MEMBERS ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN
SESSION. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AT US
NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM
SERGEANT ARMS WILL PREPARE THE
CHAMBER AND BRING IN THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE
ROLL AGUIAR-CURRY. COLONIES
ALVAREZ ARAMBULA. BAINES
BAUER-KAHAN BENNETT BERMAN
BURNER BONTA, BRIAN CALDERON,
JUAN CARILLO, WENDY CARILLO,
CERVANTES CHIN CONNOLLY, DOLLY
DAVIES DIXON YOU SAY LEE FLORA
MIKE FONG. VINCE FONG FRIEDMAN,
GABRIEL GALLAGHER, GARCIA GIBSON
, GRAYSON HANEY HEART. HOLD
HOOVER, ERWIN JACKSON, JOAN
SAWYER, KARA LACKEY, LEE LOW.
LOWENTHAL MAIENSCHEIN MATHIS
MCCARTY MAKIN ER MASUCCI WHEN
ORTEGA PACHECO POPPING JIM
PATTERSON, JOE PATTERSON,
PELLERIN PETRIE-NORRIS
QUIRK-SILVA RAMOS RAISE
THREE OF US ROBERT RIVAS
RODRIGUEZ RUBIO SANCHEZ SANTIAGO
SHE ALTHOUGH SORIA TAR TING
VALENCIA, VÆ VALLAPUDUA WALDRON
, WALLACE WARD, WEBER WICKS WILL
SEND HER WOULD ZIPPER, MR
SPEAKER.
MEMBERS. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND OUR VISITORS
IN THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND
IN THE GALLERY TO PLEASE STAND
FOR THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE.
OUR DAYS. PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY OUR ASSEMBLY CHAPLAIN. YOUR
MOM? YES OR CON MAMI SER. IN THE
NAME OF GOD. THE MOST GRACIOUS,
THE MOST MERCIFUL. ALMIGHTY GOD.
SOURCE OF GOODNESS AND MERCY.
TODAY WE PRAY THAT YOU TOUCHED
THE MINDS AND HEARTS. OF THE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PRESENT HERE
TODAY. GRANT THEM WISDOM AND
INSIGHT. TO MAKE EFFECTIVE
DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT THE
COMMON GOOD OF OUR STATE.
RESPECTING ALL CALIFORNIANS. WE
PRAY LORD. AND OUR ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES MAY LISTEN TO
ONE ANOTHER. SO THAT THEY MAY
SEEK WHAT IS GOOD AND TRUE FOR
ALL PEOPLE. WE ASK YOU, LORD TO
GUIDE THEM. AND GRAB THEM
COURAGE TO ACT IN PEACE AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. I MEAN, YES. DO
YOU REMAIN STANDING AND JOIN US
IN THE FLAG SALUTE? PLEASE JOIN
US SELLING WOMAN, BONTA. SHE
LEADS US IN THE NATION'S PLEDGE
MEMBERS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE
FLAG SALUTE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG. THANK YOU MAY BE
SEATED. READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER
SACRAMENTO WEDNESDAY MAY 17TH
2023 THE ASSEMBLY MINUTES 7 A.M.
MR GALLAGHER. SECONDS OF THE
READING OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S
JOURNAL, BE DISPENSED WITH
PRESENTATIONS AND PETITIONS.
THERE ARE NONE INTRODUCTION
REFERENCES. THE BILLS WILL BE
DEFERRED REPORTS COMMITTEES THAT
WE 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 FOR ILLNESS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GARCIA AND SOME
OF THEM ARE GREECE AND SOME
WILSON AND FOR FAMILY FUNERAL,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JOAN SAWYER.
PRETTY MUCH. 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
WARD BURNER AND GALLAGHER TO
SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN
MEMORY. TODAY WITHOUT OBJECTIONS
, THAT SHALL BE THE ORDER
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE. 1 18, A
TO ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BURNER
AND AGUIAR-CURRY TO HAVE GUESTS
SEATED AT THEIR DESKS. TODAY,
JUNCTION, SO SHALL BE THE ORDER.
AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR,
PLEASE REMOVE ITEM 41 SP 4 TO 1
LEMON FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
AND AT THE REQUEST OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW, PLEASE
REMOVE REMOVE ITEM 45. SB 789
ALLEN FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
CLERK WILL NOTE. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT. THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF
OFFICE TO ROBERT RIVAS AS
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY BE SET
AS A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
ON FRIDAY, JUNE 30TH AT 9:30
A.M. OBJECTIONS THAT SHALL BE
THE ORDER. PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY
RULE. 96 I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO REFER THE FOLLOWING
BILLS TO COMMITTEE. SP 2 TO 5
CABALLERO FROM THE
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE MINISTER
AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
COMMITTEE TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. SP 619 PADILLA FROM
THE UTILITIES AND ENERGY
COMMITTEE TO THE NATURAL
RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND THEN
BACK TO THE UTILITIES AND ENERGY
COMMITTEE AND SP 672 MCGUIRE
FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE TO THE INSURANCE
COMMITTEE. OBJECTIONS THAT
SOMEBODY ORDER I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
JOINT RULE 62 A THE FILE NOTICE
REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW THE WATER
PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE TO
MEET ON TUESDAY, JUNE 27TH AT 9
A.M. IN ROOM 4 44. 2 HERE S B
147 ASHBY. MR FLORRICK FOR WHAT
PURPOSE? THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
WE WITHHOLD CONSENT AND ASK FOR
A ROLL CALL VOTE. VERY WELL
MEMBERS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
VOTE. THE MAJORITY LEADER'S
ASKING FOR AN I VOTE SECOND BY
MR ORTEGA PROCEDURAL MOTION WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. THIS IS TO
SPEND THE RULES. PROCEDURAL
MOTION REQUIRES 41. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE.
CLOSE ROLL TALLY. THE VOTES I
WAS 41 KNOWS 14. RULES ARE
SUSPENDED. MOTION CARRIES AND
MAJORITY LEADER RAISE YOUR
FURTHER RECOGNIZED. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND THE
RULES TO WITHDRAW THE FOLLOWING
BILLS FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
AND ORDER THEM TO THE THIRD
READING FILE. SB 102. SB 103 SB
1 14 SB 1 15 SP 1 16 SP 1 17 SP
1 18 SP 1 19 SP 1 20 SB 1 21 SP
1 22 SP 1 23 SP 1 25 SP 1 27 SB
1 28 SP 1 30 SB 1 31 SP 1 32 SP
1 33 AND SB 1 34 MR FLOOR FOR
WHAT PURPOSE? WE WITHHOLD
CONSENT. AS FOR A ROLL CALL
VOTE. VERY WELL MAJORITY LEADER
IS ASKING FOR AN I VOTE. MR
GIBSON'S ASKING SECONDS IT AND,
UH, MR FLOOR IS ASKING FOR A NO
VOTE MEMBERS PROCEDURAL TO
SUSPEND THE RULES WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE? CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE WALL. TALLY THE VOTES EYES
43 NOS 15 MOTION CARRIES
JORDAN'S AREAS FURTHER
RECOGNIZED REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND JOINT RULE.
62 A THE FILE NOTICE REQUIREMENT
TO ALLOW THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO
MEET ON TUESDAY, JUNE 27TH UPON
CALL OF THE CHAIR IN A ROOM TO
BE ANNOUNCED. NO OBJECTIONS.
THAT SHALL BE THE ORDER. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULES 69 TO
ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAISE TO
TAKE UP FLOOR AMENDMENTS ON ITEM
NINE. A B 241 FOR WHAT PURPOSE.
WE OBJECT TO THE MOTION, AND WE
ALSO OBJECT TO THE AMENDMENTS AS
WELL. ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE
MAJORITY LEADERS ASKING FOR AN I
VOTE AND SECONDED BY MR GIBSON.
MR FLOOR IS ASKING FOR A NO VOTE
ON PROCEDURAL MOTIONS DISPLAYING
THE RULES CLERK WILL OPEN THE
RULES. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL
CLOSE ROLL TALLY THE VOTES EYES
43 NOS 15. RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
MOTION CARRIES MEMBERS. WE HAVE
SEVERAL GUESTS INTRODUCTIONS
WITH US TODAY WE WILL BEGIN WITH
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SZABO. RECOGNIZE
THAT YOUR GUESTS AT YOUR DESK
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS JOINING US IN THE
GALLERY TODAY ARE MEMBERS OF THE
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE WHO ARE CELEBRATING
THEIR CENTENNIAL 100. YEARS OF
SERVICE HELPS SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESSES AND GROWING AND
THRIVING IN WHAT IS NOW THE
THIRD LARGEST CITY IN L. A
COUNTY. SO PLEASE, PLEASE RISE
AND PLEASE HELP ME. WELCOME THE
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE TO THE ASSEMBLY TODAY.
