THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S OF BIRD NOBODY
NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM
SERGEANT ARMS TO PREPARE THE
CHAMBER AND BRINGING THE
OPPOSITE MEMBERS. THE CLERK WILL
CALL THE ROLL AGUIAR-CURRY.
COLONIES ALVAREZ ARAMBULA BAINES
BAUER-KAHAN BENNETT. BERMAN
BURNER. PONTA. BRIAN CALDERON,
JUAN CARILLO, WENDY CARILLO,
CERVANTES CHEN. CONNELLY SALLY
DAVIES DIXON. IT'S A LEAD FLORA
, MIKE FONG, VINCE FONG FRIEDMAN
, GABRIEL GALLAGHER GARCIA.
GIBSON GRAYSON HANEY HEART HOLD
HOOVER, ERWIN JACKSON, JOAN
SAWYER, KALRA LACKEY, LEE LOW.
LOWENTHAL MAIENSCHEIN MATHIS
MCCARTHY MAKIN ER MURATSUCHI
WHEN ORTEGA PACHECO POPPING GYMA
PATERSON ER JOE PATTERSON
PELLERIN PETRIE-NORRIS
QUIRK-SILVA RAMOS RAISE
THREE OF US ROBERT RIVAS
RODRIGUEZ RUBIO. SANCHEZ
SANTIAGO SHIAVO SARRIA TO TING.
VALENCIA VÆ VALLAPUDUA WALDRON
WALLACE WARD. WEBER. WICKS
WILSON WOULD ZABAR, MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK THAT OUR GUESTS IN THE
GALLERY AND IN THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER TO PLEASE STAND FOR
TODAY'S PRAYER AND PLEDGE. IN
OBSERVANCE OF THE LGBTQ PRIDE
MONTH. THE DAYS PRAYER WILL BE
OFFERED BY A GUEST CHAPLAIN,
REVEREND DAN COSELL. HE'S A
SENIOR PASTOR AT THE
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH IN
SAN DIEGO. COSELL. WILL YOU
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER? LOVING
GOD. THANK YOU FOR THE ABUNDANT
FREEDOMS WE CELEBRATE AS
CALIFORNIANS. WHAT A JOY TO CALL
CALIFORNIA HOME SWEET HOME.
TODAY I PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS
AS WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH. A
TIME WHEN THE L G B T Q
COMMUNITY ALLIES AND SUPPORTERS
COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE
PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS FULL
EQUALITY. AND ALSO TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT STILL
NEEDS TO BE DONE. AS WE HAVE
SEEN AN INCREASE IN HATE CRIMES
TOWARDS MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY. MAY WE TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AND SET AN
EXAMPLE ON HOW TO FOSTER A SENSE
OF CIVILITY JUSTICE AND TO
PROTECT THE MOST MARGINALIZED
AMONG US, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY
ARE. OR WHO THEY LOVE. OH, GOD.
IN TODAY'S WORLD, WE NEED
CIVILITY MORE THAN EVER. HELP US
TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
DIALOGUE, UNDERSTANDING AND
MUTUAL RESPECT. ESPECIALLY IN
THE FACE OF DISAGREEMENT. AND
LOVING GOD. MAY WE ALL BE
INSPIRED TO ACT WITH COURAGE.
EMPATHY. AND R E S P E C T AS WE
STRIVE TO BRING ABOUT A MORE
INCLUSIVE AND LOVING WORLD THIS
PRIDE MONTH. I PRAY THIS IN YOUR
MANY NAMES. AMEN. WE ASKED TO
REMAIN STANDING AND JOIN US IN
THE NATION'S PLEDGE. PLEASE JOIN
US ON MEMBERS OF BURR AS HE
LEADS US IN THE FLAG SALUTE.
PLEASE JOIN ME WITH THE PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED.
THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.
READING OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S
JOURNAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER.
SACRAMENTO WEDNESDAY MAY 17TH
2023, THE ASSEMBLY MET AT 7 A.M,
THE HONORABLE ONE CARILLO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S 30/9 DISTRICT
RESIDING CHIEF LOOKS TO PROGRESS
THE DESK CLERK DAVID BOWMAN,
GREEDY MR GALLAGHER. 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 READ IN 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 FOR ILLNESS,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S EARLY AND HER
DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BRIAN. AND
MAJORITY LEADER RAISE YOUR
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
I REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO
ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PETRIE-NORRIS TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY TODAY
WITHOUT OBJECTIONS, THAT SHALL
BE THE ORDER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE. 1 18, A TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD TO HAVE
GUESTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE
FLOOR TODAY WITHOUT OBJECTION.
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER.
PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY RULE 96. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO RE
REFER THE FOLLOWING BILLS TO
COMMITTEE SP 28 GLACIER FROM THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO THE
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND
THEN BACK TO THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. S P. 568 NEWMAN FROM
THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND
TOXIC MATERIALS COMMITTEE AND
THEN BACK TO THE NATURAL
RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND SB 745
CORTEZ E FROM THE HOUSING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND
TOXIC MATERIALS COMMITTEE AND
THEN BACK TO THE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT SHALL BE
THE ORDER. MEMBERS WE HAVE A
VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TODAY
CELEBRATING HIS 2ND 30/9
BIRTHDAY. PLEASE CONGRATULATE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW. I BELIEVE
THERE ARE CUPCAKES IN THE
LOUNGE.
AND SOME MEMBER GABRIEL, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES. I HAVE THE DISTINCT
HONOR TODAY OF INTRODUCING SOME
VERY SPECIAL GUEST FROM MY
DISTRICT. JOINING US TODAY IN
THE GALLERY ARE STUDENTS FROM AL
CAMINO REAL CHARTER HIGH
SCHOOL'S VARSITY ACADEMIC
DECATHLON TEAM, FRESH OFF,
CLAIMING THEIR NINTH NATIONAL
TITLE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.
THEY'RE STANDING UP HERE. THESE
STUDENTS.
AND IN ADDITION TO NINE, A
RECORD TYING NINTH NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP, THESE NINE
GRADUATING SENIORS HAVE ALSO
CLAIMED THEIR SCHOOLS 15TH, THE
REGIONAL TITLE AND 13TH ST STATE
TITLE. SO IF INTERVIEW ARE
WONDERING WHERE THE HOME OF THE
BEST ACADEMIC DECATHLON IS IN
THE UNITED STATES, IT'S RIGHT IN
THE HEART OF THE WEST SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY AT EL CAMINO
REAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND I,
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO DO.
CONGRATULATIONS COLLEAGUES.
PLEASE HELP ME GIVE THEM ANOTHER
ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND WELCOME
THEM TO THE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU,
MR GABRIEL AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN
SORIA. RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR DESK
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. I AM THRILLED TO
WELCOME MADEIRA UNIFIED'S MAD
TOWN. ROBOTIC 1323 TEAMS TO THE
ASSEMBLY TODAY. THEY'RE UP IN
THE GALLERY TO MY LEFT. UM AND
WE ARE HERE TO HONOR THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND
ACHIEVING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
TITLE IN ROBOTICS. YOU MAY BE
ASKING WELL, WHERE IS MADEIRA?
MADEIRA IS A SMALL RURAL CITY
SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. AND WHEN YOU
HEAR ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, IT IS
MOSTLY TALKED ABOUT IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE LEVEL OF POVERTY
, LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
BUT A THRIVING ADD COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU DON'T HEAR IS THE STORY
THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THIS YOUNG THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
HERE TODAY, MADEIRA IS HOME TO
HARDWORKING PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF
GREAT AND DESIRE TO SUCCEED.
THEY ARE HOME TO AN INCREDIBLE
TEAM WHO WAS DECLARED WINNER OF
THE 2023 1ST CHAMPIONSHIP THIS
PAST APRIL, WHERE THEY COMPETED
AGAINST 600 TEAMS. FROM NOT JUST
HERE IN THE NATION, BUT ACROSS
THE WORLD. THE TEAM WENT INTO
THE COMPETITION INTO THIS
COMPETITION, RANKING ONE NUMBER
ONE AFTER FIRST GOING UNDEFEATED
IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGIONAL OF
THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION.
THE TEAM IS COMPRISED OF
TALENTED STUDENTS FROM THE
TOURIST HIGH SCHOOL MADERA HIGH
SCHOOL IN SHERMAN THOMAS CHARTER
SCHOOL. IT IS SUCH A HUGE FEAT
THAT THEY HAVE DECLARED VICTORY
ON THIS INTERNATIONAL STAGE,
THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR MENTORS
AND IMMENSE LEADERS IN SCIENCE.
AND THEIR MENTORS ARE IMMENSE
LEADERS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
AND ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS
TEACHER CHAMPIONS REMIND US THAT
WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE COMMUNITY
SUPPORT, YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SMALL
RURAL SCHOOLS CAN COMPETE AT AN
ELITE LEVEL, BUT NOT JUST
COMPETE. THEY CAN ACTUALLY WIN.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERIFIED
. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS
TEACHERS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY
FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.
THEY ARE A FEATURE OF OUR
CENTRAL VALLEY. THANK YOU TO THE
MAT. TOWN ROBOTICS TEAM FOR
BEING HERE. CONGRATULATIONS ON
BEING WORLD CHAMPIONS. AND I
WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU GUYS,
ALL OF OUR MEMBERS TO COME AND
VISIT THEM IN ROOM 1 27 HERE IN
THE CAPITAL, WHERE THEY WILL
HAVE THEIR AWESOME ROBOT. YOU
CAN COME AND CHECK IT OUT
BECAUSE THEY CAN DO SOME REALLY
REMARKABLE THINGS. SO LET'S
WELCOME THEM AND GIVE THEM A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ACHIEVING
SUCH TITLE.
MEMBERS WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
MEMBERS WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE
ASSEMBLY OBSERVANCE OF LESBIAN,
GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND
QUEER PRIDE MONTH. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE WILL TAKE OUT FILE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR H. R 33. WARD
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIRD
READING. THE CLERK WILL READ.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 33 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO LAST MINUTE GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND CAREER
PRIDE MONTH. MR WARD, YOU MAY
OPEN TO THE OPEN ON THE MEASURE
. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. AS
THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE LGBT Q CAUCUS. WE
RISE TO PRESENT HR 33 TO
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED JUNE 2023
AS LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH. IN RECENT
TIMES, JUNE IS GENERALLY BEEN
RECOGNIZED AT THE TIME TO
SUPPORT THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS
LGBT Q AND CELEBRATE ALL THE
DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR LGBTQ
COMMUNITY. EVERY ONE. SHOULD BE
ABLE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES
AUTHENTICALLY PROUDLY OPENLY,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.
PRIDE MONTH IS ALSO A TIME TO
CELEBRATE OUR PROGRESS. MARRIAGE
EQUALITY IS NOW LEGAL IN SEVERAL
COUNTRIES. DISCRIMINATION FOR
SERVICE MEMBERS HAS BEEN
REPEALED. RECOGNITION OF
DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE AND
EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HOMELESSNESS IS FINALLY BEING
ACKNOWLEDGED AND ADDRESSED. AND
WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF
GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM. BECAUSE OF
COURAGEOUS ALLIES. AND BECAUSE
OF OUR HARD FART CAMPAIGNS TO BE
AT THE TABLE AND BE WITH YOU. IN
FACT, THIS IS A SEMINAL YEAR
HERE IN CALIFORNIA AS OF JANUARY
, CALIFORNIA LGBTQ LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS WITH 12 MEMBERS STRONG IS
NOW 10% OF THE LEGISLATURE,
REPRESENTING THE APPROXIMATELY
10% OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.
