GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE ASSEMBLY
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE. THE
ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER
. AND I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE
TO THE ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. WHETHER YOU'RE HERE
IN PERSON OR WATCHING VIRTUALLY,
I WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
YOU. I WILL NOW GO OVER SOME KEY
ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF
TODAY'S HEARING. PLEASE NOTE
THAT WHILE THIS HEARING WILL NOT
HAVE FULL TESTIMONY, WE ARE
ACCEPTING WRITTEN TESTIMONY
THROUGH THE POSITION LETTER
PORTAL ON THE COMMITTEE'S
WEBSITE AT WAHID DOT ASSEMBLY
DOT CA.GOV BILLS WILL BE TAKEN
UP IN SIGN IN ORDER AUTHORS, YOU
CAN SIGN IN AT THE SERGEANT'S
DESK IN ROOM 127 AND PLEASE.
ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT
THE GUIDELINES FOR BILLS HEARD
IN THIS COMMITTEE IS TO ALLOW
FOR TESTIMONY FROM TWO LEAD
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT AND TWO
LEAD WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO
SPEAK FOR NO MORE THAN TWO
MINUTES EACH. STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
AND ENTITIES THAT ARE NEITHER IN
SUPPORT NOR IN OPPOSITION WILL
BE ALLOWED TO GIVE TESTIMONY FOR
NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES. WHEN I
CALL FOR TWEENERS. IF A MEASURE
HAS MORE THAN TWO ENTITIES AND A
TWEENER CATEGORY, ONLY TWO WILL
BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR TWO
MINUTES EACH. FOR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO RESPOND TO A ROLL CALL,
ASK A QUESTION OR PROVIDE A
COMMENT, PLEASE BE SURE TO
ACTIVATE YOUR MIC AND SPEAK INTO
YOUR MIC. FOR AUTHORS OF BILLS
UP TODAY AUTHORS, EACH MEMBER
PRESENTING TODAY WILL PROVIDE AN
OPENING STATEMENT AND A CLOSING
STATEMENT. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED,
YOUR WITNESSES WILL EACH HAVE
TWO MINUTES TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY. WE HAVE 27 MEASURES
ON THE AGENDA TODAY WITH SIX
MEASURES PROPOSED FOR THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. HOWEVER, FIVE
ITEMS 23 ASSEMBLY BILL 3112 BY
SIMILAR BILL, EASILY AN ITEM
NUMBER SIX. ASSEMBLY BILL 2328
BY MYSELF HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM
TODAY'S HEARING. THAT LEAVES US
WITH 19 MEASURES TO BE HEARD
TODAY IN COMMITTEE.
ADDITIONALLY, FILE ITEM 12,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2532 BY SENATOR
BYRD, DEVON MATHIS WILL BE
PRESENTED TODAY BY SENATOR PHIL
CHEN. I'D LIKE TO EXTEND WARM
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO YOU AND
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEFORE WE PROCEED
WITH OUR FIRST AUTHOR, WE'LL
TAKE UP THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND
WE HAVE A QUORUM AND AT THIS
TIME, WE'LL START OFF AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CECILIA CURRY.
WELCOME. PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER
16, ASSEMBLY BILL 2901. WELCOME.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR. AND
COMMITTEE. UNDER CURRENT STATE
LAW, FACULTY AT COMMUNITY
COLLEGES CANNOT EARN ANY PAID
PREGNANCY LEAVE ONLY AFTER THEY
HAVE USED UP TO 12 WEEKS OF
ACCRUED SICK LEAVE CAN FACULTY
BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
DIFFERENTIAL PAY WHEN THEY
CANNOT WORK, DUE TO PREGNANCY
RELATED DISABILITIES. AND IN
CASE YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
DIFFERENTIAL PAY, IT IS PAYING
EDUCATORS THE REGULAR SALARY
MINUS THE COST OF THEIR
SUBSTITUTE. THE CURRENT STANDARD
OF PREGNANCY LEAVE DISCRIMINATES
AGAINST WOMEN AND LEAVES THEM
WITH THE DECISION TO EITHER
SCHEDULE PREGNANCIES BASED ON
THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR, OR TRY TO
GET BY WITH LESS PAY. FOR ANY OF
YOU WHO ARE PARENTS, I'M SURE
YOU KNOW HOW WELL SCHEDULING
PREGNANCIES WORKS IN REAL LIFE.
THIS STANDARD IS UNACCEPTABLE IN
A WORLD WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO
EVOLVE IN OUR TREATMENT OF OUR
WORKERS. BUT SINCE THE BUT SINCE
THIS LEGISLATION WAS LAST
PROPOSED, WE NOW HAVE PROOF THAT
THE REAL WORLD IMPLICATION IS
INEQUALITY. INEQUITY K¾T FOR
WOMEN IN THE RETIREMENT DATA
FROM CALSTRS SHOWS WOMEN WILL
RECEIVE ALMOST $100,000 LESS IN
RETIREMENT BENEFITS THAN THEIR
MALE COUNTERPARTS. MEMBERS THAT
IS SHOCKING, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME
WE FIX IT. SPEAKING IN SUPPORT
WITH ME TODAY IS DOCTOR SARAH
CATES AND A PROFESSOR FROM THE
HISTORY OF HISTORY AT SAN
JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE AND SETH
BRAMBLE, ON BEHALF OF OUR
SPONSOR, THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR AND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS DOCTOR SARAH CATES, AND
I'M A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT
SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE. I AM
HERE TODAY SHARING MY STORY IN
HOPES THAT YOU WILL VOTE AYE ON
THIS BILL TO END DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST WOMEN WHO ARE REQUIRED
TO DEPLETE LEAVES BALANCES TO
BEAR CHILDREN. THE DECISION TO
HAVE CHILDREN IS NOT AN ILLNESS,
AND EDUCATORS SHOULD NOT BE
FORCED TO USE OUR SICK LEAVE FOR
THIS PURPOSE. WE ARE LEFT WITH
LITTLE TO NO SICK DAYS TO CARE
FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILY.
THOUGH I BEGAN A CAREER IN
PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A TEACHING
ASSISTANT IN 2008, I POSTPONED
REJOINING HIGHER EDUCATION AS A
PROFESSOR TO HAVE MY FIRST CHILD
IN 2015, MY CAREER WAS DELAYED
BECAUSE OF A DESIRE TO HAVE A
FAMILY, WHICH FAILED TO MATCH
THE DEMANDS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
I WAS WORKING FULL TIME WHEN I
HAD MY SON IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.
AS A RESULT, I USED UP ALMOST
ALL OF MY SICK TIME AND THIS
WILL ULTIMATELY MEAN LESS OF A
RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR ME WHEN I
CHOOSE TO RETIRE. SITUATIONS
LIKE THIS NO DOUBT CONTRIBUTE TO
THE GENDER DISPARITY IN
RETIREMENT, WHICH RECENT
STATISTICS, AS SHE SAID, HAVE
BEEN PLACED AT AROUND 100,000
PER DIFFERENCE PER EDUCATOR,
REQUIRING BIRTHING PARENTS TO
DEPLETE THEIR SICK LEAVE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS WOMEN
. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE
ELIMINATE THE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS
TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN
HIGHER EDUCATION AT EACH FACULTY
RANK AND LEVEL, WOMEN EARN LESS
THAN MEN, SO THE SYSTEMIC ISSUE
OF ALSO HAVING TO LOSE OUT ON
OUR SICK LEAVE TO RECOVER FROM
BIRTH FURTHERS THIS INEQUALITY.
IT MEANS WE MUST WORK LONGER IN
ORDER TO OBTAIN THE EXACT SAME
RETIREMENT AS OUR NON-BIRTHING
COLLEAGUES. BY REQUIRING
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS TO
PROVIDE 14 WEEKS OF FULLY PAID
PREGNANCY LEAVE, THIS BILL WILL
HELP FACULTY TAKE NECESSARY TIME
OFF WITHOUT SACRIFICING OUR
FINANCIAL SECURITY, THE HEALTH
OF OUR FAMILIES, OR THE
WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
COLLEGES I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
ASSEMBLY BILL 2901. THANK YOU.
SETH BRAMBLE, EXCUSE ME.
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN
300,000 IMPACTED EDUCATORS, THE
MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, THÀNH ARE
PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION ALONGSIDE OUR STATE
SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR STATE
TREASURER, A STUDY POINTED TO IN
THE ANALYSIS BY THE
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOUND THAT
THERE HAS BEEN A GRADUAL SHIFT
TOWARDS PREGNANCY LEAVE PERIODS
THAT MEET OR EXCEED A MINIMUM
STANDARD OF 14 WEEKS WHEN LEAVE
IS TOO SHORT. MOTHERS MAY FEEL,
YOU KNOW, NOT YET READY TO
RETURN TO WORK AND MAY DROP OUT
OF THE WORKFORCE. THE STUDY
POINTS TO SOME STARTLING
STATISTICS. OUT OF 167 COUNTRIES
STUDIED, 97. GRANT THIS PAID
LEAVE FOR WOMEN. ONLY FOUR OF
THOSE 167 COUNTRIES DID NOT.
LESOTHO PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
SWAZILAND, AND THE UNITED STATES
, IN CALIFORNIA, THE FIFTH
LARGEST ECONOMY WORLDWIDE, ONE
OF THE LARGEST AND PREDOMINANTLY
FEMALE WORKFORCES IN THE STATE,
ARE EXCLUDED FROM PREGNANCY.
LEAVE A FUNDAMENTAL STANDARD FOR
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN MOST
COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE. AS
OF 2020, IRELAND PROVIDED
WORKERS WITH SIX AND A HALF
MONTHS OF PAID LEAVE. ITALY
PROVIDED FIVE MONTHS OF PAID
LEAVE. ENGLAND PROVIDED NEARLY
TEN MONTHS OF PAID LEAVE, AND
SWEDEN HAD NEARLY 16 MONTHS OF
PAID LEAVE. CALIFORNIA IS FAR
BEHIND AND AS WE EMBRACE OUR
DIVERSITY AND FAMILY FRIENDLY
POLICIES IN OUR STATE,
CALIFORNIA HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING MORE EQUITY TO RETIREMENT
INCOME. THIS PROPOSED NEW
PREGNANCY LEAVE FOR EDUCATORS
WILL NOT BE DEDUCTED FROM SICK
LEAVE AND IMPROVES WORKING
CONDITIONS TO HELP AND ATTRACT
AND RETAIN TALENTED EDUCATORS,
MORE THAN THREE FOURTHS OF WHOM
ARE FEMALE, MAKING THIS PROPOSED
POLICY ESPECIALLY IMPACTFUL FOR
THOSE WHO CHOOSE PUBLIC
EDUCATION FOR THEIR CAREER. WE
DO WANT TO THANK THE MAJORITY
LEADER FOR CARRYING THIS
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION, AND WE
URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. IT'S JUST
IS IT ON RIGHT NOW, PLEASE.
SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
DANIEL PEARL, ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE
COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES IN
STRONG SUPPORT. JENNIFER BAKER,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND
PROUD SUPPORT JOYCELYN MARTINEZ
WADE WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN
SUPPORT ANNA MATTHEWS WITH THE
FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN
STRONG SUPPORT. DAVID HAWKINS,
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE INDEPENDENCE
FACULTY UNION SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
A HEARING ROOM?
HI, KATIE DUBOURG, CALIFORNIA
WORK AND FAMILY COALITION IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF AB 2901. ALSO
HAVE PERMISSION TO TESTIFY ON
BEHALF OF THE FOLLOWING
ORGANIZATIONS AND STRONG
SUPPORT. ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE,
BREASTFEED, LA CALIFORNIA
BREASTFEEDING COALITION,
CALIFORNIA WICK ASSOCIATION,
CARING ACROSS GENERATIONS,
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, CENTER
FOR WORKERS RIGHTS, CHILD CARE
LAW CENTER, CITIZENS FOR CHOICE,
ELECTRIC UNIVERSE, AND EQUAL
RIGHTS ADVOCATES. THANK YOU,
SARAH BACHUS WITH CHILDREN NOW
AS WELL AS FOOD EMPOWERMENT
PROJECT FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON
LEGISLATION OF CALIFORNIA HUMAN
IMPACT PARTNERS, LA ALLIANCE FOR
A NEW ECONOMY, LA BEST BABIES
NETWORK, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
JEWISH WOMEN OF LA, ORANGE
COUNTY EQUITY COALITION, OUR
FAMILY COALITION, PARENT VOICES
OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY
BREASTFEEDING COALITION, AND
WORKSAFE. THANK YOU. HELLO,
KAREN STOUT, ON BEHALF OF
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT CHEN
ROBLESS WITH HEALTH ACCESS
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT KIMBERLY
ROSENBERGER WITH SEIU IN SUPPORT
. BRIAN HOWE WITH CALIFORNIA
FACULTY ASSOCIATION. WE'RE
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTING THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MITCH STEIGER WITH CFT, A UNION
OF EDUCATORS AND CLASSIFIED
PROFESSIONALS. ALSO IN SUPPORT.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS MATT BROAD
FOR CSEA AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M JULIE
LYNN WITH CA AND I AM IN SUPPORT
. GEORGE, ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO ALL THE SUPPORTERS, ARE
THERE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING ROOM?
SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
TWEENERS COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CNN,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? I WOULD AB 2901 WILL
FINALLY END THE DISCRIMINATORY
PRACTICE OF GIVING COMMUNITY
COLLEGE FACULTY WHO ARE PREGNANT
NO CHOICE BUT TO DEPLETE THEIR
SICK LEAVE A BENEFIT THAT
DIRECTLY AFFECTS THEIR
COMPENSATION NOW AND THE
RETIREMENT FOREVER. AT A TIME
WHEN FACULTY ARE SO STRESSED
THAT THEY'RE LEAVING THE
PROFESSION AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
CHOOSING DIFFERENT CAREERS, WE
MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DO
TO HELP RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR
EDUCATORS. AND IT IS THIS. IT IS
AT A TIME WE NEED TO STOP
CHARGING WOMEN $100,000 TO CARE
FOR THEIR CHILD UNDER UNTIL THEY
RETURN TO CARE FOR OURS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING
THIS VERY IMPORTANT BILL
FORWARD. PAID LEAVE IS SOMETHING
THAT IS OFTEN LEFT TO THE
BARGAINING TABLE. I DON'T THINK
IT SHOULD BE. PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD HAS BEEN MENTIONED, HAVE
FIGURED THIS OUT AND WE CAN TO.
THIS BILL IS A STRONG STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND WITH
THAT, I LOOK LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY. AND WHEN WE HAVE A
QUORUM, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN
AND COMMITTEE, I APPRECIATE YOUR
HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME A SENATOR KEVIN
MCCARTHY, PRESENTING THREE
BILLS. I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO
DO ONE OR SO. AND THEN HAVE MR.
HOLDEN JUMP IN. OKAY? OKAY.
UNDERSTOOD. YES WE'LL START
WITH, ASSEMBLY BILL 2076. YEAH,
WE'LL DO THAT ONE. I DON'T HAVE
MY TALKING POINTS, BUT I HAVE
THE PHONE, SO HERE WE GO, THIS
IS A BILL THAT YOU'RE VERY
FAMILIAR WITH. THIS. THIS HELPS
IMPLEMENT OUR COLLEGE STUDENT
HOUSING, FUND. THE REVOLVING
FUND THAT WE CREATED A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO. THAT MAY BE TIED UP A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET
SITUATION. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
SOME INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PUT
RESOURCES ON THE TABLE TO FUND
THIS PROGRAM. SO THIS WOULD LOAN
$200 MILLION FROM THE STATE
TREASURER'S POOLED MONEY,
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT, MONEY TO
BUILD NEW STUDENT HOUSING IN
CALIFORNIA. WE KNOW WE LOOK AT
THE COSTS OF COLLEGE. IT'S NOT
ALWAYS TUITION. IT'S BOOKS. IT'S
FOOD, IT'S TRANSPORTATION. BUT
MOST OF ALL, IT'S HOUSING. SO
CALIFORNIA CAN AND SHOULD STEP
TO THE PLATE AND HELP BUILD MORE
STUDENT HOUSING IN ALL OF OUR
SEGMENTS, WITH THIS IS AN
INNOVATIVE WITH ME TODAY IS THE
èC TALKING ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE
APPROACH TO FINANCE THAT IN
CALIFORNIA? ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WELCOME GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS MEGAN GUTEKUNST. I AM
THE ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT,
CAPITAL FINANCIAL PLANNING AND
ANALYSIS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME HERE TODAY. I'M HERE ON THE
BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY AND
SUPPORT OF AB 2076, THE
UNIVERSITY HAS SIGNIFICANT
DEMAND FOR ON CAMPUS STUDENT
HOUSING THAT IS DEMONSTRATED BY
THE OVER 16,000 STUDENTS WHO ARE
WAITLISTED FOR CAMPUS HOUSING IN
FALL OF 2023, THE REVOLVING LOAN
FUND WILL BE AN IMPORTANT TOOL
IN HELPING THE UNIVERSITY
FINANCE ADDITIONAL BEDS BY
PROVIDING A LOWER COST FORM OF
FINANCING. IT WOULD ALLOW THE
UNIVERSITY TO EXTEND ITS
RESOURCES AND ENSURE ON CAMPUS
HOUSING REMAINS AFFORDABLE.
UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THE
UNIVERSITY WOULD PAY BACK THE
PRINCIPAL IT RECEIVES, BUT WOULD
NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY
INTEREST. THAT MEANS IF THE
UNIVERSITY RECEIVES 75 MILLION
OUT OF THE 200 MILLION TOTAL, IT
WOULD SAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION
EVERY YEAR. IN INTEREST COST FOR
30 YEARS. THAT SAVINGS COMPARES
TO UNIVERSITY USING THE
UNIVERSITY'S OWN FINANCING,
WHICH WOULD BE THE ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING SOURCE. THE 2 MILLION IN
ANNUAL SAVINGS WOULD HELP THE
UNIVERSITY FINANCE THE
ADDITIONAL STUDENT HOUSING BEDS
THAT IT PLANS TO BUILD AT A
LOWER COST, WHICH WOULD HAVE A
DIRECT RESULT OF LOWER COSTS FOR
STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, SINCE THE
LOAN FUND IS REVOLVING, THE
PRINCIPAL èC PAYS BACK COULD BE
REDEPLOYED FOR FUTURE STUDENT
HOUSING AND LOWER COST BEDS FOR
STUDENTS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
IN A HEARING ROOM? IN SUPPORT OF
2073, WHICH IS THE, ERIC BACH
WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ANY IN
OPPOSITION? ARE THERE TWEENERS
IN THE HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES,
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE'LL
DO THAT ONCE WE HAVE A QUORUM, A
SUMMARY WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE.
PLEASE ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SENATOR KEVIN MCCARTY FOR
BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT
BILL FORWARD, AND BEING A
CHAMPION OF STUDENT HOUSING AT A
TIME WHEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SEEMS TO BE VIRTUALLY
NONEXISTENT, WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ENSURE
THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON OR NEAR
THEIR CAMPUSES. PLEASE CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH ALL APPROPRIATE
STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THE COMMENTS ON PAGE FOUR OF THE
ANALYSIS. AND WITH THAT, I LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE HERE TODAY, ONCE WE HAVE
QUORUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YOU THINK YOU WANT TO KEEP
GOING? I'LL KEEP GOING. ALL
RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP GOING. NEXT UP IS, DO ONE
SIMPLER ONE, DO YOU WANT TO DO
NUMBER FOUR? DO THE THIRD ONE,
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR THE
MIDDLE ONE, WHICH HAS SOME
OPPOSITION. THIS ONE DOES NOT.
SO NUMBER 24 131 OKAY. SO NOW
WE'RE ON ITEM 24. ASSEMBLY BILL
3131. WELCOME YEAH. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. THANKS FOR WORKING
WITH US. AND WE'LL WE'LL BE
ACCEPTING THE AUTHOR AMENDMENTS,
THIS BILL IS PART OF OUR
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS,
REPARATIONS PACKAGE. RELATED TO
CAREER EDUCATION, THIS WILL
ENSURE THAT OUR STATE CAREER
EDUCATION PROGRAMS TARGET
SCHOOLS WITH HIGH BLACK
POPULATIONS. AND, OF COURSE, WE
KNOW THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO HAVE
PRIMARILY BEEN, UNFORTUNATELY,
EXCLUDED FROM OUR HIGH QUALITY
CTE PROGRAMS, CAREER EDUCATION
EDUCATION IS, OF COURSE, THE
EQUALIZER FOR OPPORTUNITY. AND
AS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
LOOKING THROUGH THE REPARATIONS
LENS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT,
THOUGHT THROUGH POLICY WITH ME
TODAY TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR GREATER
SACRAMENTO URBAN LEAGUE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO
THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS
DOCTOR JANICE FORT WILLIAMS. I'M
AN ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATIONAL
EQUITY. THE MOTHER OF TWO FUTURE
SCHOLARS AND THE EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER
SACRAMENTO URBAN LEAGUE. IN THIS
ROLE, I PROVIDE EXECUTIVE
OVERSIGHT TO GREATER SACRAMENTO
URBAN LEAGUE'S YOUTH AND FAMILY
CENTER AND OUR PORTFOLIO OF
YOUTH FOCUSED PROGRAMS. HAVING
BEEN A COLLEGE PROFESSOR, A
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM DIRECTOR, I
HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH
STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS
BACKGROUNDS AND LEARNED ABOUT
THEIR EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORIES.
FOR MANY OF THEM, IT'S THE HANDS
ON, SKILLS BASED LEARNING
EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE HELPED
THEM DEVELOP AN IMAGE OF
THEMSELVES IN A FUTURE CAREER OF
THEIR CHOICE. IT IS ALSO
INCREASED THEIR INTEREST IN
SCHOOL BECAUSE THE SKILLS AND
KNOWLEDGE WERE APPLICABLE TO
THEIR FUTURE CAREERS. CAREER
TECHNICAL EDUCATION, OR CTE, IS
THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING SKILL
BASED CAREERS TO STUDENTS. CTE
PROVIDES THE TYPE OF LONG TERME
SKILLS WITH PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS THAT HELP STUDENTS
SHIFT THEIR EXPERIENCE OF
EDUCATION FROM KIND OF GUESSING
ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH A
CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE, TO BEING ABLE
TO REALLY ENVISION THEMSELVES IN
A CAREER USING THE VARIOUS
SKILLS THAT THEY'RE GAINING IN
THE CLASSROOM. STUDENTS WILL
MAKE THAT IMPORTANT SHIFT FROM,
WILL I EVER USE THIS KNOWLEDGE
TO HAVING A MORE SPECIFIC VISION
OF THEMSELVES IN A SPECIFIC
CAREER, USING THE SKILLS THEY
ARE CURRENTLY PRACTICING IN
CLASS, ACCESS TO QUALITY CTE
PROGRAMS WILL NOT ONLY HELP
PREPARE STUDENTS FOR VOCATIONAL
CAREERS, BUT WILL ALSO PREPARE
STUDENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
AND STEM CAREERS INVESTMENTS
INTO HIGH QUALITY CTE PROGRAMS
THAT COMBINE ACADEMIC EDUCATION
WITH OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING
OFFERS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL AGAINST
PERSISTING INEQUITIES. AB 3131
IS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA BLACK
CAUCUS'S REPARATIONS BILL
PACKAGE AND WILL IMPROVE CTE
PROGRAMS FOR BLACK STUDENTS BY
DIRECTING EXISTING CTE GRANTS
TOWARDS SCHOOLS ELIGIBLE FOR
EQUITY MULTIPLIER FUNDING. THIS
BILL WILL HELP BREAK DOWN
BARRIERS TO EDUCATIONAL ACCESS
AND CREATE PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC
MOBILITY FOR UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS. BY PRIORITIZING
EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR
EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, WE CAN
BUILD STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES AND CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
CALIFORNIANS TO THRIVE. THANK
YOU AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
CHAIR AND MEMBERS AUSTIN WEBSTER
WITH W STRATEGIES ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ASSOCIATION FOR
OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION,
REPRESENTING THE WORKFORCE AND
CTE INSTRUCTORS THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? SUMMER, WE'D LIKE TO
CLOSE. THANK YOU. ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT
MEASURE FORWARD AND WORKING WITH
COMMITTEE STAFF ON THE
AMENDMENTS AND ENSURING THAT
THIS WORK IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS
HERE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE HIGH
QUALITY CAREER EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES AND I APPRECIATE
THE WORK AND EFFORTS AROUND THIS
AS A BLACK CAUCUS PARTY AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY. AND WHEN WE HAVE A
QUORUM, WE'LL TAKE THIS UP.
THANK YOU. OKAY WE WILL NOW
PROCEED TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
WELCOME TO SUMMER, CHRIS HOLDEN,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2193. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. LET ME THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FOR ALLOWING ME TO
COME IN EARLIER ON MY, MY
PRESENTATION AND FOR YOU TO
ALLOW US TO DO THAT. CHAIR FONG
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 2193,
DEALING WITH HAZING
ACCOUNTABILITY. LAST YEAR'S BILL
, AB 299, HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
. I'M PREPARED TO ACCEPT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS FOR AB
2193, BUT I WANT TO HAVE THE
RECORD REFLECT THAT BECAUSE OF
THE SHORT TURNAROUND TIMES, I
WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
COMMITTEE SHOULD THE BILL MOVE
OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY? MY
SPONSORS AND THE APPROPRIATION
COMMITTEE CONSULTANTS TO GET
THIS BILL TO A BETTER PLACE,
SPECIFICALLY, I WHEN THE BILL
WAS HEARD IN JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, THE RECOMMENDATION
WAS TO INCLUDE A SCHOOL SHALL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE ACTED REASONABLY
BASED ON HOW EFFECTIVE THEIR
ANTI-HAZING POLICIES, AS WELL AS
TRAINING FOR STUDENTS AND
FACULTY MEMBERS, HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT
OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.
CALIFORNIA ALREADY CODIFIED LAWS
IN 2006 THAT MAKE ENGAGING IN
HAZING UNLAWFUL. DESPITE THIS,
WE CONTINUE TO SEE HAZING
INCIDENTS OCCUR AROUND
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
OFTENTIMES PROVEN TO BE FATAL.
IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR LAWS ARE
OVERLOOKING THE KEY PLAYER WHEN
OUTLINING RESPONSIBLE PARTIES.
THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
ITSELF. HOW IS IT THAT THESE
INSTITUTIONS CAN PROMOTE AND
PROFIT FROM STUDENTS
PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, BUT
NOT SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY?
WHEN A TRAGEDY OCCURS? THIS BILL
ALLOWS FOR A CIVIL ACTION TO BE
BROUGHT AGAINST AN EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION THAT SHOULD HAVE
KNOWN OF THE DANGEROUS HAZING
PRACTICES OF AN AFFILIATED
ORGANIZATION. IT IS TIME WE HOLD
ALL PARTIES INVOLVED RESPONSIBLE
FOR THESE TRAGEDIES, IN THE HOPE
THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO
PREVENT THEM IN THE FUTURE. HERE
WITH ME TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
AB 2193 IS FACULTY ASSOCIATION
OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ADVOCACY MANAGER ANNA MATTHEWS.
HI. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY NAME
IS ANNA MATTHEWS, ADVOCACY
MANAGER OF THE FACULTY
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND A PROUD
SUPPORTER OF THIS BILL. THE
PURPOSE OF EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS IS, OF COURSE, TO
EDUCATE AND TO FOSTER AN
ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO
LEARNING AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
THE PRACTICE OF HAZING IS
CONTRARY TO THIS MISSION. HAZING
INVOLVES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A
POWER DIFFERENTIAL FROM BEING ON
THE INSIDE OF A SOCIAL GROUP TO
PRESSURE VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO
ENGAGE IN PRACTICES THAT
HUMILIATE, DEGRADE, OR ENDANGER
THEM. I REMEMBER WATCHING A
FRIEND GET HAZED WHEN I WAS IN
COLLEGE. HE AND OTHER STUDENTS
RUSHING FOR A FRATERNITY WERE
COERCED INTO DRINKING IMMENSE
AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE CITY, HAD THEIR
PHONES CONFISCATED AND WERE
INSTRUCTED TO FIND THEIR WAY
BACK TO OUR UNIVERSITY IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IT WAS
NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE THAT
NOBODY GOT SERIOUSLY HURT.
COLLEGE HAZING HAS KILLED OVER
100 STUDENTS IN THE LAST 20
YEARS AND CAUSED LASTING HARM TO
MANY MORE. IF WE AS INSTITUTIONS
DO NOT TAKE A STRONG STANCE
AGAINST HAZING AND CREATE CLEAR
MECHANISMS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY,
WE ARE COMPLACENT IN THE FACE OF
UNNECESSARY TRAUMA, INJURY AND
EVEN DEATH OF STUDENTS. AB 2193
REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE
PREVENTION AND OUTREACH
REGARDING HAZING, PROVIDING
CAMPUSES WITH THE TOOLS TO
INTERVENE IN CASES OF HAZING,
ENGAGING IN RISK REDUCTION, AND
EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO KNOW WHAT
IS AND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
BEHAVIOR IN CLUBS, ATHLETICS,
AND GREEK LIFE. WHILE IT IS
WIDELY RECOGNIZED THAT HAZING
OCCURS ON MANY CAMPUSES AND HAS
SEVERE CONSEQUENCES, VERY FEW
INSTITUTIONS INTERVENE AS A
RESULT. THIS DAMAGING PRACTICE
CONTINUES, WITH NOBODY TO HOLD
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
ACCOUNTABLE AND NO PATH FORWARD
TO JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF
HAZING. AB 2193 IS A STEP
FORWARD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LET
HAZING GO UNCHECKED AT THE COST
OF STUDENTS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
WELL-BEING AND SAFETY. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT IN
THE HEARING ROOM? MITCH STEIGER
WITH CFT AND SPORT. DAVID
HAWKINS OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, INDEPENDENCE
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING ROOM?
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
JOANNA HALL, AND I'M A LITIGATOR
WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY. WHILE CSU HAS TAKEN
AN OPPOSE, UNLESS AMENDED
POSITION ON THE BILL IN PRINT,
WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE CSU
SHARES THE AUTHOR'S GOAL TO WIPE
OUT HAZING PRACTICES AND PROTECT
OUR STUDENTS. WE FEAR THAT THE
LEGISLATION, AS IT WAS
INTRODUCED, WOULD HAVE THE
OPPOSITE EFFECT, BECAUSE IT
CREATES EXPANSIVE LIABILITY FOR
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT
FAIL TO PREVENT, DISCOVER OR
STOP HAZING. EVEN IF THE
INSTITUTIONS DID NOT KNOW OF THE
HAZING. THE COMMITTEE'S ANALYSIS
RAISES IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT
HOW TO EFFECTIVELY PREVENT
HAZING WHILE HOLDING
INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE. WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE'S
ANALYSIS, AND WE APPRECIATE THE
AUTHOR'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. THE CSU IS
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO
PREVENTING HAZING. WE BELIEVE
THE STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN THE
AMENDMENTS WILL STRENGTHEN
HAZING PREVENTION, GIVEN THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, WE WILL
REVIEW TO AMEND OUR POSITION
ONCE THE AMENDED BILL IS IN
PRINT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT MEMBERS MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND
MEMBERS, ALEX GRAVES, THE
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT
CALIFORNIA COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES. I WOULD JUST ECHO
THE COMMENTS OF MY COUNTERPART
FROM THE CSU, FULLY SUPPORT THE
GOAL AND WORK TO PREVENT AND
STOP AS MUCH HAZING AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE WILL ALSO REVIEW THOSE
AMENDMENTS ONCE THEY ARE IN
PRINT, AND RECONSIDER OUR
POSITION, THEN THANK YOU, THANK
YOU. ARE THERE ANY TWEENERS IN
THE HEARING ROOM? BLESS YOU
COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.
TWEENERS WELCOME. HELLO. ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA IN
OPPOSITION. AND WE ARE ALSO
LOOKING FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE
AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. KYLE
HYLAND, ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATORS, ALSO
RESPECTFULLY, IN OPPOSITION, BUT
LOOKING FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE
AMENDMENTS ONCE THEY'RE IN
PRINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE ANY TWEENERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM, COLLEAGUES? ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? A SUMMARY
WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE AGAIN, I
APPRECIATE THE CHAIR WORKING
WITH US AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE
SPOKE AT THE END OF LAST WEEK,
THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY RUSHED IN
TERMS OF MAKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH A LOT OF THE
INFORMATION. THEN BEING ABLE FOR
US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A
FULLNESS, WE HAVE A LOT OF
STRIKEOUTS CGRTS THAT IN THIS
ANALYSIS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ADDED BACK
IN, WHAT WAS TAKEN OUT AND WHAT
WAS CHANGED. AND AS I INDICATED
TO YOU, MY, COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR
THE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUT
FORWARD HERE, AND WE'RE PREPARED
TO SUPPORT THEM. BUT WE WANT TO
ALSO KNOW THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND
WITH THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE, SHOULD IT MOVE
FORWARD, TO BE ABLE TO FINE TUNE
AT THAT POINT. SO WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE
AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, SUMMER HOLDEN, FOR WORKING
WITH OUR COMMITTEE STAFF AND OUR
CONVERSATIONS AS WELL ON THE
AMENDMENTS AND FOR ACCEPTING
THOSE AMENDMENTS, AGREE WITH OUR
GOVERNOR. HAZING IS A TERRIBLE
PRACTICE THAT SHOULD BE
PREVENTED ON OUR CAMPUSES. OUR
CAMPUSES CANNOT BE LIABLE FOR
THE ACTIONS OF EVERY STUDENT,
FACULTY AND STAFF THEY CAN ONLY
BE LIABLE FOR WHAT THEY DO KNOW
AND DO NOT ADDRESS. I APPRECIATE
YOU, MR. HOLDEN, FOR WORKING
WITH THE COMMITTEE STAFF TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS AND MOVING
FORWARD. I'D LIKE TO SEE
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ADDED TO
ADD SUPPORTIVE MEASURES BEING
PROVIDED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE
VICTIMS OF HAZING. IT'S NOT JUST
TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AFTER
AN EVENT, BUT TO ENSURE
SUPPORTIVE MEASURES ARE IN PLACE
TO HELP VICTIMS CONTINUE WITH
THEIR EDUCATION. AND WITH THAT,
I LOOK FOR SUPPORT. I LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE HERE TODAY. ONCE WE HAVE
A QUORUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. MEMBER.
THANK YOU. MOVE STRETCHING A
LITTLE. I SAW YOU, MR. MCCARTY'S
PRESENTING HIS FINAL AND THIRD
BILL HERE TODAY. ASSEMBLY BILL
20885, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
WELCOME, MR. MCCARTY. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. AND MEMBERS, THIS
BILL ALSO HEARD IN THE COMMITTEE
IS RELATED TO CLASSIFIED SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES. WE KNOW ALL WE ALL
KNOW THEY DO CRITICAL ROLES AT
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICTS. THIS IS A
SIMPLE CONCEPT. WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE THEM THE FIRST CRACK AT A
JOB OPENING ON THE CAMPUS, NOT A
GUARANTEE THEY'LL GET THAT JOB.
