PERFECT GOOD
MORNING AND WELCOME TO TODAY'S
OVERSIGHT HEARING OF THE
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BEFORE WE
JUMP INTO TODAY'S DISCUSSION,
LET ME JUST DISPENSE WITH A
COUPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
AT FIRST TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS
OF THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC HAVE
ACCESS TO TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
THIS HEARING WILL BE STREAMED ON
THE ASSEMBLY'S WEBSITE AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ABLE
TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN PERSON
HERE IN ROOM 447. TO PRESERVE
THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE HERE AND
TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO
THE DISCUSSION. PLEASE FOLLOW
THE DIRECTIONS OF OUR SERGEANTS
. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IN
THE ROOM WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL
ASK YOU TO APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. SECOND. I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ASSEMBLY
HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL
DISRUPTIONS TO COMMITTEE AND
FLOOR PROCEEDINGS IN THE LAST
FEW YEARS. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO
ENSURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD
. HOWEVER ANY CONDUCT THAT
DISRUPTS, DISTURBS OR OTHERWISE
IMPEDES. THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF
TODAY'S HEARING IS PROHIBITED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
AND LASTLY, BEFORE WE BEGIN, I
DO WANT TO THANK MY TEAM. UH,
BERNIE RUSKO AND JACKIE KINNEY
FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND PULLING
TOGETHER THIS HEARING AS WELL AS
OUR COMMITTEE SECRETARY AGO.
CHÁVEZ THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND
OUR REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT, OF
COURSE AS WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S
A TEAM EFFORT, AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HARD WORK.
AH SO WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND JUMP IN JUST A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS BEFORE. WE WELCOME OUR
FIRST PANEL. TODAY'S HEARING IS
TITLED FOLLOW THE MONEY,
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
IN STATE GRANT PROGRAMS. I THINK
WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT CALIFORNIA
IS AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT OF
HISTORIC PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO
ADVANCE OUR STATE GOALS ON
CALIFORNIA'S MOST PRESSING
CHALLENGES. THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
GREEN ENERGY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INFRASTRUCTURE, BROADBAND EQUITY
AND MORE WERE ALSO IN THE MIDST
OF IT UNPRECEDENTED INFUSION OF
FEDERAL FUNDS. WE ARE STILL
INVESTING NEARLY $27 BILLION IN
FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS, AND
WE EXPECT $30 BILLION OR MORE IN
COMING YEARS FROM THE FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE. INVESTMENT AND
JOBS ACT AND THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT. A SIGNIFICANT A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THIS
FUNDING HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR
STATE AGENCY GRANT PROGRAMS AND
AS THE LEGISLATURE PREPARES TO
CAST OUR FINAL VOTES ON THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET, WE ARE REMINDED
THAT ROBUST TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY IN ALL THINGS IS
MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER,
AND STATE GRANT PROGRAMS
ACTUALLY REQUIRE A SPECIAL FOCUS
FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. SO
WHILE THERE ARE CLEAR
REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE
CONTRACTING PROGRAMS, CALIFORNIA
HAS NO CENTRAL AGENCY FOR GRANTS
, AND THERE ARE NO UNIFORM
STATEWIDE TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS. FOR
GRANT PROGRAMS. MANY GRANTS ARE
AWARDED OR CONTRACTED OUT BY
GRANTEES TO THIRD PARTY PRIVATE
ENTITIES, AND WE ARE IMMENSELY
THANKFUL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP
AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AS WE
ADVANCE OUR SHARED POLICY GOALS.
BUT THESE THIRD PARTIES AREN'T
SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
RECORDS ACT, NOR TO OTHER
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THAT
APPLY TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
THAT'S VISIBILITY INTO
INDIVIDUAL GRANT AWARDS BY STATE
AGENCIES AS WELL AS SUB
RECIPIENTS IS REALLY CRITICAL
FOR POLICYMAKERS AND ALSO FOR
THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO, AS WE
SAID. FOLLOW THE MONEY. SO IN
OTHER WORDS, WE NEED
TRANSPARENCY TO A SHARE TO
ACHIEVE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
OBJECTIVES, AND THESE OBJECTIVES
INCLUDE TO ENSURE PRUDENT
STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO
TRACK PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING
STATE POLICY GOALS AND ADVANCING
EQUITY TO ENABLE DATA DRIVEN
DECISIONS AND TIMELY PROGRAM
ADJUSTMENTS WERE NEEDED. TO
PREVENT LOSS OF FUNDS THAT ARE
NOT SPENT BY FEDERAL DEADLINES
TO ALIGN WITH NEW FEDERAL
TRANSPARENCY, REQUIREMENTS FOR
GRANTS AND, OF COURSE TO PREVENT
WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE. THE
BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE NEED
UNIFORM TIMELY, ACTIONABLE
REPORTING ON ALL STATE GRANTS BY
ALL STATE AGENCIES, AND THIS
HEARING IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US. TO DIVE INTO WHAT'S
WORKING REALLY WELL ACROSS OUR
STATE AGENCIES WHERE THERE'S
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
AND WET CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE
AS POLICYMAKERS TO ENSURE THAT
ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL AS WE
SAID, THE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING
INVESTED RIGHT NOW, WITH THAT.
LET ME TURN IT OVER TO VICE
CHAIR DIXON TO MAKE ANY OPENING
REMARKS. THANK YOU CHAIR AND I
APPRECIATE I WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE FOR COMING TODAY TO
THIS COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
OVERSIGHT HEARING. I WANT TO
THANK THE CHAIR FOR LEAVING US
THIS WAY AND HER LEADERSHIP AND
IDENTIFYING THE IMPORTANCE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
AND HOW EVERY DOLLAR DIME. PENNY
IS SPENT. SO THANK YOU. I KNOW
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON A
REGULAR BASIS, AND I APPLAUD YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD SINCE
YOU'RE MY DATA TELLS ME THAT
SINCE JULY 1ST 2020 CALIFORNIA
HAS, UH, 66 PARTICIPATING
DEPARTMENTS. WHOEVER RECEIVED
TOTAL ESTIMATED FUNDING OF $49.9
BILLION. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE
PROGRAMS TAKING PART IN THE
STATE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
, SO THOSE WHO ARE ESTABLISHING
BEST PRACTICES WHICH I
UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
TODAY. I THINK THAT SERVES AS A
POTENTIAL MODEL FOR OTHER
AGENCIES, BUT THE CHAIR IS
IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE NO STANDARDS. PRACTICE
STANDARDS FOR GRANT MAKING IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND I
THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY
AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS CAN
BE, UH, FURTHER ADMINISTERED AND
WE CAN FOSTER GREATER PUBLIC
TRUST BY ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY
AND FAIRNESS AND THE ALLOCATION
OF STATE FUNDS. SO WITHOUT
FURTHER ADO, I APPLAUD WHAT
YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT THE STAFF
HAS DONE TO BRING US HERE AND
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, VICE
CHAIR DIXON FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
AND WORK IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
WITH THAT. LET'S JUMP INTO OUR
FIRST PANEL. I WANT TO WELCOME
OUR FIRST PANEL OF WITNESSES. WE
ARE JOINED BY HELEN KIRSTEIN,
THAT PRINCIPAL FISCAL AND POLICY
ANALYST FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE WHO WILL
PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW ON
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STATE GRANT
PROGRAMS. CHRISTINE CHIKOTI, UH
, APOLOGIES IF I BUTCHERED THAT
NAME, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND
CHIEF COUNSEL OF LEGAL SERVICES
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
SERVICES WHO WILL DISCUSS THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN GRANTS AND
PUBLIC CONTRACTS. MARY HALTERMAN
, THE ASSISTANT PROGRAM BUDGET
MANAGER OF FEDERAL FUNDS, COST
TRACKING, TRACKING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY UNIT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WHO WILL
DISCUSS STATE AGENCY REPORTING
TO D O F ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND
BUY SHIVANI BOWS. VARELA GRANTS
A PORTAL PROJECT MANAGER. FROM
THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY,
WHO WILL DESCRIBE THE CALIFORNIA
GRANTS PORTAL? WELCOME EVERYONE
AND WE WILL HEAR PREPARED MARK
REMARKS FROM ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS
AND THEN JUMP INTO QUESTIONS AT
THE END OF THE PANEL WITH THAT,
I BELIEVE WE ARE BEGINNING. MISS
CHRISTINE WITH YOU. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING
ME TO PARTICIPATE. TODAY'S
HEARING. MY NAME IS HELEN
KIRSTEIN WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE. SO TO GUIDE MY
REMARKS, I PREPARED A HANDOUT,
WHICH HOPEFULLY YOU SHOULD HAVE
IN YOUR PACKETS. THE HANDOUTS
ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR
OFFICE'S WEBSITE, AND THERE
SHOULD BE SOME HERE IN THE
HEARING ROOM FOR THOSE WHO NEED
IT AS WELL. IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME. THIS IS A RATHER LENGTHY
HANDOUT. THERE'S A LOT OF
INFORMATION SOME OF IT'S JUST
FOR YOUR REFERENCE. I'M GOING TO
JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON THE
HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU
HAVE A VERY BUSY DAY AND A BUSY
BUSY HEARING FULL AGENDA. UM, IF
YOU TURN TO PAGE ONE, I'LL START
WITH JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL
BACKGROUND ON STATE GRANTS.
REALLY TO SET THE STAGE A LITTLE
BIT FOR THE HEARING ON THE STATE
PROVIDES GRANTS A WIDE RANGE OF
TYPES OF GRANTS, AND IT
DISTRIBUTES THEM IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS, SO ONE OF THE
MAIN WAYS IS COMPETITIVELY. SO
THERE ARE GRANTS SOLICITATIONS
THAT THE STATE PROVIDES AND
FOLKS COMPETE FOR THOSE THOSE
DOLLARS, BUT THE STATE ALSO
SOMETIMES PROVIDES FUNDS ON A
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS,
OR, IN SOME CASES, THEIR
SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE
OUTLINED IN STATUTE, FOR
EXAMPLE. UM ALSO NOTE THAT
THERE'S SOME GRAY AREA ABOUT
WHAT IS WHAT CONSTITUTES A GRANT
. THE STATE PROVIDES A LOT OF
MONEY ON A FORMULA BASIS, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND SOME FOLKS MIGHT
CONSIDER THAT THOSE DOLLARS TO
BE GRANTS AND IN SOME CASES, NOT
IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO, REALLY
THIS, THIS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS
THE BREADTH OF STATE GRANTS. THE
STATE PROVIDES GRANTS TO WHOLE
HOST OF ENTITIES SO LOCAL
AGENCIES RECEIVE QUITE A FEW
GRANTS FROM THE STATE THAT COULD
BE CITIES. COUNTIES ARE SPECIAL
DISTRICTS, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
ENTITIES THAT RECEIVE GRANTS AS
THE CHAIR MENTIONED. YOU CAN BE,
YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
ENTITIES. AND THEN SOMETIMES
THEY CONSIDERED CAN'T YOU KNOW
THEY CAN. THEY CAN CONTRACT THAT
OUT AS WELL. UM SO, FOR EXAMPLE
, TRIBES SOMETIMES RECEIVED
FUNDING, AS DO NON PROFITS OR,
IN SOME CASES, NON GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES AND REALLY GRANT SPAN
ALL OF STATE GOVERNMENT. SO YOU
THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAM AREA.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GRANTS THAT ARE
GOING OUT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE
BIT HARD TO GET YOUR HEAD AROUND
BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A BREATH,
UM AND FUND REALLY A WIDE RANGE
OF TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, SO A LOT
OF STATE GRANTS GO TO BUILD THE
CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT IN
SOME CASES, THE STATE ALSO
SUPPORTS OPERATING COSTS WITH
GRANTS. IF YOU TURN TO PAGE
THREE, WE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
WAYS THE STATE FUNDS GRANTS SO
BUT THE STATES SOMETIMES PAYS
FOR GRANTS ON A CASH BASIS ON A
PAY AS YOU GO BASIS. THE STATE
ALSO ISSUES BONDS IN SOME CASES
TO PAY FOR GRANTS, AND IT USES A
VARIETY OF FUN SOURCES. IN SOME
CASES, THE GENERAL FUND, THE
STATE'S MAIN OPERATING ACCOUNT,
IN OTHER CASES, A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT SPECIAL FUNDS. UM AND
I THINK PARTICULARLY NOTABLE FOR
THIS HEARING ANOTHER TYPE
ANOTHER MAIN FUNDING SOURCES,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SO IN
SOME CASES, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PASSES THROUGH FUNDS.
UM, THROUGH THE STATE AND THE
STATE ACTUALLY ADMINISTERS THOSE
GRANT DOLLARS, SO THAT'S WHY
IT'S I THINK THE REMARKS ABOUT
THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE
DOLLARS ARE PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STATE'S
PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN
ADMINISTERING THOSE DOLLARS. OF
COURSE, IN SOME CASES, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO PROVIDES
FUNDING DIRECTLY TO THOSE, YOU
KNOW THOSE GRANTEES AS WELL. IF
YOU TURN TO PAGE FOUR, THERE'S A
LOT OF INFORMATION HERE. I'M
GOING TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT
PRETTY QUICKLY. UM BUT BASICALLY
, UM COMPREHENSIVE DATA ON STATE
GRANTS HAS BEEN LACKING. IT
HASN'T REALLY BEEN, UM UM, BEEN
AVAILABLE. IT IS IMPROVING, AND
I THINK YOU'LL HEAR LATER ON ON
THIS PANEL. UM A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT ONE OF THE BIG EFFORTS.
THE STATES MADE THIS GRANTS
PORTAL THAT THE STATE LIBRARY
HAS, AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S I
THINK A REALLY IMPORTANT EFFORT
. BUT APART FROM THAT, I WOULD
SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF
VARIATION IN THE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE ON STATE GRANTS ACROSS
STATE GOVERNMENT FOR SOME
PROGRAMS. THERE'S PRETTY GOOD
INFORMATION OR RELATIVELY GOOD
INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE IN
A READILY ACCESSIBLE WAY ON
WEBSITES. IN OTHER CASES, IT'S
REALLY HARD TO TRACK DOWN AND
SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES ACTUALLY
JUST ASKING DEPARTMENTS FOR
INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S
DIFFICULT TO FIND ON WEBSITES OR
MAY BE UNAVAILABLE. UM, AND IN
MANY CASES WHEN IT'S REPORTED,
IT'S PRETTY BASIC. SO A LOT OF
TIMES THE INFORMATION PROVIDED,
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT JUST BE THE
GRANTEE NAME AND THE AMOUNT THAT
WAS PROVIDED. UM AND WELL,
THAT'S HELPFUL. IT DOESN'T
REALLY GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WELL,
WHAT WAS FUNDED WHAT WAS
ACHIEVED WITH THOSE DOLLARS, SO
THERE'S IN MANY CASES, THAT'S
THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
IF YOU TURN TO PAGE FIVE AGAIN.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT ON THIS
PAGE. BUT REALLY, I THINK THE
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WHILE THE DATA
HISTORICAL DATA ON STATE GRANTS
ISN'T GREAT, SO IT'S HARD TO
FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW
MUCH, UM UH, STATE GRANTS HAVE
INCREASED OVER TIME. I THINK
THERE'S A PRETTY CLEAR
INDICATION THAT IT'S GONE UP
QUITE A BIT. AND PART OF THAT.
IS THAT THE STATE YOU KNOW THE
STATE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN VERY
ROBUST. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS,
THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT
SURPLUSES, PARTICULARLY IN 2020
21 AND 21 22. AND THAT ALLOWED
THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE REALLY
SIGNIFICANT ONE TIME INVESTMENTS
, AND MANY OF THOSE WERE MADE IN
THE FORM OF GRANT PROGRAMS TO
LOCAL AGENCIES AND OTHERS. UM
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THAT ALONG
WITH THIS BIG INFUSION OF
FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS REALLY YOU
KNOW VERY UNUSUAL. IT'S A VERY
UNUSUAL TIME WE LIVE IN WHERE
WE'VE HAD THIS BIG, BIG INCREASE
IN STATE DOLLARS AS WELL AS THE
BIG INCREASE IN FEDERAL DOLLARS,
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY TIMELY
THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS LOOKING
AT THIS ISSUE NOW WHEN WE SEE
ALL OF THIS AND, YOU KNOW,
INCREASE IN FUNDING. UM AND
REALLY IMPORTANT MANY, MANY
CASES, NEW GRANT PROGRAMS THAT
THE STATES NEVER FUNDED BEFORE,
AND SO WERE. WE REALLY NEED TO
SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE
ARE DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT
THOSE ARE EFFECTIVE. IF YOU TURN
TO PAGE SIX, AND WE MOVED TO A
DISCUSSION OF THE TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND STATE
GRANTS AND WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY IS
IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT
REASONS, SO I THINK MOST
FUNDAMENTALLY, IT HELPS FOLKS
UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW WHERE THE
DOLLARS ARE GOING, RIGHT? FOLLOW
THE MANY, SO I THINK THAT'S A
REALLY CRITICAL CRITICAL
IMPORTANT PART OF TRANSPARENCY
HERE. BUT IT DOES MORE THAN THAT
IT CAN HELP THE LEGISLATURE
ENSURE THAT ITS GOALS ARE BEING
MET WITH THESE PROGRAMS, AND IT
CAN HELP ALL OF US UNDERSTAND
WHETHER PROGRAMS ARE OPERATING
THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO,
WHETHER THEY'RE EFFECTIVE,
WHETHER THEY'RE EFFICIENT,
WHETHER THEY'RE BEING
ADMINISTERED IN A WAY THAT'S
EQUITABLE. UM AND I HAVE JUST A
COUPLE EXAMPLES. I THINK IN THAT
AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DON'T
KNOW WHERE THE GRANT YOU KNOW
WHICH COMMUNITIES GOT GRANT
AWARDS, IT CAN BE HARD TO TELL.
OKAY WHAT THEY'RE SORT OF EVEN
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. ACROSS
THE STATE. IF THAT'S THE GOAL OF
THE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, ARE
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
BENEFITING FROM THOSE DOLLARS OR
ARE THEY BEING EXCLUDED FROM
THOSE DOLLARS? SO THOSE ARE
IMPORTANT TYPES OF QUESTIONS
THAT YOU CAN REALLY START TO
ANSWER ONCE YOU KNOW WHERE THE
DOLLARS ARE GOING, BUT IF YOU
DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING,
IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVEN START.
UM AND I THINK SIMILARLY IN
TERMS OF EFFECTIVENESS, IF YOU
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE
INFORMATION ON THE OUTCOMES, YOU
CAN START TO ASK THE QUESTION.
OKAY. WHICH PROGRAMS ARE WE
GETTING THE MOST FROM OUR
DOLLARS AND INVEST MORE IN THOSE
AND THAT CAN HELP THE STATE USE
ITS LIMITED RESOURCES IN THE
MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. WE ALSO
HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF KEY WAYS
THAT WE THINK THE LEGISLATURE
CAN FACILITATE TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY BOTH ON THE FRONT
END AND ON THE BACK END, SO WHEN
THE FRONT END THAT'S BEFORE THE
DOLLARS GO OUT, AND THERE ARE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS
LEGISLATURE CAN DO THEIR
ESTABLISHING CLEAR GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES FOR GRANT PROGRAMS IN
STATUTE. I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT AND MAKING SURE
THERE'S GRANT PROGRAMS ARE WELL
COORDINATED AND NOT DUPLICATIVE.
