GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON
TO FOCUS ON THE GOVERNOR'S
SEAQUEST STREAMLINING PROPOSAL
THIS HEARING IS THE LAST
OF SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL
HEARINGS HELD BY ASSEMBLY
POLICY COMMITTEES TO EVALUATE
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE NUMEROUS
ENVIRONMENTAL STREAMLINING
PROPOSALS THE GOVERNOR
SUGGESTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE
BUDGET JUST LAST MONTH BECAUSE
HE'S PROPOSALS WERE MADE PUBLIC
AFTER THE MAJORITY THE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEES CONCLUDED THEIR
WORK IN THESE PROPOSALS ARE
SLATED TO BE CONSIDERED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OUTSIDE OF THE
TRADITIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE
PROCESS WE ARE HERE TODAY
TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF
SEVERAL ISSUES FIRST WE WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THESE
PROPOSALS SECONDLY WE WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS AND
POTENTIAL PITFALLS AND FINALLY
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY
THESE PROPOSALS ARE AS URGENT
AS SERGEANT EXTRA REQUIRE
THE LEGISLATURE TO BYPASS ITS
TRADITIONAL POLICY PROCESS
AND ACT ON THESE PROPOSALS
WITH LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH
TO CONSIDER THEM BECAUSE
THIS PROCESS IS NOT AFFORDING
THESE COMMITTEES THE ABILITY
TO AMEND BILLS AS WE NORMALLY
WOULD IT'S MY HOPE OVER THE
COURSE OF THE THREE PANELS OF
WITNESSES TODAY ANY ISSUES AND
AMBIGUITIES IN THESE PROPOSALS
CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND WE CAN
BE AGAIN TO DECIDE HOW AND
IF TO MOVE FORWARD I'M VERY
FORTUNATE THEY WERE DOING THIS
IS A JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IN THE
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
-- AND ASSEMBLY CHAIR RIVAS
ALSO TECH CULTURE THIS WITH
YOU SO ASSEMBLY WOMAN RIVAS
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MAIENSCHEIN THE PURPOSE OF
TODAY'S HEARING IS TO PROVIDE
AN INITIAL PUBLIC REVIEW OF
TWO POLICY PROPOSALS THAT FALL
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AND JUDICIARY
COMMITTEES TO PROPOSE TRAILER
BILLS REGARDING SEQUEL RELEASED
BY THE NEW SOME ADMINISTRATION
ON MAY NINETEENTH AS PART OF
THE GOVERNOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW
EARLY IN THE PROCESS THAT THIS
HEARING IS TAKING PLACE THESE
PROPOSALS ARE NOT IN PRINT AS
BILLS AND WE ARE NOT AMENDING
OR VOTING ON THEM TODAY BUT
IF THEY WERE BILLS WE'D HAVE
TO WAIT ANOTHER ELEVEN DAYS
TO ACT ON THEM HOWEVER WE
WANT TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR
THE NEW SOME ADMINISTRATION
TO PRESENT THESE PROPOSALS
PROVIDE A PRELIM PRELIMINARY
ANALYSIS AND QUESTIONS AND
OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON
THEM WE SHARE THE GOVERNOR'S
COMMITMENT TO TAKE BOLD ACTION
TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS
AND FURTHER CALIFORNIA'S
TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY
ECONOMY IN FACT THE NATURAL
RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND THE
ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
VIRTUALLY EVERY CLIME IT AND
SEE WHAT BILL FOR DECADES THIS
COMMITTEE'S WORK IN THIS AREA
PRECEDED MY TENURE AS CHAIR AS
WELL AS THIS GOVERNOR'S TERM
BY MANY YEARS WE UNDERSTAND
THE URGENCY AB TODAY WE WILL
HEAR AND FOCUS ON ONLY TWO OF
THE PROPOSALS THAT SEEK WHAT
PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEFORE US
AS THE BACKGROUND PAPER POINTS
OUT THESE PROPOSALS REGARDLESS
OF THEIR POLICY MERITS ARE NOT
RELATED TO THE BUDGET THEY ARE
ALSO NOT STRICTLY FOCUSED ON
EXPEDITING PROJECTS THAT WILL
REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
OR OTHERWISE HAVE A CLIMATE
BENEFIT THESE PROPOSALS RAISE
A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM
OVERALL PRIORITIES TO BASIC
DRAFTING ISSUES AS WELL AS THE
JUSTIFICATION FOR PUSHING BOTH
OF THESE BILLS AND THE ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS THROUGH AN ABBREVIATED
PUBLIC PROCESS WE HOPE TO BEGIN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS TODAY AND
WELCOME THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE NEW SIM ADMINISTRATION
TO PRESENT THESE PROPOSALS
WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INVITE
MISS MILLER THE SECRETARIES
AND OTHER ADMINISTRATION STAFF
TO OPEN FOR THIRTY MINUTES
WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
COMMENTS FROM THE L.
A.
O.
THANK YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD THANK
YOU SO MUCH ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING
HERE AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID
THIS EVERY DAY THIS WEEK BUT
HUGE GRATITUDE TO YOUR TEAMS
AND YOUR STAFF I WAS A LONG
TIME COMMITTEE CONSULTANT AND
I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK WENT INTO
PREPARING ALL OF THESE SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH AND FOR INVITING
US AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THESE
PROPOSALS AND WHY THIS PACKAGE
IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE GOVERNOR
AND IS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET THAT -- ALL OF US ARE
DELIBERATING BETWEEN NOW AND
JULY FIRST I'M GAIL MILLER
AND I'M I'M A CHIEF DEPUTY
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
AND THE SENIOR COUNSELOR ON
INFRASTRUCTURE AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR
TODAY THAT THIS IS REALLY A
CULMINATION OF ALL THE WORK YOU
ALL HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG
TIME IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING
ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
PIECES AND PACKAGES THAT WE
PASS THAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM
HAS WORKED ON FOR FOUR YEARS
AND THERE'S A FEW PIECES I
THINK THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT
HELPFUL I KNOW I'VE I'VE SPOKEN
WITH MANY OF YOU OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS ONE EIGHT I
THINK JUST A FEW CORRECTIONS
THAT WE WERE VERY MINDFUL IN
THIS PACKAGE THAT IT PROTECTS
ALL OF THE MEDICATION AND TO
THE PUBLIC PROCESS OF SYKORA SO
I THINK THERE'S SOME A LITTLE
BIT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT
THAT SO EVERY PIECE OF THE
ANALYSIS AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT MAKE
REMAINS A PIECE OF EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF THESE PROPOSALS SECOND
IN TERMS OF THE LABOR STANDARDS
ACROSS THE BOARD TO BE REALLY
REALLY CLEAR THE PROTECTIONS
THAT YOU ALL ARE PUT INTO
PLACE FOR DECADES REMAIN AND
THE HARD FOUGHT PROTECTIONS
FOR PUBLIC WORKS INCLUDING
PREVAILING WAGE ARE ALSO IT'S
SUPER IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
PACKAGE AND NOTHING IN THIS IS
AFFECTED I DO WANT -- THAT MET
A NUMBER OF IBEW MEMBERS ARE
HERE TODAY AND A LOT OF THAT'S
THE SKILLED AND TRAIN PIECES
THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TODAY
ARE SUPER IMPORTANT ARE PART OF
THE ENERGY PIECES AND THE CHIPS
PIECES THE SEMICONDUCTOR PIECES
AND THEN FINALLY I THINK THE
THE BIGGEST QUESTION FOR ALL OF
US IS WHY NOW WHY THE URGENCY
I THINK OF THE GOVERNOR WERE
HERE HE'D SAY THIS IS TOO LATE
THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO INVEST A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
BILLION DOLLARS CREATE FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND JOBS AND THERE
IS NO TIME TO DELAY THERE IS
NO TIME TO WAIT SO THE FIRST
POINT ON MAXIMIZING FEDERAL
DOLLARS I THINK THERE'S YOU
KNOW THERE'S A BUT FOR QUESTION
HERE SO OF COURSE THERE'S
NOT GONNA BE THIS DIRECT LINE
WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GUARANTEES US FUNDING IF THESE
WERE TO PASS BUT TWO EXAMPLES
I THINK WE NEED LOOK NO FURTHER
THAN WHAT WE HAVE AND HAVE
NOT RECEIVED IN TERMS OF THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FUNDING
AND THE COMPETITIVE POTS OF
MONEY WHICH EXIST IN ALL OF
THE ACTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HAS PASSED AND THEN TOO I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE DON'T TAKE FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR GRANTED YESTERDAY I USED
EXAMPLE I SHOULD HAVE USED ON
THE MISTREATMENT COMMITTEE BUT
OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT
THE CALTRANS DEPARTMENT DEAD
AS PART OF THE DEBT CEILING
NEGOTIATIONS THERE WAS AN
ATTEMPT WHERE THERE WAS A LOT
CHANGE TO CLAW BACK TWO HUNDRED
AND NINETY FIVE MILLION OF ON
OBLIGATED FEDERAL FUNDS LIKELY
CALTRANS WORKED AND MANAGED
TO ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS THEY
EVEN TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SOME
WAYS SO WE LEFT FIVE MILLION
ON THE TABLE BUT I THINK THE
IDEA THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE REALLY MAY
NOT BE TRUE SO IT'S NOT ONLY
A QUESTION OF MAXIMIZING THOSE
FUNDS BUT ALSO PROTECTING
THEM AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE
IMPLEMENTING ALL THESE PROJECTS
THAT MEET ALL OF THESE SOCIAL
ECONOMIC GOALS THAT WE'VE SET
FORWARD AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
HOUSING AND ROADS AND ENERGY
WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT
THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT
TAKEN GLOBALLY WE'RE REALLY
TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE
WRIT LARGE SO MAKING SURE
THAT WE CAN BUILD A HOUSING WE
NEED AND BUILD ALL THE SCHOOLS
WE NEED EACH OF WHICH ARE
CONTINGENT ON HAVING THE WATER
THE ROADS ELECTRICITY SO AND
FINALLY -- JUST A HUGE POINT
AND I HOPE THAT -- SECRETARIAL
MASAK WILL SPEAK TO THIS AS
WELL IN TERMS OF HOW EQUITY
IS EMBEDDED INTO EVERYTHING
WE'RE DOING HERE OBVIOUSLY
CALIFORNIA HOPES TO EXCEED THE
JUSTICE FORTY THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PUT IN PLACE AND
ALSO WE HAVE MADE HUGE EFFORTS
IN TERMS OF CONTRACTING THE
CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT AT WITHIN
COSTA AND ALL THE WAYS IN
WHICH WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO
ENCOURAGE OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR
DELIVERABLES TO BE MORE DIVERSE
I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THIS IS
TRULY AN ALL OF GOVERNMENT
APPROACH YOU'LL HEAR FROM MANY
OF US TODAY SECRETARY TONG IS
LEADING THE DIGITAL DASHBOARDS
THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT WILL
TRACK OUR PROGRESS IN TERMS
OF INFRASTRUCTURE -- AND WE
ARE SINCERELY COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH YOU TO ANSWERING
AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE
CAN AND TO REALLY MOVE THIS
PACKAGE ALONG AGAIN INCREDIBLY
GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME AND
ESPECIALLY TO SECRETARY
CROWFOOT AND SECRETARY OF ON
THE SHOCK AND FOR BEING HERE
AND AND DOING THIS AMAZING
WORK SO TRULY GRATEFUL THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME
I THINK MISS MISS MILLER GOT
THE IF YOU DON'T MIND I CAN
GO OKAY YEAH GOOD AFTERNOON
-- CHAIRS AND AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS -- TOOK SOME SHOCKING
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR THE STATE THANKS FOR
GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY
AND ACCOMMODATING US ON THIS
IMPORTANT AND URGENT MATTER --
TO NOT ONLY THE ADMINISTRATION
BUT TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
BEFORE PROVIDING SOME MORE
DETAILED CONTACTS ON THESE
BILLS AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING
TO ACHIEVE FOR THE STATE
I LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT DRIVES
OUR WORK IN TRANSPORTATION
UP IN IN CALIFORNIA TODAY
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ARE
ABOUT PEOPLE AND PROVIDING
THEM AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF
LIFE OUR WORK IS DRIVEN BY FOR
PRIORITIES A TRANSPORTATION
THE STATE TODAY WE CALL ON
THE CORE FOR EQUITY SAFETY
CLIMATE ACTION AND ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY TRANSPORTATION
POLICY DONE RIGHT CREATES
WELL PAYING JOBS IS A GOOD
STEWARD OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AND POWERS OUR ECONOMY THE
STATE IS ALREADY MADE MANY
STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
BEGINNING WITH THE ADOPTION
OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ALSO KNOWN AS CAP TO I ADOPTING
CACTI THE STATE COMMITTED
TO INVESTING BILLIONS OF
FORMULA AND DISCRETIONARY
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS
ANNUALLY TO AGGRESSIVELY
COMBAT AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE
CHANGE WHILE SUPPORTING PUBLIC
HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY
THEREFORE IT IS IMPERATIVE
WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS
THE GOVERNOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE REPRESENTS ANOTHER
AMBITIOUS EFFORT AND AIMS TO
MAXIMIZE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND
DELIVER RESULTS WHILE CREATING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
GOOD PAYING JOBS AND WORKING
TOWARDS ACHIEVING CALIFORNIA'S
WORLD LEADING CLIMATE GOALS
THIS PACKAGE WOULD EXPEDITE
THE NUMBER OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS FROM ROUTINE HIGHWAY
MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY PROJECTS
TO INNOVATIVE AND COMPLEX
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS
THAT TAKE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT
AND REQUIRE A COSTLY TIME
CONSUMING PERMITTING AND
MITIGATION A CELEBRATING
PROJECTS WILL ALSO ALLOW
CALTRANS TO OBLIGATE FUNDS ON
MORE PROJECTS THROUGH EARLY
A CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES
AND WILL AVOID INFLATIONARY
IMPACTS OF THE LATE CONTRACTING
OUT MORE QUICKLY A CELEBRATES
PROJECTS SHOWS THE STATE'S
READY MISS I MAKES THEM MORE
COMPETITIVE IT MAKES US MORE
COMPETITIVE FOR FEDERAL GRANT
FUNDING THROUGH NOTICES OF
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THERE ARE
AT LEAST A DOZEN FEDERAL GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE NOW AND
DOZENS MORE TO COME CREATING
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CALIFORNIA
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND
POTENTIALLY EVEN BILLIONS FOR
EXAMPLE BILLIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE MADE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE
JUST A SUMMER THROUGH THE
MEGA AND FOR AND RURAL SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS IN
ADDITION TO FEDERAL PROGRAMS
TO RECONNECT COMMUNITIES CREATE
GRADE SEPARATIONS ON A HIGHWAY
SYSTEM AND REHABILITATE AGING
BRIDGES THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM
THIS PACKAGE WOULD MAKE THE
STATE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR
THESE UPCOMING FEDERAL GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS PACKAGE
TO THE BUDGET WILL ALSO ALLOW
CALTRANS TO GET OUT CONTRACTS
THAT GET OUT CONTRACTS IN A
MORE TIMELY FASHION THAT ARE
RISK OF POTENTIALLY MISSING
THE CONSTRUCTION SEASON IF
WE WERE TO WAIT UNTIL LATER
IN THE SUMMER OR EVEN AT THE
END OF THE LEGISLATIVE YEAR
SO AGAIN IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE TRY TO DO THIS AS SOON
AS WE CAN NOT TO MISS THOSE
WINDOWS THESE DELAYS WILL
INCREASE PROJECT COST AND AND
THE LAYS THE CREATION OF AND
DELAYED THE CREATION OF GOOD
PAYING JOBS THE PROPOSAL IS
BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE MEANT
TO HELP AVOID LENGTHY DELAYS
RELATED TO SEEK WORK RELATED
LITIGATION FOR EXAMPLE WITH
INFLATION CURRENTLY AROUND FIVE
PERCENT A ONE YEAR DELAY TO
A ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
PROJECT ADDS FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS A TWO YEAR DELAY OF A
ONE BILLION PROJECT AT THREE
PERCENT INFLATION WOULD ADD
SIXTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS AGAIN
THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR AND YOUR
BODY THE LEGISLATURE THE LAST
TWO BUDGETS MADE UNPRECEDENTED
INVESTMENTS IN OUR STATE'S
INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING TWELVE
POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS IN
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION COMBINED
WITH FUNDING FROM THE I.
J.
A.
AND THE IRATE AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL CALIFORNIA WILL INVEST
AS YOU HEARD FROM MISS MILLER
UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT
DECADE IN CLEAN INFRASTRUCTURE
WHICH WILL CREATE FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND WILL HELP SUSTAIN
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND GOOD
PAYING JOBS WHILE THE STATE
BATTLES TO MEET ITS CLIMATE
GOALS THESE INVESTMENTS WILL
HELP ADD TO THE CONTINUED
REVENUE MADE BY THE HISTORIC
ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ACT OF TWENTY SEVENTEEN AS
WELL ALSO KNOWN AS SB ONE IN
CONCLUSION THESE PROPOSALS WILL
MAXIMIZE TAX BILLION DOLLARS
AND A CELERY TIMELINES OF
PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
AND CREATE CERTAINTY ON THE
BACKEND THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO DELIVER ON THESE PROJECTS
ALL WHILE MAINTAINING THE
STATE'S ROBUST NATION LEADING
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND
INSURANCE AND APPROPRIATE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IF WE
ARE ALL SERIOUS ABOUT OUR
CLIMATE GOALS THE TIME IS
NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MAXIMIZE TAXPAYER DOLLARS
AND DELIVER RESULTS WHILE
CREATING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF GOOD PAYING JOBS TACKLE
CLIMATE AND ADDRESS THE EQUITY
CHALLENGES OF OUR STATE AS
WELL AGAIN THANK YOU CHAIR IS
AN MEMBERS I URGE YOUR SUPPORT
AS WE LOOK TO MOVE THIS EFFORT
FORWARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU SECRETARY MUCH SHOCK
IN MY NAME IS WADE CRAWFORD
AND I SERVED AS SECRETARY
OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCY AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE OUR OUR
PERSPECTIVE ON NOT ONLY WHAT
IS IN THESE PROPOSALS BUT WHY
WE'RE ADVANCING THESE PROPOSALS
AND IMPORTANTLY WHY NOW WE
TAKE THE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
OF BOTH CHAIRS I SERIOUSLY
SO I'LL SPEND JUST A COUPLE
OF MINUTES AND TALKING ABOUT
THE WHY OF THE PROPOSALS AND
IN THE WHY NOW OUR AGENCY
INCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES WHICH HAS
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE
STATE AS WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION ONE OF
OUR ENERGY AGENCIES YOU KNOW
DELIVERING THIS CLEAN ENERGY
TRANSITION ACROSS OUR STATE
AND IN THE ROLE I'VE I'VE HAD
FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS I'VE
HAD A FRONT SEAT WHAT IS A
CLIMATE CRISIS YOU KNOW I'VE
SPENT THIRTY YEARS OF MY CAREER
WORKING ON THESE ISSUES AND
WE USED TO TALK ABOUT IT AS
A GROWING THREAT OR PROBLEM
BUT IT'S A CRISIS LAST OCTOBER
ENDED THE DRIEST THREE YEARS
IN THE STATE'S HISTORY GOING
INTO THE WINTER SIX MILLION
CALIFORNIANS WERE UNDER WATER
RATIONING SCORES OF RURAL
COMMUNITIES HAD LITERALLY RUN
OUT OF WATER JUST A FEW WEEKS
AFTER THAT THOSE -- WATER
RATIONING RULES WORK CONTINUED
WE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC
FLOODING THAT HAD OUR NATIONAL
GUARD DEPLOYED ACROSS THE STATE
THAT RESULTED IN BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF DESTRUCTION AND
LOSS OF LIFE AND A PRESIDENTIAL
EMERGENCY DECLARATION LITERALLY
GOING FROM THE DRIEST TO THE
WETTEST CONDITIONS IN THE
STATE'S A HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO
YEAR HISTORY WITHIN A MONTH
WE ARE ALSO NOW TURNING TO
OUR WILDFIRE SEASON THAT HAS
CONSUMED SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR
STATE'S LAND IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS OUR SCIENTISTS TELL
US WILL LOSE TEN PERCENT OF
OUR WATER SUPPLY AS A RESULT
OF HOTTER TEMPERATURES YEAR
OVER YEAR NOT IN THE NEXT
CENTURY IN THE NEXT FIFTEEN
YEARS I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
CALIFORNIANS NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE
THIS IS A CRISIS BUT EXPECT
US COLLECTIVELY TO MOVE WITH
THE URGENCY THAT REFLECTS THE
CRISIS AND THAT'S REALLY WHY
WE'RE HERE TODAY WE NEED TO
MOVE MUCH MORE FAST TO ADDRESS
THESE IMPACTS IMPACTS THAT
SCIENTISTS IN SOME CASES TOLD
US THAT WOULD HIT US IN TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED THAT ARE HERE NOW
AND PART OF THIS IS OF COURSE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND WE ARE
SO THANKFUL OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP
THE GOVERNOR'S LEADERSHIP
IN EMERGENCY PROCLAMATIONS
EMERGENCY ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN
IN RECENT MONTHS AND YEARS
BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE WITH THE
RECOGNITION THAT THIS EMERGENCY
IS A SUSTAINED EMERGENCY AND
WE NEED URGENCY BUT WE NEED
DURABLE CHANGE SO THE PROPOSES
THAT THE GOVERNOR BRINGS
FORWARD WE DON'T BRING FORWARD
LIGHTLY IN THE BUDGET PROCESS
BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE
ACTION NOW IT IS REASONABLE
FOR US TO EXPECT THAT THAT
MORE PUNISHING DROUGHT IS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER OR THE MORE
DAMAGING FLOOD OR MORE THAT
THE MORE DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE
SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THIS
IS IN THE CASE OF REFORMING
OUR SYSTEMS OVER YEARS OR
MONTHS THE URGENCY WE BRING
TO THIS IS WEEKS ON WATER WE
KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WE
NEED TO BE IN A DEAD SPRINT
IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE CALL OUR
WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY FOR A
HOTTER DRIER FUTURE WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN IT MEANS DIVERSIFYING
OUR WATER SUPPLIES EXPANDING
WATER RECYCLING CAPTURING
WATER WHEN IT COMES PURIFYING
SOURCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY
ON DRINKABLE MODERNIZING OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKING A
CLIMATE RESILIENT AND RESTORING
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HABITAT IN
IT ALL MATTERS IT'S AN ABOVE
ALL SOLUTION AND TODAY WATER
AGENCIES ACROSS YOUR DISTRICTS
ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE
PROJECTS HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS
ARE UNDERGOING PLANNING AND
PERMITTING THAT WE WANT TO
PUT IN PLACE BEFORE THE NEXT
DROUGHT BEFORE THE NEXT FLOOD
AND THE TWO PROPOSALS THAT WE
BRING FOR TODAY ADDRESS OUR
ABILITY TO GET THOSE PROJECTS
DONE PROJECTS LIKE DRILLING
COMMUNITY WHILE IS TO GET
COMMUNITIES WATER GROUNDWATER
RECHARGE PROJECTS DAM SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS CANAL UPGRADES
RECYCLED WATER FACILITIES
FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION AND SO
MUCH MORE ON ENERGY LAST FALL
THANKS TO THE LEGISLATURE AND
THE GOVERNOR OUR STATE LED THE
WORLD IN THE AMBITION OF OUR
CLIMATE TARGETS ARE TO MOVE TO
CARBON NEUTRALITY TO MOVE TO
NINETY PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY
TWENTY THIRTY FIVE TO CREATE
A PROTECTIVE SET BACK FROM OIL
PRODUCTION ALL RECOGNIZING THE
CRISIS THAT WE FACE CALIFORNIA
MEETING THESE AMBITIOUS TARGETS
IS ESSENTIAL WE ALL KNOW THIS
NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES BUT
THE REST OF THE WORLD WE'RE
VIRTUALLY THE FOURTH LARGEST
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND IF
WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT WE
CAN MOVE BEYOND FOSSIL FUEL
TO THESE CLEAN ENERGY TARGETS
WE WILL LITERALLY CHANGE THE
WORLD TO MEET THESE TARGETS
ARE EXPERTS TELL US WE HAVE
TO BRING EIGHT GIGAWATTS OF
ENERGY ON AN AVERAGE EVERY
YEAR OVER THE NEXT TWENTY
YEARS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS
WE BROUGHT AN AVERAGE OF TWO
POINT FIVE GIGAWATTS SO WE
NEED TO INCREASE OUR CLEAN
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND OUR
PROJECT COMPLETION THREE AT
THREE TIMES THE RATE OF WHAT
WE'RE WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY
ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW ACROSS
THE STATE ACROSS YOUR DISTRICTS
HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS SOLAR WIND
GEOTHERMAL BATTERY STORAGE ARE
DOING JUST THAT AS SECRETARY
ON THE SHOCKING TO MS MILLER
POINTED OUT IMPORTANTLY
CRITICAL FEDERAL FUNDING
MORE FUNDING THAN WE'VE WE'VE
WE'VE HAD A POTENTIALLY IN A
GENERATION IS AVAILABLE FOR
THESE PROJECTS NOW BUT IF WE'RE
BEING HONEST IT'S GOING TO
PLACES WHERE PROJECTS CAN GET
DONE QUICKLY THAT BIDEN HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE VERY
CLEAR THEY WANT THIS FUNDING
TO GET TO WORK RIGHT AWAY
AND THEY WANT TO SEE RESULTS
AND TOO OFTEN CALIFORNIA GETS
DISMISSED OR DE PRIORITISED
OR THE PERCEIVED SLOW PACE
OF PROJECT COMPLETION WE KNOW
THIS I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS ON THIS
WE NEED ARE PROJECTS TO BE
IN A POSITION TO EFFECTIVELY
COMPETE FOR THIS FUNDING BUT
HERE'S THE TOUGH PART AND
WE CAN BE TOTALLY HONEST AND
THIS IS WHY WE COME TO YOU --
WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY PROPOSAL
WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY TIME
FRAME WE ARE NOT POSITIONED
TO MEET THESE TARGETS WE
ARE NOT POSITION TO PUT THE
PROJECTS IN PLACE TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIANS FROM THIS WEATHER
WHIPLASH THAT WE EXPERIENCED
THIS YEAR IT'S SIMPLY TOO
LENGTHY AND TOO DIFFICULT TO
GET CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE WE
NEED TO BUILD SO DELAYING THIS
CONVERSATION BY SIX MONTHS BY
ONE YEAR TWO YEARS MATTERS IT
MATTERS FOR THE DROUGHT THAT
WE COULD BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE
NEXT YEAR IT MATTERS FOR THE
CATASTROPHIC FLOODING THAT WE
COULD EXPERIENCE NEXT WINTER IT
MATTERS FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDING
THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT WILL GO
ELSEWHERE IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE
OUR ABILITY TO GET THESE
PROJECTS DONE THE GOVERNOR'S
PACKAGE OF REFORMS -- TWO
PIECES OF WHAT YOU'RE HEARING
TODAY IS MEANT TO ADDRESS
THIS URGENT NEED WITH URGENCY
AND ADDRESSING THE SOMETIMES
VERY LENGTHY TIME SO TIMELINE
OF SEQUEL LAWSUIT IS PART OF
THIS I THINK VERY FEW PEOPLE
IN CALIFORNIA OR OBSERVERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY -- WOULD
DISAGREE WITH THE CONTENTION
THAT SEQUEL LAWSUITS OFTEN
ADMIT PERHAPS UNINTENTIONALLY
-- SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DOWN
OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY CREATE
UNCERTAINTY ON THE BACKEND
FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF INVESTMENTS WHETHER
IT'S IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION OR CLEAN
ENERGY SO IN THE BROADEST
OF TERMS OUR FOCUS IS ON
REDUCING THAT LITIGATION --
TIME FRAME FOR SEQUEL AS MISS
MILLER POINTED OUT WE ARE NOT
SUGGESTING ANY CHANGES TO THE
FUNDAMENTAL SEQUEL PROCESSES OF
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC INPUT OR
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ALL THAT
STANDS NOR ARE WE SUGGESTING
ARE CONSTRAINING THE ABILITY
OF ANYBODY IN CALIFORNIA TO
BRING US A SEQUEL LAWSUIT THAT
STANDS WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING
TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME
IN WHICH THAT THOSE -- THOSE
LAWSUITS I GET DECIDED BECAUSE
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE
TO MOVE WITH URGENCY SO WE
VERY MUCH THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FOR YOUR AUDIENCE HERE TODAY
