AUTHOR. JUST NO AUTHORS. OKAY,
WELL, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO
ORDER ANYWAY. AND, WE WILL PUT
OUT THE WORD AUTHORS AND
AUTHORS, PLEASE COME DOWN. WE'RE
WAITING FOR YOU. DON'T MAKE ME
SAY DOLLAR. WAITING ON A DIME.
HALF A DOLLAR A WEEK. EXACTLY.
THE OLD PEOPLE SAY, RIGHT, BUT
YOU CAN SEE INFLATION. RIGHT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH
THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
ROLL WHILE WE WAIT FOR AUTHORS
TO COME, AND TO ENSURE THAT
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC
HAVE ACCESS TO OUR PROCEEDINGS
TODAY, THIS HEARING WILL BE
STREAMED ON THE ASSEMBLY'S
WEBSITE, AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN
PERSON HERE IN THE CAPITOL ROOM
444. WITNESSES FOR EACH BILL. WE
ARE ALLOWING UP TO TWO MAIN
WITNESSES TO SUPPORT TWO MAIN
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THE PRIMARY WITNESSES,
WE ASK REMAINING WITNESSES TO
LIMIT THEIR TESTIMONY TO THEIR
NAME, ORGANIZATION AND POSITION
ON THE BILL ONLY. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COOPERATION AND AUTHORS. IF
YOU HEAR ME, WE'RE WAITING. I'M
GOING TO BE A BUDGET NEXT DOOR.
SO YOU START PACKING. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BENNETT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
JUST, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ROLL
BEFORE YOU GO. HAPPENED HERE
HAPPEN HERE. MATHIS HERE. MATHIS
HERE. ADDIS HERE. ADDIS HERE.
ALANIS HERE. ALANIS HERE.
ALVAREZ. BENNETT. BENNETT HERE.
BONTA. HERE. BONTA. HERE.
GALLAGHER DAVIES. DAVIES. HERE.
GARCIA HART. HART. HERE. THREE
OF US. SCHIAVO. PHILLIPS WEBER.
OKAY SO WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND
WE'RE WAITING FOR SENATORS
PADILLA AND ALLEN.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WELL,
GOOD MORNING. COME ON DOWN. GOOD
MORNING. SENATOR PADILLA, NICE
TO SEE YOU. LIKEWISE, MADAM
CHAIR, TAKE IT AWAY. I HAVE
ALWAYS GOOD CAFFEINE. I WILL
MOVE. I'M GRATEFUL, MADAM CHAIR,
AND, WAIT A MINUTE. HERE WE ARE.
YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT SDR
16, WHICH URGES THE PRESIDENT,
AS YOU KNOW, TO USE THE
ANTIQUITIES ACT OF 1906 TO
ESTABLISH THE CHUCKAWALLA
NATIONAL MONUMENT, TO ESTABLISH
A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, MANAGE
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT
ADJACENT TO JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL
PARK, AND ESTABLISH QUEZON
NATIONAL MONUMENT. I THINK YOU
KNOW THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
THREATENS IMPORTANT CULTURAL
SITES AND FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS. WE
MUST DO ALL WE CAN TO PROTECT IT.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
FIRST PEOPLE'S SOVEREIGN NATIONS
IN MY DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT
THE REGION, IN COOPERATION WITH
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS, ARE WORKING TO
DESIGNATE THESE LANDS AS
NATIONAL MONUMENTS. THIS
DESIGNATION WOULD PROTECT
APPROXIMATELY 627,000 ACRES,
REACHING WEST FROM COACHELLA
VALLEY REGION TO THE EAST NEAR
THE COLORADO RIVER, AND ALSO
PROPOSES TO PROTECT
APPROXIMATELY 17,000 ACRES OF
PUBLIC LANDS THAT ARE ADJACENT
TO THE EAST SIDE OF JOSHUA TREE.
THESE EFFORTS WOULD ALSO PROTECT
MORE THAN 390 000 ACRES IN
IMPERIAL COUNTY, PERMANENTLY
PROTECTING THESE PUBLIC LANDS IS
A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY THAT
WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE
STATE AND FEDERAL 30 BY 30 GOALS
AND WOULD ENSURE EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO NATURE FOR A COMMUNITY
THAT IS DEFINITELY IN DIRE NEED
OF IT. THROUGH THIS DESIGNATION,
WE CAN HONOR THE CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE LANDS,
REPRESENT THAT THEY REPRESENT
FOR THE TRIBAL SOVEREIGN NATIONS
THAT HAVE CALLED THESE PLACES
HOME. THEY ARE A THRIVING
LANDSCAPE OF INTERCONNECTED
CULTURAL, NATURAL, AND SPIRITUAL
SIGNIFICANCE, SUSTAIN WELL-BEING
AND SURVIVAL OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES TODAY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
URGING THE PRESIDENT TO UTILIZE
THIS AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH
CHUCK WILD NATIONAL MONUMENT.
