THE IS NOW IN SESSION. DR QUIRKE
NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM.
SERGEANTS ARBS WILL PREPARE THE
CHAMBER, BRINGING THE ABSENT
MEMBERS AND THE CLERK WILL CALL
THE ROLL AGUIAR-CURRY. ARAMBULA.
BAUER-KAHAN SPIN IT. BERMAN.
BIGELOW. BLOOM. BOERNER HORVATH
BONTA. BRIAN CALDERON. CARILLO
CERVANTES CHIN. CHOI. COOLEY.
COOPER. CUNNINGHAM, DALLI.
DAILY. DAVIES FLORA. MIKE FONG.
VINCE THONG. FRIEDMAN GABRIEL
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MULLEN MURATSUCHI. THERE'S ARIAN
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STONE. ATTAINED. PALLET AREAS.
Væ VALLAPUDUA VOEPEL. WALDRON
WARD. WEBER WICKS WILSON WOULD
MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS A QUORUM. IS PRESENT.
A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE
ASSEMBLY.
THANK YOU MEMBERS. A QUORUM IS
PRESENT IN THE ASSEMBLY. WE WILL
ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS IN
THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND IN
THE GALLERY TO PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER. THE DAYS PRAYER WILL
BE OFFERED BY OUR ASSEMBLY
CHAPLAIN. PARDON ME, OUR GUEST
CHAPLAIN. ASSEMBLY MEMBER TIM
GRAYSON ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GRAYSON. PLEASE JOIN ME AND YOUR
THOUGHTS AND PRAYER. GOD
ALMIGHTY. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR
THE DAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN
BLESSED WITH. AND LORD. ALL OF
US STAND AS AN ELECTED BODY.
SHARING. AND THE FIBER OF
HUMANITY. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL
DRAW US TOGETHER IN A UNITY THAT
SERVES ALL OF CALIFORNIA. WELL
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM, GOOD
JUDGMENT. AND COMMON SENSE. FOR
WHICH WE WILL REJOICE IN THIS
DAY THAT YOU AGAIN HAVE BLESSED
US WITH. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR
GRAYSON. WE ASK OUR GUESTS AND
VISITORS TO REMAIN STANDING. AND
JOIN US FOR THE FLAG SALUTE.
PLEASE JOIN ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RAMOS AS HE LEADS US IN THE
PLEDGE, MR RAMOS HAND OVER
HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT'S ONE NATION. UNDER
GOD. INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. YOU
MAY BE SEATED. READING OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL. A SEMI
CHAMBER. SACRAMENTO THURSDAY
APRIL 21ST 2022, THE ASSEMBLY
BED AT NINE A.M. THE HONORABLE
KEVIN MULLINS SPEAKER PRO
TEMPORE OF THE ASSEMBLY,
PRESIDING CHIEF CLERKS TO PARK
AT THE DESK READING CLERK DAVID
BOWMAN. READING ROLL CALL WAS
COLD, WARM, PROBABLY ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY, REYES MOVES AND MR
FLORA SECONDS THAT THE READING
OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL BE
DISPENSED WITH. PRESENTATIONS
AND PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE
INTRODUCTION, REFERENCE TO BILLS
WILL BE DEFERRED. REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE MESSAGES FROM THE
SENATE. THERE ARE NOT. MOVING TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS THE
ABSENCES FOR THE DAY. SHALL BE
DEEMED READ AND PRINTED IN THE
JOURNAL AND MISS REYES. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
I REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5. TO
ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S V
VALLAPUDUA AND VOEPEL TO SPEAK
ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY
TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER. AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR, PLEASE
MOVE ITEM 22 A B 2050 LEE TO THE
INACTIVE FILE. THE CLERK WILL
NOTE. PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY RULE.
96 I REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT
TO RE REFER SB 906 PORTANTINO
FROM THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AGAIN WITH THAT? OBJECTION. SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER.
MEMBERS WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS
WITH US IN THE CHAMBER TODAY.
JOINING US IN THE GALLERY. IS
THE FOURTH GRADE CLASS OF
MARQUEZ CHARTER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN AND
BLOOM. LET'S WELCOME THEM TO THE
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER.
MEMBERS WE ARE MOVING TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
SECOND READING. THE CLERK WILL
READ THE BILL 9 35 9 56 10 05 11
79 12 10 13 88 66 9 28 57 WITH
AMENDMENTS 11 063 82 12 72 9 25
WITH AMENDMENTS AND SENATE BILL
12 68 WITH AMENDMENTS ALL BILLS
WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED.
ODD RECONSIDERATION. FILE. ADAMS
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WE ARE MOVING TO THE ASSEMBLY
THIRD READING FILE. FILE ITEMS
18 THROUGH 22. PASS AND RETAIN.
WE ARE MOVING TO FILE ADAM
NUMBER 23. THIS IS MR COOLIES. A
CR 1 96. AND THE CLERK WILL READ
THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1 96
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S COOLING AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO FOSTER CARE
MOUTH. MR COOLEY. COLLEAGUES. IT
IS A VERY GREAT HONOR TODAY TO
PRESENT UM. A CR 1 96 1ST PLACE
TO FOSTER CARE MONTH. AND, UM.
FOSTER CARE MONTH RELATES TO A
VERY VITAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OUR
LIVES FOR WHICH WE SEEK TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE. AND, UM. THIS
RECOGNIZES THE MONTH WE'VE JUST
CONCLUDED MAY OF THIS YEAR AS
FOSTER CARE MONTH. AND THERE ARE
NEARLY 60,000 CHILDREN IN
CALIFORNIA. THEY'RE IN FOSTER
CARE. AND THEY ARE. OUR STATE'S
MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION. AND
I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT
KIDS IN FOSTER CARE. OUR
CHILDREN THAT HAVE HAD SOME
TERRIBLE CRISIS COME INTO THEIR
LIFE. IT COULD BE THE DEATH OF A
PARENT. SOMEONE INCARCERATION,
DRUG INVOLVEMENT, ABUSE. ALL
MANNER OF THINGS. THAT LEAD TO A
CHILD ENDED UP BEING PLACED IN
FOSTER CARE. IN THE WHOLE OBJECT
OF FOSTER CARE IS TO TAKE A
CHILD THAT HAS BEEN IN A TRAGIC
, HORRIBLE, UNBEARABLE
CIRCUMSTANCE. CHANGED THE
DYNAMICS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT.
AND PRODUCE A BETTER OUTCOME.
SO, ACTUALLY, THIS MAKES ME
THINK THAT. FOR ALL THAT WE
CONSIDER OURSELVES DOING IN
STATE GOVERNMENT. FOSTER CARE
WHICH WE WANTED THIS MONTH. IS
WHAT THE MEDIEVAL IS USED TO
REFER TO AS THE PHILOSOPHER'S
STONE. YOU KNOW THE
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE WAS
SUSTAINED THAT WAS SOUGHT IN
MEDIEVAL TIMES TO TURN BASE
METAL INTO GOLD. THIS UNUSUAL
THING THAT CAN TRANSFORM A BASE
CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETHING VERY
VALUABLE AND PRECIOUS. THIS IS
ACTUALLY OUR FOSTER CARE
PROGRAMS. TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS
VERY, VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION
SUPPORT THEM WITH SERVICES. AND
PUT THEIR LIFE ON A BETTER
TRACK. A HAPPIER TRACK OR MORE
GRATIFYING TRACK OR MORE
FULFILLED TRACK. AND WITH THAT
IN MIND, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT
THIS THIS PAST WEEK WE PASSED
ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT BILLS DEALING
WITH FOSTER CARE. IT IS. IT IS A
WORK OF THIS BODY AND HAVE MANY
MEMBERS AND CERTAINLY MY CHAIR
OF THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
AND HER PREDECESSORS HAVE BEEN A
VITAL PART OF THIS. AND ON THIS
YEAR WHEN MY COLLEAGUE FROM
SANTA CRUZ IS NOT GOING TO RUN
FOR REELECTION. I JUST WANT TO
GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE HE
HAS HAD A VERY SUSTAINED WORK IN
THIS AREA SUPPORTED IMPROVEMENT
IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. WHICH
IS ALL ABOUT TAKING IT VERY
VULNERABLE POPULATION AND
PROVIDING THE MOST APT SERVICES
POSSIBLE FOR EACH CHILD
ACCORDING TO THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE.
TO ACHIEVE THIS SORT OF
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE TRY TO
UNLEASH POSITIVE DYNAMICS OF
THEIR LIFE. WE DO KNOW THAT
CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND FOSTER
CARE ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER
FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. AND THEY ARE
AN INCREASED RISK OF BOTH
HOMELESSNESS AND INCARCERATION
OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES.
AND COVID 19, WHICH WE ARE
TRYING TO GET PAST VERY MUCH
EXACERBATED ALL THE PRESSURES ON
FOSTER YOUTH AND THE DILEMMAS
THEY FACED THEIR FAMILIES THEIR
CAREGIVERS. AND SO EACH YEAR WE
DO RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MAY AS
FOSTER CARE MONTH. TO FLAG THE
ISSUES OF THIS MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATION OF CALIFORNIANS. AND. TWO REITERATE OUR RESOLVE TO
KIND OF THROUGH THE WORK OF
GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE WORK OF
GREAT FOSTER PARENTS. AND
SERVICE PROVIDERS AT THE STATE,
COUNTY AND LOCAL LEVEL. TO
PRODUCE THIS TRANSFORMATIVE
EFFECT THIS PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
OUTCOME. UM THERE ARE CERTAINLY
TREMENDOUS PARTNERS IN THIS
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,
THE COUNTY'S FOSTER CARE
AGENCIES, CHILD WELFARE ADVOCACY
GROUPS, ALL ENGAGED TO SUPPORT
OUR FOSTER YOUTH WORKING YEAR
ROUND. TO ENSURE THEY GET THE
CARROT SERVICES THEY NEED. AS
CHAIR OF THE SELECT COMMAND.
FOSTER CARE. I'VE WORKED TO
BRING ISSUES LIKE MENTAL HEALTH
FUNDING, JUVENILE INCARCERATION
, COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO THE
FOREFRONT OF THIS CONVERSATION.
WHEN DISCUSSING HOW WE CAN
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES. UM IT'S
VITAL. WE CONTINUE GIVE OUR
FIRST SHOOT ALL THE SUPPORTS AND
SERVICES THEY NEED TO SET THEM
UP FOR SUCCESS AGAIN BECAUSE WE
ARE TRYING TO TAKE THEM BEYOND
THE CRISIS WHICH ENGULFED THEM.
IN THEIR INNOCENCE AND BRING
THEM TO A BETTER PLACE THROUGH
SUPPORT. UM I WANT TO THANK THE
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND
FAMILY SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE
CALIFORNIA YOUTH CONNECTION FOR
THEIR SUPPORT. AND SPONSORSHIP.
OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND FOR THE
WORK THEY DO YEAR IN AND YEAR
OUT. I DO WANT TO ASK THAT THE
FIRST VOTE ON A CR 1 96. WE HAD
CO AUTHORS AND THAT THE ROLE BE
OPEN TO THAT PURPOSE. THANK YOU,
MR COOLEY. MR. GIBSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I WANT
TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM, UH
, RANCHO CORDOVA FOR BRINGING
THIS A CR 1 96 BEFORE US TODAY
TO RECOGNIZE UH, MAY 2022 AS
FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH. UM,
I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES. AND WHEN
I THINK, UM, OUR CHAIR FOR
SELECT COMMITTEE ON FOSTER CARE
FOR ONE, BRINGING THIS BEFORE
THIS BODY TODAY. I JUST WANT TO
LEAVE YOU WITH JUST ONE. UM
SIMPLE, UM, STORY. I MET A YOUNG
MAN HERE WHEN I WAS CARRYING A
BILL. AND HE TESTIFIED IN
COMMITTEE ON ONE OF MY BILLS.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN HAD A TWIN
BROTHER, WHO WAS THEY WERE ALL
SEPARATED. UM AT A VERY YOUNG
AGE, UM, AND THEY WERE PLACED IN
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND HE
HAD A TWIN BROTHER. HE DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW THEY WENT TO THE SAME
SCHOOL. THEY ACTUALLY LIVED A
QUARTER OF A MILE FROM EACH
OTHER. AND THE SOCIAL WORKER DID
SOMETHING THAT THEY WEREN'T
SUPPOSED TO DO, AND THAT WAS TO
CONNECT THAT TWIN BROTHER WITH
THE OTHER BROTHER. AND TWO WEEKS
BEFORE THEY WERE CONNECTED. HIS
TWIN BROTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED
IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING. HE WAS
KILLED IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING.
AND HE SAID THAT HE WISHED HE
WOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET HIS BROTHER TO SEE IF HE
EVEN LOOKED ALIKE IF THEY HAD
MANNERISMS IF THEY LOOK LIKE
MOTHER OR FATHER BUT THAT WAS
TAKEN AWAY. AND SO I'M VERY
GRATEFUL TO ONE TO STAND ON THIS
GREEN CARPET WITH SO MANY LIKE
MINDED COLLEAGUES WHO STAND UP
FOR THE VOICE LIST FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN FOSTER CARE WHO REALLY
ARE LOOKING FOR CHAMPIONS, THE
CHAMPION THEIR PARTICULAR CAUSE
AND CHAMPION TO MOVE THEIR
VOICES FORWARD. IT IS ABSOLUTELY
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO
ONE HAVE A CRS LIKE THIS ONE TO
MAKING SURE THAT WE NEVER FORGET
OUR CHILDREN, WHETHER OR NOT
WE'RE CONNECTED WITH BY DNA, OR
OR RELATED OR EVEN SEEN EYES OR
LAID EYES ON THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A CHAMPION
WHO WOULD CHAMPION THEIR CAUSE
EVEN WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE
FOSTER YOUTH BILL OF RIGHTS. I'M
HAPPY TO HAVE CARRIED THAT BILL
CARRYING THE BILL ASSEMBLY BILL
17 94 TO REUNIFY NOT ONLY FOSTER
YOUTH BUT ALSO THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN SEPARATED BY ADOPTION, AND
I THINK THAT WE HELP NOT ONLY
ELEVATE THEIR VOICES BUT ALSO
STRENGTHENING THE FOSTER YOUTH
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
RESPECTFULLY I ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE ON A CR 1 96. THANK YOU. MR
GIBSON. MR BRIAN. YOU'RE
RECOMMENDED. MR SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
A CR 1 96. I DON'T OFTEN GET
NERVOUS SPEAKING IN THIS ROOM OR
ANY OTHER FORM, UM AND SOME OF
YOU KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT ME
AND SOME OF YOU DON'T MY
BIOLOGICAL MOTHER WAS 16 YEARS
OLD. WHEN SHE SURVIVED THE RAPE
AND GOT PREGNANT. AND SHE GAVE
THE BABY UP FOR ADOPTION
IMMEDIATELY. WENT TO MY FIRST
FOSTER HOME THEN WAS ADOPTED IN
MY SECOND. MY SECOND WAS A
FOSTER FAMILY THAT DID FOSTER
CARE FOR 26 YEARS. I'VE HAD
HUNDREDS OF FOSTER SIBLINGS.
NINE OF US WERE ADOPTED IN THAT
FAMILY. I DIDN'T MEET A
BIOLOGICAL RELATIVE UNTIL I WAS
ALMOST 20 YEARS OLD. MY
BIOLOGICAL MOTHER,
COINCIDENTALLY, BECAME A FOSTER
PARENT. AND ADOPTED THREE
CHILDREN OF HER OWN WHO I MET.
IN MY LATE TEENS AND EARLY
TWENTIES. I SAW AN ARTICLE IN
THE IMPRINT THIS WEEK THAT I
DIDN'T KNOW WAS COMING. I GUESS
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I'M THE
ONLY PERSON ON THIS FLOOR WHO
HAS THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE AND
POTENTIALLY ONLY THE SECOND IN
STATE HISTORY. AND PART OF IT IS
BECAUSE OF THE BARRIERS WE SET
UP FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY THE CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM. DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK
CHILDREN. LET'S MAKE NO MISTAKE
ABOUT THAT. AND CHILDREN WHO
HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM. THEY STRUGGLE IN
SCHOOLS. THEY ARE DEMONIZED IN
THE CLASSROOM LABEL. AGGRESSIVE,
HOSTILE DISRUPTIVE. MORE LIKELY
TO BE PUSHED OUT. MORE LIKELY TO
CONTACT THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM IN L. A COUNTY WE SPEND
OVER $400,000 A YEAR PER YOUNG
PERSON PER YEAR TO INCARCERATE
THEM. SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN
THE PER PUPIL SPENDING WE'RE
ABOUT TO SPEND THIS YEAR THE
HISTORIC LEVEL. YOU'RE MORE
LIKELY TO BECOME UNHAPPY, HOUSED
OR INCARCERATED THAN YOU ARE TO
END UP ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE
LEGISLATIVE FLOOR. AND SO I'M
HONORED TO STAND BESIDE MY
COLLEAGUE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
RESOLUTION. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
WORK TO DO. AND WE'VE GOT TO
RECOGNIZE HOW INTERSECTIONAL IT
IS. YOU CAN'T JUST TOUCH THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. YOU HAVE
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS.
YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. YOU HAVE
TO ADDRESS THE OVER POLICING IN
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT I'M
CONFIDENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES
HERE ON THIS FLOOR. WE CAN
CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT'S
BEEN DONE FOR THE YEARS BEFORE I
GOT HERE AND THE MANY YEARS
LOOKING FORWARD, AND I STRONGLY
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SUPPORT
OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU,
MR BRIAN. SEE NO OTHER MEMBERS
SEEKING RECOGNITION ON THE
RESOLUTION. MR KOHLI IS ASKING
THAT THE FIRST ROLE BE OPENED
FOR CO AUTHORS. CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLE. THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS
ON THE RESOLUTION MEMBERS THIS
HAS CO AUTHORS ADDING ON A CR 1
96. THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS.
CLERK WELL, CLOSER ROLE. THERE
ARE 69 CO AUTHORS ADDED WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE MAY TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I
OPPOSE, SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE
IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
WE'RE MOVING TO TAKE UP FILE
ITEM. 24. THIS IS MR GABRIEL
HOUSE RESOLUTION ONE. OH, SEVEN.
H R 107 AND THE CLERK WILL READ.
HOUSE RESOLUTION ONE OH, SEVEN
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBE'S GABRIEL
RELATIVE TO NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. MR
GABRIEL. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. UH I RISE
TODAY TO PRESENT HR 107 ON
NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS
DAY. COLLEAGUES. I'M NOT I'M NOT
REALLY SURE WHAT TO SAY. WE HAD
, AS EVERYONE KNOWS A VERY
ROBUST DEBATE ABOUT OUR NATIONAL
EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE ON THIS
FLOOR LAST WEEK. I'M VERY PROUD
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A
ROBUST DISCUSSION. WE HEARD FROM
PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE WE HEARD
FROM COLLEAGUES IN THIS BODY.%
LIKE OUR COLLEAGUE FROM LOS
ANGELES WHO HAD BEEN PERSONALLY
IMPACTED BY OUR EPIDEMIC OF GUN
VIOLENCE, INCREDIBLY ELOQUENT
COMMENTS. WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF
PARENTS. ABOUT HOW COMPLICATED
AND DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING IT
IS TO BE APPARENT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THAT MEANS WHEN OUR KIDS
ARE BEING KILLED IN THEIR
SCHOOLS. AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM
GUN OWNERS. WE HEARD FROM SOME
OF OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
THAT MAYBE THERE IS A GLIMMER OF
HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A
BIPARTISAN PATH FORWARD HERE TO
DO MORE TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES
AND TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE ALSO PASSED. SIX PIECES
OF LEGISLATION OFF THIS FLOOR.
BILLS BY OUR COLLEAGUES FROM SAN
FRANCISCO AND SACRAMENTO,
BERKELEY, VENTURA, SAN DIEGO AND
LOS ANGELES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WON'T KEEP
OUR KIDS SAFE. WE KNOW THAT WHAT
WE NEED IS MEANINGFUL ACTION.
AND SO AFTER THIS ROBUST DEBATE
, AND THIS, THIS THIS WORK THAT
WE DID TO PASS BILLS OFF THIS
FLORIDA EXPEDITE THEM TO THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK TO TRY TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE TO SAVE LIVES. WHAT
HAPPENED YESTERDAY. WE HEARD
ABOUT ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING.
FOUR PEOPLE DEAD. AT A MEDICAL
BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA. LITERALLY
IN A FEW DAYS ARE OUR DEBATE ON
ON. THOSE ARE DEBATE ON LAWS WAS
BOOKENDED BY MASS SHOOTINGS. A
BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS KILLED IN
TEXAS. AND NOW PEOPLE DEAD IN
OKLAHOMA. THIS IS BECOMING
NORMALIZED IN A WAY THAT IS
HORRIFIC. AND COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE. AND I THINK THAT
WE ARE AT A VERY CRUCIAL MOMENT
IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE TO MAKE
SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE
PROCEED FORWARD. IT IS VERY
CLEAR TO ALL OF US THAT WE NEED
STRONGER FEDERAL ACTION. THAT WE
NEED TO DO MORE TO KEEP OUR KIDS
SAFE. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO
CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE
NEED TO DO HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. BUT IT'S GOING TO
REQUIRE A NEW APPROACH. IT'S
GOING TO REQUIRE PEOPLE FROM
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO COME
TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO
STAND TOGETHER TO SAY THAT WE
HAVE TO DO MORE. WE HAVE TO DO
MORE. TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
AND I THINK IT'S SUCH A PAINFUL
COMMENTARY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN
A SOCIETY WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION BEFORE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO THAT WE
CAN MOVE CHILDREN OUT OF THE
CHAMBER. DO A RESOLUTION ON
FOSTER YOUTH FIRST AND HAVE KIDS
WHO ARE VISITING US AND THEN
MOVE THEM OUT OF THE CHAMBER SO
THAT WE CAN THEN DEBATE CURRENT
EVENTS. AND WHILE THAT'S
APPROPRIATE AND WHAT WE NEED TO
PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, THE TRUTH
IS, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY KINDERGARTENER CAME HOME FROM
SCHOOL THIS YEAR, HAVING DONE AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL. THAT WAS
NOT SOMETHING THAT I EVER DID AS
A STUDENT. OUR KIDS ARE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE BEING TRAUMATIZED BY
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES. AND IF YOU DON'T
BELIEVE ME, GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA
AND CHECK IT OUT. THE YOUNG
PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU FOR
THEMSELVES. SO THIS IS A MOMENT
FOR US TO AGAIN. EVEN THOUGH WE
HAD THIS ROBUST DEBATE JUST A
FEW DAYS AGO TO REAFFIRM THAT WE
ARE UNEQUIVOCALLY COMMITTED
COMMITTED. TO MOVING FORWARD ON
GUN VIOLENCE. THAT WE UNDERSTAND
THAT WE HAVE WORK TO DO THAT. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE
ENOUGH FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. WE
HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH FOR OUR
CHILDREN AND THAT PEOPLE ACROSS
THIS STATE ARE GOING TO COME
TOGETHER TO ADVANCE REAL POLICY.
