NÓ. THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN
SESSION, ASSEMBLY MEMBER AGAR
CURRIE NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A
QUORUM. THE SERGEANT AT ARMS
WILL PREPARE THE CHAMBER TO
BRING IN THE ABSENT MEMBERS. THE
CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL ADDIS
AAR CURRY, ALANIS ALVAREZ
ARAMBULA BINS. BARER KHAN,
BENNETT BERMAN BERNER. BONTA
BRIAN CALDERON, JUAN CARRILLO,
WENDY CARRILLO CERVANTES, CHEN
CONNOLLY, DOLLY DAVIES DIXON A
SALLIE FLORA, MIKE FONG, VINCE
FONG FRIEDMAN, GABRIEL GALLAGHER
, GARCIA GIBSON, GRAYSON, HANEY,
HART, HOLDEN HOOVER, IRWIN,
JACKSON JONES, SAWYER, KRA
LACKEY. LEE LOW, LOWENTHAL,
MAINS SHINE, MATHIS MCCARTY,
MINNER MEUCCI QUINN ORTEGA, PACO
PAPIN, JIM PATTERSON, JOE
PATTERSON, PELLERIN
PETRIE-NORRIS CORK, SILVA RAMOS,
RENDON REYES LUZ RIVAS RODRIGUEZ
RUBIO SANCHEZ SANTIAGO SHIAVO
SOA Tð TING VALENCIA VIA.
WALDRON WALLACE WARD, WEBER, WIX
WILSON WOOD ZER, MR SPEAKER.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESIDENT.
WE ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS
IN THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND
IN THE GALLERY TO PLEASE STAND
FOR THE PRAYER AND THE FLAG
SALUTE. DAY'S PRAYER WILL BE
OFFERED BY OUR ASSEMBLY CHAPLAIN
IMAM YASSER KHAN.
IN THE NAME OF GOD. THE MOST
GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL.
ALMIGHTY GOD. AS WE BEGIN THIS
SESSION. WE SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE
TO LEAD WITH WISDOM AND
INTEGRITY. GRANT US THE COURAGE
TO FACE CHALLENGES AND THE
HUMILITY TO SEEK COMMON GROUND.
MAY OUR ACTIONS REFLECT JUSTICE,
EQUITY AND PEACE FOR THOSE WE
SERVE. BLESS OUR DISCUSSIONS.
THAT THEY MAY YIELD FRUITFUL,
FRUITFUL OUTCOMES. FOR THE
GREATER GOOD. INSPIRE US TO ACT
WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT.
UNITING US IN OUR SHARED
PURPOSE. MAY OUR WORK, HONOR,
YOUR WILL. CONTRIBUTE TO THE
WELL BEING OF CALIFORNIA. I
MEAN, THANK YOU, UH, SO MANY
MEMBER SHAVO WILL LEAD US IN THE
PLEDGE.
PLEASE. HEY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF
THE UNITED STATES. I. THANK YOU.
PRE READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL. SO CHAMBER
SACRAMENTO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
1420 24, WE ARE CURRY SECOND
MOVES OF MR FLOS AT THE READING
THE PREVIOUS DAY 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 AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE MESSAGES FROM THE
SENATE. THERE ARE NONE. MOVING
TO THE MOTION MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. THE ABSENCES FOR
THE DAY WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL MOVING TO
OUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. UH,
MADAM, UH, MAJORITY LEADER
AGUIAR-CURRY. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS.
GOOD MORNING, MR SPEAKER. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO
ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS PACHECO,
CALDERON, SANCHEZ, WALLACE AND
LOWENTHAL TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY WITHOUT
OBJECTIONS. SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER. HØI. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
118 A TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
LOW AUTHOR ORTEGA JOAN SAWYER TO
HAVE GUESTS SEATED AT THEIR DESK
TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER PURSUANT TO
ASSEMBLY RULE 5151. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REFER HÌ R
51 ACE TO THE RULES COMMITTEE
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. MOVING ON TO GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWENTHAL YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS VERY PLEASED. TO INVITE
OR TO WELCOME THESE
CALIFORNIANS. HERE HAILING FROM
THE LB èC. I HAVE THREE CLUB
SOCCER PLAYERS EIGHTH GRADER
OLIVIA LOWENTHAL. SIXTH GRADER
RAQUEL LOWENTHAL. FOURTH GRADER
VIOLET LOWENTHAL. AND THEY ARE
THE INSPIRATION THIS YEAR AS
THEY WERE LAST YEAR. ON THE BILL
PACKAGE COMING OUT. AND I'M
PARTICULARLY PROUD TO INTRODUCE
THEIR MOM IN OUR BLENDED MODERN
FAMILY. WHO IS MY SOUNDING BOARD
, FOR ALL THINGS LEGISLATIVE AND
OTHERWISE, MR SPEAKER. WELCOME
THE LOWENTHAL FAMILY. THANK YOU,
MR LOWENTHAL. WELCOME.
MR JONES, SO YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I WOULD
LIKE TO PRESENT MARIA SASHA RAY.
UH, MY DOMESTIC PARTNER WHO'S
BEEN WITH ME FOR ALL 11 YEARS
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE
ASSEMBLY, AND EVEN BEFORE THEN
SHE IS THE WIND BENEATH MY
WINGS. SHE IS THE ONE THAT HAS
KEPT ME STRONG. THROUGH ALL THE
ADVERSITY BUT MOST IMPORTANT, I
WANNA MAKE SURE I SHARED WITH
HER. WHEN THE GOOD TIMES THAT
ARE NOW HERE IN THE ASSEMBLY.
WELCOME HER TODAY. THANK YOU.
WELCOME. ASSEMBLY MEMBER ORTEGA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
GUEST INTRODUCTION. SPEAKER.
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. IT IS A
HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE TO YOU MY DAUGHTER,
YAMADA. ISABEL TORO, A JUNIOR IN
HIGH SCHOOL, AND, UH, MY
INSPIRATION EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SHE IS MY FAVORITE CHILD. UH, AS
SHE IS MY ONLY DAUGHTER AND HER
SIBLINGS ARE NOT HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
INTRODUCE HER. THANK YOU.
