THE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE IS CALLED TO ORDER.
GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME,
EVERYONE. THIS IS OUR LAST
HEARING BEFORE THE SUMMER
RECESS. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY TO
MY COLLEAGUE WHO IS HERE. I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST,
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE YET,
BUT IT DEFINITELY HAS BEEN A
PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU, SIR.
OVER THE LAST, THE LAST FEW, THE
LAST FEW MONTHS. AND SO, WE ARE
GOING TO WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM
YET, SO WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN AS
AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING ONLY
UNTIL WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM.
JUST A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS.
THE HEARING ROOM IS OPEN FOR
ATTENDANCE OF THIS HEARING, AND
IT CAN BE WATCHED FROM A LIVE
STREAM ON THE ASSEMBLY'S
WEBSITE. WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC
TO PROVIDE WRITTEN TESTIMONY BY
VISITING THE COMMITTEE'S
WEBSITE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY
WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMITTED TO
THE COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERED
PUBLIC COMMENT, AND MAY BE READ
INTO THE RECORD OR REPRINTED. WE
WILL ALLOW TWO MINUTES EACH FOR
TWO PRIMARY WITNESSES IN SUPPORT
AND OPPOSITION, AND THESE
WITNESSES MUST TESTIFY IN PERSON
IN THE HEARING ROOM. ADDITIONAL
WITNESSES WITNESS COMMENTS WILL
BE LIMITED TO NAME, ORGANIZATION
AND POSITION. WITH THAT AS
NOTED, WE WILL BEGIN OUR
INFORMATIONAL HEARING WITH ITEM
NUMBER 20, H.R. 110 ARAMBULA.
SIR, YOU MAY BEGIN AT YOUR
CONVENIENCE. WAIT. PRESS THE
BUTTON. WE CAN'T.
Ó. HOW ABOUT NOW? THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT HOUSE RESOLUTION 110.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, MUCH
OF CALIFORNIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
IS IN NEED OF REPAIR. THE LACK
OF ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS RURAL
AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. FOR
EXAMPLE, MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF
FAILING DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS
ARE LOCATED IN LOW INCOME AREAS,
FORCING RESIDENTS TO PURCHASE
BOTTLED WATER FOR DRINKING AND
COOKING PURPOSES. H.R. 110
DEMONSTRATES CALIFORNIA'S
SUPPORT OF A NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK THAT WOULD
FACILITATE FUNDING OF UP TO $5
BILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL TAXES. THE
BANK WILL RESULT IN TREMENDOUS
PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND
WILL ULTIMATELY CREATE 25
MILLION NEW JOBS NATIONWIDE. A
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK
WILL BECOME AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE
OF FUNDING FOR CALIFORNIA'S
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND HELP
TO ENSURE THAT ALL CALIFORNIANS
LIVE IN VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.
HERE WITH ME TESTIFYING IN
SUPPORT OF H.R. 110 IS DON
SIEFKES, A RETIRED GENERAL
MOTORS EXECUTIVE AND
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COALITION
OF A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
BANK, THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARAMBULA
, CHAIR WILSON, I'D LIKE TO
BEGIN WITH A VERY BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE NIBS. WE HAD IN THE
UNITED STATES. THEN SAY, WHY
CALIFORNIA WOULD NOT EXIST IN
ITS CURRENT STATE IF WE HAD
NEVER HAD A NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. AND THEN I
WILL DISCUSS SOME DETAILS OF THE
BILL THAT WE HAVE IN CONGRESS.
WE HAVE HAD FOUR NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED
STATES, THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON
AND ALEXANDER HAMILTON STARTED.
THEY WERE GENIUSES. JOHN ADAMS
HAD THE SECOND BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
WITH THE BANKING ACT OF 1863,
WAS ABLE TO FINANCE THE
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. AND
LAST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE
HAD THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
CORPORATION, STARTED BY
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER, A
REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE, AND
CARRIED TO GREAT SUCCESS BY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO GET US
OUT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND
WORLD WAR TWO. OUR GROUP, THE
COALITION FOR A NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, IS A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS
TOTALLY CONSIST OF VOLUNTEERS.
THE BILL IN CONGRESS THAT WE
HAVE, H.R. 452, WILL, WE HAVE 37
CO-SPONSORS ON IT, WHICH IS
ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD FOR A BILL
THAT WAS JUST INTRODUCED A YEAR
AGO. BUT WE NEED MORE
CO-SPONSORS TO GET IT TO THE
FLOOR OF THE CONGRESS. IF WE CAN
GET IT TO THE FLOOR OF THE
CONGRESS, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT
WE CAN GET IT PASSED. I'D LIKE
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE LAST
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK
DID, THE RFC, FOR CALIFORNIA. IT
FINANCED THE SHASTA DAM AND THE
SHASTA RESERVOIR, THE
O'SHAUGHNESSY DAM AND THE HETCH
HETCHY RESERVOIR. IT FINANCED
HOOVER DAM, PARKER DAM, IMPERIAL
DAM, THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL, THE
COACHELLA VALLEY CANAL THAT
BRINGS WATER UP FROM THE
COLORADO RIVER ALL THE WAY TO LA
QUINTA, PALM SPRINGS, PALM
DESERT, THOSE CITIES IT FINANCED
THE SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND BAY
BRIDGE. IT FINANCED THE COLORADO
RIVER AQUEDUCT THAT FINANCED THE
NUMBER OF, FINANCED THE NUMBER
ONE AND NUMBER TWO BORES OF THE
CALDECOTT TUNNEL IN SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA, AND Ã
FINANCED THE RICHMOND SHIPYARDS
THAT BUILT HALF THE LIBERTY
SHIPS THAT BROUGHT ALL THE STUFF
TO NORMANDY SO THAT EISENHOWER
COULD CARRY OUT THE D-DAY
INVASION SUCCESSFULLY. AND SIR,
I HAVE TO HAVE YOU WRAP YOUR
COMMENTS UP A PARDON? I THOUGHT
I HAD FOUR MINUTES. OH NO, JUST
TWO MINUTES. OH, BOY. WELL OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. LET ME JUST SHORT
CIRCUIT THIS, THEN. H FOUR H.R.
452 WOULD PROVIDE $5 TRILLION
THAT WOULD BECOME THE LARGEST
BANK IN THE UNITED STATES. CHASE
HAS $2.7 TRILLION OF LENDING
AUTHORITY. IT HAS TEN TIMES THE
ABILITY TO LOAN FOR TEN TIMES
THE ABILITY OF THE IIJA. THE
IIJA IS TOO SMALL. CALIFORNIA
CAN PAY FOR ALL THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL IT NEEDS. IT CAN PAY TO
UPGRADE ALL THE ROADS AND
BRIDGES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND FROM A C MINUS
THAT THE CIVIL ENGINEERS BELIEVE
WE ARE AT WAY UP TO AT LEAST TO
A, B PLUS, AND IT CAN PROVIDE 7
MILLION UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ACROSS THE ENTIRE UNITED
STATES. AND SO THAT WE CAN
FINALLY BE DONE WITH THIS
HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM FOR LOW
INCOME HOUSING ONCE AND FOR ALL.
I'LL STOP THERE. THANK YOU ALL
RIGHT. MOVING NOW TO MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER A ME TO SUPPORT NAME,
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION. ARE
THERE ANY SEEING? NONE. I DON'T
SEE OPPOSITION ON FILE, BUT
WANTING TO BE SURE THAT THERE'S
NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN
OPPOSITION, WHETHER THROUGH
TESTIMONY OR ME, TO COMMENTS,
NAME, ORGANIZATION AND POSITION.
SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE IT TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND
CONCERNS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CARILLO NO QUESTIONS. JUST, NICE
SEEING YOU DOWN IN PERSON. WE
HAD A COUPLE OF ZOOM MEETINGS
AND I THINK IT'S A VITAL,
PROJECT THAT WE DO IN
CALIFORNIA, KNOWING THE NEEDS OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE
IN CALIFORNIA, I'LL BE HAPPY TO
MOVE THE BILL AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER,
I'LL NOTE TO THE AUTHOR. THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION
FORWARD AND YOUR DEDICATION TO
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING. IT IS
ESTIMATED THAT THE CONDITION OF
CALIFORNIA'S ROADS IS AMONG THE
WORST IN THE NATION, AND THAT
APPROXIMATELY 50% OF BRIDGES IN
CALIFORNIA HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR
DESIGN LIFE, AND THAT OVER 7% OF
CALIFORNIA BRIDGES ARE
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT.
INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS HAVE A
MYRIAD OF BENEFITS, INCLUDING A
SUSTAINABLE, RENEWABLE,
RENEWABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING,
FLEXIBLE AND AFFORDABLE LOANS,
PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
AND INCENTIVIZING REGIONAL
SOLUTIONS, AS WELL AS MEGA
PROJECTS SUCH AS OUR HIGH SPEED
RAIL PROJECT, I DEFINITELY WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION
TODAY. AND AS WAS NOTED, AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME, WE WILL CALL
IT FOR A VOTE. I'LL GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE, SIR, THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO LOOK BACK INTO HISTORY AND TO
FIND TIMES WHEN THAT NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK ALLOWED US
TO CONTINUE TO GROW BOTH OUR
ECONOMY AND TO INVEST INTO OUR
COUNTRY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HOW
THIS H.R. 110 ALLOWS US AS A
STATE HERE IN CALIFORNIA, TO
PROVIDE A LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT
ULTIMATELY WILL RESULT IN A
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK.
WITH THAT, WHEN THE TIME IS
APPROPRIATE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. AND AS A REMINDER TO
MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, WE ARE, WE HAVE
STARTED OUR COMMITTEE. WE ARE IN
AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING STATUS
AS WE WAIT FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
TO ARRIVE SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A
QUORUM. SO CALLING ALL COMMITTEE
MEMBERS TO COME TO THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HEARING
ROOM. SO THAT WE MAY BEGIN AND
BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THESE VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS. WITH THAT,
WE WILL BE GOING IN FILE OUT OF
ORDER. UNLESS A AUTHOR COMES IN.
I DO SEE AN AUTHOR IS PRESENT,
SO I WILL INVITE, SENATOR DODD
FORD, THE AUTHOR OF FILE ITEM
ONE, SB 295.
SB 95 REGARDING THE PILOT BOAT
SURCHARGE ACCOUNT. THE SURCHARGE
ACCOUNT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2022
TO FUND THE COST OF OBTAINING
NEW PILOT BOATS AND ENGINEERING
MODIFICATIONS TO EXTEND THE
SERVICE LIFE OF EXISTING PILOT
BOATS. HISTORICALLY SURCHARGES
HAVE BEEN USED TO FINANCE THE
REPOWERING OF EXISTING VESSELS
AND THE PURCHASE OF NEW VESSELS,
BUT PAYMENTS WERE MADE DIRECTLY
TO PILOTS AND THERE WAS NO
ESTABLISHED ACCOUNT TO PLAN
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND
OVERSIGHT IN THE CREATION OF THE
ACCOUNT CAPPED THE ANNUAL
EXPENDITURES WHICH REQUIRE THESE
BOATS TO BE FINANCED, ADDING
MILLIONS OF INTEREST COSTS OVER
TIME. SB 295 FIXES THAT
OVERSIGHT, REMOVING THE
STATUTORILY ESTABLISHED CAPS AND
AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF PILOT
COMMISSIONERS TO COLLECT, BANK
AND SPEND THE MONEY NECESSARY TO
DIRECTLY FUND THE REPLACEMENT OR
THE RE-ENGINEERING OF PILOT
VESSELS. WITH ME TODAY IS MATT
ROBINSON, REPRESENTING THE
PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING
ASSOCIATION, THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, SENATOR
DODD, FOR CARRYING THIS BILL.
MATT ROBINSON, AS THE SENATOR
SAID ON BEHALF OF THE PACIFIC
MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSOCIATION,
THE SENATOR SUMMED IT UP. BUT
JUST TO REITERATE THIS BILL
WOULD GET RID OF THE CAPS THAT
WERE IN STATUTE. THOSE HAVE HAD
AN UNINTENDED EFFECT OF, IN
FACT, LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY WE CAN PAY TOWARDS PILOT
VESSEL REPLACEMENT, WE WOULD
ACTUALLY LIKE THE ABILITY TO
BANK AND EXPEND SUFFICIENT
FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN REPLACE
THOSE VESSELS OUTRIGHT AND SAVE
OURSELVES TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN INTEREST OVER THE
LIFE OF THOSE VESSEL
REPLACEMENTS. AND THIS BILL IS A
KEY PIECE OF FACILITATING THAT
ARRANGEMENT. AND JUST QUICKLY,
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AND
TO THE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US
ON THE AMENDMENTS IN ADVANCE OF
THE HEARING, AND GLAD WE COULD
GET THOSE DONE EARLIER. I WAS
ALSO ASKED TO CONVEY THE SUPPORT
OF CRUISE LINES INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS ALFREDO MEDINA HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAR
PILOTS, CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL,
WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE AUTHOR
AND THE CHAIR AND THE STAFF FOR
HELPING US MOVE FORWARD WITH
THIS TECHNICAL FIX AND OVERALL
ENSURE THAT THE PILOT SYSTEM IN
SAN FRANCISCO AND IN THE STATE
REMAINS SUSTAINABLE AND THANK
YOU TO OUR PARTNERS FOR MOVING
FORWARD WITH THIS, WITH THAT,
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD
LIKE TO OFFER A ME TO SUPPORT,
NAME, ORGANIZATION AND POSITION.
ARE THERE ANY. SEEING NONE.
MOVING ON TO OPPOSITION. ARE
THERE ANY. I DON'T SEE ANY ON
FILE, BUT ARE THERE ANY ONE IN
OPPOSITION WISHING TO OFFER
PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR, A ME TOO.
IN TERMS OF NAME, ORGANIZATION
AND POSITION? SEEING NONE MOVING
IT TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS. IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS OR CONCERNS. SEEING
NONE. AS NOTED, TO THE AUTHOR,
WE ARE IN AN INFORMATIONAL
HEARING AS WE WAIT FOR MEMBERS
OF OUR BODY, TO ESTABLISH A
QUORUM. SO, I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO ELEVATE
THE ISSUE. BAR PILOTS ARE AN
INTEGRAL PART OF AND STEERING
LARGE COMMERCIAL VESSELS THROUGH
THE GOLDEN GATE OF SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AND ADJOINING NAVIGABLE
WATERS SUPPORT REMOVING THE
EXPENDITURE CAPS ON THE PILOT
BOAT SURCHARGE ACCOUNT IS
NECESSARY FOR THE BAR PILOTS TO
UPGRADE THEIR BOATS, BOATS AND
COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH AIR
RESOURCES BOARD'S COMMERCIAL
HARBOR CRAFT REGULATION. I WILL,
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BE
SUPPORTING THIS BILL. TODAY, I
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE
. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND
MEMBERS, RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. MOVING ALONG, WE DO NOT
HAVE ANY AUTHOR'S PRESENCE, NOR
DO WE HAVE A QUORUM. SO I WILL
ONCE AGAIN MAKE THAT CALL FOR A
QUORUM AND A CALL FOR SENATORS
WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO PREVENT
PRESENT THEIR BILLS.
ALL RIGHT. I DO SEE, AN AUTHOR
PRESENT. I WILL NOTE I
MISTAKENLY CALLED, OUR COMMITTEE
A INFORMATIONAL HEARING, BUT WE
ARE A SUBCOMMITTEE UNTIL WE HAVE
A QUORUM PRESENT, AND OUR QUORUM
. WE ARE WAITING FOR A
REPUBLICAN MEMBER. TO HAVE A
QUORUM AS WELL. AND SO, WE ARE
JUST FOR EVERYONE'S PURPOSES. WE
ARE A SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE HAVE
BEEN MEETING AS AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE SINCE I GAVEL DOWN
EARLIER AND WE'VE HAD A CHANCE
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE TO HEAR TWO
BILLS, ITEM NUMBER 20, AIR 110
ARAMBULA AND ITEM NUMBER ONE, SB
295 DODD, WITH THAT, AS WE
CONTINUE AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, OUR,
NEXT BILL WILL BE ITEM NUMBER
16, SB 1487. GLASER YOU MAY
BEGIN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WILSON.
THANK YOU, MEMBERS, FOR HEARING
THIS. BILL, FIRST LET ME SAY I
WANT TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS AND THANK YOU TO THE
CHAIR AND HER STAFF FOR THE WORK
ON THE BILL, THE BILL DOES THREE
THINGS. NUMBER ONE, IT EXTENDS
PAYMENT TIME BEFORE A LATE FEE
CAN BE APPLIED TO 30 DAYS,
ENSURING INDIVIDUALS HAVE
SUFFICIENT TIME TO ADDRESS THEIR
CITATIONS BEFORE LATE FEES
APPLY. NUMBER TWO, IT CAPS AT
30% OF THE ORIGINAL PENALTY,
PREVENTING DISPROPORTIONATELY
HIGH FEES THAT EXACERBATE
FINANCIAL STRAIN. AND NUMBER
THREE, IT ALLOWS PAYMENTS
RECEIVED BY MAIL TO BE DEEMED
RECEIVED BY THE POSTMARKED DATE.
MEMBER CITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA
ARE PROVIDED THE FLEXIBILITY TO
IMPLEMENT THEIR PARKING
ENFORCEMENT POLICIES THAT WORK
BEST FOR THEM. HOWEVER,
RESIDENTS IN THESE CITIES ARE
REGULARLY BURDENED BY
EXCESSIVELY PUNITIVE LATE FEE
POLICIES THAT ARE UNRELATED TO
THE ORIGINAL INFRACTION. AS A
RESULT OF THESE POLICIES, LATE
FEES CAN QUICKLY ESCALATE FOR
EXAMPLE, HERE IN SACRAMENTO, I'M
SURE NONE OF THIS NONE OF YOU
HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. A
PARKING TICKET WHERE YOU GET A
PARKING TICKET HERE, A PARKING
TICKET DOUBLES AFTER JUST 21
DAYS. IF YOU GET A PARKING
TICKET BECAUSE YOU'RE A FEW
MINUTES LATE, IT'S A $60 FINE.
BUT IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ONE DAY
LATE, IT GOES ABOVE $120 FOR
THAT, FOR MISSING THAT ONE DAY,
BY IMPLEMENTING THESE
SAFEGUARDS, SB 1487 WOULD
PREVENT ABUSIVE SCHEMES THAT
NICKEL AND DIME RESIDENTS WHILE
MAINTAINING A CITY'S ABILITY TO
UPHOLD PARKING LOTS EFFECTIVELY.
BY ALLEVIATING THESE FINANCIAL
STRAINS, WE EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS
TO ADDRESS THEIR CITATIONS
RESPONSIBLY AND AVOID CYCLES OF
DEBT THAT EXACERBATE POVERTY. IN
CONCLUSION, SB 1487 IS A
CRITICAL STEP TOWARDS ENSURING
THAT PARKING TICKET POLICIES IN
CALIFORNIA ARE REASONABLE. WITH
ME TODAY IS MIGUEL MAURICIO,
POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE EAST BAY
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, AND AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME, MADAM CHAIR, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU. YOU MAY PROCEED,
MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS. MIGUEL
MORRISSEY, ON BEHALF OF THE EAST
BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, FOR 85
YEARS, THE EAST BAY LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL HAS BEEN A NONPROFIT
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS ACROSS
CONTRA COSTA AND ALAMEDA
COUNTIES WITH THE PURPOSE OF
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR THOSE WHO CALL THE EAST BAY
HOME. OUR ORGANIZATION IS PROUD
TO SUPPORT SB 1487 BY SENATOR
GLAZER AND APPLAUD HIS
LEADERSHIP AND EFFORT ON THIS
FRONT. AS WE KNOW, THIS BILL
WOULD CAP LATE PAYMENT PENALTIES
FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS TO 30% OF
THE ORIGINAL PENALTY, EXTEND THE
DEADLINE, AND MAKE SEVERAL OTHER
CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE LAW.
