THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON NOTICES
AN ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THE
SERGEANT OF ARMS WILL PREPARE
THE CHAMBER AND BRING THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE
ROLL. ARTIS AGUILAR CURRY
COLONIES. ALVAREZ ARAMBULA,
BAINES, BAUER-KAHAN BENNETT
BERMAN BURNER BONTA BRIAN CALLED
JEROEN. ONE CARILLO, WENDY
CARILLO CERVANTES, CHAN CONNOLLY
, DOLLY DAVIES, DIXON SALIH
FLORA, MIKE FONG, VINCE FONG
FRIEDMAN, GABRIEL GALLAGHER,
GARCIA GIBSON. GRAYSON HANEY
HEART HOLDEN HOOVER, ERWIN
JACKSON JONES, SAWYER KALRA
LACKEY, LI LO LOWENTHAL,
MAIENSCHEIN, MATHIS MCCARTY
MAKIN, ER MURATSUCHI WHEN ORTEGA
PACHECO POPPING, JIM PATTERSON,
JOE PATTERSON PELLERIN
PETRIE-NORRIS QUIRK-SILVA RAMOS
RENDON RAISE LOOSE RIVAS
RODRIGUEZ RUBIO SANCHEZ SANTIAGO
SZABO SORIA TÂM. TING VALENCIA,
VÆ VALLAPUDUA WALDRON, WALLACE
WARD, WEBER WICKS WILSON WOULD
ZABAR, MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS IN
THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND IN
THE GALLERY TO PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER AND THE FLAG SALUTE.
THE DAYS PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY ASSEMBLY CHAPLAIN EMAILS. MM
YES, SIR. CON I MEAN, IN THE
NAME OF GOD. THE MOST GRACIOUS,
THE MOST MERCIFUL. ALL MARIE
GOD. WE PRAISE AND THANK YOU.
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
YOU. AND DO YOUR WORK. YOU HAVE
INTERESTED TO THE MEMBERS OF
THIS HOUSE? GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY. A SHARE IN THE
GOVERNING OF OUR STATE. BLESSED
TO MEMBERS. IN THEIR WORK TODAY.
MAY THEY ALL DO YOU REQUIRE AND
PLEASE YOU BY THEIR SERVICE TO
THE COMMON GOOD. GIVE THEM MINDS
OPEN TO THE TRUTH. AND
COURAGEOUS HEARTS. TO CARRY IT
OUT. IN THE LAWS. THE ENACT I
MEAN, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GABRIEL
WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS. PLEASE
JOIN ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
READING OF THE PREVIOUS STATE
JOURNAL. ASSEMBLY CHAMBER.
SACRAMENTO WEDNESDAY JUNE 28TH
2023 THE ASSEMBLY, BUT AT 7 A.M.
ON MR BRYANT MOVES, MR GALLAGHER
SECONDS THAT THE READING OF THE
PREVIOUS STATE JOURNAL IS
DISPENSED WITH. PRESENTATIONS
AND PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERENCE OF
BILLS WILL BE DEFERRED. REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED
READ AND AMENDMENTS DEEMED
ADOPTED. MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR. THERE ARE NONE
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. THERE
ARE NONE. MOVING THE MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. THE ABSENCES FOR
THE DAY ARE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CERVANTES. MCCARTY AND RENDON
AND FOR FAMILY ILLNESS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN.
MAJORITY LEADER BRIAN YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED FOR PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
45.5 TO ALLOW ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GALLAGHER MAIENSCHEIN LOW AND
THORN JIM PATTERSON TO SPEAK ON
AN ADJOURNMENT MEMORY TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
1 18 8 TO ALLOW THE SPEAKER AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY,
MIKE FONG, THREE OF US, KALRA
AND DIXON THAT PHOTOGRAPHERS AND
GUESTS ON THE FLOOR TODAY
WITHOUT OBJECTIONS. SUCH SHALL
BE THE ORDER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 1 18 B TO US ALLOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THREE OF US
HAVE AN INCREDIBLE GAS IN THE
REAR OF THE CHAMBER TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH WILL BE
THE ORDER. MADAM SPEAKER.
THERE'S A LETTER AT THE DESK
RELATIVE TO MAYBE 10 29 PELLERIN
PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY RULE. 42 C
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
PRINT THE LETTER IN THE JOURNAL
BUT THAT OBJECTION SUCH WILL BE
THE ORDER. AT THE REQUEST OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ORTEGA, PLEASE
MOVE ITEM 83 SB 636 CORTEZ TO
THE INACTIVE FILE AND AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR MOVE ITEM
102 SB 88 19 EGGMAN TO THE
INACTIVE FILE. CLERK WILL NOTE.
PLEASE REMOVE THE FOLLOWING
ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEM. 108 SB 38 LAYERED AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR ITEM. 1
12. SB 4 20 BECKER AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR ITEM. 1
14. SB 632 CAVALLERO AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR ITEM. 1 18
SB 8 90 FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE AT THE
REQUEST OF THE OFFER. CLERK WILL
NOTE. MADAM SPEAKER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO RETURN
FINAL ITEM NUMBER THREE THE 3 17
WEBER AND FILE ITEM 10. MAYBE 12
85 WEEKS TO THE SENATE FLOOR FOR
FURTHER ACTION IN SUCH WILL BE
THE ORDER. MADAM SPEAKER REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO RESCIND THE
ACTION WHEREBY ON JULY 3RD 2023
SB 4 28 BLAKE SPEAR WAS READ A
THIRD TIME PASSED IN ORDER TO
THE SENATE. PLEASE ORDER THE
BILL BACK TO THE THIRD READING
FILE. THAT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL
BE THE ORDER, MADAM SPEAKER
PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY RULE 96 I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO RE
REFER A B 14 56 JOE PATTERSON
FROM THE REVENUE TAX COMMITTEE
TO THE RULES COMMITTEE
OBJECTIONS SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER. MOVING ON TO
INTRODUCTIONS THAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALBERT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. IT IS MY HONOR TO
INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR
STEAMED UNITED STATES SENATOR
ALEX PADILLA, SENATOR, WE'RE
GRATEFUL AND PROUD THAT YOU ARE
REPRESENTING ALL CALIFORNIANS IN
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL AS THE
SON OF HARDWORKING MEXICAN
IMMIGRANTS AND A PRODUCT OF OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES,
YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSE LIVED
EXPERIENCES OF SO MANY
CALIFORNIANS. AND YOUR STORY
EXEMPLIFIES THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
AND EQUALLY HARD WORKING YOUNG
MAN. YOU SERVED AS THE FIRST
LATINO AND THE YOUNGEST PERSON
EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. THAT
IS WHEN I GOT TO KNOW YOU FIRST
SEND IT TO THE WE DEVELOPED A
STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND
FRIENDSHIP DURING YOUR TIME
THERE. AND AS SECRETARY OF STATE
CENTER PADILLA, YOU BECAME ONE
OF EQUALITY CALIFORNIA STRONGEST
ALLIES WORKING ON WAYS TO ENSURE
THAT PAUL WORKERS WERE TRAINED
TO SERVE THE TRANS COMMUNITY.
WITH RESPECT. YOU HAVE
DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU VALUE AND
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
CALIFORNIANS. FOR THIS REASON,
WE KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
FIGHT FOR OPPORTUNITY IN OUR
GOLDEN STATE. ALL OF US, AS
LAWMAKERS IN THIS BUILDING ARE
PERSONALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND OUR WORK BECAUSE YOU
TO HAVE SERVED IN THIS CAPITAL
AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO
SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY AND THAT WORK AND
THAT'S THE WORK WE DO FOR
CALIFORNIA ULTIMATELY MAKES FOR
AN INCLUSIVE AMERICA. AS OUR
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE AS
WELL. WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY
AND PROTECTING ARE THE VOICE OF
OUR VOTERS. SENATOR YOU ARE
ALWAYS WELCOME IN THESE CHAMBERS
. AND AGAIN. I'M HONORED TO
INTRODUCE YOU TODAY WITH THE
DEEPEST GRATITUDE. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING THOSE OF US IN THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
REMEMBERS. MEMBERS IF YOU CAN
PLEASE KEEP YOUR CONVERSATIONS
TO A CONTROLLED LEVEL AS WE
PROCEED WITH GUESTS
INTRODUCTIONS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
AGUILAR CURRY. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUESTS
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. PROUD TO HONOR AS THE
CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS AND CELEBRATION OF
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY. THE FIVE
WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA SENATE. ALSO KNOWN AS
THE SISTER SENATORS. FOUR OF
THEM ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.
MARGIE BRIGHT MATTHEWS, THE
DEMOCRAT FOR CULLERTON. MIA
MCLEOD, INDEPENDENT FROM
RICHLAND, SANDY SAND REPUBLICAN
FROM CHARLESTON. PENNY
GUSTAVSSON, REPUBLICAN FOR
KERSHAW. AND ABSENT AND,
FORTUNATELY IS KATRINA SHEALY,
REPUBLICAN FROM LEXINGTON. SOUTH
CAROLINA LEGISLATORS INTRODUCED
20 BILLS THIS YEAR INTENDING TO
TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
TOGETHER. THIS PART BIPARTISAN
GROUP OF WOMEN DEFIED AN
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. 41 MEN IN
THE SENATE 27 REPUBLICAN MEN
EVER 40 OF 46 TOTAL SENATORS.
THESE SISTERS STOOD AGAINST A
NEAR TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION. THEY
WOULD HAVE BANNED ABORTION FROM
CONCEPTION, MAKING ACCESS TO
ABORTION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
SISTERS FILIBUSTERED IN AN ACT
OF DEFIANCE AS THE ONLY PEOPLE
IN THE ROOM HAVE EVER BEEN, OR
WHO COULD HAVE EVER BECOME
PREGNANT. SINCE THEN, THESE
STRINGENT BILLS TO LIMIT
ABORTION CARE ACCESS HAVE PASSED
IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER.
THEIR FIGHT HAS INSPIRED MANY
MORE. SOUTH CAROLINA GIRLS AND
WOMEN TO STAND UP FOR THEIR
RIGHTS. MAYBE MORE WOMEN WILL
JOIN THEM SOON AND TAKE THE
STEPS TOWARD PARODY. I PRESENT
TO THEM EACH A CERTIFICATE FROM
OUR CAUCUS HONORING THEM AS
ASSEMBLY WOMEN MAKING HER STORY.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THEM
TO THE CHAMBER.
MEMBERS WERE GOING TO CONTINUE
WITH GUESTS INTRODUCTIONS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUESTS
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MANNER, SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES HAPPY MONDAY. AFRICA.
KINDLY CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. SUDDEN
CARDIAC ARREST IS THE NUMBER ONE
KILLER OF STUDENT ATHLETES AND A
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONGST
YOUTH. SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON THE
IMMEDIATE CPR AND USAGE WITHIN 3
TO 5 MINUTES OF A VICTIM'S
COLLAPSE. SO TODAY I WOULD LIKE
TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A SISTER AND
BROTHER DUO WHO ARE BOTH HEROES
AND THEIR COMMUNITY. AND
ESPECIALLY HEROES TO A YOUNG
MAN'S LIFE WHO HAS SAVED IF I
CAN KINDLY ASK IAN AND MOLLY AND
THE CHAMBERS TO KINDLY STAND.
COLLEAGUES THIS IS IAN AND MOLLY
. THEY BOTH LEARNED CPR THROUGH
THEIR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM AT THE
CAMPBELL COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK
GOODNESS THAT THEY WERE TRAINED
BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN 15 YEAR
OLD RYAN CHEN WENT INTO CARDIAC
ARREST DURING A NEARBY
BASKETBALL PRACTICE IN AND MOLLY
WERE READY TO RESPOND BY
STARTING HANDS, ONLY CPR.
DOCTORS SAY AND CONCLUDE THAT
THE QUICK RESPONSE SAVED RYAN'S
LIFE. RYAN IS NOW A ENERGETIC
SOPHOMORE AT HOMESTEAD. IN PLANS
TO BECOME A PARAMEDIC, AND MOLLY
IS STARTING HER JUNIOR YEAR AT
PROSPECT HIGH SCHOOL COLLEAGUES
. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING
THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF IAN AND
MOLLY CELEBRATING RYAN'S
RECOVERY. AND LET'S PLEDGE TO DO
MORE. TO SUPPORT YOUTH TO BE
TRAINED TO SAVE ADDITIONAL
LIVES. WELCOME AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHOLERA
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I'M HONORED TO
INTRODUCE ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST ICONIC ACTORS AND AUTHOR.
BUSINESSWOMEN PRODUCER AND
FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR ANIMAL
RIGHTS, PRISCILLA PRESLEY. MISS
PRESLEY WAS MARRIED TO SINGER
ELVIS PRESLEY AND IS THE CO
FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRPERSON
OF ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISES. AS
AN ACTRESS MISS PRESLEY IS MOST
KNOWN FOR STARRING IN THE NAKED
GUN FILM TRILOGY AND PLAYING THE
CHARACTER JENNA WADE ON THE
POPULAR TELEVISION SERIES
DALLAS. SHE HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL
MOVIES AND TV SERIES ACROSS THE
SUCCESSFUL CAREER. AND IS THE
AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING MEMOIR
ELVIS AND ME, WITH THE FILM
ADAPTATIONS SOON DEBUT NG OF THE
2023, VENICE AND NEW YORK FILM
FESTIVALS. IN ADDITION TO THESE
EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS AND
SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY
RESONATES WITH ME PERSONALLY.
AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE MAY BE
UNAWARE OF IS THAT MISS PRESLEY?
THERE'S ALSO A VEGETARIAN AND AN
ANIMAL ACT ACTIVISTS GLOBALLY
SPEAKING OUT ON BEHALF OF
ANIMALS, THIS THE LOCAL STATE
NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL LEVELS,
INCLUDING BEING HERE TODAY IN
SACRAMENTO, TO TESTIFY IN A
SENATE COMMITTEE. FOR A
RESOLUTION. REALLY CALLING OUT.
THE CRISIS WERE IN REGARDING OUR
ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION CRISIS IN
OUR SHELTERS. AND I'M SO
GRATEFUL FOR HER ADVOCACY FOR
LENDING HER VOICE TO THOSE WHO
ARE TRULY TRULY VOICELESS. THANK
YOU AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING PRISCILLA PRESLEY TO
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY.
