GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE
JUNE 21ST 2023 HEARING OF THE
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE. A
QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT, SO WE'LL
BEGIN AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE
MONITORING THIS HEARING. PLEASE
COME TO ROOM FOR 44 OF THE STATE
CAPITAL SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH
A QUORUM. TWO OPTIONS FOR THE
PUBLIC TO TESTIFY. TODAY'S
HEARING IN PERSON. AND BY
MODERATED TELEPHONE SERVICE
COMMITTEE HAS SEVEN BILLS ON ITS
AGENDA. INCLUDING ONE BILL THAT
IS PROPOSED FOR CONSENT. FOR
EACH BILL, THERE WILL BE A
MAXIMUM OF TWO WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT TWO PRIMARY WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION THE LIMIT OF TWO
MINUTES PER WITNESS. AFTER WE'VE
HEARD FROM THE PRIMARY WITNESSES
AND SUPPORTING OPPOSITION. THE
PUBLIC WILL HAVE UP TO 10
MINUTES IN TOTAL TIME FOR
ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON EACH BILL.
STARTING WITH ALL OF YOU WHO
JOINED US IN THE HEARING ROOM
TODAY. OTHER WITNESSES ARE
LIMITED TO PROVIDING THEIR NAME.
THE ORGANIZATION THEY REPRESENT,
IF ANY, IN THEIR POSITION ON THE
BILL. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WILL
BE RULED OUT OF ORDER. IF YOU'RE
UNABLE TO GET THROUGH ON THE
PHONE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY.
WRITTEN TESTIMONY BECOMES PART
OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. OF THE
BILL FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING
THIS HEARING REMOTELY. GOOD
MORNING, MR BENNETT. AND WHO
WISH TO CALL IN TO REGISTER
THEIR POSITION. THE CALLING
NUMBER FOR THIS HEARING IS 87769
TO 89 57, AND THE ACCESS CODE IS
13154. 44 YOU CAN ALSO FIND THIS
NUMBER ON THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
COMMITTEE WEBSITE. AS WELL AS ON
YOUR TV OR COMPUTER SCREEN. IF
YOU'RE CALLING IN, PLEASE
ELIMINATE ALL BACKGROUND NOISE,
INCLUDING THE LIVESTREAM
BROADCAST. THAT'S ON YOUR SMART
DEVICE TO REDUCE REDUCE SOUND
DISTORTION. IF YOU HAVE ANY
PROBLEMS WITH THE MODERATOR
PHONE SERVICE, YOU CAN CALL THE
COMMITTEE DIRECTLY AT 916319
2094 AND THE INCREDIBLE
COMMITTEE STAFF WILL BE THERE TO
TRY TO HELP. THANK YOU FOR
BEARING WITH US AS WE IMPLEMENT
METHODS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. AT
THIS POINT, WE DO NOT HAVE A
QUORUM. NOR DO WE HAVE ANY
AUTHORS HERE. THAT'S A TOUGH I
HEAR SENATOR ASKED ME IS ON HER
WAY. SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN. IF YOU
ARE WATCHING YOU ARE THE LION'S
SHARE OF OUR AGENDA TODAY. WE
WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU. SENATOR
ALLEN, SENATOR WILK. YOU ARE
ALSO WELCOME.
WITH THE PRESENCE OF MR BENNETT.
A QUORUM IS NOW HERE. MADAM
SECRETARY, CAN WE CALL THE ROLL?
RYAN HERE. BRIAN HERE. BRAND
HAIR LACKEY HERE. BENNETT
BENNETT, HERE IS SALLY SALLY
HERE LATE. HELLO. CALDERON. A
RUBIO. BLANCA RUBIO HERE WE HAVE
A QUORUM. BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU SO
MUCH. NOW LET'S TAKE UP THE
COMMITTEE'S CONSENT CALENDAR.
THERE'S ONE BILL ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. THAT BILL IS ITEM
NUMBER ONE SB 29 BY SENATOR
STEVE GLAZER AS PROPOSED TO BE
AMENDED AS OUTLINED IN COMMENT,
NUMBER FOUR OF THE COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS. DOES ANY MEMBER WISH
TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. WHAT'S THE
MOVIE SINGING? HEARING NONE. WE
HAVE A MOTION BY MR LACKEY, A
SECOND BY MS RUBIO. MADAM
SECRETARY, CAN WE CALL THE ROLL?
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
AND BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH
RECOMMENDATION TO CONSENT
CALENDAR. BRIAN BRIAN I, BLACKIE
BENNETT. HI. BENNETT I, SALI.
KYLIE I LO PELLERIN. BLANCA
RUBIO RUBIO. AYE. THE CONSENT
CALENDARS MOVE 60! WE WILL NOW
WAIT FOR OUR SENATE COLLEAGUES.
AGAIN, SENATOR NEWMAN. ASHBY
ALLEN WILK. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE
YOU.
SENATOR ASHBY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU. WELCOME TO THE ELECTIONS
COMMITTEE. YOU CAN BEGIN WITH SP
3 14 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE
HURRIED OVER. YES TWEED HURRIED
AS FAST AS WE CAN AND BROUGHT
OUR CREW WITH US. I BROUGHT MY
DAUGHTER WITH ME TODAY. OUT
THERE. AALIYAH IS HERE TO CHEER
US ON. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY
TOUGH QUESTIONS WILL BRING HER
UP TO THE MIC. OKAY ABSOLUTELY.
YOU DID WHEN SHE WAS THREE.
SHE'S 10 NOW. ALL RIGHT.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THIS BILL FALLS
IN THE CATEGORY OF GREAT MINDS
THINK ALIKE, OKAY? AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME
PRESENT SP 314314 CREATES AN
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE
ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH HERE ON
THIS COMMITTEE. THIS ONE IS
EXCLUSIVE TO THE BOUNDARIES IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY. IN CALIFORNIA
JURISDICTIONS MAY ESTABLISH
ADVISORY OR INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS, WHICH
YOU KNOW IN THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO. WHEN I WAS A COUNCIL
MEMBER THERE, I WORKED TO PASS
REFORMS THAT ESTABLISHED THE
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO USES. WE WORKED WITH
ALL THE SAME PARTNERS THAT YOU
ALL ARE USING ON YOUR BILLS NOW,
AND IT HAS SERVED OUR CITY. WELL
MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE,
YOU KNOW HAVE DONE THE SAME
THING. LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO,
RIVERSIDE, FRESNO AND KERN
COUNTY'S AND I'M SURE YOU'VE
HEARD SEVERAL BEERS THAT BUILDS
THIS YEAR, INCLUDING AUTHORING
SOME THAT DO THE SAME. STUDIES
OF THE 2020 REDISTRICTING CYCLE
SHOW THAT INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS ARE
FAR MORE TRANSPARENT, PROMOTE
MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND
DRAW MAPS THAT ARE MORE
REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. IN
2021, THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DREW THEIR
OWN DISTRICT LINES. THEY DID
HOLD HEARINGS, AND THEY DID TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ULTIMATELY
THEY THEMSELVES MADE THE FINAL
DECISIONS ABOUT WHICH AREAS THEY
WOULD REPRESENT. MANY MANY
GROUPS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. FELT
THAT THEIR VOICES WERE NOT HEARD
. NOR WERE THEY REFLECTED IN THE
MAPS THAT WERE ADOPTED. THE A P
I AND THE L G B T Q. COMMUNITIES
IN PARTICULAR, WERE VOCAL ABOUT
NOT FEELING REPRESENTED IN THAT
PROCESS OR IN THE FINAL OUTCOMES
WHERE THE LINES WERE DRAWN.
HENCE THE BILL SPECIFICALLY FOR
SACRAMENTO COUNTY. THIS BILL IS
SUPPORTED BY GROUPS IN MY
DISTRICT THAT WERE VOCAL
PARTICULARLY ÁP. I AND L G B T Q
COMMUNITIES SP 314 LAYS OUT
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND
SELECTION PROCESSES THAT ARE
MODELED AFTER BILL'S ESTABLISHED
FOR COMMISSIONS IN L. A. SAN
DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE. AS WELL AS
THE POLICY THAT I WROTE FOR THE
CITY OF SACRAMENTO. AND I DO
HAVE A WITNESS WITH ME. AND I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I MY
UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR STAFF HAS
WORKED ON THIS, AS HAS THE
SENATE ELECTION STAFF. IS THAT
SHOULD YOUR BILL GO THROUGH THIS
FOLDS INTO YOURS? BUT IF
SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN THERE,
WE WOULD STILL HAVE SACRAMENTO
COUNTY WITH AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING MISSION. WHICH IS
WHY I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE IT
FORWARD CONCURRENTLY, ALONG WITH
YOURS, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BRYANT
THIS IS MY WITNESS AND FRIEND
ANDREAS RAMOS, WHO REPRESENTS AN
INCREDIBLE GROUP IN SACRAMENTO.
