Transcript Highlights:

• What was the legacy of the 1984 Games? What was Now, what was the legacy of the 1984 Games?
• To bring the Games back after the success of the 1932 Olympic Games, which was the first Games ever to
• So how to put together a skilled group of professionals to pull off the Games is really important.
• , whether they can actually buy a ticket for the game or not buy a ticket for a game.
• was a not only a games was not only a break-even games, but it made a profit.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• and sense of social responsibility, and ability...
• Students' critical thinking skills and sense of social responsibility that will last a lifetime.
• Crucial understanding of these important life skills.
• We identified that students lack the skills necessary to...
• And these are lifelong skills that we teach that last forever.

Summary: The Senate and Assembly Education Committees held their annual joint hearing with the California Association of Student Councils and SABLE, where student delegates presented policy ideas developed over two days. Committee members repeatedly praised student voice and noted that several past student proposals had become law. The hearing began with opening remarks from legislators and student organizers, who emphasized the importance of civic participation and the value of hearing directly from students. The chair also reviewed hearing rules and explained that the panels would be treated as peers in a formal policy discussion. The first panel proposed an annual civic engagement day for grades 7-12, with flexible activities such as mock elections, civic fairs, Socratic seminars, and public comment practice. Members asked about costs, grade-level flexibility, voter registration, and how the proposal would fit within existing curriculum time. The second panel proposed amending Education Code Section 35012 to require at least one student board member in every unified and high school district, with expanded training and motion rights. Legislators supported the concept but raised technical concerns about fiscal impact, the need for odd-numbered boards, the scope of motioning authority, and whether districts would need reimbursement if the mandate became statewide. A third panel proposed adding middle school financial literacy instruction by embedding it into existing classes, with curriculum and teacher training developed over time by state agencies. Members questioned how it would fit into adopted materials and whether the state should wait until the new high school financial literacy course is fully implemented before designing middle school instruction. The fourth panel proposed expanding restorative justice by creating a CDE task force and authorizing PPS-certified staff to use restorative justice training materials in discipline processes. Senators discussed prior legislation, confidentiality concerns in closed-session hearings, and the fiscal cost of a state task force, while expressing support for stronger restorative practices. The final panel proposed more active mental health education through short, twice-semester classroom sessions for grades 7-12 focused on coping skills, time management, and awareness of resources. Assemblymember Castillo and Senator Cortese questioned whether teachers and counselors could effectively deliver the program, whether it would duplicate or overburden existing efforts, and whether wellness centers or student-led awareness efforts might be more effective. Committee members generally agreed the topic was important but were skeptical that another curriculum mandate was the best solution, and no votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• and sense of social responsibility, and ability.
• Students' critical thinking skills and sense of social responsibility will last a lifetime.
• A short—” crucial understanding of these important life skills.
• We identified that students lack the skills necessary to...
• And these are lifelong skills that we teach that last forever.

Summary: The joint Senate and Assembly Education Committee hearing featured opening remarks from legislators welcoming students from the California Association of Student Councils and SABLE, with members emphasizing student voice and noting that several past student proposals had become law. The hearing then moved through multiple student panels presenting policy ideas, with members responding in a mix of support, technical questions, and cautions about cost, implementation, and tradeoffs in instructional time. The first panel proposed an annual civic engagement day for grades 7-12 to increase civic literacy and participation through flexible school-based activities. Members asked about costs, flexibility for sixth grade, voter registration, and how the proposal would fit within existing curriculum and standards. The second panel proposed amending Education Code Section 35012 to require at least one student board member in every unified and high school district, with added motioning rights and training on budgeting and LCAPs; members raised concerns about mandate costs, board size, and the scope of motioning authority. The third panel proposed middle school financial literacy instruction, potentially embedded in existing classes like math, with a 10-year phase-in for teacher training and curriculum updates; members questioned whether the state should wait for the already-approved high school financial literacy course to be implemented first. The fourth panel proposed expanding restorative justice by creating a CDE task force and authorizing PPS-certified staff to use restorative justice materials in discipline processes; members discussed prior legislation, confidentiality in expulsion hearings, and the likely cost of a state task force. The fifth panel proposed short, twice-a-semester mental health and life-skills sessions for grades 7-12, but members expressed skepticism that brief classroom sessions could meaningfully address mental health needs and suggested wellness centers or student-led awareness efforts instead. The hearing then began panel six on AI implementation in classrooms, with students arguing that districts need clearer guidance on AI use and that education must adapt rather than ignore the technology.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the Games they called the Games that saved the Olympics, because as folks may know, the 1976
• So how to put together a skilled group of professionals to pull off the Games is really important.
• , whether they can actually buy a ticket for the game or not buy a ticket for a game.
• The Games was not only a break-even Games, but it made a profit.
• In 1978, when we were bidding for the Games, there was no intention of privatizing these Games.