THANK YOU AND MS RUBIO, YOU
RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR DESK FOR
YOUR GUESTS? INTRODUCTIONS THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS
TODAY IN THE GALLERY. WE ARE
JOINED BY OVER 20 STUDENTS
PARTICIPATING IN MY YOUNG
LEGISLATOR PROGRAM FOR THE 48TH
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. THEY HAVE
BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM
OF, UH AND GETTING A TASTE OF
LEGISLATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND THESE
STUDENTS HAVE BEEN UP SINCE FOUR
AM TO TRAVEL AND GET IT AND THEY
GOT A TASTE OF HOW LEGISLATORS
GO BACK AND FORTH TO THEIR
DISTRICTS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
GIVING. IN THEM A WARM WELCOME
TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY.
AND SOME WOMAN, IRWIN, YOU
RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR DESK FOR
YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS? THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. MR SPEAKER. I'M
VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME A
CONSTITUENT OF MINE. DEREK ALI,
FROM CALABASAS TO THE ASSEMBLY.
MR ALI IS A TWO TIME GRAMMY
WINNER WHO HAS MIXED FOR ARTISTS
SUCH AS KENDRICK, LAMAR,
CHILDISH GAMBINO AND CARDI B. HE
IS ALSO THE CREATOR OF AN ONLINE
MIXING PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FOR
MIXING ENGINEERS CALLED
ENGINEERS, AND HE IS JOINED BY
MARQUESA FINCH AND DIVYA REDDY.
IF YOU COULD ALL STAND UP,
PLEASE, AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING, WELCOMING ALL THREE
OF THEM.
AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN AGUIAR-CURRY.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK
FOR YOUR SPECIAL GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON
MEMBERS. I'M SO HONORED TO HAVE
MY TWO FAVORITE PEOPLE HERE ON
THE FLOOR WITH ME. MY
GRANDDAUGHTER MARIANNE. SHE'S
SEVEN YEARS OLD. AND MY GRANDSON
, HOUSTON, WHO IS FOR AND
ESPECIALLY ON OUR GOES TO MY
DAUGHTER UP IN THE UP IN THE TOP
ELIZABETH WHITE AND MY BOYFRIEND
, LARRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN BURNER. YOU
RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR DESK FOR
GUEST INTERACTION? HELLO MR MR
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. OF
COURSE I HAVE MY DAUGHTER MAYA
HERE WITH ME TODAY. UM YOU'LL
REMEMBER IN 2018 WHEN I WAS
FIRST SWORN IN. SHE WAS THIS
TALL AND SHE WAS SEVEN YEARS
OLD, AND NOW SHE'S 12 AND I
THINK SHE BEATS ME IN HEIGHT, SO
I'M AGAIN THE SHORTEST PERSON IN
MY FAMILY. SO PLEASE WELCOME
MAYA. ALRIGHT MEMBERS. WE'RE
GONNA BE MOVING TO OUR BUSINESS
ON THE DAILY FILE. SECOND
READING THE CORPORAL REED SENATE
BILLS FOR 77 49 WITH AMENDMENTS
AND CENTERVILLE 6 24 WITH
AMENDMENTS AMENDMENTS WILL BE
ADOPTED. WE WILL PASS A ROUTINE
ON ITEMS FOR CONCURRENCE. AND
WE'LL BEGIN BYE, MR IRWIN. FILE
ITEM. 20 THIS IS SB 4 17 FOR
PURPOSE OF AMENDMENTS. CORPORAL
REED. THE SENATE BILL 4 17 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY AS THE MEMBER
NGUYEN. AND SOME WOMEN MAY OPEN
ON THE AMENDMENTS. ALRIGHT THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I
RISE TO PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO SB
4 17 THE AMENDMENTS ENSURE THAT
988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE
REMAINS PROMINENT ON THE WARNING
SIGNS. THIS BILL UPDATES THANK
YOU, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU, MR ERWIN.
SENIOR MEMBERS WISHING TO
ADDRESS THESE AMENDMENTS WITHOUT
OBJECTION WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE
ON THE AMENDMENTS. ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY, AYE. PERSON A. THE
EYES HAVEN'T AMENDMENTS ARE
ADOPTED THE BILLS OUT TO PRINT
AND BACK ON FILE.
MEMBERS WILL BE MOVING TO FILE
ITEM 15. THIS IS A CR 99. THE
CLERK WILL READ. OR SOMEBODY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 99 BY
SOMEBODY MEMBER CERVANTES AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO IMMIGRANT
HERITAGE MONTH RECOGNIZED ON THE
RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, SPEAKER.
MR SPEAKER, TWO TODAY I RISE TO
PRESENT ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 99. ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS.
COMMEMORATING THE MONTH OF JUNE
AS IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH.
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO 10.5
MILLION IMMIGRANTS. 10% DACA
RECIPIENTS. AND THE SECOND
LARGEST STATE IN THE US WITH THE
MAJORITY OF TPS HOLDERS, MANY OF
WHICH ARE LATINOS. I PROUDLY
RISE TODAY AS A DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS WHOSE PARENTS BROUGHT
OUR FAMILY TO CALIFORNIA TO
BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR US. I
WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD AND MY
BROTHER WAS SIX MONTHS OLD WHEN
MY MOTHER CHARLES TO TAKE THAT
DANGEROUS TRIP ALONE WITH TWO
BABIES. HER SACRIFICE AND HOPES
GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
MY OWN HOPES AND A CHANCE TO
REACH THE AMERICAN DREAM.
IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE
IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR COUNTLESS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY.
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT
LIMITED TO OUR ECONOMY. IN FACT
, THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF OUR
NATION AND STATE HAS BEEN SHAPED
IMMIGRANTS FOR DECADES.
IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
THRIVE BEYOND THEIR PRODUCTIVITY
IN OUR STATE TO LIVE HALL AND
HEALTHY LIVES BEYOND SURVIVAL.
YET DESPITE. COUNTLESS
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY IMMIGRANTS
. WE HAVE FREQUENTLY OVERLOOKED
AND UNDERMINE THEIR ROLE IN
BUILDING OUR STATE AND NATION.
OUR HISTORY ALSO REMINDS US THAT
OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HAVE
BEEN SCAPEGOATED, VILIFIED AND
TARGET IT. DESPITE THE MANY
CHALLENGES THAT IMMIGRANTS FACE.
SUCH AS LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND IN
MANY INSTANCES, DISCRIMINATION,
IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN
MANAGED TO SURVIVE. DESPITE ALL
THESE STRUCTURAL DISADVANTAGES
ALRIGHT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED
ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND HATRED,
INCLUDING THOSE REPUTATION IT'D
AGAINST OUR BLACK ASIAN
AMERICAN. PACIFIC ISLANDER AND
MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. OUR
PRESIDENT HASN'T PREVENTED OUR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FROM
FACING HATEFUL RHETORIC AND
ACTIVE EXCLUSION OF THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDS AND
HUMANITY. DESPITE IMMIGRANTS
DRIVING OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THEIR NEEDS HAVE OFTEN GONE AND
MET. WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE
PERSISTENT DISPARITIES AND
CHALLENGES THIS APPROPRIATELY
FACED BY IMMIGRANTS. JUST SUCH
AS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
EDUCATION BENEFITS, INCLUDING
FEDERAL RECOVERY BENEFITS THAT
WAS WORSENED BY THE PANDEMIC AND
RECENT FLOODS. AS WE RECOGNIZE
AND CELEBRATE. LET'S ALSO
RECOGNIZE THE OVERLOOKED
UNDERVALUED DEDICATION OF
IMMIGRANTS LIKE OUR FARM WORKERS
AND OUR STREET FOOD VENDORS AND
MY DAD WHO WILL BE HERE NEXT
WEEK. OUR DISHWASHERS IN
JANITORS. WE HONOR THE
SACRIFICES AND IMMIGRANTS WHO
BECAME ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING
THE COVID PANDEMIC 19. THEY
SERVED ON THE FRONT LINES. AND
WE'RE CALLED HEROES AND
ESSENTIAL. IT TAKES TREMENDOUS
COURAGE TO BE A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
TO BE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
KNOWING NO ONE AND WORKING TO
MAKE IT TO PROSPER WHILE TRYING
TO MAKE IT IN YOUR HOME. WE
RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES HAVE INCREDIBLE
STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY, WE MUST
CONTINUE TO PACK. FIGHT FOR A
PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP. FOR
IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES. AND SUPPORT THAT
IMMIGRANTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED,
SUCH AS FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH
SAFETY NETS FOR ALL, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU, MR ORTEGA AND
SOME EARLY YOU RECOGNIZED ON THE
RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS TODAY I RISE ON
BEHALF OF THE A P I AND L G B T
Q PLUS CAUCUSES IN SUPPORT OF A
CR 99, WHICH DESIGNATE THIS
MONTH OF JUNE 2023 AS IMMIGRANT
HERITAGE MONTH CALIFORNIA IS
HOME TO OVER 10 MILLION
IMMIGRANTS WITH MY DISTRICT
BEING ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE MY
DISTRICT IS THE MOST ASIAN
AMERICAN DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA
BY RESIDENTS AND MANY OF MY
CONSTITUENTS HAVE COME FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD, CONTRIBUTING TO
MUCH OF THE BAY AREA'S
MULTICULTURALISM AND DIVERSITY.
