. I IMAGINE THE STATE MUST DO
THAT. BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.
UM HMM. MR ITSUKI JACKSON
DEPARTMENT FINANCE, HAVING
WORKED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN
THE PAST THAT HAVE A SIMILAR
CONTRACTED CAPACITY. UM STATE
LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE BETTER
SERVED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE SOMEONE IN HOUSE THAT'S
LOOKING AT KIND OF THEIR WHOLE
HOUSE WHERE, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT
I'VE SEEN THAT DONE IN THE PAST,
IT'S USUALLY MORE OF AN ISSUE
SPECIFIC. ONE TIME AND THEN
WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND DO
ANOTHER AUDIT OF ANOTHER THING.
SO LET'S LISTEN. THIS IS GOING
TO GIVE THEM A LOT MORE
CONSISTENCY AND A LOT MORE EYES
ON. UM SO IN THAT CASE, UM, KIND
OF THE COST I'VE SEEN IS THAT
FOR NOT A LOT MORE? THEY'RE
GOING TO GET A LOT MORE SERVICE.
OKAY THANK YOU HAVE AUDITS ABOUT
IT SORTS OF THINGS FROM THE
MILITARY DEPARTMENT. BUT THERE
ARE OTHER STATE AGENCIES THAT
COME AND AUDIT OUR SECURITY AND
THINGS OF THAT SORT. BUT
JENNIFER LOUIS WITH FINANCE ONE
LAST NOTE EVERY FIVE YEARS OF
THE LIBRARY IS EXPECTED TO
PROVIDE AN ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
WHEN THEY RECEIVE FEDERAL
FUNDING, AND SO WITH THE
EXPECTATION OF HAVING AN IN
HOUSE AUDITOR, THERE IS ALSO, UH
, POTENTIAL FOR THAT
COLLABORATION ALIGNMENT AS THE
LIBRARY RECEIVES FREQUENT
FERTILE FUNDING ON A YEAR TO
YEAR BASIS WITH THE MLS GRANT,
AND SO THE EXPECTATION IS WHEN
YOU HAVE THOSE ALIGNMENT WITH
STATE, FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING
TO LOCALS AS WELL AS FEDERAL
FINS THAT GO TO LOCALS AS WELL.
AND SO THE IDEAL POTENTIAL IS
THAT THAT STATE SIDE PERSON
WOULD WORK WITH THE FEDERAL
EXPECTATIONS AS WELL BECAUSE
IT'S SERVING THE SAME
POPULATION, THE LOCAL LIBRARIES
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY? YES.
SIMILAR MIRO DALI. MR LUCAS. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING
OUT. AND I KNOW YOU TRAVEL A
LOT, TOO. BUY BERRIES. THANK YOU
TO MY DISTRICT. FEEL GOOD ABOUT
THE FUTURE. YES, THAT'S GOOD.
UM, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST RUN
THROUGH BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE APPLICATIONS OF
UPWARDS TO THINK. 660,000,600
YES, THIS WHAT'S THE REMAINDER
DOLLARS? CAN YOU RUN THROUGH THE
GUIDELINES OF HOW THEY WERE
CHOSEN THE ORIGINAL 232
PROJECTS. THEY'RE BASED ON THE.
THE CRITERIA IS BASED ON THE
BUDGET ITEM THAT CREATED THE
PROGRAM, SO IT'S LEAST RESOURCES
COMMUNITIES THE WAY WE MEASURED
THAT WAS USING SOMETHING CALLED
THE CALIFORNIA POVERTY MEASURE,
WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE PRECISE
THAN THE THING THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT USES WITH WHOSE NAME
IS ESCAPING ME AT THE MOMENT.
BUT THAT, PLUS THE. GOSH, IT'S
AN ACRONYM. I'LL THINK THAT HERE
IN THE SECOND THE PER CAPITA
SPENDING ON LIBRARIES WITHIN A
JURISDICTION AND THEN IT'S
WHETHER. WHETHER THE PROJECT
FITS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT
THE LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED SO.
IN THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING.
PROJECTS LIKE I KNOW THERE'S
PLACES IN YOUR DISTRICT LIKE IN
TRUCKEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THAT
WOULD LIKE A NEW LIBRARY. BUT
THE FUNDING IN THAT IN THAT
FIRST ROUND DIDN'T ALLOW FOR
THINGS LIKE CONSTRUCTING A NEW
LIBRARY. IT WAS MORE LIKE IN
FACT, MOST OF THE APPLICATIONS
WE GOT WORK FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS
, OUTDATED H VAC SYSTEMS, ENERGY
EFFICIENT THING. ROOF
REPLACEMENT. I THINK THE ONLY
CHECK THAT WE WROTE FOR A
PORTION I'M TELLING YOU WHAT YOU
KNOW ALREADY, BUT I MEAN, THE
STATE DOESN'T PAY 100% WERE LIKE
A PIECE IN THE FUNDING PUZZLE.
SO I THINK THE ONLY CHECK WE
PAID TOWARDS AND I COULD BE
WRONG, BUT THE ONE I REMEMBER IS
, UH, A CHECK FOR $7 MILLION TO
PORTERVILLE, WHOSE LIBRARY
BURNED TO THE GROUND COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO. REMEMBER KILLED TWO
FIREFIGHTERS. UM SO THIS YEAR'S
FUNDING IS THAT THE RULE YOU YOU
WILL CHANGE THE RULES SLIGHTLY
TO ALLOW A BROADER ARRAY OF
PROJECTS RIGHT TO ENHANCED
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY TO ENHANCE
PHYSICAL ACCESS. NEW
CONSTRUCTION RIGHT A BRAND NEW,
YOU KNOW, BUILD A NEW LIBRARY,
ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND THERE'S
ANOTHER ONE. I CAN'T I CAN'T
THINK OF, BUT IT'S A BROADER
RANGE OF APPLICATIONS. AND
THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE REASON
WHY THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDED IS
BECAUSE WE JUST THE WAY THE LAW
WAS WRITTEN, PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T
ALLOW THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS.
BUT THERE'S A NEED. I MEAN, THE
NEED IS ESTIMATED $5 BILLION
SHOWS THE NEED AND SO IN THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL, SO DELAYING
JUST OPEN THE 100 MILLION OVER
THE NEXT 22 CYCLES. CORRECT SO
THE 33 MILLION IN THE OR IS IT
THREE SECONDS? THREE YEAR PHASE
, SO IN 24 25 WILL BE 33. THEN
THE FOLLOWING FISCAL EURO B. 33
AGAIN AND THEN THE THIRD FINAL
YEAR IT'LL BE, UM REMAINING 34,
THOUGH, AND THAT MONEY WILL BE
UNDERNEATH THE NEW. NEW
APPLICATION. WE HAVE 175 RIGHT,
BUT IT WILL BE SO YOU CAN FOR
NEW CONSTRUCTION, OKAY, WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO THE SAME ELIGIBILITY
RULES GOVERNING THE PROGRAM NOW.
OKAY? GENERAL LOUIS WITH
FINANCE. THE STATUTE DOESN'T
CHANGE, SO IT'S JUST IT'S THE
IT'S THE SHIFT IN FUNDING, BUT
THE EXPECTATIONS DO NOT CHANGE.
THANK YOU. YES MR MURATSUCHI.
THANK YOU, MR LUCAS. I JUST
WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT THIS
CALIFORNIA HISTORY ROOM LOOKS
FASCINATING. I'VE NEVER BEEN
THERE WOULD LOVE TO ARRANGE A
TIME. OKAY, LIBRARY. WE JUST
TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU. OKAY?
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT THAT
FELLOW THAT'S THAT EVERYONE
KNOWS HERE IN THE CAPITAL WHO'S
ALWAYS TWEETING? AMAZING STUFF
ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE. MR VASSAR
. IS THAT WHERE HE IS? HE WORKS
AT THE STATE LIBRARY. YES,
KEEPING THE CALIPH. HE'S NOT OLD
ENOUGH TO BE IN THE CALIFORNIA
HISTORY ROOM. ONLY I AM OKAY.
YES HE'S QUITE AMUSING, AND HE'S
WELL KNOWN IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AMONG THE MEMBERS.
HE'S YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAS HIGHER
NAME ID THAN YOU, MR LUCAS.
AMONG US WOULD HOPE SO. YES,
YEAH. YES UM, I WANT TO ASK YOU
ONE OF THE OTHER. UM INVESTMENTS
MADE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
. WE GAVE A ONE TIME
APPROPRIATION TO FOCUS ON THE
BEGINNING OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
SOME OF THE ORAL HISTORIES OF
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL
FIGURES AND CALIFORNIA THAT THAT
MAY NOT BE AROUND FOREVER, AND
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THE
DOCUMENT THAT THAT AND THEN CAN
YOU GIVE US A LITTLE RUNDOWN OF
THAT AND HOW? HOW THAT FUNDING
THE FUNDING THAT CAME TO US. UM
WE'VE BASICALLY TRANSFERRED TO
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
, WHICH HAS A ONGOING ORAL
HISTORY PROGRAM. UM AND THEY'VE
THAT DONE A. WHAT. THEY'VE ADDED
A LOT MORE ORAL HISTORIES AND
THEY'RE DOING A LOT MORE WORK ON
THAT THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST
THAT GO BACK AND IT WILL BE
HOUSED WITH YOU ALL IN THE IN
THE STATE LIBRARY. ACTUALLY, THE
MOST OF THEM ARE PUT ONLINE NOW
AND SO THERE IT I MEAN, WHETHER
THE ARCHIVES DOES IT OR NOT,
THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE ONLINE. UM
BUT U C. BERKELEY DOES A FAIR
NUMBER OF THEM. CAL STATE
FULLERTON JUST DID A SERIES ON
WOMEN LEGISLATORS THAT ARE
REALLY COOL. UM YEAH, AND ONE OF
THE REASONS THAT WE WENT WITH
YOU AND I APPRECIATE UNDERSTOOD
. I FORGOT THAT THAT WE HAD THAT
WE WORKED AROUND WITH THEM TO DO
IT, TOO. IS THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T
INTUITIVELY KNOW TO GO FIND THEM
THERE. THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD GO
LOOK FOR THEM AT THE CALIFORNIA
HISTORY CENTER. SO THAT'S THAT'S
KIND OF PURPOSE TO AFTER WE'RE
GONE. WE WANNA WANNA, YOU KNOW,
PLANT A SEED OF A TREE THAT WILL
NEVER SEE. YOU KNOW THAT THE
NEXT GENERATION WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE ARCHIVES TO
MAKE SURE THAT'S LESS OF AN
ISSUE, OKAY? THANK YOU. UM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOLD THESE
ISSUES OPEN. APPRECIATE YOUR
PARTICIPATION TODAY. THANK YOU.
ISSUE NUMBER. THREE. MHM THIS
FOR A QUICK SECOND BRIDGE.
STARTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. GOOD MORNING, GABRIELLA
CHAVEZ WITH DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. AND COLLEGE OF THE LAW
. SAN FRANCISCO IS AFFILIATED
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA SYSTEM. BUT IT'S
GOVERNED BY ITS INDEPENDENT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE COLLEGE
PRIMARILY ENROLLS STUDENTS
SEEKING A JURY STOCKED ER, BUT
IT ALSO OFFERS THREE LOT RELATED
MASTER'S PROGRAMS, INCLUDING A
JOINT HEALTH POLICY AND LAW
PROGRAM WITH UC SAN FRANCISCO.
THE COLLEGE OF THE LAW. SAN
FRANCISCO EXPECTS TO ENROLL
APPROXIMATELY 1199 STUDENTS IN
2023 2024. OUT OF WHICH 1139
WILL BE JD STUDENTS. THE TOTAL
RESIDENTS FEES FOR THE J D
PROGRAM IN 2023 24 IS 48,273.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
AN INCREASE OF 2.2 MILLION
ONGOING GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT
OPERATING COSTS. THIS REPRESENTS
A 3% INCREASE IN BASIC MENTE
SHIN. THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES
INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF THREE
MILLION GENERAL FUND OVER THREE
YEARS TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING A
CAMPUS SAFETY PROGRAM KNOWN AS
URBAN ALCHEMY. THAT EMPLOYS
FORMALLY INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUALS AND OR HAVE
EXPLAINED HOMELESSNESS. THANK
YOU, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. LEO. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH INCLINED WITH THE L A.
L COMMENTS ON THE COLLEGE OF THE
LAW. SAN FRANCISCO CAN BE FOUND
ON PAGES 23 24 OF YOUR AGENDA
AND AS FINANCE JUST MENTIONED
THERE ARE TWO MAIN PROPOSALS
THAT I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT, AS
WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE
INSTITUTION'S NAME CHANGE. THE
FIRST BUDGET ITEM CONCERNS THE
2.2 GENERAL MILLION GENERAL FUND
BASED AUGMENTATION. THE COLLEGE
OF THE LAW HAS PROVIDED A BUDGET
PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES THE
ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES FOR THE
UPCOMING YEAR. THIS PLAN
INCLUDES CORE COST INCREASES,
SUCH AS NEW FACULTY HIRING AND
SALARY INCREASES, AS WELL AS
LEAST PAYMENTS FOR THE NEW
STUDENT HOUSING FACILITY. THIS
BUDGET PLAN PROVIDES SOME
TRANSPARENCY AS TO HOW THE
COLLEGE ANTICIPATES IT WILL
ALLOCATE THE PROPOSED BASE
INCREASE IN OTHER CORE FUNDING.
WE RECOMMEND TREATING THE
PROPOSED BASE INCREASES IN UPPER
BOUND, GIVEN THE STATE'S FISCAL
CONDITION, AND SHOULD THEY
CONTINUE CONDITION DETERIORATE.
THIS INCREASE COULD BE
POTENTIALLY REVISITED AT A LATER
DATE. WITH RESPECT TO THE THREE
MILLION IN ONE TIME FUNDING FOR
THE URBAN ALCHEMY PROGRAM. UH AS
FINANCE JUST MENTIONED. THIS IS
ONE TIME FUNDING TO BE SPREAD
EQUALLY OVER THE NEXT THREE
YEARS FOR THE CAMPUS SAFETY
PROGRAM. CAMPUS SAFETY IS A KEY
PART OF THE SCHOOL'S ONGOING
CORE OPERATIONS. UH AH. AND AS
SUCH, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE
SCHOOL USED CORE FUNDS TO PAY
FOR THESE PROGRAMS COSTS.
ADDITIONALLY THREE MILLION AND
ONE TIME GENERAL FUND WAS
ALREADY PROVIDED FOR THE PROGRAM
IN THE 2021 BUDGET ACT, OF WHICH
ONE MILLION IS STILL AVAILABLE
FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
OPTIONS EXIST TO FUND THE
PROGRAM OF CURRENT CORE FUNDS
ARE NOT SUFFICIENT, WHICH
INCLUDE EITHER INCREASING
STUDENT FEES OR TUITION COSTS.
WITH RESPECT TO THE NAME CHANGE.
$885,000 WAS PROVIDED IN THE
PREVIOUS BUDGET ACT TO HELP
OFFSET THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE INSTITUTIONS. NAME CHANGE.
THE COLLEGE HAS IDENTIFIED THAT
ADDITIONAL COSTS HAVE NOW BEEN
INCURRED, WHICH TOTAL ROUGHLY
1.4 MILLION OPTIONS EXIST TO PAY
FOR THESE REMAINING COSTS,
INCLUDING THE LEGISLATURE,
POTENTIALLY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
ONE TIME GENERAL FUND SUPPORT.
HOWEVER CAMPUS RESERVES ARE
AVAILABLE AND COULD BE UTILIZED
TO PAY FOR THESE COSTS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I
WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME UH,
REPRESENTATIVES FROM YOU SEE
COLLEGE OF THE LAW. MM GOOD
MORNING. UH COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M DAVID HAGMAN ON THE
CHANCELLOR AND DEAN THAT èC LAW
. SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M JOINED
BY MY CFO DAVID SEWARD èC,
WHILE SAN FRANCISCO FINDS ITSELF
IN A TIME OF GREAT TRANSITION.
ONE THAT PROVIDES EXTRAORDINARY
OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME
CHALLENGES. TO BEGIN. OF COURSE,
WE HAVE A NEW NAME. THE FORMER
HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE WISE NOW
COLD TO THE LAW. SANFRAN, CISCO
WITH OUR WORKING TITLE, BEING
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COLLEGE
OF THE LAW, SAN FRANCISCO WE ARE
INDEBTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE AND INCLUDING IN
PARTICULAR, REMEMBERS JAMES
RAMOS AND PHIL TING FOR THEIR
CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT THROUGH THE
LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING OF THE A B
1936. WHICH AMENDED THE
EDUCATION CODE TO ALIGN IT WITH
èC LAWS. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHOICE OF A NEW NAME. WE ALSO
WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE SENATE SIDE OF
THE AISLE, SENATOR SCOTT WIENER
, THOMAS UMBERG AND BOB
HERTZBERG FOR THEIR SUPPORT. A B
1936 IN ADDITION TO PUTTING OUR
NEW NAME IN THE EDUCATION CODE
ALSO IDENTIFIED AREAS OF
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AT THE
COWARDS MIGHT PURSUE IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE TRIBES
AROUND VALLEY AS WELL AS OTHER
NATIVE CALIFORNIANS. WE WELCOME
THESE COLLABORATIVE
OPPORTUNITIES, AND INDEED, MANY
OF THOSE OUTLINED IN A B 1936.
WHAT ALREADY PART OF OUR
EXISTING OUTREACH TO THE ROUND
VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES. WE HAVE
BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE
STATE'S GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR
PLANS TO BUILD AN ACADEMIC
VILLAGE IN THE HEART OF SAN
FRANCISCO. THE LAW SCHOOL IS THE
CORNERSTONE OF THE ACADEMIC
INITIATIVE. THE CAMPUS RECEIVED
ITS BIGGEST BOOST FROM THE
STATE'S FUNDING OF THE NEW
CLASSROOM BUILDING AT 333 GOLDEN
GATE AVENUE IN THE 2016 17
BUDGET. THIS ALLOWED US TO
DEMOLISH OUR OLD SIX STORY
CLASSROOM BUILDING AT 1 98
MCALLISTER, WHICH IS BEING
REPLACED BY 14 STORY BUILDING,
WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED THIS
SMALL THE NEW 1 98 MCALLISTER
BUILDING WILL HAVE 606 156 UNITS
OF HOUSING, MAKING IT THE
LARGEST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE
WILL SHARE HOUSING PRIMARILY
WITH UCSF, BUT 1 98 MCALLISTER
WILL ALSO OFFER BELOW MARKET
RATES TO U. C. BERKELEY UC DAVIS
AND SAN FRANCISCO STATE GRADUATE
STUDENTS THE HOUSING AT 1981 98
MCALLISTER NOW ALLOWS US TO
UNDERTAKE A CRITICALLY NEEDED
SEISMIC UPGRADE AND RENOVATE OUR
27 STORY RESIDENCE AT 100
MCALLISTER N N. THIS PROJECT WAS
GENERALLY SUPPORTED GENEROUSLY
SUPPORTED BY THE STATE. AND WE
HAVE BEGUN WORK ON THAT PROJECT
. THIS WORK IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE
SEISMIC SAFETY THE BUILDING AND
WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 270
ADDITIONAL UNITS OF ACADEMIC
HOUSING WHEN IT IS COMPLETED.
ONE FACT I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD
OF IS THAT WE ARE ADDING OR
UPGRADING NEARLY 1000 UNITS OF
HOUSING AND THE CIVIC CENTER
TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAN
FRANCISCO WITHOUT DISPLACING ONE
RESIDENT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE THANK THE STATE FOR
SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS TO BOTH
HELP ADDRESS THE HOUSING
SHORTAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO, AS
WELL AS THE NEED FOR MORE
STUDENT HOUSING ACROSS THE
STATE. THE PROJECTS THAT 1 98
100 MCALLISTER ENABLE US TO
CARRY OUT THE VISION OF THE
ACADEMIC VILLAGE TO GIVE
MULTIPLE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES A FOOTPRINT
IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO.
