GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I WANT
TO WELCOME YOU TO THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF
MAYOR PRO TEM FROM THE CITY OF
ADELANTO. MISTER DANIELLE RAMOS,
ONE OF THE CITIES THAT I
REPRESENT. THANKS FOR BEING
HERE. AND I SEEN YOU HERE, WITH
THAT, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, I WOULD
LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT
FOR THIS AND FUTURE HEARINGS,
TESTIMONY WILL BE IN PERSON AS
WE ARE NO LONGER USING MODERATED
TELEPHONE SERVICE. WE ALSO
ACCEPT WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO THE
POSITION LETTER PORTAL ON THE
COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE. I WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO GO OVER SOME GROUND
RULES FOR APPROPRIATE CONDUCT.
THE ASSEMBLY HAS EXPERIENCED A
NUMBER OF DISRUPTIONS TO
COMMITTEE AND FLOOR PROCEEDINGS
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. CONDUCT
THAT DISRUPT, DISTURBS, OR
OTHERWISE IMPEDES THE ORDERLY
CONDUCT OF THE HEARING IS
PROHIBITED. SUCH CONDUCT MAY
INCLUDE TALKING OR MAKING LOUD
NOISES FROM THE AUDIENCE,
UTTERING LOUD, THREATENING, OR
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, SPEAKING
LONGER THAN THE TIME ALLOTTED.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION OF MATTERS
NOT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT OF
THE HEARING OR BEALL, AND ANY
OTHER DISRUPTIVE ACTS. TO
ADDRESS ANY DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT,
I WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL DISRUPTS OUR
HEARING PROCESS, I WILL DIRECT
THEM TO STOP AND WARN THEM THAT
CONTINUED DISRUPTION MAY RESULT
IN REMOVAL FROM THE CAPITAL
BUILDING. I WILL ALSO DOCUMENT
ON THE RECORD THE INDIVIDUAL
INVOLVED AND THE NATURE OF THE
DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT. I MAY
TEMPORARILY RECESS THE HEARING
IF THE CONDUCT DOES NOT STOP, I
WILL REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF
THE SERGEANTS IN ESCORTING THE
INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CAPITOL
BUILDING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
NOTE THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALANIS
IS STANDING IN FOR ASSEMBLY
MEMBER SAYLOR WHEN HE GETS HERE.
FOR TODAY'S HEARING ONLY. WE
HAVE 20 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS
AFTERNOON. FOUR OF THESE ITEMS
ARE PROPOSED FOR CONSENT. ITEM
FOUR AB 2144 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GRAYSON. ITEM FIVE AB 2350 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOOVER. ITEM 11
AB 2597 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER, WARD
. ITEM 14 AB 2748 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. FLORA. IN ADDITION, ONE
OF THE BILLS ON OUR AGENDA HAS
BEEN PULLED BY THE AUTHOR. THIS
ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SIX AB 2431
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATHIS. WE
WILL HEAR ALL THE OTHER BILLS IN
THE ORDER SHOWN ON OUR AGENDA,
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, AND
UNLESS OTHER MEMBERS LET OTHER
MEMBERS GO IN FIRST, WE WILL
TAKE UP TO TWO PARAMETER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT AND UP TO
TWO PRIMARY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. THESE WITNESSES WILL
HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH TO
PROVIDE THEIR TESTIMONY. ALL
SUBSEQUENT WITNESSES SHOULD
STATE THEIR NAME, THEIR
ORGANIZATION, AND THEIR POSITION
ON THE BILL. ONLY WE DON'T HAVE
A QUORUM YET, SO WE'RE GOING TO
BE ACTING AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, AND
I WILL BE HANDING THE GAVEL TO
OUR VICE CHAIR, WALTON, BECAUSE
I HAVE TO STEP OUT AND PRESENT
TWO BILLS SOMEWHERE ELSE
.
ITEM NUMBER ONE AB 1801.
JACKSON. IF YOU CAN, WHEN YOU
ARE READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MADAM CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
AB 1801 IS A MEASURE TO PROVIDE
CLARITY TO EXISTING LAW BY
ALLOWING NONPROFITS TO CONSTRUCT
THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
SPACES ON THE SAME SITES AS
THEIR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
COMPLEXES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. NICE SHORT
TESTIMONY LIKE THAT, DO WE HAVE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF THIS
BILL? EVERYONE. DO WE HAVE
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? SEEING
NONE OR IS. APOLOGIES. SEAMUS
GEARY WITH LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, HERE, ON BEHALF OF THE
SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY
OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE. BRING
IT TO THE COMMITTEE. COMMENTS
NØ. AS WAS SAID, WE CAN'T DO A
MOTION RIGHT NOW, BUT, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. OH,
I DIDN'T SAY THIS, I FORGOT.
OKAY. LET ME JUST HAVING THE
SHEET HERE. OKAY. SHOULD WE TAKE
THESE? SHOULD WE TAKE. GREAT
CARE? YES. OKAY. WELL, MISTER
GRAYSON, WE WILL TAKE YOU. BE
DOING AB 3012. YES THANK YOU,
MADAM VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS, I
WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING
THE COMMITTEE, FOR THEIR WORK ON
THIS BILL AND ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
3012 AB 3012 WILL HELP PROVIDE
CLARITY ON DEVELOPMENT FEES THAT
MUST BE PAID DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, HELPING
STRENGTHEN EXISTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR IMPACT FEE TRANSPARENCY IN
ORDER TO HELP PROMOTE
TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY AROUND
IMPACT FEES. I WAS THE PROUD
AUTHOR OF AB 1483 IN 2019, WHICH
REQUIRED JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE
INFORMATION ON IMPACT FEES MORE
ACCESSIBLE. THIS INCLUDED THE
ONLINE POSTING OF INFORMATION
SUCH AS IMPACT FEE SCHEDULES,
IMPACT FEE NEXUS STUDIES, AND
OTHER INFORMATION THAT COULD
INFORM A DEVELOPER OF THAT
JURISDICTION. IMPACT FEES. WHILE
AB 1483 AND OTHER HOUSING
POLICIES HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS ON IMPACT FEE
TRANSPARENCY, RECENT REPORTS
FROM SPUR FOUND THAT MANY
JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT BE IN FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH THE BILL, AND
THAT INFORMATION ON ON
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES MAY
STILL BE DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND
AND INCONSISTENT DEPENDING ON
THE JURISDICTION. TO ADDRESS
THESE INCONSISTENCIES, AB 3012
WILL REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A FEE
SCHEDULE TEMPLATE AND A LIST OF
BEST PRACTICES THAT
JURISDICTIONS CAN UTILIZE, WHICH
WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR BUILDERS
TO UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL FEES
THAT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED DURING
THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
ADDITIONALLY THE AB 3012 WILL
ALSO REQUIRE THAT JURISDICTIONS
PROVIDE A FEE ESTIMATE
CALCULATOR BY 2032 TO HELP
ENSURE THAT BUILDERS CAN ARRIVE
AT A MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATE FOR
FEES REQUIRED DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THIS BILL
WILL HELP ENSURE THAT IMPACT FEE
INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND EASY
TO UNDERSTAND. THEREFORE,
THEREBY FURTHER REMOVING
BARRIERS TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
WITH THAT, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU. DO
WE HAVE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT?
SEAMUS GERARDI, LIGHTHOUSE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON BEHALF OF SPUR
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. FRANCISCO
MORALES, ON BEHALF OF THE
HOUSING ACTION COALITION.
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, JORDAN
CARVAJAL, ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA YIMBY IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOB
NAYLOR FOR FIELDSTEAD. THAT'S
HOWARD AHMANSON JR IN ORANGE
COUNTY, PHILANTHROPIST IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION?
SEEING NONE. ANY COMMENTS?
QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NÓ.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
WORK ON FEE TRANSPARENCY, AND
WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE ON
THE AMENDMENTS. THE CHAIR WILL
AND I BOTH WILL BE VOTING AYE ON
YOUR BILL WHEN THE TIME COMES
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS WILL BE
ADOPTED IN THE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. OKAY WE DON'T HAVE
ANY AUTHORS AT THE MOMENT. IS
THERE ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE
THAT NOBODY
.
THANK YOU, MR. BAUER-KAHAN, FOR
BEING HERE, WE WILL BE DOING
ITEM THREE, AB 2085, AND. AND AS
YOU CAN SEE, WE DO NOT HAVE A
QUORUM. SO WE WILL BE OPERATING
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. BUT PLEASE
PRESENT WHEN YOU'RE READY.
AWESOME. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE
CHAIR, GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT TO
START BY THANKING THE COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR THEIR HELP AND
DEDICATION ON IMPROVING THE
BILL, THE AMENDMENTS CURRENTLY
IN PRINT NARROW THE BILL TO
SPECIFICALLY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
CLINICS AND FOR CLARITY, WE'LL
BE TAKING COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS,
WITH THAT, I'M PROUD TO PRESENT
AB 2085, A BILL THAT CREATES AN
EXEMPTION TO LOCAL ZONING FOR
COMMUNITY CLINICS IN AREAS
ALREADY ZONED FOR HEALTH CARE
AND RETAIL USE. CALIFORNIA HAS
WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD TO ENACT
LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR ABORTION
WITHIN THE STATE. WE WANT TO BE
A REPRODUCTIVE SANCTUARY FOR
ALL. HOWEVER ACCESS REQUIRES
BOTH LEGAL PROTECTION AND CLINIC
ACCESS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE
SEEN CITIES BLOCK THE
CONSTRUCTION OF CLINICS THROUGH
BAD FAITH REQUIREMENTS AND
UNNECESSARY REGULATORY HURDLES.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN AREAS THAT
ALREADY HAVE HEALTH CARE DESERTS
AND TO BE CLEAR, REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE CLINICS PROVIDE A
MYRIAD OF HEALTH CARE, ALL OF
WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO WOMEN IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE CLINICS
BEING BLOCKED WOULD PROVIDE THIS
CRITICAL BASIC HEALTH CARE SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK. IN SOME CASES, THIS
BILL REQUIRES MINISTERIAL
APPROVAL OF CLINICS THAT MEET
ALL OF THE LOCALITY STANDARDS,
ENDING THE ARBITRARY AND
POLITICIZED OBSTRUCTION OF LIFE
SAVING CARE. WITH ME TODAY IS
LAUREN BABB FROM PLANNED
PARENTHOOD. MARMONTE AND ANDREA
SCHMIDT FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD,
ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES. YOU GUYS CAN DECIDE
WHO GOES FIRST. OKAY HI, MY NAME
IS LAUREN BABB, AND I'M THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR
PLANNED PARENTHOOD. MARMONTE AND
ALSO A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. AND I'M
HERE TO ATTEST THE NEED FOR AB
2085. PICTURE THIS MARCH OF
2022. BEFORE ROE WAS OVERTURNED,
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MARMONTE
SOUGHT TO EXPAND AND OUR
EXISTING CLINIC IN VISALIA, A
MOVE THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US
TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL PRIMARY
CARE TO PATIENTS OF ALL AGES. IN
TULARE COUNTY, PRIMARY CARE HAS
A STAGGERING 2000 TO 1 RATIO OF
DOCTORS. THAT MEANS THAT EVERY
PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER THERE ARE
OVER 2000 PEOPLE IN NEED, AND
VISALIA RANKED 44TH IN DOCTOR TO
PATIENT RATIO, HIGHLIGHTING A
DESIRE HIGHLIGHTING THE SHORTAGE
OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, WE
FELT IT WAS NEEDED TO EXPAND OUR
CLINIC IN THE PROCESS OF
PURCHASING A HEALTH CENTER, A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WAS
REQUIRED AND THE CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION CONFIRMED THAT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MARMONTE MET
ALL THE REQUIRED CGRTS. AN
APPEAL WAS FILED AND THIS MEANT
THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SEEK THE
APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL. BUT
OUR PROPOSED HEALTH CENTER
WASN'T JUST ABOUT NUMBERS, IT
WAS ABOUT BRIDGING THE GAP IN
ACCESS TO CARE. IT WAS ABOUT
SERVING COMMUNITY IN NEED. IT
WAS ABOUT PROVIDING CARE WHERE
WE ARE DESPERATELY LACKING IT.
HOWEVER THIS STRAIGHTFORWARD
PROCESS OF OBTAINING A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TURNED
INTO A POLITICAL BATTLEFIELD.
THE OPPOSITION WE FACED WAS
FIERCE AND WAS DRIVEN BY
MISINFORMATION RIGHTS TO LIFE.
ORGANIZERS LOBBIED COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO WERE INUNDATED WITH
CALLS ABOUT OUR PLAN. LET ME BE
CLEAR. OUR MISSION WAS NOT ABOUT
POLITICS. IT WAS ABOUT THE
PEOPLE. IT WAS ABOUT ENSURING
THAT EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND
OR BELIEF, HAD ACCESS TO
ESSENTIAL CARE. WE DIDN'T BACK
DOWN. WE RALLIED PATIENTS,
STAFF, COMMUNITY GROUPS, REACHED
OUT TO EVERYBODY UNDER THE SUN,
INCLUDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND
URGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAND UP
AND SUPPORT THEIR HEALTH CARE.
WE HAD OVER 200 PEOPLE JOIN US
IN CHAMBERS TO FIGHT FOR THE
HEALTH CENTER. BUT THIS WASN'T
JUST ABOUT NUMBERS, IT WAS ABOUT
WOMEN LIKE MARILYN BRADY, A
REPUBLICAN WHO VOTED TWICE FOR
TRUMP. AND YET HER POLITICAL
AFFILIATIONS FELT THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE ACCESS TO CARE. SHE
SHARED WITH ME HOW SHE FOUGHT TO
BRING PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINICS
TO TULARE COUNTY OVER 20 YEARS
AGO, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
OF CONTRACEPTION AND SEXUAL
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE. OUR
FIGHT WAS NOT IN VAIN. EVEN
THOUGH WE DIDN'T, WE WERE NOT
ABLE TO OPEN THAT HEALTH CENTER.
IT ECHOED THE NEED FOR HEALTH
CARE IN THE VALLEY. EVEN THE
MOST PROGRESSIVE STATE HERE,
CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE STILL
BATTLES TO BE FOUGHT TO EXPAND
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
ON THIS BILL. GREAT HI. GOOD
AFTERNOON, ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS ANDREA SCHMIDT, AND I
SERVE AS THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, OR PPO,
SBC FOR SHORT. I'M HERE TODAY TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF AB 2085.
IN 2022, PPO SBC BEGAN THE
PROCESS OF LEASING A SITE IN THE
CITY OF FONTANA, WHERE WE
PLANNED TO OPEN OUR 10TH HEALTH
CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE OUR
FOURTH IN THE COUNTY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, WHICH IS THE LARGEST
COUNTY IN THE NATION. AS SOMEONE
WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE
CITY OF FONTANA, I'VE SEEN
FIRSTHAND THE LACK OF HEALTH,
EDUCATION AND RESOURCES IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU
THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL LOW COST PROVIDER
LIKE PPO, SBC, OUR PROSPECTIVE
SITE HAD BEEN VACANT FOR NEARLY
FIVE YEARS AND WAS ALREADY ZONED
TO BE A CLINIC LOCATION, SO OUR
ARCHITECT AND FACILITY
FACILITIES TEAM WORKED REALLY
CLOSELY WITH THE CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION. FOLLOWING STANDARD
PROCEDURE, ABIDING BY ALL
GUIDELINES AND ADJUSTING OUR
PLANS AS NEEDED. FOR OVER A
YEAR. THIS INCLUDED THE SMALLEST
ADJUSTMENTS, SUCH AS CHANGING
THE SCONCES AND LIGHTING
FIXTURES ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE
BUILDING. OUR TEAM ACCOMMODATED
EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO MEET THE
CITY STANDARDS, AND IN JULY
2023, HOWEVER, WE RECEIVED THE
VERBAL APPROVAL FROM THE HEAD OF
THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. SO
IT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO US
WHEN, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE
CITY COUNCIL PLACED A TEMPORARY
MORATORIUM ON ANY NEW BUILDINGS
IN THE SPECIFIC AREA WHERE OUR
PROSPECTIVE HEALTH CENTER WAS.
AFTER SOME RESEARCH, WE FOUND
THAT OUR PERMIT WAS IN FACT THE
ONLY ONE IMPACTED BY THE THEN
TEMPORARY MORATORIUM. WEEKS
LATER, THE COUNCIL PASSED
ANOTHER MORATORIUM, THIS TIME
FOR TEN MONTHS, OUR TEAM HAS
BEEN ACTIVELY ATTENDING THE CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS, ENCOURAGING
THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO END
THE MORATORIUM AND EDUCATING
THEM ON THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER CAN HAVE IN THE CITY,
INCLUDING AN ESTIMATED 2000
MEDICAL VISITS PER MONTH AND
BEING OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THERE HAS BEEN VOCAL OPPOSITION
FROM A SMALL CHURCH GROUP, WHICH
THE MAYOR AND MANY COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE VERY CLOSELY AND
PUBLICLY ALIGNED WITH. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE MAYOR RECENTLY
HOSTED HER ANNUAL STATE OF THE
CITY ADDRESS AT SAID CHURCH.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2085 WILL
STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS LIKE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD TO EXPAND OUR
SERVICES TO CITIES WHERE THE
LOCAL COUNCIL MAY NOT BE
PERSONALLY ALIGNED. AB 2085
STREAMLINES THE PERMIT PROCESS,
SO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROVIDERS
GET CLEAR AND CONCISE GUIDELINES
ABOUT THE PERMIT PROCESS FROM
THE GET GO AND AVOID BEING
DRAGGED ALONG, WASTING HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THE
PROCESS. HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, WHERE HEALTH,
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND
ABORTION ACCESS SPECIFICALLY IS
PROTECTED IN OUR STATE
CONSTITUTION. SO I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU,
ARE THERE OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT, NAME, ORGANIZATION, AND
POSITION ON THE BILL? ONLY MOLLY
ROBSON WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD
AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA, WE ARE
A CO-SPONSOR IN STRONG SUPPORT
AND WANT TO GIVE OUR GRATITUDE
TO THE COMMITTEE FOR WORKING
WITH US ON THE BILL. THANK YOU.
HI. ELENA CHÁVEZ WITH TEACH
TRAINING AND EARLY ABORTION FOR
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE,
CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL AND IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
SHEAMUS GARRITY WITH LIGHTHOUSE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS HERE. ON BEHALF
OF REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. DO WE
HAVE ANY OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE
, COMMENTS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. AND IT'S APPALLING TO
HEAR, THAT UNDER THE GUISE OF
GOVERNMENT PLANNING, HOWEVER
THEY WANT TO PUT IT, THAT
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR
BELIEFS, AND USING THEIR
BACKWARDS BELIEFS, TO, TO STOP
ACCESS, NOT JUST TO REPRODUCTIVE
CARE, BUT PLANNED PARENTHOOD
PROVIDES HEALTH CARE AND NOT
JUST, BY THE WAY, NOT JUST TO
WOMEN. I THINK ABOUT 13% OF
THOSE THAT GO ARE MEN. BUT THE
BOTTOM LINE, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST
FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FOR
WOMEN, THAT BY ITSELF IS
PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT'S SO
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND SO
IMAGINE IN THAT COMMUNITY YOU
JUST REFERRED TO, THAT THE
CHURCH WANTED TO DO SOME
UPGRADES AND ALL THAT. AND THE
COUNCIL VOTED IT DOWN BECAUSE OF
THEIR BELIEFS. I MEAN, JUST IF
YOU TURN THAT AROUND AND SEE THE
OUTRAGE THAT WOULD OCCUR IF THAT
HAPPENED. AND SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS BILL, IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THAT IN OUR STATE,
WE'RE OVERWHELMINGLY, WE
SUPPORT, REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE. WE
SUPPORT HEALTH CARE ACCESS THAT
THERE ARE THESE PORTIONS OF OUR
STATE WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING.
SO THANK YOU FOR, REALLY
FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
ACCESS IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE
IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR STATE.
AND THANK THE AUTHOR FOR THAT AS
WELL. THANK YOU. AND CHAIRMAN
CARRILLO WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS
HIS APPRECIATION FOR YOUR WORK
ON THIS ISSUE AND YOUR
COMMITMENT TO, TO, ENSURING THAT
COMMUNITY CLINICS HAVE A CLEAR
PATH, IN EVERY PART OF THE
STATE. AND, HE HAS AN I SUPPORT
ON ON THE BILL WHEN WE HAVE A
QUORUM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?
