Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations

You. We do not have a quorum, but we're going to start as a Subcommitee. So I am going to make some announcements. We're ready, right? We're up? Good. The Senate continues to welcome the public in person, and we have a ginormous crowd here today. I see maybe 10 people. For individuals wishing to provide public comment through the teleconference line, the participant number is 877-226-8163. Again, the conference line is 877-226-8163 and the access code is 694-8930. The access code is 694-8930.

We're holding our Committee hearing in the Oath Street Building, and obviously, we want Members to come down so we can establish a quorum and formally conduct our business. Let's see what else we got going on here. We have 90 bills on the agenda today to all our suspense candidates, so there are no do passes this morning. We have three measures listed in the daily file, but we will not be heard because they will be sent directly to the Senate Floor pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

These are SB 386, Newman, SB 636, Cortese, SB 756. Laird are going right to the floor, not passing Go. Before we begin hearing testimony, we do not have a quorum, so we're going to skip that part. And so I want to remind everyone, all of our witnesses, to limit their testimony to fiscal aspects of the Bill and to refrain from repeating prior testimony. We may limit testimony at some point. We have a big number of folks, but I don't see that right now.

And the Department of Finance has notified the Committee today to not have any files on any of the bills today. So we will not be hearing from the Department of Finance. I think they got intimidated by the trivia questions last year, and maybe that's keeping them away from us. We are going to, again, start as a Subcommitee. We have two Members present. Thank you, Mr. Seyarto, for being on time, as always.

And before we begin, Mr. McKayley, do you know what year California surpassed New York to be the most populous state? 1962. California surpassed New York to be the most populous state. All right, with that, we'll go to SB 9, Cortese: Raising the age for extended foster care. It is a suspense candidate. The good author has waived presentation. We'll open up the public hearing right here with anybody who wishes to speak in favor, come on forward. There is nobody rushing in the microphone.

So we'll go to opposition of SB 9. Seeing no opposition, we'll open up the phone line. Moderator please open up the phone line with SB 9, for or against.

If you'd like to speak in support of or against, please press one followed by zero at this time. And one moment, please, for our first queue. And first we'll go to line number 14. Please go ahead.

Good morning. Rebecca Gonzales with the National Association of Social Workers California Chapter in support.

And if there is any other support or would like to speak against, please press one and zero at this time. And there are no further lines in queue at this time.

All right, we have taken for and against testimony. I see no comments from my colleagues. We'll move on to SB 433. Since we don't have a quorum, we'll come back to SB 9. SB. 433, Cortese, classified school and community college employees hearings bill. It is a suspense candidate. The authors waive presentation. We'll go right to the public comment for anyone wishing to speak out in favor of SB 433. Seeing no one coming to the microphone, we'll go to opposition of 433.

Seeing no one coming to the microphone, we will go to the phone line. Moderator, please queue up anyone who wants to share with us on this fine Monday morning comments on SB 433.

If you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And we currently have no lines in queue.

All right, no one is gracing us with comment on 433. None of my colleagues have a question, so we'll move on to SB 745, Cortese on Drought Resistant Buildings Act. It is a suspense candidate. The authors waive of presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here. And there is nobody at the microphone. We'll go to opposition. There's nobody moving towards us. We'll go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 745.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And once again, at this time, there are no lines in queue.

All right, there's no questions from my colleagues, so we will go right to Senator Umberg has, SB 22 on courts remote proceedings. It's a suspense candidate. We'll take support testimony. We have no support testimony. We will take opposition testimony. We have no opposition testimony. We will go to the phone line, Moderator.

And again, if you'd like to speak in support or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And once again, there are no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition, SB 22. We'll move on to SB 71 on, Umberg, on jurisdiction, small claims, limited civil cases, and it is a suspense candidate. We'll open up the public, and the authors waive presentation. We'll open up the public hearing. Kimmelshue thought he was coming to the microphone but decided against it. We'll see if there's anyone opposed to this bill, SB 71. There's nobody opposed to it. So we'll go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 71.

And please press one, then zero at this time. Showing no lines in queue at this time.

No lines in the queue. So we will move on from SB 71. SB 758, SB 7058, Umberg, on firearms, suspense candidate, the authors waive presentation. And here's a question. Does San Francisco have more people, more children, or more dogs in the City of San Francisco? Dogs. This is true. There's 150,000 dogs and 115,000 children in San Francisco. Isn't that amazing?

They do, like, a point and count time for the dog. There's a lot of stray dogs.

I'm just saying. I don't know whether they're strays or not, but there's 150,000. So it says actually, there's 115,000 children and between 120 to 150,000 dogs. Who knew? Who knew? All right, we'll keep going. We'll go to Senator Durazo has SB 27. I'm sorry? Oh, we didn't do testimony on 758. See, I was preoccupied with dogs. Is there anyone who wants to speak out in favor of 758? Seeing no rush to the microphone. Anybody speaking out against 758? Seeing no rush to the microphone. Moderator, enlighten us with for or against people on 758.

If you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press 1 then 0 at this time. And, once again, showing no lines in queue.

No lines in the queue. We'll move on to SB 27 by Senator Durazo on University of California vendors. The good Senator has waived presentation, and it's a suspense candidate. We'll open up the public hearing. And there's nobody coming to enlighten us on SB 27, for. Any opposition to SB 27? No. Moderator, is there anyone on the phone line that wants to speak in for or opposed to SB 27?

If you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one to zero at this time. And, once again, showing no line in queue.

All right, having no one gracing us with testimony on 27, we will move to SB 227 by Senator Durazo, Unemployment Excluded Workers Program. It is a suspense candidate. The good authors waive presentation. We'll open up the public comment. And there's nobody coming to speak to us on this bill. We'll go to opposition on 227. There's nobody here. Moderator, anyone on the phone line for or against 227?

If you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero on your phone at this time. And, once again, showing no lines in queue.

All right, we have nobody who wants to speak on 227. There's no comments from my colleagues, so we'll move on SB 415 on air quality. It's also Senator Durazo. The authors waive presentation, and it's a suspense candidate. We'll open up public testimony with nobody coming to share support. Anyone coming to share opposition? Seeing none. We will go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 415.

And if you'd like to speak in support or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And, once again, showing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition opportunities for 415, and we've received none. So we will move on to SB 424, California Children's Services Program. Senator Durazo has waived presentation. It's a suspense candidate. We'll open up public hearing with nobody coming to grace us with support positions, and there's no opposition. So we will go to the phone line to see if anyone wants to join this conversation on SB 424.

And, once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And, once again, seeing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition. 424 receive none. My colleagues have no questions. We'll move on SB 525. Senator Durazo on the minimum wage. It is a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation will open up public hearing. And it looks like we know why you're all here. So support for SB 525 they all sat down when I said support. All right, now let's go to opposition for SB 525. Mr. Chairman.

Senators. Thank you. Kurt Kimmelshu, on behalf of the California Dialysis Council, opposed to SB 525 for its negative impact to patient access to care and would cost our community approximately one hundred million in the first year of implementation and nearly 500 million across the next four years. Respectfully opposed.

Thanks. All right.

Good morning, chair, Members of the Committee, I'll be brief. Ronnie Berdigo, here on behalf of the California Hospital Association and a broad coalition of healthcare providers in strong opposition to SB 525. To be clear, healthcare providers respect the critical role of healthcare workers and go to great length to reward and support our workers. Conservatively, SB 525 will cost public and private healthcare providers $8 billion per year, with the cost rising to more than $10 billion per year by 2030.

Additionally, SB 525 will cost state and local government $4.8 billion per year, with those costs rising over time. While our healthcare system is facing serious financial difficulties and state and local governments are facing massive deficits, we simply cannot afford SB 525.