UCSF OF COURSE, IS A PRIMARY
PARTNER IN THIS VISION OF A
GREAT URBAN CAMPUS. THE
TRANSITIONAL MOMENT WE FIND
OURSELVES IN, HOWEVER, PRESENTS
CERTAIN CHALLENGES AS WELL. WE
HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE
TO HAVE THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE IS PARTNERS AND ALL THAT
WE ARE DOING. IN PARTICULAR, THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ALLOWS US TO
ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF AND
FACULTY OR COMPENSATED AT FAIR
AND COMPETITIVE SALARIES. IN
ADDITION, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR A
PARTNERSHIP WITH URBAN ALCHEMY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE RICHLY DIVERSE
AND DYNAMIC TENDERLOIN
NEIGHBORHOOD FACES PARTICULAR
CHALLENGES THAT ARE UNMATCHED BY
MOST COLLEGE CAMPUSES. URBAN
ALCHEMY PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE
TO CONVENTIONAL POLICING WHEREBY
FORMERLY INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUALS OR TRAINED AS STREET
AMBASSADORS TO HELP ENSURE THE
SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE
GREATER èC LAW, SAN FRANCISCO
COMMUNITY WE FURTHER SUPPORT
GOVERNOR NUISANCE RECENT
DECISION TO DIRECT THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AND
NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST SAN
FRANCISCO AUTHORITIES AND
COMBATING THE FENTANYL CRISIS IN
THE CITY. YOU SEE WHY IS ALL TOO
FAMILIAR WITH THE IMPACT THE
FENTANYL CRISIS IS WREAKING ON
THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR
COMMUNITY AND STAND AT THE READY
TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR'S
EFFORTS. HOWEVER, WE CAN HAVING
THESE TWO AGENCIES PARTNERING
WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO STEM
TRAFFICKING OF THE DEADLY
SYNTHETIC OPIOID OFFERS A
MEASURE OF HOPE THAT RAMPANT
OPEN AIR DRUG DEALING CAN BE
CURTAILED. WITH THESE POSITIVES
. WE MUST NOTE THAT THE CURRENT
BUDGET DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY
ADDITIONAL SUMS TO SUPPORT THE
SCHOOLS. NAME CHANGE THAT WAS
EFFECTUATED BY A B 1936. WE
RECEIVED, AS WAS NOTED $885,000
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH WAS
ONLY ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE
DIGITAL FOOTPRINT. EMAIL
ADDRESSES. WEB PAGE YOUR OIL,
ETCETERA FOR THE COWARD. NO
FUNDING HAS BEEN INCLUDED TO
REPLACE SIGNAGE ON AND
THROUGHOUT THE BUILDINGS OR TO
COMMUNICATE OUR NEW NAME. JUST
PERSPECTIVE. EMPLOYERS.
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS OR THE
GREATER LEGAL COMMUNITY.
SURROUNDINGS HASTINGS COMMITTED
DESPICABLE ACTS IN THE 18
FIFTIES, 20 YEARS BEFORE THE
GHOULS LAW SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED,
INCLUDING PROVIDING INITIAL
FUNDING FROM MILITIAS THAT
COMMITTED THE ATROCITIES IN THE
EVENING AROUND VALLEYS OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HASTINGS
WAS THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF
CALIFORNIA. HE WAS ULTIMATELY
REIMBURSED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FOR HIS OUTWEIGHS TO
THE MILITIAS THAT HAD MADISON
MASSACRED NATIVE CALIFORNIANS.
REMOVING THE NAME HASTINGS FROM
THE LAW SCHOOL IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO, HOWEVER, IT WOULD
BE MANIFESTLY UNFAIR TO EXPECT
OUR CURRENT STUDENTS TUITION
DOLLARS. TO BE SPENT TO REMEDY
THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED 160
YEARS AGO. WE THANK THE
LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURE FOR
SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF A B
1936. WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THE
LEGISLATURE TO SECURE THE
APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION IT
WILL COST TO REALIZE THE VISION
THAT IS ENCOMPASSED AND MAYBE
1936 TO REMOVE THE NAME.
HASTINGS WENT FROM ONE OF THE
GREAT LAW SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION. I WELCOME ANY OF YOUR
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS
FROM THE COMMITTEE. MR ROBERTS.
HAVE SOME REAL BASIC QUESTIONS
BECAUSE I'M NOT AT ALL FAMILIAR
WITH THE SCHOOL. THE REPORT THAT
WE HAVE SAYS THAT THE TUITION AH
. TUITION RATE IS BELIEVE
43,000. YEAH. 40 44,000 FOR THIS
CURRENT YEAR. HOW DOES THAT
COMPARE TO LIKE U. C. L A LAW
AND THE OTHER èC SCHOOLS WERE
ABOUT 12 TO 15% BELOW OUR FEAR.
YOU SEE SCHOOLS, OKAY. UM AND
WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO
OVER WELL, WE ARE LIKE TO SAY
THE LEGISLATURE'S LAW SCHOOL, SO
I'M THE ONLY DEAN THAT APPEARS
BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE
BUDGET COMMITTEES OVER THE LAST
DECADE. UH UNTIL LAST YEAR, WE
DIDN'T RAISE TUITION $1. SO WE
TRIED TO MAINTAIN ACCESSIBILITY
. UH AS BEST AS WE COULD GIVEN
THE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. SO
WE REALLY RUN PARALLEL TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ON
TUITION AND WE DO THE BEST WE
CAN, WITH OUR BUDGET TO SUPPORT
OUR STUDENTS, AND IT'S ABOUT GO
AHEAD AND ADD WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT COST STRUCTURE. AND IN
SOME WAYS THAT'S A CHALLENGE AND
ANOTHER WAYS. IT GIVES US HIGHER
LEVELS OF CONTROL. AH! WE
STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S OUR
PUBLIC MISSION TO PROVIDE
QUALITY LEGAL EDUCATION AT THE
LOWEST POSSIBLE COST. AND WE
TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY
SERIOUSLY, AND THAT AFFECTS OUR
OUR BUDGETING ARE SPENDING PLANS
AND THE LIKE. SO IT IS. IN PART
OF FUNCTION OF A DIFFERENT COST
STRUCTURE, BUT IT'S ALSO A
REFLECTION OF OUR UM, LEANER,
LEANER COST STRUCTURE THAN ONE
MIGHT FIND IN THE OTHER
SEGMENTS. UM AND THERE'S ABOUT
1200 STUDENTS. IS THAT WHAT IT
IS? OKAY? UM, ALSO BECAUSE I
DIDN'T GO GO TO LAW SCHOOL. HOW
LARGE ARE THE LOSS GOES IN THE
OTHER èC SYSTEM. IN TERMS OF
HOURS. WE ARE THE LARGEST èC
AWAY. I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND 360
IN A CLASS. UH WE AIM FOR AROUND
3 90 A CLASS DAVIS IS MUCH
SMALLER. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 1 60
, A CLASS BELIEVE BERKELEY IS IN
THE 3 25 3 30 RANGE. AND WHAT
ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE
SCHOOL? AH WE ARE THIS YEAR 54%
STUDENTS OF COLOR. UH 58% WOMEN.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE
OTHER USES? DO YOU KNOW I DON'T
HAVE A GOOD I CAN PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW THE
EXACT NUMBERS. I THINK WE'RE
PROBABLY CLOSELY IN LINE WITH
THE OTHER UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA
SCHOOLS. UH, WHAT ABOUT HOW MUCH
OF THE 54% IS. HOW'S THAT BROKEN
DOWN AND THE CITY. UM I'D HAVE
TO SUPPLY THOSE NUMBERS. WE HAVE
HISTORICALLY HAD DIFFICULTY
ATTRACTING AFRICAN AMERICAN
STUDENTS TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR
SEVERAL REASONS. ONE WE DON'T
HAVE AS LARGE A PROFESSIONAL
CLASS OF BLACK PROFESSIONALS
BECAUSE THE COST OF GOING TO
SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO HOWEVER
, THE LEGISLATURE UM SEVERAL
YEARS AGO FUNDED A PROGRAM
CALLED THE COW SCHOLARS PROGRAM
FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS WHO
GRADUATE FROM A HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY TO
COME BACK TO YOU SEE LAW SAN
FRANCISCO, IT PAYS THEIR TUITION
AND GIVES THEM A LIVING STIPEND.
UH AND THAT WAS ORIGINALLY
FUNDED AT $4.5 MILLION AND THEN
WAS RE UPPED LAST YEAR FOR
ANOTHER $4.5 MILLION, SO THAT
THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE AN
ONGOING PROGRAM. THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S ONGOING PROGRAM. THERE
ARE ONE TIME ALLOCATIONS, BUT
THEY PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT,
AND IT'S CREATED REALLY
FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR US
WITH THE HBCU S SO LAST YEAR, WE
CREATED A WHAT'S CALLED THE
THREE PLUS THREE PROGRAM WITH
SPELLMAN, ONE OF THE GREAT HBC
IS AND IN ATLANTA. THE THREE
PLUS THREE PROVIDES THAT THEY GO
TO SPELMAN FOR THREE YEARS. COME
TO U C. LA SAN FRANCISCO FOR
THREE YEARS. UH, AND GET BOTH
DEGREES, SO GET THE
UNDERGRADUATE BACCALAUREATE.
THEY GET TO J. D. AND THEY SAVED
ONE YEAR OF TUITION. AND DID YOU
SAY THAT WAS FOR CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS? YES IT'S HER
CALIFORNIA. THEY HAVE TO BE
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS THAT WE
VERY OFTEN WE HAVE THE STATE TO
GO AN HBCU. AND THE IDEA IS TO
BRING THE TALENT BACK TO
CALIFORNIA. DO YOU HAVE THAT
SIMILAR SET UP WITH AN H C. H S
I SCHOOLS UH, NO, WE DON'T. WE
DON'T. BUT I'D BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
THAT IDEA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU
OKAY. FURTHER QUESTIONS. MR
MORRIS, WHICH THANK YOU. UM
FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME,
CHANCELLOR FAYMANN. AYE. MHM
NOTE THAT YOU HAVE THE JOY AND
PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE ONLY èC
LAW SCHOOL, THEN ASKED TO APPEAR
IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE AND
I ALWAYS CONSIDER THE PRIVILEGE,
SIR. UM I AM. I ALSO WANTED TO
FOCUS ON THE. WE'LL START OFF BY
ASKING ABOUT THE TUITION CHARGES
AND GET A SOUND LIKE AN OLD MAN
. BUT WHEN I GRADUATED FROM U C
U C L, A LAW SCHOOL, THE
TUITION, I BELIEVE WAS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF $7000 A YEAR. UM
AND I BELIEVE THE. UM THE WAY
THAT THE U. C PROFESSIONAL
SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR RESPONDED
TO THE GREAT RECESSION WAS TO
DRAMATICALLY INCREASE. THE
TUITION COSTS BASICALLY TO STICK
IT TO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
STUDENTS, MUCH MORE THAN UM,
MOST OF THE REST OF THE HIGHER
EDUCATION POPULATION IS THAT
GENERALLY UH, WE'RE. WE ARE JUST
A PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL SO WE
DON'T HAVE EITHER THE BENEFIT
THE DISADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN
UNDERGRADUATE CAMPUS TO COMPARE
OURSELVES TO, UH WE REALLY
OPERATE ON AN OVERALL BUDGET
COST OF AS A STANDALONE PUBLIC
LAW SCHOOL. WE, OF COURSE, HAVE
TO RUN OUR BUILDINGS. WE HAVE TO
RUN SECURITY. WE DON'T GET
CERTAIN BENEFITS THAT WOULD COME
FROM BEING ON A CAMPUS. AT THE
SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO COME TO
THE LEGISLATURE AND BE SUPPORTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE IS A GREAT
ADVANTAGE. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING
BECAUSE I TALKED TO A LOT OF
ALUMNI WHO GRADUATED BACK IN THE
SIXTIES, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES
THAN THEY ALSO COMMENTED ON IT
IN AND NOT THAT OLD. NO. UH AND
THEY COMMENT ON THEN, OF COURSE
, THAT'S THE REASON THAT THEY
SHOULD GET BACK AND PAY IT
FORWARD TO THE SCHOOL AND
ENCOURAGE STUDENTS, BUT WE
REALLY DO SET IT ON JUST THE
COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY.
OKAY BUT, UM, I GUESS WHAT? I'M
TRYING TO GET TO IT. I MIGHT. MY
CONCERN IS THAT YOU KNOW, I WAS
ABLE TO ENTER INTO PUBLIC
SERVICE. I WORKED IN THE L. A
COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE
, THEN THE L. A COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAN THE
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE BEFORE I SERVED HERE. AND
I. MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH, YOU
KNOW, A THREE YEAR COST OF, UH
OF OVER $120,000 AND JUST
INTUITION, NOT TO MENTION
HOUSING THAT, YOU KNOW. HOW CAN
WE EXPECT ANY OF OUR LAW SCHOOL
GRADUATES TO GO INTO PUBLIC
SERVICE NOWADAYS? YES, SIR. IT'S
A IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. IT'S
ONE THAT KEEPS ME KEEPS ME UP AT
NIGHT. OUR AVERAGE INDEBTEDNESS
UPON GRADUATION $136,000. AND SO
IT WOULD DOES DRIVE THEM INTO
THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE HAVE
ADOPTED SEVERAL PROGRAMS. UH WE
FIRST OF ALL DO PARTICIPATE IN
PUBLIC LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS
. SO IF YOU'RE IN PUBLIC SERVICE
FOR 10 YEARS, YOU GET THAT
BENEFIT. I'VE CREATED AND
DEDICATED A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY
THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL
TO PUBLIC INTEREST OUR SHIPS
OVER THE SUMMER TO REALLY SHOW
STUDENTS THAT THE BENEFITS OF
WORKING IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND
PUBLIC INTEREST AND THEN HAVE
ALSO CREATED WHAT'S CALLED A
BRIDGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH
PROVIDES A YEAR OF FUNDING FOR
STUDENTS THAT GET POSITIONS IN
PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICES, D A
OFFICES. OR WORK IN STATE
AGENCIES, CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICES AND SO FORTH, AND THAT
HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR AND AS THE
NAME SUGGESTS IT OPERATES AS A
BRIDGE, SO THEY MAY VERY OFTEN
START DIDN'T SAY A CITY TURNED
HIS OFFICE WHERE WE ARE
ESSENTIALLY PAYING THE COSTS OF
THEIR EMPLOYMENT. BUT THEN, IF
THERE IS A POSITION THAT OPENS,
THEY DEMONSTRATED THEIR TALENT,
AND THEY GET HIRED BY THAT
AGENCY. SO THAT'S BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS OR SO, AND WE'LL CONTINUE
THAT. BUT WITH THE DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN TUITION AFTER SAY
4009. HAS AH, THE FORMER
HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW. NOW YOU
SEE COLLEGE OF THE LAW SEEN A
DRAMATIC DECREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF GRADUATES GOING INTO TO
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS. I'D HAVE TO
BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY THAT
INFORMATION. I DON'T HAVE THAT
AND MY FINGERTIPS. MY SENSE IS
THAT IT PROBABLY HAS DROPPED AS
HE WOULD ANTICIPATE. BUT I'M
MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACTUALLY GET
THOSE NUMBERS. WE OF COURSE,
TRACK THEM VERY CAREFULLY. SO
ALL SUPPLY THEM TO YOU IN YOUR
OFFICE. OKAY? UM AND FINALLY, UM
I'VE BEEN OFF THIS COMMITTEE FOR
UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT I
REMEMBER MAYBE ABOUT FIVE YEARS
AGO, THERE WAS A TREND TOWARD
NOT ENOUGH. OKAY FOR LAW. FIRM
JOBS FOR THE GRADUATES. UM. HAS
THAT TREND CONTINUED, OR WHAT IS
THE STATE OF THE LEGAL JOB
MARKET? AND WHY DOES THAT
NECESSITATE INCREASING THE
ENROLMENT AT èC? YOU SEE
COLLEGE OF THE LAW, SO WE WERE,
UH, HOLDING PRETTY STEADY IN OUR
NEURON OUR ENROLLMENT AROUND 3
92 400, SO WE'RE NOT INCREASING
IT ABOVE THAT NUMBER. WE DID
INCREASE IT, UH, ABOUT FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS AGO. UH THE MARKET
HAS BEEN VERY STRONG OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS. UH THIS YEAR
, THERE ARE SIGNS OF WEAKENING,
ESPECIALLY IN THE TECH SECTOR.
SEVERAL FIRMS. GUNDERSON FOR
EXAMPLE, HAS PUT OFF THEIR THEIR
STARTING CLASS. AT THE SAME TIME
. OTHER FIRMS GOODWIN PROCTER,
THAT WE SUPPLY A NUMBER OF
GRADUATES TO ONE OF OUR
GRADUATES. IT'S NEW MANAGING
PARTNER THERE. AH THEY HIRED
VERY HEAVILY IN THE TECH SECTOR
SEVERAL YEARS AGO. UH THEN HAD
SOME WAY OFF. BUT THEY WERE NOW
HIRING AGAIN. UH I THINK THAT
THE PERCEPTION IS THAT TECH WILL
REBOUND, ESPECIALLY WITH
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BUT THE
GOOD EDUCATION SECTORS AND SOME
OF THE TRANSACTIONAL SEX SECTORS
HAVE BEEN VERY STRONG. SO RIGHT
NOW WE'RE FAIRLY OPTIMISTIC.
LAST YEAR'S OVERALL EMPLOYMENT
WAS AROUND 94% THIS YEAR. I JUST
TALKED TO OUR DIRECTOR OF THE
CAREER DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. IT'S
AROUND 91% AND IF YOU INCLUDE
THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO GRADUATE
PROGRAMS, IT'S ABOUT 93% IT'S
PRETTY GOOD. WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD.
WE ARE AIMING FOR 100% BUT
STUDENTS, YOU KNOW IF WE CAN'T
FIND THEM AFTER GRADUATION THEY
COUNTED AS UNEMPLOYED. SO THE,
UH PERCEPTION OF MORE. ARE. THE
ARGUMENT OF TOO MANY LAW
STUDENTS FOR THE JOB MARKET
WOULD PERHAPS IMPACT LOWER
RANKED SCHOOLS LOWER? I THINK IT
PROBABLY DOES. I'M NOT SURE THAT
THAT'S AN ACCURATE PERCEPTION IN
MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I TALK TO
JUDGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE FAMILY
COURTS THERE, TOO FEW LAWYERS IN
RURAL AREAS IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY AND OTHER AREAS INTERNAL
TO CALIFORNIA. THERE ARE TOO FEW
LAWYERS, SO I THINK THAT THE
MARKET IS PRETTY ROBUST. PART OF
IT IS, I THINK IT'S YOUR EARLIER
QUESTION SUGGESTED IS HAVING
THESE GRADUATES DO, UM, AREAS OF
PUBLIC SERVICE IN PUBLIC
INTEREST WHERE THERE'S A GREAT
NEED, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF
FAMILY LAW. UH AND YOU KNOW
OTHER AREAS THAT MAY NOT
COMPENSATE. AS MUCH AS MIDDLE
MID LEVEL LARGE WELL FIRMS WOULD
MHM UM, FINALLY, I YOU KNOW,
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
HOW CHAD GPT IS GOING TO PUT
LAWYERS OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF
THEIR JOBS. UH WAIT, WAIT. WHAT
IS THE GENERAL SENSE OF YOUR
YOUR GENERAL SENSE IN TERMS OF
THE FUTURE? UM, I AM A AFTER
MYSTIC HEART. I THINK I HAVE TO
BE MAYBE FOR THIS JOB, BUT, UM,
I THINK CHAD GPT. I'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH IT. I ACTUALLY GAVE
IT ONE OF MY OLD EXAM QUESTIONS
AND IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ABOUT A
B PLUS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD
BETTER THAN I DID IN LAW SCHOOL
. I'M SURE NOT, BUT I THINK THAT
AS IT IMPROVES IS GOING TO BE A
CHALLENGING PLATFORM TO DEAL
WITH. I DO THINK IT'S STILL
PROVIDES A PLATFORM ON WHICH WE
CAN BUILD GOOD LAWYERING AND
GOOD LAWYERS. I REMEMBER WHEN I
WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, WHICH WAS
WAY BACK IN THE 19 EIGHTIES, WE
USED TO DO WHAT'S CALLED
SHEPHERD IZING, WHICH I KNOW YOU
KNOW. BY BY HAND. YOU ACTUALLY
HAD BOOKS IN FRONT OF YOU. THEN
WESTLAW AND LEXISNEXIS CAME
ALONG, AND NOBODY USES BOOKS
ANYMORE. AND THAT'S A GREAT TOOL
, BUT IT AND THEN E DISCOVERY
CHANGED THE WHOLE PROCESS OF
LITIGATION. I THINK CHATTY P T
IS GOING TO CHANGE BUSINESS,
FINANCE AND LAW IN DIFFICULT TO
ASCERTAIN WAYS, BUT WE'RE ON TOP
OF IT. WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO
IT. UH AND WE I THINK, YOU KNOW,
MAKE SCHOOL MORE COLLABORATIVE,
ACTUALLY. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE
SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE
THEY UNDERSTAND BLACKWATER WAR
AND THE COMMON LAW, SUBJECTS OF
CONTRACTS TOWARDS PROPERTY AND
SO FORTH. I THINK THAT CHAT GPT
WILL PROVIDE MORE DOCTRINAL
INFORMATION AND THEN THE REAL
SKILL SAID THE SOFT SKILLS SO
CALLED SOFT SKILLS,
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS,
NEGOTIATION SKILLS, JUDGMENT
SKILLS. RESPONSIBILITY SKILLS.
THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE
SKILLS THAT WHEN I HIRE A LAWYER
THAT I CARE MOST ABOUT AND
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE
TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
WARRIORS TO DO. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. YES GOOD QUESTIONS. I JUST
HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. AS FAR
AS THE NAME CHANGE, WE ARE
CONCLUDED NOW, AND THAT WAS A
COUPLE YEAR PROCESS AND MAKE IT
ALL WORKED OUT. I WILL SAY THAT
, UM THERE'S STILL SOME ALARM
THAT ARE, YOU KNOW. LAMENT AND
FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, HISTORY AND
THE NAMES AND WHAT THAT ALL
MEANS. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER
CALIFORNIA LAW SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
THE CITY BEHIND THEM, LIKE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
SCHOOL OF LAW? èC LIE SCHOOL
WHILE YOU SEE DAVID SCORE. UM U
C. BERKELEY SCHOOL. ALSO
BERKELEY. THEY IS NOW èC
BERKLEE SCHOOL ON NO LONGER CALL
IT BERKELEY LAW, BERKELEY LAW.