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games held its first hearing at the LA84 Foundation to examine the legacy of the 1984 Los Angeles Games and lessons for 2028. Chair Tina McKinnor and Senator Ben Allen opened by emphasizing the region’s opportunity to build on the 1984 Games’ success, while LA84 Foundation leaders described the foundation’s role in preserving that legacy through youth sports, play equity, and community investment. A youth panelist from Heart of Los Angeles testified that LA84-supported programs helped him stay engaged in sports, build confidence and communication skills, and hope for more community participation and opportunity from the 2028 Games. Former LA Olympic organizing committee officials Richard Perlman and Bob Graziano gave a detailed history of how the 1984 Games were privately financed, used existing venues, relied heavily on volunteers, and generated a large surplus. They said the organizing committee maximized revenue through television rights, sponsorships, and ticket sales, while keeping costs low through disciplined budgeting and community-based procurement. Members asked about equitable economic benefits, volunteer recruitment, ticket access, security, traffic, and funding. Witnesses said the 1984 model involved extensive community outreach, low-cost tickets, and local purchasing, and they urged a structured, deliberate approach to small-business participation and transparency in 2028 planning. Later witnesses focused on the long-term legacy of the 1984 Games. Zev Yaroslavsky argued that the Games succeeded because voters rejected taxpayer underwriting, forcing a private model that protected the city from financial risk, and he said the Games left major cultural and civic legacies, including the LA Opera and broader arts growth. LA84 and Play Equity Fund leaders said the surplus was intentionally used to create lasting impact, including support for millions of youth, research, and policy work. Renato Paiva described how LA84 support helped expand Access Youth Academy and elevate squash as an Olympic sport, and Derek Fisher spoke about the importance of free youth sports and the need to preserve access and opportunity as Los Angeles prepares for 2028.

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• Scott earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. from Texas Tech, guns up, go Red Raiders, where he
• where Aletheia is working on it or where my family, you know, has kind of any kind of skin in the game
• This is somebody who's playing games with the numbers, because that's, I think... a real important risk
• take what I've learned in corporate America. learn more as I do about academia and apply some of the skills
• I think that everything's fair game for speeding up the process and making. as accurate and safe as possible

Committee: Senate Nominations

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And we do have our newest Game and Fish Commissioner, Jessica Manuel, here in the back.
• Craven to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board.
• Craven to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board. Mr.
• Reese to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board.
• So the Game and Fish, I mean, Fish and Wildlife, they determine that it is a kill.

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee met to consider several board nominations, beginning with four nominees to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board. Michael Cravens, Jared Lyman, Nathan Reese (who submitted a written statement and did not attend), and Richard Williams each described their backgrounds in wildlife management, ranching, public lands, or conservation, and emphasized balance, pragmatism, and public service in selecting commission candidates. Members asked about their experience, perspectives on candidate evaluation, and the role of the board. Each nominee was advanced to the full Senate by separate motions, all approved on 7-0 votes with one member not voting. The committee then heard Darren Rasmussen’s nomination to the Arizona State Land Department Board of Appeals. Rasmussen discussed his long career in property appraisal at the private, county, and state levels, including work with county assessors and valuation training. Senators focused on his ability to bring transparency, statutory compliance, and consistency to state land appraisals and appeals. His nomination was also forwarded to the full Senate on a 7-0 vote with one not voting. Next, the committee considered the Arizona Livestock Loss Board nominees, Stephen Clark and Randy Dahl. Clark, who chairs the board, explained the board’s process for compensating ranchers for wolf depredation and described the distinction between confirmed losses and “probables.” Senators asked about reimbursement procedures, the range of Mexican gray wolves, and whether wolves had attacked humans in Arizona; Clark said there had been no human attacks in the state and that livestock losses had been compensated. Dahl was unable to attend but submitted a statement citing his farming background and business and engineering experience. Both nominees were confirmed by 7-0 votes with one member not voting. Finally, the committee heard from Carolyn Radajack and Stephanie Teske for the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board. Radajack highlighted her prior service on the board’s investigative committee and her experience with disciplinary rules, while Teske emphasized her background as a sixth-generation rancher, veterinary assistant, and agriculture regulator, with a focus on rural livestock care and access to veterinarians. Senators discussed rural veterinary shortages, telemedicine, and the changing structure of veterinary practice. Both nominees were advanced to the full Senate on 7-0 votes with one member not voting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Social Security is the highest, refundable tax credits are next, SNAP is third, and child support is
• helping people to help themselves, and that's where I guess that's where I'm wanting more skin in the game
• I want people to have skin in the game.
• However, two years ago, 20 kids were presented with an opportunity to have vocational skills and go to
• The committee is concerned by the influence that private equity is having on the social determinants