MAJORITY LEADER AGUIAR-CURRY.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. GOOD
MORNING MEMBERS. I WANTED TO
TAKE A MOMENT DURING BLACK
HISTORY MONTH TO WELCOME BLACK
FARMERS FROM MY DISTRICT,
REPRESENTING A GROWING COMMUNITY
OF BLACK CALIFORNIA FARMERS.
TODAY I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
NATHANIEL BROWN, NELSON HAWKINS
AND KEITH HUDSON FROM THE UJAAMA
COOPER FARMING ALLIANCE BASED IN
WEST SACRAMENTO. WITH THEM, AS
AS, UH, WITH THEM IS JAMIE FANIS
OF THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF
FAMILY FARMERS. THANK YOU, NATE
NELSON, KEITH AND JAMIE FOR
THEIR WORK, CREATING AND
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
AND PROVING THAT IT IS POSSIBLE
WHEN WE SUPPORT OUR BLACK
FARMERS, PLEASE GIVE THEM A WARM
WELCOME.
WELCOME UH, MR SEELY, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER SALLIE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO
WELCOME THE SHERIFF OF MY COUNTY
, RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF CHAD
BIANCO TO THE ASSEMBLY HERE. UH
THE LAST YEAR OF THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN A REALLY
TOUGH AND TRAGIC ONE. WE'VE LOST
THREE DEPUTY SHERIFFS, UM,
WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR. DEPUTY
ISAIAH CORDERO, DEPUTY DARNELL
CALHOUN AND DEPUTY BRETT HARRIS,
THE RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS, NEVERTHELESS STAYED STRONG
, UM, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
SHERIFF CHAD BIANCO, AND I THANK
HIM FOR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC
SERVICE AND FOR BEING WITH US
HERE TODAY, SHERIFF. WELCOME
THANK YOU. MR SHERIFF. SO MANY
MEMBER MCCARTY YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU. MR
SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A
GROUP OF STUDENTS HERE FROM
STANFORD UNIVERSITY FROM THE
PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM. THEY'RE
JOINED BY THEIR PROFESSOR, A
FORMER COLLEAGUE OF OURS ON THE,
UH, GREEN CARPET HERE. FORMER
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR MORANO
NATION. I WANTED TO WELCOME THEM
AGAIN TO OUR STATE CAPITOL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
MCCARTY. AND WHILE THERE ARE NÓ
BIRTHDAYS OF MEMBERS TO
RECOGNIZE TODAY, I'M GOING TO
TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL
PRIVILEGE AND WISH MY SON A
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, ALEX. MOVING ON TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
GOVERNORS VETOES, PLEASE PASS
AND RETAIN ON FILE ITEM NUMBER
ONE. UNDER RECONSIDERATION. ALL
ITEMS SHALL BE CONTINUED
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING. MOVING
TO ASSEMBLE ITEM NUMBER. EXCUSE
ME. ITEM NUMBER FIVE A èC R 132
MISS BY MR SANTIAGO. THE CLERK
WILL READ SOME OF THE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 132 BY SAMARA
SANTIAGO RELATIVE TO CALI Tð I
IN THIS WEEK. MR SANTIAGO, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. UH, THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER. WE WANT TO DECLARE,
UM JANUARY 26TH TO FEBRUARY. 2ND
CAL. I Tð èC AWARENESS WEEK AND
AL, ALTHOUGH IT'S ALREADY PASSED
, AND WE WERE DECLARING IT
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME
BEFORE PEOPLE, UH, DO THEIR
TAXES. AND IN FACT, THIS LAST
WEEKEND IN IN IN ONE OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I REPRESENT,
WE DID A CAL. I Dð èC AWARENESS
AND HELP PEOPLE DO THEIR TAXES
FOR FREE. WE HAD ABOUT 300
INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME AND WHAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT CAL. I Dð
èC, PARTICULARLY THE PROGRAM.
SO WE ALL PUT TOGETHER HERE FOR
OUR CONSTITUENTS IS A FAMILY WHO
MAY BE, UH, IN NEED THAT QUALIFY
THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR $31,000
OR BELOW. IT COULD HAVE ACCESS
TO ABOUT THREE 1005 $100 BECAUSE
OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE ALL
WORKED ON TO PUT TOGETHER, UH,
QUITE FRANKLY, ONE OF THE
LARGEST ANTI POVERTY PROGRAMS
THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, BUT IT'S NOT JUST
THAT IT'S WHEN WE HELP PEOPLE
WITH THROUGH CAL. I Tð èC. WE
COULD ALSO ENROLL THEM IN THE
YOUNG CHILD TAX CREDIT. SO WHY
WE TALK ABOUT THE CAL? I Tð èC
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO CREATE
AWARE STILL KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT
TO PROMOTE IT IN OUR DISTRICTS
BECAUSE IT IS THE LARGEST ANTI
POVERTY PROGRAM AND WHEN WE
COUPLE IT UP WITH THE LIGHT OF
PROGRAMS THAT WE ALL BEEN DOING
ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS
THE YOUNG CHILD TAX CREDIT
FAMILIES CAN GO HOME WITH 5000
TO 13,000 IN THEIR POCKET. UH
AND IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR ALL WHO
QUALIFY. UH EVEN THOSE WHO
QUALIFY WITH AN I 10 NUMBER. UH
SO TODAY WE WANNA, UH, RAISE
THIS RESOLUTION UP OPEN THE
FIRST ROLL CALL FOR, UH, SEEING
AND HEARING NÓ OTHER DEBATE, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL FOR
CO-AUTHOR. MEMBERS WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL MEMBERS WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE FOR CO AUTHORS. MEMBERS WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE ALL MEMBERS WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. èC WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL. 657 CO-AUTHOR ARE
ADDED WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE WILL
NOW TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY, AYE. SAY NÓ. THE AYES HAVE
IT. THE ROSETTE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT HÌ R EIGHT BY MR
MARS SUCI CLERK WILL CALL CLERK
WILL READ. HOUSE RESOLUTION 68
BY SEOR, SUU KYI AND OTHERS
RELATIVE JAPANESE AMERICAN
CONCENTRATION CAMPS. MR. MARS
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH COLLEAGUES. I RISE
ONCE AGAIN TO PRESENT HOUSE
RESOLUTION 668. WHICH DECLARES
FEBRUARY 19TH. AS A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AS YOU MAY RECALL
FEBRUARY 19TH WAS THE 82ND
ANNIVERSARY. OF PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SIGNING
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066. THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT LED TO THE
MASS INCARCERATION OF ONE OVER
125,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS. A
MASS INCARCERATION. BASED ON
RACE. WITHOUT ANY DUE PROCESS OF
LAW. AND WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE OF
TREASON OR MILITARY NECESSITY.