AND SO THIS IS JUST NOW
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
OF LAW. SO THEY'RE RATHER OTHER
OTHER ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT
DID YOU HEAR? GRANTED, YOU'RE ON
YOUR OWN. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE
TODAY AND NOT THEM. DID THEY
KIND OF BACKDOOR. HEY THAT'S NOT
FAIR. YOU'RE YOU KNOW YOU'RE
TAKING THE NAME BRAND IN
CALIFORNIA. WHAT ABOUT US? IT'S
A GREAT QUESTION. ORIGINALLY OF
COURSE, WE TALKED TO PRESIDENT
MICHAEL DRAKE. WE TALKED TO SAM
HAWGOOD, GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
WHO'S THE CHANCELLOR AT UCSF.
AND THE ORIGINAL PERCEPTION WAS
THAT THERE WAS CONCERNS WITH
UCSF BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE
UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA WAR SAN
FRANCISCO AND THE QUESTION WAS
WHERE TO PUT LAW, WHETHER IT BE
BETWEEN èC AND SFR AFTER UCSF
AND, OF COURSE, UCSF IS A GREAT
INSTITUTION FOUNDED IN 18 68. SO
WHEN I TALKED TO JENNIFER
MANOUKIAN WAS A GOOD FRIEND WHO
WAS FORMERLY THE DEAN. U C L A
AND SHE'S NOW THE CHANCELLOR AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON WITHIN A CO AUTHOR FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I SAY I
REFER TO US AS YOU SEE LAW, HER
FIRST RESPONSE WAS WELL, WHAT
ABOUT US? AND I SAID, WELL, YOUR
UCL A YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING
MORE THAN THAT. YOU'RE SUCH A
GREAT INSTITUTION, SO IT'S A
VERY GREAT POINT. I THINK THAT
MY DEFENSE AND WITH OUR ALUMNI
AS WELL IS IF YOU GO BACK TO 18
78 WHEN WE WERE FOUNDED BY THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WE WERE THE
FIRST TO ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM
. AND SO IF YOU WEREN'T BACK TO
18 78 AND SERENA'S, HASTINGS WAS
NOT PART OF THE EQUATION, WE
WOULD HAVE BEEN. THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA CALLED TO THE WAR
AT SAN FRANCISCO. AND SO WE'RE
ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO FIRST
PRINCIPLES AND SO ARE FULL NAME
IS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE OF THE LAW. SAN
FRANCISCO èC LAW, SAN FRANCISCO
, BUT I WILL ADMIT THAT WE DO
SHORTEN IT TO YOU SEE YOU ARE,
WHICH MADE THE HEARTBURN A
LITTLE BIT TO MY FRIENDS AT
DAVIS, IRVINE. BERKLEY YEAH, AND
SO, ESSENTIALLY, YOU HAVE
STANDING RIGHT THERE. YES
EXACTLY. EXACTLY. LAWYER BUT AS
WELL PLAYED, RIGHT, MR
MURATSUCHI. A LITTLE. SO UH, YOU
KNOW, SPEAKING OF THE èC ALARM
WHO WAS TORN UP, YOU SEE, HEY,
HASTINGS ALARM. THAT WAS LITTLE
TORN. THIS PROCESS WAS WAS MY
DAD WHO I TOLD YOU ABOUT WHO,
YOU KNOW. AS AS I, YOU KNOW.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN AND VERY
COGNIZANT ABOUT HISTORY AND
RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS. AND
EVEN HE WAS WAS WAS THINKING
ABOUT WHAT THESE NAME CHANGES
MEAN IN THIS ERA. UH THAT BEING
SAID HE WENT TO COW UNDERGRAD
AND THEN TO HASTINGS. SO HE WENT
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
, AND THAT'S WHAT THE FOOTBALL
NEED TEAMS NAMED AS CAL. AND SO
I THINK THERE IS CONFUSION THERE
. I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING
TO DO THIS, BUT YOU KNOW USE YOU
SEE? BERKELEY THE FLAGSHIP
CAMPUS IS KNOWN AS UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. RIGHT AND SO THIS IS
NOW UNIVERSITY AND THEY, BUT BUT
THEY GO BY THE LAW SCHOOL AS YOU
SAID, BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW.
AND NOW THIS IS NOW THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
OF LAW, SO YEAH, THERE'LL BE
SOME GROWING PAINS, BUT I THINK
THERE IS THE THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT OF CONFUSION THERE. WHAT DO
YOU THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHERE WE
WHERE EVERY CAMPUS HAS BEEN, AND
HASTINGS WAS NOT WAS A
GEOGRAPHIC DESIGNATION. UH HUH.
AND SO AS YOU SAID SAN DIEGO,
SANTA BARBARA, IRVINE, DAVIS AND
SO FORTH, AND SO WE ACTUALLY ARE
GOING BACK TO THE FOLD BEING
DESIGNATED BY OUR GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION AND SO BEING èC LAW,
SAN FRANCISCO. UH IT'S JUST THAT
I THINK FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT ENDS
UP BEING A MOUTHFUL. YEAH AND SO
THAT'S WHY WE GET SHORTENED TO
èC LONG. OKAY BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT WILL BE A GOOD BIT OF BRAND
CONFUSION BUT OUTSIDE OF
CALIFORNIA BRAND CONFUSION AMONG
ALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. SO I GUESS
THE BIG QUESTION IS, UM IS DO
ARE WE RIGHT SIZING LAW SCHOOLS
IN IN IN CALIFORNIA, WE ADDED
ANOTHER LAW SCHOOL IN THE U. C
SYSTEM OR VINE A DECADE OR SO
AGO. COMPETED WELL, YOU KNOW, WE
HAD SOME FLATTENING AND LAW
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN LARGE PART
WITH MR MARTIN'S, WHICH YOU SAID
JUST THE COST, AND YOU KNOW SOME
OF THE LARGER FIRMS. THEY
WEREN'T ALWAYS HIRING PEOPLE TO
DO THEIR HIRING MORE PEOPLE WITH
ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS STUFF TO
DO SOME OF THAT THAT WORK. UM SO
YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE FUTURE OF
LAW SCHOOL. YEAH CALIFORNIA I
MEAN, THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT
IT USED TO BE THAT THE N B A WAS
A REAL PLATFORM DEGREE. AND I
THINK INCREASINGLY AT THE J D IS
BECOMING A PLATFORM DEGREE. AND
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UM SO
ONE OF OUR GRADUATES IS GEORGE
ROBERTS, THE RFK KR WHO SPENT
HIS ENTIRE YEAR INSIDE HER
CAREER. IN BUSINESS FOR ITS DUE
TO HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN REAL
ESTATE, UH AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING
MORE AND MORE IN THE TECH SECTOR
AND WE OBVIOUSLY WANT THE TECH
SECTOR TO REBOUND IS THAT PEOPLE
THAT ARE J. D UH, EDUCATED ARE
BEING HIRED TO SIT AT THE L GO
OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND
CODERS. TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
REGULATORY STRUCTURE IS GOING TO
LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. SO WHAT
WE SAW EARLIER ON IN THE TECH
SECTOR WAS UBER AND WITH IT, AND
AIRBNB AND OTHERS ESSENTIALLY
RUNNING ROUGHSHOD OVER THE LEGAL
FRAMEWORK THAT EXISTS AT THE
TIME, SO AIRBNB DIDN'T WORRY
ABOUT LOCAL ZONING UBER AND REF
DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT TAXICAB
MEDALLIONS. UH AND THEN THEY
DIDN'T WORRY VERY MUCH ABOUT
ANTITRUST. UH AND WHAT WE'RE
SEEING NOW IS KIND OF A
LEGISLATIVE PUSH BACK, WHETHER
IT'S STATE OR FEDERAL, AND WHAT
THE TECH COMPANIES ARE REALIZING
IS THAT THEY NEED TECHNICALLY
SOPHISTICATED WARRIORS TO BE IN
THE ROOM AT THE BEGINNING WHEN
YOU'RE DESIGNING THESE
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES. AND SO
I THINK THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT A
I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, YOU
HAVE NOT ONLY CYBERSECURITY AND
PRIVACY AND ANTI TRUST YOU HAVE
ALL THESE ETHICS ISSUES HAVE ALL
THESE LEGAL ISSUES THAT ARE
IMPACTED BY THESE ADVANCES IN
TECHNOLOGY, AND AI IS JUST GOING
TO EXPLODE. YOU NEED WARRIORS TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE REGULATORY
FRAMEWORK AND THE ETHICAL
FRAMEWORK IS GOING TO BE GOING
FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT IS
PART OF THE FUTURE AND THAT'S
CERTAINLY THE WAY WE SEE OUR
ROLE AT UC LOS SAN FRANCISCO
BEING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND BEING
AT THE TOP OF SILK AND VALLEY,
WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO
EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS TO BE
ACTIVE IN THOSE AREAS. OKAY?
THANK YOU FURTHER QUESTIONS. UM
WE WILL. HOPE THIS ISSUE. OPEN
UH, ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
PATIENT ISSUE NUMBER FOUR
STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS. THIS IS A
INFORMATIONAL ITEM WE'LL HEAR
FROM. WE HAVE TWO PANELS. ONE
STUDENTS WE ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR
FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE CSU AND
YOU SEE, WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS
HERE TO REPRESENTED THE VOICES
OF, UM STUDENTS THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. AND THEN WE'LL HEAR
FROM THE SEGMENT. SO THIS IS AN
ISSUE THAT WE WEREN'T TALKING
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. I'M NOT
SURE WHEN YOU CHAIRED THE
SUBCOMMITTEE, MR MARZOUK IN 2013
14 IF IT WAS ON THE AGENDA
STUDENT BASIC NEEDS, BUT THE
ISSUE HAS BEEN THERE AND IT'S
FRANKLY, UH, GROWN IN THE PAST.
10 YEARS. IT'S JUST THE NEEDS OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS MORE THAN JUST
BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR CLASS.
IT'S YOU KNOW, FOOD AND BOOKS
AND TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND
JUST SAM STUDENTS NEEDS WHETHER
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH OR OR JUST
HOUSING AND GENERAL AND, YOU
KNOW, WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT
STUDENTS BEING HOMELESS. AND
NOW, UM, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT THAT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS
SUCCESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AND
WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THEM.
SO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE
INCREASINGLY MADE IT A PRIORITY.
AND NOW WE INVEST. UM NEARLY 100
AND $75 MILLION TO SUPPORT
STUDENT BASIC NEEDS AND A
VARIETY OF EFFORTS. AND SO WE
REALIZED THAT ALL CAMPUSES ARE
DIFFERENT AND ALL SEGMENTS ARE
DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS NOW
RECOGNIZED AND VALUED PRIORITY
OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. AND
WE, YOU KNOW, PUT THOSE VALUES
IN THE STATE BUDGET EVERY YEAR
WITH THAT APPROPRIATION, SO I
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL AS FAR
AS THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MADE
. UM YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. SO,
UM LET'S START START FIRST WITH
OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. WE HAVE
ZACHARIAH WOODEN STUDENT SENATE
FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, PLEASE, PLEASE
PROCEED. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
ZACHARY. I WOULDN'T I SERVE AS
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS WITH THE
STUDENT CENTER FOR CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. WE DO
REPRESENT OFFICIALLY THE 1.8
MILLION COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE. UM I
JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY
THANKING YOU ALL FOR REVIEWING
THIS ISSUE, AS WAS MENTIONED BY
THE CHAIR. BASIC NEEDS ARE SO
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES 95% OF THE TOTAL COST
OF ATTENDANCE IS NOT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT JEWISH IN ITS BOOKS AND
FEES. IT'S BASICALLY IT'S WHICH
IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE
TODAY. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, OF
COURSE, THE INCREDIBLE
INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS INTO
BASIC NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
HELPFUL, BUT IN MY ROLE, OF
COURSE I'VE NO TALK WITH
STUDENTS. I'VE SPOKEN WITH
STUDENTS. WE HAD MULTIPLE EVENTS
WHERE STUDENTS CAN COME UP AND
SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S
GOING ON IN MY CAMPUS. AND SO IN
THAT RESPECT, IT'S DEFINITELY
BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
DEMAND FOR SERVICES OUTWEIGHS
THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
UM THERE'S SO MANY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS. THAT ARE IN
OUR SYSTEM, AND THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO ENROLL
IN OUR SYSTEM. THAT NEED THESE
BASIC NEEDS. FULFILL ESSENTIALLY
. AND THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE
AGENDA COVERS WHAT WE CONSIDER
TO BE THE BASIC DEFINITION OF
BASIC NEEDS. HOUSING AND FOOD
SECURITY, TRANSPORTATION,
FINANCIAL STABILITY, HEALTH AND
WELLNESS, CHILD INDEPENDENT CARE
AND THEN TECHNOLOGY AND
BROADBAND ACCESS. THOSE THAT IS
THE FRAMEWORK THAT IS THE
OUTLINE THAT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ALSO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS ALSO SEE HIS BASIC
NEEDS. TO BE PROVIDED AS WELL
FOR HOUSING. YOU SEE THAT ONE IN
FIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
IN CALIFORNIA OR 20% OF ALL
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY, COLLEGE
STUDENTS ARE FACING HOUSING
INSECURITIES, AND I'M BROUGHT
SOME MIND ABOUT INSTANCE,
EARLIER THIS YEAR WHERE, AT AN
EVENT WHERE WE WERE CELEBRATING
COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY, UM, A
COLLEAGUE IN THE HIGHER
EDUCATION SPACE NOTIFIED ME OF A
SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE STUDENT
WHO I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD LIVING IN AN ENCAMPMENT A
FULL TIME STUDENT. THIS WAS NOT
A PART TIME. THIS IS WHAT I MEAN
WHETHER IT WAS A PART TIME
STUDENT OR NOT, DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS
WAS A FULL TIME STUDENT. UM IT
WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD, YOU KNOW, JUST PASSED BY
WAS RECOGNIZED BY FELLOW STUDENT
AND THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP TO
ME AND YOU KNOW, WE REACHED OUT
AND SUBMITTED A CASE FILE TO
HOPEFULLY UTILIZED. THE RAPID
REHOUSING UTILIZES PROGRAMS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS. BUT IT
JUST BRINGS TO MIND THAT THOSE
INSTANCES DO OCCUR ON A REGULAR
BASIS FOR AT LEAST YOU KNOW,
ACCORDING TO THE ONE IN FIVE
FACT OF HOUSING AND SECURITY
THAT THREE AT LEAST 360,000
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AT
ANY GIVEN TIME OF THE 1.8
MILLION COMMUNITY, COLLEGE
STUDENTS. DO YOU HAVE THESE
EXPERIENCES DAILY AND THEN? TO
MOVE ON FROM HOUSING WITH
REGARDS TO FOOD SECURITY, UH
MOST. IF MOST COMMUNITY COLLEGES
DO HAVE FOOD PANTRIES, THEY DO,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK OF THE
LEGISLATURE HAS DONE IN RECENT
YEARS, PROVIDED CAL FRESH
OPTIONS AND DATA SHARING TO HELP
UM ELIGIBLE STUDENTS UTILIZE
THOSE CALIF RESH OPPORTUNITIES
ON CAMPUS, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH
THE CAL FRESH ELIGIBILITY
EXEMPTION. FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CLOSING SOON THOSE
OPTIONS WILL NARROW AND THOSE
STUDENTS WILL BECOME LESS
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CALIBRATION
OPTIONS, WHICH ULTIMATELY LIMITS
THE FOOD SECURITY THAT THESE
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY
ON CAMPUS. UM WHICH IS
ULTIMATELY A PROBLEM IN THE LONG
RUN. BECAUSE OF THESE STUDENTS
ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVING FOOD
SECURITY. THEIR THEIR IMMEDIATE
CONCERN WILL BE TAKING CARE OF
FOOD SECURITY BEFORE CONTINUING
THEIR PATH AND HIGHER EDUCATION,
WHICH, OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE
FOR BOTH TO HAPPEN. ADDITIONALLY
HEALTH AND WELLNESS THE BASIC
NEEDS CENTERS HAVE COOPERATED A
LOT WITH WITH HEALTH. I KNOW
FROM MY CAMPUS. WE HAVE HEALTH.
WE HAVE DENTAL CARE AVAILABLE
FOR STUDENTS, AND THIS MAY NOT
BE THE EXAMPLE FOR THIS MAY NOT
BE THE SAME CASE ACROSS ALL
CUBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CAMPUSES, BUT THE FACT IS THAT
COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE RECOGNIZING
THAT THESE HEALTH AND DENTAL
NEEDS ARE THERE. AH, BUT ALSO A
STUDENT WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT
STUDENTS ARE FACING UM COULD DO
WITH AND, AS WAS MENTIONED THE
AGENDA INTEGRATION OF STUDENT
WELLNESS CENTERS INTO THESE
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS ON CAMPUS IN
ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A GREATER
ACCESSIBILITY. UM EARLIER THIS
YEAR, ACTUALLY, THE STUDENT
SENATE DELEGATES AT OUR GENERAL
ASSEMBLY JUST PASSED A
RESOLUTION TO ASKING, COOPERATE
WITH THE FACULTY OF OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO
PUT THE BASIC NEEDS CENTERS.
INFORMATION ON THEIR, UH
SYLLABI. WHICH HOPEFULLY, WE
HOPE WOULD HELP STUDENTS
IDENTIFY AND BE AWARE OF THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON
THESE CAMPUSES. WHETHER IT HAS
TO DO WITH HOUSING, WHETHER IT
HAS TO DO WITH FOOD, SECURITY,
HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND JUST TO
NAME THE OTHER ONES. BROADBAND
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS OUR RURAL
COLLEGES ARE URBAN COLLEGES ARE
SUBURBAN COLLEGES ALL SUFFER
FROM BROADBAND ACCESS ISSUES.
NOT ALL COLLEGES ARE ABLE TO, UH
REGULARLY OR CONSISTENTLY USE
UTILIZED BROADBAND, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO A SYSTEM THAT
IS TRANSFERRED TRANSFORMED
REALLY INTO A SYSTEM THAT IS
ABLE TO DO HYBRID OR ONLINE ONLY
CLASSES, ADDITIONALLY, WITH
REGARDS TO CHILDCARE, UM
INDEPENDENT CARE. WE HAVE SO
MANY STUDENTS, PARENTS AND
GUARDIANS IN OUR SYSTEM. UM,
THAT HOW DEPENDENCE THAT HAVE
CHILDREN. AH, IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM THAT THAT REALLY
ARE SERVED PARTIALLY, BUT NOT TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT THEY
COULD BE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
MODULAR OPTIONS FOR THESE FOR
THESE STUDENT PARENTS OR STUDENT
GUARDIANS IN ORDER TO ATTEND
CLASSES AT A SCHEDULE THAT WORKS
FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE
ALSO WORKING TO SUSTAIN IN THEIR
DEPENDENCE AND THEIR AND THEIR
CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME, SO
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW, I KINDA
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS AS A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM THAT WE FACE,
PARTICULARLY THAT ARE CLOSE AND
NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART. UM
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DO
APPRECIATE THE TIME AGAIN SPENT
TO REVIEW THIS ISSUE AND LOOK
OVER THE INFORMATION CONTINUE TO
LOOK FORWARD TO THE ACTION OF
THE LEGISLATURE TAKES. THANK
YOU. JUST A REMINDER. WHAT
CAMPUS WHERE YOU FROM? SAN
JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE DELTA,
OKAY? THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT,
LET'S HEAR FROM CSU. YEAH. THANK
YOU, CHAIR MCCARTHY AND MEMBERS
OF PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO
TALK ABOUT SUCH AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE. MY NAME IS TRENT MURPHY.
I AM A STUDENT AT CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY, STANISLAUS. I
ALSO SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR THE CAL
STATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION, THE
OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NEARLY
HALF A MILLION STUDENTS IN THE
CSU. UM FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT
TO TALK ABOUT JUST TWO SAYS
DEFINITION OF BASIC BASIC NEEDS.
UM WE DEFINE IT AS THE
FUNDAMENTAL AND LOGISTICAL
NEEDS. A PERSON MAY NEED MET
BEFORE AND DURING THEIR
EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS. THIS
INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO
FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTHCARE
AND CHILDCARE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AND
LECTURES IF A STUDENT HASN'T
EATEN THAT DAY. OR DIDN'T HAVE A
SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP THE NIGHT
BEFORE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
YOUR CLASSES IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
WAY TO PHYSICALLY GET TO CAMPUS
OR SOMEONE TO WATCH YOUR
DEPENDENCE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO
APPRECIATIVE OF THE INVESTMENTS
THAT THE STATE HAS MADE IN BASIC
NEEDS. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THIS INCLUDES A $25 MILLION FOR
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS. THE $6.5
MILLION FOR RAPID RE HOUSING
PROGRAMS. AND THE $15 MILLION
FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THESE
PROGRAMS DIRECTLY INCREASED
RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES.
