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NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM.
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AND VISITORS IN THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER AND IN THE GALLERY TO
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JOIN ME IN PRAYER. LORD MAYBE
MAY WE BE MINDFUL OF THE NEEDS
OF THOSE AROUND US? THE MAYOR
ACTIONS ALWAYS ENABLE THE SPIRIT
OF FREEDOM TO THRIVE AND TO TAKE
ROOT. WE FIND A WAY TO LIVE
FREELY, WELL, REPRESENTING THE
FREEDOM OF OTHERS. MAY THIS BE
GOD'S WILL. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR
FLOOR. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WALLACE
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ME IN SALUTING OUR FLAG. I
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THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.
TODAY APPARENTLY, IS NATIONAL
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CERVANTES RAISE HAPPENED AND
BERMAN TO SPEAK ON THE ENJOYMENT
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SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER. I
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SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUIRK-SILVA TO
TAKE UP HR 6762 WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO FILE TODAY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ADOPTION WITHOUT
OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER. REMEMBERS LET US WISH
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BIRTHDAY TODAY. MOVING TO
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AND RETAIN ON FILE ITEMS. TWO
THROUGH 104. ITEMS NUMBER 105
NUMBER 106 ARE EXCUSE ME. OUR
NOTICES. ALL RICANS UNDER
RECONSIDERATION. ALL ITEMS SHALL
BE CONTINUED. MOVING NOW
MEMBERS. BUT I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION, PLEASE. WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE TO TAKE UP HR 62. BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUIRK-SILVA.
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO FILE THE
CLERK WILL READ. HANG ON JUST A
SECOND.
OKAY MEMBERS. WE WILL NOW TAKE
UP HR 62 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
QUIRK-SILVA WITHOUT REFERENCE TO
FILE THE CLERK WILL READ HOUSE
RESOLUTION 62 BIAS SOMEBODY
MEMBER QUIRK-SILVA AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO KOREAN AMERICAN DAY
QUIRK-SILVA. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO PRESENT
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE A P I
CAUCUS HR 62, WHICH OBSERVES
JANUARY 13TH AS KOREAN AMERICAN
DAY. AS A MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS
A SIGNIFICANT KOREAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY. IN MY DISTRICT. IT IS
MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO
PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY IN
19, 0 302, COURAGEOUS KOREAN MEN
, WOMEN AND CHILDREN LANDED IN
HAWAII AFTER VENTURING ACROSS
THE VAST PACIFIC OCEAN ABOARD
THE S S GAELIC. DESPITE SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS
OF UNFORESEEN MAGNITUDE, THEY
NEVER WAVERED IN THE PURSUIT OF
THE AMERICAN DREAM. TODAY WE
REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICE
SACRIFICES MADE BY THOSE BRAVE
IMMIGRANTS WHO TRAVELED SO FAR
FROM HOME AND TO CELEBRATE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUCCESS OF THE
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THE
STORY OF KOREAN AMERICANS IS ONE
OF TRIUMPH AGAINST ADVERSITY.
FIRST GENERATION KOREAN AMERICAN
IMMIGRANTS ESTABLISHED A NEW
HOME THROUGH THROUGH RESILIENCE
AND IMMENSE SACRIFICE, BECOMING
THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS OF KOREAN AMERICANS.
DESPITE THE RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION AND ADVERSITY
THAT THEY FIRST THAT THE FIRST
IMMIGRANTS FACE THEY ENDURED AND
BUILDING A NEW HOME FOR
THEMSELVES AND MY DISTRICT. WE
HAVE MANY MANY KOREAN AMERICAN
BUSINESSES THAT ARE THRIVING. WE
HAVE A LARGE CELEBRATION OF
KOREAN AMERICANS AND WANNA PARK
AND FULLERTON. AND SO MUCH
CULTURE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR
DISTRICT. BY DESIGNATING JANUARY
13TH AS KOREAN AMERICAN DAY WE
CELEBRATE THE INVALUABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS KOREAN AMERICANS
HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE
TO THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITIES
, CULTURAL CULTURE AND HISTORY.
I REQUEST THE FIRST ROAD BE OPEN
FOR CO AUTHORS AND RESPECTIVELY
ASKED FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUIRK-SILVA
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FRIEDMAN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. MR
SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
JEWISH CAUCUS TO RECOGNIZE AND
CELEBRATE KOREAN AMERICAN DAY WE
TAKE THIS DAY AS A TIME TO
RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE AND
POSITIVE IMPACT THE KOREAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS HAD ON
OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY,
ESPECIALLY FOR MY DISTRICT,
WHICH IS HOME TO ONE OF THE
LARGEST KOREAN AMERICAN
POPULATIONS IN THE NATION. THE
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THE TAPESTRY OF
CALIFORNIA'S DIVERSITY AND
CULTURE. THEY HAVE MADE
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS AS
LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF FINANCE,
TECHNOLOGY LAW, MEDICINE,
EDUCATION, SPORTS MEDIA, THE
ARTS, GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS.
LIKE MANY GROUPS IN CALIFORNIA
AND THE U. S. KOREAN AMERICAN
HISTORY INCLUDES CHALLENGES AND
HARDSHIPS. BUT THE PERSEVERANCE
AND RESILIENCY OF THE COMMUNITY
GIVES US GREATER CAUSE FOR
ADMIRATION AND CELEBRATION. WE
SHARE A DEEP APPRECIATION AND
REVERENCE FOR THE EARTH AND OUR
RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAND AROUND
THE SAME TIME EACH YEAR, KOREANS
AND JEWS CELEBRATE A FALL
HARVEST FESTIVAL WHILE HE'S WE
CELEBRATE TO COPE THE KOREAN,
THE KOREAN COMMUNITY CELEBRATES
ARTSAKH AND AS AMERICANS, BOTH
OUR COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE THESE
HOLIDAYS AROUND THE SAME TIME AS
ANOTHER FALSE CELEBRATION.
