GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TIME IS
NOW 130 AND ASSEMBLY HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS CALLED TO
ORDER. WE WILL START AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. AND WELCOME TO THE
HEARING OF THE ASSEMBLY HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ALSO WANT
TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO OUR
14 STUDENT LEADERS WHO ARE PART
OF THE YOUNG LEGISLATORS
PROGRAM, REPRESENTING A DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 41, A SENATOR
CHRIS HOLDEN'S DISTRICT. THESE
ARE OUR STUDENT LEADERS OF TODAY
AND TOMORROW. WELCOME. PLEASE
NOTE THAT TODAY IS THE FIRST OF
TWO HEARINGS FOR OUR SENATE
BILLS. I WILL NOW GO OVER SOME
KEY ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF
TODAY'S HEARING. PLEASE NOTE,
WHILE THIS HEARING WILL NOT HAVE
PHONE TESTIMONY, WE ARE
ACCEPTING WRITTEN TESTIMONY
THROUGH THE POSITION LETTER
PORTAL ON THE COMMITTEE'S
WEBSITE AT V DOT AHEAD DOT
ASSEMBLY FCC.GOV AUTHORS, PLEASE
SIGN IN AT THE SERGEANTS DESK IN
ROOM 437. PLEASE. PLEASE NOTE
THAT THE GUIDELINE 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
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 IN
THE TWEENER CATEGORY, ONLY TWO
WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR TWO
MINUTES EACH FOR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF YOU'D LIKE
TO RESPOND TO A ROLL CALL, ASK A
QUESTION OR PROVIDE A COMMENT,
PLEASE BE SURE TO ACTIVATE YOUR
MICROPHONE AND SPEAK INTO YOUR
MIC. FOR AUTHORS OF BILLS UP
TODAY, EACH MEMBER PRESENTING
TODAY WILL PROVIDE AN OPENING
STATEMENT AND A CLOSING
STATEMENT. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED,
OUR TWO WITNESSES WILL EACH HAVE
TWO MINUTES TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY
. FOR TODAY'S HEARING, ICERM
PHIL CHEN HAS BEEN EXCUSED FROM
TODAY'S HEARING, AND THERE'S NO
REPLACEMENT FOR A SUMMER. CHEN.
TODAY. WE HAVE 14 MEASURES ON
THE AGENDA TODAY, WITH ONE
PROPOSED FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND WHEN WE HAVE
QUORUM, WE'LL TAKE UP THE
CONSENT CALENDAR AND THE ITEM
THAT WOULD BE. OH, ACTUALLY,
LET'S, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU
CAN CALL, TO ESTABLISH QUORUM
ROLL CALL, PLEASE. FONG HERE TO
HEAR ARAMBULA BURNER. ASALI
HERE. ERWIN JACKSON HERE. LO
MURATSUCHI QUIRK-SILVA. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, DO WE, WE HAVE ONE
ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
TODAY. FILE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT,
SB 1233, AUTHORED BY SENATOR
WILK. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR? AWESOME. WE
HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. THANK
YOU. COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR? CNN MADAM SECRETARY,
ROLL CALL. PLEASE FILE ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT SB 1233. THE MOTION
IS DUE. PASS TO THE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE. FONG I,
FONG I TO I TO I ARAMBULA BURNER
EASILY EASILY I ERWIN JACKSON I
JACKSON I LO LO I MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA. THAT
MEASURE HAS SIX EYES AND WE'LL
KEEP THE ROLL OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE'D LIKE
TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER TEN,
SB 1287, AUTHORED BY SENATOR
GLASER. SENATOR GLASER, WELCOME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS
BILL TO YOU TODAY. FIRST, LET ME
JUST SAY THAT I'M ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS, AND I WANT
TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING
WITH MY OFFICE AND STAKEHOLDERS
ON THOSE AMENDMENTS. I THINK A
NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE
RAISED IN THE ANALYSIS ITSELF
WERE RESOLVED BY THE AMENDMENTS
THAT I HAVE I HAVE TAKEN WITH
THESE AMENDMENTS. SB 1287 WILL
DO FOUR THINGS. FIRST, IT
REQUIRES PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY
INSTITUTIONS TO ADOPT AND
ENFORCE POLICIES IN THEIR
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT
PROHIBIT VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT,
INTIMIDATION AND DISCRIMINATION
THAT INTERFERES WITH STUDENTS
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OR
CONTRIBUTING TO A HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT. SECONDLY IT
REQUIRES THEM TO DEVELOP
ENFORCEABLE, REASONABLE TIME,
PLACE, AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS.
THIRD, IT REQUIRES THE
DEVELOPMENT OF MANDATORY
TRAINING PROGRAMS ON HOW TO
ENGAGE RESPECTFULLY AND FINALLY,
THE BILL ASKS EACH STUDENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'LL COMPLY
WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
BY IMPLEMENTING THESE
PROVISIONS, THE BILL AFFIRMS THE
ROLE THAT CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MUST
TAKE TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS
ARE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR FREE
SPEECH RIGHTS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS
RESPECTFULLY. Kò. IN RECENT
MONTHS AND WEEKS, WE'VE
WITNESSED AN ALARMING TREND OF
ESCALATING HARASSMENT,
INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE
TARGETED AT MARGINALIZED GROUPS
ON OUR CAMPUSES. THIS OBVIOUSLY
THREATENS THE SAFETY AND
WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS,
FACULTY, AND STAFF. OUR COLLEGES
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE
FREE SPEECH WHILE PREVENTING
DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT.
AND I KNOW THAT A COMMON
QUESTION THAT YOU ARE THINKING
ABOUT AND ASKING IS ONE THAT IS,
IS I WANT TO ADDRESS STRAIGHT UP
WHERE DOES FREE SPEECH CROSS THE
LINE INTO SPEECH? THAT IS NOT
PROTECTED? THE SUPREME COURT HAS
AFFIRMED THAT COLLEGES NEED NOT
TOLERATE SPEECH THAT IS
INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR BASIC
EDUCATIONAL MISSION. THIS BILL
ALIGNS WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY
BY REQUIRING CAMPUSES TO
INSTITUTE POLICIES THAT
EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT ACTIONS THAT
LEAD TO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ON
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTS WHICH DIVIDE
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,
PREVENTING THE FREE EXCHANGE OF
IDEAS THAT IS SO VALUED ON OUR
CAMPUSES MEMBERS, EVEN WHEN
WE'RE DEALING WITH DIVISIVE
ISSUES AND WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE ALL AROUND US, ALL STUDENT
VOICES HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE
HEARD. NONE SHOULD BE SILENCED.
I BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION WILL
HELP RESTORE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR
CIVIL DISCOURSE ON OUR CAMPUSES.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF WITNESSES TO
PROVIDE TESTIMONY TODAY WITH THE
SUPPORT OF THE CHAIR, GABRIEL
GENSKY, A STUDENT AT UC DAVIS,
AND CLIFF BERG. THANK YOU.
WELCOME GOOD AFTERNOON.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
GABRIEL GUSINSKY AND I, AND I AM
AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AT UC
DAVIS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT
MY EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE
OF OTHER JEWISH AND ISRAELI
COLLEGE STUDENTS. ON THE MORNING
OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, I WOKE UP
TO HORRIFIC VIDEOS OF THE
UNFOLDING HAMAS TERRORIST ATTACK
BEFORE I HAD ANY TIME TO PROCESS
WHAT WAS HAPPENING OR CHECK IN
ON FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. THERE
WERE ALREADY SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
CIRCULATING JUSTIFYING THE
VIOLENCE WITH MY CLASSMATES AND
FORMER FRIENDS, CLAIMING THAT MY
PEOPLE DESERVED ANYTHING THAT
WAS COMING THEIR WAY. AS THE WAR
CONTINUED, THINGS ON CAMPUS
BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND
STILL ARE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY
WORSE. A PROFESSOR AT MY
UNIVERSITY THREATENED TO KILL
JOURNALISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
IF THEY REPORTED FAVORABLY ON
ISRAEL. ANOTHER PROFESSOR
CLAIMED THAT THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS AN ISRAELI CIVILIAN,
AND THAT ALL OF US ARE VALID AND
MILITARY TARGETS. EVERY DAY I
HEAR STORIES FROM FRIENDS ABOUT
HOW THEY HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY
AND VERBALLY ATTACKED, EXCLUDED
FROM ACADEMIC SPACES, AND MADE
TO FEEL UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THEIR
JEWISH OR ISRAELI IDENTITY. I
PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENTLY HARASSED IN PERSON
AND ON THE INTERNET, EVEN PRIOR
TO OCTOBER 7TH, BUT ESPECIALLY
AFTERWARD. I'VE BEEN CALLED
SLURS, HAD THREATS MADE AGAINST
ME, AND BEEN ACCUSED OF VARIOUS
CRIMES SIMPLY BECAUSE I AM AN
OUTSPOKEN AND PROUD ISRAELI JEW.
NOW, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF
CONTROVERSIAL SPEECH. I
UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS COUNTRY,
PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY
WHATEVER THEY WANT, REGARDLESS
OF HOW DISTURBING OTHERS MAY
FIND IT. THE AUTHORS OF THIS
BILL UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
THIS INSTEAD IS AN ISSUE OF
CONSISTENT HARASSMENT,
DISCRIMINATION, AND EVEN
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE THAT HAS
AMOUNTED TO A HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT FOR JEWISH AND
ISRAELI COLLEGE STUDENTS. TO
THOSE THAT CLAIM THAT THIS
LEGISLATION WILL HAVE A CHILLING
EFFECT ON FREE SPEECH, I WOULD
LIKE TO POSE A FEW QUESTIONS. IS
IT FREE SPEECH TO SET A POLICE
CAR ON CAMPUS, BUILDING ON FIRE,
AS WAS DONE AT UC BERKELEY? IS
IT FREE SPEECH TO HOLD
ADMINISTRATORS HOSTAGE FOR EIGHT
HOURS, AS WAS DONE AT CAL STATE
LOS ANGELES? IS IT FREE SPEECH
TO BAR JEWISH STUDENTS FROM
ACCESSING CAMPUS RESOURCES BASED
ON THEIR VIEW OF THE ISRAELI
PALESTINIAN CONFLICT, AS WAS
DONE AT UCLA? IS IT SIMPLY AN
EXPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH? WHEN
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WAS
STALKED FOR WEEKS ON CAMPUS AT
HER PLACE OF WORK AND WITHIN HER
DORM BUILDING, TO THE POINT THAT
POLICE HAD TO ORDER HER TO STAY
AWAY FROM THE UNIVERSITY SHE
PAYS TO ATTEND. IT IS A
FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF
ANY PUBLIC INSTITUTION TO
PROVIDE SERVICES EQUITABLY TO
ALL THOSE WHO UTILIZE IT. IN THE
CASE OF OUR UNIVERSITIES, THAT
IS THE EDUCATION THAT IS PAID
FOR BY MY TUITION AND BY
CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS. NOBODY,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER,
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ETHNICITY,
NATIONALITY OR RELIGION SHOULD
HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
EXPRESSING THEIR IDENTITY AND
OBTAINING THEIR DEGREE. I'M NOT
STANDING HERE TODAY TO BETTER MY
OWN SITUATION, AS I ONLY HAVE A
YEAR LEFT OF COLLEGE. I'M HERE
TO SPEAK FOR THE GENERATIONS OF
STUDENTS THAT WILL COME AFTER
ME, WHO DESERVE A COLLEGE CAMPUS
WHERE THEY CAN FREELY PURSUE
THEIR PASSIONS AND LEARN FREE
FROM HARASSMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT MANY STUDENTS
LIKE ME HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
GET ASSEMBLYMEMBERS I URGE YOU
TO PASS THIS BILL TO PROTECT NOT
JUST JEWISH AND ISRAELI
STUDENTS, BUT ANYBODY THAT HAS
BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS HOSTILE
POLITICAL CLIMATE. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN. CLIFF BERG, ON BEHALF
OF THE JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA, THE
LARGEST SINGLE STATE COALITION
OF JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
NATION, I WANT TO THANK THE
AUTHOR, SENATOR GLAZER, FOR
BRINGING FORWARD THIS BILL. SB
1287, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
TO UPDATE AND ENFORCE PROVISIONS
IN THEIR STUDENT CODES TO
PREVENT INSTANCES OF
INTIMIDATION, HARASSMENT AND
VIOLENCE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
THE BILL WOULD ALSO REQUIRE EACH
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO
DEVELOP TRAINING PROGRAMS TO
EDUCATE STUDENTS ON CIVIL
DISCOURSE, AND REQUIRE STUDENTS
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY WILL COMPLY
WITH STUDENT CODES OF CONDUCT.
JPAC IS A COALITION OF OVER 30
LEADING JEWISH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE
AS THE VOICE OF CALIFORNIA'S
JEWISH COMMUNITY, THE STATE
CAPITOL WE ADVOCATE IN
SACRAMENTO IN BEHALF OF THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS AND
BROADLY SHARED VALUES. OUR
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING
JEWISH FEDERATIONS, JEWISH
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCILS,
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES, AND
OTHERS, COLLECTIVE. WE SERVE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CALIFORNIANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS
AND REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF
CALIFORNIA'S 1.2 MILLION JEWS.
THE PROTECTIONS IN SB 1287 ARE
PARTICULARLY URGENT FOR OUR
COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED
A 2,000% INCREASE IN
ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS ON
COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN THE FIVE
MONTHS SINCE THE HAMAS ATTACKS
ON OCTOBER 7TH. THERE IS A BROAD
CONSENSUS THAT STRONGER MEASURES
MUST BE TAKEN IN THIS REGARD.
THIS BILL PROTECTS NOT JUST
JEWISH STUDENTS AND THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY, BUT STUDENTS OF ALL
FAITHS AND ETHNICITY FROM
HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE. WE URGE
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. DAVID NEVIN, ON BEHALF
OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
RELATIONS COUNCIL, IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING
ROOM? THANK YOU.
HI. MY NAME IS JANELLE. CAN I
START? YES. HI. MY NAME IS
JANELLE CAMARENA. I'M A
SOVEREIGN CITIZEN FROM THE TULE
RIVER BAND OF YOKUT. I AM IN MY
FIRST YEAR AT UCLA, MAJORING
MAJORING IN AMERICAN INDIAN
STUDIES. MY PEOPLE HAVE FACED
GENOCIDAL VIOLENCE FROM THIS
VERY LEGISLATOR, AS IT WAS IN
1851 WHEN THE CALIFORNIA
GOVERNOR TOLD STATE LEGISLATORS
TO EXPECT WAR UNTIL THE INDIAN
RACE BECOMES EXTINCT. I HAVE
KNOWN THIS CAPITOL TO BE A
SYMBOL OF VIOLENCE, OPPRESSION
AND THE GENOCIDE OF MY PEOPLE.
MY PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND IT IS
WITH THAT THAT I MADE IT MY
INTENT TO STUDY YOUR LANGUAGE,
YOUR LAWS, AND THE ABSURDITY OF
YOUR ORDER. I KNOW A GENOCIDAL
IDEOLOGY WHEN I SEE ONE. HENCE
MY CALL FOR PALESTINIAN
LIBERATION FROM THE GENOCIDAL
STATES OF ISRAEL AND AMERICA.
SINCE THE START OF MY ENROLLMENT
AT UCLA, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS ON AND
OFF CAMPUS. I HAVE BEEN
UNAPOLOGETICALLY SUPPORTIVE OF
PALESTINIAN LIBERATION AND
SELF-DETERMINATION, AND FIRMLY
BELIEVE THAT IN MY LIFETIME,
PALESTINE WILL BE FREE FROM THE
RIVER TO THE SEA. I AM IN
OPPOSITION TO SB 1287, AS IT IS
A DANGEROUS BILL THAT WILL
SUBJECT THE FREE SPEECH AND
ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF NEARLY 2.7
MILLION STUDENTS INTO THE HANDS
OF LESS THAN 100 TRUSTEES, BOARD
OF GOVERNORS AND UC REGENTS.
ALLOWING FOR THESE SCHOOLS,
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE UC, CSU,
AND COLLEGE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE
SYSTEMS TO DICTATE WHEN AND
WHERE AND HOW ME AND MY PEERS
PROTEST IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
PREPARES OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO
BECOME BREEDING GROUNDS FOR
STATE SANCTIONED PROPAGANDA TO
OUR SCHOOL REGENTS, TRUSTEES,
AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS. YOU DO
NOT KNOW THE STUDENTS NOR THE
CAMPUSES. YOU DO NOT KNOW OUR
VOICES. I KNOW IT IS HARD TO
HEAR OUR DEMANDS WHEN YOUR
IMMEDIATE REACTIONS TO OUR CALLS
FOR JUSTICE IS TO SEND RIOT COPS
ONTO OUR CAMPUS, TO MILITARIZE
OUR THOUGHTS AND WATCH US GET
BRUTALIZED FROM THE COMFORT OF
YOUR COMPLICITY. I WAS IN ROYCE
HALL, WHERE I WAS LECTURED ON
STATE SANCTIONED MILITIAS THAT
WOULD MASSACRE MY ANCESTORS FROM
THE SIERRA NEVADA'S TO THE
CENTRAL VALLEY DOWN TO LOS
ANGELES. NEARLY TWO CENTURIES
LATER, IT WAS AT ROYCE HALL THAT
UCLA CHANCELLOR GENE BLOCK AND
L.A. MAYOR KAREN BASS WATCHED ME
AND MY PEERS GET BRUTALIZED BY
THESE DESCENDANTS OF THESE
MILITIAS THAT WE NOW CALL THE
LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
AND THEIR ORGANIZED GANGS. THIS
BILL ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT ME AND
MY COLLEGE EDUCATION FROM
HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, AND
VIOLENCE. BUT TO THAT I SAY YOU
ARE THE THREAT. YOU ARE THE
VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION. I
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE STATE
ASSEMBLY BEFORE ME TO ACT WITH
INTEGRITY AND REALIZE THAT THESE
SELECT SCHOOLS, AND THEIR
OFFICIALS ACROSS CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC COLLEGES SHOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO CONTROL MY THOUGHTS, MY
BODY, OR MY ACTIONS. THAT POWER
BELONGS WITHIN THE HANDS OF THE
PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE ARE
CALLING FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO END
THIS GENOCIDE BY DIVESTING FROM
WEAPONS MANUFACTURING AND THE
STATE OF ISRAEL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME
IS CYNTHIA VALENCIA. I AM A
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE WITH THE
ACLU CALIFORNIA ACTION, WE WANT
TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMITTEE STAFF
AND THE AUTHOR FOR WORKING ON
AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS THAT WE
HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAVE
RAISED, WE ALSO WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE MOST SERIOUS
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE THAT WE
FLAGGED IN OUR OPPOSITION HAS
BEEN REMOVED, SO THANK YOU,
SENATOR AND STAFF, FOR TAKING
THOSE CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS OR ADVOCATES AND
MEMBERS. HOWEVER WE DO REMAIN IN
OPPOSITION TO SB 1287 AS IT
CALLS FOR PUNISHMENT AND THE
CHILLING OF SPEECH IN THE NAME
OF CIVILITY. THE BILL STILL
CONTAINS CONCERNING LANGUAGE
THAT REQUIRES A STUDENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE A DUTY TO COMPLY
WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT AS A
CONDITION OF ENROLLMENT. EVEN IF
A STUDENT HAS A GOOD FAITH
BELIEF THAT THE CODE OF CONDUCT
VIOLATES THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS, STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO
RECEIVE A HIGHER EDUCATION IN
CALIFORNIA WITHOUT BEING
REQUIRED TO WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS
TO FREE EXPRESSION AND PEACEFUL
PROTEST. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR
THAT NEITHER THE FIRST AMENDMENT
NOR CALIFORNIA LAW PROTECTS
BEHAVIOR ON CAMPUS THAT CROSSES
THE LINE INTO TARGETED
HARASSMENT OR CREATES A
PERVASIVELY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS, EXIST
LAW ALREADY AUTHORIZES
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO
PROHIBIT AND PUNISH VIOLENCE,
VANDALISM, AND ACTS THAT DISRUPT
THE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF
OTHERS. EXISTING LAW ALREADY
AUTHORIZES INSTITUTIONS TO ADOPT
CODE OF CONDUCT THAT PROHIBIT
UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT AND THREATS
THAT IMPAIR STUDENTS RIGHT TO
FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE
EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. THESE
EXISTING LAWS AND POLICIES
INTEND TO ENSURE A SAFE AND
INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT ENCROACHING
ON VITAL CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS. THESE EXISTING LAWS
AND POLICIES ARE APPLICABLE TO
EVERY ONE OF THE SPECIFIC
INCIDENCES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED
IN THE AUTHORS AND THE SPEAKERS
THAT SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE
NEED FOR THIS LEGISLATION. REAL
SOCIAL CHANGE COMES FROM WORKING
TO ADDRESS UNDERLYING CAUSES OF
INEQUALITY AND BIGOTRY, NOT FROM
THE CENSORSHIP OF DISCOURSE. FOR
THESE REASONS, WE ASK THE
COMMITTEE TO VOTE NO ON SB 1287.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING
ROOM? YES. MY NAME IS PORTER
HARRIS. I'M A MEMBER OF UAW
4811, AND I'M IN OPPOSITION TO
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. HI, SARAH
HARRIS AND I'M A MEMBER OF UAW
4811, AND I'M IN OPPOSITION. MY
NAME IS AUSTIN POWELL. I'M AN
ACADEMIC WORKER AT UC DAVIS AND
A MEMBER OF UC AFT, AND I'M IN
OPPOSITION. MY NAME IS GRACE
BOONE. I AM A RESEARCHER AT UC
DAVIS, ACADEMIC RESEARCHER HERE
WITH 4811 UAW IN OPPOSITION. MY
NAME IS JACK BARNES. I'M A
RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA, AND I AM
IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. HI,
BEN COX, I AM AN ACADEMIC WORKER
AT UC DAVIS AND A MEMBER OF UAW
4811 SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU. SYLVIA SALAS CHAU, ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION, IN OPPOSITION. HI
MY NAME IS LOLA GIBSON. I'M AN
UNDERGRADUATE WORKER AT UC DAVIS
WITH UAW 4811, AND I'M IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. HELLO.
MY NAME IS JAMES GELLER. I AM A
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER AT
UC DAVIS, ALSO A MEMBER OF UAW
4811, IN OPPOSITION, OMAR
AL-TAMIMI, THE SENIOR POLICY AND
ADVOCACY COORDINATOR FOR CARE,
THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC
RELATIONS, CALIFORNIA CHAPTER IN
OPPOSITION. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS DAVID MANDEL, HUMAN
RIGHTS ATTORNEY REPRESENTING
MORE THAN 100,000 MEMBERS AND
SUPPORTERS OF JEWISH VOICE FOR
PEACE AROUND CALIFORNIA. VÀ, WE
ARE IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL. THE REAL AGENDA WAS CLEAR
FROM THE SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF
US. NAME AN ORGANIZATION'S
POSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
LARRY HENDEL, ALSO FROM JEWISH
VOICE FOR PEACE, STRONGLY IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. SAN
MATIAS GÓMEZ, MEMBER OF THE
BERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE AND
FROM THE BAY AREA TO PALESTINE.
THE BSC ALIGNS OURSELVES WITH
SOLIDARITY FOR THE GLOBAL
STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION OF ALL
OPPRESSED PEOPLE. MY NAME IS
AARON SAINT-JOHN. I'M A GRADUATE
STUDENT RESEARCHER AT UC DAVIS
WITH UAW 4811. SPEAKING IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARSHALL
NAKATANI, AND ON BEHALF OF UAW
4811, REPRESENTING 48,000
ACADEMIC WORKERS ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WE ARE IN
STRONG OPPOSITION TO SB 1287.