OF COURSE, THIS WEEKEND. WE JUST
CELEBRATED PRIDE, BUT MANY FOLKS
FROM ACROSS THE WORLD ESPECIALLY
IN ASIA, WERE ABLE TO LIVE THEIR
AUTHENTIC SELVES IN THE STREETS
OF SAN FRANCISCO OR IN WHETHER
IT BE IN SAN JOSE. OUR STATE
WOULDN'T BE WHERE IT IS TODAY
WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS CONTINUE TO
INNOVATE AND STRENGTHEN OUR
ECONOMY, REINFORCING CALIFORNIA
STATUS AS THE FOURTH LARGEST
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE
COMPLEX HISTORIES AND STRUGGLES
OF OUR LGBT Q. PLUS IMMIGRANTS
WHO CONTINUE TO FACE LAYERS OF
HARDSHIPS AS LGBTQ AMERICANS DO
AS WELL IN THIS COUNTRY. I HOPE
MY COLLEAGUES RECOGNIZED THE
GENERATIONAL WORK OF IMMIGRANTS
IN CALIFORNIA AND UNDERSTAND
THAT EVEN FOR FOLKS COMING HERE
AND FLEEING, WHETHER THEY'VE
EURASIA OR ANY OTHER PARTS OF
THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY ARE QUEER
THAT THEY STILL NEED STRONGER
PROTECTIONS WHEN THEY'RE HERE,
BUT ALSO STRONGER LEGAL PATHWAYS
. A GOOSE SO YOU KNOW, ONE THING
I HEAR FROM ESPECIALLY FROM MY
ASIAN COMMUNITY IS THAT IT'S SO
HARD TO REUNITE LEGALLY, EVEN
THOUGH THEY GOT HERE LEGALLY
WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND
WE NEED AS MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE
TO REALLY STRENGTHEN AND CREATE
THOSE PATHWAYS FOR IMMIGRANTS TO
PROSPER IN THIS COUNTRY, THEIR
NEW HOME ENERGY. I VOTE THANK
YOU, MR LEE AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN
RUBIO. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON THE
RESOLUTION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I AM
IMMENSELY HONORED TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO RISE ON BEHALF OF
THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR IMMIGRANT
HERITAGE MONTH. AS AN IMMIGRANT
MYSELF. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF
THE ROAD THAT CALIFORNIA HAS
PAID FOR IMMIGRANTS WORKING AND
LIVING IN THIS GOLDEN STATE. ONE
IN THREE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
IN CALIFORNIA ARE IMMIGRANTS
HONORING AND RESPECTING
IMMIGRANT HERITAGE IS VITAL FOR
CALIFORNIA'S CULTURE. AS ALMOST
ONE HALF OF CALIFORNIA CHILDREN
HAVE AT LEAST ONE IMMIGRANT
PARENT. MY PARENTS SACRIFICED SO
MUCH FOR ME TO BE STANDING HERE
TODAY. MY FATHER DREAMED OF A
SAFE MY FATHER DREAMT OF A SAFE
LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY COMING FROM
JUAREZ, MEXICO, WHERE MANY YOUNG
GIRLS CONSTANTLY WENT MISSING.
THROUGH DETERMINATION. MY
PARENTS CARRIED MY FAMILY OVER
THE U. S BORDER FOR A GREATER
AND SAVE HER LIFE. OUR STORY DID
NOT COME WITHOUT HARDSHIP. AS MY
FAMILY AND I WERE DEPORTED BACK
TO MEXICO. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE
IT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES AND
I HAVE PROUDLY BEEN AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN SINCE 1994. AS AN
IMMIGRANT AND AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER
. IT IS MY DUTY TO HONOR
IMMIGRANT HERITAGE FOR THOSE YET
TO MAKE IT MAKE THEIR VOYAGE TO
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TO
THE STATE THROUGH OUR CULTURE,
COMMUNITY AND DETER
DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE LIFE.
I'M SORRY TO ACHIEVE AND LIVE
THE AMERICAN DREAM. CALIFORNIA
HAS BUILT ON THESE COMMUNITIES
AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS BODY
FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF
IMMIGRANTS. THANK YOU AND I
ASKED FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU,
MR RUBIO. AND SOME MEMBER
CARILLO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON THE
RESOLUTION. WHEN I STARTED AS MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY. I
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF WAYS
HERE. 99 INTRODUCED BY MY
COLLEAGUE, ASSEMBLYWOMAN
CERVANTES. AS AN IMMIGRANT WHO
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AT THE AGE
OF 15 AND GOT HIS FIRST JOB AS A
DISHWASHER AND EVER IMAGINE
NHîNG THAT I WOULD ONE DAY
BECOME A PROUD U. S. CITIZEN
RAISED A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY SPEAK
ENGLISH AND LET ALONE SERVICE
AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER PROBABLY
REPRESENTING THE 39TH DISTRICT
OF CALIFORNIA. BUT HERE I AM.
STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY, A
TESTAMENT TO THE AMERICAN DREAM,
AMERICANO. MY PERSONAL JOURNEY
LIKE THAT OF COUNTLESS
IMMIGRANTS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE
IMMENSE POTENTIAL LIES WITHIN
INDIVIDUALS WHO DARE TO DREAM
AND EMBARKING A NEW BEGINNING IN
A FOREIGN LAND. IT IS A STORY OF
RESILIENCY, SACRIFICE AND
UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE IDEAS
UPON WHICH OUR NATION WAS BUILT.
I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE
TRANSFORMATIVE POWER THAT LIES
WITHIN OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES. IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE GLOVE HAVE HELPED
SHAPE THE ECONOMY AND REACH THE
CULTURE AND FOSTER INNOVATION
THAT HAS PROPELLED OUR NATION
FORWARD. BY THEIR SIGNAL IN
JUNE. 20 23RD AS IMMIGRANT
HERITAGE MONTH THROUGH A CR 99
WE SEND A RESOUNDING MESSAGE OF
GRATITUDE AND RECOGNITION FOR
THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE MADE AND
CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY DAY. IT
IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE
THE IMMENSE DIVERSITY AND
CULTURAL RICHNESS THAT
IMMIGRANTS BEING TO OUR
COMMUNITIES, REMINDING US OR THE
SHARED VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS
THAT BIND US TOGETHER AS A
NATION. BY HONORING OUR
IMMIGRANT HERITAGE. WE REAFFIRM
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY,
JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
REGARDLESS OF ONE'S COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN. TOGETHER LET US HONOR
THE LEGACY OF IMMIGRANTS EMBRACE
OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND CONTINUE
TO BUILD A FUTURE WHERE THE
AMERICAN DREAM REMAINS WITHIN
REACH FOR ALL WHO STRIVE FOR
BETTER TOMORROW. REQUIRED ALONE
IN A CELL OF. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
THAT YOU JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING
ER 99. GRACIAS. THANK YOU, MR
CARILLO. AND REMEMBER JACKSON
RECOGNIZED ON THE RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR SPEAKER
. I RISE ON BEHALF OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS ON THIS
VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
OBVIOUSLY AS AMERICA IS A NATION
OF IMMIGRANTS, WE CELEBRATE THE
DIVERSITY. AND MAKING SURE THAT
AMERICA IS NOT ONLY JUST KNOWN
AS A MELTING POT. BUT REALLY
KNOWN AS MORE OF A SALAD BOWL.
WHERE EACH AND EVERYONE OF THE
DIVERSE POPULATIONS OF
IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING TO
THIS BORDER ADDS TO THE RICHNESS
OF THIS COUNTRY BUT YET DOES NOT
SHARED IS INDIVIDUAL CULTURE IS
INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGE AND ITS
INDIVIDUAL RELIGION. WE ARE, IN
FACT, VERY FORTUNATE AND LUCKY
AS CALIFORNIANS. FOR IMMIGRANTS
FROM ALL OVER THIS WORLD WHO ARE
FLEEING MANY TWO TUMULTUOUS AND
DANGEROUS PLACES. TO MAKE
CALIFORNIA THEIR HOME. WE WANT
TO THINK IMMIGRANTS FOR CHOOSING
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE WE NEED THEM
OF CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE STRONG. CONTINUE
TO BE GREAT. CONTINUE TO BE
GOLDEN. WE NEED THE IMMIGRANT
POPULATION TO CONTINUE TO ADD
THEIR THEIR THEIR SKILL, THEIR
TALENTS AND THEIR DREAMS. UM I
ASKED FOR AN EYE ON A CR 99.
THANK YOU, DR JACKSON AND
REMEMBER JIM PATTERSON
RECOGNIZED ON THE RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS I
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A CR
99. AND I DO IT IN THE HONOR OF
MY IMMIGRANT SON. I'VE RISEN ON
THE FLOOR BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT
BJ ORPHANED IN VIETNAM. FLOWN
OVER TO THE UNITED STATES BY
OPERATION BABY LIFT. SHARON AND
I WERE PRIVILEGED TO ADOPT HIM.