Thank you. Thank you. So we will call those, your two primary witnesses, and if everyone else could limit their testimony, to name organization and your position. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman Member Sarah Bridge on behalf of the Association of California Healthcare Districts and respectfully opposed. Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Chair and Members, Connie Delgado, on behalf of the District Hospital Leadership Forum, the 33 District and municipal hospitals in opposition.

Mr. Chair and Members Peter Kellison, on behalf of the California Association for Health Services at Home, which represents home health agencies and the California Assisted Living Association, which represents Rcfes. Respectfully opposed.

Megan Loper on behalf of the United Hospital Association. In opposition. Hi, Mr. Chair. Members Darby Kernan for Leading Age California in opposition. Thank you. Good morning. Sarah De Kett, on behalf of the Rural County Representatives of California, the urban counties of California, and the California State Association of Counties in respectful opposition.

Good morning, Mr. Chair and Members. Dennis Cuevas Romero, here on behalf of the California Health Plus Advocates, the Advocate affiliate of the community health centers in the State of California. And we're opposed unless amended. Thank you. Seeing no other opposition in this room, we'll go to the phone line moderator, please queue up anyone who wants to speak either in favor of or opposed to SB 525.

If you'd like to speak in favor of or an opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And first we'll go to line number 29.

Hello? Can you hear me? Yes, we can.

Okay, wonderful.

My name is Victor Rayes. I'm here on behalf of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association. We strongly oppose SB 525. Thank you.

And next we'll go to line number 26. Please. Go ahead, Mr.

Chair, Members of the Committee, Brandon Marti with the California Medical Association in opposition.

And next we'll go to line number 30.

Good morning. Yvonne Chung with the California Association of Health Facilities, representing skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for the development disabled. We are opposed unless amended. Thank you.

And there are currently no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition. I see no questions from my colleagues, so we will move on to our next bill, which is SB 655. Senator Durazo on victim compensation. It's also a suspense candidate and authors waive presentation. We will open up the public comment right here in this room with nobody coming to the microphone for support. Any opposition? There's no opposition. We'll go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 655.

If you'd like to speak in opposition or support, please press one, then zero at this time. And currently seeing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition. We have no questions or comments. So without objection, 655 will go to suspense.

I'm sorry. I got ahead of myself. We will go on to our next bill, SB 763, which is criminal Records Durazo. She's waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment with support for 763. On criminal records. There's no one here to speak in favor. Any opposition? There's no opposition. We will go to the phone line of SB 763.

Once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken our opportunity for support and opposition is 763. We've received none. My colleagues have raised no questions. We will move on to 799 on prison inmate visitation. It's a suspense candidate. The authors waive presentation. We'll open up public comment here on 799, seeing no one come to the podium in favor, any opposition to 799? There's no opposition. Moderator please open up the phone line for support or opposition to SB 799.

And again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, seeing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition for 799. We've received none. And I see no questions, so we'll move on to our next bill, SB 28. Senator Glazer, education, finance, school facilities. We will open up public comment, there's no public comment here. In support. Any opposition? There's no opposition. Moderator anyone on the phone line willing to speak out in favor or opposed SB 28?

If you're willing to speak out in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, we do have no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition for 28. We have no questions from my colleagues. We will move on to SB 597. Building standards, rainwater catchment systems. It is a suspense candidate. Senators waive presentation. Will open up public comment right here in this room with no rush to the microphone, either for any opposition on 597. Seeing none, we'll go to the phone line for support or opposition to SB 597.

If you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, showing no lines queued up.

All right, we've taken support and opposition SB 597. No comments from my colleagues. We now have a quorum, so, Madam Secretary, if you could call the role so we could establish a quorum.

[Roll Call]

We have a quorum, so we are going to go back to the beginning of our agenda, beginning with SB 9, and without objection, SB 9 will go to suspense. Then we're going to go to SB 433 and seeing no objection, without objection, SB 433 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 745 Cortese without objection, SB 745 will go to suspense. Going on to SB 22, Umberg, without objection, SB 22 will go to suspense.

Moving on to, SB 71, Umberg, without objection, SB 71 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 758, Umberg, without objection, that will go to suspense. SB 27, Durazo, without objection, SB 27 will go to suspense. Moving on to, SB 227 Durazo without objection, SB 227 will go to suspense. Moving on to, SB 415, Durazo, without objection, that will go to suspense. Moving on to, SB 424 Durazo, and without objection, that will move to suspense.

SB 525 Durazo, without objection, that will move to suspense. Moving on to, SB 655 Durazo, without objection, that will move to suspense. Moving on to, SB 763 Durazo, without objection, that will go to suspense. Moving on to, SB 799 Durazo, without objection, that will move to suspense. SB 28 Glazer, without objection, that will move to suspense. SB 597 Glazer, without objection, that will move to suspense.

So that brings us back to SB 773 Glazer on CalWORKS, homeless assistance. It is a suspense candidate. The authors waive presentation. Will open up the public hearing right here in this room with no one rushing to the microphone. So we'll go to opposition testimony on SB 773. We've looked out for support and opposition. We've seen none. We will go to the phone line for SB 773.

And if you'd like to speak in opposition to or in support of, please press one, then zero at this time, and once again showing no lines in queue.

All right. We've taken support and opposition to Senate Bill 773 and seeing no questions from my colleagues without objection, SB 773 will move to suspense. Moving on to SB 843 Glazer on factual innocence. It's a suspense candidate. The authors waive presentation. We'll open up comment right here in room 2200 with nobody coming to grace us with their for testimony. How about opposition? We have no opposition. We'll go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 843.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero on your touchtone phone. And there are currently no lines in queue.

There are no lines in queue. There are no questions from my colleagues, so without objection, SB 843 will go to suspense.

Who knows what the highest point in the lower 48 states is in California? Anybody know what the highest point in the 48 states is? You got it right. What did you say? Mount Whitney. Whitney. Mckinley is Alaska. Mount Whitney. Whitney. There you go. Just testing to see if you're paying attention, Dr. Jones. All right. And the lowest point in the United States is death Valley. I think they're less than 100 miles apart from each other. They are. See that? Look at that.

All right, Senator Skinner. SB 36, out of state criminal charges. It is a suspense candidate. The Senators waive presentation. We will open up and for all of you who joined us late, the Department of Finance does not have a file on any of our bills, so that's why we're skipping them. SB 36 will open up public comment in favor, seeing no one come to grace us in favor. Is there any opposition? There's no opposition. Moderator, queue up anyone on the phone line with for or opposing views of SB 36.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again showing no lines in queue.

No lines in queue, no comments from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 36 will move to suspense. SB 348, Senator Skinner on pupil meals. It is a suspense candidate. The office wave presentation will open up public comment right here in this room, with no rush to the microphone, seeing any opposition to SB 348. So no support nor opposition in this room. Moderator, please queue up the phone line. Are you here on this Bill, Andrew? All right, you made it. Come on up. Mr.

Chair Members, Andrew Antwi on behalf of the office of Kat Taylor, in support of SB 348

Skinner thank you, sir. All right. Moderator, please queue up anyone on the phone line in support or opposition of SB 348.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And we'll first go to line number 31. Please go ahead, 31.

Yes. Hi. My name is Gabby Davidson with the California Association of Food Banks in strong support of SB 348. Thank you.

And we'll next go to line number 40. Please go ahead.

Hi, chair Members, Andrew Shane from Grace and Shell Poverty, California, in support and.

With that, there are no further lines in queue.

All right? And just for the record, we often up for support or opposition in this room.

My apologies. We do have another one.

All right, take them.

We have line number 14 I'm sorry.

Rebecca Gonzalez, National Association of Social Workers, California chapter and support.

And with that, there are no further lines in queue.