EVERY YEAR. JAPANESE AMERICANS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE COME
TOGETHER TO COMMEMORATE THIS DAY
OF REMEMBRANCE. IN HOPES THAT
ALL AMERICANS WILL REMEMBER. AND
LEARN THE LESSONS SO THAT NÓ
OTHER COMMUNITY IS EVER TARGETED
OR SCAPEGOATED BY OUR OWN
GOVERNMENT. OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENT. EVER AGAIN. BUT
EVERY YEAR AS TIME PASSES AND AS
WE ALL AGE THERE ARE FEWER AND
FEWER JAPANESE AMERICANS WHO
SHOW UP AT THESE EVENTS. WHO ARE
SURVIVORS OF AMERICA'S
CONCENTRATION CAMPS. RECENTLY.
WE LOST A BELOVED COMMUNITY
LEADER. SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN IN
MANZANAR, CALIFORNIA. WHO WENT
ON TO LEAD THE FIGHT FOR
REPARATIONS. OR JAPANESE
AMERICANS. ALANIS WAS BORN ON
AUGUST 9TH 1945. AND THE MAN'S
IN OUR CONCENTRATION CAMP. HE
WAS, OF COURSE, TOO YOUNG TO
REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT MANZ IN
ARM. HE GREW UP IN LOS ANGELES,
BUT HE NEVER KNEW. OR LEARNED
ANYTHING ABOUT MANZANAR. OR THE
HISTORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
DURING WORLD WAR TWO. UNTIL HE
WENT TO COLLEGE AT U èC,
BERKELEY. AS ALAN ONCE SAID.
LIKE MOST JAPANESE AMERICANS, MY
FAMILY NEVER SPOKE OF THE WORLD
WAR, TWO INCARCERATION. OUT OF A
SENSE OF SHAME. THAT WE HAD DONE
SOMETHING WRONG. WELL, OF
COURSE. YOU HAD DONE NOTHING
WRONG. AND, OF COURSE, LIKE MOST
AMERICANS OF ITS TIME, HE NEVER
LEARNED ANYTHING. ABOUT
AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS
AND SCHOOL. AS A YOUNG COLLEGE
STUDENT. ALAN FINALLY LEARNED
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO JAPANESE
AMERICANS DURING THE WAR, AND HE
FINALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY HIS
FATHER WENT FROM OWNING A
GROCERY STORE BEFORE THE WAR.
BECOMING A GARDENER AFTER THE
WAR. HE FINALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY
HE SAW A PICTURES OF HIS FATHER
BEAMING WITH PRIDE IN FRONT OF
HIS NEW STORE BEFORE THE WAR.
BUT AFTER THE WAR HE ONLY HAD
MEMORIES OF HIS FATHER. AS A
BITTER MAN. WHO NEVER SMILED.
WHO HARDLY EVER TALKED. A MAN
WHO HATED HIS LIFE AS A
GARDENER. AND WHO WORKS HIS
ESCAPED HIS BITTERNESS BY
TURNING TO ALCOHOL. AS ALAN
LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF HIS COMMUNITY. HE BECAME
ANGRY. HE CHANNELED HIS ANGER
INTO HIS STUDENT ACTIVISM.
GETTING INVOLVED IN THE FREE
SPEECH MOVEMENT. THE STUDENT
NONVIOLENT COORDINATING
COMMITTEE. VIETNAM WAR PROTESTS
THIRD WORLD STUDENT STRIKE AND
THE ETHICS STUDIES MOVEMENT.
AFTER BERKELEY. HE CAME BACK
HOME TO LOS ANGELES AND IN THE
LATE 19 SIXTIES TO BECOME ONE OF
THE FOUNDERS OF THE U èC L, A
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORY OF
AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS
AND THE HISTORY OF ALL ASIAN
AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS.
WOULD BE TAUGHT. HE THEN BEGAN
TO FOCUS ON GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY
ACTIVISM IN LITTLE TOKYO, LOS
ANGELES. IN THE LATE 19
SEVENTIES. WHEN JAPANESE
AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FIRST BEGAN CALLING FOR
REPARATIONS. ALAN ISO, FOUNDED
AND THEN BECAME THE CO-CHAIR OF
THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR
REDRESS AND REPARATIONS. A
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION OF
JAPANESE AMERICANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THAT ENGAGED IN ONE
ENDED UP BEING A 10 YEAR
CAMPAIGN. THAT CULMINATED IN
1988. WITH THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE
RESOLUTION 442. A BILL NUMBER BY
THE WAY THAT WAS SELECTED TO
HONOR THE LEGENDARY ALL JAPANESE
AMERICAN UNITED STATES ARMY
COMBAT UNIT. THAT FOUGHT THE IN
EUROPE. AND BECAME ONE OF THE
MOST DECORATED UNITS IN AMERICAN
MILITARY HISTORY. THE BILL WAS
SIGNED. BY NONE OTHER THAN
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. AND THE
BILL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE ROOT
CAUSES OF THE MASS INCARCERATION
WERE RACE, PREJUDICE WARTIME
HYSTERIA. AND A FAILURE OF
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. THE BILL
PROVIDED A FORMAL APOLOGY ON
BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. TOGETHER WITH $20,000
IN REPARATIONS. FOR EVERY
JAPANESE AMERICAN WHO HAD THEIR
FREEDOM WRONGFULLY DENIED AS A
RESULT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER, 9066
AND WHO WAS STILL ALIVE. WHEN
THE BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.