THANK YOU. YES. I REALLY WANT TO
SAY THIS BILL STARTED, ACTUALLY,
WHEN MISS BABB AND I WERE HAVING
COFFEE, WHEN SHE WAS HAVING THIS
FIGHT IN VISALIA, AND SHE WAS
TELLING ME WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND I SAID TO HER, WE CAN FIX
THIS. AND SO IT'S REALLY FUN TO
BE ON THIS JOURNEY WITH HER
TODAY TO MAKING IT EASIER FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE IN
CALIFORNIA. AND I WANT TO THANK
THESE INCREDIBLE WOMEN AND ALL
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK, ACROSS
OUR STATE TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE
IN THE PLACES WHERE IT IS MOST
NEEDED. IT IS NOT EASY, BUT YOU
DO IT EVERY DAY. AND MY
GRATITUDE IS THERE. SO THANK
YOU. WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR COMING OUT, MISS FRIDA
FRIEDMAN, WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU
WILL BE PRESENTING YOUR BILL ON
RECONSIDERATION, AB 2712. THANK
YOU. CHAIR WALDRON AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, WE
DISCUSSED THE BILL THAT I'M
PRESENTING, THE AMENDMENTS FOR
TODAY. AND EVEN THOUGH THERE'S
NO OPPOSITION TO THE BILL, MANY
OF YOU HAD VARIOUS CONCERNS,
WHICH I TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY. I
SPENT TIME MEETING WITH THE
CHAIR AND HIS COMMITTEE, AND
THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED A GROUP OF
AMENDMENTS WHICH NOW HAS CHANGED
THE CHAIR'S RECOMMENDATION, I
BELIEVE, TO AN I RECOMMENDATION
ON THE BILL, AND I'LL
RECONSIDERATION THE AMENDMENTS,
LIMIT THE BILL JUST TO THE CITY
OF LOS ANGELES. THEY EXEMPT
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT
ARE 20 UNITS OR LESS. THEY
EXEMPT DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCUPY
DEED RESTRICTED UNITS INTENDED
FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE VERY LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME AND LOWER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. AND THEY ALLOW LOCAL
AUTHORITIES THE LATITUDE TO
ISSUE PERMITS TO, BUT ONLY IF
THEY DECIDE IN WRITING THAT THE
ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT DOES NOT
PROVIDE A LIABILITY TO THE
EXISTING NEIGHBORS. AB 2712
RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO SUPPORT
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT
ENCROACHING ON OVERCROWDING ON
ALREADY OVERCROWDED CURB PARKING
THAT EXISTING RESIDENTS RELY ON
THROUGH PERMIT PARKING. WE
BELIEVE THIS IS A GREAT
COMPROMISE COMPROMISE THAT STILL
ALLOWS FOR NEW RESIDENTS TO HAVE
THE ABILITY, IN CERTAIN CASES,
TO RECEIVE PREFERENTIAL PARKING
PASSES, BUT WITHOUT BURDENING
ALREADY OVERBURDENED
NEIGHBORHOODS IN LOS ANGELES.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD REQUEST
AN AYE VOTE ON RECONSIDERING
THÀNH WITH THE AMENDMENTS. THANK
YOU, MISS FRIEDMAN, DO WE HAVE
ANY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT? ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION SEEING
NONE, COMMENT. YES THANK YOU TO
THE AUTHOR, FOR BEING QUITE
FLEXIBLE AND WORKING WITH THE
CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE ON THE
AMENDMENTS AND TAKING IN
CONSIDERATION THE THINGS THAT
WERE SHARED IN THE LAST
DISCUSSION. I REALLY APPRECIATE
IT. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A
QUORUM YET, BUT WHEN WE DO, I'D
BE HAPPY TO OFFER THE MOTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED. AND AGAIN, THANK
YOU ESPECIALLY TO THE COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK. I ALSO
WANT TO I JUST WANT TO ALSO
COMMEND, COMMEND YOU AS WELL AS
THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE
STAFF, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, IN
SUCH SHORT ORDER THAT YOU'RE
ABLE TO FIND A COMPROMISE AND IT
KIND OF BECOMES KIND OF LIKE AN
LÀ PILOT PROGRAM. LET'S SEE HOW
IT WORKS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL
GET SOME DATA FROM IT. IF IT'S
SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
WORKING AS INTENDED, THEN WE CAN
EXPLORE IT FURTHER IN OTHER
REGIONS OF THE STATE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU AND YOUR
STAFF FOR WORKING TO ADDRESS THE
COMMITTEE'S CONCERNS. I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO
YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND TO AND TO
THE DISCUSSION THAT LED TO THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. DUE TO
TIMING, THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD
BE PROCESSED AND THE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
IF THE BILL MOVES FORWARD, WE
DON'T HAVE A QUORUM YET, BUT
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? JUST REALLY
APPRECIATE THE RECONSIDERATION.
AND AGAIN, THE ABILITY TO HELP
ADDRESS OUR OUR PROBLEM IN A WAY
THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY.
GREAT. THANK YOU. MOVING RIGHT
ALONG, MR. ALVAREZ, ITEM 17 AB
2945. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I AM PLEASED
TO BE BEFORE YOU TO BE ABLE TO
TALK ABOUT ASSEMBLY BILL 2945,
CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH
OUR OFFICE ON THE BILL. WE HAVE
BEFORE YOU TODAY, I JUST BY WAY
OF BACKGROUND, CHAIR, THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES, AND THIS BILL IS,
PARTIALLY INFORMED AND HAS BEEN
CREATED AS A RESULT OF
DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD AT THE
SELECT COMMITTEE, MEETINGS THAT
WE'VE HAD AS IT RELATES TO
TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
HISTORICAL UNFORTUNATE,
DEMOLITION OF COMMUNITIES AND
DESTRUCTION OF COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY, STATE
HIGHWAY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT OUR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. BUT HERE
IN CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR. SO
AB 2945 IS A VERSION OF ASSEMBLY
BILL 1476, WHICH THIS COMMITTEE
PASSED LAST YEAR, AND IT WOULD
ALLOW CITIES AND COUNTIES TO
CREATE A COMMUNITY OF, AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REINVESTMENT,
AGENCY TO FUND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING. FOR THOSE
OF YOU WHO HAVE SERVED IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT LIKE I HAVE AND HAVE
MAYBE HAD A CHANCE TO SERVE
PRIOR TO REDEVELOPMENT AND POST
REDEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE SEEN THE
IMPACTS OF THAT IMPORTANT TOOL
THAT HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATELY, NO
LONGER AVAILABLE FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES. REDEVELOPMENT
WAS AN IMPORTANT TOOL, TO ALSO
HELP BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS
IT REQUIRED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION, AGAIN, WHILE I WAS
IN MY OWN COMMUNITY AT THE CITY
COUNCIL IN SAN DIEGO, I SAW
FIRSTHAND THE EFFECTS HAD
POSITIVE EFFECTS IT HAD ON
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN
PARTICULAR. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE
WERE SOME, INSTANCES IN WHICH
THE REDEVELOPMENT LAW AND THE
AUTHORITY, CREATED
INEFFICIENCIES AND ALSO SOME
MISUSE, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO
THE DISSOLUTION, WHICH HAPPENED
IN 2012, PRIOR TO I THINK, ALL
OF OUR TIMES HERE ON IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND THERE HAVE BEEN
VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND
RECREATE A TOOL FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE
TO FINANCE THESE PROJECTS OF NOT
JUST, INVESTMENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO, AGAIN,
FOCUSED ON A FUNDING STREAM THAT
IS DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. AS REDEVELOPMENT USED
TO BE. AB 2945 RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF RDAS AND ADDRESSES
THEIR PREVIOUS FLAWS BY
REESTABLISHING THEM WITH
STRONGER OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS
FOR THE COMPTROLLER, INCLUDING
PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT
AND A LARGER REQUIREMENT FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MORE THAN IT
WAS UNDER THE PREVIOUS VERSION.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE 30% OF THE
FUNDS THAT ARE ACHIEVED THROUGH
TAX INCREMENT DEDICATED TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF LOW AND MODERATE
INCOME HOUSING. IN THESE PROJECT
AREAS. IMPORTANTLY, THE
OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS INCLUDE THE
STATE'S APPROVAL OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE AREAS AND
THE COMPTROLLER'S ANNUAL REVIEW
OF AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE
STATE FISCAL IMPACT BILL. ALSO
REQUIRES RDAS TO BE LOCATED NEAR
AND BE SPECIFICALLY LOCATED NEAR
FREEWAYS, WITH RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES PROJECTS AS DEFINED,
THEREBY LIMITING THE
IMPLEMENTATION TO ONLY A FEW
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WHILE IT WILL BE AVAILABLE
STATEWIDE, IT WILL ONLY BE
AVAILABLE IN AREAS WHERE THERE
ARE RECONNECTING PROGRAMS
ALREADY BEING ESTABLISHED BY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, USUALLY LED
BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COUNTIES,
CITIES OR MPOS. TO PROVIDE SOME
CONTEXT, IN 2022, FEDERAL AND
STATE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED
PROGRAMS. THERE WERE GRANT
PROGRAMS OVER $3 BILLION THAT
WENT OUT TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE
SUCH AS FREEWAY LIDS THAT
RECONNECT COMMUNITIES THAT WERE
DIVIDED BY PREVIOUS
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
TO DATE, TEN PROJECTS IN
CALIFORNIA HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING
THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS,
INCLUDING THE CITY OF PASADENA
FOR CONVERTING THE I-710 NORTH
STUB, THE CITY OF SAN JOSE FOR
CONVERTING MONTEREY ROAD
HIGHWAY, THE CITY OF OAKLAND FOR
THE I-980 CORRIDOR, LOS ANGELES
COUNTY FOR THE 101 FREEWAY, AND
SAN DIEGO FOR THE I-5 FREEWAY
LID. AB 2945 CAN SERVE AS A
FRAMEWORK TO HELP DEVELOP THESE
PROJECTS AND LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING OPTIONS. FOLLOWING THE
DISSOLUTION OF RDAS, THE
LEGISLATURE CREATED A COUPLE OF
TOOLS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF SO
THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES COULD
CREATE SOME AGENCIES THAT WOULD
UTILIZE TAX INCREMENT AS A TOOL
TO FINANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
I KNOW THAT I WAS IN SAN DIEGO,
I BELIEVE THE FIRST, TO
ESTABLISH AN ENHANCED
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
DISTRICT, WHICH WAS THE
LEGISLATURE'S RESPONSE TO, THE
DISSOLUTION OF REDEVELOPMENT. WE
DID THAT, BUT SINCE THEN, ONLY
FIVE A TOTAL OF FIVE DISTRICTS
EXIST IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I THINK
DEMONSTRATING THAT IFDS ARE NOT
THE SOLUTION TO TRYING TO,
AGAIN, REINVEST IN COMMUNITIES,
AS WAS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO
DO SO UNDER REDEVELOPMENT AT THE
2021 GOVERNOR OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND RESEARCH REPORT IDENTIFIED
THAT EXISTING TOOLS SUCH AS IFDS
THAT I JUST DESCRIBED AND ALSO
THE TOOL KNOWN AS A NIFTY'S OR
NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL IN
NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL FINANCE AND
TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
HAVE FAILED TO MAKE A DENT IN
OUR HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
DEFICIT BECAUSE, QUOTE,
ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF PLANNING RESEARCH
REPORT, THEY HAVE LIMITED
REVENUE POTENTIAL TO MAKE
DISTRICT FORMATION EVEN
WORTHWHILE, WHICH IS WHY WE SEE
NO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
DEVELOPED NIFTIES AND ONLY FIVE
IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE IFDS, I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, WE HAVE
RECEIVED SOME OPPOSITIONS
CONCERN FOR RDAS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. I BELIEVE THEY
SHOULD HAVE ACCESS THOUGH, TO
GREATER SHARE OF PROPERTY TAXES
GENERATED WITHIN THE PROJECT
AREAS, CERTAINLY WILLING TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
ON HOW TO, ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE
CONCERNS AND ALSO WHY WE'VE MADE
THIS A VERY LIMITED AREA. IT'S
ONLY WITHIN HALF A MILE OF THESE
VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS. IT IS
NOT GOING TO BE MILES AND MILES
OF SQUARE MILES OF CITY OR
COUNTY LAND. IT IS VERY, VERY
LIMITED IN SCOPE. ALSO,
REGARDING THE CONCERNS ON
EMINENT DOMAIN THAT WE JUST
RECEIVED, I THINK TODAY, WE HAVE
SOME LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO DRAFT THAT THIS
COMMITTEE ALSO EXPRESSED
CONCERNS ABOUT LAST YEAR, THAT
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO INTRODUCE IN
TERMS OF AMENDMENTS LAST YEAR
BECAUSE THE BILL DID NOT PROCEED
FROM THIS AFTER THIS COMMITTEE
DID NOT PROCEED FROM
APPROPRIATIONS, SO WITH THAT,
I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER A
LOT MORE QUESTIONS. THIS IS A
TOPIC THAT I'M VERY, VERY
EXCITED ABOUT, AND I HOPE THAT
WE AS A LEGISLATURE CAN FIND
ONCE AGAIN, A TOOL TO PROVIDE
THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCALS.
BUT WE HAVE, MARY ELLEN SHEA,
WHO'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
LOCAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES,
WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME
TESTIMONY ON THIS BILL. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. HONORABLE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS MARY ELLEN SHEA, AND I
REPRESENT THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HOUSING
FINANCE AGENCIES, CAL ALPHA. WE
WERE FORMED IN 1989 TO REPRESENT
LOCAL AGENCIES IN THE ISSUANCE
OF THEIR SINGLE AND MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING BONDS, SINCE THAT TIME,
WE'VE EXPANDED OUR BRIEF TO
INCLUDE, DEVELOPMENT OF ALL
KINDS OF FINANCING TOOLS AND
PARTICIPATING PATIENT IN THE
VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT HELP US
DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OUR
MEMBERSHIP IS BROAD. WE
REPRESENT BIG AND LITTLE
AGENCIES, URBAN AND SUBURBAN,
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, MANY OF
OUR MEMBERS ARE FORMER
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES. AND
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE WERE
DEVASTATED AT THE LOSS OF
REDEVELOPMENT MONEY FOR,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN
REDEVELOPMENT ITSELF WAS
DISSOLVED, WE WERE KIND OF THE
INNOCENT BYSTANDERS THERE, BUT
WE LOST $1 BILLION A YEAR SPREAD
THROUGHOUT MANY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES AROUND THE STATE. AND
WE SEE THE, INTRODUCTION OF THIS
BILL AS BEING A VERY, VERY SMALL
PART OF RESTORING SOME OF THAT
FINANCING. WE RECOGNIZE
REDEVELOPMENT IS NEVER GOING TO
BE A WHAT IT WAS. IT TOOK US 66
YEARS TO CREATE A VIABLE
STATEWIDE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
AND IT TOOK US LESS THAN A YEAR
TO DISSOLVE IT WITH A LOT OF
CHAOS AND HEARTBREAK INVOLVED.
BUT THAT WAS THEN. THIS IS NOW.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY WE LIKE
THIS BILL. NUMBER ONE, IT IS A
VERY LIMITED, AREA. THAT SMALL
PROJECT AREA IS GOING TO
ELIMINATE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
FOR, ABUSE AND HAVING PUBLIC
HEARING AND APPROVAL OF STATE,
GIVES US A, A REPUTATION OTHER
THAN. OH, THOSE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES ARE JUST DOING IT IN
THE DARK. SO WE LIKE THE
OPENNESS. WE LIKE THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS, WE LIKE THE
ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS. WE
LIKE THE FACT THAT DISPLACEMENT
IS ADDRESSED. THE UNITS THAT
MIGHT BE REMOVED HAVE TO BE
REPLACED ONE FOR ONE AT THE SAME
INCOME LEVELS, WHICH THEY WERE
ORIGINALLY RENTED. WE LOVE THE
FACT THAT IT'S 30% OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, NOT NOT JUST 20
ANYMORE, WE LIKE THE IDEA OF
LOCAL CONTROL, IN, IN AN
OVERSIGHT, IN A PUBLIC FORUM.
WE, WE LIKE THE ABILITY TO MAKE
OUR OWN DECISIONS, BUT WE WANT
THEM TO BE PUBLIC AND APPROVED
AND RECOGNIZED AS A NEED. WE
ALSO LIKE AN AMENDMENT, I
BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE ACCEPTED
THAT ALLOWS US TO CREATE PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL
INCREASE THE REVENUES AVAILABLE
AND MAYBE LET OUR PROJECT AREAS
DEVELOP MORE QUICKLY. AND WITH
MORE RESOURCES. SO WITH ALL OF
THOSE, PIECES OF INFORMATION IN
MIND, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE
SUPPORTING THE RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES REDEVELOPMENT ACT.
THANK YOU. ANY MEMBERS OF THE
AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO ADD ON IN
SUPPORT? GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. CHIARA ROSS, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PASADENA,
VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
AUTHOR'S EFFORTS ON THIS ISSUE
AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE BILL.
THANK YOU. SEAMUS GARRITY WITH
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON
BEHALF OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
OF CALIFORNIA AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. IS THERE
ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION OF THE
BILL AS PRIMARY WITNESSES? YOU
CAN SIT ON THE DESK, IF YOU
LIKE, AS PRIMARY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION. MR. CHAIR MEMBERS
BOB NAYLOR, REPRESENTING
FIELDSTEAD AND COMPANY. IT'S
HOWARD AHMANSON, JUNIOR AND
ORANGE COUNTY PHILANTHROPIST. WE
OPPOSE THE BILL UNLESS AMENDED,
AND WE WANT THE AMENDMENT TO BE
TO BAR THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN
, WE'VE TAKEN THE SAME POSITION
WITH MR. ALVAREZ'S BILL LAST
YEAR AND WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER
BILLS AT AND MANY AUTHORS HAVE
ADOPTED THE BARRING OF EMINENT
DOMAIN, INCLUDING THE BAY AREA
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
. LEGISLATION. IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS, THE REASON WE'RE OPPOSED
TO EMINENT DOMAIN IS IT HAS BEEN
BADLY ABUSED, AND WE THINK IT'S
INHERENT IN THE WAY IT OPERATES,
THAT ABUSE IS POTENTIALLY THERE
FOR, THE REPARATIONS COMMISSION
HAD A LONG CHAPTER ON THE
HISTORY OF ABUSE OF EMINENT
DOMAIN IN CALIFORNIA, ALMOST
ALWAYS IN MINORITY AND LOW
INCOME AREAS, AREAS DECIMATED.
NOW, THIS BILL IS MORE, MORE
LIMITED, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE IT
RIGHT TO LIMIT IT, THE OTHER
THING THAT HAPPENS WITH EMINENT
DOMAIN IS SITUATIONS CHANGE. YOU
TAKE THE PROPERTY AND THEN ALL
OF A SUDDEN THE ECONOMY CHANGES
OR INTEREST RATES GO UP, OR THE
DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE THE
FINANCING. THE DEVELOPER THOUGHT
THEY'D GET, AND IT SITS VACANT.