All right. We've taken support and opposition on multiple occasions for SB 348. We have no comments from my colleagues, so we will move that Bill. Without objection, SB 348 goes to suspense. Senator Laird has SB 38 on battery energy storage facilities. It's a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation and we will go to support testimony for SB 38. We have none. We will go to opposition testimony of SB 38. We have none. We will go to the phone line.

Moderator, tell us if there's anyone there wanting to speak on SB 38.

And once again, if you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero. At this time and currently, there are no lines in queue.

We have no lines in queue. We have no questions from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 38 will move to suspense. SB 48, Senator Becker building energy Savings accounts. It's a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation. We will open up the public comment right here in this room, and there's nobody coming to the microphone to speak in favor of SB 48. Do we have any opposition? SB 48, we have no opposition. Let's open up the phone line on SB 48.

Once again, if you'd like to speak in opposition to or in support of, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And once again, currently, there are no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition of SB 48. Without objection, SB 48 will go to suspense. True or false, does California have the youngest median age in this country or not?

I would say no.

We are actually younger than every other state by a year and a half. California's median age is 37. Rest of the country is 38.5. Who knew? That's why you tune into the Senate Appropriations Committee, so you can do well at Trivial Pursuit the next time you are at a party, right? The only reason why to tune it no, there might be other reasons. Okay, moving on to SB 308. Becker on carbon dioxide removal. It is a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation.

We'll open up the public comment right here in this room. There's nobody coming in the microphone to talk about SB 308 for any opposition. No. Let's go to the phone line on SB 308.

Becker and once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero. And we are showing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition SB 308. We have no comments from my colleagues, so that Bill will move to suspense. Without objection, SB 721 Becker California Interagency AI Working Group it's a mouthful is our Bill, and we will take public testimony and support, and we have no one at the microphone here to support it. Do we have anyone who wants to oppose it? We have no one here opposing it. So we'll go to the microphones or the phone line on SB 721.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, we show no lines in queue.

No lines in queue on SB 721. No questions from the dais. So, without objection, SB 721 will move to suspense. SB 70. Senator Wiener on prescription drug coverage. It's a suspense candidate. The author's way presentation will open up public comment with anybody wishing to speak in favor of SB 70.

James Michael Paulo asks me California in support.

All right, thank you. Any opposition or any more support? No more support. Any opposition. SB 70, seeing none, will go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 70.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero. And we'll first go to line number 39. Please go ahead. Thank you, Ryan Spencer, on behalf of.

The sponsor of the measure Crohn's and Colitis Foundation and Support.

And we have one more queued up one moment here. And next we'll go to line number 42. Hi, good morning. Kevin Hamilton from Central California Asthma Collaborative in support. And at this time, there are no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition. SB 70 we have no questions or comments from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 70 will go to suspense. SB 253. Senator Wiener on climate corporate data accountability act. It is a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment on SB two, five, three with support. We have no one here supporting it. Do we have any opposition in this room? We have no opposition.

Moderator, we will go to the phone line and see if there's anyone who wants to grace us with comments on two, 53.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition two, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And once again showing no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. No questions. So, without objection, SB 253 will go to suspense. SB 770. Senator Wiener on healthcare unified healthcare financing. It is a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation. We will open up the public comment in support of SB 770, seeing no one come to the microphone in support. Do we have any opposition to SB 770? We have no opposition. So, moderator, queue up the phone line for support or opposition. SB 770, thank you.

And once again, if you wish to ask or if you wish to speak in support or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. One moment, please. Thank.

It's. Ryan. All right. And this next one is line number 15. Please go ahead.

Hi, my name is Carolyn Bowden representing Healthy California Now, and we are a proud sponsor of SB 770 here in support.

Back into the main. And with that, there are no further lines in Q.

All right, we've taken support and opposition opportunities on SB 770. Without other questions or comments from my colleagues, SB 770 will go to suspense. Should we do, Senator? Sierrato's bills. Jones should we do these next two? What do you think? That's passive. Pass on them. Just skip over them. Pass on no.

Pass them out.

No, we're not going to do that. All right, we've got SB 73. Our good Senators waive presentation on SB 73. Seyarto employment policy, voluntary veterans preferences. It's a suspense candidate. And look at that. We have somebody at the microphone. We're going to open up the public hearing.

Good morning.

Trace us. Good morning, Mr. Chair. Chris McKaylee on behalf of Sherm, the society human resource management, as well as our State Council, Cal sherm in strong support of SB 73. Thank you. A ll right, any other support for SB 73? Seeing no other support, any opposition, SB 73 in this room, seeing none, moderator will go to the phone line for support or opposition.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition two, please press one, followed by the zero. At this time and currently showing no lines in queue. Microphone.

All right, we've taken the opportunity for support and opposition of SB 73. We have no comments from the dais, so without objection, SB 73 will move to suspense. Moving on to SB 613 by Senator Seyarto, who the good Senator has waived presentation. It's a suspense candidate. We'll open up public comment. This is on organic waste. With anyone here wishing to speak in favor of SB 673. We have nobody coming to the microphone to support. Do we have any opposition to SB 613?

Seeing no opposition, moderator will open up the phone line. Anyone in support or opposition to 613, now is your time.

Any place to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And once again showing no lines, queued up.

All right, we've taken support and opposition of 613. We've received none. And so, without questions or objections from my colleague, without objection, SB 613 will go to suspense. Moving on, SB 224 by Senator Hurtado. Agricultural land, foreign ownership and interest. It's a suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation. And so, we will open up the public comment right here in this room with nobody speaking out in favor. Any opposition to SB 224?

Seeing nobody coming to the microphone, moderator, please open up the phone line for SB 224.

Of course. And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And we'll first go to line number 42. Please go ahead. They've removed their self from queue and they're back. One moment. Line 42, please go ahead. Sorry, I got a little confused there.

Happens to me all the time.

Central California Asthma Collaborative. Tangent support of Senator Hurtado 224.

And with that, there are no further lines. Thank you.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to SB 224. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues. Without objection, 224 will go to suspense. SB 231 Hurtado on water measurement. It's a suspense candidate. The author's way of presentation will open up the public comment right here in room 2200 for support of 231. Seeing nobody elbowing to get to that microphone behind the glass window, we will go to opposition. No one is elbowing to get to the microphone either.

On opposition to 231, we will open up the phone line for support or opposition to 231.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in opposition or support, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And first we'll go to line number 42. Hi, Kevin Hamilton again, Executive Director, Central California ask collaborative. And next we'll go to line number 48.

Andrea Rivera, on behalf of the California Panasonic Health Network. In support.

And with that, there are no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 231. We've received no questions or comments from my colleagues, so without objection, 231 will go to suspense. SB 262 Hurtado, California Farm Workers Drought and Flood Resiliency Pilot Project It's a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation. We will open up the public comment right here in this room to see if anyone wants to speak out in support of 262. There is no one here supporting it. Is there anyone here opposing it?

There is none. Let's go to the phone line support or opposition to 262, and if you'd.

Like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero. And once again, there are no lines in queue.

There are no lines in queue for 262. There are no questions from the data. So without objection, 262 will move to suspense. SB 315, Hertado on groundwater. It is a suspense candidate. The author's way of presentation will open up the public comment right here in this room with seeing anyone who wants to speak out in favor of 315. We have received nobody at the microphone. How about opposition, the 315? No one is at the microphone.

So, moderator, please go to the phone line and let us know if there's anyone who wants to speak out in favor or opposed to 315.

If you'd like to speak in favor of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero. At this time. And currently, we have no lines in queue.

We have no lines in queue on 315. We have no questions at the daiss. So, without objection, SB 315 will go to suspense. Senator Ashby.