NOT GOING TO DELAY THE PROCESS
AND HIRING AND ANYBODY NOT GOING
TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT. BUT
ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, IF
THERE'S A PART TIME PERSON
ALREADY WORKING AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT AND THERE'S
ANOTHER PART TIME JOB THAT COMES
OPEN, GIVE THEM THE FIRST CRACK
TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT
SPLITTING POSITIONS BECAUSE WE
ALL KNOW THAT MANY TIMES THESE
INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE MORE BY
WORKING IN THE FOOD AND FAST
FOOD INDUSTRY, CLASSIFIED
EMPLOYEES ARE THE BACKBONES OF
OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICTS AND, VITAL
EMPLOYEES TO OUR STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE, VOTE WITH ME
TODAY. OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM
THE CLASSIFIED SCHOOL,
ASSOCIATION. HI, MR. CHAIR, AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS JULIE GLENN, JUCO, AND
I'M A PARAEDUCATOR LEVEL THREE
AT THE SAN LORENZO UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'VE BEEN
WORKING AS A PARAEDUCATOR FOR
OVER 18 YEARS. I AM ALSO A CÁC
CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND THE TWO
2023 CAC MEMBER OF THE YEAR. OUR
UNION IS PROUD TO BE A
CO-SPONSOR OF THE AB 2088 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCCARTHY. THIS
IMPORTANT BILL WOULD BE
INSTRUMENTAL IN ADDRESSING THE
EDUCATION WORKFORCE CRISIS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. I KNOW
FIRSTHAND BECAUSE WE ALREADY
HAVE A SIMILAR PROCESS, RIGHT OF
FIRST REFUSAL FOR CLASSIFIED
EMPLOYEES AT SAN LORENZO UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE
OPERATED THIS SYSTEM
SUCCESSFULLY AT SAN LORENZO
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
PANDEMIC. THIS AND THE SKY
HASN'T FALLEN. IN FACT, SINCE
IMPLEMENTING A SIMILAR PROCESS
TO THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL,
OUR DISTRICT HAS SEEN BETTER
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF
TALENTED STAFF MEMBERS. WE WENT
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
46 VACANCIES, PARAEDUCATORS TO
14 BY DECEMBER, AND LAST FRIDAY
I JUST GOT A REPORT. WE'RE DOWN
TO TWO, AND THIS IS THE SAME
THING WITH OUR TECH DEPARTMENT,
OUR DISTRICT IS NOW MORE
COMPETITIVE WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
EMPLOYERS BECAUSE QUALIFIED
INTERNAL CANDIDATES CAN
CONSOLIDATE PART TIME SHIFTS
INTO FULL TIME WORK AND THIS
ALSO CREATES A DIVERSE EMPLOYEE
BASE, STAFF BASE. IN DOING SO,
MY COWORKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
OBTAIN BENEFITS AND MUCH NEEDED
STABILITY THAT WILL KEEP THEM IN
THEIR JOBS FOR YEARS. I ALSO
WANT TO ADD THAT AB 2088 WILL
WORK IN BOTH MERIT AND NON MERIT
DISTRICTS. I AM A PROUD SECOND
GENERATION EMPLOYEE OF MERIT
DISTRICTS. I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN
PRESERVING THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE
IT ENSURES THAT EMPLOYEES ARE
SELECTED, PROMOTED AND RETAINED
WITHOUT FAVORITISM OR PREJUDICE
BASED ON MERIT AND FAIR AND
FITNESS. UNDER AB 2088, AN
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE MUST BE
QUALIFIED FOR THE OPEN POSITION
AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION TO
RECEIVE THE PRIVILEGE OF THE
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. THIS
MEANS THAT AN INTERNAL CANDIDATE
MUST ALREADY HAVE THE REQUISITE
MERIT AND FITNESS BEFORE
CONSIDERATION FOR THE VACANCY.
AT THE SAME TIME, DISTRICTS AND
THEIR UNIONS ARE FREE TO
NEGOTIATE ALTERNATIVE AGREEMENTS
OR PROCESSES THROUGH THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS.
MANY OF YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THIS
BILL LAST YEAR, AND I HOPE
YOU'LL DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.
FOR THIS REASON, I URGE AND I
VOTE ON AB 2088. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OTHER
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT IN THE
HEARING ROOM. DANIEL PEARL, ON
BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES IN STRONG
SUPPORT. MITCH STEIGER WITH CFT
PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS BILL.
ALSO URGE YOUR SUPPORT. KIMBERLY
ROSENBERGER WITH SEIU IN STRONG
SUPPORT. GEORGE FRAMPTON, ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION, IN SUPPORT, THANK
YOU, SETH BRAMBLE, ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION, IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING
ROOM? GOOD AFTERNOON, ANDREW
MARTINEZ, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA. WE MUST
RESPECTFULLY BE OPPOSED TO AB
2088, AS WE WERE WITH 1699 LAST
YEAR. WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS
PUTS US IN CONFLICT WITH OUR
TITLE FIVE REGULATIONS, WHICH
DEALS WITH FAIR AND OPENING,
HIRING PRACTICES FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES. WE THINK THAT THIS
BILL WOULD PUT, NEWER PEOPLE
APPLYING FROM THE OUTSIDE AT A
DISADVANTAGE AND WOULD GIVE
SENIORITY TO THOSE ALREADY IN
PLACE. AND THEN THEREFORE, THAT
WOULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR US AS
WE GO FORWARD TRYING TO IMPROVE
OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND
INCLUSION EFFORTS. AND THEN
LASTLY, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR
LOCAL CONTROL, OUR OUR LOCALLY
ELECTED BOARDS ARE THE ONES THAT
DECIDE EMPLOYMENT ISSUES. IT'S
SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT IN THE
IN THE CODE AND THIS BILL PUTS
OUT ANY CONFLICTS. FOR THOSE
REASONS WE MUST BE OPPOSED. GOOD
AFTERNOON, KYLE HYLAND, ON
BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATORS AND RESPECTFUL
OPPOSITION TO AB 2088, WE STILL
BELIEVE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO
MESSAGE APPLIES IN THE FACT THAT
THESE ISSUES COULD ALREADY BE
BARGAINED LOCALLY, SO WE ARE
APPRECIATIVE OF THE LANGUAGE
THAT ALLOWS THE ALTERNATIVE
BARGAINING TOOL. IF THE BOTH
SIDES AGREE. HOWEVER, WE'RE
OPPOSED TO THIS BEING THE
DEFAULT LAW. SHOULD THOSE TWO
SIDES NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT,
SO, YOU KNOW, 72 COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICTS HAVE 72 UNIQUE
NEEDS. AND WE THINK THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT LOCAL
CONTROL, AND THAT'S WHY WE
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE ÁP 28. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. EVERYONE COULD
JUST SAY THEIR NAME AND
POSITION, PLEASE. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. DAVID NEVIN, ON BEHALF
OF THE SCHOOL EMPLOYERS
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA, THE
SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ASSOCIATION AND ALAMEDA COUNTY
OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN
OPPOSITION. GOOD AFTERNOON,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS ASHLEY WALKER
WITH NOSSAMAN ON BEHALF OF
CITRUS COLLEGE, MOUNT SAN
ANTONIO COLLEGE, AND NORTH
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT, IN OPPOSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS CARLOS ROJAS,
REPRESENTING THE KERN COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OFFICE, AS WELL AS ON BEHALF OF
THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION, IN OPPOSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS.
CHRIS REIF, ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION, AND ALSO HAVE
APPROVAL TO SHARE OPPOSITION
FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL
BUSINESS OFFICIALS, ALL IN
OPPOSITION. GOOD AFTERNOON,
CHAIR MEMBERS. SAM NASH, ON
BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
DOCTOR DEBORAH DORADO, I WANT TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR HELPING
US CLARIFY OUR POSITION. THAT'S
AN ANALYSIS, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS
THAT WE SUPPORT THE BILL, WE
REMAIN OPPOSED, AS REFLECTED IN
THE LETTERS WE SENT TO THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ARE THERE TWINNERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE. SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I
THINK THIS IS A BALANCED
APPROACH. THIS WAS, DIDN'T
SUCCEED LAST YEAR AND WE TOOK TO
HEART THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE AS
WELL AS OPPOSITION. AND WE'VE
WORKED ON CLARIFYING AND
REMOVING SOME OF THOSE POINTS OF
CONTENTION AND CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH THE OPPOSITION. THAT'S
OUR COMMITMENT. AND RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, THE SUMMER MCCARTY, FOR
BRINGING THIS IDEA BACK. I KNOW
LAST YEAR IN THIS COMMITTEE, WE
PASSED THIS OUT, A SIMILAR
MEASURE PASSED THIS OUT. THE
MEASURE BEFORE US TODAY APPEARS
TO ADJUST THE POLICY CONCERN
RAISED BY THE COMMITTEE LAST
YEAR AND APPEARS TO ADDRESS THE
GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE. AND
WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY, ONCE WE HAVE A QUORUM,
WE'LL TAKE THE ITEM UP. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER NEXT UP, I'D
LIKE TO WELCOME ASSEMBLYMEMBER
VALENCIA, PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER
NINE AB 2447. WELCOME.
BUENAS TARDES, MR. CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS, I WANT TO START BY
THANKING THE CHAIR AND THE
COMMITTEE TEAM FOR DILIGENTLY
WORKING ON AB 2447 AND
ACKNOWLEDGE MY LEGISLATIVE TEAM
MEMBER, KATIE GUTHRIE, WHO
WORKED ON THIS BILL THUS FAR.
WE'LL BE ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS. AB 2447
WILL REQUIRE THE CSU TO DISCLOSE
SPECIFIC DATA ON THEIR
CONTRACTS, SUBCONTRACTS,
PURCHASE ORDERS, INVESTMENTS AND
ANY EXPENDITURE FROM A RESERVE
ACCOUNT. THE DATA WILL IDENTIFY
THE RECIPIENTS OF EXPENDITURES,
INCLUDING THE AMOUNT AWARDED,
THE TYPE OF TRANSACTION OFFICER
DEPARTMENT MAKING THE
EXPENDITURE, THE BUDGET PROGRAM,
SOURCE FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE
PURPOSE AND ITEM PURCHASED.
WHILE THE CSU'S CURRENTLY
PUBLISH A GENERAL EXPENDITURE
PLAN ON THEIR WEBSITES, THE DATA
DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT
DETAILS ON THOSE EXPENDITURES
AND ONLY PROVIDES A TOTAL AMOUNT
FOR EXPENDITURES OF EACH
CATEGORY. COLLECTING THIS DATA
WILL INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND
PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF HOW THEIR SPENDING COMPARES
TO THE RESERVES, SURPLUSES AND
OPERATING BUDGETS. AND IT'S MY
BELIEF THAT WHEN WE ARE DEALING
WITH A BUDGET DEFICIT, IT'S
PRUDENT THAT WE ENSURE HOW EACH
DOLLAR IS BEING SPENT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A PUBLIC
RESOURCE. WITH ME TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY IS MR. BRIAN HAR, THE
DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
FOR THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
I WANT TO APPLAUD THE AUTHOR FOR
SPONSORING THIS BILL ON OUR
BEHALF, THE BILL ALSO KNOWN AS
THE CSU TRANSPARENCY ACT OF
2024, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WENT
ON A STRIKE. IT WAS THE FIRST
EVER AT THE CSU, AND IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME WE HAD TO ACTUALLY
CALL FOR A STRIKE. A LOT OF IT
HAD TO DO WITH A LOT OF
FALSIFIED INFORMATION. WE'VE
BEEN RECEIVING OVER THE YEARS, I
KNOW THAT, THE BILL DOES EXACTLY
THAT. WE WOULD REQUIRE THE CSU
TO POST EXPENDITURES, ANYTHING
OVER $10,000 ONTO A WEBSITE.
IDEALLY SPEAKING, WEBSITE THAT
IS NOT PART OF THE CSU. WEBSITE,
SUCH AS OPEN GOV OR OPEN BOOKS,
HAVE ACTUALLY WE'VE ACTUALLY
SEEN SOME SUCCESSES OUT OF CSU
DOMINGUEZ HILLS AND ALSO CSU,
SAN LUIS OBISPO. WE'VE SEEN SOME
VERY GOOD FIGURES COME OUT AND
VERY CONSISTENT. SO AGAIN, WE
ARE, JUST AS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ALLUDED TO, WE ARE IN A BUDGET
CRISIS. AND EVERY, EVERY
OPPORTUNITY THAT GETS US MORE
TRANSPARENCY AND WE CAN HOLD THE
CSU ACCOUNTABLE IS NECESSARY AT
THIS POINT. SO WE URGE YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM? ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
GOOD AFTERNOON. MARY MOYLE WITH
THE CSU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THEIR
THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS, WE DO PLAN
TO KEEP WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR
ON THIS. THANK YOU. CHRISTINE
ISAACSON WITH THE ACADEMIC
SENATE OF THE CSU. AND WE
APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL,
WRITING OF THE BILL. WE SUPPORT
IT IN SPIRIT, BUT WE STILL HAVE,
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF
THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL. AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
WORKING WITH THE AUTHORS. THANK
YOU. COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.
SUMMARY. WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE,
PLEASE. AS ALWAYS, HAPPY TO
CONTINUE. DIALOG TO ENSURE THAT
THIS BILL ACCOMPLISHES ITS
INTENDED GOAL. REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR A YES VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO SENATOR VALENCIA FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD AND
FOR WORKING WITH OUR COMMITTEE
ON THE AMENDMENTS. YOUR BILL
WILL CREATE GREATER TRANSPARENCY
ON THE USE OF STATE FUNDS AT THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. I'M
HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT HERE TODAY.
AND WITH THAT, ONCE WE ESTABLISH
QUORUM, WE'LL TAKE IT UP. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU.
NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME A
CERVANTES PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN, ASSEMBLY BILL 2370.
WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY
BILL 2370 TODAY, A BILL THAT
WOULD HELP PROTECT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE FACULTY HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. AS YOU KNOW,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS SEEN
INCREDIBLE ADVANCEMENT IN RECENT
YEARS, BUT IT IS STILL A
RESOURCE THAT IS VERY MUCH IN
DEVELOPMENT. NONETHELESS, MANY
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ARE EXPLORING OPTIONS TO
INTEGRATE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE INTO THEIR COURSES
AND CURRICULUM. UNFORTUNATELY IN
MANY INSTANCES, THIS IS BEING
DONE WITHOUT ANY BOUNDARIES OR
GUARDRAILS. INDEED, ONE OF THE
MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACED BY
THE GROWING USE OF AI IS THE
POSSIBLE EFFECT ON HUMAN
WORKERS, PARTICULARLY THE THREAT
THAT HUMAN WORKERS COULD BE
REPLACED WHOLESALE BY ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE. THE GROWING USE OF
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN
EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS HAS LEFT
MANY FACULTY MEMBERS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THEM AND
THEIR CLASSROOMS. FACULTY
REASONABLY FEAR THAT THE
INSTITUTIONS THAT THEY WORK FOR
MIGHT ATTEMPT TO HAVE AI TOOLS
PERFORM JOBS THAT HISTORICALLY
BEEN PERFORMED BY HUMAN FACULTY
IN Ã, THE MAY 2023, THE DIGITAL
FUTURES NEWSLETTER PUT OUT BY
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ENTITLED
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION THE RISE
OF AI IN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. THIS ARTICLE CONTAINED
A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW
AI COULD BE INTEGRATED INTO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WITHIN
CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING AN
INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION AND
TUTORING. AB 2370 WILL HELP
PROVIDE GUARDRAILS IN THE
INTEGRATION OF AI AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE COURSES. THE BILL WILL
REQUIRE THAT THE INSTRUCTOR OF
RECORD OF FOUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSES BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
MEET MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO
TEACH AND SERVE AS FACULTY,
LIBRARIANS OR COUNSELORS, AS
DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THIS WOULD
APPLY TO FACULTY MEMBERS WHO
TEACH BOTH CREDIT AND NONCREDIT
COURSES. WHILE CERTAINLY THERE
IS A ROOM FOR AI TO CONTRIBUTE
TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE CLASSROOMS,
HUMAN FACULTY ARE STILL
NECESSARY AND BEST SUITED TO
TEACH HUMAN STUDENTS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
ON AB 2370 WITH ME TO TESTIFY.
THE SPONSORS OF THE BILL, WE
HAVE WENDY BRILL, NGUYEN COP
WITH THE FACULTY MEMBER AT
COLLEGE OF CANYON CANYONS,
EXCUSE ME, AND A PRESIDENT OF
THE FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
FACT WE HAVE JAY DOHERTY, A
STUDENT AT AMERICAN RIVER
COLLEGE, ON BEHALF OF THE
STUDENT SENATE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
WE ALSO HAVE AUSTIN WEBSTER ALSO
REPRESENTING FACT HERE TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR FONG AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS WENDY BRILL.
WYNKOOP AND I SERVE AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY
ASSOCIATION OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES FAC IS
PLEASED TO BE THE SPONSOR OF
ASSEMBLY BILL 2370, AND WE
EXTEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CERVANTES AND
HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE
HIGHER ED COMMITTEE STAFF WHO
WORKED TIRELESSLY TO HELP WITH
AMENDMENTS IN THE BILL'S
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE. AB 2370,
SEEKS TO CLARIFY EXISTING LAW
AROUND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
AND INDIVIDUAL MUST HAVE TO
TEACH A CREDIT OR NONCREDIT
COURSE, AN EFFORT TO SAFEGUARD
AGAINST COURSE AUTOMATION WHILE
BEST SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR
STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE
TURNING TO SELF-GUIDED COURSE
MODULES. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AND INSTRUCTOR COACHES AND OTHER
EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES THAT
REMOVE QUALIFIED FACULTY FROM
THE CLASSROOM IN THE NAME OF
COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY.
