MEMBERS WE WILL BE TAKING OUR
OFFICIAL PHOTO TODAY. I'M ASKING
THAT ALL MEMBERS COME TO THE
FLOOR AND TAKE A SEAT AT THEIR
DESKS. AND MEMBERS, PLEASE. WHEN
YOU TAKE YOUR SEATS CLEAR, ALL
OF THE ITEMS OFF OF YOUR DESKS.
FOR OUR OFFICIAL PHOTO.
INCLUDING THE VARIOUS FLAGS ON
THE DESK MEMBERS. PLEASE CLEAR
THE ITEMS FROM YOUR DESKS. FOR
THE OFFICIAL PHOTO AND MEMBERS.
PLEASE COME TO THE FLOOR AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. SO WE MAY TAKE THE
PHOTO.
AGAIN MEMBERS. PLEASE REMOVE ALL
ITEMS FROM YOUR DESKTOP. FOR THE
PHOTO AND MEMBERS. IF YOU'RE NOT
ON THE FLOOR, PLEASE COME RIGHT
AWAY.
MEMBERS. PLEASE REPORT TO THE
FLOOR. SO WE MAY TAKE THE PHOTO.
MEMBERS PLEASE GIVE YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE MAJORITY LEADER
, MADAME MAJORITY LEADER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. MEMBERS. WOULD YOU
DO ME A FAVOR? LOOK TO YOUR
LEFT. LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT BEHIND
YOU IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU SEE
SOMEONE THAT'S MISSING. SEND
THEM A TEXT. TELL THEM THE PHOTO
IS GOING TO BE TAKEN NOW. WE'D
LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO BE HERE,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE SESSION THAT'S
GOING TO BE STARTING. SO HE SENT
A TEXT TO SOMEONE, ANYONE?
OKAY MEMBERS. WE HAVE EVERYBODY
HERE. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.
REMINDER PLEASE REMOVE ALL ITEMS
FROM YOUR DESK. WE HAVE FLAGS.
WE HAVE FLAGS LIKE MR GRAY HAS A
FLAG ON HIS DESK. THANK YOU, MR
GRAY. MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR
BAUER-KAHAN.
MEMBERS OF FOR THE OFFICIAL
PHOTO. WHETHER OR NOT YOU CHOOSE
TO WEAR YOUR MASK IS PERSONAL
PREFERENCE WITH REGARD TO THE
PHOTO.
AND THE GALLERY HAS BEEN
CLEARED. GREAT.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS MEMBERS WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXIT THE CHAMBER
NOW. AND GO TO THE ROTUNDA STAIR
CASE AREA FOR A GROUP PHOTO.
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS. YOU MAY NOW
LEAVE THE CHAMBER. RETURN
PROMPTLY AFTER YOUR PHOTO,
PLEASE. DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS.
PLEASE REMAIN IN THE CHAMBER.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MEMBERS WILL
TAKE A GROUP PHOTO AT THE FRONT
OF THE CHAMBER.
YEAH, HE'S GOING TO SET UP. AT
THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK THAT.
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS. PLEASE COME
TO THE AREA IN THE FRONT OF THE
DAIS FOR A CAUCUS PHOTO. THIS IS
A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS PHOTO.
MEMBERS. PLEASE COME TO THE WELL
AREA IN FRONT OF THE DAIS.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT THE
MEMBERS OF THE FLOOR LEADERSHIP
TEAM COME TO THE ROSTRUM AREA.
MEMBERS WE ARE ALSO GOING TO
FILL IN AT THE CLERK'S DESK, SO
WE'RE NOT ALL IN FRONT OF THE
DAIS. MEMBERS OF THE FLOOR
LEADERSHIP TEAM UP TO THE
ROSTRUM. INCLUDING YOU. AND THEN
OTHER MEMBERS. OTHER MEMBERS
FEEL FREE TO FILL IN THE CLERK
AREA. IS THAT A SHOT AT ME? IT
DOESN'T HURT.
AT THE ROSTRUM.
MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY IS IN
SESSION. A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
AGUIAR-CURRY ALVAREZ ARAMBULA
BAUER-KAHAN BENNETT'S BERMAN
BIGELOW BLOOM. BOERNER HORVATH
BONTA, BRIAN CALDERON CARILLO
CERVANTES CHIN OY, COOLEY
COOPER. CUNNINGHAM DOLLY DAILY
DAVIES, FLORA, MIKE FONG, VINCE
FONG FRIEDMAN, GABRIEL
GALLAGHER. CRISTINA GARCIA AT
BORDER GARCIA GIBSON GRAY
GRAYSON, HAITI HOLDEN IRWIN,
JOHN SAWYER, KARA. KYLIE LACKEY
. LEE LEVINE LOW MAIENSCHEIN
MATHIS MAZE MCCARTY MAKIN, ER.
MEDINA MULLEN MURATSUCHI
NAZARIAN WHEN OLD DONALD
PATTERSON PETRIE-NORRIS QUIRK
QUIRK-SILVA. RAMOS REYES LOOSE
RIBAS ROBERT RIVAS RODRIGUEZ
RUBIO SALAS SANTIAGO SEYARTO
TOÀN MYTH. STONE TANG VALID EREZ
Væ VALLAPUDUA VOEPEL WALDRON
WARD, WEBER WICKS WILSON. WOULD
MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS A WARM AS PRESIDENT.
WE ASKED OUR GUESTS AND
VISITORS. IN THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER AND IN THE GALLERY. TO
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRAYER.
TODAY'S PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY OUR ASSEMBLY CHAPLAIN. IMAM
YASIR KHAN. MOM. YES, SIR. IN
THE NAME OF GOD. THE MOST
GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL. AL
MURRAY GOD. WITH CHEN QUÊ FOR
TODAY. A NEW BEGINNING FILLED
WITH UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES. TO
MAKE WHOLESOME DIFFERENCES IN
THE LIVES REPRESENTATIVE BY
THESE MEN AND WOMEN. OF THE
STATE ASSEMBLY. WE WELCOME YOU
INTO INTO OUR LIVES AND ACCEPT
THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR US. YOUR
LOVE ELEVATES US AS WE RISE
ABOVE OUR HEARTACHES HOUSEHOLDS
TROUBLES, SETBACKS,
DISAPPOINTMENTS BY TURNING THEM
OVER TO YOU. YOUR LOVE LIBERATES
US. TO LET GO OF PANIC, WORRY.
ANXIETY DEPRESSION, LOW SELF
WORTH AND ADDICTIONS. YOUR LOVE
MOTIVATES A DESIRE INSIDE EACH
OF US. TO FIND A NEED AND FILL
IT. TO FIND A HURT AND HEAL IT.
YOUR LOVE DEMONSTRATES YOU CARE
, UNDERSTAND AND FORGIVE GIVING
US THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON.
CASTING ASIDE OUR FEARS. KNOWING
WE CAN SURVIVE. ALLOW US TO
REPLACE HATRED WITH LOVE.
THROUGH OUR THOUGHTS, SPEECH AND
ACTIONS. I MEAN, THANK YOU,
MA'AM. YES, SIR. WE ASK OUR
GUESTS AND VISITORS TO REMAIN
STANDING AND JOIN US FOR THE
FLAG SALUTE. PLEASE JOIN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LACKEY AS HE
LEADS US TO THE PLEDGE, MR
LACKEY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THIS
SYMBOLIC ACT OF PATRIOTISM. I
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU MAY BE SEATED. READING
OF THE PREVIOUS STAYS, JOURNAL.
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER SACRAMENTO
WEDNESDAY MAY 18TH 2022, THE
ASSEMBLY MET AT SEVEN A.M. THE
HONORABLE MARK STONE,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S 29TH DISTRICT
RESIDING CHIEF LOOKS TO PARK AT
THE DESK, REYES MOVES AND MR
FLORA SECONDS. THAT THE READING
OF THE PREVIOUS STATES JOURNAL
BE DISPENSED WITH PRESENTATION.
SAM PETTIONS THERE ARE NOT
INTRODUCTION OF REFERENCE OF
BILLS WILL BE DEFERRED REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEP RED
AND AMENDMENTS STEAMED ADOPTED.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE MESSAGES FROM THE
SENATE. THERE ARE NONE MOVING TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. THE
ABSENCES FOR THE DAY. FOR
MEDICAL LEAVE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ROBERT RIVAS FOR LDS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S COOLEY. AND
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON. AND MS
REYES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5. TO
ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IRWIN AND
WENT TO SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT
IN MEMORY TODAY WITHOUT
OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY
RULE. 1 18, A TO ALLOW THE
SPEAKER AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WILSON AND DOLLY. THEY HAVE
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND GUESTS ON THE
FLOOR. TODAY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
DALI'S GUEST WILL BE SEATED AT
HER DESK. WITHOUT OBJECTION.
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR, PLEASE
MOVE ITEMS 74 SB 8 99 SENATE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION TO THE INACTIVE
FILE. CIRCLE. NO. PLEASE REMOVE
THE FOLLOWING MEASURES FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ON BEHALF OF
THE AUTHOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
FLORA'S REMOVING ITEM 82 SB 14
OH, THREE, JONES. AT THE REQUEST
OF THE AUTHOR, PLEASE REMOVE
ITEM 88 SP 13 94 EGGMAN. AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR, PLEASE
REMOVE ITEM 87 H R 1 18 BONTA.
CLERK WILL AGAIN NO. PURSUANT
ASSEMBLY RULE 96. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO RE REFER
THE FOLLOWING BILLS TO
COMMITTEE. SB 884. MCGUIRE FROM
THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
SB 11 81 WHERE SO FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. SB 12
61 STERN FROM THE NATURAL
RESOURCES COMMITTEE TO THE RULES
COMMITTEE. AND SB 14 19 BECKER
FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION SESSION WITH
THE ORDER. I MOVED TO SUSPEND
JOINT RULE 62, A THE FILE NOTICE
REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE TO HEAR SB 11
33 ARCHULETTA ON TUESDAY, JUNE
28TH AT NINE AM IN ROOM 1 26.
WITHOUT OBJECTIONS, SUCH AS THE
ORDER. I ALSO REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND JOINT RULE.
62 A FINAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT TO
ALLOW THE NATURAL RESOURCES
COMMITTEE TO HEAR SB 54 ALLEN IN
ROOM 4 47 ON TUESDAY, JUNE 28.
AT 10:30 A.M. OR UPON
ADJOURNMENT OF THE PRIVACY AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMITTEE.
AGAIN WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND THE
RULES TO WITHDRAW THE FOLLOWING
BILLS FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
AND ORDER THEM TO THE SECOND
READING FILE. SBS 1 21 22 1 25 1
27 1 31 31. 1 30 TO 1 78 1 81 81
1 80 TO 1 83 1 84 1 86. 1 87 1
88 1 89 1 91 1 90 TO 1 93. 1 94
1 95 1 96 1 97 98 1 99 200. 201
202. MR FLOOR FOR OUR PURPOSE ER. WE WITHHOLD CONSENT. AS FOR
ROLL CALL VOTE. MR FLORA IS
WITHHOLDING MS REYES MOVES, MR
GIBSON SECONDS ON THE RULE
SUSPENSION MEMBERS. THIS IS A
PROCEDURAL VOTE CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLE IS REYES IS ASKING FOR
AN EYE AND MR FLORA, A NÓ. ON
THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
THIS IS A PROCEDURAL VOTE
MEMBERS. CLERK WILL.
CHOLESTEROL. TELL YOU ABOUT ICE.
48 KNOWS 18. THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED. MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ALLOW
IRWIN TO TAKE UP AN ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY AT THIS TIME MEMBERS.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE TAKE
YOUR SEATS. AND LIMIT YOUR
CONVERSATIONS. FOR THIS A GERMAN
AND MEMORY. MISS IRWIN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GERMAN AND
MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I
RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
TWO YOUNG WOMEN FROM THE 44TH
DISTRICT WHO WE LOST TOO SOON.
IT IS WITH THE MOST PROFOUND
SORROW AND DEEP SENSE OF LOSS
THAT I ADJOURNED IN THE MEMORY
OF 22 YEAR OLD KATIE MEYER, A
NEWBERY PARKS, NATIVE STAR
GOALIE OF THE STANFORD
UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM.
AND BELOVED DAUGHTER. SISTER
FRIEND AND TEAMMATE WHO BROUGHT
JOY TO EVERYONE SHE ACCOUNTED
ENCOUNTERED. A FUNNY AND
PASSIONATE YOUNG WOMAN. KATIE
WAS BORN IN BURBANK AND RAISED
ALONGSIDE HER TWO SISTERS,
SAMANTHA AND SIENNA, WITH WHOM
SHE EXPLORED PARKS COLLECTED
FLOWERS PLAYED ON BEACHES AND
PLAYGROUNDS AND PARTICIPATED IN
GIRL SCOUTS. SHE SPENT HER EARLY
YEARS AT PICO CANYON ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN STEVENSON RANCH, WHERE
SHE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
STUDENT GOVERNMENT. K PLAYED
THE SPORT OF SOCCER SINCE SHE
WAS FIVE YEARS OLD AND DISPLAYED
A NATURAL TALENT FOR GOALKEEPING
. SHE ASCENDED INTO THE NATIONAL
TRAVEL SOCCER TEAM CLUB WORLD
REPRESENTING HER COUNTRY. AT
NUMEROUS UNITED STATES YOUTH
NATIONAL TEAM TOURNAMENTS AND
START FOR THREE SEASONS WITH THE
NEWBURY PARK GIRLS SOCCER TEAM
WHILE SERVING AS A KICKER FOR
THE BOYS. FOOTBALL TEAM. UPON
GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, KÞT
CONTINUED HER SOCCER CAREER AT
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE
WAS MAJORING IN INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS WITH A MINOR IN
HISTORY. AS CAPTAIN OF THE
WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM, WHO WAS
TWICE NAMED PAC 12 CONFERENCE
FALL ON A ROLL. SHE ROSE TO THE
NATIONAL PROMINENCE AS SHE ROSE
TO NATIONAL PROVINCE AS THE
HEROINE OF THE 2019 NATIONAL
COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
WHERE SHE SAVED TWO PENALTY
KICKS IN THE DECISIVE SHOOTOUT
AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA. SHE WAS A GREGARIOUS
TEAMMATE AND FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR
WOMEN'S ATHLETICS, INCLUDING
THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AS
AMBASSADOR FOR JUST WOMEN'S
SPORTS. KÞT REPRESENTED STANFORD
UNIVERSITY WITH PASSION BOTH ON
AND OFF THE FIELD. HAVING SERVED
THE COMMUNITY CAMPUS COMMUNITY
HAS RESIDENT ASSISTANT AS SHE
EARNED A HIGHLY COVETED SPOT
WITH MAYFIELD FELLOWS PROGRAM
WAS SELECTED AT AS A DEFENSE
INNOVATION SCHOLAR, AND SHE WAS
RECENTLY SHE RECENTLY STARTED A
PODCAST AND WAS PREPARING TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE TED X TALK
AND TEACH A CLASS AT STANFORD
DESIGN SCHOOL. HADES FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES ARE
DEVASTATED BY HER PASSING TO
HONOR K. HER PARENTS, STEPHEN
GINA, HAVE CREATED KATIE'S SAVE
, WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
TO STUDENTS NAVIGATING THE
DYNAMICS OF STUDENT LIFE. THAT
MAY BE COMPLICATED WITH ADDED
PRESSURES OF ACADEMICS, SPORTS
PERFORMING ARTS AND OTHER
ACTIVITIES. ALSO RISE TO ADJOURN
THE MEMORY OF SARAH SCHULTZ. THE
TRAGIC AND UNTIMELY PASSING. THE
21 YEAR OLD SARAH, VIBRANT
STUDENT ATHLETE WHO FILLED THE
LIVES OF HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
CLASSMATES WITH LOVE AND JOY HAS
BROUGHT IMMENSE SORROW AND LOST
TO THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. A DEEPLY
COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUAL. SARAH
BEGAN SERVING THE COMMUNITY AT A
YOUNG AGE THROUGH NATIONAL
CHARITY LEAGUE BEFORE GRADUATING
FROM OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN
2019. SHE SERVED IT SERVED AS A
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT
BODY FOR FOUR YEARS AND MADE HER
MARK AS AN ATHLETE ON THE
SCHOOL'S TRACK AND FIELD AND
CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS. COMPETING
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND
NATIONAL AND STATE EVENTS. AS A
RESULT OF HER DEDICATION AND
INCREDIBLE ATHLETIC TALENT.
