Oversight Hearing

Climate Disaster Risks and Inequity 

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 1p.m.

State Capitol, Senate Chamber

• Executive Summary -- Released 8/27/2021
• Agenda - 7/21/2021
• Hearing presentations:
  • Presentation by Nancy Cohen, Gender Equity Policy Institute
  • Presentation by Alex Hall, Professor, Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Director, UCLA Center
    for Climate Science
  • Presentation by Amee Raval, Asian Pacific Etc.
  • Presentation by Kim Torres Rawling, Los Angeles County
• Watch the hearing

The call in number for members of the public to testify is 877-336-4437; Access code 8268428.

Due to the statewide stay-at-home order and guidance on physical distancing, seating for committee hearings will be very limited for press and for the public. All are encouraged to watch our hearing from its live stream on the Senate’s website at https://www.senate.ca.gov/

We encourage the public to submit written testimony before the hearing via email to JLEMC@SEN.CA.GOV.  Please note that any written testimony submitted to the committee is considered public comment and may be read into the record or reprinted.

The Capitol will be open for attendance of committee hearings, but the public is strongly encouraged to participate via the web portal or telephonically.

Committee Jurisdiction: ACR 38 (2011) states that the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management shall be in continuous existence until abolished. Primary jurisdiction includes disaster preparedness, emergency management, and homeland security issues.

Senate Members:

Senator Henry I Stern (Chair)
Senator Patricia C. Bates
Senator Bill Dodd
Senator Monique Limón 
Senator Mike McGuire
Senator Josh Newman
Senator Richard Pan

California Senate web site

Assembly Members:

Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez (Vice Chair)
Assembly Member Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry
Assembly Member Heath Flora
Assembly Member James Gallagher
Assembly Member Luz M. Rivas
Assembly Member Kelly Seyarto
Assembly Member Christopher M. Ward

California Assembly web site

Teleconference Instructions:

Due to the statewide stay-at-home order and guidance on physical distancing, seating for committee hearings will be very limited for press and for the public. All are encouraged to watch our hearing from its live stream on the Senate’s website at https://www.senate.ca.gov/

We encourage the public to submit written testimony before the hearing through the position letter portal. Please note that any written testimony submitted to the committee is considered public comment and may be read into the record or reprinted.

The Capitol will be open for attendance of committee hearings, but the public is strongly encouraged to participate via the web portal or telephonically.

Information regarding a call-in option for testimony will be made available and updated the night prior to the hearing date.             

Participant Phone Number:  TBA   Access Code:  TBA

Please note: In order for your testimony to be heard clearly, you must mute any devices you are using to live stream the committee hearing prior to calling into the teleconference service. Please do not testify using speakerphone or bluetooth, this can cause acoustic feedback and make it very difficult to hear your testimony. 

• Upon calling in, you will be placed in a “waiting room” where you will be muted but you can listen to the committee hearing as you wait.

• When a committee moves to public comment, a moderator will ask for anyone who is wishing to testify in “Support” of the bill to please press 1-0.  The moderator will again prompt those waiting in “Opposition” when the committee moves to opposition.  You should press 1-0 when you are prompted by the moderator – be sure to listen for support or opposition and DO NOT press 1-0 until the proper position has been asked for. 

• When you press 1-0 on your phone, you will wait and an operator will assign you a line number, at that time you will be placed in the queue for identification.  Remember your line number, the moderator will call out that number to identify YOU when it is your turn to testify.  OF IMPORTANT NOTE: If you press 1-0 a second time, you will remove yourself from the queue and you will not be identified to testify. Every time you press 1-0 you either put yourself “In queue” or take yourself “Out of queue” so listen carefully, and press 1-0 only once when you are prompted by the moderator.

• When you are successfully in the queue, with your assigned line number, the moderator will call out your line number, open your line, and at that time you may address the committee. You must have your own phone unmuted before you begin testimony.

A more detailed explanation of the teleconference instructions can be found by clicking the “Teleconference Instructions”