THAT WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE
REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND ALL
LET HIM TESTIFY. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRED
MEMBERS. I'M ANDRES RAMOS, A
BOARD MEMBER WITH ORGANIZED
SACRAMENTO. WE ARE LOCAL
NONPROFIT IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY
THAT WORKS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
THROUGH TRAINING, EDUCATION AND
ADVOCACY. WE HAVE WORKED TO
INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION AND
ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING IN LOCAL
REDISTRICTING. REDISTRICTING IS
A ONCE IN A DECADE PROCESS THAT
SHAPES OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.
IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT COMMUNITY
VOICES ARE CENTERED IN THAT
PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT
COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ARE KEPT
TOGETHER FOR PURPOSES OF FAIR
AND EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION.
WHEN DECISION MAKERS DRAW THEIR
OWN DISTRICT LINES. TOO OFTEN,
THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS BECOME
SECONDARY TO OTHER FACTORS.
DURING SACRAMENTO COUNTY'S 2021
REDISTRICTING, COMMUNITY MEMBERS
PROVIDED EXTENSIVE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY ABOUT THE NEED TO KEEP
CERTAIN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
TOGETHER IN THE REDISTRICTING
PROCESS. HOWEVER THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS PRIORITIZED OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS AND DID NOT
INCORPORATE THAT EXTENSIVE
COMMUNITY INPUT, WHICH LEFT THE
COMMUNITY FEELING THAT THEIR
VOICES WERE NOT HEARD. BY
CONTRAST, THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO
UNDERTOOK AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING PROCESS LED BY A
CITIZEN COMMISSION THAT HELD
NUMEROUS HEARINGS AND WORK
DILIGENTLY TO INCORPORATE AS
MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT AS
POSSIBLE. IT HAS WORKED FOR THE
CITY OF SACRAMENTO AND WILL WORK
FOR THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO.
WELL, NO PROCESS IS PERFECT
COMMISSION LED PROCESSES, BOTH
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND STATE
LEVEL HAVE LED TO GREATER PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION AND MAPS THAT ARE
DRAWN TO BEST REFLECT
COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. SP 3
14. WILL CREATE AN INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION FOR
SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND ENSURE
THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND INPUT
WILL DRIVE OUR LOCAL
REDISTRICTING PROCESS. WE THANK
SENATOR ASHBY FOR AUTHORING THIS
IMPORTANT LOCAL BILL. WE RESPECT
RESPECTFULLY URGE AND I VOTE ON
SP 3 14. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY PRIMARY WITNESSES
AND OPPOSITION? IT'S GOOD. UM IS
THERE ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO
WOULD LIKE TO VOCALIZE THEIR
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF THIS
BILL? SAYING NONE. MODERATOR CAN
WE GO TO THE PHONE LINES?
ANYBODY ON THE PHONE LINES WOULD
LIKE TO REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
FOR OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT OF SB
314 PRESS 10 ON YOUR TELEPHONE
KEYPAD. AND WE HAVE NO ONE. SIR.
YOU MAY CONTINUE. ANY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS
CONCERNS GOOD MORNING. UM
QUESTION IS WHY DON'T WE MIRROR
THE, UM THE COMMISSION
COMPOSITION THAT WE USE FOR
STATE SEATS LIKE OUR SEATS I
NOTICED HERE. THIS USES A
SIMILAR FORMULA THAT OTHER BILLS
HAVE PROPOSED WHERE IT COULD BE
APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE
COMMISSIONERS, UM AS THE VOTER
REGISTRATION CURRENTLY STANDS IN
THE COUNTY. YOU'D HAVE SIX
DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONERS FOR
REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONERS AND FOR
NPP THIRD PARTY COMMISSIONERS.
SO THAT MEANS THAT A SIMPLE
MAJORITY CAN GERRYMANDER THESE
LINES. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE VOTES
FROM EACH CATEGORY. SO WHY WHY
NOT? DO I BELIEVE WHAT THE STATE
COMMISSION HAS THEY HAVE TWO
REPS FROM EACH, UM THEY REQUIRE
EQUAL REPRESENTATION, OR AT
LEAST REQUIRE CONCURRENCE FROM
FROM ONE OF EACH GROUP THIS YOU
COULD PASS THE MAP WITH SIX
DEMOCRATS AND THREE IN PPS AND
NOT HAVE A SINGLE REPUBLICAN
VOTE. THAT BILL IS DRAWN TO
MIRROR THE COMMUNITY AND THE
POLE POINT OF INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING IS TO MIRROR THE
COMMUNITY. IF FOR SOME REASON,
SACRAMENTO BECAME A COMMUNITY
THAT HAD A MAJORITY OF
REPUBLICANS, THEN THAT SAME
THING THAT YOU'RE SAYING WOULD
BE TRUE. WHAT WILL ALWAYS
HAPPEN? IT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE
DEMOCRATS. IT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE
. REPUBLICANS WILL NOT ALWAYS BE
INDEPENDENT VOTERS, BUT IT WILL
ALWAYS REFLECT THE MAKEUP OF THE
COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO. AND THAT
IS WHY IT IS WRITTEN THAT WAY.
WHY DO NOT WHY DON'T THE ELECTED
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MIRROR THE COMMUNITY? THEY'RE
ELECTED BY THEIR PEOPLE. SO IF
ALL YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS
MIRRORING THE COMMITTEE
COMMUNITY, I THINK THOSE ELECTED
THEN SHOULD BE DRAWING THESE
MAPS INSTEAD OF THESE UN
ACCOUNTABLE. I HAVE NO IDEA.
THESE COMMISSIONS ARE GOING TO
BE JUST SAYING IF THE IDEA HERE
IS WE WANT AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION ALLOWS FOR POLITICAL
JURY MANDARIN BECAUSE THE
DEMOCRATS SAY THEY SIGNIFICANT
PARTY REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE. SO
I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE REALLY
WANT INDEPENDENT IT SHOULD BE.
MORE FAIR. I'M NOT AGAINST
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION. THEY
JUST WANT IT TO BE FAIR. SO I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU SERVED AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, DID YOU? I DID NOT. OKAY,
SO I SERVED IN THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO FOR 12 YEARS AND I
HAVE THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE OF
HAVING LIVED THROUGH TO
REDISTRICTING CYCLES. ONE
WITHOUT A REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION AND ONE WITH A
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. LET ME
TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE
DID NOT HAVE A REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION AND IT WAS UP TO THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS, OF WHICH I WAS
ONE. OKAY? WE HELD HEARINGS.
PEOPLE'S DID THINGS MAPS WERE
SUBMITTED ANONYMOUSLY. LATER ON,
WE FOUND OUT ONE MAP CAME FROM A
COUNCIL PERSONS OFFICE. ONE
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOWED UP THE DAY
OF THE MEETING HAD A MAP IN HIS
BACK POCKET. BY THE WAY, THAT'S
THE MAP THAT ENDED UP GETTING
ADOPTED. THE LINES WERE DRAWN
AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS THEY
THOUGHT THEY COULD WIN OR HIGH
SCHOOLS THEY USED TO GO TO, OR
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES THAT THEY
USED TO LIVE IN OR WHERE THEY
HAD EMOTIONAL, SENTIMENTAL TIES
TO COMMUNITIES WAS NOW IS
NEFARIOUS. BUT COMMUNITIES WERE
COMING OUT SAYING WHAT IN THE
WORLD YOU JUST SPLIT MEADOW VIEW
IN HALF, ONE OF THE THREE
POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR
ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND NOW WE
DON'T HAVE A SINGULAR VOICE. WE
HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN TWO RACES
, AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MAJORITY FOR THAT PERSON ON THE
DIOCESE REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY
, AND WE'VE BEEN UP UNDER
REPRESENTED FOR DECADES. IN THE
SECOND GO ROUND, I WROTE THE
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION PUT ON THE BALLOT
PAST THE VOTERS VOTED FOR IT.