SARAH EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP TO
ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON. THERE SHE COMPETED IN
CROSS COUNTRY, INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD AND
EARNED ACADEMIC ALL BIG 10
HONORS IN 2020 AND 2021 FOR
CROSS COUNTRY. IN 20. 21 FOR
TRACK AND FIELD. DURING HER TIME
IN WISCONSIN, SARAH INTERNED
WITH THE WISCONSIN STATE
LEGISLATURE AND VOLUNTEERED AS A
POLL WORKER FOR THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THROUGH
WHICH SHE DEVELOPED HER INTEREST
IN CIVIC ISSUES, SOCIAL ISSUES
AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS, A GENUINELY
COMMITTED FRIEND AND DEVOTED
DAUGHTER. SISTER GRANDDAUGHTER
AND COUSIN SARAH COULD BE RELIED
ON TO TAKE ON ANY ADVENTURE AT A
MOMENT'S NOTICE. AND SOME OF HER
MOST CHERISHED MEMORIES
CHERISHED MEMORIES WERE WITH HER
FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHILE
VISITING EUROPE, AFRICA, ALASKA
AND OTHER AREAS OF THE US
ALTHOUGH SARAH'S FAMILY MEMBERS
ARE DEVASTATED BY HER PASSING,
THEY HAVE CREATED THIS SARAH
SCHULTZ FOUNDATION IN HER HONOR
TO ADVANCE AND SUPPORT CAUSES
THAT WERE MOST IMPORTANT TO HER.
INCLUDING WOMEN'S RIGHTS,
STUDENT ATHLETICS AND MENTAL
HEALTH AWARENESS, SARAH LEAVES
TWO MORE IN HER PASSING AND
CHERISH HER MEMORY. HER PARENTS,
BRIDGET AND SCOTT, HER SISTER'S
ABBY AND ELLA AND HER EXTENDED
FAMILY AND DEAR FRIENDS. I ASKED
THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
THESE TWO. INCREDIBLE YOUNG
WOMEN. THANK YOU, MR IRWIN.
THANK YOU MEMBERS.
AND MR SPEAKER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS MEMBERS
TODAY I WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR ONE OF OUR
LONGSTANDING ASSEMBLY STAFF
MEMBERS. BETH THE KUMAR'S AND
HER RETIREMENT. AS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S. WE ALL KNOW
THAT THE DEMANDS ON OUR TIME ARE
INCREDIBLY GREAT THAT THERE ARE
NEVER ENOUGH MINUTES IN THE DAY
TO DO EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO.
BETH TACOMA'S, HOWEVER, IS A
CHAMPION AT MAKING SCHEDULES
WORK. NOT ONLY DID SHE HELPED
LAUNCH OUR ASSEMBLY WIDE SYSTEM
SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR MEMBERS
AND IT IS COMMEMORATED IN HER
RECOGNITION RESOLUTION. BUT SHE
ALSO RUNS A TIGHT SHIP WHEN IT
COMES TO EXECUTING THE SYSTEM.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO FIND TINY SLOTS
WHEN I CAN TAKE A QUICK MEETING
OR DO A FAST INTERVIEW. SHE
KNOWS HOW TO TELL PEOPLE
AUTHORITATIVELY, INCLUDING ME
KNOW THAT THERE'S JUST NOT
ENOUGH TIME TO DO CERTAIN
THINGS. SHE ALSO VETOED IT A
FAMILY VACATION THAT I WANTED TO
TAKE. AH I WISH I COULD SAY THAT
MEANT THAT I WAS ALWAYS ON TIME.
I'M NOT SO I CAME AS CLOSE AS I
POSSIBLY COULD. BECAUSE OF BETH
AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF
OTHER GREAT SCHEDULES, SCHEDULES
THAT SHE HELPED TO TRAIN AND
WORK. WITH DURING MY TIME HERE.
THANK YOU, BETH, ETERNALLY
GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AN
ASSEMBLY. CONGRATULATIONS ON AN
INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE CAREER
AND GREAT RETIREMENT. YOU'VE
EARNED IT.
MEMBERS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
GUESTS WITH US IN THE ASSEMBLY
CHAMBER TODAY. JOINING US IN THE
REAR OF THE CHAMBER. OUR
ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON'S
MOTHER, SUSAN YARBOROUGH. PLEASE
WELCOME HER TO THE ASSEMBLY
CHAMBER. YEAH.
AND MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBERS
OF THE ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF
AMERICA JOINING US IN THE
GALLERY.
AND MEMBERS. LET'S PLEASE
WELCOME BACK TO THE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR. FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PATTY LOPEZ AS WELL AS A NUMBER
OF HER GUESTS WHO JOINED US IN
THE GALLERY. WELCOME BACK.
%
MEMBERS WE ARE GOING TO BE
MOVING TO BUSINESS ON THE DAILY
FILE. SECOND READING CLERK WILL
READ. THE SENATE BILLS. 42 906
13 84 11 36 WITH AMENDMENTS 8 87
WITH AMENDMENTS SEND 32 WITH
AMENDMENTS 11 12 AMENDMENTS TO
77 WITH AMENDMENTS AND SENATE
BUREAU 11 74 WITH AMENDMENTS.
ALL BILLS WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED.
MEMBERS WE ARE GOING TO BE
MOVING TO TAKE UP FILE ADAM 62
ON THE FILE. THIS IS FILE OUT OF
62 S. C A 10 AND THE CLERK WILL
READ. SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT 10 BY SENATOR ATKINS
AND OTHERS IN ABILENE TO
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, MR SPEAKER,
YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS COLLEAGUES I
RISE TODAY TO PRESENT SENATE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 10. I
AM. I AM PROUD TO BE A JOINT
AUTHOR OF THIS LEGISLATION WITH
MY LEGISLATIVE PARTNER, THE
SENATE PRO TEM. IT IS AN ISSUE
THAT DEMANDS UNIFIED LEADERSHIP.
THE PROTEST WAS SADLY CORRECT
WHEN SHE PRESENTED THIS
AMENDMENT ON THE SENATE FOR A
WEEK AGO AND SAID WE WERE ON THE
BRINK OF THE NIGHTMARISH U. S.
SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT WE
WITNESSED ON FRIDAY. AS A MAN,
MAN. I KNOW THAT OVERTURNING ROE
V. WADE WON'T PLACE OBSTACLES
AND HOW I USE MY OWN BODY. BUT I
ALSO KNOW THE CRIMINALIZATION OF
ABORTION WILL LEAD TO COUNTLESS
TRAGIC PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES FOR
WOMEN. WE KNOW FROM HISTORY THAT
ABORTION BANDS DON'T END
ABORTION, THEY ONLY OUTLAW SAFE
ABORTION. WE MUST PRESERVE THE
FUNDAMENTAL REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
OF WOMEN HERE IN CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK
ELSEWHERE. THESE RIGHTS HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS,
AND LAST WEEK'S DECISION DOES
NOT CHANGE THAT. AS THE
HONORABLE DISSENTING JUSTICES
WROTE LAST WEEK. THERE ARE NO
LEGAL REASONS TO ELIMINATE THE
RIGHT TO ABORTION OR RIGHT,
WHICH HAS EXISTED. HAS BEEN
LEGAL PRECEDENT FOR 50 YEARS.
THEIR DESCENT QUOTED AN EARLIER
DISSENT BY JUSTICE THURGOOD
MARSHALL, WHICH SEEMS APT TODAY.
MARSHALL MARSHALL WROTE POWER.
NOT REASON IS THE NEW CURRENCY
OF THIS COURT'S DECISION MAKING.
BY CONTRAST, THE CURRENCY OF SC
18 IS NOT POWER. ITS CURRENCY IS
REASON, COMPASSION AND JUSTICE.
COLLEAGUES I STAND HERE TODAY
AND APPEALED TO YOUR REASON.
YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR SENSE
OF JUSTICE. I STAND HERE TO ASK
CALIFORNIANS. THAT ALL
CALIFORNIANS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS
CRITICAL RIGHT AND TO VOTE IT
INTO OUR CONSTITUTION AND SHOW
ONCE AGAIN THAT WE SPEAK WITH AN
INDEPENDENT VOICE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. ON CHS. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. MS. GARCIA YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU ARISE AS A
PROUD PRINCIPAL CO AUTHOR BUT
ALSO AS THE CHAIR OF THE LIT
ZERO WOMEN'S CAUCUS. AS A 10
WOULD ASK VOTERS TO AMEND THE
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION TO
PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM DENYING
OR INTERFERING WITH INDIVIDUALS,
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. IN THEIR
MOST INTIMATE DECISIONS, WHICH
INCLUDES THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
TO CHOOSE AN ABORTION. AND
THEY'RE FUN TO UNTIL RIGHT TO
CHOOSE OR REFUSE CONTRACEPTIVES.
STHN WOULD ALLOW VOTERS TO
MAKING SURE THAT IN CALIFORNIA
ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION OR
HEALTHCARE AND OUR PRIVATE
MATTER BETWEEN A PATIENT AND
THEIR MEDICAL PROVIDERS, THE
LAST 70 IF THE LAST 72 HOURS OF
STATUS ANYTHING IS THAT WE CAN
ASSUME ARE RIGHT ALREADY HAVE
HAD FOR 50 YEARS WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR US IN THE FUTURE.
ON FRIDAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
MY LIFE, I LOST THE RIGHT HALF
OF US LEFT OR RIGHT OUT THERE.
AND WE HAVE A FLURRY OF EMOTIONS
OUT THERE WHEN YOU TALK TO US,
AND WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME
PUTTING INTO WORDS WITH THIS
MEANS NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
EXPECT IT. THE REALITY IS THAT
THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS EXPECTED THIS
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN UNDER ATTACK
ALL OUR LIVES. AND WE HAVE A
WHOLE SERIES OF BILLS THAT WE
INTRODUCE. BECAUSE HE WANTED TO
BELIEVE THAT WE LIVE IN A
COUNTRY OR AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THE SUPREME COURT WILL MAKE
IT CLEAR THAT JUST BECAUSE I WAS
BORN WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE
BIRTH DID NOT MAKE ME A SECOND
CLASS CITIZEN. BUT FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MY LIFE THE STATE
CONSTITUTES THE SUPREME COURT
TOLD ME.I WAS A SECOND CLASS
CITIZEN. AND A LOT OF OTHER
FEELINGS POPPED UP IN THAT
MOMENT, BECAUSE LOTS OF TIMES IN
OUR LIVES WE FEEL LIKE SECOND
CLASS CITIZENS FOR OUR GENDER
FOR OUR RACE FOR HAVING AN
ACCENT FOR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
FOR BEING BORN POOR. WE YOU WANT
TO BELIEVE THAT THE SAME SUPREME
COURT WAS GOING TO GET IT RIGHT?
AND WHEN FACED WITH THE QUESTION
THEY'RE GONNA SAY NO. YOU'RE NOT
A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN. AND SAYS
, WE STRUGGLE WITH THOSE
FEELINGS OF ANGER,
DISAPPOINTMENT. THE SOLUTION,
MAN. WHATEVER ELSE IT MIGHT BE
PROUD THAT I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA
WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING IS
ALWAYS IN STYLE. WHERE WE GET TO
SAY THROUGH OUR VOTE TODAY AND
VOTE AT THE BALLOT BOX THAT WE
ARE NOT SECULAR CLASS CITIZENS.
THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL
AND DELIVERED TO THAT THAT VALUE
FOR US OUT THERE. AND SO I AM
EXCITED THAT IN CALIFORNIA WE
GET TO BE A WEEKEND OF HOPE. A
WEEKEND OF HOPE FOR PEOPLE HERE
IN CALIFORNIA, BEFRIENDING WENT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I AM EXCITED
. I GET TO BE PART OF THE
SISTERHOOD OF 39 WOMEN IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND OUR FIVE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. THAT
ARE GOING TO DO ALL THEY CAN NOT
JUST ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIANS
BUT ALL WOMEN AND EVERYONE
THAT'S ABLE TO GIVE BIRTH HAS
ACCESS TO THE HEALTH CARE THEY
NEED, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT THE
HEALTH CARE THEY NEED. IT'S
ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. IT'S ABOUT
THEIR ABILITY TO DECIDE. WHEN
AND IF THEY HAVE A FAMILY AND
WENT IN THERE. TO MAKE THOSE
DECISIONS AND HOW THAT'S GOING
TO IMPACT ME ECONOMICALLY
SPEAKING. IN THE LST YEAR GOING
TO SAY IS ROLE BEING OVERTURNED
IS NOT GOING TO STOP ABORTIONS.
IT'S GONNA STOP SAFE ABORTIONS,
LIKE THE SPEAKER SAID. IT'S
GONNA LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS INTO
DEBTS. BUT THAT'S GONNA BE TRUE
ONLY FOR WOMEN. WE DON'T HAVE
THE MEANS. WE DON'T HAVE THE
INCOME WHO DON'T LIVE IN STATES
LIKE CALIFORNIA OUT THERE. IT'S
GOING TO BE TRUE FOR WOMEN THAT
LOOK LIKE ME. WE HAVE MY
BACKGROUND OR COMING FROM
IMMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS FROM LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WHERE FOR
BROWN AND BLACK OUT THERE FOR
LGBT CMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT THERE
FOR FOLKS WHO EVERY DAY FEEL
LIKE THEY ARE SECOND CLASS
CITIZENS OUT THERE AND SO WE
MUST FIGHT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
BEACON OF HOPE WE MUST FIGHT TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE A ROLE MODEL
FOR THE REST OF THE STATES OUT
THERE AND FOR CONGRESS AND WE
MUST FIGHT BECAUSE TODAY IT'S
THIS RIGHT. BUT TOMORROW IT'LL
BE SOMETHING ELSE. AND IF YOU
DON'T BELIEVE IT, GO ON TWITTER.
THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW
THEY WANT TO TAKE UP WAY. ALL
RIGHT. FOR CONTRACEPTIVES. THEY
TALKED ABOUT TAKING AWAY THE
RIGHT TO MARRY WHO YOU WANT TO
MARRY AND LIVE OUR LIVES OF TOOL
WE LOVE. THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT
OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND
ATTACKING DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
THERE. THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT A
LOT OF OTHER THINGS OUT THERE.
AND FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS WE'VE
BEEN UNDER ATTACK. AND SO I AM
HONORED TO BE HERE WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES. I URGE YOU ALL TO
VOTE. YES, ON A C FIVE. AND I
WANT TO THANK THE PRO TEM THE
SPEAKER. THE GOVERNOR AND MY
COLLEAGUES THAT STAND WITH US
EVERY DAY FOR BEING THE WARRIORS
THAT WE ARE TO BE A BEACON OF
HOPE FOR A SONG. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. MR.
KILEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY
CODE SECTION ONE 23-14 68 STATES
THAT IF A FETUS IS VIABLE THAN
UNLESS THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER
IS AT RISK, THEN QUOTE THE
PERFORMANCE OF AN ABORTION IS
UNAUTHORIZED. MR SPEAKER. I HAVE
A QUESTION FOR THE AUTHOR.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. CALIFORNIA
LAW GENERALLY BARS THAT
PERFORMANCE OF AN ABORTION PAST
THE POINT OF FETAL VIABILITY
WITH THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT CHANGE THAT.
MR KILEY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE
REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
CALIFORNIA LAW GENERALLY BARS
THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ABORTION
AFTER THE POINT OF FETAL
VIABILITY. WITH THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CHANGE
THATOUT. ANSWER THAT QUESTION
AND OTHERS IN MY CLOSING. THANK
YOU, AND I RECOGNIZE THE AUTHORS
PREROGATIVE TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION IN THEIR CLOTHES RATHER
THAN RIGHT NOW ON NOTE, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF MICROPHONES UP.
I DO THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
TO HAVE CLARIFICATION ON THIS TO
INFORM THE DEBATE THAT IS AHEAD
OF US. SO MAYBE I'LL TRY ASKING
IT. IN A DIFFERENT WAY FOR THOSE
OF US WHO ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON
THIS LEGISLATION AND FOR THE
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS WHO
WOULD EVENTUALLY VOTE ON IT. CAN
YOU TELL US RIGHT NOW WHETHER
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
WOULD CHANGE CALIFORNIA LAW SO
AS THE GENERALLY AUTHOR SIZE THE
PERFORMANCE OF AN ABORTION PAST
THE POINT OF FETAL VIABILITY AND
UP UNTIL THE MOMENT OF BIRTH. MR
SPEAKER QUESTION MY CLOSING,
WHICH IS BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF
THIS BODY WILL VOTE. THANK YOU,
MR CARLY. DR WEBBER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY AS A PROUD
CO AUTHOR OF CHN. I ALSO RISE
TODAY AS A PRACTICING BOARD
CERTIFIED OBSTETRICIAN
GYNECOLOGIST. AND I'M SURE THAT
OR HOPEFULLY, MANY OF US HAVE
READ THE UPDATED STATEMENT THAT
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
PUT OUT THEIR NEW POLICY OF
ABORTION SPECIFICALLY REMOVES
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT VIABILITY.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE AND I WILL
QUOTE SINCE WE LIKE TO READ. ONE
OF THE MOST CONCERNING MEDICAL
CONCEPTS THAT IS BEING
MISREPRESENTED AND
UNSCIENTIFICALLY REDEFINED IS
VIABILITY. THE WORD BY ABILITY
IS USED IN THE POLITICAL ARENA.
AND DEFINED AND PROPOSED
LEGISLATION OUT REGARD TO
MEDICAL EVIDENCE OR THE FACTS OF
A PARTICULAR CASE. AS AN
OBSTETRICIAN GYNECOLOGIST. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT VIABILITY IS A
CONFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE COMPLEX
FACTORS. ONLY ONE OF WHICH IS
JUST STATION AGE. ACOG
RECOGNIZES THIS COMPLEXITY,
WHICH IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH
UNIQUE PREGNANCY AND IS BEST
EVALUATED AND MANAGED WITHIN THE
CONTEXT. OF A TRUSTED
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
CLINICIAN. AND THE PATIENT. SO
THIS AMENDMENT, SCHNUR. IS NOT
ONLY COMPASSIONATE. BUT IT IS
ROOTED IN CURRENT STATE OF
SCIENCE, EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
AND THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, DR WEBBER. MR
COOPER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I'D, UH.
THOUGHT ABOUT TALKING ON THIS,
BUT IN THE PAST MYSELF AND I
REMEMBER FROM RANCHO CORDOVA IS
NOT HERE TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT
LOSING YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S TO
ABORTION BACK IN THE DAY. AND
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT TWO
MILES AWAY, MY DAUGHTER'S
HOSPITAL AND HER HUSBAND. WITH A
ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY, WHICH IS
PRETTY COOL. YEAH, I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THAT. MY FIRST GRAND KID,
BUT FOR BLACK WOMEN MORTALITY
RATE IS 2 TO 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN
OTHER WOMEN. TWO OR THREE TIMES
HIGHER, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT IS
WHAT IT IS. YOU CAN'T CHANGE
THAT FACT. SO HOPEFULLY THINGS
GO WELL WITH THEIR THEY'RE GONNA
INDUCE, BUT THE FACT IS BECAUSE
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN FACE
THAT ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT HAVING
OPTIONS AND NOT TAKING AWAY
THOSE OPTIONS. THE GREAT DOCTOR
FROM SAN DIEGO I'VE SPOKEN TO
ABOUT THIS ISSUE IS AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE. I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS.
AND I'LL BE IF ANYONE COULD TELL
MY DAGHTERS WHAT TO DO WITH
THEIR BODY. AND THEN THAT'S
THAT'S REAL TALK. THERE'S A
MYRIAD OF REASONS. MEDICAL
PERSONAL IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
IT IS. BUT THIS IS REAL STUFF
WE'RE DOING WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES
, AND IT CAN'T BE POLITICIZED.
I'M AS HAPPY AS HELL. BE A
GRANDPA. AT THE SAME TIME, IF MY
DAUGHTER'S LIFE IS ON THE LINE
IF SHE'D MAKE A HARD DECISION, I
SAID I WOULD SUPPORT HER. BUT WE
CAN'T HAVE THAT TAKEN AWAY. IT'S
NOT A PARTICULARLY HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. AND AS A GOVERNOR
SAID, IF IT WAS A MAN'S BODY
WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION. NOT
TRULY BELIEVE THAT SO I STRONGLY
URGE YOUR SUPPORT. FOR THIS.
ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
COOPER. MR BAUER-KAHAN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE A
10. A FEW YEARS AGO, I WENT TO
SPEAK AT A PLANNED PARENTHOOD
EVENT AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW
THEY ALWAYS WANT US TO TELL OUR
ABORTION STORIES, AND I THOUGHT
I DIDN'T HAVE ONE. BUT THE MORE
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I REALIZED I
DID. IT JUST HADN'T FELT LIKE A
STORY TO ME. MY THIRD CHILD WHO
WAS VERY MUCH WANTED. MY HUSBAND
AND I WERE TRYING FOR IT'S A
VERY COMPLICATED PREGNANCY. AND
IT WASN'T GOING WELL. AND MY
DOCTOR SAT WITH ME IN THE MIDST
OF MAKING DECISIONS TO SAVE MY
LIFE. IT COULD HAVE COST ME THE
LIFE FOR THE WELL BEING OF WHAT
WOULD BECOME MY BEAUTIFUL EIGHT
YEAR OLD AND SAID TO ME? SHE
HELD MY HAND AND SAID, YOU HAVE
A CHOICE AND WILL MAKE THAT
CHOICE TOGETHER. AND MY HUSBAND
SAT BY MY SIDE AND EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY WE MADE A CHOICE ABOUT
WHAT I WOULD DO WITH MY BODY.
WHAT I WOULD DO WITH MY FAMILY'S
FUTURE, ALWAYS SAVING MY LIFE
FIRST. BECAUSE I HAD TWO KIDS AT
HOME WHO NEEDED ME. AND IN THE
END, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE BIRTH TO
A BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY. WHO FILLS
OUR FAMILY. BUT IT HADN'T FELT
LIKE A STORY BECAUSE I WAS A
WOMAN OF PRIVILEGE. WHO HAD A
DOCTOR WHO BELIEVED IN MY RIGHT
TO CHOOSE MY OWN FUTURE. THAT
MEMBERS. IS WHAT EVERY SINGLE
WOMAN SHOULD HAVE. AND ON FRIDAY
THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
I'VE NEVER LIVED IN A COUNTRY.
THAT DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE MY RIGHT
TO CONTROL MY OWN BODY. MY RIGHT
TO CONTROL MY OWN FUTURE. MY
RIGHT TO EQUALITY. UNTIL FRIDAY.
AND AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM L. A
SAID THERE WERE A LOT OF
FEELINGS SWIRLING FOR MANY OF
US. ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO
HAD TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. AND. SO I ASKED THE YOU SUPPORT
THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE. IF YOU
HAVEN'T READ IT, IT'S LITERALLY
TWO SENTENCES. AND ALL IT SAYS.
IS THAT THE RIGHT TO CONTROL OUR
OWN BODIES AND REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOMS. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
ARE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. TO ADDRESS THE
QUESTION. ASKED BY OUR COLLEAGUE
EARLIER THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION, MANY
OF THEM FEDERAL AND STATE. I'LL
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THE RIGHT TO
FREE SPEECH. LAWS. SOMETIMES.
TALK ABOUT. AND WHEN A LAW
IMPINGES ON A CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT, THE COURT HAS TO GIVE IT
THE STRICTEST SCRUTINY BECAUSE
THE CONSTITUTION HAS SAID THIS
RIGHT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO
AMERICANS OR TO CALIFORNIANS,
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE TODAY. WE ARE SAYING THIS
IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THAT
SHOULD NOT BE IMPINGED UPON
UNLESS IT MEETS THE STRICTEST
REVIEW BY A COURT OF LAW. THAT
ISN'T TOO MUCH TO ASK MEMBERS.
IN FACT, THAT SHOULD BE THE
FLOOR, NOT THE CEILING. AND WITH
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, MR
BAUER-KAHAN, MISS WICKS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF C A 10. LIKE
MANY OF YOU I WAS ABSOLUTELY
GUTTED AND HORRIFIED BY THE
SUPREME COURT DECISION NOT
SHOCKED BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS
COMING BUT HORRIFIED
NONETHELESS. AND I THINK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT MY DAUGHTERS AND
ALL OF OUR DAUGHTERS ARE GOING
TO GROW UP IN A COUNTRY WITH
LESS RIGHTS THAN WE'VE HAD. AND
WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS IN THE
FACT THAT 12 STATES HAVE ALREADY
BANNED ABORTION IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA ALREADY WITHIN
THIS DECISION HAPPENED ON FRIDAY
WITH AND WE EXPECT 26 STATES TO
DO THE SAME. SO IT'S INCUMBENT
UPON US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO
THE RIGHT THING HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. AND I HAVE SPOKEN
PUBLICLY ABOUT THE ABORTION THAT
I HAD WHEN I WAS 25 YEARS OLD,
AND I WAS IN BETWEEN JOBS AND
SLEEPING ON A FRIEND'S COUCH AND
HAD AN UNINTENDED PREGNANCY THAT
I WAS NOT PREPARED TO KEEP AND
HOW I WENT TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD
, AND THEY WELCOMED ME WITH
WARMTH, RESPECT, LOVE AND
INFORMATION. AND THE ABILITY TO
MAKE MY OWN DECISION. AND WITH
THAT DECISION HAS MEANT FOR ME.
I MADE THAT DECISION. I GOT TO
MAKE THAT DECISION. AND BECAUSE
I GOT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I
ENDED UP ON A PATH THAT HAS LED
ME TO HERE. I TO WHERE I AM
TODAY. I GOT TO WORK FOR THE
PRESIDENT, KNIGHTED STATES. I
GOT TO MEET MY HUSBAND, THE MAN
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. I GOT TO
HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRLS
WHO ARE MY EVERYTHING. AND I GOT
TO HAVE A FAMILY WHEN I WAS
READY. SO THAT DECISION WAS
CRITICAL FOR ME, AND IT WAS
MINE. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT HERE ON THIS
FLOOR. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING
IN THIS STATE TO SAY TO THE REST
OF THE WORLD. BUT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA WE ARE TRULY
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM STATE FOR
ALL THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
MAKE THESE DECISIONS. THIS NEEDS
TO BE ENSHRINED INTO OUR
CONSTITUTION BECAUSE I CAN
ASSURE YOU THE RIGHT WING
AGENDA. THAT IS COMING AFTER
THIS IS COMING AFTER MANY OTHER
THINGS, AS OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
LOS ANGELES SAID. SO DOESN'T
COMING UPON ALL OF US RIGHT NOW
TO STAND UP. AND PRESS THE GREEN
BUTTON AND I ON S CHN. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WICKS, MISS
FRIEDMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. I HONESTLY WAS NOT
GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM THIS
RESOLUTION TODAY, ALTHOUGH I
VERY MUCH SUPPORT IT, BUT I DID
WANT TO ADD ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF
MY EXPERIENCE HAVING CANCER. I
WAS UNABLE TO HAVE A CHILD OF MY
OWN. MY HUSBAND AND I VERY MUCH
WANTED A CHILD. AND SO WE WENT
THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS OF TRYING
TO ADOPT. VERY DIFFICULT
PROCESS. AND EVEN THOUGH EVERY
DAY I HOPE TO GET A CALL FROM A
WOMAN WHO WAS PREGNANT AND
DIDN'T WANT TO PARENT I WOULD
NEVER, FOR ONE MOMENT HAVE
DREAMED OF TAKING THAT CHOICE
AWAY FROM ANY OF THOSE WOMEN.
AND OUR EXPERIENCE OF GOING
THROUGH OPEN ADOPTION ALSO
TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT PRESSURES. THAT WOMEN
WHO ARE PREGNANT, OFTEN ARE
FACING WHEN THEY HAVE AN
UNINTENDED PREGNANCY. SOMETIMES
THERE'S A NARRATIVE OUT THERE
THAT WE EVEN HEARD REPEATED FROM
A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT THIS REALLY
ISN'T SUCH A BIG DEAL TO CARRY A
CHILD FOR THOSE NINE MONTHS
CHILD AND THEN PLACE THAT CHILD
UP FOR ADOPTION. BUT I WILL TELL
YOU FROM THE EXPERIENCE THAT I
HAD WITH OUR OWN BIRTH MOTHER
AND FROM THE MANY WOMEN THAT I
KNOW WHO HAVE PLACED CHILDREN UP
FOR ADOPTION THAT THERE ARE MANY
, MANY WOMEN WHO WILL GO THROUGH
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, FEELING
THE LOSS. OF THAT CHILD THAT
THEY ARE UNABLE TO RAISE
THEMSELVES. THAT IS A VERY
DIFFICULT CHOICE FOR MANY WOMEN
AND ARE REALLY HARD PATH TO WALK
AND ONE THAT I THINK PEOPLE TAKE
WAY TOO LIGHTLY. NOT ONLY THAT,
BUT FOR MANY WOMEN, THE VERY ACT
OF BEING PREGNANT PUTS THEM IN
PHYSICAL DANGER. FROM FAMILY
MEMBERS. FROM EX HUSBAND'S
CURRENT HUSBANDS, BOYFRIENDS WHO
MAYBE AREN'T THE FATHER AND WE
DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT ENOUGH.
