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• Louis City Soccer Club, all of those entities.
• Louis City Soccer Club, all of those entities.
• I work with a recovery drop-in center in the city of St. Louis on the west side of the city.
• And I taught our entire police department at City of St.
• And I taught our entire police department at City of St.

Committee: House Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So as you can see here, as of June 2025, we had 230,057 chargers in the city registered in the city.
• So as you can see here, as of June 2025, we had 230,057 charges in the city, registered in the city.
• I've commended... ...and inconsistent local codes.
• We can have cities more connected.
• We can have cities more connected.

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure focused on California’s EV market, charging infrastructure, and the effects of recent federal actions. The chair opened by emphasizing California’s progress on EV adoption and charging reliability, but also noted ongoing challenges with affordability, access, interoperability, heavy-duty electrification, and federal headwinds. She highlighted interest in technologies such as inductive charging and thanked host organizations and staff before moving to the first panel. State agency witnesses from Go-Biz, CARB, and the California Energy Commission described current programs and priorities. Go-Biz outlined its role in coordinating agencies, supporting permitting, and advancing the state’s ZEV market development strategy and equity action plan. CARB discussed federal attacks on its clean vehicle regulations, litigation to defend waiver authority, and the importance of incentives and regulatory programs such as Advanced Clean Trucks, Advanced Clean Fleets, Clean Truck Check, HVIP, and Clean Cars for All. The CEC detailed its funding and regulatory work on charging and fueling infrastructure, charger reliability, payment methods, roaming, and statewide planning, while stressing the need for more charging in multifamily housing and more public DC fast charging. All three agencies said federal rollbacks and permitting delays are major obstacles, but that California remains committed to expanding ZEV adoption. The second panel featured advocates, local government, utility, and research perspectives. CalETC urged continuous state funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and emphasized the low-carbon fuel standard, multifamily charging, and managed charging. An EV advocacy group proposed a conquest-style state incentive for new and used EV buyers and argued that multifamily housing is a major untapped market, while also favoring Level 2 charging over Level 1 for most home and apartment settings. Los Angeles County and LADWP described large-scale local deployment of chargers, fleet electrification, workforce training, and the need for sustained funding, agency coordination, and streamlined permitting and grid interconnection. UCS recommended prioritizing replacement of older high-emitting vehicles, using fuel policy revenues to support cleaner cars, and expanding bidirectional charging. The chair closed by asking for more discussion on Level 1 versus Level 2 charging and noted the importance of education, affordability, and practical deployment strategies.

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• I have the city limits of Socorro to the Northern Highway, uh, that goes to Amogordo in, in Donana.
• But I've worked with MFA prior to this on many, many projects throughout the city, including Albuquerque
• Um, I'm Linda Trujillo, senator for District 24 in basically Santa Fe City proper.
• Uh, actually, if you include the larger cities like Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces, there's a
• But yeah, we, we currently work with both the city and the county on a pretty regular basis.

Committee: House Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee

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• We've branched out from Oklahoma City.
• House Bill 3417 by Strom of the House and Albert of the Senate, an act relating to cities and towns.
• Which is cities and towns.
• House Bill 3417 by Strom of the House and Albert of the Senate, an act relating to cities and towns.
• I know we had a conversation earlier that dealt with changing the way we code things.

Bills: HB3329 , HR1039 , HR1040 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB3706 , HB3711 , HB4139 , HB1268 , HB3660 , HJR1023 , HB3298 , HB3056 , HJR1084 , HB3934 , HB3919 , HB4118 , HB4119 , HB3791 , HB4260 , HB4178 , HB4215 , HB4324 , HB3270 , HB4352 , HB4305 , HB2955 , HB3315 , HB3066 , HB1245 , HB4125 , HB3075 , HB3129 , HB3239 , HB4153 , HB3265 , HB4491 , SB680 , HB4263 , HB4268 , HB1675 , HB3885 , HB2984 , HB3697 , HB2959 , HB3671 , HB3852 , HB2933 , HB3057 , HB3802 , HB4294 , HB4285 , HB3708 , HB3979 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB3985 , HB3588 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HJR1070 , HB3590 , HB3595 , HB3391 , HB3183 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB1002 , HB4434 , HJR1086 , HB4060 , HB3881 , HB3500 , HB4408 , HB3648 , HB3127 , HB3606

Keywords: long-term care, advisory board, sunset legislation, mental health, psychologists, University of Oklahoma, gymnastics, NCAA, congratulations, sports excellence, recognition, honor, athletics, Joseph Castiglione, leadership, education, sports management, HB3413, public finance, state budget

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• Chair, members of the committee, Candace Bach, representing the Association of Washington Cities, here
• This is an issue we face at a few of our community projects that include the City of Seattle's busiest
• These funds were in addition to city, county, federal, private foundation, and individual giving.
• These funds were in addition to city, county, federal, private foundation, and individual giving.
• Our tax code just hasn't kept pace.