AS WELL AS THEIR SENSE OF
BELONGING ON THEIR CAMPUS, WHICH
IS WHY IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE
CONTINUE TO FUND THESE PROGRAMS
AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR FUNDING
LEVELS KEEP UP WITH INFLATION
AND THE RISING COST OF LIVING.
THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC INCREASE
IN THESE BASIC NEEDS FUNDING
LEVELS CURRENTLY, AND WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT WE URGE THIS
COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER.
APPRECIATED EFFORTS IN THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS TO INCREASE AND
PROMOTE ACCESS TO CAL, FRESH FOR
OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO WHAT
ENCOURAGE THE LEGISLATURE TO
CONSIDER ACCESS TO HEALTH
INSURANCE INFORMATION FOR CSU
STUDENTS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT FOR SOME OF OUR MOST
REMOTE CAMPUSES LIKE HUMBLE
WHERE HEALTHCARE OPTIONS ARE
SEVERELY LIMITED. PARTICIPATION
IN COLLABORATION SHOULD BE
INCREASED IN BOTH OF THESE
AREAS. WE ALSO AGREE WITH THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS THAT IT'S
CRITICAL TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE
STATUS OF BASIC NEEDS FOR
STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES AND THE
IMPACT THAT THESE SERVICES HAVE.
THE LAST IN DEPTH. BASIC NEEDS
ASSESSMENT AT THE CSU WAS DONE
IN 2018. FIVE YEARS AGO AND PRE
PANDEMIC FINALLY, WE HAD SEX A
TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE CALDERON
EQUITY FRAMEWORK WILL HELP
ADDRESS MANY OF THESE NON
TUITION COSTS. FOR OUR STUDENTS
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. THE FIXED
FINANCIAL AID COALITION, WHICH
IS MADE UP OF THE THREE STUDENT
ASSOCIATIONS. YOU SEE HERE
TODAY, UM REALLY CAME FROM
STUDENTS FRUSTRATIONS OVER NOT
BEING ABLE TO MEET OUR BASIC
NEEDS AND WANTING TO FIND AN
EQUITABLE WAY TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEM. WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE
THE MOMENTUM WE'VE BUILT IN THE
COMMITMENTS MADE IN THE LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET, AND WE REALLY DO
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ISSUE. CHAIR MCCARTY SHE
HAS TO SAY, LOOKS FORWARD TO
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND
COLLABORATION WITH THE
LEGISLATURE, THE CSU AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS TO CONTINUE TO
ADDRESS STUDENTS, BASIC NEEDS
AND FINANCIAL AID REFORM.
SUPPORTING BASIC NEEDS DIRECTLY
SUPPORTS STUDENT ACADEMIC
SUCCESS. THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU.
NEXT FROM OUR èC. STUDENT.
HELLO MY NAME IS ANA ROSA. I'M A
SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT AT UC BERKELEY. I'M THE
FUNNY èC, VICE CHAIR FOR THE U.
C STUDENT ASSOCIATION. UM AND
I'M HERE TO UNDERSCORE THE NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SUPPORT
FROM THE USE FROM THE STATE FOR
èC BASIC NEEDS CENTERS. I
MYSELF AM A LOW INCOME STUDENT.
I IN MY FIRST SEMESTER, FACED A
LOT OF FOOD INSECURITY AND FOUND
MYSELF HAVING TO SKIP MEALS,
OFTEN TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS
ABLE TO PLAN FOR THE DAY AHEAD.
UM AND IT WAS THROUGH MY FOOD
PANTRY ON MY CAMPUS THAT I WAS
ABLE TO ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS
WHEN I WAS DENIED HOUSING, UM
FROM ON CAMPUS. IT WAS THE BASIC
NEEDS CENTER AGAIN THAT WAS ABLE
TO LITIGATE THOSE PROBLEMS. UM
AND I IT'S NOT ONE STORY. IT'S
NOT MY STORY. IT'S THE STORY OF
MANY OF MY PEERS AND TOO OFTEN
WERE MADE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
WHETHER WE SHOULD PAY TUITION OR
FEED OURSELVES AND OUR THE
RESOURCES ON OUR CAMPUSES ARE
LIMITED, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE
THAT CHOICE. UM. AND STUDENTS
WHO HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET,
AS YOU SHARED ALL KNOW, HAVE
BETTER FIRST YEAR RETENTION
RATES GRADUATION RATES AND ARE
OBVIOUSLY FACED WITH LESS
STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. UM AND WE
ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE $18.5
MILLION THAT THE STATE HAS
ALLOWED US. UM, BUT WE ARE ALSO
COGNIZANT THAT BASIC NEEDS
SUPPORT TIES INTO ENROLLMENT,
RETENTION AND GRADUATION. AND
THIS HAS BEEN A GOAL OF THE
STATE AND, IN ADDITION HAS BEEN
A GOAL OF THIS COMMITTEE. UM AND
THESE FUNDS DO HELP ALLEVIATE
FOOD, INSECURITY, HOUSING AND
SECURITY AND OTHER ISSUES, BUT
WITH THE HUGE INFLUX SO THAT
TREMENDOUS INFLUX OF STUDENTS
UTILIZING THESE SERVICES USING
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS SERVE ABOUT
40% MORE STUDENTS. THAN THEY DID
WHEN THE FUNDING WAS FIRST
ALLOCATED. UH SO WHAT THIS MEANS
IS THAT PER STUDENT, UH, THE
FUNDING CUB USED TO COVER ABOUT
38% $38, AND THIS HAS NOW BEEN
REDUCED TO ABOUT $24 PER STUDENT
. UM IN ADDITION, AS YOU SURE
KNOW, UM, HOUSING IS A CRUCIAL
BASIC NEEDS FOR STUDENTS. AND
MOREOVER, UC CAMPUSES ARE
USUALLY LOCATED IN A AREA THAT
IS CENTRAL AND HIGHLY URBANIZED
AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE, FORCING
STUDENTS TO ENTER A HOUSING
MARKET THAT IS INCREDIBLY SHAKY
. AND SO STUDENTS THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS ARE MEANT TO ARE FORCED
TO EXPERIENCE HOUSE LISTENING
AND HOUSING INSECURITY. AND
BEING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU
ARE NOT CERTAIN WHERE YOU WERE
WHERE YOU WILL SLEEP AT NIGHT OR
EVEN IF YOU HAVE A PLACE TO
SLEEP CREATES AN INCREDIBLY
STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR
STUDENTS. THE èC CURRENTLY ONLY
HAS BEDS AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS FOR
HOUSING ABOUT 35% OF THEIR
STUDENTS. IN ADDITION ON CAMPUS
HOUSING, UM, IS NOT AFFORDABLE
TO STUDENTS. THE LACK OF HOUSING
ALSO CAUSES STUDENTS TO HAVE UM
, TO PURSUE OFF CAMPUS HOUSING
OPTIONS ARE INCREDIBLY
UNAFFORDABLE OR OPERATED BY
PREDATORY LANDLORDS OR PUT THEM
IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. UM IN
ORDER TO HER THAT THE èC DOES
NOT FALL FURTHER BEHIND, UM IN
STARTING STUDENT HOUSING
PROJECTS MEANT TO CREATE MORE
BEDS AND ADDRESS SOME OF THESE
AFFORDABILITY ISSUES. UM IT'S
IMPERATIVE THAT FUNDING BE
PROVIDED FOR THESE PROJECTS FROM
THE HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT
HOUSING. GRANT PROGRAM AND THE
STUDENT HOUSING REVOLVING LOAN
FUND. UM THEY ARE NOT DELAYED
AND AS PROPOSED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, SO, LASTLY,
WE ARE ASKING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE ADDRESSED THE BASIC
NEEDS CENTERS. UM THE ISSUES
THAT THE èC BASIC NEEDS CENTERS
. OUR EXPERIENCES AS A HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING, AS I'VE
HIGHLIGHTED BEFORE, AND ARE AND
PROVIDE A $5 MILLION INCREASE.
UM THAT WE BELIEVE IS A GOOD
START SO IT WOULD INCREASE THE
FUNDING FROM 18.5 MILLION TO
23.5 MILLION THAT WOULD BE IN
LINE WITH THE COST OF LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS THAT IT TAKES TO
ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION AND ON THE
GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN
THE CENTERS. WE APPLAUD THE
SENATE FOR INCLUDING THE
REJECTION OF THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED ELAINE STUDENT HOUSING
FUNDING. AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR BASIC NEEDS CENTER IN THE
BUDGET PLAN AND WOULD LOVE TO
SEE A SIMILAR ADJUSTMENT IN THE
ASSEMBLY. UM, BUDGET PLAN. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, UM
. WE HAVE ANOTHER PANEL WITH THE
SEGMENTS. UM SO WHY DON'T WE
BRING THE SEGMENTS UP? AND I
THINK WE CAN GET ONE MORE CHAIR
UP HERE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THEM
GO, AND THEN WE CAN ASK ALL OF
THE QUESTIONS. YEAH MAYBE JUST
GET A LITTLE BIT. SERGEANT. WE
HAVE ONE MORE CHAIR. WE CAN
SQUEEZE UP HERE. YEAH. OR ONE OF
YOU COULD GO UP ON THE DIET.
YEAH. MAYBE UH, FROM THE èC
APOLOGIZE. CAN YOU GO UP THE
RIPPLE PICK ON THE DAYS?
PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. LITTLE
START AGAIN WITH OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES, THEN,
UM CSU THEN YOU SEE. GREAT GOOD
MORNING CHAIR. MCCARTY MEMBERS
OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE. MY NAME IS
REBECCA RON O'SHAUGHNESSY. I AM
THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT
AT THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. UM
WE'RE GRATEFUL TODAY TO HAVE
THIS VERY MEANINGFUL
CONVERSATION ON THIS CRITICAL
ISSUE, AND THANK YOU FOR
INCLUDING STUDENTS, VOICES IN
THIS CONVERSATION WITHOUT THEIR
LEADERSHIP AND EFFICACY WILL
NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
COMPLEXITY AND NUANCE IN THE
OBSTACLES THEY HAVE TO OVERCOME
TO PERSIST AND COMPLETE THIS
PORTION OF THEIR HIGHER
EDUCATION JOURNEY AND ALSO BY
CENTERING STUDENT VOICE IN THE
POLICY MAKING. WE COLLECTIVELY
ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO MAKE
PROGRESS. NOT ONLY NOT ONLY ON
THE ISSUES OF BASIC NEEDS BY
PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE MOST
PRESSING NEEDS, BUT ALSO, UM,
UNDERSTAND AND ALLEVIATING THE
FINANCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDENS THAT
STUDENTS HAVE TO SHOULDER IN
THEIR JOURNEY TO GET THE NEED
THAT THEY THAT THEY DESERVE. AND
WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT BASIC
NEEDS. INSECURITY EXISTS AND IT
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS
MEMBERS FROM THE MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS THE
MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS WE
SERVE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE BASIC
NEEDS INSECURITY SIGNIFICANTLY
UNDERMINES ONCE EDUCATIONAL
SUCCESS AND CREATES ADDITIONAL
BARRIERS TO SOCIAL ECONOMIC
MOBILITY. AND ON TOP OF THAT,
THERE WAS COVID, THE COVID
PANDEMIC THAT EXACERBATED
INEQUITIES. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL TO THIS COMMITTEE TO
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE FOR COMMITTING TO EQUITY
AND STUDENT SUCCESS. AND
INVESTING IN ONGOING BASIC NEEDS
SUPPORT, INCLUDING BASIC NEEDS,
CENTERS, MENTAL HEALTH AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RAPID
REHOUSING INTERVENTIONS, MANY OF
WHICH STARTED IN THE 2021 2022
FISCAL YEAR. THESE INTERVENTIONS
NOT ONLY PROVIDED THE MUCH
NEEDED RESOURCES, BUT THE
ONGOING NATURE OF THESE FUNDING
HAS REALLY BROUGHT THE SENSE OF
CERTAINTY TO THE SYSTEM ALLOWS
COLLEGES TO BE MORE STRATEGIC,
ENGAGING IN LOCAL PLANNING AND
CONVERSATION AND INVEST IN
BUILDING OUT THE NECESSARY
INFRASTRUCTURE TO DELIVER
STUDENT SERVICES. WE'RE HAPPY TO
REPORT THAT BY JULY 2022 EVERY
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
WERE PROVIDING BASIC NEEDS
SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS. AND UM
, WITHIN THAT, UH, THERE ARE
MANY SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
IT'S REALLY A WIDE VARIETY OF
SERVICES, INCLUDING FOODS IS
SECURITY, TRANSPORTATION,
TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES AND HOUSING,
SECURITY AND CHILDCARE SERVICES
. EVERY COLLEGE ALSO HAS ENGAGED
IN STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS
LOCALLY AND WITH STUDENTS AND
SUBMITTED BASIC NEEDS PROGRAM
PLANS DETAILING THEIR PROGRAM,
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND
PRIORITIES. THEY INTENDED
OUTCOMES. AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL WE
YORK WHERE UTILIZING A SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF EDUCATIONAL
SUCCESS FRAMEWORK TO PUSH FOR A
PARADIGM SHIFT IN A WAY THAT WE
OFFER SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS,
REALLY, FROM THE SEPARATE
PROGRAMS AND PILOTS OPERATING ON
THEIR OWN TO A MORE STUDENT
CENTERED SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM
APPROACH, FOCUSING ON SHIFTING
BURDENS FROM STUDENTS TO
INSTITUTIONS. WHAT WE ARE
COMMUNICATING TO THE FIELD IS
THE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF THAT
EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO HAVE A
BASELINE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL
STABILITY, HEALTH AND MENTAL
WELL BEING AS SUPPORT NETWORK TO
BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE HIGHER
EDUCATION AND TO SUCCESSFULLY
ENGAGED IN OUR INSTITUTIONS. AND
WITH THAT WE'RE PUSHING
INSTITUTIONS TO CLARIFY PROBLEMS
, MAXIMIZE RESOURCES AND
SHIFTING STRUCTURE TO ADVANCED
STUDENT EXPERIENCE IN THESE
AREAS, IN PARTICULAR, PUSHING
INSTITUTIONS TO SEEK SOLUTIONS
MORE UPSTREAM IN THE STUDENT
SUPPORT CONTINUUM, SUCH AS
MAXIMIZING STUDENT RECEIVED A
FINANCIAL AID AND CATEGORICAL
SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
REMOVING STRUCTURAL BARRIERS
THAT IMPOSE UNDUE BURDENS FOR
STUDENTS TO ACCESS THESE
SERVICES AND THEN ALSO
CONNECTING THEM TO SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION, PROACTIVE APPROACHES
, SUCH AS CALDERON REFORM,
INCLUDING THE FRAMEWORK APPROVED
BY THIS LEGISLATURE ARE STILL
THE MOST VALUABLE AND PROTECT
PROACTIVE WAY TO SUPPORT STUDENT
OUTCOMES. SINCE THESE PROGRAMS
ARE STILL FAIRLY NISSAN IN OUR
SYSTEM, WE HAD TO DEVELOP A NEW
DATA SET TO CAPTURE SYSTEM LEVEL
STUDENT LEVEL DATA. AND THIS IS
OUR FIRST YEAR OF REPORTING AND
WITH THE TIMING OF REPORT
SUBMISSION DEADLINE, THE DATA
ONLY REFLECTS A SUMMER AND FALL
TERMS OF 2022. BUT BASED ON THIS
PARTIAL YEAR DATA, WE'RE SEEING
THAT SYSTEM WIDE AVERAGE COURSE
SUCCESS RATE FOR STUDENTS
RECEIVING BASIC NEEDS SERVICE
WAS 66. WHICH CLOSELY TRACK OUR
SYSTEM LEVEL DATA FOR ALL
STUDENTS, WHICH IS IN THE LOW
70% SO GIVEN ALL THE COMPOUNDING
CHALLENGES THESE STUDENTS ARE
FACING. WE'RE SEEING THIS DATA
AS A PROMISING SIGN HIGHLIGHTING
THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING
STUDENT BASIC NEEDS AND OTHER
SOCIAL DETERMINES OF EDUCATIONAL
SUCCESS IN ADVANCING EQUITY AND
STUDENT SUCCESS. LASTLY I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK THIS LEGISLATURE
AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO CALIFORNIA IS 1.8
MILLION COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FOR
STUDENT BASING, NEEDS SECURITY,
FINANCIAL STABILITY AND COLLEGE
AFFORDABILITY THROUGH EFFORTS
LIKE BASIC NEEDS CENTERS,
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING AND
CALDERON REFORM. SO THIS
CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I
WILL WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS AT THE CONCLUSION OF
THIS PANEL. OOPS OKAY, THANK
YOU. NEXT LET'S HEAR FROM OUR
CSU REPRESENTATIVE. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS DLC PEREZ
AND I'M, THE DEPUTY VICE
CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC AND
STUDENT AFFAIRS FOR THIS ISSUE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. I HAVE
SPENT TIME IN BOTH THIS YEAR
SHOE AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
IN A PREVIOUS POSITION HAD THE
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CODE
LEAD THE OPENING OF CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST HOUSING FOR STUDENTS WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
FOR THIS IS THE TOPIC THAT'S
DEAR TO MY HEART. THANKS TO
CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE STATE
. WE HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN
OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE BASIC
NEEDS SERVICES FOR STUDENTS. IN
THE PAST FEW YEARS, OUR PRIMARY
FOCUS HAS BEEN ON BUILDING THE
SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THESE
SERVICES. WE HAVE WORKED
DILIGENTLY TO ESTABLISH
RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS OUR
UNIVERSITIES WITH OUR INNER
SEGMENTAL PARTNERS AND HIGHER
EDUCATION. AND WITH COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER
THIS WORK AND CREATE EFFECTIVE
PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE STUDENT
NEEDS. ACROSS OUR SYSTEM. WE
HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THESE
AREAS. 100% OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE
FOOD PANTRIES. ALL OFFER COW
FRESH APPLICATION ASSISTANCE AND
ON CAMPUS EMERGENCY HOUSING. 96%
OF OUR CAMPUSES OFFER FRESH
PRODUCE OR FARMERS MARKETS AND
96% ALSO OFFER BROADBAND AND
TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. 91% OF THEM
OFFER TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND
87 OFFER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
FOR PARENTS STUDENTS. AND AS YOU
MAY KNOW, EIGHT CAMPUSES HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN THE RAPID RE
HOUSING PILOT THAT BEGAN IN
2019. TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE WHAT ALL 23 OF OUR
CAMPUSES ARE DOING RELATED TO
TWO SPECIFIC AREAS, FOOD
PANTRIES AND HOUSING. THIS PAST
YEAR, OUR FOOD PANTRIES SERVED
OVER 20,000 UN DUPLICATED
STUDENTS. EACH UNIVERSITY HAS
WORKED HARD TO ESTABLISH
PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE
THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO
FRESH FOOD AND VEGETABLES,
DIAPERS, PERSONAL HYGIENE
PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS
OTHER ITEMS TO PROVIDE IN MYRIAD
OF RESOURCES TO STUDENTS. IN THE
PAST YEAR. WE HAVE ALSO FOCUSED
OUR EFFORTS ON HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY. WHILE ALL OF OUR
CAMPUSES OFFER EMERGENCY HOUSING
, WE ARE SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN
OUR HOUSING SUPPORT TO INCREASE
LONGER TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
IN 2021. THE CSU HAD 42,678
STUDENTS WHO LIVED ON CAMPUS AND
38% OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE LOW
INCOME RECEIVING POWELL OR CAL
GRANT. WITH THE $10 MILLION THAT
WE RECEIVED FROM THE 22 23 BUZZ
BASIC NEEDS BUDGET ALLOCATION
THE SEA ISSUE IN COLLABORATION
WITH CSS A ASKED EACH UNIVERSITY
TO APPLY 50% OF THAT ALLOCATION
TOWARDS SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH
PLACEMENT AND ON CAMPUS HOUSING
AND OFF CAMPUS HOUSING AS
APPROPRIATE. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH THE
RAPID RE HOUSING PROGRAM, AND TO
DATE WE HAVE HOUSED 324 STUDENTS
THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. AS I
MENTIONED EARLY EARLIER, WE HAVE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS FOR
APPROXIMATELY 20 STOOD 1000
STUDENTS WHO UTILIZED OUR FOOD
PANTRIES THIS YEAR. WHILE THIS
NUMBER DOES NOT REPRESENT ALL OF
THE STUDENTS SERVED, IT IS A
LARGE ENOUGH SAMPLE FOR US TO
REVIEW A FEW DEMOGRAPHICS AND
TRENDS. WE FOUND THAT THIS DATA
I WILL SHARE CLOSELY ALIGNED
WITH OUR OVERALL STUDENT
POPULATION. SO THIS DATA
INDICATES THAT IN THE 21 22 YEAR
89% OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE
SERVED WITH FOOD, PANTRY DOLLARS
. UM WE'RE UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS. 11% WERE GRADUATE
STUDENTS. 65 WERE FEMALE AND 35
WERE MEL LATINO STUDENTS WERE
THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP
UTILIZING SERVICES AT 50.
FOLLOWED BY WHITE STUDENTS AT
22. 50% 56% WERE PELL GRANT
RECIPIENTS, AND THIS IS HIGHER
THAN OUR PELL GRANT AVERAGE IN
THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS 43. THE
AVERAGE G P A WAS THREE POINT.