PROVIDING STATUTORY GUIDANCE ON
HOW PROGRAMS ARE TO BE
ADMINISTERED AND HOW FUNDS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, SUPPOSED TO
GO OUT. HOW GRANTEES ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE SELECTED IS ALSO
IMPORTANT AND THEN SETTING UP
THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES
UP FRONT, RIGHT? SO KNOWING YOU
KNOW WHAT HAS TO BE REPORTED AND
HOW UP FRONT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DATA IS
AVAILABLE. ALSO ANOTHER THING
THAT CAN BE HELPFUL IS
ESTABLISHING NEW GRANT PROGRAMS
ON A LIMITED TERM BASIS THAT
PROVIDES A NATURAL CHECK IN SO
THE LEGISLATURE CAN SEE. OKAY,
WE DID A THREE YEAR PILOT. HOW
IS THIS PROGRAM WORKING? UM, AND
IT CAN BE A REALLY GOOD WAY TO
THEN COME BACK AND MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S
MERITED TO CONTINUE ON AN
ONGOING BASIS. SO IF YOU TURN TO
PAGE SEVEN ALSO HIGHLIGHTS AND
BACKEND ACCOUNTABILITY, SO NOT
JUST BEFORE THE DOLLARS GO OUT,
BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY'VE GONE
OUT, HOW DO YOU ENSURE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
AS WELL? AND A LOT OF THAT IS
REALLY FOCUSED ON REVIEWING THAT
INFORMATION, SO NOT HAVING IT
JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BE ON A
SHELF OR BUT REALLY MAKING SURE
THAT IT'S REVIEWED THAT, TO THE
EXTENT THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS THAT REALLY MERIT IT
DOING FUNDING SOME RESEARCHERS
SUPPORTING RESEARCH TO ENSURE
PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE HOLDING
OVERSIGHT HEARINGS LIKE THIS
ONE, I THINK IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT, UM, STEP TO MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE
ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT THE LEGEND
THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS
AGAIN. WHAT WHAT THEY'RE GETTING
FOR THEIR DOLLARS AND THEN
FOLLOWING THROUGH, OF COURSE, ON
CORRECTIVE ACTION, SO IF THERE
ARE ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED
THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS,
MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE STEPS
TAKEN TO ADDRESS THOSE SO THOSE
BACK IN THE CANNIBAL MEASURES
REALLY RELY ON THE FRONT AND
STUFF IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
REPORTING. YOU CAN'T IT'S HARD
TO DO AN OVERSIGHT HEARING AND
THAT'S AS EFFECTIVE OR IT'S HARD
TO DO THE RESEARCH. IF YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT BASIC INFORMATION, SO
I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S SO
CRITICAL TO HAVE THAT FRIEND AND
ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE STATE IS WELL POSITIONED, UM
TO ENSURE THAT THE DOLLARS ARE
BEING SPENT IN THE MOST
EFFECTIVE WAY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN
REALLY THIS HUGE INFUSION THAT
WE'VE WE'VE SEEN. SO THAT'S
THING THAT MY PREPARED REMARKS
FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY. JUST
GIVEN THE INTEREST OF TIME THERE
ARE FEW MORE PAGES AS PART OF
THE HAND OUT. MOST OF THEM COVER
SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THAT, UM
, MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING
COMMITTEE. YOU COULD REVIEW THEM
AT YOUR AT YOUR LEISURE. AND IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO
HAPPY TO TAKE THEM, BUT GIVEN
THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, WANT
TO DEFER ALSO TOGETHER FOCUS ON
THAT PANEL. THANK YOU, MISS
CHRISTINE. YES APPRECIATE THOSE
THOSE COMMON SENSE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE MADE IT
DIG INTO SOME OF THE DETAIL WHEN
WE JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, SO WITH
THAT, LET'S TURN TO, UH, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AND CHIEF COUNSEL.
CHRISTINE CHIKOTI. GOOD MORNING
, ADAM. SHARE PLEASE CORRECT MY
PRONUNCIATION. SURE IT'S
CHRISTINE SUKARDI. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.
CHRISTINE COUNTY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
AND CHIEF COUNSEL FOR THE OFFICE
OF LEGAL SERVICES AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.
AND I'M JOINED HERE BY MATT
BENDER, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE
AFFAIRS. THANK YOU FOR INVITING
DGS TO COME AND TESTIFY BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. UM
SO WE WERE ASKED TO REALLY SPEAK
TO FOUR TOPICS RELATED TO
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ON STATE GRANT PROGRAMS. THE
FIRST ONE I'LL TALK ABOUT IS
WHAT DGS ROLE IS WITH RESPECT TO
STATE CONTRACTS AND THE REALLY
THE PUBLIC INTEREST POLICY
RATIONALE BEHIND HAVING A SERVE
IN THAT ROLE. SO D G S ROLE IS
TO ENSURE STATE CONTRACTS COMPLY
WITH THE PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE
AND THE PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE
SORT OF LAYS OUT THESE GENERAL
PRINCIPLES THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE
PRINCIPLES INCLUDE WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THE LAW IS CLEAR WITH
RESPECT TO COMPETITIVE EDITING
REQUIREMENTS. WE UH THE LAW
SEEKS TO ENSURE FULL COMPLIANCE
WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS TO
PROTECT THE MISUSE OF PUBLIC
FUNDS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
ALL BIDDERS ARE QUALIFIED
PREVENTERS ARE PROVIDED A FAIR
OPPORTUNITY TO BID WHICH
STIMULATES COMPETITION. THE LAW
SEEKS TO ELIMINATE ELIMINATE
FAVORITISM, FRAUD OR CORRUPTION
IN THE WARD OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS
. AND THEN CERTAINLY THE LAW
LOOKS TO AID STATE OFFICIALS AND
ADMINISTERING THE SYSTEM BY
CREATING A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR
STATE CONTRACTS. EACH STATE
AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING
SURE THAT ITS CONTRACTS COMPLY
WITH THOSE LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND
ARE BASED ON SOUND BUSINESS
PRACTICES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT
BODIES OF LAW GOVERNING THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF STATE
CONTRACT, SO WE KIND OF PUT THEM
IN BUCKETS. UM SO THERE'S A
BUCKET FOR NON IT GOODS. THERE'S
A BUCKET FOR NON IT SERVICES.
THERE IS A BUCKET FOR ITS GOODS
AND SERVICES AND THEN FINALLY
PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS. SO D G S
OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES. OUR
ROLE IS REALLY SPECIFIC TO THE
BUCKET OF NON I T SERVICE
CONTRACTS, AND WE PROVIDE THE
FINAL APPROVAL OF ALL AGENCY NON
IT SERVICE CONTRACTS AS REQUIRED
BY LAW. THAT THE REASON DGS
SERVES IN THAT ROLE IS TO ENSURE
COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE PRINCIPLES
THAT I LAID OUT TO REALLY
CONSERVE THE FISCAL INTERESTS OF
THE STATE AND TO REALLY APPLY
OUR CONTRACT, KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERTISE TO STATE CONTRACTS.
THE SECOND TOPIC I WAS ASKED TO
SPEAK ON WAS THE SPECIFIC WHAT
DOES D J S LOOKING FOR? WHAT IS
OUR APPROVAL BASED ON AND WHAT
WE BELIEVE IS REQUIRED WHEN
WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE
TRANSACTIONS IF A TRANSACTION IS
DEEMED A CONTRACT, SO THE
GENERAL RULE IS THAT DGS IS THAT
ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE AUTHORITY
TO ENTER INTO NON IT. SERVICE
CONTRACTS THAT ARE OVER $50,000
OR $150,000, DEPENDING ON YOUR
AUTHORITY, BUT THEY ALL REQUIRE
DGS OLS APPROVAL. UM AND SO THE
CONTRACTS ARE VOID UNLESS
IMPROVED BY DGS OFFICE OF LEGAL
SERVICES UNLESS THERE IS A
STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS FOR THOSE
CONTRACTS. SO THE D. J S OFFICE
OF LEGAL SERVICES PUBLISHES THE
STATE CONTRACTING MANUAL. THAT'S
REALLY OUR PRINCIPLES AND
GUIDELINES TO GUIDE DEPARTMENTS
AND CHAPTER TWO OF THAT MANUAL
IS OUR GENERAL ROAD. MAP OF WHAT
WE LOOK FOR WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING
ABOUT 8000 ON IT. SERVICE
CONTRACTS A YEAR, SO WE'RE
LOOKING FOR STATUTORY COMPLIANCE
WITH WHAT I LAID OUT EARLIER
PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE. WE'RE
LOOKING TO ASSESS THE IMPACT ON
THE STATE CONSTITUTION CIVIL
SERVICE MANDATE WHEN IT COMES TO
CONTRACTING OUT FOR SERVICES. UH
WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPETITION
WERE PROVIDED FOR AND THEN
FINALLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE
SURE THE CONTRACT INCLUDES
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
THAT PROTECT THE STATE'S BEST
INTERESTS. AND THEN FOR GOODS
AND I T CONTRACTS. DGS HAS A
PROCUREMENT DIVISION AND THEY
EACH DEPARTMENT HAS A LEVEL OF
AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE FOR THOSE
TYPES OF CONTRACTS, DEPENDING ON
WHAT THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION
HAS GRANTED THEM BASED ON THEIR
EXPERIENCE WITH THAT DEPARTMENT,
AS WELL AS AUDITING THAT
DEPARTMENT THE THIRD TOPIC IS
THE TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS
THAT HAVE ALREADY A LITTLE BIT
BEEN SPOKEN TO FOR STATE
CONTRACTS, SO THE GENERAL RULE
IS CONTRACTS OR PUBLIC RECORDS.
EACH STATE AGENCY IS THE
CUSTODIAN OF THAT OFFICIAL
CONTRACT FILE, AND THEY CAN
PRODUCE THAT FILE IN RESPONSE TO
A REQUEST. WHEN WE LOOK AT
TRANSPARENCY FROM THE JUSTICE
PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOK AT
TRANSPARENCY OF OPPORTUNITY, SO
THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO BID ON
CONTRACTS ARE ALL PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE ON A CENTRALIZED
WEBSITE, THE CALI PROCURE
WEBSITE. SO INTERESTED VENDORS
WHO CAN GO IN AND VIEW ALL THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES TO BID AS WELL AS
THERE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT
THAT WE ADVERTISE ALL
OPPORTUNITIES THERE UNLESS
SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED. AND THEN
FINALLY, AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE
OF TRANSPARENCY IS OUR
PROCUREMENT DIVISION, MAINTAINS
A CENTRALIZED DATABASE THAT
TRACKS KEY DATA POINTS FROM THE
CONTRACTS DEPARTMENTS ENTER INTO
SO THE PUBLIC CAN GO IN AND SEE
HOW EACH STATE ENGINE AGENCY IS
SPENDING ITS DOLLARS. THE LAST
TOPIC. I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK TO
HIS DGS AUTHORITY OVER STATE
GRANTS AND HOW AN AGENCY
DETERMINES IF A TRANSACTION IS A
GRANT OR CONTRACT. UM SO IN
PRACTICE, EACH DEPARTMENT MAKES
A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER
THIS IS A GRANT OR A CONTRACT.
IF IT'S A GRANT, IT DOES NOT
COME TO DGS BECAUSE LEGALLY, WE
ONLY REVIEW UH, STATE CONTRACTS
WE HAVE. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT
GRANT EXPERTISE, WHICH IS WHY I
HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE
HERE. UM, SO THE STATE
CONTRACTING MANUAL THAT POLICY
MANUAL THAT WE PUT OUT CHAPTER
FOUR SECTION 4.06 EXPLAINS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GRANT AND A
CONTRACT AND THAT GUIDANCE IS
BASED ON ATTORNEY GENERAL
OPINIONS, WHICH JUST
DEMONSTRATES WHAT THE
DISTINCTIONS ARE. SORT OF AT A
HIGH LEVEL GRANTS MUST HAVE
SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY.
GRANTS MUST NOT BE FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE STATE. AND
PERFORMANCE UNDER THE GRANT MUST
NOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.
IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE CONTROLLED
BY THE GRANTEE. IT NEEDS TO BE
THE GRANTEES PROGRAM, NOT THE
STATE'S PROGRAM. UH THOSE
CONCLUDES MY PREPARED REMARKS
AND CERTAINLY HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME DURING THE HEARING. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT WE WILL JUMP TO MARY
HALTERMAN, THE ASSISTANT PROGRAM
BUDGET MANAGER OF FEDERAL FUNDS,
COST TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
UNIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. SO I'M
MARY HALTERMAN DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. I AM THE ASSISTANT
PROGRAM BUDGET MANAGER. HI FOR
THEY FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDS AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND COST TRACKING
IT AT THE DEPARTMENT, UM, ALSO
KNOWN AS FACT, AND MY TEAM
OVERSEES THE TRACKING,
IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT OF
VARIOUS FEDERAL STIMULUS AND
DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS THAT WERE
PASSED BY CONGRESS IN RESPONSE
TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, WHICH
INCLUDES $27 BILLION IN STATE
FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS, ALSO
KNOWN AS S F. R F THAT WAS UNDER
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF
2019. THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS R. P
SO INITIALLY TO PROVIDE
TRANSPARENCY ON THE USAGE OF
OVER. UM IT'S NOW $639 BILLION
ALLOCATED TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE
SIXTH FEDERAL COVID STIMULUS
BILLS THAT CAME BOTH TO AND
THROUGH STATE DEPARTMENTS AS
WELL AS DIRECTLY TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES AND
HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE STATE
FINANCES, LEAD STATEWIDE
COORDINATION EFFORTS. USING OUR
EXISTING INTERNAL RESOURCES
INITIALLY TO TRACK AND REPORT
INFORMATION PUBLICLY ON OUR
WEBSITE ON THE USE OF THESE
FEDERAL FUNDS, HOWEVER, GIVEN
THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF SFR OFF
RECEIVED UNDER ARPAIO AND THE 21
22 BUDGET ACT ESTABLISHED THE
NEW UNIT, MY TEAM WITHIN FINANCE
TO PROVIDE DEDICATED STATEWIDE
REPORTING AND TRACKING A FEDERAL
STIMULUS FUNDS. SO TO THAT END
FACT, WE WORK BOTH WITH FINANCES
, OFFICE OF STATE AUDITS AND
EVALUATIONS AS WELL AS OUR
FISCAL SYSTEMS AND CONSULTING
UNIT TO ASSIST IN OVERSEEING AND
MONITORING ALL OF THE S FRF
IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE
ACTIVITIES, UH, IN RELATION TO
ALL THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. SO
IN RECENT YEARS, CONGRESS HAS
ALSO PASSED OTHER SIGNIFICANT
LEGISLATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND
JOBS ACT OF 2021, THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT OF 2022 AND THE
CREATING HELPFUL INCENTIVES TO
PRODUCE SEMICONDUCTORS AND
SCIENCE OR THE CHIPS ACT OF 2022
. SO WE ASSIST IN COORDINATING
AND TRACKING FEDERAL FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THESE
VARIOUS ACTS AS WELL. SO WHILE
WE ASSIST, AND ALL THESE OTHER
AREAS ARE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
IS REPORTING TO THE U. S.
TREASURY ON THE USAGE OF THE $27
BILLION OF ECE FOR A FUNDING, SO
THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED TO
RESPOND TO THE COVID PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY AND IT'S
NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS. UM IT
REPLACES LOST REVENUE, AND IT
ALSO MAKES INVESTMENTS IN WATERS
WHO ARE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
. SO CALIFORNIA HAS DEDICATED
AND MAJORITY OF ITS FUNDING TO
ADDRESS COVID'S NEGATIVE
ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND FOR REVENUE
REPLACEMENT, WHICH MITIGATES THE
LOSS OF ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT
SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PANDEMIC. SO THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ON THESE FUNDS
INCLUDES QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE
AND EXPENDITURE REPORTS AS WELL
AS ANNUAL RECOVERY PLAN REPORTS
DUE TO THE U. S. TREASURY. AND
TO MEET THESE FEDERAL REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS. FINANCES
INFORMATION SERVICES UNIT TESTS
AND SFR OF PORTAL FOR STATE
DEPARTMENTS TO ENTER INFORMATION
ON SUB RECIPIENTS AWARDS
EXPENDITURES AS WELL AS
PERFORMANCE DATA ON A QUARTERLY
BASIS. MY TEAM REVIEWS THE
DEPARTMENT SUBMISSIONS FOR
ACCURACY, WHICH ARE THEN
SUBSEQUENTLY EXPORTED FROM OUR
PORTAL AND THEN SUBMITTED TO THE
U. S TREASURY THROUGH THEIR
FEDERAL PORTAL. I'M THE
QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE STATUS
OF AWARDS AND EXPENDITURES FOR
EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
BEING FUNDED BY SFR F OR POSTED
TO OUR PUBLIC WEBSITE SHORTLY
AFTER WE SUBMIT TO US TREASURY.
ADDITIONALLY OUR ANNUAL RECOVERY
PLAN AS POSTED ON OUR PUBLIC
WEBSITE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE
SUBMITTED TO US TREASURY SO FOR
THESE EFFORTS, FINANCES SFR
PORTAL HAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE
2022 BEST OF CALIFORNIA AWARD
FOR THE BEST APPLICATIONS
SERVING THE PUBLIC CATEGORY. UM,
FROM THE CALIFORNIA FOR THE FROM
THE GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGIES
CALIFORNIA DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
SUMMIT LAST YEAR AND SO WHILE
NOT A FEDERAL OR STATE
REQUIREMENT, WE ALSO HAVE A
SEPARATE COVID 19 FEDERAL
TRACKING PORTAL, WHICH IS USED
TO COLLECT EXPENDITURE AND
OBLIGATION DATA FROM STATE
ENTITIES FOR FEDERAL AWARDS FROM
THE SIX DIFFERENT STIMULUS
BILLS. THAT IS BEEN MADE
AVAILABLE ON OUR PUBLIC WEBSITE
. SO WHILE DEPARTMENTS MAY
CONTINUALLY UPDATE AWARDS AND
OBLIGATIONS IN THE PORTAL DUE TO
THE LIMITED WORKLOAD CAPACITY OF
BOTH DEPARTMENTS AND FINANCE,
ONGOING DEPARTMENTAL SUBMISSIONS
ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO BE MADE BY
ANNUALLY AROUND THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET AND BUDGET ENACTMENT.
TIMEFRAMES UM SO AFTER
DEPARTMENT SUBMIT TO FINANCE WE
REVIEW THIS MEDALS FOR ACCURACY
AND COMPLETENESS. UM AND FOLLOW
UP WITH DEPARTMENTS WITH ANY
QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE ON
INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE
SUBMITTED TO US ON VARIOUS
PROGRAMS AND SINCE THE MAJORITY
OF THE FUNDING TO CALIFORNIA
DOES NOT FLOW THROUGH A STATE
DEPARTMENT, WE ARE LIMITED IN
THE DATA WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT
AND REPORT ON A COMPREHENSIVE
BASIS FOR THE STATE AS A WHOLE
ON OUR PUBLIC WEBSITE, SO BASED
ON OUR EXPERIENCES WITH THE
COVID 19 FEDERAL TRACKING PORTAL
AND GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF
FEDERAL FUNDING A COMPREHENSIVE
AND DETAILED WANT STOP SITE FOR
ALL THE STATE FUNDING DATA
SIMILAR TO WHAT'S DONE AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, WITH USA SPENDING
DOT GOV WOULD REQUIRE A VERY
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES,
OVERSIGHT, TIME AND FUNDING.
REAL TIME DATA CAP CAPABILITY
FOR FEDERAL AWARD. TRANSPARENCY
IS DIFFICULT AS TIME IS NEEDED
TO CONFER. WITH THE DEPARTMENTS
AND ALSO IN PUTTING ALL OF THE
DATA AND CONDUCTING QUALITY
REVIEW BEFORE IT'S PUBLISHED
PUBLICLY. SO IN OUR EXPERIENCE,
THIS TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF TIME. SO, NOTABLY, THE USA
SPENDING DOT GOV SITE IS
EXTREMELY LIMITED WHEN IT COMES
TO DELIVERING THE ACTIONABLE
DATA AS IT IT'S A NOBLE TO ROLL
UP BY SUB RECIPIENT DATA TO THE
PRIME RECIPIENT LEVEL, WHICH IS
THE ENTITY THAT'S ACTUALLY
RECEIVED THE FEDERAL AWARD. AND
SO THIS IS DUE TO SOME ISSUES
SUCH AS THE DIFFERENT
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN
THE PRIME AND SUB RECIPIENTS. AS
WELL AS THE PLACES OF THE ACTUAL
PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECT,
WHERE THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY
BEING COMPLETED. UM AS WELL AS
DEPARTMENTAL DATA LIMITATIONS.
DIFFERENT AWARD NEEDS IN
DIFFERENT REWARD REQUIREMENTS
MISSING OR INCOMPLETE DATA AND
NO DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN
DIFFERENT SUNNY FUNDING SOURCES
IF THERE'S MULTIPLE FUNDING
STREAMS COMING INTO FUND ONE
PROJECT, SO THESE ISSUES BECOME
MORE FREQUENT AS YOU GET TO THE
MORE GRANULAR LEVELS OF DETAIL,
SO AS YOU GO FROM THE PRIME DOWN
TO THE SUB TO ANY SUB
SUBCONTRACTORS IT GETS HARDER TO
TRACK ALL OF THIS DATA AND ROLL
IT UP INTO SOMETHING THAT'S
THAT'S MEANINGFUL AND ACTIONABLE
AND EASY TO KIND OF, UM, LOOK AT
AT A GLOBAL LEVEL. AND SO WHILE
WORKING WITHIN THESE LIMITATIONS
OF DATA, AVAILABILITY AND
WORKLOAD CAPACITY, WE STILL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH
VALUABLE INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY
AND SHOWING HOW AND WHERE THE
FEDERAL COVID STIMULUS FUNDING
COMING IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN
USED. SO JUST LAST WEEK WE
UPDATED OUR WEBSITE WITH THE
MOST RECENT AWARD OBLIGATION AND
EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR ALL OF
THE PROGRAMS UNDER THE SIXTH
FEDERAL STIMULUS BILLS, AND WE
HAVE OUT NOW ALSO INCLUDED THE
FEDERAL EXPENDITURE DEADLINES TO
SHOW PROGRESS AND COLLEAGUES.