Bills: SB5872 , SB5879 , SB6047 , SB5988 , SB5923 , SB5832 , SB5970 , SB5994 , SB5949

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: preK promise account, early childhood education, child care, preschool, pre-kindergarten, DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, state treasury, trust fund, investment earnings, gift grants donations, dedicated account, general fund, nonreverting balance, appropriation, treasurer, Washington early learning, school readiness, education assistance program, legislative audit

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• city hall and not at the polling places, but in a town they would be there.
• city hall and not at the polling places, but in a town they would be there.
• they're oft timeimes at and in a city they're oft timeimes at the<01:00:19.359><c> city</c><01:00:19.680
• </c> select board or whatever or the city select board or whatever or the city council<01:13:02.880><
• Uh, and I need two per machine and I have, um, say in the city of Manchester, I've got 12 wards.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• and what the fire code requires.
• I would have to check the fire code on that, and I'm not a fire code expert.
• </c> the fire code and what the fire code the fire code and what the fire code requires.<04:24:32.720
• </c> or closed in place which the fire code or closed in place which the fire code offers<04:26:16.800
• I that and I'm not a fire code expert.

Committee: House Environment and Agriculture

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environmental Policy Subcommittee took up HB 1621, which would require a baseline environmental impact study before development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities. Members said the concept had merit, but they could not resolve major drafting and implementation issues, including how to define covered facilities, what the study would require, and how enforcement would work at the municipal or county level. Several members expressed concern about unintended consequences and said the proposal was not ready; the subcommittee voted unanimously to recommend inexpedient to legislate (ITL), and the full committee later adopted that recommendation on a 16-0 roll call vote, placing the bill on consent. The committee then discussed HB 1053, involving electronically submitted pesticide use reports. Representative Comtois presented an amendment creating a department database and protecting confidential information, but said she still needed to check whether it was germane and to review administrative issues with the Department of Agriculture. After hearing from David Russo of the Division of Pesticide Control, the committee agreed to continue work on the amendment and took no action that day. The committee also reviewed HB 1186 on egg labeling and producer exemptions. Representative Comtois offered an amendment exempting small producers from most requirements except labeling, but Commissioner Sean Jasper asked for more time to review the impact and suggested the state might not need the existing egg law at all if federal USDA rules already cover the field. Members agreed to hold action until the following week. Finally, the committee began discussion of HB 1780 on penalties for violations involving seeds, plants, and nursery stock, focusing on labeling rules and germination-date requirements; testimony from industry and department representatives indicated they were working toward a compromise that would allow multiple relabelings, add production dates, and set a 36-month sale limit, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• So, I'll close by saying our code &gt;&gt; Yes.
• </c><00:52:44.000><c> enforcement</c> with our town's code enforcement with our town's code enforcement
• ><c> enforcement</c><00:53:19.119><c> shut</c> heard that the code enforcement shut heard that the code
• They're using code terms, not I specifically went in and had this act done to me.
• </c> or city ordinance like shall be made. or city ordinance like shall be made.