OH AND 90% OF THE UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS AND 86% OF THE GRADUATE
STUDENTS PERSISTED. WHICH MEANS
THEY WERE EITHER RETAINED OR
GRADUATED FROM ONE YEAR TO THE
NEXT. WHILE THESE DEMOGRAPHICS
PROVIDE A GOOD PROFILE OF THE
STUDENTS SERVED BY BASIC NEED
EFFORTS ON THE CAMPUSES, IT IS
STILL TOO EARLY TO MAKE ANY
DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE
DIRECT COROLLARY EFFECTS THESE
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS MAY HAVE
HAD ON THE STUDENTS, ENGAGEMENT
OR PERSISTENCE. EVEN KNOWING THE
STATE OF LIMITATION. WE ARE
ENCOURAGED BY THE COHORT SIZE OF
20,000 STUDENTS AND THE ECONOMIC
, ETHNIC AND GENDER DIVERSITY OF
THE COHORT. AND CLOSING. MOVING
FORWARD. THE CSU WILL PRIORITIZE
THREE AREAS. FIRST WE WILL
ENGAGE IN A LAUNCH IT TO NO
RESEARCH THAT FOLLOWS STUDENTS
WHO UTILIZE BASIC NEEDS SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THEIR ACADEMIC
JOURNEY SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE
MATRIX SUCH AS ENGAGEMENT,
PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION RATES
OVER TIME. THIS WILL ALSO GIVE
US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
TRUE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SUPPORT
IT AND THE IMPACT OF THOSE
SERVICES. SECOND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO SUPPORT
STUDENTS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OPTIONS THROUGH OUR RAPID
REHOUSING PROGRAM. WE HAVE
LEARNED THAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR HOUSING
EFFORTS, EXPLORING THE
AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY
OF ON CAMPUS HOUSING IS ANOTHER
IMPORTANT EFFORT. AS A RESULT,
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS
DEVELOPED A CROSS FUNCTIONAL
SYSTEM WIDE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY WORKGROUP TO
EXPLORE HOUSING, DEMAND AND
AFFORDABILITY AND TO CONDUCT A
STUDENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THIRD
WE WILL CONDUCT INTENTIONAL AND
PROACTIVE OUTREACH. TO BE SURE
OUR SERVICES ARE REACHING THE
STUDENTS WHO MOST NEED THEM.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS OUR BASIC
NEEDS EFFORTS IN THE CSU, AND
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU. UM LASTLY, NO. TWO
MORE NEXT. WE'LL HEAR FROM UM,
YOU SEE, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY
FROM, UH CSU REPRESENTATIVE ON
CALLE FRESH ISSUES. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR. MCCARTY AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME.
MY NAME IS JEANNIE KIM AND I
SERVE AS A SYSTEM WIDE DIRECTOR
FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELL BEING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE
ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ON
EDUCATION FINANCE ON BEHALF OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. I
WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY
GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR
THE SUPPORT THIS COMMITTEE HAS
SHOWN US AND OUR ONGOING EFFORTS
TO END COLLEGE HUNGER AND
RECOGNIZE BASIC NEEDS AS MORE
THAN JUST AN ISOLATED ISSUE. IN
MY CAREER, I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING DIRECTLY
WITH STUDENTS EXPERIENCING BASIC
NEEDS CHALLENGES ON SOME OF OUR
CAMPUSES. AND IN MY CURRENT ROLE
, I'M HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE
OUR STUDENTS. OUR STAFF, OUR
FACULTY, OUR SEGMENT, PARTNERS
AND ADVOCATES AS WE CONTINUE TO
LEARN AND DEVELOP APPROACHES TO
MEETING STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS.
BASIC NEEDS ARE DEFINED WITHIN
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AS
AN ECOSYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS
FINANCIAL STABILITY, EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO THE MINIMUM RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO HOLISTICALLY
SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS IN THEIR
DAILY LIVES. IN 2019, THE èC
RECEIVED 18.5 MILLION IN
PERMANENT FUNDING FROM THE STATE
TO ESTABLISH BASIC NEEDS HOUSING
AND RAPID RE HOUSING SERVICES.
WITH THESE FUNDS, EACH CAMPUS
HAS ESTABLISHED BASIC NEEDS
CENTERS OFFERING IN PERSON AND
VIRTUAL SERVICES RESOURCES AND
SUPPORTS INCLUDING FOOD
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, HOUSING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND ECONOMIC
CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS. EACH
CAMPUS HAS COORDINATED CLOSE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND LOCAL COUNTIES TO ENSURE
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. EACH CAMPUS
HAS TAILORED ITS BASIC NEEDS
SERVICES TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF
THEIR STUDENT BODY, INCLUDING
THE PROVISION OF WRAPAROUND,
CLINICAL AND NON CLINICAL CASE
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO HELP
STUDENTS. STUDENTS NAVIGATE
ACADEMIC NEEDS WELL BEING
SERVICES SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES.
LAST YEAR ALONE, THE èC BASIC
NEEDS CENTER SERVED OVER 72,000
UNIQUE STUDENTS, WHICH WAS A 36%
INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR
. IN ADDITION, THE èC SERVED
OVER 8000 STUDENTS THROUGH
HOUSING SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES
BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO EMERGENCY
GRANTS AND SHORT AND LONG TERM
HOUSING. WHILE WE ARE SEEING AN
INCREASE IN STUDENT UTILIZATION
OF BASIC NEEDS SERVICES. I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE STILL
JUST BEGINNING THESE EFFORTS. IT
HAS ONLY BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE
THE èC RECEIVED THE STATE
FUNDING, AND DURING THAT TIME WE
EXPERIENCE A PANDEMIC AND ARE
CONTINUING TO LEARN AND GROW
FROM OUR EFFORTS. IN ADDITION TO
FOOD, SECURITY AND HOUSING
INVESTMENTS IN 2019, THE
LEGISLATURE BEGAN TO SUPPORT èC
STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
AND IN IN IN IN AN INITIAL
APPROPRIATION OF 5.3 MILLION,
AND FUNDING WAS INCREASED TO
20.3 MILLION IN 2021. WITH THESE
MENTAL HEALTH FUNDS, CAMPUSES
HAVE HIRED NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CLINICIANS AND CRITICAL STAFF
AND DEVELOP NEW, INNOVATIVE
MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAMS
ON EACH CAMPUS. THE CAMPUS
CONTINUES TO GROW AND EXPAND
PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION
AND TREATMENT AND RECOVERY
SERVICES TO HOLISTICALLY SUPPORT
STUDENTS MENTAL WELLNESS NEEDS.
BèC CONTINUES TO PROVIDE
ESSENTIAL BASIC NEEDS SERVICES
AND IS MOVING TOWARDS A MORE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
WITHIN THE EXPANDING DEFINITION
OF BASIC NEEDS. SPECIFICALLY THE
UCS COMMITTED TO CONTINUALLY
IMPROVING POLICIES, PROCEDURES
AND PRACTICES TO BEST SUPPORT
THE BASIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR LIVED
EXPERIENCES. THESE EFFORTS
BETTER ENABLE US TO PROVIDE
SERVICES FOR MOST VULNERABLE
STUDENT POPULATIONS, INCLUDING
STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED
STUDENT GROUPS. PARTIAL IMPACTED
STUDENTS, FORMER FOSTER YOUTH
STUDENTS WITH DEPENDANTS AND
FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS. BèC
IS ALSO COMMITTED TO ELEVATING
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE
FIELD OF BASIC NEEDS, WHICH WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND INFORMED
PROMISING PRACTICES FOR
PRACTITIONERS, FACULTY AND STAFF
ACROSS THE UC SYSTEM HAVE
ALREADY CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON
THE VARIOUS DRIVERS AND
MECHANISMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
STUDENT BASIC NEEDS CHALLENGES.
THESE PROMISING PRACTICES HAVE
BEEN SHARED NATIONALLY AT THE
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON FOOD,
NUTRITION AND HUNGER AND WITHIN
THE STATE THROUGH VARIOUS
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND
SYSTEM WIDE MEETINGS. AS AN
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
. THE èC PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN
ADVANCING THE ECONOMIC WELL
BEING AND MOBILITY OF COLLEGE
GRADUATES AND PLAYS A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN REDUCING
ECONOMIC INEQUITIES. WELL, THE
NATION IS EXPERIENCING A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE COST OF
LIVING. THIS IMPACT STUDENTS
ABILITY TO MEET THEIR BASIC
NEEDS RELATED TO FOOD, HOUSING,
TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND
CHILDCARE COSTS INCREASE,
PARTICULARLY IN HIGH EXPENSE
AREAS LIKE HOUSING WITHOUT
PROPORTIONAL LEVELS OF SUPPORT.
A LARGER PROPORTION OF STUDENTS
WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE BASIC
NEEDS CHALLENGES. THE STATE AND
THE UNIVERSITY ARE TRYING TO
MEET THE GROWING NEEDS THROUGH
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AID, SUCH
AS THE EXPANDED MIDDLE CLASS
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND A LARGER
PROPORTION OF TUITION SET ASIDE
FOR FINANCIAL AID. THIS MAY ALSO
IMPACT A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO
ACADEMICALLY PERFORM TO THEIR
POTENTIAL AND MAY CAUSE STUDENTS
TO STOP OUT AND NOT COMPLETE
THEIR DEGREES. BASIC NEEDS
PROGRAMS ARE INTEGRAL TO ASSESS
THE IMPACT OF AND DEVELOP BETTER
METRICS FOR STUDENTS, RISING
COSTS OF LIVING AS A BALANCE
AGAINST THEIR EDUCATIONAL COSTS.
BèC BELIEVES THAT BETTER DATA
COLLECTION WILL PROVIDE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
INTERVENTIONS, DRIVERS AND
MECHANISMS THAT PREVENT AND
ALLEVIATE BASIC NEEDS
CHALLENGES. AS A PUBLIC
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
. IT'S USES COMMITMENT TO
SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS IN GAINING
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO
SUCCEED IN THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS.
I THINK THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR
TIME AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS. OKAY THANK YOU. ONE
FINAL SPEAKER. THIS IS A WE HAVE
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CSU, CHICO
, UM AND REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS
ON WHAT WE CAN DO RELATE TO CAL,
FRESH AND HUNGARY'S ABSOLUTELY.
I THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY
ON BEHALF OF THE CENTER FOR
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES OR CHC. AS
WE CALL IT. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF COLLEGE BASIC NEEDS
AS WELL. I'M PROJECT DIRECTOR
FOR THE CENTER AND ME AND
ANOTHER CO DIRECTOR, OVERSEE OUR
CAL FRESH OUTREACH WORK ACROSS
THE STATE. SO FIRST I'M GONNA
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF
WHO CHC IS WHAT WE HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED OUR CURRENT ONGOING
WORK. HE CHALLENGES AND SOME
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
CHC IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
CENTERS IN THE CSU SYSTEM. WE
HAVE A VARIETY OF GRANTS AND
CONTRACTS FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND
BASIC NEEDS. BUT OUR LARGEST
POPULATION SERVED IS COLLEGE
STUDENTS. WE HAVE 14 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE AS A CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
PRIME CONTRACTOR AND ARE
CONSIDERED THE LEADER AND
CONTENT EXPERT OF CAL FRESH
OUTREACH IN THE STATE AND THE
NATION. THANKS TO A V 85 FUNDS
RECEIVED IN 2021. WE EXPANDED
OUR SUPPORT BEYOND OUR CURRENT
CONTRACT WITH CDSS. ALL 149
PUBLIC COLLEGE CAMPUSES. THIS
MEANS THAT WE PROVIDED TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS
THAT NEEDED IT. THROUGHOUT THIS
TIME, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SPECIFICALLY
BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021. 2022.
WE'VE SEEN OVER 264% INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
SUBMITTED ACROSS COLLEGE
CAMPUSES ON OUR CURRENT
CONTRACT. WE DO BELIEVE THIS
NUMBER CAN BE APPLICABLE TO
OTHER CAMPUSES AS WELL. AGAIN
DUE TO A B 85 FUNDS WERE ALLOWED
TO BUILD THE CAL FRESH OUTREACH
RESOURCE HUB WEBSITE. THIS
WEBSITE HAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE
RESOURCES TO IMPROVE CAL FRESH
OUTREACH ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
ADDITIONALLY THIS HAD THE WE
DEVELOPED THE SUPPORT DESK,
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN ONLINE
PLATFORM OR ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS
STAFF CAN GET THEIR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED BY A LIVE PERSON. UM,
ABOUT CALVER SHALL REACH
ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO HELPED WITH
A B 3 96 IMPLEMENTATION. WHICH
REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION AND
SUBMISSION OF LOCAL CAMPUS
PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE
EMPLOYABILITY TO C. D S S. YES
SEPARATE ALONG WITH THE SEGMENTS
HERE TODAY, ADDED 7797 CAMPUS
PROGRAMS. A 3000% INCREASE TO
THE STATE LIST AND LESS THAN ONE
YEAR. THIS WORK CONTINUES AS WE
CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY A B 3 96
CAMPUS PROGRAMS EVERY MONTH. IN
ADDITION, WE'VE DEVELOPED A
GUIDANCE LETTER FOR COLLEGE
CAMPUS AND COUNTY AND COUNTY
PARTNERSHIPS TO AID IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF A VÆ. 13 26.
THAT WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS
MONTH. WE CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE
AND FACILITATE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE CSU, UC AND
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AND I KNOW
OTHER POINT OF THE THREE
SEGMENTS THEN AS UNIFIED AS THEY
ARE IN THE EFFORT TO ADDRESS
FOOD INSECURITY. DESPITE THIS
EFFORT, THERE ARE SOME
CHALLENGES. AS MENTIONED ALREADY
TODAY, THE FEDERAL SNAP COLLEGE
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY RULE IS
PREVENTING HARDWORKING STUDENTS
FROM BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE
FEDERAL FOOD BENEFITS. THIS ADDS
AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN COSTS TWO
CAMPUSES, COUNTIES AND STATES.
SECONDLY, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
BURDEN FOR THE LACK OF AVAILABLE
CAL FRESH COLLEGE STUDENT DATA.
IN PARTICULAR APPROVAL IN DENIAL
DATA BY CAMPUS. NOW, AS
MENTIONED TODAY, THERE ARE SOME
CAMPUSES THAT DO HAVE ACCESS TO
THIS DATA WITH AGREEMENTS WITH
THEIR INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES. BUT
WE NEED ALL COUNTIES AND ALL
CAMPUSES HAVE ACCESS TO THIS
DATA TO BE ABLE TO ELEVATE OUR
EFFORTS FURTHER. THERE ARE ALSO
OPPORTUNITIES. WE KNOW
CALIBRATION AS A SIGNIFICANT
ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR STATE AND
OUR AGRICULTURE SECTOR. WITH
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE WILL
NOT ONLY INCREASE THIS ECONOMIC
IMPACT WILL HELP FOOD INSECURE
COLLEGE STUDENTS OBTAIN THE FOOD
NEEDED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND
GRADUATION. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE
MADE GREAT PROGRESS AND LEAD THE
NATION IN THIS EFFORT, WE CANNOT
AFFORD TO LEAVE ANY STUDENT
BEHIND. AS WE OBTAIN ACCESS TO
WIDER RANGE OF APPROVAL AND
DENIAL DATA. WE WILL BE ABLE TO
STRENGTHEN AND BUILD UPON OUR
CURRENT MOMENTUM. INCREASING OUR
ALREADY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE
PRACTICES FURTHER. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME TODAY AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. OKAY. THANK
YOU. AND AGAIN, WE APOLOGIZE FOR
THE PAIN OF THE PROGRESS BEHIND
US. UM. BUT WHAT I HEAR WE'RE
ALMOST DONE THAT TEAR DOWN PART.
SO UM, I HAVE A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL OPEN UP TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. FIRST
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CERVANTES.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. FIRST I
WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS. THE
STUDENTS FOR YOUR ADVOCACY IN
THIS PROCESS. UH YOU KNOW, WE AS
LEGISLATORS ARE ALWAYS
ENCOURAGING. STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
, RIGHT? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE, UH, STUDENTS AT
THE CENTER OF THESE
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THESE ARE
YOUR EXPERIENCES THAT YOU ARE
LIVING TODAY. AND I JUST WANT TO
NOTE THAT YOU ALL ARE JUST
SHINING LIGHT OF WHAT'S TO COME.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE
AND TRAVELING TO SACRAMENTO. I
WANT TO JUST. I KNOW THIS IS A
COMMITMENT FROM MY COLLEAGUES
THAT ARE UP HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW
OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT ALL
STUDENTS AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL
JOURNEY. AND THAT INCLUDES
LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN
IMPROVE A STUDENT BASIC NEEDS,
WHICH IS A PRIORITY FOR THE
ASSEMBLY. I WOULD LIKE TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
STUDENT OUTCOMES ARE BEING
MEASURED AS IT RELATES TO BASIC
NEEDS SERVICES. IF ANYONE COULD
TOUCH ON THAT TODAY. I CAN TOUCH
ON IT FOR CAL, FRESH FROM THE
CALIPERS PERSPECTIVE, SO AS I
MENTIONED, ONE OF THE MAIN
CHALLENGES HAS ACCESS TO
APPROVAL AND DENIAL DATA FOR CAL
FRESH AND SO THAT MAKES IT
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO
EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF OUR
EFFORTS RIGHT AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING HELD
ACCOUNT OF OURSELVES THAT CAMPUS
PARTNERS ARE BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE THAT OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS ARE BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE AND WE DO THAT
THROUGH TRANSPARENT DATA, AND SO
THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
WITH CAL FRESH IS THAT THERE'S
HARD TO GET ACCESS TO THAT DATA.
THERE ARE EFFORTS BEING MADE
CURRENTLY TO DO THAT, BUT IT HAS
NOT COME TO FRUITION AT AS OF
YET. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY? I THINK
ON BEHALF OF THE CSU, I WOULD
SAY THAT WHEN WE FIRST RECEIVED
THE MONEY, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS
WAS TO GET DIRECT SERVICE AND
SUPPORT INTO THE HANDS OF
STUDENTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT NOW AS WE'RE
COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, AS
MY COLLEAGUES ALLUDED TO, WE'RE
ALL STEPPING BACK FROM SYSTEM
WIDE LEVEL AND REALLY THINKING
ABOUT HOW TO ACCESS THAT DATA.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES RIGHT?
OFTENTIMES STUDENTS DO NOT WANT
TO BE STIGMATIZED AS A STUDENT
WHO NEEDS BASIC NEEDS. UM AS I
SHARED. WE HAVE SOME DATA THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE. BUT
WHAT'S DIFFICULT IS A LOT OF OUR
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN MANY, UM
SPECIAL POPULATION SERVICES AND
SUPPORT COULD BE E O. P COULD BE
FOSTER YOUTH, RIGHT? AND SO PART
OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS BEGIN
TO DECIPHER. UM WHICH SERVICES
SUPPORTING THEM TO ACHIEVING
THAT GOAL, RIGHT? IS IT
SPECIFICALLY BASIC NEEDS? IS
THAT THIS THIS INTERVENTION OR
IS IT THIS ONE? AND SO I THINK
THAT AS YOU HEARD, I THINK ALL
OF US SAID THAT REALLY? THE
COMMITMENT IS TO LONGITUDINAL
STUDIES THAT REALLY UNPACK. UM
NOT ONLY ACADEMIC PERSISTENCE
BUT ALSO ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS
AND THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, SO
I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOAL WITH
I THINK WE HAVE CHAPMAN A AND
THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS
OUR SYSTEMS TO PARTNER TOGETHER
TO REALLY BEGIN TO COLLECT MORE
DATA AND TO ANALYZE IT. I'M
HAPPY TO ADD ON BEHALF OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. I MEAN
, I THINK ONE OF THE AREAS THAT
WE'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IS
ASSESSING THE NEED RIGHT, SO
WE'RE ABLE TO USE OUR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
. SURVEY A GRADUATE STUDENT
EXPERIENCE SURVEY TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE RATE OF
FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY IS
ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES. BUT I THINK
EXACTLY TO THE POINT THAT MY
COLLEAGUE IS MAKING WE'RE NOW
BEGINNING TO, YOU KNOW, PEEL
BACK THE ONION AND LOOK AT WHAT
ARE THE DRIVERS AND MECHANISMS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY PREVENTING
BASIS. IT NEEDS CHALLENGES THAT
OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING.