HE IS 50 YEARS OLD TODAY. UH,
AND HE HAS A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR
IN FRESNO. AND HIS STORY OF
IMMIGRATING TO THE UNITED STATES
IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
UNUSUAL YOU CAN IMAGINE. FOUND
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY TWO
G. I S WHILE SAIGON IS FALLING.
AND THEY TOOK HIM TO A CATHOLIC
ORPHANAGE HE WAS CARED FOR. HE
WAS FLOWN. FIRST ON THE C FIVE
A. AND HE WAS ON THE ONE THAT
CRASHED. HE SURVIVED THAT. FLEW
ON A SECOND PLANE TO THE
PRESIDIO IN CALIFORNIA. AND AS
I'VE MENTIONED ON THE FLOOR
BEFORE, HE IS A CONSTANT
REMINDER FROM MY IMMIGRANT SON
OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND
THEN HE HE WILL SAY THIS
CONSTANTLY, DAD. THOSE TWO G. I
S HADN'T PICKED ME UP IF THOSE
NURSES AT CATHOLIC NUNS DIDN'T
CARE FOR ME IF THE PRESIDENT
DIDN'T SEND OVER THE C FIVE A IS
IF YOU DIDN'T ADOPT ME. I'D BE
IN A COMMUNIST COUNTRY BEHIND A
WATER BUFFALO IN A RICE PADDY.
I'M IN THE UNITED STATES. I'M
FREE. I OWN MY OWN HOME ON MY
OWN BUSINESS. AND HE'S REMINDED
ME REPEATEDLY. THAT AS MY SON.
AH, HE IS. 100% PATERSON AND
100% AMERICAN. AND IT IS IN
GRATITUDE FOR THE WELCOMING.
THAT HE HAS RECEIVED. HE IS
LOVED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. HE
PAYS A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION
TO HIS CUSTOMERS. BUT HE ALSO IS
A REGULAR VOLUNTEER AT OUR
CHURCH. HE CARES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE, AND HE MENTORS SO MANY
OF THEM. AND SO I RISE AS A
LOVING AND GRATEFUL ADOPTIVE
DAD. THAT UNDER STRANGE AND
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR
LITTLE ALIEN. CAME. WAS CARED
FOR, AND IS TODAY A FLOURISHING
AND LOVING HUSBAND. UM, UNCLE.
BROTHER. AND SON. SO WE HEARD
EARLIER THAT THERE WERE 10
MILLION IMMIGRANTS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND I'M HERE TO, UH
STAND UP AND SAY, LET'S MAKE IT
10 MILLION AND ONE MY BJ. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND
AND TELL HIS STORY. I HOPE IT IS
AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY
OTHERS. DON'T GIVE UP. THIS
PLACE. LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE
YOU'VE COME FROM. AND WE'RE
GOING TO RISE ALONG WITH YOU
WILL BE THE WIND BENEATH YOUR
WINGS AND WE'LL LOVE YOU TO YOUR
DESTINY, AND THAT'S WHAT SHARON
AND I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO
DO IN THE LIFE OF OUR LITTLE
IMMIGRANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MR PATTERSON. AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN
CARILLO. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON
THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF HCR 99
CELEBRATING IMMIGRANT HERITAGE
MONTH AS THE FIRST SALVADORIAN
BORN IMMIGRANT TO REPRESENT OUR
STATE ASSEMBLY IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND ALSO AS A
FORMERLY UNDOCUMENTED YOUNG
PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY, ONE OF
THE ORIGINAL DREAMERS WHO CAME
TO THE UNITED STATES AMID THE
CIVIL WAR IN EL SALVADOR.
UNRECOGNIZED REFUGEES. WE HAVE
THIS IMMENSE AND INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE THE NEXT
GENERATION OF LEADERS. AND WITH
THAT, I JUST WANT TO SHARE A
LETTER THAT INSPIRES ME IN HONOR
OF OUR NATION'S BIRTHDAY. FOURTH
OF JULY COMING UP JOHN ADAMS,
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS
COUNTRY WENT TO FRANCE
ADVOCATING FOR OUR NATION'S
INDEPENDENCE, AND IN THAT HE
WROTE A LETTER TO HIS WIFE,
ABIGAIL. UH I CALL IT A LOVE
LETTER AND IN THIS LETTER, HE
WROTE THE GARDENS OF VERSE THAT
HE WROTE MY BELOVED THE GARDENS
OF VERSAILLES ARE BEAUTIFUL, AND
I WISH THAT I HAD THE TIME TO
EXPRESS IT AND SHARE IT WITH
YOU. BUT I MUST GET BACK TO
WORK. I MUST GO STUDY POLITICS
AND WAR SO THAT OUR SONS HAVE
THE LIBERTY TO STUDY MATHEMATICS
AND PHILOSOPHY SO THAT THEIR
CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO STUDY
ART AND MUSIC. AND MEMBERS THAT
IS THE VERY FOUNDATION OF OUR
NATION THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU
COME FROM WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE,
WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK AND IN
MY CASE AND IN MANY OTHERS WHAT
YOUR LEGAL STATUS IS THIS
NATION. BELONGS TO ALL OF US,
NOT JUST A FEW, AND WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY, A RESPONSIBILITY
AND AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT
EVERY IMMIGRANT CHILD REGARDLESS
OF WHERE THEY COME FROM, SEES
THIS NATION'S AS THEIR OWN, AND
THEY GET TO BUILD A FUTURE IN
WHICH THEIR PARENTS SACRIFICE TO
BRING THEM HERE OR THE SACRIFICE
OF ANYBODY THAT COMES TO OUR
SHORE'S HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD A BETTER LIFE. A BETTER
LIFE WITH DIGNITY FOR THEMSELVES
AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AND WITH
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND
I VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
CARILLO. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS
WISHING TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE
RESOLUTION, MR ORTEGA ANYTHING
FURTHER TO CLOSE THE NUN WAS
LIKE THE FIRST ROLE OF CO
AUTHORS VERY WELL CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE MEMBERS. THIS IS
FOR CO AUTHORS ON A CR 99. ALL
THOSE MISSION TO BE A CO AUTHOR,
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY CASTING YOUR
VOTE.
CLERK WILL CLOSE ROLE THERE ARE
74 CO AUTHORS, WITHOUT OBJECTION
WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY, AYE. ALSO SAY NAME GUYS
HAVEN'T RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE REQUEST
OF THE AUTHOR, WE WILL HAVE
IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL OF 99 TO
THE SENATE. MS REYES. WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE TO FILE ITEM NINE
FOR PURPOSE OF AMENDMENTS. MAYBE
2 41 THE CIRCLE READ SOME PEOPLE
TO 41 WITH AMENDMENTS BY
SOMEBODY. MEMORY IS MAJORITY
RAISED ME OPEN ON THE AMENDMENTS
. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER,
PRESENTING A B 2 41 FOR
AMENDMENTS. THESE ARE AMENDMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED
BETWEEN THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE
LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. THE
AMENDMENTS ALIGN OUR BILL WITH
THE TRAILER BILL, INCLUDING
DEDICATING $10 MILLION ANNUALLY
TO FUND HYDROGEN FUELING
STATIONS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU, MISS
REYES AND MR FLORA ON THE
AMENDMENTS. WE OBJECT TO THE
AMENDMENTS ASKED FOR A ROLL CALL
VOTE VERY WELL. SEEING NO OTHER
MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO
THESE AMENDMENTS. ROLL CALL VOTE
HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CORK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE.
CLOSE ROLL TALLY VOTES. ICE 46
KNOWS 18. AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED
THE BILLS OUT TO PRINT AND BACK
ON FILE. MEMBERS. NEXT WILL BE
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 23. THIS IS
SP 4 67, THE CORPORAL, READ THE
SENATE BILL 4 67 BY SENATOR
PORTANTINO INOCULATING COMMUNITY
COLLEGES OPEN ON THE BILL. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
AM PRESENTING A SPACE FOR 67 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR PORTANTINO,
WHICH WILL PROHIBIT A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE FROM DENYING HIS STUDENT
ACCESS TO AN INTERNSHIP OR
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
BASED ON THE USE OF AN
INDIVIDUAL TAX IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER. WHEN APPLYING FOR THESE
PROGRAMS, WE HAVE MADE GREAT
STRIDES INCREASED ACCESS TO
EDUCATION FOR UNDOCUMENTED
STUDENTS. MAKING SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS THAT INCENTIVIZED
COMPLETION AND PROMOTE JOB
PLACEMENT. THE FACULTY
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES BROUGHT TO THE
SENATOR'S ATTENTION THAT SOME
COLLEGES HAVE DENIED ADMISSION
TO STUDENTS INTO CERTAIN CAREER
TECHNICAL EDUCATION WORKFORCE
PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THEIR
IMMIGRATION STATUS, RESULTING IN
STUDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO
COMPLETE THE PROGRAM TO SECURE
EMPLOYMENT. THIS BILL PROVIDES
AN IMPORTANT NEXT STEP IN
CORRECTING THIS INEQUITY AND
ASSURING IMMIGRATION STATUS IS
NOT PRESENT A BARRIER TO
OBTAINING HIGHER EDUCATION FOR
OUR STUDENTS. FOR THESE REASONS,
I RESPECT WE ASKED FOR A
NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU, MR FONG.
SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS WISHING
TO SPEAK ON THIS BILL WILL OPEN
THE ROLE. ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLE. TALLY THE VOTES.
I 61 NO. ZERO. THE BILLS PASSED.
NEXT THIS IS FILE ITEM 14 A C A
FIVE. THE PORK WILL READ.
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT FIVE BY SOMEBODY,
MORELLO AND OTHERS RELATED
RIGHTS REMEMBER LOW YOU MAY OPEN
ON THE MEASURE RATES. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MR SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES. TODAY IS THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE OBERGEFELL
DECISION, WHICH MADE MAYORS
EQUALITY LAW OF THE LAND. IN THE
UNITED STATES. AND AS WE
CELEBRATE IN CONCLUDE THE FINAL
DAYS OF PRIDE MONTH, WE HAVE A
STORK OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT THE
WRONGS OF OUR PAST. BACK IN 2008
VOTERS PASSED PROPOSITION EIGHT,
WHICH ELIMINATED THE RIGHTS OF
SAME SEX COUPLES TO MARRY THAT
IS STILL IN OUR CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION. AND BECAUSE OF THE
RECENT RULINGS OF THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING
OVER 50 YEARS OF RIGHTS THAT
HAVE BEEN FORWARDED WITH RESPECT
TO ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM. THEY'VE MADE IT
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR OF THAT
MARRIAGE. EQUALITY IS NOT A
GUARANTEED RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAL
PROPOSITION EIGHT IN CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION. AS WELL AS
ENSHRINING MAYORS, EQUALITY
PROTECTIONS FOR SAME SEX COUPLES
AS WELL AS INTO RACIAL MARRIAGE.
NOW MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE HAVE
HIGHLIGHTED SOME CONCERN THAT I
WANT TO ADDRESS. THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT DOES
NOT REDEFINED THE DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE. NO MEMBER OF THE
CLERGY OR ANY MEMBER OF ANY
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION HAS EVER
BEEN FORCED TO MARRY. THAT IS
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. IT IS THE
CURRENT LAW. IT WAS PASSED LAW
AND IT IS FUTURE LAW. TO HONE IN
ON THAT ADDITIONAL KEY ASPECT OF
WHICH I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
DEEP FAITH. AND ALSO ENTRUST
THAT THE INTENT. IS WELL
RECOGNIZED. I ALSO INTEND UPON
CONCLUSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS TO SUBMIT A LETTER TO
THE JOURNAL WITH PERMISSION TO
READ MR SPEAKER WITHOUT
OBJECTION. IN ADDRESSING THE
CONCERNS. LET OUR JOURNAL WITH
STATE ACCORDINGLY. ASSEMBLY
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FIVE
WOULD AFFIRM THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO MARRY AS CURRENTLY
RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE AND
FEDERAL CASE LAW, IT WOULD NOT
IMPACT THE ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS TO GET MARRIED OR
TO PERFORM A MARRIAGE OR THE
MECHANICS OF ISSUING LICENSES OR
SODOMIZING MARRIAGES, ALL OF
WHICH ARE STEPPED FORTH IN
STATUTORY LAW. WHICH IS THAT A
PRIEST, RABBI OR AUTHORIZED
PERSONS OF ANY RELIGIOUS
DENOMINATION SHALL NOT BE
REQUIRED TO SODOMIZE A MARRIAGE
THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE TENANTS
OF A PERSON'S FAITH.
ADDITIONALLY THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION PROTECTS ALL
AMERICANS, RIGHT? RIGHTS TO THE
FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGIOUS
FAITH, INCLUDING INCLUDING THE
RIGHT OF CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS
DENOMINATIONS TO CHOOSE WHICH
MARRIAGES THEY SAW HIM. EYES
MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR SAME SEX
COUPLES HAS NOW BEEN LAW OF THE
LAND IN CALIFORNIA FOR OVER A
DECADE, AND NO CLERGY MEMBER OR
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS HAVE
EVER BEEN FORCED TO PERFORM
MARRIAGES THAT DO NOT ACCORD
WITH OUR FAITH. THIS WOULD
REMAIN UNCHANGED FOLLOWING THE
APPROVAL OF ASSEMBLY
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FIVE.
SO COLLEAGUES. I HOPE THIS
ADDRESSES THE CONCERN
SPECIFICALLY THAT HAVE BEEN
RAISED ABOUT RELIGIOUS
PROTECTIONS. AND IF I CAN ALSO
JUST ALLOW FOR THOSE WHO STILL
ARE NOT COMPELLED. FOR THOSE WHO
ARE STILL NOT. FOR THOSE WHO MAY
NOT FIND THE LOVE IN THEIR
HEARTS. RECOGNIZING THAT THE
ANTIDOTE TO HATE IS LOVE. PLEASE
HEAR A QUOTE THAT HAVE BEEN THAT
HAS BEEN STATED BY A NUMBER OF
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND
THAT IS TO SAY WE HOPE YOU LOVE
YOUR FAMILY. MORE THAN YOU HATE
OURS. I'M HOPEFUL. THAT YOU CAN
FIND THE LOVE IN YOUR HEARTS AND
RECOGNIZING THAT WE JUST WANT TO
BE IN A LOVING, COMMITTED
RELATIONSHIP. AND SUPPORTING
FAMILY VALUES JUST AS EVERYONE
ELSE COLLEAGUES WE HAVE A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THE PAST
AND THEN JUSTICES OF MANY
CALIFORNIA HAVE COME BEFORE US.
LET'S BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY AND SUPPORTING
INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE AND MAYORS
ARE QUALITIES FOR ALL OF
CALIFORNIA'S AND OUR BEAUTIFUL
STATE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I
VOTE AND RESPECT IMMEDIATE
TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE. THANK
YOU, MR LOWE AND SENATOR
MCCARTY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON
THE MEASURE. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT AS A CO AUTHOR OF THIS
MEASURE FROM OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
THE SILICON VALLEY. THIS IS A
BIPARTISAN MEASURE. I WILL NOTE
NOT POLITICAL. AND IT PUTS THIS
MEASURE ON THE BALLOT WHERE THE
VOTERS THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
CAN APPROPRIATELY WEIGH IN. THIS
MORNING. I DROP MY KIDS OFF TO
HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
NOT HIGH SCHOOL TIME, BUT I WENT
TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE
FIRST TIME. AND I REMEMBER I
WENT TO A RALLY AGAINST PROP.
EIGHT WHEN THERE WERE THREE
MONTHS OLD. AND I WAS THINKING
ABOUT THIS DEBATE TODAY AND
THEIR THEIR YEARS FROM NOW
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WHAT WAS
CALIFORNIA. WHAT ARE WE EVEN
TALKING ABOUT? WHY WAS THIS EVEN
CONTROVERSIAL? WE KNOW THE
ATTITUDES OF THE OF THE ELECTOR
, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
CHANGED DRAMATICALLY ON THIS. SO
THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS ISN'T
EVEN AN ISSUE LIKE WHY ARE YOU
EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT
NOW? BUT THE REALITY IS IT IS
BECAUSE WHILE THE SUPREME COURT
STRUCK THIS FIVE YEARS AGO, IS
STILL IN THE BOOKS. IT'S A SCAR.
AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO RIGHT A
WRONG WHICH IS WHAT WE WILL BE
TEMPTING TO DO WITH THE PASSAGE
OF A CI FIVE WITH TWO THIRDS
VOTES FROM US SENATE AND THEN GO
TO THE VOTERS THEY WILL
ULTIMATELY WEIGH IN. RIGHTING A
WRONG AND WHY I REALLY AND SO.
FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE IS SO
PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE I'M A
LOVING KID. BECAUSE YOU DON'T
KNOW. I KNOW. MY COLLEAGUE FROM
OAKLAND KNOWS ABOUT IT. SHE
TALKS ABOUT A QUITE OFTEN SHE
HAS A LOVING FAMILY. I'M A
PRODUCT OF A BIRACIAL MARRIAGE.