AND THERE ARE AREAS OF THE CITY
OF SACRAMENTO BLOCKS FROM HERE
THAT WERE TAKEN IN THE 50S THAT
ARE STILL VACANT BUILDINGS. TALK
ABOUT BLIGHT. IT'S A LOT MORE
BLIGHTED NOW THAN WHEN THEY
EXERCISED EMINENT DOMAIN. SO WE
JUST DO NOT WANT TO SET THE
PRECEDENT OF RETURNING TO
EMINENT DOMAIN. WE ASK THE
AUTHOR TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT
TO BAR THE USE, AND WE HAVE THE
LANGUAGE FROM OTHER BILLS. ABOUT
HALF A DOZEN OF THEM THAT HAVE
TAKEN THAT LANGUAGE. AND WE'RE
HAPPY TO WITHDRAW OUR OPPOSITION
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBERS
OF THE AUDIENCE, TO ADD ON
OPPOSITION, STATE YOUR NAME,
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION, ANY
CHILD WITH THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IN
OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF PROP 98
IMPACTS. THANK YOU, GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS. MATTHEW SEIBERLING, ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTY AUDITORS, SUBMITTED A
VERY LATE OPPOSITION LETTER TO
THE BILL. WE HAVE SOME
ADMINISTRATIVE CONCERNS. HIS THE
AUTHOR'S STAFF HAS REACHED OUT
TO US AND OFFERED TO SIT DOWN
WITH US OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR
TWO TO HELP WORK THOSE OUT. BUT
AS THE PRACTITIONERS OF THIS
PROGRAM, WE'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO
SIT DOWN WITH YOU GUYS AND WORK
IT OUT AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOME
AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS OUR
CONCERNS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE, AND WE'RE
STILL OPERATING AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE, I BELIEVE,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON, THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU TO THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE
TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
WHERE THEY'RE BEST FOR THE
COMMUNITY. AND I NOTICE, YOUR
PARTICULAR BILL, NARROWS IT TO,
COMMUNITIES, WHAT'S THE EXACT
WORD, RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES,
AND YOU NOTED IN YOUR TESTIMONY,
AND I WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON
THAT, THAT IT ALLOWS FOR WHERE
THERE'S ALREADY A RECONNECT
PROGRAM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
YEAH. SO, THERE ARE SEVERAL
COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA THAT
HAVE BEEN GETTING GRANTS PRIOR
SUMMARILY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO FROM THE
STATE GOVERNMENT IN PREVIOUS
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, THAT HAVE
BEEN MAINLY PLANNING GRANTS,
NOT, IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS JUST
YET, WITH MAYBE THE EXCEPTION OF
1 OR 2, I LISTED SOME OF THOSE
CITIES, AT OUR COMMITTEE
HEARING, WE DID HEAR FROM, AS AN
EXAMPLE, WHEN WE WERE IN SAN
DIEGO FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE,
WE HEARD FROM SOME SAN DIEGO
EFFORTS, WHEN WE WERE HAD OUR
HEARING HERE, CITY OF PASADENA
PRESENTED THEIR EFFORTS. THEY
RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING IN
ORDER TO, TO TRY AND CREATE A
RECONNECTING, PLAN TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUE OF WHAT HAD BEEN
PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED LAND WITH
THE INTENT OF BUILDING A HIGHWAY
. AND SO IT'S BEEN SITTING
VACANT FOR DECADES NOW. AND THE
INTENT, IN THEIR CASE, IS TO
RECONNECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
ARE DIVIDED, LITERALLY DIVIDED
BY A SWATH OF VACANT, BLIGHTED,
BLIGHTED LAND IN OTHER CASES,
COMMUNITIES WERE DEVASTATED BY
THE DEMOLITION OF FULL
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS,
AS IN THE CASE IN MY OWN
BACKYARD, WHERE THEY CREATED
ESSENTIALLY A THE HIGHWAY WAS
CREATED IN A VALLEY THAT WAS
MANMADE IN ORDER TO PUT IN A
HIGHWAY SYSTEM. SO YOU'VE GOT
COMMUNITIES SITTING ON TOP AND
YOU'VE GOT THE HIGHWAY RUNNING
DOWN BELOW. AND, IN SOME CITIES,
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY'RE
BUILDING DECKS TO CONNECT THE
COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING OF THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE IS, AS YOU MIGHT
IMAGINE, VERY, VERY COSTLY. AND
SO THAT'S THE IMPETUS FOR THIS
IDEA IS HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY
FUNDING TOOLS IN ORDER TO BUILD
THAT VERY EXPENSIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE? THAT'S NOT ALL
GOING TO COME FROM GRANTS FROM
THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. WE WISH IT DID. WE
WISH THE GOVERNMENT WOULD INVEST
IN THE SAME MAGNITUDE THAT IT
DID IN THE 1950S WITH THE
FEDERAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, WHICH
UNFORTUNATELY LED TO THESE THESE
SITUATIONS, IF THEY INVESTED,
EVEN, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF
THAT TO MAKE THESE COMMUNITIES
WHOLE, WE COULD HAVE A SOLUTION.
AND WE HAVE A FINANCING TOOL TO
BUILD THESE CONNECTIONS. AND SO
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHICH
COMMUNITIES WE ARE REFERRING TO,
IN THIS CASE, THE COMMUNITIES
THAT WE KNOW HAVE BEEN
RECIPIENTS OF PLANNING GRANTS OR
, OTHER, THEY'RE SOMEWHERE IN
THE FUNDING CYCLE, MAYBE SOME
ARE BEYOND PLANNING, MAYBE
THEY'RE NOW IN IMPLEMENTATION,
SOME ARE IN FEASIBILITY.
DIFFERENT CYCLES, AS YOU KNOW,
FOR PROJECTS. AND WHAT WE'D LIKE
TO DO IS ONCE A PROJECT BECOMES
FEASIBLE AND THERE'S A PLAN THAT
THEY WOULD HAVE THIS AS A TOOL
TO CREATE THESE PROJECT AREAS
AROUND THOSE PROJECTS IN ORDER
TO HELP FINANCE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS SO
EXPENSIVE. AND SO TO CLARIFY
YOUR YOUR PHRASING ALREADY AND,
AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT'S
FOUND IN THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF
THE BILL IS THAT IT IS ONLY USED
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION STAGE, NOT THE
PLANNING STAGE. AND SO, IT
DOESN'T NEGATE A COMMUNITY THAT
MIGHT BE CURRENTLY BIFURCATED BY
A HIGHWAY, BUT HAD NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT RECONNECTING. RIGHT, FROM
THEN TRYING TO PLAN TO RECONNECT
AND THEN USE THIS TOOL, EVEN
THOUGH TODAY OR LET'S SAY THE
YEAR THAT WHEN THIS IS
IMPLEMENTED. SO AT OUR NORMAL
TIME, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
PLANNING, PROCESS FOR
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, THEY
WOULD NOT BE EXEMPT FROM IT.
THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THAT PROCESS FIRST
BEFORE THEY CAN UTILIZE THIS
TOOL. CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT?
AND WE WANT MORE COMMUNITIES TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS BECAUSE THIS
IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER
TO DO JUSTICE FOR THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE IMPACTED
BY THIS. RIGHT. AND THEN THE
LAST AND FINAL QUESTION I HAVE
IS RELATED TO THERE'S CTA
OPPOSITION AND THERE'S LANGUAGE
IN THERE AROUND MAKING PEOPLE
WHOLE PASSTHROUGHS THINGS OF
THAT NATURE. AND SO AS IT
RELATES TO CTA'S OPPOSITION,
BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT ON THE
SURFACE PROP 98 FUNDING, HOW IS
THERE ANY MECHANISM FOR THAT
RESTORATION THROUGH THE BILL? SO
THIS IS WHERE WE MIGHT JUST
HAVE, POTENTIALLY A DISAGREEMENT
ON WHETHER THERE'S VALUE IN
DOING THIS AND POTENTIALLY
HAVING SOME IMPACT IN THE
FUTURE. IF THIS HAPPENS TO GET
APPROVED AND LOCALITIES CREATE
THESE DISTRICTS, TO SOME MINIMUM
EDUCATION FUNDING IN A VERY
SMALL AREA, WHICH IS, AGAIN,
LITERALLY JUST AROUND THESE
AREAS WHERE TODAY, LET'S JUST
IMAGINE WE HAVE A SITE WHERE YOU
WANT TO BUILD A DECK OVER A
HIGHWAY SYSTEM. THERE IS A LAND
VALUE OF ZERO ON THAT. THERE IS
NO PROPERTY TAX THAT IS BEING
ASSESSED AND THEREFORE FOR THE
COUNTIES AND THE CITIES AND THE
SCHOOLS ARE GETTING NO DOLLARS
FOR THAT FOR THAT LAND TODAY, IF
WE HAD THIS TOOL, IT IS MY
ARGUMENT THAT YOU ARE NOW
CREATING VALUE ON THESE DECKS
WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY
BUILD HOUSING OR, YOU KNOW,
EVERY, EVERY COMMUNITY CAN BE
DIFFERENT. THEY'RE GOING TO DO
DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT IF YOU NOW
GO FROM A VALUE OF ZERO TO A
VALUE OF ANY AMOUNT, NOW YOU'VE
GOT PROPERTY TAX MONEY. AND I
THINK THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW,
EDUCATION FOLKS ARE CONCERNED
THAT THAT FUTURE MONEY WOULD
HAVE GONE TO THEM UNDER CURRENT
LAW. AND THAT THIS WOULD TAKE
AWAY WHAT SHOULD GO TO
EDUCATION, EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN,
THERE'S NOTHING THERE TODAY,
IT'S A FUTURE CREATED VALUE. AND
SO ARE YOU SAYING BECAUSE IT'S A
FUTURE CREATED VALUE. AND THAT
HAD THIS, UP INVESTMENT
MECHANISM NOT EXISTED, THEN
THERE WOULD BE NO THERE WOULD BE
NO FUTURE VALUE FOR YOU TO GET.
AND THAT THE MAYBE AN ADJACENT
VALUE OF PROPERTY THAT YOU
CURRENTLY HAVE, VALUE THAT
THEY'RE RECEIVING MIGHT GO UP
BECAUSE OF THIS. THEY WOULD GET
THAT. BUT THEY'RE NOT THAT
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY
FROM THE AS A PART OF THE
DISTRICT. IT IS ONLY THE NEW
CREATED. IT IS NOT THE LAND
ADJACENT TO SO I'D HAVE TO READ
THAT SPECIFIC AREA. I THINK THAT
WAS OUR INTENT. BUT THE WAY IT'S
WRITTEN, IT MIGHT CAPTURE AND
THIS WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
ACTUALLY SIT DOWN TO TALK. OKAY,
IT MIGHT. THE DISTRICT IS HALF A
MILE FROM THAT AREA. Ó. SO IT
WOULD INCLUDE SOME. THEY'D BE
FROZEN AT THAT LEVEL, BUT IT
JUST LIKE THE, LIKE
REDEVELOPMENT AREA, IT WOULD
INCLUDE SOME, BUT IT WON'T BE
THE SAME AS THE FUTURE GROWTH
WOULD NOT BE OKAY. YEAH.
UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, I
WANTED TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD, I
SERVED ON THE ESCONDIDO CITY
COUNCIL FOR 14 YEARS. THAT CITY
WAS INCORPORATED IN THE LATE
1800S. SO OLDER CITIES CAN
REALLY BE IMPACTED WHEN A
FREEWAY IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IN
1975, IT'S PUT RIGHT THROUGH
YOUR COMMUNITY, IT REALLY
SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED THE
CHARACTER OF THE CITY. AND IT'S
BEEN REELING FROM THAT EVER
SINCE, TRYING TO GET BACK TO
WHAT WE USED TO HAVE AS A VERY
QUAINT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY
ORIENTED, KIND OF A DOWNTOWN, TO
THIS NOW WHERE THE FREEWAY
BECAME THE FOCUS OF EVERYTHING
AND IT REALLY SPLIT UP THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY
IMPACTING THE RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT WE SAW WAS
IT DESTROYED NOT ONLY THE
DOWNTOWN BECAUSE IT BROUGHT
EVERYTHING TO THE BIG TARGET
CENTER THAT WAS PUT ALONG THE
FREEWAY, BUT IT HURT THE
RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND REALLY
CREATED KIND OF A BLIGHT AREA
WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS
WERE. SO YOU EITHER HAD THAT
TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL AND SOME CAR
DEALERSHIPS AND, YOU KNOW, AND
THAT'S REALLY ALL IT IS. SO WE
NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A
MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK
AND PLAN FOR THOSE AREAS. AND
I'M THINKING OF THE 78 CORRIDOR
AND NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY. I
MEAN, SOME OF THE NEWER CITIES
ALONG THERE ARE NOT QUITE AS
IMPACTED AS THE OLDER ONES
BECAUSE THEY HAVE HOUSING THAT'S
RIGHT ALONG THOSE. THE FREEWAYS,
BUT THE NEWER ONES HAVE THE
COMMERCIAL. SO BUT IT DID IMPACT
ALL ALONG THERE. AND, I'D BE
EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COULD COME
OUT IN THIS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER COLORADO.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AND YOUR WORK ON THIS, YOU KNOW,
YOU MENTIONED MONTEREY HIGHWAY
AND SAN JOSE. I LITERALLY LIVE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S
ADJACENT TO THAT. SO I
UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE
FOCUS OF THE GOAL HERE. IN FACT,
THIS ISSUE COMES UP WHEN WE HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ON REPARATIONS AND
OTHER KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS, LATINO
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN IN
INTENSE, FINALLY SPLIT APART.
AND SO THE I APPRECIATE THE
NARROW FOCUS OF IT REDEVELOPMENT
WAS CERTAINLY A GREAT TOOL FOR
CITIES LIKE SAN JOSE TO BUILD A
LOT OF HOUSING, A LOT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THE
REALITY IS, I THINK THAT IF
WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT IT, I
THINK THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT
IN THESE REALLY KIND OF NARROWLY
FOCUSED AND REALLY TRYING TO
REPAIR HARM, AND I WOULD JUST
ASK YOU AS, AS OUR COLLEAGUE ASK
SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING
CONCERNS FROM CTA, AND I
UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL CTA
CONCERN ALSO, JUST IN TERMS OF
EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO PROP 98.
BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME REAL,
IMPACTS HERE. AND SO IT'S COME
SOME OF THE FINE TUNING, YOU
KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED
KIND OF THE PERIMETER AND THE
HALF MILE, BUT WHATEVER FINE
TUNING CAN BE DONE TO MINIMIZE
THE IMPACT ON EDUCATION FUNDS
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
LARGER. I MEAN, I THINK THAT
YOUR ARGUMENT WAS FASCINATING IN
TERMS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
FUTURE AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE
NOW AND THE KIND OF FUTURE
GROWTH. BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE
THERE'S IT DOES CAPTURE SOME
EXISTING, PROPERTY. AND SO TO
WHATEVER EXTENT THAT, THAT COULD
THOSE CONVERSATIONS CAN
CONTINUE. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE
ELSE, ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALVAREZ,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YEAH.
THANK YOU. I'D LOVE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION AND WOULD LOVE TO
TALK MORE WITH YOU AT ANY TIME,
IT IS ABOUT REPAIRING DAMAGE
THAT WAS DONE PRIMARILY IN
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE OLDER,
DEFINITELY IN COMMUNITIES THAT
WERE ALMOST ALWAYS BLACK AND
BROWN, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY,
THERE IS NO FINANCING TOOL TO
HELP REPAIR. AND WE HAVE SOME
MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. IT'S A VERY SMALL
POT OF MONEY, UNDER THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, BILL THAT WAS
APPROVED BY CONGRESS A FEW YEARS
AGO. THAT'S GOING TO DO IT'S
GOING TO MAYBE BUILD A COUPLE
PROJECTS. THAT'S THE EXTENT OF
THE IMPACT OF HOW THAT'S GOING
TO GO. THE STATE HAS BEEN
FUNDING SOME STUDIES. WE
DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO FUND THE COST OF
BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT'S REQUIRED IN THESE AREAS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND
WAYS TO BE CREATIVE WHERE WE
DON'T RELY ON STATE GOVERNMENT
MONEY, IN ORDER TO CREATE A TOOL
THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE
EFFECTIVE, MUCH MORE TAILORED. I
WAS, AS WAS JUST MENTIONED TO
SPECIFIC AREA, IN ORDER TO NOT
HAVE THE IMPACTS ON GENERAL FUND
THAT WERE THE REASON FOR THE
DEMISE, UNFORTUNATELY, OF
REDEVELOPMENT AND SO, I WOULD
LOVE TO GET YOUR MORE CREATIVE
THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS
AGAIN IN A MORE SURGICAL WAY AND
APPRECIATE AGAIN THE OPPORTUNITY
AND LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHERING
THE CONVERSATION AND APPRECIATE
YOUR AYE. VOTE ON OUR BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ALVAREZ, YOU'VE ACCEPTED
THE AMENDMENTS. THAT'S CORRECT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO REVITALIZING THOSE
AREAS OF THE STATE THAT NEEDED
THE MOST. I SUPPORT YOUR EFFORT
TO COMBAT THE IMPASSE OF HIGHWAY
INFRASTRUCTURE HAS HAD ON SOME
OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I'M VOTING
AYE ON THE BILL WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDS WILL BE TAKING IN HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE, THE MOTION WE DON'T
HAVE A QUORUM YET, SO WE NEED A
MOTION. AND, BUT WE'LL LET YOU
KNOW HOW THAT GOES. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. THANK
YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE ONE OF, ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS. WILSON'S 32, 59. YOU
MIGHT NEED LATER ON. THAT'S ITEM
19, AB 3259 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON. I DON'T KNOW, I WAS
GOING TO SAY ON THIS 3259. I
HAVE TO GET MY GOT TO GET MY
MAYOR BACK INTO SOLANO COUNTY.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. FIRST,
LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER TING FOR LETTING ME GO
OUT OF ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET
MY ONE OF MY PRIMARY WITNESSES,
MR. MAYOR, BACK TO HIS CITY OF
BENICIA, IN A TIMELY MANNER,
THANK YOU. CHAIR, GOOD
AFTERNOON, MEMBERS, AND TO THOSE
MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY SO
WE CAN ESTABLISH A QUORUM. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING COMING TO
HOUSING. I'M SORRY. LOCAL
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, I WILL
BEGIN BY ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS AND WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THE CHAIR AND THE
COMMITTEE FOR WORKING WITH ME.
AND, MY OFFICE ON THESE
AMENDMENTS. I'M PLEASED TO
PRESENT AB 3259. IT IS A
DISTRICT BILL THAT WOULD
PROVIDE, NEEDED FLEXIBILITY FOR
RESIDENTS IN SOLANO COUNTY TO
VOTE ON LOCAL REVENUE MEASURES
TO ENSURE, TO ALLOW US TO
PROTECT ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND
IMPROVE CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY,
THIS BILL WOULD RAISE THE
STATUTORY, TRANSACTION AND USE
TAX LIMIT ABOVE THE 2% CAP TO
ALLOW CITIES WITHIN SOLANO
COUNTY TO VOTE ON MEASURES THAT
RAISE LOCAL REVENUE AT A RATE
NOT TO EXCEED 0.5. WITH A SUNSET
IN 2029. CURRENTLY, A CITIZEN
INITIATIVE PUT ON THE BALLOT BY
THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF
BENICIA WOULD, IF APPROVED BY
THE VOTERS, PUT THE CITY ABOVE
THE CAP. EARLIER THIS YEAR,
VOTERS IN THE CITY OF BENICIA
OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED A THREE
QUARTERS CENT GENERAL PURPOSE
SALES TAX INCREASE TO SUPPORT
PUBLIC SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL
SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME,
RESIDENTS IN BENICIA HAD FORMED
A COALITION TO DRAFT THE
CITIZENS INITIATIVE FOR THE
NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR THE SPECIFIC
PURPOSE OF INCREASING REVENUE TO
IMPROVE ROAD CONDITIONS.
HOWEVER, WITH THE RECENT SALES
TAX INITIATIVE APPROVED BY
VOTERS, IF THE NOVEMBER CITIZEN
BALLOT INITIATIVE WERE TO PASS,
IT WOULD THEN PUT THE CITY ABOVE
THE 2% COUNTY CAP. THIS BILL
DOES NOT RAISE OR ENACT ANY NEW
TAXES. IT SIMPLY ALLOWS OR
REALLY EMPOWERS VOTERS WITHIN
SOLANO COUNTY BY ALLOWING THEM
TO DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROVE
LOCAL REVENUE MEASURES THAT
WOULD EXCEED THE 2% CAP UNTIL
2029. WITH ME TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT IS MAYOR STEVE YOUNG AND
CITY MANAGER MARIO GIULIANI FROM
THE CITY OF BENICIA. THANK YOU,
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK
ASSEMBLYMAN ASSEMBLYWOMAN WILSON
FOR SPONSORING THIS BILL, AS SHE
SAID, WE HAD A SALES TAX
INITIATIVE IN MARCH THAT PASSED
WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
ANYWHERE IN THE STATE. IT PASSED
WITH 72% SUPPORT, WE'RE VERY
HAPPY ABOUT THAT. IT ALLOWS US
TO SAVE, FROM HAVING TO CUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE AND PARKS
AND A NUMBER OF THINGS. WE ARE
IN A BIT OF A FISCAL CRISIS,
WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR CITIES
ACROSS THE STATE, IN SOLANO
COUNTY, THERE WILL BE TWO OTHER
OR THREE OTHER CITIES THAT WILL
HAVE SALES TAX MEASURES OF THEIR
OWN ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
IN OUR CASE, BECAUSE, AS
ASSEMBLYWOMAN WILSON SAID,
BECAUSE WE INCREASED OUR RATE TO
9.125 AND A SEPARATE CITIZENS
INITIATIVE SPECIFICALLY FOR ROAD
IMPROVEMENTS AND OUR ROADS ARE
TERRIBLE, WE'RE AT A PCI OF 57,
WHICH IS, BETWEEN FAIR AND POOR,
WE'RE A VERY OLD CITY, AND WE
HAVE, YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR OUR
STREETS ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
WE REALLY NEED TO FIX THEM, AND
IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED WE'RE GOING
TO NEED ABOUT $6 MILLION A YEAR
TO REPAIR THE ROADS. THE GAS TAX
GENERATES ABOUT $1 MILLION. SO
THERE'S A GAP THAT WE'RE NOT
ABLE TO COVER. AND, PEOPLE ARE
UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED BY THE
CONDITIONS OF THE ROADS. WE HAD
NEARLY 2800 CITIZENS SIGN THE
INITIATIVE. IT'S BEEN VALIDATED
BY THE COUNTY REGISTRAR. IT WILL
BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. SO
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FROM THIS
COMMITTEE AND THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATION IS SIMPLY TO ALLOW
THE CITIZENS OF BENICIA AND
OTHER, LOCATIONS WITHIN SOLANO
COUNTY GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO
DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT
TO INCREASE THEIR OWN TAXES, TO
PAY FOR SPECIFIC LOCAL
INITIATIVES. THANK YOU, IF I
MAY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I
WILL JUST CLOSE WITH ALSO
HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED. AS FOR
THIS BILL TO BE AN EMERGENCY
MEASURE, AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND MAYOR YOUNG,
WE ALREADY HAVE A CITIZENS
INITIATIVE THAT HAS QUALIFIED
FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, AND IT
IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE KIND
OF CLARITY AND RESOLUTION FROM
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON OUR
ABILITY TO RAISE OUR TAX RATE BY
HALF A CENT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
OUR ROADS. SECONDARILY, AND
REALLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO THE
PEOPLE OF BENICIA, EVERY DAY AND
YEAR THAT IS DELAYED IN FIXING
OUR ROADS ONLY MAKES IT
EXPONENTIALLY MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND SO THE ACTION THAT WE CAN
TAKE TODAY AS MEMBERS OF THE
STATE ASSEMBLY AND THOSE OF US
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO GIVE OUR
RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CHOOSE THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY IN
WHICH THEY LIVE, WE CAN BEGIN
FIXING OUR ROADS IN THE SUMMER
OF NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
WANT TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME,
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON, KAREN LANG, ON BEHALF
OF THE SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS, OUR LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY AND WILL
BE RECOMMENDING THE FULL BOARD
AS THE CORE POSITION, WHICH WILL
HOPEFULLY BE NEXT TUESDAY. SO
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU
KNEW THAT THE COUNTY WAS AWARE
AND HOPEFULLY SUPPORTIVE. THANK
YOU. ANYBODY ELSE IN SUPPORT?