MOVING ON TO GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MIKE FONG, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUESTS INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF SPEAKER
RIVAS AND MYSELF. PLEASE JOIN ME
IN RECOGNIZING AND THANKING DR
JOHN LANCASTER, CSU INTERIM
CHANCELLOR FOR HER AMAZING
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE. 15
MONTHS AGO, DR KESSLER CAME OUT
OF RETIREMENT TO TAKE ON THAT
LEADERSHIP ROLE AT A CRITICAL
TIME AND C S U. S HISTORY. DR
KESTER HAS NOT ONLY STEADIED THE
SHIP, SHE HAS WORKED HARD TO
ADVANCE STUDENT SUCCESS IN OUR
CSU SYSTEM, 23 CAMPUSES AND OVER
460,000 STUDENTS WITH OVER 30
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE CSU
SYSTEM, INCLUDING OVER 17 YEARS
IN VARIOUS WORLDS, CSU,
SACRAMENTO AND 11 YEARS AS
PRESIDENT OF CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY AT NORTHRIDGE. SHE
WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE TO TAKE
OVER THE INTERIM CHANCE OF ROLE.
DURING HER TENURE, SHE HAS
WORKED HARD TO ADDRESS SERIOUS
ISSUES AND TACKLE BUDGET
CHALLENGES ADVANCING STUDENT
SUCCESS WHILE PLANNING FOR THE
FUTURE, INCLUDING THE SELECTION
OF THE NEXT CSU CHANCELLOR AND
FIVE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS.
ANYONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH
CHANCELLOR CUSTER KNOWS THAT SHE
HAS THOUGHTFUL, HONEST AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, CARES ABOUT
STUDENTS AND THEIR SUCCESS. SHE
DIDN'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF
RETIREMENT TO TAKE THIS JOB, BUT
SHE DID, AND IT STIRRED THE
STATE OWES ARE A GREAT DEAL OF
GRATITUDE. PLEASE JOIN ME AS
SPEAKER OF US AND THANKING DR
JOE LANCASTER FOR HER SERVICE
AND LEADERSHIP WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM.
WITH DR KESSLER TODAY ARE HER
HUSBAND, DR RON. LET'S DIG. WHEN
THE FARM CHAIR OF THIS YEAR'S
YOU BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND
SEVERAL STAFF CONGRATULATIONS
AND BEST WISHES. CAN EVERYBODY
STEP.
MEMBERS THE END OF SUMMER MARKS
THE END OF SESSION FOR THE YEAR
BUT ALSO A TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
TO FELLOWS FROM TWO IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO
THE SPECIAL CEREMONY TO
RECOGNIZE THE 2023 SCIENCE AND
ASSEMBLY FELLOWS. WE ARE FIRST
RECOGNIZED THE SCIENCE FELLOWS.
THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
FELLOWS PROGRAM PLACES PHD LEVEL
OR EQUIVALENT SCIENTISTS AND
ENGINEERS IN LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
ABROAD, PROVIDE MEMBERS AND
LEGISLATIVE STAFF WITH ADVICE ON
LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
ISSUES. DURING THEIR FELLOWSHIPS
. OUR THREE SCIENCE FELLOWS HAVE
WORKED AS COMMITTEE STAFF. WE
APPRECIATE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I ASKED SPEAKER
ROBERT RIVAS REPUBLICAN LEADER
JAMES GALLAGHER. MAJORITY LEADER
ISAAC BRIAN TO MOVE TO THE FRONT
CENTER AISLE FOR THESE
PRESENTATIONS. COLLEAGUES I AM
PLEASED TO PRESENT THE 2023
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
FELLOWS. THE CLERK WILL READ. DR
STEPHANIE L. MITCHELL WAS PLACED
WITH WATER PARKS AND WILDLIFE
COMMITTEE. SHE IS ESCORTED BY
COMMITTEE CHAIR REBECCA
BAUER-KAHAN. IN HER RESEARCH.
STEPHANIE STUDIED THE IMPACT OF
ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY
MATERIALS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
SHE EARNED HER PHD IN CHEMISTRY
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
AND A B S IN CHEMISTRY FROM
BUTLER UNIVERSITY.
DR DIRK JAMAL SPENCER WAS PLACED
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE. HE'S ESCORTED BY
COMMITTEE CHAIR LARA FRIEDMAN.
IN HIS RESEARCH. DIRK STUDIED
HOW PLANT BUILDS LEAVES AND
MAXIMIZE CARBON DIOXIDE
ABSORPTION AND MINIMIZES WATER
LOSS. HE EARNED HIS PHD IN
CELLULAR MOLECULAR ORGANISM
BIOLOGY FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY
AND A BSN GENETICS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON.
DR SAMUEL SAM HANS WAS PLACED
WITH THE UTILITIES AND ENERGY
COMMITTEE. HE IS ESCORTED BY
COMMITTEE CHAIR OF WAR GO GARCIA
. IN HIS RESEARCH, SAM STUDIED
SEAWEEDS AND HOW THEY PROVIDE
HABITAT TO OTHER MARINE SPECIES
. HE EARNED HIS PHD IN
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
AND HIS BS IN MICROBIOLOGY FROM
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.
WELL THE SCIENCE FELLOWS IN
ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP POSTS FOR A
GROUP PHOTO. WE WILL WELCOME
OTHER GUESTS FROM THE PROGRAM.
IN THE GALLERY. IN THE GALLERY
ARE EXECUTIVES FROM THE
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY. THEY ARE WHO
NEED BULL R M B P. M P. P. A
SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER AND
BETHANY HOPKINS PHD SCIENCE
FELLOWS PROGRAM MANAGER. AS A
SCIENCE FELLOWS EXIT THE
CHAMBER. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I ASKED SPEAKER RIVAS,
REPUBLICAN LEADER GALLAGHER,
MAJORITY LEADER BRIAN TO REMAIN
IN PLACE AS WE CONTINUE TO OUR
NEXT CEREMONY. THE 2022 23 CLASS
OF ASSEMBLY FELLOWS HAVE SERVED
US IN A WIDE RANGE OF STAFF
FUNCTIONS. NEARLY HALF OF THE
OFFICES IN THE LEGISLATURE
EMPLOY FORMER FELLOWS FROM
EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, SENATE OR
ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS.
FORMER FELLOWS GO ON TO DO GREAT
THINGS. THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED
TO THE LEGISLATURE AND HAVE
SERVED AS OFFICERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE. GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS. SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES, UNIVERSITY
INSTRUCTORS, EXECUTIVES AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS. COLLEAGUES I
AM PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU,
THE 2022 AND 23 JESSE MARVIN
ANDREW ASSEMBLY FELLOWS. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ESCORTED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ARAMBULA IS
SONS, A JOFFREY SHE MAJORED IN
PUBLIC POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA RIB SITE, PLEASE
WELCOME SANSO, JOFFREY.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BONTA IS MARIELA FRIAS. SHE
MAJORED IN ETHNIC STUDIES AT
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY,
PLEASE WELCOME MARIELLA FRIAS.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CALDERON IS MARIANA CANES. SHE
MAJORED IN INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS AND CONFLICT
RESOLUTION AT SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY, PLEASE WELCOME
MARIANA CANES.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER CHEN IS
JOHN HOUGHTON. HE HOLDS DEGREES
IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
COMMUNICATIONS AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
WYOMING WELCOME JOHN HOUGHTON.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER OF VINCE
FONG IS ANDREW NICKENS. HE
MAJORED IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA. DAVIS PLEASE
WELCOME ANDREW PICKENS.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER FRIEDMAN
IS SEBASTIAN AGUILAR, TINA HERO
. HE MAJORED IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE AND LABOR STUDIES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. LOS
ANGELES. PLEASE WELCOME
SEBASTIAN AGUILAR TO HERO.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
EDUARDO GARCIA IS FABIOLA MURANO
MORALES. SHE MAJORED IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE AT SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY, PLEASE WELCOME
FABIOLA MORETTO ROAD ATOLLS.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER HEANEY
IS JULIA NEO SANCHEZ. HE MAJORED
IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
RIVERSIDE. WELCOME JULIA NEO
SANCHEZ.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER HOLDEN
IS CHRIS ADAMS. HE MAJORED IN
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SOCIOLOGY AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
LOS ANGELES. PLEASE WELCOME
CHRIS ADAMS.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
IRWIN IS CRYSTAL MAY BARON
RAYNA'S, SHE MAJORED IN COMPUTER
SCIENCE AT CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY. BAKERSFIELD PLEASE
WELCOME CRYSTAL MAY BARON RAISE
.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER JOAN
SAWYER IS REGGIE BULLOCK. HE
MAJORED IN ORGANIZATIONAL
STUDIES AT PITZER COLLEGE.
WELCOME REGGIE BULLOCK.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER MAKIN.
ER IS KEN DOJ CAR, SHE MAJORED
IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN STUDIES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. LOS
ANGELES. PLEASE WELCOME KEN DOJ
CAR.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER JOE
PATTERSON IS ENRIQUE GENOVA. HE
MAJORED IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT
SAN JOSE UNIVERSITY. WELCOME
ENRIQUE DIOVAN.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SANTIAGO IS CLARESSA DOMINGUEZ.
SHE MAJORED IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE, PLEASE
WELCOME CLARESSA DOMINGUEZ.
ESCORTED BY A SEVEN MEMBER WARD
IS ERIC WAR METH. HE MAJORED
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC
POLICY AT CLAREMONT MCKENNA,
PLEASE WELCOME ERIC WAR METH.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER WILSON
IS ALDO GARCIA. HE MAJORED IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, PLEASE WELCOME ALDO
GARCIA.
ESCORTED BY REPUBLICAN LEADER
GALLAGHER IS BLAIR HUCK'S HMAN.
SHE WAS PLACED WITH A REPUBLICAN
CAUCUS OFFICE OF POLICY AND
BUDGET. BLAIR MAJORED IN
ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY.
PLEASE WELCOME. BLAIR HUGS N N.
AND UNABLE TO ATTEND IN SESSION
TODAY, SAMANTHA ELLIS ALDI, WHO
WAS PLACED IN OFFICE OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ELOISE REYES, SAMANTHA
MAJORED IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT
SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY. AS
THE ASSEMBLY FELLOWS AND OUR
ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP POSED FOR A
GROUP PHOTO. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE GALLERY SO THAT
WE CAN WELCOME THOSE WHO MANAGE
THE ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
IN THE GALLERY, OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER OF
CALIFORNIA STUDIES GENERAL
HEALING PROGRAM ACADEMIC ADVISOR
DR DAVID SELBY. AND IN THE REAR
OF THE CHAMBER CHAMBER IS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE ASSEMBLY
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, AMBER
CARLISLE, SAID GARY ROWE.
WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
IN CLOSING. WE HAVE NO DOUBT
THAT THIS CLASS OF FELLOWS WILL
CONTINUE THE PROGRAM'S LEGACY OF
ACHIEVEMENT. AS THE FELLOWS EXIT
THE CHAMBER. LET US GIVE THEM
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
MOVING TO THE BUSINESS ON THE
DAILY FILE. SECOND READING CLERK
WILL READ SENATE BILL 34 AND 2
29. BILLS WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND ALL AMENDMENTS WILL BE
DEEMED ADOPTED. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING TO TAKE
UP ALL ITEMS. 31 A C R A 1 14 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THREE OF US,
THE CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1 14 BY
SOME OTHER THREE OF US AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO CINDY
MONTANA'S DAY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RIVAS. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS.
IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE
THAT I PRESENT A CR 1 14 TODAY
TO DESIGNATE JANUARY 19TH AS
CINDY MONTANA'S DAY. FORMER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FROM THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY. CINDY IS A
DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS OF
LIFELONG ANGELINO RAISED IN THE
NORTHEAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
PUBLIC SERVANT ENVIRONMENTAL
CHAMPION TRAILBLAZER COLLEAGUE,
ADVOCATE AND FRIEND. AT AN EARLY
AGE. CINDY RECOGNIZED
ENVIRONMENTAL AND JUSTICES IN
HER COMMUNITY. AT THE AGE OF 12
. CINDY WAS ALREADY ENGAGING IN
CIVIC ACTIVITIES LIKE PLANTING
TREES. SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD THE
TENACITY AND DRIVE TO BE A
NATURAL LEADER. DURING HER
FRESHMAN YEAR AT U C L. A SHE
PARTICIPATED IN A 14 DAY HUNGER
STRIKE THAT CREATED A CHICANO
CHICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT,
WHICH WOULD LATER BECOME THE
CESAR CHAVEZ DEPARTMENT OF
CHICANO, CHICANO AND CENTRAL
AMERICAN STUDIES. AT THE AGE OF
25. SHE WAS ELECTED AS THE
YOUNGEST CITY COUNCILWOMAN OF
THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO. NEVER
WAVERING IN HER COMMITMENT TO
HER COMMUNITY AND NOT CONTENT TO
STOP AT THE CITY COUNCIL. SHE
LATER SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF SAN
FERNANDO. CONTINUING IN THIS
INCREDIBLE TRAJECTORY. SHE WAS
LATER ELECTED TO SERVE IN THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE
HERE IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY AT
AGE OF 28. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MONTANA'S BECAME THE YOUNGEST
WOMAN EVER TO SERVE AND STILL
HOLDS THIS RECORD. TODAY SHE IS
NUMBER 97. I KNOW THE WOMEN. WE
ALL KNOW OUR NUMBER THE NIGHT
SHE'S THE 97TH WOMAN ELECTED
EVER TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
NOT ONLY WAS SHE. THE FIRST
LATINA, BUT SHE WAS ALSO THE
FIRST DEMOCRAT WOMAN TO CHAIR
THE POWERFUL ASSEMBLY RULES
COMMITTEE AT THE AGE OF 30. HER
DRIVE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, WHILE
IN OFFICE LETTER TO INTRODUCE
AND PASS A RANGE OF BILLS FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS,
HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO CONSUMER
AND WORKER PROTECTIONS AND
PLENTY OF ISSUES IN BETWEEN. SHE
WAS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE
LANDMARK CAR BUYERS BILL OF
RIGHTS. UPON LEAVING THE
LEGISLATURE, CINDY SERVED AS THE
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER AT THE
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER
AND POWER. HER CORE VALUE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HELPED
DRIVE THE L. A DWP TO TRANSITION
, THE NATION'S LARGEST PUBLICLY
OWNED UTILITY TO CLEANER ENERGY
AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL WATER
SUPPLY. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER.
SHE NEVER FORGOT HER LOVE FOR
TREES AND THE ENVIRONMENT. SHE
WAS AHEAD OF HER TIME AND
HELPING LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME
HEAT. THROUGH URBAN GREENING. IN
2016 CINDY BECAME THE CEO OF
TREE PEOPLE, MAKING HER THE
FIRST LATINA IN THE US TO LEAD
AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION.