AS MENTIONED BY THE SENATOR, THE
EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
SUPPORTS THIS MEASURE FOR
SEVERAL REASONS. OUR CURRENT
LAWS AROUND PARKING VIOLATIONS
HAVE THE ULTIMATE EFFECT OF
PENALIZING POVERTY AND DRIVING
LOW INCOME CALIFORNIANS DEEPER
INTO DEBT. ALTHOUGH ALL
CALIFORNIANS ARE IMPACTED BY THE
CURRENT PARKING FEE REGIME, THE
WEIGHT OF THE LAW FALLS MOST
HARSHLY ON LOW INCOME
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE ALREADY
STRUGGLING WITH THE HIGH COST OF
LIVING IN THE STATE. WHEN LOW
INCOME CALIFORNIANS ARE UNABLE
TO PAY THEIR PARKING TICKETS,
THEY'LL BE CHARGED A LATE FEE,
WHICH WHICH CAN OFTEN BE
EXCESSIVE IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO
PAY THESE LATE FEES, THE STATE
WILL PREVENT THEM FROM PAYING
THEIR CAR REGISTRATION, WHICH
THEN CONSEQUENTIALLY LEADS TO
FURTHER FEES AND CITATIONS FOR
FAILURE. FOR FAILURE TO PAY THE
REGISTRATION. IN MANY CASES,
THIS LEADS TO CARS BEING TOWED.
SOME REPORTING FOR FROM AUGUST,
FOR EXAMPLE, FOUND THAT
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS HAVE
THEIR CAR TOWED EVERY YEAR FROM
BEING ABLE TO FROM BEING UNABLE
TO PAY FEES SUCH AS THESE WHEN
CALIFORNIANS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TIME TO PAY THESE FEES OR ARE
OVERBURDENED BY EXCESSIVE
PENALTIES, THEY ARE PUT IN A
HOLE THAT IS OFTEN TOO DIFFICULT
TO GET OUT OF AND ARE PUT INTO
EVEN FURTHER FINANCIAL STRAIN.
OUR EAST BAY REGION AND I WOULD
GO AS FAR TO SAY ANY REGION IN
THE STATE CANNOT HAVE A THRIVING
AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMY IF THOSE
WITH THE GREATEST NEED IN OUR
COMMUNITY ARE OVERBURDENED WITH
THESE EXCESSIVE FEES BY
EXTENDING THE WINDOW TO PAY
THESE FEES AND SETTING A
REASONABLE CAP ON LATE FEES,
THIS LAW, THIS PROPOSAL PROVIDES
THE PROPER BALANCE BETWEEN
PROTECTING CALIFORNIANS FROM
THOSE EXCESSIVE FEES WHILE STILL
ALLOWING MUNICIPALITIES TO
ENFORCE THOSE LAWS. WE ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS BILL TODAY.
THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
TO OFFER SUPPORT AND Ã ME TOO
AS A ME TOO NAME, ORGANIZATION
AND POSITION. SEEING NONE MOVING
ON TO OPPOSITION. IF THERE COME
FORWARD. TWO MINUTES AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR, MATTHEW SEIBERLING, ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
MOBILITY AND PARKING
ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS
UNFORTUNATELY OPPOSED TO SENATE
BILL 1487, A CMPA DOES AGREE
WITH TWO OUT OF THE THREE ISSUES
RAISED BY THE SENATOR IN THIS
BILL, HOWEVER, THE RESTRICTION
OF DELINQUENCY FEES TO 30% OF
THE INITIAL FINE IS A SEVERE
OVERSTEP OF LOCAL AUTHORITY,
IGNORES THE LOCAL CONTEXT UPON
WHICH PARKING POLICIES ARE BUILT
, BRIEFLY, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME
PARKING JURISDICTIONS MAY PREFER
SMALLER INITIAL FINES WITH A
HIGHER MULTIPLIER FOR THOSE WHO
DECLINED TO RESPOND TO
CITATIONS. OTHER JURISDICTIONS
PREFER LARGER INITIAL FINES,
WITH SMALLER ADDITIONAL FINES
FOR DELINQUENCY. THEY COME FROM
A VIEWPOINT THAT IF THE FINE IS
ALREADY LARGE, THEN IT MIGHT BE
TOO DIFFICULT TO SETTLE LARGE
DELINQUENCY FEES. THERE ARE SOME
JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE BOTH
HIGH BASE FINES AND HIGH
DELINQUENCY FEES, BUT EVEN THEIR
RATIONALES ARE VALID. THE COST
OF BUILDING AND OPERATING A
PARKING SYSTEM IS HIGH, AND WE
WOULD PREFER TO HAVE LOWER
PARKING PRICES FOR THOSE WHO
ABIDE BY PARKING POLICY RULES TO
SUBSIDIZE A LOWER PARKING
PRICES, WITH THE FINES COLLECTED
BY THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO BREAK THE
POLICIES. IN EACH CASE, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LOCAL
PARKING POLICIES ARE NOT
ESTABLISHED WITHOUT OVERSIGHT.
CONSIDERATION OF DRIVER
CONVENIENCE. LOCAL COMMERCE
NEEDS, PUBLIC SAFETY,
AFFORDABILITY, USABILITY,
ACCESSIBILITY, AND HOW ALL OF
THESE BALANCE WITH THE COST OF
BUILDING, MAINTAINING, AND
OPERATING A PARKING SYSTEM WILL
LEAD TO THE APPROPRIATE FORMULA
FOR EACH AGENCY THAT WORKS BEST
FOR THEIR JURISDICTION. IT IS
FOR THESE REASONS THAT CMPA
URGES A NO VOTE ON THIS BILL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
MOVING ON TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO, DO A
ME TOO. AND FOR THE OPPOSITION
OF THIS BILL, NAME, ORGANIZATION
AND POSITION SEEING NONE MOVING
IT TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ANY
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
SEEING NONE. I'LL NOTE, NOPE.
NOT YET. WE ARE STILL OPERATING
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. I'LL NOTE TO
THE AUTHOR, I APPRECIATE YOU
WORKING WITH MYSELF AND THE
COMMITTEE TO HELP ENSURE THAT
PARKING PENALTIES ARE NOT
EXCESSIVE AND UNREASONABLE.
CURRENT LAW ALLOWS LATE FEES ON
PARKING CITATIONS TO BE WAIVED
FOR PERSONS ON PUBLIC BENEFITS,
AND THEY MAY UTILIZE A $25 PER
MONTH PAYMENT PLAN TO PAY FOR
THE CITATION. HOWEVER, MY
UNDERSTANDING, AS I'VE LEARNED
FROM YOU AND IN STUDYING THIS
BILL IS THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT
USE THE LOW INCOME WAIVER.
PARKING CITATIONS AND LATE FEES
ARE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF
REVENUE FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF
TRANSPORTATION. AS A RESULT,
CAPPING THE PENALTY MAY HAVE THE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS INCREASING THE BASE
FEE FOR PARKING OR INCREASING
OTHER LEVELS OF LOCAL SOURCES OF
REVENUE. TO OFFSET THE REVENUE
LOSS FROM THE PENALTIES BEING
CAPPED. I APPRECIATE YOU
ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS TO
DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
BILL TO THE FIRST DAY OF A LOCAL
JURISDICTION, FIRST FISCAL YEAR
FOLLOWING JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO PLAN AHEAD FOR
A POSSIBLE LOSS OF REVENUE AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS BILL. I ASK SIR,
TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CLOSE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
FIRST, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA, WHO'S
REALLY BEEN A LEADER IN THIS
SPACE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE
THESE FINES AND FEES AND THE
REST, AREN'T UNFAIRLY BURDENING
OUR LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND HE'S
BEEN LEADING IN THIS SPACE. AND,
OF COURSE, HE'S A COAUTHOR OF
THIS BILL. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT
OUT TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER LACKEY,
WHO DID TRY TO FIND SOME
EQUILIBRIUM IN THIS SPACE WITH
THIS WAIVER PROGRAM. BUT WHEN WE
TALK TO THE DMV, THEY WON'T EVEN
TELL US HOW MANY PEOPLE EVEN TRY
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. WE
THINK IT'S VERY UNFAIR,
MASSIVELY UNDERUTILIZED, AND NOT
REALLY A REMEDY TO THE PROBLEM
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
AND FINALLY, I KNOW THAT, CITIES
HAVE UTILIZED FEES AND FINES TO
TRY TO MAKE UP FOR A LOT OF
THEIR DEFICIT PROBLEMS, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT. I COME FROM A
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT I THINK
THAT AS THE OPPONENT WHO CAME
HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT RIGHTSIZING
THE FEES AND PENALTIES AND WHERE
THAT SHOULD BE, I SUPPORT
RIGHTSIZING IT ON THE FEE SIDE,
NOT ON THE PENALTY SIDE. THEY'RE
USING THE STATE TO ENFORCE THEIR
USURY RATES, AND THAT'S THE PART
THAT GETS US INVOLVED.
OTHERWISE, I'M A LOCAL CONTROL
PERSON AND WANT THEM TO MAKE
WHATEVER CHOICE THAT THEY WANT
TO MAKE. BUT I DON'T MIND THE
RIGHT SIZING. LET THEM ESTABLISH
THE FEE AT THE LEVEL THAT'S
APPROPRIATE. DON'T JUST HAVE IT
BE HIDDEN IN THE FINE SIDE.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO CORRECT IN
THIS BILL. WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT WHENEVER IT'S
APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU SIR. ALL
RIGHT, I SEE ANOTHER AUTHOR IN
THE SPACE. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER THREE. UMBERG YOU MAY
BEGIN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE RIGHT
THERE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS, TODAY I PRESENT SB 359,
THE AUTOMOBILE DISMANTLING TASK
FORCE. THIS BILL WILL
INDEFINITELY EXTEND THE VEHICLE
DISMANTLING INDUSTRY STRIKE TEAM
SO THAT IT CAN CONTINUE TO
ADDRESS THE SERIOUS
ENVIRONMENTAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY
UNLICENSED AND UNREGULATED AUTO
DISMANTLERS. SB 359 ADDRESSES
THESE UNLICENSED, UNREGULATED
VEHICLE DISMANTLING SHOPS BY
SUCCESSFULLY COORDINATING WITH
ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE STATE,
ALSO WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT.
SERIOUS ISSUE IN EVERYONE'S
DISTRICT, I URGE AND I VOTE. AND
WITH ME HERE IS THE EVER
RENOWNED MR. GAVIN MCCUE AS A
WITNESS. THANK YOU. SENATOR,
GAVIN MCHUGH, ON BEHALF OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTO
DISMANTLERS ASSOCIATION, WOULD
LIKE TO THANK SENATOR UMBERG FOR
HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
GOING BACK, THE LAST 4 OR 5
YEARS. AND FOR YOU, MADAM CHAIR,
YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS SINCE 2016 AND
DONE A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH
US. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
ISSUE. AND AS SENATOR UMBERG
POINTED OUT, IT HELPS TO ADDRESS
THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF
UNLICENSED AUTO DISMANTLERS THAT
ARE IMPROPERLY PROCESSING
VEHICLES AT END OF LIFE. IT
ALSO, THIS BILL ALSO HELPS THE
GOOD ACTORS, THE LICENSED
DISMANTLERS THAT ARE COMPLYING
WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND
ARE DOING THE RIGHT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSING. MAKING
SURE THEY PAY THEIR TAXES, HAVE
SAFER WORK PLACES, BETTER
EMPLOYEE TRAINING, WORKER'S
COMP, ALL THOSE THINGS. SO THIS
IS A GOOD BILL. WE WANT TO KEEP
THE MOMENTUM GOING AND THAT BILL
WILL DO THIS. SO WE URGE AND I
VOTE THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC TO OFFER ME TWO TESTIMONY
NAME ORGANIZATION AND POSITION.
I, RYAN FLANAGAN, ON BEHALF OF
THE RECYCLED MATERIALS
ASSOCIATION WEST COAST CHAPTER
AND SUPPORT KURT AUGUSTINE WITH
THE ALLIANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE
INNOVATION, IS HAPPY TO SUPPORT
THE BILL. THANK YOU, SENATOR,
SEEING NO OTHERS LOOKING FOR,
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION WHO'D LIKE
TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY AND OR
ANYONE WHO WANTED TO JUST GIVE A
SIMPLE, STATEMENT OF NOTING NAME
, ORGANIZATION AND POSITION,
SEEING NONE, MOVING IT BACK TO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.
SEEING NONE. SENATOR, THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.
THE VEHICLE DISMANTLER INDUSTRY
STRIKE TEAM HAS BEEN A VALUABLE
INVESTIGATIVE BODY TO GO AFTER
UNLICENSED AUTOMOBILE
DISMANTLERS DMV OWED THE
LEGISLATURE A REPORT SEVEN
MONTHS AGO SO THAT WE COULD
PROPERLY EVALUATE THE PROGRAM.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT DMV HAS
NOT PROVIDED THIS REPORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE, AND I HOPE THEY DO
SO BEFORE THIS BILL IS HEARD IN
ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE, I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS BILL TODAY BECAUSE OF THE
VAST TRACK RECORD, WITH THAT,
SENATOR, I GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE. WELL,
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, I
REGRET THAT REPORT HASN'T BEEN
PRODUCED. IF I WERE IN CHARGE OF
DMV, I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE
PRODUCED WITHOUT. I URGE AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. AND AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME, WE'LL VOTE ON
THE MATTER. THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, WE CONTINUE AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE AS WE LOOK FOR OUR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. WE
ALWAYS HAD ONE FOR A SECOND. FOR
ONE SECOND, ALMOST HAD ONE, AND
WE ALSO LOOK FOR AUTHORS, OUR
SENATORS, TO COME TO PRESENT THE
BILL. WE NEEDED YOU. WE NEEDED
YOU. MADAM SECRETARY, COULD YOU
CALL THE ROLL WILSON HERE.
WILSON HERE. DAVIES. DAVIES,
HERE. AGUIAR-CURRY. AGUIAR-CURRY
HERE. BERMAN CARILLO. CARILLO
HERE. HEART HOOVER. JACKSON.
JACKSON. HERE LOWENTHAL.
LOWENTHAL. HERE. PAPPIN HAPPEN
HERE. SANCHEZ. TING. WALLACE
WARD. WARD. HERE. WICKS ALL
RIGHT, A QUORUM WAS PRESENT WITH
EIGHT MEMBERS ACCOUNTED FOR,
GLAD TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE. THIS
IS OUR LAST HEARING BEFORE THE
SUMMER RECESS. TODAY, WE HAVE
SIX BILLS ON CONSENT FILE ITEMS
SIX SB 632 CABALLERO. ITEM NINE,
SB 708 JONES. FILE ITEM TEN SB
936 SATO FILE ITEM 11 SB 983
WAHAB FILE. ITEM 15 SB 1417
ALLEN FILE ITEM 19 SCR 143
GONZALES IS THERE A MOTION? IS
THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL
RIGHT. MOVED BY AGUIAR-CURRY AND
SECONDED BY DAVIES. MADAM
SECRETARY, COULD YOU CALL THE
ROLL? WILSON. AYE. WILSON. AYE.
DAVIES. DAVIES. AYE.
AGUIAR-CURRY. AGUIAR-CURRY AYE.
BERMAN. CARILLO. CARILLO AYE.
HART. HOOVER. JACKSON JACKSON.
AYE. LOWENTHAL. LOWENTHAL. AYE
PAPIN. SANCHEZ KING. WALLACE
WARD. WARD. AYE. WICKS. THAT
BILL HAS SEVEN VOTES FOR NOW.
MOVING ON AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. WE
HEARD FOUR BILLS STARTING IN
FILE ORDER. WE WILL NEED A
MOTION AND A VOTE ON ALL FOUR OF
THESE BILLS. ITEM ONE SECOND.
YOU HAVE TO DO THEM SEPARATELY.
ITEM NUMBER ONE SB 295 DODD.
BEEN MOVED BY AGUIAR-CURRY.
SECONDED BY CARRILLO, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. WILSON I WILSON.
AYE. DAVIES DAVIES. NOT VOTING.
AGUIAR-CURRY AGUIAR-CURRY. AYE.
BERMAN CARILLO. CARILLO. AYE.
HART HOOVER. JACKSON. JACKSON.
AYE LOWENTHAL. LOWENTHAL. AYE.
PAPIN SANCHEZ. KING WALLACE.
WARD. WARD. AYE WICKS. THAT BILL
HAS SEVEN VOTES AND OR SIX.
SORRY. SIX VOTES. AND WE'LL
REMAIN OPEN. FOR OTHER MEMBERS
TO ADD ON THIS WILL BE THE SAME
FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM
NUMBER THREE, SB 359. BURKE MADE
A MOTION MOVED BY AGUILAR CURRY,
SECONDED BY. SECONDED BY WARD.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. WILSON. I
WILSON. AYE. DAVIES. DAVIES. AYE
AGUIAR-CURRY. AGUIAR-CURRY. AYE.
BERMAN CARILLO. CARILLO. AYE.
HART. HOOVER JACKSON. JACKSON.
AYE. LOWENTHAL LOWENTHAL. AYE.
PAPIN HAPPEN. AYE SANCHEZ. KING
WALLACE. WARD. WARD. AYE WICKS.
THAT. THAT. VOTE HAS. THAT BILL
HAS EIGHT VOTES. WE'LL HOLD THE
ROLL OPEN, FOR OTHER MEMBERS TO
ADD ON MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
16, SB 1487. GLAZIER IT'S BEEN
MOVED BY WARD, SECONDED BY
AGUILAR CURRY. MADAM SECRETARY,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SB 1487 DO
PASS IS AMENDED TO THE ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. WILSON
I WILSON. AYE DAVIES. DAVIES.
AYE. AGUIAR-CURRY AGUIAR-CURRY.
AYE. BERMAN CARILLO. CARILLO.
AYE. HART HOOVER. JACKSON. OH,
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE HOOVER
COME IN. HOOVER. AYE. JACKSON.
AYE LOWENTHAL. LOWENTHAL. AYE
PAPIN. HAPPEN? AYE. SANCHEZ
KING. WALLACE. WARD. WARD AYE.
WICKS THAT BILL HAS NINE VOTES,
AND THE ROLL WILL BE OPEN FOR
MEMBERS TO ADD ON OUR FINAL,
BILL THAT WE HEARD AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE IS ITEM NUMBER 20,
H.R. 110. ARAMBULA THE MOTION IS
TO BE ADOPTED. WILSON. WAIT WE
GOT IT. I'M SORRY. WE NEED A
MOTION MOVED BY WARD, SECONDED
BY AGUILAR CURRY. MADAM
SECRETARY, H.R. 110 TO BE
ADOPTED. WILSON. AYE WILSON.
AYE. DAVIES. DAVIES NØ.
AGUIAR-CURRY AGUIAR-CURRY. AYE
BERMAN. CARILLO. CARILLO AYE.
HART. HOOVER. HOOVER NO.
JACKSON. JACKSON. AYE LOWENTHAL.
LOWENTHAL. AYE. PAPPIN HAPPEN.
AYE. SANCHEZ KING. WALLACE. WARD
WARD. AYE. WICKS. SEVEN TWO.
THAT. BILL HAS, SEVEN AYE VOTES
AND TWO NO VOTES. THE ROLL WILL
BE OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO HAVE, TO
ADD ON. WE'LL REMAIN OPEN FOR
MEMBERS TO ADD ON, WE DO HAVE AN
AUTHOR PRESENT, NOW WE WILL BE
MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, SB
532 WIENER. AND WE ALSO, I
ASSUME YOU'LL BE PRESENTING ITEM
NUMBER FIVE AS WELL, SB 960.
YOU CAN BEGIN AT YOUR
CONVENIENCE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MADAM CHAIR, COLLEAGUES, I
WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR WORKING
DILIGENTLY WITH US ON THIS BILL.
