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• Because I also think people in our communities care about public safety.
• </c> communities care about public safety. communities care about public safety.
• we've been talking about public safety.
• </c> Public safety power shutoffs. Public safety power shutoffs.
• The report alleged that the platform was cutting safety spending as problems mounted.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Social safety net programs like Reduces child welfare involvement.
• Social safety net programs like appropriately funded cash assistance grants, SNAP, earned income tax
• unequal opportunities for economic mobility, stagnated wages and reduced labor power, and social safety
• We are living in the aftermath of the largest cuts to the federal social safety net we've ever seen.
• Youth transitioning out of care often enter adulthood without the family networks or financial safety

Bills: H5085 , H5286

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Keywords: poverty alleviation, family support, economic mobility, youth transition, financial education, matched savings, community programs, Department of Children and Families, DCF, child abuse investigation, child neglect, pediatrician, advanced practice registered nurse, medical misdiagnosis, rickets, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, vitamin D deficiency, bone fragility, child welfare

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• Looking back, it was obvious that I had no concept of boundaries, safety, or trust.
• Looking back, it was obvious that I had no concept of boundaries, safety, or trust.
• And so I remember being in high school, and we phased out what was known as health and safety, which
• The safety of our athletes is always first.
• As a foster youth, I don't have a financial safety net to fall back on when emergencies happen, unlike

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• you, county commissioners have a wide range of responsibilities, including roads, bridges, taxes, safety
• And they claim that the advancements in nuclear technology are primarily in safety features.
• And they claim that the advancements in nuclear technology is primarily in safety features.
• And so we've had a project looking at a specific aspect of hydrogen, the safety aspect.
• And so one of our CERC projects was looking at how can we innovate in the safety space?

Committee: Joint Energy Development and Transmission Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• you, county commissioners have a wide range of responsibilities, including roads, bridges, taxes, safety
• And they claim that the advancements in nuclear technology are primarily in safety features.
• We perhaps can't run them both at the same time, given their own safety considerations.
• And so we've had a project looking at a specific aspect of hydrogen, the safety aspect.
• And so one of our CERC projects was looking at how can we innovate in the safety space?

Committee: Joint Energy Development and Transmission Committee

Summary: The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support. The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ. The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.

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• you, county commissioners have a wide range of responsibilities, including roads, bridges, taxes, safety
• And they claim that the advancements in nuclear technology are primarily in safety features.
• We perhaps can't run them both at the same time, given their own safety considerations.
• And so we've had a project looking at a specific aspect of hydrogen: the safety aspect.
• And so one of our CERC projects was looking at how can we innovate in the safety space?

Summary: The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of Minnkota Power Cooperative before hearing presentations on large energy consumers and related infrastructure issues. The first presentation, from the North Dakota Transmission Authority, focused on the need for better local decision-making tools for counties, townships, and planning and zoning boards facing major projects such as transmission lines, pipelines, data centers, wind, solar, and large-scale agriculture. The speaker urged more objective, data-driven analysis, noted that local officials often have limited time and resources, and said the state should support training and tools through groups like the League of Cities and the Association of Counties. Members asked about proactive outreach, data center ordinances, and how to avoid subsidizing large loads or causing reliability problems. The Division of Air Quality then discussed environmental oversight of data centers, emphasizing that North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the country and that the agency’s role is limited to air, water discharge, stormwater, and waste—not zoning or water use. The presentation explained that data centers generally have low direct emissions but may rely on diesel backup generators when the grid is unavailable, which creates air-quality concerns; the department said it is requiring air monitors at some projects to collect real-world data and guide future decisions. Members asked about generator emissions, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession, and the agency said permit applicants pay for the monitors while the state handles some QA work. The Department of Water Resources followed with an overview of North Dakota water law and data center water use. The director explained the state’s prior-appropriation system, the public-interest review for permits, and the large overall water supply available from groundwater and the Missouri River. He said most proposed data centers use closed-loop cooling systems and generally request relatively small amounts of water compared with other uses such as power plants, irrigation, and oilfield operations, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use only a tiny fraction of Missouri River flow. Questions focused on downstream impacts and comparisons to fracking water use, and the director said the state’s use is too small to materially affect downstream users. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd-Erickson testified online about data center zoning and permitting. He asked the committee to have Legislative Council gather information on how other states handle data center permitting and to keep the topic on the interim agenda. He argued that local zoning should remain local, but said counties lack the technical and legal resources to manage complex reclamation or bonding requirements and that state-level enabling legislation may be more appropriate. He also recommended eliminating tax incentives for data centers. The committee chair said staff would prepare a document on other states’ zoning and permitting approaches. After a lunch recess, the committee reconvened at the EERC, where CEO Charles Gorecki gave an overview of the center’s 75 years of work and its role in oil and gas, carbon management, and other energy technologies, highlighting enhanced oil recovery and carbon dioxide utilization as major opportunities for future production and tax revenue.