AND THEN WE HAD THAT IMPLEMENTED
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD NO
INVOLVEMENT AT ALL. WE HAD TWO
COUNCIL MEMBERS ACTUALLY
DISTRICTED OUT OF THEIR LINES.
BUT THE INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION HAD NO
IDEA THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY
DON'T GET A MAP OF WHERE WE
LIVE. THEY WERE JUST KEEPING
COMMUNITIES WHOLE. THEY WERE
JUST LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY
AND RESPONDING. I'M NOT GOING TO
TRY TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
COMMISSIONS OR THAT MY BILL OR
THAT AS A MEMBER BRYAN BELLER,
PERFECT, THEY'RE NOT. BUT WHAT I
WILL TELL YOU AND WHAT I HAVE
LIVED THROUGH AND CAN GUARANTEE
TO YOU IS THAT INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS ARE
FAR SUPERIOR. TO ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES, DRAWING THEIR
OWN LINES WHERE THEY REPRESENT
AND WHERE THEY WILL SPEND THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS MAKING THE
DECISIONS AND RUNNING FOR OFFICE
OVER AND OVER WITHOUT HAVING TO
REALLY HEAR THE INPUT. OF THE
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT THE
CURRENT COMMISSION COMPOSITION
COULD LEAD TO SIMILAR ISSUES. I
JUST THINK THERE SHOULD BE BUY
IN FROM EACH STAKEHOLDER. SURE
THREE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS
HERE AND SO ALL I'M SUGGESTING
IS THAT MAYBE THE COMMISSION
REQUIRE, YOU KNOW A VOTE FROM
EACH ONE. APPRECIATE THOSE
COMMENTS, MR BENNETT APPRECIATE
IT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO
ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS
SPECIFICALLY, AND THAT IS, YOU
KNOW, THE REFERENCE HERE IN
TERMS OF STAKEHOLDERS,
SUPERVISORIAL CAMPAIGNS ARE
NONPARTISAN CAMPAIGNS SO IT
WOULD BE COMPLETELY
INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE A
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION THAT
REFLECTS POLITICAL PARTY MAKEUP
. THAT'S WHY HE YOU DON'T DO IT
THAT WAY. SPOKEN LIKE ACCOUNTING
SUPERVISOR K¾T. UM YOU WANT TO
TRY TO KEEP POLITICAL PARTY YOU
DO OFFICIALLY CLIP POLITICAL
PARTIES OUT OF EVERY THING IN
TERMS OF SUPERVISORIAL RACES AND
SO WOULD AGAIN BE BE
INAPPROPRIATE. SO APPRECIATE HOW
YOU HAVE THE SETUP AND THE SAME
AT THE CITY LEVEL, BUT YOU STILL
WANT TO REFLECT THE MAKEUP OF
THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION
, MR BENNETT. THANK YOU FOR
LETTING ME BORROW YOUR MIKE.
THANK YOU SING NO OTHER COMMENTS
. SENATOR ASHBY. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? I JUST REALLY MUCH
APPRECIATE YOU HEARING US OUT
TODAY AND AGAIN, I WILL
ACQUIESCE THAT INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS WILL
NOT SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS IN
REDISTRICTING, BUT IT WILL MAKE
A PROCESS MORE FAIR AND MORE
REASONABLE AND ALLOW FOR MORE
PEOPLE TO FEEL HEARD. IN THE
PROCESS, AND I URGE AND I VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOTION BY
MR MS RUBIO. SECOND BY MS
PELLERIN. I FULLY AGREE WITH
YOU. AND WHILE YOU WOULDN'T SAY
THAT OUR BILLS ARE PERFECT. I'M
HAPPY TO, UM, I THINK WHEN WE'VE
LOOKED AT THIS PROCESS
THROUGHOUT THE UP AND DOWN THE
STATE, THE INDEPENDENT PROCESSES
THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. WE'VE BEEN
PIECEMEAL NG IT FOR YEARS.
FRESNO RIVERSIDE, LOS ANGELES,
SACRAMENTO. WE NEED TO DO THIS.
WE NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT ALSO.
TRADITIONALLY SOMETHING LIKE
THIS. THAT WOULD BE IN CONFLICT
WITH THE CHAIRS. BILL WOULDN'T
GET HEARD. I HAVE SO MUCH
RESPECT FOR THE EFFORT THAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THAT. IF WE
HAVE TO CHAPTER SOME ISSUES OUT
LATER, THEN THAT'S JUST WHAT
WE'LL DO, BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO
MOVE FORWARD. IT HAS TO DO PASS
RECORD. MADAM SECRETARY, CAN WE
CALL THE ROLL? THE MOTION IS DO
PASS AND BE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
BRIAN BRIAN. I LACKEY LUCKY NO
BENNETT. BENNETT I, SALI. NO B I
LO. I LO I PELLERIN HELEN. I
BLANCA RUBIO RUBIO? AYE. THAT
BILL IS OUT SIX TO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
ALL. SENATOR WILK. WHAT'S UP,
MAN? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
YOU TWO. YOU CAN BEGIN ON 7 18
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY NEEDED
AUTHOR SO I RAN OUT OF COMMITTEE
TO TRY TO GET YOU THROUGH YOUR
DAY QUICKER. SO THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I'VE GOT A
COUPLE OF BILLS HAVING TO DEAL
WITH ELECTIONS. I GUESS YOU CAN
HEAR THE NEXT ONE NEXT MEETING,
BUT THIS ONE TODAY IS SB 7 18.
WE'RE A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. WHEN WE
GOVERN. WE NEED TO HAVE THEIR
CONSENT. AND SO I'VE BEEN VERY
ACTIVE HISTORICALLY IN UM,
CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURES
BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE
INFORMATION THAT WE GIVE WE GIVE
VOTERS THE BETTER DECISIONS THEY
CAN MAKE SOMETIMES RUN COUNTER
TO MY COLLEAGUES AND MY SIDE OF
THE AISLE, BUT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT. AND THE REAL THE REAL
CHALLENGES I SAW THIS LAST TIME
WAS COUNTING BALLOTS. AS YOU
KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
MALE HIM IN NOW AND YOU KNOW, WE
DON'T HAVE SOMETIMES IT'S YOU
KNOW, IN MIDDLE OF DECEMBER,
WHERE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A FINAL
RESULT AND I JUST THINK WE NEED
TO DO A BETTER JOB. DISCLOSING
WHAT'S GOING ON, SO VOTERS HAVE
CONFERENCE AND I SAW A LOT OF
PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRY TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND SO
SEEDS OF DISSENT AND MAKE
ACCUSATIONS THAT WEREN'T TRUE
AND SO WANT TO CLEAN THAT UP. SO
THIS PARTICULAR BILL, UM IS
AGAIN JUST HAVING TO DEAL WITH
THE SECRETARY OF STATE, PUBLICLY
ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF MISSING
OR NON COMPARING BALLOTS ABOUT
65% OF ALL BALLOTS THAT ARE
REJECTED AND REJECTED FOR THOSE
FOR THOSE TWO REASONS. WE JUST
RECENTLY ACCEPTED AMENDMENTS. AS
YOU KNOW, MR CHAIR FROM THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. AND
OVERALL, MY ONLY GOAL IS GREATER
DISCLOSURE. SO PUBLIC HAS
CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS,
WHICH HOPEFULLY GIVES THEM MORE
CONFIDENCE IN HOW WE GOVERN. SO
WITH THAT, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS?
ARE THERE ANY PRIMARY WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT OR PRIMARY WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING, MR
CHAIRMAN. COME ON UP, TED. GOOD
MORNING. TED MILLHAUSER ON
BEHALF OF SECRETARY OF STATION
HOWEVER PHD, WANNA THANK SENATOR
WILK FOR AND HIS STAFF FOR BEING
SO WILLING TO WORK WITH
SECRETARY WEBER ON THEIR COMMON
GOAL OF TRANSPARENCY. I THINK
WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT SOME
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR
US AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW,
BALANCING STAFF DUTIES AND
ENSURING WE CAN REPORT THIS
MANNER, THIS INFORMATION AND
QUICKEST MANNER AS POSSIBLE AND
MOST RESPONSIBLY AND ACCURATELY.