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:25:31.400><c> the</c><00:25:31.480><c> state</c><00:25:31.720><c> traffic</c><00:25:32.080><c> code
• </c><00:25:32.800><c> to</c> vehicle under the state traffic code to vehicle under the state traffic
• code to replace<00:25:33.360><c> ambulances</c><00:25:34.680><c> with</c><00:25:35.200><c> emergency<
• I really try to be transparent to the public, so everyone knows what's going on, so it's not in code
• </c> on, so it's not in code or anything. on, so it's not in code or anything.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee began with resolutions HCR 93 and HR 85, which ask the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, in collaboration with the Department of the Attorney General, to form a working group and report on ways to strengthen protections for survivors of image-based sexual abuse. The Attorney General’s office said it could support the effort as legal counsel to the commission but preferred not to be an active working-group member, and suggested the Legislative Reference Bureau could instead conduct a nationwide study for stakeholders. The Commission on the Status of Women supported the resolutions but urged broader scope to include prevention and intervention, expanded stakeholder membership, keeping the Attorney General involved, and adjusting the report deadline. Testimony in support also came from the Emoa Alliance, which emphasized the prevalence and harms of image-based abuse and the need for stronger protections. Members asked questions about current criminal and civil remedies, reporting barriers, and whether the commission could administer the effort without the Attorney General; no votes were taken on the resolutions during the excerpted discussion. The committee then heard HCR 113 and HR 106, supporting the Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Working Group’s request for more resources and a timeline extension to fiscal year 2026-2027. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support, saying Native Hawaiian culture, traditional knowledge, and cultural expressions are increasingly being commercialized and exploited without adequate protection, and that the working group needs more time, resources, and community consultation to complete its work. The committee noted six supporters and no opposition or comments. The hearing also covered HCR 193 and HR 183, which would establish a court security and Department of Law Enforcement capacity working group to address staffing shortages and the use of private security at state courts. The Judiciary supported the intent, asked that the working group supplement rather than replace its budget request, and proposed allowing the chair to add members with relevant experience. In response to questions, Judiciary said it has requested $3.25 million for armed private security, which it said would cover about 18 contracted individuals, though with significant company overhead. The committee then moved through several bills: SB 2667, which restricts certain commercial vehicles and trailers from the far-left lane on multi-lane roads, received support from the Department of Transportation; SB 2851, which allows deaf vehicle owners to register a deafness designation for law enforcement access, drew testimony in support; SB 2521, which updates emergency vehicle rules and exempts EMS personnel from CDL requirements, received testimony from Honolulu Emergency Services; and SB 2466, which would make the Chief Elections Officer terminable only for cause, drew support from the League of Women Voters and opposition from Hawaiian Islands Republican Women, who argued the change could reduce accountability and create election disruptions if litigation over termination occurs.

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• grows stronger when we us that our city grows stronger when we invest<01:42:57.040><c> in</c><01:42:
• I'm incredibly grateful for the work they do to keep our city safe and inspire future generations to
• , a more resilient yes, more reliant city, a more resilient city.<02:07:40.079><c> On</c><02:07:40.320
• On behalf of the entire 20th city.
• </c><03:37:56.319><c> of</c><03:37:56.479><c> Dallas</c> Epic City in Plano outside of Dallas Epic City

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

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• and affordable, to ensure the best health care outcome for all Californians, regardless of their zip code
• Recently, a Rite Aid in King City closed.
• to God that nobody gets sick, or looking for other resources in the communities and what county or city
• Even for people who live in higher socioeconomic areas within a city, you are going to feel it as well
• Last year alone, UC physicians provided care to patients from 99% of California ZIP codes.

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Senate and Assembly Health Committees focused on the “cost of uncertainty” in health coverage, access, and affordability amid federal policy changes. Opening remarks from committee leaders and members emphasized that California’s gains under the Affordable Care Act and Health for All policies—high coverage rates, consumer protections, and lower uninsured rates—are now threatened by federal rollbacks, including the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits and H.R. 1. Members repeatedly cited rising premiums, skipped care, medical debt, and the risk of coverage losses, especially for low-income Californians, workers, seniors, and immigrant communities. The first panel featured federal policy and state implementation experts, including Don Joyce, Jessica Altman of Covered California, and Elizabeth Lansberg of HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability. Testimony described the ACA’s coverage expansions and the current federal threats: shorter open enrollment, more verification requirements, loss of enhanced subsidies, and changes affecting immigrants and preventive coverage. Covered California reported that average monthly premiums could nearly double without the subsidies, new enrollment is down sharply, and more consumers are shifting into bronze plans with higher deductibles. HCAI explained its affordability strategy through spending targets, consolidation review, and primary care investment, while members asked about the impact of federal cuts on provider taxes, uncompensated care, and whether California can sustain coverage without new revenue. The second panel, with UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Miranda Dietz and California Health Care Foundation’s Christoph Stremikis, broadened the discussion to statewide cost drivers and consumer impacts. They highlighted that more than half of Californians under 65 rely on job-based coverage, yet premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs have risen faster than wages. They also pointed to medical debt, administrative waste, market consolidation, and underinvestment in primary care as major drivers of unaffordability. Members asked about the 25% of health spending that does not improve patient care, the role of fraud versus administrative friction, the effect of cost growth targets on workers, and the need for preventive care and possible revenue solutions. The hearing then moved to a third panel on human impacts, beginning with testimony from a Central Valley promotora describing how families are choosing lower-tier coverage, struggling with diabetes care, and facing higher premiums after subsidy losses.