AFTER THE FIGHT FOR REPARATIONS,
ALLEN CONTINUED TO DEDICATE HIS
LIFE. TO THE JAPANESE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY. HE LOVED THE
COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
LOVED HIM BACK. I FIRST MET ALAN
IN THE MID 19 NINETIES, WHEN I
WAS A YOUNG MAN WORKING WITH THE
JAPANESE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION IN LITTLE TOKYO.
AND LIKE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO KNOW AND
WORK WITH ALAN I LOVED ALLEN AND
RESPECTED HIM. AS A LEGEND. A
HERO. I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK
WITH ALAN OVER THE PHONE A FEW
DAYS BEFORE HE RECENTLY PASSED
AWAY. HE HAD BATTLED WITH CANCER
FOR MORE THAN 17 YEARS, SO HE
HAD A LOT OF TIME. TO THINK
ABOUT THE END OF HIS LIFE. AND
TO PREPARE HIMSELF. AND HIS
LOVED ONES. HIS LAST WORDS TO ME
WERE I'VE LIVED A GOOD LIFE. I
HAVE NÓ REGRETS. IT'S TIME FOR
ME TO PASS IT ON. SO TODAY
COLLEAGUES I WANTED TO PASS ON
TO YOU. A LEGACY OF MANZANAR.
ALAN NISHIO OF GARDENA,
CALIFORNIA. HE WAS A GREAT
AMERICAN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
COMMEMORATING FEBRUARY 19TH AS A
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. THANK YOU,
MISTER MARSY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
REVS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I
RISE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR HÌ R 68 AND TO THANK
THE MEMBER FROM TORRANCE FOR
INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION.
MANY OF OUR ANCESTORS HAVE
EXPERIENCED INTERNMENT,
INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICANS. THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT NAMED NATIVE
AMERICAN CAMPS. RESERVATIONS
NATIVE AMERICANS WERE ALSO
CAPTURED, HELD AND MADE TO WORK
IN THE SPANISH ERA MISSIONS OR
IN MINING CAMPS DURING THE GOLD
RUSH. 1942 OUR BROTHERS OF
JAPANESE AMERICAN ANCESTRY WERE
HELD IN INTERNMENT CAMPS THROUGH
F Dð R, S¼ EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066
OVER. AL. ALMOST THREE YEARS
MORE THAN 100 AND 20,000,
AMERICANS AND RESIDENTS OF
JAPANESE ANCESTRY WERE DEPRIVED
OF THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS, HOMES,
BUSINESSES AND DIGNITY. THESE
FAMILIES WERE SEPARATED. NEARLY
40 YEARS AFTER THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
UPHOLDING THE CONVICTIONS OF
FRED KOREMATSU AND OTHERS FOR
VIOLATIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER,
966. WE LEARNED THAT THE U S¼
DEPARTMENT OF WAR AND THE U S¼
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DESTROYED
AND WITHHELD INFORMATION FROM
THE U S¼ SUPREME COURT ABOUT THE
LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE OF
JAPANESE ANCESTRY. DESPITE THESE
INJUSTICES AND FORCED
INCARCERATION BEHIND BARBED WIRE
, THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE
AMERICANS SERVE FOR AMERICA
DURING WORLD WORLD WAR TWO IN
THE 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND
442 REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAMS.
THESE BRAVE AND PATRIOTIC MEN
AND WOMEN LATER RECEIVED
NUMEROUS AWARDS AND HONORS.
YESTERDAY FEBRUARY 19TH MARKED
82 YEARS SINCE THE SIGNING OF
THAT ORDER, LET US WORK TOGETHER
TO ENSURE THAT SUCH ORDERS NEVER
OCCUR AGAIN BY WORKING TOGETHER
FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE. DESPITE
OUR FEARS, THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN EYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
REVIS ASSEMBLY MEMBER, BRIAN,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. I
RISE ON BEHALF OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF HÌ R 68. AND I
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
TORRANCE FOR BRINGING THIS
HISTORY BACK TO LIFE ON THIS
FLOOR. WE'VE HAD SOME DARK
HISTORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
AMERICA'S DARK HISTORY IS
ACTUALLY SOME OF THE DARKEST
HISTORY IN THE WORLD. AND THE
ONLY WAY WE LEARN FROM THAT
HISTORY IS TO CONTINUE TO TELL
IT. WHAT WE DID TO JAPANESE
AMERICANS OUT OF FEAR. AND
SUBJUGATION. AND TORMENTED COST
FOLKS THEIR LIVELIHOODS. THEIR
HOMES. THEIR SENSE OF BEING AND
BELONGING IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE
HAD BEEN A WELCOMING LIGHT TO
THE WORLD. IT WAS WRONG. IT WAS
WRONG, THEN. AND IT'S BEEN WRONG
EVERY DAY SINCE THEN, AND THE
ONLY WAY TO WRITE THAT KIND OF
AN EVIL THAT KIND OF A WRONG IS
THROUGH REPAIR. THROUGH
APOLOGIES. AND THROUGH
REPARATIONS. IT'S NOT LOST ON ME
THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM TORRANCE
CENTERED REPARATIONS IN HIS
COMMENTS BECAUSE THAT REPAIR. IS
THE ONLY REAL WAY TO ADDRESS
THESE KINDS OF HARMS. SO I ASK
THAT AS WE COMMEMORATE THIS DAY.