AND APPRECIATE THE SENATOR
WILLING TO WORK WITH US. WE HAVE
NOT SEEN ANY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
YET. BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE,
YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU KNOW WHAT
DISGUSTING IN AGREEMENT IN
CONCEPT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT?
GREAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY
. BUDDY IN THE HEARING ROOM
WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER THEIR
SUPPORTER OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL. SAYING NONE. MODERATOR,
CAN WE GO TO THE PHONE LINES?
ANYBODY ON THE PHONE LINES. IF
YOU'RE A SUPPORTER, OPPOSITION
OF SP 3718 PRESS 10. AND NO
RESPONSE. YOU MAY CONTINUE. THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MS PELLERIN.
SO, UM, I'M A FORMER COUNTY
ELECTIONS OFFICIAL WORKED FOR 27
A HALF YEARS AND WE DO AN
UNPROCESSED BALLOT REPORT AND
THAT DOES GET OUT THERE. UH WHY
DO YOU THINK THAT'S NOT
SUFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE DO
TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT
REPORT INCLUDES A LOT OF
UNPROCESSED BILLS AND SOME WE
DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT YET
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEM
SECRETARY OF STATE BUT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE CAN'T GET THE
DATA WITHOUT THE ELECTIONS
OFFICIALS, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS
UPDATED AND IN TIMELY MANNER,
AND THERE'S DISCREPANCIES AND
THEN THAT CREATES, YOU KNOW, I
JUST I WAS REPUBLICAN LEADER
LAST CYCLE AND LIKE WE HAD A
RACE CONTENTIOUS RACE, WHICH
WIENER LOSING BY 13 VOTES IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY, FOUR COUNTIES.
OF FOREHEAD. BECAUSE THE LAWS
ARE SO GREAT ALL HAD, YOU KNOW
DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND REPORTS
AND THE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE
SAYING, OH, THE ELECTIONS BEING
STOLEN. I DON'T THINK THE
ELECTION WAS BEING STOLEN. I
JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S UNIFORM
STANDARDS, AND THAT'S ALL I'M
LOOKING TO DO. I JUST THINK IT
CREATES CONFIDENCE AND SO HAVING
JUST GONE THROUGH THAT, AND IT'S
JUST IT NEEDS TO BE DONE QUICKER
, SO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO IT
EITHER. WANT IT QUICK OR YOU
WANT IT ACCURATE YOU WANT, OKAY?
YOU WANTED OKAY, QUICKLY AND
ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. HOW
ABOUT THAT? WELL UNTIL I SEE THE
LANGUAGE. I THINK I'M GONNA LAY
OFF ON IT FOR THEM. NO, THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES. I'D
LIKE TO ASK THE WITNESS FROM THE
SECRETARY OF STATE. I HAVE A
QUESTION FOR HIM. THANK YOU, MR
VICE CHAIR AGAIN. TED MILLHAUSER
ON BEHALF OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
SHIRLEY AND WEBBER. YES, SIR.
YOUR DEPARTMENT PROVIDED TO THE
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
THE IMPLEMENTATION WOULD COST
ABOUT 35,000. AND ONE TIME COSTS
. HOWEVER YOUR LETTER OF
OPPOSITION TO THIS BODY IS
SAYING THAT YOU WOULD NEED THREE
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. CAN YOU
EXPLAIN THIS DISCREPANCY AND WHY
? YOU THINK IMPLEMENTATION WILL
COST MORE NOW? THEY'RE SHORT
TERM POSITIONS, MR VICE CHAIR,
THEY WOULD NOT REQUIRE THE TYPE
OF EXPENDITURE YOU WOULD HAVE
FOR THREE FULL TIME NEW PERSONAL
YEARS. WHAT IS THAT NEW
INFORMATION THAT IT'S THE SAME.
IT'S THE IT IS. THE IS THE EXACT
SAME OF FINANCIAL NUMBER.
QUESTION IS THE DISCREPANCY. WHY
UM, MR CHAIR. I'M SORRY. I DON'T
BELIEVE THERE IS A DISCREPANCY.
I THINK WHAT WE REPORTED TO IN
THE COST ON THIS BILL IS THAT
THE NUMBER THE ACTUAL NUMBER IN
THE THOUSANDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH
THOSE BODIES. OKAY I'M NOT GONNA
DEBATE THANK YOU. IT'S JUST 33
PART TIME. UM. AH TO BE FULLY
TRANSPARENT. THREE PART TIME, UM
, PROGRAM TECHNICIAN. TWO
CLASSIFICATIONS FOR 30 DAYS.
OKAY? SO YOU KNOW THE QUESTION,
MR LOWE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR
. SO WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR, UM, THE MEASURE. I
UNDERSTAND THE LEGISLATIVE
INTEND TO EMILY OFF UNTIL WE GET
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
COMMUNICATIONS CLEARLY, AND I
KNOW THAT YOU'VE COMMITTED TO
THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING.
WHAT WHEN IT MAKES IT TO THE
FLOOR. ME TOO. WITH NO OTHER, UH
. QUESTIONS. MADAM SECRETARY,
CAN WE CALL THE RULE? OR DO WE
HAVE A MOTION? DON'T LOOK SECOND
, MOST OF MRS LOCKY SECOND
ASSAILANT. THE MOTION IS DO PASS
AND BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS. BRIAN VOTING
, NOT VOTING. LUCKY LUCKY I
BENNETT. BENNETT NOT VOTING A
SALI SALI. I LI. NOT VOTING LOW
LOW, NOT VOTING. PELLERIN VOTING
, NOT VOTING, BLANCA RUBIO.
BLANCA RUBIO, NOT VOTING. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR REQUEST
RECONSIDERATION. REQUEST FOR
GIVING THEM. VOTERS TO ZERO.
THAT BILL FAILS. WOULD YOU LIKE
RECONSIDERATION? SURE WHY NOT?
WITHOUT OBJECTION,
RECONSIDERATION ABOUT LOOKING AT
THE AMENDMENTS ENSURE
RECONSIDERATION GRANTED YOU ALL
RIGHT? THANK YOU.
YEAH.
SENATOR ALAN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU. BACK SACRAMENTO. IT'S QUITE
A TREK OVER HERE. HEY, TRENT.
YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY
. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR
POT. DO YOU APPRECIATE YOUR
PATIENCE? UM SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW
, THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT WAS
PASSED BY VOTERS BACK IN 1974.
AND WE HAVE NOW ENACTED A NUMBER
OF IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS TO THE P
R. A TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ELECTION TRANSPARENCY,
INCLUDING EXPANDED FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS TO
PUBLIC OFFICIALS. INCREASED
TRANSPARENCY AND LOBBYING
POLITICAL ADVERTISING. NOW THE
WAY THE RULES CURRENTLY WORK YOU
HAVE TO HAVE, UH, THE BILLS
AMENDING THE P R A HAVE TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW IN
THEIR FINAL FORM FOR 12 DAYS.
BEFORE BEING PASSED, WHICH IS SO
DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF
LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED. AND
THE CHALLENGE WE RUN INTO, AND
THIS HAS COME FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I LIKE TO
WORK IN THIS SPACE, LIKE SO MANY
OF YOU UM, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME
REFORMS HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY
REALLY IMPEDED BY VERY SERIOUS
TIMING CONFLICTS THAT HAPPENED,
PARTICULARLY AT THE END OF
SESSION. YOU MAKE A SMALL LITTLE
CHANGE, OR ARE YOU? YOU KNOW YOU
NEED TO MAKE A SMALL CHANGE IN
ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING'S
STARTING TO DISARRAY IN A WAY
THAT YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO DEAL
WITH WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
THREE DAY UM FREE TO THREE DAY
FINAL FORM REQUIREMENTS. SO JUST
TO GIVE YOU SOME SENSE, RIGHT
ASSEMBLY SO THAT THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
SUSPENSE FILE HEARINGS ARE YOU
KNOW THEY BASICALLY THERE'S NO
TIME OFTENTIMES, UH, YOU KNOW
THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT SET UP
FOR CRITICAL AMENDMENTS TO BE
MADE ON THE FLOOR. AND THAT'S
HOW WE GET TO THIS BILL TODAY.
SO UM, THE CURRENT TIMELINE OF
12 DAYS DATES BACK TO 1985 AND
LET'S REMEMBER 1985 THOSE OF US
WHO CAN WRITE NOT ALEX LEE THAT
, YOU KNOW. SO BACK THEN BILLS
WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE
POSTAL SERVICE. ALRIGHT, WE
DIDN'T HAVE THE MODERN INTERNET.
