THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOAN SAWYER
NOTICES THE ABSENCE OF A QURAN.
THE SERGEANT AT ARMS WILL
PREPARE THE CHAMBER AND BRING IN
THE ABSENT MEMBERS. THE CLERK
WILL CALL THE ROLL THAT IS AGRI
CURRY. ALL THE NICE ALVAREZ
ARAMBULA VEINS BARQUE HE
BENNETT. BERMAN BURNER. BANTA
BRIAN CALDERONE, JUAN CARRILLO,
WENDY CARRILLO CERVANTES, CHN
CONNOLLY, DALI DAVIES DIXON IS A
LE FLORA MIKE FONG, VINCE FOGG
FED GABRIEL GALLAGHER GARCIA
GIBSON, GRAYSON HANEY HART. HOLD
IN HOOVER, IRWIN JACKSON, JOAN
SAWYER, CARA LACKEY, LEE LOW.
LOWENTHAL MAIN SHINE, MATHIS
MCCARTHY. MCKENNA MARUCCI WHEN.
ORTEGA PACO PIN, JIM PATTERSON,
JOE PATTERSON, PELLERIN
PETRIE-NORRIS CORK, SILVA RAMOS,
RENDON REYES LUZ RIVAS RODRIGUEZ
RUBIO SANCHEZ SANTIAGO SHIAVO
SOA TA TING, VALENCIA, VUDU
WALDRON, WALLACE WARD WEBER.
WICKS WILSON WOOD ZER, MR
SPEAKER.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS IN
THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND IN
THE GALLERY, PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER AND THE FLAG SALUTE.
IN HONOR OF TODAY'S BLACK
HISTORY MONTH CEREMONY, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WILSON WILL OFFER THE
PRAYER. GOD OF OUR WEARY YEARS
GOD OF OUR SILENT TEARS. THOU
WHO HAS BROUGHT US THUS FAR ON
THE WAY. THOU WHO HAST BY THY
MIGHT LET US INTO THE LIGHT.
KEEP US FOREVER IN THE PATH WE
PRAY. THE PATH WHERE WE SHARE
OUR BREAD WITH THE HUNGRY. WHERE
WE BRING TO OUR HOUSE, THE POOR
WHO ARE CAST OUT WHERE WE EXTEND
OUR SOUL TO SATISFY THE
AFFLICTED SOUL. LORD MAY YOU
GUIDE US CONTINUALLY AND SATISFY
OUR SOUL IN DROUGHT AND
STRENGTHEN OUR BONES. LET US BE
LIKE A WATERED GARDEN AND LIKE A
SPRING OF WATER, WHOSE WATERS DO
NOT FAIL BECAUSE OF YOU, WE
SHALL BUILD THE OLD WASTE PLACES
WE SHALL RISE UP THAT WE SHALL
RAISE UP THE FOUNDATIONS OF MANY
GENERATIONS, AND WE SHALL BE
CALLED THE REPAIRER OF THE
BREACH IN THE NAME ABOVE ALL
NAMES. MEN. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WILSON ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
MCCARTY WILL LEAD US IN THE
PLEDGE. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE AS
WE HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
UNSUNG HEROES. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE
REPUBLIC FOR WHICH. YOU MAY BE
SEATED. READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER
OF SACRAMENTO FRIDAY, JANUARY
12TH 2024 MOS MR UH, FLORA
SECONDS AT THE READING OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL BE
DISPENSED WITH PRESENTATIONS AND
PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE.
INTRODUCTION AND REFERENCE OF
BILLS WILL BE DEFERRED REPORTS
OF COMMITTEE WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE MESSAGES FROM THE
SENATE. THERE ARE NONE. MOVING
TO MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. THE
ABSENCE IS FOR THE DAY FOR
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ONE CARRILLO FOR MEDICAL
LEAVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DOLLY FOR
ILLNESS. SOME MAY REMEMBER
BERMAN AND CERVANTES. MAJORITY
LEADER AGUIAR-CURRY. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR
SPEAKER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
45.5 TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
KIRK SILVA, BERNER AND DIXON TO
SPEAK ON IN GERMAN IN MEMORY
TODAY WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 118 TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON TO HAVE
GUESTS ON THE FLOOR TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. I AM GIVING A ONE DAY
NOTICE TO REMOVE FILE ITEM A
DASH 18 S¼ B 479 PADILLA FROM
THE INACTIVE FILE AT THE REQUEST
OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCKENNA.
CLERK WILL KNOW. MEMBERS WITH US
TODAY. THERE ARE SEVERAL STAFF
FROM THE CENTER FOR LEGISLATIVE
STRENGTHENING, WHICH IS A UNIT
OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
STATE LEGISLATURES. THE CENTER
FOCUSES ITS WORK ON BOLSTERING
THE AUTONOMY AND EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE 50 STATES AND
THE U S¼ TERRITORIES. THEY DO
GOOD WORK. PLEASE WELCOME TO OUR
CAPITAL.
MEMBERS LET US ALSO WISH HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER
DAVIES, WHO IS CELEBRATING
TOMORROW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. MOVING TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
GOVERNORS VETO PASSED AND
RETAINED ON FILE ITEM TWO ITEM
ITEM ONE. EXCUSE ME. ITEM NUMBER
TWO IS A NOTICE AND A
RECONSIDERATION. ALL ITEMS SHALL
BE CONTINUED. MOVING TO ASSEMBLY
THIRD READING. WITHOUT OBJECTION
, WE WILL TAKE UP FILE ITEM NINE
A èC R 135. èC WILL READ. UH,
SEMI CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 135
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO STATE
GOVERNMENT. SO IN MEMBER WEBER,
YOU MAY OPEN ON THE RESOLUTION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. I RISE TODAY TO PRESENT
A èC R 135, WHICH AFFIRMS THE
FINDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA
REPARATIONS TASK FORCE IN
REGARDS TO THE HARMS DONE TO
BLACK CALIFORNIANS OVER THE
COURSE OF CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY.
THE CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS TASK
FORCE WAS RECREATED THROUGH A B,
3121 AND 2020. AUTHORED BY NOW
SECRETARY OF STATE DOCTOR
SHIRLEY WEBER. ITS PURPOSE WAS
TO STUDY THE INSTITUTION OF
SLAVERY AND ITS LINGERING
NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON LIVING
AFRICAN AMERICANS AS WELL AS
DEVELOP REPARATION 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 REPARATION
TASK FORCE, ALONG WITH THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASED THEIR
REPORT LAST JUNE. WE ALL KNOW
THAT THE INITIAL WEALTH OF THIS
COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON THE BACK OF
ENSLAVED AND TRAFFICKED AFRICAN
PEOPLE. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE
HISTORY OF EXPLOITATION, MURDER,
ABUSE AND TERROR THAT THE
DESCENDANTS OF THOSE ENSLAVED
FROM AFRICA HAVE ENDURED. BUT
WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW IS THE ROLE
THAT CALIFORNIA PLAYED. BECAUSE
VERY FEW OF US CAN ACCURATELY
SAY THAT WE HAVE AN IN DEPTH
KNOWLEDGE OF OUR OWN STATE'S
HISTORY. 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. AND EVEN AFTER THE U
S¼ CONSTITUTION ENACTED THE 13TH
AMENDMENT TO PASS ALL LAWS
NECESSARY AND PROPER FOR
ABOLISHING ALL BADGES AND
INCIDENTS OF SLAVERY, END QUOTE.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE
CALIFORNIA CREATED NEW BADGES
AND INCIDENTS, WHICH, AS REPORT
REVEALED, HAVE CREATED
INNUMERABLE HARMS, WHICH HAVE
IMPACTED GENERATIONS OF BLACK
CALIFORNIANS. LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT A MAN NAMED BASIL
CAMPBELL. CAMPBELL WAS BORN
ENSLAVED IN MISSOURI, WHERE HE
MARRIED A WOMAN NAMED MARY
STEVENS, AND THEY HAD TWO SONS.
IN 1854 4 YEARS AFTER CALIFORNIA
JOINED THE UNION AS A FREE STATE
, A MAN NAMED J Dð STEVENS
BOUGHT CAMPBELL FOR $1200. AND
FORCIBLY MOVED HIM. TO A SMALL
FARM IN YOLO COUNTY. CAMPBELL
NEVER SAW HIS WIFE OR HIS TWO
SONS AGAIN. J Dð STEVENS
ENSLAVED BASIL CAMPBELL IN
CALIFORNIA. FOR YEARS. UNTIL HE
FELT THAT STEVENS HAD PAID OFF
HIS DEBT. OVER THE REST OF HIS
LIFE. CAMPBELL MARRIED AGAIN
ADOPTED HIS WIFE'S CHILDREN AND
AMASSED A SMALL FORTUNE IN LAND
AND LIVESTOCK. A FEW YEARS AFTER
HIS DEATH IN 19 Ó, SIX, HIS TWO
SONS FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE IN
MISSOURI, FILED A PETITION FOR A
PORTION OF CAMPBELL'S ESTATE. A
CALIFORNIA APPELLATE JUDGE
CONCLUDED THAT A MARRIAGE
BETWEEN ENSLAVED PEOPLE IS
QUOTE. NOT A MARRIAGE RELATION.