A MEMORIAL. AS WE LOOK TO HÌ R
68. WE ALSO LOOK TO THE REST OF
THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN
THIS BODY. AND THE REST OF THE
REPAIR. FOR THE HARMS COMMITTED
IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR STATE
THAT STILL NEED TO BE DONE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER BRIAN
AS A MAJORITY LEADER,
AGUIAR-CURRY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT JUST
SEEMS A LITTLE BIT IRONIC THAT
IN MY COMMUNITY, WE ARE GOING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE JAPANESE
HERITAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. A LOT
OF PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE, UM,
HOW MANY FAMILIES LIVE THERE AND
WERE SHIPPED OFF TO INTERNMENT
CAMPS. IT'S A REALLY RICH, UH,
HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S
ALMOST DISAPPEARED. BEFORE WORLD
WAR TWO THE FIRST JAPANESE
IMMIGRANTS WERE VITAL AND STRONG
PART OF WINTER'S AGRICULTURAL
COMMUNITY PRECISELY 100. YEARS
LATER, AFTER DECADES OF
DEVELOPING THE LAND AND BEING
INTERNED DURING WORLD WAR TWO,
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
APOLOGIZED TO THE JAPANESE
AMERICANS ON BEHALF OF THE U S¼
WITH MONETARY REPARATIONS FROM
THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988.
THAT 100 YEAR HISTORY SHOULD BE
PRESERVED, AND THAT'S WHY MY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS DOING THAT
WE WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION
IN IN ABOUT A MONTH WITH A
PLAQUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM TO
ALSO, UH, VISIT THE, UM JAPANESE
CEMETERY. THIS THE PORTIONS THAT
ARE OUR LOCAL CEMETERY AND TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN DUE TO
ALL THEIR HARD WORK, SO I WANNA
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME,
AND IT'S IRONIC THAT IT'S
HAPPENING SO SOON. SO THANK YOU.
VERY MUCH. I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO
COME OVER TO THE CELEBRATION.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAJORITY
LEADER, ASSEMBLY MEMBER CAR YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF HOUSE
RESOLUTION 68 ON FEBRUARY 19TH.
WE MARCHED 82 YEARS SINCE THE
SIGNING OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
9066 A DARK CHAPTER IN
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY. THE
INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
DURING WORLD WAR TWO. THE U S¼
GOVERNMENT FORCED MORE THAN
120,000 PEOPLE OF JAPANESE
DESCENT INTO 10 CAMPS ACROSS THE
WESTERN STATES TO THESE WERE IN
CALIFORNIA, MANZANAR IN CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA AND TWO LAKE
RELOCATION CENTER IN THE NORTH.
IN FACT, INDIVIDUALS WHO
RESISTED THESE GRAVE INJUSTICES
WERE SENT TO A SPECIAL CAMP IN
TO LAKE WHERE DISSIDENTS WERE
HOUSED. DURING THIS TIME,
CALIFORNIA WAS HOME TO NEARLY
THREE QUARTERS OF THE ENTIRE
JAPANESE AMERICAN POPULATION BY
1940. THE WEB HANGING ACT IS
DESIGNED TO DISCOURAGE
IMMIGRANTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE
FROM ASIA FROM SETTLING IN
CALIFORNIA WAS JUST ONE OF MANY
DISCRIMINATORY LAWS THE JAPANESE
AMERICANS FACED DURING THIS TIME
, THESE LAWS COMBINED WITH THE
DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR
TWO WOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE
INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
IN THE UNITED STATES. THESE WERE
THESE WERE DISCRIMINATORY LAWS
ROOTED AND XENOPHOBIA THAT
FORCIBLY UPROOTED THE LIVES OF
MORE THAN 120,000. AMERICANS IN
RESIDENCE OF JAPANESE ANCES. RUP
THEIR EDUCATION AND CAREERS AND
CAUSING THE LOSS OF THEIR HOMES,
BUSINESSES, FARMS AND LOVE. UH
LIVELIHOODS. NÓ CHARGES OF
DISLOYALTY WERE BROUGHT AGAINST
ANY OF THESE CITIZENS. NOR WAS
THERE ANY VEHICLE BY WHICH THEY
COULD APPEAL FOR THE LOSS OF
PROPERTY OR PERSONAL LIBERTY. ON
THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. WE HONOR
THE MEMORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
WHO WERE UNJUSTLY EXCLUDED,
REMOVED AND INCARCERATED IN
INTERNMENT CAMPS DURING WORLD
WAR TWO. THIS SERVES AS A
REMINDER OF THE GRADE GRAVE
INJUSTICES THAT WERE COMMITTED
AGAINST INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES WHO WERE FORCED TO
ENDURE YEARS OF HARDSHIP AND
SUFFERING. I WANT TO BRING INTO
OUR CHAMBER, THE HISTORY THAT WE
ALL SHARE AND THE IMMENSE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS
HISTORY BY THE MSU FAMILY. SAYA
MUITO, HIS WIFE, MASAKO, THEIR
BOY IS SEKO AND SEO, UH, SEO,
KNOWN AS TAD. THEIR TWIN GIRLS.
KUO AND AKIKO WERE ALL FORCED
FROM THEIR FARM IN WESTMINSTER
AND INTO AN INTERNMENT CAMP. TAD
BEING AMERICAN BORN, WAS ABLE TO
RETAIN THE 40 ACRE FARM IN
WESTMINSTER. SOMETHING THAT WAS,
UH, QUITE UNUSUAL AT THE TIME
THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND THEY MET
FELICITAS AND GONZALO MENDEZ, A
LATINO FAMILY FROM SANTA ANA,
CALIFORNIA OF MEXICAN RICO
DESCENT, THE MENDEZ FAMILY MOVED
TO THE FARM WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
WHEN THE LOCAL SCHOOLS REFUSE TO
INTEGRATE THEIR LATINO CHILDREN
THEY ORGANIZED AND THEY HIRED A
YOUNG ATTORNEY BY THE NAME OF
THURGOOD MARSHALL. IN 1947, THE
MENDEZ VERSUS WESTMINSTER CASE,
DESEGREGATED SCHOOLS IN
CALIFORNIA IN 1954 THURGOOD
MARSHALL WILL USE THAT VERY
CASE. TO ARGUE FOR BROWN VERSUS
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICH
ULTIMATELY DESEGREGATED ALL
SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES.
NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE. IF TAD MEET, SO HAD
NOT BEEN FRIENDS WITH GONZALO
MENDEZ. AMID CONCRETE ROSES CAN
GROW. WE MUST NEVER FORGET. THE
MORAL, SOCIAL AND LEGAL
WRONGDOINGS OF THE PAST TO
ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT REPEAT
THEM. IN THE FUTURE. WE JOIN YOU
IN ENSURING THAT WE NEVER FAIL
TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CIVIL
RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF
ANY INDIVIDUAL AS WE DID FOR
JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING THIS
PERIOD, LET US HONOR OUR HISTORY
. ALL THE SURVIVORS, THE
INJUSTICE AND NAME TO PROVIDE
CLOSURE AND HEALING FOR ALL
THOSE ATTENDED. I WANT FOR ALL
THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS AWFUL
HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES AND
THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE
JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF
LITTLE TOKYO IN LOS ANGELES AND
IN MY OWN COMMUNITY WHERE I GREW
UP IN BOYLE HEIGHTS. ALL THE
JAPANESE AMERICANS, UH, FROM
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE
STILL HAVE A FRIENDSHIP POND
DEDICATED TO THAT HISTORY IN OUR
OWN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER CAR
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GABRIEL, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. SPEAKER THERE WE GO. UM
THANK YOU. I TOO RISE ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
JEWISH CAUCUS IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF HÌ R 68. AND I WANNA THANK
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM TORRANCE, UM,
FOR SO ELOQUENTLY REMINDING US
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK
AND FOR BEING A LEADER ON DOING
THIS, AND EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE
BEEN HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE,
YOU HAVE TAKE UNDERTAKEN THIS
IMPORTANT TASK OF REMINDING US
OF THIS ONE OF THE GREATEST
STAINS ON THE HISTORY OF OUR
NATION. AND IT IS BOTH AN
AMERICAN STORY. BUT IT'S ALSO A
CALIFORNIA STORY THAT WE KNOW IS
SO RESONANT FOR SO MANY
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND AS WE'VE HEARD
OUR OUR OWN STATE WAS HOME TO
TWO OF THESE CONCENTRATION CAMPS
, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LEND
MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS. I THINK
THAT OUR COLLEAGUE, UM SPOKE SO
BEAUTIFULLY ABOUT THIS THROUGH
THE NARRATIVE OF ONE INDIVIDUAL
AND HOW IT IMPACTED LEADERS HERE
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. UM,
AND SO MANY SO MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND I'VE I'VE OFTEN
REFLECT IT'S. IT'S ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT YOURSELVES IN
THE SHOES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT
ENDURED THIS, UM NOT ONLY THE
GREAT DISRUPTION TO THEIR
LIVELIHOOD TO THEIR ABILITY TO
LIVE FREELY TO THEIR TAKING AWAY
THEIR PERSONAL FREEDOM, BUT ALSO
THE EXTRAORDINARY HUMILIATION
THAT WAS WROUGHT ON THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND THEN TO THINK
ABOUT THE CONTRARY EXAMPLE OF
THOSE JAPANESE AMERICAN
SERVICEMEN. THAT WON THE MEDAL
OF HONOR THAT WON THE
CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL THAT
WENT ON THAT THAT RISK THEIR
LIVES IN MANY CASES GAVE THEIR
LIVES MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF OUR
NATION AT THE SAME TIME THAT
THEIR LOVED ONE THEIR PARENTS
WERE LITERALLY HELD IN
CONCENTRATION CAMPS. AND SO I
JUST WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUE
FOR REMINDING US OF THIS
IMPORTANT HISTORY. IT IS PERHAPS
MORE RESONANT NOW THAN ANY OTHER
TIME. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
REFLECT ON IT. IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE TEACH IT TO OUR CHILDREN
WITH ALL OF ITS WARTS AND ALL OF
ITS COMPLICATIONS AND ALL OF ITS
UGLINESS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN
FROM IT. SO WITH THAT, AND ON
BEHALF OF THE JEWISH CAUCUS. UH,
WOULD URGE A STRONG I VOTE ON HÌ
R 68. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GABRIEL. SEEING AND HEARING NÓ
FURTHER DEBATE. ASSEMBLY ME,
MARCI. EXCUSE ME. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, MARCI, YOU MAY CLOSE.
THANK YOU. I UM WANT TO THANK
ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SPOKE
AS WELL AS THOSE THAT I KNOW, UM
, ARE ARE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THE FIRST
RULE TO BE OPEN FOR CO-AUTHOR
AND ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR A
I VOTE. THANK YOU, MR MARUCCI.
ALL DEBATE HAVING CEASED, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL FOR
CO-AUTHOR. THOSE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE ALL THOSE VOTE, WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE FOR CO AUTHORS.
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE
ARE 69 CO AUTHORS ADDED WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE'LL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION ALL IN
FAVOR. SAY AYE. I WAS OPPOSED,
SAY, NÓ, THE AYES HAVE IT. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MOVING ON
TO SENATE THIRD READING PASS AND
RETURN RETAIN ON SENATE THIRD
READING. MEMBERS OF QUORUM CALL
THIS STILL IN PLACE. WE'RE
MOVING ON TO ADJOURNMENTS IN
MEMORY. I THAT YOU GIVE YOUR
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
GRANTED PRIOR TO PERMISSION TO
SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT MEMORY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. IT IS WITH A HEAVY
HEART THAT I RISE TO ANNOUNCE
THE PASSING OF FORMER RULES
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEE DAVE WALLS
AND TO ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY.
