GOOD MORNING ON THE
ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
IS NOW ALL TO ORDER- WE'RE WE
DON'T HAVEN'T QUORUM YET SO I'LL
GO AHEAD AND READ THE- THE
AFOREMENTIONED ALL WITNESS
TESTIMONY WILL BE IN PERSON
THERE WILL BE NO FONG TESTIMONY
OPTION FOR THIS YEAR YOU CAN
FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE
COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE ASSEMBLY DOT
CA DOT GOP BACKSLASH COMMITTEES-
LET ME BEGIN WITH SOME OF THE
OFF CALENDAR. BILLS ITEM NUMBER
SIX OF. S. B. SB NINETY NINE
NUMBER COURTS PROCESO HOPE
PROCEEDINGS FOR CORAL CASES PULL
BY AUTHORED- ITEM NUMBER NINE SB
FOUR FOR TWO AMONG SEXUAL
BATTERY PULL BY AUTHOR ITEM
NUMBER EIGHTEEN SB SEVEN NINETY
SIX OF LOT OF GUILT THREATS
SCHOOL PLACES OF WORSHIP COOL BY
AUTHOR. OUR SPEAKER PRO TEM OF
ATKINS HAS REQUESTED TO GO FIRST
OF ALL OF THIS WILL BEGIN
AFTERWARDS YOU MAY BEGIN I THINK
MISTER PORTANTINO WILL
UNDERSTAND. IT WILL START AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR AND- IREADY THANK MY
COLLEAGUE. GO AHEAD I APPRECIATE
IT VERY MUCH. AND I AM PLEASED
TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT SB
FIVE ONE NINE IT'S A BILL THAT
WILL BRING ADDITIONAL
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
TO OUR COUNTY JAILS SPECIFICALLY
AROUND IN CUSTODY DEATHS- I'D
LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING I AM
PLEASED TO ACCEPT THE TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED BY THE
COMMITTEE AND CERTAINLY I WANT
TO THANK THE COMMITTEE STAFF
YOUR COMMITTEE STAFFING YOU.
MISTER CHAIRMAN FOR THIS WORK.
IN TWENTY TWENTY THERE WERE OVER
A HUNDRED FIFTY IN CUSTODY
DEATHS STATEWIDE AND WHILE SB
FIVE ONE NINE IS INTENDED TO
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT FOR THE WHOLE
STATE I COME AT THIS ISSUE FROM
A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE. OVER A
FIFTEEN YEAR SPAN A HUNDRED
EIGHTY FIVE PEOPLE DIED IN SAN
DIEGO JAILS THE HIGHEST RATE IN
THE IN CUSTODY DEATH IN THE
STATE IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE ALONE
THERE WERE EIGHTEEN DEATHS IN
SAN DIEGO'S JAILS. IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE MEMBERS OF THE SAN
DIEGO LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION
CALLED ON THE STATE AUDITOR TO
REVIEW THE ALARMING AND
TROUBLING DEATHS OCCURRING IN
CUSTODY. IN SAN DIEGO. LAST YEAR
THE STATE AUDITOR RELEASED ITS
REPORT PROVIDING A SERIES OF
RECOMMENDATIONS PRIMARILY AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL TO PREVENT FUTURE
DEATHS. WHILE MANY
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
AND I WOULD- THANK SHERIFF
MARTINEZ FOR THAT. THERE ARE
STILL LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW WE CAN BRING MORE
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DEATHS.
AND MANY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
ACROSS THE STATE ARE ACTUALLY
GRAPPLING WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS.
IN TWENTY TWENTY TO EIGHTEEN
PEOPLE DIED IN CUSTODY IN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY JAIL. IN TWENTY
TWENTY THREE SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE
DIED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAIL
SO FAR. THERE ARE AT LEAST IN
THIS WAS REALLY SHOCKING TO ME
AT LEAST TEN COUNTIES THAT ARE
IN FEDERAL CONSENT DECREES RIGHT
NOW MOST INVOLVED THE DELIVERY
OF HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE IN
CUSTODY. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE
LIMITED CONTROL OVER THE
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED
BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. EVEN
THOUGH A COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS IS REQUIRED TO
APPROVE A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET. AND INTERESTINGLY COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BEAR THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF SETTLING
LAWSUITS INVOLVING IN CUSTODY
JAIL DEATHS BUT HAVE LIMITED
AUTHORITY IN REQUIRING THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO ENACT
POLICIES. TO REDUCE IN CUSTODY
DEATHS FOR EXAMPLE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY JAILS AND- DEATHS IN
THOSE JAILS AND INJURIES HAVE
COST SAN DIEGO TAXPAYERS ALMOST
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS IN LEGAL
SETTLEMENTS. AND JURY AWARDS IN
JUST THE PAST FIVE YEARS. SO SB
FIVE ONE NINE IS INTENDED TO
PROVIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND
THE PUBLIC IMPORTANT INFORMATION
IN ORDER TO HELP ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
SPECIFICALLY. SB FIVE ONE NINE
DOES THE FOLLOWING IT ENSURES
THAT FULL REPORTS OF
INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO IN
CUSTODY DEATHS ARE PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE. THIS IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE AUDITOR'S REPORT. IT
WOULD EXPAND THE MISSION OF
OGBIA CC TO PROMOTE THE LEGAL
AND SAFE CONDITIONS FOR YOUTH
INMATES AND STAFF IN LOCAL
DETENTION FACILITIES. NOW
ORIGINALLY THE BILL WOULD ALSO
AGREE AUTHORIZED LOCAL BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS TO CREATE A LOCAL
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND
REHABILITATION TO RUN A JAIL
HOWEVER. ON IN CONVERSATIONS AND
AS A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT STAKEHOLDERS. THIS
PROVISION WAS REMOVED AND
SUBSTITUTED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE
SPECIFICALLY IT CREATES A
STATEWIDE LOCAL DETENTION
MONITOR WITHIN THE BOARD OF
STATE AND CORRECTIONS TO REVIEW
IN CUSTODY DEATHS. AND THE
DELIVERY OF HEALTH THE MENTAL
HEALTH CARE. THE THIS MONITOR IS
MODELED AFTER THE OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL WHO WOULD
ISSUE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOTH
THE STATE AND LOCAL DETENTION
FACILITY TO HELP ADDRESS THE
PROBLEMS. WITH ITS COUNTY
DETENTION FACILITIES I'M GOING
TO CONTINUE TO WORK OBVIOUSLY
WITH OPPOSITION ON THIS
ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY
PROVISIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR
CONCERNS- MISTER CHAIR
COLLEAGUES- WITH ME TODAY TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL
WITH YOUR PERMISSION. IS PAUL
PARKER EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT THE
SAN DIEGO COUNTY CITIZENS LAW
ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD WE CALL
THEM CLERK. AND YUSEF MILLER WHO
WAS WITH THE NORTH COUNTY EQUITY
AND JUSTICE COALITION. YOU BOTH
HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES YOU
SPLIT UP THE WAY YOU WANT.
WHENEVER YOU READY TO BE A- ALL
THREE OF HAVE THREE EVER. THANK
YOU FOR MUCH GOOD MORNING MR
AGAIN MY NAY IS PARKER NEEDS
OFFICER. WITH THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY CITIZENS LAW ENFORCEMENT
REVIEW BOARD. WHERE CIVILIAN
OVERSIGHT ENTITY OVER THE SAN
DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT WE CONDUCT
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS INTO
ALL DETENTION FACILITY RELATED
DEATHS. IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
ONE THERE EIGHTEEN DEATHS IN TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY TWO THERE WERE
NINETEEN OR TWENTY DEPENDING
UPON WHO'S WHO STATISTICS
WEBSITE. SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE
HAVE BEEN NINE. UNFORTUNATELY
CLLR FAMILY MEMBERS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND MEDIA
REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT PRIVY TO
INTERNAL AFFAIRS OR
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW RECORDS.
THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
COMBINED WITH STATUTORY AND CASE
LAW LIMITATIONS PLACED ON
CALIFORNIA'S CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT
ENTITIES PROHIBITS PUBLIC
DISCUSSION. OF THESE
INVESTIGATIONS AND THE FAMILY
MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT ANSWERS TO THE MOST
BASIC OF QUESTIONS WHAT
PREVENTIVE MEASURES WERE
UNDERTAKEN. WHAT THE WHAT
DEPARTMENT DO WELL WHAT COULD
HAVE DONE BETTER. WAS A DEATH
PREVENTABLE WAS ANYONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WHERE THEY
HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WHAT POLICY TO
SCRAP. AS A FOR MEDICAL EXAMINER
J. VICE I'VE BEEN A WITH. OF
GREAT FAMILY MEMBERS DURING PAST
FIVE FEW DECADES AND KNOW THAT
THEY'RE PROVIDING MINIMAL IF ANY
RELEVANT INFORMATION DURING AND
AFTER THE INVESTIGATION INTO A
LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED DEATHS.
WHICH CAN LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO
A FEW YEARS. I KNOW ALL TOO WELL
THE FAMILY MEMBERS NOT FULL
DETAILS ABOUT THE DEATH. IT WILL
FILL IN THE BLANKS FOR
THEMSELVES OFF OBVIOUSLY WITH
SPECULATION AND CONJECTURE. BUS
COMING TO OFTENTIMES INCORRECT
CONCLUSIONS MANY TIMES
LITIGATION IS THE ONLY OPTION
AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES TO LEARN
ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF THEIR
LOVED ONES. PERSONS IN CUSTODY
IN COUNTY CUSTODY ARE CERTAINLY
VULNERABLE. THEY'RE RELYING UPON
THE COUNTY FOR THEIR CARE WILL
BE. CREATING A LOCAL FACILITY
MONITOR WITHIN THE SEC WILL HAVE
ZERO FISCAL IMPACT TO ACCOUNT.
OPERATING A LOCAL ENTITY THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BY
RESOLUTION TO EXERT A LEVEL OF
CONTROL BY CALLING FOR AN AUDIT
OR REVIEW ALL POLICIES
PRACTICES. AND PROCEDURES. THE
CREATION OF THIS POTENTIAL SAUDI
MONARCH WILL ALSO RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT RELATING TO
IN CUSTODY DEATHS AND DELIVERY
MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
CREATING THIS MONGER THROUGH THE
SEC WILL RESULT IN MORE CONTROL
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE QUICK
RESPONSE OF DETENTION FACILITY
ISSUES OR CONCERNS AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE SAVING OF LIVES.
CLERK SUPPORT INTERACTIONS
EFFORTS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY
AROUND THE TENTS WERE SOLELY
RELATED DEATHS AND BETTER
MANAGEMENT OF DETENTION
FACILITIES. SB FIVE ONE NINE MAY
NOT PREVENT ALL DEATHS OR REAL
RELIEVE THE PAIN THE FAMILIES
EXPERIENCE IN THE EVENT OF A
DEATH. OR CERTAINLY HELP SOLVE
THE MYSTERIES LEFT UNANSWERED.
AND STORIES LEFT UNTOLD. BY THE
STATUS QUO AND WITH THAT I
DEFERRED. TO MR MILLER. THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR THAT. MY NAME
IS YOU SEVEN. I'M WITH THE NORTH
EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION. IS
SAVING LIVES ACROSS CAMP. OF
TWENTY TWENTY. WE AS A KEY AS A
CAMPAIGN. SB FIVE NINETEEN AND
NOT ONLY US THE THING WHO ARE.
IMPACT BY THIS BILL. AND BIKING
BECAUSE HE- SUPPORT THIS BILL IN
SAN COUNTY. THESE BAD HAVE BEEN
MY- YOUR WATCHING BILL IT'S AN-
AS IT'S DEVELOPING. AND THEY
KNOW THAT IT IMPACT LOVED ONE.
THE PORTION OF THIS BILL IS SO
CRITICAL BECAUSE NOT KNOWING IS
THAT INSULT TO INJURY. THEY
ALREADY LOST THEIR LOVED ONES
AND SOMETIMES FOR MORE THAN A
YEAR THEY DON'T HAVE THE FACTS
ON HOW THEIR LOVED ONE WAS LOST.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FACTS ON TAX
CUTS ECOLOGY OR MANNER OF DEATH.
ALL THEY HAVE IS. IDEAS IN SPACE
WE CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS AS
MISTER PARKER'S. THIS
TRANSPARENCY IS CRUCIAL AND
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE
NEGOTIATED ON IT SHOULD BE
APPARENT THAT WHATEVER CAN BE
TRANSPARENT AND OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC SHOULD BE. FOR THE PUBLIC
GOOD FOR THE SANITY OF THESE
FAMILIES AND FOR HUMANITY SAY.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS ALSO AN ISSUE
THAT TRANSPARENCY EXPOSES
TRANSPARENCY SUPPOSE SYSTEMATIC
AND PROGRAMMATIC. FAILURES IN
ANY SYSTEM SO WE CAN REACH OUT
AND ROOT OUT. WHETHER IT'S A BAD
OF POLICY OR BAD ACTOR. WE HAVE
TO ADMIT THAT WE HAVE BAD ACTORS
IN THE CASE OF LISA SRNA A
DOCTOR AND A NURSE ARE NOW BEING
CHARGED FOR INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER. FOR THE NEGLECT TO
DEATH OF LISA. WE HAVE ALL THE
CASES LIKE THIS WE BELIEVE IN
SAN DIEGO COUNTY THE HIGHEST IN
CUSTODY DEATH RATE IN THE STATE
LAST YEAR. WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTED
BY OTHER STATE OTHER COUNTIES IN
SAND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RIVERSIDE COUNTY THOSE FAMILIES
HAVE COME TOGETHER LOOKING FOR
SUPPORT IN TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY L. A. COUNTY HAS
JOINED US IN THIS. QUEST FOR
TRANSPARENCY OF SACRAMENTO AND
SAN FRANCISCO ALL FAMILIES
COMING TOGETHER FOR THIS FIGHT.
AND WHEN WE HAVE AN INTO T. AT
OVER BECAUSE OF THE ANY NEGLECT
FROM THE OF. WE NEED WE WOULD
ASK AS THE FOR. WE'VE ASK THAT
THE PERSON OR ENTITY IS BIG
SPECIAL IN THE CAR SERRATION-
MET THE OF. ALTERNATIVES TO OF
COURSE TO DROP OUR FOOTPRINT OF
INCARCERATE. OKAY WE HAD
COMPLETED. TO YOUR FIVE MINUTES
ARE UP FINISHED OKAY TWO TO.
MANAGE INCARCERATIONS THAT FOCUS
THE CAR SERRATION FOR NOT ONLY
OUR DOLLS BUT ALSO ARE YOUTH
DETENTION CENTERS WE'VE HAD LOSS
OF LIFE YOU'VE DETENTION CENTERS
IN SAN DIEGO AND MOST RECENTLY
IN THE LATE WHICH CALLS THE-
CLOSING UP TO YOUTH DETENTION
CENTERS WE ARE RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOU TO PASS THIS BILL. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. NAME AND ORGANIZATIONAL
. DETACHMENT'S RESPECT
CALIFORNIANS STRONG SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING MARC OF GEORGIA ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
OF AN ESSENTIAL JOB WITH NEXT
GEN CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF NEXT
IN CALIFORNIA AND IMMIGRANT
DEFENSE ADVOCATES IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. COULD
YOU MAKE SOME ROOM FOR MISTER
SELF PHILIP.
MORE IN THE FUTURE MEMBERS GOOD
MORNING COURCELLES I'LL ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION.
REGRETTABLY BUT RESPECTFULLY IN
OPPOSITION TO SB FIVE NINETEEN
OUT WE APPRECIATE THE RECENT
AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS THE
GOVERNANCE ISSUE- IN TERMS OF
MOVING THE JAILS OUT FROM UNDER
THE CONTROL SURE THAT SAID WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT- THIS
DUPLICATIVE ADDITIONAL LAYER- OF
OVERSIGHT THAT THE CREATION OF
THIS INDEPENDENT ATTENTION
MONITOR- PORTENDS- JUST AS WE'VE
DISCUSSED BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE
COUNTY JAILS AND SHERIFFS ARE.
CURRENTLY OVERSEEN BY THE WAR
STATE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
STATE DOJ FEDERAL DOJ STATE
COURTS FEDERAL COURTS DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS COUNTY GRAND JURIES.
VOTERS TO NAME A FEW. WE ALSO
UNDERSTAND SHARE THE DESIRE TO
REDUCE REDUCE DEATHS IN CUSTODY-
BUT THIS BILL CONDITIONS THE
ADDITIONAL REVIEWS ON THE
REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE
LEGISLATURE REPORTS SUPERVISORS
WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS
CONTRACT. WILL FALL VICTIM TO
POLITICAL WHIM- RESULTING IN
INVASIVE- AND BURDENSOME
INVESTIGATIONS- THE BILL GRANTS
SIGNIFICANT LARGELY UNFETTERED
ACCESS TO RECORDS- AND STAFF-
WHICH CREATES WORKLOAD AND
RESOURCE CHALLENGES FOR COUNTY
AGENCIES. THERE HAVE TO BE
CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THINGS LIKE
ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE- WHEN
IT COMES TO CASES THAT ARE GOING
TO BE LITIGATED BECAUSE THE
REALITY IS. CASES INVOLVING
DEATHS ARE OFTEN WITH A GATED
AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME
CONSIDERATION OF THAT NOTION-
AND I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE
MAKING PROGRESS AND WORKING ON
THE RECORDS- PORTION OF THE
BILL- BUT DESPITE THE DETENTION
MONITOR IS VERY MUCH CONCERNED
AND- AND ON THE NOTION OF THE
MONITOR LAST WILL SAY THE
ABILITY TO MONITOR REQUIRE.
EMPLOYEES TO BE INTERVIEWED-
CREATE SUBSTANTIAL CONCERNS
RELATIVE TO COMPLAIN LABOR- AND
DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS WHICH
I'LL LEAVE. MY COLLEAGUES BUT
FOR THOSE REASONS WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU KNOW BUT
THANK YOU THANK YOU. YES SIR.
GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
I'M DAVID MISTAKENLY THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. TO SPEAK TO
YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF ORAC I'D
LIKE TO THANK THE TEN. FOR
WORKING WITH US ON THE BILL. WE
HAVE THE M. THAT BEEN MADE
TODAY. BUT MOST OPPOSE THE BILL
AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. IRAQ
DOESN'T OPPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A LOCAL DETENTION OVERSIGHT
ENTITY WITH THE AUTHORITY TO
REVIEW IN CUSTODY DEATHS.
INVESTIGATIONS ISSUE REPORTS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
OUR CONCERN IS THAT THE
AUTHORITY GRANTED. THE OVERSIGHT
ENTITY IN THIS BILL VIOLATES
CORE LABOR AND CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES. FIRST THE
BILL EXPRESSLY PROVIDES FOR THE
IMPAIRMENT OF EXISTING LABOR
CONTRACTS. SECONDLY THE BILL
PURPORTS TO GRANT THE MONITOR
THE POWER TO COMPEL LOCAL
EMPLOYEES TO SUBMIT TO
INTERROGATIONS WITHOUT PROPER
LEGAL AUTHORITY. THE POWER TO
COMPEL AN EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE A
STATEMENT IS DERIVED FROM THE
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND THE
THREAT OF DISCIPLINE UP TO
TERMINATION FOR FAILURE TO
COOPERATE. FOR EXAMPLE POSTED IN
ITS LICENSING STATUTE DERIVE
SIMILAR POWERS FROM THE THREAT
OF LICENSE REVOKED CATION FOR
NON COOPERATION THE MONITOR HAS
NO EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP WERE
LICENSING AUTHORITY AND THUS NO
POWER TO COMPEL LOCAL EMPLOYEES.
TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY THIRDLY THE
BILL VIOLATES EMPLOYEES RIGHTS
AGAINST SELF INCRIMINATION UNDER
THE FIFTH AMENDMENT BECAUSE
THESE INVESTIGATIONS AND
QUESTIONINGS OFTEN INVOLVE
POTENTIALLY INCRIMINATING
QUESTIONS OUR SUPREME COURT IN
LIVE ORDER CAREFULLY BALANCED.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE FIFTH AMENDMENT
RIGHTS AGAINST THE NEED FOR
PUBLIC EMPLOYERS TO KNOW ABOUT
POTENTIAL MISCONDUCT IN HOLDING
THAT AN EMPLOYER CAN'T COMPEL
TESTIMONY FROM AN EMPLOYEE AND
THAT'S THE KEY. SO LONG AS THERE
IS A GRANT OF IMMUNITY THE
MONITOR DOESN'T HAVE THAT POWER
IN SPELLED OUR OUR SUPREME COURT
AFFIRMED LIVE ORDER AND
EXPRESSLY HELD THAT PUBLIC
ENTITIES HAVE NO POWER TO FORCE
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. TO WAIVE THE
FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS A
CONDITION OF CONTINUED
EMPLOYMENT. FOR EXAMPLE IN THE
POST LICENSING BILL IT EXPRESSLY
PROVIDES FOR RECOGNITION AND
ACCOMMODATION OF THE EXERCISE OF
THESE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. IN
CLOSING PORAC LOOKS FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE PRO
TEM AND HER STAFF TO ADDRESS
THESE CONCERNS AND IMPROVE THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION NAME AN
ORGANIZATION. GOOD MORNING
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM SOMERSET
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON
BEHALF OF CHAD BIANCO SHARE FOR
RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND IN
OPPOSITION THANK YOU. THANK YOU
ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. WE'LL BRING IT BACK
TO COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS
COMMENTS. WE CAN. BUT WE CAN'T
WILL HAVE A QUORUM IT COULD GET
MOVED BILLION. UP DID YOU WANT
TO CLOSE IN THE MOVIE THANK
ANSWER SOME OF THE- THE
STATEMENT THEY WERE BROUGHT UP.
MISTER CHAIRMAN THANK YOU I
WOULD MAKE TWO POINTS VERY
QUICKLY I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A
HUGE AGENDA TODAY. THE PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE PIECE OF THE BILL
BILL THERE'S TWO PIECES THE
TRANSPARENCY ON THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED TO FAMILIES AND THEN
THE COMMENT ABOUT- WORKERS
RIGHTS- BEING ON IT BEING
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE PIECE OF THE BILL
BUILDS UPON TRANSPARENCY OF
FORMER BILLS AREN'T RUN BY
SENATOR SKINNER SB FOURTEEN
TWENTY ONE AND SB SIXTEEN
RELATING TO OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS. SO THIS BILL MATCHES
THAT IDENTICAL FRAMEWORK AND
APPLIES IT TO IN CUSTODY JAIL
DEATHS THIS IS THE PIECE THAT IF
THERE IS PRIVILEGE- ATTORNEY
WORK PRODUCT WE CLARIFY THAT
COURTS MAY USE IN CAMERA. REVIEW
TO DETERMINE WHAT IS PROTECTED
AND WHAT ISN'T TO THE SECOND
PIECE ARM I WOULD ALSO SAY- THE
STATEWIDE MONITORING THE BILL I
MENTIONED IN MY COMMENTS IS
MODELED AFTER. A STATUTORY
FRAMEWORK OF THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL WHICH OVERSEE
CDCR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARE
PROTECTED UNDER PROBAR. AND WE
HAVEN'T HEARD THAT- I. G.
VIOLATES THE RIGHTS OF THOSE
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS SO THIS IS
MODELED AFTER EXISTING
FRAMEWORKS BUT OF COURSE. WE
WILL LOOK AT THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WE STILL
ARE MOVING THROUGH A PROCESS.
BUT JUST TO RESPOND TO THOSE
COMMENTS. AND I WOULD- AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND AGAIN
WITH MY THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE
FOR WORKING WITH US. THANK YOU
AN ITEM I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT- I. IN
THE JAILS AND WHY PEOPLE ARE.
ARE ARE EXPIRING WHILE THERE IS
IN CUSTODY IS I THINK BOTH SIDES
REALLY DO WANT TO FIND OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON. AND ULTIMATELY
STOP IT SO WHEN THE APPROPRIATE
TIME WILL BRING IT UP AND TAKE A
VOTE. THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ABOUT MISTER. MISTER
PORTANTINO. AB FIVE NINETY SIX
O. S. B. I'M SORRY. BROWN HOUSE
SB FIVE NINE SIX ITEM NUMBER
FOURTEEN. JONES SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
PROTECTIONS.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO BEGIN
THANK YOU- THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TODAY I'M PRESENTING SP FIVE
NINETY SIX. WHICH WOULD EXPAND
CURRENT TEACHER PROTECTIONS-
SPECIFICALLY THE BILL WOULD MAKE
IT A MISDEMEANOR TO A RASH A
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE. FROM A CREDIBLE
THREATS AGAINST THE EMPLOYEE OF
THEIR OR THEIR FAMILY. FOR THE
REASONS RELATED TO EMPLOYEES
COURSE OF DUTIES WHILE THEY ARE
AWAY FROM SCHOOL SITE FRANKLY I
WISH I WOULDN'T FEEL IT
NECESSARY TO DO A BILL LIKE
THIS- WE HAVE BECOME A- SOCIETY
WHERE SIMPLE THINGS LIKE
TEACHING ACCURATE HISTORY- HAS
INFLAMED PEOPLE- SOME OF YOU MAY
KNOW THAT THE- SWASTIKAS WERE
EVEN BROUGHT INTO A- SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING IN MY DISTRICT-
THIS IS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
THREE. WE SHOULD BE HAVING THAT
TYPE OF CONDUCT- AT A SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING AND SO IT MAKES ME
PARTLY SAD TO BE HERE TO PRESENT
THIS BILL BUT I ALSO FEEL THE
NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT. FOLKS
WERE DOING THEIR JOB. SHOULDN'T
BE SUBJECT TO ARREST MEN AND
THREATS IN THEIR PRIVATE LIFE
WHEN THEY'RE WITH THEIR FAMILIES
GETTING A CUP OF COFFEE OR GOING
TO A MOVIE THEATER. ACCORDING TO
A RECENT STUDY FROM UCLA'S
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY
EDUCATION AND ACCESS AND YOU SEE
OUR- CIVIC ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH
GROUP 65% OF CALIFORNIA HIGH
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SURVEY. 65%
REPORTS SUBSTANTIAL CONFLICT
OVER EDUCATION ISSUES IN THOSE
SCHOOLS. TOPICS AT THE CENTER OF
THE CONFLICT INCLUDE INSTRUCTION
ABOUT RACE AND RACISM LGBTQ PLUS
STUDENT WRITES. BOOKS IN SCHOOL
LIBRARIES AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
LEARNING. PRINCIPLES
PARTICIPATING IN THE STUDY
REPORTED THAT INDIVIDUALS
CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RESORTED TO
THREATENING SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
AGAIN I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARENTS
JUST WANT THEIR KIDS TO HAVE A
GOOD EDUCATION AND ARE NOT
ENGAGED IN THIS TYPE OF
ACTIVITY- AND WHEN I ASK PARENTS
TO EXPRESS CONCERNS TO ME WHICH
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR. I ASKED THEM
IF THEY INTEND TO THREATEN OR
HARASS SOMEBODY AND THEY SAY NO
AND I SAID WELL THEN THERE'S
NOTHING TO FEAR WITH THIS BILL.
AS A SCHOOL PARENT- MYSELF- PTA
MEMBER I KNOW THAT. PARENTS WANT
THE BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN
THIS BILL DOES NOT INFRINGE UPON
ANY PARENTS RIGHTS. TO ADVOCATE
FOR THEIR CHILDREN AT PTA
MEETINGS OR SCHOOL BOARD
MEETINGS. OR DURING IEP MEETINGS
- DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACADEMIC
STANDARDS. ARE INAPPROPRIATELY
AIMED AT THE HARDWORKING
TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. AND
OTHERS- AND IT MAKES ME SAD.
EXISTING LAWS HAS MEASURES IN
PLACE TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR CAUSING
SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION AT A
SCHOOL SITE. HOWEVER THE
PROTECTIONS CURRENTLY IN PLACE
DO NOT IN MY OPINION ACCURATELY
AND CLEARLY APPLIED INCIDENTS
THAT OCCUR OFF CAMPUS AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS
HERE. SOME PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR
PRIVATE LIVES. SB FIVE NINE SIX
SIX TO EXPAND CURRENT LAW IN AN
EFFORT TO PROTECT SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES IN DOING SO THE BILL
WOULD ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES CAN CONTINUE FOSTERING
SUPPORT OF AN INCLUSIVE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS TO HELP STUDENTS
THRIVE. AND UNENCUMBERED BY
FEAR. ON A FINAL NOTE AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE. I UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT. IT'S CRITICAL AT
CENTRAL. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS THAT'S
WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. BUT
CONVERSATION. WITH PARENTS OF MY
DISTRICT AND FROM THE ACLU AND
OTHERS YOU KNOW WE'VE TRIED TO
BE REASONABLE WE'VE TRIED TO
TAKE CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS AND
I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO REVIEW ALL
THE SUGGESTIONS THAT BRING
FORWARD FOR FRANKLY ONE THING
THAT WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT. WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND I
KNOW THAT WAS RAISED THAT SHOULD
THIS APPLY TO SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILDREN AND THAT'S OF THE
MOMENT THAT I'M GONNA LOOK TO
TAKE THE ON THIS COMMITTEE
BECAUSE AGAIN THAT'S NOT WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WE'RE
REALLY. ASKING PEOPLE. TO
ADVOCATE AND NOT HEY EIGHT.
HELLO YOUR CHORE. AND YOUR
NEIGHBOR CHILD AND JUST CONDUCT.
I YOU WHAT ARE YOU GRANDMOTHER
HOUSE WE CAN ARE WITH THEIR- AT
THANKSGIVING IN CASE THE MAKRIS
. YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT ABOUT.
NOT HAVING A PRINCIPAL
CONVERSATION IT'S ABOUT SHOULD
SOMEBODY BE THREATENED. AND
HARASSED. FOR TEACHING. FOR
DOING THEIR JOB UNDER STATE LAW
AND I WOULD SAY THEY SHOULDN'T
AND THAT'S WHY I RESPECTFULLY
ASK WHEN I BUT WHEN WE HAVE A
CORPSMAN WITH ME WE HAVE.
STARTED YOUR GIRL FROM
CALIFORNIA TEACHER SHOWED THE
SOCIAIS ASIAN INTERESTING BROWN
FROM THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION
OF TEACHERS ALSO ADVOCATE. THEY
YOU BOTH WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES
TOTAL MISTER CHAIR TO KERR ON
BEHALF OF THE CAL. TEACHER
ASSOCIATION TO ADD TO THE
REMARKS OF THE AUTHOR IN TWENTY
TWENTY TO THE RAND CORPORATION
RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THE
SURVEY OF ALMOST FOUR THOUSAND
TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.
NATIONWIDE SHOWING MONTH OTHER
THINGS 661% OF THE PRINCIPLES
AND 37% OF THE TEACHERS SURVEYED
REPORTED. EXPERIENCING
HARASSMENT ABOUT POLITICIZED
TOPICS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO
BURNOUT FREQUENT JOB RELATED
STRESS AND SYMPTOMS OF
DEPRESSION. ADDITIONALLY SCHOOLS
AND PARTICULARLY TEACHERS HAVE
INCREASINGLY BECOME TARGETS OF
PARENTS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
AND GROUPS SEEKING TO LIMIT
SPECIFIC TYPES OF INSTRUCTION
NAMELY CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND
TOPICS CREATED TO GENDER AND
SEXUALITY. R. C. TEAM MEMBERS
BELIEVE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES SHOULD
BE SAFE FROM AGGRESSIVE AND
VIOLENT BEHAVIORS AS WELL AS
PHYSICAL VERBAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE PARTICULARLY
GIVEN THE DOCUMENTED INCREASES
AND THE NUMBER OF
CONFRONTATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
BASED BY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WE
BELIEVE ALL EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH
PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS
GUARANTEEING THE SAFETY OF
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES MUST BE
IMMEDIATE AND FAR REACHING. SUCH
EFFORTS BENEFIT THE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY BY IMPACTING TEACHER
RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT AND
ENSURING APPROPRIATE CONDUCT
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT EDUCATIONAL
WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND THE ON
GOING ISSUES AROUND TEACHER
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
ISSUES SB FIVE NINE SIX OFFERS
AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SAFETY
AND SECURITY THAT OUR STUDENTS
AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO SERVE.
CTA RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE WHEN THE TIME IS
APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU YES SIR.
THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
STRESSING BROWN A CFT UNIVERSE
HAAS PROFESSIONALS ONE TO ECHO
THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER IT IS
A SAD DAY THAT WE HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT THIS TOPIC. AND IT IS A
SAD ERA THAT WE LIVE IN NOW
WE'RE PEOPLE WHO ONCE HAD JUST
THE RIGHT FOR THEIR OWN OPINIONS
NOW APPARENTLY HAVE RIGHTS THEIR
OWN FACTS. AND THOSE FACTS WITH
THEIR QUOTES OF RADICALIZED
INDIVIDUALS TO NOT JUST STOP OUR
ELECTION IN DC YEARS AGO BUT
ALSO. GROUP UP ATTACK A- FOR
PHANTOM ISSUES AS COLLEAGUE MATT
- ISSUES CORTICAL GROOMING
CHILDREN OR PROVIDING DIVERSITY
THROUGH CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND
THESE THINGS COULD NOT BE
FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH EDUCATORS
ARE HERE. TO DO A JOB THAT IS.
ON SACRED GROUND AND HELP THE
NEXT GENERATION BECOME EQUIPPED
WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO
SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD. THAT IS
ALL WE TRY TO DO AND
UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE ASKED OUR
MEMBERS WHAT IS THE WORLD LIKE
RIGHT NOW THEY CAME BACK WITH
STORIES OF HARASSMENT STALKING.
AND THREATS TO THEIR LIVES AND
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS LIVES. IT
IS JUST SIMPLY UNFORTUNATE THAT
THIS IS THE ERA WE LIVE IN SO
WHILE WE ARE SAD THAT THIS BILL
HAS TO BE WRITTEN WE ARE
GRATEFUL TO THE AUTHOR FOR
TAKING A LEADERSHIP AND DOING
THIS AND GRATEFUL THAT HE IS
WILLING TO LISTEN TO SOME OF
THE- OBJECTIONS. AND I KNOW THAT
WE'RE GOING TO LAND THIS PLANE
ON WITH A GOOD POLICY HERE AND
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS
PROTECTED AND- CALIFORNIA CAN
SAY. PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A
INSTITUTION THAT SHOULD BE
BEYOND REPROACH AND SHOULD BE
HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD AND
YOU SHOULD NOT THREATEN IT. IT
IS THE FOUNDATION OF ANY
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND THAT'S
WHAT I MEMBERS WISH TO DO SO WE
THANK YOU FOR VOTING I TODAY ON
THIS IMPORTANT BILL. THANK YOU
ARE THERE ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. NAME AN ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN VERS
ANDREA BALL ON BEHALF OF THE
GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MORE
CHAMBER SENATOR OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING CHEN MEMBERS
JESSICA HEY WITH THE CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY GRIFFIN
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
STATE COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
AND SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING MEGAN
BEAR WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ARE YOU
ME WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. UP.
A FIVE MINUTES BETWEEN THE TWO
OF YOU. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
THANK YOU MY NAME IS ALEX
SNYDER. WANT TO KNOW WHY PARENTS
ARE UPSET HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES
FROM MY SCHOOL DISTRICT DAVIS
JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ON
A SCHOOL TRIP OUT OF STATE MY
FRIEND'S DAUGHTER AND A BOY
SHARED A HOTEL ROOM BY
THEMSELVES. BECAUSE BOTH
IDENTIFY AS NON BINARY. AGAINST
HER MOTHER'S WISHES OUR OWN
DISTRICT POLICY AND DESPITE THE
OBVIOUS DANGERS TO BOTH CHILDREN
SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES FELT THIS
OVERNIGHT ROOM ARRANGEMENT WAS
THE BEST WAY TO RESPECT THE
STUDENTS GENDER IDENTITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY WORDS DO NOT
CHANGE BIOLOGY. GIRLS WHO SAY
THEY ARE NON BINARY ARE STILL AT
RISK OF RAPE AND PREGNANCY EVEN
WHEN THEY DON'T IDENTIFY AS
MEMBERS OF A SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC
SPECIES. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE
. THIS BOOK IS OFFERED TO KIDS
AS YOUNG AS TWELVE. IN MY SON'S
SCHOOL. IN LANGUAGE TARGETING
KIDS IT ENCOURAGES USING SEX
APPS. AND PERFORMING SEX ACTS I
QUOTE PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT
SKILL YOU WILL MASTER I THINK
AIR BY MAN IS THE TIMELESS
CLASSIC THE HAND JOB. A GOOD
HANDY IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WRIST
ACTION RUB THE HEAD OF THE ****
BACK AND FORTH WITH YOUR HAND.
