HEY. EVERYONE TO THE ASSEMBLY
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD
LIKE TO START BY WELCOMING A
SUNNY MEMBER TINA MCKENNA, UH,
TO THE COMMITTEE AND WELCOMING
BACK SOME OF OUR RES AS WELL.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU, UH, BOTH
, UH, OFFICIALLY ON THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE
SESSION, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. AND THE
RULES FOR WITNESS TESTIMONY. UM
ARE THAT EACH SIDE WILL BE
ALLOWED TWO MAIN WITNESSES EACH
AND WITNESSES WILL HAVE
APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF OUR
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL OR
RESOLUTION. ADDITIONAL WITNESSES
SHOULD STATE THEIR NAMES
ORGANIZATION, IF ANY, AND THEIR
POSITION ON THE ITEM. AND SO WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR
SOLE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. A èC R
135, DOCTOR WEBER, UH, YOU MAY
BEGIN WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OH,
YEAH. BY STEPPING UP HERE IF WE
CAN, UM, HAVE OUR SECRETARY, UH,
DO THE ROLL CALL FOR QUORUM HERE
? DIXON BOWER KHAN, BRIAN
CONNOLLY. TINY. MAIN CHINA
MCKENNA PACHECO REYES. SANCHEZ
WALDRON. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A
QUORUM ESTABLISHED. UH, SENATOR
WEBER, YOU BEGIN WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY. THANK YOU CHAIR. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
UM, I WANNA START BY STATING
THAT I ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS AND WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
YOUR VERY THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS ON
THIS RESOLUTION. I AM HERE TODAY
TO PRESENT A èC R 135, WHICH
AFFIRMS THE FINDINGS OF THE
CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS TASK
FORCE IN REGARD TO THE HARMS
DONE TO BLACK CALIFORNIANS OVER
THE COURSE OF CALIFORNIA'S
HISTORY. THE REPARATIONS TASK
FORCE WAS CREATED THROUGH A B
3100 AND 21 IN 2020, AUTHORED BY
NOW CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF
STATE DOCTOR SHIRLEY WEBBER. ITS
PURPOSE WAS TO STUDY THE
INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AND ITS
LINGERING NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON
LIVING AFRICAN AMERICANS AS WELL
AS DEVELOP PREPARATION PROPOSALS
FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN
CALIFORNIA. A B. 3121 ALSO
CHARGED THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WITH
PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE,
TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE.
THE MEMBERS OF THE REPARATIONS
TASK FORCE, ALONG WITH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASED THE
REPARATION REPORT LAST JUNE. A
QUOTE FROM THE REPORT. STATES
QUOTE. AMERICA'S WEALTH WAS
BUILT BY THE FORCED LABOR OF
TRAFFICKED AFRICAN PEOPLE AND
THEIR DESCENDANTS. WHO WERE
BOUGHT AND SOLD AS COMMODITIES.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AT ALL
LEVELS ALLOWED OR PARTICIPATED
IN EXPLOITING, ABUSING,
TERRORIZING AND MURDERING PEOPLE
OF AFRICAN DESCENT. SO THAT
MOSTLY WHITE AMERICANS COULD
PROFIT FROM THEIR ENSLAVEMENT,
END QUOTE. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD ALL ALREADY KNOW.
BUT THE QUESTION THAT WE ASK IS
WHAT ROLE DID CALIFORNIA PLAY?
THE REPARATIONS REPORT DID A
MASTERFUL JOB OF RESEARCHING AND
REPORTING THE ROLE THAT OUR
STATE PLAYED. AND ALTHOUGH
CALIFORNIA JOINED THE UNION IN
1850 AS A FREE STATE. PRO
SLAVERY, INDIVIDUALS HELD A
GREAT DEAL OF POWER AND
INFLUENCE THAT SHAPED OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE. STATE COURT SYSTEM.
AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN U S¼
CONGRESS. TO HIGHLIGHT A VERY
FEW EXAMPLES. IN 1852.
CALIFORNIA PASSED AND ENFORCED
THE FUGITIVE STATE LAW THAT MADE
US MORE PRO SLAVERY THAN MOST
OTHER FREE STATES. CALIFORNIA
DID NOT RATIFY THE 14TH
AMENDMENT UNTIL 1959 AND DID NOT
RATIFY THE 15TH AMENDMENT UNTIL
1962. SOME OF US ON THIS DAIS
MAY HAVE BEEN BORN AT THAT TIME.
