THE. IS NOW IN SESSION, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER AGAR CURRY NOTICES THE
ABSENCE OF A QUORUM SERGEANT AT
ARMS WILL PREPARE THE CHAMBER
AND BRING IN THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
THAT IS AGRI CURRY. ALANIS.
ALVAREZ ARAMBULA. BINS. BAUER
KHAN BENNETT. BERMAN. BURNER.
BANTA, BRIAN. CALLED HER OWN.
JUAN CARRILLO. WINDY CARRILLO
CERVANTES CHEN. CONNOLLY DALLY
DAVIES DIXON IS FLORA. MIKE FONG
, VINCE FONG FRIEDMAN, GABRIEL
GALLAGHER, GARCIA GIBSON GRAYSON
HAY. HEART. HOLD IN HOOVER,
IRWIN JACKSON, JOAN SAWYER KA
LACKEY, LEE LOW. LOWENTHAL MAIN
SHINE, MATHIS MCCARTY MCKENNA
MARUCCI WHEN ORTEGA, PACO PAPIN.
JIM PATTERSON, JOE PATTERSON,
PELLERIN PETRIE-NORRIS CORK,
SILVA RAMOS, RENDON REYES
LUZ RIVAS RODRIGUEZ RUBIO
SANCHEZ SANTIAGO SHIAVO SOA.
STARTING VALENCIA VUDU, WALDRON,
WALLACE WARD WEBER WICKS. WILSON
WOOD ZUR, MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR VISITORS AND GUESTS IN
THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND IN
THE GALLERY TO PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER AND THE FLAG SALUTE.
TODAY'S PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON. TO
THE ONLY WISE GOD WE THANK YOU.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL
DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND
SERVE THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM FOR YOUR
GRACE. WE ASK FOR PEACE TO REIGN
NOT ONLY IN OUR HEARTS AND
MINDS, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS LAND.
FATHER, WE ASK FOR UNITY. WE
THANK YOU. FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL
WAYS YOU SHOW UP STRONG IN OUR
LIVES. FOR YOU ARE GREAT AND
MIGHTY AND WONDERFUL AND
GRACIOUS. AND WE RECOGNIZE YOUR
POWER. NOT ONLY IN THIS CHAMBERS
BUT IN THIS GREAT STATE TO THE
CREATOR. WE ASK THESE THINGS.
AMEN. MEMBERS PLEASE, UH, JOIN
US IN THE PLEDGE, UH, BEING LED
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER RODRIGUEZ.
READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE STATES OF AMERICA. THE
PUBLIC. YEAH.
THANK YOU MEMBERS. READING OF
THE PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER OF SACRAMENTO,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH 2024, THE
ASSUME AT 9 A.M. F SECONDS AT
THE READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL, BE DISPENSED WITH
PRESENTATIONS AND PETITIONS.
THERE ARE NONE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERENCES OF BILLS WILL BE
DEFERRED REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
WILL BE DEEMED RED AND ADOPTED.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE MESSAGES FROM THE
SENATE. THERE ARE NONE. MOVING
ON TO MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
THE ABSENCES OF THE OF THE DAY
WILL BE DEEMED READ AND PRINTED
IN THE JOURNAL. I'D JUST LIKE TO
NOTE THAT TODAY IS NATIONAL
ALMOND DAY. IT'S ALSO NATIONAL
DO A GROUCH A FAVOR DAY. SO I
SUGGEST ALMONDS FOR YOU KNOW, AS
AS A POSSIBILITY THERE ANYWAY,
SO, UH, MOVING ON TO PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. A MAJORITY LEADER,
AGGIE, ER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS.
GOOD MORNING. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS LACKEY BINS AND
WILSON TO SPEAK ON ADJOURNMENTS
IN MEMORY. TODAY WITHOUT
OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
118, A TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WORKS TO HAVE A GUEST SEATED AT
HER DESK TODAY WITHOUT
OBJECTIONS. SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER. MEMBERS PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WISHING A HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY
TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER JIM
PATTERSON, WHO CELEBRATES ON
SUNDAY.