THANKSGIVING. AND I WILL SAY
THAT MY HOME CITY, GLENDALE, HAS
SEVERAL SISTER CITY
RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITIES
IN KOREA, AND IT'S BEEN MY
PRIVILEGE TO GO TO KOREA A FEW
TIMES TO VISIT THOSE CITIES AND
THE AMOUNT OF CARE FOR THE
PLANET THAT'S EVIDENCE THERE AND
THE INTEREST IN KOREA AND
SUSTAINABILITY. AND IN NATURE IS
JUST ALMOST OVERWHELMING WHEN
YOU THEIR SOUL HAS MORE TREES IN
IT PER FOOT. I THINK THAT ANY
URBAN AREA IN THE ENTIRE WORLD
AND THE KOREANS FOCUS ON ORGANIC
FOOD AND AN ORGANIC WAYS OF
DOING AGRICULTURE. AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT I FOUND SO
INSPIRATIONAL WHEN I WAS THERE,
AND I WILL SAY ONE OF THE BEST
CUISINES AND DINING EXPERIENCES
YOU'LL EVER HAVE ON THE PLANET
IS IN KOREA. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO. IT'LL
BE A BUCKET LIST TRIP FOR YOU SO
BOTH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND
THE KOREAN COMMUNITY SHARE A
DEEP CONNECTION TO OUR HERITAGE
AND HOLD A SENSE OF BELONGING TO
OUR PEOPLE AND OUR NATIONS. AND
I'M SO PLEASED TODAY TO BE ABLE
TO ADMIRE WITH YOU THE RICH
CULTURE OF THE KOREAN AMERICAN
PEOPLE WHO THROUGH DILIGENCE,
FORTITUDE AND ENDURING BELIEF IN
THE AMERICAN DREAM. HAVE
CEMENTED THEIR PLACE IN OUR
HISTORY AND ADDED ANOTHER
CHAPTER TO THE STORY OF THEIR
PEOPLE AND THEIR NATION AND, OF
COURSE TO AMERICA AND OUR
NATION, AND THAT SPIRIT ON
BEHALF OF THE JEWISH CAUCUS, I
RESPECTFULLY URGE SUPPORT FOR HR
62. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FRIEDMAN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SANTIAGO, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I RISE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LATINO LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS AND SUPPORT OF HR 62
COMMEMORATING KOREAN AMERICAN
DAY. I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT ONE
OF THE LARGEST KOREAN
POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, AND
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE PAY
TRIBUTE AND RECOGNIZE A LONG
HISTORY OF CREATING A VIBRANT
CULTURAL DISTRICT. PROMINENT
ACTIVIST DAWSON CHANG HO
IMMIGRATED THE UNITED STATES AND
SETTLED IN RIVERSIDE, WHICH IS
NOW KNOWN FOR ITS AT THE TIME
WAS KNOWN FOR ITS BOOMING CITRUS
INDUSTRY. IN 1905 ON FORM TABAKA
CAMP IN RIVERSIDE, A DISTINCTLY
KOREAN FAMILY BASED SETTLEMENT.
MANY OF THE KOREA MANY, MANY
CONSIDERED CAREER TOWN DISTRICT
IN LOS ANGELES AS THE FIRST AS A
FIRST ESTABLISHMENT. BUT THE
FIRST KOREATOWN WAS FORMED IN
RIVERSIDE. ALTHOUGH THE CAMPAÑA
LASTED 15 YEARS, IT WAS
CONSIDERED ONE THE LARGEST
CENTRAL POINTS FOR THE KOREAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IN 1913, THE
CITRUS INDUSTRY FACED THE FREEZE
, FORCING THE KOREAN POPULATION
TO LEAVE THE CAMP AND DISPERSE
THE OTHER NEIGHBORING CALIFORNIA
FARMING TOWNS. ON HIS FAMILY
MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND SETTLED
IN BUNKER HILL, THE CENTER OF
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, WHICH I'VE
ALSO REPRESENTED. HE FOUNDED THE
KOREAN, UH, UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, WHICH IS LOCATED ON
JEFFERSON. THIS BECAME A
CENTRALIZED LOCATION FOR THE
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
GRADUALLY BECAME WHAT WE KNOW
TODAY IS THE KOREATOWN DISTRICT.
ANOTHER VISIONAIRE WAS KOREAN
IMMIGRANT HI DUCK. LI LI
IMMIGRATED TO LOS ANGELES IN
1968 AND CREATED A SPACE FOR THE
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. HE
OPENED THE OLYMPIC MARKET AND
BECAME THE ONE OF THE FIRST
PRIMARY DESTINATIONS FOR
THOUSANDS OF KOREANS LIVING IN
LOS ANGELES, AND IT WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST KOREAN DRIVEN MARKETS
AROUND OLYMPIC IN NORMANDY, AND
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1971. IN
1980 KOREATOWN WAS RECOGNIZED
AND DECLARED AN OFFICIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES AND FORD'S COUNTY. NOW
ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST
DIVERSE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL,
BOOMING CULINARY COMMUNITIES.
HMM THE V I P PLACE WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST BUILDING BUILDINGS IN
LOS ANGELES TO FEATURE
TRADITIONAL KOREAN TILES AND
ORIGINAL ARCHITECTS OF THE V I.
P PALACE REMAINS. IN FACT, THE
HISTORIC OAXACAN RESTAURANT THAT
GAGA TECCA WAS WAS USED AS A
SPACE SINCE THE 19 EIGHTIES AS A
REFLECTION OF CAREER TOWNS. WHAT
HAWKING PRESENCE CREATE A MAKER.
INDIES FOLLOWS US AS AN HONOR TO
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KOREAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY. PLACES LIKE
KOREA TOWN HAVE GRANTED HOME TO
MANY DIVERSE CULTURES, INCLUDING
LATINO COMMUNITY WHERE MANY
SMALL ETHNIC BUSINESSES SUCH AS
RESTAURANTS, BAR CAFES CAN BE
FOUND. I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT
KOREATOWN. AND TODAY LET US
HONOR THE HISTORY OF KOREAN
AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA, BUT
ALSO THE RICH EXPERIENCES. THEY
BRING THE IMPACT ON THE KOREAN
AND THE IMPACT ON THE KOREAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND ITS
SURROUNDINGS. TODAY FOR MANY
REASONS, COLLEAGUES. I
SPECIFICALLY I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE ON HR 62. THANK
YOU, MR SANTIAGO. MR. JONES.
SAWYER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER ON JANUARY
13TH KOREAN AMERICAN DAY WE
COMMEMORATE THE ARRIVAL OF THE
FIRST AMERICA, FIRST KOREAN
IMMIGRANTS, THE UNITED STATES
AND RECOGNIZE THE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS KOREAN AMERICANS
HAVE MADE IN OUR SOCIETY OVER
HALF A MILLION KOREAN AMERICANS
CALLED CALIFORNIA HOME AND LOS
ANGELES HAS THE LARGEST
COMMUNITY WITH OVER 360,000.
KOREAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS. THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KOREAN
COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES CAN BE
TRACED BACK TO 1905 WHEN THE
KOREAN UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH WAS BUILT ON JEFFERSON
BOULEVARD. KOREAN AMERICANS
HELPED SHAPE LOS ANGELES INTO
THE VIBRANT CITY IT IS TODAY AND
CONTINUE TO MAKE A VITAL
CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ECONOMY,
CULTURE AND WAY OF LIFE.
FILMMAKER GRACE LEE, CHEF ROY
CHOI AND POET ARTHUR KATHY. PARK
HOMES ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
KOREAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE MADE A
LASTING IMPACT ON LOS ANGELES.
TO HONOR THE KOREAN COMMUNITY.
LOS ANGELES WILL SOON BE HOME TO
THE KOREAN NATIONAL MUSEUM,
HIGHLIGHTING THE COMMUNITY'S
HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR ALL TO
LEARN ABOUT AND ENJOY. I LOOK
FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE
OPENING OF THE MUSEUM WITH THE
COMMUNITY, AND I'M PROUD TO
RECOGNIZE THE COMEDIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO CALIFORNIA ON THIS YEAR'S
KOREAN AMERICAN DAY. THANK YOU,
MR JONES. SAWYER. MR. LEE, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA LGBT CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF HR 62 RECOGNIZING
JANUARY 13TH AS KOREAN AMERICAN
DAY THIS PAST SATURDAY MARKED
THE 121ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE
STORK 102. KOREANS IMMIGRATE THE
UNITED STATES IN SEARCH OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR LOVED ONES SERIOUS SIT
YEARS SINCE KOREAN AMERICANS
HAVE GREATLY ENRICHED OUR
NATION'S CULTURE SOCIETY. AND
OVERALL AMERICAN EXPERIENCE MORE
PERSONALLY AT THE GREAT HONOR
REPRESENTING 24TH ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT, WHICH IS HOME TO
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE KOREAN
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FOUNDATION
AND THE KOREAN AMERICAN SENIOR.
CITIZEN LEAGUE FURTHER, WE MUST
CELEBRATE OUR INTRINSIC
INEXTRICABLE INTERSECTIONAL
IDENTITIES BY HONORING LGBT Q.
KOREAN AMERICAN TRAVELERS
BLAZERS IN JUNE WE HELD THE
PRIVILEGE OF HONORING EUGENE LEE
YANG FOR ANNUAL LGBTQ CAUCUS
PRIDE MONTH CEREMONY YESTERDAY
OR CEREMONY ON THIS VERY FLOOR.
EUGENE IS AN ACTOR, WRITER
DIRECTOR AND ONCE TODAY'S MOST
RECOGNIZABLE QUEER ASIAN
AMERICAN PERFORMERS. HE STRONGLY
UPDATES FOR EQUALITY AND
DIVERSITY, PUSHING FORTH THE
INCREASE OF LGBTQ PLUS N ÁP
REPRESENTATION, WHILE ALSO
COMBATING RACIST STEREOTYPES ARE
TRADED IN MEDIA AS EVIDENCE OF
HIS GREAT WORK FOR THE A P I N L
G B T Q COMMUNITIES. HE HELPED
RAISE SIGNIFICANT FUNDS FOR THE
TREVOR PROJECT AND THOSE WHO
FELL VICTIMS ARISE OF ÁP. I HATE
CRIMES DURING THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC. HE IS BUT ONE OF MANY
INCREDIBLE KOREAN AMERICAN
TRAILBLAZERS, WHO HAS USES
INTERSECTIONALITY AS A TOOL TO
DEMONSTRATE SELFISHNESS. AND
UPLIFTING FELLOW COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE
RICH DIVERSITY THAT MAKES UP THE
FABRIC OF AMERICAN DREAM. I LIKE
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
FULLERTON FOR BRINGING FORTH IS
VERY IMPORTANT MEASURE. THANK
YOU. SPEAKER MEMBERS. MASTER I
VOTE ON HR 62. THANK YOU, MR.
LEE MR JIM PATTERSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I TOO RISE AND
CELEBRATION OF THE KOREAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT HAS
CALLED CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND
FRESNO HOME. UM A LITTLE HISTORY
WITH RESPECT TO FRESNO. WE HAVE
BEEN THE PLACE WHERE SO MANY
FROM ACROSS THE WORLD HAVE COME.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. THE
ARMENIAN DIRECT DIASPORA BROUGHT
US AT ARMENIAN COMMUNITY THAT IS
VIBRANT AND HAS LEADERS. THEY
ARE SUCCESSFUL. UH WE ALSO HAD
THE KOREANS COME WE HAD THE
CHINESE, THE JAPANESE. UH, THEY
ALL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SUFFERED FROM SOME DIFFICULTY.
UH WE ALSO HAD THE DUST BOWL
MIGRATION. SAME THING WITH ALL
OF THAT. BUT OVER TIME. THESE
FOLKS BECAME OUR FRIENDS, OUR
NEIGHBORS. THE TAPESTRY OF WHO
WE ARE. AND WHAT WAS SO
IMPORTANT WHEN I WAS MAYOR. WE
HAD THE LARGE INFLUX OF MONK'S
AND THERE WAS THE BEGINNING OF
THE DIFFICULTIES OF THOSE WHO
WERE NEW BUT GUESS WHAT? THE
ARMENIANS STOOD UP. THE CHINESE
STOOD UP. THE KOREANS STOOD UP.
THE JAPANESE STOOD UP. SO DID
THOSE THAT WERE GENERATIONAL
FROM THE DUST BOWL. WE HAVE
LEARNED THAT NEWCOMERS OVER A
LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME WITH
ADJUSTMENT. WITH HELP WITH ARMS
AROUND THEM, WELCOMING THEM.
CREATE BY THE SECOND GENERATION.
DOCTORS, LAWYERS. LEADERS.
BUSINESS PEOPLE. THE CHALLENGE
IS OVERCOME. BECAUSE THERE HAVE
BEEN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF
PEOPLE. WHO REALLY HAD
CHALLENGES. AND INSTEAD OF BEING
KNOWN FOR THE PLACE THAT
REJECTED AND TURNED OUR BACK.
TODAY IN THE 21ST CENTURY. THIS
IS A PLACE WHERE WE WELCOME. AND
WHAT PLEASED ME SO MUCH. WAS
THAT. THE KOREANS AND THE
CHINESE AND THE JAPANESE AND THE
ARMENIANS. SAW THE CHALLENGES
THAT MAYBE SOME UNINFORMED AND.