THAT WILL DO MORE TO PROTECT OUR
FAMILIES TO PROTECT OUR KIDS AND
TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES WITH
THAT RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED. I
VOTE ON H R 107. THANK YOU, MR
GABRIEL AND MISS QUIRK-SILVA.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF HR ONE. OH, SEVEN.
BUT I STAND HERE AND SOLEMN
SADNESS. BECAUSE OF WHAT WE
CONTINUE TO SEE EVERY DAY. WE DO
NOT NEED TO LIVE THIS WAY. I
STAND WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION.
AND MY LEGISLATIVE COLLEAGUES
AND RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION DAY.
ACCORDING TO GUN VIOLENCE.
ARCHIVE .ORG BETWEEN MAY 27TH
AND JUNE 1ST. THERE HAS BEEN A
MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT IN
AMERICA EVERY DAY. IN MAY, THERE
WERE FIVE MASS SHOOTINGS. IN
CALIFORNIA. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE
THE HORROR. HAVE EVOLVED A TEXAS. 19 INNOCENT CHILDREN AND TWO
TEACHERS. TWO BRAVE TEACHERS
LOST THEIR LIVES TO A PERSON WHO
SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUY AN A
R. 15. IF YOU TALK TO GUN
OWNERS, HUNTERS THEY TO SAY THAT
AN A R 15 IS NOT A WEAPON THAT
NEED YOU NEED TO USE TO HUNT
WITH UNLESS, OF COURSE, WE ARE
HUNTING PEOPLE. AND SO NOW I
ONLY AM I SAD. BUT I'M ANGRY.
I'M ANGRY THAT WE CAN NO LONGER
GO TO CHURCHES, MALLS, THEATERS
, CONCERT GROCERY STORES. AND
OUR SCHOOLS AND FEEL SAFE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS AN
AMERICA. AND WE HAVE TO DO
BETTER. AS A MOTHER OF FOUR
ADULTS AND A TEACHER FOR 30
YEARS. IT HURTS EVERY TIME WE
HEAR YET ANOTHER LIFE LOST. SO I
ASK YOU TO STAND TOGETHER MOVE
TOGETHER IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION
TO WORK TOWARDS SENSIBLE GUN
LEGISLATION. I ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT HR ONE. OH, SEVEN. THANK
YOU. MR QUIRK-SILVA. MISS BONTA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE
TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF HR
ONE. OH, SEVEN. I DID NOT HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION
LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD TO ADDRESS
THIS AND QUITE FRANKLY, I HAD A
HARD TIME KEEPING MYSELF
TOGETHER. I WAS AS I WAS
PRESIDING OVER THIS BODY TO HEAR
THE ANGER. AND ALSO THE RESOLVE
OF THIS BODY COMING TOGETHER TO
TRY TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO OFFER. BY WAY OF CONDOLENCE.
THROUGH OUR ACTIONS. I WANTED TO
OURSELVES NOT ONLY ON THE NEED
TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT GUN
VIOLENCE. BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE
THAT WE DON'T NEED.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY. DÍAS THE
RESULT OF GUNS. WE ONLY NEED
ONE. WE ONLY NEED ONE PERSON.
ONE DAUGHTER. ONE SON. ONE
COLLEAGUE, ONE MOTHER TO BE
TAKEN FROM US. TO KNOW. THAT
WHEN THAT ONE PERSON IS TAKEN
FROM US, OUR COMMUNITY IS TAKEN
FROM US. OUR COMMUNITY SUFFERS.
OUR SECURITY IS TAKEN FROM US. I
WANT TO THANK. THOSE PEOPLE WHO
STAND ON THE FRONT LINES LIKE
MOM'S DYNAMIC DEMAND ACTION. WHO
STAND N THE FRONT LINES IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. TRYING TO PIECE
TOGETHER. A SENSIBILITY OF
SECURITY AND RESOLVE. AS THEY
TALK TO OUR CHILDREN. OUR
MOTHERS. OUR FATHERS, OUR
GRANDMOTHERS. AND I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS. AND WE NEED TO
RESPOND IN KIND. AND I ASKED
THIS BODY TO NOT ONLY THINK
ABOUT THE GUNS. BUT THINK ABOUT
HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
THOSE WHO STAND ON OUR FRONT
LINES. FIGHTING. IN THIS PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS. AND WITH THAT I
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, MR
BOND. TO MR GIBSON. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I WAS
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ELSE
I CAN CONTRIBUTE. THAT HASN'T
ALREADY BEEN SAID BY MY
COLLEAGUES STANDARDS FLOOR. I
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
WOODLAND HILLS. FOR ONE, HIS
BOLDNESS FOR BRINGING THIS HOUSE
RESOLUTION ONE. OH, SEVEN BEFORE
US TODAY, UM, WE CAN JUST GO ON
AND ON WITH RESPECT TO BUFFALO,
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, AND THE LIST
JUST GOES ON SACRAMENTO, LOS
ANGELES. DELICIOUS STILL GROWING
, UH, WANT TO THANK MOMS DEMAND
ACTION FOR BEING COURAGEOUS BUT
STANDING ON THE FRONT LINE FOR
BRINGING OUR FRONT LINE WARRIORS
TO ONE, RAISING THE VISIBILITY,
RAISING YOUR VOICES AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE NEVER FORGET WE
CANNOT GET IMMUNE TO THIS GUN
VIOLENCE. I REPRESENT A
COMMUNITY. THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS
ABSOLUTELY PREVALENT. UM WHETHER
IT'S YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT HAPPEN
ON MY STREET WHERE I LIVE, BUT
IT HAPPENS IN MY COMMUNITY AND
YOU FEEL SOMETIMES HELPLESS
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF
THE HEADLINE BREAKING NEWS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
LIVES DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE AGAIN.
WE WANT TO SHAKE AMERICAN WAKE
UP. TO SIMPLY SAY, WHEN ARE WE
GOING TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY COME
TOGETHER AND SOLVE THIS. THIS
EPIDEMIC. I HEARD A FEW MOMENTS
AGO FROM MY COLLEAGUE THAT THIS
IS A HEALTH CRISIS. I ABSOLUTELY
BELIEVE THIS IS A HEALTH CRISIS
ABSOLUTELY BELIEVED BECAUSE IT
KNOCKED AT MY DOOR. IT HIT MY
FAMILY AND MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT
LAST WEEK, WE WHEN WE, UH,
PRESENTED THE BILL MY GUN BILL
16 21. AND I TALKED ABOUT MY
SON, WHO WAS SHOT IN THE BACK
TWICE. THE ANSAY AND OTHERS AND
ONE MAN WAS KILLED. BUT I GOTTA
CALL THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM
THAT SUN FROM MY SON WHO TOLD ME
THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS
APPREHEND IT. THE INDIVIDUAL,
THE PERPETRATOR WHO WAS THE
GUNMAN AND THAT SHOOTING AND SO
I REJOICE FOR A MOMENT. UM BUT I
HAD TO REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE SOLVE OTHER CASES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
SOLVE OTHER SITUATION. BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE ABSOLUTE WITH
OUR POLICIES BECAUSE CALIFORNIA
WE DO IT. OUTSTANDING JOB.
PEOPLE FOLLOW CALIFORNIA. WE
KNOW THAT RIGHT? BUT WE NEED TO
ELEVATE OUR VOICES SO THAT
OTHERS OTHER PLACES. OTHER
STATES ALSO FOLLOW CALIFORNIA'S
LEAD, BUT MOST OF ALL, WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY
OF THE POWER TO REALLY MAKE SOME
REAL CHANGES TAKES PLACE AT
ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN THE PRESIDENT
SAID HE WAS GOING TO USE
EXECUTIVE ORDER IN THIS SPACE
AROUND GHOST GUNS, BUT WE NEED
TO GO FOR FURTHER THAN THAT. WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES. BOTH HOUSES
COME TOGETHER AND PASS. GOOD,
SENSIBLE, UM, FEDERAL GUN
LEGISLATION, SO I AM ABSOLUTELY
PROUD OF EVERY MEMBER ON THIS
GREEN CARPET WHO HAS TAKEN A
COURAGEOUS STAND BY COOP BY
CREATING GOOD GUN POLICY. GOOD,
SENSIBLE GUN POLICIES SO THEY
CAN CALIFORNIA TO LEAD THE WAY
IN OUR GOVERNOR. WHO YOU KNOW
WHO STANDS BOLDLY AS A FATHER AS
A HUSBAND TO MAKING SURE NOT
ONLY HIS KIDS ARE PROTECTED, BUT
CALIFORNIA KIDS ARE PROTECTED AS
WELL. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK
THE OUR CHAMPION FROM WOODLAND
HILLS FOR BRINGING THIS HOUSE
RESOLUTION 107. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR A STRONG I VOTE. I THINK
THIS GIVES HIM MISS BARRACK
AYHAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I
RISE IN SUPPORT OF HR ONE. OH,
SEVEN. YOU KNOW, BEFORE I CAME
TO THE LEGISLATURE I WAS A SMALL
TOWN ACTIVIST. SOMEONE WHO CARED
DEEPLY ABOUT THE HEALTH AND
WELFARE OF OUR CHILDREN OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. AND OF THE PEOPLE
WHO FACE THIS GUN VIOLENCE
EPIDEMIC EVERY DAY. AND
ALONGSIDE MY MOM'S. WE PASSED
LOCAL ORDINANCES TO TRY TO
PROTECT OUR KIDS. WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL TO MAKE THE LAWS EVEN
STRONGER THAN THEY ARE HERE
TODAY. AND NOW I HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF STANDING ON THE
SCREEN CARPET. AND ADVOCATING ON
BEHALF OF THE 40 MILLION
CALIFORNIANS. WHETHER IT BE OUR
COLLEAGUE. FROM LOS ANGELES SON
WHO HAS TO PRACTICE BEING HUNTED
IN HIS CLASSROOM. OR OUR OTHER
COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES,
WHOSE COMMUNITY FACES THE
EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE, DAY IN
AND DAY OUT WITHOUT REPRIEVE.