WE RECOGNIZE THE EXTRAORDINARY
TIME FRAME IN WHICH WE MAKE
THIS REQUEST AND I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES ARE
STE I SENIOR COUNSEL AT OUR
AGENCY CHRIS COPY CHRIS COFFEY
ONE OF OUR FOREMOST SEEK WHAT
EXPERTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION
TO WALK US THROUGH THE
PROPOSAL TODAY THANK YOU
THANK YOU SECRETARY CRAWFORD
AT THANK YOU CHAIRS AND MEMBERS
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HERE TODAY AS YOU HEARD FROM
SECRETARIES CROWFOOT IN ALMOST
I CAN YOU'VE HEARD THE WHY
OF THE PROPOSAL SO I'D LIKE
TO SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES
-- TALKING THROUGH THE WHAT
THE PROPOSAL SO THERE ARE
TWO PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF YOU
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING SEQUEL
IN SEQUEL THAT MEDICATION
THE FIRST PROPOSAL WOULD LEAD
WOULD CONDENSE LITIGATION
TIMELINES FOR CERTAIN
LOW CARBON TRANSPORTATION
CLEAN ENERGY SEMICONDUCTOR
MANUFACTURING AND CLIMATE
RESILIENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
THIS PROPOSAL IS MODELED ON
PRIOR LEGISLATION INCLUDING AB
NINE HUNDRED AND SB SEVEN THAT
REDUCED LITIGATION TIMELINES
FOR SEVERAL STADIUMS MIXED
USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND
OTHERS WHILE PRIOR LOOK AT
LEGISLATION PRIMARILY BENEFITED
LARGE PRIVATE PROJECTS THIS
PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO INCLUDE
PUBLIC PROJECTS THAT ARE
NEEDED TO RESPOND TO CLIMATE
CHANGE INCLUDING ANALYST AT
LIST OF THE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
FIRST ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
INCLUDING SOLAR WIND AND ENERGY
STORAGE SECOND SEMICONDUCTOR
MANUFACTURING THAT IS FUNDED
UNDER THE FEDERAL CHIPS IN
SCIENCE AT THIRD TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
FOR TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS
AND FOURTH WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
IDENTIFIED IN THE STATE'S WATER
SUPPLY STRATEGY FOR A -- HOTTER
DRIER FUTURE MOST PROJECTS IN
THE PROPOSAL ARE DESIGNATED AS
EITHER PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS
WHICH REQUIRE PAYMENT OF
PREVAILING WAGE OR OTHERWISE
REQUIRED USE OF SKILLED
AND TRAINED LABOR PROJECTS
OPTING TO USE THIS CONDENSED
LITIGATION PROCESS WOULD
PREPARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD BEFORE ADOPTION OF THE
PROJECT AND WOULD PAY FOR THE
COSTS OF LITIGATION IF THERE
IS LITIGATION OVER ONE OF
THE CERTIFIED PROJECTS AT THE
PROPOSAL IS THAT THAT WOULD BE
CATION INCLUDING ALL APPEALS
WOULD BE RESOLVED WITHIN TWO
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DAYS IF
FEASIBLE THE SECOND PROPOSAL
IS NOT LIMITED TO THOSE AT
CATEGORIES BUT INSTEAD BUT
APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD AND
WOULD ADDRESS -- ECONOMY
WIDE -- INFRASTRUCTURE THE
SECOND PROPOSAL WOULD CLARIFY
AS CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD IN
SEQUEL EDUCATION IT MINISTRY
TO RECORD IS WHAT A COURT WILL
REVIEW TO DECIDE WHETHER IN
AGENCY HAS COMPLIED WITH SEQUEL
IN EVALUATING A PROJECT THE
RECORD TYPICALLY INCLUDES ALL
PROJECT MATERIALS ENVIRONMENTAL
DOCUMENTS TECHNICAL STUDIES
PUBLIC COMMENTS STAFF REPORTS
HEARING TRANSCRIPTS AND THE
AGENCY'S WRITTEN FINDINGS ON
A PROJECT DEPENDING ON THE
PROJECT THE IT IS NOT UNCOMMON
FOR RECORD TO SPENT MANY
MANY VOLUMES AND TYPICALLY
THOUSANDS OF OF DIFFERENT
DOCUMENTS DISPUTES REGARDING
THE CONTENTS OF THE RECORD CAN
TAKE MANY MONTHS EVEN BEFORE
A COURT REACHES THE MERITS OF
THE PROJECT SO THIS PROPOSAL
ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES IN
SEVERAL WAYS FIRST IT CLARIFIES
WHO IS ENTITLED TO PREPARE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD CURRENTLY
PROJECT OPPONENTS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO ELECTED TO PREPARE
THE RECORD THIS PROPOSAL
WOULD ALLOW THE LEAD AGENCY
TO ASSUME THAT RESPONSIBILITY
IF THE PETITIONERS HAVE NOT
PREPARED THE RECORD IN A TIMELY
MATTER OR IF AT THE OUTSET
OF LITIGATION THE LEAD AGENCY
AGREES TO PAY FOR ALL COSTS
RELATED TO THE RIGHT SECOND
THIS PROPOSAL CLARIFIES WHAT
DOCUMENTS MUST BE PART OF THE
RECORD SPECIFICALLY THIS BILL
WOULD EXCLUDE INTERNAL STAFF
EMAILS THAT WERE NEVER PUT
IN FRONT OF DECISION MAKERS
WE EXPECT THAT THIS CHANGE
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
BOTH THE VOLUME AND THE COST
OF PREPARING ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORDS NOTABLY THIS PROPOSAL
WOULD NOT ALTER ANY OF SEEK
WAS EXISTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
SUCH AS PUBLIC REVIEW OF
DRAFT DOCUMENTS RESPONSES
TO COMMENTS AND WRITTEN
FINDINGS THAT'S A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S CONTAINED
IN THE PROPOSAL I'M HAPPY TO
ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME THANK YOU
CHECK THE NEXT MANAGER YES
GO AHEAD I COULD AFTERNOON
CHERRIES CHAIRS AND MEMBERS
I'M HAN CHRISTINE WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING
ME TODAY TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS HEARING ON SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT BILLS THAT ARE BEFORE
YOU -- THIS YEAR SO I'VE BEEN
ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME BROAD
COMMENTS ON THESE BILLS THEY
APPLY BOTH TO THE TO SPECIFIC
BUT THAT YOU'RE HEARING AS WELL
AS TO THE OTHER ONES -- THAT
YOUR SISTER COMMITTEES HAVE
HEARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS -- FIRST OFF I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE I THINK ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT POINTS HERE THAT NO
ONE DISAGREES WITH OR AT LEAST
HE'LL PROBABLY -- IS THAT THIS
THESE PROPOSALS ARE REALLY
ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS SOME
IMPORTANT ISSUES -- SO I THINK
THERE'S BROAD RECOGNITION THAT
THERE ARE DELAYS AND BARRIERS
TO PROJECTS AND THAT THOSE YOU
KNOW ARE VERY PROBLEMATIC AND
CAN BE VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR
MEETING SOME OF THE STATE GOALS
THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE AMBITIOUS
CLIMATE GOALS WE WANT WATER
RELIABILITY ENERGY RELIABILITY
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE I
THINK WE ALL WANT TO DO THOSE
THOSE THINGS -- AS A STATE --
AND SO WE THINK IT'S VERY GOOD
THAT THE YOU KNOW COURSE THE
GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO TACKLE
THESE ISSUES -- BUT THERE ARE
SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT --
WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR
THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION
OF FIRST WE NOTE THAT THE
PROPOSAL'S REALLY SPAN A WIDE
RANGE OF TYPES OF ISSUES SOME
ARE PRETTY NARROW IT'S MANY
OTHER -- COMMITTEES HAVE HEARD
SOME PRETTY NARROW -- PORTIONS
OF THIS PACKAGE THE BRIDE AND
-- YOU YOU AS YOU JUST HEARD
WOULD APPLY TO ALL SEE WHAT
I'M CASES POTENTIALLY AND AND
ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES
TO THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS
NOW I'M WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE
PROPOSED CHANGES PRESENT SOME
REALLY IMPORTANT TRADE OFFS
SO WELL AS WAS NOTED SOME OF
THESE MAY -- SO THESE PROPOSALS
MAY POTENTIALLY EXPEDITE SOME
PROJECTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
COME AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER
THINGS AND THAT COULD BE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IT
COULD BE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
OR TRANSPARENCY I'M THAT THEIR
HOLD HOST OF GOALS THAT YOU
WITH LEGISLATIVE BODY HAVE SET
OUT TO TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD
-- AND THE PUBLIC TRADE OFFS
IN THESE IN THESE MEASURES
I'M AND ANOTHER KIND OF TRADE
OFF THAT I THINK IS A PARENT
HERE YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IT I THINK FROM THAT
THE PREVIOUS PANELISTS IS ON
COSTS -- SO CERTAINLY THERE'S
SOME POTENTIAL THAT TO THE
EXTENT THAT THESE PROPOSALS
MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD MORE
QUICKLY THEY COULD POTENTIALLY
REDUCE COSTS TO SOME DEGREE
FOR SOME PROJECTS THERE COULD
ALSO BE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE
PROPOSALS ARE SO FOR EXAMPLE
-- I THINK AS YOU MAY HEAR
LATER ON FROM THE JUDICIAL
BRANCH -- TO THE EXTENT THAT --
THESE CASES MOVE MORE QUICKLY
THROUGH THAT THE COURT SYSTEM
THERE COULD BE SOME WORKLOAD
OR OTHER IMPLICATIONS FOR
THE COURTS WE KNOW THAT SOME
OF THESE ARE PRETTY COMPLEX
PROPOSALS I KNOW OUR OFFICE
WE'RE STILL ANALYZING THEM --
AND STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THESE THESE TRADEOFFS ARE
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EASY --
AND SO IT'S IT'S CHALLENGING
-- CERTAINLY A STAFF TO ADVISE
YOU WITH WITH FULL INFORMATION
AT THIS POINT GIVEN GIVEN THE
LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME -- AND
THAT I THINK BRINGS ME TO MY
NEXT POINT THAT REALLY THE
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED TIME
FRAME DOESN'T GIVE YOU VERY
MUCH TIME SO THESE PROPOSALS
WERE JUST RECENTLY RELEASED
-- YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO
MAKE DECISIONS ON THEM BEFORE
JULY FIRST SO THAT'S YOU
KNOW A MATTER OF WEEKS THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS HAD A LONG
TIME TO DEVELOP THESE IMPACT
THE GOVERNOR INDICATED IN HIS
PRESS CONFERENCE INTRODUCING
THESE MEASURES THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S BEEN WORKING
FOR OVER A YEAR TO PUT THEM
TOGETHER I'M IN THERE ARE
COMPLEX SO IT TAKES SOME
TIME TO PUT TOGETHER BUT IT'S
JUST CHALLENGING FOR YOU AS
A LEGISLATIVE BODY TO FULLY
VET THEM TO TALK TO ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS TO UNDERSTAND
BUT THESE TRADEOFFS AND
IMPLICATIONS ARE -- IN THIS
REALLY COMPRESSED TIME FRAME
THAT THEY MINISTRATION IT'S
ASKING YOU TO ACT ON I'M AN
ADMINISTRATION'S ARGUMENT FOR
ASKING YOU TO REALLY TAKE THIS
EXTRAORDINARY TIME FRAME AS WAS
INDICATED IS THAT IS THAT THEY
INDICATE THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY
URGENT -- FOR THOSE THESE
PROPOSALS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW
-- I THINK WE HAVE AN OFFICE
AT ARMS DOT ART DON'T BELIEVE
THE ADMINISTRATION IS PROVIDED
REALLY COMPELLING EVIDENCE
THAT THAT'S THE CASE I'M
CERTAINLY THERE'S THIS BROAD
ARGUMENT THAT OVERALL IT COULD
PROVIDE SOME SOME ADDITIONAL
-- ASSISTANCE THE STATE AS
WERE AS WE'RE TRYING TO COMPETE
FOR SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS
THAT ARE OUT THERE AND SOME
CASES OF FEDERAL GRANTS MADE
REQUIRES FOR EXAMPLE SOME
KIND OF NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION
OF HOW THE STATE'S GOING
TO UNDERTAKE THESE PROJECTS
QUICKLY -- BUT IT'S UNCLEAR TO
US IF YOU KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC
-- MONEY THAT THE STATE WOULD
POTENTIALLY LOSE OUT ON AND
REALLY HOW IN PRACTICE THE
SPECIFIC PROPOSALS WOULD ALLOW
US TO GET THAT FUNDING AND IN
A WAY WE WOULDN'T GET BEFORE
SO WE THINK I AM WE THINK
IT'S NOT CLEAR IT NECESSARILY
THAT THAT -- THE LEGISLATURE
HAS TO ACT IN THE TIME FRAME
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS
INDICATING I'M I WOULD ALSO
NOTE THAT THERE'S NO STRONG
RATIONALE IN OUR MINDS FOR
TREATING ALL THE PROPOSALS THE
SAME WAY SO THEY'VE INDICATED
BEFORE THERE'S A WIDE RANGE
OF PROPOSALS SOME OF THEM
ARE PRETTY NARROW AND MAYBE
EVEN MORE SIMPLE -- OR MAYBE
LESS CONTROVERSIAL SOME OF
THEM ARE BROADER AND THEY MAY
HAVE MORE IMPLICATIONS SO THE
ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING FOR
YOU TO LOOK AT THEM ALL OF THE
PACKAGE AND KIND OF UP OR DOWN
RIGHT APPROVE ALL OF THEM --
UP HOPEFULLY I THINK IN THEIR
MINDS HOPE HOPEFULLY APPROVE
ALL OF THEM -- BUT I THINK IN
OUR MINDS AS YOU AS YOUR AS
YOUR -- YOU KNOW YOUR STAFF
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
YOU TO LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL
ONE AND IF THERE ARE ONES THAT
YOU KNOW MAYBE THEY'RE ONES
THAT YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH AND YOU CAN MOVE ON A
FASTER TIME FRAME AND MAYBE
THEY'RE ONES THAT MAYBE NEED
MORE WORK I'M AND MAYBE THAT
COULD HELP SERVE ADDRESS SOME
OF THESE ISSUES AND SO ON READ
MORE TIME FOR YOU TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE
THE TRADE OFFS I'M THE FINAL
POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS
THAT WE THINK THAT THERE ARE
SEVERAL PROPOSALS THAT DO YOU
TO -- DELEGATE SIGNIFICANT
AUTHORITY TO THE ADMINISTRATION
I WANT TO PUT ONE OUT THAT
YOU'RE HEARING SPECIFICALLY
TODAY WHICH IS RELATED TO THE
EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW --
IT DOES GIVE THE AUTHORITY
THAT THAT THE I'M YOU HAVE
DISCRETION TO CHOOSE SOME
OF THE PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE
TO CHOOSE THE TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS THAT WILL QUALIFY FOR
ON THIS SPECIAL PROCESS -- AND
THE EXPEDITED REVIEW AND THAT'S
IN CONTRAST TO THE EXISTING AB
NINE HUNDRED PROCESS -- THAT
YOU HEARD ABOUT WHICH WAS RE
AUTHORIZED BY SB SEVEN UNDER
THAT PROCESS I'M THERE'S A JAIL
BC A JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
COMMITTEE PROCESS AND THERE'S
ALSO SOME CRITERIA THAT ARE
REQUIRED I'M TO TRY TO ENSURE
THAT THOSE PROJECTS MEET SORT
OF AN HIGHER ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARDS SO THAT'S A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT I'M SO I AM HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU HAVE -- AGAIN WE'RE STILL
LOOKING AT THIS AS AN OFFICE
I'M SO MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF
DETAILED RESPONSES BUT ALWAYS
HAPPY TO -- TO ANSWER ANYTHING
I CAN THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK
YOU THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING HERE TO PRESENT TO US
TODAY YOU KNOW I KEEP HEARING
A RECURRING THEME IN ALL OF
YOUR STATEMENTS THAT THERE IS
AN URGENCY RIGHT FOR ALL OF THE
PROPOSALS AND YOU KNOW HOWEVER
AS AS LEGISLATORS YOU KNOW
WERE ELECTED TO ENSURE THAT
WE DON'T RUSH THROUGH POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS THAT COULD
CREATE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND I
KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION WANTS EITHER
-- IT BUT YOU KNOW TODAY I
HOPE THAT WE FOCUS LESS ON THE
CONCEPT -- THAT WE NEED TO BE
CONVINCED ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF UP TO RESPOND YOU KNOW TO
THE THREATS OF THE CLIMATE
CRISIS AND THAT WE FOCUS ON THE
DETAILS OF THESE TWO PROPOSALS
-- YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
HERE I WANT TO USE THIS TIME
TO FOCUS ON YOU KNOW ANSWERING
OUR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE
DETAILS OF THESE TO SEE WHAT
PROPOSALS OUT WITH THAT --
YOU KNOW I WOULD OPEN IT UP
TO QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS
RELATED TO THESE TWO PROPOSALS
ANY QUESTION -- ASSEMBLYMEMBERS
BURKE AND THEN I HAVE WOULD
JUST PLEASE LET ME KNOW PLEASE
GO AHEAD SO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE -- YOU KNOW I WAS
VENTING TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES
THAT I'VE YOU KNOW BARELY HAD A
NANO SECOND TO START GETTING MY
ARMS AROUND THIS AND OF COURSE
THEM ALREADY HEARING FROM
FOLKS THAT ARE THAT SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS IN SOME FOLKS THAT
ACTUALLY OR SUPPORTING ELEMENTS
OF THIS -- IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO ME I KNOW WE'VE GOT TO THE
PROPOSAL'S HERE AND I THINK
I UNDERSTAND THAT A BET COULD
USE HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW
THESE TWO PROPOSALS FIT IN
WITH THE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT
ARE GOING BEFORE THE OTHER
COMMITTEES JUST SO WE HAVE A
SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF THE
PROPOSALS THAT ARE OUT THERE
YEAH I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION AS AS -- AS I RECALL
THERE THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS
TO CATEGORIZE THE PROPOSALS
BUT THERE ARE AT ARGUABLY ABOUT
ELEVEN DIFFERENT PROPOSALS
THAT HAVE BEEN SPLIT ACROSS
COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION
-- AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS TO
GENERATE THESE PROPOSALS AND SO
THE GOVERNOR ASKED HIS CABINET
OF WHICH SECRETARY ON THE SHOCK
AND I SAID ON THIS QUESTION
WHICH IS WHAT IS PREVENTING US
SLOWING US DOWN MAKING IT MORE
DIFFICULT TO GET THE CLIMATE
INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED IN PLACE
AND SO THESE PROPOSALS HAVE
COME UP THROUGH OUR AGENCY SO
THE SEQUEL PROPOSALS THAT YOU
I'M ARE ARE REVIEWING TODAY
ARE ACTUALLY GENERATED BY
EXPERTS WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT
ARE AROUND HOW TO DO HOW TO
DO SEQUEL REFORM IN A WAY THAT
PRESERVES COMMUNITY INPUT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND SO
THESE AREN'T SUGGESTIONS THAT
HAVE YOU KNOW BEEN IMPORTED
FROM THE OUTSIDE SO IT'S IT'S
REALLY ABOUT HOW HOW DO WE
THINK OUR PROCESS HE'S CAN
WORK MORE FUNCTIONALLY AS THE
CHAIR NOTED THERE ARE A RANGE
OF PROPOSALS BECAUSE THAT
DOES REFLECT THAT THEY CAME
UP FROM I'M SEPARATE AGENCIES
ARE WE SPOKE YESTERDAY TO ONE
OF YOUR SISTER COMMITTEES --
AND THAT WAS ON EVERYTHING
FROM ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL
MITIGATION THAT HELPS
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS MOVE
MORE QUICKLY I'M TO SIMPLIFYING
THE PROCESS OF OUR DELTA
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL SO WE CAN
GET FLOOD IMPROVEMENTS AND
HABITAT RESTORATION DONE MORE
QUICKLY I'M SO IT IS REALLY
-- A COLLECTION I WILL SAY
THAT THESE -- SEQUEL REFORM
PROPOSALS WE THINK ARE PRETTY
FUNDAMENTAL -- I WOULD SAY FOR
MOST OBSERVERS -- OF CALIFORNIA
I THINK A LOT OF US RECOGNIZE
HOW CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
SEEK WHAT IS BUT IT'S MANY
AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
TO MOVE WITH THE URGENCY WE
NEED TO COMBAT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS I SHARE THIS WITH YOU
ASSEMBLY MEMBER AS A FELLOW
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER BILL
MCKIBBEN WHO'S ONE OF THE MOST
FOR -- YOU KNOW OUTRIGHT SPOKEN
I ENVIRONMENT LET'S JUST WROTE
IN A MAGAZINE ARTICLE THIS
MONTH -- THAT WE NEED TO SHIFT
OUR PERSPECTIVE IT OF IN BY AS
ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THAT THE STATUS QUO IS
POTENTIALLY AS DAMAGING MORE
DAMAGING TO OUR ENVIRONMENT
FUTURE THAN FINDING WAYS TO
ACTUALLY GET THESE PROJECTS ON
BOARD AND HE ACTUALLY CALLED
OUT SEE WHAT AS AS A CRITICALLY
WE ALL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE
OF OF SOME OF THAT WORK THAT
GOT DONE THIRTY YEARS AGO
THAT'S INHIBITING OUR PROGRESS
SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES A
LITTLE CONTEXT AND IF I MAY
MANAGER JUST SUPER BROADLY
THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES IN
ADDITION TO THE SECRETARY'S
COMMENTS THEY ALL HAD TO SAVE
TIME OR SAVE MONEY AND SO AND
THEY OTHER ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE
TO THE SECRETARY'S POINT WAS
MAINTAINING SAKE WHEN THE
PUBLIC PROCESS SO THERE ARE
THESE -- I THINK IT'S WEDNESDAY
RIGHT ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY
METHODS THAT WE HEARD OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON
MONDAY AS AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE
HEARING TODAY ABOUT EXPEDITING
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND THEN
THE THIRD CATEGORY BROADLY AS
PERMIT STREAMLINING SO WHEN
WE TOOK A LOOK AT EVERYTHING
THAT IS ADDING TIME AND COST
TO THESE PROJECTS THAT'S
EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU HERE
SO THAT I I HOPE THAT THOSE
WERE THE ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES
AND SOME OF THE SPECIFICS
OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO UP TO
PROVIDE ANY MORE DETAIL ON ANY
ONE OF THE PROPOSALS AS WELL
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD THANK
YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BEING HERE I THINK WE'RE
ALL OF YOU KNOW ALL OF US
WANT PROJECTS TO MOVE MORE
EFFICIENTLY AND AND AND I I
DO BELIEVE THERE IS AN URGENCY
AROUND BEING ABLE TO DO THIS
FOR THE SAKE OF OF THE CLIMATE
CHANGE IN THAT AND WHAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING I'M I'M A LITTLE
I'M LOOKING AT THEM ONE OF
THESE PROPOSALS WHICH IS ABOUT
OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THE JUDICIAL
STREAMLINING AND SO THAT'S
THE BACK END OF THESE PROJECTS
SO IT'S A LONG TIME TO GET TO
THE BACK AND SOMETIMES AND WE
HEARD IN OUR UTILITIES I I SAID
I DON'T SEVEN UTILITIES BUT
I WAS -- GOT THE OPPORTUNITY
LAST WEEK OR TWO AGO WE TALK
ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO
GET THROUGH -- -- ENERGY
STATION ENTERED OR TRANSMISSION
INTERCONNECTION AND ALL THOSE
AND AND ALL THE FOCUS THERE
IS WHEN YOU HEAR FROM PEOPLE
TRYING TO MOVE PROJECTS IT'S
THE PERMITTING IT'S THE SEVEN
TO TEN YEARS BEFORE WE CAN GET
MORE TRANSMISSION UP AND AND
AND SO I I GUESS I AM I AM I
MISSING SOMETHING HERE BECAUSE
IT'S GREAT WHAT TO GET TO THAT
POINT AND BE ABLE TO SAY OKAY
THERE WILL BE STREAMLINING
ADJUDICATION OF THIS AT THE
OTHER END BUT HOW DO WE GET
TO THE THE MEAT OF THIS WHICH
IS IS WITHOUT BY PASSING BUT
BE MORE EFFICIENT BE MORE
COLLABORATIVE NOT INSTEAD
OF STACKING THESE WORKING IT
TOGETHER TO THIS OF THEIR ALL
COMING TOGETHER AT THE SAME
TIME SO WHAT AM I MISSING
HERE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT
THANKS AND IT'S A FAIR QUESTION
AN ANIMAL I'M GLAD YOU RAISED
IT BECAUSE IN THE GOVERNOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HE
ISSUED -- WITH THE RELEASE OF
THIS PACKAGE WAS A CRITICAL
COMPONENT OF OUR WORK AND
IT'S JUST YOUR QUESTION IT'S
HELPING OUR PERMIT APPROVALS
HAPPEN MORE EFFICIENTLY AND
MORE EFFECTIVELY I'M SIMPLY
PUT A PERMITTING IS TOO
CONFUSING -- INTO DECENTRALIZED
INTO ONE COORDINATED ACROSS
OUR STATE HISTORICALLY SO
THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER ACTUALLY ESTABLISH AN
INFRASTRUCTURE STRIKE TEAM
AND WHICH SECRETARY SET AND WE
A BOTTOM LINE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR DEBT AT HELPING DELIVER
PROJECTS THROUGH THE PERMITTING
PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
AND THEN INCLUDES SIX AREAS
OF INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY WATER
INTERESTINGLY IN VITAMIN A
RESTORATION AS WELL I AND SO
THE FOCUS HERE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
IS ACTUALLY REDUCING THE TIME
FRAME FOR PERMITTING THROUGH
IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN
STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES
FOR EXAMPLE CONCURRENT REVIEWS
EARLY CONSULTATION WITH PROJECT
APPLICANTS -- THAT'S PRACTICES
THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP OUR
PERMITTING HAPPEN MORE QUICKLY
THE GOVERNOR'S VERY CLEAR
HE WANTS TO US TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS AND SO
WE'RE ESTABLISHING DASHBOARDS
WITH PROJECTS -- TO -- IDENTIFY
HOW QUICKLY THEY'RE MOVING
THROUGH THE THAT PROCESS --
PROSPEROUS THAT SEES AND WHERE
THEY'RE AT IN THE PROPHECIES
SO I THINK YOUR YOUR POINT
IS WELL TAKEN WHICH AS THE
PERMIT PROCESS SEATS HAVE TO
BE IMPROVED WE DON'T THINK
AT THIS IT'S A IT'S AN OR --
PERMIT PROCESS SEES OR SEE
WHAT LITIGATION STREAMLINING
WE THINK IT'S AN AND WE NEED TO
DO BOTH SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT -- CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS
AND THINGS OBVIOUSLY WE'VE
GOT POTENTIAL FOR OFFSHORE
WIND WE'RE GONNA NEED PORT
REHABILITATION'S THEY'RE NOT
JUST IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
BUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS
A MASSIVE MASSIVE PROJECTS AND
SO SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL FOR PERMIT --
EFFICIENCY -- I USE MORE WORK
MORE EFFICIENCY I THINK SOME
PEOPLE GET A LITTLE FREAKED
OUT WHEN YOU SAY STREAMLINING
YEAH -- SO BECAUSE I I SEE IT
AS EFFICIENCY YOU KNOW IT'S
LIKE WHY SHOULDN'T EVERYBODY
WORKING TOGETHER AT THE SAME
TIME IS SITTING WAITING FOR
ONE AGENCY TO REACT AND THEN
SOME YOU'VE GOTTA STACK THEM
ESSENTIALLY INSTEAD OF WORKING
TOGETHER SO -- SO WHAT IS THE
GOAL FOR IS THERE A GOAL FOR
HOW MUCH TIME THIS IS GOING
TO SAVE AS A AS A PERCENTAGE
OF WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW WE'RE FACING IF IF
SOMEHOW WE WERE TO HAVE YOU
WERE FACING MASSIVE CHALLENGES
RIGHT NOW WITH TRANSMISSION
AND INTERCONNECTION AS WE AS
WE MOVE MORE AND MORE TOWARDS
ELECTRIFICATION AND WE'RE TOLD
THAT SEVEN TO TEN YEARS JUST TO
START DAY ONE AND HOW DO WE HOW
DO WE YOU KNOW WE SO WHAT ARE
THE GOALS I ASKED THE C.
P.
U.
C.
THAT I ASKED TO SEE YOU SEE
THAT THE OTHER DAY WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING AT THAT'S YOU KNOW TO
GIVE US AN AND I DIDN'T GET AN
ANSWER I DIDN'T NOBODY'S NOBODY
COULD REALLY GIVE ME AN ANSWER
AND SO THAT THAT CONCERNS ME
WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO WORK
TO MAKE THIS MORE EFFICIENT
BUT THERE'S NO GOAL SO IS THERE
ARE GOAL IS YOUR PERCENTAGES
ARE A NUMBER BECAUSE THE OTHER
AGENCIES COULD PROVIDE THAT THE
OTHER DAY YEAH THANK YOU M.
DR WORD SO IF YOU THINGS ONE
THAT THIS BUILDS ON EVERYTHING
WE'VE ALREADY DONE WHICH
INCLUDES AB TWO OH FIVE ON
TRANSMISSION AND SO THERE'S
I THINK YOU'RE ASKING SORT OF
FOUR SEPARATE QUESTIONS ONE
THERE'S THIS WHOLE FEDERAL
PROCESS SET FOR WORK ON THE
FIRST TERRORISTS WHICH HAS SET
UP THIS PRIORITY QUEUING FOR
BULK TRANSMISSION SO WE HAVE
OUR INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR
WORKING ON FULL TRANSMISSION
THROUGH THEIR TRANSMISSION
PLAN WHICH SUCKS UP THE GOALS
SECRETARY CRAWFORD SPOKE TO
WHICH IS SEVEN TO TEN THOUSAND
MEGAWATTS PER YEAR AND THIS IS
ALL LISTED IN THE GOVERNOR'S
ENERGY PLAN AS WELL SO THE
FIRST WE DO NEED SOME REFORMS
THERE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
PRIORITIES AND THAT'S SOME
OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHICH IS HOW TO GET FOLKS
CONNECTED THE SECOND THING WE
DID IN ADDITION TO AB TWO OH
FIVE WHICH IS A C.
QUICK'S OPTION FOR SPECIFIC
TYPES OF ENERGY TRANSMISSION
PROJECTS WHERE YOU CAN BYPASS
THE LOCAL PROCESS ENTIRELY
AND GO UP TO THE CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION IN ADDITION
TO THAT WE SET UP A THREE PARTY
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD WHICH IS
BETWEEN THE CDC THAT CHI SO THE
INDEPENDENCE OF SYSTEM OPERATOR
AND THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION AND WHAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN THERE IS SO FIRST
YOU HAVE THIS QUESTIONABLE
TRANSMISSION THEN YOU HAVE
YOUR QUESTION OF DISTRIBUTION
WHICH IS SO HOW ARE YOU
GETTING IT FROM WHERE IT IS
TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE
CONNECTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ENERGY PROJECTS BROADBAND AND
SO THE WAY WE'RE DOING THAT IS
THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS
WHICH IS TWO PARTS ONE IS THE
PROCUREMENT THAT THE PC CAN
ALREADY DO AND THEN THERE'S
PROCUREMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER
RESOURCES THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO GO MORE BROADLY THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA SO TAKEN IN CONCERT
SO THERE'S THOSE THREE PIECES
SO BALK DISTRIBUTION AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE NEED TO
WORK WITH WITH GUIDANCE FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE AND U.