AND IT'S A MOCKERY TO SPEAK OF
SUCH END QUOTE. THE LAND ONCE
OWNED BY CAMPBELL IS NOW A
NATURE PRESERVE. UNFORTUNATELY
WHAT HAPPENED TO MR CAMPBELL IN
CALIFORNIA WAS NOT AN ISOLATED
EVENT IN 1852. SCHOLARS
ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 1500
ENSLAVED PERSONS OF AFRICAN
DESCENT LIVED HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. SO YES, CALIFORNIA
DID ALLOW FOR SLAVERY TO EXIST
WITHIN OUR BORDERS. THAT SAME
YEAR IN 1852, CALIFORNIA PASSED
AND ENFORCED THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAW THAT MADE US MORE PRO
SLAVERY THAN MOST OTHER FREE
STATES. AND HERE ARE SOME OTHER
EXAMPLES OF THE HARM THAT HAVE
OCCURRED THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA'S
174 YEAR HISTORY. IN 1874,
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULED
THAT SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS WERE
LEGAL. 22 YEARS BEFORE U S¼
SUPREME COURT CASE PLESSY VÆ
FERGUSON AND TODAY CALIFORNIA IS
1/6 MOST SEGREGATED STATE IN THE
COUNTRY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN
STUDENTS. OPERATING UNDER A
STATE LAW FOR URBAN
REDEVELOPMENT. SAN FRANCISCO
DECLARED THAT THE PREDOMINANTLY
BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD OF WESTERN
ADDITION WAS BLIGHTED AND
THEREFORE DESTROYED THE
FILLMORE. SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST
PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICAN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUSINESS
DISTRICTS. THE KU KLUX KLAN WAS
ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH CHAPTER ALL
OVER THE STATE AND MANY ELECTED
OFFICIALS WERE MEMBERS. IN THE
19 TWENTIES IN LOS ANGELES, THE
MAYOR, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
AND POLICE OFFICERS WERE ALL
MEMBERS OF THIS TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION. OUR STATE ENACTED
POLICIES TO PREVENT BLACK
CALIFORNIANS FROM LIVING IN
CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS,
TESTIFYING AGAINST A WHITE MAN
IN COURT AND FROM INTERRACIAL
MARRIAGE, JUST TO NAME A FEW IF
YOU HAVEN'T READ THE REPORT, AND
I'VE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. OR A
MINIMUM, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY,
THEN I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT
YOU DO. A èC R 135 IS NOT ONLY
A RESOLUTION TO AFFIRM THE TASK
FORCE REPORT. IT IS ALSO MEANT
TO EDUCATE OURSELVES ON
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY. IDA B.
WELL STATES THE WAY TO RIGHT
WRONGS IS TO TURN THE LIGHT OF
TRUTH UPON THEM. THE REPARATIONS
TASK FORCE TURNED THE LIGHT OF
TRUTH, AND THIS IS LAID OUT IN A
èC R 135. WE CANNOT MOVE
FORWARD AS A STATE. UNLESS WE
LEARN ABOUT. AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HARMS OF THE PAST AND BEGIN TO
REPAIR THEM. AN A èC R 135 IS
THE FIRST STEP IN THAT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR. WEBER ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GIBSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS I PROUDLY RISE. AS A
PRINCIPAL CO-AUTHOR OF A èC, A
èC A èC R 135 AUTHORED BY MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN DIEGO. UH,
DOCTOR, AKILA WEBER. I WANNA
START OFF BY MAKING OR SAYING A
QUOTE. THAT I THINK IS
ABSOLUTELY BEFITTING FOR TODAY'S
A èC R 135, AND IT'S MY
FAVORITE DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR. AND HE SAID THIS THE TOP
. THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT. TO
DO. WHAT IS RIGHT? THESE WORDS
ARE TRUE NOW AS THEY WERE THEN.
AND THE TIME TO DO RIGHT FOR OUR
ANCESTORS. SLAVES. IS NOW.
CALIFORNIA UNFORTUNATELY, HAS
HAD A HISTORY. OF NOT TREATING
AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH RESPECT
AND DIGNITY IN WHICH THEY
DESERVE. FOR EXAMPLE. CALIFORNIA
DID NOT RATIFY THE 15TH
AMENDMENT UNTIL WATCH THIS 1962.
RED LINING. RAMP. IT. GOING
THROUGH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
RED LINING. INTERRACIAL
MARRIAGES WAS NOT ALLOWED UNTIL
1959. AND THE LIST CONTINUE TO
GO ON AND ON AND ON. WE NEED TO
DO BETTER. AND WE CAN DO BETTER.
THAT IS WHY THAT THAT IS WHY THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS STANDS STRONG AND BOLDLY
TODAY IN UNITY TO INTRODUCE
REPARATION BILL PACKAGE. WHICH
IS JUST THE BEGINNING. AND I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE JUST THE
BEGINNING. I PERSONALLY HAVE
INTRODUCED ASSEMBLY BILL 2862,
WHICH WHICH WILL INCREASE ACCESS
TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES FOR OUR
DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES. THIS WILL
HELP COMBAT THE RACIAL BARRIERS
AND EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THIS STATE.
ARE ENSLAVED BROTHERS AND
SISTERS. ARE WATCHING WHAT WE
DO. AND I'M REMINDED OF MY GREAT
GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS BORN AS A
CHILD INTO SLAVERY. YOU SEE HER
PARENTS WERE SLAVES. IN TEXAS.
TWO MILES FROM GALVESTON. TEXAS,
EAST TEXAS. AND SO I REMEMBER.
EVERY TIME WE WENT TO MY
GRANDMA, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S
HOUSE, AND WE WOULD SAY, MY
BROTHER, HOW YOU DOING? SHE IS A
BABY. I'M FEELING ALL RIGHT.
WELL TODAY, I'M FEELING ALL
RIGHT. BECAUSE TODAY WE CAN
CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY. WE CAN
REWRITE THE WRONGS AND CHANGE
THE WRONGS THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
IN CALIFORNIA AND TODAY, THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS, WE STAND BOLDLY SHOULDER
TO SHOULDER WITH NÓ DIVISION AND
NÓ PAUSE TODAY. ASKING OUR
FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON
THESE GREEN CARPET. TO SUPPORT A
èC R 135. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MR GIBSON. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
REYES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU. MR SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE LATINO CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF A èC R 135. ACR 135
IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP. IN
WORK PROPOSED BY THE REPARATIONS
TASK FORCE. BY HAVING THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. FORMALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARMS AND
ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN UPHOLDING
THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AND
FORMING SYSTEMIC STRUCTURES OF
DISCRIMINATION. I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUE, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER AKELA WEBER. FOR
SPEARHEADING THIS RESOLUTION.
AND RECOGNIZE OUR SECRETARY OF
STATE DOCTOR SHIRLEY WEBER, THE
AUTHOR OF A B 3121, WHICH
ESTABLISHED THE REPARATIONS TASK
FORCE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
SUPPORTING A èC R 135. IN THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
AND I SHARED A MEMORY OF MY
FATHER. TELLING ME TELLING US,
MY SIBLINGS AND I ABOUT PLACES
WHERE HE WOULD GO HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. AND SEE SIGNS. IN
RESTAURANTS THAT SAID. NÓ NEGROS
NÓ MEXICANS, NÓ DOGS ALLOWED. AS
UGLY. AS RACIST AND AS
UNCOMFORTABLE AS SIGNS LIKE THAT
ARE THIS IS IN FACT, PART OF
CALIFORNIA HISTORY. OUR STATE
OPENLY RESTRICTED WAYS TO BUILD
WEALTH BY ENACTING POLICIES THAT
LIMITED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES
TO START BUSINESSES AND TO OWN A
HOME. THE IMPACTS OF GOVERNMENT
IMPOSED SEGREGATION LED TO
DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING POLICIES
SUCH AS REDLINING, RESTRICTIVE
PERMITTING, AND LOAN PRACTICES
FOR BUSINESSES AND OTHER
MECHANISMS THAT HAVE LED TO
INEQUITIES STILL FELT TODAY. AND
HAVE STYMIED THE AMERICAN DREAM
OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH. ALTHOUGH
BOTH LATINO AND BLACK
COMMUNITIES SHARE A HISTORY OF
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THIS
STATE. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO
SPEAK TO THE IMPACTS OF RACISM
UNIQUELY FELT. BY MANY AFRICAN
AMERICANS. THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAWS ENFORCED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WERE UNIQUELY FELT BY
AFRICAN AMERICANS, MANY OF WHOM
HAD FLED SLAVE STATES IN SEARCH
OF FREEDOM HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
THE HIGHLIGHTING AND
CONSTRUCTION OF MONUMENTS AND
MEMORIALS, PRESERVING
CONFEDERATE CULTURE AND
GLORIFYING SLAVERY HAVE A VERY
SPECIFIC IMPACT ON AFRICAN
AMERICANS HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
EVEN IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY. WE
HAVE A HISTORY OF COLORISM. ANTI
BLACKNESS AND THE SUBSEQUENT
MISTREATMENT OF OUR AFRO LATINO
BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WE
CONTINUE TO RECONCILE WITH AS A
COMMUNITY. THESE IMPACTS ARE
PART OF THE HISTORIC RECORD AND
HAVE BEEN WEAPONIZED AND
PERPETRATED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. OFTEN WITH
INTENTION. GIVEN THESE FACTS, IT
IS CRITICAL THAT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED
THIS HISTORY BUT ACKNOWLEDGE ITS
RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THESE
WRONGS. THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND
FITTING THAT WE HEAR THIS ON OUR
FLOOR DURING BLACK HISTORY
MONTH. THE LATINO COMMUNITY. THE
LATINO CAUCUS STANDS READY TO
ENSURE THAT WE SUPPORT AND
DEFEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND
CIVIL LIBERTIES OF ALL AND HONOR
THE LIVES AND LEGACIES OF THOSE
NAMED AND UNNAMED WHOSE LIVES
WERE STOLEN BY ENSLAVEMENT AND
OTHER FORMS OF STATE SANCTIONED
VIOLENCE IN CALIFORNIA AND
THROUGHOUT THE U S¼. IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
BLACK CAUCUS AND BLACK
CALIFORNIANS. THE LATINO CAUCUS
REQUEST YOUR I VOTE ON A èC R
135. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
REYES. DOCTOR JACKSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR SPEAKER. I RISE ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE L GB
Tð Q CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF A èC
R 135. MEMBERS THIS RESOLUTION
CALLS FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO RECOGNIZE ITS
PARTICIPATION. AND THE HISTORIC
ATROCITIES OF SLAVERY. JIM CROW
LAWS. AND SPECIFICALLY THAT
STATES' PARTICIPATION IN THE
FILE. SLAVE LAW KNOWN AS THE
COMPROMISE OF 1850. MANY OF US
RECOGNIZE CALIFORNIA AS A FREE
STATE. BUT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
IN THIS BODY AT ONE TIME
APPROVED THE CAPTURE AND RETURN.