BUT I URGE YOU ALL TO LISTEN
THIS MORNING. TO THE DAILY BY
THE NEW YORK TIMES. WE'RE DOING
IT RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
IT'S WORKING. AND DESPITE ALL OF
THE RHETORIC OUT THERE, THE LAWS
THAT WE HAVE PASSED ALREADY THE
LAWS THAT ARE PENDING IN THIS
BODY. IT'S WORKING. WE'RE SAVING
LIVES AND WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT
TO DO WITH THE POWER WE HAVE
BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH BY OUR
CONSTITUENTS THAN TO SAVE THE
LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE
REPRESENT. AND SO WE CAME
TOGETHER LAST WEEK, AND WE
PASSED QUITE A FEW BILLS OFF OF
THIS FLOOR, SOME BIPARTISAN SOME
ON A PARTISAN BASIS. BUT. THE
GOAL SHOULD BE FOR EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF US TO ADMIT THE CRISIS
THAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA.
THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY
WHERE AMERICANS LOSE THEIR LIVES
TO GUN VIOLENCE. AND WE SHOULD
COME TOGETHER TO DO EVERYTHING
IN OUR POWER TO CHANGE IT.
BECAUSE THOSE LOCAL ACTIVISTS,
THEY'RE STILL AT IT, DOING WHAT
THEY CAN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND I'VE HEARD FROM MY
COLLEAGUES. WE MUST URGE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT. WE
KNOW WE ARE ONLY AS SAFE AS THE
CLOSEST STATE WITHOUT THE GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION LAWS THAT WE
HAVE HERE IN CALIFORNIA. SO WE
NEED TO STAND TOGETHER. BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN SAVING LIVES TO
END THIS EPIDEMIC OF GUN
VIOLENCE. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY
WEEK. WE TALKED ABOUT IT EVERY
DAY. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DYING
EVERY DAY IN AMERICA. AND WITH
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. BAUER-KAHAN. MR
BERMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES. I WASN'T PLANNING ON
SPEAKING TODAY. UM AND I MISSED
THE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK. UM
BUT THIS MORNING, I HAD THE JOY
OF TALKING WITH ALL THOSE 4TH
AND 5TH GRADERS THAT CAME UP
FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TO
SPEND AN HOUR IN THE CAPITAL,
4TH, 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS THE
SAME AGE AS AS THE KIDS WHO WERE
SLAUGHTERED. AND YOU HAVE ALL
THE LITTLE OLDER THAN THE KIDS
WHO WERE SLAUGHTERED IN NEWTOWN
YOUNGER THAN THE KIDS WHO WERE
SLAUGHTERED IN IN IN PARKLAND.
AH AND I ASKED THEM. I TALKED TO
THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I
DO WHEN I SAID WHEN I THINK I
HAVE A GOOD IDEA, I INTRODUCED A
BILL. AND WHAT BILLS DO YOU
THINK? WE SHOULD INTRODUCE. WHAT
BILL WOULD YOU INTRODUCE? IF YOU
WERE A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER,
AND I TALKED TO TWO GROUPS OF
STUDENTS THE FIRST GROUP THE
FIRST QUESTION THE FIRST IDEA
WAS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE GET KILLED BY GUNS. THE
SECOND GROUP. IT WAS THE THIRD
QUESTION IT WAS THE THIRD IDEA
THAT THEY THAT THEY 10 AND 11
YEAR OLDS SAID TO ME AS THEIR
ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE SHOULD
DO TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY.
IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE WHO GET SHOT BY GUNS. SO
I ASKED PEOPLE HERE. WHEN YOU
WERE 10 AND 11. WHEN YOU WERE IN
FOURTH GRADE. HOW MANY OF YOU
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING
KILLED BY GUNS IN YOUR SCHOOL.
NOBODY. BUT THIS IS AMERICA.
THIS IS THE AMERICA THAT WE HAVE
CHOSEN TO CREATE. AND I WANT TO
THANK MOMS DEMAND ACTION. AND
THEIR ACTIVISM. BUT WE ALL HAVE
TO DEMAND ACTION. AND LIKE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM THE EAST BAY SAID
, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN CALIFORNIA
IS WORKING. WE HAVE THE SMARTEST
GUN SAFETY LAWS IN THE COUNTRY
AND IT'S SAVING LIVES. AND WE
NEED MORE PEOPLE TO DO THAT. BUT
WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP ON DOING
MORE BECAUSE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
AT A SYNAGOGUE IN SAN DIEGO AT A
GARLIC FESTIVAL IN GILROY.
OUTSIDE A NIGHTCLUB IN
SACRAMENTO. PEOPLE ARE STILL
GETTING SLAUGHTERED BY WEAPONS
OF WAR. THESE ARE WEAPONS OF
WAR. AND THERE ON THE STREETS
THERE ON OUR STREETS THERE IN
OUR COMMUNITIES, SO WE HAVE MORE
TO DO. I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO
SUPPORT HR 107, BUT WE CAN'T.
THIS NEEDS TO BE FRONT OF MIND.
BECAUSE THIS IS AMERICA. AND
THIS IS THE AMERICA THAT WE HAVE
CREATED. AND IS IT A MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUE? ABSOLUTELY AND WE
DESPERATELY NEED TO DO MORE
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS EXIST ALL OVER
THE WORLD. PEOPLE GETTING
SLAUGHTERED BY WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION AND GROCERY STORES
AND SCHOOLS AND CLINICS HAPPEN
IN AMERICA. WE MUST DO BETTER.
THANK YOU, MR BERMAN. MISS
DAVIES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU. AND THANK YOU, MY COLLEAGUE
FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FLOOR
JUST TO KIND OF O OVER WHAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST WEEK. IT
WAS IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE
ABLE TO SEE. ALL OF US COME
TOGETHER. THIS IS A PARTISAN
ISSUE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO
REMEMBER AS WE'RE LOOKING AT
THAT GHOST GUN BILL THAT THE
REPERCUSSIONS BASICALLY WAS A
MISDEMEANOR. SO IF YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE A BILL, WE BETTER HAVE
SOME TYPE OF PUNISHMENT THAT'S
GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE
BASICALLY MISDEMEANOR RIGHT NOW
, IF YOU HAVE ZERO BAIL IS MAYBE
A MAYBE A $45 FINE. OR IF THAT'S
SO WE HAVE TO BRING BOTH THESE
TOGETHER. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
BILLS, LET'S HAVE CONSEQUENCES
SO THAT THERE IS A REASON AND
AGAIN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE PUTTING THE MONEY. WE'VE
GOT A SURPLUS RIGHT NOW. WE NEED
TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO MENTAL
HEALTH. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS FROM
KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY UP TO
12TH GRADE. SO I THANK MY
COLLEAGUES. I KNOW WE CAN WORK
ON THIS. UH, THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT. AND WE WILL COME
TOGETHER BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A
PARTISAN ISSUE. THERE ARE
DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,
INDEPENDENTS THAT ARE ALL GUN
OWNERS. LEGAL GUN OWNERS THAT
KNOW THE SAFETY AND WHAT'S
IMPORTANT, SO LET'S COME
TOGETHER, NOT SEPARATING PEOPLE
AND LET'S DEAL WITH THE
CRIMINALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY
USING THESE GUNS TO DO DAMAGE.
THANK YOU. MR MURATSUCHI, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. I ALSO WANT TO JOIN TO, UH,
THANK OUR COLLEAGUE FROM THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY FOR THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION, AND I WANT
TO WELCOME AND THANK ALL OF THE
MONSTER MANNED ACTIONS AND ALL
THE FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE. TO
THE STATE CAPITAL TO SEND A
STRONG MESSAGE TO THE REST OF
THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY THAT
CALIFORNIA IS LEADING THE WAY IN
THE FIGHT FOR COMMON SENSE, GUN
CONTROL LAWS. AND YOU KNOW, IN
MY EIGHT YEARS HERE, I HAVE
SUPPORTED EVERY SINGLE GO AND
CONTROL. YOU KNOW, BILL THAT IS
THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, AND I
WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. I'M
PROUD TO BE A CO AUTHOR WITH MY
COLLEAGUE FROM CARSON AND
THERE'S BILL TO BAN GHOST GUNS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE
TO PUSHING ALL OF THESE EFFORTS,
BUT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE FROM ORANGE COUNTY
THAT IF WE WANT TO BE HONEST
ABOUT THE GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENING
IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR COUNTRY
LET'S LOOK AT THE FACTS. THE
FACTS ARE THAT MOST OF THE GUN
VIOLENCE IS CAUSED BY CRIMINALS
. YOU KNOW, WE CAN PASS ALL THE
LAWS THAT WE WANT TO PASS, BUT
CRIMINALS DO NOT FOLLOW LAWS. SO
IF WE DON'T WANT TO BE HONEST
ABOUT FIGHTING GUN VIOLENCE, WE
CAN'T JUST BE PASSING. YOU KNOW
ALL THE COMMON SENSE GUN CONTROL
LAWS THAT THAT I FULLY SUPPORT,
BUT WE NEED TO ALSO GO AFTER THE
CRIMINALS WHO ARE YOU KNOW,
TRAFFICKING AND COMMITTING GUN
VIOLENCE WITH ALL OF THE GUNS.
THIS IS THIS SHOULD NOT THIS
SHOULD BE A BIPARTISAN ISSUE.
THERE'S THERE SHOULD BE
BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT THAT IF WE
WANT TO BE HONEST ABOUT FIGHTING
GUN VIOLENCE, LET'S NOT JUST
PASSED GUN CONTROL LAWS. BUT
LET'S GO AFTER THE CRIMINALS WHO
ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THOSE
GUN CONTROL LAWS. MS WIX, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS. I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF HR. WHEN I WAS SEVEN.