DAVE WAS A FORMER SUPERVISOR OF
THE ASSEMBLY WAREHOUSE. AND A
LONG TERM EMPLOYEE OF THE
ASSEMBLY RULES COMMITTEE. HE
BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE ASSEMBLY
IN AUGUST OF 1989 AS A WAREHOUSE
ASSISTANT. IN OCTOBER. 2007 DAVE
WAS PROMOTED TO WAREHOUSE
SUPERVISOR WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL
HIS RETIREMENT IN OCTOBER OF
2021. AS SUPERVISOR, DAVE
MANAGED THE WAREHOUSE CREW
DELIVERING FURNITURE TO MEMBERS,
OFFICES AND TRAVELING THROUGHOUT
THE STATE FOR DISTRICT OFFICE
MOVES. MANY IN THE CAPITAL
COMMUNITY KNEW DAVE FROM THE
WAREHOUSE. AS THAT EASYGOING GUY
WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE A
MEMBER'S OFFICE MORE
COMFORTABLE. HE WAS OFTEN SEEN
IN A WEARING A HAWAIIAN SHIRT,
ALONG WITH HIS KHAKI SHORTS AND
A HAVING A CAN DO ATTITUDE ABOUT
HIM. DAVE WAS A DOER AND WANTED
TO GET HIS TASK LIST COMPLETED
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TO
KEEP EVERYONE IN THE CAPITAL
COMMUNITY HAPPY. REAL STAFF
RECALLS DAY'S WILLINGNESS TO
ROLL UP HIS SLEEVES COMING TO
WORK EARLY AND TACKLING HIS
REQUEST LIST. ALTHOUGH DAVE
RETIRED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I
WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES
TO HIS FAMILY AND OF COURSE TO
THE CAPITAL COMMUNITY. TOGETHER
WE ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF DAVE
WALLS. I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN
THIS MEMORY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER, PACHECO.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALLED HER ON
YOU OR RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT MEMORY. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER. I RISE TO ADJOURN. A
MEMORY OF J BENTON WHITE, A
LONGTIME SAN JOSE RESIDENT AND
RETIRED SAN JOSE UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR. WHO PASSED AWAY
PEACEFULLY ON DECEMBER 6TH 2020,
THREE AT THE AGE OF 92. BENTON
WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM,
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AND WENT ON
TO GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF ALABAMA. THE CHANDLER SCHOOL
OF THEOLOGY AT EMORY UNIVERSITY
AND THE PACIFIC LUTHERAN
THEOLOGY. SEMINARY. HE SERVED AS
AN AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN IN THE
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND PRIOR TO
BECOMING CAMPUS MINISTER AT THE
WESLEY FOUNDATION AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. IN
NEBRASKA. HE MET AND MARRIED THE
LOVE OF HIS LIFE. MARY LOU HE
CAME TO SAN JOSE IN 1961 TO
SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
WESLEY FOUNDATION AT SAN JOSE
STATE. BENTON WAS ACTIVE IN THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT RECRUITING
STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN VOTER
REGISTRATION DRIVES IN THE SOUTH
DURING THE FREEDOM SUMMER OF
1964. WHILE ALSO WORKING TO
SECURE HOUSING FOR STUDENTS OF
COLOR IN SAN JOSE IN THE 19
SIXTIES. IN 1967. HE WAS ASKED
BY THEN SAN JOSE STATE PRESIDENT
ROBERT CLARK. TO BE THE
UNIVERSITY'S FIRST OMBUDSMAN IN
RESPONSE TO STUDENT PROTEST OVER
SEGREGATED CONDITIONS ON AND
AROUND THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. IN
1970 BENTON ESTABLISHED THE
RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM AT SAN
JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE
TAUGHT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN
1992. DURING RETIREMENT, HE
TAUGHT AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY,
GOLFED AS OFTEN AS HE COULD.
TRAVELED WROTE BOOKS AND SPENT
TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. BENTON IS SURVIVED BY
HIS WIFE OF 65 YEARS, MARY. HIS
TWO SONS AND THEIR WIVES TOM AND
JULIE AND MATT AND ELAINE. HIS
THREE GRANDCHILDREN. GAVIN AND
AY WHITE AND TRICIA SEOK AND HIS
GREAT GRANDSON, WRITER. BENTON
WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL WHO
KNEW HIM AND HIS IMPACT IN THE
SAN JOSE COMMUNITY IS ENDURING.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF JANE
BENTON WHITE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALLED
AROUND. ASSEMBLY MEMBER SANCHEZ,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT MEMORY. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER. IT IS WITH GREAT
SADNESS THAT I RISE TODAY TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF ROSIE DIAZ,
A CONSTITUENT OF THE 71ST
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. ON THE
AFTERNOON OF JANUARY. 4TH ROSIE
WAS TAKEN FROM US FAR TOO SOON
DUE TO AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
WHILE SHE WAS OUT RUNNING IN THE
CITY OF MARIETTA. ROSIE WAS AN
INCREDIBLE PERSON. A MOM A
PARTNER, A DAUGHTER, A SISTER,
NIECE, AUNT. COLLEAGUE AND
FRIEND. THE COMMUNITY'S
OUTPOURING OF LOVE FOR ROSIE AND
THE OFFERING OF CONDOLENCES TO
HER FAMILY FROM FRIENDS,
INCLUDING LOCAL RUNNERS HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY TOUCHING. THEIR
CONDOLENCES, TELL OF ROSIE'S
KINDNESS, SMILE AND INFECTIOUS
LAUGH. THAT WILL BE IN VERY MUCH
MISSED. ROSIE IS SURVIVED BY HER
THREE CHILDREN, JOSH NATHAN AND
LEXI AND HER PARTNER, OMAR. I
ADJOURN IN MEMORY TODAY IN HONOR
OF ROSIE DIAZ. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SANCHEZ,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. WALLACE YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
MEMBERS. IT IS WITH GREAT
SADNESS. I RISE TODAY TO ASK
THIS BODY TO ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF JOHN B JACK SIMON. A
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR TWO, A
SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR AND A
GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIST. BORN IN
1920, THREE AND RAISED IN
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, JACK WAS A
PROFESSIONAL TROMBONE PLAYER IN
HIS TEEN YEARS PLAYING WITH THE
NEW JERSEY STATE ORCHESTRA AND
LATER WITH DUKE ELLINGTON. HE
GRADUATED FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY
AND RECEIVES HIS NAVAL
COMMISSION ON THE SAME DAY. HE
SHIPPED OFF TO THE PACIFIC AS A
GUNNERY OFFICER ON THE U S¼ S¼,
MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE HE FOUGHT
BRAVELY IN THE BATTLE OF
OKINAWA, AMONG OTHERS. HE STOOD
WITNESS TO THE HISTORIC MOMENT
WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED TO
GENERAL MACARTHUR IN TOKYO BAY.
