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CR 116 ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON.
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APOLOGIES. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
116 BIAS. REMEMBER WILSON AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO REVEREND DR
MARTIN KING JR. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
WILSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. GOOD
MORNING MEMBERS. AS CHAIR OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS. I PRESENT TO YOU A CR
116, WHICH WOULD HONOR THE LATE
CIVIL RIGHTS ICON MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR AND COMMEMORATE MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR DAY. ON MONDAY,
WHILE WE ALL HAVE THE LUXURY OF
OBSERVING HIS SACRIFICES AND
MORNING AMERICA'S LOSS WITH THE
DAY OFF WE MUST ALWAYS RECOGNIZE
THE TRUE MEANING OF THIS HOLIDAY
AND THE LASTING LEGACY OF
SERVICE. HE LEFT US. THE FIGHT
THAT ENSUED FOR OUR NATION TO
OBSERVE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
DAY RESEMBLES THE STRUGGLES FOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT AFRICAN
AMERICANS HAVE ENDURED SINCE
ARRIVAL TO THIS COUNTRY TODAY.
WE ALL IN THIS COUNTRY BENEFIT
FROM THE WORKS OF THIS GREAT MAN
WHO MADE IT HIS LIFE'S GOAL TO
SERVE AN ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF
THOSE WITHOUT A VOICE
REPRESENTING THOSE WHO
HISTORICALLY ARE MARGINALIZED
AND HAVE LACKED ADEQUATE
REPRESENTATION. DR KING'S
COURAGE AND DETERMINATION REMAIN
AN INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION
FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO GREW UP
DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. DR KING LED THE MODERN
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR ALMOST
13 YEARS FROM HIS ELECTION AS
THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE MONTGOMERY
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION IN
DECEMBER OF 1995 SORRY, 1955 AND
TELL HIS ASSASSINATION. UNDER DR
KING'S LEADERSHIP, HE HELPED HIM
IN AND ABOLISH DISCRIMINATORY
PUBLIC POLICIES THROUGHOUT THE
NATION. HE ATE IN THE REPEAL OF
JIM CROW LAWS AND SOUTHERN
STATES HELPED SHEPHERD THE
VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND BROUGHT
NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE
DISCRIMINATORY BANKING AND
HOUSING POLICIES AND PRACTICES
KNOWN AS RED LINING. DR KING
ALSO BECAME ONE OF THE MOST
NOTABLE NONVIOLENT LEADERS IN
THE WORLD'S HISTORY. STATING
THAT NON VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER
TO THE CRUCIAL POLITICAL AND
MORAL QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME. HE
UNDERSTOOD THAT THOSE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT WOULD RESIST, OFTEN
VIOLENTLY. NONETHELESS DR KING
RESPONDED TO ACTS OF VIOLENCE BY
CREATING A DIALOGUE THAT WOULD
HEAL RACIAL WOUNDS AND ENCOURAGE
UNDERSTANDING. UNIFYING THE
MASSES. FINALLY AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, DOCTOR KING WAS A
TRUTH TELLER. NO MATTER HOW
CONVENIENT OR INCONVENIENT THOSE
TRUTHS WERE, DR KING WAS ALWAYS
WILLING TO SPEAK OPENLY AND
CANDIDLY IN 1968 AND HIS OTHER
AMERICANS SPEECH, DR KING SAID.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM IS
THE BONUS YOU RECEIVE FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH. YOU SHALL
KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH
SHALL SET YOU FREE AND I DO NOT
SEE HOW WE WILL EVER SOLVED THE
TURBULENT PROBLEM OF RACE
CONFRONTING OUR NATION UNTIL
THERE IS AN HONEST CONFRONTATION
WITH IT, AND A WILLINGNESS
SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH AND
WILLINGNESS TO ADMIT THE TRUTH
WHEN WE DISCOVER IT. WE MUST
LOOK TO DR KING'S EXAMPLE AS
MORE AS A MORAL AND ETHICAL
COMPASS TO HELP CONFRONT THE
PERSISTENCE, INJUSTICES THAT
PLAGUE OUR NATION. I BELIEVE DR
KING WOULD WANT US TO MAKE A
DETERMINED EFFORT TO ENDURE ANY
AND ALL CHALLENGES IF IT MAKES
CREATING A MORE EQUAL AND JUST
SOCIETY FOR OUR FUTURE
GENERATIONS AS LAWMAKERS AND
CITIZENS OF THIS NATION
YESTERDAY, THE BLACK CAUCUS
HOSTED ITS ANNUAL IMO QUÊ
CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND
LEGACY OF DR KING AND I WAS
HEARTENED BY THE COMMENTS OF
GUEST OUR GUESTS. WARM IANCU,
CEO OF BLACKSTAR FUND AFTER HE
REFLECTED ON THE WORDS OF DR
KING'S I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH,
WHERE HE NOTED THAT AMERICAN HAD
GIVEN US ABOUT CHECK MARKED
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. TWO COLOR
PEOPLE AND HOW ON THAT DAY THEY
HAD COME TO WASHINGTON TO CAST
THIS CHECK. BECAUSE THEY REFUSED
TO BELIEVE THE BANK OF JUSTICE
WAS BANKRUPT. ENCOURAGED US OF
OUR PROGRESS THAT THE LANDSCAPE
OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE FROM DR
KING'S TIME HAD EVOLVED TO WHERE
WE ARE THE ONES SIGNING THE
CHECK. LET US INDIVIDUALLY AND
AS MEMBERS OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY
AND BODY, THE SPIRIT AND
COMMITMENT TO DR KING'S JUSTICE
AND CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS WE
HAVE MADE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR VOTE AND A CR 161 AND I
WILL REQUEST THE ROLE BE OPEN
FOR CO AUTHORS. THANK YOU, MISS
WILSON. MISS MCKENNA. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS. I RIOTS IN SUPPORT OF A
CR 116 DR KING WAS A FORCE THAT
MOVED MOUNTAINS THAT INSPIRED
GENERATIONS TO DREAM AND THAT
CHALLENGED A BROKEN WORLD TO
FIND COMMON GROUND. COMMON
PURPOSE IN OUR WORK TO CREATE A
MORE JUST FAIR AND EQUITABLE
SOCIETY. BUT DR KING DID NOT DO
THIS ON HIS OWN. WHILE THE
HISTORY BUS OFTEN CITE THE MEN
WHO ADVISED HIM. IT IS IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT THE INCREDIBLE
WOMEN WHO ALSO HELPED TO REALIZE
DR KING'S DREAM AND WHO WORKED
JUST AS NOBLY IN WHICH JUST AS
MUCH HONORED TO BRING JUSTICE TO
AN UNJUST WORLD, WOMEN LIKE L. A
BARKER, KNOWN AS THE MOTHER OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, ELLA
BAKER. SORRY. WAS IT GRASSROOTS
ACTIVISTS EVEN BEFORE THE
MOVEMENT? SHE SERVED AS THE
DIRECTOR FOR THE MULTIPLE
OFFICES OF THE CPI, EVENTUALLY
BECOMING THE HIGHEST RANKING
WOMAN IN THE ORGANIZATION. BAKER
LATER HELP FORM THE SOUTHERN
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
WHERE SHE WORKED ALONGSIDE
MARTIN LUTHER KING WOMEN LIKE
DIANE NASH AND 1960 DIANE NASH
WAS SELECTED TO LEAD A GROUP OF
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. COLLEGE
STUDENTS WHO ARE FIGHTING
AGAINST SEGREGATION AFTER THE
EXTENSION, PLANNING EXTENSIVE
PLANNING, NASH ORGANIZED THE
FIRST SET OF SIT INS TARGETING
SIX LUNCH COUNTERS IN THE
SEGREGATED SOUTH. WOMEN LIKE
MAHALIA JACKSON. WELL RE KNOWN
GOSPEL SINGER MAHALIA JACKSON
PERFORMED AT THE LINCOLN
MEMORIAL THE DAY OF DR KING'S I
HAVE A DREAM SPEECH AND WAS
SITTING BEHIND KING AS HE SPOKE.