Let me guess the question. What's the best NBA team in the history of the NBA to not make it to the playoffs and win? You know the answer.

The Sacramento Kings.

Yes. That's the way.

There we go. Did you watch the game last night?

Yes. Painfully torturously.

And you're not buying any what was it? He had 50 points from Golden.

Yeah, he did great. He did great. But Sacramento always plays two teams.

Welcome to basketball. Yes.

I've been there a minute, but, yeah.

I feel your pain.

That wasn't the question.

Wasn't the question.

oh, man.

But it was a good question. How many earthquakes are in California per year?

Too many.

Too many? Yeah. Is it over or under 5000?

Oh, my gosh. Really? It's probably over. But that's crazy.

It is over. We have an estimated 10,000 earthquakes every three minutes. California has a measurable earthquake somewhere in California. Did you know that? Every three minutes. I did not know that.

That's really a lot.

That is a lot. 10,000. And to put it in perspective, since 2008, that's 1.81 million earthquakes between 2008 and 2017. Anyway, that's a lot of earthquakes. A lot of shaking. All right, we will move on to SB 472. We did 315. 472 on Pupil Health. Senator Hurtado it is a suspense candidate. The authors waive presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in this room. We have no one will go to opposition.

We have no one will go to the phone line. Anybody wants to grace us with support or opposition of 472?

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And once again, not showing any lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition to SB 472. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues, so without objection, 472 will go to suspense. SB 628, Hurtado state healthy food access policy. The good author's way presentation will open up the public comment right here in this room for support for 628. We have nobody gracing us with support. Any opposition to 628? No one there.

Moderator is there anyone on the phone line who would like to speak to us on SB 628?

And if you'd like to speak in opposition to or in support of, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And once again showing no lines queued up at this time.

No lines queued up. No questions from the Deus. Without objection, SB 628 will go to suspense. SB 697 is our next Bill from Senator Hurtado on Value of Care review. It is a suspense candidate. The Author's Way presentation will open up the public comment right here. In this room. For testimony in support of 697, we have none. Let's go to opposition. Of 697. We have no opposition. How about we go to the phone line?

If you'd like to speak in opposition to or in support of, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

We have nobody in the queue. We have no questions from my colleagues. And so, without objection, SB 697 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 234 by Senator Portantino on Opioid Antagonists. That word gets me every time in schools, colleges, and campuses. I should have just said Narcan. SB two, three, four. I've waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment. There's nobody here in support.

Any opposition to two, three, four, seeing no opposition, moderator, please open up the phone line for SB two, three, four.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And we'll first go to line number 49. Please go ahead. Good morning, chair Members. Sam Nashir with the Los Angeles County Office of Education and Support. Thank you. And at this time, there are no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition in this room. We've taken support and opposition on the phone line. We have no questions or comments from the colleagues. Without objection, SB234 will go to suspense. SB 509 also by Portantino school employee and pupil training youth mental health It is a suspense. Candidate. I've waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in room 2200 for support. Seeing no support, seeing no opposition, come to the microphone.

Moderator, please open up the phone line for support or opposition to 509.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press 1 and 0 at this time. And once again, we're showing no lines.

In queue, no support or opposition to 509. No questions from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 509 will go to suspense. Moving on to 640. Portantino, California State University food service contracts. It is a suspense. Candidate. I've waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in room 2200, with no support and no opposition. Moderators or anyone on the phone line wishing to speak out in favor or opposed to 640.

If you wish to speak out in support or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, we're showing no lines in queue at this time.

All right, we've taken support in opposition. We have no questions from my colleagues. Without objection, 640 will go to suspense. Moving on to 671 by Portantino School Safety Plans. It is a suspense candidate. I've waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment in favor of 671 with no one here. How about opposition? There's no one here. Moderator, tell us if there's anyone on the phone line supporting or opposing. 671 if you'd like to speak out.

In support or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. No questions or comments from my colleagues without objection. 671 we go to suspense. Moving on to SB 248 by Senator Newman on the Political Reform Act of 1974. It is a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation will open up the public comment and there's no one here to speak in favor of it. How about any opposition to 248? Seeing none. Moderators anyone on the phone line supporting or opposing SB two, four, eight and.

Once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 248. We will see if there's comments. There are none. So without objection, SB 248 will go to suspense. SB 501, Senator Newman Retail Hydrogen Refueling Stations. It's a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation will open up the public comment in room 2200 to see if there's anyone who wants to talk to us about hydrogen. There is nobody in favor. Anybody opposing? There's no one opposing?

We'll go to the phone line is there anyone on the phone line wishing to support or oppose SB 501?

Once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And we will go to the line number 27. Please go ahead.

Good morning, this is Rachel Mueller with the Vitamin Group on behalf of Air Product in support.

And with that, there are no further lines. Thank you.

All right, we've taken support and opposition SB 501. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 501 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 760 by Senator Newman on school facilities, all gender restrooms. It's a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation. We will open up the public comment right here in this room with nobody coming to the microphone to speak. We will go to opposition to SB 760.

There's nobody here to oppose, so we'll go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 760.

Moderator and if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And we are showing no lines in queue at this time.

All right, we've taken support in opposition of SB 760. I have no comments from my colleagues. Without objection. SB 760 will go to suspense. We'll move on. SB 252. Senator Gonzalez Public Retirement Systems Fossil Fuel Divestment. It's a suspense candidate. The author's way. Presentation. We'll open up the public comment with support. James Michael Paula with ask me in support. Any other support any opposition.

Sarah Duquette, on behalf of the rural county, representatives of California, the California Special District Association, and the League of California Cities in opposition were concerned with the transaction costs. And ultimately, employers and employees would bear the investment loss and the transaction loss through increased contribution rates. Thank you.

Thank you. We'll go to the vote. There's no one else here for supporting or opposing. We'll go to the phone line on SB 25, two, and if you'd.

Like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And first we'll go to line number 42. Please go ahead. Kevin Hamilton, son of California Asthma Collaborative. And next we'll go to line number 37. Please go ahead.

Joyce Olin Martinez Wade. With the California State Teachers Retirement System in opposition.

And next we go to line number 46.

Good morning, this is Peggy Bernardi on behalf of the California State Strong Indivisible Coalition of over 80 local indivisible groups representing over 100,000 activists. And, coincidentally, I am a recipient of CalPERS benefits. And we are in strong support of 252. Thank you.

And with that, there are no further lines. Thank you.

All right, no questions from my colleagues. Without objection. SB 252, we'll go to suspense. SB 769 Gonzalez Local government, fiscal and financial training. It's a suspense candidate, the author has waived presentation. We'll open up public comment right here in this room to see if anybody wants to speak on 769. And there's nobody in favor. Any opposition moderator? Anybody on the phone line opposed or supported? Seven, six, nine.

And again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero. At this time. It and once again, we're showing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 769. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues. Without objection, 769 will go to suspense. That is the halfway point of our agenda. We're moving on to SB 302. Senator Stern Compassionate access to medical cannabis. It's a suspense candidate, the author has waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in this room for support of 302, seeing none. How about opposition of 302, seeing none.

How about we go to the phone line, see if there's anybody who wants to support or oppose SB 302, please.

Press one, then zero. At this time. It and once again, we show we have no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. No questions from my colleagues. Without objection. SB 302 will go to suspense. SB 717 by Senator Stern, County Mental Health Services. It's a suspense candidate, the author has waived presentation. So we will go to the room to see if anybody wants to speak out in favor of 717, seeing none. Anyone oppose 717, seeing none. We'll go to the microphone or excuse me, the phone lines for support or opposition of SB 717 and if you'd.