AND I AM HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS OUTLINED ON
PAGE THREE OF THE ANALYSIS,
WHICH WILL BE TAKEN TECHNICALLY
IN PRIVACY COMMITTEE DUE TO
TIMING CONSTRAINTS. BUT I AM
ACCEPTING THOSE AMENDMENTS, THE
AMENDMENTS SHORTEN THE SAN
FRANCISCO, PILOT PROGRAM TO FIVE
YEARS, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER
AMENDMENTS AS ENUMERATED, SB 532
MODERNIZES PARKING PAYMENTS BY
AUTHORIZING, BUT NOT REQUIRING A
TIME LIMITED PILOT PROGRAM FOR
SAN FRANCISCO TO IMPLEMENT PAID
PARKING WITHOUT HAVING TO INCUR
THE HIGH COST OF METER
INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS NOW A SAN
FRANCISCO PILOT, THE SAN
FRANCISCO WILL BE ABLE TO, SHOW
THAT THIS CAN WORK AND THAT IT
CAN BE DONE IN AN EQUITABLE WAY,
CURRENT LAW EFFECTIVELY REQUIRES
CITY TO SPEND SIGNIFICANT,
PRECIOUS TRANSPORTATION
RESOURCES INSTALLING AND
MAINTAINING FRANKLY OUTDATED AND
EXPENSIVE PARKING METER
EQUIPMENT. LAST YEAR, PHYSICAL
METERS COST THE SAN FRANCISCO
MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY,
$26 MILLION TO INSTALL AND
MAINTAIN. THIS WAS EQUIVALENT TO
MORE THAN HALF OF SFMTA'S
PARKING REVENUE. THIS IS IN A
TIME PERIOD WHEN OUR TRANSIT
SYSTEMS ARE STRUGGLING
FINANCIALLY. PARKING METERS ARE
FREQUENTLY VANDALIZED AND TAKE
UP SIGNIFICANT SIDEWALK SPACE
THAT COULD BE USED FOR ALL SORTS
OF OTHER USES TO HELP REDUCE THE
COSTS. SB 532 WILL ALLOW SAN
FRANCISCO TO PILOT METERED
PARKING PAYMENT ZONES, PROVIDED
THAT THE CITY PROVIDES SIGNAGE
IN SUCH ZONES AND ALTERNATIVE
MEANS FOR CASH PAYMENTS OF
PARKING FEES. SPECIFICALLY,
THERE MUST BE A SIGN WITHIN
100FT OF ANY METER LESS SPACE
CLEARLY STATING THAT PAYMENT IS
REQUIRED AND HOW PAYMENT MAY BE
MADE. THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES SAN
FRANCISCO TO ADOPT AN EQUITABLE
AND ACCESSIBLE PARKING CASH
PAYMENT PAYMENT PLAN THAT
PROVIDES MEANS OF CASH PAYMENT
AND ASSESSES SPECIFIC STRATEGIES
OF PAYMENT. THE CITY MUST WORK
WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO
DEVELOP THE PLAN, THE BILL WILL
NOW BE A FIVE YEAR PILOT, AND
THAT THAT FIVE YEARS WILL START
ONCE THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY
KICKED OFF SO THAT WE DON'T
CONSUME, PARTS OF THE FIVE YEARS
AHEAD OF TIME, AGAIN, THANK YOU
SO MUCH TO THE CHAIR AND HER
STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US ON
THIS. WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL ARE MATT
SILBERLING, REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA MOBILITY AND PARKING
ASSOCIATION AND RAYNELL COOPER,
THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING POLICY
MANAGER AT THE SFMTA. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS,
MATTHEW SEIBERLING, ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA MOBILITY AND
PARKING ASSOCIATION. WITHOUT
BEING TOO REPETITIVE, WE'RE
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS BILL. AND VERY EXCITED TO
SEE TECHNOLOGY BEING USED TO
IMPROVE UPON THE SERVICES WE
PROVIDE AND TO NORMALIZE SOME OF
THESE, BUSINESS PRACTICES TO GET
THE PUBLIC PREPARED FOR, FOR,
FRANKLY, THE WAY THINGS ARE
GOING TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE,
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS STARTING
SMALL IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE'RE
EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT GOES
THERE. WE'RE EXCITED TO HELP,
PROMOTE THIS STATEWIDE AT A
LATER DATE. BUT FOR THE
MEANTIME, WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL AND URGE ITS AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR WILSON AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
RAYNELL COOPER, AND I'M A
PARKING POLICY MANAGER AT SAN
FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. SFMTA WE
APPRECIATE SENATOR WIENER
WIENER'S LEADERSHIP IN
INTRODUCTION OF SB 532, WHICH
WOULD AUTHORIZE THIS TIME
LIMITED PILOT THAT WOULD ALLOW
SAN FRANCISCO TO MODERNIZE THE
WAY WE ACCEPT PAYMENT IN PAID
PARKING ZONES AND ALLOW THE CITY
TO SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT A
TIME WHEN BUDGETS ARE TIGHT.
PAID PARKING IS THE BEST TOOL
CITIES HAVE TO CREATE. PARKING
AVAILABILITY, WHICH BENEFITS
BUSINESSES, MINIMIZES CIRCLING
AND DOUBLE PARKING, REDUCES
EMISSIONS SPEEDS PUBLIC TRANSIT,
AND MAKES STREETS SAFER AND MORE
EFFICIENT. BUT PARKING METERS
ARE EXPENSIVE. THE SFMTA SPENT
CLOSE TO $26 MILLION LAST YEAR
TO PURCHASE, INSTALL, MANAGE AND
MAINTAIN THE METERS THEY'RE
PURPOSEFULLY BROKEN OR
VANDALIZED TO AVOID PAYMENT, AND
ARE TARGETS FOR CRIMINALS
LOOKING TO RIP OFF THE CITY OR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STATE LAW.
CURRENTLY PROHIBITS MOBILE ONLY
PAYMENT, EFFECTIVELY REQUIRING
CITIES TO USE PHYSICAL PARKING
METERS AND PAY STATIONS TO
ACCEPT PAYMENT FOR PARKING. SB
532, AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED,
WOULD AUTHORIZE SAN FRANCISCO TO
PILOT MOBILE ONLY PARKING
PAYMENT ZONES FOR A FIVE YEAR
PERIOD AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE FIRST ZONE. FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON'T HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR
DON'T HAVE A PHONE. THE
LEGISLATION ALSO REQUIRES THAT
SAN FRANCISCO DEVELOP AN
ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE PARKING
CASH PAYMENT PLAN IN MOBILE ONLY
PAYMENT AREAS. THIS PLAN FOR
CASH PAYMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO BE CREATED IN CONSULTATION
WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
AND APPROVED BY OUR LOCAL
GOVERNING BODY. THIS LEGISLATION
ALSO INCLUDED A PROVISION THAT
WOULD REQUIRE SAN FRANCISCO TO
STUDY THE OPTION OF SENDING
MAILED INVOICES FOR PARKING
SESSIONS THAT COULD BE PAID FOR
LATER THROUGH CASH OR OTHER
PAYMENT. METHODS AND SIGNS MUST
ALSO BE POSTED. NO MORE THAN
100FT FROM ANY PARKING PAID
PARKING SPACE THAT CLEARLY
STATES THAT PAYMENT IS REQUIRED
AND HOW PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE.
MOBILE PAYMENT IS NOT NEW. PART
CITIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO, HAVE
OFFERED PHONE BASED PAYMENT FOR
OVER A DECADE. SO MANY MOTORISTS
WILL BE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH
PAYING FOR PARKING ON A MOBILE
DEVICE. AND YOU DON'T EVEN NEED
A SMARTPHONE TO PAY BY MOBILE
DEVICE. OUR VENDORS ACCEPT
PAYMENT BY PHONE CALL AS WELL.
FOR ALL THESE REASONS, THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
SUPPORTS SB 532 AND WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADD ON THEIR
SUPPORT, LOOKING FOR NAME,
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON, STEPHANIE ESTRADA, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, SYLVIA SOLIS SHAW
HERE ON BEHALF OF SAN FRANCISCO
MAYOR LONDON BREED IN SUPPORT
AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF CACTI, THE
CALIFORNIA CITY TRANSPORTATION
INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. APOLOGIES FOR NO
LETTER, BUT AS OF TODAY, STREETS
FOR ALL IS IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU
. GOOD AFTERNOON. LARA WITH SPUR
SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO
OPPOSITION. WE DON'T NOTE ANY ON
FILE, BUT I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION. SEEING
NONE, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS WHO
WOULD LIKE TO JUST NOTE A QUICK
OPPOSITION TO THIS FILE TO THIS
BILL? SEEING NONE, MOVING IT TO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEES FOR
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS AND
CONCERNS, I SEE PAPIN AND THEN
AGUIAR-CURRY. YES OKAY. I JUST
WANT TO THANK THE SENATOR FOR
BRINGING THIS BILL, I LOOK
FORWARD TO, THE, PILOT PROVING
VERY EFFECTIVE. IT REALLY
APPEALS TO MY SENSE OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND HOW WE GET THINGS
DONE. AND THIS PRESENTS A
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE
MONEY. I WAS STAGGERED BY THOSE
STATISTICS WHEN YOU AND I SPOKE
BEFORE THIS BILL CAME UP. SO I
WISH YOU GODSPEED. I HOPE IT I
HOPE IT WORKS OUT AND OTHER,
MUNICIPALITIES CAN REPLICATE IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR,
FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. SO AS I
WE TALKED BEFORE, I'M ALWAYS
CONCERNED ABOUT EQUITY. AND SO I
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ADDRESSED
SOME OF THOSE THINGS, JUST BEING
ONE OF THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW HOW
TO USE YOUR SMARTPHONE AT PAY
STATIONS. AND IT DRIVES ME NUTS.
AND I WANT TO KICK SOMETHING,
BUT I'M SURE WE'LL GET THIS
THROUGH ON THE, DURING THE TIME
FOR THE PILOT. BUT LET'S NOT
FORGET THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T
HAVE A SMARTPHONE. LET'S NOT
FORGET THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T
HAVE A PHONE OR EVEN CASH. SO I
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I
REALLY I'M SUPPORTING THE BILL
BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY, BUT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE WE
DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR SMALL
PEOPLE. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE ARE
SAN FRANCISCO AND SO WE'RE THIS
OUR CITY IS A HUGE BELIEVER IN
EQUITY AND ACCESS. ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NO. OH, HOOVER. SORRY I
JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR THE
BILL, SENATOR, HAPPY TO SUPPORT
IT TODAY. AND I KNOW YOU'LL
CONTINUE WORKING ON IT, BUT I
LIKE WHERE IT'S GOING. THANKS.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING. NO
FURTHER, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD AND WORKING
WITH THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE THE
AMENDS, IN PRIVACY, THE NEXT
COMMITTEE, I APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING AMENDMENTS TO SHORTEN THE
LENGTH OF THE PILOT TO FIVE
YEARS AND TO REDUCE THE COST OF
THE TICKETS UNTIL THE
LEGISLATURE HAS HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT TYPES OF
CASH OPTIONS, THAT YOU ARE ABLE
TO COME UP WITH TO ENSURE THE
UNBANKED OR THOSE LESS TECH
SAVVY, LIKE OUR MAJORITY LEADER,
ARE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE PARKING.
I WILL SUPPORT YOUR BILL TODAY.
WITH THAT, I GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU, WITH THAT, I'M
LOOKING TO THE MEMBERS FOR A
MOTION. I MEAN, THERE WAS A
MOTION. I'M SORRY, AGGIE CURRY,
IS THERE A SECOND? PAPIN. OH,
OKAY. MOTION MADE BY PAPIN,
SECONDED BY AGUILAR. CURRY, WITH
THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE SB 532. THE MOTION
IS DUE. PASS TO THE ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE ON PRIVACY AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION. WILSON I
WILSON. I DAVIES. DAVIES. NØ
AGUIAR-CURRY. AGUIAR-CURRY I
BERMAN CARILLO CARILLO I HEART.
HOOVER. HOOVER I JACKSON.
JACKSON I LOWENTHAL. LOWENTHAL I
PAPIN. PAPIN I SANCHEZ. KING.
WALLACE WARD. WARD I. WICKS.
EIGHT ONE THAT BILL HAS EIGHT I
VOTES ONE NO VOTE AND WE'LL HOLD
THE ROLL OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO ADD
ON BEFORE WE GO ON TO ITEM
NUMBER FIVE. JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF HOUSEKEEPING. WE HAD, ON OUR
AGENDA. WE HAD 20 ITEMS LISTED.
WE DID SIX, BILLS ON CONSENT,
ONE ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 14 WILL
NOT BE HEARD TODAY. SB 1372, AND
WE HAVE ADDED A FILE ITEM 18 TO
TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH WAS NOT
LISTED IN THE DAILY FILE AS CR
151 STERN, THAT LEFT US WITH 13
BILLS TO DISCUSS, AND WE'VE
ALREADY DISPENSED DISPENSED WITH
QUITE A FEW, AND SO NOW MOVING
ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WIENER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, SB 960. AND FOR
THOSE OF YOU I'M LOOKING AROUND
FOR WHO WAS HERE IN 2019, YES,
MADAM MAJORITY LEADER, I THINK.
YES. MAYBE, MAYBE JUST YOU, WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A
LONG TIME. THE LONG AND THE
SHORT OF IT IS THAT THERE ARE A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF, QUOTE
UNQUOTE, STATE HIGHWAYS THAT ARE
STATE OWNED ROADS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY CITY SURFACE STREETS,
SOME OF THESE ARE PLACES LIKE EL
CAMINO REAL AND SAN MATEO COUNTY
OR 19TH AVENUE OR LOMBARD OR VAN
NESS IN SAN FRANCISCO, OR PARTS
OF SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD IN LA,
OR A HUGE NUMBER OF SMALL CITIES
OR SMALL TOWNS WHERE THEIR MAIN
STREET, MAYBE THEIR ONLY STREET,
IS ACTUALLY A STATE HIGHWAY. AND
I WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR.
CALTRANS HAS THERE ARE SOME
AMAZINGLY PROGRESSIVE, FORWARD
LOOKING, FOLKS IN WITHIN
CALTRANS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
STREET DESIGN AND PEDESTRIAN AND
BIKE SAFETY AND TRANSIT RIDER
SAFETY. THE AGENCY, THE
DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, HAS A
LONG HISTORY OF NOT DOING WHAT
IT NEEDS TO DO TO MAKE THESE
EFFECTIVELY CITY SURFACE STREETS
SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON IF
THEY'RE NOT IN A CAR, AND IT'S
IT IS A REAL, REAL PROBLEM. WE
JUST LEARNED THAT LAST YEAR IN
THE CITY, IN THE CITY OF
OAKLAND, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE DYING ON STATE OWNED
ROADS BECAUSE CALTRANS HAS NOT
DONE ENOUGH. IT IS IT IS JUST
OUTRAGEOUS. AND WE KNOW THAT WE
HAVE A ROAD SAFETY CRISIS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND THANK YOU FOR
PASSING OUR SPEEDING BILL, A FEW
WEEKS AGO. I'M DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT. BUT
CALTRANS NEEDS TO DO BETTER. AND
WHAT THIS BILL DOES, IS IT ONLY
APPLIES WHEN CALTRANS IS ALREADY
DOING A PROJECT. SO CALTRANS IS
GOING IN AND DOING WORK ON A
ROAD TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU ARE
DOING THAT, YOU NEED TO ALSO
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SAFETY OF
PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, TRANSIT
AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE ALL TOO
OFTEN CALTRANS DOESN'T DO THAT.
IN 2019, I AUTHORED IN THIS
LEGISLATURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT, AT THIS COMMITTEE
PASSED, WE PUT ON THE GOVERNOR'S
DESK A SIMILAR BILL. THE
GOVERNOR VETOED IT AND BASICALLY
SAID, I HAVE NEW FOLKS IN CHARGE
OF CALTRANS AND COSTA. GIVE THEM
AN OPPORTUNITY, AND RIGHT AFTER
THAT, CALTRANS DID PUT OUT A
COMPLETE STREETS POLICY THAT
LOOKED REALLY GOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOW FIVE
YEARS LATER, AND CALTRANS VERY
FREQUENTLY DOES NOT FOLLOW ITS
OWN POLICY. AND THAT'S WHY WE
FINALLY REINTRODUCED THIS BILL.
SAY, IF YOU'RE ALREADY DOING
STREET WORK, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN
A FAMILY LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THEIR KID'S SCHOOL, THAT
THE KID CAN ACTUALLY WALK ACROSS
THE STREET. WE LITERALLY HAVE
TALKED TO PEOPLE. THEY LIVE
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR
SCHOOL, AND THEY HAVE TO DRIVE
THEIR KID TO SCHOOL BECAUSE
THERE IS NOWHERE TO CROSS THE
STREET SAFELY. THERE'S NOWHERE
TO WALK ON THE STREET SAFELY,
LET ALONE BIKE OR WAIT FOR THE
BUS SAFELY. AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE
ASKING IS FOR CALTRANS TO
ACTUALLY TAKE THIS AS AN
INSTITUTION, AS SERIOUSLY AS IT
SHOULD, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD
ON THIS BILL. WE WORKED VERY
HARD WITH TRANSPORTATION.
CALIFORNIA, TO TRY TO MOVE TO A
PLACE WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW,
GET THEM AT LEAST NOT TO OPPOSE
THE BILL. AND WE'VE BEEN MAKING
GOOD PROGRESS, THE WE'RE
ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS AND THE
ANALYSIS TODAY, AS THE CHAIR
KNOWS, I'M NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT THOSE AMENDMENTS THERE.
THEY WOULD, IN MY VIEW, KEEP US
FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE STATUS QUO.
BUT I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
THE COMMITTEE'S WILLINGNESS TO
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH US. AND
WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, WE HAVE TO OR, YOU KNOW,
THE BILL COULD EASILY GET VETOED
AGAIN. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE
SUMMER, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY TAKE
THE COMMITTEE UP ON ITS VERY
GENEROUS OFFER TO WORK WITH US
AND ENGAGE WITH CALTRANS AND THE
ADMINISTRATION. AND I'M REALLY
HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, SEND
SOMETHING TO THE GOVERNOR THAT
MOVES THE BALL FORWARD HERE. WE
JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
BE SAFE ON OUR STREETS IN
ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, INVESTING
IN THOSE ROADS AND MAKING SURE
THAT PEOPLE DRIVING ALSO HAVE A
GOOD EXPERIENCE. AND I'M
COMMITTED TO THAT WORK. SO THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND WITH THAT,
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. AND WITH ME TODAY TESTIFY
IS, CHIARA READ THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF CIVIC THREAD AND
PREVIOUSLY THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF WALK SACRAMENTO, AND
LAURA KEENAN, MEMBER OF FAMILIES
FOR SAFE STREETS SAN DIEGO. AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHIARA READ,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CIVIC
THREAD ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
ADVOCACY AND PLANNING
ORGANIZATION BASED HERE IN
SACRAMENTO, AND I'M GLAD TO
SUPPORT SB 960. AS YOU KNOW, WE
FACE AN ALARMING RISE IN ROADWAY
FATALITIES AND A CLIMATE
EMERGENCY CAUSED LARGELY BY
OVERRELIANCE OF PERSONAL
VEHICLES. TO THAT POINT,
SACRAMENTO'S UNHEALTHY AIR
QUALITY IS LARGELY THE RESULT OF
TRANSPORTATION EXHAUST AND THE
SACRAMENTO MSA IS ONE OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS METRO AREAS FOR
CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS IN THE
NATION, WITH OUR BLACK RESIDENTS
BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY KILLED
ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. TO
ADDRESS THESE CRISES, WE
URGENTLY NEED A STRONGER MANDATE
FOR CALTRANS TO BUILD MORE
COMFORTABLE, CONVENIENT, AND
SAFER MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS. SB 960
REQUIRES CALTRANS TO IMPLEMENT
THEIR OWN POLICY AND PLANS FOR
WALK, BIKE, AND TRANSIT PRIORITY
FACILITIES ON STATE ON THE STATE
HIGHWAY SYSTEM. CALTRANS STILL
HAS A REALLY LONG WAY TO GO
BEFORE INVESTMENTS AND PROJECTS
REFLECT THEIR ACTUAL GOALS. CAL
BIKE INVESTIGATED THE 2024 STATE
HIGHWAY OPERATION AND PROTECTION
PROGRAM, OR SHOP, AND FOUND THAT
600 PROJECTS IN THE 2024 SHOP
WILL ADD ONLY 215 MILES OF BIKE
LANES AND 30 MILES OF SIDEWALKS,
COMPARED TO CALTRANS TEN YEAR
TARGETS, THAT'S LESS THAN 8% OF
THE BIKE LANES TARGET AND 2% OF
THE SIDEWALK TARGET THAT WILL
GET BUILT IN THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS. CALTRANS IS EVEN FURTHER
BEHIND IN IDENTIFYING AND
IMPLEMENTING TRANSIT PRIORITY
FACILITIES. THESE PROJECTS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO GET BUSSES OUT
OF TRAFFIC, MAKE SERVICE MORE
RELIABLE, SUPPORT RIDERS WHO ARE
TRANSIT DEPENDENT, AND GET FOLKS
WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THEIR CARS
RIDING THE BUS. HOWEVER,
CALTRANS DEVELOPED A POLICY LAST
YEAR THAT HAS YET TO BE ADOPTED,
AND THE DISTRICTS ARE JUST
BEGINNING WORK ON TRANSIT PLANS
THAT WILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO
COMPLETE. SHOP REPAVING PROJECTS
PRESENT THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO
COST EFFECTIVELY BUILD, WALK,
BIKE AND TRANSIT FACILITIES
RATHER THAN HAVING TO COME BACK
AND BUILD THEM AS STANDALONE
PROJECTS LATER DOWN THE LINE.