IF THAT IS CRAFTING A **** AND
SHAKING IT LIKE A KETCHUP BOTTLE
FINALLY RUBBING TWO PIECES
TOGETHER IN ONE HAND FEEL
AWESOME MEGA COMBO HANDY AND
QUOTE ASK YOURSELF IF THESE
EXAMPLES WOULD MAKE YOU
SERIOUSLY ALARMED. FOR THE
SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN. WE YOU
REMAIN. IN IF YOUR KID'S SCHOOL
DIDN'T STOP SUCH OBVIOUS
ENDANGERMENT. RATHER THAN
CRIMINALISE PARENTS WHO ARE
TERRORIZED BY THE GROOMING OF
THEIR CHILDREN. THIS STATE
SHOULD PENALIZE THE PETA FILES
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. THE MOST
EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROTECT SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES. FROM ANGRY PARENTS.
IS FOR THE STATE TO STOP
MANDATING SCHOOLS SEXUALIZE
THEIR CHILDREN. PLEASE VOTE NO
ON SB FIVE NINE SIX. YES MA'AM
HELLO MY NAME IS NICOLE YOUNG
AND I AM THE MOTHER OF SIX AND
THE CHAPTER CHAIR OF THE PLASTER
COUNTY MOMS FOR LIBERTY GROUP.
SB NINE FIVE SIX HAS IT ALL
WRONG SCHOOLS DON'T NEED TO BE
PROTECTED FROM PARENTS. KIDS
NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM SEXUAL
INVASION AND INDOCTRINATION BY
SCHOOLS. SENATOR PER TINO KNOWS
EXACTLY WHY PARENTS ARE UPSET
TEACHING TRANSGENDERISM AND
INAPPROPRIATE SEX ED COURSES.
THE BILL REFERENCES BOTH OF
THESE CODES. THE NUMBER OF KIDS
WITH GENDER CONFUSION IS GROWING
EXPONENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE
SCHOOLS ASKING FOR PRONOUNS
SOMETIMES DALY TELLING KIDS THAT
THEY COULD BE BORN IN THE WRONG
BODY INSTRUCTING THEM TO KEEP
SECRETS FROM THEIR PARENTS BUT
GO AHEAD AND CONNECT WITH
STRANGERS ONLINE. SCHOOLS ARE
THE PIPELINE TO GENDER CLINICS.
RECENTLY IN MY COMMUNITY. A
WELLNESS CENTER ON HIGH SCHOOL
CAMPUSES ADVERTISED A FAMILY
FRIENDLY DRAG SHOW TO MINOR
STUDENTS TWELVE AND ABOUT.
ENCOURAGING THE KIDS TO DANCE
FOR CASH TIPS. A NEW LOW. THIS
GROUP CALLED THE LANDING SPOT
DIDN'T INFORM PARENTS. LANDING
SPOT REPS WERE ON CAMPUS DURING
SCHOOL HOURS WITHOUT PROPER
BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EMOJIS. IT
WAS THROUGH THE FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT WE LEARNED IT
WAS THE TEACHERS CLEARING OUT
CLASSROOMS TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE
ACCESS TO THE CHILDREN. I
ENCOURAGE YOU PERRANCE WHO HAVE
NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY AWARE OF
WHAT'S GOING ON UTILIZE THE
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. AND
THEN YOU CAN SEE WHY WE ARE ALSO
CONCERNED. IT IS NOT HARASSMENT
TO BE CONCERNED MINOR CHILDREN
ARE BEING SEXUALIZED AND
ENCOURAGED TO DANCE
PROVOCATIVELY AND DRAG FOR
ADULTS. IN EXCHANGE FOR CASH
THERE IS A PENAL CODE FOR THAT
SOLICITATION OF A MINOR. THIS
BILL IS DESIGNED TO STIFLE
PARENTS VOICES WE WILL NOT SHUT
UP IN FACT IT IS OUR DUTY TO OUR
CHILDREN TO GET LOUDER. PLEASE
VOTE NO ON SB FIVE NINE SIX
THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. GOOD
MORNING CHAIRMAN DAVID BALK FROM
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY PARENTS AND
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY ON LINES IN
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING COMICAL COUNCIL BEHALF
OF ACLU CAL ACTION IN RESPECT MY
POSITION ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND
EQUITY GRANTS THANK YOU. NICOLE
PEARSON ATTORNEY FOUNDER FACTS
ARE TRUE JUSTICE REPRESENTING
OVER SIXTY THOUSAND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND BE IN OPPOSITION TO
THIS BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MRS G.
AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY
THREE CHILDREN AND ALL OF ORANGE
COUNTY AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL
THANK YOU THANK YOU. WE'LL BRING
IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH
IS A BURKE. A SEPARATE YOU KNOW
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
I- YOU KNOW I AM LOOKING AT THE
NEWS EVERY DAY AND FRANKLY ARE
AM APPALLED AT. RELEASED SOME OF
THE ACTIVITIES THAT- ADULTS IN
OUR COMMUNITY STICKER IS
APPROPRIATE- INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR. TO DIRECT THAT
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF
MEMBERS AND- I KNOW THAT THERE'S
BEEN SOME- ONE OF THE COMMENTS
ABOUT THE BILL IS THAT SOME OF
THE ACTIVITIES- MAYBE CAPTURED
UNDER OTHER- UNDER OTHER LAWS.
BUT I THINK IN THE CASE- THE
TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN. I
THINK NEED TO SEND A CLEAR
MESSAGE THAT- ATTACKING AND
THREATENING OUR TEACHERS IS
SOMETHING THAT'S JUST
UNACCEPTABLE AND SO I DO THINK A
NEW LAW IT IS. IMPORTANT
INAPPROPRIATE AND I WILL BE
SUPPORTING IT- I NOTED A COUPLE
COMMENT LETTERS AND I- JUST
WANTED WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO
LOOK AT THESE AFTER THE HEARING-
ONE IS- COMMENTS RELATED TO
WHETHER THIS WOULD APPLY. TO
PEOPLE THAT ARE TO STUDENTS IS
ACTUALLY UNDER EIGHTEEN- I DO
WORRY A BIT IF IT APPLY I DON'T
THINK STUDENTS SHOULD BE SHOULD
BE SUBJECT TO THAT SO- IF THE IF
IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THE BILL- I.
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO WORK MY WAY
THROUGH AND- AND FIGURE THAT OUT
I'D LIKE TO ASK EVEN REMOVE THAT
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT. THERE
ARE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS
FRANKLY WHERE- L. G. B. T. Q.
AND STUDENTS OF COLOR AND OTHER
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES COULD BE
TARGETED BY HOSTILE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. FOR DISCIPLINE AND I
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT
BILL IS IN HOUSTON THAT WAY- THE
OTHER THING IS I SAW THAT THERE
WAS A LITTLE LATE LETTER FROM
ACLU THE CAME IN LAST NIGHT THAT
HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS IN IT ONE
OF WHICH WAS RELATED TO WHAT
HAPPENS. AT SCHOOL- THAT'S OF
BOARD MEETINGS AND I DO THINK
THAT THERE ARE FREE SPEECH
RIGHTS THAT ARE- THAT THAT THAT
CALLS INTO QUESTION AND WOULD
JUST ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THE
ACLU LETTER CAREFULLY AND
CONSIDER SOME OF THOSE.
AMENDMENTS SO WITH THAT I WENT
AT THE PROPER TIME IF I'M HERE-
LOOK TO MOVE THE BILL AND. WE'LL
BE SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU IN
THE OTHER CAR. THE YOU MAY CLOSE
THANK YOU AT THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR AND- YES I. THE CA. ON H.
AND STOOD AND WE- ORIGINALLY IT
SAID A PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN A
BROAD DEFINITION- HBO YOU ASKED
FOR TO BE NON. STUDENT WE- OFFER
ADULTS. MAKING A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD AND
A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD AND SO. I
WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE SURE TO
HIT THE SWEET SPOT. BECAUSE I DO
THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD
AND- ALTHOUGH WE DON'T WANT TO
TARGET FOURTEEN YEAR OLDS ARE
FIFTEEN YEAR OLDS- WITH THIS AT
ALL AND I. THE IN THAT LATE
LETTER TO THE RIGHT REFERENCE
SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AND SO WE
WILL LOOK AT THAT. AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES- JUST BY I GUESS
FINALLY- YOU KNOW I GREW UP IN
THE SEVENTIES WITH THAT GAIL THE
BROTHER AND I REMEMBER WHAT HE
WENT THROUGH BACK THEN- THE
SNICKERS THE TEASING- THE
MALIGNING. I'M AND THEN I THINK
ABOUT WE'RE KNOW WE HAVE A- WITH
THREE IN. L. G. B. T. TEENAGERS
ABOUT TO- TWO OUT OF FIVE-
STRAIGHT. TEENAGERS THINK ABOUT
SERVICE I MEAN. WE HAVE TO BE.
COGNISANT AND LOVING OF ALL OUR
STUDENTS AND- PART OF THAT IS
HAVING A NURTURING SCHOOL
ENVIRONMENT WHERE EDUCATORS. ARE
FREE TO TEACH AN ADMINISTRATOR.
REACH TO ADMINISTRATE AND-
FOLLOWED. YOUR BEST PRACTICES
AND THE LAW OF THE LAND AND- YOU
KNOW NOTHING IN THIS BILL TAKES
ANYONE'S RIGHTS AWAY TO OPPOSE-
THE LAW- T. IN IT TO ADVOCATE-
TO SAY WHAT WAS SAID TODAY-
NOTHING IN THIS BILL- AND
THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROVISION IN
THE BILL THAT SAYS
CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED FREE
SPEECH. WILL NOT BE. PART OF
THIS AND SO YOU KNOW THIS IS A
DIFFICULT CONVERSATION FOR SOME
AN EASY CONVERSATION FOR OTHERS-
BUT I'M DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE- PROTECT OUR STUDENTS
FIRST AND FOREMOST. AND PROTECT
THOSE WHO WANT TO EDUCATE OUR
STUDENTS- AS WELL AND SO WITH
THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A QUORUM I
WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR NOT.
DO NOT THE TWO THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE TO DISCUSS- AS A
PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE
TEACHERS. ONE BUT WHAT DOCTOR
OUT OF SEVERAL TIMES WHO WANT TO
BE A BOARD MEMBER. OF SOFT I
THANK YOU FOR. THE DIEM THE
AMENDMENT OR THE ABOUT SCHOOL
BOARD MEETINGS AND THAT THEY
NEED TO BE- THE COR. WE CAN
ARGUE. ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE WE
DID HERE TODAY WE CAN HEAR. ANY
OF DIVERSE OPINIONS I ENCOURAGE
THAT- BUT WE SHOULD NOT BUT I
THINK THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF
YOUR BILL. IT SHOULD NOT BE BOLD
TO WHERE IT BECOMES- BY. AND
WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN OTHER
PLACES NOT JUST HERE BUT OTHER
PLACES- EVEN IN MY OWN. AT LEAST
COUNCIL IT COULD GET. LOW ROCK
JASON. AND IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE
TO CAN TO DO BUSINESS OF. SO I
UNDERSTAND. WHERE YOU'RE FROM A
DISTANCE REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT
- S. THE PARENTS. OKAY TEACHER.
MY SON- I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
- TRYING TO DO I WOULD WANT HIM
. LAST BOB. WHILE HE'S- HAVING
HIS FREE TIME- OR JUST BEING
ABLE TO TEACH. THE KIDS BIOLOGY-
IS ABOUT. IT IS AS BAD BIOLOGY
THE- CALCULUS TEACHER. SO WHILE
HE'S TEACHING EVENTS CALCULUS SO
WANT SOMEBODY COMING IN THERE
YELLING AT HIM BECAUSE- OF
WHATEVER- SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE
YOU'RE COMING FROM THE- LET
TEACHERS TEACH- WE'VE YOU KNOW
WE UNITE ABOUT WE'VE ALWAYS- BUT
THE WHERE WE DO. AND THAT'S
PROBABLY THE ONLY THING. WE
COULD GET PAST THAT ONE THING
THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED- I THINK
YOU WOULD GET WE WOULD GET
THERE- AND IF IT DOESN'T MAKE OF
THIS COMMITTEE I THINK YOU
SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THAT
ONE AMENDMENT TO. TO WE CAN NAIL
THIS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE DO SOMETHING- ESPECIALLY
AFTER HEARING THE TESTIMONY
TODAY. I GOT A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE
OF WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND
SO ON- WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
AND WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T. TIP IT IN A WAY WHERE IT
GETS TOO FAR- TO. RIGHT THAT WE
STAY RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF
THE BAT THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING
FROM SO- AGAIN I THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS UP. FOR THAT.
TOPIC THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WE
NEED DISCUSS OPENLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT HOBLEY AND RATIONALLY-
HELLO THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT
THE FULL SYSTEMS ABOUT. AND WHEN
WE GET A QUORUM WILL WILL PICK
IT UP FOR ABOUT THANK THANK. THE
NEXT ONE I HAD- MISTER BRADFORD
BUT YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE MISTER
BRADFORD YOU LIKE TO SEE OUR-
OKAY THE NEW CAN COME UP. C. R.
NUMBER NINETY. AB AB EIGHT OF
SORRY S. B. I'M ON IT EIGHT
KICKED SB NINETY- ITEM THE TWO A
USED TO BE IN A- USED BE IN AB.
OTHER THANK YOUNG AND I AM HERE
TO PRESENT ASK NINE- SO FIRST OF
TO THINK YOU AND THE FOR YOUR
WORK AND IN ON THIS- THIS VERY
AND BY. BILL IT PROBABLY LOOKS A
LITTLE FROM TO AROUND PUBLIC SAY
COMMITTEE LAST YEAR AND- AND- IT
HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH OTHER THEN
IT'S BEEN A YEAR DELAYED. AND WE
CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE DELAYS IN
ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE THE TASK
FORCE THAT DOES WHAT THIS DOES
IS IT ESTABLISHES A CALIFORNIA
FEDERAL ABUSE TASK FORCE. AND
THE TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP IS
VERY DIVERSE. IT INCLUDES
REPRESENTATIVES FROM NONPROFITS
THE HEALTH AGENCIES AND THE
LEGAL SYSTEM. AS MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE WE HAVE ALL HEARD
THE STORIES AND THE DATA. ON THE
POTENCY AND AVAILABILITY OF
FENTANYL AND HOW IT IS POISONING
KIDS AND MEMBERS OF EVERY
COMMUNITY. AN EPIDEMIC OF THESE
PROPORTIONS DESERVES A RESPONSE.
THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE BEST OF
OUR STATE'S RESOURCES. WHICH IS
WHAT THIS TASK WILL AID IN DOING
. AND HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF
THIS TASK FORCE. WE CAN ALL
PULLING THE SAME DIRECTION. AND
ADDRESS THIS CRISIS. SO MEMBERS
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE
WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE. I
DID NOT BRING A WITNESS UP. IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME. OKAY THANK
YOU ARE THERE ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT NAME AN
ORGANIZATION. NICOLE ORNAMENT ON
BEHALF OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT
THE- GOOD MORNING ELIZABETH
ESPINOSA ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY
HEALTH EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING WILLIAM FROM THE
RESEARCHER SUBSTANCE. ETHERNET
LEARN TO HAVE THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD IN SUPPORT. LORI
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ROBERT TO COME
REPRESENTING SACRAMENTO COUNTY
JUST DISPARITIES OFFICE AND
CALIFORNIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
ASSOCIATION WE ARE IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. COURCELLES ALONE WE
HAVE THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION SUPPORT
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER
WITNESSES ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE BRING IT
BACK TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS YES
MISTER TAYLOR. THAT'S WHAT I
THANK THE SENATOR FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD. I HOPE THAT
YOU KNOW WE WE'VE VOTE ON
ANOTHER THAT IN THE ASSEMBLY
VERY SAID. DOCTOR PAIN THEM HOPE
THAT YOU ARE WORKING TOGETHER-
BECAUSE IT THIS IS A CRITICAL
ISSUE AND- APPRECIATE YOUR WORK
ON IT. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
THE- YES. I WANT TO THANK THE
WELCOME- DROUGHT SUPPORT. THANK
YOU GOES OUT OF BILL TODAY.
THANK YOU. IN THE OTHER CAR YOU
MAKE. ALL RIGHT LET'S SEE HERE.
THANK YOU I RISK ASK YOUR AYE
VOTE WHEN THE TIME COMES OKAY
THANK YOU TO WE GET A QUORUM
WILL WILL VOTE ON IT I. THANK
YOU. WE ARE NOW LOOKING AUTHORS
WOULD LOOK FOR A- BRADFORD. GROW
BAKER SKINNER. SHE WOULD CALL.
I HEAR MISTER BRADFORD IN THE
ROTUNDA HE'S ON HIS WAY. DOES HE
HAVE TO. PHOTO TO GET OVER THERE
TO. HELLO BRADFORD THE TIME IN
THE MORNING YOUR TIME IS
IMPECCABLE HE BUT GRAY TIMING
IMPECCABLE. IT'S NOT WERE USED.
I KNOW PARTICULAR D. CARE IT
WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT NOT A
BORDER WE'LL START WITH A SB.
FOR THANK YOU MISTER- SB FOR
ALLOW LAW ENFORCERS ABILITY TO
STOP FOR MINOR. I SHOULD SAY
WILL. OFFER NON SAFETY RELATED
TO AND UNLESS THERE IS AN-
SAFETY RELAY BASIS TO A TO STOP
WILL ALSO PROVIDE CLERK TO
ENSURE THE CITY AND HAD EXPLORED
ONE FORCED APPROACH TO TRY.
SAFETY SB FIFTY IS A PRIORITY
THE LET'S BAKAH TO BE ON THERE
ARE OF THE CAL CAL RATIO FOR IN
. BOARD BETTER KNOWN AS RECKLESS
AND COMMITTEE OF REVISION OF THE
PENAL CODE AND THE CENTER FOR
POLICE EQUITY AS WELL AS KERN
POLICY AND OF PITTSBURGH OR
VIRGINIA MEMPHIS OTHERS PRETEXT
STOPS ARE WHEN A STOP SOME. FOR
MINOR TRY VIOLATION SUCH AS
WONDER OR EXPIRED REG. WITHIN
TWO. OF USE THAT STUFF BUT- A
HUNCH BACKED INTO ASK. I'M MORE
CRIME WE THE REASON OF THAT HI
WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
DANTE RIGHT A FULL OKAY SIT
TIGHT NICHOLS NO THEY THEY DON'T
THE AND WELL FOR PEOPLE. THE
STOPS WOULD NO EVAN OR SUSPICION
BORCHERS CRIME JUST REPORTS THE
COMMUNITIES COLOR. A AND FOR
EXAMPLE BLACK ARE NEAR FIVE
TIMES MORE TO BE STOPPED FOR NON
MOVING VIOLATIONS THAN THEIR
WHITE COUNTERPARTS MANY
INDIVIDUALS ARE THEN HARASSED OR
EVEN ASSAULTED. FOR THE SIMPLE
VIOLATION THAT CAN EASILY BE
FIXED. AND ENFORCE BY MAIL.
DANTE RIGHT A STATE IT FOR WANT
COULD STILL AND WALTER SCOTT OR
JUST A FEW NOTABLE. OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS PULLED OVER BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR LOW LEVEL
VIOLATIONS AND ULTIMATELY LOST
THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF THE
STOPS. IN ANTIOCH CALIFORNIA
SEVENTEEN OFFICERS ENGAGE IN
RACIST AND SEXIST TAX WERE
OFFICERS ADMITTED INSTEAD I ONLY
STOPPED. HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE
BLACK. THE STOPS INFO LAW
LASTING ON COMMUNITY OF COLOR.
AND THEIR TRUST IN ONE. AND YET
VERY RARELY GO THE STOCK. STOP
LEAD TO MORE SHE CRIME B.
DISCOVERED. AS LAW ENFORCEMENT
CLAIMS. NEARLY NINETY PER OF THE
STOP RESULTING COPS. NO ACTION
BESIDE WARNING THE DRIVER. AND
DRUGS AND GUNS ARE FOUND IN LESS
THAN TWO PERCENT. DATA SHOWS
THAT DRUGS IN GONDAR FONG.
PHYSIS TWO TIMES MUCH ON A. THE
WHITE. IMMUNITY THEN THE PEOPLE
OF COLOR. REPORT OF ARE STOPPED
IN SIR MORE THAN. AND YET THEY
ARE LESS TO YEAR CONTRA IN AB.
THEN SEARCH ARE OF THEIR WHITE
CO. THE STOP ARE IN A. TIME TO
REACH CONSUME AND RACIALLY
PRICED ON TOP OF THAT LONG.
AGENCIES HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM
STOP HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE MORE
FAT IN POLICING. AND WERE OFF
HAVE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STOP
THE INITIATED FOR LOW LEVEL.
OFFICERS IT HAD A HIGH RATE FINE
CONTRABAND NOW IN. JOBS IN
CONNECTICUT WHICH IS SEVERAL. DO
WHAT THIS BILL PROPOSES THE HAS
BEEN ANY IN YOU ARE ARRESTS
AFTER THEY FOCUS TRAFFIC IN
FORGED ON HOW. DRIVING RATHER
THAN ALL LEVEL. CALIFORNIANS
ACROSS THE STATE HAVE VOICED
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT RISING
CRIME RATES SPECIFIED OUT IN
VIOLENT CRIMES NOT. NOT ON
PEOPLE HAVING A BROKEN TAIL
LIGHT OR SOMETHING HANGING ON
THE REAR VIEW MIRROR YEAH LAW
ENFORCEMENT SPENCE A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF THEIR TIME. IN
RESOURCES POLICING THESE
VIOLATIONS OF FOOT- NO ONE ANY
IMMEDIATE DANGER SB FIFTY WILL
CREATE A SAFER AND MORE FEAR
CALIFORNIA FOR EVERYONE AND WILL
BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST BY
ENSURING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES FOCUS THEIR TIME AND
THEIR RESOURCES ON EFFECTIVE.
PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIES WITH ME
TODAY TESTIFYING AND- IT IS FOR
THIS ONE THIS BILL IS CHARMINGLY
ON WITH THE CENTER FOR POLICING
EQUITY AND A THIRTEEN YEAR
VETERAN OF THE CLEVELAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT. ERIC ON SENIOR STAFF
COUNSEL WITH THE COMMITTEE ON
REVISION ON PANEL I'M FEEL
COLDER START AND I THINK UNITS
ASK. FOR YOUR VOTE. ONE SECOND
WE WILL ESTABLISH A CALL. WE CAN
VOTE. SHOULD. JONES SAWYER HERE
ALANIZ. BONTA BRIAN. LET ORTEGA
. CENTEL ZIPPER. WE HAVE IN
ORDER PROPOSED COULD KERR CAL.
WITH NUMBER TWELVE S. FIVE FOUR
ARCHER LET. ARE TO AUTHORIZATION
ITEM NUMBER FIFTEEN SB OH ONE.
PROFESSIONS IN BOOK COUNTER HOME
IMPROVEMENT. PROHIBITED
BUSINESSES PRICE LOOK HEALTH.
AND FINALLY I OVERNIGHT S. EIGHT
EIGHT THREE POTS SAFETY. THE
PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE BILL. AND
MEET A MOTION TO ALSO VOTE. I
NEED A SECOND. CALDERON ON THE
CONSENT CAL JOHN SAWYER CHEN I
ALANIZ. BONTA BRIAN HI BRIAN I
ARE LACKEY I ORTEGA ORTEGA
SANTIAGO SUPER SUPER HIGH. AND
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES BETWEEN
THE TWO OF YOU MAY BEGIN. THE
MORNING CARE MANY OF THEM RECALL
AND I'M SENIOR STAFF COUNSEL FOR
THE COMMITTEE OR OF PENAL CODE
THE COMMITTEE IS A INTO CHARGED
STUDYING AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE AND
GOVERNOR ABOUT FROM LAW HIS GOAL
ARE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SO AND-
WALVOORD UNNECESSARY AND COST.
SB FOR WOULD IMPROVE PUBLIC SO
BY COMMUNITY VOTE SCARCE LAW
RESOURCES OR SEE CRIME LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND CAL
MAKING THAN THREE MILLION TRY
STOPS EVERY YEAR AND THE DATA
FROM THE STOPS. DISTURBING
DISPARITIES WHO STOP ONCE
STOPPED PEOPLE COLOR LIKELY BE
HANKO SIR AND HAVE USE GIVES
THEM WHITE P. BUT STOP SORT IN
COULD THEY COULD ALSO BE FRIED
HUMILIATING ANY DANGEROUS. HIGH
PROFILE. AND KILLING OF BLACK
MEN DURING TRY STOP. ILLUSTRATE
THESE BECAUSE- THE RESULTING. OF
TREATMENT THE TO COMMUNITY OF
LAW FOR. AND A DIMINISH
LIKELIHOOD OF QUOC WITH LAW.
WITH POLICE. MORE FORCE WE COULD
SEE THAT MANY TRUCKS STOPS THE
REFER LIST IN S. B. ARE PRE
TEXTUAL. MEANING THAT THE STOCK
IS USED TO. A HUNCH THAT THE PER
OF ALL IN OTHER CRY. BUT
PROTECTION STOPS ARE NOT A RIGHT
FOR RACIAL PRO. BUT THEY ALSO A
COST IN A POLICING STRAW. AND A
NOW OF REPORT THAT AND FOUND
THAT OFFICER DID NOT WORK ANY
CONTRABAND IN 97% OF STOPS. FOR
A FRACTION SPECIFIED IN THIS
BECAUSE- GUNS WERE FOUND LESS
THAN HALF OF 1% OF. RESEARCH
FROM THE IS OF. THAT ANALYZED
STOP DATA IN COLLISION DEATHS
AND THIRD THREE STATES.
CONCLUDED THAT INCREASE USE
TRAFFIC STOPS DID NOT DECREASE
FATAL CAR CRASH. OTHER RESEARCH
HAS SHOWN THAT FOCUS ON BY THAT
ACTUALLY ENDANGER PUBLIC SAFETY
RESULTS IN BETTER TRAFFIC SAFETY
OUTCOMES. THE COMMITTEE'S
RECOMMENDATION TO LIMIT THE USE
OF TRAFFIC STOPS WITH OFFENSES
SPECIFIED IN SB FIFTY IS IN LINE
WITH SIMILAR REFORMS BEING
UNDERTAKEN THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY. AND CAN HELP TO
ALLEVIATE RACIAL DISPARITIES
IMPROVE PERCEPTIONS AFFAIRS IN
OUR CRIMINAL SYSTEM AND A CURSE
OF THE BELUM IN A MORE EFFECTIVE
POLICING STRATEGIES. I'D BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU THANK YOU ARE ANY OF
THE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT NAME AN
ORGANIZATION. WE STILL HAVE
ALWAYS HAVE A OF I'LL I'D I'M
SORRY I. IT'S QUITE MORNING
THANK YOU FOR ME. MY NAME IS
SHARON LAMB AND I SERVE WITH ONE
DIVISION OF. AND OHIO NEARLY.
YEARS KERN I WITH THE SAY FOR
PER. EQUITY WE ARE RESURGENT OR
- MADE A OF FORMER LINE FORCE.
ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY.
GOVERNMENT SPECIALISTS THAT USE
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY
AND REDUCE RACIAL DISPARITIES IN
POLICING. SENATE BILL. FIFTY
REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT. STEP
TOWARDS ADDRESSING EQUITY AND
PRESERVING OFFICER RESOURCES AND
MORALE. A RECENT REPORT FOUND
THAT THE LOS ANGELES AND
RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICES ARE SPENDING A MAJORITY
UP OFFICER TIME. NINE OF TEN
HOURS ON TRAFFIC STOPS. IN THE
TIME THAT I SPENT ON PATROL IN
LEADING THE RECRUITMENT TEAM FOR
POLICE FIRE AND EMS FOR THE CITY
OF CLEVELAND. FOCUSING ON LOW
LEVEL STOPS TO. IS OUR OFFICERS
WHO WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE AT
ADDRESSING THE MOST VIOLENT
CRIMES. GOOD OFFICERS HATE BEING
INEFFECTIVE AND GENERATING
CITATIONS IN THE NAME OF BEING
PRODUCTIVE. UNDERMINES MORALE AS
IT REDUCES MANPOWER AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE AND
THOSE THAT COULD BE SPENT IN
INVESTIGATIONS. NEW OFFICERS WHO
ARE SIGNING UP TO DO TO DO THIS
JOB. DO NOT WANT TO WASTE THEIR
TIME. ON INEFFECTIVE EFFORTS.
THERE IS A RETENTION PROBLEM IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE NEED TO
DO MORE FOR OFFICERS IN FINDING
MEANING OF OUR WORK. MORE OVER
THE STOPS ARE WASTE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT- RESOURCES ONCE
AGAIN LOW LEVEL STOCKS ON AN
INEFFECTIVE INEFFICIENT NEEDLE
IN A HAYSTACK APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING CRIME AND ROAD SAFETY
. AN ANALYSIS OF THE EIGHT
LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN
CALIFORNIA FOUND THAT OFFICERS
CONFISCATE FIREARMS IN LESS THAN
A HALF PERCENT. OF VEHICLE
SEARCHES IN TERMS OF ALL VEHICLE
STOPS THAT WOULD BE ZERO POINT
4% OF STOPS IN LOS ANGELES FOUND
FIREARMS IN ZERO POINT THREE OF
THOSE IN OAKLAND DID. POLICE
OFFICERS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED
PROFESSIONALS WHO PLAY A CRUCIAL
ROLE IN ENSURING COMMUNITY
SAFETY. ENFORCING MINOR
INFRACTIONS DIVERTS OUR
ATTENTION AND RESOURCES AWAY
FROM MORE URGENT MATTERS AND IS
IN NOT IN LINE WITH INTELLIGENCE
LED POLICING POLICING WHICH IS
THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR PROFESSION
. ANOTHER IMPORTANT MEASURE IN
THIS BILL ALLOWS COMMUNITIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA TEN DROP IN
FORCED TRAFFIC LAWS WITH NON
POLICE EMPLOYEES IF THEY CHOOSE
TO DO SO. SENATE BILL FIFTY AS A
WIN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT RACIAL
JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN
CALIFORNIA AND WE URGE YOU TO
VOTE FAVORABLY TODAY THANK YOU
THANK YOU. BY RTT WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT NAME AN ORGANIZATION.
MOHAMMED JAMAL PROSECUTORS LINES
OF CALIFORNIA STRONG SUPPORT.
DETACHMENT'S ARE SMART JUSTICE
CALIFORNIA STRONG SUPPORT. LIZZY
AGAIN INITIATE JUSTICE AND
LAWYERS COMMITTEE CIVIL RIGHTS
IN SUPPORT. SARAH THAT'S ON
BEHALF OF THE ELLA BAKER CENTER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUPPORT.
MORNING MR NUMBERS UNDERESTIMATE
AS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES OF
OAKLAND AND BERKELEY IN STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. JOHN SCOBLE
WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
IN SUPPORT. MORNING MR CHECK
COMMITTEE MEMBERS STEP ROTH WITH
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING AT THE DIMARTINO BEHALF
CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFETY AND
JUSTICE IN STRONG SUPPORT. IF
THE MARKET WE HAVE A CFT AND
SPORT. MARCO GEORGE ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION IN STRONG SUPPORT.
REBECA GONZALEZ NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN SUPPORT.
IS A SMALLER CITY OF SANTA
MONICA AND SUPPORT THANK YOU.
CRACKPOTS FROM BEHALF OF A CAL
IN SUPPORT. ANY GOVERNMENT ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL
CONSERVATION SCORES IN STRONG
SUPPORT. NASSAR HERNANDEZ ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA TERMS
OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN SUPPORT.
MMHM YUSEF MILLER ON BEHALF OF
THE NORTH COUNTY EQUITY AND
JUSTICE COALITION SAVING LIVES
ACOSTA CAMPAIGN OF TWENTY TWENTY
OF SUPPORT. THANK YOU ARE THERE
ANY WITNESSES OPPOSITION. SORRY
MARIN BEYOND THE HAVE LIKE
COALITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU.
WE WANT. GOOD MORNING MR VERSE
COURCELLES ON BEHALF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SHERIFFS
ASSOCIATION- IN OPPOSITION SB
FIFTY- SIMPLY PUT WE OBJECT TO
THE POLICY OF KEEPING LAW
ENFORCEMENT FROM ENFORCING THE
LAW. THE LOW LEVEL INFRACTIONS
SCRIBE BY THIS BILL ARE RELATED
TO VEHICLE SAFETY IDENTIFICATION
AND IF THEY'RE IMPORTANT ENOUGH
TO BE KEPT ON THE BOOKS PEACE
OFFICER SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THEY
MUST ON FORCED THEM MUST THEY
CAN FIND A SEPARATE VIOLATION OR
MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS. TRAFFIC
STOPS FOR VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED
THIS BILL ROUTINELY RESULT IN
FORCED ACTIONS FOR MUCH MORE
SERIOUS OFFENSES GUNS ARE TAKEN
OFF THE STREET DRUGS ARE SEIZED
IN OTHER CRIMES ARE UNCOVERED IN
THE PROCESS OF A TRAFFIC STOP.
THIS BILL WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BUT ALL MAKE
OUR COMMUNITIES LESS SAFE ONE OF
THE WHEN THIS MENTION. THAT
THERE ARE THREE MILLION TRAFFIC
STOPS IN A YEAR. AND THEN
MENTION THAT HALF OF A PERCENT
RESULTED IN THE FINDING OF GUNS
AND THEN ONE TENTH OF HALF A
PERCENT OR POINT OH FIVE
PERCENT. WHERE THERE WAS A
SEARCH AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO
CONTRA SO EVEN IF YOU TAKE THE
LOWEST NUMBER WHAT WHAT THE
PROPONENTS ARE SAYING IS THAT.
IN THESE TRAFFIC STOPS. AT LEAST
FIFTEEN HUNDRED GUNS WERE FOUND
IN THAT PERIOD. DO WE NOT WANT
TO TAKE THOSE GUNS OFF THE
STREET. THIS COMMITTEE IN THIS
LEGISLATURE BENDS OVER BACKWARDS
TO ENACT. GUN CONTROL MEASURES
BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO PASS A
BILL THAT MAKES IT MUCH MORE
LIKELY THAT FIFTEEN OR MORE GUNS
GO UNDETECTED. THAT'S OUR
CONCERN WITH THIS BILL
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING OVER
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES GOOD
MORNING. MISTER CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME RUN THAT THE COMP.
I'VE THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
THE CALIFORNIA DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION. WE ARE
ALSO VERY MUCH IN STRONGLY
OPPOSED TO THIS BILL- FOR THE
SAME REASONS TO MY COUNTERPART
STATED WE BELIEVE THAT. HUNDREDS
OF GUNS ARE CONFISCATED FROM
VERY DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS ON ON
IT TRAFFIC STOPS I WORK CLOSELY
WITH THIS CHECK ON A COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICERS AND I CAN
TELL YOU IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
TOOL. THAT OFFICERS HAVE IN
STOPPING CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS
WHICH IS ULTIMATELY A LAW
ENFORCEMENT. OFFICERS PRIMARY
GOAL IS TO TRY TO PREVENT THE
CRIME BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT.
ALSO TO MENTION THAT. TO
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VERY FAMOUS
AND INFAMOUS WERE CAUGHT ON.
ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOPS TED BUNDY
WHEN HE ESCAPED FROM JAIL WAS.
APPREHENDED ON A TRAFFIC STOP.
IF YOU REMEMBER THE OKLAHOMA
CITY BOMBER HE ALSO WAS
APPREHENDED BECAUSE OF A FAULTY
LICENSE PLATE THESE WERE ROUTINE
TRAFFIC STOPS THAT LED TO THE
APPREHENSION OF VERY DANGEROUS
CRIMINALS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
TOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALSO
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
FOLLOW THE LAW THE SMALL MINOR
TRAFFIC. VIOLATIONS CAN IMPACT
TRAFFIC SAFETY ALSO SO FOR ALL
THESE REASONS WERE VERY STRONGLY
OPPOSED TO THIS BILL I WITH ALL
DUE RESPECT THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. MR YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THIS CHERRY MEMBERS RAINY PERRY
ON THE OF PORAC HIGH CHILL SO.