YOU KNOW, LESS CARING AND
THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUALS. WERE.
ATTEMPTING TO SORT OF.
STIGMATIZE ARE AMONG FOLKS.
WELL, THOSE OTHER PEOPLE WHO
CAME AND WHO WENT THROUGH THEIR
OWN DIFFICULTY. THEY STOOD
BESIDE THOSE PEOPLE. AND IT WAS
THEIR ORGANIZATIONS THEIR
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. THAT
WELCOMED THEM THAT HELPED THEM.
AND TODAY. WE HAVE, I THINK THE
LARGEST MONNING NEW YEAR'S
CELEBRATION. UH, AND WHEN YOU GO
TO IT YOU THEN SEE ALL THOSE
OTHERS WHO HAVE COME FROM OTHER
WALKS OF LIFE FROM OTHER RACES
AND CULTURES. AND THE SAME THING
HAPPENS WHEN KOREANS CELEBRATE.
AND WHEN ARMENIANS CELEBRATE AND
WHEN OTHERS AS WELL. AND SO I
RISE TO JUST SAY. PRESIDENT IS A
PLACE THAT IN THE BEGINNING,
MAYBE EARN SOME SCORING FOR YOU
KNOW, BEING LESS OPEN THAN IT
SHOULD. MAYBE IN THE 18 AND
EARLY 19 HUNDREDS BUT BOY,
THINGS HAVE CHANGED, AND THEY
HAVE CHANGED FOR THE GOOD.
BECAUSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
CAME DECIDED THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO JOIN WITH THE NEW
PEOPLE WHO CAME AND BE THE
INFLUENCE THAT WELCOMES THEM.
AND MAYBE IS THE COUNTER VOICE.
TO THE UNINFORMED AND THE
FEARFUL AND SO I WANT TO RISE
AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE KOREAN
AMERICANS. NOT JUST FOR WHAT
THEY ACHIEVED IN COMING. UH
BECOMING OUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS.
UH, LEADERS. BUT BECAUSE THEY
AND OTHERS IN FRESNO SAID. THEY
DID IT TO US. WE'RE NOT GOING TO
LET HIM DO IT. TO THEM. AND THEY
STOOD WITH ARMAND FOLKS. I THINK
THAT'S A BLESSING AND A LESSON
FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN. THAT?
YES, THESE FOLKS COME OFTENTIMES
THEY ARE CONSIDERED OTHERS. IN
FRESNO. I SAW. OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES. TREAT THEM NOT AS
OTHERS. BUT AS OURS. AND THAT'S
A JOY TO REFLECT ON AND THE
KOREAN AMERICANS WERE VERY MUCH
A PART OF THAT. AND I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. AND ALSO
FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL. EXAMPLE
THAT THEY ARE OF VIRTUE AND
VALUE AND FAMILY AND WORK. UH
BEING AMERICANS AND PROUD OF IT.
BUT ALSO BEING VERY WELCOMING TO
OTHERS WHO COME SEEKING THE SAME
FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY. DURING
THEIR OWN DIFFICULT TIMES. AND
SO I CELEBRATE WITH THOSE WHO DO
THE DESIGNATION OF TODAY. BUT I
DID WANT TO RISE AND
SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THE
HISTORY. BUT ALSO TO ADD ANOTHER
KIND OF FEATHER IN THE CAP OF
KOREANS IN OUR MIDST. THAT THEY
JOINED WITH OTHERS AND SAID
THEY'RE WELCOME HERE, AND WE'RE
GOING TO SEE TO IT THAT THE
VOICES OF WELCOMING AND THE FACT
THAT WE WANT THEM WITH US. WILL
BE HEARD ABOVE THOSE. WHO ARE
LESS WELCOMING. AND SO WE DO
HAVE A TAPESTRY. AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD
BE PROUD OF. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL
FOR IT. UM AND I WANTED TO THANK
THE KOREANS FOR BEING A PART ALL
OF THEM. THEY HAVE SENT CLEAR
LESSONS OF INCLUSION AND ARMS
AROUND THEM. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL
FOR THAT. AND SO I JOINED WITH
THE ALL OF YOU WHO WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE KOREAN AMERICANS,
AND I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK
THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. TO
ADD THEIR VOICE AND THEIR HARD
WORK AND THEIR VIRTUES AND THEIR
VALUES TO MAKING FRESNO TODAY A
WELCOMING PLACE. THANK YOU. MR
PATTERSON ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WHEN
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. KOREAN AMERICANS
ARRIVED HERE AND STEP ON THIS
AMERICAN SOIL AND 1903. AND
TODAY THEY ARE THE FIFTH. THE
FIFTH LARGEST ÁP. AYE. ETHNIC
COMMUNITY HERE. IN CALIFORNIA,
MAKING UP OVER HALF A MILLION.
AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND TODAY WE
REFLECT ARE NOT JUST THEIR
CULTURE, BUT THEIR HISTORY AND
THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
THEY'VE MADE HERE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. THROUGH MUSIC.
THROUGH MOVIES. AND THROUGH
FOOD. AND WHILE JANUARY 13TH HAS
PASSED I HOPE THAT YOU'VE ALL
BEEN ABLE TO TUNE INTO SOME K
POP. WATCH SOME K DRAMA. AND
DEFINITELY TRY SOME KOREAN
BARBECUE BECAUSE I GUARANTEE
YOU, YOU'LL BE HOOKED. THANK YOU
TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM FULLERTON
FOR CARING THIS AND BRINGING
THIS FORWARD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL
TO SUPPORT OUR 62. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU REMEMBER, AND WHEN
SEEN AND HEARING NO FURTHER
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VOTE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO
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MOVING TO ADJOURNMENTS AND
MEMORY MEMBERS. THE QUORUM CALL
IS STILL IN PLACE. PLEASE GIVE
YOU RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO
THOSE WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. REMEMBER
JONES SAWYER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
MEMBERS PLEASE GIVE YOU A
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO MR JONES
SAWYER. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
UM TODAY I RISE IN HONOR. AND
CELEBRATE THE LIFE. OF A
REMARKABLE COMMUNITY LEADER,
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, SOCIAL
JUSTICE CHANGE MAKER IN A DEAR
DEAR FRIEND AND CONSTITUENT OF
MINE, BOBBY JEAN ANDERSON. HER
UNFORTUNATE PASSING ON DECEMBER,
31ST WAS A MAJOR BLOW TO THE LOS
ANGELES COMMUNITY. AN L. A
NATIVE ANDERSON GRADUATED FROM
FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL AND EARNED A
CERTIFICATE AS A SHORTHAND COURT
REPORTER FROM THE DOWNY COURT
REPORTING SCHOOL. SHE WENT ON TO
HAVE A 40 YEAR CAREER. WITH THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND SPENT
25 YEARS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE
ESTABLISHED A JOB TRAINING AND
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS. MISS ANDERSON
WOULD EVENTUALLY SERVE AS VICE
CHAIR OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND BE LAUDED
AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEMOCRAT OF THE YEAR. IN
ADDITION, IN 1995. SHE WAS
APPOINTED TO THE NATIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE AND
WORK TO SUPPORT INCARCERATED
WOMEN AND REENTRY PROGRAM IS
CHAIR OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S FORM
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE.