IT WAS NOTED THAT WHILE KING WAS
READING FROM HIS TEXT OF THE
SPEECH, THERE WAS A SHOUT FROM
MAHALIA JACKSON, WHO SHOUTED,
TELL THEM ABOUT THE DREAM,
MARTIN. TELL THEM ABOUT THE
DREAM. JONES SAID. KING LOOKED
AT JACKSON BRIEFLY AND THEN
MOVED HIS PREPARED NOTES TO THE
SIDE AND GRAB THE LECTERN. WHAT
FOLLOWED WAS A SPONTANEOUS
OUTPOURING OF INSPIRATION THAT
HELPED TRANSFORM THE NATION.
WOMEN LIKE MARIAN WRIGHT
ELDERMAN AFTER GRADUATING FROM
YALE LAW SCHOOL IN 1963, MARIAN
WRIGHT ELDERMAN BECAME THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN ADMITTED TO THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE BAR. SHE
WORKED AS A CIVIL RIGHTS
ATTORNEY WITH THE LEGAL DEFENSE
FUND OF THE CPI AND BECAME AN
ADVISOR TO MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AS WE CELEBRATE DR KING'S LEGACY
TODAY, LET US ALSO CELEBRATE THE
MANY WOMEN WHO HELPED LIFT THE
CAUSE OF JUSTICE ACROSS OUR
NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
ON A C R 116. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR KINER. MR RAMOS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. BUT THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE AS CHAIR
OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO
JOIN IN TODAY'S COMMEMORATION OF
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S
BIRTHDAY. DR KING'S COURAGEOUS
AND HISTORIC LEADERSHIP, BY
EXAMPLE, CONTINUES TO SERVE AS
THE ANGLE ON OUR SHOW AS THE
ANGEL ON OUR SHOULDER, REMINDING
US THAT CHANGE CANNOT COME
THROUGH VIOLENCE. HE CONTINUED
TO REMIND US THAT EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE ARE THE
FOUNDATION FOR A THRIVING
COUNTRY AND NATION. IN 1963 IN
HIS BOOK. WHY WE CAN'T WAIT, HE
WROTE. OUR NATION WAS BORN IN
GENOCIDE, WHAT IT EMBRACED THE
DOCTRINE THAT THE ORIGINAL
AMERICAN, THE INDIAN WASN'T
INFERIOR RACE. WE ARE PERHAPS
THE ONLY NATION WHICH TRIED AS A
MATTER OF NATIONAL POLICY TO
WIPE OUT ITS INDIGENOUS
POPULATION. MOREOVER, WE
ELEVATED THAT TRAGIC EXPERIENCE
INTO A NOBLE CRUSADE. INDEED
EVEN TODAY, WE HAVE NOT
PERMITTED OURSELVES TO REJECT OR
FEEL REMORSE FOR THIS SHAMEFUL
EPISODE. OUR LITERATURE. OUR
FILMS ARE DRAMA OUR FOLKLORE,
FOLKLORE, ALL EXALTED. WE HAVE
COME A LONG WAY SINCE HE WROTE
THAT PASSAGE 61 YEARS AGO.
THANKS TO HIS EFFORTS AND
SACRIFICES OF DR KING. HIS
ELOQUENCE AND SPIRIT CONTINUE TO
INSPIRE US TO ESTABLISH AMERICA
THAT WE COULD ALL LIVE IN AND BE
PROUD OF. THIS IS A PLACE FOR US
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE NATION AND I ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE ON A CR 16. THANK YOU,
MR RAMOS. DR JACKSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE LGBT Q CAUCUS. IN
SUPPORT OF A CR 116.
COMMEMORATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
OF CIVIL RIGHTS HERO REVEREND
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
TODAY WE HONOR A GIANT IN THE
FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. HE
SPARKED A REVOLUTION AND HIS
LEGACY IS ONE OF ACTION. IN THE
NAME OF JUSTICE. DUE TO HIS
LEADERSHIP. ALLIES INCLUDING
LEADERS OF THE L G B T Q. HUMAN
RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO UTILIZE THE SUCCESSFUL TOOLS
TO ADVANCE JUSTICE AND EQUITY
FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. IT IS
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE MUST
RECOGNIZE ARE INSEPARABLE,
INTERSECTIONALITY. AND STRONGLY
AFFIRMED THAT THE FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM AND CIVIL RIGHTS BY ONE
COMMUNITY IS A FIGHT FOR US ALL.
DR KING INSPIRED US TO STAND
TALL IN THE FACE OF HATEFUL
RHETORIC. AND CHALLENGE THOSE
WHO OPPOSE EQUITY AND EQUALITY
AT EVERY TURN. HE TOLD US TO BE
BRAVE. EVEN WHEN THE GOALS MAY
NOT SEEM ACHIEVABLE. MY DEAR
COLLEAGUES THIS YEAR WILL
CERTAINLY BE A TEST OF OUR
HUMANITY. AS HATE ENGULFS THIS
COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. AND JOHN AND BRO'S BOOK,
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. NONPROFIT
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR
SOCIAL CHANGE. HE MAKES THE
FOLLOWING OBSERVATION AND THE
FOLLOW PHILOSOPHY OF DOCTOR
KING. IT READS. KING
CONSISTENTLY CONDEMNED VIOLENCE
AS BOTH IMMORAL AND IMPRACTICAL.