THOSE. ASSEMBLY N N ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, NAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS WE
HAVE WITH US TODAY. STUDENTS
FROM THE LAW ACADEMY. THIS
ACADEMY IS ONLY ONE OF SIX HERE
IN CALIFORNIA THAT IS DESIGNATED
AS THE OFFICIAL PARTNER TO THE
CALIFORNIA BAR ASSOCIATION.
THESE STUDENTS ARE HERE TO NOT
ONLY PARTNER WITH OUR LOCAL AND
STATEWIDE GOVERNMENTS TO LEARN
ABOUT A CAREER IN LAW, BUT ALSO
TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR OWN
COMMUNITY OUT THERE. AND WE HAVE
A FEW STUDENTS AND A FEW SCHOOLS
WITH US HERE TODAY UP IN THE
GALLERY, NOT ONLY IN THE GALLERY
, BUT SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ARE
ALSO HERE IN THE CAPITAL, AND
YOU MAY SEE THEM BECAUSE SOME OF
THEM BELONG IN YOUR DISTRICT. UH
MR SPEAKER, WE HAVE WITH US
HERE. MEMBERS èC Kò MCCLATCHY
HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU COULD PLEASE
STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. AND ON
MY LEFT SIDE WE HAVE WITH US
LUTHER BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. THANK YOU
AS M MAYOR NGUYEN. MOVING TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE. UH,
GOVERNORS, VETOES PASS AND
RETAIN ON FILE ITEM ONE. UM PASS
AND RETAIN ON ALL THIRD READING
THIS MORNING. MEMBERS WE WILL
NOW MOVE TO THE SECOND DAY
CONSENT CALENDAR BEFORE WE VOTE.
WE WILL FIRST TAKE UP THE
RESOLUTION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ADDING CO AUTHORS. CLERK WILL
NOW, UH, CLERK WILL READ THE
RESOLUTION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. SEMI CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 138 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER OF SALIE RELATIVE TO
WORLD CLO CLARE ANGIO CARCINOMA
DAY. THE CLERK WILL NOW OPEN THE
ROLL TO ALLOW ANY MEMBER TO ADD
ON. AS A CO AUTHOR OF THE
RESOLUTION MEMBERS. THIS VOTE IS
FOR CO-AUTHOR ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. BURKE
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE ARE
48 CO-AUTHOR MOVING TO A VOTE ON
THE 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. A SEMI
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 138 BIAS
SOME MEMBER OF SALIE RELATIVE TO
CæA ANGIO CARCINOMA DAY. THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. THOSE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY
THE VOTE. AYES 51 NOSE, UH,
ZERO. THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS. THE QUORUM
CALL IS LIFTED. PLEASE GIVE YOUR
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
WHO ARE OR HAVE A PREVIOUSLY
BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO SPEAK
ON AN ADJOURNMENT MEMORY. TAKE
YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO STAY.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR MEMBERS. OR HAVE A
SEAT.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR.
OK, MEMBERS. PLEASE GIVE YOUR
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER LACKEY. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. MR SPEAKER MEMBERS.
I RISE TO JOIN. AND ADJOURNING
IN THE MEMORY OF PALMER ANDREWS,
WHO PASSED AWAY THURSDAY.
