THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON NOTICES
THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THE
SERGEANT OF ARMS WILL PREPARE
THE CHAMBER AND BRING IN THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. THE CLERK WILL
CALL THE ROLL THIS REAL CURRY
COLONIES. ALVAREZ ARAMBULA.
BAINES BAUER-KAHAN BENNETT.
BERMAN. BURNER. BONTA, BRIAN.
CALDERON ONE CARILLO, WENDY
CARILLO CERVANTES CHIN.
CONNELLY. DOLLY! DAVIES DIXON IS
SALEY FLORA. MIKE FONG, VINCE
FONG FRIEDMAN, GABRIEL GALLAGHER
GARCIA. GIBSON GRAYSON. HANEY.
HEART. HOLDEN. HOOVER. ERWIN
JACKSON, JONES, SAWYER, KARA.
LACKEY LEE. LOW. LOVE AND TALL
MAIENSCHEIN MATHIS MCCARTY MAKIN
ER, MURATSUCHI WHEN ORTEGA
PACHECO. POPPING JIM PATTERSON,
JOE PATTERSON, PELLERIN
PETRIE-NORRIS IS QUIRK-SILVA
RAMOS RENDON RAISE LOOSE RIVAS
RODRIGUEZ RUBIO SANCHEZ SANTIAGO
SHIAVO SORIA. TO AH, TING.
VALENCIA VÆ VALLAPUDUA WALDRON,
WALLACE WARD WEBER. WICKS WILSON
WOULD ZABAR, MR SPEAKER. GOOD.
MEMBERS THE QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WE ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS
IN THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND
IN THE GALLERY, PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER AND THE FLAG SALUTE.
THE DAYS PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY ASSEMBLY CHAPLAIN IMAM KHAN.
IMAM. YES, SIR. IN THE NAME OF
GOD. THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST
MERCIFUL. ALMOST VEGAN. YOU KNOW
OUR NEEDS. WE STAND BEFORE YOU.
READY TO FULFILL A MISSION THAT
WILL GIVE GLORY TO YOUR NAME.
AND ENSURE THE DIGNITY. OF ALL
HUMANITY. WE PLEAD FOR YOUR
WISDOM. GIVE US THE COURAGE TO
OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE. GIVE US
THE FORTITUDE. TO ENDURE. WHEN
THE DEMANDS OF OUR OFFICE SEEM
OVERWHELMING. TRANSFORM OUR
LIVES. AND WE WILL REMEMBER THAT
LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS. IS THE GREATEST WORK
WE WILL PERFORM. ON BEHALF OF
ALL PEOPLE. I MEAN,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WICKS WILL LEAD
US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE PLACE
YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART
. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF
THE UNITED STATES.
READING OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S
JOURNAL. SEMI CHAMBER,
SACRAMENTO WEDNESDAY JUNE 28TH
2023, THE ASSEMBLY MET AT 7 A.M.
THE HONORABLE FREDDY RODRIGUEZ
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, MR GALLAGHER.
SECONDS AT THE READING OF THE
PREVIOUS STATE JOURNAL WILL BE
DISPENSED WITH PRESENTATION OF
PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE
INTRODUCTION, 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
TO MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
ABSENCES FOR THE DAY FAMILY
MEDICAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GRAYSON
WILL BE OUT. MAJORITY LEADER
LEADER BRYANT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I HAVE A QUESTION
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PETRIE-NORRIS
QUIRK SILVA AND WILSON TO SPEAK
ON AN ADJOURNMENT MEMORY TODAY
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER ALSO REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY
RULE. 1 18 A TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON TO HAVE
HER GUESTS SEATED AT HER TO HAVE
A GUEST SEATED AT HER DESK TODAY
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND JOINT RULE 62
A. THE FINAL NOTICE WAIVER TO
ALLOW THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TO HEAR SP 35 HAMBURG
AT THEIR HEARING ON THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 7TH UPON ADJOURNMENT
OF SESSION AND SWING SPACE ROOM
1100 OBJECTION. SUCH WILL BE THE
ORDER. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER
AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR,
PLEASE MOVE. FILE ITEM 1 36 SP
74 DOG TO THE INACTIVE FILE.
CLERK WILL NOTE. AND I SPEAK. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND THE RULES TO WITHDRAW
THE FOLLOWING BILLS FROM THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE IN ORDER THEM
TO THE SECOND READING FILE. THE
ACTION IS NECESSARY TO PREPARE
THE BILLS FLOOR VOTES BEGINNING
LATER THIS WEEK. THE BILLS ARE
AS FOLLOWS. SB 104. SB 1, 35. SB
1, 37. SB 1, 38. SB 1, 40, SP 1,
41. SB 1 42 SB 1 43. SB 1, 48 SB
1 51 AND SP 1 52.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FLORIDA YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. WE OBJECTED WITH HALF
IT'S THE ONE THAT COULD BE ONE
OF THOSE DAYS. WE OBJECT. ASK
FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. THIS IS NON
DEBATABLE. AH. MAJORITY LEADER
IS ASKING FOR AN I VOTE. THE
SECOND IS BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HARD. I CAN'T SEE HIM BEHIND
YOU. UM CLARK OPENED THE ROLE.
MAJORITY LEADER IS ASKING FOR AN
I VOTE. CLARK OPENED THE ROLE.
MAJORITY LEADER IS ASKING FOR AN
I VOTE. HIS KEYS, THEN. MAJORITY
LEADER IS ASKING FOR AN I VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLERK CLOSED THE. CARMEN.
CLICK UP IN THE ROLE. I GUESS
SO. CLOSE THE ROLE. ISAIAH 48.
NO 16 MOTION PASSES.
MEMBERS I WANT TO REMIND YOU
THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW BILLS
OVER IN THE SENATE WITHOUT A
JOCKEY FOR JOCKEY. AND THIS IS
WHY WE HAVE SOMETIMES HAVE
DELAYS AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO
HAVE THOSE IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN
CARE OF THOSE. UM PLEASE DO SO
SOONER THAN LATER WE WOULD
GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M
SURE YOU WILL ON FRIDAY SO YOU
CAN GET OUT OF HERE EARLIER. SO
AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WHO
YOU'RE FLOOR JOCKEYS ARE AND
THAT THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION
THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE THESE
OUT. THANK YOU. MEMBERS.
PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY RULE 77 TO
I AM REFERRING THE FOLLOWING
BILLS TO COMMITTEE. ASSEMBLY
EXCUSE ME, ITEM 22 A B. 663
HANEY TO THE BUSINESS OF
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE AND ITEM
33 A B 69 39 69 PILLAR INTO THE
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A
GUEST WITH US TODAY MEMBERS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON'S SISTER
IS JOINING HER AT HER DESK
TODAY. LET'S ALL WELCOME. KYRA.
AND ANDERSON, THE ASSEMBLY.
MEMBERS. MOVING TO THE BUSINESS
ON THE DAILY FILE. SECOND
READING. FILE NUMBER 10 A B 458.
CIRCLE RAIN. THE SENATE BILLS. 3
26 3 44, 4, 10, 4, 41 605 43 AND
SENATE BILL 8 15.
SO I CAN JUST DO GREAT.
HIGHLIGHT THE FILE ITEM 10, A B
458 CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 4 58 BIAS SOMEBODY MEMBER
JONES SAWYER INOCULATED TO
MOBILITY DEVICES.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JOHN SAWYER.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. A B 458 IS BACK
FROM SENATOR L®NG CONCURRENCE.
SENATE AMENDMENTS CLARIFIES THAT
AGGREGATE LIMITS ON THIRD PARTY
LIABILITY INSURANCE ARE NOT
PROHIBITED BY EXISTING STATUTE
THAT EAT SCOOTER INSURANCE AND
NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME
REQUIREMENTS AS AUTO INSURANCE.
A B 458 HAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
AND HAS NO REGISTERED
OPPOSITION. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE. SAYING NO
DISCUSSION NOR DEBATE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. BUT THE SPIRIT
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK CLOSED THE ROLE. I 60 NO.
ZERO MEASURE PASSES. SENTIMENT.
AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED.
MAJORITY LEADER, BRIAN YOU WERE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. THE REQUEST OF THE
AUTHOR PLEASE MOVE FOLLOW ITEM
TO 97 SP 577 HURTADO TO THE
INACTIVE FILE. CIRCLE NOTE.
MEMBERS WE ARE MOVING TO THE
THIRD READING FILE OF THE SENATE
BILLS. YE
CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL 400
BY SENATOR HARB INOCULATING THE
PEACE OFFICERS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ORTEGA. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
STAND TO PRESENT SB 400 BY
SENATOR WAHAB. THIS BILL IS A
THOUGHTFUL STEP FORWARD AND
TRANSPARENCY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
, AND I AM PLEASED TO REPORT
THAT THE AUTHOR HAS COME TO AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITION TO
ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS. SP 400
WILL IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND
TRUST BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY
SERVE BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO
CRITICAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION.
IN A TIMELY MANNER ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR WAHAB. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. SEEING NO
DEBATE OR DISCUSSION. CLICK WILL
OPEN THE ROAD. DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL EYES 52 NO. ZERO BILL
PASSES. MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER
70 SB 7 98. CLERK WILL READ THE
SENATE BILL 7 98 BY CENTER
GLACIER AND OTHERS AN ACCOLADE
INTO ELECTIONS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PELLERIN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY ON BEHALF
OF SENATOR GLACIER TO PRESENT
SENATE BILL 798. SENATE BILL 798
IS A SIMPLE BILL THAT WOULD
REQUIRE THE TAX RATE STATEMENT
INCLUDED IN THE BALLOT MATERIALS
FOR LOCAL BOND MEASURES TO
EXPRESS THE TAX RATE PER
$100,000 INSTEAD OF THE $100 OF
ASSESSED VALUE. VOTERS CONSUME
DATA IN LARGER NUMBERS THAN WE
DID IN THE 19 SEVENTIES IF IT
TAKES TIME TO CALCULATE A MORE
REALISTIC COST, THE VOTER MIGHT
SKIP THE BALLOT MEASURE OR VOTE.
NO BY REQUIRING THE ESTIMATED
TAX RATE ON A VOTER'S BALLOT
STATEMENT BE EXPRESSED AS THE
RATE PER $100,000 OF ASSESSED
VALUE ON ALL PROPERTY TO BE
TAXED TO FUND A BOND MEASURE. IT
WILL PROVIDE A MORE RELATABLE
DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR VOTERS WHEN
DECIDING TO APPROVE OR REJECT
IT. SIMPLIFYING THE MATH FOR
VOTERS PROVIDES A BETTER LEVEL
OF TRANSPARENCY. SB 7986 TO
MODERNIZE A BALANCE TAX RATE
STATEMENT SO THAT VOTERS
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE. VOTING
ON. THIS BILL HAS PASSED WITH
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND NO NO
VOTES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE ON BEHALF OF CENTER
GLACIER. SEEING NO DISCUSSION
NOR DEBATE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. OTHERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS DESIRE
TO VOTE. CLOSE THE ROLE I 69 NO.
ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
FILE NUMBER 109 SB 68. CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 68 BY
SENATOR MCGUIRE VERNACULAR IN
THE VEHICLES. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CONNOLLY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED GOOD
MORNING, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS TODAY I RISE TO PRESENT
SB 66 26 BY SENATOR MAGUIRE AN
IMPORTANT MEASURE TO ENSURE THAT
CAL FIRE PLANES AND HELICOPTERS
WILL HAVE THE FUEL THEY NEED. TO
COMBAT WILDFIRES, A CRITICAL
PART OF CALIFORNIA'S COORDINATED
RESPONSE TO WILDFIRES RELIES ON
HAVING ENOUGH AVIATION FUEL FOR
OUR FIRE SUPPRESSION AIRCRAFTS.
THIS BILL PROVIDES A CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL WITH THE NEEDED
AUTHORITY TO ALLOW TRUCK DRIVERS
TO EXCEED THEIR MAXIMUM DRIVING
TIME REQUIREMENTS. WHEN
TRANSPORTING AVIATION FUEL USED
FOR EMERGENCY RELATED ACTIVITIES
, SUCH AS FIRE SUPPRESSION
DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. SB
68 WILL ALLOW C H P TO CREATE A
PERMANENT FIX TO ADDRESS THESE
EMERGENCIES, ENSURING TRUCK
DRIVERS ARE SAFE AND OUR
FIREFIGHTERS CAN BE SUPPORTED BY
OUR FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT FROM
ABOVE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
I VOTE. SEEING NO DISCUSSION NOR
DEBATE, CLICK WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. ALL THOSE BOOKS WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLARK CLOSED
THE ROLE. I 68 NO. ZERO MEASURE
PASSES.
FILE NUMBER 110 SB 82 CLERK WILL
READ BILL 82 BY SENATOR SEYARTO
AND ACTUALLY INTO TAXATION. AS
SOMEBODY MEMBER, WHOEVER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. SB 82 REDUCES BARRIERS
FOR DISABLED VETERANS TO ACCESS
THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION IN
THE CONSTITUTION. IT DOES THIS
BY REQUIRING COUNTY ASSESSORS TO
ACCEPT AN ELECTRONIC LETTER OF
THE VETERANS DISABILITY STATUS
WHEN VERIFYING ELIGIBILITY. THE
BILL HAS NO OPPOSITION. NO NO
VOTES, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE. THANK YOU. SEEING
NO DEBATE OR DISCUSSION WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK
AND CLOSE THE ROLE. ISAIAH 68
NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
FILE NUMBER 1 20 SB 38. CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 38 BY
SENATOR LAIRD AND OTHERS IN
APPALACHIA ENERGY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. ADDIS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. WILL PASS AND
RETAIN. PASSWORD TEMPORARILY ON,
UH. FILE NUMBER 1 20 MOVING ONTO
FILE NUMBER 1 21. SB 4 20 CLERK
WILL READ THE SENATE BILL 4, 20
BIAS SENATOR BECKER AND OTHERS
AND HAPPILY INTO ELECTRICITY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MURATSUCHI YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. MADAM SPEAKER. I
JUST RECEIVED THE REQUEST FROM
THE AUTHOR OF THE PAST AND
RETAIN THANK YOU WILL PASS AND
RETAIN ON FILE NUMBER 1 21.
MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER 1 25 SB
461. PURPLE, READ THE SENATE
BILL 4 61 BY SENATOR WAHABI AND
OTHERS AND ACTUALLY INTO PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT. SOMEBODY MEMBER
GABRIEL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I AM
PLEASED TODAY TO PRESENT SB 461
AND TRULY EXCELLENT PILL ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR WAHAB. THIS
BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE STATE
EMPLOYEES TO TAKE EIGHT HOURS
PAID HOLIDAY CREDIT IN LIEU OF
EIGHT HOURS. PERSONAL HOLIDAY
TIME FOR RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL
OBSERVANCES FOR HOLIDAYS THAT
HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY RECEIVED
OFFICIAL STATE RECOGNITION. SO
THIS COULD BE HOLIDAYS LIKE
HASHANAH, WHICH IS COMING UP TO
WALLY NAURU'S ADOLF FITTER OR
EVEN THOUGH HE DAY TO BE CLEAR
THIS BILL DOES NOT INCREASE
AVAILABLE HOLIDAY CREDITS OR
HOURS OFFER STATE EMPLOYEES BUT
WILL STRENGTHEN INCLUSIVITY AND
RAISE AWARENESS OF THE TRUE
DIVERSITY IN OUR STATE WORKFORCE
. IT WILL IMPROVE EMPLOYER
EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS AND
REINFORCE CALAS VALUES OF
RESPECT AND ACCEPTANCE OF
DIVERSE TRADITIONS. ON BEHALF OF
CENTER WAHABI RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST ER, I VOTE ON SB 461.
SAY NO DEBATE OR DISCUSSION
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROAD. THOSE
BOATS WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLERK CLOSED THE ROLE. I
66 NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER 1 29 S
B. 29 CLERK WILL READ. SENATE
BILL 29 BY CENTER, GLACIER AND
OTHERS CAN ACTUALLY INTO THE
POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF 1974 AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY THERE UP
TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. SOME
REMEMBER PELLERIN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TODAY
TO PRESENT SENATE BILL 29 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR GLACIER SP 29
AUTHORIZES THE FAIR POLITICAL
PRACTICES COMMISSION TO
ADMINISTER A POLITICAL REFORM
EDUCATION PROGRAM AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEEDING FOR LOW LEVEL
VIOLATIONS OF THE POLITICAL
REFORM ACT. THIS PROGRAM WOULD
BE OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO
COMMITTED A VIOLATION WITH
MINIMAL PUBLIC HARM AND WHO HAVE
A LOW LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE AND
SOPHISTICATION WITH THE
APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AT THE PR
. A PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE
INDIVIDUALS WITH A NEW
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO
COMPLY WITH THE PR A. MEDIATE
THE VIOLATION AND AVOID A MARK
ON THEIR RECORD. THE INITIAL
VERSION OF THE PROGRAM IS
EXPECTED TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR.
THE BILL HAS RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT AND NO NO VOTES. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I VOTE ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR GLASER. THANK
YOU. SEE NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
MEMBERS. THIS IS A 54 VOTE.
BILL. WILL OPEN THE ROLE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE BOATS WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE 54 VOTE BILL. CLARK
CLOSED THE ROLE. BILL PASSES ON
THE URGENCY. I 68 NO. ZERO BILL
PASSES 68. ZERO.
MOVING TO FILE NUMBER 147 SB
274. PEOPLE READ BILL TO 74 BY
CENTER, SKINNER AND OTHERS AND
ACCOLADES, PUPIL DISCIPLINE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA. YOU WERE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TO
PRESENT SP 2 74 ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR SKINNER BECAUSE ALL KIDS
DESERVE AN EDUCATION AND TO
THRIVE IN SCHOOL. SB 74 TO 74
PROHIBITS OUT OF SCHOOL
SUSPENSIONS FOR WILLFUL DEFIANCE
FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS UNTIL 2029.
ADDITIONALLY THIS BILL PROHIBITS
SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION OF ANY
STUDENT BASED ON SOLELY ON
TRUANCY, TARDINESS OR ATTENDANCE
RECORDS. STUDENTS WHO ARE BLACK
AND BROWN OR DIFFERENTLY ABLED
ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUSPENDED
FOR WILLFUL DEFIANCE. THIS
MATTERS BECAUSE STUDENTS WHO ARE
SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED ARE MORE
LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL OR
ENTER CRIMINAL THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM. THIS BILL
PRESERVES THE RIGHT FOR TEACHERS
TO REMOVE A STUDENT FROM THE
CLASSROOM FOR DISRUPTION OR
DEFIANCE, JUST NOT FROM SCHOOL.
SB 2 74 IS CO SPONSORED BY STATE
SUPERINTENDENT TONY THURMAN,
ALONG WITH 14 ORGANIZATIONS AND
HAS SUPPORT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS WITH NO
OPPOSITION ON FILE. THANK YOU. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I VOTE
. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BONTA. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GALLAGHER,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
MEMBERS. UH, AND WE HAVE SEEN
THIS BILL BEFORE. IT'S BEEN. YOU
KNOW, THIS IS AN EXTENSION. THIS
IS BAD POLICY. IT IS VERY BAD
POLICY IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT IS
LEADING TO DISORDER IN OUR
CLASSROOMS AND MAKING IT TO
OTHER KIDS CAN'T LEARN AND
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO ABILITY TO
DEAL WITH WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING VERY DISRUPTIVE. AND I
UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND
THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE HEART
BEHIND IT, BUT IT'S BEEN SHOWN
THAT IT IS NOT WORKING IN OUR
CLASSROOMS. WE SHOULDN'T
CONTINUE A POLICY THAT WE KNOW
IS NOT HELPFUL. IT'S NOT HELPFUL
TO ENSURING THAT OUR KIDS RIGHT
NOW WE ARE OUR KIDS ARE FAILING
THEIR FAILING. ALMOST 50% CAN'T
READ AT GRADE LEVEL RIGHT NOW.
TWO THIRDS OF THEM CAN'T MEET
STANDARDS IN MATH. TAKING AWAY
TOOLS FROM ADMINISTRATORS AND
FROM TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT
THEY HAVE A CLASSROOM THAT'S NOT
BEING DISRUPTED WHERE YOU DON'T
HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS WHO IS
CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN
THAT CLASSROOM. NOW THERE'S
DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DEAL WITH
THAT DISCIPLINE, OF COURSE.
RIGHT THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. BUT
SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT SUSPEND
YOU CANNOT REMOVE SOMEONE FROM A
CLASSROOM WHO'S BEING DISRUPTIVE
IS NOT A GOOD POLICY. WE SHOULD
NOT CONTINUE THIS. I KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO DO IT. I KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO PASS THESE
THINGS. BUT LOOK, DON'T CONTINUE
TO DO THE SAME THING. AND EXPECT
DIFFERENT RESULTS, FOLKS. THANK
YOU SIMPLY REMEMBER GALLAGHER,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF QUIRK-SILVA.
YOU RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER
FOR 30 YEARS WE DID DELIBERATE
OVER THIS POLICY. THERE WERE
AMENDMENTS TAKEN AND TO BE CLEAR
IT DOES ALLOW A CLASSROOM
TEACHER TO REMOVE A STUDENT FROM
THE CLASSROOM, AND THAT WAS ONE
AMENDMENT THAT WAS ESSENTIAL
CLASSROOMS DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO
REMOVE DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS. IT'S
WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT STUDENT
AFTER THEY ARE REMOVED, AND
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE
DELIBERATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT
CONSEQUENCE WILL BE SO CERTAINLY
WE WANT TO PROTECT NOT ONLY THE
STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT
THE TEACHERS SO THAT LEARNING
CAN TAKE PLACE. BUT WE ALSO WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT SUSPENSIONS
AND ALSO EXPULSIONS ARE REDUCED
FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT
NEED TO BE ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS
, SO I RISE IN SUPPORT OF SB 2
74. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RUBIO. YOU WERE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER, UH, WOULD LIKE TO RISE
AND SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE THE
ARGUMENT AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER
FOR 16 YEARS, I HAD THE SAME
ISSUES THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM,
UH, BEEP. MY COLLEAGUE, UH, IS
RAISING. UM I HAD A SIMILAR BILL
. I AUTHORED A PEACEFUL
EXPULSION BILL WHERE KIDS ARE
BEING EXPELLED, UH, IN PRESCHOOL
FOR REASONS THAT WERE PART OF
THE DEVELOPMENTAL CYCLE OF A
CHILD. BUT AFTER THAT BILL WAS
PASSED, I ALSO UH, AUTHOR TO
MEASURE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH
CONSULTATIONS IN THOSE
CLASSROOMS. MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS
BEEN TO WORK WITH THE EDUCATION
COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT
SUPPORT FOR KINDERGARTEN, FIRST
GRADE AND ON. I TAUGHT
KINDERGARTEN I TAUGHT FIRST
GRADE AND FOURTH GRADE, AND I
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT UM,
SUSPENDING THE KIDS, SENDING
THEM HOME TO WATCH VARIOUS TO
WATCH TV OR PLAY VIDEO GAMES
REINFORCES. THEIR BEHAVIOR IF WE
CAN PREVENT THE BEHAVIOR BY
PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
, AND MY, UH, MY MEASURE
PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THE PARENT
, THE STUDENT AND FOR THE
TEACHER. WE WERE NOT, UH,
THOUGHT TO DO MENTAL HEALTH
CONSULTATIONS AS TEACHERS, SO
THAT'S WHY PROVIDING THAT
SUPPORT AFTERWARDS WOULD BE
ESSENTIAL. SO I, I, UH ASKED FOR
SUPPORT ON THIS MEASURE, AND I
WOULD LOVE TO CO AUTHOR A BILL
WITH MR GALLAGHER. SORRY WELL, I
SAID HIS NAME UM, MR GALLAGHER
SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE MENTAL
HEALTH CONSULTATIONS TO THOSE
STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM IN
KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND, BECAUSE
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO TAKE THE
KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM WHEN
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT
LEARNING ANYTHING AT HOME AGAIN
AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER. AS A
PARENT, I GET FRUSTRATED OR
WOULD GET FRUSTRATED AS WELL.