S.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WHICH
SECRETARY GRAND HOME IS HERE
TOMORROW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
ALL THE TIME TO IS THIS THE
PROCESS BY WHICH WE ACTUALLY
CAN COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATE
WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED
BUT FOR RE FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRIORITIES
IN TERMS OF CONNECTION AND
DISTRIBUTION ARE CLEAR AND
THEN THE FOURTH PIECE REALLY
IS THIS BACK AND PEAS SO NOW
WE KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE NEED
HOW TO GET CONNECTED HOW
TO WORK WITH UTILITIES AND
OTHERS HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR TILL IT IS ARE NOT ONLY
FOCUSED ON WILDFIRE DAMAGE BUT
ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING
FOLKS CONNECTED AND ONCE WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THEN WHEN
PRIVATE DEVELOPERS COME INTO
THE STATE AND ARE MAKING KIND
OF A GO NO GO DECISION WHICH MR
ACKERLEY FROM GO BIZ CAN TALK
ABOUT THAT AND THEY HAVE IT'S
CLEAR TO THEM WHO THEY'RE OFF
TAKERS ARE SO THEY HAVE THESE
OFF TAKE AGREEMENTS THAT CAN
ACTUALLY MAKE SURE TO CLOSE THE
DEAL AND PROVIDE ENERGY WHETHER
IT'S TO NEXTERA NOT TO USE
SPECIFIC NAMES OR TO OTHER OR
TO THE INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES
THAT AND THESE CLEAN ENERGY
PRODUCERS ARE GUARANTEED THAT
THE WHAT THEY'RE PRODUCING OR
STORING THAT IT CAN ACTUALLY
BE SOLD AND USED FOR SPECIFIC
PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE SO I
HOPE THAT DOES ANSWER KIND OF
THE GENERAL COLIN SPECIFICITY
BECAUSE YOUR QUESTION HOW DO WE
GET DOWN INTO DISTRIBUTION TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE CONNECTED
IS WE KEPT IT HAS TO SO IT HAS
TO START AT THE WAY IN WHICH
OUR INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES
ARE PRIORITIZING WHICH GOES
ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO THAT
FEDERAL BULK SYSTEM SO IT'S
IT IS INDEED A COMPLICATED
QUESTION BUT IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE SPENT TWO AND A HALF
YEARS WORKING ON AND THIS IS
THE PIECE THAT WE THINK WE
NEED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT
THESE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ARE
WILLING TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT
TO DEVELOP STORAGE AND WIND
AND SOLAR IN THE STATE SO I
HOPE THAT IS HELPFUL IN TERMS
OF PIECING IT TOGETHER IT IS
AND I AND I THINK YOU AND I I
WILL I WILL I WILL SAID THIS
AND I BECAUSE I I AM SOMETIMES
A LITTLE BIT LIKE A DOG WITH A
BONE -- WHEN I LOOK AT PLANNING
AND THINGS AND I'M TRYING TO
BE MORE EFFICIENT ABOUT THINGS
I HAVE A GOAL IS TO WHAT THAT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND I MAY NOT
ACHIEVE IT BUT I I HAVE A GOAL
I'M LOOKING FOR A PERCENTAGE OF
TIME OR WHETHER -- AND THAT'S
AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP PUSHING
ME ON THAT BECAUSE TIME AS
-- MISTER MISTER SCHECK AND
POINTED OUT IS MONEY AND EACH
DELAY COSTS MORE AND MORE MONEY
AS AS WAS ILLUSTRATED IF YOU IF
YOU'RE DELAYED BY EIGHT X.
NUMBER OF MONTHS AT THREE
PERCENT IT COSTS X.
NUMBER OF DOLLARS AND SO
THAT HAPPENS WITH THE STATE
OBVIOUSLY BUT THAT HAPPENS
WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL
SO SO DO WE HAVE AN OVERALL I
KNOW MAYBE IT'S MAYBE IT'S VERY
SIMPLISTIC BUT THANK YOU I'M A
MEMBER WITH DUCK DOCTOR WOULD
LOOK IF I COULD LET ME LET ME
TAKE A STAB AT THE QUESTION
I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING BUT
THE THE ANSWER IS COMPLICATED
LIKE YOU HEARD FROM MISS
MILLER AND SECRETARY CRAWFORD
ALREADY SO THERE ARE FIVE MAIN
PHASES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
TO DELIVER A TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS ALREADY
BECAUSE YOU'RE MENTIONING SOME
OF THEM ALREADY YES PLANNING
THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACE DESIGN
RIGHT AWAY A PURCHASING AND
THEN ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTION
ON AVERAGE TODAY A MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THIS
COUNTRY AND THE STATE TAKES
ROUGHLY THIRTEEN YEARS FROM
THAT PLANNING PHASE ALL THE WAY
TO CONSTRUCTION SO THE EXAMPLE
LIKE TO GIVE IS IF A CHILD
IS IN KINDERGARTEN TODAY IT
WILL BE IN COLLEGE OR GETTING
READY TO GRADUATE COLLEGE BY
THE TIME THAT TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT IS DONE FOR A MAJOR
PROJECT AND EVERY DELAY IF
IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
PROJECT FOR EVERYDAY LIFE FOR
EVERY YEAR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
TACK IT ON EACH AND EVERY EVERY
SINGLE TIME SO IT DEPENDS ON
THE SCALE AND THE TYPE OF THE
PRODUCT TYPE OF PROJECT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO DELIVER IF IT'S A
SMALL PROJECT THE TIME SAVINGS
WILL BE DIFFERENT IF IT'S A
MAJOR PROJECT THE GOAL THAT
YOU WILL BE SHOOTING FOR AND
TIME SAVINGS WILL BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT SO IT'S NOT A UNIFORM
-- IT'S GONNA BE SIX MONTHS
GUARANTEED THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO SAVE BECAUSE
IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE AND
THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT SO
IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE
COMPLICATED BUT THE TOOLS THAT
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'VE
LAID OUT FROM -- FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION HERE I THINK
WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
THOSE VARYING TIMES ALONG THE
WAY ONE OF THEM THAT I KNOW
YOU KNOW ABOUT VERY WELL AND
I'LL MENTION THIS AND WE CAN
KEEP MOVING FORWARD IS A JOB
ORDER CONTRACTING OF THIS BODY
YOU GAVE US THE AUTHORITY --
TWO YEARS AGO IN TWENTY TWENTY
ONE TO DO JAIL SEES THAT'S
NOT A PART OF THE PACKAGE
WERE REFERENCING TODAY BUT
WE NOW USE IT FOR THE MIDDLE
MILE BROADBAND WHICH I NOTE
YOUR HIGH LEVEL OF AFFINITY
FOR DRESSING ARM END UP ALSO
CLEAN CALIFORNIA THAT ALL OF
YOUR DISTRICTS YOU'RE WORKING
ON CLEAN CALIFORNIA PROJECTS
USING JOCKS WE WANT JAIL SEES
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT
ON OTHER PROJECTS BEYOND MIDDLE
MILE AND CLEAN CALIFORNIA IT'S
THOSE TYPES OF TOOLS ONCE WE
BRING THEM FORTH CAN HELP WITH
THOSE FIVE DIFFERENT PHASES
FORCE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER
PROJECTS IN A MORE TIMELY
FASHION BUT TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION IT'S COMPLICATED IT'S
NOT A SIX MONTH OR ONE YEAR AGO
AND AMERICA COULD I ASK THAT IT
COULD I JUST FOLLOW THAT I'M IF
IT'S BRIEF IS ALWAYS EXCELLENT
IT IS IN THE IT IS AND I SAID I
THINK YOU KNOW ONE OF THE WHAT
I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE
WOULD YOU SEE AT WHAT IS THE
ADMINISTRATION SEES THE ROLE
LEGISLATURE BECAUSE WITH THE
BROADBAND PIECE WE HAVE THE CAN
WE PUSHED YOU GUYS AT CALTRANS
AND AND WE HAVE SHORTENED A LOT
I MEAN WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF
PROGRESS THERE AND I THANK YOU
FOR THAT IT'S BEEN REMARKABLE
THERE'S DASHBOARDS TO SHOW
THAT PROGRESS SO HOW ARE WE
GOING TO SEE THE PROGRESS
HARPER GONNA SEE THAT ALL OF
THIS WORK HERE ACTUALLY HAS AN
IMPACT I THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
YEAH THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION
I MEAN I THINK ONE ONE OF YOUR
ROLES YOU'VE POINTED OUT IS
HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE FOR
MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN
AND I THINK THE GOVERNOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE
TRANSPARENCY THAT WE'RE GOING
TO PROVIDE IN EACH OF THESE
AREAS ON HOW WERE IMPROVING
PROJECT DELIVERY TIME FRAMES
IS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY ON OFFSHORE
WIND WHICH IS A TOPIC OF
YOUR INTEREST AND AND MANY
OF YOUR INTEREST NO DOUBT
YOU WILL AND SHOULD HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE FOR -- -- MOVING
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN WHILE
ENSURING ALL OF THOSE STATUTORY
REQUIREMENTS TO PROTECT OUR
COAST AND THE INTERESTS OF
OUR IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBES ARE ARE ADDRESSED SO
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WHAT
WE WILL BE PROVIDING MORE
TRANSPARENCY THAN EVER IN
TERMS OF -- PROJECT DELIVERY
AND THEN YOU KNOW WE CAN
PROVIDE AS MUCH COMMUNICATION
WITH YOU ON HOW WE'RE DOING
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY HOLDING US
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT PROGRESS
I THANK YOU AYE WE WANNA START
THE NEXT PANEL IN ABOUT TEN
TO FIFTEEN MINUTES I'VE AND
I HAVE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE
MEMBERS THAT HAVE REQUESTED
-- TO ASK QUESTIONS I'M ASKED
THE MEMBERS YOU KNOW TO BE
BRIEF AND I WANT TO ASK YOU
TO ALSO BE SPECIFIC TO THE
SEQUEL PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE
HEARING TODAY -- AND AND SO WE
CAN MOVE ON WE HAVE TWO MORE
PANELS GREAT TO MORE -- LOTS
OF PANELISTS THE ALSO WANNA
PARTICIPATE -- AND SO NEXT I'LL
GO TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADDIS
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I
WANNA -- APPLIED WHAT I THINK
IS A DESIRE FOR URGENCY AS YOU
KNOW I REPRESENT TWENTY PERCENT
OF CALIFORNIA'S COAST I'M ALSO
AT THE EPICENTER OF POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE
CRISIS BETWEEN HAVING OFFSHORE
WIND -- DIABLO BATTERY ENERGY
STORAGE A NUMBER OF AMAZING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT
ARE OF FORWARD THINKING AND
INNOVATIVE THAT SAID -- SOME OF
THIS HAS HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR
THAT PART OF CALIFORNIA'S COAST
WHICH IS RIGHT NOW ON TOUCH
BRINGS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BUT
ALSO CREATES A LOT OF HEALTH
AND WELFARE FOR CALIFORNIANS
AND PEOPLE WHO COME HERE
WORLDWIDE AND SO AS I'M
THINKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF THESE PROPOSALS ON THE
PROCESS I DO HAVE TO SAY OFF
THE BAT I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
THAT THIS HAS COME SO LATE IN
THE GAME I THINK IT COULD HAVE
COME MUCH EARLIER POSSIBLY IN
JANUARY WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE
HAD THE INTELLIGENCE OF STAFF
COMMITTEE STAFF FROM ACROSS
THE EDGES FEATURE BUT ALSO
-- THE LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES
WHO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC AND
YOU COULD HAVE HAD MORE PUBLIC
INPUT THAT WAY SO THAT'S A
HUGE CONCERN I'M NOT GONNA
ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
IT'S COME SO LATE I JUST KINDA
WANT TO GET THAT -- GET THAT
OUT ON THE BOARD THE OTHER
PIECE OF THIS THOUGH BECAUSE
THE CHAIRS HOUSE HAS TO REALLY
FOCUS IN ON THESE PROPOSALS
AND THE SPECIFICS OF THAT MAN
AND ONE OF THE PIECES OF THIS
IS ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD ABOUT LIMITING ACCESS
TO INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
WHICH HAS CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF
CONCERN THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO
ME IS THAT THESE COMMUNICATIONS
ARE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH PUBLIC
RECORDS ACT REQUEST I HAD
THOUGHT OF THAT BECAUSE I COME
FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THEN
IT SHOWED UP IN THE OF THE
STOPS ANALYSIS SO I WAS GLAD TO
SEE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT
THE REASON I HAVE A CONCERN
ABOUT THAT IS THAT WILL ALSO
MAKE THIS A VERY TIME TIME
INTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE PROCESS
IT FOR TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
PROCESS AND WE END UP IN A
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT SITUATION
IT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS EVEN
LONGER SO I'M JUST WONDERING
HOW YOU'RE THINKING THAT THIS
CREATE STREAMLINING -- IF
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A EVEN
LONGER MORE EXPENSIVE LAWSUITS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION AND I'M ALL SURE THAT
PARTY BEFORE JOINING THE STATE
I WORKED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE
BUT PRIMARILY ON BEHALF OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SO I I I
SURE THAT PERSPECTIVE ABOUT
ASSEMBLING AT ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORDS ADDRESSING A CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT I'M IN
MY PERSPECTIVE THE FACT THAT
THIS PROPOSAL IS LIMITED
ONLY TO THE SEQUEL CONTEXT
DEMONSTRATES THAT WE CONTINUE
TO BE COMMITTED TO PUBLIC
TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC
ACCOUNTABILITY WHAT WHAT DOES
PROPOSAL DOES IS MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF THOSE INTERNAL
COMMUNICATIONS DON'T HAVE TO BE
A PART OF EVERY SINGLE RECORD
THAT'S PREPARED FOR EVERY
SINGLE LAWSUIT EVEN WHEN THEY
MAY NOT BE YOU KNOW RELEVANT
A THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT THIS
PROPOSAL IS AS I SAID THIS
SETS FORTH WHAT NEEDS TO BE
IN EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
IN EVERY CASE CASE LAW HAS
MADE CLEAR THAT WHEN THERE IS
AN AND I'M REFERENCING SOME
OF THAT COMMENTS THAT I'VE
SEEN SUBMITTED ON THIS ABOUT
POTENTIAL FOR MALFEASANCE OR
-- YOU KNOW I'M DO INFLUENCE
AT CASE LAW HAS MADE CLEAR THE
EVEN FOR DOCUMENTS THAT DON'T
SHOW UP IN THE RECORD BUT THEY
GET TO ISSUES LIKE MALFEASANCE
THE COURTS CAN STILL CONSIDER
THOSE THOSE RECORDS AND AS
YOU MENTIONED THOSE TYPES OF
RECORDS MAY BE SURFACED IN A
PUBLIC RECORDS SO IT I THINK
THIS CONSTRUCT DOES BALANCE
THOSE TWO OBJECTIVES OF TRYING
TO MAINTAIN SOME EFFICIENCY
IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCESS WITHOUT WITHOUT ACT
DISREGARDING PUBLIC ACCOUNT
HI THANK YOU FOR THAT I'M I
GUESS MY ANOTHER QUESTION I
HAVE IS AROUND SPECIFICALLY
WHICH PROJECTS TO MENTION
WIND BUT WHICH PART OF WIND
WIND IS PRETTY BACK RIGHT
THE PROPOSAL DOES THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION THE PROPOSAL
DOES REFER TO A TERRESTRIAL
WIND AND TIDES IT IS NOT
DIRECTED AT SOME NOT ALL AROUND
OFFSHORE WIND REPORTS AS OF
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER MENTIONED
CORRECT OKAY I'M AND THEN I
YOU KNOW THE OTHER -- HAD ONE
MORE QUESTION HERE MY APOLOGIES
-- THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD
THIS REALLY COMES FROM THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS I BELIEVE
I'M IS NOT SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS ACTUALLY MAY INCREASE
GHG OUTPUT AND THAT THERE
IS CONCERN THAT WHILE WE'RE
GOING TOWARD STREAMLINING --
BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
WE MAY ACTUALLY BE INCREASING
GHG OUTPUT AND THAT DOCTORS
NOT ENOUGH SAFEGUARDS IN
THESE PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS UP
IT DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION AND THE CONCERN THAT
I'M LIKE AB NINE HUNDRED AND
SB SEVEN WHICH INCLUDED NET
ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
REQUIREMENTS IT AS MENTIONED
AT THE IN EARLIER REMARKS THOSE
THOSE HE SAYS OF LEGISLATION
WERE REALLY DIRECTED AT LARGE
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS THIS
PROPOSAL IS MORE DIRECTED AT A
DIFFERENT SET OF PROJECTS THAT
ARE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT
ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS
SO IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE
IT'S BUILT INTO THE PROPOSAL
THAT WERE WERE ATTEMPTING TO
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I WOULD
RAISE AS MISS MILLER RAISED AT
THE TOP THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T
TAKE AWAY ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR
STUDYING ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS
IN SO FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT
WOULD HAVE INCREASED GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS SEACOR REQUIRES
THAT THOSE IMPACTS BE MITIGATED
TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE AND
THAT THAT REQUIREMENT REMAINS
FOR ALL PROJECTS THANK YOU
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA THINK
ABOUT I'M SURE -- THIS YOU'LL
GET A THIRD OF THEIR ONE OF
THESE BUT WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
THE ISSUES AT HAND HERE -- I'VE
I'VE SECOND DECEMBER ADDIS YES
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS REGARDING
-- JUST THE USE OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS ACT AND IT KIND OF AS
A ROUND ABOUT WAY BACK END UP
LIKING THE PROCESS BUT ALSO
JUST A AND THESE QUESTIONS
COMMENTS OR TO ALL THE SALAS
COMING TO SO THAT I DON'T HAVE
TO REPEAT THEM IN AND TAKE
UP MORE TIME BUT THE -- THE
IDEA BEHIND ME LOOKING AT ME
BUT WE DO MORE LEGISLATION
ON TRIPLE JUST REFORM DA'S
SOMETIMES SAY WELCOME TO COST
MORE MONEY THAN THE RESOURCES
FOR THESE CHALLENGES NOT
CHALLENGES BUT THAT'S KIND OF
THE COST OF HAVING AN ACTUAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM SIMILARLY
THERE IS A COST TO PUTTING
FOR A LARGE SCALE PROJECTS
THAT YOU KNOW IT REQUIRE
MAKE THE THE INFORMATION OF
RELEVANT INFORMATION BE MADE
AVAILABLE AND I DON'T KNOW
IF THE THRESHOLD OF JUST THAT
INFORMATION THAT GETS PROVIDED
DECISION MAKING BODY IS THAT
APPROPRIATE RUSSELL HAVING
BEEN ON DECISION MAKING BODIES
A LOT OF INFORMATION A LOT
OF EXCHANGING RECOMMENDATIONS
GET TO US BASED ON A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS AND RESEARCH
AND STUDYING AND AND MEETINGS
AND I DON'T I I CERTAINLY CAN'T
SEE THAT INFORMATION WOULDN'T
BE RELEVANT ESPECIALLY IN A
JUDICIAL PROCEEDING REGARDING
SEQUEL OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR
THAT MATTER SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE
THAT IS OF CONCERN IN ADDITION
TO WHAT SUMMER ADDIS RAISED
-- AND THEN REGARDING THE --
STREAMLINING NOW ONE ISSUE
IS THAT IT THERE APPEARS TO
BE DIFFERENT LABOR STANDARDS
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF
PROJECT WITH A SCIENCE PROJECT
IN SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
THAT WAS CERTAINLY WANTS TO
SEE ADDRESSED -- GOOD TO HAVE
SOME UNIFORMITY THERE RATHER
THAN HAVING DIFFERENT STANDARDS
APPLYING BASED ON THE SIZE
OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT HAVE
YOU I'M AND INTO IN TERMS OF
-- THE STREAMLINING YOU KNOW
THERE ALREADY IS A DEGREE OF
PRIVATIZATION PERSICO CASES
RIGHT NOW FURTHER STREAMLINING
IT WE CAN'T IGNORE THE IMPACT
ON OTHER CASES IN THE CIVIL
COURTS WHETHER THEY BE BUT I I
ALWAYS RAISE THE ALARM ON WAGE
CLAIMS AND AND THOSE KINDS OF
CASES BEING BACKLOG ONE TWO
PLUS YEARS THERE IS IN THE BOOK
FOLKS TAKE SPACE CONVICTION
OTHER KINDS OF PLAINTIFF
CASES TRUMP OF TERMINALLY ILL
PLAINTIFFS OR DIVORCES YOU NAME
IT SO WHAT THE IMPACTS AND I
WILL BE HEARING FROM SOME OF
THE COURTS ON THAT BUT THAT'S
SOMETHING I THINK THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD SHOULD
REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT IS
WHAT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
ARE BEING CREATED BY CREATING
OF THIS THIS TYPE OF SPECIFIC
STREAMLINING I'M TO THE
POINT OF IT THESE PROJECTS
ARE PART ABOUT ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS THEN WHY DOES
THE PUT WHITE WHITE IS THE
PROPOSAL LIMITING MANY OF
THE GHG REDUCTION -- VITAMIN
A LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS IF
THAT'S THE CASE THEN WHY DO
WE NOT HAVE THEM IN THERE IF
THAT'S TRULY THE UNDERLYING
GOAL AS OPPOSED OTHER PRIOR
PROJECTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO
HAVE THAT SPECIFICITY WHY
WOULD HURT TO HAVE THAT
SPECIFICITY IN HERE AS WELL
-- AND THE LAST TWO THINGS ONE
IS DO YOU FEEL THAT SHORTING
JUDICIAL TIMELINES COULD LEAD
TO RUSH CASES WITH INADEQUATE
INFORMATION AND THEREBY HARM
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND
HARM THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
BY BY RUSHING IT THROUGH
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I GET THE
OF THE URGENCY ASPECT OF IT
-- BUT MY LAST POINT IS WHICH
I'VE REYES AND ALL THE OTHER
ONES TO IS WHY DOES IT NEED TO
GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS
AND NOT THE POLICY PROCESS
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOR SOME CASES DECADES
ABOUT TALK ABOUT GETTING IT
DONE JULY FIRST OF JANUARY
FIRST AND LOOK AT YOU REALLY
CONVINCE US WE COULD DO URGENCY
AND GET IT DONE AUGUST FIRST
WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE BUT -- I
JUST WANNA PUT ALL THE THOSE
THINGS OUT THERE SPECIFIC TO
THE SEQUEL OF A TRAILER BILLS
BECAUSE I DO HAVE DEEP CONCERNS
AS THE THE POT THE PROCESS
BEING RUSHED THANK YOU THANK
YOU UP ASSEMBLY MEMBER I I WE
ONLY HAVE FIVE MORE MINUTES FOR
THIS PANEL OF IT WILL AFFECT US
IT'S BRIEF BUT I WANT TO MOVE
ON TO OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAR
CAN'T BUT WOULD YOU THEIR BRIEF
RESPONSE SIR WHO WERE HAPPY TO
PROVIDE SOME OF THESE RESPONSES
IN WRITING I HEARD FIVE
QUESTIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORDS REVIEWED THE LABOR
STANDARDS THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
THAT YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WILL GO INTO MORE
DETAIL ON THE EXISTING GHG
EMISSIONS PROCESS WITHIN SYKORA
AND THEN THE THE ABILITY TO
TO WORK WITH JUDICIAL COUNCIL
AND THE COURTS SO WE'RE HAPPY
TO PROVIDE THAT ALL TO YOU
MAY HAVE ANSWERS TO ALL FIVE
OF THOSE THANK YOU ASSEMBLY
MEMBER THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
I'M AND I'M THE GUEST APPEARING
BECAUSE I DIDN'T SPEND ENOUGH
TIME WITH SOME OF YOU YESTERDAY
AMBER REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON
THE WATER PIECE OF ALL OF THIS
AS THAT'S MY ROLE AS CHAIR OF
WATER AND AND AS HIGHLIGHTED
IN THE ANALYSIS ADD THIS
EQUAL EXEMPTION APPLIES FAIRLY
BROADLY TO ALL WATER RELATED
PROJECTS -- AND I APPRECIATE
MR HEALTHY HIGHLIGHTING THAT
REPORT THAT YOU ALL PUT OUT ON
THE STRATEGY FOR A HOTTER DRIER
FUTURE WAS PAT IN AUGUST TWO
TWENTY TWO WHICH TALKED ABOUT
THE STREAMLINING AND YET HERE
WE ARE NINE MONTHS LATER AND
IT WAS NOT BROUGHT TO US IN
JANUARY TO THE POINT OF MANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES DESPITE THE FACT
THAT THIS WAS CLEARLY THOUGHT
OUT IN ADVANCE SINCE IT WAS
IN YOUR REPORT LAST AUGUST I'M
YOU MENTIONED AND I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT FOR THE QUESTION IS
AN ASSET GHG THAT SOME OF THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE WATER RELATED
THAT ARE IN THAT REPORT THE
DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT IS
NOT PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFIT OF ANY KIND RIGHT I
MEAN IT IT TRANSMITS WATER
WHICH IS NECESSARY GIVEN THE
FUTURE OF DROUGHT -- BUT IT'S
NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
PROJECT IMPACT YES WE TALK
DEEPLY ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO THE
NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
OF THAT PROJECT I'M ALSO
HAVING SO MANY COASTAL MEMBERS
HERE OCEAN DESALINATION IS IN
THAT REPORT WITH SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS AMYNTAS
BEEN OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THE
STATE HAS REALLY STRUGGLED WET
AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT AND
SO THE PROJECTS WERE TALKING
ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO WATER
RELATED OR BROAD THEY'RE NOT
THEY DON'T PROVIDE A BERMAN A
BENEFIT NECESSARILY -- AND SO I
GUESS I REALLY WANTED TO TOUCH
ON THAT AND ASK YOU YOU SEE THE
URGENCY IS RELATED I BELIEVE
TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
FUNDS RIGHT THAT'S WHY THIS IS
SO URGENT AS WE COULD GET SOME
OF THESE PROJECTS DONE BECAUSE
OF THAT AND IT DOESN'T REALLY
MATCH UP AND THAT MAKES SENSE
TO ME BECAUSE I'D SAY THAT
THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE SAID
TODAY BY YOU ON BEHALF OF THE
MINISTRATION HAVE NOT MATCHED
UP WITH THE BUDGET PRIORITIES
THAT IMPORT FOURTH IN THE WATER
SPACE SO MAYBE THAT MAKES SENSE
BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GO SEE
FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
-- BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE WE
ASK THIS QUESTION YESTERDAY
SOME ASKING AGAIN ON THE SECRET
PEACE IF THERE ARE PROJECTS
THAT YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND GET
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT DOLLARS
FOR THAT ARE WATER RELATED THAT
YOU NEED TO GO STREAMLINING FOR
WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY ARE WE
LISTENING TO THEM YOU MUST KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE AND SO I GUESS
I'M JUST PERPLEXED THAT WE
WOULD ALLOW A SEQUEL EXEMPTION
OR SECRET STREAMLINING FOR
ALL WATER RELATED PROJECTS
WITH NO END WITH NO JUDICIAL
REVIEW OF WHETHER THEY APPLY
ALTHOUGH SO BROUGHT IMAGINE
ANYTHING WOULD APPLY WHEN YOU
MUST KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND I
GUESS I GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE SURE
SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY SO
I'M GOING TO REPEAT MYSELF OR
MAYBE BE MORE CLEAR -- THESE
WATER PROJECTS ARE URGENT
BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED ON OUR
COMMUNITIES NOT RUNNING OUT
OF WATER IN COMING YEARS AND
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
URGENCY I THINK I STARTED OUT
BY REALLY TRYING TO EXPLAIN
THAT SIX MILLION SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIANS WERE UNDER ROUTE
WATER RATIONING IN THE WINTER
I COULD HAVE EASILY GROWING TO
TWENTY MILLION -- THIS SUMMER