FOR SOME WOMEN, THE SHAME THAT
THEY FEEL FROM THEIR OWN FAMILY
BEING OSTRACIZED IF THEY'RE
YOUNG, BEING IN SCHOOL AND BEING
PREGNANT. WHAT THAT WILL DO TO
THAT PERSON. THERE WERE
CHILDREN. BACK BEFORE THERE WAS
ABORTION THAT WAS ALLOWED WHO
WERE SENT AWAY LITERALLY SENT
AWAY TO HAVE CHILDREN AND NEVER
REALLY WELCOME BACK IN THEIR
COMMUNITY WHO CARRIED THAT
STIGMA FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES. AND IN MOST CASES WHEN
ABORTIONS HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE
HAVE PROPER MEDICAL CARE. YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT. PIECE OF TISSUE
THAT'S SO SMALL THAT YOU
COULDN'T EVEN IDENTIFY IT WITH
THE NAKED EYE, MUCH LESS HAVE
DISTINCT ORGANS. SO ALL OF THOSE
PROTECTIONS ALL THAT SAFETY FOR
WOMEN, THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE IF
AND WHEN THEY WANT A PARENT ARE
NOW AT RISK. AND FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF AN ADOPTIVE
PARENT. FOR OTHER ADOPTIVE
POTENTIAL PARENTS IN THE FUTURE
. THIS IS NOT WHAT ANY OF US
SHOULD WANT. THIS IS NOT WHAT
ANYBODY SHOULD WANT. AND IT IS.
BEYOND REPREHENSIBLE AND
SHOCKING TO ME THAT THIS IS THE
PATH NOW THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS
IS WALKING DOWN, GIVEN THE
EXPERIENCE THAT MY MOTHER AND
THEN OUR GRANDMOTHERS HAD
WATCHING THEIR FRIENDS LITERALLY
DIED BECAUSE THEY WERE SO
DESPERATE AND I THINK THE MEN
WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS
CLEARLY HAVE NO IDEA OF THE
DESPERATION THAT AN UNWANTED
PREGNANCY. CAN HAVE ON A WOMAN
AND ON A FAMILY. SO LISTEN TO
THE VOICES OF THOSE WOMEN THINK
ABOUT THOSE WOMEN WHO DIED WHO
WERE SO DESPERATE THAT THEY
RISKED THEIR LIVES AND DIED TO
TRY TO REGAIN THAT CONTROL. AND
THAT THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING
BACK TO THAT SHAME ON US. THANK
YOU, MR FRIEDMAN. MISS CARILLO,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I WAS THIS
MORNING AT THE COMMISSION FOR
THE STATUS OF WOMEN. TO TALK
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ROE V. WADE.
AND OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, I'VE
HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH
FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS. MY
SISTER, SOME OF THE ELDEST OF
FIVE GIRLS. AND WHAT IT MEANS TO
THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND THE
INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN BEING
AN IMMIGRANT. AND BEING A WOMAN
IN THE UNITED STATES. AT THIS
MOMENT, I WAS BORN IN THE
COUNTRY OF EL SALVADOR. WHICH IS
ONE OF THREE NATIONS IN CENTRAL
AMERICA THAT COMPLETELY BAN
ABORTION AND ONE OF 24 AROUND
THE WORLD. THE CRIMINALIZE
ABORTION AND EVEN PUT WOMEN IN
JAILS FOR HAVING A MISCARRIAGE
OR STILLBIRTH. IT RANGES FROM 2
TO 50 YEARS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AND WOMEN
AT OUR BORDERS, AN ISSUE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN MANAGING AND TRYING TO
BE HELPFUL WITH FOR THE PAST FEW
YEARS. MANY OF THOSE WOMEN ARE
FLEEING OR SALVADOR AND SEVERAL
OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN NATIONS
BECAUSE OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN
BEING COMPLETELY BANNED AND NON
EXISTENT. THE RIGHTS FOR
CONTRACEPTION. THE RIGHT TO
FAMILY PLANNING. IT ONLY EXISTS
IF YOU ARE WEALTHY. BECAUSE THEN
YOU CAN TRAVEL AND GO OUTSIDE OF
THE COUNTRY. BANNING ABORTION
AND THE OVERT OVERTURNING ROE V.
WADE. WON'T BAN ABORTION. IT
JUST MAKES IT DANGEROUS. FOR
WOMEN AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING
THAT CARE. AND SPEAKING TO
FRIENDS OVER THE WEEKEND.
SEVERAL WHITE WOMEN OLD ME THAT
FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY FELT
THAT THEY HAD A RIGHT TAKEN FROM
THEM, AND THEY WERE SCARED. AND
MY RESPONSE TO THEM. WITH ALL
LOVE. WAS WELCOME TO OUR WORLD.
WELCOME TO WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO
BE AN IMMIGRANT. TO BE FORMALLY
UNDOCUMENTED. TO BE A REFUGEE TO
BE SEEKING ASYLUM. TO BE A WOMAN
OF COLOR. WHO HAS CONSTANTLY DAY
IN AND DAY OUT. FACED THREATS.
TO OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. AND OUR
RIGHTS TO SIMPLY EXIST AND LIVE
IN DIGNITY. THIS IS INCREDIBLY
COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S ALSO
INCREDIBLY EASY. AND THAT WE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN
FEEL SAFE. THEY'RE PREGNANT
INDIVIDUALS HAVE ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE AND COMPREHENSIVE
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. AND THAT
ANYONE? ACROSS THE STATE. ACROSS
THE NATION. I'M SORRY. CAN
pCOUNTER CALIFORNIA. AND SEEK
CARE. WITHOUT BEING AFRAID. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR. TO SEE
THE DIRECTION OF OUR NATION.
JUST LOOKED AT MY HOME COUNTRY.
WHO'S BECOME INCREDIBLY
CONSERVATIVE. WHO AGAIN AS I
SHARE. JAILS WOMEN FOR HAVING A
MISCARRIAGE, SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE STARTING TO SEE. IN
LEGISLATION ACROSS THE NATION
MORE THAN 25 STATES. ARE MOVING
FORWARD, COMPLETE. BANNING OF
ABORTION SERVICES. AND IT IS
SCARY. AND WHILE AT TIMES OVER
THE LAST FEW DAYS, I HAVE FELT
HELPLESS. I ALSO FEEL INCREDIBLY
HOPEFUL. TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU
HERE IN THIS BODY TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE SCHNUR FORWARD. TO ENSURE
THAT ANYONE REQUESTING ACCESS
WANTING ACCESS WANTING
INFORMATION. ON ABORTION
SERVICES AND COMPREHENSIVE
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE. GETS IT IN
OUR STATE. AND I WOULD JUST URGE
THAT YOU LOOK AT THE
CONSEQUENCES OF BANNING ROE V.
WADE AND WHAT IT COULD
POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT
ALREADY EXISTS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR.
AND SOME OF US DIDN'T WAKE UP
WHEN ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED
AND FELT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
MANY OF US MANY WOMEN. ACROSS
THE STATE AND ACROSS THE NATION
AND AROUND THE WORLD. HAVE FELT
OUR JUSTICE IS OUR JUSTICE AND
OUR FREEDOM BE INFRINGED UPON BY
DECISIONS MADE BY MOSTLY WHITE
MALES. AND THAT DECISION THAT
THAT SUPREME COURT MADE. HURTS
ALL OF US AND IT HURTS FAMILIES
AND I JUST ULTIMATELY JUST ALSO
JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
ALL THE PROMO TORAHS. ALL THE
WOMEN, ALL THE IMMIGRANT WOMEN.
ALL THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
THAT DAY IN DAY OUT. RISK THEIR
LIVES. AND WORK IN HEALTH CARE
CENTERS THAT CONSTANTLY GET
THREATENED. ONLY TO ENSURE THAT
WOMEN AND PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS. T
COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE, AND I JUST URGED
YOU TO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE
FUTURE. THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS AND PLEASE SUPPORT THE
RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE RIGHTS
OF FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
AUTONOMY. OVER THEIR OWN BODIES.
AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE AND I
VOTE ON A CHN. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MISS CARILLO. MR BRIAN,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES FIRST. I
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
SAN DIEGO. FOR HER. COMMENTS
ROOTED IN SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE
AND HER LIVED AND LEARNED
EXPERIENCE. AH! MY MOTHER GOT
PREGNANT FROM A RAPE. SHE WAS A
RAPE SURVIVOR IN TEXAS. WHITE
WOMAN WITH A BLACK BABY. IT WAS
ENOUGH FACTORS THERE FOR IT TO
BE A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR HER.
AND SHE CHOSE TO GIVE BIRTH TO
ME AND GAVE ME UP. FOR ADOPTION.
I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME. WHY
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME PRO LIFE.
AND IT'S BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD
OPTIONS. SHE HAD CHOICES. AND
THEY WERE HERS TO MAKE. AND I
REFUSE TO BE TOKENIZED. TO
UNDERMINE THE BODILY AUTONOMY OF
WOMEN AND CHILD BEARING PEOPLE.
SO I'M PROUD TO BE HERE ON THIS
FLOOR TODAY TO VOTE FOR THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
BECAUSE HERE IN CALIFORNIA NOT
ONLY DO WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
WOMEN AND CHILD BEARING PEOPLE
BUT WE ALSO SUPPORT WHATEVER
DECISION IS MADE BY BOLSTERING
THE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS THAT
PROVIDE ALL CHILDREN WITH
OPPORTUNITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, MR
BRIAN. MS. RUBIO YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED MEMBERS. IF YOU'D
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN DEBATE,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR MICROPHONES AT
THIS TIME. THANK YOU. MR SPEAKER
. I HAVE BEEN DEBATING IN MY
HEAD TO SEE IF I WOULD GET UP
AND ACTUALLY SPEAK. UM BUT I
REMEMBER A STORY BY ACTUALLY
HAVE HEARD SISTER. JOHN
CHICHESTER AT THE BENEDICTINE
NUN TALKING ABOUT PRO LIFE AND
PRO BIRTH I SAID, AND HAVE SAT
ON SUB ONE, UH, BUDGET SUB ONE
COMMITTEE WHERE WE DISCUSS, UH,
ISSUES ABOUT WELFARE, FOOD
STAMPS AND PROTECTING THE MOST
VULNERABLE OF OUR POPULATIONS.
WHEN I HAVE A DEBATE WITH SOME
OF MY COLLEAGUES, WE TALKED
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRO
LIFE AND PRO BIRTH. WE WANT WE
HEAR PRO LIFE. MAKE SURE THAT
THE QUOTE UNQUOTE. THE FETUSES
ARE PROTECTED THAT, UH, YOU
KNOW, THE CHILD MUST BE BORN AND
A WHOLE VARIETY OF ALL OF THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE
. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING,
VOTING ON ISSUES AND SOMEONE AND
VOTING ON A BUDGET MOST MOST OF
THE TIME. MY COLLEAGUES VOTE NO
ON THE SAFETY NET PROGRAMS LIKE
WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS BECAUSE
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRO
LIFE AND PRO BIRTH. WE TALKED
ABOUT HOW WE WANT THE FETUS IS
TO BE BORN. EXCEPT FOR ONCE
THEY'RE BORN. WE DON'T WANT TO
PROVIDE THE RESOURCES FOR THOSE
CHILDREN TO BE RAISED. THEY
WE'VE ALL HEARD IT THAT WELFARE
QUEENS. THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE SYSTEM. UM ALL OF THE
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW,
THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK. UH,
YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THESE
DEBATES. THAT IS A BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING PRO
LIFE AND PRO BIRTH. IF YOU ARE
PRO LIFE, YOU WILL SUPPORT ALL
OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL HEL
THOSE CHILDREN BE RAISED. I WORK
I LIVED AND WORKED IN A LONG
INCOME COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY IN
FONTANA. A THIRD OF MY STUDENTS
WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN. A THIRD
OF MY STUDENTS WERE LATINO, AND
A THIRD OF THE STUDENTS WERE
WHITE. WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON
THAT THEY WERE ALL POOR. ALL OF
THEM. WE WERE IN A SCHOOL THAT
WAS ABOUT 99% FREE AND REDUCED
LUNCH. BUT AGAIN, THE DEBATE IS
NOT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
HELP THESE KIDS. THAT DEBATE IS
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THESE
KIDS ARE BORN. ONCE THEY'RE
BORN. WE STOPPED TAKING CARE OF
THEM. I KNOW THAT DEBATE IS
GONNA GO ON FOREVER AND EVER,
BUT RARELY DO. THE FATHERS HAVE
THESE ISSUES. IT'S MAINLY THE
WOMEN WHO ONCE THEY HAVE THOSE
CHILDREN HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE CHILDREN ARE RAISED. I
WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES AND SUPPORT AND AGAIN
. I WANTED TO END WITH A
DISCUSSION THAT I HAD WITH MY 15
YEAR OLD SON. HE SAID. MOM WHAT
ARE WE BANNING IN MAN IN MEN'S
BODIES? AND I DIDN'T HAVE AN
ANSWER FOR HIM BECAUSE WE'RE
BANNING NOTHING. FOR MEN TO
CHOOSE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR
BODIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
RUBIO. AGAIN MEMBERS. IF YOU'D
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
DEBATE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
MICROPHONES AT THIS TIME. MR
BENNETT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR FOR THOSE OF
YOU IN THE JET IN THE ASSEMBLY
THAT CAN REMEMBER LIKE I DO THE
19 FIFTIES AND SIXTIES WHEN
WHOLE HOSPITAL WARDS WERE
DEVOTED. TWO INFECTIONS FROM
ABORTIONS THAT WERE NOT
MEDICALLY PERFORMED. I THINK
THAT IT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO REMIND EVERYBODY HOW
DESPERATE LIFE CAN BE. FOR WOMEN
THAT THEY WOULD ENGAGE IN SUCH
RISKY BEHAVIOR AND HOW DIFFICULT
THOSE INFECTIONS WERE TO TREAT
AND HOW MANY WOMEN WERE SCARRED
OR DIED. AS A RESULT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THINGS TO SPEND IT.
MR GABRIEL. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
AT YOUR DESK. THANK YOU. MR
SPEAKER ARE ALSO RISE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF CHN JUST WANNA NOT
NOT MUCH I CAN ADD TO ON TOP OF
THIS ELOQUENT COMMENTS WE'VE
HEARD FROM SO MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES. UM THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO SAY, MAKE TWO OBSERVATIONS.