I KNOW MY MOTHER WAS IN 1874.
THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
RULED THAT SEGREGATION IN
SCHOOLS WAS LEGAL. THIS WAS 22
YEARS BEFORE THE U S¼ SUPREME
COURT CASE OF PLESSY VERSUS
FERGUSON. OPERATING UNDER A
STATE LAW FOR URBAN
REDEVELOPMENT. SAN FRANCISCO WAS
DECLA DECLARED THAT THE
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD
OF WESTERN EDITION WAS BLIGHTED
AND THEREFORE DESTROYED THE
FILLMORE. SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST
PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICAN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUSINESS
DISTRICT. OUR STATE ENACTED
POLICIES TO PREVENT BLACK
CALIFORNIANS FROM LIVING IN
CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, ALSO
KNOWN AS REDLINING FROM
TESTIFYING AGAINST WHITE MEN IN
COURT AND FROM INTERRACIAL
MARRIAGE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE FEW
FINDINGS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN
THE TASK FORCE REPORT AND
AFFIRMED IN A èC R 135. AND IF
YOU HAVEN'T READ THE REPORT, OR
AT A MINIMUM, THE EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY I STRONGLY RECOMMEND
THAT YOU DO SO. WE CANNOT MOVE
FORWARD AS A STATE UNLESS WE
LEARN ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HARMS FROM THE PAST AND THEN
BEGIN TO REPAIR THEM. A èC R
135 IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THIS RESOLUTION
HAS NÓ OPPOSITION AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR. WEBER UH, IF WE HAVE,
UH, WE HAVE WITNESSES ON THIS
ITEM. I BELIEVE. OK IN THAT CASE
, UM, IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT
WOULD LIKE TO COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF A èC R 135, PLEASE APPROACH
THE MICROPHONE. AND IF YOU HAVE
THE SERGEANT CAN SET UP THE
MICROPHONE. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHTY GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. OOPS. SORRY MY
NAME IS TAJA STEVENS AND ON
BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE FOR
REPARATIONS, RECONCILIATION AND
TRUTH, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
MATTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT OF A èC
R 135. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO A
135. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO BRAIN
. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THIS IS A
FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. FOR ME
BECAUSE IT WAS SOME YEARS AGO
WHERE I WAS THE EXPERT WITNESS
TO THEN ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHIRLEY
WEBER. UH, WHEN SHE PRESENTED
THE BILL THAT ESTABLISHED THE
REPARATIONS TASK FORCE TO THIS
VERY SAME COMMITTEE, SO TO BE
SITTING HERE AS A MEMBER TO LOOK
AT A èC R 135. UM, SHOWS THE
PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE IN
JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHEN
A DEDICATED GROUP OF TASK FORCE
MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ALL ACROSS THE STATE, DO THE
HARD WORK TO UNDERSTAND
CALIFORNIA'S ROLE IN SLAVERY AND
ITS AFTERLIFE. AS WAS MENTIONED
EARLIER, ALTHOUGH CALIFORNIA WAS
A FREE STATE SOME OF THE
EARLIEST LAWS PASSED OUT OF THIS
INSTITUTION INCLUDED THE
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. WHICH WAS
DRACONIAN AND ALL OF ITS WAYS,
YOU COULD COME TO CALIFORNIA. UH
SEEKING FREEDOM AND THEN BE
RETURNED BACK TO THE SOUTH. YOU
COULD COME TO CALIFORNIA OWNING
SLAVES AND CONTINUE TO OWN THOSE
SLAVES IN CALIFORNIA. THE
AFTERLIVES OF SLAVERY ARE VERY
WELL DOCUMENTED IN THE 1000 PAGE
REPORT THAT WAS COMPILED OVER A
YEAR OF DEDICATED RESEARCH. WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO MAKE
AMENDS TO REPAIR TO REDRESS TO
UNDRESS THE HARMS THAT HAVE BEEN
INFLICTED ON BLACK PEOPLE AND
DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. AND BEYOND, AND ONE
OF THOSE STEPS AN IMPORTANT
STEP. IS A èC R 135. AND SO I
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE. UM
SECRETARY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
BLACK CAUCUS FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT MEASURE FORWARD ON
THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR I VOTE.
