COMING UP ON H SUPERVISOR VIRGINIA BASS HAS LONG BEEN AT THE CENTER OF POLITICS.

SHE'LL STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BECOME A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT HER CAREER AND HER LIFE.

NORTH COAST JARED HUFFMAN COULD CISSE CRUD LANDS BE PLACED IN A TRUST FOR THE NATIVE-AMERICANS.

COMING UP ON H. FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL.

I'M JAMES FALK.

WHEN I FIRST BACK IN JUNE OF 2001.

VIRGINIA BASS WAS ALREADY A POWERFUL NAME IN THE EUREKA POLITICS AND CULTURE.

ESTABLISH HERSELF AS A FORMIDABLE LEADER.

THEN AS DID COUNCILWOMAN AND THEN AS MAYOR.

SHE'S WAGED SEVERAL POLITICAL BATTLES OVER YEARS AGAINST OPPONENTS.

BENIGNILY A POWERFUL SERVANT WHO BASS DEFEATED TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN 2010.

BASS HAS LOST HER GREATEST STRENGTH AN ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.

THE SENATE FOR PROMINENT AND WORKING FOR IN LAND MARK BASS WASN'T BORN INTO A POSITION OF ECONOMIC PRIVILEGE.

SHE'S WORKED HARD THROUGH A SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES ONLY TO RISE THROUGH THOSE RANKS ALL WHILE ALSO RAISING A FAMILY.

SHE HAS A WELCOME DISPOSITION.

SOME MAY NOT AGREE WITH HER POLITICS.

BUT THEY'VE NEVER SEE HER AS DISAGREEABLE.

THAT KIND OF POLITICS IS FROM THE BLOOD FEUD WHERE WE'VE ENDED UP.

JOINING US YOU IS FORMER MAYOR AND OUTGOING SUPERVISOR VIRGINIA BASS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

>> SO I MEAN I'VE BEEN COVERING YOU FOR 21 YEARS IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER.

HOW DOES IT FEEL WHAT MAY BE THE END OF THE TERM OF SERVICE.

>> I THINK THAT WEIRED IS BITTERSWEET.

I USED TO LIKE BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE.

IT'S EXCITING AND IT'S ALSO SAD IN SOME WAYS.

THINKING BACK TO THINGS I'VE BEEN THROUGH.

AND UM OF THE MORE NOTABLE NOT SO FUN MOMENTS, AND IT'S -- YOU KNOW HARD.

CHANGE IS HARD.

WHETHER IT'S TALKING ONE OF YOUR FRIEND OR WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO.

AND SO IT'S TAKING A LITTLE ADJUSTING STILL.

LET'S SAY REX LIKE TO MAKE WITH FRIENDS LIKE HIM.

>> NOW, WHEN DID YOU FEEL THE PULL TO BE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

I JUST FOUND THAT YOUR FATHER WAS SERVING ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

>> IT WAS IN THE '70s.

I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN I RAN.

AND IT WAS THE STUPIDEST JOB THAT ANYBODY COULD EVER WANT.

>> BUNCH OF ADULTS IN A ROOM.

SMOKING YOU PEOPLE STUFFED INTO THESE LITTLE ROOMS AND ME SITTING AT THE AND LOOKING MISERABLE.

AND HE WASN'T REALLY HIS THING.

HE WAS DISCOURAGED BY BUSINESS PEOPLE TO RUN AND SO HE DID.

AT THE SAME TIME HE WOULD RUN A RESTAURANT.

WHERE HE'D GO TO THE RESTAURANT AND GOING TO THE COURTHOUSE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE READING.

IT WASN'T HIS KIND OF THING.

HE WAS A PEOPLE PERSON -- THAT WAS NOT A HIS THING.

THAT WAS BACK IN '74.

FOR YEARS I SAID I WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I ACCIDENTALLY RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL.

>> HOW DID YOU FALL INTO THAT.

CERTAINLY WASN'T PLANNED.

I HAD BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND LIKE THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS COMING UP UPTON WAS RUNNING.

HE USED TO DELIVER PRODUCE.

I WOULD TELL PEOPLE BUT IT WAS IN A DIFFERENT WARD.

I WOULD BUT I DON'T LIVE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND JIM IS RUNNING.

SO I WAS SAFE.

AND THEN AT THE LAST MINUTE I REMEMBER GETTING A CALL IN MY CAR.

IT WAS ON THE BIG PHONE AND THERE WAS THIS VOICE NOW I KNOW THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING JIM IS NOT GOING TO RUN.