THANK YOU. TIFFANY MOK, ON
BEHALF OF CFT, A UNION OF
EDUCATORS AND CLASSIFIED
PROFESSIONALS, WE WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR HIS HARD WORK TO
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL
STUDENTS ON CAMPUS AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE STILL OPPOSED WITH THE
JUNE 12TH LETTER. WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE
AMENDMENTS AND CANNOT THANK THE
AUTHOR, CHAIR AND STAFF ENOUGH
FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.
PLEASE COME UP TO THE MIC A NAME
ORGANIZATION AND HI POSITION. MY
NAME IS MAX GREEN. I'M A MEMBER
OF UAW 4811 AT UC BERKELEY AND I
AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS
BILL. I THINK ITS PURPOSE IS TO
STIFLE FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS.
HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN RHODES.
I'M A MEMBER OF UAW 4811 AT THE
UC BERKELEY, AND I AM STRONGLY
OPPOSED TO THIS BILL. HELLO, I'M
JENNY MORENO, ALSO A MEMBER OF
UAW 4811 AT UC BERKELEY,
STRONGLY OPPOSES THIS BILL. I
BELIEVE THAT, IT LENDS ITSELF TO
A RISE IN RIGHT WING AND FASCIST
IDEOLOGY. HELLO, MY NAME IS
ANDRE, AND I'M PART OF THE UC
BERKELEY GOLDMAN PUBLIC POLICY
SCHOOL. AND I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED
TO THE BILL. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE ANY TWEENERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM SEEING? NONE.
COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? SENATOR JACKSON,
FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR SALLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
JUST TO JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
WOULD THIS BILL PROHIBIT HOW
WOULD THIS BILL? I THINK MY
QUESTION IS FOR ACLU RIGHT NOW,
HOW WOULD THIS BILL BE STIFLE OR
IMPEDE PEOPLE FROM THEIR FREE
FROM FREE SPEECH AND PEACEFUL
PROTEST? WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT
THIS BILL, BECAUSE IT STILL HAS
LANGUAGE THAT STUDENTS, AS A
CONDITION OF ENROLLMENT, WOULD
REQUIRE STUDENTS THAT EVEN IF
THEY HAVE A GOOD FAITH BELIEF
THAT IT MIGHT INFRINGE ON THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. SO THIS
WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CSU TO
START IMPLEMENTING NEW POLICIES.
WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY
WOULD IMPLEMENT THESE NEW
POLICIES. WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THEIR
POLICIES RIGHT NOW WITH EXISTING
LAW, AS WE HAVE SEEN, WITH
EXISTING POLICIES AND HOW
THEY'RE ADDRESSING, IT RIGHT
NOW. RIGHT NOW WITH THIS BILL,
THE LANGUAGE IN THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WE HAVE SEEN, IT WOULD BE
FORCING OR IT WOULD BE CREATING
NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
ABOUT HOW TO CREATE NEW POLICIES
AND THE AND THE STUDENTS TO SIGN
A WAIVER OR SIGN A CONDITION,
FOR THEIR ENROLLMENT. AND IF
THEY DON'T, Ã. IF THEY DON'T, I
IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IT OR
IF THEY DON'T COMPLY, THEY COULD
GET FACE SERIOUS ACADEMIC
CONSEQUENCES WITH IT. AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, THAT
THEY WOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR
ACTIVITIES. RIGHT NOW. IT SEEMS
TO ME THAT IT JUST DEPENDS ON
WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES IS
CORRECT, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING IN THIS BILL THAT SAYS
THAT PEOPLE CAN'T FREAK Kò
EXPRESS WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. I
DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT
PROHIBITS, SOMEONE FROM,
PEACEFULLY ENGAGING IN PROTEST,
WITH THIS PROHIBIT STUDENTS AND
MAYBE, SENATOR, THIS IS A
QUESTION FROM YOU WITH THIS
PROHIBITS STUDENTS FROM DOING
SIT INS THROUGH THE CHAIR. SO
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NOTHING.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BILL AND
NOTHING WOULD EVEN BE
APPROPRIATE THAT WOULD EVER HAVE
A STUDENT WAIVE THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THERE'S
NOTHING WE COULD EVER DO HERE IN
THE LEGISLATURE IN THIS BILL.
OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD EVER
REQUIRE A STUDENT THROUGH SOME
SORT OF WAIVER TO WAIVE THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THE FIRST
AMENDMENT. THE ANSWER IS THAT
NO, A SIT IN IS NOT IF IT'S A
FORM OF SPEECH, THERE'S NOTHING
IN THIS BILL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT
A SIT IN RIGHT NOW IF IT WAS
CONSIDERED A TIME, PLACE AND
MANNER, VIOLATION BY THE CAMPUS.
THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, WHICH, BY
THE WAY, IS IN PLACE TODAY. IN
FACT, TESTIMONY FROM THE ACLU,
IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL SEEMS
TO SAY ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS
ARE IN, IN PLACE TODAY. SO
THAT'S WOULD BE MY SHORT ANSWER
TO YOUR QUESTION. MY JUST
CONCERN. AND I CAN SEE A CONCERN
THAT. IF BY SIGNING THIS CODE OF
CONDUCT, THEY BEGIN TO WEAPONIZE
THE CODE OF CONDUCT TO TRY TO
SILENCE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T
AGREE WITH, IS THAT YOUR
ARGUMENT? CORRECT OKAY. SO
THAT'S YOUR ARGUMENT. AND SO I
THINK MY IDEA IS AND THE REASON
WHY IS WE JUST HAVE TO DISCERN
WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND NOT
ACCEPTABLE. WHAT'S NOT
ACCEPTABLE IS FOR YOU TO PUT
YOUR HANDS ON SOMEBODY. WHAT'S
NOT ACCEPTABLE IS WHEN YOU ARE
THREATENING SOMEONE. WHAT'S NOT
ACCEPTABLE IS WHEN YOU'RE
FOLLOWING SOMEONE TO THEIR HOME
OR FOLLOWING SOMEONE IN TO CLASS
IN AN INTIMIDATING MANNER WAS
NOT ACCEPTABLE IS WHEN YOU DO
THINGS THAT DEHUMANIZE OTHER
PEOPLE, EVEN WHEN YOU CLAIM ON
FIGHTING FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S
HUMANITY. AND I THINK THAT IS
THE THING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO
THINK OF, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW, I'M
A MASTER PROTESTER. I'LL SHUT
DOWN SOMETHING IN A SECOND.
OKAY? AND AND BUT I ALSO KNOW
THAT THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO
THAT. AND A CORE PRINCIPLE OF
NONVIOLENCE PROTEST IS I KNOW I
MIGHT GET A CONSEQUENCE FOR IT,
BUT BECAUSE IT'S A MORAL
IMPERATIVE OF I'M WILLING TO
ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCE FOR IT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE REALLY ALIGN OURSELVES
IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CORE
PRINCIPLES OF PROTEST IS, WHICH
IS GET IN THE WAY, MAKE THINGS
UNCOMFORTABLE, UNCOMFORTABLE.
NOT ALL THINGS UNCOMFORTABLE ARE
BAD THING, RIGHT? BUT WHAT WE'VE
BEEN SEEING AND WHAT I'VE BEEN
SEEING, EVEN SOME OF MY OWN
FRIENDS BACK AT HOME ON THE
STREETS, IS THAT WE HAVE BEGUN
TO LOSE OUR OWN HUMANITY, AS WE
CLAIM THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR
OTHERS, AND WE'VE GOT TO RESTORE
THAT EXPECTATION RIGHT? WE'VE
GOT TO RESTORE AND RETEACH
PEOPLE HOW TO, PROTEST AND HOW
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S
VOICES ARE NOT HEARD. BUT RIGHT
NOW, I THINK WE ARE ADOPTING A
LOT OF THINGS. WELL, I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, I
JUST THINK WE'RE IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION AND WE'RE GOING THE
WRONG DIRECTION IN TERMS OF OUR
HISTORY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO, AND SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING
THIS BILL, BUT I THINK WE NEED
TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT
BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S
ALWAYS SOMEONE IN SOME OFFICE AT
SOME UNIVERSITY THAT MIGHT HAVE
THEIR OWN IDEAS IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE INTENT IS, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, THE STATUS QUO IS JUST NOT
ACCEPTABLE. JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND WE'VE GOT TO START BALANCING
OUR HUMANITY AGAIN. RIGHT I
APPRECIATE IT, MR. CHAIR. WELL
SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SENATOR
JACKSON SIMILAR, SALLY. THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR, SENATOR, I
APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT YOUR
INTENT HERE IS NOT TO STIFLE
FREE SPEECH, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
CONCERN OF MINE. I HOPE EVERY
MEMBER OF THIS BODY IS
PRESERVING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS, DO YOU AGREE THAT HATE
SPEECH IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST
AMENDMENT? YES. OKAY I AGREE AS
WELL. EVEN THOUGH I MAY HATE IT,
I HATE HATE SPEECH. I CONDEMN IT
. I, IT'S DEPLORABLE, BUT IT'S
PROTECTED. AND THE REASON IT'S
PROTECTED IS BECAUSE IN OUR FREE
SOCIETY, WE CANNOT HAVE THE
GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN, CONTENT
BASED SPEECH REGULATION IN
DECIDING WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE,
WHAT'S NOT. SO LET ME ASK YOU
THIS, I DON'T REALLY SEE MUCH OF
AN ISSUE WITH YOUR BILL EXCEPT
ONE PART THAT GIVES ME PAUSE,
AND IT SAYS THAT, THE
UNIVERSITIES ARE TO ADOPT A CODE
OF CONDUCT THAT WOULD PROHIBIT
HARASSING, INTIMIDATING, OR
DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT THAT
CREATES A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE DEFINITION OF HOSTILE IS
UNWELCOME CONDUCT. SO DO YOU
EVER SEE SPEECH ON CAMPUS BY
PROTESTERS OR STUDENTS EVER
RISING TO THE LEVEL OF MEANING?
THAT DEFINITION, IF IT'S
PERVASIVE, I THINK IT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO, SO, WHAT IS THAT
WHAT IS PERVASIVE MEAN? I THINK
THEY SAY IT TOO MANY TIMES. I
THINK WE'D HAVE TO HAVE SOME
LAWYERS COME IN AND PROVIDE THAT
THAT DEFINITION FOR YOU TO BE,
TO MAKE SURE I, IT WOULD BE SAID
CORRECTLY. BUT YOU STANDING UP
IN THE, IN THE QUAD AND SAYING
WHATEVER HATEFUL THINGS YOU
WANTED TO SAY, WOULD, WOULD NOT
NECESSARILY RISE TO A
PROHIBITION UNDER THIS BILL,
THAT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
CREATE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR
STUDENTS, BUT IT COULD, THE
CIRCUMSTANCE REYES WERE
MULTIPLIED. YEAH. IN DIFFERENT
WAYS. IT SEEMS LIKE A POTENTIAL
LOOPHOLE. I MEAN, IF YOU WERE TO
IF YOU WERE TO AGREE THAT
SPEECH, TO EXCLUDE SPEECH FROM
THE DEFINITION OF CONDUCT, I
WOULD SUPPORT THE BILL. BUT IF
THERE'S STILL A WINDOW HERE
WHERE SPEECH COULD BE
INTERPRETED TO RISE TO THE LEVEL
OF, YOU KNOW, HOSTILE CONDUCT,
I, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. AND LET
ME JUST ASK YOU A SPECIFIC
QUESTION. WHAT WOULD THIS BILL
DO, IN YOUR OPINION, THAT IS NOT
CURRENTLY ILLEGAL NOW, BECAUSE
UNIVERSITIES CAN REGULATE TIME,
USE AND PLACE. RIGHT NOW,
THREATS ARE ILLEGAL. BURNING
POLICE CARS ARE ILLEGAL. HOLDING
PEOPLE HOSTAGE IS ILLEGAL,
STALKING IS ILLEGAL. BUILDING
ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
IS ILLEGAL. SO WHAT ARE WE
TRYING TO DO HERE THAT'S NOT
ALREADY COVERED BY EXISTING LAW?
WELL, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A
QUESTION THAT WAS POSED AT A
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING MANY
MONTHS AGO TO, A COUPLE OF
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, AND THAT
QUESTION WAS, WOULD A CALL FOR
GENOCIDE VIOLATE THE CODES OF
CONDUCT, THE STUDENT CODES OF
CONDUCT ON YOUR CAMPUS? THOSE
PRESIDENTS HAD TROUBLE ANSWERING
THAT. AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN
READING THE ANALYSIS, WE HAD, IN
THE BILL THAT A CALL FOR
GENOCIDE, WOULD BE CONSIDERED A
FORM OF FREE SPEECH THAT, IF
INTENDED BY THE PERSON SPEAKING
AND INTERPRETED BY THE PERSON
WHO HEARD IT, WOULD, WOULD BE A
VIOLATION OF THE BILL AS
PROPOSED. IF YOU THE ANALYSIS
POINTS OUT THAT WE TOOK AN
AMENDMENT IN THIS COMMITTEE
TODAY THAT DEFINES IT TAKES OUT
THAT CALL FOR GENOCIDE AND
REPLACES IT WITH A HOSTILE,
ENVIRONMENT MEANT AS A
REPLACEMENT TO DEAL WITH THAT
QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT
THEY FELT WAS WAS MORE
APPROPRIATE AND DEFENSIBLE UNDER
THE FIRST AMENDMENT. AND THAT
THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE
IN THE BILL THAT I ACCEPTED THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO DO SO
THAT GOES BACK TO YOUR QUESTION
THAT YOU POSED TO ME, AND I
UNDERSTAND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE
ANSWER TO IT, BUT THAT'S THAT
WOULD BE MY ANSWER TO IT. I
APPRECIATE IT. I MEAN, THIS IS A
VERY MESSY AREA OF LAW WHEN
YOU'RE DEALING WITH WITH SPEECH.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY
CAREFUL, THOUGH, THAT WE, DO
NOT, YOU KNOW, INHIBIT, FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY'RE
VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND
TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY FEEL
COMFORTABLE THAT THE LAWS ARE
BEING USED FAIRLY OR JUSTLY
AGAINST ONE GROUP. THEY COULD BE
TURNED AROUND AND USED AGAINST
YOU OR ANOTHER GROUP LATER. SO
VERY, VERY CAREFUL OF PROTECTING
THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THIS
GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I DO
FEEL THE NEED TO SAY THIS. YOU
KNOW, TO OUR, OUR JEWISH
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I JUST
WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND THE
FRUSTRATION AND I UNDERSTAND THE
CONCERN AND THE ALARM AND THE
RHETORIC THAT'S GOING ON. I DO
HEAR IT. AND I WILL TELL YOU, AS
AS A MUSLIM AND AS THE FIRST
MUSLIM IN THIS BODY, I
ABSOLUTELY CONDEMN, YOU KNOW,
ANY ANTI-SEMITIC RHETORIC THAT'S
HEARING. I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT.
AND I THINK AS A MUSLIM, WE
ABSOLUTELY CONDEMN ALL FORMS OF
TERRORISM, INCLUDING WHAT HAMAS
DID. AND I CAN TELL YOU, BASED
ON WHAT I KNOW AND MY BELIEF
THAT THE PEOPLE THAT COMMITTED
THOSE ACTS AGAINST CIVILIANS,
WILL GO TO HELL, AND THAT'S
UNDER MY BOOK, NOT JUST THE
OTHER BOOKS. SO, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T WANT THIS TO DEVOLVE OVER
A FOREIGN ISSUE. I REALLY,
REALLY, YOU KNOW, DO CARE ABOUT
THE WELL-BEING OF EVERYONE AND
DENOUNCE ALL FORMS OF HATE. BUT
JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE HOW
PEOPLE EXPRESS IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT, IT SHOULD NECESSARILY BE
ILLEGAL. SO I APPRECIATE YOU
ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS, SENATOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR
SALIH. COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER
SIMILAR MURATSUCHI. THANK YOU,
SENATOR GLAZER, FOR BRINGING
THIS IMPORTANT, DISCUSSION, TO
THIS BODY, I WANT TO FIRST START
BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I, LIKE
MANY, I HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED
WITH, SEEING WHAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING ON OUR COLLEGE
CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
ESPECIALLY IN, COLLEGE CAMPUSES,
FAILING TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND
THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO
ATTEND, CLASS SAFELY. I THINK
THAT'S A CORE MISSION OF ANY
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION THAT
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENSURE
THAT EVERY STUDENT, FEELS SAFE
IN GOING TO CLASS, AND, AND, AND
TO, TO BE ABLE TO, PURSUE THE
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE OF THE
INSTITUTION AT THE SAME TIME,
YOU KNOW, I, I'M A PROUD CAL
BEAR AS OUR CHANCELLOR. CAROL
CHRIST RECENTLY STATED, YOU
KNOW, PROTEST IS IN OUR DNA, AND
I AM VERY CONCERNED, WITH, THE
ACLU'S ANALYSIS, I'M AND I'M
ACTUALLY FIND MYSELF IN
AGREEMENT WITH, A LOT OF WHAT,
MY COLLEAGUE WAS, WAS, WAS JUST
STATING ABOUT A EXTREME, CONCERN
OF A POLITICAL BODY LIKE THE
LEGISLATURE WEIGHING IN ON SUCH
SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW, BALANCING
ACTS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN FIRST
AMENDMENT FREE SPEECH ANALYSIS.
AND SO, I GUESS MY FIRST
QUESTION, I MEAN, IT IT DOES,
YOU KNOW, I, I HAVEN'T, I, I
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, YOU
KNOW, TO, TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT
THIS BILL, OR WITH ANY OTHER
LEGISLATOR, BUT MY, MY FIRST
QUESTION IS THAT GIVEN THAT
THERE IS EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL
, FEDERAL AND STATE LAW THAT IS
DESIGNED TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW,
TO, TO, TO STRIKE THOSE,
DELICATE BALANCING ACTS, YOU
KNOW, REGARDING CAMPUS FREE
SPEECH, WHY IS YOUR BILL
NECESSARY? WELL, FIRST, THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. FIRST, LET
ME SAY THAT, THIS BILL DOES
REITERATE EXISTING, RULES AND
REGULATIONS REGARDING FREE
SPEECH. IT DOESN'T INTERFERE
WITH, THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
OF THIS COUNTRY, IN ANY WAY,
SHAPE OR FORM. SO THAT SHOULD
GIVE YOU SOME COMFORT AND
ASSURANCES THAT THIS BILL IS
NOT, IN SOME WAYS, AN OVERREACH.
SECONDLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
ELEMENTS OF THE BILL, IT GOES
BEYOND THAT. AND WHERE DOES IT
GO BEYOND THAT? IT GOES BEYOND
THAT IN TERMS OF A TRAINING
PROGRAM, MANDATORY TRAINING FOR
STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN
THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND HOW THEY
CAN, PARTICIPATE IN THAT CAMPUS
ENVIRONMENT IN A CIVIL AND
POSITIVE WAY, SECONDLY, AND IT
REQUIRES AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
THAT STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT BY
THOSE STUDENTS, WHICH IS NOT IN
PLACE TODAY. AND FINALLY, IT
REQUIRES A REPORTING BACK TO THE
LEGISLATURE. SO WE HAVE SOME
DATA AND INFORMATION. SO IF
THERE'S A DECISION TO OR AN
EXAMINATION OF WHAT COULD BE
DONE MORE TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS
SAFE, THAT YOU'D BE IN A
POSITION AS A POLICY MAKER TO
LOOK AT THAT AND, AND SEE WHAT
THAT MIGHT PROVIDE OR GUIDE YOU.
SO ON THE SUBSTANCE OF FREE
SPEECH, I THINK YOU CAN BE
COMFORTED THAT NOTHING IN HERE,
IS PROPOSED THAT WOULD GO IN
VIOLATION OF ANY OF THOSE RULES
OF OUR STATE AND NATION. AND
SECONDLY, THAT IT PROVIDES AN
ENHANCEMENT THAT, AS I'VE
DESCRIBED SO I'M LOOKING AT,
WHAT I ASSUME IS A THE LATEST
AMENDED VERSION OF YOUR BILL.
AND, ON THE COPY THAT WE
RECEIVED, ON, ON PAGE SEVEN,
WHERE YOU SPECIFY WHAT SHALL BE
IN THE CODES OF CONDUCT, YOUR
FIRST PROVISION IS, PROHIBIT,
VIOLENT, HARASSING,
INTIMIDATING, OR DISCRIMINATORY
CONDUCT THAT CREATES A HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT ON CAMPUS. AND MY
CONCERN, IS PARTICULARLY WITH,
THE INTIMIDATING CONDUCT, AND
THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. I DON'T
SEE, A DEFINITION OF
INTIMIDATING IN THE BILL, BUT
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IS, DEFINED
AND, INDICATES, HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT MEANS UNWELCOME,
UNWELCOME CONDUCT. BASED ON
PROTECTED STATUS THAT BASED ON
THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES,
IS SUBJECTIVELY AND OBJECTIVELY
OFFENSIVE, AND IS SO SEVERE AND
PERVASIVE THAT IT LIMITS OR
DENIES A PERSON'S ABILITY TO
PARTICIPATE OR BENEFIT FROM AN
INSTITUTION'S EDUCATION PROGRAM,
MY CONCERN. I MEAN, WE HAD, A
STUDENT, USE THE PHRASE THAT I
KNOW IS VERY OFFENSIVE TO MANY
IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, FROM
THE RIVER TO THE SEA. I
UNDERSTAND THAT TERM, AND THE
EARS OF MANY, ESPECIALLY THOSE
IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THAT
THAT IS CALLING FOR THE
ELIMINATION OF THE JEWISH STATE
AND, AND THAT, THAT AND THAT IT
IS ANTI-SEMITIC. NICK, ON THE
OTHER HAND, THERE ARE, WHAT I
BELIEVE TO BE LEGITIMATE
POLITICAL SPEECH IN TERMS OF
THOSE CALLING FOR THE CREATION
OF A PALESTINIAN STATE FROM THE
RIVER TO THE SEA. YOU KNOW,
PUTTING ASIDE THE ANTI-SEMITIC
OR THE PERCEPTION OF
ANTI-SEMITISM AMONG MANY,
ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. BUT MY
POINT IS THAT WHEN THAT IS
INTERPRETED AS INTIMIDATING OR A
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW,
TO SOME STUDENTS, WHAT I'M
AFRAID OF IS THAT IT IS GOING TO
HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON
LEGITIMATE POLITICAL SPEECH TO
RESPOND IN RESPONSE. FIRST, I
WOULD YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT
OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT? YOU CAN I
DON'T THINK THAT GOES IN
VIOLATION OF ANYTHING THAT'S
PROPOSED IN THE BILL. AND YOU'VE
READ THE DEFINITION CORRECT ON
THE RECORD. AND I THINK THAT
THAT EXPLAINS HOW ONE MIGHT
INTERPRET THOSE TYPES OF FREE
SPEECH ACTIVITIES. BUT IT SPEAKS
TO DENYING ANOTHER PERSON'S
ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE, RATE OR
BENEFIT FROM AN INSTITUTION'S,
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY.
THAT THAT IS A KEY PART OF IT.