WITH ME TODAY IS COUNCIL MEMBER
DONALD JUNIOR OF FORT YUMA ON
INDIAN TRIBE VIRGIL. VIRGIL
SMITH, Ó. HELLO, VIRGIL. HI.
THEY GAVE ME THE WRONG MEMBER.
BUT WELCOME. YEAH, I WAS IN DC,
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WALK
FOR ME. TO SPEAK. VIRGIL,
PLEASE. OH, OKAY. WELL, WE HAVE
TWO THAT ARE GOING TO BE
SPEAKING, SO I'M GOING TO DEFER
TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER,
MCGEE, FIRST. HELLO, I'M GLORIA
MCGEE, COUNCILWOMAN FOR,
CALIFORNIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN NEAR
AND DEAR TO ME ALL MY LIFE, AND
ITS NATURAL BEAUTY AND WONDERS
ARE BREATHTAKING, FROM THE
BOTTOM OF IT TO THE TOP OF IT.
AND ALL IN BETWEEN. BUT
TRADITIONAL NATIVES THOUGHT IS
THAT LIFE IS A CIRCLE, OUR
CREATOR PROVIDED THE PROCESSES
AND LABOR TO ACHIEVE CLEAN AIR
AND WATER TO SUSTAIN LIFE. ALL
CREATURES BIG AND SMALL, ALONG
WITH PLANT LIFE, PLAY A PART IN
THE PROCESS OF LIFE IN THAT
VEIN, WE AS NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN STEWARDS OF THE LAND SINCE
TIME IMMEMORIAL, PROTECTING
ANIMALS AND PLANTS BECAUSE THEY
ARE KEY TO A HEALTHY EARTH FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME. HELP
US TO CONTINUE TO BE STEWARDS
OVER THIS LAND FOR ALL OF US,
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL
MONUMENT WILL BE A STEP TOWARD
THAT GOAL. AS WELL AS PROVIDING
RECREATION FOR OUTDOOR
ENTHUSIASTS, IT WILL LITERALLY
BE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. AND I HAVE
A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT JOAQUIN
TO THE HONORABLE DIANE PEPIN,
CHAIR, ASSEMBLY WATER PARKS AND
WILDLIFE COMMITTEE. DEAR, DEAR
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PEPIN, I AM
WRITING ON BEHALF OF THE FORT
YUMA INDIAN TRIBE IN SUPPORT OF
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 16,
WHICH ENCOURAGES THE PROPOSED
DESIGNATION OF THE NATIONAL
MONUMENT AS WELL AS THE
CHUCKWALLA NATIONAL MONUMENT AND
EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE
NATIONAL PARK IN CALIFORNIA. THE
FORT YUMA INDIAN TRIBE IS
LEADING THE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH
A NATIONAL MONUMENT, WHICH WOULD
PROTECT MORE THAN 390 000 ACRES
OF THE TRIBES HOMELANDS LOCATED
IN CALIFORNIA'S IMPERIAL COUNTY.
THE LAND PROPOSED FOR THE
NATIONAL MONUMENT DESIGNATION
CONTAINS INCREDIBLE CULTURAL,
ECOLOGICAL, RECREATIONAL, AND
HISTORIC VALUES, INCLUDING
TRAILS, DELICATE DESERT
ECOSYSTEMS, PETROGLYPHS,
GEOGLYPHS, AND LITHICS. THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL
MONUMENT WOULD PROTECT THE
WILDLIFE, SACRED SITES, AND
SCENIC FEATURES THAT MAKE THIS
OUR HOME. THE PROPOSED NATIONAL
MONUMENT IS PART OF A GREATER
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE CONNECTING A
WEEK OLD PALO VERDE PEAK. THE
PROPOSED CHUCKWALLA NATIONAL
MONUMENT AND SPIRIT MOUNTAIN IN
AVIKWAME NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE
BOUNDARY INCORPORATES THE INDIAN
PASS AREA OF CRITICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, PILOT
KNOB SINGER. GEOGLYPHS BUZZARDS
PEAK AND PICACHO PEAK WILDERNESS
AREAS. THE FORT YUMA INDIAN
TRIBE IS PROUD TO SUPPORT XJR
16, AND WE THANK SENATOR PADILLA
FOR AUTHORING THIS RESOLUTION IN
SUPPORT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE NATIONAL MONUMENT FOR THE
PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF
THE PROFOUND CULTURAL AND
NATURAL RESOURCES. THESE LANDS
HOLD. SINCERELY, JORDAN D
JOAQUIN. TRIBAL PRESIDENT FOR
INDIAN TRIBE. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DO WE HAVE, ANY FOLKS IN FAVOR
OF THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME
FORWARD. NAME, ORGANIZATION AND
POSITION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
STEVE BAKER WITH AARON REED
ASSOCIATES FOR RESOURCES. LEGACY
FUND IN SUPPORT. GOOD MORNING.