ARE YOU GOING TO?

THAT'S NEW INFORMATION TO ME.

AND I SAID YES.

AND WHEN I HUNG UP I DIDN'T TELL MY HUSBAND.

I DIDN'T TALK TO MY MOTHER WHO WAS MY BOSS.

WHAT DID I DO JUST NOW?

AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER YOU TELL ONE PERSON AND YOU NO LONGER IN TOWN.

SOON IT SPREADS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BUT I'M CONVINCED TO THIS DAY IF I WENT HOME AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I'VE EVER MADE.

WAIT DIDN'T I SAY I'D NEVER DO THAT.

>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE YOUR WHOLE LIFE CAN CHANGE.

>> YOU SPENT A LOT OF YEARS IN THE PUBLIC EYE FIRST AS CITY COUNCIL PERSON.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR POLITICS AND YOUR JOB AS A SUPERVISOR DIFFERS FROM YOUR FATHERS.

DO YOU FEEL YOU GUYS ARE SAME IN A LOT OF WAYS.

WAS IT HARD FOR -- MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN '86 WHICH I'M SURE HE'S PROBABLY THINKING HE PROBABLY KNOWS WHAT'S EXACTLY HAPPENING.

BUT HE WAS -- I WAS SO YOUNG THEN IN JUNIOR HIGH BY THE TIME HE TOOK OFFICE.

I DON'T THINK HE EVER THOUGHT I WOULD -- THE ASSUMPTION I WOULD STAY WITH THE RESTAURANT OBVIOUSLY I DID.

IT'S JUST -- I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M DIFFERENT.

I THINK HOW DO I SAY.

VERY OLD STYLE.

VERY MORE I THINK MORE RIGID IN DECISIONS, AND I THINK THINGS HAVE EVOLVED AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY I'M DIFFERENT FROM HIM.

I THINK POLITICS HAS COME A LONG WAY, AND IT USED TO BE WELL THIS CLOSED GROUP.

AND NOW IT JUST FEELS LIKE POLITICS HAS BECOME VERY MUCH A COMMUNITY EVENT.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S A BLOOD SPORT.

SO I THINK HE WAS THERE WHEN THEY WERE SMOKING.

YOU COULD SMOKE AT A MEETING.

>> NOBODY HAS HEARD OF THOSE.

>> IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY FINDING OUT -- THEN WHEN I RAN FOR SUPERVISOR, YOU KNOW I HAD BEEN CONTEMPLATING IT BUT STILL YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THESE POSITIONS OR I DO DID I REALLY MEAN TO DO THIS.

BUT I ENJOY IT.

>> ONE THING THAT CAN BE SAID FOR YOU YOU'RE NOT A PERSON WHO IS WEDDED TO A CONCRETE SET OF IDEALS YOU'RE UNWILLING TO MOVE FROM.

YOU'RE VERY PRAGMATIC AND COALITIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT.

HOW DOES THAT HELP YOU AS A PUBLIC SERVANT?

>> I WISH PEOPLE WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT.

OR SAYING IN A BOX.

>> THEN MAYBE SOME OF THIS IS BEING IN THE DAYS WORKING IN THE RESTAURANT AND BEING A WAITRESS.

PART OF IT TRYING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

IF THERE'S A WAY TO BRIDGE THOSE GRAPS.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT -- I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO GET PEOPLE SEPARATE FROM THE POLITICAL ISSUES.

I THINK I WAS TALKING WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT EARLIER SITTING DOWN WITH PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER SAY HELLO TO ME LET ALONE BE MY FRIEND.

YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

THAT'S WHAT I OFFER.

YOU MAY THINK I'M OVER IN THIS IS POLITICAL FIELD BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.

I COULD SAY THE SAME FOR MYSELF.

I'M SURE I MAKE UP MY MIND UP WITHOUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

THAT WHAT ENABLES THE ABILITY -- IT DOESN'T WORK.

I TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT THAT CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT LIKE CHESS.

IT'S NOT LIKE TRYING TO WIN SOMEBODY OVER.

>> THEY'RE MOVING PIECES.

>> WITHOUT NOT A ZERO-SUM GAME.

>> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY >> WINNER GETS ALL.

>> DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THAT WAY.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS BRIEFLY BEFORE YOU CAME INTO OFFICE AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN WERE NOT AS PREVALENT.

I MEAN AS THEY HAVE BECOME NOW.