JANUARY 11TH. PALMER. ANDREWS
WAS A MARINE CORPS VETERAN, AND
HE EARNED THE PURPLE HEART FOR
HIS COMBAT IN WORLD WAR I. I HE
ALSO SERVED AS AN AIR FORCE
RESERVIST DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
DESPITE HIS DEDICATED SERVICE,
PLUMMER WAS KNOWN TO SAY I WAS
NOT A HERO, BUT I SERVED WITH
HEROES. HE EMBRACED UNWAVERING
MORAL VALUES AND UNPARALLELED
WISDOM EVEN UNTIL IT'S PASSING
AT AGE 98. HIS PASSING IS A
MAJOR LOSS FOR PALMDALE AND THE
ENTIRE ALO VALLEY. PALMDALE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS SON, LARRY
ANDREWS AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
JEANIE QUENTIN AND CHRISTINE
JOHNSON. HE HAD NINE
GRANDCHILDREN. SIX GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. MEMBERS I
SEEK. HOW SINCERELY ASK THAT YOU
JOIN ME ON A JOURNEY IN THE
MEMORY. A PALMER ANDREWS. AND
KEEP HIS SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND
LEGACY AND KINDNESS ALIVE TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR LACKEY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAYS. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. TODAY. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN
ME TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MR
STEVE SCHILLING. STEVE WAS A
DEAR FRIEND AND MENTOR. AND I
CANNOT IMAGINE WHERE MY LIFE
WOULD BE WITHOUT HIS GUIDANCE.
SEE PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME LAST
WEEKEND, LEAVING BEHIND A BODY
OF WORK THAT SHOULD INSPIRE US
ALL. FOR DECADES, STEVE WAS A
CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH, SO SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY HE WAS A BOLD
DEFENDER OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS
AND A VISIONARY FIGHTING TO
ENSURE CARE. FOR THOSE MOST IN
NEED. FROM THE EARLY 19
SEVENTIES, HE TURNED A SMALL
STRUGGLING CLINIC IN LAMONT INTO
ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY
HEALTH NETWORKS IN THE COUNTRY.
CLINICA SIERRA VISTA. MAINLY
SERVING VULNERABLE AND NEGLECTED
POPULATIONS. HE FOUGHT FOR THOSE
SUFFERING FROM HÌ. I VÆ AIDS IN
THE NINETIES TO GET THEM
FINANCIAL HELP FOR A I Dð S¼
MEDICATIONS. HE RESCUED A
STRUGGLING HEALTH CENTER IN 2009
AND SAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE. ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
BY THE TIME HE RETIRED, RETIRED
IN 2018 CLINICA S¼ VISTA HAD
OFFERED MATERNAL AND PRENATAL
SERVICES, HE ADDED DENTAL
CLINICS AND PEDIATRIC MEDICINE
AND EXPANDED PREVENTATIVE
EFFORTS AND TREATMENT FOR TEEN
MOTHERS AND UNSHELTERED
INDIVIDUALS. STEVE TOUCHED THE
LIVES OF SO MANY BUT FOR ME, HE
RESCUED THE CLINIC THAT ALLOWED
ME TO COME BACK AND SERVE MY
COMMUNITY. AND ATTEND MY
RESIDENCY AFTER MEDICAL SCHOOL.
I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR HIS
COMMITMENT TO HEALTH CARE,
ACCESS, KERN COUNTY AND
CALIFORNIA'S POOR AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THANK
YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING ME
HONOR THE LEGACY OF MR STEVE
SCHILLING. THANK YOU, DR BAINES.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE
ASSEMBLY. I RISE TODAY TO
REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURN IN
MEMORY OF ROBERT WARREN DITMER,
A CONSTITUENT WHO LEFT AN
INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR COMMUNITY
AND WHOSE LIFE EXEMPLIFIED
RESILIENCE, SERVICE AND
DEDICATION TO HIS COUNTRY AND
COMMUNITY. ROBERT DITMER AGED
100 THREE PASSED AWAY ON
FEBRUARY 1ST 2024 AT PARADISE
VALLEY ESTATES IN FAIRFIELD
AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS BORN ON
NOVEMBER 11 1920 IN OAKLAND,
ROBERT GREW UP ON THE FAMILY
RANCH IN CORDELIA AND REMAINED A
STEADFAST RESIDENT OF THE LOCAL
AREA THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. AS A
MEMBER OF THE GREATEST
GENERATION. ROBERT'S EARLY YEARS
WERE MARKED BY THE HARDSHIPS OF
THE GREAT DEPRESSION. HOWEVER
WHEN THE NATION CALLED UPON ITS
CITIZENS DURING WORLD WAR TWO,
ROBERT ANSWERED WITHOUT
HESITATION AT THE AGE OF 22. HE
JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY
AIR FORCES AND SERVED AS A
BOMBARDIER ON B, SEVENTEEN'S
COMPLETING AN ASTONISHING 35
COMBAT MISSIONS OVER GERMANY.
