1       BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

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            3                    SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

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            6                    REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT

            7                         MAY 29, 2019

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           15                      CHARLES KEATING IV

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           27                      REPORTED BY:  Jillian M. Sumner

           28                                    CSR NO. 13619 




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            1                        P R E S E N T

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            3    For the Board of       Honorable Malia S. Cohen
                 Equalization:          Chair
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                                        Honorable Antonio Vazquez
            5                           Vice Chair
                 
            6                           Honorable Ted Gaines
                                        First District
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                                        Honorable Mike Schaefer
            8                           Fourth District
                                        
            9                           Yvette Stowers 
                                        Appearing for Betty T.     
           10                           Yee, State Controller      
                                        (per Government Code 
           11                           Section 7.9)               
                               
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            1                               450 N STREET

            2                               SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

            3                               MAY 29, 2019

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            6             MS. COHEN:  At this time I do want to 

            7    acknowledge our colleague, Mr. Schaefer.  

            8             Mr. Schaefer has some information about 

            9    Keating V that he wants to share with us.  

           10             MR. SCHAEFER:  Madam Chair, thank you for a 

           11    moment.  

           12             Charles Keating is a name that is well-known 

           13    in the United States.  The family came out of Arizona 

           14    and were in real estate matters.  They had some 

           15    controversial matters that were resolved with the 

           16    courts.  

           17             And they had a grandson -- a son -- a 

           18    grandson named Charles Keating the IV.  And he came 

           19    to my district in San Diego.  

           20             I live in Coronado, where the Navy SEALs 

           21    base is.  And he spent years there learning to be a 

           22    Navy SEAL.  And then he went off to Iraq in the war 

           23    and was killed in battle three years ago this month.

           24             And we celebrate or honor his name in 

           25    Coronado.  The Navy SEALs pubs have pictures of our 

           26    fallen heroes.  We drink toasts to them.  And he's 

           27    really a national hero, and has brought great honor 

           28    to the name Charles Keating.  He's Charles Keating 




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            1    the IV.

            2             And I would just like to note that this hero 

            3    of our nation who comes from my district is somebody 

            4    we all revere in the military.  I speak for the 

            5    military.  I speak for the Navy SEALs in some 

            6    matters.  And they love to speak to me, because they 

            7    retired in early age with a good pension, and they 

            8    want to go to law school.  And I give freely of my 

            9    opinions, and I'm very proud.  

           10             I have a Charles Keating the IV little image 

           11    on the front door of my home.  And you'll find it in 

           12    so many of the places in Coronado, which still 

           13    respects the Navy SEALs.  

           14             And I just wanted to take a moment to salute 

           15    the Charles Keating name, Charles Keating the IV.  

           16    And make a record of this national hero we lost in 

           17    May of 2016.  And annually I will salute the man.  

           18    And this is what I'm doing today.  

           19             MS. COHEN:  Thank you for bringing his name 

           20    to our attention.  

           21             MR. SCHAEFER:  And I'd recommend you just go 

           22    online and look at Charles Keating No. IV, after you 

           23    look at Charles Keating I, II, and III.  And you'll 

           24    see the story of his entire glorious career in the 

           25    military.  

           26             MS. COHEN:  All right.  Thank you very much.

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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, Jillian Sumner, Hearing Reporter for 

            8    the California State Board of Equalization, certify 

            9    that on May 29, 2019 I recorded verbatim, in 

           10    shorthand, to the best of my ability, the 

           11    proceedings in the above-entitled hearing; that I 

           12    transcribed the shorthand writing into typewriting; 

           13    and that the preceding pages 1 through 4 

           14    constitute a complete and accurate transcription of 

           15    the shorthand writing.

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           17    Dated:  June 17, 2019

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           21                           JILLIAN SUMNER, CSR #13619

           22                           Hearing Reporter

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