WHO IDENTIFIES SO THIS IS A
POSITIVE MOMENT IN TIME. DESPITE
RECENT ATTACKS AND THANKS TO THE
HARD WORK OF THOSE WHO CAME
BEFORE US LGBT Q. PEOPLE ARE
MORE ACCEPTED NOW THAN WE'VE
EVER BEEN. BUT IN LIGHT OF THOSE
RECENT ATTACKS, WE HAVE SO MUCH
MORE WORK TO DO. PROGRESS THAT
WE MAKE AND INDEED PROGRESS THAT
ANY OF US MAKES OVERNIGHT CANNOT
BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. IT HAS
TAKEN THE DEDICATION AND PASSION
OF THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY
LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS WORKING
DAY IN AND DAY OUT AGAINST
IMMENSE PERSONAL CRITICISM AND
SOMETIMES VIOLENCE. WE HONOR THE
COURAGE AND RESILIENCE OF THOSE
WHO CAME BEFORE US WHO STOOD UP
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND HATE
TO GET US HERE. AND WE ARE WELL
AWARE. THAT WE NEVER TAKE THESE
VICTORIES FOR GRANTED AT A TIME
THAT WE SEE SEVERAL STATE
LEGISLATURES PASS LAWS TO ERASE
OR ROLL BACK OUR RIGHTS WITH
OVER 450 ANTI LGBTQ BILLS
INTRODUCED IN 2023 ALONE ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY. JUNE HIGHLIGHTS
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE STRUGGLES
THAT WE FACE IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND OUR ONGOING FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY. SO IT'S A REMINDER
THAT WE CAN'T GIVE UP. AND WE
WON'T GIVE UP. EVERYTHING THAT
GIVES US DIGNITY, SECURITY,
RESPECT AND SUPPORT IS ON THE
TABLE, INCLUDING MARRIAGE,
EQUALITY, ADOPTION RIGHTS,
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS AND
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND MORE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY ONE OF
OUR ALLIES STAND AND PRY WITH US
IN SOLIDARITY FOR THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY TO STAND
WITH OUR TRANSGENDER SIBLINGS IN
THE HEAT THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY
FACING IN THEIR PUSH FOR EQUAL
RIGHTS AND SUPPORT. MEMBERS DO
THE MATH. THERE ARE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF LGBT Q CONSTITUENTS
IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR
DISTRICTS. THIS PAST WEEKEND
THEY WERE CELEBRATING IN READING
IN PACIFICA AND FRESNO IN
OCEANSIDE IN SANTA CRUZ AND YES
IN WEST HOLLYWOOD AND SO MANY
OTHER PLACES, AND THERE ARE MORE
PLACES TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH.
AS YOU MAY ATTEND PRIDE EVENTS
THIS YEAR. REMEMBER TO BE SAFE
AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND
EACH OTHER BECAUSE PRIDE MONTH
IS ALSO A TIME TO HAVE FUN.
PRIDE MONTH BRINGS US ALL
TOGETHER TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS
WHO UNDERSTAND THE JOURNEY AND
TO EXPRESS OURSELVES IN AN
ATMOSPHERE OF LOVE AND
ACCEPTANCE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR I VOTE ON HR 33. MR ZABAR,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. I'M HONORED
TO RISE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF HR 33 IN
CELEBRATION OF OUR LESBIAN, GAY
, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND
QUEER CALIFORNIANS THIS MONTH.
WE RECOGNIZE THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT AND
LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS IN EVERY
FIELD OF ENDEAVOR. WE HONOR THE
BRAVERY AND RESILIENCE OF THOSE
WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR LGBTQ. CIVIL
RIGHTS HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT
STRIDES TOWARDS CREATING A WORLD
WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE AS THERE
ARE AUTHENTIC SELVES WITHOUT
FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION. BASED ON
RECENT POLLING APPROXIMATELY 10
TO 12% OF CALIFORNIANS NOW
IDENTIFY AS LGBT Q. PLUS AND OUR
COMMUNITIES, VISIBILITY
CONTINUES TO GROW. LEADERS IN
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WHO
IDENTIFY AS LGBT Q PLUS HAVE
BEEN AT THE FRONT ON THE FRONT
LINES OF THE L G B T Q. PLUS
CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
MOVEMENT. MANY OF OUR MOST
CHERISHED AND BELOVED L G B Q.
PLUS LEADERS MOTIVATED BY THEIR
JEWISH FAITH AND VALUES. HARVEY
MILK, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN
TO BE ELECTED TO ANY PUBLIC
OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA, WHO WE
HONORED ON THIS ASSEMBLY FLOOR
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, BARNEY
FRANK, ONE OF THE FIRST LGBT Q
PLUS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, SHEILA
CULE THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ PLUS
MEMBER OF THIS BODY, OR THE AND
THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE
AND WHOSE SEAT I NOW PROUDLY
SERVE MARK LENO, THE FIRST
OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED TO STATE,
THE STATE SENATE AND ONE OF THE
FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN TO BE
ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
LEGISLATURE. COLORADO GOVERNOR
JARED PAULUS, DOCTOR RACHEL
LEVINE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
HEALTH OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
AND THE FIRST TRANSGENDER
INDIVIDUAL TO HOLD THE FEDERAL
POSITION THAT REQUIRES SENATE
CONFIRMATION. AND, OF COURSE,
OUR VERY OWN CO CHAIR OF THE
JEWISH CAUCUS, SENATOR SCOTT
WIENER. PRIDE GIVES US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
LGBT Q. PLUS COMMUNITIES
LEADERSHIP IN MANY PROMINENT
JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
RABBIS, CANTORS AND LEADERS OF
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS. THIS
INCLUDES BETH HOW I AM. HOW TO
SHAME IN LOS ANGELES, THE FIRST
LGBT Q PLUS SYNAGOGUE IN THE
WORLD, FOUNDED IN 1972 AND
DENISE EDGAR, THE FIRST OPENLY
GAY PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL
CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS,
AND THE FOUNDING RABBI OF
CONGREGATION CALLING ME ALSO IN
MY DISTRICT. WELL, THIS IS A
TIME FOR CELEBRATION. WE MUST
ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS
STILL MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE
TO ADVANCE. THE RIGHTS OF THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. OVER 450 ANTI LGBT QUÊ
PLUS BILLS WERE INTRODUCED IN
2023 ALONE ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES, ACCORDING TO AMERICA,
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION. MANY OF THE THIS
LEGISLATION TARGETS THE TRANS
COMMUNITY THREATENING THEIR
HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES AND RIGHT TO EQUAL
TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW, SO TO
VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY
HAS CONTINUED TO BE PERVASIVE,
PERVASIVE THREAT, INCLUDING
ESPECIALLY TO MEMBERS OF OUR
TRANSGENDER AND LGBT Q. PLUS
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. DESPITE
THIS PROGRESS, THERE'S STILL
REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
WORK THAT LIES AHEAD TO ENSURE
THAT EVERY PERSON IS GIVEN THE
JUST AND EQUAL TREATMENT THAT
OUR NATION OF OUR NATION'S
PROMISE AS HARVEY MILK ONCE
SAID. RIGHTS ARE WON ONLY BY
THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR VOICES
HEARD. THE JEWISH CAUCUS WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS VOICE
HEARD. AND STAND STRONG AND
PROUD, BOTH AS ALLIES AND A PART
OF OUR LGBTQ, PLUS COMMUNITY IN
SOLIDARITY TO KEEPING TO KEEP
FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY AND WHAT'S
RIGHT AND THAT SPIRIT AND ON
BEHALF OF THE JEWISH CAUCUS, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
ON HR 33. MR VONTAZE, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I RISE AS
CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA LATINO
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS AND SUPPORT
OF HR 33. TODAY WE COMMEMORATE
PRIDE MONTH AND CELEBRATE THE
PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE IN THE
FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AS A PROUD
MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ CAUCUS AS A
PROUD QUEER LATINA AS THE FIRST
OPENLY QUEER LATINO ELECTED
CHAIR IN OUR CAUCUS STATE
HISTORY. THE STONEWALL UPRISING
IS A REMINDER OF HOW OUR LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO
RECLAIM OUR PLACE OUR NAMES TO
HELP REAFFIRM THE VOICES OF OUR
DIVERSE AND UNIFIED COMMUNITY.
WE HONOR THE BRAVERY AND
CONTINUED RESILIENCE OF THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. THOSE WHO
HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND
THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO DO SO
TODAY. IN FACT, LATINOS PLAYED
KEY ROLES IN DEMONSTRATIONS
AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT STARTED
AS EARLY AS 1959, LIKE MEXICAN
AMERICAN WRITER JOHN ­CHIE
WHO TOOK PART IN THE LARGELY
FORGOTTEN 1959. COOPER DONUT
RIOTS IN L. A. 10 YEARS BEFORE
THE STONEWALL UPRISING. BLACK
AND LATINA TRANS WOMAN LIKE
MARSHA P. JOHNSON MISS MAJOR
GRIFFIN GRACY AND SYLVIA RIVERA.
WE'RE AT THE HELM OF THIS
MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY STAGES,
FOUNDING ORGANIZATIONS TO
SUPPORT HOMELESS TRANS WOMEN AND
QUEER YOUTH OSTRACIZED BY THEIR
FAMILIES. THIS ALSO BE A STARK
REMINDER THAT IN RECENT YEARS WE
HAVE BARRED WITNESS TO A RECORD
BREAKING NUMBER OF ANTI ALLERGY
B T Q. PLUS MEASURES PROPOSED
AND PASSED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY
THIS YEAR IS A RECORD SETTING
YEAR FOR STATE LEGISLATION
TARGETING OUR L G B T Q. PLUS
YOUTH AND ADULTS. AS YOU JUST
HEARD OVER 400 PIECES OF ANTI
LGBTQ LEGISLATION HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED NATIONWIDE. IT IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO
FIGHT AGAINST AND CONTINUE TO,
UH, STOP THIS HATRED AND
MISINFORMATION TARGETING OUR
COMMUNITIES. THE PERVASIVE
VIOLENCE OR LGBTQ, PLUS
COMMUNITIES FACE IN PARTICULAR,
ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. DUE TO
THE INTERSECTION OF RACISM,
TRANSPHOBIA AND SEXISM HAS TAKEN
THE LIFE OF SO MANY WE MOURN
THOSE WE HAVE LOST TO VIOLENCE.
HOLD THEIR LIVES IN OUR MEMORY
AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK. TOWARDS
ENDING HATEFUL SPEECH THREATS
AND VIOLENCE. THE COURAGE OF
MANY IN OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
INDEED PROVIDES US WITH
STRENGTH, BUT NO CHILD. NO
PERSON SHOULD HAVE TO BE
COURAGEOUS TO LOVE TO LIVE AND
TO SURVIVE TO BE ABLE TO BE
THEMSELVES. WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ONE
ANOTHER AND TO STAND UP AGAINST
HATE, BIGOTRY, HOMOPHOBIA AND
TRANSPHOBIA. PRIDE MONTH IS NOT
JUST A CELEBRATION ON HOW FAR WE
HAVE COME, BUT ALSO TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HOW FAR WE HAVE YET
TO COME, AND HOW FAR WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO GO. TO THOSE WHO ARE
AFRAID. TO BEING OPEN ABOUT YOUR
IDENTITY. WE SEE YOU. YOU
BELONG. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
FIGHT TO ENSURE THAT WE ALL ARE
TREATED EQUAL. WE ALL ARE
TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND WITH
RESPECT, AND WE ARE ALL GIVEN
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO LOVE AND BE
LOVED, THEREFORE COLLEAGUES
WHILE WE COMMEMORATE THIS MONTH
, MAY WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT AND
CELEBRATE OUR LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY AND HONOR THE LONG
LONG JOURNEY MANY HAVE STRIVED
TO ACHIEVE. TO GAIN EQUAL RIGHTS
. THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF THE
LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, WE
PROUDLY RISE AND ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE ON HR 33. MR RAMOS, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I RISE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. I RISE TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF HR 33 PRIDE MONTH.
