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• which expands disability benefits for the families of firefighters and other first responders who develop
• They help veterans develop healthy coping mechanisms and rebuild stability at home.
• They help veterans develop healthy coping mechanisms and rebuild stability at home.
• We all urgently need more information to develop an effective anti-fraud strategy.
• We all urgently need more information to develop an effective anti-fraud strategy.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Development in the WUI is certainly one of them.
• Zero and other regulatory development.
• , capacity development, and implementation funding.
• Those fires can then develop and spread within the community.
• Are there materials that we could develop?

Summary: The hearing focused on California wildfire resilience, with the first panel discussing statewide funding, policy, and strategic priorities, and the second panel shifting to home hardening and defensible space. The LAO outlined the state’s wildfire risk, the large increase in resilience spending in recent years, and the fact that most funding has been one-time rather than ongoing. Testimony emphasized that wildfire risk varies greatly by region, that the state must balance response spending with prevention, and that success should be measured more carefully than by acres treated alone. Witnesses also noted the importance of local, federal, utility, and Proposition 4 funding sources, as well as the need for long-term maintenance and strategic prioritization rather than scattered projects. Cal Fire leadership and other witnesses stressed that California’s wildfire problem is not uniform: forested areas, chaparral, and wildland-urban interface communities require different strategies. In Northern California and forested watersheds, speakers emphasized fuels reduction, prescribed and cultural burning, strategic fuel breaks, watershed protection, and maintaining forest health. In Southern California, testimony focused on wind-driven fires, ember intrusion, ignition prevention along roads and power lines, and the limits of large-scale vegetation clearing. Several witnesses argued that the state should invest where it can leverage local and regional partnerships, support capacity-building programs like Regional Forest and Fire Capacity, and improve data systems to track treatment effectiveness and project outcomes. Members repeatedly pressed witnesses on how to prioritize limited funds, asking what should be done more of, less of, and first. The chair argued that protecting homes and communities through hardening and defensible space should be a major priority, especially near structures, while also acknowledging the need for broader landscape work and watershed protection. There was discussion of incentives such as insurance discounts, property tax treatment, and community certification for hardened homes, along with the need for multiple payers rather than relying on the state alone. Cal Fire reported new and expanding data tools, including treatment trackers, defensible space inspection dashboards, and a fuels treatment effectiveness program that evaluates whether nearby treatments affected wildfire behavior. No votes were taken because the hearing was informational only.

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• Transportation Committee and SB. 838 Durazo, pending re-referral from the Housing and Community Development
• And Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Committee to notice SB 263 Gonzalez for their
• A big part of my district in the neighborhood of Koreatown, which has the largest population of Koreans
• My other esteemed guests from Orange County are the President of Creo Agro Trade Center.
• state, the high cost of housing, food, child care, and basic needs, then CalWORKs must be at the center

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's all about the workforce development and the impact different programs make.
• This is asking that this entire new model be developed no later than December 1st of 2026.
• Yes, Senator, economic development, KC, by an axis, $1 million.
• Senate, economic development, next, OECD,000. Nexus, $1 million, Senate.
• Economic development, next 080, Innovation Center, compromise 150 one time. 086, Senate.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Cities and developers alike need to know that we aren't going to change this statute.
• Cities and developers alike need to know that we aren't going to change this statute.
• If there's a center console boat going by at 3 o'clock in the morning and there's a big tarp over what
• looks like 25 people inside of the center console, for law enforcement to stop the boat, would it be
• No billboard should have appeared in your neighborhood because...

