GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE. WILL WITNESS
TESTIMONY. EACH SIDE WILL BE
ALLOWED TWO MAIN WITNESSES, EACH
UP TO TWO MAIN WITNESSES EACH.
AND THIS WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY
TWO MINUTES TO TESTIFY. WE DO
NOT HAVE QUORUM YET, BUT WE'LL
GO AHEAD AND PROCEED AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. AND I'M HAPPY TO
HAVE DOCTOR JACKSON HERE WITH
US. AND YOU MAY PROCEED WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THE BILL BEFORE YOU TODAY
IS, IS A BILL TO SIMPLY MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE
CONTINUED INCREASE IN HATE
CRIMES THROUGHOUT OUR STATE. THE
BILL SIMPLY MAKES A CORRECTION
AND AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF
CIVIL RIGHTS, AS IT STANDS RIGHT
NOW, IF A HATE CRIME HAPPENS, WE
THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO WAIT UNTIL
SOMEONE CONTACTS THEM FOR
ASSISTANCE. THIS BILL JUST
SIMPLY SAYS THAT THEY CAN
ACTUALLY BE PROACTIVE BECAUSE
MANY CASES, MANY OF THESE
COMMUNITIES DON'T EVEN KNOW THE
DEPARTMENT EXISTS. AND WHAT THEY
CAN DO FOR THEM. SO THIS SAYS
THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL NOW BE
ABLE TO CONTACT THEM TO OFFER
ASSISTANCE IF THEY WISH TO
UTILIZE IT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE, ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? OH, DO YOU HAVE ANY
DO YOU HAVE ANY WITNESSES TODAY?
NOPE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY,
ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT? YEAH.
YEAH WE'RE CLOSE. SO CLOSE. IS
THERE ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT OF
HB 672? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO
AB 672? NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM THE DAIS. AND SO WE'LL TAKE
UP A MOTION WHEN WE HAVE A
QUORUM. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S COMMON SENSE, I KNOW THAT,
AND I'VE HEARD DIRECTLY, FROM
THE CROWD THAT THEY WOULD THEY
WOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE IF THEY
COULD. TO YOUR POINT, A LOT OF
FOLKS DON'T EVEN KNOW THE
DEPARTMENT EXISTS, LET ALONE THE
SERVICES EXIST. SO I APPRECIATE
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
YEAH.
ANY. WE NEED ONE MORE FOR
QUORUM. THERE SHE IS. ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT THE SECRETARY. TAKE A
ROLL CALL FOR QUORUM, PLEASE.
CARILLO HERE. DIXON. HERE
BAUER-KAHAN. BRIAN CONNOLLY
HERE. HANEY MAIENSCHEIN HERE.
MCHENRY. HERE PACHECO, HERE.
PATTERSON REYES. SANCHEZ. HERE
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, IS
THERE A MOTION ON FILE ITEM ONE
8672, MOTION. SO MOVE. OKAY, WE
HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE
CAN TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE,
PLEASE. ON AB 672. THE MOTION IS
TO RECOMMEND CONCURRENCE IN THE
SENATE AMENDMENTS. CARILLO I
KALRA I DIXON NOT VOTING
BAUER-KAHAN BRIAN CONNOLLY.
CONNOLLY I HANEY MAIENSCHEIN AYE.
MAIENSCHEIN I MCKENNA. MCKENNA.
I PACHECO I PACHECO I.
PATTERSON. REYES. SANCHEZ
SANCHEZ. OKAY, WE'LL PLACE THAT
ON CALL. AND THAT ONE NEEDS TWO
MORE. I BELIEVE. OKAY. SO WE'LL
GO ON TO FILE ITEM TWO, H.R.
117, ASSEMBLY MEMBER CARRILLO.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO PRESENT,
H.R. 117, WHICH CALLS ON THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PASS
SENSIBLE AND JUST IMMIGRATION
REFORM FOR THE 11 MILLION
IMMIGRANTS WHO CALL THE UNITED
STATES HOME. IN PARTICULAR,
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO MORE
IMMIGRANTS THAN ANY OTHER STATE
AND IN THE COUNTRY. AND WITH
NEARLY 20% OF OUR POPULATION
BEING FOREIGN BORN IMMIGRANTS
ARE WHAT MAKES CALIFORNIA AN
INCREDIBLE STATE. THEY ARE OUR
FRIENDS, OUR NEIGHBORS AND
FAMILY AND CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO
THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY. IT
HAS BEEN NEARLY 40 YEARS SINCE
THE LAST TIME THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PASSED IMMIGRATION
REFORM. DURING THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION IN 1986 IS
ACTUALLY HOW I OBTAIN A PATHWAY
TO RESIDENCY AND DATA SHOWS MOST
IMMIGRANTS HAVE LIVED IN THE
UNITED STATES. FOR MORE THAN TEN
YEARS. WE SIMPLY CANNOT WAIT
ANOTHER 40 YEARS FOR IMMIGRATION
REFORM. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PASS
STATE LEGISLATION THAT ENSURES
THAT ALL CALIFORNIANS, INCLUDING
IMMIGRANTS, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO THRIVE AND CALL CALIFORNIA
HOME. HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
IS SAMANTHA GUERRERO WITH THE
COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT
RIGHTS OF LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR, AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA
GUERRERO, SUMMER PUBLIC POLICY
FELLOW WITH THE COALITION FOR
HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS CHIRLA,
AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE
SPONSORS OF H.R. 117, WHICH
URGES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
PASS MEANINGFUL IMMIGRATION
REFORM, IN PARTICULAR BY
SUPPORTING LEGISLATION
INTRODUCED BY CALIFORNIA
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS. H.R. 1511
AND S 2606, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
REGISTRY BILLS UPDATING THE
REGISTRY, WOULD ALLOW
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE LIVING
CONTINUOUSLY IN THE US FOR AT
LEAST SEVEN YEARS TO APPLY FOR
LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
CALIFORNIA HAS ALWAYS PAVED THE
WAY FOR THE NATION ON ISSUES OF
IMMIGRATION, AND THIS IS A TREND
WE MUST CONTINUE. HOWEVER, THERE
ARE LIMITS TO WHAT WE AS A STATE
CAN DO, AND WE NEED LEADERSHIP
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAKE
THESE NECESSARY STRIDES TO
SUPPORT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FABRIC OF
OUR SOCIETY AND ARE THE BACKBONE
OF OUR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMY.