SERVICES GO AWAY. I'M JUST VERY
. THIS IS HAVE IN CITIES- THIS
IS NOT A STATEWIDE ISSUE A LOCAL
CONTROL ISSUE- THE CITY'S YOU'VE
SEEN IT IN AROUND THE COUNTRY
AGAIN OR CITIES NOT STATES. AND
WE HAVE L. A. WHO'S ALREADY
NEGOTIATED WORKING ON
IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM SAN
FRANCISCO P. AWAY RIGHT NOW IS
AT THE TABLE WITH THE CITY
REPRESENTATIVES TO COLLECTIVELY
BARGAIN. AND WORK OUT A PROGRAM
THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY OF SAN
FRANCISCO THAT WON'T WORK FOR
SISKIYOU COUNTY FOR EXAMPLE THIS
IS NOT A STATEWIDE ISSUE IT'S A
LOCAL CONTROL ISSUE. THIS IS A
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED BOY ISSUE
AND THAT'S THE. WAY IT'S WORKED
IN THE PAST UP TO THIS POINT.
THANK YOU. THAT PARTY NEAR THE
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITE NAME IN
ORGANIZATION GOOD MORNING ZACH
WALLACE ON THE OUT OF THE SAME
OKAY DEPT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
ASSOCIATION SAN DIEGANS GETS
CRACKED THANK YOU THANK YOU.
RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION.
WARMINSTER RANCHO WITH RIVERSIDE
ASSOCIATION. ALSO OPPOSITION
POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS OF
ARCADIA BURBANK CLAREMONT CORONA
CULVER CITY BOARDS AND MURRIETA.
NEWPORT BEACH NEVADO BEL SURTEES
POMONA RIVERSIDE SANTA ANA
UPLAND. CALIFORNIA RESERVE PEACE
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND THE
DEPUTY SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION IN
MARIN COUNTY PLUS COUNTY. ON
OPPOSITION THANK YOU. HELLO MY
NAME IS YOU AN AND LEE AND I
OPPOSE THIS THANK YOU. MORNING
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM FROM
RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON
BEHALF OF SHARE JEFF IAGO IN
STRONG OPPOSITION THANK YOU
THANK. PROSECUTORS HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY
HILLS RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION
THANK. SEE YOU KNOW MORE
WITNESSES- BRING IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR COMMENTS
OR- MR LACKEY. WELL I HAVE
PROBABLY PRETTY PREDICTABLE TO.
ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL I'M
DEEPLY. ABOUT THE CONSISTENT
EFFORT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY
TO. HANDICAPPER LAW ENFORCEMENT
PERSONNEL THROUGH CONCERTED.
ATTEMPTS TO TAKE AWAY THE TOOLS
THEY RELY UPON TO KEEP US ALL
SAFE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR
PERSONAL STORY. THAT- WILL I
LEAST I THINK VALIDATES THIS
VERY VERY POINT. EARLY IN MY
CAREER AS A CALIFORNIA HIGH
PATROL MEMBER. AND WORKING THE
LATE HOURS WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF
IMPAIRED DRIVERS- I HAPPEN TO BE
ON PATROL WITH MY PARTNER. AND-
WE OBSERVED A VEHICLE THAT HAD A
VERY MINOR INFRACTION. STAY
LICENSE PLATE LIGHT OUT. AND MY
PARTNER WAS ABOUT READY TO
INITIATE THE STOP BECAUSE IT WAS
MY REST OUT. AND I SAID NO.
LET'S NOT CALL THIS PERSON OVER
JUST BECAUSE OF THE LICENSE
PLATE OUT. LET'S LET'S WAIT AND
SEE IF WE CAN SEE. GIVE FURTHER
EVIDENCE THAT- THIS PARTICULAR-
DRIVER MAYBE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
AND MAY BE A THREAT TO THE
PUBLIC. AND IT WAS ABOUT ONLY
ABOUT ONE MORE MILE. THAT OF
BEFORE WE PULLED AWAY THAT- WE
ENTERED A CURVE CURVATURE IN THE
ROADWAY. AND THIS PARTICULAR
VEHICLE SWERVED OUT OF ITS LANE
AND WENT ALMOST DIRECTLY HEAD ON
THE TO THE- VEHICLE THE OPPOSING
LANE WHERE THEY SPUN OUT OF
THEY'RE ABLE TO AVOID THE
COLLISION BUT THEY THEY CRASHED
INTO- THE AREA. ADJACENT TO THE
ROADWAY. AND WE THEN INITIATED
TO STOP THE CERTAINLY. SURE
ENOUGH OF THE DRIVER WAS- UNDER
THE INFLUENCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY
ARRESTED. AND MY PARTNER JUST
LOOKED AT ME AND- THEY SAID I
HOPE YOU LEARNED A LESSON. AND I
DID LEARN A LESSON. THAT THOUGH
WE HAVE A DUTY TO ACT. AND EVEN
THOUGH THESE THESE INFRACTIONS
MAY SEEM MINOR- I'M NOT
ENCOURAGING PRETEXT STOPS BUT
BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT-
THERE'S A- THERE'S AN IMPORTANT
LESSON TO BE LEARNED HERE THAT.
ENFORCING PUBLIC SAFETY OFTEN
MEANS. TAKING ACTION ON THE
MINOR OFFENSES AND IT ALLOWS YOU
JUST TO- INVESTIGATE THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY PUBLIC SAFETY IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND THE
PATHWAY TO PUBLIC SAFETY OFTEN-
MAY TAKE A PATH THAT- IS
OBJECTIONABLE TO SOME. BUT BUT I
CAN TELL YOU THAT. IN THE WORLD
OF SB FIFTY IS AS THE OPPOSITION
STATED TED BUNDY WOULD STILL BE
FREE. AND- WHO KNOWS. WHAT KIND
OF TRAGEDY HE WOULD INFLICTED
BECAUSE HE WAS DEAD HE WAS A
SERIAL KILLERS IF YOU'RE UNAWARE
OF WHO HE WAS. AND CRIME IS
RISING IN THE STATE I BILLS LIKE
THIS MAKE A BAD SITUATION EVEN
WORSE- FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
TAKEN ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
IT- MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES. SAFER
STATE DESERVE TO BE SO I'LL BE
CLEARLY IN OPPOSITION OF THIS
MEASURE. WOOD BURKE COMMENTS.
SURE I JUST WANT TO THE AUTHOR
FOR THIS- AS WAS MENTIONED THIS
IS BLACK CAUCUS PRIOR. I THINK
ABOUT THAT LAST COMMENT YOU KNOW
WITH. WITH THIS LONG PLACE TO
TWENTY WOULD BE FREE WITH. WITH
THIS LAWN. PLACE SANDRA BLAND BE
ALIVE THANK YOU AND I CAN GO
THROUGH A VERY VERY VERY VERY
VERY LONG LIST OF A SPECIALLY
BLACK FOLKS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
LIVES FOLLOWING PRE TEXTUAL STOP
THAT WAS ESCALATED. BEYOND
ESCALATED TO AN UNNECESSARY
POINT- I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE
THAT THE AUTHORS WORKING THROUGH
ALL THE DIFFERENT POINTS OF THIS
THAT ARE NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT
I'M ALSO THE MEMBER OF THE
LEGISLATURE IN THE ASSEMBLY WHO
SITS ON THE COMMITTEE OTHERS OF
THE PENAL CODE I SAW ALL THE
EVIDENCE. I SAW THE TESTIMONY
OVER A YEAR OF EVIDENCE
GATHERING FROM THAT COMMITTEE TO
COME TO A RECOMMENDATION LIKE
THIS IT'S NOT- AS OUR LIFE
HARDER OR WITHOUT THOUGHT ITS
CAREFULLY CRAFTED- I WANT TO
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
THIS TODAY- I'M- I'M OF THE BILL
. OKAY ANY OTHER COMMENTS. OKAY
YOU MAY CLOSE. THANK YOU
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER AND I THE
WITH THE SIXTY TWO. IN SUPPORT
AS WELL AN OPERA. BECAUSE AS
SOON. STATED TED BUT- EIGHT.
THANK YOU INDIVIDUAL. BUT THE
BETWEEN BUNDY S. BLAND OF.
CASTILLE AND- ON AND ON AND ON
DANTE RIGHT THEY LOST THEIR
LIVES. BUT A DANGEROUS KILLER
LIKE TED BUNDY MANY TO JAIL SAFE
. WORST AND BLACK WHO ARE
BECAUSE OF A DROP- NOT WERE-
LIGHT LOS THEIR LIVES THAT'S
POINT WHERE TRYING TO MAKE THE
RACE DISPARITY THAT EXISTS NOT
ONLY IN ONE. BUT IN A- AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE- TO DRIVE HOME
YOU YOU ARE CONFERENCE SKATE
WEAPONS. MOST OF THE WEB THAT
ARE COMMON STATE. ARE FROM WHITE
END OF. DRAW AND WEAPON ARE TO
TIMES LIKELY TO BE FAR. IN WHITE
END OF CARS THAN OUR AMERICANS
IN THE- BUT THERE STOP DURING A
HAVE TO FOR. MORE LIKELY. THAN A
WHITE COUNTERPART WHICH ALL BE
CAN ABOUT THE THIS ISN'T ABOUT.
LIMITING WIND FOR A BILL TO DO
JOB WE'RE AT LONG TO DO WITH.
LAST MATTER AND I'M MORE COLOR
MANNER AND WE KNOW THERE'S BIAS
. SO I WILL PULL THE GREAT
AMERICAN BALASA JZ. AND STATE
MADELEINE WOMEN BUT NOT DON'T
THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR ALL. THANK
YOU MISTER BRADFORD AT FOR
BRINGING BILL FOR- I DO IT SHOWS
A ON SOME THE- A LOT OF A
ALREADY KNOW. AND THAT WE WERE
WE'RE NOW. GOING TO ACTUALLY
TACKLE FOR TIME- I KNOW OF PORAC
IS. CLAIMING THAT. TO THE
BARGAINING SOME SO I HOPE THAT
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A
RACIAL. NOT JUST ANOTHER WAY TO
CAPTURE MORE PEOPLE- BUT WAY TO
MAKE SURE MORE PEOPLE DON'T GET
HARMED IN AN INJURED- SO THAT.
WE TO CATCH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND
NOT INJURE THE WRONG PEOPLE
THANKS ALL OF. THE CHAIRS RIGHT
AYE VOTE. ON SB FIFTY SENATOR
BRADFORD THE MOTION TO PASS TO
THE- COMMITTEE JOHN SAWYER
OPTIONS ARE. ALANIZ BONTA. ON I
BRIAN. BRIAN I LACK. LACKEY NO
OR TAKE. OR T. I. SAN DIEGO I
ZIPPER. SO. THE MEASURE PASSES-
WHICH YEAR I HAVE TO MORE BUT
I'VE BEEN CALLED THE STREET ON
THE YOU'LL TIME RIGHT NOW AND
I'LL COME BACK THANK YOU OKAY
MA'AM THANK YOU. YOUR. THIS IS.
NO I THINK THERE'S- YEAH. IT IS
THE BRADFORD BILL SO. WHAT IS
SUPPORT FOR WHICH. ONE THE
REQUESTED DO. THE HE HAVE TO ASK
. THE THAT'S IT I THOUGHT THE. I
DON'T. THIS IS A ASSEMBLY.
CENTER GROVE.
THE ITEM NUMBER ONE SB FOURTEEN
GROW SEARS FELONIES HUMAN
TRAFFICKING THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIR IF YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE
SECOND TO BE SURE THIS ISN'T
HERE.
SO. I WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY
SPACE. YEAH.
I'M HOPING HE'LL- AND YOU CAN IT
ON YOUR CLIMATE NOT THERE'S NOT
A TIME ON THE. WHEN I YOU'RE
READY THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR GOOD
MORNING MEMBERS ESPYS SENATE
BILL FOURTEEN IS A BIPARTISAN
MEASURE THAT IS JOINED AUTHORED
BY SENATOR CAFIERO AND SENATOR
RUBIO AND CO AUTHORED BY TWELVE
SENATORS AND TWENTY ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS ALTHOUGH NOT YET IN
PRINT CENTER WILL HARPER THE
CHAIR OF SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY
ANSON INTER BRADFORD HAVE ALSO
SIGNED ON AS CO AUTHORS. ARE
BILL WILL INCLUDE SEX
TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR CHILD IN
THE LIST OF CRIMES THAT ARE
DEFINED AS SIRIUS UNDER THE LAW
MAKING IT A STRIKE A BILL
OFFENSE AS WE ALL KNOW HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IS EXPLODING IN
CITIES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY THE
HORRENDOUS PRACTICE COULD VERY
WELL EASILY BE DEFINED AS THE
CRIME OF OUR TIME. AND SADLY
CALIFORNIA IS A HUB FOR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND CHILDREN
REPORTED MISSING AND TO THE
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND
EXPLOITED CHILDREN WHO HAD RUN
AWAY FROM FOSTER CARE SERVICES
WAS ONE IN SIX LIKELY HUMAN
TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. DATA FROM
THE SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE U.
S. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
HOTLINE WAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN
THAT GROUPS TO EXPERIENCE
MARGINALIZATION BY RACE INCOME
GENDER IDENTITY SEXUAL
ORIENTATION AND IMMIGRATION
STATUS. ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
EXPLOITED THROUGH SEX AND LABOR
TRAFFICKING. I WANT TO THANK
SENATOR BRADFORD FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THIS OF THIS FACT
IN HIS EBONY ALERT BILL WHICH
OUTLINES HOW BLACK WOMEN AND
GIRLS ARE INCREASE RISK OF BEING
HARMED AND TRAFFIC IN ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY MISSING. IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. HUMAN
TRAFFICKING DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTS RACIAL MINORITIES AND
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WHO COME FROM
POOR SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.
THE U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT NOTES
THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRENDS
TODAY REFLECT THE LIVING LEGACY
OF SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND CALL
COLONIAL STATION GLOBALIZE
DURING THE TERM MATT THE TRANS
ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. THROUGH
CHATTEL SLAVERY AND REGIONAL
PRACTICES OF INDIGENOUS
DISPOSITION. THE U. S. STATE
DEPARTMENT ALSO NOTES THAT
TRAFFICKERS FACTOR IN RACIAL
BIASES AND STEREO TYPES INTO
SCHEMES AND STRATEGIES AIMED AT
REDUCING THEIR OWN RISK OF
GETTING CAUGHT. THE COALITION TO
ABOLISH SLAVERY AND HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IN LOS ANGELES
CALIFORNIA NOTED THAT 50% OF
THEIR DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING
CLIENTS ARE BLACK AND OVER 90%
OF WOMEN IN THEIR EMERGENCY
SHELTERS PROGRAM ARE BLACK. THIS
LAW. WILL HELP DISSEMINATE OR
DISMANTLE RACIST RACIAL
TARGETING OF TRAFFICKERS WHO
TARGET CHILDREN OF COLOR BECAUSE
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL FACE
NO JAIL TIME OR LIMITED JAIL
TIME. A HOLISTIC APPROACH IS
DEFINITELY NEEDED TO ADDRESS
EVERY FACET OF THIS COMPLEX
ISSUE INCLUDING EDUCATION
IDENTIFICATION FUNDING AND
DIRECT SUPPORT FOR SERVICES FOR
SURVIVORS AND TRAUMA INFORMED
CARE. HOWEVER WERE ALSO NEED WE
ALSO NEED STIFF PENALTIES AND
CONSEQUENCES FOR TRAFFICKERS
THEMSELVES WHO ARE PERPETRATING
THE MOST BRUTAL AND HEINOUS ACTS
UPON LOAN ARE VULNERABLE
POPULATION ESPECIALLY THOSE
INDIVIDUALS THAT TRAFFIC MINOR
CHILDREN. TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
ARE VICTIMS ARE FORCED TO WORK
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DAYS A
YEAR WITHOUT PAY THE TRAFFICKER
TELLS THEM WHEN TO WORK WHEN HE
WENT TO SLEEP WHEN TO REST AND
TAKES EVERY. DOLLAR THEY EARN.
SKEWS ME TRAFFICKERS EVEN BRAND
THEIR VICTIMS IN ORDER TO SHOW
OWNERSHIP OVER THEM AS PROPERTY
SOME TEENAGE GIRLS AS YOUNG AS
TWELVE YEARS OLDER FORCED TO
WEAR A TATTOO ON THEIR FACE
BRANDED FOR EVER BECAUSE THEIR
LIFE IS NO LONGER THEIR OWN. THE
VIOLENCE AND TORTURE INDOOR BY
THESE VICTIMS IS SO GRUESOME
IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
VIOLENT ACTS SUCH AS RAPE SODOMY
BEATINGS STARVATION AND
STRANGULATION ARE INDOOR IT
SOMETIMES ON A DAILY BASIS. THE
COMMITTEE YES ANALYSIS STATES
THAT THE OFFENSE ADDRESSED BY
THIS BILL IS PARTY CARRIES STEEP
SENTENCES. HOWEVER WITH CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM THE REALITY IS
THAT THESE PERPETRATORS OF THIS
HEINOUS CRIME RARELY SERVE A
FULL SENTENCE AND OFTENTIMES
THEY RETURNED BACK TO THE
STREETS TO RE OFFEND. ONE
EXAMPLE OF TRAFFICKING IN MY
DISTRICT IS THAT OF MISTER
RICHARDSON MR RICHARDSON TRAFFIC
TO FIFTEEN YEAR OLD ORANGE
COUNTY GIRL AND WAS SENTENCED TO
EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON AND HE WAS
RELEASED AFTER SERVING LESS THAN
FOUR. AFTER HE GOT CAUGHT HE
MOVED TO MY DISTRICT AND AGAIN
TRAFFIC THREE MINOR CHILDREN IN
BAKER. AND SIMULTANEOUSLY
COMMERCIALLY EXPLOITING AND
SEXUALLY EXPLOITING ADULTS HIS
VICTIMS RANGE FROM AGE TO
FOURTEEN TO TWENTY. WHEN MY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOOK HIM TO
TRIAL HE WAS CONVICTED OF THREE
COUNTS OF SUCH A CHILD SEX
TRAFFICKING FELONY POSSESSION
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DRUG
SALES IN CHILD ****. HIS
ELIGIBILITY TO PER PAROLE IS
JUST ELEVEN YEARS FROM NOW. AND
GROWING SMALLER BY THE DAY.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW THIS COMMITTEE
ISN'T IS ABOUT ADDRESSING A
PRISON OVERCROWDING IN NOT
ENFORCING ENHANCEMENT- ADDING
ENHANCEMENT TO THE ENHANCEMENTS
TO THE ROLE I HOPE THAT WE CAN
ALL AGREE TODAY THAT. THAT
REPEATEDLY SELLING MINOR
CHILDREN FOR SEX FORCING THEM TO
BE RAPED OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN EVERY SINGLE DAY SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED A SERIOUS FELONY IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. INSTEAD
OF USING PRISON OVERCROWDING AND
THE MEANS TO PROTECT MEN WHO ARE
PERPETRATING THIS CAR CRIME
SHOULD WE PROTECT THE DAUGHTERS.
THAT ARE VICTIMS OF THIS CRIME.
SB PORT WILL SERVE TO PROTECT
FUTURE DO. BY STOPPING PEOPLE
FROM ENGAGING IN THIS CRYING
TODAY. I'M HONORED TO HAVE THREE
STRANDS. HE STANDS FIGHTS EVERY
DAY IN THE HORRENDOUS PRACTICE
PRACTICE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN
PROTECT SURVIVORS FROM THIS
HORRIBLE CRIME. SB FOURTEEN IS
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY
SEVENTY STATE WIDE AND NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WOMEN TO
WOMEN FORMERLY INCARCERATED
WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
CALIFORNIANS FROM ACROSS THE
STATE HAVE SHARED THEIR PERSONAL
STORIES AND VOICED THEIR SUPPORT
AND S. B. FOURTEEN. BUT HERE
WITH ME TO TESTIFY AND SHARE
THEIR TESTIMONY DIRECTLY ARE TWO
EXPERTS IN THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
FIELD. MY FIRST WITNESSES
SHARMEEN. BACH A THIRTY THREE
YEAR VETERAN PROSECUTOR AND
FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY AREA SHARMEEN
HELPED CREATE THE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING EXPLOITATION HE
UNIT. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN
RESPONSE TO THE CASE IN THE IN
RESPONSE IN THE COUNTRY A VICTIM
CENTERED A VICTIM CENTERED.
TRAUMA INFORMED VERTICAL
PROSECUTION UNIT COMPOSED OF
SPECIFICALLY TRAINED PROSECUTORS
INVESTIGATORS AND VICTIM WITNESS
ADVOCATES WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH
STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AS WELL AS
NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION TO
RESCUE VICTIMS. AND PROSECUTE
THEIR EXPLOITERS SHE IS ALSO THE
CO AUTHOR OF PROPOSITION THIRTY
FIVE WHICH INCLUDES LAWS
REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
DETERRED WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE
TODAY ADDITIONALLY IN ORDER TO
SHINE A LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
FIRSTHAND. OF TRAFFIC CHILDREN
AS MY SECOND WIN IS AN
INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING A SURVIVOR AND
AUTHOR MY FRIEND TO MISS ODESSA
PERKINS MISS PERKINS WAS NOT
ONLY TRAFFICKED AS A CHILD. SHE
HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO HELP
ARMS HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS
IN IS THE C. E. O. OF
EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION THAT
TAKES OUT RAISE CHILDREN AND
SURVIVORS- TO BETTER THEIR LIFE
AND TEACH THEM THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING BETTER OUT UP THERE
FOR THE AND THEY DO HAVE TO DOWN
TO PAY. OF DESTRUCTION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR IDOL IN
INTRODUCED MY FIRST WITNESS.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME YOU KNOW AFTER BEING A
DA FOR SO LONG YOU THINK- SHE
GETS MORE CONSERVATIVE THE
LONGER YOU GET THERE IT'S
ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. I
AM A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM I FIRMLY
BELIEVE THAT THE ANSWER IS NOT
INCARCERATION. BUT PREVENTION
AND REHABILITATION. BUT IN THAT
CONTEXT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT AN
EXCEPTION NEEDS TO BE MADE IN
CERTAIN INSTANCES. AND I BELIEVE
THAT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND
CHILD IS ONE OF THOSE
EXCEPTIONS. WHY BECAUSE WHEN I
CO AUTHORED PROP THIRTY FIVE WAY
BACK WHEN. IT WAS AFTER COMING
BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AFTER. FIVE TRIES. AND
WE DECIDED THEN SOMEBODY
APPROACHED ME ARE FROM FACEBOOK
ACTUALLY AND PUT IT ON THE
STATEWIDE BALLOT IN THE PAST
HIGHER THAN ANY INITIATIVE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND WE
WERE FOCUSING ON ONE NARROW
ISSUE THERE. BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T
ANTICIPATE. WAS THAT THAT LET
THAT COULD BE CHANGING THAT
LANDSCAPE WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE
THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD WE
THOUGHT THAT THE TRIAD IS FIVE
EIGHT AND TWELVE WOULD BE JUST
FIVE EIGHT TWELVE. AND THAT
WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER. THAT
THAT NUMBER WOULD WORK. BUT NOW
FIVE EIGHT AND TWELVE IS NOT
FIVE EIGHT AND TWELVE ANYMORE.
AND TWELVE IS REALLY LIKE
LIGHTNING STRIKING OR EARTHQUAKE
LIKE IT NOBODY GETS TWELVE.
TWELVE IS A RARE BIRD. RIGHT
TWELVE IS LIKE HAVING AN EAGLE
LANDING YOUR BACKYARD- SO FIVE
IN EIGHT YOU DO HALF ON FIVE YOU
. DO YOU HAVE ON EIGHT. SO
THAT'S LET'S SAY OR AND A- BUT
NOW THE NEW. RAGS WERE TRYING TO
EMPTY OUT OUR PRISONS YOU'RE NOT
EVEN DOING TWO AND A HALF SO YOU
SELL A CHILD FOR SEX AND YOU'RE
GETTING LIKE TO. SO WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN DO YOU REMEMBER BACK
IN THE DAY WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTERS CEOS WERE SAYING OH
WE'RE GONNA DUMP OR TOXIC WASTE
BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE COST OF
DOING BUSINESS AND NO ONE'S
GOING TO GO TO JAIL IT'LL JUST
BE A FINE. WILL PAY THE FINE
WELL THAT'S GOOD TRAFFICKERS YOU
THINKING AND I'M TELLING YOU
THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THE
TRENCHES FOR THIRTY THREE YEARS.
SO IT'S A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
THE TRAFFICKERS WITH FIVE GIRLS
AND THEY'RE STABLE THEY'RE
MAKING CLOSE TO MILLION DOLLARS
SADLY THERE'S NO BETTER BANG FOR
YOUR BUCK. RIGHT TO THEIR ST
ANNE'S GIRLS ARE GONNA SHOW UP
IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST CASES IN
THE WORLD BRUCE IT'S A
COMBINATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SEXUAL ASSAULT. DRUGS YOU NAME
IT IT'S ALL BUNDLED INTO ONE
CASE SO IT'S SUPER HARD TO
PROVE. TO GET THE TWO YEARS THAT
YOU GET. ON AFTER ALL OF THAT SO
THEY'RE LIKE YEAH BABY LET'S
ROLL THE DICE SO THEY ROLL THE
DICE THEY THINK THE GIRLS NOT
SHOWING. WHAT THEN HAPPENS IS.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR- THEY DO THE
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THEY
DECIDE. TO GO TO TRIAL. THEN ALL
THEY'RE GETTING AT THE END OF
THE DAYS TWO YEARS. THE OTHER
THING YOU NEED TO REALIZE THEIR
SOCIO PATHS THERE ACTUALLY
DISCONNECTED FROM THE HARM THAT
THEY'RE INFLICTING. IN ALL MY
YEARS IN PROSECUTING EVERYTHING
FROM MURDER. TO RAPE YOU NAME IT
I'VE ACTUALLY DONE IT ALL. OKAY
I'VE DONE IT ALL I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYBODY LIKE THAT AND THEY'RE
EMBOLDENED BY THE FACT. THAT
THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING THAT THE
LAW HAS NO TEETH. AND WHO IS
SUFFERING THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THE GIRLS THAT ARE BEING
PROSECUTED ARE BLACK AND BROWN
GIRLS ARE MOST VULNERABLE WE
NEED TO PROTECT THEM.
DEAR ASSEMBLY I AM BEFORE YOU
TODAY AS A SURVIVOR OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. MY STORY IS UNIQUE
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOOR MANY
DIFFERENT FACETS OF TRAFFICKING.
FROM BIRTH I FACED MANY
CHALLENGES FAMILY MEMBERS
PROPOSITIONS OF MY MOTHER TO
ABORT ME. THEN I STARTED BEING
TOUCHED AND GROPED THEN I
STARTED BEING MADE TO HAVE SEX
WITH GROWN MEN. AND THEN I HAVE
SEX WITH A LOT OF QUOTE UNQUOTE
UNCLES. AND THEN I WAS TRAFFIC
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER DRUG
DEALERS BUT NOW WHAT YOU SEE
BEFORE YOU IS A SURVIVOR. LET'S
BE CLEAR EVERYONE DOES NOT MAKE
IT OUT THEY SAY GOING THROUGH
EVERYTHING THAT I WENT THROUGH I
SHOULD BE DEAD IN JAIL A DRUG
ADDICT OR A PROSTITUTE. HOWEVER
I AM NEITHER BUT SO MANY STILL
ARE IT'S TIME OUT FOR FEELING
SORRY FOR THE MONSTERS THAT PREY
ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE
INDIVIDUALS. I'VE HEARD THE
OPPOSITION STATE BLACK
CALIFORNIANS BEING
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM TO BIKE
THREE STRIKES MASS INCARCERATION
OF BLACKS HARM TO COMMUNITIES
AND I'VE HEARD MANY SPEAK IN
JAIL ABOUT JAIL OVERCROWDING.
BUT I'M HERE TO SAY I WAS
MOLESTED AND RAPED REPEATEDLY BY
BLACK AND WHITE MEN AND EVEN
SOME WOMEN. SO WHAT DOES NOT
MATTER THEIR RACE WHAT MATTERS
IS SAVING OUR CHILDREN.
TRAFFICKERS ARE GETTING OUT OF
JAIL EARLY AND RE OFFENDING
CONTINUING THE HORRIFIC CYCLE OF
ABUSE AND DEPRAVITY. THIS LAW
WILL NOT AFFECT THOSE THAT DO
THAT DO NOT RE OFFEND BUT IT
WILL AFFECT THOSE THAT HURT OUR
CHILDREN. I ASK YOU WHY
SACRIFICE MEAT. A BLACK
DAUGHTER. AND THOSE LIKE ME
BLACK BROWN TRANS L. G. B. T. Q.
BOYS AND GIRLS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY BEING SOLD LIKE
SLAVES. FOR MONEY BECAUSE YOU'RE
AFRAID TO PUT OFFENDERS
REGARDLESS OF RACE IN JAIL WHERE
THEY BELONG. TRAFFIC GREEN HAVE
SURPASSED THE ILLEGAL ARMS TRADE
AND IT'S ON ITS WAY TO PASSING
THE DRUG TRADE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
RESELL A CHILD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN FOR PROFIT. THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE STATES ONE NATION
UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL BUT
HOW ARE TRAFFICKED VICTIMS
RECEIVING ANY OF THIS STATEMENT
IF YOU DECIDE TO DO NOTHING. I
AM HERE AND I LOOK AT YOUR FACES
AND WONDER DO YOU CARE. BECAUSE
IF IT WAS IF YOU DO NOT PASSED
SB FOURTEEN AND START PROTECTING
OUR MOST VULNERABLE. IT COULD
LAND ON YOUR DOORSTEP ANY GOOD
HE JOURNEYS YOUR NEPHEW YOUR
DAUGHTER YOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS
YOUR GRAND SONS. EVENTUALLY
THAT'S WHERE IT WILL BE. CAN YOU
IMAGINE A CHILD YOU LOVE HAVING
A GIANT MAN OR WOMAN ON TOP OF
THEM NO MATTER THE COLOR.
HURTING THEM. GOING IN AND OUT
OF THEM. STEALING THEIR
INNOCENCE AND CAUSING ALL TYPES
OF TRAUMA THEY WILL HAVE TO DEAL
WITH FOR EVER IF THEY LIVE. WELL
I CAN'T BECAUSE THAT WAS ME I
WAS THAT CHILD ALL OF THAT
HAPPENED TO ME. THERE IS A QUOTE
THAT STATES BY MAYBE TILL
MOBLIE. WHAT HAPPENS TO ONE OF
US SHOULD BE THE BUSINESS OF ALL
OF US I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE FOR SB
FOURTEEN. THANK YOU- OR TO ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT NAME
AND ORGANIZATION PLEASE. YOU AN
EMPLOYEE I SUPPORT IT. BIG BIG
GILL FATHER. MENTOR AND COACH
TWO YEARS AND I JUST PRAY THAT
WE WILL PROTECT CHILDREN OVER
PREDATORS FILES. WHEN EMAIL SO.
MOTHER OF TWO GRANDMOTHER OF ONE
PROTECT THE CHILDREN. ACTUALLY
BRIAN C. THREE STRANDS GLOBAL
FAN. SPONSOR THIS BILL IN STRONG
SUPPORT. NO WELL CO POLICY
INTERNET THREE STRANDS CO
SPONSOR OF THE SPELLS STRONGLY
SUPPORT. NOT ZACH WALLACE ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE DIEGO
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION
SAN DIEGANS AGAINST CRIME AND
INDIVIDUALLY AS A SEX CRIMES AND
TRAFFIC PROSECUTOR FOR FIVE
YEARS IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
READ AMMERMAN MOTHER EARTH TO
GRANDMOTHER EIGHT GREAT
GRANDMOTHER OF ONE. I'M IN
STRONG SUPPORT THIS BILL. DELSEA
STEFFI QUAKER MOTHER CALIFORNIAN
BUSINESSWOMAN I AM VERY STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL THANK YOU.
ROBERT TO COME DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND ALSO
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION STRONG
SUPPORT THANK YOU. JOHN TERRY
MEMBERS IS HE'S ON HAVE LISTED
APOLOGIZE- CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION FRESNO COUNTY KERN
TULARE- TULARE SUPERVISOR DENNIS
THOMPSON AND LARRY MCCARTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS FOR FRESNO IN
CURRENTLY THANK YOU. RIGHT
THAT'S THE BEST FIRST CALIFORNIA
FAMILY COUNCIL STRONG SUPPORT.
NICOLE YOUNG MOTHERS SIX STRONG
SUPPORT. ALLEY SNYDER ON BEHALF
OF OUR DUTY IN STRONG SUPPORT.
S. C. ROACHE FOUNDER AND
FACILITATOR OF CAPITAL
INTERCESSORS AND GRANDMOTHER OF
TWENTY ONE GRAND CHILDREN I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. MY
NAME IS ARLENE ESPINOZA I'M A
LICENSED MARRIAGE FAMILY
THERAPIST WITH ZERO
INTERNATIONAL RUNNING ANTI
TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION AND I
AM IN STRONG SUPPORT SB.
FOURTEEN BRIANNA MONTHLY M.
ADVOCATE AND SURVIVOR AND CHILD
SEX TRAFFICKING ALSO THE SIX
THEIR OF BLAIR MOSELEY WHO LOST
HER LIFE AFTER BEING TRAFFIC
LAST YEAR AND I'M DEFINITELY IN
SUPPORT. MY NAME IS SOPHIA
WARREN I'M A STUDENT AND I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. MY
NAME IS BIANCA HAYNES AND I'M A
BELIEVER OF GOD JESUS AND THIS
BILL. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE WEBB
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS VIEW
. MY NAME IS- READ THE PERKINS I
AM A MOTHER OF THREE A
GRANDMOTHER OF FOUR A GREAT
GRAND MOTHER OF THREE BOYS. OUR
ON'T OF A SURVIVOR. I AM A VERY
STRONG ADVOCATE FOR YOUR SUPPORT
AND SENATE BILL FOURTEEN PASSING
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CRISTINA
GARCIA KERN COUNTY PROBATION
DEPARTMENT WE SUPPORT THIS BILL
. MS HAMMER LOOKING NICE SUPPORT
. I AM DOCTOR AND TO LOOK FOR
KERN COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE
SERVICES STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL PLEASE PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
. ELEANOR STEFFI I AM A QUICKER
A BUSINESS OWNER A STUDENT. AND
I SUPPORT THIS BILL STRONGLY
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING MY NAME
IS BARBARA KIANA I'M A RETIRED
EDUCATOR OF THIRTY FOUR YEARS
WHO- DURING MY COURSE BY
TEACHING FOUND OUT THAT I HAD
HAD A STUDENT THAT WAS TRAPPED A
TRAFFICKED AND- DUE TO THE
WONDERFUL WORK OF THE SURVIVOR-
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN A LOT
AND HELP ALONG THE WAY I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL THANK
YOU. HI I'M JENNA MCKAY AND I'M
A SURVIVOR OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AND I SUPPORT THIS BILL. HI GOOD
MORNING AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL
SENATORS MY NAME IS SOPHIA
MILLER I'M A PARENT ADVOCATE FOR
HIS- INTERNATIONAL I'M A PARENT
WHO HAD A CHILD WHO WAS TRAFFIC
AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN TODAY I
WORKED WITH PARENTS IN L. A.
COUNTY WHERE THE- NAME. IS A
SHOPPING NEXT ON SUPPORT DAYS
BEFORE G. THANK YOU AND. HELLO
MY MOM MY NAME MRS. HERE ARE MY
THREE TWO. AND HE TO- HOW TO GO
. BACK MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS IT AND
WE WERE IN TO HELP HER GET OUT
AND HE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL THANK YOU. THE WHOLE THE
WHOLE PEARSON ATTORNEY MY OF
THREE READ FROM SUPPORT BILL
THANK YOU. MALAYSIAN WITH
CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. I MATTHEW EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
FOR CHOICE AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. HI GOOD
MORNING ON THEIR WAY TO CONQUER
REGISTERED NURSE I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL ON BEHALF OF
MY TRAFFIC PATIENTS PLEASE
SUPPORT THIS BILL THANK YOU. MY
NAME IS VERONICA PUBLIC HEALTH
SPECIALIST I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL. TELL YOU TOMORROW WE
HAVE THE TULE RIVER TRIBE IN
SUPPORT. IN A GONNA HAVE A
BAKERSFIELD MAYOR KAREN GOH IN
THE FULL CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT
. THE TO SHIP A STONE A RETIRED
TEACHER I'M HERE FOR CONCERNED
WOMEN FOR AMERICA STRONG SUPPORT
THIS BILL THANK YOU. BECAUSE
SANDRA KELLY FROM BAKERSFIELD I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
DATABLE LOG ON BEHALF THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY PARENTS AND TAKE
A STAND STANISLAUS IN SUPPORT.