ON A ON MONDAY. MY HUSBAND AND I
WERE TAKING JOJO OR FIVE YEAR
OLD TO CAMP. IT WAS THE FIRST
DAY OF SUMMER CAMP. AND SHE
STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE
LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN DRILLS SHE HAD
DONE IN SCHOOL. AND WE ASKED HER
SO WHAT ARE THOSE LIKE? AND SHE
SAID WHERE YOU HAVE TO HIDE AND
BE REALLY, REALLY QUIET. AND I
KNOW MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE
GOING THROUGH THESE LOCKDOWN
DRILLS. BUT WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR
FIVE YEAR OLDS TELL YOU ABOUT
HOW SHE'S BEING TRAINED TO HIDE
AND TO BE VERY, VERY QUIET. SO
THAT SHE DOESN'T GET SHOT. AT
SCHOOL. AND THAT IS WHAT OUR
CHILDREN ARE DEALING WITH. THAT
IS JUST AN INDICTMENT. ON OUR
FAILURES AS A SOCIETY TO KEEP
OUR CHILDREN PROTECTED. AND I
KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS
LAST WEEK, AND FRANKLY, I
COULDN'T EVEN GET THROUGH MY
SPEECH LAST WEEK. UM IT WAS
DIFFICULT. IT WAS EMOTIONAL, AND
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT AS A PARENT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED ON THIS
ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT NOW
AS A PARENT IT HITS ME IN A VERY
DIFFERENT WAY, AND I KNOW
PARENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT I'LL
WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE. YOU SIT
ON. IT IMPACTS YOU. WHEN YOU SEE
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND YOU WANT
SOLUTIONS, NO MATTER WHAT IF
YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN
INDEPENDENT AND FRANKLY, I AM
ENCOURAGED BY SOME OF THE
CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH
FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE BOTH ON AND OFF THE FLOOR.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH SOME OF YOU
PRIVATELY ABOUT ARE THERE THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER, SO I
APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WELCOME
THAT. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN
FIND SOME COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS
, AND THERE'S ONE COMMON SENSE
SOLUTION RIGHT NOW THAT IS
SITTING AT THE U. S SENATE, AND
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A VOTE
ON THAT SOON, BUT THAT IS
COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL BACKGROUND
CHECKS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT 90% OF AMERICAN SUPPORT,
REGARDLESS OF PARTY IDEOLOGY,
AND THIS IS A SENSIBLE THING
THAT REPUBLICAN SENATORS CAN
SUPPORT IN THE U. S SENATE RIGHT
NOW. AND IT IS MY HOPE. THAT
THEY WILL DO SO THAT WE CAN WORK
ON GETTING GUNS OUT OF THE WRONG
HANDS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE DON'T
GET GUNS THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE
THEM. AND THEN WE CAN SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM, SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF
THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD. I
IMPLORE US TO DO MORE. WE KNOW
THAT GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
MEASURES WORK. WE HAVE SEEN A
DECLINE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN
CALIFORNIA FOR THE LAST 25
YEARS. SINCE WE'VE STARTED TO
PUT FORTH THESE MEASURES, WE CAN
CONTINUE TO LEAD THIS NATION AND
KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
THERE IS MORE THAT WE CAN DO. I
AM SO PROUD. TO BE A MOM THAT
DEMANDS ACTION. I'M SO PROUD TO
WORK ALONGSIDE MOMS DEMAND
ACTION HERE IN THIS LEGISLATURE
AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION
ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXIST,
INCLUDING MY HUSBAND'S.
GIFFORDS. JUST A LITTLE PLUG,
BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ON
THIS FLOOR. I APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH FOCUS ON THE
SIDE OF THE AISLE AND I ASK THAT
WE SUPPORT HR ONE. OH, SEVEN.
THANK YOU. MISS WEEKS, MR.
MATHIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU. MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. I WANT
TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. AND FOR THE
ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING.
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS THE FACTORS OF GUN
VIOLENCE. I APPRECIATE THE
COMMENT. FROM OUR COLLEAGUE.
FROM THE BAY AREA. ADDRESSING
THE FACT THAT THERE IS A MENTAL
HEALTH COMPONENT. TO THIS.
THERE'S ALSO A COMPONENT OF
POVERTY. OF PEOPLE NOT BEING
ABLE TO AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR FAMILIES. THAT MUST BE
ADDRESSED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
PEOPLE DOING DESPERATE THINGS.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS
DRIVEN. WHAT IS TRIGGERED
PEOPLE. TO TAKE A GUN ILLEGALLY.
TO GO CAST HARM TO OTHERS. WHAT
HAS DRIVEN THEM TO THAT? WHAT
ARE WE DOING? WHAT POLICIES ARE
WE ENSURING TO BRING INFLATION
DOWN. TO ADDRESS POVERTY. IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHETHER IT'S
RURAL OR URBAN. WE HAVE
DESPERATE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
STRUGGLING. AND PEOPLE ARE
TURNING TO VIOLENCE BECAUSE THEY
DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. WE
HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE FACTS.
ALSO. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, HOW
ARE WE GOING TO CONVINCE A
POPULATION. NOT TO PICK UP AN
ILLEGAL GUN. TO GO PROVIDE FOR
THEIR FAMILY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
THAT. THAT'S A FACTOR. THAT'S A
FACTOR IN MY DISTRICT. WE ALSO
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT. THAT
WE HAVE A REVOLVING DOOR OF
CRIME. BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF
THE BEST GUN POLICIES WE DO HERE
IN THE STATE. BUT AS MENTIONED
BY MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, THESE
ARE MISDEMEANORS. AS MENTIONED
BY OUR COLLEAGUE FROM THE SOUTH
BAY. CRIMINALS DON'T FOLLOW
LOSS. BUT WE CAN SURE MAKE THEM
AFRAID OF THE PUNISHMENT. IF
WE'RE WILLING TO PUT TEETH INTO
THEM. WE CAN DO THAT. IN MY
DISTRICT. WE ARE SHOOTING A FEW
YEARS AGO, I LITERALLY WAS
RELEASED FROM JAIL EARLIER THAT
DAY. AND WENT AND SHOT UP A GAS
STATION, HIGH SPEED CHASE AND
KILLED MORE PEOPLE. REVOLVING
DOOR OF CRIME. THIS HAPPENED. WE
HAVE A LEGAL GUNS. AT ONE OF MY
DAIRIES. SOMEBODY CAME IN AND
ROBBED THE WORKERS IN A DAIRY.
ILLEGAL GUNS. THIS ISN'T JUST AN
URBAN ISSUE. THIS ISN'T JUST
WITH OUR SCHOOL KIDS, EVEN
THOUGH THIS IS WHAT'S PULLING
OUT OF HEART STRINGS RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD. SO
COLLEAGUES AS WE SUPPORT THIS AS
WE LOOK AT THESE ISSUES. I
IMPLORE YOU. LOOK AT THIS
FUNDAMENTAL POINTS. WHAT ARE
DRIVING? PEOPLE TO DO THESE
HORRENDOUS THINGS. AND LET'S
START ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE
TWO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CONVINCE
THESE PEOPLE THERE'S A BETTER
WAY TO LIVE. IMAGINE IF PEOPLE
WEREN'T SO DESPERATE, THEY DID
THIS. THANK YOU. MS CARILLO. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TODAY
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF HR 107, AND
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE FAMILIES
AND MOMS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION. EVERY
TOWN AND ALL OF THOSE OF US WHO
BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT ULTIMATELY OUR COMMUNITIES
ARE SAFE. THAT CHLDREN DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING SHOT
IN SCHOOL. I WANT TO GO BACK TO
LAST WEEK, JUST A BIT BECAUSE
THE COMMENTS OF OUR COLLEAGUE
FROM SACRAMENTO REALLY STRUCK A
CHORD WITH ME. HE SAID. THE
LITTLE TINY BODIES OF THESE
CHILDREN WERE SO MUTILATED BY
THIS WEAPON OF WAR. THAT PARENTS
HAD A HARD TIME IDENTIFYING
THEM. THAT IMAGE STUCK WITH ME.
I AM A FORMER JOURNALIST. I'VE
SEEN A LOT OF IMAGES OF VIOLENCE
AROUND THE WORLD. AND IT BROUGHT
UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRAUMA OF
JUST SEEN COUNTLESS IMAGES. AND
I KEPT THINKING ABOUT. THERE'S
SOMETHING HERE THAT'S MISSING IN
THE CONVERSATION. AND THERE S
THAT IS WE NEVER SEE THE IMAGES
ANYMORE. SOMETHING HAPPENED IN
THE LAST FEW DECADES IN AMERICAN
MEDIA. WHERE WE STOP SHOWING
GRAPHIC IMAGES. TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC. IT'S OKAY TO SHOW THEM
WHEN THEY'RE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE
UNITED STATES. BUT WE DON'T SHOW
WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
MY COLLEAGUE. OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
MENLO PARK SAID THAT MAYBE NONE
OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED GUN
VIOLENCE GROWING UP, THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY TRUE. I GREW UP IN
BOYLE HEIGHTS IN EAST L. A. AND
THE HEIGHT OF GUN VIOLENCE AND
GANG VIOLENCE. WE KNEW AS LITTLE
KIDS HAS 1/4 GRADER. THAT I
NEEDED TO WALK IN CERTAIN
STREETS. TO NOT BE JUMPED. I
KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO WALK A
FURTHER ROUTE TO GET TO HIGH
SCHOOL SO THAT I WOULDN'T
ENCOUNTER A RIVAL GANG. I WENT
TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL AT A
HEIGHT IN WHICH THERE WERE METAL
DETECTORS FOR STUDENTS. SO THAT
GUNS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED ON
CAMPUS. ALL OF THAT IS TRUE AND
TIMES HAVE CHANGED. AND I WANT
TO BRING BACK AGAIN. THE ISSUE
OF IMAGES. THE POWER OF AN
IMAGE. IN 1972. THERE WAS A
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE VIETNAM WAR OF
A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL. RUNNING
NAKED. IT WAS AN IMAGE THAT THE
WORLD SAW. OF THIS LITTLE GIRL
BURNED, AND SHE WAS SIMPLY KNOWN
AS THE NAPALM GIRL. THIS LITTLE
GIRL RUNNING NAKED ON THE
STREETS OF VIETNAM. AFTER A
NAPALM ATTACK. IT CHANGED THE
CONVERSATION ON THE WAR OF
VIETNAM. YEARS PRIOR 1955 A 14
YEAR OLD BOY. I MET TILL THEIR
FAMILY MADE A COURAGEOUS
DECISION AMID LYNCHINGS AND
CONVERSATIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS.
TO HAVE AN OPEN CASKET. TO SHOW
THE WORLD THE BRUTALITY OF
LYNCHING. FAMILIES AND YUVAL, D
TEXAS, RIGHT NOW ARE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HAVING OPEN
CASKETS. TO DISPLAY THE HORRORS
THAT HAPPENED TO THE VIOLENCE OF
GUN VIOLENCE TO THEIR CHILDREN.
THERE IS POWER IN AN IMAGE. AND
I THINK THAT AMID ALL OF THE GUN
VIOLENCE, CONVERSATION AND A
BILL IN CONGRESS THAT CONTINUES
TO LAG. THE POLITICAL COURAGE
THAT IS MISSING. THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC NEEDS TO SEE. THE IMAGE
OF THE OPEN CASKETS OF THOSE
CHILDREN. IN UVALDE, TEXAS. WE
CAN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION JUST AROUND IT. WE
DON'T SEE IT ANYMORE. IT'S A.
BECAUSE IT'S A SOCIETY HAS
BECOME DESENSITIZED. TO THE
REALITY OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
PERMISSION TO READ MR SPEAKER
GESTION. I WANT TO READ WHAT
MAMMY TILL, BRADLEY SAID IN
1955. WITH RELATIONS TO THE OPEN
CASKET OF HER SON, EMMETT TILL
WHO HAD BEEN LYNCHED AT 14 YEARS
OLD. SHE SAID. I COULDN'T BEAR
THE THOUGHT OF PEOPLE BEING
HORRIFIED BY THE SIGHT OF MY
SON. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I
FELT THE ALTERNATIVE WAS EVEN
WORSE. AFTER ALL. WE HAD AVERTED
OUR EYES FOR FAR TOO LONG,
TURNING AWAY FROM THE UGLY
REALITY FACING US AS A NATION.