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• Ghost guns present clear danger to Minnesotans and our public safety for at least three reasons.
• and present danger to motans and our and present danger to motans and our public<00:03:36.640><c> safety
• for at least three public safety for at least three reasons.<00:03:38.799><c> First,</c><00:03:39.599
• </c><00:19:41.679><c> For</c><00:19:41.840><c> these</c> better serve public safety.
• For these better serve public safety.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There's a public safety reinvestment tax deferral, so 50% of net new income tax and sales tax shall be
• reinvested back into the innovation zone for public safety and infrastructure.
• reinvested back into the innovation zone for public safety and infrastructure.
• Innovation zone for public safety and infrastructure.
• The second being public safety. I know there's a perception of downtown St.

Summary: The House approved the journal and recognized several special guests and departing staff before moving to bills on perfection and printing. House Bill 2636, the Mortgage Modification Act, was explained as a banking measure to keep a first mortgage in first position when modified, and it received bipartisan support and was ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 1718, dealing with sovereign immunity caps and the inflation factor under section 537.610, was also advanced after questions about whether the cap should be measured at the time of injury or judgment; the sponsor said the bill would use the injury date and that trial attorneys were the main opposition. House Bills 2120 and 1698, combined as an anti-bullying measure known as Sawyer’s Law, were then taken up and advanced after extensive debate. The bill would require prompt reporting and investigation of bullying, reporting to administrators and school boards, and protections for staff and schools acting under the policy. An amendment from the Lady from Boone sought to remove zero-tolerance references, limit identifying information in reports, and give school boards more flexibility, but it failed on a voice vote. Supporters of the bill cited tragic bullying cases and argued schools need stronger reporting and accountability; opponents of the amendment and some speakers warned about due process, school board overreach, and potential liability. House Bill 2748, requiring daily physical activity for students, was then brought up with an amendment that would remove the emergency clause, delay implementation, and specify weekly activity minutes and how some activity time could count toward class requirements; members debated scheduling, teacher workload, and whether the proposal would reduce instructional time, but the discussion was still ongoing at the end of the transcript.

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• as well as informed planning for areas where there's documented risk to infrastructure and public safety
• Um, and so I think they were more concerned about my safety than I was, but I've respected them and done
• about my safety than I was.<01:10:30.640><c> uh</c><01:10:30.880><c> but</c><01:10:31.040><c> I've</
• And again, to your point, not to add to your collection, but for personal safety.
• Um, and so that was personal safety.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Committee Report No. 2783, third reading of Senate Bill 2517, Senate Draft 1, relating to public safety
• Committee Report No. 3048, third reading of Senate Bill 2429, Senate Draft 1, relating to traffic safety
• Committee Report No. 3055, third reading of Senate Bill 2054, Senate Draft 2, relating to public safety
• </c><00:57:58.000><c> Is</c><00:57:58.160><c> there</c> 2, relating to traffic safety.
• Is there 2, relating to traffic safety. Is there any<00:57:58.640><c> discussion?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• For the safety, the health, and the future of our juveniles whose parents serve this great nation, I
• This change maintains the safety requirements for background screening of visitors in these homes but
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 774, a bill to be entitled an act relating to 911 public safety
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 774, a bill to be entitled an act relating to 911 public safety
• Senators, CS for SB 760 is a victim safety bill focused on serious violent cases.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no weekend conference. The chamber then took up a long special-order calendar of bills, generally moving each measure through third reading and final passage, often by substituting House companion bills. Early measures included trust law modernization (SB 786/HB 895), military affairs changes and Guard retirement corrections (SB 474), rounding rules for cash transactions as pennies phase out (SB 1074), podiatric medicine regulation and informed-consent requirements (SB 1092), veterans court expansion (SB 50/HB 199), RV park special assessment clarification (SB 118), concurrent jurisdiction for juvenile offenses on military installations (SB 502/HB 351), alcoholic beverage loss deductions (SB 678/HB 1137), and bail bond/pretrial release revisions (SB 600). Most passed unanimously or near-unanimously; SB 600 passed 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and an amendment aligning with the House version and prosecutors’ concerns. The Senate also considered bills on portable electronics and eyewear insurance (SB 772), the linking industry to nursing education fund and health science workforce programs (SB 1246), recovery residences and behavioral health licensing (SB 1030, with a technical amendment on background checks and probationary licenses), felony battery enhancements for repeat offenders and offenses against law enforcement (SB 436), and child welfare changes including foster-home visitor screening, a permanent statewide Step Into Success program, and a best-practices repository (SB 1718). These measures were explained by sponsors as efforts to streamline regulation, improve workforce and health-care training, strengthen public safety, and reduce administrative burdens while preserving safeguards. Votes on these bills were overwhelmingly favorable, with final tallies typically 36-0 or 37-0. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to a farewell tribute to Senator Lori Berman. Members from both parties praised her leadership, collegiality, policy work, and advocacy on issues including voting rights, women’s rights, Israel and antisemitism, school safety, breast cancer, and family law. Berman delivered a lengthy farewell reflecting on her 16 years in the Legislature, her caucus leadership, and the importance of dignity, respect, and public service. The Senate adopted a motion to spread her remarks upon the journal and then recessed before returning to continue the calendar.