YOU GET TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO SAY, AND THERE'S NOTHING IN
THE BILL THAT WOULD SAY, YOU
CAN'T. SO ONCE AGAIN, THE ISSUE
IS, IS FREE SPEECH IS NOT ONLY
MY SPEECH. FREE SPEECH IS NOT
ONLY MY SPEECH, IT'S THE ABILITY
OF EVERYONE ELSE TO SPEAK AND
PARTICIPATE. AND THAT GOES TO
THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE AND EXPECT ON OUR
COLLEGE CAMPUSES. I UNDERSTAND
THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS, THEY QUOTE,
THE OCR AND STATING THAT, THAT,
THE CONDUCT IS TO BE EVALUATED
IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S
HARASSING, NOT FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE STUDENT WHO
IS ALLEGEDLY BEING HARASSED, BUT
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A
REASONABLE PERSON IN THE
STUDENT'S POSITION. CONSIDERING
ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND YET
YOUR THE BILL AS AMENDED, HAS
SUBJECTIVELY, AS WELL AS
OBJECTIVELY OFFENSIVE AND I
THINK IT ALSO HAS THE WORD
PERVASIVE AS WELL. BUT ON ON ON
PAGE FIVE SEVERE, SO SEVERE AND
PERVASIVE BUT BUT UNDER SEVERE
AND PERVASIVE. THAT'S NOT A ONE
TIME THING. BUT UNDER THE
DEFINITION OF HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT, IT SAYS THAT BASED
ON THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES
, REYES IS SUBJECTIVELY AND
OBJECTIVELY OFFENSIVE. I'VE
NEVER SEEN THAT. SO SUBJECTIVE
LANGUAGE IN ANY FIRST AMENDMENT
ANALYSIS, I'M CONCERNED THAT
THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AGAIN,
YOU KNOW, I STARTED MY COMMENTS
BY SAYING THAT ABSOLUTELY, WE
SHOULD NOT CONDONE CONDUCT THAT
IS SO SEVERE OR PERVASIVE THAT
IT LIMITS A PERSON'S ABILITY TO
PARTICIPATE OR BENEFIT FROM THE
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE OF THE
INSTITUTION. BUT I'M CONCERNED
THAT THIS IS GETTING INTO
DANGEROUS GROUND WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT
ON FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH, I
WANTED TO GIVE YOU A THE LAST
WORD ON IT. I WOULD JUST SAY
THAT IF YOU FELT THAT THERE WAS
A CONSTITUTIONAL, VULNERABILITY,
THEN THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU
COMFORT IN SUPPORTING THIS BILL,
BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE
CHALLENGE THAT WILL BE MADE AND
THAT WILL BE THE DETERMINATION
THAT A COURT WOULD, WOULD RULE
UPON. AND THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU
COMFORT THAT THIS, THIS BILL IS
ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND IS GOING
TO HELP CREATE A MORE CIVIL,
RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT ON THE
CAMPUSES. AND IF IT GOES TOO
FAR, IT WILL BE FOUND TO BE IN
VIOLATION OF OUR UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION, WHICH I DON'T
THINK IT DOES. I DON'T THINK IT
DOES. I THINK THIS IS A THIS IS
ABOUT TRYING TO PROTECT ALL
STUDENTS ON A CAMPUS CONTENT
NEUTRAL, BY THE WAY. BUT YEAH, I
MEAN, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO REMIND
MY STAFF THAT I'M NOT IN A COURT
OF LAW THAT I'M IN A POLITICAL
BODY AT THIS TIME. BUT BUT AT
THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
I'M REALLY STRUGGLING. I'M NOT
I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR ANY
POLITICAL PERFORMANCE. SENATOR
GLAZER, I HOPE YOU TAKE MY WORD
FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO
WANT TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND ALL
THOSE THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT NOT FEELING SAFE
ON THEIR COLLEGE CAMPUSES. BUT I
ALSO, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY TAKE
IT SERIOUSLY THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT WE I DON'T WANT TO CHILL,
FREE SPEECH ON OUR COLLEGE
CAMPUSES. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M
STRUGGLING WITH. FAIR ENOUGH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MURATSUCHI A SIMILAR SHERM
QUIRK-SILVA. THANK YOU. AND
THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD AND FOR
ENGAGING ON THIS. I THINK ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT MAKES THIS SUCH
A CRITICAL CONVERSATION FOR
TODAY IS IT REPRESENTS TWO VERY
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEWS AND
THIS IS NOT UNIQUE JUST TO THIS
TOPIC. I MEAN, WE ARE VERY, VERY
POLARIZED NATION UNDER MANY
TOPICS. THIS IS THE TIME, THAT,
SINCE OCTOBER, THIS HAS BEEN
ELEVATED AND YET WE'VE, STOOD
OUR GROUND ON SO MANY ISSUES
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES,
WHETHER IT'S ON GUN VIOLENCE,
WHETHER IT'S ON LGBTQ ISSUES,
AND WE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT
OPINIONS. SO ONE OF THE THOUGHTS
I HAD AS A FORMER CLASSROOM
ELEMENTARY TEACHER IS TAKE THE
HIGHER ED OUT OF IT AND THINK
ABOUT SPORTS TEAMS, OR THINK
ABOUT ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS,
JUNIOR HIGH IS WE ALL HAVE TO
LIVE BY A CODE OF CONDUCT. IF WE
DON'T, OUR SOCIETY ERODES. THEN
WE HAVE NO RULES. THEN WE HAVE
NO, WAYS THAT WE CAN THINK OF
OURSELVES TO BE SAFE. SO ONE OF
THE THINGS IN THE LANGUAGE IS
HOW TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN AN
ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND
CIVILITY. I SAY THAT AGAIN, HOW
TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN AN
ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND
CIVILITY. AND THAT IS THE
QUESTION OF OUR TIME, THAT IS
THE QUESTION OF AMERICA TODAY,
BECAUSE WE HAVE LOST THAT
ABILITY. WE HAVE LOST THAT
ABILITY TO WORK IN THE GRAY AREA
. THE GRAY AREA MEANS THAT MAYBE
I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I
MIGHT BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO YOU.
THE GRAY AREA, WHICH IS WELL, I,
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HURT AND
YOU'RE COMING FROM PAIN AND I
WANT TO HURT YOU OR I UNDERSTAND
YOUR PAIN. I UNDERSTAND THAT
WHAT YOU ARE ENDURING, WHETHER
IT'S DEATHS OR VIOLENCE, IS
UNCONSCIONABLE ON EITHER SIDE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVE LOST. WE HAVE STOPPED
LISTENING. AND WHEN WE STOP
LISTENING, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS
BE RIGHT. WE WANT TO BE
VICTORIOUS. WE WANT TO SAY THAT
WE ARE RIGHT AND THEY ARE WRONG.
AND SO WHEN THERE ARE RULES
PLACED ON US, WHETHER IT'S ON
SPORTS TEAMS OR IN CLASSROOMS,
IT IS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO WORK
TOGETHER. WE HAVE RULES OF
CONDUCT AS ASSEMBLY MEMBERS OR
SENATORS. WE HAVE WAYS THAT
PROTOCOLS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED
TO ENGAGE IN. THAT DOESN'T MEAN
IT ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT WAY, BUT
WE GET INTO A BREAKDOWN OF
SOCIETY WHERE WE ARE THREATENING
, WHETHER WE ARE HARASSING,
WHETHER WE ARE ARE VANDALIZING.
THIS IS THE LINE THAT WE GO
PAST. DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVEN OUR
OWN HOMES THAT WE DON'T
SOMETIMES LOSE OUR TEMPER OR GET
ANGRY OR DECIDE THAT, THESE
RELATIONSHIPS ARE BROKEN, BUT IN
PLACES OF BUSINESS, OF WORSHIP
AND OUR SOCIETY, WE HAVE TO HAVE
RULES. AND SOME OF THESE RULES
ARE BASIC RESPECT PROPERTY.
DON'T THREATEN SOMEBODY. DON'T
HARASS, DON'T BULLY. VÆ. THESE
ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE
TEACH OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE
YOUNG. AND NOW WHEN WE GET TO
THE COLLEGE CAMPUS, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HAVE TO SAY IS THESE
ARE YOUNG ADULTS AND ON EITHER
SIDE THAT YOU'RE ON WHICHEVER
SIDE YOU ARE ON, WHAT IS THE
BASIC THE BASIC FUNDAMENTAL
RULES THAT WE CAN FOLLOW AND
BELIEVE ME, THIS IS THE
CONVERSATION OF OUR LIFETIME.
MAYBE FOR SOME OF US, BUT WE
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO
RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. YEAH IF WE
DON'T AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER,
FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOLVE THOSE
CONFLICTS AND IF WE CAN'T DO
THOSE BASIC THINGS, THEN WE ARE
IN A BREAKDOWN OF SOCIETY. AND I
SUPPORT THIS BILL BECAUSE OF THE
IDEA OF WE HAVE TO HAVE BASIC,
FUNDAMENTAL RULES TO LIVE BY,
NOT BECAUSE I TAKE ONE SIDE OR
THE OTHER, BUT BECAUSE WE SIMPLY
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
PROCEED WITH BUSINESS. AND IF
YOU'RE ON A CAMPUS, THAT
BUSINESS IS GOING TO YOUR
CLASSES IN A SAFE MANNER.
FACULTY BEING SAFE, SO FORTH.
BUT BOTH SIDES NEED TO BE SAFE,
AND THERE HAS TO BE A PLACE
WHERE WE SAY THAT BOTH SIDES
HAVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, BECAUSE
UNTIL WE CAN DO THAT, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO STAND ON THE
SIDELINES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO,
THROW INSULTS AND THROW ALL
KINDS OF ACCUSATIONS. AND TO BE
HONEST, WE WILL LIVE IN A PLACE
OF HATE. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE
SEEN WHAT THAT DOES IN OUR
HISTORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. QUIRK-SILVA
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE THE
SENATOR WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE,
PLEASE. WELL THANK YOU CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. I
PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED THE
COMMENTS FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JACKSON, WHO I CAN SEE HAS
WRESTLED WITH THIS ISSUE AND IN
PRACTICE AND IN POLICY, AND I
THINK I APPRECIATE THIS SPECIAL
PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU BRING TO
THIS ABOUT STANDARDS AND RULES
AND, AND BEHAVIOR, AND A
WILLINGNESS TO TAKE CONSEQUENCES
WHEN ONE WANTS TO BREAK THE
RULES. BUT UNDERSTANDING THE
RULES ARE THERE FOR A REASON,
WHICH I THINK IS THE ONE OF THE
POINTS THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER
QUIRK-SILVA MADE IN TERMS OF HOW
WE ALL NEED TO GET ALONG. CHAIR
I, I, I GUESS I WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING AS I CLOSE, IT'S
IMPORTANT THE FIRST WITNESSES
COMMENTS TODAY I FOUND TO BE
OUTRAGEOUS AND FACTUALLY FALSE
ON SO MANY LEVELS, BUT SHE HAD
EVERY RIGHT TO SAY THEM HERE IN
THIS HEARING ROOM AND ON OUR
CAMPUSES. SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO
SAY THEM. AS MUCH AS I FIND THEM
TO BE REPULSIVE AND DANGEROUS,
THE GOAL OF THIS BILL IS TO
SUPPORT PEACEFUL PROTEST AND
SPEECH FOR EVERYBODY ON THE
CAMPUSES FROM EVERY PERSPECTIVE
THAT THEY BRING THAT, A
PERVASIVE, HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
ON OUR CAMPUSES IS NOT CONDUCIVE
TO WHAT WE WANT OUR HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO BE
ABOUT. IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE.
THESE THESE EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS ARE FREE SPEECH IS
NOT JUST MY SPEECH FREE SPEECH
IS EVERYONE'S SPEECH. IF YOU
THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING
TODAY IS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GOT
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T
THINK IT'S WORKING. I DON'T
THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BLINDNESS
AND DEAFNESS TO ALL THAT IS
GOING ON ON THESE COLLEGE
CAMPUSES. SO THE QUESTION IS HOW
CAN WE MAKE THINGS BETTER AND
SAFER? THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL OF
THIS BILL AND IS THERE A
RESTATEMENT AS ONE OF THE
OPPOSITION WITNESSES IS
TESTIFIED TO OF EXISTING LAW AND
PRACTICES? YES. THERE IS THERE
IS A RESTATEMENT. THERE'S A
REASON IT BRINGS VALUE TO
RESTATES, AND TO UNDERSCORE THAT
FREE SPEECH IS ABOUT EVERYONE'S
SPEECH, NOT JUST ONE PERSON'S
SPEECH. BUT THE BILL DOES MORE
THAN THAT. AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, IT ENGAGES STUDENTS
DIRECTLY IN WHAT'S IN THIS
CONVERSATION. AS HAS BEEN SAID.
SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW WE
ALL CAN GET ALONG, WORK TOGETHER
, THINK TOGETHER, FIGHT
TOGETHER, ARGUE TOGETHER, FIGHT
WHAT I MEAN VERBALLY DISAGREE.
SO THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE BILL
TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT
IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM,
WITHOUT EXCEPTION. AND I THINK
THE BILL DOES THAT. IT'S
CERTAINLY A CONTENT NEUTRAL
BILL. IT'S A PRIORITY OF THE
LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS. AND
WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE TODAY. THANK
YOU, SENATOR GLAZER, FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AND FOR AGREEING TO
TAKE THE AMENDMENTS HERE TODAY
IN COMMITTEE AND FOR HAVING YOUR
STAFF WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH
OUR COMMITTEE STAFF. WHILE THE
AMENDMENTS ALLEVIATE MANY OF THE
POLICY CONCERNS RAISED ON THE
SENATE FLOOR AND BY THE
OPPOSITION TODAY, THEY CONTINUE
TO BE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE
INSTITUTIONS WILL INTERPRET AND
USE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
IN TERMS OF PUNISHMENT FOR
STUDENTS WHO ARE EXERCISING
THEIR RIGHT TO PROTEST. HOWEVER,
I ALSO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THAT
THIS BILL, ALONG WITH OTHER
BILLS BEING CHAMPIONED BY THE
JEWISH CAUCUS, WILL CONTINUE TO
PROTECT STUDENTS FREEDOM OF
SPEECH AND TO PROTECT STUDENTS
FROM ALL FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION. AND WITH THAT, I
AM I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL
TODAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, A MOTION, A
SECOND? ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE. ROLL CALL PLEASE.
FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN SB 1287.
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED
TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FOR A
FONG I TO ARAMBULA ARAMBULA NOT
VOTING BURNER EASILY. NOT
EASILY. NOT VOTING IRWIN JACKSON
JACKSON I LOW LOW I MURATSUCHI
NOT MURATSUCHI NOT VOTING
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA I THAT
MEASURE HAS FOUR EYES AND WE'LL
KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS
SENATOR PORTANTINO. WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE,
SENATOR. THANK YOU. MR. THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR, I'LL BE, QUITE
BRIEF, THIS BILL WAS EXCUSE ME.
APOLOGIZE IF YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS, PLEASE
TAKE THE CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR
PORTANTINO. WELCOME. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. I'LL BE BRIEF. THIS
BILL HAD ITS INSPIRATION FROM
STUDENTS ON GLENDALE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE WHO WERE DOING
FUNDRAISING TO OFFSET THE COSTS
OF GOING TO COLLEGE FOR STUDENT
REFUGEES FROM ARTSAKH WHO WERE
DISPLACED, AS YOU KNOW, 100,000
PEOPLE WERE DRIVEN OUT OF THEIR
HOMES IN ARTSAKH. AND I WAS SO
TAKEN BY THE STUDENTS IN THEIR,
YOU KNOW, WONDERFULNESS OF DOING
A FUNDRAISING FUNDRAISER TO HELP
STUDENTS THAT MANY OF THEM
DIDN'T KNOW WHO WERE COMING TO
CALIFORNIA TO ESCAPE THE WAR,
BUT ALSO GET A HIGHER EDUCATION.
AND SO, GLENDALE COLLEGE THEN IN
TALKING TO THEM, THEY'VE DECIDED
TO, TO SPONSOR THIS BILL. AND
BASICALLY IT'S A THREE COLLEGE
PILOT PROGRAM, IN ESSENCE, ONE
COLLEGE IN SOCAL, WHICH WOULD BE
GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ONE
COLLEGE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY,
AND ONE COLLEGE IN NORCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE WOULD ALLOW
STUDENT REFUGEES AS DEFINED AND
DETERMINED BY THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE, TO ATTEND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AS IF THEY WERE
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS. WE THINK
THIS IS A GOOD THING TO DO.
CALIFORNIA IS A RECORD OF
WELCOMING PEOPLE. CERTAINLY WE
HAVE REFUGEES FROM MANY, MANY
CONFLICTS AROUND THE GLOBE, AND
IF THEY'RE DETERMINED TO BE,
REFUGEES, THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY. AND AGAIN, IT HAD
ITS GENESIS WITH STUDENTS, WITH
ME TODAY, I HAVE ANNA MATHEWS
FROM THE FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT AND APPROPRIATELY AT THE
RIGHT TIME, WOULD ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANNA
MATHEWS. ADVOCACY MANAGER OF THE
FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND A PROUD SUPPORTER OF THIS
BILL. CALIFORNIA PRIDES ITSELF
ON PROVIDING SANCTUARY TO
IMMIGRANTS, AND OUR STATE HAS
BEEN GREATLY ENRICHED AS A
RESULT. WITH THE CURRENT GLOBAL
POLITICAL CLIMATE FULL OF UNREST
AND VIOLENCE, IT IS NO SURPRISE
THAT PEOPLE TAKE REFUGE IN
CALIFORNIA SEEKING SAFETY AND
THE CHANCE AT A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES BRIDGE THE GAP FOR MANY
IMMIGRANTS, PROVIDING ACCESS TO
SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY AND
GIVING THEM ACCESS TO A WEALTH
OF OPPORTUNITIES TO UPLIFT
THEMSELVES. SB 971 WOULD ALLOW
UP TO 150 LOW INCOME, FULL TIME
STUDENTS FROM WAR TORN COUNTRIES
OR REGIONS OF UNREST TO ATTEND
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES AT
IN-STATE TUITION RATES, INSTEAD
OF THE HIGHER NONRESIDENT
TUITION RATES. I WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE THE STORY OF A FRIEND WHO
IMMIGRATED TO CALIFORNIA FROM A
WAR TORN REGION SHORTLY AFTER
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. THEY
IMMIGRATED FROM A REGION OF
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO
CALIFORNIA. THEY TOOK A LEAP OF
FAITH AND LEFT EVERYTHING THEY
KNEW FOR THE CHANCE TO PURSUE
THE AMERICAN DREAM. AFTER
IMMIGRATING TO THE UNITED
STATES, THEY DECIDED TO KICK
START THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION
JOURNEY AT THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AFTER
TALKING TO A COLLEGE COUNSELOR,
THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY DID NOT
QUALIFY FOR IN-STATE TUITION AND
COULD NOT AFFORD THE NONRESIDENT
TUITION. AS A RESULT, THEY HAD
TO POSTPONE THEIR EDUCATION FOR
TWO ACADEMIC YEARS UNTIL THEY
COULD QUALIFY AS A RESIDENT AND
PAY IN-STATE TUITION RATES. AS A
STUDENT WITH A PASSION FOR
LEARNING, THEY WERE GREATLY
DISHEARTENED TO HAVE TO PUT
THEIR EDUCATIONAL DREAMS ON
HOLD, BUT THEY PERSISTED,
WORKING TWO JOBS TO MAKE MAKE
ENDS MEET. ONCE THEY QUALIFIED
AS A RESIDENT, THEY STARTED AT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BECAME A
STUDENT LEADER BOTH ON AND OFF
CAMPUS, AND WERE EVEN ACCEPTED
TO PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES LIKE
BERKELEY AND UCLA. SB 971 WOULD
EASE BARRIERS TO ACCESS FOR
STUDENTS LIKE THIS AND EXPEDITE
THEIR PATH TO ACHIEVING THEIR
GOALS, EXTEND AFFORDABLE HIGHER
EDUCATION. ACCESS IS A POWERFUL
WAY TO UPLIFT THOSE WHO HAVE
SUFFERED IMAGINABLE,
UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIPS THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. I HUMBLY
REQUEST YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
TIFFANY MOCK, YOU HAVE A CFT, A
UNION OF EDUCATORS AND
CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS DAVID HAWKINS
WITH THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE INDEPENDENCE FACULTY
UNION. STRONG SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING
ROOM. ARE THERE TWEENERS IN THE
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE HAVE A
MOTION AND A SECOND. SENATOR,
WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE, PLEASE. I
SHOULD HAVE GONE FIRST,
RESPECTFULLY. THANK YOU,
SENATOR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE,
THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR BRINGING
THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD. AND AS
MENTIONED, WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO LOOK AT OUR NONRESIDENT FEE
EXEMPTIONS THAT OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE
GREAT EMPATHY FOR THE POPULATION
THAT YOU'RE SEEKING TO SERVE.
AND A SUNSET ON THESE PROVISIONS
WILL ALLOW US TO EVALUATE IF
THIS POLICY IS HAVING A DESIRED
IMPACT. AND MAKE FUTURE
DECISIONS ACCORDINGLY. WITH
THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY, MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL, PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER
FOR SB 971. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSED TO THE APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEE. FONG. FONG I TO I TO
I ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I I'M SORRY.
I SAU Ó NOT VOTING TO NOT
VOTING BURNER ASALI IRWIN
JACKSON. JACKSON I LOW.
MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA I. THAT
MEASURES FIVE AYES. WE'LL KEEP
THE WERE OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. NEXT UP THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. IS SENATOR NEWMAN
PRESENTING ITEM 1449 FOLLOWED BY
I'M SORRY BILL 1449, FOLLOWED BY
SENATE BILL 1244. SO IN THAT
ORDER, MR. CHAIR, THAT'S FINE.
YES.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS. I THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SB 1449,
WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOUTHWESTERN
LAW SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES WITH
TEMPORARY REGULATORY RELIEF AS
IT UNDERGOES THE PROCESS OF WOSC
ACCREDITATION, IN 2010, IN
RESPONSE TO A SERIES OF SCANDALS
INVOLVING FOR PROFIT SCHOOLS,
THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ISSUED NEW RULES REQUIRING ALL
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
TO MAINTAIN A PROCESS FOR
RECEIVING AND PROCESSING
CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. SB 81,
PASSED IN 2015, AUTHORIZED THE
BUREAU FOR PRIVATE
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TO
CONTRACT WITH WOSC ACCREDITED
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO
FULFILL THIS PURPOSE. THAT
AUTHORIZATION DID NOT, HOWEVER,
EXTEND THE SAME PRIVILEGE TO
NONPROFIT LAW SCHOOLS ACCREDITED
BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION,
WHICH, LIKE WOSC, IS RECOGNIZED
UNDER FEDERAL LAW AS AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITOR AND
WHOSE STANDARDS WHOSE STANDARDS
REQUIRE ABA ACCREDITED LAW
SCHOOLS TO MEET RIGOROUS
ACADEMIC ACCOUNTING AND
PERFORMANCE THRESHOLDS. AS A
CONSEQUENCE OF THIS OMISSION,
THE BUREAU FOR PRIVATE
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION RECENTLY
NOTIFIED SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL
AND ABA ACCREDITED SCHOOL THAT
IN THE ABSENCE OF WOSC
ACCREDITATION, IT WOULD NEED TO
BECOME BUREAU LICENSED IN ORDER
TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL LAW. THE BUREAU'S
LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS, WHILE GENERALLY
WELL INTENDED IN THE SERVICE OF
THE EMINENTLY ADMIRABLE GOAL OF
PROTECTING STUDENTS INTERESTS,
ARE, IN MANY CASES UNFORTUNATELY
INDIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE MORE
TAILORED AND NUANCED
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ABA. THESE
CONFLICTS CAN CREATE DUPLICATIVE
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT
DRAIN SCHOOL RESOURCES AND, IN A
WORST CASE SCENARIO, COULD HAVE
THE UNINTENDED EFFECT OF
MISREPRESENTING THE SCHOOL'S
OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND THEREBY
CAUSING HARM TO THE SAME
STUDENTS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS
WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED TO
PROTECT. TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
BUREAU'S TREATMENT OF
SOUTHWESTERN'S VARIOUS LAW
DEGREE PATHWAYS, WHICH
DELIBERATELY ALLOW STUDENTS TO
SWITCH BETWEEN FULL OR PART TIME
STUDY OR BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND
FULLY REMOTE ATTENDANCE. WHILE
THESE ARE ALL DEEMED BY THE ABA
TO BE INTERCHANGEABLE PATHWAYS
WITHIN A SINGLE JD DEGREE
PROGRAM, THE BUREAU INSTEAD
TREATS EACH AS THEIR OWN
INDIVIDUAL DEGREE PROGRAM, AND
AS A RESULT, IF A SOUTHWESTERN
LAW STUDENT AT SOME POINT
SWITCHES BETWEEN FULL AND PART
TIME, THE BUREAU THEN CONSIDERS
THEM AS HAVING DROPPED OUT OF
THE FULL TIME PROGRAM AND THEN
RE-ENROLLED AS A NEW STUDENT IN
THE PART TIME PROGRAM. THIS
SEEMINGLY INNOCUOUS CHANGE,
WHICH COULD BE THE RESULT OF ANY
NUMBER OF FACTORS IN A STUDENT'S
LIFE AND FOR WHICH SOUTHWESTERN
DESERVES CREDIT FOR
ACCOMMODATING, ACTUALLY COULD
HAVE THE PROBLEMATIC EFFECT OF
INACCURATELY SKEWING
SOUTHWESTERN'S GRADUATION RATES.