ONE UM I THINK MANY OF US HAVE
HAD A SENSE, MAYBE OVER THE PAST
COUPLE YEARS THAT OUR COUNTRY IS
MOVING BACKWARDS. AND THAT
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS THAT PEOPLE
HAVE LONG FOUGHT FOR OUR
UNWINDING. AND IT IS VERY
JARRING. I THINK FOR MANY OF US
TO SEE OUR COUNTRY MOVE
BACKWARDS IN REAL TIME. IN SUCH
A FUNDAMENTAL AND PROFOUND WAY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I
THINK ALL OF US ARE STILL
STRUGGLING TO INTERNALIZE. BUT
WE ARE FORTUNATE AS MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES MENTIONED BECAUSE
HERE IN CALIFORNIA WE CAN DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. WE CAN'T
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUPREME
COURT'S DECISION. AS IT APPLIES
TO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. WE CAN DO
SOMETHING ABOUT PROTECTING OUR
RESIDENTS HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND CERTAINLY THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAVE
IMPLICATIONS BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
AND THAT IS BY PASSING THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, WHICH
WILL ENSHRINE THE FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM IN
OUR STATE CONSTITUTION. AND I'VE
BEEN PONDERING THE QUESTION THAT
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM SUBURBAN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY ASKED ABOUT
THE STATUTE AND THE VIABILITY
THRESHOLD AND I TOOK A LOOK AT
IT AND TURNS OUT IT'S A LITTLE
MORE COMPLICATED THAN HE
SUGGESTED THAT THERE ARE OTHER,
UH OTHER ISSUES AT STAKE THERE
BEYOND VIABILITY AND THE
ANALYSIS AND IN THE AH AND IN
THE STATUTE AND I'M NOT SURE
EXACTLY WHY IT'S RELEVANT, BUT
IT DOES UNDERSCORE A VERY
IMPORTANT POINT HERE. A STATUTE
IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CHANGED
BY A VOTE OF THIS LEGISLATURE AT
ANY TIME. IT CAN BE STRICKEN. IT
CAN BE ENHANCED. THE DETAILS CAN
BE CHANGED. BUT WHAT WE ARE
DOING TODAY IS GIVING THE VOTERS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSHRINE IN
OUR STATE CONSTITUTION TO AFFORD
A HIGHER LEVEL OF PROTECTION TO
A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. AND THAT IS
WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT DOING
THIS, AND I BELIEVE WITH EVERY
PART OF MY BEING THAT THE VOTERS
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL
OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT THAT
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. THEY WANT TO
MAKE THAT CHOICE FOR THEMSELVES
FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT WE
HAVE HEARD EXPRESSED TODAY FROM
PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF
LIFE AND ALL DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS. AND I BELIEVE THAT
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA DESERVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT CHOICE
, BOTH ABOUT PUTTING IT IN THE
CONSTITUTION AND ULTIMATELY
ABOUT THESE PROFOUND QUESTIONS.
SO I THINK THAT THE QUESTION
THAT WAS ASKED ACTUALLY
UNDERSCORES WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT. THAT WE DO THAT. AND
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE
PASS STHN SO WITH THAT WOULD
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND I VOTE
IN SUPPORT OF THIS VERY
IMPORTANT MEASURE. AND MS BONTA.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. COLLEAGUES I
RISE TODAY, UH, ASKING THAT YOU
AS A CO AUTHOR THAT YOU VOTE FOR
C A 10 LAST WEEK, THE RECKLESS
SUPREME COURT DECISION TO
OVERTURN A 50 YEAR PRECEDENT. TO
PROTECT OUR RIGHT MY RIGHT TO
HAVE AN ABORTION. IN DOING SO
THEY CONDEMNED WOMEN FOR
GENERATIONS. TO COME. THE DEATH.
MY HEART HURTS AS I HELD MY 22
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND SHE LOOKED
ME IN THE EYE AND SAID SHOULD I
HAVE A BABY NOW, SO THAT I CAN
BE CERTAIN? THAT I CAN PROCEED
THROUGH THAT MEDICAL PROCESS.
WITH HAVING FULL AUTONOMY OVER
THE DECISIONS THAT I NEED TO
MAKE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
DO BUT HUGGER TIGHTER. AND WHEN
I THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT
THIS HAS PARTICULARLY ON WOMEN
OF COLOR. I'M ALL THE MORE
TAKING IT BACK. AS WE KNOW, A
WOMAN OF COLOR IS MORE LIKELY.
TO FACE. MATERNAL DEATH
MORTALITY. WE KNOW THAT WOMEN OF
COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN
STATES. WHERE ABORTION HAS
ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AWAY IN THE
MOST RESTRICTIVE WITH THE MOST
RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS. WE
KNOW THAT WOMEN OF COLOR ARE
MORE LIKELY TO FACE BARRIERS TO
ABORTIONS AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE
AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. BUT
THIS IS AN ATTACK ON WOMEN AND
BIRTHING PEOPLE. IS AN ABSOLUTE
ATTACK. AND WOMEN OF COLOR AND
BIRTHING PEOPLE. AND ALL WOMEN
FOR SURE. AND I KNOW THAT WE
NEED TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY IN
THIS MOMENT, BUT I ALSO KNOW
THAT WE NEED TO LIFT UP AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING THE
IMPACTS OF THIS DECISION.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
. AND THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT IS CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
STAND ALONG WITH THE IMPRESSIVE
LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUSES PUT
TOGETHER. TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE
THAT WHEN WOMEN ARE COMING AND
WHEN BERTHING PEOPLE ARE COMING
TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THEY
CAN BE ASSURED. THEIR RIGHT TO
BODILY AUTONOMY THAT THE RIGHT
TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. THAT THE
RIGHT TO NOT FEEL AND BE SECOND
CLASS CITIZENS. WILL BE GRANTED.
WITH THAT? I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU,
MISS MONTA, MISS QUIRK-SILVA.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
RELUCTANTLY RISE. BECAUSE THIS
IS A PERSONAL CONVERSATION. AND
OUR STORIES AS WOMEN MEAN
SOMETHING AND TOO OFTEN WE STAND
INSIDES. I DON'T BELIEVE
ANYBODY'S MINDS WILL BE CHANGED
TODAY. BY ALL THE STORIES THE
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT CHOICE WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CHOICE AND
THOSE WHO DON'T WON'T. THE
STORIES ABOUT WOMEN HAVING
CHILDREN UNPLANNED MEANS
SOMETHING FOR THOSE CHILDREN FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. MY
OTHER HAD HER FIRST CHILD AT
THE AGE OF 15. AS A. YOUNG
CATHOLIC WOMAN LATINA. SHE HAD
10 CHILDREN. I WAS NUMBER SIX.
AND BECAUSE SHE HAD MANY
CHILDREN. THERE WERE MANY THINGS
THAT CAME WITH COMING WITH A BIG
FAMILY. YES JOY, EVERY ONE OF
THEM. SHE'S PROUD OF. SHE'S
PROUD OF ME. BUT WITH THAT CAME
A FAMILY OF POVERTY. I DIDN'T GO
TO PRESCHOOL. I DIDN'T GO TO
HEAD START. I DIDN'T HAVE THOSE
TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT
OTHER FAMILIES HAVE WHEN THERE
ARE PLANNED PREGNANCIES. WHEN
PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN AT VERY
YOUNG, AGE OR UNPLANNED FROM THE
TIME THOSE CHILDREN ARE BORN.
THEY CAN ALREADY BE AT A
DISADVANTAGE THINGS THAT WE
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE TYPES
OF FOOD THEY HAVE ACCESS. THEIR
HOUSING PRENATAL CARE. MANY
TIMES. WE KNOW THAT WOMEN IN
POVERTY SOMETIMES DON'T EVEN GET
THEIR HEALTH VISIT UNTIL THEY'RE
WELL INTO THEIR SIX MONTH WE
HAVE SOME BRAND NEW FATHERS ON
THIS FLOOR. THINK ABOUT THE CARE
YOUR WIVES HAVE BEEN GIVEN FROM
THE MOMENT THEY ARE EVEN
PLANNING A PREGNANCY SEE TAKING
PRENATAL VITAMINS. READING THE
MOST UPDATED BOOKS. BUT IT'S NOT
JUST ABOUT PRENATAL CARE. IT'S
ABOUT MATERNITY CARE. IT'S ABOUT
MATERNITY LEAVE. IT'S ABOUT
CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE, PRESCHOOL
AND EDUCATION. AND IF WE WANT TO
FORCE WOMEN TO HAVE UN PLANNED
PARENTS PREGNANCIES. ARE WE
GOING TO BE THERE TO HELP
SUPPORT THEM? WE'VE SEEN TOO
OFTEN ON THIS FLOOR VOTES
AGAINST THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS.
ALL OF US HAVESOCIAL MEDIA. I
PUT A POST ON MY FACEBOOK AND I
HAVE A MIXED GROUP. OF PEOPLE ON
MY FACEBOOK AND I LIKE THAT
BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
TALK TO NOT JUST DEMOCRATS, NOT
JUST PEOPLE OF CHOICE AND RIGHT
AWAY. 300 COMMENTS. BOTH SIDES.
300 COMMENTS, SOME OF THEM VERY
VICIOUS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE
OTHER. SO LIKE I SAID, I DO NOT
THINK WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE ANY
MINDS, BUT WE HAVE TO GET TO THE
POINT WHERE WE CAN START TO
TALK. WHERE WE CAN CONVERSE AND
IF WE WANT SOMETHING TO DO
SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING AGAINST
THEIR WILL. THEN WHERE ARE WE TO
SUPPORT HIM? I WASN'T HEARING
JUST THIS WEEK ON THE FLOOR ON
THE SENATE SIDE. WHERE MY
COLLEAGUE. FROM SIRI TOES, WAS
PRESENTING HER BILL. AND
LITERALLY, THE PEOPLE SPEAKING
AGAINST IT WERE CALLING HER AND
THE OTHERS IN THE CHAMBER BABY
KILLERS. THIS HAS TO STOP.
BECAUSE IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT
CHOICES TO HAVE A CHILD CHILD,
BUT IT'S ABOUT US BEING ABLE TO
LIVE. WORK AND STAND SIDE BY
SIDE AND RESPECT EACH OTHER. SO,
WITH THIS, I WILL END WITH WHEN
WE COME TO VOTE, THAT MEANS
SOMETHING ABOUT RAISING A CHILD
INVESTING IN EDUCATION INVESTING
IN HEALTHCARE. THINK ABOUT HOW
THAT SINGLE MOM. HOW THAT WOMAN
WHO MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE AN
EDUCATION IS GOING TO RAISE
THOSE KIDS ON HER OWN, OFTEN AS
A SINGLE MOTHER. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU, MR
QUIRK-SILVA, MR. VOEPEL, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. I
HAVE TWO THINGS NUMBER ONE. A
QUESTION TO PONDER. AND THEN
NUMBER TWO. MY AMATEUR TAKE ON
THIS SUPREME COURT RULING. FIRST
ONE TO PONDER I'VE ALWAYS
WONDERED. AND I'VE ALWAYS
DISCUSS WITH MY PASTORS. WHEN
DOES A BABY GET A SOUL? IF YOU
BELIEVE IN SOULS. AND THAT WE'RE
GOD'S CREATURES. WHEN DOES THE
BABY GET THE SOUL? IS ITTHAT
CONCEPTION, WHICH SOME PEOPLE
BELIEVE OR IS IT AT BIRTH WITH
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE AND IT'S NOT
JUST CHRISTIANS. IT'S BUDDHISTS.
IT'S SHINTO. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR
OUR IMAM, BUT I BELIEVE THE
MUSLIMS BELIEVE IN US ALL. SO
THOSE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE
BELIEVE THAT THE BABY HAS A
SOUL. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.
SO IF YOU ABORT THAT, BABY,
YOU'RE ABORTING. ONE OF THE
CREATIONS. SO ANYWAY, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THE
NUMBER TWO IS. AND I PONDERED
THIS. AND ONCE AGAIN I'M AN
AMATEUR. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
BUT IN MY MIND. THE SUPREME
COURT RULING SIMPLY FREED. ALL
THE STATES TO MAKE UP THEIR MIND
ABOUT ABORTION STATE BY STATE.
NOW THIS. FC A 10. WILL PASS IN
THIS HOUSE TODAY. AND IT WOULD
GO ON THE BALLOT AND IF THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA DECIDE TO
VOTE FOR IT AND PASS IT, THEN
THAT MEANS CALIFORNIA WILL ALLOW
COMPLETE. ABORTIONS, AND THAT'S
OKAY. I DON'T SUPPORT IT. I'M
AGAINST IT. BUT THAT WOULD BE
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. NOW IF A
STATE LIKE OKLAHOMA OR TEXAS
WANT TO PRECLUDE ABORTIONS,
THAT'S THAT STATE, AND THAT IS
THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE THE
FOUNDERS WERE MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT STATES. FREEDOMS. THAN
THEY WERE ABOUT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, OF COURSE, OVER 200
SOMETHING YEARS THAT HAS
CHANGED. NOW WE'RE CENTRALIZED.
BUT THE POINT I'M MAKING IS EACH
STATE WILL DECIDE. THIS FACTOR.
AND STOP AND THINK, LET'S SAY
YOU'RE IN A STATE THAT PRECLUDES
ABORTION. YOU'RE WITHIN A DAY OR
TWO DRIVE OF THE STATE. THAT
WILL ALLOW IT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE
WE'RE KILLING ABORTION
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
THAT'S MY POINT. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. MISS
WILSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
SCHNUR. THE RIGHTS OF THE
UNBORN. CANNOT SUPERSEDE THE
RIGHTS OF THE PERSON CARRYING
THEM. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. AND MR GALLAGHER
MEMBERS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO
PARTICIPATE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
MICROPHONES AT THIS TIME, MR
GALLAGHER. I THINK. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO SEE A UM I KNOW
THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT. IS
VERY SENSITIVE. IT'S AN ISSUE
THAT IS DIVIDED OUR COUNTRY.
PEOPLE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND
I GUESS MY HOPE IS LIKE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM FULLERTON, IS
THAT IS IT EVENTUALLY? MAYBE WE
CAN COME AS A THIS MIGHT BE
SOMETHING THAT COULD BRING US
TOGETHER. ULTIMATELY TO TALK
ABOUT HOW WE DO BETTER. WE'RE
BOTH WOMEN AND CHILDREN. AND
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THOSE.
COMMENTS ON THIS FLOOR TODAY,
WHICH I THINK IS A VERY POSITIVE
THING. UM AND AS MY ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES SAID. AS A MAN. I
COULD NEVER IMAGINE WHAT IT'S
LIKE. TO BE IN A CRISIS
PREGNANCY. BUT I'VE BEEN MARRIED
TO MY WIFE FOR 19 YEARS. AND
I'VE BEEN THROUGH FOUR IRIS
PREGNANCIES WITH HER. AND A
MISCARRIAGE. SO I DON'T COME TO
THIS ISSUE LIGHTLY. AND THAT WAS
VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR US.
WALKING THROUGH THAT. TWO OF
THOSE CHILDREN ARE TEENAGE
WOMEN. NO. AND YOU BETTER
BELIEVE I WANT THEM TO HAVE
EVERY OPPORTUNITY. EVERY
OPPORTUNITY THAT A MAN DOES. IN
THIS COUNTRY. BUT THE REASON
THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TODAY.
IS BECAUSE OF THE TWINS. WHO
CAME LAST. MY TWIN BOYS ARE
ALIVE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE. AND
THEY WERE ALIVE AND THERE WERE
PEOPLE AT 18 WEEKS. WHEN AT
UCSF, THEY WERE PREPARED TO GO.