BUT REMOVING THEM COMPLETELY
FROM SCHOOL DOES. IN HELP, SO I
WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT THE BILL
AND WORK ON A MEASURE TO PROVIDE
MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATIONS FOR
THE PARENTS. THE STUDENT AND FOR
THE TEACHERS SO THAT WE CAN
LEARN TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS
AND NOT COMPLETELY SHUT THEM OUT
FROM THEIR EDUCATION. AND THE
REASON THAT WE ARE BEHIND IN
MATH AND READING IS BECAUSE
INSTEAD OF RESOLVING THE ISSUES
, WE THROW THEM OUT OF THE
CLASSROOM, AND THERE'S NO
LEARNING GOING ON AT HOME. TRUST
ME. I KNOW THE VIDEO GAMES DO
NOT TEACH MATH OR READING. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SELL. REMEMBER
RUBIO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MURATSUCHI. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO
WRITES IN SUPPORT OF THIS
MEASURE, ALTHOUGH I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS RAISED
BY OUR COLLEAGUE THAT THE
MINORITY LEADER, UM I HAD A LOT
OF DISCUSSIONS ON THIS BILL AS
CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
. I ALSO WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED
ABOUT ALL THE KIDS THAT YOU KNOW
WHOSE EDUCATION IS COMPROMISED
IN THE CLASSROOM WITH EVERY
DISRUPTION FROM THE SMALL NUMBER
WHO DO WHO DO CAUSE TROUBLE AND
IN THE CLASSROOM? UM WE MADE
SURE THAT THE AUTHOR TOOK THE
AMENDMENT TO, UH, ALLOW TEACHERS
TO EXCLUDE THAT THE STUDENT FROM
THE CLASSROOM WHEN THERE ARE
CAUSING DISRUPTION. UH WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME I WANT TO AGREE
WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM BALDWIN
PARK THAT, UM ULTIMATELY, IT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO
SEND KIDS HOME. YOU KNOW WHEN
THEY'RE CAUSING TROUBLE SINCE
THE WRONG MESSAGE, WE WANT TO
KEEP THEM IN THE SCHOOL AND THE
CLASSROOM TO BENEFIT AND FOR
THOSE REASONS I SUPPORT THIS
MEASURE. SIGNAL FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AS MY COLLEAGUES FROM
FULLERTON AND BALDWIN PARK
TEACHERS IN OUR BODY HAVE
EXPRESSED, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
ENSURE THAT THERE ISN'T A
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT,
PARTICULARLY ON LGBTQ STUDENTS,
BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS AND
CHILDREN WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY.
ABLED RIGHT NOW. WILLFUL
DEFIANCE IS USED TO APPLY TO A
CHILD WHO WEARS A HAT TO SCHOOL.
WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T OR FALLS
ASLEEP IN CLASS. AS MY COLLEAGUE
FROM BALDWIN PARK STATED, WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, AND I'D
BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON
THAT MEASURE AS WELL. BUT THIS
BILL IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR
KIDS ARE ABLE TO STAY IN SCHOOL
ON CAMPUS AND HAVE THE LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY RIGHTLY
DESERVE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF
THEIR SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU
WITH THAT. I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. MEMBER BONTA CLICK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. OTHERS VOTERS
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLICK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLE. 5 50 NOS 11
MEASURE PASSES.
FILE NUMBER 155 SP 3 21. CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 3 21 BY
SENATOR ASHBY AND OTHERS IN
APPALACHIAN ILLITERACY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA YOU
RECOGNIZED THANK YOU AND KEEPING
WITH THE EDUCATION TEAM, MADAME
SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS. I AM
PLEASED TO PRESENT SENATE BILL 3
21 ON BEHALF OF SENATOR ASHBY,
WHICH WILL INCREASE YOUTH
LITERACY BY ENSURING EACH
STUDENT RECEIVES A LIBRARY
SUCCESS CARD BY THIRD GRADE.
EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES HAVE
PROVEN SUCCESSFUL WITH PROGRAMS
IN SACRAMENTO. AND OAKLAND AND
LOS ANGELES, IMPROVING READING
RATES AMONG STUDENTS. CALIFORNIA
RANKS THE LOWEST IN THE NATION
FOR THIRD GRADE READING LEVELS,
AND IT IS VITAL THAT WE WORK TO
EXPAND PROGRAMS WITH PROVEN
SUCCESS. SB 3 21 HAS BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT AND NO OPPOSITION. THANK
YOU AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR I VOTE. SAYING NO
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. SALAS VOTER
DECIDED TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. POLITICAL
CLOSE THE ROLE. ISAF 59 NO. ZERO
MEASURE PASSES. I HAVE 1 81.
THEY CHANGED THAT.
THAT WAS YOURS. 37. SO I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THIS ONE.
BECAUSE THIS IS MORE RECENT
WHICH I WILL. NUMBER 1 58. CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 3 43 BY
SANDRA SKINNER AN ACCOLADE TO
CHALLENGE SUPPORT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MAIENSCHEIN YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS SP 3 43 WILL
REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE
JUDICIAL COUNCIL TO CONFORM WITH
FEDERAL RULE CHANGES THAT WILL
INCREASE THE ABILITY OF NON
CUSTODIAL PARENTS TO PAY THEIR
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS THAT WILL
BENEFIT CHILDREN AND REDUCE THE
DEMAND OF SAFETY. NET SUPPORT. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE CLICK WELL UP ON THE
ROAD. OTHERS VOTERS DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLICK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE.
59 NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
PAST TEMPORARILY ON FILE NUMBER
1 81. MOVING TO FILE NUMBER 1 90
SP 5 40 CLERK WILL READ. THE
SENATE BILL 5 40 BY CENTER LAYER
NAKAJIMA CANNABIS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN. YOU
WERE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES I
RISE TO PRESENT SB 5 40 BY
SENATOR LAYERED A BILL THAT WILL
ENSURE WARNING LABELS ON
CANNABIS PRODUCTS KEEP UP WITH
EVOLVING SCIENCE AND NEW
CONSUMERS ARE OFFERED A BROCHURE
THAT INCLUDES STEPS FOR SAFE
CANNABIS USE. RECENT AMENDMENTS
MOVE ALL PRIOR OPPOSITION TO
NEUTRAL BY REFINING THE
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN
THE BROCHURE AND REQUIRE THE
DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL
TO REEVALUATE REGULATIONS EVERY
FIVE YEARS TO DETERMINE IF
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE NEEDED.
BASED ON EVOLVING SCIENCE.
ULTIMATELY THIS BILL MAKES
PROGRESS TO ENSURE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL
IS BASING FUTURE WARNINGS ON
INVOLVING SCIENCE AND CONSUMERS
HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE CANNABIS USE
INFORMATION. AT THE POINT OF
SALE. THIS BILLS RECEIVED
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE ON SB 5 40.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
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. WILL CLOSE THE RULES. I
66 NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING BACK ON FILE FILE NUMBER
181 SP 506 CORPORAL REED. SENATE
BILL 506 BY CENTER LAIRD
PAKHALINA RAILROADS ARE
RECOGNIZED THANK YOU. MADAM
SPEAKER REMEMBERS. I RISE TO
PRESENT SENATE BILL 506 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR LAIRD. THIS
BILL DIRECTS THE PUC TO DEVELOP
AND IMPLEMENT A COLORED PAVEMENT
PILOT PROJECT AT ONE OR MORE
HIGHWAY RAILROAD CROSSINGS BY
JANUARY, 1ST 2026 AND TO REPORT
THE FINDINGS TO THE LEGISLATURE
NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER
PROJECT COMPLETION. THIS PILOT
PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN
ADDITIONAL DATA TO HELP
UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
COLORED PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND
REDUCING SAFETY INCIDENTS. THE
BILL HAS RECEIVED UNANIMOUS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, AND IT HAS
NO REGISTERED OPPOSITION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE
ON SENATE BILL 506. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BURNER SING. NO
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. ON THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE ALL
THOSE VOTES WE DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE. I 65
NOS. ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
FILE NUMBER 219. SB 734 CLERK
WILL READ. THE SENATE BILL 7 34
BY SENATOR RUBIO, MANIPULATING
THE TAXATION TO TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY. TAX LEVY PACHECO
YOU RECOGNIZED THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO PRESENT SB 734, AN IMPORTANT
BILL THAT WILL BRING TAX RELIEF
TO LOW INCOME TENANTS WHO LIVE
IN GOVERNMENT OWNED HOUSING.
THIS BILL HAS RECEIVED
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE
ASSEMBLY AND SENATE AND HAS NO
NO BOATS. WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING CRISIS OR ACROSS
CALIFORNIA, AND HE WILL TAKE
MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS WORKING
TOGETHER TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS.
ONE SOLUTION IS SUPPORTING
PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS OWNED BY
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT CAN
OFFER HOUSING UNITS AT
AFFORDABLE RENTS TO LOW INCOME
TENANTS. CALIFORNIA CANNOT
AFFORD TO GO BACKWARDS ON THE
PROGRESS PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TO
REDUCE HOMELESSNESS. BEST B 734
WOULD CODIFY THE LONGSTANDING
LEGAL OPINION OF THE BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION AND MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT STATE LAW EXEMPTS THESE LOW
INCOME TENANTS FROM PAYING
PROPERTY TAXES AS CALIFORNIA
CONTINUES TO CONFRONT AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE. SB
7 34 WILL ENSURE THAT PUBLIC
HOUSING PROJECTS CAN CONTINUE TO
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION IN
ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING
CRISIS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PACHECO CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE. ALL THOSE
VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTERS ARE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLE. I 62 NO. ZERO.
MOVING BACK TO FILE NUMBER 156
SP 3 27 CLERK WILL READ. THE
SENATE BILL 3 27 BY SENATOR
LARRY TACKLING THE PUBLIC
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND MAKING
APPROPRIATION. THEREFORE
REMEMBER MARK NOUR RECOGNIZED
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE
TODAY TO PRESENT SB 3 TO 7 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR LAIRD, A BEER
SPENT A BILL SPONSORED BY
HOLSTERS, WHICH WILL SHORTEN THE
TIME FRAME CAL STAR MEMBERS MADE
BACK DO THEIR SERVICE RETIREMENT
BENEFITS UP TO 270 CALENDAR
DAYS, NINE MONTHS. PRIOR TO WIN
CAL STARTERS RECEIVES THE
APPLICATION SP 3 TO 7 MOVESCOUNT
STARS CLOSER CLOSER TO PARITY
WITH CAL PURSE WHILE STILL
PROVIDING GREATER FLEXIBILITY
AND BACKDATING THE MOST OTHER
SYSTEMS. THIS BILL ALSO SHIELDS
COW STARS MEMBERS FROM UNDER
TENDED CONSEQUENCES. AFFECTING
TAX LIABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY
FOR OTHER INCOME BASED NON COUNT
STARS BENEFITS THAT COULD ARISE
FROM SIGNIFICANTLY BACKDATING
LUMP SUM PAYMENTS. SP 3 TO 7
PROTECTS CAL STIRS MEMBERS FROM
THE PERCEPTION THAT THE PAYOUT
OF LARGE LUMP SUMS CONFLICTS
WITH CASTERS. PROPOSED AND
POTENTIAL CRITICISM FROM DEFINED
BENEFIT PENSIONS PLAN OPPONENTS,
AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENTS TAKEN AND
SENT. IT GIVES CAL STARTS
REMEMBER THE ABILITY TO BACKDATE
NINE MONTHS RATHER THAN SIX
MONTHS AND BRING THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CT A INTO A
SUPPORT POSITION. THIS BILL HAS
RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION IN BOTH
HOUSES. NO NO VOTES, AND THERE
IS SUPPORT ON BOTH SIDES. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. SEE NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. CLICK ALL OVER THE ROAD.
ALL THOSE ROAD WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE WORDS WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS DESIRE
TO VOTE. CLOSE THE ROLE. I 63
NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES. MOVING
ONTO FILE NUMBER 246 SB 54.
CLERK WILL READ. THE SENATE BILL
54 BY CENTER, SKINNER AND OTHERS
RELATED PROFESSIONS AND
VOCATIONS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BRAND NEW RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES I
RISE TO PRESENT SB 54 ON BEHALF
OF SENATOR SKINNER. VENTURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS THE
LIFEBLOOD FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE
TO USE THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL
SKILL. TO START UP. OR BUILD UP
A NEW BUSINESS OR ENTERPRISE.
BUT IF YOU'RE A WOMAN OR A BLACK
LEAD STARTUP, THESE INVESTMENTS
SIMPLY DON'T COME YOUR WAY.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR EXPERTISE,
REGARDLESS OF YOUR TRACK RECORD.
REGARDLESS OF THE VIABILITY OF
YOUR BUSINESS PLAN. PITCHBOOK
THE DATA SOURCE FOR CAPITAL
MARKETS FOUND THAT FEMALE
STARTUPS RECEIVED ONLY 2.3% OF
ALL VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTED IN
2020. IT'S TERRIBLE. WHAT'S MORE
TERRIBLE IS THAT PERCENTAGE
DROPPED TO 1.7% IN 2022. START
UPS FOUNDED BY BLACK INDIVIDUALS
RECEIVED ONLY 2.6% OF VENTURE
CAPITAL FUNDING. LATINO LATINA
LATIN STARTUPS RECEIVED JUST
0.6. CALIFORNIA HAS LED THE
NATION IN ADDRESSING PAY EQUITY.
WE DID SO LAST YEAR SIMPLY BY
REQUIRING TRANSPARENCY. WHEN WE
PASSED PAY TRANSPARENCY AND PAY
EQUITY REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO
REPORT PAY DATA FOR ALL
CATEGORIES OF WORKERS AND MAKING
IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. SB 54 IS
MODELED ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
IT'S SIMPLY ASKED VENTURE
CAPITAL FIRMS TO REPORT ON THE
DIVERSITY OF THEIR INVESTMENTS.
THAT DATA KEEPING EACH FIRM
ANONYMOUS WOULD THEN BE MADE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. SUCH
TRANSPARENCY WILL HELP
CALIFORNIA'S INNOVATION. IT'S
INNOVATIVE ECONOMY BECOME MORE
EQUITABLE AND MORE
REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL
CALIFORNIANS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR A VOTE. SEE NO DISCUSSION
NOR DEBATE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS
DESIRE TO VOTE. CIRCLE CLOSE THE
ROLE. ISAF 45 NOS 13 MEASURE
PASSES.
MOVING TO FILE NUMBER 251 SB 88
CLERK WILL READ BILL 88 BY A
CENTER, SKINNER AND OTHERS AND
RELATING TO PEOPLE
TRANSPORTATION. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CARTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR SKINNER. I
PRESENT THIS MEASURE DEALING
WITH HOME TO SCHOOL
TRANSPORTATION. CALIFORNIA LAGS
IN THIS ISSUE, BUT THANKFULLY,
WITH THE LAST TWO YEARS IN THE
STATE BUDGET, WE ALLOCATE NEARLY
$700 MILLION TO CHANGED IT. THIS
BILL HELPS ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
ADEQUATE SAFETY FOR THOSE KIDS.
UM UTILIZING L E, A FUNDED
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION. THIS
MEASURE ENSURES THAT SCHOOL
DISTRICTS THAT PAY FOR SUCH
TRANSPORTATION ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE SAFETY MEASURES REGARD
WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL BUS OR
ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO TRANSPORT
KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THE
SAFETY STANDARDS AREN'T FOR
FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CHOOSE
TO ARRANGE TO PICK UP THEIR
STUDENTS ONLY FOR RIDES THAT ARE
PAID FOR AN ARRANGED BY A LOCAL
L E. A. THE SENATOR'S OFFICE
WERE DILIGENTLY WITH OUR
EDUCATION SHARE THE LAST FEW
WEEKS. I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT GROUPS
REMOVE THEIR OPPOSITION THE PAST
FEW DAYS. THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU. SAYING NO DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE WILL OPEN THE ROLL UP.
OTHERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE.
IT IS 46. NO 15 MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER 268 SP
3 45 CLERK WILL READ. THE SENATE
BILL 3 45 BY A CENTER, SKINNER
AND OTHERS INOCULATED HEALTHCARE
SERVICES. REMEMBER WILSON, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. WELL GOOD
MORNING, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS TODAY I RISE TO PRESENT
SENATE BILL 345 ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR SKINNER, AS OTHER STATES
CONTINUE TO CRIMINALIZE ABORTION
AND CARE FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH,
THE LEGAL ATTACKS ON THE RIGHTS
OF WOMEN AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
HAVE INCREASED BUT PARTICULARLY
THE LEGAL ATTACKS ON OUR
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE
ABORTION CONTRACEPTIVE.
CONTRACEPTION AND GENDER
AFFIRMING CARE. SB 345 IS IN
RESPONSE TO THOSE ATTACKS
SPECIFICALLY, SB 345 STRENGTHENS
CALIFORNIA'S LEGAL PROTECTIONS
FOR OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO
PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE CARE,
INCLUDING MEDICATION, ABORTION
AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR PATIENTS
LOCATION. SB 345 ENSURES THAT
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT ASSIST IN
ANY WAY WITH AN OUT OF STATE
PROSECUTION OR CIVIL CASE
AGAINST A PATIENT RECEIVING
LEGALLY PROTECTED HEALTHCARE OR
AGAINST A PROVIDER OR PHARMACY.
WHO IS PROVIDING THIS CARE. SB
345 PROHIBITS BILL AGENTS OR
BOUNTY HUNTERS FROM ARRESTING
ANY PERSON IN CALIFORNIA. BUT
RECEIVING REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTHCARE OR GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE THAT IS LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA
. THE PROTECTIONS AND SP 345 ARE
EXACTLY WHY SB 345 IS SUPPORTED
BY EVERY MAJOR MEDICAL LICENSING
BOARD IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING
THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL BOARD,
THE BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING
THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY, THE
PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT BOARD, AND
OCIO PATHETIC MEDICAL BOARD OF
CALIFORNIA. THESE HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS DESERVE LEGAL
PROTECTIONS FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL
WORK. SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS
INCLUDE EQUALITY CALIFORNIA,
CALIFORNIA BLACK WOMEN FOR
WELLNESS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA AND
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF
ORGANIZATIONS, CITIES AND OTHERS
IN SUPPORT OF ABORTION RIGHTS
AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. SB
345 CEMENT CALIFORNIANS POSITION
AS THE SAFE HAVEN FOR
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND THE
LEADER IN LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR
ABORTION AND GENDER AFFIRMING
CARE. AS A MOTHER OF A TRANS SON
, A YOUNG ADULT READY TO VENTURE
OUT IN THE WORLD. GIVEN THE
NEGATIVE ACTION THAT HAS BEEN
TAKEN BY OTHER STATES. I WANT TO
PROTECT HIM AND OTHERS IF THEY
WERE TO MOVE OR TEMPORARY
RELOCATE TO A STATE S B 345 WITH
LEGALLY PROTECT THEIR DOCTOR AND
THE CALIFORNIA PHARMACY THEY USE
FOR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THAT
CARE. ON BEHALF OF WOMEN AND
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROAD. OTHERS
BOAT WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE WORDS WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLEAR CLOSED THE ROLL EYES 49
NOS 13 MEASURE PASSES.
FILE NUMBER 269 SB 348 CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 3 48 BY
SENATOR SKINNER AND OTHERS NOT
PLAYING A PUPIL MILLS, REMEMBER
, RUBIO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER TODAY
AND PRESENTING AS P. 3 48 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR SKINNER, WHO
HAS BEEN REALLY BUSY THIS
MORNING, UH, IN 2021, CALIFORNIA
CREATED THE FIRST IN THE NATION
UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM,
WHICH GIVES EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENT TO FREE MEALS EACH DAY.
WHILE THIS PROGRAM IS A MASSIVE
STEP TOWARDS ENDING CHILD HUNGER
, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE
FOOD SERVED IS HEALTHY AND
NUTRITIOUS. CHILDREN'S
CONSUMPTION OF ADDED SUGAR AND
SALT HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY
WITH 67% OF THE CALORIE CHILDREN
. CALORIES CHILDREN EAT NOW
COMING FROM ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD
FOODS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF SUGAR
AND SALT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO
CAUSE A VARIETY OF NEGATIVE
HEALTH OUTCOMES. SCHOOL MEALS
ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF
NUTRITION FOR MANY CHILDREN, AND
FOR SOME SCHOOL MEALS ARE THE
ONLY FOOD THEY EAT ALL DAY. THE
3 48 ENSURES ALL KIDS IN
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE BEING
SERVED HEALTHY FOOD AND MAXIMIZE
ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW
FEDERAL SUMMER CHILDHOOD
NUTRITION PROGRAM TO REDUCE
SUMMER HUNGER WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL
THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL
THOSE VOTERS DECIDED TO VOTE.
CLERK CLOSED THE ROLE. I 61 NO.
ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING TO FILE NUMBER 319 SB 7
31 CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL
7 31 BY CENTER, ASHBY AND OTHERS
AN ACCOLADE TO EMPLOYMENT.
SOMETHING MEMBER CHOLERA YOU
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT
SENATE BILL 7 31 THE RETURN TO
OFFICE EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION
ACT. ON BEHALF OF SENATOR ASHBY.
THIS BILL REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO
PROVIDE REMOTE EMPLOYEES WITH AT
LEAST 30 DAYS NOTICE BEFORE
REQUIRING THEM TO REPORT TO WORK
IN PERSON. WHILE WE'RE MORE
REMOTE WORK HAS GIVEN EMPLOYEES
MORE FLEXIBILITY. WORKING
PARENTS AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ARE PARTICULARLY
IMPACTED BY THE SHIFT TO IN
PERSON. EMPLOYMENT WORKING
PARENTS NEED ADEQUATE TIME TO
ARRANGE CHILDCARE, RESTRUCTURE
SCHOOL SCHEDULES AND FIND
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS. SB 7 31 ALSO REQUIRES
THAT EMPLOYERS INFORMED THEIR
WORKERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHT TO
REQUEST DISABILITY
ACCOMMODATIONS, ENSURING THAT
EMPLOYERS WORK IN GOOD FAITH
WITH OUR DISABLED WORK FOR US.