MY PARENTS MET FIVE BLOCKS FROM
HERE IN 1970 TO VIRGINIA. I WAS
BORN THERE. THEY GOT MARRIED IN
1973 YEARS EARLIER. THEY
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MARRIED. IT
WAS ILLEGAL FOR THE NEW MARRIED
SO KIDS THIS GENERATION THE SAME
THING. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
PEOPLE COULDN'T LOVE ONE ANOTHER
BASED UPON THE RACE. WELL, THAT
WAS THE LAW OF OUR LAND 56 YEARS
AGO. CALIFORNIA FAMILY WENT TO
THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT,
THEN RICHARD AND MILDRED, LOVING
TO THE SAME THING TO MAKE SURE
THAT OPPORTUNITY LOVE ONE
ANOTHER IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
. SO THIS IS AN ISSUE CORE TO
ALL OF US IN AMERICA. THE
SUPREME COURT FIVE YEARS AGO,
USED THE LOVING DECISIONS AS A
BASIS. TO LEGALIZE MARRIAGE
EQUALITY IN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS
A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE FOR ME,
AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF OTHER
LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS IN THIS
ROOM OTHER THAN OR THEIR KIDS OR
PEOPLE THEY KNOW. AND THIS IS
ABOUT RIGHTING THAT WRONG
FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE OF
CALIFORNIA AND MAKING SURE THAT
EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO LIVE
THEIR BEST LIVES AND LOVE ONE
ANOTHER. HOW THEY WISH TO DO SO.
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
MCCARTY. AND SOLOMON WALLACE.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON THE
MEASURE. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS I RISE TODAY AS A
PROUD CO AUTHOR OF A FIVE OUR
COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON A
DECLARATION THAT ALL OF US ARE
CREATED EQUAL, AND ALL OF US ARE
ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR WITH AN
INHERENT RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
THESE DECLARATIONS ARE WHAT MAKE
THE UNITED STATES EXCEPTIONAL.
IT MAKES US PROUD TO BE
AMERICANS, AND IT'S WHY I URGE
YOUR SUPPORT AND PUTTING FIVE
BEFORE THE VOTERS. THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HONORS
THE VALUES UPON WHICH OUR NATION
WAS CONCEIVED. IT ENSURES THAT
ALL MARRIAGES ARE EQUAL UNDER
THE EYES OF THE LAW. IN DOING SO
IT BRINGS US CLOSER TO ACHIEVING
THE EQUALITY IMAGINED BY OUR
FOREFATHERS. ONLY BY PROTECTING
ALL MARRIAGES. CAN WE GUARANTEE
ALL CALIFORNIANS ACCESS TO THE
SACRED INSTITUTION FOR THEIR OWN
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS? I SAY THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
SOMEONE'S LIFE TO SUPPORT THAT.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IT.
I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING IT ANY
OTHER WAY AS REPUBLICANS. WE
FIGHT EVERY DAY TO PRESERVE A
LIMITED GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT
INFRINGE UPON OUR PERSONAL
LIBERTIES. GOVERNMENT THAT TELLS
US WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DEAL.
WHY WOULD WE WANT GOVERNMENT
TELLING US WHO WE CAN AND CANNOT
MARRY? THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF A C
A FIVE THE RIGHT TO MARRY THE
PERSON WHOM WE LOVE AND TO WHOM
WE ARE COMMITTED IS FUNDAMENTAL.
ARE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT GOVERNMENT
CANNOT INTERFERE WITH THAT,
RIGHT? I'VE HEARD THE CRITICISM
THAT THE A FIVE WOULD SOMEHOW
FORCE A PERSON TO CONDUCT A
WEDDING, EVEN IF THEY WERE
OPPOSED TO THE MARRIAGE. AS A
PERSON OF FAITH. I WOULD REJECT
FIVE IF THAT WERE TRUE, BUT IT
IS FALSE. UNDER THE FREE
EXERCISE CLAUSE, THE UNITED
STATES AND CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTIONS. WE HAVE THE RIGHT
TO WORSHIP GOD AND PRACTICE OUR
FAITH, ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES
OF OUR CONSCIENCE. A C FIVE WILL
NOT CHANGE THAT. MEMBERS LET THE
VOTERS PROTECT THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS. A C A FIVE IS THE
PRESERVATION OF OUR SACRED
AMERICAN PRINCIPLES. IT'S AN
ENDORSEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL
FREEDOM, AND IT'S SIMPLY THE
RIGHT THING TO DO AND I VOTE ON
A C FIVE. THANK YOU, MR WALLACE
. AND AS SOMEONE PELLERIN YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED ON THE MEASURE. THANK
YOU. I RISE AS A CO AUTHOR OF A
C A FIVE AND ALSO AS A FORMER
COUNTY CLERK, COMMISSIONER OF
CIVIL MARRIAGE, WHERE I HAVE
CONDUCTED HUNDREDS OF WEDDINGS.
AND IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO TELL
PEOPLE WHO ARE SAME SEX COUPLES
AND I COULD NOT ISSUE THEM A
MARRIAGE LICENSE OR I COULD NOT
CONDUCT THEIR WEDDING. AND WHEN
THE COURTS RULED THAT SAME SEX
MARRIAGE WAS ALLOWED, IT WAS THE
MOST FANTASTIC, BEAUTIFUL DAY IN
MY CAREER, WE HAD RAINBOW ROSES.
WE DID. THREE WEDDINGS EVERY
HALF HOUR. ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO
GET MARRIED COULD GET MARRIED ON
THAT DAY, AND IT WAS JUST
HEARING THE STORIES OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR
DECADES AND NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE
THEIR LOVE RECOGNIZE AND A LEGAL
MARRIAGE. IT JUST IT WAS JUST
FABULOUS, MEMORABLE DAY FOR ME.
AND THEN. WHEN PROPOSITION EIGHT
CAME ON OUR BALLOT, AND I WAS
ALSO THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. I
COULD NOT TAKE A POSITION ON
THAT PROPOSITION. I THINK WE DID
OUR LAST WEDDING ABOUT 11 PM
THAT NIGHT, MAKING SURE THAT A
COUPLE COULD HAVE THEIR MARRIAGE
LEGALIZED ON THAT FATAL DAY. AND
IT WAS FRUSTRATING TO THEN WAKE
UP THE NEXT DAY AND KNOW THAT I
COULD NO LONGER ISSUE THOSE
LICENSES AND CANNOT CONDUCT
THOSE MARRIAGE CEREMONIES. AND
TELL THE SUPREME COURT RULED
ONCE AND FOR ALL THIS THIS IS
LEGAL. LOVE IS LOVE. I'VE ALSO
BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING LOVE IS
ESSENTIAL. AND PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO GET MARRIED. SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO GET MARRIED. SO WHEN
I RAN FOR THIS SEAT WHEN I WAS
ASKED WHAT WAS MY TOP
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, IT WAS
THIS. IT WAS TO ENSHRINE IN OUR
CONSTITUTION. THAT LOVE. IS
RECOGNIZED AND YOU MAY MARRY
WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE, REGARDLESS
OF YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF YOUR
SKIN, SO I STAND PROUDLY WITH MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SILICON VALLEY
AND URGING YOUR I VOTE ON THIS
VERY IMPORTANT MEASURE THAT
WE'RE GOING TO SEND TO THE
VOTERS, AND WE WILL ONCE AND FOR
ALL. SETTLE THIS ISSUE IN
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR PELLERIN. AND
SOMEWHERE REALLY, YOU RECOGNIZED
ON THE MEASURE. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS WHEN
PROPOSITION EIGHT WAS,
UNFORTUNATELY PASSED THE
BALLOTS. UM AS MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES BROUGHT THEIR GUESTS
, I WAS BASICALLY THE SAME AGE
AS, UH, SOME OF THE SOME OF THE
GUESTS TODAY WAS CHILDREN. I WAS
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND YOU KNOW
WHAT? THAT SENT THE MESSAGE.
LOOK THE PERIOD BETWEEN
PROPOSITION EIGHT IN THE SUPREME
COURT, FINALLY OVERTURNING THIS
OVERTURNING OTHER THAN JUST LAW.
WAS BASICALLY SOME OF THE MOST
FORMATIVE TIME A YOUNG PERSON
CAN HAVE WHEN THEY'RE FIGURING
OUT THEIR IDENTITY AND WHAT
CALIFORNIA AS A STATE SAID TO
ME. WAS THAT QUEER PEOPLE ARE
ILLEGAL. AND THAT WAS REALLY
HARD TO RECONCILE WITH. AND I
THINK AS A JOKE BACK THEN
THINKING BACK TO IT NOW, YOU
KNOW, REALLY ANALYZING THESE
MEMORIES, WE WOULD SAY ALL THESE
THINGS TO SAY WE'RE EVERYTHING
BUT CLEAR WOULD SAY WE'RE HETERO
FLEXIBLE WHERE METRO SEXUAL ALL
THESE THINGS TO EACH OTHER. BUT
REALITY WAS CLEAR IS THAT IT'S
STUCK WITH US TO THINK THAT
SOCIETY OUR OWN STATE WOULD SAY
OUR EXISTENCE IS WRONG. AND TO
THINK NOW. I TOLD DIFFERENT
GENERATIONAL SHIFT IS POSSIBLE.
WE IN THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE
PUTTING ON ABOUT AFFIRMATIVELY
AFFIRMING THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE
THE RIGHT TO MARRY AND THAT KIDS
TODAY WHO CANNOT EVEN CONCEIVE,
JUST AS OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
SACRAMENTO SAID, CANNOT CONCEIVE
THAT WE EVER OUTLAWED. THIS.
