Name: Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going"
Uploaded: 2022-07-31T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 57 s
Description: Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going"

“Right now. We know that if Congress turns Republican in the coming cycle or two, that one of their top priorities, maybe their top priority…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 04:23-28:34

“Given our Senate protocols, given the exposure, I'm not allowed to have public facing meetings right now.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 04:50-05:00

“Covid has still, I think, been the peculiar phenomenon that is driving so much of our politics and our economics right now.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 08:11-08:22

“SB 87, the Small Business Relief grant program, which provided $2.1 billion in Covid relief grants for small businesses that could prove…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 09:13-09:27

“That actually brought home nearly $70 million in grants between 25 and $45,000 to the district I represent.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 09:26-09:35

“AB 80 which created ppp tax conformity to make sure California businesses did not get hit by state taxes because they had taken those PPP…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 09:49-10:00

“The last five to ten years have seen a remarkable and alarming increase in both the frequency and severity of wildfires in the state.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 10:38-10:48

“Our forests, our brush, are drier than they've ever been because of climate change.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 10:52-10:59

“Both of my top budget requests in the last two years have been for the Orange County Fire Authority.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 12:18-12:24

“We have these little cameras installed in about several hundred locations around the state.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 12:33-12:39

“Phase two, what that does is it's going to create infrared vision so that you can see it at night, or if it's smoky and can't really tell…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 12:56-13:07

“They're basically flying over all these areas and creating an infrared map of where the fuel concentrations are at their highest.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 13:12-13:21

“The two years I've been in office, we've been fortunate enough to have record surpluses.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 14:18-14:24

“This year we're breaking that record [of budget surplus].”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 14:23-14:26

“There's a significant amount in there for tax refunds for families.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 14:49-14:54

“The amount of the gas tax holiday was actually very, very small.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 15:50-15:54

“We're going to end up with this close to a billion dollars in relief for families.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 15:57-16:02

“We're also investing in $9.5 billion in our rainy day fund.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 16:18-16:23

“$47 billion for infrastructure.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 16:23-16:27

“We also invested a significant amount in schools, billions and billions of dollars.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 17:07-17:13

“$800 million for wildfire relief.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 17:12-17:15

“I was happy to bring back $16.9 million for new wildfire hand crew station for the Orange County Fire Authority.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 17:15-17:22

“We brought $10 million for the city of Costa Mesa for citywide park upgrades.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 17:23-17:30

“We brought $15 million last year for Irvine to extend the Jeffrey open space trail.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 17:29-17:41

“We also brought $5 million back for the city of Tustin's improvements to Centennial park.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 17:40-17:46

“I was proud to be part of the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, which last year was able to get $166 million in different types of…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 19:07-19:24

“I was able to get a bill passed this year [requiring the top ten transit agencies in California to document incidents of harassment on…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 20:41-20:59

“If you're a woman, if you're LGBT, if you're Asian American, in particular, those groups feel very unsafe when riding public transit.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 21:12-21:21

“Last year, we passed a bill that stopped, permanently ended gun sales at the Orange County fairgrounds.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 21:26-21:34

“The last show there was in November of last year, there will be no more gun shows, no more sale of guns and ammunition ever again at the…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 21:43-21:56

“This bill, SB 915, will end the sale of guns and ammunition, effectively ending gun shows on all state property.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 22:21-22:29

“We have too many guns in our communities, and so there's no reason taxpayers and our property should be used to facilitate the sale and…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 22:40-22:50

“Gun dealers often suffer theft. There's illegal sales that happen sometimes what's called a straw sale.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 22:52-23:01

“We were able to pass a bill that would require gun dealers to install cameras so that there will be a visual record available for the…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 23:19-23:33

“Last year, we were able to pass a bill that made California the first state in the nation recognizing reproductive coercion as a form of…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 24:21-24:31

“Reproductive coercion happens in about one out of three domestically violent relationships, according to data.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 24:49-24:56

“One of them will make California one of a handful of states that allows for economic coercion to be recognized as a form of domestic…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 25:28-25:39

“We've got two other bills... One would allow for domestic violence restraining orders to continue being extended more than once.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 25:51-26:02

“We also have a bill right now that would allow countywide domestic violence death review teams to expand the scope of their review.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 26:14-26:22

“The scope now will cover near death incidents.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 26:33-26:37

“Two of their [Supreme Court] members are appointed under totally illegitimate means.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 27:20-27:25