THIS BILL IS SUPPORTED BY
DISABILITY RIGHTS. CALIFORNIA
HAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND NO
THIS IS OPPOSITION RESPECTFULLY
ASTRAY. I VOTE SAYING NO
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. CLICK WILL
OPEN THE ROLE. OTHERS WORD WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE. CLOSE THE
ROLE. 53 NO. ZERO MEASURE
PASSES. MOVING ON TO FILE NUMBER
3 TO 3. SB 773 CLERK WILL READ
BILL 7 73 BY CENTER GLACIER AND
ACCOLADE NAKAO WORKS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JACKSON, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO PRESENT SB 773 ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR GLACIER. HOW WORKS
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
PROVIDES BOTH TEMPORARY SHELTER
AND PERMANENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE
FOR COWARDS, FAMILIES. THE
PROGRAM ONLY ALLOWS A COW WORKS
FAMILY TO QUALIFY FOR PERMANENT
HOUSING ASSISTANCE IF THEIR RENT
DOES NOT EXCEED 80% OF THEIR
INCOME. WITH CURRENT RENTS IN
CALIFORNIA SO HIGH, IT IS
DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO
QUALIFY AND, UNFORTUNATELY
PROGRAMS UTILIZATION. IS LOW. TO
HELP MAKE THIS FUNDING MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO COW WORKS.
FAMILIES THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE
COUNTIES TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL
SOURCES OF INCOME TOWARDS THE
80% INCOME THRESHOLD
REQUIREMENT. THIS BILL WOULD
ALSO REQUIRE THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO
REGULARLY COLLECT STATEWIDE DATA
TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS TO THE COW WORKS
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHETHER THE APPLICANTS ARE
ACCEPTED OR DENIED. THE
APPLICANTS INCOME LEVEL. AND
REASON FOR DENIAL SO WE CAN
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT
COW WORKS. FAMILIES THERE'S BILL
HAS NO OPPOSITION AND HAS
RECEIVED NO NO VOTES. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. CIRCLE UP IN THE ROLE.
OTHERS DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLICK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE. ISAF
59 NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING BACK ON THE FILE ON FILE
NUMBER 1 20 SB 38. CLERK WILL
READ. THE SENATE BILL 38 BY
SOONER OR LATER AND CLEAN
ENERGY. SOMETHING MEMBER AT
ISSUE WERE RECOGNIZED. MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TO
PRESENT SENATE BILL 38 BY
SENATOR LARD SENATE BILL 38 WILL
REQUIRE BATTERY STORAGE
FACILITIES TO DEVELOP AN
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND
EVACUATION PLAN AS CALIFORNIA
TRANSITIONS TO ZERO CARBON
FUTURE AND INCREASES THE VOLUME
OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, INCLUDING
SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY. THE
ABILITY TO STORE THIS ENERGY IS
CRUCIAL. AS A RESULT, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF BATTERY STORAGE
FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
HAS INCREASED AND IT IS VITAL.
THESE FACILITIES ARE EQUIPPED
WITH EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND
EVACUATION PLANS. SENATE BILL 38
WILL ENSURE BATTERY STORAGE
FACILITIES HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE
TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF NEARBY
RESIDENTS. NEIGHBORING
PROPERTIES, FIRST RESPONDERS AND
THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS BILL HAS
RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND
HAS NO OPPOSITION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. SAYING NO DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLE.
OTHERS VOTER DESIRE TO VOTE ALL
THOSE VOTERS DESIRE TO VOTE. PUT
ME CLOSE THE ROLE. ISAIAH 52 NO.
ZERO MEASURE PASSES.
REMEMBERS FILE NUMBER 2 TO 4.
SENATE BILL 7 65. CLERK WILL
READ THE SENATE BILL 7 65 BY
SENATOR PORTANTINO AND OTHERS
RELATING THE TEACHERS. SOME
REMEMBER AT ISSUE ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS SANTA BILL 7
65 WILL DROP FROM PREVIOUS
EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT SEEK TO
SOLVE THIS ISSUE BY RAISING THE
CAL STIRS COMPENSATION CAP. ON
RETIREES EARNING STREAMLINES THE
180 DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR
RETIRED EDUCATORS TO RETURN TO
ASSIST ELIA'S OR LOCAL EDUCATION
AGENCIES AND REQUIRES AN L E A
TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FOR
THEIR NEED, AS WELL AS THE
ELIGIBILITY OF A RETIRED MEMBER
BEFORE THEY MAY BEGIN THEIR
SERVICE. CALIFORNIA IS FACING A
DEVASTATING TEACHER SHORTAGE
EXACERBATED BY THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC. AND THE GREAT
RESIGNATION, ACCORDING TO THE
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING THERE OVER 10,000
TEACHER VACANCIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA DURING THE 21 22
SCHOOL YEAR. THERE ARE NOT
ENOUGH INDIVIDUALS ENTERING THE
TEACHING PROFESSION TO
COUNTERACT THE NUMBER OF
TEACHERS LEAVING THE WORKFORCE.
THIS BILL IS ONE OF THE FEW IF
NOT THE ONLY TOOL WE, THE
LEGISLATURE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE
UNPRECEDENTED EDUCATIONAL
STAFFING SHORTAGES RIGHT NOW.
TEACHERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR
SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY PREPARE
YOUTH FOR THEIR FUTURES. AND IT
IS TIME THAT CALIFORNIA STARTS
TO INVEST IN OUR TEACHERS. IT IS
THE MOST CRITICAL INVESTMENT. WE
CAN MAKE IT IN ONE THAT OUR
STUDENTS DESERVE MEMBERS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SAYING NO DISCUSSION NOR DEBATE
IN THE ROOM. VOTER DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. CLARK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLE. I 60 NO. ZERO MEASURE
PASSES.
MAJORITY LEADER BRIAN YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
IGNORANCE.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE
WILL RETURN TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS TO ALLOW THE
MAJORITY LEADER TO MAKE A
MOTION. MR MAJORITY LEADER YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED, MADAM SPEAKER. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND JOINT RULE 62 A. THE
FILE NOTICE WAIVER TO ALLOW THE
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE TO HEAR A B
969 PELLERIN TOMORROW THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 7TH. AT 9 A.M. IN
ROOM. 444 CLARK WILL NOTE.
THANK YOU MEMBERS FOR YOUR
PATIENTS TODAY THIS MORNING. WE
HAVE MORE WORK TO DO TODAY AFTER
CAUCUS. WE ARE GOING TO BREAK
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
REPUBLICANS, CARCASSES. YOU'RE
THE WE WILL RECONVENE BACK HERE
AT 1:30 P.M. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE, AND WE'LL GET SOME
MORE WORK DONE THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU.
WE WILL RECESS UNDER CALL. GOOD
CALL. YOU CAN USE THAT NUMBER.
MEMBERS THE HOUSE IS BACK IN
SESSION. PLEASE RETURN TO THE
FLOOR OR YOUR DESK SO WE MAY GET
TO WORK.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE'RE
RETURNING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS FOR MAJORITY LEADER
BRIAN'S MOTION MAJORITY LEADER
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 69 TO ALLOW SOME
OF THE MEMBER WARD TO TAKE A
LATE AMENDMENTS ON ITEM 79. SB
3, 41 BECKER. THE TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE ADOPTED TO
FACILITATE SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS
OUT AMENDMENTS. OBJECTION. SUCH
WILL BE THE ORDER. MEMBERS. WE
ARE MOVING. Tð. FILE NUMBER 64.
HR 57. CLERK WILL READ. HOUSE
RESOLUTION 57 BIAS REMEMBER
HANEY AND OTHERS RELATIVE TO
TRANSGENDER HISTORY MONTH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JEANNIE. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I RISE
TODAY TO ASK THIS BODY TO MAKE
CALIFORNIA THE FIRST STATE IN
THE NATION TO DECLARE AUGUST AS
TRANSGENDER HISTORY MONTH. I
LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S
TENDERLOIN DISTRICT. WHICH HAS
BEEN HOME TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
SINCE THE EARLY 18 HUNDREDS. WE
KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
LETTERS OF TRANS WOMEN
DESCRIBING THEIR LIVES, LIVING
AND WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN 2017 SAN FRANCISCO, DECLARED
A SMALL PART OF THE TENDERLOIN.
AS THE TRANSGENDER CULTURAL
DISTRICT. THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY PLACE IN
THE WORLD. THAT HAS BEEN LEGALLY
DESIGNATED AS OF HISTORIC
IMPORTANCE TO THE TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK FOR A
SECOND. THAT'S BECAUSE TRANS
PEOPLE AREN'T IMPORTANT PART OF
WORLD HISTORY EVERYWHERE. TRANS
PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED. IN
EVERY ERA AND IN EVERY CULTURE
THEY HAVE EXISTED. AS LONG AS
THERE HAS BEEN THE WRITTEN WORD,
THERE HAS BEEN A RECORD OF TRANS
PEOPLE. ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE
ROMANS, CHINA, NATIVE AMERICANS
, THE HISTORY OF TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE IS THERE IF YOU LOOK FOR
IT HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THE FIRST
RECORD OF TRANS PEOPLE DATES
BACK TO 17 75. WHEN A SPANISH
SOLDIER ENCOUNTERED NATIVE
PEOPLE NEAR PRESENT DAY SAN
DIEGO WHO HE WHOM HE DESCRIBED
AS THOSE INDIAN MEN AND WOMEN.
WHO BOTH HERE AND FARTHER INLAND
OBSERVED IN THE DRESS, CLOTHING
AND CHARACTER OF WOMEN. THEY ARE
CALLED JOYOUS, AND THEY ARE HELD
IN GREAT ESTEEM. THE GOLD RUSH
IN CALIFORNIA CREATED AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE COULD THRIVE. WE ARE
LUCKY TO KNOW THAT THE HISTORY
OF STAGE COACH STAGECOACH DRIVER
CHARLIE PARKER'S A TRANSGENDER
MAN WHO RAN STAGE COACH ROUTES
FROM STOCKTON TO SAN JOSE AND
WHOSE LIFE STORY WAS CELEBRATED
IN THE POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW
DEATH VALLEY DAYS HOSTED BY OUR
FORMER GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT
RONALD REAGAN, THE 1959 COOPER
DONUTS RIOT. IN LOS ANGELES AND
THE 1966 CONFIDENCE CAFETERIA
RIOT IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE THE
FIRST LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS
UPRISINGS IN THE COUNTRY. AND
THEY WERE LED BY TRANS PEOPLE.
YEARS BEFORE THE STONEWALL RIOT
IN NEW YORK. THE MONTH OF AUGUST
WHEN THE COMPETENCE CAFETERIA
RIOTS TOOK PLACE IS NOW
CELEBRATED BY THE TRANS
COMMUNITY AS A TURNING POINT IN
TRANSGENDER CIVIL RIGHTS. I WANT
TO SAY THAT IF YOU ARE FIRST
HEARING ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S
TRANSGENDER HISTORY, IT'S NOT
YOUR FAULT. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT
THAT WE WERE NEVER TAUGHT ABOUT
GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE
GROWING UP. IT IS THE FAULT OF
HISTORIANS AND POLITICIANS WHO
CAME BEFORE US THAT CHOSE TO
ERASE THE LIVES OF TRANS PEOPLE
FROM THEIR OWN HISTORY RATHER
THAN FACE WITH A NARRATIVE THAT
DID NOT CONFORM WITH THEIR OWN.
WE CAN DISAGREE ON A LOT OF
ISSUES. BUT WHAT WE CAN'T
DISAGREE ON IS THE EXISTENCE OF
TRANS PEOPLE. WE CAN'T DISAGREE
ON THE HUMANITY OF TRANS PEOPLE
. I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE
IT, TRANS PEOPLE ARE COWORKERS,
OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FAMILY
MEMBERS. I'M PROUD TO BE A
MEMBER OF THIS LEGISLATURE THAT
HAS BEEN A VOICE OF HUMANITY AND
TRUTH AGAINST THE ANTI TRANS
MOVEMENT CURRENTLY SWEEPING OUR
COUNTRY. CALIFORNIA HAS BECOME A
SANCTUARY STATE FOR THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AS THEY
ARE FACING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS
OF ATTACKS AND STATE
LEGISLATURES, CITY COUNCILS AND
SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
. RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE MOST
DAMAGING TALKING POINTS YOU HEAR
FROM THOSE WHO ARE ANTI TRANS IS
THE IDEA THAT TRANS PEOPLE ARE
SOMEHOW KNEW. THAT BEING
TRANSGENDER IS SOMEHOW A MODERN
INNOVATION OR INVENTION. AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
TRANSGENDER DISTRICT I'VE SEEN
OVER AND OVER THE RESILIENCE OF
THIS COMMUNITY, THE AMAZING
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT TRANS PEOPLE
HAVE MADE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR
STATE. TWO YEARS AGO, THE
TRANSGENDER DISTRICT LED BY
TRANS HISTORY ACTIVISTS, JUPITER
PERAZA, WHO IS WITH US TODAY,
WORK TO CREATE THE NATION'S
FIRST TRANS HISTORY MONTH IN SAN
FRANCISCO. AND EARLIER THIS
YEAR, THEY APPROACHED ME TO ASK
IF THIS LEGISLATURE WOULD VOTE
TO MAKE CALIFORNIA THE FIRST
STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO
RECOGNIZE TRANSGENDER HISTORY
MONTH. I BELIEVE THAT
CALIFORNIANS ARE STRONGEST IN
OUR DEFENSE AGAINST THIS AGENDA
TO A RACE TRANS PEOPLE THEIR
IDENTITY. THEIR HISTORY IS TO
TELL THE TRUTH. TO TELL THE
TRUTH ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE AND TO
LIFT UP THE HISTORY OF
TRANSGENDER CALIFORNIANS WHO
LEFT THEIR MARK ON OUR GREAT
STATE AND MADE IT STRONGER AND
MORE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL OF US.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN VOTING TO NAME
AUGUST THE FIRST STATEWIDE
TRANSGENDER HISTORY MONTH AND
THE NATION AND CONTINUE OUR WORK
TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT. ALL OF
OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR IDENTITY
AND THEIR WELL BEING
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
HANEY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ARBOR.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. I UH, MADAME
SPEAKER MEMBERS I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF HR 57 AND WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC
RESOLUTION. THAT WOULD, UH, THAT
WOULD RESULT IN AUGUST BEING
DESIGNATED AS TRANSGENDER
HISTORY MONTH IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. UM TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE ARE ALL AROUND US. THERE
ARE FAMILY MEMBERS AND I HAVE
TRANS MEMBERS IN MY FAMILY.
THERE ARE CO WORKERS. THEY ARE
OUR NEIGHBORS. UM AND AS AS MY
COLLEAGUE MENTIONED THEY WERE AT
THE FOREFRONT OF THE LGBTQ CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT. A LOT OF US
FOCUS ON STONEWALL, UH, AS THE
AS THE GENESIS OF OUR CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THEY WERE TRANS
PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADING THAT
MOVEMENT. BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT,
RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, THE COMPTON
CAFETERIA RIOTS, UH, OCCURRED
BEFORE THAT, AND THAT WAS REALLY
A PROTEST THAT WAS LED BY
MEMBERS OF THE TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY AND LGBTQ PEOPLE BUT
PRIMARILY TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHO
REALLY HAD FACED CONTINUED FACED
VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION. AND
CONTINUE TO FACE THAT VIOLENCE
AND DISCRIMINATION TODAY AND AS
WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THAT
VIOLENCE AND TARGETING OUR
TRANSGENDER NEIGHBORS AND OUR
TRANSGENDER KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS
, I THINK IT'S IN PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT AND APPROPRIATE THAT
WE STAND WITH THE CHANCE GENDER
COMMUNITY THAT WE DESIGNATE THE
MONTH OF AUGUST IS TRANSGENDER
HISTORY MONTH. IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE LEARNING AS WE
KNOW ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY RESULTS
IN ACCEPTANCE, BECAUSE
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE LIKE EVERYONE
ELSE. THEY GOT TO WORK EVERY DAY
. THEY GOTTA HOME EVERY NIGHT
AND SLEEP IN THEIR BEDS. THEY
HAVE FAMILIES. THEY HAVE LOVED
ONES THEY LOVE OTHER PEOPLE. UM
AND THIS IS JUST A REALLY
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND I
STRONGLY URGE HER I VOTE AND
AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR
BRINGING IT TODAY. THANK YOU.
SOME MEMBERS OF HER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I AM
HAPPY TO RISE AND SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF HR 57, WHICH
RECOGNIZES TRANSGENDER HISTORY
AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR
BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION FORWARD. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THE HISTORY
OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO HELP
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE RISE IN
HATE CRIMES AND VIOLENCE AGAINST
THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. AS IT
WAS STATED IT IS COMMONLY AND
ACCURATELY NOTED THAT THIS
COMMUNITY IS SOMEHOW KNEW TO
HUMAN HISTORY. TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE HAVE EXISTED THROUGHOUT
OUR HISTORY, AND WE SHOULD NOT
ERASE THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS
MADE BY THIS COMMUNITY, IN
PARTICULAR AS CHAIR OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS. I'D
LIKE TO BRING UP THE
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY BLACK
TRANSGENDER WOMEN. PARTICULARLY
SURROUNDED THE COMPTON'S
CAFETERIA RIOT OF 1966, WHICH
WAS JUST NOTED BY MY COLLEAGUE
FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD. THIS RIOT
THAT WAS GIVEN IN AUGUST. IT
SUCH SIGNIFICANCE TO THE TRENDS
THIS EXCUSE ME. THIS PARTICULAR
RIOT, WHICH HAPPENED IN AUGUST,
HAS SUCH SIGNIFICANCE TO THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. AND WHILE
THIS EVENT WAS A TURNING POINT,
AS IT WAS THE FIRST LARGE SCALE
ACTS OF RESISTANCE AGAINST
HARASSMENT FROM POLICE, IT
SHOULD ALSO BE EMPHASIZED THAT
THIS AS FOLLOWED BY FURTHER ACTS
OF RESISTANCE, SUCH AS SIR LADY
JAVA, A BLACK PERFORMER WHO
FILED THE FIRST ANTI TRANS
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
LAWSUIT IN THE COUNTRY IN 1969
WHEN SHE PROTESTED HER FIRING
FROM THE RED FOX NIGHT. CLUB
LEADING ULTIMATELY, TO THE
OVERTURNING OF MANY ANTI DRUG
ORDINANCES. AND WHILE THERE ARE
MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND IMPORTANT
DATES IN HISTORY BETWEEN THEN
AND NOW, I THINK WE CAN ALL
CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE
ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN TODAY AND
TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS THAT
PUSHED BACK AGAINST THE ERASER
OF HISTORY AMONGST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES. I THINK ABOUT MY
OWN SON. THAT DURING HIS COMING
OF AGE, THERE WASN'T THE SAME
CONCERTED LEVEL OF ATTACKS
TOWARDS THE TRANS COMMUNITY AS
THERE IS TODAY, SO HE WAS HAPPY
TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE, REAPING
THE BENEFITS OF ALL THE HARD
WORK THAT HAPPENED BEFORE HIM.
NOW WITH THE LEVEL OF ATTACKS,
HE'S OUT FRONT, AND HE'S
LEARNING MORE ABOUT HIS
COMMUNITY'S HISTORY EVERY SINGLE
DAY. IT IS IMPORTANT. THAT WE AS
A LEGISLATIVE BODY, ENSURE THAT
WE KNOW THAT TRANS YOUTH NO.
THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
TRANSGENDER THE TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY. CANNOT BE ERASED.
THEIR HISTORY IS OUR HISTORY. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF HR 57. SEE NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION AND DEBATE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HENNY, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? I WANT TO
THANK BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES AND
TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE
DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACT ON
OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT ALL OF
OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUR
TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS AND ALL OF
THE POLICIES THAT YOU'VE PASSED
. THIS BODY HAS BEEN, UH, ON THE
FOREFRONT OF PROTECTING OUR
TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS. AND THIS
WILL BE ANOTHER IMPORTANT
HISTORIC STEP THAT WE TAKE AS A
BODY AND AS A STATE, AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
HANEY. WILL OPEN THE ROLE THIS
IS FOR CO AUTHORS. MEMBERS. THIS
IS FOR ALL THOSE BOATS WHO
DESIRED. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTERS
DESIRE TO VOTE. THIS IS FOR CO
AUTHORS. CLOSE THE ROLE. 56 CO
AUTHORS. WE'LL HAVE A VOICE VOTE
FOR THE AMENDMENT FOR THE
RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY AYE. I OPPOSE SING NONE. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. ON BEHALF
OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HANEY,
PLEASE WELCOME HIS GUESTS IN THE
GALLERY IN HONOR OF TRANSGENDER,
HIS HISTORY MONTH. THEY ARE
HONEY MAHOGANY. GABBY BURGERS.
JUPITER PERAZA. RIHANNA MCCREERY
. AND CARLO GÓMEZ ORTEGA. TO ALL
AND TO ALL THE OTHER GUESTS THAT
ARE UP IN THE GALLERY. WELCOME
TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY.
SORRY. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.
ALRIGHT MEMBERS. WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE UP A SET OF AMENDMENTS.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THESE
REAL QUICK, SO I REALLY NEED TO
HEAR THOSE EYES STARTING WITH
ITEM NUMBER 79 SB 341, THE CLERK
WILL READ. CENTERVILLE 3 41,
WITH AMENDMENTS BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE TO PRESENT
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SP 3 41
NEED TO BE ADOPTED TO FACILITATE
SUBSEQUENT CHAPTER IN L
AMENDMENTS. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR I VOTE, NO OTHERS WISHING
TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE AND WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE WILL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT.
THE MEASURE PASSES, THE BILL
GOES OUT TO PRINT MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER 98 SP 90, THE CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 90, WITH
AMENDMENTS BY REMEMBER WEBER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WEBER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE TO PRESENT
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL 90,
THE INSULIN AFFORDABILITY ACT ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR WIENER. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE TECHNICAL AND
ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE. AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU
KNOW, OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE
WILL GO. WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THIS OTHERS IN FAVOR AND
TO KEEP MY SEEING EYE. OPPOSE.
THE EYES, HAVE IT. THE MEASURE
PASSES. THIS GOES OUT TO PRINT
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 107 SP
704. THE CLERK WILL READ 704
WITH AMENDMENTS BY SALAMI MEMBER
PELLERIN ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PELLERIN, YOU MAY OPEN. THANK
YOU. I HAVE AMENDMENTS TODAY FOR
SP 704 BY MEN. THEY ARE
TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING
AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE OUTDATED
OIL AND GAS POLICIES AND ADD
POLICIES PROMOTING OFFSHORE WIND
ENERGY DEPLOYMENT. THERE IS NO
OPPOSITION. I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE
. OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE
A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE
EYES. HAVE IT. THE MEASURE
PASSES. THIS IS BACK TO PRINT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 123 SB
890. THE CLERK WORRIED SENATE
BILL 8 90 WITH AMENDMENTS BY
SOME REMEMBER IRWIN.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IRWIN, YOU MAY
OPEN THANK YOU. SP 8 90 IS A
SENATE AND GOVERNANCE FINANCE
COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX
OMNIBUS BILL, WHICH UPDATES
REFERENCES AND PROPERTY TAX LAW
TO REFLECT THE ENACTMENT OF SB
539, WHICH IMPLEMENTED
PROPOSITION 19. THE AMENDMENTS
MAKE TWO ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL
CHANGES SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS
AND INCORRECT CROSS REFERENCE
AND MAKE A GRAMMATICAL CHANGE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A
VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING, I OPPOSE THE
EYES, HAVE IT. THE MEASURE
PASSES BACK TO PRINT. WE ARE
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 133 SP
67, THE CLINICAL READ 67 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY SOMEBODY MEMBER
WALDRON. ASSEMBLE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WALDRON, YOU
MAY OPEN THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TO
PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO SB 67 BY
SENATOR SEYARTO TOÀN AMENDMENTS
SIMPLY EXTEND FROM 72 HOURS TO
120 HOURS THE TIME THAT THE
CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS
TO REPORT AN OVERDOSE DEATH
THANK YOU. AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THESE
AMENDMENTS AND THE BILL GO BACK.