OF BLACK PEOPLE. AND SENT THEM
BACK FROM CALIFORNIA. BACK TO
SOUTHERN STATES. NOT AS HUMANS.
BUT AS CHATTEL AND SERVANTS WITH
NÓ COMPENSATION AND, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WITH NÓ DIGNITY,
PRIDE. OR HUMANITY. MEMBERS I
URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
REPARATIONS REPORT. IN IT, YOU
WILL FIND MORE ATROCITIES. LAWS
AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE THAT YOU
NEVER KNEW EXISTED. THE REPORT
OUTLINES MANY. LAWS THAT
DISCRIMINATE IN THE AREAS OF
HOUSING. SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL
EDUCATION. RACIAL TERROR.
CONTROL OF CREATIVE, CULTURAL
AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE. EVEN
RACISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. THE
L GB Tð Q CAUCUS STANDS IN
SOLIDARITY WITH AFRICAN
AMERICANS AND ALL HISTORICALLY
OPPRESSED PEOPLE. TO ENSURE THAT
THEY RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. APOLOGY. AND
ATONEMENT. FROM THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. IT IS SIMPLY THE
MORAL THING TO DO. BUT THIS
RESOLUTION IS ONLY THE FIRST
STEP TOWARD THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AND THE STATE ACCEPTING THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HARMS
THAT CONTINUE TILL THIS DAY. THE
DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES STILL
SUFFERS. FROM POOR EDUCATION.
POOR ECONOMIC VITALITY. AND HIGH
INCARCERATION. ALL OF THESE CAN
BE TRACED BACK. TO THE FIRST
ACTS. THAT CALIFORNIA HAS DONE.
TO ENSURE. THAT THESE OUTCOMES
BECAME A REALITY. THEREFORE
BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF THIS
STATE'S FOREFATHERS. THE L GB Tð
Q COMMUNITY WILL STAND SHOULDER
TO SHOULDER UNTIL CALIFORNIA
TOWNS AND REPAIRS. THESE HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THE L GB Tð Q
CAUCUS ASKED THIS BODY TO BEGIN
THIS JOURNEY TODAY. AND VOTE I
FOR REPARATIONS. FOR THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AN EYE FOR A
èC I A èC R 135. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR. JACKSON ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MCKINNEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. MR
SPEAKER. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF A
èC R 135. TO THE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FROM SAN DIEGO. I WANNA
THANK YOU FOR OFFERING A èC R
135 AND FOR BRINGING THIS
RESOLUTION FOR IT AS A 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 TO THE HARM THAT
CAUSED NOT JUST TO ENSLAVE
PERSONS BUT TO THE DESCENDANTS
OF ENSLAVED PERSONS HARMS THAT
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY. DOCTOR
WEBBER. OUR ANCESTOR COULD NEVER
IMAGINE US SITTING IN THIS
CHAMBER IN THESE CHAIRS IN THIS
BUILDING. YOU THE DESCENDANT OF
FORMERLY SLAVED PEOPLE IN
SHARECROPPERS FROM ARKANSAS AND
ME, A DESCENDANT OF FORMERLY
ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN SHER BURST
FROM ORANGE, TEXAS. AS A BLACK
WOMAN. WE CARRY THE WEIGHT OF
MANY BURDENS AND TRAUMAS FROM
GENERATIONS PAST, ON OUR
SHOULDERS AND ON OUR CROWNS, AND
YET WE STAND. WITH OUR CHINS UP.
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 GOVERNMENT TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS
AND TO ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC TO
HEAL. A èC R 135 RECOGNIZES
THAT WHILE THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WAS NOT DIRECTLY
INVOLVED IN THE SLAVE TRADE, THE
STATE AND ITS PEOPLE HAD A
DIRECT FINANCIAL BENEFITS FROM
THE SLAVERY IN THE FORM OF FREE
LABOR, CHEAP AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS, CHEAP TEXTILES AND WAS
A MODEL FOR OUR OWN LABOR
EXPLOITATION HERE IN THE GOLDEN
STATE. AS WE BEGIN THE JOURNEY
TO REPAIR THE HARM CAUSED BY
SLAVERY. IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE
START BY ACCEPTING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE IN
POWER THAT PROMOTE
DISCRIMINATION AND THAT THOSE
THAT DEVELOP SYSTEMIC STRUCTURES
OF DISCRIMINATION THAT STILL
REMAIN TO THIS DAY. THE JOURNEY
AHEAD WILL NOT BE EASY. BUT I'M
PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH THE
MEMBERS OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY.
THE STATE SENATE AND OUR
GOVERNOR. I AM PROUD TO STAND
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER CROWN TO
CROWN TO ENSURE THAT ALL
DESCENDANTS OF SLAVERY ARE
GRANTED THE DIGNITY AND JUSTICE
THEY DESERVE. AND I ASK FOR YOUR
I VOTE ON A èC R 135. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MCKENNA ASSEMBLY MEMBER BONTA.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER AS AN ESTEEMED
COLLEAGUES OF THE ASSEMBLY TODAY
AS A PROUD BLACK LATINA,
REPRESENTING THE VIBRANT
COMMUNITIES OF OAKLAND, ALAMEDA
AND EMERYVILLE, I RISE IN
UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF A èC R
135. CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY IS
COMPLEX TO SAY THE LEAST AND
MARRED BY GRAVE INJUSTICES
INFLICTED UPON AFRICAN AMERICANS
, DESPITE THE ABOLITION OF
SLAVERY UPON OUR STATES,
INCEPTION INTO THE UNION IN 1850
SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION HAS
PERSISTED DUE TO A FAILURE. OUR
FAILURE TO ENFORCE THIS
PROVISION IN TOTAL FROM DENYING
FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTIES TO
ESTABLISHING INSURMOUNTABLE
RACIAL BARRIERS. OUR STATE'S
HISTORY BEARS THE SCARS AND THE
HURT OF DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
THAT HAVE DEEPLY WOUNDED THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE COLLECTIVELY HOW
THESE PAST INJUSTICES CONTINUE
TO REVERBERATE THROUGH OUR LIVED
EXPERIENCES EVERY DAY. THROUGH
TODAY. DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING
POLICIES. SEGREGATION LAWS
UNJUST ZONING ORDINANCES HAVE
ENTRENCHED HOUSING, SEGREGATION
AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AMONG
BLACK CALIFORNIANS. BLACK
CALIFORNIANS CONTINUE TO ENDURE
DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTHCARE,
FACING INACCURATE DIAGNOSIS AND
A LACK OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE
SERVICES. THE IMPACT OF THIS IS
FELT IN EVERY CITY. IN A CITY
LIKE OAKLAND, WHERE 40,000
AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
DISPLACED. BECAUSE OF
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES BECAUSE
WE BUILT HIGHWAYS AS A POLICY.
THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE
DECIMATED. THRIVING CENTERS OF
COMMERCE OF BLACK COMMERCE IN
OUR CITY. WE HAVE LOST AND WE
HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. IT IS
INCUMBENT UPON US AS
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE TO
RECOGNIZE AND ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HARMS AND
ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST OUR
COMMUNITIES. TODAY WE PROUDLY
AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
PROTECTING THE DESCENDANTS OF
ENSLAVED PEOPLE AND UPHOLDING
THE CIVIL, POLITICAL AND SOCIO
CULTURAL RIGHTS OF BLACK
CALIFORNIANS. LET US STAND
UNITED IN THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT,
ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAINFUL TRUTHS
OF OUR HISTORY AND COMMITTING
OURSELVES TO MORE MEANINGFUL
ACTION IN SUPPORT OF OUR
COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT WILL
LEAD TO REPAIR AND ULTIMATELY
WILL LEAD TO THE HEALING THAT WE
NEED. FOR THESE REASONS.