BUT THEN ALSO, THOSE
INTERVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE SET
UP ON THE CAMPUS IS THE FOOD
PANTRIES, THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION
SITES, CAL FRESH, UM, OUR
EMERGENCY GRANTS PROGRAMS RIGHT
AND STARTING TO EVALUATE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
INTERVENTIONS ACROSS ALL THE
CAMPUSES WOULD LIKE TO ALSO
HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE WORKING
REALLY CLOSELY WITH FACULTY
RESEARCHERS TO REALLY BUILD OUT
THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF
UNDERSTANDING HIGHER. ED AND
STUDENT BASIC NEEDS CHALLENGES
BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A NEW
EMERGING FIELD THAT WE'RE IN
HERE, RIGHT? I TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT NEEDING TO PROVIDE
PROMISING PRACTICES TO OUR
PRACTITIONERS, BUT WE'RE
CREATING THAT PROFESSIONAL NEW
PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDING BASIC
NEEDS CHALLENGES. BASIC NEEDS
SERVICES ACROSS THE CAMPUSES FOR
OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. SO I THINK
IT GOES HAND IN HAND. WE NEED
THE DATA. WE NEED THE RESEARCH
AND THEN WE ALSO NEED THE
PRACTITIONERS ON THE GROUND,
HELPING TO INFORM WHAT'S WORKING
FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. AND
IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP VERY
QUICKLY, WHAT? WHERE DOES MENTAL
HEALTH PLAY A ROLE IN ALL OF
THIS CONVERSATION? BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT THIS IS A CONVERSATION
THAT I HAVE WITH MANY STUDENTS
BACK HOME. AND JUST WITH COVID.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN EXASPERATED
, AND WE KNOW THAT THE NUMBERS
AREN'T GREAT. WHEN IT JUST COMES
TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF
OUR STUDENTS OF GIVEN MANY
FACTORS, AND SO JUST WANT TO
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT IF YOU CAN TOUCH ON THAT,
BUT ALSO, WHAT ARE THE
CHALLENGES THAT CAMPUSES FACE
WHEN PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES? SO I CAN JUST ADD TO
THE QUESTION ABOVE AND ATTACK ON
THE MENTAL HEALTH. UH RESPONSES
TO YOUR QUESTION. UM, SO FROM A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERSPECTIVE IN
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS NEW
DATA SET AS G 23 ESSENTIALLY ARE
TRACKING STUDENT LEVEL DATA
RIGHT TO THE MENTAL TO THE BASIC
NEEDS SERVICES OR PROVIDING.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR
OF DATA LAUNCH AND TYPICALLY
TAKES ABOUT TWO YEARS TO MATURE
. WE'RE HAVING RIGHT THE TWO
TERMS DATA ONLY, AND THE COURSE
SUCCESS RATES REALLY. THE ONLY
DATA WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND AS I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, OUR
STUDENTS RECEIVING BASIC NEEDS
SERVICES ARE ABOUT 66% WHICH
CLOSELY TRACK OUR SYSTEM LEVEL
AVERAGE FOR ALL STUDENTS ABOUT
70. WE SEE THE RANGE BETWEEN 70
TO 72% RANGE, SO THIS IS REALLY
A PROMISING SIGN. FOSTER'S
REALLY SEE THAT BASIC NEEDS
SERVICES ALREADY HELPING AND
SUPPORTING STUDENTS. AND I THINK
ANOTHER PIECE. I THINK MY
COLLEAGUES FROM OTHER SEGMENTS
HAVE MENTIONED. YOU KNOW THIS IS
EMERGING. FEELS FOR US A LOT OF
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT NEEDS TO
BE HAPPENING. SO UH, WHEN WE ARE
ALLOCATING THE BASIC NEEDS FUNDS
, WE ASKED COLLEGES TO SUBMIT A
BASING THESE PROGRAM PLAN REALLY
BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW THEY
WANT TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND, IN
A WAY ESTABLISHED HYPOTHESIS IN
TERMS OF THE STRATEGIC
PRIORITIES. THEY WANT TO
ALLOCATE A DOLLARS TOWARDS AND
THEN HOPEFULLY THEN WE CAN
COLLECT DATA LATER ON TO COMPARE
THAT TO REALLY FACILITATE THAT
LEARNING BASED ON THE LOCAL
RIGHT REALITIES AND THEN ON THE
THERAPIES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH,
WHERE AGAINST THROUGH THE SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS. OF EDUCATIONAL
SUCCESS FRAMEWORK. WE'RE REALLY
LOOKING AT THIS AS A CONTINUUM,
RIGHT? SO YES. $30 MILLION INTO
AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OF 1.8 MILLION
STUDENTS IS NOT GOING TO BE
ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL
HEALTH. NEEDS OUR STUDENTS HAVE
TOLD US OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE
THAT THEY FACE. SO WHAT WE ARE
REALLY THINKING ABOUT IS A
SYSTEM APPROACH. SO WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE CLASSROOM? HOW DO WE
EMBED THE CURRICULUM IN OUR
CLASSROOM TO AVOID UNNECESSARY
STRESSORS FOR STUDENTS RIGHT TO
AVOID RE TRAUMATIZATION IN THE
CLASSROOM? AND THEN HOW DO WE
SUPPORT THE STUDENT SENATE IN
THERE TO SUPPORT LOCAL LEVEL
REVIEW OF A STUDENT GRIEVANCE
POLICIES? SO IN CASE OF
CLASSROOM FAILURE, STUDENTS ARE
HAVING ANOTHER METHOD TO AGAIN
ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS, SO THAT
ENHANCED THE SENSE OF
UNCONDITIONAL BELONGING OUR
CAMPUS AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE
MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION RIGHT
THROUGH PREVENTION, INVENTION
AND ALSO FOR COMPLEX HEALTHCARE
CHALLENGES. REFERRAL TO THE
COUNTY. UM. MENTAL HEALTH
SYSTEMS. WE DO SEE THERE WHEN WE
ARE, UM, WHEN WE ARE REFERRING
OUR STUDENTS TO SERVICES.
OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THE OVERALL
LANDSCAPE IN TERMS OF THE GAPS
IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MENTAL
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS THAT WE'RE
SEEING A GAP AND ALSO THE
MISALIGNMENT IN TERMS OF
ELIGIBILITY AND PRIORITIES THAT
SOMETIMES THE COUNTIES ARE
PLACED IN KIND OF THEIR
PROACTIVE POPULATION SELECTION.
SOMETIMES WE SEE THE GAP SO THAT
THOSE ARE THE PLACES AND AREAS
WHERE COLLEGES HAVE TO PICK UP
THE SLACK. UM AND OR PARTNERING
WITH ADDITIONAL CBOS AND OTHER
PARTNERS THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY
LOOKING AT VARIOUS SOLUTIONS
THERE TO ADDRESS THAT GAP. I
GUESS I WOULD ADD BRIEFLY THAT
AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WE JUST WENT
THROUGH COVID, WHICH IS A
MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
PANDEMIC. QUITE HONESTLY, AND I
THINK THAT WE HAVE JUST SEEN THE
SURFACE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH
CHALLENGES THAT NOT ONLY
STUDENTS, BUT SOCIETY WILL FACE
IN THIS AREA. AND I THINK
SPECIFICALLY IN THE CSU. WHAT WE
ARE COMMITTED TO DOING IS, UM
CREATING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. WHAT
WE ALL KNOW IS MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS IS DO NOT OCCUR BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF EIGHT AND FIVE.
IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE OFFER AS MUCH AFTER OUR
ACCESS AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR
STUDENTS, AND I THINK QUITE
FRANKLY, AND THIS MAY BE ACROSS
THE OTHER SEGMENTS. HIRING
QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS HAS BEEN
CHALLENGING TO FIND AND
SPECIFICALLY, UM QUALIFIED
PROFESSIONALS WHO, UM, CAN
RELATE TO OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER
BY THEIR IDENTITIES OR THEIR
DIVERSE NEEDS, AND SO WE
CONTINUE TO FACE THOSE
CHALLENGES. UM, AND AS YOU KNOW,
DEMAND FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES. SOMETIMES THE CAPACITY
IS REACHED ON CAMPUSES AND SO
CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR
INNOVATIVE WAYS. TO PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION AND
OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED
WHEN THEY NEED THEM. I WOULD
JUST ADD REALLY BRIEFLY. I THINK
THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THE MENTAL
HEALTH AND WELL BEING KIND OF
PERSPECTIVE TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION. RIGHT THERE'S THE
MORE UPSTREAM RESILIENCE
BUILDING THAT OUR COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES CONTRIBUTE TO
SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS. AND
THEN THERE'S THE VERY REAL
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT IS
STUDENTS FACED WITH RIGHT AND SO
WHEN WE LOOK AT STUDENT BASIC
NEEDS, AND YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT
THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN BASIC
NEEDS AND MENTAL HEALTH. REALLY
WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW A LOT OF
THE BASIC NEEDS SERVICES SERVICE
PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR OUR
STUDENTS, WHICH MAY PREVENT THEM
FROM EXPERIENCING FURTHER MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS DOWN THE ROAD
RIGHT AND SO AS A PREVENTATIVE
STRATEGY, FINANCIAL AID BASIC
NEEDS OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
REALLY DO PROVIDE THAT SOCIAL
SAFETY NET FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND
THEN OUR CAMPUSES DO OFFER AND
PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN
CRISIS IN NEED. THANK YOU, SAM.
REMEMBER FONG? THANK YOU SO MUCH
, MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
TO THE STUDENTS FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND TO ALL THE
SEGMENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
PRESENTATION. WE KNOW THAT
INSTEAD OF BASING EARS ARE SO
CRITICAL TO STUDENTS EDUCATION
AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE
TESTIMONY FROM OUR STUDENTS IN
THE SEGMENT REPRESENTATIVES. AS
FORMER TRUSTEE FOR THAT TO MAKE
COLLEGES IN LOS ANGELES. WE KNOW
THAT BASIC NEEDS. WE HAVE TO
STUDY AND ASSESSMENT IS THAT
WENT OUT OF FIVE STUDENTS
EXPERIENCE STUDENT I MEAN
HOUSING INSECURITY. AND WE KNOW
THAT STUDENTS OF COLOR LOCUM AND
STUDENTS AND DOCUMENTS STUDENTS
OPPOSITE. TAKE YOUR STUDENTS,
PARENTS, STUDENTS AND JUSTICE
INVOLVED. STUDENTS ALSO NEED OUR
UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
EXPAND RESOURCES FOR OUR
STUDENTS IN ON PAGE 30 WITH THE
JOHN BYRNE ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH,
INCLUDING ONE RECOMMENDATION TO
HAVE A SPECIFIC LINKAGE WITH OUR
FINANCIAL AID CENTERS ON OUR
CAMPUSES, SO MY QUESTION LEADS
TO HOW ARE SOME OF THE BASIC
NEEDS CENTERS AND INTEGRATED
WITH FINANCIAL AID AND OTHER
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND
SOMEBODY TOUCHED UPON IT, BUT
REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE
CAN EXPAND AND HAVE TIGHTER
LINKAGES WITH THOSE SERVICES.
UM, I CAN I CAN GET US STARTED.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
PUSHING UNDER THE SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF EDUCATIONAL
SUCCESS WHERE WE'RE HOPING AND
PUSHING COLLEGES TO REALLY
INTEGRATE EFFORTS TO CREATE THE
UNCONDITIONAL BELONGING FOR OUR
STUDENTS, AND WE'RE SEEING A
TREMENDOUS DRIVE TOWARDS
INTEGRATING SERVICES 98% OF THE
CAMPUSES EXPRESS. UH PLAN AND
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO INTEGRATE
WITH OTHER STUDENTS. SERVICE
SUPPORT, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES,
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME
LIMITATIONS, INCLUDING, REALLY
THE BILL LANGUAGE FROM THIS
ORIGINAL FUNDING THAT ACTUALLY
PROHIBITS OUR ABILITY TO CO
LOCATE FINANCIAL AID. UM AND
BASIC NEEDS. SO UM, REALLY WHEN
WE'RE YOU KNOW, LISTENING FROM
FROM THE STUDENTS WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT A FINANCIAL STABILITY
PIE RIGHT OR STUDENTS HAS
FINANCIAL AID IS A BIG PIECE OF
THAT BASIC NEEDS SERVE SOME OF
IT, BUT IT'S IT NEEDS TO COME
TOGETHER AS A AS A COMPLETE
PICTURE TOWARDS FINANCIAL
STABILITY. SO WHAT? WE ARE
HOPING WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW ON CAMPUS, RIGHT IS TO HAVE
, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY
PRACTICE TO BRING THE STAFF FROM
FINANCIAL AND BASIC NEEDS
TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT WAYS
THAT THEY CAN REALLY ENHANCE
FINANCIAL STABILITY, BUT ALSO
WELCOME THIS COMMITTEE TO REALLY
CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY TO
THINK ABOUT BETTER INTEGRATION
FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE
BETWEEN FINANCIAL A AND BASIC
NEEDS, SO AND ON TOP OF THAT WE
ARE ALSO VERY, UH, WORKING
CLOSELY WITH J BAY. IN ADDITION
TO CREATING HOLISTIC SUPPORT FOR
FOSTER YOUTH, BUT ALSO THINKING
ABOUT BEST PRACTICES FROM A
CREATING REMOVING FRICTION POINT
PERSPECTIVE, UH, SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSING ON HOW DO WE SUPPORT
FINANCIAL AID STAFF TO EXERCISE
FINANCIAL? PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT
IN A WAY THAT'S UH, THAT'S UH,
THAT'S NOT ARDUOUS FOR OUR
STUDENTS AND THEN ALSO THINKING
ABOUT VARIOUS TOUCH POINTS THAT
WE SHOULD CREATE ACROSS THE
SYSTEM TO HIGH HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL
STABILITY FOR ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS. SO UM, SO THERE ARE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS WERE
PUSHING ON TO SUPPORT COLLEGES
IN INTEGRATING THESE SERVICES.
BUT A CRITICAL PIECE ALSO IS
THINKING ABOUT THE BURDENS AS
STUDENTS HAVE TO SHOULDER TO
ACCESS THESE POINTS. SO HOW DO
WE ENSURING NO WRONG DOOR
APPROACH AND REMOVING THESE IF
STUDENTS ARE ALREADY QUALIFY TO
RECEIVE ALL THESE SERVICES DO WE
NEED TO HAVE THEM RIGHT GO
THROUGH VARIOUS FINANCIAL,
VARIOUS APPLICATION STEPS AND
VERIFICATION STEPS TO RECEIVE
THE SERVICES. THANK YOU. I WOULD
SAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA ARE FINANCIAL AID, AS
WELL AS OUR BASIC NEEDS. CENTERS
ARE VERY MUCH INTEGRATED IN
TERMS OF PARTNERING ON THE
CAMPUS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS. A
PRIME EXAMPLE I HAD MENTIONED
BRIEFLY, VERY BRIEFLY IN MY
REMARKS WAS OUR ECONOMIC CRISIS
RESPONSE TEAMS. THOSE ECONOMIC
CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS ARE MADE
UP OF MULTIPLE PRACTITIONERS
ACROSS THE CAMPUS, INCLUDING OUR
FINANCIAL AID COLLEAGUES. BASIC
NEEDS. CASE MANAGERS, HOUSING
FOLKS, DINA STUDENTS OFFICE
FOLKS WHO COME TOGETHER TO LOOK
AT A CASE THAT A STUDENT
PRESENTS WHEN THEY'RE
EXPERIENCING A BASIC NEEDS
CRISIS AND ARE ABLE TO WORK
CLOSELY IN A LITTLE BIT OF A
TIGER TEAM TO RESPOND TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY GRANTS TO THOSE
STUDENTS, RIGHT AND WE WANT TO
ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT
ACCIDENTALLY BURDENING OUR
STUDENTS BY GIVING THEM AID. UM
THAT MAY IMPACT THEIR FINANCIAL
AID AS WELL. SO BEING IN CLOSE
CONCERT WITH OUR FINANCIAL AID
COLLEAGUES IS ACTUALLY REALLY
KEY AND A REALLY GOOD PROMISING
PRACTICE FOR THIS AREA. AND
BRIEFLY, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I
THINK THAT FINANCIAL AID AS PART
OF THE HOLISTIC TEAM, AND THEY
MEET TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS AND
THINK ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL
IMPACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW,
GRANTS WILL HAVE ON ON A
STUDENT'S PACKAGE. I WILL TELL
YOU THAT AS WE LOOK TO THE NEXT
PHASE, AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT
DOING INTENTIONAL, PROACTIVE
OUTREACH TO STUDENTS, FINANCIAL
AID OFFICE HOLDS A LOT OF DATA
AND INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP
US GET TO STUDENTS EARLY. UM
STUDENTS THAT, UM YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY COULD BENEFIT
PARTICULARLY FROM A CAL. FRESH
PERSPECTIVE. WHY WAIT FOR THEM
TO COME TO US AND ASK FOR HELP.
WE CAN GO TO THEM AND SHARE THAT
RESOURCE EARLY. UM I WOULD ALSO
SAY THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON
CREATING STRONG FINANCIAL
LITERACY PROGRAMS ACROSS THE
STATE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S EXPENSIVE TO BE POOR, RIGHT
IN THE COST OF THAT BURDEN
CARRIES AND SO WE HAVE FOUND
THAT STUDENTS HAVE APPRECIATED
THAT KNOWLEDGE AND WANT TO
EXPAND THAT SYSTEM WIDE. BUT
LASTLY, WHAT I WOULD SHARE IS
THAT AS WE KNOW THE COST OF
ATTENDANCE DOESN'T NECESSARILY
REFLECT THE TRUE COST AND SOME
OF OUR AREAS FOR HOUSING. AND SO
AS WE THINK ABOUT PARTNERING
WITH FINANCIAL AID, IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE BEGIN TO
ADDRESS THAT SO THAT WHEN A
STUDENT GETS THEIR FINANCIAL AID
PACKAGE, IT REFLECTS WHAT IS
TRULY NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEM IN
HOUSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR THOSE, UH, THAT INFORMATION
IN TERMS OF THE TRANSIT PASSES
AS WELL, I KNOW LOS ANGELES A
PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO IN THE L.
A COUNTY AREA, AND IT KNOWS
SUMMER CHRIS HOLDEN HAS SOME
EVIL 6 10 THAT WOULD LOOK AT
TRANSIT PASSES ACROSS THE SYSTEM
AND CALIFORNIA. I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT REALLY CONTINUE
TO DO AND ADVOCATE FOR AND
LISTEN TO HOUSING AND TO HEALTH
AND TO FOOD IS LOOKING AT
CONTINUED, FOR EXAMPLE, OPEN
TRANSPORTATION AS WELL. SO
DEFINITELY WANT TO RIGHT?
APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS
AROUND THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL.
AND LASTLY, AROUND STUDENT
HOUSING. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AH, UM
POTENTIAL DELAYS TO THE HOUSING
FUNDS AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT
AH, THE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECTS
THAT ARE READY AND SHOVEL READY
AND ALL THREE UH SEGMENTS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION. WE KNOW THAT
WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION
EARLIER FROM èC. LAWCENTER AS
WELL SOME OF THE CITY HOUSING
PROJECTS THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE
KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE
WORK TO BE DONE ROASTING HOUSING
AND ARTERY SEGMENTS, SO REALLY
WANT TO CONTINUE AMPLIFY THAT
WAS, UH, EFFORTS AS WELL. WE
HAVE A FACILITIES BOND ON THE
BALLOT POTENTIALLY NEXT YEAR AS
WELL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SO
ANYTHING WE CAN DO AROUND
STUDENT HOUSING GOING FORWARD.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
CRITICAL, SO I JUST WANNA
APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS
AROUND THAT SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR CHAIRMAN. YEAH THANK
YOU. I THINK THIS ADDRESS. UM
THE MAJORITY OF THE QUESTIONS. I
JUST HAVE TO KIND OF GOING, UM
GOING FORWARD, ACTUALLY, THREE
QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD. ONE I
ASSUME MOST COLLEGES NOW HAVE A
BASIC NEEDS CENTER ON CAMPUS.
ALL THE ALL THE NINE UCS HAVE
THEM NOT 23. EVERY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE HAVE ONE. WE THINK OKAY?
UM AND THEN? SORRY SURE, MR
CHAIR. SO WE, UM SO BECAUSE OF
OUR DATA CYCLE, SO THE MOST
RECENT DATA CYCLE IT WAS JULY
2022. SO TWO THIRD OF THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAD BASIC
NEEDS CENTERS, AND SO MANY OF
THEM HAVE COME ONLINE BETWEEN
THEN AND NOW, AND ALL OF THEM
PLAN TO HAVE A CENTER BY JUNE
THIS YEAR, SO WE WILL HAVE AN
UPDATE, OR THEY WILL WITHIN
NARROW WEEKS PURSUANT TO LAST
YEAR'S MONEY AND THEN NUMBER TWO
WHAT IS? UM MY THIRD ONE ON THE
RIGHT FORGETS FOR YOU. NUMBER
TWO. A LOT OF THE EFFORTS HERE
ARE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S VERY
BROAD, BASIC NEEDS HOUSING,
MENTAL HEALTH FOOD, YOU KNOW, A
VARIETY OF ISSUES. UM HOW MUCH
OF IT KIND OF GOING FORWARD. WE
HAVE TODAY'S MAY THE SECOND SO
WE CAN ONLY GO FORWARD SO GOING
FORWARD. IS IT? UM KIND OF THE
CONDUIT LIKE THE PEOPLE LIKE A
PERSON TO HELP SOMEBODY. WHAT DO
YOU NEED? HOW YOU LOOKING FOR
FOOD? OKAY OVER HERE. WE'RE
LOOKING FOR HOUSING MAP FOR
HOUSING OVER HERE, OR IS IT
DIRECT SERVICES BECAUSE SOME OF
THE CAMP WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE
RAPID RE HOUSING A LITTLE BIT OF
FOOD PANTRY. SO GOING FORWARD,
UM WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO BE
FOCUSING ON KNOWING WE DON'T
HAVE UNLIMITED RESOURCES. I'M
HAPPY TO START. I LOVE THIS
QUESTION. QUITE HONESTLY.