BOBBY JEAN WAS DEDICATED TO LOS
ANGELES AND FOUGHT FOR THE
RIGHTS OF ANGELENOS. SHE WAS A
FIERCE I MEAN, FIERCE. LABOR
LEADER. FIERCE LABOR ACTIVISTS
WITH S E I U 660 THEN ULTIMATELY
BECOMING A PART OF LOCAL 7 TO 1.
SHE FOUGHT FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS
AND FAIR WAGES AND WOULD GO TO
ON TO EARN A LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM S. C I U
LOCAL 7 TO 1. MISS ANDERSON
DEFENDED THE VOICES AND
RESOURCES AND SOUTH LOS ANGELES
AS AN APPOINTEE OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION. ABOVE ALL. BOBBY
DEAN ANDERSON WAS HUMANITARIAN
AND UNWAVERING PUBLIC SERVANT.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE. SHE IS ONE
OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IN YOUR
DISTRICT. SOMEONE THAT SUPPORTED
YOU, NO MATTER WHAT NO MATTER
WHAT ANYBODY SAID ABOUT YOU, AND
WHEN YOU WEREN'T IN THE ROOM
BOBBY GENE ANDERSON WAS STAND UP
FOR YOU. AND THE MEMBERS FROM
LOS ANGELES WILL TELL YOU IN A
TEST TO THAT. IF SOMETHING IS
WRONG. AND SOMETHING WAS OUT OF
PLACE. BOBBY GENE ANDERSON SPOKE
UP AND GOT YOU BACK ON TRACK.
SHE WAS OUR BAROMETER TO DOING
THE RIGHT THING. AND WE WILL
MISS HER. WE WILL MISS IT SO
MUCH BECAUSE THAT KIND OF
POLITICAL ACTIVISM. ISN'T SEEN
AS MUCH AS TODAY AS IT WAS
BEFORE. MISS ANDERSON IS
SURVIVED BY HER SON, ANDY. TWO
GRANDCHILDREN. ANTHONY AND
DESIREE. AND GREAT
GRANDDAUGHTER, JALEN. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE ADJOURN
IN HER MEMORY. AND THAT WE ALL
LIVE UP TO HER LEGACY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR JOHN SAWYER.
MR GIBSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS. I ALSO RISE, UM,
ASKING HIS BODY TO A JOURNEY.
THE MEMORY OF BOBBY JEAN
ANDERSON AND THANK MY COLLEAGUE
FROM LOS ANGELES FOR BRINGING
THIS ADJOURNMENT BEFORE THIS
BODY, BOBBY JEAN ANDERSON HAD
FAITHFULLY SERVED THE LOS
ANGELES AREA FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
SHE SERVED IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
ROLES AS A LABOR ACTIVISTS. I
WANT TO SAY LABOR LEADER OF S C
I U LOCAL 660 WHERE I MET HER
WHEN I USED TO WORK FOR S C I U
LOCAL 99, WHICH REPRESENT
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES OF L. A
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT
MOVED AND MERGED, UM, THE LOCALS
INTO SC AU LOCAL 7 TO 1. SHE
WORKED AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
OFFICE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY, CHAIR
OF THE BLACK WOMEN'S FORM ON
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE AND
A PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT BY
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ON THE
NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE TASK
FORCE. HER LEADERSHIP WAS
ESSENTIAL IN THE FIGHT FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. UM
IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
IN THE FIGHT, FEL FIGHTING
ALONGSIDE A LOW WAGE WORKERS AND
FIGHT FOR OUR VERY DEMOCRACY
THAT SEEMS TO BE THREATENED EACH
AND EVERY DAY. BOBBY JEAN
ANDERSON'S, UM, MEMORY WILL LIVE
ON IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF
THOSE WHO KNEW HER AND WHO LOVED
HER AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE. UM
BOBBY JEAN ANDERSON WAS AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES
INDICATED, UM WOULD WANT TO HAVE
YOU WOULD WANT HER TO BE IN YOUR
DISTRICT. SOMEONE WHO ABSOLUTELY
WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE.
SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS SAID QUIETLY.
AH, BUT WHAT SHE SPOKE SHE
COMMANDS PRESENCE. UM WHATEVER
SHE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, CERTAINLY
HER POWER, HER TENACITY. HER
BIGGER. HER FIGHT WAS ABSOLUTELY
FELT IN EVERY, UM, CORNER OF LOS
ANGELES COUNTY. UM AND WHEN I
SAW HER AND MET HER WHEN I WAS
WORKING FOR SC LOCAL 99 WHATEVER
THE FIGHT WAS IN LOS ANGELES,
WHETHER IT WAS LARGELY WORKERS,
WHETHER IT WAS, UM, ASKED ME
WHATEVER IT WAS BOBBY JEAN
ANDERSON WAS THERE. AND SHE TOOK
THAT FINAL ONLY IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT, ALSO IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, AND CERTAINLY WE WILL
MISS HER ABSENCE. CERTAINLY WE
THANK HER FAMILY FOR SHARING
THIS GREAT, COURAGEOUS WOMAN
WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME. THANK YOU, MR GIBSON.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CERVANTES. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
RISE TODAY TO ASK THIS BODY TO
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF OFELIA
VALDEZ YEAGER, THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, WHO PASSED AWAY ON
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7TH. FAILURE WAS
A BELOVED MOTHER WIFE, RETIRED
EDUCATOR FUNDRAISER FOR THE ARTS
, LIFELONG COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
AND A DEAR FRIEND. WHO TOUCHED
THE LIVES OF SO MANY OF US IN
THE INLAND EMPIRE. BORN IN
DURANGO, MEXICO. FAILURE WAS THE
FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO EARN A
COLLEGE DEGREE. BEGINNING HER
JOURNEY AT UC RIVERSIDE IN 1965.