THANKS TO SB ONE AND THE FEDERAL
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW,
CALTRANS BUDGET IS LARGER THAN
EVER WITH THE INFLUX OF FUNDS,
CALTRANS SHOULD NOT MISS
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE OUR SYSTEM
SAFER, GREENER, AND MORE
ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT
MOST. YOU WILL HAVE TO WRAP UP
URGE YOU TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING
SB 960. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WILSON AND
ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE. I'M LAURA KEENAN,
CO-FOUNDER OF FAMILIES FOR SAFE
STREETS, SAN DIEGO. PAUSE FOR
JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE WE DID
MAKE THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE
PUT IT DOWN. OUR REQUIREMENT FOR
ANY KIND OF SIGNAGE IS EIGHT AND
A HALF BY 11 FOR IT TO BE SHOWN,
AND IT CAN'T BLOCK OTHERS. AND
SO MY APOLOGIES, THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE DID GET TO SEE IT,
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M
HOLDING YOU ALL TO THE SAME
STANDARD THAT WE HELD THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO. NO
PROBLEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MAY I HOLD THE SIGNAGE, I DON'T
THINK THERE'S A RULE AGAINST
THAT. SO YOU CAN.
THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO TAKE
A MOMENT? YEAH. DO YOU MIND IF I
START OVER? YEAH, YEAH. TAKE A
MOMENT. WHEN YOU'RE READY TO
START, WE'LL START. WE'LL START
THE TIME. SO JUST TAKE. TAKE AS
MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
WILSON AND ASSEMBLY
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. I'M
LAURA KEENAN, CO-FOUNDER OF
FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS SAN
DIEGO CHAPTER. OUR MEMBERS HAVE
LOST LOVED ONES OR SURVIVED
CRASHES THEMSELVES. MOST WERE
WALKING OR BIKING IN SEPTEMBER
2021. MY 42 YEAR OLD HUSBAND,
MATT, WAS BIKING TO THE MOVIES
WHEN A DRIVER STRUCK HIM IN THE
BIKE LANE. I REMEMBER SAYING,
SEE YOU LATER, BUT HE NEVER MADE
IT HOME. THE ROAD WAS NOT
DESIGNED TO PROTECT MATT. HE
DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE. HE DIED
AT THE SCENE THE NEXT MORNING. I
HAD TO TELL OUR 15 MONTH OLD
EVAN HIS DAD WOULD NEVER COME
HOME AGAIN. I'M CONFIDENT MATT
WOULD BE ALIVE IF THAT STREET
HAD A PROTECTED BIKE LANE OR
TRAFFIC CALMING TO REDUCE SPEEDS
, SB 960 WOULD ENSURE THESE LIFE
SAVING MEASURES EXISTED. MATT
AND I WERE MARRIED JUST TWO AND
A HALF YEARS. SEPTEMBER MARKS
HIS THIRD DEATH ANNIVERSARY. HE
WILL BE DEAD LONGER THAN WE WERE
MARRIED. MATT WAS ROBBED OF
FATHERHOOD AND EVAN OF HIS
AMAZING DAD. NOW FOR EVAN KNOWS
MATT THROUGH STORIES AND
PICTURES LIKE THAT ONE, BUT NO
MEMORIES OF HIS OWN. HE SAYS, I
WISH DADDY WERE HERE. I REASSURE
HIM DADDY LOVED YOU BEYOND
WORDS. HE WAS SO PROUD OF YOU
AND ALWAYS WILL BE. MATT EXUDED
PASSION AND MADE YOU WANT TO SAY
YES. HE LAUGHED SO HARD HE'D CRY
TO ME. HE FELT LIKE HOME
TOGETHER. WE'D BE RAISING OUR
SON. IF CALIFORNIA PRIORITIZED
SAFETY FOR ALL ROAD USERS, MY
MEMORIES OF MATT AND THE ECHOES
OF HIS LAUGHTER ARE WITH US
DAILY. THE HOLE IN OUR HEART IS
FOREVER. PLEASE USE YOUR POWER
SUPPORT. SB 960 THE COMPLETE
STREETS BILL TO PROTECT OUR MOST
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD
LIKE TO OFFER A SUPPORT AS A ME
TOO NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON
SENATORS. MY NAME IS JOHN IRWIN.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH AARP
CALIFORNIA, I ALSO LIKE TO
MENTION I MOVED HERE FOR THREE
YEARS AGO FROM ARIZONA. I HAVE
TO HAVE YOU AND MY APOLOGIES,
BUT THIS IS THE PORTION OF WE'VE
ALREADY HAD TWO WITNESSES FROM
THE PUBLIC IN SUPPORT. SO THIS
IS A PORTION WHERE YOU DO YOUR
NAME ORGANIZATION AND POSITION,
WHICH IS SUPPORT OR OPPOSE. I
APOLOGIZE, YES. AARP IS ALONG
WITH ITS 3.2 MILLION MEMBERS IN
CALIFORNIA, IS A CO-SPONSOR OF
THIS BILL. AND STRONGLY SUPPORTS
THE BILL. THANK YOU. SIR
STEPHANIE ESTRADA WITH THE CITY
OF SAN JOSE IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. AFTERNOON, STEVE WALLACH,
ON BEHALF OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THE
ALAMEDA CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT
DISTRICT, THE NAPA VALLEY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AND
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR
COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION AND
SUPPORT. MATT ROBINSON, ON
BEHALF OF THE MONTEREY-SALINAS
TRANSIT DISTRICT, IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. MICHAEL PIMENTEL HERE
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSIT ASSOCIATION AND OUR MORE
THAN 220 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
AND SUPPORT FOR I VOTE, JEANNIE
WARD WALLER, REPRESENTING CAL
BIKE AND TRANSFORM IN STRONG
SUPPORT. HI. GRANDMA BEVERLY,
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. I
CO-FOUNDED SOCAL FAMILIES FOR
SAFE STREETS LOS ANGELES. GOOD
AFTERNOON, ALEXANDRA RAMIREZ, ON
BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES, WICKS AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAMILIES FOR
SAFE STREETS. AND WE SUPPORT
THIS BILL. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. MCKENNA JENKINS
WITH NEXT GEN CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS, KATHRYN CHARLES, ON
BEHALF OF THE HOUSING ACTION
COALITION IN SUPPORT. FOR
SEAMLESS BAY AREA AND TRAFFIC
VIOLENCE, RAPID RESPONSE GEORGE
SPEASE FROM OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
WILL BE LOST 20 PEOPLE OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS ON CALTRANS
PROPERTIES. THANK YOU. JONATHAN
COLE WITH CLIMATE ACTION
CALIFORNIA, ALSO ON BEHALF OF
CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT
CALIFORNIA COALITION, SANTA CRUZ
CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK, GLENDALE
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION, 350,
HUMBOLDT AND 350 BAY BAY AREA
ACTION, ALL IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU. DAN ALLISON, CITIZEN IN
SUPPORT. ANDREW WRIGHT, CAL BIKE
IN SUPPORT. MARK VUKOVICH ON
BEHALF OF STREETS FOR ALL AS A
CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL IN
SUPPORT. SYLVIA SOLIS SHAW, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITIES OF WEST
HOLLYWOOD, SANTA MONICA, GOLETA,
AND IN SUPPORT AND ALSO ON
BEHALF OF CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO MAYOR LONDON BREED,
ALL IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. LARA WITH SPUR CO-SPONSOR
AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. JOHN
SKOGLUND WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES IN SUPPORT. LADY
TRUJILLO PUCKETT, I'M THE
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF STREET RACING KILLS IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOT THAT,
MOVING ON TO, OPPOSITION, IS
THERE ANY, OPPOSITION TESTIMONY
BEING PROVIDED TODAY? SEEING
NONE, IS THERE ANY, MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO PROVIDE A
QUICK OPPOSITION IN TERMS OF
NAME, ORGANIZATION AND POSITION?
SEEING NONE, MOVING TO MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE A,
MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY LOWENTHAL
AND A SECOND BY AGUIAR-CURRY
WARD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR
YOUR FLEXIBILITY. I WANT TO
THANK MY CONSTITUENT FOR COMING
UP HERE, TRAVELING 500 MILES TO
REALLY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING BEST
PRACTICES IN ALL OF OUR STREETS,
AND ESPECIALLY WHERE WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE TO THE
AUTHOR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
USING OUR STATE AGENCIES WITH
ALL OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO
BE ABLE TO ADOPT SOME OF THESE
BEST PRACTICES, MAKES THIS BILL
LEAVES US WITH ALL THE SENSE IN
THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, IT'S
FRUSTRATING WHEN WE KIND OF DEAL
WITH THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS AS SOMEHOW
YOU KNOW, BEING SOMETHING THAT'S
IN COMPETITION WITH OTHER, OTHER
INTERESTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL THING THAT
WE SHOULD BE DOING IS DESIGNING
OUR ROADS SAFELY FOR ALL USERS.
I THINK THAT'S UNDER
UNDERPINNING OF WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO HERE. AND I'M
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN
THIS AND WORKING WITH COMMITTEE
STAFF AS WELL, TO MAKE THIS, AN
IMPROVEMENT, I'M HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.
CURRY US SENATOR. YEAH, YOU AND
I ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY ONES
HERE THAT REMEMBER YOUR BILL.
DOGGONE, IT'S ALWAYS A SHAME
WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. TRY TO
FIX IT AND TRY TO IMPLEMENT IT.
AND THEN WE BEFORE THAT, WE GET,
VETOED. SO I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE
NOT REAL HAPPY ABOUT THE
AMENDMENTS AT THIS POINT. BUT,
YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO START
SOMEWHERE AND WE'LL JUST BUILD
ON IT FROM THE YEARS GOING
FORWARD. SO I THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THE BILL FORWARD. THANK
YOU. SEEING NO OTHER, THANK YOU,
SENATOR, FOR YOUR STEADFAST
COMMITMENT TO A STATEWIDE
MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE, I
THANK YOU BOTH, WITNESSES, TO BE
ABLE TO SHARE ONE ON EXPERTISE
AND ONE PERSONAL STORY.
CALIFORNIA HAS AMBITIOUS CLIMATE
AND SAFETY GOALS THAT REMAIN A
CHALLENGE, THAT REMAIN A
CHALLENGING BALANCE TO CODIFY IN
STATUTE. YOUR LAST ATTEMPT AT
THIS POLICY IN 2019 WAS VETOED
WITH THE MESSAGE, I FULLY
SUPPORT IMPROVING FACILITIES TO
INCREASE WALKING, BIKING AND
ACCESSING PUBLIC TRANSIT.
HOWEVER, THE BILL CREATES A
PRESCRIPTIVE AND COSTLY APPROACH
TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES. THE
AMENDMENTS THE COMMITTEE
PROPOSES ARE BASED ON TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE. CALTRANS PROVIDED
THE AMENDMENTS MAINTAIN THE
REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETE STREETS
PROJECTS, BE INCORPORATED INTO
THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM,
CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CALTRANS
GUIDANCE. THEY REPRESENT WHAT I
BELIEVE PROBABLY IS THE FIRST
ROUND OF POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND ARE
NOT THE LAST NEGOTIATIONS FOR
THIS BILL. HOWEVER, THEY BRING
ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE,
SIGNAL A WILLINGNESS TO THE
ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE
CONVERSATIONS AND MAINTAIN AN
APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CONTEXTUAL
GUIDANCE FOR WHEN AND WHERE
COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS ARE
REQUIRED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO
THE STATE'S ROAD MAINTENANCE
PROJECTS. I APPRECIATE YOU,
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE'S
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND
RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, IT'S
FRUSTRATING AS WE NAVIGATE THIS
PROCESS WHEN OUR BILLS ARE
NARROWED AS SUCH, HOWEVER, WITH
THESE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, I
WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR YOUR
BILL TODAY AND COMPLETELY
UNDERSTAND THAT, I HAVE A MAIN
STREET THAT'S A HIGHWAY IN MY
COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH YOU ON THIS BILL AS IT
MOVES FORWARD. WE DO HAVE A
MOTION BY LOWENTHAL AND A
SECONDED BY AGUILAR CURRY. I'LL
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE
BEFORE THE SECRETARY CALLS THE
ROLL. GREAT. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES,
AND THANK YOU TO OUR WITNESSES.
AND I'M SO SORRY FOR, FOR WHAT
HAPPENED. SO WHAT? WE'RE GOING
TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE. AND SO
THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR, IT'S SO PAINFUL TO. AND I'M
ALWAYS IN AWE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
ABLE TO TAKE THE MOST HORRIFIC
LOSS AND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU, AND MADAM CHAIR,
WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU.
SECRETARY SB 960 DO PASS, AS
AMENDED TO THE ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. WILSON
I, WILSON I, DAVIS, AGUIAR-CURRY
AGUIAR-CURRY I BERMAN, CARILLO
CARILLO I HEART HOOVER. HOOVER.
NO JACKSON. JACKSON I LOWENTHAL.
LOWENTHAL I PAPIN. PAPIN I
SANCHEZ. KING. WALLACE. WARD
WARD I. WICKS. THAT BILL HAS
SEVEN I VOTES ONE NO VOTE. AND
IT IS HELD OPEN FOR OTHER
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU,
SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE AND FILE
ORDER. I SEE AS AUTHORS ARRIVE.
WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT ITEM 12,
SB 1081 ARCHULETA HAS BEEN
PULLED AND WILL NOT BE HEARD
TODAY. ITEM 12, SB 1081. ALL
RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM 13. SB
1481 ARCHULETA I'M SORRY, 1418 I
WAS MAKING UP NUMBERS. ARCHULETA
YOU MAY BEGIN AT YOUR
CONVENIENCE.
ANY HERE. MOVE THE BILL. YEAH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A
SECOND? YEAH. SECONDED BY PAPIN.
SO, CARILLO AND PAPIN. WELL.
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS, I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME TODAY. I KNOW YOU'VE
BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY, AND, TRYING
TO GET THROUGH THESE BILLS AND,
YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF BILLS, YOU
HEARD ME. I PULLED ONE BECAUSE
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, AND I
WANT TO BRING YOU THE POSITIVES,
NOT THE NEGATIVES. AND SO THAT'S
WHY I PULLED THAT ONE, AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE ON
THAT. THANK YOU, BUT AGAIN,
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING
ME TO PRESENT SENATE BILL 1418
REGARDING HYDROGEN FUELING
STATIONS AS THE CHAIR OF THE
SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HYDROGEN ENERGY. IT HAS BEEN MY
ATTENTION AND HAS BEEN BROUGHT
TO MY ATTENTION THAT A PIVOTAL
COMPONENT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
AND TRANSITION TOWARDS A
CLEANER, MORE SUSTAINABLE MODE
OF TRANSPORTATION, HYDROGEN
FUELING STATIONS. IT'S
ESSENTIAL. AND THERE ARE TIMES
THAT NOT BEING BUILT, THESE
THINGS ARE NOT BEING BUILT AS
THEY SHOULD BE, AS QUICKLY AS
THEY SHOULD BE, BECAUSE THERE
ARE ISSUES THAT ARE PRESENT.
THESE BLOCK WALLS, I GUESS YOU'D
CALL THEM, SO, SO IT'S ESSENTIAL
THAT WE FIND OUT WHAT THESE
DELAYS ARE AND TRY TO OVERCOME
THESE BURDENSOME PERMITTING
PROCESS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THE
BURDENSOME PERMITTING PROCESS.
SO SENATE BILL 1418 ADDRESSES
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AS HYDROGEN
HAS BEEN SHOWN AS A GREAT
POTENTIAL TOWARDS DECARBONIZING
OUR TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.
SENATE BILL 1418 TRANSCENDS
SIMPLE LOCAL ORDINANCES OR
MUNICIPAL CONCERNS, AND RATHER
ADDRESSES A STATEWIDE
IMPERATIVE. THIS BILL RECOGNIZES
THE VITAL NEED FOR CONSISTENT
STANDARDS ACROSS OUR
JURISDICTIONS YOURS, MINE,
ACROSS THE STATE TO FACILITATE
THE PROMPT AND COST EFFECTIVE
DEPLOYMENT OF THESE CRITICAL
ZERO EMISSION FUELING STATIONS.
SENATE BILL 1418 UNDERSCORES OUR
LEGISLATIVE COMMITMENT TO
FOSTERING ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES
INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE WHILE
MITIGATING BARRIERS TO THE
INSTALLATION OF HYDROGEN FUELING
STATIONS. SENATE BILL 1418
BRINGS PARITY TO THE ELECTRIC
VEHICLES PERMITTING PROCESS BY
STREAMLINING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
APPROVAL PROCESS FOR HYDROGEN
FUELING STATIONS IN THE SAME WAY
THAT WE DO FOR THE CHARGING
STATIONS, SPECIFICALLY, SENATE
BILL 1418 MANDATES THAT CITIES
AND COUNTIES MUST ADOPT AN
ORDINANCE AND CHECKLIST THAT
CREATES AN EXPEDITED,
STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS
FOR HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS.
THIS DIRECTIVE IS DESIGNED TO
EXPEDITE PROCEDURES AND ENSURE
THAT CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO
CLEAN ENERGY OPTIONS WITHOUT
UNNECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE
BURDENS AND HURDLES. WHILE
SENATE BILL 1418 STREAMLINES THE
PERMITTING PROCESS, HEALTH AND
SAFETY REMAIN TOP PRIORITY. MY
PREVIOUS BILL, SENATE BILL 1291,
WHICH PASSED AND WAS SIGNED BY
THE GOVERNOR, ENSURES HYDROGEN
FUELING STATIONS PERMITS, ADHERE
TO STRINGENT HEALTH, SAFETY AND
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. SO THIS
BILL, SENATE BILL 1418, KEEPS
THESE CORE COMPONENTS IN PLACE.
SO FURTHERMORE, TO ADDRESS THE
FISCAL AND PROCEDURAL CONCERNS,
SENATE BILL 1418 PHASES IN ITS
REQUIREMENTS SO THAT MOST CITIES
AND COUNTIES IN THE STATE WILL
NOT HAVE TO DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE
UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2028, WELL
AFTER GO-BIZ RELEASES ITS MODEL,
ORDINANCE AND CHECKLIST FOR
HYDROGEN FUELING STATIONS AND
PERMITTING. IN CONCLUSION,
CALIFORNIA HAS MORE FUEL
STATIONS, FUEL CELL ELECTRIC
FUEL STATION STATIONS, AND
HYDROGEN STATIONS NECESSARY TO
FUEL THEM THAN ANY OTHER STATE
IN THE NATION, AND WITH
CALIFORNIA'S RECENT SUCCESS IN
SECURING SUBSTANTIAL FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR CLEAN, RENEWABLE
HYDROGEN INITIATIVES THROUGH THE
ALLIANCE FOR RENEWABLE CLEAN
ENERGY, THAT'S CALLED THE
ARCHES. THIS TIMELY PASSAGE OF
SENATE BILL 1418 IS ESSENTIAL TO
TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THESE
FEDERAL DOLLARS. I UNDERSTAND
IT'S $1.2 BILLION TO, GET US
INTO THAT HYDROGEN WORLD TO,
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EXPEDITE
THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE
DEPLOYMENT OF HYDROGEN
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IN TURN,
FACILITATING OUR STATE'S
TRANSITION TO A CLEANER
TRANSPORTATION FUTURE. SO SENATE
BILL 1418 REPRESENTS A PIVOTAL
STEP, AS I HAD MENTIONED,
TOWARDS REALIZING OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND
OBLIGATION IN ADVANCING OUR
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
OBJECTIVES. FOR THESE REASONS, I
WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE. AND TODAY WITH ME IN
SUPPORT IS TERESA COOK,
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
HYDROGEN COALITION, WHO CAN ALSO
SIT IN ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS.
TECHNICAL. OTHERWISE, THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. WAIT,
MICROPHONE. HERE WE GO. GOOD
AFTERNOON, TERESA COOK ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA HYDROGEN
COALITION, CALIFORNIA HYDROGEN
BUSINESS COUNCIL, I WANT TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE AND THEIR
SENATOR FOR THIS WORK ON ADDING
THE BUILD OUT OF HYDROGEN
FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE TO
SUPPORT ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.