CINDY'S PASSION FOR PUBLIC
SERVICE HAS NEVER WAVERED, AND
SHE WAS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER OF
2020 FOR A SECOND TERM TO THE
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO CITY
COUNCIL. IF ALL THIS WASN'T
IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH. SHE IS ALSO
CURRENTLY SERVING AS A BOARD
MEMBER OF THE UCL, A INSTITUTE
OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND
SUSTAINABILITY. AH! THANK YOU,
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE ROLE
TO FIRST BE OPEN TO CO AUTHORS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RIVAS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PACHECO, YOU
RECOGNIZED GOOD MORNING, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO SUPPORT ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION. 1 14 RELATIVE TO
CINDY MONTANA'S DAY. I WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE CINDY
MONTANA'S WHO IS AN AMAZING
WOMAN AND TRAILBLAZER. CINDY WAS
THE YOUNGEST COUNCIL MEMBER
ELECTED IN HER HOMETOWN OF SAN
FERNANDO. AND SHE ALSO SERVED AS
AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER HERE IN OUR
GREAT STATE. I HAD THE PLEASURE
OF MEETING CINDY WHILE I WAS ON
THE DOWNEY CITY COUNCIL. WHEN AT
THE TIME WE WORKED WITH TREE
PEOPLE TO PLANT MORE TREES IN
THE CITY OF DOWNEY. AND I GOT TO
KNOW CINDY AS THE CEO OF THREE
PEOPLE, AND I ALWAYS FOUND HER
TO BE ENTHUSIASTIC. IN SUCH A
GREAT PERSON TO WORK WITH. AS
YEARS WENT BY, WE BECAME
FRIENDS. SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY
SUPPORTIVE. EVERY TIME WE WOULD
HAVE LUNCH, I WOULD INVITE MY
MOM AND IT WAS ALWAYS GREAT
CONVERSATIONS. AND WHEN I
ANNOUNCED THAT I WAS RUNNING FOR
STATE ASSEMBLY HE WAS EQUALLY
SUPPORTIVE AND EXCITED. I WILL
ALWAYS COST CINDY, MY ETERNAL
FRIEND, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
HER FOR ALL OF OUR HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. FOR
THESE REASONS. I AM PLEASED TO
PROCLAIM CINDY MONTAGNE
YESTERDAY AND ITS RECOGNITION OF
THE IMPORTANCE THROUGHOUT THE
STATE, THE GREAT STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU. AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PACHECO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GABRIEL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM
SPEAKER. I TO RISE TODAY IN MY
CAPACITY AS CHAIR OF THE JEWISH
CAUCUS TO JOIN OUR WONDERFUL
COLLEAGUE FROM THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY IN SUPPORT OF A CR 1 14
TO HONOR AN EXTRAORDINARY LEADER
AND TRAILBLAZER AND
DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVANT
FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.
AND AS YOU HEARD SHE WAS SOMEONE
WHO IS AN AMAZING STUDENT
ACTIVISTS AT U C L. A WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THIS HUNGER
STRIKE TO FORCE THE CAMPUS TO
START A CHICANO STUDIES
DEPARTMENT WAS AN INCREDIBLE
LEADER IN HER OWN COMMUNITY. BUT
PART OF WHAT SETS HER APART IS
THAT SHE WAS ALSO A LEADER IN
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN
COMMUNITIES AND IN PARTICULAR
BETWEEN THE LATINO AND JEWISH
COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, AN INCREDIBLE
CHAMPION FOR STRENGTHENING THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA AND THE STATE OF
ISRAEL. AND I KNOW THERE ARE
LOTS OF FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT
LEADERS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
AND CONSTITUENTS OF MINE WITH
INCREDIBLE AFFECTION FOR THE
COUNCILWOMAN, EVEN THOUGH SHE
DIDN'T REPRESENT THE WEST SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY, AND THEY
ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ME AND
SAID SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITIES. WOULD YOU PLEASE
STAND UP AND ADD THE VOICE OF
OUR COMMUNITY TO THE CHOIR OF
THOSE WHO ARE GRATEFUL FOR HER
LEADERSHIP? HER VALUES DRIVEN
LEADERSHIP, HER PURSUIT OF
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE WAY THAT
SHE HAS BROUGHT COMMUNITIES
TOGETHER. ONE OF THEM SENT ME A
NOTE THAT I THOUGHT WAS SO
POIGNANT. IT SAID THAT THE
COUNCIL WOMAN KNOWS A THING OR
TWO ABOUT PLANTING SEEDS. NOT
ONLY IS SHE THE CEO OF TREE
PEOPLE, ONE OF THE LARGEST
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT SHE HAS
ALSO PLANTED MANY SEEDS OF HOPE
IN OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
HER CAREER. I THINK THAT REALLY
SUMS UP HER INCREDIBLE ROLE AND
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A STRONG I
VOTE ON A CR 1 14. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GABRIEL
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARILLO. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS AND ON
BEHALF OF THE LATINO CAUCUS
TODAY, I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF A CR 1 14 AND HONOR OF SEEN
CINDY MONTANA'S FORMER ASSEMBLY
MEMBER OF THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY NUMBER 97 OF THE WOMEN
WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE. I'VE KNOWN CINDY,
HER MOTHER, MARGARITA, WHO'S
HERE AND HER SISTER. SINCE MY
TIME IN RADIO AND AS A
JOURNALIST COVERING THE
COMMUNITY, HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL
HEROES AND COVERING ISSUES LIKE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN 2016.
AMID A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, I
DECIDED TO DO A ROAD TRIP AND
TALK TO VOTERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. MY TRAVELS LED ME TO
STANDING ROCK, NORTH DAKOTA. AS
I HAD BEEN COVERING THE PROTESTS
AGAINST THE NORTH DAKOTA ACCESS
PIPELINE, WHICH WOULD HAVE RUN
ALONGSIDE THE STANDING ROCK
SIOUX TRIBE RESERVATION AND
CARRY THE PIPELINE UNDERNEATH
THE MISSOURI RIVER WHILE I WAS
THERE WHENEVER WE WOULD GET A
RANDOM SIGNAL FOR RECEPTION. I
WOULD POST A PHOTO OR TWO ASKING
PEOPLE FOR HELP OR TO UNDERSTAND
THE ISSUE A BIT MORE. CINDY
REACHED OUT SHARING THAT SHE AND
HER MOM WANTED TO GO AND MAKE A
TRUCK TO STANDING ROCK AND
SUPPORT THE WATER PROTECTORS. I
GAVE HER THE BEST DIRECTIONS
THAT I COULD HOW TO GET TO
CANNONBALL HOW TO GET TO HIGHWAY
18 06 HAD TO PASS THE RIVER AND
THE TWO TREES AND GO DOWN THE
SMALL HILLSIDE AND THERE WOULD
BE A TRUCK THERE AND TAKE A
RIGHT AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A BIG
ARMY GREEN TENT, WHICH WAS THE
KITCHEN AT THE TIME ALONGSIDE
THE PORTA POTTIES, AND I SAID
BEHIND THE TREES BEHIND THE
KITCHEN IS WHERE I LIVE IN MY
LITTLE TENT. AND I WILL TRY TO
FIND YOU WHEN YOU GET HERE. AND
ONE MORNING I WALKED OUT AROUND
10 IN THE MORNING AND I WAS
WALKING IN FRONT OF A SMALL
LITTLE DIRT ROAD IN OUR CAMP
PRESERVATION AND ALONGSIDE PULL
CINDY AND HER MOM. RIGHT AT THAT
MOMENT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT
WAS MEANT TO BE WE HAD NO
RECEPTION, AND YET WE FOUND EACH
OTHER. WITHIN DAYS OF GETTING
ACCLIMATED TO THE CAMP, MAKING
THE ROUNDS AND PARTICIPATING IN
PROTESTS. CINDY AND HER MOM HAD
TO LEAVE. CINDY GAVE ME A BLUE
BACKPACK. THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED
IN ONE OF THE TRAININGS. THE
BACKPACK CONTAINED A SMALL
FLASHLIGHT HAND WARMERS BECAUSE
AT THAT POINT, THE TEMPERATURE
WAS BELOW ZERO. AND IT CONTAINED
A THICK RAINCOAT PONCHO AND A
JUG OF MILK OF MAGNESIA AND A
LARGE BOTTLE OF WATER. AND I
ASKED HER WHAT'S ALL THIS STUFF?
FOR? WHAT DO I NEED IT? AND SHE
SAID TO ME IF YOU EVER GET CLOSE
TO THE FRONT LINES, THE
OPPOSITION IS THROWING TEAR GAS
AT THE WATER PROTECTORS AND
POURING MILK OF MAGNESIA
FOLLOWED BY WATER IS REALLY
HELPFUL TO SOMEONE. TO HELP THEM
WITH THEIR VISION AND WITH THEIR
FACE AND ALL THE PAIN. SHE GAVE
ME THE BACKPACK. AND SHE SAID TO
ME GOOD LUCK, MOHAIR. STAY SAFE.
THE FOLLOWING NIGHT WAS PERHAPS
THE MOST VIOLENT OF ALL NIGHTS
AT STANDING ROCK VIOLENCE
ESCALATED ON THE FRONT LINES.
WATER PROTECTORS ARE BEING
SPRAYED BY A WATER CANNON, WHICH
IMMEDIATELY FREEZES YOUR
CLOTHES, AND IT'S ACTUALLY
CONSIDERED A HUMAN AND
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATION BECAUSE IT CAUSES
HYPOTHERMIA. WEARING MY PRESS
PASS. I HAD GOTTEN TOO CLOSE TO
THE ACTION. AND I WAS ALSO TEAR
GASSED AND HIT BY A FLASH
GRENADE. I CLOSED MY EYES AND
TRY TO MAKE MY WAY BACK TO THE
CROWD AND AROUND ME AND IN THE
DARKNESS AND THEN THE SMOKE. I
HEARD PEOPLE CRYING AND ELDER
SCARED AND IN MY HEAD IT WAS
CINDY'S VOICE THAT GUIDED ME
BACK. STAY SAFE. MAHAR, BE
CAREFUL. I HAD THE BACKPACK WITH
ME. I POURED THE MILK OF
MAGNESIA OVER MY FACE, FOLLOWED
BY THE WATER. I TOOK A DEEP
BREATH. I CLOSED MY EYES. I
OPENED THEM AGAIN. AND I WAS
OKAY. I BEGAN TO HELP THE
OTHERS. POURING THE MILK OF
MAGNESIUM OVER THEIR EYES,
FOLLOWED BY THE WATER. I GAVE
SOMEONE WHO WAS WET AND COLD
FROM THE WATER CANNONS. THE HEAT
WARMERS. A YOUNG MAN WAS HURT
AND TOGETHER WITH WITH A NURSE
WHO WAS VOLUNTEERING. WE PUT HIM
IN A TRUCK THAT TOOK HIM DOWN TO
SAFETY. HAD IT NOT BEEN HEARD
FOR CINDY AND HER BACKPACK. I
WOULD NOT HAVE HAD WHAT I NEEDED
THAT NIGHT. AND IF I HAD NOT
BEEN FOR CINDY, UM, I WOULD NOT
HAVE KNOWN HOW TO EVEN USE THE
MILK OF MAGNESIUM OR THE WATER.
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR CINDY. I
WOULD NOT HAVE HAD BEEN AS
COURAGEOUS. AS I WAS THAT NIGHT.
CINDY YOUR COURAGE, YOUR
COMMITMENT, YOUR FRIENDSHIP. AND
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE
KNOWLEDGE. GOT ME THROUGH THAT
NIGHT. AND IT INSPIRED ME TO RUN
FOR OFFICE FOLLOWING YOUR OWN
STEPS. AND YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
HAVE BEEN WITH ME EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING
YOU. FOR BEING A LOVING,
COURAGEOUS, INCLUSIVE LEADER WHO
HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THERE
IS ENOUGH SUN FOR ALL OF US TO
SHINE. I LOVE YOU, MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE
THAT NIGHT. MANY WOULD SHOW ME
FOREVER. MEMBERS I URGE YOU TO
VOTE YES, IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A
CR 1 14 IN HONOR OF CINDY
MONTANA'S DAY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARILLO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FONG, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS
TODAY I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF A CR. 1 14. THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUE FROM THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY FOR BEING THIS FORWARD,
HAVE KNOWN AS SIMILAR
MONTENEGRO'S FOR OVER 20 YEARS,
AND SHE HAS SERVED WITH
DISTINCTION ON THIS VERY FLOOR.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM MY
COLLEAGUES. SHE WAS AN AMAZING
COMMUNITY LEADER, A TRAILBLAZING
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER. AND A
SIMILAR MOUNTAINEERS WITH
SOMEBODY ALWAYS SHOWED UP FOR
THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE
PEOPLE. WHEN I SAID THERE'S A
TRUSTEE FOR THE LOS ANGELES CAN
BE A COLLEGE DISTRICT. SHE WAS
ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR OUR
STUDENTS AND HER BROTHER MIGUEL
WORKS AT PIERCE COLLEGE IN THE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. AS YOU'RE
FROM MY COLLEAGUE. SHE'S A
BRIDGE BUILDER COALITION BORDER
EVERY YEAR, SHE WOULD HAVE AN
ANNUAL POSADA AT HER HOUSE. HER
MOM AND HER FAMILY WOULD HOST
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR
BACKYARD AND WE DO A FACADE
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SHE
WAS ALWAYS THERE. FOR THE
COMMUNITY. TODAY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. SIMILAR MOUNTAINEERS FOR
YOUR TREMENDOUS SERVICE AND
LEADERSHIP. WITH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY AND EVERYWHERE IN THE
COMMUNITY. AND WITH THIS
RESOLUTION EVERY CERTAINLY ASKED
FOR A NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FONG.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON, YOU
WERE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS
. I ALSO RISE IN SUPPORT OF A CR
1 14 AND THANK THE MY COLLEAGUE
FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FOR
ONE BRINGING THIS BEFORE US
TODAY. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER
GIVING A PERSON THEIR FLOWERS
WHILE THEY CAN STILL SMELL THEM.
I APPRECIATE THIS, BECAUSE, UH,
CINDY, I'VE BEEN ON FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS. I REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME THAT OUR PATHS CROSSED. I
WAS RUNNING FOR THE STATE
ASSEMBLY IN 2006, AND WE WERE
INTO HALF MOON BAY AND WE HAD AN
ABSOLUTE WONDERFUL TIME AND SHE
BEGAN TO I WAS AROUND THE CITY
COUNCIL, SHE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT
LEADERSHIP. UM AND THE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE FIRE
PIT. AH REALLY MEANT A GREAT
DEAL TO ME, BUT THE WORK THAT
YOU'VE DONE IN LOS ANGELES
REPRESENTING LOS ANGELES, UM IT
IS INCREDIBLE. IN ITS ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING YOU HAVE BEEN A TRAIL
BLAZER IN THIS SPACE. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND
THANK YOU FOR THIS FAMILY FOR
SHARING THIS GREAT WOMAN WITH
ALL OF US. I BELIEVE THAT
EVERYBODY WHO'S RAISED THEIR
MICROPHONE UP TODAY TO SPEAK.