YES YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN,
YEAH, TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD
WITH REGARDS TO ACCESS TO
INFORMATION. AND UM, WHAT ARE WE
DOING WITH THIS BELT? WE'RE YOU
KNOW, WE'RE SHORTENING THAT TIME
PERIOD FROM 12 DAYS DOWN TO
EIGHT. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED
MORE LESS TIME, BUT OUR FRIENDS
FROM YOU KNOW FROM VARIOUS
PLACES HAVE WE LANDED ON EIGHT.
UM. AND BY THE WAY, THE BILL
DOES RETAIN 12 DAYS FORGOTTEN
AMENDS SO AS TO PROVE, YOU KNOW,
PREVENT AGAINST LAST MINUTE
PIARA BILLS GOING THROUGH ON A
SHORTER TIMELINE. YOU KNOW THE
END OF THE DAY HERE? THIS IS
ABOUT THE LAST MINUTE LITTLE
TWEAKS THAT ARE MADE TO A BILL
THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCED SO AS TO ALLOW FOR
BILLS TO MOVE FORWARD. AT THE
END OF SESSION WHEN WE'RE UNDER
REALLY TIGHT DEADLINES BECAUSE
OF APPROPRIATIONS AND FLOOR SO,
UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S REMEMBER
THIS. THIS CHANGE WILL MAINTAIN
A PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD. THAT IS
SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER. THAT'S
REQUIRED OF ANY OTHER
LEGISLATION WHILE EASING THE
ABILITY TO MAKE CRITICAL
AMENDMENTS TO PUREE BILLS ON THE
FLOOR. LET'S ALSO REMEMBER THAT
ALL PR A CHANGES REQUIRED TWO
THIRDS VOTE. OF THE LEGISLATURE
, AND THEY HAVE TO BE IN FURTHER
AND OF THE GOALS OF THE P R A.
SO ALREADY THERE'S A LOT OF
PROTECTIONS. AND THIS WILL
CERTAINLY BE A THE ONE OF THE
MOST PROTECTED PORTIONS OF LAW
STILL UNDER THIS BILL, SO, UM,
WITH THESE MOST RECENT MOVEMENTS
, WE NOW HAVE THE PPC AND
SUPPORTED THE BILL. AND HERE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT. WE HAVE TRENT
LAYING MR PRESIDENT OF
CALIFORNIA CLEAN MONEY CAMPAIGN
TO TESTIFY. GREAT THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, AND CHAIR BRIAN
AND MEMBERS TRENDLINE, PRESIDENT
OF CALIFORNIA MONEY CAMPAIGN
WE'RE PROUD TO SPONSOR SP 6 81.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO
LEADERSHIP WITH THEIR ALLEN FOR
WORKING ON IT WITH US AND
WORKING ON IT WITH US AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE BBC AS WE
KIND OF LAND ON THE APPROPRIATE
NUMBER OF DAYS. UM THE PR A BILL
REQUIREMENT THAT BUILDS BEING
FINAL FORM. FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS
BEFORE PASSAGE IN EACH HOUSE IS
A VERY IMPORTANT PROTECTION TO
ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS
AND STAKEHOLDERS HAVE PLENTY OF
TIME TO EXAMINE AND WEIGH IN ON
AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT, SO IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT,
HOWEVER, SPONSORS OF MANY
POLITICAL REFORM ACT BILLS AS AS
MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHEN I WORKED
ON WITH US, WE CAN TESTIFY DUE
TO HOW LATE BILLS GET OUT OF
APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILES.
IT OFTEN LEAVES LITTLE AND
SOMETIMES NO TIME TO NEGOTIATE
IMPORTANT FINAL AMENDMENTS TO
BILLS AFTER APPROPRIATIONS. UM
WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH THAT. PPC UH BOB STERN
, THE CO AUTHOR OF ORIGINAL
POLITICAL REFORM ACT AND OTHERS
TO LAND ON EIGHT DAYS BEFORE
PASSAGE AS WHAT WE BELIEVE AND
OTHERS BELIEVE AS THE SWEET
SPOT. IN MOST YEARS. THAT WOULD
MEAN THAT AUTHORS WILL BE ABLE
TO HAVE UNTIL THE WEDNESDAY
FOLLOWING APPROPRIATIONS TO
NEGOTIATE AND CRAFT ANY FINAL
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY
WHILE STILL ENSURING THAT THE
PUBLIC HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO
EVALUATE AND START WEIGHING IN
ON ANY AMENDMENTS THAT THEY NEED
TO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
TRENT ANY PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. SAYING NOT ANYBODY
IN THE HEARING ROOM WHO WOULD
LIKE TO REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL?
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT WELL, NOW
TURN IT OVER TO THE PHONE LINES.
ANYBODY ON THE PHONE LINES WOULD
LIKE TO REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
THANK YOU, PLEASE PERSON. 10 AT
THE TIME. MY MOM AND WE HAVE ONE
PERSON QUEUING UP.
AND AGAIN PRESS 10. ONE MOMENT,
PLEASE.
THANK YOU AND LINE 11. PLEASE GO
AHEAD. THIS IS NANCY NOW
REPRESENTED CALIFORNIA CLEAN
MONEY CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS IN
SUPPORT OF SB 6 81. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AT THE GRASSROOTS. THAT'S
RIGHT. AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE.
THANK YOU. STRONG GRASSROOTS
SHOWING. WE'LL NOW TURN IT OVER
TO, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO?
THANK YOU, MR PELLERIN. SECOND
BY MR LEE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? MR ALLEN APPRECIATE YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS AND RESPECT
FOR MY VOTE. LIKE MANY OF YOUR
BILLS IN THE SPACE, I'M A FAN. I
SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. I
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
DO. THIS ENJOYS THE DO PASS.
MADAM SECRETARY, CAN WE CALL THE
ROLL? THE MOTION IS DO PASS AND
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. BRIAN BRIAN. I
LACKEY LUCKY NO, BENNETT BENNETT
S ALY. LEE. PLEASE I LO I
PELLERIN HALLORAN, I BLANCA
RUBIO. RUBIO? AYE. THANK YOU
MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OUT. 61 THANK YOU IF YOU SEE
SENATOR NEWMAN IN THE HALLWAY,
TEXT HIM TEXT HIM. YEAH, HE'S
GOT THREE FOR US. YEAH.
YEAH THAT'S UH, OPEN THE ROLL
BACK UP ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
FOR MISSING MEMBERS. SP 29, DO
YOU PASS AS AMENDED AND BE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS WITH RECOGNITION
DACIAN TO CONSENT CALENDAR LOW.
AYE. HELLO I PELLERIN PAELLA.
AND I THANK YOU.
COMMITTEE SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN
HAS ARRIVED. HEARD YOU GUYS WERE
HANGING OUT THAT I'D STOP BY.
GOOD MORNING, SIR. YOU MAY BEGIN
A SP 2 48. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
MR CHAIR. I AM SORRY TO KEEP YOU
WAITING ON CONCURRENTLY CHEERING
ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND
SURPRISINGLY PEOPLE WANTED TO
TALK. PRESENTED BILL PUBLIC, YOU
KNOW, I GUESS I KNOW HOW YOU
SAID IT. HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T
HAPPEN HERE. GOOD MORNING, MR
MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SP 2 48,
WHICH WOULD REGARD CANDIDATES
RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA
TO SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE, IN ADDITION TO THE
VARIOUS OTHER FILINGS ALREADY
REQUIRED TO QUALIFY A CANDIDACY
, A SIMPLE SUMMARY OF THEIR
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE.
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND ANY
MILITARY SERVICE, THEREBY
CREATING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR
HOLDING KINLEYS RESPONSIBLE FOR
LYING ABOUT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS
UPON PENALTY OF DISQUALIFICATION
OR OTHER PENALTIES. AS YOU MAY
HAVE ALREADY SURMISED, THE
INSPIRATION FOR THIS BILL AROSE
OUT OF THE SEEMINGLY CONSTANTLY
UNFOLDING DRAMA AND NEW YORK
CONGRESSMAN AND PROFESSIONAL
FABULOUS JORGE SANTOS, WHO LIED
HIS WAY INTO OFFICE AND NOW
FINDS HIMSELF CHARGED. WITH 13
COUNTS TO INCLUDE FRAUD, MONEY
LAUNDERING, THEFT OF PUBLIC
FUNDS AND THE SUBMISSION OF
FALSE STATEMENTS. AND YET,
DESPITE ALL THAT, HE REMAINS
STUBBORNLY EVEN DEFIANTLY IN
OFFICE, AND HIS UNFORTUNATE
CONSTITUENTS HAVE LITTLE OPTION
BUT TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT
ELECTION TO REPLACE HIM.