SPENDING ALL FUNDS RECEIVED, UM
PRIOR TO THE FEDERAL CUT OFF
DATES. SO ADDITIONALLY, IN THE
TWO YEARS SINCE SINCE MY TEAM
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. WE'VE
TAKEN GREAT STRIDES IN PROMOTING
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
OF THE STATES. UM AS A FOR A
FUNDING, SO WE REGULARLY POST
TIMELY INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE, INCLUDING PROGRAM
AWARDS AND EXPENDITURES ARE
STATE RECOVERY PLANS, TRAINING
MATERIALS REFERENCES TO
CONTINUALLY UPDATED FEDERAL
GUIDANCE. UM AND STATEWIDE
CONTACTS FOR ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR RESOURCES REQUESTED
FROM THE PUBLIC. UM, AND
ADDITIONALLY, THE ADMINISTRATION
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DATA AND
INNOVATION IS ALSO IN THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING SEVERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE DASHBOARDS,
INCLUDING ONES FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND BROADBAND TO
TRACK THE PROGRESS OF ST STATE
INFRASTRUCTURE, PROGRESS
PROJECTS AND THROUGH METRICS,
SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
LOCATIONS, SCHEDULES,
MILESTONES. IN TOTAL FUNDING
AMOUNTS FROM BOTH STATE AND
FEDERAL SOURCES. SO I THOUGHT,
I'M HAPPY DAY ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES, WE'LL JUMP INTO THOSE, UH,
WHEN WE HEAR FROM OUR REMAINING
PANELISTS, UM, NEXT, WE ARE
GOING TO TURN TO SHIVANI BOWS.
VALERA GRANTS PORTAL PROJECT
MANAGER FROM THE CALIFORNIA
STATE LIBRARY. AND, UM. THEY
JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE
A LITTLE, UH AUDIOVISUAL
PRESENTATION, SO JUST A WORD ON
PROCESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE
IN PERSON IN THE HEARING ROOM
AND WATCHING ON LIVE STREAM,
MISBAH'S VARELA IS GOING TO
DEMONSTRATE THE CALIFORNIA
GRANTS PORTAL WITH A LIVE
NAVIGATION. THE WEB PAGES. THIS
WILL APPEAR ON THE LIVESTREAM
AND THEN ON THE SCREEN HERE FOR
THOSE IN THE HEARING ROOM. THE
IMAGE ON THE SCREEN ISN'T AS BIG
AS WE'D LIKE. BUT WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE IT WORK AND THEN THE
LIVESTREAM. IT'S VERY LEGIBLE
AND CERTAINLY WILL BE ARCHIVED
AND FOR ANY MEMBERS IN, UH IN
THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO
FOLLOW ALONG? WOULD YOU ALSO
HAVE A HANDOUT OF SOME
SCREENSHOTS AVAILABLE? AND WITH
THAT, THANK YOU, MR VARELA FLORY
SHORTS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. UM AM SHIVANI
BARBARELLA WITH THE CALIFORNIA
STATE LIBRARY. AND WITH ME HERE
, I HAVE THE STATE LIBRARY AND
GREG LUCAS TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE MY
POSITION REALLY FOCUSES ON
CALIFORNIA GRANTS PORTAL. UM AND
TODAY I'M GOING TO SHARE THE
HISTORY OF HOW THE STATE LIBRARY
WAS ASKED TO IMPLEMENT 20 TO 52.
AND DEMONSTRATE HOW GRANT
SEEKERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA CAN UTILIZE THIS SITE
TO FIND ELIGIBLE GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES IN ONE CENTRAL
PLACE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. WITH THAT
I'M GOING TO START WITH THE
BACKGROUND. THE CALIFORNIAN
GRANTS PORTAL GRANTS DOT C A DOT
GOV IS MANAGED AND HOSTED BY THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY, THE
GRANT INFORMATION ACT OF 2018,
MAYBE 20 TO 52 REQUIRED THE
STATE LIBRARY TO BUILD A SINGLE
WEBSITE FOR GRANT SEEKERS TO
FIND STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES BY JULY. 1 2020.
MAYBE 1 32 SECTION 83 34.1
EXPANDED THE GRAND PORTALS
MISSION IN 2021. REQUIRING STATE
GRANTMAKERS TO SUBMIT POST AWARD
INFORMATION FOR ALL ALL GRANTS
CLOSING ON OR AFTER JULY. 1
2022. THIS WEBSITE WAS BUILT,
KEEPING IN MIND OUR USERS AND
BASICALLY BASED ON THE USER
CENTERED DESIGN APPROACH, WHICH
MEANS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE
PROCESS, THE STATE LIBRARY
SURVEYED THE GRANT MAKING
AGENCIES TO UNDERSTAND THE
UNIVERSE OF HOW MANY GRANT UM,
OPPORTUNITIES ARE OFFERED IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ONCE THAT
WAS DETERMINED, WE ESTABLISHED
POINT OF CONTACTS WITH EACH OF
THE STATE AGENCIES THERE, AND
THERE WERE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS
WITH OVER 40 STATE AGENCIES
TAKING TAKING PLACE BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC. AND DURING THOSE
MEETINGS, WE UNDERSTOOD THEIR
PROCESS OF HOW GRANT MAKING IS
DONE, AND THERE'S IN THEIR
AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT. ALONGSIDE
WITH THAT THE STATE LIBRARY ALSO
HOSTED FOCUSED MEETINGS WITH
OVER 100 STATE AGENCY
REPRESENTATIVES TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE DATA ELEMENTS
THAT WERE BEING REQUIRED BY THE
LEGISLATION. AND IF THERE WERE
ANY CHALLENGES THAT WOULD BE,
UM, COMING UP AS WE IMPLEMENT
THIS PORTAL WE USE THIS FEEDBACK
TO BUILD INITIAL WIRE FRAMES,
WHICH WERE ALSO SO SOUGHT OUT
FEEDBACK ON VIA SURVEY AND
WEBINARS. WE CATEGORIZE ALL THE
FEEDBACK AS WE MOVE WITH THE
WIRE FRAMES, WHICH IS INITIALLY
OF DESIGN ON THE PAPER. WE ALSO
BUILD A PROTOTYPE. WE
CATEGORIZED THAT FEEDBACK AS
WELL. AND BEFORE IMPLEMENTING.
WE ASKED ALL STATE AGENCIES TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UM AND ALSO
PUT IN ANY DATA DATA SET THAT
THEY COULD TO TEST OUT THE
PROTOTYPE. WE REPEATED THIS
PROCESS AGAIN DURING OUR SERVICE
AND WEBINARS FOR ABBY 1 32
IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE STATE
AGENCIES. EVEN THOUGH STATE
AGENCIES PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
OUR STATE HOLDER GRIP, WE WENT
THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH
THE GRANT SEEKERS. WE ULTIMATELY
BUILT A LIST OF APPROXIMATELY
900 NONPROFIT, UM
REPRESENTATIVES PUBLIC AGENCIES
, WHICH INCLUDED LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, UM CITIES COUNTIES,
UM, REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. AND
BUSINESSES THAT WERE WILLING TO
GIVE US FEEDBACK THROUGH THIS
PROCESS. WE SURVEYED AND HELD
WEBINARS WITH THESE GROUPS TO
LEARN ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS
AND IDEAS. FOR THE SITE AND KEPT
THEM INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS. UM EVEN TILL
IMPLEMENTATION IN JULY 1 2020.
AND AGAIN, THE SAME DISCOVERY
PROCESS WAS TAKEN FOR ONE A B 1
32 WITH THE GRANT SEEKERS AS
WELL TO RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK
AND IMPLEMENT THE FUNCTIONALITY
FOR POST AWARD DATA. IT IS
REMOTE. REMEMBER IT IS IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER THAT THE INFORMATION
FOR EACH GRANT IN THE CALIFORNIA
GRANTS PORTAL IS INPUTTED BY THE
STATE AGENCIES. MAYBE 1 22 52
REQUIRED THE STATE LIBRARY TO
CREATE THE PORTAL AND REQUIRED
THE STATE AGENCIES SUBMIT GRANT
AWARD INFORMATION TO THE STATE
LIBRARY FOR INCLUSION. IN THE
PORTAL SO FAR. WE HAVE RECEIVED
GRANT PROGRAM INFORMATION FROM
66 STATE AGENCIES. OVER 1100
INDIVIDUAL GRANT PROGRAMS SINCE
JULY, 1 2020. AS OF THIS MORNING
, THE PORTAL SHOWS INFORMATION
FOR 182 ACTIVE AND FORECASTED
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN ENTERED BY STATE AGENCIES.
TO FULLY DEMONSTRATE THE VALUE
OF THE PORTAL. UM HOW GRANT
APPLICANTS AND THE STATE
AGENCIES THAT AWARD GRANTS WOULD
TAKE ME MORE MORE TIME THAN
ALLOTTED BUT TO GIVE YOU A GOOD
OVER ME, I'M GOING TO SHOWCASE
HOW A GRANT APPLICANT CAN SEARCH
FOR A GRANT. AND SUBMIT AN
APPLICATION FOR A GRANT AND HOW
THEY CAN POST AWARD DATA.
STARTING WITH THE HOMEPAGE AND
APPLICANT CAN FIND AN ELIGIBLE
GRAND OPPORTUNITY. BY COMPLETING
THE SENTENCE. THEY CAN SELECT.
AN APPLICANT TYPE SO THEY CAN
SELECT EITHER EITHER. THEY'RE A
BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT
INDIVIDUAL. OTHER LEGAL ENTITY,
WHICH INCLUDES THE TRUST. PUBLIC
AGENCY AGAIN, INCLUDING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, UM CITY COUNTY
COUNTY, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, K TO
12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION. OR A
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT. AS THEY USE
THIS FILTER. UM ALREADY PEOPLE
PRE POPULATED BY THE PORTAL.
THEY CAN ALSO SELECT A GRANT
CATEGORY. THE GRAND COUNTY
CATEGORIES ARE THERE ARE 19
CATEGORIES IN A VERY HIGH LEVEL,
WHICH INCLUDES MAJOR POLICY
AREAS, AND WE DETERMINED THIS
BASED ON THE DISCOVERY WE'VE
DONE WITH DIFFERENT PORTALS
AROUND THE NATION AND STATE, UM
, INCLUDING GRAND STOCK, GOV AND
HOW IT WAS DISPLAYED FOR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. REQUIREMENTS SO
THESE CATEGORIES ARE LISTED,
SUCH AS DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY
, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THESE
ARE ATTACKED BY THE STATE
AGENCIES AS THEY'RE ENTERING THE
GRANT OPPORTUNITY ON THE PORTAL.
AND THIS IS. THEY CAN SELECT AS
MULTIPLE SELECTIONS OF THE
CATEGORY. THEY CAN ALSO SELECT A
TIMEFRAME. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF
AN APPLICATION DEADLINE IS
APPROACHING IN A MONTH OR THREE
MONTHS, SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR
THIS ALLOWS THE GRANTEE TO BE
ABLE TO GET A FILTERED RESULT OF
GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE
FILTERS. AVAILABLE ON THE
HOMEPAGE. AND ALSO THE HOMEPAGE
ALSO PROVIDES A VISUAL
REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CATEGORIES, UM AND
APPLICANT TYPE. AND ALSO A
RECENTLY POSTED GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES. IT ALSO PROVIDES
US THE VIRTUAL NUMBER OF HOW
MANY GRANTS ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE
AND FORECASTED AS I MENTIONED
PRIOR 182 ARE CURRENTLY OPEN,
AND THERE'S 15.9 BILLION
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. AND THIS
NUMBER IS UPDATED EVERY 24 HOURS
AS THE STATE AGENCIES ARE
UPDATING INFORMATION ON THE
GRANTS PORTAL, SO IT IS ALMOST
LIVE AND NOT CONTEXT. NOW I'M
GOING TO DEMONSTRATE AN EXAMPLE
OF A GRAND OPPORTUNITY. IF I GO
TO FIND GRANTS ON ON THE TOP OF
THE HOMEPAGE, IT TAKES ME TO A
ADVANCED FILTER PAGE WHERE GRANT
APPLICANT CAN COME AND SEARCH
FOR A GRAND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH
A SEARCH. OR THEY CAN SELECT AN
AGENCY. IF THEY'RE ALREADY AWARE
OF AN AGENCY. THEY CAN ALSO
SELECT CATEGORIES. APPLICANT
TYPES OR DISBURSEMENT METHOD. IN
THIS CASE, THEY CAN SELECT
REIMBURSEMENT, ADVANCED TYPE OF
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THEY MIGHT
BE LOOKING FOR. THEY CAN ALSO
SEE LOAN AND OPPORTUNITIES. UM
OR DECIDE NOT TO. IN THE KEYWORD
YOU CAN TYPE IN A TITLE OF A
GRANT. IN THIS CASE, I'M GOING
TO DEMONSTRATE. A GRANT BY, UM.
COASTAL COMMISSION. WELL TAIL
GROUND. SORRY. APOLOGIZE IT IS A
CLOSE GRANT. THEREFORE, I NEED
TO SELECT A CLOSED FILTER ON TO
BE ABLE TO SEE ALL CLOSED GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES. THERE'S NO
RETENTION ON THE PORTAL, WHICH
MEANS ALL CLOSED GRANTS ARE
ARCHIVED AND VIEWABLE FOR ANY
GRANTEE OR APPLICANT THAT MIGHT
WANT TO LOOK IN THE PREVIOUS
HISTORY OF THE GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES. SO IN THIS CASE,
I'M GOING TO SELECTIVE WILL TELL
GRANT BY COASTAL COMMISSION. UM
IT PROVIDES YOU A HIGH LEVEL
INFORMATION ON THE DASHBOARD, AS
YOU PROBABLY SAW EARLIER. IT
PROVIDES YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION
TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THIS
GRANT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT
TO LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE,
SUCH AS OPEN DATE, STATE
AGENCIES NAME IF THERE IS ANY
MATCH FUNDING REQUIRED.
ESTIMATED TOTAL FUNDING THAT ARE
BEING PROVIDED FOR THIS GRANT
ALONGSIDE WITH ANY ESTIMATED LOW
AND HIGH RANGE OF INFORMATION OR
DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WILL BE GIVEN
OUT. AND IF IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT
OR ADVANCE IT WILL ALSO SHOW
THAT IN THIS, UM HIGH LEVEL
DASHBOARD WHEN I CLICK ON THE
WHALE TAIL GRANTS. IT TAKES ME
TO A DETAIL PAGE OF THE
INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHERE ALL
STATE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO
PROVIDE MOST OF THESE DATA
ELEMENTS AS I GO THROUGH BY THE
BY THE LEGISLATION, SO, FOR
INSTANCE, THEY ARE TAGGED BY THE
CATEGORIES AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY
EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
WATER. IT ALSO PROVIDES A
PURPOSE WAS JUST A SUMMARY OF
WHAT THIS GRANT IS ACHIEVING. SO
IN THIS CASE THE WORLD TILL
GRANT HELPS PEOPLE CONNECT TO
THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND
WATERSHED THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL
EDUCATION. NÓ STEWARDSHIP AND
OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES. IT PROVIDES
WITH ANY EXPECTED AWARD
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE. UM SO WHEN
SHOULD A GRANTEE OR AN APPLICANT
SHOULD EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE
STATE AGENCY. IT ALSO PROVIDES A
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. SO HOW
LONG THE PROJECT CAN STAY
ACTIVE. AGAIN IT HAS ALL THE
INFORMATION IN STATE AGENCIES
ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
DESCRIPTION, WHICH ALSO PROVIDES
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND
EXEMPTIONS. UM, ANY HIGHLIGHTED
KEYWORDS THAT COULD BE ESSENTIAL
FOR APPLICANT TO BE ABLE TO FIND
THIS GRAND OPPORTUNITY. IT ALSO
PROVIDES ANY NOTES THAT THE
STATE AGENCIES MIGHT HAVE
REGARDING FUNDING SOURCE AGAIN.
ALL OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
ON HERE ARE REGARDLESS OF
FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH MEANS IT
INCLUDES STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING. AS I GO DOWN TO THE
PAGE, YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHO IS
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS GRANT AND THIS
CASE, INDIVIDUAL NONPROFIT
PUBLIC AGENCY. AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT APPLICANTS ARE
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRAND
OPPORTUNITIES. GEOGRAPHIC
REQUIREMENTS ARE ALSO PART OF A
REQUIREMENT FROM THE LEGISLATION
SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
ANY TYPE OF, UM, EXEMPTIONS ARE
REQUIREMENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE
SPECIFIC TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
OF THE APPLICANT. IN ORDER TO
APPLY FOR THIS GRAND
OPPORTUNITIES. THE APPLICANTS
HAVE TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
WEBSITE TO READ FURTHER RFK TO
THEN APPLY THROUGH THE PROCESS
THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE STATE
AGENCY. WE DO NOT HOST
APPLICATION JUST LIKE GRAND
STOCK. GOV DOES, BUT WE DON'T UM
AND THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE
STATE AGENCIES CAN CONTINUE
HAVING THEIR PROCESS. UM AND
PORTALS TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS.
TO GO TO THE GRANT. UM FULL
DETAIL OF THE GRAND OPPORTUNITY
. AN APPLICANT WILL CLICK ON A
GRANT GUIDELINES. IN THIS CASE,
IT WILL TAKE ME TO THE COASTAL
COMMISSION'S WEBSITE FOR WORLD
TAIL GRANTS, AND THEY HAVE ALL
THE GUIDELINES LISTED HERE AND
HOW AN APPLICANT CAN APPLY FOR,
UM THIS THIS SPECIFIC GRANT
APPLICATION IN WORD, OR PDF AND
SO FORTH. GOING BACK TO THE
GRANTS PORTAL. THERE ARE ALSO
RESOURCES AVAILABLE BY THE STATE
AGENCIES SUCH AS IF THEY CAN
START TO SIGN UP FOR
NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH THAT
DEPARTMENT. OR THEY CAN ACTUALLY
ATTEND ANY WORKSHOPS THAT MIGHT
BE AVAILABLE BY THE STATE
AGENCIES SUCH AS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, WORKSHOPS OR EVEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS, IF THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO HAVE SO. THOSE TWO
UM, PART OF THE LEGISLATION. ONE
OF THE DATA ELEMENT THAT IS
REQUIRED BY A B 1 22 52 IS THE
CONTACT INFORMATION. STATE
AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND A PHONE
NUMBER. FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND
INQUIRIES REGARDING THIS
SPECIFIC GRAND OPPORTUNITY. WITH
THAT I'M GOING TO DEMONSTRATE
TWO WAYS. HOW A GRANT AN
APPLICANT OR GRANTEE CAN COME
AND LOOK AT POST AWARD DATA. SO
POST AWARD DATA, AS WE KNOW IS
REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE WORD. HOW MANY HOW
MANY APPLICATIONS? UM THIS GRANT
RECEIVED AND HOW MUCH HOW MANY
AWARDS WERE MADE AND WHO THE
RECIPIENTS WERE. TWO IN ORDER
FOR A GRANTEE TO SEE THAT DATA
ONE OF THE WAYS THEY CAN COME TO
BACK TO THE HOME PAGE OR
ACTUALLY FIND GRANTS. AND THEY
CAN SELECT POST AWARD
INFORMATION AGAIN. WE HAVE A
TOOL TIP THAT REALLY DEFINES
WHAT POST AWARD DATA MEANS IF A
GRANTEE IS COMING, AND THERE ARE
NEW TO THE PORTAL ONCE YOU
SELECT THIS, UM, CHECK BOX HERE
, IT AUTOMATICALLY DEFAULTS TO
ACTIVE AND CLOSE GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH MEANS THERE
ARE GRAND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
ONGOING. THEY DO NOT HAVE
APPLICATION DEADLINE, SO,
THEREFORE THOSE ARE CONSIDERED
ACTIVE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. WE
ALSO HAVE CLOSED GRANTS, WHICH
OBVIOUSLY ALREADY HAVE BEEN
CLOSED AND NO LONGER ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS. SO ONCE I HIT
APPLY FILTER. EXCUSE ME. IT WILL
THEN FILTER. AND ONLY SHOW THE
GRAND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
RELATED TO AND RIGHT NOW I HAVE
IT ON WELL TELL GRANTS.