Transcript Highlights:

• For the safety of the health and the future of our juveniles whose parents serve this great and for the
• safety of the health and the future of our juveniles whose parents serve this great nation, I ask you
• This change maintains the safety requirements for background screening of visitors in these homes but
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 774, a bill to be entitled an act relating to 911 public safety
• Senators, CS for SB 760 is a victim safety bill focused on serious violent cases.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no conference that weekend. The chamber then took up a long special order calendar and passed a series of bills, often by substituting House companions. Early measures included trust law modernization to create a nonjudicial trustee discharge process, military affairs changes expanding leave and retirement-related provisions, a bill to prepare for the end of penny use by standardizing cash rounding, and a podiatric medicine bill regulating cellular or tissue-based products and informed consent. The Senate also approved veterans court expansion, RV park assessment clarification, alcohol-loss tax deduction authority, bail bond and pretrial release revisions, and a military-installation jurisdiction bill to allow juvenile cases on bases to be handled in state juvenile court under certain conditions. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, with the bail bond bill passing 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and confirmation that existing law on return of charitable bail funds would remain unchanged. The chamber then paused for a lengthy farewell presentation honoring Senator Lori Berman, featuring a video, remarks from many senators, and Berman’s own closing speech reflecting on her 16 years of service, her legislative priorities, and her call for civility, bipartisanship, and continued support for issues such as school safety, Israel, anti-Semitism, and affordability. After the tribute, the Senate resumed and passed additional bills, including one expanding insurance coverage definitions for portable electronics and eyewear, a workforce and nursing education funding bill broadening support for health science programs, a recovery residences regulatory streamlining bill, a felony battery enhancement bill adding resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense, and a child welfare bill extending visitor thresholds in out-of-home placements, making the Step Into Success program permanent, and creating a best-practices program. The chamber also advanced a candidate qualification bill tightening party-affiliation requirements and adding a House provision on recent legal name changes; debate began on that measure as the transcript ended.

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• For the safety, health, and future of our juveniles whose parents serve this great nation, I ask you
• This change maintains the safety requirements for background screening of visitors in these homes but
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 774, a bill to be entitled an act relating to 911 public safety
• Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 774, a bill to be entitled an act relating to 911 public safety
• Senators, CS for SB 760 is a victim safety bill focused on serious violent cases.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including guests from the press, Florida State women’s soccer, and former Senator Janet Cruz. Members also announced there would be no conference that weekend. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions and proceeding quickly to third reading and final passage. Among the measures approved were bills modernizing trust settlement and trustee discharge procedures; revising military affairs laws, including leave protections, retirement eligibility, and assistance programs; creating uniform cash-rounding rules as Florida prepares for the end of the penny; refining podiatric medicine rules on cellular/tissue-based products and informed consent; expanding veterans’ court access statewide; clarifying RV park special assessments; establishing concurrent state-federal jurisdiction for juveniles on military installations; reauthorizing alcoholic beverage loss deductions; and revising bail bond and pretrial release laws, including training, electronic notices, forfeiture timing, and related procedures. Members also passed bills on eyewear insurance licensing, expanding the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund into health science education, streamlining recovery residence regulation, enhancing felony battery penalties, and updating child welfare rules to reduce repeated background checks, make the Step Into Success program permanent, and create a best-practices program. Several bills drew brief supportive remarks, especially those affecting veterans, the National Guard, foster youth, and military families. One bail bond bill prompted questions about charitable bail bonds, with the sponsor stating the current statute would remain unchanged. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously; the bail bond measure passed 36-1, while the others noted here passed with no or minimal opposition. The Senate also adopted an amendment to the military affairs bill and a delete-all amendment to the military-installation jurisdiction bill before final passage. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to honoring Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman on her farewell. Members from both parties offered extended remarks praising her leadership, preparation, collegiality, advocacy on issues such as voting rights, women’s rights, Israel, anti-Semitism, breast cancer, school safety, and family law, and her effectiveness in committee and on the floor. Berman delivered an extended farewell speech reflecting on her 16 years in the Legislature, her family, her district, and her legislative priorities, and the Senate ordered her remarks spread upon the journal before recessing and later returning to continue the calendar.