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, volunteers, and the retirement of Pastor Gary Austin from the sergeant’s office. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators would not need to plan on being in next week, suggesting progress toward a budget framework. After routine floor business, the chamber took up a major third-reading measure on citizen initiatives and several education bills, followed later by returning messages from the House on health and school-safety measures. The most extensive debate centered on the citizen initiative bill, which sponsors said was intended to protect the constitutional amendment process from fraud and abuse based on election-crime investigations and a large state report on petition fraud. Supporters argued the bill would add reasonable guardrails, prevent misuse of public funds, and preserve integrity while still allowing grassroots participation. Opponents from both parties argued it would make citizen-led amendments much harder by adding costs, deadlines, criminal penalties, and administrative burdens that would chill participation and favor wealthy or corporate interests. After lengthy debate, the Senate voted 28-10 to pass the bill. The chamber then passed several education measures with little or no opposition, including bills tied to Bright Futures, dual enrollment, Florida ABLE, teacher preparation, and other education policy updates, all by 38-0. Later, the Senate concurred in House amendments on a stem cell therapy bill, an EKG requirement for student athletes, and a cardiac emergency bill, each passing 37-0. The House also sent back a school safety bill with amendments affecting child care facility partnerships with law enforcement, temporary door locks during active assailant incidents, supervision windows, and funding for panic alarm systems; the transcript ends as that bill is being explained.

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• Cities and developers alike need to know that we aren't going to change this statute every year or every
• Cities and developers alike need to know that we aren't going to change this statute.
• If there's a center console boat going by at 3 o'clock in the morning and there's a big tarp over what
• looks like 25 people inside of the center console, for law enforcement to stop the boat, would it be
• No billboard should have appeared in your neighborhood, because no one has the ability and should ever

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing interns, pages, a retiring sergeant-at-arms employee, and advocates visiting for a Prader-Willi Syndrome awareness resolution. Leaders also noted ongoing budget talks with the House and said senators should not plan to be in next week while negotiations continue. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for House Bill 12.5, a citizen-initiative elections bill. Sponsors said it was intended to address petition fraud and protect the integrity of the constitutional amendment process, citing investigations, arrests, and fraudulent petition activity tied to recent initiatives. Opponents argued the bill would make it much harder and more expensive for citizens to place amendments on the ballot, chill volunteer participation, and effectively favor wealthy or corporate interests. After extensive debate, the bill passed 28-10. The Senate then moved through a series of education bills, including measures on Bright Futures, Gold Seal, Florida ABLE, dual enrollment, educator preparation, and broader education policy, all of which passed unanimously. After a recess, the chamber took up House messages and concurred in amendments to bills on stem cell therapy, student athlete ECGs, cardiac emergency response plans, and school safety. Those measures also passed with broad support, with the school safety bill drawing some questions about the Guardian program and child care facilities.

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• This is to support CSPS as it begins design, development, configuration, and implementation of the new
• My name is Blake Kaiser-Lock from the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.
• I'm the head of public economic development with Lendistry.
• I'm the Director of Housing Services for Sacramento LGBT Community Center.
• And, you know, the Turner Center is great.

Summary: The committee opened with the State Controller’s Office May Revision requests, including funding for Fiscal book-of-record stabilization, a Broadcom IDMS licensing adjustment, the California State Payroll System, ACFR reporting automation, and $3 million for unclaimed property outreach. Testimony emphasized progress on Fiscal becoming the state’s accounting book of record in July, faster ACFR publication, and the move to electronic unclaimed property claims. Members asked about the size of the unclaimed property fund and how quickly money is transferred to the General Fund; the Controller’s office said about $15 billion is held, with most excess transferred regularly, and the LAO noted the fund is the General Fund’s fourth-largest revenue source. No concerns were raised by Finance or the LAO, and the item was closed after no public comment. The committee then heard the administration’s proposal to tax prewritten digital software and software-as-a-service, with Finance saying it would modernize sales tax treatment and raise an estimated $450 million General Fund and $560 million local revenue in 2026-27. The LAO supported modernizing the tax but suggested broader digital goods coverage and a business-use exemption; industry and taxpayer groups opposed the proposal, warning of higher costs for consumers and businesses. Members also heard CDTFA’s administrative request tied to the proposal, plus a separate CDTFA budget reduction reflecting lower operational needs; that reduction was presented as a savings item and drew positive reactions. Next, the committee considered federal conformity for “Trump accounts,” which would align California tax treatment with federal rules for tax-deferred children’s accounts and avoid tracking burdens for families. The LAO recommended approval, and the item drew no opposition. The committee also heard a proposal to cut the first-year $800 annual business tax to $400 for LLCs, LPs, and LLPs; Finance argued it would lower startup costs and encourage new business formation, while the LAO said the benefit was not well targeted and could subsidize entities that would form anyway. Members discussed the policy tradeoff, and public commenters split between support for small business relief and concern about revenue loss. The final major revenue item was a permanent business tax credit limitation, capping credits at the greater of $5 million per corporation or 50% of pre-credit liability, while excluding the low-income housing tax credit and personal income tax credits. Finance said it would raise significant revenue from large profitable corporations, and the LAO said it was a reasonable option but noted it would mainly affect the R&D credit and could have future implications for programs like California Competes. Public testimony was sharply divided, with business groups opposing the cap and anti-poverty advocates supporting it as a way to recapture revenue. The committee also heard FTB’s CalFile realignment request, which would return most of the direct-file-related resources to the General Fund while retaining a smaller staff to improve CalFile, and the California Arts Council’s request to reauthorize the Keep Arts in Schools voluntary contribution fund, which members and advocates supported despite relatively modest annual donations. The hearing continued with GoBiz proposals on civic media funding, CA RISE reappropriation, and a semiconductor facility reversion, with the LAO supporting the latter two and members raising questions about the civic media program’s scope, outreach, and inclusion of broadcast and ethnic media.