HAD WE NOT HAD THIS WET SEASON
THAT'S HALF OF CALIFORNIA
UNDER WATER RATIONING INCLUDING
DOZENS POSSIBLY HUNDREDS
IF THE DROUGHT CONTINUED OF
COMMUNITIES THAT LITERALLY
HAVE RUN OUT OF WATER SO AS
IT RELATES TO I'M SPEAKING FOR
WATER BECAUSE YOU ASKED THAT
YEAH THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY
ABOUT INSURING THAT CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITIES CALIFORNIA LIVE
LIVELIHOODS INTO THE FUTURE
CAN CAN CONTINUE I'M AND AND
I I DON'T THINK I'M SPEAKING
IN HYPERBOLE BECAUSE WHAT
WE'VE EXPERIENCED FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE WHETHER IT'S CAN
BANDS THROUGH THE DELTA OR
DESALINATION WE NEED TO HELP
THESE PROJECTS GO THROUGH
FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW MORE
QUICKLY WE NEED TO ADJUDICATE
LITIGATION MORE QUICKLY TO
GIVE THESE PROJECTS AN UP
OR DOWN THE CHALLENGE WE
HAVE IS CURRENTLY THE STATUS
QUO ON A LOT OF THESE LARGE
PROJECTS INCLUDING THE ONES
YOU MENTIONED IS THE NILE
BY DELAY WE'VE BEEN AT THIS
FOR YEARS THE ENVIRONMENTAL
DOCUMENT BEING CREATED ON
DELTA CONVEYANCE IS LITERALLY
I BELIEVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PAGES LONG AS GOVERNOR
ACTUALLY TOOK THE EXISTING
DOCUMENTS IN HIS OFFICE AND
IT TOOK UP ENTIRELY HALF
OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SO
THIS PROJECT IS GETTING FULL
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AS I
SHARED YESTERDAY FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE THIS PROJECT IS
ABOUT INSURING WATER SUPPLY
FOR TWENTY SEVEN MILLION
CALIFORNIANS I COULD BE
THREATENED NEXT YEAR IF THERE
WERE A CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE
SO THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES AND I APPRECIATE
THE THE LOCAL PERSPECTIVE OF
DELTA COMMUNITIES AND THEIR
CONCERNS AROUND LOCAL IMPACTS
BUT WITH RESPECT THIS PROPOSAL
THE URGENCY OF THIS PROPOSAL ON
THE WATER SIDE YES IT'S ABOUT
FEDERAL FUNDING BUT IT'S ABOUT
A LOT MORE AND THE FACT IS WE
ARE WORKING HARD TO GET HELP
LOCAL AGENCIES GET PROJECTS
IN THE GROUND THIS YEAR FOR
NEXT YEAR WHETHER THAT'S FLOOD
SAFETY OR DROUGHT SO I MEAN
THAT'S REALLY I JUST WANT TO
BE CLEAR BECAUSE I KNOW HOW
CHALLENGING THIS THE URGENCY
IS THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE
FOR THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT
AGAIN I WOULD SAY THEN I THINK
YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE PROJECTS
ARE AND I THINK THAT WE WOULD
ALL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH
CLEAR DELINEATION OF WHERE THIS
SEQUEL EXEMPTION IS GONNA APPLY
AS IT RELATES TO WATER PROJECTS
I KNOW I WOULD THE SECOND
THING I WOULD SAY ON THAT AND
THIS IS MY FINAL COMMENT MADAM
CHAIR IS -- YOU KNOW LAST YEAR
AT SIMILAR BLOOM FARMERS ONLY
MOVE AHEAD AT BILL RUNNING TO A
LEGISLATURE ON TRAINING JUDGES
ON WATER BECAUSE IT IS SO SO
COMPLICATED AND MOST JUDGES DO
NOT FEEL ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO
DEAL WITH THE COMPLEXITIES OF
A CASE RELATING TO WATER LIKE
DELTA CONVEYANCE RIGHT IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN MATTER
SO BROAD AND COMPLEX THAT THE
IDEA OF HAVING A CORD DO THIS
IN TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DAYS
IF I GOT THE NUMBER RIGHT YOU
KNOW SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE RIGHT
AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT TRUE FOR
EVERY PROJECT SO AGAIN YOU
KNOW I THINK THAT IF WE HAD A
DELINEATED LIST OF WHAT IT WAS
YOU WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN
THE SHORT TERM THAT WE COULD
LOOK AT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE
FEASIBLE FOR COURT TO DO IN
THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT
THE IDEA THAT ANY WATER RELATED
PROJECT BEGAN TO BUY A QUART
WITH THAT EXPEDITIOUSLY SEEMS
FAIRLY COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING
I NEVER HEAR FROM THE COURTS
THEMSELVES BUT I JUST THOUGHT
IT WOULD SET UP THANK YOU VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION
I JUST WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR
THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING
TODAY I DON'T THINK WE CAN TALK
ABOUT AS A SEQUEL EXEMPTION
WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO EXEMPT
ANY PROJECT FROM SEQUEL NOR
CURTAIL THE SEQUEL PROCESS WHAT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS FOR
STREAMLINING THE A JUDICIAL
REVIEW IF FEASIBLE SO I THINK
IN ANSWER TO YOUR DIRECT
QUESTION THAT LANGUAGE IS PART
OF THE PROPOSAL SO TWO HUNDRED
SEVENTY DAYS IF FEASIBLE AND
THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT ON
MORE COMPLEX PROJECTS IT MAY
NOT BE FEASIBLE SO THERE IS
THAT FLEXIBILITY THANK YOU I
THINK OF THAT'S PERFECT SEGUE
INTO OUR NEXT PANEL BUT I
ASK THAT ARE YOU KNOW MEMBERS
OF YOU DON'T REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE ADMINISTRATION STICK
AROUND WE HAD A FEW MORE
MEMBERS THAT HAD QUESTIONS
-- AND YOU KNOW THEY'LL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ASK
THOSE -- IN ANOTHER PART OF THE
HEARING -- BUT YOU KNOW I SHARE
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT OF
MEMBERS BROUGHT UP ESPECIALLY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER ADDISON ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KALRA YOU KNOW THE YOU
KNOW THE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN JULY FIRST AND AUGUST
FIRST AND JANUARY FIRST -- YOU
KNOW ALL WHEN AS MEMBERS WHEN
WE MEET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
OR THE GOVERNOR WE GET THE
MESSAGE THAT IF OF FUNDING
FOR OUR POLICY PROPOSALS IS
NOT IN THE BUDGET IT WILL BE
VETOED -- BUT HERE WE ARE IT
TRYING TO GET POLICY INTO THE
BUDGET I'M FOR ME IT REQUIRES
A LONGER PROCESS AND FOR IT TO
GO THROUGH OF THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS AND WE NEED TIME --
BUT AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE
BUT YOU KNOW I STILL FEEL THAT
WE NEED MORE TIME ON THESE
PROPOSALS I'M SO THANK YOU AND
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON A HAND
THIS OVER TO MY FELLOW CHAIR
-- TO FACILITATE THE NEXT PANEL
THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR AND -- I'M ALSO LIKE
ASKING AN INTEREST TIME I WILL
BE ASKING MY QUESTIONS I WILL
SAY MAYBE AS A MATTER REFLECT
ON IS JUST THAT THEIR WAY THIS
HEARING IS GOING THERE'S WE
HAVE A FULL LIST OF MEMBERS
WHO WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS --
AND I THINK MAYBE AT A MACRO
LEVEL THAT SPEAKS TO WEAR THAT
LEGISLATORS THAT WE HAVE SO
MANY QUESTIONS WE CANNOT FIT
THEM INTO -- THIS HEARING SO
WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN
BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
MAYBE TO THINK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR SECOND PANEL TODAY
WILL BE SLIGHTLY MODIFIED
FROM THE AGENDA AS A RESULT
OF A LATE ADDITION OF OF A
WITNESS THIS PANEL WILL FOCUS
ON IMPACTS OF THESE PROPOSAL
TO OTHER PARTS OF GOVERNMENT
SPECIFICALLY TO THE COURTS AND
LOCAL AGENCIES TO THAT END I'D
LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE HONORABLE
MARLO ANDERSON AT MONTEREY THE
MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGE AND CHAIR OF THE JUDICIAL
COUNCIL'S LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
ALSO TELLS TO BUYING WILL BE
YOLO COUNTY SUPERVISOR OSCAR
VA GUYS OFFER HIS THOUGHTS ON
THE IMPACT TO THE DELTA REGIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT A JUDGE
ANDERSON THE FLOOR'S YOURS
AND THEN JUST SAME IT TO THIS
PANEL TO IT YOU KNOW THE EXTENT
WE CAN BE YOU KNOW CONCISE
AND AND TO THE POINT BECAUSE
I KNOW AGAIN WE'RE GONNA HAVE
QUESTIONS THE ASSEMBLYMEMBERS
WE NEED TO BE CONCISE AND
TRY TO GET AS MANY OF OUR
QUESTIONS OUT AS WE CAN IN THE
TIME ALLOWED TO SERVE WITHOUT
PLEASE PROCEED N.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND I WILL BE
CONCISE THEN AGAIN I THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT TO YOU END UP ON --
CHAIRS AND MEMBERS I AM TOUCH
MARLEY ANDERSON MONTEREY COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT AND CHAIR OF
THE COUNCIL'S LEGISLATION
COMMITTEE WITH ME TODAY IS
COREY JASPER SINGH DIRECTOR OF
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
AND HE'S HERE FOR A LITTLE
BIT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS
FOR ANY STATISTICS OR ANYTHING
THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER
AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE IMPACTS
TO THE COURTS OF THE PROPOSED
EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW
OF SEQUEL ACTIONS INVOLVING
CLEAN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
FIRST AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT MY COMMENTS TODAY
FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE COURTS
IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATION
REGARDING EXPEDITED JUDICIAL
REVIEW THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL
IS NOT EXPRESSING ANY VIEWS ON
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT GENERALLY OR
THE UNDERLYING MERITS OF ANY
POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT COULD
BE COVERED BY THE LEGISLATION
THOSE ISSUES ARE OUTSIDE
THE COUNCIL'S PURVIEW THE
COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT SECRET
EMBODIES CALIFORNIA STRONG
PUBLIC POLICY OF PROTECTING
THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS PURPOSE
GEN FORM THE PUBLIC OF THE
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
OF PROJECTS BEFORE THEY ARE
APPROVED IDENTIFY WAYS TO
AVOID OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE REQUIRE
ALTERNATIVES OR MITIGATION
MEASURES WHEN FEASIBLE AND
DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC THE
RATIONALE FOR APPROVAL OF THE
PROJECT THAT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC
AGENCIES CONSIDERING PROJECT
APPROVALS MUST GIVE A MAJOR
CONSIDERATION TO PREVENTING
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE WHILE
PROVIDING A DECENT HOME
ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
SATISFYING LIVING ENVIRONMENT
FOR EVERY CALIFORNIANS
NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY ASPECT
OF SEEKER REVIEW PROCESS IS
ENFORCED THROUGH LITIGATION
TIMELINES FOR FILING A LEGAL
CHALLENGE FOR NON COMPLIANCE
DEPEND ON THE ALLEGE REASON FOR
THE NON COMPLIANCE AND RANGE
FROM THIRTY DAYS TO HUNDRED
EIGHTY DAYS FROM THE LEAD
AGENCIES FINAL DETERMINATION
BEFORE HEARING THE MERITS
OF A SECRET CHALLENGE THE
LEAD AGENCY MUST PREPARE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND
WATCH IT WITH THE COURT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD IS THE
SET OF DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY
THE LEAD AGENCY AND CONSIDERING
THE PROJECT'S APPROVAL THIS
PROPOSAL WILL REQUIRE THREE
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COURT
REVIEW TO BE ACCOMPLISHED
WITHIN TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
DAYS TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE
THIS MEANS THAT WITHIN TWO
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DAY TIME
PERIOD THE TRIAL COURT WILL
CONDUCT ITS REVIEW OF WHETHER
THE LEAD AGENCIES APPROVAL
OF A PROJECT COMPLIED WITH
SEQUEL THE COURT OF APPEAL
WE'LL REVIEW THE TRIAL COURT'S
DETERMINATION OF WHETHER
THERE WAS EQUAL COMPLIANCE
BY THE PUBLICATION SEAT AND
FINALLY THE SUPREME COURT
WILL REVIEW THE LOWER COURT'S
DETERMINATION REGARDING THE
AGENCY SECRET COMPLIANCE
AS STATED WE UNDERSTAND AND
APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT POLICY
GOALS BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL
TO ACCELERATE THE BUILDING OF
CLEAN INFRASTRUCTURE HOWEVER
WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS
WITH REQUIRING THE COURTS
TO COMPLETE THEIR REVIEW IN
THIS VERY SHORT TIME FRAME
WE BELIEVE THAT ON GOING
DISCUSSIONS REGARDING PROVIDING
COURTS WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES AND MAINTAINING
CRITICAL LANGUAGE IN THE BILL
WILL MOVE THE COURTS FORWARD TO
MITIGATING SOME OF THE IMPACTS
OF THE BILL AND SOME OF OUR
CONCERNS INCLUDE HE SAID KEPT
SECRET CASES ALREADY RECEIVE
PRIORITY SEQUEL ACTIONS ARE
ENTITLED TO CALENDAR PREFERENCE
OVER ALL OTHER CIVIL ACTIONS
AND BOTH THE SUPERIOR COURTS
AND THE COURTS OF APPEAL I'M
PRESSING THE TIMELINE EVEN MORE
FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF SIEGEL
CASES MEANS THAT OTHER CASES
MAY TAKE LONGER TO RESOLVE THE
LEGISLATURE HAS GIVEN CALENDAR
PREFERENCE TO A NUMBER OF
IMPORTANT CASE TYPES INCLUDING
JUVENILE CASES CRIMINAL CASES
AND CIVIL CASES IN WHICH A
PARTY IS AT RISK OF DYING
WHAT'S ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO
PRIORITIZE CASES INVOLVING WAGE
THEFT UNLAWFUL DETAINERS AND
FOR COURSE TWO CASES JUST TO
NAME A FEW AT THE END OF THE
DAY GIVING PRIOR TO MORE AND
MORE KINDS OF CASES CREATES
THE CHALLENGE OF BALANCING THE
PRIORITIES OF ONE CASE TYPE
AGAINST THE OTHER A CONUNDRUM
EACH STATUTE FAILING TO TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTENCE
OF THE OTHER THEY ARE ALL
COMPETING FOR A PLACE ON
THE COURTS PRIORITY CALENDAR
WHEN WE RECEIVE A SECRET CASE
SUBJECT TO THE TWO HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY DAY TIMELINE
WE ESSENTIALLY SAID OTHER
CASES ASIDE WE ASSIGN A STAFF
ATTORNEY FULL TIME TO REVIEW
THE CASE AND WE PUT OTHER CASES
FARTHER BEHIND IF WE EXPAND THE
LIST OF PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE
EXPEDITED SEEKER REVIEW THEY
WILL COME TO US MORE FREQUENTLY
INCREASING THE LOAD WE WILL
NEED RESOURCES TO MEET THESE
INCREASED DEMANDS AND OTHER
IMPORTANT CASES MAY BE FALLING
FARTHER AND FARTHER BEHIND
PROVIDING EXPEDITED REVIEW FOR
SPECIFIC SECRET CASES OF ACTION
CAUSES OF ACTION ADDITIONALLY
BACK BECOME CHALLENGING
BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE -- CASES
-- WITH ANCILLARY MOTIONS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND OTHER
CAUSES OF ACTIONS SOMETIMES
THESE CASES COME WITH A CLAIM
UNDER THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ACT OR LAND USE ISSUES OR OTHER
CIVIL ACTIONS AND THIS MAY
CAUSE DELAYS IN THE PRINCIPLE
SEQUEL ACTION REQUIREMENT TO
COMPLETE A REVIEW WITHIN TWO
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DAYS TO
THE EXTENT FEASIBLE COURTS
TAKE THIS MANDATE SERIOUSLY
COURTS WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT
TO COMPLY WITH THE STREAMLINED
TIMELINE CRITICAL LANGUAGE IN
THE PROPOSAL IS TO THE EXTENT
FEASIBLE AS IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT ALL PARTIES ARE PROVIDED
WITH DUE PROCESS AND ACCESS
TO JUSTICE MEETING THE TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY DAY TIMELY
TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE CAN
BE MADE POSSIBLE BY PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE
COURTS AND COUNSEL TRAINING AND
EDUCATION IS VITAL TO ASSURE
THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT
NUMBER OF JUDGES WHO CAN HEAR
THESE CASES CURRENT SEQUEL
EDUCATION IS ONCE PER YEAR
AND THE CLASSES FILL QUICKLY
PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION WILL
INCREASE THE POOL OF AVAILABLE
JUDGES TO HEAR THESE MATTERS
AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
RESEARCH THAT ABLE TO HANDLE
THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE LOAD
SUPPORT IS NEEDED TO HIRE
MORE RESEARCH ATTORNEYS WHO
ARE PIVOTAL IN THE COURT'S
ABILITY TO TIMELY REVIEW THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD WHEN
EXISTING JUDICIAL VACANCIES
WOULD PROVIDE SUPPORT TO
THE COURT AS WOULD AUTHORIZE
MORE FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING
JUDGESHIPS TO THE COURTS I
BELIEVE THERE IS SB SEVENTY
FIVE WHICH CREATES TWENTY
SIX NEW JUDGESHIPS THAT WOULD
BE AN ASSISTANCE AS WELL AND
AGAIN THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES
AND APPRECIATES THE NEED AND
GOAL FOR TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY DECISIONS THAT IN FACT
THAT AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND
THE NEED FOR TIMELY JUDICIAL
REVIEW OF SEQUEL ACTIONS
CHALLENGING AGENCY DECISIONS
HOWEVER THE IMPACTS ON THE
COURTS IN THIS PROPOSAL TO
EXPEDITE JUDICIAL REVIEW FOR
CLEAN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
SHOULD NOT BE MINIMIZED OR
IGNORED WE STRIVE TO BE GOOD
PARTNERS WITH OUR SISTER
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND
WE WILL LOOK WAY FOR WAYS
TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF
THE PROPOSAL WITH THE NEEDED
SUPPORT REQUESTED THANK YOU
EXCELLENT YEAH NEXT NEXT
WITNESS PLACE THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN -- THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY SPEAK TODAY MY NAME
IS OSCAR VIEGAS ME ALL COUNTY
SUPERVISOR -- I'VE BEEN ON
THE BOARD ABOUT TEN YEARS AND
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FIVE
DELTA COUNTIES THAT COMPRISE
OF SACRAMENTO SOLANO YOLO
SAN JOAQUIN AND CONTRA COSTA
COUNTIES AS WE START I WANT TO
BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU TO
THE STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND WORK THAT
HAS OCCURRED A TO RELEASE WILL
RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THE
COUNTY OF THE DOCTOR COUNTIES
AND TAKE IT IS THE IS THIS
ISSUE VERY SERIOUSLY -- SO
THE FIVE DELTA COUNTIES ARE
HOME TO NEARLY FOUR MILLION
CALIFORNIANS AND THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS IN THOSE COUNTIES
ARE UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSED TO
THE CONVEYANCE PROJECT BEING
PROPOSED AS PART OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS WE BELIEVE THAT
WEAKENING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARDS OF THE DELTA TUNNEL
IS CONTRARY TO THE GOVERNOR'S
LEADERSHIP THUS FAR RELATIVE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
A SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE
THERE'S A LONG HISTORY IN THE
CAPITAL REGARDING THE CUT THE
GOVERNOR'S ARE THAT THE TUNNEL
PROJECT I'LL SPARE YOU THE
HISTORY BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS
THAT WE PUTTING CALIFORNIA'S
WATER BY REDIRECTING NEARLY
HALF OF WHAT CURRENTLY SITS
IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ISN'T
ISN'T FORWARD THINKING RELATIVE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALL
THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE
BEEN ADDRESSED HERE -- THIS
MORNING -- THERE'S A LONG TIME
DISCUSSION IN THE CAPITAL AND
THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THIS
PROPOSAL -- AND THE LEGISLATURE
HAS KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME IT
IS A BAD IDEA FOR THIS REASON
AND SINCE THE DELTA REFORM ACT
PASSED NEARLY FOURTEEN YEARS
AGO THE LEGISLATURE IS TAKING
DELIBERATE ACTIONS AND BOND
PROPOSALS ANOTHER POLICY BUDGET
ACTIONS DO NEITHER ADVANTAGE
OR DISADVANTAGE THE TUNNEL
PROPOSAL THIS IS IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE THE PROJECT ITSELF
WHICH SPANNED NEARLY THREE
COUNTIES AND WOULD ABSOLUTELY
CREATE WINNERS AND LOSERS
UNNECESSARILY SO AND THAT OTHER
ATTAR RESPECT TO MANY OF YOUR
COLLEAGUES SIXTEEN LEGISLATORS
WHO CURRENTLY REPRESENT THOSE
AREAS WOULD END UP ON THE
LOSING END OF THIS PROPOSAL OF
THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT APPROVED
POLICIES THAT WOULD HARM THE
DISTRICTS OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
WHO REPRESENT THE FIVE
DELTA COUNTIES IN THE NEARLY
FOUR MILLION WHO LIVE THERE
YOU MIGHT RECALL IF YOU WERE
HERE LAST SESSION -- YOU ARE
ASKED TO VOTE ON A SEQUEL
STATUTORY EXEMPTION FOR HABITAT
PROJECTS IN THE DELTA I THAT
PROPOSAL WAS ONLY APPROVED
AFTER THE LANGUAGE WAS MODIFIED
TO EXCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE TUNNEL AS PART OF THE
EXEMPTION AND ASSURANCES WERE
PROVIDED ON THE ASSEMBLY FOR
FLOOR BY LEADERSHIP -- THAT
THE EXEMPTION WOULD NOT BENEFIT
THE TUNNEL I NOW IT NOW HERE
WE ARE NEARLY TWENTY TWO MONTHS
LATER IN THE ADMINISTRATION
IS ASKING FOR THE LEGISLATURE
TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS HAS
BEEN DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY
ROGIC THE PROJECTED TO BE
SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS A FEW
YEARS AGO GOD KNOWS WHAT IT
IS NOW -- FOR THOSE WHO WOULD
COMPARE WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSING TO THE NFL AND
THE NBA STADIUMS LEGISLATION
THAT'S BEEN APPROVED IN THE
YEARS PAST I WOULD ASK YOU
TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING THE
FOOTPRINTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS
ARENAS AND STADIUMS USUALLY
WITHIN A SINGLE CITY WITHOUT
A LAND USE AUTHORITY DONE
BY IN COORDINATION WITH CITY
LEADERS WERE STADIUM OUR STATE
STADIUMS AND ARENAS ARE BEING
I'M NOT BEING FORCED ON LOCAL
MUNICIPALITIES IN THIS CASE IN
THE CASE OF THE TUNNEL EVERY
COUNTY AND CITY IS AFFECTED
OPPOSES IT IT WOULD BE FORTY
MILES LONG STILL HAVE NOT CLEAR
FINDING IT DOESN'T CREATE NEW
WATER NOT ONE DROP OF NEW WATER
AND AS ALLUDED TO EARLIER TODAY
SECRETARY INDICATED THE NEED
FOR MORE WATER I THINK IT'S
FAIR TO SAY I'M PROBABLY ALL
CAN AGREE OUR CLIMATE CHANGING
ENVIRONMENT IS VERY REAL AND
WHAT I WOULD EXPAND ON IS
THAT JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO
I THINK WE CAN ALL PROBABLY
REMEMBER UNDER THE UNDER THE
-- UNDER EXISTING STATEWIDE
DROUGHT DECLARATION WE ARE
STILL EXTINGUISHING FIRES
AND WE ARE HAVING HISTORIC
FLOODING OUR CLIMATE ACTION OUR
CLIMATE SAID SITUATION IS VERY
REAL THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
CHALLENGES ARE NOT GOING TO BE
RESOLVED WITH TWENTIETH CENTURY
THINKING THE CONCLUSION OF FIVE
DELTA COUNTIES RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST THAT ANY REFERENCE
TO THE DELTA CONVEYANCE
PROJECT IN THE SEQUEL JUDICIAL
STREAMLINING PROVISIONS BE
STRICKEN AND MADE CLEAR THAT
THE TUNNEL BE SUBJECT TO
REGULAR SEQUEL JUDICIAL REVIEW
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR COPIER
-- OPT WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK
THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS FROM
THE COMMITMENT COMMITTEE
IT IT M.
MISTER BENNETT OUR GOAL AND IT
MY QUESTIONS WERE BIRTH FROM
THE PREVIOUS ONE BUT I THINK
THIS PROBABLY THE APPROPRIATE
TIME A NUMBER ONE NUMBER OF MY
QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED AND
SO I WON'T ASK THOSE QUESTIONS
AGAIN I DO WANNA SAY I ATTENDED
-- BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW
ALL THREE OF THESE HEARINGS --
I'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS
WITH PEOPLE BOTH BEFORE AND
AFTER EACH ONE OF THE HEARINGS
-- AND IT'S IN MY MIND I'VE
EXPRESSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THAT I'M GLAD WE'RE INCREASING
THE SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT
DOING SOMETHING GIVEN HOW FAR
BEHIND WE ARE IN TERMS OF OUR
CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS EXETER
IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD
SO REALLY WELCOME SECRETARY
CO FOR CROWFOOT CHER DUCTION
TODAY WHERE HE SAID WE NEED
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUSTAINED
URGENCY BECAUSE WE NEED TO
HAVE SUSTAINED URGENCY ON
THIS ISSUE BUT WE ALSO NEED TO
DURABLE CHANGE IN WHETHER IT
TAKES WEEKS OR MONTHS OR LONGER
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT ALL OF
US KEEP A SENSE OF SUSTAINED
URGENCY GOING FORWARD BUT I DO
WANT TO TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
OF DURABLE CHANGE BECAUSE IF
THE CHANGES NOT DURABLE WE
ACTUALLY WILL ROAD SUPPORT
FOR URGENCY ABOUT WHAT TO DO
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND AND
ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE
THAT ARE OUT THERE M.
DURABILITY -- COMBINED
WITH SUSTAINED URGENCY LONG
TERM TO STANDARDS T.
REQUIRES TREMENDOUS ENGAGEMENT
OF ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
AND TREMENDOUS RESPONSIVENESS
PARTICULARLY TO THE LEGISLATURE
AND SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE
STILL AND THE ADMINISTRATION
DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK
UP AN ANSWER BECAUSE THIS
MORE THAT I I HOPE BUT I HOPE
THAT IT THAT BUT MAYBE YOU
CAN WATCH SECRETARY CONFLICT
AND OTHERS NOT THEIR HEAD
BUT THE QUESTION IS THIS IS
THE ADMINISTRATION WILLING TO
ENGAGE IF THE ADMINISTRATION
WANTS TO MOVE QUICKLY AS WELL
IN ADMINISTRATION WILLING
TO ENGAGE THE STAKEHOLDERS
PARTICULARLY THE OPPONENTS
TO THESE PROJECTS IS THE
LEGISLATURE AMATUS OPENS THE
MINISTRATION WILLING TO BE MORE
RESPONSIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY
THAT'S ONE PLACE WHERE THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT DONE AN
ADEQUATE JOB STAKEHOLDERS WERE
STAKEHOLDER STEPS THAT WERE
CLEARLY BE STRONG ADDITIONAL
OPPONENTS OF THIS HAVE NOT
BEEN ENGAGED WITH YET THEY NEED
TO BE ENGAGED WITH WITH THE
LEGISLATURE'S ASK QUESTIONS
AND ASK FOR MORE SPECIFICITY
TO GET TO DURABLE CHANGE
REQUIRES MUCH MORE -- MUCH
MORE AN EXTENSIVE COMMITMENT
TO THIS BOTH RESPONSIVENESS AND
ENGAGEMENT SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL
A REAL PART OF THIS SO THAT WAS
A QUESTION THAT I HAD -- AND
-- YOU CAN NOT ARE NOT NOD IT
YOU YOU CAN RESPOND AS LATER
IF YOU PREFER BUT -- MY OTHER
QUESTIONS WERE WHAT ARE THE
EIGHT PROJECTS WHICH WAS WAS
-- HAS ALREADY BEEN ASKED AND
WHAT ABOUT THE QUESTION THAT
WAS ASKED BY -- ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ADDRESS REGARDING THE P.
R.
P.