FAILURE WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE
STUDENTS IN THE NEWLY
ESTABLISHED EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
PROGRAM. FAILURES. CAREER
EDUCATION INCLUDED TEACHING IN
THE FOLLOW THROUGH BILINGUAL BI
CULTURAL PROGRAMS SERVING AS A
BILINGUAL EDUCATION RESOURCE
TEACHER COUNSELING LATINO
FAMILIES AND STUDENTS
COORDINATING CHILDCARE PROCESS
WORKING AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.
SHE OFTEN WORKED AT THE SCHOOL
WHERE HER FOUR CHILDREN ATTENDED
. AND HER HUSBAND, LEE, SERVED
AS A TEACHER. BEYOND THE
CLASSROOM OF FAILURE.
VOLUNTEERED AS P T. A PRESIDENT
PROMOTING STUDENT SUCCESS
THROUGH INCREASED PARENT AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IN 1960
1992. OPHELIA MADE HISTORY AS
THE FIRST LATINA ELECTED TO THE
RIVERSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD
OF EDUCATION. AS A SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBER. SHE FOUGHT TO PROMOTE
GREATER INCLUSION AND EQUITY FOR
SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS AND
PARENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING ON
BOARD THE DISTRICTS. FIRST
LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR. THROUGHOUT
HER CAREER OF FAILURE HAS BEEN A
DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MANY
INITIATIVES TO EMPOWER THE
LATINO COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE
INLAND EMPIRE. SHE PLAYED A KEY
ROLE IN FORGING THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS PARTNERSHIP WITH HOPES
YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. WHICH
HELPED YOUNG LATINA LEADERS TO
TAP INTO THEIR POWER IN REACH
THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. PASSIONATE
ABOUT THE ADVANCEMENT OVER
LATINO COMMUNITY OF FAILURE CO
FOUNDED THE RIVERSIDE LATINO
NETWORK IN 1993 TO THIS DAY,
LATINO NETWORK REMAINS IN A
SESSION IN A CENTRAL COMMUNITY
RESOURCE. IN ADDITION TO HER
ADVOCACY OF FAILURE WAS ALSO
DEDICATED TO PRESERVING OUR
LATINO HERITAGE. SHE WAS
INSTRUMENTAL AND INSTALLING THE
CESAR E. CHAVEZ MEMORIAL AND
DOWNTOWN RIVERSIDE. MOST RECENT
RECENTLY, SHE LED A VERY
SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN THAT RAISED
$14 MILLION IN PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC FUNDING FOR THE CHEECH
MARINE CENTER FOR CHICANO ARTS
AND CULTURE IN THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE. FAILURE WAS A
REMARKABLE LEADER, A CIVIC
MINDED TRAILBLAZER WHOSE IMPACT
WAS FELT BY EVERYONE WHO HAD THE
HONOR OF SERVING ALONGSIDE HER,
INCLUDING MYSELF. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY HER BELOVED HUSBAND,
LEE, HER THREE BROTHERS, MIKE,
BOB AND GEORGE, AS WELL AS HER
FOUR CHILDREN, MARISSA. LEWIS
AND, UH, AND TESSA AND HER SEVEN
GRANDCHILDREN. HANNAH JACK,
ANDREW HENRY FELIX ELIZABETH.
AND AMILLIA B. FAILURES
LEADERSHIP, VISION AND LOVE WILL
BE DEEPLY MISSED, BUT HER SPIRIT
WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND
UPLIFT US ALL. SHE WAS A SHINING
EXAMPLE WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE A
LIFE OF PURPOSE AND COMPASSION.
AND HER LEGACY WILL SERVE AS A
GUIDING LIGHT FOR MANY
GENERATIONS TO COME. COLLEAGUES
I ASKED THIS ASSEMBLY ADJOURNING
THE MEMORY OF A FAILURE, VALDEZ
YEAGER AND KEEP HER FAMILY LOVED
ONES IN HER ARTS AND MINDS.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CERVANTES. REMEMBER RAISE YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS I TO
RISE. I JOINED MY COLLEAGUE FROM
RIVERSIDE TO ASK THAT WE ADJOURN
IN THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAR FRIEND
, A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE
COMMUNITY. OFELIA VALDEZ,
YEAGER. IT IS WITH GREAT SORROW
THAT WE MOURN THE LOSS OF A
FAILURE. A POLITICAL AND CIVIC
TRAILBLAZER WHO FORGED NEW PATHS
FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY LATINAS AND
WOMEN IN THE ELLEN EMPIRE. SHE
PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7TH. FAILURES,
LEGACY WILL FOREVER BE CEMENTED
IN OUR COMMUNITY. BORN IN. TITA
IN THE MEXICAN STATE OF DURANGO.
SHE SYMBOLIZES THE AMERICAN
DREAM, BECOMING THE FIRST IN HER
FAMILY TO EARN A COLLEGE DEGREE,
GRADUATING FROM UC RIVERSIDE.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN PUBLIC
SERVICE AS A HIGH SCHOOL
COUNSELING ASSISTANT AND AS AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER.
FAILURE ALSO WORKED IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT FOR VARIOUS RIVERSIDE
LEADERS, ENSURING THAT LATINO
VOICES HELD THE POSITION AT THE
TABLE IN DECISION MAKING. SHE
WAS THE FIRST LATINA EVER TO BE
ELECTED AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
IN THE RIVERSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. IN THIS ROLE SHE
BROUGHT TRANSFORMATIVE
INVESTMENT FOR SPANISH SPEAKING
STUDENTS IN HER DISTRICT AND
EMPOWERMENT FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
FOR THEIR PARENTS, RATHER.