SEE NONE. ARE THERE ANY PRIMARY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION SEEING
NONE. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE? I
TAKE IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS
ON WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US? NO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE, MADAM?
I WOULD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
SO APPRECIATE THE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF
BENICIA HERE, AND THEY HAVE
SUPPORT FROM MAYORS AND CITY
MANAGERS IN SOLANO COUNTY TO
SUPPORT THEM, IN PARTICULAR,
BEING ABLE TO, HAVE THE VOTERS,
THE CITIZEN INITIATED VOTERS,
THE INITIATIVE TO COME FORWARD
AND TO BE ABLE TO PASS AND HAVE
SELF-DETERMINATION IN THEIR
CITY, THE SAME THING IS FOR WE
HAVE OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE
COUNTY, WHICH IS WHY WE BROADEN
IT BEYOND JUST THE CITY OF
BENICIA. WE HAVE OTHER CITIES
HITTING TO THE CAP AND WE HAVE
OTHER VOTERS WHO ARE SAYING THAT
WE HAVE TO BE A SELF-HELP
COUNTY. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
DECIDE OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE AND
ENSURE PROSPERITY, NOT ONLY FOR
THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF SOLANO
COUNTY, BUT THE GENERATIONS TO
COME, THE STATUS QUO IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE. AND WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT MY CITIES IN SOLANO COUNTY
IS THEY DON'T ALWAYS LOOK FOR
THE STATE TO BAIL THEM OUT. THEY
SAID, WE CAN BAIL OURSELVES OUT.
AND SO WITH THAT, WHEN IT IS
APPROPRIATE TIME, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. AND THANK
YOU FOR ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS. I WILL
BE SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY
WHEN WE GET A QUORUM AND A
MOTION, WE WILL PROCEED. THANK
YOU FOR PRESENTING. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER TING, THERE WILL
BE A VOTE. YES. WHEN WE GET,
SOME MORE MEMBERS TO COME
PRESENT. THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT.
OKAY SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND
THAT'S A B 2488 AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN. WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO
FIRST THANK YOU AND YOUR
COMMITTEE FOR ALL YOUR HELP ON
THE BILL. WE ARE HAPPILY
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS, AB 2488 WILL ALLOW
SAN FRANCISCO TO CREATE A
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION
DISTRICT. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW,
SINCE COVID, WE'VE HAD A HUGE
EXODUS OF PEOPLE NOT GOING BACK
TO WORK IN DOWNTOWN SAN
FRANCISCO IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. WE
ESTIMATE WE HAVE A RECORD
BREAKING 32 POINT 6,000,000FT².
THAT'S EMPTY OF VACANT OFFICE
SPACE, THIS VACANCY HAS CREATED
A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, CGRTS
COFFEE SHOPS, TAILORS, SHOE
REPAIR STORES, ALL OF THOSE
STORES THAT WERE PLENTIFUL, ALL
AROUND DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO,
NOT TO MENTION THE PHARMACIES
AND THE DRUGSTORES THAT WERE
THERE, STATIONARY STORES DOING
BUSINESS HAVE NOW VERY MUCH
STRUGGLED. MANY OF THEM HAVE
CLOSED, THIS IS REALLY A BILL
THAT'S LESS ABOUT HOUSING, BUT
REALLY MORE ABOUT TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE BACK INTO DOWNTOWN, THIS
BILL WILL ALLOW SAN FRANCISCO TO
CREATE A DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION
DISTRICT, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM
TO HAVE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
TO USE THAT TAX INCREMENT TO
HELP SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CONVERSION FROM OFFICE SPACE
INTO, APARTMENT BUILDINGS. AND
IN THE HOPES THAT PEOPLE WILL
LIVE DOWNTOWN AND IN PARTICULAR,
WHILE MANY PEOPLE KNOW OUR
FAMOUS OFFICE BUILDINGS, THE
NEWER OFFICE BUILDINGS, THOSE
REALLY WON'T BE THE ONES THAT
WILL BE CONVERTED. IT'LL
PROBABLY BE SOME OF THE OLDER
BUILDINGS, THE BUILDINGS THAT
ARE SMALLER, LESS FAMOUS BECAUSE
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE
EASIER TO CONVERT INTO HOUSING,
WITH THAT, I HAVE, LUIS MORANTE
HERE FROM BAY AREA COUNCIL AS MY
PRIMARY WITNESS AND JUST
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AYE VOTE ON
2488. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LUIS MORANTE
WITH THE BAY AREA COUNCIL. WE'RE
STRONG SUPPORTERS OF AB 2488,
THE BAY AREA COUNCIL REPRESENTS
ABOUT 350 OF THE BAY AREA'S
LARGEST EMPLOYERS. WE'VE WORKED
WITH A LARGE COALITION OF
PROPERTY OWNERS IN DOWNTOWN AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BAY AREA
COUNCIL TO REALLY LEAN IN ON
THIS POLICY BECAUSE, AS MR. TING
SAID, THE SITUATION IN DOWNTOWN
SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S A BIG LIABILITY FOR THE
REGION. IT'S BEEN A BIG STRUGGLE
FOR OUR EMPLOYERS TO GET PEOPLE
BACK TO DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEIR
EMPLOYEES FEEL UNSAFE. WE NEED
TO HIT THAT CRITICAL MASS AGAIN,
WHERE THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE
THAT ARE FREQUENTING THE SHOPS
THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'VE
ALREADY BUILT FOR THESE PLACES,
IN THAT VEIN, I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE MR. TING'S POINT THAT
THIS IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A
DOWNTOWN RECOVERY BILL, WHILE
HOUSING IS A STRATEGY FOR
GETTING PEOPLE THERE, THE GOAL
REALLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE ARE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AGAIN.
THE BAY AREA COUNCIL IS ALSO
WORKING WITH SAN FRANCISCO'S
MAYOR, MAYOR LONDON BREED, ON
HER STRATEGY TO GET 30,000 NEW
PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO
BY 2030. WE THINK THAT THIS
PROPOSAL WILL HELP US GET TO
ABOUT 14,000 OF THOSE 30,000. SO
WE THINK THIS IS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT PROPOSAL, I JUST
WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE
SITUATION IN DOWNTOWN IS A
BIGGER LIABILITY THAN JUST FOR
THE CITY, FOR THE REGION AND THE
STATE, I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT
THIS BILL BECAUSE I THINK THIS
IS A GREAT FOOT FORWARD IN
SOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS AND IN
BRINGING A BROADER REGIONAL
SOLUTION TO THE AREA. SO I
STRONGLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANY MEMBER, IS THERE A SECOND
PARAMETER WITNESS? NO. THOSE IN
SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCE PLEASE
STATE YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE BILL. GOOD
AFTERNOON. RAFA SONNENFELD WITH
MBA ACTION. AND ON BEHALF OF SAN
FRANCISCO YIMBY AND URBAN
ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN SUPPORT,
THANK YOU, SEAMUS GERARDI WITH
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS HERE
ON BEHALF OF SPUR, IN STRONG
SUPPORT. FRANCISCO MORALES HERE
ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING ACTION
COALITION IN SUPPORT SEEING NO
ONE ELSE ANY, PARAMETER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION, SEEING
NONE. HOW ABOUT ANY MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC THAT WANT TO COME IN
OPPOSITION OF THE BILL? SEEING
NONE. WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE
TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE
HAVE ONE IN OPPOSITION. PARDON
ME, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS,
ACTUALLY, NOT IN OPPOSITION.
MARCUS DETWEILER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS
ASSOCIATION MERELY WANT TO
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE
AUTHOR'S, STAFF, AUTHOR'S OFFICE
AND THE SPONSORS ON BEING
RECEPTIVE TO NOODLING OUT SOME
TECHNICAL, I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL
THEM COMPLAINTS. JUST LINES OF
INQUIRY, AND ALSO EXPRESS
APPRECIATION FOR THE COMMITTEE
STAFF TIME AND WORKING ON THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH
THAT, VICE CHAIR WALDEN. THANK
YOU, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN
BILLS THAT HELP WITH
REVITALIZATION IN THE URBAN
CORE. IT WON'T AFFECT MY CITY.
MAYBE NOW, BUT MAYBE IN THE
FUTURE IT CAN BE EXPANDED
BECAUSE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS. BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE
IF IT WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW,
HELP IN SOME WAYS. IN AN OLDER
CITY, LIKE I MENTIONED, THAT I
SERVED ON THE BUSINESS LOOPS
BECAME KIND OF OBSOLETE. THEN IN
THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT
ARE THERE ARE BIG AND THEY DON'T
HAVE PARKING LIKE DESIGNATED FOR
THEM, AND THEY JUST SIT VACANT
FOR DECADES. THEY SIT THERE, AND
THEN YOU HAVE HOUSING THAT KIND
OF JUST KIND OF BECAME RENTALS
AND THEY'RE JUST SORT OF SITTING
THERE. AND IF THERE'S A WAY YOU
COULD JUST TAKE THIS AND HAVE A
VISION FOR THOSE AREAS, IT WOULD
REALLY HELP. WE TRIED TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO DO THAT IN THE
GENERAL PLAN, RENEWAL AND
HOUSING ELEMENT AND EVERYTHING,
BUT WITHOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE,
YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT. ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS I HAD, AND I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT, IS,
AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE
PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE
UNDER THE STREET, THE SEWER
SYSTEM AND THE OLDER, YOU KNOW,
PIPES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WOULD THIS, REDEVELOPMENT MONEY
OR IF MONEY BE ABLE TO HELP WITH
THAT? BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEED TO
REVITALIZE WHAT'S UNDER THE
STREET IN ORDER TO REVITALIZE
WHAT'S ON TOP. YEAH, I BELIEVE
SO. YOU COULD, THAT FOR OUR CITY
IS NOT AN ISSUE BECAUSE AGAIN,
PRIOR TO COVID, THAT AREA WAS
SERVICING, YOU KNOW, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, VERY, VERY
CROWDED, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
COMING IN EVERY DAY, INCLUDING
TOURISTS. AND SO IT'S JUST A
VERY THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE
FOR US. BUT, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF
A TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE DOWN
THERE. SO I THINK AND ORIGINALLY
WE STARTED OFF AS A, AS A STATE
WIDE BILL, BUT I THINK GETTING
INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
CONSULTANTS AND THE CITY AND THE
COMMITTEES, WE FELT THAT THIS
WAS EASIER JUST TO MAKE IT A
CITY BILL FOR NOW AND THEN JUST
TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD AND SEE
IF THIS WOULD WORK AND SEE IF
OTHER CITIES MIGHT BE INTERESTED
IN ADOPTING IT LATER ON. RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU, I BELIEVE THAT
CITIES NEED MORE TOOLS TO DO
THIS URBAN RENEWAL, SO I
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE SEEING NONE. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER TÍNH WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? JUST RESPECT FOR BROUGH.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU DID
SAY THAT YOU ACCEPT THE
AMENDMENTS. YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THE COMMITTEE ON THIS BILL
AND FOR ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. I CERTAINLY SUPPORT
YOUR EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THOSE
AREAS WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF EMPTY OFFICE SPACE, AND TO
PROVIDE HOUSING TO THOSE AREAS
THAT ARE BEING GREATLY IMPACTED
IN RECENT YEARS BY THE SHIFTS IN
HOW CALIFORNIANS PERFORM THEIR
JOBS. I'M VOTING AYE ON THIS
BILL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
THIS COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS WILL
ADOPT WILL BE ADOPTED IN THE
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE STILL
DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, BUT AS SOON
AS WE DO, WE'LL BE, MAKING A
THANK YOU ACTION ON THIS, BILLS.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
QUIRK-SILVA, ITEM NUMBER NINE,
AB 2591. WHEN YOU ARE READY
.
YOU READY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO
GO OFF SCRIPT A TINY BIT, AND
WELCOME THESE YOUNG GENTLEMEN, I
BELIEVE. IS IT YOUR FIRST TIME
TO THE CAPITOL? THEY'RE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE. AND
MEMBERS WE OFTEN HEAR IN
HEADLINES, THESE HORRIBLE TALES
OF OUR YOUTH AND ALL OF THESE
TYPE OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS THAT
THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN
GOVERNMENT, THAT THEY'RE,
SELF-ABSORBED, THAT THEY ONLY,
FOCUS ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND,
AND MANY OTHER NEGATIVE ISSUES.
BUT THESE GENTLEMEN AND THEIR
YOUTH ADVOCACY GROUP, ARE BEYOND
, ANY OF THESE, INNUENDOS. THEY
ARE STEP BY STEP MOVING THROUGH
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, PROCESS
, BY FIRST CONTACTING OUR OFFICE
LAST SUMMER ABOUT THEIR INTEREST
AND STARTING, AND, AND BEING
ENGAGED IN LOCAL CITY PROCESS
REYES BY A YOUTH COMMISSION. SO
WITH THAT, AB 2751 ENHANCED
YOUTH CIVIL ENGAGEMENT BY
REQUIRING CITIES AND COUNTIES TO
ESTABLISH A YOUTH COMMISSION AS
A YOUTH ADVISORY BODY. IF
PETITIONS SIGNED BY A SPECIFIED
AMOUNT OF THE CITY OR COUNTY
REYES YOUTH POPULATION. AND
THAT'S A SPECIAL NOTE. SO THAT
DOES NOT MEAN EVERY CITY HAS TO
PARTAKE IN THIS. IT MEANS THAT
IT WOULD COME FROM WITHIN THE
CITY, AND THAT ADVOCACY WOULD,
HAVE ENOUGH PARTICIPANTS, TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW IT'S NOT
EVERY CITY WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS
, REGARDLESS, MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THIS BILL WOULD PROVIDE
GUIDELINES FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE BODIES
TO ENSURE EFFICIENT AND
BENEFICIAL PROCESSES. WHILE
YOUTH COUNCILS CURRENTLY EXIST
IN SOME OF CALIFORNIA CITIES,
THEY ARE OFTEN LIMITED TO
UNINCORPORATED AREAS, SMALL
TOWNS, AND CITIES THAT HAVE YET
TO CREATE, WHO HAVE NOT YET
CREATED ADVISORY BODIES.
DISPROPORTIONATE, PROPORTIONATE
ACCESS TO THESE COUNCILS ACROSS
OUR STATES CREATES INEQUITIES
FOR STUDENTS WHO WISH TO
PARTICIPATE AND HAVE A VOICE IN
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. AS I
MENTIONED, I WAS FORTUNATE TO
MEET WITH THESE AMAZING,
PASSIONATE, CIVIC MINDED YOUNG
ADULTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. THEY
HAVE ACTIVELY AND DILIGENTLY
ADVOCATED FOR THE INTRODUCTION
OF AB 2591 SINCE LAST SUMMER,
THE SPONSORS IN MY OFFICE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH, THOSE WHO ARE
CONCERNED WITH THE BILL IN ORDER
TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES. AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. I'M PROUD
TO INTRODUCE WITH ME TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF AB 2591, RACIAL
MULVANEY, WHO IS A CALIFORNIA
STATE POLICY DIRECTOR WITH
AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION,
TYLER LEE, NATIONAL OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR, ALSO REPRESENTING THE
AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION. AND
THEN WE HAVE A THIRD. SO MAKE
SURE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF
THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ROCHELLE
MULVANEY AND I'M WITH THE
AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION. SO
THE REAL PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS
THAT THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT
BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES. SO THIS BILL
SEEKS TO REALLY SOLVE THAT
PROBLEM AT ITS CORE AS WELL. IT
GIVES STUDENTS MUCH NEEDED
REPRESENTATION. SECTION TWO
ENSURES THAT THESE COMMISSIONS
ARE NOT ONLY ARE ONLY CREATED IN
AREAS WHERE THERE IS SUFFICIENT
INTEREST, IF STUDENTS MANAGE TO
ACCUMULATE MORE THAN 500
SIGNATURES, OR 10% OF THE
POPULATION OF 13 TO 18 YEAR OLDS
WITHIN THEIR COUNTY, THEN THE
BOARD OF THAT COUNTY WILL
IMPLEMENT A YOUTH COMMISSION.
THE LOCAL YOUTH COMMISSION WILL
HAVE ABILITY TO MAKE PROPOSALS
TO THE BOARD AND COUNTIES WILL
DETERMINE THEIR FULL
RESPONSIBILITIES. THE THING IS,
LOCAL YOUTH COMMISSIONS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT
CREATING CHANGE WITHIN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND. AND THE
INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
RECENTLY FOUND THAT IN EL DORADO
COUNTY, THE LOCAL YOUTH
COMMISSION WROTE, WROTE AND
IMPLEMENTED A RESOLUTION TO
REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS
IN POMONA. THE YOUTH ADVISORY
COMMITTEE HAS EXPANDED STUDENT
POLL WORKERS TO SIX OFFICIAL
HIGH HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEN IN LA
LA CAÑADA, LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE,
THE. THE YOUTH COUNCIL
CONTRIBUTES TO A MONTHLY COLUMN
IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND TRIES
TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY OF
COMPANIES TOWARDS TOWARDS THE
YOUTH, AND MOST NOTABLY, THEY
ACTUALLY SURVEYED LOCAL
BUSINESSES REGARDING TOBACCO
SALES TO YOUTH. SO VERY
ACTIONABLE CHANGE RIGHT THERE,
SO EVERY EVERY VOICE DESERVES TO
BE HEARD. AND THIS BILL ENSURES
THAT IT'S A PROMISE TO YOUTH
THAT THEIR VOICE MATTERS. SO
PLEASE RESPECTFULLY VOTE AYE ON
AB 2591. THANK YOU. NEXT IS
THERE ANOTHER ONE? YEAH, YEAH.
HI. HELLO HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME
IS TYLER. I'M ALSO PART OF THE
AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION. IN
1776, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
CREATED THIS NATION'S MOTTO, E
PLURIBUS UNUM. OUT OF MANY ONE.
NOW THESE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE
FACED WITH THE QUESTION, HOW
DOES A LOOSE COLLECTION OF
STATES WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES, BELIEFS AND IDEAS
COME TOGETHER AND BECOME ONE
NATION, ONE VISION THROUGH
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA? IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE OR HOW
MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE, OR EVEN
WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, EVERYONE
GETS A VOICE. THAT'S ALWAYS
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
CALIFORNIAN STUDENTS CAN BE
HEARD. NOW MY COLLEAGUE RACHEL
HAS ALREADY DONE AN AMAZING JOB
EXPLAINING TO YOU WHY THIS BILL
IS SO NECESSARY. BUT THERE HAS
BEEN SOME OPPOSITION THROUGH
LETTERS, SO I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND KIND OF
SHOW US OUR SIDE. THE FIRST
CONCERN IS MAINLY DUE TO A LACK
OF RURAL INTEREST. NOW THAT'S
WHY THIS HAS A PETITION IN
PLACE. SO WITH THIS PETITION, IF
PEOPLE SIGN THAT PETITION,
THEY'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO
ACTUALLY WANT TO BE A PART OF
THIS COUNCIL AND THEY'RE GOING
TO BE THERE. IF THERE'S NO
INTEREST, THERE'S NO PETITION.
NO PETITION MEANS NO COUNCIL.