TO HONOR HIS MILITARY SERVICE.
JACK WAS INCLUDED IN THE
EISENHOWER WALK OF HONOR AT THE
INDIAN WELLS CITY HALL. JUST
JACK WAS A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSMAN OPERATING COUNTLESS
GLASS REPAIR STORES IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. HE WAS ALSO A
PROMINENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER.
AS A RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA
VALLEY, JACK BECAME A STALWART
OF THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY.
HE WAS A DISTINGUISHED FOUNDER
OF THE MCCOLLUM THEATER AND A
MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER. AFTER
99 YEARS ON THIS EARTH LIVING
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, JACK
PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY ON
JANUARY 20TH 2024 HE WILL ALWAYS
BE REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY, HIS
FRIENDS AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR
HIS EXCEPTIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND
REMARKABLE GENEROSITY. I ASKED
THIS BODY ADJOURN TODAY IN THE
MEMORY OF JACK SIMON. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALLACE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWENTHAL, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT MEMORY. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF IVY
OR LINDA GOOLSBEE. BORN IN LONG
BEACH ON DECEMBER, 8TH 1952 IVY
REALIZED AT A VERY YOUNG AGE
THAT HER PURPOSE IN LIFE WAS
GIVING AND EXTENDING A HAND TO
THOSE IN NEED, ESPECIALLY IN HER
OWN COMMUNITY. MS GOOLSBEE
STARTED HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER
IN 1971 WITH VERIZON THEN WENT
ON TO A Tð AND Tð, WHERE SHE
WOULD EVENTUALLY RETIRE IN 2000
FROM HER HUMAN RESOURCES
POSITION AFTER 30 YEARS OF
SERVICE. OUTSIDE OF WORK AT OUR
DAYTIME JOBS, IVY HELD VARIOUS
POSITIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND
NONPROFITS IN LONG BEACH AND WAS
ALSO THE PROUD OWNER OF MULTIPLE
SMALL BUSINESSES. JUST EIGHT
MONTHS INTO RETIREMENT, IVEY
DECIDED SHE NEEDED ANOTHER
CHALLENGE AND WENT BACK TO WORK
WITH INTERNATIONAL REALTY AND
INVESTMENTS IN 2001. A R. I IS A
PROUD AND SUCCESSFUL BLACK OWNED
BUSINESS AND IN HER NEW ROLE IVY
WAS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE
HIGHEST QUALITY OF SERVICE TO
OUR CLIENTS. WHILE OVERSEEING
THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS THAT
IIR I MISS GOOLSBY REMAINED TRUE
TO HER PASSION OF COMMUNITY
SERVICE AND TOOK ON NUMEROUS
ROLES IN THE ORGANIZATIONS
THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH. WHILE THE
LIST OF POSITIONS IVY HELD ARE
TOO NUMEROUS TO NAME IN FULL.
SOME INCLUDE SERVING ON THE
COMMUNITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOARD OF GOVERNORS, LONG BEACH
CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND THE
N AA èC P OF LONG BEACH. HE
WAS ALSO ELECTED AS THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF
THE LONG BEACHER CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE'S WOMEN'S BUSINESS
COUNCIL. OF HER MANY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THIS ROLE.
I'VE BE ESTABLISHED THE FUND AND
AWARDS GRANTS FOR WOMEN
TRANSITIONING FROM SHELTER TO
WORKFORCE AND ALSO AWARDED MORE
SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS AT LONG
BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CAL
STATE LONG BEACH THAT YEAR, THEN
IN THE ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY.
AS IS EVIDENT. MISS GOOLSBEE WAS
AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY LEADER
IN LONG BEACH AND WAS RIGHTFULLY
HONORED AS THE RECIPIENT OF
NUMEROUS AWARDS SUCH AS N AA
èC P S¼ UNSUNG HEROES WHO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE. AMERICAN BUSINESS
WOMAN IMPACT COUNCILS
OUTSTANDING BUSINESSWOMAN OF THE
YEAR AND MY FATHER, THEN SENATOR
ALAN LOWENTHAL NAMED IVY
GOOLSBEE, THE 54TH DISTRICT'S
2008 WOMAN OF THE YEAR. WHILE
LONG BEACH HAS LOST A SELFLESS
AND INFLUENTIAL LEADER IN MISS
GOOLSBY. HER LEGACY WILL
CONTINUE TO BE FELT AND CARRIED
BY ALL THOSE WHO SHE BROUGHT UP
AND INSPIRED ALONG HER JOURNEY.
MEMBERS I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT
WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MISS
IVY OR LINDA GOOLSBEE. THANK
YOU, MR LOWENTHAL. MEMBERS BRING
THE 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
COMMITTEE HEARINGS TODAY. HEALTH
COMMITTEE MEETS UPON ADJOURNMENT
AND SWING SPACE ROOM 100, THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEETS UPON
ADJOURNMENT AND CAPITOL ROOM 437
. THE JOINT HEARING OF HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
BUDGET SUBCOMITTEE. NUMBER FIVE
MEETS IN UPON ADJOURNMENT IN
CAPITAL ROOM 447 ENVIRONMENTAL
SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS
COMMITTEE MEETS UPON ADJOURNMENT
AND CAPITAL ROOM 444 AND
UTILITIES AND ENERGY COMMITTEE
MEETS UPON ADJOURNMENT IN CAP
ROOM 126 SESSION. SCHEDULE IS AS
FOLLOW WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST
CHECK IN SESSION THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 22ND FLOOR SESSION AT 9
A.M. ALL ITEMS WILL BE REMAINING
ITEMS WILL BE PASSED AND
RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS SHALL BE
CONTINUED SEEN IN THE HEARING NÓ
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR TO
ADJOURN. MISS AGUIAR-CURRY MOVES
, MR WALLACE SECONDS THAT THIS
FLOOR HOUSE STAND ADJOURNED
UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND AT
9 A.M. THE QUORUM CALL IS LIFTED
AND THE HOUSE IS ADJOURNED.