THEREFORE IT'S ONLY SHOWING THE
WILL TELL GRANTS. UM AS I SELECT
ON THE GRAND OPPORTUNITY IF I
SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, THIS
IS WHERE ALL THE POST AWARD
INFORMATION IS, UM, LISTED BY
THE STATE AGENCY. FOR THIS
SPECIFIC GRANT. THE FISCAL YEAR
. 22 23 DATA NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED WERE 149
NUMBER OF GRANTS AWARDED WERE
56. TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO REVIEW
THE RECIPIENT DATA. I'M GOING TO
SELECT THE WILDERNESS YOUTH
PROJECT. AGAIN ON THE DASHBOARD
ITSELF. IT GIVES A HIGH LEVEL
INFORMATION SUCH AS THE PROJECT
, TITLED THE TYPE OF PROJECT
THEY MIGHT BE ENFORCING WITH THE
FUNDS. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT GIVEN
TO THE RECIPIENT ALSO THE
BEGINNING AND END DATE OF THE
PROJECT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR
INSTANCE, WILDERNESS YOUTH
PROJECT IS THE PROJECT IS GOING
TO BE BRIDGED TO NATURE. IT'S
GOING. IT WAS AWARDED $49,566.
IT STARTS. IT STARTED ON MARCH
17 2023, AND IT ENDS ON APRIL 15
2025 SO LET'S SAY IF I REALLY
WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF THIS AWARD
HAS SUB RECIPIENTS, UM THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WAS
NOT WAS ACTUALLY SILENT IN THE
LEGISLATION, BUT WE REQUIRED THE
STATE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THE
ANSWER. YES AND NO. IF THERE ARE
STUBBORN RECIPIENTS THEY WILL
SELECT. YES UM, THEREFORE THERE
WILL BE DIRECTED TO CONTACT THE
STATE AGENCY. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION. UM IF THERE WERE NO
SUB RECIPIENTS, OBVIOUSLY, THEY
WILL HAVE NO FOR THIS GRANT FOR
SPECIFICALLY RECIPIENT NAME IS
OUR RECIPIENT TYPE IS NON
PROFIT. SO THIS IS A NONPROFIT
THAT RECEIVED $49,000 FROM
COASTAL COMMISSION TO THEN
PURSUE A PROJECT THAT WILL
BASICALLY GIVE YOUTH A PRIMARY
EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF
SCHOOL. NATURE BASED MENTORING
PROGRAMS, VISITING LOCAL PLACES
LIKE TIDE POOLS, BEACHES AND
MESA'S FOR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING
GENERAL ISM AND SENSORY
AWARENESS, GAMES AND SO FORTH.
WE ALSO REQUIRE GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION SERVED, WHICH IS A
COUNTY IN THIS CASE IS SANTA
BARBARA WILL BE THE COUNTY THAT
WILL BE USING THIS FUND. THIS IN
THE NONPROFIT IS RESIDED IN. THE
STATE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO
GIVE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION SERVED
EITHER BY COUNTY OR IT'S A
STATEWIDE INITIATIVE OR IT'S AN
OUT OF STATE. UM RECIPIENT WHO
MIGHT BE USING FUNDS TO IMPACT
CALIFORNIA. WITH THEIR RESEARCH
OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO THIS IS, UM
MORE DETAIL ON ON THE ACTUAL
POST AWARD DATA, BUT I WANT TO
SHOW YOU AND DEMONSTRATE ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF A POST AWARD DATA
THAT DOES HAVE RECIPIENT
INFORMATION AS SELECTED YES BY
THE STATE AGENCY.
AND THIS GRANT IS 2022 DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. MOBILE HEALTHCARE
PROGRAM RFP BY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. AGAIN ALL
OF THE INFORMATION I
DEMONSTRATED EARLIER WITH WELL
TELL GRANTS IS ON TOP BY THE
STATE AGENCY. UM AS THE GRANT
OFFERED INFORMATION, AS WE CALL
THAT AND THE BOTTOM IS OPPOSED
AWARD GRANT INFORMATION SO AGAIN
FISCAL YEAR 22 23 DEMONSTRATES A
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED
FOR THIS GRANT, WHERE 17 NUMBER
OF GRANTS AWARDED WERE 13. AND
TO GIVE YOU A BETTER SENSE OF
HOW AN ANSWER FOR A SUB
RECIPIENT WILL BE PROVIDED BY
THE STATE AGENCY. I'M GOING TO
SELECT THE OPEN DOOR NETWORK
RECIPIENT AGAIN. THIS RECIPIENT
WAS A NONPROFIT. THE PROJECT,
THEY ARE AGAIN IS SERVING AS A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MOBILE
HEALTHCARE SERVICES. AND AS YOU
CAN SEE, SUB RECIPIENT IS YES,
WHICH MEANS THEY MAY HIRE A
CONTRACTOR OR OTHER ORGANIZATION
TO DISPERSE FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE SERVING.
HOWEVER WE LIKE AS MENTIONED
BEFORE THE LEGISLATION WAS
SILENT ON ASKING THAT
INFORMATION. THEREFORE WE ONLY
ASKED A VERY SMALL SET OF DATA
TO EVEN COLLECT IF THERE ARE SUB
RECIPIENTS OR NOT. AND AGAIN
MORE FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE DO
DIRECT ORAL INQUIRIES TO THE
STATE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION. UM AS NEEDED. THIS
SPECIFIC GRANT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN
IS PROVIDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AND THEIR
CHILDREN ACCESS TO COVID 19
TESTING. VACCINES AND PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE THROUGH WEEKLY
MOBILE HEALTH CARE VISITS. AND
IT IS SERVING IN THE CURRENT
COUNTY. SO AGAIN AS YOU CAN SEE
, IT HAS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION THAT IT
MIGHT BE SERVING AROUND IN THE
COMMUNITY. THE SECOND WAY TO
ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS DATA IS
GOING TO OUR STATISTICS.
DASHBOARD SO FOR TRANSPARENCY IS
IMPORTANT AS THIS LEGISLATION
WAS IMPLEMENTED, WE BUILT A
STATISTIC. DASHBOARD FOR GRANTS
OFFERED AS WELL AS POST AWARD
DATA. SO IF YOU GO TO ABOUT THIS
SITE AND STATISTICS DASHBOARD IT
WILL COME. IT WILL DISPLAY ALL
OF THE DATA. TWO WAYS ONE. YOU
CAN SEE IT ON OUR VISUAL
REPRESENTATION THAT I WILL
DEMONSTRATE IN A MINUTE. ALSO
PUBLIC CAN VIEW AND DOWNLOAD AN
EXCEL SPREADSHEET OF ALL THE
DATA COLLECTED SINCE JULY. 1
2020 FOR GRANTS OFFERED, AND FOR
THIS FISCAL YEAR 22 23 FOR POST
AWARDEE INFORMATION. SO FOR POST
AWARD INFORMATION. WE HAVE BUILT
THIS DASHBOARD TO DEMONSTRATE
HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. THE TOTAL AMOUNT
RIGHT NOW, GRANT FUNDED IS 3.6 K
AND AWARDING DEPARTMENTS THAT
ARE 33 A WARNING DEPARTMENTS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE BREAKDOWN
OF THE RECIPIENT TYPE NONPROFIT
PUBLIC AGENCY INDIVIDUAL AND
THIS IS STATE WIDE. TO KNOW. UM,
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT BUSINESSES. IF
I WERE TO WANTING TO LOOK BY
COUNTY I CAN SELECT GEOGRAPHIC
REGION. COUNTY OUT OF STATE
ORDER STATEWIDE. IN THIS CASE,
I'M GONNA SLAP COUNTY. SELECT
COUNTY. I CAN SLAP MULTIPLE
COUNTIES AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
NUMBER IS CHANGING, AND I ONLY
JUST DISPLAYS THE COUNTY'S I
HAVE SELECTED. AND AS I AS YOU
CAN SEE ALL THE COUNTIES
SELECTED HERE. NONPROFITS 1 72
PUBLIC AGENCIES. 209 GRANTS
AWARDED INDIVIDUALS 592 TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT TO AND BUSINESSES
SEVEN AND 26 AWARDING
DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THOSE
SPECIFIC COUNTY SELECTED AGAIN,
THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE COUNTIES
SELECTED AT THE SAME TIME, SO
THIS DATA DOES HAVE MULTIPLE
SELECTIONS. SO TO NOTE THAT UM
AS WELL AS IF YOU ARE LOOKING
FOR GRANTS OFFER DATA AGAIN. WE
HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT HAS BEEN
RUNNING SINCE JULY. 1 2020 TO
PRESENT AS OF THIS MORNING. UM,
YOU CAN SEE. THERE ARE 66
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN ENTERING THE
GRAND OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMS IN
IN THE BEGINNING OF OFFERING
TOTAL ESTIMATED FUNDING AMOUNT
IS $50.1 BILLION. AND GRANTS
OFFERED OR 1.1 K. AND THIS IS A
BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY OF
FORECASTED WHICH MEANS THEY'RE
NOT OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS AT
THIS MOMENT, BUT THEY MIGHT BE
PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. ACTIVE
OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS AND AGAIN
CLOSED. UM THEY ARE CLOSED FOR
APPLICATION, AND IT BREAKS DOWN
THE TOP 10 FUNDING DEPARTMENTS
AS WELL. AGAIN ALL OF THIS DATA
IS VIEWABLE AND DOWNLOADABLE,
DOWNLOADABLE BY ANYONE, UM, OF
PUBLIC AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO IS
INTERESTED IN REALLY DIGGING
INTO DEEPER ABOUT THE DATA, AND
THIS DATA IS UPDATED 24 HOURS
EVERY DAY. UM, AS THE STATE
AGENCIES MAKE ANY UPDATES. UM
WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE
THAT THE GRAND OPPORTUNITIES ARE
ENTERED AND MANAGED BY THE STATE
AGENCIES ADMINISTERING THE
GRANT. THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
ENTERED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE
, UM AND OR OPEN FOR
APPLICATION. THE STATE LIBRARY
HAS A GRANT MAKERS GUIDE FOR THE
STATE AGENCIES WITH INSTRUCTIONS
AND DEFINITIONS OF EACH DATA
ELEMENT REQUIRED BY A B 22 52
AND MAYBE 1 32 AND PROVIDES ANY
ONBOARDING TRAINING AS THERE'S A
TURNOVER IN THE STATE AGENCIES.
EACH STATE AGENCY HAS AN ACCOUNT
ON THE GROUNDS PORTAL. UM TO
ENTER AND MANAGE THEIR OWN GRAND
OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE
PERMISSION BASED ON BACK LOGINS
FOR STATE AGENCIES. WE ALSO HAVE
ESTABLISHED POINT OF CONTACTS
WHO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH US THROUGH THEIR DEPARTMENT
, AS WE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, UM
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CHANGES IN
THEIR DEPARTMENT OR OR DIVISIONS
THAT MIGHT BE PROVIDING GRANT
FUNDING. SO WITH THAT THOSE ARE
MY PREPARED REMARKS AND A
SHOWCASE OF DEMONSTRATION OF
WHAT THE GRANTS PORTAL IS AND
HOW IT IS USEFUL. UM, I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT REALLY IS A PHENOMENAL
RESOURCE FOR THE PUBLIC. UH AND
I THINK ACTUALLY, BEFORE I JUMP
INTO MY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD
LOVE TO ASK A QUESTION FROM OUR
STATE LIBRARIANS. SO THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US TODAY, MR LUCAS
IN PREPARING FOR TODAY'S HEARING
, AS I NOTED IN MY OPENING
REMARKS IT BECAME CLEAR THAT
THERE ISN'T REALLY A CENTRALIZED
CONTROL AGENCY FOR GRANT
PROGRAMS FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. UM THE CALIFORNIA
STATE LIBRARY HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
A PRETTY MAJOR ROLE. UM THE I
GUESS THAT'S NOT AN OBVIOUS
PLACE FOR WHERE YOU WOULD
IMAGINE, UH, SOME OF THIS
INFORMATION TO BE HOUSED. CAN
YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF HOW THAT
THAT CAME TO PASS. WELL SURE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR GREG
LUCAS STATE LIBRARY. UM. I DON'T
THINK TO YOUR POINT THAT THE
STATE LIBRARY WAS IDENTIFIED IN
SENATOR LEMONS BILL AS THE PLACE
WHERE THIS GRANTS PORTAL SHOULD
RESIDE. AND. HOW DID IT COME TO
THE STATE LIBRARY? WELL, I GOT A
PHONE CALL. AND SO THE PHONE
CALL BEGAN WITH AN EXPLANATION
OF STUFF THAT EVERYONE HERE
ALREADY KNOWS, WHICH IS THAT
LIBRARIES ARE SOURCE OF
INFORMATION. THEY'RE OPEN TO
EVERYONE INTUITIVELY. UM I WAS
TOLD PEOPLE WOULD WHO WOULD BE
LOOKING FOR THE SORT OF
INFORMATION THAT'S HERE ON THE
GRANTS PORTAL WOULD THINK FIRST
TO GO TO THE LIBRARY RIGHT?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. AND AT
A CERTAIN POINT IT FELT LIKE
THEY WERE KIND OF LAYING IT ON A
LITTLE THICK, AND SO I SORT OF
SKIPPED AHEAD AND SAID, WHAT IS
IT? YOU WANT US TO DO? YOU KNOW?
AND THEN THEY SAID, WELL, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S THIS GRANTS PORTAL
AND I SAID FINE, YOU KNOW,
WORKS. WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT.
AND SO THEN THEY KEPT TALKING
FOR A WHILE LIKE IT WAS. YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE WHERE
THEY LIKE. YOU CAN'T TAKE? YES,
FOR AN ANSWER, RIGHT? THEY JUST
KIND OF IT'S LIKE, OKAY. WE'RE
IN LIKE WE'LL DO IT. AND THAT'S
HOW WE GOT THE JOB. AND, UM WE
CERTAINLY BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE
SHIVANI RUNNING THE PROJECT, AND
IT'S BECOME I WOULD THINK
SENATOR LEMON WOULD AGREE THAT
WHAT IT'S BECOME IS MORE THAN UM
, WHAT SHE ANTICIPATED IN THAT
INITIAL LEGISLATION. AND I
FORGET HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN
GETTING THE IN FOR THE POST.
GRANTED FROM JULY 1 2022 RIGHT,
SO JUST RECENTLY AND ADDING THAT
DIMENSION TO IT, I THINK IT'S
REALLY ALSO TERRIFIC. OF COURSE,
MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT WE'RE
JUST MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE
TO FALL INTO THE BLACK HOLE OF
THE STATE APPLICATION PROCESS,
RIGHT SO BUT THAT'S NOT THE
SUBJECT OF YOUR HEARING. THAT'S
NOT YES, THAT COULD BE UP FOR
THAT COULD BE A FOLLOW UP.
THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR
ANOTHER DAY, MR LUCAS AND WHAT?
UH WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS IF ANY,
DO YOU HAVE OR WHAT ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT IS NEEDED, UM, FOR YOUR
EXPANDING ROLE RELATED TO STATE
GRANT PROGRAMS. AYE. I MEAN,
IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT'S IN
INPUT INTO THE PORTAL, AND SO I
DON'T KNOW. YOU SHOULD STOP. YOU
STOP ME WHEN I'M LIKE CAUSE TO
THE O B MARKER HERE, BUT I MEAN
, OVER THE YEARS, IT'S BEEN
EASIER TO WORK WITH SOME
DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE THEM ADD
THEIR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAN
OTHERS. SO I DON'T I'M NOT SURE
WHAT HOW TO FIX THAT. I MEAN,
WE'VE WORKED PRETTY HARD TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN, AND I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY LIKE OUTLIERS THAT
HE MORE REALLY GOOD ANSWER.
YAHOO! BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT
TO MAKE THE TO FACILITATE
PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION.
PARTICULARLY THE POST GRANTING
STUFF BECAUSE SO EVERY EVERY
STATE AGENCY IS BUSY DOING WHAT
IT IS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
DO. SO YOU KNOW HOW QUICKLY DO
WE RECEIVE THAT? IS THERE SOME
MECHANISM WE CAN CREATE, WHERE
IT'S EASIER FOR THE DIFFERENT
AGENCIES TO INPUT THE SORT OF
INFORMATION THAT MAKES IT BETTER
FOR A POTENTIAL GRAND APPLICANT.
I MEAN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND
I THINK THE MORE WE AS STATE
AGENCIES TALK TO EACH OTHER
ABOUT THAT. I THINK PROBABLY
SOME STRATEGIES WOULD EMERGE.
THAT WOULD JUST MAKE IT MORE.
CONVENIENT AND EFFECTIVE AT THE
SAME TIME. AND UH, FOLLOWING UP
ON THAT QUESTION, SO ARE THERE
ANY AGENCIES THAT ARE NOT
REGISTERING THEIR INFORMATION?
FOR INCLUSION IN THE CALIFORNIA
GRANT SUPPORT ALL. YOU DON'T
NEED TO NAME THEM, BUT JUST IS
EVERYONE IS EVERYONE ON THERE OR
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A I DON'T
REALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I CAN TAKE THAT ON. SO AT THIS
MOMENT, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY.
HOWEVER OCCASIONALLY WE DO
RECEIVE INQUIRIES OR MADE AWARE
OF, UM OR STUMBLE ACROSS THAT
THERE ARE A GRANT PROGRAMS THAT
ARE NOT ENTERED INTO THE PORTAL.
THEREFORE WE WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THOSE
GROUNDS OPPORTUNITIES DO GET AND
PUT IT INTO THE GRASS PORTAL. UM
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS ON THE
ESTATE AGENCIES DISCRETION TO
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE
PORTAL AS THE BUDGET FUNDING IS
APPROVED. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE
NOT LOOKING AT THE BUDGET
CLOSELY ENOUGH TO DETERMINE WHAT
PROGRAMS ARE BEING FUNDED. SO
THEREFORE IT REALLY DOES IS
STATE AGENCIES RESPONSIBILITY TO
ENSURE ALL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT DEFINED UNDER THE
LEGISLATION ARE ENTERED IN A
TIMELY MANNER. RIGHT BECAUSE YOU
SAID IT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF
THE STATE AGENCY. CORRECT REALLY
RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S IT IS, IN
FACT, REQUIRED BY STATUTE IS
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR
RESOURCES TO POLICING THAT,
RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. BUT BY AND
LARGE, IT SEEMS AS IF MOST
AGENCIES ARE ENGAGED AND
PARTICIPATING. THAT'S CORRECT.
UM AND. IS THIS INFORMATION? I
THINK YOU SAID IT'S UPDATED
EVERY 24 HOURS. BUT I THINK MR
LUCAS TO YOUR POINT AND
CERTAINLY AS USEFUL AS WHAT'S
WHAT'S IN THERE, SO POSTING
INFORMATION ABOUT A GRANT THAT'S
EXPIRING. NEXT MONTH IS
CERTAINLY LESS USEFUL THAN
HAVING THAT INFORMATION UP
THERE. AT THE START OF THE
GRANT. UM ARE THERE? I DON'T
RECALL THE SPECIFICS OF THE
LEGISLATION. ARE THERE
REQUIREMENTS. FOR THE TIMELINESS
OF UPLOADING INFORMATION FOR
AGENCIES. SO FOR A B 22 52,
WHICH IS THE GRANT OFFERED
INFORMATION. IT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE AT THE SAME TIME IT GOES LIVE
ON THEIR WEBSITE, UM, WHICH
MEANS THAT ONCE THEY HAVE
PUBLISHED THEIR RFP OR ARE FE OR
NO FA ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT
GRANTS PORTALS UPDATED. UM THERE
FOR THE POST AWARD INFORMATION.
HOWEVER UM, THE LEGISLATION WAS
A BIT SILENT ON THE TIMELINE.
HOWEVER WE AS DISCOVERING DOING
A DISCOVERY WITH THE STATE
AGENCIES AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS
REGARDING HOW THEIR PROCESS
WORKS FOR REALLY BUILDING THE
POST AWARD DATA AGAIN. I WANT TO
KNOW BEFORE I MENTIONED THE
TIMELINE THAT YOU KNOW THEY ARE.
ABLE TO FUNCTIONALITY AND
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION WISE CAN
ENTER DATA AT ANY TIME. THEY
HAVE FINAL POST AWARD
INFORMATION AND AVAILABLE UM,
HOWEVER, TO ENCOMPASS ALL STATE
AGENCIES LARGE AND SMALL, UM,
AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE
DISCOVERY PHASE DETERMINED THAT
IT WAS FEASIBLE FOR STATE
AGENCIES TO PROVIDE DATA FROM
ANY TIME THE APPLICATION CLOSES.