IN A TIME WHEN WE SEE BASIC
HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK
BECAUSE OF ETHNICITY,
IMMIGRATION STATUS AND RACE. WE
ALSO SEE ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE
IN A RACE THE HUMAN AND CIVIL
RIGHTS OF OUR ALGAE BEAT EQ PLUS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE CANNOT
ALLOW THIS TODAY WE ARE PROUD TO
STAND SIDE BY SIDE. TOGETHER WE
RECOGNIZE THE HUMANITY AND
RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE. TODAY WE
STAND UNITED. IN PROTECTING
THESE RIGHTS. WE ALSO STRENGTHEN
OUR OWN RIGHTS. AS WE SEE LGBT Q
. PLUS INDIVIDUALS HAVE
CONTRIBUTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO MUCH OF OUR
CULTURE AND ADVANCEMENT IN A
NUMBER OF FIELDS AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND TRIBAL LEADERS
THROUGH THEIR ADVANCEMENT. WE
ALL BENEFIT WE ALL BENEFIT AS A
STATE. WE BENEFIT AS A NATION
AND WE BENEFIT AS A PEOPLE TO
STAND SIDE BY SIDE. AND TO STAND
WITH THEM THROUGH THEIR
RESILIENCY TO ENSURE THEIR VOICE
IS NOT LOST THEIR VOICES HERE
WITH US AND WE STAND UNITED AND
I URGE YOUR I VOTE ON HR 33. MS
SORIA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS, I RISE TO IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF HR 33, PROCLAIMING
THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023 AS LGBT
Q. PLUS PRIDE MONTH AS A
LONGTIME ALLY OF THE L G B T Q
PLUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT, I WAS
HONORED TO SERVE AS A GRAND
MARSHAL THIS PAST SATURDAY IN
THE CITY OF FRESNO'S 33RD 33
YEAR OLD PRIDE PARADE, AND TODAY
I RISE. UM TO NOT JUST CELEBRATE
PRIDE MONTH BUT ALSO TO REFLECT
ON THE TRIALS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY ON THE TRIALS OF THE
OF THE LGBT. UM Q PLUS COMMUNITY
HAS FACED THE L G B T Q PLUS
RIGHTS MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN
NOWHERE WITHOUT THE TIRELESS
EFFORTS OF THE POWERFUL AND
RESILIENT QUEER ACTIVISTS WHO
FOUGHT AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR
THE L G B T Q. PLUS PEOPLE'S
FREEDOM TO EXIST. WERE ACTIVISTS
LIKE MARSHA P. JOHNSON JOSE
JULIO SARRIA, BILLIE JEAN KING,
HARVEY MILK AND AUDREY LORDE,
AMONG OTHERS, HAVE HELPED TO
ADVANCE THE MOVEMENT. OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE
WITNESSED A HORRIFIC SPIKE AND
FATAL VIOLENCE AGAINST
TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR AND
OTHER GENDER, DIVERSE PEOPLE.
SOCIAL IDENTITIES MATTER, AND
THEY ARE NOT INTANGIBLE CONCEPTS
THAT WE SHOULD SHY AWAY FROM IN
POLITE CONVERSATION. AS A
SOCIETY, WE MUST DO A BETTER JOB
OF CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO
FULLY EXPRESS IT BE EXPRESSIVE
IN WHO THEY ARE. VIEWING THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AS A SINGLE
HOMOGENEOUS COMMUNITY CAN BE
DETRIMENTAL, NOT RECOGNIZING THE
DIVERSITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
OBSCURES THE VOICES OF THE L G B
T Q. PLUS PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE
OPPRESSION DO TWO INTERSECTING
IDENTITIES. THIS PRIDE MONTH WE
WILL CELEBRATE, BUT WE WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO FIGHT IN HONOR OF
OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY BY
UNITING IN OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS
UNDER AN INTERSECTIONAL UMBRELLA
, HELPING TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE
FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS OF
THESE MOVEMENTS. TODAY AND EVERY
DAY MOVING FORWARD LET US
ADVANCE EQUITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF
COLOR WHO EXISTS EXISTS AT THE
INTERSECTION OF MULTIPLE
MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES ON
BEHALF OF THE WOMEN'S
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR I VOTE ON
HR 33. MR JONES SAWYER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS ARISE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF HR 33. AS SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES MAY KNOW. ONE OF THE
GREATEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE IS
WHEN I HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF
OFFICIATING MY SON, REGINALD
BYRON JONES, SAWYER JUNIORS
MARRIAGE TO HIS HUSBAND. THAT
MOMENT WAS A LONG TIME COMING.
FROM WHEN REGGIE JR FIRST CAME
OUT TO ME. AND FOR MOST AFRICAN
AMERICANS IS A VERY DIFFICULT
THING TO DO, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN
AMERICAN MALE. BUT HE HAD THE
COURAGE TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME
AND EVERYBODY KNOW HOW
PROGRESSIVE I AM THE FACT THAT
MY SON WAS STILL SCARED TO
DEATH. TELL ME THAT HE WAS GAY.
BROKE MY HEART. EVEN WITH THE
MOST SUPPORTIVE LOVED ONES. WE
MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THERE
IS NOT ONE SPECIFIC WAY TO COME
OUT. AND IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT COMING OUT IS A
PERSONAL DECISION THAT NO ONE
SHOULD EVER BE FORCED TO DO
AGAINST THEIR WILL. THIS MONTH
IS NOT ONLY A TIME FOR
CELEBRATING LOVE AND THE
COMMUNITY BUT ALSO A TIME FOR
REFLECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS. TO SOME
FEARMONGERING AND DOG WHISTLES
CARRIED OUT BY SEGREGATIONISTS
MAY SEEM LIKE A THING OF THE
PAST. YET WE ARE CURRENTLY
SEEING TOO DISGUSTING ACTS ON
TRANSGENDER YOUTH AND
INTENTIONAL MIS LABELING OF LGBT
Q. PLUS INDIVIDUALS AS QUOTE
UNQUOTE. GROOMERS AND PEDOPHILES
CARRIED OUT TODAY BY PRESIDENT
PRESENT DATE ACTIVISTS. THE
HIGHEST COURT IN OUR NATION
CURRENTLY POISED TO ROLL BACK
EMPTY DISCRIMINATION LAWS AND
TEAR DOWN PROTECTIONS OF L G B T
Q. PLUS COUPLES. THE SAME COURT.
THE SAME LEGAL SYSTEM THAT
FORBID AFRICAN AMERICANS TO
MARRY OUT OF THEIR RACE. POISED
TO ROLL BACK THOSE SAME
PROTECTIONS. THAT ARE ENJOYED BY
ANOTHER GROUP. I'M REMINDED OF
THE QUOTE FROM MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. HE WAS PASSIVE. HE WHO
PASSIVELY ACCEPT EVIL IS AS MUCH
INVOLVED IN IT AS HE WHO HELPS
PERPETUATED HE WILL ACCEPT EVIL
WITHOUT PROTESTING AGAINST IT IS
REALLY COOPERATING WITH IT IN
THE FACE OF BASELESS, HATEFUL
RHETORIC AND EROSION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE
STAND TOGETHER AND FIGHT BACK
AGAINST SUCH ATTACKS. AS WE
CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH. LET US
REMEMBER THAT THE FIRST PRIDE
WITH A PROTEST AGAINST BRUTALITY
AND INJUSTICE. WAS BRING FORTH
SUCH BIGGER IN COMBATING
HOMOPHOBIA. TRANSPHOBIA AND
DISCRIMINATION OF ALL FORMS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS. I AM
PROUD TO STAND WITH MY
COLLEAGUES OF THE L G B T Q
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO CELEBRATE
LOVE AND ONE'S IDENTITY AND
RECOGNIZED AND INSEPARABLE,
INTERSECTIONALITY. MAY I USE A
PROP? WITHOUT OBJECTION. LOVE IS
LOVE. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE
WHERE YOU ARE. LOVE IS LOVE.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
BRINGING FORTH THIS IMPORTANT
ISSUE MEASURED. WE STAND WITH
YOU IN THIS FIGHT AND CONFIRM MY
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY. THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
AND CIVIL RIGHTS BY ONE
COMMUNITY, THE FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY FOR ALL I RESPECTFULLY
ASKED FOR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF H
R 33. OKAY, SO THE OTHER. MR
JOHN SAWYER. YOU DO HAVE SKILLS.
MR LOW YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TOP THAT. FOR
SURE. UM COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH HAPPY PRIDE. TODAY. I
TURNED 40. AND I DIDN'T THINK I
WAS GOING TO BE ALIVE. I DIDN'T
THINK I WAS GOING TO LIVE TO SEE
40. IN 2008 VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA
PASSED PROPOSITION AGE, WHICH
ELIMINATED THE RIGHTS OF SAME
SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. AND DURING
THIS TIME AS A LOCAL CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER. I COULD
OFFICIATE A WEDDING. AS A PUBLIC
OFFICIAL. BUT I COULDN'T GET
MARRIED MYSELF. I WAS ASKED BY
THE RED CROSS, THE HOST OF BLOOD
DRIVE ON CITY HALL PROPERTY IN
WHICH WE HAD A NONDISCRIMINATION
POLICY AND PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS. BUT I, AS MAYOR
AT THE TIME, COULD NOT DONATE
BLOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS AN FDA
BAN ON MEN DONATING BLOOD A
LIFETIME BAN. I WANT TO DO IS
SACRIFICE AND DONATE BLOOD TO
SAVE SOMEONE'S LIVES. I WANTED
TO BE IN A COMMITTEE LOVING
RELATIONSHIP, JUST LIKE EVERYONE
ELSE. WE WOULD WELCOME THE BOY
SCOUTS TO CITY HALL TO EARN
THEIR MERIT BADGE. LITTLE KIDS
WOULD ASK WHERE YOU ALSO IN BOY
SCOUTS IS THAT WHO BECAME A
LEADER? OF COURSE, I SAID I
WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE PART OF THE
BOY SCOUTS SINCE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY WERE BANNED. AND SO
THIS DEPRESSION. IS A REAL LIVED
EXPERIENCE THAT MANY FACED AND
THAT MANY FACE TODAY. AND WHEN I
THINK ABOUT THIS DAY OF
CELEBRATION AS I'VE MADE A
MILESTONE OF 40. I TAKE IT VERY
SERIOUSLY AND BIT EMOTIONAL.
THAT YES, IT'S TO CELEBRATE, BUT
I DIDN'T THINK I'D MAKE IT THIS
LONG. BUT DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR
ME. THINK ABOUT THOSE FAMILIES
AND THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE
LIVING IN STATES IN WHICH YOU'VE
HEARD BEFORE OVER 417 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION ATTACKING MEMBERS OF
THE LGBT COMMUNITY. LAWS ON THE
BOOKS THAT WOULD CRIMINALIZE A
DOCTOR PROVIDING GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE IN CONSULTATION
WITH THEIR MEDICAL PROVIDER AND
THEIR DOCTOR, A PRIVATE DECISION
PARENTS OF BEING PARENTS
CRIMINALIZING. DRAG READINGS.
DRAG STORYTIME AT LIBRARIES AND
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS IN WHICH
PARENTS ARE BRINGING THEIR
CHILDREN. IF WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN,
WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT
CRIMINALIZING AND GOING AFTER
LEADERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
OR TARGETING THAT OF FIREARM
VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, THAT'S
THE REAL CHALLENGE AND THE REAL
CRIMINALIZATION THAT WE'RE
SEEING TARGETING OUR COMMUNITY.