Transcript Highlights:

• For the safety, the health, and the future of our juveniles whose parents serve this great nation, I
• This change maintains the safety requirements for background screening of visitors in these homes but
• Committee substitute for Senate Bill 774, a bill to be entitled an act relating to 911 public safety
• Committee substitute for Senate Bill 774, a bill to be entitled an act relating to 911 public safety
• CS for SB 760 is a victim safety bill focused on serious violent cases.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• ><00:13:58.000><c> that</c><00:13:58.959><c> um</c> Advancing this legislation is about community safety
• is not just morally sound, but it's smart public policy when it comes to strengthening community safety
• is fundamental to expressing civic involvement and community belonging and is a pathway to public safety
• </c><00:14:24.639><c> um</c> to strengthening community safety. um to strengthening community safety.
• </c><00:14:41.120><c> So</c> um is a pathway to public safety. So um is a pathway to public safety.

Committee: Senate State & Local Government

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:05 Attendance Roll Call: 00:10 SB 70 Discussion: 00:58 SB 70 Vote: 04:36 SB 80 Discussion: 05:16 SB 80 Vote: 31:45 SB 127 Discussion: 32:30 SB 127 Vote: 39:38 SB 154 Discussion: 41:25 SB 154 Vote: Adjournment: 47:14, 958, all

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• Larry Gwyn Maddox, Ph.D., for reappointment to the Public Safety Advisory Commission, his nomination,
• Larry Gwyn Maddox, Ph.D., for reappointment to the Public Safety Advisory Commission.
• Jeannie Faye Pierce for reappointment to the Public Safety Advisory Commission.
• sale of extremely dangerous weapons, providing for inspections, requiring dealers to post legal and safety
• telecommunicators. ...retirement, including public safety telecommunicators as police members under

Keywords: 996, all

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• Over the decades, we have developed over 800 globally accepted technical standards that promote safety
• ,</c> standards that promote safety, standards that promote safety, efficiency,<00:15:54.480><c> and<
• Safe risk, safety risk for people, risk to our drinking water, earthquakes and ground movement, long-term
• [clears throat] Safe risk, safety place.
• [clears throat] Safe risk, safety risk<00:26:22.960><c> for</c><00:26:23.279><c> people,</c><00:26:24.000

Bills: HB61 , HB176 , SB12

Committee: House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• course, our mission statement, which is that the Arizona Veterinary Medical Board protects the health, safety
• beneficiaries, and lost revenues that could have been provided to trust beneficiaries and public safety
• The department's failure to inspect this land poses a public safety risk and increases the risk of millions
• the land to determine if it had been properly restored, such as ensuring the mine shaft was not a safety
• the land to determine if it had been properly restored such as ensuring the mine shaft was not a safety