IT IS IMMORAL BECAUSE IT THRIVES
ON HATRED RATHER THAN LOVE. IT
WANTS TO HUMILIATE THE OPPONENT
RATHER THAN WIN HIS
UNDERSTANDING. IT SEEKS TO
INJURE RATHER THAN REDEEM THE
OTHER. VIOLENCE IS OPPOSED TO
CREATIVITY AND WHOLENESS. AIMS
TO DESTROY COMMUNITY. AND
RENDERS BROTHERHOOD OR
SISTERHOOD IMPOSSIBLE. VIOLENCE
IS IMMORAL. ALSO. BECAUSE IT
DEEPENS THE BRUTALITY OF THE
PERPETRATOR OF VIOLENCE. HE TOO.
IN THIS CASE IS A VICTIM. KING
IS AFFECTIVE. REAFFIRMED THE
INSIGHT OF SOCRATES. THAT ONE
WHO INJURES ANOTHER INJURES
HIMSELF SPIRITUALLY. SINCE HE
DISRUPTS THE HARMONY WITHIN HIS
OWN SOUL. WERE ASKED THE SOUL OF
THE VICTIM MAY REMAIN INTACT.
LIKE AN UNCHECKED CANCER. HATE
KAROL'S THE PERSONALITY AND EATS
AWAY AS VITAL UNITY. KING
IDENTIFIED THE BOOK WITH BOOKER
T. WASHINGTON'S WARNING. LET NO
MAN PULL YOU SO LOW AS TO MAKE
YOU HATE HIM. KING CONTENDS THAT
WHEN ANOTHER MAKES YOU HATE HIM.
HE LEAVES YOU TO WORK AGAINST
COMMUNITY AND TO DIVIDE DEFY
CREATION. THROUGH HIS HATE, THEY
HATE ER BECOMES DEPERSONALIZED
BECAUSE THE DESIGN OF CREATIONS
DEMAND THAT PERSONALITY CAN BE
FULFILLED ONLY IN COMMUNITY.
HATE IS ROOTED IN FEAR. AND THEY
ONLY CURE FOR HATE IS LOVE.
HATRED AND BITTERNESS CAN NEVER
CURE THE DISEASE OF FEAR. ONLY
LOVE CAN DO THAT. HATRED
PARALYZES LOVE. LOVE RELEASES IT
HATRED CONFUSES LIFE. LOVE
HARMONIZES IT. HATRED DARKENS
LIFE, LOVE ILLUMINATES IT. SO
DEAR COLLEAGUES, DR KING'S
WISDOM IS URGENTLY LEAD IT TODAY
AS OUR HUMANITY IS BEING
CHALLENGED. AS WE INVOKE HIS
NAME AND TRY TO FULFILL HIS
DREAM OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. LET US BE
VIGILANT AND BRING THE BEST OUT
OF ONE ANOTHER AND NOT THE
WORST. MR SPEAKER, WHETHER
YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT OR ON THE
LEFT. HATE WILL DESTROY YOUR
SOUL. THE L G B T Q CAUCUS
RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE. THANK YOU. DR JACKSON. MR.
LOWENTHAL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
COLLEAGUES. I ENTHUSIASTICALLY
RISE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH
CAUCUS TO HONOR THE REMARKABLE
LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. THE JEWISH
CAUCUS IS SO PROUD TO STAND WITH
SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AND
RECOGNIZING DR KING AS ONE OF
THE GREATEST AMERICANS OF ANY
GENERATION. DR KING IS ALWAYS
OCCUPIED A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE
HEARTS AND MINDS OF AMERICAN
JEWS. FOR MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY
DOCTOR KING WAS THE LIVING
EMBODIMENT OF THE QUEST FOR
FREEDOM. HUMAN DIGNITY AND
JUSTICE THAT ARE THE CENTRAL
FOCUS OF JEWISH TRADITION.
INDEED IF YOU LOOK AT THE JEWISH
CAUCUSES, TWITTER FEED, YOU WILL
SEE WE PROUDLY DISPLAY A PHOTO
OF JEWISH LEADERS WITH DR KING.
INDEED FEW IMAGES INSPIRE AS
MUCH PRIDE IN THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY AS THE ICONIC IMAGE OF
RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL,
THE MOST REVERED RABBI OF HIS
GENERATION. MARCHING ARM IN ARM
WITH DR KING ACROSS THE EDMUND
PETTUS BRIDGE IN MARCH, 1965
AFTERWARDS, RABBI HESCHEL
REFLECTED THAT. WHEN MARCHING
WITH DR KING. HE FELT THAT HIS
LEGS WERE ACTUALLY PRAYING. THAT
SAME YEAR, THE AMERICAN JEWISH
COMMITTEE HONORED DR KING WITH
PRESTIGIOUS AMERICAN LIBERTIES
MEDALLION IN RECOGNITION OF HIS
EFFORTS TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR ALL
AMERICANS. DR KING WAS ALSO A
GREAT FRIEND AND ALLY TO THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY. IN OUR OWN
STRUGGLES, HE SPOKE OUT
POWERFULLY AGAINST ANTI SEMITISM
IN DEFENSE OF THE STATE OF
ISRAEL AND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF
PERSECUTED JEWS IN THE SOVIET
UNION. IN SPITE OF THE
TREMENDOUS SOCIETAL DIVISIONS
THAT DOCTOR CAN CONFRONTED AS A
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, HE WAS
RENOWNED FOR HIS ABILITY TO
BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, NOT
TEAR THEM APART WHEN CONFRONTING
DIFFERENCES, AND WE CAN LEARN SO
MUCH FROM DR KING'S EXAMPLE.
TODAY. AS THE ARAB ISRAELI
CONFLICT CONTINUES. WE SHOULD
REFLECT ON DR KING'S CAREFUL AND
THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO THE VERY
EARLY STAGES OF THE CONFLICT,
SUCH AS THE SIX DAY WAR IN 1967.
DR KING TOOK THE TIME TO GAIN A
DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH SIDES
AND RECOGNIZING HIS INFLUENCE
OVER MILLIONS, HE REFRAINED.