NOT ABOUT DRAG STORYTIME ABOUT
EXPRESSING ONESELF IN BEING
TRUE. TO THAT IDENTITY. NOW YOU
MAY THINK THAT THIS IS PERVASIVE
IN THE NUMBER OF STATES AND THIS
WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE COULD NOT FATHOM
THIS HAPPENING IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WHEN THE FAT
COLLEAGUES JUST IN THIS BODY
ALONE A FELLOW COLLEAGUE HAS
INTRODUCED PREVIOUSLY,
LEGISLATION ON AN OUTING OUTING
OF LGBT INDIVIDUALS IN THIS
INSTITUTION. SO THIS HAPPENS
EVEN HERE AT HOME. AND THAT'S
WHY WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS. BUT
REMEMBER WHERE WE ARE GOING. AND
HOW IMPERATIVE THIS IS AND
TRANSFER TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE. AND AS WE THINK ABOUT
THE STRUGGLES, LET US HONOR THE
INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR HONOREES
AND THE FULLEST LIVED
EXPERIENCES THAT THEY ENJOY AND
FAITH AND UPLIFTING MEMBERS OF
THE LGBT COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT
THE CELEBRATION IS ABOUT. AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY, COLLEAGUES. WE
HAVEN'T UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THIS
YEAR. AND CORRECTING THE WRONGS
OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
AND REPEALING PROPOSITION EIGHT.
PROPOSITION EIGHT ELIMINATED THE
RIGHTS OF SAME SEX COUPLES TO
MARRY, AND WE HAVE A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THE
JUSTICE THAT SO MANY
CALIFORNIANS DESERVE. EACH AND
EVERY DAY, SO I KNOW THAT WE'LL
USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE. AND
HELPING TO ENSURE THAT WE LEAD
WITH LOVE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR I VOTE AND CELEBRATING PRIDE
AND THANKED THE AUTHOR FOR BEING
THIS MEASURE FORWARD. MR MATHIS,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER MEMBERS. HATRED AND
BIGOTRY. ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND
IF WE TRULY WANT RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM THEN RESPECT MUST BE
MUTUAL. SADLY, IT HAS NOT BEEN
THE CASE. MANY TIMES AND,
FRANKLY FROM ALL SIDES. AS FAR
AS I'M CONCERNED. GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T BELONG IN OUR HOMES OR
IN OUR CHURCHES. AND WHAT TWO
CONSENTING ADULTS WANT TO DO.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IS ON THEM.
I'D PREFER YOU ALL GET A ROOM.
AND KEEP THE PDF OR MY KIDS BUT
LET'S BE RESPECTFUL. ON BOTH
SIDES. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS
MEASURE? SAYING AND HEARING
NONE. MR. WORD YOU MAY CLOSE.
THANK YOU. MR SPEAKER. I WANT TO
THANK MEMBERS OF SOME OF OUR
DIVERSITY CAUCUSES FOR YOUR
SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS HERE TODAY,
AND, UH, TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS
HERE AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK
MEMBERS OF OUR LGBTQ CAUCUS
STAFF AND ALSO OUR STAFF AND
THOSE THAT WORK WITH US EVERY
DAY AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ISSUES THAT
MATTER TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND
THIS COMES FROM A PLACE I THINK
WHEN WE CELEBRATE PRIDE BECAUSE
WE WANT AND WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
TODAY TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH
OUR YOUTH, BUT ALSO CONNECT WITH
OUR SENIORS. I WISH I HAD A
PRIDE PARADE IN THE 19 NINETIES
THAT I COULD HAVE GONE TO WHAT
DO YOU THINK IS A LOT OF IT A
LOT EASIER. I DON'T THINK I
WOULD'VE MINDED MEDIA OUT THERE
MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY MADE THINGS
A LITTLE BIT CLEARER FOR ME. TO
MY COLLEAGUE FROM MODESTO. I
WISH. AS PARENTS AS BROTHERS AS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS NEIGHBORS
THAT WE HAD A PLACE THAT WAS A
LITTLE BIT MORE JUST IN A LITTLE
BIT MORE FREE FOR EVERYBODY TO
BE WHO THEY ARE, AND THAT'S WHAT
PRIDE IS ABOUT. WE DO THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING ON THESE ISSUES
BECAUSE WE THINK ABOUT THE NEXT
GENERATION BECAUSE WE WANT A
MORE PERFECT UNION. WE WANT A
MORE PERFECT WORLD.
UNDERSTANDING THE PERSONAL AND
COMMUNITY STRUGGLES THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL HAS GONE THROUGH IS
AN IMPORTANT THING TO REFLECT
ON. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE
GROUND ON THE HARD PROGRESS THAT
WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR THAT OUR
SENIORS AND OUR FOREBEARERS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO FIGHT FOR. AND I
WANT TO THANK SOME OF THE NEW
AND RETURNING MEMBERS THAT I'VE
GOTTEN A CHANCE TO KNOW AS
PROBABLY ALL OF YOU AS
INDIVIDUALS. BECAUSE I THINK
UNDERSTANDING AND FINDING THAT
COMMON GROUND AND FINDING THAT
WHO I AM AND WHO WE ARE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE US DO
BETTER WORK HERE IN THE
ASSEMBLY. AND AS YOU WORK ON
THESE ISSUES AND TO ONE OF THE
LAST POINTS I REALLY HAVE TO
DRIVE HOME. IN THE FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING. FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY.
IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME.
BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
THINGS THAT INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE
DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO
EXCLUDE ANYBODY. ADDING VALUE
AND BRINGING MORE PEOPLE AND
THEIR DIVERSITY INTO OUR DAILY
LIVES AND ENRICHES US ALL. IT
BINDS OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER AND
HELPS CALIFORNIA PROGRESS AND
THE REAL WORK IS BEING DONE OUT
IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE THAT IN OUR 16
HONOREES, ALL OF WHOM REPRESENT
SOME OF THE BEST IN CALIFORNIA.
AND THEY'VE GOT GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. NOW WE'VE GOT A
LOT OF POLICY DEBATES AHEAD OF
US, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A
LOT OF US ABOUT A SPECIFIC
PROPOSALS, WHO WHO'S GOALS SEEK
TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
AND THERE'S DEBATES ON
HEALTHCARE NEEDS ON CURRICULUM
AND CAMPUS SUPPORT ON PUBLIC
SAFETY DISPARITIES ON
RELATIONSHIPS AND EQUAL
TREATMENT ON THE LAW. THOSE ARE
GOING TO BE WORTHY DEBATES, BUT
VOTING ON HR 33 TO RECOGNIZE
PRIDE MONTH. IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL
BASELINE FROM WHICH TO HAVE
LEVEL CONVERSATIONS. DO WE
RECOGNIZE CALIFORNIANS WHO MAY
BE DIFFERENT AND WHO THEY LOVE
OR HOW THEY IDENTIFY OR EXPRESS
THEMSELVES? DO WE RECOGNIZE THEM
AS GOOD PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE. DO WE
RECOGNIZE THEM AS WORTHY OF
LIVING THEIR LIVES FREELY TO BE
WHO THEY ARE. OR SHOULD THEY BE
SILENT? SHOULD THEY CONFORM? SO
THEY REPRESS. SHOULD THEY
SUFFER? THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. WE
HAD BAGS OVER OUR HEAD WALKING
DOWN THE STREET. WE HAD PARENTS
DISOWNING US. WE HAD PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL TRAUMA. AND AS YOU
HEARD PRIDE IS GOING TO BE A
GREAT TIME HERE FOR A LOT OF
GOOD REASON, BUT ON OUR ORIGINS,
PRIDE AS A PROTEST. IT'S A
PROTEST AGAINST INJUSTICE
AGAINST INCLUSION, EXCLUSION
AGAINST HATE, AND WE WILL PUSH
BACK AGAINST THESE FORCES NOT
JUST THIS MONTH, BUT EVERY
MONTH. CALIFORNIA AND OUR SINCE
18 50 HAS BEEN A BEACON FOR RISK
TAKERS FOR OUTLIERS FOR
CREATIVES. FOR LIBERTY AND
FREEDOM FOR ALL THE TENANTS OF
PRIDE ARE WHAT MAKE THIS STATE
THE GOLDEN STATE. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE AND I ASKED
FOR THE FIRST WILL BE OPEN FOR
CO AUTHORS. THE CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROAD FOR CO AUTHORS ON HR
33. MEMBERS. THIS IS FOR CO
AUTHORS. PLEASE VOTE NOW TO BE
ADDED AS CO AUTHORS.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE.
THERE ARE 59 CO AUTHORS ADDED
WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE CAN TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON HR 33 ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY AYE. POLLS SAY NO BUT
I HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
FOR THE 2 2023 ASSEMBLY
OBSERVANCE OF LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER
PRIDE MONTH. WE WILL RECOGNIZE A
NUMBER OF DISTINGUISHED
HONOREES. I AM APPOINTED AND
ESCORT COMMITTEE TO BRING OUR
HONOREES ONTO THE FLOOR FOR
RECOGNITION. MEMBERS SHOULD
RETIRE TO THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CERVANTES HANEY
JACKSON, LOW WARD AND THE BEAR
AND SPECIAL GUEST SENATORS,
EGGMAN AND WIENER.
I ASKED SPEAKER ANTHONY RENDON,
REPUBLICAN FLOOR LEADER,
ASSEMBLYMAN FLORA L. G. B. T Q.
IS VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPHER WARD.
L G B T s
CHAIR. CHRISTOPHER WARD LGBTQ
CAUCUS CHAIR, SENATOR EGGMAN AND
MAJORITY LEADER RAISE TO MOVE TO
THE FRONT CENTER AISLE TO
RECEIVE OUR HONOREES.
MEMBERS WE WILL NOW BE MOVING TO
THE INTRODUCTIONS OF THE LGBTQ
PLUS PRIDE MONTH HONOREES FOR
2023. THE CLERK WILL READ. ON
ARESU. REYNOLDS IS ESCORTED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD UNTIL
RETIREMENT, SUE REYNOLDS LED THE
GROWTH OF NONPROFIT COMMUNITY
HOUSING WORKS OVER THE COURSE OF
TWO DECADES. THERE SHE CREATE
AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND LIFE
CHANGING RESIDENT COMMUNITIES
FOR OVER 9000 RESIDENTS IN SAN
DIEGO AND STATEWIDE AT COMMUNITY
HOUSING WORK. SHE APPARENTLY
WORKED WITH THE SAN DIEGO LGBT
COMMUNITY CENTER TO DEVELOP
NORTH PARK SENIORS. SAN DIEGO'S
FIRST LGBT, AFFIRMING, SENIOR,
AFFORDABLE APARTMENT COMMUNITY.
WELCOME SUE REYNOLDS.
HONOREE ADAN CHAVEZ IS ESCORTED
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JACKSON ADAN
. CHAVEZ IS THE LEAD FROM
MEADOWS EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MATTERS
IN CALIFORNIA AND HAS OVER SIX
YEARS OF EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND
BRINGING HIM INTO THE DEMOCRATIC
AND POLICY MAKING PROCESS. MR
CHAVEZ HAS PARTNERED WITH
CALLOWAY. OH, YES, THE RED CROSS
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HOST
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, SUMMITS,
CONVENIENCE, 300 SMALL
BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY CAN LEARN
HOW TO LEVERAGE MET HIS FAMILY
OF APPS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER
DISASTERS. CREATE SAFER, MORE
INFORMED COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE
OF CRISIS. WELCOME, ADAN CHAVEZ.
HONOREE FILL COLUMN IS ESCORTED
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CERVANTES
FILL COLUMN IS A 32 YEAR VETERAN
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECOND IN
COMMAND OF THE CITY OF TULA
VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS ITS
ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF. HE IS
THE HIGHEST RANKING OPENLY LGBTQ
PLUS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN
SAN DIEGO COUNTY. HE WAS THE
FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE OFFICER
AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF
LIEUTENANT. CAPTAIN AND
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE
WELCOME ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF
FILL COLUMN.
ON THE REGION S A GOLDBAEK IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW
. VANESSA GOLDBAEK IS THE CEO OF
VET VOICE FOUNDATION, A NATIONAL
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH OVER
1.5 MILLION MEMBERS. THE
FOUNDATION MOBILIZES AND
SUPPORTS VETERANS AND MILITARY
FAMILIES WHILE SERVING IN THE
MARINE CORPS GOLDBAEK
VOLUNTEERED FOR RESEARCH ON
GENDER INTEGRATION AND COMBAT
ARMS UNITS. IN 2015. SHE
CELEBRATED AND HISTORIC CHANGE
IN POLICY WHEN ALL MILITARY
OCCUPATIONS WERE OPEN TO
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, REGARDLESS
OF GENDER. WELCOME, VANESSA GOLD
BACK.