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• But the Novo Fly is a game changer. It allows us to double what we actually need.
• Because if we take them out of the ball game, they're not mating, right?
• There’s a lot of stuff out there on YouTube, on social media, and a variety of things.
• wardens, and game biologists, on sample collection and sample submission.
• And then the wildlife—obviously, the game warden or U.S.

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The actuaries are saying that Social Security is in trouble as of 2022.
• Social Security and Medicare are on the non-discretionary side.
• , intentionally into all the technical skills...” “...skills intentionally into all the technical skills
• “And I really believe it's going to be those adaptable analysis skills.
• from both durable and technical skills in education over time.

Committee: All ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

Summary: The committee met to hear an update from consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie on Arkansas’s “one door” or “no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. The discussion focused on moving the state toward a work-first system that better connects job seekers, employers, education, and public assistance programs, with goals of increasing upward mobility, improving labor force attachment, reducing inefficiencies, and adapting to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions. The consultants argued that Arkansas’s current system is fragmented across multiple offices, portals, agencies, and funding streams, and that people often have to navigate separate doors for workforce services, TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and related supports. Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as the model, describing how that state integrated workforce and human services into a single department, used cost allocation to blend funding behind the scenes, and saw improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said TANF should be treated as a workforce program, not just a benefits program, and suggested that Arkansas could use TANF and other tools to cross-train DHS staff, co-locate services, and create a more unified service delivery model. Members asked about federal flexibility, waivers, and whether the state could use one large waiver or a broader restructuring to simplify the system. Bishop explained that a federal pilot authority proposal failed in Congress, so the current approach relies on waivers, cost allocation plans, and possible state-level changes. The committee also discussed the relationship between DHS and workforce offices, the role of local workforce boards, how disability and vocational rehabilitation cases would be handled, and how the governor’s Restore Hope/Hope Hub and faith- and community-based initiatives might fit into the broader plan. Bishop said Arkansas already has rehabilitation services within the workforce department and emphasized that case managers should focus on people rather than programs. No votes were taken. The chair said the committee would revisit case management at its August meeting and adjourned the meeting after thanking the consultants.

Transcript Highlights:

• The actuaries are saying that Social Security is in trouble as of 2022.
• And again, Social Security and Medicare are on the non-discretionary side.
• And this is how I think the public workforce and social services system should work.
• And I really believe it's going to be those adaptable analysis skills.
• from both durable and technical skills in education over time.

Committee: All ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

Summary: The committee met to hear consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie discuss Arkansas’s “one door/no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. Bishop argued that the current system is fragmented across multiple agencies, offices, and portals, making it hard for job seekers and employers to access services efficiently. He said the goal is to create a more integrated system that promotes upward mobility, longer labor force attachment, better employer access to talent, greater efficiency, and faster adaptation to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions. Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as a model, describing how that state combined workforce and public assistance functions into a single agency, used statewide cost allocation to blend funding streams, and improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said Arkansas should consider integrating governance, service delivery, and financing, including possible waivers, a statewide cost allocation plan, and a benefits-cliff pilot. He also said Arkansas’s current local workforce board structure creates duplication and weak coordination, and that Launch is a useful tool but not a full service-delivery system. Committee members asked how the proposal would work in practice, including whether TANF could be used to cross-train DHS workers, how federal waivers might be obtained, how local boards would be affected, and how disabled clients would be handled. Bishop said TANF should be treated as part of a workforce strategy, that federal pilot authority for workforce reform nearly passed but did not, and that waivers are now the practical path. He also said Arkansas could either merge functions more fully or at minimum co-locate workforce staff in DHS offices statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with plans to continue the discussion in August, including a focus on case management and whether the state is managing programs or people.