DURING THE TIME OF PROPOSITION,
187. SHE FOUGHT FOR IMMIGRANT
JUSTICE BECAUSE OF HER CONCERN
FOR HER COMMUNITY, AND
ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH. SHE
SERVED. SHE HELPED CHAMPION THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RIVERSIDE
ART MUSEUMS. CHEECH MARINE
CENTER FOR CHICANO ART AND
CULTURE. HER EFFORTS HELPED
FUNDRAISE MORE THAN $14 MILLION
THROUGH CORPORATE AND PRIVATE
GIFTS. THE TEACHER IS A CULTURAL
HUB FOR LATINO ART IN THE ISLAND
EMPIRE AND IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HER
DEDICATION TO CULTURAL ART. IN
THE REGION. HER LEGACY WILL LIVE
ON IN HER INCREDIBLE CIVIC
ACHIEVEMENTS DEDICATED TO THE
ARTS EDUCATION, AND ESPECIALLY
TO THE MANY LIVES SHE HAS
TOUCHED. FAILURE WAS OFTEN SEEN
AS THE FORCE BEHIND MAJOR
CHANGES IN RIVERSIDE AND HER
ADVOCACY ALWAYS REACHED SAN
BERNARDINO. SHE DID NOT SEEK
ATTENTION FOR HERSELF AND
INSTEAD SOUGHT TO ELEVATE AND
EMPOWER OUT EMPOWER THOSE AROUND
HER. BUT WHEN SHE KNEW HER VOICE
WAS NEEDED, SHE DID NOT SHY AWAY
FROM SPEAKING UP. SHE SPOKE
TRUTH TO POWER, ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT RELATED TO HER STUDENTS. OUR
HEARTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH HER
FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. AND WITH
THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE
TREMENDOUSLY IN DEBT FOR A LIFE
OF PUBLIC SERVICE. FAILURE.
VALDEZ YEAGER SURVIVED BY HER
BELOVED HUSBAND OF 54 YEARS, LEE
YEAGER, HER BROTHERS MIKE, BOB,
AND GEORGE, HER DAUGHTER'S
MARISA, ANNA AND TESSA, HER SON,
LOUIS, AND HER SEVEN
GRANDCHILDREN. HANNAH JACK,
ANDREW HENRY FELIX. ELIZABETH
AND EMILY B. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
THAT WE ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY
AND THAT TODAY WE CELEBRATE AND
HONOR HER LIFE CAN PASS THIS
CANCER. THANK YOU MEMBERS. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S REYES. MM
MEMBER PAPIN. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT MEMORY.
GOOD MORNING, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. IT'S WITH A HEAVY HEART
THAT I RISE TODAY AND ASKED THAT
WE ENDURED IN MEMORY OF DAWN
HORSLEY, A LIFELONG PUBLIC
SERVANT IN SAN MATEO COUNTY, HE
PASSED AWAY IN NOVEMBER AT THE
AGE OF 80. BUT AFTER A 40 YEAR
CAREER THAT'S REALLY CENTERED ON
ON BEING COMMITTED TO
TRANSFORMING LIVES. DON GREW UP
IN DALY CITY AFTER WATCHING HIS
FATHER BECOME DISABLED AND
WATCHING HIS GRANDMOTHER SUFFER
SUFFER WITH MENTAL HEALTH. IT
REALLY SPARKED A PASSION IN HIM
FOR DOING BETTER BY PEOPLE.
AFTER GRADUATING FROM SAN
FRANCISCO STATE, HORSLEY BEGAN
HIS EXTENSIVE CAREER IN PUBLIC
SERVICE HE WORKED FOR THE DAILY
CITY DEPARTMENT POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS A JUVENILE
COUNSELOR FOR THE COUNTY, AS
WELL AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER.
HE BEGAN SERVING IN THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN 72, AND THEN
IN 1993. HE WAS ELECTED AS
SHERIFF OF SAN MATEO COUNTY AND
SERVED FOR 14 YEARS WHEN HE TOOK
OVER AS SHERIFF EAST PALO ALTO
WAS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE
NATION. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT IN
2023 THE LAST YEAR OF DAWN'S
LIFE EAST PALO ALTO REACHED A
TERRIFIC MILESTONE WITH ZERO
HOMICIDES THIS LAST YEAR, WHILE
SHERIFF HORSLEY CREATED THE
SHERIFF ACTIVITIES LEAD TO HELP
KIDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL
AND DESIGNED TO KEEP AT RISK
KIDS KIDS OUT OF GANGS AND
PROMOTED THE ADVANCEMENT OF
QUALIFIED WOMEN AND OFFICERS FOR
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN
POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP JUST
LAST YEAR. SAN MATEO COUNTY HAS
ITS FIRST FEMALE SHERIFF AFTER
DEPARTING FROM THE POSITION OF
SHERIFF DON WENT ON TO SERVE AT
THE SEQUOIA HEALTHCARE DISTRICT,
WHERE HE WAS INCREMENTAL
INSTRUMENTAL IN INCREASING
FUNDING TO THE NORTH BARRACKS
CLINIC AND THE COMMUNITY GRANT
PROGRAM. THEN AFTER THAT, HE
WENT ON TO SERVE 12 YEARS ON THE
SAN MATEO COUNTY BORDER SUITS.
HE WAS OFTEN CALLED THE MAYOR OF
THE COAST BECAUSE HE REPRESENTED
THE ENTIRE COAST IN SAN MATEO
COUNTY AND A SUPERVISOR HORSLEY
FOCUSED ON IMPROVING MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES EXPANDING ACCESS
TO COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACES,
INCLUDING ADDING NEW PORTIONS TO
COUNTY PARKS AND CREATING AN
ENTIRELY NEW BEACH FOR ALL TO
ENJOY. AS A FORMER SHERIFF
HORSLEY WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT
CURBING GUN VIOLENCE AND
SPONSORED NUMEROUS NUMEROUS
POLICIES AS WELL AS GUN BUYBACKS
. IN ADDITION, COARSELY FIERCELY
ADVOCATED FOR INVESTING COUNTY
RESOURCES INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES AND HELP SAN MATEO
COUNTY PROVIDE MORE BEDS AND
SERVICES. TWO ARE UNHAPPY.
HOUSED IN HOUSE. UM INDIVIDUALS,
HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO
AND DIRECT IMPRINT ON SAN MATEO
COUNTY WILL LEAVE A LASTING
LEGACY ON A PERSONAL NOTE I
LOVED SERVING WITH DON AND
COUNTY BOARDS BEFORE I GOT HERE.
HE WAS ALWAYS EARLY TO MEETINGS
AND I AM PERPETUALLY LATE, BUT
HE INSPIRED ME TO GET THERE
EARLY, BECAUSE WHAT IT MEANT WAS
I'D GET ONE ON ONE TIME WITH
DAWN. AND HE WAS PRESENT IN THE
MOMENT. I ALWAYS GOT A NUGGET
FROM HIM ABOUT SOMETHING, AND I
REALLY LEARNED, UH, TREMENDOUS.