I THINK THINGS ARE EQUALING OUT NOW.

IT'S MORE EQUAL THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

HOW HAS THAT BEEN TO SEE THAT TRANSITION.

DO YOU SEE MORE FEMALES.

>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

THERE WERE WOMEN.

MAXINE HUNTER DASH MEEKS.

AND NANCY.

BUT I NOTICED THE MOST THE POSITION OF MAYOR HAD BEEN TRADITIONALLY MALE.

NANCY WAS THE SECOND FEMALE.

>> THE FIRST ONE WAS WAY BACK IN THE '20s AND I WAS THIRD.

AND SUSAN THE FOURTH AND KIM WAS THE FIFTH.

TO ME THAT SEAT HAS SEEN A CHANGE.

WHY?

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I ENCOURAGED OR PEOPLE WATCHING ME AND THOUGHT THAT I WAS A ROLE MODEL AND THEY DECIDED TO GET INTO POLITICS NECESSARILY.

BUT IT'S NICE TO THINK THAT MAYBE I HAD SOMETHING WITH ENCOURAGING GIRLS.

>> ABSOLUTELY YOU DID.

YOU'VE RAISED A FAMILY DURING ALL OF THIS.

HOW DIFFICULT WAS THAT TO BALANCE WITH THE DEMANDS BEING ON THE COUNCIL AND BEING THE MAYOR AND THE SUPERVISOR.

HOW DID THAT IMPACT YOUR KIDS?

>> WELL.

I THINK THEY LIKE IT SOMETIMES BUT THEY WERE UNDER PUBLIC SCRUTINY ALL THE TIME.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LATE TEENS MAYBE KIND OF GETTING IN TROUBLE SOMETIMES.

IT BECOMES AN ISSUE.

NOTHING TOO TERRIBLY BAD.

IT DOES AFFECT I THINK YOUR FAMILY LIFE BUT ALSO COMING FROM A RESTAURANT.

FAMILY LIFE DOESN'T EXIST EITHER.

MY KIDS GREW UP.

THE BABYSITTER IF THERE WAS NOT SOMEONE TO WATCH THEM AT NIGHT THEY CAME TO WORK WITH ME.

WHEN I WAS THE CITY COUNCIL DID DEFINITELY ADD MORE OF THAT.

SO BUT I DON'T THINK THEY EVER HELD IT AGAINST ME.

I DO MOMENT -- THE BIGGEST MOMENT I REMEMBER WAS WHEN MY SON HAD BEEN FIRST DEPLOYED TO IRAQI WRAEC OR AFGHANISTAN.

REMEMBER THE HEARING WE HAD REGARDING THE COW PIM.

>> THAT WAS A FUN MEETING.

>> THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FOR THE CHIEF FACILITY ON THE PENINSULA.

>> IT WAS THE BEST SCHOOLS.

SO I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A REALLY STRANGE NUMBER.

I GOT TO TAKE THAT.

IT ENDED UP BEING MY SON.

BUT I WAS I TOOK MY SUNNY CALL.

YES THERE'S A JOB TO BE DONE.

I THINK WE ALL TRY TO HAVE UR FAMILY COME FIRST WHEN WE CAN.

>> THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO OF COURSE.

>> I'M SURE THEY LIKED AT TIME.

THE OTHER TIMES THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE SCRUTINY.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE.

ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW LOCAL POLITICS EVOLVE.

AND THAT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ZOOM AND POST COVID AGE.

THE ATTITUDE AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE CHANGED AND WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD OR BAD THING.

>> WELL, THAT'S THAT COULD BE -- WHERE DO I GO WITH THAT.

OVERALL IT'S IMPROVED.

I THINK THAT THE ADVENT OF THE ABILITY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN ZOOM AND HYBRID IN OUR CASE IS GOOD IN A LOT OF WAYS.

I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE DO TREAT EACH OTHER AS WELL THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

I THINK FOR THE 340ES PART WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I DO THINK ZOOM WAS BAD FOR THAT.

I THINK WE FORGOT HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE.

IT'S SO EASY TO TURN SOMEBODY OFF.

AND YOUING 2340ER THEM.

AND IT'S IT REALLY IMPACTED CIVILITY.

LIKE I SAID IT COULD BE OUR COMMUNITY DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THE IMPACTS SOME OTHERS HAVE HAD.

WE WERE FORTUNATE.

WE WERE MENTION IS CITY COUNCIL SEEMS TO BE GETTING A LOT OF THAT NOW.