INTERESTINGLY IF YOU'RE SANTOS
UNEMPLOYED, ALL OF THOSE
WONDERFUL LIES IN THE SERVICE OF
AN APPLICATION FOR A POSITION IN
PRIVATE INDUSTRY OR INCLUDED
THAT INFORMATION ON AN
APPLICATION FOR A LOAN, HE COULD
HAVE EXPECTED TO BE SUMMARILY
FIRED. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE AND
MORE THAN LIKELY PROSECUTED IN
THE SECOND RUNNING FOR ELECTION
IS AT ITS MOST MOST BASIC LEVEL
, ANOTHER VERSION OF APPLYING
FOR A JOB ONE WHERE THE HIRING
DECISIONS MADE BY A MAJORITY OF
THE VOTERS IN A PARTICULAR
JURISDICTION IN CALIFORNIA, AS
IN NEW YORK STATE, AND SO MANY
REPORTS, THE COUNTRY THERE IS
VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
SAFEGUARDS OR RECOURSE THAT
MIGHT HOLD A JORGE SANTOS LIKE
CANDIDATE ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY
SUCCEED IN ROMANCING THEIR
VOTERS ON THE BASIS OF
REPRESENTATIONS OF
QUALIFICATIONS THAT ARE LATER
FOUND OUT TO BE FALSE. SB 2 48
WOULD CLOSE THIS GAPING HOLE IN
ACCOUNTABILITY BY REQUIRING THAT
ALL CANDIDATES ATTEST UNDER
PENALTY OF DISQUALIFICATION AND
SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL AS WELL AS
POSSIBLE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
THAT THE INFORMATION BEING
PROVIDED IS ACCURATE. AND TRUE
TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE,
WHILE THE SANTOS EPISODE
REPRESENTS AN OBVIOUSLY EXTREME
EXAMPLE NEVERTHELESS APPEARS TO
BE PART OF A LARGER TREND AS WE
ARE LIVING IN WHAT SOME HAVE
DESCRIBED AS THE AGE OF THE
DEATH OF SHAME, WHERE CANDIDATES
FOR OFFICE EVER MORE
AGGRESSIVELY DANCE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF TRUTH, ETHICS. AND
INTEGRITY. CALIFORNIA
UNFORTUNATELY, IS NO DIFFERENT
THAN MANY OF THESE OTHER PLACES,
AND WE DO NOT, IN FACT HAVE MUCH
IN THE WAY OF SAFEGUARDS TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THIS
SORT OF BEHAVIOR WITH PUBLIC
TRUST IN POLITICS ALREADY AT ALL
TIME LOWS, SP 2 40 WILL PROVIDE
VOTERS WITH THE ASSURANCE OF
APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE
RECOURSE WHILE ALLOWING FOR THE
FULL EXERCISE OF CANDIDATES.
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IF AND
WHEN IT TURNS OUT THAT CANDIDATE
IS CHIEF ELECTION BY RUNNING ON
Tð MASTERY, FALSIFIED
CREDENTIALS. I RESPECTFULLY I'M
ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY.
THANK YOU, SENATOR. ANY PRIMARY
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT NO PRIMARY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION. SEEING
NONE. ANYBODY IN THE HEARING
ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOICE
THEIR SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION TO
THIS BILL, SAYING NONE.
MODERATOR, CAN WE GO TO THE
PHONE LINES FOR SUPPORT AND
OPPOSITION? KILL ANY APPEARANCE
. SUPPORT OUR POST, PLEASE PRESS
ONE, THEN ZERO. NO ONE'S GOING
UP AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, UH,
MISS MODERATOR WILL NOT TURN
INTO COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MOTION
BY MR BENNETT. SECOND BY MS
PELLERIN IN THE QUESTION BY MR
PELLERIN, I HAVE A QUESTION IS
THAT YOU K¾T HERE SO THE BBC
WOULD CREATE THE FORM THAT
PEOPLE WOULD USE, AND UM AND
THEN IT'S FILED AT THE TIME THAT
A CANDIDATE FILES THEIR
STATEMENT OF INTENTION THAT FORM
501. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT?
OK, OKAY. AND, UH, AND THE FORM
WOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR
CANDIDATES AS WELL. I MEAN, YOU
KNOW, SO AND I'M GLAD TO WORK
WITH ANYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT
OKAY, OKAY, PATH. I'M JUST
LOOKING AT HOW PRACTICALLY THIS
WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. SO YEAH, IT
SOUNDS LIKE YOUR BILL. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER
QUESTIONS. SENATOR WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? RESPECTFULLY
ASKING FOR YOUR I VOTE TODAY?
THANK YOU. THIS IS A COMMON
SENSE MEASURE. UM, THE AUDACITY
OF LIES THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM
CANDIDATES AND MOST NOTABLY, MR
SANTOS FROM NEW YORK. IT'S
REACHED A LEVEL WHERE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY
NECESSARY. I'M HAPPY TO CO
AUTHOR. IF YOU WILL HAVE ME.
THIS BILL ENJOYS A DO PASS.
MADAM SECRETARY, CAN WE CALL THE
ROLL? THE MOTION IS TO PASS AND
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. BRIAN BRIAN. I
LACKEY LUCKY NOT VOTING. BENNETT
BENNETT. I SAY LEE LEE. HELLO.
LOW I PELLERIN PELLERIN, I
BLANCA RUBIO RUBIO. AYE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
MOVE? THAT'S OUT 50. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE ON TO SP 3 86? I
WOULD. I'D ALSO GLAD TO HAVE YOU
AS A CO AUTHOR FOR A B S B 2 48.
THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT MR
MEMBERS AND MR CHAIR. THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO
PRESENT SP 3 86, WHICH WOULD
MAKE THREE MINOR CHANGES TO
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE IN THE
SERVICE OF FURTHER ENSURING
TRANSPARENCY IN THE ELECTORAL
PROCESS, WHERE MORE EFFECTIVELY
STEWARDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS
NEEDED FOR THE CONDUCT OF
ELECTIONS. FIRST SP 3 86 WOULD
DELETE SECTION 13 205 OF THE
ELECTION CODE AND ANTIQUATED
VESTIGE OF CALIFORNIA ELECTORAL
LAW. THERE IS NO LONGER
APPLICABLE TO HELP CALIFORNIA
VOTERS CHOOSE THEIR ELECTORS ON
PRESIDENTIAL BALLOTS. REMOVING
THIS SECTION WILL ELIMINATE
CONFUSION FOR VOTERS, REDUCE THE
COST OF BALANCE TO COUNTY
ELECTION OFFICES AND PROTECT OUR
COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE IS FROM
BAD FAITH LAWSUITS. SECOND SP 3
86 WILL INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY
OF THE BALLOT TABULATION PROCESS
BY EXTENDING THE SIGNATURE
VERIFICATION PERIOD FOR STATE
PETITIONS AND RECALL PETITIONS
TO 60 DAYS FOR COUNTY SYRIAN
SPECIAL DISTRICT IN ISSUES WHILE
EXTENDING THE SIGNATURE
VERIFICATION PERIOD FOR
REFERENDUM PETITIONS TO 90 DAYS
BY IMPLEMENTING SP 3 86 COUNTY
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS WILL BE ABLE
TO MORE EFFICIENTLY MANAGE THEIR
RESOURCES, THEREBY THEREBY
REDUCING TAXPAYER COSTS AND
LESSENING THE BURDENS ON THERE
ALREADY. HARD WORKING STAFF,
FINALLY, IN ORDER TO REDUCE ANY
CONFUSION FOR POTENTIAL
CANDIDATES, SP 3 86 WOULD
MANDATE THAT CERTAIN
NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT ELECTORAL
GUIDELINES ARE AFFORDED TO
CANDIDATES SEEKING TO RUN FOR
OFFICE, CITY CLERKS OR OTHERS
WHO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS FOR A
MUNICIPALITY WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO POST THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION TO THEIR WEBSITE AT
LEAST TWO DAYS PRIOR TO A FILING
DEADLINE. ONE THE SEATS, WHICH
ARE CONSIDERED OPEN OPEN CONTEST
RACES, COMPARED TO THOSE THAT
HAVE INCUMBENTS. WHO HAVE FILED
CANDIDACY NOMINATION PAPERS FOR
REELECTION TO THE DATES, TIMES
AND LOCATIONS THAT LOCAL
ELECTIONS OFFICES WILL BE OPEN
FOR FILING SUBMISSIONS AND THREE
WEATHER. ANY INCUMBENT
OFFICEHOLDER WITHIN THAT
JURISDICTION HAS BEEN DEEMED
INELIGIBLE FOR THEIR INCUMBENCY
STATUS DUE TO REDISTRICTING IN
MANY DISTRICTS, INCLUDING MINE.