FROM INSERTING HIS OPINION OR
TAKING A POSITION AS HE SOUGHT
TO ACTUALLY RESOLVE CONFLICT,
NOT FAN, THE FLAMES OF WAR. DR
KING COLLABORATED, CONSULTED AND
PARTNERED WITH THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY AND ALL COMMUNITIES
FOR THAT MATTER. IT IS FOR THAT
REASON THAT THE GLOBAL JEWISH
COMMUNITY HAS SUCH TREMENDOUS
AFFECTION FOR DR KING. THIS IS
PERHAPS BEST EVIDENT IN
JERUSALEM, WHERE EACH DAY
THOUSANDS WALKED DOWN A
BOULEVARD NAMED IN HIS HONOR. IN
THE CITY WHERE THE STREETS ARE
NAMED FOR THE GREAT PROFITS OF
ANCIENT ISRAEL. THE JEWISH
PEOPLE CHOSE TO HONOR AMERICA'S
GREAT PROFIT OF FREEDOM. QUALITY
AND JUSTICE. THIS WEEKEND.
JEWISH COMMUNITIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA WILL HOLD SPECIAL
SERVICES TO HONOR DR KING. WE
WILL TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT
HIS ENORMOUS BRAVERY, HIS MORAL
CLARITY AND HIS UNFINISHED
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE. WE WILL
REFLECT ON HIS TREMENDOUS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND UPON HOW
MUCH WORK REMAINS TO FULFILL HIS
DREAM. WE SEEK TO HONOR HIS
MEMORY BY JOINING HANDS WITH
COMMUNITIES OF ALL FAITHS AND
ALL BACKGROUNDS TO ADVANCE
JUSTICE AND TO HELP FULFILL HIS
REMARKABLE VISION. IN THAT
SPIRIT. AND ON BEHALF OF THE
JEWISH CAUCUS. I RESPECTFULLY
URGE SUPPORT OF A CR 116. THANK
YOU, MR LOWENTHAL. MISS BONTA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I
RISE IN SUPPORT OF A CR 116 AS A
MEMBER OF THE BLACK CAUCUS AND
ON BEHALF OF THE LATINO CAUCUS
IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR DAY. THE IMPORTANCE THIS
DAY GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE
HIS LEGACY TO BEND THE MORAL ARC
TOWARDS JUSTICE. AS A PROUD
BLACK LATINA AND A DAUGHTER OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. I'M
INSPIRED BY THE CIVIL ACTION AND
THE COLLECTIVE ACTION OF OUR
COMMUNITIES TO FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE. WHEN PLANNING THE
ICONIC MARCH ON WASHINGTON,
CULMINATING IN HIS HISTORIC I
HAVE A DREAM SPEECH, DR KING
PUSHED FOR GREATER VISIBILITY OF
THE LATINOS IN THE MARCH AND
THEY WERE COUNTED IN THE
THOUSANDS. HE ASKED. WILBERTO
HARINA VALENTINE, THE PUERTO
RICAN DAY PARADE PRESIDENT TO
ORGANIZE THE LATINO COMMUNITY TO
ATTEND THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
VALENTIN ALSO SPOKE AT THE MARCH
ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION FACED
BY LATINOS AND THE SHARED
STRUGGLE OF THE BLACK AND LATINO
COMMUNITY, IMPLORING US TO USE
OUR COLLECTIVE AUTHORITY AND
POWER AND MIGHT TO ADVANCE
JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND
WHOSE SPACE YEAH, INDEED, DR
KING'S COMMITMENT TO THE LATINO
COMMUNITY DID NOT END THERE. HE
ALSO SUPPORTED AND ENCOURAGED AS
OUR CHAVEZ IS 1966 HUNGER
STRIKE, TOO. TO SHINE A LIGHT ON
THE FARM WORKER OPPRESSION.
DURING THE STRIKE, DOCTOR KING
SENT A TELEGRAM TO CHAVEZ THAT
READ YOUR COURAGE DEEPLY MOVES
ME IN FASTING AS YOUR PERSONAL
SACRIFICE FOR JUSTICE THROUGH
NONVIOLENCE. AS DR KING ONCE
SAID. ARE SEPARATE STRUGGLES ARE
REALLY A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM,
DIGNITY AND HUMANITY. DR KING
DID NOT ADVOCATE FOR CONFORMITY
OR COMPLIANCE. HE FOUGHT FOR THE
NOTION THAT NOT ALL LAWS ARE
INHERENTLY JUST AND THAT EVERY
CITIZEN MUST HELP BE BEND THE
ARC OF WORLD UNIVERSE TOWARDS
THE JUSTICE. WE ALL SEEK. NOW
MORE THAN EVER, IN TIMES OF
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TURMOIL
HERE IN THE STATE AND THE
COUNTRY, WE MUST CONTINUE THE
STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY AND
EQUALITY TO ACHIEVE FREEDOM AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. FOR THESE
REASONS. COLLEAGUES RESPECTFULLY
JOIN ASSEMBLY MEMBER FROM SEASON
CITY AND ASKING FOR OUR I VOTE
ON A CR 116. THANK YOU. MISS
BONTA. MISS WALDRON, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS ARISE IN
SUPPORT OF RECOGNIZING DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING DAY. DR KING ONCE
SAID LIFE'S MOST PERSISTENT AND
URGENT QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU
DOING FOR OTHERS? HE WAS A
FORWARD THINKING LEADER WHO
DREAMED OF A NATION WHERE
INDIVIDUALS ARE JUDGED BY THEIR
CHARACTER RATHER THAN THE COLOR
OF THEIR SKIN. HE DEVOTED HIS
LIFE TO ADVANCING EQUALITY,
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. DR KING'S
EMPHASIS ON LOVE AND HIS BELIEF
IN UNITY AS A MEANS TO OVERCOME
DIVISION AND HATRED RESONATES
STRONGLY TODAY. I ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO THINK ABOUT THE
INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS DOCTOR
KING MADE TO SOCIETY AND THE
FOUNDATION HE BUILT FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU
TO THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS
RESOLUTION FORWARD AND THEY URGE
AND I VOTE ON A CR 116. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WALDRON. DR
BAINES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. ALL
RISE IN SUPPORT OF A CR 116 ON
BEHALF OF THE CAUCUS. IT IS AN
HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO JOIN YOU
ALL TODAY AND RECOGNIZING DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AND ICONIC
AND VISIONARY LEADER WHO CHANGED
OUR COUNTRY AND HISTORY FOR THE
BETTER TODAY WE REFLECT ON AN
HONOR DR KING'S WORK AND THE
INSPIRATIONAL LIFE THAT HE LED.
I AM REMINDED OF HIS WORDS.
THERE COMES A TIME WHEN ONE MUST
TAKE A POSITION THAT IS NEITHER
SAFE. NOR POLITICAL NOR POPULAR.