OUT OF PRINT AND BACK ON FILE.
SEEING NO OTHERS WISHING TO
SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WILL GO AHEAD
AND TAKE A VOICE VOTE WITHOUT
OBJECTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I
OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT. THAT
BILL IS BACK TO PRINCE MOVING ON
TO ITEM NUMBER 140 SP 234. THE
CLERK WILL READ 34 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY SOMEBODY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SORRY. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER
I RISE TODAY TO PRESENT
AMENDMENTS TO SB 2 34 ON BEHALF
OF SENATOR PORTANTINO. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE TECHNICAL IN
NATURE, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE SEEING NO OTHERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE WILL TAKE
A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE AND ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY
SAYING I THANK YOU OPPOSE SEEING
NONE. THE MEASURE PASSES BACK ON
PRINCE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER
ONE BY THREE SP 3 11. THE CLERK
WILL READ 11 WITH AMENDMENTS BY
SOMEBODY MEMBER WOULD YOU MAY
OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
THESE AMENDMENTS INCORPORATE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOU AND I VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENTS. SEEING NO OTHERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOICE
VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE
EYES HAVE IT. THE MEASURE PASSES
. THE AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED,
MOVING ON TO AND IT'S BACK OUT
TO PRINT MOVING ON. WE'RE GONNA
PASS AND RETAIN ITEM 159 SP 350
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 1 68 SP
FOR 16 THE LOCAL READ BILL FOR
16 WITH AMENDMENTS BY SOME
REMEMBER FRIEDMAN.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FRIEDMAN, YOU
MAY OPEN. THANK YOU, MISS
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR LAIRD TO
PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO SP 4 16.
THE AMENDMENTS REMOVE RAIN
REMOVED RAINWATER MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE OFF RAMPS
FOR STATE AGENCIES TO MEET THE
CONDITIONS OF THE BILL AND
ACCURATELY DEFINED THE TERM
MAJOR RENOVATIONS. THIS THERE IS
NO OPPOSITION TO THESE
AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME, AND I REQUEST THAT THE
AMENDMENTS BE ADAPTED, BUILT
BACK. GO BACK OUT ON PRINTED
PLACED BACK ON THE FILE. THANK
YOU. OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE
A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATED BY SAYING I OPPOSED
THE EYES, HAVE IT. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED AND WE
ARE BACK ON FILE ITEM NUMBER 173
SP 433, THE CLERK WILL READ THE
SENATE BILL 4 33 WITH AMENDMENTS
BY ISLAM. REMEMBER MAKIN ER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCKINNEY YOU
MAY OPEN. MADAM SPEAKER. I RISE
TO PRESENT AMENDMENTS BY SENATOR
COURTESY. CURRENT LAW ALLOWS
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND K
THROUGH 12 DISTRICTS FIVE DAYS
TO REQUEST AN APPEAL HEARING
AFTER A DISCIPLINARY DECISION.
THE AMENDMENTS INCREASE THIS TO
30 DAYS TO MATCH THE PROCESS FOR
K THROUGH 12 TEACHERS. I ASKED
FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU. SEEING
NO OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE
WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY
SAYING I OPPOSED THE EYES. HAVE
IT. A MINIMUMS ARE ADOPTED AND
WE ARE BACK ON FILE. MOVING ON
TO ITEM NUMBER 192 SP 548, THE
CLERK WILL READ THE SENATE BILL
5 48 WITH AMENDMENTS BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JOE PATTERSON.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JOE PATTERSON,
YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I'M HERE TO PRESENT
AMENDMENTS TO SP 5 48 BY SENATOR
NEAL OH, THE AMENDMENTS ARE
MOSTLY TECHNICAL, AND I ASKED
FOR YOUR IDEA. THANK YOU. SEE NO
OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE WILL
TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY
SAYING I OPPOSE THE EYES. HAVE
IT. THE AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED.
WE ARE BACK ON FILE MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER 2 11 SP 671, THE
CLERK WILL READ 6 71 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY ASSUMING MEMBER
RUBIO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RUBIO,
YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT
AMENDMENTS TO SP 67 AND ONE ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR PORTANTINO
THIS THESE REINSTATE LANGUAGE
REGARDING APPEALS HEARD BY THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION. THANK YOU,
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY
VOTE. SEEING NO OTHERS WISHING
TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE WILL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE. 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 FILE ITEM NUMBER
253 SP 97. THE CLERK WILL READ
THE BILL 97 WITH AMENDMENTS
BAYOUS AND REMEMBER HOLDEN.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOLDEN, YOU MAY
OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
TODAY I RISE TO PRESENT
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SP 97 ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR WINNER
FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
JUDICIAL COUNCIL. THE AMENDMENTS
REMOVED THE WORD PLEA FROM THE
NEW EVIDENCE DEFINITION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A
VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE
EYES. HAVE IT. AMENDMENTS ARE
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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER 159 SP 350, THE
CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL 3
50 BY CENTER ASPEY, AN ACCOLADE
AND PEOPLE ATTENDANCE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY
YOU MAY OPEN. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MADAM SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE TO
PRESENT FLOOR AMENDMENTS FOR SP
3 50 ON BEHALF OF SENATOR ASHBY
. THESE AMENDMENTS CLARIFY THE
AUTHOR'S INTENT AND ADDRESS
CHAPTER RING OUT ISSUES. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE. I
SEE NO OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK
ON THIS ITEM WILL GO AHEAD AND
TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY
SAYING I OPPOSE THE EYES HAVE
IT. AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED. AND
BACK ON FILE.
MEMBERS. PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR
SEATS. PLEASE RETURN TO THE
FLOOR. MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION
. WE WILL RETURN TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTION TO ALLOW MAJORITY
LEADER TO MAKE A MOTION. MR
MAJORITY LEADER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND JOINT RULE 62
A THE FILE NOTICE REQUIREMENT TO
ALLOW THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TO HEAR SB 35
UNDERBERG AND SB 7 99 PORTANTINO
TOMORROW THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH
AT 9:30 A.M. AND SWING SPACE
ROOM 1100 WITHOUT OBJECTION.
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I MOVE TO
SUSPEND US IN THE RURAL 69 D.
THE ONE DAY WAITING PERIOD TO
ALLOW SOME OF THE MEMBER AGUILAR
CURRY TO TAKE UP ITEMS. 65 A. C
A ONE SECONDED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HEART. THIS
PROCEDURAL MOTION IS NOT
DEBATABLE. THE MAJORITY LEADER
IS ASKING FOR AN I VOTE. WE
OBJECT. THE CLERK. WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. THE MEMBER MEMBERS JUST
TAKES 41 VOTES. ALL THOSE VOTERS
DECIDE TO VOTE. MR MAJORITY
LEADER IS ASKING FOR AN I VOTE.
MR FLORA IS ASKING FOR A NO VOTE
. THE MAJORITY LEADER IS ASKING
FOR AN I VOTE. MR FLORA IS
ASKING FOR A NO VOTE. THE
MAJORITY LEADER IS ASKING FOR AN
I VOTE. MR FLORES ASKING FOR NO
VOTE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE ALL MEMBERS VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE? THE CLERK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL EYES 50 NO
16. THE MOTION CARRY THE ROLE OF
SUSPENDED MEMBERS. WE WILL NOW
GO TO ITEM NUMBER 65
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY.
THE CLERK WILL READ SOMEBODY.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ONE
BIAS, SOMEBODY MEMBER
AGUIAR-CURRY AND OTHERS AND
ACCOLADE INTO LOCAL FINANCE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY
YOU MAY OPEN THANK YOU, MADAME
SPEAKER MEMBERS. I RISE TO
PRESENT A ONE A LEGISLATIVE
INITIATIVE, WHICH WILL SIMPLY
ASK THE VOTERS THE STATE'S
VOTERS IF THEY WOULD LOWER THE
NECESSARY VOTE THRESHOLD FOR
LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FROM TWO
THIRDS TO A 55% SUPERMAJORITY.
THIS IS THE SAME VOTE THRESHOLD
APPROVED BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS
FOR LOCAL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
MONTH. THIS MEASURE WILL PERMIT
MEMBERS. LET ME REPEAT PERMIT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE LOST
CRITICAL TOOLS LIKE
REDEVELOPMENT TO PLACE BEFORE
LOCAL VOTERS A LOCAL MEASURE TO
ADDRESS THE NUMEROUS PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES CITIES
, COUNTIES AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS
ARE FACING TODAY. STATE AND
FEDERAL FUNDS ALONE WILL NEVER
BE ABLE TO FUND EVERY LOCAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITY. THE
CURRENT SYSTEM ACTUALLY FORCES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COME TO THE
STATE FOR BONDS AND TAXES PAID
FOR EVERY TAXPAYER AROUND THE
STATE, PAID BY EVERY TAXPAYER
AROUND THE STATE, RATHER THAN A
COMMUNITY, WHICH CHOOSES TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS ON THEIR OWN. WE ARE
ASKING OUR COMMUNITIES TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY. FOR BUILDING NEW
, AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING, PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
UNHAPPY PEOPLE ON THE STREET. ON
TOP OF NEW AND INCREASING
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS CAUSED BY
DECADES OF NEGLECT. MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WE KNOW THAT VOTERS
WANT FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY
WANT TRANSPARENCY. THEY WANT
OVERSIGHT. A SEE A ONE PROVIDES
EVEN MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES THAN PREVIOUS VERSIONS.
THE INITIATIVE REQUIRES. A
SPECIFIC EXPENDITURE PLAN A
CITIZEN'S COMMISSION TO OVERSEE
EXPENDITURES. AND AN ANNUAL
PERFORMANCE AND FISCAL AUDITS.
IT ALSO PROHIBITS LOCAL GENERAL
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FROM BEING
PAID. FOR BY A SEE A ONE
INITIATIVES. AND COMING OUT OF
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK MEMBERS, WE ADDED A SERIES
OF MEASURES A CAP ON
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AT 5. A
FINANCIAL TRAINING REQUIREMENT
FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS
COMMITTEE. A BUREAU OF STATE
AUDITS REVIEW OF LOCAL AUDITS.
EVERY VIEW THAT ALL PROCEEDS BE
SPENT SERVING THE COMMUNITY
APPROVING APPROVING THE LOCAL
MEASURE AND A REQUIREMENT THAT
ALL FUNDS BE COMMITTED TO THE
PROJECTS AND THE LOCAL
INITIATIVE BEFORE ANOTHER S E. A
ONE INITIATIVE CAN BE PROVOKED
PROPOSED BY LOCAL TO LOCAL
VOTERS. MEMBERS A SEE A ONE IS
ABOUT LOCAL INVESTMENT. IT'S
ABOUT LOCAL JOBS. IT'S ABOUT
LOCAL CONTROL. BUT DON'T BUY THE
FALSE CHOICE THAT WE CAN SOMEHOW
PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES,
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND MEET
THE HOUSING CRISIS AND SHELTER
THE UN HOUSED AND PROVIDE FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FREE. IT IS
SIMPLY DISINGENUOUS TO SAY. YOU
SUPPORT SOLUTIONS TO THESE
PROBLEMS, BUT OPPOSED STATE
TAXES AND BONDS OPPOSED
DEVELOPER FEES OPPOSED UPLAND
CITIZENS INITIATIVES THAT CAN
APPROVE THE SAME TYPES OF
PROJECTS AT 50% WITH NO
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. AND
OPPOSE GENERAL TAXES AT 50% WITH
NO LIST OF EXPENDITURES, NO
LIMITS ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AND NO AUDITS OR CITIZENS
OVERSIGHT. NO TO EVERYTHING. I
KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS NOT A
PUBLIC POLICY POSITION. IT'S
JUST NOT I ASKED FOR YOUR I
VOTE. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BENNETT,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. I RISE TO ASK THE
MEMBERS OF THIS ASSEMBLY ONE
QUESTION. WHEN SHOULD ONE
PERSON'S NO VOTE. COUNT TO
COUNTERACT TO PEOPLE'S YES VOTE.
AND I WOULD OFFER AN AMERICA
THAT SHOULD ONLY HAPPEN IN THE
RAREST OF CIRCUMSTANCES TO
PROTECT THE MINORITY FROM THE
MAJORITY TO PROTECT THE
MINORITIES RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH
OR THEIR FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
BUT SHOULD THAT HAPPEN IF 65% OF
THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANT
TO FINANCE, PUBLIC HOUSING OR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE
WORKFORCE PEOPLE IN THEIR
COMMUNITY IF 65% OF THE PEOPLE
WANT TO FINANCE THAT WITH A BOND
LIKE WE DO WITH OUR HOUSES AND
MORTGAGE WHY SHOULD 35% OF THE
PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COUNTER THAT
FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SIMPLY A
COMMUNITY DECISION TO BE MADE
OUT THERE? PLEASE I ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO VOTE AYE ON THIS
PARTICULAR MEASURE AND LET'S LET
THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA MAKE
THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT WHEN
ONE VOTE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
COUNTER TO TWO VOTES. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WILSON. YOU WERE RECOGNIZED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS I RISE AS A PROUD CO
AUTHOR OF A SEE A ONE. I CAME TO
THE ASSEMBLY. SINGLE FOCUSED ON
QUALITY OF LIFE AND ONE ASPECT
OF THAT FOR ME, JUST FROM MY
BACKGROUND IN HOUSING WAS
HOUSING PRODUCTION. WE HAVE AN
ISSUE. WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS
IN THIS GREAT STATE OF OURS, AND
A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS RELATED
TO PRODUCTION. WE CAN'T HAVE
HOUSING PRODUCTION WITHOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THIS IS WHAT
A SEE WHAT A ONE ALLOWS FOR. IT
ALLOWS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WANT TO
TAX THEMSELVES OR PUT A BOND FOR
THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN FUND
INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH WILL IN
TURN PRODUCED HOUSING. IT IS
ESSENTIAL TO LET OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES DETERMINE THEIR OWN
FUTURE. BY VOTING I ON THIS A C
A AND GIVING IT TO THE VOTERS TO
SOCIETY. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER AT ISSUE MAY OPEN. I'M
SORRY YOU WERE RECOGNIZED.
MEMBERS I RISE AS A CO AUTHOR OF
FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND A
STRONG SUPPORTER OF ONE IS HE? A
ONE WILL ALLOW US TO GIVE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THE TOOLS THEY NEED
TO MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL TO
CREATE LOCAL INVESTMENT AND TO
CREATE LOCAL JOBS. WE ARE
WITNESSING OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THAT A TWO THIRDS SUPERMAJORITY
THRESHOLD IS TOO HIGH TO MAKE
LOCAL INITIATIVES ATTAINABLE IN
OUR DISTRICTS. THEY'RE LIKE
THEREBY LEAVING LOCAL SOLUTIONS
ON THE TABLE. IS A ONE PROVIDES
A VALUABLE TOOL TO OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO HELP THEM
DECIDE HOW BEST TO SERVE THEIR
COMMUNITIES, LEVELING THE
PLAYING FIELD FOR OUR STUDENTS
FOR OUR CITIES, FOR OUR COUNTIES
AND FOR OUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS,
SO MEMBERS I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HANEY, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAME.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS ALSO RISE AS A
PROUD CO AUTHOR AND FORMER
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. I THINK
IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE
WOULD ALL AGREE ON HERE, WHETHER
MODERATE PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT IT'S THAT THIS.
LEGISLATURE IS NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO SOLVE EVERY SINGLE
PROBLEM IN OUR STATE. WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND EVERY
SINGLE NEED THAT OUR RESIDENTS
ARE FACING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO OURSELVES, FIX EVERY
PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
AND FOR THAT REASON, WE HAVE TO
GIVE THE TOOLS TO PEOPLE ACROSS
THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO CONFRONT
THOSE CHALLENGES THEMSELVES. UH
WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR PART.
WE'RE GOING TO FUND HOUSING.
WE'RE GOING TO FUND
INFRASTRUCTURE GOING TO FUND
CLIMATE RESPONSE, BUT WE ALSO
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN
LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE THE
ABILITY THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS TO DO THAT THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE I ASKED OUR STATE AND
ACTUALLY REQUIRED OUR STATE TO
BUILD OVER A MILLION UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OVER THE
NEXT EIGHT YEARS. WE WE'VE SAID
THAT WE NEED EVERYONE TO STEP UP
ON INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE FACING
WILDFIRES AND UNPRECEDENTED
CLIMATE CHALLENGES. IN ORDER FOR
THAT TO HAPPEN. WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
CAN WORK AND IF, AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL YOU'RE GOING TO REQUIRE
66.6% JUST TO PASS THE MEASURE.
63% OF PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT TO
FUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND
WE SAY NO, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. IT
IS UNTENABLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE'RE FACING, PARTICULARLY
ON HOUSING AND CLIMATE. AND SO
THIS MIGHT BE IN MANY WAYS ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT WE DO AND THE MOST
DEMOCRATIC THING WE DO GIVE THE
POWER TO THE PEOPLE. TO CONFRONT
THEIR PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES.
AND WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT WE
CAN STAND TOGETHER IN THIS AND
THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM WINTERS
AND RESPECTFULLY ASTRAY. I VOTE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IRWAN CARILLO,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. MEMBERS ARISE
TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ONE
AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS DEDICATED
THE MAJORITY OF MY PROFESSIONAL
LIFE TO SERVING THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS FOR NEARLY TWO
DECADES, I WORK IN A CITY
PLANNER IN DIFFERENT CITIES
WITHIN OUR GREAT STATE. MY
EXPERIENCE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAS PROVIDED
ME WITH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON
INNER WORKING SUB COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. AND THE CRITICAL
ROLE THAT FUNDING PLACE IN
SHAPING OUR CITIES AND TOWNS. I
HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE
STRUGGLES OF FAMILIES TRYING TO
SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND
I'VE SEEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT YOUR RATE DUE TO LIMITED
RESOURCES. THE PROPOSAL AS I'VE
SEEN IT. THE REST OF THE VERY
ISSUES THAT HAVE KEPT ME UP AT
NIGHT DURING MY YEARS AS A CITY
PLANNER. HE RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF EMPOWERING LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE MEANINGFUL
ACTION AND PROVIDES A MECHANISM
FOR BORDERS TO MAKE DECISIONS
THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THEIR
OWN COMMUNITIES. CAMERA'S SEEING
THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES
OF OUR SERIES LARGE AND SMALL. I
CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT
THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL
SOLUTION. A SEE. A ONE
ACKNOWLEDGES THIS REALITY BY
ALLOWING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
TAILOR THEIR RESPONSES TO THEIR
UNIQUE NEEDS OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES. THAT FLEXIBILITY IS
INVALUABLE IN ADDRESSING THE
COMPLEX HOUSING AND
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT VARY
FROM PLACE TO PLACE. MOREOVER
THE PROPOSALS COMMITMENT TO
ACCOUNTABILITY ALIGNS PERFECTLY
WITH THE PRINCIPLES I HAVE HELD
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. IT ENSURES
THAT FUNDS RAISED THROUGH THESE
MEASURES ARE UTILIZED
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY
FULFILLING THE PROMISES MADE TO
VOTERS. IN ESSENCE, A SEE A ONE
IS NOT JUST A POLICY PROPOSED
POLICY PROPOSAL. TO ME, IT IS A
TESTAMENT TO THE BELIEF THAT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES LIKE THE ONES
THAT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
WORKING WITH SHOULD HAVE THE
AUTONOMY AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO
CREATE THRIVING, SUSTAINABLE AND
INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR
RESIDENTS. PERHAPS MORE
IMPORTANTLY, HC 81 PUTS A
DECISION MAKING POWER IN THE
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE. BY
REQUIRING VARIOUS APPROVAL FOR
THESE MEASURES ENSURE THEIR
CONSTITUENTS HAVE A SAY IN HOW
THEIR COMMUNITIES DEVELOP. I
WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER PRO
TEM AGAIN COREY FOR BRINGING HIS
MEASURE FORWARD. AND AS FOR ME,
I VOTE THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND I WANTED TO RISE.
ALSO LIKE MANY OF YOU COMING
FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HAVING
SERVED ON OUR CITY COUNCIL. I
WANT TO APPLAUD AND THANK OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM WINNERS FOR
LEADING ON THIS EFFORT FOR
MULTIPLE SESSIONS NOW BECAUSE
FROM COMING FROM LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO ANSWER THE CALL OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS, WHICH IS TO DO
MORE TO PROVIDE THAT CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT HOUSING
AND I HAD THOSE EXPERIENCES
WHERE WE TRIED TO PUT FORWARD A
BOND, WHICH GOT THE SUPPORT OF
THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS. IN
FACT, WE GOT TO 57% WHICH IS
PRETTY GREAT, AND I'M SO PROUD
OF SAN DIEGO VOTERS, BUT IT
WASN'T ENOUGH. UNDER THE CURRENT
SYSTEMS, AND OF COURSE, WE HEARD
MUCH TESTIMONY FROM OTHER LOCAL
OFFICIALS. NOW THAT WOULD GET
UPWARDS OF 65% OF THE VOTE TO
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM VENTURA'S
POINT. HOW CAN TWO PEOPLES? YES
VOTE NOT TO PEOPLE'S YES VOTE BE
SUPPLANTED BY ONE PERSON'S NO
VOTE. THERE'S AN INHERENT
UNDEMOCRATIC AND BALANCE HERE,
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE
ALREADY HAVE PRESIDENT THAT'S
BEEN ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS IN
THE YEAR 2000 FOR SCHOOL
FACILITIES. WE BELIEVE THAT 55%
FOR BONDS IS AN APPROPRIATE
LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE
ABLE TO MOVE THAT QUESTION
FORWARD. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT
WE'VE ACTUALLY ANSWER OUR
CONSTITUENTS CALLS BY HELPING
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO WANT TO
STEP UP AND YOU WANT TO DO MORE
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR
LOCAL ELECTORATES, UM, WITH A
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
HOUSING THAT THEY SO DESPERATELY
NEED. LET'S SEND THIS TO THE
VOTERS AND I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AS A CO AUTHOR. YOUR
SUPPORT ON A ONE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HEART. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. I RISE TODAY AS A CO
AUTHOR AND STRONG SUPPORTER OF
THE A ONE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
FACE TREMENDOUS CHALLENGING
INVEST CHALLENGES INVESTING IN
INFRASTRUCTURE, ADDRESSING
CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUILDING
HOUSING THAT'S NEEDED BY ALL THE
RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA. E C ONE
IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS NEED TO HELP IMPROVE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND TO BOOST OUR
ECONOMIES. THIS MEASURE DOES NOT
CHANGE THE VOTING THRESHOLD OR
RAISE TAXES. A SEE A ONE SIMPLY
ALLOWS THE VOTERS TO DECIDE IF
THIS FINANCING TOOLS SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE. IN 2016 IN SAN LUIS,
SWISS SPOKE COUNTY THAT REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX MEASURE
FAILED WITH 66.3% THE VOTE. HOW
IS THAT RIGHT? I URGE YOUR
SUPPORT FOR A ONE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S VINCE FONG, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. MEMBERS. I RISE IN
STRONG OPPOSITION TO A SEE A ONE
LET ME BE THE VOICE FOR
CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS. THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND
DEBASES THE PROTECTIONS.