BECAUSE WHAT? I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU KNOW, BUT OUR INTERIM
CHANCELLOR CHANCELLOR KESTER
JUST CONVENED A BLACK STUDENT
SUCCESS WORKGROUP ACROSS THE
SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY HOW WE WILL
BECOME A NATIONWIDE LEADER IN
BLACK STUDENT SUCCESS, AND I
SHARE THAT STORY. BECAUSE
THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHAT WE
LEARNED ABOUT UM, OUR STUDENTS
IS THAT WHAT THEY NEED NOW IS A
ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH WILL
NOT WORK. THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO
DO IS CREATE SYSTEMS AND
STRUCTURES THAT HAS THE ABILITY
TO LOOK AT THE STUDENT TO TALK
TO THE STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR
INDIVIDUAL NEED AND TO REALLY DO
AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIGH LEVEL
HIGH TOUCH CASE MANAGEMENT. MANY
OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE
SUFFERING FROM BASIC NEEDS OFTEN
NEED A MYRIAD OF SERVICES, NOT
JUST ONE. AND SO THE GOAL FOR US
IN THE CSU IS TO REALLY IDENTIFY
WHAT A SPECIFIC STUDENT NEEDS
TRIAGE THAT NEED, BUT THEN ALSO
GET THEM CONNECTED TO A
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION
THAT CAN HELP MEET THAT LONG
TERM NEED. OUR GOAL AND OUR
EFFORTS ARE REALLY TO. WE ARE
EXPERTS IN HELPING STUDENTS
GRADUATING, ACHIEVE THEIR
EDUCATIONAL GOALS. WE WANT TO
REMAIN WITH A KEEN FOCUS ON THAT
, BUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT
THEY FACE MANY BARRIERS THAT WE
CAN HELP MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO
THE COMMUNITY TO GET THOSE LONG
TEAM LONG TERM NEEDS MET. WE DO
NOT WANT STUDENTS TO HAVE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN LIVING AND
LEARNING. WE WANT THEM TO DO
BOTH. AND SO OUR EFFORTS ARE
REALLY TO ASSESS THOSE NEEDS AND
PROVIDE HIGH TOUCH SERVICE AND
SUPPORT THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT
MODELS. SO I GET. I GUESS THE
QUESTION IS WE HAVE THESE
CENTERS. I'M NOT SURE ARE THEY
HOUSED? YOU KNOW MONEY THROUGH
FRIDAY FROM 10 TO 2, OR ARE THEY
THERE? DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE MORE? TIME AND OURS AND
STAFFING, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT
JUST ONE PERSON ON CAMPUS WAS
30,000. PEOPLE MAYBE NEED
SEVERAL PEOPLE. SO WE NEED TO
HAVE MORE PERSONNEL TO WORK OR
DO YOU FOCUS ON IF WE EVER DO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY INVEST MORE
MORE SERVICES? MAYBE MAYBE I
DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE
NEED TO FIGURE GOING FORWARD.
FRANKLY THIS ISN'T THE YEAR
ANYWAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
INVESTING IN AND MORE. BASIC
NEED SERVICES. NOT BECAUSE OF
YOUR AMAZING NOT BECAUSE LACK OF
THE AMAZING TESTIMONY AND JUST
DIFFERENT REALITY CHECK OF THIS
YEAR'S STATE BUDGET. BUT THAT'S
I THINK THE QUESTION WE NEED TO
ANSWER GOING FORWARD AND I'M
TRYING TO WRAP UP BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE A CAUCUS IN A FEW MINUTES.
UM AND THEN, UM, MAYBE IF YOU IF
YOU COULD YOU GIVE US DO WE HAVE
ANY HOPE OR OPTIMISM? UM I KNOW.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE TRIED TO,
UM ENROLL PEOPLE IN, UM. SOME
SOME BAD. I GUESS IT WAS FREE
LUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT
WAS WE SAID, OH, IF YOU'RE A
MEDICAL ELIGIBLE, IT'S AUTOMATIC
. AND SO IT JUST SIMPLIFIED IT.
AND SO THE THING FOR CAL FOR
ASHES LIKE WHY DON'T YOU JUST
HAVE A UNIVERSAL OF EUROPE? PELL
STUDENT YOU GET FREE. YOU GET A
FREE LUNCH. YOU GET FOOD. YOU
KNOW THE FOOD PROGRAMS CAL
FRESH. SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
THERE'S PEOPLE ABOVE. ABOVE
SPELL THE WORDS CAL GRANT, BUT
THAT'S NOT A FEDERAL THING. CAL
GRANTS PELL. SO DO WE HAVE ANY
HOPE OPTIMISM THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE A
SIMPLIFIED RULE FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS FOR PELANT, AND I DON'T
KNOW THIS WEEK. IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN CONGRESS
WANT TO GET RID OF SOME CAL
FRESH BENEFITS, BUT THERE'S
ALWAYS LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR
COLLEGE STUDENTS KIND OF
BIPARTISAN, ANY HOPE ON THE
HORIZON THAT WILL HAVE A FIX TO
THIS ISSUE. AH YOU KNOW, I TRY
TO BE AN OPTIMIST. UM RIGHT NOW
, I'M NOT SURE THERE IS GOING TO
BE A QUICK FIX THAT BEING SAID
WITH THE EMERGENCY, UH.
EXEMPTIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE
THAT HAVE THAT ARE THAT HAVE
ENDED THAT ARE ENDING OR HAVE
ENDED, UM THERE SEEMS TO BE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT DID HELP
A LOT OF STUDENTS. AND SO THERE
IS HOPE FROM AT LEAST YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THE ADVOCATE GROUPS THAT
I'M PART OF THAT. MAYBE YOU KNOW
, SEEING THAT IMPACT THAT IT
HAD, AND NOW THAT BEING YOU
KNOW, TAKEN AWAY IS GOING TO
HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR
ABILITY TO BE ELIGIBLE, SO
THAT'S JUST A TEMPORARY THING
FOR THE PANDEMIC. BUT NOT GOING
FORWARD. GOING FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY THERE'S A
SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, LEADS OF THE
MINIMUM LIKE NATIONALLY PELL. SO
WHAT'S THE PUSHBACK TO THAT ON
THE NATIONAL LEVEL, LIKE WHEN
THEY'RE IN CONGRESS, WHEN THAT
COMES UP? WHAT IS THE ISSUE? SO
FOR PAL THAT'S BASED ON INCOME.
AND SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE
YOU'RE KIND OF YOU'RE TOUCHING
ON SO FOR THE COLLEGE STUDENT
ELIGIBILITY RULE RIGHT THERE
REQUIREMENTS, THEIR WORK
REQUIREMENTS OR 20 HOURS A WEEK
WORK REQUIREMENT OR THERE OR YOU
HAVE TO MEET AN EXEMPTION THAT
SO WHY WON'T I KNOW THAT PEOPLE
HAVE ASKED CONGRESS FOR HEY, IF
YOUR PAL AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY
WIPE OUT THE WORK REQUIREMENTS
BECAUSE YOUR WORK REQUIREMENTS
AND YOUR WOODWORK YEAH, THAT'S
BEEN TRIED AND WE KEEP GETTING
STONEWALLED. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION? WHAT IS IT BECAUSE
THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING ON THE
HOOK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE
THERE IS BECAUSE THERE IS A
ALLOCATION PER STATE EVERY YEAR
FOR CAL FRESH SO WHY CAN'T WE
JUST STAY WITHIN THAT
ALLOCATION? SO AS FAR AS ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL. I THINK THAT THE
CONCERN IS THE COST RELATED TO
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. UM, NOW
THAT BEING SAID I FEEL THAT
THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ASSESSMENT.
ON THE COST FOR IMPLEMENTING THE
RULE. TWO STATES, UM, AND TWO
CAMPUSES AND COUNTIES, SO I
WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE AN
ANALYSIS OF THE COST TO
IMPLEMENT THAT START THAT
COLLEGE STUDENT ELIGIBILITY RULE
VERSUS YOU KNOW THE INCREASE IN
BENEFITS FOR THOSE COLLEGE
STUDENTS THAT MAY NOW BE
ELIGIBLE, AND THEN ALSO THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THAT WE
ALREADY KNOW THERE'S A
SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR
CAL, FRESH AND FOR SNAP IN
GENERAL. SO THERE WOULD BE A
BENEFIT AND THERE WOULD BE A
RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THOSE
DOLLARS GOING TO COLLEGE
STUDENTS ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT
WE WOULD HAVE MORE COLLEGE
STUDENTS HAVING THEIR FOOD
SECURITY NEEDS MET AND MORE
COLLEGE STUDENTS GRADUATING
ENTERING THE WORKFORCE AND THEN
AGAIN CONTRIBUTING TO, UH TO
THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO THE
ECONOMY, AND THAT IS WHAT THE
FNS USDA IS LOOKING FOR. THEY
WANT SELF SUFFICIENCY, SO I
WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE
SUPPORT FOR CHANGE LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK
AS YOU MENTIONED. OKAY THANK YOU
. UM, THIS AGAIN WAS HELPFUL FOR
US AND INFORMATIONAL ITEM. WE
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION,
EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY, UM, OUR
NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS ARE
STUDENTS. THANK YOU WITH THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT
IN THE AUDIENCE FOR TODAY'S
HEARING? PLEASE LINE UP. IN THE
UH YEAH, I CAN ANNOUNCE IT IN
THE MIDDLE. AND YOU HAVE ONE
MINUTE OR LESS, PLEASE ONE
MINUTE OR LESS.
PLEASE PROCEED. HELP THEM. HELLO
MY NAME IS BIANCA TORRES MURRAY.
AND I'M A CURRENT èC BERKELEY
STUDENT. I AM A RECENTLY ELECTED
èC. BERKLEE LATINO COMMUNITY
ENDORSED AND QUEER COMMUNITY.
ENDORSED S. YOU SEE SENATOR WITH
OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT AT
BERKELEY. UM TODAY I'M SPEAKING
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CAL
GRANT EQUITY FRAMEWORK. AND I
URGE YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION
THIS YEAR TO FUND THE CAL GRANT
EQUITY TO ENSURE THAT OVER 150
PERSPECTIVE, STUDENTS HAVE
ACCESS TO THE CALGARY RANT AND
THUS ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE IMPACT OF RACE IN THIS
CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THIS IS
ALSO A CONVERSATION ABOUT RACIAL
JUSTICE AS WELL. BLACK AND
LATINO STUDENTS ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY THOSE
IMPACTED BY THE CURRENT
LIMITATIONS OF THE COW GRASS AS
IT CURRENTLY IS. THEY REPRESENT
7.7% AND 62.8% RESPECTIVELY, UM
, OF THE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS
ADDED TO THIS PROGRAM. HIGHER
EDUCATION OPENED SO MANY DOORS
FOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY
STUDENTS, WHO ARE MARGINALIZED.
ACCESSING HIGHER EDUCATION
SHOULD BE A RIGHT AND A TOP
PRIORITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE. I
URGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE
THOUSANDS OF VERY COMPETENT
YOUTH ACROSS CALIFORNIA WHO
DREAM OF ACCESSING A HIGHER
EDUCATION AT OUR GREAT STATE
COLLEGES SUCH AS THE U. C. S AND
C. SUS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND
I HOPE YOU DECIDE TO FUND THIS
MORNING. GREAT EXAMPLE. THAT'S
EXACTLY ONE MINUTE. ONE MINUTE
OR LESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME
IS RYAN MANRIQUEZ. I'M 1/5 YEAR
TRANSFER STUDENT AT U. C. DAVIS
DOUBLE MAJORING IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION.
EXCITED TO CONTINUE MY èC
EDUCATION, THE GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF
PUBLIC POLICY THIS FALL AT UC
BERKELEY CURRENTLY I'VE SERVED
AS DISABILITY RIGHTS, UH AND
COMMITTEE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON AFTER THE ASSOCIATED
STUDENTS OF U. C. DAVIS AND
PRIOR TO THAT I SERVED AS THE
FIRST TRANSFER STUDENT IN FIRST
PHYSICALLY DISABLED STUDENT BODY
PRESIDENT OR 116 YEAR HISTORY
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO
SHIFT OUR PERSPECTIVE AND
THINKING WHEN IT COMES TO
SERVING DISABLED STUDENT
COMMUNITY IN THE U. C AND ALL OF
CALIFORNIA AND HIGHER EDUCATION
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A
CLINICAL APPROACH. HOW WE SERVE
THAT POPULATION AND I BELIEVE
THAT WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR
PERSPECTIVE AND INTO MORE
HOLISTIC APPROACH. I CAN'T TELL
YOU HOW MANY TIMES HAVE BEEN AND
I HAVE BEEN MEETING WHERE THEY
SAY HOLISTIC, HOLISTIC,
HOLISTIC, BUT WITH THAT LOOKS
LIKE IT IS REALLY CREATING
DISABILITY. CULTURAL CENTERS ON
ALL NINE OF OUR CAMPUSES IN
BERKELEY HAS ALREADY DONE. THIS
IS ONE OF THE REASONS MY MAIN
REASON WHY I CHOSE TO GO THERE
FOR GRAD SCHOOL. UH BUT WE
REALLY NEED TO COMMIT TO
CHANGING THIS NARRATIVE BECAUSE
THE ONLY SERVICES THAT STUDENTS
REALLY GET AT THIS POINT. THEY
HAVE A DISABILITY OR
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CLASSES
COMBINATIONS FOR HOUSING. RIGHT
NOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
THIS CHANGE AT UC DAVIS WRITING
THE FIRST EVER DISABILITY DAVIS
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY, WHICH IS
A PRIVATE DISABILITY
COMMENCEMENT FOR THAT COMMUNITY
. EVENTS LIKE THESE CELEBRATE
THE CULTURE OF DISABILITY ARE
ONES THAT REALLY CHANGE AND
BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
FOR HOW WE SERVE IT. UM, SO I
JUST WANT TO ECHO THE
SENTIMENTS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE
MADE BY MY PEERS TODAY TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR DISABLED
STUDENT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE èC.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS
ALMOST TWO MINUTES, SO THE FIRST
ONE WAS ONE MINUTE, SO LET'S TRY
TO GET BACK TO ONE MORE OR LESS,
OR ELSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT
OFF PUBLIC COMMENT AND LEAVE
EARLY. SO THANK YOU. ONE MINUTE
OR LESS. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VICKI
MENDEZ. AND I'M AN UNDERGRAD
STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY AT UC
RIVERSIDE. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK
FOR FUNDING FOR THE DISABILITY
SERVICES. BECAUSE ON CAMPUS AND
IN THE U. C SYSTEM WE ARE
TREATED LESS THAN HUMAN. UM I
FEEL AND THAT'S BEEN MY
EXPERIENCE ON MY CAMPUS THAT YOU
SEE ARE UM FROM THE LAST TWO
QUARTERS, SO WE'RE ONLY LIKE
HALFWAY THROUGH THIS QUARTER. SO
LAST FOUR MONTHS, ONE MONTH OF
BETWEEN THAT WHOLE THING. TIME
I'VE BEEN BASICALLY. TRAPPED IN
MY APARTMENT BECAUSE THE
ELEVATOR HAS BEEN DOWN AND
NOBODY HAS REACHED OUT TO US TO
GET US INTO. UM, SUB UNITS THAT
WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET TO CLASSES
AND BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS
AT THE U. C SYSTEM. AND SO THAT
AFFECTS US. TO THE POINT WHERE
IT'S HARD TO DO OUR CLASS. IT'S
HARD TO BE BE GOOD STUDENTS, AND
I'M JUST EXECUTING DESPITE THE
UC SYSTEM AT THIS POINT, I AM
THE PRESIDENT OF DEBUT, WHICH IS
I'M SORRY. WELL, THANK YOU. AND
JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT
PLEASE 60, SECONDS OR LESS,
PLEASE. ONE MINUTE OR LESS.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS GLEN CODER. I'M A GRADUATE
STUDENT AT UC DAVIS. AND I AM
HERE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF BASIC NEEDS
ACROSS THE UC SYSTEM. THE UCS
HAVE CONTINUED TO ENROLL
STUDENTS IN LINE WITH THE GOALS
OF THE LEGISLATURE AND WITH THE
GOVERNOR AND MAKING MORE SPACE
IS AVAILABLE TO CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS, BUT IN THAT TIME WHEN
THAT GROWTH OF STUDENT
POPULATION AND WITH THE GROWTH
AND COST AND COSTS AND INFLATION
AND IN THE GROWTH OF SERVICES
PROVIDED ON OUR CAMPUS, OUR
INITIAL FUNDING HAS AN INCREASED
WERE BEING FORCED TO DO LESS FOR
MORE STUDENTS. UM, AND SO I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A
FISCALLY DIFFICULT TIME, BUT I
THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE A
PRIORITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
OUR STUDENTS BY INCREASING OUR
BASIC NEEDS ALLOCATION WITHIN
THE STATE BUDGET IN LINE WITH
THE COST OF LIVING. THANK YOU.
HI THERE. MY NAME IS SIN GÓMEZ.
I'M A STUDENT FROM UC BERKELEY
AS WELL AS ONE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORS FROM U. C
S A AND I'M SPEAKING HERE TODAY
IN THE HOPES OF ADDITIONAL
FUNDING OF FIVE MILLION
AVAILABLE FOR èC BASIC NEEDS
CENTERS. I'M A DISABLED LOW
INCOME. QUEER AND TRANS FIRST
GENERATION STUDENTS. AND FOR ME
, THESE SERVICES ARE LIFE
SAVING. SO THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES
WHERE I SHOW UP TO THE BASIC
NEEDS PANTRY AND THERE IS
LITERALLY NO FOOD TO SERVE
STUDENTS AND I ASKED HER FULL
ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS IS OUR
LIVES ON THE LINE. I'VE ALSO
EXPERIENCED AND WITNESSED THE
INABILITY TO MEET OUR BASIC
NEEDS WITH SUPPORTING THE COST
OF MEDICALLY NECESSARY
PROCEDURES SUPPORTING
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS WITH
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND THE
ABILITY TO SUSTAINABLY HAVE
HOUSING ACCESSIBLE TO US TO NOT
BE ABLE TO NOT BE FORCED TO LIVE
ON COUCHSURFING AND LIVING IN
OUR CARS. I WOULD APPLAUD THE
SENATE FOR INCLUDING ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR BASIC NEEDS AND
THEIR BUDGET PLAN AND URGED THE
ASSEMBLY TO DO THE SAME. WE
CANNOT DREAM OF BRINGING MORE
STUDENTS TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
EXPERIENCES WITHOUT INVESTING IN
THEIR ABILITY TO SURVIVE. THANK
YOU. WELL DONE. HELLO CHAIRMAN
CARDI. AND WHAT REMAINS OF THE
SUB TO COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS
GOALS, A ROBBERY AND THE FIRST
YEAR UNDERGRAD STUDENT AT UCSD.
UM I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
THE CALGARY RANT, AND I THINK
THAT AS AN IRANIAN IMMIGRANT WHO
HAS SEEN THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF
THE CAL GRANT ON MY COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES, SUCH
AS THE BLACK LATINO ÁP, AYE,
UNDOCUMENTED AND EVEN WHITE
COMMUNITIES. UM ALLOWING SUCH
STUDENTS SEEK HIGHER EDUCATION.
UM I URGE YOU TO FUND THE COW
GRANT EQUITY BECAUSE IT WILL
ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL 150,000
STUDENTS TO GAIN THIS EDUCATION
AND WORK TOWARDS MAKING A BETTER
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF US TO
LIVE IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO, TREVOR KARTINI. UH, I'M
TRACY WING. I'M FROM UC SAN
DIEGO. AND I DO URGE FOR THE
BASIC NEEDS FUNDING TO BE
INCREASED. I UNDERSTAND THAT
FISCALLY. WE ARE IN A DEFICIT
AND I'VE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN. IN LOBBYING USE. I AM A
STUDENT LOBBYIST, BUT I HAVE
STRUGGLED AS A FAMILY FROM AN
IMMIGRANT FAMILY. AS IT DAUGHTER
FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY. IT IS
DRUG IS A STRUGGLE TO GET FOOD
EVERY DAY. I AM SCARED TO GET
FOOD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I DON'T
WANT TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON MY
FAMILY AND FOOD INSECURITY IS A
REAL THING, ESPECIALLY DURING
THESE TIMES. AS WE ARE DEALING
WITH INFLATION. WE'RE DEALING
WITH GROCERY PRICES GOING UP.