KIM DELFINO ON BEHALF OF AUDUBON
CALIFORNIA AND THE CALIFORNIA
NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY IN SUPPORT.
FATIMA ZUBIATE WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS AND STRONG
SUPPORT. AARON WOOLLEY WITH
SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT. CYNTHIA MONO ON CACHET.
MY NAME IS ANGELINA HINOJOSA, MY
TRIBE IS PINOLEVILLE POMO
NATION, MY ORGANIZATION'S NATIVE
SISTER CIRCLE, AND I SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING, I'M WILLIE. I AM A
POMO, PAIUTE, WINTU, AND WAILAKI
TRIBAL MEMBER AND I AM HERE WITH
SAVE CALIFORNIA SALMON AND I
OFFER MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DO WE HAVE WITNESSES THAT
WILL BE TESTIFYING IN OPPOSITION?
SEEING NONE, I'LL BRING IT BACK
TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE HAVE A
MOTION AND A SECOND. NO
QUESTIONS. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE? MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT,
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
THANK YOU. PAPPIN I PAPPIN I
MATHES I MATHES I ADDIS I ADDIS
I ALANIZ I ALANIZ I ALVAREZ
BENNETT BONTA I BONTA I
GALLAGHER GALLAGHER I. DAVIES.
DAVIES I GARCIA. HEART I. HEART
I THREE OF US. SHIAVO PHILLIPS.
WEBER. WEBER I. OKAY
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE OUT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND I SEE
SENATOR ALLEN HAS JOINED US. SO
COME ON DOWN. SECOND, THIRD.
THANK YOU. THIS IS A SIMILAR
MEASURE TO THE ONE YOU JUST
HEARD, EXCEPT INVOLVING
DIFFERENT LANDS. THE BEAUTIFUL
LANDS OF LÀ, WHICH IS BASICALLY
MEDICINE LAKE HIGHLANDS REGION
AND WE'RE URGING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A
NATIONAL MONUMENT THERE AS WELL,
WHICH WOULD REPRESENT 200,000
ACRES OF ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION
LANDS CRITICAL TO MEETING OUR 30
BY 30 GOALS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
OUR WATER SUPPLY. IT'S GOT A
VOLCANIC, YOU KNOW, GEOLOGICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH HELPS WITH
BOTH THE CAPTURING, FILTERING
AND STORING OF, I THINK, 40
MILLION ACRE FEET OF WATER,
WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 200
SURFACE RESERVOIRS. BEAUTIFUL
TERRITORY, LOTS OF WONDERFUL
SPECIES. AND WE'VE GOT JACK
BAMFORD HERE, WHO'S FROM THE
PITT RIVER, HE'S THE TRIBAL
CHAIRMAN FOR, FOR THE PITT RIVER,
FOLKS. THANK YOU. PLEASE
GREETINGS, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU
GUYS FOR HEARING US OUT THIS
MORNING. MY NAME IS JACK
BAMFORD. I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE
PIT RIVER TRIBE. THE PIT RIVER
NATION HAS ASKED PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND CALIFORNIA'S FEDERAL
DELEGATION TO PUT IN PLACE A
NATIONAL MONUMENT. PROTECTIONS
FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN 200,000
ACRES IN AN AREA KNOWN AS
SANTEETLAH. THIS IMPORTANT AREA
INCLUDES WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN
AS THE MEDICINE LAKE HIGHLANDS,
LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES FROM
MOUNT SHASTA. BEING ONE OF OUR
MOST SACRED PLACES AND THE
LOCATION OF OUR CREATION
NARRATIVE OF OUR PEOPLE, WE HAVE
MAINTAINED OUR DEEP CONNECTIONS
WITH THIS TRIBAL CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.
