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STATE OF CALIFORNIA-STATE AND CONSUMER SERVICES AGENCY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor STATE OF CALIFORNIA California State Athletic Commission 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 2010 Sacramento, CA 95815 www.dca.ca.gov/csac/ (916) 263-2195 FAX (916) 263-2197 Members of the Commission Mario Rodriguez, Chair Action may be taken June Collison Meeting Agenda on any item listed on John Frierson the agenda except Christopher Giza, M.D. Monday, October 26, 2009 public comment. Peter Lopez 9 AM to Close of Business Location Junipero Serra State Building Carmel Room 320 West 4th Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 1. Call to Order/ roll call 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Approval of Minutes - April 13, 2009 - August 24, 2009 4. Executive Officer Selection Update - Mr. Rodriguez 5. Executive Officer Report - Mr. Thornton - Status of Office - Personnel Update - Budget Update - Strategic Planning - Official's and Physician's Training DCA Legal Opinion Re: Charity Boxing or MMA Events 6. Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda 7. Appeal of Bout Decisions - Mr. Thornton and Mr. Douglas - Jeromy Freitag vs. Ethan Cox - July 31, 2009 - . Carlos De Soto vs. Jeremy Luchau - September 19, 2009 Travis Kauffman vs. Tony Grano - September 18, 2009 California State Athletic Commission Meeting Agenda - October 26, 2009 Page 2 8. Boxer's Pension Plan Update - Mr. Deluna 9. Policy Prohibiting Gifts - Mr. Thornton 10. Media Relations Policy - Mr. Thornton 11. Timekeeper Equipment - Mr. Deluna 12. California Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Organization (CAMO) - Quarterly Report 13. Western States Police & Fire Games - Mr. Thornton Report on lnve~tigation Findings 14. New Promoters for Approval of License - Mr. Douglas John Pena (Pico Rivera) Andy K. (Sacramento) 15. Appeal of License Denial Re: Joshua Barnett - Ms. Chappelle 16. Appeal of License Revocation - Danny Batchelder - Ms. Chappelle 17. Appeal of License Revocation - Jeremy Tavares - Ms. Chappelle 18. Agenda Items for Future meetings 19. Adjournment NOTICE: The meeting is accessible to the physically disabled. A person who needs disability-related accommodations or modifications in order to participate in the meeting shall make a request no later than five (5) working days before the meeting to the Commission by contacting Dave Thornton at (916) 263-2195 or sending a written request to Dave Thornton at the California State Athletic Commission, 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 2010, Sacramento, CA 95815. Requests for further information should be directed to Dave Thornton at the same address and telephone number. Meetings of the California State Athletic Commission are open to the public except when specifically noticed otherwise in accordance with the Open Meetings Act. The audience will be given appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue presented. · AGENDA ITEM #3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES STATE OF CALIFORNIA-STATE AND CONSUMER SERVICES AGENCY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor STATE OF CALIFORNIA California State Athletic Commission 2005 Evergreen St., Ste. #2010 Sacramento, CA 95815 www.dca.ca.gov/csac/ DEP/1RTME!\IT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS (916) 263-2195 FAX (916) 263-2197 CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION MEETING Monday, April 13, 2009 1:00 P .M. - Close of Business 5:00 P .M. Ronald Regan State Building Building Property Management 300 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Auditorium Minutes Commissioners Present: Timothy Noonan, Chairman Mario Rodriguez, Vice-Chairman Howard Rose June Collison Dr. Christopher Giza Peter Lopez Commissioners Absent: John Frierson Staff Present: Bill Douglas, Assistant Executive Officer Dean Lohuis, Chief Athletic Inspector Sarah Waltlee, Office Technician Che Guevara, Athletic Inspector Karen Chappelle, Deputy Attorney General Anita Scuri, DCA Legal Counsel Guests Present: Jim 1vlillman, CEO, USA Boxing Oscar Ortiz, President, Northern California LBC Joe Zanders, President, Southern California LBC Louis Jordan, President, Central California LBC V enoria Lindsay, President, Border Association LBC Pat Russell, Official · Jack Reiss, Official Gwen Adair, Official John McCarthy, Official Marty Denkin, Official ·Roy Englebrecht, Promoter Don & Lorraine Chargin, Promoters Todd Meacham, Promoter Beth Harrington, President, Benefit Resources Inc. The minutes reflect the order in which the agenda items were heard. Agenda Item 1. The meeting was called to order at 1:00 P.M. Assistant Executive Officer \,Villiam Douglas called the roll. Commissioners present and accounted for: Noonan, Collison, Lopez, Rodriguez, Rose and Giza. Agenda Item 2. Pledge of Allegiance was performed. Agenda Item 3. Approval of Meeting Minutes December 15, 2008 ([e!econference) February 10, 2009 A motion was made, seconded, and carried unanimously to approve the meeting minutes for December 15, 2008 and February 10, 2009. Agenda Item 5. USA boxing - Order to Show Cause re: Revocation After much discussion between the representatives of USA Boxing and the California State Athletic C,ommission to determine whether they should revoke its authority of USA Boxing in the State of California, the C,ommission granted a forty-five minute negotiation period so that both parties might try to reach a compromise on how amateur boxing would move forward so that all parties' concerns were addressed equally and fairly. Agenda Item 4. Assistant Executive Officer's Report AEO Douglas discussed the state of the Commission's dayto day operations in the office and the field. Agenda Item 6. Amateur Mixed Martial Arts - Sekction cffirst rrming date C,ommission staff agreed to set up the date, time, and location of the first Amateur :Mixed Martial Arts C.Ommittee meeting. Agenda Item 7. Professional Boxers' Pension Plan Update - Rule 406 Status, Dis-trihutims for 55 + AEO Douglas advised the Commission that the pension regulation changing the distribution age from 55 to 50 is now in the Office of Administrative Law which has thirty (30) working days to review the file. Agenda Item 8. Approval to Set Proposed Regulatory Changes for Hearing - Rules: 211, 213, 213.2, 293, and 403. It was moved, seconded, and voted unanimously to set rules 211, 213, 213.2, and 293 for regulatory hearing. Rule 403 was tabled for further discussion. Agenda Item 9. Physician's Malpractice Insurance Update - Physiaans' Pay Scale It was moved, seconded, and voted unanimously to approve the proposed pay increase for physicians at regulated events to cover the costs of ringside physician malpractice insurance. Agenda Item 10. Officials Pay Scale - Mixed Martial Arts, kickboxing, and Amateur Events It was moved, seconded, and voted unanimously to approve the proposed new officials' pay scales for mixed martial arts/kickboxing and amateur events. Agenda Item 11. Training for Officials - ScheduleandPerform:,,rKEReuew C,ommission staff agreed to work with the ringside physicians to organize a training session as soon as possible. Commission staff suggested that a committee of officials should be assembled to begin the process of training referees and judges. USA Boxing. An agreement was reached between the representatives of USA Boxing and the California State Athletic C.Ommission to form workgroups that would consult with each other on acceptable standards to allow the supervision of amateur boxing to remain intact with USA Boxing for the regulation of amateur boxing in California. A motion was made, seconded, and carried unanimously to lift the suspension of USA Boxing at this time on condition that each event shall be monitored by C3AC and the schedule of events shall be coordinated by CSACstaff. Agenda Item 12. Procedure for Change of Decision The procedure for a change of decision was recently modified in a regulatory change that would grant the C.Ommission the power to overturn a win into a "no decision" if the winning athlete tests positive for a prohibited substance. 2 Agenda Item 13. Approval of Permanent Promoter Licenses - Lil:mtyBaxingandPhantomProrrotions A motion was made, seconded, and carried unanimously to approve the permanent promoter licenses of Phantom Promotions and Liberty Boxing. Agenda Item 14. The World Police & Fire Games - Jack Reiss Jack Reiss brought a representative of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. Boxing Team to speak about their boxing events. Mr. Reiss explained the history of the events, their record of safety, and the charitable organizations that have benefited from these events. Chairman Noonan indicated that he was in favor of allowing this type of charitable event to continue both legally and safely. Mr. Noonan asked 11.s. Scuri for legal advice on how this could be accomplished.11.s. Scuri indicated that the LASD Boxing Team could either obtain a sanction from USA Boxing or obtain an amateur promoter's license. With Commission approval, C5AC staff was asked to send a promoter packet to Mr. Reiss. Agenda Item 15. Promoter Concerns The Commission tabled this agenda item for a future meeting. Agenda Item 16. Public Comment on Matters Not on the Agenda Todd Mecham: The Calif omia State Athletic Commission has been really good to me. Last year it went really well. William Douglas has done a wonderful job. All of the people behind the scenes are doing a great job. Just wants to say thanks. Roy Englebrecht: I served on a number of commissions in Orange County. I know it is no pay, tireless. But for all of us that sit here, it is our lives. Your selection tomorrow should be no different from the NHL, NFA, or major league baseball. This person must have and be fully ,competent in all areas that the commission needs to
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