SUCH A FALSE METRIC, ABSENT
CONTEXT, CAN DETER PROSPECTIVE
STUDENTS AS WELL AS ADVERSELY
AFFECT THE REPUTATIONS OF
CURRENT AND GRADUATED STUDENTS.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE BUREAU'S
REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENT
TRANSCRIPTS TO INCLUDE
INFORMATION NOT OTHERWISE
REQUIRED BY THE ABA. THIS
INCLUDES THE MANDATORY
DISCLOSURE OF COURSES THE
STUDENT MAY HAVE DROPPED OUT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT
OTHER LAW SCHOOLS DO NOT
REQUIRE, AND THE INCLUSION OF
THOSE DROPPED COURSES ON A
TRANSCRIPT CAN CARRY A PUNITIVE
EFFECT. AS SOUTHWESTERN
GRADUATES PURSUE POSTGRADUATE
EMPLOYMENT, THEREBY PUTTING THEM
AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE TO
GRADUATES OF OTHER ABA LAW
SCHOOLS FOR WHOM NO SUCH
INFORMATION WAS WOULD BE EITHER
AVAILABLE OR REQUIRED.
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL HAS A
WELL-EARNED REPUTATION, HAVING
PROVIDED CALIFORNIANS FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE WITH AFFORDABLE
AND HIGH QUALITY LEGAL
INSTRUCTION FOR MORE THAN A
CENTURY. ITS ROSTER OF
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI INCLUDES
NUMEROUS MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE FOR STATEWIDE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS,
JUSTICES OF THE CALIFORNIA
SUPREME COURT, MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, AND EVEN CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN AND FIRST
LATINA JUDGES. PASSAGE OF SB
1449 WILL PROVIDE SOUTHWESTERN
LAW SCHOOL WITH A TEMPORARY
EXEMPTION, AS IT COMPLETES THE
PROCESS OF WOSC ACCREDITATION
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WITH ME
TO TESTIFY IS GEORGE MILLER, ON
BEHALF OF SOUTHWESTERN LAW
SCHOOL. I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING
FOR YOUR VOTE THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU. WELCOME, MR.
CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS UNLIKE SENATOR
NEWMAN, I DID NOT GO TO THE
EVELYN WOOD SCHOOL OF SPEED
READING. IF I SPOKE TOO FAST,
I'LL DO IT AGAIN. ANYTHING GAPS
IN THERE YOU WANT ME TO FILL IN?
I'D BE HAPPY TO FILL THEM IN,
BUT, I'M HERE AND HAPPY TO
REPRESENT SOUTHWESTERN LAW
SCHOOL. AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN
PASSING, THERE ARE 112 YEAR OLD
NOT FOR PROFIT INSTITUTION THAT
HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE
AND OPERATION FOR ALL THOSE 112
YEARS THEY'VE BEEN ACCREDITED BY
THE ABA SINCE, I BELIEVE IT WAS
1952, THAT WAS WHEN THE US
GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED THEM AS
THE OFFICIAL ACCREDITOR OF LAW
SCHOOLS, OR THE HIGHEST
ACCREDITING BODY FOR LAW SCHOOLS
, IN 2015, SHORTLY AFTER WE
PASSED LEGISLATION IN THIS IN
THIS HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT
SCHOOLS DID NOT LOSE THEIR TITLE
FOR ELIGIBILITY IN WHICH I
ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE 2009
VERSION OF THE BUREAU WITH
SENATOR PORTANTINO BACK THEN,
WHEN HE WAS OVER HERE, WITHIN A
DAY, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM
THE BUREAU LETTING US KNOW THAT
WE WERE ELIGIBLE TO CONTRACT
WITH THEM FOR CLAIMS HANDLING
PURPOSES BECAUSE WE WERE AN
EXEMPT INSTITUTION. IN THREE
DAYS LATER, WE GOT A HARD COPY
OF THE SAME LETTER, ALONG WITH A
CONTRACT TO RETURN WITH A CHECK
TO FOR COMPLAINT HANDLING. IT
WASN'T UNTIL LAST YEAR, AFTER WE
HAD GONE THROUGH THREE RENEWALS
OF THAT PROCESS, THAT THEY
INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD MADE A
MISTAKE, THIS BILL IS CLEARLY IS
JUST A SIMPLE WORK THROUGH WHILE
WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE
ACCREDITATION, WHICH WE WOULD
HAVE COMPLETED, PROBABLY 4 OR 5
YEARS AGO HAD WE NOT INITIALLY
HAD THIS. I'M JUST GOING TO CALL
IT, AGAIN, A MISTAKE. AND SO IT
GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GET OUR
ACCREDITATION. AND IF THE BILL
WILL SUNSET THEREAFTER. WE ARE
THE ONLY FREESTANDING, ABA
ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL IN IN THE
STATE. THERE'S SIMILAR ONES, BUT
THERE'S SOMEWHAT AFFILIATED. YOU
HAVE MCGEORGE AND HASTINGS, BUT
IN ANY EVENT, HERE ARE HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES AND
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM,
WHETHER WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION
IN THE HEARING ROOM?
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR.
MEMBERS. SENATOR NEWMAN, DAVID
NEVIN, ON BEHALF OF THE
INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND
SUCCESS, BETTER KNOWN AS TCUS,
WHILE WE UNDERSTAND WHERE
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE IS COMING
FROM AND HOW THEY'RE ATTEMPTING
TO REMEDY THE SITUATION THAT
THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN, TCUS DOES
BELIEVE THAT FROM THE CONSUMER
PROTECTION PERSPECTIVE, THE
BUREAU ESTABLISHES A BASELINE OF
STANDARDS, LICENSEE QUALITY AND
COMPETENCY, AND CORRESPONDING
ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS FOR
INSTITUTIONS TO FOLLOW AND ANY
BILLS OR EXEMPTIONS WHICH
ATTEMPT TO FURTHER ERODE THOSE
BASELINE STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER
PROTECTIONS MAY NOT BENEFIT THE
PUBLIC AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY
PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
PUBLIC MONIES UTILIZED AT THESE
INSTITUTIONS. AS WE UNDERSTAND
IT, UNDER CURRENT STATUTE, THIS
INSTITUTION COULD REMEDY THIS
WITHOUT THIS EXEMPTION BY
VOLUNTARILY SEEKING APPROVAL
FROM THE BUREAU AT A MOMENT WHEN
THE BUREAU IS OPERATING IN A
STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, ANY
EXEMPTION BY WHICH A REGISTERED
INSTITUTION WILL BE REQUIRED TO
PAY LESS OR COMPLETELY SKIRT
BUREAU OVERSIGHT WILL ONLY
WORSEN THIS DEFICIT AT THE
BUREAU. THIS EXEMPTION STRONGLY
RELIES ON ACCREDITATION DURING A
TIME WHEN FEDERAL RULES ARE
STILL BEING DEVELOPED TO CONDUCT
A COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY
REVIEW OF ACCREDITATION, AND
SINCE THE BILL WOULD WOULD
PRECEDE THESE FEDERAL RULES, ANY
DEVIATION COULD CAUSE CALIFORNIA
TO BE OUT OF LINE WITH FEDERAL
STANDARDS IN THE FUTURE. LASTLY
WHILE WE DO APPRECIATE RECENT
AMENDMENTS TO HELP NARROW THIS
EXEMPTION FOR A CERTAIN TIME,
WE'D LIKE TO AVOID SETTING A
PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION
TO FOLLOW SUIT IN EXTENDING THIS
PRIVILEGE TO OTHER COLLEGES TO
ACCESS PUBLIC FUNDS AND
LABELING. THIS PROCESS AS,
QUOTE, PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE
LEVEL OF STATE OVERSIGHT.
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT
EXEMPTIONS MAY SERVE AS AN
ARTIFICIAL MEASURE OF QUALITY.
THEREFORE, WE DO ASK THIS
COMMITTEE TO VOTE NO AND ALLOW
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE TO REMEDY
THIS BY VOLUNTARILY SEEKING
APPROVAL FROM THE BUREAU. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE TWEENERS IN THE HEARING
ROOM? COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.
SENATOR, WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE,
YEAH. I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS. SO,
YOU KNOW, BE CLEAR THIS THIS IS
A DELIBERATELY NARROW EXEMPTION
PROMPTED NOT BY ANY EFFORT BY
SOUTHWESTERN, TO AVOID, ADHERING
TO STATE LAW. IT'S SIMPLY IN
RESPONSE TO THE OMISSION, THE
ORIGINAL OMISSION. AND WHAT THE
EXEMPTION WOULD DO ON A LIMITED
BASIS IS, IS GIVE SOUTHWEST TIME
TO CONTINUE PROVIDING ITS ABA
PROVIDED CURRICULUM UNTIL SUCH
TIME AS THEY ACHIEVE THEIR WOSC
ACCREDITATION. SO FOR THAT
REASON, I'M ESPECIALLY ASKING
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU.
SENATOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION A
SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY
DOCTOR JACKSON, SECOND BY VICE
CHAIR TO SEE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR NEWMAN, FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD. WE KNOW THE
BPP PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE
OVERSIGHT OF MANY OF OUR
CALIFORNIA'S INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION, NOT JUST FOR
PROFIT PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AS
MENTIONED, THIS BILL NARROWLY
EXPANDS AN EXISTING EXEMPTION
FOR CERTAIN LAW SCHOOLS IN A WAY
THAT I FEEL IS REASONABLE AND
TIME LIMITED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO
EXERCISE OVERSIGHT INSTITUTIONS
TO ENSURE THAT THESE KINDS OF
EXEMPTIONS MAKE SENSE AND,
PROVIDE GAPS AND CRITICAL
PROTECTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY. MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
FILE ITEM NUMBER 13, SB 1449.
THE MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO THE
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
COMMITTEE. FONG I FONG, EYE TO
EYE TO EYE. ARAMBULA ARAMBULA.
EYE BURNER. EASILY ITEM 13.
CORRECT EASILY. I, ERWIN JACKSON
. JACKSON. I LO MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA I THAT MEASURE SEVEN
EYES WILL KEEP THE ROLL OPEN FOR
ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD
ON. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ITEM
NUMBER NINE BY SENATOR NEWMAN.
SB 1244. WELCOME, SENATOR NEWMAN
. THANK YOU. MY WITNESSES COMING
TO THE TABLE, THANK YOU, MISTER
CHAIR. AND MEMBERS. SECOND BILL,
PLEASED TO PRESENT PRESENT SB
1244, WHICH WILL EXPAND DUAL
ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
BY ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ENTER INTO
COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS
PATHWAY PROGRAMS WITH OTHER
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS IN
SITUATIONS WHERE THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT IN WHICH THAT
SCHOOL IS LOCATED IS EITHER
UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ENTER
INTO SUCH AN AGREEMENT, FIRST,
SOME BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT.
DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS ALLOW
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE
COLLEGE COURSES AND EARN COLLEGE
CREDITS, WHILE STILL IN HIGH
SCHOOL. THESE PROGRAMS, ALSO
KNOWN AS COLLEGE AND CAREER
ACCESS PATHWAY OR CAP PROGRAMS,
WERE DESIGNED TO EXPAND ACCESS
TO COLLEGE LEVEL LEARNING AND TO
HELP STUDENTS ACCELERATE THE
TIME IT TAKES TO COMPLETE
COLLEGE. UPON GRADUATION FROM
HIGH SCHOOL, GIVING HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO
PARTICIPATE IN COLLEGE LEVEL
COURSES HELPS THEM
SIMULTANEOUSLY PREPARE FOR THE
ACADEMIC RIGORS OF COLLEGE WHILE
ALSO GIVING THEM A HEAD START ON
OBTAINING COLLEGE CREDITS. DUAL
ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
FOUND TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT
ON NOT ONLY STUDENTS GRADUATION
RATES, BUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
ACADEMICS AND THEIR COLLEGE
COMPLETION. COMPLETION RATES AS
WELL. SB 1244 WOULD AUTHORIZE A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO
ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP AND
PROVIDE ACCESS TO DUAL
ENROLLMENT COURSES TO A SCHOOL
DISTRICT WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA
OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT. IF THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE IN WHOSE DISTRICT THAT
SCHOOL IS LOCATED HAS EITHER
DECLINED A SIMILAR REQUEST OR
HAS FAILED TO TAKE ACTION WITHIN
60 DAYS OF SUCH A REQUEST TO
ENTER INTO SUCH A PARTNERSHIP.
UNDER CURRENT STATUTE, COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICTS ARE PROHIBITED
FROM ENTERING INTO C CAP
PARTNERSHIPS WITH ANY SCHOOL
LOCATED IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
COLLEGES SERVICE AREA, UNLESS
THERE IS AN EXISTING AGREEMENT
IN PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS.
THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE A LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FAILS
TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST OR
ARBITRARILY DENIES A REQUEST,
BUT WHERE THAT DISTRICT HAS NO
AGREEMENT CURRENTLY PLACED WITH
ANOTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT HAS RESULTED IN
SITUATIONS ACROSS THE STATE
WHERE HIGH SCHOOL SEEKING DUAL
ENROLLMENT PARTNERSHIPS HAVE
BEEN PREVENTED FROM DOING SO, TO
THE DETRIMENT OF THEIR STUDENTS
WHO WOULD OTHERWISE REAP THE
BENEFITS OF SUCH PROGRAMS. SB
1244 WILL ENSURE THAT STUDENTS
ARE NOT DENIED QUALITY DUAL
ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO
PROVISIONS IN CURRENT LAW WHICH
EFFECTIVELY AFFORD LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS VETO
POWER OVER AN AREA SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO OFFER
THEIR STUDENTS ACCESS TO THIS
VERY VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL MODEL.
HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF SB
1244 IS PETER BIRDSALL,
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL
COALITION, AND SARA VASQUEZ,
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION POLICY AND
ADVOCACY FOR THE NONPROFIT
CHILDREN NOW. I AM RESPECTFULLY
ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME THANK
YOU, PETER BIRDSALL,
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA HIGH
SCHOOL COALITION, A COALITION OF
55 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE
STATE, FOCUSING, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, ON HIGH SCHOOL ISSUES
AND THE ISSUES OF HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS, DUAL ENROLLMENT IS A
VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US. IT'S
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDENTS. SENATOR DESCRIBED THE
BILL EXACTLY THE PROBLEM WE'VE
BEEN FACING. THIS WILL EXPAND
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO
PARTICIPATE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT
AND DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS. SO
WE URGE YOUR AYE VOTE. GOOD
AFTERNOON. WITH CHILDREN NOW, A
NONPARTISAN POLICY DEVELOPMENT
AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO PROMOTING
CHILDREN'S HEALTH EDUCATION AND
WELL-BEING IN THE STATE. WE'RE
PLEASED TO CO-SPONSOR SB 1244.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,
CALIFORNIA HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS THE
BARRIERS TO ACCESS HIGHER
EDUCATION BY IMPROVING THE HIGH
SCHOOL TO COLLEGE TRANSITION. AS
MORE FOR MORE STUDENTS,
PARTICULARLY OUR STUDENTS OF
COLOR, AND FROM LOW INCOME
FAMILIES TAKING ON COLLEGE LEVEL
COURSES EARLIER THROUGH THESE
INITIATIVES, LIKE DUAL
ENROLLMENT AND SINCE THE
INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM, WE
HAVE SEEN DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS
IN PATHWAYS FOR THESE STUDENTS
TO ATTAIN AND EARN COLLEGE
CREDIT. HOWEVER, WE DO RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT FOR THESE PROGRAMS
AS THEY'RE STILL NOT READILY
AVAILABLE IN ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,
SPECIFICALLY, REDUCING BARRIERS
TO ENTERING INTO PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENTS AND ENSURING STUDENTS
HAVE AS MUCH ACCESS TO AVAILABLE
OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE. WITH
THAT STATE GOAL IN MIND OF
INCREASING DUAL ENROLLMENT
PARTICIPATION BY 15% FROM 2022
TO 2027, AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO
PROGRAMS, WE BELIEVE SB 1244
WILL FACILITATE THE CURRENT
PROCESS OF ENSURING K THROUGH 12
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COUNTY OFFICES
OF EDUCATION AND CHARTER SCHOOLS
CAN ENTER CAP PARTNERSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS
WITHIN OR OUTSIDE OF THE LÀ
SERVICE AREA TO ENSURE THAT, AS
MANY STUDENTS CAN ACCESS COLLEGE
LEVEL COURSES AND MAKE COLLEGE
ATTEND ATTENDANCE A POSSIBILITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT IN
THE HEARING ROOM? CHAIR MEMBERS
CARSON, CALIFORNIA CHARTER
SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU. HELLO.
VALERIE JOHNSON WITH THE
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
IN SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
CARLOS MACHADO WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD
ASSOCIATION. CCPA IS A PROUD
CO-SPONSOR ON THE BILL AND WOULD
ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE BILL
TODAY. THANK YOU. SASHA
HOROWITZ, LOS ANGELES UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SUPPORT. LUCY
SALCIDO CARTER WITH THE ALAMEDA
COUNTY OFFICE OF ED IN SUPPORT.
DIANA VU, ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. I, JUSTIN ZELNICK
FROM THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. WE
DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL POSITION,
BUT SUPPORTIVE OF THE INTENT AND
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN THE
HEARING ROOM? TIFFANY, WALK ON
CFT. WE JUST WANTED TO SAY WE
LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THE
ISSUE, TO ENSURE THAT THE
QUALITY OF LEVEL THAT EVERYBODY
WANTS AND EXPECTS FOR THIS BILL
WILL CONTINUE. APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
REACHING OUT EARLIER, BUT GIVEN
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, I JUST
THOUGHT I WOULD SAY IT NOW
INSTEAD OF HAVE IT SURPRISE
LATER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALL YOUR WORK AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT DUAL ENROLLMENT CAPS.
THANK YOU. FREESTYLE. PADILLA,
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA, WE
DON'T HAVE A FORMAL POSITION
YET, BUT WE THINK THE AUTHOR AND
HIS OFFICE FOR WORKING THROUGH
OUR CONCERNS WITH US. AND THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. JUST GAVE OUR TWITTER
CATEGORY, BUT ARE THERE ANY
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? YES, SIR. QUIRK-SILVA
FOLLOWED BY SUMMER MURATSUCHI,
THIS IS A GREAT BILL. IT IS
ABOUT ACCESS. ACCESS, ACCESS.
IT'S ABOUT, LOOKING TOWARDS
REIMAGINING HOW WE'RE GOING TO
GET NOT ONLY HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS, BUT MOVING THEM
THROUGH THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY
EITHER WANT OR NEED THAT MAY NOT
BE AVAILABLE. I HAPPEN TO BE IN
A UNIQUE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE
FULLERTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET IS,
FULLERTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND
WE KNOW THERE'S, MANY
OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AND THIS
WOULD JUST ENHANCE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES. SO SUPPORT THE
BILL, MOVE THE BILL. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THèC. OH, YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY I'M SORRY, I
THOUGHT OKAY. ANY COLLEAGUES I
MEAN ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES SEEING
NONE. SENATOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE, PLEASE, YEAH. I
APPRECIATE MY WITNESSES BEING
HERE TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE
CLEAR, IN MANY CASES, IT'S NOT
INTENTIONAL, THAT THAT A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FAILS
TO ACT PROMPTLY ON A REQUEST,
BUT THE IMPACTS ARE MEANINGFUL.
AND AMONG THE BARRIERS,
ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENT, FIRST
GENERATION STUDENTS, STUDENTS
FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,
AS MISS VASQUEZ MENTIONED, IS
BELIEF, THE BELIEF, THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT IN A COLLEGE
LEVEL ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY CAN
SUCCEED. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE
MOST PRECIOUS ATTRIBUTE OF THE C
CAP PROGRAMS. IT GIVES STUDENTS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIRST
TIME TO BE ON CAMPUS, TO
PARTICIPATE IN CAMPUS LIFE, TO
TAKE COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES, AND
TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THIS.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, ANY
BARRIERS THAT WOULD GET IN THE
WAY, ESPECIALLY SIMPLY TIME AND
INERTIA THAT MIGHT PREVENT THAT
FROM HAPPENING. THIS THIS, THIS
BILL SOLVES THAT PROBLEM BY
PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL
OPPORTUNITY OR, PATHWAY TO
ESTABLISH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND I REQUEST I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, SENATOR NEWMAN, FOR
BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT
MEASURE FORWARD. AND I AGREE
WITH YOU ALSO THAT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT IN THE AREA IS
NOT MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR
K-12 SCHOOLS. THEN THOSE K-12
SCHOOLS DISTRICTS RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO FIND A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT WHO CAN. AND AS
A FORMER TRUSTEE FOR THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, IT WAS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AND
PARTNER UP WITH MULTIPLE K-12
SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE AREA
TO PROVIDE AND EXPAND HIGHER
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE
KNOW THAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD
HAVE ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT
AND SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED BY THE
ZIP CODE IN WHICH THEY RESIDE. I
LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING FOR THIS
BILL TODAY, AND THANK YOU IN
ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK
AND EFFORTS IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE SENATOR HOLDEN'S OFFICE
ON HIS BILL, ASSEMBLY BILL 359,
SO THAT BOTH MEASURES CAN MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER. WITH THAT, I
LOOK FOR SUPPORTING THE MEASURE
HERE TODAY, MADAM SECRETARY,
ROLL CALL, PLEASE FILE ITEM
NUMBER NINE, SB 1244. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSED TO THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. FONG FONG AYE TO AYE
TO AYE. ARAMBULA. AYE. ARAMBULA
I BURNER EASILY, EASILY. NOT
VOTING. IRWIN JACKSON. JACKSON.
AYE. LO MURATSUCHI. MURATSUCHI.
AYE QUIRK-SILVA. CAN YOU REPEAT,
PLEASE? QUIRK-SILVA. Þ
QUIRK-SILVA. AYE THE MEASURE OF
SIX AYES AND IS OUT. WE'LL KEEP
THE ROLL OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU
CHAIR. THANK YOU MEMBERS. THANK
YOU SENATOR. NEXT UP WE HAVE
SENATOR DODD, PRESENTING SB
1166. SENATOR DODD, WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN
BY ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS DESCRIBED IN THE
ANALYSIS, THESE AMENDMENTS
REMOVE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS NO
LONGER REQUIRED BY RELATED BILL.