FROM THERE TO 12 MONTHS, SO IN
OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE UP TO 12
MONTHS TO PROVIDE US WITH POST
AWARD INFORMATION, BECAUSE, AS
WE KNOW, FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES MAY NOT GET
AWARDED AT THE SAME TIME, AS
STATE FUNDED MIGHT GET
INFORMATION A LOT QUICKER FOR
RECIPIENT, SO THEREFORE THE
SYSTEM WILL START SENDING THEM
NOTIFICATIONS. AS A REMINDER AT
SIX MONTHS PERIOD AFTER THE
APPLICATION CLOSES. IF THEY HAVE
AN ONGOING GRAND OPPORTUNITY, UM
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
EVERY FISCAL YEAR. BECAUSE OF
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE. IT'S AN
ONGOING OPPORTUNITY THEY MIGHT
BE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS THAT
TRICKLES. THEY MAY NOT HAVE A
DATA SAT AVAILABLE WITHIN A
MONTH OR TWO OR SO FORTH. SO
AGAIN, WE ARE REQUIRING THEM TO
PROVIDE FINAL AWARDEE
INFORMATION AS THIS INFORMATION
IS PUBLIC AND LIVE IMMEDIATELY.
THEREFORE IT'S DEPARTMENTS
PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE SCORING MECHANISM
AND SO FORTH TO HAVE THAT FINAL
INFORMATION BEFORE THEY UPLOADED
ONTO THE PORTAL, BUT IT IS OPEN
FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THAT AS A
FUNCTIONALITY WISE AT ANY TIME.
AS AS LONG AS ITS FINAL, OKAY.
AND. OKAY THIS IS ALSO NOT THAT
THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S HEARING,
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE
CREATED IS REALLY A TREMENDOUS
RESOURCE FOR THE PUBLIC IN TERMS
OF NAVIGATING. JUST THE KIND OF
MYRIAD GRANT PROGRAMS. I THINK
YOU SAID THERE'S 1100 OR
SOMETHING THAT ARE ON THERE. UM
THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS. I
THINK THAT COULD ALSO BENEFIT
FROM THAT SAME LEVEL OF, UM SORT
OF CONSOLIDATION AND ALMOST LIKE
ONE STOP SHOP. RESOURCE IS THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE. I T
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU BUILT
THERE SOMETHING THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE REPURPOSED FOR
ANOTHER AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT TO
DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR A SMALL
BUSINESSES, FOR EXAMPLE.
ABSOLUTELY I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW
, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IF YOU
KNOW THEY REACH OUT AND ASK US
ABOUT HOW THE FRONT END AND BACK
END WAS BUILT FOR THIS PORTAL.
UM WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO
HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND
SHARING OUR YOU KNOW, LESSONS
LEARNED AND HOW THIS WAS BUILT.
OKAY, GREAT. OKAY NOW, I WOULD
LIKE TO JUMP INTO A HANDFUL OF
QUESTIONS AROUND THE UH, POST
AWARD REPORTING, UM, TRYING TO
THINK WRAP WRAP MY HEATHER.
WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP OUR HEADS
AROUND. WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING
TRACKED. SO I THINK I'LL START
UM DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WITH
WITH YOU. SO YOU DESCRIBED WHAT
IS, UH, YOU DESCRIBED THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE
REPORTING ON THE FEDERAL SIDE OF
THINGS. I GUESS BOTH FOR THE
FEDERAL SIDE OF THINGS AND FOR
THE STATE SIDE OF THINGS. HOW
MUCH ARE WE ACTUALLY REPORTING
METRICS VERSUS JUST REPORTING
THE DOLLARS THAT WENT OUT? YES
SO WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE SIX
FEDERAL BILLS IN GENERAL, WE'RE
NOT TRACKING ANY SPECIFIC
METRICS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, SO INDIVIDUAL
DEPARTMENTS, MAYBE TRACKING SOME
OF THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
REQUIREMENTS WERE FOR EACH OF
THE PROGRAMS SO INFORMATION MAY
BE AVAILABLE ON THEIR SITES AS
WELL AS AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SITES. WHEN IT COMES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE STATE FISCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS, WE ARE REQUIRED
TO REPORT ON TREASURY SPECIFIED
METRICS, DEPENDING ON THE
PROJECT TYPE, AS WELL AS
IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING OUR
OWN OUTPUT AND OUTCOME METRICS
THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO REPORT TO
US TREASURY. SO THE OUTPUTS AND
OUTCOMES THOSE WE REPORT ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS, AND THAT'S
INCLUDED IN OUR RECOVERY PLAN,
WHICH WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE. I
AM AND ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT
INFORMATION ISN'T REQUIRED TO BE
REPORTED TO US TREASURY SO WE
DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION
AVAILABLE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
WE JUST HAVE THE EXPENDITURES
AND AWARDS EACH QUARTER. OKAY
AND CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE
FOR THE PROGRAMS WHERE YOU WHERE
YOU ARE REPORTING METRICS? CAN
YOU JUST DESCRIBE IN A LITTLE
BIT MORE DETAIL? ONE OF THE
PROGRAMS AND FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT
KINDS OF METRICS ARE ACTUALLY
GETTING TRACKED AND REPORTED.
I'M SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS,
WHICH HAS COMPLETED NOW, AS
RELATED TO, UM IT WAS RELATED TO
BACK VACCINE OUTREACH. SO THE
BACKS FOR THE WIN. UM THE
LOTTERY PROJECT THAT WAS THAT
WAS DONE IN 2021. NOW UM, ALONG
WITH THE GIFT $50 GIFT CARDS FOR
GETTING YOUR YOUR VACCINE AS
WELL AS THE SECOND ONE,
DEPENDING ON WHAT SHOTS YOU GOT.
I'M THOSE PROJECTS, THE OUTCOME
THERE WAS TO TRY TO DECREASE THE
SLOW THE DECLINE IN, UM AND THE
DECREASE OF VACCINATIONS THAT
PEOPLE WERE RECEIVING, SO THERE
WAS A SHARP DECLINE IN THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
STARTING TO RECEIVE VACCINES, SO
THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIATED TO
TRY TO INCREASE PEOPLE GETTING
VACCINES. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE
GRAPH AND THAT BUT THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH PUT TOGETHER SHOWING THE
DECLINE BEFORE THAT PROGRAM WAS
PUT IN PLACE, ALONG WITH WHAT
THE DECLINE WAS AFTER THE
PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE, SO IT
DID SLOW DOWN THE DECREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
RECEIVING VACCINES. SO IT DID
HELP INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO GO
GET THEIR SHOTS. I GUESS MY, UM
EXACTLY X IS THAT KIND OF I
GUESS. GOLD TRACKING AS PART OF
REPORTING IS THAT MORE THAN
EXCEPTION OR IS THAT MORE THE
RULE? I'M SO FOR SPECIFICALLY
FOR THIS PROGRAM. IT IS A
REQUIREMENT OF THE U. S
TREASURY, SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO
DEVELOP THE METRICS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO MEASURE AGAINST A
DETERMINED KIND OF LIKE THE
SUCCESS OF THE PROJECTS, OKAY?
FOR SO FOR THE BULK OF THE FOR
THE BULK OF THE DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY, MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF FUNDING THAT THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED FOR GRANTS. HAVE WE
BEEN TRACKING RESULTS? OR HAVE
WE BEEN TRACKING DOLLARS THAT
WENT OUT? ONLY I AM SO MY TEAM
WE'RE JUST REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS FOR
THAT $27 BILLION. WE ARE ALSO
TRACKING THE RESULTS. WHEN IT
COMES TO ALL OF THE OTHER
PROGRAMS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL
OF THOSE THOSE THOSE WOULD BE
THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS THAT
RECEIVED THOSE AWARDS THAT WOULD
HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION, OKAY? BECAUSE I
THINK ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE,
UM AND THIS HAS COME OUT IN
OTHER OVERSIGHT HEARINGS THAT
WE'VE CONDUCTED ACROSS A RANGE
OF AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS. IT
SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
REPORTING A LOT OF THE TIMES WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT KEEPING TRACK
OF JUST WHERE THE MONEY WENT,
NOT WHAT RESULTS THE MONEY HAD,
AND I THINK I THINK THAT THE
PUBLIC WOULD BE SURPRISED TO
KNOW THAT RIGHT LIKE WHEN WE SET
UP A PROGRAM TO BUILD MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK THAT
THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WHEN
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT
MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM,
WE'RE NOT JUST TRACKING HOW MANY
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS WENT TO,
YOU KNOW. THAT GROUP OR THAT
GROUP OR THAT GROUP THAT WE'RE
ROLLING THAT UP INTO, AND
THEREFORE WE BUILT X. MANY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS OR IF
WE'RE WORKING ON PROGRAMS TO END
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE ARE, IN
FACT, TRACKING NOT JUST WHERE
THOSE DOLLARS WENT, BUT THEN THE
ACTUAL IMPACT THAT THEY HAD,
AND, UH AS WE'VE DUG INTO THIS
TOPIC, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES
OUR GRANT MAKING IS SORT OF SO
LABYRINTHIAN THAT WE ACTUALLY
DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO ROLL THAT
UP. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION
BOTH WELL BEFORE I JUMP INTO
THAT, TOO. BECAUSE ON THE STATE
GRANT PORTAL WHAT KIND OF
INFORMATION ARE YOU? RECEIVING
FROM DEPARTMENTS FOR POST AWARD
TRACKING. IS IT JUST MONEY AND
WHERE IT'S GONE? OR ARE THERE
RESULT ORIENTED METRICS AS PART
OF THAT? UM THERE'S A MIXTURE
ABOUT SO INITIALLY THERE ARE
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US WITH
NUMBER OF AWARDS MADE NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND THEN
ALSO PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL
RECIPIENTS THAT WOULD MATCH WITH
THE NUMBER OF AWARDS. UM AND
THOSE RECIPIENT INFORMATION
REQUIRES RECIPIENT PRIMARY NAME
. UM SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF
THEY'RE NONPROFIT NAME OR
WHOEVER PRIMARY RECIPIENT IS
THAT'S RECEIVING THE FUNDS. IT
ALSO INCLUDES THE PROJECT TITLE
INCLUDES TOTAL NUMBER AWARD
AMOUNT THAT THE STATE AGENCY UM
AWARDED THIS RECIPIENT. IT
INCLUDES MATCHING FUND DOLLAR
AMOUNT IF THE MATCHING FUND WAS
A REQUIRED FIELD INITIALLY. IT
ALSO REQUIRES THEM TO PROVIDE A
PROJECT SUMMARY, WHICH IS WHERE
IT WILL TALK ABOUT HOW HOW IS
THIS RECIPIENT GOING TO SPEND
THE MONEY? AND WHO ARE THE
BENEFICIARIES OF THIS FUND?
THESE FUNDS AND THEN GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION SERVED, WHICH AGAIN IS
WITH COUNTY STATEWIDE OR OUT OF
STATE. AND THEN IF THEY SELECTED
COUNTY THEY GOTTA GIVE US WHO
DOES COUNTIES ARE, UM BUT OTHER
THAN THOSE DATA ELEMENTS WE DO
NOT TRACK THE PROJECT LEVEL
DETAIL AS AS IT WAS NOT IN THE
LEGISLATION FOR 81 32, AND
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH MY
UNDERSTANDING. I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY THAT. SO LET ME UH THAN
POSE. THE QUESTION IS TO YEAH,
MISS CHRISTINE, FIRST TO YOU AND
THEN TO ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO RESPOND SO UM AND I
THINK YOU I THINK YOU EVEN YES,
YOU MADE A COMMENT IN YOUR
OPENING REMARKS THAT THE DOLLARS
THAT WE'VE BEEN DISPERSING HAS
PERHAPS OUTPACE THE STATE'S
ABILITY TO BOTH. MAKE THOSE
GRANT PROGRAMS, UM IN A ROBUST
WAY, BUT CERTAINLY TO TRACK AND
MANAGE THOSE PROGRAMS IN A
ROBUST WAY, BUT TO HELP ENSURE
THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN
EFFECTIVE METRIC FOR HOW EACH
GRANT AWARDED IS DELIVERING ON
OUR STATE POLICY GOAL AND THE
REASON THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT
HISTORIC INVESTMENT. UM DO YOU
HAVE ANY BIG PICTURE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
LEGISLATURE IN TERMS OF HOW DO
WE ENSURE MORE ROBUST TRACKING
AND KIND OF RESULTS ORIENTED
REPORTING MOVING FORWARD? AND
ARE THERE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES? UH
OF GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY
DO HAVE REALLY EFFECTIVE METRICS
FOR THE GRANTS. YEAH THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. I
THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGES AS
WAS MENTIONED. THERE ISN'T
REALLY A REQUIREMENT. NOW THAT
YOU KNOW ACROSS THE BOARD
OUTCOME INFORMATION BE REPORTED
. AND SO IT IS PRETTY, YOU KNOW
, IT'S INCONSISTENT RIGHT SOME
SOME FOR SOME PROGRAMS. THERE
MAY BE SOME LEGISLATION THAT
DOES REQUIRE THAT REPORTING OR
MAYBE, IN SOME CASES,
DEPARTMENTS DO IT, YOU KNOW ON
THEIR OWN, BUT IN OTHER CASES,
THERE'S JUST REALLY NO
INFORMATION AVAILABLE. AND ALSO
WHAT? WHAT IS THE OUTCOME METRIC
. IN SOME CASES, IT'S PROBABLY
EASIER TO SORT OF PIN DOWN AND
EVALUATE THAN IN OTHERS. SO I
THINK YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAYBE A
REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE
IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EASIER
IS IF YOUR GOAL IS CONNECTING
PEOPLE TO BROADBAND, RIGHT. YOU
CAN SAY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PRETTY EASILY SAY OKAY, WELL,
HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS WERE
CONNECTED? UM YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE OTHER ONES, YOU KNOW IF IT'S
IF IT'S HOUSING TYPE OF PROGRAM
IF YOUR GOAL IS HOW MANY FOLKS
WERE STABLE E HOUSED FROM THIS
PROGRAM, YOU CAN PROBABLY
HOPEFULLY WE MEASURE THAT
WHETHER WE DO ALWAYS PERFECTLY I
DON'T KNOW. SOME OF THE OTHER
THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER,
RIGHT? WE HAVE ALWAYS WILDFIRE
PROGRAMS, WELFARE RESILIENCE
PROGRAMS. A LOT OF THOSE,
REALLY. THE AIM IS TO PROTECT
COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE FROM THE
EFFECTS OF DAMAGING WILDFIRES
AND TWO P. PROBABLY BEYOND THAT.
THERE ARE OTHER GOALS AS WELL.
UM IT'S HARD. IT'S PRETTY HARD
TO DO THAT RIGHT TO FIGURE OUT.
WHAT'S THE METRIC OF PROTECTING
. UM IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, LIKE
DID THIS DID THIS FUEL BREAK
ACTUALLY PROTECT THE COMMUNITY,
BUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER
TO EVALUATE. BUT SORT OF AT A
MINIMUM. YOU WOULD THINK WE
SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO GET
ACRES TREATED. I MEAN, THAT'S
PROBABLY LIKE AT LEAST A
BASELINE. MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE
MOST PERFECT. THING BECAUSE WE
ALL UM I THINK YOU KNOW THERE IS
WIDE RECOGNITION THAT NOT ALL
ACRES TREATED ARE. PROBABLY AT
LEAST SORT OF LIKE A BASELINE OF
INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD WANT
TO HAVE, EVEN THAT'S BEEN
SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING TO GET. UM
AND SO I THINK THAT'S SORT OF
SHOWS THAT, UM YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE THESE CHALLENGES. UM, BUT I
THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE ISSUES
WHERE, UM, I THINK IF THE
LEGISLATURE WANTS THAT TYPE OF
INFORMATION, IT'S PROBABLY
SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WILL
HAVE TO CONSIDER AS IT'S LOOKING
AT ESTABLISHING THESE NEW
PROGRAMS, OR, YOU KNOW, MAKING,
CONSIDERING WHETHER IT'S WORTH
PUTTING REQUIREMENTS IN FOR
THOSE THAT KIND OF REPORTING
BECAUSE WHILE THEIR COSTS, I
THINK WAS AS WAS RECOGNIZED, YOU
KNOW, TO COLLECTING
ADMINISTERING THIS DATA. UM
THERE ARE ALSO OUR BENEFITS. AND
SO I THINK THE LEGISLATURE WILL
HAVE TO EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, ARE
THOSE BENEFITS SUFFICIENT IN
TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS
OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO BE WORTH
MAKING SURE THAT DEPARTMENTS
PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF
INFORMATION AND REALLY IN A MORE
TIMELY WAY, TOO, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT WASN'T THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE
THAT HAS COME UP HERE AND I
THINK SOMETIMES ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES IS THAT IF
INFORMATION IS YOU KNOW IT'S
SLOW TO BE PROVIDED OR AGAIN. IF
IT'S SORT OF IN A WAY THAT, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE IT'S SOME
DESCRIPTION. WE'RE GOING TO
PLANT TREES. BUT IF YOU DON'T
KNOW, OKAY, WELL, HOW MANY TREES
DID YOU ACTUALLY PLANT? ARE WE
PLANNING TO PLANT? HOW MANY DID
YOU ACTUALLY PLANT AND THEN WHAT
WAS THE GOAL YOU WERE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE WITH THOSE TREATIES?
WERE YOU TRYING TO REDUCE THE
HEAT ISLAND EFFECT? DID THAT
WORK? UM SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THAT SOMETIMES HARD, UM AND SO
YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE REAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE
FOR SOME PROGRAMS, THE STATE
WANTS MORE ROBUST, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THERE'S A BASELINE THAT
THE STATE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
WANTS FOR ALL PROGRAMS. AND THEN
MAYBE THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOME
BASELINE OF ACCOUNT OF OUTCOME
DATA. BUT THEN, MAYBE FOR SOME
SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT HAVE
PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE
LEGISLATURE. OR MAYBE GETTING A
LOT MORE MONEY. MAYBE THOSE ONES
YOU WON'T EVEN GO BEYOND THAT.
OR MAYBE SOME THAT ARE REALLY
HARD THAT THE OUTCOME MEASURE OF
NUMBER OF TREES PLANTED ISN'T
ENOUGH TO REALLY DETERMINE
WHETHER IT WAS EFFECTIVE. MAYBE
FOR THOSE ONES IT'S WORTH
THINKING ABOUT, OKAY. IS IT
WORTH PUTTING SOME MONEY TOWARDS
SORT? SORT OF EVEN GETTING THE
EXTRA LEVEL? UM SO I KNOW THAT'S
A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THOUGHTS. HOPEFULLY THAT WAS
HELPFUL. AND THEN WE AND AGAIN
IN MY, UM IN THE HANDOUT. WE
PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF
THE ONES I THINK YOU KNOW, ARE
PROBABLY STRONGER AND WEAKER. UM
WE HAVE SOME MORE STRENGTH OR
MORE WEAKNESSES. THERE'S ONE BSC
SEABOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS, ONE THAT I THINK IS
PARTICULARLY STRONG ONE. THAT'S
ONE WHERE, UM YOU KNOW THE
LEGISLATURE'S ACTUALLY SPENT
SOME MONEY FUNDING? UM A THIRD
PARTY EVALUATOR. SO IT'S NOT
JUST I MEAN, THERE'S STRONG
INFORMATION ON REPORTING THAT
WAS REQUIRED UP FRONT. IT WAS IT
WAS SET UP AS A PILOT, AND THEN
THERE'S ALSO THERE WAS ALSO MANY
THAT WAS PUT IN TO REALLY
EVALUATE THE PROGRAM. SO THAT'S
PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A
GOLD STANDARD, BUT AGAIN THAT
TOOK SOME RESOURCES SO THAT
MIGHT NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR ALL OF
THEM. UM, BUT THERE ARE A
VARIETY BUT THERE ARE EXAMPLES
HERE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT HAVE
THAT ARE PRETTY STRONG, TOO, OR
HAVE SOME SOME SIGNIFICANT
STRENGTHS. UM SO YOU IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM HAPPY
TO HAPPY TO TRY TO FEEL THEM,
ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT ALL WITHIN
MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, SO SOME OF
THEM I MADE THEM MORE THAN ABOUT
THAN OTHERS. THANK YOU AND I'M
ABLE, DEFINITELY. I THINK WE'LL
FOLLOW UP OFFLINE WITH SOME
FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. I KNOW
WE'VE GOT TO JUMP TO OUR SECOND
PANEL SHORTLY, BUT I JUST WANNA
BEFORE WE DO THAT FOLLOW UP AND
I. MISS. UH SORRY, MISS
HALDERMAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY
BECAUSE THOUGHTS OF REACTIONS OR
OR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD
ADD ON. THE QUESTION AROUND, UM
, OUTCOME DRIVEN REPORTING.
