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• She's the Acting Executive Director of the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications
• The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications.
• GoServe consists of California Volunteers, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications
• The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, known as OCPSC, uses a data-driven
• The BOE's technology proposal before you today is intended to modernize the technology platform used

Summary: The subcommittee first received an informational update on the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement (GoServe), including California Volunteers, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, and the Youth Empowerment Commission. GoServe reported strong participation in College Corps, Youth Service Corps, and Climate Action Corps, along with outreach results from OCPSC and the Trusted Messenger Network. The Department of Finance said the programs remain a priority but noted prior budget reductions, while the LAO said it had no new recommendations. Committee members raised questions about program diversity, geographic reach, administrative costs, and whether the programs duplicate existing volunteer opportunities; one member criticized the programs as costly and duplicative, while another emphasized the value of volunteerism and asked about the men’s service challenge. The item was informational only. The committee then heard an overview of the Board of Equalization’s property tax responsibilities and its first budget proposals since the 2017 reorganization. BOE described its role in county assessment oversight, state-assessed property valuation, and related tax administration. Members asked about BOE’s interaction with counties, property tax reassessments, and local tax notices; BOE explained it mainly works with county assessors and handles technical property tax questions, while local special district charges are generally outside its scope. The committee also considered a BOE proposal to implement SB 293, which would give additional time for certain intergenerational property tax transfer claims after the 2025 wildfires. BOE requested $154,000 for guidance, public materials, and inquiry response work, saying the change is urgent for wildfire-affected families, especially in Altadena. The LAO had no concerns, and the item was held open. BOE also presented an information technology modernization proposal for its state-assessed property program, seeking $3.2 million in 2026-27 and $3.1 million in 2027-28 to replace a 30-year-old mainframe system. BOE said the current system relies heavily on manual data entry and paper processes, creating inefficiencies, cybersecurity risks, and delays, while modernization would free staff for more audits and valuation studies. The LAO supported the need but urged a high bar for new IT projects; Finance said the project met the threshold of necessity. Members generally supported the upgrade but asked about audit gains, revenue impacts, and implementation risks, and the item was held open. Finally, CDTFA gave its department overview and then discussed a proposal to require all delivery network companies, such as Uber Eats and DoorDash, to be treated as marketplace facilitators for sales tax purposes. CDTFA said the current carve-out creates confusion for restaurants and small businesses because some DNCs collect and remit tax while others do not, and the change would improve compliance and shift reporting to larger platforms. Members debated whether the proposal amounts to a tax increase for consumers, with CDTFA and Finance arguing it is a consistency and compliance measure rather than a new tax, while others said it would likely raise consumer costs. The committee also discussed broader CDTFA issues, including local sales tax districts, revenue-sharing agreements, and the growth of special taxing jurisdictions. No votes were taken, and the agenda items were informational or held open.

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• But even more importantly, because we see it as a community laboratory, where the wine community can
• , from a marketing, from a community standpoint.
• , from a marketing from a community standpoint.
• And when they struggle, the impact is felt across our entire community.
• Yeah, I think we talk a lot here about innovation and technology.

Summary: The Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry held its first meeting at Napa Valley College, with opening remarks from Chair Senator Christopher Cabaldon and Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry emphasizing the industry’s importance to California’s economy and communities. The chair said the hearing was intended to gather information and ideas, not to vote on legislation, and to inform future policy, budget, and oversight work. The first panel focused on research and trends, with speakers from Sonoma State, UC Davis, and Terrain describing the industry as facing structural change rather than a temporary downturn. Panelists said California wine is confronting falling consumption, rising costs, labor shortages, housing pressures, tariffs, and competition from imports. Dr. Damien Wilson argued the industry has relied too heavily on premiumization and must focus on attracting new consumers, especially younger generations, through more accessible products, better marketing, and evidence-based decision-making. UC Davis’s Ben Mumpeteet said grapevine disease, extreme weather, and water shortages require long-term research investment and stronger university-industry-state partnerships. Chris Bitter, a wine economist, reported that California wine sales are down about 25% since 2019, that large amounts of grapes have gone unpicked, and that vineyard removals and falling vineyard values reflect a severe supply-demand imbalance; he urged regulatory review, trade competitiveness analysis, and transition support for growers. The committee then heard from industry representatives. Michael Miller of the California Association of Wine Grape Growers described a crisis in which growers can produce high-quality fruit but have no buyers, leading to abandoned or removed vineyards, lost farm revenue, and pressure to restore market balance. Honor Comfort of the Wine Institute presented the Share Wine Co-Lab, an open-access marketing platform designed to help wineries better reach younger consumers through data-driven, collaborative outreach. Jane Lisa Tamayo of Family Winemakers of California discussed the burden on smaller wineries and growers, including regulatory and market challenges. Members and witnesses also discussed changing consumer preferences, the need to adapt to younger drinkers, and concerns about tariffs and trade policy, with the chair warning that broad tariff calls had harmed export markets such as Canada. A final panel addressed tourism, farmworker impacts, and water regulation. Visit Napa Valley’s Lindsay Gallagher said tourism remains strong in Napa but is increasingly dependent on broader destination marketing beyond wine, while international visitation has declined. Sonia DeLuca of the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation said declining sales and rising costs reduce hours and income for farmworkers and urged targeted relief, wage-loss support, and continued bilingual training. State Water Board official Annalisa Kihar outlined the 2021 Winery General Order for winery process water, saying it was designed to streamline permitting, improve consistency, and reduce burdens on small wineries while protecting water quality; she reported 56 wineries enrolled and 122 under review, and said the board is working with industry partners on technical support and sustainability-based compliance pathways.