SPOKE NOT ONLY FROM THE HEART,
BUT YOU'VE MADE OUR LIVES BETTER
. JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO
YOU ARE JUST BECAUSE OF SPENDING
TIME WITH THE WITH JUST US
WHETHER WE'RE ELECTED OR NOT,
YOU GAVE TIME AND YOU POURED
INTO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE
EMPTY GLASSES AND THEIR CULTURES
OVERFLOWED BY THE TIME YOU LEFT
HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH US.
OUR LIVES WERE BETTER. SO I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING OUR ASK FOR STRONG. I
VOTE ON A CR 1 14. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SANTIAGO. THANK
YOU, MA'AM SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE
WITH A BIG SMILE TO ASTRONAUTS
BOAT HERE. UM I ONCE WORKED FOR
MISS MOUNTAINEERS. GAVE ME MY
START IN POLITICS. BUT EVEN
BEFORE THERE THERE WAS A LONG
HISTORY. ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP.
WHEN I MET HER AT U C L A BACK
IN THE MID NINETIES, SO I'M
DATING MYSELF HERE, SO YOU'VE
GOT IT WRONG. IT'S CLOSER TO 30
YEARS IN 20 YEARS WHEN WE'RE LÀ
BUT AND I REMEMBER I MET THIS
YOUNG WOMAN. WHO HAD JUST BEEN
IN A HUNGER STRIKE. TO SET UP
THE CHICANO CHICANO STUDIES AT
U. C L. A AND I REMEMBER BEING
THERE AND THOSE DEBATES USED TO
GET HEATED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU REMEMBER. BUT YOU KNOW ONE
TIME WHEN WE WERE IN THE IN THE
BOYS, JIM BECAUSE I USED TO BE
THE OFFICE SPACE. AND, UM THE
OPPOSITION SIDE TOLD LET'S TAKE
IT OUTSIDE. AND WE WENT
DOWNSTAIRS AND THERE WAS THREE
OF US. YOU, MYSELF AND HARVEY.
04 AND STEVE. AND WE WERE
SITTING OUTSIDE. AND YOU SAID
THE HISTORY. THIS ISN'T GONNA
LOOK TOO GOOD ON US. SO WE TOOK
IT BACK INSIDE AND SOLVED OUR
PROBLEMS. AND IT WAS A FIGHT
ABOUT MAKING IT MORE INCLUSIVE.
SO THERE'S JUST WASN'T ONE GROUP
OF PEOPLE BUT THAT CHICANO
STUDIES WOULD BE INCLUSIVE TO
EVERYONE. IT AND I REMEMBER THEN
THE FIGHT CONTINUED. ABOUT
MAKING THE CURRICULUM DIVERSE.
BUT. WHEN SHE LEFT COLLEGE. I
REMEMBER AFTER THAT CALLING HER
CONCEPT. HEY, WELL, I'M RUNNING
FOR COUNCIL. AND IT WAS ALWAYS
ABOUT IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY
AND MAKING IT MORE INCLUSIVE FOR
EVERYONE. I REMEMBER VIVIDLY
DURING THAT RACE. I HOPE I GET
THE DATES RIGHT HERE. UH YOUR
FAMILY WENT OUT AND THEN TIED
THEMSELVES OVER TO A TREE. DO
YOU REMEMBER THAT TO SAVE A TREE
? AND THEN WHEN I HEARD YOU, YOU
STARTED WORKING A TREAT PEOPLE I
KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHERE THAT
CAME FROM YOUR PASSION FOR
TREATING THE ENVIRONMENT. AZTEC
DANCING EVERY RECALL. YOUR
PASSION AND SWIMMING BECAUSE
EVEN WHEN SHE WAS RUNNING OR NO
MATTER HOW BUSY YOU WERE ALWAYS
FOUND TIME FOR EXERCISE, AND IF
YOU COULDN'T BE FOUND WHERE
THERE WAS A SWIMMING POOL THERE
YOU WERE. SWIMMING GETTING
EXERCISE, REMEMBER? TEACHING IF
YOU WERE TEACHING LITTLE KIDS
HOW TO SWIM AND ALWAYS INVOLVED
IN SOMETHING THAT WAS DOING
THAT. HE WROTE A BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT LITTLE NOTES BECAUSE I
MAYBE DON'T REMEMBER SOME OF THE
STUFF THAT WE SAW DURING THE
TIME. YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SHARED
THIS STORY OVER AND OVER AND
OVER, BUT I WANT TO SAY HERE
TODAY. SHARE IT WITH SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES LAST WEEK. MY PASSION
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. AND I
THINK MANY PEOPLE AROUND AT THE
TIME. DEVELOPMENT WAS INSPIRED
OVER YOUR FIGHTS. IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU
REPRESENTED. WHEN IT WASN'T
POLITICALLY SAVVY TO TAKE ON A
LANDFILL. WHEN IT WASN'T
POLITICALLY SAVVY. TO TAKE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTERS.
REMEMBER, RICH, YOU WERE RISKING
YOUR CAREER. WHEN MANY OF OUR
FRIENDS STOOD UP AND SAID YOU
SHOULDN'T DO THAT. YOU REMEMBER
RIGHT? AND THERE WAS A SPEECH,
SHE ONCE SAID. THAT I WANT TO
REPEAT ON THE FLOOR. BECAUSE
THEY HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE
ROOM. AND THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS
IMPACT ON MY SOUL. AND I
REMEMBER SHE WAS GETTING AN
AWARD. FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATION. AND DEBATING ON
WHAT TO SAY. AND I REMEMBER
VERY, VERY PASSIONATELY. IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SPEECH. THERE WAS
A PAUSE. AND YOUR NEXT LINE.
SAID THAT THE BEACHES STARTED IN
PACOIMA. THAT IF YOU WANTED TO
IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU
WANTED TO FIGHT FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU WANTED A
CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. THAT YOU HAD
TO START IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
WHERE WE GREW UP. AND THE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU
REPRESENTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT LOOKED LIKE MANY OF US IN
THE ROOM. THAT ROOM WAS
COMPLETELY QUIET. AND THEN YOU
WENT ON TO DELIVER. WHY IT WAS
IMPORTANT. FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE. AGENDA TO EXIST. AT A
TIME. WHEN IT WHEN IT WHEN IT
WAS BEING BORN. AND AT A TIME
WELL, YOU REALLY DID BE BEGIN
THAT MOVEMENT. AND BECAME ONE OF
THE FEW VOICES AND I WOULD ARGUE
. FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS. KIND
OF THE. MOTHER OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT WHEN IT
COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
COULD YOU GAVE IT BIRTH? HE GAVE
IT A FIGHT. AND YOU INSPIRED
MANY ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND I BET ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. THE FIGHT FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN
ENVIRONMENTALLY POLLUTED.
BECAUSE LITTLE KIDS LUNGS
MATTER. WHEN THEY HAVE ASTHMA.
WHEN THERE'S BIRTH DEFECTS. AND
WHEN YOU CHOKE UP, JUST RUN
AROUND THE CORNER. I REMEMBER
THAT SPEECH VERY VIVIDLY. IT'S
ONE THAT I'VE ALMOST THINK ABOUT
EVERY TIME I SEE A FIGHT ON
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. I
REMEMBER THAT SPEECH. GET IT'S
INSPIRED ME. AND I KNOW THAT
IT'S INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF
PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR
INSPIRATION IN MY LIFE. AND
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE A
BETTER CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SANTIAGO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SORRY
. OH YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND I WASN'T
GONNA PUT MY MICROPHONE UP TO
SPEAK. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S
AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE
A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO CINDY
TODAY, AND SO THANK YOU TO THE
ASSEMBLY WOMAN FROM SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY. FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. I'M NOT FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. I'M NOT FROM THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY. I AM JUST A
GIRL FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
AND I SHARE THAT BECAUSE CINDY
HAS HAD FRIENDS ALL OVER THE
PLACE, AND I KNOW THAT SHE HAS A
STRONG NETWORK OF CENTRAL VALLEY
AMIGAS. AND IT IS THROUGH THOSE
AMIGAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO BUILD
A RELATIONSHIP WITH CINDY OVER
THE LAST PROBABLY DECADE AND SO
I AM JUST FEEL HONORED TODAY TO
BE ON THIS FLOOR TO BE ABLE TO
VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE
, AS WAS SHARED BY MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES, THE INCREDIBLE WORK
THAT SHE HAS DONE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA WHEN IT COMES TO
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE
WORK THAT SHE'S DONE ALSO TO BE
A TRAILBLAZER AND SET UP AND
PAVED THE WAY FOR WOMEN LIKE
MYSELF. YOUNG LATINAS TO BE ABLE
TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND LEAD IN
OFFICE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE
INSPIRATION FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP
. DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS
BATTLING CANCER, YOU WERE ALWAYS
THERE SENDING ME NOTES, SENDING
OUR FAMILY NOTES, MAKING SURE
THAT MY HUSBAND WERE FULLY
RECOVER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO
THANK YOU PERSONALLY. CINDY FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, NOT
JUST IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL, UH,
JOURNEY AND YOUR LEGACY THAT
YOU'VE LEFT, BUT ALSO ALL THE
FRIENDS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT
YOU HAVE BUILT, UH, THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE STATE, AND I WOULD
SAY THROUGHOUT THIS NATION, AND
SO I COMMEND YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND I
ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES HERE
TO VOTE FOR A CR. 1 14. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SORRY, UM,
SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S VIEWERS
WHO MAY CLOSE THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
THE MEMBERS FROM L, A COUNTY AND
FROM FRESNO THAT SPOKE UP AND
SHARED THEIR PERSONAL STORIES. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
ON A CR 1 14. THANK YOU. WOULD
YOU LIKE THE FIRST ROLE TO BE
OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS? YES, THANK
YOU. THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLE FOR COKE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRED TO ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. MEMBERS.
THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE. THERE
ARE 70 CO AUTHORS ADDED. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE WILL NOT TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE
OPPOSED, SAY NO. THE EYES HAVE
IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RIVAS. DO YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED? FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION TO CINDY
MOUNTAINEERS. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK MR SPEAKER. YES, STAFF,
ESPECIALLY GALINA. AND BRIAN.
UM, FOR COORDINATING WITH MY
OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE REST OF
THE FLOOR STAFF AND SERGEANTS
FOR ALL THIS ACCOMMODATION FOR
ALL OF THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE
HERE TODAY. THERE ARE MANY
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ON THE
FLOOR TODAY. AND I KNOW THAT
IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK TO
ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE'S REQUEST.
AND ENSURE THAT THE FLOOR RUNS
SMOOTHLY. SO THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. NEXT IT'S MY HONOR TO
INTRODUCE THE HONORABLE CINDY
MONTANA'S ON THE FLOOR TODAY.
CINDY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE STAND ON
YOUR SHOULDERS. UM WHEN I'M IN
THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN THE
EAST VALLEY, I RUN INTO LITTLE
GIRLS THAT LOOK UP TO YOU. YOUNG
WOMEN THAT WANT TO BE THE NEXT
CINDY MONTANA'S THAT ARE FROM
SAN FERNANDO, FROM PACOIMA FROM
SYLMAR. UM AND THEY KNOW YOUR
STORY. THAT AS A YOUNG WOMAN,
YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP HERE.
UM AND THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING
THEM TODAY AND FOREVER. THANK
YOU FOR BEING A SHIRO. JUST SO
MANY YOUNG WOMEN I'M PROUD. THAT
I REPRESENT THE SAME DISTRICT AS
YOU. PIONEERS LIKE YOU INSPIRE
ME. I KNOW THAT. YOU INSPIRED
OUR SENATOR FROM THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY THAT'S HERE
TODAY WITH US. AND ALL OF US TO
CONTINUE TO CHAMPION
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
POLICIES. IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
OUR SHARED COMMUNITIES ARE A
BETTER PLACE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
UM AND EVERYONE NOT JUST IN THE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN LOS
ANGELES. BUT ALL OVER THE STATE
THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THINGS
THAT YOU STARTED. UM AS YOU'RE
AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
WARRIOR. YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE
LIVES OF SO MANY. MEMBERS TODAY
WE'RE JOINED. BY CINDY MONTANA'S
IS FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES
AND FORMER STAFFERS TO CELEBRATE
HER. AND TO DESIGNATE JANUARY
19TH AS HER DAY. HER BIRTHDAY.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
CINDY'S FAMILY. CINDY'S MOM.
MARGARITA MONTANA. AND. CINDY'S
BROTHER, ROBERT MONTANA'S.
CINDY'S COUSIN PHILIPPE IS.
CINDY'S GOD DAUGHTER, FLORIA
NEWS. AS CINDY'S CARETAKER
YVETTE JIMENEZ NAVARRO. I WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL
FORMER ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SENATORS
AND FRIENDS IN THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER WHO ARE HERE WITH US
TODAY AND BEGGED ME TO HAVE THEM
HERE. UM THIS WAS SENT. THESE
WERE CINDY'S FRIENDS AND
CONTINUE TO BE HER FRIENDS
TODAY. UM AND THEY WERE SO
HELPFUL IN WITH MY TEAM AND
MYSELF IN HELPING SET THIS ALL
UP TODAY. UH AND THEY WANT TO BE
HERE. TO HELP HONOR THE
INCREDIBLE CAREER OF CINDY
MONTANA'S FIRST WE HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GEORGE
PLEASURE. OKAY MEMBER OF THE
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION,
SALLY LIEBER. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
LLOYD LEVINE. SENATOR MARK LENO.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S NICOLE PARA.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALBERTO TO
RICO. SENATOR TONY STRICKLAND.
AND TREASURER FIONA MÀ. SO WE'RE
HONORED TO PRESENT THIS
RESOLUTION TO CINDY AND HER
FAMILY. THANK YOU. MISS
MONTANA'S ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY OF SAN FERNANDO TO THE
PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES TO THIS
HOUSE AND TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU FROM THE
BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
CONTINUING WITH OUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DIXON YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. MADAM PRESIDENT, MADAM
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES JOINING
ME TODAY IS SENATOR JANET NGUYEN
, WHO'S JOINED US FROM ACROSS
THE BUILDING AND ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. UH. YEAH LAURIE DAVID.
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE STORY
HERE AND IT'S SO I GUESS I'M
JUST SHAKEN BY THE EVENTS THAT
JUST PRECEDED. SO UM WE ALL KIND
OF HAVE TO GET OUR BEARINGS
AGAIN. THAT WAS SUCH A MOVING
TRIBUTE. CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO A
LONG ESTABLISHED AND WIDELY
RESPECTED SURFING, CULTURE AND
TRADITION, AND MY DISTRICT
INCLUDES MANY OF THESE SPEECHES.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
REPRESENTING A BEAUTIFUL STRETCH
OF THE COAST FROM CL BEACH TO
LAGUNA BEACH AND SENATOR NGUYEN
HAS SAM COMMENEE AND DANA POINT
, AS DOES ASSEMBLYMAN DAVIES.
BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF THE
CALIFORNIA COAST, WHERE THESE
SPEECHES HOST EVERYTHING FROM
PRESTIGIOUS SURF COMPETITIONS
AND FESTIVALS, WELL KNOWN SERVE
CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT COMPANIES
, EDUCATIONAL MUSEUMS AND NON
PROFITS AND A TOURISM INDUSTRY
THAT SUPPORTS MANY COASTAL
COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING
HUNTINGTON'S BEACH IN MY
DISTRICT, ALSO KNOWN AS SURF
CITY USA. THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FIRST OBSERVED
CALIFORNIA SURFING DAY ON
SEPTEMBER 20TH 2018 FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF SENATOR WINS
SENATE RESOLUTION 1 22, WHICH
SHE INTRODUCED TO BRING
AWARENESS AND ATTENTION TO THE
IMPACT THAT SURFING HAS HAD ON
OUR STATE. SEPTEMBER 20TH WAS
ADOPTED BY CALIFORNIA SURFERS AS
A DAY TO UNIFY. AROUND THEIR
LOVE OF THE OCEAN, THE SPORT AND
THE PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT WAY.
SURFING AND SERVE CULTURE HAS
SUSTAINED MANY COASTAL
COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING
HUNTINGTON'S, BEACH, CEO BEACH,
DANA POINTS AND KAMINI, SANTA
CRUZ, OCEANSIDE, MALIBU AND
MORE. WHICH WITH ONE OF THE MOST
ICONIC SURF BREAKS AND
HUNTINGTON'S BEACH, WE GET TO
HOST A NUMBER OF MAJOR SURFING
EVENTS SUCH AS THE VANS YOU AS
OPEN OF SURFING, SER FREEZE,
SURFERS HALL OF FAME AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SURFBOARD BUILDERS
HALL OF FAME. AND I'M GONNA TURN
IT OVER TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
DAVIS. I HAVE THE HONOR OF
REPRESENTING DANA POINT, SAN
CLEMENTE AND OCEAN SIDE. UH AND
I CAN TELL YOU THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS OF HAVING SURFING.
THERE IS INCREDIBLE, BUT I ALSO
WANT TO DO A LITTLE BRAGGING
THERE THAT RECENTLY THE WOMEN'S
U. S OPEN OF SURFING WAS WON BY
AN UP AND COMING, LOCAL SURFER
17 YEAR OLD SACRAMENTO RESIDENT
SAWYER LYNN BLAH, WHO WAS UP
AGAINST A VETERAN COMPETITORS
FROM CALIFORNIA AND THE WORLD
AND KNOW THAT DANA POINT IS
KNOWN FOR THE LONG BOARD, AND
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SONGS BY
THE BEACH BOYS THAT HAVE BEEN
WRITTEN IN THAT AREA, SO WE ARE
VERY BLESSED. JUST A FEW FACTS
THAT CALIFORNIA COASTLINE SPANS
1100 MILES, AND IT'S BEACH. OUR
COASTAL AREAS GENERATE $1.15
TRILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ANNUALLY. THIS IS WHY IT'S SO
CRITICAL THAT WE PROTECT OUR
BEACHES AND OUR SHORE LINE IN
THE SAND ON OUR EROSION ON OUR
BEACHES. WE ARE WORKING REALLY
HARD, ALL OF US TO PROTECT OUR
BEACHES. THE UNITED STATES
BOASTS APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MILLION
SURFERS WHO SPEND UP TO $3.3
BILLION EACH YEAR ON LOCAL SERVE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TODAY, JOINING
ME REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR
COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN MY
DISTRICT AS WE RECOGNIZE AND
SENATOR NGUYEN AND I RECOGNIZE
THAT JOINT RESOLUTION DECLARING
CALIFORNIA SURFING DAY. PLEASE
HELP US WELCOME HUNTINGTON'S
BEACH MAYOR TONY STRICKLAND
MAYOR PRO TEM GRACIE VANDERMARK
AND SEAL BEACH MAYOR TOM MOORE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY
ALREADY TOOK THEM IS THAT IT?
PICTURE PICTURE TIME.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
DIXON. ALRIGHT MEMBERS. IT'S
TIME TO GET TO THE SECOND
READING CONCURRENCE IN SENATE
AMENDMENTS. FILE NUMBER SEVEN. A
B 400 CLERK WILL READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 400 BY SOME MEMBER BLANCA
RUBIO AND ACTUALLY INTO PUBLIC
CONTRACTS. REMEMBER, RUBIO,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS MAYBE
400, WHICH EXTENDS THE SUNSET OF
DESIGN BUILD PROJECT
AUTHORIZATION IS BACK FROM THE
SENATE ON CONCURRENCE.
AMENDMENTS TAKEN IN SENATE
GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
ARE TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND DO
NOT CHANGE THE INTENT OF THE
BILL. EXTENDING THE EXISTING
DESIGN. BUILD AUTHORITIES SUNSET
DATE TO JANUARY, 1ST 2031 WILL
PROVIDE CERTAINTY FOR COUNTIES
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PLAN
FUND AND COMPLETE ONGOING AND
FUTURE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
THANK YOU. AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. SAYING NO
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE, CLARK WILL
OPEN IN THE ROLE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE? CLARK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE
TALLY THE VOTE. 55 NO. ZERO
SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED
IN MOVING ONTO FILE NUMBER
EIGHT. MAYBE 334. CLERK WILL
READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 3 34 BY SOME
MEMBER BRONCO RUBIO AND OTHERS
AND AFTER LAND CONTRACTS,
REMEMBER RUBIO YOU RECOGNIZED
THANK YOU, MADAM. SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS MAYBE 334 AS IT RELATES
TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS IS BACK ON
CONCURRENCE WITH TECHNICAL, NON
SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
SITTING DOWN DEBATE OR
DISCUSSION CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROAD. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLARK CLOSED
THE ROLE. TELLING THE VOTES,
EYES 56. NO. ZERO AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED IN. MOVING ON TO OUR
FILE NUMBER 11 A B. 13 07. CLERK
WILL READ SIMPLY WILL 13 07 BY
SOMEWHERE WEEKS AND OTHERS AND
ACTUALLY INTO ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY AND DECLARING THE
URGENCY THEREOF TO TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WICKS YOU WERE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. MAYBE 13 07
IS BACK ON CONCURRENCE. IT'S A
SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL, POWERFUL
BILL THAT SAYS, FOR THE PURPOSES
OF SEQUA IN RESIDENTIAL
PROJECTS. THE NOISE GENERATED BY
ITS OCCUPANTS IS NOT A
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL
PROJECTS IN THIS BILL HAS BEEN
DONE IN RESPONSE TO THE COURT
CASE, èC BERKELEY FOLKS ARE
TRYING TO FIGHT STUDENT HOUSING
THERE AND HAVE CREATED AN
ARGUMENT. ESSENTIALLY, PEOPLE
ARE POLLUTION. I STRONGLY OBJECT
AND BY THE LOOKS OF IT, SO DOES
THIS ENTIRE BODY BECAUSE THIS
BILL PASSED WITH NO NO VOTES
HERE. IT HAS BEEN ON CONSENT AND
FOR POLICY COMMITTEES IT WAS IN
THE SENATE PASSED 38 TO 0. UM SO
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL AGAIN
DEMONSTRATE YOUR STRONG STRONG
SUPPORT FOR STUDENT HOUSING. UM
AND SUPPORT THIS BILL, I WILL,
SAY 10% OF STUDENTS AT UC
BERKELEY, ONE OF THE FINEST
INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD. HAVE
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS WHILE
AT CAL 10% IF WE PASS THIS BILL
, GET IT AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S
DESK HAS AN URGENCY CLAUSE IT
WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF 1400 UNITS ON THIS SPOT. SO
LET'S DO THAT. LET'S GET BEHIND
OUR STUDENTS PASSED THIS BILL.
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
SAYING NO DEBATE OR DISCUSSION.
CLICK WILL OPEN AND ROLL. THIS
IS A 54 VOTES. THIS IS 54 VOTES.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK CLOSE THE
ROLE TALLY THE VOTE. 59 NO. ZERO
SENATOR MENS ARE CONCURRED IN.
MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER 14. A B
979. CLERK WILL READ A
SOMERVILLE 9 79 BY SOME MEMBER
ALVAREZ AND ACTUALLY IN A LONG
TERM CARE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ALVAREZ YOUR RECOGNIZED THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER COLLEAGUES
ARE THIS IS A B 1979. WHICH IS
ON CONCURRENCE TODAY. MAYBE 979
STRENGTHENS FAMILY COUNCILS BY
ENABLING MEMBERS TO CONVENE AND
COMMUNICATE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
WHILE ALSO REQUIRING CARE
FACILITIES TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE
TO THE CONCERNS RAISED BY FAMILY
COUNCILS. THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE
TOOK COME FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES AND CLARIFYING
IN NATURE. 1979 HAS NO NO VOTES,
NO OPPOSITION AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR ANSWER. SING, NO
DEBATE OR DISCUSSION. CLICK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLOSE THE ROLE. BY 61 NO. ZERO
SENATE-ROOM BANDS ARE CONCURRED
IN. PASSING TEMPORARILY ON FILE
NUMBER 15 A B 11 40.
MEMBERS I'D ALSO LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE OUR ASSEMBLY. FORMER
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KEN COOLEY. HE'S
IN THE BACK. AND MOVING BACK ON
FILE. I DON'T NUMBER 16. MAYBE
11 59. THE CLERK WILL READ
SOMETHING ABOUT 11 59 BY SOME
MEMBER AGUIAR-CURRY AND ACTUALLY
IN THE GREENHOUSE GASSES.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUILAR CURRY,
YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS A B 11 59 IS
BACK ON CONCURRENCE. BABY FOOT
11 59 IS A CLEANUP MEASURE THAT
PROVIDES THE CERTAINTY.
NONPROFIT CONSERVATION GROUPS,
TRIBES AND OTHERS REQUIRED TO
CONTINUE ACCEPTING STATE FUNDING
FOR ACQUISITION RESTORATION AND
CONSERVATION PROJECTS.
AMENDMENTS TAKING THE SENATE
REMOVE A PROVISION REGARDING
STATE FUNDING THAT CAUSED
CONFUSION. ABOUT RESTRICTIONS ON
STATE FUNDING AND CLARIFY THAT
THE FUNDING CANNOT BE USED FOR
EXISTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
REDUCTIONS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE, SAYING NO OTHERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE OF
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROAR.
ALL THOSE VOTES THAT DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES, TOO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLE. I 63 THE SENATE
AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED AND.
MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER 17 A B
15 66 CLERK WILL READ THE BILL
15 66 BY SUMMER SORIA AND OTHERS
AND ACTUALLY VETERANS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SORRY YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. MAYBE 15 66
WOULD IMPROVE THE DETAIL AND
ACCURACY OF CALVE ITS ANNUAL
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF
COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS
RECEIVING STATES HAVE BEEN SHIN
FUNDING. CALVET PUBLISHES AN
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES
OF CV CEOS, HOWEVER. THIS ANNUAL
REPORT DOES NOT INCLUDE
INFORMATION ABOUT STAFFING AND
OPERATION OF EACH C V. C O THE
COUNTY'S INVESTMENT OR THE
STRUCTURE OF THE C. V S O WITHIN
COUNTY GOVERNMENT. A B 15 66
WILL ADD DETAILS ABOUT EACH
COUNTY C. V S SO AS WELL AS AT
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE TO HELP
ENSURE COMPARABILITY OF DATA
BETWEEN THE C V CLS AND REMOVE
THE OUTDATED, OUTDATED,
STATUTORY MAXIMUM LIMIT ON STATE
FUNDING. THIS WILL IMPROVE
KELVIN'S ABILITY TO SUPPORT C. V
C. O S AND DELIVER SERVICES TO
OUR VETERANS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. SEEING NO
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE. I 61
NO. ZERO SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED IN MOVING ON TO FILE
NUMBER 18 A B 17 63 CLERK WILL
READ SOMEWHERE BILL 17 63 BY THE
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND
ACTUALLY INTO FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE. LET ME REMEMBER.
SORRY YOU WERE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. A B 17
63 IS THE ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE OMNIBUS BILL. FOR 2023
. SENATE AMENDMENTS INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT CAN GO
TOWARDS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
UNDER CLIMATE, SMART
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS AND
ALLOWED WHEN FEASIBLE FOR
WAIVERS TO LOCAL COST SHARE
UNDER THE WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM
TO HELP RURAL AND DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. THERE IS NO
OPPOSITION. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE. SAYING NO
DEBATE OR DISCUSSION CLERK WILL
OPEN THE BOOK. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRED ABOUT
CLOSE THE ROLE. I 62 NO. ZERO
SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED
IN MOVING ON TO THIRD READING.
ASSEMBLY BILLS. FILE NUMBER 22 A
B 8 55 4 CLERK WILL READ.
ASSEMBLY BILL 8 54 BY SOME
MEMBER RAMOS AND OTHERS AND
ACTUALLY IN THE TRIBAL GAMING
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY
THEREOF TO TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ALMOST YOU RECOGNIZED THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. TODAY I'M
PRESENTING A B 854 A BILL
RATIFYING THE COMPACT BETWEEN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
REDDING RANCHERIA TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT. ORIGINALLY NOTE
NEGOTIATED AND RATIFIED IN 1999
. THE COMPACT HAS ENABLED THE
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN
AND OPERATE A GAMING FACILITIES
. THE ORIGINAL 1999 COMPACTS
CAME AS A RESULT OF HISTORIC
HARD FOUGHT STRUGGLE TO
RECOGNIZE TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND
FORGE A PATH TOWARDS SOUTH
SUFFICIENCY. IT IS MEANINGFUL
BECAUSE OF THE PAST DEALINGS OF
THE TRIBES WITH THE CALIFORNIA
GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATURES WOULD
BEGAN, WHICH BEGAN WITH GOVERNOR
BURNETT CALLING FOR THE
EXTERMINATION OF CALIFORNIA'S
INDIAN PEOPLE AND FUNDING
AUTHORIZED IN THE STATE'S BUDGET
TO THAT END. TODAY IS A VERY
DIFFERENT LEGISLATURE. IN WHICH
WE STAND UNITED AS A RICH BODY
FULL OF DIVERSE CULTURES. I ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF A B 854.
SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
THIS IS A 54 VOTE. UM, BILL. WE
NEED QUOTE CO AUTHORS. OKAY
NEVER MIND. NEVER MIND. IT'S NOT
GONNA HAVE CO OTHERS. UH OTHER
OF THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE? ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. I 65 NO. ZERO ON
THE URGENCY. VOICE. I 65 I'M.
NOS 65 NO. ZERO ON THE BILL. THE
BILL PASSES. MOVING ON TO, UH,
FILE NUMBER 30 A C R A C R 1 10.
COOL RAIN SOMETHING CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 1 10 BY SOME LIMERICK
QUIRK-SILVA RELATIVE TO HANDBOOK
DAY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
QUIRK-SILVA. YOU ARE RECOGNIZING
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE
TODAY TO RESENT ASSEMBLY OF
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1
10, WHICH CELEBRATES OCTOBER
21ST 2023 AS HANDBOOK DAY IN
CALIFORNIA. IT IS A PRIVILEGE
FOR ME TODAY TO DOAN, THE
TRADITIONAL HANBOK AND WHERE IT
ON THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR TODAY.
SHARING WITH MY COLLEAGUES A
GLIMPSE OF THE PROFOUND CULTURAL
LEGACY IT REPRESENTS. HAN BOK
AND EMBODIMENT OF THE KOREAN
TRADITION THAT DATES BACK OVER
TWO MILLENNIA SERVES AS A
TESTAMENT TO THE RICH HERITAGE
OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE. THIS
ICONIC ATTIRE IS STEEPED IN
TRADITION GRACING JOYOUS
OCCASIONS SUCH AS HOLIDAYS,
WEDDINGS AND ESPECIALLY THE
CHERISHED MILESTONE OF A CHILD'S
FIRST BIRTHDAY. KOREAN AMERICANS
WERE HANBOK TODAY ACROSS THE
NATION AS A CELEBRATION OF THE
DIVERSITY OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
THE MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE
HIGHLIGHTS THAT NEARLY HALF OF
ALL KOREAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE
UNITED STATES RESIDE IN THREE
STATES. CALIFORNIA IS HONORED
WITH BEING HOME TO THE LARGEST
POPULATION AT 30% INCLUDING MY
DISTRICT, WHICH HAS MANY, MANY
KOREAN AMERICANS. RECOGNIZING
THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HAN
BOK ATTIRE IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP
IN WHICH THE LEGISLATURE CAN
LIFT THE PRESENCE OF OUR KOREAN
COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTE THE
BEAUTY OF HANBOK ATTIRE. BY
DESIGNATING OCTOBER 21ST AS HOME
BEC DAY WE EMBRACE THE NATURE
DIVERSITY INCLUDES INCLUSIVE
INCLUSIVITY, NOT JUST WITHIN OUR
RESPECT RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS,
BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE TIRED E
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
MEMBERS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
RECOGNIZING HOMBACH DAY. MADAM
SPEAKER, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
THE FIRST ROLE BE OPEN FOR CO
AUTHORS AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN I VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUICK
SERVICING, NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. KIRK WILL OPEN THE ROLE
THIS IS FOR COOP. ALL THOSE
VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
HURT CLOSED THE ROLE. SALLY THIS
IS 66 CO AUTHORS. TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE AYE
OPPOSED. RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO A THIRD READING
FILES. SENATE BILLS UM, VIAL
NUMBER 34 SB 85 TO CLERK WILL
READ. SENATE BILL 8 52 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY SOME MEMBER
SANTIAGO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SANTIAGO YOU RECOGNIZED THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. THESE I RISE
FOR AMENDMENTS. THESE AMENDMENTS
ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE AND ADDRESS
THE POTENTIAL CHAPTER RING OUT
ON ISSUES WITH A B 11 04
RESPECTFULLY ASTRONAUT VOTE.
SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
THIS IS FOR A VOICE VOTE FOR THE
AMENDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY,
AYE AYE OPPOSED. AMENDS ARE
ADOPTED. BILL GOES OUT TO PRINT
AND BACK ON FILE. MOVING TO FILE
ITEM. 37 SB 801. CORPORAL REED.
SENATE BILL 801 BY CYLINDER
ALLEN NATURALLY INTO TRUST,
REMEMBER FOR US. L MAIENSCHEIN
EXCUSE ME. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM
SPEAKER I RISE TODAY. PRESENT SB
801, THE CALIFORNIA UNIFORM
DIRECTED TRUST ACT. WHICH
MODERNIZES CALIFORNIA'S PROBATE
LAW TO KEEP PACE WITH THE
EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF TRUST,
DRAFTING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT,
WITH BETTER CLARITY AND GUIDANCE
ON THE USE OF DIRECTED TRUST.
THIS WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT
ACCOUNTABILITY TOOLS AND ENSURE
THAT CALIFORNIA KEEPS PACE WITH
THE REST OF THE NATION. I
RESPECT LATER REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. YOU'LL DO A VOICE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. LOOK UP IN
THE MOST EXCUSE ME. CLERK OPENED
THE ROLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
I'M GONNA DO A VOICE. FEDERER.
YEAH. CLICK, CLICK CLOSE THE
ROLE. I 64 NO. ZERO MENS ARE
ADOPTED. BILL GOES OUT TO PRINT
BILL PASSES. WONDERFUL.
MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER 45 S B
639. CLERK WILL READ. SENATE
BILL 6 39 BY SENATORS, LEHMAN
AND OTHERS AND ACTUALLY THE
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALVAREZ. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE TO PRESENT SB 6
39 ON BEHALF OF SENATOR LEHMAN.
SP 6 39 WILL REORIENT THE
CALIFORNIA ALZHEIMER'S DECEASED
CENTERS AND DEMENTIA CARE AWARE
PROGRAM INTO A SINGLE
COORDINATED EFFORT CALLED THE
CALIFORNIA ALZHEIMER'S
DIAGNOSTIC HUBS. ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE IS AN IRREVERSIBLE
PROGRESSIVE AND TERMINAL BRAIN
DISORDER IMPACTING MORE THAN 6.5
MILLION CALIFORNIANS. ONE OF THE
LARGEST ISSUES FACING THOSE
IMPACTED BY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
IS RECEIVING A TIMELY DIAGNOSIS
WITHOUT A DIAGNOSIS. INDIVIDUALS
CANNOT ACCESS CLINICAL TRIALS,
TREATMENT OR EDUCATION RELATED
TO THE DISEASE BY ENSURING THESE
HUBS HAVE THE SUPPORT AND THE
RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY
ENGAGE THE REGIONS. THEY CAN
PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES
FOR PATIENTS. AND ULTIMATELY
DELIVER THE PROMISE OF MORE TIME
FOR THE PATIENTS LOVED ONES. SB
6 39 HAS RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT AND HAS NO REGISTERED
OPPOSITION. SO I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON SB 639.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLE. ALL
THOSE VOTERS DESIRED ABOUT ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE. I 64
NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES. MOVING
ON TO FILE NUMBER 47 SP 545
KIRK, PLEASE READ. SENATE BILL 5
45, BUT WITH AMENDMENTS BY SOME
MEMBER BRIAN SOME REMEMBER,
BRIAN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU COLLEAGUES. I RISE ON BEHALF
OF SENATOR RUBIO. SB 5 45. THIS
BILL HAS RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT. THUS FAR. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE TECHNICAL IN
NATURE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. OH, ALL THOSE VOTING
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLOSE THE
ROLE. ISAIAH 52. NO. ONE THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED. THE BILL
GOES OUT TO PRINT AND BACK ON
FILE.
FILE NUMBER 49 SP 603. CLERK
WILL READ SENATE BILL 603, WITH
AMENDMENTS BY SOME MEMBER BONTA.
SOMEBODY MEMBER BONTA. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. AMENDMENTS
TO SB 63 WILL PROVIDE THE
INCLUSION OF TRIBAL
REPRESENTATION. THESE WERE
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS PROVIDED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES. ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT
THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC DEFENDERS
ASSOCIATED WITHDREW THEIR
OPPOSITION ON JUNE 28TH ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR RUBIO. I ASKED
FOR AN I VOTE ON THESE
AMENDMENTS AND PLEASE SEND OUT
TO PRINT BACK ON FILE. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BANTA
SINGH. NO. FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE
WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE HIGH
OPPOSED. DON'T I HAVE IT. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED. THE BILL
GOES ABOUT TO PRINT AND BACK ON
FILE. MOVING TO FILE NUMBER I
FOUND NUMBERS 37 SB 2 80. CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 2 80 BY
SENATOR LAIRD AND ACTUALLY INTO
CONSERVATORSHIPS. REMEMBER
MAIENSCHEIN YOU RECOGNIZED THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SPEAKER I
RISE TO PRESENT SB 2 80 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR LARRY. THIS
BILL ROLE REQUIRES CERTAIN
CONSERVATORS TO SUBMIT A
COMPREHENSIVE CARE PLAN TO THE
COURT AND INTERESTED PARTIES
THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION
RELATING TO THE CARE CUSTODY AND
CONTROL. THE CONSERVATIVE E S. P
TWO EIGHTIES RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT IN BOTH HOUSES AND I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND I VOTE.
I SEE NO DEBATER DISCUSSION.
CLERK QUOTE THEIR STUFF WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE WILL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. WHY.
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. OTHERS AND.
YOU CAN CLOSE THE ROLE. HI 66
NO. ZERO BILL PASSES.
MOVING ONTO FILE NUMBER 66 SB
455. CLERK WILL READ. SENATE
BILL 4 55 BY SENATOR MCGUIRE AND
ACTUALLY INTO MORTGAGES.
REMEMBER GRACE AND YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAME.
SPEAKER MEMBERS. SB 4 55 IS A
COMMON SENSE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT WILL PROTECT
FIRE AND OTHER DISASTER
SURVIVORS AND HELP KEEP THEIR
HOME REBUILDS ON TRACK. THIS
BILL WILL MAKE SURE THAT ANY
AGREEMENTS MADE BETWEEN
HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR MORTGAGE
COMPANY ON THE REBUILDING OF
THEIR HOME AFTER DISASTER OR
DISCLOSED TO THE NEW COMPANY IF
THE MORTGAGES SOLD AND REQUIRES
THAT THE NEW FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION HONOR THE ORIGINAL
AGREEMENTS. DISASTER SURVIVORS
ALREADY FACED TREMENDOUS
CHALLENGES TO RECOVER FROM THE
IMPACTS OF A DISASTER AND SB 4
55 WILL GIVE HOMEOWNERS
CERTAINTY AND PEACE OF MIND WHEN
THEY REBUILD THEIR HOMES AND
THEIR LIVES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR A NIGHT VOTE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GRAYSON SEE NO
OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM. THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROAD. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE WILL CLOSE
THE RAW. I 66 NO. ZERO THE BILL
PASSES MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
69 S B. 256 THE CLERK WILL READ
SENATE BILL 2 56 BY SENATORS DOT
AND OTHERS AND AFTER LINDA
PARKLANDS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
AGUIAR-CURRY. YOU MAY OPEN.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO PRESENT
SP 256 ON BEHALF OF THE SENATOR
FROM NAPA. THIS BILL SEEKS TO
MODIFY PROP 70 GRAND CONDITIONS
TO PERMIT THE CITY OF DAVIS TO
ALLOW CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE
MITIGATION, EASEMENTS, LEASES
AND LICENSES ON LAND THEY
PURCHASED WITH GRANT FUNDING.
THIS BILL ENJOYS BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT HAS RECEIVED HAS HAS NOT
RECEIVED ANY NO VOTES AND HAS NO
OPPOSITION. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUILAR
CHRISTINE. NO OTHERS WISHING TO
SPEAK ON THE SIGN ON THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE RULE ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. IT WAS
BUILT TO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE RAW
EYES. 66 NO. ZERO THE BILL
PASSES MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
72 SP 335 CORPORAL RING SENATE
BILL 3 35 WITH AMENDMENTS BY
SOME MEMBER BENNETT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BENNETT, YOU
MAY OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAME.
SPEAKER MEMBERS ARISE TO PRESENT
AMENDMENTS TO SP 335. THESE
AMENDMENTS PROVIDE TECHNICAL
CLEAN UP TO MY A B 2453 FROM
LAST YEAR. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BENNETT SAYING
NO OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM THAT COULD OPEN THE
ROLL ALL THOSE DESIRE TO VOTE.
OBVIOUSLY ABOUT TO DESERVE A
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES TOO DESIRE
TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLLS 46 NOS 14. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED AND BACK
ON FILE.
WE'RE GONNA PASS TEMPORARILY
TEMPORARILY ON ITEM NUMBER 80 SB
FOR 03 AND MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER 81 SP 463, THE CLERK WILL
READ. SENATE BILL FOR 63 BY
SENATOR. SENATE BILL 4 63 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GIBSON ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON,
YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MADAM SPEAKER MEMBERS I
RISE ON BEHALF OF SENATOR WAHABI
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY SENATE BILL
FOR 63. THE AMENDMENTS ARE
PURELY CHAPERONE OUT AMENDMENTS
RESPECTFULLY ASKED WHEN I VOTE.
SEEING THE OTHERS WISHING TO
SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE SORRY WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE WILL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSE. THE
EYES, HAVE IT. THE AMENDMENTS
ARE ADOPTED AND WE ARE BACK ON
FILE. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO ITEM NUMBER 84 SB 681. THE
CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL 6
81, WITH AMENDMENTS BY SOME
MEMBER FRIEDMAN ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
FREED ME YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU
MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
THESE AMENDMENTS ARE CLARIFYING
AND TECHNICAL IN NATURE. I
REQUEST AND I VOTE. THANK YOU.