COLLEAGUES RESPECTFULLY JOINED
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER FROM SAN
DIEGO COUNTY AND ASKING FOR YOUR
I VOTE ON A èC R 135. THANK YOU
. ASSEMBLY MEMBER BONTA.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, BRIAN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. UH, I
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A èC
R 135. AND I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN DIEGO FOR
AUTHORING THIS RESOLUTION AND
FOR HER POWERFUL WORDS. IT'S A
PROFOUND BLACK HISTORY MONTH
HERE ON THIS ASSEMBLY FLOOR. WE
ESTABLISHED THE NATION'S FIRST
REPARATIONS TASK FORCE. AS A
STATE. WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF
THAT, AND THEY SPENT. NEARLY TWO
YEARS DOCUMENTING CALIFORNIA'S
ROLE. AND SLAVERY AND THE
PROMOTION OF SLAVERY. BOTH
PASSIVE AND ACTIVE ACTION. WE
KNOW THE IMPACT OF SLAVERY ON
OUR COUNTRY. CENTURIES 13
GENERATIONS LOST MORE PEOPLE
DIED THAN WE CAN COUNT. WE KNOW
THAT. BUT WE ALSO KNOW HERE IN
CALIFORNIA, THIS BODY PASSED THE
MOST DRACONIAN FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAW ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. IF
YOU CAME TO CALIFORNIA SEEKING
FREEDOM, AND YOU WERE A
DESCENDANT OF SLAVES, YOU WERE
DENIED THAT FREEDOM. YOU WERE
CAPTURED AND YOU WERE TAKEN BACK
INTO ENSLAVEMENT. IF YOU MOVED
HERE, OWNING YOUR SLAVES, AND
YOU WANTED TO KEEP OWNING THEM
IN CALIFORNIA, YOU WERE ALLOWED
TO DO THAT AS WELL. IN
CONTEMPORARY TIMES. WE'VE SEEN
THE AFTERLIFE OF SLAVERY
MANIFEST OUR POLICY
CONVERSATIONS EVEN TODAY. THE
FREEWAY SPLITTING THAT DESTROYED
BLACK BUSINESS INDUSTRIES AND,
UH, HIGHWAYS OF COMMERCE
DESTROYED BLACK COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE SEEN THE PUBLIC FRAMEWORK
FOR PRIVATE CAPITAL MOVEMENT
THAT'S DENIED BLACK PEOPLE HOME
OWNERSHIP. AND CAPITAL
ACQUISITION. WE'VE SEEN THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. THAT
STILL OPERATES UNDER A PRINCIPLE
THAT STILL FOUND IN OUR STATE
CONSTITUTION THAT IS SLAVERY.
STILL IN THE CALIFORNIA
CONSTITUTION. WE HAVE SEEN
PRIVATE LAND TAKINGS FROM
SECTION 14. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
ABOUT IT, IT'S A PLACE IN PALM
SPRINGS WHERE BLACK FOLKS LIVED.
UNTIL THEIR HOMES WERE BURNED,
AND THEY WERE PUSHED OUT OF
THERE. BRUCE'S BEACH, WHICH I'M
PROUD TO SAY. WE RETURNED HERE
IN THE LEGISLATURE, BUT THESE
TAKINGS HAPPENED ALL ACROSS THE
STATE. IT'S NOT A SURPRISE THAT
WE SEE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN
AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT WE
SEGREGATED BEFORE PLESSY VÆ
FERGUSON. IT'S NOT A SURPRISE.
WE SEE BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES
SO LOW. IT'S NOT A SURPRISE. WE
SEE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
IN OUR CITIES SLEEPING ON THE
STREETS WHO DISPROPORTIONATELY
LOOK LIKE THE MEMBERS WHO ARE
STANDING UP RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE
THE AFTERLIVES OF SLAVERY. THAT
IS CALIFORNIA'S ROLE IN SLAVERY.
AND IF WE ARE GONNA DO OUR JOB
EFFECTIVELY WE HAVE TO LEGISLATE
TO THAT. WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO
THAT. WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THESE
PROBLEMS AT THE ROOT IN THIS
RESOLUTION LAYS OUT THAT ROOT
CAUSE I STRONGLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BRIAN ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GABRIEL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH
CAUCUS. IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A
èC R 135. I WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN DIEGO FOR
AUTHORING THIS RESOLUTION. I
WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
BLACK CAUCUS FOR THEIR
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THIS
IMPORTANT ISSUE AND FRANKLY
FORGIVING ALL OF US THE
INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE TO BE PART
OF THIS JOURNEY. I WAS
REFLECTING ON THE FACT THAT AS
WE THINK ABOUT THIS THIS EFFORT
AND WE THINK ABOUT THE
SOLIDARITY THAT ALL OF US HAVE
AN OBLIGATION TO PLEDGE AS PART
OF THIS EFFORT. IF OUR COUNTRY
CAN'T HONESTLY AND OUR STATE
CAN'T HONESTLY GRAPPLE WITH ITS
HISTORY. YOU CAN'T HONESTLY CO
OPERATE WITH THE LEGACY OF THAT
HISTORY THAT OUR COLLEAGUE FROM,
UH, LOS ANGELES SPOKE ABOUT THAT
WE CAN NEVER HOPE TO CHANGE THE
FUTURE. WE CAN NEVER HOPE TO
ACHIEVE TRUE JUSTICE. WE HEARD
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH
AFRICA. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN
GERMANY AND NOT AFTER THE WE
KNOW ABOUT OTHER NATIONS THAT
HAVE HONESTLY GRAPPLED WITH
THEIR PAST THAT HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT THEM AND THEN COMMITTED
THEMSELVES FROM THAT TRUTH TO
ADVANCE JUSTICE AND TO ADVANCE
PEACE AND TO ADVANCE THE CHANGES
THAT ARE NECESSARY, SO I AM
REALLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO
PLAY A ROLE IN TAKING PART OF
THIS ACCEPTANCE OF COLLECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY. I DO THINK IT'S
WORTH SHARING A NOTE FOR SOME
CALIFORNIANS OUT THERE WHO MIGHT
SAY MY FAMILY WASN'T HERE IN
CALIFORNIA DURING THE PERIOD OF
SLAVERY. SO WHY SHOULD I TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS? AND I
WILL SAY AS SOMEONE WHOSE FAMILY
WAS NOT IN CALIFORNIA DURING A
PERIOD OF SLAVERY, WE ALL HAVE
AN OBLIGATION BECAUSE THIS IS AN
ACT OF COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF COMING WHEN MY
FAMILY HAD THE VILLAGE OF COMING
TO THE STATE OF COMING TO THIS
NATION OF ENJOYING THE
PRIVILEGES OF CITIZENSHIP, THE
PRIVILEGES OF RESIDENCY ALL OF
THE BOUNTY THAT COMES WITH THAT,
I THINK, AS PART OF THAT
TRANSACTION. YOU ACCEPT THE
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE OFFICIAL ACTIONS THAT WERE
TAKEN IN THIS BODY AND BY THIS
STATE, AND SO NÓ MATTER WHERE
YOUR FAMILY LIVED DURING SLAVERY
NÓ MATTER WHERE YOUR FAMILY
LIVED DURING JIM CROW, WHETHER
YOU WERE A CALIFORNIAN OR NOT,
IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT IN THE
STATE TODAY IN PARTICULARLY IF
YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THIS BODY
THEN I WOULD ARGUE. WE HAVE A
SOLEMN OBLIGATION TO ACCEPT THAT
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND I
WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
SAN BERNARDINO, WHO HIGHLIGHTED
THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK
CALIFORNIANS AND THE DESCENDANTS
OF SLAVERY. A LOT OF US COME
FROM COMMUNITIES THAT BRING OUR
OWN TRAUMAS INTO THIS BODY. WE
RELATE TO THE EXPERIENCES OF
OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUR
OWN PERSPECTIVE. BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE HONEST
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS NÓ
EXPERIENCE THAT COMPARES TO THE
EXPERIENCE OF BLACK
CALIFORNIANS. THAT THAT THE WAY
THAT THIS COUNTRY AND THIS STATE
TREATED PEOPLE AS PROPERTY IS
VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. AND WHILE
ALL OF THOSE OTHER TRAUMAS THAT
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES BRING ARE
REAL AND SERIOUS AND DESERVING
OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT LAST WEEK AND DESERVING OF
REPAIR THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT ALL OF US WHO COME FROM
OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT
EXPERIENCE TRAUMA ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT SO I WILL END BY, UM
QUOTING ONE OF A HERO OF MINE.
UH, A RABBI. DOCTOR ABRAHAM, UH
JOSHUA HESCHEL, WHO MARCHED WITH
MARTIN LUTHER KING. AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT RACISM, HE SAID.
SOME ARE GUILTY, BUT ALL ARE
RESPONSIBLE. AND I'VE ALWAYS
BELIEVED THAT MANY OF US IN THIS
ROOM ARE NOT GUILTY. BUT WE
CERTAINLY ARE RESPONSIBLE AND IT
IS TIME THAT WE ACCEPT THAT
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY SO ON
BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH
CAUCUS RESPECT QUESTION I VOTE
ON A èC R 135. THANK YOU, MR
GABRIEL. MISTER MISOI, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I RISE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
BLACK CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
IMPORTANT A èC R. YOU HEARD ME
TALKING LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW OUR
COUNTRY. ACKNOWLEDGE THE WRONGS
THAT ARE COMMITTED. AND PAST
REPARATIONS FOR JAPANESE
AMERICANS. WHAT I DIDN'T TALK
ABOUT LAST WEEK WAS THAT
REPARATIONS FOR JAPANESE
AMERICANS WAS THE CULMINATION.