FOR POSTHUMOUS RECOGNITION OF
CAUCUS HONORS. ONE HONOREE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HANEY IS
HOLDING A PHOTO OF THE LATE HECK
LENA AND HE IS ESCORTED BY
SENATOR WEINER IN THE 19
NINETIES, THE LATE HICKLING
QUICKLY BECAME A MOTHER TOO MANY
MEMBERS OF THE DRAGON LDB L G B
T Q PLUS COMMUNITIES IN SAN
FRANCISCO, WHERE SHE CULTIVATED
SAFE SPACES FOR OTHERS TO OPENLY
BE THEMSELVES. HER FABULOUS
WEEKLY DRAG EVENT, MOTHER WAS
HAILED FOR THROWING OUT THE
RULEBOOK OF WHAT IT MEANT TO BE
A DRAG PERFORMER AND FEATURED
TRACK KINGS AND QUEENS ALIKE, AS
WELL AS FOX, QUEENS, PASSED AWAY
ON APRIL 3RD 2023 WHILE ON TOUR
IN ENGLAND. THE L G B T Q. PLUS
CAUCUS HONORS THE LATE HECK,
LENA.
HONORARY TONY WANG IS ESCORTED
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S OF BIRTH.
TONY WANG IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY CALIFORNIA
AND SILVER STATE EQUALITY AND A
VETERAN OF THE LGBTQ PLUS
EQUALITY MOVEMENT. HE'S PLAYED A
PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE PASSAGE OF
GROUNDBREAKING CIVIL RIGHTS
LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA,
NEVADA AND WASHINGTON, D C OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATEWIDE
PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND
THE ELECTION OF HUNDREDS OF
OPENLY L D L G B T Q PLUS AND
PRO QUALITY CANDIDATES UP AND
DOWN THE BALLOT AND GROWTH OF
EQUALITY. MEMBERSHIP. WELCOME
TONY WANG.
HONOREES MARTIN, MARTY COLLAGEN
AND JOHN SCHINKEL OR ESCORTED BY
A SEMI. MORELLO JOHN SHINGLE AND
MARTY CLUNKY AND ARE BOTH
DEDICATED TO PROMOTING A MORE
EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE
CALIFORNIA. MARTY COLLAGEN IS
CURRENTLY SERVING AS CHAIR OF
THE CITY OF FREMONT'S HUMAN
RELATIONS COMMISSION, WHERE HE
STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT THE
RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN FREMONT ARE
PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW. JOHN
SHINGLES, PASSION FOR ADVOCACY
STARTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF
PROPOSITION EIGHT CALIFORNIA'S
BAN ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE. TODAY
HE WORKS TO ENSURE PROPER
HANDLING AND AWARENESS OF ISSUES
AFFECTING THE LGBTQ. PLUS PEOPLE
WELCOME MARTY COLLAGEN AND JOHN
SHINKLE.
HONOREE KEVIN AL PEREZ IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
LEVANTE'S KEVIN AL PEREZ IS THE
PRESIDENT OF SUMAS FAMILIAR VIA
IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION
CREATED AND LED BY LOCAL LOW
INCOME FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTS WHO ARE L G B T Q. PLUS
PEOPLE OF COLOR KEVIN'S EXPOSURE
TO ORGANIZING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
WORK STARTED WHEN HIS MOTHER
TOOK HIM TO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
MEETINGS. S C I U N P T A
MEETINGS KEVIN HOPES TO CREATE A
SAFER VALLEY FOR ALL OUR CHOSEN
FAMILIES WELCOME KEVIN AL PEREZ.
HONORARY SISTER ROMA, SISTER OF
PERPETUAL INDULGENCE IS ESCORTED
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HANEY AND
SANDER WIENER. FOR MORE THAN
THREE DECADES, SISTER ROMA HAS
BEEN ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN
AND GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED MEMBERS
OF SAN FRANCISCO SISTERS OF
PERPETUAL INDULGENCE FROM
FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES IN
THE WAR AGAINST HIV AIDS TO
CREATING THE SISTERS STOP THE
VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN TO TAKING ON
FACEBOOK AS THE CREATOR OF
MINING OF THE MINING MOVEMENT.
SISTER ROMAN HAS DEDICATED MORE
THAN HALF OF HER LIFE TO
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVISM AND
FUNDRAISING WELCOME. STIR ROMA.
HONOREE ADAM STICKLER IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY RIVER LOW.
ADAM STICKLER IS THE CHAIR OF
CABRIO COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES AND SERVES ON THE
BOARDS, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND
NAME EXPLORATION COMMITTEE. MR
SPEAKER WAS ALSO THE FIRST
OPENLY TRANSGENDER MAN ELECTED
TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA.
PROFESSIONALLY HE WORKS AS A
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND
LEGISLATIVE LIAISON FOR THE
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND PREVIOUSLY SERVED
AS DISTRICT STAFF TO LEGISLATIVE
JOHN LAIRD AND BILL MONNING.
WELCOME, ADAM STICKLER.
HONORARY AMBER WHITTINGTON IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CERVANTES. AMBER WHITTINGTON IS
AN ACTIVIST, SOCIAL INFLUENCER,
ACTRESS AND HOST WHOSE VIDEOS
RANGE FROM MOTIVATIONAL SELF
GROWTH CONTENT. L G B T Q TOPICS
, FASHION POLITICS AND MORE. SHE
STARTED HER CHANNEL AMBERS
CLOSET TO HELP OTHERS WHO MIGHT
BE STRUGGLING WITH HER IDENTITY
AND TO HELP BREAK STEREOTYPES
SHE BELIEVES IN CHANGING THE
WORLD BY CHANGING WITHIN.
WELCOME, AMBER WILLINGTON.
HONORARY VALENTINA IS ESCORTED
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S OF BIRD.
VALENTINA IS AN IS AN AMBASSADOR
FOR THE TREVOR PROJECT, MEXICO
AND WORKS TO ADVANCE QUEER
RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA. SHE WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN BELL,
CALIFORNIA. WAS SHE ATTENDED
MAGGOT PROGRAMS TO L, A USD AND
HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL THAT
ALLOWED HER TO STUDY A LARGE
RANGE OF PERFORMING ARTS,
INCLUDING DANCE DRAMA AND
IMPROVISATION THAT ULTIMATELY
HELPED PREPARE HER FOR X. HER
EXPERIENCE ON RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE
, WHERE SHE QUICKLY BECAME A FAN
FAVORITE CONTESTANT. SHE HAS
ALSO MADE APPEARANCES IN RENT
LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS AS WELL AS
L®NG. ADORA THE MUSICAL WELCOME,
VALENTINA.
HONOREE EUGENE LEE YANG IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW
EUGENE LEE YANG IS AN ACTOR,
WRITER DIRECTOR AND ONE OF
TODAY'S MOST RECOGNIZABLE QUEER
ASIAN AMERICAN PERFORMERS,
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT OR A
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY NOVEL TITLED
THE UNDERS AND A GRAPHIC NOVEL
WITH WALT COMICS HERE IS ONE OF
THREE LEADS IN THE CAST FOR
RECENTLY RELEASED NETFLIX
ANIMATED MOVIE MONA WELCOME.
YUGI LEAN, EUGENE LEE YANG.
HONOREE ROSEMARY ROSIE CASTLES
IS ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CERVANTES, BORN AND RAISED IN
SAN FRANCISCO. ROSEMARY CASTLES
LEARN TO PLAY TENNIS ON THE
PUBLIC COURTS AT GOLDEN GATE
PARK. SHE IS A SEVEN TIME
WIMBLEDON IS WOMEN'S AND MIXED
DOUBLES CHAMPION OWNING A TOTAL
OF 12 GRAND SLAM DOUBLES TITLES
. ROSIE AND HER CONTEMPORARY
BILLIE JEAN KING, OR AMONG THE
ORIGINAL NINE OF TENNIS PLAYERS
WHO FOUGHT FOR EQUAL PAY IN
TENNIS AND WERE FOUNDERS OF THE
WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL TENNIS TOUR
AND THE WOMEN'S TENNIS
ASSOCIATION IN 1973. KNOWN FOR
HER ACROBATIC AND ATHLETIC STYLE
OF PLAY. MISS CASTLES ALSO
THRILLED THE CROWDS WITH HER
TEDDY TINGLING SEQUENCE AND
VELVET TENNIS DRESSES SHE
EXTENDED WITH HER COLORFUL
HEADBANDS. SHE ESTABLISHED TWO
ORGANIZATIONS, SPORTS WOMAN'S
INK AND THE LOVE AND LOVE OF
TENNIS FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE
TENNIS FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF
GENDER OR ECONOMIC BACKGROUND.
WELCOME ROSIE CASALS.
HONOREES ALLEN EGGMAN AND HARRY
LIT, ARE ESCORTED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S OF BURGER AND
SENATOR EDMUND ALLEN, EGGMAN AND
HARRY LIT, DECIDED TO START A
CHARITY EVENT TO HELP THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY AND RAISE MONEY FOR
AGED CHARITIES AFTER HARRY'S
BROTHER SUCCUMB TO THE DISEASE,
THEY CREATED LAZY BEAR WEEKEND,
A FUNDRAISER IS HELD THAT'S HELD
ANNUALLY ALONG THE RUSSIAN RIVER
AND GRANVILLE. AFTER 20 YEARS OF
MANAGING THIS EVENT, THEY HAVE
RETIRED AND TURNED IT OVER TO
OTHERS. THE EVENT IS RAISED OVER
$2 MILLION FOR CHARITIES THAT
FOCUS ON AIDS, BREAST CANCER AND
SONOMA COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES.
WELCOME ALAN EGGMAN AND HARRY
LIT.
UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY IS
HONORABLE BILLIE JEAN KING OF
LONG BEACH. SHE HAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST TENNIS PLAYERS OF ALL
TIME. SHE WON 39 GRAND SLAM
TITLES AND TENNIS CAREER AND
HELPED LEAD THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL
PAY IN TENNIS. IN THE EARLY 19
EIGHTIES, KING WAS FORCIBLY
OUTED AS A LESBIAN AND
IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL HER
ENDORSEMENT DEALS. LIFE MAGAZINE
NAMED KING IS ONE OF THE MOST
100 MOST IMPORTANT AMERICANS OF
THE 20TH CENTURY. OF THE FOUR
ATHLETES ON THAT LIST. SHE WAS
THE ONLY WOMAN PRESIDENT OBAMA
PRESENTED KING WITH THE
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
FOR CHAMPIONS, THE RIGHTS OF
WOMEN AND THE LGBT Q COMMUNITY.
KING WAS THE FIRST FEMALE
ATHLETE TO RECEIVE THE AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BILLY JEAN
KING. MEMBERS WE WILL TAKE TWO
PHOTOS. THE FIRST PHOTO I ASKED
THAT OUR HONOREES AND LGBT Q
CAUCUS MEMBERS NOW ASSEMBLE IN
FRONT OF THE ASSEMBLY DESK FOR A
GROUP PHOTO. AFTER THAT PHOTO
WAS DONE. WE INVITE ALL OTHER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S TO JOIN THE
HONOREES AND CAUCUS MEMBERS FOR
A SECOND GROUP PHOTO.
OH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN
THE SECOND GROUP PHOTO, PLEASE
COME TO THE FRONT OF THE CHAMBER
NOW.
COME BACK HERE. COME ON BACK.
MEMBERS AT THIS TIME. AT THIS
TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF OUR
HONOREES WHO HAS JOINED US HERE
TODAY FOR THIS CEREMONY. ON
BEHALF OF RS STAINED VICE CHAIR.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHRIS WARD,
CHAIR SUSAN EGGMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
LGBTQ CAUCUS. WE THANK YOU AND
OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. TO
HELP YOU CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH.