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Joint Natural Resources and House Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committees of Reference heard the Arizona Auditor General’s sunset review of the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board. The audit found the board generally met some licensing requirements, but it did not timely investigate and resolve 49 of 159 complaints in fiscal year 2024, and it did not fully comply with conflict-of-interest disclosure and filing requirements. The Auditor General also identified weaknesses in continuing-education verification and other sunset-factor areas, and the board agreed to implement all 21 recommendations. Board staff said complaint volume has risen sharply since the pandemic, that the board’s process is slower because every case goes through an investigative committee and then the full board, and that it has already corrected some conflict-of-interest issues and is adding tools to improve continuing-education audits. The committee then heard testimony from the board’s executive director and from the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association. The executive director emphasized the board’s public-protection mission, described the shortage of veterinarians and veterinary technicians, and said the board is working to improve efficiency through a new e-licensing system and staff training. Members asked about the shortage of large-animal veterinarians, complaint backlogs, and whether the board could do more to recruit rural practitioners; the board said it lacks direct recruiting authority but supports multiple licensure pathways and loan-assistance efforts. The veterinary association supported the board’s oversight and said it is also working on rural and large-animal workforce issues through partnerships and advocacy. The committee then voted to recommend continuing the board for eight years, until July 1, 2034. The committee next took up the Arizona State Land Department, beginning with the Auditor General’s presentation on the department’s sunset review and prior special audit. The audit found the department had not updated its required five-year disposition plan since 2011, had sold more than 48,000 acres without an active plan, had allowed agricultural rental rates to go unchanged since 2006 despite market increases, and had not consistently inspected mineral-related leases or properly managed reclamation bonds. The Auditor General said these issues created risks of lost revenue, reduced transparency, and public-safety hazards, and recommended 18 corrective actions in the main review plus 34 additional recommendations on other issues; the department agreed to most recommendations but declined to adopt a written policy for commissioner-initiated land sales. Commissioner Robin Sahid said the department is working through audit recommendations, has created a rules team, improved its customer portal, and is pursuing new policies on water use, transportation-basin leases, and disposition planning. Members questioned the department about agricultural leases, groundwater valuation, the Fondomonte leases and reimbursement for improvements, the canceled Coyotes land auction, backlog and processing times, and the use of consultants and administrative funds. The commissioner said the department had over 2,000 applications in queue when she arrived, that it has made progress reducing the backlog, and that it is conducting stakeholder outreach on water-efficiency standards and lease addenda. No final vote on the land department continuation was taken in the portion provided.

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• , we also need educational teachers, STEM teachers, different roles within the government, public safety
• , we also need educational teachers, STEM teachers, different roles within the government, public safety
• He currently serves as an incident commander and safety officer Type 1 on a full-time national incident
• Again, we're breaking ground in Rosemead to develop a public safety sector.
• We believe in rehabilitation, public safety, and every young person's right to succeed.

Summary: The hearing opened the Select Committee on Effective Postsecondary Career, Technical Education, and Workforce Development Programs at Santa Ana College, with Assemblymember Mike Fong emphasizing the need for affordable, accelerated pathways into high-demand careers and noting his bill AB 1098 creating the California Interagency Education Council. Chancellor Marvin Martinez welcomed the committee and urged changes to AB 927 to remove the “duplication” barrier for community college bachelor’s degrees, arguing that applied baccalaureate programs can lead to high-wage jobs and expand access for low- and middle-income students. The first panel focused on statewide workforce trends and policy. California Community Colleges Vice Chancellor Anthony Cordova highlighted credit for prior learning, Strong Workforce funding, dual enrollment, and apprenticeship growth, asking the Legislature to restore and increase Strong Workforce funding and expand applied baccalaureate degrees. LAEDC’s Josep Bilayo described regional labor market data showing growth in health care, education, construction, bioscience, and clean energy, while stressing the need for employer-led, data-driven programs, wraparound supports, and flexible funding. Andrew Gonzalez of the Building and Construction Trades Council argued that registered apprenticeship must be paid, combine classroom and on-the-job training, and end in a portable credential; he also promoted apprenticeship readiness programs, community workforce agreements, and stronger exposure to trades starting in K-12. Eric Morrison Smith of the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color discussed the California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program and related youth apprenticeship recommendations, including bridge programs, intermediary infrastructure, reduced employer barriers, and better coordination of state funding. A later panel highlighted Santa Ana College’s fire technology and firefighting academy programs. President Annabelle Neri and Vice President Jeffrey Lamb said the college is one of the state’s largest fire training providers, with strong partnerships with local fire agencies, law enforcement, and the U.S. Forest Service, and with high job placement and six-figure starting salaries for some graduates. They also described related certificates, advanced officer training, wellness services, and workforce preparation such as mock interviews and sponsorships. Throughout the hearing, members and panelists repeatedly stressed the importance of aligning education with labor market demand, expanding apprenticeships and work-based learning, and using regional collaboration to connect students to living-wage careers.

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• It teaches practical skills related to cooking, food safety, and food resource management.
• Sean Ivey's group with our Extension Veterinarian, along with the Southwest Border Food Safety Defense
• And lastly, $10 million for Target Zero implementation to continue our work in performing safety and
• This bill is essentially aimed at creating enhanced safety in our work zones.
• The other thing I think you are on the right track with speeding through safety zones.

Keywords: 996, all