SADLY, CALIFORNIA'S RATIO OF
FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE TO
VEHICLES ON THE ROAD IS THE
WORST IN THE WORLD. SO WE HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO. TO REITERATE,
SENATOR ARCHULETA'S POINT, AND
UNBEKNOWNST TO MOST, CALIFORNIA
IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE HYDROGEN
PRODUCING STATES. WE HAVE MORE
THAN 100 YEARS SAFELY MAKING,
HANDLING, DISTRIBUTING, AND
USING HYDROGEN. NOW, IT'S ONE
THING FOR US TO SUPPORT BILLS
AND REGULATIONS, SETTING
AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS AND
STANDARDS, AND A WHOLE NOTHER
THING TO WORK THE POLICIES TO
ACTUALLY ALLOW THEM TO COME TO
FRUITION. SB 1418 IS AN
IMPORTANT PIECE IN IN THE
DELIVERY OF CALIFORNIA'S ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLE GOALS ACROSS
ALL COMMUNITIES, AND HOUSEHOLDS.
AND FOR THESE REASONS, WE ARE
PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND
REQUEST YOUR AYE VOTE TODAY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LOOKING
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ME TWO
TESTIMONY NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHRIS
MAUER, ON BEHALF OF O'BRIEN
FUELS, MY CLIENT HAS IS SORT OF
A TWEENER. WE'RE A SUPPORTIVE,
AMENDED, APPRECIATE THE
SENATOR'S LEADERSHIP IN THIS
REGARD. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS
BILL, BUT WOULD BE REMISS IF IT
DIDN'T POINT OUT THAT THE FACT
THAT THE DEFINITION OF HYDROGEN
FUELING STATION DOESN'T INCLUDE
ONSITE GENERATED HYDROGEN
FUELING STATION PROJECTS AS
WELL. THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN
PERMITTED IN CALIFORNIA. TWO
PART I WAS GOING TO. UNLESS
THERE'S NOT SOMEONE TESTIFYING,
I WAS PUSHING IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. QUITE A BIT.
QUITE A BIT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT
NAME ORGANIZATION AND POSITION
MANDY ISAACS LEE HERE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MOVING ON
TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
WISH TO OFFER TESTIMONY IN
OPPOSITION. I'LL GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OPPOSED,
UNLESS AMENDED OR WIENER, TO
SPEAK. NOW, IF THEY WOULD LIKE
TO. THEY'RE NOT SO MOVING ON FOR
ANYONE IN A QUICK, QUICK
OPPOSITION NAME ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. ALL RIGHT. SEEING
NONE, MOVING BACK TO MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS, CONCERNS. AND THEN WE
DID HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ONE
ALREADY. I BELIEVE LOWENTHAL AND
HAPPEN. YES. SIR, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING. OH, I'M SORRY.
CARILLO. LU N. THÀNH. NO, WAIT.
I'M MESSING IT UP. CARILLO AND
PAPPIN. MY APOLOGIES, THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD
AND FOR ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED IN LOCAL GOV. I AM
SUPPORTING THIS BILL TODAY. WE
HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MADE
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CARILLO AND
SECONDED BY LOWENTHAL. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? MADAM CHAIR,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION. AND YOUR TIME IS
SO VALUABLE, EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU. SO I JUST URGE YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM SECRETARY. SB 1418, THE
MOTION IS DUE. PASS AS AMENDED,
TO THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. WILSON I WILSON I,
DAVIES, AGUIAR-CURRY
AGUIAR-CURRY I. BERMAN, CARILLO.
CARILLO. AYE HEART. HOOVER
HOOVER I JACKSON. JACKSON. AYE.
LOWENTHAL LOWENTHAL. AYE. PAPPIN
HAPPEN I SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ. NOT
VOTING. TING. WALLACE. WALLACE.
I WARD. WARD. I WICKS. THAT BILL
HAS TEN AYE VOTES. WE'LL HOLD
THE ROLL OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO ADD
ON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE ARE CALLING
SENATORS, TO, COME, WE'RE
LOOKING FOR SENATOR LIMÓN,
SENATOR BLAKE SPEER AND SENATOR
STERN WILL BE COMPLETE. I WILL
GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO. YES, WE
WILL. GO FROM THE BEGINNING TO
HAVE MEMBERS TO ADD ON, WHILE WE
WAIT FOR SENATORS TO COME AFTER
WE ADD ON OF SENATORS. DO NOT
COME, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK
AND WAIT AND WAITING FOR THEM.
AND ALLOW MEMBERS TO GO TO THE
RESTROOM OR TAKE A COMFORT BREAK
WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT VOTES AND
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH,
CONSENT CALENDAR. MADAM
SECRETARY. BERMAN HEART. HOOVER.
HOOVER. I HAPPEN HAPPENED I
SANCHEZ, NOT VOTING FOR CONSENT.
SORRY SANCHEZ. IS I KING WALLACE
. WALLACE I WICKS. 11 THAT HAS
NOW 11 VOTES AND WILL CONTINUE
THE HOLD THE ROLL OPEN FOR
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER ONE, SB 295. DODD
BERMAN HEART HOOVER. THIS IS SB
295. ITEM NUMBER ONE. HEART IS
I. I MEAN, HOOVER IS I. SORRY.
PAPIN PAPIN I SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ.
NOT VOTING KING. WALLACE WALLACE
I WICKS. NINE NINE VOTES.
HOLDING THE ROLL OPEN FOR
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER THREE. SB 359 UMBERG
BERMAN, HEART. HOOVER. HOOVER I
SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ I KING.
WALLACE. WALLACE I WICKS. THAT
HAS 11 VOTES. CONTINUING TO HOLD
THE ROLL OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO ADD
ON. ITEM NUMBER FOUR SB 532
WIENER BERMAN. HEART. SANCHEZ
SANCHEZ NØ KING. WALLACE.
WALLACE NØ WICKS. THAT HAS EIGHT
AYE VOTES AND THREE NO VOTES.
CONTINUING TO HOLD THE ROLL OPEN
FOR MEMBERS TO ADD ON. MOVING ON
TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE 960 SB 960
WIENER DAVIES BERMAN HEART.
SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ NÓ KING,
WALLACE. WALLACE NØ WICKS. THAT
HAS SEVEN AYE VOTES, THREE NO
VOTES. MOVING ON. I WILL
CONTINUE TO HOLD THE ROLL OPEN
FOR MEMBERS TO ADD ON. MOVING ON
TO ITEM NUMBER 13. SB 1418.
ARCHULETA DAVIES BERMAN. HEART
SANCHEZ. OH, NOT VOTING SORRY.
KING. WICKS TO AN AYE. SANCHEZ.
CHANGES TO AN AYE. TEN AYE VOTES
CONTINUING TO HOLD THE ROLL OPEN
FOR MEMBERS TO ADD ON. MOVING ON
TO ITEM NUMBER 16 SB 1487.
GLAZIER BERMAN. HEART SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ. AYE KING. WALLACE.
WALLACE. I WICKS. THERE 11 I
VOTES. CONTINUING TO HOLD THE
ROLL OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO ADD ON
MOVING ON TO OUR LAST ITEM TO
CLOSE OUT OR TO ADD ON ITEM
NUMBER 20, H.R. ONE TI¾N
ARAMBULA. H.R. 110. BERMAN HEART
. SANCHEZ SANCHEZ NOT VOTING.
KING. WALLACE I WALLACE I. WICKS
THAT HAS EIGHT AYE VOTES, TWO NO
VOTES. CONTINUING TO HOLD THE
ROLL OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
MOVING ON. WE HAVE AN AUTHOR
PRESENT. ITEM NUMBER TWO, SB 299
LIMÓN.
THANK YOU. CHAIR AND MEMBERS
CALIFORNIA IS CURRENTLY HOME TO
4.6 MILLION ELIGIBLE
UNREGISTERED VOTERS, A
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF WHOM
ARE YOUTH PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES BLACK, LATINO,
ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE,
INDIGENOUS, INDIGENOUS AND OTHER
PEOPLE OF COLOR. SB 2.99 IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE OUR VOTER
REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND HELP
WELCOME ELIGIBLE VOTERS INTO OUR
DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU. AS
AMENDED, THIS BILL WILL DO THREE
THINGS. IT REQUIRES THE DMV TO
IMPLEMENT A NONCITIZEN FILTERING
SYSTEM. SO IF A PERSON PROVIDES
PROOF OF NON CITIZENSHIP, SUCH
AS A GREEN CARD, THE APPLICANT
WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FILTERED
OUT OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION
SYSTEM. IT ALSO REQUIRES THE DMV
TO AUTOMATICALLY CHECK VOTER
REGISTRATION STATUS DURING A
DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID
TRANSACTION. AND LASTLY, THE
BILL GRANTS THE SECRETARY OF THE
STATE THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT
REGULATIONS TO GENERATE A LIST
OF PEOPLE PRE-APPROVED FOR
REGISTRATION WITH ME TODAY, I'M
TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF THE
BILL. WE HAVE SEAMUS HANNON FROM
THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DMV
DEPARTMENT IN OREGON. AS WELL AS
DOLORES HUERTA SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL. GOOD
AFTERNOON TO CHAIR WILSON.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MY
NAME IS MY NAME IS DOLORES
HUERTA, AND I AM WITH THE
DOLORES HUERTA FOUNDATION FOR
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, I, LIKE
MANY OF YOU, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN DOING VOTER REGISTRATION FOR,
SINCE I WAS IN MY EARLY 20S.
AND, AS PART OF MY WORK THAT
I'VE DONE HERE IN SACRAMENTO, I
WAS ABLE TO PASS TWO IMPORTANT
LAWS, LOBBY THESE THROUGH THE
LEGISLATURE, ONE OF THEM TO GET
RID OF DEPUTY REGISTRARS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA SO THAT WE DO NOT
HAVE TO GO TO FIND A DEPUTY
REGISTRAR TO REGISTER SOMEBODY
TO VOTE. AND THEN I PASSED A
LOBBIED ANOTHER BILL TO HAVE A
VOTING BALLOTS IN THE SPANISH
LANGUAGE, WHICH, OF COURSE, THAT
WAS ALSO ABLE TO ADD A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO THE VOTING ROLLS.
OKAY. WELL, THIS BILL THAT WE
HAVE HERE TODAY CAN UNDO DECADES
OF VOTER SUPPRESSION AND MAKE
VOTING SO MUCH EASIER FOR
MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS,
MAKING ELIGIBLE PEOPLE BEAR THE
BURDEN OF REGISTRATION IS A
REMNANT OF DISCRIMINATION. VOTER
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS WERE
DESIGNED IN THE 1800S IN
CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES TO
SUPPRESS, TURNOUT BY POOR AND
LESS EDUCATED COMMUNITIES,
INSTEAD OF A ONE STEP PROCESS
FOR ELIGIBLE PEOPLE, VOTING
BECAME A MORE COMPLEX,
MULTI-STEP PROCESS REQUIRING
PLANNING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE
LAW. THIS STILL AFFECTS HUNDREDS
OF YEARS LATER EACH ELECTION.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM
BLACK, BROWN, YOUNG AND POOR,
DON'T VOTE BECAUSE THEY AREN'T
REGISTERED. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE
FIND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
CONFUSING, DAUNTING, OR
INCONVENIENT, BUT THE BURDEN IS
STILL PUT ON THEM TO OVERCOME
THESE CHALLENGES. CALIFORNIA. WE
HAVE 4.6 MILLION UNREGISTERED
ELIGIBLE PEOPLE THAT COULD VOTE
AND THAT POPULATION, AS WAS
SAID, IS DISPROPORTIONATELY
POOR, LATINO, BLACK, ASIAN
AMERICAN AND YOUNG. THIS BILL
GIVES CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF
STATE THE POWER TO IDENTIFY
CLEARLY ELIGIBLE, UNREGISTERED
CALIFORNIANS AT THE DMV AND
PROVIDE THEM AN EASIER PATH TO
REGISTRATION AND VOTING INSTEAD
OF INDIVIDUALS ALONE TO. AND I
HAVE TO, WITH ALL RESPECT, IN
THE WORLD, I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO
WRAP UP. OKAY. WELL JUST WE KNOW
THAT CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE THE
POWER TO REALLY HAVE SO MANY
PEOPLE IN THE CONGRESS. WE
BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED JUST RECENTLY, LIKE THE
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, WE KNOW
THAT OUR HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IS GOING TO HAVE
TO COUNTER A LOT OF THE
SUPPRESSIVE, TYPE OF DECISIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, STARTING
WITH, WITH WOMEN'S RIGHT TO
ABORTION, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION,
ETC. SO I THINK WE IN CALIFORNIA
HAVE A SPECIAL BURDEN. AND THERE
ARE TEN OTHER STATES THAT
ALREADY HAVE THESE PROCEDURES. I
KNOW ALL OF US WANT TO SEE MORE
PEOPLE VOTE. SO IT'S NOT A
QUESTION OF POLICY. IT'S A
QUESTION OF PROCEDURES. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO THE
SECOND WITNESS, AS A REMINDER,
WE HAVE TWO MINUTES. CHAIR
WILSON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TESTIFY. MY NAME IS SEAMUS
HANNON. I'M THE APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR OREGON'S
DMV, WHERE I OVERSEE OUR ADR
SYSTEM. PREVIOUSLY, I WAS THE
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
AT SECRETARY OF STATE, WHERE I
OVERSAW IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
ADR SYSTEM IN OREGON. I'M HERE
TO DISCUSS THE OREGON DMV'S
EXTREMELY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE
WITH SECURE ADR AND HOW OUR DMV
IMPLEMENTED THE PROCESSES
PROPOSED IN CALIFORNIA, SB 299,
OREGON IMPLEMENTED SECURE ADR IN
2016, AND IN THE EIGHT YEARS
SINCE, WE'VE REGISTERED ROUGHLY
1 MILLION NEW VOTERS WHILE
REDUCING DMV TRANSACTION TIMES
AND REDUCING COSTS. SECURE ADR
RELIES ON EXISTING DMV
PROCEDURES. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A DRIVER'S
LICENSE, YOU PROVIDE IDENTIFYING
DOCUMENTS LIKE A US PASSPORT OR
GREEN CARD. OREGON DMV SYSTEM
LIKE CALIFORNIANS, RETAINS THE
TYPE OF DOCUMENT A PERSON
PROVIDED DURING THEIR LICENSE
TRANSACTION. SECURE ADR
LEVERAGES THIS INFORMATION UNDER
OUR ADR SYSTEM, THE SECRETARY OF
STATE HAS IDENTIFIED WHICH
DOCUMENTS CLEARLY ESTABLISH
ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE
LIKE A US PASSPORT AND WHICH
CLEARLY INDICATE INELIGIBILITY.
LIKE A GREEN CARD. OUR DMV
SYSTEM IS HARD CODED AROUND THIS
LIST. IF A PERSON'S LICENSE
RECORD CONFIRMS THAT THEY
PROVIDED A DOCUMENT LIKE A US
PASSPORT, OUR SYSTEM
AUTOMATICALLY SHARES THAT THEIR
DATA WITH ELECTION OFFICIALS. BY
CONTRAST, IF THE PERSON'S
LICENSE RECORD CONFIRMS THAT
THEY PROVIDED A DOCUMENT LIKE A
GREEN CARD, THE SYSTEM IS HARD
CODED TO FILTER THEM OUT OF THE
VOTER REGISTRATION FOR THEIR
LICENSE TRANSACTION. DMV CLERKS
JUST FOLLOW THEIR NORMAL ROUTINE
PRACTICES, AND THE SYSTEM IS
AUTOMATED AROUND THEM. THIS IS
NOT THE DMV MAKING CITIZENSHIP
DETERMINATIONS. WE'RE JUST
SHARING EXISTING INFORMATION IN
OUR SYSTEM WITH THE SECRETARY OF
STATE. BASED ON SECRETARY OF
STATE INSTRUCTIONS. THIS
AUTOMATED PROCESS HAS BEEN
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN OREGON,
CREATING AN AUDITABLE, EFFICIENT
SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE
REGISTRATION FOR CLEARLY
ELIGIBLE PEOPLE WHILE PROTECTING
INELIGIBLE PEOPLE FROM RISK. THE
SYSTEM WAS ALSO STRAIGHTFORWARD
TO IMPLEMENT SINCE IT RELIES ON
EXISTING DMV PROCEDURES. OUR DMV
START UP COSTS WERE ONLY
$33,000, AND OTHER DMVS HAVE
BUDGETED SIMILAR AMOUNTS. IN
CLOSING, ULTIMATELY, SECURE AVR
HAS CREATED A SIMPLER, MORE
EFFICIENT PROCESS AT THE OREGON
DMV. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. LOOKING FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD
LIKE TO OFFER ME TWO TESTIMONY
NOW WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TIME
WITH NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. MCKENNA JENKINS WITH
NEXT GEN CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT.
MICHAEL LOCKE WITH THE ASIAN
PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK.
ALSO OCA ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
ADVOCATES, THE EAST BAY SILICON
VALLEY, SAN MATEO COUNTY
CHAPTERS, AND THE NATIONAL
CENTER. THANK YOU, GORDON MÀ
WITH THE NATIONAL UNION OF
HEALTHCARE WORKERS. WE'RE IN
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MY
NAME IS CHRISTOPHER KENNISON
WITH ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO, I'M
HERE IN SUPPORT OF SB 299. ALSO
ON BEHALF OF PILLARS OF THE
COMMUNITY CHIRLA ACTION FUND
SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO AND THE
SOUTH BAY COMMUNITIES, AS WELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
MACKENZIE MARTINEZ, ALSO WITH
ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO SHOWING
SUPPORT. CC PODEMOS. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TAMMY
ALVARADO. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF
CARLY CALLS. I'M ALSO IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF SB 299. THREE VIC WAS
STARTING OVER INC. IN SUPPORT OF
SB 299. THANK YOU. ALICIA SMITH,
ON BEHALF OF ON BEHALF OF I
UNITED AND SUPPORT. HELLO, TO
BRAY SANDERS WITH COUNTLESS
CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS ON BEHALF
OF THE BLACK CALIFORNIA BLACK
POWER NETWORK AND STRONG
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. HI, FAITH
LEE. WITH ASIAN AMERICANS
ADVANCING JUSTICE, SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, WE'RE IN SUPPORT
ALSO PROVIDING ME TO FOR
COALITION FOR HUMANE, COALITION
FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS TO
CHIRLA. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. CHÁVEZ. ON BEHALF OF,
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE
ASSOCIATION AND SERVICES,
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION
NETWORK IN SUPPORT. GOOD
AFTERNOON. SAMUEL CHOI WITH THE
SAN DIEGO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
CONSORTIUM, AS WELL AS THE
CALIFORNIA GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY,
DEMOCRACY COALITION IN STRONG
SUPPORT. FRANCISCO RAMIREZ WITH
THE ALIANZA COMUNITARIA FROM
NORTH COUNTY, SAN DIEGO. ARCILA
NUNEZ, WITH UNIVERSIDAD POPULAR
AND THE SAN DIEGO IMMIGRANT
RIGHTS CONSORTIUM IN FAVOR. GOOD
AFTERNOON, SYDNEY FONG, A POLICY
DIRECTOR AT AAPI FOR CIVIC
EMPOWERMENT, CO-SPONSOR OF THIS
BILL AND SUPPORT AS WELL AS
KHMER GIRLS IN ACTION AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY
NAME IS JONATHAN NGUYEN. I'M
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
HEALTHY NAIL SALON
COLLABORATIVE, AND I'M IN
SUPPORT OF 299 SB 1099. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANDREW
PHAN. I'M REPRESENTING A POWER
PAC IN SUPPORT OF SB TWO 999.
THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M TINA TRAN
ON BEHALF OF CYPRESS COLLEGE
ASSOCIATES. STUDENTS SUPPORTING
SB 299. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ARJUN
AYAPPAN. ON BEHALF OF OC ACTION
HERE IN SUPPORT OF SB 299. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ANY
PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND OPPOSITION.