THIS DIMINISHES THE OVERALL
QUALITY OF EDUCATION BEING
OFFERED AND DEPRIVES STUDENTS OF
INVALUABLE MENTORSHIP AND
GUIDANCE. THIS EXISTING LAW
ESTABLISHES THE PROCESS BY WHICH
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND THE
ACADEMIC SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES DEVELOPED
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR
FACULTY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM. AB 2370 WOULD
SIMPLY CLARIFY THAT THOSE
QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE MET BY A
PERSON AND CLOSE AND CLOSE A
LOOPHOLE RELATED TO NONCREDIT
INSTRUCTION. THIS SIMPLE
CLARIFICATION SAFEGUARDS AGAINST
THE DISPLACEMENT OF QUALIFIED
FACULTY IN OUR CLASSROOMS
WITHOUT STIFLING INNOVATION OR
THE ADOPTION OF OTHER STUDENT
SUPPORT SERVICES AT THE COLLEGE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. I WOULD
AGAIN THANK THE AUTHOR FOR HER
EFFORT IN BRINGING THIS MEASURE
FORWARD AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME
HELLO, CHAIR FONG AND MEMBERS,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME
IS JAY DOHERTY AND I'M A
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR
THE STUDENT SENATE FOR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SS
TRIPLE C TO CONVEY OUR STRONG
SUPPORT FOR AB 2370 AND TO
PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT, AS
STUDENTS ACCESS TO QUALIFIED
FACULTY MEMBERS IS PARAMOUNT TO
OUR SUCCESS AS A STUDENT, I CAN
APPRECIATE THAT THAT, COLLEGES
ARE TURNING TO SELF-PACED
EDUCATION MODELS, AUTOMATED
TUTORING TOOLS, AND OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BE CATERED
TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. BUT HAVING
A FACULTY MEMBER THAT CAN
PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND PROVIDE
CONTEXT TO LECTURE IS ESSENTIAL,
A VIDEO TUTORIAL IS NOT A
REPLACEMENT FOR AN EXPERIENCED
INSTRUCTOR WHO CAN HELP ME
UNDERSTAND AN ASSIGNMENT. A
CHATBOT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A
REPLACEMENT FOR A COUNSELOR WHO
CAN HELP ME PLAN MY FUTURE AND A
DATABASE IS NOT A REPLACEMENT
FOR A LIBRARIAN WHO CAN PROVIDE
CONTEXT AND GUIDANCE BASED ON
LITERATURE THEY'VE READ
PERSONALLY, HAVING THIS ACCESS
IS ESSENTIAL AND I THINK THIS
BILL IS A COMMON SENSE STEP
TOWARDS FULFILLING THE PROMISE
THAT AI IS NOT MEANT TO
ELIMINATE JOB, BUT TO PROVIDE
NEW OPPORTUNITIES, THE SS TRIPLE
C THANKS ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CERVANTES FOR AUTHORING THIS
LEGISLATION, AND WE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON 2370.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE WITNESSES AND SUPPORT
IN THE HEARING ROOM? THANK YOU.
MITCH STEIGER WITH CFT IN
SUPPORT. PERSECUTED US HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT JORGE
CANTU ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION, IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, DAVID
HAWKINS WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, INDEPENDENCE
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING ROOM?
ARE THERE TWEENERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SOMEBODY
WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE? I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUMMER
CERVANTES FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT MEASURE FORWARD. AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE
CONCERNS OF FACULTY. WE KNOW
THAT HEARING FROM THEIR
TESTIMONY HERE, WE KNOW THAT
STUDENTS LEARN BETTER FROM
HUMANS RATHER THAN JUST, THE
ROBOTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SHOULD BE USING EVERY TOOL IN A
TOOLKIT TO HELP STUDENTS
SUCCEED. AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE
ROLE OF QUESTIONS, OF RAISING
AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. IS THE
ROLE OF AI GOING FORWARD. I
APPRECIATE THE PREMISE OF THIS
BILL AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY ONCE WE HAVE QUORUM. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. I
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE
MUCH APPRECIATED. NEXT UP, I'D
LIKE TO WELCOME A MAINSTREAM
PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER 19,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2971. WELCOME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
AND MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO START
BY ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED IN THE
ANALYSIS, CLASSIFIED SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
KEEP OUR SCHOOLS RUNNING
SMOOTHLY, FROM SERVING MEALS TO
CLEANING CLASSROOMS.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY SCHOOLS ARE
FACING STAFFING SHORTAGES, WHICH
MAKES IT HARDER TO SUPPORT
STUDENTS AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY
ENVIRONMENT. CURRENTLY, THERE
ARE NO CLEAR GUIDELINES ON HOW
MANY STAFF MEMBERS SCHOOLS
ACTUALLY NEED. THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC HAS MADE THESE ISSUES
EVEN MORE URGENT. AB 2971 WILL
HELP US HAVE BETTER
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW MANY
STAFF MEMBERS SCHOOLS NEED TO
KEEP STUDENTS SAFE AND SUPPORTED
. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS
CREATING A STRONGER AND MORE
RESILIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM.
THANK YOU. AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. AND WITH ME
HERE TO TESTIFY IS MITCH STEIGER
FROM THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION
OF TEACHERS. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. MEMBERS AND STAFF, MITCH
STEIGER WITH CFT, A UNION OF
EDUCATORS AND CLASSIFIED
PROFESSIONALS, PROUD TO SPONSOR
THIS BILL FOR ALL THE REASONS
STATED SO WELL BY THE AUTHOR. WE
WOULD JUST ADD THAT THERE REALLY
IS NO COMPELLING REASON FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE WORKERS TO NOT BE
INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS. ALL OF
THE REASONS WHY WE NEED
CLASSIFIED WORKERS IN K 12
INSTITUTIONS APPLY HERE. WHILE
ONE WOULD HOPE THAT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS AREN'T QUITE AS
DESTRUCTIVE AS K 12 STUDENTS,
SOMETIMES THEY ARE. AND WHILE
YOU MAY NOT NEED AS MANY BUS
DRIVERS, YOU MIGHT NEED MORE
COUNSELORS. AND WE WOULD ALSO
ADD THAT THERE ARE LAWS
REQUIRING STUDENTS TO ATTEND K
12 INSTITUTIONS. IT'S NOT REALLY
THE CASE WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
AND THE MORE THAT AN INSTITUTION
MIGHT BE TOO DIRTY OR MIGHT NOT
HAVE ENOUGH COUNSELORS TO HELP
THEM, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT
A STUDENT MIGHT JUST WITHDRAW.
IT'S ONE MORE THING PUSHING THEM
AWAY FROM THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
AND LEAVING THEM LESS LIKELY TO
ACHIEVE WHATEVER EDUCATIONAL
GOALS THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE. SO FOR ALL THOSE
REASONS, WE WOULD STRONGLY URGE
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
SETH BRAMBLE, SPEAKING ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION. WE ARE IN SUPPORT.
DANIEL PEARL, ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE
COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES IN
STRONG SUPPORT. KIMBERLY
ROSENBERGER WITH SEIU IN SUPPORT
. CÁC MANCINI ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. GEORGE
TH¤U, ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING ROOM?
ARE THERE TWEENERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE SIMILAR. WE LIKE TO CLOSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS
SUMMER, MASON, FOR AUTHORING
THIS MEASURE AND FOR ACCEPTING
THE COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS. THIS
MEASURE WILL HELP FUTURE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE GOVERNING
BOARDS AND THE LEGISLATURE MAKE
DATA INFORMED DECISIONS AS TO
HOW MANY CLASSIFIED STAFF ARE
NEEDED TO HELP KEEP OUR COLLEGES
COMMUNITY COLLEGES FUNCTIONING
AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THE MEASURE HERE TODAY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP, I'D
LIKE TO WELCOME SUMMER GIBSON
PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER ONE,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2027. WELCOME
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS, THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT
ASSEMBLY BILL 2027. THIS BILL
SEEKS TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF
COLLEGE ACCESS TAX CREDIT
DOLLARS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS TRANSFERRING TO A
UNIVERSITY LISTED AS BLACK,
SERVING IN A REPORT BY THE
NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION
STATISTICS, THE COLLEGE ACCESS
TAX CREDIT PROGRAM WAS
ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL
AID TO LOW INCOME COLLEGE
STUDENTS. CURRENT LAW ALLOWS
THESE FUNDS TO COVER COLLEGE
COSTS FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS SEEKING TO
TRANSFER TO HISTORICALLY BLACK
UNIVERSITIES LOCATED OUTSIDE
CALIFORNIA, THE LAW ALSO ALLOWED
BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES
TO CLAIM A TAX CREDIT FOR CASH
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE
COLLEGE. ACCESS TAX CREDIT FUND.
THESE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE THEN
USED TO DISTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, HBCU, DEFINED BY MY
PRIOR LEGISLATION DID NOT
INCLUDE CHARLES R DREW
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND
SCIENCE FOUND IT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF WATTS. I
REPRESENT IN THE 65TH ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES IN 1966.
WHEN AMENDED, CHARLES DREW IS
DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC BLACK
GRADUATING INSTITUTION UNDER
SECTION 326 OF THE PART B OR
TITLE THREE OF THE HIGHER
EDUCATION CODE ACT OF 1965. THE
HIGHER EDUCATION OF ACT OF 1965,
AS AMENDED, DEFINES A HBCU AS AS
MANY HISTORIC BLACK COLLEGES OR
UNIVERSITIES THAT WAS
ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO 1965, WHOSE
PRINCIPAL MISSION WAS AND IS THE
EDUCATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS,
AND THAT IT IS ACCREDITED BY THE
NATIONAL, A NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING AGENCY OR
ASSOCIATION DETERMINED BY THE
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, CHARLES
R DREW. SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS
TO CONSIDER AS AN HBCU WITH AN
EXEMPTION THAT IS WAS FOUNDED
TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEADLINE
ESTABLISHED BY THE HIGHER
EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. ASSEMBLY
BILL 2027, IS A STEP FORWARD IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT ALL
STUDENTS THAT ATTEND BLACK
SERVING INSTITUTIONS HAVE ACCESS
TO RESOURCES THEY ABSOLUTELY
NEED TO SUCCEED WITH ME TO
PROVIDE SUPPORTING TESTIMONY FOR
ASSEMBLY BILL 2465. MISTER
LUCIAN, LEGISLATOR, ADVOCATE FOR
CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. MEMBERS. DARRELL LUCIAN
HERE, TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF
CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE, WE WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2027. THE
UNIQUE THING I THINK ABOUT THIS
PROGRAM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IS
THAT IF YOU'RE TRANSFERRING TO A
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR
THIS TAX CREDIT, SO LONG AS THAT
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY HAS A TRANSFER OVER,
AGREEMENT OR A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, WHAT WE'RE
REALLY SEEKING TO DO MORE THAN
ANYTHING IS TO ENSURE THAT
CALIFORNIA'S ONLY HISTORICALLY
BLACK EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IS
INCLUDED IN THAT LIST. CHARLES R
DREW IS TECHNICALLY NOT DEFINED
AS MR. GIBSON MENTIONED, AS A
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY BECAUSE IT WAS
FOUNDED TWO YEARS AFTER THE
CUTOFF DATE. OTHERWISE, WE MEET
ALL OF THE SAME CRITERIA WE
SERVE, LARGELY THE SAME STUDENT
POPULATION, THOUGH, THE
DIVERSITY OF THE SCHOOL REALLY
IS REFLECTIVE, OF CALIFORNIA VÀ.
AND I THINK I WOULD JUST FOR THE
MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF
THE INSTITUTION, IT REALLY HAS
PROVEN MORE THAN I THINK ANY
OTHER INSTITUTION IN THE COUNTRY
, THAT WE CAN TAKE STUDENTS WHO
DIDN'T GET THE BEST START IN
LIFE. AND THROUGH THE POWER OF
AN EDUCATION, CAN ELEVATE THEM,
INTO NOT JUST THE MIDDLE CLASS,
BUT ALMOST REACHING TOWARD THE
UPPER MIDDLE CLASS, NOT ONLY
WITH OUR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, BUT
WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.
SO MUCH SO THAT WE'VE BEEN
RECOGNIZED BY THE BROOKINGS
INSTITUTE JUST FOR THAT. AND SO
I THINK WE'RE NOT TRYING TO,
TAKE ANY MONEY FROM ANYONE OR
ANYTHING ELSE. WE WANT TO GIVE
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS ONE MORE
CHOICE. THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY
ALL WE'RE DOING. YOU CAN CHOOSE
THESE OTHER UNIVERSITIES WHERE
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS A
TRANSFER AGREEMENT, AND IN
ADDITION TO THOSE UNIVERSITIES,
THERE'S ALSO ONE MORE OPTION.
YOU CAN STAY IN CALIFORNIA AND
STILL, ENJOY A WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE THAT OUR CAMPUS HAS
TO OFFER. VERY SIMILAR TO THE
OTHER CAMPUSES OUT OF STATE. AND
WE THINK THAT CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS DESERVE THAT CHOICE.
AND SO WE WERE VERY METICULOUS
WITH THE LANGUAGE. APPRECIATE
WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF TO
ENSURE THAT WE DIDN'T OPEN THIS
UP TO EVERYONE. WE'RE OFFERING
STUDENTS ONE MORE CHOICE, AND IF
THEY CHOOSE OUR UNIVERSITY, WE
WILL TURN THEM INTO A FINE
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. AND IF
THEY CHOOSE ANOTHER, UNIVERSITY,
WELL, GOD BLESS THEM, AND SO I,
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
UNIVERSITY K¾T. I CAN ANSWER ANY
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT THE,
THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE ANY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
IN THE HEARING ROOM? GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
SUSAN REYES FROM THE ASSOCIATION
OF INDEPENDENT CALIFORNIA
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN
STRONG SUPPORT. PRISCILLA, KUDOS
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
FACULTY ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN THE
HEARING ROOM ARE THERE TWEENERS
IN THE HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES,
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M
SORRY. GO AHEAD. OKAY I'M ALEX
ZUCCO FROM THE, STUDENT AID
COMMISSION. WE SHARED SOME OF
OUR CONCERNS WITH THE AUTHOR AND
THE COMMITTEE, THIS WAS
PRIMARILY SET UP LAST YEAR WITH
THE SPONSORS OF THE BILL, WITH
MR. BRIAN TO SERVE STUDENTS THAT
RECEIVED NO CALIFORNIA AID. AND
STUDENTS FROM CHARLES DREW DO
RECEIVE CALIFORNIA AID.
ADDITIONALLY NO GRADUATE
INSTITUTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
CALIFORNIA GRADE AID AT THIS
TIME. THIS WOULD BE A NEW
DIMENSION TO THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE. SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE, PLEASE? SURE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. IF I MAY, MR.
CHAIRMAN, MY WITNESS JUST WANTED
TO MAKE SOMETHING A CORRECTION
ON THE RECORD. IF I. PLEASE, IF
THAT'S POSSIBLE. YES. YES, THANK
YOU, CHAIR MEMBERS. NO.
GRADUATE. NO. GRADUATE INSTITUTE
. OR SHOULD I SAY, STUDENTS
ATTENDING GRADUATE SCHOOL ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR A SCHOLARSHIP OR
ANY TYPE OF FUNDING UNDER THIS
BILL. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT,
WE COULD ARGUE THAT THE PREVIOUS
BILL THAT WAS OFFERED BY THE
COLLEAGUE, YOUR COLLEAGUE FROM
LOS ANGELES, LEFT THAT GRAY. WE
ACTUALLY CLARIFIED THAT WITH
YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF TO ENSURE,
TO BE CLEAR, CHARLES DREW
STARTED AS A GRADUATE
UNIVERSITY, BUT CURRENTLY OFFERS
BOTH GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE
PROGRAMING NO DIFFERENTLY THAN
MANY OTHER HBCUS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. SO THERE'S NOTHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS IN THAT
REGARD. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
WHEN I VOTE ON A SIMILAR BILL,
2027. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SÐNG
GIBSON FOR BRINGING THIS MEASURE
FORWARD TODAY. WHILE I'M
PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE
HERE TODAY, AS WE NOTED, WE
HERE, I DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT
THIS MEASURE POTENTIALLY TAKES
AWAY LIMITED RESOURCES TO OUR
STUDENTS WHO ARE IN AN ASSOCIATE
DEGREE FOR TRANSFER AND GO TO
HBCU WITH AN EXISTING MOU IN
PLACE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID
COMMISSION IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THEIR CONCERNS. AS OUTLINED IN
PAGE SEVEN OF THE ANALYSIS. AND
ONCE WE HAVE QUORUM, LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME A
SUMMER ALVAREZ PRESENTING ITEM
NUMBER 14, ASSEMBLY BILL 2633.
WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE BEFORE
YOUR COMMITTEE TO TALK,
EDUCATION ISSUES. AND TODAY I AM
PROUD TO BE HERE WITH YOU, WITH
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
ASSEMBLY BILL 2633, A BILL THAT
ALLOWS THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM TO AWARD JOINT
UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND
DOCTORAL DEGREES IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK THE STAFF FOR THE ANALYSIS
AND FOR THE COMMUNICATION WITH
OUR OFFICE AS WE WORK THROUGH
THIS PROCESS. AS A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF, ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
80, WHICH SHARES A BORDER WITH
MEXICO, I UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF FACILITATING
BINATIONAL COLLABORATION,
PARTICULARLY IN THE SPACE OF
EDUCATION. BUT THERE ARE STILL
IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE,
ACCORDING TO THE JOURNAL ARTICLE
PUBLISHED BY THE JAMES BAKER
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AT
RICE, QUOTE, THE LEVELS OF
ACADEMIC MOBILITY AND
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND MEXICO ARE LOW WHEN
COMPARED TO THOSE BETWEEN OTHER
IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNERS,
INCLUDING CHINA, INDIA AND SOUTH
KOREA. UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE
US ARE ALREADY OFFERING JOINT
DEGREES AND BUILDING
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.