YEAH. SO KIND OF ALONG WITH
WHAT? MISS KIRSTEN WAS SAYING IT
REALLY DEPENDS ON EACH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS. AND SO THERE ARE
SOME REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES OUT
THERE ON DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE
HAVE VERY HELPFUL AND USER
FRIENDLY DASHBOARD WHERE YOU CAN
EASILY AND QUICKLY SEE HOW THE
FUNDS WERE SPENT AND WHERE THEY
WERE SPENT IN WHO BENEFITED FROM
IT. ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES IS
ACTUALLY IN HOUSING AND THE
HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THEY
DO HAVE DASHBOARDS FOR SOME OF
THEIR PROGRAMS SHOWING EXACTLY
WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT WITHIN
THE A STATE. LIKE NUMBER OF
UNITS THAT WERE BUILT, UM, THAT
THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SERVED
ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT
CALIFORNIA UM, HOUSING FINANCING
AGENCY. THEY ALSO HAVE A NICE
DASHBOARD ON THE I? IT WAS THE
MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SO
THEY HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION
AND DATA SHOWING. UM THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THAT WERE
ASSISTED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND LOTS OF LOTS OF METRICS
THERE. ANOTHER REALLY GOOD ONE,
WHICH IS ON THE NEXT PANEL IS
CALTRANS. THEY HAVE INFORMATION
ON ALL THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE
STATE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM
FUNDING SOURCES COMING IN AND
BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL
AS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL. UM
AND YOU CAN KIND OF LIKE, DRILL
DOWN TO LIKE YOUR YOUR HOME
STATE OF YOUR LOCATION AND SEE
WHAT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE
GOING ON THERE, SO IT REALLY
VARIES ACROSS THE STATE
DEPARTMENT'S UM AS TO LIKE, WHAT
INFORMATION THEY ARE PROVIDING
TO SHOW KIND OF HOW THEIR
PROGRAMS ARE BENEFITING
INDIVIDUALS WITHIN CALIFORNIA.
WELL, THANK YOU, BOTH FOR
HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE BEST
PRACTICES AND SOME OF THE
AGENCIES THAT ARE ARE DOING WHAT
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE DOING
AND I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT WE
NEED TO HAVE A UNIFORM
REQUIREMENT FOR OUTCOME BASED
REPORTING. AND I THINK THAT WE
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE THE
30,000 FT VISION AND HIGH LEVEL
AMBITION INTO A PLAN THAT THEN
HAS TRACKABLE. AND DEFINE NABLE
METRICS FOR SUCCESS. AND THERE'S
I JUST MADE A NOTE. THERE'S A
QUOTE FROM THE LITTLE PRINCE.
IT'S THE EFFECT OF A GOAL
WITHOUT A PLAN IS JUST A WISH.
AND, UH, JUST YES, JUST WRITING
BIG CHECKS AND HOPING THAT WE'RE
GOING TO GET BIG RESULTS IS, UH
NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND
SO, UM, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
WORKING TO PUSH FOR THAT OUTCOME
BASED REPORTING AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO A PLACE
WHERE THAT'S THE WHERE THE GOLD
STANDARD IS THE UNIFORM
STANDARDS SO WE'LL CONTINUE
CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND
SHARING YOUR INSIGHT AND
PERSPECTIVE. AND FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, WE
APPRECIATE IT APPRECIATE YOU.
OKAY WITH THAT. I WAS GETTING
THAT THE NOTE. WE GOTTA MOVE TO
OUR SECOND PANEL. AH OKAY. OUR
SECOND PANEL IS FOCUSED ON STATE
AGENCY GRANT PROGRAMS, BEST
PRACTICES. SO WONDERFUL
TRANSITION AS WELL AS SOME
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
ALL RIGHT, AND WE ARE JOINED
TODAY BY, UH, MISS PILE AND MR
O'HARE FROM CALTRANS. YOU JUST
GOTTA SHOUT OUT FROM YOUR FIRST
PANELIST, SO EXCELLENT
TRANSITION AND AS WELL AS MS
MARTIN, WHO'S JOINING US FROM
THE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY. THANK YOU ALL
FOR BEING HERE AND WITH THAT, I
THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START.
UH WITH MS PILE AND MR O'HARE.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, THE
FIRST MIC CHECK. CAN YOU HEAR
ME? OKAY SORRY. USED TO BEING
VIRTUAL, SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE
I'M NOT ON MUTE HERE, YOU KNOW?
ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD MORNING CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS ANGEL PILE AND I HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING KILLED.
TRANSIT SENATE BILL ONE PROGRAM
MANAGER. I'M HERE. JOINED TODAY
BY MR TOMMO HERE WHO IS THE
REBUILDING CALIFORNIA PROGRAM
MANAGER. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO
WALK THROUGH THE REAL EXCUSE ME.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO WALK THROUGH
THE REBUILDING CALIFORNIA
WEBSITE AND SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE
AND GETTING TO THE SITE TO WHERE
IT IS TODAY. I THINK WE HAVE
ABOUT 10 MINUTES, SO WE'RE GOING
TO RUN THROUGH THIS PRETTY
QUICKLY. COULD WE PLEASE GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE? UM SO WE'VE
DESIGNED FOR REBUILDING A
WEBSITE, SO THEIR THEIR WEBSITE
, BY THE WAY IS REBUILDING CIA
DOT CA.GOV SO I JUST REFERRED TO
IT AS REBUILDING A. UM AND I'LL
REFER TO IT THAT WAY THROUGHOUT
THIS PRESENTATION. WE'VE
DESIGNED THE REBUILDING
CALIFORNIA'S WEBSITE TO BE ONE.
THAT'S A ONE STOP SHOP REGARDING
ANY SENATE BILL. ONE INFORMATION
AND THE NEW FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, ALSO KNOWN
AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
IN JOBS ACT, OR I, I J AS IT'S
ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED HERE.
WE'VE INCLUDED A NUMBER OF
FEATURES ON THE SITE TO
COMMUNICATE KEY INFORMATION
REGARDING THESE PROGRAMS,
INCLUDING THE VERY POPULAR
PROJECT MAP, WHICH WILL DIG INTO
IN A COUPLE OF MOMENTS, PROGRAM
INFORMATION PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS
AND GALLERIES, DASHBOARDS AND SO
ON. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SANIBEL
ONE PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION AND
WAS CODIFIED AS THE ROAD REPAIR
AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017.
CALTRANS TAKES THIS INVESTMENT
VERY SERIOUSLY AND IS DEDICATED
TO REMAINING ACCOUNTABLE. AND
DEMONSTRATING THAT THESE FUNDS
ARE BEING USED EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY. WE PRIORITIZE OUR
COMMITMENT TO TRANSPORTATION.
I'M SORRY TO TRANSPARENCY,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
RESPONSIBLE UTILIZATION OF
PUBLIC FUNDS. PART OF HOW WE
DEMONSTRATE THAT COMMITMENT IS
THROUGH REBUILDING CALIFORNIA.
WE PROMOTE PROGRAM, TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCURATE
DATA REPORTING. WE FOSTER PUBLIC
TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AND ENGAGED
TAXPAYERS USING VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD EXPLANATIONS.
WHILE THERE ISN'T CODIFIED
LANGUAGE, DRIVING WHAT WE HAVE
ON THE REBUILDING CALIFORNIA
WEBSITE THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT
IS CLEARLY TO DEMONSTRATE
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THESE
INVESTMENTS. THERE'S CODIFIED
LANGUAGE REQUIRING PROJECT
REPORTING FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE ON
CALTRANS WEBSITE. WHAT IS ON
REBUILDING IS INTENDED TO BE
EASY TO CONSUME FOR THE PUBLIC
AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION
PROFESSIONALS ALIKE. I SHOULD
ALSO MENTION THE REBUILDING
CALIFORNIA SITE HAS EVOLVED
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME,
ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS. THIS EVOLUTION CONTINUES
, AND WE'VE GOT PLANS TO MAKE
THE SITE EVEN BETTER IN THE
FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
BEFORE I GO TOO MUCH FURTHER, I
SHOULD SAY SENATE BILL ONE
CREATED AN AUGMENTED OVER A
DOZEN PROGRAMS THAT I J EVEN
FURTHER THESE INVESTMENTS IN
TRANSPORTATION AND HAVE CREATED
OR AUGMENTED EVEN NUMBER OF MORE
PROGRAMS. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS
VARY AND CAN BE QUITE COMPLEX
AND WHAT THEY'RE SETTING OUT TO
ACHIEVE. UM WHAT WE TRIED TO DO
ON THE MAP, AND THE SITE
GENERALLY IS TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION IN A VERY
STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY, AND THIS
DOES REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT EFFORT.
WE HAVE AROUND 11,000 PROJECT
RECORDS ON THE MAP RIGHT NOW,
AND IT IS THE MOST POPULAR
FEATURE ON THIS SITE. HERE. WE
HAVE A LOOK ON THE PROJECT MAP
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN,
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE
TABLE VIEW ON THE RIGHT. BOTH
SECTIONS CAN BE FILTERED BY
VARIOUS CRITERIA, WHETHER IT'S
BY PROGRAM OR BY LOCATION,
COUNTY, VARIOUS DISTRICTS, THOSE
TYPES OF THINGS AND WE'RE GOING
TO DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER. ONE THING I SHOULD
POINT OUT THE TABLE VIEW ON THE
RIGHT A FEATURE THAT WE
CONSTANTLY GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK
ABOUT IS THAT YOU CAN EXPORT IT
AND DOWNLOAD IT. AND THEN YOU
CAN DO WHATEVER ANALYSIS MIGHT
BE RELEVANT FOR WHAT YOUR
PURPOSE IS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT. SO HERE WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE INTO
THE MAP. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
FEATURES THE FILTERING FEATURES
THAT WE HAVE IN PLAY HERE. SO ON
THE TOP RIGHT HAND PART WE HAVE
THE PROJECT TYPE OF THAT
PROGRAM. UM AND THEN WE ALSO
HAVE FILTERED BY LOCATION. SO IN
THIS PARTICULAR DEMONSTRATION,
WE'VE FILTERED BY.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE
PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT, UM, HAS
POPPED UP. UM BASED ON OUR
SEARCH, SO I SHOULD SAY AFTER
YOU SELECT THESE PROJECT TYPES
IN THESE OTHER CRITERIA, THE MAP
WILL THEN ADJUST BASED ON YOUR
SELECTED CRITERIA, AND I'LL POP
UP WITH LITTLE ICONS OR BUTTONS
. IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL, UM,
THAT HIGHLIGHT WHERE THE PROJECT
IS. YOU CAN EITHER SELECT THAT
BUTTON TO HAVE THIS POP UP OR
YOU CAN UM, UH, THERE'S OTHER
WAYS THAT YOU CAN SELECT IT ON
THIS SITE AS WELL. SO THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT HERE IS, UM
YOU CAN SEE THE COST AND A
DESCRIPTION. UM YOU CAN SEE
OTHER FEATURES AVAILABLE TO YOU
, UM COUPLE OF THINGS HERE TO,
UM TO POINT OUT. THAT THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT IS DOING
PAVEMENT REHABILITATION AND
MAINTENANCE ON OUR DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS, UPGRADING LIGHTING,
ENHANCING THE HIGHWAY ROAD
WORKER SAFETY, REPLACING
OVERHEAD SIGN PANELS AND OTHER
MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING BICYCLE
AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
SOMETHING HERE I'D LIKE TO DRAW
YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE PROJECT
STATUS. UM SO THAT'S LET'S SEE.
IT'S A LOUD IT'S THE THIRD ITEM
DOWN UNDERNEATH THE DESCRIPTION.
THIS IS A STATUS ON ANY PROJECT
THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE SO THEY
CAN BE ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT
THINGS. IT'S EITHER PLANNED AND
PROGRESS OR COMPLETED, SO WE
TRIED TO MAKE THIS REALLY SUPER
EASY TO INTERPRET. THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT HERE IS
PLANNED, WHICH MEANS IT'S IN A
PRECONSTRUCTION PHASE SO THAT
COULD BE DESIGNED OR RIGHT OF
WAY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE
OR EVEN ENVIRONMENTAL. UM THIS
PROJECT WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION
IN 25 26, WHICH IS WHERE YOU CAN
SEE THE FISCAL YEAR INFORMATION
THERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS
PARTICULAR VIEW HERE IS A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE TABLE VIEW. IT HAS
THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE
DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE
WITH THAT PROJECT POP UP, BUT
I'D LIKE TO EXPAND HERE ON HOW
FREQUENTLY DATA IS UPDATED. SO
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE
SCREEN AND THE MOST RIGHT HAND
COLUMN. YOU CAN SEE THE DATE
THAT THIS WAS UPDATED. SO THIS
WAS JUNE. UPDATED JUNE 28TH OF
2022. THIS IS PROBABLY THE
LONGEST PERIOD THAT THAT WOULD
GO WITHOUT BEING UPDATED, AND I
CAN TELL YOU WITH INSIDER
INFORMATION THAT WE'RE WORKING
ON UPDATING THIS PARTICULAR
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, AND THAT
SHOULD BE POSTED WITHIN THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO. UM SOMETIMES
UPDATES OCCURS FREQUENTLY AS
QUARTERLY. OTHER PROGRAMS ARE
UPDATED ANNUALLY. IT'S VERY
PROGRAM SPECIFIC ON WHATEVER IS
MOST RELEVANT FOR THAT
PARTICULAR PROGRAM. ONE THING
THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE
DEMONSTRATED HERE IS THAT IT'S
NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH
AND WE TRY TO UPDATE IT BASED ON
WHAT THE PROGRAM IS. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT A COUPLE OF SITE FEATURES
ON THE WEBSITE. UM IT'S ALWAYS
SAID THAT A PICTURE IS WORTH
1000 WORDS AND THAT'S PART OF
WHAT WE TRY TO SHOW AND
DEMONSTRATE ON THE WEBSITE AS
WELL. UM SO A COUPLE OF
HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT
WE DO HAVE A PROJECT GALLERY,
WHICH PROVIDES A SERIES OF
BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND
ALSO SOME VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF
PROJECTS. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN
AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
EXPANDING IN THE FUTURE. BUT
HERE YOU CAN SEE UM, THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT MADE SOME
SIGNIFICANT HANDS MINTS TO THE
ROADWAY HERE. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. AND HERE'S ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT
WHERE WE ALSO HAVE BICYCLISTS
ACTIVELY USING THE TRAIL AND
OTHER FEATURES AS WELL. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. A COUPLE OF OTHER
THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE SITE.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF
DASHBOARDS ON THE WEBSITE. WE'RE
ONLY GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE
OF THEM HERE FOR THE SAKE OF
TIME. THIS PARTICULAR EXPERT IS
ON FROM A DASHBOARD AVAILABLE ON
REBUILDING CALIFORNIA. THIS
TALKS ABOUT HOW MANY JOBS WERE
CREATED SPECIFICALLY BASED ON
THE PARTICULAR INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE SHOWCASED ON THE WEBSITE, SO
WHEN THIS INSTANCE HERE, YOU CAN
SEE THAT BETWEEN THE BOTH THE SP
ONE AND I J INVESTMENTS THAT
WELL OVER 250,000 JOBS HAVE BEEN
CREATED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ANOTHER DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE
ON THE WEBSITE IS HOW WELL WE'RE
DOING WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS
GOALS. WE CONTINUE COMMITTED TO
THAT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT
THAT WE HAVE INCREASED SMALL
BUSINESS PARTICIPATE. EXCUSE ME
PARTICIPATION OVER 95% SINCE OUR
BASELINE YEAR, WHICH WAS IN
2017. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS
PARTICULAR DASHBOARD SHOWS THAT
WE'VE HAD OVER A TOTAL OF $20
BILLION AND I J. A FUNDING
ANNOUNCED TO CALIFORNIA. THIS IS
A COMBINATION OF BOTH FORMULA
PROGRAMS AS WELL AS COMPETITIVE
GRANT PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE ON
THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE'VE GOT
THE BUREAU OR AGENCY AFFILIATED
WITH THAT PARTICULAR GRANT,
WHETHER IT WAS THE FEDERAL
TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION OR
FEDERAL HIGHWAYS AND SO ON AND
SO FORTH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE
ALSO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT
DISPLAYS PROGRESS TOWARDS THE
GOALS CONTAINED IN S B ONE. AH
THESE PARTICULAR GOALS ARE FOR
OUR MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS.
THESE GOALS REPRESENT A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE DEPARTMENT
AND THAT WERE CODIFIED THROUGH
SB ONE. THIS DASHBOARD SHOWS
PROGRESS TOWARDS THESE GOALS AND
ARE OUTLINED FROM A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO
DEMONSTRATE IMPACTS FROM THOSE
INVESTMENTS. SO WE HAVE
HIGHLIGHTS FOR PAVEMENT BRIDGES,
CULVERTS AND ALSO TMS ELEMENTS
WHICH ARE TRANSPORTATION. EXCUSE
ME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ELEMENTS. AND SO WE HAVE VARIOUS
METRICS AVAILABLE ON THOSE ON
THE WEBSITE FOR FOLKS TO UNPACK
AS THEY AS THEY WOULD LIKE. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE REVIEWED
SOME OF THE FEATURES ON
REBUILDING CIA AND NOW WE'LL
COVER SOME OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT
WHERE WE ARE TODAY. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING IS THAT WE ARE
EVOLVING AND THAT EVOLUTION
STILL CONTINUES. WE'VE COME A
LONG WAY IN A FEW YEARS, AND
IT'S TAKEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT
OF EFFORT TO GET THE WEBSITE TO
WHERE IT IS TODAY. UM WE ALSO
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND
INCORPORATE MORE FEATURES THAT
WILL BOTH IMPROVE THE USER'S
INTERACTION WITH THE SITES. BUT
TELL STORIES AND I'M MORE
PROACTIVE WAY WHICH DEMONSTRATES
HOW WE'RE IMPROVING THE LIVES OF
CALIFORNIANS EVERYDAY. A FEW
THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE
ARE MODERNIZING THE MAP,
INCLUDING A MORE ROBUST PROJECT
GALLERY, INCREASED MULTIMEDIA
CONTENT SUCH AS VIDEOS AND THAT
TYPE OF THING AND ALSO
INTERACTIVE DASHBOARDS. SO WE'RE
NOT STOPPING WHERE WE ARE NOW
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP
GOING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE'RE
GOING TO SHARE A FEW LESSONS
LEARNED ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE
ON OUR ARRIVAL HERE WHERE WE ARE
TODAY, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUT
WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER
DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THIS
TYPE OF THING AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. SO WE HAVE LESSONS
LEARNED IN SIX KEY AREAS HERE
FIRST IS COMMUNICATION, SO WE
ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE OVERALL MESSAGING OF THE MAP
IS ONE THAT COMMUNICATES THAT
WE'RE INVESTING TAXPAYERSDOLLARS
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
THIS MESSAGING TAKES SOME EFFORT
TO REFINE AND WE'RE WORKING ON
THAT EVERY DAY. IN SUPPORT OF
THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE TELLING THE STORY AND
PLAIN LANGUAGE. THIS GOES FOR
ARTICLES, PRESS RELEASES,
PROGRAM INFORMATION AND
INFORMATION THAT WE DISPLAY ON
THE MAP. A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS
CAN BE VERY COMPLEX AND VERY
TECHNICAL. SO WE DO OUR BEST TO
TRANSLATE THAT SO THAT WE'RE
SPEAKING IN VERY PLAIN LANGUAGE.
THIS DOES TAKE DEDICATED TIME
AND SUPPORT FROM OUR TEAMS ARE
PROGRAM, FOLKS, I T AND A
MULTITUDE OF OTHER DISCIPLINES
TO MAKE ALL OF THIS COME
TOGETHER IN THE WAY THAT YOU SEE
IT. ANOTHER ITEM TO MENTION HIS
DATA SYNCHRONIZATION, AND BY
THAT, I DON'T MEAN SOME SORT OF
LIKE SUPER BACKGROUND TECHIE
TERM. IT'S REALLY LIKE, HOW DO
WE GET ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS TO SPEAK THE SAME WAY?
AND HOW CAN WE PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT'S
REALLY EASY, TOO EASY TO
CONSUME. UM LET'S SEE. HERE WE
TAKE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS
SPECIFIC DATA FROM A LARGE
NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND WE TELL
IT ALL THAT SAME WAY. THIS
REQUIRES A LOT OF BUSINESS
DECISIONS AND A FAIRER
INVESTMENT OF TIME. PROGRAM.
COMPLEXITY IS ALSO SOMETHING
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.