Like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero. And once again, we have no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 717 and we have no questions from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 717 will go to suspense. SB 779. Senator Stern Primary care clinic data monetization act as a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here with we have a speaker? Yes, James Moncapalo with Ask Me California, in support. Any other supporters. James has been a solo act for the last couple. All right, thank you. Any opposition?

Seeing no opposition, we'll go to the phone lines for support or opposition to seven, seven, nine and please press one.

Then zero at this time. And we will go to line number 42. Please go ahead. Hi. Kevin Hamilton, Executive Director of Central California Asthma Collaborative. For far too long, we haven't been able to have access to the frequency of use of very sick people with primary care and the cost associated with that almost mystical, it still gives us a chance to bring that particular into real world.

Thank you.

And with that, there are no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition for 779. My colleagues have no comments or questions, so without objection, seven, 79 will go to suspense. SB 313. Senator Dodd, Department of Technology Office of Artificial Intelligence. I must made a bad joke about politicians and artificial intelligence, but I won't make that joke. I'll just keep it inside. Anyway, it leaked out a little. So we will go to support as the good Senator.

has waived presentation, we will open up the public testimony with support of SB 313. We have nobody at the microphone in support. Any opposition? SB 313, we have no opposition. How about we go to the phone line to see if there's anyone out there who wants to support or oppose SB 313?

If you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. Hello, and currently we show no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 313. We have no questions or comments from the DEA. So without objection, 313 will go to suspense. SB 318, Ochoa Bo 211. Information and referral network. It's a suspense candidate. The good authors. Wave presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in room 2200 to see if there's anyone who wants to speak out in support. Seeing no support, how about seeing no opposition? We will go to the phone line for support or opposition of 318.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time.

No lines in queue. No questions from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 318 will go to suspense. In 1947, Castroville had an artichoke queen. It was the first artichoke queen. California. Born in Castroville in 1947. Does anybody know who that first artichoke queen was? Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was the first artichoke queen. How about that? Anyway, moving on, SB 730 you all needed to know that, didn't you? Now your life is complete. And was she Marilyn Monroe at that time, or Norma Jean?

She was Norma Jean at the time. All right, moving on to SB 730. Ochoa Bogh, Home Care, AIDS. It's a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation. We'll open up the public testimony in support. Seeing no support, we'll open up for opposition. Seeing no opposition, we'll go to the phone line for support or opposition of 730.

And once again, if you wish to speak in opposition or in support of, please press one, then zero at this time. And at this time, there are no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition for SB 730. We have no questions from my colleagues, so without objection, 730 will move to the suspense file. Moving on to SB. 344. Rubio Kenmatty. California Cancer Registry. It's a suspense candidate. The author's waive presentation, and we will open up the public testimony and support for three, four, four. We have no testimony in support do we have any opposition to three, four, four?

We have no opposition how about we go to the phone line to see if there's anyone who wants to talk about SB 344 this fine Monday morning?

Once again, if you like to speak in support of or in opposition two, please press one to zero at this time. And we will go to line number 55. Please go ahead.

Chair members smith, on behalf of the American Cancer Society cancer Action Network. Is a proud co sponsor for SB 344.

And at this time, there are no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 344. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues, so without objection 344, we'll move to the suspense file, SB. 558 by Senator Rubio. Crimes childhood, childhood sexual abuse. It's a suspense candidate. The author's waive presentation. We'll open up the public testimony with support. Testimony we have no one at the microphone in support. We have anyone in this room opposed to SB 558. We have nobody coming up to oppose it.

Moderator, please open up the phone line to hear if anyone wants to talk about SB 558.

Once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time.

Did you text everybody?

And currently we have no lines in queue.

We have no lines in queue. We have no questions from my colleagues. Without objection, 558 will go to suspense. SB 356 by Senator Archuleta housing code Enforcement and Senate program. It is a suspense candidate. The good Senator has waived presentation. We will open up public comment right in this room. For SB 356, we have none. We will go none. Support. How about opposition to 356? We have no opposition. Moderator is there anyone on the phone line that would like to tell us about 356?

Because we want to hear and once.

Again, if you'd like to speak in opposition or in support of, please press one, then zero at this time. And we have no lines in queue at this time.

We have no lines in queue. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues, so without objection, SB 356 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 726. Archuleta property taxation exemption, disabled veteran homeowners tax levy. It is a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation. We will open up the public comment in room 2200 on 726. We see nobody at the microphone in support of 726. We have any opposition to 726. We have no opposition to 726.

Moderator queue up the phone line.

And once again, if you'd wish to ask or if you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And we are showing no lines in queue at this time.

We've taken support opposition, and we've gone to the phone line and we've received no input. And we have no questions or comments from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 726 will go to suspense. SB 757 Archuleta on railroads. It's a suspense candidate. We have Eddie's wave. Presentation and we have a supporter. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Committee Members, Louis Costa with the sheet metal, air, rail and transportation workers Smart Transportation Division in support.

Thank you. Thank you, sir. Any other support for 757? Seeing no other support, how about opposition to 757? Seeing no opposition to 757, how about we go to the phone line.

Once again, if you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. It and we currently have no lines in queue.

No lines in queue, no questions or comments from my colleagues. So without objection, SB 757 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 372 by Senator Menjivar. The good Senator has waived presentation. It's a suspense candidate. It is on the Department of Consumer Affairs. We do have folks, we're going to open up to public comment in support. James Michael Paulo with AskMe California in support.

Good morning, Samayana Hara, on behalf of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist, one of the co-sponsors of the Bill. And we're in support.

Thank you. Thank you. All right, any opposition to 372? Seeing no opposition to 372? Moderator let's go to the phone lines on 372.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to please press one, then zero at this time. And we'll first go to line number 14.

Good morning, Rebecca Gonzalez, with the National Association of Social Workers California Chapter, proud sponsor and in support of SB 372.

And next we'll go to line number 17.

Good morning. Jennifer Alley with the California Psychological Association, proud co sponsor and in support.

And lastly we'll go to line number 22.

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, Randall Hager, representing the Psychiatric Physicians Alliance of California, proud co-sponsors, obviously in support and recommending it to you. Thank you.

And with that, we have no further lines in queue.

All right, we have taken support and opposition, SB 372. We have no questions or comments from the dais, so without objection, SB 372 will move to suspense. Moving on to SB 600. Senator Menjivar, California CalFresh Minimum Benefit Adequacy Act. It's a suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation will open up the public comment right here in this room. With nobody here at the microphone in support. Any opposition to SB 600? There's no opposition. SB 600.

We'll go to the microphone for support or opposition of SB 600.

And if there was any support or opposition, please press one, then zero at this time. We'll first go to line number 23.

Good morning, chair Members, Victoria Rodriguez with Nielsen Marksmer, on behalf of the County of San Diego, in support. Thank you.

And next we'll go to line number 14.

Good morning. Rebecca Gonzalez with the National Association of Social Workers California Chapter in support.

And next we'll go to line number 31. Line 31, you are open, not hearing anything. We'll move on to line number 33. Please go ahead.

Somebody was here.

This is line 33. Good morning. Jared Call with Nourish California proud co-sponsor and support.

Thank you.

And next we'll go to line number 40. Good morning.

Andrew Shane, Grace and Child Poverty, California. Co sponsor and support.

Thank you.

And we'll try line number 31 again.

Hi, can you hear me?

You are open. Please go ahead.

Yes, hi. Gabby Davidson, California Association of Food Banks co-sponsor and support.

And next we'll go to line number 42.

Kevin Hamilton, Central California Asthma Collaborative, here in the San Joaquin Valley. Support.

And lastly we'll go to line number 57. Frank Tamborello, Director of Hunger Action LA. Co-sponsor and strong support.