YOU MAY BEGIN AT YOUR
CONVENIENCE. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I'M BRITTANY
STONESIFER FOR ACLU CALIFORNIA
ACTION. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO
SENATOR LIMÓN AND SPONSORS FOR
CONTINUING A DIALOG WITH US, AND
WE SHARE THEIR GOALS OF
INCREASING REGISTRATION AMONG
ELIGIBLE VOTERS AND PROTECTING
NONCITIZENS. HOWEVER, BECAUSE
THERE IS INSUFFICIENT TIME TO
RESOLVE CRITICAL QUESTIONS
AROUND THE LANGUAGE THIS YEAR,
WE PROPOSE THAT SB 299 BECOME A
STUDY BILL BEFORE ITS CHANGES
ARE IMPLEMENTED. WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED
AND EFFECTIVE AUTOMATIC VOTER
REGISTRATION. AVR PROGRAMS LIKE
THE ONE WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT THE
AT THE DMV. THE DMVS AVR SYSTEM
HAS BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL
TOOL THAT OUR STATE HAS FOR
MAINTAINING ACCURATE VOTER ROLLS
AND REGISTERING NEW VOTERS IN
ONLY SIX YEARS. THE PROGRAM HAS
RESULTED IN OVER 26 MILLION NEW
OR UPDATED VOTER REGISTRATION
TRANSACTIONS. IT'S THE TOP
REGISTRATION METHOD FOR YOUTH
AND VOTERS OF COLOR, AND ONLY
14% OF ELIGIBLE DMV USERS OPT
OUT. DESPITE BEING EITHER
UNREGISTERED OR HAVING AN
OUTDATED REGISTRATION. THE DMV'S
EXISTING AVR SYSTEM HAS WORKED
SO WELL THAT WE BELIEVE A MORE
EFFECTIVE INVESTMENT OF
CALIFORNIA'S LIMITED RESOURCES
WOULD BE TO EXTEND THIS AVR
MODEL TO PLACES LIKE COVERED
CALIFORNIA. WE EXPRESSED
CONCERNS THAT PREVIOUS VERSIONS
OF THE BILL WOULD CREATE SERIOUS
RISKS FOR NON-CITIZENS, WITHOUT
EVIDENCE THAT THIS RESTRUCTURING
WOULD RESULT IN IMPROVED EQUITY
OR ENGAGEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY,
THE LANGUAGE BEFORE US DOES NOT
RESOLVE THOSE CONCERNS,
PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY STILL
MAKE THE DMV RESPONSIBLE FOR
IDENTIFYING CITIZENSHIP, WHICH
IS OUTSIDE OF DMV'S CURRENT
CAPACITY. SIMILARLY, BY CREATING
A NEW PRE-APPROVED REGISTRANT
AND ACTIVATION SYSTEM WITHOUT
CLEAR GUARDRAILS, THE AMENDMENTS
PRESENT SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS
ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION THAT HAVE
YET TO BE ADDRESSED. FINALLY,
THE CURRENT BILL LANGUAGE DOES
NOT PROTECT PRIVACY FOR
INDIVIDUALS PLACED ON THE
PRE-APPROVED VOTER LIST,
INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO MAY BE
ADDED IN ERROR. THESE REASONS AT
THIS TIME, WE MUST CONTINUE TO
ASK FOR YOUR NO VOTE. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. LOOKING TO MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO LIKE TO, ADD ON
THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL,
NAME, ORGANIZATION AND POSITION.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RUTH DAWSON,
ALSO WITH ACLU CALIFORNIA
ACTION, BUT I HAVE THE PROXY OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
LATINO ELECTED AND APPOINTED
OFFICIALS EDUCATIONAL FUND AND
ALSO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
CALIFORNIA CONTINUED TO BE
OPPOSED, BUT ALSO THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR HER CONTINUED
CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW MOVING IT
BACK TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,
CONCERNS. SEE Þ. WE HAVE A VOTE.
I SEE SOMEONE'S HAND AND WE ALSO
HAVE A MOTION BY JACKSON. DID WE
DID WE DO DO THAT. OH, THERE
ALREADY OKAY. WE NEEDED A
SECOND. SO WE HAVE AGUIAR-CURRY,
AS A FIRST AND JACKSON AS A
SECOND, MOVING ON TO LOWENTHAL.
THANK YOU, SENATOR, AND THANK
YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO CAME AND
PROVIDED TESTIMONY. I, I HAVE,
VERY CLEAR VISION OF THE
BENEFITS OF THIS BILL. AND I
TRULY APPRECIATE, THE REASONING
BEHIND IT. AND I, IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD, WILL BE SUPPORTING
IT. I HAVE CONCERNS AROUND
PRIVACY. WHEN SOMEBODY SIGNS UP
TO BECOME A VOTER, REGISTERS TO
BECOME A VOTER, THEY ARE
ACQUIESCING TO THE VERY PUBLIC
DATABASE ABOUT BECOMING A PUBLIC
VOTER. SOME PEOPLE ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. SOME ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT, AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE LEVERAGE
THOSE LISTS ALL THE TIME AND
REACHING OUT TO VOTERS WHO
DIDN'T NECESSARILY REACH OUT TO
US FIRST, MY QUESTION FOR THE
AUTHOR AND FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO
MIGHT BE QUALIFIED TO ANSWER
THIS IS WHAT BECOMES OF THE LIST
OF THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE,
PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARY OF
STATE, WHO'S THE SAFEGUARD OF
THAT LIST? WHAT IS THE PRIVACY
GUARANTEES FOR THE PEOPLE ON
THAT LIST? WHO HAS CONTROL OF
IT, ETC. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO
PASS IT TO NEIL, WHO IS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK,
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS THE
KEEPER OF THE LIST. AND THIS
BILL WOULD GIVE THE SECRETARY OF
STATE DISCRETION OVER HOW THAT
LIST IS DISTRIBUTED OR NOT
DISTRIBUTED. THAT IS LEFT TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE REGULATION. I
WOULD SAY IN OTHER STATES,
SAFEGUARDS HAVE BEEN BUILT TO
PROTECT PRIVACY OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE OR ARE
PUT ON SOMETHING LIKE A
PRE-APPROVED LIST, PEOPLE WITH A
CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESS ARE
AUTOMATICALLY FILTERED OUT.
THOSE ARE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. PEOPLE WITH SENSITIVE
ADDRESSES, SUCH AS LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR COURT OFFICIALS.
ARE YOU START OFF BY SAYING IN
OTHER STATES, IS THAT'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES, OR
ARE THESE SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE
SAYING AUTOMATICALLY WILL HAPPEN
IN CALIFORNIA, THIS IS LEFT TO
SECRETARY OF STATE DISCRETION.
WE WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT IT. SO
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THESE ARE
EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES OF
SUCH PRIVACY GUARANTEES.
EXACTLY. BUT THERE ARE NO SUCH
GUARANTEES DELINEATED IN THIS
RIGHT NOW. ARE THERE ANY
POLICIES FROM THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S OFFICE THAT YOU'RE AWARE
OF THAT GUARANTEE ANY OF THE
EXAMPLES THAT YOU'RE LAYING OUT
IN OTHER STATES? SO THE CURRENT
AVR SYSTEM FILTERS OUT PEOPLE
WITH A CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESS, THE
SECRETARY OF STATE I, I ASSUME,
WOULD EXTEND THOSE SAME
FILTERING MECHANISMS FOR PEOPLE
WITH A CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESS. I
ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, SO
YOU'RE SAYING IT FILTERS OUT
PEOPLE WITH A CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESS AS DEFINED BY WHEN
THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR A
SERVICES AT THE DMV? THAT'S
CORRECT. AND THEY WOULD
AFFIRMATIVELY BE ABLE TO CHECK
WHAT IS CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESS OR
NOT. SO WHEN PEOPLE APPLY FOR A
LICENSE AT THE DMV, SOME PEOPLE
INDICATE I HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESS AND THE DMV RECORDS THAT
STATUS. AND SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
CONFIDENTIAL, IS THAT A
CHECKBOX? IS THAT SOMETHING IN
THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A
LICENSE? IT'S A PARTICULAR TYPE
OF LICENSE YOU APPLY FOR. IT'S A
VERY SPECIFIC LICENSE. SO FOR
THOSE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR A
REGULAR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
REGULAR SERVICES AND NOT A VERY
SPECIFIC ONE, WOULD THEY HAVE AN
OPTION TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HOW
DID YOU DESCRIBE IT? A
CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESS, THOSE ARE WHERE THAT
COULD BE BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM
THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION FAIRLY
EASILY. OKAY. BUT THEY DO NOT
EXIST RIGHT NOW. THEY DO NOT
EXIST. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY
PRIVACY PROTOCOLS? FROM THE
SECRETARY OF STATE, AS IT
RELATES TO THIS, THAT'S IN PLACE
RIGHT NOW, THE SECRETARY OF
STATE HAS A SEPARATE LIST OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A
CONFIDENTIAL WHO HAVE REQUESTED
ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY IN
GOVERNMENT SERVICES. THAT'S
ANOTHER FILTER THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE COULD ADD TO
THIS PROGRAM TO FILTER OUT THOSE
PEOPLE AS WELL. BEING INCLUDED
ON THIS LIST. BUT FOR NOW, I
MEAN, YEAH, MADAM AUTHOR, I
WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THIS IF THIS IS NOT LAID
OUT IN FUNDAMENTALLY DESCRIBE
WHAT THE POLICY IS GOING TO BE
FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE ONCE
AGAIN, I COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY
APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO GET MORE
PEOPLE VOTED, REGISTERED AND
ENGAGED. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
CALIFORNIANS WHO DO NOT WANT TO
BE ON THE GRID IN THAT REGARD.
RIGHT? AND SO THIS BILL DOESN'T
SPECIFY THAT OUT BECAUSE IT
GIVES THE AUTHORITY TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE. SO YOU ARE
CORRECT THAT THERE ISN'T
SPECIFICATIONS. IT WOULD BE UP
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I
ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU
KNOW, CALIFORNIA HAS A
PREAPPROVED REGISTRATION LIST
ALSO FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SO THAT EXISTS. SO THIS IS NOT A
FOREIGN CONCEPT. AND WE DO HAVE
PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR THAT. BUT
ULTIMATELY AS WRITTEN, THIS BILL
WOULD ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF
STATE TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON
WHAT PROTOCOLS WOULD BE APPLIED
TO THIS PARTICULAR NEW LIST. BUT
WE DO HAVE OTHER PIECES IN PLACE
THAT ARE USED FOR OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD BE
ADOPTED, BUT IT'S NOT THIS BILL
DOESN'T IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT THE
LEGISLATURE. WHO WOULD. AND I
HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT,
SENATOR, BUT ARE YOU AWARE OF
ANY OF THE PRIVACY PROTOCOLS
THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE BY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
IN ANY OF THOSE OTHER, IN
ADDITION TO THE ONES MENTIONED?
I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT
RIGHT NOW. SO, I MEAN, ONLY THE
ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED
NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE
ARE OTHER ONES BESIDES WHAT'S
BEEN MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE
CONFIDENTIAL LIST AND IN TERMS
OF, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S A LIST OF THEM. WHICH
ONE? THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL
APPLY TO THIS. WE CANNOT SAY.
AND WE DO GRANT THE SECRETARY OF
STATE THAT AUTHORITY TO MAKE
THAT DECISION. MY MADAM, MADAM
CHAIR, I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT
WE ARE GOING VERY FAR DOWN THE
TRAIL OF OUR PRIVACY COMMITTEE
AND OUR ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, SO
WE DO HAVE TO STAY, YOU KNOW,
ALLOW A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE,
BUT, STAY FOCUSED ON OUR ROLE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. AND, YOU KNOW, LASTLY,
I'LL JUST CERTAINLY WRAP AS IT
RELATES TO WHEN PEOPLE ARE
SIGNING UP FOR SERVICES AT THE
DMV, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE A
VERY SIGNIFICANT SIZED LIST THAT
SHOULD BE GUARDED. AND SO I
WOULD, IN SUPPORTING THIS
LEGISLATION, ALSO WANT TO FOLLOW
UP WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THAT THOSE THAT ARE SIGNING UP
FOR SERVICES AT THE DMV ARE
KNOWING THAT THEY ARE PLACING
THEIR INFORMATION, THAT COULD BE
SUBJECTED TO WHOMEVER AS OF THIS
TIME. RIGHT? THAT'S MY ONLY
CONCERN. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
LOWENTHAL, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT
THERE IS A NOTICE REQUIREMENT IN
THE BILL SO PEOPLE WILL BE
NOTIFIED THAT THEIR INFORMATION
WOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
NOBODY WOULD BE ADDED TO THIS
LIST WITHOUT AWARENESS. CAN I
JUST ADD, THOUGH? BUT IT WOULD
NOT GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
OPT OUT OF THAT SYSTEM AT THE
TIME OF THEIR TRANSACTION. THANK
YOU. MOVING TO VICE CHAIR
DAVIES. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I
JUST WANT TO, JUMP ON, SOME
MEMBER LOWENTHAL'S BILL, A
QUESTION FOR YOU. I KNOW THAT
THEY HAVE THE SAFE AT HOME,
WHICH IS THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GO
AHEAD AND HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESS. OBVIOUSLY WITH DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND SO FORTH. BUT FOR
THOSE THAT ARE NOT SIGNED UP FOR
THAT, I THINK THAT IS MY CONCERN
THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND HIT
A CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESS. SO
AGAIN, AS SENATOR LEMON
MENTIONED, THIS IS LEFT TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S DISCRETION
BASED ON PRACTICE FROM OTHER
STATES. PEOPLE IN PROGRAMS LIKE
SAFE AT HOME ARE FILTERED OUT,
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS FOR PEOPLE
WHO JUST SAY, I WOULD LIKE MY
INFORMATION TO BE CONFIDENTIAL,
OR I WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED
FROM THIS LIST TO REQUEST THAT,
AND THOSE SPECIFICS COULD BE
ADDED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE
AS WELL. OKAY. SO THAT DECISION
WOULDN'T BE MADE BY THE
LEGISLATOR THAT WOULD BE MADE BY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THE
CURRENT VERSION OF THE BILL.
YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOT
SEEING ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THANK
YOU TO THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD, I BELIEVE THE
CHANGES IN THIS BILL WOULD HELP
IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE
EXPERIENCE, WHILE WHEN
REGISTERING TO VOTE AT DMV,
WHILE ALSO MAKING COMMON SENSE
CHANGES TO HELP PREVENT A
PERSONAL PERSON INELIGIBLE TO
VOTE FROM MISTAKENLY REGISTERING
TO VOTE. I AM CONCERNED, THOUGH,
THAT DMV MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY
IMPLEMENTING THIS BILL AS THEY
ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM
UPGRADE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
FACING INSOLVENCY AND SO WITH
THAT, I WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR
BILL TODAY. THERE IS A MOTION
MADE BY AGUIAR-CURRY Ã,
SECONDED BY JACKSON. AND SO I'LL
GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE
BEFORE THE SECRETARY CALLS THE
ROLL. THANK YOU. AND TO YOUR
POINT, MADAM CHAIR, WE DO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE CURRENT DELAYS
IN THE UPDATING OF THE DMV
SYSTEMS AND ARE COMMITTED TO
CONTINUE ENGAGING IN DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE DMV TO ESTABLISH THE
APPROPRIATE, TIMELINE FOR THIS
BILL TO BECOME OPERATIVE. SO,
THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE
WORKING ON. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. MADAM SECRETARY, SB 299,
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. WILSON. I WILSON.
AYE. DAVIES. DAVIES. NØ
AGUIAR-CURRY. AGUIAR-CURRY. AYE.
BERMAN CARILLO. CARILLO. AYE.
HART HOOVER. HOOVER. NO JACKSON.
JACKSON. AYE. LOWENTHAL
LOWENTHAL. AYE. PAPPIN HAPPEN.
AYE SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ. NO KING.
WALLACE. WALLACE NO. WARD. WARD.
AYE. WICKS. SEVEN ZERO HAS SEVEN
AYE VOTES AND FOUR NO VOTES. WE
WILL LEAVE THE ROLL OPEN FOR
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE AN AUTHOR
IN THE ROOM, SENATOR BLAKE
SPEER. THERE ARE TWO BILLS THAT
YOU'LL BE PRESENTING. ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN, SB 689 AND ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT, SB 1216. YOU MAY
START AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY LOWENTHAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? OH. I'M
SORRY, WAS THAT. THAT WAS WARD.
MY APOLOGIES. A MOTION BY WARD
IS SECONDED BY LOWENTHAL. I'M
ASSUMING THAT IS ON ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN. SB 689. ALL RIGHT. Þ
MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND
COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE THE
EARLY MOTION AND THE SECOND, BUT
SINCE I DO HAVE MY WITNESSES
HERE, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT
THE BILL PUBLICLY, I'M PLEASED
TO PRESENT SB 689, WHICH WILL
REDUCE DELAYS IN THE BUILDING OF
BIKE LANES, DEDICATED TRANSIT
LANES, OR PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS
ALONG CALIFORNIA'S COASTLINE. IN
ALREADY DEVELOPED AREAS. DURING
MY TIME AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
OF ENCINITAS, WE BUILT SEVERAL
PROTECTED BIKE LANE PROJECTS,
AMENDING THE LOCAL COASTAL
PROGRAM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
LCP, AND COMMISSIONING THE
REQUIRED ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC
STUDIES RESULTED IN EXPENSIVE,
TIME CONSUMING AND AT TIMES
NEEDLESSLY CONTENTIOUS PROCESS
FOR BUILDING A BIKE LANE. IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US AS POLICY
MAKERS TO ENSURE GOOD GOVERNANCE
THROUGH THE STATE AND ELIMINATE
BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES THAT MAY
PREVENT OR PROLONG PROJECTS THAT
PROVIDE A NET POSITIVE TO
SOCIETY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. MY
TEAM AND I HAVE HAD PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COASTAL
COMMISSION OVER MORE THAN A YEAR
ABOUT THIS EFFORT, AND WE ARE
NOW ON THE SAME PAGE WITH HOW TO
ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE. WITH THE
COMMISSION NOW BEING A STRONG
SUPPORT AND HERE TO MY RIGHT,
THIS BILL DOES TWO THINGS.
FIRST, IT STATES THAT A NEW
TRAFFIC STUDY, A NEW TRAFFIC
STUDY, WHICH CAN BE COSTLY AND
TIME CONSUMING, IS NOT NECESSARY
FOR AN LCP AMENDMENT. WHEN A
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS CONVERTING
AN EXISTING MOTORIZED VEHICLE,
LANE INTO A DEDICATED BICYCLE
LANE, TRANSIT LANE, OR
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. SECONDLY, IT
ALLOWS FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE
LCP TO BE PROCESSED UNDER A DE
MINIMIS EXEMPTION WHEN THE
COASTAL COMMISSION'S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR DETERMINES THAT THAT IS
WARRANTED. SB 689 IS A GOOD
GOVERNANCE BILL THAT WILL
IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND
RESPONSIVENESS OF THE COASTAL
COMMISSION IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF BIKE LANES, DEDICATED TRANSIT
AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS. AND
WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE SEAN DRAKE
ON BEHALF OF THE COASTAL
COMMISSION AND MOIRA TOP ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I'M SEAN DRAKE,
LEGISLATIVE MANAGER FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.
THE COASTAL COMMISSION SUPPORTS
SB 689, WHICH WOULD ADD LANGUAGE
TO THE COASTAL ACT, STREAMLINING
THE PROCESS FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO CREATE BIKE,
PEDESTRIAN OR TRANSIT LANES ON
ROADWAYS IN THE COASTAL ZONE.
FIRST, THE BILL WOULD SPECIFY,
AS THE SENATOR MENTIONED, THAT
IF A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
AMENDMENT IS NEEDED AS PART OF
CONVERTING PART OF A ROADWAY
INTO A BIKE, PEDESTRIAN, OR
TRANSIT LANE, THE COMMISSION
WILL APPROVE THE AMENDMENT
ADMINISTRATIVELY UPON MAKING A
SPECIFIED FINDING, THE PROCESS
THE COMMISSION WOULD USE FOR
ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVING SUCH
AN AMENDMENT IS AN EXISTING
PROCESS FOR LOCAL, COASTAL,
LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENTS
THAT ARE CONSIDERED DE MINIMIS.