TAXPAYERS ARE GUARANTEED BY
PROPOSITION 13 MAKE NO MISTAKE
ABOUT IT. THIS BILL MAKES IT
EASIER TO PASS AND RAISE TAXES
IN CALIFORNIA. THE TWO THIRDS
REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN IN THE
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION SINCE 18
79 THE SAME YEAR THE STATE
CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED.
PROPOSITION 13 HAS BEEN A LINE
IN THE SAND PROTECTING FAMILIES
AND HOMEOWNERS AGAINST TAX
INCREASES. THIS THRESHOLD. HAS
BEEN UPHELD THREE TIMES THE
RATIFICATION OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION, PROPOSITION 13 AND
1978 AND AGAIN IN 1996 WITH
PROPOSITION TO 18. ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS THE FOUNDERS OF
THIS STATE DID. WAS GUARANTEED A
HIGHER VOTE THRESHOLD TO PROTECT
AGAINST EXCESSIVE DEBT. A DEBT
THAT IS BORN BY PROPERTY OWNERS,
PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS STATE.
AFFORDABILITY IN CALIFORNIA IS
CRUMBLING. WE HEAR IT EVERY
SINGLE DAY FROM OUR
CONSTITUENTS, AND THIS MEASURE
WOULD KICK THE CHAIR OUT FROM
UNDER FAMILIES THAT ARE ALREADY
ON THEIR LAST LEG. MEMBERS URGED
A NO VOTE. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
DIXON YOU RECOGNIZE. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I TO
RISE IN OPPOSITION TO A SEE A
ONE. AS WE'VE JUST HEARD A SEE A
ONE ERODES KEY STATE TAXPAYERS
SAFEGUARDS PROTECTING TAXPAYERS.
FOR OVER 40 YEARS FOR THE
ENACTMENT OF PROP 13 THE EFFECT
THE EFFECTS OF ENACTING A SEE A
ONE WILL FURTHER CHIP AWAY AT
THE PROPERTY TAX PROTECTIONS AT
OUR STATE HAS ENSHRINED SINCE I
JUST 78. SAYING A C ONE WOULD
MAKE IT EASY QUOTE MAKE IT
EASIER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
TAKE MORE OF YOUR MONEY, AND
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WHEN I
HEAR PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT MEMBERS
SPEAK ABOUT TWO THIRDS VOTE.
THERE'S A REASON. TWO THIRDS
VOTE IS TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT
FROM TAKING TOO MUCH OF YOUR
MONEY. WE FORGET WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU TAX WHEN YOU TAX
BUSINESSES WHEN YOU TAX PROPERTY
OWNERS THROUGH THE INCREASE IN
THEIR PROPERTY TAXES WHO PAYS
FOR THAT BUSINESS DOESN'T PAY
THAT. WHO PAYS FOR THAT THE
CONSUMER PAYS FOR THOSE COSTS OF
DOING BUSINESS. THE COST OF
DOING BUSINESS IMPOSED ON HYPE
BY IT BECAUSE OF HIGHER PROPERTY
TAXES. THE CONSUMER PAYS FOR
THAT, SO WE'RE JUST LOADING UP
MORE AND MORE AND MORE ONTO THE
BACKS OF FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT
AFFORD IT AND ARE LEAVING THE
STATE IN NUMBERS AND FOR SMALL
BUSINESS AS WELL. SO THEIR
PROPERTY LANDLORD TO A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER, A RESTAURANT, A
SHOE STORE, A HAIR SALON IS
GOING TO PAY HIGHER RENT. NOW WE
ALL SAY WE NEED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. I TOO HAVE MY LOCAL
GOVERNMENT HAD ON AND MY JOB AS
A CITY COUNCIL PERSON FOR EIGHT
YEARS WAS TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL
CITIZENS IF THEY WANT TO BE
TAXED HIGHER, THERE SHOULD BE A
HIGHER TAX THRESHOLD OF TWO
THIRDS VOTE THAT'S BEEN
ENSHRINED IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR
STATE FOR DECADES. AND IT SHOULD
BE HARDER TO TAX PEOPLE.
OTHERWISE IT'S JUST WILLY WILLY
WILLY NILLY. THE REAL
FUNDAMENTAL THE ELEPHANT IN THE
ROOM ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS
WE ALL KNOW, IS SEQUA. WE'RE NOT
JUST BY PASSING A BOND MEASURE
IS NOT GOING TO MAGICALLY APPEAR
NEW HOUSING. SEQUA IS THERE ARE
DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS
STATE THAT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
THAT ARE WAITING TO BE, UH,
RATIFIED OR HEAD ALL THROUGH
COURT LAWSUITS. THERE'S ONE IN,
UH, NORTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THERE IS 25,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES
THAT HAVE BEEN PENDING APPROVAL
AND CHALLENGES THROUGH SEQUEL
FOR 20 YEARS. THAT IS THE REAL
PROBLEM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IT TRULY IS. WHY ARE WE IGNORING
SEQUEL AND WE COULD BUILD MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVERY
COMMUNITY BY STRIPPING AWAY ALL
THE ECOSYSTEM THAT RELIES ON ECO
SEQUA? CHALLENGES IN THE COURTS
THROUGH LAWSUITS AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOREVER
CHALLENGING DEVELOPMENT. LET'S
GET SEQUEL CLEARED UP AND WE CAN
START BUILDING HOMES. LET'S NOT
PUT IT ON THE BACKS OF OUR
TAXPAYERS. LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE
. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. BUT LET'S
REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS
SUPERMAJORITY OF VOTE. THAT'S
HOW OUR SYSTEM IS ALWAYS WORKED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S SO EASY TO
TAX OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. IT
JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO
ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HAPPEN. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE. TO BE A PROUD
CO AUTHOR OF THIS BILL FOR TWO
REASONS. NUMBER ONE IS IT
PROVIDES A TOOL TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. WHEN I WAS A COUNCIL
MEMBER IN THE LARGEST CITY IN MY
DISTRICT, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
MANY TIMES THE STATE QUÊ TÂM AT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE STICK
. BUILD MORE HOUSING. WELL,
FIRST OF ALL CITIES DON'T BUILD.
BUT ONE THING THEY CAN DO IS
THEY CAN PROVIDE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NECESSARY
TO BUILD. THIS BILL ALLOWS THE
TOOL FOR US TO MAKE
INFRASTRUCTURE EASIER TO BUILD.
SO NUMBER ONE IS IT GIVES US A
TOOL WHERE A LOT OF TIMES WE HAD
THINGS WHERE WE HAD OUR HANDS
TIED BEHIND OUR BACK. THE TOOL
IS NECESSARY. THE SECOND REASON
WHY I SUPPORT THIS BILL IS
BECAUSE IT'S DEMOCRACY AT ITS
FINEST. IT SHOULD BE WITH DUE
RESPECT TO OUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES, IT SHOULD BE THAT A
MAJORITY A SIMPLE MAJORITY CAN
DECIDE ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
BECAUSE WE ALL SHARE IN THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I FIRMLY
BELIEVE WE ALL GOT TO PAY FOR
IT, BUT WE'RE ALL GOING TO
BENEFIT FROM IT. SO THOSE ARE
THE TWO REASONS THAT I REALLY DO
AS A FORMER, YOU KNOW, LOCAL
STEWARD AND SOMEBODY THAT'S NOW
AT THE STATE. I BELIEVE IN THIS
BILL BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
HAS BEEN NECESSARY. THE STATE
ALWAYS CAME AT US WITH A STICK.
LET'S GIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE
TOOLS THAT IT NEEDS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WENDY CARILLO,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE
AS A PROUD CO AUTHOR AND STRONG
SUPPORT OF A ONE THINK LOCAL
CONTROL IS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH BUILDING AND
HOUSING THAT'S MUCH NEEDED. I
WANT TO JUST BRING IT BACK TO
PEOPLE. THE LATEST HOMELESSNESS
COUNT AND L. A COUNTY SHOWED
THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS
ACTUALLY THE MOST UN HOUSED
POPULATION WITH AN INCREASE UP
TO 44% OF THE COMMUNITY BEING ON
HOUSED, MEANING WE ARE OUR
COMMUNITY IS BEING DISPLACED BY
THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE LACK OF SENIOR HOUSING THE
LACK OF MARKET RATE HOUSING. THE
LACK OF MIXED USE HOUSING THE
LACK OF VETERAN HOUSING THE LACK
OF SENIOR HOUSING. IN AN EFFORT
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RELIEVE
OURSELVES OF THIS CRISIS. WE
MUST TURN IT BACK TO THE VOTERS,
AND I HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY HEARD
VOTERS SAY HOUSING IS A HUMAN
RIGHT? SO THE ONLY WAY THAT WE
MOVE THAT FORWARD IS BY ENSURING
THAT OUR LOCAL CITIES HAVE THE
ABILITY TO BUILD AND CREATE AND
ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND
OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO
THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO BUILD
. IN ADDITION, THE LARGEST AND
OVERREPRESENTED COMMUNITY OF
UNHAPPY RESIDENTS ARE BLACK
CALIFORNIANS. WE CANNOT CONTINUE
TO SAY THAT WE BELIEVE THAT
HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. WENT
AT THE SAME TIME WE STOPPED
LOCAL CITIES FROM BEING ABLE TO
ACCESS THE MAJORITY OF THE
VOTERS WHO STAY, BUILD AND BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
AND I VOTE ON A SEE A ONE. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JIM
PATTERSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. THE
VOTERS. THE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
SPOKEN ON THIS KIND OF THRESHOLD
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO
LET'S PUT THE REST THIS WHOLE
NOTION THAT WE'RE DOING THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA SOME KIND
OF A FAVOR. ALSO WE HAVE HEARD
IT SAID THAT SOMEHOW HAVING A
TWO THIRDS THRESHOLD. UH, IS
HAVING. HMM NO PROTECTION FOR
THE MINORITIES OR WHAT? BECAUSE
OF THE OF THE MAJORITY. FOLKS
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE
THRESHOLD DOES. WHEN YOU GIVE
POWER TO THE GOVERNMENT TO REACH
INTO YOUR POCKET BOOK, AND YOU
DO IT WITH A BARE MAJORITY OR
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. WHAT
IT DOES. IS IT DENIES? THE
ABILITY OF THE SMALL GROUP THAT
WHOSE POCKETS ARE GETTING
REACHED INTO AND THERE IS A
REASON WHY THIS HAS BEEN POPULAR
AND WHY EFFORTS TO REPEAL OR
CHANGE PROPOSITION 13. UM. I
WANT TO ALSO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
THE NATURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I'M NOT CAME FROM LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. MAYOR FRESNO FOR
EIGHT YEARS. AND WE DON'T. WITH
A LOT OF TWO THIRDS MAJORITY. WE
HAVE MEASURES C, WHICH IS A
TERRIFIC TRANSPORTATION TAX, AND
IT'S BEEN APPROVED OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, AND WE ARE THE FIFTH
LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WE DON'T HAVE
THE TRAFFIC THAT THESE OTHER BIG
CITIES HAVE, BECAUSE WE'RE A
SELF HELP COUNTY. SO DON'T TELL
ME THAT YOU CAN'T GET THE
PEOPLE'S WORK DONE. IF YOU'RE
ASKING THEM TO VOTE. TWO THIRDS
WHAT DOES THAT DO? IT REQUIRES
THEN GOVERNMENT. TO DEMONSTRATE
THE OVERWHELMING POPULARITY. OF
AN IDEA FOR WHICH THEY WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE A TAX. AND THAT'S
WHY THE TWO THIRDS IS A
THRESHOLD THAT SAYS THE PEOPLE
DON'T JUST BUY A MIRROR. SLIM
MAJORITY. THINK THIS IS A GOOD
IDEA. THEY THINK IT'S A GOOD
IDEA OVERWHELMINGLY. AND THAT'S
WHY I THINK IT HAS BEEN A
POPULAR THRESHOLD AND SHOULD NOT
BE TAMPERED WITH. SO IF WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNMENT'S
ABILITY. TO DO THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO BY
CONTINUALLY REDUCING THE
THRESHOLD. UM WHO'S GOING TO
BRING THE NEXT BUILDER. REDUCE
THAT THRESHOLD OF 45. I MEAN,
I'M BEING A LITTLE BIT FACETIOUS
HERE. BUT THE BUT THE VOTERS
HAVE SPOKEN. OVER AND OVER. AND
HERE IS SORT OF THIS BACKDOOR
AROUND BEHIND THE SCENES EFFORT
AT ATTACKING. PROPOSITION, 13.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. YOU'RE
TOUCHING THE THIRD RAIL IN
CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL BE A
POLITICAL PRICE TO PAY HERE.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE
UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE IS AN
INSATIABLE APPETITE. FOR TAXING
AND SPENDING. AND THEY HAVE
RIGHTEOUSLY SET THE STANDARD
HIGH. IN ORDER FOR THOSE OF US
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE A
TAXATION. HAVE TO REACH A VERY
LARGE THRESHOLD. BECAUSE THAT
MEANS WE'VE GOT TO WORK REAL
HARD. TO DEMONSTRATE ITS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO. TO HAVE
PROTECTION TO HAVE OVERSIGHT TO
TAKE THAT TAXATION AND
TRUSTWORTHY IN ITS USE. AND SO I
DON'T THINK THIS IS PARTICULARLY
GOOD IDEA. I THINK YOU'RE
TOUCHING A THIRD RAIL THAT, UH I
THINK HAS POLITICAL
RAMIFICATIONS HERE, AND I THINK
THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE FOOLING
YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU'RE
SOMEHOW PROTECTING, UH, A
MINORITY HERE. UH, FROM
TAXATION. 50 SECONDS ON THE CLUB
AGAIN. THE POINT BEING IF YOU'RE
GOING TO REACH INTO THE BANK
ACCOUNTS OF CALIFORNIANS. DON'T
DO IT WITH A MIRROR 51. THAT
SOUNDS KIND OF NICE. IT'S UM YOU
KNOW, BUT NO. THERE'S A REASON
WHY WE PUT THE THRESHOLD HIÂU
FINAL COMMENTS. PLEASE PUT THE
THRESHOLD HIGH TO PROTECT PEOPLE
AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF A FEW.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
, MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I
RISE TODAY AS THE PRINCIPAL COAL
AND STRONG SUPPORT OF A C A, UM,
ONE WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT
BEFORE US TODAY BY MY COLLEAGUE
FROM WINTERS. I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES. MY COLLEAGUE FROM
WINTER TO BRINGING A C ONE
BEFORE US SIMPLY PROPOSED TO
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD SO THAT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHERE I COME
FROM, I SERVED ALMOST NEARLY 10
YEARS ON THE CARSON CITY
COUNCIL. IT PROVIDES A VIABLE
FINANCIAL FINANCING TOOL TO
ADDRESS UM, COMMUNITY NEEDS. IT
WILL ALSO REDUCE THE VOTER
THRESHOLD FROM AS WELL SAID TWO
THIRDS FROM A SUPERMAJORITY TO A
MAJORITY OF 55% APPROVAL BY
LOCAL GENERAL OBLIGATION. THIS
MEASURE WILL ENABLE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS LOCAL
CONCERNS WITHOUT UM, WAITING ON
FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS OR
INITIATIVES TO DO SO. LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. UM AND THE VOTERS
WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS
PARTICULAR A C A. AND I'VE HEARD
MANY OF US ON THIS FLOOR TALK
ABOUT WHERE WE COME FROM IN
TERMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
BORDER SUPERVISORS AND THINGS OF
THAT NATURE. WHEN THIS BODY
BEFORE WE GOT HERE TOOK AWAY.
REMEMBER THIS. WE TOOK AWAY
REDEVELOPMENT. IT DEVASTATED.
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES
DEVASTATED ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND NOW WE'RE
TRYING TO FIND OUR WAY BACK.
WE'RE ABSOLUTELY TRYING TO FIGHT
OUR WAY BACK BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN
THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO REDEVELOPMENT
BEING STRIPPED AWAY BY THIS BODY
, AND NOW WE TALK ABOUT LOCAL
CONTROL, AND THEY WERE GIVING
LOCAL CONTROL BACK SO THAT
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS ON
THE POSTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES,
BECAUSE THE DAY THERE THERE ARE
LOCAL OFFICIAL CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
THEY SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO THIS MEASURE BEFORE US
TODAY, AND IF I HEARD THE
RHETORIC, THIS MEASURE GOES
BEFORE THE VOTERS THE VOTERS
WOULD DO WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY
PUT A TWO THIRDS VOTE ON THE
BALLOT AND VOTED AND SAID, THIS
IS WHAT WE WANT. ALL WE'RE
SAYING WITH THIS A C A IS
PUTTING IT BACK TO THE VOTERS
AND MAKING SURE THAT LOCAL
CONTROL HAVE ITS ITS VOICE IS
RIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY ALSO
UNDERSTAND THIS. WE HAVE A
HOUSING CRISIS IN THIS STATE IF
YOU HAD NOT NOTICED. PEOPLE ARE
STRUGGLING HERE IN CALIFORNIA
WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE PLACE TO
LIVE. AND ALL OF ALSO ALL WE ALL
KNOW THAT RIGHT WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE'S ABILITY SO
PEOPLE CAN CALL A DWELLING THEIR
PLACE OF HOME BECAUSE THERE'S NO
PLACE LIKE HOME AND IT'S OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AND OBLIGATION TO
ONE TO MAKING SURE THAT LOCAL
CONTROL IS BACK AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL SO THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS
. SO I STRONGLY ASKED, BUT I
VOTE ON A ONE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MATHIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU. MADAM SPEAKER. MEMBERS LIKE
LET'S GET REAL. YOU ALL WANT TO
TALK ABOUT HOUSING CRISIS. AND
IN THE SAME SENTENCE YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT TAXING PEOPLE OUT
OF THEIR HOUSES. LET'S BE REAL
ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. WE HAVE A
MASSIVE INFLATION ISSUE. IN THIS
STATE AND THIS COUNTRY, SO
BRINGING THE COST TO EVERYTHING
UP. MAKING IT EASIER. TO PASS A
TAX. IS NOT GOING TO HELP THAT
IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP REDUCE
THE COST OF LIVING. WHICH IS THE
PROBLEM. TALKED ABOUT THIS A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. PEOPLE ARE
LITERALLY KILLING THEMSELVES
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF THIS
STATE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD
IT. WE'VE LOST A CONGRESSIONAL
SEAT BECAUSE OF IT. YOU KNOW,
MARGARET THATCHER ONCE SAID. THE
PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM IS THAT
YOU EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF OTHER
PEOPLE'S MONEY. WE'RE IN A
BUDGET DEFICIT. YOU ALL RUN OUT
OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY BECAUSE
THE PEOPLE LEFT AND NOW YOU'VE
GOT ATTACKS THOSE THAT ARE LEFT
HERE TO COVER THE PROGRAMS THAT
YOU WANT TO SPEND ON. LET'S BE
REAL ABOUT IT. IF WE ARE EVER.
GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT YOUR CLAIM YOU WANT TO TAKE
CARE OF. YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE
OF THE HOUSING CRISIS? WE WILL
TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
LOWER THAT COST. WE HAVE
MEASURES IN FRONT OF US ON
ENERGY ON HOUSING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON HEALTH
CARE ON INSURANCE. ON PUBLIC
SAFETY. ALL OF THESE COSTS STACK
UP. WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A BODY
TO LOWER THAT COST? SO WHEN
PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING OUT
GOING TO COLLEGE, AND THEY'RE
SITTING AT THE TABLE, TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THEIR BILLS, HOW ARE
WE HELPING THAT PERSON? HOW
WE'RE HELPING OUT THOSE FAMILIES
. THE SINGLE MOMS, THE SINGLE
DADS, THE GRANDPARENTS RAISING
GRANDKIDS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET
THEIR BILLS PAID. HOW DOES THIS
HELP THEM? ANOTHER TAX THAT
DOESN'T HELP VOTE. NO.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. A LOT
HAS BEEN SAID, UM IT'S HARD TO
BEGIN ON WHERE TO WHERE TO KIND
OF RESPOND, BUT ONE THING THAT
WAS SAID IN TODAY'S DEBATE WAS
THAT VOTERS HAVE VOTED ON THIS
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I'VE BEEN VOTING FOR 25 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER VOTED ON THIS. THE
LAST TIME IT WAS VOTED ON WAS
1996. I WAS 16 YEARS OLD. BEFORE
THAT IT WAS 1978. SO IF YOU WERE
BORN IN 1960 YEARS BEFORE YOU
GOT TO VOTE ON THAT. BUT THERE
ARE TWO GENERATIONS OF VOTERS
SINCE THEN. THERE'S A GENERATION
OF VOTERS SINCE 1978 WHO HAVE
NOT HAD OR SINCE 1996 WHO HAVE
NOT HAD THEIR VOICE HEARD ON
THIS ISSUE, AND IT WAS KIND OF
FACETIOUSLY SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD
LOWER IT TO 45. MEANING THAT 45%
OF VOTERS WOULD DICTATE TO 55%
OF VOTERS. BUT THE WAY IT IS NOW
34% OF VOTERS DICTATE TO 66. SO
IT'S NOT FACETIOUS. IT'S THE
REALITY. THE REALITY IS THAT A
SUPER MINORITY OF VOTERS DICTATE
TO A SUPER MAJORITY OF VOTERS.
NOW. THIS STILL MAINTAINS A
SUPER MAJORITY OF VOTERS. IT'S
STILL MAINTAINS A 55% THRESHOLD
FOR COMMUNITIES TO FUND.
PROJECTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
LIBRARIES, OTHER PROJECTS THAT
THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR
COMMUNITY. STILL A SUPERMAJORITY
AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO WITH
HISTORIC ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES
TO PROTECT VOTERS AND KEEP LOCAL
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FISCALLY
RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO
THEIR COMMUNITIES. BUT WHAT WE
WANT TO DO HERE IS ALLOWED THE
LAST GENERATION OF VOTERS TO
HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD. TO LET
ME HAVE MY VOICE HEARD ON THIS
ISSUE. WE'RE PUTTING THIS TO THE
VOTERS. THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO
BE A JOINT AUTHOR OF A C A ONE.
AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY TO VOTE. AYE ON A SEE
A ONE TODAY. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WICKS. YOU WERE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I RISE AS A
PROUD JOINT AUTHOR, AND I WANT
TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE FROM
WINTER'S FOR HER TENACITY IN
DRIVING THIS ISSUE EVERY YEAR
SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE
LEGISLATURE LAST WEEKEND, I WENT
INTO THE BACKYARD AND MY SIX
YEAR OLD WAS HAVING AN ELECTION
AND SHE HAD IT ALL HER LITTLE
LEVIES LINED UP. AND IT WAS A
VOTE AND I TALKED TO HER ABOUT
MAJORITY RULE. AND THE IDEA THAT
WHOEVER GOT THE MOST VOTES ONCE
SHE HAD TWO CANDIDATES. AND SHE
WAS GOING THROUGH AND PUTTING
ONE IN EACH CAMP. I THINK, UM
MRS SPARKLES THE UNICORN KITTY
ONE. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS LIKE A
65 VOTE. AND SHE UNDERSTOOD. THE
CONCEPT OF MAJORITY RULE. AND
YET, HERE WE ARE. DEBATING ITS
VALIDITY ON THE FLOOR OF THIS
BODY. MY SIX YEAR OLD CAN
UNDERSTAND. THAT IF A MAJORITY
OF THE PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING
THAN THAT DEMOCRACY SHALL HAVE
IT. HOW COME WE CAN'T. AND I
DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL
HER THAT WE'RE DEBATING THIS IN
THE FLOOR OF THE ASSEMBLY RIGHT
NOW. I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO
TELL HER THAT LAST CYCLE IN THE
CITY OF BERKLEY, WHICH I
REPRESENT. A $650 MILLION BOND
WAS ON THE BALLOT, AND IT WON
59% BUT YET IT FAILED. SO THAT
MEANS $650 MILLION THAT WOULD GO
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MY
COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT
WANTS IT. 59% OF THE PEOPLE WANT
IT. WILL NOT EXIST. HOW IS THAT
FAIR? HOW IS THAT A DEMOCRACY
AND TO MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE? ONE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM ORANGE COUNTY I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
ON SECRET REFORM. WE CAN WORK ON
THAT TOGETHER. SIGN ME UP.
THAT'S AN ISSUE WE HAVE TO
CONFRONT. I'M WITH YOU. BUT IT
GOES BEYOND THAT OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES NEED THESE FUNDS ARE
CITIES ARE ASKING FOR THIS. YEAH
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T SEE ME ON
THE SAME SIDE OF THE LEAGUE OF
CITIES, BUT I AM PROUD TO STAND
WITH THE LEGAL CITIES TODAY TO
SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. AND I BET
FOR MOST OF YOU, YOUR CITIES
HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS OF
LETTERS OF SUPPORT. BECAUSE THEY
WANT THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
LABOR LEADERS, MB LEAGUE OF
CITIES. IT'S A DIVERSE COALITION
OF THE WILLING CARE TRYING TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WE KNOW THAT
WE NEED MORE RESOURCES. TO MY
COLLEAGUE FROM BAKERSFIELD. LET
ME BE VERY PERFECTLY CLEAR. THIS
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROP 13.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH
PROP 13 WITH THIS MEASURE DOES
IF WE PASS IT TODAY. IT WILL AND
GOES TO THE SENATE AND PASSES
THERE. IT WILL GO ON THE BALLOT
FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE IF THEY
SUPPORT THE IDEA OF REDUCING THE
THRESHOLD FROM TWO THIRDS NOT TO
A QUOTE MERE MAJORITY, AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM FRESNO SAID, BUT
ACTUALLY A 55% THRESHOLD, WHICH
MATCH MATCHES OUR SCHOOL BONDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HERE. IT'S FAIR, IT'S
DEMOCRATIC. IF MY SIX YEAR OLD
CAN UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT, I
ASK THAT YOU STAND WITH HER
TODAY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE
HOUSING AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND SUPPORT OUR FIRE AND POLICE
AND OUR OUR WATER MANAGEMENT AND
SUPPORT THIS MEASURE.
RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE. SEEING NO OTHERS WISHING
TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?
MEMBERS. THIS IS THE LEGISLATIVE
INITIATIVE THAT WILL SIMPLY ASK
THE STATE'S VOTERS IF THEY WOULD
LOWER THE NECESSARY VOTE
THRESHOLD FOR LOCAL AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS FROM TWO THIRDS TO 55.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING. HE
GOES TO THE VOTERS. HOPEFULLY
WE'LL HAVE HIM IN THE FALL. AND
LET THE VOTERS DECIDE. AS I SAID
BEFORE. THE PROBLEM WITH MY
OPPONENT'S POSITION IS THAT THEY
OFFER THE FALSE PREMISE THAT YOU
CAN CREATE HOUSING WITHOUT
WATER. WITHOUT UTILITIES AND
ROADS. THEN YOU CAN HAVE HOUSE
HOMELESS. WITH NO PUBLIC
INVESTMENT. THEN YOU CAN IMPROVE
PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT POLICE AND
FIRE STATIONS. I HAPPEN TO
BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO
SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS THROUGH A
LOCAL PROCESS BETWEEN LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND THEIR
CONSTITUENTS. WHO ARE THE BEST
SUITED TO KNOW WHAT'S MOST
NEEDED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHAT I ASKED TODAY IS TO GIVE
CALIFORNIA VOTERS A CHANCE TO
WEIGH IN. WHAT I ASKED TODAY IS
SIMPLY TO GIVE OUR STATES LOCAL
OFFICIALS TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY
CAN EVEN WANT TO PROPOSE SUCH A
LOCAL INITIATIVE TO THEIR
VOTERS. MEMBERS I SIMPLY ASK
FEAR I VOTE. MEMBERS THIS IS A
54 VOTE, THE COURT WILL OPEN THE
ROLE. I'VE BEEN SPOKE TO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES,
TOO DESIRE TO VOTE. THIS IS A 54
VOTE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY
MOVES THE CALL.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE
TO ITEM NUMBER 247 SB 58. THE
CLERK WILL READ THE SENATE BILL
58 BY SENATOR WEINER AND OTHERS
INOCULATING THE CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WILSON, YOU MAY OPEN. WELL GOOD
EVENING, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO PRESENT
SENATE BILL 58 ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR WIENER, WHICH WILL ON
JANUARY 1ST 2025 REMOVE CRIMINAL
PENALTIES FOR THE POSSESSION AND
PERSONAL USE ONLY OF LIMITED
AMOUNTS OF THREE NATURALLY
OCCURRING PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES
FOR PEOPLE, 21 YEARS OR OLDER.
SB 58 ALSO CONVENES A WORK GROUP
LED BY THE HHS AGENCY TO WORK ON
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A FRAMEWORK
THAT WOULD GOVERN A POSSIBLE
FUTURE THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM IN
CALIFORNIA. SB 58 IS A MUCH
NARROWER VERSION THAN THE
PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THIS BILL
HAS NOW BEEN FULLY VETTED AND
SEVEN POLICY COMMITTEES OVER THE
COURSE OF THREE YEARS AND ENJOYS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THE BILL NO
LONGER INCLUDES SYNTHETIC
SUBSTANCES OR ANALOGS AND
INCLUDES STRICT QUANTITY LIMITS
TO ENSURE THAT THESE NATURALLY
OCCURRING SUBSTANCES ARE FOR
PERSONAL USE. ONLY. LET ME BE
CLEAR. NO OTHER CRIMINAL
PROVISIONS ARE CHANGED IN THIS
BILL. RECENT AMENDMENTS DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION UNTIL AFTER THE H
S S WORKING GROUP. COMPLETES
THEIR WORK REMOVED, TRANSFER
PRESENT PROVISIONS AND REDUCE
THE QUANTITY LIMITS NARROW THE
LIST OF SUBSTANCES AND CLARIFY
THAT THIS BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE
ANY SYNTHETIC ANALOGS.
SUBSTANCES LISTEN IN THIS BILL
ARE NON ADDICTIVE, ARE USEFUL
FOR TREATING OTHER SUBSTANCES
DISORDERS AND A RANGE OF
DIFFICULT TO TREAT MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS. THEY HAVE A HIGH
SAFETY PROFILE AND HAVE BEEN
USED IN THEIR NATURALLY
OCCURRING FORMS FOR MILLENNIA ON
THIS CONTINENT. CALIFORNIA IS
NOT BREAKING NEW GROUND BY
PASSING THIS BILL. MANY OTHER
COUNTRIES, SEVERAL STATES AND A
GROWING LIST OF MUNICIPALITIES
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE MOVED
IN THIS DIRECTION. SB 58 IS
SPONSORED BY HEROIC HEARTS
PROJECT, A VETERAN SERVICE
ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH
COMBAT VETERANS TO ENSURE THEY
HAVE EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO MENTAL
HEALTH TREATMENT. THIS PIECE IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME. AS
I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND, THE
DAMAGING EFFECTS OF PTSD HAVE TO
HAVE ON OUR MILITARY FAMILIES,
AND MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE
STORIES FROM EVEN OUR CURRENT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHO SERVED IN
COMBAT ON THE FLOOR AND VETERANS
DESERVE EVERY SINGLE OPTION
AVAILABLE TO THEM TO ENSURE THEY
CAN THRIVE MENTALLY AND
SUCCESSFULLY RE ENGAGE THE
COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE SACRIFICE
TO SERVE. WITH THAT? I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
REMEMBER, LOWENTHAL, YOU WERE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I'M
VERY PLEASED TO RISE AND SUPPORT
OF SB 58 A BILL THAT WILL HELP
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE SUFFERING
WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH
AS PTSD. BY DECRIMINALIZING THE
POSSESSION FOR PERSONAL USE OF
SPECIFIED PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES
SUCH AS PSILOCYBIN. MEMBERS AS A
PRINCIPAL CO AUTHOR OF THIS
BILL. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I
WANT TO SAY, IS HOW PROUD I AM.
THOSE OF YOU. WERE THINKING
CREATIVELY AND CLEARLY AND
LISTENING TO WHAT THE PUBLIC
WANTS. I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE AISLE. AS THIS IS
TRULY A BIPARTISAN EFFORT. TO
GIVE RELIEF. TO OUR HEROES. IT'S
NOT EASY TO DO THIS. AND WHY IS
THAT? SUICIDE BEEN IT IS A
SCHEDULE ONE DRUG. DO WE KNOW
WHAT A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG IS? A
SCHEDULE ONE DRUG IT'S A DRUG
THAT'S DETERMINED TO HAVE NO
MEDICAL OR THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS.
BUT THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IS
TELLING US OTHERWISE. THERE'S
GROWING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT
PSILOCYBIN HAS TREMENDOUS.
THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS. CLINICAL
RESEARCH AT LEADING UNIVERSITIES
SUCH AS JOHN HOPKINS AND WHY YOU
? YOU SEE L A INDICATE
THERAPEUTIC USE FOR PSYCHEDELIC
DRUGS IN TREATING COMPLEX MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS PTSD
TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION.
AND ADDICTION. WHO'S TELLING US
TO SUPPORT THIS BILL? OUR
HEROES. OUR HEROES ARE TELLING
US TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. THOSE
WHO ARE PROTECTING US. THOSE WHO
ARE FRONT LINES OF DEFENSE,
THOSE WHO ARE GOING INTO
BUILDINGS ON FIRE. THOSE WHO ARE
SUFFERING THE MOST AND AS WE AS
A CHAMBER ADDRESS ISSUES OF
MENTAL HEALTH. SUICIDE
PREVENTION. AND OTHERWISE. ARE
WE LISTENING TO OUR HEROES? WE
TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR
TROOPS. ARE WE SUPPORTING OUR
TROOPS? PERCEPTION ON THIS ISSUE
IS CHANGING FAST. COLORADO AND
OREGON, OF COURSE, HAVE ALREADY
DECRIMINALIZED BUT CITIES IN
CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS,
MICHIGAN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON,
D. C. HAVE TAKEN THOSE STEPS.
AND INTERNATIONALLY. AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CZECH
REPUBLIC, JAMAICA, NETHERLANDS,
PORTUGAL, SPAIN. HAVE ALL
DECRIMINALIZED AND MANY, MANY
MORE ARE IN PROCESS TODAY. FOR
THESE REASONS AND FOR MANY
OTHERS. MEMBERS I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE ON SP 58
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALLY, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER TO MY COLLEAGUES. I WAS
NOT ORIGINALLY. UM. GOING TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL I AND ITS
ORIGINAL FORM. I BELIEVE IT
CALLED FOR WIDESPREAD
RECREATIONAL USE OF BOTH
SYNTHETIC AND PLANT BASED
PSYCHEDELICS. THE BILL HAS BEEN
REVISED TO NOW LIBBY LIMITED TO
THREE PLANT BASED PSYCHEDELICS.
UM IT HAS SOME. I THINK
REASONABLE SAFEGUARDS ON IT.
IT'S GOT A JOB REQUIREMENTS. UM
IT'S GOT LIMITATIONS TO PERSONAL
USE. AND I THINK THE DATA IS
CLEAR THAT WHILE PHARMACEUTICALS
CERTAINLY HAVE A BENEFIT TO SOME
PEOPLE, IT'S NOT HAVING A
BENEFIT ON ALL OF SOCIETY, AND I
THINK WE CAN SAY OUR APPROACH TO
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY IS NOT WORKING. I
THINK WE'RE WORSE OFF NOW THAN
WE WERE BEFORE. AND I THINK THAT
IF THERE'S SCIENTIFIC DATA,
WHICH THERE IS THAT SUGGESTS
THESE COULD BE PROMISING
THERAPEUTICS. I THINK THAT
PEOPLE DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SEEK THOSE, UM AND HOPEFULLY
LEAD TO IT BETTER, BETTER
SOCIETY. SO I SUPPORT THIS FIRST
STEP AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
THIS IS A FIRST STEP. THE
LEGISLATURE WILL BE BACK NEXT
YEAR TO DISCUSS THE SAFE
DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF THESE
PLANT BASED TREATMENT. SO WITH
THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
BILL TODAY. THANK YOU WISHING TO
SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON. WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YES. THANK
YOU. MADAM SPEAKER. I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FROM LONG
BEACH AND CORONA FOR SPEAKING
AND BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ON THIS
BILL, AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW MY
APPRECIATION TO SENATOR WEINER
FOR HIS EFFORT OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS TO GET THIS, UM TO
THIS POINT, AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WILSON, THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROAD. ALL THOSE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE.
YEAH. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL EYES 42 NOS 11 THAT MEASURE
PASSES.
MEMBERS WERE GOING TO GO TO ITEM
NUMBER 1 34 SP 69, THE CLERK
WILL READ. SENATE BILL 69 BY
SENATOR CORTEZ AND OTHERS
INOCULATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY. REMEMBER BURNER YOU MAY
OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF SENATOR
CORTEZ. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT
SB 69, WHICH WOULD ADD
TRANSPARENCY TO THE SECRET
NOTIFICATION PROCESS. CURRENTLY
STATE AGENCIES HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHORTEN THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATION PERIOD FOR
SECRET PROJECTS TO DO SO. THEY
MUST SUBMIT NOTICES OF
DETERMINATION OR EXEMPTION TO
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
RESEARCH OR OPR. THEN OPR MUST
PUBLICLY POST THESE NOTICES TO
THE STATE CLEARINGHOUSE WEBSITE.
FOR LOCAL AGENCIES TO BENEFIT
FROM THE SHORTENED LIMITATIONS
PERIODS. THEY MUST SUBMIT THESE
NOTICES TO THE COUNTY CLERK, THE
COUNTY CLERK WITHIN PUBLICLY
POST THESE NOTICES ON THEIR
WEBSITES, 58 COUNTIES POSTING TO
58 DIFFERENT WEBSITES CAN MAKE
THESE NOTICES DIFFICULT TO TRACK
. SB 69 WOULD REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC
AGENCIES SEEKING A SHORTENED
LIMITATION PERIOD TO SUBMIT
THESE NOTICES. TO OPR TO BE
POSTED ON THE STATE
CLEARINGHOUSE WEBSITE. THIS WAY
ALL NOTIFICATIONS AND NOTICES
CAN BE FOUND IN ONE PLACE. THIS
BILL SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA
STATE COUNCIL OF LABORERS, AND
HAS LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUPPORT. SB 69 MAKE SEQUIN
NOTICES OF DETERMINATION AND
EXEMPTION MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE. SEEING OTHERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM,
THE COURT WILL OPEN THE ROLE ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE THROATS WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL EYES 55 NO. ZERO THE
MEASURE PASSES.
MEMBERS WERE NOW GOING TO MOVE
TO ITEM NUMBER 82 SB 71 TO THE
CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL 7
12 BY SENATOR PORTANTINO WHEN
ACCOLADE IN TENNESSEE, REMEMBER,
BERNARD, YOU MAY OPEN THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS SP 7
12 WILL PREVENT LANDLORDS FROM
PROHIBITING TENANTS FROM OWNING
PERSONAL MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES
OR STORING THEM IN THEIR
DWELLING UNITS UNLESS THE
LANDLORDS PROVIDE SECURE LONG
TERM STORAGE FOR THOSE DEVICES.
THIS BILL REQUIRES A TENANT TO
STORE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE AND
COMPLIANCE WITH THE OFFICE OF
STATE FIRE MARSHAL INFORMATION
BULLETIN. REGARDING LITHIUM ION
BATTERY SAFETY. ELECTRIC
BICYCLES. BICYCLES WERE
REPRESENTS A REVOLUTIONARY
TECHNOLOGY THAT BENEFITS OUR
CLIMATE, HUMAN HEALTH AND
MOBILITY. THE BATTERIES HELP
BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS TO
WRITING FOR OLDER PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES.
THIS BILL IS IN LINE WITH OUR
STATE'S CLIMATE, GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION GOALS AND VM T GOES AS
WELL IS FOR THESE REASONS THAT I
REQUEST YOUR VOTE. SEEING OTHERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM,
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE RULES.
ALL THOSE VOTES TO THE START OF
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLINICAL
CLOSED THE ROLE. I 61 NO. ZERO.
THE MEASURE PASSES.
MEMBERS WERE GOING TO LIFT THE
CALL ON ITEMS 65 A SEE A ONE THE
CLERK WILL POST. CLOSED THE ROLL
EYES FIVE KNOWS 10 RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE
WILL HAVE IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL
TO SEND IT ON A SEE A ONE.
MEMBERS WERE NOW GOING TO GO TO
ITEM NUMBER 66. A C A 13. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 13 BIAS
REMEMBER WARD AND OTHERS AND ACT
RELATING THE VOTING. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER AWARD YOU MAY OPEN. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS.
A C A 13 IS INTRODUCED. IT'S A
MEASURE THAT ASKED ONE SIMPLE
QUESTION. THE MEASURES PROPOSED
TO RAISE A VOTER THRESHOLD IN
OUR CONSTITUTION TO GREATER THAN
MAJORITY SHOULDN'T THE SAME
PROPORTION OF VOTERS AGREEING
CURRENTLY UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW,
ANY BALLOT MEASURE APPROVED BY A
MAJORITY OF VOTERS COULD
SELECTIVELY REQUIRE A FUTURE
MEASURE TO PASS WITH A
SUPERMAJORITY OR MORE OF THE
VOTE. A C A 13 TO PROTECT AND
RETAIN MAJORITY VOTE ACT WOULD
RETAIN THE MAJORITY VOTE
REQUIREMENT FOR PASSAGE OF STATE
AND LOCAL INITIATIVES BY
REQUIRING ANY STATEWIDE
INITIATIVES SEEKING TO INCREASE
THE THRESHOLD TO ALSO BE
APPROVED BY THE SAME HIGHER
THRESHOLD THAT IS PROPOSING. WE
INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
HERE IS A PATTERN OF ABUSE OF
OUR INITIATIVE PROCESS TO USE A
COMPARATIVELY LOWER THRESHOLD TO
SET HIGHER THRESHOLDS FOREVER
INTO THE FUTURE, AND WORSE. WE
KNOW IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT
THIS TACTICS HAVE BEEN USED FOR
EXTRACTING LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
BY SPECIAL INTEREST, SO THE TIME
IS RIGHT. FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO
REFLECT A PROTECTION THAT'S
AFFORDED IN THE OREGON STATE
CONSTITUTION SINCE 1998 AND
ADOPT A C 13 TO SEND TO THE
VOTERS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
THE SUCCESS OF THESE TACTICS
MEANS THAT IN FUTURE ELECTIONS,
QUESTIONS ARE ASIDE DECIDED
THROUGH A VETO PATTERN OF A
MINORITY, NOT THE WILL OF THE
MAJORITY, AND THIS IS INHERENTLY
UNDEMOCRATIC. THIS MEASURE HAS
BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS EMINENTLY
SENSIBLE AND IT'S VERY BASIC
AGAIN IF A MEASURE IS PROPOSED
TO RAISE A VOTE THRESHOLD TO
GREATER THAN THE MAJORITY
SHOULDN'T THE SAME LEVEL OF
SUPPORT BEING SHOWN BY THE
VOTERS. WE OFTEN SEE THIS ISSUE
PAIRED WITH REVENUE QUESTIONS
AND MAKE NO MISTAKE RAISING THE
VOTER THRESHOLD FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WITHOUT THE SAME
LEVEL OF SUPPORT OF VOTERS
JEOPARDIZES THEIR ABILITY TO
DELIVER ESSENTIAL SERVICES,
INCLUDING FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS,
PUBLIC SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS AND
PUBLICS AND HOUSING. BUT IT'S
NOT JUST ABOUT A REVENUE
QUESTION YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER
DURING OUR SUMMER RECESS THAT
OHIO ISSUE ONE ATTEMPTED TO
RAISE THRESHOLDS TO THWART A
QUESTION ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
SUPER MAJORITY VOTES FOR LOCAL
HOUSING POLICIES ARE CITING
SHELTERS FOR HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN FLOATED.
REALLY ANY SUBJECT HAD COME UP?
SO THIS MEASURE WILL PROTECT IN
OUR CONSTITUTION AND RETAIN THE
MAJORITY VOTE FOR THESE
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. IT ALSO
PROVIDES CLARITY FOR THE RIGHTS
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SUBMIT
AN ADVISORY VOTE TO THE VOTERS
SUBJECT TO MAJORITY VOTE TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THEIR
PRIORITIES AS THEY SEE FIT. WITH
THAT? I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR I VOTE ON A C A 13. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PELLERIN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. MADAM
SPEAKER REMEMBERS AND INDUCT AND
ADOPTING THE INITIATIVE PROCESS
IN 1911, CALIFORNIA VOTERS
RESERVED FOR THE PEOPLE THE
RIGHT TO PROPOSE AND ENACT LAWS
THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF A
MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST ON A
MEASURE. THE MAJORITY VOTE
REQUIREMENT IS A FUNDAMENTAL
PART OF THE INITIATIVE PROCESS.
UNFORTUNATELY SOME INITIATIVE
MEASURES HAVE SOUGHT TO WEAKEN
THE PEOPLE'S POWER TO ENACT LAWS
BY REQUIRING CERTAIN INITIATIVES
TO RECEIVE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE
TO PASS. A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE
AT ONE POINT IN TIME, SHOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO STRIP A FUTURE
MAJORITY OF VOTERS OF THEIR
ABILITY TO ENACT POLICIES
THROUGH THE INITIATIVE PROCESS.
A C A 13 PROTECTS MAJORITY ROLE
BY ENSURING THAT AN INITIATIVE
MEASURE MUST COMPLY WITH ANY
INCREASED SUPERMAJORITY VOTE
REQUIREMENT THAT IT SEEKS TO
IMPOSE AND IMPORTANTLY, A C A 13
WILL BECOME LAW ONLY IF A
MAJORITY OF THE CALIFORNIA
VOTERS APPROVE IT. SO I ASKED
FOR YOUR I VOTE TO ALLOW
CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO PROTECT AND RETAIN
THE MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT
THAT IS THE HALLMARK OF THE
STATE'S INITIATIVE PROCESS. I
ASKED FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S VINCE
FANGYU WERE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO A C A 13. MEMBERS.
