Liz Ortega — Janice Jackson thanked Chairwoman Ortega for the opportunity to present.
Liz Ortega — Chair Liz Ortega presided over the committee discussion on the bill, thanked speakers, and added supportive remarks emphasizing that gig workers should have the same organizing rights and protections as other workers such as farm workers and child care providers. She stressed that flexibility should not come at the expense of low wages, lack of health care, or no voice on the job, welcomed colleagues as co-authors, thanked supporters and drivers for their advocacy, noted ongoing conversations with opposition, and asked for an aye vote. The roll call then recorded Ortega voting aye on the motion to do pass to Appropriations.
Liz Ortega — During the roll call, the chair gave a strong aye recommendation, and Liz Ortega was recorded as voting aye on the motion.
Liz Ortega — Recorded as voting aye on the motion.
Liz Ortega — A continuous committee exchange involving Chair Liz Ortega: the speaker first thanks Ortega and her team for helping draft amendments adopted earlier, then asks whether the chair will allow additional comments, follows with a prompt about whether the chair wants to close discussion, and ends with Ortega being called during the roll-call vote on the consent calendar.
Liz Ortega — Voted aye on the motion to do pass to Appropriations.
Liz Ortega — Votes aye on the motion to do pass to Appropriations.
Liz Ortega — Addressed as Chair Ortega.
Liz Ortega — Still being addressed as Chair Ortega.
Liz Ortega — Addressed as Madam Chair during closing remarks.
Liz Ortega — Recorded as voting aye.
Liz Ortega — Addressed as the chair of the committee.
Liz Ortega — The roll is called and Ortega votes aye.
Liz Ortega — Ortega votes aye during the roll call.
Liz Ortega — The chair recognizes the next item and invites Assembly Member Arambula to proceed.
Liz Ortega — The witness addresses the chair as Madam Chair Ortega.
Liz Ortega — The chair asks for a motion and then invites Assembly Member Arambula to close.
Liz Ortega — Ortega votes aye in the roll call.
Liz Ortega — Ortega votes aye.
Liz Ortega — Votes aye on the motion.
Liz Ortega — Recorded as voting aye.
Liz Ortega — Assembly Member Liz Ortega spoke in support of the bill, responding to opposition by saying there is room for a workable compromise and that the conversation will continue. She emphasized wanting the bill to be surgical but effective, noted that a similar bill had been considered the prior year and held in Appropriations, and supported the bill’s underlying goal of improving transparency and access to public works information, including the idea of a clearinghouse or website. She said the bill’s goals were laudable, asked to be added as a co-author, committed to continuing to work with opposition to find the right landing place, and concluded by asking for an aye vote before the committee moved to roll call, where Ortega voted aye.
Liz Ortega — Liz Ortega is repeatedly recorded during roll-call votes, casting aye votes on the motion, the consent calendar, AB 1104, and AB 746.
Leonard — Leonard is introduced as the next speaker who will address work conditions.
Hironi Moguilar — Hironi Moguilar speaks on behalf of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, identified as one of the bill sponsors, and expresses proud support for the bill.
Bernice Singh — States support on behalf of All of Us or None and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.
Nedrick Miller — States support on behalf of All of Us or None, Sacramento, and LSPC.
Tamara Watson — States strong support for the bill.
Sam Brown — Identifies himself as founder and director of the 10-P Program and states strong support.
Kobe Posey — Speaks on behalf of the California Association of Psychiatric Technicians in strong support.
Ashley de la Rosa — Spoke in support on behalf of the Dolores Huerta Foundation.
Kelly Grove — Spoke in support on behalf of Let Us Contribute Initiative.
Hasan Meke Gamian — Staff attorney at the Sustainable Economies Law Center; stated full support.
Hope Williams — Hope Williams of the Sustainable Economies Law Center testified in strong support of the bill.
Hope Williams — Identified herself as Director of Legislative Advocacy for the Sustainable Economies Law Center and spoke in support of AB 746 on behalf of the Let Us Contribute Initiative.
Hope Williams — Speaks on behalf of Sustainable Economies Law Center in strong support.
Phillip Chen — Phillip Chen is repeatedly named during procedural roll calls and vote checks, with the transcript fragments indicating his presence and an unclear or partially captured vote response. The mentions collectively reflect the same ongoing quorum/voting process rather than separate topics.
Phillip Chen — Phillip Chen is called during the roll call vote on the motion to do pass to Appropriations.
Phillip Chen — Named during the roll call; the transcript is partially garbled around his vote.
Phillip Chen — Appears in the roll call, though the transcript is garbled around the vote sequence.
Phillip Chen — Called during roll call; no vote recorded in this excerpt.
Phillip Chen — Phillip Chen is recorded in the vote sequence first as not voting, and later as voting aye.
Phillip Chen — Votes no on the motion.
Phillip Chen — Phillip Chen was recorded as not voting.
Phillip Chen — Phillip Chen is recorded twice during roll call as voting aye.
Phillip Chen — Phillip Chen is repeatedly recorded during the voting sequence, with several instances of not voting and multiple aye votes on different measures, including AB 291, AB 338, the consent calendar, AB 1104, AB 288, and not voting on AB 858, AB 1340, AB 746, and AB 1424.
Sade Elhawary — Sade Elhawary is repeatedly named during roll call in the committee meeting, with brief acknowledgments such as 'Here' and 'Aye' appearing in the transcript fragments. The mentions reflect the same procedural voting/attendance sequence, though the exact vote outcome is not clearly captured in the excerpts.
Sade Elhawary — Sade Elhawary is called during the roll call vote on the motion to do pass to Appropriations, with the vote recorded as aye.
Sade Elhawary — Named during the roll call; the transcript is partially garbled around her vote.