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• The bill requires a state, county, city, town, or school district office to provide sufficient space
• So I talked to the city, the town, and I asked them, hey, can we get a second polling place?
• We put in code enforcement.
• Throughout the criminal code, there are various criminal offenses where the penalty classification is
• Arizona has 17 statutes in the criminal code that have different monetary thresholds.

Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard a long series of bills, mostly from Senators Hoffman, Fernandez, and Bolick. Early action included SB 1436 on school bond/override ballot language, which passed 4-3 after brief debate over ballot length and transparency. SB 1568, requiring election systems to keep clocks within 60 seconds of official time and making violations a misdemeanor, was amended and passed 4-3 despite concerns about machine failures and the breadth of the penalty. SB 1569, limiting special election board members from collecting voter registrations while assisting confined voters, also passed 4-3 after testimony from county officials and a deputy registrar describing alleged misuse of SEBs. SB 1746, requiring schools to serve as polling places and closing schools on regular primary/general election days for staff training, passed 4-3 over objections about school autonomy and safety. SB 1295, allowing certain incarcerated people needing long-term care or treatment to be transferred to contracted medical institutions, passed unanimously after an amendment narrowing the medical eligibility language. The committee then took up SB 1067, a county blight/abatement bill allowing property tax bills to include assessments for removing rubbish, debris, and dilapidated structures; county officials from Gila and Pima Counties strongly supported it, and it passed 7-0. SB 1285, which would have repealed kratom protections and added kratom and its alkaloids to the narcotic-drug list, drew strong opposition from industry and a pharmacist and failed 3-4 after debate over safety, regulation, and criminal penalties. SB 1413, removing the $100,000 restitution cap for serious injury or death caused by a moving violation, passed after a short explanation that it was intended to conform statutes to a prior Arizona Supreme Court ruling. SB 1476, making prenatal exposure to dangerous or narcotic drugs and fetal alcohol syndrome a class six felony child neglect offense with an affirmative defense for mothers who completed treatment, drew emotional testimony from a foster/adoptive parent and opposition from reproductive justice and criminal defense advocates; it passed 4-2. Later, SB 1585, creating standards and funding mechanisms for sex offender-specific evaluations, treatment, and polygraphs, passed 4-2 after supporters argued it would improve oversight and opponents questioned the added surcharge and appropriation. SB 1662, requiring probation conditions to be the least restrictive necessary and tailored to risk and needs, passed 5-0 with support from justice reform advocates and defense attorneys. SB 1664, adjusting constable nomination signature requirements in Maricopa and Pima Counties, passed unanimously after county association support. The committee then began SB 1666 on in-state custodial interference, with the sponsor and a supporter describing repeated violations of custody orders and arguing for a tiered civil-penalty-to-felony structure; the transcript ends during questioning on that bill.

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• </c><00:55:20.160><c> Council</c><00:55:21.040><c> from</c> member of the Thornton City Council from
• member of the Thornton City Council from 1958<00:55:22.559><c> to</c><00:55:22.960><c> 1961.
• Still talked about this in the building code context. They don't care for building codes.
• </c> talked about this in the building code talked about this in the building code context.<01:45:53.679
• They want to build what they want codes.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Louis, Kansas City, Boone...
• In Kansas City, we did not bond.
• Do we know what the city of Kansas City is using this $2 million for? I do not. I do not.
• Louis property in the city of St.
• One in Jeff City, one enroll in another in Jeff City. Page 14 is the National Guard section.

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I feel like we should apologize to anybody that got a coding degree because a decade ago we said, 'This
• So who makes it, what their intent is behind it, what code is in there that maybe we don't see that could
• I sat in that park for two hours in the middle of the second largest city in America.

Committee: House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It is allowed to be at certain government buildings, city halls, courthouses.
• trust an audit system where the state only tests black-box functionality without looking at source code
• The researchers who wrote this book were able to obtain the proprietary source code from Dominion.