WHY PEOPLE ARE GRAVITATING.

IT COULD BE THAT THE MAECKETS ARE IN THE EVENING WHERE >> Moira: PEOPLE CAN ATTEND.

IS THERE A WAY GOING BACK.

I HOPE SO.

I FEEL BAD WHEN I READ ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

I'M NOT HAPPY OR UPSET.

YOU CAN DO IT RESPECTFULLY, AND LIKE I SAID YOU CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO ANOTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK IN YOUR CAREER IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU FELT IS UNDONE.

>> SORRY.

>> BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CECUM TO FRUITION.

>> WELL EVERYTHING GOING ON THE PENINSULA.

FOR YEARS THAT THE PENINSULA IS WAITING FOR A REBIRTH.

THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO MISS BEING INVOLVED IN.

WHO KNOWS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NEXT.

NEXT CHAPTER.

WHAT'S NEXT.

SO I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE IS REALLY EXCITING.

YOU KNOW THE THING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS EVERYTHING TAKES TIME.

YOU START ONE PROJECT IT TAKES 10 YEARS BEFORE IT GETS DONE AND BY THAT TIME YOU'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

OR JUST PEOPLE GET TIRED OF YOU OR VOTE YOU OUT.

OR SOMEONE DECIDES TO LEAVE.

I THINK EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING ON THE PENINSULA TO ME IS PRETTY EXCITING.

I THINK THAT THE PAW 234I7BS LAW IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.

>> IT'S BEEN LOST FOR A WHILE.

AFTER THE IT'S THIS VITAL SPACE IT'S BEEN IN THE ETHER FOR A WHILE.

IT WILL BE FASCINATING -- BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE AREA.

>> WHEN THOSE WENT AWAY JOBS WENT AWAY.

THE FUEL THAT RUNS THE ECONOMY IS GONE.

IT'S EXCITING.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S NOT EASY.

THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES INFRASTRUCTURE BUT I'LL BE WATCHING ALL OF THAT.

>> SO WE HAVE A NEW WOMAN WHO'S BE COMING ON NATALIE ARROYO.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD TELL HER.

>> WHAT I KNOW NATALIE IS IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.

I DID SUPPORT MIKE NEWMAN.

I THINK NATALIE IS GREAT.

MY IN FACT SHE'S AT THE COURTHOUSE AND I'M NOT ABLE TO BE THERE.

SHE'S WELCOME TO CALL ME ANYTIME.

SOME OF THE THINGS I'M SENDING HER EMAILS.

SO SHE KNOWS WHERE CERTAIN PROJECTS ARE.

I THINK IT IS A BIG LEARNING CURVE.

WHEN I DECIDED NOT TO RUN AND I APOLOGIZED TO NEALEY.

AND I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO APOLOGIZE TO HER IN PERSON TOO.

IT IS DIFFERENT THAN CITY.

BUT I'D BE TELL HER TO MEET WITH HER STAFF AND TRUST YOUR STAFF.

IT'S EASY TO SECOND GUESS.

IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE.

I THINK THERE'S A TENDENCY FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WATCHING TO HAVE IN THEIR MIND SHE'S GOING -- ALWAYS IN A SPECIFIC PLACE OR ALWAYS BE IN ALLIANCE.

>> SHE REPRESENTS A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE.

I THINK THERE'S A FEW SOME FOLKS WILL HAVE A TIME ADJUSTING.

IT'S GOING TO BE FINE.

AND I PLAN -- I CAN DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY COMPETENT.

SHE'S VERY ENERGETIC.

SO IT'S AT LEAST DIFFERENT.

AND THE STAFF IS GREAT.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FAIRLY EASY TRANSITION.

I MEAN, WHEN I WENT INTO OFFICE AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY BECAUSE I DID UNSEAT A LONG-TERM INCUMBENT IT WAS HARD.

I REMEMBER HAVING TO CLEAN UP WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND.

AND JUST HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WHEN PEOPLE ARE SO USED TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU UNSEAT SOMEONE.

SELF-SELECTED.

IT WAS -- I DON'T THINK PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ITTY SELECTED NEED TO STEP BACK.

SO I THINK IT'S ALL GOING TO BE GOOD.

AND JUST CHANGE.

WE'RE ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

>> WHAT 1234 >> ARE YOU GOING TO RUN FOR HIGHER OFFICE.

>> LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS WHERE IT'S AT.

I DON'T PLAN ON IT.