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• Depending on the community, it can be a different mix.
• And some communities have the, I would say, luxury of...
• Beneficiary of that technology. Thank you very much. Dr.
• I'm the communications director, and I support this bill.
• We have community-based care.

Bills: HB18, HB37, HB116, HB388, HB879, HB913, HB1151, HB2216, HB2358, HB2809, SB577, SB1590, SB1782, SB1887, SB2744, HB18, HB37, HB116

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, perinatal bereavement, healthcare, hospital training, bereavement support, maternal care, fetal demise, stillbirth, neonatal death, parent-child relationship, involuntary termination, family law, child welfare, child protection, HB 388, HB388

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• Community-based victim organizations Community-based victim organizations play a critical role not only
• Technology is already in there.
• And schools do need to be talking about safety and technology.
• In today's world, we live in technology, social media.
• This has been a hard year for our community.

Summary: The Committee on Children and Families met with a quorum and first took up several bills in executive session. It voted House Bill 1792, the Murphy Media Literacy Program, and House Bill 1770, dealing with time limits on abuse cases, both do pass by unanimous roll call votes. The committee then considered House Bill 2426, Representative Keebley’s parental rights bill. An amendment was adopted to align the bill with a Senate floor substitute, clarify judicial review and compelling government interest standards, update parent/child definitions, add transparency provisions, and revise medical consent language. After extensive discussion about parental consent, minors’ access to STI and substance use treatment, foster parent authority, and potential impacts on abuse situations, the committee voted the House Committee Substitute do pass by a vote of 11 yes, 3 no, and 1 present. The committee then heard House Bill 2418, which would create the Missouri Crime Victims Fund within the Department of Social Services as a framework for future appropriations if federal VOCA funding continues to decline. The sponsor and numerous witnesses from domestic violence shelters, child advocacy centers, CASA programs, and prosecutors described major reductions in VOCA support, staffing losses, service cuts, and the risk of leaving victims without shelter, advocacy, counseling, and court support. No one testified in opposition, and the hearing concluded without a vote. Finally, Representative Schmidt presented House Bill 3077, which would require social media and internet safety curriculum for grades 6 through 12 and provide parent resources. Supporters said the bill would help students recognize grooming, sextortion, misinformation, and other online risks, while some committee members and witnesses raised concerns about adding burdens on schools and suggested the material should be embedded into existing instruction and possibly start earlier. The committee also heard House Bill 1819, “Conrad’s Law,” which would require safe-sleep training and rules for licensed child care facilities for children age one and older, set limits on weighted blankets, and require documented care plans and training for children with special needs. The sponsor and family members said the bill responds to a child’s death and is intended to improve child care safety without adding extra training hours. Both bills were heard in public testimony, and the committee adjourned after the House Bill 1819 hearing.

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• Shaw McNeil, California Community Choice Association, in support.
• —of proven, scalable technologies that can reduce emissions.
• —of proven, scalable technologies that can reduce emissions.
• This is not an emerging technology.
• Sean McNeil, California Community Choice Association, in support.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• She's the Acting Executive Director of the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications
• Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications.
• GoServe consists of California Volunteers, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications
• The BOE's technology proposal before you today is intended to modernize the technology platform used
• Carbon by 80% with current technologies, with new technologies, EJET coming online potentially, reducing

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• You're dealing with technology.
• I think that changes the nature of some of the kind of community investment, community service that we
• They give back to community. They give back to the state.
• They get back to community. They get back to the state. They're doing the right things.
• They're investing heavily in technology in terms of Chromebooks, computers, and computer technology staff