IN A CALL TO ACTION BILL
PACKAGE, THEY ALIGN REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS WITH CHANGES IN NEW
TITLE NINE REGULATIONS FOR
PROCESSING COMPLAINTS AND
REQUIRE THE REPORTS TO BE
PRESENTED TO THE APPROPRIATE
GOVERNING BOARDS. SB 1166 BUILDS
UPON LEGISLATION THIS COMMITTEE
APPROVED LAST YEAR, PUTTING IN
PLACE CRITICAL DATA COLLECTION
RELATIVE TO DISCRIMINATION AND
TITLE NINE VIOLATIONS OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM. SB 1166 ALSO TAKES
IMPORTANT STEPS OF EXTENDING
THESE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE UC
SYSTEM. STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND
STAFF ON THESE CAMPUSES ARE NO
LESS DESERVING OF PROTECTIONS
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ON. WHILE
DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT
ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOTHING NEW TO
COLLEGE CAMPUSES, INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM INDEPENDENT REPORTS
IN A STATE AUDIT REVEALED
SYSTEMIC MISHANDLING OF THESE
CASES ACROSS THE CSU SYSTEM, THE
CURRENT GAP AND DATA ON HOW
COLLEGES HANDLE DISCRIMINATION
IN TITLE NINE CASES MEANS LESS
TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY OR
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS
DEFICIENCIES ON HOW COLLEGES
CARRY OUT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK YOU TO
THE GOOD WORK BY, YOU, MISTER
CHAIR, AND YOUR STAFF. SB 1166
WILL ADVANCE AN IMPORTANT PIECE
OF THE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE
IMPLEMENTING, RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR TITLE NINE REFORMS CONTAINED
IN THIS COMMITTEE'S A CALL TO
ACTION REPORT. I HAVE, I THINK,
1 OR 2 WITNESSES TODAY. IS THERE
SOMEBODY ELSE? MAYBE HERE, WELL,
I HAD TO. AND I MAY BE DOWN TO
ONE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S
GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT. SO
WITH THAT COMING RIGHT NOW, HERE
WE GO. I JUST NEED TO START,
THANK YOU, SENATOR. WELCOME ALL
RIGHT. APOLOGIES GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TIM BERHANU. I AM A
SECOND YEAR AT UC BERKELEY, AND
I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF
POLICY FOR GENERATION UP, CHEN
IS A STUDENT LED ORGANIZATION
THAT REPRESENTS OVER 4000
STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE
ADVOCATING FOR EDUCATIONAL
EQUITY THROUGH POLICY REFORM
LIKE SB ONE 166, CO-SPONSORED BY
CHEN AB, SB 1161 1166
ESTABLISHES A CRITICAL SYSTEM OF
OVERSIGHT OF THE UC, CSU, AND
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TITLE NINE
PRACTICES BY REQUIRING THE
CAMPUSES TO REPORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE ANNUALLY. THIS BILL
TAKES A BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TOWARDS ENSURING THAT
GENDER EQUITY IS A PRIORITY. SB
1166 WILL HELP TRANSFORM THE
PROMISES OF SAFE AND EQUITABLE
CAMPUSES INTO A REALITY IN
CALIFORNIA. IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT
WE HOLD CALIFORNIA COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH
TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATIVE
EFFORTS WITH BOTH STUDENTS AND
ADMINISTRATIONS. I AM HOPEFUL
THAT WE CAN SEE THE RESULTS WE
HAVE BEEN DEMANDING FOR FAR TOO
LONG THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF
LEGISLATION LIKE SB 1166, AND I
WANT ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THAT.
TITLE NINE PROMISE STUDENTS TO
END, END TO END DISCRIMINATION
AND EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES
REGARDLESS OF SEX. IN ORDER TO
KEEP THIS PROMISE, WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT INSTITUTIONS ARE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE UNSAFE
ENVIRONMENTS THAT STUDENTS HAVE
BEEN SUBJECTED TO FOR DECADES.
SB 1166 WILL ALLOW THE
LEGISLATURE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS
WITHIN CALIFORNIA'S TITLE NINE
SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTE POLICIES
THAT CREATE CAMPUS CULTURES THAT
WELCOME ALL STUDENTS AND SHUT
DOWN DISCRIMINATION. ON BEHALF
OF GENERATION UP, I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR AYE VOTE ON SB 1166
TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM? ONE
MORE. COME ON UP. I'M SORRY.
YEAH. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. YEAH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR. AND
MEMBERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS TERRY WILSON. I'M THE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE FOR
THE CSU EMPLOYEES UNION, WHICH
REPRESENTS 35,000 NON FACULTY,
STAFF AND STUDENT ASSISTANTS AT
THE CSU. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF SB 1166 TODAY. I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR
YOUR WORK ON THE CALL TO ACTION
BILL PACKAGE AND SENATOR DODD
FOR AUTHORIZING THIS IMPORTANT
BILL. IN ADDITION TO MY ROLE
WITH CSU, I HAVE WORKED AT
FRESNO STATE SINCE 2007, AND I
HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
THE TITLE NINE SYSTEM THERE. I
WAS A STUDENT AFFAIRS ANALYST AT
FRESNO STATE AND HAD A
SUPERVISOR WHO BEGAN HARASSING
ME, AND MY VERY FIRST WEEK ON
THE JOB, HE MADE INAPPROPRIATE
COMMENTS TOWARDS ME, BULLIED ME,
THREATENED ME BOTH PHYSICALLY
AND VERBALLY. DESPITE MY
CONTINUOUS REPORTS ABOUT HIS
BEHAVIOR, HE WAS NEVER FORMALLY
INVESTIGATED AND I EVENTUALLY
HAD TO ACCEPT THE DEMOTION TO
ESCAPE HIS ABUSES. THE CSU'S
FAILURE TO ADDRESS MY
SUPERVISOR'S BEHAVIOR DERAILED
MY CAREER AT FRESNO STATE, AND I
TRULY BELIEVE THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN PREVENTED IF STRONGER
POLICIES HAD BEEN IN PLACE BACK
THEN. LAST YEAR, CSU WAS A PROUD
SPONSOR OF SB 808 WITH SENATOR
DODD, WHICH ESTABLISHED
DESPERATELY NEEDED TITLE NINE
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AT THE
CSU. WHILE RECENT MEDIA HAS
HIGHLIGHTED THE FAILINGS OF THE
TITLE NINE SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY
AT THE CSU, SB 1166 NOW PROVIDES
US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENSURE ROBUST TITLE NINE
TRANSPARENCY ACROSS OUR PUBLIC
EDUCATION SEGMENTS. THE
EXPANSION OF THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS TO SB 1166 SERVES
TO CREATE MUCH NEEDED
ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR TITLE NINE
SYSTEMS, AND WILL ENSURE THAT
STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF ACROSS
ALL OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS ARE SAFER AND
BETTER SUPPORTED WHEN IT COMES
TO HANDLING CASES OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT. EVERYONE WHO STEPS
FOOT ON A STATE CAMPUS DESERVES
TO LIVE, WORK AND LEARN IN A
SAFE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE BELIEVE
THAT THIS BILL IS AN IMPORTANT
STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT. FOR
THESE REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY
ASK YOUR AYE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION.
HAVE A SECOND. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT IN
THE HEARING ROOM? TIFFANY MARK,
ON BEHALF OF CFT, FOR THE
REASONS THAT THE BRAVE WITNESSES
HAVE NOTED, WE ARE IN STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANNA MATTHEWS WITH THE FACULTY
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
CHAIR POWELL MEMBERS DAVID
HAWKINS WITH THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE INDEPENDENCE FACULTY
UNION. STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU
. CARL LARSON, ON BEHALF OF
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELENI
KOUNALAKIS IN STRONG SUPPORT.
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. SENATOR WOULD LIKE
TO CLOSE RESPECTFULLY, I ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR DODD, FOR BEING A PROUD
AUTHOR OF THE CALL TO ACTION
BILL PACKAGE AND FOR YOUR
COLLABORATION AND LEADERSHIP TO
CONTINUE TO BE AN INSTRUMENTAL
VOICE IN SECURING DATA FROM
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ON
HOW THEY ARE HANDLING SEXUAL
HARASSMENT CASES. IN ORDER FOR
US AS POLICYMAKERS TO MAKE DATA
INFORMED DECISIONS, WE MUST
FIRST HAVE ACCURATE DATA AND
YOUR BILL PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR
THE LEGISLATURE TO RECEIVE
ACCURATE DATA FROM THE SEGMENTS.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR WITNESSES
HERE TODAY, THANK YOU, SENATOR,
AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
EFFORTS ON THIS. I LOOK FORWARD
TO SUPPORTING THE MEASURE TODAY.
WITH THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL, PLEASE. FILE ITEM NUMBER
SIX, SB 1166. THE MOTION IS Dð.
PASS AS AMENDED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FONG I
FONG, EYE TO EYE TO EYE.
ARAMBULA Ã. ARAMBULA I BURNER.
AZALI. AZALI I ERWIN. JACKSON
LO. MURATSUCHI MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA. THAT MEASURE HAS
FIVE EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THE
DOOR OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS. ADD ON. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU,
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS SENATOR EGGMAN,
PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER SB 1411.
WELCOME, SENATOR. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. GOOD
AFTERNOON. IT'S NICE TO SEE
EVERYBODY HERE, I AM HERE TODAY
TO PRESENT SB 1491, HAVING TO DO
WITH OUR HIGHER OUR INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THEIR
CAMPUSES, YEARS AGO, WE DID A
SURVEY ON CAMPUS CLIMATE. AND SO
THIS BILL IS BASED ON SOME OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME
OUT OF THERE, WE KNOW THAT GOING
TO SCHOOL SHOULD BE AN EXCITING,
ENRICHING EXPERIENCE FOR A LOT
OF FOLKS. AND WE KNOW, SOMETIMES
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. SO
THIS BILL SEEMS SEEKS TO REMEDY
SOME OF THAT. AND WE KNOW,
ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND LGBTQ,
THE CLIMATE SOMETIMES CAN BE
EVEN MORE, TOXIC, SO SB 1491 IS
A PIECE OF THE PACKAGE FOR THE
LGBTQ CAUCUS THIS YEAR TO
PREVENT AND ADDRESS
DISCRIMINATION ON OUR CAMPUSES,
SO THIS BILL DOES THREE THINGS,
AND IT ADDRESSES BOTH, PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES. THE
FIRST ONE IS IF STUDENTS ARE
ENROLLED IN A, IN A PRIVATE OR
RELIGIOUS UNIVERSITY THAT IS NOT
COVERED UNDER TITLE NINE, THEY
NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT OUT
LOUD, SO STUDENTS SHOULD BE,
PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT THEY
ARE NOT, THAT THE SCHOOL THEY
ARE ATTENDING IS EXEMPT FROM
EQUITY IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION
ACT OR TITLE NINE, JUST TO
INFORM THEM THAT FOR HARASSMENT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE
PROTECTIONS THEY MAY THINK ARE
PROTECTING THEM DO NOT. AND IT
ALSO REQUIRES 13 YEARS AGO WE
ASKED THE CSUS AND THE UCS AND
THE, COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO HAVE
A, A LIAISON FOR LGBT STUDENTS
TO BE ABLE TO GO SOMEPLACE SAFE,
THE CSU OR THE UCS HAVE DONE A
PRETTY WELL AT THAT. THE CSU'S
HAVE FAILED HORRIBLY, AS HAVE
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. SO, YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE SAY IF THERE'S
JUST A SUGGESTION THAT SOMETIMES
IT'S JUST ADVICE. AND SO IT
HASN'T BEEN FOLLOWED. SO WE'RE
GOING TO SAY THAT IT SHOULD BE
FOLLOWED NOW AND THAT THAT
PERSON SHOULD ALSO BE,
CONFIDENTIAL PERSON, NOT JUST
THE PERSON WHO HAPPENS TO BE
ASSIGNED TO THE FRONT DESK ON
THAT DAY, SO WITH ME TODAY HERE
IS, CRAIG FULCHER WITH EQUALITY
CALIFORNIA AND ESPERANZA BOYER,
DIRECTOR AND ORGANIZING OF CHEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR MEMBERS CRAIG
PULSIPHER, ON BEHALF OF EQUALITY
CALIFORNIA, PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF
SB 1491, FIRST, JUST WANT TO
THANK THIS COMMITTEE FOR ITS
CALL TO ACTION REPORT THAT
PROVIDED A NUMBER OF
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE
LEGISLATURE CAN BETTER ADDRESS
DISCRIMINATION IN, AS NOTED IN
THE ANALYSIS, ONE OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS IS ENCAPSULATED
IN THIS BILL, SB 1491 BUILDS ON
LEGISLATION THAT EQUALITY
CALIFORNIA SPONSORED IN 2016,
WHICH REQUIRED COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES TO DISCLOSE IF THEY
PERMIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
LGBTQ STUDENTS. SPECIFICALLY,
THE LEGISLATION REQUIRED SCHOOLS
THAT CLAIM AN EXEMPTION UNDER
EITHER TITLE NINE OR
CALIFORNIA'S EQUITY IN HIGHER
EDUCATION ACT TO DISCLOSE THIS
INFORMATION TO THE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION AS WELL AS TO BOTH
CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
AND STAFF. TODAY AT LEAST NINE
INSTITUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE
EXEMPT FROM TITLE NINE, AND AT
LEAST 20 ARE EXEMPT FROM THE
EQUITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION ACT.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY STUDENTS
CONTINUE TO BE UNAWARE OF THESE
EXEMPTIONS AND WHAT THE
POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES MIGHT BE
IF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR
GENDER IDENTITY DOES NOT ALIGN
WITH THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY'S
POLICIES. STUDENTS MAY ALSO NOT
BE AWARE OF THEIR ABILITY TO
REPORT CLAIMS OF DISCRIMINATION
TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS, SO THE OCR CAN
INVESTIGATE AND DETERMINE
WHETHER THE STUDENT WAS
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. SB 1491
WILL BUILD ON EXISTING LAW BY
REQUIRING THE STUDENT AID
COMMISSION TO NOTIFY STUDENTS OF
THEIR RIGHTS TO FILE A COMPLAINT
WITH OCR, EVEN IF THE
INSTITUTION HAS DENIED THE CLAIM
DUE TO A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION.
THE BILL IS AN IMPORTANT MEASURE
TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND
ENSURE THAT LGBTQ AND ALL
STUDENTS CAN MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS AND PROTECT THEMSELVES
AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES,
AND I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME
HELLO, MY NAME IS ESPERANZA
BAUER, AND I'M A SECOND YEAR
STUDENT AT AMERICAN RIVER
COLLEGE AND A DIRECTOR OF
ORGANIZING FOR GENERATION UP.
GEN-UP IS AN ENTIRELY STUDENT
LED ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES
FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY THROUGH
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. I AM
HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO
REPRESENT CHEN UP AND TESTIFY ON
BEHALF OF SENATE BILL 1491 AS
PROUD CO-SPONSORS OF SB 1491.
CHEN UP SEEKS TO YOUR SUPPORT
TODAY IN STANDING WITH LGBTQ+
STUDENTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. ONE
IN EVERY FIVE LGBTQ STUDENTS
WILL EXPERIENCE BULLYING OR
HARASSMENT DURING THEIR TIME IN
COLLEGE. BUT OF THOSE, ONLY A
FIFTH SAID THEIR COLLEGE HAD
CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING
GENDER OR SEXUALITY. SEXUALITY
BASED DISCRIMINATION ACTS TODAY,
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENSURE ALL QUEER STUDENTS
RECEIVE VITAL SUPPORT. SB 1491
WOULD ENSURE THAT PROVIDING A
CONFIDENTIAL POINT PERSON TO BE
THERE FOR QUEER STUDENTS IS NOT
A RECOMMENDATION, BUT A
REQUIREMENT. THE WELL-BEING OF
STUDENTS CAN NO LONGER BE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT. LGBTQ PLUS
STUDENTS ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO BE
INFORMED WHEN THEIR HIGHER
EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO GRANT THEM TITLE
NINE PROTECTIONS BY HELPING
STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM
AS WELL AS PROVIDING NECESSARY
AVENUES OF SUPPORT FOR QUEER
STUDENTS WHO ARE FACING
DISCRIMINATION. SB 1491 IS ONE
STEP IN MAKING CALIFORNIA
SCHOOLS SAFER. ALL STUDENTS
DESERVE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
IN WHICH THEY ARE RECOGNIZED AND
HEARD. ALL STUDENTS DESERVE A
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH
THEY ARE SAFE AND SUPPORTED, AND
ALL STUDENTS DESERVE A LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE
INFORMED AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
STAND WITH US AS WE FIGHT FOR
MORE INCLUSIVE CAMPUSES FOR ALL
STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL
ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.
ON BEHALF OF GENERATION UP, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE
VOTE ON SB 1491 TODAY. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT IN THE
HEARING ROOM? CHAIR MEMBERS
DAVID HAWKINS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FACULTY. INDEPENDENT FACULTY.
UNION'S STRONG SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. ANNA MATTHEWS WITH THE
FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND STRONG SUPPORT. TIFFANY,
MARK, ON BEHALF OF CFT IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, CARL LARSON,
ON BEHALF OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
LETTY CANELLAKIS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A
MOTION. A SECOND. THANK YOU. ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN A HEARING ROOM?
COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? A SIMILAR SALLY. HI,
SENATOR, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A
GOOD THING WHEN PEOPLE HAVE MORE
INFORMATION THAN LESS, SO I
FULLY SUPPORT THAT. I JUST WANT
TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THIS
LIAISON A LITTLE BETTER. IS
THERE CURRENTLY A GENERAL
LIAISON AND LIKE THIS WOULD BE A
SPECIFIC ONE FOR LGBT STUDENTS
OR YOU'RE SAYING THE CSUS HAVE
NOT DONE A GOOD JOB, MEANING
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE THERE TO
HELP STUDENTS NAVIGATE THE
COMPLAINT PROCESS. THEY DON'T
HAVE ANYBODY THERE SPECIFICALLY
FOR LGBTQ OR WOMEN. WHAT ABOUT
JUST IN GENERAL? LIKE DO THEY
HAVE? I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND, IS THERE NO ONE
THERE AT ALL, OR IS THERE JUST
NO ONE THERE THAT JUST IS
SPECIALIZES IN LGBT ISSUES? TO
MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO
THERE'S NO LIKE I MEAN, YOU GO
TO THE AUTHORITIES OR YOU GO TO
A COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT, OKAY.
BUT AS FAR AS SOMETHING BEING
CONFIDENTIAL, I JUST THINK IT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR ALL
STUDENTS, NOT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A
GREAT BILL FOR YOU NEXT YEAR,
SIR. I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WE JUST WANT
TO NARROW OR LIMIT IT TO A CLASS
OF STUDENTS. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY
STUDENT WHO WHO FACES MORE
DISCRIMINATION OFTENTIMES, AND
ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AS WELL.
RIGHT. WOMEN ARE MUCH MORE
LIKELY TO BE THE VICTIM OF RAPE
OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT. RIGHT. AND
SO TO HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL PLACE
TO GO AND REPORT THAT SEEMS LIKE
APPROPRIATE. YEAH. I MEAN,
MINORITY, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW,
WOMEN IN GENERAL, MINORITIES
HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. SO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE. SENATOR WOULD LIKE
TO CLOSE PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I THINK IT WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ACTUALLY
COLLECT DATA AND THEN TRY TO PUT
POLICY IN PLACE BASED ON THAT IS
ALWAYS A GOOD WAY TO GO. I ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, SENATOR NEWMAN. I MEAN,
SENATOR EGGMAN, FOR YOUR
AUTHORING THIS MEASURE AND FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS ON
THE CALL TO ACTION REPORT. I
PROTECT BEFORE.BUT NEWMAN'S. NO,
NO. THANK YOU, SENATOR EGGMAN,
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS,
AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF OUR
LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS IS CRITICAL
AND IMPERATIVE. MORE THAN EVER,
NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS TAKING
ADDITIONAL STEPS TO PROVIDE
PROTECTIONS. BUT WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S IMPENDING INJUNCTION
FROM MULTIPLE STATES THAT CAN
UNDERMINE THIS EFFORT. I'M
GRATEFUL THAT I'M HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. WE CONTINUE TO
EXPAND PROTECTIONS AND NOT
CURTAIL THEM. WITH THAT, I LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THE
CALL TO ACTION BILL PACKAGE WITH
THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL, PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER
14, SB 1491. THE MOTION IS DUE.
PASS TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
FONG I FONG I TO NOT TO NOT
VOTING. ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I
BURNER EASILY EASILY I ERWIN
JACKSON LOW MURATSUCHI
MURATSUCHI I QUIRK-SILVA THAT
MEASURES FOR EYES AND WE'LL KEEP
THEM OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS. ADD ON. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH SENATOR
EGGMAN. NEXT UP, WE'D LIKE TO
WELCOME SENATOR SOURTOE
PRESENTING SB 916. WELCOME,
SENATOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE,
I'M HERE TO PRESENT SB 916.
CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SB 916 IS A
CLARIFYING BILL ON THE INTENT OF
THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA VETERAN FEE WAIVER
PROGRAM, KNOWN AS CALVERT FEE
WAIVER. THE CALVERT FEE WAIVER
IS A CALIFORNIA SPECIFIC BENEFIT
FOR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF
DISABLED VETERANS. THIS UNIQUE
BENEFIT HAS GONE THROUGH MANY
CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS THROUGH
THE YEARS, AND CURRENTLY
PROVIDES FREE TUITION AT PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES FOR THESE
DEPENDENTS WITH CERTAIN AGE
REQUIREMENTS. AS LONG AS THE
VETERAN IS 100% DISABLED DUE TO
SERVICE CONNECTED INJURIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF OUR
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES HAVE
DISSECTED THE LAW AND THE INTENT
OF THE CALVERT FEE WAIVER
PROGRAM AND USED AN UNINTENDED
LOOPHOLE TO DENY THIS BENEFIT TO
OUR VETERANS, FAMILIES FOR
SPECIFIC DEGREE PROGRAMS. THIS
BILL CAME THROUGH TO OUR CAME TO
ME THROUGH ONE OF MY OWN VETERAN
CONSTITUENTS, WHO BELIEVE THERE
WAS A MISTAKE WHEN THEIR CHILD
WAS DENIED THE CALVERT FEE
WAIVER WHILE TRYING TO ATTEND A
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOR A
BACHELOR'S OF WILDFIRE SCIENCE
DEGREE. BECAUSE THE SON WANTED
TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER, WHICH I
ENCOURAGE A LOT IN INVESTING IN
THIS ISSUE, MY STAFF FOUND THAT
THE LOOPHOLE BEING USED IS THE
PHRASE MANDATORY SYSTEM WIDE
TUITION AND FEES FOR DETERMINING
THAT SPECIAL EXTENDED EDUCATION
DEGREE PROGRAMS ARE NOT INCLUDED
IN SYSTEM WIDE TUITION AND FEES.
THESE EXTENDED EDUCATION
PROGRAMS ARE SELF-FUNDED AND
UNIQUE TO INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES,
HENCE THE USE OF THE LOOPHOLE OF
SYSTEM WIDE TUITION AND FEES
UNDER THE UC AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEMS, EXTENDED
EDUCATION IS LIMITED TO
CERTIFICATE AND LICENSING
CLASSES LARGELY USED BY ADULT
POPULATIONS, SHIFTING THEIR
CAREERS. IT IS UNIQUELY UNDER
THE CSU SYSTEM, AND THESE
EXTENDED EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE
ALSO FULL DEGREE PROGRAMS.
SEEING THAT THESE PROGRAMS CAN
COVER MUCH MORE THAN DEGREES, I
NARROWLY TAILORED BY I NARROWLY
TAILORED THE BILL TO COVER JUST
UNDERGRADUATE EXTENDED EDUCATION
DEGREE PROGRAMS. I DID THIS TO
KEEP AND CLARIFY THE ORIGINAL
INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE IN
CREATING THE CALVERT FEE WAIVER.