YOU SAID MILLER NORTH COUNTY
EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION
MOSCOW GETS TRAFFICKING THRIVE
AND GROW ALABASTER JAR PROJECTS
OF FIVE RELATED NETWORK OF SAN
DIEGO. LET'S SUPPORT IN THE-
RANDY PERRY ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIANS THERAPY CAN PORAC
IN A CALPERS SO HARPER JONES.
COURCELLES HAVE THE CAL STATE
SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION SUPPORT.
THANK ARE THERE ANY WITH IN UP.
THE COMMITTEE CHAIR. MY NAME IS
A GRAYSON HIGH MISSING UP
MANAGER. I A SENIOR POLICY
MANAGER THE SYSTEM PEOPLE. I
THOUGHT ON THE AND TRAFFIC OF
OUR FOR COMMERCIAL. SEXY IS WHAT
CHILDREN AND ADULTS ROCK CAL. I
ALSO SURVIVED TRAFFIC AND I'M
HERE TO SPEAK OPPOSITE OF S.
FOURTEEN. SB FOUR TO HIM
TRAFFICKING WILL BECOME A FENCE
WITH ASCETICISM LONG. AB
SURVIVOR I CAN SEE THE POSITIVE
IN OF THIS HOWEVER AS OF WITH A
LOT IN THE- BUT A LEGAL THAT WAS
MEANT FOR TO ME. I TO REMIND THE
AUTHORS IN THIS COMMITTEE THAT
THIS BILL. I'M SO SORRY. WHAT
HARM OF OUR OF HUMAN SB THE
BLACK BROWN MADE PORT LGBT WOMEN
IT'S HALF OF ARE READY LEAST
LIKELY TO JUST. AS FOR YOU
WHETHER OF LIFE BY RICK TRACK I
WAS ONE OF THE CPS SYSTEM AND
HAS EVERY SISTER COPE YOU HAVE
TO OFFER AFTER I WAS COULD THE
SYSTEM IS I WAS TRAPPED. AT
NIGHT OH IT'S CRIMINALIZED BY
COURT SYSTEM MADE OUT TO BE THE
PERFECT AND THE MASTER MY OF THE
CRIME THAT I WAS THE MONTH I WAS
SENTENCED TWENTY YEARS IN A
MONTHS AT THAT TIME CHARGES WERE
.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN AS A
VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING I
WAS ONLY SEEN AS A BOTTOM. A
PERPETRATOR EVEN THOUGH I WAS
NINETEEN AND MY TWENTY SEVEN
YEAR OLD TRAFFICKER WAS SITTING
NEXT TO ME IN COURT HE WAS NEVER
IDENTIFIED OF THE TRAFFICKER LET
ALONE MY TRAFFICKER. AND WAS
NEVER CONVICTED ANY TRAFFIC
YOU'RE PICKING TIPPING CHARGES
IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. I AM NOT A
UNIQUE CASE NOT ADDRESSED IN
THIS COMMITTEES BILL ANALYSIS OF
THE HORRIFYING REALITY OVER 90%
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ARE
CRIMINALIZED LEVINE TRAFFIC
INCLUDING MANY. WHO HAVE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING CHARGES INSTEAD OF
THE TRAFFICKER. WE NEED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM IS NOT EQUIPPED TO
RECOGNIZE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
VICTIMS ESPECIALLY YOUNG WOMEN
IN TRAFFIC OF COLOR WHO ARE
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
OUR CURRENT LAW STILL TO PROVIDE
JUDGES AND JURIES WITH THE
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO HELP
IDENTIFY VICTIMS SOMETHING THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO FIX WHAT WE
TRIED TO FIX WITH. EIGHTY FOUR
TO NINETY SEVEN WHICH DIED IN
ASSEMBLY A FEW MONTHS AGO. IF F.
FOURTEEN PASSES COME SURVIVORS
WILL BE SUBJECTED TO PUNISHMENT
THAT WILL BE DOUBLE OR ESCALATES
A LIFE SENTENCE THE THREE
STRIKES. IN MANY CASES DOUBLE
FOR LOW LEVEL OFFENSES THAT ARE
NOT HERE SURVIVING. AND
PROSECUTING THE SURVIVORS WILL
NOT STOP TRAFFICKING FROM
HAPPENING SAYS HE SAID BARS ARE
SO EASILY REPLACED BY THE
TRAFFICKERS. EVEN WITH THE
RECENT MEMBERS OF THIS BILL
THERE ARE MANY SURVIVORS TO A
FAULT OF THE CRACKS IN FACE
FURTHER PUNISHMENT A TRAUMA
SURVIVORS LIKE ME. THIS BILL
WILL HAVE SEVERE COLLATERAL
COLLATERAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS THIS
IS NOT THE SOLUTION. THE
SOLUTION IS TO PROPERLY
INVESTIGATE CASES FOR BY HUMAN
RESOURCES AND PREVENT FURTHER
HARM AGAINST THE VIRUS BY THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. AND SO WE
CAN PROTECT VICTIMS FROM ARREST
WE MUST NOT PASS LAWS THAT WILL
FURTHER HARM THEM THEIR FAMILIES
WERE COMMUNITIES. UNDER CURRENT
LAW I AM STILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGED
AS A VICTIM OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. EVEN THOUGH I WAS
RECOGNIZED IN THE STATE ON THE
SENATE FLOOR AS A VIBRANT EXPERT
ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING JUST A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WE MUST
HAVE CREATING BILLS THAT.
ADDRESS AND WANT OF THE STATE. I
WILL CONTINUE TO HURT VULNERABLE
TRAUMATIZED VICTIMS. I
UNDERSTAND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
A SERIOUS PROBLEM. AND I
RECOGNIZE THE CENTER GROVE AND
THE COURTS TO TRY TO DO WITH
THIS BILL. BUT IT'S SO WE CAN
SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFY VICTIMS
AND PROVIDING SUPPORT ON A LEAF.
I CANNOT BE IN SUPPORT OF SB
FORTY. THANK DESPITE. MY NAME IS
MARCO GEORGE AND I'M HERE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF BOTH THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC DEFENDERS. ASSOCIATION
AND THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE IN OPPOSITION.
TO SB FOURTEEN. OF COURSE WE
WERE OPPOSED TO YEMEN
TRAFFICKING OF EITHER MINORS OR
ADULTS. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT
INCREASING PENALTIES IS A FAILED
POLICY. THAT HAS NEITHER
DETERRED CRIME NOR PREVENTED
FUTURE VICTIMS. AS CENTER GROWTH
INDICATED AND MAYBE SOME OF THE
PROPONENTS ON THE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING LAW PROVIDES ARE
READY FOR WAR. FIVE EIGHT OR
TWELVE YEARS IN STATE PRISON BUT
IT ALSO PROVIDES UNDER ANOTHER
SUBSECTION FOR EIGHTEEN FOURTEEN
OR TWENTY YEARS. OR EVEN UNDER A
FURTHER SUBSECTION FIFTEEN YEARS
TO LIFE IN STATE PRISON. SB
FOURTEEN DOES NOTHING TO SOLVE
THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS IN OUR
SOCIETY WHICH LEAD TO SEX
TRAFFICKING. IN FACT. THEN THERE
IS A SELFLESS EFFORTS TO
PROSECUTE HUMAN TRAFFICKING MANY
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICES HAVE
FURTHER VICTIMIZE THE VICTIMS
PROSECUTING THEM. TRYING TO
FORCE THEM TO TESTIFY BY
BRINGING CHARGES AGAINST THEM.
APRIL STORY IS NOT UNUSUAL. C.
PDA ASKED THAT INSTEAD OF
PASSING SB FOURTEEN YOU FOLLOW
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA- GOLD
SCHOOL SCHOOL OF LAW WHO ARE
PART OF THE INFORMATIONAL
HEARING THAT YOU HAD. HERE ONLY
TWO YEARS AGO. WHO STUDY FOUND
THAT THE UNITED STATES OVER
RELIED ON ONE FOR SMITH AND A
RICH RED TRIBUTE OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE APPROACH TO COMPLEX
SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT INSTEAD
REQUIRING NEW WANTS AND
UNDERSTANDING OF TRAUMA RACE AND
POVERTY. THEY STATED AFFECTED
ANTI TRAFFICKING EFFORTS ARE
MOVING AWAY FROM SUPPORT FOR USE
OF OPERATIONS. INSTEAD ON
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC
HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION
STRATEGIES AND INVESTING THE
MONEY INSTEAD OF IN PRISONS AND
POVERTY WEEKLY ANTI
DISCRIMINATION INITIATIVES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND
PLAN THAT WE RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR NOTEBOOK. THANK YOU ARE
THERE ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. CLAIRE MCNEILL
BEHALF OF THE ALL BIGGER SENATE
OPPOSITION. GOOD MORNING COMICAL
**** ON BEHALF OF ACLU CAL
ACTION WANTED TO ALIGN OUR
OPPOSITION WITH THE EXPERTS
THANK YOU. LIZZY CAN INITIATE
JUSTICE IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU
WILL BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS SPREADING COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS MR LACKEY YEAH IF I
COULD- ASK MISS SHARMAN- HOW
WOULD MISS GRACE'S CONCERNS BY
OUT TODAY. SHARED HOPE
INTERNATIONAL IS A NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION AND- I
PARTICIPATED WITH SHARED HOPE IN
A THREE YEAR STUDY. LOOKING AT
VICTIM OF OFFENDER INTERSECTION
. AND THAT REPORT IS PUBLISHED
YOU CAN ALL READ THAT REPORT AND
THEY CAME UP WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS AS A RESULT OF
THEIR REPORT- RIGHT NOW THE
TREND AS IS THE TREND IN MANY.
TERMS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM MOVEMENT IS. NOT TO
PROSECUTE VICTIM ASCENDERS
RECOGNIZING THE TRAUMA BOND AND
RECOGNIZING THAT VICTIMS WHAT
HAPPENED I'M VERY SORRY FOR WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU BUT I CAN TELL
YOU THAT THAT IT WOULD BE A RARE
DAY INDEED FOR THAT TO HAPPEN
TODAY ABSENT EXTREME VIOLENCE
BEING INFLICTED BY THE VICTIM
OFFENDER. THERE IS A TOOL THAT
SHARED HOPE CAME UP WITH- AND
IT'S A TOOL THAT YOU CAN SEE ON
THEIR SITE THIS TOOL PROVIDES
FOR ON. FIELD GUIDANCE DESIGNED
FOR SHAREHOLDERS IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE MOVEMENT WORKING WITH-
SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
OFFENDERS TO IDENTIFY THEM EARLY
ON IN THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE
THEM WITH THE SUPPORT THEY NEED
AND TO ACTUALLY EXCLUDE THEM
FROM THE CHARGING PROCESS SO
THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CHARGING
PROCESS. RECOGNIZING THEIR
TRAUMA BONDS AND WE'VE SEEN A
LOT OF EFFORTS BEING MADE TO
FREE. TO FREE WOMEN LET'S SAY
KILLED TRAFFIC. WE'VE SEEN THE
RELEASED FROM PRISON- SO I THINK
THE RESPONSE IS VERY DIFFERENT I
CAN TELL YOU IN OUR HE UNIT- THE
RESPONSE WAS DIFFERENT AND IF
THERE WAS AN EVOLUTION. IN THE
BEGINNING THERE WAS CHARGING BUT
BY THE END OF IT IT WAS VERY
VERY RARE INDEED AND THAT THIS
TOOL IS BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH
TRAINING NATIONALLY IT'S A VERY
THICK REPORT THREE YEARS WE-
USED TO. COME UP WITH THIS
REPORT BY BRINGING TOGETHER THE
BEST OF THE MINDS OF THE UNITED
STATES FROM ALL THE NGOS ALL OF
THE OFFICES- SURVIVORS YOU NAME
IT. TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD. BE
MORE EFFECTIVE AND A VICTIM
CENTERED IN TRAUMA INFORMED IN
OUR RESPONSE. SO WHAT HAPPENED
TWENTY YEARS AGO IS NOT
HAPPENING TODAY AND WE HAVE
LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKES AND AS
YOU ALL KNOW WE ARE DOING OUR
VERY BEST RIGHT MANY WRONGS THAT
OCCURRED. AND I JUST THINK THAT
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE
START TOURING OUT NUMBERS ONE OF
THE NUMBERS THAT WAS THROWN OUT
WAS OVER NINETY PERCENT- THAT
ARE PROSECUTED ARE VICTIMS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE CASE
I'VE I'VE IN MY UNIT IS
PROSECUTED OVER EIGHT HUNDRED
AND FIFTY CASES OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND I CAN TELL YOU
THAT 90% OF THOSE THAT WE
PROCESS. WE'RE NOT VICTIMS MANY
OF THOSE THAT WE PROSECUTED WERE
REPEAT OFFENDERS AND THAT IS WHY
A LOT SEARCHES SB FOURTEEN IS SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ONLY WILL
COME INTO PLAY. WITH REPEAT
OFFENDERS AND I'VE PERSONALLY
SEEN THE SAME FACES COME IN OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. AND DILUTES WITH
THESE LAWS YEAH THE REPEAT
OFFENDERS AND. ONLY THE REPEAT
OFFENDERS. THANK YOU. GIVE ME.
SIR GROVE WITH WE THANK YOU THIS
PARTICULAR MEASURE. OF FAIR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT VERY VERY TROUBLING
ISSUE- THIS BILL PUTS INTO
STATUTES SOMETHING THAT SHOULD-
ARE TO BE SELF EVIDENT. THE
HUMAN TRAFFICKING HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IS A MINOR. OF A
MINOR SORRY HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF
A MINOR IS A VERY SERIOUS.
FELONY YOU KNOW THERE THERE'S A
MOVIE THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW THAT-
IS ENJOYING SOME SOME SUCCESS.
AND IT TELLS OF THE- THE
HORRIFIC STORIES OF CHILD
TRAFFICKING AND HIGHLIGHTS THE
TREMENDOUS COURAGE. OF A VICTIM
SURVIVORS OF THIS. VERY VERY
NASTY- CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. I
JUST- I WOULD ASK MEMBERS TO-
THESE LISTEN TO YOUR CONSCIENCE
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING ESPECIALLY
USING CHILDREN. IS AN AFFRONT
AGAINST ANY MEASURE OF DECENCY.
AND I VALUES AT ALL. I HOPE THAT
WE'LL DO OUR PART BY PROTECTING
THE INNOCENT. AND SUPPORT THIS
CRITICAL MEASURE THANK YOU.
THREE OTHER. BUT MISTER VICE TO
THE FIRST. IT'S MORE COMMON THAN
ANYTHING. I JUST WANT TO THANK
ALL THOSE WHO CAME. AND SUPPORT
THE SURVIVORS OUT THERE I KNOW
IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO DO
WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AS A PRIOR
CRIMES AGAINST JONES DETECTIVE.
I HAVEN'T GOT TO SEE MY SHARE OF
IT AS WELL AND IT- IT TAKES A
LOT TO BE HERE AND TELL YOUR
STORIES AND BE PART OF THIS AND
TO THE SENATOR THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THEN BRING
THIS UP. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO
BE VOTING FOR THIS TODAY THANK
YOU. THAT'S A MOTION. THAT WOULD
. ANY OTHER COMMENTS THIS IS A
CRIME. THERE'S A LOT OF COURAGE
AT THIS TABLE RIGHT NOW- AND A
LOT OF POWER IN A LOT OF
STRENGTH AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL FOR COMING- AND FOR
EVERYBODY COMING- HAVING. THIS
SOMEBODY TOUCHED BY THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM MYSELF AND
HAVEN'T HAD HUNDRED THE FOSTER
SIBLINGS I KNOW THE
INTERSECTIONS OF MANY OF THESE
SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY- THEY BUILD
ON EACH OTHER. I'M STRUGGLING
WITH SOME DIFFERENT THINGS- ONE
OF THEM IS RECOGNIZING THE
COMPLEXITY THAT MISS GRAYSON IS
BROUGHT UP- THAT COMPLEXITY AND
NUANCE THAT BREAKS US OUT OF
THESE BINARY RIGHT AND WRONG AS
BECAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED. AND I
SEE THAT WE CAN'T EVEN FOR THE
BREAK OUT OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE
USING LANGUAGE LIKE VICTIM
OFFENDERS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A
VICTIM OFFENDER IS. I KNOW
PEOPLE I KNOW YOUNG GIRLS I KNOW
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED TRAUMA IN PAIN AND
HAD THAT EXPLOITED AGAINST THEM
FOR PROFIT IN SOME INSTANCES. I
KNOW THAT WHAT WAS IT IS WE HAVE
LEARNED FROM THE PAST AND I
WOULD SAY WE- WE HAVEN'T FULLY
WE ARE LEARNING. WE'VE BEEN IN
THE PROCESS OF LEARNING WE USED
TO CHARGE KIDS UNDER EIGHTEEN
WITH PROSTITUTION KNOWING THAT
THEY CAN'T CONSENT. IN FACT
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM
FOUGHT AGAINST. SAFE HARBOR
BILLS THAT PROTECTED YOUNG
PEOPLE UNDER EIGHTEEN FROM BEING
CHARGED WITH SOLICITATION OR
PROSTITUTION- KNOWING THAT THEY
COULDN'T GIVE CONSENT THERE ARE
PEOPLE IN THIS LEGISLATURE WHO
FOUGHT THOSE KINDS OF EFFORTS-
WHILE STILL TRYING TO. SHAME
SOME OF US FOR BEING CAUTIOUS
ABOUT USING THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM. AS A MEANS OF DETERRENTS
WHEN ALL EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN THAT
LONGER SENTENCES DON'T ACTUALLY
STOP THINGS FROM HAPPENING. ALL
THEY DO. IS INCREASE OUR
INVESTMENT IN SYSTEMS OF HARM
AND SUBJUGATION AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE
COMMUNITIES NEEDED TO NOT HAVE
THIS BE A PROBLEM. TO BEGIN WITH
. THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
THE HIGHEST RATES OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING ARE THE SAME
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE
HIGHEST. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THE
HIGHEST WENT BURDENS- THE LOWEST
AMOUNT OF SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED
THAT THE HIGHEST ECONOMIC
BURDENS IN OUR STATE BUT INSTEAD
OF INVESTING THE RESOURCES TO
TAKE AWAY. THE ECONOMIC
INCENTIVES IN THESE KINDS OF
ILLICIT MARKETS WE INVEST ALL OF
THOSE RESOURCES IN. OUR FIFTEEN
BILLION DOLLAR PLUS PRISON
INFRASTRUCTURE AND I STRUGGLE
WITH THAT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS
STILL HERE AND WE'VE BEEN DOING
THAT STRATEGY FOR TWO AND A HALF
DECADES NOW. I WANT TO THANK THE
AUTHOR. YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS
FOR A LONG TIME. AND WE TALKED
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING THEY HAVE
CALLED EVERYBODY I KNOW TO CALL
INCLUDING PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM
AND I'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH.
WITH THE RIGHTEOUS INTENTIONS
THAT YOU BROUGHT HERE. AND THE
STRUGGLES I HAVE WITH SOME OF
THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT
THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION IS
BUILDING ON- AND SO I CAN'T GET
THERE TODAY. BUT I WANT TO THANK
YOU. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
YOUR COURAGE I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THE WITNESSES WHO HAVE SPOKE
ON BOTH SIDES. I KNOW THAT THAT
IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND THIS
IS NOT NECESSARILY A SAFE PLACE-
BUT KNOW THAT. YOUR IMPACT IS
GOING TO HAVE. A LASTING MEMORY
FOR ME AND EVERYBODY ON THIS
DÍAS REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS
VOTE. SHAKES TODAY I AND I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. CERTEZA
. I CAN I WANNA THINK TODAY'S
WITNESSES AND THE SENATOR. AS
THE ONLY WOMAN LAST WE HAVE MY
COLLEAGUE MIA WHO'S- I'M SURE
FEELS AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
FOR HER BUT- AS A WOMAN OF COLOR
AS A MOTHER. YOUR TESTIMONY
TODAY. WAS JUST INCREDIBLE AND I
WANNA THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
STORIES. AND ALSO APOLOGIZED-
FOR A SYSTEM THAT HAS CLEARLY
FAILED- MANY OF YOU. HOWEVER
SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUE- THERE'S
THIS THE SYSTEM ISN'T ALONE AND
YOU KNOW THREE STRIKES HAS ALSO
SHOWN THAT IT HAS FAILED MANY IN
OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO YOU KNOW
I'M STRUGGLING WITH. HOW DO WE
SUPPORT YOU. WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ACCESS WITH HOUSING WITH
EDUCATION WITH GOOD JOBS BECAUSE
IT'S PART OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH
. SENDING SOMEONE TO PRISON FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. IS NOT
GOING TO FIX. THE HARM MOVING
FORWARD. AND THAT'S THE PART
THAT YOU KNOW I'M STRUGGLING
WITH- IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE. MY
COMMITMENT TO THE WITNESSES
EVERYONE IS HERE TODAY TO COMMIT
TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. HI IT IS
HORRENDOUS IT SHOULD NOT BE
HAPPENING. AND I AM COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH THE SENATOR AND
OTHERS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
MOVE THIS FORWARD IN A WAY THAT
WE CAN ALL SUPPORT THANK YOU- I
USUALLY DON'T ASK QUESTIONS BUT
I DO HAVE ONE BECAUSE THIS IS SO
SERIOUS THIS IS SO IMPORTANT-
SO. ON IN A REPORT SAID THE
OFFENCES ADDRESSED BY THIS BILL
ALREADY CARRIES VERY STEEP
SENTENCES. THESE PUNISHMENTS CAN
OFTEN BEEN FURTHER ENHANCED BY
ANY NUMBER OF EXISTING SENTENCE
ENHANCEMENTS. HUMAN TRAFFICKING
OF A MINOR FOR PURPOSES OF
COMMERCIAL SEX IS PUNISHABLE BY
UP TO TWELVE YEARS IN PRISON IF
THE OFFENSE INVOLVED FORCE FEAR
FRAUD DECEIT COERCION VIOLENCE
DURESS MENACE OR THREAT OF
UNLAWFUL INJURY TO THE VICTIM OR
ANOTHER PERSON. THE PENALTY IS
FIFTEEN YEARS TO LIFE. THE COURT
MAY ALSO IMPOSE UP TO ONE POINT
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN FIRING.
ON A PERSON CONVICTED. OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING- IF GREAT BODILY
HARM IS INFLICTED ON THE VICTIM
TO COMMIT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
CRIME ENHANCEMENT OF UP TO TEN
MORE YEARS. IN STATE PRISON CAN
BE ADDED. A PERSON CONVICTED OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL
CONDUCT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO
REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. ANY
PROPERTY OR MONEY USED TO
FACILITATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
SUBJECT TO SEIZURE. I THINK YOU
MAY HAVE AND MAYBE THIS IS WHAT
I'M HEARING- OF. FROM AND MY
QUESTION IS. ALL IS OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM NOT USING THESE
LAWS NOW. TO ENFORCE A GREAT
HARM ON A WHOLE LOT OF WOMEN
WHAT WHAT WHAT JUST MAY BE OUT
OF OUR LANE THAT WE CAN ALL
AGREE ON WHAT IS THAT GAP. COULD
I GET THE- FEELING THAT YOU'RE
SAYING. OR WHAT I HEARD FROM ONE
OF THE WITNESSES THAT JUDGE'S
ORDER D. A.'S OR- MAYBE LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS NOT ACTIVELY
USING THESE LAWS TO DO WHAT YOU
WANT. IS TO GET THESE PEOPLE OFF
THE STREET AND GET THEM THE
APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT WHICH I
SEE IS ALREADY HERE. AND WHAT
WHAT BOTHERS ME IS WHAT MAKES
YOU THINK THEY'RE NOT DOING IT
NOW AT ENHANCEMENTS WILL MAKE
THEM DO IT TO GET WE WILL MAKE
IT HAPPEN. THEY STILL MAY NOT DO
IT. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY
WHAT WE WANT IS TO PROTECT THESE
WOMEN AND WE WANT LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECTED WHEN
WHAT THE COURSE TO PROTECT THEM
. AND OUR CHILDREN MOST
IMPORTANT WE WANT THEM TO BE
PROTECTED. SO WHAT IS WHAT IS
GOING ON OUT THERE IN THE WORLD
THAT THE MINERS. LIMON BECAUSE
I'VE HEARD IS ALSO WITH WITH
OTHERS ARE NOT BEING PROTECTED
WITH EXISTING LAWS IT IT.
BECAUSE IT IT IT DID NOT MOVING
EVEN ON THESE. WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK THEY'LL MOVE ON THE OTHERS
THAT THIS KIND OF. THE KIND OF
PROTECTION OUT OF ISSUE OF IT
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE FIELD IS
IT UP. BECAUSE WE ALSO DOING
THIS ALSO IN IN TERMS OF- MINOR
CRIMES LIKE SHOPLIFTING. THAT IS
THE B. AND PROSECUTE THAT IS THE
BEING FOR THE FOURTH SO
SOMETHING'S GOING ON OUT THERE
WHERE WE'RE NOT. AND I SAY WE
BECAUSE I'M PART OF THE- A PART
OF THE STATE A PART OF THE
GOVERNMENT SO WE AREN'T WHAT WE
NOT DOING. UP TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ADEQUATELY PROTECT. PEOPLE
WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR FOR THE QUESTION
I'LL RESPOND AND THEN I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO SOMEONE WHO HAS
THIRTY THREE YEARS IN THE
DISTRICT FORMER DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE ALAMEDA
COUNTY- FOR THE HEAT UNIT TWO
HAS PROSECUTED MANY OF THESE
CASES- SINCE THAT LAW THOSE LAWS
AND CODE SECTIONS WERE
ESTABLISHED WE'VE- DONE. A
COMPLETE TURNAROUND WHICH IS
CHEST OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM ALLOWING GOOD CREDITS
AND- TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR
AND WORK CREDITS AND ALL THE
CREDIT SO WHEN YOU APPLY
CREDITS. TO SOMEONE WHO IS OLDER
CHILD- AND BEEN CONVICTED OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING JUST LIKE THE
EXAMPLE LIKE IF YOU WITH YOUR
INCH COUNTY INDIVIDUAL WHO'S WHO
TRAFFICKED A MINOR CHILD. GOT
SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS AND
DID LESS THAN FOR IT BECAUSE OF
ALL THE APPLICATION OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM- AND
THEN HE RE OFFENDED. NOW THIS
THE THREE STRIKES LAW AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A HUGE
ISSUE IN THIS COMMITTEE AND THAT
YOU DON'T WANT TO APPLY THREE
STRIKES. IT ONLY TAKES EFFECT
FOR A SECOND OR THIRD TIME
OFFENDER SO IF YOU ARE ARE
ARRESTED IN AND CONVICTED OF
SELLING A CHILD. THIS BILL WILL
NOT APPLY A STRIKE AND I CAN BE
CORRECTED BY THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY. AND IF NEED BE BUT IT
WILL NOT APPLY A STRIKE TO THEIR
LIFE UNTIL THEY RE OFFEND FOR A
NOTHER. VIOLATION OF CELINE A
MINOR CHILD AND DANTE EXTENSION
THE ENHANCEMENTS APPLIED. AND
SO. IT UP WITH A GOOD TIME
CREDITS AND ALL THEY REVIEW THAT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND THAT
HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER THE YEARS
SINCE THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED.
THEY HAVE A DISCOUNTED TIME IN
PRISON WHICH REDUCES THEIR TIME
. SO I. MY WITNESS OR THE
OPPOSITION WITNESS MISS GRAYSON.
I MEAN CAN YOU IMAGINE THEIR
TRAFFICKER BEING SENTENCED TO
PRISON IN GETTING OUT FOR YEARS
AND WALKING UP ON THE STREET AND
SEEN THEM AGAIN FOR BOTH OF
THESE WOMEN. BOTH OF THESE WOMEN
WHO WERE TRAFFICKED BRUTALIZED.
AND MADE TO DO THINGS THAT THEY
NEVER EVER IN THEIR NATURAL LIFE
WOULD EVER DO WITHOUT COERCION.
OR ABUSE OR THREAT OF THEIR LIFE
THESE ARE SURVIVAL MECHANISMS.
THAT BOTH OF THESE WOMEN TECH.
I'M BOTH SIDES OF THE BILL.
SURVIVAL MECHANISMS NONE OF US
CAN EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THAT'S
LIKE TO GO THROUGH. I'VE LEARNED
SO MUCH FROM THIS GRAYSON
SITTING DOWN WITH HER MISS
GRAYSON WAS THE REASON THAT WE
AMENDED THE BILL TO TAKE VIOLENT
OUT OF IT. BECAUSE UNDER VIOLENT
WITH A VIOLENT FELONY THEY
COULDN'T AS AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE
MS GRAYSON CAN APPLY FOR VACANT
SURE OR HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE
DEFENSE AND SO WE TOOK THAT OUT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF
EITHER ONE OF THESE WOMEN WERE
WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND FOUR
YEAR SAW THEIR TRAFFICKER THE
PERSON WHO PERPETRATED THE MOST
HEINOUS CRIMES AGAINST THEM. THE
TRAUMA THAT THEY WOULD GO
THROUGH WOULD JUST BE ALL OVER
RELIVING THE HORRIFIC EVENTS
THAT TOOK PLACE IN THEIR YOUNGER
YEARS TWENTY PLUS YEARS AGO-
OKAY SO THAT DIDN'T REALLY
ANSWER MY QUESTION. I THOUGHT AS
WE OFFERED NO PLEA BARGAIN IN.
TO USE SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE
MORE BRING AND I GET THE- FIVE
SENATE THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED SO
AS FAR AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND-
WHEN THEY- COMING THROUGH THE
SYSTEM FAR THEY- WHAT'S WHAT'S
GOING ON I GOT IT. OKAY SO
HERE'S THE DEAL. THE UNLIKE SOME
CRIMES WE HAD YOUR BLOODIED AND
BATTERED. RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE
OKAY SHE GOT RAPED SHE'S GOT
BLOOD ALL OVER HER YOU KNOW
SHE'S RIPPED OPEN WHATEVER. WITH
HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR YOU
DON'T NEED TO BE BLOODIED AND
BATTERED MR COERCION IS
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTH SO THE
FIFTEEN TO LIVE SECTION THAT YOU
REFERRED TO. THAT'S WHERE YOU
KNOW THE GUN IS IN YOUR MOUTH OR
WE HAD A CASE WITH THE AEROSOL
CANS IN YOUR **** AND THE
CURLING IRON. ON YOUR ARM AND
THE TATTOO WAS ON YOUR FOREHEAD.
WHERE IT'S SCREAMING VIOLENCE
ONE PORCHER. AND YOU WERE
LITERALLY RIPPED OUT OF HER
PARENTS HOME. AND KEPT FOR TWO
YEARS AND THIS WAS DONE TO YOU
OKAY SO THAT'S THE FIFTEEN TO
LIFE SCENARIO. BY AND LARGE AND
WE'RE SEEING IT UP TO KEEP IT
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE
TRAFFICKERS ARE GETTING SO
BRAZEN BECAUSE THE LAW HAS NO
TEETH. THE KIDNAPPING OF YOUNG
BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN IT'S BEEN
ON THE RISE THERE WAS AN
ARTICLE. IT I DON'T KNOW WHAT
PAPER WAS BECAUSE I GET MY NEWS
ON MY TELEPHONE THESE DAYS. BUT
IT'S ON THE RISE SO WHAT LAW
WE'RE DEALING WITH ISN'T THAT TO
THIRTY SIX POINT ONE C. TO. ITS
TWO THIRTY SIX POINT ONE C. ONE.
WHICH IS FIVE EIGHT FOUR TWELFTH
THAT'S THE TRAFFICKING OF A
MINOR AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
TELL. IF IT THIS- ESTEEM
COMMITTEE IS THAT. UNDER THE
CURRENT. LANDSCAPE THOSE ARE AT
JUST HALF TIME ANYMORE. BUT LESS
THAN HALF TIME THE OF THIS.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF TRACK RAG.
WHICH WE DO IT BY ROB IF. SO
IT'S LESS THAN THAT NEXT YEAR
POINT I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED
YOUR QUESTION. MMHM YOU'RE
ASKING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THE
PROBLEM OF CDCR LETTING PEOPLE
OUT. WHICH WHICH IS A CONCERN
WHICH IS A VERY VALID CONCERNS
SO WE'RE USING BUT IF SOMEONE
SERVED. TWELVE YEARS THE COURT.
SORRY SIR TWELVE YEARS LIKE
SUPPOSED TO. IT DID NOT
REHABILITATED BUT WE'RE LETTING
THEM OUT THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S- WAY LESS
THAN TWELVE YEARS SO I'D- SAY
THAT HERE. AT THE LAWS ALSO
CHANGED IN ORDER TO DO THE
TWELVE YEARS THAT'S AN
AGGRAVATED TERM ON THE TRIAD AT
FIVE EIGHT OR TWELVE AND YOU
HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE AGGRAVATING
TERM. AND SO I SAID IT'S LIKE
HAVING AN EAGLE LANDING YOUR
BACKYARD LIKE I'M PSYCHED IF I
SEE A RED TAILED HAWK. RIGHT
THAT'S A GOOD DAY BUT I HAVEN'T
HAD AN AMERICAN EAGLE AND MY
BACKYARD SAID GETTING TWELVE
YEARS ON A HUMAN TRAFFICKING
CASE WHERE THE YOUNG GIRL IS
FOURTEEN AND TOM OF BONDED. IT
IT JUST DOESN'T USUALLY HAPPEN
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIVE OR
EIGHT SO LET'S JUST DIVIDE THAT
BY TWO AND AYE MATHEMATICALLY
IMPAIRED BUT I CAN DO THAT SO
THAT'S TWO AND A HALF FOR FOUR.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE CDC
WRECK SO IT'S LESS NOW
RECOGNIZED THAT ORGANIZED CRIME.
IS IN IT GANGS ARE IN IT BECAUSE
AS YOU HEARD FROM A WITNESS THEY
CAN DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT THIS IS A
HUGE MONEY MAKER THESE GIRLS ARE
ATM MACHINES. SO WE'RE CHARGING
THE C. ONES. AND THEY'RE ROLLING
THE DICE WE'RE CHARGING UP WE'RE
DOING OUR JOB WE'RE CHARGING
THOSE CASES ALL OF NOT JUST
ALAMEDA COUNTY ALL THE DA'S
PROCESS OR CHARGING THEM. BUT
IT'S VERY HARD TO HAVE THAT
STICK AND THE TRAFFICKERS KNOW
THAT BECAUSE THEIR COMBINE IT TO
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME SO. PHÐ UP
THANK AND CASES THANK YOU
SENATOR GROW HE'S LIKE ARE WE
WILL LET IT ME. TO SOMETHING
THAT I DIDN'T THAT WE REALLY
NEED TO LOOK AT. HOW QUICKLY.
VENDORS ARE GETTING OUT. SO-
MADE TO YOUR I CAN BE ON THAT
THAT TOGETHER AND IS TO CHANGE
IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A CURRENT
THIS AND- THIS IS THREE STRIKES
LAW BUT STRIKES THE HOLD. DISK
THE TOTAL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE GETTING OUT THEY SHOULD.
GET OUT- EARLY BECAUSE OF WHAT
THEY DID NINETY THAT THE BERRY
BERRY BERRY BALLOT POINT. IF THE
NOT REHABILITATED THEY SHOULD
NOT. GET OUT I BELIEVE THAT
YOU'RE- ONE OF YOUR TENANTS AND
WHAT YOU MOVING FORWARD. THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE YOUR AYE VOTE TO CONTINUE
THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO PULL THE
BILL BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE. IF
I DON'T DO WHAT I COMMIT TO DO.
NOT THAT THAT KIND OF POWER BUT
- YOU YOU MAY CLOSE. THANK YOU.