WE'VE SEEN CONFUSION AROUND THE
QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A
REDISTRICTED POSITION IS
INCUMBENT OR NOT. THIS WOULD
CLARIFY THAT IN A MEANINGFUL
WAY, SP 3 86 WILL FURTHER
SECURE, MODERNIZE AND STREAMLINE
CALIFORNIA ELECTION PROCEDURES
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AS WE MOVE
THIS BILL THROUGH THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WITH ME TO
TESTIFY TODAY IS BOB PAGE,
ORANGE-COUNTY-REGISTER-TOO-SOON-COUNTY-VOTE-CENTERS
AND THE CO CHAIR OF CASSIO'S
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. I'M
RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR TODAY.
BOB, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING GOOD GOOD
MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIRMAN
BRIAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY. I AM BOB PAGE RESEARCH
VOTERS FOR THE COUNTY OF ORANGE
AND, AS WAS STATED, I'M HERE
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF CLERKS AND
ELECTION OFFICIALS TO EXPRESS
OUR SUPPORT FOR SP 3 86. WE
SPONSORED THIS BILL AFTER
PROPOSING AN EXTENSION OF 30
BUSINESS DAYS FOR COUNTY
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS TO VERIFY
SIGNATURES ON STATE AND LOCAL
PETITIONS WHEN A FULL CHECK OF
ALL SIGNATURES AS REQUIRED.
CIRCUMSTANCES AROSE IN BOTH 2021
AND 2022. WHEN MANY COUNTY
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS COULD NOT
COMPLETE A FULL CHECK OF ALL
SIGNATURES ON STATE INITIATIVES
WITHIN THE EXISTING REQUIRED 30
BUSINESS DAYS IN 2021 THE
REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE IF YOU
WILL CHECK OF TWO STATE
INITIATIVE PETITIONS OVERLAPPED
WITH THE EXAMINATION OF THE
GROUP CONTROL RECALL PETITION.
AND IN 2022 THE DEADLINES TO
COMPLETE A FULL CHECK FOR TWO
STATE INITIATIVE PETITIONS
OVERLAPPED WITH EARLY VOTING AND
THE CANVAS PERIODS OF THE 2022
GENERAL ELECTION. MANY COUNTIES
HAVE LIMITED PERMANENT STAFF TO
EXAMINE PETITIONS AND MUST HIRE
AND TRAIN TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO
COMPLETE THIS WORK, AND THESE
SAME STAFF MEMBERS COMPARE
SIGNATURES ON VOTE BY MAIL
BALLOT ENVELOPES DURING AN
ELECTION. SIGNATURE VERIFICATION
MUST BE DONE CAREFULLY TO ENSURE
NO VOTER IS MISTAKENLY
DISENFRANCHISED CHALLENGE
SIGNATURES MUST BE AGREED UPON
BY THREE ELECTION WORKERS BEFORE
THEY ARE REJECTED. OR ONLY
REMEDY THIS PAST TWO YEARS WAS
TO NEGOTIATE AND GET COURT
APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION OF TIME
IN A STIPULATED AGREEMENT WITH
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE
INITIATIVE PROPONENTS. WE
PROPOSED THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE
INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND
RECALL STATUTES TO CODIFY A
REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO
VERIFY WHAT IN SOME COUNTIES CAN
BE MORE THAN 100,000 SIGNATURES
ON A PETITION WE NEED MORE TIME
TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE 97,000
SIGNATURES THAN WE DO TO EXAMINE
3000 WHEN WE DO THE RANDOM
SAMPLE. WE REQUEST YOUR I VOTE
TODAY ON SP 3 86 AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK
YOU ANY PRIMARY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. SAYING NOT ANYBODY
IN THE HEARING ROOM WHO WOULD
LIKE TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL? GOOD
MORNING. MORNING ON THE
CHAMPIONS. EVEN WHEN VOTERS IN
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SIGNAL OTHERS WILL
NOT TURN IT TO THE MODERATOR. IS
ANYBODY ON THE PHONE LINES WOULD
LIKE TO REGISTER THEIR
SUPPORTER, OPPOSITION. THANK YOU
AND WE DO HAVE LINE 14. PLEASE
GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND
MEMBERS DANA HUTCHINGS WITH THE
CITY CLERK'S ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA. I WANT TO THANK THE
AUTHOR AND HIS STAFF IN THE
SPONSORS FOR THE TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS ON THE POSTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL
ELECTION CLERKS. AND WITH THAT
WEREN'T SPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. AND
THERE'S GOING. I'LL THANK YOU TO
OTHERS. WE WILL TURN IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MOTION BY MS
PELLERIN, SECOND BY MR BENNETT.
SIGNAL COMMENTS. MR NEWMAN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?
APPRECIATE THE WORK NOT ONLY OF
MR PAGE AND GRATEFUL FOR HIS
TESTIMONY DAY, BUT BUT THE WORK
OF ALL OF THE ELECTIONS OFFICIAL
CALIFORNIA WHO DO THE HARD WORK
OF MAKING SURE THAT ELECTIONS
ARE BOTH DONE EFFICIENTLY
TRANSPARENTLY, RESPECTIVELY,
ASKING FOR YOUR I VOTE TODAY.
THANK YOU, SENATOR. I DO WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THE SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONS
MIGHT PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL
WOULD IMPACT MEASURES THAT ARE
ALREADY PENDING. BUT WITH THAT
THIS BILL ENJOYS A DO PASS.
MADAM SECRETARY. CAN WE CALL THE
ROLL? THE MOTION IS DO PASS AND
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS BRIAN BRIAN
LACKEY. LUCKY NO BENNETT BENNETT
ASALI. LEE. B I LO LO, I
PELLERIN BY HELEN I BLANCA RUBIO
RUBIO AYE. 61 THAT BILL IS OUT.
6 TO 1. SENATOR, YOU WANT TO
BRING US HOME WITH 409? I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO I WOULD BE HAPPY. SO
YEAH, UM, FROM THIS BILL COMES
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
OBVIOUS AS YOU WILL SEE IT. SO,
MR CHAIR MEMBERS VERY FIRSTLY,
LET ME START BY ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AND THANK
THE COMMITTEE CONSULTING THE
COLD BECKER FOR HER WORK ON THIS
BILL. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT S
BEFORE NINE, WHICH TAKES THE
NEXT LOGICAL STEP IN BRINGING
VOTER INFORMATION GUIDES INTO
THE DIGITAL AGE. AND MAKING THEM
ACCESSIBLE THE BROADEST POSSIBLE
AUDIENCE BY ALLOWING THE
SECRETARY OF STATE TO IMPLEMENT
A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL OFFER
CAMBRIDGE IN PARTICIPATING
COUNTIES THE CHANCE TO PRESENT
THEIR BALLOT STATEMENTS VIA
VIDEO AS WELL AS IN PRINT IN THE
VOTER GUARD. UNDER CALIFORNIA'S
ELECTION CODE, CANDIDATES
RUNNING FOR LOCAL STATE OR
FEDERAL OFFICER AFFORD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE SPACE IN
THE COUNTY VOTER INFORMATION
GUIDES FOR A STATEMENT OF 2 250
WORDS IN THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES
IN THEIR JURISDICTION. SB 409
WILL ALLOW VOTERS ADDITIONAL
ACCESS TO CANDIDATES BALLOT
STATEMENTS IN THE SAME ESSENTIAL
FORMAT VIDEO THAT IS INCREASING
THE NORMAL AS DAYS WITH OTHER
KINDS OF CONTENT. TO ENSURE
CONSISTENCY AND AN EVEN PLAYING
FIELD OF CANDIDATES. VIDEO
BALLOT STATEMENT WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO A BASIC
SET OF SPECIFICATIONS ON
ELEMENTS SUCH AS ASPECT RATIO
FRAMING AND BACKGROUNDS. VOTERS
WILL BE ABLE TO EASILY ACCESS
THESE RECORDINGS BY GOING TO THE
WEBSITE OF THEIR COUNTY ELECTION
OFFICE OR BY SCANNING A Q R CODE
IMAGE ON THE COUNTY VOTER GUIDE,
WHICH WILL TAKE THEM TO AN
ONLINE REPOSITORY. THE VIDEO
RECORDINGS OF THOSE BALLOTS,
STATEMENTS OF THE CANDIDATES
RUNNING IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE ON
AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY
ARE THE PROPER AUTHORITY TO
REVIEW THESE VIDEOS AND REGULATE
THE CONTINENT CONTAIN ALSO TO
MAINTAIN THE SECURITY OF THE Q R
CODES BEING USED. I RESPECTFULLY
AS FOR YOUR I VOTE TODAY.