THERE ARE MEMENTOS ON YOUR
DESKS. THERE ARE A PERUVIAN TO
PRIDE BRACELET. STARBURST
CANDIES AND A FOLDING FAN AND
PRIDE COLORS AND A COMMEMORATIVE
PROGRAM IN THE SHAPE OF A PINK
TRIANGLE. MEMBERS THIS CONCLUDES
OUR CEREMONY AS OUR HONOREES
EXIT THE CHAMBER. LET'S GIVE
THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
ON BEHALF OF THE ESTEEMED YEAH,
I DID THAT ALREADY.
MEMBERS WE ARE STILL IN SESSION
AND WE WILL RESUME MOMENTARILY.
MEMBERS WERE GOING TO BE MOVING
BACK TO BUSINESS ON THE DAILY
FILE. STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER
THREE A CR 50. THE CLERK WILL
READ THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
50 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US AND ELLA'S RELATIVE
TO THE CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT
TODAY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US YOU OR RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT
A CR 50, WHICH RECOGNIZES JUNE
7TH AS CALIFORNIA. NONPROFITS
DAY NONPROFITS ARE AT THE CENTER
OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY WORK
AROUND THE CLOCK TO SUPPORT THE
NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND
PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES THEY
HELP HUNGRY FAMILIES WERE
STRUGGLING TO PURCHASE FOOD,
ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT ARE UNHAPPY
HOUSED RESIDENTS AND SO MUCH
MORE. AS A FOUNDER OF A
NONPROFIT. I KNOW THE CHALLENGES
AND WORK THAT NON PROFIT, NON
PROFITS GO THROUGH TO ADDRESS AN
ISSUE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS
FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE CHANGING
NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEY
ARE IN THE FRONT LINES TO HELP
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. WHETHER
ANY STORM NOW IS THE TIME FOR US
TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR
NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE IMPORTANT
ROLE THEY PLAYED IN ADDRESSING
THE NEEDS OF CALIFORNIANS DURING
THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. PLEASE
JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE
IMPORTANCE OF NONPROFITS TO THE
ECONOMY AND WELL BEING OF OUR
STATE BY CELEBRATING CALIFORNIA
. NONPROFITS DAY I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. ON A CR 50
ASKED THAT THE FIRST ROW BE OPEN
FOR CO AUTHORS. THANK YOU.
SEEING NO OTHERS WISHING TO
SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE FOR CO
AUTHORS. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES, TOO DESIRE TO VOTE AND
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
EYES 69 69 CO AUTHORS WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE WILL MOVE TO A
VOICE VOTES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSE.
ISAF HAVE ITS AND THE RESOLUTION
AS ADOPTED AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
THREE OF US YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER JOINING
ME TODAY IN THE GALLERY TO
COMMEMORATE CALIFORNIA
NONPROFITS DAY IS JOHN DREADING
ER, SENIOR ADVOCATE WITH THE
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES.
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER 12 HR. 39, THE CLERK WILL
READ. HOUSE HOUSE RESOLUTION 39
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GABRIEL AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WEEKS. YOU MAY
OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAME SPEAKER
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY ALONGSIDE
MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY TO PRESENT HR 39
RECOGNIZING JUNE 2ND AS NATIONAL
GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. I
ALSO RISE AS THE MOTHER OF A SIX
YEAR OLD GIRL WHO IS ALL TOO
FAMILIAR WITH LOCKDOWN DRILLS,
WHICH SHE STARTED WHEN SHE WAS
FOUR YEARS OLD. AND HER T K
CLASS. I RISE AS THE WIFE OF
SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TOUCHED. BY
THIS ISSUE. I RISE AS A
CALIFORNIAN, AS AS A CITIZEN WHO
HAS SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE
CANNOT LET THIS EPIDEMIC OF GUN
VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO PLAGUE OUR
COMMUNITIES. EACH DAY IN THE
UNITED STATES. MORE THAN 110
AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY GUN
VIOLENCE, ALONG WITH 200 PEOPLE
WHO ARE WOUNDED EVERY DAY.
THAT'S 310 PEOPLE EVERY DAY. WHO
ARE IMPACTED BY THIS ISSUE.
FIREARMS. ARE NOW THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN. THE
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE FIREARMS, SURPASSING
CAR ACCIDENTS IN 2020. SO THE
ISSUE IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. WE
CHOOSE THIS. WE'RE A NATION OF
LAWS. WE GET TO MAKE THE RULES.
WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. IT IS NOT OKAY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND WE HAVE TO
HAVE CHANGE ON THIS ISSUE. AND
GUESS WHAT? WE GET TO PRESS THE
BUTTON. WE COULD DEPRESS THE
BUTTON ON WHAT WE THINK IS THE
RIGHT THING. THAT IS THE POWER
THAT WE HAVE IS ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND OUR NUMBER ONE
JOB. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S TO KEEP
OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. TO KEEP
OUR CHILDREN SAFE. AND IF WE
CAN'T DO THAT, THEN WHAT ARE WE
DOING? IMAGINE A WORLD WITH ZERO
GUN DEATHS. IMAGINE A CALIFORNIA
WITH ZERO GUN DEATHS. LET US LET
THAT BE THE REALITY IN OUR STATE
. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE
CHANGE ON THIS ISSUE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUIRK-SILVA.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. I ALSO RISE IN
SUPPORT OF HR 39. MEMBERS.
CHURCHES CAFES. SCHOOLS
MARATHONS, NIGHTCLUBS, PARADES,
MALLS. EVERYWHERE. OUR
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ATTACKED
BY GUN VIOLENCE. NOW WE SEE OUR
YOUNG STUDENTS ATTACKED FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. JUST A
REMINDER THAT TWO WEEKS AGO
WOULD BE THE ONE YEAR AND VERSE
ARY OF ALL DAY. MANY MANY NINE
AND 10 YEAR OLDS THAT LOST THEIR
LIVES ALONG WITH THEIR TEACHERS.
I TAUGHT 3RD AND 4TH GRADE
BEFORE I GOT HERE COMBINED
CLASSROOM. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
IT MUST HAVE FELT LIKE FOR NOT
ONLY THE TEACHERS, BUT THOSE
STUDENTS NOWHERE TO HIDE. NO
ACTIVE SHOOTING TRAINING. COULD
PREVENT THIS. NO GUARDS AT
SCHOOL. AND YET, THIS CONTINUES,
IT CONTINUES. EVERY DAY. WE JUST
DON'T SEE THE HEADLINES ACROSS
THE NEWS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EVEN
MAKE HEADLINES. IF IT'S NOT A
MASS SHOOTING, EVEN SHOOTINGS OF
12345 DON'T RESONATE ANYMORE. IT
HAS TO BE MAYBE 10 OR MORE
BEFORE WE PAUSE. CONDOLENCES ARE
NOT ENOUGH. SAYING THAT WE NEED
MORE MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT ENOUGH
. OF COURSE WE NEED MENTAL
HEALTH. BUT WE NEED TO REMOVE
THE GUNS FROM OUR STREETS. THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON ANYBODY
SHOULD BE CARING AND A R 15. IT
IS A WEAPON OF WAR. IT IS FOR
MASS DESTRUCTION. THIS IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE AND ANOTHER COUNTRIES
. WE SEE THAT WITHOUT GUNS. YES,
THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE
THE DEATH THAT THE DEATHS THAT
WE HAVE. WE MUST CONTINUE. THIS
FIGHT. TODAY IS A DAY TO BE
AWARE, BUT IS OUR ACTIONS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING HR
39. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MADAM SPEAKER AND TO
MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY AND ALSO OAKLAND
. UH I'LL BE BRIEF. UM I THINK
MY COLLEAGUE FROM OAKLAND
STARTED A THEME I RISE, SO I
ARISE AS SOMEONE WHOSE GUN
VIOLENCE HAS ABSOLUTELY, UM,
SHOOK OUR FAMILY ALL RISE
BECAUSE MY COUSIN WAS WALKING
OUT OF HIS LIQUOR STORE. IN
SOUTH LOS ANGELES. GO AND GET IT
READY TO GO TO A PARTY AND
CAUGHT A BULLET IN HIS HEAD. I
RISE BECAUSE LITTLE JOSE
HERNANDEZ WHEN I WAS A POLICE
OFFICER IN THE IN THE CITY OF
MAYWOOD, UM ICE POURED OVER
BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS
YELLING FOR HELP. THEY WERE
SITTING IN THE CAR ON A SUMMER
EVENING. HE WAS IN THE PASSENGER
SEAT OF HIS MOM'S CAR. AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND WAS SITTING IN THE
FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT. HE WAS ONLY
16 YEARS OLD. SOMEONE TAPPED OUT
THE WINDOW AND SHOT HIM IN THE
HEAD. I RISE BECAUSE GUN
VIOLENCE IS PREVALENT IN MY
COMMUNITY, WHICH I REPRESENT.
YOU SEE WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT
NIGHT? IS YOU GETTING A KNOCK AT
THE DOOR? OR SOMEONE THAT YOU
KNOW AND LOVE. AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT NOTIFIES YOU THAT
YOUR LOVED ONE. YOUR HUSBAND,
YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR MOTHER, YOUR
SISTER, YOUR BROTHER OR YOUR
COUSIN. SOMEONE'S CONNECTED. YOU
JUST LOST THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF
GUN VIOLENCE. SO I RISE TO LEND
MY VOICE WITH A COURSE OF
INDIVIDUALS WITH THE YOU KNOW,
WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
WORK GROUP, AND I'M VERY
GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS WORK
GROUP. BECAUSE I RISE. NOT THAT
I REALLY WANTED TO. BUT I WAS
FORCED IN THIS PLACE. TO RAISE
MY VOICE AND ELEVATE ON BEHALF
OF THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS WHO
HAVE TO BURY THEIR CHILDREN. OH
I FORGOT TO MAKE MENTION JUST
LAST WEEK. ON SATURDAY. WE JUST
BURIED A YOUNG MAN WHO WORKED AT
CEDAR SINAI HOSPITAL. HE WAS AT
THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG
TIME. IN CROSSFIRE. HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE AT HOME ON HIS
WAY HOME. AND NOW ON SATURDAY,
HIS FAMILY GATHERED TO SAY THEIR
FINAL FAREWELLS. THIS SHOULD NOT
HAPPEN IN CALIFORNIA. IT SHOULD
NOT BE HAPPENING IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, SO I RISE TO
LEND MY VOICE AND MY SUPPORT
WITH THIS COURSE OF PEOPLE WHOSE
VOICES SHALL NEVER BE DROWNED
OUT WHEN WE HAVE THIS EPIDEMIC
IN OUR COMMUNITY, I RISE TO ASK
MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT HR 39.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MERCY KEY.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. I
JUST WANTED TO, UH RESPOND TO
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM OAKLAND WHEN
SHE CHALLENGED US TO IMAGINE A
WORLD WITHOUT GUN VIOLENCE. YOU
KNOW, SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I
WAS BORN AND RAISED IN JAPAN.
JAPAN HAS A POPULATION MORE THAN
THREE TIMES THAT OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW
MANY GUN DEATHS THEY HAD IN THE
YEAR 2021. ONE. ONE GUN DEATH.
SO COLLEAGUES IT IS POSSIBLE TO
HAVE TO LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT
GUN VIOLENCE. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SALLY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. AS A FORMER
PROSECUTOR WHO'S ACTUALLY
PROSECUTED GUN VIOLENCE. I RISE
IN SUPPORT OF TODAY'S
RESOLUTION. BUT I RISE TO
EMPHASIZE HOW WE ACTUALLY CAN
COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE. CALIFORNIA
HAS MORE THAN 100 LAWS ON THE
BOOKS. SOME OF THE MOST STRICT
GUN LAWS IN THE NATION. WE ARE
NOT LACKING LAWS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE ARE LACKING
SUFFICIENT ENFORCEMENT AND
DETERRENCE FOR GUN VIOLENCE. WE
TALK ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS A LOT.
BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THE NUMBERS
IN PERSPECTIVE. IN 2021. THERE
WERE 706 PEOPLE MURDERED IN A
MASS SHOOTING. BUT IN THAT SAME
YEAR, ALMOST 21,000 PEOPLE. WERE
KILLED AND INDIVIDUAL GUN
MURDERS. IT IS. I FEEL
UNPRODUCTIVE. TO USE NEWSWORTHY
MASS SHOOTINGS FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSE TO PROP UP LEGISLATION
LIKE TAXES ON GUNS AND CRACKING
DOWN ON CCW. WHICH WE KNOW WILL
NOT AFFECT ACTUAL GUN VIOLENCE.
THE REAL WAY WE COMBAT GUN
VIOLENCE IS BY ENFORCING OUR
LAWS AND PUNISHING PEOPLE WHO
DARE TO LIFT UP A WEAPON TO HURT
ANOTHER PERSON. JUST LAST WEEK,
I OFFERED AN AMENDMENT TO A B 13
10 TO REINSTATE THE FIREARM
ENHANCEMENT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO SAY IF YOU USE A
GUN IN A CRIME, YOU WILL GO TO
PRISON FOR A LONG SENTENCE, SO
YOU CANNOT HURT OTHER PEOPLE.
THIS IS HOW PUBLIC SAFETY WORKS.
ARE SOFT ON CRIME POLICIES HAVE
FAILED. AND THIS BODY HAS FAILED
WHEN GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
REINSTATE THE FIREARM
ENHANCEMENT. LAST WEEK, THIS
BODY REJECTED THAT AMENDMENT.
WHAT MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND
ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE? AND THE
STATISTICS SHOW THAT OUR
POLICIES HAVE FAILED COMPARED TO
PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS IN 2019 GUN
RELATED HOMICIDES IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA HAVE INCREASED BY
52% GUN RELATED. AGGRAVATED
ASSAULTS ARE UP 64. UNDER OUR
WATCH. WE CANNOT TOLERATE THIS
IN A CIVILIZED SOCIETY AND THE
WORST PART OF THIS, AND I KNOW
MY COLLEAGUE IS AS ALLUDED TO
THIS. THE VICTIMS OF THESE
CRIMES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY
MINORITIES AND DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE THE TRUE
VICTIMS. NOT THE PEOPLE PULLING
THE TRIGGERS OF THESE GUNS.
THEY'RE NOT THE VICTIMS. SO I
RISE. I RISE. NOT JUST FOR THIS
RESOLUTION, BUT I RISE FOR REAL
ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE. WE ARE
NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE GUNS FROM
THE UNITED STATES. IT'S IN OUR
CONSTITUTION. WHAT WE CAN DO IS
ELIMINATE PEOPLE BY LOCKING THEM
UP AND INCARCERATING THEM WHO
WOULD USE A GUN TO HURT ANOTHER
PERSON, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
THE MENTAL HEALTH LAWS AS WELL.
SO I HOPE THAT OUR CONVERSATIONS
CAN BE PRODUCTIVE AND FOCUSED ON
BIPARTISAN, MEANINGFUL ACTION TO
COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE RATHER THAN
POLITICAL RHETORIC. I THANK YOU
AND URGENT. I SUPPORT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DAVIES. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. TODAY ALSO SUPPORT HR
39, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT WE'VE
SAT HERE LIKE LAST YEAR AND WE
PUT GUN LAWS OUT THERE. BUT WE
DON'T HAVE ANY PUNISHMENT.
THEY'RE THEY'RE MISDEMEANORS. SO
REALLY, WHERE'S THE THREAT?
WHERE IS THE THREAT FOR THE
CRIMINAL IF YOU REALLY WANT
ILLEGAL GUNS OFF THE STREET, YOU
NEED TO GET THE LEGAL CRIMINAL
OFF THE STREET BECAUSE THEY'RE
THE ONES HOLDING THE GUNS. SO
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE NEED TO
DO TOGETHER HERE, BUT JUST
PICKING ONE OR ANOTHER. IT
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. AND I
JUST WANT TO JUSTIFY MAY JUST
QUICK READ. IN REGARDS TO JAPAN
. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THEY'VE GOT A VERY LOW RATE, BUT
WE ALSO THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS
IN JAPAN IS 15 YEARS IN PRISON
ONCE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE
PENALTIES ANYMORE. AND THAT'S
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THERE IS NO
ACCOUNTABILITY, SO YES, WE'VE
GOT SO MUCH WE NEED TO DO WITH
ADDICTION. WITH DRUG ABUSE. WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS. BUT THERE'S GOT
TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE IF
THERE'S NOT ACCOUNTABILITY, DO
YOU REALLY THINK THEY'RE
CRIMINALS ARE GOING TO GO? OH,
MY. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO USE THIS.
THEY'RE COMMITTING CRIMES RIGHT
AND LEFT WITHOUT ANY PUNISHMENT
, SO WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A STRONG
STAND AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT THAT
THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY'RE
GOING TO DO SOMETHING,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE TAKING
SOMEONE'S LIFE. THANK YOU.
REMEMBER, TAL, YOU RECOGNIZED.
THINKING WHAT? I'M SPEAKER. I
STAND IN SUPPORT OF S R 39. THE
USE OF GUNS DURING THE
COMMISSION OF CRIME IS A CHS
PROBLEM IN CALIFORNIA STATE HAS
RECENTLY EXPERIENCE ARRAY PICK
STRATEGY. UNLOADING THE SHOOTING
IN. PARK WHERE IN ILLEGAL
FIREARMS USED IN THE MURDER OF
INNOCENT PEOPLE. PREVENTION OF
GUN VIOLENCE IS WHY I INTRODUCED
A B 27. AND WHILE THAT BILL DID
NOT MAKE IT OUT BUT THE PUBLIC
SEPTIC COMMITTEE I AM COMMITTED
TO ENSURING THAT PUBLIC TRADE.
THERE ARE, UM VIOLENT PHASE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ACTION. ONE
OF THE THINGS OTHER OTHER FOR
BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
FLOOR AND ASK FOR EVERYONE'S
SUPPORT. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN
YOU RECOGNIZE. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE AS A PROUD
FOUNDING ANOTHER MEMBER. OF THE
GUN VIOLENCE WORKING GROUP THAT
WE HAVE HERE IN THE CALIFORNIA
STATE LEGISLATURE, AND I CAN'T
HELP BUT RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE
FAUX OUTRAGE FROM SOME
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES OF MINE.
WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN
GETTING SOCIAL MEDIA LIKES. AH
THEN THEY ARE FOLLOWING ACTUAL
DATA. ACTUAL DATA THAT SHOWS.
THAT THE CRIME LAWS THAT THAT
THAT THAT THE GUN SAFETY LAWS
THAT THE SMART GUN SAFETY LAWS
THAT WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA ARE
WORKING. BUT WHO DON'T WANT TO
COMPARE CALIFORNIA'S STATS.
AGAINST STATS OF RED STATES IN
THE SOUTH OF STATS, WHERE
REPUBLICANS CONTROL
SUPERMAJORITIES OF THE
LEGISLATURE. WHERE THEY HAVE, UH
. QUOTE UNQUOTE TOUGHER LAWS ON
GUNS, AND THEY HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER GUN DEATHS
AND GUN AND GUN CRIMES IN THOSE
STATES THAN WE HAVE IN
CALIFORNIA. I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR
THE POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE. MY
COLLEAGUE. I APPRECIATE YOUR
CONCERN, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY KEEP
THE MERITS OF THE RESOLUTION AND
NOT MAKE THIS PERSONAL ATTACKS
ON REPUBLICANS. WE ALL HAVE OUR
OPINION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT ONE
OF YOUR COLLEAGUES SAID THAT WE
FAILED IS THAT NOT AN ATTACK ON
ALL OF US, BUT THEY SAID THAT WE
IN THIS BODY HAVE FAILED AS AN
INSTITUTION. THE INDIVIDUALS
MAKE UP THE INSTITUTION. THE
INDIVIDUALS ARE THE ONES WHO
VOTE ON THE MEMBERS. WE DO NOT
ENGAGE IN THAT WAY HERE IN THIS
ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER, SO I RISE TO
ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES,
NO MATTER WHAT PARTISAN STRIPE
THEY WEAR TO LOOK AT THE DATA.
TO LOOK AT THE DATA THAT SHOWS
THAT THE THAT THE LAWS THAT WE
HAVE IN CALIFORNIA SAVE ON
AVERAGE 2000 PEOPLE PER YEAR
CALIFORNIA IN COMPARISON TO THE
AVERAGE STATE, NOT IN COMPARISON
TO TEXAS, NOT IN COMPARISON TO
FLORIDA BUT CALIFORNIA IN
COMPARISON TO THE AVERAGE STATE
IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE
2000 LESS GUN DEATHS PER YEAR.
THEN THE AVERAGE STATE THAT'S
REAL PEOPLE. THAT'S REAL LIVES
THAT WE'RE SAVING IN THIS BODY
IN THIS INSTITUTION FROM THE
LAWS THAT WE PASS. SO LET'S
FOLLOW THAT DATA. LET'S CONTINUE
TO PASS SMART, SAFE GUN SAFETY
LAWS IN CALIFORNIA LIKE THE BILL
THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY Ó. FROM SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY HAS AND LET'S
CONTINUE TO SAVE LIVES BECAUSE
IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT TALKING
POINTS. IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT
SOCIAL MEDIA STARS. IT MATTERS
ABOUT SAVING LIVES. THAT'S WHAT
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO AS
AN INSTITUTION. AND I ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO SUPPORT HR 39. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GABRIEL. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
HR. 39 PROUD TO AUTHOR THE
MEASURE. I WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM OAKLAND WHO HAS
BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY CHAMPION
AND VOICE ON THESE ISSUES FOR
PRESENTING IT TODAY. I'M SO
PROUD TO WORK WITH HER AND WITH
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM ORANGE COUNTY
AND FROM SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND
FROM TORRANCE AND PALO ALTO, AND
SO MANY OTHER PLACES, FOLKS WHO
HAVE STUDENT SUPPORT OF PASSING
LAWS TO MAKE OUR STATE SAFER. I
JUST WANT TO OFFER A FEW
THOUGHTS ABOUT SOME OF THE
DEBATE TODAY. UM FIRST OF ALL I
COME AT THIS ISSUE. I THINK MUCH
THE SAME WAY THAT MY COLLEAGUE
FROM OAKLAND DOES THIS FIRST AND
FOREMOST AS A PARENT. AS THE
FATHER OF THREE YOUNG KIDS AND
NOTHING TO ME IS A SYMPTOM OR A
EVIDENCE OF OUR FAILURE MORE
THAN THE FACT THAT OUR KIDS HAVE
TO DO, UH, ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS
IN KINDERGARTEN. AS MY AS MY
OLDEST SON DID LAST YEAR. AND
THE IDEA THAT OUR
KINDERGARTENERS WOULD HAVE TO BE
TOLD BY THEIR TEACHERS HOW THEY
NEED TO RESPOND BECAUSE OF THE
EVENT THAT SOMEONE WOULD COME
INTO THEIR CLASSROOM WITH AN
AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND TRY TO
SLAUGHTER THEM, I THINK IS ALL
WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE. AND HOW BADLY WE HAVE
FAILED AS A COUNTRY. AND I ALSO
WANT TO LIFT UP THE COMMENTS OF
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM TORRANCE.
THIS IS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN
PHENOMENON. THIS IS A POLICY
CHOICE THAT ALL OF US ARE
MAKING. ALL OF THE ALL OF THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAVE
HEARD TODAY, THE OTHER THINGS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE LIFTED UP AS
EXAMPLES. MENTAL HEALTH, VIOLENT
VIDEO GAMES. ALL OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT PEOPLE OFFERS
EXCUSES. THEY HAVE ALL OF THOSE
THINGS IN JAPAN. AND POVERTY.
