THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BAUER-KAHAN
NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM.
INSURGENTS THAT ARMS WILL
PREPARE THE CHAMBER. BRINGING
THE ABSENT MEMBERS OF THE CLERK
WILL CALL THE ROLL. AGUIAR-CURRY
ALVAREZ ARAMBULA. BARRACK HAN
BENNETT. BERMAN. BIGELOW BLOOM,
BOERNER HORVATH PONTA BRIAN
CALDERON, CARILLO CERVANTES CHEN
CHOI. COOLEY. COOPER CUNNINGHAM,
DALLI. DAILY. DAVIES FLORA MIKE
FONG. VINCE FONG FRIEDMAN,
GABRIEL GALLAGHER, CRISTINA
GARCIA, EDUARDO GARCIA GIBSON
GRAY. GRAYSON HANEY, HOLDEN.
IRWIN JOAN SAWYER KALRA KYLIE.
LACKEY LEE LEVINE. LOW.
MAIENSCHEIN MATHIS MAZE MCCARTY
MAKIN, ER MEDINA. MULLEN
MURATSUCHI MISERY IN WHEN
O'DONNELL. PATERSON
PETRIE-NORRIS WORK. QUIRK-SILVA
RAMOS REYES THREE OF US
ROBERT RIVAS RODRIGUEZ RUBIO
SALAS SANTIAGO. SEYARTO TOÀN
MYTH STONE TING VALLADARES V
VALLAPUDUA OF OPAL WALDRON WARD.
WEBER WICKS WILSON WOULD MR
SPEAKER.
MEMBERS REQUIREMENTS. PRESIDENT.
REQUIREMENTS. PRESIDENT ASSEMBLY.
MEMBERS. WE HAVE A QUORUM.
FORMER PRESIDENT ASSEMBLY. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS IN
THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND IN
THE GALLERY. TO PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER. DAYS PRAYER WILL BE
OFFERED BY OUR ASSEMBLY
CHAPLAIN. IMAM YASIR KHAN. IMAM.
YES, SIR. IN THE NAME OF GOD.
THE MOST GRACIOUS, MOST
MERCIFUL. ALMIGHTY GOD. BECOME
THIS TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR LAST
NIGHT'S REST. AND EARLY RISING
THIS MORNING. ALMOST GRACIOUS
GOD, WHO KNOWS THE SECRETS OF
OUR HEARTS. AND THE THOUGHTS OF
HER MINDS. WE HUMBLY BESEECH
YOU. AS WE PRAY FOR PEACE
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. DIRECT US
ALL LORD. IN ALL OF OUR
ENDEAVORS. THAT WE MAY GLORIFY
YOU. COME IN. THANK YOU, MOM.
YES, SIR. WE ASK OUR GUESTS AND
VISITORS TO REMAIN STANDING AND
JOIN US FOR HE FLAG SALUTE.
PLEASE JOIN ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
HANEY AS HE LEADS US IN THE
PLEDGE, MR HANEY. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. FOR
WHICH IT SAYS ONE YOUR DAD. THE
CIVIL LIBERTY. THIS IS FOR ALL
THANK YOU MAY BE SEATED. READING
OF THE PREVIOUS STATES JOURNAL
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER SACRAMENTO
WEDNESDAY MAY 18TH 2022 AT SEVEN
A.M. THE HONORABLE MARK STONE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S 29TH DISTRICT
MOVES AND MR FLORA SECONDS. THAT
THE READING OF THE PREVIOUS
STAGE JOURNAL BE DISPENSED WITH
PRESENTATIONS AND PETITIONS.
THERE ARE NINE INTRODUCTION
REFERENCE THE BILLS WILL BE
DEFERRED REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NO MESSAGES FROM THE
SENATE. THERE ARE NOT MOVING TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS THE
ABSENCES FOR THE DAY FOR
ILLNESS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CUNNINGHAM.
AND MS REYES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. EVERY
QUESTION ANIMUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO
ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARILLO.
JOAN SAWYER AND NAZARIAN TO
SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN
MEMORY TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION
. SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER
PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY RULE 97. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
REFER THE REMAINING BUDGET
RELATED VEHICLES ON FILE ITEMS.
1 25 THROUGH 1 39 INCLUSIVE TO
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER. AT THE REQUEST AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR, PLEASE
REMOVE SB 994 JONES FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. CLERK WILL
KNOW.
AND MS RAISE YOUR AGAIN
RECOGNIZED. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO WAIVE THE ONE DAY
WAIT FOR CONCURRENCE TO ALLOW
AUTHORS TO TAKE UP ITEM 73 A B
25 51 MCCARTY AND ITEMS 74 A B
25 71 BEAR BAUER-KAHAN. AND MR
FLORA FOR PURPOSE. ER WE
WITHHOLD CONSENT AND ASK FOR A
ROLL CALL VOTE. THIS IS A REAL
SUSPENSION MEMBERS. MISS REYES
MOVES, MR GIBSON SECONDS ON THE
ROAD SUSPENSION. THIS IS A
PROCEDURAL VOTE. MEMBERS ON THE
ROAD SUSPENSION CLIP WILL OPEN
THE ROAD. IT IS RAISED IS ASKING
FOR AN I VOTED MR FLORA WINDOW.
MISS REYES IS ASKING FOR MY VOTE
AND MR FLORA IS ASKING FOR A NO
VOTE. TAKES 41.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE ROLE. ICE
44 NOS 18. THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED. MEMBERS. I RECEIVED A
NOTE THAT DR WEBBER WILL BE
CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY ON
SATURDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR
WEBBER.
MEMBERS WE ARE MOVING TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
SECOND READING. SER CARILLO.
SENATE BILL 14 75 12 56 3 84 85
11 48 WITH AMENDMENTS 11 84 8 58
WITH AMENDMENTS AND 14TH
AMENDMENTS 14 73 WITH THE
MEMBERS 1200 WITH AMENDMENTS 6
88 WITH MEMBERS 9 75 OF THE
MEMBERS 13 23 WITH AMENDMENTS 7
94 WITH AMENDMENTS 13 38 WITH
AMENDMENTS 22 91 8 64 8 72 9 13
91 98 94 11 2011 53 11 65 11 82
13 12 13 97 14 98 9 20 TO 35 13
48 14 15 14 25 14 50 TO 10 10
WITH AMENDMENTS 9 72 10 08 WITH
AMENDMENT 12 08 WITH AMENDMENTS
9 87 WITH AMENDMENTS 12 34 WITH
AMENDMENTS 8 34 WITH AMENDMENTS
ETERNITY FOR THE MEMBERS. 25
AMENDMENTS. 13 73 14 44 11 77 8
97 WITH AMENDMENTS 10 67 WITH
AMENDMENTS 11 05 WITH AMENDMENTS
12 90 WITH AMENDMENTS 13 93 WITH
AMENDMENTS 14 76 WITH AMENDMENTS
8 33 WITH AMENDMENTS 14 32 OF
THE IMAGE 11 09 WITH THE IMAGE
13 85 AMENDMENTS 5 61 WITH
AMENDMENT 69 WITH AMENDMENTS 14
82 WITH AMENDMENTS 6 49 WITH
AMENDMENTS 8 76 WITH AMENDMENTS
9 41 WITH AMENDMENTS 97 WITH
AMENDMENTS 10 47 WITH AMENDMENTS
14 81 WITH AMENDMENTS 8 78 WITH
AMENDMENTS 13 OH, TWO, WITH
AMENDMENTS TO 25 AMENDMENTS AND
SENATE BILL 99 WITH AMENDMENTS.
ALL BILLS WILL BE NAMED RED. AN
AMENDMENT STEAMED ADOPTED.
MEMBERS WE ARE GOING TO THE
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING FILE. WE
ARE AT ASSEMBLY, THIRD READING.
PASS TO RETAIN ON FILE AND I'M
79 THROUGH 81. WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE UP MS WILSON'S RESOLUTION.
THIS IS FILE ITEM 82. A CR TWO
OF. FIVE AND THE CLERK WILL
READ. A SUMMIT CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 205 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON RELATIVE
TO WOMEN VETERANS. MEMBERS. MISS
WILSON, YOU MAY OPEN. GOOD
MORNING. TODAY I PRESENT TO YOU
A CR 205, WHICH ESTABLISHES
WOMEN'S VETERANS RECOGNITION
DAY, AND I URGE ALL OF YOU TO
JOIN AND CELEBRATING THE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN OUR
ARMED FORCES. THERE ARE OVER TWO
MILLION WOMEN VETERANS IN THE
UNITED STATES AND NEARLY 163,000
WOMEN VETERANS MAKE CALIFORNIA
THEIR HOME, ACCORDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS.
WOMEN ARE THE FASTEST GROWING
GROUP AND THE VETERAN POPULATION
AS THEY ACCOUNT FOR
APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE OVERALL
VETERAN POPULATION, AND IT'S
PROJECTED THAT WOMEN WILL MAKE
UP TO 18. OF THE VETERAN
POPULATION BY 2040. WOMEN WHO
HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY WERE OFTEN REFERRED TO
AS INVISIBLE VETERANS BECAUSE
THEIR SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS WENT
LARGELY UNRECOGNIZED BY
POLITICIANS. THE MEDIA, ACADEMIA
AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOMEN
HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED VITAL ROLES
AND WARS AND CONFLICTS
THROUGHOUT UNITED STATES HISTORY
, INCLUDING SERVING AS SOLDIERS
RAISING MORALE AND SPYING ON THE
ENEMY DURING THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION. WOMEN HAVE FORMALLY
BEEN A PART OF THE U. S ARMED
FORCES SINCE THE ASSUMPTION OF
THE ARMY NURSE CORPSE AND 19. OH
ONE BUT HAVE INFORMALLY SERVED
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF OUR
NATION'S MILITARY. IN 1917. WHEN
THE U. S NAVY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD
OPEN ENLISTMENT TO WOMEN ABOUT
12,000 WOMEN ENTERED THE UNITED
STATES NAVY AND FILLED A VARIETY
OF JOBS, INCLUDING DRAFTSMAN
INTERPRETERS. CURE EARS AND
TRANSLATORS AND WAR WORLD 2
140,000 WOMEN SERVED IN THE
WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS AND THEN
PERFORM CRITICAL JOBS, SUCH AS
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
CRYPTOGRAPHIC TIP, CRYPTOGRAPHY
AND PARACHUTE RIGGING. IN 1943,
THE WOMEN IN THE AIR FORCE AND
THE WOMEN'S FLYING TRAINING
DETACHMENT MERGED INTO A SINGLE
UNIT FOR ALL WOMEN PILOTS KNOWN
AS WASP WHO FLEW MORE THAN
60,000 MILES IN TWO YEARS. ALSO
DURING WORLD WAR TWO. THE 6888TH
BATTALION, NICKNAMED SIX TRIPLE
EIGHT WAS FORMED AS THE FIRST
AND ONLY ALL BLACK WOMENS ARMY
COURT UNIT TO BE DEPLOYED
OVERSEAS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE WOMEN'S ARMED SERVICES
INTEGRATION ACT OF 1948 WOMEN
BECAME A PERMANENT PART OF THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY, BUT THE
ACT CONTINUE TO RESTRICT WOMEN
TO ONLY 2. OF THE MILITARY
POPULATION. THIS RESTRICTION WAS
ULTIMATELY LIFTED IN 1967 WITH
AN AMENDMENT WHICH ALSO OPENED
SENIOR OFFICERS RANKS TO WOMEN.
EARLY 19 NINETIES WERE HISTORIC
TIME FOR WOMEN IN THE MILITARY
WITH OVER 40,000 WOMEN DEPLOYING
IN SUPPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF
WAR. MAKING WOMEN SERVICE
MEMBERS MORE VISIBLE IN THE EYES
OF THE PUBLIC. THE WOMEN HAVE
BEEN OFFICIALLY SERVING IN THE
MILITARY SINCE 19 OH ONE. THEY
HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED
QUALIFIED FOR VETERAN STATUS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING
BENEFITS FROM THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS.
AND EVEN THOUGH US, DEVIA AND
CALVERT HAVE INTRODUCED
INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE
HEALTHCARE, ACCESS AND QUALITY
OF CARE FOR WOMEN, VETERANS,
WOMEN VETERANS
DISPROPORTIONATELY DO NOT USE
THEIR HEART OAN. VETERAN
BENEFITS. THAT IS WHY IT IS
THOROUGHLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF
OUR WOMEN VETERANS AND ENSURE
THEY RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION
THAT THEY RIGHTLY DESERVE. I ASK
ALL OF YOU TO JOIN ME IN
CELEBRATING THE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO OUR
ARMED FORCES, AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AFTER OPENING
THE ROLE TO CO AUTHORS, THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WILSON.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
ON THE RESOLUTION, THE AUTHORS
ASKING THAT THE FIRST ROLE BE
OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS CORPORAL UP
IN THE ROLE. IT'S JUST FOR CO
AUTHORS ON THE RESOLUTION. THIS
IS FOR CO AUTHORS.
CLERK WELL, CLOSER ROLE. THERE
ARE 71 CO AUTHORS ADDED ON THE
RESOLUTION, AND WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE MAY TAKE A VOICE
VOTE. ON THE RESOLUTION. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AYE,
OPPOSING A. THE EYES HAVE IT THE
RESOLUTION AS ADOPTED. MEMBERS I
SEE OUR BUDGET CHAIR MR TING ON
THE FLOOR. WE WOULD LIKE TO
WELCOME MR TING'S ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT, 19 INTERNS TO THE
GALLERY. WELCOME TO THE 18 80 19
INTERNS.
MEMBERS AND FILE ORDER. THIS IS
FALLOUT OF 83. A J R 32 BY MR
NAZARIAN. IN THE CLARK WORRIED.
A SLIMY JOINT RESOLUTION 32 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ARYAN RELATIVE
TO INFRASTRUCTURE. MR NAZARIAN.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. ASSEMBLY
JOINT RESOLUTION. 32 SIGNALS THE
LEGISLATURE'S SUPPORT FOR HR
3339. WHICH IS FEDERAL
LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING A
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK TO
FACILITATE THE FINANCING OF
URGENTLY NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS PIECE OF FEDERAL
LEGISLATION WILL PROVIDE OVER $5
TRILLION WORTH OF LOANS OVER THE
NEXT 10 YEARS TO LOCAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS. BY THE WAY, LET'S
NOT FORGET THAT THE CURRENT NEED
ESTABLISHED. BY THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS PUTS
OUR NEED AT $2.4 BILLION 2.6
BILLION DOLLARS, SO THERE'S
GOING TO BE AN EXCESS OF $2.4
TRILLION LEFT. TO COVER OTHER
PROJECTS AS WELL. COLLEAGUES
CALIFORNIA THIS DESPERATELY
NEEDS THIS FEDERAL LEGISLATION
TO DEAL WITH OUR INADEQUATE
INFRASTRUCTURE ON VARIOUS TYPES
OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS HAS
GIVEN CALIFORNIA NOT A GREAT
HIGHER THAN C MINUS AS WE DEAL
WITH DILAPIDATED INFRASTRUCTURE
, EXPANDING BROADBAND ACCESS AND
RETHINKING TRANSPORTATION IN
LIGHT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, A
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK TO
HELP FUNDING INITIATIVES IS
CRITICAL. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU, MR NASSIRIAN. SEEING
NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THE
RESOLUTION. MR NAZARIAN. WOULD
YOU LIKE CO AUTHORS ON THAT A.
J. R. FIRST ROW WILL BE FOR CO
AUTHORS ON THE RESOLUTION CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. MEMBER
SISTERS FOR CO AUTHORS ON THE
RESOLUTION. THIS IS FOR CO
AUTHORS. ON A J. R 32.