JOHNS HOPKINS, COLUMBIA, THE
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ALL HAVE
WELL-DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL
JOINT DEGREE PARTNERSHIPS THAT
ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND
ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT. THE
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HAS
OFFICIALLY PARTNERED WITH THE
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA CHAPINGO IN
ESTADO DE MEXICO. THIS
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WAS
FOSTERED THROUGH THE
UNIVERSITY'S ENDEAVOR TO BUILD
CROSS BORDER EDUCATIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS, ESPECIALLY IN
TERMS OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
GIVEN THAT ARIZONA IS ALSO A
BINATIONAL BORDER SHARING STATE,
JUST LIKE CALIFORNIA, BINATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS ARE BECOMING MORE
COMMON IN CALIFORNIA. VÀ.
ALTHOUGH NOT A JOINT DEGREE
PROGRAM, THE CENTER FOR US
MEXICO STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO OFFERS
A FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR
RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH
MEXICAN UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING
THE UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL
AUTONOMA DE MEXICO OR KNOWN AS
UNAM, AND INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO
AUTONOMO DE MÉXICO. ITAM TWO OF
THE MOST THE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS
IN MEXICO. THE COUNTRY OF
MEXICO. INTERNATIONAL JOINT
DEGREE PROGRAMS ARE GAINING
TRACTION ACROSS THE GLOBE. THEY
OPEN THE DOORS TO A WEALTH OF
OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS BORDERS,
ALLOWING STUDENTS TO IMMERSE
THEMSELVES IN DIVERSE ACADEMIC
ENVIRONMENTS AND GAIN A TRUE
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. AB
2633 REPRESENTS AN EFFORT TO
EMBRACE THE BINATIONAL
COLLABORATION THAT WE IN
CALIFORNIA HAVE WITH MEXICO AND
TO SPEAK MORE ON THE BENEFITS OF
BINATIONAL EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK PROFESSOR ARMANDO VASQUEZ
RAMOS, THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF
THE CALIFORNIA MEXICO STUDY
CENTER, TO TESTIFY AS A WITNESS
IN SUPPORT AND ALSO HELP ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL I
WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
IN SUPPORT OF THE GARCIA BILL,
AND I'M REALLY HONORED TO
TESTIFY TODAY AS THE SPONSOR OF
AB 2633, WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE
THE CSU AWARDING A JOINT
UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND
DOCTORAL DEGREES WITH
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES,
COLLABORATIVE JOINT DEGREE
INITIATIVES ARE NOT NEW AND
OFFER STUDENTS THE INVALUABLE
OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS NEW
INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES,
INNOVATIVE EXPERTISE AND DIVERSE
PERSPECTIVE, HENCE ENRICHING
THEIR ACADEMIC, LINGUISTIC,
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
WHILE PREPARING THEM FOR SUCCESS
IN A GLOBALIZED SOCIETY.
BINATIONAL JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS
ARE RAPIDLY GAINING PROMINENCE
AS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
WORLDWIDE ACKNOWLEDGE THE
PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC BENEFITS
OF CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATION
AND LEARNING. THIS IS DECADES
OVERDUE IN THE AMERICAS. WHILE
THE EUROPEAN UNION PIONEERED
FACILITATING ACADEMIC
PARTNERSHIPS WHICH PROMOTE
ACADEMIC MOBILITY AND
INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE, IN THE
1950S IN CALIFORNIA, THIS TYPE
OF COLLABORATION IS ALREADY
BEING DONE, BUT IN A VERY
LIMITED SCOPE, PRIMARILY THROUGH
COLLABORATIONS WITH
INSTITUTIONS. AS HE WAS ALREADY
MENTIONED LIKE UNAM AND ITAM,
WHERE THE UC SAN DIEGO CAMPUS
HAS SUCCESSFUL FULLY PROMOTED
ACADEMIC MOBILITY, HIGHLIGHTING
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS FACILITATING
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE. BUT THE
CSU HAS NEVER OFFERED SIMILAR
OPPORTUNITIES, WITH MEXICO, AND
LESS THAN 100 OF THE CSU'S
ALMOST HALF A MILLION STUDENTS
PARTICIPATE IN A SINGLE STUDY
ABROAD PROGRAM IN MEXICO. AT A
PRIVATE UNIVERSITY WHERE THE CSU
PAYS TUITION. ASSEMBLYMAN DAVID
ALVAREZ IS AB 2633, RECOGNIZES
THE VALUE OF INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS AND WOULD EMPOWER
CSU STUDENTS TO PURSUE STUDY
ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ACADEMIC, CULTURAL, LANGUAGE AND
SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE. PLEASE HELP
PAVE THE WAY FOR A BRIGHTER
FUTURE OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT FOR THE
CSU SYSTEM. I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
AB 2633 BECAUSE THIS BILL
REFLECTS THE LONG TÂM NEED TO
INVEST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HIGHER EDUCATION EXCHANGE TO
CONDUCT RESEARCH FOR POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS BETWEEN CALIFORNIA
AS THE FIFTH ECONOMY OF THE
WORLD AND ITS NUMBER ONE
ECONOMIC PARTNER, MEXICO, WHICH
IS THE 12TH ECONOMY OF THE
WORLD. IN ORDER FOR THE
CALIFORNIA MEXICO MEGA REGION TO
REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND THE MOST
PRODUCTIVE AREA OF THE WORLD'S
ECONOMY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
AND URGE YOU AND I VOTE FOR AB
2633. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AT THIS
TIME, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH QUORUM,
MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. FONG HERE TO HEAR
ARAMBULA BURNER CHEN EASILY.
ERWIN JACKSON, LOW MURATSUCHI
QUIRK-SILVA. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW ARE THERE WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM? ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION. DO
WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND
SOMEWHERE? WE LIKE TO CLOSE.
THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU
TO THE STAFF AND THE ANALYSIS,
WE RECOGNIZE A FEW THINGS THAT
ARE, IN THE BILL THAT WE NEED TO
KEEP AN EYE OUT, INCLUDING THE
COMMISSION FOR POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATION. I KNOW THE CHAIR HAS
A BILL PENDING IN THE SENATE, SO
WE WANT TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF
THAT. AND WE WILL ON ON A ON
GOING FORWARD BASIS, IN ADDITION
TO WHAT WE IN THE LEGISLATURE
AUTHORIZED JUST LAST YEAR, WHICH
WAS ASSEMBLY BILL 656, WHICH
ALLOWS CSU TO OFFER UP TO TEN
DOCTORAL DEGREES. AND WE WANT TO
BE VERY MINDFUL AND COGNIZANT OF
NOT INTERFERING WITH WITH THAT
PROCESS AS THIS BILL AUTHORIZES
ALSO, DOCTORAL DEGREES. AND
PERHAPS WE WILL BE VISITING,
REVISITING THE DOCTORAL ASPECT
OF THIS AUTHORITY TO SEE HOW IT
DOESN'T CREATE ANY CONFLICT WITH
AB. 656. SO WE'LL BE PROBABLY
WORKING ON THOSE TWO ISSUES. BUT
APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE ANALYSIS
AND APPRECIATE YOUR AYE, VOTE ON
THIS BILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR ALVAREZ, FOR AUTHORING
THIS IMPORTANT BILL. AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
EFFORTS AROUND INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS, WHICH OFFER GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THE CSU
EXPAND INTO THIS SPACE. AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE
CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF
EXPANSION AROUND JOINT DOCTORAL
PROGRAMS AND AROUND AB 656 AND
ITS IMPLEMENTATION. LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU IN ADVANCE
TO CONTINUE TO FIND SOLUTIONS ON
THIS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY, WITH THAT, MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER 14 AB 2633. THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FONG
AYE FONG I TAWT I TAW I ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA I BURNER CHEN CHEN I
ASALI ERWIN JACKSON. LOH I LO I
MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA THAT MEASURE SIX
AYES AND IT'S OUT. WE'LL KEEP
THE ROPE IN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. SUMMARY.
MEMBER. NEXT UP, WE'D LIKE TO DO
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE SIX
MEASURES ON CONSENT ARE AS
FOLLOWS. FILE ITEM EIGHT. FILE
ITEM TEN, 22, 25, 26 AND 27,
MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. FILE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT
AB 2403. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN
AB 2500. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. A FILE ITEM NUMBER
22, AB 3087. THE MOTION IS TO
PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE FILE ITEM NUMBER 25,
AB 3240. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
FILE ITEM NUMBER 26, AB 3290.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AT THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
FILE ITEM NUMBER 27, H.J.R 13 TO
BE ADOPTED. FONG A, FONG I TO I
TO I ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I BURNER
CHEN CHEN I AS-SALIH ERWIN
JACKSON. LO LO I MURATSUCHI MÀ
CHAI I THAT MEASURE SIX AYES AND
WILL KEEP THEIR OPEN OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. COLLEAGUES, IF
IT'S OKAY AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO
THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT
WERE PRESENTED AND I'LL
ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS ON AS WE
GO THROUGH EACH ONE, FILE ITEM
NUMBER ONE. ASSEMBLY BILL 2027
BY SUMMER GIBSON. TO HAVE A
MOTION, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE
HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE,
MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE AB
2027. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG A FONG. AYE TAH TAH. AYE
ARAMBULA ARAMBULA AYE. BURNER
CHEN CHEN AYE. ASALI ERWIN
JACKSON. LO I LO I MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA THAT
MEASURE SIX AYES AND WILL KEEP
THE WERE OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS TO ADD ON TO ITEM NUMBER
ONE. NEXT UP WE'LL DO ITEM
NUMBER TWO, ASSEMBLY BILL 2076
BY SENATOR KEVIN MCCARTHY. FILE
ITEM NUMBER TWO AB 2076. THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. SORRY,
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON. WE HAVE
A MOTION A SECOND. THANK YOU,
ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FONG.
FONG AYE TO A TO I. BURNER CHEN
CHEN I. A SALIH ERWIN. JACKSON.
LOW A LOW I MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA
ARAMBULA ARAMBULA. I THANK YOU
SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES THAT MEASURE
SIX EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THE ROLL
OPEN FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. NEXT
UP, LET'S, LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A
MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2088 BY SENATOR
KEVIN MCCARTHY. DO WE HAVE A
MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE
HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND,
SEEING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION,
WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
MADAM SECRETARY, FILE ITEM
NUMBER FOUR, AB 2088. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FONG I
FONG I TO NØ TO NÓ ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA I BURNER CHEN CHEN NOT
VOTING A SALLY ERWIN JACKSON.
LOW. LOW I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI
I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE HAS
FOUR EYES AND ONE NO. AND WE'LL
KEEP THE ROLL OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON,
NEXT UP, WE'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN
A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
SIMILARLY, BILL 2193 BY SENATOR
CHRIS HOLDEN. DO WE HAVE A
MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A
MOTION AND A SECOND? THANK YOU,
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. ROLL
CALL, PLEASE. MADAM SECRETARY,
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AB 2193.
THE MOTION IS DO PASS, AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. FONG I FONG I TO NOT
VOTING TO NOT VOTING. ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA I BURNER I BURNER I
CHEN CHEN I ASALI ERWIN JACKSON
LOW I LO I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI
I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE SIX
AYES AND ONE NOT VOTING. WE'LL
KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU.
NEXT UP, WE'D LIKE TO TURN A
MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2370 BY SENATOR
CERVANTES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
A MOTION AND A SECOND? THANK
YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY DISCUSSION?
SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY,
ROLL CALL, PLEASE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN AB 2370. THE MOTION
IS DO PASS TO THE FLOOR. FONG I
FONG I TO I TO I ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA I BURNER II BURNER I
CHEN CHEN I ASALI ERWIN JACKSON.
LOW LO I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE SEVEN
EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN
FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD
ON. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. NEXT
UP IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, ASSEMBLY
BILL 22447 BY SUMMER VALENCIA TO
. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT. WE
HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, SEEING NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION, MADAM
SECRETARY ROLL CALL PLEASE. FILE
ITEM NUMBER NINE AB 2447. THE
MOTION IS DO PASS, AS AMENDED TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG. FONG I TO NOT VOTING TO
NOT VOTING. ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I
BURNER I BURNER I CHEN CHEN I
ASALI ERWIN JACKSON LOW NO LO I
MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE SIX
AYES. WHEN NOT VOTING, WE'LL
KEEP THE ROLL OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A
MOTION FOR, NUMBER 14, ASSEMBLY
BILL 2633. WE HAVE A MOTION A
SECOND. OH, WE DID IT. I'M
SORRY. WE DID THAT. ALL RIGHT,
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 16,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2901 BY SENATOR
AGUILAR CURRY. WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND, THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. FILE ITEM NUMBER 16 AB
2901. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG. FONG, I TO I TO I ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA I BURNER I BURNER I
CHEN CHEN I ASALI IRWIN JACKSON.
LOW, LOW I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI
I CAUCUS. SILVA THAT MEASURE
SEVEN EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THE
ROPE IN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
TO ADD ON. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS
ITEM NUMBER 19, ASSEMBLY BILL
2971 BY SENATOR MAIENSCHEIN. DO
WE HAVE A MOTION ON ASSEMBLY
BILL 2971? WE HAVE A MOTION. DO
WE HAVE A SECOND A SECOND? THANK
YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES. ANY
DISCUSSION SEEING NONE, MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER 19 AB 2971. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG. FONG I TO NOT VOTING TO
NOT VOTING. ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I
BURNER I BURNER I CHEN CHEN NOT
VOTING A SALLY ERWIN JACKSON LOW
I LO I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA THAT MEASURES FIVE
AYES, TWO NOT VOTING. WE'LL KEEP
THEM OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS. ADD ON NEXT UP IS ITEM
NUMBER 24. ASSEMBLY BILL 3131 BY
SENATOR KEVIN MCCARTHY. DO WE
HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 24? THE
MOTION AND A SECOND. THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES ANY DISCUSSION?
SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY,
ROLL CALL PLEASE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER 24 AB 3131. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FONG
A, FONG I TO I TO I ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA I BURNER I BURNER I
CHEN CHEN I A SALLY ERWIN
JACKSON. LO I LO I MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THAT MEASURE SEVEN
A'S. NOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH,
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A SUMMER
LO PRESENT. ITEM NUMBER 15,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2883. WELCOME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR
AND COLLEAGUES, FOR ALLOWING ME
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 2883,
THE RESPECT TO LUNAR NEW YEAR
HOLIDAY AND THE CSU AND UC. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AYE VOTE
AND HAVE THE BILL ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT AS WELL. A MOTION A
SECOND. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES,
WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO I CAN
BEGIN. ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, THANK
YOU, CHAIR FONG. AND THANK YOU.
COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS ANDREW
YANG. I AM THE ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER, DESI AMERICAN CENTER
COORDINATOR AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS
COUNSELOR AT CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO. NOW HERE
ARE SACRAMENTO STATE. IT'S AN
ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE
AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
SERVING INSTITUTION, SERVING
OVER 7000 STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY
AS ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER OR
DESI AMERICAN. IT IS WITHOUT
RESERVATION AND WITH THE HIGHEST
ENTHUSIASM ACROSS CALIFORNIA,
ACROSS CALIFORNIA AMONGST MY
PEERS, FACULTY, STAFF AND
STUDENTS THAT WE URGE FOR THE
RECOGNITION OF THE LUNAR NEW
YEAR AS A HOLIDAY AT THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM AND UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA SYSTEM'S LUNAR NEW
YEAR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SPRING
FESTIVAL, IS A TIME HONORED
TRADITION CELEBRATED BY BILLIONS
OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE,
PARTICULARLY IN ASIAN
COMMUNITIES. IT MARKS THE
BEGINNING OF THE LUNAR CALENDAR
AND IS A TIME FOR FAMILIES TO
COME TOGETHER, PAY RESPECTS TO
ANCESTORS, AND USHER IN LUCK AND
PROSPERITY FOR THE COMING YEAR.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LUNAR
NEW YEAR CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.
IT IS NOT MERELY A CULTURAL
CELEBRATION. IT IS A DEEPLY
ROOTED TRADITION THAT REFLECTS
THE VALUES OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY
AND HERITAGE. FOR MANY ASIAN
AMERICANS, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR IS
A TIME TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR
ROOTS, PRESERVE CULTURAL
IDENTITY, AND PASS DOWN CUSTOMS
AND TRADITIONS TO FUTURE
GENERATIONS AND RECOGNIZING THE
LUNAR NEW YEAR AS A HOLIDAY
WITHIN THE CSU AND UC SYSTEM, WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR
STUDENT BODY AND HONOR THE
CULTURAL HERITAGE OF OUR ASIAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. CURRENTLY,
OVER 66,000 API STUDENTS ATTEND
ONE OF THE 23 CSU CAMPUSES AND
46,000 STUDENTS ATTEND ONE OF
THE TEN UC CAMPUSES. SO TO
CONCLUDE, RECOGNIZING LUNAR NEW
YEAR AS A HOLIDAY IS A STEP
TOWARDS FOSTERING A MORE
INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS A
RECOGNITION OF THE RICH CULTURAL
TAPESTRY THAT MAKES UP OUR
STATE, AND THE CELEBRATION OF
THE VALUES OF DIVERSITY, UNITY
AND RESPECT. I URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE BY
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THE LUNAR
NEW YEAR AS A HOLIDAY WITHIN THE
WITHIN THE CSU AND UC SYSTEM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE WITNESSES AND SUPPORT
IN THE HEARING ROOM? ALSO FROM
THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
CENTER AT SACRAMENTO STATE
UNIVERSITY IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU PRISCILLA. KUDOS
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
FACULTY ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN A
HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE TWEENERS
IN A HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES,
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE. SUMMER. WE'D LIKE
TO CLOSE PLEASE RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
TO SUMMER LOWE FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT MEASURE FORWARD. AS
ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF ASSEMBLY
BILL 264 LAST YEAR, WHICH
AUTHORIZES A CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CLOSE TO
OBSERVE LUNAR NEW YEAR, I
BELIEVE YOUR MEASURE EXPLICITLY
MAKES IT CLEAR THAT CSU AND UC
CAN CLOSE FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR.