AT BECAUSE THE DISH DO. DEFINES
AS A CAN. WHICH IS BEING HIS OWN
BY AND- A SLAVE WAS CONSIDERED
BY LAW PROPERTY CHATTEL AND
DERIVED OF MOST RIGHTS-
ORDINARILY HELD BY A FREE
PERSON. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
MODERN SLAVERY. MY WITNESS SO
DOES A PERKINS IS SITTING HERE
TODAY REPRESENTING THE MILLIONS
OF VICTIMS OF MODERN DAY SLAVERY
TRAFFICKED VICTIMS. ARE OWNED BY
OTHER PEOPLE. THEY'RE DERIVED OF
MOST RIGHTS THAT ALL OF US HOLD
DEAR. THEY'RE CONSIDERED
PROPERTY. AND YOU CAN SEE EVEN
BY SOME OF THE TATTOOS AND
ABUSERS DEMONSTRATE OWNERSHIP-
THEY HAVE SEX TRAFFICKING
TATTOOS WE HAVE A BOARD WHICH I
APOLOGIZE I DID NOT BRING UP
HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN
MORE READILY AVAILABLE BUT WE
HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF YOUNG
WOMEN WITH TATTOOS. BRANDING BAR
CODES ON THEIR FACE THAT ARE AS
YOUNG AS TWELVE YEARS OLD. AND
THAT'S A GOOD TRACK RECORD THE
OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY CAN- KEEP
TRACK OF THEM. I URGE YOU TO
LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS IN THE
FIELD AND LISTEN TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT HAVE
BEEN TRAFFICKED TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THE SEVENTY
COALITION- TEAM- NONPROFITS AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME HERE
TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. I
DON'T THINK ANYONE IS. ON THIS
DYESS THINGS THAT HUMAN
TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR SHOULD
NOT BE A SERIOUS. A CRIME AND
HAVE A SERIOUS OFFENSE APPLY TO
IT. AGAIN THE ONLY TIME IT'S
APPLIED IS IN THE SECOND OR
THIRD OFFENSE SO IT'S NOT LIKE
WE'RE TAKING SOMEBODY WHO MADE A
MISTAKE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
LAW. AND LOCKING THEM UP FOR A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. THEY HAVE
TO RE OFFEND IN THE SAME SECTOR
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR.
WHEN THIS BILL STARTED OUT IT
COVERED LABOR TRAFFICKING
BECAUSE IN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY. THEY RESTED THAT THE
SHERIFF OUT THERE IN THE
MARIJUANA GROWS ILLEGAL
MARIJUANA GROWS. THEY RESCUED
OVER A HUNDRED MANGA IN THE
TOOLS THAT HAD BEEN FORCED INTO
LABOR CAMPS- RIGHT HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IT ALSO
INCLUDED EVERYBODY. ZERO TO
WHATEVER AGE IF YOU WERE A
INDIVIDUAL BEING FORCED INTO
LABOR IN THERE IN A BEVERLY
HILLS MANSION AND YOU WERE
DEPRIVED OF YOUR RIGHTS AS A
HUMAN BEING. OR INCLUDE
INDIVIDUALS LIKE JENNA MCKAY WHO
HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE HER
TESTIMONY BE HEARD TODAY IT HAS
SPOKEN IN OTHER COMMITTEE
HEARINGS. WHERE SHE WASN'T
BEATEN OR THREATENED OR
KIDNAPPED SHE WAS. SHE THOUGHT
WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS PHONE LIVE
SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS IN A- FOUR
STAR COLLEGE. DOWN IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WOULD AWAY FROM THAT
ENVIRONMENT AND TOOK THE BIGGEST
AND GANG RAPED AND THEN SOLD. BY
WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS HER
BOYFRIEND. SO I CAN TELL YOU
THAT- I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO
THE EXPERTS. GOD CHILDREN ARE
NOT FOR SALE WE AMENDED THE BILL
THE BILL IN PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE
SENATE SIDE TO ONLY INCLUDE
MINORS ZERO TO SEVENTEEN.
THINKING THAT. ONCE WE GOT TO
THE ASSEMBLY ZERO TO SEVENTEEN
TO NOT HAVE A SERIOUS FELONY
WOULD BE SO EASY TO GET OUT OF
THIS COMMITTEE. AND I'M SAD TO
HEAR THAT I WAS WRONG. I CAN
TELL YOU THAT WHEN THIS BILL
PASSED THE SENATE. IT HAD CO
AUTHORS BOTH DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN IT HAD DAM IT HAS
TWENTY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CO
AUTHORS TO DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS IT HAS TO DEMOCRAT
JOINT AUTHORS. IN IT RECEIVED NO
NO VOTES AND I DID NOT GET ONE
EXTENSION. EVERY CALIFORNIA
STATE SENATOR BOTH IN PUBLIC
SAFETY AND ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
VOTED BY FOR THIS BILL. BECAUSE
IT ADDRESSES AN ISSUE IS VERY.
SERIOUS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. SO I JUST ASK FOR
YOU TO CONSIDER THAT. AND I WANT
TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS
GRAYSON. IT'S BEEN MY PRIVILEGE
IN MY HONOR TO GET TO KNOW HER.
SHE IS RIGHT. LISTENING TO HER
STORY SHE'S NEVER BEEN
RECOGNIZED AS A VICTIM. AND WHAT
A HORRIBLE INJUSTICE TO LOCK HER
UP IN PRISON FOR SEVENTEEN
YEARS. SHE ENDORSED SOME OF THE
SAME- HORRIFIC EVENTS THAT MY
WITNESSES AND THOSE SURVIVORS
THAT ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM CAME
TO TESTIFY. WHEN APPROACHED
MISPLACED IN THIS MORNING. SHE
TOLD ME THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE
HARDEST THINGS SHE'S EVER HAD TO
DO WAS TO STAND UP. AND SAY AND
OPPOSE A HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL
. WHAT'S SAD ABOUT THIS WHOLE
SITUATION IS THAT NO ONE IS EVER
OFFERED HER HEALING ARE
RECOGNIZED HER AS A VICTIM. I
RECOGNIZE HER AS A VICTIM OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING A VICTIM OF
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. BUT
HER STORY IS VERY FAR AND FEW
BETWEEN BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORMS THAT WE
HAVE TODAY IN OUR SYSTEM. MISS
GRAYSON. SOMEONE LIKE MISS
GRAYSON UNDER THE HEAT UNIT THEY
HAVE NOT PROSECUTED ANYONE LIKE
THIS RECENT IN ALMOST FIFTEEN
YEARS. THAT INJUSTICE THAT
HAPPENED A MYSTERY SIN AND THAT
IS STILL HAPPENING TO HER I FEEL
LIKE TODAY. IS TWENTY YEARS AGO
SEVENTEEN YEARS IN PRISON AND
THEN ALSO AS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING
SURVIVOR. SHE DID THOSE THINGS
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND SHE
DID THOSE THINGS. BECAUSE SHE
WAS FORCED TO- WAS A SURVIVAL
MECHANISM IN THE TO SIT NEXT TO
YOUR HUMAN TRAFFICKER IN A
COURTROOM. WELL THEY PUNISHED
YOU IS A COMPLETE AND JUSTICE
THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED AND WE'RE
MAKING SURE THAT THAT NEVER
HAPPENS TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
AND SO I JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THIS
BILL TO GO FORWARD LET'S WORK ON
THIS TO MAKE IT BETTER IT STILL
HAS TO GO THROUGH PROCREATION.
AND ON THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR WE
HAVE TIME TO AMEND THIS BILL WE
HAVE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE ARE PRECAUTIONARY THINGS
IN PLACE AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. AND I JUST
WANNA MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE
BOTH THE WITNESSES THANK. IT IS
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT- TO CALM AND
LAID BARE. EVERYTHING THAT HAS
HAPPENED TO- WE ARE COMMITTED A
WHOLE VERY SORRY FOR WHAT WHAT
YOU WENT THROUGH- IT WAS NOT
RIGHT. NEVER WILL BE RIGHT. AND
YOU ARE. YOUR COMMENDED FOR
BEING HERE AND THEN WE HAVE
WITNESSES ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT
ALSO HAVE BOUGHT TWO. KIND OF
THE- SAME THAT'S WHAT MAKES
THINGS HARD TO GET BOTH OF YOU
HAVE VERY POWERFUL TEARFUL.
TESTIMONY THAT MAKES IT REALLY
DIFFICULT FOR THE COMMITTEE. OF
THE WHOLE TOOK TO MAKE
DECISIONS- ONE THING THAT CAN
OFFER. OF WHETHER IT MOVES
FORWARD OR EVEN IF IT IF IT
DOESN'T MAKE IT OUT OF HERE. IF
THEY MAKE IT OUT HERE YES
RECONSIDERATION IF IT GOES TO
THE OTHER SIDE. I DON'T PUT. I
DON'T PUT IT BACK I WANT TO WANT
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT'S RIGHT
BEFORE BEFORE IT LEAVES HERE I
WILL I THINK SO I THINK THERE'S
A LANE. THAT WE CAN GET TO YOU
AND I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THIS
ONE ON ONE. THAT'S ONE THING YOU
THE AUTHOR AND I HAVE NOT.
DISCUSSED IT AND COME UP WITH-
YEAH. OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR
NOT ONLY THE MAJORITY MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. BUT WILL BE ABLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THREE
STRIKES LAW DOESN'T BECOME A
PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT I
REPRESENT A LOT OF MEMBERS ON
THIS COMMITTEE REPRESENTS I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONTACT SIR I DO
SO. BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE
YOU UNDERSTAND I GET WHERE
YOU'RE COMING FROM. AND I. I
DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE YOU MAY
HAVE ALSO OPENED UP. A CAN OF
WORMS WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE
GETTING OUT SOONER. THAN THEY
SHOULD THAT WE MAYBE YOU AND I
CAN ALSO WORK ON- OR MAYBE THIS
BILL IS THE ONE. THAT WE CAN
WORK ON- AND IF IT DOES IT
RECONSIDERATION. IT COULD START
NOPE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT
COULD STILL START THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR- IF IT DOESN'T MAKE
IT OUT OF HERE BUT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO WORK REALLY REALLY
REALLY QUIET TO MORE RELEASE
OFFICE. HOW TO GET IT TO WHERE
WE CAN BEFORE. I PROJECT THE
CHAIR'S COMMENTS THANK YOU SIR
MAY I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE
WORD I'M SORRY RITA THANK YOU
BUT AGAIN THANK YOU FOR
COMMENTING. THIS CALL. ON SB
FOURTEEN BY CENTER GROVE THE
MOTION IS TO PASS THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE JONES
SAWYER SO I WAS UNTIL ABOUT NOT
VOTING. SO WE WERE MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. JONES SAWYER
NOT VOTING ALANIZ. BONTA BRIAN.
RIGHT NOT VOTING BLACKIE
PROBABLY I'D LACKEY HI ORTEGA.
ORTEGA NOT VOTING SANTIAGO.
SIBUR SIBUR NOT VOTING. SO
YOU'RE ASKING FOR
RECONSIDERATION. YES SIR. WE GOT
TO SAY IT. CONSIDERATIONS ARE-
THE BILL FAILS. RECONSIDERATION
IS GRANTED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK
YOU SIR. HOW. THIS IS A. THIS.
DO THAT'S A PICTURE. TO HI. IN
THAT EVERY DAY WITH THE YEAH.
WHERE MOVE THE BILL MOVES. YEP
YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS- HERE
TODAY PERCENT SB FORTY FIVE THE
FIRST LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIR
COMMITTEE STAFFER THEIR WORK ON
THIS BILL WE WILL BE ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEES AMENDMENTS- TODAY
. THIS BILL CLARIFIES THE
DEFINITION OF ELECTION WORKER IN
A VOTER IN EXISTING CODE TO
BETTER PROTECT THOSE
FACILITATING AND PARTICIPATING
IN ELECTION FROM INTIMIDATION. I
SEE AN INCREASE IN ATTENTION TO
ACTIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS
MUST NOW CONTEND WITH
OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF
MISINFORMATION AND PARTY TO
SOCIAL MEDIA AND RESULT THE
DEMOCRATIC DIVIDE HAS WIDENED
AND MISTRUST IS BEEN SO THEY ARE
LEFT TO SYSTEM BOTH NATIONWIDE
AND HERE IN CALIFORNIA. IT
SEVERAL COUNTIES WITH EXAMPLES
OF HARASSMENT THE REGISTRARS OF
VOTERS- FOR SUPPORTERS BEEN
ACCOSTED THREATENED AND
SUBJECTED TO RACIAL SLURS. AND
PRODUCTION WORKERS CONCERNED FOR
THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY AND WELL
BEING OF THEIR FAMILIES HAVE
PROMPTED SOME INDIVIDUALS TO
LEAVE THEIR ELECTION PROFESSION
ENTIRELY WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS
LOSS TO OUR STATE. EXISTING LAW
MAKES IT A FELONY TO INTERFERE
WITH THE OFFICERS CONDUCTING
ELECTION OR CAMPUS WERE VOTERS
EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE
THIS BILL WOULD CLARIFY. THAT
THE PROTECTIONS UNDER THIS LAW
APPLIED TO OTHER GROUPS THAT
RISK FOR HARASSMENT NAMELY
TEMPORARY ELECTION WORKERS AND
REMOTE VOTERS. DEMOCRACY DEPENDS
ON OUR FAIR ELECTION SYSTEM.
IT'S OUR JOB TO PROTECT THOSE
ADMINISTERING ELECTIONS AND
THOSE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO
VOTE. AND WITH ME I HAVE ERIC
GARRIS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
LEGISLATIVE AND SICHUAN AFFAIRS
WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. YES
WHERE IS CHAIR MEMBERS- ERIC
HERE'S DEFINITELY OF LIVES THEY
MIX IT REFERS ON BEHALF
SECRETARY STATE DR SHIRLEY AND
WEBER- FIRST WOULD EXTEND THE
GRATITUDE OF SECRETARY TO THE
CHAIR. SENATOR BACKER- AND STAFF
FOR WORKING WITH THIS ON COMING
UP WITH THE MEN IS THAT MORE
APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSES THE
SUBJECT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
ADDRESS TODAY- SB FORTY FIVE AS
NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR THE
SAFETY OF ELECTION OFFICIALS-
AND OTHER KEY ELECTION WORKERS
BY EXPANDING THE DEFINITION
ELECTION WITH. OFFICER TO ALL
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED ELECTION
PROCEEDINGS INTIMIDATION TOWARDS
WORKERS AND VOTERS INCLUDING
PHYSICAL ASSAULTS BLOCKING DROP
BOXES VERBALLY OR ONLINE THREATS
IMPLANT DESTRUCTIVE ACTIONS VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH HAVE BEEN
PARTIALLY COORDINATED THROUGH
ONLINE FORMS. BURGER VIOLENCE
AND THREATS THAT RESULTED IN
NATIONWIDE SHORTAGES OF ELECTION
. WORKERS AS THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
SAFETY. IS CHRIS THE THIS
CHALLENGES POSED MR. LIKE TRUMAN
IMMENSELY MANIPULATION THREATS
TO THE INTERVIEW OF ELECTION AND
ON BEHALF THE SIGNATURE OF LIKE
. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU IN IT WITNESSES SINCE
. SEEING NONE OUR WITNESS IS OP
. THE SCOPE. IT SCENE THE BRING
IT BACK TO COULD FOR COMMENT. BY
THE NEW SECOND YOU MAY CLOSE.
RESPECT ASK FOR A VOTE. CHILDREN
HIGH CALDERON. ON S. B. FIVE
PRICING PACKARD MOTION TO PASS
AS AN TO THE APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEE JONES SAWYER OPTIONS
THERE I ALANIZ. BONTA BRIAN.
RYAN HI LACKEY. LACKEY NOT
VOTING ORTEGA ORTEGA I SANTIAGO.
ZIPPER ZIPPER I. MITCHELL CALL
THESE ONE. THANK THANK YOU HERE
. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SKINNER
WOULD CRAVE WITH M. BRADFORD
FINISHING UP. BUT YOUR BOAT AND
RUBIO.
IS DIVIDED.
SENATORS BRADFORD SKINNER- CHOI
BO RUBIO SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. IF
YOU ARE WATCHING WHAT YOU ARE
MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE
HEARING ROOM.
YEAH THAT'S ANOTHER THING. YEAH
.
THAT'S SIMPLY CONSERVE.
IF THEY DON'T-
THE GOAL OF THE SEASON. YEAH
FINALLY MY- SOURCE.
HELLO HI.
AND GETTING THEM. I GUESS.
GLOBAL. OKAY HE WAS SEASON- NOT
.
BOB.
YEAH WE HAVE. YOUR. WE ARE NOT.
OKAY I.
YEAH.
WHICH IS A- YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. SHE WAS.
YEAH.
YES OUR.
THIS YEAR. MARK.
REYES. THE. TWO THOUSAND. THERE
IS NO.
AB ONE ONE BROWN YEAH.
OKAY ARE.
YEAH.
OKAY WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED
AGAIN BACK ON ITEM NUMBER TEN SB
FOUR FOUR NINE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BONTA IS GOING TO BE SITTING IN
FOR. SENATOR BRADFORD THANK YOU
FOR DOING THAT YOU MAYBE GET
THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE
CENTRE BRADFORD MISTER SHARON
MEMBERS SB FORTY FOUR FOUR NINE
IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD MEASURE
WHICH PROVIDES TECHNICAL CLEAN
UP TO OUR STATE'S POLICE
DECERTIFICATION SYSTEM NECESSARY
CHANGES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO
BETTER CLARIFY LEGISLATIVE
INTENT AND PROTECT SENSITIVE
INFORMATION REGARDING ONGOING
INVESTIGATIONS THESE CHANGES
WERE MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE POST COMMISSION AND ALLOW
THE COMMISSION TO BETTER
IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THE
DECERTIFICATION PROCESS. WHAT
PART WILL YOU MISTER BRADFORD WE
ARE ON THE PART WHERE YOU ASK IF
THERE ARE ANY PRIMARY WITNESSES
WHICH THERE ARE NONE IN THE NEW
WITNESSES. IN SUPPORT. OF SB.
FOUR FOUR NINE. SEEN I WILL SAY
AGAIN A WITNESSES IN ROME FOR SB
FOUR FOUR NINE SEEN NONE ARE
THERE ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION. TO
FOUR FOUR NINE. ANY OPPOSITION
TO FOUR FOUR NINE WHILE THE
SCHOOL TO GO PRETTY GOOD. SEEN
NONE WILL BRING IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE FOR ANY COMMENTS
QUESTIONS I HAVE A COMMENT YES
FINALLY BROTHER BILL I COULD
SUPPORT. LOOK LIKE YOU
BIPARTISAN THIS TIME BONTA BILL
BY PROXY STRIKING THANK YOU. YOU
MAY CLOSE. I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR VOTE. JUST
RECOMMENDING I LET'S GO THE ROLL
. I SB FOUR FOUR NINE FIVE PER
THEM IS TO PASS TO BE A PART.
COMMITTEE JOHN SAWYER OPTIONS
SAWYER I ALANIZ ALANIZ I BONTA I
BONTA HI. I AND I LACKEY HI
LACKEY I OR TAKE. ORTEGA I THANK
YOUNG. ZIPPER. THE MEASURE
PASSES. WE ANYMORE BRADFORD BILL
. HE WANTS. BOB OKAY. THAT. ONE
ANYBODY SEEN THIS GUY CENTER
RISK. HI YOU MAY. AND YOU TO
ITEMS.
I'M ALL STAR WITH SB THREE FORTY
FIVE OKAY OKAY- SOARING GETTING
MY GLASSES SB THREE FORTY FIVE
THANK YOU DEAR THANK YOU MEMBERS
ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS BILL
WHICH WILL. HELP CALIFORNIA CAN
TO NEW IT'S VERY STRONG
LEADERSHIP IN MAKING THIS STATE
A STATE WHERE WE RESPECT
PEOPLE'S MEDICAL RIGHT TO OF
PURSUING ABORTION OR TO PURSUE-
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE- THE- WHAT
THE BILL DOES IS RECOGNIZE THAT
THOSE TWO ARE PORTIONS OF CARE
CAN BE DONE THROUGH- A
PRESCRIPTION REGIME A DRUG
REGIME AND THAT THE US YOU- YOU
THE PATIENT MAY BE IN ANOTHER
PART OF THE COUNTRY AND YOUR
DOCTOR MAY BE BASED HERE YOUR
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. AND THIS
PROVIDES THE PROTECTIONS THAT
ARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS NEED
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT CARE
WHICH IS LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA AND
MEDICALLY APPROVED ARMS WITHOUT
THERE HAVING A CIRCUMSTANCE
WHERE THERE SOME OTHER STATE
TRIES TO REMOVE THEIR LICENSE OR
OTHER- TAKE OTHER PUNITIVE
ACTION AGAINST THEM NO OF COURSE
CALIFORNIA LAW CANNOT PROTECT
ANY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. SHOULD
THEY- GO PERSONALLY AND TRAVEL
TO ANOTHER STATE. WE CAN ONLY DO
OUR BEST FOR OUR PATIENTS AND
PROVIDERS WHILE THEY ARE IN
WITHIN OUR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
BUT OTHERWISE IT PROVIDES EVERY
PROTECTION. THAT ARE HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS NEED WHICH IS WHY SO
MANY ASSOCIATIONS AND THE
MEDICAL BOARD ITSELF- MEANING
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SAID SHE
SHINS AND THE MEDICAL BOARD
ITSELF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL- ENDOCYTE. REFERENCE WHEN I
OPENED THIS DEALS WITH BOTH
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE WHICH WE
KNOW MANY STATES ARE NOW
CRIMINALIZING AND ABORTION CARE
AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO TURN
TO MY WITNESSES. AND THEY ARE-
CRAIG CALLS FOR FROM QUALITY
CALIFORNIA AND LENA- CHÁVEZ FROM
TRAINING TEACH THE ORG. TEACH.
ORANGE NUMBERS CRACKLE FROM THE
OF ALL OF CALIFORNIA CRACK HER
BEST BE THREE FORTY FIVE. US ALL
KNOW WELL WORK WITNESSING
UNPRECEDENTED ATTACKS ON
ABORTION AND GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY MOST
ABORTIONS ARE NOW BANNED IN AT
LEAST FOURTEEN STATES AND LAWS
BANNING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
FOR TRANS YOUTH HAVE BEEN
ENACTED IN TWENTY STATES. EVEN
MORE ALARMING MULTIPLE STATES
ARE NOW CONSIDERING AND PASSING
LAWS CLASSIFYING THE PROVISION
OF ABORTION AND GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE AS A CRIME WARRANTING
PRISON TIME. AND EVEN
THREATENING RESIDENTS WITH
CRIMINAL PENALTIES IF THEY
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER
STATE TO SECURE AN ABORTION OR
PROVIDE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
FOR THEIR CHILD. MANY FAMILIES
IN THE STATES ARE NOW FACING
AGONIZING DECISIONS ABOUT
WHETHER TO RELOCATE OR TRAVEL
OUT OF STATE PER HEALTH CARE
THAT IS BACKED BY EVERY MAJOR
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN THE
COUNTRY. SB FORTY WILL
STRENGTHENED CALIFORNIA'S SAFE
HAVEN LAWS BY ADDING ADDITIONAL
PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO COME
TO CALIFORNIA SEEKING REFUGE
FROM STATES WITH THESE DRACONIAN
LAWS. SPECIFICALLY THE BILL WILL
BAR BAIL AGENTS AND BOUNTY
HUNTERS FROM APPREHENDING PEOPLE
IN CALIFORNIA. WHO FACE CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION BY ANOTHER STATE
RELATED TO ABORTION OR GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE. THE BILL WILL
ALSO PROVIDE GREATER LEGAL
PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE OR
DISPENSED MEDICATION OR OTHER
SERVICES. GENDER FROM THEIR
REGARDLESS OF THEIR PATIENTS
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE
UNDER THE BILL A CALIFORNIA
BASED PHARMACY WILL BE ABLE TO
SHIP MEDICATION TO ANOTHER
STATE. AND BOTH THE PROVIDER AND
THE PHARMACY WOULD RECEIVE
PROTECTIONS AS LONG AS THEY ARE
IN CALIFORNIA FROM CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL ACTIONS INITIATED IN
ANOTHER STATE. WHILE ATTACKS ON
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY ARE CERTAINLY
NOT NEW. WE'RE NOW WITNESSING
GROWING EFFORTS TO USE
LEGISLATION POLICY AND RHETORIC
TO RESTRICT OR ELIMINATE THE
BODILY AUTONOMY OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
CALIFORNIA HAS A DUTY AND AN
OBLIGATION TO STAND UP TO THESE
ATTACKS AND PROTECT ACCESS TO
ESSENTIAL AND MEDICALLY
NECESSARY HEALTH CARE. WE ARE
GRATEFUL TO THE CENTER FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD TO
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU. THIS GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR SO YOUR JONES SAWYER AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME
IS ALINA CHÁVEZ AND I'M THE
PROGRAM MANAGER OF TEACH WHICH
STANDS FOR TRAINING EARLY
ABORTION FOR COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTH CARE. PROBABLY BECAUSE
FOUNDER OF SENATE BILL THREE
FORTY FIVE. HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO
WORK CLOSELY WITH SENATOR
SKINNER AND HER STAFF TO CREATE
A MUCH LEAD EAGLE PROTECTIONS
FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. FOR
TWENTY YEARS OUR ORGANIZATION
HAS MADE SURE THAT CLINICIANS
OBTAIN THE NECESSARY ABORTION
TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP THEY
NEED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
CARE. YET TRAINING TO PROVIDE
SAFE AND EVIDENCE BASED CARE IS
NO LONGER ENOUGH IN THIS POST
ROAD LANDSCAPE. WHERE THERE ARE
NOVEL THREATS TO OUR GRADUATE IN
EXISTING PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE
THESE BASIC SERVICES. LAWS AND
HOSTILE ANTI ABORTION STATES
THREATEN INTIMIDATE AND EVEN
CRIMINALIZE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS WHO OFFER THESE
SERVICES EVEN IN STATES REPORT
ABORTION AND GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE IS LEGAL. LIKE CALIFORNIA.
ANTI CHOICE LEGISLATORS WANT TO
MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCESS
ABORTION GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY BEYOND THEIR
OWN STATE BORDERS. THAT IS
PRECISELY THERE WILL. PROVIDE US
PROVIDERS NEED AND DESERVE TO BE
PROTECTED THIS Y. STATE PROVIDE
STATE PROVIDER BOARDS IN
CALIFORNIA INCLUDING THE MEDICAL
BOARD. THE BOARD OF REGISTERED
NURSING THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
BOARD THE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC
MEDICINE THE BOARD OF PHARMACY
AND MANY OTHER GROUPS OF
PROVIDERS AND PHARMACIES. ARE
URGING YOUR I'VE BUILT ON THIS
LEGISLATION- I HUMBLY- URGE YOU
TO VOTE AYE ON SB THREE FORTY
FIVE SO THAT CALIFORNIA HAS THE
STRONGEST AND MOST PROTECTED.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
WORKFORCE IN THE COUNTRY CAPABLE
OF CARING FOR ANY PERSON.
ABORTION AND GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
WELCOME TO KEEP ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. YES
ACTIONS SMART JUSTICE
CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT. HELLO
KERINS BEHALF OF NARAL PRO
CHOICE CALIFORNIA THE CALIFORNIA
NURSES ASSOCIATION AND THE BLACK
WOMEN FOR WELLNESS ACTION
PROJECT WE ARE ALL CO SPONSORS
ON THE STILL IN STRONG SUPPORT.
IS THIS ONE ARE THE SITTING
COUNTY SAN FRANCISCO SUPPORT
THINKING. PERFECT GONZALEZ
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERS CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN
SUPPORT. ONE THIRTY. OKAY COMING
WITH WHITEMAN GROUP ON BEHALF OF
VALOR AS WELL AS NEXT IN
CALIFORNIA AND SHAUN SUPPORT.
KATHY VENISON ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
UNIVERSITY WOMEN CALIFORNIA AND
SPORT. MARCO GEORGE ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION SUPPORT THANK YOU.
TIFFANY HAVE YET HE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ARE A NEW
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
THERE'S ONLY ONE OF ME WE WERE
HOPING TO COMBINE THE TIME. YOU
HAVE FIVE MINUTES ANY WAY YOU
WANT. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD MORNING
NICOLE PEARSON MOTHER RESIDENT
ATTORNEY AND FOUNDER FLAX ACTS
LIKE TO JUST AS A HUMAN AND
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FIRM. I'VE
BEEN PRACTICING LAW FOR ALMOST
TWENTY YEARS NOW AND I'VE NEVER
SEEN SOMETHING SO BRAZENLY
ILLEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL IS SB
THREE FOUR FIVE. MY HEART BREAKS
FOR CALIFORNIA AND THE FUTURE OF
OUR COUNTRY. THE AUTHORS OF SB
THREE FOUR FIVE CLAIM THAT THIS
BILL BUILDS UPON THE VERY
EXCELLENT AND OTHER PROTECTIONS
THAT WE ENACTED LAST YEAR RIGHT
CHECKING PROVIDERS WHO PRESCRIBE
AND DISPENSE MEDICATION AND CARE
THAT IS LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA BUT
E. LEGAL IN OTHER STATES.
HOWEVER LAST YEAR'S BILLS PALE
IN COMPARISON AB TWO TWO THREE
TWO TWO TWO THREE AND SB ONE
ZERO SEVEN FOR EXAMPLE INVITING
PEOPLE INTO OUR STATE. TO
RECEIVE OTHERWISE ILLEGAL
ABORTIONS AND GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE UNDER THE LAWS AND
SUPERVISION OF THE BOARDS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER SB
THREE FOUR FIVE ON THE OTHER
HAND AUTHORIZED AND AUTHORIZES
AND INCENTIVIZE THERE'S CALL
CALIFORNIA PROVIDERS TO
PRESCRIBE DISPENSE AND PROVIDE
MEDICATION AND CARE IN OTHER
STATES AND TO KNOWINGLY PRACTICE
MEDICINE ILLEGALLY WITHOUT ANY
OVERSIGHT A REPERCUSSION. THEN
SEEK REFUGE HERE IN THE STATE AT
TAXPAYERS EXPENSE. TO BE CLEAR
SB THREE FOUR FIVE INSULATES
PROVIDERS FROM KNOWINGLY
COMMITTING CRIMES IN OTHER
STATES AND EVEN OUR PRACTICE
HERE IN CALIFORNIA AS LONG AS
THE DOCTOR WAS PERFORMING AN
ABORTION OR FRAMING A CHILD'S
GENDER CONFUSION BECAUSE ONLY
FIFTEEN BANDS ONLY APPLY TO
MINORS. I CAN'T LIVE A WOULD
HAVE TO SAY THIS TO BE HONEST BY
THE AUTHOR'S OWN ADMISSIONS SB
THREE FOUR FIVE SETS OUT TO BAR
PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE IN
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS A
PROVIDERS PRACTICING ILLEGAL
REPRODUCTIVE. GENDER FOR ME
HEALTH CARE IN ANOTHER STATE
CREATE A RIGHTS ISSUE FOR ANY
ATTENDED INVESTIGATIONS
DISCIPLINE OR PROSECUTION.
PERPER MAKE CALIFORNIA COURTS TO
IGNORE THE LEGAL ALL ORDERS AND
LAWS OF OTHER STATES AND
VIOLATIONS OF THE FULL FAITH AND
CREDIT CARD CREDIT BECAUSE OF
THE U. S. CONSTITUTION. DECLARE
THAT INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT
TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS
AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY BRING US
ONE STEP TO MAKING IT. ANOTHER
FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALLY
PROTECTED RIGHT IN CALIFORNIA.
REPEAL EXISTING LAWS THAT
PROHIBIT AN ABORTION ON AN
EMANCIPATED MINOR UNLESS SHE
RECEIVES WRITTEN CONSENT FROM
WHATEVER PARENTS COURT. AND TO
EXPAND THE EXCEPTION TO MURDER
TO INCLUDE A PREGNANT PERSON WHO
COMMITS THE ACT HERSELF AND
MORE. ON ITS FACE THE BILL
VIOLATES A FULL THANK FAITH AND
CREDIT CLAUSE RICO LAWS MAIL
FRAUD LAWS INSURANCE CODE
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
PENAL CODE HEALTH AND SAFETY
CODE. MORE IMPORTANT AMONG THE
AUTHORS ARE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH
PRIDE PROVIDING AS MANY EVEN
LEGAL ABORTIONS AND TRANSITIONS
AS POSSIBLE TO PEOPLE IN OTHER
STATES. THEY ARE ENDANGERING
CALIFORNIANS WHO NOW WE ARE AT
RISK OF RECEIVING NEGLIGENT CARE
FROM HER WRITER WHO CANNOT BE
SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY. IF HERE SHE
PROVIDES ABORTIONS OR GENDER.
AFFIRMING SERVICES. LET ME
REPEAT MYSELF. SB THREE FOUR
FIVE SAN. PER TO PROVIDE OR
SIMPLY TO CLAIM THAT THEY
PROVIDE ABORTION AND GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE SERVICES. IN
ORDER TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE
THREE FOUR FIVE PROTECTIONS FROM
AND THAT'S OCCASION. DISCIPLINE
OR SUIT. PROPONENTS STOP AT THE
SUGGESTION IS MISS GET ADJUSTED
I KNOW THEY DID WAS AB TWO TWO
TWO THREE THAT'S THREE ONE ZERO
SEVEN. BUT WHO WILL INVESTIGATE
AN ABORTION OR GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE PROVIDER. WHEN THEY THINK
THE THREAT OF LITIGATION THAT
THEY WILL PAY FOR. WHEN YOU WERE
SWORN INTO OFFICE ALL OF YOU
INCLUDING THE AUTHORS. YOU
PROMISED TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
TO BEAR TRUE FAITH AND
ALLEGIANCE TO THESE
CONSTITUTIONS. AND TO WELL AND
FAITHFULLY AND LAWFULLY
DISCHARGE YOUR DUTIES TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. YEAH I AM
READING A BILL THAT THIS REAP
THESE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES IN
BOTH OF OUR CONSTITUTION. WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY SANCTIONING AND
PROTECTING KNOWN. CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY AND OTHER STATES.
CREATING THE SEPARATE SUPERIOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA RATHER THAN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH
INCREMENTAL BILLS WHICH IS THREE
FOUR FIVE IN THE ONES THAT CAME
BEFORE IT ONCE YOU LEGALIZE ONE
VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
AFTER ANOTHER. AFTER ANOTHER
PRETTY SOON YOU ARE LEFT WITH NO
CONSTITUTION AT ALL. THAT THE
PLAN. IF I RESPECTFULLY FOR YOUR
NO VOTE ON SB THREE FOUR FIVE
THAT'S WHAT YOU SWORE AND
PROMISES YOU WOULD DO. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU OR TO ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. THE
BALL OUT ON BEHALF OF THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY ALLIANCE AND
TAKE STAND STANISLAUS IN
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU SIR. THIS
IS THE MOTHER OF THREE AND I
OPPOSE THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
NICOLE YOUNG OPPOSITION THANK
YOU THANK YOU. I WAS LATE FOR
SUPPORT BY MOTHER OF SOMETHING
CAN HOPEFULLY IT'S CALIFORNIA
AND SUPPORT THANK YOU OKAY THANK
YOU. OKAY THE OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. WE'LL BRING IT BACK
TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. BOB BUT I
THINK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
FOR THIS BILL. I DO. SOLEMNLY
SWEAR AND I DID TAKE AN OATH. TO
PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. IN CALIFORNIA
ABORTION IS LEGAL. GET THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THE SPORT. Q. REAL
QUICK COMMON. YOU MAY CLOSE THE
SKINNER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR
CHAIRMAN SURE THIS IS A- DEBATE
THAT COULD GO ON FOR A LONG TIME
BUT I DON'T SEE THE NEED
BECAUSE- THE- I. I DO RESPECT
THE POSITIONS ON SUCH AN ISSUE
OUR STRONGLY HELD BY THOSE WHO
HOLD THEM BUT I WANTED TO
CONFIRM THAT COMMENT BY YOUR
MEMBER BY OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER
POINTED THAT. THIS BILL DOES NOT
VIOLATE OUR CONSTITUTION AND
WITH THAT I ASK FOR YOUR RIGHT
FOOT THANK YOU OUR CONSTITUTION
OR THE U. S. CONSTITUTION. THANK
YOU IN THE BACK BONTA FOR
COMMENT BECAUSE THAT ALSO
CLARIFIED IT FOR ME AS CHAIR IS
RECOMMENDING THE KNIFE OF. THAT
THIS IS A VIOLATE THE U. S.
BECAUSE OR THE COLOR
CONSTITUTION. WE'LL FIND OUT ON
SB THREE FOR FIVE I SENATORS
SKINNER THEM IS PASS THE
APPROPRIATIONS. JONES SAWYER
JONES SAWYER I ALANIZ BONTA.