IT'S TIME THAT WE CLOSE THE
LOOPHOLE THAT IS DENYING
BENEFITS TO THE INTENT THAT WERE
INTENDED TO PROVIDE A FREE
PUBLIC EDUCATION TO THIS
SPECIFIC POPULATION, SB 916 WILL
SOLIDIFY THE INTENT OF THE
LEGISLATURE IN THE CALVERT FEE
WAIVER PROGRAM FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE FAMILIES OF OUR DISABLED
VETS, MEMBERS, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE WHEN THE
TIME COMES, AS IN KEEPING WITH
MY, MY THE WAY I OPERATE, I DO
NOT HAVE A, A WITNESS THAT HAS
COME WITH ME, SO THAT WE ARE NOT
REDUNDANT IN THE DELIVERY OF THE
MESSAGE AND, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR. AYE VOTE WHEN TIME
COMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM? ARE
THERE WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM? ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN A HEARING ROOM?
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I HAVE A
MOTION. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? A
MOTION, A SECOND, A SIMILAR.
SALIH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT AND
ASK IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO
COAUTHOR THIS. AWESOME. IF THAT
IS POSSIBLE, WE'LL DO SO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. AT THIS LATE HOUR, WE
CAN'T. NO, YOU CAN'T. IT'S UP TO
THE SENATOR. SO THANK YOU. WE
HAVE A MOTION A SECOND
COLLEAGUES. ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE. SENATOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE, NO. I JUST RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU,
SENATOR, FOR BRINGING THIS VERY
IMPORTANT MEASURE FORWARD AND
FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE ON
BEHALF OF MILITARY FAMILIES. WE
KNOW THAT CSU IS ALSO IN
OPPOSITION, BUT THE FINANCIAL
CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE
CONSIDERED IN THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. AND I BELIEVE
THAT CALVET FEE WAIVER IS
INTENDED TO COVER DEGREE
PROGRAMS. HOWEVER CSU IS ALSO
ELECTED TO RUN SOME OF THESE
PROGRAMS THROUGH THEIR EXTENSION
, SOMETIMES FOR GOOD AND FOR
UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS. BUT WE
KNOW THAT OUR DUTY TO THE
FAMILIES OF THESE DISABLED
VETERANS SHOULD NOT CHANGE. AND
WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE MEASURE HERE
TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM
SECRETARY. ROLL CALL PLEASE FILE
ITEM NUMBER THREE SB 916. THE
MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO THE
MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE. FONG I FONG, EYE TO
EYE TO EYE. ARAMBULA BURNER.
ASALI A ASALI I IRWIN JACKSON.
LO MÀ CðC MURATSUCHI I
QUIRK-SILVA THAT MEASURES FOR
EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN
FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OUT ON.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR PATIENCE
HERE TODAY, WE DO HAVE A FEW
MORE BILLS UP, ANY POTENTIAL
AUTHORS? OUR COMMITTEE IS NOW
OPEN, AND, PLEASE COME ON BY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SUSAN SOMETHING GOING ON?
THEY'RE NOT IN SESSION. TAKES IT
UP ON. JUST HOLD ALL THE BILLS.
WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
MORE OFFICERS, AND THEY. YES.
OKAY. THANK YOU.
QUIRK-SILVA.
YOU'VE BEEN AROUND. OH, YEAH.
NICE THEY DO. SO. YEAH. SO LET
US BEGIN AT. YEAH. IN LIVERPOOL,
THEY HAVE A FULL. YEAH. IT'S
VERY HOT. YEAH I KNOW, THANK
YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. AGAIN. WE'RE AWAITING
AUTHORS ON A NUMBER OF BILLS IN
THE ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. IF YOU'RE AN AUTHOR
THAT HAS NOT YET PRESENTED,
PLEASE JOIN US IN ROOM FOR 37.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. YOU
KNOW. AM I GOING? NO, I DO NOT.
YEAH.
WHAT IS THIS? THE PLATFORM.
SENATE-TV ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S.
LET'S GO. YEAH. YOU GUYS JUST.
ON THE OTHER END OF THE. YEAH
ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. I LET THE,
YEAH. YOU WANT ME TO. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT
ONE AUTHOR IS ON HIS WAY, BUT
OTHER AUTHORS, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO JOIN US FROM FOUR, THREE
SEVEN. THANK YOU. HOW LONG?
REALLY.
IS THE. LIMON.
YES. SENATOR HURTADO, WELCOME.
YOU WANT. ARE YOU READY? PERFECT
NEXT UP IS SENATOR HURTADO
PRESENTING, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,
SENATE BILL 1183. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WELCOME THANK YOU, GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, I'M HERE TO
PRESENT SB 1183, A BILL DESIGNED
TO EXPAND ACCESS TO REGISTERED
NURSING PROGRAMS AS SB 1183,
WHICH WOULD ALLOW COMMUNITY
COLLEGE USING MULTI-CRITERIA
SCREENING FOR NURSING PROGRAMS
TO ALSO CONSIDER CANDIDATES FROM
MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS.
THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR COMMUNITIES
LIKE THE CENTRAL VALLEY, AS IT
HELPS ADDRESS HEALTHCARE
SHORTAGES BY INCREASING BY
INCREASING ACCESS TO NURSING
EDUCATION FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES ANTICIPATES A
DEMAND FOR OVER 3.6 MILLION
REGISTERED NURSES BY 2030.
CALIFORNIA IS ALREADY FACING A
NURSING SHORTAGE, FURTHER
EXACERBATED BY COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND UNDERSERVED AREAS
LACKING LOCAL RECRUITMENT
RESOURCES. THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE
URGENT NEED FOR ACCESSIBLE
TRAINING PROGRAMS WITHIN THESE
COMMUNITIES BY FORGING STRONGER
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND LOCAL WORKFORCE
AREAS, WE CAN POSITIVELY
INFLUENCE REGIONAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. GRADUATES WHO
SECURE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT ARE MORE
LIKELY TO INVEST IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES, CONTRIBUTE TO THE
LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AS WELL.
SB 1183 AIMS TO BROADEN THE
ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR
REGISTERED NURSING PROGRAMS IN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS, BUT
SPECIFICALLY IT PROPOSES TO
ALLOW DISTRICTS THAT HAVE OPTED
FOR MULTI-CRITERIA SCREENING
MEASURES TO EVALUATE CANDIDATES
FOR ADMISSION TO INCLUDE
INDIVIDUALS FROM MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED AREAS BY EXPANDING
ADMISSION CRITERIA TO INCLUDE
CANDIDATES FOR MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED AREAS. SB 1183 TAKES
A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS
ENSURING THAT NURSING PROGRAMS
ARE MORE INCLUSIVE OF ADDRESSING
REGIONAL HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES
AND CULTIVATING A HEALTH CARE
WORKFORCE THAT IS BETTER
EQUIPPED TO SERVE DIVERSE AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. IT IS
CRUCIAL TO FOCUS ON INCREASING
THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED NURSES
IN THE WORKFORCE AND ENSURING
ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM THE
COMMUNITIES THEY WILL SERVE, AND
HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT. I
HAVE A JONAS AND I. I APOLOGIZE
ALREADY IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR
NAME. CHANGLE, DEAN OF NURSING
AND ALLIED HEALTH AT THE COLLEGE
OF THE SEQUOIAS AND DOCTOR
JENNIFER VEGA LA SERNA,
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF
ACADEMIC SERVICES AT THE COLLEGE
OF SEQUOIAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME. YES. THANK YOU. JOHN
SHINKLE, DEAN OF NURSING AND
ALLIED HEALTH AT COLLEGE
SEQUOIAS. SO THANK YOU, SENATOR
HURTADO, FOR SPONSORING THIS
BILL AND FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR
HEARING OUR PERSPECTIVE TODAY
FROM A BOOTS ON THE GROUND LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRYING TO AND
ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THE SEVERE
NURSING SHORTAGE IN OUR AREA.
THE GOAL OF THIS LEGISLATION IS
IMPORTANT TO THE MISSION OF THE
COLLEGE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE
LOCAL WORKFORCE NEEDS, AND THIS
IS IMPERATIVE IN NURSING. A FEW
KEY POINTS THAT WARRANT THE
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL. WE HAVE
LOCAL HEALTH CARE PARTNERS THAT
ARE EDUCATING NURSES FROM OUT OF
THE AREA. SO MANY OF OUR
STUDENTS COME TO THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. IT'S CHEAP TO LIVE. OUR
COST IS ONLY 8000 FOR A TWO YEAR
PROGRAM. THE NURSING PARTNERS DO
ALL THE CLINICAL TRAINING AND
THEN THEY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.
SO WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR
WORKFORCE NEEDS. AND YET THE
HOSPITALS ARE EXPECTED TO BEAR
THE BRUNT OF CLINICAL EDUCATION,
WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. SO
WITHOUT THE THIS BILL, OUR MOST
ECONOMIC VULNERABLE STUDENTS ARE
NOT ALLOWED INTO OUR LOCAL
NURSING PROGRAMS AND THEREFORE
FOR PROFIT NURSING PROGRAMS COME
TO OUR AREAS AND PUT OUR
STUDENTS IN GREAT DEBT ANYWHERE
FROM 80 TO 140,000 FOR A NURSING
DEGREE. THIS BILL ALLOWS US TO
INVEST IN OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE.
RIGHT NOW, WE CANNOT RANK BY A
LOCAL ZIP CODE. WE LIVE IN
MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS, AND
YET WE'RE EDUCATING PEOPLE THAT
ARE NOT FROM OUR AREA. SO OUR
LOCAL GRADUATES WOULD PROVIDE
LONG TERM STABILITY FOR OUR
HEALTH CARE PARTNERS. WE WOULD
BE ABLE TO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
EDUCATE OUR LOCAL STUDENTS WITH
LOCAL FACULTY. AND WE ALSO KNOW
THAT OUR FACULTY THAT COME FROM
OUR COLLEGES STAY AND TEACH AND
BECOME ADJUNCT AND BECOME FULL
TIME FACULTY, WHICH IS ALSO A
GREAT NEED AT THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THIS BILL
ALSO REDUCES SUBSTANTIALLY THE
TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT COSTS
FOR THE LOCAL HOSPITALS, WHICH
ARE UNDER TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL
BURDEN. MADERA COMMUNITY
HOSPITAL IN OUR AREA HAS GONE
BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF THE
EXCESSIVE PAYOUT FOR TRAVELING
NURSES AND AS A FISCAL
CONSERVATIVE, THIS IS ONE WAY TO
ADDRESS THE NURSING SHORTAGE AT
ABSOLUTELY NO COST TO THE
TAXPAYER. SO I AM BEGGING FOR
SUPPORT OF SB 1183. SO I ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE SO THAT WE CAN
LOCALLY EDUCATE OUR OWN NURSING
STUDENTS AND PROVIDE IMPROVED
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE IN
UNDERSERVED AREAS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU. HI
JENNIFER VEGA LA SERNA I AM THE
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, VICE
PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC SERVICES
AT COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS AND I
WANT TO THANK SENATOR HURTADO
FOR SUPPORTING THIS BILL AND
THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR
TIME. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
THE SUPPORT OF SB 1183. THIS
BILL WILL ENHANCE LOCAL HEALTH
CARE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
ADDRESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE
NEEDS. AT THE CORE, THIS BILL IS
ABOUT EQUITY. IT SUPPORTS
UNDERREPRESENTED UPPER
UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WHO FACE
BARRIERS IN ACCESS TO EDUCATION
AND EMPLOYMENT. AS A HISPANIC
SERVING INSTITUTION, THIS
INITIATIVE WILL HELP COLLEGE OF
THE SEQUOIAS ENSURE THE NURSING
PROGRAM IS ACCESSIBLE TO OUR
LOCAL RESIDENTS FROM DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS WHO REPRESENT OUR
COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A STRONG
COLLABORATION WITH OUR LOCAL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THIS BILL
WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE
PIPELINE FOR OUR LOCAL STUDENTS
INTERESTED IN NURSING AND
ENHANCE THEIR PREPAREDNESS AND
COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
LOCAL STUDENTS PROVIDE BETTER,
CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE AS
THEY UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL
LEAD TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE
OUTCOMES. A WELL STAFFED LOCAL
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AND OUR DATA
TELLS THE STORY BEST WHEN UP TO
85% OF COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS
STUDENTS IN THE NURSING PROGRAM
ARE FROM OUT OF THE AREA, IT
LEADS TO THREE MAIN ISSUES LACK
OF ACCESS FOR LOCAL STUDENTS,
FRUSTRATION FROM OUR HEALTH CARE
PARTNERS, AND A LACK OF ADEQUATE
STAFFING WHEN STUDENTS RETURN TO
THEIR HOME IN THE METROPOLITAN
AREAS. OUR DATA ALSO SHOWS THAT
OUR LOCAL STUDENTS ARE JUST AS
SUCCESSFUL IN THE NURSING
PROGRAM, WITH 95% TEST PASS
RATES AND 100% EMPLOYMENT RATES.
THIS BILL PROVIDES SUPPORTS FOR
COS, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR
COMMUNITY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH,
SUPPORTING LOCAL STUDENTS AND
ADDRESSING THE NURSING SHORTAGE.
SUPPORT SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL IN
PROVIDING EXTRA POINTS FOR OUR
STUDENTS FROM OUR MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED AREAS. ULTIMATELY
SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND
ECONOMIC STABILITY OF THE
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, SENATOR,
JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE, HAVE YOU
ACCEPTED THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS? YES. THANK YOU. DO
WE HAVE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT IN
THE HEARING ROOM? GOOD
AFTERNOON. IMRAN MAJID, ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE IN SUPPORT, ALSO JUST
WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR
ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS BILL AND
ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. OTHER 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? WE HAVE A SECOND.
SENATOR, WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE.
COLLEAGUES, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE ON THIS MEASURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR
HURTADO, FOR AUTHORING THIS
MEASURE FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF
OUR MOST CRITICAL NEEDS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. WITH THE NURSING
SHORTAGE, WE KNOW THAT MOST
NURSING PROGRAMS AT COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ARE DEFINITELY
IMPACTED, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO
EXAMINE WAYS TO PRIORITIZE
STUDENTS ENROLLED WHO WILL
REMAIN IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED
AREAS. AND ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS
TO PRIORITIZE HOME GROWN NURSING
STUDENTS. WITH THAT, I LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE HERE TODAY. MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, SB 1183.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS
AMENDED, TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. FONG I FONG, EYE TO
EYE TO EYE. ARAMBULA BURNER.
EASILY. EASILY. EYE. IRWIN
JACKSON. LO MURATSUCHI. VÌ.
QUIRK-SILVA. QUIRK-SILVA EYE
THAT MEASURES FOUR EYES AND
WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP WE
HAVE SENATOR PADILLA PRESENTING
ITEM NUMBER FIVE SB 995. WELCOME
.
WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO PRESENT
SB 995. AND I WOULD LIKE TO
BEGIN BY ACCEPTING THE
COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS AND
THANKING THE STAFF VERY MUCH FOR
WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE ON THIS
MEASURE. ACROSS THE NATION,
SCHOOLS ARE CONFRONTING A DIRE
TEACHER SHORTAGE. YOU DON'T NEED
ME TO TELL YOU THAT. AND THE
IMPACTS ARE MOST DEEPLY FELT IN
SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE
STUDENT POPULATIONS AND
COMMUNITIES. IT'S OBVIOUSLY
BEING DRIVEN BY A COUPLE OF
FACTORS. ONE, WE HAVE A HIGHER
THAN AVERAGE RATE OF DEPARTURE
AND RETIREMENT, AND WE HAVE A
DROP IN ENROLLMENT IN
CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS, CREATING
A SCARCITY, EARNING A TEACHING
CREDENTIAL OFTEN TAKES TOO LONG.
IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. IT'S FAR TOO
COMPLICATED. AND IT IS A
CRITICAL FRONTLINE PROFESSION
THAT HAS NO LESS THAN THE FUTURE
IN THEIR HANDS. SB 995 IS THE
HIGH QUALITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION ACT AND WOULD
REQUIRE THE CREATION OF THREE
PILOT PROGRAMS TO RECRUIT HIGH
QUALITY TEACHING CANDIDATES AT
THREE CSU CAMPUSES. IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH NEIGHBORING
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THESE
PROGRAMS WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO
ACQUIRE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND
TEACHING CREDENTIAL THROUGH A
STREAMLINED, FOUR YEAR
CURRICULUM, AND WOULD REQUIRE
OUTREACH TO LOCAL SCHOOLS TO
RECRUIT QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
THIS WOULD BUILD OFF EXISTING
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND CSU'S FOR A HOST OF
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES, AND
CREATE A MORE STREAMLINED
TEACHING, TRAINING PATHWAY BY
REQUIRING COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
CSU'S TO JOINTLY CREATE THE
PROGRAM AND THE AMENDMENTS. AS
YOU ARE AWARE, MR. CHAIRMAN AND
OTHERS HELP PROVIDE A LITTLE
MORE FLEXIBILITY AROUND THAT
LANGUAGE. IT WOULD MAKE
TEACHING, AND TEACHER TRAINING
MORE ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS. AND
ALSO IN PARTICULAR FROM LOW AND
UNDER UNDERSERVED, LOW INCOME
AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, BY
REQUIRING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS,
STUDENTS IN THESE COMMUNITIES,
THESE PILOT PROGRAMS CAN HELP
MOVE TOWARDS A MORE DIVERSE
TEACHING POOL, WHICH WE KNOW IN
OTHER AREAS ACTUALLY HAS AN
IMPACT ON THE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT AND THE SUCCESS OF
STUDENT LEARNING. WITH ME TODAY
TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL IS TRISTAN BROWN FROM THE
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND MEMBERS. TRISTAN BROWN OF
CFT, NO DOUBT YOU ALREADY KNOW
THAT WE REPRESENT EDUCATORS FROM
THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
SECTOR ALL THE WAY THROUGH
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE èC
SECTOR. SO REAL CRADLE TO CAREER
, VIEWPOINT OF WHAT WE TAKE AND
HOW OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY RECENT YEARS IN THE
SHORTAGE. NO DOUBT COVID WAS A
HUGE GUT PUNCH TO THE INDUSTRY.
WE ALL HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
CLOSE AND REOPEN OUR PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM. IT WAS NOT
EASY. IT WAS NOT, BUTTERY
SMOOTH. TO PUT IT IN A POETIC
WAY THAT I THINK HAS CAUSED A
NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS TO TAKE
RETIREMENT, SOME EVEN EARLY. AND
IF YOU IMAGINE BEING A STUDENT
DURING THIS ERA THINKING ABOUT A
CAREER IN EDUCATION, THAT'S A
SIGNIFICANT STUMBLING BLOCK TO
HAVE BEEN TRIPPING OVER YOURSELF
ON ZOOM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS OF YOUR EDUCATION CAREER.
WE NOTICED THAT THE REPORT FROM
THE STATE SHOWED 10,000 TEACHER
VACANCIES DURING THE 2122 SCHOOL
YEAR, AND WE HAD A 16% DECLINE
FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN
APPLICANTS FOR CREDENTIALS. SO
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A STAFFING
CRISIS IN THIS STATE. THIS BILL
WILL PAVE A CLEAR PATH FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A INKLING
WITHIN THEMSELVES TO BECOME AN
EDUCATOR. IT REALLY IS A CALLING
. AND TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND START OUT
YOUR CAREER IN A LOW COST
OPTION, FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING
TO BE AND CONTINUE ON THROUGH A
CSU INTO A SMOOTH HANDOFF TO
THEN GRADUATE WITHIN A
REASONABLE NUMBER OF YEARS WITH
A CREDENTIAL, AND COME OUT BACK
INTO THE WORKFORCE AND GIVE BACK
TO YOUR COMMUNITY AS AN EDUCATOR
IS PHENOMENAL. WHEN WE SAW THIS
BILL, WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS AN
AUTOMATIC SUPPORT TO HELP CREATE
AN EASIER PATHWAY. IT IS VERY
CONFUSING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE LINGO OF
THE CTC AND THE CDE, AS I USE AN
ALPHABET SOUP IN THIS TESTIMONY
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF
CREDENTIAL THERE ARE AND WHAT IS
THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU, AND
HAVING TO KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO
TEACH IN PRIMARY GRADES AND
SECONDARY GRADES. THIS IS A LOT
TO TAKE IN. TO HAVE A PATHWAY TO
ALLOWS YOU TO LEARN YOUR CRAFT
AND ALSO EARN YOUR BA
THROUGHOUT. THIS IS GOING TO
SIMPLIFY THE MATTER AND MAKE IT
A LOT EASIER FOR INDIVIDUALS TO
ENTER THE WORKFORCE, WHICH WE
DESPERATELY NEED. THERE ARE MANY
REASONS FOR THE SHORTAGE, BUT
THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP US
STREAMLINE APPLICANTS INTO THE
PROFESSION. SO WITH THAT, WE DO
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE TODAY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
LUCY SALCIDO CARTER WITH THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICE OF ED IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OTHER WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE HEARING ROOM. ARE THERE
TWEENERS IN THE HEARING ROOM?
GOOD AFTERNOON. IMRAN MAJID, ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE, AS NOTED IN THE
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS, WE WILL
SUPPORTIVE OF SB 995 BECAUSE IT
SORT OF IT UTILIZED OUR EXISTING
ADT TEACHER PREPARATION
INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. WE DO HAVE SOME
CONCERNS THAT THE BILL SORT OF
REMOVES THOSE PROVISIONS, BUT WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
WORKING WITH THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE
ON THE LANGUAGE AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO ENGAGE IN FURTHER
CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOG. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? AS SENATOR QUIRK-SILVA
FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR SALIH.
SORRY, IT'S OUR FIRST. JUST A
QUICK QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE
THREE PARTNERING COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, THAT IS, MR. CHAIRMAN
SAM, MEMBER LEFT TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM, BUT
IT DOES REQUIRE ONE RURAL AREA
COMMUNITY, FOCUS OF CSU WITH A
COMPATIBLE, COMPATIBLE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SUMMER. SALLY MY QUESTION IS, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
ALREADY IS AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM
FOR STUDENTS TO GET BOTH IN
EITHER A 4 OR 5 YEAR PROGRAM. IS
THIS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S
EXISTING? AND MR. CHAIRMAN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER THERE IS NOT
SUCH AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM WITH
THE REQUIREMENT FOR
COLLABORATION AROUND THIS
PARTICULAR PATH, TO BE CANDID
AND RESPECTFUL TO ALL PARTIES
INVOLVED. THERE IS SOME TENSION
BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS ABOUT WHAT
STRUCTURE IS THE MOST VALUABLE
AND WHAT WOULD HAVE MORE
OPPORTUNITY FOR SCALING UP, BUT
FUNDAMENTALLY, BUILDING OFF SOME
OF THAT STRUCTURE, WHETHER IT IS
TO TRANSFER FROM AN ASSOCIATE
COMPLETION OR THROUGH AN AGREED
UPON UNDERGRADUATE PREPARATORY
CURRICULUM, THE FUNDAMENTAL GOAL
OF THE BILL IS TO REQUIRE THAT
THERE'S A COLLABORATION, WHICH
WE HOPE WOULD CONTINUE, AND WE
CAN END UP WITH SOME FUTURE
CHANGES POTENTIALLY. AND I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, BUT TO
ULTIMATELY END UP IN A PLACE
WHERE WE CAN HARMONIZE MORE
PATHWAYS FOR OUR POTENTIAL
CREDENTIALED PERSONNEL TO GET
THEIR CREDENTIAL, IN A, IN A
MORE, TIME EFFECTIVE AND STILL
QUALITY WAY. SO THE GOAL IS TO
GET THE WHO TO WORK BETTER, THE
CSUS AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
I THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL
REQUIRES THAT COLLABORATION, BUT
IT DOESN'T OVERLY PRESCRIBE THE
CONTENTS OF WHAT THEY MUST COME
UP WITH. THE GOAL IS PRETTY
CLEAR. WHAT ABOUT THE UCS? I'M
SORRY, THE UCS THIS IS ABOUT
WELL, AS YOU WELL KNOW IN THE
LAW, THERE ARE SOME
JURISDICTIONAL, JURISDICTIONAL,
AND OTHER REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS
WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA THAT ARE UNIQUE IN
OUR WORLD AND IN OUR STATE, YOU
KNOW, GRATEFUL FOR MOST OF THEM.