DO SURGERY ON THEIR HEARTS TO
SAVE THEM IN UTERO. WHEN THEY
DID ECHOCARDIOGRAMS. ON THEM TO
DISCOVER WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT
WAS CAUSING THE DETRIMENTAL
THING THAT WAS GOING ON TO THEM
IN THE WOMB. AND THEY WERE ALIVE
AND THEY WERE PEOPLE AT 23 A
HALF WEEKS. WHEN THEY WANTED TO
COME. AND THANKFULLY, THEY
DIDN'T COME AT THAT TIME. AT 30
WEEKS. THEY DID COME 10 WEEKS
EARLY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT
LOOKED LIKE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
BABY THAT WAS BORN. THEY WERE
JUST A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. £3
AND £2.5. THEY WERE ALIVE AND
THEY ARE A PERSON. THEY'RE
PEOPLE. IN OUR LAW HAS TO BEGIN
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S WHY I
CAN'T SUPPORT THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TODAY.
BECAUSE OF WHAT'S MISSING FROM
IT. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THEIR
RIGHTS. NOTHING ABOUT THEIR
RIGHTS. AND WE HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT THAT. IS QUITE HONESTLY, I
THINK WE CAN MAKE A BETTER
POLICY. I THINK THIS LEGISLATIVE
BODY IS CAPABLE OF MAKING A
BETTER POLICY. FOR MY TEENAGE
DAUGHTERS. AND FOR MY TWINS. AND
WE DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT,
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW. THE WORDING
THAT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT LATE
TERM. IT PUTS NO RESTRICTIONS ON
IT. AND SO BABIES LIKE MY TWINS
AT 30 WEEKS, THEIR LIVES COULD
BE TAKEN. AND I DON'T THINK
THAT'S THE RIGHT BALANCE, FOLKS.
I DON'T THINK THA'S RIGHT
BALANCE. WE CAN DO BETTER. AND
THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU TODAY. TO
VOTE AGAINST THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT. THANK YOU MEMBERS. MR
LEVINE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AT
YOUR DESK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. SPEAKER THANK YOU MEMBERS.
THANK YOU TO, UH TO OUR AUTHORS
, THE SPEAKER, THE PRO TEM, I'M
PROUD TO STAND WITH YOU AS A CO
AUTHOR OF THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT. THIS IS JUST THE
FIRST OF MANY STEPS THAT WE WILL
NEED TO TAKE TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIANS. AND WE SEE THIS AS
THIS SUPREME COURT ROLLS OUT
MORE AND MORE OPINIONS OF THEIR
VISION OF A DARK GEOLOGIC
AMERICA. THAT WE MUST LIVE IN
ACCORDING TO THEIR WORLDVIEW.
THIS DARK THEOLOGY, WHICH ONE
WERE SOMEHOW BLESSED TO PROTECT
THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN HERE IN
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF HOW THEY
RULED ON DOBBS, BUT THAT
CHILDREN TODAY. ARE REALLY GOING
TO FEEL FORCED TO PRAY IN SCHOOL
WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR
COACHES, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT
DONE STATE BY STATE. AND THAT IN
THIS INSTANCE WITH STHN, WE'RE
FORTUNATE BECAUSE THE OPINION,
UH, OF THE CASE THAT THEY WERE
DEALING WITH MADE THEM DECIDE
THAT STATES HAD A RIGHT TO HAVE
THEIR OWN POSITION. BUT IF THEY
HAD A DIFFERENT LEGAL ISSUE
BEFORE THEM. WE MIGHT NOT HAVE
THIS. AND WE WOULD NEED TO
DETERMINE HOW DO WE PROTECT THE
RIGHTS OF ALL CALIFORNIANS? WHEN
THIS OTHER LOT AMERICAN LAW
DOESN'T SEE. THAT CALIFORNIA CAN
HAVE ITS OWN LAWS. LIKE WE NOW
SEE WITH THE PARENT SCHOOL ISSUE
SO. YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY, YOU
KNOW, RECOMMEND A VOTE FOR S
CHN. OUR WORK IS GETTING CUT OUT
FOR US EVERY DAY AS THESE
OPINIONS ARE ROLLED OUT, AND
IT'S ONLY GOING TO BECOME MORE
DIFFICULT. AS THE YEARS GO BY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR LEVINE.
THANK YOU MEMBERS. SEEING NO
OTHER MEMBERS SEEKING
RECOGNITION. AT THIS TIME. MR
FONTE'S WILL BE CLOSING ON THE
ITEM. MR FONTE'S YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. FOR
ALLOWING ME TO CLOSE ON SENATE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 10 I
RISE AS A PROUD CO AUTHOR OF
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
QUESTION BY OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
ROCKLAND AND I DIFFER THAT
ANSWER TO THE COMMENTS MADE BY
OUR COLLEAGUES FROM SAN DIEGO
AND WOODLAND HILLS. THIS BILL
JUST ENSURES THAT ALL
CALIFORNIANS ENJOY REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOMS AND THAT THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS
THEMSELVES. I'M NOT GOING TO
MINCE WORDS HERE. I'M OUTRAGED
BY THE DECISION MADE BY THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES. AS A MOTHER TO TRIPLETS
BY CHOICE. I KNOW THAT THE
DECISION TO START A FAMILY OR
NOT, IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL ONE
THAT SHOULD BE MADE. BETWEEN
YOURSELF AND YOUR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER. LAST WEEK. FIVE
UNELECTED. ACTIVISTS JUSTICE ON
THE SUPREME COURT TOOK AWAY THE
RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF WOMEN
IN BIRTHING PEOPLE IN OUR
COUNTRY. LET'S BE CLEAR. THE
SUPREME COURT IS EFFECTIVELY
CRIMINALIZING PREGNANCY.
CRIMINALIZING PREGNANCY. AND
IT'S UNFATHOMABLE THAT THESE
JUSTICES, FOUR OF WHOM ARE MEN.
WOULD UNDERMINE THE PRECEDENT
THAT HAS PROTECTED THE FREEDOM
FOR WOODMAN AND BURNING PEOPLE
FOR GENERATIONS. THE BURDEN OF
THIS RECKLESS DECISION. FALLS
DISPROPORTIONATELY AS WE HEARD
ON PEOPLE HISTORICALLY FACING
BARRIERS TO ACCESSING
HEALTHCARE. THOSE INDIVIDUALS
LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ARE
BLACK. LATINO INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES ARE LGBTQ
COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE LIVING IN
RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE WORKING
FAMILIES WHO ARE BARELY MAKING
ENDS MEET. REGARDLESS OF INCOME
OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. EVERY
PERSON DESERVE ACCESS TO
REPRODUCTIVE CARE. WITHOUT
BARRIERS OR POLITICAL
INTERFERENCE. WE KNOW FROM
HISTORY THAT THIS DECISION WILL
NOT END ABORTIONS, IT IS SIMPLY
MAKING THEM CLANDESTINE AND
DANGEROUS AND STATES THE OUTLAW
ABORTION RIGHTS. IN THOSE
STATES. ABORTIONS WILL MOVE FROM
REGULATED PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL
CLINICS INTO THE SHADOWS. AND AS
A RESULT. MANY PEOPLE WERE
TRAGICALLY LOSE THEIR LIVES
SEEKING ABORTION THAT THEY ONCE
WERE ABLE TO SAFELY ACCESS WHEN
ROE WAS STILL THE LAW OF THE
LAND. AND LET US BE HONEST ABOUT
WHAT WAS TAKEN AWAY. THIS WHAT
THIS CHOICE MEANS AND EFFECT.
THE COURT IS NOW FORCING
MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND BIRTHING
PEOPLE WITH ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES
TO FACE PROBABLE DEATH. AND AS A
PERSONAL MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE.
MEMBERS THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS
ALMOST FACED WITH. BEFORE GIVING
BIRTH TO MY TRIPLETS. AND IN
SEVERAL STATES. WOMEN IN
BIRTHING PEOPLE. WILL NOW BE
FORCED TO CARRY THE CHILD OF A
RAPIST OR INCESTUOUS RELATIVE TO
TERM. THE COURT IS NOT ONLY
TAKING THIS FUNDAMENTAL CHOICE
AWAY. IT IS FORCING PEOPLE TO
SUFFER PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN
UNWANTED PREGNANCY, EVEN IF IT
MEANS LOSING THEIR LIVES. AND IF
YOU THINK THAT THE SUPREME COURT
WILL SIMPLY STOP AT THE TREVI
TRAVESTY OF OVERTURNING ROE THEN
LET US JUST LOOK AT JUSTICE
CLARENCE THOMAS CONCURRING
OPINION. IN IT. JUSTICE THOMAS
STATES HIS BELIEF THAT THE COURT
SHOULD REVISIT PRECEDENT
PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT OF MARRIAGE, EQUALITY AND
ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES. AS A
MEMBER OF BOTH THE CALIFORNIA
LGBT Q CAUCUS AND A MEMBER OF
THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS.
I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THIS
RIGHT WING ACTIVIST MAJORITY ON
THE SUPREME COURT SEEMS HELL
BENT ON TAKING THE RIGHTS OF
WOMEN IN BIRTHING PEOPLE AND OUR
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. THIS IS
WHY WHILE FOR NOW. WE MAY FEEL
SAFE HERE IN CALIFORNIA. WE
CANNOT REST ON OUR LAURELS. IT
IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
THIS WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT YOU
AND THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. WE MUST
ENSHRINE THE RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION IN OUR STATE
CONSTITUTION. THIS IS THE
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF US SEE A
10. PASSAGE OF THIS AMENDMENT IN
THE LEGISLATURE AND THEN AT THE
BALLOT BOX BY THE VOTERS OF
CALIFORNIA. IT IS BUT THE FIRST
OF MANY STEPS WE CAN AND WILL
TAKE TO PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS
HERE IN OUR GOLDEN STATE. BUT WE
ALSO CANNOT ABANDON PEOPLE WHO
DO NOT HAVE THAT SAME LUXURY AND
OTHER STATES THAT VALUE
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS LIKE OURS.
AS WE KNOW IF THAT FREEDOM IS IN
QUESTION IN JUST ONE STATE. WE
CANNOT RIGHTLY CONSIDER THEM
SAFE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR
COUNTRY. WHILE CALIFORNIA WILL
REMAIN A STATE WHERE THESE
DEEPLY PERSONAL DECISIONS WILL
BE MADE BY WOMEN IN BIRTHING
PEOPLE. WE CANNOT REST UNTIL WE
HAVE A THANA ME OVER OUR BODIES
AND EVERY STATE ONCE AGAIN.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT STOP
FIGHTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM, AND NEITHER WILL I. TO
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING
THIS DEBATE. IF YOU ARE OUTRAGED
BY WHAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS
DONE TO THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN
BIRTHING PEOPLE. I AM WITH YOU
IF YOU FEEL DEVASTATED IF YOU
FEEL DISHEARTENED AND JUST OR
DESPAIR. I AM WITH YOU AND I ASK
YOU TO JOIN US IN THIS CAUSE YOU
WERE BORN IN THIS MOMENT FOR
REASON. WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN.
SO COLLEAGUES, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK TO HELP. TAKE THIS FIGHT BY
CASTING YOUR VOTE FOR SENATE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 10 TO
PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
HERE IN OUR GOLDEN STATE. AND
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL ALL
MEMBERS VOTE. DESIRED ABOUT. ALL
MEMBERS VOTED DESIRE TO VOTE.
THIS TAKES 54.
ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLERK. WILL CLOSE THE ROLE
. TIE THE VOTE EYES 58 NOS 16.
THAT AMENDMENT PASSES.
MEMBERS. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO
THE CONCURRENCE FILE. THIS IS.
CONCURRENCE IN THE SENATE
AMENDMENTS FILE ITEM NUMBER 10 A
C R 109. CIRCLE RATE. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 109 BY
ISLAM, EMMA RED WATER, GARCIA
AND OTHERS RELATIVE TO EXTREME
WEATHER. MR GARCIA, YOU MAY
OPEN. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES. THIS MEASURE IS BACK
FOR CONCURRENCE. DEALS WITH
EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA, RESPECTFULLY AS VERY
ABLE THANK YOU, MR GARCIA,
SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
ON THE ITEM. CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE. THE
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTERS OUT TO VOTE.
ALL MEMBERS PHOTOS ART ABOUT
CLERK WELL CLOSE THE ROLE AND
TALLY. THE VOTE IS 55 NO. ZERO
SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED
IN.
AND MISS DAVIES, THIS IS FILE
ADAM 11 A B 2028. CLOCK RATE. A
SIMILAR BILL 2028 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DAVIES AND
ACCORDING TO PEOPLE INSTRUCTION
, DAVIES THANK YOU, MR CHAIR
MEMBERS. 2028 IS BACK ON
CONCURRENCE AMENDMENTS TAKEN IN
THE SENATE TECHNICAL NATURE AND
I ASKED FOR AN I VOTE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MISS DAVIES SEE
NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE, CLARK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE MEMBERS VOTED
DECIDED TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTERS ARE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE DESIRED ABOUT CLERK WILL
CLERK WELL, CLOSER ROLE. TALKING
ABOUT ICE 55 NO. ZERO SENATE
AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED IN.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO TAKE UP.
FILE OUT OF 55. THIS IS ON THE
ASSEMBLY. PARDON ME. SENATE
THIRD READING FILE. FILE AT 55
IS SENATE BILL 9 15. AND THE
CLERK. ALL RIGHT. SENATE BILL 9
15 BY SENATOR MEN AND OTHERS IN
APP RELATING TO FIREARMS. MR
BENNETT, YOU MAY OPEN. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. SENATE
BILL 9 15 BY MEN WILL PROHIBIT
THE SALE OF FIREARMS AND
AMMUNITION ON STATE PROPERTY AND
END GUN SHOWS ON ALL PUBLIC
PROPERTY. MONTH AFTER MONTH.
WE'VE SEEN MANY HORRIFYING
EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE. IT IS
WELL RESEARCHED THAT MORE GUNS
IN OUR COMMUNITIES LEAD TO MORE
GUN VIOLENCE FOR TOO LONG, WITH
STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S TURNED A
BLIND EYE TO TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED
GUN SHOWS THAT LEAD TO THE SALE
OF GHOST GUNS PER CURB YOUR
CURSOR GUNS. AND AMMUNITION THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR NATION'S GUN
VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC. SP 915 IS AN
EFFORT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE FAIR
GROUNDS REMAIN SAFE FROM FAMILY
FRIENDLY VENUES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA ARE FAIRGROUNDS, OUR
MAINSTAY OF ANNUAL EVENTS THAT
BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
REMOVING GUNSHOWS FROM THIS LIST
OF ANNUAL EVENTS GOES A LONG WAY
TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN KEEP THESE
VENUES SAFE FOR CHILDREN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND NOT ENCOURAGE
THE GUN CULTURE THAT IS
DOMINANT. THERE IS TOO DOMINANT
IN THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE
SHOULD NOT PROFIT OFF OF THE
SALE OF GUNS AND I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST I VOTE FOR SENATE BILL
915. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
BENNETT. SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE ON THE ITEM. CLERK UP IN
THE ROLE. ALL MEMBERS HOPE
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS.
PHOTO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
MEMBERS FELT A DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL. CLOSE THE ROLE AND
TIRED ABOUT ICE 45 NOS 21. THAT
MEASURE PASSES.