“I am proud to be a principal co-author on SCA Ten, which is the amendment to include a right to an abortion in the California constitution.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 28:06-28:16

“The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let's let them enforce it.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 28:15-28:23

“We got a lot else to do. And so I can tell you we're exploring ideas right now in our office about how we can push the needle on protecting…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 28:53-29:09

“The court's decision and a lot of the concurrences and the language in that was very alarming because it made very clear that they're not…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 29:13-29:27

“We're going to have a water conservation issue going forward. We're going to have more intense rain at times, but overall, it's going to be…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 29:51-30:00

“I think we in this county are doing an incredible job of recycling water, but we're going to have to do more of that.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 30:25-30:32

“Climate change is. It's real, it's here. It's more dramatic and extreme than we'd expected.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 30:48-30:57

“We've got to basically get our carbon emissions down to zero as quickly as possible.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 30:57-31:03

“I was personally disappointed. There are many things about this budget I like. I told the governor, one thing I did not like about this…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 31:24-31:36

“Climate change is here. It's going to make our future as a civilization in question.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 31:41-31:48

“Desal has to be part of the mix we consider for water going forward.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 34:01-34:07

“There are multiple desal projects that are under consideration or out there operating around the state right now.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 34:06-34:14

“I signed on to a bill that would significantly increase the renters tax credit authored by Steve Glaser.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 34:51-34:59

“My understanding is that passed out of the Senate.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 34:58-35:01

“If we're providing significant benefits to homeowners but not providing comparable benefits to renters, that is obviously disproportionately…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 35:16-35:29

“We saw a net decline when Covid started.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 35:45-35:48

“We saw an increase actually from 2010 to 2020. The census made that clear.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 35:47-35:52

“It didn't keep pace with states like Texas or Utah or Colorado, which is the reason that we lost a congressional seat.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 35:53-36:01

“Since COVID we have seen a bit of an out migration.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 36:03-36:07

“When we poll this, the number one reason we're hearing is it's not taxes, it's not regulation. Not that those are not issues we should…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 36:07-36:18

“It costs about $1.2 million to buy a single family home in this area.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 36:18-36:24

“I have taken on and agreed to support some bills that are controversial in Orange county, including the lot splitting bill and SB nine and…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 36:40-36:52

“I think I was the only house, a member of the Orange county delegation to support one of those bills and one of only two to support the…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 36:53-37:00

“We're losing our population, our young population, because of the cost of housing.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 37:31-37:36

“I sit on something called the business and professions committee, which has oversight over these licensing boards.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 43:45-43:51

“The nurse licensing board is something we do review.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 43:59-44:04

“We hear a lot of complaints about a lot of those different licensing boards.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 44:17-44:22

“I will follow up with Matt Kern to see what the status of this particular request is.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 44:50-44:55

“I will follow up on how the nurse licensing board works.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 45:01-45:09

“I took the bar exam a few months ago and I did pass it.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 46:43-46:47

“The state cannot regulate the federal government or its property, generally speaking.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 47:09-47:16

“I will also try to mention this conversation to Katie Porter and Mike Levin.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 47:46-47:53

“Both of them have been critical of the postmaster general right now.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 47:59-48:04

“The Supreme Court is one of only three co equal branches of the federal government and has no monopoly in the Constitution on interpreting…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 51:03-51:15

“The states themselves are considered co equal actors in a lot of ways to the federal government, preemption notwithstanding.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 51:14-51:21

“This court is looking to basically destroy our civilization and our democracy as we know it in a lot of different ways.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 51:49-51:59

“They have eviscerated the EPA's ability to regulate our climate or emissions.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 52:02-52:08

“That is, I believe, a precursor to defanging and ending most of the authority of the securities and Exchange Commission, our banking…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 52:08-52:20

“They're basically looking to end the administrative state as we know it and our ability to regulate real chronic problems in ways that we've…”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 52:19-52:29

“They're, like, entertaining a theory of the case which was espoused by Donald Trump on how our state legislatures can validate their votes.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 52:31-52:40

“They're basically seeking to end the doctrine of one person, one vote.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 52:39-52:44

“Our entire southern California footprint could be just made unlivable if that were to have an accident.”

Concerned Citizens Presents: State Senator Dave Min "Where We Are and Where We're Going" | Uploaded July 31, 2022 | 54:16-54:24

“I know Mike Levin, a congressman who represents songs in that area, has been on the case on this.”

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Dave Min: “I will certainly look into that.”