BEGIN WITH WHO TODAY DON'T EVEN
HAVE TO COME OUT ANYMORE. THEY
JUST ARE THERE EXISTS AS THEY
ARE. WE'LL GET TO AFFIRMATIVELY
SEE THAT OUR STATE CARES ABOUT
THEM. I VOTE FOR IT, NOT JUST BY
TECHNICALITY OF THE COURTS. NOT
JUST BECAUSE IT'S SOUTH SIDE OF
ALL BUT FIRMLY IN THE CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION IS A HUGE WIN. FOR
THE QUEER COMMUNITY AND YOUNG
PEOPLE COMING UP. BECAUSE I KNOW
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. IT WASN'T
ALLOWED TO BE. SO IT WAS LEGAL.
BUT EVEN TODAY, AS YOUNG PEOPLE
SEE SO MANY HORRIFIC THINGS
HAPPEN IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY
TODAY, AND WE'RE UNDER ATTACK,
AT LEAST IN CALIFORNIA CAN SAY
AFFIRMATIVELY RIGHT NOW WE ARE
NEVER GOING BACK. AN URGENT IVO.
THANK YOU, MR LEE AND SOME
MEMBER LOWENTHAL, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED ON THE MEASURE. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
HAD NO PLAN TO SPEAK TODAY. BUT
I YOU KNOW SOMETHING OCCURRED TO
ME AS WE WERE HONORING. OUR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY HERE IN THE
GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA TODAY
. ON THE SAME DAY WE HAVE
DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE
SHOULD BE ENSHRINING MARRIAGE
EQUALITY IN OUR STATE
CONSTITUTION. AND CAME ACROSS
SOME FACTS. I THINK THAT MANY OF
YOU MAY LIKE TO HEAR. THERE ARE
66 COUNTRIES. WITH JURISDICTIONS
THAT CRIMINALIZED PRIVATE,
CONSENSUAL SAME SEX SEXUAL
ACTIVITY. MAJORITY OF THESE
JURISDICTIONS EXPLICITLY
CRIMINALIZED SEX BETWEEN MEN VIA
SODOMY, BUGGERY AND UNNATURAL
OFFENSES LAWS. ALMOST HALF OF
THOSE ARE COMMONWEALTH
COUNTRIES. 41 COUNTRIES
CRIMINALIZE PRIVATE, CONSENSUAL
SEXUAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN WOMEN
USING LAWS AGAINST LESBIANISM,
SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A PERSON
OF THE SAME SEX GROSS INDECENCY.
EVEN IN JURISDICTIONS THAT DO
NOT EXPLICITLY CRIMINALIZED
WOMEN, LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL
WOMEN HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO
ARREST OR THREAT OF ARREST. 12
COUNTRIES HAVE JURISDICTIONS IN
WHICH THE DEATH PENALTY IS
IMPOSED, OR AT LEAST A
POSSIBILITY. FOR PRIVATE,
CONSENSUAL SAME SEX SEXUAL
ACTIVITY. AT LEAST SIX OF THOSE
IMPLEMENT THE DEATH PENALTY THEY
HAVE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED IT.
IRAN NORTHERN NIGERIA, SAUDI
ARABIA, SOMALIA, YEMEN. AND THE
DEATH PENALTY IS ILLEGAL
POSSIBILITY IN AFGHANISTAN,
BRUNEI, MAURITANIA, PAKISTAN
QATAR U A IN UGANDA AND 14
COUNTRIES CRIMINALIZE THE GENDER
IDENTITY AND OR EXPRESSION OF
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE USING SO
CALLED CROSS DRESSING. IN PERSON
IZATION. AND DISGUISE LAWS IN
MANY MORE COUNTRIES. TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE ARE TARGETED BY A RANGE
OF LAWS THAT CRIMINALIZE SAME
SEX ACTIVITY AND VAGRANCY,
HOOLIGANISM AND PUBLIC ORDER
OFFENSES. THERE IS NO DOUBT WHY
IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. FOR
OUR STATE TO BE A BEACON FOR THE
WORLD AND TO BE TEACHING THE
WORLD AH, WHAT DECENCY AND HUMAN
RIGHTS ARE ALL ABOUT. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
ON A C A FIVE. THANK YOU, MR
LOWENTHAL. SEEING NO OTHER
MEMBERS WISHING TO BE RECOGNIZED
ON THE MEASURE, MR LOWE ANYTHING
FURTHER TO CLOSE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MR SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES
. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.
PERMISSION TO DEMONSTRATE SOME P
D. A PROP WITHOUT OBJECTION.
COLLEAGUES. THIS IS A PICTURE OF
ME AND MY BOYFRIEND. WE'VE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR CLOSE TO FOUR
YEARS. AND I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS
GOING TO BE REFERENCING HIM. AT
WORK. AND I TOLD HIM THAT
CONSTITUTIONALLY. I WAS ABLE TO
OFFICIATE A WEDDING, GIVEN OUR
AUTHORITY AS MEMBERS, JULIAN
MCDADE, MEMBERS OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE. BUT THAT THERE
COULD BE A POINT IN TIME IN
WHICH WE COULD NOT GET MARRIED
OURSELVES. BECAUSE OF THE
DIRECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT.
I JUST WANT TO BE LIKE YOU. I
JUST WANT TO BE LIKE YOUR
DAUGHTERS. YOUR SONS, YOUR
NEIGHBORS, YOUR TEACHERS. AND TO
FULFILL THE BASIC HUMANITY OF
LOVE. THERE WAS NO VOTE MORE
IMPORTANT AND FUNDAMENTAL TO
BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THAT THEY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. OF LOVE. NO
MORE. AND AS WE PUSH OUR BUTTON
HERE TODAY. I HOPE THAT WE WILL
HAVE A RESOUNDING BRIGHT BRIGHT
VOTING BOARD OF ALL GREEN.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY AS
A COLLEAGUE FROM SAN DIEGO ONCE
TOLD ME IF THEY SHOW YOU WHO
THEY ARE. BELIEVE THEM.
COLLEAGUES LET'S SHOW CALIFORNIA
THAT LOVE WILL ALWAYS WIN. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE ON
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT FIVE. THANK YOU. MR
LOWE WILL OPEN ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
WILL CLOSE ROLL TALLY THE VOTES
. I 66 NO. ZERO. THE MEASURE
PASSES. MEMBERS WE HAVE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT. WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY
BELIEVE DID TO ANNOUNCE TODAY ON
SATURDAY. PLEASE WISH HER HAPPY,
BELATED BIRTHDAY TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PELLERIN.
REMEMBER WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION
THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
UP, BUT SO HANG ON THERE. IN THE
MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO DISPENSE
WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE'RE
GONNA MOVE TO FILE AND I'M 48,
WHICH IS THE CONSENT CALENDARS.
ANY MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE THIS
ITEM SEEING AND HEARING NONE.
PARK WILL OPEN THE CLERK WILL
READ THE SECONDARY CONSENT
CALENDAR. SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION FOR BY SENATOR
OKOLOBO GONDOLAS RELATIVE TO
VETERANS HEALTHCARE CALENDAR ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
CLARK WILL CLOSE ROLL TALLY THE
VOTES. 69 NO ZERO CONTENT
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
MAJORITY LEADER RAISED. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL
MOTION. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
RESCIND THE ACTION WHEREBY
EARLIER TODAY JOINT RULE 62 A
WAS SUSPENDED ON SB 147 ASHBY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SPECIAL VIDEO
ORDER. MEMBERS OF THIS TIME OUR
QUORUM CALL IS LIFTED. WE ARE
GOING TO BE MOVING TO A GERMANS
AND MEMORY. SO WE ASK THAT YOU
GIVE RESPECTFUL ATTENTION. TO
THOSE GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION
TO SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN
MEMORY.
UM, MEMBERS, I HAVE A VOTE
CHANGE. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WIN A B
241 FROM AN I TWO ARE NOT
VOTING. VOTE CHANGE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHEN THE
ASSEMBLY BILL 2 41 TO NOT VOTING
.
MEMBERS. PLEASE GIVE YOU A
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
WHO ARE GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION
TO SPEAK. IN GERMAN AND MEMORY.
AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP LEADER
AND GALLAGHER FOR HIS A GERMAN
IN MEMORY. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TO
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF JEAN
HARRIS. JEANNE CLAY HARRIS WAS
BORN. ON AUGUST 19TH 1929. HE
GRADUATED FROM BIGGS HIGH. IN
1947, AND AFTER GRADUATION, HE
WENT ON TO STUDY. U C. DAVIS
MAJORING IN AGRIBUSINESS. JEAN
WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED
STATES ARMY IN 1951 AND SERVED
TWO YEARS AS A DISCIPLINARY
GUARD AT FORT ORD AND IN TOKYO,
JAPAN. HE WAS HONORABLY
HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1953.