SEE NO OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK
ON THIS ISLAND. THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. WITHOUT OBJECTION
, WE WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTES ON
THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE
EYES. THE EYES HAVE IT AND THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED. WE ARE
BACK ON FILE.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER 95 SB 82. WE ARE GOING TO
PASS TEMPORARY ON ITEM NUMBER 95
SB 82 AND MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER. 99 SP 599, THE CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 5 99 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY SOME MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PETRIE-NORRIS YOU MAY OPEN THANK
YOU, MADAME SPEAKER MEMBERS I
RISE ON BEHALF OF SENATOR
CABALLERO TO PRESENT AMENDMENTS
TO SP 5 99. THE AMENDMENTS ARE
TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING IN
NATURE, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS
. YOU KNOW, OTHERS WISHING TO
SPEAK ON THE SIDE AND WE'LL TAKE
A VOICE VOTE ON THIS. ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I
OPPOSE THE EYES, HAVE IT. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED AND WE
ARE BACK ON FILE. MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER 100 SP 609, THE
CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL 69
, WITH AMENDMENTS BY SOME MEMBER
SORIA ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SYRIA YOU
MAY OPEN THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. THESE
AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY SENATOR
ANA CABALLERO RESOLVE A CONFLICT
WITH SB 114, THE EDUCATION
BUDGET TRAILER BILL, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I VOTE
ON THE AMENDMENTS SEEING NO
OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS
SITE. UM, WE WILL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE
EYES, HAVE IT. THE AMENDMENTS
ARE ADOPTED AND WE ARE BACK ON
FILE. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
101 SB 743. THE CLERK WILL READ.
SENATE BILL 7 43, WITH
AMENDMENTS BY SOME MEMBER CHEN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CHIN YOU MAY
RECOGNIZE YOU MAY OPEN. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE TECHNICAL IN
NATURE, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE. SEEING THE OTHERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE,
AND WE'LL TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON
THOSE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE
EYES. HAVE IT. THE AMENDMENTS
ARE ADOPTED. WE ARE BACK ON FILE
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 104 SP
35, THE CLERK WILL READ. SENATE
BILL 35, WITH AMENDMENTS BY SOME
MEMBER GIBSON ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
GIBSON, YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MADAM SPEAKER
AMENDMENTS I RISE TO PRESENT ON
SP 35 ON BEHALF OF SENATOR
KOLBER UNDER. UM THESE ARE
TECHNICAL IN NATURE RESPECTFULLY
ASKED WHEN I VOTES DEALING WITH
CARE COURT TO IMPLEMENT BY THIS
OCTOBER THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON. SEEING
NO OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE
A VOICE VOTE ON THIS. ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I
OPPOSED THE ICE HAVE IT. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED AND BACK
ON FILE.
MEMBERS PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY
RULE 77. THAT TOO. I AM RE
REFERRING FILE ITEM 104 SP 35
HAMBURG TO THE PRIVACY AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMITTEE
AND THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS. WE HAVE PASSED ON A
COUPLE OF BILLS. BUT IN THE IN
ORDER TO MOVE ON. FOR THE TIME
BEING, UM, WE ARE GOING TO DO
ADJOURNMENTS AND MEMORY. AND A
COUPLE OF NOTICES A MEMBERS ARE
REMINDER IS THAT THIS THURSDAY
IS THE PANORAMIC PHOTO PHOTO AT
10 A.M. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
QUORUM MM. NOPE. NO QUORUM CALLS
LIFTED MILK. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
UM. PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR WILL
NOW BE MOVING TO ADJOURNMENTS
AND MEMORY. THE CLERK QUORUM
CALL IS NOT LIFTED. PLEASE GIVE
YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO
THOSE WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON THE
JUDGMENT IN MEMORY. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GALLAGHER. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE TO ADJOURN. IN
THE MEMBER IN THE MEMORY OF
ROBERT BOB MACKINSON, WHO PASSED
AWAY ON JUNE 23RD. OF THIS YEAR
AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS OLD. BORN
IN DECEMBER, 1932 IN ST LOUIS,
MISSOURI, BOB GRADUATED FROM
LUTHERAN HIGH BEFORE ENLISTING
IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
IN 1952. HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE
AVIATION CADET TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND TRAINED AS A NAVIGATOR
BOMBARDIER AT MAY 3RD AIR FORCE
BASE. BOB EARNED HIS WINGS AND
COMMISSION AS AN OFFICER IN 1954
. WHILE STUDYING AT MATHUR. BOB
MET ELEANOR MAY STARK. AS A
STORY IS TOLD IT WAS LOVE AT
FIRST SIGHT, AND SHORTLY AFTER A
MEETING THEY GOT MARRIED. AND
YOU THE CITY. BEFORE HIS
OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. BOB SERVED
SEVEN YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY IN
THE U. S AIR FORCE AND
TRANSITION TO THE RESERVE. WHERE
HE FLEW NUMEROUS MISSIONS.
DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. BOB
EVENTUALLY RETIRED IN 1976 AT
THE RANK OF MAJOR. BOB WAS A
FELLOW CAL BERKELEY ALUM AND
EARNED HIS DEGREE IN
ARCHITECTURE IN 1964. AS AN
ARCHITECT. HE DESIGNED THE
SUTTER AND YUBA LIBRARIES AND
THE BRIDGE STREET ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. HE ALSO OVERSAW THE
RESTORATION OF THE BACK. I
TEMPLE IN MARYSVILLE. WHICH
IGNITED HIS PASSION FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF CULTURALLY
SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS. LEADING
HIM TO JOIN THE CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
BOB WAS A MAN OF GREAT FAITH. HE
REGULARLY ATTENDED FIRST
LUTHERAN CHURCH AND HE WAS CITY
SERVED AS AN ELDER. AND WORKED
ALONG PROJECTS WITH HIS SONS. HE
LOVED HIS FAMILY DEARLY, AND
WHEN WE REMEMBERED BY HIS
SISTER, MARY LOU, HIS SONS, JIM,
KEN, ERIC AND ROGER HIS 10
GRANDKIDS AND HIS THREE GREAT
GRANDKIDS. HE WAS A DEDICATED
COMMUNITY LEADER AND WAS AN
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LOCAL LIONS
AND ROTARY CLUBS, CENTER COUNTY
MUSEUM AND, OF COURSE, THE
CENTER COUNTY TAXPAYERS
ASSOCIATION. BOB VOLUNTEERED FOR
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE
EPICENTER OF VETERANS STAND
DOWN. PERSONAL NOTE. NO BOB FOR
MANY YEARS AND HIS DEDICATION TO
COMMUNITY. HIS DEDICATION TO OUR
HISTORY AND PRESERVATION. OF
HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND HIS
PASSION TO STAND UP FOR
TAXPAYERS. AND TO ENSURE GOOD
GOVERNMENT WAS ALWAYS AN
INSPIRATION TO SO MANY OF US. UM
HE LIVED A GREAT LIFE. HE WAS A
DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT. SERVED
OUR COUNTRY. AND WE ARE HERE WE
ARE TRULY GOING TO MISS HIM. AH
IN CENTER COUNTY. THEREFORE, I
ASK THAT THIS ASSEMBLY ADJOURNED
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT ERNEST
MACKINSON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WE'RE GOING TO
GO BACK ON FILE. WE WILL GO TO
FILE NUMBER 80 SB FOR 03.
CORPORAL REED. SENATE BILL 403
BY SENATORS, WAHABI AND OTHERS
AND ACTUALLY ENDED
DISCRIMINATION. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
KINDLY YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. MEMBERS I'M
PLEASED TO PRESENT SP 43 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR WAHABI. SP 403
IS A GROUNDBREAKING MEASURE,
WHICH CLARIFIES THAT CASTE
DISCRIMINATION WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED IN CALIFORNIA.
PROTECTION AGAINST CASTE
DISCRIMINATION WILL BE ADDED
INTO THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ACT, THE
UNREST CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND THE
EDUCATION CODE. THIS BILL
DEMONSTRATES CALIFORNIA'S
LEADERSHIP ON ISSUES OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AND CONTINUES THIS
LEGISLATURES TRADITION OF
INCREASING PROTECTION AGAINST
HATE. THANK YOU, AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
SAYING NO DEBATE. EXCUSE ME.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S EARLY YOU WERE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. CASA DISCRIMINATION HAS
NO PLACE IN CALIFORNIA, EVERY
CALIFORNIAN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR
SOCIAL STATUS DESERVES TO LIVE
WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. AND
CALIFORNIA HAS A STRONG HISTORY
OF PROTECTING THOSE MOST
VULNERABLE THIS BILL TODAY AND
THE AMENDMENTS CLARIFIES
EXISTING LAW. THAT CAST
DISCRIMINATION IS NOT ALLOWED IS
NOT LEGAL BY EXPANDING UPON THE
DEFINITION OF ANCESTRY. NOW I'VE
SAID IT MANY TIMES WITH MY
DISTRICT IS THE LARGEST ASIAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN
DISTRICT IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. 60% OF MY
CONSTITUENTS OR A P I AND 20% OF
ALL OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE
INDIAN AMERICAN ALONE. NOW THE
SAD REALITY IS CASTE
DISCRIMINATION. EXISTS SOLELY
WITHIN ONE DIASPORA WITHIN ONE
COMMUNITY, AND I THANK EVERY
SINGLE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HAS
SPENT SO MUCH TIME OVER THE PAST
BETTER PART OF A YEAR MEETING
AND TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS
ISSUE, WHETHER IT SUPPORTED OR
THEY OPPOSE IT. THERE HAVE BEEN
HUNDREDS OF CONSTITUENTS WHO
HAVE STRONG OPINIONS AND
FEELINGS ABOUT THIS AND I AND I
THINK THAT A MATTER LIKE THIS
DESERVES STRONG CULTURAL
COMPETENCY AND DIPLOMACY
DIPLOMACY NOW EVEN THOUGH MY
ASIAN DISTRICT IS VERY, VERY
ASIAN, WE'RE NOT ALL THE SAME.
AND WE DO NOT ALL HAVE THE SAME
ALLEGIANCES BACK HOME AND SAME
CULTURES. AND SO I'VE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF LISTENING AND LEARNING
ABOUT THIS BILL. A LOT OF
LISTENING, LEARNING. FRANKLY IT
WAS A BILL THAT OR CAST,
FRANKLY, I THOUGHT WAS A THING
THAT EXISTS IN THE OLDEN TIMES
AND NO LONGER EXISTED. BUT I WAS
VERY WRONG. SO MY GOAL HAS
ALWAYS BEEN TO ENSURE THAT THIS
BILL IS THE BEST BILL THAT
PROTECTS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
AND COME THAT COMES OUT OF THIS
PROCESS AND UNFAIRLY SINGLE OUT
ANYONE AND MY MAKING IT CLEAR
THAT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON
ANCESTRY AND CAST IS ILLEGAL. SB
403 SERVES TO PROTECT THE CIVIL
RIGHTS IN OUR STATE, AND I HOPE
THAT AFTER THIS BILL IS DONE
WITH ARE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY
CAN BEGIN TO HEAL AND RECONCILE
AND FIGURE OUT UH MORE ABOUT
THESE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. SAYING. EXCUSE ME.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GALLAGHER,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE
TODAY IN IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO
THE CASTE SYSTEM. IT IS
ANTITHETICAL. TO OUR AMERICAN
VALUES. OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALL OF FREEDOM. RESPECT FOR ALL
PEOPLE. BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS
WITH THIS BILL, AND THEY'VE BEEN
EXPRESSED. I THINK IN MANY OF
THE COMMITTEES UM THAT I THINK
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BEGIN WITH ANY
BILL. IS ASK THE QUESTION. IS
THIS LEGISLATION NECESSARY? AND
AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT
IF THERE IS DISCRIMINATION GOING
ON. BASED ON CASTE. IT WOULD BE
ILLEGAL UNDER OUR EXISTING LAW.
UNDER THE EXISTING LAW THAT SAYS
YOU CANNOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE
BASIS OF ANCESTRY. SO ONCE AGAIN
, OUR LAW IS ALREADY VERY CLEAR.
ON THIS ISSUE. AND IT'S CLEAR
BECAUSE IN AMERICA WE HAVE NEVER
ALLOWED FOR A CASTE SYSTEM. AND
SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHY
ARE WE ACTUALLY REFERENCING
CAST? IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE SUCH
A SYSTEM HAS NEVER EXISTED. AND
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN LEGITIMATE
CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT US PASSING
A BILL BASED ON AN UNSCIENTIFIC
SURVEY. ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF
CASTE DISCRIMINATION IN THIS
COUNTRY. AND EVIDENCE THAT WAS
ACTUALLY ALREADY PRESENTED IN
THE ONLY CASE THAT THIS IS
ACTUALLY BEEN BROUGHT FORTH IN
CALIFORNIA. THE ONLY CASE WAS
THROWN OUT. BECAUSE THERE WASN'T
EVIDENCE. OF SUCH DISCRIMINATION
OCCURRING. AND SO BEFORE WE
START PASSING LAWS, AND THIS IS
ALSO A BILL THAT'S THAT VERY
MUCH HAS DIVIDED OUR INDIAN
COMMUNITY. WHICH I CARE FOR VERY
MUCH, AND I'VE SPOKEN MANY TIMES
ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY IN MY
DISTRICT AND MANY OF YOUR
DISTRICTS IT HAS DIVIDED PEOPLE.
IN A VERY REAL WAY. AND SO
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, AND I
FEEL LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY BEEN
VERY MUCH RUSHED. YOU KNOW THIS
PROCESS BEFORE WE SHOULD REALLY
ASK OURSELVES DOES THIS. IS THIS
SOMETHING THAT REALLY EXISTS? IT
IS REALLY HAPPENING. AND IS THIS
THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH IT?
THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS ON
THAT FRONT THAT I THINK ACTUALLY
NEED MORE DEBATE. THERE IS REAL
CONCERN. THAT THIS COULD BE USED
TO TARGET CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I
THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE PAYING
VERY MUCH ATTENTION TO THERE ARE
REAL CONCERNS. ABOUT DOES THIS
STEP INTO FIRST AMENDMENT
PROTECTIONS, FREEDOM OF
RELIGION. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT
ALL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. WE ALL
ABOARD THE CASTE SYSTEM. CAST IS
WRONG. WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE
CALLING IT OUT. AND SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING
GOING ON IN INDIA, WHICH WE HAVE
CALLED OUT. ON THIS FLOOR. BUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD PASS
THIS LAW TO ME IS SOMETHING THAT
I THINK NEEDS A LOT MORE
THOUGHT. BEFORE WE MOVE THIS
THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I CAN'T
SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY. BUT I
WOULD ASK THAT WE SPEND MORE
TIME ON THIS. LET'S WORK THROUGH
THIS. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THIS RIGHT MEMBERS. THINK NO
FURTHER DEBATE OR DISCUSSION.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S COLLEAGUE,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK
YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION. AS WELL AS THE
MINORITY LEADER RECOGNIZED. WE
DO NOT WANT TO HAVE CAST IN
EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES OR OTHER
ASPECTS OF SOCIETY IN
CALIFORNIA. HE ASKED. THE
QUESTION ISN'T CAST ALREADY
COVERED BY EXISTING LAW,
RENDERING THIS UNNECESSARY. THE
FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE IS
NO CONSENSUS ON WHETHER IT'S
COVERED AND IN FACT, UH, IN
PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. THERE'S
BEEN AMBIGUITY AROUND THAT WITH
JUDGES ATTORNEYS DISAGREEING ON
THAT POINT. AGENCIES NOT CLEAR
ON WHETHER IT IS IN FACT
COVERED. THAT HAMPERS THE GOAL
THAT WE ALL AGREE AND THAT IS TO
STOP THIS WRONGFUL CONDUCT IN
OUR STATE. WE NEED TO MAKE IT
CLEAR AND EXPLICIT. THE CAST IS
COVERED BY THE LAW. THAT'S WHAT
THIS STATUTE DOES CLEAR AND
EXPLICIT LAWS WILL PROTECT BUT
COMPLAINANTS AND DEFENDANTS
ALIKE. BY ALLOWING FOR GREATER
PREDICTABILITY AND CONSISTENCY
WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS OF
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF
CASH. AND IN FACT WITH GREAT
DELIBERATION AND THOUGHT. THIS
BILL TAKES IT TOWARD THE STEP OF
ACTUALLY DEFINING WHAT CAST IS
AND I THINK THE AMENDMENT IN
THIS CASE WAS WELL TAKEN TO MAKE
IT A PART OF ANCESTRY EXPLICITLY
. DUE TO ITS NUANCED NATURE. WE
NEED TO EXPRESSLY STATE THE CAST
OF DISCRIMINATION. WE DEFINE IT
AND WE CLEARLY MAKE IT UNLAWFUL.