THERE'S RARELY A ONE SIZE FITS
ALL APPROACH AND THE LARGER THE
NUMBER OF PROGRAMS PROGRAMS AND
THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THOSE
PROGRAMS WILL ADD TO THAT
COMPLEXITY AS WELL. UM WHERE WE
SEE THIS IS THAT WHEN IT TAKES
MORE TIME TO GATHER THAT THE
DATA, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT DATA
THAT WE PUT ON THE MAP ALL GOES
THROUGH A HUMAN? IT ALL GOES
THROUGH SEVERAL HUMANS EVEN AND
SO IT TAKES TIME TO REVIEW THAT
DATA AND ASSIMILATED IN ONE
MESSAGE THAT CAN BE EASILY
CONSUMED BY THE PUBLIC. WHILE I
MENTIONED IT PREVIOUSLY, I WILL
REITERATE THAT WE HAVE OVER
11,000 PROJECT RECORDS ON THE
MAP. MY LAST LESSON LEARNED HERE
TO THAT EFFECT IS USER
INTERACTION AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE'VE TRIED TO DEFECT TO PRESENT
DATA IN A WAY THAT'S EASILY
INTERPRETED YET NOT OVERWHELMING
ALL AT THE SAME TIME. UM AND
ALSO CONVEYS THE MAGNITUDE OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE
STATE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT
GOING ON STATEWIDE. THROUGH ALL
OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE
INVESTMENTS. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND
GIS ELEMENT NEARLY 20% OF OUR
DAILY VISITS TO THE WEBSITE IS
TO THE PROJECT MAP AND OUR
VISITS TO THE SITE HAVE
INCREASED OVER 60% SINCE THE
LAST YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY, I WON'T SPEND
TOO LONG HERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO
GO OVER SOME OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SB
ONE. FIRST. IT'S VERY APPARENT
IN THE INTENT THAT THE INTENT OF
SB ONE IS TO REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE
AND HOW ALL OF THE FUNDS ARE
SPENT. AND WE STAY TRUE TO THAT
TODAY. AS FAR AS STATUTORY
REFERENCES. SOME OF THESE
PROGRAMS SOME OF THIS IS PROGRAM
SPECIFIC AND CAPTURED IN THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
GUIDELINES, WHICH WERE
ESTABLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. THOSE
GUIDELINES APPLY TO A FEW
PROGRAMS FUNDED BY SB ONE AND
OUTLINED SPECIFIC REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS AT VARIOUS STAGES,
SO UPFRONT ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PROGRESS AND THEN ALSO POST
PROJECT COMPLETION AND EVEN
SOMEWHAT BEYOND, AS MOST HAVE
BEEN RECENTLY INCORPORATED. SOME
OF THE REPORTING BASED ON THESE
REQUIREMENTS IS VERY DETAILED
AND CAN BE DIFFICULT, MAYBE FOR
SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT A
TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL TO
INTERPRET. UM IT CAN BE FOUND ON
CHUCK CALTRANS WEBSITE AND THE
REPORT WILL BE INCLUDED ON
REBUILDING CIA IN OCTOBER OF
THIS YEAR. I SHOULD NOTE HERE
THAT CALTRANS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT
OF ALMOST ALL OF THE PROGRAMS IN
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WHETHER IT'S
OVER, CITING GUIDELINES ARE MORE
VERY PROJECT SPECIFIC OVERSIGHT
AND ADMINISTRATION. SOMETHING I
HAVEN'T MENTIONED THAT ALLOWS US
TO DO TO DO THAT. UM AND I
HAVEN'T MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY AND
IT'S NOT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT
IT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF HOW
WE OVERSIGHT PROJECTS IS
SOMETHING CALLED CAL SMART. SO
IT'S THE LAST BULLET HERE IN
THAT ORANGE BOX. SMART IS A
PROJECT REPORTING DATABASES THE
DEPARTMENT CREATED AND WE HAVE
THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS WHICH
REPORT INTO THIS SYSTEM ON A
REGULAR BASIS AT VARIOUS
INTERVALS, DEPENDING ON THE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. AND IT'S
SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S
CONTAINED IN CAL SMART THAT
ALLOWS US TO POST INFORMATION ON
THE MAP IS FREQUENTLY AS WHAT WE
DO SO THAT'S PART OF WHY I
WANTED TO MENTION THAT THAT HERE
UM, LAST COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE ON
THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, UM, IS
THAT EACH PROGRAM HAS VARYING
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES, HOWEVER
, ALL OF ITS SUBJECT TO AUDIT
AND OF COURSE, WE USE ANY OF
THOSE AUDIT FINDINGS TO IMPROVE
OUR PROCESSES AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO
HERE, WE'LL CLOSE OUT ON A FEW
RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS IS MORE
FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR ANYBODY
ELSE THAT MIGHT BE TRYING TO DO
WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE WITH
REBUILDING CIA, AND AS ALWAYS,
WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP AND SHARE
ANY OF THAT EXPERIENCE WITH
ANYONE IN THERE. SO MANY BEST
PRACTICES HERE BEING OUTLINED AS
WELL. UM SO IN TERMS OF
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCESS, A
FEW THINGS THAT THAT FOLKS MAY
ALREADY MAY ALREADY BE AWARE OF
IS WE DO RECOMMEND A PROGRAM
MANAGER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT
ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS
THAT ARE CREATED BECAUSE IT IS
RESPONSE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL OF
THOSE PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS
SPECIFIC OUT OUTPUTS AND
OUTCOMES IN THOSE PROJECTS. BUT
WE ALSO RECOMMEND AN OVERALL
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT. THAT KIND OF BRINGS
ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
CALTRANS I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
BEING THE SENATE BILL. ONE
PROGRAM MANAGER BEEN IN THIS
POSITION FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS
NOW, AND IT'S THE BEST JOB IN
CALTRANS. I STILL SAY SO. I HAVE
A FANTASTIC TEAM THAT INCLUDES
TOM HERE TO MY RIGHT AND WE
COLLABORATE WITH A NUMBER OF
OTHER AREAS IN THE DEPARTMENT,
BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF THE SP
ONE FUNDED PROGRAMS INTO ONE
AREA TO TELL ONE STORY. WE'RE
ALSO HAPPY TO START BRINGING IN
THOSE, UH, I J INVESTMENTS. OUR
SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO BE
MINDFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT
CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY AND
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. WHEN
MULTIPLE PROGRAMS ARE CREATED
WITH VARYING REPORTING. IT CAN
TAKE TIME TO TRACK ALL OF THOSE
AND TO BRING ALL OF THOSE
TOGETHER. UM AS ONE YET WE ALSO
HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT STILL A
ONE SIZE FITS ALL DOESN'T WORK.
WE HAVE VARYING PROGRAMS THAT
WERE YOUR PROJECTS MIGHT BE
SMALLER, BUT THERE'S A LARGER
NUMBER OF THEM. AND THEN WE HAVE
THESE REALLY TREMENDOUS, VERY
LARGE PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE TO BE
MINDFUL OF ALL OF THOSE, UM,
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES AND MAKE
SURE THAT THEY FIT WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. IT DOES
TAKE A TEAM OF MULTIPLE
DISCIPLINES TO BRING ALL OF
THESE THINGS TOGETHER FROM IT TO
SUPPORT DATA GATHERING. ALSO,
EXPERTISE, EXPERTISE TO
TRANSLATE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE
RECEIVING. UM THERE'S A LOT OF
VERY TECHNICAL, TALENTED PEOPLE
THAT ARE CARRYING THESE THINGS
OUT, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO TRANSLATE THAT TO MAKE IT
REALLY CONSUMABLE AND VERY REAL
FOR FOLKS THAT ARE VISITING THE
WEBSITE LOOKING FOR HEY, WHAT
HAVE WHAT WHAT'S BEEN DONE WITH
THESE INVESTMENTS. UM WE ALSO
NEED EXPERTS TO HELP US TELL THE
STORIES OF THE LIVES THAT WERE
CHANGING AND THE WEB SUPPORT TO
DEVELOP AND ENGAGING CANVAS
WHERE WE CAN TELL THAT STORY.
AH, NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS OUR
LAST SLIDE AND ENCLOSING. WE
HOPE THIS OVERVIEW HAS BEEN
VALUABLE TO YOU. WE'VE TAKEN A
LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS,
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY WITH
WHERE WE ARE AND EVEN WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING. SO THIS
IS ALSO MOST DEFINITELY AN
ICEBERG AND WE'VE ONLY TOUCHED
THE SURFACE, SO THERE'S SO MUCH
LEFT THERE TO UNPACK. UM AND WE
AREN'T DONE WITH OUR JOURNEY.
BUT IF ANY OF OUR LESSONS CAN
HELP FURTHER, ANYBODY ELSE WE'RE
MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE. SO
WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME. SUPER APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS THAT WILL JUMP
INTO AFTER WE HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
SPEAKER. BUT OF COURSE, I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT I
THINK IS REALLY TREMENDOUS WORK.
SO IT'S A VERY HELPFUL OVERVIEW
. AND I THINK THAT THE SYSTEM
THAT YOU'VE BUILT UM IT'S SO
USABLE AND SO USEFUL. I THINK,
BOTH FOR POLICYMAKERS AND ALSO
FOR THE PUBLIC, AND I THINK,
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT REPORTING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY, IT ENDS UP.
OKAY. IF THEY YOU KNOW, IN THREE
YEARS WE NEED TO REPORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE AND IT'S LIKE IT'S A
DOCUMENT LIKE THIS. THAT NO ONE
ACTUALLY READS, LET ALONE GETS
INSIGHT FROM HER, YOU KNOW, CAN
CAN TAKE ACTION ON AND SO I
THINK YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS
JOB TRANSLATING THE REALLY LARGE
SCALE OBJECTIVES OF SB ONE AND
CRYSTALLIZING THAT INTO A REALLY
USABLE SITE. THAT IS A
TREMENDOUS RESOURCE, AND I THINK
A REALLY TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ADAM. SURE
THAT WE WILL TURN TO AMANDA
MARTIN, WHO IS THE DEPUTY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE FOR
THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME GET
REAL CLOSE TO THE MIC HAIR. UM
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART
OF THIS CONVERSATION. UM I THINK
WE BRING A REAL UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
SO MANY ENTITIES UNDER OUR
UMBRELLA. SINCE 2000 CALIFORNIA
HAS INVESTED OVER $30 BILLION IN
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE
LARGE NATURAL RESOURCES AREA. UM
YOU KNOW, EQUATE TO OVER 17,000
PROJECTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE
FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS, UM OF THE
27 ENTITIES UNDER THE NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY. AT LEAST 21
HAVE AT LEAST ONE GRANT PROGRAM
, AND MANY HAVE MORE OR DOZENS
OF GRANT PROGRAMS. WITH SO MANY
UNDER OUR UMBRELLA. ONE OF OUR
BEST PRACTICES HAS BEEN TO
CONVENE A QUARTERLY MEETING OF
ALL OF THOSE GRANT PROGRAM
MANAGERS TOGETHER TO SHARE BEST
PRACTICES. WE YOU KNOW, THEY
MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE AND SAY, HAS
ANYONE ELSE DEALT WITH THIS AND
TALK THROUGH? WHAT THE YOU KNOW
HOW THEY'VE RESOLVED THE
PARTICULAR ISSUE. WE DO THIS
QUARTERLY WITH OUR AGENCY AND
ALSO EVEN SOME FOLKS OUTSIDE OUR
AGENCY WHO USE GENERAL
RESOURCES. HER GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE NATURAL
RESOURCES AREA. UM AND WE WHEN
WE PERHAPS 68, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN
IT PASSED IN 2018. THESE
MEETINGS WERE ACTUALLY MONTHLY
BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE BEING CONSISTENT
THAT WE WERE, UM, LOOKING AT
BOTH THE INTERPRETATION OF THE
STATUTE IN THE PROCESSES ON
GATHERING INFORMATION AND
SHARING THESE EXPENDITURES
PUBLICLY. SO WE DO HAVE THE BOND
ACCOUNTABILITY WEBSITE. AND FOR
US, THAT'S BOND ACCOUNTABILITY
DOT RESOURCES DOT CA.GOV. UM AND
THERE YOU COULD GO TO PROP 68.
AND YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND SEE.
ALL OF THE POTS OF FUNDING UNDER
THE BOND BY CHAPTER, YOU CLICK
ON ONE OF THOSE CHAPTERS. YOU
SEE THE PROGRAMS UNDER IT UNDER
THE PROGRAMS, YOU SEE THE
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. ARE YEAH
PROGRAM, POTS OF FUNDING
PROGRAMS AND THE ORGANIZATION.
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY
THAT PROGRAM, AND THEN YOU CAN
CLICK ON THE PROJECTS AND SEE,
YOU KNOW PROJECT DESCRIPTION WHO
IMPLEMENTED IT? IS IT COMPLETE
FUNDING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
THAT MIGHT HAVE COME TO THAT
PROJECT? SO WE HAVE WE HAVE THAT
FOR ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR BONDS
BACK TO ACTUALLY PROP 84 AND ONE
E PASSED IN 2006, AND WE HAVE
SOME INFORMATION EVEN BEFORE
THAT, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE AS
DETAILED. UM ONE OF THE OTHER
REALLY KEY BEST PRACTICES, I
THINK FOR US HAS BEEN COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT ON THE PROJECTS AND
THAT ENGAGEMENT STARTS EVEN
BEFORE AN OPPORTUNITY IS LISTED
ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE BECAUSE
IT COMES ABOUT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR GRANT
GUIDELINES. THE GRANT GUIDELINES
REALLY ARE THE PARAMETERS FOR
APPLICANTS. NOT ONLY FOR WHAT
WE'RE WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS
FOCUSED ON AND WHAT THEY WANT TO
ACHIEVE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT KIND
OF REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION
GRANT HE'S MIGHT BE EXPECTED. IF
THERE ARE AWARDED THE GRANT, AND
SO WE DO, UM, REGULARLY CONDUCT
WORKSHOPS ON THE GUIDELINES EVEN
BEFORE THEY'RE FINALIZED. KIND
OF LIKE REGULATIONS, EXCEPT, YOU
KNOW, WE GET FEEDBACK. PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE MAY REVISE THEM
BEFORE THEY'RE FINALIZED. UM BUT
WE DO THOSE UP AND DOWN THE
STATE IF IT'S A STATEWIDE
PROGRAM OR WITHIN A SPECIFIC
REGION. IF IT'S REGION SPECIFIC
, THEY CAN BE CONDUCTED IN
PERSON AND VIRTUALLY AND IT
PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
PUBLIC TO, YOU KNOW, ASK
QUESTIONS, COMMENT, BUT IT'S
ALSO YOU KNOW SOME TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE OF KIND OF WHAT TO
EXPECT. UM AND I WOULD SAY WITH
THE ADDITION OF HYBRID AND THE
VIRTUAL MEANS THAT'S REALLY
EXPANDED OUR POTENTIAL AUDIENCES
AND OUTREACH. WE ARE ALSO
INCREASINGLY BUILDING IN
REQUIREMENTS, EITHER AS PART OF
THE PROCESS OR AS PART OF THE
ACTUAL AWARD FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. YOU'RE NOT
EVERYONE'S EXCITED TO HAVE THE
STATE COME INTO THEIR BACKYARD
OR NEXT DOOR AND DO A PROJECT
EVEN SOMETHING LIKE TURNING A
VACANT LOT INTO A POCKET PARK
RIGHT WHERE YOU HAVE GREENERY,
AND IT HELPS WITH, YOU KNOW, UM
HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS AND WATER
RUNOFF CONSERVATION. IF THE
COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THAT AREA
IS NOT ENGAGED THAT CAN BE
APPROACHED WITH SKEPTICISM. AND
IT CAN. REALLY, UM YOU KNOW IT
DOESN'T MAKE THE INVESTMENT AS
AS VALUABLE AS IT COULD BE TO
THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS THAT IS
BEING IMPACTED AND SO ONE OF THE
AREAS I THINK FOR IMPROVEMENT IS
LANGUAGE ACCESS. WE REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN
AN AREA WHERE NOT THE MAJORITY
OF POPULATION DOESN'T SPEAK
ENGLISH THAT WE INCLUDE THAT
LANGUAGE ACCESS IN THAT OUTREACH
AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. UM
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL OF OUR
ENTITIES HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO
DO LANGUAGE ACCESS IN ALL
ASPECTS. BUT WE ARE STRIVING TO
INCREASE IN THIS AREA AND SOME
FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN REALLY
CREATIVE. FOR EXAMPLE. WHEN THE
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
CONSERVANCY SWITCHED TO HYBRID
MEETING THEY NOW DO, UM, ENGLISH
SPANISH TRANSLATION OVER ZOOM TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT
THERE AT THEIR MEETING, AND
THAT'S WHERE THE AWARD THEIR
GRANTS WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING
FORWARD. I'D ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE
STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCILS 2020
DOCUMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
GUIDELINES FOR STATE AGENCIES.
UM WE REALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO
MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE CLIMATE
CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, AND
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FARTHER AND
FASTER, WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE
CAPACITY OF SMALLER, NONPROFIT
ENTITIES TO NAVIGATE OUR
PROCESSES AND TO YEAH. MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP US
AND AS THE STATE AS LOCALS AS
SMALL BUSINESS OURS WHOMEVER TO
MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY. UM
AND WE CONDUCT WORKSHOPS BEFORE
OUR PROGRAM GUIDELINES ARE
FINALIZED AFTER WISE. AFTERWARDS
WE DO, UM, YOU KNOW WORKSHOPS
WITH APPLICANTS WHERE THEY CAN
ASK QUESTIONS EVEN BEFORE
SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATIONS
ONCE THE GUIDELINES ARE FINAL,
SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE ON ONE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THE BEST PROJECTS AND THAT
PEOPLE ARE IN FACT ABLE TO SORT
OF NAVIGATE THE LABYRINTH. THAT
IS, THAT IS OUR OUR STATE. UM
WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE ANNOUNCING
AWARDS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC
KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
THEIR DOLLARS AND WHO'S GETTING
THE FUNDING. UM THAT CAN REALLY
VARY ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT. SO
FOR EXAMPLE, DWR SMALL COMMUNITY
DROUGHT AWARD, THEY ISSUED A
PRESS RELEASE THEY POSTED ON
THEIR WEBSITE. ALL THE AWARD
RECIPIENTS. THEY HAD A WEBSITE
WITH INTERACTIVE MAPS OF WHERE
THE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED, AND
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS. UM
LIKEWISE, CAL FIRE HAS A LIST OF
AWARDED GRANTS FOR EACH OF THEIR
WEB PAGES ON THEIR WEB PAGES
DATING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF
THE GRAND CANAL MAPPER. IT'S
INTERACTIVE. THEY PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON GRANT PROJECTS
AND A BREAKDOWN OVER THE LAST
TWO FISCAL YEARS, AND OF ALL
PROJECTS INCLUDED ON THE MAP AND
WHAT METHOD OF TREATMENT PERHAPS
IT WAS USED, WHETHER IT WAS
PRESCRIBED FIRE OR CHIPPING. ON
THE OTHER HAND, UM, SMALLER
ENTITIES THAT ACCEPT GRANTS ON
MAYBE A CONTINUOUS OR ROLLING
BASIS MIGHT NOT HAVE A BIG PRESS
ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. BUT UM. THE
SANTA MONICA, NOT SANTA MONICA.
SORRY THE SAN GABRIEL, LOWER LOS
ANGELES RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS
CONSERVANCY. RMC THAT'S ABOARD
THAT I SIT ON, UM, THEY HAVE AND
EVERY SINGLE BOARD AGENDA
CUMULATIVE REPORT OF GRANT
PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE NAME
APPLICANT DESCRIPTION PROJECT
STATUS, RIGHT, SO THAT'S THERE
EVERY TIME PUBLICLY OPEN
MEETING. IT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE
ITEM JUST ON THEIR BUDGET. HOW
MUCH DID THEY GET IN LOCAL
ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO GIVE OUT
HOW MUCH HAVE THEY SPENT DOWN SO
THAT EVERYONE KNOWS KIND OF THE
PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MAKING
THAT YEAR? SO UM ANY TIME YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH RMC. YOU CAN LOOK ON THEIR
WEBSITE AND KIND OF KIND OF GET
THE SENSE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE
WITH THE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT
THE LEGISLATURE HAS GIVEN THEM.
AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK THEY
HAVE TO BE REALLY, UH, CAREFUL
AND REALIZE THE CONSEQUENCES OF
MANDATING UNIFORMITY AND BEST
PRACTICES BECAUSE SIX OUT OF 10
OF OUR CONSERVANCIES HAVE LESS
THAN SEVEN PEOPLE. ON STAFF FOR
THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WHEN
YOU HAVE UM, YOU KNOW, ONLY
SEVEN PEOPLE. THEIR ABILITY TO
DO LIKE A G. I S MAP. THEY'RE
JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT
SKILL SET. BUT THEY CAN REPORT
ON THE WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHO GOT THE MONEY WHERE IT'S
GOING? THAT'S ALL INCLUDED. THE
HOW MIGHT BE WHERE THE RESOURCE
CONSTRAINED IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
PRESENT THAT INFORMATION. SO
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT OPERATIONALLY AS WE GO
DOWN THIS ROAD. UM SO I'VE
TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. OUR
BEST PRACTICES IN TERMS OF
COORDINATING WITH EACH OTHER
OUTREACH WORKSHOPS, UM, PUTTING
THINGS ON BOARD AGENDAS VERSUS
THE WEBSITE, ALL OF WHICH
CONVEYING INFORMATION. DWR WHICH
I NOTICED WAS IN THE TOP 10 ON
THE LIBRARY'S GRAPH OF FOLKS, SO
I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM BUT
THIS IS GONNA LEAD ME TO MY LAST
AREA. THE GRANT CYCLE WHERE
WE'RE BOTH MAKING PROGRESS, BUT
I THINK WE ALSO HAVE ARE FACING
CHALLENGES, AND THAT'S THE POST
PROJECT COMPLETION, MONITORING
AND EVALUATION. SO AT THE
RESOURCES AGENCY. WE HAVE A
SMALL BUT MIGHTY UNIT THAT
STARTED IN. 2018 CALLED THE
MONITORING AND STEWARDSHIP UNIT.