AND WITH THE RECENT HÌNH
RACIALLY MOTIVATED ATTACKS ON
ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS
IN RECENT YEARS, DRAWING MORE
AWARENESS AND EDUCATION AROUND
LUNAR NEW YEAR TO CELEBRATE OUR
DIVERSE CULTURES IS IMPORTANT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AROUND THESE ISSUES.
I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT YOUR
MEASURE HERE TODAY. AND WITH
THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL, PLEASE. I BELIEVE WE HAD A
MOTION A SECOND EARLIER. THANK
YOU. FILE ITEM NUMBER 15, AB
2883. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG A FONG, EYE TO EYE TO AYE.
ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I BURNER I
BURNER I CHEN CHEN I ASALI ERWIN
JACKSON. LO I LO I MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA. THANK
YOU. COLLEAGUES. I MEASURE SEVEN
EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THE ROLL
OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO
ADD ON. THANK YOU. NEXT UP,
WE'LL HAVE A SIMILAR PRESENT
ITEM NUMBER 20, ASSEMBLY BILL
3034. WELCOME. SUMMER LOW. THANK
YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR ALLOWING ME
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 3034 TO
PROVIDE TUITION ASSISTANCE. WE
HAVE A MOTION TO A SECOND HELP
IDENTIFY SERVICE LEARNING AS
WELL, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
MY VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT? ANY
HEARING ROOM? OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING ROOM?
ARE THERE TWEENERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE. HOW SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE, PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BRINGING THIS MEASURE
FORWARD TODAY. THIS IS AN
INTERESTING APPROACH TO REWARD
INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEER AND
SERVE OUR GREAT STATE AND
PREPARE TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE
HERE TODAY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND
THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF
MEASURE YOU'RE PROVIDING, PLEASE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR
COMMITTEE AND APPROPRIATE
STAKEHOLDERS, AND TO ADDRESS THE
POLICY CONCERNS AS OUTLINED ON
PAGE FIVE OF THE ANALYSIS. AND
WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY. MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL, PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER 20
AB 3034. THE MOTION IS Dð. PASS
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG FONG I TO ARAMBULA ARAMBULA
I BURNER I BURNER I CHEN CHEN I
SALIH ERWIN JACKSON. LOW NO. I
LO I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE SIX
AYES AND WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN
FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD
ON. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, I'D LIKE
TO WELCOME DOCTOR ARAMBULA
PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER THREE,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2080. WELCOME. A
SIMILAR ARAMBULA SECOND SECOND.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY
THANKING THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
THE RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS,
WHICH I ACCEPT. CALIFORNIA'S
PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SHOULD
REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE
STATE. AB 2080 WOULD REQUEST THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO
PROVIDE MEANINGFUL DATA ON EACH
UC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THEIR
PROGRESS IN DIVERSIFYING THEIR
MEDICAL SCHOOL CLASSES. I WANT
TO THANK THE UC OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT FOR THEIR INPUT ON
THIS BILL AND FOR THEIR
COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP THIS
POLICY INTO ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS.
HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES OCCUR
ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF
DIMENSIONS, INCLUDING RACE,
SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER,
LANGUAGE, AND MANY MORE.
RESEARCH SHOWS US THAT A DIVERSE
AND REPRESENTATIVE HEALTH CARE
WORKFORCE IMPROVES PATIENTS
ACCESS TO CARE. THEIR
PERCEPTIONS OF THE CARE THAT
THEY RECEIVE, AND ULTIMATELY
THEIR HEALTH OUTCOMES,
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR,
IN PARTICULAR, A PHYSICIAN'S
ABILITY TO SPEAK THE SAME
LANGUAGE AS THEIR PATIENTS IS
CRITICAL. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING
PATIENTS EXPERIENCE ADVERSE
HEALTH OUTCOMES RANGING FROM
MODERATE HARM TO DEATH AT TWICE
THE RATE OF THEIR ENGLISH
SPEAKING COUNTERPARTS.
TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF AB 2080
IS DOCTOR MARCO ANGULO, WHO IS
THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL
EDUCATION AT ALTAMED. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS, MY
NAME IS DOCTOR MARCO ANGULO. I'M
A FAMILY MEDICINE DOCTOR AND THE
MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH EQUITY AT
ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES. WE ARE
THE LARGEST QUALIFIED HEALTH
CENTER IN CALIFORNIA. I'M HERE
TODAY AS A PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF
ASSEMBLY BILL 2080 AND WANTED TO
THANK DOCTOR ARAMBULA FOR HIS
DEDICATION IN ADDRESSING THE
PROVIDER SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE
ACROSS OUR STATE IN PARTICULARLY
IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AS A
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AT
ALTAMED, EVERY YEAR, WE CARE FOR
NEARLY HALF A MILLION PATIENTS,
MORE THAN 80% LATINO, THROUGH 2
MILLION VISITS AT OUR CLINIC
THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND
ORANGE COUNTY, ABOUT 73% OF OUR
PATIENTS RELY ON MEDICAID.
ANOTHER 14% ARE UNINSURED.
ALTAMED WAS BORN ON THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND FOR LATINOS
IN LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE
COUNTY, AND IT'S TITLED TO
SOCIAL JUSTICE. WE TAKE THIS
VERY SERIOUSLY. THIS IS WHY I
WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR TO
SERVE THE MOST UNDER-RESOURCED
POPULATIONS WE SERVE A MAJORITY
OF MEDI-CAL PATIENTS AND SPANISH
SPEAKING PATIENTS, AND EVERY DAY
WE REACH OUT TO ENROLL AS MANY
PATIENTS AS WE CAN. WE WANT
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AS A RESULT
OF THE MISSION, THE MAJORITY OF
ALTAMED PHYSICIANS THAT PRACTICE
IN MEDICINE AND ARE FULFILLING
OUR LIFELONG DREAM OF SEEING THE
PATIENTS THAT REMIND US OF OUR
FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THAT
CULTURALLY AND COMPETENT,
LINGUISTICALLY CONCORDANT CARE.
I'VE BEEN PRACTICING MEDICINE
FOR 12 YEARS AND RECEIVED MY
MEDICAL DEGREE TO SERVE THIS
COMMUNITY, AND I GREW UP IN OUR
MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES, AS ARE MY LIFE. I'M
A PRODUCT OF PIPELINE PROGRAMS,
AND I'VE DEDICATED MY WORK TO
THE PURPOSE. FOR 20 YEARS,
CALIFORNIA HAS SPENT BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ON PIPELINE PROGRAMS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH
PHYSICIANS WORKING IN THESE
UNDER-RESOURCED AREAS. IT'S AN
UNFORTUNATE, UNFORTUNATE TO SAY
THAT THE NEEDLE HAS NOT MOVED,
AND HAVING CULTURALLY COMPETENT
DOCTORS IN THESE COMMUNITIES. IN
FACT, WHEN I WAS APPLIED TO
MEDICAL SCHOOL IN 2000, THERE
WERE 6% LATINO DOCTORS. TODAY,
THERE'S 6% LATINO DOCTORS. THE
NEEDLE HAS NOT MOVED. NOW WE'RE
HITTING 40. LATINOS IN OUR
STATE. GIVEN THIS GAP AND THE
NEED TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN
CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY
COMPETENT PHYSICIANS, ULTIMATE
HAD TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO
PARTNER WITH ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS AND LEADERS TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. OUR
EFFORTS AT ALTAMED ARE TO
CONTINUE TO TRAIN OUR OWN, TO BE
OUR FOR US TO BE A TEACHING
INSTITUTION. WE HAVE OUR
RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND FAMILY
MEDICINE. WE PARTNER WITH USC'S
FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
PROGRAM, CHLA'S PEDIATRIC
PROGRAM, AND WE PROUDLY TRAIN
OUR PHYSICIANS TO SERVE THE
UNDERSERVED AND I'LL BE HONEST,
IT CONTINUES TO FEEL LIKE A
SINKING SHIP. AND THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE THE MOST AFFECTED BY
THE SHORTAGE, OUR PHYSICIANS
THAT ARE PHYSICIANS ARE OUR
PATIENTS AND OUR BURNED OUT
DOCTORS. ADDING TO THIS, SPANISH
SPEAKING PHYSICIANS ARE THE MOST
UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE STATE,
DESPITE THE NEED FOR A
CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY
COMPETENT WORKFORCE. THIS IS WHY
I'M HERE TODAY. THIS IS WHY
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO SEEK YOUR
SUPPORT AND THE STATE'S
COMMITMENT TO MOVE THIS BILL
FORWARD AS THE FIRST STEP IN
ADDRESSING THE STATE'S
HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE NEEDS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA TO IDENTIFY
SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS OUR
WORKFORCE NEEDS AND ADDRESS
DISPARITIES. THIS IS CRITICAL
DATA REPORTING. IT'S A FIRST
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND
WE NEED COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS
DISPARITIES OF AB. AB 2080 IS A
TOOL THAT CAN GET US THERE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY AND TO
SHARE OUR JOURNEY AT ALTAMED. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
AND IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS TO
ADDRESS THE HEALTH CARE
WORKFORCE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING TODAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT IN THE
HEARING ROOM? GOOD AFTERNOON,
MR. CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE. THIS
IS JESSICA DUONG WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. THE UC
HAS THE SUPPORT OF AMENDED
POSITION ON AB 2080. WE
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE
AUTHOR AND THE COMMITTEE AND
WILL BE MOVING TO A SUPPORT
POSITION ONCE THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS ARE IN PRINT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. SOMEWHERE
WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DOCTOR ARAMBULA, FOR
BRINGING THIS MEASURE FORWARD
AND CONTINUING TO BE A CHAMPION
OF DIVERSITY, BUYING OUR STATE'S
PREMIER MEDICAL SCHOOLS. THIS
BILL RAISES POLICY QUESTIONS
THAT I'M GLAD NOW WILL BE
STUDIED AND REPORTED ON. BASED
ON YOUR ACCEPTING OF THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS AS
OUTLINED ON PAGE FOUR OF THE
ANALYSIS, I AM PLEASED TO
SUPPORT THE MEASURE HERE TODAY.
WITH THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL, PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER
THREE AB 2080. DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. FONG I, FONG I TAWT I
TAW I ARAMBULA I ARAMBULA I
BERNER I. BERNER I CHEN CHEN I
ASALI ERWIN JACKSON THÀNH. LOW,
HIGH, LOW I MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA. THANK
YOU. COLLEAGUES THAT MEASURE
SEVEN A'S AND WE'LL KEEP THE
ROLL OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS. ADD ON. THANK YOU. NEXT
UP, I'D LIKE TO HAVE DOCTOR
ARAMBULA PRESENT ITEM NUMBER 11,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2510. WELCOME IF
IT PLEASE, THE CHAIR. CAN I DO
3081? JUST SO WE'RE NOT
SHUFFLING. I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE?
OH 381. YES. ITEM NUMBER 21.
YES. ASSEMBLY BILL 23081,
WELCOME, DOCTOR ARAMBULA. THANK
YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR
AND MEMBERS, CALIFORNIA HAS A
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE.
IT IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN OUR
RAPIDLY GROWING SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. THIS SHORTAGE IS
PARTICULARLY SEVERE. AB 1381
WOULD ADDRESS THE SEVERE
SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS BY
ESTABLISHING A WORLD CLASS
MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. AS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR, I
OFTEN STRUGGLED TO RECRUIT
ENOUGH DOCTORS TO COME TO THE
VALLEY. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
BREATHE OUR AIR OR LIVE WHERE I
GREW UP. AS A RESULT, WEST
VALLEY RESIDENTS OFTEN
EXPERIENCED LONGER WAIT TIMES
AND TRAVEL LONGER DISTANCES FOR
CARE IF THEY DON'T FORGO IT
ENTIRELY TO MEET THE HEALTH CARE
NEEDS. IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY,
èC MERCED HAS ALREADY LAUNCHED
THE SAN JOAQUIN PRIME PLUS BS TO
MD PATHWAY. THEIR FIRST CLASS IS
EXPECTED TO GRADUATE MEDICAL
SCHOOL IN 2031. AB 3081 WILL
ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL 15
MILLION ONGOING FOR THE UC
MERCED MEDICAL EDUCATION
COLLABORATIVE TO ENABLE UC
MERCED TO EXPAND ITS EXPERTISE
IN MEDICAL EDUCATION TO BEGIN
HIRING MEDICAL EDUCATION FACULTY
TO BUILD CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS,
AND TO START LAYING THE
FOUNDATION TO INCREASE CLASS
SIZE AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO
BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT MEDICAL
SCHOOL. TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF
AB 31 IS DOCTOR MARCO ANGULO,
THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL
EDUCATION AT ALTAMED. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS DOCTOR
MARCO ANGULO. I'M A FAMILY
MEDICINE DOCTOR AND THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR AND INSTITUTE FOR
HEALTH EQUITY AT ALTAMED.
ALTAMED IS NOT ONLY THE LARGEST
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH
CENTER IN CALIFORNIA, IT SERVES
HALF A MILLION PATIENTS. AS I
STATED EARLIER, AND OUR PATIENTS
ARE MEDI-CAL PATIENTS. MY ROLE I
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
AND TRAINING RESIDENTS IN A
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH
CENTER SETTING. DESPITE DECADES
OF SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THE
SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS, NURSES,
AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WORKING IN
UNDERSERVED, THIS PROBLEM
PERSISTS DUE TO THE PERSISTENT
PROVIDER SHORTAGE. OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS, ALTAMED HAS
IMPLEMENTED INITIATIVES
STRATEGIES FOR THE 5000
EMPLOYEES AND OVER 400 PROVIDERS
THAT. TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE
STRATEGIES RESULTED IN
SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER REDUCTION
AND INCLUDING CONTINUED
INVESTMENTS IN CAREER PATHWAY
PROGRAMS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, EFFORTS TO
GROW OUR OWN. WE CANNOT WAIT FOR
OTHERS TO DO THIS FOR US.
HOWEVER, WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE
AND OUR SUCCESS IS DUE TO THE
STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY,
PARTNERS AND I'M HERE TODAY TO
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON AB 3081,
WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED. INVESTMENT
TO ADDRESS THE PHYSICIAN
SHORTAGE WE CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE STATE. THE
CENTRAL VALLEY FACES A
PARTICULARLY SEVERE PHYSICIAN
SHORTAGE. DATA INDICATES THAT
THE RURAL UPBRINGING,
UPBRINGING, AND COLLEGE LOCATION
ARE SOME OF THE STRONGEST
PREDICTORS OF WHERE PHYSICIANS
ULTIMATELY DECIDE A PRACTICE
WHERE YOU GO UP, YOU GO BACK TO.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LIMITED
OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLETE
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN LARGELY
RURAL COMMUNITIES, ONLY 1.1% OF
MEDICAL STUDENTS REPORT A PLAN
TO PRACTICE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
, SO ONLY 11. 1% IN
UNINCORPORATED AREAS. AFTER
COMPLETING MEDICAL EDUCATION,
THE BILL WILL ALLOW UC MERCED TO
FURTHER THE FORMATION OF A
MEDICAL SCHOOL OF UC MERCED AND
MEET THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF
THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND THE
STATE. THE CENTRAL VALLEY NEEDS
TO GROW THEIR OWN. FOR THESE
REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
THE SUPPORT OF AB 3081. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING ROOM?
ARE THERE TWEENERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE ALL SUMMER, WE'D LIKE TO
CLOSE. PLEASE RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DOCTOR ARAMBULA, FOR
BRINGING THIS MEASURE FORWARD. I
BELIEVE THAT THIS MEASURE IS
NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE
TO ASSIST UC MERCED IN BECOMING
AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE. I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY. MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL PLEASE. THANK YOU, DO WE
HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND?
THANK YOU. FILE ITEM NUMBER 21,
AB 3081. THE MOTION IS Dð. PASS
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG. FONG I TO I ARAMBULA I
ARAMBULA I BERNER. I BERNER I
CHEN CHEN I ASALI IRWIN JACKSON
LO HI LO I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI
. NOT VOTING QUIRK-SILVA. THAT
MEASURE SIX AYES AND IT'S OUT.
AND ONE NOT VOTING. WE'LL KEEP
THEM OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
TO ADD ON. NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME DOCTOR ARAMBULA
PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER 11,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2510. WELCOME
SECOND. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS, PEOPLE WITH
INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES SHOULD HAVE ACCESS
TO QUALITY AND TIMELY DENTAL
CARE TO PREVENT DENTAL DISEASE,
ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE
IS CRITICAL FOR THE PREVENTION
OF CHRONIC ILLNESS DEFERRED OR
AVOIDED ORAL HEALTH TREATMENT IS
NOT ONLY LINKED TO TOOTH DECAY,
BUT TO DEPRESSION,
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE,
DIABETES, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
, AND ADVERSE PREGNANCY
OUTCOMES. PEOPLE WHO HAVE
COMPLEX MEDICAL, PHYSICAL,
COGNITIVE, OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CHALLENGES ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE TO DELAYED DENTAL
CARE IN OUR STATE. THIS
COMMUNITY OFTENTIMES REQUIRES
EXTRA TIME AND ATTENTION FOR
ROUTINE AND PREVENTATIVE CARE.
YET THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ORAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS WITH THE
EXPERTISE TO SERVE THESE
PATIENTS EFFECTIVELY. THIS HAS
LED MANY PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES TO BE PLACED ON
WAIT LISTS THAT ARE MONTHS OR
YEARS LONG, OR SIMPLY TO GO
WITHOUT ROUTINE DENTAL CARE.