SO I BELIEVE WE'RE MOVING TO
TAKE UP SOME RESOLUTIONS ON THE
ASSEMBLY. THIRD READING FILE. I
SAY IN A UNSURE MANNER. THIS IS
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING FILE.
CUELLAR 19 A CR 1 77. THE CLERK
WILL READ. SOMEBODY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 1 77 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BLOOM AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO THE-CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAY. MR
BLOOM. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
MEMBERS. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT
A CR 1 77 A RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION REMOVE THE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAY.
DESIGNATION FROM THE RELEVANT
PORTION OF INTERSTATE 10 HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. THE COLUMBUS HIGHWAY
DESIGNATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY
THE LEGISLATURE IN 1976 TO
RECOGNIZE COLUMBUS AS A
DISTINGUISHED PIONEER WHO
DISCOVERED AMERICA SUBSEQUENTLY
, A HIGHWAY SIGN WAS ERECTED IN
SANTA MONICA AND MY DISTRICT
COMMEMORATE AND MEMORIALIZE
COLUMBUS AND THE HIGHWAY. WELL
COLUMBUS DID NOT DISCOVER
AMERICA. RATHER HE HAPPENED UPON
A PLACE THAT WAS ALREADY
INHABITED. CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN
HOME TO OVER 154 NATIVE AMERICAN
GROUPS FOR OVER 20,000 YEARS,
THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE
COLUMBUS'S EXPEDITIONS. THE
ARRIVAL OF COLUMBUS CONSEQUENTLY
IGNITED CENTURIES OF OPPRESSION
, ISOLATION AND LOSS OF HOMELAND
AND HERITAGE TOWARDS THE NATIVE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE AND MISTREATMENT OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
SHOULD NOT BE MEMORIALIZED AND
COMMEMORATED. IN RESPONSE AND
RECOGNITION OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, DIVERSITY
AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE,
CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, HAVE
TAKEN STEPS TO FORMALLY
APOLOGIZE FOR PAST
TRANSGRESSIONS. RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE. EFFORTS HAVE ALSO
INCLUDED RENAMING HOLIDAYS AND
PARKS, REMOVING STATUES AND
INCREASING AWARENESS SUCH AS
EXPANDING NARRATIONS AND
OBSERVING NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE MONTH. AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES DAY. A. C R IS A SIMPLE
BUT IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR
CONTINUED EFFORTS TO CORRECT THE
HISTORICAL RECORD AND REEVALUATE
OUR PRIORITIES AND VALUES. WHILE
THE PHYSICAL SIGN NO LONGER
EXISTS IN SANTA MONICA, THE
DESIGNATION EXISTS ON STATE
RECORDS AND IS RECOGNIZED BY MAP
SERVICES. BY REMOVING THE
DESIGNATION, THE STATE IS TAKING
AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND EMPATHY
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. IF THEY
CHOOSE TO DO SO. ANY RENAMING
PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE THE INPUT
AND PARTICIPATION OF THE LOS
ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY NATIVE
AMERICAN INDIAN COMMISSION. AS
WAS THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES. THIS WILL BE A
COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS THAT
ENSURES NATIVE AMERICANS ARE
INCLUDED AND HEARD. TO QUOTE
JOEY WILLIAMS PYOOT OF THE
CURRENT VALLEY INDIAN COMMUNITY
AND OUR PRIMARY WITNESS ON THIS
RESOLUTION WHEN IT WAS HEARD IN
ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION, THERE
CAN BE NO HEALING. WITHOUT
TRUTH, TELLING. S CR IS ABOUT
TRUTH TELLING TELLING, AND I
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR I VOTE
AND WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THERE
WILL BE OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS.
THANK YOU, MR BLOOM, AND MR
RAMOS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED WELL,
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER, AND I
RISE AS A JOINT AUTHOR FOR A CR
1 77. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE
CITY COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES AND
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS FOR SUPPORTING THIS
INITIATIVE TO MOVE FORWARD TO
RENAME THIS PART OF THE
TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY. AND TO
REMOVE THE NAME CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS BECAUSE IT STARTS TO
PAVE THE WAY FOR A DIFFERENT
SIDE OF HISTORY. A TRUE PART OF
HISTORY TO BE TOLD WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND WITHIN OUR
HISTORY BOOKS, BUT IT ALSO
PROMOTES HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. TO TELL TRUE
HISTORIES OF AREAS HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT
CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED WHEN
DEALING WITH THE CALIFORNIA
INDIAN PEOPLE AND NATIVE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES. THAT DEALS WITH
THE MISSION SYSTEM. THE GOLD
RUSH THE MILITIAS, THE TAXES
THAT WERE PAID TO GO OUT AND
SHOOTING KILL INDIAN PEOPLE.
IT'S TIME THAT THAT TRUE HISTORY
STARTS TO BE TOLD. AND I JOIN MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SANTA MONICA AND-BRINGING FORWARD THIS
INFORMATION TO BRINGING FORWARD
THIS CHANGE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. IT'S TIME THAT WE
START TO WRAP AROUND THE TRUE
HISTORY AND HOW IT'S BEEN
IMPACTED UPON THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE AND
ACROSS THE NATION. IT'S TIME
THAT WE START TO HAVE THE
DEBATES THAT WE START TO HAVE.
THAT TRUE COMPONENT COME FORWARD
AS MY BROTHER, JOEY WILLIAMS
MOVED FORWARD AND MADE THOSE
ELOQUENT STATEMENTS MOVING
FORWARD. THERE STILL IS A VOICE
OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES THAT HASN'T GOTTEN TO THE
LEVEL OF HAVING THAT VOICE BE
HEARD. THIS RESOLUTION STARTS TO
PAVE THE WAY FOR THE TRUE
HISTORY, NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED
STATES BY STARTING RIGHT HERE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND I
URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR A CR 177.
THANK YOU, MR RAMOS. SEE NO
OTHER MEMBERS SEEKING
RECOGNITION ON THE RESOLUTION.
MR BLOOM, YOU MAY CLOSE IF YOU
WISH. THANK YOU. MR SPEAKER. I'D
LIKE TO THANK MY ESTEEMED
COLLEAGUE FOR HIS REMARKS AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
ON THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND
MR BLOOM. WOULD YOU LIKE CO
AUTHORS ON THE RESOLUTION,
PLEASE? FIRST OF ALL THE OPEN
FOR CO AUTHORS, MEMBERS CLERK
OPEN ROLE, BUT THIS IS FOR CO
AUTHORS ON THE RESOLUTION. THIS
IS FOR CO AUTHORS. THIS IS FOR
CO AUTHORS. CLERK WILL. CLOSER
ROLE. THERE ARE 61 CO AUTHORS
ADDED, AND MEMBERS THIS IS
FISCAL. WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL
VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION. CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. ALL MEMBERS
WHO DESIRED TO VOTE. ON A CR 1
77 ALL MEMBERS VOTER DESIRE TO
VOTE.
CLERK WILL. WAS THE ROLE AND
TALLY THE VOTE. I 62 KNOWS YOUR
OTHER RESOLUTION. IS ADOPTED.
AND MISS REYES YOUR RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTION.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE. 56 JOINT RULE 62,
A THE FILE NOTICE REQUIREMENT TO
ALLOW THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TO HEAR SB 54 ELLEN ON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH AT NINE
A.M. IN SWING SPACE ROOM, 1100.
PENDING RE REFERRAL FROM THE
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. THAT REQUEST
IS GRANTED. MEMBERS. WE ARE IN
FILE ORDER. ON THE ASSEMBLY.
THIRD READING FILE FILE OUT OF
20. IS A CR 1 76 BY MS RIVAS.
AND THE CLERK WILL READ.
SOMETHING CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 76 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US RELATIVE TO
CRUISING. MS RIVAS. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS A CR 1 76
6 TO CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY
AND CULTURE OF CRUISING IN
CALIFORNIA AND ENCOURAGES LOCAL
OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
LOCAL CAR CLUBS TO WORK
COLLECTIVELY. TO FOSTER A SAFE
AND WELCOMING CAR ENTHUSIASTS
ENTHUSIAST ENVIRONMENT.
LOWRIDERS AND CAR CRUISING
BECAME POPULAR IN THE 19 SIXTIES
AND SEVENTIES DURING THE CHICANO
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. TEENAGERS
WOULD DRIVE ON URBAN BOULEVARDS
TO SHOW OFF THEIR VINTAGE OR
CUSTOMIZED VEHICLES. THIS WAS
ESPECIALLY POPULAR AMONG TEENS
IN MY DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, AND I KNOW
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE TO
CRUISING AND CLASSIC OR
CUSTOMIZED CARS LIKE LOWRIDERS
BECAME ICONIC AND REPRESENTING
THE WEST COAST DUE TO MOVIES
LIKE BOULEVARD NIGHTS. NO MATTER
WHAT THE VEHICLE, THE HISTORY OF
CRUISING AND ACTIVITY REMAINS A
POPULAR ACTIVITY AND MAJOR
CITIES LIKE SACRAMENTO, SAN
FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, STOCKTON,
LOS ANGELES, THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY, SAN DIEGO AND NATIONAL
CITY. IN 1988, CALIFORNIA PASSED
A LAW TO ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
TO PASS ANTI CRUISING
RESOLUTIONS. HOWEVER CAR AND
AUTO CLUB'S FREQUENTLY
PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS
LIKE FOURTH OF JULY PARADES AND
HAVE COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO HOST FILL IN
THROUGHOUT TROPIC EVENTS FOR
THEIR COMMUNITIES. CITIES ARE
STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT BY
PROHIBITING THE CRUISING OF
VINTAGE LOWRIDERS AND CUSTOM
CARS, THEY ARE ENABLING
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES,
INCLUDING PERPETUATING RACIAL
BIASES. THESE LAWS RANK
WRONGFULLY STEREOTYPE, LÀ
ABIDING CAR OWNERS AND CONFLATE
THEM WITH ILLEGAL STREET RACERS
AND SIDE SHOWS WHO ARE AND
SHOULD BE PROSECUTED. WHEN
PUTTING PUBLIC LIVES IN DANGER.
THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO HAS
RECENTLY LIFTED THE CRUISING BAN
DUE TO THE ADVOCACY OF THE
SACRAMENTO LOWRIDER. COMMISSION.
WE ARE SEEING NATIONALS CITY AND
SAN JOSE, ALSO SEEKING TO REPEAL
THIS BAN ON A LOCAL LEVEL, IT'S
TIME FOR LOCALS TO FOLLOW THESE
CITIES AND REPEAL THIS ARCHAIC
TRAFFIC LAW. I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST FOR AN I VOTE AND ASKED
FOR THE FIRST ROLE TO BE OPEN TO
CO AUTHORS. THANK YOU, MR EVANS,
MISS CARILLO. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS JUST WANT TO APPLAUD MY
COLLEAGUE FROM THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY FOR THIS INCREDIBLE
GROUNDBREAKING RESOLUTION ON
BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND
EAST LOS ANGELES CRUISING ON
WHITTIER BOULEVARD I STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE AND I VOTE ON A CR
176. THANK YOU, MISS CARILLO.
AND MR GARCIA YOU TO RECOGNIZED
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES I TO RISE AND SUPPORT
OF A CR 1 76. AN IDEA THAT I
THINK IS A BRILLIANT ONE THAT WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH, AND I WANTED
TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU KNOW
IT WASN'T LONG AGO THAT IT WAS
BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THERE'S
A MAGAZINE OUT THERE THAT LOOKS
AT LOW RIDER ROLE MODELS. AND
THESE ROLE MODELS ARE JUDGES
THEIR TEACHERS. PROFESSORS
SCIENTISTS, DOCTORS AND THEY'RE
JUST PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE. THAT HAVE EMBRACED THE
LOWRIDER VEHICLE CULTURE, THE
HOT ROD VEHICLE CULTURE AND HOW
, UH, IT REPRESENTS NOT JUST THE
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE. BUT A
LIFESTYLE AND MANY TIMES WE SEE
THE LOW RIDER VEHICLE DEPICTED.
IN STEREOTYPICAL ROLES. AND
PAINTING A PICTURE THAT QUITE
FRANKLY, ISN'T REFLECTIVE. OF
THE REALITY OF LOWRIDER ROLE
MODELS. AND SO I WANTED TO JUST
THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HER AND SEVERAL
OTHER OF OUR COLLEAGUES. WHO
WOULD AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER,
LIKE TO DECLARE LOWRIDER MONTH
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. AND THAT THE
CAPITAL HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY
THESE BEAUTIFUL VEHICLES THAT
MANY PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF
TIME, ENERGY AND RESOURCES INTO
AND THEY WOULD BE FANTASTIC. FOR
CALIFORNIANS TO MEET THESE
LOWRIDER ROLE MODEL
PROFESSIONALS WHO MAKE UP THIS
LOWRIDER CULTURE. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING A CR 1 76 FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MR GARCIA. MR COBRA.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY FROM BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AS SHE MENTIONED. THE
CITY OF SAN JOSE HAS ALREADY
MOVING FORWARD ON THEIR OWN
ACTIONS REGARDING CRUISING,
WHICH FOR DECADES HAS BEEN
BANNED ONLY IN CERTAIN AREAS AND
ALONG CERTAIN CORRIDORS, IN
PARTICULAR, LONG ALLAN ROCK
AVENUE DESCENDANT CLARA STREET.
FROM THE EAST SIDE INTO DOWNTOWN
SAN JOSE. AND THROUGH THE YEARS
THE POLICING THAT WOULD FOLLOW
UP WITH THOSE BANDS, NOT TO
MNTION, UM DURING, UM EVENTS
AND DOWNTOWN AMOUNT COMES TO
MIND WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF ATTENTION. THAT WAS CREATED
IN TERMS OF TRYING TO REALLY
CLAMP DOWN ON THE ABILITY OF
ANYONE TO CRUISE AND THE REALITY
IS, IT DOES HAVE A LONG
TRADITION IN MANY COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA LIKE SAN
JOSE. WE HAD TO REMOVE THE
STIGMA AND AS OUR COLLEAGUE JUST
INDICATED, CELEBRATE THOSE ROLE
MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF
THE CULTURE AND TRADITION. AND I
THINK THIS BILL GOES A LONG WAY
AND MOVING CALIFORNIA BACK TO
THOSE HISTORICAL ROOTS THAT I
THINK ARE INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT
FOR SO MANY COMMUNITIES. IN OUR
STATE. THANK YOU. THEN IT WAS
COLOR MR V VALLAPUDUA YOUR
RECTUM. THANK YOU. MR SPEAKER
ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT UM, MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY. WHAT WE LEARNED DURING
THE PANDEMIC THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE WERE LOCKED IN THEIR
GARAGES AT HOME. AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW. THEY WERE
IN THIR CARS, BUT NOT JUST LOW
RIDERS. THE MOD CARS THAT YOU
SEE OUT THERE. I PERSONALLY HAVE
MY OWN, WHICH I 1965 ACCESS
CONVERTIBLE. BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL. YEAH, BUT. I REALLY
GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE OTHER
PEOPLE WERE HOME AND INVESTING
AND ALSO PUTTING THEIR KIDS TO
HELP OUT. AND THEN IN MY
DISTRICT IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY,
A LOT OF FOLKS COME OUT AND NOT
JUST JUST SUPPORT US. I GET
CALLS WHEN THERE'S A PARADE. HEY
DO YOU DO YOU WANT TO RIDE WITH
ME? AND IT'S HARD TO SAY NO
RIGHT BECAUSE YOU GOT ALL THESE
BEAUTIFUL CARS OUT THERE. BUT
THE INVOLVED THEIR FAMILIES.
THEIR KIDS EVERYWHERE WE GO OUT
IT WHEN IT GETS BLASTED OUT, AND
SOCIAL MEDIA EVERYONE'S ASKING.
HEY, ARE YOU GOING TONIGHT? YOU
KNOW, AND IT'S AND IT AND IT
ALSO HELPS OUR BUSINESSES THAT
ARE OUT THERE WHEN THEY WERE
SITTING THERE WITH THEIR LAWN
CHAIRS. WATCHING THESE CARS GO
BY. THE BUSINESSES LOVE IT, TOO.
SO I APPLAUD. UM MY MEMBER AND I
HOPE ALL OF US WILL SUPPORT A C
1 76. THANK YOU, MR MR MEDINA.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER. TWO WEEKS AGO, I
JOINED CHEECH MARIN. IN THE CITY
OF RIVERSIDE. IN A LOW RIDER.
UH, PARADE. TO THE GRAND OPENING
OF THE CHEECH. AND I JOINED
FORMER STUDENTS OF MINE. AH IN
WHO ALSO HAD THEIR LOW RIDERS IN
THE PARADE. WE WERE ESCORTED BY
THE RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WRITE IN A LOW RIDER AND
QUITE A LONG TIME. BUT YOU KNOW
, IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR
RIVERSIDE TO QUOTE JAIME
ESCALANTE. IT WAS A GREAT DAY TO
BE CHICANO. I URGE YOUR VOTE ON
A CR 1 76. THANK YOU, MR MEDINA.
AND MR MONTI'S YOU ARE RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
LATINO CAUCUS. I RISE IN SUPPORT
OF A CR 1 76. IT IS TIME I WANT
TO JUST ECHO THE REMARKS FROM MY
COLLEAGUE FROM RIVERSIDE. THERE
WAS A WONDERFUL PROCESSION.
LEADING UP TO THE TEACH MUSEUM,
WHICH IS CELEBRATING LATINO
CULTURE, CHICANO CULTURE AND ART
, THE FIRST IN OUR NATION, AND I
THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE LOOK AT
A LOW RIDER MUSEUM AND THAT WE
ADVOCATE FOR THAT, AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT CHEECH MARIN HAS
SAID HIMSELF. SO LOOK FORWARDTO
SUPPORTING A CR 1 76 ASKED FOR
YOUR I VOTE. AND MS VALLADARES.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I ALSO
RISE IN SUPPORT OF A CR 176. MY
DAD BUILT HIS FIRST ENGINE FOR
57 CHEVY WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS
OLD. MY DAD NEVER GRADUATED HIGH
SCHOOL BUT BECAME A MECHANIC
BECAUSE HE COULD SURE WORK WITH
HIS HANDS AND AUTOMOTIVE. I'M
THE PROUD OWNER OF A 1949
FLATBED CHEVY THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO GET IN WORKING ORDER
EVENTUALLY TO TAKE OUT JUST SOME
SHOWS. BUT THIS IS PART OF MY
FAMILY'S CULTURE. AND I STRONGLY
URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS
IT FORWARD. THANK YOU, MISS
VALLADARES, SEEING NO OTHER
MEMBERS SEEKING RECOGNITION. MS
REVIS, YOU MAY CLOSE IF YOU
WISH. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO
THANK ALL THE MEMBERS THAT STOOD
UP IN SUPPORT. UM SOME OF THEM.
I'VE NEVER TALKED TO THEM ABOUT
LOWRIDERS OR CARS, AND I NOW
KNOW, UM SOMETHING NEW THAT WE
HAVE IN COMMON. I'M JEALOUS THAT
I DON'T HAVE MY OWN CLASSIC CAR
OR LOW RIDER. BUT HOPEFULLY SOON
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
. UM AND THE FIRST CALL TO BE
OPEN TO AUTHORS, CO AUTHORS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS REVIS
. FIRST ROLE BE OPEN FOR CO
AUTHORS ON THE RESOLUTION. CLARK
GLOBAL ROLE THIS IS FOR CO
AUTHORS. ON THE RESOLUTION. THIS
IS FOR CO AUTHORS. CLERK WILL
CLOSE YOUR ROLE. THERE ARE 71 CO
AUTHORS ADDED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WE MAY TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ON THE
RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY, AYE. I OPPOSE ANY THE EYES
HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
MEMBERS. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE.
BACK. OR FORWARD. BACK OR
FORWARD, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU
LOOK AT IT TO THE SET OF THIRD
READING FILE TO ALLOW MR TING TO
TAKE UP HIS ITEM. THIS IS FILE
ITEM 58. FILE ITEM. 58 IS SENATE
BILL 13 27. AND THE CLERK AWAY.
SENATE BILL 13 27 BY SENATOR
HERTZBERG AND OTHERS RELATING TO
FIREARMS. MR TING. SEGMENT TWO
SPEAKER I'M PROUD TO STAND UP
AND, UM PRESENT SP 13 27 BY
SENATOR HERZBERG. UM, THIS BILL
IS COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION
. WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS TOO OFTEN
WE HAVE TOO MANY SHOOTINGS. TOO
MUCH GUN VIOLENCE ON OUR STREETS
. THIS PUTS THE POWER BACK IN
THE PEOPLE'S HANDS. THIS DOES
THIS GIVES PEOPLE A PRIVATE
RIGHT OF ACTION THAT ALLOWS
ALMOST ANYONE. TO BRING A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THOSE
MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE
TRANSPORT IMPORT OR SELL ILLEGAL
ASSAULT WEAPONS RIFLES, GHOST
GUNS OR GHOST GUN KIT. IT ALSO
IMPLIES AND ALSO ENFORCES
ILLEGAL SALES TO MINORS. PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 21,
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS SHOOTING
AFTER SHOOTING AFTER SHOOTING.
AND WE WONDER WHEN IS ENOUGH
ENOUGH? WHEN THIS BILL WAS
INTRODUCED? WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE SHOOTING DOWN THE
STREET IN SACRAMENTO JUST FEW
BLOCKS FROM HERE BETWEEN THEN
AND NOW. WE HAD ANOTHER SHOCKING
MASS SHOOTING IN TEXAS. SO AT A
TIME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AND
WE'RE ALWAYS OFFERING PRAYERS
AND THOUGHTS IN OUR SYMPATHIES.
THAT REALLY THOSE SYMPATHIES
DON'T GO VERY FAR. WHERE
LEGISLATIVE BODY IT'S TIME TO
TAKE ACTION IN THIS ACTION IS
LONG OVERDUE I
RESPECT FOR US FOR I VOTE ON SP
13 27. THANK YOU, MR TANG. MR.
GIBSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT AND STAND AS A AS A
PROUD PRINCIPAL CO. OF SENATE
BILL 13 27 HERTZBERG. WHICH WAS
BROUGHT FORTH BY OUR BUDGET
SHARE MR TING FROM SAN FRANCISCO
. THIS BILL WILL ALLOW A PERSON
TO SUE. IT GOES GUN MANUFACTURER
AND THOSE WHO TRAFFIC, ILLEGAL
FIREARMS AND ASSAULT WEAPONS IN
OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT TEXAS DID ON
ABORTION WAS DANGEROUS, AND WE
ALREADY KNOW THAT THE HOW
DISGUSTING THE RECENT DECISION
BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT HAS BEEN, BUT CALIFORNIA
STANDS TO LEAD THE WAY IN THIS
SPACE IN A VERY POWERFUL AND
DYNAMIC WAY. THIS IS ABOUT
EMPOWERING EVERY DAY. PEOPLE WHO
ARE AT THE BLUNT OF GUN VIOLENCE
IN THEIR COMMUNITY AS WE STAND
UP FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.IT IS
ABSOLUTELY PRUDENT FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO SUE GUN MANUFACTURERS
WHO PRODUCE GUNS OF MASS
DESTRUCTIONS IF WE CAN SUE
AUTUMN, A DEALER FOR A SAFETY
BELT MALFUNCTIONING AND NOT
SECURING SOMEONE OR AIRBAG BEING
DEPLOYED AND NOT PROTECTING
SOMEONE'S LIFE. WE CAN SUE THOSE
MANUFACTURERS OF WHAT RIGHT NOW.
IN CALIFORNIA. WE DON'T HAVE THE
RIGHT TO SUE GUN MANUFACTURERS,
AND I SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT THIS
IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
. WE BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO ONE
PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AROUND GUNS
, AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE
LOSING THEIR LIVES DUE TO GUN
VIOLENCE IN THIS IN THIS STATE
AROUND THIS COUNTRY. MY OWN
PARTNER. MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS
A POLICE OFFICER AND JOHN
HOAGLAND IS ON OUR POLICE
OFFICER MEMORIAL WALL, NOT FAR
FROM WHERE THIS CAPITAL STAND.
MY PARTNER WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
MANY YEARS AGO. UM AND YOU
ALREADY KNOW THE STORY ABOUT MY
SON. IT'S A WAY TO PROTECT ALL
OF CALIFORNIA'S. THIS IS A STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE A
STRONG I'D VOTE ON SENATE BILL
13 27. THANK YOU, MISS GIBSON.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE, MR NGEMA CLOSE IF YOU
WISH. WITH THAT CLERK LEVEL, THE
ROLE ALL MEMBERS FOLK. WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL MEMBERS
VOTED DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL. CLOSER ROLE AND TELL
YOU THAT I 15 KNOWS 19. THAT
MEASURE PASSES. MEMBERS. I HAVE
SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL MEET
UPON A GERMAN AND ROOM FOR 44.
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WILL
MEET UPON A GERMAN ROOM BEFORE
FOR SEVEN. TRANSPORTATION.
COMMITTEE WILL MEET UPON A
GERMAN AND SWING SPACE. 1100 AND
THE REVENUE AND TAXATION
COMMITTEE WILL MEET. UPON A
GERMAN IN ROOM 1 26. WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE TO A GERMANS.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO A GERMAN.
SOME MEMORY MEMBERS AND THE
QUORUM CALL IS LIFTED. THE
QUORUM CALL IS LIFTED AT THIS
TIME. WE ARE AT THE GERMANS AND
MEMORY MEMBERS. PLEASE TAKE YOUR
SEATS OR TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF OF THE FLOOR.
MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF OF THE FLOOR
AT THIS TIME. WE ARE THE GERMANS
IN MEMORY.
MEMBERS WERE THE GERMANS IN
MEMORY.
MEMBERS THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
WERE GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION TO
SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN
MEMORY. MR WHEN YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GERMAN AND
MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
AND COLLEAGUES. I RISE TODAY TO
ASK THE RE ADJOURNED IN THE
MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE DR PETER
GREEN OF HUNTING BEACH WHO
PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 5TH 2022 AT
THE AGE OF 96. PETER GREEN WAS
BORN IN 1926 AND RAISING
MINNEAPOLIS BY POOR BUT TIGHTEN
IT FAMILY THAT INCLUDED HIS
PARENTS, TWO SISTERS AND THREE
BROTHERS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF
WORLD WAR TWO, PETER DROP OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINED THE NAVY
TO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY BY HIS
OWN ACCOUNT, HIS TIME IN THE
NAVY WAS REWARDED WITH
UNPRECEDENTED LUXURIES SUCH AS
HIS OWN BED. AND THE MOST FOOD
HE'S EVER HAD ACCESS TO. AFTER
THE WAR ENDED PETER INTO
COLLEGE. AT SAINT GREGORY'S
UNIVERSITY IN OKLAHOMA, WHERE HE
SPENT THE NEXT 20 YEARS AS A
PRIEST FOLLOWING HIS TIME
TEACHING AT SAYING GREGORY'S
PEOPLE THERE WAS PROMOTED TO
DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY AND LATER
SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY. FOLLOWING HIS
SERVICE TO CATHOLIC CHURCH,
PETER REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED
FULL EXEMPTION TO LEAVE
PRIESTHOOD AND REMAIN IN A
DEVOTED CATHOLIC, HIS ENTIRE
LIFE. TWO YEARS LATER, LEAVING
THE PRIESTHOOD. PETER MET
CATHERINE CLARY AND THEY MARRY
TWO MONTHS LATER. WE'RE TOGETHER
FOR 52 YEARS. STARTING OFF. HIS
NEW LIFE, PETER RECEIVED A
HANDFUL OF JOB OFFERS FROM
COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HE
ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF
PROFESSOR AT THE THEIR NEWLY
FORMED GO TO WEST COLLEGE IN
HUNTING BEACH BECAUSE HE MISSED
HE MISSED TEACHING. IN 1976
PETER MET MANY LIKE MINDED
FACULTY MEMBERS, WITH WHOM HE
REMAINED VERY CLOSE FRIENDS AND
BECAME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF
AMIGOS DAY. BOSA CHICA. THE
GROUP WAS DEDICATED TO KEEPING
THE CHEEK OF WETLANDS FOR BEING
DEVELOPED INTO A MARINA, WHICH
WOULD DESTROY VITAL ECOSYSTEM
AND COST SANDY EROSION ON THE
BEACH. AFTER A VICTORIOUS 20
YEAR BATTLE, BOTH CHICA WETLANDS
WERE PRESERVED. IN 1984. HE RAN
FOR A SEAT ON HIS HUNTING BEACH
CITY COUNCIL AND ONE OVERALL, HE
SPENT FOUR TERMS AS A COUNCIL
MEMBER AND TWO TERMS AS MAYOR.
IN 2000 AND FIVE THE SAFE HUNTER
BEACH DEDICATED PETER GREEN PARK
, HONORING HIM FOR HIS PUBLIC
SERVICE TO HUNT AND BEACH AND
ORANGE COUNTY. OVERALL PETER IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, THE
HONORABLE CATHY GREEN, A FORMER
HUNTED BEACH MAYOR AND ALSO
CURRENTLY THE MEMBER, A MEMBER
OF THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER
DISTRICT. HIS CHILDREN, TERESA
AND THOMAS AND COUNTLESS FRIENDS
. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND A CITY
AND COMMUNITY HE HELPED SHAPE A
PARK WHERE FAMILIES CAN GATHER
AND THE BEACH WHERE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE EACH YEAR CAN SINK THEIR
TOES. IN THE SAND AND WATCH THE
SURF. AGAIN. ARREST US TO HONOR. IN A JOURNEY IN MEMORY OF THE
HONORABLE DR PETER GREEN. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER. THANK YOU, MR
WAYNE. THANK YOU MEMBERS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS THE SESSION
SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS. TUESDAY
JUNE 28TH CHECK IN SESSION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH FLOOR
SESSION UPON CALL OF THE
SPEAKER. ALL OTHER ITEMS
REMAINING WOULD PASS TO RETAIN
ALL MOTION SHALL BE CONTINUED
SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS. I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN
A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MISS IRWIN
MOVES AND MR NGUYEN SECONDS THAT
THIS HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED
UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH UPON
CALL OF THE SPEAKER.