STUDENTS DESERVE TO GO TO SCHOOL
AND NOT BE HUNGRY DURING CLASS,
AND THEY DESERVE TO GET THEIR
BASIC NEEDS MET. THROUGH THESE
PANTRIES THERE THESE RESOURCE
CENTERS ALONG WITH THE MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS THAT WE ARE FACING
, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS
THIS IN THE BASIC NEEDS. UM,
RESOURCES ARE ABLE TO COMBAT
THESE ISSUES. IF WE DO FIND
THESE RESOURCE CENTERS AND
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR èC
BASIC NEEDS HUBS. UM I JUST
REALLY DO URGE THAT AND I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
ARE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND
NOT CONTINUING TO BURDEN THE
BURDEN THEM EVEN THOUGH WE WANT
TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM THESE
OPPORTUNITIES AND HIGHER
EDUCATION AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
SUCCESSFULLY DO THAT WITHOUT
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS JENNA FRIAS. TODAY I'M
SPEAKING ON THE NEED TO MAKE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE èC
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS. I'M ALSO
HERE REPRESENTING MY COMMUNITY
OF CITY HEIGHTS IN SAN DIEGO. UM
AMONG THAT POPULATION CONSISTS
OF MANY LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTS, UM AS FIRST GENERATION
COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ALREADY
FACING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
OBSTACLES WITHIN AS FINANCIALLY
, UM, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
THE SYSTEM. èC SYSTEM IS
ALREADY COMPLICATED ON ITS OWN,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CLASSES AND
COURSEWORK. UM SO WE SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OTHER
BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS FOOD,
HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND
OTHERS THAT WERE MENTIONED
BEFORE. SO I DO URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS INCREASE OF
FUNDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO CHAIR. MCCARTHY AND
MEMBERS OF SUB TO MY NAME IS
EDUARDO TAPIA AND I'M A SECOND
YEAR STUDENT AT UC SAN DIEGO.
THIS COMEDIAN ITS MEMBERS HAVE
COMMITTED TO INCREASING
ADMISSIONS FOR CALIFORNIANS INTO
THE UC SYSTEM, BUT THE STATE HAS
NOT INCREASED AT THE RESOURCES
THAT STUDENTS NEED TO SUCCEED IN
THESE INSTITUTIONS, WHICH IS WHY
I ASK YOU TO PRIORITIZE BASIC
NEEDS FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTING
CALDERON EQUITY FRAMEWORK AS A
LOW INCOME STUDENT THAT ATTENDS
IS THE èC INSTITUTION. IN A
HIGH INCOME COMMUNITY OF LA HOYA
IN SAN DIEGO. ASSISTANCE LIKE
CAL GRANTS AND BASIC NEEDS
SERVICES ALLOWED ME TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AS A STUDENT AND TO
SUCCEED IN A COMPETITIVE
INSTITUTIONS, SO PLEASE STAND BY
YOUR COMMITMENT TO INCREASE
ACCESS TO UC CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO
ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE
INCREASED BASIC NEEDS ACCESS AND
SECURE CALDERON EQUITY TO LAST
STUDENTS LIKE ME TO SUCCEED IN
THEIR EDUCATIONAL CAREERS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO, CHAIR.
MCCARTY AND MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE SUBCOMMITTEES YOU MY NAME
IS JOSE CHRIS ROWE. AND I AM A
STUDENT FROM THE UC DAVIS SCHOOL
AND A MEMBER OF THE U. C STUDENT
ASSOCIATION TODAY. I'M HERE TO
SPEAK ON THE NEED TO MAKE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
AMOUNT OF THE FIVE MILLION
AVAILABLE FOR THE U. C D U. C
BASIC NEEDS CENTER. THERE HAS
BEEN AN INCREASE IN STUDENT
POPULATION ASSESSING BASIC NEEDS
CENTERS ACROSS THE U. C
CAMPUSES. WITH CENTER SERVING
AROUND 40% MORE STUDENTS SINCE
THE ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION BY
THE STATE MADE IN 2019. UM THE
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS HAVE SERVED
48,000 STUDENTS, WHEREAS IN 2020
22, THEY HAVE SERVED OVER 72,000
STUDENTS. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS
BEEN AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THERE
HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN RESOURCES
FOR THE UCS. UM, TODAY, I'M HERE
JUST TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW IT IS
CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
BASIC NEEDS IS IMPORTANT FOR
SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE
ARE FACTORS THAT SERVE AS
BARRIERS SUCH AS AN INCREASE IN
COST OF LIVING AND AS WELL AS
BRIGHT GROCERY PRICES. THAT
PREVENTS STUDENTS FROM ACHIEVING
THEIR DREAMS OF PURSUING HIGHER
EDUCATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO MY
NAME IS SERGIO. I'M THE CURRENT
THIRD YEAR U C. DAVIS I WOULD
LIKE TO URGE THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
DISABILITY SERVICES ACROSS THE
èC ON AVERAGE IS A 300 TO 400
CASE. LOAD UP TO 1000, SOMETIMES
WHERE STUDENTS COULD GET
DERAILED FROM THEIR
ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT RECEIVING THEM IN A TIMELY
MANNER. THEIR QUARTERS OR
SEMESTERS ARE LOOKING LIKE NO
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR HAVE OF THE
TIME THE EFFECTS OF THIS
UNDERFUNDING HAS CAUSED.
LITERALLY. I èC MERCEDES ONE
PERSON OFFICE TO PROVIDE
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE WHOLE èC
FOR THE UC MERCED AT U C L. A.
THERE'S AN ACCESSIBLE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THOSE WITH
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT THERE
ARE POTHOLES, CRACKS AND
NEUROSCIENCE WALKS AT U. C. L. A
AND IN THE WESTWOOD COMMUNITY,
UCSD TRY TO MOBILITY SERVICES DO
NOT HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WELL
EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH ANY
EMERGENCY HEALTH CRISIS. IS THAT
MAKE IT HAPPEN AT THAT TIME AS I
MENTIONED HERE, THESE AREN'T
UNIQUE STORIES TO THESE
CAMPUSES. SPECIFICALLY THERE'S A
STORY LIKE THIS EVERY SINGLE
CAMPUS. I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD
THE SENATE FOR PUTTING THIS IN
THEIR BUDGET PRIORITIES, AND I
URGE THE SENATE THE ASSEMBLY TO
DO THE SAME. PLEASE FUND
DISABILITY SERVICES ACROSS ALL
THE èC. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A BUNNY. NO WORRIES. MY
NAME IS SOPHIA LEE PARK OUT OF
FOURTH YEAR SHOOTING AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF SANTA BARBARA,
CALIFORNIA, BARBARA AND I JUST
WANT TO SAY THAT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA DOES NOT HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE AND OPPORTUNITY
FOCUS, PERSONALIZED, HOLISTIC
AND INTER SEXUAL SUPPORT SYSTEM
. WE DESERVE STAFF THAT REFLECT
IDENTITIES THAT ARE DISABLED
WOMAN OF COLOR LIKE MYSELF. I'VE
HAD TO FIGHT FOR BY MYSELF AND
MY PEERS, DIGNITY AND HUMAN
RIGHTS WITH LIMITED SUPPORT.
STUFF. BASTARD CASELOADS.
POPPING 400 TO 1000 STUDENTS TO
TEACH THIS CAUSES ACCESS FATIGUE
FOR US, AS WELL AS DISTRESSED
FIRST OFF. PREVENTING US FROM
DRIVING YOUR EDUCATION OR
COMMUNICATION BEYOND WE DESERVE
BETTER FOR OUR BREACH.
ESPECIALLY FOR MY FELLOW
SCHOLARS THAT ARE NOT IN THIS
SPACE. AS I SPEAK. WELL DURING
MY COLLEGE. WE SHOULD CHECK
UCSB. UH I DISCOVERED LIKE THESE
P SPECIALIST COULD NOT IMPLEMENT
MY ACCESS NEEDS OF TO COMPLETE
MY ORDERS. PRACTICAL CLASSES. WE
NEED STUFFING CAPACITY WITH THE
TIME OF THE BODY TO TRULY
ADVOCATED UPLIFT. I CAN'T DO A
WEALTH ALONGSIDE US. I, IT'S
JUST NOT EQUAL HAPPINESS OR
EVERYDAY DISCRIMINATION. I THINK
THE SENATE FOR INCLUDING FUNDING
FOR DISABILITY SERVICES THAT I
URGED THE ASSEMBLY TO DO THE
SAME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER,
PLEASE. THANK YOU.
SURE MY NAME IS RYAN. I'M A
STUDENT AND A PART OF THE BASIC
NEEDS FAMILY AT UC DAVIS. I'M
HERE TO SAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
CRITICAL NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO SUPPORT èC BASIC
NEEDS. SO ACCESS HIGHER
EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR A
BRIGHT FUTURE. BUT MANY OF MY
PEERS ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET
THEIR BASIC NEEDS. ALONG THE
WAY. YOU SEE DAVIS AROUND 2000
STUDENTS WENT FROM NOT KNOWING
WHERE THE NEXT MEAL WAS COMING
FROM TO NOT EATING, AND THAT'S
ON TOP OF THE 12 K ALREADY FOOD,
INSECURE POPULATION WHO NEED
NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT. RAPID
REHOUSING HAD NEARLY 100
APPLICANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR. COMPARED TO 18
PREVIOUS YEAR. I WAS ONE OF THE
STUDENTS WHO WERE HOUSE INSECURE
AND AFRAID THAT I WILL. I DON'T
HAVE ANY AFFORDABLE PLACE TO
LIVE. AND AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS
ONE ON ONE WITH PIERCE IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD TO
STUDENTS TO TURN STUDENTS AWAY
AND ASKED IF YOU CAN STAY WITH A
FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND IN
DAVIS. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE
ACTUALLY APPEARS THAT I SEE
EVERY DAY ON CAMPUS, SO GIVEN
THE INCREASED COST OF LIVING AND
HOUSING CRISIS, WE NEED
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMBAT THE
RECENT INFLATION AND BETTER
SUPPORT OUR STUDENT POPULATION.
NO STUDENT SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN THEIR EDUCATION AND
THEIR BASIC NEEDS. SO LASTLY, I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SENATE
AND URGED THE ASSEMBLY FOR
INCLUDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
THE BASIC NEEDS. AND IN THEIR
BUDGET PLAN AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER,
PLEASE. HELLO, CHAIRMAN CARTY
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME
IS JEFFREY VIA LOBOS IN THE
FOURTH YEAR PUBLIC POLICY
STUDENT FROM UC RIVERSIDE. I'VE
BEEN A STUDENT EMPLOYEE IN THE
UC RIVERSIDE BASIC NEEDS
DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST THREE
YEARS WHERE I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES THAT MANY OF MY PEERS
FACE. WHEN IT COMES TO BASIC
NEEDS INSECURITIES. IT'S HARD TO
FOCUS ON YOUR HOMEWORK WHEN
YOU'RE HUNGRY AND DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE NEXT MEAL IS GOING TO
COME FROM. IT'S HARD TO REST AND
STUDY FOR AN EXAM WHEN YOU DON'T
HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP AT
NIGHT. BASIC NEEDS CENTERS LIKE
THE ONE I WORK IN AT U. C R AND
THE ONES IN THE REST OF THE UC
SYSTEM EXISTS TO SUPPORT
STUDENTS DEALING WITH THESE
TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE
DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES HAS ONLY
INCREASED SINCE OUR INCEPTION.
INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 40%
BUT WITH NO MEASURE INCREASES IN
FUNDING THE PROPOSED EDITION OF
$5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR èC
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS WOULD GO A
LONG WAY IN SHARING WERE ABLE TO
CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE SUCCESS
OF STUDENTS AND AFFORDING
INDIVIDUALS THE RIGHT TO PURSUE
HIGHER EDUCATION WITHOUT THE
WORRY OF BASIC NEEDS,
INSECURITIES BEING A BARRIER. WE
APPLIED THE CENTER FOR INCLUDING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BASIC
NEEDS IN THEIR BUDGET PLAN AND
STRONGLY URGENCY ASSEMBLY TO DO
THE SAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO MY
NAME IS KARINA CUEVAS AND I'M A
THIRD YEAR PUBLIC POLICY STUDENT
AT UC RIVERSIDE AND I'M ALSO
EMPLOYED UNDER èC OUR BASIC
NEEDS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT
THE INCREASING NEED FOR FUNDING
TOWARDS OUR BASIC NEEDS CENTER.
UM AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S A
SEVERE HOUSING ISSUE ACROSS ALL
U. C S AND THAT'S EVER PRESENT
AT UC RIVERSIDE UCR. NEARLY 3/4
OF OUR STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE
SECURE HOUSING, AND THE NUMBER
IS ONLY INCREASING. DUE TO THIS,
OUR BASIC NEEDS CENTER IS
STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE
AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN
NEED OF EMERGENCY HOUSING. I
PERSONALLY AM ONE OF THOSE
STUDENTS. I AM UNSURE WHERE IF I
WILL HAVE SECURE HOUSING NEXT
QUARTER. I'M UNSURE IF I REACH
OUT TO BASIC NEEDS IF THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME DUE TO THE
LACK OF RESOURCES, UM SO AN
INCREASE IN FUNDING WITH HELP ME
, UM, FIND SECURE HOUSING, AND
IT WILL ALSO HELP THE VARIETY OF
STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SEARCH OF
HOUSING IN ORDER TO COMPLETE
THEIR DEGREE. I DO NOT HAVE
SECURE HOUSING. I'M UNSURE IF
I'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MY
EDUCATION. IT WOULD FORCE ME TO
PUT MY EDUCATION ON HOLD. SO I
HOPE THAT WITH THIS INCREASE IN
FUNDING WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER
MORE RESOURCES AND ALSO, UM,
REACH OUT TO MORE STUDENTS.
THANK YOU NEXT WEEK. HELLO
JEREMY CARDI AND MEMBERS OF SUB
TO MY NAME IS BRIAN NGUYEN ON
THE FOURTH YEAR SOCIOLOGY
STUDENT FROM UC RIVERSIDE WHO
WORKS IN THE UCR BASIC NEEDS
DEPARTMENT TODAY. I'M HERE TO
URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE INCREASE
OF $5 MILLION IN FUNDING TO èC
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS. BASIC NEEDS
CENTERS HELP ENSURE THAT ALL
STUDENTS HAVE AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR
GOALS REGARDLESS OF THEIR
FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. I WORK
AT THE U. C. R S BASIC NEEDS
PANTRY PROGRAM. AND WHILE WE TRY
TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY STUDENT
MANY NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET AT
ALL. DESPITE RECENT APPOINTMENT
SLOTS INCREASES FOR OUR PANTRY
VISITS, WE STILL REACH CAPACITY
QUICKLY. WITH STUDENTS
EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT
AVAILABILITY. OVERALL THE
PROVIDED FUNDING COULD BE USED
TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF, EXPAND
FOOD PANTRY OFFERINGS AND
PROVIDE MORE EMERGENCY HOUSING
OPTIONS, WHICH IN TURN WILL
ENABLE THE èC BASIC NEEDS
CENTERS TO ASSIST A LARGER
POPULATION OF STUDENTS. THANK
YOU TO THE SENATE FOR INCLUDING
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BASIC
NEEDS IN THEIR BUDGET PLAN AND
URGED THE ASSEMBLY TO CONSIDER
TAKING THE SAME ACTIONS. HELLO
CHAIR. MCCREADY AND MEMBERS OF
SUB TO MY NAME IS RICARDO LARA.
THAT RECORD I'M A 30 YEAR U C.
RIVERSIDE I'M AN ARP ENTRY
INTERN, WHICH IS PART OF THE
BASIC NEEDS DEPARTMENT. I USED
TO RIVERSIDE AND I SPEAK TODAY
ON THE NEED TO OBTAIN MORE
FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF FAMILY
IN DOLLARS FOR THE èC
BASICALLY, CENTERS THAT WOULD
HELP STUDENTS EXPONENTIALLY AS
SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW MANY STUDENTS
WILL HELP AT UCR, ESPECIALLY
WITH OUR EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO
STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE OUR
RESOURCES THAT MAY NOT HAVE
HEARD OF HIM TO FIGHT FOOD AND
HOUSING AND SECURITY. AND
SPECIFICALLY, INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS REQUIRE OUR RESOURCES
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DO NOT
QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE LIKE CAL FRESH ARGOS
TO HELP STUDENTS WHO NEED
ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR BASIC
NEEDS. AND THE MORE WE REACH OUT
TO THESE STUDENTS, THE MORE WE
SEE OURSELVES, STRETCH THEM
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDING
POPULATION IS EXPANDING AT A
RAPID RATE OR THE BASIC NEEDS.
FUNDING HAS NOT EXPANDED AT THE
SAME RATE. WITH THIS INCREASE.
WE SEE HOUSING ISSUES DEVELOPING
MANY USES BECAUSE BECAUSE WE
CANNOT ALLOCATE FOR OTHER
STUDENTS. AND WITH THIS
DIFFICULTY FOR INSECURITY AND
HOUSING AND SECURITY ARISE, I
THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR YOU. SEE
YOU SEE BASIC NEEDS DEPARTMENTS.
WHEN I SAY WE'RE MOTIVATED TO
HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE CAN,
BUT THIS MOTIVATION ALSO NEEDS
FUNNY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
ACHIEVING THIS. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT
SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS NOAH
STOLE HABER. I'M THE CO COMS
DIRECTOR FOR UCSB LOBBY CORE.
I'M HERE TODAY. JUST A QUICKLY
SPEAK ABOUT THE CAL GRANT EQUITY
FRAMEWORK. UM SUPPORTING THE
FRAMEWORK WOULD HOPEFULLY ALLOW
ACCESS FOR 150,000 MORE STUDENTS
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CAL
GRANT FRAMEWORK. UM IN DOING SO
YOU'LL SEE BENEFITS THAT PAID
DIVIDENDS BACK TO THE STATE IN
THE LONG RUN, MAKING UCC SUS AND
TRIPLE C IS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
ALL. YOU ALLOW MORE STUDENTS NOT
JUST TO DREAM OF COLLEGE BUT TO
AFFORD IT AND TO ATTEND IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TWO MORE
SPEAKERS, PLEASE. HELLO MY NAME
IS MONICA MAKHLOUF. AND I'M A
STUDENT AT UCSB HERE TO URGE YOU
ALL TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DIRE
LACK OF FUNDING BEING INVESTED
IN THE èC WIDE BASIC NEEDS
PROGRAM. BASIC NEEDS CENTERS ARE
SERVING EXPONENTIALLY. LARGER
STUDENT POPULATIONS WITH THE
SAME BUDGET HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
TO US IN 2019 WHEN WE SERVED
AROUND 52,883 STUDENTS IN THE
LAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE SERVED
72,230. 13 STUDENTS, WHICH IS A
40% INCREASE THAT HAS NOT BEEN
ACCOUNTED FOR. AS A RESULT,
THERE ARE NOW LESS DOLLARS PER
STUDENT SEEKING SERVICES. IF
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NOT
PROVIDED, AS OUR STUDENT
POPULATION CAN CONTINUES TO GROW
, THIS DEFICIT WILL ONLY
INTENSIFY FUNDING BASIC NEEDS IS
FUNDING GRADUATION RATES, BETTER
ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND BETTER
ATTENTION RATES WHEN A STUDENTS
BASIC NEEDS ARE NEGLECTED.
EVERYTHING, INCLUDING SCHOOL
COMES SECOND. AS A LEADER IN MY
COMMUNITY, I HAVE SEEN MY PEERS
STRUGGLED TO FIND STABLE HOUSING
WALK AWAY FROM FOOD BANKS EMPTY
HANDED THAT HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED
HALFWAY THROUGH THE WEEK AND
REGULARLY SKIPPED MEALS JUST TO
GET BY. EACH HAS SUFFERED
ACADEMICALLY. AS A RESULT, I
WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD THE SENATE
FOR INCLUDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR BASIC NEEDS SERVICES IN
THEIR BUDGET PLAN AND URGE YOU
ALL TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS MARVIN A AND I SERVE
AS THE UC SANTA BARBARA,
EXTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR
STATEWIDE AFFAIRS. THERE ARE AN
ESTIMATED 19,000 STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES IN THE U. C AND I
SAY, ESTIMATED, BECAUSE MANY OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR LIKE MYSELF ARE
OFTEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A
DISABILITY LATER IN LIFE, NEWLY
ENTERING THE WORLD OF ACADEMIC
ACCOMMODATIONS IN OUR COLLEGE
CAREER, BUT DOES THE èC
EMPLOYEE SPECIALISTS ENOUGH
SPECIALISTS WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS
REALITY? DO I? DISABILITY
SERVICES HAVE STAFFING CAPACITY
WHO CAN OFFER CAREER AND
ACADEMIC ADVISING, CATERED TO
OUR COMMUNICATION ACCESS NEEDS?
WHO KNOWS THAT OUR SURGERY
SCHEDULES OR TRANSPORTATION
NEEDS AND CAN COORDINATE HYBRID
ACCESS TO OUR CLASSES. THE
ANSWER IS NO AND FOR
CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
TO LACK THESE SERVICES, IT'S
SHAMEFUL. DISABILITY SERVICE IS
ACROSS THE èC ARE OVERWORKED
AND UNDERSTAFFED. LIMITING THE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT
MY COMMUNITY'S PRESENCE AND
BELONGING ON OUR CAMPUS. I WOULD
LIKE TO APPLAUD THE SENATE FOR
INCLUDING FUNDING FOR èC
DISABILITY SERVICES IN THEIR
BUDGET PLAN AND URGED THE
ASSEMBLY TO DO THE SAME. THANK
YOU. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU
ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT, AND
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON THAT WE ARE
ADJOURNED.