NOW, THE SECOND CONCERN IS
REALLY ABOUT FINANCES AND
ESPECIALLY CONCERNING VENUE AND
ALSO STAFFING FOR VENUE. THEY
CAN LITERALLY MEET IN THEIR
LOCAL TOWN HALL AND BASICALLY
IT'S ONE HOUR A MONTH. I CAN'T
SEE WHY THEY DON'T. THEY WON'T
HAVE THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND
THING IS STAFFING. THESE
STUDENTS ARE EXTREMELY
DEDICATED, AND IF THEY'RE OUT
THERE AND WANT TO BE PART OF
THIS YOUTH COUNCIL, THEY WILL BE
DEDICATED AND ARE HAPPY TO HELP
WITH ANYTHING, WHETHER THAT IS
HELPING PLAN AGENDAS, WHETHER
THAT'S TAKING MEETING MINUTES,
WHETHER THAT'S COORDINATING WITH
THESE YOUTH COMMISSIONS IN
GENERAL. OVERALL IF THESE
STUDENTS ARE THAT DEDICATED,
THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
FOR THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD. OUT
OF MANY, ONE AT THE END OF THE
DAY, NO MATTER HOW MANY OUT OF
THE MANY CONCERNS, COMMENTS AND
IMPACTS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ON
THE OPPOSITION, THERE'S ONLY ONE
SIDE THAT TRULY IMPACTS AND
HELPS OUR DEMOCRACY, AND THAT IS
THE AFFIRMATIVE. WE'D LIKE TO
THANK REPRESENTATIVE QUIRK-SILVA
FOR HER LEADERSHIP, AND WE
HUMBLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU. YOUR THIRD COLLEAGUE
LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING? HI. YES,
MY NAME IS TRAVIS HODGES. I'M
THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND
POLICY DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN
YOUTH ASSOCIATION, AND I'M HERE
TO GIVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION. AND
I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL
CAUCUS OF CALIFORNIA, TO GIVE
THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. WELL,
THANK YOU. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE,
VERY ELOQUENT, STUDENTS, IS
THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE
THAT WANTS TO ADD IN SUPPORT?
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME,
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION. I'LL
SEE NO ONE IN A PRIMARY.
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION. THAT
ONE OF YOU NEEDS TO ONE OF YOU
THERE. SEE THE LIGHT. PRIMARY
WITNESSES. YES. OKAY. JUST GO
AHEAD, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. JESSICA BLAIR,
PRESIDENT OF THE CITY CLERK'S
DEPARTMENT OF THE LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES HERE TODAY IN
RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION OF THIS
BILL, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK
THE SPONSOR AND AUTHOR FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH THE
LEAGUE AND DISCUSS THE BILL, I
WANT TO APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO
INCREASE CALIFORNIA'S YOUTH
PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER,
WE MUST OPPOSE THE BILL AS
CURRENTLY DRAFTED. I WANT TO SAY
I'M SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG
GENTLEMEN, I'M A BIG PROPONENT
OF YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT. I RUN
IN MY JURISDICTION. THE YOUTH
ACADEMY AND SUNNI YOUTH
COMMISSION. SO, I APPLAUD YOU. I
THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT OUR
PRIMARY CONCERN IS THAT IT
CREATES A NEW MANDATED LOCAL
PROGRAM. THERE ARE MANY CITIES
THAT HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, IT
WOULD BE A COST BURDEN TO SOME,
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH
LIMITED STAFF AND RESOURCES. AS
BROWN ACT GOVERNANCE BODIES,
COMMISSIONS REQUIRE, RESOURCES
TO FUND THE STAFF. TIME TO
RESPOND TO THE INITIAL PETITION.
PETITION AND CREATE THE BODY
FILL VACANCIES, PROVIDE THE
VENUE INCREASE LIABILITY
INSURANCE, STAFF THE MEETINGS,
AND COORDINATE WITH THE MEMBERS
FOR FULFILL BROWN ACT
REQUIREMENTS. CITIES ALREADY
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH
LOCAL YOUTH COMMISSIONS AND CAN
MAKE THE DECISION TO CREATE ONE
WHILE BALANCING LOCAL NEEDS,
AVAILABLE. FUNDING AND STAFF
RESOURCES. CITIES SHOULD HAVE
THE AUTONOMY TO DECIDE HOW
LIMITED CITY RESOURCES ARE USED.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE NEW COSTS
, WE ARE CONCERNED WITH HOW THE
PETITION WOULD BE VERIFIED AND
WHAT TYPE OF STAFF RESOURCES
WOULD BE NECESSARY TO VALIDATE
THE PETITION, GIVEN THAT IT
COULD ONLY BE SIGNED BY THOSE
WHO ARE AGED 13 TO 18. FOR THESE
REASONS, WE ARE RESPECTFULLY
OPPOSED BUT REMAIN COMMITTED TO
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO
INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. SECOND PRIMARY
WITNESS. HELLO, SARAH DUQUETTE,
ON BEHALF OF THE RURAL COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA,
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES AND THE URBAN
COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA. FIRST,
WE WANT TO APPLAUD, THE YOUTH
THAT REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE. AND
WE DO WANT TO SEE THAT. AND WE
BELIEVE WE CAN FIND AMENDMENTS
TO BALANCE HAVING THEM ENGAGE
WITH OUR LOCAL BODIES, BUT ALSO
THE REALITY THAT WE ARE
STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, THIS
WOULD PROBABLY BE UP TO 24
MEETINGS A YEAR OR AVERAGE.
ADVISORY BODIES IN RURAL
COUNTIES ARE FOUR TIMES A YEAR,
12 TIMES A YEAR. THEY WOULD BE
MEETING ON THE SAME SCHEDULE AS
LIKE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION,
WHICH IS A SEMI, QUASI JUDICIAL
BODY. AND WE, OF COURSE, WILL
HAVE TO HAVE STAFF TIME TO MAKE
SURE WE MEET THE BROWN ACT
REQUIREMENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, THE
STATE DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE
BEST TRACK RECORD IN PAYING US
FOR A LOCAL MANDATED PROGRAM. I
THINK THE RUNNING TOTAL FOR
COUNTIES IS AROUND 300 MILLION.
THAT HASN'T BEEN PAID IN ABOUT
1.6 BILLION THAT HAVEN'T BEEN
PAID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. SO
WE'RE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT HOW DO
WE BALANCE OUR NEEDS LOCALLY,
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE
SPENDING OUR OWN GENERAL FUND
AND KNOWING THAT 10% AND THAT
500 MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT IN
SIERRA COUNTY, POPULATION 1300
VERSUS LA COUNTY, POPULATION 10
MILLION, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
CAN BE RESPONSIVE. SO WE HAVE A
LOT OF IDEAS. WE WANT TO WORK
WITH THEM. WE WANT TO FIND A WAY
TO GET THEM ENGAGED, BUT ALSO
MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISION ON
TAKING ON THIS BIG FINANCIAL
COMMITMENT IS RETAINED BY THE
LOCAL BODY. AND I THINK MANY OF
THEM, THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS,
WOULD SAY YES. AND SOME OF THEM
MIGHT SAY, HEY, LET'S ADDRESS IT
IN A DIFFERENT WAY. MAYBE WE CAN
DO A PLAN, MAYBE WE CAN DO AN AD
HOC, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN
REACH A CONCLUSION WITH WITH THE
AUTHOR TO GET THE YOUTH
INVOLVED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE
WANT OUT IN OPPOSITION, SEEING
NONE. COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ANY
QUESTIONS? YES. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON, THANK YOU. TO THE
AUTHOR, FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. THANK YOU TO THE
PRIMARY WITNESSES AND SUPPORT.
YOU ALL THREE OF YOU DID AN
EXCELLENT JOB OF, YOU KNOW,
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY,
VERY ELOQUENT AND JUST
REPRESENTING YOUR GENERATION IN
TERMS OF BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AT A MACRO LEVEL, VERY MUCH
SUPPORT, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND
YOUTH INVOLVEMENT AND, SOMETHING
. THAT, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATED FOR
IN MY OWN COMMUNITY, WAYS TO
ENGAGE THE YOUTH BEYOND JUST THE
COMMISSION, BUT I ALSO AM A
SMALL COMMUNITY AS WELL, AND
THERE AND IT WOULD NOT BE LOST
ON ME TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE
ARE COSTS RELATED TO THIS, FOR
INSTANCE, HAVING, WHATEVER
NUMBER IT IS, WHETHER IT'S 10,
DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE
COMMUNITY OR UP TO 500, FROM 13.
SO YOU HAVE 13 TO 18 YEAR OLDS,
YOU HAVE TO VERIFY THAT IT'S NOT
AS SIMPLE AS VERIFICATION. EVEN
WHEN YOU'RE DOING VOTING. RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE IS A ACTUAL RECORD
OF, THERE'S A VOTER RECORD THAT
YOU CAN VERIFY AGAINST AND SAY,
THIS PERSON HAS SIGNED UP ON A
VOTER REGISTRATION, AND THIS
REPRESENTS A LEGITIMATE PERSON
IN A COMMUNITY, WHEREAS 13 TO 18
YEAR OLDS, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE
SAME YOU THEY GO TO DIFFERENT
SCHOOLS, SOME ARE HOMESCHOOLED.
IF YOU USE LIKE EVEN THAT
PROGRAM. SO IT IS, THERE IS,
THERE IS THERE WOULD BE A ACTUAL
COST FACTOR THAT YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE TO BURDEN SOMEONE ELSE.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, CITIES GIVE A
LIST TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF THE
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, AND THEN
THEY DO THAT WORK. AND NOT YET,
AND SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT
IS, A CONCERN, THE FACT THAT IT
REQUIRES BY LAW AND ASSIGNED
STAFF PERSON. SO IT'S NOT LIKE
THEY CAN MEET ON THEIR OWN.
THERE HAS TO BE AN ASSIGNED
STAFF PERSON RELATED TO THE CITY
OR COUNTY ASSOCIATED. AND THAT
IS AN THAT IS AN ACTUAL COST
REQUIREMENT MEETING TWO TIMES A
YEAR. I THINK IT WAS NOTED FROM
THE THOSE THAT WERE RESPECTFULLY
OPPOSED. SAME ISSUE IS, YOU
KNOW, I CREATED ADVISORY
COMMITTEES AND MY COMMUNITY WHEN
I WAS MAYOR, SOME MET BI MONTHLY
. IT WAS REALLY BASED ON THE
NEED AND SOME HAD PLANNED
MEETINGS, BUT DIDN'T MEET
BECAUSE THERE WASN'T BUSINESS,
YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEM. AND SO
THE BILL IS REALLY PRESCRIPTIVE
INTO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND
IT REMINDS ME OF WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT AND REALLY DEMAND OF A
LARGE COMMUNITY IN COMPARISON TO
A SMALLER COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY,
WHEN IT'S TIME WHEN WE HAVE A
QUORUM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOT
ONE YET, DEFINITELY WILL SUPPORT
AT A MACRO LEVEL, BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WORK, TO FINE
TUNE THE BILL AS IT GOES
FORWARD, BUT I DO THINK THAT,
YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER SIZE AS A
FACTOR OF COMMUNITIES. WITH THIS
BILL, BECAUSE THERE IS A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN OUR LARGER
URBAN CENTERS AND OUR SMALLER
RURAL AREAS, AS I THINK SOME OF
THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS LIKE
MOST, COMMISSIONS, ONLY HAVE A
REQUIREMENT TO MEET AT LEAST
ONCE A YEAR, THAT'S MINIMUM. AND
THEN THEY CAN MEET UP TO AS
NEEDED. AND SO TO HAVE IT WHERE
IT'S A MINIMUM PER MONTH IS I
THINK IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. AND
RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS AFTER
HOURS, I'M ASSUMING IT'S AFTER
SCHOOL HOURS THAT THEY'RE NOT
GOING DURING SCHOOL, AND SO YOU
ALSO HAVE THIS RECOGNITION THAT,
IT'S MORE THAN JUST A STAFF
PERSON. YOU'RE HAVING A PUBLIC
PLACE OPEN AFTER HOURS. SO ALL
OF THE SUPPORT THAT GOES RELATED
TO THAT IS, IS THERE IS A COST.
AND I THINK ON THERE IT SAYS
SENDING THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST
ON THE CITY ONE, ONE. COUNCIL
MEMBER THAT'S, THAT'S A WHOLE
NOTHER THING. SO I THINK THERE I
THINK THE INTENT IS GOOD. THE
THOUGHT IS THERE. HOW DO WE
ENGAGE OUR YOUTH, BUT EVEN WHEN
IT COMES, LIKE I SAID, TO THOSE
SMALLER COMMUNITIES, THERE MIGHT
HAVE TO BE FLEXIBILITY WHERE
YOU'RE PRESCRIPTIVE IF IT'S A
POPULATION OVER A CERTAIN
CENTER, OVER A CERTAIN SIZE, BUT
IF IT'S A SMALLER COMMUNITY,
GIVING THEM THE FLEXIBILITY THAT
THERE IS A PETITION, THEY HAVE
TO INCORPORATE YOUTH IN THE
DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND AN
ADVISORY CAPACITY AND GIVING
THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO
DETERMINE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMAN WILSON, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO RESPOND OR DID YOU
WANT TO RESPOND? OH, GO AHEAD.
SO I JUST HAD A FEW SOLUTIONS
FOR SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. I KNOW
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR THE PETITION, WE
CURRENTLY HAVE STUDENT BOARD
MEMBER PETITIONS FOR THE, STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND HOW THAT
WORKS IS REALLY JUST USING THE
EMAIL ADDRESSES THROUGH THE
SCHOOLS. SO BASICALLY EVERY
DISTRICT HAS THEIR OWN EMAIL
ADDRESSES. YOU CAN JUST USE A
GOOGLE FORM. AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE BEST WAYS TO DO IT, AND THEN
I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING A LOT
ABOUT ALSO IN TERMS OF NEEDING
LIKE THE FREQUENCIES OF MEETINGS
AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AS I'M
AWARE, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT OF
LIKE A STAFFER NEEDING TO MEET
AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE
MEETINGS. IT'S JUST ONE
REPRESENTATIVE OR ONE COUNCIL
MEMBER ONCE A MONTH. SO THEY
DON'T NEED ME AT EVERY SINGLE
MEETING. AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW
FOR VENUE, LIKE I GET OUT AT
3:00 NORMALLY OR IF NOT EARLIER
OR MOST SCHOOL DAYS. SO WE COULD
JUST AS EASILY MEET AT LIKE 330
WHEN LIKE THE OFFICES ARE STILL
OPEN AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YEAH.
AND I THINK JUST TO THAT POINT,
THAT IS WHAT WOULD BE LEFT UP TO
THE CITIES. AND THAT'S WHAT MY
ARGUMENT IS IN THAT. AND THEN
JUST NOTING, I DON'T THINK YOU
MIGHT HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHEN I
TALKED ABOUT VERIFICATION IS
THAT'S THE STUDENT BOARD. YOU'RE
ALREADY AT A SCHOOL AND IT'S
ASSOCIATED WITH A SCHOOL. AND
THEN YOU'RE NOW TRYING TO
REPRESENT THAT SCHOOL SOMEWHERE
ELSE. SO THE VERIFICATION IS
THROUGH THE SCHOOL. WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT A CITY OR A
COUNTY, NOT EVERY STUDENT GOES
TO THE SCHOOL. EVEN IN THAT
DISTRICT, IN THE AREA OF THE
JURISDICTION. THÀNH MIGHT BE
DIFFERENT. SOMEONE, WE ALLOW
STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL WHERE
THEIR PARENTS WORK, SO IF THEY
IF YOUR PARENT WORKS IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND YOU'RE GOING TO
SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT YOU
LIVE IN, LET'S SAY, MY CITY,
SASSOON CITY, THEN, THERE THAT
THAT VERIFICATION WOULD LOOK
VERY DIFFERENT IF I'M
HOMESCHOOLED, AND I'M NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTRICT.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU
KNOW, IF SO, IT'S SOME WHAT I'M
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE
VERIFICATION IS NOT THAT IT
CAN'T BE VERIFIED. IT JUST IS
NOT A SIMPLE PROCESS FOR IT. SO
THAT IS A COST TO THE CITY TO BE
ABLE TO VERIFY OR THE COUNTY TO
BE ABLE TO VERIFY THE STUDENT.
SO THE INTENT IS THERE. AND
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE DO
HERE IN SACRAMENTO AT A MACRO
LEVEL, WHERE THE INTENT IS
PERFECT AND EVERYBODY CAN AGREE.
AND THEN WE GET TO THE DETAILS
AND THAT'S WHERE THERE IS
CONSTERNATION. RIGHT. AND TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO THIS.
BECAUSE WE'RE A BIG STATE. WE'RE
A DIVERSE STATE, AND THAT IS OUR
STRENGTH. RIGHT, AND THEN WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE,
CRAFT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS
FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE COMMONLY
USE A TERMS THAT WE DON'T WANT
SOMETHING THAT IS ONE SIZE FITS
ALL BECAUSE ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT
ALL. IT FITS ONE. EVEN THE BEST
T SHIRT THAT'S A ONE SIZE FITS
ALL, ONLY ONE PERSON REALLY
LOOKS GOOD IN THAT T SHIRT.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS JUST KIND OF
MAKING DO. AND SO I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE LEGISLATION
BECAUSE I SUPPORT THE INTENT. WE
SHOULD HAVE YOUTH COMMISSIONS,
ESPECIALLY IF THE YOUTH WANT TO
BE ENGAGED. EVERY CITY AND
COUNTY, EVERY JURISDICTION
SHOULD FIND A WAY FOR THEM TO BE
ENGAGED AND JUST ALLOWING THAT
FLEXIBILITY. THANK YOU. THANK
KHÓ ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER QUIRK-SILVA
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE, YES. I
APPRECIATE THE DIALOG. THIS
DOESN'T OFTEN HAPPEN. AND JUST
SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS, SOME
MEMBER LORI WILSON, AND SHE
SERVED ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR
QUITE A FEW YEARS, AS I DID. SO
EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED IS
DEFINITELY WELL TAKEN, THE
FLEXIBILITY OF THE, BILL, WE
DEFINITELY CAN WORK ON THAT. AND
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, FOR ALL
OF US TO ENGAGE UNDER THAT TOPIC
BECAUSE CERTAINLY, THERE ARE
GREAT IDEAS AND GREAT ENERGY,
BUT IT ALL HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED
AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. EITHER
COSTS OR LOCATION OR
VERIFICATION CERTAINLY ARE
IMPORTANT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE
YOU SAYING THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT
IT. AND WE HOPE THE OTHER
MEMBERS WILL AS WELL. AND WITH
THAT, I'D RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER, I
APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS FOR OUR STATE'S
YOUNG PEOPLE. I WILL BE VOTING
AYE WHENEVER WE GET A QUORUM AND
A MOTION TO MOVE THE BILL. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, AND THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
EXCELLENT JOB. GOOD JOB.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON, YOU HAVE
TWO OTHER BILLS WOULD YOU LIKE
TO PRESENT? I DO AM I GOING TO
DO MY OTHER OR. NO. OH YOU HAVE
ANOTHER ONE. YES. SI. I'LL DO IT
FAST. YES, PLEASE. I'M GOING TO
BE HERE ALL DAY. ALL RIGHT, SO I
APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD
ANOTHER ONE. GO. GO AHEAD.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. WE WILL BE,
PRETTY SPEEDY ON THIS, THIS IS
VERY NARROW, BILL, AB 2904, AND,
WE WANT TO AGAIN, THANK THE
CONSULTANT FOR WORKING WITH OUR
OFFICE, AND WE DO, ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEE MEMBER AMENDMENTS, AB
20 904 EXTENDS THE TIME FRAME
WITHIN WHICH CITIES MUST INFORM
HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS
PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTING ZONING
ZONING CODE UPDATE. SO AGAIN, I
WANT TO TAKE US OUT OF THIS
BUILDING AND TAKE US INTO OUR
OWN HOMES. WE WALK IN, WE GO
THROUGH OUR MAIL. WHETHER YOU'RE
A PROPERTY OWNER OR A SINGLE
FAMILY OR EVEN A RENTER, YOU SEE
THINGS THAT MAY LOOK KIND OF
GOVERNMENTAL OR WHATEVER. AND A
LOT OF TIMES WHAT DO WE DO? WE
DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER. WE KIND OF
LAY IT THERE TO RELOOK AT IT AT
ANOTHER TIME, OR MAYBE NOT
IMMEDIATELY, BUT THIS
INFORMATION THÀNH, RELATING TO
PERMITTING, THE CURRENT LAW ONLY
PROVIDES A TEN DAY NOTICE FOR
ZONING CHANGES, WHICH IS NOT
ENOUGH TIME FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS.
SO WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO IS IT
WOULD DOUBLE IT TO 20 DAYS,
ALLOWING PROPERTY OWNERS A
BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND
RESPOND TO PROPOSED ZONING
AMENDMENTS, ENHANCING
TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROCESS.
WITH ME TODAY IS JOSE CORONADO
WITH CORONADO STRATEGIES AND
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS WITH NAIOP SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO. ALL RIGHT, MR.