CHIRLA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
SUPPORTING IMMIGRATION REFORM,
AND RECENTLY, WE HELD A THREE
DAY LONG DELEGATION IN OUR
NATION'S CAPITAL TO ADVOCATE FOR
THE REGISTRY BILLS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS. OVER 150 PEOPLE
EXHIBITED THEIR DEDICATION TO
THIS EFFORT BY TRAVELING TO D.C.
AND SPEAKING WITH FEDERAL
LAWMAKERS ABOUT HOW THESE BILLS
COULD ENTIRELY CHANGE THE LIVES
OF OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE. IN
THIS COUNTRY. AND AS WE SPEAK,
OVER 200 PEOPLE ARE
PARTICIPATING IN A THREE DAY
CAMINATA FROM SAN JOSE TO SAN
FRANCISCO, WALKING OVER 21 HOURS
AND 55 MILES IN SUPPORT OF THE
REGISTRY. TODAY, WE URGE YOU TO
STAND ALONGSIDE THE 80% OF
CALIFORNIANS WHO BELIEVE THERE
SHOULD BE A PATHWAY TO
CITIZENSHIP FOR UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS AND VOTE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND
MEMBERS, FOR THIS CONSIDERATION.
AND SPECIAL THANKS TO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CARRILLO FOR HER
AUTHORSHIP OF THIS MEASURE AND
HER CONTINUED DEDICATION AND
SUPPORT TO THE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE IN
SUPPORT OF H.R. 117? GOOD
AFTERNOON. CHAIR MEMBERS CYNTHIA
GOMEZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF STATE
POLICY AND ADVOCACY, WITH CHIRLA
AND STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN
OPPOSITION TO H.R. 117? WE'LL
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS,
QUESTIONS OR MOTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE
A SECOND, SECOND AND A SECOND?
ANY FURTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION?
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. THIS
IS A LONG JOURNEY THAT I KNOW SO
MANY, PARTICULARLY IN THE
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, HAVE BEEN,
YOU KNOW, FIGHTING FOR. AND SO I
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
MAKING SURE THAT CALIFORNIA IS
CALLING ON OUR CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I
WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE. THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU,
MEMBERS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES,
WE THINK ABOUT A VAST VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENCES,
TEMPORARY RESIDENTS, PERMANENT
RESIDENTS, TPS HOLDERS, REFUGEE
SEEKERS. THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES
OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMMIGRANT
STATUS IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE
NEED A PATHWAY FORWARD TO ENSURE
THAT TPS HOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN
IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE 80S
AND THE 90S, IN PARTICULAR, WITH
THE COUNTRY OF EL SALVADOR,
WHERE I'M FROM, HAVE A PATHWAY
TO RESIDENCY AND CITIZENSHIP AND
THOSE THAT ARE THAT WANT TO COME
TO THIS COUNTRY IN TERMS OF A
VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPE OF WORK.
VISAS ALSO HAVE A PATHWAY THAT
ENRICH THEIR LIVES, THEIR
FAMILIES LIVES, AND OUR NATION.
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN I VOTE.
THANK YOU. IF WE CAN HAVE A ROLL
CALL, VOTE PLEASE ON H.R. 117
VOTE. THE MOTION IS TO BE
ADOPTED. CALL. I CALL I DIXON.
ORPHALI BAUER-KAHAN. BRIAN
CONNOLLY. CONNOLLY. I HANEY.
MAIENSCHEIN. HI. MAIENSCHEIN I
MCKENNA. MCKENNA. I PACHECO. I
PACHECO. I. PATTERSON. REYES.
SANCHEZ OKAY, WE'LL WE'LL PLACE
THAT ON CALL AND REACH OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS NICE
MEETING. SURE. SO, WHILE WE'RE
WAITING A VOTE CHANGE, SENATOR
SANCHEZ 8672 FROM MONOPOLY TO
SUPPORT. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO
THAT'S STILL THAT NEEDS ONE NOW.