THANK YOU, SENATOR MCKINNEY. DR
WEBER. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR
OFFERING A èC R 135 AND FOR
BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD
AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS
REPARATION LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST
OF WHAT WILL BE A MULTIYEAR
EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE
LEGACIES AND IMPACTS FROM
SLAVERY. AND TO THE HARM THAT
WAS CAUSED NOT JUST TO ENSLAVED
PERSONS, BUT TO THE DESCENDANTS
OF ENSLAVED PERSONS HARMS THAT
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY. DOCTOR
WEBBER. OUR ANCESTORS COULD
NEVER HAVE IMAGINED US SITTING
IN THIS ROOM IN THESE CHAIRS IN
THIS BUILDING. YOU THE
DESCENDANT OF FORMERLY ENSLAVED
PEOPLE AND SHARECROPPERS FROM
ARKANSAS AND ME, A DESCENDANT OF
FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE AND
SHARE CROP CROPPERS FROM ORANGE,
TEXAS. AS A BLACK WOMAN, WE
CARRY THE WEIGHT OF MANY BURTONS
AND TRAUMAS FROM GENERATIONS
PAST, ON OUR SHOULDERS AND ON
OUR CROWNS, AND YET WE STAND
WITH OUR CHINS UP. AND OUR
SHOULDERS BACK SHOWING THE
STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF OUR
PEOPLE. FOLLOWING THE END OF
APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA. THAT
NATION FORMED A TRUTH AND
RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, A
PUBLIC EFFORT TO SPEAK TRUTH TO
THE HORRORS OF APARTHEID. TO
ALLOW THOSE IN GOVERNMENT TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR
ACTIONS AND TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC
TO HEAL. A èC R 135 RECOGNIZE
THAT WHILE THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WAS NOT DIRECTLY
INVOLVED IN THE SLAVE TRADE, THE
STATE AND ITS PEOPLE HAD DIRECT
FINANCIAL BENEFITS FROM SLAVERY
IN THE FORM OF FREE LABOR, CHEAP
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, CHEAP
TEXTILES AND WAS A MODEL OF OUR
OWN LABOR EXPLOITATION HERE IN
THE EARLY GOLDEN STATE. AS WE
BEGIN THIS JOURNEY AND REPAIR TO
REPAIR THE HARM CAUSED BY
SLAVERY. IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE
START BY ACCEPTING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE IN
POWER THAT PROMOTED
DISCRIMINATION AND THAT THOSE
THAT DEVELOP SYSTEMIC STRUCTURES
OF DISCRIMINATION THAT STILL
REMAIN IN THE DAY ON THIS DAY.
THE JOURNEY AHEAD WILL NOT BE
EASY, BUT I AM PROUD TO BE
WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
CROWN TO CROWN TO ENSURE THAT
ALL DESCENDANTS OF SLAVERY ARE
GRANTED THE DIGNITY AND JUSTICE
THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THAT HONOR BAR CAN. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR, AND I WANT TO
START BY THINKING COMMITTEE
STAFF, ACTUALLY, FOR THE VERY
THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS THAT, UM I
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND
TO DOCTOR WEBER FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. I THINK IT'S SO
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM,
IN THIS JOURNEY THAT THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS ON THAT ALLYSHIP
IS A HUGE PART OF IT. AND THOSE
OF US THAT DON'T, UM, HAVE THE
SAME HISTORY YOU NEED TO LEARN
AND UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF
CALIFORNIA. UM AND WHAT COUNT
THE ROLE CALIFORNIA HAS PLAYED
IN THE WRONGS COMMITTED AGAINST
AFRICAN AMERICANS HERE WITHIN
OUR OWN BORDERS, AND I THINK
THAT THAT IS WHAT THIS ANALYSIS
BEGAN TO DO WHAT THIS
CONVERSATION BEGINS TO DO, AND
YOU KNOW, WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE
AND I WAS SIGNING MY PAPERS, I
WAS TAKEN ABACK WHEN I TURNED
THE PAGE AND SAW THAT NEITHER
YOU NOR I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO LIVE IN MY HOUSE BEFORE THE
LAW WAS CHANGED. JEWS AND
AFRICAN AMERICANS WEREN'T
ALLOWED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND
UM, THAT RED LINING, ALTHOUGH
NOW NÓ LONGER THE LAW ABSOLUTELY
STILL SHAPES THE COLOR OF MY
NEIGHBORHOOD. MY CHILD CAME HOME
FROM OUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ONE DAY AND SAID, OH, WE DID
FAMILY HISTORY DAY. AND CAN YOU
BELIEVE THAT? EVERYONE KNOWS
FROM JUST ONE OF TWO PLACES AND
I SAID, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHY, AND
I EXPLAINED REDLINING, AND I
SAID IT'S GONE, BUT IT'S NOT
RIGHT. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STILL
LOOKS THIS WAY BECAUSE OF A
HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION AND
EXCLUSION, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO GO BEFORE WE CHANGE
THOSE WRONGS THAT ALTHOUGH MAYBE
TAKEN OFF THE BOOKS ARE STILL
VERY MUCH A PART OF THE FABRIC
OF THE SOCIETY OF THE STATE, AND
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT WE HELP OUR KIDS UNDERSTAND
THAT WE HELP OUR COMMUNITIES
UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I THINK THE
EDUCATION THAT THIS BEGINS TO DO
IS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE
WORK THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
SPOKEN ABOUT ABOUT MAKING THAT
REPAIR. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU
STARTING THAT CONVERSATION,
HELPING ME LEARN MORE AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THE JOURNEY AHEAD.