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ON THIS BILL. THIS IS AN
ISSUE THAT'S COME ACROSS WHEN
DOING DEVELOPMENT OR PROPERTY
BUSINESS, PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY
ARE RUNNING ACROSS THE,
INFORMATION THAT THEIR PROPERTY
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED HAS BEEN
CHANGED AFTER THE FACT AND MANY
TIMES THEY DON'T SEE THESE
NOTICES COME THROUGH IN TIME,
I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE OF
MOST BUSINESSES. IT GETS, YOU
KNOW, IT'S TEN DAYS. YOU GET
THIS NOTICE TEN DAYS. SNAIL MAIL
TAKES YOU A LITTLE BIT TO GET
THERE. BY THE TIME IT HITS
SOMEBODY'S DESK, BY THE TIME IT
GETS ROUTED TO THE RIGHT PERSON,
BY THE TIME I SEE ONE OF THOSE,
I'VE GOT A MEETING THAT MORNING
OR THAT DAY, AND I HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IMPACT IS
ON THOSE THINGS. AND SO WE'RE
JUST SIMPLY ASKING FOR AN
EXTENSION. ONE OF THE GOOD
THINGS I THANK THE COMMITTEE
STAFF FOR BEING SO HELPFUL IN
WORKING THESE THINGS OUT. BUT
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WE HAD IS
WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO MAYBE MODERNIZE THIS
DISCUSSION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME MORE
WORK AND ACTION LATER DOWN THE
ROAD, BUT THIS IS REALLY HELPS
PROVIDE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF
YOUR PROPERTY IS BEING DOWN
ZONED, YOU SHOULD BE BE GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
KIND OF TAKING THAT IS THE VALUE
OF THE PROPERTY. WELL WILL WILL
BE LESS IF YOUR PROPERTY IS DOWN
ZONED IN THAT CASE. SO WE ARE
RESPECTFULLY ASKING. I CAN GIVE
YOU PLENTY OF EXAMPLES, BUT WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY, OR
IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO ADD
ON? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
AFFILIATION. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS SKYLER
WONACOTT WITH THE CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION
AND NH█P, CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. ANY PRIMARY WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION? YOU CAN COME TO
YOUR DESK IF YOU LIKE, AND YOU
HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD
AFTERNOON. RAFA SONNENFELD WITH
THE MBA ACTION REGRETFULLY
OPPOSED UNLESS AMENDED TO THIS
BILL, WHILE WE AGREE WITH THE
INTENT OF THE BILL TO, TO NOTIFY
PROPERTY OWNERS WHEN THERE IS A
DOWN ZONING, BECAUSE THAT
AFFECTS PROPERTY VALUES AS
CURRENTLY DRAFTED, THIS BILL
WOULD APPLY THE ADDITIONAL,
TIMING FOR UP ZONINGS AS WELL,
AND IT INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY
HOME OWNERS WHO ARE NOTORIOUSLY
ANTI HOUSING. SO, THE
ADDITIONAL, AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTICE
COULD IMPACT THE HOUSING ELEMENT
REZONING PROCESS AND WOULD LEAD
TO MORE NIMBY OPPOSITION AGAINST
HOUSING. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO
CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE
SPONSORS AND AUTHOR ON THE BILL
TO NARROW THIS DOWN EVEN MORE.
JUST TO DOWN ZONING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE, IN
OPPOSITION AND THE PUBLIC,
PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE,
SAY YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION AND
POSITION, JESSICA BLAIR, CITY OF
HALFMOON BAY. OPPOSE UNLESS
AMENDED. THANK YOU. SEEING NO
ONE ELSE, ASSEMBLYMEMBER WILSON,
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? SINCE IT'S JUST YOU
AND I, WE COULD JUST TALK ALL
DAY RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY
AND GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT TO
BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN A
TIMELY MANNER, AND TIMELY IS
DIFFERENT BASED ON WHO THE
PERSON IS. BUT I THINK THAT THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ON THE, BE
IN THE POSITION OF, PROVIDE THE
MOST ADVANCED NOTICE THAT'S
FEASIBLE, AND 60 DAYS FOR EVEN A
SMALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS
SUFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE
ISSUE AND THERE'S NOT INCREASED
COST, BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE HAD
TO DO IT ANYWAY AT SOME POINT.
IT'S JUST MOVING THAT UP, AND I
ALSO, YOU KNOW, I GET, THE
CONCERN, AS ONE OF THE
OPPOSITION HAD NOTED, THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UP ZONING AND
DOWN ZONING. WE CREATED A GOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY IN OUR
COMMITTEE AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND
WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO
INVITE PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE
PROJECT EARLY AND PROBABLY
INVITE OPPOSITION, BUT IT'S
SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL
WITH DOING LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
DOING POLICY IS THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE OPPOSED, AND I'D RATHER BE
UP FRONT, AND LET THEM KNOW
ABOUT IT AND LET THEM HAVE THEIR
SAY AND TAKE THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION AND MOVE FORWARD
THEN NOT AT ALL. AND THEN HEAR
THE BACKLASH LATER THAT WE TRIED
TO HIDE SOMETHING. SO I THINK
THAT THAT'S JUST PART OF, DOING
POLICY IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE
INFORMED, EVEN, THE OPPONENTS,
AND SO WE ALL WE ALWAYS WANT
SOMEONE TO BE A PROPONENT OF THE
BILL, BUT EVEN THE OPPONENTS
HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THEIR
COMMUNITY THAT THEY DON'T LIKE.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY
COMMENTS? NO THANK YOU. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER QUIRK-SILVA? YES YES. AND
ACKNOWLEDGING, THE OPPOSITION,
IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE,
TYPICALLY I'M ON THE SAME PAGE
WITH THE OPPOSITION AND IT'S THE
SECOND TIME TODAY IN TWO
DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT MY
HOUSING FRIENDS ARE, I THINK, A
LITTLE SURPRISED, BUT I DO THINK
THE TRANSPARENCY CÁC ALLOWING
THIS ADDITIONAL TIME AND YES,
I'VE SAT ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE
FULL WELL KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE
MANY PEOPLE COMING IN OPPOSED TO
A PROJECT. BUT THOSE ARE THE
PROCESSES WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
AND AS THOSE ARE MOVED FORWARD
AND HERE WE TALK ABOUT
AMENDMENTS, AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LISTENING TO
THE PUBLIC AND TRYING TO GET TO
THE BEST PLACE WE CAN WHEN WE
ARE, TRYING TO DO THE MUCH
NEEDED HOUSING PRODUCTION. SO
WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. DID YOU SAY
THAT YOU ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS?
YES AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU FOR
WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE ON
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL, WITH
THE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE
SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY. AS
SOON AS WE GET A QUORUM AND GET
A MOTION TO MOVE THE BILL. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU. MEMBERS. THANK YOU. NOW,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON. THANK
YOU. WELL 32, KEEP TALKING. 32
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 26, 32
2632 THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 12, AB
2632. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND AS
WELL AS THE MEMBERS WHO ARE
PRESENT AND THOSE THAT ARE
ABSOLUTELY ON THEIR WAY, COMING
TO LOCAL GOV TO CREATE A QUORUM.
THANK YOU. I'M PLEASED TO
PRESENT AB 2632, A BILL THAT IS
NOT ONLY GREAT FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO SAVVY
SHOPPERS. I WOULD LIKE TO START
BY THANKING THE COMMITTEE AND
STAKEHOLDERS FOR THEIR WORK ON
THIS BILL, AND SAY THAT I WILL
ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH OPPOSITION
AROUND THE BILL. THIS BILL WILL
HELP CALIFORNIA REACH ITS WASTE
REDUCTION AND RECYCLING GOALS,
AND WILL ALSO HELP LOWER INCOME
SHOPPERS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS
BY PROHIBITING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
FROM ENACTING OR ENFORCING BANS
OR LIMITATIONS ON THRIFT STORES
THAT ARE NOT IN PLACE ON OTHER
RETAIL STORES. IN 2020,
CALRECYCLE ISSUED A REPORT
OUTLINING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE IN
CALIFORNIA, AND THE RESULTS WERE
STARTLING. IN 2020, CALIFORNIA
PRODUCED 77.4 MILLION TONS OF
TRASH. OF THAT, THE STATE
LANDFILL, 40 MILLION TONS OF
MATERIAL AND RECYCLED JUST 42,
OR 32.5 MILLION TONS. CALIFORNIA
HAS A RECYCLING GOAL OF 75% OF
ALL MATERIAL. WE ARE FALLING FAR
SHORT OF OUR 75% RECYCLING GOAL
AND FACE CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT AN
ECONOMY DRIVEN BY RESOURCE
EXTRACTION AND SINGLE USE
DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS CONTINUES TO
ENDANGER OUR PEOPLE AND IMPERIL
OUR PLANET. CALIFORNIA HAS CLEAR
AND AMBITIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL
GOALS FOR REDUCING WASTE AND
MANAGING MATERIAL. THE ANSWER IS
SIMPLE PROVIDE CALIFORNIANS WITH
A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO THROWING
THEIR CLOTHING AWAY BY PROVIDING
EASIER ACCESS TO SECONDHAND
CLOTHING STORES. HOWEVER, SOME
JURISDICTIONS HOLD STEREOTYPICAL
AND FALSE BELIEFS THAT THRIFT
STORE SHOPPERS ARE LESS VALUABLE
OR MORE PROBLEMATIC THAN
SHOPPERS OF FULL PRICE RETAIL
STORES, AND SOMETIMES USE ZONING
AND ORDINANCES TO EXCLUDE THRIFT
STORES FROM THEIR SHOPPING
DISTRICTS. THIS BILL WILL HELP
CALIFORNIA REACH ITS WASTE
REDUCTION AND RECYCLING GOALS,
AND WILL HELP CALIFORNIA'S
SHOPPERS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS
BY PROHIBITING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
FROM ENACTING OR REINFORCING I'M
SORRY, OR ENFORCING BANS OR
LIMITATIONS ON THRIFT STORES
THAT ARE NOT PLACED ON OTHER
RETAIL STORES. WITH ME TODAY IS
CASSIE GILSON OF AXIOM ADVISORS.
TO SPEAK MORE ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF AB 2632 AND TO HELP ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.
CHAIR, AND MEMBERS. CASSIE
GILSON, ON BEHALF OF SAVERS
VALUE VILLAGE SAVERS OPERATES
THRIFT STORES IN COMMUNITIES
AROUND CALIFORNIA, EMPLOYING
MORE THAN A THOUSAND
CALIFORNIANS AND CONTRIBUTING
MORE THAN $121 MILLION ANNUALLY
TO THE ECONOMY. THE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MADE THE CASE FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF
THRIFTING. CALIFORNIANS EACH
THROW AWAY 81 POUNDS OF CLOTHING
EVERY YEAR. 95% OF WHICH COULD
GET REUSED OR REPURPOSE, AND 85%
OF THAT ENDS UP IN OUR
LANDFILLS. WE SPEND A LOT OF
TIME IN NATURAL RESOURCES
COMMITTEE AND OVER AT CARB
TALKING ABOUT LANDFILL GAS. AND
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT IN THE
CONTEXT OF CLIMATE. SO I THINK
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CASE IS
STRONG. TODAY, RETAILERS SUCH AS
LULULEMON, EILEEN FISHER, J.
CREW, THE NORTH FACE,
TIMBERLAND, ALLBIRDS, THEY ALL
HAVE THEIR OWN, RESALE PROGRAM.
SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR J.CREW
CLOTHING AND BRING IT BACK TO A
J.CREW STORE. AND THEY ARE
RESALE IT. THERE'S ALSO AN
INCREASING NUMBER OF HIGH END
RETAILERS WHO ARE DOING SORT OF
LOUIS VUITTON AND PRADA AND
FANCY STUFF. SO I LIKE TO SAY
LIKE, TODAY'S THRIFT IS NOT OUR
GRANDFATHER'S THRIFT, THIS BILL
REALLY REFLECTS THAT REALITY AND
IS VERY TARGETED TO SAY THAT, TO
DEAL WITH THIS LEGACY AND SORT
OF OUTDATED SENSE OF WHO SHOPS
AT THRIFT STORES AND WHAT THRIFT
STORES ENTAIL AND SAYS, HEY,
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, YOU CANNOT
BAN THRIFT STORES, BUT YOU CAN
TREAT THEM JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
RETAIL STORE. SO THAT INCLUDES
LIKE ESTHETIC REGULATIONS,
HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.
YOU CAN SAY IT ALL HAS TO BE
PAINTED PINK. WHATEVER YOU MIGHT
DO THAT APPLIES TO ALL RETAIL
ESTABLISHMENTS. YOU CAN DO THAT
IN THE CONTEXT OF THRIFT STORES,
I TOO AM GRATEFUL TO OUR
PARTNERS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR
THEIR WORK WITH US ON THIS BILL
AND ASK FOR YOUR AYE. VOTE THANK
YOU. ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT
WANT TO ADD ON SUPPORT? ANY
PRIMARY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION?
ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT WANT TO
ADD IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE,
I TAKE IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA,
ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? YOU'RE
GOOD WITH THAT. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON, THANK YOU FOR THE ROBUST
DISCUSSION. YES. JUST JUST
KIDDING. NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU
TO CASSIE FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
AS SHE STATED, YOU KNOW, THE
THRIFT STORES TODAY ARE NOT THE
THRIFT STORES OF YESTERDAY. AND
ALL WE'RE REQUESTING IS THAT
THRIFT STORES ARE THEY ARE, IN
ESSENCE, RETAIL STORES AND THAT
THEY'RE TREATED LIKE THEIR
RETAIL STORE COUNTERPARTS, WITH
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY, WHEN THE
TIME IS APPROPRIATE, ASK FOR AN
AYE VOTE. I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO
YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND TO THE
THIS ACTIONS THAT LED TO THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. I WILL PAW
AYE ON THE BILL AS SOON AS WE
GET A QUORUM AND GET A MOTION TO
MOVE THE BILL. THANK YOU. SOUNDS
GOOD. AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER BEALL
I DO, I DO AB 1957. THANK YOU.
CASSIE. PLEASE. HOW ARE YOU
DOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU. PLEASE
PROCEED. ALL RIGHT, HELLO AGAIN.
I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT AB 1957,
A BILL THAT WOULD EXPAND BEST
VALUE CONTRACTING TO ALL
COUNTIES. BEST VALUE CONTRACTING
ALLOWS COUNTIES TO AWARD
CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS AND EXCESS OF $1
MILLION TO THE BUILDER. SORRY TO
THE BIDDER. REPRESENTING THE
BEST VALUE. BEST VALUE
CONTRACTING WAS ESTABLISHED AS A
PILOT PROGRAM IN 2016 AND
EXPANDED IN 2019. CURRENTLY,
THERE ARE TEN COUNTIES
PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
WHILE THIS HAS BEEN A HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, THE CURRENT
AUTHORITY IS DUE TO SUNSET ON
JANUARY 1ST, 2025. IF EXTENDING
BEST VALUE CONTRACTING WOULD
ALLOW COUNTIES TO ATTRACT A MORE
QUALIFIED AND STRONGER
CONTRACTOR BIDDING POOL, REDUCE
BAD ACTORS DURING THE CONTRACTOR
SELECTION PROCESS, AND INCREASE
THE PERCENTAGE OF SKILLED CRAFT
WORKERS ON COUNTY CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS. BEST VALUE VALUE
CONTRACTING ALSO CAN REDUCE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND TIME BY
INCREASING CONTRACT TERMS
THROUGH RENEWAL OPTIONS, WHICH
ALLOWS INCREASE, WHICH HELPS
INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO ACHIEVE
MORE PROJECTS AND LESS TIME. I
WOULD LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE MY
WITNESS, MARK HUMMEL, CAPITAL
PROJECTS MANAGER FOR CALIFORNIA
COUNTIES ARE ARCHITECTS AND
ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON,
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING SOLANO
COUNTY TO OFFER ITS STATEMENT OF
SUPPORT FOR AB 1957. AS THE
LEADER OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS
DIVISION FOR SOLANO COUNTY,
WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE HAD UNDER
BEST VALUE DELIVERY, AS I'VE
STATED PREVIOUSLY, BEST VALUE
PROJECT DELIVERY HAS ALLOWED
SOLANO COUNTY CAPITAL PROJECTS
MANAGEMENT DIVISION TO BRING
ABOARD HIGHLY QUALIFIED
CONTRACTORS FOR IMPORTANT
PROJECTS WHERE TIMELINESS,
QUALITY OF WORK AND A
COLLABORATIVE MINDSET WERE
CRITICAL TO PROJECT SUCCESS. IT
HAS ATTRACTED CONTRACTORS NOT
OTHERWISE INTERESTED IN
COMPETING ON THE BASIS OF LOW
BID ONLY. RATHER, THE PROSPECT
OF COMPETING ON THE BASIS OF
PROJECT TEAM EXPERIENCE.
FAMILIAR WITH SIMILAR PROJECTS
IN SOUND NESS OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY CONTROL
PROGRAM, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROPOSE PROJECT ENHANCEMENTS
BEYOND THE OWNER'S MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS PROVED ATTRACTIVE
TO THESE MORE QUALIFIED
CONTRACTORS. SOLANO COUNTY LOOKS
FORWARD TO USING BEST VALUE
PROJECT DELIVERY AGAIN AND
ENCOURAGES THE CONTINUATION AND
AVAILABILITY TO ALL CALIFORNIA
COUNTIES. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT
TO ADD ON SUPPORT. PLEASE STATE
YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION AND,
POSITION. CHRIS LEE, ON BEHALF
OF THE URBAN COUNTIES OF
CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS THE COUNTY
OF RIVERSIDE AND THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CLARA IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU, SIERRA DE CETTE, ON BEHALF
OF THE RURAL COUNTY,
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA
AND SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS PAT WAYLAND ELLISON
WILSON, ADVOCACY HERE ON BEHALF
OF GAURDIAN, TECHNICALLY HERE IN
SUPPORT IF AMENDED. THIS IS A
FANTASTIC BILL. AND WE'VE WORKED
WITH THE AUTHOR AND COMMITTEE
STAFF AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM TO
MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. THANKS
NICOLE WATERMAN ON BEHALF OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND SUPPORT, THANK
YOU. ANY PROMINENT WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION? SEE NONE. ANYBODY IN
THE ROOM? NO ONE SAW ANY
OPPOSITION OF THE BILL SEEING
NONE. TAKE IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. NOTHING
ANOTHER ONE WITH A LOT OF
DISCUSSION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT, CHAIR. AND
TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO
HAVE HELPED TO BRING THIS ALONG
AND GET IT TO THE PLACE THAT IT
IS TODAY, WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMAN WILSON,
FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE
ON THIS BILL. I'M PLEASED TO
SUPPORT IT. AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE
A QUORUM YET, AND WE NEED A
MOTION TO MOVE THE BILL. THANK
YOU, THANK YOU. I SEE
ASSEMBLYMAN SANTIAGO IN THE ROOM
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, SIR. AND
THAT'S ITEM 16 AB 2909. THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS THANK
YOU
.
MAY I PROCEED, MR. CHAIR? YOU
MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU SIR.
YEAH, THANKS, FIRST I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR
COMMITTEE AND HELPING THIS TO
MAKE THIS A BETTER BILL. AND
I'LL BE ACCEPTING ALL COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS, SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AND LOOK, SIMPLY PUT, THIS
WOULD EXPAND THE MILLS BACK TO
EMPOWER THE SEAT OF LOS ANGELES,
TO INCENTIVIZE THE COMMERCIAL.
SORRY, THE CONVERSION OF
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS INTO
RESIDENTIAL USES. IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL BE BRIEF
ON MY STATEMENTS. UNLESS YOU
WANT ME TO GO THROUGH MY ENTIRE
STATEMENT. THAT'S OKAY, I
APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO
BE RESPECTFUL TO THE CHAIR,
SPECIFICALLY, THE BILL WOULD,
THE BILL WOULD EXPAND THE
DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED HISTORIC
PROPERTIES TO INCLUDE BUILDINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 35 YEARS
OR OLDER THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN
COMMERCIAL ZONES, MAKING THESE
PROPERTIES ELIGIBLE FOR THE
MILLS CONTRACT. THANK YOU.
AGAIN. I REPEAT THAT WE'RE
TAKING ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND
I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
HARD WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE A WITNESS. SORRY MR.
CHAIR, THAT'D BE OKAY WITH YOU.
YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
NELLA MCCOSKER, CEO OF CENTRAL
CITY ASSOCIATES. THÀNH AND CA
REPRESENTS 300 BUSINESSES,
INSTITUTIONS AND NONPROFITS WHO
ARE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING
DOWNTOWN LA'S VIBRANCY AND
INCREASING OPPORTUNITY IN THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.
