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        ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
        AB 1723 (Fuentes)
        As Amended  May 1, 2012
        Majority vote 

         HIGHER EDUCATION    9-0         GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION     16-0
         
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        |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                    |
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        |     |                          |     |                          |
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         APPROPRIATIONS      17-0                                         
         
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        |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey,          |
        |     |Blumenfield, Bradford,    |
        |     |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
        |     |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto,   |
        |     |Ammiano, Hill, Lara,      |
        |     |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
        |     |Solorio, Wagner           |
        |     |                          |
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         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.







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        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 


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