BONTA HI BRIAN BRIAN I. NO
LACKEY NO OR- ORTEGA. SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO I ZIPPER. THE MEASURE
PASSES THANK YOU. THANK YOU-
THANK YOU MISTER. BUT NOW SB
EIGHTY EIGHT. PEOPLE TRYING
DRIVER QUALIFICATION YES THANK
YOU- CHAIR PLEASED TO PRESENT SB
EIGHTY EIGHT AND- WOULD OPEN
WITH THAT I WILL BE TAKING THE
COMMITTEES AMENDMENTS WHICH ARE-
ALLOWING OFF DUTY CANNABIS USE
AS CANNABIS IS LEGAL IN OUR
STATE UNLESS STATE OR FEDERAL
LAW OTHERWISE PROHIBITS IT. OR
IF IT AFFECTS FEDERAL FUNDING-
AND ALSO IN THE SECTION ON
MANDATED REPORTING WE- WE SHOULD
NO LONGER GOING TO BE RELEVANT
BECAUSE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE
I AM REMOVING THE MANDATED
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS- AND I AM
ALSO DID WELL IT IS NOT. THESE
ARE NOT AMENDMENTS THAT PUBLIC
SAFETY IS REQUESTING THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF VERY SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT I AM
TAKING IN THE AD COMMITTEE.
TOMORROW THAT IT DEALS WITH MUCH
OF THE OPPOSITION'S- ISSUES WITH
THE BILL AND I AM HAPPY TO GO
THROUGH THOSE IF ANY MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE ME TO I
CAN. THIS DOES- BUT LET ME SAY
THAT WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS. THAT
WILL BE TAKEN TOMORROW IN
EDUCATION. THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS
FOR PARENTS GUARDIANS RESOURCE
FAMILIES AND RELATIVES EVEN IF
THEY ARE COMPENSATED TO DRIVE A
CHILD SO THEY WOULD NOT BE
SUBJECT TO THIS THERE ARE ALSO
EXEMPTIONS FOR- FOSTER FAMILY
AGENCIES THE SOCIAL SERVICES
ENTITIES AND THE OTHERS RELATED
TO THAT TRANSPORT OF FOSTER- OUR
FOSTER YOUTH- THERE'S ALSO- I
DIFFERENT CHANGES TO FOR EXAMPLE
THE DRUG TESTING REQUIREMENTS.
AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS
THAT WILL ALL BE TAKEN IN THE ED
COMMITTEE. IN THE PURPOSE OF THE
BILL IS THAT CALIFORNIA UP UNTIL
JUST THE LAST. RIVAS BUDGET YEAR
- WE- WE DO TO SCHOOL FUNDING
AND WE AND I SAY THIS WITHOUT
BLAME TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE
WERE DEAD LAST IN THE COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF PROVIDING HOME TO
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION. BUT WE
ARE NOW PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO OUR SCHOOLS BOTH
TOTALLY IMPROPER NINETY EIGHT
AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY FOR HOME
TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION IN THE
HOPES TO INCREASE. THE NUMBER OF
KIDS WHO ARE DRIVEN- AND THERE
IS SOME- MANDATES ON THE
DISTRICTS NOT TO PROVIDE A 100%
BY NO MEANS BUT TO INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF TRANSPORTATION THEY
ARE PRICED PROVIDING TO
STUDENTS. NOW WHAT THE BILL DOES
IS TRIES TO ENSURE ITS ITS
OBJECTIVE IN ITS GOAL IS TO
ENSURE THAT WHEN KIDS ARE BEING
DRIVEN AND THEY ARE COMPENSATED
THE DRIVERS BEING COMPENSATED BY
EIGHT ELLIE A BY A LOCAL
EDUCATION AUTHORITY. THAT THE
SAFETY STANDARDS ARE IN PLACE
AND- THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE
BILL IT DOES NOT REQUIRE- EVERY
RIGHT TO BE IN A BUS OR TO BE
DONE BY A BUS DRIVER IT ALLOWS
FOR CONTRACTING OUT IT ALLOWS
FOR A WHOLE VARIETY OF
CIRCUMSTANCES. IT JUST- PUT SOME
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS- SO WITH
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT I HAVE- IN
A BOARD JUST THE- DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. AND I ALSO HAVE EMILY
KIERAN WHO IS THE LEAD SCHOOL
BUS INSTRUCTOR FOR SANTA ROSA
CALIFORNIA. FIVE MINUTES TOLD.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIR GOOD
AFTERNOON AT THIS WARNING
SYSTEMS ME- IN THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS ANNA
PORGES I AM THE SUPERVISING
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
CONSULTANT. FOR THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S OFFICE
OF SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION- ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION WE ARE HERE IN
SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL EIGHTY
EIGHT. SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT SERVICE TO
OUR PEOPLES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY ENSURE THE SAFE
TRANSPORTATION OF PEOPLE'S
BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL WHICH IS
THE FIRST STEP IN EDUCATING OUR
STUDENTS. BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY
RESPONSIBILITY SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS AND SCHOOL BUSES HAVE
STRICT OVERSIGHT BY THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES AND THE CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL AS IT ENSURES THE
PROPER TRAINING AND CHECKS ARE
IN PLACE TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS
SAFELY. IN RECENT YEARS SOME
LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES HAVE
ENTERED INTO MULTI YEAR
CONTRACTS WITH APT BASED
COMPANIES KNOWN AS
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
TO PERFORM HOME TO SCHOOL
TRANSPORTATION. AND OTHER
PRAYER- PEOPLE TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES. THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION DOES NOT REGULATE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
WHEN THE TRANSPORTATION OF
PUPILS IS DUE. TO OUR BASE OR A
CONTRACT ENTERED WITH THE
GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE
EDUCATION CODE. DO THIS
UNREGULATED SPACE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANIES AND THEIR
DRIVERS NEITHER FALL UNDER THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
OR- THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PATROL. WHEN PERFORMING THE JOB
AND DUTIES THAT UNTIL RECENTLY
HAVE ONLY BEEN PERFORMED BY
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. THIS BILL
WOULD PLACE VARIOUS IMPORTANT
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS UPON A
DRIVER WHO PROVIDES
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE'S. INCLUDING AMONG OTHERS
BY REQUIRING THE DRIVERS JAIL
BEEP THAT RECEIVE SOME TRAINING
TO ACTUALLY- DRUG AND ALCOHOL
TESTING FOR CERTAIN AREAS- BE
TRAINED ON THE PROPER PROCEDURES
OF LOADING AND UNLOADING AND
VITAL INFORMATION FOR THE SAFE
TRANSPORTATION OF OUR STUDENTS.
THIS BILL WOULD ALSO REQUIRE ANY
VEHICLE USED IN THE PEOPLE
TRANSPORTATION FOR COMPENSATION
BY NOW EIGHT TO BE INSPECTED. AS
WELL AS BE EQUIPPED THE FIRST
AID KIT AND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
. THIS BILL WILL ALSO COSTS WERE
AUTHORIZED- THE AGENT TO.
INQUIRE WHETHER OR NOT. THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY.
HAS HAD ANY MINOR VIOLATIONS IS
DEFINED AT THE TIME OF APPLYING
FOR THE CONTRACT THAT IT WILL
REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE AND APPLY
APPLICABLE LAWS AS DEFINED FOR
THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT AND
THAT IT WILL RETAIN DIRECT
CONTROL OVER THE MANNER MEANS
FOR PERFORMANCE AND ANY
INDIVIDUAL DRIVER. DURING THE
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT. WE ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL. EIGHTY
EIGHT. BIG BIG. OKAY OKAY. GOOD
MORNING MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MY
NAME IS M. LIKE URINE NINE
BILLION SCHOOL WASN'T STRUCTURE
WITH WHAT'S COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY AND SANTA
ROSA. REMEMBER THE SCHOOL BUS IN
TWO SO. I CAME IN WASN'T IN
JANUARY TWO NINTH AND NOW I
LEADER TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
SINCE BECOMING AN INSTRUCTOR
TRAINING TOTAL FORTY SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS. LIKE MANY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AGE IS ALSO ON A
BUYING WITH WORK FORCE PRICE.
WHICH HAS BEEN SAYS THE USE OF
TEN DRIVER TO TRANSPORT OUR
STUDENTS. THEY'RE DOING THE SAME
WORK ALONGSIDE MY SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS WEB TRAINS WERE RIGOROUS
PROGRAM YEAH THEY DON'T HAVE TO
MEET ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
PUBLICATIONS THAT MY SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS DO. HOW DOES THAT MAKE
SENSE WHEN WE ARE ESSENTIALLY
DOING THE SAME JOB. AND THE
INTEREST OF TIME ONLY TOUCH UPON
A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT SCHOOL
BUS DRIVERS MUST GO THROUGH. WE
MUST PASS A PRE EMPLOYMENT DRUG
SCREENING TAKE A MINIMUM OF
TWENTY HOURS CLASSROOM
INSTRUCTION. CONSISTING OF
NEARLY SIX HUNDRED PAGES OF
RULES REGULATIONS DEFENSIVE
DRIVING AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT.
MUST COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF
TWENTY HOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL
WITH AN INSTRUCTOR.
FINGERPRINTED AND TAKE A WRITTEN
TEST WITH THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PATROL AND THEN TAKE A FINAL
DRIVE DRIVE TEST WITH THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. WE
HAVE TO TAKE THAT SAME PRE
DRIVEN RIGHT TEST EVERY FIVE
YEARS TO RETAIN OUR SCHOOL BUS
OR TO MAKE IT. THE SCHOOL WAS
DRIVERS ARE INTO A- FOR. OR ANY
IN ALL OF OUR FOR. VERY ARE
FRACTIONS FENCES ARE CAUSE FOR
THE DMV TO CANCEL SUSPEND OR
REVOKE THE SCHOOL BY OR
DIFFERENT. ALL WAS DRIVERS ARE
ALSO PLACED IN THE DEAL RANDY
DRUG AND I'LL TESTING PROGRAM.
SCHOOL DRIVERS ARE RESTRICTED
WITH ZERO TOLERANCE. BY OR ANY
TO. AMOUNT OF ALL. IN THEIR
SYSTEM BUT PLACE IT OUT OF SERVE
FOR TWENTY HOURS. AND OFFICIALLY
AT THE YOU'LL POINT 1% FOR
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. DANCE
DRIVERS FOR NOT RIGHT. AT A ZERO
TWO LOVE. I COULD POTENTIALLY BE
DRY STUDENTS WITH THE SICK.
AMOUNT OF. AND OR- BEING PLACED
INTO OUR DRUG ALCOHOL TESTS
SYSTEM WHAT PREVENT THINGS FROM
HAPPENING. I'VE BEEN IN THIS
FIELD FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS. AS
LITTLE HOURS OPERABLE BUT I
REALLY CARE ABOUT ENSURING OUR
STUDENTS ARE TRANSPORTED SAFELY
. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE BEST
AND SAFEST OPTION IS TO ALWAYS
HAVE A STUDENT WRITING AND
YELLOW SCHOOL BUS. BUT IF WE ARE
TO OUR STUDENTS TO BE
TRANSPORTING PASSENGER VEHICLES
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE
DRIVERS AND THE VEHICLES. FOR
THESE REASONS I URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT SB EIGHTY EIGHT. THANK
YOU BUT ANY OF THE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. IT'S ALL OVER THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION WITH A PROBABLY A
SPONSORS AT THIS BILL. AND I
JUST FOR THE RECORD AND WON-
CORRECT UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS A
LITTLE MIST- A COMMUNICATION WE
HAVE AGREED TO TAKE OUT THEIR
DIRECT CONTROL LANGUAGE IN THE
BILL SO- THAT WILL BE TAKEN OUT
IN ASSEMBLY. EDUCATION STOP
RIGHT WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
LEGISLATIVE POWER FOR SMART
TRANSPORTATION DIVISION- WE ARE
PROUD CO SPONSORS OF THE BILL.
WE SUPPORT THANK YOU. EARLY
EVERYTHING WITH THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ALSO A CO
SPONSOR AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
MEGAN ADAMS- SMART
TRANSPORTATION LOCAL SEVENTEEN
FORTY ONE. REPRESENTING BOTH
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND ALL
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS IN SAN
FRANCISCO. THANK YOU. THE NEW
MOCK ON BEHALF OF CFT IT
PRACTICAL SPONSORED URGE YOUR
SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU. ARE
YOU. IN UP.
FOUR FIVE FIVE MINUTES TOTAL.
REREAD GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
ANNA SOSA I'M AN EIGHTY YEAR OLD
EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD NON MINOR
DEPENDENT AND EXTENDED FOSTER
CARE AND A PROUD MEMBER OF
CALIFORNIA YOUTH CONNECTION. I
AM HERE ON BEHALF OF YOUTH
IMPACTED BY CALIFORNIA'S FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM AND A BROAD
COALITION OPPOSING SENATE BILL
EIGHTY EIGHT UNLESS AMENDED
WHICH CAN HAVE A HARMFUL IMPACT
ON SCHOOL STABILITY FOR FOSTER
YOUTH. I GREW UP IN AND OUT OF
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM SINCE THE
AGE OF EIGHT MONTHS AND ABRUPT
CHANGES WERE A CONSTANT THEME OF
MY LIFE. I WAS PLACED IN
MULTIPLE HOMES AND INSTITUTIONS
THAT SEPARATED ME FROM MY FAMILY
LOVED ONES AND MY COMMUNITY.
PLACEMENT STABILITY IS AN
UNFORTUNATE REALITY FOR MANY
YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE AND HAS THE
IMPACT ON EVERY ASPECT OF THE
YOUTH LIFE INCLUDING THEIR
EDUCATION. THE STATE LEGISLATOR
RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS COAST
ABILITY WHEN IT PASSED ASSEMBLY
BILL FOUR NINETY IN TWO THOUSAND
THREE ALL THEY GIVE YOU THE
FOSTER CARE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
IN THEIR SCHOOL OF ORIGIN EVEN
WHEN PLACED OUT OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. THE IMPORTANCE OF
SCHOOLS THE BILL WAS ALSO
RECOGNIZED BY CONGRESS WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE FOSTERING
CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS ACT IN
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT AND THE EVERY
STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN WHICH CREATED A
FEDERAL RIGHT FOR ALL CHILDREN
IN FOSTER CARE TO REMAIN IN
THEIR SCHOOL OF ORIGIN. FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF MY HIGH SCHOOL
YEAR I ATTENDED DEBENTURE EYES
HIGH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS
ANGELES A CHARTER SCHOOL BUILT
SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS EDUCATING
YOUTH IN BOTH THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH I WAS MOVING TO
MULTIPLE FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL TO
THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LIKE
HOP SKIP DRIVE. WHICH ALLOWED ME
TO KEEP THE SAME SCHOOL.
EDUCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND
FRIENDS WHILE I WAS IN CARE.
MORE THAN HALF OF MY PEERS USES.
TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND
FROM SCHOOL. AND AS A RESULT OF
BEING PROVIDED THIS GREAT
RESOURCE MIGHT ONE TO TWO HOUR
BUS DRIVE CHAINED INTO A TWENTY
MINUTE CAR DRIVE. WHICH WAS ALSO
SAFE AS WELL. HOWEVER THE
PANDEMIC HIT AND EVERYONE WAS
FORCED TO ATTEND SCHOOL
VIRTUALLY. AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE PLACE WITH MY OLDER BROTHER
IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND FINISH
MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE HERE.
SENATE BILL EIGHTY EIGHT WILL
NOT ONLY IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
SERVICES FOR SPECIALIZED
POPULATIONS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
BUT THIS BILL ONE MEGA.
NEGATIVELY IN. HER AND ADULTS
AND A YOUNG PERSON. LIFE
PROVIDES. SERVICE FOR YOUTH IN
FOSTER CARE. WE ALL KNOW THE
NEGATIVE OUTCOMES IN EDUCATION
FOR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
I WAS TOLD MANY TIMES THAT I
WOULDN'T GRADUATE OR BE A
PRODUCTIVE. PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF
SOCIETY AND THAT I WOULD JUST BE
ANOTHER SPENT STATISTIC. BUT I
AM HERE IN FRONT OF YOU I
GRADUATED FROM C. KIM BECAUSE
SHE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS DOWN
THE STREET FROM HERE. THE SYSTEM
WASN'T DESIGNED FOR ME TO BE
HERE BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF
ACCESSING MY SCHOOL OF ORIGIN
AND BEING ABLE TO STAY WITH MY
WIFE ON CONNECTIONS. I WAS ABLE
TO MAKE MY OWN DESTINY AND BREAK
THE STATUS QUO THAT IS PUT ON
YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE. WITH THAT
WE URGE YOU KNOW VOTE ON SENATE
BILL EIGHTY EIGHT UNLESS AMENDED
THANK YOU. THANK AND NAME IS
JOANNA MCFARLAND AND I'M THE CO
FOUNDER AND CEO OF HOP SKIP
DRIVE HOP SKIP DRIVE IS A
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
THAT WORKS WITH OVER THREE
HUNDRED ELEAZAR ABOUT. AT TEN
COUNTIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA
PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION
SOLUTIONS. FOR STUDENTS IN
FOSTER CARE STUDENTS ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND
STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
LAST YEAR THIS BILL CAME BEFORE
THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE AND IT WAS CONCLUDED
THAT THERE SHOULD BE A STUDY
DONE. RATHER THAN MOVE THE BILL
FORWARD IN THAT STUDY SHOULD BE
ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN
ISSUE IN STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
IF SO HOW TO IMPROVE. SAFETY IN
STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. AND WHAT
THE IMPACT OF THOSE MEASURES ON
SAFETY WOULD BE. THAT STUDY
NEVER HAPPENED AND THIS BILL IS
BEFORE US AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS THAT WAS
PUT IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. I
CORRECTED AND INCORRECT
ASSERTION OF THIS BILL WHICH IS
THAT HOP SKIP DRIVE AND
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
LIKE HOP SKIP DRIVE. ARE NOT
REGULATED BY THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION.
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
ARE IN FACT REGULATED BY THE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
WHICH PUTS IN PLACE ALL KINDS OF
SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS.
INCLUDING ONE A TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANY. IS ACTING IN
THE SERVICES OF A CONTRACT WITH
A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE IS NO
CLEAR NEED FOR THIS BILL THERE
HAS BEEN NO SAFETY INCIDENT OR
SCHOOL DISTRICT ASKING. FOR THIS
BILL. AND THAT IS WHY THE STUDY
SHOULD BE DONE. WE TALK ABOUT
MEASURES LIKE DRUG TESTING A
STUDY PUTTING INDICATED MUCH
SAFER WAYS TO DETECT IMPAIRMENT
IN DRIVERS SUCH AS TELEMATICS.
TELEMATICS LIKE HOP SKIP DRIVE
USES DETECT SAFETY IN REAL TIME
AND HAS A 98% ACCURACY AT
DETECTING IMPAIRMENT. AS OPPOSED
TO A RANDOM DRUG TEST WHICH YOU
HAVE A POINT 3% CHANCE OF BEING
SUBJECT TO A RANDOM DRUG TEST ON
ANY GIVEN DAY. AS A BUS DRIVER
AND THAT ONLY TELLS IF YOU WERE
IMPAIRED AT THAT. ONE TIME YOU
ARE SUBJECT TO THAT TAX. IT IS
OUR THAT THERE IS A FUNDING. AND
THE REASON THAT SCHOOLS AND USE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO FUNDING
THIS IS ALSO INCORRECT OTHER
STATES THAT HAVE FAR MORE IF
IT'S SENATOR SKINNER'S CORRECTED
OTHER STATES HAVE. MORE FUNDING
PER STUDENT FOR PEOPLE
TRANSPORTATION BUT OTHER STATES
TWELVE OTHER STATES. THAT HAVE
BUT MORE FUNDING THAN THE STATE
CALIFORNIA NEED SERVICES LIKE
HOP SKIP DRIVE BECAUSE THEY NEED
MULTIPLE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOL KIT
TO GET VULNERABLE STUDENTS TO
SCHOOL. THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT
SAFETY AS WE'VE SEEN IN MANY OF
THE EXEMPTIONS WITH EXACT AT.
AGENCIES AND EMPLOYER AND
COMPANIES THAT HAVE DIRECT
CONTROL OVER THEIR EMPLOYEES AND
WE ARE NOT EXEMPTING. AT PRATT
AND PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT DO NOT
HAVE DIRECT CONTROL I AND SO
THIS IS NOT A SAFETY BILL THIS
IS A BILL THAT ISN'T. IT THIS IS
A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A
PROBLEM- AND IT WILL HURT OUR
MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS THIS
BILL WILL PREVENT THOUSANDS OF
CALIFORNIANS STUDENTS WHO NEED
IT THE MOST. THE FLEXIBILITY AND
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SCHOOL
AND FOR THAT WE STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IN THE OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. IT WAS MEMBER THAT
OKAY ON BEHALF CO CHARTER SCHOOL
IS A- WERE IN OPPOSITION BUT
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO REVIEW
THE AMENDMENTS THANKS. MEGAN
BEAR WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
I'M JUST AND I THINK THE AUTHOR
AND THE SPONSORS FOR STAFF AND
WITH THE AMENDMENTS BEING TAKEN
TODAY AND TOMORROW WE WILL BE
MOVING TO NEUTRAL. THANK YOU.
DAPHNE CHAIR MEMBERS DEREK LACKS
ON BEHALF THE FIFTY COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENTS SCHOOLS AGAIN
LIKE MY COLLEAGUE APPRECIATE
STAFF THE AUTHORED SPONSORS
WORKING TO RESOLVE OUR ISSUES
ONCE THE AMENDMENTS ARE PLACE WE
LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING OUR
OPPOSITION MOVEMENT TO NEUTRAL.
HI GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE
CHAIRED MEMBERS- SHOTGUN OF
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL
BUSINESS OFFICIALS- WE THINK THE
AUTHOR FOR TAKING THE AMENDMENTS
AND CURRENTLY WE ARE OPPOSITION
BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO BE
NEUTRAL. THANK YOU. SIERRA COOK
WITH THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRENTLY OPPOSE
UNLESS AMENDED LOOK FORWARD TO
REVIEWING AMENDMENTS AND
REMOVING OPPOSITION THANK YOU.
JORDAN SAYS ON BEHALF
CALIFORNIA'S CONNECTION PRE
AUTHOR. PRESENTING AMENDMENTS
AND ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY IN
THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE
LANGUAGE THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON JULIE MCCORMICK. FROM
CHILDREN'S LAWCENTER CALIFORNIA
REPRESENT OVER THIRTY THOUSAND
YOUTH. IN FOSTER CARE LOS
ANGELES SACRAMENTO PLASTER
COUNTY HER POSITION IS CURRENTLY
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED WE ARE
VERY THANKFUL TO THE AUTHOR
STAFF- COMMITTEE STUFF. FOR
THESE AMENDMENTS WERE IN THE
PROCESS OF REVIEWING THEM AND
ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE ADDRESS
MANY OF OUR CONCERNS AND WILL BE
ABLE TO MOVE TO A POSITION OF
TRUST. BUDGET KAMLAGER WE HAVE
THE ALAMEDA OFFICE OF EDUCATION
WE APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR TAKEN
AMENDMENTS WERE CURRENTLY HAVE A
POSITION OF OPPOSE LOOKING
FORWARD TO HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THE MOMENT. THANK BELLA KERN
WITH SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
CURRENT IN OPPOSITE UNLESS
AMENDED. TWENTY A SUMMER HAVE A
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS. WE
KERR HAVE AN POSITION LIKE THAT
AUTHOR FOR HER WORK AND WILL BE
REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS. KEEP
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
JEFF WALKER THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS I'M
ALSO OPEN OPPOSITION BUT ALSO
LIKE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME. OF WITH
THE AMENDMENTS TODAY AND TO BE
TAKEN TOMORROW- WE ANTICIPATE
REMOVING HER OPPOSITION. THANK
YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS ANDREA
BALL HERE FOR THREE
ORGANIZATIONS THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF SUBURBAN SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. THE CENTRAL VALLEY
EDUCATION COALITION AND THE
ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION THANK THE AUTHOR AND
THE STAFF WORKING ON THE
AMENDMENTS WE CURRENTLY OPPOSE
BUT WE WILL BE. REVIEWING THE
AMENDMENTS HERE AND IN ASSEMBLY
AT AND MOVING TO NEUTRAL THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON TYLER TO BE
AT THE COALITION FOR ADEQUATE
FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
WE'RE CURRENTLY- PROPOSAL AS
AMENDED OTHER WEEK ANTICIPATE
THAT WITH THESE AMENDMENTS WILL
MOVE TO A NEUTRAL POSITION ONCE
YOU'RE TAKEN OUT TOMORROW.
SENESCHAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY
OFFICE OF EDUCATION. CURRENTLY
CLOSED OVER THE MINISTRY- THANK
YOU FOR THE MEN'S. OF WE LOOK TO
REMOVE OUR OPPOSITION AS WELL
THANK. ANY OTHER WOULD
OPPOSITION WILL BRING BACK TO
COMMITTEE FOR COMMON. SOME
MEMBER BONTA. I THANK THE AUTHOR
FOR TWO THE TIME TO SPEAK ME
EARLIER THIS MORNING ABOUT THIS
BILL. HAVING BEEN ON SCHOOL
BOARD AND WORK WITH. OVER A
DOZEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS EVEN IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION IS ABSOLUTELY THE
MOST CHALLENGING. ISSUE THAT
SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE- I DO WANT
TO JUST. SHARE THAT I WOULD VERY
MUCH LIKE THE AUTHOR TO CONTINUE
WORKING ON THIS BILL I KNOW THAT
YOU'VE TAKEN CONSIDERABLE
AMENDMENTS THAT WILL GO FORWARD
AND- AFTER REVIEW IN THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE. MY HOPE IS
THAT THEIR PARTICULAR ISSUES
RELATED TO THE ANOMALY OF MOVING
CHILDREN WHO NEED TO GET MOVED
DURING THE DAY FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION SERVICES FOR- US FOR
OUR FOSTER YOUTH BUSINESS SOSA-
TALKED ABOUT AT THAT ALL OF
THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO
OUR YOUTH BECAUSE I WOULD HATE
FOR US TO BE IN A POSITION OF
NOT. AS WAS STATED BY THE
OPPOSITION REALLY BEING ABLE TO
USE ALL THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX
GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT.
FULLY FUNDED- TRANSFER. IN OUR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SO WITH
THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE
BILL WITH. WITH SOME RESERVATION
WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE
AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'RE TAKING
AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. AND
WILL RESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TEACH MY- IF- THINGS DON'T GET
WORKED OUT PLEA THANK YOU AND-
MISTER TERRIFY ME ADDRESS. I
WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IN THE-
IN THOSE AMENDMENTS FOR EXAMPLE
ANY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY THAT
IS DRIVING THAT WILL BE TAKING A
CHILD. FROM SCHOOL TO A- TO A
APPOINTMENT TO GET OF SOME
SERVICE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR
THAT STUDENT THEY ARE EXEMPT
FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
THAT'S EXPLICITLY AMENDMENTS
THAT WILL BE TAKEN TOMORROW. AND
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BE
CLEAR. THAT THIS BILL DOES NOT
EXCLUDE- OUR L. FROM CONTRACTING
WITH TNCS IT DOES NOT AND IT
DOES NOT REQUIRE TNCS TO EMPLOY
THEIR DRIVERS. BUT IT DOES PUT
SOME SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ON
THOSE ON THE TNCS AND AS TO THE
POINT ABOUT THE CPUC REGULATIONS
YES IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE CASE
THAT THE CPUC DOES REGULATE. OUR
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
HOWEVER IT IS EXPLICIT IN THE
PUC'S REGULATIONS THEY STATE
THAT IN THE IN THE- AREA OF.
ELLIE A. SCHOOL PUPIL
TRANSPORTATION THAT THE THAT.
THAT OF THOSE WITH THAT IT IS
THE L. E. ASE. JURISDICTION FOR
REGULATING THOSE ASPECTS SO
THAT'S EXPLICITLY IN THE PUC'S
COAT SO WHILE YES THEY DO
REGULATE TNCS STATE DEFERRED TO
ADD CODE AND TO ELEAZAR. FOR THE
SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF DRIVING-
PEOPLE SUPPORT. TRANSPORTATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YES WILL
MOST LIKELY THE BACK BUTTON.
YEAH US SENATOR YOU CAN YOU
IDENTIFY ANY INCIDENCE-
INVOLVING CONTRACTED RIGHTS
PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES- THAT
WOULD PROMPT THE REQUIREMENTS
SET FORTH. IN THIS PARTICULAR
MEASURE. ANY FAILURES ON. I
OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A- A FULL
LIST OF WHERE THERE MAY HAVE
BEEN AN INCIDENT- BUT I JUST
WANTED TO. POINT OUT AGAIN THAT
THIS BILL DOES NOT PREVENT ANY
ONLY A FROM CONTRACTING A
SERVICE AND EXPLICITLY DOES NOT
PREVENT THEM FROM CONTRACTING
WITH THE TNC OR OTHERS AND OF
COURSE WE KNOW THAT LOCAL
AGENCIES CONTRACT WITH MANY
DIFFERENT ENTITIES BUT I WOULD
POINT OUT THAT THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE'S OWN ANALYSIS. DOES
DESCRIBE IN THIS IS INDEPENDENT
OF WHO'S DRIVING OR FOR WHAT
PURPOSE THAT. THERE IS A THAT IT
IS FAR SAFER TO BE IN A SCHOOL
BUS IF YOU ARE A STUDENT THEN IN
A PASSENGER VEHICLE THAT THERE
IS A MUCH HIGHER INCIDENT OF
SAFETY INCIDENTS WITH PASSENGER
VEHICLES AGAIN THAT IS WITHOUT
PREJUDICE AS TO WHO IS DRIVING
THE PASSENGER VEHICLE. IT IS
JUST A STRAIGHT OUT STATISTIC OF
THE ARM NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. WELL AS
YOU MIGHT KNOW TRAFFIC SAFETY'S
BEEN A LONG TIME FOCUS FOR ME.
AND I THINK WHAT WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO IS COMPARE. APPLES
AND ORANGES I THINK THEY'RE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND I KNOW
THAT THE PC HAS A RESPONSIBILITY
OF REGULATING SAFETY ON THESE
SEPARATE TAKEN- VEHICLES IN
QUESTION. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
WE'RE SECOND GUESSING THEM
BECAUSE I CAN'T I HAVEN'T HEARD
ANY EXAMPLES OF PROBLEMS SO I
DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THIS
PARTICULAR MEASURE. RESPOND AS
ONE IT CAN GET ONE OF THE THINGS
THE CHALLENGES WHICH IS I
BELIEVE WHAT IS HAPPENING IS
THAT THE CPC- IS FOCUSED ON
CONTRACTING WITH SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND THAT KIND OF.
REFERENCE THAT YOU'VE MADE WHEN
TRANSPORTING PEOPLE IN SCHOOL
BUSES AND IN THIS INSTANCE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL KIND OF
PASSENGER VEHICLES. SO IF
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE. IS AN OVERLAP
AROUND THAT PARTICULAR AREA I.
AM HAPPY TO BUT THE PART OF THE
UC'S. REGULATIONS I WAS CITING
OR SPECIFICALLY ON TNC. TNCS
HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SCHOOL
BUSES AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL.
PASSENGER VEHICLES A SMALL
PASSENGER VEHICLES I JUST WANNA
MAKE SURE THAT THAT AREA IS
SPECIFIC- COVERED BECAUSE YOU'RE
AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF DEALING
IN GREY SPACE WHERE WE DON'T
HAVE. THAT CLARIFICATION SO. ANY
OTHER COMMENTS. YOU MAY CLOSE
THANK YOU- IT'S CLEARLY BEEN A-
HOTLY DEBATED SUBJECT HANDS- THE
AS WE HEARD FROM VARIOUS OF OUR
GOOD- EDUCATION ENTITIES THAT
WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND OF
COURSE STILL NEED TO REVIEW THEM
AND THEY'RE NOT IN PRINT YET-
THAT MOST ALL WILL BE REMOVING
THEIR OPPOSITION AND WHILE THAT
IS NOT THE JERMAINE SUBJECT
BEFORE PUBLIC SAFETY. I THINK
THAT WOULD BE GIVEN WE THE
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO AND THIS
COMMITTEE. SUFFICE TO SAY I
WOULD ASK FOR YOUR VOTE THANK
YOU. IS THERE A MOTION. THEIR
SECOND. THAT THE CRITICAL ROLE.
ON SB EIGHTY EIGHT BY SEN
SKINNER THE MOTION TO PAY TO THE
EDUCATE COMMITTEE JONES SAWYER
BY JONES SAWYER I ALLEN EAST.
BONTA BONTA I BRIAN. LACKEY
ORTEGA. ORTEGA HI SANTIAGO.
COOPER THE MEASURES ON CALL. WE
WILL NOW THE COMMITTEE WILL
ALLOW. THE GERMAN. AND RESEARCH
- COMMITTEE IN RECESS. THE CAN
AND REESE WILL READ AT ONE IN
ONE SEVEN ACROSS ALL THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
IS NOW RECONVENING IS NOT 1 30.
WE'RE WAITING FOR SENATE AUTHORS
TO COME TO ASSEMBLY PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ROOM 1 TO 7
ROOM 1 TO 7. THIS IS A PROLONGED
CHAIR. OKAY? STAFF. THEY WANT TO
TAKE A PICTURE.
JOB, OKAY? RUBIO. RIGHT?
IMPORTANT TO KNOW. TOMORROW
CUEVAS. I'M SORRY. WARWICK WAVE
IS NOT IMPORTANT. WE ALREADY
HEARD HIM. SO A BULK BRADFORD.
RUBIO SMALLWOOD CUEVAS.
OKAY?
PERFECT.
SENATOR SMART WORK WAIVERS.
SINCE YOU'RE HERE, LET'S BEGIN.
UH ITEM NUMBER 17 SP 749
SMALLWOOD QUIVERS CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS SENTENCING, BUT THEN
URGENCY. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I AM SO
PLEASED TO PRESENT FOR USB 749,
WHICH WILL ALLOW COUNTIES TO USE
PROPOSITION 40 SEVEN'S ORIGINAL
, MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR
QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO FILE
PETITIONS TO SEEK RECORDS,
RECLASSIFICATION OR RE
SENTENCING THAT LAPSED IN
NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. FROM 1980
TO 2000. CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON
POPULATION GREW BY 225% INCREASE
IN COST TO TAXPAYERS AND THE
DESTABILIZATION OF OUR
COMMUNITIES TO RE STABILIZE AND
REBUILD A BIG PART OF THIS
PROCESS. IS MAKING SURE THOSE RE
ENTERING THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH
THE CONVICTION. CAN DO SO ABLE
TO WORK AND TO CARE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES. AS WE ALL KNOW, A
FELONY CONVICTION CAN FOLLOW AN
INDIVIDUAL AND HINDER THEIR
ABILITY TO FIND GAINFUL
EMPLOYMENT, STABLE HOUSING FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND NOT
BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
OVERALL LIFE OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES UNDER PROP 47 MORE
THAN 1 MILLION CALIFORNIANS HAVE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE
OLD LOW LEVEL NONVIOLENT
FELONIES ON THEIR RECORD TWO
MISDEMEANORS, ALLOWING THEM TO
MOVE ON FROM THEIR PAST AND TO
MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES AND
BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL, HOWEVER
, WHILE PROP 47 OFFERED THE MOST
EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED
MECHANISM FOR PROVIDING THIS
RELIEF, THAT PROCESS IS NO
LONGER AVAILABLE TO CALIFORNIA'S
FORMERLY INCARCERATED
POPULATIONS. AS OF NOVEMBER. 4TH
OF 2022 THE DEADLINE. TO USE THE
STREAMLINED PROP 47 PROCESS CAME
TO AN END AND COUNTY COURTS NOW
WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE
FINDINGS OF GOOD CAUSE TO
APPROVE THIS KIND OF RECORD
RELIEF, AND UNFORTUNATELY GOOD
CAUSE HAS NO DEFINITION PROVOKED
, PROVING THAT IT CAN REQUIRE A
LENGTHY HEARING PROCESS, WHICH
CAN DIFFER TREMENDOUSLY ACROSS
THE STATE. AND ADD MORE BURDEN
TO AN ALREADY OVERBURDEN COURT
SYSTEM. WHILE IT IS UNCLEAR THAT
THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS
CHANGE WILL BE AS COUNTY COURTS
DEVELOP NEW POLICIES TO PROVIDE
RELIEF, ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN
THE EXTRA STEPS NEEDED TO MAKE
THIS ADDITIONAL DETERMINATION
WILL ONLY ADD TÌM. AND COURT
COSTS, WHICH WILL SERVE NO
BENEFIT TO THE PETITIONER'S OR
TO THE COMMUNITIES WHO NEED OUR
RETURNING CITIZENS TO INTEGRATE
FULLY. SP 749 RESTORES
CONSISTENCY AND EFFICIENCY FOR
ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROCESS,
INCLUDING THE COURTS, DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS AND INDIVIDUALS
PARTITIONING THE COURT FOR
RELEASE. THIS WILL LEAD TO
BETTER OUTCOMES FOR FORMERLY
INCARCERATED IN THE COMMUNITIES
THEY LIVE IN, UH AND, UH, HELP
ADDRESS OUR COUNTY COURT SYSTEM.