THEY HAVE THOSE IN ALL OF THESE
OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
WHAT THEY DO NOT HAVE IS
CHILDREN WHO ARE KILLED WITH
WEAPONS OF WAR ON A REGULAR
BASIS. THAT IS A UNIQUELY
AMERICAN PHENOMENON. SO
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT TODAY? YES THAT IS
SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON.
THAT ABSOLUTELY DESERVES OUR
ATTENTION. BUT FRANKLY, IS AN
EXCUSE FROM THE REAL PROBLEM,
WHICH IS POLICY CHOICES THAT WE
HAVE MADE THAT ARE PUTTING ALL
OF OUR CHILDREN AT RISK. AND I
THINK IT WAS INTERESTING TODAY
THAT WE WERE LECTURED ABOUT
PEOPLE POSTURING POLITICALLY
ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AND GIVEN A
PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHEN, AS
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM SILICON
VALLEY, SAID THE DATA IS
UNAMBIGUOUS HERE. THE DATA'S ON
AMBIGUOUS HERE. CALIFORNIA'S GUN
SAFETY LAWS WORK IN 2001. WE
WERE RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE
STATE FOR GUN SAFETY LAWS. WE
HAVE A GUN SAFETY. WE HAVE A GUN
DEATH RATE THAT IS 37% LOWER
THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. SO
THE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE BEING
OFFERED TO US ARE ALTERNATIVES
FROM STATES WHERE THEY HAVE
FAILED WHERE PEOPLE ARE KILLED
AT GUNS AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE.
CALIFORNIA'S GUN DEATH RATE WAS
THE 40/4 LOWEST IN THE NATION.
WE HAVE 8.5 GUN DEATHS PER
100,000. THAT IS STILL FAR TOO
MANY, BUT THAT IS COMPARED TO
13.7 DEATHS PER 100,000
NATIONALLY. 28.6 IN MISSISSIPPI
, 20.7 IN OKLAHOMA AND 14.2 IN
TEXAS. SO ALL THESE OTHER
ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE BEING HELD
UP AS MODELS FOR US PEOPLE ARE
DYING THERE AT MUCH HIGHER RATES
THAN THEIR DYING IN OUR STATE.
SO PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GET UP AND
POSTULATE AND TRY TO SCORE
POLITICAL POINTS TO CHECK THE
FACTS AND TO CHECK THE DATA
BECAUSE THEY TELL A VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT STORY HERE. WE HEARD
FROM OUR COLLEAGUE FROM OAKLAND
GUNS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH OF CHILDREN. THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. LET ME SAY IT
AGAIN. GUNS ARE THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH OF CHILDREN,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BECAUSE
OF POLICY CHOICES MADE BY
POLITICIANS. AND THE REALLY SAD
AND UNCOMFORTABLE THING ABOUT
ALL OF THIS IS THAT 90% OF THE
PUBLIC SUPPORTS COMMON SENSE GUN
SAFETY LAWS. WHAT WE HAVE IS
POLITICIANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF
CERTAIN INTEREST GROUPS WHO
WON'T WANT TO STAND UP TO THEM
WHO AREN'T WILLING TO STAND UP
FOR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY'RE
MORE INTERESTED IN PLEASING A
CERTAIN DONOR CLASS THAN THEY
ARE ABOUT PROTECTING THE LIVES
OF YOUNG PEOPLE. THAT'S THE REAL
TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE
AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS
ROOM AND EVERY SINGLE PARENT
UNITED STATES UNDERSTANDS THAT
AND KNOWS THAT WITH ABSOLUTE
CLARITY, AND THIS IS WHAT'S SO
SAD ABOUT THIS, THE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
HARMED BY GUN VIOLENCE. OR OUR
LOWEST INCOME COMMUNITIES. THINK
ABOUT THIS, ACCORDING TO THE CDC
, THE PARENTS OF A BLACK SON
AGED 13 TO 19 OR MORE LIKELY TO
LOSE THEIR CHILD TO GUN HOMICIDE
THAN EVERY OTHER CAUSE OF DEATH
COMBINED. THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE
FAILURE. BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT
NO COMMUNITY IS SAFE. I REMEMBER
WITH EXTREME CLARITY A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AFTER I WAS ELECTED TO
THIS BODY, THERE WAS A MASS
SHOOTING AT THE BORDERLINE
RESTAURANT IN 1000 OAKS. ONE OF
THE SAFEST, STATISTICALLY ONE OF
THE SAFEST CITIES IN AMERICA.
AND STILL, YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE OF
A MATCHING THE TRUTH IS, IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR YOUR
SKIN IS. HOW RICHER COMMUNITY IS
WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. NONE OF US
ARE SAFE, AND I CAN LOOK AROUND
THIS ROOM AT DIFFERENT
COLLEAGUES AND I CAN THINK ABOUT
MASS SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN
PLACE IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THEIR COMMUNITIES OR CYCLES OF
VIOLENCE. THAT HAPPENS EVERY
SINGLE DAY AND DON'T MAKE THE
NEWS. COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE START
POSTULATING BEFORE WE START THE
RHETORIC. I WAS SO UNFORTUNATE
TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS
HOPED AS WE HAVE IN OUR GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORKGROUP TO
MAKE THIS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE.
THIS SHOULD BE AN ISSUE THAT
PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME
AROUND TO UNITE AROUND.
UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE AND THAT WE
ARE FAILING BECAUSE OF POLICY
CHOICES. WE ARE THE OUTLIER HERE
. EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD IS SAFER FOR KIDS THAN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHEN
IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE BECAUSE
OF OUR CHOICES, I HOPE I HOPE
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PASS
THESE COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY
LAWS WHICH ARE SAVING LIVES
HERE, INDISPUTABLY IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA AND WORK TOGETHER.
ALL OF US BECAUSE IT'S ALL OF
OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE AT RISK TO
PASS MORE LAWS TO MAKE THINGS
SAFER WITH THAT RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AND I VOTE ON HR 39
SEEING NO OTHERS WISH AND SPEAK
ON THIS ITEM. ASSUMING MEMBER
WICKS WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY
VOTE. PLEASE HAVE THE FIRST VOTE
OPEN FOR A CO AUTHORS. THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE FOR COOPER'S
ALL THOSE THE DESIRE TO VOTE
VOTE. THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE
VOTE THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE.
THERE ARE 67 I O AUTHORS AND
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL TAKE
A VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.
OPPOSING NO EYES, HAVE IT. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MEMBERS
WITHOUT OBJECTION OF QUORUM CALL
IS LIFTED AND WE WILL NOW MOVE
TO ADJOURNMENTS IN MEMORY.
MEMBERS PLEASE MOVE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR AND
GIVE YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENTION
TO THOSE WHO ARE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON A GERMAN
AND MEMORY. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND START WITH ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PETRIE-NORRIS. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. MEMBERS I RISE TODAY
WITH A HEAVY HEART TO ADJOURN IN
THE MEMORY OF DR ALAN LEE
BERNSTEIN. DR BERNSTEIN, WHO WAS
LOVINGLY KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY
AS DARK SERVED ON THE TUSTIN
CITY COUNCIL FROM 2012 TO 2020
AS MAYOR OF THE CITY IN 2017 AND
2020. HE SERVED THE CITY OF
TUSTIN IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES
FROM LOCAL LEADERSHIP ROLES TO
SERVICE ON STATE BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS. FUNDAMENTALLY DOC
WAS COMMITTED TO SEEING TUSTIN
BE THE FINEST CITY IT COULD
POSSIBLY BE, AND HE ALWAYS
LOOKED OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST
OF TUSTIN RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES
AND STAFF MEMBERS. MOST
RECENTLY, DR BERNSTEIN ALSO
SERVED. I WAS NEVER AFRAID TO
TELL YOU WHERE HE STOOD ON AN
ISSUE AND HE WAS ALWAYS READY
FOR A HEALTHY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. HE WAS ALSO
COMPASSIONATE AND EMPATHETIC,
WHICH CAME NATURALLY TO HIM FROM
YEARS OF CARING FOR HIS PATIENTS
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AS A FOOT
AND ANKLE SURGEON. MOST
IMPORTANTLY, YOU CONSIDERED THE
PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH AT THE
CITY OF TUSTIN, HIS FRIENDS AND
HE ALWAYS MADE TIME TO TALK. THE
DOCTOR. BERNSTEIN'S DUTIES WITH
THE CITY OF TUSTIN ENDED AT THE
END OF 2020. HE WAS NEVER GONE
FROM CITY HALL. HE KEPT IN TOUCH
, SENT BIRTHDAY CARDS OR GET
WELL WISHES AND ALWAYS LET THE
PEOPLE OF TUSTIN KNOW THAT HE
WAS THINKING OF THEM. ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT. 73 LOST A WONDERFUL
PUBLIC SERVANT WHO CARED
IMMENSELY FOR HIS COMMUNITY. OUR
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO
DR BERNSTEIN'S WIFE, RANDY, HIS
SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, ADAM
AND CARLY AND TO HIS MOTHER,
RUTH. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED
AND FONDLY REMEMBERED. MEMBERS
PLEASE JOIN ME TODAY AND A
JOURNEY IN THE MEMORY OF DR ALAN
LEE BERNSTEIN. THANK YOU SO MANY
MEMBER PETRIE-NORRIS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DAVIES, YOU
RECOGNIZED DIXON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, SPEAKER.
I TOO AM SAD TO RECOGNIZE THE
PASSING OF MY LONG TIME FRIEND
AND ORANGE COUNTY COLLEAGUE
ELECTED COLLEAGUE, FORMER TEST
IN MAYOR DR ALAN BERNSTEIN, WHO
PASSED AWAY MAY 20/4. HE WAS A
GREAT MAN AND A STELLAR PUBLIC
SERVANT WHO HAD HIS COMMUNITY'S
BEST INTERESTS ALWAYS IN FRONT
OF HIS MIND. HE STOOD UP FOR
THOSE WHO COULDN'T OR WOULDN'T
SPEAK UP. HE WAS A GUIDING LIGHT
FOR ALL WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO
KNOW HIM. HE AND I MET 10 YEARS
AGO OVER 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE
PARTICIPATED IN A U C I PROGRAM
IN PUBLIC POLICY FOR INTERESTED
FUTURE ELECTED BEFORE EITHER ONE
OF US HAD SERVED IN AN ELECTED
CAPACITY. HE WENT OUT TO SERVE
HIS COMMUNITY INTESTINE WITH
GREAT HONOR AND COMPASSION, AS
WELL AS THE RESIDENTS OF ALL OF
IT WAS A SERVED WITH GREAT HONOR
AND COMPASSION. HE WILL BE
MISSED FOR HIS WISDOM AND HEART
. THANK YOU. I JOINED IN A
JOURNEY IN HIS MEMORY. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
DIXON, PLEASE BRING THE NAMES
THAT DESTINY PRINTED IN THE
JOURNAL ALL REQUEST TO ADJOURN A
MEMBER. WE WERE DEEMED READ AND
PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL MOVING TO
ANNOUNCEMENT. COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
TRANSPORTATION MEETS AT 2 30 PM
IN SWING SPACE ROOM 1100, THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
ETHICS. MEETS AT FOUR PM IN
SWING SPACE ROOM 4400. THE
SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS FAR AS
TUESDAY, JUNE. 6TH CHECK IN
SESSION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH
CHECK IN SESSION THURSDAY, JUNE
8TH FLOOR SESSION AT 9 A.M, ALL
OTHERS. ALL OTHER ITEMS
REMAINING WILL BE PASSED AND
RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS SHALL BE
CONTINUED SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN,
MISS.
MR GARCIA MOVES AND MISS
WALDRON'S SECOND SET. THIS HOUSE
STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY,
JUNE 8TH AT 9 A.M. THE HOUSE IS
ADJOURNED.