CONGRATULATIONS. TO YOU, MR.
CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. OH, YES. MR.
CHAIR. YEAH. SO THANK YOU. I
GUESS I WOULD. THAT'S TRUE. ALL
RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. PROBABLY JUST.
NO NO. ALL RIGHT. COME
MENDOCINE. OH! OH YOU'RE
LEAVING? I'LL STAY. I JUST
ASSUMED THERE'S GOING TO BE SO
MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH SO WHAT? NO PROBLEM. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. HEY.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. MY
DAUGHTER. OH. OH HI. NICE TO
MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU.
EXCELLENT JOB. YEAH YOU SEEM
LIKE A PRO. NO, NOT AT ALL. OH I
KNOW.
OKAY, MR. HANEY, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO RECORD YOUR VOTE? I WOULD
LOVE TO. SO ITEM ONE. OH, THERE
YOU GO. ITEM ONE AB 672. HANEY
AYE. HANEY. AYE MR. PATTERSON,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECORD YOUR
VOTES? YES. I DON'T. OKAY.
THAT'S FINE. WE'RE ON FILE ITEM
TWO. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ALL DONE.
OH, WE'RE ON ONE SUPPORT AND
THEN TWO THE NEXT ONE. AB 672.
PATTERSON. AYE OKAY. OKAY OKAY.
BUT IT'S JUST. OH, WOW. OKAY, I
JUST DID. THAT'S THE PACKAGE.
YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO CONFER. I'M
JUST CHECKING, CAN WE DO THE
NEXT ONE? YEAH, I'M SORRY. OH,
YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT ONE. HE'S
GOT ONE MORE TO GO. SO, FILE
ITEM TWO, H.R. 117. HANEY.
HANEY. AYE. OKAY. MR. PATTERSON,
YOU'RE UP.
CðC THIS CONVERSATION. OKAY WE
HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
WE'RE WAITING FOR? WICKS. REYES
AND EBCLC. REYES. MAIENSCHEIN A
FEW MOMENTS, SHE ALREADY CAME
BACK. WE'RE WAITING FOR HER.
YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA
WAIT. I'M READY. MR. PATTERSON,
YOU HAVE THE JUDGMENT. ITEM TWO,
H.R. 117. PATTERSON NOT VOTING.
YES. ARE WE JUST WAITING FOR ONE
MORE? YEAH. I THINK. SO I TRIED
TO TALK TO YOU. ABOUT. THAT'S
THE BALL. DON'T TRY IT. YEAH
217. OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY.
SORRY IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME.
OKAY YEAH. HE PLAYS. HE'S
PLAYING RIGHT GUARD. STARTING
BACK AT HIM. YES. IT'S A MUTUAL
PASS. OH, NO. THAT WAS MY
SISTER. I'M LISTENING. TRY THE
REST OF THIS ONE. QUIET PLEASE.
THERE'S TWO GUYS COMING.
ACTUALLY MICROSOFT AND AMAZON.
AND THEY WERE CEOS OF, LIKE,
SOME AMAZON AND STARBUCKS. THE
TWO I JUST HEARD ABOUT. SO THEY
GOT A WHOLE LIBRARY. WIENER.
UCBCP. WHO FOUNDED THE INDUSTRY
OR FOUNDED D¯ÚI LEGISLATURA
STARBUCKS. STARBUCKS. SO WHAT HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THE THING I
LOVE ABOUT. CARILLO CHAVEZ.
LET'S DO SOME OF OUR SHOW. THANK
YOU. SO HE WAS TALKING OAN
RAIMES. HE WAS KIND OF HE WAS
TRYING TO BUY HULU FROM
STARBUCKS AND BUY IT AND SOME
OTHER COMPANY.
VÚI WOULD WE WOULD. CALL PIMCO'S
SAY THAT AGAIN. THAT WAS THE
FIRST TIME HE SAID IT. OH. THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT. I GOTTA GET MY
LANGUAGE. SO HE HAD TO STEP OUT.
SO I'M MAKING SURE WE RECORD
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU I
APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO
FILE ITEM ONE AB 672 BAUER-KAHAN
HØI BAUER-KAHAN. I THINK THE
BILL WAS OF BAUER-KAHAN BILL.
I'M LIKE, NO, IT'S NOT. THIS
BILL PASSES. OH, I SHOULD GET IT
OUT OF THERE. IF IT PASSES AND
GOES, WHERE DOES IT GO? THAT'S A
RECOMMEND CONCURRENCE. SO IT NOW
GOES TO THE FLOOR. OKAY. NOW TO
THE FLOOR H.R. 117 BAUER-KAHAN.
HI. BAUER-KAHAN. AYE 117 PASSES
AND ON TO THE FLOOR. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SARAH. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE
IT. YEAH. I TAKE CARE. ALL
RIGHT, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. OKAY, SO.
GAVEL DOWN. THIS HEARING IS
ADJOURNED. DID YOU HAVE THAT
CHANCE? THANK YOU. MA'AM. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE
WELCOME. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. OKAY. A WELL-OILED MACHINE