OF DECADES. OF GRASSROOTS
ADVOCACY. IN THE COMMUNITY. I
SEE SO MANY PARALLELS BETWEEN
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BLACK
CAUCUS IN THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE AND WHAT WE DID IN
THE JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
IN PASSING REPARATIONS FOR
JAPANESE AMERICANS. WE STARTED
WITH A FACT FINDING COMMISSION,
A CONGRESSIONAL FACT FINDING
COMMISSION THAT ISSUED A LENGTHY
, UH, REPORT THAT ESTABLISHED
THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR
REPARATIONS. IT ESTABLISHED ALL
OF THE HISTORICAL HARMS THE
HISTORICAL TRAUMA THAT OUR
NATION COMMITTED AGAINST
JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD
WAR TWO. I ALSO DID NOT MENTION
LAST WEEK, BUT I MENTIONED NOW
THAT AND THAT JOURNEY TOWARD
REPARATIONS FOR JAPANESE
AMERICANS THAT SO MANY OF THE
LEADERS IN THAT EFFORT WERE
BLACK AMERICANS. ONE OF THE
FIRST. BILLS CALLING FOR
REPARATIONS FOR JAPANESE
AMERICANS WAS CONGRESSMAN MERV
DIMLY. BECAUSE HE REPRESENTED
GINA, THEN ONE OF THE LARGEST
POPULATIONS OF JAPANESE
AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA. CONGRESSMAN DALE WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE A
BILL FOR CALLING FOR REPARATIONS
FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS. THE
REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. WAS THE
FIRST. CANDIDATE FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
WHO CALLED FOR REPARATIONS FOR
JAPANESE AMERICANS. AND THAT
HELPED ELEVATE IN THE 1984
ELECTIONS THAT HELP ELEVATE THE
NATIONAL PROFILE OF THE CALL FOR
REPARATIONS FOR JAPANESE
AMERICANS. AND SO I WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS
IS A COLLECTIVE FIGHT. A
COLLECTIVE FIGHT TO RECOGNIZE
YOU KNOW OUR NATION AND OUR
STATE'S HISTORY OF RACISM. AND
HOW TO RECOGNIZE THAT COME TO
TERMS WITH IT AND TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. AND SO,
UH, FOR THOSE REASONS, I RISE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS
RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR MS
SUI. MR JONES SAWYER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT. PEOPLE REALLY
UNDERSTOOD. WHAT DOCTOR SHIRLEY
WEBBER DID TO TWO YEARS AGO. THE
GENIUS. OF PUTTING TOGETHER A
TASK FORCE. THAT ONE. PUT
TOGETHER A 400 PAGE REPORT. TO
TELL YOU WHY WE NEEDED
REPARATIONS. AND THEN THE FOLLOW
UP. WITH THE 1200 PAGE REPORT.
FOR WHAT THOSE REPARATIONS
SHOULD BE. AND IT'S NOT ONLY NOT
ONLY IRONIC THAT DOCTOR AQUILA
WEBER. IS NOW HERE ON THIS
FLOOR. DOING THE EXACT SAME
THING, SETTING THE STAGE FOR WHY
WE NEED REPARATIONS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. BUT I ALSO WANNA LET
YOU KNOW BESIDES ST MR. UH
SENATOR STEVE BRADFORD AND
MYSELF SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE
FOR TWO LONG YEARS. PUTTING
TOGETHER THOSE TWO REPORTS. I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED
ON THIS FLOOR. THOSE OTHER SEVEN
PEOPLE. WHO TOOK THE TIME OUT OF
THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE OUT LIVE,
DEDICATED EVERYTHING TO GET THIS
DONE. WHO RECEIVED THREATS. THAT
WERE CALLED NAMES THAT WENT
THROUGH ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO
PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND THAT WAS
DOCTOR CHERYL GRILLS. ATTORNEY
LISA HOLDER. DR JOVAN SCOTT
LEWIS. COUNCILWOMAN MONTGOMERY,
UH, MONICA MONTGOMERY STEPPE.
ATTORNEY DON Kò TAMAKI. REVEREND
AMOS èC BROWN, AN ATTORNEY,
CAMILLA MOORE. THEY ALSO WANNA
THANK. THE ATTORNEYS, OUR
ATTORNEYS ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB
BOUNCE'S STAFF WHO PUT THAT
DOCUMENT TOGETHER THAT I WOULD
PUT THAT DOCUMENT UP AGAINST ANY
OTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE EVER
READ. NÓ ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO
PUT SHAME TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE
DOCUMENTS AND I BELIEVE THEY
BELONG TO THE SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTE. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE
YOUR DOCUMENTS. THESE DOCUMENTS
CAME FROM THIS BODY. AND WE
SHOULD BE ULTIMATELY BE A PROUD
OF IT. AND THEN FOR ALL THE
WITNESSES. ALL THE EXPERTS. THAT
CAME BEFORE US DURING THOSE TWO
YEARS. THAT THAT PUT IN THEIR
LIFE BLOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT
DOCUMENT NOT ONLY HAD LIFE INTO
IT BUT BREATHE. TO US HERE ON
THIS FLOOR. WHY WE NEED
REPARATIONS. BUT MOST IMPORTANT
IF YOU HAD BEEN IF ANY OF YOU
HAD EVER BEEN TO ANY OF THOSE
HEARINGS. YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD
ALL OF OUR ANCESTORS ALL AFRICAN
AMERICAN ANCESTORS TO GO ALL THE
WAY BACK TO SLAVERY, AND EVEN TO
AFRICA. YOU COULD HEAR THOSE
SOULS COME THROUGH THE FLOOR
INTO THAT HEARING ROOM THROUGH
THOSE MICS THROUGH THOSE
INDIVIDUAL SOULS DESCRIBING THE
PAIN. THAT THEY WENT THROUGH.
AND YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THINK
ABOUT IT. THEY TRIED THIS ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL. THEY DIDN'T GET
THIS FAR. THEY'VE TRIED THIS IN
OTHER STATES. THEY DIDN'T GET
THIS FAR. THEY TRIED THIS IN
OTHER CITIES THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN
AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE. WE ARE
THE TRENDSETTERS. BUT MOST
IMPORTANT, WE'RE LEADING THE WAY
AND PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US
WAITING FOR US TO TAKE THAT NEXT
STEP. TO ENSURE THAT WE WRITE
THIS WRONG THAT IF IT IS LONG,
LONG, LONG OVERDUE. AND SO. I
ASK EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BODY TO
VOTE FOR A èC A 135 WEBER.
BECAUSE THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND
TEAR THAT'S GONE INTO THIS
DOCUMENT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR
WHAT YOU YOU HEARD RIGHT NOW,
WITH JUST A MICROCOSM. OF THE
ENTIRE REPORT THAT THAT DOCTOR
AKILA WEBER READ. JUST READ JUST
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT DOCUMENT.
YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS NOT ONLY TO
AFRICAN AMERICANS, BUT EVERYBODY
IN THIS ROOM THAT HAS BEEN
AGGRIEVED. THIS IS A BLUEPRINT
FOR YOU TO ACHIEVE YOUR OWN
REPARATIONS. SO THIS IS
REPARATIONS, NOT JUST FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS. THERE'S A
REPARATIONS FOR ALL THANK YOU,
MR JOHN SAWYER. MR MCCARTHY, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I'M UH, YOU KNOW, PROUD
TO GET UP AND SUPPORT A èC R
135. I'M ALSO PROUD. THIS IS MY
10TH YEAR AS AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
AND I THINK THIS IS OUR MOST
IMPACTFUL ONE. AND I'M ALSO
PROUD THAT THERE ARE 10 OF US 10
OF US, THE LARGEST NUMBER IN THE
ASSEMBLY OF BLACK LEADERS
STEPPING UP AND RECOGNIZING OUR
HISTORY, BUT CHARTING A PATH
GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, TH THIS
POLICY AND THE DOZEN PLUS ME
DOZEN PLUS MEASURES THAT OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM CARSON ALLUDED TO
IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. WE DO A
GREAT JOB FOCUSING ON HISTORY IN
THIS LEGISLATURE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
WE DON'T ALWAYS ALWAYS FOCUS ON
ACTION. WE'VE WE'VE HAD OUR
MOMENTS, BUT TOO OFTEN I THINK
WE WOULD SAY WE TINKER AROUND
THE EDGES. WE'VE STEPPED UP ON
EDUCATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND
POLICE REFORM, BUT ALWAYS AROUND
THE EDGES, NEVER ASKING THE BIG
BIG QUESTIONS AND THESE ISSUES
ARE PERSONAL FOR ALL OF US. YOU
KNOW, I THINK ABOUT MY PARENTS,
MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M A BIRACIAL
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN. MY PARENTS
MET A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE
DECISION, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO
LEGALLY MARRY. THERE WOULDN'T BE
ALLOWED TO LEGALLY MARRY. I
THINK ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER, LEÓN
MCCARTY, WHO FLED LOUISIANA AS A
19 YEAR OLD DURING
RECONSTRUCTION AND CAME WEST TO
CALIFORNIA. FOR A BETTER LIFE.
IRONICALLY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE
TODAY. I THINK ABOUT MY GRANT
GREAT GRANDFATHER, NELSON
MCCARTY, BORN IN WINFIELD.