I'M NOT OPENING A RESTAURANT EITHER TOO.

>> I APPRECIATE IT VIRGINIA.

>> WE'LL TALK TO YOU TOGETHER.

>> I'LL BE BACK.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> NEW LEGISLATION BY JARED HUFFMAN TO PLACE LANDS ENTRUST FOR TRIBAL LANDS.

FOR 6363.

KATIMIIN AND AMEEKYAARAAM PASSED THE HOUSE OF RESOURCES.

RELIGIOUS TRADITION AND IDENTITY.

BY PLACING THEM ENTRUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE WAY OF LIFE CAN ENDURE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

I'LL FIRST TURN MY ATTENTION TO THE KATIMIIN AND AMEEKYAARAAM TRIBED.

A BILL THAT WILL HUMBOLDT AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE TRIBE.

WE INTRODUCED THIS BILL FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS CONGRESS AND NOTABLY SENATOR PADILLA, AND FEINSTEIN HAVE SIDED WITH US.

AND WORKING WITH THE TRIBES DEVELOP, AND THAT BILL HAD A SUCCESSFUL HEARING IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS JUST A FEW WEEKS.

NATURAL STEWARDSHIP OF LAND, WATER.

THESE THINGS ARE AT THE CORE OF THEIR TRADITIONAL.

THIS EXERCISE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.

>> VERY SACRED TO THE TRIBE.

IT CORRECTS AN HISTORIC INJUSTICE.

I'VE BEEN IMMENSE PLEASURE TO VISIT KATIMIIN.

THEY'RE CENTRAL TO RELIGIOUS, CULTURE AND IDENTITY.

SO PLACING THEM ENTRUST IS IMPORTANT.

IT ENSURES THAT IT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE GENERATIONS.

FOR THIS LAND IDENTIFIED IN THIS BILL AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD LITERALLY.

THE HISTORICAL AND CEREMONIAL OF KATIMIIN IS THE LOCATION OF THE FINAL SERIES OF THE ANNUAL WORLD RENEWABLE SMOUNDS, AND AMEEKYAARAAM JUST DOWN RIVER FROM KATIMIIN IS THE FIRST SALMON CEREMONY.

THERE IS CENTRAL TO TEACHING AND LEARNING NEEDED TO ENSURE FUTURE OF KARIB CULTURE.

CURRENTLY THE TRIBE HAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH THE FOREST SERVICE THAT ALLOWS IT ACCESS TO FOR CEREMONIES.

THIS ACCESS IS NOT GUARANTEED.

DURING PRIVATE AND DURING THE WORLD RENEWAL CEREMONY.

UNDER THIS BILL THERE'S NO CONCERN ABOUT PRIVATE LANDS ALLOTMENTS OR EXISTING RIGHTS BEING EXCLUDED.

I'LL NEXT TURN TO THE YUROK LANDS ACT WOULD PRESERVE THE YUROK BASED CULTURE AND ECONOMY.

THE YUROK TRIBE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL FROM SALMON TO REDWOOD TREES.

THESE PRAU ARE PROVIDE FOR SUBSISTENCE AND THIS LEGISLATION TRANSFERS THE YUROK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST INTO TRUST FOR THE TRIBE.

THIS WILL SUPPORT THE TRIBE'S WORK IN AS WHILE ENSURING CONTINUING USE FOREST RESEARCH.

THE TO INCLUDE THE EXPERIMENTAL LAND.

AND FOREST SERVICE LAND IN A VERY SACRED THE BLUE CREEK WATERSHED.

IT DESIGNATES THE YUROK SCENIC BY WAY.

AND IMPORTANTLY THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT STOP OTHER TRIBES FROM COUPETIVITY WORKING WITH FEDERAL AGENCIER HINDER UNDER EXISTING AUTHORITIES.

WE'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.

THE LEGISLATION HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES BUT THE TRIBE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO ME IN THE 2014.

AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE YUROK TRIBE AND OTHERS STATISTICS EVER SINCE.

SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT ENSUED WE MADE SEVERAL CHANGES THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN A REAL BREAKTHROUGH.

AND I'M SO PLEASED WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REMOVE THE PREVIOUS TRIBAL OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

THESE POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE TRINIDAD AND THE HOOP AVALLEY TRIBE.

AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE PRESENTING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WITH A BILL THAT IS READY TO GO.

>> A CALIFORNIA ALEX PADILLA, AND DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAS CO- SPONSORED THE BILL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

STAY TUNED, STAY INFORMED.