Transcript Highlights:

• Both of these individuals have risen to the top of their profession and have proven their skill by competing
• Oklahoma Auctioneer Association started a new contest area in the Oklahoma FFA, adding a very marketable skill
• points scored 2322, total points allowed 1380, point differential 942, their average is 80.1 points a game
• They have 7 games total points scored 657, only 258 points allowed.
• He also made history on the court, breaking his own single-game scoring record by surpassing last year's

Bills: HR1052 , SB2184 , SB171

Keywords: 4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House

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• </c> interests of all people through social interests of all people through social advocacy<00:35:12.800
• </c> uh Colorado State Connection and Social uh Colorado State Connection and Social Action<00:35:55.200
• the limited gaming fund to other<03:06:44.000><c> cash</c><03:06:44.240><c> funds.
• Both Democrats and Republicans have played games with people's lives for far too long.

Keywords: 981, all

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• The actuaries are saying that Social Security is in trouble as of 2022.
• And again, Social Security and Medicare are on the non-discretionary side.
• And this is how I think the public workforce and social services system should work.
• in combination with technical skills and education that they're going to need to learn.
• from both durable and technical skills in education over time.

Committee: All ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• three critical programs: the Partnership Access Line, the mental health referral service, and support skills
• There are estimated costs for the Department of Social and Health Services and the Employment Security
• For the Department of Social and Health Services, for 2025-27, $364,000, and for 2027-29, $704,000 for
• I have two bachelor's degrees, one in social work and the other in early childhood education.
• When Running Start in the summer works, it is a game changer for our low-income students.

Summary: The committee opened with a public hearing on Senate Bill 5808, a proposal to require nonprofit health carriers with “excess surplus” to pay 10% of that surplus into the state health care affordability account for Cascade Care Savings. Committee staff said the bill could generate about $330 million one time in 2027, while the Office of Insurance Commissioner would have implementation costs. Supporters argued the bill would redirect consumer premium dollars to help people afford coverage, while opponents from health plans said reserves are needed for solvency, claims, and capital needs and warned the bill would destabilize nonprofit insurers. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 2254, which would let the Partnership Access Line assessment cover administrative costs; HCA and Seattle Children’s supported it as a technical fix that saves general fund dollars, and a child psychiatrist asked that savings be reinvested in behavioral health services. House Bill 2385, which extends deadlines for the Medicaid Access Program because of federal restrictions on new provider taxes, also drew support from provider groups seeking future Medicaid rate increases. The committee then heard Substitute Senate Bill 6286, which would increase fines on private detention facilities that deny Department of Health inspections and dedicate the fines to an account for community repair and assistance to harmed individuals and families. Supporters, including Tacoma’s mayor and family members affected by detention, framed the bill as an accountability measure; fiscal staff estimated Department of Health costs of about $395,000 in the 2025-27 biennium. Senate Bill 6006 would exempt food banks from sales tax on certain services enacted last session, with food bank and tribal representatives saying the savings would go directly to food and operations. Senate Bill 6351 would create exemptions from the new sales tax on live presentations for before- and after-school care, arts and cultural nonprofit classes, and K-12 school purchases; school districts, arts groups, and PTA representatives supported it, while asking for clarifying language and broader nonprofit exemptions. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1717 would let cities and counties create local sales tax remittance programs for affordable housing projects, and housing builders, Habitat affiliates, counties, and city officials supported it as a local tool to lower development costs. In executive session, the committee received briefings on several tax and spending bills and then voted to advance multiple measures. It adopted a substitute and passed Senate Bill 5949, which narrows a B&O tax exemption related to insurance premiums; a proposed retroactivity-removing amendment failed. It adopted a substitute and passed Senate Bill 6129 on cigarette, tobacco, and nicotine taxes after rejecting several amendments, including proposals to study the tax policy or replace the bill with illicit-market enforcement language. The committee also passed Senate Bill 6228 repealing a preferential B&O rate for prescription drug resellers, Senate Bill 6231 repealing data center sales tax exemptions, and Second Substitute Senate Bill 5965, which retained a bag-fee approach rather than a full ban after adopting an amendment. The committee then returned to public hearing and began testimony on Senate Bill 6353, a major Working Connections Child Care bill that would keep income eligibility at 60% of state median income, lower the provider rate target from the 85th to the 75th percentile, and make other program changes; the briefing was underway when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• So that’s going to be the self-employment taxes, Social Security, and so forth. Okay.
• </c> be the self-employment taxes, social be the self-employment taxes, social security,<00:25:02.880
• Now, the Social Security there. Okay.
• But Social Security, so the claim is, Social Security tax changes from year to year, and so does Medicaid
• School districts do vary considerably in their networking knowledge and skills.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This change would prevent employers from gaming the system and give us, the state, the ability to track
• I have no idea how that is gaming the system.
• </c> to game the system. to game the system.
• </c><00:29:15.000><c> the</c> have no idea how that is gaming the have no idea how that is gaming the
• </c> the parties, the degree of skill the parties, the degree of skill required<00:29:32.440><c> for<