A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND
STUFF SO THOSE ARE THE THOSE
ARE THE THREE QUESTIONS ONLY
HAD ONE LEFT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND AND IF YOU COULD
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR RESPONSES
TO TO MISTER BENNETT AND TO
THE MEMBERS WHICH COMMITTEES
-- IT WOULD BE A OFFICIATED
YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM THE COMMITTEE SIX MISS
PAP I KNOW YOU SAY YOU COULD
DO THIS IF YOU SUPPORT WHAT
WOULD YOU -- WHAT PROCEDURE
WOULD YOU LIKE TO IMPLEMENT
TO DETERMINE WHAT'S FEASIBLE
WOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL COURT
BASIS WOULD IT BE -- YOU KNOW
THE PRESIDING JUDGE NEED TO
DISTRICT WHAT WHAT DO YOU
FORESEE WELL THE IF FEASIBLE
AS MORE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE CASE THAT'S FILED SO IT
JUST DEPENDS ON THE COMPLEXITY
OF THE ACTION AND WHAT THE
LITIGANTS ARE DISPUTING AND
WHAT THE PETITIONER BELIEVES
IS THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
SYKORA AND THEN YOU HAVE A
WIDE RANGE OF CAUSES OF ACTIONS
THAT ARE ATTACHED TO IT AND
IT DEPENDS ON THE PROJECT AS
WELL DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE
THE PROJECT IS IT DEPENDS ON
THE SIZE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THAT IMPACT TO THE EXTENT
FEASIBLE AS WELL AS COUNCIL
-- DEPENDING ON IF THEY HAVE
OTHER THE CASE IS GOING AS
WELL SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT GO INTO THE FORMULA SO
THAT SECRETIVE EVENT THAT'S
THE CRITERIA BUT WHO WOULD BE
DETERMINING THAT THE JUDGE THAT
THE CASE IS ASSIGNED TO IS IS
IN THE BEST POSITION CORRECT
ME IF YOU KNOW THE PERSON
ASSIGNED THE CASE BECAUSE THAT
YOU GET ON IT RIGHT AWAY YOU
COULD TO RESEARCH ATTORNEY
ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHT
AWAY MINISTRY TO RECORD RIGHT
AWAY AND THEN YOU TAKE A
LOOK AND GO OKAY HOW LARGE
ISN'T THIS HOW WIDE HOW DEEP
AND THEN LET'S PUT SOME TIME
LINES TO IT THANK MISS ALICE
THANK YOU AND WELCOME FOR
MONTEREY -- I DID WANT TO ASK
YOU MENTIONED AT THE POSSIBLE
NEED FOR MORE RESOURCES IN AS
IF THERE IF THERE'S A A SENSE
OF MAGNITUDE AROUND HOW MANY
MORE RESOURCES WHAT THAT MIGHT
COST IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE
SIZE OF THE COURT WHAT YOU
RECESSES ARE IF YOU'RE LOS
ANGELES YOU KNOW WHAT THE OVER
FIVE HUNDRED JUDICIAL OFFICERS
AND A WIDE COUNTRY OF RESEARCH
ATTORNEYS I'M NOT SURE WHAT
THEIR NEED WOULD BE BUT THEY
WOULD HAVE A NEED AS WELL IN
ORDER TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF
AVAILABLE RESEARCH ATTORNEYS TO
AT LEAST A QUICKLY EXPEDITE THE
REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
HYPERLINKED AND EVERYTHING FOR
THE JUDICIAL OFFICER AS WELL
AS I THINK THE EDUCATION IS
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEN
WE HAVE A WIDER VARIETY OF
JUDGES WHO ARE ABLE TO HANDLE
THE SECRET CASES THEN YOU CAN
YOU KNOW GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM
OUT TO A WIDE VARIETY OF JUDGES
RATHER THAN A SELECT NUMBER
-- SO DEPENDS ON THE COURT YOU
MAY HAVE A SMALL COURT SUCH
AS MENDOCINO WHERE THEY MAY
NEED ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON IT
WITH A SMALL COURT I KNOW WITH
RESPECT TO MY COURT MONTEREY
WE COULD PROBABLY USE A FEW
BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S A COSTA
COUNTY -- AND WITH FOR THE WORD
AND THE WATER ISSUES WE'RE KIND
OF BUSY AND WE HAVE ONE SECRET
TOURNEY -- AND SO SOME OF THE
OTHER RESEARCH ATTORNEYS TRIED
ASSISTANT HELP BUT SOMETIMES
WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW STAGGER
CASES WE DO PUT OUT A MONTHLY
A TIMELINE AND AND A MONTHLY
SCHEDULE WITH RESPECT TO
WHAT'S PENDING SO THAT WE CAN
KINDA CHUCKLE SO IT'S THOSE
RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE VERY
MUCH NEEDED THANK YOU THANK YOU
SEE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM
THE PANEL I WANT TO THANK OUR
WITNESSES FOR ATTENDING HERE
TODAY WE APPRECIATE WERE IN
AND OUT MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD
PANEL I TURN IT BACK OVER TO
CHAIR RIVAS THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
NON GOVERNMENTAL STAKEHOLDER
PANEL WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
RESTORE THE DELTA THE NATURAL
RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
SIERRA CLUB AND THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE
THERE'S MANY OF YOU ON THIS
PANEL WE HAVE THIRTY MINUTES
TOTAL FOR THIS PANEL SO I ASK
THAT YOU RESPECT THE TIME LIMIT
OF COURSE I'M I'M GONNA SOAK
IN GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRS AND
MEMBERS MY NAME IS KIM DELFINO
I'M WITH EARTH ADVOCACY BUT
TODAY I'M HERE REPRESENTING
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE --
DEFENDERS HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE
CHAMPION OF MOVING AGGRESSIVELY
TO ME CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE
GOALS AND ACHIEVE CLIMATE
RESILIENCY AGAINST THE IMPACTS
THAT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING AS WE
HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER TODAY
AND AS WE ARE WELL AWARE IF YOU
ARE OUT IN THE WEATHER AND READ
THE NEWS CALIFORNIA'S FACING
A CLIMATE CRISIS AND MUST ACT
QUICKLY HOWEVER I THINK THAT WE
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE
ARE WORKING WHY WE ARE ACTING
WITH URGENCY WE ARE NOT ACTING
IN HASTE THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS PUT FORWARD A PROPOSED
PACKAGE OF TEN TRAILER BILLS
THAT PURPORT TO BE NECESSARY TO
RAPIDLY DEPLOY INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS HOWEVER AS WE SEEN
IN THE PAST TO HEARINGS AND
NOW IN THIS THIRD HEARING MANY
OF THESE PROPOSALS RAISE MORE
QUESTIONS THAN ADMINISTRATION
CAN ANSWER AND ONE OF THE
BIGGEST QUESTION IS AND HAVE
HAS ALREADY BEEN ASKED WHAT ARE
THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS BEYOND
THE DELTA CONVEYANCE THAT
THIS PACKAGE IS SUPPOSED TO
BE BENEFITING CALIFORNIA FORD
REPORT STATES BY INTEGRATING
THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY
CLIMATE AND SHARED PROSPERITY
IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
AND DELIVERY CALIFORNIA CAN
SHAPE A MORE MODERN PROSPEROUS
RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE
ECONOMY THAT CENTERS COMMUNITY
VOICE AND PRIORITIES MY CO
PANELISTS AND THE HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS
WE REPRESENT WILL DESCRIBE
HOW THE ADMINISTRATION'S
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE DOES
NOT REFLECT THESE PRINCIPLES
AND THAT'S WILL NOT HAVE THE
INTENDED RESULT FIRST I'M GOING
TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS
REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD PROPOSAL THAT MY
COLLEAGUE DAVID PRUITT WITHIN
OUR DC IS GOING TO GO MORE
IN DEPTH INTO THAT TO BEGIN
WITH THE PROPOSED APPROACH
WITH RESPECT ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD IS CONTRARY TO WHAT WE
DO UNDER FEDERAL LAW LAW THAT
WAS CRITICAL TO CALIFORNIA'S
LITIGATION AGAINST THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO
ROLL BACK ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
AND INDEED THE ADMINISTRATION'S
TRAILER BILL RUNS COUNTER
TO THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE
STATE IN LITIGATION WITH THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TWENTY
TWENTY WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION
APPEARS TO PROPOSE IS TO
EXCLUDE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD ALL INTERNAL ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDING ME IN
EMAILS THAT WERE NOT PRESENTED
TO THE FINAL DECISION MAKING
BODY THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
PROPOSAL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
HOW MUCH COMMUNICATION IS
CONDUCTED VIA EMAIL AND TAX
AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
THAT WERE MADE ALREADY BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA TO THIS
POINT THE PROPOSAL SEEMS TO
DISCOUNT THE INFORMATION THAT
GOES INTO THE DECISIONS THAT
ARE MADE PRIOR TO THE FINAL
DECISION BY THE DECISION
MAKING BODY WHEN AN AGENCY
IS EVALUATING A PROJECT UNDER
SEQUEL THEY'RE MAKING MANY
MANY DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY
WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES THAT
WE SHOULD BE EVALUATING WHAT
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY SHOULD BE
DONE EXCITER EXCITER THAT ALL
LEADS UP TO THE CUMULATIVE
FINAL DECISION BUT THE PROPOSAL
THAT THEY'RE PUTTING FOR TODAY
COULD ALLOW THE AGENCY TO HOLD
BACK THOSE INTERNAL ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS ARE GOING BACK
AND FORTH THAT GENERATE THE
FINAL DECISION AND SO THAT IS
REALLY -- I THINK HAS BEEN THE
MAKE THE CASE POINT OUT THAT
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS THAT IT'S
HARD TO SUGGEST THAT EMAILS
AND TEXTS ARE NOT A COMMON
IMPORTANT FORM OF AGENCY
COMMUNICATION AND DECISION
MAKING AND THEREFORE RELEVANT
PART OF THE DAY ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD WHAT'S MORE THE
PROPOSAL FUNDAMENTALLY WEAKENS
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IT WILL
RESULT IN THE EMISSION OF
SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION
REGARDING AN AGENCY'S
DECISION MAKING PROCESS
FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORD IT
COULD EXEMPT ATTACHMENTS OF
CRITICAL DOCUMENTS CONTAINED
IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
FROM DISCLOSURE IT WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERMINE THE
COURT'S ABILITY TO REVIEW
THE ADEQUACY OF THE AGENCY'S
DECISION AND FINALLY IT TREATS
JUDICIAL REVIEW OF SECRET
DETERMINATIONS DIFFERENTLY
THAN ALL OTHER TYPES OF PUBLIC
AGENCY DECISION MAKING IN
ADDITION THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD PROPOSAL APPEARS TO
ALLOW A LEAD AGENCY TO TAKE
OVER THE RECORD PREPARATION AND
THEN CHARGE THE PETITIONER THE
COST OF COMPLETING THE RECORD
RECORD PREPARATION IS ALREADY A
DIFFICULT BURDEN FOR COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND POTENTIALLY
LEAD AGENCY COULD USE THIS
PROVISION TO FINANCIALLY
OVERWHELMED PETITIONERS THEREBY
MAKING SEQUEL PROTECTION
SOMETHING ONLY THE RICH CAN
AFFORD SIMILARLY THE JUDICIAL
REVIEW PROPOSAL IS BREATHTAKING
IN ITS EXPANSION A PROJECT
SCOPE COUPLED WITH THE ABSENCE
OF ANY PROTECTIONS INCLUDED
IN PRIOR LEGISLATION IT
APPLIES TO TWENTY UNIDENTIFIED
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND
AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF OTHER
PROJECTS PERMANENTLY WITH NO
LIMIT AND NO SUNSET INCLUDING
THE DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT
WATER DESALINIZATION PROJECTS
AND WATER CANAL PROJECTS AND
THE LIKE IT A PRIVATE IMPLIES
A PROJECT TYPES THAT VERY
WELL VERY WELL MAY INCREASE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WELL
BEING BUILT OR OPERATED AND A
RANGE OF OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS AND IN INCLUDES
NO INSURANCE THAT ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS WILL HAVE A G.
H.
T.
BENEFIT OR ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE STATE'S CLIMATE
GOALS PROPOSAL SHELVES ALL OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED IN PRIOR
EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW
LAWS THESE ARE JUST NICE TO
HAVE THEIR RELATED TO THE
ADMINISTRATION'S INTENT BECAUSE
IF THE PROJECT IS MEETING THESE
REQUIREMENTS IS A PROJECT THAT
IS LESS LIKELY TO BE LITIGATED
AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT
ONLY FOUR OF THE THIRTY OR
SO LEADERSHIP PROJECTS HAVE
FACED LITIGATION GIVEN THE
MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
AND THE ENORMOUS SCOPE OF
POTENTIAL PROJECTS AFFECTED BY
THESE PROPOSALS IT IS CRITICAL
THAT ALL POTENTIALLY IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES BE CONSULTED
INCLUDING FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES
AND TRIBES I WANT TO CLOSE
BY THANKING THE COMMITTEE THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE THREE FOR
THIS HEARING AND ALL THE OTHER
TWO INFORMATIONAL HEARINGS
BUT THREE HEARINGS IN THREE
DAYS DO NOT REPLACE THE LEGAL
THE REGULAR DELIBERATIVE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND WE
URGE YOU TO RESIST REACTING
IN HASTE TO THE GOVERNOR SENSE
OF URGENCY AROUND PROPOSALS
THAT JUST ARE NOT THOUGHTFULLY
CRAFTED AT THIS POINT TO
MEET THE MOMENT THANK YOU
GOOD MORNING CHEN MEMBERS MY
NAME IS BRANDON DAWSON ON THIS
VEHICLE CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR
SIERRA CLUB IS THE LARGEST
GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL
NONPROFIT IN THE NATION WITH
OVER THREE MILLION MEMBERS
NATIONWIDE AND FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND OF THOSE IN US
IN CALIFORNIA FIRST I WANT
TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AND
CONSULTANTS FOR THEIR THOROUGH
ANALYSIS OF THIS PROPOSAL
THAT ANALYSIS IS CLEAR THE
ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN AIMS TO
KEEP COMMUNITIES AND ADVOCATES
UNINFORMED AND ILL EQUIPPED
TO THE JUDICIAL PROCESS AND
DURING THE PROGRESS CALIFORNIA
NEEDS TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS WE WHOLLY AGREE
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF
CALIFORNIANS ARE UNDER THREAT
BY THE CLIMATE CRISIS WITH
ARJUN ACTION WITHOUT URGENT
ACTION OUR COMMUNITIES AND
ECOSYSTEMS FACE REPROBATE HARM
AND WILD SIERRA CLUB APPRECIATE
THE URGENCY IN SUPPORT SWIFT
ACTION ACTION WE ALSO BELIEVE
THAT THE STATE MUST BALANCE
THIS WITH THE GO SLOW TO GO
FAST APPROACH IN OTHER WORDS
CALIFORNIA SHOULD THOUGHTFULLY
INTEGRATE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY
CLIMB AND SHARED PROSPERITY
INFERENCE INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT TO MEET THE URGENCY
OF THIS MOMENT AND WE'RE EAGER
TO WITNESS CALIFORNIA'S RAPID
IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE
WATER PROJECTS CLEAN ENERGY
RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CORRIDORS HOWEVER IT IS A
CRUCIAL TO ADDRESS THESE GOALS
EQUITABLY ECONOMICALLY AND
TRANSPARENTLY AND REGRETTABLY
THE CURRENT TRAILER BILL
PROPOSAL DOES NOT BILLS TO MEET
THE STANDARDS THESE PROPOSALS
UNDERMINE A CRITICAL ELEMENT
OF SEQUEL AND DISREGARD THE
BENEFITS AND RESOURCES PROVIDED
BY THE STATUTE SEQUEL HAS
PROTECTED ICONIC LANDSCAPES
COMMUNITIES FROM POLLUTING
INDUSTRIES AND HAS AIDED
IN REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS ACROSS THE STATE THE
LAUNCHER THE PUBLIC PROCESS
WERE COMMUNITIES CAN ENGAGE
IN DISCUSSIONS AND DEMAND
IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROJECTS THAT
POSE SIGNIFICANT HARM CITIZEN
ENFORCEMENT A KEY ADVANTAGE OF
SEQUEL IT EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES
INSTAGRAMS TO SUIT VOTERS
OR PROJECT PROPONENTS WHO
FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW
THE DECENTRALIZED APPROACH
IS NECESSARY AS NO SINGLE
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CAN FULLY
GRASP THE NUANCES OF POTENTIAL
IMPACTS END OF THE NEW PROJECTS
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES IN OTHER
WORDS THE SEQUEL LITIGATION
PROCESSES THE ENFORCEMENT
PROCESS THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL
ASPECT OF SEQUEL HOWEVER THE
CURRENT PROPOSALS JEOPARDIZE
THIS CRUCIAL ASPECT THEY
SEEK TO TREAT STREAMLINED
YOU JUST REVIEW UNDERMINING
THE IMPORTANCE OF THOROUGH
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND
EVIDENCE BASED DECISION MAKING
BRUSHING THE REVIEW PROCESS
UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF
THE LAW AND COMPROMISES THE
PROTECTION OF COMMUNITIES
AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
CONSIDERING THE TYPES OF
PROJECTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION
SEEKS TO EXPEDITE WHICH MY
COLLEAGUE FROM RESTORE THE
DELTA WILL TALK ABOUT IN
JUST A SECOND SO WHY IS THE
ADMINISTRATION PURSUING THIS
ASPECT THEY CLAIM THAT THE
SEQUEL EDUCATION SIGNIFICANTLY
DELAYS THE PROJECTS BUT IN
REALITY CICHLIDAE GRAYSON IS
RARE WITH NO MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY CASES STATEWIDE
IN ANY GIVEN YEAR FROM TWENTY
THOUSAND TO TWENTY FIFTEEN
THE ACTUAL DETERRENCE OF
LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT HAVE
PRIMARILY BEEN LOCAL ZONING
LAWS LOCAL ZONING ZONING LAWS
LAND USE POLICIES CONSTRUCTION
COST AND LIMITED OPEN SPACE IN
MAJOR CITIES THE REAL NEED THAT
THIS LEGISLATURE SHOULD ADDRESS
IS THE FORTY NEW POSITIONS
I ADMIT THE MINISTERS ARE
QUESTIONED IN THE BUDGET C.
P.
BUDGET CBCP AND JANUARY THAT
BOTH BUDGET THAT BOTH THE
SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET
COMMITTEES APPROVED TO HELP THE
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
THE STAFF ADEQUATELY TO MOVE
ENERGY AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS EXPEDITIOUSLY FURTHER
BOARD SINGLING OUT SICK
WAS IGNORE THE MULTITUDE OF
FEDERAL LAWS STATE STATUTES
AND LOCAL ORDINANCES THAT
GOVERN LARGE PROJECTS EACH
WITH THEIR OWN ENFORCING
MECHANISM AND LITIGATION COULD
BE BROUGHT UNDER THOSE I JUST
AS MUCH AS THE QUOTE LASTLY IN
MONDAY AND YESTERDAY AND EVEN
TODAY'S HEARINGS YOU HEARD
THE ADMINISTRATION STATE THAT
BITE HEARING TO JUSTICE FORTY
PRINCIPLES THEY WANT SURE
THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES AND PROTECTIONS
WILL BE ADHERED TO THROUGHOUT
THIS PROCESS HOWEVER THIS IS
SIMPLY A MISREPRESENTATION OF
WHAT JUSTICE FORTY IS UNDER
JUSTICE FORTY AGENCY SHOULD
BE CONSULTING WITH COMMUNITIES
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
GROUPS AND EXPANDING THE
INTEGRATION OF THEIR INPUT
INTO AGENCY ACTIONS FOLLOWING
JUSTICE FORTY ISN'T MEANT TO
BE A NET BENEFIT TO ADDRESSING
ENVIRONMENT NEEDS FOR FRONTLINE
COMMUNITIES NOT A TRADE OFF
FOR UNDERMINING EXISTING
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS QUARTER
TRANSPARENCY IN DECISION
MAKING LEXICAL IN CONCLUSION
THE BY THE GOVERNOR CLAIMS TO
BE ALIGNED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
AND TACKLING THE CLIMATE
CRISIS THE REALITY IS THAT THIS
PROPOSAL FALLS SHORT OF THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE GIVES US INVALUABLE
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN
DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS AND
PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY IS
NOT ONE OF THOSE WE WERE NOT
CONSULTED WE WERE JUST AS
SURPRISED AS YOU ARE RECEIVING
THIS WE STRONGLY URGE THE
READ LEGISLATURE TO REFRAIN
FROM HASELY RESPONDING TO THE
GOVERNOR'S SENSE OF URGENCY
REGARDING A COVER BOZELL'S AS
A LAPTOP OKAY ARE CRAFTING TO
ADDRESS THE CURRENT SITUATION
THAT CAUGHT CALIFORNIA'S
CURRENTLY AND THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR
CHAIR IMPORTANT MEMBERS MY NAME
IS BARBARIC AND PRIYA AND I'M
WITH RESTORE THE DELTA WE HAVE
SEVENTY THOUSAND SUPPORTERS
IN CALIFORNIA AND WE REACH
ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS MONTHLY
WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS I HAVE
BEEN LEADING OUR ORGANIZATION
SINCE TWO THOUSAND SIX IN
A VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE
PROPOSED DELTA CONVEYANCE OP
PROJECT PRESENTLY AND IT'S PAST
ITERATIONS AS WELL WHEN I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY A
THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT SEEK
WHAT PROCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO
PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY IS
OUR AND OUR ENVIRONMENT SEQUIN
HAS BEEN USED BY A NUMBER
OF TRIBES TO HELP PRESERVE
CULTURAL RESOURCES PLEASE NOTE
THE TRIBAL REPRESENTATION IS
NOT HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT
BEEN GIVEN TIME TO RESPOND TO
THESE TRAILER BILLS OR ENGAGED
IN WITH THIS PROCESS THROUGH
ANY TYPE OF CONSULTATION
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT WE
LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT
SOME LOCAL -- DELTA GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES HAVE ALSO JUST LEARNED
ABOUT THE TRAILER PACKAGE IN
THE LAST FORTY EIGHT HOURS
THE DELTA ACCORDING TO DATA
COMPILED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES IS A
MAJORITY DISADVANTAGED BY PA
COMMUNITY IN BOTH ITS RURAL
AND URBAN AREAS WITH POCKETS
OF WEALTH IT ALSO CONTAINS
PERCENTAGE WISE SOME OF THE
LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE
WITH ONE THIRD OF STOCKTON
LIVING AT THE BOTTOM EIGHTY
TO NINETY NINE PERCENTILE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IT IS ALSO
THE HISTORIC HOME FOR NUMEROUS
NUMEROUS CULTURAL SITES
OFFER A NUMBER OF CALIFORNIA
TRIBES THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHEN WE CONSIDER
WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE
PRESIDENT DELTA CAN BE ADVANCE
ER AND THE ECONOMIC BURDEN
XCELERATED JUDICIAL REVIEW
AND RECORD ADMINISTRATION
WILL PLACE ON FINANCIALLY
BURDENED COMMUNITIES SHOULD THE
PROJECT ADVANCE IN ITS PRESENT
FORM WE ARE GROUND ZERO FOR
THE IMPACTS WHEN CALIFORNIA
WATERFIX ENDED -- AND THE NEW
SOME ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED
GOING FORWARD WITH A SINGLE
TUNNEL RESTORE THE DELTA
ENGAGED IN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT
WITH THE DELTA CONVEYANCE IN
CONSTRUCTION OF FORTY FOR TWO
YEARS TO WORK ON IMPROVING THE
PROJECT FOR COMMUNITIES WE WERE
VERY SINCERE WITHOUT EFFORT
OUR CONTINUOUS QUESTIONS AROUND
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS SALINITY
WATER QUALITY AND LONG TERM
CHANGES TO WHAT THAT WATER
QUALITY WERE IGNORED BY THE
CONSTRUCTION WATER AUTHORITY
TELLING US THAT THE DEPARTMENT
OF WATER RESOURCES OUR WOULD BE
ADDRESSING THOSE BOB QUESTIONS
IN THE ER THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
ADDRESSED FULLY ACCURATELY OR
ADEQUATELY FURTHERMORE THE E.
I.
R.
CONTAINS NO DETAILED MITIGATION
PLAN FOR IMPACTS AROUND AIR
AND WATER QUALITY DURING
CONSTRUCTION FOR OUR AB SIX
ONE SEVEN COMMUNITY OR WORLD
DELTA COMMUNITIES AND MODELING
FOR WATER SUPPLY BASED UP IS
RIGHT NOW BASED ON HISTORICALLY
UPDATED DATA AS IDENTIFIED
BY THE STATE AUDITOR IN THEIR
RECENT REPORT RATHER THAN USING
THE BEST AVAILABLE CLIMATE
SCIENCE THIS ER IS THE WORST
VERSION OF THE DELTA CONVEYANCE
PROJECT THAT WE HAVE SEEN
OVER THE COURSE OF SEVENTEEN
YEARS WE UNDERSTAND THAT A
REVISED -- FINAL E.
I.
R.
WILL BE ISSUED IN
DECEMBER IF THIS VERSION
BECOMES THE FINAL E.
I.
R.
THE DELTA IN ITS SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
POPULATION WILL BE BURDENED
WITH EXTREME WATER AND AIR
QUALITY PROBLEMS FOR DECADES
WE MAY NEED TO LITIGATE SMALL
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS ONLY
CAN AVAIL OURSELVES OF LEGAL
REPRESENTATION WITH PRO BONO
COUNSEL AND OFTEN BY DOING
THE WORK OURSELVES -- OR WITH
LEGAL INTERNS TO ASSEMBLE
THE LEGAL RECORD RUSHING
PROCEDURES AND ADDING COSTS
TO LITIGATION EFFECTIVELY
PROHIBITS SMALL GROUPS FROM
PARTICIPATING IN THE LEGAL
PROCESS THEREBY WEAKENING
DEMOCRACY AND DUE PROCESS
WE OPPOSE THE TRAILER BILLS FOR
THESE REASONS -- AS A MATTER
OF FAIRNESS FOR DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND DON WE HOPE
YOU WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS
INTO CONSIDERATION THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON CHURCH MEMBERS
I AM JOHN PRUITT WITH THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE ALLIANCE OR SAY HOW
I SAY HAVE A PRESENTS TEN
GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS FROM
THE BAY AREA TO THE CENTRAL
VALLEY TO THE DON'T WANNA
BORDER WITH MEMBERSHIP AND
TENS OF THOUSANDS ADVOCATING
FOR PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICIES AT THE STATE LEVEL
SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBER AND
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS YOU SEE
WELL TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF
THE MOST RUMBLE COMMUNITIES
IN THE STATE SAY HOW SUPPORT
THE JUST TRANSITION TO CLEANER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM
THAT PRIORITIZES RETIREMENT
A POLLUTING INFRASTRUCTURE
IN THE ENVIRONMENT SUGGESTS
COMMUNITIES AND IT'S THIS
TRANSITION THAT INVOLVES
DEVELOPING REPLACING WITH CLEAN
ENERGY FOR GENERATION AND A
CLEAN ENERGY GENERATION STORAGE
DISTRIBUTION AND THROUGH THIS
TRANSITION IT'S CRUCIAL TO
HONOR THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
PROTECT AGAINST FALSE ENERGY
SOLUTIONS AND ENSURE TANGIBLE
BENEFITS INVESTMENTS REACH
THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES ALIGNING WITH
THE PRINCIPLES THAT THIS
CALIFORNIA FARMERS EQUALITY
ACT FUNDAMENTALLY HOLDS SEEK
WAS ESSENTIAL FOR EACH A
COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR
VOICE IS HEARD IN THE LAND USE
AND PLANNING AND PROTECTING
THEIR ENVIRONMENT TO HELP IN
PROMOTING CLEAN AIR WATER AND
SOIL WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THE
ADMINISTRATORS DESIRE TO CREATE
GREATER CERTAINTY AND FASTER
TIMELINES FOR SICK REALLY
LAWSUITS SUCH POLICIES CAN
ACTUALLY DISPROPORTIONATELY
HARM LOW INCOME CAN LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR CAUSES ENVIRONMENTAL
DAMAGE IF IMPLEMENTED POORLY
AND DIVERTING ATTENTION FROM
THE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
AND IF THIS DYNAMIC THAT
IS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT
THAT LOW INCOME AND BUY
POT COMMUNITIES HAVE FEWER
RESOURCES AND LIMITED ACCESS
TO LEGAL ADVOCACY COMPARED
TO WILD RESOURCE INDUSTRY
AND OTHER PRIVILEGE SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS THE TOP IT
OFF WE ACTUALLY HAVE PUBLIC
AGENCIES THAT SEEK TO PUSH
PROJECTS THAT HARM E.
J.
COMMUNITIES IN THE NARROWLY
DEFINED SCOPE OF INTERNAL
AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PROPOSAL
AIMS TO EXCLUDE INTERNAL AGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS LIKE EMAILS THAT
WERE NOT PRESENT IN THE D.
FINAL DECISION MAKING BODY
YOU NEED BASED ENVIRONMENT
DOES ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
TRADITIONALLY RELIED ON THOSE
THINGS FOR THE BODY OF EVIDENCE
INTERNAL EMAILS CAN PROVIDE A
WINDOW IN THE ENVIRONMENT ON
AND I'LL SAYS THAT WAS DONE
ON THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE
COMMUNICATIONS STAFF IN BELPER
IS REGARDING THE PROJECT SCOPE
AS WELL AS THE IMPACTS LET ME
SHARE YOU IN A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
IN LATE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN
A WAREHOUSE WITH PROPOSED A
WAREHOUSE COMPLEX IS PROPOSED
IN SOUTH FRESNO RIGHT IN A
SMALL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITY WITH PROPOSING THAT
SIX THOUSAND DAILY TRUCK TRIPS
AND INCREASE THEIR POLLUTION
IN DESPITE THE COMMITTEE'S
CONCERNS VOICED IN MULTIPLE
HEARINGS THERE PLEASE WERE NOT
WERE ON HURT AND TEAMING UP
WITH THE LEADERSHIP COUNSEL
FOR JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY THEY
SAY HOW MEMBER ORGANIZATION THE
COMMITTEE FILED A PETITION TO
CHALLENGE THE PROJECT IN A LONG
STORY SHORT THE COMMUNICATIONS
WITH THE MAYOR PROVED CRITICAL
IN THE DISPOSITION OF THE
MATTER THE CURRENT PROPOSAL AS
DRAFTED COULD LEAVE PETITIONERS
IN THE DARK AS TO THESE
COMMUNICATIONS AND SEVERELY
HAMPER IN THE EFFORTS TO
ENSURE EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE
ENVIRONMENTS REVIEW AND
DECISION MAKING ADDITIONALLY
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE RIGID
SIXTY DAY EXPEDITED TIMELINE
FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
PREPARATION COULD POSE BARRIERS
FOR THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITY
BASED GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS
ACTUALLY SHIFT THE POWER TO
THOSE AGENCIES AND HAS DRAFTED
THE LEGISLATION IS ESPECIALLY
PROBLEMATIC IN THAT IT DOES
NOT CLARIFY THAT THE AGENCY
WILL COVER THE COST OF RECORD
PRODUCTION IF THE AGENCY TAKES
OVER RECORD PRODUCTION FROM THE
PETITIONER DIGITAL STREAMLINE
PROPOSAL CREATES NO GUARANTEE
THAT EVEN THE GOAL THAT THE
PROJECT WILL NOT CREATE OR
EXACERBATE ENVIRONMENTAL
HARM TO DJ COMMUNITIES THE
STATE SHOULD NOT BE PART
PROVIDING JUDICIAL STREAMLINED
FOR PROJECTS THAT THREATENS
SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
RELATED HARMS FOR YOU J.
COMMUNITIES BOTH DURING
CONSTRUCTION AND DURING
OPERATION WE SHOULD ENGAGE
MORE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
AND ABERRATION OR WHETHER
THESE WHETHER OR NOT THESE
PROJECTS TO BE BUILT AND WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED FOR
INSTANCE THE STATE MUST PROVIDE
POLICY SHOULD NOT PROVIDE
POLICY PREFERENCES FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT
CAUSE OR EXACERBATE CLIMATE
AIR NOISE IMPACTS CRITICALLY
THE INCLUSION OF HIGHWAY OR
OTHER MAJOR ARTERY EXPANSIONS
ARE ANY CHANGE EXPANSIONS IN
THIS BILL IS DEEPLY PROBLEMATIC
THESE PROJECTS IN THE CENTER
VALUE OFF THE PITCH AS QUOTE
UNQUOTE SAFETY MEASURES BUT
THEY FACILITATE MORE FOR IT
THESE PROJECTS OFTEN PROMOTE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
NEAR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES AND WE SEEN THIS
IN MULTIPLE INSTANCES IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY SUCH AS THOSE
INCENSED SOUTH CENTRAL FRESNO
AND MATH IN THE TRACK INTO
OUR COUNTY EXPANSION PROJECTS
CLAIM TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION
HAND SAFETY BY THE MEDIUM AND
LONG TERM THEY FAILED TO DO SO
DUE TO LATENT INDUCED DEMAND
INSTEAD THESE PROJECTS OFTEN
ENCOURAGE MORE FREIGHT TRAFFIC
LEADING TO INCREASED POLLUTION
SAFETY CONCERNS LASTLY THE
BILL'S BROADLY DEFINED LIST OF
PROPOSED CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS
FOR STREAMLINED C.
COULD YOU JUST REVIEW MAY
INCLUDE HARMFUL ENERGY SYSTEMS
AND APPROACHES THAT INCREASE
POLLUTION EXTRACTION E.
J.
COMMUNITIES WE ARE ESPECIALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLY
EXPLAIN YOU JUST REVIEW
FOR LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND
PRODUCTION BATTERY PRODUCTION
DIRTY HYDROGEN AND BIOFUELS
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
AMONG OTHERS AS NOTED THERE
ARE NO PROTECTIONS THAT
EXPEDITED PROJECTS WILL NOT
EXACERBATE LOCAL POLLUTION
AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
AND SO WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND
THAT THESE BILLS GO THROUGH
THE FULL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
THAT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE
FULL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS FOR
VETTING THESE BILLS THOSE
WHO WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED
BY THESE PROJECTS ESPECIALLY
THOSE PREDOMINATELY -- INCOMING
BY PARK NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD
BE CONSULTING AT THE TABLE
WHEN THE DECISIONS ARE MADE
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE
OFFER DECISION MAKERS AS THESE
POLICIES ARE FURTHER EVALUATED
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION OKAY WE HAVE
A FEW MINUTES LEFT I JUST
WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MEMBERS
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS SO PLEASE BE BRIEF
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WILL
MY NAME IS DAVID HEADED I'M
A LAWYER I'M A LITIGATOR WITH
THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE
COUNCIL I TRY CASES AND ARGUE
APPEALS FOR A LIVING AND HAVE
DONE SO FOR A LONG TIME SO
WHAT I'M TRYING TO BRING TO THE
TABLE THIS AFTERNOON IS SORT
OF A STREET LEVEL APPROACH OF
VIEW OF WHAT THESE PROPOSED
CHANGES WILL MEAN IN THE ACTUAL
OF SEQUEL PRACTICE OF MOST OF
MY CLIENTS ARE COMMUNITY GROUPS
MEMBERS OF THE E.