SORRY. UH, HANEY. WELL FIRST OF
ALL, THANK YOU, DOCTOR WEBER AND
THANK YOU TO THE BLACK CAUCUS
FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP
ON BRINGING FORWARD THE PACKAGE
OF BILLS. I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF
THE PIECES OF WHAT WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE CONSIDERING THIS
YEAR COMING OUT OF THE WORK OF
THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE. UH
YOU KNOW, I, I AND THEN ALL OF
US WHO WHO'VE SPOKEN HAVE HAVE
SHARED THIS. AND YOU SPOKE TO
THIS IN YOUR COMMENTS. IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF THE
RESIDENTS THAT WE REPRESENT THAT
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY HERE IN
OUR STATE THAT OUR STATE UH,
THROUGH THE COLOR OF LAW
DIRECTLY. UH DISCRIMINATED, UH,
PROTECTED THE AWFUL, DESPICABLE
INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY THROUGH
OUR LAWS AND THAT THERE ARE SO
MANY WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE STILL
LIVING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF
IMPACTS OF THAT IN OUR STATE. I
THINK IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT ONE
THING THAT IS THE STARTING POINT
FOR THIS TO, UH, TO THE MANY
THINGS THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO
DO TO REDRESS THIS AND REPAIR
THIS, UH IT'S TO GET PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND OUR OWN HISTORY. AND
WHAT HAPPEN HERE, INCLUDING IN
THIS INSTITUTION WHERE, AS
MISTER BRIAN SAID. WE SIT IN
SEATS. UH, THAT ARE, UH PART OF
THAT. UH LEGACY ARE PART OF THAT
IMPACT THAT PASSED LAWS, UH,
THAT PROMOTED AND PROTECTED
SLAVERY AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED
TO IT, UH, AND THAT THE LEGACY
AND CONSEQUENCES OF THAT ARE
STILL VERY MUCH HERE WITH US AT
FOR NOT ONLY WITH THE SLAVERY,
BUT THE MANY, MANY DECADES OF,
UH, AUTHORIZED LEGALIZED
SEGREGATION AND THE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT, UH, THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS. THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA HAVE AND TO
THE CONTINUING EFFECTS OF THAT I
LIVE IN. YOU SPOKE, UH TO THE
HISTORY OF THE WESTERN EDITION
AND THE FILLMORE. UH, WE NOW IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, HAVE
LESS THAN 3% OF OUR POPULATION
IS AFRICAN AMERICAN? A HUGE, UH,
DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF THIS
HISTORY OF RED LINING AND
DISPLACEMENT OF THIS, UM,
REDEVELOPMENT THAT, UH,
INTENTIONALLY TARGETED BLACK
NEIGHBOR. AND NOT ONLY SAN
FRANCISCO, BUT BUT ALL OVER THE
STATE. AND THAT, UH, FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF SAN
FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN'T
DO THAT WITHOUT BOTH AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE GOT
THERE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY
THAT COMES WITH IT. AND THAT IS
WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT.
AND I. I THINK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP, AND FOR EVERYONE WHO
WILL STEP FORWARD AND AS ALLIES,
UH UH. AND AND ALSO, UH, TO THE
BLACK CAUCUS FOR THEIR
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP. UH AND
VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
TODAY. VICE CHAIR, DIXON. THANK
YOU CHAIR AND SOME OF THEM.