And with that, there are no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition SB 600. We have no questions or comments from the dais. So without objection, SB 600 will go to suspense. Senator Ashby, what year was the Internet born? First message was sent in what year?

30 years. No, that's too early, I think. I don't know, maybe like the eighties, I was eight.

I was eight. Nineteen sixty-nine. And the first message, actually it was supposed to be login, but it's crashed and it was only lo. So it actually crashed before they could actually send the anyway, there you go. It was sent from UCLA. Somebody at UCLA. All right, moving on. SB 391. Blakespear Workers Compensation, skin cancer. The good authors waived presentation and we'll open up the public comment and support.

Good morning, Mr. Chair. Jennifer Fearing here to thank you for your prior support for giving state park rangers and wildlife officers who contract skin cancer equitable access to their workers' comp protections, and to name the support of the following organizations California Fishing Game Wardens, Supervisors and Managers Association, California statewide Law Enforcement Association, California Fishing Game Wardens Association, California Wildlife Officers Foundation, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Wildlife Federation, Oceana, the Nature Conservancy, and 24 individual active and retired California wildlife officers. Thank you.

All right, any other support? Seeing no other support? Any opposition to 391? Seeing no opposition, we'll go to the phone line moderator and if you'd like.

To speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one to zero at this time. And once again, we have no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 391. We will see if there's questions. There are none. So, without objection, 391 will go to suspense. SB 452 Blakespear on firearms. It's the suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation we'll open up the public comment for support for 452. We have no support for 452. Had any opposition? For 452. No opposition. We'll go to the phone line for support or opposition of 452.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And we'll first go to line number 50. Please go ahead.

Any offer with every town for gun safety, in-strong support. Thanks.

And next we'll go to line number 56.

Thank you. My name is Michael Finley, Director of government relations for the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

We are in strong opposition of Senate Bill 452. Thank you very much.

And with that, we have no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 452. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues. Without objection, 452 will go to suspense. Senator Wiener, I've been holding this question for you all day. California. Excuse me. There is only one National Historic Landmark that is a moving National Historic Landmark in the country.

The San Francisco cable cars.

San Francisco cable cars are the only actually moving historic landmark in the country. See, I knew you would know that.

I'll be honest, I was a little stressed out when you called my name.

We got it. See, I gave you a softball. I gave you a softball. It's all good. All right, moving on to SB 482, Senator Blakespear multifamily housing. It is a suspense candidate, the author's waived presentation. And we'll move to the public comment to see if there's anybody in support. There's nobody in support. Any opposition to SB 482? Seeing none, we'll go to the phone.

Line and once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one then zero at this time and currently we have no lines in queue.

We have no lines in queue, we have no questions from my colleagues, so without objection, SB 482 will move to suspense. SB 511 Blakespear greenhouse gas emissions it is a suspense candidate. The good Senator's Wade presentation will open up the public comment right here in room 2200. There's nobody at the microphone in support. Anyone opposed? There's no opposition. We'll go to the phone line for support or opposition.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one then zero at this time. And once again, we have no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. No questions from my colleagues. Without objection, 511 will move to suspense. SB 395 by Senator Wahab leases notice of termination or rent increase statewide database it is a suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation will open up public comment right here in room 2200 for support. Is there any support for 395? Is there any opposition to 395?

Seeing no one move and everyone looking at their cell phones, we will move to the phone line to see if there's anyone on the phone line support or opposing 395.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press One than Zero at this time and once again, we have no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. We have no objections or questions. So 395, it is actually a great photo. All of you have your head down on your phones. Every single one of you are looking on your phones. All right, without objection, SB 395 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 447 by pro-tem Atkins on gobiz it is a suspense candidate. The Pro-tem has waived. Presentation will open up the public comment in room 2200.

There's no one here to speak in favor of 447 any opposition to 447? Seeing none, we'll go to the phone line for support or opposition. SB 447 and once again.

If you wish to speak in support of or in opposition two, please press one to zero at this time.

And.

Once again, we are showing no lines.

In queue no lines in queue. No questions from my colleagues. Without objection, SB 447 will go to suspense. SB 487, also by pro tem Atkins on abortion provider protection sits a suspense candidate the author's way presentation we'll open up the public comment right here in room 2200 for support there's no support. How about opposition to 487? There's no opposition to 487. Let's queue up the phone lines for support or opposition to 487.

If you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one to zero at this time. And we'll first go to line number 39.

Bryan Spencer, on behalf of the American College of OBGYN, co sponsors on the measure in support.

And next, we'll be going to line 54.

Please. Go ahead, Mr. Chair and Members. Monica Miller on behalf of California Association of Nurse and Anesthetists in support. Thank you. And next, we'll go to line number 42. California Collaborative Support.

And with that, we have no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition for 47. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues. Without objection, 47 will go to suspense. Senator Seyarto, I'm going to give you a softball. Yes, sir. What do Disney, Tesla, Intel, HP, Gap, Ebay, Netflix, Adobe, and Yahoo all have in common? Their stocks are tremendous. There's that. they are all California companies. They all began in California. All right, moving on. Senator Min, SB 493, air pollution, alternative vehicles. It's a suspense candidate. The good Senator has waived presentation.

We'll open up the public comment right here in room 2200. There's nobody here to speak in favor. Any opposition to 493? Seeing no opposition? Moderator let's queue up the phone line for support or opposition to SB 493. And if you'd like to speak in.

Support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. And currently, we're showing no lines. Queued up.

All right, we've taken support and opposition to SB 493. We have no questions or comments from the deus, so without objection, 493 will go to suspense. SB 591 Min on California cybersecurity. It is a suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation. We will open up the public comment in this room for support. Testimony on 591 seeing none. How about opposition to 591 seeing none. We will go to the phone line for support or opposition to 591.

And if you'd like to speak in support of or not position to please press one, then zero at this time. And once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition to 591. We have no questions from the data, so without objection, 591 will go to suspense. We'll go to SB 518 by Senator Wilk on election certifications. It's a suspense candidate. Senator Wilk's waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in this room for support on 518 seeing none. How about opposition to 518 seeing none. We'll go to the phone line on SB 518.

And once again, if you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero at this time. Once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. No comments from the deus. Without objection, 518 will go to suspense. 643. Senator Wilkes school safety. It is a suspense candidate. The Senator has waived presentation will open up public comment on 643. There's nobody here to speak in support. Anybody here to speak in opposition. Seeing no opposition, how about anybody on the phone line supporting or opposing? 643.

And once again, if you'd like to speak in support of or in opposition to just press one, then zero at this time. It and once again, we're showing no lines in queue.

All right, we've got nobody in queue. We have no objections from the deais. Without objection, SB 4643 will go to suspense. SB 868 by Senator Wilk on pupil safety trauma kits. It's a suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in this room with nobody supporting SB 868. Any opposition? 868 are you coming up on this? No, they're not. All right, support and opposition in this room is done.

We'll go to the phone lines for support or opposition of SB 86.

Eight and if you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one to zero at this time. And once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. No questions from my colleagues, so SB 868 will move to the suspense file without objection. Moving on to Senator Bradford as SB 530 on exoneration compensation, it's a suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation will open up the public comment in support of SB 530. We have nobody at the microphone. How about opposition SB 530? We have nobody at the microphone. How about we go to the phone line for support or opposition of SB 530?

Once again, if you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero. And once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

No lines in queue. No questions or comments from the data, so without objection, 530 will move to suspense SB 661. Bradford on Student Athlete Bill of Rights. It's a suspense, candidate. The authors waived presentation. We will open up the public comment here in room 2200 seeing nobody coming to the microphone. How about we go to opposition? There's nobody here to speak how about we go to the phone lines for support or opposition to 66, one.

If you'd like to speak in that position or in support of, please press one, followed by the zero at this time. And once again, we are showing no lines in queue.

All right, no lines in queue on 661. No questions or comments from the data, so without objection, 661 will go to suspense. SB 873. Bradford prescription drug cost sharing. It's a suspense candidate. The authors waive presentation and we will take public testimony in support of eight, seven, three.

Good morning again, Mr. Chair and Members, Andrew Antwih on behalf of the California Access Coalition, in support of SB 873. Bradford.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, Members, my name is Fred Noteworth representing pharma. Also in support of Senate Bill 873 by Senator Bradford. Thank you.

Thank you. Any opposition? 873. Seeing none. Let's go to the phone line for support or opposition of 873.

If you'd wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one followed by the zero at this time. And first we'll go to line number 39.

Brian Spencer, on behalf of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation and the California Podiatric Medical Association, both in support.

And at this time. There are no further lines in queue.

All right, we've taken support and opposition 873. And we received no questions or concerns from the Deus. So without objection, SB 873 will go to suspense. Senator Ashby, I'll give you a softball. What do fortune cookies, Blue Jeans, Barbies, skateboards, video arcade games, nicotine patches, popsicles and Iphones all have in common?

That's your softball for me. They're all probably made in the same place. I'm going to guess.

Well, they were all invented in California.

Okay, very good.

There you go. All right. SB 548 Neilo. It's a public employee retirement, joint, county and trial court contracts. It is a suspense candidate. The good author has waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment here in this room with support. We have no one in support. How about opposition to 548? No opposition to 548. Let's go to the phone line for support or opposition to SB 858. I'm sorry, 548. I put the right line once again.

If you'd like to speak if you'd like to speak in support over an opposition to, please press one followed by the zero. At this time. And at this time, there are no lines in queue.

We've taken support and opposition in this room. We've taken support and opposition over the phone line. We have no questions or comments from the Deus. So without objection, SB 548 will go to suspense. Moving on to SB 858, Neilo, on initiative and referendum measures, it's a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation will open up the public comment right here in room 2200. There's nobody here in support. How about any opposition to 858? There's nobody here in support or opposition.

How about we go to the phone line and see if there's anyone there with nothing else that they want to do but to talk about SB 858 and grace us.

And if you wish to speak in support of or in opposition to, please press one, then zero. At this time. It and at this time, there are no lines in queue.

No lines in queue, no questions from my colleagues. So, without objection, 858 will go to suspense. I'm not going to single anyone out with this next question, but there were two presidents who were born west of them in Western United States. Two presidents have been born in the west. One in the very west. Born in Hawaii. That's one. Nixon was born in California. There you go. See that? Good job. All right, moving on to SB 583. PadilLA on Salton Sea Conservancy.

It is a Suspense candidate and he's waived presentation. It looks like we have opposition. Are you opposition? Hold on. Anybody? Support? There's no support. All right, now let's go to opposition.

Mr. Chairman, Members Oracio Gonzalez, on behalf of the Salton Sea Authority. We're a joint powers authority consisting of the Coachella Valley Water District, the Imperial Irrigation District, the County of Riverside, the County of Imperial, and the Torres Martinez desert kawea Indians. We are not formally in opposition yet.

We have formally requested that the Senator make this a two year Bill to create a little bit more space to have an honest discussion of how this proposal could potentially help the state succeed where its other efforts have failed. We're again formally asking that it be a two year Bill. So at this time, we're not formally opposed, but we are having those conversations with the Senator now.

Thank you. All right, any other opposition or Tweeners seeing none will go to the phone line for support or opposition of 583.

Thank you. If you are in support or opposition to SB 583, please press one followed by zero. One followed by zero, and nobody is queuing up.

No one is queuing up on 583. No one is leaning forward to raise a question, so without objection, 583 will go to suspense. SB 688 Padilla on Agrovoltaic Systems grant funding. It's a suspense candidate. The good Senator from San Diego has waived presentations. We'll open up the public hearing in room 2200 for support. There's no support. How about any opposition? Seeing nobody coming to the microphone?

How about we go to the phone line and see who wants to talk about Agrovoltaic Systems support or opposition?

If you are support or opposition, please press one followed by zero.

This is SB 688

And Mr. Chair, nobody is queuing out.

How about that? Let's see. Anybody from the Deus. No questions. So without objection, six, eight, eight will move to suspense. Majority Leader Mcguire has two bills before us, SB 620 on Low impact camping areas. As the Suspense candidate, the author's wave presentation, we'll open up the public comment on 620. In this room. There's nobody here for support. Any opposition? There's nobody in opposition. We'll go to the phone line, then, to see if anybody wants to talk about SB 620. Are there campus chair?

If you are in support or opposition to SB 620, please press 10 and nobody is queuing up.

All right, we've taken support and opposition of 620, and we have no questions or comments from the deus. So, without objection, 620 will move to suspense. SB 791, Mcguire post secondary education. It is a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation will open up public comment right here in room 2200 on 791. There's nobody here. Let's see if there's opposition. There's nobody here. Support or opposition in this room? How about on the phone line. Is there anybody who wants to talk about 791?

If you are in support or opposition to SB 791, please press 1-0. Nobody is queuing up.

Nobody queued up for 791. Nobody's raising their hand at the data, so without objection, 791 will go to suspense. Senator Caballero has two bills, 632 on candidate statements. It's a suspense candidate. The author's waive presentation will open up the public comment on 632. Nobody here in support. Anybody here in opposition? How about anybody on the phone line supporting or opposing 632, please take this.

Opportunity and press one followed by zero to show support or opposition to SB 632. Mr. Chair. Nobody's queuing up.

Nobody's queuing up. So without objection, SB 632 will go to suspense. Moderator not to leave you out of this, but what do Paula Abdul, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre the Doors creedon's Clearwater Revival guns and Roses beck the Red Hot Chili Peppers Tool motley Crue Green Day Rancid Blink 182 bad religion, offspring and system of a down all have.

In common I'm going to say they're from California.

See, you've been paying attention. Moderator. They're all from California. Good job.

I'm a rocker.

There you go. There you go. You sound like a Rancid fan. I can tell.

All right, Grateful Dead fan, also from California.

Grateful Dead. There you go. All right, moving on to SB 699, Caballero on Contracts and Restraint of Trade. It is a suspense candidate. The author's waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in room 2200. There's nobody here speaking in support. How about anybody opposing this Bill? Nobody's opposing it. We'll come back to you. Moderator any support or opposition to SB 69, please take this opportunity and.

Press 1 followed by 0 for SB 69. And nobody is queuing up.

Nobody is queuing up on 699. Nobody's raising their hand at the data, so without objection, 699 will go to suspense. SB 638. Senator Eggman on climate resiliency. It is a suspense candidate. The author's wave presentation will open up the phone line. Excuse me. We'll open up the public hearing in this room seeing anybody come to the microphone for support of 638. Seeing no support, how about opposition to 638? No opposition. How about we go to the phone line.

Please press one followed by zero if your support or opposition to SB 638, nobody is queuing up.

All right, we've taken support about support and opposition for 638. There's no questions from my colleagues, so without objection, that will go to suspense. We'll go to 694. Senator Eggman on medical. It is a suspense candidate. The author has waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in this room for 694 support. Andrew's making his way to the microphone. Mr.

Chair, Members, Andrew Antwi on behalf of the American Heart Association, in support of. SB 694, Eggman. Thank you.

All right, any other support? Seeing none, any opposition? 694. We'll go to the phone line. Moderator thank you.

If you are in support or opposition to SB 694, please press one followed by zero, and we will go to line 39. Please go ahead.

Thank you. Ryan Spencer on behalf of the American College of OBGYN's, district Nine, in support.

Line 42, you are open.

Kevin Hamilton, Central California Asthma Collaborative in support.

And we'll give one final reminder. Please press one followed by zero. If you're in support or opposition to Senate Bill 694 and Mr. Chair, nobody else is queuing up.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 694. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues, so without objection, 694 will go to suspense. Moving on, SB 660. Senator Alvarado-Gil, Public Employees Retirement System. It is a suspense candidate. The author's way. Presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in this room for support of 660. Seeing no support, how about opposition to 660? Seeing no opposition, how about we go to the phone line?

For support or opposition, please press 1 followed by 0. If you're support or opposition to SB 660, nobody is queuing up Mr. Chair.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 660. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues, so without objection, 660 will go to suspense. Moving on to 716. Alvarado-Gil excluded employees, binding arbitration. It's a suspense candidate. The Author's Way presentation will open up the public hearing in this room. For support, seeing no support, how about opposition to 716? No opposition. Moderator please queue up the phone line.

For support or opposition, please press one followed by zero. For support and opposition on Senate Bill 716, nobody is queuing up Mr. Chair.

All right, we've taken support in opposition of 716, we've received none. And let's go. Two of my colleagues, no comments or questions, so without objection, 716 will go to suspense. Moving on, SB 675 Limon. It's a suspense candidate. Please, we'll open up the public she's waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment right here in this room for support for 675, seeing no support, how about opposition? Six, 75, no opposition. Moderator how about the phone line?

For 675 please press one followed by zero. For Senate Bill 675. And nobody is queuing up.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 675. Do we have any questions from my colleagues? No. Without objection, 675 will go to suspense. Senator Ashby has SB 705 on utility workers. The good Senator and my colleague at the Deus has waived presentation. The suspense candidate will open up the public comment here in this room with no one speaking in support. Any opposition to 705, seeing none, how about we go to the phone line on SB 705?

If you're in support or opposition to SB 70, five, please press 10. Nobody is queuing up. Mr. Chair.

No one was queuing up. Any comments or questions from the Deus? Seeing none, without objection, 705 will go to suspense. SB 731, also by Senator Ashby, employment discrimination. The Good Senators wave presentation to suspense candidate will open up the public comment right here in room 2200 with nobody speaking in support. All right, we'll go to opposition. There's no opposition. We'll go to the phone line.

Anybody, please press one. Go ahead. Excuse me. Please press one followed by zero. If you're in support or opposition to SB 731. Nobody is queuing up.

All right, we've taken support in opposition to 731. We have no questions or comments from my colleagues, so, without objection, 731 will go to suspense. SB 709 by Senator Allen on Low carbon fuel standard regulations. It's a suspense candidate. And it looks like we have a plethora of folks who want to enlighten us with their support of SB 709.

Good morning, Mr. Chair. Curious if you know what the ratio of dairy cows to people in Pixley Town and Merced County is.

5 to 1. 28 to 1

So Jennifer Fairing here to name support for the related SB 709 on behalf of the following organizations 350 Bay Area Action, 350 Sacramento, the California Food and Farming Network, Center for Biological Diversity, coalition for Clean Air and Friends of the Earth. Thank you.

Good morning. Raquel Mason on behalf of the California Environmental Justice Alliance. Also registering support for the Central Coast Alliance united for a Sustainable Economy, the center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. Communities for a Better Environment, and Physicians. For Social Responsibility, Los Angeles.

Thank you. All right, any other support? How about any opposition to SB 709?

Hi, Mr. Chair and Members. Maddie Munson, on behalf of the Agricultural Energy Consumers Association. In opposition to this Bill just quickly, by removing the 10 year crediting period and dictating how CARB calculates the carbon intensity score of these fuel pathways, contrary to best practices, SB 709 would effectively eliminate any future investment in these highly effective methane reduction projects, while also jeopardizing the continued operation of existing projects.

This will not only have the effect of undermining the state's short lived climate pollutant goals, but also, from a fiscal perspective, would strand more than $2 billion excuse me, $2 billion in investment, including 700 million in state funds. Thank you.

All right, we've got more.

All right. Good morning. Taylor Roshan on behalf of the California Dairies Incorporated and other agricultural commodities, and respectful opposition.

Thank you. We've taken support and opposition of 709. Let's go to the phone line.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If you're in support or opposition to SB 70, nine, please take this opportunity. Press one followed by zero. We'll begin with line 18. You are open.

Hi, Jamie Katz with Leadership Council for justice and Accountability, in strong support of SB 709, which does not commit California to specific climate investments or methane reduction strategies, but rather increases the integrity of the LTS program and helps ensure that investments made through the program are truly cost effective. CARB overstates the fiscal impact of SB 709, which simply modifies ongoing oversight and scientific review. We see no justification for any ongoing costs to CARB to implement SB 709. Thank you.

62, you are open.

Jeannie Merrill, representing the Center for Food Safety and Strong Support at 709.

Please go ahead. Line 10.

This is Janet Cox for Climate Action California and 350 Humboldt in strong support. We prioritize short lived climate pollutants and SB 709 will make a real difference. Thank you.

Line 58. Please go ahead.

That's not an FW. Strategies on behalf of Animal Legal Defense Fund and strong support.

Thank you, you are open. Line 42.

Hi, good afternoon. Under California Asthma Collaborative in support, I had a question for the know which of these three waste producers that use LCFS credit in California do not participate in the same regulatory process as the other. That would be wastewater treatment, solid waste, and the dairy industry.

There you go. See that? Very creative use of your time. How could I cut you off with that? All right, thank you. Next person.

We'll go to line 59.

Hello, Luciano Munos calling on behalf of California environmental voters in support of SB 709.

As a final reminder, please press 10 if you are in support or opposition to SB 70. Nine, line 23. Please go ahead. 23, you are open.

Good afternoon or good morning. Chair Members. Victoria Rodriguez with Nelson works for on behalf of Waste Management and Mill Producers Council. In opposition.

Line 65. Please go ahead.

Good morning, Mr. Chair and Members Jason Bryant, on behalf of Western United Dairies We are in opposition to the Bill. Thank you.

And Mr. Chair, if you just give us one moment, we do have one more with an operator and please go ahead. 64.

Yes. My name is David Rodriguez. I live in Planeta California, which is Immersed County and it's considered a severely disadvantaged community. I support Senate Bill 709 and I was present when the Bill was introduced and I strongly believe it should be. Voted on to be voted to be law. Thank you. Thank you for your time.

And Mr. Chair, we have gotten through the queue.

All right, we've gotten through the queue. We've gotten through almost all of the questions. Anybody on the dais, no questions or comments. Without objection, 709 will go to suspense. We have our final Bill. I believe it's our final Bill. Do we have an up? Yeah, that's our final Bill. SB 861 by Senator Dahle on California CEQA. It is a suspense candidate. The authors waived presentation. We'll open up the public comment. We have one last question, which I'll get to in a second.

We'll open up the public comment. There's nobody here in support. No one here in opposition. Let's go to the phone line. For support or opposition of SB 861, please press one.

Filed by zero. If you're in support or opposition to Senate Bill 861. Nobody is queuing up, Mr. Chair.

All right. We've taken support and opposition of SB 861. Seeing no objections or comments from my colleagues, that Bill will go to suspense. True or false? Was a dog elected as honorary mayor of Sunol, California, and served as mayor from 1981 to 1994? Did that town, who I have no idea which district it is elect a mayor that happened to be a dog? It's true. Doesn't say the name of the dog, but a dog was elected to be the mayor of Sunol, California, S-U-N-O-L. Who knew?

All right, we've concluded all our business today. If you haven't had an opportunity to wait in, you could send your comments through our website. Right? You can send it through our website. I want to thank everybody for participating, and without any other further comments, the Senate Committee on Appropriations is adjourned.