DIRECT DEMOCRACY IS A
FUNDAMENTAL PART OF OUR STATE,
OUR HISTORY AND OUR
CONSTITUTION. JUST BECAUSE ONE
DOESN'T LIKE AN IDEA DOESN'T
JUSTIFY CHANGING THE RULES.
CALIFORNIANS ARE FED UP WITH THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING IN THE
STATE, DRIVEN BY TAXES AND FEES
IMPOSED ON THEM FROM EVERY LEVEL
OF GOVERNMENT, AND THIS
LEGISLATURE JUST MADE IT EASIER
TO DO THAT. TO RAISE TAXES AND
IMPOSE THAT ON CALIFORNIANS. AND
IGNORING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
THEY'VE SAID ENOUGH NOT ONLY
WITH THEIR VOTING, BUT WITH
THEIR FEET, LEAVING IN DROVES TO
STATES THAT ARE MORE AFFORDABLE
AND SAFER. PROPOSITION 13 HAS
LONG BEEN A STRONGHOLD FOR
PROPERTY OWNERS. AS I'VE SAID
BEFORE, PROTECTING MIDDLE AND
WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND
HOMEOWNERS AGAINST TAX INCREASES
BY REQUIRING TAXES TO BE PASSED
BY TWO THIRDS VOTES, THE VERY
THRESHOLD THAT THAT WE ALLOW AND
IMPOSE ON OURSELVES A C A 13
STRIPS THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
IT BLATANTLY MAKES IT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR TAXPAYERS TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST TAX
INCREASES TO ADD SALT TO THE
WOUND. A CH 13 MAKES IT EASIER
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE
HIGHER TAXES. UNDER THIS MEASURE
, CITIZEN INITIATED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO
PROTECT TAXPAYERS WOULD REQUIRE
A HIGHER VOTE THRESHOLD TO PASS
THAN ANY OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED
AND WOULD HAVE PREVENTED PROP 13
FROM EVER BECOMING LAW IN THE
FIRST PLACE. THIS BILL IS A
DIRECT ATTACK ON SOMETHING AN
IDEA LIKE PROP 13. THIS MEASURE
TELLS TAXPAYERS THAT THEIR
RIGHTS ARE INFERIOR TO THE WHIMS
OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE SAME
GOVERNMENT THAT HAS SPENDING
BEYOND ITS MEANS AND NOW WANTS
TO MAKE IT EASIER TO INCREASE
TAXES OR CHANGE THE RULES.
MEMBERS. YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY
SPENT THE MONEY. EVERY SINGLE
PROPOSAL IS IMPOSED TAXES.
YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT IT ALL.
BEFORE EVEN ASKING THE VOTERS TO
DECIDE. PROPOSITION 13 AND
TAXPAYER PROTECTIONS NEED TO BE
OUR SACRED AND NEED TO BE
PROTECTED. THE RIGHTS OF
TAXPAYERS NEED TO BE NEED TO BE
HEARD THAT IGNORED. URGENT A
VOTE. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN.
YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. UM
. AT ITS CORE. A C A 13 IS
REALLY SIMPLE, AND I WANT TO PUT
IT INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF
COUPLE OF CONTEXT, BECAUSE I
KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DIVERSE
COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS AND INTERESTS. SO UM
, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF MY
MORE RURAL COLLEAGUES FARMING
COLLEAGUES WILL UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS
GOOD FOR THE GANDER. OR MAYBE MY
COLLEAGUES LIKE SPORTS. WELL
UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU WANT TO
CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME,
YOU SHOULD PLAY BY THE RULES
THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE.
THAT'S ALL THAT THIS DOES ALL
THAT 13 DOES THIS SAY IF YOU
WANT TO INCREASE THE VOTER
THRESHOLD IN THE FUTURE. IT
SHOULD PASS BY THAT SAME VOTER
THRESHOLD THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
INCREASE. ISN'T THAT A LOGICAL
POLICY TO HAVE FROM A FAIRNESS
STANDPOINT. ISN'T THAT A FAIR?
POLICY TO HAVE. BUT THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THIS ARE
OPPOSED BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED
THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT
HARDER TO DO WITH THIS BILL DOES
TO DO WITH THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT DOES THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS WANT TO
INCREASE THE VOTER THRESHOLD. IN
THE FUTURE. BUT THEY DON'T WANT
TO PLAY BY THOSE SAME RULES.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE
TO ACHIEVE THAT SAME VOTER
THRESHOLD THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
LOCK IN. FOR THINGS THAT THEY
DON'T LIKE. AND I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT Y'ALL. BUT FOR ME THAT
THAT REALLY STRIKES A QUARTER
ROUND FAIRNESS. AROUND WALKING
THE TALK. AROUND DOING AS YOU DO
NOT JUST AS YOU SAY. AND SO
THAT'S WHAT A C A 13 IS TRYING
TO ACCOMPLISH. ITS REALLY JUST
SAYING THAT IF YOU WANT TO
CHANGE THE RULES YOU HAVE TO
PLAY BY THOSE RULES. IT'S A VERY
SIMPLE CONCEPT. WE ALL CAN
UNDERSTAND IN THIS BODY PROUD TO
BE A PRINCIPAL CO AUTHOR OF A
CIA 13 STRONGLY SUGGEST YOUR I
VOTE TODAY. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DAVIES. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAME.
SPEAKER MEMBERS, UNFORTUNATELY,
RISE TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO SEE
A 13. I'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR
FROM MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY
VIEW THIS MEASURE AS AN ATTACK
ON PROPOSITION 13. VÀ 13
VIOLATES THE LETTER AND THE
SPIRIT OF PROP 13 BY MAKING IT
EASIER FOR STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO RAISE OUR TAXES
ARE STATE ALREADY LEADS THE
NATION IN AN AFFORDABILITY DUE
TO THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. THIS
IS IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE HIGH
TAXES WE PAY AT OUR LOCAL LEVEL
. I'VE MET WITH SUPPORTERS WHO
SAY THIS MEASURES ABOUT
PROTECTING THE BALLOT INITIATIVE
PROCESS. BUT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT
THE CASE. IF WE TRULY WANT TO
HAVE REFORMED, LET'S START WITH
REFORMING HOW NY SPECIAL
INTERESTS AND CONTINUOUSLY PUT
IDENTICAL MEASURES ON THE BALLOT
THAT FAIL EACH AND EVERY TIME.
FURTHERMORE THIS SMACKS OF A
POWER GRAB BY THE LEGISLATURE BY
TAKING AWAY A FUNDAMENTAL AND
OFTEN USED TO FOR VOTERS LOOKING
TO BETTER CONTROL THE COST OF
LIVING IN HIGHER TAXES IS FOR
THESE REASONS. I CAN'T SUPPORT A
13 AND I ASKED FOR A NO VOTE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BARRICADE. CAN
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE
IN SUPPORT OF A C A 13. AND I
WANT TO START BY BEING REALLY
CLEAR THAT THE MISINFORMATION
THAT IS OUT THERE ABOUT THIS
BEING AN ATTACK ON PROP 13 IS
EXACTLY THAT. IT'S
MISINFORMATION. I HAVE STOOD
BEFORE MY CONSTITUENTS YEAR
AFTER YEAR AND COMMITTED TO THEM
THAT I WILL PROTECT OUR SENIORS
TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. AND I
KNOW THAT'S A VALUE THAT MOST IF
NOT ALL OF US ON THIS FLOOR
SHARE, THE LARGEST GROWING
POPULATION OF HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS IN CALIFORNIA. IS
OUR SENIORS. AND SO ALL OF US
WANT TO KEEP THEM HOUSED AND
WILL PROTECT THEIR ABILITY TO
STAY IN THEIR HOUSES, USING PROP
13, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
COST HAS GONE UP. AND THAT WOULD
BE A PROBLEM. AND SO THIS HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. WHAT
THIS IS A QUESTION OF AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM PALO ALTO SAID A
QUESTION OF FAIRNESS. AND WHAT
WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
AND I REALLY WANT TO HIT THIS
POINT AS IT RELATES TO
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. IS IT?
TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY? THERE
IS NO QUESTION THAT IN STATE
AFTER STATE WHERE THE QUESTION
IS PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS WHETHER
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ACCESS
ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS. THE MAJORITY SAYS YES.
WE WANT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, AND
YET WE'VE SEEN FOLKS TRY TO TAKE
THAT AWAY BY INCREASING THE
THRESHOLD ON VOTING MEASURES,
AND THAT'S MY FRIENDS IS
UNDEMOCRATIC. AND SO WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE TODAY IS SAYING AS
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM PALO ALTO
SAID, WE ALL HAVE TO PLAY BY
THESE RULES. A MINORITY CANNOT
FORCE THESE TO BE RAISED AND
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A
SUPERMAJORITY. BUT THERE'S
NOTHING TO STOP SOMEONE FROM
RAISING A THRESHOLD TO 90. TO
PASS SOMETHING AND SO THAT WE
CANNOT ALLOW, AND THAT'S WHAT
THIS DOES. BUT IN ADDITION, IT
PUTS THE QUESTION TO THE VOTERS
AND I TRUST THAT THE VOTERS WILL
ALSO AGREE. THAT A SIMPLE
MAJORITY SHOULD MATTER SHOULD
MEAN SOMETHING AND THAT IF YOU
WANT TO RAISE THE THRESHOLD, YOU
SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO MEET
THAT THRESHOLD. IT'S NOT TOO
MUCH TO ASK. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SALLY, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. ONE OF THE BEDROCKS OF
CALIFORNIA IS PROPOSITION 13,
WHERE THE VOTERS HAVE SAID IN
ORDER TO RAISE TAXES. YOU NEED A
TWO THIRDS APPROVAL. UM, YOU
NEEDED BOTH IN THE LEGISLATURE
HERE WHEN WE CONSIDER TAX
INCREASES, AND ALSO WHEN YOU'RE
ASKING THE VOTERS TO RAISE
TAXES, IT REQUIRES TWO THIRDS.
AH CREATIVE LAWYERS AND
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS HAVE
FOUND LOOPHOLES IN THE PROP 13
TO UNDERMINE WHAT THE VOTERS
INTENDED FOR THAT PROPOSITION TO
BE, WHICH WAS STRONG PROTECTION
FOR TAXPAYERS BECAUSE THERE WILL
NEVER BE ENOUGH TAXES TO SATISFY
THE APPETITE OF GOVERNMENT EVER
. AND THEY KNEW THAT SO WE, UH,
THE TAXPAYERS QUALIFIED A BALLOT
INITIATIVE FOR NEXT NOVEMBER. TO
PLUG THOSE LOOPHOLES. SO THAT'S
WHAT A C A 13 IS ABOUT. IT'S A
TRICK. IT'S A GIMMICK. IT'S A
GIMMICK TO PUT A POISON PILL
INTO THE INITIATIVE PROCESS
BEFORE THE VOTERS GET TO SAY ON
THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION, UH,
PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE UP FOR A
VOTE IN NOVEMBER, SO IT'S A
TRICK. UM IT WILL BE DEFEATED
BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC IS A
LOT SMARTER THAN THAN WE GIVE
THEM CREDIT FOR, BUT WE WILL
DEFEAT THIS. AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR TAXPAYERS
IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE CALIFORNIA
IS SO UNAFFORDABLE. OUR TAXES
ARE SO HIGH, HIGHEST IN THE
NATION. HIGHEST GAS TAXES,
HIGHEST INCOME TAXES. PROPERTY
TAXES THROUGH THE ROOF. CAR
REGISTRATION HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
. I JUST GOT MY REGISTRATION FOR
$600. IT'S TOO MUCH. WE HAVE NO
MORE MONEY TO GIVE, AND WE'RE
NOT GET A FALL FOR THESE TRICKS
, SO I WILL OPPOSE THIS AND I
ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OF THIS
STATE TO REJECT A C A 13. IF IT
MAKES IT TO THE BALLOT. THANK
YOU. MADAM SPEAKER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MATTHEWS,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. REMEMBERS. HERE
WE ARE ONCE AGAIN. YOU KNOW
WHAT'S INTERESTING WITH THESE
DEBATES IS THAT WE HEAR A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY. I WANT TO
REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE LIVE IN A
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. THAT
WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE
MINORITY. FROM THE MAJORITY. WE
HAVE THESE RIGHTS. SO WHEN YOU
GUYS CHANGED THRESHOLDS THE
MINORITY IS PROTECTED. WE HAVE
THESE RIGHTS BUILT IN TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHEN THE MAJORITY OR
MEGA MAJORITY THAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH FEELS A CERTAIN WAY. PEOPLE
ARE STILL PROTECTED. YOU CAN
MAKE UP WHATEVER RHETORIC YOU
WANT ABOUT CHANGING THE RULES OF
THE GAME. BUT THE PURPOSE OF
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL PERFECT OF
CALIFORNIA THE PURPOSE OF WHAT
WE DO. IS TO PROTECT THE
MINORITY. VOTERS. AT THEIR CORE
TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN A
MAJORITY DECIDES THEY WANT TO
INCREASE THINGS, THE MAJORITY
DECIDES THEY WANT TO CHANGE
THINGS UP. THERE'S A PROTECTION
CLAIMING TO CHANGE THE
THRESHOLDS. ISN'T HELPING
ANYBODY. BUT THOSE WHO ARE
WISHING TO DO IT VOTE NO.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JOE PATTERSON,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. I RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO A C A 13. A C A 13
WAS THE LAW IN 1978 PROPOSITION
13 WOULD NOT BE THE LAW OF THE
LAND. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT TAX
INCREASES ON OUR SENIORS WOULD
BE AT THE WHIM OF A MAJORITY
VOTE. LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXES AND
SO THIS IS AN ATTACK ON
PROPOSITION 13. BUT NOT ONLY
THAT THIS IS AN ATTACK. ON THE
SPIRIT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO
REIN IN TAXES AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING
BY PASSING A WHAT YOU WILL BE
DOING IF A C A 13 PASSES IS
TAKING AWAY FUTURE GENERATIONS
ABILITY TO REIN IN GOVERNMENT
JUST LIKE THEY DID IN 1978 WHEN
THEY WANTED TO REIN IN THE TAXES
OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE
MIGHT BE GETTING TO THAT POINT
AGAIN. THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
MIGHT BE IN A POSITION WHERE
THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR TAXES ARE
TOO MUCH AND THEY'RE OVERBURDEN.
AND NOW WE THE PROPOSAL HERE IS
TO TAKE AWAY THEIR ABILITY. TO
REIN IN TAXES AND, BY THE WAY
PROPOSITION 13 IF A C A WOULD
NOT HAVE PASSED BECAUSE IT
RECEIVED 62% OF THE VOTE JUST
OVER 62% OF THE VOTE. SO WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING WHEN YOU VOTE TO
SUPPORT THIS? IS PROPOSITION 13
NEVER SHOULD HAVE PASSED BECAUSE
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING
MOVING FORWARD IF THIS PASS AND
IS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS WITH
THAT, I ASKED FOR A NO VOTE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ORTEGA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MEMBERS. I
STAND IN SUPPORT OF 88 13 88 13
PROTECT THE MAJORITY VOTE. A C A
WILL RETAIN THE WILL OF THE
MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS TO MAKE
THEIR VOICES HEARD. A C A 13
WILL ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIANS
HAVE A VOTE THE MAJORITY OF THAT
BOAT AND AS I HEARD, ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES MENTIONED CALIFORNIA
VOTERS ARE VERY INTELLIGENT AND
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGH
THESE ARTIFICIAL FACTS, SO I
SUPPORT A C A 13.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DIXON, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I TO RISE IN OPPOSITION
TO A C A 13. I JUST WANT TO
COMMENT ON THE COMMENTS THAT
PEOPLE SPEAKERS MEMBERS HAVE
BEEN MAKING REGARDING THE WILL
OF THE MAJORITY TO MAKE A CHANGE
TO THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.
THIS IS AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO
WANTS TO LOOK, YOU COULD JUST
GOOGLE AND THE U. S CONSTITUTION
PROVIDES AN AMENDMENT TO THE U.
S CONSTITUTION OR IN OUR CASE OF
STATE CONSTITUTION. THIS IS THE
PRESIDENT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED
BY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS. MAYBE
PROPOSED WITH A TWO THIRDS VOTE
MAJORITY VOTE IN BOTH HOUSES OF
REPRESENTATIVES. AND A
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO
APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION REQUIRES A THREE
QUARTERS VOTE OF ALL THE STAGE.
SO THIS IS THE PRECEDENT THAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE. AND
THESE ARE PROTECTIONS THAT OUR
FOUNDING FATHERS BUILT IN TO OUR
SYSTEM AND TO NOW RATCHET IT
DOWN FROM TWO THIRDS, WHICH IS
FOUNDATIONAL IN OUR SYSTEM, OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM AND
RATCHET IT DOWN TO 55% IT'S A
IT'S A CONTINUAL CHANGE CHANGING
THE CONSTITUTION. IS A BIG DEAL.
IT REALLY IS A BIG DEAL, AND NOW
WE'RE TRYING TO CONFUSE THE
VOTERS BY TWO THIRDS MAJORITY.
LET'S JUST BE IT WILL. BOTH
THESE MEASURES ARE ON THE
BALLOT. IT WILL BE VERY
CONFUSING TO PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY
, I THINK THERE'S A RISK BECAUSE
WHEN VOTERS ARE CONFUSED, THEY
JUST VOTE. NO SO I THINK YOU'RE
PUTTING THE VOTERS IN A
PRECARIOUS POSITION WILL BE
CONFUSED OR GOING TO VOTE. NO
REGARDLESS, BUT I THINK YOU
SHOULD NOT TAKE THE CHANCE. BUT
DON'T UPEND OUR OWN CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES WAS
FOUNDATIONAL FOR THE CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION AND THE WAY WE
OPERATE IN A DEMOCRACY, A TWO
THIRDS VOTE TO AMEND THE
CONSTITUTION OR MAKE
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES. IS
REQUIRED AND IS A PRESIDENT AND
HIS HIS HISTORICAL THE WAY WE
OPERATE IN A DEMOCRACY. THANK
YOU. AND I HEARD YOUR NO VOTE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BENNETT. YOU WERE RECOGNIZED. I
RISE TO MAKE TWO POINTS, ONE IN
RESPONSE TO MY COLLEAGUE. THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES BECAUSE IT HAD A TWO
THIRDS VOTE REQUIREMENT, AND IT
ALSO REQUIRED TWO THIRDS OF THE
STATES TO APPROVE IT BEFORE WE
APPROVE THE CONSTITUTION, SO
THEY WERE WILLING OUR FOUNDING
FATHERS IN THEIR WISDOM SAID WE
SHOULD NOT REQUIRE TWO THIRDS
VOTE IN THE CONSTITUTION UNLESS
WE'RE WILLING TO GET TWO THIRDS
OF THE STATES TO APPROVE IT.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER
TWO. THE ARGUMENT BEING MADE
HERE. IS AN ARGUMENT THAT THE
MAJORITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PERMANENTLY BLOCKED THE MAJORITY
LATER FROM DOING SOMETHING
WITHOUT REQUIRING A TWO THIRDS
VOTE OF THE MAJORITY, SO WE HAVE
PEOPLE'S WISHING THAT THEY COULD
USE A MAJORITY TO PERMANENTLY
LOCK IN TWO THIRDS REQUIREMENT
ON THE REST OF US FOR THE FOR
THE REST OF TIME. THAT SHOULD AT
LEAST JUST LIKE OUR FOUNDING
FATHERS REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MINORITY LEADER GATEAU
GALLAGHER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. SO I APPRECIATE MY
COLLEAGUE TRYING TO DEM SPLAIN
TO US FARM BOYS. AH! WE ALL KNOW
WHAT THIS IS. WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S
REALLY GOING ON HERE, RIGHT? YOU
ALL ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT
EASIER. TO RAISE TAXES. IT'S
THAT SIMPLE. YOU WANT TO MAKE IT
EASIER TO RAISE TAXES AND YOU'RE
TRYING TO GAME THE SYSTEM. TO
GET WHAT YOU WANT. AND TO STOP
THE VOTERS FROM BEING ABLE TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST YOU
ALL. RIGHT AGAINST MORE TAXES
COMING THEIR WAY. WE ALL KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON. WE DON'T NEED
EXPLANATIONS AND YOU CAN'T RUN
AWAY WITH IT. IT'S NO
COINCIDENCE. THIS IS A C A 13.
IT'S A DIRECT ATTACK ON PROP 13.
AND IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE THOSE
PROTECTIONS THAT VOTERS WANT AND
NEED. LOOK, THE PROBLEM IS NOT
REVENUE. IT'S NOT THAT YOU GUYS
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. IT'S
NOT THAT LOCALS DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY. YOU'VE OVERSEEN
SOME OF THE BIGGEST BUDGETS IN
CALIFORNIA HISTORY. LOCALS HAVE
SEEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST BUDGETS
IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY. IT'S HOW
YOU SPEND IT. AND I LOVE YOU
GUYS TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS
. SO WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR
HOMELESSNESS. YOU'VE SPENT $20
BILLION ONLY TO MAKE THE PROBLEM
WORSE. THE PROBLEM IS NOT MONEY.
THE PROBLEM IS, PEOPLE DON'T
TRUST YOU. THEY DON'T TRUST HOW
YOU SPEND THE MONEY, AND THAT'S
WHY THEY NEED THESE PROTECTIONS.
YOU TOLD US ALL YOU INCREASED
OUR GAS TAX THE PEOPLE ON THIS
FLOOR. MANY OF YOU WERE HERE
THAT NIGHT. I WAS A LOT OF
WRANGLING. LOT OF ARM WRANGLING
. UM YOU KNOW, GETTING DEMOCRATS
TO SUPPORT THAT, BUT WE WERE
GOING TO GET BETTER ROADS AT IT.
DO OUR VOTERS DRIVE ON THE BEST
ROADS IN THE NATION? NO, BUT YOU
ALL TAXED HIM. AND NOW YOU WANT
TO DO IT MORE AND YOU SAY, OH,
IT'S FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'VE
HEARD THAT BEFORE. THE VOTERS
HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE. THEY'RE
NOT STUPID. SO WHEN YOU ALL PASS
THIS TODAY REALIZE YOU ARE
VOTING TO UNDERMINE PROP 13. AND
THE VOTERS WILL KNOW IT. THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON THE
BALLOT. AS YOU WANT TO CONTINUE
TO TAX THEM. GETTING NO RESULTS
. HE SAID ABOUT OVERSIGHT. ARE
YOU KIDDING ME? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN
DONE AN AUDIT ON THE $20 BILLION
YOU SPENT ON HOMELESSNESS. YOU
DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE MONEY
THAT YOU'RE SPENDING IS ACTUALLY
GETTING THE RESULTS. WHAT WE
KNOW IT'S NOT WE KNOW IT'S NOT
BECAUSE DEMONSTRATIVELY HAVE
MORE HOMELESS NOW IN THE TEXAS
SPENT $800 A PERSON. IN THE LAST
10 YEARS. YOU ALL SPENT $10,000
A PERSON, AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY
REDUCED HOMELESSNESS.