WE'RE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR
POLICIES THAT SUPPORT ADAPTIVE
REUSE AND WERE PROUD TO SPONSOR
THIS BILL. CA SPEARHEADED BACK
IN THE 1999 MOMENT IN WHICH THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES PUT OUT AN
ADAPTIVE REUSE ORDINANCE THAT
CATALYZED THE CONVERSION OF
BUILDINGS TO ABOUT 12,000 UNITS
OF HOUSING THAT TRANSFORM
DOWNTOWN LA INTO A 24 OVER SEVEN
MIXED USE URBAN HUB. TODAY, AMID
HISTORIC LEVELS OF OFFICE,
VACANCIES WERE AGAIN LOOKING TO
ADAPTIVE REUSE TO HELP ADDRESS
SOME OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES.
HOUSING, OF COURSE, BUT CLIMATE
AND THE ECONOMY DIMINISHED.
OFFICE VALUES WILL SOON HAVE A
VERY SERIOUS IMPACT ON PROPERTY
TAX REVENUES AND OUR
GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO PAY FOR
BASIC SERVICES AMONGST OUR GREAT
HOUSING NEEDS. WE HAVE TO TAKE
STEPS TO CONVERT THESE
BUILDINGS, WHAT WE ESTIMATE IN
THE CITY OF LA ALONE IS THAT
CONSERVATIVELY, ABOUT 5 TO 10%
OF THE CITY'S OFFICE SPACE, IF
THAT WERE TO BE CONVERTED, COULD
YIELD 8000 TO 16,000 NEW UNITS.
WE FACE A SERIOUS CHALLENGE IN
THAT DESPITE THEIR MANY
BENEFITS, ADAPTIVE REUSE
PROJECTS ARE COMPLEX AND LARGELY
FINANCIALLY INFEASIBLE. SO WE
KNOW THAT THE STATE CAN ACT TO
SUPPORT ADAPTIVE REUSE AND
LEVERAGE AN ESTABLISHED
FINANCING MECHANISM, THE MILLS
ACT, A TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM,
AND IT REQUIRES THAT PROPERTY
TAX SAVINGS BE REINVESTED IN
RETROFITTING AND REPURPOSING
EXISTING BUILDINGS TO CREATE
HOUSING. THIS IS A TARGETED
EXPANSION THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN
TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND
INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS IMPORTANT
BENEFIT. SO THANK YOU. WELL
THANK YOU. ANYBODY IN THE ROOM
THAT WANTS TO ADD ON SUPPORT
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME,
AFFILIATION AND POSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS.
SKYLER WONACOTT, ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS
PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION, IN
STRONG SUPPORT AND ON BEHALF OF
BOMA, CALIFORNIA, AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR MEMBERS,
I'M JIM FINNEGAN FROM AARP, VÆ.
WE ARE STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL BECAUSE OF THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDES.
THANK YOU SIR. HI. MY NAME IS
ELLEN BRITTINGHAM. I'M HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL
INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION.
BOTH CALIFORNIA CHAPTERS IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. FOR CISCO
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING
ACTION COALITION, ALSO IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANY PARAMETER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION SEEING NONE. ANYBODY
IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED TO ADD
ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NONE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE OR I'M SORRY. BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE, SIR,
RESPECTFULLY, AND ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. AND THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER SANTIAGO, THANK
YOU FOR THE LOVELY DISCUSSION WE
HAD YESTERDAY AND DAYS PASSING
THIS MEASURE. I APPRECIATE THE
TIME YOU AND YOUR OFFICE HAVE
DEDICATED TO WORKING WITH THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. I'M VOTING
AYE ON THIS BILL WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS WILL BE ADOPTED IN
THE HOUSE AND COMMITTEE
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE STILL
DON'T HAVE A QUORUM AS SOON AS
WE DO, AND WE GET A MOTION TO
MOVE THE BILL, WE'LL BE DOING
SO. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND YOUR
STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
DON'T WEAR IT OUT. OKAY THANKS
FOR YOUR. SO WE STILL HAVE A
COUPLE OF BILLS. I DON'T SEE ANY
MEMBERS COMING IN. I DO HAVE A
BILL. WOULD BE OKAY IF I PRESENT
MY BILL. AND IF ANYBODY IS
WATCHING, PLEASE, MEMBERS, MAKE
YOUR WAY DOWN SO WE CAN GET A
QUORUM AND PRESENT YOUR BILLS.
AND I'M GIVING THE GAVEL TO THE
VICE CHAIR SO THAT I CAN PRESENT
MY BILL.
ITEM EIGHT AB 2533. CHAIRMAN
CARILLO. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE
CHAIR, MEMBERS, APPRECIATE YOU
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 2533. THIS
BILL PROHIBITS A LOCAL AGENCY
FROM DENYING A PERMIT TO
UNPERMITTED ADUS AND JADA'S BILL
PRIOR TO 2020, UNLESS THE
STRUCTURE POSES A THREAT TO
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE
LEGISLATURE HAS AGREED THAT ADUS
SHOULD BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION
TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS,
AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED
LAWS THAT MAKE PERMITTING AND
AUTHORIZING THE USE EASIER, AND
HAS ALSO ALLOWED AMNESTY FOR
UNPERMITTED AID USE TO COME INTO
COMPLIANCE. PERMITTED OR
INFORMALLY, THE USE AND ADUS ARE
WIDESPREAD IN NEIGHBORHOODS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND TEND
TO BE MOSTLY IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES. THIS PERMITTED
UNITS THAT HAVE NEVER RECEIVED
SAFETY INSPECTIONS ARE PROVIDING
HOUSING TO FAMILY MEMBERS, LOVED
ONES, AND TENANTS. ADUS ARE
INFILL. THEY ARE AFFORDABLE, AND
THEY'RE OFTEN A CRITICAL STEP IN
STONE FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES
TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN
FACT, I'VE BUILT A LEGAL ADU AND
JDU ON MY PROPERTY THAT I WAS
ABLE TO PROVIDE TO MY DAUGHTER
WHEN SHE WAS ATTENDING COLLEGE.
WHETHER BY PROVIDING AN
AFFORDABLE OPTION TO FAMILY
MEMBERS AND LOVED ONES, OR AS
RENTAL INCOME, BUILDING AND
OWNING AN ADU CAN BE A LIFE
CHANGING ASSET. ONE OF THE FIRST
BARRIERS HOMEOWNERS RUN INTO
WHEN CONSIDERING BRINGING AN ADU
INTO COMPLIANCE IS NOT KNOWING
WHERE TO START, AND THE
NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS WITH AB
2533, LOCAL AGENCIES WILL BE
REQUIRED TO POST A CHECKLIST
THAT PROVIDES THE CONDITIONS
NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH HEALTH
AND SAFETY STANDARDS AND INFORM
HOMEOWNERS THAT THEY MAY SEEK A
THIRD PARTY CODE INSPECTION FROM
A LICENSED CONTRACTOR PRIOR TO
THE APPLICATION. HOMEOWNERS ARE
DISCOURAGED FROM SEEKING SAFETY
INSPECTIONS DUE TO THE
WELL-FOUNDED FEAR THAT SAFETY
UPGRADES WILL BE TOO EXPENSIVE
TO COMPLETE OR, ONCE DISCLOSED
TO LOCAL BUILDING OFFICIALS.
THAT MEANS WILL BE DISPLACED.
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS MAY LACK
THE CAPITAL AND EQUITY TO PAY
THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
NECESSARY FOR CODE COMPLIANCE
AND IMPACT FEES. A MODERATE
INCOME HOMEOWNER MAY HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO MAKE NECESSARY
CORRECTIONS FOR HEALTH AND
SAFETY. BY THE ADDITION OF
IMPACT, FEES MAY OUTWEIGH THE
ECONOMIC AND ETHICAL BENEFIT OF
MAKING CORRECTIONS. AB 2533 WILL
ALSO WAIVE IMPACT FEES,
CONNECTIONS AND CAPACITY CHARGES
FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE LOW AND
MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. IN
PRACTICE, WHEN A HOMEOWNER
ATTEMPTS TO GET A PERMIT FOR
THEIR ILLEGAL ADU, THEY ARE
STILL BEING REQUIRED TO MEET THE
CURRENT STATE AND LOCAL BUILDING
STANDARDS AND TO PAY IMPACT AND
CONNECTION CHARGES AS IF IT WERE
A COMPLETELY NEW ADU. EVEN IF
THE UNIT HAS BEEN CONNECTED AND
USING UTILITIES WITHOUT PUTTING
MORE STRAIN ON UTILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE. LASTLY, THE BILL
ALLOWS LOCAL AGENCIES TO INSPECT
THE UNIT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS AND
REQUIRES APPROVAL OF PERMITS
NECESSARY TO CORRECT CORRECT
NONCOMPLIANCE. UNIT ME TODAY IN
SUPPORT AND ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS IS LUIS MIRANDA WITH
THE BAY AREA COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CARILLO, GOOD
AFTERNOON, MADAM VICE CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LUIS
MORANTE. I WORK FOR THE BAY AREA
COUNCIL AS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF
HOUSING POLICY. I'M ALSO ON THE
BOARD OF THE CASITA COALITION,
WHICH REPRESENTS, HUNDREDS OF
ADU ADVOCATES AND ADU COMPANIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL ON BOTH THE ON
BEHALF OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS
TODAY, THIS BILL KIND OF CAME
OUT OF A PROCESS THAT THE CASITA
COALITION STARTED WITH OUR
MEMBERS IN 2022, LOOKING AT THE
STATE'S CURRENT FRAMEWORK FOR AD
PRODUCTION, WHICH I'VE BEEN A
BIG ADVOCATE FOR AND IS HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL, WE WANTED TO DEVELOP
STRATEGIES TO RECOMMEND TO THE
LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD CONTINUE
FORWARD THE RACE EQUITY IMPACTS
OF ADU LAW. AND THIS IDEA ROSE
TO THE TOP AND IS OUR TOP
PRIORITY BILL THIS YEAR. THIS
BILL, AS MR. CARRILLO MENTIONED,
MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR FOLKS
WHO'VE BUILT ADUS IN THE
PRE-REFORM ERA. THE ERA
PREDATING 2016, TO BRING THOSE
ADUS INTO THE LEGAL MARKET THAT
HAS NUMEROUS BENEFITS FOR THE
HOMEOWNER, IT ALLOWS THEM TO
ADVERTISE THEIR HOME AT A HIGHER
RATE. IT ALLOWS THEM MORE
CONFIDENCE IN RENTING OUT THOSE
ADUS, AND IT, MAKES SURE THAT IN
CITIES THAT HAVE THINGS LIKE
RENT REGISTRIES, THOSE ARE
RECORDED AS LEGALLY OPERATING
UNITS, IT HELPS. I THINK
EVERYBODY ALL AROUND HAVE THESE
IN THE LEGAL MARKET RATHER THAN
IN AN UNPERMITTED POSITION. IN
WORKING ON THE POLICY. IN THIS
BILL, WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE
MAJOR BARRIERS TO REFORM. AND WE
FOUND THAT FEES WERE A LARGE
BARRIER AS WELL AS BUILDING
BUILDING CODE RULES. THIS BILL
STRIKES, I THINK, A VERY FAIR
COMPROMISE ON THE ISSUES POSED
BY UPGRADING A STRUCTURE AND
FOCUSES THE REVIEWS ON SAFETY
RATHER THAN BUILDING CODE. THOSE
CAN BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT
AND MUCH MORE COSTLY, FOR
EXAMPLE, UNDER THE CURRENT
BUILDING CODE, AND UNPERMITTED,
ADU MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE
THE LOAD BEARING NATURE OF THEIR
ROOF TO ADD SOLAR PANELS. THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REALLY
HAVE A HEALTH LIFE SAFETY
IMPACT, BUT WOULD ADD
SUBSTANTIAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS TO COST, TO FOLKS AND
DOESN'T PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE,
I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
BILL, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE IT
CARRIES FORWARD THE CASITA
COALITION'S RACE EQUITY MISSION
AND I STRONGLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT
FOR IT HERE TODAY, TOO. THANK
YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A
QUORUM RIGHT NOW, AND WE'D LIKE
TO ESTABLISH THAT, MADAM
SECRETARY CARILLO, I PRESENT
MORRELL PRESENT. ALDRIN HERE.
ALDRIN PRESENT, ALANIS HERE. ALL
THESE PRESENT. HANEY. CORA HERE.
CORA. PRESENT. PACHECO. RAMOS
WARD. WARD. PRESENT. WILSON.
HERE WILSON. PRESENT. WE HAVE A
QUORUM. WE CAN CONTINUE. THANK
YOU, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE OTHER
WITNESSES? WE JUST WALK THROUGH
ANY ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT? MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, JORDAN CARVAJAL,
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE FOR
CALIFORNIA, GIVING STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M JIM
FINNEGAN FROM AARP. WE ARE A
STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION SEEING
NONE, BRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE.
MISTER CARRA, I, I WANT TO THANK
THANK THE CHAIR FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I
PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE I REPRESENT
SAN JOSE, YOU KNOW, SILICON
VALLEY, THAT EVERYONE IS WEALTHY
AND WHAT HAVE YOU. WELL MAYBE
THE LAND MIGHT BE OF VALUE, BUT
THE REALITY IS THAT WHEN I GO
DRIVING OR KNOCKING ON DOORS IN
SAN JOSE, PARTICULARLY IN EAST
SAN JOSE, THEY'RE OFTENTIMES
TWO, THREE, FOUR FAMILIES LIVING
IN A HOME, THAT ARE RENTING
OFTENTIMES, OR IN SOME CASES,
YOU HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND CAN'T
REALLY AFFORD TO MOVE OUT OF
THEIR HOME. AND SO THEY ADD ON
FOR THEIR GRANDPARENT OR FOR
THEIR KIDS, OR COMING BACK FROM
WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEY JUST
THEY DO IT, HAPHAZARDLY AND SO
THE PUBLIC, THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS IS HUGE.
IF FOLKS WANT TO COME KIND OF
BRING BRING THESE UNITS FROM OUT
FROM UNDER THE SHADOWS. NOW THAT
WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED,
LEGISLATION AND INCENTIVES TO
CREATE ADUS, LET'S NOT LEAVE
ANYONE BEHIND AND LET'S ACTUALLY
CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER
ENVIRONMENT WITH THESE ADUS,
ALLOW THOSE THAT ARE RENTING, TO
BE ABLE TO DO IT OPENLY. AND,
YOU KNOW, WITH SUNSHINE. SO
THAT'S ALSO PROTECTING. THAT'S
ALSO WOULD HELP TO PROTECT THE
TENANTS AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE
TENANTS KNOW THAT THEY'RE LIVING
IN AN UNPERMITTED AND, ADU, AND
MAYBE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY
BE HESITANT TO COMPLAIN. OAN,
AND IT'S A LIABILITY ISSUE TOO,
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND IT'S
NOT PERMITTED, THERE'S INSURANCE
GOING TO COVER IT. NO. YOU KNOW,
THE LIABILITY IF SOMEONE'S
RENTING A PART OF THEIR HOME. SO
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT KIND
OF BOXES. THIS CHECKS AS TO WHY
IT'S GOOD POLICY. IT FURTHER
EXTENDS AND ADDS ON TO THE GOOD
WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THIS
BUILDING OVER THE YEARS, ON
REALLY CREATING HOUSING STOCK IN
KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE
NO OTHER WAY TO CREATE HOUSING
STOCK BUT FOR ADUS. AND I THINK
THIS IS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF
THAT WORK. AND I APPRECIATE YOU
FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NÓ, THIS
THAT WE DO HAVE A MOTION, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I
RESPECTFULLY AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THE MOTION. YOU GIVE THE SECOND
MOTION. Þ A SECOND, A SECOND?
YEAH I'M USUALLY ALWAYS FIRST. I
CARILLO I CARILLO I WALDRON. HI,
WALDRON. I ALANIS ALICE I ALANIS
I HANGING CORRE CORRE I PACHECO.
RAMOS. WARD I WARD I WILSON I
WILSON I WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX
ZERO. THE VOTE IS SIX ZERO.
WE'LL LEAVE THE ROLL OPEN FOR
ADD ONS AND YOUR BILL IS OUT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR.
THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR. AND
SEEING ASSEMBLY MEMBER, MCCARTY
HERE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT, AB 2593 ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PARTY WHEN YOU'RE READY.
SECOND. YES. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. I HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AM I THE FINAL BILL OF THE DAY?
AM I THE LAST ONE? NO. OKAY
SECOND TO LAST, THIS IS A
DISTRICT BILL, AND IT'S A
BIPARTISAN DISTRICT BILL
AUTHORED BY MYSELF, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER NGUYEN AND ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HOOVER RELATED TO THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY. WE ALL KNOW
THAT HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE
THAT WE ALL NEED TO WORK ON
TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER. AND THAT MEANS ALL
LEVELS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE
HAVE NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE,
SLEEPING ON THE STREETS OF
SACRAMENTO COUNTY EVERY NIGHT.
THERE ARE NO EASY SOLUTIONS, BUT
WE KNOW THAT THE REMEDIES AND
THE FIXES ARE WE WHEN WE ARE ALL
WORKING ON THESE ISSUES
TOGETHER. SO LAST YEAR, OUR
GRAND JURY OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY,
DID A REPORT AND CAME OUT WITH
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. AND ONE OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS HAVING A
MORE COORDINATED THÀNH WITH
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND RESPONDING
TO HOMELESSNESS AS YOU KNOW, IN
OUR STATE BUDGET, WE GIVE OUT
THE HAT MONIES AND WE
SPECIFICALLY SAY WE WANT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO BETTER COORDINATE
AMONGST THEMSELVES. SO THIS BILL
DELIVERS ON THAT PROMISE AND HAS
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, ESTABLISHES A
PROCESS WHERE THEY WOULD CREATE
A JPA JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
WITHIN THE CITY AND THE LARGE,
AND WITH THE COUNTY AND THE
CITIES IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY TO
WORK ON THESE ISSUES TOGETHER TO
BETTER HAVE A COORDINATED
RESPONSE, RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE, VOTE WITH ME. TODAY IS
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR
SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL, OUR
VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO, KATIE MAPLE. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS KATIE
MAPLE, AND I PROUDLY SERVE AS
THE VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO. I'M HERE TODAY IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF AB 2593 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCCARTY. THERE'S
NO DOUBT THAT HOMELESSNESS IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT'S
FACING OUR REGION RIGHT NOW, AND
I'M SURE THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE
IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES
BOTH OUR COMPASSION AND A SENSE
OF URGENCY. IT'S LITERALLY A
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. WE
HAVE 200 UNHOUSED PEOPLE WHO DIE
ON THE STREETS OF SACRAMENTO
EVERY YEAR, MANY OF THEM JUST
BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS VERY
BUILDING, IN MY ROLE IN THE CITY
COUNCIL, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
OF SERVING ON BOTH THE
SACRAMENTO HOMELESS POLICY
COUNCIL, WHICH MEETS REGULARLY
OR PERIODICALLY TO SHARE BEST
PRACTICES, AND THE INFORMAL
COMMITTEE BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY, WHICH DISCUSSES THE
TERMS OF OUR PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT ON HOMELESSNESS. BOTH
ARE INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL AND
UNDERSCORE JUST HOW MUCH GREAT
WORK IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN OUR
REGION. THROUGH THE
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF OUR
CONTINUUM OF CARE AGENCY, OUR
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OUR
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS MEASURE WOULD BE ADDITIVE
TO THOSE THOSE EFFORTS. AS NOTED
IN THE ANALYSIS AND BY THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, THERE WAS A
SACRAMENTO GRAND JURY THAT THAT
NOTED THAT A JPA SHOULD BE
FORMED FOR THIS VERY, ACTION.
AND BY CREATING THIS FORMALIZED
GOVERNING BODY WITH DECISION
MAKING POWER, I CAN SEE THROUGH
THE WORK THAT I'M DOING EVERY
DAY ON THESE BODIES THAT THAT'S
REALLY WHAT WE NEED. THIS IS THE
RIGHT NEXT STEP, SO THIS IS
SUPPORTED BY WORK GROUPS THAT
ARE DOING WORK ON THE GROUND,
INCLUDING THE SACRAMENTO
REGIONAL COALITION TO END
HOMELESSNESS AND HAS NO
REGISTERED OPPOSITION. SO IT
REFLECTS RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR ELBOW. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE
WANTS TO ADD ON IN SUPPORT,
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME,
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
BILL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR.
I'M DOING A LITTLE AUDIBLE HERE
FOR VOLUNTEER GROUP HOUSE
SACRAMENTO, WHO ASKED ME TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL ON THEIR
BEHALF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, MY NAME IS
DAVID O'BRIEN. I'M HERE IN MY
CAPACITY AS A GRADUATE STUDENT
IN THE PUBLIC POLICY AND
ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT
SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY. WE
WERE PLEASED TO DO SOME WORK ON
THIS PROJECT WITH VICE MAYOR
MAPLE, AND I'M PLEASED TO
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE
BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY
BODY IN OPPOSITION, THEIR
PRIMARY OR ARENA IN OPPOSITION,
SEEING NONE. TAKE IT TO THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ANY MEMBERS
WANT TO ADD COMMENT OR
QUESTIONS, ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD.