WITH ME TODAY IS ANTHONY DI
MARTINO FROM CALIFORNIANS FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE AND INGRID
ARCHIE, WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE
BENEFITS OF THIS POLICY. AND I
WANNA BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
THEM. JUST SAY THAT IT TOOK
DECADES FOR CALIFORNIA TO BECOME
ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST CAR
, SURREAL SYSTEMS, AND THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA HAS DECIDED THAT
IT'S BETTER FOR US TO INVEST IN
ENSURING THAT FOLKS CAN
REHABILITATE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
BY ADDRESSING THE HARMS. OF THE
WAR ON DRUGS, REALLY? THE WAR ON
THE POOR? IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND
MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ACCESS
ACCESS TO THIS VITAL RELIEF
THROUGH PROP 47 SO I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO ANTHONY TO SHARE HIS
COMMENTS. ORG. SORRY. HELLO MY
NAME IS INGRID. ARCHIE I SERVED
AS THE TIME DONE, ORGANIZING
DIRECTOR FOR ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY
AND JUSTICE. I WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN L, A AND I BENEFITED
FROM POP 47. BEFORE
INCARCERATION. I WAS UNEMPLOYED
FOR EIGHT YEARS DUE TO ME HAVING
AN OLD CONVICTION. BECAUSE OF
PROP 47. I WAS ABLE TO REUNITE
WITH MY CHILDREN AS WELL AS
OBTAIN A JOB BECAUSE MY RECORD
NO LONGER HELD ME BACK. THESE
WERE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF A LAW
MEANT TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR
PEOPLE WITH LOW LEVEL FELONIES
SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE A SHOT
AT A SECOND CHANCE. THERE ARE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 8 MILLION
PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA LIVING WITH
AN OLD RECORD WHO WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY JUST LIKE I DID TO
PUT THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER,
AND THAT'S WHAT SAFETY IS. TO
OBTAIN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT TO
OBTAIN HOUSING. TO ACCESS
EDUCATION TO BETTER THEMSELVES.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT
BURDEN THE COURT SYSTEM BUT
OFFER SOLUTIONS THAT INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY AND STREAMLINE
PROCESSES THAT HELP AND NOT
HINDER PEOPLE. FROM BEING ABLE
TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT
BARRIERS. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
. MY NAME IS ANTHONY LATINO, AND
I AM WITH CALIFORNIA'S FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE RESPONSIBLE
WITH THIS BILL AND ONE OF THE CO
SPONSORS OF PROPOSITION 47 FROM
2014. AS YOU JUST HEARD MILLIONS
OF CALIFORNIANS WHO HAVE DONE
THEIR TIME AND PAY THEIR DEBTS
ARE STILL BEING PUNISHED BY
SYSTEM THAT IS PREVENTING NOT
ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY. AS WE
ALL KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
LEGISLATIVE EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE
AND ADDRESS THE DISASTROUS
LIFELONG IMPLICATIONS. CRIMINAL
CONVICTION TRIGGERS ON
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS, COMMUNITY
STABILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY ALL
ACROSS OUR STATE. OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM IS BUILT UPON A
NUMBER OF CORE BELIEFS, ONE OF
WHICH IS THAT THE COMMITMENT
THAT WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN
CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND THEY
SERVED WHATEVER TERM OF
INCARCERATION. THE COURT
IMPOSES. THEY HAVE EARNED THE
RIGHT TO ONCE AGAIN, FULLY
PARTICIPATE IN OUR FREE AND OPEN
SOCIETY. UNFORTUNATELY WE ALL
KNOW THIS IS VERY SIMPLY NOT THE
TRUTH. BY ALL ACCOUNTS THERE ARE
OVER 4000 LEGISLATIVELY IMPOSED
. YOU CAN'T DO LEVIED AGAINST
ANYONE WITH A FELONY CONVICTION
ON THEIR RECORD. THESE
RESTRICTIONS VIRTUALLY IMPACT
VIRTUALLY EVERY ONE OF THEIR
WELL KNOWN CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LONG TERM
STABILITY. WHEN A PERSON IS
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY, THESE
RESTRICTIONS ALL ADVERSELY
IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY IN EVERY
COMMUNITY IN OUR STATE, ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO REDUCE OLD LOW LEVEL
NONVIOLENT FELONY CONVICTIONS.
TWO MISDEMEANORS IS IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY
AND THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY. THE
REALITY IS THAT DOING EVERYTHING
WE CAN AS A SOCIETY TO
EFFECTIVELY FACILITATE
SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM REENTRY
FOR EVERYONE WHO IS COMMITTED TO
PURSUING THAT OUTCOME SERVES THE
BEST INTEREST OF ALL OF US, NOT
JUST THOSE WHO BECAME INVOLVED
IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. SP
749 IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH
THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING THIS
OUTCOME. THIS SPECIFIC COMPONENT
OF PROP 47 HAS WORKED. AND
RESULTED IN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE MR
ARCHIE HAVING ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE PAST THEIR
OLD FELONY CONVICTIONS. I KNOW
PROP 47 IS TALKED ABOUT A LOT
AND YOU'VE HEARD MANY BILLS
CARRIED BY MANY MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE. THIS PIECE, ALONG
WITH THE SAVINGS OF PROPERTY.
SEVEN DOES NOT GET TALKED ABOUT
ENOUGH. PROP 47 HAS SAVED THE
STATE OVER $700 MILLION THAT HAS
BEEN REINVESTED IN TRAUMA
RECOVERY CENTERS, WHICH WE LEAD
THE COUNTRY IN TRAUMA RECOVERY
CENTERS IN THE STATE. SERVICES
AND COMMUNITIES AROUND MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS
WELL. AND WITH THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
GIVE UP FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PETITION THE COURT TO HAVE THEIR
RECORDS REDUCED FROM A FELONY,
WHICH IS MISDEMEANORS. NOW, IF
YOU WERE CHARGED WITH IT, UM AND
GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS THE
CHANCE TO GET BACK ON THEIR
FEET. WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN STILL
APPLY THROUGH GOOD CAUSE, BUT
WHAT WE'RE SAYING WITH THIS BILL
IS GO BACK TO THE STREAMLINED
PROCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALREADY USE
. COURTS HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED.
UM DOCUMENTS ARE ALREADY READILY
AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO PETITION
WHEREAS WE BELIEVE THAT IF THE
PROCESS DOES NOT REVERT BACK TO
WHAT WE WERE SEEING BEFORE,
2020, NOVEMBER, UM YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE A LOT OF LITIGATION
AROUND WHAT IS GOOD CAUSE
ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WE STILL KNOW
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN
THE STATE THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM
PROP 47 THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER. THIS
ISN'T SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
NATASHA MINSK, ER ON BEHALF OF
SMART JUSTICE, CALIFORNIA ELLA
BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
AND INITIATE JUSTICE AND STRONG
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MOHAMMED JAMAL PROSECUTORS,
LINES OF CALIFORNIA STRONG
SUPPORT. MARK. YOU SEE JOHN
BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES AND SUPPORT JOSHUA TODAY
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
ATTORNEYS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AND SUPPORT. MARCO GEORGE ON
BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
NOW, ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION? AND HE WITNESSES AN
OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE WILL
BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS FOR ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS. MR BRYANT. I JUST WANT
TO THANK THE SENATOR FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL AND FOR YOUR
WITNESSES. YOUR TESTIMONY IS
POWERFUL. UM AS EXPECTED IN OUR
MOTION TO MOVE THE BILL AND WHAT
ELSE? YOU MAY CLOSE. I JUST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, AND FOR
THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS WHO NEED A SECOND
CHANCE, AND THIS IS THE BILL
THAT ALLOWS OUR FOLKS TO COME
HOME MAKE THE CONTRIBUTION THEY
NEED TO MAKE TO SUSTAIN
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU TO
YOUR COMPLETING SOMETHING THAT A
LOT OF US WORKED ON VERY HARD TO
GET DONE. THAT'S LIKE CHAIRS
RECOMMEND, AND I. SB 7 49 BY
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. THE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. JOHN
SAWYER. JOHN SAWYER. I ELONIS
ALANIS, NOT VOTING BATTER, I
BRIAN, BRIAN, I LAKI LAKI NOT
VOTING. ORTEGA ORTEGA EYES
SANTIAGO. SIBUR ZIPPER I THAT
MEASURE PASSES. THANK YOU. WE'RE
NOW WAITING FOR A JOB BUGGED.
BRADFORD AND RUBIO.
SENATOR, YOU MAY TAKE A SEAT.
YOU'RE UP NEXT. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SB 89. CRIME
STALKING. PERFECT WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE
HERE. I THINK THIS IS MY FIRST,
UH, BILL IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THE ASSEMBLY PSA THINK IT IS.
I'VE LOST TRACKED. UM BUT THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. SORRY, JUST WALKED
TÌM. HMM. STALKING IS A CRIME OF
POWER AND CONTROL THAT CAUSES
VICTIMS TO FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY
OR THE SAFETY OF THEIR LOVED
ONES, INCLUDING THEIR INNOCENT
PETS. ONE NATIONAL CRIME
VICTIMIZATION SURVEY ESTIMATES
THAT FOUR INTENSE STALKERS
THREATENED THE VICTIM OR THE
VICTIM'S FAMILY, FRIENDS, CO
WORKERS OR FAMILY PET. WITH
87,020 THREATS TO HARM A PET
BEING REPORTED DATA SHOWS THAT
ANIMAL CRUELTY IS AN INDICATOR
THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WILL COMMIT
FUTURE VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMAN
FOR INSTANCE, 70% OF ALL HUMAN
ANIMAL ABUSERS HAVE COMMITTED AT
LEAST ONE OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENSE
AND ALMOST 40% HAVE COMMITTED
VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY VICTIMS OF
STALKING ARE UNPROTECTED BY
STATE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR
PETS BECAUSE OF STALKER CAN
THREATENED, INJURED OR EVEN
KILLED A VICTIM'S PET WITHOUT
CONSEQUENCE UNDER CURRENT STATE
LAW. AS THE CALIFORNIA STATE
LEGISLATURE. WE HAVE MADE IT OUR
DUTY TO STICK UP FOR
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND BE
THE VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS. WE
HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS WHO RELY ON EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT AND SERVICE ANIMALS AND
MILLIONS OF PET OWNERS
INTERSTATE WHO WOULD BE
HEARTBROKEN IF THEY LOST THEIR
BELOVED PARTNER. STOCKER SHOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO THREATEN ABUSE OF
A BELOVED PET AS A MEANS TO
TERRORIZE OR CONTROL THEIR
VICTIMS. SB 89 WILL MERRILY
MERRILY. UPDATE CALIFORNIA'S
ANTI STALKING LAW TO INCLUDE
PETS, WHICH WILL BETTER PROTECT
VICTIMS AND THEIR PETS. THIS
BILL PASSED WITH UNANIMOUS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN BOTH THE
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE,
WHICH BY THE WAY IS COMPOSED OF
SENATOR UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD
AND THE PUBLIC BY SENATOR
BRADFORD FROM L. A SENATOR
SKINNER FROM BERKELEY SENATOR
SCOTT WIENER FROM SAN FRANCISCO
AND SENATOR WAHAB. FROM OH, MY
GOODNESS. I MISSED THAT ONE.
SORRY, SENATOR JOAB. UM. IF THIS
BILL PASSES THIS COMMITTEE, IT
WILL BE CO AUTHORED BY SENATORS
WAHAB ROTH AND UMBERG. THE LAST
TWO ATTORNEYS. JOINING ME IN
SUPPORT IS DEPUTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY NICK PETERSON FROM THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NICHOLAS
SOCKET FROM SOCIAL COMPASSION IN
LEGISLATION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR
CHAIR MEMBERS. I KNOW I ONLY
HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT I
WANTED TO START PLAYING. OKAY, I
KNOW. I CAN SAY MORE THINGS
TOGETHER. GOTCHA I JUST WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU. IT'S A PRIVILEGE
TO BE HERE. I'M A COMPLETE
OUTSIDER. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME
IN SACRAMENTO, AND IT'S BEEN
FASCINATING. SO MY NAME IS
NICHOLAS PETERSON OF THE
MANAGING DEPUTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY. I'VE BEEN TO THE D A'S
OFFICE FOR 18 YEARS. AND AS A
THEME THIS MORNING I'VE HEARD
REPEATEDLY ABOUT THE OBLIGATION
THAT WE, UH PRIMARILY YOU AS THE
GOVERNMENT HAVE TO PROTECT THOSE
WHO CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES.
UM OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE HEART OF
PUBLIC SAFETY. IS THAT ACT OF
PROTECTING THOSE THAT CANNOT
PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THAT
GIVES ME OPTIMISM AS I STAND
BEFORE YOUR OR SIT REGARDING SP
89, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
WE'RE HERE TO DO, AND IT'S WHAT
STALKING LEGISLATION HAS ALWAYS
DONE. AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS
TALKING LEGISLATION AS IT EXISTS
NOW STARTED IN 1989. WHEN
ACTRESS RECORD SCHAEFER WAS
KILLED. MURDERED BY A CRAZED
FAN. UM HE SENT HER HUNDREDS OF
LETTERS AND YOU SAW HER IN A
MOVIE WHERE SHE APPEARED WITH
ANOTHER MAN IN BED BECAUSE IT
WAS A MOVIE, AND IN THAT STAGE
OF THE OBSESSION, HE DEVALUED
HER. HE WAS OUTRAGED THAT SHE
WOULD DO THIS CAME TO HER HOME
AND SHOT HER. IN THE AFTERMATH,
PENAL CODE 6 46.9 WAS BORN AND
SINCE HAS SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES
, UM, PRIMARILY WOMEN, BUT OF
BOTH GENDERS AND HAS ALLOWED A
LOT TO INTERVENE IN THE CYCLE OF
OBSESSION AND DEVALUATION BEFORE
IT RESULTS IN HOMICIDE. HOWEVER
IN THOSE NEARLY 35 YEARS WE'VE
SEEN THERE IS A CRITICAL GAP IN
THIS LAW. IT'S NO MISSION THAT
LEAVES VULNERABLE, A GROUP THAT
IS TRULY UNABLE TO SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES, WHICH ARE PETS,
PRIMARILY CATS AND DOGS. PETS IN
GENERAL. SOME OF US ARE ANIMAL
LOVERS, AND SOME ARE NOT. BUT I
DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OF
CALIFORNIANS, PETS ARE PART OF
THE FAMILY. THE UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE AND HAPPY BARKS FROM A DOG
WHEN YOU GET HOME CAN ERASE THE
STRESS OF A LONG DAY. THE ALOOF
CAT WHO CHOOSES TO CURL UP IN
YOUR LAP CAN BE A SALVE FOR YOUR
SOUL. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE
REASON THAT STALKERS FREQUENTLY
HARM THREATEN EVEN KILL PETS.
THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO TARGET OF
THEIR OBSESSION. IF I HAD MORE
TIME, I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT
SONIA FROM MY COUNTY, WHOSE DOGS
JUNIOR WAS LITERALLY TAKEN
HOSTAGE BY HER STALKER. OUR
BRIANNA WHO STALKER STOLE HER
CAT WALLY TO COERCE HER INTO
MEETING AT A LOCAL PARK WHERE
SHE FOUND WALLY DEAD. IN BOTH OF
THESE CASES AND IN SO MANY
OTHERS. THE TARGET. IT IS. PLACE
WHERE THE STALKER CAN HIT. WITH
THE MOST IMPACT. THE THREATS
AGAINST THE ANIMALS ARE NOT
PROTECTED. THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY
STALKING BECAUSE THE PETS ARE
NOT IMMEDIATE HUMAN FAMILY
MEMBERS. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE
PETS CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
AND SO I STAND BEFORE YOU AND I
URGE YOU TO CORRECT THE
SHORTFALL IN THE LAW TO PROTECT
THOSE WHO CANNOT PROTECT
THEMSELVES AND MAKE NO MISTAKE.
YOU ARE ALSO SAVING HUMAN LIVES
. AMPLE RESEARCH EXISTS TO
DEMONSTRATED CONNECTION BETWEEN
VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANIMALS AND
FUTURE VIOLENCE TO INCLUDE
HOMICIDAL VIOLENCE AGAINST
HUMANS. THIS LEGISLATION IS
MEANT TO DISRUPT THE CYCLE
OBSESSION, DEVALUATION IN
VIOLENCE. BEFORE IT REACHES THE
LEVEL OF HOMICIDE. THANK YOU.
HELLO CHAIR MEMBERS. I'M
NICHOLAS SACKETT DIRECTORATE
SOCIAL COMPASSION IN
LEGISLATION. WE ALL KNOW HOW
MUCH ARE ANIMALS MEAN TO US?
YOU'RE IN. YOU'RE OUT THIS BODY
DEBATES ON DOZENS OF BILLS TO
PROTECT ANIMALS BECAUSE
CALIFORNIANS CARE THAT AFFECTION
THAT BOND WE MAKE WITH OUR PETS
AS PART OF OUR CULTURAL FABRIC,
BUT FOR OUR OWN PET, THE ONE WE
CARE FOR DAY IN AND DAY OUT WHO
GREETS US AT THE DOOR, WE ARRIVE
HOME, OUR BEST FRIEND. OUR CARE
AND CONCERN FOR THE ANIMAL IS
PARTICULARLY INTENSE AND IS
BACKED UP BY THE DATA OF
AMERICANS WHO OWN A PET, NEARLY
ALL OF THEM. 97% SAY THEIR PETS
ARE PART OF THEIR FAMILY. THIS
IS, ACCORDING TO A RECENT PEW
RESEARCH CENTER SURVEY PUBLISHED
EARLIER THIS YEAR. 50% OF 57% OF
WOMEN. PET OWNERS SAY THEIR PETS
ARE JUST AS MUCH AS PART OF
THEIR FAMILY AS A HUMAN MEMBER.
THIS IS COMPARED TO 43% OF MEN.
THAT NUMBER GOES UP TO 64% WHEN
LOOKING AT THOSE PET OWNERS WITH
LOWER FAMILY INCOMES. I KNOW TO
SOME THIS MIGHT SEEM GLIB, BUT I
ASSURE YOU, IT IS NOT IN THE
NUMBER OF NUMBERS SHOW US THAT
THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND
THEIR PETS ARE DEEP AND THREATS
AGAINST THEM ARE REAL AND
TRAUMATIC. SP 89 REFLECTS THAT
REALITY. AND FOR THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. ANY OTHER WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT. THE WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT ANY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION. SEE, NONE WILL BRING
IT BACK TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I DO
HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ASPECTS
OF EXISTING LAW THAT ARE ALREADY
COVER. THE SCENARIO THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT. THE FIRST IS THAT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDERS ALREADY
DO COVER PETS, SO I WOULD LOVE
FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO
THAT. AND SECONDLY, UM, WE DO
HAVE ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS IN
PLACE, SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT
THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY CREATE A
NEW LAW. WHY WHY DO WE NEED THAT
? YEAH THOSE ARE GREAT
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
SO PROTECTIVE ORDERS CAN APPLY
TO TWO DOMICILES. THEY CAN APPLY
TO THE ANIMALS, BUT THE
VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER IS
A WHOLE DIFFERENT CRIME. UM
THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS TALKING.
BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED
FOR WHAT IT IS BECAUSE HOLDING
STOCKERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR
CONDUCT IS WHAT WE NEED TO
DISRUPT THAT CYCLE OF VIOLENCE,
NOT MIRROR RESTRAINING ORDERS.
RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ISSUED IN
THE IN THE NUMEROUS STALKING
CASES AND ARE VERY RARELY
COMPLIED WITH AND SO THE
RESTRAINING ORDER AS A, UM A
RECOURSE AGAINST STALKING
BEHAVIOR IS JUST NOT REALISTIC.
BUT IT IS THE RECOURSE THAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, TOO.
ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING
HUMANS CURRENTLY. IT IS A
RESOURCE. YES, MA'AM, BUT WE
ALSO HAVE CONVICTIONS FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW. SO WHAT
THIS IS RECOGNIZING THAT THREATS
AGAINST ANIMALS. IT IS, IN FACT
, A SPECIES OF STALKING
BEHAVIOR. THAT'S ALL THAT IT IS.
OKAY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YOU
MAKE CLOTHES. THANK YOU. WE MUST
ENSURE THAT VICTIMS OF STALKING
AND THEIR PETS ARE NOT LEFT
VULNERABLE TO THREATS AND
ATTACKS. UM BOTH PHYSICALLY
PSYCHOLOGICALLY. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU.
AND I THINK WELL FOR ME, KIND OF
THE SAME. THE EXISTING LAWS. ARE
THEY NOT BEING. NOT BEING USED
EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT
KNOWLEDGE, HUMAN PETS THAT THAT
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT,
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A SERVICE
ANIMAL. AND THEY'RE MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE THAT ARE VERY
SENSITIVE. THE PEOPLE IN THEIR
SERVICE ANIMALS THAT ARE ON
HERE. UM AND SO IF WE COULD FIND
US SOME CASE LAW OR SOMETHING
THAT SHOWS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS NOT ACTING ON THAT. OR IS NOT
BEING USED. THAT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL
FOR ME THAT IF WE HAD HAD THAT
DISCUSSION EARLIER SO, UM, UM.
CALLED DO WE NEED A MOTION?
COOL. AND SB 89 BY SENATOR OCHOA
BOOK THE MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
JOHN SAWYER. SO YOU'RE NOT
VOTING ALA NI'S COLONIES I
BONTA. PONTA NOT VOTING. BRIAN
BRIAN, I LACKEY MACKEY. I ORTEGA
ORTEGA NOT VOTING. SANTIAGO
ZIPPER. ARE NOT VOTING. YOU
COULD MEASURE FAILED. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO ASK FOR RECONSIDERATION
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION. FIVE
UNANIMOUS CONSENT. AND I WOULD
LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR. MS RUBIO
AND MR BRADFORD. SURE LET'S GO.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE ITEMS,
PLEASE. TOOK TESTIMONY ON. ITEM
13 SB 5 19 BY SENATOR ATKINS.
THIS WAS FOR TESTIMONY ONLY. SO
WE NEED A MOTION, PLEASE.
SECOND, HMM. ON SB 5 19 BY
SENATOR ATKINS. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. JOAN
SAWYER, JOHN SAWYER, I COLONIES
ELONIS NO, BANTA. BANTA I BRIAN
, BRIAN, I LACKEY KINO ORTEGA.
ORTEGA I SANTIAGO ZIPPER ZIPPER?
AYE. THAT MEASURE PASSES THAT
MEASURE PASSES. AN ITEM 14 SB
596 BY SENATOR PORTANTINO. THIS
WAS FOR TESTIMONY ONLY. SO WE
NEED A MOTION, PLEASE. SB 596 BY
SENATOR PORTANTINO. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, JOHN
SAWYER OR NOT VOTING ELONIS
COLONIES. I BONTA BANTA, I,
BRIAN. BRIAN NOT BOATING. LACKEY
A LACKEY NOT VOTING. ORTEGA.
ORTEGA EYES SANTIAGO THE BERBER.
ZIPPER I DON'T CALL NEEDS ONE
MORE. SURE. ON SB 596 PORTANTINO
BRIAN BRIAN, NOT VOTING TO. AYE.
THAT MEASURE NOW PASSES THE
MEASURE PASSES.
EXCUSE ME ON SB TWO. SB 19 BY MR
SEYARTO. THIS WAS FOR TESTIMONY
ONLY EARLIER. WE NEED A MOTION,
PLEASE. SB 19. MR. YES. SECOND
SURE, YES, IT IS. IT S B 19 BY
SENATOR SEYARTO. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSED THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE JOAN SAWYER. ALRIGHT
SAWYER. I ELONIS ELONIS. AYE,
BONTA. BUT I, BRIAN BRIAN I
LACKEY LACKEY. I ORTEGA ORTEGA I
SANTIAGO ZIPPER, ZIPPER I THAT
MEASURE PASSES. DO YOU WANT ME
TO STRUGGLING THROUGH OTHER
MEASURES? SURE. BECAUSE MANY
DOWN AS POSSIBLE WHILE WE'RE
WAITING. ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
. ALANIS ALANIS, I BONTA BANTER
I SANTIAGO. ITEM NUMBER ONE SB
14 BY SENATOR GROVE, LONNIE'S
ELONIS. AYE, BONTA. NOT VOTING,
NOT VOTING. SANTIAGO'S VOTERS.
MR SANTIAGO'S VOTE IS STILL
PENDING ON RECONSIDERATION
COLONIES. CHINESE I BONTA? AYE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE. SB 50 BY
SENATOR BRADFORD ALANIS ALANIS.
NO. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SB 88 BY
SENATOR SKINNER. THIS MEASURE
WAS ON CALL COLONIES ALANIS. NO,
BRIAN. BRIAN I LACKEY LACKEY. NO
SANTIAGO. ZIPPER ZIPPER I THAT
MEASURE PASSES THE MEASURE
PASSES. NUMBER FIVE. WE'RE
WAITING FOR MR SANTIAGO. ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN. SP 3 45 BY SENATOR
SKINNER COLONIES. TRIPLE FIVE.
YES 345 SP 345 ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
BY SENATOR SKINNER. ELLEN IS NOT
VOTING ZILBER ZEBRA. AYE. NUMBER
EIGHT IS STILL PENDING. ITEM
NUMBER 10 SB 449 BY SENATOR
BRADFORD ZABAR ZIPPER? AYE. ITEM
NUMBER 11 SP 45 BY SENATOR
BECKER ELONIS. EXCUSE ME. THIS
MEASURE WAS ON CALLED COLONIES.
ELONIS NO BONTA. BANTA AYE. AND
SANTIAGO. THAT MEASURE PASSED.
THE MEASURE NOW PASSES BECKER.
11-3. RUBIO. HI, SENATOR RUBIO.
ITEM NUMBER 16 SB 690 RUBIO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I KNOW
IT'S PROBABLY THE LAST WAY
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR. UM SO
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME. I'M PROUD TO
PRESENT SB 6 90, WHICH BUILDS
OFF OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT
I'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THIS ONE WILL GIVE ADDITIONAL
TIME FOR VICTIMS TO HEAL FROM
THE TRAUMA BEFORE REPORTING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE BILL WILL
EXTEND THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS TO 15 YEARS. THIS
BILL IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS
IT TAKES AN AVERAGE OF 8 TO 10
YEARS FOR VICTIMS TO GET OVER
THEIR TRAUMA. BE ABLE TO SEEK
THERAPY HELL AND HAVE THE
COURAGE TO SPEAK UP. AND
SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN LONGER,
DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE
RELATIONSHIP. THE NUMBER ONE
REASON THAT VICTIMS SITE FOR NOT
COMING FORWARD SOONER IS THE
FEAR FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THE
FEAR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
HARMED, SO THEY WAIT UNTIL THE
CHILDREN ARE EITHER OLDER OR OUT
OF THE HOUSE BEFORE THEY HAVE
THE COURAGE TO COME FORWARD, A
CLEAR EXAMPLE OF HOW CHILDREN
ARE IMPACTED YESTERDAY. I SPENT
THE DAY WITH ILEANA. ILEANA. LOT
OF THREE LITTLE GIRLS LAST YEAR
HERE IN SACRAMENTO. HER ABUSER
SHOT THEM TO DEATH, AND SHE DID
WHAT WE'RE ASKING HER TO DO TO
COME FORWARD QUICKLY. SHE DID
THAT SHE LEFT THE RELATIONSHIP.
AND YET SHE NO LONGER HAS HER
LITTLE GIRLS BECAUSE SHE CAME
FORWARD. I WOULD SAY TOO SOON
AND EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES AND IT REALLY
DEPENDS ON WHEN EVERYONE'S READY
WHEN EVERYONE FEELS THAT THE
KIDS THEMSELVES, THEY'RE
SURROUNDING THEIR SAFE TO COME
FORWARD AND TELL THE TRUTH
MEMBERS HEARD. THREE LITTLE
GIRLS ARE NO LONGER WITH US. BUT
SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THERE'S
OVER 900 CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN
MURDERED BY AN ABUSIVE PARENT
ACROSS ACROSS OUR NATION. JUST
TO GET REVENGE ON THE VICTIM FOR
LEAVING THEM. FOR TELLING ON
THEM. AND JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE
OF HOW DANGEROUS IT IS FOR
VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD. SOME
ABUSES DON'T STOP UNTIL THEY
RUIN THEIR REPUTATIONS. THEY
HARM THEIR THEIR FAMILIES THAT
THEY DESTROY EVERYTHING THEY
LOVE. IN THE AUDIENCE. WE ALSO
HAVE ANNA S. DAVIS. WHOSE LITTLE
BOY. WAS MURDERED FIVE YEARS
OLD. STRANGLED BY HIS FATHER.
SHE DID WHAT WE ASK EVERYONE TO
DO COME FORWARD. SHE CAME
FORWARD LEFT THE RELATIONSHIP
AND YET HER HUSBAND STRANGLED
HER LITTLE BOY, HER ONLY CHILD.
IN ADDITION, SOME VICTIMS JUST
STRUGGLE TO RECOVER AFTER
LEAVING SUCH A TOXIC AND ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIP. THEY'RE LEARNING
COPING SKILLS. THEY'RE TRYING TO
MANAGE THEIR LIVES THAT OF THEIR
CHILDREN. ONCE AGAIN, EVERYONE
HAS DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, AND
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DICTATE
WHEN THEY SHOULD BE READY TO
COME FORWARD BECAUSE NONE OF US
KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IF THE
CHILDREN WILL BE HARMED IN THESE
CASES, VICTIMS CHOOSE TO STAY
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROTECT
THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILY
, AND IT DOESN'T STOP WITH THEIR
CHILDREN, SOMETIMES OF HARM
THEIR PARENTS, THEIR FRIENDS AND
PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND THEM. AND
IT IS JUST NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
SAY THAT SOMEONE SHOULD DO
SOMETHING AT A CERTAIN TIME.
TYPICALLY THEY DO IT WHEN THEY
FEEL SAFE, AND I THINK THIS IS
THE KEY. THEY FEEL SAFE. SO, UM,
WITH ME, UM, I HAVE TWO
WITNESSES. RAINY RAMIREZ, WHO
WAS A LONGTIME TERM SURVIVOR AND
ADVOCATE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
ARABIC. MY FORMER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION, IF
I MAY TURN IT OVER TO THEM. YOU
HAVE FIVE MINUTES ALTOGETHER. I
DO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR
CRYING. OKAY, UM AS A SENATOR
SAID, MY NAME IS RAINY. RAMIREZ.
I AM A SURVIVOR. OFFICER. I'M SO
SORRY. I AM A SURVIVOR OF
OFFICER INVOLVED DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. I WAS MARRIED TOTI
YEARS TO THE ABUSER, FORMER CHP
OFFICER COULD NOT
PSYCHOLOGICALLY ENDURE MORE THAN
DIVORCE AND CHILD CUSTODY COURT
DATES AS WELL AS INTENSE THERAPY
AFTER LEAVING IN 2016. UM.
WONDERED ABUSE IN THE FORM OF
STRANGULATION. AND AFTER THERAPY
, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
ABUSE ALSO INCLUDED SPOUSAL
RAPE. UM. CRIME ON JULY 6TH 2021
. I WAS GRANTED A LIFETIME
RESTRAINING ORDER WHEN RENEWING
MY ORIGINAL UNHEARD ABOUT THE
TIME FIVE YEARS RESTRAINING
ORDER AGAINST THE ABUSER. UM
WHICH COVERS MY NOW ADULT
CHILDREN AS WELL AS MYSELF A
HIGH CONSIDERATION FOR WHY I
STAYED SO LONG. UM I CAN'T SPEAK
FOR MANY VICTIMS, UM, LIKE
MYSELF THAT HAVE ENDURED THE
TRAUMA AND ONGOING PTSD CAUSED
BY THEIR ABUSIVE PARTNER,
ESPECIALLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
UM, AND RAN OUT OF TIME TO
REPORT THEIR ABUSE. IF THERE'S
ANYTHING I CAN LEAVE WITH YOU
TODAY, IT'S FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE
THAT VICTIMS NEED TIME TO HEAL,
UNDERSTAND THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES
BEFORE COMING FORWARD, SUCH AS
SAFETY. IN MY CASE, I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THE CRIMES THAT WERE
BEING COMMITTED AGAINST ME, AND
THEREFORE I RAN OUT THAT TIME TO
FILE CHARGES. UM SO DOWN MY
ABUSER. IT'S NOT ON RECORD FOR
HIS CRIMES AND CAN CONTINUE TO
COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST HIS OTHER
OR FUTURE VICTIMS. HE NO LONGER
IS ABLE TO BE A CHP OFFICER. SO
I DO HAVE THAT PIECE. UM THIS
BILL IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
MANY VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH THIS
BILL, SB 690 WOULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE
TO HOLD THEIR ABUSERS
ACCOUNTABLE. UM I AM PLEADING
WITH YOU TO PLEASE ALLOW US MORE
TIME TO SITUATE OUR LIVES.
AMONGST LEAVING A TRAUMATIC
SITUATION, INCLUDING FIGHTING TO
KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE FROM THE
ABUSER. PLEASE SUPPORT SENATOR
RUBIO'S SB 690 TO EXTEND THE
STATUE OF LIMITATIONS TO 15
YEARS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE
VICTIMS CRITICAL TIME TO ASSESS
AND TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE NO
OTHER VICTIMS WILL HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE THAT SAME
PERPETRATORS ABUSE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YES
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE
CHAIRMAN STEM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
. MY NAME IS MARVIN LEBANON, AND
I WAS THE FORMER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION. I
AM ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF ASIS
ADVOCATES FOR CHILD EMPOWERMENT
AND SAFETY, POLITICAL ACTION
COMMITTEE. I COME BEFORE YOU NOT
ONLY AS A POLICY CHANGE MAKER
BUT AS A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
THRIVES IN SECRECY AND VICTIMS
HAVE HAD TO HIDE THEIR ABUSE FOR
MANY YEARS, HIDING THE ABUSE AS
OFTEN BEING FOR THE VICTIMS
SAFETY BUT FOR THE PROTECTION OF
THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL. LEAVING
AN ABUSER IS A LONG PROCESS.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CAN ACTIVATE THE FIGHT.
FLIGHT OR FREEZE RESPONSE, WHICH
CAN LEAD TO POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER. THE SYSTEMS TO
WHICH VICTIMS TURN TO OUR
FREQUENTLY UNPREPARED TO ACT
ADDRESS THE RANGE OF ISSUES THEY
FACE IN TRYING TO ACCESS SAFETY
AND JUSTICE AND HEAL FROM THE
TRAUMATIC EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC
ABUSE. ALL OF THIS TAKES TIME.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THE NEED
TO ADDRESS THIS TRAUMA IS
INCREASINGLY SEEN. AS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF EFFECTIVE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE AND AN
INTEGRAL PART OF HEALING AND THE
RECOVERY PROCESS. IT TAKES SO
MUCH TIME TO HEAL THE SHAME AND
ISOLATION THAT PREVENTS VICTIMS
FROM COMING FORWARD TO FINDING
AND SEEKING AND FINDING THE HELP
. THEY NEED. SB SIX NINETIES
PROPOSED EXTENSION FROM 5 TO 15
YEARS ALLOWS VICTIMS THAT
ADDITIONAL TIME TO COME FORWARD
AND SEEK THE JUSTICE THEY
DESERVE. WITHOUT THIS EXTENSION
, ABUSERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
FREE TO INFLICT REPEATED INJURY
. I REPEAT REPEATED INJURY
RESULTING IN SUFFERING
PARALLELIZATION AND EVEN DEATH
TO MORE AND MORE VICTIMS. ASK
FOR THE ABUSERS AND
PERPETRATORS. WHERE IS THE
PASSAGE OF TIME? THE SOONER THEY
FACED OR CRIMES AND ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. THEY TOO, CAN
RECOVER AND HEAL THEIR LIVES TO
STOP THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. THIS
CYCLE IS INSIDIOUS. AND YOU EACH
HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THE CYCLE
OF VICTIMIZATION AND
PERPETRATION THROUGH LEGISLATIVE
CHANGE. THE THAT POWER IS IN
YOUR HANDS. I URGE OR I VOTE ON
SB 6 90 ON BEHALF OF THOUSANDS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
STILL FACING ABUSE. THOSE
LANGUISHING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SHELTERS IN YOUR VERY OWN
NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOUR
CONSTITUENTS THAT CANNOT MAKE IT
HERE TODAY, BUT WHO YOU
REPRESENT AN HONORABLY SERVED. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I VOTE
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT? YES ON
BEHALF OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
ASSOCIATION, CALIFORNIA RONALD
TO COME APPEARING, UH, WE ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BILL. URGED
OF SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
CALIFORNIA COUNTY VALENTINE FROM
CALIFORNIA PROTECTIVE PARENTS
ASSOCIATION IN STRONG SUPPORT.