I KNOW YOU DO. I HEAR THAT A LOT
HERE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S ALSO,
YOU KNOW, NOT REQUIRED IS FOR US
TO FUND THEM. SO I JUST DON'T
KNOW WHY. WE JUST DON'T ATTACH
OUR MANDATES TO MAKE OUR FUNDING
CONDITIONAL. SO I SUPPORT THE
BILL. I DON'T LIKE THIS IDEA
THAT THE UCS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A
GOVERNMENT TO THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE NOT. THEY DON'T NEED OUR
MONEY. LET THEM GOVERN ON THEIR
OWN. SO WITH THAT, I HAVE NO
FURTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
SENATOR LEE. ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. SENATOR
WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MEMBERS. AND FOR THE QUESTIONS
AND CONVERSATION. I THINK
FUNDAMENTALLY THIS IS A GOOD
PLACE TO START WITH THE RIGHT
FOCUS, WE DO HAVE A SHORTAGE. WE
HAVE A CRISIS. AND THE END GOAL
SHOULD REALLY BE FOCUSED ON HOW
DO WE CREATE MORE CREDENTIALED
TEACHERS OR AVAILABLE TO EDUCATE
OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WITH
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
EYE VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO
WE HAVE A MOTION? DO YOU HAVE A
SECOND? SECOND MOTION A SECOND?
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU,
SENATOR, FOR BRINGING THIS,
MEASURE FORWARD, A VERY
IMPORTANT MEASURE TO CONTINUE TO
ADDRESS THE EVER GROWING TEACHER
SHORTAGE IN OUR STATE. I BELIEVE
THIS IS A MODEST PILOT THAT CAN
CONTINUE TO EXPEDITE THE
REQUIRED TIME FOR STUDENTS TO
EARN A DEGREE AND TEACHING
CREDENTIAL IN ORDER TO BE
EQUIPPED AND PREPARED TO ENTER
THE CLASSROOM TO TEACH. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY
COMMITTEE ON THE COMMENTS,
POLICY COMMENTS ON PAGE SIX OF
THE ANALYSIS, AND THANK YOU FOR
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS AS WELL. WITH THAT, I
LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE HERE TODAY. MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE SB 995.
THE MOTION IS Dð PASS, AS
AMENDED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. FONG I, FONG I TO I
TO I ARAMBULA BURNER EASILY,
EASILY. I ERWIN JACKSON LOW Þ
MURATSUCHI QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA I THAT MEASURES FOR
EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THE ROLL
OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ADD
ON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS. THANK YOU SENATOR. NEXT
UP WE HAVE SENATOR SKINNER
PRESENTING ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND
TWO, FIRST UP, ITEM NUMBER ONE,
SB 56. WELCOME SENATOR SKINNER.
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER FONG,
CHAIR, WE'LL START WITH SB 906.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONE I HEARD
YOU SAY, WE CAN START WITH ITEM
NUMBER ONE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO.
YOU WANT TO DO 56? THAT'S FINE.
OKAY, GREAT. PERFECT. I JUST I
HEARD THE SIX, BUT THEY'RE BOTH,
SB 56 ALLOWS FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA TO TRANSFER
OWNERSHIP OF A HOUSING PROPERTY
CALLED ROCHDALE COMMONS, A
ROCHDALE APARTMENTS, I THINK
THEY PRONOUNCE IT DIFFERENTLY,
BUT, SINCE I WAS A MEMBER OF THE
STUDENT CO-OPS, WE USED TO CALL
IT ROCHDALE, BUT WHATEVER. ALL
RIGHT. SO THE BERKELEY STUDENT
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION IS A, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE 100 YEARS
OLD NOW, BUT IT'S A VERY LONG
STANDING, ENTITY THAT HAS
PROVIDED HOUSING FOR STUDENTS AT
UC BERKELEY FOR, AS I SAID,
YEARS AND THESE UNITS OF HOUSING
ARE MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE THAN
DORMS. AND MANY OF THE OTHER
HOUSING UNITS, IN THE, YOU KNOW,
THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO,
AND THIS PROPERTY WAS PROPERTY
THAT WAS OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, BUT THE UNITS
HAVE BEEN MANAGED BY THE STUDENT
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION FROM THE
DAY THAT THESE APARTMENTS WERE
OPENED. AND WHAT THIS TRANSFER
ALLOWS THIS, THESE THIS BUILDING
NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. AND THE,
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION CANNOT
GET THE FINANCING TO DO THE WORK
UNLESS THEY HAVE THE OWNERSHIP.
SO BY ALLOWING IT, THE OWNERSHIP
TO BE TRANSFERRED, WHICH IS WHAT
UC BERKELEY WOULD ALSO LIKE, IT
GIVES THE ABILITY FOR IT TO STAY
STUDENT HOUSING AND TO GET FIXED
UP. SO NOW, ALLOW ME TO HAVE
MARIO GUERRERO, THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR OF OUR UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, TO
SPEAK TO THE BILL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR FONG.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MARIO
GUERRERO HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, WE ARE
HERE IN SUPPORT OF SB 56. AND WE
EXTEND OUR THANK YOU TO SENATOR
SKINNER FOR AUTHORING THIS BILL.
AS YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY HAS
SIGNIFICANT DEMAND FOR ON CAMPUS
STUDENT HOUSING. SB 56 WOULD
ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY TO TRANSFER
2424 HèA STREET TO THE BERKELEY
STUDENT COOPERATIVE TO CONTINUE
PROVIDING THAT HOUSING TO
STUDENTS AND OTHERS. THE
TRANSFER WOULD ADDITIONALLY
ALLOW THE BSC TO OBTAIN THE
FINANCING NEEDED FOR HOUSING
IMPROVEMENTS. LANGUAGE IN THE
BILL ENSURES THAT THE PROPERTY
IS CONTINUED TO USE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY THE BSC OR
ANY SUCCESSOR. WE URGE YOUR
VOTE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
THANK YOU. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME
IS CYN MACIAS GÓMEZ, I'M THE
PRESIDENT OF THE BERKELEY
STUDENT COOPERATIVE IN STRONG
SUPPORT, AND WE ARE A PROUD
CO-SPONSOR OF SB 56. AND
APOLOGIES TO, CHAIR FONG AND THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE WEREN'T
ABLE TO GET OUR LETTER OF
SUPPORT IN TIME, BUT WE DID WANT
TO EXPRESS OUR FULL SUPPORT OF
THE BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO, COMMITTEE, CHRISTIAN
ZIMMER, VICE PRESIDENT OF
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR THE
BERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE.
AND I ALSO STRONGLY URGE YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL AND THE
BSC'S MISSION TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE ENTIRE
BAY AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
MIGUEL MARTINEZ. I'M HERE ON
BEHALF OF, UC BERKELEY
CHANCELLOR CAROL CHRIST IN
SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE. AND I
WANT TO THANK SENATOR NANCY
SKINNER FOR BRINGING THIS
MEASURE FORWARD. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE.
DAVID RAMIREZ, ON BEHALF OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT
ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THE WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING
ROOM? ARE THERE TWEENERS IN A
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SUMMER
QUIRK-SILVA. THIS LOOKS LIKE A
WIN WIN. AS FAR AS, BERKELEY AND
THE STUDENTS AGREE. BUT THIS
DOES GO WAY BACK, AS FAR AS A
CONCEPT. AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS
ATTENDING UCLA IN THE 1980S,
THEY HAD THEIR VERSION OF THIS.
AND WE DO NEED MORE OF THESE
TYPES OF HOUSING, OPPORTUNITY
CITIES AND ALTERNATIVES, AS FAR
AS AFFORDABILITY. SO I
APPRECIATE IT. AND MOVE THE
BILL. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY
FURTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES
SEEING NONE. SENATOR, WE'D LIKE
TO CLOSE. THANK YOU. I ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU,
SENATOR SKINNER, FOR BRINGING
THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEASURE
FORWARD. I BELIEVE IT'S
NECESSARY TO CONTINUE TO AMEND
EXISTING LAW TO ALLOW THE UC TO
SELL THE ROCKDALE APARTMENTS TO
THE BSC. AND THANK YOU TO THE
WITNESSES HERE TODAY. I
APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT THAT
BSC HAS WILL CONTINUE TO
MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR STUDENTS
AND OTHER AFFILIATES OF UC
BERKELEY. WITH THAT, I LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE HERE TODAY. MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE, SB 56, THE
MOTION IS Dð. PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. FONG
AYE FONG I TO I ARAMBULA BERNER.
EASILY. EASILY. I IRWIN JACKSON.
Ã JACKSON I LO MURATSUCHI
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA I THAT
MEASURES FIVE AYES AND WE'LL
KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS ADD ON THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE
SENATOR SKINNER PRESENTING ITEM
NUMBER TWO SB 906. GREAT THANK
YOU, I THINK MOST OF US ARE
AWARE THAT CALIFORNIA WAS THE
GROUNDBREAKER IN GIVING OUR
STUDENT ATHLETES THE RIGHT TO
EARN MONEY FROM THEIR NAME,
IMAGE AND LIKENESS. AND FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT HAVE
BEEN HERE WHEN WE PASSED THAT
LAW, THE IRONY IS THAT EVERY
PERSON, WHETHER STUDENT OR NOT
STUDENT, HAS UNDER LAW THE RIGHT
TO THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND
LIKENESS. SOMEONE ELSE CAN'T
MAKE MONEY OFF OF YOUR NAME,
IMAGE AND LIKENESS UNLESS YOU
FORFEIT IT. YOU GIVE IT UP TO
THAT ANOTHER ENTITY. WELL, THAT
WAS THE CIRCUMSTANCE WITH
STUDENT ATHLETES. SO THEY HAD TO
SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE NCAA
THAT BASICALLY THEY FORFEITED
THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS
RIGHTS. AND WE CALIFORNIA GAVE
IT BACK TO THEM, WHICH THEN,
MANY, MANY OTHER STATES FOLLOWED
AND THE WHOLE THING. NOW, EVERY
STUDENT ATHLETE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND THIS INCLUDES HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETES BECAUSE HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETES WERE ALSO
PROHIBITED UNDER THE, NIL RULES.
NOW, WHY AM I BRINGING THIS TO
YOU NOW? WELL PART OF THE
PURPOSE OF GIVING STUDENT
ATHLETES THE ABILITY TO MAKE
MONEY OFF THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND
LIKENESS WAS TO HAVE SOME EQUITY
IN, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THE
LABOR FOR WHICH WE, THIS
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY OF
COLLEGE SPORTS WHOSE THE LABOR,
THE STUDENTS, WHAT WERE THEY
GETTING? SOME GOT SCHOLARSHIPS.
NOT ALL. AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF
AN IMBALANCE THERE. SO NOW WE
SEE THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE
DOING WELL. WE ALSO SEE THAT THE
CAMPUSES THEMSELVES REALIZE, OH,
THEY BETTER BE ATTRACTIVE WHEN
IT COMES TO NIL. IF THEY'RE IF
THEIR ATHLETES AREN'T GETTING
GOOD DEALS ON NAME, IMAGE AND
LIKENESS, THEN MAYBE THEY WON'T
COME TO THAT SCHOOL. SO WHAT'S
HAPPENED IS A LOT OF, SPORTS
BOOSTERS OF COLLEGES HAVE FORMED
THESE THINGS CALLED COLLECTIVES.
THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. WE'LL
GIVE YOU THAT EXAMPLE WHERE THEY
ARE ORGANIZING THE DEALS. SO
THERE'S NOTHING PER SE AGAINST
THE LAW ON THAT. THERE'S
HOWEVER, IF ALL THESE DEALS ARE
GOING TO MALE ATHLETES AND NOT
TO FEMALE ATHLETES, THEN WE HAVE
TO WONDER, ALL RIGHT, IS THERE
AN ISSUE AROUND TITLE NINE? SO
FAR WE DON'T HAVE IT PER SE.
EVIDENCE OF WHETHER TITLE NINE
IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS IS
COMPLYING OR NOT COMPLYING WITH
TITLE NINE. SO THE PURPOSE OF SB
906 IS TO GIVE US SOME
INFORMATION. LET'S CREATE SOME
TRANSPARENCY. LET'S HAVE OUR
COLLEGES. PUT THE MAKE PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE THE INFORMATION ON
WHAT ATHLETES ARE GETTING NIL
DEALS. AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO
REVEAL WHO. SO IT WOULD BE
ANONYMOUS. BUT THE BREAKDOWN BY
SPORT AND BY GENDER. SO THAT'S
THE PURPOSE OF IT, BECAUSE OF
COURSE OUR INTENT WOULD BE TO
HAVE SOME EQUITY. SO WITH THAT I
WILL HAVE MY, WITNESS IN
SUPPORT. BRITTANY BRODY OF THE
CALIFORNIA NEWS PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU. WELCOME.
THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.
CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
BRITTANY BARSOTTI, GENERAL
COUNSEL AT THE CALIFORNIA NEWS
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION HERE IN
SUPPORT OF SB 906, THE
CALIFORNIA BROADCASTERS
ASSOCIATION AND MEDIA ALLIANCE
ALSO JOINED IN SUPPORT OF THIS
IMPORTANT BILL AS THE SENATOR
LAID OUT VERY WELL. THIS IS
IMPORTANT, TRANSPARENT BèC
NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE
SOCIETAL IMPACTS THAT OUR
REPORTERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO
REPORT ON NAME, IMAGE AND
LIKENESS. AND ARE THERE
DISPARITIES, SO IT'S THE ROLE OF
THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS I
REPRESENT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW
WHETHER AS A WHOLE, THE WORLD OF
NLI BEING TILED, TILTED TOWARDS
MEN OR WOMEN ATHLETES, THIS BILL
IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IT WOULD
BRING TRANSPARENCY TO THE WORLD
OF NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS ON
THE AGGREGATE LEVEL. AND THAT
AGGREGATE DATA IS CRITICAL TO
UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS IS
PLAYING OUT SYSTEMICALLY, AND SO
WITH THAT, I WILL RESPECTFULLY
URGE YOUR 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? SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THE
PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIX
IS I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALL GOING
WHERE NONE OF US WILL BE SHOCKED
THAT MORE MONEY IS GOING TO LIKE
THE MEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM ON THESE
HIGH SCHOOLS. I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S NOT HIGH SCHOOLS
COLLEGES. YEAH. SO I MEAN, I
DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION
THAT THERE'S MORE OF A DEMAND,
IF YOU WILL, FOR SOME SPORTS OR
A CERTAIN GENDER. SO IF WE GET
THAT, THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH
THAT. WHAT'S THE WHAT ARE WE
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO. RIGHT.
SO THIS WOULDN'T GIVE US THE
INFORMATION. WE ALREADY HAVE THE
INFORMATION OF WHAT, HOW MUCH
SPONSORSHIP MEANING LIKE, MEDIA
DEALS A COLLEGE HAS FOR ITS
FOOTBALL VERSUS ITS, SOFTBALL
AND MALE FOOTBALL VERSUS, SAY,
FEMALE SOFTBALL. WE ALREADY HAVE
THAT. THIS IS ONLY ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES OR THE
RATHER THE, THE ATHLETES OAN
DEAL, WHICH IN MANY CASES NOW WE
SEE THE CAMPUSES FACILITATING.
NOW, YOU SAID WE YOU KNOW, IT'S
NOT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING THAT,
YOU KNOW, THE MALE ATHLETES
SHOULD GET MORE. WELL, WHAT WAS
THE MOST WATCHED COLLEGE SPORTS
EVENT IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS? I
DON'T KNOW, IT WAS THE WOMEN'S
MARCH MADNESS FINALS, THE
WOMEN'S. AND YET HOW MANY? AND
WE DON'T KNOW YET HOW MANY OF
THESE BOOSTERS HAVE PUT TOGETHER
A GREAT DEALS FOR THOSE WOMEN
WHO HAVE MORE EYES ON THEM THAN
THE MALE MARCH MADNESS? SO THIS
IS WHERE THIS INFORMATION AND
WHY IT'S USEFUL. BUT IT SEEKS TO
REGULATE THE PRIVATE ENTITIES
RIGHT NOW, NOT REGULATE. NOPE
PURELY TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S ALL
IT IS RIGHT NOW. PURELY
TRANSPARENCY IS HOW IT STARTS.
BUT IT'S NOT PUTTING AN ONUS ON
THE UNIVERSITIES TO DISCLOSE IT
WOULD BE THESE PRIVATE BOOSTERS
WOULD HAVE TO DISCLOSE WELL
THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY WOULD
COLLECT THE INFORMATION FROM
THEM. AND, AND JUST YEAH, IT
WOULD BE ANY CONCERN OF A
CHILLING EFFECT, LIKE MAYBE SOME
OF THESE GROUPS DON'T WANT TO BE
KNOWN OR. WELL, WE WOULDN'T NO
OPPOSITION. RIGHT? WE WOULDN'T
KNOW NECESSARILY THAT, BUT IT'S,
I DON'T. WHY WOULD THEY NOT WANT
THIS PUBLIC. WELL, THAT'S MAYBE
MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
THEM. WHY? THEY'RE NOT HERE IN
OPPOSITION. BUT SO FAR, AGAIN,
WE DON'T HAVE OPPOSITION. SO SO.
OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY
QUESTIONS. OKAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES SEEING NONE. DO WE
HAVE A MOTION A MOTION TO MOVE.
SECOND MOTION SECOND. SENATOR,
WE LIKE TO CLOSE, THANK YOU. BUT
I THINK THE QUESTIONS ARE
LEGITIMATE. THAT, BUT I DID WANT
TO CLARIFY THAT WE, ARE ARE,
CREATING, TRYING TO ESTABLISH
THAT TRANSPARENCY. AND YES, MY
ONE OF MY INTERESTS IS WHETHER
THIS WOULD TRIGGER ANYTHING
ABOUT TITLE NINE. I HOPE IT DOES
NOT, AND MAYBE THIS THE OTHER
THING INTERESTING ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY SUNSHINE SOMETIMES
CAUSES PEOPLE TO ACT A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY. SO MAYBE WE WOULD
SEE MORE EQUITY AS A RESULT OF
SUNSHINE. WE SHALL SEE. ANYWAY,
WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR, FOR BRINGING THIS
MEASURE FORWARD AND FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS ON
STUDENT ATHLETE PAY FOR THIS
ONE. WE KNOW TRANSPARENCY IS
IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN
EMERGING MARKETS, TEN YEARS AGO,
THE FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE FOR
STUDENT ATHLETES WAS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY.
MOVING FORWARD, IT'S CRITICAL TO
WE HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF
TRANSPARENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SPACE IS
EVOLVING AND HOW TO BEST PROTECT
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES. WITH THAT,
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING A
MEASURE HERE TODAY. MADAM
SECRETARY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO. SB 906.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO THE
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS AND
TOURISM COMMITTEE. FONG I FONG I
TO I TO I ARAMBULA BONNER EASILY
, EASILY I ERWIN JACKSON I
JACKSON I LOW MURATSUCHI II
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA I THAT
MEASURES FIVE AYES AND WE'LL
KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS ADD ON. GREAT. THANK
YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE SENATOR
RUBIO PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER 12,
SENATE BILL 1391. WELCOME,
SENATOR RUBIO. HELLO. HELLO. LET
ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY. WE'RE
READY. WELCOME THANK YOU SO
MUCH, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
HERE BEFORE YOU PRESENTING SB
1391, THE EQUITY AND EDUCATION
ACT, THIS BILL THAT WOULD
STRENGTHEN THE EDUCATION,
EDUCATION WORKFORCE BY REQUIRING
CRADLE TO CAREER DASHBOARD TO
PROVIDE CRITICAL DATA ON TEACHER
GRANT PROGRAMS TO HELP FOSTER A
MORE DIVERSE AND EQUITABLE
TEACHER WORKFORCE IN CALIFORNIA.
DRAWING FROM MY OWN PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, AS YOU KNOW, 20 YEAR
VETERAN TEACHER AND YOU KNOW
WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE, AND THAT
IS THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO RETAIN TEACHERS THAT ARE
QUALIFIED. BUT ARE ALSO DIVERSE.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETIMES
WHAT WE'RE LACKING, ACCORDING TO
SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A TEACHER
PREPARATION, DATA, TEACHER
RETENTION, BUT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
ALSO, WHICH I THINK IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IF WE
REALLY WANT, LIKE I SAID, OUR
STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, OVER
THE YEARS, CALIFORNIA'S
LEADERSHIP HAS DEMONSTRATED A
STRONG COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING
THIS VITAL ISSUE THROUGH VARIOUS
INITIATIVES. AND SO WHAT WE
WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE THE DATA SET THAT THAT
WE NEED AND REQUIRE IN ORDER TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT
CRITICAL WORKFORCE IN PLACE,
FROM A TEACHER RESIDENCIES TO
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE
CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS, THE
GOLDEN STATE TEACHER GRANT
PROGRAM AND THE NATIONAL BOARD
CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE GRANT
PROGRAM. SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE
NEED TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THESE PROGRAMS. WE'RE
INVESTING. AND SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE RETURN IS
WORTH OUR INVESTMENT. AND
HOWEVER, AGAIN, WE SEE THAT SOME
OF THE DATA SHOWS THAT WE'RE
STILL HAVE SOME MAJOR GAPS IN
THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE
RECEIVING AND CLEARLY IS GOING
TO ONLY AFFECT OUR, OUR, OUR
STUDENTS, SO IN 2019, THE CTC
WAS CREATED TO INTEGRATE DATA
FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES TO ANALYZE
THE EDUCATION, THE ECONOMICS AND
THE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR
INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND OUR
COMMUNITIES. AND UNFORTUNATELY,
THROUGH, RESEARCH DURING THE
INTERIM LAST FALL, WE FOUND
AGAIN THAT THESE GAPS CONTINUE
TO EXIST. AND SO COLLECTING DATA
IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE QUALITY
EDUCATION THAT OUR STUDENTS HERE
IN CALIFORNIA DESERVE, JOINING
ME HERE TODAY IS SARAH LILLIS,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACH PLUS
CALIFORNIA. AND ERIC LEWIS,
SECOND DAIRY SCIENCE CONTENT
SPECIALIST IN THE SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO.