SPECIFICALLY, AB 2510
ESTABLISHES THE ORAL HEALTH FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER TO
PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS TO EXPAND THE USE OF
ALTERNATIVE METHODS OTHER THAN
SEDATION OR GENERAL ANESTHESIA,
FOR PROVIDING ORAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES THAT ARE NOT
CURRENTLY WIDELY UNDERSTOOD, AND
ACROSS OUR STATE'S REGIONAL
CENTERS IN SUPPORT OF AB 2510
TODAY, OUR TWO LEAD WITNESSES,
DOCTOR PAUL GLASSMAN, PROFESSOR
AND ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT THE
COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE AT
CALIFORNIA NORTH STATE
UNIVERSITY AND FORMER ASSEMBLY
MEMBER AND FRIEND JIM FRAZIER,
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AT THE
ARC OF CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WELCOME THANK YOU,
CHAIRMAN FONG. AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE AND DOCTOR
ABDULLAH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE HERE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES, PROVIDING DENTAL
CARE FOR CLOSE TO FIVE DECADES,
A LONG TIME, I ACTUALLY STARTED
MY CAREER PROVIDING DENTAL CARE
UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN THE
HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOM. I
TAUGHT RESIDENTS, I TAUGHT
DENTISTS HOW TO DO THIS. I
ACTUALLY WROTE A BOOK ON
HOSPITAL DENTISTRY. AND I THINK
MAYBE I WAS A SLOW LEARNER
BECAUSE IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME
TO FIGURE OUT THAT ALTHOUGH MANY
PEOPLE NEEDED THAT LEVEL OF
SERVICES, I WAS ALSO PROVIDING
DENTAL CARE UNDER GENERAL
ANESTHESIA FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
REALLY NEED THAT LEVEL OF
SERVICE BUT WERE HAVING, BECAUSE
THERE REALLY WEREN'T ANY OTHER
ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE. AND IT
TOOK ME A WHILE TO REALIZE THAT
I WAS ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO
THIS HORRIBLE SITUATION WHERE
PEOPLE ARE WAITING ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR YEARS IN THESE LONG,
INHUMANE, HORRIBLE LINES TO GET
THEIR CARE. AND I THINK EVERYONE
REALIZES DENTAL CARE DOESN'T
HEAL ITSELF. IT DOESN'T GET ANY
BETTER. WHILE PEOPLE ARE IN
THESE LINES, IT ONLY GETS WORSE,
THIS TERRIBLE MISMATCH BETWEEN
THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THAT
KIND OF CARE AND THE ABILITY TO
PROVIDE IT HAVE BEEN WELL
DOCUMENTED BY THE LITTLE HOOVER
COMMISSION, THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICES AND MANY OTHER
GROUPS, SO WHEN I REALIZED I WAS
ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING SITUATION,
I BEGAN TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION
OF MY CAREER. I'VE SPENT NOW
SEVERAL DECADES AND MORE
INTENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS WORKING WITH CALIFORNIA
REGIONAL CENTER STAFF, DENTISTS,
BEHAVIOR SUPPORT SPECIALISTS,
AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY DESIGNED A
COMPOSITE OFFENSIVE SOLUTION
THAT CAN KEEP PEOPLE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, MANY
PEOPLE, OUT OF THESE LONG,
INHUMANE LINES, THIS BILL WOULD
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
RESOURCES TO KEEP WERE
PREDICTING 50 OR 60% OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOW IN THESE INHUMANE
AND TERRIBLE LINES OUT OF THOSE
LINES AND ALLOW THEM TO BE KEPT
HEALTHY WITH LESS COMPLEX
INTERVENTIONS, ALLOW THOSE TYPE
OF PEOPLE WHO NEEDED THAT KIND
OF CARE TO GET IT MORE QUICKLY,
SAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF
MONEY, IMPROVE THE ORAL HEALTH
OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES, AND REDUCE THE
SUFFERING CAUSED BY THIS CURRENT
SITUATION. THANK YOU. AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION AND AB 2510. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. WELCOME, HONORABLE JIM
FRAZIER. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS, ONE
FIRST, THANK YOUR STAFF FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS. IT WAS
REALLY WELL DONE. AND THANK YOU,
THERE'S 15.3 MILLION,
PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEDI-CAL
DENTAL PROGRAM. 40% OF
CALIFORNIANS AS OF SEPTEMBER
2022 AS DOCTOR GLASSMAN HAS
STATED, LITTLE HOOVER
COMMISSION, THE LAO, THE
CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR, HAVE
ALL DETERMINED THE SHORTCOMINGS
OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
COMMUNITY. MEDICAL DENTAL
PROGRAM. MEDI-CAL DENTAL PROGRAM
REIMBURSEMENT RATES ARE SOME OF
THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY FOR
THIS PROGRAM. THERE IS NO
REGISTRY ON THE DHCS OR SMILE
CALIFORNIA WEBSITE FOR DENTISTS
THAT SERVE THE DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY COMMUNITY, AND THAT
ACCEPT THE MEDI-CAL
REIMBURSEMENT, AND THAT'S SMILE
CALIFORNIA ALSO, THERE'S 330
MEDI-CAL DENTAL CLINICS
STATEWIDE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY PRESCRIBE TO THE
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED,
THERE'S 4000, 5462 GENERAL
PRACTITIONERS. ONLY RIGHT NOW
FOR 40, THE 15.3 MILLION TAKING
NEW PATIENTS. BUT WE DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE
THE TALENT TO WORK WITH THE
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, MANY
COUNTIES HAVE ZERO DENTISTS
TAKING ON NEW PATIENTS, AND MOST
OF THOSE ARE THE RURAL COUNTIES.
AND THERE'S 31,000 NEW REGIONAL
CENTER CLIENTS COMING ONLINE
THIS YEAR. I ASK THIS COMMITTEE
TO SUPPORT THIS 2510, JUST ON
THE PREMISE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN
DOING IT WELL AND WE NEED TO DO
IT MUCH BETTER. THE
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED HAVE
BEEN UNDERVALUED AND UNDERFUNDED
FOR DECADES, AND IT'S TIME THAT
WE STEP UP AND I AM PROUD TO
SERVE THIS BILL TO YOU WITH
DOCTOR ARAMBULA AND DOCTOR
GLASSMAN AND ASK RESPECTFULLY
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
OTHER WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
COLLEAGUE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? SEEING? NONE. SO MAY
WE LIKE TO CLOSE, PLEASE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A NUMBER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR
ARAMBULA FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT MEASURE FORWARD. OUR
STATE'S REGIONAL CENTERS SERVE
SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE
NEIGHBORS. THIS IS A GREAT
PROGRAM AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT
IT TODAY. WITH THAT. MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER 11 AB 2510. THE
MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FONG
AYE. FONG AYE TO. OH. SORRY.
SORRY. AB 2510251. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATION THÀNH 1111. RIGHT.
YES TO AYE. ARAMBULA ARAMBULA.
AYE. BURNER BURNER. AYE. CHEN
CHEN. AYE. ASALI IRWIN JACKSON.
LO I LO I MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI.
AYE. QUIRK-SILVA THAT MEASURE
SEVEN AYES, ONE NINE. I'M SORRY.
SEVEN EYES. AND WE'LL KEEP THEM
OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO
ADD ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DOCTOR ARAMBULA, JUST FOR THE
RECORD, SUMMER PAPPIN HAS PULLED
A SIMILAR BILL. 2571, ITEM
NUMBER 13. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.
YES. I'M SORRY. MR. CHEN WILL BE
PRESENTING NOW ON BEHALF OF A
SUMMER MATHIS ASSEMBLY BILL
2532. WELCOME SUMMER CHEN. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. AND HAPPY
BIRTHDAY AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR, FOR LETTING ME PRESENT ON
BEHALF OF MCGOVERN. MATHIS,
TODAY, I'M PRESENTING AB 2532 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR KEVIN MATHIS,
SOMEONE DID A MATH COMMITTEE FOR
ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL YOUR
HARD WORK, AND WE WILL BE
ACCEPTING ALL THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. ASSEMBLY MATHIS
AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THEIR
DILIGENCE, BRIEFLY, AB 2532
WOULD EXTEND THE SUNSET DATE AND
AUTHORIZES THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO USE A
MULTI-CRITERIA SCREENING TOOL
WHEN EVALUATING APPLICANTS FOR
NURSING PROGRAMS UNTIL 2030.
UNDER EXISTING LAW, CÁC
DISTRICTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO USE
A VARIETY OF DIAGNOSTIC
ASSESSMENT TOOLS WHEN EVALUATING
APPLICANTS FOR A REGISTERED
NURSING PROGRAM, THE NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS EXCEEDS THE PROGRAM'S
CAPACITY, AND THIS BILL WOULD
ALLOW TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO
CONTINUE TO DO SO. THESE CURRENT
MULTI-CRITERIA SCREENING
PROCESS, A CRITICAL MECHANISM TO
ENSURE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND
ALLOW THOSE APPLICANTS WITH A
DISABILITY WHO ARE VETERANS,
REFUGEE, OR ARE FROM A LOW
INCOME FAMILY, AMONGST OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES, TO RECEIVE THE
NECESSARY CONSIDERATION WHEN
PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION AND A
CAREER IN NURSING, THIS SUNSET
WAS INITIALLY INTRODUCED IN 2007
BY AB 1559. IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED
TWO MORE TIMES, MOST RECENTLY IN
2019 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER RUDY
SALAS. AB 20 239 AND AB 2532.
THIS BILL ALSO MAKES A SMALL
UPDATE TO ALLOW COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO CONSIDER RESIDENCIES
WITHIN A COLLEGE DISTRICT AS A
FACTOR WITHIN THE MULTI-CRITERIA
SCREENING PROCESS. THIS UPDATE
WOULD ALLOW APPLICANTS MANY OF
WHOM ARE IN AREAS FACING A
NURSING SHORTAGE, TO HAVE
GREATER ACCESS TO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAMS. THERE
IS NO OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
AB 2532 HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT
FROM THE BOARD OF REGISTERED
NURSING AND THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH SERVICES
AT HOME WITH US TODAY TO SPEAK
ON THE BILL IS DOCTOR JOANNA
NAGEL, WHO IS A DEAN OF NURSING
AND ALLIED HEALTH AT THE COLLEGE
OF THE SEQUOIAS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AS CHAIRMAN FONG AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR
HEARING THIS BILL, AS A DEAN OF
A LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NURSING SCHOOL, I TURNED MANY,
MANY LOCAL STUDENTS AWAY EVERY
YEAR FROM OUR NURSING PROGRAM.
WE HAD OVER 1100 GRAD APPLICANTS
LAST SEMESTER, AND ONLY 32 WERE
FROM OUR LOCAL ZIP CODES.
BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER RANK BY
RESIDENCY, WE ARE A MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED AND WHEN THE SUNSET
WAS TAKEN OFF A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, WE THE ABILITY TO RANK BY
ZIP CODES FOR MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED AREAS WAS REMOVED.
SO ALL CALIFORNIA APPLICANTS
HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO OUR NURSING
SPOTS AND PREVIOUS TO THIS, WHEN
WE WERE ABLE TO RANK BY ZIP CODE
OR IF THEY WERE FROM A MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED AREA, ABOUT 95 TO
98% OF OUR APPLICANTS AND
GRADUATES WERE FROM OUR LOCAL
AREAS, WHICH DRAMATICALLY
INCREASED THE ABILITY OF OUR
LOCAL HEALTH CARE PARTNERS TO
EMPLOY PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE
THEIR PATIENTS, SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE OF THEIR PATIENTS, AND
CAN SERVE THEIR OWN FAMILY
MEMBERS, SINCE THE LAST FIVE
YEARS, SOME OF OUR CLASSES HAVE
BEEN LESS THAN 11% FROM OUR
LOCAL AREAS. THEY OFTEN COME
FROM MORE EXPENSIVE AREAS, SUCH
AS THE BAY AREA, SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO COUNTIES,
AND THEY BASICALLY TAKE UP THE
SPOTS OF OUR LOCAL STUDENTS.
WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO RANK WITH
OUR ZIP CODES, WE STILL HAD
ABOUT A 98% PASS RATE ON OUR
NCLEX. SO IT'S NOT THAT OUR
STUDENTS AREN'T PREPARED, IT'S
JUST THAT OFTENTIMES TIMES OUR
STUDENTS HAVE DIFFICULTY
COMPETING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE
HAD AP CLASSES IN ANATOMY,
PHYSIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY IN HIGH
SCHOOL, WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE
TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE RURAL
AREAS, I WOULD SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF OUR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS.
THEY ARE TIRED OF TRAINING THE
BAY AREA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
NURSES. THEY WANT THEIR CLINICAL
SPOTS TO BE GIVEN TO LOCAL
STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN EMPLOY AS
NURSES. THE MADERA HOSPITAL'S
BANKRUPTCY IS DIRECTLY RELATED
TO THE COST OF TRAVEL NURSES
BECAUSE WE COULD NOT FILL THOSE
WITH LOCAL STUDENTS WHO ARE
WANTING TO GET IN AND SERVE OUR
LOCAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. THIS IS
WHAT I DEAL WITH EVERY DAY. I
DON'T EVEN LIKE GOING TO THE
GROCERY STORE BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO SEE TOO MANY PARENTS WHOSE
KIDS HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO OUR
NURSING PROGRAM, BECAUSE OF THIS
, BOTH OF THE RURAL HOSPITALS
HAVE SIGNED VERY EXPENSIVE
CONTRACTS WITH FOR PROFIT
NURSING SCHOOLS THAT BASICALLY
GET TO PICK WHO THEY WANT
BECAUSE THEY ARE PRIVATE, AND
THEY CAN JUST LET LOCAL
EMPLOYERS BUY CERTAIN SPOTS. SO
PART OF THIS IS TO ALSO DECREASE
THE AMOUNT OF HEAVY DEBT THAT
OUR LOCAL NURSING STUDENTS WOULD
HAVE. ALSO, I WOULD SAY THAT
IT'S WE'VE HAD A DECREASE IN
EQUITY IN OUR NURSING APPLICANTS
BECAUSE OFTEN THE PEOPLE THAT
CAN COME FROM OUTSIDE AREAS AND
MOVE TO OUR AREA TO GO TO
NURSING SCHOOL, ARE NOT AS
DIVERSE AS OUR LOCAL STUDENTS.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, OF
WHICH I THOUGHT I'M SURE WAS
DONE AS AN EQUITY MEASURE, HAS
ACTUALLY DECREASED THE DIVERSITY
IN OUR NURSING PROGRAM. AND IT
COSTS NOTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
. ARE THERE WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
CHAIR AND MEMBERS AUSTIN WEBSTER
WITH W STRATEGIES ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ASSOCIATION FOR
OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN THE
HEARING ROOM ARE THEIR TWEENERS
IN THE HEARING ROOM. COLLEAGUES,
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE A SIMILAR WE LIKE TO
CLOSE PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR CHEN, FOR PRESENTING ON
BEHALF OF SUMMER MATHIS. TODAY,
I WISH TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO
SUMMER MATHIS STAFF FOR WORKING
WITH COMMITTEE STAFF ON THE
AMENDMENTS. AS WE HEARD, WITH
MOST NURSING PROGRAMS AT THE
COMMUNITY, COLLEGES IMPACTED.
AND THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN BUDGET
SUB THREE THIS MORNING. IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE
TO EXAMINE WAYS TO PROVIDE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NURSE NURSING
STUDENTS AND TO PRIORITIZE
ENROLLMENT TO STUDENTS WHO
REMAIN IN THE MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED AREAS AND ONE WAY TO
DO THIS IS TO PRIORITIZE HOME
GROWN NURSING STUDENTS. I WILL
BE STARTING TO LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
SUMMER CHEN FOR PRESENTING ON
BEHALF OF SUMMER MATHIS. MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I'M SORRY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION
ON THIS MOTION BY MR.
MURATSUCHI? SECOND BY MR. DOCTOR
ARAMBULA SEEING NO COMMENTS,
MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL CALL,
PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER 12 AB
2532. THE MOTION IS DO PASS, AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. FONG HAI PHONG I TO I
TO I ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I BURNER
CHEN CHEN I A SALLY ERWIN
JACKSON IN LO I LO I MURATSUCHI
CHI MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA
THAT MEASURE SIX AYES, AND WE'LL
KEEP THE ROLL OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
NEXT UP, WE'LL PRESENT ITEM
NUMBER 22. I'LL PASS THE GAVEL
TO VICE CHAIR TO THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. ITEM ITEM 17 AB 2931 BY
SEMIMETAL FONG.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.
CHAIR. MEMBERS ASSEMBLY BILL
2931 EXEMPTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICTS WITH MERIT SYSTEMS
FROM CLASSIFYING PART TIME
STUDENTS, EMPLOYED PART TIME AS
STUDENT TUTORS IN THE DISTRICT
THAT THEY ARE ENROLLED IN UNDER
CURRENT LAW, THESE DISTRICTS
MUST CLASSIFY ALL STAFF UNLESS
EXEMPT IT. WHILE APPROPRIATE FOR
MOST STAFF, THIS PROCESS IS NOT
NECESSARY FOR PART TIME
STUDENTS, WHICH IS WHY EXISTING
LAW EXEMPTS EVEN FULL TIME
STUDENTS EMPLOYED PART TIME AND
PART TIME STUDENTS IN A WORK
STUDY OR WORK EXPERIENCE
PROGRAM, NOT INCLUDED IN THIS
LIST ARE PART TIME STUDENTS WHO
WISH TO WORK PART TIME.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS WHO
EMPLOY PERSONNEL. COMMISSIONS
ARE HESITANT TO HIRE PART TIME
STUDENTS AS TUTORS, DEPRIVING
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS OF
THIS VERY ENRICHING
OPPORTUNITIES THAT BENEFIT
STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES. MORE THAN
65% OF ALL OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AS PART
TIME STUDENTS, AND RESEARCH HAS
SHOWN THAT TUTORING INCREASES
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND PREVIOUS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES FOR BOTH THE
TUTORS AND THOSE BEING TUTORED.