J.
COMMUNITIES -- THEY TEND TO
HAVE NOT A LOT OF MONEY TO BE
ABLE TO PAY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORDS AS YOU'VE HEARD IT
CASE COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
WANTED FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
UP FRONT BEFORE WE SAW A
PIECE OF PAPER NUMBER ONE
FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
THAT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY
NOT SUPPORTABLE ANYTHING
THAT WOULD MAKE THAT MORE
DIFFICULT IS IT SHOULD NOT BE
ENTERTAINED I THINK BY THE BY
THE LEGISLATURE THE ONENOTE
OF TURN TO A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF MAKING
CALIFORNIA MORE COMPETITIVE
FIRST THE TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY
DAY RULE THE KICKER THERE IS
A FEASIBLE THAT'S AN EXCEPTION
THAT SWALLOWS THE RULE ISRAEL
IT'S UNENFORCEABLE AT THE
ADMINISTRATION WENT TO THE
FEDS AND SAID LOOK WE NEED
TO YOU CAN GIVE US ALL THIS
MONEY READY TO GO BECAUSE
THESE CASES WILL BE HANDLED IN
TWENTY TWENTY TO TWENTY SEVENTY
DAYS IF FEASIBLE WAS THAT
EVEN MEAN WITH THAT CONVINCE
ANYBODY THAT WERE ACTUALLY
READY TO GO THE SECOND IS
THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SAVE MONEY BY CUTTING DOWN ON
EMAILS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD -- TWO THINGS ON THAT
FIRST I MEAN I DO THESE CASES
TYPICALLY THE EMAILS ARE A
TINY TINY PERCENTAGE OF WHAT
GOES INTO THE RECORD SO IF
IT'S IF IT SAVES THE AGENCY
A COUPLE OF DAYS IN A PROCESS
THAT CAN LAST A COUPLE OF
YEARS I THINK THAT'S THAT'S
RELATIVELY TRIVIAL COMPARED
WITH IS PARTICULARLY COMPARED
WITH THE INJURY TO THE PROCESS
IN THE COMMUNITIES BY NOT
BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS IN
THOSE EMAILS THE MISTER CALIFIA
RIGHT ON THE HEAD WHERE HE SAID
CORPS IT'S CAN STILL CONSIDER
EVIDENCE OF MALFEASANCE BUT
THERE'S A COUPLE SUPPOSITIONS
IN THERE ONE AS WE CAN FIND
THAT EVIDENCE AND SECOND THE
WE CAN CONVINCE THE COURT TO
LOOK AT IT AND IF IT'S NOT
AUTOMATICALLY PRESENTED IN
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AS
WAS DISCUSSED BEFORE WE NEED
TO GO THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT THAT COULD
LEAD TO LITIGATION BY ITSELF
MORE FINALLY GOT THE DOCUMENT
WE NEED TO GO TO THE SECRET
JUDGE AND SAY YOUR HONOR THIS
SHOULD GO ON THE RECORD THE
LEAD AGENCY WOULD SAY OH NO IT
SHOULDN'T WE FIGHT OVER THAT
ALL OF THAT LEADS TO MORE TIME
AND EXPENSE OF IN RESOLVING
THE SEQUEL CASE IT THE TRIAL
COURT LEVEL AND THEN YOU'VE
GOT THE APPELLATE LEVEL ON TOP
OF THAT I THINK THAT OTHER MAY
INDEED BE WAYS TO MAKE SEQUEL
MORE PRODUCTIVE AND THERE ARE
CERTAINLY WAYS TO SPEED UP
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
THAT WE NEED IN CALIFORNIA
AND WE HAD IN OUR DC INVITE
THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME TO
THE TABLE WITH THE AJ GROUPS
WITH THE TRIBES WITH THE NGOS
AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT
RESIDENTS BRINGING SOMETHING
LIKE THIS ON THE LEGISLATURE
ON VERY SHORT NOTICE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU NEXT
WILL MOVE TO QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WE'LL
START WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER
REYES GOMES KHAMIS TWENTY SOME
WHICH MANAGER I THINK IF WE
LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE I THINK
WE'LL ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT TO
DRAW DOWN AS MUCH FEDERAL MONEY
AS WE CAN -- WE ALSO CAN AGREE
THAT WE WANT TO MOVE AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE ON INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS THAT ARE GOOD FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES AND GOOD FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT HOWEVER I
THINK THAT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSING HERE SUGGEST THAT THE
BEST WAY TO GET THIS DONE IS
TO UNDERMINE THE VERY LAWS THAT
THE LEGISLATURE HAS WRITTEN
THAT HELP DETERMINE THE SH AND
AND SHAPE THE PROJECTS THAT
WE INDEED CALL GOOD IT'S A
FALSE PREMISE WHAT IS LACKING
FROM THIS CONVERSATION OUR
EFFORTS AND INVESTMENTS IN
EARLY AND THOUGHTFUL PLANNING
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
THAT ARE SO OFTEN THE KEY
TO SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS THE
PROPOSAL'S LACK INVESTMENT IN
OUR PERMITTING AGENCIES AND AS
WE HEARD ALSO FOR OUR OUR OUR
COURTS WOULD LIKE THAT THE THE
THE THE INVESTMENTS THERE AS
WELL -- WE NEED TO GET IN THE
STAFF IN THE CAPACITY TO PERMIT
AND ALSO TO DO THE JUDICIAL
REVIEWS THE PACKAGE SOUNDS THE
MESSAGE THAT THE KEY TO GETTING
KEY PROJECTS DONE IS TO LET
AGENCY STAFF MAKE DECISIONS
OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD LIMIT JUDICIAL SCRUTINY
OF HUGE COMPLEX PROJECTS
TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR SMALL
ORGANIZATIONS WITH LIMITED
RESOURCES TO ENGAGE IN SYKORA
ENFORCEMENT ALL OF THIS SOUNDS
LIKE A CALIFORNIA THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO BE WITH THAT
SAID I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION I'LL
ASK THEM HERE IF I MAY UM
TO SECRETARY CROWFOOT YOU
STATED THAT THE PACKAGE IS
IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVING OUR
CLIMATE GOALS ARE YET I SAW
IN THIS PROPOSAL -- THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE THESE
PROJECTS TO BE BENEFICIAL AT
THE -- FROM THE CLIMATE LANDS
FOR EXAMPLE THE THE ELIGIBLE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
GOALS ONE OF THOSE GOALS IS TO
IMPROVE SAFETY OFTEN HIGHWAY
WIDENING PROJECTS ARE OFTEN
ARGUED AS SAFETY PROJECTS
WIDENING OUR FREEWAYS IS
HARDLY IN LINE WITH OUR CLIMATE
GOALS HOW DOES THIS DO SO THE
FIRST QUESTION THIS COULD BE
PROVIDED LATER SO HOW DOES THIS
PROPOSAL ENSURE THAT ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS ACTUALLY REDUCE GHG
EMISSIONS OR IMPROVE ADAPTATION
ANOTHER QUESTION IS HOW DOES
THIS PROPOSAL RESTRICTED
DIGITAL STREAMLINING BENEFITS
TO PROJECTS THAT DO NOT
ADVERSELY IMPACT DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES I KNOW THAT THERE
ARE THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS
ARE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT JUSTICE
FORTY PRINCIPLES A TO IT
BUT IT THE DRESS E.
J.
CONCERNS BUT JUST JUST FORTY
IS ABOUT IMPROVING INVESTMENTS
AND DECISION MAKING PROCESSES
TO BETTER INCORPORATE
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES IT'S
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXCUSE
TO UNDERMINE LAWS THAT PROTECT
COMMUNITIES BASICALLY IF
WE HAVE A DASHBOARD SHOWING
WHERE INVESTMENTS ARE MADE IT
SIMPLY ISN'T THE SAME A SEQUEL
MORE SPECIFICALLY REGARDING
WAREHOUSES WAREHOUSES AND
BUILDINGS WAREHOUSES THIS
WAS TOUCHED ON BY SOME OF THE
PANELISTS HOW CAN WE ENSURE
THAT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
WE TALKED ABOUT -- CENTRAL
VALLEY BUT THE INLAND EMPIRE
IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE THESE
COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES
THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE
CAPACITY TO ENGAGE WITH
THE LOCAL AGENCIES TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE NOT SUBJECTED
TO PROJECTS BEING FORCED
INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
IN MY DISTRICT WE'VE SEEN
THIS WITH WAREHOUSES THEY
POSE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC
HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES
AND I FEAR THAT ACTION TAKEN
THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION'S
PROPOSALS MAY LEAD TO FURTHER
ABUSE SO THE QUESTION WOULD
BE WHAT IS THE RESPONSE TO
THESE CAN COULD CONCERNS THAT
WITHOUT A DOUBT ARE GOING
TO AFFECT THE MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED AND THAT I REPRESENT
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ADDIS WELL FIRST OF ALL I
WANNA THANK YOU EACH FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY AND I SHARE THE
CONCERN OF THAT THE TRIBES
AREN'T REPRESENTED HERE TODAY
THAT WE'RE NOT ABOUT TO HEAR
FROM THEM AND THAT'S HEARING
I'M I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO
SOMETHING WE HEARD SHOULD --
IN THE JUDICIAL REVIEW PORTION
BUT ASK OUR ATTORNEY -- HIS
THINKING BECAUSE -- THIS TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY DAYS WHEN
FEASIBLE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE
WITH SYKORA I'M WONDERING IF --
THERE HAVE BEEN ARGUMENTS THAT
HAVE EXTENDED TO THE PROCESS
WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN FEASIBLE
TO ME THAT SEEMS AND I THINK IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE ANALYSIS
THAT WE COULD EXTEND THE
PROCESS INADVERTENTLY WHEN WE
GET INTO THESE ARGUMENTS ABOUT
WHEN FEASIBLE THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION I'VE HAD CASES THAT
WERE RESOLVED MORE QUICKLY THAN
THAT IN CASES IT TOOK A LOT
LONGER THAN THAT I MEAN THERE'S
A COUPLE OF FACTORS THAT
DETERMINE LISTEN BY VIEW WHAT
IS FEASIBLE ONE IS HOW LONG
DOES IT TAKE TO PREPARE THE
RECORD OF AND THAT'S A WHOLE
DIFFERENT TOPIC WE COULD TALK
ABOUT -- YOU KNOW ANOTHER CAJUN
BUT IF IT'S TRUE IT CAN TAKE
NINE MONTHS OR LONGER FOR THE
AGENCY TO PREPARE THE RECORD
WHERE EVERYONE'S JUST SITTING
AROUND WE'RE NOT WRITING
BRIEFS WERE JUST WAITING OF
ONCE THE RECORD IS COMPLETED
THEN THAT TRIGGERS A BRIEFING
SCHEDULE OFTEN BOTH SIDES WANT
EXTENSIONS IN THE BRIEFING
PEOPLE ARE BUSY AND SOMETIMES
IT'S HARD TO DEAL WITH THE
ISSUES AND THIRTY DAYS AND THEN
YOU'VE GOT THE COURTS SCHEDULE
WHEN THE COURTS ARE CROWDED IN
SECRET CASES DO HAVE PRIORITY
RIGHT NOW IN THE CIVIL COURTS
BUT -- OF SOMETIMES YOU JUST
HAVE TO WAIT TO YOUR TURN COMES
UP SO -- YES I THINK IT'S IT'S
EASY UNDER THE CURRENT REGIME
TO GO OVER TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY
DAYS THROUGH APPEAL AND WHAT'S
FEASIBLE OR NOT I'M NOT SURE
THAT YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A BRIGHT
LINE THAT SAYS HERE IT IS IN
HERE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU NEED
TO LOOK AT THE FACTORS IN THE
CASE INCLUDING HOW BIG IS THE
RECORD AND HOW CROWDED IS COURT
THANK YOU BEFORE IT OUT I
MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS FROM
OTHER MEMBERS I WANT TO
PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION BOB TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT MEMBERS
HAD ASKED AND IF WE COULD
MAYBE SPLIT THE SEATS FOR
NOW I MEAN WE STILL WANT THIS
PANEL TO BE HERE BUT MAYBE
AND AFTER THEY ANSWER AFTER
YOU ANSWER THEN WE'LL MOVE
ON I HAVE A LIST OF MEMBERS
THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO ASK
QUESTIONS THANK OKAY THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR I THINK WHAT
WE'LL DO -- IF I CAN MAKE THE
SECRETARY'S BACK UP HERE PLEASE
I THINK WE'LL START UP BY MAYBE
AND HOPEFULLY THAT YOU'LL HEAR
SUPPORT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
-- THERE'S A BUNCH OF FOLKS I
KNOW IN THE AUDIENCE YES AFTER
THIS WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC
HIGH AND IT WILL DEFINITELY
WANT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY I'M
FROM MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE
TO ALSO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS
THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE THAT
-- SO I THINK WHAT I WANT TO
DO IS MAYBE JUST START WITH
THE THE PROCESS OBVIOUSLY THE
GOVERNOR APPOINTED THE MAYOR
BEER AGO SO JUST TO TO --
CLEAR UP ANY MISCONCEPTIONS
HERE MAYOR OF YEAR AGO SAID
TODAY YOU'RE A LONG TOUR OF
THE STATE WITH THOUSANDS OF
STAKEHOLDERS WHEN THE GOVERNOR
SPEAKS TO WEAR THESE PROPOSALS
CAME FROM THEY CAME FROM YOUR
DISTRICTS AND AND MANY OF
THE STAKEHOLDERS WE SEE HERE
THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH
-- OBVIOUSLY THE IDEA THAT WE
HAVEN'T MET WITH STAKEHOLDERS
IS IS INACCURATE WE IN FACT
HAVE AND -- SO I JUST WANT TO
BE CLEAR ON THAT AND ALSO --
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE ARE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES
WHICH WE DO USE THE TRAILER
BILL PROCESS AND COMPLETELY
UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEED FOR
ANALYSIS AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS
BUT ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'VE
NEVER USED THIS TRAILER BILL A
PROCESS FOR ITEMS OR PRIORITIES
SO THANK ALL OF THOSE ARE JUST
SUPER IMPORTANT MISCONCEPTIONS
THAT I JUST REALLY WANT TO
CLARIFY ON THE -- I'M GONNA
TURN IT OVER AND IN ONE MOMENT
TO THE SECRETARY'S BUT THIS
IDEA OF THE WHERE FEASIBLE
AND I EVEN INVITE THE JUDGE TO
COME BACK UP IT IS ABSOLUTELY
JUDICIAL DISCRETION MISTER
COFFEE CAN SPEAK TO THIS MORE
SO THERE'S TWO THINGS ONE
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS
ALREADY MADE A COMMITMENT TO
THIS TRAINING THAT WE'VE HEARD
A LOT ABOUT SO THAT WE GET THE
EXPERTISE THE STATE GOVERNMENT
THE ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATURE
NEVER TOLD THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
WHERE TO PUT THEIR RESOURCES
FOR THE EXACT REASON THAT THE
JUDGE REFERRED TO WHICH IS
DIFFERENT COURTS NEED DIFFERENT
RESOURCES SO WANT TO JUST
CLARIFY THAT AND THEN BE REALLY
SPECIFIC TO THE ATTORNEY HERE
THAT OF COURSE WHERE FEASIBLE
IS NOT TO HERMAN BY THE
ADMINISTRATION IT IS IN FACT A
TERMIN BY THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
AND FINALLY BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER TO SECRETARY CROWFOOT JUST
ON THIS IDEA OF WHICH PROJECTS
WE -- SPECIFICALLY TRIED TO
LIMIT THE IDEA OF THE PROJECT
SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE THAT
THERE WOULD BE TEN PROJECTS FOR
WATER TEN FOR TRANSPORTATION
SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE COULD
GET INPUT FROM THE LEGISLATURE
USE THINGS LIKE CAPS I WHICH
THE LEGISLATURE HAS SPOKEN A
LOT TO US ABOUT IN THE PAST SO
WE ARE IN FACT TRYING TO REALLY
LIMIT THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD
BE SUBJECT TO THESE BENEFITS
BY BEING REALLY MINDFUL OF
PREVIOUS STATE LAWS SO I HOPE
THAT CLARIFIES SOME OF THE
PREVIOUS STATEMENTS MADE AND
WITH THAT WOULD LOVE FOR --
SECRETARY CROWFOOT I THINK
CAN ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
ADDITIONALLY MISTER BENNETT
ON MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS
AND THE URGENCY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER REYES WHO I KNOW IS IN
HERE I'D LOVE TO ANSWER IF --
SECRETARY -- MUCH SHOCKING CAN
ANSWER THE HIGHWAY WIDENING
AND -- THE OTHER TWO PIECE
OF CLARIFICATION I PROMISE
YOU I'M ALMOST DONE THERE
IS NO WAREHOUSE PROVISIONS
ANYWHERE IN THESE LAWS NOTHING
WHATSOEVER NO WAREHOUSE
IS SUBJECT TO ANY OF THESE
BENEFITS -- AND THEN SECOND
AT A CLARIFICATION ON JUSTICE
FORTY JUSTICE FORTY THE FEDERAL
LAW THAT REQUIRES US TO ACCOUNT
FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS
IN FACT BASED ON THE CALLIN
VIRUS SCREEN OF SECRETARY --
IF JANA GARCIA WERE SECRETARY
ANA GARCIA WERE HERE SHE WOULD
SPEAK TO THAT SO IT IS IN
FACT IN BEDDED INTO EVERYTHING
WE'RE DOING AND TO SECRETARY
CRAWFORD'S EARLIER POINT THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE STRIKE TEAM
THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS DIRECTED
WILL NOT ONLY MAINTAIN THAT
FOR AT LEAST FORTY PERCENT
AND THE STATE WILL GO ABOVE
THAT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE
IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
WEST APPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS
BUT WE WILL ACTUALLY GO ABOVE
THAT SO I ALSO JUST SAY THAT
THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS ON
JUSTICE FORTY IN FACT ARE ARE
ARE NOT ACCURATE SO WITH THAT
SECRETARY JUST ON THE ON THE
MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS THE
WATER SPECIFICALLY AND THEN TO
SECRETARY ON THE SHOCK AND I
THINK ON THE HIGHWAY WIDENING
-- AND THEN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
WE CAN ANSWER I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT MADAM SURE THANK
YOU I'LL JUST BE SUPER BRIEF WE
WE VERY MUCH VALUE THE WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH
STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING WHEN WE
DON'T FIND OURSELVES AGREEING
WITH EACH OTHER I'M SO WE HAVE
NOT HAD AN STARTED DIALOGUE
WITH STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING
I THINK FOR THE FIVE -- FOLKS
TESTIFYING HERE TODAY I'M TO
BETTER SHARE OUR PERSPECTIVE
IN TERMS OF THE INTENT OF THIS
PROPOSAL OR THESE PROPOSALS
AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING
THEIR CONCERNS SO THAT
DIALOGUE IS AS BEEN HELPFUL
AND I'LL BE BRIEF AS WELL
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER WHO
ACTS THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
-- CACTI IN THE HIGHLY --
COMPONENT OF THIS A OF STATE
THESE PROPOSALS ARE NOT IN
ANY WAY INTENDED TO SKIRT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS SEES
THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRICED AS A
STATE THIS IS ABOUT LOOKING ON
OUR EXISTING PROCESSES TO SEE
WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVEMENT
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE
STATE A SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
WE WILL NOT MOVE AWAY FROM
ESPECIALLY IN THE STAGE THAT
WE'RE IN TODAY AS IT RELATES
TO ISSUES AROUND EQUITY WE
WILL NOT BE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE
SKIRTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCESS OR STAKEHOLDER
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
SPECIFICALLY TO ISSUES AROUND
THE HIGHWAY WIDENING -- AND
ITS RELATION TO CACTI --
THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WE ADOPT THIS AS A STATE
OF ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO
IT IS THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR
WORK IN TRANSPORTATION TODAY
ACROSS THE BOARD FROM THE
AGENCY ACOSTA ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO CALTRANS ANY OTHER
DEPARTMENTS IF THERE'S A
SAFETY PROJECT OR ANY TYPE OF
-- MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT
SOMEHOW WILL PROPOSE A WIDENING
IF YOU WILL WE WILL LOOK TO
MAKE SURE THAT IT ADDRESSES THE
VMT CONCERNS OR GHG CONCERNS
THAT WERE ALL SO FOCUSED ON
TODAY SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DO
A SAFETY PROJECT THAT'S GOING
TO CREATE YOU KNOW THESE
EXPONENTIAL INCREASES IN V.
M.
T.
OR G.
H.
G.
THEY WERE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT
CAP TIE IS THE GUIDE TO POLICY
DOCUMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENT IN THE STATE RIGHT
NOW IT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE
CDC I SIGNED OFF ON WHAT ELSE
CALTRANS DIRECTOR BEFORE I
BECAME SECRETARY IT'S THE WAY
WE DO OUR WORK TODAY UP SO JUST
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE
NOT GOING TO BE -- WIDENING
THE HIGHWAYS AND SKIRTING
THE ENVIRONMENT A PROCESS OR
NOT LISTENING TO COMMUNITIES
MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THESE
PROPOSALS THANK YOU THANK YOU
FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS
I HAVE MINIATURE FIGURE JUST
FOLLOW UP VERY BRIEFLY AT
A BUT WE HAVE A I HAVE OKAY
MEMBERS -- BUT I'LL ADD YOU
TO THE LIST OF I HAVE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HEART SPUR AND PELLERIN
-- IF WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HURT THANK
YOU HAVE HERE -- APPRECIATE
A SIGNATURE ON THE SECONDS IT
EXPLANATION ABOUT THE CAPITAL
I ISSUES YOU KNOW THERE ARE
THERE ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF THE
QUESTION YOU KNOW HOW WITH THE
PRINCIPLES THAT YOU CAN USE
TO EVALUATE PROJECTS -- WHICH
ASPECT OF THESE PRINCIPLES
WARRANT STREAMLINED JUDICIAL
REVIEW WHAT PROJECTS HIS
ADMINISTRATION HAVE PLANNED
THE PLIGHT OF ONE OF THESE
PRINCIPLES AND WHERE ARE THEY
AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW MANY
LAYERS OF QUESTIONS DON'T
EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER THOSE
KIND OF QUESTIONS TODAY BUT
BUT I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE
PROCESS AND THE CHALLENGE I
APPRECIATE DEEPLY WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO BECAUSE S.
-- OUR COLLEAGUE VENTURA SPOKE
TO YOU KNOW THAT THE MOMENT
REQUIRES URGENCY AND THIS IS
A BIG DEAL AND WE NEED TO MOVE
MORE QUICKLY THAN THE STATUS
QUO LIVES AND YET YOU KNOW
FOLKS ARE REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND
IT'S UNCERTAIN WHAT THAT MEANS
I I DO AND I MENTIONED THIS
YESTERDAY I THINK IT'S OUT
TODAY AND I HEAR FROM OTHER
PEOPLE OR SPECIFICITY ABOUT
THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS ARE
PROPOSING TO DO THIS WHICH
WOULD RELIEVE THE TENSION TO
A LARGE EXTENT WITH A FOCUS
THE THE STAKEHOLDERS ON THE
ISSUES THAT ARE MOST URGENT AND
IMPERATIVE AND WOULD FRANKLY
LET US ALL YOU KNOW FOCUS IN
ON THE REALISTIC WORK THAT
YOU CAN DO IT AND I APPRECIATE
WHAT SECRETARY CROWFOOT SAID
ABOUT THE URGENCY OF THE DIRECT
RESPONSE IN THE SITUATION THAT
WE WERE IN AND HOW IT'S HARD
TO NEAR THAT LENS BECAUSE THE
IMPACTS WERE PROFOUND -- BUT WE
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREATH
THANKFULLY NATURE HELPED OUT
AND WE'VE GOT ALL THAT MORE
WATER AND I JUST THINK YOU KNOW
TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND TO GET
EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE TO
MAKE THE PROGRESS THAT WE NEED
TO DO WE NEED TO BE MORE CLEAR
ABOUT WHAT IT IS SPECIFICALLY
WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND I THINK
THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE
WELL SERVED BY DOING THAT
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER SPUR
OKAY I WAS GONNA SAY A LOT OF
THINGS THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HART SAID SO I'M NOT GONNA
REPEAT THAT -- I DID HAVE A
QUESTION FOR MR PETTIT AND
THAT'S RELATED TO THE -- THE
PORTION OF THE PROPOSAL RELATED
TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
-- IF IS YOUR PARDON SIR AND
RELATED TO THAT PART OF THE
PROPOSAL -- AND I HAVE SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT THE ELIMINATION
OF THE INTERNAL LIKE TRONIC
RECORDS I THINK IT SORT OF CUTS
IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS --
IF THAT PART WAS ELIMINATED
-- CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR SENSE
OF THE REST OF THE PROPOSAL I
KNOW THAT THAT'S A BIG CHUNK
OF IT BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER
PARTS OF THAT PROPOSAL I'M
JUST WONDERING -- IF YOU GIVE
ME YOUR SENSE OF YOUR VIEWS
ON THAT I THINK THAT IF THAT
PART IF THE RECORD I'M SORRY
THE EMAIL STUFF WERE CUT OUT
-- I WOULD STILL HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE SCOPE OF PROJECTS
THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE SPEED
UP OF WHO WOULD PAY FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD -- AS --
HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY OTHERS
THE LACK OF SPECIFICITY ABOUT
WHICH PROJECTS WERE TALKING
ABOUT -- THERE'S AN ISSUE
THAT WAS ALLUDED TO EARLIER
-- THAT -- YOU KNOW AB NINE
HUNDRED OF WHICH STARTED A
LOT OF THE SPEED OF STUFF
DID HAVE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO IT
WHICH ARE PRESENT HERE NEW
MINISTRATION SAID WELL YOU
DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT SO AS
A PRIVATE PROJECTS BUT WHERE
THE ADMINISTRATION AND YET
YOU KNOW AND IN MY EXPERIENCE
EVERY PROJECT PROPONENT
EVERYONE SAYS MY PROJECT IS A
GREAT PROJECT EVERYONE'S GOING
TO BE HEALTHY IT'S GOING TO
HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND YOU
KNOW WHAT SOMETIMES THAT'S
NOT TRUE AND WITHOUT A ROBUST
SEQUEL PROCESS OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I REPRESENT ARE NEVER
GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT
WHETHER THAT'S TRUE OR NOT
YEAH I GUESS I GUESS
I'M I THINK THAT
THAT'S GREAT THANK YOU
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PELLERIN
THANK YOU I AM THIS ONE AND MY
VOICE TO ECHO WHAT GREG HART
SAID MY COLLEAGUE AND I'M SURE
OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID AND
YESTERDAY AS WELL THE WATER
PARKS AND WILDLIFE HEARING
THAT THIS IS A CONCERNING
PROCESS FOR ME I'M A LITTLE
ON THE POLICY AND THERE'S A
LOT OF THESE ARE VERY COMPLEX
COMPLICATED ISSUES THAT DO
REQUIRE TIME AND ATTENTION AND
I DO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF
ALL THIS BUT -- OUR DEMOCRACY
BASICALLY CALLS UPON US AS
LEGISLATORS TO GO THROUGH A
PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS WHERE
ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE PLENTY
OF TIME TO REVIEW THE PROPOSALS
SUBMIT TESTIMONY AND I'M VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE THEM FROM
INFORMATION HEARINGS I WAS
THOUGHT TO THE WATER PARK MY
LEG YESTERDAY AND I'M SORRY I
MISSED A LOT OF THIS TODAY BUT
-- THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE
THE STATE AND WE NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER AND I DO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THEM GO THROUGH
THE REGULAR PROCESS WHERE WE
HAVE HEARINGS AND EVERYONE HAS
A CHANCE TO TESTIFY SO JUST
WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THAT
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BENNETT
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
THAT I WELCOME HEARING -- BIG
BECAUSE AS AS EVER AS I'VE
COME OUT OF EACH OF THESE
HEARINGS AS I'VE HEARD FROM
PEOPLE I CERTAINLY HEARD FROM
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO FELT LIKE THEY HAD NOT BEEN
REACHED OUT TO AT ALL AND WITH
REGARD TO YESTER WAS A YEAR
LONG PROCESS WITH THE FORMER
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA BUT IT WAS
A PROCESS TO SORT OF FORMULATE
HOW THESE PROPOSALS ARE
GOING TO COME FORWARD AS HE'S
PROPOSAL COMING FORWARD THE
FACT THAT SOME SOME SIGNIFICANT
OPPONENTS SAY COLORS FELT
COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED -- IS
HURTING OUR ABILITY I THINK
TO KEEP US WE'LL GET WITH THAT
BALANCE BETWEEN URGENCY AND
APPROPRIATENESS IN TERMS OF A
PROCESSING CENTER SO THAT'S WHY
I REALLY WELCOME THE FACT THAT
THAT THAT THAT HELPS AND THAT
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED WE NEED
IF IT'S THIS IMPORTANT THAT IT
NEEDS BOTH -- OF RESPONSIVENESS
AND ENGAGEMENT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADDIS WELL
THANKS FOR COMING BACK UP HERE
AND MISS MILLER I I ACTUALLY
THINK -- I KNOW YOUR STATEMENT
WAS MEANT TO NORMALIZE THE
TRAILER BILL PROCESS I THINK
YOU ACTUALLY HIT THE NAIL ON
THE HEAD OF THE PROBLEM THAT
WAS SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE
WE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE USING
THE TRAILER BILL PROCESS I
THINK THAT'S THE FRUSTRATION
-- HEARING NOT JUST FROM --
THOSE UP HERE ON THE DÍAS BUT
YOU'LL PROBABLY HEARING PUBLIC
COMMENT ALTHOUGH I CAN'T SPEAK
FOR PEOPLE AND SO WE'RE JUST
REALLY ASKS THAT YOU CONSIDER
THAT WHEN YOU'RE NORMALIZING
THAT PROCESS FOR SOMETHING THAT
HASN'T THIS MUCH AMOUNT OF FACT
ON COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ALL
COMMUNITIES OF CALIFORNIA --
I THOUGHT THIS IS REALLY NOT
THE PROCESS TO DO THAT AND
THEN US SECRETARY CROWFOOT I
KNOW YOU'RE GOOD AT STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU CAME TO
MY DISTRICT AND YOU DID SOME
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THERE
I HAVE NEVER MET A CONSTITUENT
OUTSIDE OF A GOVERNMENT WORKER
WHO SAID THAT NO WE DON'T
WANNA SEE INTERNAL GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATIONS SO I'M REALLY
INTERESTED ABOUT THE CONTOUR
OF US WHO THE STAKEHOLDERS
ARE THAT ARE SAYING PLEASE
LIMIT THE PUBLIC RECORD
YEAH I'M GONNA TRY IF I
UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION
CORRECTLY YOU'RE ASKING THE
GENESIS OF THE PROPOSAL FROM
OUR AGENCY I'M ASKING I THINK
I'M HEARING FROM THE PANEL
OR FROM SOME OF THE ON THE
PANEL THAT YOU DID A LOT OF
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU
DEVELOP THESE PROPOSALS BASED
ON STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT THIS
IS WHAT STAKEHOLDERS WANT THAT
YOU WENT TO OUR DISTRICTS THAT
YOU TALKED OUR CONSTITUENTS
I'M SAYING NEVER IN MY LIFE
OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE I
HAD A STAKEHOLDERS SAY TO ME
PLEASE LET MEANT THE PUBLIC
RECORD RIGHT SO I'M JUST
WONDERING LIKE WHERE IS THIS
COMING FROM IF IT'S COMING
FROM MY CONSTITUENTS I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW YEAH SO LET ME
BE CLEAR THAT THAT PROPOSAL
IS GENERATED FROM A QUESTION
OF HOW CAN WE HELP THE SEQUEL
PROCESS GET ADJUDICATED EARLY
BUT MORE QUICKLY SO WE CAN
BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE
DESPERATELY NEED I'M NOT EVERY
LETTER OF EVERY PROPOSAL WAS
A DIRECT -- RECOMMENDATION
FROM A CONSTITUENT BUT I CAN
TELL YOU I HAVE GREAT FAITH
IN MY COLLEAGUES AT WORK TO
MOVE PROJECTS THROUGH THE
PROCESS IN A FAIR WAY AND THE
STATUS QUO IS BROKEN I THINK
EVERYBODY EITHER PUBLICLY OR
QUIETLY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
AND THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR HAVE SIGNED LAWS
THAT SET CLIMATE TARGETS THAT
ARE UNREALISTIC UNLESS WE
CHANGE THE PROCESS SO WE HAVE
MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO
IDENTIFY WAYS TO STREAMLINE
OR ACCELERATE THE ADJUDICATION
OF SEQUEL LAWSUITS THAT'S
THAT'S THE GOAL AND WE HAVE
BEEN CIRCLE AROUND THIS ISSUE
FOR YEARS AND -- THE STATUS
QUO IS A POLICY CHOICE BUT
I DON'T THINK IT'S A POLICY
CHOICE THAT WE CAN MAKE IF
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MEET
THE TARGETS WE PASSED IN THE
LOCK SO IT'S JUST I I SAY THIS
AS AS AS CANDIDLY AND GENUINELY
AS THEY CAN THAT THESE THESE
ARE PROPOSALS COME FROM YOU
KNOW WELL MEANING COLLEAGUES
AND ARE AGENCIES THAT WANT TO
DELIVER ON THE TARGETS THAT
ARE PART POLICYMAKERS HAVE SAT
ENTER HAVE ON OUR QUE HAN SO
WE WERE HAPPEN ASSEMBLYMEMBER
HOOVER AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO
PUBLIC COMMENT WE WE DEFINITELY
WANT TO HEAR FROM ON THOSE IN
THE AUDIENCE I THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR I'LL JUST TOUCH QUICKLY
ON THE ELECTRONIC RECORD PIECE
BECAUSE IT'S COME UP A COUPLE
TIMES I LEFT PRACTICE OVER A
DECADE AGO MAYBE MORE AND EVEN
THEN THE TOOLS TO GET EMAIL
CONTENT TOGETHER TO DELIVER
WERE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD
AND QUICK I IMAGINE IN THE
DECADE SINCE I'VE BEEN A LAWYER
THEY'VE IMPROVED EXPONENTIALLY
AND I THINK THAT THE SO I JUST
DON'T SEE HOW FAST THE TIMES IS
GETTING THOSE EMAILS WHICH ARE
DONE THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS
PREPARED IS WHAT IS STOPPING
SPEAKER FOR MOVING QUICKLY
SEEMS IRRATIONAL TO ME HAVING
PRACTICED LAW AND I KNOW THAT I
AM GETTING HEAD SHAKES FROM THE
OTHER WILL DIE S.