FOR THAT REASON, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CONNOLLY. CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE?
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLOSE THE ROLE. 50 NO.
THREE MEASURE PASSES. MOVING
BACK ON THE FILE TO FILE NUMBER
15. FIND NUMBER 15 A B 11 40.
CLERK WILL READ. SOMEBODY WILL
11 40 COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE ACT
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CALDERON YOU
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER ASSEMBLY BILL 11 40, THE
INSURANCE COMMITTEE. OMNIBUS IS
BACK FOR CONCURRENCE AND SENATE
AMENDMENTS SEND AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENTS WERE TECHNICAL. THANK
YOU. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN I VOTE. SEEING NO DISCUSSION
AND NOR DEBATE CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DECIDED ABOUT VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLARK CLOSED THE ROLE. BY
64 NO. ZERO AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED. MOVING INTO FILE
NUMBER 95. CLERK WILL READ.
SENATE BILL 82, WITH AMENDMENTS
BY OSAMA MEMBER HOOVER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHOEVER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE TO PRESENT
AMENDMENTS. UH, Tð ITEM. 95 SB
82. THESE ARE DOUBLE JOINTING
AMENDMENTS. MAKE SURE THEY DON'T
CONVICT CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER
BILL. THAT ACTUALLY I HAVE
AUTHORED. UH APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. SAYING NO DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE
WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED.
MEASURE PASSES. AMENDMENTS ARE
ADOPTED AND THE BILL GOES OUT TO
PRINTING BACK ON FILE.
MEMBERS WE ARE LIFTING THE
QUORUM CALL. PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. WE
WILL NOW BE MOVING TO THE REST
OF THE ADJOURNMENTS AND MEMORY.
AGAIN PLEASE GIVE YOUR
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
WHO ARE GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION
TO SPEAK ON IN GERMAN OF MEMORY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MAIENSCHEIN.
YOU WERE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MADAM SPEAKER MEMBERS
I RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF EDDIE LINDROS. AND HE
WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA AND GREW UP IN THE
WET WESTCHESTER AREA OF LOS
ANGELES. HIS FAMILY ENJOY
ENJOYED SUMMER VACATIONS AT
YOSEMITE, WHICH IS WHERE HE
DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR THE
OUTDOORS THAT WOULD SHAPE HIS
LIFE AND HIS LEGACY, WORKING A
STRING OF PART TIME JOBS TO
PURCHASE AND PICK PICK PICKS UP
HIS FIRST CAR. 1952 MERCURY
SEDAN TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER
SCHOOLWORK AND GRADES. BUT EDDIE
EVENTUALLY WENT TO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND THEN TO FRESNO STATE
TO EARN A SOCIAL SCIENCE DEGREE.
EDDIE MET HIS FIRST WIFE.
BARBARA AND COLLEGE, AND THEY
MOVED TO SAN DIEGO TO START
THEIR FAMILY AND CAREERS. HE
WORKED AS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR
THE LA HOYA Y M. C A, WHICH IS
WHERE HE FOSTERED HIS SENSE OF
PURPOSE TO MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
SO HE EARNED HIS TEACHING
CREDENTIAL AND MASTER'S DEGREE
AND FOUND HIS CALLING IN THE
CLASSROOM. EDDIE TAUGHT FOR THE
POWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR 32 YEARS. HIS GIFT WAS BEING
A TEACHER WHO COULD CONNECT WITH
STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLED IN
SCHOOL. LIKE HE ONCE HAD, AND HE
HELPED KIDS WHO DIDN'T LIKE
MATH. TO AT LEAST HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF FUN LEARNING IT WHILE
TEACHING FOR POWAY UNIFIED EDDIE
AND ANOTHER TEACHER STARTED
POWAY BACKPACKERS IN 1971,
TAKING STUDENTS IN GRADES FIVE
THROUGH 12 INTO THE BACK COUNTRY
OF THE SIERRA NEVADA EACH SUMMER
FOR 7 TO 10 DAYS AT A TIME. HE
RAN THE PROGRAM FOR 32 YEARS,
WITH NEARLY 35 STUDENTS
EXPLORING THE WILDERNESS AND
OFTENTIMES HAVING A LIFE
CHANGING EXPERIENCE IN 1986, HE
MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE, JOYCE
LIPSCOMB, MORALE AND THE TWO
ENJOYED OVER 37 YEARS OF
MARRIAGE TOGETHER AS A COUPLE OF
JOYCE AND EDDIE RAISED THEIR
CHILDREN TOGETHER. AND THEN
ENJOYED RETIREMENT THROUGH MANY
TRAVELS IN THEIR MOONEY AIRPLANE
AND RV. EDDIE WAS A STEADFAST
SUPPORTER OF HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS
AND STUDENTS, SEVERAL OF WHOM
TOOK UP RESIDENCE WITH EDDIE AND
JOYCE. WHEN THEY NEEDED A PLACE
TO LIVE. HE RELISHED AND SEEING
HIS PEOPLE ENJOY THE OUTDOORS
FROM BACKPACKING AND SKIING,
TRIPS TO POOL PARTIES AND
CAMPFIRES IN HIS BACKYARD. HE
TRULY LOVED LIVING HIS LIFE
UNTIL THE VERY END. AND HE WILL
CONTINUE TO BLAZE THE TRAILS OF
OUR MEMORIES. 81 ON A TRAIL NEAR
LAKE HODGES AND SAN DIEGO. DOING
WHAT HE LOVED HIKING. I KNOW THE
FAMILY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH
THE FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS. UH
THEY'RE INCREDIBLE, UH, PEOPLE
WHO HAVE ALSO GIVEN SO MUCH TO
THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW HOW
MUCH HE MEANT TO THEM. HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, THEIR
CHILDREN, 10 GRANDKIDS AND ONE
GREAT GRANDCHILD. I ASKED THAT
WE ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN
HIS MEMORY. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MAIENSCHEIN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOWENTHAL,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. MEMBERS TODAY I
RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
PETER BOSTIC. A BELOVED MEMBER.
OF OUR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
BORN IN 1955 IN NEW YORK, MR
BOSTICK CAME TO CALIFORNIA AS A
CHILD WITH HIS FAMILY. ATTENDED
HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES AND
GRADUATED FROM UC SANTA BARBARA
IN 1977. FOLLOWING HIS
GRADUATION. PETER BEGAN HIS LONG
AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER AND
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT WITH BMC, A
METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES. WHERE
HE DEVELOPED HIS PASSION FOR
SUPPORTING YOUTH. AND BEING A
CHAMPION FOR STUDENTS IN DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES. PETER AND HIS WIFE
MOVED TO LONG BEACH IN 1996,
WHERE HE WOULD GO ON TO BECOME A
GREAT COMMUNITY LEADER AND MAKE
AN IMPACT ON THE CITY. THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE FELT LONG AFTER
HIS PASSING. PETER SERVED AS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
LEADERSHIP. LONG BEACH. WHERE HE
FOCUSED ON INSPIRING AND
CULTIVATING FUTURE LEADERS TO
FIGHT FOR POSITIVE CHANGE AND
GIVE BACK TO THE CITY OF LONG
BEACH. IN FACT, GIVEN THAT OUR
CURRENT MAYOR REX RICHARDSON,
WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM SELF I
WOULD SAY THAT PETER DID A
PRETTY GOOD JOB IN DOING SO.
PETER ALSO BROUGHT HIS
INVALUABLE LEADERSHIP TO THE L.
A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT,
WHERE HE SERVED AS THE
FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
AND SPOKESPERSON FOR LOS ANGELES
HARBOR COLLEGE. EVEN AFTER
RETIRING FROM THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.
PETER CONTINUED HIS WORK TO
BETTER THE COMMUNITY AS HE
FOUNDED BOSTICK AND ASSOCIATES.
WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO NON
PROFIT ADMINISTRATION,
FUNDRAISING AND MARKETING FOR
PROGRAMS INVOLVING YOUTH AND
EDUCATION. PETER PASSED ON JUNE
8TH AT 68 YEARS OLD WHILE
BATTLING CANCER. AND IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE, HEIDI. AND HIS TWO
CHILDREN, ASHLEY AND ANTHONY.
LONG BEACH HAS LOST A TRUE CIVIC
LEADER AND A PEOPLE'S CHAMPION.
I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT HIS
PASSION WILL INSPIRE US HERE IN
THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY TO
CONTINUE THE AMAZING WORK THAT
PETER PLASTIC STARTED ON THE
GROUND. MEMBERS. I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF MR BOSTICK. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOWENTHAL
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PATTERSON,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO. RISEN AND ASK
THIS BODY TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY
OF A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE.
SOMEONE WHO WAS A MENTOR
COUNSELOR. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS
VERY HELPFUL DURING MY YEARS AS
MAYOR OF FRESNO. UM. MIKE
REYNOLDS PASSED AWAY. IN JULY AT
79 YEARS OF AGE. MIKE WAS A
PHOTOGRAPHER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH MOSTLY DOING WEDDINGS WAS
ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. AND MIKE
AND SHARON. AND THEIR THREE
CHILDREN. IN THE 19 NINETIES
WERE LIVING THE LIFE OF ENJOYING
THEIR FAMILY THE WORK THAT THEY
WERE DOING HIS VOLUNTEER
SERVICES. BUT MIKE'S 18 YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER, KIMBER RENTALS. WAS
BRUTALLY MURDERED IN 1992. AND
SHE WAS IN THE TOWER DISTRICT IN
FRESNO AREA WHERE PEOPLE AND
ENJOYED AN ECLECTIC COMMUNITY
AND. WAS THE VICTIM OF A SNATCH
AND GRAB BURGLARY. UH, AND WAS
SHOT IN THE HEAD. MIKE. MADE HER
SHORT LIFE A CATALYST. FOR CRIME
SENTENCE REFORM AND IT BECAME
KNOWN AS CALIFORNIA'S THREE
STRIKES LAW. MIKE MADE SURE.
THAT IT WAS SIMPLE ENOUGH TO
UNDERSTAND. THAT IT WAS CERTAIN
AND CLEAR ENOUGH TO DISCOURAGE
REPEAT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
INTERESTINGLY 31 OTHER STATES
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ALSO
PASSED SIMILAR LAWS. THAT SET A
THREE STRIKE STANDARD ON THOSE
COMMITTING REPEAT VIOLENT
OFFENSES. SO WHAT STARTED AS A
PERSONAL HOMAGE TO HIS LATE
DAUGHTER, KIMBER. SHOULDN'T
BECAME A MOVEMENT MUCH LARGER
THAN HIMSELF. THAT ALSO. CREATED
THE USE A GUN AND YOU'RE DONE
AND THAT WAS PASSED BY THE
VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA. AND DURING
MY TIME AS MAYOR OF FRESNO, AS I
MENTIONED, MIKE AND HIS WIFE,
SHARON WERE MENTORS AND FRIENDS
OF OUR FAMILY. THOSE, UH WHO
KNEW MIKE WELL APPRECIATED SO
MUCH. THE CALM SOLID. THOROUGH.
ASSESSMENT. A DEMEANOR THAT WAS
NOT. SO TORN UP BY THE AGONY OF
LOSING KIMBER. SHARON AND I
WOULD OFTEN DRIVE HOME. FROM
CITY HALL WHEN I WAS MAYOR AND
PASSED THE RENTALS HOME. MIKE
ALWAYS KEPT A LIGHT LIT IN A
PROMINENT WINDOW OF HIS HOME. TO
REMIND HIMSELF AND OTHERS OF THE
PASSING OF HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER,
KIMBER. AND HER LASTING LEGACY.
MIKE IS THE EPITOME OF A ROLE
MODEL. HE IS HIGHLY REGARDED IN
OUR COMMUNITY NOT ONLY FOR THE
WORK IN THREE STRIKES AND USE A
GUN AND YOU'RE DONE BUT ALSO IN
SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HELPED
OTHERS. IN A VARIETY OF AREAS
WHERE THEY WERE FACING NEED. BUT
HE HAD A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN
HIS HEART FOR THOSE WHO WERE
VICTIMIZED BY REPEAT VIOLENT
CRIMES. MIKE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, SHARON AND SONS, MICHAEL
AND CHRIS. I ASKED THAT WE
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MIKE
REYNOLDS AND ALSO HIS BELOVED
AND DEAR DAUGHTER. KIMBERLY. AND
I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
OF REMINDING US OF WHAT PEOPLE
GO THROUGH WHEN THEY ARE HURT,
BUT SOME KILLED. AND WE ASK
OURSELVES WHY. INSTEAD OF.
TURNING INWARD AND TURNING ANGRY
. MIKE DECIDED TO STEP UP AND
TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD
VERY MUCH CHANGE. HOW. THESE
PARTICULAR KINDS OF REPEAT AND
VIOLENT CRIMES AND THE CRIMINALS
WHO PERPETRATED THEM. WERE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. AS I MENTIONED HE
IS DEARLY BELOVED IN THE
COMMUNITY SHARING AND I, UH HIS
FAMILY AND HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
THE VERY, VERY BEST AND WE MISS
MIKE, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIS
COMMITMENT TO OTHERS. AND WE'RE
GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THE CHANCE
TO KNOW HIM. AND I ASKED THAT WE
ADJOURNED IN HIS MEMORY, BUT
ALSO IN THE MEMORY OF HIS DEAR
KIMBER. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PATTERSON.
MEMBERS. PLEASE BRING THE NAMES
TO THE DEATH TO BE PRINTING THE
JOURNAL OR REQUEST TO ADJOURN IN
MEMORY WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL. HOUSING
AND, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE
HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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MEMBERS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS
IS A LATER START DATE FOR THIS
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ON TIME THE PANORAMIC PHOTO WILL
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REMAINING WILL BE PASSED AND
RETAINED. OUR MOTIONS WILL BE
CONTINUED SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS. I AM READY TO
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ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IRWIN. AND
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SET. THE HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED
UNTIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 31ST AT
10 A.M. THE HOUSE IS ADJOURNED.