MY NAME'S RENE BLAIR. I'M FROM
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA AND I'M A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR, AND
I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL. MY NAME IS JASPER LYSANDER
. I'M FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA. I'M WITH CALIFORNIA
PROTECTIVE PARENTS ASSOCIATION,
AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL. HI MY NAME IS SANDRA ROSS
. I'M A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND I'M FROM LOS
ANGELES COUNTY. AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, REBECCA FARRELL
, CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND
SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANNA
ESTEVEZ. THE SENATOR REFERENCED
MY SON PEAKY WHO WAS BRUTALLY
MURDERED BY HIS FATHER. THIS IS
A PROTECTION THAT IF HE EVER
GETS OUT OF PRISON THAT I WOULD
DEFINITELY NEED BECAUSE I KNOW
FOR A FACT THAT HE WOULD COME
AFTER ME. SO I STRONGLY STRONGLY
SUPPORT THIS BILL AND ASK YOU TO
DO THE SAME. THANK YOU. JULIE
WHOLE BURN. NEWPORT BEACH,
CALIFORNIA PROTECTIVE PARENT AND
VICTIM OF 15 YEARS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND STALKING, WHICH IS
ONGOING. THANK YOU. I STRONGLY
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
BRANDON MCNAB FROM MOSS BEACH,
CALIFORNIA I'M A PROTECTIVE
PARENT AND STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL. AMY HUNTER, WEST
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA SURVIVOR
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
STALKING AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS BILL. JOAN COLLINS MENLO
PARK. I'M A CALIFORNIA UM,
CREDENTIALS TEACHER AS WELL AS A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SURVIVOR AND
PROTECTIVE PARENT. AND I AM
STRONGLY URGING YOU TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL. NAME IS JAMIE
AMARILLO. I'M FROM SACRAMENTO
COUNTY. I HAVE TWO BOYS WHO I'M
PROTECTIVE PARENT VERY MUCH, AND
I SUPPORT THIS BILL. TO SEE
WHERE IT'S FROM SACRAMENTO AND I
AM BESTEN VIOLENCE. SURVIVOR ASK
YOU TO VOTE YES SPELL. THANK
YOU. IS ANYONE HERE IN
OPPOSITION?
FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. UM MY
NAME IS MARGO, GEORGE AND I'M
HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF BOTH THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND
RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION TO SB 6 98
BECAUSE IT UNDERMINES THE RULE
OF LAW SPECIFICALLY THE STATUE
OF LIMITATIONS WHICH HAVE
EXISTED THE NINE STATES AND AT
LEAST 16 52. THE COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS SINKS, LEE OUTLINES ALL
THE REASONS NOT TO FURTHER
EXPAND THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS
TO 15 YEARS FOR MISDEMEANORS AS
WELL AS FELONIES FOR SB 6 90.
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST REASON
WOULD BE JUST WAS EXPANDED THREE
YEARS AGO, AND THERE'S BEEN NO
INDICATION THAT IT'S NOT
WORKING. I TOO, HAVE LIVED
EXPERIENCE AS A FRESHMAN AT U. C
I WAS BEATEN BY MY BOYFRIEND AND
WAS THREATENED AT GUNPOINT.
LUCKILY, I SURVIVED. I ALSO HAVE
ANECDOTAL SPIRITS FROM MY
CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. OVER
THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS AS A
PUBLIC DEFENDER, I REPRESENTED
MEN AND WOMEN. WHO ABUSE THEIR
PARTNERS WHO WERE BOTH WOMEN AND
MEN. IN OTHER WORDS, MEN ABUSE
BOTH FEMALE AND MALE PARTNERS
AND WOMEN ABUSE BOTH FEMALE AND
MALE PARTNERS. I ALSO
REPRESENTED BATTERED WOMEN. AND
MEN WHO FOUGHT BACK IN SOME
CASES, SHOOTING OR STABBING
THEIR PARTNERS, AND THEN THEY
ENDED UP BEING PROSECUTED. ABOUT
30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
REPRESENTING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
TOTALLY UPENDED MY OWN BELIEFS
ABOUT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
IT'S NOT CONFINED. Tð BATTERING
WOMEN OR EVEN HETEROSEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS. WHAT I DIDN'T
HAVE DURING THOSE YEARS AS A
PUBLIC DEFENDER. ALTHOUGH I CAN
SEE THE OUTLINES OF IT. WAS THIS
IS A EPIDEMIC. IT IS A PUBLIC
HEALTH PROBLEM. AND THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM DID NOT STOP IT.
IT ONLY MADE IT WORSE. WE NOW
HAVE DATA AND IT BEHOOVES US IF
WE WANT TO STOP THIS TO FOLLOW
THE DATA AND THE EVIDENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
BESIDES MY AND LIKE TOTAL
EXPERIENCE IS THE PREVAILING
USES ONE IN THREE WOMEN. AND ONE
AND FOUR MEN REPORT HAVING
EXPERIENCED SEVERE PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE FROM A PARTNER IN THEIR
LIFETIME. THAT MEANS MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
BATTERED. OR BATTERED SOMEONE
ELSE. AND IT STARTS EARLY STARTS
IN CHILDHOOD. BECAUSE OF THE
ATTITUDES THAT CHILDREN LEARN.
AND WHAT THEY SEE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES. THE CDC, THE CENTER
FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE. HAS
PUT TOGETHER. A PROGRAM CALLED
PREVENTING IPTV INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE STRATEGY. IT'S BASED ON
OVER 100 ARTICLES. STUDIES
OUTLINES. AND IT WORKS RIGHT.
WE'VE SEEN THAT IT'S BEEN TRIED
IN ATLANTA. IT'S BEEN PARTIALLY
TRIED IN OAKLAND. AND IT'S LIKE
SIMPLE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING. TEACH
SAFE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP
SKILLS TO OUR CHILDREN. ENGAGED
INFLUENTIAL ADULTS AND PEERS,
MEN AND BOYS AS ALLIES,
BYSTANDER AND POWER, MINT FAMILY
BASED PROGRAMS. DISRUPT THE
DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS TOWARDS
PARTNER VIOLENCE. EARLY
CHILDHOOD HOME VISITATION
PRESCHOOL IN RICHMOND. PARENTING
SCHOOL AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
PROGRAMS. CREATE PROTECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS. IMPROVE THE SCHOOL
CLIMATE AND SAFETY. MODIFY THE
PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS
OF NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN, LIKE
MOST, OBVIOUSLY, FOR ALL OF THE
VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY
STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC SUPPORT
FOR FAMILIES. SUPPORT SURVIVORS
TO INCREASE SAFETY UNLESS IN
HARM'S 10 SECONDS. FOR ALL OF
THOSE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR NO VOTE ON SB 6 90.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS
IN THE ROOM AND OPPOSITION.
PLEASE COME TO THE MIC STATE
YOUR NAME AND YOUR OPPOSITION,
JOSH IT DEBATE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION. THANK YOU ANYONE
ELSE IN THE ROOM? OKAY, WE'LL
BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE.
SCHLOCKY. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME
EXTEND A HEARTFELT UM, APOLOGY
TO MISS RAMIREZ. HAPPY TO COME
AND ENDURE THIS, UH MENTAL
EXERCISE HERE. I'M SO SORRY THAT
YOU HAD TO EXPERIENCE SUCH A
BETRAYAL OF TRUST. AND MANY
FRIENDS. AND. I JUST THINK THIS
IS A ANOTHER VERY, VERY
REASONABLE. SUGGESTION. THAT WE
ACTUALLY ADDRESS AND WE ERODE.
THIS CLOAK OF PROTECTION. FOR
PARTNER VIOLENCE ABUSERS, AND
I'M GLAD WE WILL SUPPORT THIS
MEASURE. I WANT. TO I WANT TO
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
FORWARD THIS BILL. I KNOW THIS
IS, UH, A WORK OF PASSION AND A
LIFETIME FOR YOU, AND I WANT TO
APPRECIATE THE WITNESSES FOR
OFFERING THEIR TESTIMONY. AND I
KNOW THAT WHENEVER YOU DO THAT
YOU ARE ENGAGING IN SOME RE
TRAUMATIZATION AND SO JUST VALUE
YOUR STORIES FOR ME. THIS IS, UH
YEAH, IT'S BALANCING PUBLIC
POLICY. CERTAINLY THE
CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER OR NOT
TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE DUE PROCESS
AND THE PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE
ON THE ONE HAND ON THE OTHER
HAND, UH, TO THE SENATORS POINT
IN HER OPENING, THERE IS A DEEP
ASPECT OF PROTECTING. AH. THE
ENTIRETY OF THE FAMILY SYSTEM
THAT IS IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, AND YOU SHARED THE
STORY OF ILIANA. AND HER
CHILDREN, UM AND OTHERS AND UH,
THOSE CHILDREN DON'T HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROTECTED
WITHIN THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS AS THEY'RE SET NOW,
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A
PROBLEM SO AYE. I AM GOING TO BE
SEEING BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL.
I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO EXTEND THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE
CAN MAXIMIZE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO
PROTECT EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY
SYSTEM THAT'S IMPACTED BY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND I THINK
OUR WAYS TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE
EVIDENCE HAVE COME A LONG WAY.
UH, SINCE THE TIME THAT THE
INITIAL, UH TIME WAS SET, SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR PONTA
ORTEGA. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
THANK THE AUTHOR OF THIS BILL,
AND, UM, THE SURVIVORS THAT ARE
HERE TODAY. UM I'M ALSO DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE SURVIVOR. AND AS A
LEGISLATOR. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN
OVER 20 SOMETHING YEARS. MY
OLDEST SON IS 27 JUST TURNED 27.
AND UNTIL THIS DAY I HAVE A HARD
TIME SHARING MY STORY, SO I
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW YOU WERE
ABLE TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE
YOURS. UM AT THE SAME TIME AS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA MENTION,
WE HAVE TO BALANCE UM, PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE WITH POLICY AND
HEARING EVERYONE THAT SPOKE
TODAY, WHICH IS WHAT I'M DOING
WITH THIS BILL. WHY I'M
SUPPORTING IT. UM THIS I THINK
THE ONE NO, OUR STATISTIC THAT
STOOD OUT TO ME WHEN I TALK TO
THE SENATOR WAS THE AMOUNT OF
TIME IT TAKES FOR A VICTIM TO
EVEN GET THE COURAGE. I MEAN,
WHAT? RIGHT NOW WE STILL HEAR
STORIES OF WOMEN WHO CAN'T EVEN
CALL 911 BECAUSE THE OFFENDER IS
IN THE ROOM WITH AND THEY HAVE
TO CALL A PIZZA PLACE. UH, TASK
FOR HELP. THAT SHOULD NOT BE
HAPPENING. AND THESE ARE FOR
WOMEN WHO HAVE THE COURAGE TO
EVEN SAY THAT IT'S HAPPENING,
LET ALONE BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP.
UM YOU KNOW, AND REPORTED AND DO
WHAT YOU JUST SHARED TODAY. UH
IT TAKES A LONG TIME, AND MOST
OF THE TIME IS BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT PROTECTING THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE PROTECTING THE FAMILY AS
A WHOLE. WHETHER IT'S THE
CHILDREN, THE PARENTS ANYONE
ELSE WHO MIGHT BE A PART OF THE
VICTIMIZATION THAT'S GOING ON.
UM SO I AM SUPPORTING TODAY.
YOUR BILL TODAY AND THANK YOU TO
ALL THE SURVIVORS WHO ARE WHO
ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME IN AND
SHARE THEIR STORIES. YOU WILL.
MINISTER LIVER WE'RE SHARING A
MICROPHONE. I'M ALSO GOING TO BE
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY. I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOCTOR
FOR BRINGING THIS AND SURVIVORS
FOR COMING TODAY AND SHARING
YOUR STORY. YOU KNOW, I WAS, UM
UH I THINK PLACE A LOT OF WEIGHT
TO THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH
THE SENATOR THE OTHER DAY, AND I
THINK THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN
THE REPORT, WHICH IS THAT IT
TAKES A LONG LONGER THAN FIVE
YEARS, OFTEN FOR PEOPLE TO BE
ABLE TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM. AND
WHILE THERE ARE YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE RISKS IN TERMS OF LENGTH OF
TIME IN TERMS OF WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN WITH EVIDENCE. I DO THINK
THAT ULTIMATELY WHAT IS BALANCED
AGAINST. THAT IS THE FACT THAT
SOMEONE WHO'S SURVIVED THIS
DESERVES A DAY IN COURT AND TO
RAISE THEIR CLAIM, AND I THINK
THERE'S SOMETHING HEALING AND
VINDICATING ABOUT THAT, EVEN IF
EVEN IF THE EVIDENCE IS SORT OF
HARD TO MUSTER, UM AND I DO
THINK THAT IS, YOU KNOW, TIME
GOES ON. THE SCIENCE IS DONE A
LOT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO
TO PUT EVIDENCE TOGETHER. AND I
THINK THAT FOR ME THAT ARGUES
FOR A LONGER STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS, SO I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY. THANK
YOU. UM, I'LL MAKE A MAKE MY
COMMENTS AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER
HERE, AND MOST OF YOU KNOW, I
WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DETECTIVE
MANY OF YOU OUT THERE. SITTING
DOWN AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO
COME UP AND TESTIFY. I GOT TO
HAVE HUNDREDS OF FILES IN MY
COUNTY, WHERE I WAS IN TOUCH
WITH THE SURVIVORS, AND MOST OF
THEM WERE SILENCED BECAUSE OF
THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY
THOUGHT OF THEIR FAMILIES FIRST,
EXACTLY FOR WHAT YOU'RE HERE
TESTIFYING FOR AND IT WAS IT WAS
REALLY HARD TO GET THEM TO HAVE
SPACE BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR
ABUSERS TO ACTUALLY GET THEM TO
GET THE COURAGE AND THANKFULLY
IN MY COUNTY, WE HAVE PROGRAMS
AND COUNSELORS THAT HELP US
ASSIST WITH THAT. AND I ACTUALLY
DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE
PURPOSE BEHIND YOUR BILL WITH
BRINGING THE LIMITATIONS OR THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS OUT
FURTHER, WHICH MAKE EVEN MORE
SENSE TO ME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
THE THAT'S WHAT THE VICTIMS ARE.
THAT'S WHO THEY'RE PROTECTING
OUR THEIR FAMILIES. MOST OF
TIMES, THEY DON'T EVEN MAKE
PHONE CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
OR I DON'T EVEN SHOW UP TO THEIR
HOUSE UNTIL IT'S THEIR CHILDREN
THAT ARE GETTING BEAT. YOU KNOW,
IT'S ONE FOR THING ONE THING FOR
THEM TO GET IT. BUT WHEN THEIR
CHILDREN ARE GETTING IT, THEN
YOU KNOW MAMA BEAR COMES INTO
EFFECT EVEN MORE. AND THEN
THAT'S WHEN PHONE CALLS ARE
MADE. AND SO I THANK YOU,
SENATOR FOR BRINGING THIS BILL
BEFORE US AND I WILL BE MOVING
THE BILL AND ANYBODY WANT A
SECOND. MR BRYAN LIKE TO SECOND
SENATOR, YOU HAVE IT. THANK YOU
. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
. UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO
RESPECTFULLY ADDRESSED THE
OPPOSITION. WHEN YOU MADE A
COMMENT. IT'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU DO WHEN
YOU'RE BEING CHOKED. KNOCKED
DOWN WHEN DO YOU STOP? TO
IMPLEMENT WHAT YOU JUST SAID
VICTIMS SHOULD PUSH TO FOR
SAFETY AND LESS AND HARM. WHEN
DO YOU FIND THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE
BEING KNOCKED DOWN? DO YOU GET
UP AND SAY, LET ME FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GET SAFE WHEN YOU'RE
BEING ASSAULTED. CHILD. I FIND
THAT OFFENSIVE. HONEST DAVIS AS
I MENTIONED IT, WHAT WE ALWAYS
ASKED HIM TO DO. GET OUT OF A
HARMFUL RELATIONSHIP. CALL THE
POLICE. SHE DID THAT SHE LOST
HER FIVE YEAR OLD SON. AMY WHO
CAME UP RIGHT NOW, JUST TO SAY
THAT SHE WAS IN SUPPORT DIDN'T
SHARE THAT SHE LOST TWO OF HER
CHILDREN. SHE DID WHAT WE ASKED
HER TO DO. SHE CAME FORWARD
EARLY ENOUGH. CALL THE POLICE.
NOW SHE'S HER TURK. TWO
BEAUTIFUL KIDS ARE FINE. I MEAN,
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON
900/900 CHILDREN MURDERED AT THE
HANDS OF AN ABUSER. SO AGAIN, I
WILL SAY IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.
EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES, EVERYONE DEALS
WITH THEIR TRAUMA DIFFERENTLY,
AND FOR MANY THE THREAT OF THEIR
CHILDREN BEING HARMED OR THEIR
PARENTS OR SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW
, SISTERS BROTHERS, THAT'S A
REAL THREAT. AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO
CARRY. IF THERE'S A HARM THAT
COMES TO THEIR CHILDREN, AS MANY
OF THESE PARENTS HAVE SHARED THE
GUILT THAT COMES WITH THE FACT
THAT THEY DIDN'T SAVE THEM AND
THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT THEY
SPOKE UP AND THAT'S WHY THEY
ENDED UP MURDERED. SO I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING
THIS BILL. UH WE HAVE REMOVED
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WHEN
SOMEONE ASSAULTS U. S STRANGER.
ASSAULTS YOU INDEFINITELY NO
STATUTE OF LIMITATION WHEN A
CHILD GETS, UM ASSAULTED. OR
MOLESTED. WE HAVE REMOVED THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATION AND
DEFINITELY THEY CAN COME FORWARD
50 YEARS FROM NOW. IT'S SO MUCH
EASIER FOR US TO THINK THAT A
STRANGER THAT HIT SOMEONE OR
ASSAULT SOMEONE LIKE THAT'S OKAY
, YOU KNOW THEY HAVE 15 30 40
DOESN'T MATTER. THEY DON'T HAVE
LIMITATIONS. BUT WHEN IT'S
SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE TRUSTED
YOU PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN IF
THEY ASSAULT YOU SOMEHOW IT
FEELS LIKE THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THE
SAME RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION
TO SEEK JUSTICE. AND IT IS PART
OF THE HEALING SO I WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK AND I VOTE AND
THINK ALL OF YOU FOR REALLY
UNDERSTANDING THEIR PERSONAL
STORIES AND HOW HARD IT IS TO
GET OUT OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH
THAT. I ASK FOR YOUR EYEBALL.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU,
SENATOR. AND THANK YOU FOR
POINTING THAT OUT AS WELL. GO
AND TAKE THE ROLE. SB 6 90 BY
SENATOR RUBIO. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. JOHN SAWYER ELONIS.
AYE BANTA BANTA. I BRIAN, BRIAN,
I LACKEY BLACKIE. I ORTEGA
ORTEGA EYES SANTIAGO SANTIAGO
EYES UBER SUPER. AYE PATCHES.
CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR. HMM.
PERSONAL RATING FROM MR YES,
WE'LL LEAVE IT OPEN TO ADD VOTES
FOR OH, OKAY. NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT. SP 441, SENATOR
BRADFORD, YOU HAVE A TABLE MOVE.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR MEMBERS. I'M
HERE TO PRESENT SP 441 REQUIRES
PROSECUTORS TO PROVIDE THE
DEFENSE WERE ALL THE RELEVANT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THEM
PRIOR TO THE PRELIMINARY HEARING
OF A FELONY CASE. UNDER THIS
MEASURE, PROSECUTORS SIMPLY ARE
REQUIRED TO TURN OVER. THE
LISTED EVIDENCE THAT IS ALREADY
IN THEIR POSSESSION. I WANT TO
DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS SUBMITTED
CHARGES THEY ONLY NEED TO
PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT WAS USED
IN THE FILE BY PROMOTING THE
FULL DISCLOSURE OF KEY
INFORMATION SP 441 WILL ENSURE
OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESSES
MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE,
ELIMINATING LONG AND COSTLY
LEGAL MOTIONS OVER THE
DISCLOSURE OF EVIDENCE AND
REDUCE TERRORIST OF WRONGFUL
ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS. JOINING
ME TONIGHT TODAY IS NACIO
HERNANDEZ, REPRESENTING
SPONSORED CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS
FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND I
RESPECT LAST FOREVER. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS,
IGNACIO HERNANDEZ HERE ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATEWIDE
ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE
, ATTORNEYS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE
AND WORK IN PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
OFFICES AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF
EXONERATED NATION IRAN FOR
CONVICTION. UM, NONPROFIT, ALSO
A PROUD COAST, BOTH CO SPONSORS
OF THE BILL. UH, YOU KNOW, THIS
BILL IS REALLY INTENDED. TO
ADDRESS UM WHAT IS REALLY BEEN
AN IMBALANCE IN THE LAW AND I'VE
WORKED ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM LEGISLATION FOR 20 PLUS
YEARS HERE IN SACRAMENTO. UM,
PUSH A LOT OF BILLS. AND I THINK
THIS 1 MAY BE THE MOST BALANCED
AND YET VERY MEANINGFUL BILL
THAT I'VE HAD. THE OPPOSITION
MAY THINK DIFFERENTLY, BUT
REALLY, THE GOAL HERE IS TO
ENSURE THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT
A JUDGE REVIEWS A FELONY CASE
AND REALLY THE ONLY TIME THAT
THEY REVIEW EVIDENCE IN A FELONY
CASE BEFORE TRIAL. UM IS THAT
THE PRELIMINARY HEARING AND THE
WAY THAT IT OPERATES NOW? THE
PROSECUTION DOES NOT HAVE TO
TURN OVER STATEMENTS OF THE
WITNESSES THAT THEY'RE BRINGING
TO THE PRELIM REPORTS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE
PRELIM. EVEN THE CONTACT
INFORMATION OF WITNESSES THAT
ARE GOING TO TESTIFY AT THE
PRELIM WITH THAT TYPICALLY
LEAVES THE DEFENSE'S RELIES
SOLELY ON THE POLICE REPORT. AND
A POLICE OFFICER WHO WILL
TESTIFY WHO MAY NOT EVEN BE THE
OFFICER WHO INVESTIGATED THE
OFFENSE. BECAUSE THEY CAN RELY
ON HEARSAY. THE GOAL OF THIS
BILL IS REALLY TO ACHIEVE A
BETTER OUTCOME TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON CHARGED
WITH THE RIGHT OFFENSE. WE ALSO
THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO
MORE PLEA BARGAINS BECAUSE IT
REQUIRES ALL STATEMENTS OF THE
DEFENDANT, NOT JUST A SINGLE
STATEMENT, SO IF THERE ARE 10
STATEMENTS MADE THAT BY THE
DEFENDANT ADMITTING GUILT,
THERE'S MORE LIKELY TO BE A
SETTLEMENT EARLIER ON IN THE
PROCESS. SO WE THINK WOULD BE
MORE PLEA AGREEMENTS. EARLIER ON
IT WILL ELIMINATE DISCOVERY
MOTIONS AND THE TIME AND
RESOURCES THAT IT TAKES IN
COURT. KEEP IN MIND, AS THE
AUTHOR SAID, THIS IS INFORMATION
THAT'S ALREADY IN THE FILES OF
THE PROSECUTORS. THEY ALREADY
HAVE IT. THEY'VE ALREADY RELIED
ON IT, AND IT'S INFORMATION THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE LATER
ON IN THE PROCESS. WHAT IS THE
UPSIDE OF KEEPING THIS
INFORMATION FROM THE DEFENSE AND
THE ACCUSED IN HOLDING UNTIL 30
DAYS BEFORE TRIAL? THERE'S
REALLY NO BENEFIT, OTHER THAN
MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO
RESOLVE A CASE OR TO IDENTIFY WE
HAVE THE WRONG PERSON. UM VERY
RARE. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY
THINK THAT IT'S RARE TO FIND
THAT IT'S THE WRONG PERSON OR
THE WRONG OFFENSIVE PRELIM. BUT
LET ME TELL YOU I USED TO
PRACTICE. AND REPRESENT FOLKS IN
CRIMINAL CASES. AND I'VE HAD
THAT EXPERIENCE WHERE I DOGGEDLY
WENT AFTER DISCOVERY AND GOT IT
BEFORE PRELIM. AND I WAS ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THAT THEY HAVE THE
WRONG PERSON IN THE WRONG CRIME
MANY TIMES. AND BUT FOR ME BEING
ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION, WE
WOULD HAVE WAITED WEEKS MONTHS,
MAYBE YEARS TO GET THAT CASE
SETTLED, OR MAYBE NOT SETTLE IT
AT ALL. SO WE THINK IT'S VERY
BALANCED. WE THINK IT'S VERY
FAIR. IT'S BEEN BIPARTISAN. AND
ON THIS ONE. I REALLY HOPE WE
CAN GET A LOT OF SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT.
MARCO GEORGE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATION AND THE SAN
FRANCISCO PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
OFFICE AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MARGO. ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION. PLEASE COME UP TO
THE TABLE. I HAVE TO SAY. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ZAK
WALLACE. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR DEPUTIES
ASSOCIATION AND THE VIDEO. UH
SAN DIEGANS AGAINST CRIME. THANK
YOU. UM, THE WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT, WE ARE HERE IN
OPPOSITION OF THIS BILL, AND I
THINK THE BILL RESPECTFULLY WITH
THE AUTHOR AND THE TESTIMONY WE
JUST HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE. UM
THE BILL PORTRAYS A DYSTOPIAN
REALITY THAT SIMPLY DOES NOT
EXIST. THERE ALREADY IS A LAW
THAT PROVIDES DISCOVERY PRE
PRELIM. IT'S OUR STATE DUE
PROCESS. IT'S OUR FEDERAL DUE
PROCESS BOTH FOUND IN THE STATE
AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. THERE
IS CASE LAW THAT ENSHRINES THIS.
IN THE IN, UH, OUR DISCOVERY
LAWS THAT PROSECUTORS ALREADY
HAVE TO ABIDE BY, UM THERE ARE
CASES LIKE BRADY, WHICH REQUIRES
EXONERATING MATERIAL. BRADY
APPLIES TO THE PRELIMINARY
HEARING. WE MUST TURN THIS
EXONERATING MATERIAL OVER IF
IT'S IN OUR POSSESSION TO THE
DEFENSE BEFORE THE PRELIMINARY
HEARING, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE,
NO ONE HAS EVER GONE TO
PRELIMINARY HEARING WITHOUT
HAVING DISCOVERY. IT'S NEVER
HAPPENED, UM, MAYBE IT'S
HAPPENED ON ONE OCCASION,
ANOTHER COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO
COUNTY. IT DOESN'T WE PUT OUT
OUR DISCOVERY AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. AS SOON AS IT'S
RECEIVED, IT'S REVIEWED. AND
IT'S REDACTED. UM THE PROBLEM
WITH THIS BILL IS THAT IT IS
PUTTING AN IMPOSSIBLE TIME
CONSTRAINT ON PROSECUTED
PROSECUTORIAL AGENCIES TO COMPLY
WITH THIS 10 DAY AND THEN THE
GOOD CAUSE EXTENSION TO THE
ANOTHER THREE DAY. UM IT'S
POSSIBLE THAT WE JUST SIMPLY
CANNOT COMPLY WITH THAT
DISCOVERY IS ALWAYS ONGOING.
IT'S INCREDIBLY VOLUMINOUS.
THERE'S TEXT MESSAGES. THERE'S
BODY WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE IS VERY
EXTENSIVE. THERE'S DETECTIVES
WHO DO AN INVESTIGATION AND
THERE'S STILL WRITING THE REPORT
. THAT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS OF
BEING MADE. WE CAN'T TURN THAT
OVER. SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
THE GOALS OF THIS BILL, UM, TO
INCREASE EFFICIENCY, THE COURT
SYSTEM THAT'S EVERYONE WANTS
THAT. TO REDUCE WRONGFUL ARREST
. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK
THIS BILL CAN ACHIEVE THAT,
BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE'RE HERE,
SOMEONE'S BEEN ARRESTED. THEY'VE
BEEN ARRAIGNED AND CASE HAS BEEN
FILED, SO THIS WILL HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH HAVE ZERO EFFECT ON
WRONGFUL ARREST. UM AND THEN TO
ELIMINATE LENGTHY AND COSTLY
LEGAL MOTIONS. WELL, AT LEAST IN
MY COUNTY. WE DON'T HAVE LENGTHY
AND COSTLY LEGAL MOTIONS OVER
DISCOVERY. THEY ARE VERY RARE
AND FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. THIS
BILL WILL ALLOW THESE MOTIONS TO
THE NOW BE BROUGHT AND WE WILL
BE BEING IN FRONT OF A JUDGE ON
HIM. EVERY CASE, SAYING, YOUR
HONOR, WE CAN'T OR WE DON'T HAVE
THE INFORMATION TO TURN OVER
YET, AND THE JUDGE IS GOING TO
HAVE TO MAKING DETERMINATION. MY
EX MY CONTINUING IN THE CASE BY
DISMISSING THE CASE, WHAT'S
GOING ON? SO WITH SOMEONE WHO'S
A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AND I'VE
BEEN DOING THIS FOR NINE YEARS.
IT WOULD ONLY TAKE ONE TO KNOW
THIS BILL ISN'T WORKABLE. I DO
URGE RESPECTFULLY THAT WE OPPOSE
THEY THAT YOU OPPOSE. SB 4 41.
THANK YOU, RON LET THE COME ON
BEHALF OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION. I'VE BEEN
A PROSECUTOR FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS
IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES, AND I
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PROUD OF
CALIFORNIA IN THE WAY THAT
THEY'VE BALANCED. AND I BELIEVE
WHAT THAT CALIFORNIA HAS FOUND
THE RIGHT BALANCE IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO
ASSURE FAIR TRIALS. AS MY
COLLEAGUE RIGHTLY POINTS, POINTS
OUT. THIS IS SETTLED LAW. WE ARE
NOT FIGHTING THESE ISSUES WITH
THE DEFENSE BAR. I HAVE A VERY
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
DEFENSE BARB OF THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS. THIS IS SETTLED AND
WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE BIG BATTLES
OVER THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS THE RULES OF THE
GAME. WE TURN OVER EVIDENCE AS
FAST AS WE GET IT. WITH THAT
SAID THE VOLUMINOUS NATURE OF
DISCOVERY AND COPYING IT AND
GETTING IT TURNED OVER. THAT IS
THE LIMITATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE,
A CRIME SCENE LET'S SAY THERE'S
A SHOOTING AND 20 OFFICERS SHOW
UP IN THE DAYS BEFORE BODY WORN
CAMERA. THAT WAS 20 REPORTS.
WELL NOW WE'VE GOT 20 REPORTS,
PLUS HOURS WORTH OF BODY WORN
CAMERA. THAT NEEDS TO BE COPIED
, DOWNLOADED AND DISPENSE TO THE
DEFENSE ATTORNEY. WHAT WE'RE
REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS
UPSETTING THE BALANCE. TO
ENSURING. THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT
TO A FAIR TRIAL, BUT ALSO THE
PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL.
THIS WILL PUT AN ONEROUS BURDEN
ON THE PROSECUTION THAT SIMPLY
MAKES IT DIFFICULT AND GIVES A
TOOL FOR THE DEFENSE TO PREVENT
THE LAWFUL PROSECUTION OF A CASE
AND I BELIEVE CALIFORNIA HAS
FOUND THAT RIGHT BALANCE AND I
BELIEVE THAT WE DO A VERY GOOD
JOB IN THIS AREA. UM AS MY
COLLEAGUE SAYS. PRELIMINARY
HEARINGS ARE SET WITHIN 10 COURT
DAYS. THAT'S VERY RAPID. WE TURN
OVER WHAT EVIDENCE WE HAVE AT
THE TIME TO THE DEFENSE. IT'S
THE DEFENSE THAT DRIVES THE
SPEED OF THAT IF THEY IF THEY
THINK THAT THERE'S MORE
INVESTIGATION THAT COULD NEEDS
TO BE DONE, THEY COULD CONTINUE
THAT CASE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO
OPPOSE THAT. 10 SECONDS. OKAY SO
WE ARE STRONGLY URGE THAT YOU
REJECT THIS THIS MEASURE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS IN
OPPOSITION IN THE ROOM. OKAY?
COMMITTEE. THE BILL. OKAY?
SENATOR YOU LIKE CLOTHES. I'M
GONNA ALSO LET MY WE HAVE A
WITNESS TESTIFIED. I MEAN,
RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS,
BUT I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO
TESTIMONY OF UH, ONE OF THE
OPPOSITION SCENE. THEY'RE
ALREADY DOING IT, BUT IT CAN'T
BE DONE. THAT'S VERY
CONTRADICTORY. EITHER YOU'RE
DOING IT OR YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO
YOU YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH. SO UH,
WE CLEARLY KNOW THE SYSTEM IS
NOT WORKING UNDER THE CURRENT
CONSTRUCTS, AND THIS IS GOING TO
PROVIDE MORE MORE FAIR AND
EQUITABLE WAY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO
RECEIVE A FAIR TRIAL, SO I JUST
WAS TOTALLY BAFFLED BY THE FACT
THAT WE'RE DOING IT, BUT YOU
CAN'T IT CAN'T BE DONE. SORRY. I
WAS GONNA HE WANTED TO RESPOND
TO SOMETHING ELSE SO ALRIGHT. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
SB 4 41 BY SENATOR BRADFORD. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. JOHN
SAWYER ALLEN EASE ANY SNOW BONTA
BANTER. I BRIAN, BRIAN, I LACKEY
LATINO. ORTEGA ORTEGA I SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO EISENBERG ZIPPER. AYE.
SENATOR PASSES. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. I
THINK I'M READY. YES, HE GOES.
NO I'M DONE RIGHT, MHM. SANTIAGO
AND THEN MYSTERY AND THE
CHAIRMAN. ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. SANTIAGO SANTIAGO AYE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE SB 14 BY SENATOR
GROVE SANTIAGO. SANTIAGO NOT
VOTING ON RECONSIDERATION. ON
RECONSIDERATION. I ITEM NUMBER
TWO SB 19 BY SENATOR SEYARTO
SITE. SANTIAGO SANTIAGO. AYE
ITEM NUMBER THREE SB 50 HAS BEEN
DISPENSED WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
SB 88 BY SENATOR SKINNER.
SANTIAGO SANTIAGO AYE. I DON'T
NUMBER FIVE. SB 89 BY SENATOR
OCHOA BOGUE SANTIAGO. SANTIAGO
NOT VOTING ON RECONSIDERATION.
SANTIAGO I DON'T NUMBER SIX SP
99 WAS PULLED BY THE AUTHOR.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SB 3 45 HAS
BEEN DISPENSED WITH ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT SP FOUR FOR WHEN WE'RE
WAITING FOR THE CHAIR ON ITEM
NUMBER NINE SP 442 WAS PULLED BY
THE AUTHOR. ITEM NUMBER 10. SB
449 BY SENATOR BRADFORD SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO AYE. ITEM NUMBER 11. SB
4 85 BY SENATOR BECKER'S
SANTIAGO SANTIAGO. AYE. I DON'T
NUMBER 12. SB 5 14 BASED ON
CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER 13 SB 5 19
BY SENATOR ATKINS SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO I ITEM NUMBER 14 SB 596
BY SENATOR PORTANTINO SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO, I DON'T NUMBER 15 SB
601 WAS ON CONSENT. I REMEMBER
16 SP 6 90. WE'RE WAITING FOR
THE CHAIR ON ITEMS 17 SP 749 BY
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SANTIAGO SANTIAGO. I ITEM 18 SB
4 96. WAS EXCUSE ME ENEMIES. SB
7 96 WAS PULLED BY THE AUTHOR
ITEM. 19 SB 83 WAS SOME CONSENT.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
GREAT TRASH. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SP 441 JOAN
SAWYER. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SP 441
BY EXCUSE ME BY SENATOR BRADFORD
. JOHN SAWYER. JOHN SAWYER. AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 16 SB 6 90 BY
SENATOR RUBIO. JOAN SAWYER.
JONES. SAWYER AYE. PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE. HMM. AND LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN THAT CONCLUDES THE
BUSINESS OF ASSEMBLY PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND WE STAND
ADJOURNED.