LOUISIANA HE WAS BORN A SLAVE
DURING EIGHT IN 1860. I THINK
WHAT HE WOULD THINK ABOUT ALL OF
US TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES
TODAY. BECAUSE IT IS OUR MOMENT
TO NOT JUST TINKER AROUND THE
EDGES BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
APOLOGIZE AND ACT. THERE ARE SO
MANY ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING
ON. I'M PROUD THAT I'M GONNA BE
STEPPING UP WORKING ON
EDUCATION. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW
THIS MAY IS THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY
OF BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION. MAKE SURE THAT
EQUALITY IN EDUCATION. IT SAYS
THAT IN THAT SUPREME COURT
DOCUMENT BUT WE KNOW IT'S NOT
TRUE. WE KNOW THE OUTCOMES ARE
VERY, VERY VASTLY DIFFERENT. FOR
BLACK KIDS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. WE
KNOW WE'RE FIRST. AND OUR
HOMELESS CAMPS PERCENTAGE WISE.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS, COUNTY
JAILS AND STATE PRISONS. BUT
ECONOMIC MOBILITY. EDUCATION. WE
LAG BEHIND. THIS IS OUR MOMENT
TO ACT. AND SOME WOULD SAY.
TOUGH TIME. WE'RE IN A BUDGET
DEFICIT, WHETHER WE'RE IN A
BUDGET DEFICIT OR $100 MILLION
100 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET
SURPLUS. WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT.
AND RIGHTING WRONGS IS ALWAYS
RIGHT. SO I WOULD ASK ALL 100.
AND 20 OF US IN THE LEGISLATURE.
80 OF US ON THIS FLOOR TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU. TO
LEAN IN. AND THINK ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THIS 400 PAGES. BUT
404 YEARS OF HISTORY AFTER WE
CAME AND LANDED IN MAYFLOWER AND
THIS IS OUR TIME TO STEP IT UP
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
MCCARTY. MR. HOLDEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I HAVE TO
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE. WHAT I WOULD
CONSIDER AN INCREDIBLE ALIGNMENT
IN TIME. TO HAVE. DOCTOR AQUILA
WEBER FROM SAN DIEGO. STANDING
IN THE SEAT. RIGHT NEXT TO THE
SEAT THAT HER MOTHER SAT IN WHEN
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THIS BODY.
AND SO I JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUE
FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAY THAT DR
SHIRLEY WEBER. CREATED A RIPPLE
IN THE WATER. AND THE DAUGHTER
WAS ABLE TO STEP FORWARD ALONG
WITH MANY OTHERS OF THIS CAUCUS
AND IN THIS ASSEMBLY BODY. TO
RECOGNIZE THE TIMING AND THE
TIMING BEING NOW. I CAN TELL YOU
THAT WHEN I REFLECT ON THE FIRST
AFRICAN THAT WAS TAKEN FROM
AFRICA. AND BROUGHT TO AMERICA.
THAT CREATED A RIPPLE. IN TIME.
THAT IMPACTED ON GENERATIONS YET
BORN THAT NOW LEAD TO A TIME
SUCH AS THIS. SO FOR NOT JUST
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS. BUT FOR EVERY MEMBER OF
THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY. THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT TIME IN HISTORY.
NOT JUST FOR CALIFORNIA.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT IS ABOUT REPAIRING
DAMAGE. TO THOSE WHO WERE
IMPACTED BY SLAVERY. IN
CALIFORNIA. BUT ALSO A RIPPLE
THAT GOES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TODAY. ACROSS THE WORLD. AND
EMBARKING. ON DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
REPARATION. OUR STARTING POINT
MUST BE A GENUINE APOLOGY. IT'S
CRUCIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
RESONATE WITH THE SINCERITY
OWED. TO THOSE WHO HAVE ENDURED
HISTORIC INJUSTICES. THAT SETS
THE TONE FOR MEANINGFUL AND
RESPECTFUL CONVERSATIONS ON
REPARATIONS. OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS
REPAIR IS IGNITED BY AN
UNAPOLOGETIC COMMITMENT TO
TRUTH. COURAGEOUS EMBRACE OF THE
PAINFUL REALITIES OF THE PAST.
AND AN UNWAVERING DETERMINATION
TO SCOPE A FUTURE WHERE JUSTICE
AND EQUALITY PREVAIL. THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS REPRESENTS OVER 2 MILLION
BLACK CALIFORNIANS AND COUNTLESS
MORE ACROSS THE NATION. WE DON'T
JUST BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY. WE
EMBRACE IT AS A SOLEMN DUTY. IT
IS A TORCH. WE CARRY, PAVING THE
WAY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. A
èC R 135 SERVES AS THE
INAUGURAL STEP IN AN IMPACTFUL
SERIES OF POLICIES DEDICATED TO
UNRAVELING CENTURIES OF
OPPRESSION. AND I URGE I VOTE ON
A èC R 135. THANK YOU, MR
HOLDEN. MR. ACE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I RISE IN CONDEMNATION
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. AND
THE DESPICABLE, INDEFENSIBLE
TREATMENT OF BLACK CALIFORNIANS
IN OUR STATE'S EARLY YEARS. BUT
I ALSO RISE AS A PROUD
CALIFORNIAN. AND I BELIEVE THAT
DESPITE THE BLEAK HISTORY OF OUR
EARLY DAYS OUR STATE HAS OFTEN
BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE
FIGHT FOR RACIAL EQUALITY.
CALIFORNIA THROUGH LANDMARK
CASES LIKE MENDEZ VERSUS
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
1946. AND PEREZ VERSUS SHARP IN
1948 PAVED THE WAY FOR NATIONAL
DECISIONS THAT STRUCK DOWN
RACIST POLICIES. THE DECISION OF
MENDEZ VERSUS WESTMINSTER LED
DIRECTLY TO THE REPEAL OF
CALIFORNIA'S LAST SCHOOL
SEGREGATION STATUTES BY THE
LEGISLATURE IN 1947. MAKING OUR
STATE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO
END SEGREGATION AND SETTING THE
GROUND FOR BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF
EDUCATION. SIMILARLY. THE
HOLDING BY THE SUPREME COURT IN
PEREZ VERSUS SHARP WAS THE FIRST
DECISION BY ANY STATE TO
PERMANENTLY STRIKE DOWN. IN
INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, BÀN. AS A
VIOLATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION. THAT WAS 19 YEARS
BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT'S
DECISION IN LOVING VERSUS
VIRGINIA. THIS LEGISLATURE ALSO
LED THE WAY WITH CALIFORNIA'S
FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING ACT
OF 1959. WHICH PREDATING THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. PRO
PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE,
COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN
, SEX AND MENTAL PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES. YES, THERE'S WORK
TO BE DONE. BUT CALIFORNIA HAS
MADE SUBSTANTIAL STRIDES IN THE
PURSUIT OF RACIAL EQUALITY. SO I
SAY YES. LET US ACKNOWLEDGE AND
LEARN. FROM OUR PAST WRONGS. BUT
ALSO LET US CELEBRATE THE
PROGRESS TOWARDS EQUALITY WE
HAVE MADE AND REAFFIRM THE
PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH THIS
COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED. THAT WE
HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF
EVIDENT THAT MEN AND WOMEN ARE
CREATED EQUAL, AND THEY'RE
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH
CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. AND
AMONG THOSE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
LET US REAFFIRM THAT AND LET US
CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS
EQUALITY. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER.
THANK YOU, MR ACE. UH, M. BAUER
KHAN. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I
RISE IN PROUD SUPPORT OF A èC R
135. I TOO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
HEARING THE PRESENTATION LAST
WEEK IN JUDICIARY OF THIS BILL.
AND IT BROUGHT TO MIND A LOT OF
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LIFELONG
CALIFORNIAN. YES THIS STATE HAS
A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. THAT'S A
FACT. I THINK ALL OF US
RECOGNIZE THAT DOES NOT MAKE UP
FOR THE WRONGS OF OUR HISTORY.
AND I THINK THE CRITICAL PIECE
OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO
BRING TO BEAR TODAY IS THAT
THOSE WRONGS LIVE ON TODAY. THAT
THEY ARE NOT JUST OUR HISTORY,
BUT THEY ARE OUR PRESENT. AND I
TOLD THIS STORY IN JUDICIARY,
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
I REPEAT IT HERE TODAY. WHEN I
MOVED THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN OF
ORINDA, WHERE I LIVE NOW, MY
HUSBAND AND I WERE BUYING OUR
HOME TO RAISE OUR FAMILY
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER. I'M
SIGNING THE PAPERWORK AND I TURN
THE PAGE AND IN IT IS THE
DOCUMENT THE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT
THAT SAID THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO OWN MY HOME CAUSE
JEWS WERE REDLINED OUT OF THE
COMMUNITY. AND AFRICAN AMERICANS
, TOO, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO BUY THE HOME. I WAS TAKEN
ABACK. I KNOW IT'S NOT LEGALLY
ENFORCEABLE, BUT IT'S SAT THERE
IN THE PAPERWORK, WHICH A FEW
YEARS AGO, OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
SACRAMENTO REMOVED FROM THE
DOCUMENTS AND I WENT TO HIM AND
I SAID, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT
THAT I SAW THAT DOCUMENT THAT I
REMEMBERED THE HISTORY OF MY
NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE JUST A FEW
YEARS LATER, MY LITTLE ONE WAS
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND HE
CAME HOME FROM AN AUNT'S DAY
WHEN THEY WERE STUDYING EACH
OTHER'S ANCESTORS AND THEIR
FAMILY HISTORY. AND HE SAYS TO
ME, MOM, YOU KNOW WHAT'S CRAZY.