Summary: The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development heard House Bill 3359, presented by Rep. Travis Wilson on behalf of Rep. Riggs. The bill would create a state income tax credit for donations to registered school robotics/STEAM programs, including cash, equipment, software, materials, and certain employee volunteer hours. The proposal was described as a 20% credit, capped at $10 million annually beginning in tax year 2027, with a six-year sunset. Committee members raised questions about whether the credit applies to individuals or businesses, how volunteer hours would be valued, whether the bill should be limited to qualified coaches or employees rather than parents or general volunteers, which state agency would administer reporting, and whether the 20% rate should be higher. Rep. Wilson said he was open to clarifying amendments and noted the bill sponsor would need to weigh changes. The bill’s student author and witness, Sarah Waldron, a Westminster Christian Academy senior and robotics team CEO, testified in support. She said the bill was intended to help Missouri schools, especially under-resourced ones, access funding for robotics programs and argued that the credit would leverage private donations into student opportunities and workforce development. She clarified that the volunteer-hour provision was meant for business employees, not individual volunteers, and said she had drafted an amendment to provide higher credits for schools with higher free-and-reduced-lunch percentages. Several committee members praised her work and discussed the need to target aid toward schools with fewer resources. Arne C. A.C. Dinoff, State Public Advocate, testified in opposition. He praised the student’s initiative but argued the state could not afford another tax credit given budget deficits and said volunteerism should not be tied to a fiscal reward. He also questioned the fiscal note and said robotics support should be handled locally rather than through a state tax credit. No vote was taken, and the chair concluded the hearing after testimony.

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• </c><00:09:37.360><c> through</c> then strengthening communities through then strengthening communities
• through leadership<00:09:38.320><c> and</c><00:09:38.480><c> Community</c> leadership and Community
• </c> also uh developed a lot of technology also uh developed a lot of technology that<00:38:17.800><c
• </c> research includes um helping communities research includes um helping communities develop<00:50:
• with community-based researchers.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:19:27.280><c> and</c><00:19:27.560><c> competitive</c> technological and competitive technological
• </c> A's stadium those both had community A's stadium those both had community benefits<01:11:57.280>
• :14:50.040><c> be</c><01:14:50.200><c> utilized,</c> technology will certainly be utilized, technology
• <01:15:35.640><c> as</c> technology as technology as visitors<01:15:37.120><c> via</c><01:15:37.360><
• :16:26.520><c> through</c> technology is utilized certainly through technology is utilized certainly

Bills: SCR145, SCR132, SCR31, SCR110

Keywords: traffic violations, demerit point system, driver license points, traffic safety, hit and run, reckless driving, repeat offenders, recidivism, Department of Transportation, DOT, task force, traffic enforcement, road safety, vehicle code, license suspension, county police, Hawaii transportation, SCR132, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Makakilo Drive Extension

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• </c> roughly 10,000 rare disease communities roughly 10,000 rare disease communities have<00:54:45.440
• </c> has affected the rare disease community has affected the rare disease community stastically<00:59
• In fact, 80% of helium's usage is for MRI technology, so it is critical to the medical technology field
• In fact, 80% of helium's usage is for MRI technology, so it is critical to the medical technology field
• </c><01:14:58.800><c> so</c> was involved in in MRI um technology so was involved in in MRI um technology

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> Enlighten all members of the communities Enlighten all members of the communities we<00:02:53.599
• <00:03:59.159><c> success</c> Community success Community success what<00:04:01.640><c> is</c><00:04:
• c> not</c> communities communities that might not communities communities that might not be<00:10:30.920
• </c><01:38:08.159><c> access</c> Library budgets and Technology access Library budgets and Technology
• </c> know uh good stewards of our community know uh good stewards of our community good<01:47:06.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It only focuses on employers who use this technology.
• It only focuses on employers who use this technology.
• Technology is not free of biases and the flaws of humans.
• It's about how we're integrating technology into our workplace.
• We were, there was an assessment of the technology initially.

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker rights, workplace technology, pay equity, and retail/self-checkout standards. SB 703 would require ports to collect and report information on trucking companies to help identify worker misclassification in the port trucking industry; supporters, including Teamsters and the California Labor Federation, said better data is needed for enforcement, while trucking and retail groups said they were working with the author and expected to remove opposition after amendments. The bill passed 5-0 and was re-referred to Transportation. The committee also approved a consent calendar of other measures. SB 294, the Workplace Know Your Rights Act, would require the Labor Commissioner to create a template for annual employer notices about workers’ labor and civil rights, including emergency contact notification if a worker is detained or arrested. Supporters said the bill would help workers understand their rights amid federal rollbacks and weak enforcement; the California Restaurant Association opposed it. SB 7 would require notice and human review before employers use automated decision-making systems for discipline or termination, and would bar predictive use of such systems for employment actions. Labor groups supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or opaque algorithmic management, while HR, chamber, retail, and local government groups raised concerns about breadth, notice burdens, and small-business impacts. Both bills passed 5-0 to their next committees. The committee also advanced SB 238, which would require disclosure about workplace surveillance and AI monitoring tools, and SB 442, which sets staffing and operational standards for self-checkout, including at least one staffed lane, one employee dedicated to monitoring self-checkout, item restrictions, and a 15-item limit sign. Supporters argued both bills improve transparency, safety, and worker protections; opponents warned SB 238 could expose security practices and SB 442 could raise costs and create preemption issues. SB 464 would expand state pay-data reporting to better capture public-sector workforce demographics in line with reparations and pay-equity goals, and SB 642 would strengthen the Equal Pay Act by extending recovery periods, clarifying wage definitions, and updating pay-scale language. SB 464 and SB 642 also passed, with some opposition from county and business groups over scope and retroactivity. All measures taken up in the hearing were approved by committee, generally on 5-0 votes, and re-referred to the appropriate policy or fiscal committees.