LET THE WORLD SEE WHAT I'VE
SEEN. THE WORDS OF THIS MOTHER
FROM 1955 ECHO TRUE TODAY. THERE
IS MORE THAN WE CAN DO. AND I
ASKED THAT WE HAVE THE POLITICAL
COURAGE TO ASK OUR MEMBER OF
CONGRESS. OUR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS TO DO THE RIGHT THING
WHEN IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE
AND ENSURING THAT THESE WEAPONS
OF WAR THAN AN A R 15 IS NOT SO
EASILY AVAILABLE. TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC. AND ENCOURAGING. I VOTE
ON H R 107. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR CARILLO. MR JONES
SAWYER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. AND I GUESS IT'S A
KIND OF A DAY FOR A HISTORY
LESSON. SO I HEARD ABOUT. ACTIVE
SHOOTER DRILLS. UM SO THAT'S THE
NEW GENERATION THING. FOR YOU
YOUNGER FEL. THERE WAS
EARTHQUAKE. DRILLS. AND FOR SOME
OF US THAT ARE LONG IN THE
TOOTH. WAY BACK IN THE DAY.
THEIR ATOMIC BOMB. NUCLEAR.
DRILLS WHERE WE TAUGHT YOUNG
PEOPLE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WHEN
THE NUCLEAR BOMBS WENT OFF. THE
DRILLS ARE VERY MUCH SIMILAR, IF
NOT EXACTLY THE SAME. WE HAD
THIS PHILOSOPHY. BACK IN THE
DAY. OF THE ARMS RACE. IF THE
SOVIET UNION GOT BETTER ARMED
AND MORE ARMED THAN WE NEED TO
GET BETTER ARMED AND ARMED AND
THE FACT THAT WE COULD
ANNIHILATE THEM AND TURNED THEM
INTO EXTINCTION AND THEY COULD
DO THE SAME. THAT INSANITY. WE
THOUGHT WAS A GOOD POLICY. WE
THOUGHT ARMING. OURSELVES WE'RE
GOOD WAS GOOD POLICY. AND WHEN I
HEAR THAT WE SHOULD ARM. PEOPLE
IN CHURCHES. WHAT EVERYBODY
NEEDS TO HAVE A GUN IN CHURCH
THAT WE SHOULD ARM TEACHERS.
EVERY TEACHER SHOULD HAVE ONE.
SHOULD EVERYBODY ON THIS FLOOR.
HAVE A GUN? AND I SEE AS YOU
LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
DANCE IS PROBABLY NO BUT THIS
INSANITY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE
MORE GUNS. IS THE NAME TO ME? I
JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND THOSE
OF US THAT REMEMBER BACK IN THE
NUCLEAR TÌM. WHEN AN AIR RACE
SIREN WENT OFF. IT WAS THE MOST
TRAUMATIC TIME OF YOUR LIFE
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF YOUR
EXISTENCE WOULD END THAT DAY.
YOU WOULD NOT SEE YOUR PARENTS.
AND WHAT MADE IT IN THIS CHANGE
IF A NUCLEAR DEVICE WENT OFF, I
DON'T CARE WHAT DEATH YOU MAKE.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE SAVED YOU FROM
IT. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S
HAPPENING WHEN YOU HAVE AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER. COME IN. SO IF
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION, LET'S DISCUSS THIS
IS INSANITY. ABOUT HOW MANY GUNS
WE NEED OUT HERE IN AMERICA AND
THAT WE NEED TO RAMP UP. AND HOW
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE IT
MADE SENSE BACK THEN WE CAME TO
OUR SENSES. WE STARTED TALKING
ABOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE WORLD. SO
THAT RIGHT NOW TODAY NO ONE ON
THIS FLOOR. OR OUR KIDS. ARE
WORRIED ABOUT. NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION LIKE WE USED TO IN
THE PAST BECAUSE I THINK WE
STARTED TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE
ST. WE STARTED WORKING REAL HARD
TO REDUCE THAT ULTIMATE THREAT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE. NOT ONLY IN
CALIFORNIA WE'VE BEGUN THAT
CONVERSATION. WE'RE BEGINNING
TO. HOPEFULLY THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU
CAN'T RAMP THIS UP. IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. AND GUESS
WHAT. I AGREE. WE NEED TO REALLY
LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT
CRIMINALS DON'T HAVE WEAPONS.
BUT GUESS WHAT? SOME OF THESE
MASS SHOOTINGS WERE A GOOD GUY
WITH A GUN. SO WE ALSO NEED TO
LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH. WE NEED
TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT
THIS AND IT'S NOT ONE BULLET
THAT'S GOING TO DO IT. WE NEED
TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
HAVE COMMITTED LIKE I HAVE GONE
TO MORE PRISONS THAT EVER WANT
TO MIND TIRE LIFE. AND ACTUALLY
TALK TO L WOP AND PEOPLE HAVE
COMMITTED THE MOST HEINOUS
CRIMES. AND WHEN YOU ASK THEM,
WHAT WOULD THE DETERRED THEM? IT
WAS NOT PENALTIES. IT WAS WHAT
SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD
MENTIONED. ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE
THERE TO DEAL WITH THEIR POVERTY
TO DEAL WITH. THEY'RE THE STRESS
AND THE PAIN THAT THEY RECEIVE
BEING RAPED, LIVING IN
CONDITIONS THAT NONE OF US WOULD
EVER HAVE ANY OF OUR CHILDREN IN
AND SO TO JUST SOMEONE MENTALLY
NOT ABLE TO ANDLE HAVING A
WEAPON IN THEIR HANDS AT A VERY
YOUNG AGE, JUST NOT BEING ABLE
TO HANDLE IT. LET'S REALLY DO
HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION SO WE
CAN REALLY REDUCE THIS AND NOT
DO POLITICAL STUFF. LET'S REALLY
COME TOGETHER IF WE'RE REALLY
GOING TO COME TOGETHER. COME UP
WITH THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
THAT ANYBODY COULD LOOK AT AND
SAY. THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO
GO. I COMMEND MY THE AUTHOR OF
HR ONE. OH, SEVEN. BECAUSE THIS
IS THE TIME THAT WE COME
TOGETHER. TO COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS. MR BENNETT. MEMBERS
OF YOUR SEEKING RECOGNITION.
RAISE YOUR MICROPHONES AT THIS
TIME. MISTAKE. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS. I JUST WANTED
TO CORRECT THE RECORD OR CLARIFY
THE RECORD IT WITH REGARD O
WHAT WE HEARD ON THE FLOOR WHEN
PEOPLE SAID HEY, CALIFORNIA,
ALREADY HAS THE TOUGHEST GUN
LAWS IN THE COUNTRY. AND YOU
HAVE TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
RELATIVE RANK MEANS ALMOST
NOTHING. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR
RELATIVE IT DEPENDS ON WHO
YOU'RE COMPARING THAT TO
CALIFORNIA MAY HAVE THE TOUGHEST
GUN LAWS IN AMERICA, BUT WE HAVE
THE WEAKEST GUN LAWS OF ALL THE
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES OUT
THERE. SO NOW WHAT IS
CALIFORNIA'S RELATIVE RANK TO
ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE
TOUGH GUN LAWS? AND IT IS
ABYSMALLY LAUGHABLY INADEQUATE,
NO BACKGROUND CHECKS. NO NO BAN
ON ASSAULT WEAPONS. I MEAN OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE EFFECTIVE
GUN CONTROL. THE SECOND THING
I'D POINT OUT IS RECENT RESEARCH
IS REALLY SHOWING. THERE'S A
VERY PRECISE FORMULA FOR THESE
MASS SHOOTERS SELF HATE FIRST,
AND THEN THEY SEE THIS IDEA THAT
YOU CAN DO A MASS SHOOTING. AND
THEN HOW AVAILABLE HOW EASILY
CAN THEY GET THE WEAPONS THAT
THEY NEED? AND THAT'S THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND OTHER
COUNTRIES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SELF
HATE. AND THAT IS THOSE OTHER
COUNTRIES. YOU CAN'T SEE AS MANY
MASS SHOOTINGS AND IN THOSE
OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU ALSO JUST
pVERY MUCH. MR VONTAZE, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. MY 10 YEAR
OLD NIECE IS FEARFUL OF GOING TO
SCHOOL THIS LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL
BECAUSE OF HER FEAR OF THE
THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE. THIS
CANNOT REMAIN THE MOST
IMAGINABLE IMAGINABLE THING IN
AMERICA TODAY. EVERYONE DESERVES
TO GO TO SCHOOL AND COME HOME
ALIVE. EVERYONE DESERVES TO GO
TO THEIR LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND
COME HOME ALIVE. WE ALL DESERVE
TO GO TO OUR PLACE OF WORSHIP
AND COME HOME ALIVE. NO ONE
SHOULD LIVE IN FEAR OF THE
THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE. I
IMPLORE US TO DO MORE. IN
CALIFORNIA. WE WILL NOT SIT IDLE
BY WAITING ON THE U. S SENATE TO
ACT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
THE NEEDLE. I DO WANT TO COMMEND
MOMS, DEMAND ACTION AND ALL
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR FIGHTING
TO CREATE CHANGE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. OUR COMMUNITIES
DESERVE BETTER. OUR CHILDREN
DESERVE BETTER. WE CANNOT LIVE
IN THIS. THREAT OF FEAR EVERY
DAY. WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE
THIS. I ENCOURAGE AND IVO AND HR
ONE. OH, SEVEN. THANK YOU. MR
MONTI'S MR BLOOM, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS. THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. I PUT MY
MIC UP AT THE LAST MINUTE. UM
BECAUSE I WANTED TO REFLECT A
LITTLE BIT HER COLLEAGUE FROM
LOS ANGELES, UH, IDENTIFIED THE
LONG IN THE TOOTH CAUCUS. AND
YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I GROW A
LITTLE BIT OLDER AND THINK ABOUT
MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER
THE COURSE OF MY LIFE AND WHEN I
WAS A CHILD. GROWING UP. I GREW
UPIN A MIDDLE CLASS
NEIGHBORHOOD. UH NOT FAR FROM
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM PASADENA. AND
ARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH GUNS. WAS
MY UNCLE DAVE, WHO HAD A FRIEND
, UM, AND HIS FRIEND WAS
NICKNAMED BULLET. WHY WAS HE
CALLED BULLET BECAUSE HE SHOT
HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WITH A WITH
A PISTOL WHEN HE WAS A KID. UM
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY.
YOU ALL SHARED A MOMENT OF JOY
WITH ME A FEW WEEKS AGO. UM
EXCUSE ME WHEN. AH OUR
GRANDDAUGHTER, LAYLA WAS BORN.
AND OVER THE WEEKEND I HELD LILA
AND MY ARMS AND I WONDERED TO
MYSELF. WHAT IS THIS WORLD? THAT
SHE HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO. 20
MILLION GUNS. WERE SOLD IN THIS
COUNTRY. LAST YEAR. MANY OF THEM. A R TYPE WEAPONS WITH THAT
EXPLOSIVE AMMUNITION, HIGH
VELOCITY AMMUNITION THAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT. WHAT IS THIS
WORLD? IT'S TRUE NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION AND EARTHQUAKES.
UM USED TO BE MORE FRONT OF MIND
. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS EVEN
GUN VIOLENCE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT
IT, YOU KNOW IT. IT IT LEAVES
OUR MIND AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME, NOT THE OVERALL ISSUE, BUT
THESE INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS
HAPPENED WITH SUCH FREQUENCY
THAT WE FORGET ABOUT THEM. HOW
MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES. HAVE HAD A MASS
SHOOTING. YOU KNOW, IF I ASKED
FOR A SHOW OF HANDS, IT WOULD BE
VIRTUALLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM
. I KNOW 2015. DO YOU REMEMBER
IT? PROBABLY NOT. FIVE PEOPLE
KILLED. IN SANTA MONICA, ABOUT A
BLOCK AND A HALF FROM OUR HOME.