EVERYONE IN MY CLASS IS FROM
JUST TWO CONTINENTS. CAN YOU
BELIEVE THAT? YEAH. I CAN
BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH
THOSE LAWS AND THAT DOCUMENT IS
NÓ LONGER, LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE
THE REMNANTS OF THAT HISTORY ARE
LIVE IN MY COMMUNITY TODAY. WE
ARE UNDERREPRESENTED. WE ARE
UNDERREPRESENTED IN TERMS OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS LIVING IN MY
COMMUNITY, HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS
LIVING IN MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE
THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO LIVE
THERE. AND SO YES, TODAY THEY
CAN BUY THOSE HOMES. BUT THEY
DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
BECAUSE THOSE HOMES ARE PASSED
DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION
AMONGST THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO
COULD BUY THEM GENERATIONS AGO,
AND SO IT ISN'T JUST THE
REDLINING IS IN OUR PAST. IT IS
IN OUR PRESENT. AND THAT IS WHAT
WE MUST UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE.
AND REPAIR. BECAUSE OUR FUTURE
SHOULD BE A JUST AND EQUITABLE
ONE. AND I DREAM IN MY LIFETIME.
THAT WILL BE TRUE. BUT WE ARE SO
FAR FROM THAT TODAY, AND THIS IS
JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK
THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
ON A èC R 135. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF BARRA KHAN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILL SEND YOU A
RECOGNIZED MEMBERS. I RISE TODAY
TO SUPPORT A èC R 135 AS A
PRINCIPAL CO-AUTHOR AND ALSO
CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS. AND I WANNA BE VERY
CLEAR. VERY CLEAR. I RISE TO
CELEBRATE CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE
PROGRESS THAT IT'S MADE THAT 10
BLACK INDIVIDUALS. SIT AND STAND
ON THIS FLOOR, PROUDLY
REPRESENTING DISTRICTS THAT ARE
NOT TRADITIONALLY BLACK. THAT
ARE THE MOST DIVERSE IN OUR
HISTORY THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY
DIDN'T SEND US. BUT THE
COMMUNITY SENT US TO DO WHAT IS
RIGHT. TO CELEBRATE ALL THE
GREAT THINGS ABOUT CALIFORNIA
AND EXPAND ON THAT. BUT ALSO TO
ACKNOWLEDGE. THE HARM THAT HAS
BEEN DONE TO EVERY CALIFORNIA.
TO EVERY VULNERABLE POPULATION
TO EVERY DISADVANTAGED
NEIGHBORHOOD AND DO WHAT IS
RIGHT TODAY AS WE STAND ON THIS
FLOOR AND HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS MADE TO
NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA BUT TO
AMERICANS HISTORY. TO STAND ON
HIS FLOOR AS A COUNTRY THAT WE
BUILT BUT STILL YET TO SEEM AS A
FOOTSTOOL. WE STAND HERE,
PROUDLY ASKING EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF OUR COLLEAGUES 80 ON THIS
FLOOR 40 IN THE SENATE FLOOR TO
SAY, STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH US
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARMS.
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAIN ACKNOWLEDGE
THE SUFFERING. AND SAY THAT FROM
THIS POINT FORWARD NÓ MATTER
WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT
FROM THIS POINT FORWARD EVERY
DECISION EVERY POLICY EVERY
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY OR BUDGET
PRIORITY WILL BE IN PURSUIT OF
ALL CALIFORNIANS, EVEN THE LEAST
AMONG US AND EVEN THOSE THAT
CALL THEMSELVES BLACK
CALIFORNIANS. THAT IS WHY I
LAURIE WILSON, HAILING FROM THE
GREAT DISTRICT OF THE 11TH
DISTRICT. OF SOLANO COUNTY,
WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
OF BLACK FOLKS IN OUR GREAT
STATE. ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON A
èC R 135. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WILSON. SEEN AND HEARING
NÓ FURTHER DEBATE. DOCTOR WEBER,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK
YOU. MR SPEAKER. I WANT TO START
BY THANKING EVERYONE WHO SPOKE
TODAY IN SOLIDARITY. YOUR
SUPPORT IS DEFINITELY FELT AND
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. YOU KNOW,
WHEN CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
AFFIRMED THAT IT WOULD NOT ALLOW
BLACK WITNESSES TO TESTIFY
AGAINST WALL WHITE CALIFORNIANS
IT DID SO BECAUSE QUOTE IF THEY
ALLOWED THEM TO TESTIFY. IT
QUOTE ADMIT THEM TO ALL THE
EQUAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP. AND
WE MIGHT SOON SEE THEM AT THE
POLLS. IN THE JURY BOX. UP ON
THE BENCH. AND EVEN IN OUR
LEGISLATIVE HALLS. THE 12
MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS,
SITTING AT THESE DESKS IN BOTH
HOUSES. ARE TRULY THEIR WORST
NIGHTMARES. SOME WOULD SAY THAT
WE'VE COME A VERY LONG WAY. AND
YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT WHERE
WE WERE. YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA
ENGAGED IN SOME OF THE SAME TYPE
OF VOTER SUPPRESSION OFTEN SEEN
IN THE SOUTH BY IMPLEMENTING THE
POLL TAX. THE LITERACY TAX. AND
TODAY, THE PERSON WHO IS IN
CHARGE OF CALIFORNIA'S ELECTIONS
IS A DESCENDANT OF AFRICAN
SLAVES. SO, YES. WE HAVE MADE
SOME PROGRESS. HOWEVER WE STILL
SEE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THESE
BADGES OF SLAVERY IN OUR
EDUCATION SYSTEM WHERE AFRICAN
AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE
CONSISTENTLY SC SCORE LOWER THAN
OTHER GROUPS IN OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHERE AFRICAN
AMERICANS ARE INCARCERATED MORE
AND LONGER SENTENCES THAN OTHERS
IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, WHERE
WE SEE SHORTENED LIFE EXPECTANCY
FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, WE HAVE
WORSENED MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND
MORTALITY RATES. DESPITE OUR
SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS. WE SEE
THESE BADGES IN OUR ECONOMIC
SYSTEM WHERE HAVE LESS HOME
OWNERSHIP, LESS GENERATIONAL
WEALTH, LESS EARNING POTENTIAL
AND OUR SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEMS
OR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
MAKE UP 6% OF CALIFORNIA
POPULATION BY 22. OF THE
CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. AND I
COULD GO ON. WE MUST DO BETTER.
WE MUST REPAIR THESE HARMS AND
FINALLY ELIMINATE THESE BADGES
OF SLAVERY IN OUR GREAT STATE.
AND THAT BEGINS WITH THE
EDUCATION AND AFFIRMATION ABOUT
OUR STATE'S HISTORY AND THE ROLE
THAT OUR STATE PLAYED IN THE
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION AND
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ON
AFRICAN SLAVES AND THEIR
DESCENDANTS. THIS IS A èC R
135. AN AFFIRMATION OF THOSE
FINDINGS. AND NOW THAT WE KNOW
BETTER WE KNOW WE MUST DO
BETTER. BEFORE I CONCLUDE I ALSO
WANNA THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE
REPARATION TASK FORCE. ATTORNEY
GENERAL ROB BONT AND THE STAFF
THAT RESEARCHED AND WORKED ON
THIS GROUNDBREAKING REPORT. AND
FINALLY, I HAVE TO GIVE THANKS
TO OUR SECRETARY OF STATE. MY
MOTHER, DR SHIRLEY WEBER FOR
INTRODUCING A B 3121, WHICH
ALLOWED US TO BE HERE TODAY TO
ONCE AGAIN, MAKE HISTORY AND
SHOW THE REST OF THE UNITED
STATES. HOW TO MOVE ON A PATH.
TO PROGRESSION. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
AND REQUEST THAT THE FIRST ROLE
BE OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WEBER.
ALL DEBATE HAVING CEASED, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL.
AUTHORS. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE FOR CO
AUTHORS. CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL. THERE ARE 58 CO AUTHORS
ADDED. MEMBERS WE WILL TAKE A
ROLL CALL ON THIS RESOLUTION. I
WILL OPEN THE ROAD. ABOUT WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY
THE VOTE. THEIR AYS OR 57 NÓ
ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
BIRTH. OR IS IT ON MEMBERS? WE
WILL NOW MOVE. FOR MY 12TH. AND
LAST OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH. WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE
WILL NOW TAKE UP FILE ITEM SIX
A. èC R 136 HOLDEN. THE CLERK
WILL READ ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 136 BY ASSUMING
HOLDEN AND OTHERS RELATIVE TO
BLACK HISTORY MONTH. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HOLDEN, YOU MAY OPEN ON
THE MEASURE. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 136, A CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS
PRIORITY BILL THAT RECOGNIZES
FEBRUARY 20. 24 AS BLACK HISTORY
MONTH. AND ENCOURAGES EVERYONE
TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. IN THIS
MOMENT OF REFLECTION DURING
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE EMBARK
ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE
TAPESTRY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY. A STORY WOVEN WITH
THREADS OF RESILIENCE, COURAGE
AND TRIUMPH. ON THE ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST AFRICANS IN 1619 TO
THE PRESENT DAY, AFRICAN
AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED AN
INTEGRAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE
NARRATIVE OF OUR NATION. WE
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
SUCH AS DOCTOR CARTER G WOODSON,
THE VISIONARY BEHIND HISTORY
WEEK. IN 1926, NOW CELEBRATED AS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SINCE 1976.