SECOND, THE BILL WOULD CLARIFY
THAT A TRAFFIC STUDY IS NOT
REQUIRED AS A PART OF A LOCAL
GOVERNMENT'S APPLICATION TO THE
COMMISSION FOR A BIKE,
PEDESTRIAN OR TRANSIT LANE
PROJECT. THIS CHANGE WOULD
PROVIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH
GREATER FLEXIBILITY, FLEXIBILITY
TO THINK ABOUT PUBLIC COASTAL
ACCESS MORE HOLISTICALLY, AND
NOT SIMPLY IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC
CIRCULATION. THIS FLEXIBILITY
WILL HELP PROMOTE DIVERSE MODES
OF COASTAL ACCESS THAT ARE
ABUNDANT, EQUITABLE, AND SUITED
FOR THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND
THE BROADER PUBLIC. TO WRAP UP,
WHILE NOT ALL BIKE, PEDESTRIAN,
OR TRANSIT LANE PROJECTS IN THE
COASTAL ZONE CURRENTLY REQUIRE A
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT OR A
LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT,
THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE
ONE OF THESE MAY BE NECESSARY.
THIS BILL WOULD STREAMLINE THE
APPROVAL OF THOSE PARTICULAR
PROJECTS, AND IN DOING SO, HELP
PROMOTE PUBLIC COASTAL ACCESS,
MINIMIZE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED,
AND MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE COAST. THE
COMMISSION SINCERELY APPRECIATES
THE AUTHORS PARTNERSHIP, AND WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS, I AM MOIRA TOP HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO,
CO-SPONSOR OF THE MEASURE, THE
AUTHOR AND THE COASTAL
COMMISSION OUTLINED THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL, VERY
WELL. I THINK THE ONLY THING
WE'D NOTE IS THAT THE PROJECTS
THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ARE TO
MEET OUR CLIMATE ACTION GOALS,
AND SO WE REALLY DO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO MOVE QUICKLY AND
SWIFTLY. AND I ALSO NOTE THAT AS
YOU HEARD FROM THE SAD TESTIMONY
EARLIER, THAT A LOT OF THESE
COASTAL ROADS ARE CURVY AND
DANGEROUS AND SO WE HAVE A DUAL
A DUAL GOAL IN A LOT OF THESE
PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON
TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND MEET OUR
CLIMATE GOALS. SO WE'RE VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND
CERTAINLY THE SENATOR, FOR
MOVING THIS BILL FORWARD. THAT
CAN HELP REALLY TRIM TIME AND
THE BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES THAT WE
FACE WHEN TRYING TO IMPLEMENT
THESE PROJECTS. AND WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO
MEMBERS WHO ARE OF THE PUBLIC
WHO ARE IN SUPPORT AND A TWO
POSITION NAME ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. MARK VUKOVICH ON
BEHALF OF STREETS FOR ALL AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. JONATHAN
CLAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
ENCINITAS, IN SUPPORT. ANY WARD
WALLER ON BEHALF OF CAL BIKE AND
SUPPORT. FOR US, ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY OF SOLANA BEACH IN
SUPPORT DANE HUTCHINGS ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD IN
SUPPORT. SYLVIA SOLIS SHAW HERE
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA. CACTI. THE CALIFORNIA
CITY TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE,
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO
MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
ALL IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
HELLO, WALID HAJJAJ, ON BEHALF
OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, JARED MOSS, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH
IN SUPPORT, CHRIS LEE ON BEHALF
OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA
IN SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON
TO OPPOSITION, WHICH I DON'T
BELIEVE THERE'S OPPOSITION ON
FILE, IF I REMEMBER. OH, THERE
IS, BUT IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO
TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION, SEEING
NONE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISH
TO GIVE A QUICK NOTE OF
OPPOSITION WITH NAME,
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION?
SEEING NONE, MOVING IT TO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?
AGUIAR-CURRY FIRST OF ALL, THANK
YOU, SENATOR, FOR TAKING THE
AMENDMENTS, WHEN I FIRST LOOKED
AT YOUR BILL AND I SAW THE
OPPOSITION, MY HEART SANK
BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE
OPPOSITION WERE FROM MY RURAL
COUNTIES. AND I LOOKED AT AND I
SAID A LOT OF THOSE ARE UP THE
ELEVATIONS HIGHER. AND I JUST
THOUGHT OF, OH MY GOD, HOW ARE
WE GOING TO HANDLE THIS? ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER ONE? NO.
ISN'T THIS ONE 689 WELL, I GUESS
I HAD THE WRONG ONE. I'LL MAKE
SURE I TELL YOU THAT THE NEXT
TIME. LET ME MAKE SURE. LET ME
GET 689 HERE. NO WORRIES. WE CAN
GIVE YOU A MOMENT. GIVE ME A
MOMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE
ELSE WHO WANTED TO TALK. I
THOUGHT I HAD IT IN LINE HERE.
OKAY. DID YOU STILL WANT TO
CONTINUE OR. YOU'RE GOOD. WE'LL
WAIT TILL THE NEXT ONE. OKAY
ALREADY? SHE'S GOT IT. NO, IT'S
OKAY, IT'S OKAY. SO THIS HAD THE
EARLY MOTION FROM WARDEN
LOWENTHAL AND SO I APPRECIATE
YOU, SENATOR, FOR BRINGING THIS
BILL FORWARD AND FOR YOUR
SUPPORT IN REDUCING ANY BARRIERS
TO MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ALONG THE COAST. THIS BILL
ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
CONVERT AN EXISTING MOTORIZED
VEHICLE TRAVEL LANE INTO A
BICYCLE, TRANSIT OR PEDESTRIAN
LANE WITHOUT A TRAFFIC STUDY.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LANE
CONVERSIONS ALONG THE COAST AND
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFE,
MULTIMODAL ACCESS POINTS TO THE
COAST FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS. I AM
SUPPORTING THIS BILL TODAY. WITH
THAT, I'LL GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE PRIOR TO
THE SECRETARY CALLING THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK
YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. SB 689.
THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS TO THE
ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. WILSON I WILSON I
DAVIES. DAVIES. NOT VOTING
AGUIAR-CURRY. AGUIAR-CURRY. AYE.
BERMAN. CARILLO CARILLO. AYE.
HART. HOOVER HOOVER. AYE.
JACKSON JACKSON. AYE. LOWENTHAL
LOWENTHAL. AYE. PAPPIN HAPPEN.
AYE. SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ. AYE KING.
WALLACE. WALLACE. AYE WARD.
WARD. AYE. WICKS. TEN THAT HAS
TEN AYE VOTES. AND WE'LL HOLD
THE ROLL OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO ADD
ON. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT, SB 1216. YOU MAY
BEGIN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE OKAY.
THANK YOU. CHAIR. AND
COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE THE
COMMITTEE'S WORK ON THIS BILL.
AND I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS ON
PAGE SIX OF THE ANALYSIS. ARE
THESE AMENDMENTS COME DIRECTLY
FROM A COALITION OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING CAL
CITIES, CSAC AND RC. RC. I AM
PLEASED TO AUTHOR SB 1216, WHICH
WILL IMPROVE SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS
BY LIMITING THE OVERUSE OF
SHARROWS AND CLASS THREE
BIKEWAYS. A SHARROW IS A PAINTED
MARKING ON A ROAD THAT INDICATES
CYCLISTS SHARE THE ROAD WITH THE
CARS THEY ARE USED WHEN THERE IS
NO SEPARATE BIKE LANE OR OTHER
SPACE EXCLUSIVELY FOR BIKES.
CLASS THREE BIKEWAYS, WHICH CAN
INCLUDE SHARROWS, ALSO DO NOT
HAVE DEDICATED SPACE EXCLUSIVELY
FOR BIKES, SO LONG AS THERE IS
LIMITED OR NO PHYSICAL
SEPARATION BETWEEN BIKES AND
VEHICLES, MANY PEOPLE WON'T
CONSIDER BIKING A VIABLE OPTION.
INSTEAD, RELY ON THEIR SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TO GET AROUND.
THIS BILL DOES TWO THINGS TO
MAKE CYCLING SAFER. FIRST, IT
PROHIBITS THE INSTALLATION OF
SHARROWS ON ROADS WITH A POSTED
SPEED LIMIT OVER 30MPH. THIS IS
IN ALIGNMENT WITH DESIGN
GUIDELINES PUBLISHED BY CALTRANS
EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT SHARED
LANES SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN
VERY LOW SPEED AND LOW VOLUME
LOCATIONS, AND AS A LAST RESORT
WHEN NO OTHER VIABLE
ALTERNATIVES EXIST. SECOND, THIS
BILL LIMITS WHEN STATE ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS CAN BE USED
FOR CLASS THREE BIKEWAYS. THESE
FUNDS ARE MEANT FOR PROJECTS
THAT ENCOURAGE ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION AND REDUCE THE
RISK OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE USED FOR
PROJECTS THAT DON'T ACTUALLY
MAKE BIKING SAFER, LIKE SIMPLY
ADDING SHARROWS WITHOUT
INCLUDING OTHER FEATURES TO SLOW
TRAFFIC TO SAFER SPEEDS. ATP
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS WILL
BE AVAILABLE FOR CLASS THREE
BIKEWAYS IN THREE CIRCUMSTANCES
ON ROADS WITH A DESIGN SPEED
LIMIT OF 25MPH, OR LESS. ON
ROADS WHERE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE
WILL BE MADE TO REDUCE THE
DESIGN SPEED TO 25MPH OR LESS,
OR WHEN THE CLASS THREE BIKEWAY
IS OTHERWISE APPROPRIATE FOR THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY CONTEXT AND
CREATES A LOWER STRESS
ENVIRONMENT. THESE AMENDMENTS
IMPROVE BIKE SAFETY WHILE
PRESERVING FLEXIBILITY FOR THE
UNIQUE NEEDS OF LOCAL
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY RURAL
AREAS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT
WE NEED TO MAKE OUR STREETS
SAFER FOR ALL USERS, NOT JUST
FOR CARS. I NO LONGER HAVE MY
SUPPORTERS WITH ME ON THIS BILL
BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENTS I
TOOK, SO THEY ARE NOT NO LONGER
HERE TO SPEAK. SO WITH THAT, I
WILL RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU, MOVING ON
TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
MIGHT LIKE TO OFFER A ME TWO
SUPPORT. NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION ANY WARD WALLER WITH
CAL BIKE AND SUPPORT DAN
ALLISON, CITIZEN IN SUPPORT.
WALID HAJJAJ ON BEHALF OF THE
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES WANT
TO THANK THE AUTHOR AND
COMMITTEE FOR WORKING WITH US.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE
AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
, WE DO HAVE A MOTION, I
BELIEVE. WAS THAT A NOD FOR A
MOTION? YES. WE HAVE A MOTION BY
AGUIAR-CURRY, THE, NOW MOVING ON
TO, PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
CHRIS LEE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
NEVADA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION WITH THE AMENDMENTS,
WILL BE REMOVING OUR OPPOSITION.
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR AND HER
STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US, AS
WELL AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ASSOCIATIONS, AND ALSO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON
TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
WOULD LIKE TO STILL GIVE A QUICK
NOTE OF OPPOSITION NAME,
ORGANIZATION, POSITION, SEEING
NONE, MOVING IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE. OKAY. WE HAVE A
MOTION AGUIAR-CURRY AND A SECOND
CARILLO SEEING NO COMMENTS.
SENATOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO
YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR WORKING
WITH THE OPPOSITION TO FIND A
COMPROMISE ON THE PROHIBITION OF
SHARROWS, AS YOU STATED,
CALTRANS DESIGN BULLETIN STATES
THAT CLASS THREE SHARED LANES
SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN VERY LOW
SPEED AND VOLUME LOCATIONS, AND
SHOULD BE THE LAST RESORT WHEN
THERE ARE NO OTHER VIABLE
ALTERNATIVES. AS AMENDED, THIS
BILL WOULD PROHIBIT SHARROWS ON
ROADS OVER 30MPH AND PROHIBIT
THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM FROM FUNDING PROJECTS
THAT CREATE A CLASS THREE
BIKEWAY ON ROADS. OVER 25 MILES
MILES PER HOUR, WITH SOME
EXCEPTIONS. THE CALIFORNIA
MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC
CONTROL DEVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS
MUTCD, GENUINELY GENERALLY
DICTATES STANDARDS FOR TRAFFIC
SIGNS, ROAD SURFACE MARKINGS,
AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS BASED ON
RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES
RATHER THAN LEGISLATION. IDEALLY
THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE AN
UPDATE TO THE MUTCD
INCORPORATING CURRENT STATE AND
NATIONAL GUIDELINES ON THE USE
OF CLASS THREE BIKEWAYS INSTEAD
OF BANNING THE USE OF SHARROWS
IN STATUTE. HOWEVER, I
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
COMPROMISE, ON COMPROMISE WITH
THE OPPOSITION, AS NOTED IN OUR
MANY DISCUSSIONS, I DO HAVE A
NARROW, THAT CONNECTS TWO OF MY
CITIES, THE CITY OF DIXON AND
THE CITY OF VACAVILLE AND COUNTY
RURAL WORDS. AND WITHOUT THE
SHARROW, THERE WOULD BE AN
UNSAFE WAY TO NAVIGATE WHERE
PEOPLE DO TRY TO NAVIGATE
BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, I'LL BE
SUPPORTING THE BILL, AS AMENDED
TODAY. WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY
CARY Ã, SECONDED BY CARILLO.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CLOSE PRIOR TO THE SECRETARY
CALLING THE ROLL, THANK YOU,
CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT SENATOR AGUIAR-CURRY
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ALL
THE COMMENTS SHE WANTED TO.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. SB
1216, THE MOTION IS DUE. PASS AS
AMENDED, TO THE ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. WILSON
I WILSON I DAVIES. DAVIES. NÓ
AGUIAR-CURRY. AGUIAR-CURRY. AYE.
BERGMAN CARILLO. CARILLO. AYE.
HEART HOOVER. HOOVER. NO
JACKSON. JACKSON. AYE. LOWENTHAL
LOWENTHAL. AYE. PAPPIN HAPPEN.
AYE. SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ. NO KING.
WALLACE. WALLACE NO. WARD. WARD.
AYE. WICKS SEVEN AS SEVEN. FOUR.
AND WE'LL HOLD THE ROLL OPEN FOR
MEMBERS TO ADD ON. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR
FINAL AUTHOR IN THE ROOM FOR OUR
LAST TWO BILLS, SENATOR STERN,
ITEM NUMBER 17, SB 15 ZERO NINE,
ITEM NUMBER 18, SCR 151. OR ITEM
NUMBER 17. OKAY YOU HAD AN EARLY
MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM
NUMBER 17, FROM, ASSEMBLYMEMBER
WALLACE AND FOLLOWED BY VICE
CHAIR DAVIES. I THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. I DON'T WANT TO TALK
PAST. YES. SO I'LL JUST TRUNCATE
MY REMARKS. BUT I WOULD
APPRECIATE YOU ALL JUST GIVING
JUST A MOMENT TO OUR LEAD
WITNESSES HERE WHO HAVE, BEEN
THROUGH HELL IN THEIR LIVES.
AND, I WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU
TO THE COMMITTEE WILL BE
ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS AND,
AND, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO GET
THIS LAW ON THE BOOKS AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE, NOBODY LIKES
WAITING ON DMV AND LINE, LET
ALONE ON AN IT PROJECT. AND SO,
I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR WORKING
WITH US TO, TO ENSURE THAT THESE
AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE WHEN
YOU'RE EXCESSIVELY SPEEDING,
ESPECIALLY MULTIPLE TIMES IN A
THREE YEAR PERIOD, THAT WE'RE
NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT
FOREVER FOR THAT TO BECOME LAW
BECAUSE WE KNOW LIVES ARE LOST
EVERY DAY, SO WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AYE VOTE
AND TURN IT OVER TO LILY
TRUJILLO. YOU PRESS THE
MICROPHONE. YES. THANK YOU. AND
THIS. THIS IS HER FIRST TIME. SO
GIVE HER. GIVE HER YOUR
ATTENTION. IF YOU DON'T. HELLO?
OKAY. MY NAME IS LILY TRUJILLO.
PUCKETT, AND I AM THE FOUNDER
AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STREET
RACING KILLS, BUT MORE THAN
ANYTHING, I'M A MOTHER THAT LOST
A CHILD AND LOST MY DAUGHTER
VALENTINA, BACK IN DECEMBER 7TH,
2013. AND YES, YOU MIGHT THINK
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, TEN
YEARS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY WORSE
FOR ME. I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT
THAT I WOULD OUTLIVE MY
DAUGHTER. SHE WAS JUST GETTING A
RIDE HOME WHEN SHE WAS 16 YEARS
OLD WITH A COUPLE OF HER
GIRLFRIENDS AND THE TEENAGER
THAT WAS TAKING THEM HOME. THEY
STARTED TO ENGAGE INTO A STREET
RACE ON A 25 MILE PER HOUR ZONE,
AND HE WAS GOING 80 MILES AN
HOUR AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT MY
LIFE WAS DIFFICULT BEING A
SINGLE MOM AND WORKING PAYCHECK
TO PAYCHECK. I NEVER KNOW HOW
BEAUTIFUL MY LIFE WAS. NOW,
LOOKING BACK, YOU SEE, WHEN HE
DECIDED TO TAKE THAT CHALLENGE,
HE ENDED UP CRASHING AGAINST A
LADY THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO
WORK, AND MY DAUGHTER WAS THE
ONLY ONE THAT WAS KILLED. AND I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF MANY, MANY
TIMES, LIKE, WAS I A BAD MOM?
WAS SHE A BAD TEENAGER FOR
HANGING OUT WITH HER FRIENDS?
AND I SAID, NO. IF HE DIDN'T GO
OVER 80 MILES AN HOUR, MY
DAUGHTER WOULD BE ALIVE. I WOULD
HAVE PICKED HER UP THE NEXT DAY.
SHE WAS GOING TO A SLEEPOVER TO
HER BEST FRIEND'S HOUSE, AND I
LEARNED A LOT ABOUT CRASHES, AND
I READ THE REPORT, KNOWING HOW
MANY TIMES SHE HIT HER HEAD FROM
THE BLUNT FORCE OF 80 MILES AN
HOUR, HOW HER BRAIN WAS BLEEDING
AND STOPPED HER HEART, HOW SHE
DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU DIE AT THE
SCENE, THEY TAKE YOU TO THE
MORGUE. THEY STRIP YOU OF YOUR
CLOTHES AND THEY PUT YOU IN A
REFRIGERATOR. HOW COULD I THINK
OF HER LITTLE BODY AT 16 YEARS
OLD, BE IN A REFRIGERATOR WHEN
SHE NO LONGER HAD A NAME, AND
SHE WAS A NUMBER, AND SHE WAS
CALLED THE BODY. I LIVE AND
REGRET FOR NOT HUGGING HER MORE,
FOR NOT KISSING HER MORE, FOR
NOT SPENDING EVERY SECOND OF MY
LIFE WITH HER. AND AS I'M FLYING
TODAY TO COME HERE TO TALK TO
YOU, THERE WAS A GRANDMA WITH
HER LITTLE GIRL, AND I SEE THIS
FIVE YEAR OLD AND I CAN THINK OF
HOW HOW IS HER LITTLE BITTY
LITTLE REMARKS A LITTLE SPICY
PERSONALITY. AND I SEE HER
GIRLFRIENDS GROWING UP GETTING
MARRIED, HAVING KIDS, TRAVELING.
AND FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE I
WILL LIVE THINKING, WHAT WILL
HER LIFE BE LIKE NOW? WILL SHE
STILL COLOR HER RED? WILL SHE
STILL BE LIKE THIS DOOR? IF I GO
TO A STORE AND ALL I CAN THINK
IS LIKE, WOULD SHE LIKE THIS?
WOULD SHE LIKE THIS COLOR FOR
HER NAILS? THANK YOU. I'LL HAVE
TO HAVE YOU WRAP UP AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE
BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO SEE SO MANY
MEMORIALS IN OUR STREETS.