CLARK. WELL. CLOSE ROLE THERE
ARE 52 CO AUTHORS ADDED. THIS IS
AN A J. R, SO WE WILL TAKE A
ROLL CALL VOTE. CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLE. ALL MEMBERS FELT
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTERS ARE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE. THE DESIRE TO VOTE. CLARK
WELL, CLITORAL CHILDHOOD. I 52
NO. ZERO. THAT RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS IN FILE ORDER
FILE OUT OF 84. A CR 207 CLARK
PORTRAYED ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION TO SEVEN BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON RELATIVE
TO SICKLE CELL AWARENESS STATE.
MISS WILSON, YOU MAY GET OPEN.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO BRING
MUCH NEEDED AWARENESS TO A
DISEASE THAT GREATLY AFFECTS THE
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY,
INCLUDING MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY
THAT HAS SICKLE CELL DISEASE. AS
THE MOST COMMON INHERITED BLOOD
ORDER SICKLE CELL DISEASE AS A
LIFE THREATENING CHRONIC ILLNESS
THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS AROUND THE
WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES.
SICKLE CELL DISEASE AFFECTS
ROUGHLY 100,000 AMERICANS
OCCURRING DISPROPORTIONATELY IN
BLACK AND BROWN POPULATIONS. SIX
SICKLE CELL DISEASE CAN BE A
LIFE THREATENING CONDITION,
LEADING TO A 25 TO 30 YEAR
REDUCTION AND LIFE EXPECTANCY.
AND ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE CARE
CAN BE LIMITED BY SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND
GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS. INDIVIDUALS
LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
ENCOUNTER BARRIERS TO OBTAINING
QUALITY CARE AND IMPROVING THEIR
QUALITY OF LIFE. THESE BARRIERS
INCLUDE LIMITATIONS AND
GEOGRAPHIC ACCESS TO
COMPREHENSIVE CARE, THE VARIED
USE OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS, THE
HIGH RELIANCE ON EMERGENCY CARE
AND ON PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS
AND THE LIMITED NUMBER OF
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITH
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO
MANAGE AND TREAT SICKLE CELL
DISEASE. SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS
NOT ONLY AN EXTREMELY PAINFUL
DISEASE, BUT CAN ALSO BE AN
EMOTIONAL BATTLE, AS MANY PEOPLE
OF COLOR CARRY NOT ONLY THE
BURDEN OF DISEASE BUT ALSO THE
TASK OF CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT
THEIR PAIN IS REAL. THIS IS
OFTEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES
TO A DIAGNOSIS AND EFFECTIVE
PAIN MANAGEMENT TREATMENT. IF
THERE IS ONE THING THIS CHAMBER
CAN'T AGREE ON IS THAT WATCHING
A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE IN PAIN IS
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN
WITNESS. WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I VOTE
FIRST FOR CO AUTHORS. THANK YOU,
MISS WILSON. MR. GIBSON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. MR SPEAKER MEMBERS I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF A CR 207, WHICH WOULD
RECOGNIZE JUNE JUNE THE 19TH OF
SICKLE CELL AWARENESS DAY IN
CALIFORNIA. THE INITIAL ESTIMATE
, AND I JUST WANT TO EMBELLISH
ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUE HAS ALREADY
MADE MENTION OF THE INITIAL
ESTIMATE OF ABOUT 6000 PATIENTS
LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
IN CALIFORNIA'S CLOSER TO 9000
AND GROWING INDIVIDUALS WITH
SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN
CALIFORNIA. HAS A SHORTER LIFE
EXPECTANCY OF ONLY ABOUT 43
YEARS OLD CELL DISEASE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT PEOPLE
OF COLOR. ABOUT ONE IN 13.
AFRICAN AMERICAN BABIES BORN
WITH SICKLE CELL TRADE, SEVEN
PER 1000. LATINOS CARRIES A
SICKLE CELL TRADE, TOO. PER 1000
ÁP. I CARRY SICKLE CELL TRAIT IN
2019. I FOUGHT FOR $15 MILLION
IN 2022. THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS MADE
THE NETWORKING CALIFORNIA SICKLE
CELL CARE BUDGET REQUESTS. A
CAUCUS PRIORITY ONE OF MY
PRIORITY BUDGETS HAVE BEEN
ASKING THAT WE CAN THAT WE
SUPPORT SICKLE CELL DISEASE WITH
A $30 MILLION BUDGET ASK AND
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND THE
GOVERNOR ADDED $5 MILLION TO THE
MAY REVISE. THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS
SUPPORTS $30 MILLION FOR THE
NETWORK IN CALIFORNIA SICKLE
CELL CARE, MAKING IT POSSIBLE
THERE TO SEE LBC SUPPORT STATE
BUDGET ACT OF 2019. FUNDING IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. WE DID A
FANTASTIC JOB FOR $15 MILLION,
BUT WE NEED TO GO FURTHER TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS POPULATION
IS NOT NEGLECTED. THIS
POPULATION IS ABSOLUTELY
RECEIVED THE KIND OF RESOURCES
THAT IT NEEDS. SO I RESPECTFULLY
ASK WHAT I VOTE ON A CR 207.
THANK YOU, MISS GIBSON. SEE NO
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE
RESOLUTION. MISS WILSON, YOU MAY
CLOSE IF YOU WISH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GIBSON FOR RISING IN SUPPORT OF
THIS AND AS NOTED, SO MANY
PEOPLE LIVE WITH PAIN, AND THEY
NEED THE SUPPORT, AS MY FELLOW
MEMBER NOTED, AND WE CANNOT TAKE
AWAY THEIR PAIN. WE CAN'T TAKE
THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR
PAIN AND SUFFERING. THIS DISEASE
HAS CALLED AND ALSO LOOK TO THE
FUTURE AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO
HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING WITH THIS
DISEASE. I ASKED FOR A VOTE ON A
CR 207 AND I RESPECTFULLY ASKED
FOR CO AUTHORS TO BE AT IT.
THANK YOU, MISS WILSON. FIRST
ROLE BE OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS ON
THE RESOLUTION, CLARK WILL OPEN
THE ROLE. MEMBERS. THIS IS FOR
CO AUTHORS, A CR 207. THIS IS
FOR CO AUTHORS.
CLERK WELL CLOSER ROLE. THERE
ARE 73 CO AUTHORS ADDED WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE MAY TAKE A VOICE
VOTE. ON THE RESOLUTION. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. I
OPPOSE, SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE
IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
MEMBERS WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO
THE CONCURRENCE FILE. THIS IS
CONCURRENCE AND SENATE
AMENDMENTS. TOP OF THE FOUL.
FILE. ADAM 72. A B 16 45.
AGREED. ASSEMBLY BILL 16 45 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PETRIE-NORRIS
AND ACTUALLY IN THE STATE PARKS
, DECLARING THERE WAS TO SEE
THEIR UP TO TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY. MS PETRIE-NORRIS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AT MEMBERS
. A B 16 45 IS BACK FROM THE
SENATE ON CONCURRENCE.
AMENDMENTS ARE TECHNICAL IN
NATURE OF THIS BILL HAS ENJOYED
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU HEARD ME CORRECTLY UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT. IN HIS DEEPLY DIVIDED
POLITICAL TIMES, A B 16 45
SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
ON THE ITEM. CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL ALL MEMBERS VOTE. THE
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTED DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL. CLOSER ROLL TIDE,
BUT I 72 NO. ZERO SENATE
AMENDMENTS. OUR CONCURRED IN.
MEMBERS WERE ON THE SENATE THIRD
READING FILE.
MEMBERS. WE ARE MOVING TO THE
SENATE THIRD READING FILE. GOING
TO PASS OR RETAIN ON FILE ITEMS
. 86 THROUGH 89. THIS IS FILE
ITEM 90. SET UP BILL 57. ANDTHE
CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL 57
BY SENATOR WEINER AND OTHERS IN
ACCOLADE TO CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES. MR HANEY, YOU MAY
OPEN. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
MEMBERS I RISE TO PRESENT SENATE
BILL 57 ON BEHALF OF SENATOR
WIENER. SAN FRANCISCO, LOS
ANGELES AND OAKLAND. THE CITY IS
INCLUDED IN THIS BILL ARE IN THE
MIDST OF A TERRIBLE, HORRIFIC,
ESCALATING PUBLIC HEALTH
EPIDEMIC. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
ALONE OVER 1500 PEOPLE HAVE DIED
OF OPIOID OVERDOSES IN SAN
FRANCISCO. THAT IS NEARLY TWICE
THE NUMBER THAT DIED OF COVID
19. MANY HAVE DIED IN PUBLIC ON
OUR STREETS, PARKS AND BENCHES.
I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED
PEOPLE DIE ON THE SIDEWALK IN
FRONT OF MY APARTMENT IN THE
TENDERLOIN. THESE ARE PEOPLE
WITH FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND LOVED
ONES AND FUTURES NEEDLESSLY CUT
SHORT LOST FOREVER TO A DEBT
THAT WAS PREVENTABLE. THIS DRUG
OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC IS DEVASTATING
FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND
HURTING OUR STATE'S RECOVERY.
THAT'S WHY THIS BILL IS SO
IMPORTANT. FIRST AND FOREMOST,
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IT WILL
SAVE LIVES BY STOPPING OVERDOSE
DEATHS AND KEEPING PEOPLE ALIVE.
IT DOES THAT BY GIVING SOME OF
THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY THE
OPIOID CRISIS. SAN FRANCISCO L.
A CITY L, A COUNTY AND OAKLAND
THE DISCRETION TO AUTHORIZE
OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
KNOWN AS SAFE CONSUMPTION SITES.
TO BE CLEAR. NO CITY OR COUNTY
IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH AN
OVERDOSE PROGRAM UNDER THIS
LEGISLATION. INSTEAD, SB 57 ONLY
AUTHORIZES CITIES AND COUNTIES
TO DECIDE LOCALLY WHETHER OR NOT
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PILOT
PROGRAM. THIS IS A LOCAL CONTROL
BILL AND EACH OF THE FOUR
PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS HAVE
REQUESTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS
LEGISLATION. UNANIMOUS VOTES BY
L. A COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS, THE SAN FRANCISCO
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OAKLAND
CITY COUNTY AND A 14 1 VOTE BY
THE L. A CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A
PROVEN INTERVENTION THAT WORKS
APPROXIMATELY 170 OVERDOSE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS EXIST IN
OVER 14 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NOW
AND OTHER STATES. THEY'VE BEEN
RIGOROUSLY RESEARCHED AND HAVE
BEEN PROVEN TO MAKE
NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. OVERDOSE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS, BRING THE
OPIOID CRISIS AND DRUG USE OFF
OUR STREETS AND PARKS AND OUT OF
PEOPLE'S DOORSTEPS. THEY SAVE
LIVES BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO USE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF STAFF TRAINED TO
PREVENT AND TREAT OVERDOSES.
THESE SITES ALSO STOPPED THE
SPREAD OF HIV AND HEPATITIS BY
HAVING CLEAN SUPPLIES ON HAND
AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDE
TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT DRUGS
THAT MIGHT BE LACED WITH DEADLY
FENTANYL THAT IS KILLING PEOPLE
IN OUR STATE ARE STOPPED. STAFF
ON SITE CAN CONNECT PEOPLE WITH
SERVICES, HEALTH CARE AND
TREATMENT TO GET PEOPLE OFF
DRUGS ALL TOGETHER. HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE SUPPORTING
THIS BILL BECAUSE OVERDOSE
PREVENTION SERVICES A POINT OF
ENTRY TO GET PEOPLE SUFFERING
FROM ADDICTION INTO DETOX AND
DRUG TREATMENT AND ON THE ROAD
TO RECOVERY. I KNOW MOST OF US
WOULD PREFER THAT PEOPLE JUST
DON'T USE DRUGS AT ALL, AND THEY
SEEK TREATMENT. BUT ADDICTION IS
AN ILLNESS AND WE HAVE TO REACH
PEOPLE WHEREVER AND HOWEVER WE
CAN WITH INTERVENTIONS, AND WE
CANNOT HELP SOMEONE SEEK
TREATMENT WHEN THEY ARE NO
LONGER BREATHING. OVERDOSE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS NOT ONLY
SAVE LIVES, BUT THEY SAVE
TAXPAYER MONEY AS WELL. THEY
REDUCED THE BURNING ON SERVICES
LIKE AMBULANCES AND EMERGENCY
ROOMS THAT TRADITIONALLY RESPOND
AND ARE INCREASINGLY OVERWHELMED
BY OVERDOSES. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ACTUALLY
DECREASED RATHER THAN INCREASED
IN THE AREAS AROUND OVERDOSE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THIS BILL
ALSO ENSURES THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS HAVE A SEAT AT THE
TABLE REQUIRING A PUBLIC HEALTH.
HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH
INPUT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT,
PUBLIC HEALTH AND GENERAL PUBLIC
IN ADVANCE OF AUTHORIZATION.
THIS IS ALSO A PILOT PROGRAM ITS
SUNSETS IN SIX YEARS AND
PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS WILL
BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A PEER
REVIEWED STUDY ANALYZING THE
SITES. PERFORMANCE THIS WILL
SAVE LIVES. PEOPLE ARE USING
DRUGS. CURRENTLY THERE WAS
NOTHING ABOUT THIS THAT
ENCOURAGES DRUG USE. IF YOU LOOK
AT THE DATA, AND YOU LOOK AT OUR
STREETS, WE NEED TO PURSUE MUCH
MORE AGGRESSIVE HEALTH AND
MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, SAFETY
INTERVENTIONS, AND WE CANNOT
KEEP USING THE SAME TOOLS AND
EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT.
OUR CITIES ARE BEGGING TO BE
GIVEN THE TOOLS AND THE
AUTHORITY. WE NEED TO CONFRONT
THIS CRISIS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
THAT THAT IT WAS AN EPIDEMIC
THAT IS KILLING OUR RESIDENTS.
THERE IS TREMENDOUS URGENCY AND
WE ARE READY TO ACT.
RESPECTFULLY WE NEED THIS BODY
TO GIVE US THAT AUTHORITY AND
WITH THAT MEMBERS, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
STATEMENTS TRAINEE. MR BLOOM,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS. WE ARE FACED
WITH AN EPIDEMIC OF DRUG USE ON
THE STREETS OF OUR STATE, PLAIN
AND SIMPLE. AND I WANT TO THANK
THE MEMBER FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO
MEMBERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO
SENATOR AND THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WHO HAVE BROUGHT THIS MEASURE TO
US. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME OF THE
SOBERING STATISTICS HERE BECAUSE
THIS BILL CAME UP A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO AND DIDN'T MAKE IT
THROUGH AND I'M NOT SAYING
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PASS THE BILL
. UM THEREFORE THE STATISTICS
OCCURRED. UM BUT THERE HAS BEEN
A DRAMATIC I DON'T MEAN A LITTLE
INCREASE A DRAMATIC INCREASE OF
DEATHS ON OUR STREETS OVER JUST
THE PAST YEAR. SO IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A
56. PERCENT INCREASE. IN DEPTH
SET THAT'S 715 OVERDOSE DEATHS,
PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS.
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE EXPIRE
RIGHT ON THE SIDEWALKS. AND
THAT'S THE END OF THEIR LIVES.
SAN FRANCISCO. 331 DEATHS LAST
YEAR, TWICE ASMANY TWICEAS
MANY AS REPORTED IN ANY PRIOR
YEAR. IN ALAMEDA COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF OAKLAND, AS AS AS ONE OF
THE I'M GIVING YOU STATISTICS
FOR AREAS THAT THIS BILL WOULD
APPLY TO WHERE THE PILOT PROJECT
WOULD APPLY TO THE CITY OF
OAKLAND, WHERE MY SON WORKS AS A
PARENT AS A PARAMEDIC
FIREFIGHTER. 809 DEATHS LAST
YEAR. 25% OF THOSE DEATHS WERE
FROM OVERDOSE. THE DEATHS THAT
WE ARE SEEING. ARE PREDOMINANTLY
YOUNG PEOPLE, LATINO AND BLACK
PEOPLE. THOSE ARE THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST AT
RISK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
FENTANYL, METHAMPHETAMINE,
HEROIN, HIGHLY ADDICTIVE
SUBSTANCES THAT ARE CHEAPLY
AVAILABLE ON THE STREETS AND
YES, LIKE THE MEMBER SAID. WE
CAN TALK ALL DAY ABOUT HOW WE
WOULD REALLY LIKE PEOPLE NOT TO
USE DRUGS IN THE FIRST PLACE. OF
COURSE. BUT WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO REDUCE THE
HARM THAT THESE FOLKS ARE
EXPOSED TO WHO ARE IN DIRE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHO ARE ALREADY
FACED. UH WITH CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT PUT THEM AGAINST THE ODDS.
UM SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL. UH, I, YOU KNOW, I
FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO PUT THE
NUMBERS UP HERE ON THE FLOOR, SO
THIS BILL DOESN'T GET VETO TILL
HE GETS A, UM, IMPLEMENTED SO WE
CAN GIVE THIS MODEL A CHANCE IN
CALIFORNIA. DÍAS. OUR COLLEAGUE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATED ITS IN
THIS MODEL IS IN PLACE ACROSS IN
MANY PLACES AROUND THE WORLD NEW
YORK CITY IMPLEMENTED IN A YEAR
OR TWO AGO. AND IT'S WORKING.
THERE ARE FEWER DEATHS. SO UM, I
RESPECTFULLY I IMPLORE YOU TO
VOTE AYE. ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT
HARM REDUCTION MEASURES. THING.
MISS BLOOM. MS BOERNER HORVATH,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. UM I WANT TO
THANK THE MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO FOR BRINGING THIS
WORD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. I HAVE
MY HESITATIONS ABOUT IT BECAUSE
I FOUND THAT CATEGORY AS A MOM
WHO THINKS YOU KNOW, HAVING THE
SAFE UM AND, UH, CONSUMPTION
SITES ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE
TO USE DRUGS. BUT THE REALITY IS
, AS MY COLLEAGUE POINTED OUT,
PEOPLE ARE USING DRUGS. THEY'RE
DYING FROM DRUGS. AND SO IF WE
DON'T DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
AND WE DON'T AT LEAST LET THESE
CITIES WHO WANT LOCAL CONTROL TO
TRY THIS OUT. TRY IT. THEN I
DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING OUR JOB
TODAY, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING I
WOULD WANT FROM MY
JURISDICTIONS. BUT THESE ARE
FOUR CITIES WHO HAVE ALL SAID
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT. IT HAS
TO BE. ONCE WE PASS THIS
LEGISLATION AND HAS TO GO
FORWARD. AND THEY HAVE TO
REAFFIRM THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY
WANT BY THEIR LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS. SO YOU KNOW I AM.
I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S FAR
BE IT FROM ME AND SAN DIEGO TO
SAY. WHAT SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD
AND SHOULD NOT DO. IF YOU'VE
BEEN ON THE STREETS IN SAN
FRANCISCO, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY,
VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAPPENS
IN IN SYDNEY. THIS AND I THINK
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM A TRY SHOT.
THANK YOU. MR BRYAN. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. I RISE
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SB 57.
PEOPLE ARE DYING ON OUR STREETS.
THEY'RE DYING ON OUR SIDEWALKS
THERE DYING IN OUR PARKS,
SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS HIGH AND MANY
COMMUNITIES AND THIS IS AN
EVIDENCE BASED MODEL THAT HAS
PROVEN TO WORK NOT JUST
DOMESTICALLY BUT IN MODELS
AROUND THE WORLD. MORE
IMPORTANTLY, AS MY COLLEAGUE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO MENTIONED
THIS IS A LOCAL CONTROL MEASURE.
THESE ARE CITIES AND COUNTIES
THAT HAVE OPTED IN TO THE IDEA
THAT THEY COULD PILOT THESE. IT
DOESN'T FORCE THE STATE TO DO
IT. DOESN'T MANDATE THE STATE DO
ANYTHING. IT JUST GIVES THEM THE
AUTHORITY TO DO THE THING THAT'S
RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS
SOMEONE WHO'S SEEN SUBSTANCE
ABUSE UP CLOSE. AND MY OWN
FAMILY WHERE WE'VE HAD
OVERDOSES. IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT
CALIFORNIA ISN'T LEADING THIS
CONVERSATION. BUT WITH BILLS
LIKE THIS, WE CAN LEAVE THIS
CONVERSATION. I WANT TO THANK
AGAIN MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO FOR BRINGING THIS
MEASURE AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU, MR
BRYANT. MS. FRIEDMAN. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I WANT TO
THANK MY NEW COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO NOT JUST FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL FORWARD, BUT FOR THE
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HE'S PUT IN
TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE IN THIS
BODY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS NOW I'M A PRINCIPAL CO
AUTHOR OF THIS BILL, AND I HAVE
BEEN A CO AUTHOR OF SEVERAL
BILLS THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THE
SUBJECT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO I'M SOMEBODY WHO ALREADY
COMES TO THE TABLE WITH AN
OPINION ABOUT THIS, BUT I KNOW
FOR A LOT OF YOU. IT'S BEEN A
STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE
SHOULD DO SOMETHING THAT SEEMS
IN SOME WAYS TO MAYBE FEED INTO
THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO
SOLVE. WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PEOPLE'S
EVOLVING THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT
THIS AND THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT
THIS. I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO WITH ONE OF THE
POLICE CHIEFS IN ONE OF MY
CITY'S NOW THIS IS A VERY
CONSERVATIVE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S
BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR
MAYBE 40 50 YEARS. HE'S AN OLDER
GENTLEMAN. AND THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS WE DO IN CALIFORNIA
DOESN'T LIKE VERY CONSERVATIVE
AND HE TELLS ME ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW YOU GUYS DID THIS. YOU
DID THAT, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S
OFTEN ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF
ISSUES, AND THIS BILL CAME UP IN
THIS MEASURE CAME UP AND HE
LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, YOU
KNOW, HE SAID. I'VE I'VE KIND OF
CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT THIS ONE,
HE SAID. OVER THE YEARS, HE
SAID, I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT
WHAT WE ARE DOING HAS NOT WORKED
AND THAT IT'S TIME TO TRY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE SAID. I
CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY MORE
PARENTS I HAVE HAD TO GO TO AND
OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SUBURBAN
COMMUNITY. TO TELL THEM. THAT
THEIR HIGH SCHOOL SON OR
DAUGHTER HAS ODED AND IS IN THE
HOSPITAL. OR EVEN WORSE. HOW
MANY PEOPLE HE'S FOUND ON THE
STREETS UNRESPONSIVE BECAUSE OF
OVERDOSES, MANY OF THEM
ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSES BECAUSE OF
TAINTED DRUGS. HE TOLD ME THAT
HE NOW UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE
ARE PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM
ACTUALLY WANT TO QUIT DRUGS. WHO
NEED TO BE DEALT WITH IN A
DIFFERENT WAY. THAT WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THESE ADDICTIVE
DRUGS? IT'S NOT THE SAME AS
SOMEBODY, FOR INSTANCE, IS
ROBBING A BANK. THESE ARE PEOPLE
IN THE THROES OF A MEDICAL
CONDITION OF ADDICTION. AND THEY
NEED SUPPORT AND THEY NEED HELP.
AND THAT SAVING THEIR LIVES IS
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BECAUSE WE
CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
EVERYBODY'S PUBLIC SAFETY, DRUG
ADDICTS, PUBLIC SAFETY
EVERYBODY'S PUBLIC SAFETY, SO
SAVING THEIR LIVES IS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT TO HIM. AS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER,AND THIS
GIVES HIM THE ABILITY TO HELP
SAVE LIVES. IT ALSO GIVES HIM
THE ABILITY OF GETTING PEOPLE
OFF THE STREETS AND INTO SOME
KIND OF CARE OFTEN TO GET THE
TRUST. OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN OFFER
THEM ADDICTION SERVICES OFFER
THEM OTHER KINDS OF HELP TO GET
THEM OFF THE STREETS AND MAYBE
TO GET THEM INTO A PATH OF
WELLNESS. TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
THEMSELVES DON'T HAVE OTHER
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OR OTHER
CONDITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO
IMPACT THEM BECAUSE AGAIN FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY SAVING LIVES IS
PARAMOUNT. EVERYBODY'S LIVES. SO
I WOULD SAY TO YOU MEMBERS, IF
YOU'RE THINKING AT ALL CAN
EVOLVE ON THIS ISSUE. IF YOU
AGREE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING
ISN'T WORKING THAT PEOPLE ARE
DYING AND HIGHER AND HIGHER
NUMBERS. THAT WE SEE MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE IN THE THROES OF
ADDICTION. THEN MAYBE IT'S TIME
TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND
HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS PROVEN
TO WORK PROVEN IN OTHER PLACES.
TO GET PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO SAVE
THEIR LIVES IMMEDIATELY, BUT TO
GET THE MEDICAL CARE TO OFFER
THEM. SUBSTANCE ABUSE CARE,
WHATEVER KIND OF COUNSELING THEY
NEED. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
THAT'S WHAT MY PUBLIC EXPECTS.
SO I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TODAY. TO
ALLOW THE CITIES THAT WANT TO
PILOT THIS AND TRY THIS TO PILOT
IT AND TRY IT, BUT TO SAY NO TO
ANYTHING THAT MIGHT SAVE LIVES
IS REALLY LEGISLATIVE
MALPRACTICE. AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK
FOR MY VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR FRIEDMAN. MR.
MURATSUCHI, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO SB 57 LET ME TELL
YOU WHY. YOU KNOW? I RECOGNIZE
THAT. THE DRUG. CRISIS THEIR
DRUG ADDICTION CRISIS. CAN AND
SHOULD, IN MANY WAYS B
ADDRESSED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS. WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE
DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT. AND
THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BILL
THAT REQUIRES DRUG ADDICTION
TREATMENT. LET ME TELL YOU. THIS
IS BASICALLY A REINTRODUCTION OF
A BILL THAT THEN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SUSAN EGGMAN
INTRODUCED. 81 86 FROM THE 2017
2018 SESSION, WHICH WAS VETOED
BY GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN.
GOVERNOR BROWN VETO MESSAGE. IS
VERY POWERFUL. IT SAYS AFTER
GREAT REFLECTION. I CONCLUDE
THAT THE DISADVANTAGE OF THIS
OUTWEIGH THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS.
ARE PARAMOUNT GOAL MUST BE TO
REDUCE THE USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
AND O POS THAT DAILY ENSLAVED
HUMAN BEINGS AND WRECKS HAVOC
AND OUR COMMUNITIES. CALIFORNIA
HAS NEVER HAD ENOUGH DRUG
TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND DOES NOT
HAVE ENOUGH NOW. HE CONCLUDES,
ENABLING ILLEGAL AND DESTRUCTIVE
DRUG USE WILL NEVER WORK. THE
COMMUNITY MUST HAVE THE
AUTHORITY AND THE LAWS TO
REQUIRE COMPASSIONATE BUT
EFFECTIVE AND MANDATORY
TREATMENT. IF WE NEEDED TO TRY
SOMETHING NEW. WE NEED TO NOT
ONLY INCREASED FUNDING FOR MORE
DRUG TREATMENT, DRUG ADDICTION
TREATMENT PROGRAMS SO THAT WE
CAN GET PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR
ADDICTIONS. BUT ALSO WE NEED TO
RESTORE THE DRUG COURTS THAT
WERE WORKING PRIOR TO THE
REDUCTION OF THE INCENTIVES AND
THE PENALTIES THAT EFFECTIVELY.
MANDATED DRUG ADDICTION
TREATMENT. SO. I SAY. LET'S.
LISTEN LET'S HEED THE WISDOM
THAT WAS REFLECTED, AND GOVERNOR
BROWN UNOVA M
UR REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. I RISE
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. WITH
ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY COLLEAGUE
FROM FROM TORRANCE YOU KNOW, I
THINK JUST TRYING TO MANDATE
TREATMENT ON PEOPLE IS REALLY,
REALLY DIFFICULT. I THINK ABOUT
THIS ISSUE, AND I THINK ABOUT
THE HISTORY OF THIS ISSUE AND
THE ORIGINAL DRUG TREATMENT
FACILITIES LIKE THIS IN
VANCOUVER AND THE STATISTICS
THAT I REMEMBER FROM THE EGGMAN
BILL. WAS THIS. THAT IT TAKES
TIME TO GET PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE
TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO EVEN
BE WILLING TO THINK ABOUT THE
SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
AND IT TAKES WHAT MIGHT REMEMBER
FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN
THOSE IN THAT IN THAT BILL. AS
IT THERE ABOUT 30% OF THE PEOPLE
WHO COME IN AND USE THESE
FACILITIES FOR SAFE INJECTION
SITES. ULTIMATELY REACH OUT FOR
SERVICES. NOW, THAT'S NOT MAYBE
THAT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER, BUT
THAT'S 30% MORE. THAT ARE DING
IT NOW. AND OF THOSE 30% 80% OF
THEM ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING
THE CARE THEY NEED AND GETTING
BACK REINTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY.
AND ISN'T THAT A POSITIVE
OUTCOME? SO YEAH, THIS ISN'T
PERFECT, AND WE AREN'T DOING
THINGS. WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT
SIMPLY AREN'T WORKING. ONCE
AGAIN. IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM.
THESE ARE CITIES THAT WANT THIS
THAT WANT TO OPT IN. AND I'LL
TELL YOU. YOU KNOW THE BILL. THE
BILL TOOK A LITTLE LONGER TO GET
HERE BECAUSE THERE IS RELUCTANCE
ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S SIDE
TO SANCTION THIS OR OR AGREED TO
STAND DOWN. BUT NOW I BELIEVE I
BELIEVE THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL INTERVENE HERE
AND I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S
WORTH A TRY. EVEN YOU KNOW, I
THINK DRUG DRUG ABUSE HAS
PROBABLY TOUCHED EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. EVERYONE IN HERE IS
FAMILY AT SOME POINT AT SOME,
SOME OF YOUR SOMEBODY IN YOUR
EXTENDED FAMILY HAS HAD SOME
DRUG SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES. IF
YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVEN'T CONSIDER
YOURSELF LUCKY, I KNOW MY FAMILY
HAS AND I KNOW THAT IF THIS WAS
AN OPTION AVAILABLE FOR SOMEONE
IN MY FAMILY AND THIS WAS THE
ONLY OPTION THAT SEEMED LIKE IT
MIGHT WORK. SURE AS HECK WANT TO
GIVE IT A CHANCE. SO I URGE YOUR
SUPPORT ON THIS BILL. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR. WOULD MISS BONTA. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. MEMBERS AS I RISE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF SB 57 AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF OAKLAND, ONE
OF THE SUBJECT CITIES OF THIS
PILOT PROGRAM IN OAKLAND'S I GET
TO HAVE PRESCHOOL TEACHERS AND
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. TELL
ME ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY
HAVE TO DO IN THE MORNING. IS
RID THEMSELVES OF THE REMNANTS
OF PEOPLE DRUG ABUSING. IN FRONT
OF THEIR SCHOOL SITES. OUR
PRESCHOOLERS ARE HAVING TO SWIPE
AWAY AND WALK OVER. NEEDLES AS
THEY HEAD INTO THEIR CLASSROOM.
UH THE CITY OF OAKLAND HAS SPENT
YEARS WORKING ON THIS, UH AND
FIGHTING FOR THE ABILITY TO BE
ABLE TO TROOP TO PROVIDE YES,
ANOTHER TOOL. NOT THE ONLY TOOL
AND WE ARE FALLING SHORT, FOR
SURE IN OUR ABILITY TO COMBAT
DRUG ADDICTION AND DRUG ABUSE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. BUT
THAT WE HAVE A CITY WHOSE MADE A
DECISION TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH SOMETHING THAT CAN JUST BE
ONE MORE SOLUTION THAT WE CAN
INVESTIGATE, UNDERSTAND AND
REALLY. GET A SENSE OF WHETHER
OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO DO. I THINK IS
LAUDABLE AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT
OF OUR CITY WHO HAS WORKED WITH
THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS TO
BE ABLE TO PUT THIS FORWARD AS A
PILOT PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO
ADDRESS THE INCREDIBLE DRUG
ADDICTION PROGRAM. AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE BEFORE ON THAT WE HAVE IN
OUR CITY. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR BOOK.
MEMBERS IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE
RECOGNIZED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
MICROPHONES AT THIS TIME. MISS
DAVIES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. I CAN TELL YOU
FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS I'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH FAMILIES THAT HAVE
LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO OPIOID
ADDICTION, FENTANYL OVERDOSES,
AND OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS KEEP
GOING UP IN THE LAST YEAR WE'VE
INCREASED FROM 310,000. OVERDOSE
IS ABOUT 80% OF THAT IS FUN
ENOUGH, AND I SIT HERE AND I
LISTEN TO THIS AND WE ACT AS IF
THERE AREN'T ANY SOLUTIONS. BUT
WE'VE HAD THIS. WE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION WHEN WE WERE
TALKING. ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND
RIGHT NOW MAJORITY OF FENTANYL,
WHICH IS KILLING ONE PILL KILLS
LIKE THAT IS COMING ACROSS OUR
BORDER, AND WE'RE DOING NOTHING
TO STOP THAT. THERE'S ONE
SOLUTION RIGHT THERE. WHY DON'T
WE STOP THE FLOW COMING FROM THE
BORDER? NUMBER TWO. WE'VE GOT SO
MANY DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL
GROUPS. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS
WE'RE NOT OUT THERE REACHING OUT
TO THESE PEOPLE. I CAN'T LEAVE
DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WE
LOOK AT TRYING TO BRING THIS
FORWARD AND THIS ISN'T THE WAY
TO DO IT. I MEAN, DOES THAT SAVE
SOMEONE? THAT'S AN ADDICT
ALCOHOLIC THAT WE JUST GO AHEAD
AND SAY, COME OVER TO THE BAR.
WE DON'T WANT YOU DRINKING ON
THE STREET. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE
GOOD COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS IN
THE SOLUTIONS ARE THERE. WE ALSO
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS THE TOOLS AND
THIS IS THE OTHER ONE THAT NO
ONE REALLY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
IS THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT LAST
WEEK. TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
WITH 1000 BAGS OF 150 FENTANYL
PILLS THAT COULD HAVE EASILY
KILLED OVER SEVERAL MILLION
PEOPLE. AND GUESS WHAT? THEY
WERE LET OUT. SO IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO START DOING SOMETHING
COMMON SENSE WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE
REPERCUSSIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE
DEALING. THERE IS NO
REPERCUSSIONS. THEY DON'T CARE.
THEY DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THEY DO
WHAT'S IN THIS PILL, BUT THAT
DOESN'T MATTER. IT TAKES ABOUT
FIVE CENTS TO BUY A PILL OF
FENTANYL. AGAIN ONE PILL KILLS
AND I'M WATCHING FAMILIES. I'M
GETTING CARS, ESPECIALLY FROM
FAMILIES THAT HAVE YOUNG KIDS
AFTER COVID SITTING THERE BEING
DEPRESSED, THINKING THEY'RE
GOING TO SNAPCHAT. AND GETTING.
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO RELAX
THEM. AND GUESS WHAT? THERE WAS
IN ON IT, AND THEY DIED
IMMEDIATELY. SO WHEN WE START
LOOKING AT THIS, WE DO HAVE
SOLUTIONS OUT THERE. BUT NOBODY
WANTS TO DO ANYTHING. SO LET'S
LOOK AT OUR BORDERS. SEE WHAT WE
CAN DO. STOP IT FROM COMING IN
NUMBER ONE WERE ALWAYS ON THE
BACK. END OF SOMETHING HERE.
NEVER IN THE FRONT END. AND SO
LET'S DO SOMETHING AND LET'S
MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IF
YOU GET CAUGHT DEALING THIS YOU
DO TWO TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S THE
ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO TEAR
THEM. THEY'RE MAKING MONEY AFTER
MONEY, AND NO ONE'S DOING
ANYTHING. WHY BOTHER? AND THIS
IS GOING TO BE OUR SOLUTION OR
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. WHY
DON'T WE TRY THE COMMON SENSE
SOLUTIONS FIRST, THEN WE'LL GO
INTO THIS. I ASKED FOR A NO. MR
WAYNE. RECOGNIZING DESK. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER. BEFORE THE
COVID 19 PANDEMIC IMPOSED
LOCKDOWNS, FENNEL USE OR
CONSUMPTION AMONG CALIFORNIA WAS
ALREADY APPROACHING ALARMING
RATES. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
CENTER FOR DRUG ABUSE IS MYSTICS
VENDOR RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER
42,000 OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE 12
MONTHS LEADING UP TO MAY 2020
SINCE THEN NATIONWIDE DEATHS
FROM FENNEL SKYROCKET WHAT
COUNTS RANGING FROM 10 TO
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. DATA FROM
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION. CDC HAS SADLY
SHOWN THAT SINCE 2020 SAID NO
HAS BEEN THE LEADING COST OF
DEATH IN ADULTS. 18 TO 45
NATIONALLY. THE RISING DEATH. A
FAN OF VICTIMS LEAVES MANY
PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE FAMILIES
OF VICTIM ASKING, WHO SHOULD BE
HELD RESPONSIBLE. HOW HOW SHOULD
WE SHOW THAT WE AS A SOCIETY
WILL NOT TOLERATEONE MORE
PERSON BEING SOLD OR CONSUMING
FENTANYL AND DYING IN THE STATE?
HOW DO WE SEND THE MESSAGE THAT
HAS PARENTS AS FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS AS LEADERS THAT WE
WILL NO LONGER STAND BY AS THIS
CRISIS CONTINUES. IF YOU AGREE.
WELL, WHAT HAS BEEN STATED BY MY
COLLEAGUES? HERE TODAY. WHO ARE
SUPPORTING THIS BILL, THEN YOU
SHOULD AGREE TO SUPPORT MY BILL.
A B 1955. WHICH WOULD HAVE
ALIGNED TO PUNISHMENT FOR THE
PROCESSION, POSSESSION OF
FENTANYL WITH INTENT TO SELL
WITH THE SAME PUNISHMENT FOR
COCAINE AND HEROIN. WHAT THE
POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO
SELL? GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY
BILL? AND NEVER MADE IT THROUGH
THE COMMITTEE. IT DIED IN A
PARTISAN VOTE. AND THE BILL IS
ONLY INTENDED TO GO AFTER THE
DEALERS. WHO POSSESSIONS
FENTANYL, BUT THEY INTEND TO
SELL. AND I WAS IT. WE ARE
FACING A DANGEROUS SITUATION
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL
OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL UNTIL WE
TAKE A SERIOUS STAND AGAINST FAT
IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR
STATES. ON APRIL 6TH 2022 IN
ORANGE COUNTY. ONE GENTLEMAN WAS
CHARGED. WITH POSSESSION OF
FENTANYL THAT WILL BE ABLE TO
KILL 4.7 MILLION PEOPLE. THAT'S
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. LAST
WEEK. OUR JUNE 24TH 2022.
ANOTHER PERSON WAS CHARGED. WITH
POSSESSION OF FENTANYL. THAT CAN
KILL 12 MILLION PEOPLE. SO WE
CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BILLS
THAT ALLOW FOR SAFE USE THAT
YOU'RE ARGUING RIGHT NOW. WHY
NOT ALSO GO AFTER THE DRUG
DEALERS WHO ARE FLOODING OUR
COMMUNITIES, OUR STREETS, MY
COMMUNITY, MY COUNTY. IN MY
RESIDENCE. WHAT FENNEL THAT ARE
KILLING TENS AND THOUSANDS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NOT ONLY IN
ORANGE COUNTY BUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
A NO VOTE. MR SARTO, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES
. I HOPE YOU WILL INDULGE ME IN
THIS. I DON'T HAVE A WRITTEN
COMMENTS. I DIDN'T REALLY PLAN
ON COMMENTING. HOWEVER. I DO
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE
IN THIS THIS ARENA. UM TRYING TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE ON DRUGS.
TRYING TO SAVE THEM AND THAT WE
HAVE I HAVE SAVED MANY PEOPLE.
OF OVERDOSED ON THE REGULAR
DRUGS THAT WE USED TO DEAL WITH.
THEY ALSO OPIOIDS, UH, TRUSTED
HEROIN AND. AND SOME OF THOSE
THOSE TYPES OF DRUGS. AND IT'S
AS EASY AS GETTING ON SCENE
DRAWING UP YOUR NARCAN ON THE
WAY OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING ON.
GETTING OUT. GIVING THEM THEIR
NARCAN. THEY WAKE UP THERE AT
FIRST, A LITTLE BIT MAD AT YOU
BECAUSE YOU WRECKED THEIR HIGH
THEN THEY GET UP AND THEY WANDER
OFF. AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER,
YOU DO IT AGAIN. SAME PEOPLE,
SAME THING. IT WAS OUR FORM OF
ENABLING THEM TO CONTINUE
BECAUSE WE DID NOT GET TO REFER
THEM TO GO INTO REHAB. WE WOULD
SUGGEST IT. WE WOULD GIVE THEM
THE CARDS. BUT THEY WOULD NOT DO
IT. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY. TO
INJECT DRUGS ANYMORE. AND DRUG
INJECTION SITES SEND THE SIGNAL.
THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE GIVE UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU MANAGE
YOUR DRUG ADDICTION. WELL WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE ENABLING
PEOPLE TO MANAGE THEIR DRUG
ADDICTION FOR THIS. THIS
PARTICULAR SHOT OR THIS
PARTICULAR INJECTION OR THAT
PARTICULAR INJECTION? AND AT THE
END OF THE DAY. YOU WILL FIND
THEM DEAD. SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
BECAUSE WE DID NOT GET THEM TO
THE RIGHT PLACE TO GET TREATED.
OUR KIDS WHO ARE DYING ARE NOT
DRIVING. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT
DRIVING TO A SAFE INJECTION
SITE. UH BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO
IF THEY SAFELY INJECT A DRUG
THAT EVEN IF THEY SAID HEY,
THERE'S NO FENTANYL IN THIS
DRUG. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE
IT. THEY'RE GOING TO WALK UP. GO
THE EXTRA WALK AROUND THE BLOCK
WHERE THEY PARKED THEIR VEHICLE
AND THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE OFF
NOW. I SHOULDN'T CARE. I LIVE
OVER IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, RIGHT?
OAKLAND I MEAN, 600 MILES AWAY.
THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ME, RIGHT?
SAN FRANCISCO DOESN'T AFFECT ME
DOESN'T AFFECT MY CONSTITUENTS.
L A DOESN'T AFFECT. MY
CONSTITUENTS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
THAT'S 60 MILES AWAY. BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT? I HAVE FAMILY
MEMBERS. MY TWO DAUGHTERS LIVE
IN L. A I HAVE A COUSIN WHO HAS
TWO BEAUTIFUL KIDS. THEY LIVE IN
SAN FRANCISCO. I DON'T WANT
PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGH. TO GET THE
IDEA THAT ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS
GO TO THE SAFE INJECTION SITE,
DO THEIR INJECTION AND MAKE SURE
IT DOESN'T HAVE FENTANYL IN IT.
WANDER OFF ON HEROIN OR GOD
KNOWS WHAT ELSE THEY WANT TO
SHOOT UP. JUMP IN THEIR CAR AND
THEN START DRIVING THROUGH OUR
STREETS. THAT'S THAT MAKES THOSE
AREAS MORE CONCENTRATED AND LESS
SAFE. FOR LAW ABIDING CITIZENS
WHO DON'T DO DRUGS. WE'RE JUST
WALKING THEIR KIDS DOWN THE
STREET. THEY GET MOWED DOWN.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AND
MYRIAD AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WE'RE
ABOUT THE SAFEST CITY IN THE
COUNTRY, 17TH I BELIEVE IT IS.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE GET MOWED DOWN.
BY PEOPLE THAT ARE HIGH THAT ARE
DRIVING. SO THERE IS NO CONTROLS
OVER THAT WITH THE SAFE
INJECTION SITE. YES SOMEBODY CAN
SHOW UP. THEY CAN INJECT THEIR
DRUGS. IF YOU'RE TESTING IT, IT
WON'T BE FENTANYL. BUT THEY CAN
OD ON HEROIN AND YOU CAN GIVE
THEM GIVEN THEIR NARCAN. THEY
WAKE UP. THEY THROW UP, THEY GET
UP, THEY WALK AWAY. AND THEY
WALK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
ARE SURROUNDING THEM, OR THEY
GET INTO A CAR AND DRIVE OFF. IT
IS NOT SAFE. THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS A SAFE INJECTION SITE.
YOU'RE HELPING NO. ONE YOU'RE
NOT HELPING THE ADDICTS. YOU'RE
CONTINUING THE PROCESS, WE CAN
HELP THE ADDICTS. WE REALLY CAN
MY COLLEAGUE FROM MANHATTAN
BEACH. AFTER HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE HAD A BILL. ANOTHER BILL. IT
WAS. IT WAS A TASK FORCE BILL TO
DEAL WITH THE NEW DRUGS. THAT
GOT SHOT DOWN EVERY BILL. I KNOW
IN PUBLIC SAFETY, I HAD ANYTHING
TO DO WITH FENTANYL GOT SHOT
DOWN. WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE
IN THE BUDGET FOR A FENTANYL
TASK FORCE. WELL I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO. BUT I
SURE HOPE I SURE HOPE WE DO
SOMETHING THAT WILL COMBAT
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. BECAUSE
SENDING OUR KIDS THE MESSAGE
THAT HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HELP
YOU MANAGE YOUR DRUG ADDICTION
IS NOT THE ANSWER. 30 SECONDS. I
WON'T TAKE THE REST OF THE TIME.
I'LL LEAVE YOU 25 SECONDS. THANK
YOU. UH OBVIOUSLY, I'M URGING A
NO VOTE ON THIS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR SEYARTO. MEMBERS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR MICROPHONES
NOW. MR V VALLAPUDUA. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I'VE BEEN BATTLING THIS
POLICY SINCE I CAME INTO OFFICE
LAST YEAR. MY HOMETOWN WAS
STOCKTON HAS BEEN PAYING CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE THE
ADDICTION OF OVERDOSE HAS BEEN A
TOP ISSUE FOR US. OVER THE YEARS
HAS DRIVEN UP. OUR CRIME RATES
AND SADLY HOMELESS POPULATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR STRATEGIES
BEING SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTED
AROUND THE NATION AND THE GLOBAL
TO HELP GUIDE OUR OWN APPROACH
FOR THIS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE
SEEING THAT THIS IS NOT THE
ANSWER. VANCOUVER AND ENACTED. A
SAFE INJECTION SITE IN 2003
TRYING TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE THAT
YEAR. 190 PEOPLE DIED OF
OVERDOSE. 18 YEARS LATER. IN
2021, VANCOUVER, IT HAD OVER
2000 DEATHS OVERDOSE. VANCOUVER
EXPERIENCED THREE OF THE LARGEST
CANADIAN PROCESS. DENIED THE
EXISTENCE. AND STOP THE SAFE
INJECTION SITES. AND I GOT TO
ADD THIS IN WHICH I WAS. I WAS
CHALLENGED MYSELF TO TAK ABOUT
THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SAID HERE
THAT WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY OR
RELATED TO SOMEBODY. UM, MY
BROTHER DIED OF OVERDOSE. AND.
AS MUCH AS LIKE MY MOM AND DAD
WOULD SAY, HELP THEM TRY TO DO
SOMETHING. AND I DID. I TOOK
HIM. I TOOK HIM TO PROGRAMS THAT
TOOK THEM EVEN AN HOUR AWAY TO
SAN FRANCISCO. AND NOTHING
HELPED RIGHT? I MEAN, EVEN IN MY
HOMETOWN. I BROUGHT HIM AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING
CHANGES HERE. YOU KNOW THAT
NOTHING WORKS. OR MAYBE THIS
WOULD WORK. THIS IS NOT THE
ANSWER. THE ANSWER IS THIS IS
THAT WE AS ELECTED, ALWAYS WANT
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN OUR
DISTRICT THAT ARE 30 DAYS, 60
DAYS. BUT GUESS WHAT? THOSE ARE
REVOLVING DOORS, PEOPLE COMING
IN AND COMING OUT. IT'S NOT
WORKING. WE NEED TO PUT PROGRAMS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE LONGER AND
ADVOCATION ALL TO HIM BECAUSE
IT'S NOT JUST THE ADDICTION.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING WHEN YOU GET
OUT. WHAT WHAT'S NEXT? WE KIND
OF LIKE, LET THEM LOOSE. WE
DON'T WE DON'T HOLD HER HAND.
AND WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ADD
VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW,
TO GET HIM A JOB. THAT IS THE
ANSWER. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT
GOING COLD TURKEY. IT'S ABOUT
HELPING AND DOING MORE. THIS HAS
BEEN A TOUGH ONE FOR ME. BECAUSE
I'M SEEING MORE AND I AND I
APPLAUD EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN GOT
UP TODAY AND SPOKE BECAUSE IT IS
A PROBLEM. BUT IT'S JUST A
REVOLVING DOOR. WE NEED TO DO
MORE. UM IT WAS ALSO SAID THAT
TAKES TIME TO BUILD CONFIDENCE.
I AGREE. DOES TAKE TIME TO BUILD
CONFIDENCE, AND THAT'S WHY I
SAID WE GOT OUR PROGRAMS GOTTA
BE LONGER. MUCH LONGER, BUT THIS
IS NOT THE ANSWER. AND BECAUSE
OF THAT, I CAUTION. OUR USE OF
THIS PROGRAM AND CANNOT I CANNOT
BE SUPPORTIVE TODAY. THANK YOU,
MR V VALLAPUDUA, MR NAZARIAN.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
COLLEAGUES. AYE. I WASN'T REALLY
PLANNING TO SAY ANYTHING BUT
GIVEN SOME OF THE NEGATIVE
COMMENTS I'M HEARING KIND OF
INTERESTING TO ME HOW WE CITE
STATISTICS WHEN WE WANT
SOMETHING TO GO CERTAIN
DIRECTION. BUT THEN WE FAIL TO
RECOGNIZE THOSE SAME STATISTICS
WHEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS
BENEFITING US THAT WE NEED TO
TAKE EXAMPLE FROM AN EMULATOR.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT COUNTRIES
THAT MAKE INFRASTRUCTURAL
INVESTMENTS JUST LIKE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK RESOLUTION.
WE VOTED ON A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
WE GLORIFY THAT AND WE TALKED
ABOUT HOW GREAT IT'S GOING TO DO
FOR US HERE. BUT THEN WHEN WE
LOOK TO SEE THAT THESE SAME
COUNTRIES EUROPE, WESTERN
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, UKRAINE
AMONG ONE OF THEM BY THE WAY,
WHICH IS STILL DEVELOPING
COUNTRY HAVE OVER COMBINED 200
CENTERS OF THESE THAT HAVE
PROVEN TO WORK. AND. AS THE
DOCTOR SAID IT A WHILE AGO FROM
CLARKSBURG. THIS PROGRAM HAS
SHOWN 80% EFFECTIVENESS. AND I'M
SORRY, BUT A LOT OF THE
APPROACHES I'M HEARING ARE THE
RIGHT APPROACHES FROM 30 40
YEARS AGO THAT FAILED. SO WE
NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE TRIED
TO MOVE FORWARD IN 2015, AND IT
DIDN'T WORK. UNFORTUNATELY. I
ONLY I ONLY WONDER I VERY MUCH
RESPECT MY COLLEAGUE FROM
TORRANCE, BUT I JUST WNDER IF
IT HAD GONE INTO EFFECT. HOW
MANY LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED
IN CALIFORNIA? THERE'S NO DATA
THAT SUGGESTS THAT OR OFFERS
THAT SO. WHAT WE HAVE CONSTANTLY
TRIED THE SAME THING OVER AND
OVER HASN'T WORKED. AND WE HAVE. NUMBERS THAT DEMONSTRATE TO US
THIS WORKS. LET'S TAKE EXAMPLE
FROM AT LEAST 14 OTHER COUNTRIES
STRETCHING AROUND THE GLOBE AND
SEE IF THIS WORKS FOR US AS
WELL. I SUPPORT A SB 57. THANK
YOU. COMMISSIONERS ARE IN AND MR
KALRA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
SAN FRANCISCO AS WELL AS OUR
COLLEAGUE ON THE SENATE SIDE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR ONCE
AGAIN, PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
ARTICLE I SPENT 5.5 YEARS OF MY
CAREER AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN
DRUG COURT REPRESENTING
ADDICTED, SEVERELY ADDICTED.
MANY WHO HAD RELAPSED MANY WHO
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND, UM,
THERE'S A REASON WHY THOSE THAT
ARE EXPERTS IN ADDICTION
MEDICINE SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THERE'S A REASON WHY DOCTORS
SUPPORT THIS BILL. THE RESULT.
THE REASON WHY IS THAT IT WORKS
AND RIGHT NOW, THE SUGGESTION
THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS GOING TO
LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE BEING
INJURED, WHICH IS REALLY
LUDICROUS IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
BECAUSE THE REALITY IS PEOPLE
ARE DYING RIGHT NOW. THE NUMBER
ONE THING THAT THIS BILL DOES A
SAVE LIVES. WHETHER SOMEONE GOES
INTO TREATMENT OR NOT.
ABSOLUTELY WANT THAT, AS THE
DOCTOR SAID 30. GOING TO
TREATMENT THAT OTHERWISE WOULD
NOT. IF THESE SAFE SITES DIDN'T
EXIST. THAT'S A THAT'S AN
INCREDIBLE NUMBER. SOME OF YOU
MIGHT THINK 30% DOESN'T SOUND
LIKE A LOT OF TRUST ME AS
SOMEONE THAT WORKED FOR YEARS
AND DRUG REHAB COURT 30% IS AN
INCREDIBLY HIGH NUMBER FOR THOSE
THAT ARE SEVERELY ADDICTED
ENOUGH. THAT ARE RIGHT NOW
INJECTING ON THE STREETS OR IN
OTHER PLACES THAT ARE NOT SAFE.
THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE
SAFE INJECTION SITES, AND THE
REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE EXAMPLES
, AS MENTIONED HUNDREDS OF
EXAMPLES OF THIS WORKING AND
ALSO HAS MENTIONED THAT THERE'S
NOT BEEN A RECORDED DEATH IN ONE
OF THESE SAFE INJECTION SITES.
SO IT IS ABOUT STATEMENT. AND
THE REALITY IS THIS IS ABOUT
FACT VERSUS FICTION. FEAR VERSUS
FACTS. ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HEARING
THE FEARMONGERING. THAT LED US
TO BE THE INCARCERATION CAPITAL
CAPITAL THE WORLD WITHOUT US,
ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE
UNDERLYING PROBLEMS THAT LEAD
US. TO HAVE DRUGS ON OUR STREETS
AND LEAD US TO HAVING FOLKS THAT
GET ADDICTED OFF THOSE DRUGS WE
GOTTA FACE AS MENTIONED BY SOME
THE PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECT OF IT.
THE NUMBER ONE GOING PUBLIC
HEALTH IS TO SAVE LIVES. AND
THAT'S WHAT THESE INJECTIONS
SITES DO SO I'LL IMPLORE MY
COLLEAGUES AND NOT BY END OF THE
SAME FEAR, TACTICS AND
TERMINOLOGY AND THE LEXICON FROM
THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES.
DURING THE FAILED WAR ON DRUGS.
AND INSTEAD LISTEN TO THE
EXPERTS. FOLLOW THE FACTS OF
WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AROUND
THE WORLD AND LET THESE
JURISDICTIONS TRY IT, THE ONES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY SEEING PEOPLE
DYING ON THEIR STREETS. LET THEM
TRY IT AND LET THEM COME FORWARD
AND SAY THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF
THESE ARE THE FOLKS GOING TO
TREATMENT? THESE ARE THE LIVES
THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE DIED
ON THE STREETS THAT WE'VE SAVED.
ESPECIALLY AFTER AND I VOTE.
THANK YOU, MR CHOLERA. AND MR
COOPER. WELL I CAN SAY THIS.
THERE IS NO FEAR MONITORING.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS WHAT IT IS,
AND THAT'S THE BIG THING AND
WITH PROP 47 DRUGS ARE REDUCED
TO MISDEMEANORS, SO THERE'S
NUCLEAR DRUG ARRESTS ARE DOWN
MISDEMEANORS THE SAME AS
BREAKING A WINDOW DOING A LONG
JOB. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF DRUGS
OUT THERE AND DRUGS. THE HARDEST
THING TO GET OFF OF 30 YEARS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M GOING BACK
NOW. THE SHERIFF BUT FOR FIVE
YEARS I WAS BUYING DRUGS
UNDERCOVER EVERY NIGHT. AND
PEOPLE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR
DRUGS. A LOT OF PROSTITUTION.
LOT OF SEXUAL TRAFFICKING
INVOLVED DRUGS. CHILD ABUSE
INVOLVES DRUGS, LIFESTYLES.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVOLVES
DRUGS. IT'S HARD TO GET OFF OF
DRUGS. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.
YOU'RE HOMELESS. GOT NO JOB.
NOTHING YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH
SCREWED. YOU HAVE A FAMILY
SUPPORT SYSTEM. IT IS TOUGH,
SOMETIMES TWO AND THREE TIMES
NUMBER FROM STOCK AND HIS
BROTHER DIED FROM AN OVERDOSE.
DRUGS ARE SO HARD TO GET OFF OF
AND THE REASON THIS NARRATIVE
CAME TO LIGHT BECAUSE LOVE YOU.
SUBURBAN KIDS TURN TO HEROIN
BECAUSE THE OPIOID CRISIS AND
THEN FITTING ALL VIETNAM'S
CHEAP. IT'S TWO BUCKS A PILL.
AND ONE THING THAT THE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN FRANCISCO IS
BLOCKING THE BILL. THEY'RE GONNA
COME IN AND TEST THEIR DRUGS.
THAT'S B S. THAT'S NOT THE BILL
IS NOT IN THE BILL ANYWHERE. SO
IF YOU'RE A DOPE FIEND OR DRUG
POP A DRUG ADDICTED YOU'RE GONNA
COME IN AND HAVE THEM TEST YOUR
DRUGS WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY A
MINUTE AMOUNT ANYWAYS. NO. NOT
AT ALL. MY COLLEAGUE FROM DOWN
SOUTH, THE FORMER FIRE CHIEF.
HE'S SEEN OVERDOSES. IT IS CRAZY
. YOU CAN'T TALK OUT OF BOTH
SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH. I HEAR A
LOT OF STATS HERE. HOW BAD
FITTING ALL THESE OVERDOSES AND
STUFF. THERE'S NO DRUG COURT
RIGHT NOW. DRUG COURT WORKED.
YOU ASKED THE D A. S YOU ASK THE
JUDGES IT WORKED BECAUSE THEY
HAD A HAMMER TO FORCE SOMEONE
INTO TREATMENT. THAT REALLY DID
A GOOD JOB. THERE'S NO DRUG
COURT ANYMORE. IF SOMEONE GOES
TO DRUG COURT, THEY WANT TO GET
THEIR RECORD EXPUNGED. THAT'S
WHY THEY GO TO DRUG COURT. SO
THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO GO
ANYMORE. THINK ABOUT THAT. IT IS
HARD. SO IF YOU WANT TO FIT IN
ALL SO BAD, THIS A NUMBER OF
OVERDOSES OR SOMEONE'S TELLING
FIT AND ALL THEY SHOULD GET
HAMMERED. 100% RIGHT. THAT'S A
BIG OVERDOSE PROBLEM. THIS BODY.
I'VE SEEN NO BILLS INTRODUCED.
IT CAN'T GET A PUBLIC SAFETY. SO
FITTING OFF SO BAD. LET'S PUT
THE HAMMER DOWN ON FOLKS. SO
MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM
FITTING ALL OVERDOSE. WE DON'T
WANT TO DO THAT. YOU WANT TO
PLAY NICE, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS. YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TREATMENT PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.
NOT ENOUGH RIGHT NOW. THIS
PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I CAN
SKIM MONEY AND GO TO MED CLINIC.
I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH
ADDICTION. WHERE DO I GO?
ANOTHER PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS
RIGHT NOW. IF YOU HAVE
INSURANCE. HOPEFULLY YOU GET IN
THAT THAT'S A REAL TALK. SEEING
THIS. NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS
BECAUSE THEIR DRUGS WHO WANTS TO
TAKE A NEEDLE IN THEIR ARM.
VIETNAM'S CHEAPER THAN HEROIN.
THAT'S THE FACT IF YOU BRING IT
IN THERE AND YOU OVERDOSE. WE'RE
FACILITATING THAT YOU'RE
BRINGING WITH YOUR BUDDY. HOW DO
YOU TEST IT? THEY'RE GONNA TEST
THAT DRUG AND FITTING ALSO
DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW YOUR PUBLIC
SAFETY FOLKS HAVE OVERDOSED ON
IT NUMEROUS TIMES. LITTLE
PINHEAD MOUNT THEY'VE OVERDOSED.
SO THIS PERSON, THE CIVILIAN
WORKING IN THATMARKET TO COME
IN AND TEST IT, YOU'RE GOING TO
TEST YOUR DRUGS. I CALL BS ON
THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
DRUGS. ACTUALLY A LOT OF BAD
THINGS HAPPEN WITH DRUGS, AND
IT'S NOT OKAY. WE'RE GONNA GO
AHEAD AND JUST GO AHEAD AND DO
IT. VANCOUVER WAS A FAILED
EXPERIMENT GOOGLE AND FIND OUT
THE REST OF THE CANADIAN
PROVINCES. BAND THEIR PROGRAMS
BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK. LOOK AT
REALLY DIG DOWN DEEP AND YOU CAN
GET UP HERE AND JUST QUOTE,
STATS AND STUFF, BUT NO, IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN. PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS NOTE THAT DEATHS FROM
SYNTHETIC SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS LIKE
FENTANYL HAVE INCREASED 819%
FROM 2017 TO LAST YEAR. 2021
EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND THE
USE OF SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS
INCREASE 166% IN JUST THE FIRST
THREE QUARTERS OF 2021 DEATHS
INCREASED BY 153. SO IF YOU'RE A
DRUG ADDICT, I'M GOING TO GO THE
SAFE INJECTION SITE TO SHOOT UP
FROM THE I V DRUG USER. NO,
THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENS.
YOU'RE A DRUG USER. YOU GO USE
THAT DRUG. YOU'RE NOT WORRIED
ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S HOW IT IS
BEEN DOWN TO SAN FRANCISCO TO
THAT SITE. THE LITTLE AREA
LITTLE SAFE AREA. AND HAVE YOU
WORKED NARCOTICS. THE DOPE
DEALER IS THAT'S HOW A LOT OF
DOPE DOORS RENTALS HOUSES THE
APARTMENT BUILDINGS 30 SECONDS
WITH THAT. IT REALLY FRUSTRATES
ME BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST TALK
ABOUT INACCURATE INFORMATION.
THERE IS NO QUALITY CONTROL AND
TESTING. THESE NARCOTICS ARE SO
DANGEROUS. THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE
IF MEDICAL HELP IS NEARBY. IT
SENDS A BAD MESSAGE TO GO AHEAD
AND DO THIS. AND WHERE THESE
CLINICS AT WHERE THE SAFE
INJECTION SITES HAT IN THE HOOD.
THE RATHER RICH AREAS ARE IMPOR
NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S THE BOTTOM
LINE, IMPORTANT NEIGHBORS AND
THE RICH NEIGHBORHOODS. WE
WOULDN'T BE HERE. LIKE I SAID IT
WASN'T FOR SUBURBAN KIDS GETTING
IT. IT IS A PROBLEM IS A MAJOR
PROBLEM. IT IS HORRIFIC IF YOU
WANT TO FIX IT. PUNISH THE
DEALERS. GET TREATMENT FOR THEM.
LIKE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WE
HAVE NOT DONE THAT. BUT DON'T
CONDONE IT AND MAKE IT WORSE. 30
YEARS OF BEING A COP, A LOT OF
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. NOTHING
CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE OF DRUGS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR NO
VOTE ON THIS ITEM. MR RODRIGUEZ,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
MEMBER COLLEAGUES. YOU KNOW I
WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS.
BUT DURING THE DEBATE MAKES ME
WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THIS BECAUSE I SEE BOTH SIDES. I
HEAR ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TALKED
ABOUT THE OVERDOSES OF HEROIN
ADDICTS. I AGREE. I'VE BEEN ON
HUNDREDS OF NOT THOUSANDS OF
FOLKS WHO HAVE OVERDOSED ON
HEROIN. AND THE FACT THAT WE GO
BACK TO SEE HIM AGAIN LATER THAT
DAY LATER THAT WEEK, WE TRY TO
HELP THEM, EDUCATE THEM ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF HEROIN AND WHAT
IT DOES, AND IT DIDN'T REALLY
HELP. TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER
ASPECT OF IT. MY BROTHER. I
REALLY DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT MY
PERSONAL STUFF. MY BROTHER WAS
PROBABLY 30 40 YEAR HEROIN DRUG
ADDICT. YOU KNOW, AND AFTER ALL
THAT TIME I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
MANY TIMES I TOOK HIM PERSONALLY
, LET ALONE MY PARENTS TO THESE
DRUG REHAB CENTERS FOR THE WEEK,
TWO WEEKS AND IN SOME CASES A
MONTH. NEVER HELPED HIM NEVER
HELPED HIM AND THE FACT THAT HE
COME OUT. HE MAY BE CLEAN FOR A
DAY OR TWO. AND GUESS WHAT? HE'S
OUT THERE DOING HIS THING.
STEALING. COMING TO MY MOM AND
DAD'S HOUSE, ASKING FOR $10.05
DOLLARS TO GET HIS HEROIN FIXED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY AFTER ALL
THESE YEARS OF TRYING TO HELP
HIM AND ADVOCATE FOR THIS. IT
DIDN'T HELP. IT DIDN'T HELP. YOU
KNOW, SAD TO SAY ABOUT TWO YEARS
AGO, HE PASSED AWAY BECAUSE OF
ALL OF THAT THE HEALTH ISSUES HE
CAME FROM OVER 30 YEARS AS A
HEROIN DRUG ADDICT. IT TOOK HIS
HIS KIDNEYS, HIS LIVER AND
UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY. BUT
TO SEE ALL THE STRUGGLES THAT HE
WENT THROUGH, AND THE MANY FOLKS
OUT THERE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
SEEING THIS BILL THAT WOULD HELP
THEM. KIND OF GOES BACK TO
ANOTHER THING. JUST THINK ABOUT
IT RIGHT NOW. MY DAUGHTER WORKS
AT A STARBUCKS AND NOT EVEN HALF
A BLOCK FROM THE STARBUCKS IS A
METHADONE CENTER TO HELP THESE
HEROIN ADDICTS, RIGHT? AND WHAT
DOES SHE TELLS ME? DAD, THEY GO
THERE. THEY DO THEIR THING, AND
SOMETIMES THEY COME AND USE OUR
RESTROOM. IN STARBUCKS AND CAUSE
MORE PROBLEMS THAN HAVOC AND YOU
SEE A LOT OF NEGATIVITY IN THOSE
AREAS THAT SHE EXPERIENCES FROM
A BUSINESS JUST NEXT DOOR. FROM
ONE OF THESE PLACES, SO I HAVE A
LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT I JUST WANT
TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND DEALING
WITH THESE HEROIN DRUG ADDICTS
AND THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO
GIVE THEM A LOCATION TO NOW. DO
IT IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT'S
NOT REALLY GOING TO BE SAFE? AND
YEAH, WE MIGHT SAVE A LIFE
BECAUSE MAYBE NOT THIS TIME.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DIE. BUT
LOOK WHAT IT DID TO MY BROTHER.
AND ALSO WITH THAT MY BROTHER
WAS SAVED BY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR
TIMES BECAUSE FOLKS DID HAVE TO
CALL 911 AND HELP HIM WITH HIS,
UH, HIS ISSUE BUT DIDN'T DO ANY
GOOD 30. YEARS LATER, HE PASSED
AWAY BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE YEARS
OF WHAT HE DID TO HIS BODY. SO I
URGE TO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S THE
RIGHT TIME AT THE RIGHT MOMENT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN WE NEED
TO BE DONE, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING
BUT HOPEFULLY IT AT LEAST TO
START THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.
SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS SEEKING
RECOGNITION. ON THE ITEM. MR
HANEY, YOU MAY CLOSE. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER. AT FIRST, JUST WANNA
ACKNOWLEDGE AND GIVE MY
CONDOLENCES TO THE MEMBER FROM
POMONA AND THE MEMBER FROM
STOCKTON, BOTH OF WHOM LOST
THEIR BROTHERS TO THIS EPIDEMIC
, AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU
FOR SHARING THOSE STORIES. I
KNOW THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT. AND
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH
US. UH THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL
CHALLENGING ISSUE. IT'S TOUCHED
EVERY MEMBER IN HERE IN ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER. IT'S TOUCHED EVERY
PART OF OUR STATE. PEOPLE ARE
DYING IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT
AND REGION OF CALIFORNIA. AND A
LOT OF FOLKS SAID THINGS THAT I
AGREE WITH EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO
SAID THEY WERE VOTING AGAINST
THE BILL THAT WE NEED MORE DRUG
COURTS THAT WE NEED MORE
TREATMENT THAT WE NEED TO STOP
THE SUPPLY. AND YOU HAVE MY
COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH YOU AND
PARTNER WITH YOU ON ALL OF THOSE
SOLUTIONS. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY
SOLUTION. THIS IS NOT THE ONE
THING THAT IS GOING TO STOP THE
FENTANYL OR OPIOID EPIDEMIC. IN
OUR STATE. BUT IT WILL HELP IT
WILL HELP. AND IT WILL SAVE
LIVES. WE KNOW IT WILL SAVE
LIVES. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
THESE SITES ALL OVER THE WORLD,
AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE
DEATH. IN AN OVERDOSE PREVENTION
SITE IN THE WORLD. THESE SITES
WILL SAVE LIVES. AND MY
COLLEAGUE FROM TORRANCE, WHO
SAID THAT WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE
INTO TREATMENT. ABSOLUTELY
ABSOLUTELY. WE WANT PEOPLE TO
STOP USING DRUGS. WE KNOW THIS
IS DANGEROUS. BUT WE CAN'T HELP
SOMEBODY ONCE THEY'VE STOPPED
BREATHING. ONCE WE LOST THEM,
THEY'RE GONE. AND WE HAVE TO GET
THEM INSIDE. THIS IS THIS IS NOT
JUST A CHOICE. THIS IS NOT A
CHOICE THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING.
THIS IS A MEDICAL CONDITION.
THIS IS AN ILLNESS. IT'S A
DISORDER. PEOPLE CAN'T CONTROL
THE DECISIONS THAT THEY'RE
MAKING. SO IF WE CAN GET THEM
INSIDE TO A MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT
WHERE WE CAN INTERVENE, WE CAN
PROVIDE OPTIONS TO THEM WHERE WE
CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY
ALIVE. THAT WILL HELP. AND AT
THE SAME TIME FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. MY CITY
SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND L. A.
WE'RE ALSO DOING THIS BECAUSE WE
WANT TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM OAKLAND SAID, WHO
ARE USING DRUGS OUT ON THE
STREETS. NEEDLES SPREAD THROUGH
OUR PARKS AND SIDEWALKS ARE
POLICE AND FIRE ARE BEGGING US
TO SAY, LET'S HAVE A PLACE TO
TAKE THESE FOLKS SO WE CAN GET
THIS OFF OF OUR STREETS. SO THIS
IS A PUBLIC SAFETY INTERVENTION
AS WELL. AND OUR CITIES HAVE
BEEN BEGGING FOR THIS. WE ARE
READY TO ACT. OUR COMMUNITIES,
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEGGING
FOR IT. AND WE NEED THIS BODIES
HELP TO GIVE US THAT AUTHORITY
TO TRY THIS TO TRY THIS PILOT
PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA, BUT WE'RE
NOT JUST TRYING SOMETHING NEW OR
TRYING SOMETHING THAT IS PROVEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND WITH
THAT COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR
PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON THIS. THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT I'M COMMITTED
TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL FOR MANY
YEARS. THIS IS ONE PART OF THE
SOLUTION, BUT IT'S SOLUTION. A
SOLUTION THAT WE DESPERATELY
NEED WITH THAT. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR ARRIVAL. AND
WITHOUT THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. ALL MEMBERS FOUND DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE. THE DESIRED ABOUT.
CLERK WELL, CLOSER ROLE. TIE THE
VOTE EYES 42 NOS 28 THAT MEASURE
PASSES. MEMBERS WERE MOVING BACK
TO THE CONCURRENCE FILE. MR
MCCARTY HAS A CONCURRENCE ITEMS.
AS DOES MISS BARRICADE HERE. WE
HAVE TWO CONCURRENCE ITEMS. THIS
IS FILE ITEMS 73 A B 25 51
CORPORAL RATE. SOMMERVILLE 25 51
BY ASSEMBLYWOMAN MCCARTHY AND
OTHERS INACCURATE IN THE
FIREARMS, MR MCCARTHY. THANK YOU
, MR SPEAKER. THIS IS ONE OF OUR
BIPARTISAN GUN SAFETY LAWS
COMING BACK ON CONCURRENCE
ADDRESSING SOME CHAPTER RING
ISSUES. ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR MCCARTHY,
SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLE. THE
DESIRE TO VOTE ALL MEMBERS
VOTERS TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTED DECIDED ABOUT. CLERK WELL,
CLERK WILL CLOSER ROLE AND TALIA
VOTE. I 72 NOS. ZERO SENATE
AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED IN
WITHOUT OBJECTION, IMMEDIATE
TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOVERNOR.
WITH THAT OBJECTION. IMMEDIATE
TRANSMITTAL ON MS PETRIE NORRIS
IS A B 16 45 AS WELL. MEMBERS
WERE AT FILE ITEM 74. MAYBE 25
71 CLICK AWAY. ASSEMBLY BILL 25
71 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BAUER-KAHAN AND OTHERS AND
ACTUALLY IN THE FIREARMS,
DECLARING THE URGENCY THERE UP,
STEP BACK IMMEDIATELY.
BAUER-KAHAN THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. UH, MAYBE
25 71 IS BACK ON CONCURRENCE.
AMENDMENTS ON THE BILL SIMPLY
ADD AN URGENCY AND CO AUTHORS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR I VOTE AND
FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU, MR
BAUER-KAHAN SEEN NO ISCUSSION
OR DEBATE ON THE ITEM CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
MEMBERS VOTE. THE DESIRED ABOUT
THIS TAKES 54 ON THE URGENCY.
CLERK WELL, CLOSER ROLE. TELL
YOU ABOUT EYES 56 NOS 14 ON THE
URGENCY IS 56 NOS 14 ON THE
MEASURE. THAT BILL PASSES
WITHOUT OBJECTION, IMMEDIATE
TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOVERNOR.
MEMBERS. WE ARE MOVING BACK TO
THE SENATE. THIRD READING FILE.
IN FILE ORDER. WE'RE GOING TO
PASS EVERY 10 ON FINAL 91 92 93.
WE ARE TAKING UP FILE OUT OF 94.
SB 11 10. MICHAEL RATING. SENATE
BILL 11 10 BY SENATOR MELENDEZ
FINANCIAL AID AND TRESPASS. DR
QUIRKE, YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU
, SPEAKER AND MEMBERS RISE TO
PRESENT SENATE BILL 11 10 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR MELENDEZ
EXTENDS THE TIME A TRESPASS
LETTER OF AUTHORITY OR 602
LETTER. IS VALID FROM 12 MONTHS
TO THREE YEARS. EXTENDING THE
TIME FRAME. OF A TRESPASS LETTER
. UH REMAINS VALID ALLEVIATES
THE BURDEN PLACED ON LOCAL
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS TO PROCESS
PAPERWORK. SB 11. 10 ALSO SEEKS
TO MODERNIZE THE TRESPASS LETTER
PROCESS BY ALLOWING NOTED
NOTARIZED APPLICATIONS TO BE
SUBMITTED ELECTRONIC LEE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
ON BEHALF OF SENATOR MELENDEZ.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR
QUIRKE. SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE ON THIS ITEM. CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. ALL MEMBERS VOTED
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
DR QUIRKE. MOVES TO CALL.
MEMBERS IN FILE ORDER. PASS A
RETAINER FILE. ADAMS 95 96. WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE UP.
WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE UP THESE
AMENDS.
WE WILL PASS TEMPORARILY. ON
FILE OUT OF 97.
MEMBERS WERE FILE OUT OF 97. SP
3 96 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AMENDMENTS CLERK WILL READ WITH
AMENDMENTS 3 96 WITH AMENDMENTS
BY ASSUMING WE'RE AMAZED, MR
MAYS ON THE AMENDMENTS. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER. I RISE
REPRESENT AMENDMENTS TO SP 3 96.
THESE AMENDMENTS REFLECT OUR
WORK WITH THE CPUC. IN ORDER TO
IMPROVE THE BILL AND ALSO
CHANGED THE SENATE AUTHOR OF THE
BILL. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST DRIVE
OUT. THANK YOU, MR MINUTES
WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE MAY TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THESE AMENDMENTS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. I
OPPOSE SYDNEY IS HAVING THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED, BUILDS
OUT TO PRINT HIM BACK ON FILE.
PASS AND RETAIN ON FILE ADAMS.
98. THROUGH 1 20. WE ARE GOING
TO TAKE UP FILE OUT ON 1 21. SB.
906 CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL
906 BY CENTER, PORTANTINO AND
OTHERS RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY.
MS FRIEDMAN, YOU MAY OPEN. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. SP
906 IS ONE OF SEVERAL SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY GUN CONTROL MEASURES
MOVING TO THE GOVERNOR THIS YEAR
. SINCE 1970 THERE HAVE BEEN 164
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN CALIFONIA
ALONE. MY OWN DAUGHTER. HEARD
ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO. JUST BY ACCIDENT. WE
WERE DRIVING. I WASN'T REALLY
THINKING I HAD NPR ON THE RADIO
, AS I ALWAYS DO WHEN THEY
MENTIONED A SCHOOL SHOOTING. AND
I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT MY
DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW NINE YEARS
OLD LISTENING, BUT LATER ON, SHE
SAID TO ME, SHE SAID, MOMMY, I
DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS WORLD.
SHE HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT
SHE HEARD. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT SO MANY PARENTS THINK ABOUT
ALL THE TIME. IS MY CHILD SAFE
AT SCHOOL FROM SHOOTINGS AND WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THINKING
THAT WAY. WHEN I GREW UP. WE
DIDN'T THINK THAT WAY. IT NEVER
WOULD HAVE OCCURRED TO MY
PARENTS THAT SOMEONE WOULD BRING
A GUN. ONTO OUR CAMPUS AND
SHOOT. SOMETIMES AFTER THE
SHOOTINGS, WHICH MANY OF WHICH
ARE PERPETRATED, UNFORTUNATELY
BY STUDENTS THEMSELVES, PEOPLE
SAY DIDN'T ANYONE KNOW? DIDN'T
ANYONE KNOW THAT THAT CHILD WAS
SO UPSET OR SO. WHATEVER THAT
THEY WERE. WILLING THEY WERE
READY. TO PERPETRATE VIOLENCE
AGAINST THEIR COLLEAGUES. AND
THE ANSWER, UNFORTUNATELY, IS
THAT YES, SOMETIMES PEOPLE
THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE
CASE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT THAT
INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE COME IN
CONTACT WITH RIGHT IN THE
SCHOOL, A TEACHER, A COUNSELOR
WHO MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT
SOMETHING'S WRONG. I HAVE A
FEELING SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT. I
WANT TO ALERT SOMEONE. BUT UNDER
OUR CURRENT LAWS, THEIR ABILITY
TO DO ANYTHING IS VERY, VERY
LIMITED. SP 906 WILL ALLOW THOSE
CONCERNED TEACHERS AND SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS. IT WILL GIVE
THEM THE ABILITY TO ACT ON THE
PERCEIVED FIREARM THREATS BY
ALERTING SCHOOL, CAMPUS LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ABOUT THE
THREAT. AND THE BILL WILL ALSO
REQUIRE A REAL INVESTIGATION OF
THAT THREAT. 93% OF SCHOOL
SHOOTERS PLANNED THEIR ATTACK IN
ADVANCE. AND MOST OF THOSE, THE
VAST MAJORITY HAVE MADE
THREATENING OR CONCERNING
COMMUNICATIONS. TWO PARENTS, TWO
FRIENDS OR DIRECTLY TO EDUCATORS
. THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
REACHING OUT IN THEIR OWN WAY TO
TELL SOMEONE TAT THEY ARE IN
TROUBLE AND IN CRISIS. AND THOSE
TEACHERS OFTEN FEEL THAT THEY'RE
NOT ABLE UNDER THE LAW TO ACT.
AND THEY DON'T KNOW THERE'S
NOTHING THAT COMPELS THEM TO ACT
ON THAT INFORMATION. THIS BILL
ALONG WITH THE OTHER GUN BILL,
SAFETIES IN THE PACKAGE WILL
SAVE LIVES. FOR ME AS A PARENT,
IF MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE'S LATE,
AND THIS IS, BY THE WAY, IS ONLY
SIXTH GRADE IN UP WHEN SHE'S IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL IF
SHE EVER HAD A TEACHER WHO HAD
ANY INKLING THAT ONE OF HER
CLASSMATES MIGHT BE BRINGING A
GUNTO PERPETRATE VIOLENCE. IF
THAT TEACHER EVEN THOUGHT THAT
THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO HAVE
SOMEONE INVESTIGATE. I WOULD
WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS
NOT ONLY THERE, RIGHT, BUT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY. I URGE AND I
VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU
, MR FRIEDMAN. MISS DAVIES,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I WANT
TO RISE AS A PROUD CO AUTHOR OF
THIS MEASURE AND URGE AND I
VOTE. THIS MEASURE REINFORCES
THE ADDED TO SEE SOMETHING SAY
SOMETHING. IT'S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT. WE EQUIPPED NOT ONLY
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THE
NECESSARY TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE
THREATS. AMERICAN SCHOOLS, BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR TEACHERS
AND SCHOOL STAFF KNOWLEDGE IS
POWER AND IF WE CAN GATHER ALL
NEEDED INFORMATION ABOUT THREATS
, MAY TOURIST SCHOOL WE
HOPEFULLY CAN PREVENT MORE
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS LIKE WE'VE
UNFORTUNATELY WITNESSED IN THE
PAST WEEKS AGAIN. I ASKED FOR AN
I VOTE. THANK YOU, MR DAVIES.
MS. QUIRK-SILVA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. MEMBER JUST LESS THAN
THREE WEEKS AGO. WHERE I
ACTUALLY SHOULD SAY MORE THAN
THREE WEEKS AGO, WE SAW 19
STUDENTS DIE IN A CLASSROOM
ALONG WITH THEIR TEACHERS. THOSE
YOUNG STUDENTS ARE SOME OF THOSE
BURIALS ARE JUST FINISHING, UM,
BEING HELD. WE'VE MOVED ON. AS A
NATION. THERE'S BEEN OTHER
ISSUES, BUT FOR THOSE FAMILIES,
THEY WILL BE ENTRENCHED WITH
LOSING THEIR LOVED ONES FOREVER.
THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS ON THIS
FLOOR WHO ARE ACTUALLY CLASSROOM
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE
PAST ONE RETURNING TO THE
CLASSROOM. AND I DO SUPPORT THIS
BILL. COURSE IF YOU SEE
SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, BUT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL
NEED TO DO COURSE THIS RELATES
JUST TO TEACHERS. BUT IT'S MORE
THAN THAT. IT'S PARENTS. IT'S
TEACHING OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY
ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH MANY
TIMES UH PARENTS DON'T ALWAYS
BELIEVE THEIR CHILDREN ARE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEY RE TO
TAKE THREATS. SERIOUSLY I AS A
CLASSROOM TEACHER. DON'T NEED TO
BE MANDATED TO DO THIS, ALTHOUGH
I HAVE AS I TAUGHT IN JUNIOR
HIGH, THERE WAS A STUDENT THAT
REALLY CONCERNED ME NOT ONLY BY
THE WRITINGS THAT HE HAD IN MY
CLASSROOM BUT BY HIS BEHAVIOR,
AND SO I DEFINITELY REPORTED IT.
NOT JUST TO THE SCHOOL, UH,
ADMINISTRATORS TO THE SCHOOL
COUNSELORS BECAUSE INTERVENTION
IN THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS
MEANS SO MUCH SO OFTEN. THERE
CAN BE A STUDENT IN A CLASSROOM
THAT SHOWS SIGNS AND THEY'RE
IGNORED. FAMILIES IGNORE HIM.
NOBODY WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT
THEIR OWN CHILD WOULD BE
PLANNING SOME TYPE OF ATTACK SO
AGAIN. THIS IS INCUMBENT ON ALL
OF US AS PARENTS AS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AS SCHOOL, UH TEACHERS
AND ADMINISTRATORS, BUT WE ALL
HAVE TO BE ALERT AND AWARE TO
SAVE LIVES. I SUPPORT SB 906. DR
QUIRKE. YES WHEN I FIRST READ
THE BELL AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE
BILL, I WASN'T SURE WHERE I
WOULD BE ON IT. BUT THEN I READ
THE LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATION
OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. THEY
KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
WHAT TOOLS THEY NEED. AND THEY
SAID THIS WAS NOT A GOOD TOOL.
THIS WAS NOT A GOOD WAY AND
THAT'S WHAT CONVINCED ME TO VOTE
FOR THE BILL. I ASK YOU ALSO TO
BE WITH THE SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS, THE PEOPLE MOST
AFFECTED BY THIS AND VOTE. I.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR QUIRKE, SEEING
NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE ON THE ITEM. MS FRIEDMAN,
YOU MAY CLOSE. I'M VERY PROUD OF
YOU. CALIFORNIA LEAD THE NATION
IN SENSIBLE GUN SAFETY MEASURES,
AND I WOULD DENY VOTE. CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL
MEMBERS VOTED DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL MEMBERS VOTED DESIRED ABOUT. CLERK WELL, CLOSE ROLL TIE THE
VOTE 75 NO. ZERO THAT MEASURE
PASSES. WANT TO PASS AND RETAIN
ON FILE OUT OF 1 22. PAST AND
RETAIN ON FILE LIGHT OF 1 23.
YES, MR FLOOR FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
SER. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. WE
REJECT R AS THAT. WE DO NOT PASS
OVER FILE AND 1 23 AND THE
AMENDMENTS BE TAKEN UP FOR THIS
BILL. THANK YOU, MISS FLORIDA.
MADAM MAJORITY LEADER. I MOVED
TO PASS ON FILE ON ITEM 1 23. MS
REYES MOVE SECONDED BY GIBSON.
WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON FILE
NUMBER SIX IS A PROCEDURAL VOTE.
THIS IS A PROCEDURAL VOTE.
MAJORITY PRESIDENT. VOTING IS
THE THRESHOLD. MISS REYES IS
ASKING FOR AN I VOTED MR FLOOR
IS ASKING FOR A NO VOTE IN THE
CLERK GLOBE IN THE ROLE. MISS
REYES WAS ASKING FOR AND I VOTE.
AND MR FLORA IS ASKING FOR A NO
VOTE. ON THE MOTION TO PASS ON
FILE MAJORITY PRESIDENT VOTING
IS THE THRESHOLD.
MS RAISES ASKING FOR AN EYE AND
MR FLORA NÓ. CLERK WELL,
CLERK WILL. CLOSE THE ROLE. OPEN
THE ROLE. CLOSER ROLE. ISA 54
NOS 19. THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MEMBERS. WE HAVE A CONSENT
CALENDAR.
MEMBERS. WE HAVE A CONSENT
CALENDAR. THERE ARE RESOLUTIONS
ON TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR
BEFORE WE VOTE WILL FIRST TAKE
UP FILE ITEMS 1 52 THROUGH 1 58.
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE
PURPOSE FANATIC CO AUTHORS CLERK
WILL READ THE RESOLUTIONS. JOINT
RESOLUTION 24 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHEN ANOTHER'S
RELATIVE TO OIL SPILLS
RESOLUTION TWO OR EIGHT BY
SOMEONE REMEMBER DAVIES RELATIVE
TO SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT JOHN
JAMES. PELLETIER MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. SEMI CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION TO 11 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FONG RELATIVE
TO CORPORAL LUIZ CARLOS RUINED
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 68 BY SANTA
ARCHULETTA AND OTHERS RELATIVES.
THE FIRST LADY PAT NIXON
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 75 BY
SANTA GROVE AND OTHERS RELATIVE
TO CURRENT COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE DEPUTY PHILIP CAMPUS
MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 78 BY CENTERED AROUND
THE RELATIVE TO LOS ANGELES
FIREFIGHTER KELLY WANG MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY AND CITY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 98 BY CINEMA CHOIR
ANDALUZ RELATIVE TO FORTUNA
POLICE OFFICER RAYMOND QUINCY
MILLS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. CLERK
WILL NOW OPEN THE ROLE TO ALLOW
MEMBERS TO ADD AS CO AUTHORS ARE
THE RESOLUTION. THESE ARE CO
AUTHORS, ADDING TO THE
RESOLUTIONS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
CLERK WELL, POSE THE ROLE THERE.
74 CO AUTHORS ADDED TO THOSE
RESOLUTIONS, WE WERE NOW TAKE A
VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
ITSELF. DOES ANY MEMBER WISH
REMOVE AN ITEM FROM CONSENSUS
AND HEARING NONE. IT WILL READ
THE SECOND DAY. IT'S ENCOUNTER.
I'M SORRY.
MR FLOOR FOR WHAT PURPOSE? SER.
I REQUEST THAT THERE'S NO VOTE
CHANGES MADE ON THE MOTION TO
PASS OVER FILE EVERYONE 23.
THANK YOU, MISS FLORA,
REQUESTING THE VOTE CHANGES ON
THE MOTION. THE CLERK WILL NOTE.
NOW WE'RE AT THE VOTE ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR MEMBERS CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. MY BAD.
LUXURY SOMEBODY JOINT RESOLUTION
24 BY SALIMA. BUT WHEN AND
OTHERS RELATIVE OIL SPILLS.
CLERK WILL OVER THE ROLE ALL
MEMBERS OF THE DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL MEMBERS FIGHTER DESIRED
ABOUT THIS IS THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. ALL MEMBERS VOTED
DESIRE DEVELOP. CLERK WILL.
CLOSER ROLE TO EITHER VOTE. I 78
NO. ZERO CLERK WILL READ THE
REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. SOMEBODY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION TWO. OH 8 78 NO. ZERO
SOMETHING RESOLUTION TO 11 78
NO. ZERO CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
68 78 NO. ZERO CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION. 75 78 NO. ZERO
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 78 78 NO.
ZERO AND CYNICAL CURRENT
RESOLUTION. 98 78 NO. ZERO.
MEMBERS. I AM PREPARED TO LIFT
THE CALL. ON DR QUIRKS ITEM.
THIS IS SB 11 10. MELENDEZ,
CLERK ALL POSTS. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE WHO WISH TO VOTE. ALL
MEMBERS VOTE WHO WISH TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL. CLOSE THE ROLE
AND TALLY THE VOTE EYES 34.
KNOWS 15. THAT MEASURE FAILS.
MEMBERS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
ANNOUNCED YES, MR FLOOR OF WHAT
PURPOSE, SIR. REQUEST
RECONSIDERATION FOR SENATOR
MELINDA'S BILL. MR FLORIDA
NOTICES RECONSIDERATION. MEMBERS
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE REVENUE TAX
REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
WILL MEET UPON A GERMAN IN ROOM
1 26, THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
GASOLINE SUPPLY AND PRICING WILL
MEET UPON A GERMAN OF REVENUE,
TAXATION AND ROOM 1 26. SO
REVEREND REVENUE AND TAXATION
RIGHT NOW IN ROOM 1 26. THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON GASOLINE
SUPPLY AND PRICING WILL MEET
UPON A GERMAN OF THE REVENUE AND
TAXATION COMMITTEE ALSO IN ROOM
1 26 WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL ON SENATE
BILL 906. IN THE ABSENCE OF
OBJECTION, THE QUORUM CALL IS
NOW LIFTED. WE ARE MOVING TO
ADJOURNMENTS IN MEMORY.
MEMBERS THE QUORUM CALL IS
LIFTED. WE'RE AT A GERMAN SOON.
MEMORY PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS OR
TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF OF
THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME. PLEASE
GIVE YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENTION
TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. WHO WILL BE
ADJOURNING IN THE MEMORY.
MEMBERS. WE ARE THE GERMANS IN
MEMORY. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
WERE GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION TO
SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN
MEMORY. MS CARILLO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TO ADJOURN AND
THE MEMORY OF JOSE WADA LUPE
SANCHEZ, WHO WAS BORN IN THE
CITY OF AGUASCALIENTES AND THE
STATE OF ALASKA. LEONTES MEXICO
ON AUGUST 1ST 1952 AND PASSED ON
JUNE 21ST OF THIS YEAR. MR
SANCHEZ IMMIGRATED TO LOS
ANGELES IN 1975 MARRIED HIS
SWEETHEART, VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ
THAT SAME YEAR AND MADE THE
COMMUNITY OF BOYLE HEIGHTS THEIR
HOME. TOGETHER THEY PURSUED THE
CALIFORNIA DREAM, BUILT A HOME,
HAD A FAMILY AND THRIVED AMID
THE LOVING, WORKING CLASS
IMMIGRANT SPIRIT OF THE EAST
SIDE OF LOS ANGELES. THEY
INSTILLED IN THEIR CHILDREN. THE
VALUE OF HARD WORK BEING PROUD
OF THEIR CULTURE AND BEING PROUD
OF WHO THEY WERE. HIS BELOVED
WIFE PASSED ON MARCH OF 2010,
BUT HE KEPT ON IN HER MEMORY
LOVING AND LIVING LIFE. SEEN HIS
SONS GROW UP AND PURSUE THEIR
DREAMS FUELED HIS HEART. MR
SANCHEZ ADVENTURES IN LIFE TOOK
HIM. FROM VARIOUS JOBS WORKING
IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY MAJOR
RETAILERS AND LATER BECOMING A
MAINTENANCE CREW MEMBER FOR THE
PLAYBOY MANSION, HIS SON AND MY
GOOD FRIEND JULIE SANCHEZ.
ALWAYS GET TO KICK I HAVE SEEN
THOSE OLD PHOTOS OF HIS FATHER
AT THE GROTTO. HIS HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION EARNED HIM THE
RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF THOSE
AROUND HIM. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS
WORK AS IT ALLOWED FOR HIM TO
PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY AND BEING
EXAMPLE OF THE ENDURING
IMMIGRANT SPIRIT WHO SOUGHT
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK HARD AND
LEARNED PART OF HIS AMERICAN
DREAM. HE LOVES LISTENING TO
MUSIC, ESPECIALLY CLASSIC
MEXICAN ARTISTS LIKE JAVIER
SOLIS, JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ AND,
OF COURSE, THE CENTER FERNANDEZ.
HE WAS AN AVID SPORTS FAN LOYAL
TO LAS SHIVA'S IN HIS BELOVED L.
A DODGERS. THE FAMILY PLANS TO
TAKE THEIR FATHERS AND THEIR
MOTHERS REMAIN BACK TO THEIR
HOMETOWN. I'M NOT JUST LAND
ZACATECAS FOR THEIR FINAL
RESTING PLACE. JOSE GUADALUPE
SANCHEZ IS SURVIVED BY HIS SONS.
HI ME AND RELEASES HIS DAUGHTER
IN LAW. SUSAN AND HIS TWO
GRANDSONS. GALEN DIEGO MEMBERS.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST WE
ADJOURN IN HIS CONOR TODAY, MAY
HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. THANK
YOU, MISS CARILLO, AND YOU ARE
AGAIN RECOGNIZED FOR AN
ADDITIONAL GERMAN AND MEMORY.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO HONOR
THE MEMORY OF A BELOVED MOTHER,
WIFE, SISTER, MENTOR ADVOCATE
AND DEAR FRIEND JUDY DAVIS,
RIGHT? JUDY WAS BORN ON MARCH
21ST. I'M SORRY, MARCH 25TH OF
1969 AND PASSED FROM HEALTH
COMPLICATIONS SURROUNDED BY HER
FAMILY. ON JUNE 21ST OF THIS
YEAR. JUDY GREW UP IN COVINA.
AND FROM AN EARLY AGE MAINTAINED
A DREAM OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS A DREAM
SHE FULFILLED. JUDY WAS A WELL
KNOWN LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY
WHOSE LIVELY SPIRIT AND BRIGHT
SMILE LIT UP EVERY ROOM SHE
ENTERED. PER MAG. MAGNETIC
PERSONALITY RADIATED POSITIVITY.
AND THE WARMTH OF HER PRESENCE
INSTILLED HOPE. SHE WAS A WOMAN
WHO LOVED LIFE, LOVED HER FAMILY
, LOVED HER FRIENDS AND LOVED
HER WORK. SHARON HER BACHELOR'S
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM CAL
STATE L. A, AND WAS A GRADUATE
OF THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JOHN
F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
JUDY WAS A DEDICATED PUBLIC
SERVANT WHO SERVED IN A VARIETY
OF BOARDS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INCLUDING
THE ULTIMATE HEALTH POLITICAL
ACTION COMMITTEE. WISE PLAYS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ONE OF
THE STRONG AND WAS ONE OF THE
STRONGEST AND MOST VOCAL
AMBASSADORS OF HOPE. THE
SPANIARDS ORGANIZED FOR
POLITICAL EQUALITY, WHERE SHE
ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. WHEN SHE RECENTLY
ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF VICE
PRESIDENT WITH ACT. UM SHE
ADVOCATED FOR LATINO ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER
AS THEY STRATEGIZED TO ADVANCE
THE COMMUNITY. I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW JUDY.
WHEN I TOO WAS ACCEPTED TO THE
HOPE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IN
2009. SHE WAS KIND, SUPPORTIVE,
ENCOURAGING. IT MADE ME FEEL
WELCOMED. LIKE I WAS PART OF
SOMETHING BIGGER. SHE LOVES
SEEING LATINAS AND WOMEN THRIVE
AND SUCCEED. LAST YEAR WHEN THIS
BODY APPROVED A ONE MILLION
BUDGET ALLOCATION TO HOPE,
SECURING FIRST TIME STATE
FUNDING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
SHE WAS OVER THE MOON. FULL OF
EXCITEMENT SHE SHARED WITH ME.
YOU DID IT. YOU DID IT! YOU DID
IT! THIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US. SHE
THEN SHE THEN COMPLIMENTED ME ON
MY RED LIPSTICK BECAUSE SHE,
TOO, WAS ALSO WEARING A
BEAUTIFUL RED. THAT WAS JUDY.
JUDY WAS A STAUNCH FEMINIST WHO
CHAMPIONED EQUITY AND
RECOGNITION FOR CALIFORNIA'S
LATINAS, A LOYAL FRIEND THAT
SUPPORTED OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
ARE WISE MENTOR WHO GUIDED OUR
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. AND A LOYAL
SUPPORTER WHO STOOD BY OUR SIDE
AS WE REACH FOR THE STARS, SHE
DEDICATED HER LIFE TO FIGHTING
FOR EQUITY AND EDUCATION AND FOR
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
UNDERSERVED FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES. HER LIFE'S WORK
WILL FOREVER REFLECT THE
EXCEPTIONAL PERSON THAT SHE WAS.
JUDY JOINS HER LITTLE SISTER,
CARINA AND HEAVEN. IN A SURVIVED
BY HER HUSBAND, MICHAEL, AND HER
TWO DAUGHTERS, GABRIELLA AND
ISABELLA, HER SISTER, YASMIN.
AND SHE IS INCREDIBLY MISSED AND
WILL CONTINUE TO BE MISSED.
MEMBERS I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
THAT WE ADJOURN IN HER HONOR
TODAY. MAY HER MEMORY BE A
BLESSING. THANK YOU, MISS
CARILLO AND MR JOHN SWIRE. YOU
TWO ARE RECOGNIZED ON THIS
ADJOURNMENT. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. LAST WEEK,
OUR STATE LOST A HEROIN. JUDY
DAY THAT'S RIGHT, PASSED AWAY,
SUDDENLY LEAVING BEHIND THE
LEGACY OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
INVOLVING THE PROTECTION OF
WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THE MENTORSHIP
OF YOUNG LATINAS AND ADVOCATES
AN ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF WOMEN
OWNED BUSINESSES. DUTY WAS
REVERED BY MANY IN THE POLITICAL
, NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS WORLD HER LASTING
LEGACY IS THAT OF COMPASSIONATE
SUPPORT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
CAUSES INCLUDING EDUCATION. SHE
WAS LOVED BY FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES AND HER INFECTIOUS
ENERGY WILL BE SORELY MISSED. I
WISH TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE
CONDOLENCES TO DO THESE HUSBAND
AND HER DAUGHTERS AS WELL AS HER
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. MR.
SPEAKER MEMBERS ARE RESPECTFULLY
THAT REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURNED
IN THE MEMORY OF JUDY DAVID'S
RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS JOAN
SAWYER AND MISS JOHN SAWYER. YOU
ARE AGAIN RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE TO
HONOR THE MEMORY OF MISS RUBY
BELLMAN MILAN, A DEAR FRIEND AND
BELOVED MENTOR TO ME. AND
COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO PASSED AWAY
ON JUNE 13TH 2022. MISS RUBY WAS
BORN ON FEBRUARY 20TH 1930 IN
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. MISS
RUBY'S DEDICATION TO HELPING THE
COMMUNITY AND SOUTH LOS ANGELES
A WHOLE CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED.
HER LAUNDRY LIST OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AFFILIATION
, SERVING AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR
COMMITMENT AND IMPACT. AN ACTIVE
MEMBER IN HER COMMUNITY. MISS
RUBY SERVED ON THE LOCAL PARENT
TEACHER ASSOCIATION FOUND THE
BLOCK CLUB IN HALL DALE AND WAS
DEEPLY ENCOURAGED BY ENHANCING
POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS. FOR
NEARLY 30 YEARS, MISS RUBY
SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE LOS
ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 77TH
STREET COMMUNITY ABIDE EVERY
BOARD AND INAUGURAL MEMBER OF
THE 77TH STREET AREAS BOARD. SHE
ROSE IN PROMINENCE AND IN 2019
WAS BESTOWED THE HEROES AMONG US
AWARD PERMANENTLY CEMENTING HER
LEGACY AT THE STATION. MISS
RUBY'S LIFETIME IS A MASTERPIECE
AND PUTTING COMMUNITY ABOVE SELF
TRULY A PRIME EXAMPLE EVERYTHING
PUBLIC SERVICE DEMANDS
SELFISHNESS, DEDICATION.
HUMILITY AND COMPASSION FOR
OTHERS. MISS RUSE COMMITMENT DID
NOT GO UNNOTICED, AND HER WORK
EARNED HER THE RESPECT AND
ADMIRATION OF LEADERS DOMESTIC
AND ABROAD, INCLUDING FORMER
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BILL
CLINTON, FORMER UNITED STATES
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE. AND
FORMER PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA
NELSON MANDELA. MISS RUBY WAS A
TRUE PILLAR IN HER COMMUNITY,
LEAVING A LEGACY EMBODYING
COURAGE AND COMPASSION. MISS
RUBY ALSO WAS A MENTOR TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN THE POSITION THAT I
AM NOW GOING FROM MAXINE WATERS,
RIGHT? RIGHT UH, MY DAVIS AND OF
COURSE MYSELF. SHE IS SURVIVED
BY HER FOUR CHILDREN, BRIAN,
FELICIA, LEAH AND SUSAN HER
GRANDCHILDREN. C. LAUREN AARON
AND JASMINE AND GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. JADEN AND CHLOE.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES IS A BETTER
PLACE BECAUSE OF MISS RUBY MYLAN
. SHE WAS LIKE A MOTHER TO ME.
AND AS I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU
ALL I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M A
BETTER A MUCH BETTER PUBLIC
SERVANT BECAUSE OF OUR MORE
IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I
LIKE. I LIKE MANY OTHERS. I AM A
BETTER HUMAN BEING. BECAUSE OF
MISS MILAN. I AM NOT ALONE WHEN
I SAY SHE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED
MEMBERS. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
THAT WE ADJOURNED IN THE MEMORY
OF MISS MILAN. THANK YOU, MR
JONES. SAWYER. AND MR NAZARIAN,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
GERMAN AND MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER BEFORE I A JOURNEY IN
MEMORY OF MY DEAR FRIEND, FLORA.
I ALSO WANTED TO JOIN THE CHORUS
OF MY COLLEAGUES. AH IN IN
PAYING HOMAGE AND PASS EXTENDING
MY LOVE TO THE FAMILY OF JUDY
DAVID, RIGHT? JUDY WORKED WITH
MY WIFE. FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,
AND THAT'S WHEN I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER AND WAS
SHOCKED WHEN I READ ABOUT HER
PASSING LAST WEEK. UM EVEN MORE
MORTIFIED WAS MY WIFE. SO I
EXTEND MY LOVE TO HER FAMILY
ENTER HER TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS AS
WELL AS WELL AS HER HUSBAND. UM
MR SPEAKER. I WANTED TO RISE. TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF FLORA JANE
COLLUSION. FLORA WAS BORN IN
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. JUNE 20TH
1934 AND ONLY CHILD BORN TO OUR
CHEVY COLLUSION AND ARSON.
KAMAAL, IAN WHO WERE BOTH
ORPHANS, SURVIVORS OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. ALTHOUGH SHE
HAD NO SIBLINGS, SHE WAS THE
CENTER OF ATTENTION FOR THE MANY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT
FREQUENTED THE KALUSTIAN HOUSE
ON OAK, KNOLL AVENUE AND
PASADENA. ARTISTS MUSICIANS,
POETS AND WRITERS AND PARTED ON
HER THE RICH AND MEANINGFUL
ARMENIAN CULTURE THAT MANY
ARMENIANS CLUNG ONTO, NURTURED
AND REVIVED IN THE DIASPORA
AFTER THE HORRIFIC EVENTS.
DURING WORLD WAR ONE. FLORA
ACQUIRED HER STYLE AND LOVE OF
MUSIC, DANCE AND THEATER DURING
THESE WONDERFUL YEARS BEFORE
WORLD WAR TWO BY 1940. HER
PARENTS HAD OPENED THE SANDWICH
SHOP ON GREEN STREET, WHICH THEN
TURNED INTO THE FIRST ARMENIAN
RESTAURANT IN SAN GABRIEL
VALLEY. SHE GRADUATED FROM JOHN
MUIR HIGH SCHOOL IN PASADENA AND
OBTAINED HER B A DEGREE IN
EDUCATION FROM CAL STATE L. A
SHE SPENT 11 YEARS AS AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. IN AN
EL MONTE. WITH HER EDUCATION AND
CAREER PATH MAPPED OUT, FLORA
MET THE LOVE OF HER WIFE, GEORGE
. DONATIONS AT AN ARMENIAN DANCE
AND EAST L. A GEORGE HAD HAD A
SIMILAR PATH. AH WHERE HE HAD
HAD TO TRAVEL. FROM RUSSIA
SOVIET UNION. AND FLEE THE
PURCHASE THERE. TO IRAN AND THEN
EVENTUALLY TO THE UNITED STATES.
FLORA AND GEORGE MARRIED IN 1958
AND HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, GIGI AND
SUSIE IN 1967. GEORGE STARTED
WESTERN MEDICAL SUPPLY IN
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA. FOUR YEARS
LATER, FLORA QUIT HER JOB AS A
TEACHER TO WORK ALONGSIDE HER
HUSBAND. TOGETHER THEY BUILT A
SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL SUPPLY
BUSINESS THAT WOULD CONTINUE
UNTIL 2018. TOGETHER THE
UNDERTOOK COUNTLESS PROJECTS AND
SERVED ON A VARIETY OF
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES
SUCH AS THE KGB PRESIDENTS CLUB,
ARMENIA TREE PROJECT, ARMENIAN
ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
ARMENIAN FILM FOUNDATION.
ARMENIAN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY,
AIWA LADIES AUXILIARY OF WEST
COAST DIOCESE. AFTER AN TRIP TO
ARMENIA IN 1990 WITH HER
DAUGHTER, SUSIE. DOCUMENTING THE
DEVASTATION. OF THE COUNTRY POST
THE 1988 EARTHQUAKE. FLORA
RETURNED WITH A NEWFOUND PURPOSE
TO DO WHATEVER SHE COULD TO HELP
ARMENIA. SHE SERVED AS THE
CHAIRPERSON OF THE WESTERN
DIOCESE ORPHAN FUND AND IN 1995
, FLORA AND GEORGE WITH A GROUP
OF LIKE MINDED FRIENDS STARTED
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES OF
ARMENIA. A CHARITY THAT ALLOWED
THEM TO UNDERTAKE SMALLER
PROJECTS FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF
CHILDREN AND WHICH IS STILL
ACTIVE IN ARMENIA TODAY. AFTER
HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY. FLORA
REDOUBLED HER EFFORTS IN
ARMENIA. AND JUST LITERALLY A
FEW WEEKS AGO IN MID MAY, WAS IN
ARMENIA CONTINUING TO DO HER
WORK. WITH THE ORGANIZATION SHE
HAD FOUNDED WITH DSA.
UNFORTUNATELY UH, FLORA PASSED
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. WILL BE
REMEMBERED AS A PILLAR OF OUR
COMMUNITY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HER
TWO DAUGHTERS, G AND SUSIE. AND
HER ADOPTED SON ARE. AND OF
COURSE, HER THREE BEAUTIFUL
GRANDCHILDREN. RAFI TALLER AND
GEORGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
NAZARIAN. THANK YOU MEMBERS.
SESSIONS SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS
SUMMER RECESS UPON A GERMAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 1ST FIRST FLOOR
SESSION IS AT ONE P.M. OR OTHER
ITEMS REMAINING WILL BE PASSED.
RETAIN ALL MOTIONS SHALL BE
CONTINUED SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN,
MR PHÊN MOVES IN MISSION,
MISSOURI IN SECONDS THAT THIS
HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL
MONDAY, AUGUST, THE FIRST AT ONE
P.M. PURSUANT TO THE JOINT
ROLES. MOTION CARRIES THE HOUSE
STANDS IN SUMMER. RECESS.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.