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• SB 1560 CAP water supply development fund. Natural resources.
• SB 1560 CAP water supply development fund. Natural resources.
• SB 1560 CAP water supply development fund. Natural resources.
• SB 1601, zoning, housing historic neighborhoods. SB 1602, kinship foster care stipend increase.
• Center Hearing Room 109. Education will meet at 1:30 p.m. in Hearing Room 1.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Establish and fund restorative behavior centers within elementary schools.
• being at school. what kind of havoc they can cause in a neighborhood.
• I began as a clinician and then moved up. and ran a center in San Antonio and then ran a center in Austin
• I learned about Senate Bill 11 Texas School Safety and Security Center.
• It's a fairly, fairly upscale neighborhood, too.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• four, and there are kids from different districts who take the same course at their regional tech center
• It meant adding a bus system, and kids couldn't walk to their neighborhood schools anymore.
• system and kids couldn't walk<00:27:11.600> to<00:27:11.840> their<00:27:12.000> neighborhood
• <00:27:12.400> schools walk to their neighborhood schools walk to their neighborhood schools
• For teachers, it means equitable pay, professional development, and more time to teach.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• the CEO of Charles Drew Health Center the CEO of Charles Drew Health Center Kenny<00:35:14.200><
• University Nebraska Med medical center University Nebraska Med medical center Nebraska<00:37:54.319
• health uplifting Community Development health uplifting Community Development and<00:38:03.640><
• <06:22:11.120> all rules that took years to to develop all rules that took years to to develop
• then and during this timer he developed then and during this timer he developed a<07:14:18.520><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• a large part of their center, and under C-CAP rules the center had to navigate the loss of any C-CAP
• in the control of a child care center. in the control of a child care center.
• by allowing the commissioner to develop by allowing the commissioner to develop the<01:15:57.080
• in my opening statement was a a center in my opening statement was a a center in<01:25:35.760>
• center due to to to weather. center due to to to weather. Senator<01:26:04.480> Utke.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It says develop a policy, not develop a tuition policy. Develop a policy. The homeschool.
• It says develop a policy, not bill.
• It says develop a policy, not develop<01:33:41.040> a<01:33:41.280> tuition<01:33:41.760
• allows access to our neighborhood allows access to our neighborhood schools<01:35:53.199> for
• level with the rest of the developed level with the rest of the developed world.<04:42:14.160>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• 44:15.920> resource careful development of these resource careful development of these resource
• And that energy development as well.
• development." End quote. With that, Mr. development." End quote. With that, Mr.
• <04:52:02.958> of help refine and guide development of help refine and guide development of
• <06:06:06.480> and<06:06:06.878> environmental development and environmental development

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• and add to our housing supply without overly burdening our neighborhoods.
• She's representing the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association. But is not testifying.
• on their lot as long as what they're developing doesn't pose a danger or a nuisance.
• have planned development agreements, it will hurt us.
• We're also trying to promote ownership in affordable neighborhoods.