BUT HE MUST TAKE IT BECAUSE
CONSCIENCE TELL THEM IT IS
RIGHT. THOSE WORDS RESONATE WITH
ME WHEN I AM REPRESENTING MY OWN
COMMUNITY. WE REAP THE BENEFITS
OF HIS PRESENCE, WORKING TOWARDS
OUR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS,
GIVING US HOPE WITHIN THE
ATMOSPHERE OF THIS DIVIDED
COUNTRY AND THE STRENGTH TO
PERSEVERE AND CONTINUE TO HOPE
FOR A BETTER AMERICA, WHERE
EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH EQUITY.
DR KING HAS INSPIRED PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AND
COMMUNITIES OF DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS TO ORGANIZE AND MOVE
TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD. WE HAVE
LEADERS LIKE DR KING TO THINK,
AS HE WAS AMONG THOSE WHO
IGNITED A FIRE THAT INSPIRED
CIVIL RIGHTS. WHEN I THINK OF DR
KING, I'M REMINDED OF HIS
COURAGE WHEN I AM BULLIED,
THREATENED OR INTIMIDATED BY
THOSE WHO LIVE IN FEAR OF
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR
OWN. I'M INSPIRED TO PUT ASIDE
MY FEAR. AND TO FIGHT FOR THE
RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN
MY COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT OR
ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE THERE IS
INJUSTICE OR BIGOTRY. I'M
HONORED TO STAND WITH MY
COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING THE
HOPE, COURAGE AND INSPIRATION
THAT DR KING REPRESENTED. THANK
YOU, DR BAINES. MR. JONES.
SAWYER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. UM THIS
IS MY LAST MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. CELEBRATION. ON BEHALF OF MY
UNCLE WHO'S PICTURES HERE TODAY.
AND ALL THE DAY SURVIVED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAD A MORE JUST
COMMUNITY. I SPEAK ON HIS
BEHALF. BUT MOST IMPORTANT ON
SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE 95 YEARS
OLD 95 YEARS YOUNG, JUST LIKE
THE LORD WELTER WITH ONE YEARS
YOUNGER THAN HIM, AND YOU SEE
HOW VITAL SHE IS. BUT I THINK IF
MARTIN WAS STILL ALIVE WHAT
WOULD MARTIN S¼? I LOOKED TO A
DAY WHEN PEOPLE WILL BE JUDGED
BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. BUT
NOT BY THE CONTENT OF THE
CHARACTER. I BELIEVE MARTIN
WOULD BE APPALLED. IF HE KNEW
THAT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT
MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN IS
PUTTING YOUR FOOT ON INDIVIDUALS
TO KEEP THEM DOWN SO THAT THEY
COULD PROSPER AND BE MORE.
PROSPEROUS THAN EVER BEFORE.
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE WERE
CAUGHT IN AN INESCAPABLE NETWORK
OF MUTUALITY TIED IN A SINGLE
GARMENT OF DESTINY. WHATEVER
AFFECTS ONE DIRECT EFFECT
DIRECTLY AFFECTS ALL JUST THE
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL IN
ALABAMA IN 1963. THE USE OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. I
BELIEVE THAT MARTIN WOULD TELL
YOU THAT THE USE OF THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM TO IMPRISON
AFRICAN AMERICANS. POOR PEOPLE
AND LATINOS. IN THE MODERN DAY
PRISON PLANTATION IS WRONG.
SLAVERY WAS WRONG. WRONG BEFORE
THE CIVIL WAR IS WRONG NOW. AND
WE HAVE IT MUST DO A MUCH BETTER
JOB THAN WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE
STRENGTH OF LOVE IN 1963 WROTE.
THE MEASURE OF A MAN IS NOT
WHERE HE STANDS IN MOMENTS OF
COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE, BUT
WHERE HE STANDS IN TIMES OF
CHALLENGE AND CONTROVERSY. FEAR
OF THE NEW KKK. THESE NIGHT
RIDERS WHO SURFACE ON YOUR
TWITTER FEED. DON'T BE AFRAID.
STAND UP TO THEM. DON'T BE
AFRAID. DON'T LET THEM DECIDE
WHAT GOES ON THIS FLOOR. AT THE
END OF THE DAY, AS I LOOK AT
THESE PICTURES WITH MY UNCLE
WITH HUNDREDS OF WHITE, RACIST
YELLING AT HIM, BUT HE STOOD
TALL. AND HE STOOD FOR RIGHT.
AND WE KNOW NOW HE WAS DOING THE
RIGHT THING. WE SHALL OVERCOME
BECAUSE THE ARC OF THE MORAL
JUST AND MORE UNIVERSE IS LONG,
BUT IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE
WASHINGTON D. C. DO NOT REVERSE.
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
WORKED ON. ALL THE ATTENDANTS OF
JUSTICE. TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS
IN THE RIGHT WAY. SO WHEN YOU
LOOK AT PROPOSITION 47 57 TO TRY
TO ELIMINATE IT. THOSE ARE GAMES
WHEN YOU LOOK AT AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION, HOW WE EVISCERATED AND
GOT RID OF IT. WHAT HAS IT DONE
TO PEOPLE OF COLOR? TO WOMEN.
PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO COME UP.
DO THIS. DO THIS. THIS THIS
SOCIETY? DO NOT LET THE MORAL
JUSTICE THAT WE'VE WORKED SO
HARD TO GET DONE. DO NOT LET
THINGS MOVE FORWARD. IN A SENSE,
WE'VE COME TO OUR NATION'S
CAPITAL, CASA CHECK. WHEN IT
ARCHITECTS OF OUR REPUBLIC WROTE
THE MAGNIFICENT WORDS OF THE
CONSTITUTION, THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE THEY WERE SIGNING A
PROMISSORY NOTE. TO WHICH EVERY
AMERICAN WAS TO FALL HEIR. THIS
NOTE WITH A PROMISE THAT ALL MEN
YES, BLACK MEN, AS WELL AS WHITE
MEN WOULD BE GUARANTEED NAILA
BLE RIGHTS. OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. IT IS
OBVIOUS TODAY THAT AMERICA HAS
DEFAULTED ON HIS PROMISSORY NOTE
AND SO FAR AS HER CITIZENS OF
COLOR ARE CONCERNED, INSTEAD OF
HONORING THIS SACRED OBLIGATION
AMERICA HAS GIVEN AN NEGRO
PEOPLE. THE NEGRO PEOPLE ON THE
PROMISSORY NOTE INSOFAR AS
CITIZENS OF COLOR ARE CONCERNED,
INSTEAD OF HONORING THE SACRED
OBLIGATION HAS GIVEN THE NEGRO
PEOPLE BUT BAD CHECK WHICH HAS
COME BACK MARKED INSUFFICIENT
FUNDS. BUT WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE
THE BANK OF JUSTICE IS BANKRUPT.
WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE
ARE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE
GREAT VAULTS OF OPPORTUNITY OF
THIS NATION. OF CALIFORNIA, AND
SO WE'VE COME TO CAST HIS CHECK
CHECK THAT WILL GIVE US UPON
DEMAND THE RICHES OF FREEDOM AND
THE SECURITY. REPARATIONS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE
UP ON THIS FLOOR AND WE KNEW NOT
TO PURSUE BACK ON IT. BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE THAT WE'RE BANKRUPT.
WE'RE NOT BANKRUPT WHEN IT COMES
TO JUSTICE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS
FLOOR AND THEN FINALLY. YES IF
YOU WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS A
DRUM MAJOR. SAY THAT I WAS. THAT
WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE
SAID THAT WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR
PEACE. I WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS ALL AND ALL THE
OTHER SHALLOW THINGS WILL NOT
MATTER. THIS QUOTE WAS REMOVED
FROM THE MEMORIAL AND 2013
PARAPHRASE FROM THE FEBRUARY 4TH
1966 SERMON IN ALABAMA. YES WE
MUST ALL BE DRUNK. MAYBE IN THE
ASSEMBLY. EVERY LAST ONE OF US
SHOULD BE A JUMP DRUM MAJOR FOR
JUSTICE. IN A SENSE, WE'VE COME
TO OUR NATION'S IN THE SENSE
WE'VE COME HERE. AND WE'VE NOT
DONE ALL THE WORK THAT WE NEED
TO DO. TO MOVE THIS STATE THIS
COUNTRY FORWARD. AS THIS IS MY
LAST TIME HERE SPEAKING BEFORE
YOU I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT
HERE, AND I GAVE MY SPEECH. IT
WAS WAS IT WAS I'M CHOKING UP
BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS MY LAST ONE,
BUT I CAN FEEL WHAT MY UNCLE
WENT THROUGH. AND I GOT PICTURES
HERE AND FILLED WITH THE LITTLE
ROCK. NAGA WENT THROUGH. I CAN
FEEL EVERY DAY. WHEN YOU'RE
BEING ATTACKED FOR DOING THE
RIGHT THING STANDING UP FOR
JUSTICE, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS,
BUT I WILL TELL YOU IT IS THE
MOST REWARDING THING YOU CAN DO.
IF YOU WANT TO BE IF YOU WANT TO
REALLY CELEBRATE DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING, IF YOU REALLY WANT
TO BE A DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE
AND DO THE RIGHT THING. NOT ONLY
DO YOU NEED TO SUPPORT A CR 116
WILSON NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT AS WE
MOVE FORWARD FROM MY LAST YEAR.
HERE IN THE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR JOHN SAWYER. MR
JIM PATTERSON. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANKS FOR SPEAKER
MEMBERS. I ALSO RISE TO JOIN IN
THE REMEMBRANCE OF DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING AND ALSO THE
COMMENTS ON THIS. FLOOR. DR KING
HAS BEEN AN INFLUENCE IN MY OWN
LIFE BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN OF
GOD. HE WAS A MAN OF FAITH. AND.
THE ELOQUENCE OF HIS SPEECH. I
THINK WAS DEVELOPED IN PART
BECAUSE HE WOULD STAND IN THE
PULPIT. AND HE WOULD PREACH. AND
HE STOOD IN MANY OTHER PULPITS.
I THINK, AS WE CONSIDER HOW DO
WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE HIM? I AM
ALSO BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION.
OF DR FRANCIS SCHAEFFER, WHO IS
ALSO A RENOWNED THEOLOGIAN. ONE
I HAVE STUDIED HIM LEARNED FROM
I MIGHT ADD. AND HE HAS VERY
SIGNIFICANT TREAT US. TITLED HOW
. THEN SHALL WE LIVE? AND THE
PREMISE IS GIVEN. THE CLOUD OF
WITNESSES AROUND US. WHO WE
REVERE AND WHO WE HONOR. HE ASKS
US AND I ASKED US IN THE SPIRIT
OF DR KING. HOW SHOULD WE THEN
LIVE. AND I THINK THAT IS WITH
THE SAME HUMILITY. THE SAME
COMMITMENT. TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THE BIBLE SAYS SO. DR KING LIVED
IT OUT. WE ALL WANT TO ASK
OURSELVES THAT FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTION. AND I THINK WHAT DR
KING AND WHAT? THESE OTHER
CLOUDS OF WITNESSES AROUND US.
HAVE LED US TOWARD IS TO BE LIKE
THOSE THAT HAVE MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE. AND TO DO IT IN THE
SPIRIT. OF OUR FAITH. IN THE
SPIRIT OF DR KING. THAT
CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. BUT I
REALLY DO THINK THAT AS WE LEAVE
THIS PLACE TODAY, THAT I HOPE
THE THEME OF DOCTOR. SCHAEFFER'S
BOOK. HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE?
IS A REMINDER. TO TAKE. A LESSON
FROM THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVE
MATTERED AND WHO HAVE CHANGED SO
DRAMATICALLY AND SO IT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I TRY TO DO AND
LIVING MY OWN LIFE. TO LIVE IT
AS JESUS WOULD LIVE IT. TO LIVE
IT, SEEING HUMANKIND AS CREATED
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. NO
SEPARATION. BUT A COMMON
HUMANITY. AND THEN TO GO OUT
INTO THAT WORLD THAT IS OFTEN
COLD AND CRUEL. TO OTHERS. AND
BE A LIGHT. THAT SHINES IN THE
DARKNESS. DR KING DID THAT.
DOCTOR SCHAFFER ASKS US. TO
THINK ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD CHOOSE
TO LIVE. BECAUSE OF THE
WITNESSES THAT SURROUND US. AND
SO I THINK THE CHOICES. ONE THAT
SAYS. I MUST MOLD MY OWN HEART
AND SOUL. TO THE SCRIPTURES. TO
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT OF
GOD IN ALL OF US. AND TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WAYS TO TAKE IN ALL
THAT GOODNESS. AND THEN DO
SOMETHING WITH IT. IN THE PLACE
THAT THE LORD HAS BROUGHT ME TO
SERVE. HOW SHALL WE THEN LIVE?
GIVEN SUCH A WITNESS AS DR KING.
THANK YOU, MR PATTERSON. MR.