AND THEY WERE ESTABLISHED TO
GUIDE THE CREATION OF A
CENTRALIZED MONITORING AND
EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR SANDRA AND
IT'S ENTITIES NOW, QUITE SIMPLY
EACH OF OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATORS
OVERSEEING A GRANT PROGRAM
INDIVIDUALLY AT ALL. ALL OF
THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE INSURING
THAT WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE PAID
FOR IN TERMS OF A GRANT
AGREEMENT, RIGHT WHEN WE AWARD A
GRANT, WE GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE
PROCESS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE
THAT WE ARE GETTING THE PROCESS
THE PROJECT THROUGH TO
COMPLETION. AND WE HAVE REGULAR
AUDITING. SINCE A LOT OF OUR
PROGRAMS WERE BOND FUNDED, THEY
REQUIRE REGULAR AUDITING, AND
OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THAT'S
THAT'S BORNE THAT OUT. BUT HOW
DO WE TRACK AND ACCESS THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT THESE
RESOURCES RELATED INVESTMENTS
ARE ACHIEVING? IN SOME CASES,
IT'S EASY, RIGHT IF YOU PAID TO
REMOVE A DAM SO THAT THE RIVER
CAN FLOW. THE DAM IS NOT GOING
TO MAGICALLY APPEAR OVERNIGHT,
RIGHT? YOU KNOW THAT YOU GOT
WHAT YOU WERE HOPING IN TERMS OF
RESTORING WATER TO THE RIVER. UM
LIKEWISE. AH I THINK THE
MENTIONED FUEL BREAK RIGHT IF WE
IF WE DO A SHADED FUEL BREAK AND
SUBSEQUENTLY FIRE COMES THROUGH
AND WE'RE MONITORING HOW QUICKLY
IT MOVES AND WE SEE THAT IT WAS
ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND
FIREFIGHTERS CAN GET AROUND IT.
UM WE CAN INFER THAT THAT THAT
FIELD BREAK WAS SUCCESSFUL. BUT
WHAT IF WE FIND A TRAIL? HOW DO
WE KNOW THAT A MUDSLIDE DIDN'T
WASH IT OUT? OR THAT THE
BLACKBERRY BUSHES DIDN'T GET
OVERGROWN IF WE'RE NOT
MONITORING AFTER THE PROJECT IS
ACTUALLY COMPLETED. UM WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY GOT
THE BANG FOR THE BUCK THAT WE
INVESTED THESE BOND DOLLARS IN
AND SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT
THE MSU TEAM IS TACKLING. FIRST
THE TEAM DEVELOPED THE RESOURCES
AGENCY PROJECT TRACKING
REPORTING SYSTEM, WHICH WE
LOVINGLY CALL WRAPPED, ER UM,
AND THIS IS SORT OF A
CENTRALIZED DATA MANAGEMENT AND
REPORTING SYSTEM THAT'S DESIGNED
NOT ONLY FOR GRANT PROJECT
MANAGEMENT BUT HAS A PLACE FOR
THAT POST PROJECT COMPLETION.
MONITORING, UM, INFORMATION. NOW
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY CLEAR.
STILL BEING REFINED. UM BUT WE
DO BELIEVE THAT THAT AGGREGATING
THIS DATA WILL ALLOW FOR SOME OF
THE SORT OF CROSS COMPARISONS TO
OCCUR AND. GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF WE ARE, IN
FACT, ACHIEVING OUR BROAD
STEWARDSHIP GOALS WHEN WE CAN
COMPARE ACROSS ACROSS OUR
ENTITIES. CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE
10 DEPARTMENTS ON IT EACH WITH
AT LEAST ONE PROGRAM AND WE'VE
LEARNED A LOT, BUT THERE IS
DEFINITELY MORE TO DO. UM THE
NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE TO
DEVELOP SOME CONSISTENT
METHODOLOGIES AND METRICS SO
THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE COMMON
POINTS OF COMPARISON. AND YOU
WERE GETTING TO THIS WITH THE
PRIOR PANEL. UM BUT IN THAT TRUE
RESOURCES, WORLD BACK CAM, IN
FACT, BE QUITE A CHALLENGE. I
WANT TO GIVE ONE EXAMPLE. UM YOU
HAVE TWO PROJECTS. THEY'RE BOTH
INTERESTED IN RESTORING HABITAT
FOR RIPARIAN HABITAT, AND
THEY'RE BOTH WETLANDS PROJECTS,
BUT ONE PROJECT THEIR GOAL IS
HABITAT FOR WINTERING AND
MIGRATORY BIRDS. AND THE OTHER
IS AN EXAMPLE OF FARMLAND THAT'S
BEEN CONVERTED BACK TO MAYBE
NATURAL OR, YOU KNOW, NATIVE
PLANTS AND VEGETATION AND TAKING
OUT SOME TOXINS, AND WE'RE DOING
THE WATER QUALITY. THEY'RE BOTH
WETLANDS. THEY'RE BOTH HABITAT
RELATED RIGHT HERE IN HABITAT,
BUT ONE THE METRIC IS GOING TO
BE HOW MANY BIRDS DO WE COUNT?
HOW MANY EGGS ARE LAID IN THE
AREA? WHAT'S WHAT'S THE WILDLIFE
CAPACITY AND THE OTHER MIGHT BE.
WHAT'S THE WATER QUALITY? WHAT'S
THE YES. SOIL HEALTH. SO WE HAVE
THESE LIKE PROJECTS, BUT WE
CAN'T ACTUALLY COMPARE ACROSS
BECAUSE THEIR THEIR GOALS WERE
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. SO WHAT DOES
THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE
QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT
REPORTING ON GRANTS? I JUST
PROVIDE THIS AS A REAL WORLD
ANALOGY TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN
WE'RE TRYING TO REPORT UNIFORMLY
ACROSS PROJECTS ONE SIZE MAY NOT
FIT ALL. I THINK THAT'S A THEME.
YOU KIND OF HEARD FROM FOLKS UP
HERE. UM, WE NEED TO KEEP THE
PURPOSES IN MIND. THE ELLIOTT
TALKED ABOUT BASELINES AND WE
ABSOLUTELY WANT TO LOOK FOR
THOSE COMMON THREADS. WHAT CAN
WE REPORT ON THAT CARRIES ACROSS
LIKE PROJECTS? AND MAKE THIS
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND THEN
BALANCE IT WITH OUR RESOURCES,
WHETHER IT'S A CAL FIRE OR US
STATE CONSERVANCY, MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE BUT CAREFUL
DELIBERATION, BUT I THINK AS A
STATE WE ARE UP TO IT. AND I'M
REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU INVITED US
HERE TODAY TO ENGAGE IN THAT
CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR
HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE BEST
PRACTICES ACROSS THE RESOURCES
AGENCY. I KNOW WE'RE SORT OF
GETTING TO THE END OF OUR TIME,
BUT I DO WANT TO JUST ADDRESS A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN THE FIRST
IS, UH, I THINK FOR BOTH OF OUR
AGENCIES, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY
SPEAK TO YOUR EXPERIENCE
REPORTING TO THE WE EARLIER
PANEL HEARD FROM THE STATE
LIBRARY ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA
GRANTS PORTAL AS WELL AS I DO
YOU F ABOUT QUARTERLY REPORTING
FOR FEDERAL FUNDS. CAN YOU JUST
SPEAK BRIEFLY TO YOUR EXPERIENCE
FOR REPORTING TO BOTH THE
CALIFORNIA GRANTS PORTAL AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. SURE. UM
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST OR
OKAY? GOOD. OKAY SO IN TERMS OF
THE CALIFORNIA GRANTS PORTAL, WE
ACTIVELY HAVE FOUR GRANTS ON
THERE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME,
THE FEEDBACK FROM FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OR FROM FOLKS IN THE
DEPARTMENT IS THAT IT WAS REALLY
EASY TO POST THE GRANT. YEAH THE
EXPERIENCE WAS VERY SMOOTH. IT
APPEARED TO BE WELL THOUGHT OUT.
THE DROP DOWN MENUS MADE IT
VERY, VERY EASY TO SELECT THE
APPROPRIATE CRITERIA. THERE WAS
ENOUGH, BUT IT WASN'T
OVERWHELMING. SO OVERALL, IT WAS
, UM IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE. UM IN TERMS OF
REPORTING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, SO WE COLLABORATE WITH
FINANCE EXTREMELY CLOSELY. WE
WORK WITH THEM, UM, ALL THE TIME
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH REPORTING
WITH THE FEDERAL GRANTS
SPECIFICALLY TO THEM HAS BEEN
SOMEWHAT LIMITED. BUT WE STILL
COLLABORATE. IF THE IF THERE'S
ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, WE'RE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING, AND WE
DO COLLABORATE WITH FINANCE ON
ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THEY
MAY HAVE. SPECIFIC TO THIS. BUT
THEN, OF COURSE, MORE BROADLY ON
A NORMAL BASIS. SO THANKS. YEAH,
I WOULD SAY THE STATE LIBRARY
HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNER.
THEY CAME TO OUR COLLABORATION
MEETINGS EVEN BEFORE THE PORTAL
WAS DEVELOPED AND TOOK SOME OF
WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING AND
INCORPORATED. THEY PROVIDED
TRAININGS THERE ALWAYS OPEN TO
SUGGESTIONS FOR WAYS THAT THAT
THE PORTAL COULD BE IMPROVED.
AND I APPRECIATE THEIR LIKE
THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
DEPARTMENTS CAN ENTER DATA THEY
CAN, YOU KNOW, MANUALLY GO IN
AND KEEP IT IN. THEY CAN DO A
SPREADSHEET UPLOAD, OR I BELIEVE
THEY ALSO HAVE LIKE A FIRE FILE
TRANSFER TYPE PROTOCOL, SO
THEY'VE THEY'VE REALLY MADE IT
EASY. I THINK OVERALL TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO
REPORTING, UM, FEDERAL FUNDING,
WE MOST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DON'T
GET THE KIND OF FEDERAL PASSED
THROUGH FUNDING THAT YOU MIGHT
THAT THE CALTRANS WOULD OR
OTHERS MIGHT, UM. FOR WATER AND
FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF DEPARTMENT
RESOURCES IS BUILDING A LEVEE
WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS, THAT MONEY NEVER
ACTUALLY COMES INTO THE STATE.
WE BRING OUR PEOPLE THEY BRING
OUR PEOPLE SIDE BY SIDE. THE
LEVY GETS BUILT. SAME WITH
WILDFIRE TREATMENT, RIGHT? WE
TREAT THE AREA IN OUR STATE.
THEY'RE TREATING THE AREA ON
THEIR STATE. WE HAVE M O U S.
BUT THE FUNDING ISN'T ACTUALLY
FLOWING IN SO WE DON'T HAVE A
LOT OF THAT KIND OF REPORTING
NECESSARILY NEEDED. GOT IT. UM
AND THEN JUST A FOLLOW UP
QUESTION. UM MS MARTIN FOR YOU.
YOU OUTLINED SOME OF THE BEST
PRACTICES FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS
AND CONSERVANCIES THAT ARE UNDER
THE PURVIEW OF THE RESOURCES
AGENCY. ARE THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.
SO FIRST? ARE THOSE WERE THOSE
REQUIRED BY STATUTE OR ARE THOSE
KIND OF INITIATED BY THE AGENCY
OR THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT. UM
AND SECOND. HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT
IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES AND
THEN? POLLINATING THEM ACROSS
THE DEPARTMENT. WELL, I'LL SAY,
I THINK THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS
WERE BORN OUT OF NECESSITY. UM
JUST TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE
REPORTING ON THE BOND, A
CALENDAR BE ACCOUNTABILITY
WEBSITE AND REPORTING ON BOND
INFORMATION IS, UH, SOMEWHAT SET
IN IN STATUE RIGHT? THERE IS A
REQUIREMENT THAT FOR BOND FUNDED
PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE DISPLAYED
ON OUR WEBSITE WITH CERTAIN
STATUSES. UM OTHER BEST
PRACTICES. REQUIREMENTS ARE
THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER
WE FUND A PROJECT AND SB ONE
KNOWS THIS. WHENEVER YOU FUND
THE PROJECT, WE MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A SIGN OR SOMETHING THAT
LETS THE PUBLIC KNOW. HEY THIS
WAS FUNDED BY THIS BOND THAT YOU
PASS WHETHER IT'S PROP 68 1 E.
SB ONE, ETCETERA. UM AND SO I
THINK, UM. IN TERMS OF
REQUIREMENTS. SOMETIMES THE
LEGISLATURE SAYS, YOU WILL DO
THIS, AND THEN IT'S LEFT TO THE
AGENCIES TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT
HOW I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
DIFFERENCES WITH OUR GUIDELINES
FOR OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, RIGHT.
WE WANT YOU TO DO X Y OR Z AND
THE GUIDELINES. JUST TAKE IT
DOWN ANOTHER LEVEL TO REFINE.
OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO
ACHIEVE THAT, AND THOSE ARE
PUBLIC, AND THEY DO GET
REFRESHED WITH NEW SORT OF BEST
, YOU KNOW INFORMATION, MAYBE A
DIFFERENT EMPHASIS. UM, ONE
EXAMPLE WOULD BE UH, G R F RIGHT
10 YEARS AGO. THAT WASN'T AN
AREA OF FOCUS. PERHAPS NOW IT'S
ACTUALLY BAKED INTO SOME OF THE
BONDS TO BE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING
WHAT OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IS,
UM, SO I THINK IT'S A
COMBINATION OF JUST WHAT WHAT'S
NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE, AS
WELL AS GUIDANCE THAT COULD
BECOME FROM STATUTE OR THE
ADMINISTRATION. THE SECOND PART
OF YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT'S
OKAY. HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT
IDENTIFYING AND THEN CROSS
POLLINATING. UM THERE'S BEST
PRACTICES. THE AGAIN ARE. AGENCY
Y R. YEAH. AGENCY WIDE
COORDINATION MEETINGS. WE ALSO
HAVE, UM, LIKE THE MONITORING
AND STEWARDSHIP HAS PUT TOGETHER
SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT THEY
JUST SHARED, YOU KNOW? HEY, WE
HAVE A DISTRIBUTION LIST. HERE'S
HERE'S SOME INFORMATION. UM
WHENEVER AN ISSUE COMES UP, WE
DO LIKE TO KINDA JUST WITHIN OUR
OWN NETWORKS TRY AND SHARE IT
BROADLY SO THAT FOLKS ARE AWARE
HEY, IF THIS ISSUE COMES UP THIS
IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
EXPERIENCE ON THAT ISSUE. THANK
YOU. AND THEN JUST ONE LAST
QUESTION FOR CALTRANS. AS I
COMMENTED, THE PORTAL THAT YOU
PUT TOGETHER, I THINK IS REALLY,
REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND UM, SO
USEFUL. HOW HOW WAS THAT
DEVELOPED? DID YOU ALL DO THAT?
HOUSE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY. HOW DID THAT COME TO
BE SURE. UM, SO IT WAS DEVELOPED
INTERNALLY. UM INITIALLY, SO
THERE WAS A SMALL GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT DOLL HAD WIDE
REACHING THE IN THE DEPARTMENT
AND, UM, SO IT WAS DEVELOPED
INTERNALLY AT FIRST. AND THE
PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS AND STILL IS
TO COMMUNICATE TO FOLKS THAT
TAXPAYER FUNDS ARE BEING USED
BOTH EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY
. IT'S CONTINUED THAT WAY TO
THIS DAY WERE PREDOMINANTLY ITS
ITS INTERNAL. ALL OF THE CONTENT
IS DEVELOPED INTERNALLY. AND
THEN WE DO EMPLOY A CONSULTANT
WHO POLISHES AND THEN PUTS IT ON
THE WEBSITE AND WE CONTINUE TO
LOOK AT WORK ON LOOK AND FEEL
AND ORGANIZATION WITH THEM. THE
G I S MAP IS MAINTAINED
INTERNALLY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING
TO OUR CONSULTANT TO, UM TO
UPGRADE THAT TO WHAT CURRENT
STANDARDS WOULD BE, BECAUSE WE
ARE WE DO HAVE SOME WORK TO DO
ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
REMAINS FUNCTIONAL AND UP TO
DATE AS WE ALL EXPERIENCED
PERSONALLY, EVEN WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE OUR PHONES ARE UPDATED ALL
THE TIME. SO IT'S THE SAME THING
WITH THE MAP, SO WE'RE GOING TO
BE LOOKING TO THE CONSULTANT TO
DO SOME BACK END MAINTENANCE ON
THAT AND BRING THE MAP UP TO
CURRENT STANDARDS. THANK YOU.
WELL THANK YOU BOTH AGAIN. ARE
ALL THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING SOME
OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO
ENSURE ACCESS TO OUTCOME DRIVEN
MEASURES AND SURE THAT WE HAVE A
ROBUST TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GRANT
PROGRAMS UNDER YOUR PURVIEW
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND
WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
TURNED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SO AT
THIS TIME, WE'LL INVITE ANYONE
IN THE HEARING ROOM WHO WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT
ABOUT THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S
HEARING. GO AHEAD AND APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE AT THIS TIME.
YEAH. ROGER. GOOD MORNING, MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
CHIANA VALENTINE WITH THE
POLITICAL GROUP JUST WANTED TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR
HOLDING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
INFORMATIONAL HEARING. WE WORK
WITH A NUMBER OF CLIENTS THAT
ARE INTERESTED IN ADVANCING
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
AND ALL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. WE
WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH
CALTRANS AND OTHERS ON THE SP
ONE IMPLEMENTATION MAP. AND AS I
THINK YOU'VE SEEN TODAY IT IS A
PHENOMENAL RESOURCE THAT WE
THINK SERVES AS A BEST PRACTICE
FURTHER GRANT PROGRAMS GOING
FORWARD, SO JUST THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE HEARING AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND
YOUR STAFF. ON THESE ISSUES.
WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ADVOCACY AND PARTNERSHIP TO
ADVANCE OUR SHARED GOALS MUCH
APPRECIATED. WITH THAT. IT UH,
THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS OF
TODAY'S HEARING. WE'VE LEARNED A
LOT ABOUT WHAT CALIFORNIA
ALREADY HAS UNDERWAY WITH
REPORTING ON STATE GRANT
PROGRAMS AND NEW IDEAS TO
EXPLORE TO FURTHER ENHANCE
TRANSPARENCY. UM. I GUESS I
WOULD JUST SAY, SORT OF IN
CLOSING TWO THINGS. AS WE NOTED
AT THE START OF THE HEARING, AND
I THINK THROUGHOUT THE PANELS,
WE'RE AT A MOMENT OF
UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT, BOTH
STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS AND
THESE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS
REALLY OFFER CALIFORNIA AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TOUGH TO TACKLE
SOME OF OUR OUR TOUGHEST AND
MOST SEEMINGLY INTRACTABLE
CHALLENGES WHETHER THAT'S
CONFRONTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS
ADDRESSING OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING GOALS, ENDING
HOMELESSNESS, UH. ENSURING THAT
WE HAVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO
BROADBAND, BUT AS I MIGHT HAVE
SAID IN THE HEARING ITSELF.
WRITING THE CHECK IS ALWAYS THE
EASY PART, AND THERE'S A LOT OF
WORK FOR US TO DO AS
POLICYMAKERS, UM, ALONGSIDE OUR
PARTNERS ACROSS STATE AGENCIES
AND DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT
THOSE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS ARE
DELIVERING HISTORIC RESULTS FOR
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, AND SO
THAT IS CERTAINLY MY FOCUS MY
TEAM'S FOCUS AND THE FOCUS OF
THIS COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THAT
WITH ALL OF OUR PANELISTS TODAY
AND WITH WITH EVERYONE ELSE
WHO'S FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE TO
ENSURE ROBUST TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STATE GRANT
PROGRAMS, UM WITH THAT WE ARE
CONCLUDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.