IT'S EVERYWHERE. AND IT'S NOT
JUST MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT
YOU KNOW, UM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
PERPETRATING THESE ISSUES, YOU
KNOW. SHOULD THEY BE BROUGHT TO
JUSTICE? YEAH, BUT MOST OF THEM
ARE KILLED ON SIGHT. SEE. BOTTOM
LINE IS THAT THE PREDOMINANT.
PAUSE OF MASS SHOOTINGS IS HATE.
WE SAW THAT IN POWAY. WE SAW
THAT IN IN BUFFALO JUST A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO. AND AS WE SHOULD,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHILDREN. WHO DIED ONLY A WEEK
AGO. BUT HAVE WE FORGOTTEN ABOUT
THE HATE FILLED KILLINGS THAT
HAPPENED IN BUFFALO JUST BEFORE
THAT. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR
US TO KEEP UP WITH IT. WHAT IS
THIS WORLD? THAT WE ARE ALLOWING
TO HAPPEN. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE'RE ABLE
TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THIS ISSUE.
BUT WE BARELY KEEP UP WITH IT.
AND WE NEED TO DO MORE. AND I
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. THANK YOU,
MR BLOOM. MR GALLAGHER. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS AND
APPRECIATE THEAUTHOR FOR
BRINGING THIS THIS FOR TODAY,
AND I THINK THIS I APPRECIATE
THIS RESOLUTION, I THINK REALLY
TRIES TO BRING US TOGETHER, UH,
TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I
THINK WE'VE ALL JUST BEEN WE'VE
ALL JUST BEEN REALLY ROCKED BY
WHAT WE'VE SEEN. AH! AND AS A
PARENT, MYSELF OF FIVE. UH, YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT? AND WHAT COULD
HAPPEN AND THE FACT THAT I WAS
ABLE TO GO HOME TO MY CHILDREN?
AND THERE WERE PARENTS WHO WENT
HOME AND THEIR THEIR CHILDREN
NEVER CAME BACK. SO I THINK WE
ALL IN THIS ROOM. RECOGNIZE THAT
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS. WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO
PREVENT. THESE TRAGEDIES FROM
HAPPENING, AND I THINK BACK ON
MY OWN LIFE. YOU KNOW, GROWING
UP HERE IN CALIFORNIA AS AS A
KID IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL. THE
LYNDHURST HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING
HAPPENED, UM FOUR PEOPLE WERE
KILLED. I WENT IN THERE WITH A
SHOTGUN AND A RIFLE. ERIC
HOUSTON. AND SINCE THAT TIME
WE'VE SEEN SANTA BARBARA. WE'VE
SEEN RANCHO TEHAMA IN MY
DISTRICT. WE'VE SEEN SAN
BERNARDINO. EARLIER THIS YEAR,
TWO BLOCKS FROM THE CAPITOL HERE
IN SACRAMENTO. I THINK WE HAVE
TO. LOOK AT OURSELVES AND SAY,
DESPITE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE DONE, IT'S NOT STOPPING
THESE MASS SHOOTINGS. THERE ARE
THINGS WE DO HAVE TO THINK MORE
COMPREHENSIVELY. AND I LIKE THAT
. I'VE HEARD THAT YOU KNOW ON
THIS, UH, FLOOR THIS MORNING. WE
HAVE TO LOOK MORE
COMPREHENSIVELY. AND THE SAME
POLITICAL GO TO STANCES ARE
PROBABLY NOT GOINGTO GET US
THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT THIS
RESOLUTION SAYS. THAT SUPPORT
FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS GOES
HAND IN HAND WITH KEEPING GUNS
AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT SHOULDN'T
HAVE THEM. I THINK THAT'S A
SENSE THAT KIND OF DRAWS THE
BALANCE. WE SHOULD PROTECT
SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS. WE
SHOULD PROTECT CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS. WE CAN ALSO HAVE
POLICIES THAT KEEP GUNS OUT OF
THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO
SHOULDN'T HAVE THEM. RIGHT NOW.
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE AN
APPS PROGRAM PROHIBITED PERSONS
PROGRAM THAT TENDS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE ON THAT
LIST SHOULD NOT HAVE A GUN. THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN DISARMED. THAT'S
SOMETHING WE COULD WORK ON. IT'S
A COMPREHENSIVE THING THAT WE
COULD WORK ON IN A BIPARTISAN
FASHION. MY COLLEAGUE FROM
TORRANCE HAD A GREAT BILL
FOCUSED ON STOLEN GUNS. PEOPLE
IN POSSESSION OF STOLEN GUNS.
THEY'RE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED A
COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM THIS VERY
CAPITAL. THE PERPETRATOR HAD A
STOLEN GUN THAT HE HAD MODIFIED
INTO AN AUTOMATIC GUNS AND SHOT
OFF. YOU KNOW, 80 ROUNDS. IT'S A
GOOD BILL. IT DIDN'T GET OUT OF
COMMITTEE. THERE'S THINGS THAT
WE CAN DO. WORKING BIPARTISANLY
TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE ISSUE. A
LOT OF PEOPLE BROUGHT UP MENTAL
HEALTH. WE DO HAVE A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, NOT JUST IN
CALIFORNIA ACROSS THIS NATION,
RIGHT AND WE CAN DO THINGS TO
TRY AND THE PARKLAND SHOOTING.
THE SHOOTING IN TEXAS AS WE'RE
LEARNING MORE, THERE WERE
WARNING SIGNS. THERE WERE THINGS
THAT WE COULD HAVE SEEN. THAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEEN. WE CAN
WORK ON POLICIES THAT TRY TO
IDENTIFY THIS EARLIER IN TIME
BEFORE SOMEONE GETS TO A POINT
LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT
I THINK WE COULD WORK FOR IN A
THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO COME
TOGETHER IN A BIPARTISAN AND
COMPREHENSIVE FASHION, WE CAN
FIND A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD
AGREE UPON. AND THAT'S WHAT I
HOPE THAT THIS BODY DOES. AND I
LOVE THAT THIS MEASURE. I THINK
ATTEMPTS TO DO THAT APPRECIATE
THE AUTHOR. UM, FOR A REALLY
TRYING TO BRING TOGETHER. SO
THAT WE CAN REALLY GET OUT THIS
THING SO THAT WE DON'T SEE.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY FAR TOO MANY
THAT WE'VE SEEN RIGHT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. LIKE I SAID, SINCE I
WAS A KID. THEY HAVEN'T STOPPED.
I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER, AND I
THINK WE NEED TO THINK DEEPER.
AND BROADER THANK YOU MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, MR GALLAGHER. MR.
NAZARIAN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I HATE TO
GET UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.
BUT FOR THE RECORD. I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF HR ONE. OH SEVEN AS
I'VE STOOD UP IN SUPPORT OF
EVERY GUN CONTROL AND AMMUNITION
CONTROL BILL FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. I
WILL CONTINUE DOING IT. BECAUSE
IT'S ABSOLUTELY INSANE. BUT I
GOTTA HAND IT TO YOU TALK OUT OF
BOTH SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH. I'M
JUST SO FED UP WITH THE. SO FED
UP SO FED UP TO CONSTANTLY HERE.
RIGHT? IT'S NOT A PERSONAL
ISSUE. I'M SAYING IF WE WANT TO
MAKE ACTION HAPPEN. WE DON'T
JUST GET UP AND SPEW WORDS THAT
MEANS GARBAGE. BECAUSE LIVES
HAVE BEEN LOST. SO YOU WANT TO
TAKE ACTION RIGHT TO YOUR MEMBER
ELECTED OFFICIAL AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL. GET UP AND DO A PRESS
CONFERENCE IN FRONT OF HIS
OFFICE. STOP THIS GARBAGE HERE.
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. I'M DONE.
POINT OF ORDER, MR. HE'S DONE.
MEMBERS SEE NO OTHER MEMBERS
SEEKING RECOGNITION. MR GABRIEL,
YOU MAY CLOSE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER. YOU KNOW, I
SAID TODAY THAN WHEN I BEGAN
THAT I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE WHAT
TO SAY. BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A
LENGTHY AND ROBUST DEBATE ON
THIS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. WHAT I
WILL SAY IS TODAY WAS A REMINDER
OF WHY I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO
WORK IN THIS BODY. UM THE
INCREDIBLY ELOQUENT WORDS THAT
WE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES. WHO MADE SUCH
IMPORTANT POINTS AND I THINK
HELPED US CONSIDER THIS ISSUE
FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT VANTAGE
POINTS. AND ALSO THE LEADERSHIP
THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS BODY
HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUR COLLEAGUE
FROM ORINDA MENTIONED THAT WE DO
BETTER HERE IN CALIFORNIA THAT
WE ARE WE HAVE A LOWER GUN
VIOLENCE DEATH RATE THAT WE ARE
SAVING LIVES THROUGH THE LAWS
THAT WE HAVE PASSED, AND I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SO MANY OF
THOSE LAWS WERE WRITTEN BY
PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. SO MANY OF
THOSE LAWS THAT HAVE SAVED LIVES
WERE WRITTEN BY PEOPLE IN THIS
ROOM FROM EVERY CORNER OF OUR
STATE. NO, SIR. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADVOCATES,
PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM MOMS
DEMAND ACTION. I WAS WITH SOME
OF THE MOMS IN MY COMMUNITY THIS
WEEKEND AT A VIGIL AND MARCH AND
I SPOKE TO THEM. AND I THINK
WHAT WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
NOT ONLY THAT OUR KIDS AREN'T
OKAY, BUT A LOT OF PARENTS
AREN'T OKAY. A LOT OF PARENTS
ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW, AND
THAT'S WHAT THE MESSAGE I GOT
FROM THEM. BUT THE OTHER MESSAGE
I GOT IS THAT THEY'RE
RELENTLESS. AND THAT THEY'RE
FULL OF COURAGE, AND THAT IS
DIFFICULT AS THINGS ARE THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORK TO CHANGE. THE LAWS IN OUR
COUNTRY. TO BRING ATTENTION TO
THIS ISSUE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE SAVE LIVES AND WE PROTECT OUR
KIDS AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES
. SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS.
I HOPE THAT WE HAVE CRAFTED THIS
IN A WAY THAT CAN ENSURE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. I HOPE WE
CAN WORK FOR IT IN A BIPARTISAN
MANNER WITHOUT RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED. I VOTE ON H R 107.
AND MS GABRIEL, WOULD YOU LIKE
CO AUTHORS ON THE RESOLUTION?
YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MEMBERS. WE'RE GOING TO ADD CO
AUTHORS ON THE FIRST ROLE TO HR
ONE. OH, SEVEN CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLE THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS.
THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS ON THE
RESOLUTION. THIS IS FOR CO
AUTHORS ON THE RESOLUTION. THERE
ARE. CLERK WELL, CLOSER ROLE
THERE, 68 CO AUTHORS ADDED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE MAY TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE
OPPOSE, SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE
AT THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
AND MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GABRIEL. WE
WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME IN THE
GALLERY. MEMBERS OF MOMS DEMAND
ACTION. WELCOME TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY.
