Did the State need to pay for this committee. We all knew this was the outcome
This was just a nice gig for some connected minority activists
Committee are all members who will benefit from this......no one represents the people who will pay
Members are: senator
Steven Bradford,
Amos C. Brown,
Cheryl Grills,
Lisa Holder, assembly member
Reginald Jones-Sawyer,
Jovan Scott Lewis,
Kamilah Moore (Chair), councilmember
Monica Montgomery Steppe, and councilmember
Donald K. Tamaki.
[8] Eight members are African American and the ninth
Japanese American.
[2]
Budget for committee
$1,519,000
TheDepartment of Justice (DOJ) requests $1,519,000 General Fund one-time in in 2022-23 to pay
for external contracts and travel and per-diem costs for task force members pursuant to Chapter
319, Statutes of 2020 (AB 3121).
CRES estimates9meetings will occur in FY 2022-23 at approximately $17,348per occurrence for a total of $156,128in travel costs. Costs include travel incurred byDOJ and non-DOJ members of
the task force.Additional unfunded costs of$1,338,000 include contract costs for legal advice,
report development, experts and consultant costs