-- AND IN ADDITION I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EVEN IF
EMAILS WERE NOT DELIVERED TO
THE ENTIRE BODY WHICH IS WHAT
THIS REQUIRES ABSOLUTE COULD
WADE INTO THE DECISION IF
DELIVERED TO A MINORITY OF THE
BODY TO MAKE THE DECISION SO
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE
DECISIONS HOW THEY'RE MADE
THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE INTEGRAL
TO IT -- AND SO I THINK IT IS
A KEY POINT THAT WE'RE MAKING
HERE -- BUT I REALLY WOULDN'T
EVEN OPPORTUNITY AND PROBABLY
TO THE SECRETARIAL BOTH THE
SECRETARIES AND THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF COMMENTS MADE ABOUT NOT
ENGAGING TRIBAL CALIFORNIANS
AND I WANTED I'M I KNOW THAT
IT IS A HUGE COMMITMENT OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION AND I DID
WANT TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DRESS THAT BECAUSE I IMAGINE
THAT HAPPENED -- AND SO WANTED
TO DO THAT BUT I DID I ALSO
BEFORE THAT WANTED TO SAY
THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
BROUGHT UP YESTERDAY I THINK
RELATES EQUALLY TO THE SICK
WERE PROPOSALS IS THIS QUESTION
RYAN ADDRESSED AS SOMEONE THAT
I KNOW THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
INCREDIBLY DEDICATED TO AND
I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT
THESE PROPOSALS OUTLAST THIS
ADMINISTRATION SO EVEN IF WE
TRUST THIS ADMINISTRATION TO
TAKE THIS COMMUNITIES INTO
CONSIDERATION EVERY SINGLE
DAY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
THERE IS NO SUNSET ON THESE
BILLS AND SO WE DO NOT KNOW
THAT THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION
WOULD DO THE SAME THING AND
SO IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
THAT THAT BE IN STATUTE
RATHER THAN JUST A COMMITMENT
OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH
I TRUST YOU TO UPHOLD BUT
WE CAN'T TRUST TO WE DON'T
KNOW TO COME IN THE FUTURE
SO BUT IF YOU WANT TO
ADDRESS THE TRIBAL QUESTION
YEAH I WOULD I WOULD -- I WOULD
FIRST JUST SHARE SOMETHING
THAT I DIDN'T SHARE BEFORE
WHICH IS WE HAVE CREATED A
OR ESTABLISHED OR UPDATED
I SHOULD SAY OUR STATES ARE
CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGY
AND THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE
LAW I IT'S OR AGENCY LEAD THAT
PROCESS AND I'M REALLY PROUD
OF THE UPDATE THAT WAS RELEASED
LAST YEAR AND IN A SENSE
FOURTH SIX FUNDAMENTAL PRESSED
PRINCIPLES FIRST AND FOREMOST
IS PRIORITIZE THOSE COMMUNITIES
MOST VULNERABLE SO I JUST WANT
TO REMIND US THAT -- THAT OUR
POLICY AND OUR FOCUS IS I'M
PUTTING IN PLACE WHAT WE NEED
TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES AND REMIND US ALL
THAT LIKE ACT TAKING ACTION
IS ALL ABOUT PROTECTING THESE
COMMUNITIES AND WE SAW THIS
WITH PAPAROA AND PLAN NOT A AND
OTHER PLACES THAT THESE IMPACTS
ARE HITTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE
FIRST SO I SHARE THAT WITH --
YEAH BECAUSE I I DIDN'T INCLUDE
THAT -- PRIOR TO THIS AYE
YOU'RE RIGHT WE'RE VERY PROUD
OF OUR TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT AND
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBES
BOTH ACKNOWLEDGING PAST WRONGS
AND REALLY INSTITUTIONALIZING
MORE CONSULTATION AND TRIBAL
PARTNERSHIPS MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT YOU KNOW GOVERNMENT A
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION IS NOT
BUILT IN TO THAT LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS NOR THE BUDGET PROCESS
AND SO WE'RE SUBMITTING --
PROPOSALS INTO THIS PROCESS
-- CERTAINLY AS WE DEVELOP
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS WHETHER
THEY'RE FUNDING PROGRAMS
OR WHAT HAVE YOU WE ARE FOR
GOING THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT
A GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION
PROCESS AND A PRODUCT THAT
MADAM CHAIR DID YOU WANT ANY
OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERED OUR
I'M YEAH I THINK I'M GONNA GO
I HAVE A TWO MORE MEMBERS YOU
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER POPPING SO I
JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS -- I
CONCUR THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT
A GREAT BURDEN AND IT DOES
CAUSE CONCERN AS IT RELATES TO
TRANSPARENCY AS WE HEARD FROM
ONE OF THE WITNESSES TODAY
THERE ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE
MADE ALL ALONG THE WAY SO YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC
MIGHT THINK WHY WON'T YOU LET
ME SEE THESE RECORDS THIS IS
WHAT WENT INTO THE DECISION
MAKING PROCESS AND WHILE WE
MAY HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
WERE LISTENING AND I THINK THAT
IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS
TO SEE HOW YOU WOULD LISTEN TO
AND SOME OF THOSE RECORDS WILL
REFLECT HOW YOU WOULD LISTEN
TO SO I DON'T I'M NOT SURE I
RECOGNIZE THE STATUS QUO BUT
I THINK NOWADAYS THINGS ARE
PRETTY EFFICIENT WE CAN WE CAN
WE CAN DO IT -- SO I'M NOT SO
PERSUADED THAT THAT CHANGES
HOW EFFICIENT WE CAN BE I'M
AND I WANT TO TACK ON TO THAT
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW IN
TRAILER BILL RIGHT WRONG OR
INDIFFERENT IS THE BIG THING IS
A IT IS -- BIG CONCEPTUALLY IT
IS BIG PHILOSOPHICALLY AND YOU
CAN HEAR THESE PEOPLE MAKE A
LIVING BY BEING REPRESENTATIVES
OF THEIR VARIOUS DISTRICTS
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S
NOT WITHSTANDING THE URGENCY
I THANK YOU MISS MILLER FOR
SHAKING HER HEAD -- IT DOES
SEEM LIKE THERE IS SOME SOME
CIRCUMVENTING OF THAT PROCESS
SO YOU WANT TALK ABOUT PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT THESE PEOPLE WANT TO
BE ENGAGED BECAUSE WE'RE HERE
IS OUR DISTRICTS SENT US HERE
TO ENGAGE AND TO ENGAGE FULLY
AND ROBUSTLY NOT WITHSTANDING
THE URGENCY SO THANK YOU FOR ME
ON THAT AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD
TO THAT HEY WHY DON'T YOU LET
US SEE THE DISCUSSIONS ALONG
THE WAY BY EMAILS I'M READY TO
LISTEN THANK YOU SOME MEMBER
ALOT MR KALVI CARESS DO YOU
WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS
QUESTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD AND SPECIFICALLY AND
WHY ARE WE MAKING THE CASE
THAT ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
IS A BURDEN THAT AND IF WE
ADDRESSED IF ADDRESSED IN THIS
WAY COULD HELP ADJUDICATION
ADJUDICATE LITIGATION MORE
QUICKLY YES HAPPY TO ADDRESS
THOSE QUESTIONS -- I WILL SAY
THAT AT MISTER PETTIT AND I
HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE
FOR MANY MANY YEARS I THINK
WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES
AS PRACTITIONERS AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE YOU'RE AT THE MEMBERS
EXPERIENCES MAY BE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT AS WELL IN TERMS
OF THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO
ASSEMBLE THESE RECORDS IN MY
PRACTICE I HAVE FOUND THAT
A BIG CHUNK ACTUALLY OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD DOES
CONSTITUTE THOSE INTERNAL
AGENCY EMAILS ONE EXAMPLE
WAS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY
PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE RECORD
INVOLVED INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL
INTERNAL EMAILS THE REASON
THAT THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE
FOR A TIME ISSUE TOTALLY AGREE
THE ELECTRONIC MAIL IS CAN
BE FAIRLY EASY TO IMPORTANT
EXPORT THE ISSUE THOUGH IS
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THEY ARE
INTERNAL AGENCY EMAILS EACH ONE
NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED CAREFULLY
OR ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE
AND DELIBERATIVE PROCESS
PRIVILEGES SO IT AND THAT IS
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION
OF WHAT AN AGENCY DOES AND THAT
DOES TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF TIME ON THE ISSUE THAT
WAS RAISED ABOUT IN I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT THE COMMENT
THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL HEARD AS
PART OF THE PROCESS AND THAT IS
BUILT INTO THE SEQUEL PROCESS
PARTICULARLY ON THE REQUIREMENT
THE AGENCIES PROVIDE RESPONSES
TO THOSE COMMENTS THAT THEY
HEAR FROM FROM THE PUBLIC AND
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE M.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT SEQUEL
REQUIRES AT LEAST AGENCIES
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO ITS
CONSTITUENCY AND SO THINGS LIKE
THE NOTICES THINGS LIKE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS ALL
OF THE TECHNICAL STUDIES ALL
OF THE RESPONSES TO COMMENTS
ALL OF THE WRITTEN FINDINGS
ALL OF THOSE THINGS DEFINITELY
REMAIN IN THE WRITTEN RECORD
THAT GOES IN FRONT OF IT AT
THE COURT LAST THING I'LL SAY
IS IN RESPONSE TO STAKEHOLDER
COMMENTS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE HEARD IN THE CONTEXT OF SEEK
WHAT IS DON'T TAKE AWAY OUR
PUBLIC PROCESS DON'T TRY TO
-- IT PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS DON'T
I TRIED TO CUT OUT PIECES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FROM THE
FROM THE PROCESS SO THE THING
THAT WAS LEFT WAS FOCUSING ON
THAT THAT LITIGATION PROCESS
AND PARTICULARLY WE HAVE HEARD
THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN CUT
DOWN ON SOME OF THAT AT TIME
AND AWAY SO APPRECIATE THE
CHANCE TO ANSWER THANK YOU
AND OUR FINAL QUESTION FROM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER HOOVER THANK
YOU JUST A BRIEF COMMENTS YOU
KNOW I I WOULD SAY SHARE THE
CONCERNS OF MY COLLEAGUES IN
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S ON
USING THE BUDGET TRAILER BILL
PROCESS -- I THINK THAT THIS
IS NOT A PROCESS THAT SHOULD BE
USED FOR MAJOR POLICY CHANGES
ALTHOUGH THE LEGISLATURE DOES
DO THAT WITH REGULARITY AND
I ALSO I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA WHO SAID
EARLIER THAT IT ALMOST MAKES
MORE SENSE TO USE AN URGENCY
VEHICLE FOR THESE DISCUSSIONS
BUT THAT SAID I DO BELIEVE
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
IDENTIFIED A CRITICAL PROBLEM
WITH THESE PROPOSALS WE HAVE TO
DO MORE TO STREAMLINING REFORM
SYKORA BUT THE LEGISLATURE
HAS NOT HAD SUCCESS DOING THIS
OTHER THAN A ONE OFF EXEMPTIONS
-- AND WE HAVE TO SAY WE WE'VE
SET SOME REALLY AMBITIOUS
GOALS IN OUR STATE AND I DON'T
BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MEET THEM
WITHOUT THESE REFORMS SO --
I ALSO YOU KNOW WELL MAYBE I
SHOULD SAY EFFICIENCIES RATHER
THAN STREAMLINING SORRY SORRY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WHAT BUT WE WE
ALSO NEED TO URGENT SO URGENTLY
ACT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN BUILD
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SO I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION
TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO A
IN A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS
MOVE FORWARD THANK YOU
THANK YOU THANK YOU TO ALL
OUR PANELISTS TODAY OUR NEXT
WERE READY I'LL HAND IT BACK
TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHECK IT
THANK YOU WILL TURN OVER PUBLIC
COMMENT NOW IT I'M AT NOW MAKE
HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS OTHER THAN TO
SAY -- I ALSO WANT TO STRESS
ABOUT I WOULD HAVE VERY STRONG
FEELINGS ABOUT THE PUBLIC
EITHER ACTUALLY BEING DENIED
INTERNALLY MALES OR FEELING
LIKE THEY'RE BEING DENIED
INTERNAL EMAILS SO LEAVE MY
STRONG FEELINGS THERE WE'LL
START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT WE
HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE --
DO IN WHAT IT AND WE'RE GONNA
TRY TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THEM
-- I WOULD ASK AGAIN TO TRY
TO BE BRIEF CONCISE AND TO THE
POINT AND I WILL START WITH
MR WATCH MISTER MADAM CHAIR
MISTER CHAIR SCOTT WEDGE ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PIPE TRADES
COUNCIL THE WESTERN STATES
COUNCIL SHEET METAL WORKERS
THE CALIFORNIA COALITION OF
UTILITY EMPLOYEES ELEVATOR
CONSTRUCTORS UNION I JUST LIKE
TO SAY ON THE RECORD I THINK
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT LABOR
DIDN'T HAVE A PANEL HERE TODAY
TO TO HAVE EQUAL TIME WITH
THE OPPONENTS OF THIS PROPOSAL
WE'RE HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
AROUND AWHILE MY COALITION
HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
PROTECTING SEEK WHAT FOR TWENTY
FIVE YEARS I PERSONALLY HAVE
TESTIFIED AND LOBBIED AGAINST
MORE SEQUEL BILLS THEN ALL THE
ADVOCATE SITTING AT THAT LAST
TABLE WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE
WITH THIS VERY MODEST PROPOSAL
OF OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUT I
ASKED WHERE WAS THE OPPOSITION
AND WHERE WAS THE INDIGNATION
WHEN THIS LEGISLATURE PASSED
AB TWENTY ELEVEN BY BUFFY
WHICH LAST YEAR WHICH WASN'T
EIGHT EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW
BUT A COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF
THE SEQUEL PROCESS FOR LARGE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS I WOULD
GUESS THAT THE REASON WHY IT
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND WHY I
BELIEVE THAT SENATOR WIENER'S
SB FOUR TWENTY THREE WHICH GOES
ALONG THE SAME LINES WILL PASS
THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE HOUSING IS
A CRISIS AND THAT'S WERE YOUR
WITH CLIMATE AND YOU HAVE TO
STOP LETTING THE PERFECT BE THE
ENEMY OF THE GOOD WE HAVE TO
GET THIS DONE AND I'LL TELL YOU
THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO GET
THIS DONE BUT NOBODY IN EITHER
PANELS MENTIONED BUT IT'S THE
FACT THAT I'VE TALKED TO MY
FOLKS IN WASHINGTON ON A DAILY
BASIS INVESTORS IN THE DEBT
CEILING DEBATE THAT TOOK PLACE
A WEEK AGO THE REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS TRIED TO TO TO
PULL BACK EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR
THE BLIGHTED MINISTRATION
PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT
TOWARDS CLIMATE JEX THEY'RE
GOING TO ATTEMPT THAT IN THE
BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT AND
THEY'LL TRY IT IN NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET AND IF ANYBODY'S LOOKED
AT THE NEWSPAPER LATELY WILL
FACE AN ELECTION IN TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR WE'RE PROBABLY
GOING TO LOSE THE U.
S.
SENATE AND VERY LIKELY COULD
LOSE THE PRESIDENCY SO WE
HAVE A VERY NARROW WINDOW
AND THE ECONOMIC HEADWINDS
ARE COMING AT US WE'RE GONNA
HAVE A RECESSION AND ALL BE
HERE IN TWO YEARS IN FRONT
OF YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
UNEMPLOYMENT THAT WERE FACING
THE CITY CALIFORNIA THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU
CAN NOT FUMBLE SO WE WOULD
ABSOLUTELY -- DRIVER THANK YOU
I AM JOHN IS AN
ALLEY IN SUPPORT OF I.
B.
U.
TWELVE FORTY FIVE AND I SUPPORT
THIS BILL THANK HI AMBER C.
O.
G.
N.
L.
E.
A MEMBER OF I.
B.
W.
TOLL FORTY FIVE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU MY NAME IS THURMOND
OF THE LOCAL TWELVE FORTY FIVE
MEMBER AND I SUPPORT THIS BILL
AS WELL THANK YOU HI MY NAME IS
MONA GARCIA I'M A MEMBER OF I.
B.
W.
TWELVE FORTY FIVE AND I SUPPORT
THIS BILL AS WELL HELLO MY
NAME'S DANIEL MEMBER OF IBEW
TWELVE FORTY FIVE AND ALSO
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL THANK
YOU HI MY NAME IS KAYLA JONES
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF IBEW
LOCAL TWELVE FORTY FIVE AND I
AM SUPPORT IN SUPPORT OF THE
GOVERNOR'S -- INFRASTRUCTURE
PROPOSAL THANK YOU HI MY
NAME IS MANUEL SANCHEZ
A MEMBER OF THE I.
B.
E.
W.
TWELVE FORTY FIVE AND
I'M SUPPORT OF THE BILL
HI JULIE GONZALEZ WITH I.
B.
W.
TWELVE FORTY FIVE AND I
AM ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE
GOVERNOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
HELLO MY NAME IS ALVIN THEY OWN
A MEMBER OF IBEW LOCAL TWELVE
FORTY FIVE MUSCLE IN SUPPORT OF
THE GOVERNOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE
PROPOSAL THANK GOOD AFTERNOON
MEMBERS JOE CRUZ ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL
OF LABOUR'S APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS
VERY IMPORTANT -- BECAUSE OF
PROVISIONS THAT ACCELERATE IN
MOVE PROJECTS OFF THE PLANNING
TABLE I DO ECHO -- SOME OF
THE CONCERNS RAISED EARLIER IS
THAT I WISH WORKING FAMILIES
IN LABOR HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY DETAILED THE BENEFITS
OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS MEAN
THE WATER QUALITY FLOOD CONTROL
CLIMATE RESILIENCY AIR QUALITY
IN JOBS IN THE ECONOMY AND
JUST OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE
BENEFITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH BUILDINGS PROJECTS WE
REPRESENT SEVEN THOUSAND
HARD WORKING MEN AND WOMEN
IN CALIFORNIA AND WE BUILD
THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
IN CALIFORNIA WE POOL WHERE
PEOPLE OF COLOR WOMEN IN SECOND
CHANCES INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS
RIGHT WE WE DO ACCOMMODATE
ALL NEW GROWTH WE ACCOMMODATE
BIG PROJECTS -- THAT KEEP
OUR STATE'S COMPETITIVE
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I TO
CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND
WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE WHAT
THOSE PROJECTS MEANS EVERYDAY
PEOPLE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION
AFTERNOON SHARES MEMBERS THE
COMMITTEE PAUL MASON WITH
PACIFIC FOREST TRUST AND I'M
GONNA STAY FOCUSED ON THE
INTERNAL AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
PORTION OF THE THE PACKAGE THAT
I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT I'VE
BEEN INVOLVED WITH EQUALIZATION
SINCE THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION
WHICH I HIGHLY JUST TO POINT
OUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S CHANGE
WE WON'T ALWAYS BE DEALING
WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE NEW
SOME ADMINISTRATION AND THESE
PROPOSALS ARE PERMANENT CHANGES
TO SPEAK WELL AND I DON'T SEE
ANY MEANINGFUL ACCELERATION
OF THE TIMELINE BY EXCLUDING
BEING ABLE TO SEE SOME OF
THOSE INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS
THAT INFLUENCE THE OUTCOMES
THAT SEEMS TO BE EXCLUSIVELY
TO YOU KNOW HI THE WORKS TO
KEEP SOME OF THE -- RELIABILITY
IS OUT OF THE RECORD AND
CURATE A RECORD THAT HELP
SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND THAT'S
DEEPLY PROBLEMATIC AND I URGE
YOU TO REJECT THAT PORTION
OF THE PACKAGE THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON LANCE HASTINGS
PRESIDENT THE CALIFORNIA
MANUFACTURERS AND TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATION I THINK IT
GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY
THE FABRIC THAT HOLDS US
TOGETHER RIGHT NOW CALIFORNIA'S
INFRASTRUCTURE IS BROKEN
WHICH INCLUDES ROADS HIGHWAYS
WATER BRIDGES ENERGY AND OF
COURSE THE HUMAN ELEMENT OF
OUR WORKFORCE WHICH IS NOT
TO BE UNDERSTATED IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSION ALSO
OBSERVE AFTER THE COURSE OF
THIS AFTERNOON THE URGENCY IS
A RELATIVE THING DEPENDS HOW
ONE APPROACHES THE MANUFACTURES
OF A CALLING FOR ENHANCED
INFRASTRUCTURE IN CALIFORNIA
FOR AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS WE
REALLY ARE AT THAT TIPPING
POINT AND IF FEDERAL DOLLARS
ARE GOING TO BE THE THING THAT
BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER WE CAN'T
REALLY -- UNDERESTIMATE THAT
IT'S IMPORTANT A TO MANUFACTURE
TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET OUR
PRODUCTS TO THE CONSUMERS WHO
WANT THEM AND WE'RE CHORE YOU
KNOW SUPPORT AS SWIFT AS YOU
CAN DO WITH AN INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE LIKE THIS THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR
CHAIR MEMBERS COMMITTEE
ADAMANTLY ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE WANTED TO THANK
THE MINISTRATION WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL I DID WANT
TO JUST USE MY TIME TO SPEAK TO
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD PIECE
AS A FORMER CIVIL LITIGATOR I
WAS -- PASSED WITH REVIEWING
PRIVILEGED EMAILS FOR THE A.
R.
OR THE MYSTERY OF RECORD AND
AND JUST AS NOTED I THINK BY
THE GENERAL COUNSEL EFFECTIVELY
IT WOULD BE HUNDREDS OF HOURS
BILLION AT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
AN HOUR TO REVIEW THE ENTIRE
EMAIL PRIVILEGE NOT RELIGION
THEN THERE'S A WHOLE LITIGATION
FIGHT OVER WHETHER YOU'VE
YOU'VE DID THAT CORRECTLY THAT
DOES ADD HOURS IT'S NOT REALLY
THE THE POINT OF THE EMAIL
YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A COUPLE
CLICKS IT'S TRULY THE REVIEWING
OF THAT AND I WOULD SAY IN IN
MY YEARS OF PRACTICE VERY VERY
RARELY DOES AN EMAIL MATTER
IF IT DOES MATTER THE ACTUAL
PROPOSAL SAYS IT IS A FOR THE
AGENCY IS PART OF THE DECISION
IT'S PART OF THE RECORD -- BUT
THIS WOULD CUT OUT A LOT OF
THE SUPERFLUOUS EMAILS THAT
ARE TRULY -- IRRELEVANT TO
THE DISPOSITIVOS ISSUE OF THE
CASE -- AND THERE IS A ENTIRE
PROCESS UNDER SEQUEL FOR EXTRA
JUDICIAL RECORD TO BRING IN
THAT INFORMATION SO -- I THINK
THE THE THE PROPOSAL -- BOUNCES
THOSE TWO COMPETING PER --
ISSUES OF YOU KNOW GETTING
THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR
THE RECORD AND CUTTING OUT
HUNDREDS OF HOURS THAT BILL AND
DO AT COSTS AND TIME TO THE TO
THE PREPARATIONS OF WHICH WAS
PUT ON THE RECORD THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRS AND
MEMBERS MY NAME IS MARC WATTS
HAVE REPRESENT TRANSPORTATION
CALIFORNIA COALITION OF
CONTRACTORS AND ALLIED LABOR
AND I'VE BEEN ALSO WELL
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL I'VE
BEEN ASKED BY THE HEAD OF
CAL COGLEY CALIFORNIA COUNCIL
GOVERNMENTS AS WELL TO EXPRESS
HIS IT IS A SUPPORT FOR THE
MEASURES AND WE WILL SEE THE
ACCELERATION OF MANY MANY
PROJECTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION
ARENA THROUGH THIS PACKAGE
AND INCLUDING SOME OF THE KEY
CLIMATE TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE
RELATED PROJECTS SO CAN REDUCE
GHG OR ASSIST IN ADAPTATION TO
CLIMATE ISSUES I THANK YOU FOR
AND OKAY I REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT
THANK THANK YOU IN JUST BEFORE
THE NEXT BIGGER BEGINS AT I SEE
WE HAVE A LINE THAT'S CURVING
AROUND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
MORE PEOPLE ALSO SO JUST TO
MAKE SURE WE GET TO EVERYBODY
IF YOU YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN SAY
YOUR NAME AND ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION THAT'S GREAT IF YOU
HAVE A NEW POINT TO ADD THAT
HAS BEEN RAISED BY SOMEBODY
ELSE THAT'S GREAT TOO BUT LET'S
JUST TRY TO KEEP IT CONCISE
BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN SURE
THAT INDIVIDUAL THERE IS THE
LAST ONE SO JUST TO KEEP IT
FLOWING SO PLEASE PROCEED HI
SAMANTHA SAMUELSON WITH OUT OF
ON CALIFORNIA AND OPPOSITION
TO THE PROPOSALS DISCUSSED
TODAY ECHOING THE CONCERNS
RAISED BY THE PANELISTS AND
THE LAST PANEL THANK YOU
A MADAM CHAIR MISTER CHAIR
CHRIS MAKAYLA ON BEHALF OF THE
LOS ANGELES AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IN SUPPORT JUST TWO
QUICK POINTS ONE IS I DON'T
THINK THAT EXPEDITED JUDICIAL
REVIEW IS ELIMINATION OF THE
SEEK A ROBUST SEQUEL PROCESS
SECOND I HEARD AT LEAST ONE
WITNESS SAY THAT THEY WERE
NOT AWARE THE LANGUAGE UNTIL
THE LAST FORTY EIGHT HOURS --
IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT
THESE ALL THESE PROPOSALS
WERE POSTED ON THE D.
