BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2704| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 2704 Author: Gipson (D), et al. Amended: 4/26/16 in Assembly Vote: 21 SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE: 13-0, 6/28/16 AYES: Hall, Berryhill, Bates, Block, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Lara, McGuire, Vidak SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 67-0, 5/27/16 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT: State Capitol: Mervyn Dymally bust SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This bill authorizes the construction and maintenance of a bust in the State Capitol Building Annex to honor Mervyn M. Dymally. ANALYSIS: Existing law: 1)Grants the Department of General Services (DGS) general authority for planning, leasing, managing, disposing of state property including maintenance of the park around the State Capitol Building. 2)Provides for the placement of certain memorials on the grounds AB 2704 Page 2 of the State Capitol. 3)Grants the Joint Rules Committee exclusive authority to allocate space in the State Capitol Building Annex except for the first floor of the building which is under the control of DGS. The State Capitol Building Annex is the annex to the historic State Capitol, constructed to the east of the original building, situated in the area bounded by 10th, L, 15th and N Streets in the City of Sacramento. The east Annex was completed in 1952 to house the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor and to provide additional office space and committee rooms for the Legislature. This bill: 1)Authorizes the Mervyn Dymally Memorial Capitol Foundation (Foundation), upon establishment, and in consultation with DGS, to plan a bust of Mervyn Dymally to be placed in the State Capitol Building Annex. 2)Requires DGS, in consultation with the Foundation, to review preliminary designs, ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, review and approve California Environmental Quality Act documents, review final construction documents, prepare the right-of-entry permit as specified, prepare a maintenance agreement and inspect the construction performed by the contractor selected by the Foundation. 3)Requires the bust design and any other aspect of the bust be approved by DGS and the Foundation. 4)Requires that the planning, construction and maintenance of the bust be funded exclusively through private donations to the Foundation. 5)Makes it explicit that construction of the bust shall not begin until the Joint Committee on Rules has approved and adopted the plan for the bust and the Joint Committee on Rules and the Department of Finance have determined sufficient private funding is available to construct and maintain the bust. 6)Requires the Foundation, if it elects to undertake responsibility for construction of the bust, to sign a AB 2704 Page 3 maintenance agreement with the state to maintain the bust with private contributions. 7)Contains legislative findings and declarations relative to Mr. Dymally's historic contributions as a leader, not only in the African American Community, but for California as a whole. Background Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, born May 12, 1926, died October 7, 2012. Mervyn Dymally was born in Cedros, Trinidad, and moved to California when he was 19 years old. Mr. Dymally was elected to the California State Assembly in 1962, becoming the first foreign-born person of African descent to ever hold a state office in California, and served until 1966. He then served in the California State Senate from 1966 to 1974. Mervyn Dymally served as Lieutenant Governor from 1975-1979, and was California's first African American to hold this statewide office. Mr. Dymally continued his public service as a United States Congressman for 12 years from 1981-1993. He finished his political career in the California State Assembly, serving six years from 2002-2008. Mr. Dymally is widely recognized as a significant and effective figure in California politics. In fact, throughout his career of public service he was considered the "Dean of Black Politicians," and for almost half a century he impacted the political environment not only in California and Washington, D.C., but in Africa, the Caribbean, and as a mentor to a generation of elected officials. Purpose of the bill. According to the author's office, placing a bust in the State Capitol will memorialize Mervyn Dymally as the first African American Lieutenant Governor in California and commemorate his legacy of public service to this state. The author's office states that this bust will serve to inspire African Americans and all Californians as a model of community and political leadership. The author's office references the fact that there are busts of Mr. Dymally at the following locations: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Mervyn Dymally School of Nursing); California State University Dominguez Hills; Mervyn M. Dymally High School (Los Angeles); Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute; Cedros, Trinidad; the African American Museum of California; and, the National African AB 2704 Page 4 American Museum in Washington D.C. Related/Prior Legislation AB 2358 (Hagman, Chapter 682, Statutes of 2012) authorized the construction of a memorial in the State Capitol Building Annex to honor former Governor and United States President, Ronald Reagan. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT: (Verified 8/1/16) California State Conference of the NAACP Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Watts Labor Community Action Committee OPPOSITION: (Verified 8/1/16) None received ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 67-0, 5/27/16 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bonilla, Bonta, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon NO VOTE RECORDED: Bloom, Brough, Brown, Chiu, Dodd, Eduardo Garcia, Grove, Hadley, Jones-Sawyer, Low, Melendez, O'Donnell, Ting Prepared by:Arthur Terzakis / G.O. / (916) 651-1530 8/3/16 19:11:02 **** END **** AB 2704 Page 5