MEMBERS. WE HAVE A CONSENT
CALENDAR. THEIR RESOLUTIONS ON
TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE
WE VOTE WILL FIRST TAKE UP FILE
ADAMS, 30 AND 31 ON CONSENT FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ADDING CO
AUTHORS. CLERK WILL READ THE
RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT
RESOLUTION 1 12 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CRISTINA GARCIA
RELATIVE TO PERIOD POVERTY,
AWARENESS WEEK AND SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 94 BY
CENTER PAN RELATIVE TO ÁP I DAY
AGAINST BULLYING AND HATE. WE
WILL NOW OPEN THE ROLE TO ALLOW
MEMBERS TO ADD ON HIS CO AUTHORS
ON THOSE RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS
FOR CO AUTHORS. ON THE
RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT. PLEASE
ADD NOW. CLARK. WELL. CLOSER
ROLE THERE ARE 68 CO AUTHORS
ADDED. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO VOTE
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DOES
ANY MEMBER WISH YOU REMOVED
ITEMS FROM CONSENT? YOU CAN HEAR
HIM. NONE. CLICK ROLL. READ THE
CONSENT CALENDAR PARDONING
CLINIC WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SORRY MY
APOLOGIES. CLERK DOES NEED TO
READ THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
QUICKLY READ HOUSE RESOLUTION 1
12 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CRISTINA
GARCIA RELATIVE TO PERIOD
POVERTY AWARENESS WEEK CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. THIS IS THE
CONSENT CALENDAR CONSENT
CALENDAR MEMBERS. THIS IS THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL MEMBERS
BETTER DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
MEMBERS VOTE DECIDED TO VOTE.
CLERK WELL, CLOSER ROLE AND
TALKED ABOUT I 69 NO ZERO COULD
SEND CALENDAR IS ADOPTED CLERK
WILL READ THE REMAINING ITEMS ON
CONSENT AND SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 94 69 0. IN THE
ABSENCE OF OBJECTION, THE QUORUM
CALL IS LIFTED. AND WE WILL NOW
MOVE TO PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THE
GERMANS AND MEMORY MEMBERS.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS OR TAKE
YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF OF THE
FLOOR.
MEMBERS WE ALREADY GERMAN. SOME
MEMORY, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS
OR TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF
OF THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME.
MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS
OR TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF
OF THE FLOOR. THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS WERE GREAT AND PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON A GERMAN
IN MEMORY. MR V VALLAPUDUA, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. IT'S WITH GREAT SADNESS
THAT I RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN IN
MEMORY OF WARREN DOUGLAS
NOWHERE. DOUG WAS ENLISTED IN
THE U. S NAVY DURING WORLD WAR
TWO REPAIRING DAMAGE SHIPS IN
THE PACIFIC. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO
THE U. S S BEL AIR AND AMERICAN
REPAIR SHIP THAT CAME ALONGSIDE
BATTLE DAMAGE VESSELS. DOUG
WOULD JUMP ON BOARD CLIMB. THE
MASS AND MAKE THE NECESSARY
REPAIRS. SOMETIMES THESE REPAIRS
WERE MADE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
OCEAN IN ROUGH SEAS, AND YOU CAN
IMAGINE BEING PEACH, PEACH. HI.
ON TOP OF AN AMERICAN NAVAL
SHIP. WHILE I WAS SWINGING BACK
AND FORTH. THE STORIES FASCINATE
ME. AFTER THE WAR, DOUG EARNED
HIS HIS PILOT LICENSE WELL, A
STUDENT AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
HE WAS HE WAS AWARDED A VARSITY
LETTER FOR BEING ON THE SCHOOL
FLYING TEAM. THERE WOULD BE A
THERE WOULD BE COMPETITIONS WITH
KELL, SAN JOSE STATE AND OTHER
SCHOOLS, MANY OF THEM WHO HAD
HAD FORM WORLD WAR TWO PILOTS.
THEY WOULD HAVE COMPETE BY
DROPPING SACKS OF FLOUR TO SEE
WHICH PILOT WOULD BE THE CLOSEST
TO THE TARGET AND BY TOSSING AND
TOSSING. ROLL OF TOILET PAPER.
OUT OF THE AIRPLANE WINDOW TO
SEE HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
CUT IT IN IN IN INTO THREES. UM
IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR THESE
STORIES. IN 1972 DOUG OPENING NO
NOWHERE AND ASSOCIATES, A CIVIL
ENGINEER FIRM IN MANTECA, WHERE
HE PLANNED NEAR MISS
SUBDIVISIONS AND DESIGNED MANY
BUILDINGS. HE HAD ONE OF THE
LARGEST ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERING LICENSE ISSUED BY
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IN 1982
DOUG WAS A POINT POINTED ON THE
CALIFORNIA WATER RESOURCE BOARD
BY GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN AND WAS
AND WAS LATER APPOINTED TO THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION. HE
WAS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
FOR OVER 70 YEARS. DOUGLAS
SURVIVED BY HIS THREE SONS,
JAMES BRYAN FRED, HIS DAUGHTER
IN LAW, SYLVIA, PATRICE AND
ANDREA. AND THEIR FAMILIES
INCLUDE SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN,
THREE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS AND
ONE GREAT GRANDSON. DOUG WILL BE
REMEMBERED FOR HIS INTEGRITY,
KINDNESS, GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT
AND HELPFULNESS TO OTHERS. HE
LEAVES A LEGACY, COMPASSION AND
FAIRNESS AND AN IDEAL FOR THOSE
WHO KNEW HIM TO CONTINUE TO
ASPIRE TO. ON THE SIDE. NOTE. UM
I ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET AND SIT
DOWN WITH HIS SON, FRED. AND I
LEARNED A LOT. I MEAN, I ALMOST
FEEL LIKE I KNOW THE GUY. UM HE
WAS A FARMER. HE ACTUALLY FARMED
NOT NOT SO FAR FROM HERE. ON IN
STOCKTON AT THE DELTA BETWEEN
THE DELTA AND REAL VISTA. UM.
GREAT STORY THAT HE ALSO
ASSIGNED NOTE STORY YOU TOLD ME
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN HE WAS A
PILOT. HE WAS TRYING TO IMPRESS
THIS GIRL. AND THEY TOLD ME HE
WAS NOT NOT TO GET NOT TO FLY
OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BRIDGE.
AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE STILL
TOOK THIS GIRL ON A DATE AND
FLEW UNDER THE BRIDGE. NOW YOU
THAT WOULD BE LIKE BREAKING THE
LAW. FEDERAL LAWS RIGHT, BUT
THIS. THIS IS WHO THIS GUY WAS.
I MEAN, HE WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE
BORN IN STOCKTON, WHERE I'M FROM
WHERE AND. I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST EVERYONE TO HERE TODAY
TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT. SILENCE
FOR WARREN DOUG NOWHERE. SEVERAS
PLEASE OBSERVE A MOMENT OF
SILENCE. THANK YOU MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, MR V. VALLAPUDUA. MR
V. PUTIN. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. MAY
WARREN DOUGLAS NOWHERE RESTING
PLACE. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
THANK YOU, SIR. AND MR VOEPEL,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
GERMAN AND MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS. I RISE TO
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF BETTY
MACMILLAN AND CELEBRATE A
WONDERFUL LIFE. BETTY ARRIVED IN
SAN DIEGO IN HER EARLY TEENS
WHEN WHERE SHE ATTENDED HOOVER
HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER WORKED FOR
THE OLD PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS
MA BELL. BETTY'S HUSBAND, ROD
ALSO ATTENDED HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL
AND WORKED AT THE OLD PACIFIC
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AS WELL.
THE TWO EVENTUALLY HAD THREE
CHILDREN TOGETHER TWO BOYS AND A
GIRL. 1972 THE MCMILLAN FAMILY
MOVED TO LAKE SIDE CALIFORNIA,
WHERE THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE ON A
HALF ACRE ON LAKEVIEW ROAD. IN
THE MID 19 EIGHTIES, HE BEGAN TO
GET INVOLVED IN THE LAKESIDE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND BECAME AN
OFFICIAL MEMBER 1989. SHE HELD
THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT FOR FIVE
DIFFERENT TERMS WAS RECENTLY ON
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD CHAIRS, THE
PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AND
ASSISTED WEEKLY IN THE HISTORY
CENTER WITH THE ARCHIVES.
ADDITIONALLY BETTY WROTE
NUMEROUS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
AND NEWS LETTERS INCLUDING THE
EAST COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND THE
LAKESIDE LEADER, THE AT HOME IN
LAKESIDE MAGAZINE AND THE LHS
MONTHLY NEWSPAPER. SHE ALSO
SERVED ON MANY LOCAL COMMITTEES
. ALMOST EVERY COMMITTEE
POSSIBLE IN LAKESIDE AND MANY IN
EAST COUNTY. THIS WOMAN WAS A
WORKER BEE. SHE SHOWED UP. SHE
WORKED. SHE SERVED 1992 BETTY
WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE HARRY
SPENCE MEMORIAL AWARD FROM THE
LAKESIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE CHAMBER ALSO AWARDED HER THE
RICK SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD IN
2016. FOR BEING AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO EXEMPLIFIES ON SELFISH
DEDICATION COMMITMENT TO THE
COMMUNITY. IN 2002 BETTY
RECEIVED THE PEOPLE IN
PRESERVATION AWARD FROM THE SAVE
OUR HERITAGE ORGANIZATION FOR
HER WORK WITH CONGRESS OF
HISTORY. SHE ALSO RECEIVED THE
PEOPLE IN THE TRENCHES AWARD
FROM THE SAVE OUR HERITAGE
ORGANIZATION IN 2000 AND SIX
BETTY WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE
VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBER OF THE
YEAR IN LAKESIDE. UNTIL HER
PASSING. BETTY CONTINUED TO BE
INVOLVED IN ALL THINGS LIKE SIDE
. SHE WAS A TRULY WONDERFUL AND
SELFLESS WOMAN WHO TRULY CARED
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE
IN IT. I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE
KNOWN BETTY AND TO HAVE CALLED
HER MY FRIEND. BETTY I THINK I
CAN SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE EAST
COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY LAKESIDE.
WHEN I SAY YOU WILL BE MISSED
DEARLY. PLEASE REST WITH THE
LORD. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR VOEPEL MEMBERS. PLEASE
BRING IN THE NAME SO THAT DEATH
COULD BE PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL
REQUESTED JOURNAL MEMORY WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND PRINTED IN THE
JOURNAL. SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS
FOLLOWS FRIDAY. JUNE 3RD NO
FOURTH SESSION CHECKING SESSION,
MANAGING SIXTH FOR SESSION AT
ONE PM. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ITEMS
REMAINING WILL BE PASSED TO
MAINTAIN OUR MOTION SHALL BE
CONTINUED SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN,
MR VOEPEL MOVES AND MR GARCIA
SECONDS. THAT THIS HOUSE STANDS
ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE,
THE SIXTH AT ONE PM WE ARE
ADJOURNED.