O.
F.
WEBSITE ALMOST THREE WEEKS AGO
THANK YOU SHARES IN MEMBERS
ALEX TAURUS RECTOR STATE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE
BAY AREA COUNCIL REPRESENT
OVER THREE HUNDRED EMPLOYERS
IN THE NINE COUNTY BAY AREA
ALSO HERE IS A PROUD MEMBER OF
THE NEW CALIFORNIA COALITION
A STATEWIDE COALITION OF
BUSINESS LEADERS AND WE HAD
SUBMITTED A LETTER WITH OVER
EIGHTY BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ALL
OF YOUR DISTRICTS IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL I
WON'T DWELL TOO MUCH ON WHAT'S
ALREADY BEEN SAID I DO WANT TO
BORROW HEAVILY FROM SECRETARY
CROWFOOT AND THAT WE WE NEED
TO BE IN A DESPERATE ON WATER
PROJECTS I THINK WHEN IT COMES
THE SEQUEL LITIGATION HMM LAW
REVIEW JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT
WAS JUST RELEASED IN MARCH
INDICATED THAT WATER PROJECTS
WERE THE MOST HEAVILY TARGETED
SEEK WILL BY SEQUEL LITIGATION
AND NIGHT TWENTY NINETEEN
THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY ONE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ALSO
HEAVILY TARGETED RENEWABLE
ENERGY PROJECTS SOLAR WIND
BATTERY STORAGE ALL THESE
ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN
TARGETED BY SEQUEL SO REALLY
EXCITED TO SEE THESE PROVISIONS
IN THIS PACKAGE THANK YOU TO
THE GOVERNOR FOR PROS IN THIS
AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE
AND YOU KNOW I THINK MISTER
KALRA IS HERE MISS POWER IN
HERE FOR MULTIPLE HEARINGS THAT
PREFIGURE TIME AND THE -- THE
DEEP DIVE ON ON THIS DISCUSSION
THE IT'S IMPORTANT ONE PROUD
BEYOND SPORTS THANK YOU
THANK YOU ARE MANY ON
CALIFORNIA FOR A CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE FOR JOBS WILL LINE
UP MANY OF OUR COMMENTS WITH
CALIFORNIA STATE LABORS AND
MISTER CREWS WERE IN SUPPORT
OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE
WE JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS IN
THE THE WELL PAYING JOBS AT
THESE PROMOTE PROPOSALS WILL
GENERATE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS MICHAEL
PIMENTEL EXACT ADDRESS OF THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSIT ASSOCIATION
ON BEHALF OF OUR MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS PLEASED TO JOIN
YOU TODAY TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT
FOR GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS I WANT
TO REFLECT ON MISS MILLER'S
REMARKS INTERESTED KNOWLEDGE
THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE
HUNDREDS OF STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
THAT MET WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
ADVISER ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA
OVER LAST YEAR THE OFFER
OUR LOCAL PERSPECTIVES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS
PROPOSAL AND I ALSO WANT TO
REFLECT THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR
WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH YOU
ALL IN DEEP CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE STATE OF OUR INDUSTRY AND
IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE
PERSONALLY FEEL THAT COUNTLESS
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT
WIRE INDUSTRY ISN'T MORE
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN
CARRYING OUT OUR MISSION AND
I'VE ROUTINELY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT OFTENTIMES STATE LAW AND
REGULATION GETS IN OUR WAY ONE
OF THE STATE LAWS THAT OFTEN
GETS IN OUR WAY TO SEE WHAT
AND SO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY
ARE SOME MODEST PROPOSALS FOR
HELPING TO STREAMLINE SEEK
WHAT IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO
BE EFFECTIVE AS AN INDUSTRY
AND TO CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS
THAT YOU ALL HAVE ASKED US
TO PURSUE AND SO AS I CLOSE I
JUST WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
AT THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE
BEFORE YOU ARE COMPLIMENTARY
OF OTHER A LEGISLATION
THAT YOU HAVE PASSES THE
LEGISLATURE INCLUDING S.
B.
NINETY TWO SB FORTY FOUR WHICH
CREATES SOME SEQUEL EXEMPTIONS
FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS NO THEY'RE
NOT ALL OF THEM AND ALSO HELP
STREAMLINED APPROACH DELIVERY
BY PROVIDING ALBEIT FOR A
SHORT NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT
EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW
AGAIN AT THE PROPER TIME WOULD
OCCUR ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT
FOR THESE PROPOSALS THANK
GOOD AFTERNOON STEPHANIE
ASTRONOMY HALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF GOVERNANCE
AND PLAN TO STREAMLINE CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WE URGE
THE ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WE
WERE URGED THE LEGISLATURE TO
WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
TO ADOPT THESE RIPPLES IN THE
STATE BUDGET PROCESS THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS YOUR
MEMBERS GENESIS TACK ON BEHALF
OF CLEANER TASK FORCE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S
POLICY PACKAGE SPECIFICALLY THE
SEQUEL JUDICIAL STREAMLINING
FOR CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS
CLEANER TASK FOR TRANSMISSION
ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED PERMITTING
DELAYS UNDER SEEK WHAT
IS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
REGULATORY REVIEWS THAT
INCREASE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
TIME LESSEN COSTS LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSALS LIKE SB FOUR TWENTY
BY BACKER AND SB SIX NINETEEN
PADILLA PROVIDED SPECIFIC
AND PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS TO
THIS PERMITTING DELAYS AND WE
SEE THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL
AS A COMPLEMENTARY MEASURE IN
ADDITION TO THESE BILLS AND FOR
TOPICS OF SIDE OF CLEAN ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE WE ARE DEFERRING
TO THOSE EXPERTS THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR NUMBERS
ERIN ORDERED ON BEHALF OF THE
ALMOND ALLIANCE REPRESENTING
SEVENTY SIX HUNDRED GROWERS
AND OVER A HUNDRED ALMOND
PROCESSORS IN THE STATE AND
THE ALMOND INDUSTRY HAS SEEN
FIRSTHAND THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE PARTICULARLY
WITH DROUGHT AND FLOODING IN
THE STATE WE BELIEVE THAT THE
NEED FOR REAL REFORMS AND AND
WATER SOLUTIONS IS RIGHT NOW
IS ARTICULATED BY SECRETARY
CHOFETZ AND FOR THESE REASONS
WE SUPPORT PACKAGE THANK YOU
I'M CHAIR MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
BEVERLY ON BEHALF THE STATE
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL CALIFORNIA THANK
YOU FOR THE HEARING TODAY WE
ALSO APPRECIATE THE SERIES
OF HEARINGS ON THE ASSEMBLY
HOUSEHOLD IS THAT TO DISCUSS
THE GOVERNOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE
-- PACKAGE HERE UNLESS WE HAVE
COVERED IN PRIOR HEARINGS WILL
LIKE TO THANK THE GOVERNOR FOR
HIS WORK TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT
OF FEDERAL FUNDS COMING IN THIS
WAS TACKLING THE BALL NEXT FOR
PROJECTS LIKE SITES RESERVOIR
WE SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS AS
WELL AS -- THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THE GOVERNOR'S PACKAGE S.
WRITTEN -- WOULD LIKE TO
FLAG THAT YOU KNOW WE DO NOT
ALIGN OURSELVES AS A WITH
THE FOLKS WHO -- OPPOSE THE
EFFORTS TO STREAMLINE -- FOR
THE PROPOSAL OUR INTENT HERE
IS REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE PROPOSAL'S STRONG AND
MAKE SURE THAT IT DRAWS DOWN
THE FEDERAL FUNDS NECESSARY
TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS --
BASED ON THE AGENDA I WANT TO
PROVIDE A FEW POINTS ON THE
SEQUEL JUDICIAL STREAMLINING
PROPOSAL THE LEGISLATURE HAS
ACTED ON STREAMLINING BEFORE
SPECIFICALLY IN TWENTY TWENTY
ONE SB SEVEN AUTHORED BY THE
PRO TOM AUTHOR THAT AUTHORIZED
THE GOVERNOR TO CERTIFY
PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY FINANCED
PROJECTS THAT MET HEIGHTENED
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND
MADE COMMITMENTS TO UTILIZE
THE SKILLED AND TRAINED
WORKFORCE OF THESE MEASURES
ARE VERY IMPORTANT THEY WORK
THAT THEY GET THESE PROJECTS
ONLINE QUICKER WE WERE STRONG
SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL AT THE
TIME AND BELIEVE THAT PROVIDES
IMPORTANT TEMPLATE THAT CAN
BE BUILT OFFICE -- WELL WE
APPRECIATE THAT SKILLED AND
TRAINED WAS INCLUDED ELECTRICAL
AND MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS
OF THE PROPOSAL WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT'S REFLECT IN THE
WHOLE PROPOSAL ITSELF -- AND
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
THRESHOLDS FOR THE APPLICATION
OF LABOR STANDARDS SHOULD ALSO
BE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY LEAVE
LARGE PORTIONS OF PROJECTS
UNCOVERED -- WE ALSO BELIEVE
LANGUAGE SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE
PROPOSAL THAT BETTER DEFINES
WHAT AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT SHOULD
BE TO AVOID POTENTIAL EFFORTS
TO MANIPULATE PROJECTS --
SIZE IN ORDER TO START LABOR
STANDARDS THANK YOU VERY MUCH
GOOD EVENING CRISTINA SURRENDER
THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME -- JUST READ FIRST ARE
BRITAIN'S A SUBMISSION WHICH
IS IN OPPOSITION AND ALIGN
OUR COMMENTS WITH THE THIRD
PANEL WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE
DEEP ENGAGEMENT FROM THE DYESS
ON THE COMMENTS RELATED TO
TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY
IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF ACCESS
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT -- AND
REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
ABOUT BALANCING THIS CRISIS
WHICH IS IS A CRISIS WITH
DURABLE SOLUTIONS THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON AND ONLY A
CAN ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT --
MOSTLY DUE TO INCREASES IN GOOD
PAYING JOBS FOR CALIFORNIANS
AND THEN ALSO TO STATE WATER
CONTRACTORS SANTA CLARITA
VALLEY WATER AGENCY AND SAN
GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL
WATER DISTRICT REGARDING THE
-- SUPPORT FOR WATER RELATED
INFRASTRUCTURE THANK YOU
HELLO ELECTING WITH THE SILICON
VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP AS
THE LEADING ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTING THE INNOVATION
ECONOMY AND ITS ECOSYSTEM S.
C.
O.
G.
SUPPORT STREAMLINED T.
CLASS THE GOVERNOR HAS
PROPOSED AND WE ALSO SUPPORT
STREAMLINING THE REVIEW
FOR THE DELTA CONVEYANCE TO
STABILIZE WATER SUPPLY FOR
SILICON VALLEY REGION SO THAT'S
MY SHORT STATEMENT THANK YOU
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MISTER
CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS MARK
FENSTER MAKER ON BEHALF OF HER
JUSTICE WE ARE IN OPPOSITION
TO THE TWO PROPOSALS CONSIDERED
HERE TODAY I WANT TO ECHO MANY
OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE THIRD
PANEL BUT AS MY CLIENT DOES
LITIGATE SEQUEL CASES TRYING
TO REITERATE THE POINT THAT
LIMITING THE JUDICIAL RECORD
WELL LEAD TO LONGER TIMES AND
ACTUALLY DECREASE EFFICIENCY
BECAUSE WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK
FOR AUGMENTATION OF THE RECORD
-- IF IT'S LIMITED TO EMAILS WE
THINK ARE PERTINENT THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CARE
MARTIN SEN HERE ON BEHALF
OF THE LARGE SCALE SOLAR
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF
THE MEASURES BEFORE YOU WITH
THE MAJOR CABBIE OUT THAT
WE BELIEVE THIS IS JUST A
FIRST STEP AND ACTUALLY MORE
REFORMS THAT ARE NEEDED ON THE
FRONT AND ON THE BACK AND ITS
SEQUEL -- AND REALLY OUTSIDE
OF THE SEQUEL PROCESS LOCAL
LAND USE CONSTRAINTS TO GET
THE EIGHTY SIX GIGAWATTS OF
CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
ONLINE BY TWENTY TO TWENTY
FORTY FIVE TO ME OUR CLIMATE
AND ENERGY GOALS WE DO YOU --
SHARE THE SENSE OF URGENCY AND
WE BELIEVE THAT PROJECTS THAT
HELP REDUCE THE GHG EMISSIONS
SHOULD BE EXPEDITED THROUGH
ALL THESE VARIOUS PROPOSALS AND
MEASURES OUT THERE THINK YOU
THANK YOU MELISSA CORTES ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA WIND
ENERGY ASSOCIATION WE WANT
TO OFFER OUR SUPPORT TO THE
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS BUT
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE
COMMENTS FROM THE LARGE SCALE
SOLAR ASSOCIATION WE THINK THIS
IS A GOOD EFFORT AT WE ACTUALLY
THINK IT'S A MODEST EFFORT IF
WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING
OUR CLIMATE GOALS THERE'S A
LOT MORE THAT WE SHOULD BE
DOING ON TO STREAMLINE SOME OF
THESE PROCESSES AND ELIMINATE
DUPLICATIONS THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON HONORABLE
CHAIRING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
MY NAME IS ARTI VALENCIA AND
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF RESTORE
THE DELTA BERMAN TO JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES AND WE OPPOSE THE
PROPOSALS AB ONE OUTSTANDING
QUESTION FROM TODAY SESSION
SO IF THE DELTA TUNNEL IS TO
BE PAID FOR BY STATE WATER
CONTRACTORS AND WHY DO WE
NEED TO ACCELERATE SEQUEL FOR
FEDERAL GRANTS IT IS NOT A
FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDED PROJECT
THANK YOU AND NOT JUST AS THE
NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP I'LL JUST
REMIND EVERYBODY WE STILL HAVE
A LOT MORE SPEAKERS TRY TO BE
CONCISE THE WARMIND EVERYONE
THIS INFORMATIONAL HEARING WE
WILL THIS WILL PROCEED THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EVERYBODY FROM BOTH THE
DÍAS AND FROM THE AUDIENCE
TO ENGAGE SO PLEASE PROCEED
THANK YOU -- GOOD AFTERNOON
HONORABLE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS --
MATTHEW BAKER POLICY DIRECTOR
FOR PLANNING CONSERVATION
LEAGUE WE SHARE THE SENSE OF
URGENCY OF THE ADMINISTRATION
AND KNOWLEDGE THE ENORMITY
OF THE TASK AT HAND BUT WE
OBJECT TO USING THE BUDGET
PROCESS FOR A POLICY OF THIS
IMPORTANCE AND SCOPE -- AND
WE HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS WITH
THE CIGNA BURKE PROVISIONS
AS DISCUSSED TODAY WHICH WE
SUBMITTED TO YOUR COMMITTEES
IN WRITING -- YOU KNOW THERE'S
GOOD AND BAD ACROSS THESE
PROPOSALS BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE
TIME AND A LOT MORE STAKEHOLDER
COLLABORATION TO GET THESE
POLICIES RIGHT AND AND IT
AT LEAST DEMANDS THE FULL
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRS MEMBERS
MAC CLUB IN SPAIN ON BEHALF OF
SMART A LOCAL PUBLIC UTILITY
HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND ENERGY
SOURCE MINERALS -- GEOTHERMAL
LITHIUM COMPANY IN THE SALTON
SEA -- VALLEY AREA BOTH IN
SUPPORT OF THE TWO PROVISIONS
FOR YOU TODAY THANK YOU
GOOD EVENING NOW TEARS MEMBERS
NATALIE BALLAST ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS
ROUNDTABLE WE FULLY SUPPORT
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED PLAN
TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
PERMITTING IN JUDICIAL
REVIEW AND I URGE YOUR SO
SUPPORT OF THESE PROPOSALS
TO BOOST JOB CREATION
AND ENHANCE OUR STATE'S
INFRASTRUCTURE THANK YOU
HI -- MY NAME'S OLIVIA SIDEMEN
WITH LEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE
SCOPE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD WOULD AS THE COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS STATES HAVE A
CHILLING EFFECT ON GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY AND EXCLUDE
CRITICAL INFORMATION FROM
JUDICIAL REVIEW OF PROJECTS
THIS CHANGE THE STATE LAW
WILL HARM THE ENVIRONMENT
LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR
SECOND -- I JUST WANT TO
KIND OF ECHO SOME OF THE THE
QUESTION ASKED BY -- ASSEMBLY
MEMBER REYES AND REALLY --
AND THE SIZE THAT ANY PROPOSAL
TO FAST TRACK OR STREAMLINED
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS MUST
EXCLUDE HIGHWAY OTHER MAJOR
ARTERY AND INTERCHANGES
PENSIONS THESE PROJECTS OFTEN
PRO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
NEAR AND CUT INTO DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AS WE SEE MULTIPLE
TIMES IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
IN PLACES LIKE SOUTH CENTRAL
FRESNO MEDINI TRACKED INTO
LARRY COUNTY ON AND CONSISTENCY
WITH CAP DIE IS INSUFFICIENT
TO PREVENT EXPANSION PROJECTS
FROM BEING STREAMLINED WOULD
REDUCING CONGESTION IMPROVING
SAFETY OF AN INTERSECTION
OR OTHER PRINCIPLES ARE
OFTEN USED TO EXCUSE THESE
EXPANSIONS THAT INCREASE THE
INDIAN AIR POLLUTION WITHOUT
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE PROHIBITING
EXPANSIONS WE RUN THE RISK OF
STREAMLINING THESE PROJECTS
USING CAP TYPE PRINCIPLES I'M
AND WHILE WE ENCOURAGE THE
STREET SENSATION TO RENEWABLE
ENERGY IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT
WE DO NOT CREATE FURTHER HARM
TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
ALREADY HEAVILY BURDENED
BY THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND
DISINVESTMENT THE CONCEPT OF
SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS COMPONENTS
OR SYSTEMS RELATED TO RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND ENERGY STORAGE
MUST BE CLEARLY DEFINED TO
ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY
TO PROJECTS WITH KNOWN AND
UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES TO ALREADY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING LITHIUM EXTRACTION
BATTERY MANUFACTURING INCLUDING
HYDROGEN AND FINALLY WE JUST
ONE UNDERSCORE THE GLARING
OMISSION OF EQUITY PRIORITIES
IN INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY
PACKAGE AS A PROPOSAL MEANT
TO ADVANCE THE STATE'S TOP
PRIORITIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPLEMENTATION THE COMPLETE
LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
AND EQUITY STANDARDS IS
UNACCEPTABLE AND RAISES
MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE
STATE'S COMMITMENT TO
EQUITY GOALS THANK YOU
GOOD EVENING MISTER MISTER
CHAIR MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS
ASKING US ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
WATER AGENCIES ALSO WANNA
REGISTER SUPPORT FOR PARTNERS
SOCIAIS ASIAN WATER RE USE
JUST ONE UNDERSCORE THE SENSE
OF URGENCY THAT SECRETARY
SECRETARY CRAWFORD SPOKE ABOUT
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR
WITH DROUGHT WE SAW IT HAPPEN
THIS YEAR WITH THE FLOOD OUR
STATE WATER SYSTEM IS NOT
PREPARED TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE THESE THESE PROPOSALS
WOULD PROVIDE A MECHANISM
FOR THE STATE TO BUILD AT
THE PACE AND SCALE THAT'S
NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE THANK YOU
ARTICLE CHAIRS MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE NEIL TO SIDE WITH
THE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION
ASSOCIATION TWO POINTS FOR
SAUK GREAT WORK TODAY I'M THE
ADMINISTRATION SAID THEY NEED
THIS AT THE ALREADY NOW NOT
LATER IN THE SESSION BUT NOW
TO ALLOW SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT
THEY KNOW WILL SOON COMPLETE
SEEK WHAT SO THAT THEY CAN
BENEFIT FROM THIS WITHIN A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND
SO IF THERE'S THAT URGENCY
THAT WE THAT THEY MUST KNOW
THE LAST SO I THINK WE NEED
TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE LIST
OF ENERGY AND WATER PROJECTS
THAT DAY NOW SO LET'S GET
SOME DAYLIGHT THERE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ASKING
THOSE QUESTIONS ANOTHER CLAIM
SOURCE OF URGENCY IS A FUTURE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL GRANT
FUNDING LIKE IN FROM NAY GOT
AND RURAL SURFACE THERE'S BEEN
NO EVIDENCE POINTED TODAY THAT
SHOWS THE STATE CANNOT APPLY
IN SECURITIES AND NEEDING
SOME SORT OF EXPEDITED --
LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW RATHER
THAN IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER
AND LASTLY WE DON'T THINK IT'S
SMART POLICY TO SILENCE THE
VOICES OF SCIENTISTS AND OTHER
EXPERTS THAT COULD BE EXCLUDED
FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
UNDER THIS TRAILER BILL UP VOTE
POLITICAL APPOINTEE SIMPLY NEED
TO TELL SCIENTISTS DON'T TALK
TO THIS PERSON AND THEY'RE NOT
IN THE RECORD AND THAT JUST
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE SO -- THANK
YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
HI SUSAN JORDAN THE DIRECTOR
THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL
PROTECTION NETWORK I WANT
TO KIND OF BRING THIS BACK
JUST FOR A SECOND TO THE
PUBLIC -- I CONSIDER TO BE
THE MAJOR STAKEHOLDER HERE
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE THEY'RE
THE PEOPLE IN IN ALL THESE
COMMUNITIES WERE GOING TO BE
AFFECTED BY THESE PROPOSALS IN
TERMS OF OUTREACH I THINK WE
NEED TO DEFINE WHAT OUT REACH
REALLY IS THOSE MEETINGS THAT
CALIFORNIA FORWARD HELD I READ
THAT REPORT I WENT TO THAT
SECTION OF THOUSAND OF PEOPLE
IN FIVE HUNDRED MEETINGS --
AND I DON'T KNOW ONE PERSON
EXCEPT FOR THE PERSON WHO SAID
HE WAS INVITED THAT WENT OR
WAS INVITED TO THOSE MEETINGS
AS A TRAINED RESEARCHER I'D
WANT THE ADMINISTRATION TO
PROVIDE TO THE COMMITTEE THE
NAMES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
GROUPS THAT WERE INVITED WHO
ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED WAS
RESTORE THE DELTA INVITED I
KIND OF DOUBT IT SO I JUST
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THAT TO COME FORWARD AND
IN TERMS OF AND I'M REALLY
GLAD THAT THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BENNETT PUT THIS UP BECAUSE IN
TERMS OF OUT REACH THE GROUPS
THAT WERE SITTING HERE AND
MYSELF AND LIKE WE HAVE A HUNT
HUNDREDS GROUP SIGNED ON TO
OUR LETTER THE FIRST MEETING
WE HAD WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
WAS LAST FRIDAY WITH SOME
FOLLOW UP MEETINGS ON MONDAY
I DO NOT CALL THAT OUTRAGE I
CALL THAT EXCLUSION THANK YOU
GOOD EVENING ALREADY HEN
DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENT
CALIFORNIA AND TODAY I STAND IN
OPPOSITION TO THE TWO PROPOSED
BILLS AND BOTH THE EFFORTS TO
SHORT CUT A JUDICIAL REVIEW
AND ALSO AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORDS AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT GETTING MORE CLEAN
ENERGY AS FAST AS WE CAN WE
NEED TO ACCELERATE THAT AFTER
AND MORE CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS -- BUT WE THINK
THESE ARE TWO PROPOSALS ARE
NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT
WITH LOTS OF OTHER GOOD IDEAS
HONORABLE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS
MY NAME'S VICTORIA ROME I'M
WITHIN OUR DC BUT I WAS ASKED
TO DELIVER A BRIEF COMMENT
ON BEHALF OF GOLDEN STATE
SALMON ASSOCIATION WHOSE
REPRESENTATIVE WASN'T ABLE
TO BE HERE TODAY I'M A SALMON
ASSOCIATION AS OPPOSED TO
LOWERING THE SEQUEL BAR ON ANY
WATER RELATED PROJECTS THAT
COULD AFFECT SALMON THE DELTA
CONVEYANCE PROJECT AND SITES
RESERVOIR -- AT THE HEAD OF
THAT LIST THE SALMON FISHING
SEASON IS CLOSE FOR TWENTY
TWENTY THREE BECAUSE OF THE
WATER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
THAT WERE MADE DURING THE
DROUGHT THE ONE POINT FOUR
BILLION DOLLAR TWENTY THREE
THOUSAND JOBS SALMON INDUSTRY
DEPENDS ON HEALTHY RIVERS
THOSE RIVERS ARE COLLAPSING
WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN
PROTECTIONS FOR SALMON
NOT WEAKEN THEM THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON MELISSA ROMERO
WITH CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
VOTERS I'M I'M NOT GOING
TO REPEAT THE COMMENTS THAT
WERE MADE ABOUT NEEDING MORE
TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND
COMMENT FULL DISCUSSION OF
SOLUTIONS I THINK THAT'S BEEN
MADE BUT I DO APPRECIATE WE
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY DISCUSS THE
SUBSTANTIVE CONCERNS THAT WE
ALL HAVE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMUNITY WITH THESE PROPOSALS
AND PARTICULARLY THE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND
JUDICIAL STREAMLINING PROPOSALS
BEING PARTICULARLY CONCERNING
-- THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE
PROPOSALS -- IN THIS PACKAGE
ARE MISSING REALLY IMPORTANT
POLICIES THAT SHOULD ALSO
BE EXAMINE AND DISCUSS SUCH
AS IMPROVING PLANNING AND
SITING OF PROJECTS MORE ROBUST
UPSTREAM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
INCREASE INVESTMENTS AND
PERMANENT STAFFING AGENCIES
AND MORE COORDINATED AND
EFFICIENT APPROVALS OF
TRANSMISSION AND OTHER KEY
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT
ARE REALLY ESSENTIAL TO A
CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE AND
I ALSO JUST WANT TO RESPOND
TO THE LAST POINT OF THE
ADMINISTRATION MADE ABOUT
JUSTICE FORTY BECAUSE WITH
FORTY PERCENT OF EXPENDITURES
GOING TO BENEFITING A
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PROJECTS
AND THE OTHER SIXTY PERCENT
OF THAT FUNDING SHOULD HARM
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SEEK WHAT
WOULD PROTECT AGAINST THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON ALMOST EVENING
ASHLEY OVER HOUSE ALSO
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE BUT I
HAVE BEEN ASKED AS A COLLEAGUE
TO GIVE A COMMENT ON BEHALF
OF THE BAY INSTITUTE WHO ALSO
COULD NOT BE HERE I'LL KEEP IT
BRIEF THEY ARE ALSO OPPOSED TO
THESE PROPOSALS IN SUBSTANCE
AND PROCESS AND I ECHO OR
OTHER COLLEAGUES CONCERNS AND
KIM DELFINO ESPECIALLY AS THE
WITNESS TESTIMONY THANK YOU
HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON JULIA
DAHLE I'M LISTEN TO DISCO
BAY KEEPER WE ARE STRONGLY
OPPOSED TO THE TRAILER BILLS
DISCUSSED TODAY BOTH OF THESE
TRAILER BILLS AND OTHERS IN
THE GOVERNOR'S INFRASTRUCTURE
PACKAGE INCLUDES SWEEPING
CHANGES TO POLICY THEY SHOULD
RECEIVE THE FULL LEGISLATIVE
SCRUTINY FOR THIS REASON
AND OTHERS MENTIONED BY
RESTORE THE DELTA AND R.
D.
C.
SIERRA CLUB DEFENDERS OF
WILDLIFE AND OTHERS WE DO NOT
SUPPORT THESE TRAILER BILLS OR
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE AT
LARGE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
A GOOD AFTERNOON
HUNTER STERN WITH I.
B.
W.
TWELVE FORTY FIVE YOU HEARD
FROM SOME OF OUR MEMBERS
EARLIER TODAY -- WE ARE IN
SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSALS AND
I WANTED TO OUR MEMBERS DO A
LOT OF DIFFERENT WORK IN THE
ENERGY SPACE I WANT TO PUT
A SPOTLIGHT ON MANUFACTURING
-- SPECIFICALLY -- THAT THIS
IS AN AREA THAT DOES REQUIRES
EMERGENCY -- THERE ARE TENS
OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
FEDERAL FUNDING THAT ARE
OF AND INCENTIVES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE I.
R.
A.
YEAH I HAD J.
IN THE CHIPS ACT LESSER
KNOWN IS STEPS THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN THROUGH
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO X.
INVOKED THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION
ACT TO ACCELERATE -- THE
MANUFACTURING OF CLEAN ENERGY
EQUIPMENT HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES SOLAR PANELS BUILDING
INSULATION HEAT PUMPS A
QUICK MEANT THE FOR MAKING
CLEAN ELECTRICITY GENERATED
FUELS AND CRITICAL POWER
GRID INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE
TRANSFORMERS ARE MEMBERS
MAKE TRANSFORMERS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA FOR THREE DIFFERENT
MANUFACTURERS RIGHT NOW IT'S
MORE OF A BOUTIQUE INDUSTRY
IF THIS IF WE DON'T MOVE
FAST ENOUGH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THIS THESE MANUFACTURING
FACILITIES WILL GO TO OTHER
STATES THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND ATTENTION AND YOUR PATIENCE
HI JENNIFER FRANK THANK YOU
FOR THIS HEARING IN FOR ALL
THE HEARINGS THIS WEEK I JUST
WANTED TO SAY AND NOT EVEN
SHE BELIEVED THAT I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE FORTY POSITIONS
THAT THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH
AND WILDLIFE TO STREAMLINE
PERMITTING OF CLEAN ENERGY
PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS THAT BOTH HOUSES HAVE
APPROVED TO THAT IS THE SINGLE
MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS
PUZZLE AND THE FRONT END AND
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT THANK
YOU THANK YOU THIS CONCLUDES A
PUBLIC COMMENT I WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS I WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES IN
THE ASSEMBLY BOTH -- FROM THE
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
AND FROM THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE FOR ATTENDING HERE
TODAY THE ADMINISTRATION
AND ALL THE PANELISTS WHO
ATTENDED AS WELL AND WITH
THAT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH