THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PETRIE-NORRIS
NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM
THAT SURGEONS NORMAL, PREPARE
THE CHAMBER AND BRINGING THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. THE CLERK WILL
CALL THE ROLL. AGUIAR-CURRY
COLONIES. ALVAREZ ARAMBULA.
BANGS BAUER-KAHAN. BENNETT'S
BERMAN. BOERNER HORVATH BONTA.
BRIAN CALLED AROUND. JUAN
CARILLO, WENDY CARILLO,
CERVANTES CHIN. CONNELLY DALLI.
DAVIES DIXON IS SALIH FLORA MIKE
FONG EVENTS, FONG FRIEDMAN.
GABRIEL GALLAGHER GARCIA GIBSON
GRAYSON. HANEY. HEART. HOLDEN.
OVER ERWIN JACKSON JONES,
SAWYER, KARA. LACKEY LEE. LOW.
BLUMENTHAL MAIENSCHEIN MATHIS
MCCARTY MAKIN ER, MURATSUCHI
WHEN ORTEGA PACHECO HAPPEN. JIM
PATTERSON, JOE PATTERSON,
PELLERIN PETRIE-NORRIS
QUIRK-SILVA. RAMOS REYES
THREE OF US ROBERT RIVAS
RODRIGUEZ RUBIO SANCHEZ SANTIAGO
SHIAVO SORIA. TO TING. VALENCIA
VIA BOUDOIR, WALDRON WALLACE
WARD. WEBER. WICKS WILSON WOULD
ZABAR, MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND OUR VISITORS
IN THE GALLERY IN THE REAR OF
THE CHAMBER TO PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE. MY
ALLOWED TO HIT THE GAVEL. I'M
JUST KIDDING.
THE DAYS PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY A SILLY WOMAN. DAVIES,
REMEMBER DAVIES GOOD MORNING.
PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD. DEAR LORD
, PLEASE GRANT US THE HUMILITY
TO LEARN FROM OTHERS AND THE
WISDOM TO HONOR ALL WHO WE
ENCOUNTER. WE THANK YOU FOR
ANOTHER DAY TO WORK FOR ALL AND
WITH OUR FELLOW MEN AND WOMEN.
IT IS HUMAN NATURE TO ONLY WANT
TO LISTEN TO THOSE WITH WHOM WE
AGREE AND TO ONLY GIVE HONOR TO
THOSE WITH LIKE MINDED IDEALS.
BUT WHEN WE OPEN OURSELVES UP TO
THE HEARING OF THE WISDOM THAT
OTHERS HOLD, WE BECOME ENRICHED
. AND WHEN WE TREAT OTHERS WITH
THE HONOR THAT WE DESIRE, WE
BECOME ELEVATED BY OUR ACTIONS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU MAY BE WITH US
TODAY TO DEFEND US. WITHIN US
THAT YOU MAY SUBSTATION US
BEFORE US THAT YOU MAY LEAD US
BEHIND US THAT YOU MAY PROTECT
US ABOVE US THAT YOU MAY BLESS
US AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN
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OF THEIR METHODS WITH HIS
CHILDREN AND HIS DESK AS HE
LEADS US IN THE NATION'S PLEDGE.
EXCUSE ME. READY SALUTE. I
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH JUST AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU MAY
BE SEATED. READING OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL. LET ME
CHAMBER SACRAMENTO THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 2ND 2023, THE ASSEMBLY
MET AT NINE A.M. THE HONORABLE
STEPHANIE QUINN SPEAKING
ASSISTANT SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
PRESIDING SECONDS AT THE READING
OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL,
BE DISPENSED WITH PRESENTATIONS
AND PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE.
INTRODUCTIONS AND REFERENCES THE
BILLS WILL BE DEFERRED. REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED
READ AND AMENDMENTS DEEMED
ADOPTED. MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR. THERE ARE NONE
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. THERE
ARE NONE. MOVING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. THE ABSENCES FOR
THE DAY WILL BE DOING RED AND
PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL. MAJORITY
LEADER REYES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BURR.
AGUIAR-CURRY. RAISE SANCHEZ AND
SALIH TO SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT
MEMORY TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION.
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE. 1 18 A TO
ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MATHIS TO
HAVE GUESTS AT IT, SEATED AT HIS
DESK AND TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MURATSUCHI TO
HAVE GUESTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ON
THE FLOOR TODAY WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THAT SHALL BE THE
ORDER AND I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO ORDER SCR ONE ATKINS
TO THE THIRD READING FILE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. AND MEMBERS AS A
REMINDER. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY
TO INTRODUCE YOUR BILLS. WE ARE
MOVING TO BUSINESS ON THE DAILY
FILE. AND WE WILL PASS AND
RETAIN ON FILE ITEMS. ONE AND
TWO.
AND WE WILL TAKE A FILE ITEM
THREE. THIS IS HR. 12, THE
CORPORAL REED. HOUSE RESOLUTION
. 12 BY SOMEBODY REMEMBER SUKI
RELATIVE TO JAPANESE AMERICAN
CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MURATSUCHI.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR OPEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS. THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
19TH. JAPANESE AMERICANS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. WELL MARK THE DAY
AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. 81
YEARS AGO ON FEBRUARY 19TH OF
1942. AFTER JAPAN'S ATTACK ON
PEARL HARBOR. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER
9066. WHICH LED. TO THE MASS
INCARCERATION OF OVER 120,000
JAPANESE AMERICANS. LIVING
MOSTLY IN CALIFORNIA. SOLELY
BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE. WITHOUT
ANY DUE PROCESS OF LAW. AND
WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE OF TREASON
OR MILITARY NECESSITY. MR
SPEAKER. REQUEST PERMISSION TO
YOU USE AN EXHIBIT WITHOUT
OBJECTION. THIS IS A COPY. OF A
PUBLIC NOTICE. OF AN EXECUTIVE
THE EXCLUSION ORDER. DATED MAY
23RD OF 1942. POSTED AND
JAPANESE AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. PLACES
LIKE SAN FRANCISCO. OAKLAND.
FRESNO. LAST ANGELUS. UNDER THE
HEADING. INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL
PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY.
THEY NOTICED STATES. PURSUANT TO
THIS EXACT EXCLUSION ORDER. ALL
PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY.
BOTH ALIEN AND NON ALIEN. WILL
BE EVACUATED BY 12 O'CLOCK NOON.
EXACTLY ONE WEEK AFTER THE DATA
THIS NOTICE. THEY NOTICE. GAVE
ONE WEEK FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS
LIVING ON THE WEST COAST TO PACK
ONLY WHAT THEY CAN CARRY. TO BE
REMOVED AND INCARCERATED. AND
DESOLATE CAMPS SURROUNDED BY
BARBED WIRE AND WATCHTOWERS WITH
ARMED SOLDIERS. THEY LOST THEIR
HOMES AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.
THEY LOST THEIR FARMS. THEY LOST
THEIR JOBS AND BUSINESSES AND,
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY LOST
THEIR FREEDOM. I BRING THIS
RESOLUTION FORWARD. AS I HAVE IN
PAST YEARS. TO REMEMBER. ONE OF
THE MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF
ANTI ASIAN HATE IN AMERICAN
HISTORY. ESPECIALLY IN THESE
TIMES WHEN WE ARE ONCE AGAIN
SEEING A DRAMATIC RISE IN ANTI
ASIAN HATE. AS MORE AND MORE
AMERICANS NOW FOCUS. ON ANOTHER
ASIAN NATION. CHINA. AS A
NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. WE SAW
DURING THE PANDEMIC, HOW ANTI
ASIAN, VERBAL AND PHYSICAL
ASSAULTS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHER
AMERICANS BLAMED CHINA AND THE
CHINESE FOR THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
AND NOW. AS BOTH DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS ARE INCREASINGLY
TARGETING CHINA. AS OUR BIGGEST
THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
INCIDENTS OF HATE AGAINST ALL
ASIAN AMERICANS. CONTINUE TO
RISE. BECAUSE IN THE EYES OF THE
HATERS, WE ALL LOOK THE SAME.
HISTORY PROVIDES MANY EXAMPLES
OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC
ISLANDERS BEING ATTACKED AS
SCAPEGOATS. ESPECIALLY DURING
TIMES OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT.
AND THAT IS WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT. TO KNOW OUR HISTORY.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING WOKE.
THIS IS ABOUT LEARNING THE
LESSONS OF HISTORY SO THAT WE
CAN ALL STRIVE TO BE BETTER
AMERICANS. REMEMBERS I PRESENT
THIS RESOLUTION TO DECLARE
FEBRUARY 2019 2023. AS A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE. THANK YOU, MR
MURATSUCHI. SEEING NO OTHER
MEMBERS WISHING TO DISCUSS THIS
RESOLUTION. MR MURATSUCHI, WOULD
YOU LIKE THE FIRST ROLE TO BE
OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS? YES,
PLEASE. WE SHALL DO THAT WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. OH, AUTHORS ON HR
12. ALL THOSE WISHING TO BE A CO
AUTHOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY
CASTING YOUR VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE.
THERE ARE 69 CO AUTHORS. WITHOUT
OBJECTION WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE
ON THE RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY, AYE. ALWAYS THE
PERSON NAMED THE EYES HAVE IT.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. AND
REMEMBER, MARTUCCI, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MR SPEAKER MEMBERS AS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
BIPARTISAN, STRONG BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION, AS
WE RECOGNIZE. A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE. IT IS MY HONOR TO
WELCOME TO THE FLOOR. AND IN THE
GALLERY MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL
JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE
ON THE FLOOR. WE ARE ESPECIALLY
GRATEFUL TO RECOGNIZE EIGHT
SURVIVORS OF THE JAPANESE
AMERICAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
I'D LIKE. TO ANNOUNCED THEIR
NAMES AND WHICH CAMP THEY WERE
INCARCERATED IN FIRST JUDY FOR
KUMIN. TO LAY LAKE CALIFORNIA.
RETIRED JUDGE CHARLES KOBAYASHI.
TULLEY LEG, CALIFORNIA KG
TAKAGI. TOOLEY LAKE, CALIFORNIA.
ASTOR KHÓ COMMA. TOOLEY LAKE,
CALIFORNIA. LAST YEAR. OH, KIRA.
JEROME ARKANSAS, AND HE'LL A
RIVER, ARIZONA. MARIELLE
TSUKAMOTO. JEROME, ARKANSAS.
HARD TO ZAMORA, JEROME, ARKANSAS
AND ROWER ARKANSAS. AND LAST,
BUT NOT LEAST, SAM SHIMADA.
HAMACHI, COLORADO. I'D ALSO LIKE
TO WELCOME EVERYONE IN THE
GALLERY. MANY MEMBERS OF THE
SACRAMENTO JAPANESE AMERICAN
CITIZENS LEAGUE WELCOME
EVERYONE. LET'S PLEASE GIVE A
ROUND. APPLAUSE. THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO INVITE YOU WERE
GOING TO HAVE A SMALL RECEPTION
AFTERWARDS AFTER SESSION IN ROOM
1 25. PLEASE JOIN MYSELF AND ALL
OF OUR GUESTS AT THIS RECEPTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU,
MR MAYOR, SEARCHING. MEMBERS WE
HAVE ANOTHER GUEST INTRODUCTION
. SOME MEMBER MOUTH ISSUE WERE
RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER. COLLEAGUES
THESE ARE MY TWINS. UM SOME OF
YOU MAY REMEMBER MY FIRST DAY
SWEARING IN OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO
WAS WHEN THEY WERE BORN. UM,
THEY JOINED ME TODAY AS SECOND
GRADERS. WE'VE GOT JEFFERSON
LOCK MATHIS, A K A. THE ROOSTER.
AND WE HAVE MARGARET MARIE
MATHIS OVER HERE HIDING, AKA
MAGGIE. MAGPIE THE GIGGLE BOX.
UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
MATHIS. WELCOME BACK TO THE
ASSEMBLY. AND MEMBERS. WE ARE
BACK ON FILE. THIS WILL BE FILE
ITEM 4 82 69 THE CORTICAL READ
ASSEMBLY BILL 2 69 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN AND
ACCOLADE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THERE
UP TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
AND SOLOMON. BERBER BERMAN HERE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR OPEN. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES.
A B 269 IS AN URGENCY MEASURE
THAT WERE PRESERVED TO WAIVERS
THAT ARE SET TO EXPIRE AT THE
END OF THIS MONTH. FIRST THE
BILL WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH TEST TO TREAT
PROGRAM TO CONTINUE FOR AN
ADDITIONAL YEAR. SECOND, THE
BILL WILL ALLOW LABORATORIES TO
MAINTAIN THE WORKFORCE THEY HAVE
THEY'VE USED SINCE THE START OF
THE PANDEMIC TO ANALYZE COVID 19
TESTS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE ON THIS URGENT
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU, MR
BERMAN AND SEEING NO MEMBERS
WISHING TO DEBATE OR DISCUSS
THIS ITEM, THE CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLE. THERE'S VOTES WE
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. THIS
REQUIRES 54.
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE OF
TALLY THE VOTES. EYES 65 NO.
ZERO ON THE URGENCY. I 65 NO.
ZERO ON THE BILL. THE MEASURE
PASSES. MEMBERS WILL BE MOVING
NOW TO THE SECOND DAY CONSENT
CALENDAR. BEFORE WE VOTE, WE
WILL FIRST TAKE UP RESOLUTIONS
ON THE CASSETTE CALENDAR. FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ADDING CO AUTHORS
. THE CLERK WILL READ THE
RESOLUTIONS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
10 BY SOME MEMBER WEBER AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO CHILDREN'S
DENTAL HEALTH. MATH SOMEBODY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 11 BIAS,
SOME MEMORABLE WICKS RELATIVE TO
NATIONAL CAREGIVERS DAY AND
CYNICAL, CRACKED RESOLUTION 14
BY SENATOR DODD RELATIVELY
EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK.
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLE
ONLY MEMBERS TO ADD ON AS A CO
AUTHOR. FOR THE RESOLUTIONS.
MEMBERS THIS VOTE IS FOR CO
AUTHORS. ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO
BE A CO AUTHOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY
BY CASTING YOUR VOTE.
CORPORAL CLOSE THE ROLE. THERE
ARE 66 CO AUTHORS.
MEMBERS FROM MOVING INTO A VOTE
ON THE CONSENT CALENDARS THAT
DOES ANY MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE
AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR SEEING AND HEARING NONE
WILL READ THE SECOND DAY CONSENT
CALENDAR CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
10 BY SOMEBODY MEMBER WEBER AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO CHILDREN'S
DENTAL HEALTH MONTH WILL OPEN
THE ROLLING ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THIS IS FOR THE
CONSENT CALENDAR MEMBERS. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL CLOSE ROLL TALLY. THE
VOTES IS 69 NO. ZERO THAT
CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED
CLERK WILL READ THE REMAINING
ITEMS ON THE CONTENT CALENDAR.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 11 69, NO.
ZERO AND SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION. 14 69 NO. ZERO.
MEMBERS THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE. WE
WILL NOW MOVE. IN A MOMENT TO A
GERMANS AND MEMORY.
MEMBERS WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION ON
THEIR GERMANS AND MEMORY AND TO
PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU MEMBERS. WELL NOW
RECOGNIZE THAT SOME MEMBERS ER
SUBURB AT YOUR DESK FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY.
COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY TO
ADJOURN. EXCUSE ME TO ADJOURN
TODAY'S SESSION IN MEMORY OF MY
SISTER JACQUELINE MARIE'S OBOR
TWO DAYS BEFORE WHAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN HER 60TH BIRTHDAY. SHE
PASSED AWAY OVER TWO YEARS AGO
AT THE AGE OF 57. AFTER AN
ALMOST THREE YEAR BATTLE WITH
THE L S SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS
LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, A
DEVASTATING NEUROLOGICAL
CONDITION. MY SISTER WAS ONE OF
THE BRIGHT LIGHTS IN OUR WORLD.
WARM. KAREN ENERGETIC AND FUN
LOVING. BEAUTIFUL WITH A ZEST
FOR LIFE AND A THIRST FOR
EXPERIENCING THE WONDERS OF OUR
WORLD AND LIFE THAT DREW
EVERYONE TO HER. SHE WAS BORN IN
RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA WHILE MY
DAD WAS WORKING AT HIS FIRST JOB
AT THE CHINA LAKE AIRPORTS BASE
BEFORE MY FAMILY MOVED BACK TO
NEW MEXICO. IN SCHOOL. JACKIE
WAS POPULAR HAD MANY FRIENDS.
SHE WAS ON THE DANCE TEAMS AND
BOTH OF HER IN BOTH JUNIOR HIGH
AND HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER
ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
MEXICO. WHEN JACKIE WAS IN FIRST
GRADE. HER BEST FRIEND, PATRICIA
BOTERO, WAS KILLED IN A CAR
ACCIDENT, AN EVENT THAT DEEPLY
SHAPED MY SISTER'S LIFE.
CHARACTER. I REMEMBER HOW HARD
THAT WAS FOR MY LITTLE SISTER.
BUT I ALSO SAW HOW IT MADE HER
APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT SHE
LOVED IN A WAY IN A WAY THAT WAS
UNIQUE FOR US FOR A YOUNG GIRL.
JACKIE WAS ALWAYS CHECKING IN
WITH HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY,
REMEMBERING BIRTHDAYS AND
ANNIVERSARIES, FOLLOWING UP ON
CONVERSATIONS SHE HAD AND
DOUBTING ON HER NIECES AND
NEPHEW, WHOM SHE ADORED. AFTER
SHE PASSED AWAY AND WE GOT TO
SEE ALL OF HER EMAILS AND MANY
BOXES OF LETTERS AND CARDS THAT
SHE HAD SAVED HER ENTIRE LIFE. I
WAS TRULY ASTONISHED AT HER
ABILITY TO KEEP SO MANY
FRIENDSHIPS ALIVE IN AN INTIMATE
AND AUTHENTIC WAYS. WHEN SHE
MOVED TO LONG BEACH TO BE CLOSER
TO ME, ALL OF MY FRIENDS BECAME
HER FRIENDS. AND I DON'T THINK
IT'S AN EXAGGERATION. TO SAY
THAT MANY OF THEM FELT CLOSER TO
HER THAN TO ME BECAUSE SHE
NURTURED THOSE FRIENDSHIPS SO
CLOSELY. SHE WAS MY VERY BEST
FRIEND AND THE PERSON THAT I
FIRST CAME OUT TO AS A GAY MAN,
ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE I CAME OUT
TO ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE SHE WAS
THE PERSON I TRUSTED MOST AND
FELT SAFE WITH. AND WHILE ALL MY
SIBLINGS ARE ESPECIALLY CLOSE,
AND I LOVE MY BROTHER JOHN AND
MY SISTER JOANNE, MORE THAN I
CAN SAY, WE ALL REALIZED AFTER
HER PASSING THAT EACH OF US
CONSIDERED HER TO BE OUR VERY
BEST FRIEND. SHE WAS THAT
SPECIAL. WHEN JACKIE ENTERED
MIDLIFE. SHE GOT SERIOUS ABOUT
HER CAREER AND HAD A SERIES OF
JOBS AND THE TELECOM INDUSTRY.
THEN SHE MOVED TO LONG BEACH TO
BECOME A REALTOR, A JOB THAT SHE
LOVED AND THRIVED IN BECAUSE
PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT SHE CARED
MORE ABOUT HELPING THEM MAKE
GOOD CHOICES THAN SHE DID ABOUT
EARNING COMMISSIONS SHE'D
STARTED TO SAY FOR HER
RETIREMENT AND MANAGED TO SCRAPE
TOGETHER ENOUGH TO BUY A SMALL
TOWN HOME IN LONG BEACH, AND
THEN SHE BECAME ILL. FIRST TO
SURGERY FOR SCOLIOSIS, WHICH
TOOK HER 18 MONTHS TO RECOVER
FROM AND THEN THE INITIAL
SYMPTOMS OF ALS PRESENTED BUT
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH ALS, IT IS ONE OF
THE VERY CRUELEST CONDITIONS
THERE IS. IT'S A DISEASE THAT
LITERALLY RESULTS IN A GRADUAL
SHUTDOWN. OF ONE'S BODY. OVER
TWO YEARS, SHE LOST HER ABILITY
TO MOVE HER LEGS. THEN LOST
THREE. STRENGTHEN HER ARMS
ULTIMATELY LOST HER ABILITY TO
SWALLOW. NECESSITATING A FEEDING
TUBE AND EVEN COMMUNICATE
BECAUSE HER SPEECH WAS SO
SLURRED. THAT PERIOD OF HER
LIFE. LITERALLY HAUNTS ME. AS I
WATCHED HER STRUGGLE WITH SO
MUCH BRAVERY AND INCREDIBLE
DIGNITY. EVEN WHEN SHE KNEW HER
TIME WAS SHORT. JACKIE WAS
THINKING ABOUT OTHERS. IN FACT,
JACKIE IS THE MAIN REASON I
SERVE IN THIS BODY TODAY. NINE
MONTHS BEFORE SHE PASSED AS SHE
WAS REVIEWING HER LIFE AND
WHETHER SHE HAD DONE ENOUGH TO
PURSUE HER DREAMS. SHE MADE ME
PROMISE THAT I WOULD SEEK PUBLIC
OFFICE IN SOME CAPACITY BECAUSE
SHE BELIEVED THAT THAT WAS WHAT
I WAS DESTINED TO DO. SHE LOVED
HER THREE KITTIES JET SAMMY AND
JACKSON, WHO MADE AND SHE MADE
SURE MY SISTER JOANNE WOULD
ADOPT THEM AFTER SHE PASSED. SHE
LOVED HER SISTERS AND BROTHERS
AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND HER
BEST FRIEND SHERRY, WHO DID SO
MUCH TO CARE FOR HER IN HER
FINAL YEAR. SHE WAS A VEGETARIAN
MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE NOT
BECAUSE NOT FOR HEALTH REASONS,
BUT BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT BEAR
TAKING THE LIFE OF AN ANIMAL
WHEN WE HAVE OTHER ALTERNATIVES
TO NURTURE OURSELVES. BEFORE SHE
PASSED, SHE BECAME ACTIVE,
EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT A LESS
AND RAISING MONEY FOR MORE
RESEARCH AND CARE AND BECAME ONE
OF THE TOP FUNDRAISERS FOR ALS
CHARITIES DURING HER FINAL
MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW
THAT THAT WOULD NOT REALLY HELP
HER HERSELF. BEFORE SHE PASSED.
SHE MADE ME PROMISE HER THAT I
WOULD DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO
FIX THE DEEPLY FLAWED MEDICAL
SYSTEM THAT TREATED HER AS A
FATALITY WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE AND
DENIED COVERAGE FOR THE EMERGING
TREATMENTS THAT HER DOCTORS
PRESCRIBED BECAUSE THEY WERE OFF
LABEL. THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET SHE
EXPERIENCED PROVIDED NO IN HOME
CARE WHEN SHE COULD NO LONGER
WALK OR GET TO THE HER
WHEELCHAIR OR TO THE BET FROM OR
TO HER BED OR HER BATHROOM. EVEN
AFTER SHE HAD SPENT EVERY PENNY
OF HER SAVINGS ON HER CARE AND
LIVING EXPENSES. THERE WAS NO
HELP FOR JACKIE BECAUSE HER
$2100 PER MONTH IN SOCIAL
SECURITY DISABILITY, WHICH WAS
HER ONLY INCOME MADE HER
INELIGIBLE FOR ANY BENEFITS
UNDER I H S S OR ANY STATE OR
FEDERAL PROGRAM. LUCKILY MY
SISTER JOANNE AND I WERE ABLE TO
HELP JACKIE STAY IN HER HOME AND
GET THE CARE SHE NEEDED DURING
HER LAST TWO YEARS OF HER LIFE.
BUT JACKIE OFTEN WONDERED HOW
MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND ELDERS WHO
NEED CARE SURVIVED IF THEY
DIDN'T HAVE FAMILIES TO CARE FOR
THEM. THIS SATURDAY. WOULD HAVE
BEEN JACKIE'S BIRTHDAY AND I
KNOW THAT SHE'S LOOKING DOWN ON
US ON ALL OF US, HOPING THAT WE
ARE INSPIRED TO FIX OUR BROKEN
SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND PAY HOME
CAREGIVERS WHAT THEY DESERVE. I
BELIEVE THAT SHE IS HOPING THAT
WE WILL WORK TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE
WHO WHO ARE ILL AND LIVING WITH
DISABILITIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
AGING, ALL OF WHOM DESERVE TO BE
ABLE TO AGE AND LIVE IN THEIR
HOMES WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
I KNOW SHE'S UP THERE WATCHING
ALL OF US WITH A HOPEFUL AND
LOVING HEART. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING ME ON THAT JOURNEY HER
MEMORY TODAY. THANK YOU, MR
ZIMMER. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGRA
CURRY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR ADJOURNMENT MEMORY. IT IS
WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I RISE
TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
ROBERT WILLIAM BOB BLATTNER,
LOVED AND RESPECTED MEMBER OF
THIS CAPITAL COMMUNITY. BOB DIED
PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP AT HIS
IN HIS HOME IN DAVIS ON FEBRUARY
2ND. YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU KNOW,
BOB AS AN ADVOCATE OVER 25 YEARS
OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
INCLUDING NUMEROUS SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND ASSOCIATIONS. IS
WELL KNOWN FOR HIS PREEMINENT
EXPERT ON CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
FINANCE. ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL
OF PEOPLE WHO FULLY UNDERSTOOD
ARE COMPLEX SCHOOL FINANCE
SYSTEM AND FUNDING FORMULAS. NOT
ONLY KNEW THEM INSIDE AND OUT,
BUT COULD ALSO EXPLAIN THEM IN
THE TERMS THE REST OF US COULD
UNDERSTAND. AND NO MATTER HOW HE
STOOD ON AN ISSUE, YOU COULD
ALWAYS RELY ON BOB TO GIVE YOU
THE STRAIGHT SCOOP. IF YOU KNEW
BOB, YOU KNEW HE WAS NOT ONLY
BRILLIANT BUT ALWAYS FULL OF JOY
AND EXUBERANCE AND FUNDING BE
AROUND. HE WAS A GIANT OF A MAN
WITH A GIANT HEART. A GREAT
STORYTELLER WITH ENCYCLOPEDIA
KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD HISTORY, FINE
FOODS, ARTS AND CULTURE. A
GIFTED MUSICIAN AND RADICAL
TOUR. A TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN. A
GRADUATE OF YALE UNIVERSITY,
WHERE HE KEPT KEPT IN THE SWIM
TEAM AND LATER U. C BERKELEY'S
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM BOB AND
BARKED ON A CAREER AS A REPORTER
WORKING FOR SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS,
INCLUDING THE SACRAMENTO UNION
AND THE SACRAMENTO BEE. THEN
AFTER THEN, AFTER WRITING ABOUT
EDUCATION POLITICS FOR SEVERAL
YEARS, HE SHIFTED TO EDUCATION
ADVOCACY, ALWAYS WITH THE FOCUS
ON WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS BEST FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN. HE IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE, LOVELY WIFE AND
THEIR TWO BOYS. JACK AND ROB,
WHO WERE THE FOCUS OF HIS
ENERGY, LOVE AND ATTENTION. HE
LEAVES A GAPING HOLE OF SORROW
FOR HIS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN
DAVIS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY
CAPITAL COMMUNITY. WE WILL MISS
BUT REMEMBERS BOOMING VOICE,
CHARISMATIC LAUGHTER AND SMILE.
HE WAS JUST ONE OF A KIND OF A
KIND THAT I WISH WE HAD MORE OF
IN THIS WORLD. IN HIS FAMILY'S
HERE TO JOIN US TODAY FOR HER
GERMAN MEMORY. THANK YOU
MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR
AGUIAR-CURRY. MEMBERS WITHOUT
OBJECTION. THE QUORUM CALL IS
NOW LIFTED. WE DO HAVE A FEW
REMAINING GERMANS AND MEMORY.
TODAY.
AND MAJORITY LEADER. RAISE YOUR
RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. I RISE
TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
MIGUEL CERVANTES. A DEVOTED
HUSBAND, FATHER, SON AND
BROTHER, MIGUEL WAS AN ACTIVE
MEMBER OF THE 50TH DISTRICT
SERVING THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT FOR OVER
17 YEARS. HE STARTED HIS SERVICE
IN THE FIREFIGHTING AS A
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT. IN THE YEAR 2000. HE
WAS HIRED BY THE NORCO FIRE
DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE WAS AN
APPRENTICE FIREFIGHTER. HE WAS
LATER PROMOTED TO FIREFIGHTER
AND THEN FIRE ENGINEER. LATER HE
JOINED THE RANCH CUCAMONGA FIRE
DISTRICT IN 2006, WHERE HE
STARTED OUT AS A FIREFIGHTER
AGAIN AND WAS PROMOTED TO FIRE
ENGINEER FIVE YEARS LATER.
DURING HIS TIME WITH THE RADICAL
AMONG THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE
WAS ACTING. IT WAS AN ACTIVE
MEMBER OF THE HONOR GUARD
TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM FIRE
ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR REGIONAL FEMA
URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM
PEER SUPPORT MEMBER PARAMEDIC
AND EXECUTIVE BOARD SECRETARY OF
THE RANCH CUCAMONGA FIREFIGHTERS
ASSOCIATION. HE IS REMEMBERED
FOR HIS ACTS OF SERVICE AND HIS
GIFT OF MAKING THOSE AROUND HIM
FEEL COMFORTED, UNDERSTOOD AND
VALUED. MIGUEL TREATED EVERY
CALL TO RESCUE AS IF IT WERE
CALLED TO SAVE ONE OF HIS LOVED
ONES. HE PASSED AWAY ON
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH. 2023 AT
THE AGE OF 45, A SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, SELINA, OF 17 YEARS AND
THEIR THREE CHILDREN. MEMBERS I
ASK THAT WE ADJOURNED IN THE
MEMORY OF MIGUEL CERVANTES.
THANK YOU, MISS REYES. AND
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SANCHEZ, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY TO A
JOURNEY MEMORY OF MIGUEL
CERVANTES MIGUEL WAS A RANCHO
CUCAMONGA FIRE ENGINEER WHO
UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS BATTLE
WITH NON HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA ON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH LAST
SUMMER, MIGUEL BEGAN HIS
COURAGEOUS BATTLE AGAINST THIS
CANCER AND SINCE HIS DIAGNOSIS
AND DURING HIS TREATMENT, MIGUEL
CONTINUE TO DISPLAY OPTIMISM,
GRATITUDE AND STRENGTH. HIS
FIREFIGHTER FAMILY STATED THAT
MIGUEL WAS A BEACON OF LIGHT.
WHO HE LEAVES BEHIND A LASTING
LEGACY WITH HIS CONTAGIOUS SMILE
AND PASSION FOR HIS WORK.
MIGUEL'S FIREFIGHTING CAREER
SPENT ALMOST TWO DECADES AND HIS
EXPERTISE, BACKGROUND AND
KNOWLEDGE MADE HIM AN
EXCEPTIONAL FIREFIGHTER. HE WAS
A LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND TO
HIS WIFE, SELINA OF 17 YEARS AND
HAS THREE CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN
THE CITY OF MARIETTA. THE RANCHO
CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT IS
COMMITTED TO HONORING MIGUEL'S
LEGACY BY SERVING THE COMMUNITY
AND CONTINUING THEIR UNWAVERING
SUPPORT FOR THE FIRST CERVANTES
FAMILY. TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK
THIS BODY TO ENSURE MIGUEL
CERVANTES AND HIS FAMILY BY
ADJOURNING IN HIS MEMORY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SANCHEZ.
AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALLY,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. SADLY
TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN THE
STATE ASSEMBLY IN THE MEMORY OF
ORANGE COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF
BRYAN HANEY. WHO DIED IN A
TRAGIC TRAFFIC COLLISION IN THE
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, THE
MORNING OF FEBRUARY. 9TH. DEPUTY
HAYNIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AIR
FORCE RESERVE AS A SENIOR AIRMAN
AND EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. HE WAS
HIRED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST
19TH 2016 SERVING HONORABLY FOR
SIX YEARS. DEPUTY HAYNIE WAS A
MEMBER OF THE CRITICAL INCIDENT
RESPONSE TEAM AND WAS DEDICATED
DESCRIBED BY HIS BROTHERS AND
SISTERS IN UNIFORM AS A QUICK
LEARNER, HARD WORKER AND TEAM
PLAYER. HE WAS RESPECTED BY HIS
COLLEAGUES AND LOVED BY HIS
WIFE, LESLIE. AND THEIR ONE
MONTH OLD SON, COLE. THIS IS A
HEARTBREAKING LOSS FOR HIS
FAMILY AND THE OC SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE LOST FAR TOO
MANY MEMBERS OF OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY LATELY, I
ASKED THAT WE TAKE AN EXTRA
MOMENT. TO GIVE THANKS AND
APPRECIATION TO OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ALL
THEY DO TO KEEP US SAFE AS WE
ADJOURN THE STATE ASSEMBLY IN
MEMORY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF BRYAN
HANEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
GASOLINE. MEMBERS PLEASE BRING
THE NAMES TO THE DESK TO BE
PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL. ALL
REQUEST TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY
WILL BE DEEMED BREAD AND PRINTED
IN THE JOURNAL. MOVING TO SOME
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS ONCE
AGAIN TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO
INTRODUCE THE BILL. THE DEATHS
WILL BE HELD OPEN UNTIL FIVE PM
OR UPON RECEIPT OF THE LAST BILL
FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THE
SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH IS
PRESIDENT'S DAY AND TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 21ST IS SESSION AT ONE
P.M. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
OBTAIN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
ADJOURN MISS REYES MOVES AND
MYSTICS IN SECONDS THAT THIS
HOUSE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 21ST AT ONE
PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.