CALIFORNIA'S INCREASED IT.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THE VOTERS
DON'T TRUST YOU. THEY DON'T
TRUST YOU WHEN YOU SAY. OH YEAH,
WE'LL JUST GIVE US SOME MORE
MONEY, SOME MORE REVENUE. WE'LL
MAKE SURE IT GOES INTO
INFRASTRUCTURE WILL MAKE SURE
THAT WE HOUSE PEOPLE. IT HASN'T
HAPPENED, AND THAT'S WHY VOTERS
WANT PROTECTIONS. THAT'S WHY
THEY WANTED TO BE A HIGH
THRESHOLD. WHEN YOU GO TO TAX
THEM AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHY THIS
MEASURE IS COMPLETELY
UNDEMOCRATIC. DIDN'T YOU ALL
JUST GET DONE LECTURING US ABOUT
HOW TWO THIRDS IS A IS A BAD
VOTE THRESHOLD, BUT YOU WANT TO
IMPOSE IT ON THE VOTERS WHEN
THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
AGAINST YOU. AND IT GETS MORE
TAXATION. IT'S THE UTMOST OF
HYPOCRISY. STOP GAMING THE
SYSTEM. LET PEOPLE VOTE. WE'RE
GONNA HAVE MANY INITIATIVES ON
THE BALLOT. LET PEOPLE VOTE.
IT'S A MAJORITY VOTE. AND THE
PEOPLE VOTE ONCE AGAIN AS A
DOUBLE PROP 13 AS THEY DID WITH
PROP 2 18 TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
AGAINST HIGHER TAXATION. THAT'S
WHAT THEY WANT RESPECT IT. AND
STOP TRYING TO UNDERMINE AND
GAME THE SYSTEM. VOTE. NO ON
THIS. LET'S HAVE A FAIR ELECTION
WHERE OUR VOTERS CAN DECIDE ALL
OF THESE INITIATIVES BY MAJORITY
VOTE AS WE ALWAYS HAVE. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LUCKY YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. YEAH, JUST
RESPECTFULLY AND CLEARLY IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSAL. LET
ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT. WHY I
FEEL THAT WAY. I BELIEVE THAT
PROPOSITION 13 11 OF THE MAIN
TENANTS. AND PROTECTIONS THAT
ASSURED. ALL OF US HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IS THE
APPROACH MINT UPON POWER. YOU
SEE, I REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT
HAS A LOT OF SMALL COMMUNITIES.
A LOT OF SMALL COMMUNITIES. IT'S
QUITE LARGE GEOGRAPHICALLY. BUT
WE HAVE VERY SMALL VOICES. AND
SO AND I BELIEVE THE TWO THIRDS
PROVISION IN OUR. NATIONAL
CONSTITUTION HAS TO DO WITH THE
FACT THAT SMALL STATES NEEDED TO
BE RECOGNIZED. JUST LIKE SMALL
COMMUNITIES NEED TO BE
RECOGNIZED. AND SO THAT FEELS
LIKE MEASURES LIKE THIS ONE ARE
URBAN MUSCLE FLEXES. WE HAVE
MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU PEOPLE OUT
IN THE WEEDS. SO WE'RE GOING TO
JUST DO WHAT WE WANT. AND IT
FEELS PRETTY LOUSY EVERYBODY AND
SO THIS IS A VERY SACRED MEASURE
THAT PROTECTS THE VOICE. SMALLER
COMMUNITIES AND REQUIRES THEM TO
WEIGH IN. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
TWO THIRDS AND NOT JUST A SIMPLE
MAJORITY, NOT JUST THE HIGH
POPULATION CENTERS. BUT THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A DIFFERENT
KIND OF ENVIRONMENT, THE MANY OF
YOU AND MOST OF YOU, ACTUALLY.
AND SO PLEASE RESPECT THOSE OF
US WHO HAVE SMALLER VOICES.
BECAUSE WE DESERVE TO BE PART OF
THIS DEMOCRACY AS WELL. AND SO I
CANNOT SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. DR
WEBBER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. UM MADAM SPEAKER. I
UM APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
COMMENTS TODAY, BUT UM, A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT PROP 13, WHICH I
THINK WE'RE VOTING ON A C A 13
TODAY, NOT PROP 13. UM SO JUST
WANNA GO BACK TO WHAT MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID THAT THIS
BILL ACTUALLY DOES, WHICH IS
BASICALLY STATES. THAT IF YOU
FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO AMEND THE
CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE AND
INCREASE NOT A DECREASE. SO
LET'S GET THAT RIGHT BECAUSE
SOME PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT
GOING DOWN TO 50% PLUS ONE. THIS
FOCUSES ON IF YOU WANT TO
INCREASE THE VOTER THRESHOLD.
THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME
NUMBER OF VOTERS AGREE WITH YOU.
IT'S NOT REMOVING ANYONE'S
ABILITY. TO VOTE TO HAVE A
VOICE. IT'S NOT FOCUSING MORE ON
URBAN AREAS VERSUS RURAL AREAS.
IT'S BASICALLY STATING IF YOU
WANT HIM IN THE CONSTITUTION TO
INCREASE THE VOTE, THEN YOU NEED
TO HAVE THAT SAME NUMBER OF
VOTERS AGREE WITH YOU. AT LEAST
THE SAME NUMBER OF VOTERS AGREE
WITH YOU SO LET'S VOTE ON A C A
13. AND NOT CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT PROP 13. WITH
THAT? I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR IPHONE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, DR WEBBER, SEEING NO OTHERS
WISHING TO SPEAK
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. I APPRECIATE THE ROBUST
TODAY AND A LOT OF TODAY AND A
LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE
HAD AROUND THIS BECAUSE IT'S A
REAL HEAD THINKER. IT'S REALLY
GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT. THEY SHOULD BE TALKING
ABOUT WHAT THIS MEASURE ACTUALLY
DOES. I AGREE WITH SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT. ULTIMATELY, THE
VOTERS DECIDE, BUT OUR
CONSTITUTION IS OUR SACRED
GUIDING DOCUMENT. AND SO WHAT IS
IN THEIR INFORM SO MANY OTHER
IMPORTANT THINGS, UH, AND HOW WE
GO ABOUT CHANGING THAT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT FUTURE ELECTIONS MATTERS
BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THIS
INCREASED THREAT. BUT I INVITE
YOU TO READ THE MEASURE BECAUSE
IT'S SHORT. AND I KNOW SOMETIMES
WE TAKE A LOT OF INFORMATION IN
BUT JUST CENTER HERSELF AND LOOK
RIGHT BACK AT THAT MEASURE,
BECAUSE ALL IT DOES, IT SAYS
THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO RAISE A
VOTE THRESHOLD TO GREATER THAN A
MAJORITY, WE SHOULD ACHIEVE THE
SAME PROPORTIONAL VOTE ITSELF.
WE HAVE SEEN MEASURES ATTEMPTED
TO QUALIFY THEY HAVE AND FOR THE
BALLOT, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE
AN 80% THRESHOLD OF VOTERS. AND
SO WHATEVER THAT IS, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO
GET THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT OF
VOTERS BECAUSE ONCE THAT'S IN
THE CONSTITUTION IT IS GONNA BE
FUNDAMENTAL AND WILL IMPACT SO
MANY THINGS DOWN THE LINE IF YOU
READ THE MEASURE WOULD ALSO SAY
, AS MANY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE
MENTIONED, TOO, THAT THIS HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH PROPOSITION
13. THERE'S A FIRST QUESTION
THAT VOTERS I THINK SHOULD BE
ABLE TO ANSWER AND THAT'S WHAT
THIS MEASURE DOES. WHAT SHOULD
THE THRESHOLD FOR PASSAGE BE IN
THIS SITUATION? THIS HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH PROP 13, AND I'LL
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S A
REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OUT THERE IN
MY CITY IN OUR CITY, THE CITY OF
SAN DIEGO. WE WERE UNDER THE
SAME ATTACK IN OUR CITY CHARTER
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WERE SPECIAL
INTEREST CAME IN THERE AND SAID,
WE'RE GOING TO RAISE SO MANY
THINGS UP TO TWO THIRDS, AND
THEY GOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR
SIGNATURE GATHERERS, AND THEY
PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR A VOTE.
CITY COUNCIL, THEN LED BY NOW
PRO TEM ATKINS HAD WISELY
DECIDED THAT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT'S NOT FAIR. THAT'S NOT
ACTUALLY DEMOCRATIC. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT VOTERS HAVE A
CHANCE TO DECIDE WHAT THE
THRESHOLDS OF PASSAGE SHOULD BE.
AND THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS
AGREED. I TRUST THE VOTERS TO
SAY THAT WE DON'T TRUST THEM. I
ABSOLUTELY DO, AND THAT'S WHY I
THINK THIS QUESTION SHOULD GO
BEFORE THEM. SO WE PUT THIS IN
OUR CITY CHARTER AND THOSE
SPECIAL INTERESTS HAVE NEVER
TRIED THE SAME TACTICS AGAIN.
AND SO PROPOSITION. 13 IS STILL
ALIVE AND WELL IN THE CITY OF
SAN DIEGO. THAT'S UNDISPUTABLE.
AND ALL THESE ARGUMENTS FALL
FLAT. AND SO I ASK YOU AGAIN TO
SEND YOURSELF ON WHAT THIS DOES
RIGHT BEFORE YOU. IT'S ABOUT
FAIRNESS, AND IT'S ABOUT MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT TRY TO
AMEND OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT OUR
STATE CONSTITUTION ARE UPHOLDING
FOR THEMSELVES. THE VERY SAME
THING THAT THEY ARE ASKING. AND
ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S CRITICAL FOR
US TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE, UNLIKE
SO MANY OF THOSE SPECIAL
INTERESTS, WE ALSO STOOD HERE IN
THIS CHAMBER AND TOOK AN OATH TO
SUPPORT OUR CONSTITUTION. AND I
ASK IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SO
TODAY, THEY DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE
THAT OATH. WE TOOK THAT OATH.
AND SO I ASK THAT YOU PASS THIS
TO THE SENATE THAT WE CONTINUE
THIS DEBATE AND THAT WE
ULTIMATELY PUT THIS MEASURE
BEFORE THE VOTERS. BECAUSE WHO'S
ASKING FOR THIS OR YOUR CITIES
ARE YOUR COUNTIES ARE YOUR
SPECIAL DISTRICTS? ARE YOU'RE
WORKING FAMILIES ARE THE LEAGUE
OF WOMEN VOTERS ARE THOSE THAT
STAND UP FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT
THAT STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY. AND
I ASK THAT YOU STAND UP FOR A 13
TODAY AS WELL. AND RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS A 54 VOTES, 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.
CLARK WERE CLOSED. CLINICAL
CLOSE THE ROLL EYES 56 KNOWS 19
THE MEASURE. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTER OF 13 TO
THE SENATE.
MEMBERS WERE MOVING TO A JUNIOR
ADJOURNMENTS AND MEMORY MEMBERS
. THE QUORUM CALL IS LIFTED.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS FOR THOSE
THAT WILL STAY FOR OUR GERMAN
MEMORY. PLEASE GIVE YOU
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON A GERMAN
AND MEMORY. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
PETRIE-NORRIS YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. MEMBERS I RISE TO
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF A LOCAL
LEGEND IN CALIFORNIA, 73RD
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, NORMA HERZOG.
THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE
CITY COUNCIL IN COSTA MESA, THE
FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS THE
CITY'S MAYOR. NORMA WAS A
TRAILBLAZER IN EVERY SENSE OF
THE WORD, AND SHE HAS LEFT A
LONG LASTING IMPACT ALL ACROSS
OUR COMMUNITY. HERZOG MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA FROM CANADA IN 1951
AND BECAME A US CITIZEN IN 1960
, AN EDUCATOR, HERZOG
ESTABLISHED COSTA MESA'S MAY
SEVERITY PRESCHOOL AND ALSO
OWNED WEST BABY PRESCHOOL IN THE
CITY. NORMAL RAN FOR CITY
COUNCIL IN 1974 BECAUSE SHE
WANTED THE CITY TO OFFER MORE
SOCIAL SERVICES. IN HER TIME ON
THE COUNCIL, THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA WENT ON TO ESTABLISH DOZENS
OF PROGRAM OF PROGRAMS TO SERVE
RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. HERZOG
SPEARHEADED THE MOVE TO BRING
SOUTH COAST REP THEATER TO COSTA
MESA, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE
SEEKER STREAM PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER TODAY. THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA IS PROUDLY KNOWN AS THE
CITY OF THE ARTS. SOMETHING THAT
WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE
WITHOUT ENORMOUS VISION. NORMAL
ALSO RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION
AS THE FIRST WOMAN IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO UNDERGO
RECONSTRUCTIVE BREAST SURGERY
AFTER HER MASTECTOMY. HER STORY
WAS FEATURED IN NATIONAL
PUBLICATIONS AND NATIONAL TV AND
NORMAL WENT ON TO DO SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS AND PROVIDE
COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE COUNSELING
FOR WOMEN BATTLING BREAST
CANCER. IN 2014 NORMA WAS
HONORED WITH THE COSTA MESA
MAYOR'S AWARD, AND IN 2021. I
WAS HONORED TO BE PART OF THE
UNVEILING OF THE NORMAL HERZOG
COMMUNITY CENTER, RECOGNIZING
HER LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO THE
CITY. NORMAL PASSED AWAY ON
AUGUST 21ST AT THE AGE OF 94 AT
HER HOME IN NEW JERSEY. OUR
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT
ENORMOUS FAMILY. SHE HAS TRULY
BEEN AN INSPIRATION, AND I KNOW
THAT SHE WILL BE AN INSPIRATION
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
MEMBERS. PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF NORMAL,
HERZOG. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PETRIE-NORRIS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUIRK-SILVA.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MADAM SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS TODAY
I RISE IN MEMORY OF EVIE
SHEPHERD GIBBS EMLYN, THE MOTHER
OF MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND, PAM
KELLER WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 30TH
1944 IN SAN BERNARDINO TO THE
LATE EVELINA, NELSON GIBBS AND
WILLIAM S. GIBBS HER FORMATIVE
YEARS WERE SPENT IN PARIS,
CALIFORNIA WITH HER PARENTS. AND
YOUNGER SISTER MARY. EVERY LOVE
STORY BEGAN WITH HOWARD LYNN
RICH, HER HIGH SCHOOL SEATS,
SWEETHEART. THEY MARRIED SHORTLY
AFTER THEIR 1962 GRADUATION,
HOWARD JOINED THE ARMY AND THEY
EMBARKED ON THEIR JOURNEY
TOGETHER RESIDING IN OHIO, WHERE
THEY WELCOME THEIR DAUGHTERS,
PAMELA IN 1963 AND CINDY IN
1964. EVERY EMBRACED HER ROLE AS
A YOUNG MOTHER. THE FAMILY LATER
RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA,
EVENTUALLY SETTLING AND
FULLERTON 1972. HE WAS DEEPLY
INVOLVED IN HER COMMUNITY. SHE
PARTICIPATED IN TENNIS GROUPS,
WOMEN'S GUILDS AND TIRELESSLY
SERVED AS A ROOM, UM, GIRL SCOUT
LEADER AND BOOSTER CLUB
VOLUNTEER. CREATIVITY KNEW NO
BOUNDS. SHE KNITTED CROCHETED
SEWED, PAINTED, SHARING HER
TALENTS THROUGH ACTS OF
GENEROSITY, SUCH AS CRAFTING
CHEMO CAPS FOR CHILDREN WITH
CANCER AND LEAVING HAND PAINTED
ROCKS AROUND FULLERTON, AN
ENTREPRENEUR AT HEART SO FOUNDED
THE PLANT PEDDLERS, A SUCCESSFUL
HOME PARTY BUSINESS AND LATER
VENTURED INTO VARIOUS
ENTERPRISES, INCLUDING A TRAVEL
AGENCY. IN 1983 EVERY FOUND LOVE
AGAIN. MARRYING JEFFY, JEFF
EMLYN AND BARGAINING ON NEW
ADVENTURES, INCLUDING LAUNCHING
THE ULTRA SHADE EYEGLASS
BUSINESS ROLE AS GRAMMY BROUGHT
IMMEASURABLE JOY HER UNDER
CONDITIONAL OF TOUCH, NOT ONLY
HER GRANDCHILDREN, BUT COUNTLESS
OTHERS WHO CONSIDERED HER THEIR
CHERISHED GRAMMY. A WOMAN OF
SURPRISES EVERY SPARKLY I SWEET
SMILE AND GENUINE DEMEANOR
ENDEARED HER TO EVERYONE SHE MET
. HER MEMORY IS ETCHED IN THE
HEARTS OF HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND EVERY PASSED AWAY ON JUNE
26TH 2023 AND FULLERTON,
CALIFORNIA AFTER A COURAGEOUS 18
MONTH BATTLE WITH PANCREATIC
CANCER. SHE WAS 78 YEARS OLD.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND,
JEFF, FORMER HUSBAND, HOWARD.
DAUGHTERS GRANDCHILDREN AND
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER AS WELL AS
THE MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
SHE TOUCHED DURING HER LIFE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN EXTENDING OUR
HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HER
FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR
LOSS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUIRK-SILVA
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. I RISE WITH GREAT
SADNESS TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
MAJOR BOB LONGER MONTH. THE
ADMINISTRATOR AND CORPSE OFFICER
, PASTOR AT THE SALVATION ARMY
CROCS CENTER. PASSED AWAY ON
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH 2023 MAJOR
BOB AND HIS WIFE, MAJOR. JOANNE
CAME TO SERVE AT THE CROCS
CENTER IN JULY OF 2021. AS THE
CROCS CENTER SERVICES, THE
GREATER SOLANO REGION. IN THAT
SHORT TIME, THE MAJORS BECAME
BELOVED BY THE COMMUNITY FOR
THEIR GRACE, SENSITIVITY AND
KINDNESS TOWARDS ALL THEY MET.
BORN IN LAOS IN 1972, MAJOR BOB
AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPED TO
THAILAND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT
SHIFTED AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
EMERGED. THEY ESCAPED BY BOAT
ACROSS THE MEKONG RIVER.
GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED AT THEM FROM
THE RIVER BANKS, MAJOR BOB TOLD
THE DAILY REPUBLIC. MY GRANDPA
SHOT BACK AND THEY STOPPED. WHEN
THEY NEARED THE SHORE, A HAND
CHAIN HELPED PULL THE FAMILY TO
SAFETY. THEY SETTLED IN NANKAI.
REFUGEE CAMP WHILE WAITING FOR
SPONSORSHIP. WITH THE
SPONSORSHIP, HIS FAMILY
RELOCATED TO THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA AND SANTA ROSA,
CALIFORNIA IT WAS THERE IN SANTA
ROSA. THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO
THE SALVATION ARMY. WHO HELPED
THEM WITH FOOD, CLOTHING AND A
SENSE OF BELONGING. MAJOR BOB
WOULD NEVER FORGET THE KINDNESS
OF THE SALVATION ARMY. AS HE
GREW UP, HE REMAINED CONNECTED
TO THE ARMY'S PROGRAMS AND
CHURCH MINISTRY EVENTUALLY
ENTERED THEIR SEMINARY AND WAS
COMMISSIONED AND ORDAINED AS AN
OFFICER, PASTOR AND 1995. HE HAD
VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS THROUGHOUT
HIS 28 YEARS OF MINISTRY. AS A
SINGLE OFFICER. HE WAS APPOINTED
TO SALVATION ARMY UNITS AND
STOCKTON'S SANTA CRUZ, SANTA
CLARA, WHITTIER, SANTA FE
SPRINGS AND LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA AFTER HE MARRIED THEY
HAD APPOINTMENTS IN SANTA MARIA,
CALIFORNIA. HAPPY VALLEY,
OREGON, RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CALIFORNIA AND HIS LAST
APPOINTMENT AND IN MY CITY SO
SOON CITY MAJOR BOB WAS A WARM
HEARTED AND FUNNY SOUL. HE WAS A
MAN OF GOD, A LOVING HUSBAND AND
A FATHER OF TWO GIRLS, A LEADER
AND A HELPER IN HIS COMMUNITY
AND A FRIEND TO EVERYONE HE MET.
HE COULD MAKE ANYONE FEEL
APPRECIATED, AND HE LOVED
GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE. LAST
OCTOBER. MAJOR BOB WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH LIVER CANCER, MANY IN THE
COMMUNITY DID NOT KNOW IT. HE
NEVER SKIPPED A BEAT. HE
MAINTAINED HIS FAITH WITH AN
INSPECTION INFECTIOUS SMILE.
ALWAYS KNOWING THAT THERE WAS NO
GREATER CALLING THAN THE SERVICE
COMMUNITY WITH THE LOVE AND
GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST. MAJOR BOB
RECEIVED HIS ULTIMATE HEALING,
SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
, SHARING SCRIPTURE AND SINGING
PRAISE OF FINAL PROMOTION TO
GLORY. HE WILL BE LOVINGLY
REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE OF 20
YEARS, JOANNE, HIS DAUGHTERS,
LEAH AND ALANA. FATHER PAWN.
SISTERS MICHELLE SHELLY AND
LAURIE AND HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY HIS SISTER, SHIRLEY AND
2020, HIS MOTHER AND APRIL 2023.
PLEASE JOIN ME ON A JOURNEY AND
A MEMORY OF MAJOR BOMB AND WE
WISH HIS FAMILY PRAYERS AND
COMFORT AND CONDOLENCES. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WILSON MEMBERS. PLEASE BRING THE
NAMES TO THE DEATH TO BE PRINTED
IN THE JOURNAL. OUR REQUEST TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY WILL BE DEEMED
READ AND PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL
MEMBERS. PLEASE IDENTIFY
SENATORS TO MANAGE YOUR BILLS ON
THE SENATE FLOOR. PLEASE ALSO
TAKE NOTE THAT THIS FRIDAY THE
FLOOR AMENDMENT DEADLINE FOR
AMENDMENTS MUST BE PUT ACROSS
THE DESK BY FIVE PM TOMORROW OR
UPON ADJOURNMENT, WHICHEVER IS
LATER. SO THEY CAN BE ADOPTED BY
FRIDAY'S AMENDMENT DEADLINE
MEMBERS. THE GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE WILL
MEET UPON A GERMAN AND SWING
SPACE IN ROOM 1100 SESSIONS.
SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 7TH. THE SPORTS
SESSIONS AT 10 A.M. ALL OTHER
ITEMS DREAMY, ALL OTHER ITEMS
REMAINING WILL BE PASSED TO
RETAIN. OUR MOTIONS WILL SHOVE
YOU CONTINUED SINGING HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
OH, MR MR LACKEY MOVES AND MR
MAIENSCHEIN, UH, SECONDS THAT
THE HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL
TOMORROW THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7TH
. AND THAT WOULD BE MURATSUCHI.
I APOLOGIZE. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
7TH AT 10 A.M. THE QUORUM CALL
IS LIFTED AND THE HOUSE IS
ADJOURNED. I COULDN'T FIND ANY
MORE.
DO WE HAVE ANY VOTE CHANGES?
VOTE CHANGE, ASSEMBLYMAN HOOVER
. FILE 2 47 SB 58. I DO NOT
VOTING. NO CHANGE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOOVER SENATE
BILL 58 NOT LOADING.
VOTE CHANGED ASSEMBLY MEMBER
QUIRK SILVA. SB 58. I TO NON
VOTE. REMEMBER QUIRK-SILVA
SENATE BILL 58. I DID NOT
VOTING.