UNIFIED THAT CAN SHARE A FEW
WORDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WELCOME THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR FONG AND
MEMBERS. I AM SARAH LILLIS,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACH PLUS
CALIFORNIA, AND I'M PLEASED TO
BE HERE AS A PROUD CO-SPONSOR OF
SB 1391, AS THE SENATOR
MENTIONED, SB 1391 SEEKS TO
STRENGTHEN OUR EDUCATOR
WORKFORCE BY REQUIRING THE CðC
TO PROVIDE THIS CRITICAL DATA ON
TEACHER GRANT PROGRAMS, ALONG
WITH TEACHER TRAINING PIPELINES,
TO HELP FOSTER A MORE
SUSTAINABLE AND DIVERSE EDUCATOR
WORKFORCE, AS YOU KNOW, SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA HAVE
BEEN EXPERIENCING EXPERIENCING
SERIOUS SHORTAGES OF QUALIFIED
TEACHERS. AND AT THE SAME TIME,
THE PROPORTION OF TEACHERS OF
COLOR AND MULTILINGUAL TEACHERS
IN THE WORKFORCE CONTINUES TO
LAG FAR BEHIND THE SHARE OF
STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS, YOU ALL
HAVE MADE INCREDIBLE COMMITMENTS
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN
INVESTING IN OUR IN OUR TEACHER
WORKFORCE, AS THE SENATOR
MENTIONED, WITH MANY GRANT
PROGRAMS AND WE HOPE THEY'VE
SHOWN A LOT OF PROMISE, BUT WE
DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE
IMPACT HAS BEEN, AND I THINK IN,
THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH
SB 1391 TO PROVIDE THIS CRITICAL
INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL, TO MAKE
MORE INFORMED DECISIONS AND TO
ENSURE THAT WE REALLY ARE
INVESTING IN THE WORKFORCE. WE
WANT TO SEE, WITH WITH THE
CRADLE TO CAREER DATA SYSTEM. SO
ONCE THE CRADLE TO CAREER DATA
SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019,
WE COULD FINALLY BE ABLE TO
ANSWER THESE KEY QUESTIONS. BUT
WE'RE SPONSORING THIS BILL, TO
ENSURE THAT THE CTC TEACHER
DASHBOARD CAN ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS. PARTICULARLY THOSE
THAT WE SEE AS MOST CRITICAL AND
INCLUDING PROVIDING DATA FOR ALL
OF YOU TO INFORM AND IMPROVE
THESE PROGRAMS. SB 1391 CODIFIES
THE WORK THAT THE CTC IS ALREADY
PLANNING TO DO, AND IT BUILDS ON
IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
PROVIDING DATA TO STATE AGENCIES
ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC
MAKEUP OF THE TEACHER WORKFORCE
AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE Kò
PROGRAMS. WE BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD
GOVERNANCE BILL. THAT ALSO MAKES
IT CLEAR THAT HAVING A
SUSTAINABLE AND DIVERSE EDUCATOR
WORKFORCE REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE.
TPLUS THANKS, SENATOR RUBIO FOR
HER ONGOING LEADERSHIP AND
ENSURING WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE
AND DIVERSE EDUCATOR WORKFORCE,
AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR 1391. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ERIC LEWIS.
I'M A NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED
TEACHER IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'VE BEEN
TEACHING FOR 26 YEARS. I'M ALSO
AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT SAN
FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY,
WHERE I AM TEACHING OUR FUTURE
SCIENCE EDUCATORS. I'M ALSO A 20
2324 CALIFORNIA, TEACH PLUS
POLICY FELLOW, AND I'M REALLY
PROUD TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT, SB
1391 IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED
WHILE THE MAJORITY OF OUR NEARLY
50,000 STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS OF
COLOR, ONLY A SMALL BUT GROWING
PERCENTAGE OF OUR EDUCATORS ARE
TEACHERS OF COLOR. RESEARCH
TELLS US THAT THERE ARE CLEAR
BENEFITS TO OUR STUDENTS WHEN
THEY SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED
AMONG THEIR TEACHERS AND OUR
STATE. THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE
GOLDEN STATE TEACHER, GRANT HAS
CLEARLY TRIED TO ALIGN EFFORTS
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AT SF STATE,
I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO SEE OUR
TEACHER SUPPORT PROGRAMS OVER
POPULATED BY ENTHUSIASTIC AND
ASPIRING EDUCATORS OF COLOR. BUT
AS I SUPPORT THEM, I WONDER HOW
WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY REACH
THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THE JOB OF
TEACHING KEEPS CHANGING. WHEN I
WAS A NEW TEACHER, I PRIORITIZED
KNOWING MY CONTENT REALLY WELL
AND BEING AN ENTERTAINING
TEACHER SO I COULD KEEP MY
STUDENTS EYES OFF THEIR PAGERS.
TODAY SMARTPHONES ARE WAY MORE
DISTRACTING THAN PAGERS, MAKING
OUR CONNECTIONS AND OUR
RELATIONSHIPS TO STUDENTS THAT
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. IN MY WORK,
PREPARING TEACHERS AT SF STATE
AND COACHING THEM FOR SUCCESS IN
SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED, I
RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY HOW
CHALLENGING TEACHING IS, BUT HOW
MUCH LOVE AND JOY CAN BE
FOSTERED IN THE CLASSROOM. SB
1391 IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP TO
ENSURE THAT THE STATE IS
SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TEACHING
JOURNEY. WE NEED A DASHBOARD
THAT PROVIDES ALL OF THE DATA
ABOUT WHO IS ENTERING THE
PROFESSION, HOW THEY'RE BEING
TRAINED, AND HOW OUR EFFORTS TO
RETAIN THEM ARE ACTUALLY WORKING
. BY PASSING SB 1391, THE
LEGISLATURE WILL ENSURE THAT THE
CRADLE TO CAREER TEACHER
DASHBOARD CAN BETTER INFORM
FUTURE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT
PROGRAMS WORK BEST. I KNOW THAT
AT SF STATE, WE ARE SEEING THE
BENEFITS OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT
SUPPORT FOLKS TO ENTER THE
PROFESSION. BUT I ALSO SEE FROM
MY VANTAGE AT SAN FRANCISCO
UNIFIED THAT WE HAVE A LONG ROAD
YET TO GO IN ATTRACTING AND
MAINTAINING A DIVERSE TEACHER
WORKFORCE. LET'S ENSURE THAT OUR
STATE DOES EVERYTHING IN ITS
POWER TO SUPPORT OUR DIVERSE AND
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS BY
SUPPORTING THEIR TEACHERS AS
BEST WE CAN FOR ALL OF THESE
REASONS, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT
SENATE BILL 1391. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT IN THE HEARING ROOM?
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, CARSON ADES,
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION IN
SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SARA
KAMINSKY, REPRESENTING THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. LUCY SALCIDO CARTER
WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICE
OF ED IN SUPPORT. HI. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CAROL GONZALEZ, ON
BEHALF OF HOPE HISPANAS
ORGANIZED FOR POLITICAL EQUALITY
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU, RAQUEL
MORALES, ON BEHALF OF TRUST WEST
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION IN THE HEARING
ROOM? ARE THERE TWEENERS IN A
HEARING ROOM? COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING
NONE. I'M SORRY, SENATOR
QUIRK-SILVA. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO
BE A COAUTHOR ON THIS BILL. AND
AGAIN, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR OR
TEACHER MYSELF, YOU KNOW, THIS
IS A BILL THAT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT
DATA AND A DASHBOARD, WHICH IS
ESSENTIAL. AND THAT'S THE FOCUS
OF THE BILL, BUT IT'S ABOUT A
BIGGER CONVERSATION. AND THE
CONVERSATION IS, WHY DO WE HAVE
TEACHERS LEAVING THE PROFESSION?
AND WHY DO WE HAVE A RECRUITMENT
PROBLEM? THOSE TWO ARE CENTRAL
QUESTIONS, AND WE CAN PINPOINT
MANY REASONS. THE PANDEMIC,
BEING A BIG FACTOR, NOT ONLY IS
MY HUSBAND A TEACHER, BUT ALL MY
FRIENDS ARE. AS A FORMER TEACHER
AND SOME OF THE, SCENARIOS THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN PUT IN HAS, IN
MANY WAYS PUSHED MANY OF THE
OLDER TEACHERS OUT OF THE
PROFESSION, TEACHERS THAT MIGHT
HAVE HAD AN EXTRA 5 OR 10 YEARS
OF TEACHING LEFT DURING THE
PANDEMIC, AND RETIRED EARLY.
SOME OF THOSE SAME STORIES ALSO
CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO OUR YOUNGER
TEACHERS. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT
OF COLOR GOING THROUGH A CSU, A
UC, YOU'RE GETTING A BACHELOR'S
DEGREE AND YOU ARE BILINGUAL.
YOU ARE HIGHLY RECRUITED. AND BY
MANY BUSINESSES AND OTHER
PROFESSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO
PAY YOU A VERY, A GOOD SALARY TO
GO INTO BUSINESS, TO DO
INTERNATIONAL WORK, TO DO OTHER
THINGS. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE
BILINGUAL. AND OUR EDUCATION
SYSTEM, WE DON'T ALWAYS VALUE
THAT. WE DON'T ALWAYS SOMETIMES
WE'VE HAD A STIPEND DEPENDING ON
THE DISTRICTS, BUT MOST
DISTRICTS DON'T GIVE A STIPEND
FOR, KNOWING A LANGUAGE. BUT
THEN YOU THINK OF THE SPECIALTY
SKILLS TEACHERS NEED TO COME IN
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST DOING
ACADEMICS ANYMORE. THEY'RE NOT
JUST DOING READING, WRITING, AND
MATH. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE A
CHILD IS LIVING. THEY NEED TO
KNOW IF A CHILD IS MOVED. WE SAY
WE LOST STUDENTS. WE DIDN'T LOSE
STUDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THEIR NEIGHBORS KNOW WHERE THEY
ARE, THEIR FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES. WHAT WE HAVE TO GET
OUT TO THOSE DOORS IS TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENED AND
THIS IS SUCH A MACRO
CONVERSATION OF WHO IS IN THE
CLASSROOM AND WHAT IS THEIR
VALUES AS FAR AS WORKING WITH
FAMILIES, FAMILIES THAT ARE
WORKING TWO JOBS, FAMILIES THAT
ARE ANGRY, THAT FEEL LIKE THE
SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM.
THESE ARE ALL COME INTO BEING A
TEACHER AND LIKE NEVER BEFORE,
TEACHERS HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK.
NEVER BEFORE WHERE OF A TEACHER
SUGGESTS SOMETHING IN A
CONFERENCE. PARENTS GET CAN GET
VERY HOSTILE. ARE THEY BEING
SUPPORTED BY THEIR
ADMINISTRATORS? ARE
ADMINISTRATORS CONTINUING TO
PILE ON? I'LL JUST END WITH I
HAVE A SISTER IN LAW, FULLY
BILINGUAL MASTER'S AND
EDUCATION, DUAL IMMERSION AND
AFTER THIS YEAR IS LEAVING THE
PROFESSION. AND SHE'S LEAVING
BECAUSE SHE JUST FELT SIMPLY NOT
SUPPORTED. SO BOTTOM LINE, I
SUPPORT THIS BILL. BUT WE HAVE
TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS
TO KEEP THEM IN THE CLASSROOM
BECAUSE WE NEED THAT MORE THAN
EVER. AND I MOVE THE BILL. THANK
YOU SO MUCH TO SENATOR
QUIRK-SILVA FOR THE MOTION. AND
THANK YOU, DOCTOR AMBER, FOR THE
SECOND. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. SENATOR,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE, PLEASE?
YEAH. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE
IT. I KNOW SOME NUMBER SEVEN. I
TALK ABOUT HER, YOU KNOW, DAYS
IN THE CLASSROOM. I'M STILL A
TEACHER, BY THE WAY. I'LL LEAVE
AND SO A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES
ARE ALSO LEAVING BECAUSE OF THE
STRESS AND JUST OVERWHELMING,
YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE
PUT ON THEM. AND WE DON'T
SUPPORT THEM BY, YOU KNOW, THIS
DATA JUST ALONE. IT'S SO
IMPORTANT. AND I HAVE TO SHARE.
MY FIRST FIVE YEARS, I WAS NOT
ONLY JUST TEACHING, BUT I GOT
INTERRUPTED EVERY FIVE MINUTES
BECAUSE I WAS ONLY THE ONLY
BILINGUAL TEACHER IN THE
CLASSROOM. SO THE FRONT OFFICE
WOULD CALL AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. CAN YOU
TELL ME? AND YEAH, SO WE BECOME
TRANSLATORS AND PARENTS AND
COUNSELORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I KNOW THAT DATA IS POWER,
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN, YOU
KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VITAL
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
THE RIGHT WORKFORCE TO FIT THE
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH
THAT, I WOULD ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, SENATOR RUBIO, FOR
AUTHORING THIS, MEASURE HERE
TODAY. THIS MEASURE CONTEMPLATES
A ROLE THE LEGISLATURE WILL PLAY
IN DETERMINING HOW DATA IS
DISPLAYED BY THE CTC, BY
CREATING A PATHWAY FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO ADD OPERATIONAL
TOOLS OUTSIDE THE AUTHORIZATION
STRUCTURE AND CODE. THE MEASURE
IS ALIGNED WITH THE PURPOSE OF
THE CTC TO FOSTER EVIDENCE BASED
DECISION MAKING, TO HELP THE
STATE BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE
FUTURE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING MEASURE HERE TODAY
WITH THAT. MADAM SECRETARY, ROLL
CALL, PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER 12
SB 1391. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS
TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. FONG
AYE. FONG AYE TO AYE TO AYE.
ARAMBULA. AYE. ARAMBULA AYE.
BURNER. AZALI. AZALI AYE. IRWIN.
IRWIN. AYE. JACKSON I. JACKSON.
AYE. LO. MURATSUCHI KHÎI.
QUIRK-SILVA. QUIRK-SILVA AYE.
THAT MEASURE HAS SEVEN EYES, AND
WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ADD ON. THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. NEXT UP IS SENATOR WAHAB
PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER 11,
SENATE BILL 1322. CAN YOU MAKE
WAVE. THANK YOU. WELCOME,
SENATOR WAHAB. THANK YOU. CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC. SB 1322 AIMS TO IMPROVE
SUPPORT FOR FOSTER YOUTH BY
LOWERING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY
TO THE CALIFORNIA FOR THE
CALIFORNIA CHAFEE EDUCATIONAL
AND TRAINING VOUCHER PROGRAM
FROM 16 TO 15. CURRENT FOSTER
YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA CAN ONLY
ACCESS THE CHAFEE VOUCHER AT AGE
16, MISSING OUT ON CRUCIAL
FINANCIAL SUPPORT DURING THEIR
FORMATIVE YEARS. RESEARCH FROM
THE URBAN INSTITUTE SHOWS THAT
FOSTER YOUTH WHO RECEIVE THE
VOUCHER ASSISTANCE HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER COMPLETION
RATES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
COMPARED TO THOSE WITHOUT
ASSISTANCE. BY LOWERING THE AGE
OF ELIGIBILITY, SB 1322 REMOVES
OBSTACLES FOR FOSTER YOUTH TO
RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AND ENSURES
THAT MORE FOSTER YOUTH HAVE
ACCESS TO VITAL SUPPORT
SERVICES. THIS BILL ALSO HELPS
WITH LEGAL PERMANENCY BY
EXTENDING SUPPORT TO FOSTER
YOUTH, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO
THEIR STABILITY AND WELL-BEING
AS THEY TRANSITION INTO
ADULTHOOD. SB 1322 REFLECTS A
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOSTER YOUTH,
RECOGNIZING THEIR POTENTIAL AND
PROVIDING THEM WITH THE
NECESSARY RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE
THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER
GOALS. WITH ME, I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE CATHY SONDERLING
MCDONALD WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME.
GREAT THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MEMBERS CATHY SONDERLING
MCDONALD, REPRESENTING THE
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA. WE'RE VERY
PLEASED TO SPONSOR THIS
LEGISLATION. AND MANY THANKS TO
THE SENATOR FOR BRINGING IT.
STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH SO MUCH
ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION. WE KNOW
THAT. IN FACT, WE'VE HEARD THAT
TODAY FROM OTHER TESTIFIERS. AND
IT CAN BE CONFUSING. THE
PROCESSES, THE ACRONYMS, AND
THAT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
ARE NOT IN FOSTER CARE. ADD THAT
LAYER OF BEING IN FOSTER CARE
FOR SOME NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT
BECOMES EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.
THERE ARE SO MANY EFFORTS
UNDERWAY ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS
TO ENSURE THAT FOSTER YOUTH ARE
ABLE TO GET INTO SCHOOL AND MOVE
FORWARD TOWARD THAT DEGREE, BUT
GAPS REMAIN. THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN SUPPORT FOR
THEM, AND EVEN SMALL THINGS CAN
BECOME VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM
TO OVERCOME. AND AS A RESULT,
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT
DEGREE. SB 1322 WOULD WOULD JUST
MAKE THAT, STEP TOWARDS THE
FEDERAL FLEXIBILITY THAT WAS
ADDED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
RECOGNIZING THERE'S REALLY NO
MAGIC IN BEING 15 OR 16 WHEN YOU
LEAVE FOSTER CARE, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED THAT. AND
WE APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO
HELP CALIFORNIA TAKE A STEP
TOWARD THAT. 15 AND ULTIMATELY
IDEALLY TO 14, WHICH IS AS FAR
AS THE FEDERAL GOES, WHEN THE
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, OF COURSE,
RECOGNIZING THAT URGE YOUR AYE
VOTE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
IN THE HEARING ROOM? GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR, AND
MEMBERS. PAMELA GIBBS,
REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND
STRONG SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON,
DANIELLE BRADLEY, ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES AND STRONG SUPPORT.
LUCY SALCIDO CARTER WITH THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION AND 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? A MOTION A SECOND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR. WE'D
LIKE TO CLOSE. PLEASE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR
BRINGING THIS VERY IMPORTANT
MEASURE FORWARD. BELIEVE THAT
OUR FOSTER YOUTH DESERVE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN ORDER TO
NOT ONLY MATRICULATE TO COLLEGE,
BUT ALSO TO PERSIST AND TO EARN
A DEGREE IN A TRAINING
CERTIFICATE. I PREPARE TO
SUPPORT THE MEASURE HERE TODAY.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR
COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THE
COMMENTS ON PAGES THREE AND FOUR
OF THE ANALYSIS. AND WITH THAT,
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM SECRETARY. ROLL CALL.
PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER 11, SB
1322. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
FONG FONG I TO A TO AYE ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA. AYE. BERNER BERNER.
MIKE BERNER. AYE A SALIH A SALIH
I IRWIN IRWIN I JACKSON. JACKSON
I LO MURATSUCHI. QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA I THAT BEZOS EIGHT
EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THE ROPE UP
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ADD
ON THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE
WILL. YOU SAID AYE. AT THIS TIME
WE WILL, WE WILL DO AN ADD ONS
FOR, AT THIS TIME. OKAY. WE'LL
DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN
WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH, BILL. SO
AT THIS TIME WE'LL DO THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, ADD ON PLEASE,
MADAM SECRETARY. THE CONSENT
CALENDAR CONSISTS OF FILE ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT, SB 1233. THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
COMMITTEE. ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I
BERNER A BERNER I IRWIN IRWIN I
QUIRK-SILVA I QUIRK-SILVA I.
THAT MEASURE HAS TEN AYES. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS ITEM
NUMBER ONE, FILE ITEM NUMBER
ONE, SB 56. THE MOTION IS Dð.
PASS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I
BERNER I BERNER I IRWIN IRWIN I
MURATSUCHI II. THAT MEASURE HAS
EIGHT EYES, WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. ADD
ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWO, SB 906. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSED TO THE ARTS,
ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS AND
TOURISM COMMITTEE. ARAMBULA
ARAMBULA I BERNER I BERNER I
IRWIN IRWIN I MURATSUCHI. THAT
MEASURE IS EIGHT EYES AND WE'LL
KEEP THE ROLL OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. ADD ON ITEM
NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER THREE SB 916. THE MOTION
IS Dð. PASS TO THE MILITARY AND
VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I BERNER I
BERNER I IRWIN IRWIN I JACKSON I
JACKSON I QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA I. THAT MEASURE HAS
NINE EYES, SO WE'LL KEEP THE
ROLL OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS. ADD ON ITEM NUMBER
FIVE, PLEASE. FILE ITEM NUMBER
FIVE SB 995. I'M SORRY, I DON'T.
NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. I APOLOGIZE
FILE ITEM NUMBER FOUR SB 971.
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. BERNER
Ã BERNER I EASILY I EASILY I
IRWIN IRWIN I THAT MEASURE IS
EIGHT EYES AND WE'LL KEEP THEM
OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
THAT ON THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER
FIVE PLEASE FILE ITEM NUMBER
FIVE SB 995, THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AS AMENDED, TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
ARAMBULA Ã ARAMBULA I BERNER I,
BERNER I IRWIN IRWIN I JACKSON.
JACKSON I. THAT MEASURE OF SEVEN
EYES. SO WE'LL KEEP THE WE'RE
OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
THAT ON ITEM NUMBER SIX PLEASE
FILE ITEM NUMBER SIX SB 1166.
THE MOTION IS Dð PASS AS AMENDED
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
BERNER I, BERNER I, IRWIN I,
IRWIN I, JACKSON I, JACKSON I
QUIRK-SILVA I QUIRK-SILVA I.
THAT MEASURE IS NINE EYES. I
WILL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. ADD ON ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN PLEASE. FILE ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN SB 1183. THE MOTION
IS Dð. PASS AS AMENDED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
ARAMBULA ARAMBULA I BERNER I,
BERNER I, IRWIN IRWIN I JACKSON.
JACKSON I MURATSUCHI. THE
MEASURE AS IT IS, AND WE'LL KEEP
THE DOOR OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. NEXT UP IS
ITEM NUMBER NINE, FILE ITEM
NUMBER NINE, SB 1244. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSED TO THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. BERNER I BERNER I,
IRWIN IRWIN I, I. NEXT UP IS. WE
HAVE EIGHT EYES. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER
TEN. FILE ITEM NUMBER TEN SB
1287. THE MOTION IS Dð. PASS AS
AMENDED TO THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE TO I TO I BERNER I
BERNER I IRWIN I IRWIN I. THE
MEASURE IS YES I CHANGED FROM
NOT VOTING TO NO ASOLE NOT
VOTING TO NO. THANK YOU. THAT
MEASURE HAS SEVEN AYES ONE NO
AND TWO NOT VOTING. THANK YOU.
SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER
11 OR 12. FILE ITEM NUMBER 12 SB
1391. THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO
THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. BERNER
A BERNER I. MURATSUCHI THAT
MEASURES EIGHT EYES. THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 13. FILE
ITEM NUMBER 13 SB 1449. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO THE
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
COMMITTEE. BERNER A BERNER I
IRWIN IRWIN I THAT MEASURE IS
NINE EYES. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS
ITEM NUMBER 14. FILE ITEM NUMBER
14 SB 1491. THE MOTION IS DUE.
PASS TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
BERNER A, BERNER I IRWIN. IRWIN
I JACKSON. JACKSON I QUIRK-SILVA
I QUIRK-SILVA I. THAT MEASURES
EIGHT EYES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT UP IS. I THINK WE WRAPPED
UP. WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN FOR
THREE MORE MINUTES. FOR ANY
MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD
ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, SENATOR
BERNER, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COLLEAGUES, FOR A ROBUST
MEETING. WE'LL KEEP THEM OPEN
FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NØ. MY
WICKS ONE MINUTE. IT STARTS
ALWAYS MYSELF. OH, I USE OUTSIDE
. I'VE BEEN USING MY INSIDE
VOICE ON THE OUTSIDE. I'M QUITE.
I MEAN, I'M GLAD OTHER PEOPLE
THINK I'M FUNNY. TO. NEVER PUT
IT SO CLOSE TO THE TABLE. THANK
YOU, THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH.
OKAY.
SO WHICH.
COMES.
FIRST. SESSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES,
FOR A ROBUST MEETING OF THE
ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. AND THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE'S TESTIMONY FOR ALL THE
AUTHORS AND FOR EVERYONE
PRESENTING HERE TODAY. I
APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK OF
THE ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. AND WITH THAT, THIS
MEETING IS ADJOURNED. I'M SORRY.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
ASSEMBLY, HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE WILL BE ON TUESDAY,
JULY SECOND AT 1:30 P.M. HERE IN
THE SAME HEARING ROOM, STATE
CAPITOL HEARING ROOM 437.
AUTHORS OF STAKEHOLDERS, PLEASE
MAKE SURE YOU'RE ENGAGING EARLY
WITH OUR COMMITTEE STAFF ON YOUR
MEASURES AND APPRECIATE
EVERYONE'S HARD WORK AND EFFORTS
ON THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. AND
WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON
MANY ITEMS HERE TODAY. AND WITH
THAT, THE ASSEMBLY HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.