BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1723 Page 1 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING AB 1723 (Fuentes) As Amended May 1, 2012 Majority vote HIGHER EDUCATION 9-0 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 16-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Ayes:|Block, Olsen, Achadjian, |Ayes:|Hall, Nestande, Atkins, | | |Brownley, Fong, Galgiani, | |Block, Blumenfield, | | |Lara, Miller, Portantino | |Chesbro, Cook, Garrick, | | | | |Gatto, Hill, Jones, Ma, | | | | |Perea, | | | | |V. Manuel Pérez, Silva, | | | | |Torres | |-----+--------------------------+-----+--------------------------| | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- APPROPRIATIONS 17-0 -------------------------------- |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, | | |Blumenfield, Bradford, | | |Charles Calderon, Campos, | | |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, | | |Ammiano, Hill, Lara, | | |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, | | |Solorio, Wagner | | | | -------------------------------- SUMMARY : Requires the governing boards of the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the California State University (CSU), and requests the University of California (UC) Regents, to provide live video transmission of all board meetings open to the public and to archive and post video and audio transmissions for at least the preceding 12 months, and within 48 hours of the initial transmission, on their respective websites. FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, 1)CSU indicates one-time costs of $375,000 for equipment and modifications to CSU Trustees' boardroom. CSU indicates, however, that it intends to use non-state funds for this work. Ongoing costs are estimated at $50,000. AB 1723 Page 2 2)UC estimates one-time costs of up to $28,000 and ongoing costs of $50,000 to $110,000, depending on whether UC does the work in-house or with an outside vendor. (UC currently uses an outside vendor for audio streaming of Regents' meetings.) 3)The CCC is already providing live video broadcast of its Board of Governors' meetings. COMMENTS : AB 1436 (Portantino), Chapter 233, Statutes of 2010, required the public higher education entities, including the California Student Aid Commission, to provide live audio transmission for each meeting open to the public through a technology accessible to as large a segment of the public as possible. When this legislation was being considered, video streaming was not included in order to limit costs to the institutions at a time of budget cuts. The CCC Board of Governors provides video transmissions of its open meetings, contracting with an outside vendor to stream the video on the Internet and to record and stream meetings at off-site locations. UC and CSU do not provide live video transmission of their meetings. UC, CSU, and CCC do not archive or post audio or video transmissions, as applicable. Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916) 319-3960 FN: 0003909