HIS BRAVERY AND DEDICATION
EARNED HIM AN AIR MEDAL AND HE
WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A
SECOND LIEUTENANT ON JUNE 9TH
1944. FOLLOWING THE WAR, ROBERT
CONTINUED HIS COMMITMENT TO
SERVICE BY ENTERING THE FIRE
SERVICE, HE BECAME AN ASSISTANT
FIRE CHIEF. EXCUSE ME, AN
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE FAIRFIELD
SASSOON ARMY AIR BASE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. EXCUSE ME. THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT NOW KNOWN AS TRAVIS
AIR FORCE BASE. HIS VALOR AND
LEADERSHIP WERE TESTED DURING
THE KOREAN WAR WHEN HE LED HIS
TEAM IN RESPONDING TO A CRASH
INVOLVING A B 29 CARRYING
BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT F
TRAVIS DESPITE THE PERILOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES, ROBERT'S AUCTION
SAVED LIVES, ALTHOUGH HE HIMSELF
SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES AND
BURNS IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
BEYOND HIS DISTINGUISHED
MILITARY AND FIREFIGHTING CAREER
. ROBERT WAS A PILLAR OF HIS
COMMUNITY. HE MARRIED LOIS, HIS
BELOVED WIFE IN 1951, AND
TOGETHER, THEY RAISED TWO
CHILDREN, JEFF AND SUZANNE
ROBERTS. ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
LED HIM TO VARIOUS BUSINESS
ADVENTURES, INCLUDING OPERATING
THE FAMILY RANCH, OWNING AND
OPERATING FAIRFIELD GRASS AND
PLANT FOR OVER TWO DECADES AND
ENGAGING IN LOCAL REAL ESTATE
ENDEAVORS. HE WAS DEEPLY
INVOLVED IN THE DOWNTOWN
FAIRFIELD BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND WAS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE
GREEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, KIWIS
AND THE SOLANO COUNTY FARM
BUREAU. ROBERT DITMER LEGACY OF
COURAGE, RE RESILIENCE AND
SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE
US ALL AS WE REFLECT ON HIS
REMARKABLE LIFE AND
CONTRIBUTIONS, LET US HONOR HIS
MEMORY BY STRIVING TO EMULATE
HIS DEDICATION TO FAMILY,
COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY. I ASK
THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S SESSION
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT WARREN
DITMER. AND OUR DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES DURING
SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON. MEMBERS PLEASE BRING THE
NAMES TO THE DESK TO BE PRINTED
IN THE JOURNAL. ALL REQUEST TO
HONOR TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY WILL
BE DEEMED READ AND PRINTED IN
THE JOURNAL. MOVING TO
ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY IS THE BILL
INTRODUCTION DEADLINE, THE DESK
WILL BE HELD OPEN UNTIL 5 P.M.
OR UPON RECEIVE THE LAST BILL
FROM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SESSIONS SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOW
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH AS
PRESIDENTS DAY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
20TH FLOOR SESSION AT 1 P.M. ALL
ITEM. OTHER ITEMS, UH, WILL BE
PASSED AND RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS
WILL BE CONTINUED. SEEN AND
HEARING NÓ FURTHER BUSINESS. UH
MR SANTIA, MISS AGUER CURRY, UH,
MOVES AND, UM MISS WILSON
SECONDS THAT THE, UH HO HOUSE
STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 28 AT 1 P.M. THE HOUSE
IS ADJOURNED.