Committee: Senate Ethics and Elections

Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 62 by Senator Errington, which would create an enforceable requirement that partisan candidates meet the 365-day party affiliation or no-party registration requirement before qualifying. The committee adopted an amendment changing the effective date to upon becoming law, heard no opposition, and then approved the bill. The committee also approved a slate of 15 gubernatorial nominees en bloc and recommended them to the floor. The Florida Supervisors of Elections presented their 2026 legislative priorities. Their requests included automatically updating voter records when DHSMV changes driver license numbers, treating verified petition signing by inactive voters as voter activity that restores active status, adding election equipment and ballots to the state’s critical infrastructure protections, clarifying public-records treatment of election worker names and addresses, allowing more flexibility for early voting sites when a supervisor’s office is not suitable, eliminating the need for provisional-ballot envelopes when polling hours are extended by emergency order, and allowing vote-by-mail voters to remain on the list for the next general election unless they opt out. Senators asked questions about inactive voter status, security implications, early voting site requirements, and vote-by-mail renewal, and several members expressed support or interest in the supervisors’ proposals. During public testimony, several speakers urged stronger election-integrity measures, including proof of citizenship, tighter chain-of-custody controls, more hand-counting or manual audits, quarterly list maintenance, and reduced reliance on vote-by-mail and voting machines. They also criticized current audit systems and cited outside reports and research they said showed vulnerabilities in Florida’s election process. No additional committee action was taken after public testimony, and the meeting adjourned.

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• Now, there's a significant differential between what you all are making and what the city attorneys are
• We have a facility in Graceville that we are looking to renovate to bring it up to code, providing 32
• A nice to have now is that Clay Sheriff code, which we broke down in the budget.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OP SOLUTIONS ON THIS VERSATILE VIDEO CODING WHICH IS PROBABLY NEXT GENERATION
• TICKING AND I WILL NOT READ ALL THIS BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN HELPING TO IMPROVE CODES
• LEVERAGES WHAT WAS BILLED AT HPMI AND TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL FOR A FACILITY THAT WILL BE IN PANAMA CITY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• OF CONSTRUCTION WHETHER IT'S AMERICAN RED CROSS STANDARD SHELTERS OR HURRICANE PROTECTION STANDARD CODE
• THE CONTINUING SUCCESS OF RETROFITTING BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOLS, CHANGES IN BUILDING CODE
• TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND HAVING THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH NOT JUST ARE ECONOMIC PARTNERS BUT THE CITY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• California also provides resources related to starting a business, trademarks, Uniform Commercial Code
• , ensuring that state election laws are enforced. ...administer the provisions of the Elections Code,
• a prohibition on counting of any ballots not received. administer the provisions of the Elections Code
• The election code actually has mirrored what is called UOCAVA, and it provides certain aspects of the
• I love the state and I love the city, and my commute is, on average, an hour and a half there and an

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 heard updates from the Secretary of State, EDD, the State Controller’s Office, CalHR, and DGS on a range of budget proposals and federal policy impacts. Secretary of State Shirley Weber opened with remarks about California’s election system, emphasizing its safety, transparency, high voter registration and vote-by-mail participation, and the office’s response to bomb threats and other election threats. Her staff then presented funding requests for the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS) and Help America Vote Act/VoteCal activities, describing them as needed to modernize campaign finance and lobbying disclosure systems and maintain election security and voter services. A major portion of the hearing focused on federal election policy, especially the potential effects of a presidential executive order and the SAVE Act. Secretary of State staff said California would face significant, potentially unquantifiable costs if forced to comply, including new burdens on county recorders, county election offices, and the Secretary of State’s office, and warned of voter disenfranchisement, especially for students, seniors, disabled voters, military and overseas voters, rural residents, and people with limited transportation. Members and public commenters strongly opposed the federal proposals and argued California’s current system is functioning well. The committee also heard that federal HAVA funds were not expected to be at risk because the state draws them down into an interest-bearing account. EDD reported on paid family leave, explaining that recent delays were tied to a system transition and increased claim volume, and said it was simplifying applications and adding staff and automation. Public testimony supported expanding paid family leave to chosen family. EDD also said it is prepared for possible unemployment spikes, citing a recession plan, a command center, and recent hiring. The State Controller’s Office requested funding to continue the Fiscal migration project, which would move the state’s accounting book of record to the new system by July 1, 2026; Finance and LAO had no objections, and the committee expressed support for the project’s progress. CalHR presented a proposal for a statewide recruitment, outreach, and education paid media campaign under AB 1511, saying its current advertising budget is too small to reach diverse communities effectively. The final item addressed Governor Newsom’s executive order requiring a return to office on a four-day schedule. CalHR and DGS said they were working department-by-department to assess space, parking, transit, and other logistics, but had not completed a statewide cost analysis. Members and many public commenters criticized the order, arguing it was rushed, costly, harmful to telework benefits, and potentially disruptive to workers, especially those with disabilities, caregiving responsibilities, or long commutes. No votes were taken during the hearing.