HOWEVER, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS IMPORTANT CRITICAL ISSUE
FORWARD. UH, CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATORS IN THE EARLY DAYS AS
YOU SPOKE OF ITS STATEHOOD,
ENACTED A NUMBER OF LAWS THAT
INTENTIONALLY DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS. THOSE
LAWS ARE MORALLY REPUGNANT AND
INDEFENSIBLE. YEAH IT IS CORRECT
AS CALIFORNIA LEGISLATORS TODAY,
WE CAN BE PROUD THAT CALIFORNIA
IN THE SECOND HALF, IT TOOK A
LONG TIME OF THE 20TH CENTURY
BECAME A NATIONAL LEADER AND
EXTENDING CIVIL RIGHTS TO
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHERS,
FOR EXAMPLE, BEING ONE OF THE
FIRST STATES TO OVERTURN BANS ON
INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE TO
DESEGREGATE SCHOOLS AND TO
GUARANTEE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND
NON DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION,
HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT. I LOOK
FORWARD TO OUR GROWING KNOWLEDGE
IN IN THE REPARATIONS REPORT AND
INFORMING US OF THESE
TRANSGRESSIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS,
I WILL BE ABSTAINING TODAY, BUT
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED
GROWING MY KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU. IT
SOMEWHERE ARREARS. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. I. I SINCERELY APPRECIATE
DOCTOR WEBER. YOU'RE BRINGING
THIS RESOLUTION. I I REMEMBER
WHEN OUR SECRETARY OF STATE
INTRODUCED IT, AND IT WASN'T
GOING TO BE A, UM, A BILL TO PUT
TOGETHER A STUDY IT WAS TO ASK
FOR REPARATIONS. AND INITIALLY,
I REMEMBER THAT WE WERE, UM A
LITTLE UPSET THAT IT WASN'T A
BILL TO MOVE FORWARD ON
REPARATIONS, BUT SHE ACCEPTED IT
TO BE A STUDY TO SET UP THE
REPARATIONS TASK FORCE, AND I'M
GLAD THAT SHE DID. BECAUSE IT
PROVIDES EVEN MORE INFORMATION.
MORE HISTORICAL. CONTEXT FOR
THOSE WHO MAY STILL DENY WHAT
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY WAS ALL
ABOUT. I REMEMBER MY FATHER
SHARING THAT HE WOULD GO TO
PLACES AND HE WOULD SEE THE
NOTES NÓ NEGROES, MEXICANS OR
DOGS ALLOWED. AND UH, WE
REMEMBER THIS. UM THIS IS PART
THIS IS PART OF OUR CALIFORNIA
HISTORY. UM I, UH AND I, MY
COLLEAGUE TALKED ABOUT THE
INTENTIONAL ACTS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. IT WASN'T JUST THAT
IT HAPPENED. WE CAUSED IT TO
HAPPEN. AND FOR THAT WE NEED TO
CAUSE A REPAIR TO THE ACTIONS OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND I. I
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
RESOLUTION FORWARD. THE OTHER
MEMBERS. WELL, I WANNA JOIN IN
THANKING YOU, DOCTOR WEBER FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I ALSO WANT
TO EXTEND MY THANKS, UH, TO NOT
JUST THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS WHERE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE BUT THE
NUMBER THAT THE MANY THE MANY
MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE,
II I IN IN SUPPORT. I THINK THAT
NOT ONLY, UH, DEMONSTRATES THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS TO THE
CAUCUS, BUT IT SHOULD
DEMONSTRATE TO EVERY SINGLE
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE. WHY
THIS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. UH WE
KNOW, UH AS MANY OF THE CALL OR
COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED THE
INSIDIOUS NATURE. OF
CALIFORNIA'S VERY SPECIFIC ROLE
AS WAS MENTIONED. YOU KNOW, IT
WAS THIS BODY. UH, THAT TOOK
ACTION, UH, THAT THAT WAS SO
HORRIFIC AND INHUMANE AND
IMMORAL, AND WE SIT IN THOSE
SAME SEATS. UH, SO IT IS UP TO
US TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION IN
A VERY MEANINGFUL WAY. THE
REALITY IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK
BACK AT THIS TIME PERIOD, THE
CALIFORNIA UM REPARATIONS REPORT
WILL BE SEEN AS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL DOCUMENT.
BUT UH, IF IT JUST REMAINS A
DOCUMENT, UM WITHOUT US ACTION.
UH THEN WE'VE LOST AN ENORMOUS
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY
RECTIFY WRONGS AND TO ACTUALLY
BRING SOME SEMBLANCE OF JUSTICE.
UM TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED
AND TO DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES,
AND SO I'M I KNOW THIS IS THE
FIRST STEP TOWARDS A FORMAL
APOLOGY. I THINK IT'S A
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT STEP. AND I
DO THINK THE EDUCATIONAL NATURE
OF THIS IS IMPORTANT. NOT JUST
FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE COLLEAGUES.
UM BUT FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS, AND
I DO ENCOURAGE, UM ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES TO READ THE
REPARATIONS REPORT. UH BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK. THAT'S
GONNA BE COMING. UH, SUBSEQUENT
TO THIS AS WELL. SO I HOPE THAT,
UH, FOR THOSE THAT SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION OR ARE CONSIDERING
SUPPORT GOING FORWARD, UM, THAT
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS THE
FIRST STEP OF MANY OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GOING
TO COME FORWARD THAT ARE
ACTUALLY GONNA PUT ACTION
TOWARDS THE WORDS OF RECOGNITION
AND APOLOGY. AND SO I WOULD BE
HONORED TO BE AT IT AS A
CO-AUTHOR. AND WITH THAT, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE DOCTOR WEBER?
THANK YOU. CHAIR WE WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE YOU AS A CO-AUTHOR AS
WELL. THANK YOU FOR ASKING, UM,
I WANNA START BY THANKING ALL OF
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO SPOKE
UP. UM FOR THIS RESOLUTION. IT
IS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM
PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY
AND EFFORT INTO IN TERMS OF
RESEARCHING OUR HISTORY IN
CALIFORNIA. UM AND IT IS THE
FIRST STEP. UM I WANT TO THANK
MY TWO FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE
BLACK CAUCUS AS WELL FOR THEIR
INPUT CAUSE THIS IS NOT EASY. UM
BUT THIS IS, UH THIS IS A PIECE
OF EDUCATION. AND IF WE WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT CALIFORNIA DOES
HARM WAS ONLY LIMITED TO A
CERTAIN PORTION OF OUR HISTORY
OR THE FIRST HALF OF OUR
HISTORY. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND
ONCE AGAIN THAT WE GO BACK AND
LOOK AT AT THIS REPORT. UM. THE
FOUNDATION OF THIS STATE. MEANT
A LOT. BUT THERE ARE OTHER
POLICIES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE
AFTER WHICH ARE VERY VISIBLE IN
THE REPORT, WHICH WE SEE TODAY.
AS WHY, UM BLACK CHILDREN ARE AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE IN
TERMS OF EDUCATION. BLACK
MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE
WORSE THAN ANYONE ELSE,
REGARDLESS OF YOUR SOCIAL
ECONOMIC STATUS. I CAN GO ON. WE
TALKED ABOUT ASSEMBLY MEMBER BY
KHANS. NEIGHBORHOOD NOT BEING
VERY DIVERSE. SO I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT AND INCUMBENT ON ALL
OF US TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF
OUR STATE. THE PAST. AND THE
PRESENT. AND WITH THAT. I
STRONGLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE ON
A èC R 135. THANK YOU. MOVE THE
BILL. I WAS GONNA SAY WE DIDN'T
HAVE EMOTION. BUT WE'VE GOT IT.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE MOTION BE ADOPTED AS
AMENDED TO THE FLOOR CæA CæA I.
DIXON KHAN. I BRIAN. BRIAN I
CONNOLLY CONNOLLY, I HANEY HANEY
, I MAINS SHINE MAINS SHINE EYE,
MCKENNA. MCKENNA. I, PACHECO
PACHECO, I REYES REYES I SANCHEZ
WALDRON. ALRIGHT THAT BILLS OUT
HEADED TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH OK. SO
OK, WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA KEEP
WE'LL KEEP THE ROLL OPEN FOR A
MOMENT TO SEE IF ANY COLLEAGUES
ARE HERE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON
YEAH. YOU'LL BE SITTING THERE
FOR A WHILE.
LITTLE BIT OF TIME. F. OH, SORRY
. I WAS SAYING OH, I SAID I
WANTED TO GO AND OPEN AN HOUR
LATE. SO. BECAUSE UH, THAT MY
BROTHER IS. FOR WORK. YEAH. OH,
UH, SAID, UM THERE'S. THAT'S A
GREAT COMMUNITY. I LOVE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.