BAUER-KAHAN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE IN SUPPORT OF A
CR 116. THE FIRST PERSON WHO
TAUGHT ME ABOUT DR MARTIN LUTHER
KING OR ONE OF THE FIRST THAT I
REMEMBER WAS MY RABBI. MY
CHILDHOOD RABBI RABBI AXELROD
AND HE HAD IN HIS STUDY A
PICTURE OF HIM MARCHING IN
SELMA. AND I REMEMBER SITTING IN
HIS OFFICE. LITTLE REBECCA
PIGTAILS AND ALL LOOKING UP IN
HIM TEACHING ME ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANT TO LISTEN. TO LISTEN TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN US
WHO CAME FROM SOMEWHERE
DIFFERENT WHO HAD DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCES TO HEAR THEM. NOT
JUST LISTEN, BUT TO HEAR WHAT
THEY HAD TO SAY. AND THEN. TO
MARCH TO ACT TO STAND WITH THEM
TO LEARN HOW TO PEACEFULLY BE
PART OF THEIR MOVEMENT. IN THEIR
SEEKING JUSTICE. AND I'VE BEEN
HERE GOING ON SIX YEARS. GOSH IT
GOES FAST AND IN MY SIX YEARS
FOR FIVE YEARS. THE THING THAT
HAS BEEN MOST INCREDIBLE TO ME
ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
YOU. 80 OF US ARE INCREDIBLY
DIFFERENT. WE COME FROM
DIFFERENT PLACES WE'VE LIVED
DIFFERENT LIVES. AND HEARING YOU
HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND THEN
THE PRIVILEGE THROUGH THE YEARS
OF STANDING IN THE FIGHTS FOR
JUSTICE. THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO STAND TOGETHER. FROM ENSURING
THAT EVERY CALIFORNIAN NO MATTER
WHERE THEY COME FROM, HAS ACCESS
TO HEALTH CARE. STANDING WITH
OUR TRANS CHILDREN ARE THERE IS
THERE ATTACKED ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY IS STANDING WITH WOMEN
AS OUR RIGHTS ARE TAKEN AWAY.
STANDING WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR
THROUGH THE BLACK LIVES MOVEMENT
. BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
STANDING WITH THE AAPI
COMMUNITY. TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE'VE HEARD EACH OTHER. WE STOOD
TOGETHER AND WE FOUGHT FOR
JUSTICE. AND AS I LISTENED
TODAY, THE MESSAGES OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING. THOSE MESSAGES THAT
WERE PUT IN MY HEAD AS A LITTLE
GIRL. IT REMINDS ME OF THE WORK
IS SO FAR FROM DONE. AND THEN
THAT IS THE LESSON. I HOPE WE
TAKE WITH US, AS WE MOVE FORWARD
IS TO HEAR EACH OTHER TO STAND
TOGETHER AND TO BEND THAT ARC
BECAUSE I HEARD OUR COLLEAGUES
S¼. ARCS TOWARDS JUSTICE. I SURE
HOPE THAT'S STILL TRUE. BUT WHAT
I KNOW IS THAT WE CAN MAKE IT
TRUE. AS LONG AS WE DO THE WORK
TOGETHER WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
ON A CR 160. THANK YOU, MISS
BARRACK AYHAN SCENE AND HEARING
NO FURTHER DEBATE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON, YOU MAY
CLOSE THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND
THOSE CAUCUS REPRESENTATIVES WHO
SPOKE ON THIS RESOLUTION TODAY,
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DIVERSE
VOICES THAT HELD FROM ALL
CORNERS OF CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS
ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THIS TRULY IS
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. WITH THAT. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
AND ASKED THAT THE FIRST ROW BE
OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON, ALBEIT
DEBATE, HAVING SEIZED THE
CURTAIN CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLE
FOR COOPER'S ALL MEMBERS WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. MEMBERS.
THIS IS FOR CO AUTHORS. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLE. THERE
ARE. 70 CO AUTHORS ADDED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE WILL NOW
TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION ALL IN FAVOR. SAY
AYE. OPPOSED, SAYING NO. THE
EYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MOVING, MOVING BACK TO
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER AGUIAR-CURRY
MAJORITY LEADER AGGREGATE. CURRY
HAS A ANNOUNCEMENT EMOTION AT
THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR,
PLEASE MOVE A B 742 JACKSON BACK
TO THE INACTIVE FILE. CLERK WILL
KNOW. SENATE THIRD READING PAST
AND RETAIN ON FILE ITEM 118.
MOVING TO THIS TO MOVING TO A
VOTE ON THE SECOND DAY CONSENT
CALENDAR. DOES ANY MEMBER WISH
TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SEEING AND
HEARING NONE. THE CLERK WILL
READ THE SECOND DAY CONSENT
CALENDAR. ASSEMBLY BILL 375 BY
SOMEBODY MEMBER DAVIES AND
ACTIVATING THE BUSINESS. KIRK
WILL OPEN THE ROLE OF THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLE AND TELL HER THE VOTE. 65 I
15 NO, THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME,
MY DAD 65. I ZERO. NO. THE
CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. UM
CLERK WILL READ THE REMAINING
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 59. 6565
EYES NO. ZERO CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION. 7465 I KNOW ZERO.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE
COURT AND CALL IS LIFTED,
HOWEVER. BEFORE YOU GO. JUST
ANOTHER GENERAL REMINDER SESSION
ON JANUARY, 16TH WILL START AT
1130 AM UM PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. WE
WILL BE MOVING TO ADJOURNMENTS
IN MEMORY.
THE MEMBERS. PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR.
MEMBERS WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE
YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENTION. TO
THOSE WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION. TO SPEAK ON
ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY. PLEASE
TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE
FLOOR.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR RESPECTFUL
ATTENTION. TO THOSE WHO WERE
GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION. FOR AN
ADJOURNMENT MEMORY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SOME OF
THEM ARE MURATSUCHI. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT MEMORY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COLLEAGUES
I ASK THAT WE ADJOURNED TODAY IN
MEMORY OF MY GOOD FRIEND RAY
WATERS OF HERMOSA BEACH. I FIRST
MET RAY. RIGHT AROUND THE TIME
THAT I RAN FOR THE STATE
ASSEMBLY MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO.
RAY WAS A KIND, WARMHEARTED.
UNDERSTATED. GENTLEMEN. WITH THE
PASSION. TO CHANGE THE WORLD. HE
WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. THAT
WOULD ALWAYS SHOW UP AND ALWAYS
BE THERE. WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM.
SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I RAN
TARGETED. ELECTIONS RAN AND
TARGETED ELECTIONS FOR FOUR
CONSECUTIVE. ELECTIONS FROM 2012
TO 2018. AND RAY WAS ONE OF
THOSE HARDCORE VOLUNTEERS THAT
YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON. TO BE
THERE. WHEN I HAD. GOTV
OPERATION TO WALK. IT WOULD
ALWAYS SHOW UP AND HE WOULD
ALWAYS WORK HARD. HE WOULD
ALWAYS. HOST OUR BEACH CITIES
DEMOCRATS. AH PARTIES AND EVENTS
AT HIS BEAUTIFUL HOME IN HERMOSA
BEACH. AND. YOU KNOW, NO TASK
WAS ABOVE HIM. YOU KNOW, HE WAS
ONE OF THOSE HARDCORE VOLUNTEERS
THAT WHEN IT CAME TO UH,
TABLING. THE BEACH CITIES. UH,
TABLE AT HERMOSA BEACH FARMERS
MARKET OR AT FIESTA HERMOSA OR
THE MANY COUNTLESS OTHER
COMMITTEE EVENTS. RAY WAS ALWAYS
THERE. RAY WAS THE SOUTH BAY
NATIVE. WHAT DEGREES FROM BOTH
LÀ AND USC. A LIFETIME TEACHER.
TEACHING SUBJECTS RANGING FROM
U. S HISTORY TO SPECIAL
EDUCATION. HE SERVED ON THE
HERMOSA BEACH SCHOOL BOARD.
SERVED A NUMBER OF TERMS AS
PRESIDENT OF THE PIZZA CITIES.
DEMOCRATS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE. CAROLINE. HIS SONS, JEFF
AND DAVID. AND GRANDCHILDREN.
ROBIN CAITLIN, LILY ZAIN AND
JENNIFER. I ASKED THAT THE
ASSEMBLY ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF
RAY WATERS. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MURATSUCHI.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PELIN. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. THANK YOU. MR
SPEAKER REMEMBERS. I RISE TODAY
TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF GLEN
SCHALLER, A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
AND CENTRAL COAST COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER AND LABOR LEVER
LEADER. GLENN PASSED AWAY
UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS HOME IN
SANTA CRUZ ON OCTOBER 30TH JUST
THREE DAYS SHY OF HIS 67TH
BIRTHDAY. GLENN HAD RECENTLY
RETIRED AFTER A 14 YEAR CAREER
AS A POLITICAL COORDINATOR OF
THE MONTEREY BAY CENTRAL LABOR
COUNCIL, WHERE HE FOUGHT FOR THE
RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF WORKING
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
SHALLER IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON,
DEVIN. FORMER WIFE, BONNIE HOLLY
, SISTER MARY BROTHERS, TIM AND
JONATHAN AND EXTENDED FAMILY.
GLENN WAS BORN IN HUNTINGTON'S
LONG ISLAND AND GOT A TASTE FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE EARLY FROM HIS
PARENTS, WHO WERE THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE SUFFIX COUNTY
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
AND THE DEPUTY TOWN CLERK OF
HUNTINGTON'S NEW YORK. AFTER
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, HE
HITCHHIKED ALL OVER THE UNITED
STATES, EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN
SANTA CRUZ. A QUEST FOR JUSTICE
DROVE GLENN HE SERVED AS A
COORDINATOR OF THE SANTA CRUZ
ACTION NETWORK WORKING ON
CAMPAIGNS AGAINST APARTHEID AND
NUCLEAR POWER AND IN SUPPORT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HE WAS OFTEN
AN ALLY TO MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES WHEN IT WAS
UNPOPULAR TO DO SO. ESPECIALLY
TO THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IN
SANTA CRUZ. GLENN ORGANIZED
LOCAL CAMPAIGNS AND COALITIONS
FOR EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS AND
AGAINST PROPOSITION EIGHT. I WAS
FORTUNATE TO GET TO WORK WITH
GLENN. DURING THIS TIME. WHEN
ARE SAME SEX COUPLES COULD
FINALLY SAY I DO IN JANUARY OF
2008 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2013 IN
JUNE BECAUSE OF THAT PROPOSITION
EIGHT. IN 1987. HE WAS CHOSEN AS
ALLY OF THE YEAR BY THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY AND WAS GRAND MARSHAL
OF THE 2009 LGBTQ PRIDE MARCH IN
SANTA CRUZ. HE WAS EVEN ARRESTED
FOR HIS ACTIVISM, INCLUDING
TWICE IN THE SPAN OF TWO DAYS
DURING A QUEER NATION SANTA CRUZ
DEMONSTRATION AT THE CAPITOL. UM
ALL SHALLER ALSO CHANNELED HIS
PASSION BACK INTO THE BROADER
COMMUNITY BY WORKING AS AN
ADULT. AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION TEACHER FOR 26 YEARS.
AFTER RECEIVING HIS TRAINING AT
CABRILLO COLLEGES EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM
SHALLOWER WENT ON TO WORK AT
NUMEROUS LOCAL CHILDCARE CENTERS
AND NURSERIES AND SPECIALIZE IN
WORKING WITH CHILDREN THAT HAD
BEHAVIORAL DIFFICULTIES. VOTING
AND DEMOCRACY WERE IMPORTANT TO
GLENN. HE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER
OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND
OTHER DEMOCRATIC CLUBS. HE WAS
CAMPAIGN MANAGER STRATEGISTS AND
VOLUNTEER FOR HUNDREDS OF
CAMPAIGNS FOR BALLOT MEASURES
AND CANDIDATES AT THE LOCAL,
STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL, EVEN
TRAVELING TO TEXAS TO ASSIST
BARACK OBAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN. MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF
GLEN WAS SEEING HIM WAITING
OUTSIDE MY OFFICE ON THE VERY
FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE SURE HE
WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN SANTA
CRUZ COUNTY TO CAST HIS VOTE.
GLENN'S IMPACT ON SANTA CRUZ
COUNTY POLITICS AND PROGRESSIVE
POLITICS WILL CONTINUE TO
REVERBERATE FOR YEARS. FROM HIS
WORK ON LABOR ISSUES AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, MARRIAGE, EQUALITY,
ECONOMIC JUSTICE CARE. FOR LOCAL
YOUTH AND SO MUCH MORE. PLEASE
JOIN ME IN A RESOUNDING UNION
CLAP IN MEMORY OF GLEN. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PELLERIN.
MEMBERS PLEASE BRING THE NAMES
TO THE DESK TO BE PRINTED IN THE
JOURNAL. ALL REQUESTS TO ADJOURN
IN MEMORY WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL.
MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. A
SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS.
MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH MARTIN
LUTHER KING DAY OBSERVED TUESDAY
. JANUARY 16TH FLOOR SESSION AT
1138 AM ALL OTHER ITEMS WILL BE
PASSED AND RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS
SHALL BE CONTINUED SEEING
HEARING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS. I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN
A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MISS
AGUILAR CURRY MOVES, MR HART
SECONDS THAT THIS HOUSE REMAINS
STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY,
JANUARY 16TH AT 1130 AM.