BY CLARIFYING THAT PART TIME
STUDENTS ARE EXEMPT FROM
CLASSIFICATION, ASSEMBLY BILL
2931 HELPS MORE STUDENTS
PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHING
ACTIVITY OF PEER TUTORING, AND
HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT IS
MARIA VELOZ WITH THE LOS ANGELES
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND HONORABLE
MEMBERS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. I AM MARIA LUISA
VELOZ, SHARING TESTIMONY ON
BEHALF OF DOCTOR FRANCISCO
RODRIGUEZ, CHANCELLOR OF THE LOS
ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT. LACCD IS THE PROUD
SPONSOR OF AB 29 2931 AS
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. MEMBER
MENTIONED IN HIS OPENING
STATEMENT, THIS BILL ADDRESSES
THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF PEER TO
PEER TUTORING AT COMMUNITY
COLLEGES CURRENTLY AT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE MERIT DISTRICTS. FULL
TIME STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE
HIRED PART TIME AS PART TIME
PEER TO PEER TUTORS AT THEIR
COLLEGE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO
THROUGH THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION
HIRING PROCESS. AB 2931 WILL
TREAT PART TIME STUDENTS THE
SAME AS THEIR FULL TIME PEERS
AND EXEMPT THEM FROM THIS
REQUIREMENT, THUS EXPANDING THE
HIRING POOL OF ELIGIBLE PART
TIME PEER TO PEER TUTORS.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PEER TO
PEER TUTORING IS AS EFFECTIVE,
IF NOT BETTER, THAN DIRECT AND
INDIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FOR
STUDENTS. MORE THAN 65% OF
COLLEGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS ARE, ARE ENROLLED PART
TIME, AND THIS BILL WILL ENABLE
AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL 367,000
PART TIME STUDENTS TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AS PART
TIME STUDENT TUTORS AT LACCD
LAST YEAR, WE SERVED 170,000
STUDENTS AND ABOUT 73% OF THOSE
STUDENTS WERE PART TIME STUDENTS
. AB 2931 WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASE THE LEARNING POWER OF
ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT MERIT
SYSTEM COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICTS. AND I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ARE THERE
ANY WITNESSES IN THE ROOM WHO
WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE BILL?
ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION? ARE THERE ANY
TWEENERS IN THE ROOM? OKAY, I
SEE NONE. SO I WANT TO THANK
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FONG FOR
BRINGING THIS MEASURE BEFORE US
TODAY. THIS MEASURE PROVIDES
PARITY BETWEEN NON-MERIT AND
MERIT DISTRICTS BY ALLOWING PART
TIME STUDENTS TO BE EMPLOYED
WITHOUT CONCERNS FROM THE
PERSONNEL COMMISSION. I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR, ADDRESSING THIS
ISSUE AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE TODAY.
SO ANY ANY CONCERNS, ANY, ANY
QUESTION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBER
SEEING. NONE. SO, CAN I HAVE A
MOTION OR. WE ALREADY HAVE A
MOTION. RIGHT. MOTION SECOND.
SO, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL FILE ITEM NUMBER 17 AB
2931. THE MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG AYE FONG, EYE TO EYE TO EYE
. ARAMBULA. ARAMBULA AYE. BERNER
CHEN CHEN AYE. ASALI IRWIN.
JACKSON. AYE. THANK YOU.
JACKSON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
JACKSON I LO I LO I MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA. WE
HAVE SEVEN. THE MOTION PASSES.
WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN FOR ROLL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP
DOCTOR JACKSON, PRESENTING ITEM
NUMBER. 18, ASSEMBLY BILL 2936.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A
SECOND. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR
JACKSON, WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I WILL BE
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE'S
AMENDMENTS AS WELL, AS THANKING
YOU AND THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
WORKING WITH US ON THIS BILL.
AND THE COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE
TO WORK ON THIS BILL AS IT GOES
THROUGH THE PROCESS, INDEED, IT
STILL HAS SOME WORK TO DO, BUT
AB 2936, REALLY IS AN EFFORT TO
ENSURE THAT WE RETURN BACK TO
THE PRACTICE AND THE
EXPECTATION, THAT WHEN, WHEN,
CULTURAL POLITICAL DEBATES AND
THIS DISCOURSE IS HAPPENING,
AROUND THE WORLD AND IN THIS
NATION, CERTAINLY THE BEST PLACE
TO DO SO IS IN OUR HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. AND TO
ENSURE THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE
EQUIPPED, WITH THE NECESSARY
PLANS AND SKILLS IN ORDER TO
ENSURE THAT, ALL VIEWPOINTS ARE
BEING HEARD. YET EVERYONE STILL
FEELS SAFE IN THE PROCESS, AND
SO AGAIN, MORE WORK STILL NEEDS
TO BE DONE AS WE CONTINUE TO,
WORK, WITH THIS COMMITTEE, THE
COMMITTEE ON THE SENATE SIDE, AS
WELL AS OUR HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET THIS RIGHT. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN THE
HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE TWEENERS
IN THE HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES?
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE. ASSEMBLY. WE LIKE
TO CLOSE, PLEASE. RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH, DOCTOR JACKSON, FOR
WORKING WITH OUR COMMITTEE ON
AMENDMENTS. COLLEGE CAMPUSES
HAVE A PROUD HISTORY OF BEING AT
THE CORE OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
AND EXPRESSION, AND STUDENTS
DESERVE A SAFE PLACE TO EXPRESS
THOSE THOUGHTS BY PROMOTING AND
FOCUSING ON RECONCILIATION AFTER
EVENTS, WE ENSURE THAT OUR
CAMPUS CLIMATE REMAINS FERTILE
FOR THE EXPRESSION OF THOUGHT
AND IDEAS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY. THANK YOU MADAM
SECRETARY. ROLL CALL. PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER 18 AB 2936. THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS AS AMENDED
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
FONG FONG, EYE TO EYE TO EYE.
ARAMBULA ARAMBULA. EYE BURNER.
CHEN CHEN. AYE. ASALI IRWIN.
JACKSON. AYE JACKSON. AYE LO LO
AYE. MURATSUCHI. MURATSUCHI.
AYE. QUIRK-SILVA THAT MEASURE OF
SEVEN EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THEM
OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ADD
ON. THANK YOU. SUMMER JACKSON.
NOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH, IF ANY
MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON, WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH THE AGENDA.
SO, MEMBERS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO
ADD ON, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
ACTUALLY. LET'S GO. YEAH. SO,
MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. ON ON THE ITEMS FOR
MEMBERS ADD ON. THANK YOU. WE'LL
DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN
THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THANK YOU.
CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES FILE
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AB 2403 Dð
PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN
2500. MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FILE.
ITEM NUMBER 22 AB 3087. DO PASS
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
FILE. ITEM NUMBER 25 AB 3240. DO
PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE FILE. ITEM NUMBER 26
AB 3290 DO PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
FILE ITEM NUMBER 27 H.J.R 13 TO
BE ADOPTED. BURNER I BURNER I,
IRWIN IRWIN I, JACKSON. JACKSON
I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE HAS
NINE EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THE
ROPE IN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
ADD ON. THANK YOU. NOW MEMBERS
WILL GO THROUGH, THE ITEMS FOR
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. SO STARTING
WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE FILE ITEM
NUMBER ONE AB 2027. THE MOTION
IS Dð. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. BURNER
I BURNER I ASALI IRWIN. IRWIN I
JACKSON. JACKSON I QUIRK-SILVA.
THAT MEASURE HAS NINE AYES AND
WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON
FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO AB 2076.
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. BURNER
I BURNER I ASALI IRWIN. IRWIN I
JACKSON OAN JACKSON I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE HAS
NINE EYES, AND WE'LL KEEP IT
OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO
ADD ON. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER
THREE. FILE ITEM NUMBER THREE AB
2080. THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. Ã SALIH.
SALIH I IRWIN. IRWIN I JACKSON.
JACKSON. I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT
MEASURE HAS TEN EYES AND WILL
KEEP THE DOOR OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
FILE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AB 2088.
THE MOTION IS DO PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. BURNER
A BURNER I EASILY NO, EASILY NO.
IRWIN. IRWIN I JACKSON. JACKSON
I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE HAS
SEVEN EYES AND TWO NO'S, AND
WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AB 2193.
THE MOTION IS Dð PASS AS AMENDED
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
A SALIH A SALIH. NOT VOTING.
IRWIN AN IRWIN NOT VOTING.
JACKSON JACKSON. NOT VOTING.
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE HAS
SIX EYES AND FOUR NOT VOTING. SO
WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. AND ON. NEXT
UP IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. THÀNH
FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AB 2370.
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
FLOOR VASSALI. SIX SEVEN NUMBER
SEVEN. AYE SALIH. EYE IRWIN. I'M
SORRY, WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN, 2370. IRWIN. EYE JACKSON.
HI. JACKSON. EYE QUIRK-SILVA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS
ITEM NUMBER NINE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER NINE AB 2447. THE MOTION
IS Dð PASS, AS AMENDED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. A
SALIH. A SALIH NOT VOTING. IRWIN
IRWIN I JACKSON I JACKSON I
QUIRK-SILVA. THE MEASURE HAS THE
HAS EIGHT EYES AND THE TWO NOT
VOTING WILL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR
ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. THANK
YOU. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 11.
FILE ITEM NUMBER 11 AN AB 2510.
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. Ã
SALIH A SALIH I IRWIN. IRWIN I
JACKSON. JACKSON I QUIRK-SILVA
THAT MEASURE TEN EYES, AND WE'LL
KEEP THE ROOM OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 12. FILE
ITEM NUMBER 12. THE MOTION IS Dð
PASS AS AMENDED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. BURNER
I BURNER I A SALIH A SALIH I
IRWIN, IRWIN I JACKSON. HI, JACK
THÀNH I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT
MEASURE IS TEN EYES, AND AT THIS
TIME I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A
VOTE CHANGE FROM A SIMILAR
JACKSON ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SO
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM
NUMBER FIVE, ASSEMBLY BILL 2193
BY SENATOR CHRIS HOLDEN. SUMMER
JACKSON. SENATOR JACKSON IS AN
EYE. SO THAT BRINGS OUR VOTE
TALLY TO SEVEN. THAT MEASURES
OUT. OR CAN YOU REPEAT IT FOR
THE RECORD PLEASE FILE ITEM
NUMBER FIVE AB 2193. THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AS AMENDED, TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
JACKSON JACKSON I COMENZÓ SEVEN
EYES. WE KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 14.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2633 FILE ITEM
NUMBER 14 AB 2633. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASSED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. BERNER. BERNER I
AZALI. AZALI I IRWIN. IRWIN I
JACKSON. JACKSON I QUIRK-SILVA.
THAT MEASURE IS TEN EYES WILL
KEEP THE WERE OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 15 FILE
ITEM NUMBER 15 AB 2883. THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE A SALIH
A SALIH NOT VOTING IRWIN IRWIN I
JACKSON A JACKSON I QUIRK-SILVA.
THAT MEASURE HAS NINE EYES ONE
NOT VOTING AND WE'LL KEEP THEM
OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
TO ADD ON. NEXT UP IS ITEM
NUMBER 16. FILE ITEM NUMBER 16
AB 2901. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS
TO THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
SALIH A SALIH NØ PHÐ IRWIN IRWIN
I JACKSON A JACKSON I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE HAS
NINE EYES. ONE NÓ. AND WE'LL
KEEP THE. WE'RE OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 17, FILE
ITEM NUMBER 17 TÍNH AB 2931. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. BURNER
BURNER I AZALI. AZALI I IRWIN.
IRWIN I. THAT MEASURE HAS TEN
EYES. I'M SORRY. THAT MEASURE
HAS TEN EYES. WILL KEEP THEM
OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. ADD
ON NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 18.
FILE ITEM NUMBER 18 AB 2936. THE
MOTION IS Dð PASS AS AMENDED TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
BURNER. BURNER I EASILY, EASILY
I IRWIN IRWIN I QUIRK-SILVA THAT
MEASURE HAS TEN EYES WILL KEEP
THE WERE OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS ADD ON. NEXT UP IS ITEM
NUMBER 19 FILE ITEM NUMBER 19 AB
2971. THE MOTION IS Dð PASS AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. Ã SALIH A SALIH NØ
IRWIN. IRWIN I JACKSON I JACKSON
I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE A
SEVEN EYES ONE NO. AND TWO NOT
VOTING WILL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. ADD ON. NEXT
UP IS ITEM NUMBER 20. FILE ITEM
NUMBER 20 AB 3034. THE MOTION IS
DUE. PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TO A TO I EASILY,
EASILY NOT VOTING IRWIN IRWIN I
JACKSON I JACKSON I QUIRK-SILVA
THAT MEASURE IS NINE EYES ONE
NOT VOTING AND WE'LL KEEP THE
WERE OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
TO ADD ON FILE FILE ITEM NUMBER
21 AB 3081. THE MOTION IS DUE.
PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. Ã SALIH. NOT REALLY
A SALIH NOT VOTING IRWIN IRWIN I
JACKSON. JACKSON. I QUIRK-SILVA.
THAT MEASURE HAS EIGHT EYES, TWO
NOT VOTING. WE'LL KEEP THE WE'RE
OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
TO ADD ON. NEXT UP IS ITEM
NUMBER 24. FILE ITEM NUMBER 24
AB 3131. THE MOTION IS Dð PASS
AS AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. ASALI ASALI I IRWIN.
IRWIN I JACKSON. JACKSON I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE IS TEN
EYES AND WILL KEEP THE WE'RE
OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ADD
ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU
. IF ANY OF THOSE MEMBERS LIKE
TO ADD ON, WE LIKE TO. OH, OKAY.
SORRY, WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM
NUMBER ONE. WE'LL GO BACK FOR A
MEMBER. ADD ON TO ITEM NUMBER
ONE. MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'M SORRY. CONSENT CALENDAR.
CONSENT CALENDAR. AND ITEM
NUMBER ONE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSISTS OF FILE, ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT AB 2403 Dð PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FILE
ITEM NUMBER TEN AB 2500. THE
MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FILE
ITEM NUMBER 22 3087. THE MOTION
IS TO PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE FILE ITEM NUMBER 25,
AB 3240. THE MOTION IS Dð PASS
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
FILE ITEM NUMBER 26, AB 3290.
THE MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE FILE
ITEM NUMBER 27 AG AR 13 TO BE
ADOPTED. ASALI ASALI I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE IS TEN
A'S FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ADD ON. NEXT
UP IS ITEM NUMBER ONE. GO AHEAD.
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE AB 2027.
THE MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE EASILY
EASILY I QUIRK-SILVA CERVANTES
TEN. EYES WILL KEEP THEIR OPEN
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU. FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THE MOTION IS Dð AB 2076. THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. Ã
SALIH NØ A SALIH NÓ. THAT
MEASURE IS NINE AYES ONE. NO.
AND WE'LL KEEP THE WERE OPEN FOR
ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD
ON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES. I'M
SORRY, MR. MURATSUCHI. GO AHEAD,
MAYOR REQUESTED VOTING. YES,
PLEASE, WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU
LIKE TO DO? A VOTE CHANGE. AB
2193, AB 2193 IS FILE NUMBER
FIVE. ASSEMBLY BILL 2193. MR.
MURATSUCHI NOT VOTING. MR. I DID
NOT VOTE. AB 2193 DO PASS IS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. MURATSUCHI CHANGE
FROM I TO NOT VOTING CHANGE FROM
I TO NOT VOTING. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR. MURATSUCHI. THAT ITEM
NOW HAS SIX EYES AND FIVE. I'M
SORRY. GO AHEAD
.
THAT MEASURE SIX AYES AND FOUR
NOT VOTING. AND WE'LL KEEP THE
WERE OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS ADD ON. THANK YOU, MR.
MURATSUCHI. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COLLEAGUES, FOR A ROBUST MEETING
. WE'LL KEEP THE WE'RE OPEN FOR
AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES FOR
ANY MEMBERS TO LIKE TO ADD ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE
COMMITTEE STAFF AND TO EVERYONE
WHO TESTIFIED HERE TODAY AND
COLLEAGUES FOR A ROBUST ASSEMBLY
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND
WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR AN
ADDITIONAL FIVE MORE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. I DID CALL
.
US MAKING COMMENTS
.
READING THROUGH. ALWAYS BE. VERY
MUCH. CHAIR. YEAH, I KNOW WE
PULLED THIS UP. YEAH, WE DON'T.
WE DON'T WANT TO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. OKAY
SO. YEAH. YEAH. I DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT. OKAY. HERE'S ONE. YES.
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COLLEAGUES. WE'LL KEEP THE WERE
OPEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE
MORE MINUTES, BUT I'D LIKE TO
ENTERTAIN A VOTE CHANGE FROM MR.
MURATSUCHI, ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
ASSEMBLY BILL 2193. YES, MR.
MURATSUCHI, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
VOTING TO MURATSUCHI AB 2193.
MOTION NOT VOTING TO I. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT
MEASURE NOW HAS SEVEN A'S AND
THREE NOT VOTING. WE'LL KEEP THE
ROLL OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS ADD ON. THANK YOU
.
VERY GOOD
.
ALL RIGHT. YEAH. VERY.
SERGEANT NHIÀU
.
OKAY. I JUST HAVE TO GO ACROSS
THE HALL.
QUIRK-SILVA CAN'T MAKE IT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES. AGAIN
FOR A ROBUST MEETING. AND THANK
YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TESTIFIED ON
OUR ROBUST PACKAGE OF BILLS HERE
TODAY. AND THANK YOU TO THE
ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR THEIR
TREMENDOUS WORK AND EFFORTS. AND
WITH THAT, THIS ASSEMBLY HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED