Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the March 20, 2024 Riveting Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing. We have 17 bills to consider this morning as part of our regular order of hearing. Before we begin, I have a few housekeeping notes to cover. First, I would like to announce that Assembly Member Calderon and Assembly Member Hart will be absent from today's Committee hearing.

We encourage the public to provide written testimony before the hearing by visiting the Committee website at apro Assembly CA Gov. Please note that any written testimony submitted to the Committee is considered public comment and may be read into the record or reprinted. The hearing room is open for attendance. All are encouraged to watch the hearing from its live stream on the Assembly's website. Assembly.CA.Gov. Today's events we encourage the public to monitor the Committee's website for updates.

We will accept public comment on any Bill placed on the suspense file by the Committee today and for which the author waived presentation before the close of the regular order hearing. Testimony on any such Bill will be limited to a statement of name, organization, if any, and position on the Bill. The Committee will allow no more than 40 minutes of testimony in total.

As you came into the Committee room today, the sergeants directed your attention to the rules for public attendance and participation which were posted outside the door. I encourage Members of the public who are in attendance to be aware of and observe those rules. Please be aware that violations of these rules or other violations of General courtesy or decorum may subject you to removal or other enforcement processes. With that, I'd like to establish a quorum if one is present. Madam Secretary, is a quorum present of Members?

[Roll Call]

We have a quorum. Great. And I'd like to dispense with a consent calendar. We have a motion by Mr. Arambula and a second there's a little competition there. We're going to give it to Mr. Fong. Please dispense of the consent calendar, Madam Secretary, please.

[Consent Calendar]

The consent calendar is passed. Good timing, Mr. Haney. It's past 11 to nine, and we will. 9 to zero. Sorry, what did I say? 11 to nine. I'm making up additional Members. Nine to zero. And for Members who aren't here yet, the Committee hearing will probably go relatively quickly. So if you want to come add onto the consent calendar, I would suggest coming down to the hearing room now. Okay, next, I'd like to dispense with the suspense calendar.

Madam Secretary, would you please read the suspense calendar?

[Suspense Calendar]

Okay, the suspense calendar is deemed approved. I would now like to open up the hearing to comments by Members of the public on any Bill not presented to the Committee today. Please be sure to limit your comment to your name, organization, if any, in your position on the Bill. If anyone in the hearing room would also like to state their position on the Bill, please approach the microphones. Well, that concludes today's hearing team.

We're going to keep the roll open for the next couple of minutes to allow absent Members to add on their votes, and we will adjourn the meeting after that. Good work. We have Member going to add on.

[Roll Call]

Okay. And with that, we are meeting adjourned.