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• also asked about um like the development also asked about um like the development environment<00
• more hot on development and which isn't? more hot on development and which isn't?
• I'm a director and senior counsel with the Housing Justice Center.
• <00:35:17.520> cannot supportive housing developments cannot supportive housing developments
• 05:48.640> small destabilize neighborhoods, hurt small destabilize neighborhoods, hurt small businesses

Bills: HF3425, HF3424, HF1385

Keywords: supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, eviction, rent, nonpayment of rent, landlord-tenant, residential tenant, notice to quit, unlawful detainer, housing, lease violation, late fees, rental assistance, legal aid, tenant rights, Minnesota Statutes 504B.321, pre-eviction notice

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• Altadena is a historically Black neighborhood and has some of the first neighborhoods with Black homeownership
• I'm the head of public economic development with Lendistry.
• I'm the Director of Housing Services for Sacramento LGBT Community Center.
• And, you know, the Turner Center is great.
• If you're a developer in a low resource community, could you be questions if you're a developer in a

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Those innovations in that process as the designs develop.
• I see them looking at plans, helping develop them, and then...
• First off, Carrollton is the geographic center of the metroplex.
• But most importantly, DART contributes to economic development. of our region.
• There's development being built everywhere.

Bills: HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• on the He'eia Community Development on the He'eia Community Development District<01:03:28.680>
• <01:04:49.400> that reached a stage of development that reached a stage of development that
• Ewa Development Plan, and then there is also an East Kapolei Transit-Oriented Development Neighborhood
• has to align with the Ewa Development has to align with the Ewa Development Plan,<01:46:54.200><
• was developed by DHHL. was developed by DHHL.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee took up several gubernatorial nominations, beginning with GM 640 for Juanita Rio Colón to the Commission on Water Resource Management. Public testimony and the nominee’s remarks strongly emphasized her water-system management background, Native Hawaiian stewardship values, and representation for Molokai. Committee members praised her qualifications and neighbor-island perspective, and also discussed broader concerns about reforming the Water Commission, including a separate bill to create a more independent authority and reduce politics in water decisions. Colón said she supported the restructuring effort and would serve with integrity and attention to constitutional water rights and climate resilience. The committee then heard GM 639 for Moses Haia III to the same commission. DLNR and OHA testified, and Haia described his long legal career, prior work on the Waihole contested case, and experience with Native Hawaiian rights and water law. Members asked about his ability to serve impartially given his advocacy background; Haia acknowledged that some may perceive a conflict from his prior work but said he did not believe it was a reasonable conflict and would follow the law and balance competing interests. The discussion again returned to the proposed Water Commission restructuring, which Haia said he supported as a way to provide independence and balance. Next, the committee considered GM 649 for Gilbert Coloma to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. DLNR and other testifiers explained that this was a new interstate commission created under the 2024 act, with Hawaii joining six U.S. states to address fisheries issues across state boundaries. Coloma, a commercial fisher from Hilo, said he brought more than 40 years of industry, cultural, and traditional experience and would represent Hawaii’s fishing communities. Members asked about the commission’s structure, meeting rotation, and funding, and were told the state covers dues through special funds. The committee also briefly took up GM 692 for Riley Smith’s reappointment to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. The Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported him, while Sierra Club Hui raised concerns about prior decisions affecting Native Hawaiian rights and public trust resources. Smith said he supported more residential uses in East Kapolei if the necessary planning and environmental review changes were made, and he began responding to questions about prior BLNR litigation before the transcript cut off.

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• across Center County, Pennsylvania.
• Notably, Center Volunteers and Medicine received the highest total donations at $108,374, while Center
• across Center County, Pennsylvania.
• Notably, Center Volunteers and Medicine received the highest total donations at $108,374, while Center
• <03:41:47.439> This energy technology development. This energy technology development.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 19, 2025, 1012, house, all