OUR PEOPLE HAVE WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND
SANTEETLAH FROM ONGOING THREATS,
WHICH AIM TO DESTROY AND CAUSE
DEGRADATION TO NUMEROUS
IMPORTANT RESOURCES THAT WE AND
MILLIONS OF OTHERS RELY ON
DAILY. THESE VITAL RESOURCES
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PURE WATER RESOURCES FOR
DRINKING AND AGRICULTURE,
HABITATS, ECOSYSTEMS AND
FISHERIES THAT ALL DEPEND ON
SANTEETLAH. SATILLA IS
CULTURALLY, HISTORICALLY,
SPIRITUALLY, AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY. ENVIRONMENTALLY
IMPORTANT, DESIGNATING
SANTEETLAH AS A NATIONAL
MONUMENT ENABLES FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO COLLABORATE WITH
TRIBAL NATIONS TO STEWARD AND
PRESERVE CULTURAL RESOURCES AND
LANDS IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
THE PIT RIVER NATION THANKS
SENATOR ALLEN FOR HIS AUTHORSHIP
AND URGES YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
NATIONAL MONUMENT PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO
VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, ANY
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WOULD
LIKE TO COME FORWARD TO STATE
THEIR SUPPORT? HI, THIS IS
FATIMA WITH CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL. FATIMA I ZUBIATE
WITH CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
WATERS AND STRONG SUPPORT. GOOD
MORNING. KIM DELFINO
REPRESENTING DEFEND NOT
DEFENDERS, BUT AUDUBON
CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIA NATIVE
PLANT SOCIETY. IT'S STILL A
LITTLE EARLY. STEVE BAKER WITH
AARON REED ASSOCIATES FOR
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN
TOO LONG. GLORIA MCGHEE,
COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE CGRTS TRIBE
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE'RE,
FROM THIS, TOO. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. GOOD MORNING. CHRISTINA
SCARINGE WITH THE CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND
SUPPORT. WE ALSO SUPPORT THE
EARLIER RESOLUTION, BUT COULDN'T
BE HERE. THANK YOU, AARON
WOOLLEY ON BEHALF OF SIERRA CLUB
CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT, ANNALISE
RIVERA ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA
TROUT IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
ANGELINA HINOJOSA ON BEHALF OF
NATIVE SISTER CIRCLE IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. CASUALLY FOR SAVE
CALIFORNIA SALMON IN SUPPORT.
PAMELA LOPEZ ON BEHALF OF
REDDING RANCHERIA. SANTA ROSA
RANCHERIA YOKUTS TRIBE AND THE
TULE RIVER TRIBE IN SUPPORT.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU ALL. SO
MUCH, ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION SEEING? NONE, AND I
DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY IN
THE AUDIENCE. ANY OPPOSITION?
NO. SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS? WE
HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND
A THIRD, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND
TAKE A VOTE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
SJ R 17 MOTION IS DUE. PASS
PAPPIN I PAPPIN. AYE. MATHIS.
MATHIS. AYE ATIS ATIS AYE.
ALANIS. AYE. ALANIS. AYE.
ALVAREZ BENNETT. BENNETT. AYE.
BONTA. AYE BONTA. AYE.
GALLAGHER. GALLAGHER. AYE
DAVIES. DAVIES. AYE. GARCIA
HEART. HEART. AYE. THREE OF US.
SCHIAVO. PHILIP. WEBER WEBER.
AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SENATOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
GODSPEED TO ALL OF YOU. AND WE
WILL LEAVE THE ROLL OPEN FOR
PEOPLE THAT NEED TO ADD ON, LIKE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER BENNETT. I KNOW
WE GO THROUGH. THANK YOU SIR.
OKAY ARE YOU. I KNOW I WAS. AND
THEN MY SON IS JUST FINISHING
UP. OKAY. OH YEAH. FIVE, FOUR.
YEAH. THAT'S THREE QUARTERS. COR
16. MOTION IS DUE. PASS.
BENNETT. BENNETT. AYE. OKAY.
SO YOU'RE HERE WITH ME?
ALMOST ALL THE TIME. BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO SCREW AROUND WITH
THE WITNESS NOT HAVING ACCESS TO
THE MICROPHONE. AND HERE
EVERYBODY HAS TO PRESS A BUTTON
TO SPEAK. SO I DON'T DO A LOT
OF, LIKE.
JUST USUAL. I WANT TO SPEAK ON
THE SAFETY QUESTIONS THAT YOU.
OKAY. BOTH MATTERS ARE OUT WITH
THE VOTE OF TEN ZERO. THIS
COMMITTEE SHALL STAND IN
ADJOURNMENT. THANK YOU. VERY
PROFOUND LOVE THAT. YEAH, THAT.