UH I HAD, LIKE A TREMENDOUS UM,
EDUCATION FROM HIM, AND HE
ALWAYS. PROVIDED A CERTAIN
INSIGHT THAT NOBODY ELSE
PROVIDED. SO I GOT TWO MEETINGS
EARLY, AND I GOT THOSE NUGGETS.
UM AND REALLY, I'M JUST VERY SAD
THAT THE FIRST TIME I ADJOURNED
IN MEMORY OF SOMEBODY IS DAWN.
IT'S ONE YEAR AFTER HE RETIRED,
SUCH A BUMMER THAT HE'S NO
LONGER WITH US. SO I REALLY
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ABOUT HIM HERE TODAY, AND
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE
ADJOURN THE DONS MEMORY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU MEMBERS. WE'RE
GOING TO LIFT THE CALL, AND THEN
WE'LL COME BACK TO THE FINAL
ADJOURNMENT. CORN CALL IS
LIFTED. WE HAVE ONE FINAL
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. PLEASE
TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE
FLOOR IF YOU WISH.
REMEMBERS PLEASE GIVE YOU A
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO MR
BERMAN FOR HIS ADJOURNMENT
MEMORY, MR BERMAN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I TO RISE TO ADJOURN IN
THE MEMORY OF SHERIFF SUPERVISOR
AND JUST ALL AROUND REMARKABLY
GOOD HUMAN BEING DON HORSLEY, MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN MATEO DID A
WONDERFUL JOB OF GOING OVER A
LOT OF DAWN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I
JUST WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT
UPON MY PERSONAL INTERACTIONS
WITH DON, AND JUST HOW MUCH HE
MEANT TO ME. WE HE WAS A
CONSTITUENT OF MINE MY FIRST SIX
YEARS IN THE ASSEMBLY. WE HAD
OVERLAPPING DISTRICTS BETWEEN
HIS SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT IN MY
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, AND I
REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET
WITH DON. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
HIM THAT WELL. HE HAD A LARGER
THAN LIFE REPUTATION, BUT HE WAS
JUST SO WARM, SO WELCOMING AND
SO GREAT AT GIVING ADVICE, BUT
NOT IN A PUSHY WAY. UM AND YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS MY
COLLEAGUE ALLUDED TO DAWN'S LOVE
FOR THE COAST SIDE AND ONE OF
THE FIRST THINGS HE TOLD ME.
WHEN I WAS A CANDIDATE, UM, JUST
STARTING TO RUN FOR STATE
ASSEMBLY WAS GO TO THE COAST
SIDE. SPEND MORE TIME ON THE
COAST SIDE GET TO KNOW THE
CONCERNS AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF
THE FARM WORKERS OUT THERE AND
THE FOLKS THAT WORK THE HARDEST,
BUT GET THE LEAST ATTENTION AND
I TOOK HIM UP ON THAT HE
CONNECTED WITH ME WITH SOME
FOLKS THAT I STILL WORK WITH.
TODAY BUT MY COLLEAGUE AND I
ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND
DANCE MEMORIAL ON SATURDAY, AND
I JUST LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF THE
STORIES THAT FOLKS TOLD DON HE
WAS THE SHERIFF, A BIG GUY, BIG
SHERIFF, BUT HE NOT ONLY DID HE
KNOW EVERYBODY WHO WORKED IN HIS
DEPARTMENT'S NAME, BUT HE KNEW
MOST OF THE PRISONERS NAMES AND
YOU KNOW IF HE FELT LIKE THEY
WERE PRISONERS THAT WE'RE MAKING
STRIDES AND SHOWING GOOD
IMPROVEMENT. I GUESS ONE OF THE
THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO IS YOU
LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND PLAY CHESS
WITH THEM. UM AND KIND OF, YOU
KNOW, HAVE THOSE PERSONAL HUMAN
INTERACTIONS, AND THIS WAS IN
THE NINETIES AND YOU KNOW, BACK
IN THE TIME WHEN THIS TYPE OF
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WASN'T
EXACTLY IN VOGUE. DON WAS
PRACTICING A LOT OF THOSE A LOT
OF THOSE LESSONS. HE ALSO WE HAD
A MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITY IN
RURAL CEMETERY COUNTY CALLED
HONOR CAMP. AH WHERE IT'S IN THE
IN THE SANTA CRUZ FOOTHILLS AND
DON'S KIDS, ESPECIALLY DON SON
TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW THEN
SHERIFF HORSLEY. DROPPED HIS
SON, YOUNG SON OFF AT HONOR CAMP
AND A MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITY
AND LEFT HIM THERE FOR A COUPLE
OF DAYS WITH THE INMATES WHEN HE
HAD TO GO ON, GO OFF AND DO
SOMETHING AND DON'S DAUGHTER
TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THING AND
SOME OF THE COLORFUL LANGUAGE
THAT SHE LEARNED WHEN SHE GOT
DROPPED OFF AT ON HER CAMP, BUT
I JUST SHOWS THE KIND OF PERSON
DON WAS HE DIDN'T THINK THAT
JUST BECAUSE YOU DID SOMETHING
BAD. MEANT THAT YOU WERE A BAD
PERSON, AND HE VERY MUCH
BELIEVED IN IN THE ABILITY OF
PEOPLE TO KIND OF GET
REHABILITATED AND GET BACK INTO
SOCIETY. SO I AM TERRIBLY SAD AT
DON'S PASSING EITHER GREAT NOT
HAVING SPENT MORE TIME WITH HIM.
UM YOU KNOW, WHILE DURING WHILE
WE WERE SERVING TOGETHER, UH AND
BUT WE'RE ALL IN CEMETERY COUNTY
SO GRATEFUL. FOR THE IMPACT THAT
HE'S HAD IN THE LEGACY. WHO
LEAVES THANKS. THANK YOU, MR
BERMAN. MEMBERS PLEASE BRING THE
NAMES TO THE DEATH TO BE PRINTED
IN THE JOURNAL ALL REQUEST TO
ADJOURN A MEMORY WILL BE DEEMED
READ AND PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL.
MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS SESSION
SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS WEDNESDAY
, JANUARY 17TH CHECK IN SESSION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH FLOOR
SESSION AT 9 A.M. ALL EITHER
ITEMS BE WILL, WHETHER ITEMS
REMAINING WILL BE PASSED AND
RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS SHALL BE
CONTINUED SEEING HIM HEARING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MR SANTIAGO MOVES, MR LOWENTHAL
SECONDS THAT THIS HOUSE STAND
ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY,
JANUARY 18TH AT 9 A.M. MEMBERS.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.