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• I would add that the history of technological advancement has been one of technological change in which
• 00:47:07.280><c> coming</c><00:47:07.599><c> out</c> technological change in which coming out technological
• </c> we've seen in past technological we've seen in past technological revolutions.<00:48:38.559><c>
• </c><00:57:44.000><c> So,</c> technology in in all of these ways.
• So, technology in in all of these ways.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:03:40.239><c> Requires</c> low-income urban communities.
• Requires low-income urban communities.
• </c><00:05:21.840><c> into</c> parents to integrate technology into parents to integrate technology into
• I think there are a lot of different technologies available, and this is a very quickly changing and
• However, we are technology agnostic.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They then took those skills and interviewed the older folks in their community as well.
• It's not any different than how we've had to adapt to all these previous technologies.
• It is a great tool, great technology. Everybody does it; very few know what it is.
• </c><00:55:56.680><c> which</c> so it's an open-source community which so it's an open-source community
• </c><01:34:22.600><c> with</c> an easy framework to communicate with an easy framework to communicate

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• This technology is in homes, classrooms, and garages.
• member of the South Seattle community.
• The South Seattle community is harmed by violence daily.
• I teach and advise companies about the latest data technology.
• I believe that technology solutions like HB 2320 can...

Keywords: 904, all

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• There is no commercial power, and we are the only connection for communications to that community for
• There is no commercial power, and we are the only connection for communications to that community for
• We are deeply committed to our rural communities.
• The AV technology allows that right now: they're communicating with their own home offices, their own
• improves and as technology changes.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And it's really trying to get at the idea of communicating zero tolerance and communicating that self-defense
• technology.
• program and schools that did not have a one-to-one technology program.
• I thought they really liked the technology.
• I am also an educational technology specialist.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• In protecting these communities and economies from flood risk.
• to serve a technology boom, certainly serving artificial intelligence technology.
• To make sure that there are community benefits in place.
• Or you can have environmental protection and community benefits.
• into low-income communities.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• By which the technology to support that Which the technology to support that business since we announced
• in a wonderful in an amazing community in a wonderful state
• , technologies, technologies, certain<00:32:27.679><c> work</c><00:32:27.919><c> skills,</c><00:32:28.880
• </c> uh decisions for their communities. uh decisions for their communities.
• </c><00:42:41.920><c> and</c> Oval we actually have technology and Oval we actually have technology and

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:04 Economic Development Projects Funding 00:01:25 Blue Oval SK 00:05:20, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum to hear a recap of the 2021 special session legislation, Senate Bill 5, and then receive testimony from the Secretary of Economic Development on the Blue Oval SK project and related economic development issues. Staff explained that Senate Bill 5 appropriated five amounts from the budget reserve trust fund for a project tied to a minimum $2 billion investment: $350 million for forgivable loans through the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, $10,639,600 to pay off a Hardin County loan tied to 47 tracts of property, $20 million for Bluegrass State Skills Corporation training grants, $5 million for KCTCS training grants, and $25 million for a KCTCS on-site training center. Staff also noted there were no job-related requirements in the bill itself. The secretary said the Blue Oval SK incentive was structured as a $250 million forgivable loan rather than the state’s usual pay-as-you-go incentives, with clawback provisions tied to jobs, wages, investment, and changes in ownership or operations. He said the project had already exceeded the $2 billion investment threshold, that corporate guarantees were required from SK On and Ford, and that the agreement’s compliance period begins in December 2026 with payments starting in March 2027 and running through 2038. He said the state’s goal after the joint venture dissolution was to protect taxpayers, support affected workers, and preserve future job creation, while also ensuring the money would be repaid if performance targets are not met. Members asked about the workforce impact, the training programs, and whether the jobs targets would be revised. The secretary said the project had about 1,850 workers at the site, with both production and salaried employees affected, and described state-led job fairs, a job portal, and other rapid-response efforts to help displaced workers find new jobs or training. He said Ford had agreed to continue discussions, invest an additional $2 billion in the site for energy storage solutions, and pursue roughly 2,100 new jobs, while the state sought to keep the company accountable for the full repayment obligation if jobs are not created. One senator raised broader concerns about mega-projects displacing small businesses and creating infrastructure burdens in surrounding communities.