Keywords: 958, all

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• make sure that we have an agreement, that everyone can go forward and they know what the rules of the game
• Woofsey and PSC show up as civil service collective bargaining agreements, while faculty and the police skills
• The Washington Federation of State Employees has covered employees within the Department of Social and

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Employment Relations

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• However, with the impacts of federal cuts to these social safety net programs and the uncertain future
• In today's day and age, we have all sorts of new automated technology systems, AI, social media.
• Having a question to identify the eligible population for priority housing was a game changer for me.
• It is an early investment in skills and infrastructure that will allow California to adapt more effectively
• for workers who don't otherwise have the resources to adapt, ensure employers have a pipeline of skilled

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard a long policy agenda focused largely on student access, equity, and institutional oversight. Bills discussed included AB 2236 on common course numbering and streamlined articulation across the community colleges, CSU, and UC; AB 2422 on protections when financial aid is delayed; AB 1669 on medical and mental health leaves of absence; AB 1713 on accepting IEPs and 504 plans as proof of disability for accommodations; AB 2766 on priority housing and related supports for foster youth and students experiencing homelessness; AB 2212 on tech-facilitated sexual harassment and AI-generated intimate images; AB 2504 on a pilot to upskill creative-industry workers for AI-related changes; AB 1734 on preserving and expanding California food insecurity data collection; and AB 2771, the sunset bill for the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education. The committee also took up a consent calendar of three bills earlier in the hearing. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from student groups, advocacy organizations, and system representatives, with many speakers describing personal experiences with transfer confusion, delayed aid, mental health crises, disability documentation barriers, housing instability, and online sexual harm. AB 2236 drew support from community college, CSU, UC student associations, and college-opportunity advocates, while the CSU Academic Senate registered opposition. AB 2771 drew a notable exchange over the cost and scope of the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education, with Vice Chair DeMaio opposing the extension on fiscal and bureaucracy grounds; the author responded that the bureau is fee-funded and that its fees had not been raised in years. AB 1734 also prompted skepticism from DeMaio about the survey’s cost, methodology, and whether the work should be competitively bid, though supporters argued the existing California Health Interview Survey infrastructure was the most efficient way to preserve critical food insecurity data after federal cuts. The committee voted to advance the measures it heard, generally on party-line or near-party-line votes, with several bills held open for additional members to add on. AB 2236, AB 2422, AB 1669, AB 1713, AB 1734, AB 2766, and AB 2212 all received do-pass recommendations and were re-referred to the appropriate policy or fiscal committees. AB 2771 was also moved forward to the Committee on Business and Professions after debate over the bureau’s reauthorization and fee structure. The hearing ended with the committee beginning consideration of AB 2504, the AI-related workforce upskilling pilot for creative industries.

Transcript Highlights:

• However, with the impacts of federal cuts to these social safety net programs and the uncertain future
• In today's day and age, we have all sorts of new automated technology systems, AI, social media.
• Having a question to identify the eligible population for priority housing was a game changer for me.
• It is an early investment in skills and infrastructure that will allow California to adapt more effectively
• for workers who don't otherwise have the resources to adapt, ensure employers have a pipeline of skilled

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We take on a variety of licensing and insurance issues, as well as social justice issues.
• </c> should include better access to Social should include better access to Social Work<01:56:44.560>
• </c> relative lack of contacts and social relative lack of contacts and social supports<02:28:06.439>
• It would just seem to me that Fish and Game has a presence on the lakes.
• </c> though an interface with Fish and Game though an interface with Fish and Game actually<04:07:06.520

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all