1      BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

            2                  5901 GREEN VALLEY CIRCLE

            3                   CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA

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            8                  TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

            9               (Prepared from audio recording)

           10                      NOVEMBER 17, 2015

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           16                   ADMINISTRATIVE SESSION

           17                           ITEM N

           18                       CONSENT AGENDA

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           27                      PREPARED BY:  Kathleen Skidgel 

           28                                     CSR NO. 9039




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            1                        P R E S E N T

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            3    For the Board              Jerome E. Horton 
                 of Equalization:           Chairman
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            5                               Sen. George Runner (Ret.)
                                            Vice Chair
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            7                               Fiona Ma, CPA
                                            Member
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            9                               Diane L. Harkey
                                            Member   
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           11                               Yvette Stowers 
                                            Appearing for Betty T. 
           12                               Yee, State Controller 
                                            (per Government Code 
           13                               Section 7.9)
                 
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                                            Joann Richmond 
           15                               Chief 
                                            Board Proceedings      
           16                               Division
                 
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            1                               5901 GREEN VALLEY CIRCLE

            2                               CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA

            3                               NOVEMBER 17, 2015

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            5             MS. RICHMOND:  Our next matter is the 

            6    Administrative Session.  Item N, Consent Agenda.  

            7             We have Item N1, Retirement Resolutions for 

            8    K. John Emmett, Tze-Ming Lau, James M. Njiiri, and 

            9    Neil Shah.

           10             The Members of the Board wish to extend 

           11    their sincere and grateful appreciation to the 

           12    retirees for their dedicated service to the State 

           13    Board of Equalization and to the State of 

           14    California.  Their congratulations on the retirees' 

           15    well-earned retirement and best wishes to them and 

           16    their families for continued success, happiness and 

           17    good health in the years to come.

           18             MR. HORTON:  Thank you, Ms. Richmond.  

           19             Members, with your permission, I'd like to 

           20    take the liberty of just acknowledging all of these 

           21    individuals, but particularly Neil Shah who -- we 

           22    date back to actually starting together with Board 

           23    Member Parrish's office.  There's stories that I 

           24    could tell, but time doesn't allow.  

           25             MS. HARKEY:  He's back there now.  

           26             MR. RUNNER:  He's back with Claude talking 

           27    about it right now.  

           28             MR. HORTON:  He's currently with Mr. 




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            1    Parrish and doing well.  So it's good to see that 

            2    he's retiring but yet still continuing to serve the 

            3    people of the greatest -- of the greatest -- of the 

            4    State of California in some capacity.  

            5             MS. HARKEY:  Orange County.  

            6             MR. RUNNER:  At least Orange County.  

            7             MS. HARKEY:  Orange County Assessor's 

            8    office.  

            9             MR. HORTON:  Yeah.  Yeah.  

           10             MS. HARKEY:  He's working with Claude 

           11    Parrish and I think he's enjoying himself, and I 

           12    know he's enjoying his retirement plus his new 

           13    career.  

           14             MR. HORTON:  Further discussion, Members?  

           15             Hearing none, let's go to N2, N3, N4, N5.  

           16    We'll take them all up together once we've done 

           17    that.

           18             MS. HARKEY:  Move to approve.  

           19             MS. MA:  Second.  

           20             MR. HORTON:  Member Harkey moves to adopt 

           21    Item N1 through N5, second by Member Ma.  

           22             Without objection, Members, such will be 

           23    the order.  

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            1                   REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE

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            3    State of California    )

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            5    County of Sacramento   )

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            7             I, Kathleen Skidgel, Hearing Reporter for 

            8    the California State Board of Equalization state 

            9    that I transcribed from recorded audio, to the best 

           10    of my ability, the proceedings in the above-entitled 

           11    hearing; and that the preceding pages 1 through 4 

           12    constitute my transcription of the proceedings.  

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           14    Dated:  January 20, 2016

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           18                           Kathleen Skidgel, CSR #9039

           19                           Hearing Reporter

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