JEAN WAS A LIFELONG RICE FARMER
AND MENTOR TO MANY IN BUTTE
COUNTY. HE WAS A COMMITTED
COMMUNITY LEADER AND RICH VEIL.
AND THROUGHOUT THE AGRICULTURAL
COMMUNITY, HE SERVED ON THE
BUTTE COUNTY FARM BUREAU FOR
MANY YEARS. CALIFORNIA FARM
BUREAU ON THE RICH VILLAGE
IRRIGATION DISTRICT. HE WAS ALSO
INVOLVED WITH CALLE WEST SEEDS.
AND SERVED SEVERAL TERMS WITH
AQUA. IN ADDITION TO THAT GENE
ALSO DEDICATED HIMSELF TO GIVE
HIM BACK TO THE LOCAL HIGH
SCHOOL BIGGS UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. AND SERVED ON THE
ORCHARD HOSPITAL BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. JEAN WAS KNOWN TO
TAKE HIS FAMILY TO THEIR
CABINET. BUCKS LAKE. TO ESCAPE
THE SUMMER HEAT. HE ALSO ENJOYED
TRAVELING IN PARTICULAR CRUISES.
REMEMBER MANY TIMES SEEING JEAN
IT COMMUNITY EVENTS. HE ALWAYS
HAD A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE. AND
ALSO A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT. HE
WAS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME
AND HIS MONEY. AND HE HELD
STRONG CORE VALUES RESPECT FOR
HIS FAITH, FAMILY FRIENDS. AND
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY. HE WAS A
DEVOTED HUSBAND. AND AN
INCREDIBLE FATHER AND
GRANDFATHER. GINA SURVIVED BY
HIS SON, ROBIN, HIS DAUGHTER,
SHELLY. HIS BROTHER JOHN, AND
HIS STEPCHILDREN. CHERYL STEVE,
CINDY, DEBBIE AND DAN AS WELL AS
MANY GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. JEAN WAS A MAN OF
STRONG CORE VALUES AND
INVALUABLE KNOWLEDGE. HE LIVED A
LIFE 93 YEARS. A GOOD LIFE AND
HE HAD AN IMPACT ON SO MANY IN
OUR COMMUNITY. THEREFORE I ASKED
TODAY THAT THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY ADJOURNED IN THE MEMORY
OF JEAN CLAY HARRIS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, LEADER GALLAGHER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BURNER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. GOOD AFTERNOON
MEMBERS. I RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN
IN THE MEMORY OF IRISH SHARP OF
DELMAR. PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT
OF ACUTE PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN
THE HIGHER ON JUNE 10TH. HE
LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND TWO
CHILDREN. I WILL WORK TIRELESSLY
TO END GUN VIOLENCE THROUGH
LEGISLATION, EDUCATION AND
COLLABORATION. WITH HIS WIFE,
ROSEANNE. HE CO FOUNDED NEVER
AGAIN, CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING THE
PARKMAN, MASS SHOOTING TO RAISE
AWARENESS ON COMMON SENSE GUN
SAFETY POLICIES. HIS ADVOCACY
STRETCHED FAR AND WIDE,
INCLUDING TRADING TO PREVENT
SUICIDES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
HE BELIEVES THAT WE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
SCHOOL. OR PERFORM OTHER DAILY
TASKS WITHOUT BEING A RISK TO
OUR LIVES. IRIS WAS WAS A
PRACTICING ATTORNEY AND LAW FIRM
PARTNER BEFORE SHIFTING HIS
EFFORTS TO STATE LEGISLATION. HE
WAS KEITH. HE WAS A KEY FIGURE
IN SECURING THE PASSAGE OF 88 93
, WHICH BANNED THE SALE OF
FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION ON THE
STATE HOMES FAIRGROUND PROPERTY
IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. HIS
CREATION OF THE SCHOOLS FOR, SAY
THE STORAGE PROJECT INFORM
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF THEIR
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO SAFELY
STORE THEIR GUNS AND AMMUNITION
, WHICH LED TO A STATEWIDE
VERSION OF THE PROGRAM. I WILL
WAS ELECTED TO SERVE THE BRADY
CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS A PUBLIC
REPRESENTATIVE AND WAS A MEMBER
OF THE CALIFORNIA FIREARMS
STRATEGY GROUP. THE LOSS OF
IRISH HARP HAS BEEN FELT DEEPLY
IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SEEN
AN OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND
SUPPORT. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
OUR STATE, AND EVERY LIFE HE
TOUCHED WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO IRA FOR HIS
EFFORTS TO MAKE CALIFORNIA A
SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE. MAY HE
REST IN PEACE, AND I ASKED THAT
WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
IRISH HARP. THANK YOU SO MANY
MEMBER BURNER ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WARD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. AS YOU CAN
HEAR, IT'S HEAVY HARD THAT WE
STAND. DIEGANS RISE TO ADJOURN
IN THE MEMORY OF IRISH SHARP. HE
WAS A VALUE COMMUNITY MEMBER,
AND HE MADE A LASTING AND
MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR SAN DIEGO
AND FOR CALIFORNIA, AND WE
TRAGICALLY LOST HIM PRETTY
SUDDENLY. LAST MONTH, I WAS
INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP THAT
SPAN A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SAN DIEGO
REGION. HE WAS ON THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
THE DELMAR FOUNDATION AND SERVED
ON SEVERAL DELMAR CITY COUNCIL
COMMITTEES. BUT OF COURSE,
REALLY ROSE TO PROMINENCE UH,
AND HIS LEADERSHIP AFTER THE
BIRTH OF HIS GRANDSON AND THE
PARKLAND, MASS SHOOTING WHERE HE
HELPED FOUND NEVER AGAIN
CALIFORNIA WITH HIS WIFE,
ROSEANNE, AND HE WAS ELECTED, OF
COURSE, BY AFTER THAT TO THE
NATIONAL BOARD OF THE BRADY
CAMPAIGN TO END GUN VIOLENCE.
HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
TO HELP END GUN VIOLENCE. IT DID
SERVE SEVERAL MAJOR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU HEARD ABOUT
THIS PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY
BUILDING 8 93 TO BAN THE SALE OF
FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION ON STATE
FAIRGROUND PROPERTY HERE IN
ORIGINALLY IN DELMAR, BUT OF
COURSE, HOW THAT CATALYZED
LEADERSHIP TO EXTEND TO ALL OF
OUR STATE FAIRGROUND PROPERTIES
AND THE SAFE STORAGE PROJECT WAS
SUPERINTENDENT. TONY THURMAN,
WHICH SENT LETTERS TO EVERY
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT,
EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE THAT
DATA DRIVEN IMPORTANCE OF
KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE. AND THAT
PARENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
TO STORE FIREARMS IS GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DO JUST THAT NOW. IRISH
STRONGLY BELIEVED IN THE
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF HIS
FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY, ALWAYS
SEEKING TO BE AN INFLUENCE FOR
GOOD IN HIS LIFE. HIS COMPASSION
SHOWN THROUGH AND ALL OF THAT
LIFE WORK, BOTH AS A HUSBAND AND
A FATHER, BUT ALSO AS A
DEDICATED COMMUNITY LEADER.
PLEASE JOIN US AND KEEPING IRISH
SHARPENED HIS FAMILY AS OUR
THOUGHTS AS WE ADJOURN IN HIS
MEMORY TODAY. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD MEMBERS.
PLEASE BRING THE NAMES TO THE
DESK TO BE PRINTED IN THE
JOURNAL OUR REQUEST TO ADJOURN A
MEMBER WE WOULD BE DEEMED READ
AND PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL
MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS. JOINT
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL
MEET IN CAPITAL ROOM FOR 37 UPON
THE GERMAN OF SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY SESSIONS.
TRANSPORTATION WILL MEET IN
SWING SPACE ROOM 1100 UPON A
GERMAN OF SENATE SESSION.
REVENUE AND TAXATION WILL MEET
IN CAPITAL ROOM 1 26 AT 2 30 PM
NATURAL RESOURCES WILL MEET IN
CAPITAL ROOM FOR 47 AT 2 30 PM
BANKING AND FINANCE WILL MEET IN
CAPITAL ROOM FOR 44 AT 3:30 P.M.
THE SESSIONS SCHEDULE IS AS
FOLLOWS TOMORROW. TUESDAY JUNE
27TH SESSION WILL CONVENE AT ONE
PM AND THURSDAY. JUNE 29TH.
SESSION WILL CONVENE UPON CALL
OF SPEAKER. OTHER ITEMS
REMAINING WILL BE PASSED AND
RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS SHALL BE
CONTINUED SEEING AND HEARING AND
NO FURTHER BUSINESS. I AM READY
TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
ADJOURN. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SOME
REMEMBER WENDY CARILLO MOVES AND
LEADER OF GALLAGHER. SECONDS AT
THIS HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED
UNTIL TOMORROW. JUNE 27TH. AT 1
P.M. THE HOUSE IS ADJOURNED.