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON
THIS ISSUE. I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A
LOT TO BE ABLE TO, HELP SOLVE
HOMELESSNESS HERE IN YOUR
HOMETOWN, AND I GUESS I WAS
CURIOUS ABOUT MAYBE MAYBE I'LL
START WITH THIS QUESTION. WHAT
WHAT WOULD YOU ENVISION THE
DECISION MAKING POWERS OF THIS
JPA TO MAKE? YEAH, THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT QUESTION. AND THERE
WAS THERE WAS SOME A BIT
CONSTERNATION FROM SOME OF THE
CITIES THAT WE ASKED TO DO THIS,
AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THERE WOULD BE
NO LAND USE DECISIONS. PART OF
THIS JPA THAT OF COURSE, WILL
WANT TO LIE WITHIN EXISTING
JURISDICTION. THÀNH, THERE
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEND THEIR
THEIR HAT MONEY. YOU WOULD, YOU
WOULD JUST BE, COLLABORATION AND
COORDINATION. I MEAN, MANY OF
YOU COME FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WHERE YOU SERVE ON GPAS RELATED
TO, YOU KNOW, AIR QUALITY,
TRANSPORTATION, WASTE WATER. YOU
KNOW, THIS IS THE ISSUE OF OUR
GENERATION THÀNH WHERE WE DON'T
HAVE A STRUCTURED WAY WHERE
THESE GROUPS CAN WORK TOGETHER.
SO, IT WOULD JUST BE A WAY FOR
THEM TO PARTNERSHIP POOL
RESOURCES AND PLAN WITH A
COORDINATED RESPONSE. SO THE
SACRAMENTO REGIONAL COALITION TO
END HOMELESSNESS IS THIS WHAT IS
THE FUNCTION AND THE MAKEUP OF
THAT ORGANIZATION. YES. SO
THAT'S IT. IT'S A COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION. IT'S A
NONPROFIT. SO THEIR ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION OKAY, AND THEN YOUR
HERE, SORT OF HOW HOW WOULD YOU
CHARACTERIZE MAYBE THEIR
ACTIVITY AND ROLE IN, IN THE
ECOSYSTEM? SURE SO SACRAMENTO,
THE COUNTY HAS ONE NONPROFIT,
SACRAMENTO STEPS FORWARD, THAT
RUNS ITS CONTINUUM OF CARE, AND
THEY DO WONDERFUL WORK. IN FACT,
THEY JUST CAME OUT WITH A
REGIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR
HALF DOLLAR APPLICATION ON THE
PROBLEM, AS THIS IS MY PERSONAL
OPINION IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY ABILITY OR AUTHORITY TO MAKE
ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY DO
ANYTHING, AND THAT IN MY
OPINION, IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
REGION IS WE CREATE GREAT PLANS,
BUT SOMETIMES GREAT PLANS SIT ON
A SHELF AND COLLECT DUST. AND I
KNOW THAT THAT'S PROBABLY
SOMETHING WE SEE HERE, TOO. AT
THE STATE LEVEL. AND SO THIS IS
THE NEXT STEP TO BRING EVERYONE
TOGETHER AND TO HAVE SOME REAL
DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY FROM
THESE DIFFERENT FROM THE
DIFFERENT AGENCIES. THAT WOULD
BE A PART OF THE JPA. SO
LITERALLY, WHO'S GOING TO DO
WHAT? HOW IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN?
THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS
DON'T REALLY HAPPEN RIGHT NOW,
AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BE A GREAT NEXT STEP
FOR THAT. WELL, THEY SHOULD BE
HAPPENING. YOU'RE RIGHT. AND SO
I HOPE THIS IS THE VEHICLE THAT
MAKES THAT HAPPEN. AND, I'VE
NOTICED, YOU KNOW, AS I HAVE
BEEN SO BY WAY OF BACKGROUND,
COUNCIL MEMBER, I WAS A COUNCIL
MEMBER IN SAN DIEGO, WAS THE
CHAIR OF OUR COC. AND AT THAT
TIME, IN THE LATE 20 TENS,
REALLY REFORMED THAT TO BE
ALMOST JPA LIKE. RIGHT? WE HAVE
THE COUNTY HAVE SEATS THERE, THE
CITY HAS SEATS THERE, AND THEN
FORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF HAP
INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE BECAME
A VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP
THEM MAKE SOME OF THOSE
DECISIONS ON, ON NONPROFIT
PARTNERS WERE A PART OF THIS AS
WELL. AND OF COURSE, WE HAD OUR
FEDERAL FUNCTIONS THAT ALWAYS
EXISTED. ANYWAY, SO THERE WAS
THE COORDINATION IS KEY FOR
MAKING SMART DECISIONS, YOU'RE
RIGHT THAT WE HAD NO LAND USE
AUTHORITY THERE AT THAT TIME,
BUT BECAUSE THE COUNTY AND THE
CITY WERE ENTITLED TO BE AT THAT
TABLE, THERE WAS INCREASED
PARTNERSHIP, I GUESS, IN MAKING
SOME OF THOSE, DECISIONS ABOUT
WHERE TO SITE FACILITIES AND
THEN HOW TO USE INVESTMENTS THAT
WERE COMING IN REGIONALLY. AND I
THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO
THAT END, TOO, AND I AM
SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT HERE
TODAY, WITH MAYBE JUST, YOU
KNOW, IF I MAY ADD, MY OWN, MY
OWN PERSONAL ADVICE THAT WE'RE
NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS OR WE'RE
NOT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO
CREATE ANOTHER OVERLAY OF
REGIONAL BODY HERE, WHETHER YOU
HAVE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR
YOUR COC OR POSSIBLY THIS JPA,
THAT JUST ADDS, YOU KNOW, A TIME
MEMBERS TIME, RIGHT? AND IS
DIFFUSING, IN A WAY, MAYBE THE
CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO CENTRALIZE, AND HOPEFULLY
THIS CAN BE THE, THE, MAYBE THE
VEHICLE THAT BRINGS EVERYBODY TO
THE SAME TABLE, FOR BETTER
COORDINATION PURPOSES. AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THAT HERE FOR THIS CITY, FOR
BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER WITH
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS SEEING
NONE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCCARTHY,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK
YOU FOR, FOR WORKING WITH US ON
THIS ISSUE. AND YOU KNOW, THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY BE A MODEL FOR
OTHER COUNTIES. YOU KNOW, LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET, WE SAID, HEY,
CITIES, COUNTIES, GOING FORWARD,
WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU
MONEY IF YOU WORK TOGETHER AND
HAVE MORE REGIONAL PLANNING. AND
SO THIS DOES JUST THIS WITH A
SACRAMENTO COUNTY MODEL. AND
WITH THAT RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. WE DO
HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING
TODAY. I WILL BE VOTING AYE. THE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE HOUSE
AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE. SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. CARILLO. AYE.
CARILLO. AYE. WALDEN WALDRON.
AYE. ALL ÓRDENES HANEY. CORRE.
CORRE. AYE. PACHECO AYE.
PACHECO. AYE. RAMOS. RAMOS AYE.
WARD. WARD. AYE. WILSON. AYE
WILSON. AYE. YOU HAVE COURSE
7070. THE BILL IS OUT THERE. ALL
OPEN FOR OTHERS TO ADD ON. THANK
YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND
WITH THAT WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER
20 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS AB
3276. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY SIR.
THE BILL SECOND.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, SIR.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AB 3276 WOULD
EXPAND ON THE CHANGES WE MADE
LAST YEAR TO MITIGATION FEE ACT
AND REQUIRE THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS POST ALL RELATED
INFORMATIONAL INFORMATION
REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF
MITIGATION FEES ON THEIR
WEBSITE. I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT? HOW ABOUT ANY MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO ADD ON
IN SUPPORT OF THE MEASURE?
SEEING NONE? HOW ABOUT ANY,
PRIMARY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION?
SEEING NONE. NOBODY ON THE
AUDIENCE WANTED TO ADD ON HIS
OPPOSITION. SEEING NONE.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KALRA. THANK YOU, SENATOR
RAMOS. I WILL BE SUPPORTING I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL AND
I WANT TO WISH MATT HANEY AND
BLANCA PACHECO A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TODAY. HEY, HEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
ANYBODY ELSE SEEING? NONE. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTION. I DO ALSO WISH
THEM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. AS FOR YOUR AYE VOTE,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
VOTING AYE ON THE BILL, DO WE
HAVE A MOTION A SECOND? YES WE
DO, YEAH. WELL, WE MADE A MOTION
AND WE'LL SEND MADE A SECOND,
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. CARILLO. Ã. CARILLO. AYE.
WALDRON. WALDRON AYE. ORPHALI
ALANIZ. I'LL GET IT IN A MINUTE.
HANEY Ã. HANEY. AYE. KALRA
KALRA. AYE. PACHECO. PACHECO
AYE. RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE. WARD A
WARD. AYE. WILSON. WILSON. AYE
IN ZERO. IT'S A ZERO. THE BILL
IS OUT. WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO
BACK AND GO ON THE CALENDAR. THE
AGENDA. FIRST WE'RE GOING TO DO
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SO MOVED
SECOND, FIRST AND A SECOND.
MADAM PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CARILLO. AYE. CARILLO. AYE.
WALDRON WALDRON. AYE. ANALYST.
NICE HANEY. AYE. HANEY. AYE.
CORA CORA. AYE. PACHECO. PACHECO
AYE. RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE. WARD A.
WARD. AYE. WILSON. AYE. WILSON.
AYE A0 THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
OUT. DO YOU WANT US TO GO DOWN
THE LIST OR DO YOU WANT TO GO
DOWN THE LIST. WE NEED MOTIONS.
YEAH. AND SECONDS. SO ON AB
1801, JACKSON, WE NEED A MOTION
AND A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A
FIRST AND A SECOND. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL. CALL THE
ROLL. CARILLO. AYE. CARILLO AYE.
WALDRON. WALDRON. AYE ALANIZ.
HANEY HANEY. AYE. CORA. CORA.
AYE PACHECO. PACHECO. AYE.
RAMOS. RAMOS AYE. WARD. WARD.
AYE. WILSON HI. WILSON. AYE.
8080. THE BILL IS OUT. ITEM
NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA AB 1957
BY WILSON. WE NEED A MOTION AND
A SECOND, SECOND, FIRST AND A
SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CARILLO. AYE. CARILLO. AYE.
WALDRON WALDRON. AYE. ARNOLDS
HANEY. HANEY. AYE. CORA CORA.
AYE. PACHECO AYE. RAMOS. RAMOS.
AYE. WARD. AYE WARD. AYE.
WILSON. WILSON. AYE BLAKESPEAR.
THE BILL IS OUT.
OKAY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,
AB 2488 BY TING. I NEED A MOTION
AND A SECOND. MOTION BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WARD SECOND. MR. ALANIZ,
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS
CARILLO A CARILLO. AYE WALDRON.
WALDRON. AYE. AGNES. AYE AGNES.
AYE. HANEY. HANEY. AYE. CORA
CORA. AYE. PACHECO. CHECO. AYE
RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE. WARD. AYE.
WARD AYE. WILSON. WILSON. AYE.
NINE ZERO. IT'S NINE ZERO. THE
BEALL IS OUT. WE NEED A MOTION
FOR AB 2085 BY BAUER KHN. FIRST
AND A SECOND. THE MOTION IS DO
PASS. I NEED TO CALL THE ROLL TO
NATURAL RESOURCES. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
2085. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. AB
2085 TO PASS THE NATURAL
RESOURCES. CARILLO Ã. CARILLO.
AYE. WALDRON. WALDRON NO.
ODONIS. ODONIS. AYE HANEY.
HANEY. AYE. CORA. CORA AYE.
PACHECO. PACHECO. AYE. RAMOS
RAMOS. AYE. WARD. WARD. AYE.
WILSON AYE. WILSON. AYE. THE
VOTE IS EIGHT ONE. THE VOTE IS
EIGHT. OUT. THE BILL IS OUT. AND
ITEM NUMBER AB 2533 BY JUAN
CARRILLO. THERE'S A COUPLE OF
MEMBERS I NEED TO ADD ON AND THE
MOTION IS DO PASS TO HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
HANEY HANEY. AYE. PACHECO.
PACHECO. AYE RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE.
NINE ZERO. NINE ZERO. THE BILL
IS OUT. ITEM NUMBER NINE ON THE
AGENDA AB 2591 QUIRK-SILVA. WE
NEED A MOTION. THE BILL. WE HAVE
A MOTION BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS. IS THERE A SECOND,
SECOND, SECOND BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WILSON? THE MOTION IS TO
PASS APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
MADAM, PLEASE CLOSE CALL THIS
ROLL. CARILLO. AYE. CARILLO AYE.
WALDRON. WALDRON. NOT VOTING.
HEY, ATTENDEES ON THIS NOT
VOTING. HANEY. Ã HANEY. AYE.
CORA. CORA. AYE. PACHECO
PACHECO. NOT VOTING. RAMOS
RAMOS. AYE. WARD WARD. NOT
VOTING. WILSON. WILSON. AYE.
FIVE. FOUR. FIVE. FOUR. THE BILL
IS OUT. YEP. I'M SORRY. IT IS
FIVE ZERO. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
VOTING FIVE ZERO. CORRECTION
FIVE ZERO. THE BILL IS OUT. AND
I BELIEVE ITEM TEN AB 2593
MCCARTY. WE ARE OKAY ON THAT
ONE. NO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THOSE
MISSING MEMBERS, ON ALL OF THESE
. WHERE ARE WE? ITEM NUMBER,
ITEM NUMBER TEN, AB 2593 BY
MCCARTY. ITEM NUMBER TEN. YES IF
I MAY. SO TO WORK. AYE. 25, 93,
9311. TEN ALANIS. ALANIS AYE,
AYE. ALL THESE. AYE CORA. CORA.
AYE. NINE. ZERO. THE VOTE IS
NINE ZERO. THE BILL IS OUT. ITEM
NUMBER 12, AB 2632 BY WILSON. DO
WE NEED TO ADD. ITEM NUMBER 12,
AB 2632. WILSON, WE NEED A
MOTION AND A SECOND. I BELIEVE
MOTION SECOND, FIRST AND SECOND,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL THAT BILL.
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATE THÀNH
CARILLO Ã CARILLO. AYE. WALDRON
WALDRON. AYE. ARNONE HOLNESS.
AYE. HANEY HANEY. AYE. CORA.
CORA. AYE. PACHECO PACHECO. AYE.
RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE WARD A. WARD.
AYE. WILSON. WILSON AYE. 9090.
THE BILL IS OUT. AGENDA ITEM 13
AB 2712 BY FRIEDMAN. WE NEED A
MOTION AND A SECOND. WE HAVE A
MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL AND THE MOTION IS, Dð.
MOVE TO US. AMEND IT TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. NØ
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, ITEM 12 713.
CORRECTION IS ITEM 13. THE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO THAT COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. OKAY DO PASS. BUT
THE AMENDMENTS ARE GOING TO BE
TAKEN IN HOUSE RIGHT. IT'S STILL
PASS BY. THE AMENDMENTS ARE
GOING TO BE TAKEN IN HOUSING AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. MISS
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CARILLO.
Ã. CARILLO. AYE WALDRON.
WALDRON. NO. UNDERNEATH NÓ. MØT
ON THIS. NOT VOTING. HANEY. A
HANEY I CORA. CORA I PACHECO. I
CHICO I RAMOS I RAMOS I WARD HI
WARD I WILSON WILSON I. SEVEN
ONE. THE VOTE IS SEVEN ONE THE
BILL IS OUT. ITEM NUMBER 15 AB
2904 QUIRK-SILVA. WE NEED A
MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM 15.
WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. AND THE MOTION IS TO PASS
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
CARILLO A CARILLO I WALDRON.
WALDRON I UNDERNEATH UNDERNEATH
I HANEY A HANEY I CORRE CORRE I
PACHECO I PACHECO I RAMOS RAMOS
I WARD I WARD I WILSON WILSON I
NINE ZERO. THE VOTE IS NINE
ZERO. THE BILL IS OUT. AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 16 AB 29 NINE BY
SANTIAGO. THE MOTION I WE NEED A
MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE FIRST
AND SECOND. THE MOTION IS TO
PASS TO THE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
MADAM, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL WITH
AMENDMENTS TAKEN IN HOUSING,
WITH AMENDMENTS TAKEN TO
HOUSING. CARILLO Ã CARILLO I.
WALDRON. WALDRON. I. UNDERNEATH
I UNDERNEATH I HANEY I HANEY I
CORRE CORRE I PACHECO I JAYKO I
RAMOS RAMOS I WARD. HI WARD I
WILSON. HI WILSON I9090 THE BILL
IS OUT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17
AND IT'S OUT TO THE HOUSING
COMMITTEE WHERE THE AMENDMENTS
WILL BE TAKEN. YEAH ITEM NUMBER
17 AB 2945 BY ALVAREZ. WE NEED A
MOTION AND A SECOND, SECOND,
FIRST AND A SECOND. THE MOTION
IS DUE. PASS TO THE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
WHERE THE AMENDMENTS WILL BE
TAKEN, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CARILLO. AYE. CARILLO. AYE
WALDRON. WALDRON. AYE. ONIS ONIS
NOT VOTING. HANEY A HANEY. AYE
CORRE CORRE AYE. PACHECO. AYE
PACHECO. AYE. RAMOS. RAMOS NOT
VOTING. WARD A WARD I WILSON.
AYE WILSON. AYE 7070. THE BILL
IS OUT. ITEM NUMBER 18 ON THE
AGENDA AB 3012 BY GRAYSON. WE
NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND,
SECOND, FIRST AND A SECOND. THE
MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
AND THE AMENDMENTS WILL BE TAKEN
AT HOUSING CARILLO Ã CARILLO.
AYE WALDRON. WALDRON. AYE.
UNDERNEATH. AYE. UNDERNEATH AYE.
HANEY. AYE. HANEY. AYE. CORA
CULVER. AYE. PACHECO. PACHECO.
AYE RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE. WARD A
WARD. AYE. WILSON. WILSON. AYE.
9090. THE BILL IS OUT AND AB
2032 59 BY WILSON. WE NEED A
FIRST AND A SECOND. SECOND WE DO
HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. AND
THE MOTION IS DO PASS THIS
AMENDMENT TO REVENUE AND
TAXATION COMMITTEE. MADAM,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CORAL. AYE
CARILLO. AYE. WALDRON WALDRON
NOT VOTING ON THIS. UNLES NOT
VOTING. HANEY. AYE. HANEY. AYE
CORA. CORA. AYE. PACHECO CHECO.
AYE. RAMOS. RAMOS. AYE. WARD A
WARD. AYE. WILSON. AYE WILSON.
AYE. MØT 7070. THE BILL IS OUT
AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ADD
MEMBERS TO AB 3276. RAMOS
UNDERNEATH WHICH THE BILL NUMBER
3276. IT WAS Dð PASS THE HOUSING
UNDERNEATH I THAT'S 9090. THE
BILL IS OUT WITH. THERE'S A
COUPLE MORE HE DIDN'T GET. THAT.
127.
NO.
26 ON CHRISTMAS. THERE'S 2593
RIGHT THERE. YOU HAVE TO. OKAY I
THINK I NEED JACKSON, AND YOU
NEED. I NEED I'VE GOT. SO I DID
THE MATH, AND IT WAS 2488. AB
2488 WAS A Dð PASS TO HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WITH
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS BEING
TAKEN AND HOUSING AND THE VOTE
ON THAT WAS NINE ZERO OUT. I
DIDN'T I DIDN'T SAY THE WHOLE
THING. SO OKAY, LET ME GIVE IT A
GO. AB 1801 JACKSON THÀNH. THE
MOTION IS A Dð PASS TO
APPROPRIATION UNDERNEATH I
UNDERNEATH I SOUTH BAILEY SOUTH
NINE ZERO AB 1957 WILSON. THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS. THE VOTE IS
EIGHT ZERO UNDERNEATH. HI ON
THIS I NINE ZERO. THE BILL IS
OUT AB 2431 MATHES WAS PULLED AB
2593 MCCARTY. IT WAS A Dð PASS
THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT HANEY HANEY I THE
BILL IS SAU NINE ZERO. THANK YOU
AB 2085 IS THAT'S HOW WE'RE DONE
. WE'RE DONE, WE'RE DONE. WE ARE
DONE FOR TODAY. WITH THAT, WE
WILL BE ADJOURNING THE MEETING.
I'M SURE I GOT YOU IN IT. NO NO,
YOU UNDERNEATH DID NOT DO THE
CONSENT. AND WITH THAT, IT'S
901. THAT IS NINE ZERO. THE
BILLS AROUND. THANK YOU. SO NOW
WE'RE DONE. I'M GETTING OUT SO I
CAN NOW GO ON ALL OF THEM. AFTER
I MURDERED YOU. THANK YOU FOR
COMING UP. THANK YOU
.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED
FOR TODAY