BEAUTIFUL AND WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. FOLKS IN THE HEARING
ROOM. FOLKS ON THE PHONE LINE,
MADAM OPERATOR. THE PHONE LINES
IF YOU WOULD WISH TO SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION PRESS 10. AND NO ONE
IS COMING UP. YOU MAY PROCEED.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MR LEE. I
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
ALL THESE DIFFERENT BILLS TO US
. I KNOW THEY'RE AUTHOR
GENERATED IDEAS, SO I LIKE THEM
A LOT. THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY
CONSIDERATION FOR THIS BILL,
PERHAPS IS MAYBE INSTITUTING AND
FOR YOUR SAKE WITH S O S IS
PERHAPS A TIME LIMIT ON IT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE WAY WE DO
WITH BALANCING IS 250 WORDS.
EVERY PROPER NOUN IS ALSO ONE
WORD. YOU KNOW YOU AND I COULD
SAY 250 WORDS A VERY DIFFERENT
TIME LIMITS. I COULD SAY VERY
SLOWLY, VERY, VERY QUICKLY, SO A
TIMELINE MIGHT BE HELD. HELPFUL
FOR NOT JUST THE VOTERS BUT ALSO
IN THE REVIEWING KIND OF PROCESS
RATHER THAN COMING THROUGH HOURS
AND HOURS OF VIDEOS, MAYBE
INSTEAD OF MINUTES, SO THAT'S
JUST THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD
SUGGEST AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT
BILL TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT. SO
YOU'RE A SURGEON THAT SOMEBODY
SPEAK SO SLOWLY FOR 250 WORDS.
OKAY I GUESS THAT IS POSSIBLE.
I'M HAPPY TO WORK ON THAT. YES.
SO UM, YEAH, THIS IS, UH, VERY
INTERESTING TO ME. AND, UM I'M
JUST THINKING ABOUT THE
PRACTICALITY OF IT AS WELL AS
FAR AS PRINTING THE QR CODE ON
THE VOTER GUIDE AND THE CANADA
STATEMENT. IS THERE A SIZE
REQUIREMENT FOR THAT? Q. R CODE
OR UM, HAVE YOU AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. WE HAVEN'T
GOTTEN IT FOR YOU. THIS IS
DELIBERATELY A PILOT. THIS
CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE
MORE COUNTIES TO PILOT THIS. THE
EXPECTATION IS THAT THE YOU KNOW
BE SOME VARIATION IN THE PILOTS
AND WE WOULD SEE WHAT WAS
OPTIMAL, I GUESS. BY EXTENSION
WHAT DIDN'T WORK WELL WHILE ALSO
ASSURING ACCESS THE OTHER ISSUE
THAT I'M THINKING OF AS WELL IS
IF IT'S A CONTEST THAT SAID MORE
THAN ONE COUNTY AND ONE COUNTY
WHO IS DOING IT IN ONE COUNTY IS
NOT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WAS
WONDERING IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT
JUST SO IT THE CONTEST HAS TO BE
FULLY VOTED WITHIN THE COUNTY
PARTICIPATING IN THE PILOT. I
APPRECIATE THAT, I GUESS YOU
KNOW, LET ME NOTE THAT YOU KNOW
THIS WOULDN'T TAKE THE PLACE OF
THE WRITTEN BALLOT STATEMENT.
THIS WOULD BE A COMPLIMENT TO
IT, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT CANADA
WOULD BE DISADVANTAGED IN THAT
OTHER COUNTY BY SIMPLY HAVING
THEIR WRITTEN BALLOT STATEMENT
INSTEAD OF BOTH. YOU KNOW, AND
MORE TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S
LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOTERS
TO GO FIND INFORMATION TO SEE
VIDEOS OF CANDIDATES, BUT WE'RE
TRYING TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED
FORMAT. THAT'S IN VIDEO, RIGHT?
THE FORMAT THAT CONSUMING THESE
DAYS UM AND THAT THE SORT OF
TECHNOLOGICAL YEAH. YOU KNOW,
THE IMPLICATIONS ARE ACTUALLY
MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU WOULD
ASSUME THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A
BIG DEAL. WE'RE ASKING EVERY,
YOU KNOW, ELECTIONS OFFICE AND
EVERY COUNTY TO DO IT, SO THE
IDEA HERE IS, LET'S DO IT AS A
PILOT, SEE WHAT'S INVOLVED IF IT
SEE IF IT'S HELPFUL, BUT I THINK
INTUITIVELY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL
KNOW THAT VIDEO IS THE PREFERRED
CONTENT THESE DAYS. AND THEN THE
OTHER QUESTION THAT CAME TO MY
MIND. IS THAT WHEN YOU DO THE
ONLINE CANADA STATEMENT UM WOULD
IT BE A Q R CODE OR JUST THE U?
R L THAT PEOPLE WILL CLICK ON TO
GET TO THE VIDEO. SO JUST SOME
THOUGHTS APPRECIATE IT. AND
AGAIN, PILOT, RIGHT, SO YOU
KNOW, WE'LL BE TAKING S O S WILL
HAVE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE
AUTHORITY TO REVIEW AND REFINE
THIS. HOPEFULLY OVER TIME WE GET
TO A STANDARDIZED FORMAT THAT
WORKS IN EVERY COUNTY. MR
NEWMAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
? I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL
OF YOUR VIDEO BALANCE STATEMENTS
RESPECTIVELY, ASKING ARRIVED
TODAY. THANK YOU. AND, UM, YOU
KNOW, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES ON
THE COMMITTEE OF RACISM,
INTERESTING POINTS, THINGS TO
THINK ABOUT SOME PROBLEMS THAT
ARE ALREADY INHERENT TO THE
BALLOT STATEMENT PROCESS IF YOU
ARE IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES, RIGHT
WHEN YOU RUN IN YOUR STATEMENT
DOESN'T COVER YOUR ENTIRE RACE.
THIS IS EXCITING AND INTERESTING
. AND I LIKE THE PILOT, AND I
THINK THE L. A COUNTY AND OTHERS
SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN KIND OF
SEEING THE DIRECTION YOU'RE
GOING WITH THIS. UM, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THIS ENJOYS
A DUE PASSI. MADAM SECRETARY,
CAN WE CALL THE ROLL? THE MOTION
IS TO PASS THIS AMENDED AND BE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. BRIAN BRIAN. I
LACKEY I BENNETT BENNETT, I
SALLY LI LI I LOGO PELLERIN
TOLERANT I BLANCA RUBIO RUBIO.
AYE. THANK YOU MEMBERS. ENJOY
THE REVENUE. THAT BILL IS OUT.
THANK YOU, MR NEWMAN. YOU THE
ROLE FOR MISSING OFF MISSING
MEMBERS. YEAH. ADDING ON ON SB 2
48 NEWMAN. THE MOTION IS DO PASS
AND BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON APPROPRIATIONS AS DAILY LEE.
PLEASE I THAT'S ON SP TWO FOR
EIGHT. ON ITEM FOUR SP 386
NEWMAN SALIH TO COMPLY. OKAY
OKAY. THANK YOU, UM SP 681 ALAN
SALEY. GET YOUR BUY. OKAY WELL,
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW. OKAY
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M NOT
GOING TO BE SO. YEAH, YOU DIDN'T
KNOW. YEP. YEP. OKAY. HAVE
EITHER. THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE HEARING.
THANK YOU ALL. OKAY?