FLOWERS, BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. THIS
HAS TO BE A REMINDER FOR ALL OF
US TO DRIVE SAFER AND TO STOP
SPEEDING. AND LET'S HAVE MORE
FLOWERS IN OUR HOMES AND OUR ON
OUR STREETS. THANK YOU, THANK
YOU. NEXT WITNESS. AS A
REMINDER, TWO MINUTES. HI THEY
CALL ME GRANDMA BEVERLY IN THE
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WORLD, AND I
DON'T COME HERE VOLUNTARILY. I
CAME HERE BECAUSE MY GRANDSON
WAS HIT AND KILLED AT FIVE YEARS
OLD. UNLIKE VALENTINA, THAT
PERSON JUST ROLLED A STOP SIGN.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE CARS AND
PEOPLE IS THAT THEY DON'T GO
WELL TOGETHER. ESPECIALLY IF
YOU'RE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT
VEHICLE BEING HIT, AGAIN, WHO
HE'D BE TODAY AND WHO VAL BE
TODAY, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO KNOW
, ZACHARY JUST WANTED TO CROSS
THE STREET. NOW I CAN TELL YOU A
STORY ABOUT THE LAMBORGHINI
CRASH IN LA, WHERE THE KIDS
DOING 120 MILES AN HOUR, 16
YEARS OLD, IN A LAMBORGHINI THAT
HIS PARENTS GAVE THEM. YOU KNOW,
THERE'S NO COMMON SENSE IN THAT
FAMILY, OBVIOUSLY. OKAY, BUT
THAT FAMILY'S CHANGED AND BROKEN
FOREVER. MY FAMILY'S CHANGED,
AND BROKEN FOREVER. THE LITTLE
CHILDREN WHO WENT TO SCHOOL WITH
HIM IN KINDERGARTEN GO TO THE
INTERSECTION WHERE HE DIED AND
PUT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU YOU
KNOW, YOU DIDN'T GRADUATE HIGH
SCHOOL, OKAY? THEY GO AND THEY
DECORATE THE FREAKING CORNER
WHERE HE DIED TO REMEMBER HIM.
AND IT'S A REMINDER TO EVERYONE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT YOU
CAN'T TOUCH PEOPLE'S HEARTS
UNTIL YOU HEAR THESE STORIES.
AND THESE STORIES ARE
DEVASTATING. IT DOESN'T STOP
JUST BECAUSE THEIR HEARTS STOP
BEATING. THE PAIN KILLS ME. AND
THIS WOMAN EVERY DAY. AND IF YOU
HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IT, THANK
GOD. IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT,
THEN EVERYBODY UP HERE NEEDS TO
GET A LOT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT
MAKING EVERYONE SAFE SO YOU CAN
JUST CROSS THE STREET AND ROAD
WITHOUT DYING, THAT YOU CAN
DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND KNOW YOU
HAVE A GREEN LIGHT AND CAN GO
FORWARD. IT'S YOUR RIGHT OF WAY,
AND SOME CLOWN AIN'T GOING TO
COME OUT OF HERE AT 120 MILES AN
HOUR AND RIP YOUR AORTAS OUT OF
YOUR CHEST. LUCKILY, SHE DIED
INSTANTLY TOO, BUT HER MOTHER
DIES EVERY DAY. AND THE FAMILIES
I DEAL WITH EVERY DAY HAVE THIS
PAIN EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOW, I
HOPE I'M NOT OVER TWO MINUTES.
MY GRANDSON DIDN'T GET SIX YEARS
AND HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 21 THIS
YEAR. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN
VEGAS PLAYING BINGO, HAVING SOME
FUN. NOT HAPPENING. UNDERSTOOD
THANK YOU. OKAY, WE ALL WANT TO
GET ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY AND
BE ABLE TO DRIVE IN OUR VEHICLES
AND WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE
OUTSIDE OF OUR VEHICLES. THANK
YOU FOR OURSELVES. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY. TO BOTH OF YOU
WERE I AM AS CHAIR. SORRY FOR
YOUR LOSS. MOVING ON TO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER ME TWO TESTIMONY. NAME
ORGANIZATION AND POSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY HEART GOES OUT TO
THE WITNESSES. MARK VUKOVICH, ON
BEHALF OF STREETS FOR ALL AND
ALSO BEEN ASKED ON BEHALF OF
STREETS ARE FOR EVERYONE OUT OF
LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. JEANNIE
WARD WALLER, ON BEHALF OF CAL
BIKE IN SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
CHAIR MEMBERS DANE HUTCHINGS, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MERCED IN
SUPPORT. SYLVIA SOLIS SHAW, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF GOLETA AND
ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU, CHARLES WATSON, ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF MALIBU IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO ANYONE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN
OPPOSITION, SEEING NONE, ARE
THERE ANY IN THE ROOM? OOPS OH.
WHEN IT'S OKAY, ARE THERE ANY IN
THE ROOM? WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A
QUICK NOTE OF OPPOSITION. NAME
ORGANIZATION POSITION. MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, MATT BROD
HERE. ON BEHALF OF THE
TEAMSTERS, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
AUTHOR AND THE COMMITTEE FOR
WORKING ON AMENDMENTS THAT GET
US TO NEUTRAL. THANK YOU. MADAM
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, LOUIE ACOSTA
WITH SMART TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION, STATE LEGISLATIVE
BOARD, THE COMMEND THE
AMENDMENTS HAVE ALSO MOVED US TO
NEUTRAL. AND WE APPRECIATE THE
COMMITTEE'S WORK AND THE AUTHORS
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US AS
WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SEEING NO OTHERS MOVING TO
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WE
HAVE BERMAN AND THEN CHAIR, VICE
CHAIR DAVIES. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR
BRINGING THIS THIS GOOD AND
IMPORTANT BILL. I WANT TO THANK
THE WITNESSES FOR YOUR YOUR
TESTIMONY. I, A YEAR AND A HALF
AGO, A FRIEND OF MINE, A PRETTY
GOOD FRIEND OF MINE FROM GROWING
UP FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
SCHOOL, WAS DRIVING HOME FROM
DINNER WITH HER HUSBAND AND
THEIR TWO, 6 OR 7 YEAR OLD TWINS
IN THE BACK SEAT, AND THEY WERE,
SMASHED. AND, THE MY FRIEND AND
HER HUSBAND, WHO WAS TWO YEARS
OLDER THAN ME GROWING UP, WERE
KILLED, AND THEIR SEVEN YEAR
OLDS SURVIVED, AND THE
INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.
THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IS STILL
ONGOING, BUT THE BELIEF IS THAT
TWO PEOPLE WERE RACING. TWO
YOUNGER PEOPLE WERE RACING. ON
ON A STREET THAT PROBABLY HAD A
35 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT
THERE. AND THEY WERE GOING WAY
OVER TWICE THAT. AND SO JUST
REALLY APPRECIATE I MEAN, IT
JUST WRECKED I MEAN, IT WRECKED
THE COMMUNITY, IT WRECKED MY
CLASS AND ALL OF US THAT, HAD
GROWN UP WITH, WITH THESE TWO
PEOPLE, AND THE COMMITTEE KNOWS
IT PASSED OUT OF THE COMMITTEE
EARLIER. BUT I ALSO HAVE A BILL
THIS YEAR. THAT CAME OUT OF AN
EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY, WHO WAS
KILLED IN THE INTERSECTION
OUTSIDE OF HIS SCHOOL. AND
TRYING TO MAKE. YEAH TOTALLY
AGREE. TOTALLY AGREE. AND SO,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE
THAT WE CAN DO. I THINK THIS IS
A GREAT STEP. I'D ASK TO BE
ADDED AS A COAUTHOR, IF I MAY,
AND, APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S
TESTIMONY. AND THERE'S MORE WORK
FOR US TO DO. THANK YOU. MOVING
ON TO VICE CHAIR DAVIES. WE'LL
HAVE TO ASK THAT, THERE WON'T BE
BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT GOING
THROUGH THE CHAIR. VICE CHAIR.
DAVIES. THANK YOU. SENATOR, I'M
SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT
THIS FORWARD. AND, LADIES, I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COURAGE AND SHARING YOUR STORY.
MY HEART GOES OUT FOR YOU, AND I
WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS A
COAUTHOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, THANK
YOU, SENATOR, FOR WORKING WITH
THE COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THE
EQUITY CONCERNS BY MAKING THE
TWO POINTS COUNT ON YOUR SECOND
VIOLATION INSTEAD OF THE FIRST.
THIS ALLOWS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO
CORRECT THEIR BEHAVIOR BEFORE
LOSING THEIR LICENSE, I ALSO
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING AMENDMENTS
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISED BY
MOVING THE LANGUAGE OUT OF
RECKLESS DRIVING SECTION OF THE
STATE STATUTE. I UNDERSTAND THE
FRUSTRATION AROUND THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS BEING
DELAYED UNTIL 2027 BECAUSE OF
NEEDING TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT
OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO UPDATE ITS
IT SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW,
DMV IS FACING INSOLVENCY. AND
REALLY THIS IS A BUDGET,
IMPACTING GOOD POLICY. AND SO,
WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M
DEFINITELY OKAY AS CHAIR WITH
THE AMENDMENTS FOR AN EARLIER
ENACTMENT DATE, ENACTMENT DATE,
IF YOU CAN GET THE
ADMINISTRATION TO AGREE TO
IMPLEMENT THIS BILL AT AN
EARLIER DATE, I THINK IT WOULD
BE VALUABLE DURING THE INTERIM
TO IMPLEMENT AN AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON THE IMMENSE
SAFETY RISK CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
SPEED AND THE INCREASED
PENALTIES THAT WILL RESULT.
BECAUSE OF THIS BILL, I AM
SUPPORTING YOUR BILL TODAY AND
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A
SECOND, SO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY
TO CLOSE BEFORE THE SECRETARY
CALLS THE ROLL. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, MEMBERS. I
KNOW YOU'RE AT THE END OF A LONG
DAY AND IT'S A VERY BUSY TIME,
SO I DO APPRECIATE THE RESPECT
YOU SHOWED NOT JUST OUR
WITNESSES, BUT THIS POLICY
ISSUE, MADAM CHAIR, I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL. I GOT
HARD WORK TO DO IN JULY, SO THAT
WHEN I HOPEFULLY ALL YOUR
SUPPORT END UP BEFORE,
CHAIRWOMAN WICKS OVER HERE IN
APPROPRIATIONS THAT, THE DMV
DOESN'T VIEW THIS SINGLE LINE OF
IT CODE AS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
WAIT THREE, FOUR YEARS, WE THINK
WE CAN GET THIS WORK DONE. I'M
NOT SAYING SKIP THE LINE, BUT I
AM SAYING, LIVES ARE ON THE
LINE, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE
NUDGE. AND WE'LL KEEP DOING OUR
WORK. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. MADAM SECRETARY, SB 15
ZERO NINE, THE MOTION IS DUE.
PASS AS AMENDED TO THE ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
WILSON. I WILSON I DAVIES.
DAVIES. I AGUIAR-CURRY
AGUIAR-CURRY I BERMAN. BERMAN.
AYE. CARILLO. CARILLO. AYE HART.
HART. AYE. HOOVER. HOOVER AYE.
JACKSON. JACKSON. AYE LOWENTHAL.
LOWENTHAL. AYE. PAPPIN. SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ. AYE. KING WALLACE.
WALLACE. AYE. WARD WARD. AYE.
WICKS. WICKS AYE. ALL RIGHT.
THAT BILL HAS 13 VOTES. WE WILL
HOLD THE ROLL OPEN FOR MEMBERS
TO ADD ON, MOVING ON TO OUR
FINAL ITEM OF THE DAY, ITEM
NUMBER 18, SCR 151. YEAH THANK
YOU, SCR 151 SEEKS TO CREATE A
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY TO HONOR DEPUTY
RYAN KLINKENBERG FOR HIS LIFE OF
SERVICE. AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW
, ON SEPTEMBER 26TH AND 2023,
THE DEPUTY LOST HIS LIFE AT THE
AGE OF 30 WHILE AN ACTIVE PATROL
IN THE COUNTY OF LA. HE WAS AN
EIGHT YEAR VETERAN, BUT HE COMES
FROM A FAMILY OF SERVICE. HIS
FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT
GRANDFATHER. FOURTH GENERATION
PEACE OFFICERS. EVERYONE WONDERS
IN THOSE FAMILIES WHOSE TIME FOR
THEIR WATCH TO END MAY BE
CALLED. AND UNFORTUNATELY,
RYAN'S WAS. HE WAS A
PROFESSIONAL, AND HE ASKED
COUNTLESS TIMES TO PROTECT
OTHERS. AND HE DID THAT. BUT
THIS, THIS FAMILY SUFFERED,
IMMEASURABLE LOSS, AS HAVE WE
ALL, IN OUR REGION. SO WE'RE
HOPING TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF
I-5 IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
FOR THIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. THIS
BE THE LEAST WE CAN DO IN A
FITTING TRIBUTE. AND WITH ME
HERE IN SUPPORT, WE HAVE MATT
SEIBEL. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
MATTHEW SEIBERLING, ON BEHALF OF
THE ASSOCIATION FOR LOS ANGELES
DEPUTY SHERIFFS, NEVER ARE
FAVORITE REASON, TO SAY THE
LEAST, TO COME AND SUPPORT
BILLS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT MEANS VERY MUCH TO THE
FAMILY. WE'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK
THE COMMITTEE AND THE ASSEMBLY
FOR MOVING THIS BILL ALONG. THIS
BILL WAS JUST ON THE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR LAST WEEK, AND YOU GUYS
WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS INTO THIS
FINAL POLICY COMMITTEE HEARING,
WHICH WAS HUGE FOR THE FAMILY.
THEY WERE CRYING HAPPY TEARS. SO
THANK YOU TO THE AUTHOR. THANK
YOU TO THE CHAIR AND ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. MOVING ON TO ANY MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO
SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS
BILL. NAME, ORGANIZATION,
POSITION. SEEING NONE, I DON'T
THINK WE HAVE OPPOSITION ON
FILE, BUT I'LL CONFIRM IF
THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN
OPPOSITION OR IN A ME TO,
FASHION NAME ORGANIZATION
POSITION, SEEING NONE MOVING IT
TO MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE. WE DO
HAVE A VICE, WE DO HAVE A MOTION
MADE BY VICE CHAIR DAVIES AND A
SECONDED BY LOWENTHAL. I SEE,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CARRILLO. THE
FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU,
SENATOR, FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD, DEPUTY BRUMMER ACTUALLY
SERVED IN THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF
STATION IN PALMDALE. I DO
REMEMBER THAT DAY AS HE WAS
STARTING HIS SHIFT, HE WAS
COMING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY FROM
THE STATION RIGHT AT THE CORNER,
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SHERIFF'S
STATION. GOT A RED LIGHT, A CAR
PULLED OVER NEXT TO HIM, AND HE
WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD, COWARDLY.
THAT THAT HAPPENED TO REMEMBER
THAT DAY WHEN WE GOT THE CALL,
LUCKILY, THE KILLER WAS FOUND
WITHIN THREE DAYS. AND HE
ACTUALLY LIVED ABOUT A MILE AND
A HALF FROM MY HOUSE. HE HAD
BEEN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES. THAT'S WHAT THE
INVESTIGATION CAME UP WITH. AND
UNFORTUNATELY, A PUBLIC SERVANT
AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
LOST HIS LIFE DUE TO THE LACK OF
A PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH
ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AGAIN. I'M
CHOKING UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE
I DO REMEMBER WHEN THAT HAPPENED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE L.A.
COUNTY SHERIFF'S STATION IN THE
CITY OF PALMDALE IN MY DISTRICT,
WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL.
DEFINITELY THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS,
THANK YOU TO THE SENATOR FOR
BRINGING THIS HIGHWAY NAMING
FORWARD, FOR AN HONORABLE,
INDIVIDUAL DOING THEIR WORK, THE
PUBLIC WORK, THE GOOD WORK,
WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS NAMING
TODAY. AND SO, GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE BEFORE
TURNING TO MADAM SECRETARY.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, TO SAY
WE HOPE THIS MEMORIAL IS NOT
JUST A TESTIMONY TO THE
GREATNESS OF THIS MAN AND THOSE
WHO SERVE WITH THE BADGE, BUT
ALSO A REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE FAIL THEM IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND SHOULD SHOULD RING IN ALL
OUR HEADS. HIS NAME. SO THANK
YOU TO THE FOR THE FAMILY, FOR
ALL OF YOU SUPPORTING IN ADVANCE
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE. THANK YOU, MADAM
SECRETARY. AS CR 151, THE MOTION
IS TO BE ADOPTED. WILSON A
WILSON I DAVIES. DAVIES I
AGUIAR-CURRY AGUIAR-CURRY I.
BERMAN. BERMAN I. CARILLO.
CARILLO I. HEART. HEART I.
HOOVER. HOOVER I. JACKSON
JACKSON, I. LOWENTHAL. LOWENTHAL
I. PAPIN. HAPPEN. I SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ. I. TING TING I.
WALLACE. WALLACE I. WARD. WARD
I. WICKS WICKS, I. THAT BILL IS
OUT 15. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING
TO GO FROM THE TOP. SINCE ALL
MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WHO ARE WHO
ARE WHO? WE'VE HELD THE ROLL
OPEN FOR. WE WILL ONLY DO THIS
ONE TIME, STARTING WITH CONSENT
CALENDAR. THERE WERE SIX BILLS
ON CONSENT. ITEM SIX, NINE, TEN,
11, 15 AND 19. MADAM SECRETARY.
BERMAN. BERMAN I. HEART. HEART
I. TING TING I. WICKS. WICKS, I.
THAT THAT CONSENT CALENDAR IS
OUT WITH 15 VOTES. MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER ONE SB 295 DODD. SB
295 DO PASS TO THE ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
BERMAN. BERMAN. I SANCHEZ. OH, I
HAD YOU AS NOT VOTING TING TING
I WICKS. WICKS. I AND HEART.
HEART. I. 13 TO THAT BILL IS OUT
WITH 13 TO. WITH 13 VOTES.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO SB
299 LIMÓN SB 299 BERMAN. BERMAN.
NOT VOTING. HEART. HEART I TING
TING I WICKS. WICKS I. ALL
RIGHT. CONFIRMING THAT BERMAN IS
NOT VOTING. THAT BILL IS OUT
WITH TEN VOTES FOR NOT FOR NO
WITH FOUR NO VOTES. I'M MOVING
ON. AND THAT IS CLOSED. MOVING
ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. SB 359
UMBERG SB 359. DO PASS TO THE
ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. BERMAN BERMAN I HEART
ART I TING TING I WICKS WICKS I
THIS TÍNH THAT BILL IS OUT WITH
15 VOTES. MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER FOUR, SB 532 WIENER
BERMAN BERMAN I HEART HEART I
TING TING I WICKS WICKS I THREE
THAT BILL IS OUT WITH 12 EYES
AND THREE NOES. MOVING ON. ITEM
NUMBER FIVE SB 960 WIENER DAVIES
. DAVIES IS NO. BERMAN. BERMAN I
HEART, HEART I TING TING I
WICKS. WICKS I 11-3 Þ 11 FOUR.
THAT BILL IS OUT WITH 11 I VOTES
AND FOUR NO VOTES. MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SB 689 BLAKE
SPEER. I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT
DAVIES WILL BE CHANGING. NOT
VOTING TO I ON SB 689. DO PASS
TO THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. BERMAN. BERMAN I
HEART, HEART I TING TING I
WICKS. WICKS I ÓRDENES THAT BILL
IS OUT WITH 15 I VOTES. MOVING
ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SB 1216
BLAKESPEAR SB 1216 IS Dð PASSES
AMENDED TO THE ASSEMBLY
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
BERMAN. BERMAN. I HEART, HEART I
TING TING I WICKS. WICKS I FOR
THAT BILL IS OUT WITH 11 VOTES.
AYE FOUR NOES MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER. WELL ITEM NUMBER 12 WAS
PULLED. ITEM NUMBER 13 SB 1418.
ARCHULETA DAVIES DAVIES I
BERMAN. BERMAN I HEART HEART I
TING TING. NØ WICKS. WE ARE ON
SB 1418. WICKS I. THAT HAS 14. I
VOTES ONE NO VOTE. THAT BILL IS
OUT MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16
SB 1487. GLAZIER SB 1487. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO
THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. BERMAN. BERMAN, I
HEART ART I TING TING I WICKS.
WICKS I THAT BILL IS OUT WITH 15
AYE VOTES MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER I THINK 17 WAS OUT RIGHT.
NO SORRY. 17 1509 SB 1509 THE
MOTION DO PASSES AMENDED TO THE
ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. PAPPIN HAPPEN I TING
TING I THAT BILL IS OUT WITH 15
VOTES. IT WAS NUMBER 18. I WAS
THINKING OF AND NUMBER 18 IS
DONE, MOVING ON TO OUR LAST AND
FINAL ITEM. NUMBER 20, H.R. 110
ARAMBULA HR 110. THE MOTION TO
BE ADOPTED. BERMAN. BERMAN. I
HEART, HEART I TING TING I
WICKS. WICKS I 13 TO 2. THAT
BILL IS OUT 12 TO 2 WITH 12 EYES
AND TWO NOES. AND WITH THAT
THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS OF
THIS COMMITTEE. SO THE HEARING
IS ADJOURNED.