AS WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS
ACROSS VARIOUS FIELDS FROM
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE. TO
POLITICS AND EDUCATION. WE MUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PERSISTENT
CHALLENGES. BEFORE US. RACIAL
AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE, VOTER
SUPPRESSION AND ECONOMIC
DISPARITIES PERSIST. DEMANDING
OUR COLLECTIVE ATTENTION AND
ACTION. AS WE RECOGNIZE BLACK
HISTORY MONTH IN 2024 LET US NOT
ONLY CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS BUT ALSO
COMMIT OURSELVES TO DISMANTLING
THE BARRIERS THAT PERSIST.
TOGETHER LET US CREATE A FUTURE
WHERE EVERY AMERICAN, REGARDLESS
OF THEIR BACKGROUND, CAN THRIVE
AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED
SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY OF OUR
GREAT NATION. I THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU, MR HOLDEN. MR.
RODRIGUEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA LATINO
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO SUPPORT A
èC R 136. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FROM PASADENA
FOR SPEARHEADING THIS IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION. DURING BLACK HISTORY
MONTH, WE HONORED THE RICH AND
DIVERSE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK
PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA AND OUR
COUNTRY. A LATINO BLACK LATINOS
PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE MAKE
UP OF THE LATINO AND BLACK
AMERICAN IDENTITY. AFRO LATINOS
HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTIONS IN VARIOUS FIELDS,
INCLUDING LITERATURE, SOCIAL
INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ARTS,
MUSIC AND ACADEMIA, SHAPING THIS
COUNTRY'S RICH HISTORY. THE
DIVERSITY OF THE CALIFORNIA
LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
INCLUDES TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES
WHOM WE ARE HONORED TO WORK
AMONGST ASSEMBLY MEMBER MIA
BANTA AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TONY
THURMAN. OUR LATINO IDENTITIES
ARE MULTIDIMENSIONAL AND
MULTIFACETED. WE EMBRACE AND
CELEBRATE OUR UNIQUE RACIAL
IDENTITIES, WHICH BRING A RICH
AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE TO EVERY
ASPECT OF AMERICAN LIFE. WE
CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF BLACK
AMERICANS, WHO, WITH THEIR FIGHT
AND DETERMINATION HAVE REDEFINED
OUR DEMOCRACY INTO A FAIR AND
EQUITABLE SOCIETY. WE OWE A DEBT
OF GRATITUDE TO OUR FELLOW BLACK
BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO
STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM, EQUAL
TREATMENT AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE
PAVED THE WAY NOT ONLY FOR
THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR THE
LATINO COMMUNITY, IMMIGRANTS AND
OTHER HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES. THEY FIGHT FOR
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION
, HOUSING AND THE WORKPLACE,
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EQUAL
JUSTICE AND POLITICAL REPRESENT
REPRESENTATION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED THE WORLD. IN FACT, THE
FARM WORKER MOVEMENT SUCCESS WAS
ALSO IN PART DUE TO THEIR
COLLABORATIONS WITH THE BLACK
PANTHER PARTY AND THEIR ACTIVISM
IN OAKLAND. THEIR COMMON GOAL OF
SYSTEMIC CHANGE BROUGHT THEM
TOGETHER, LEADING TO A
PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP THAT
HELPED DRIVE THEIR EFFORTS
FORWARD. THERE ARE SUCCESSES OF
MULTI RACIAL COALITIONS BETWEEN
THE FARM WORKER MOVEMENT AND THE
BLANK PART, THE PARTY SERVES AS
A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
COLLABORATION AND SO AND
SOLIDARITY AND ACHIEVING
SYSTEMIC CHANGE. ON THIS MONTH
AND ALWAYS LET US HONOR THE
CONTINUED THE WORK CREATED
THROUGH MUCH SACRIFICE TO
ADVANCE MORE FAIR AND INCLUSIVE
COMMUNITIES. TO RECTIFY PAST
INJUSTICES AND ENSURE THAT EVERY
INDIVIDUAL IS JUDGED SLOWLY
BASED ON THEIR CHARACTER. LET US
TAKE INSPIRATION. FROM THE
LEGACY OF BLACK AMERICANS TO
STRIVE TO BUILD A WORLD WHERE
EVERY PERSON IS TREATED WITH THE
DIGNITY AND RESPECT THEY DESERVE
, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SKIN,
COLOR, THEIR GENDER OR SOCIAL
ORIENTATION, THEIR BACKGROUND OR
CIRCUMSTANCES. THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR I VOTE ON A èC R 136. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR WARD. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY AS
THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE L GB Tð Q CAUCUS AND
SUPPORT OF A èC R 136
COMMEMORATING BLACK HISTORY
MONTH. TODAY WE HONOR THE
CONTRIBUTION AND THE VOICES OF
THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN OUR
NATION'S PAST, PRESENT AND
FUTURE BLACK LIVES, MANY OF WHOM
FOUGHT FOR SAME SOME OF THE
RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. THE
BLACK COMMUNITY AND ITS LEADERS
HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS SINCE
THE INCEPTION OF OUR COUNTRY. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT BLACK ACTIVISM
HAS SO OFTEN BEEN BORN OUT OF
NECESSITY SO THAT BLACK PEOPLE
CAN LIVE AND THRIVE IN A NATION
BUILT BY THEIR ANCESTORS. WE
SEEK TO HONOR BLACK LEADERS
WHOSE EXCELLENCE AND DRIVE HAVE
BENT THE ARC OF MORAL UNIVERSE
TOWARDS JUSTICE. FROM THE
INCEPTION OF THE STONEWALL
UPRISING, LED BY MARSHA P
JOHNSON TO THE PUSH FOR NATIONAL
CIVIL AND VOTING RIGHTS
ORCHESTRATED BY BAYARD RUSTIN.
AND TO LEADING THE GLOBAL FIGHT
AGAINST HÌ. I VÆ AND A I Dð S¼
BY PHIL WILSON. THESE ARE BUT A
FEW OF THE EXCEPTIONAL BLACK
TRAILBLAZERS WHO HAVE USED
INTERSECTIONALITY AS A TOOL TO
AFFIRM WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY
KNOWN TO BE TRUE. THE BLACK
COMMUNITY HAS STRENGTH AND
PURPOSE AND MUST BE INCLUDED AND
VALUED WHEREVER DECISIONS ARE
BEING MADE. WE HAVE NONE. OTHER
THAN THAT NONE OTHER TO THANK
THAN THOSE BLACK L GB Tð Q
TRAILBLAZERS WHO HAVE STOOD FIRM
IN THEIR IDENTITIES AS THEY HAVE
LED THE CHARGE TO SEEK TRUE
EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
STAGING SIT INS TO PROTEST THE
DENIAL OF SERVICES TO L, GB, Tð,
Q PEOPLE AND DRESSING AND
CLOTHING THAT DID NOT QUOTE
UNQUOTE ALIGN WITH SOCIETY'S
GENDER STANDARDS WERE BUT A FEW
OF THE PEACEFUL PROTEST PROTEST
TACTICS THAT L GB Tð Q RIGHTS
LEADERS BORROWED FROM THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT. TO TIP THE
SCALES TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY MANY OF
THE MAJOR LEGAL GAINS THAT THE L
GB Tð Q COMMUNITY ARE ALSO IN
PART DUE TO ARGUMENTS DEVELOPED
BY BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS,
SUCH AS SECURING MARRIAGE
EQUALITY IN OBERGEFELL VÆ HODGES
DUE TO THE FOUNDATIONAL RULING
OF LOVING VIRGINIA. WHILE THERE
ARE THOSE WHO WISH TO BÀN BOOKS
TEACHING OF OUR INSEPARABLE
HISTORY, WE MUST CONTINUE TO
PUSH BACK AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON THESE
CRITICAL FACTS OF HISTORY. IN
ORDER TO FURTHER DEMONSTRATE OUR
ALLYSHIP AND OUR
INTERCONNECTEDNESS AS A VICE
CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE
CALIFORNIA L GB Tð Q CAUCUS, I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LEADERS
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
BLACK CAUCUS FOR BRINGING
FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I VOTE ON A èC R 136.
THANK YOU, MR GALLAGHER. YOU ARE
NOW RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MISS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS I RISE IN SUPPORT OF A
èC R 136 AS ON BEHALF OF THE
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. UM AND IT IS
SO IMPORTANT TODAY THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THE GREAT
CONTRIBUTIONS AND WE RECOGNIZE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND PART OF
THAT IS RECOGNIZING CERTAINLY
THE TERRIBLE HISTORY OF
DISCRIMINATION THAT HAS
OCCURRED, UH, IN OUR STATE AND
IN OUR COUNTRY. BUT IT'S ALSO IN
RECOGNIZING THE AMAZING LEADERS
IN THE HISTORICAL FIGURES BLACK
AMERICANS WHO WERE TRAILBLAZERS
AND TWO THAT COME TO MIND FOR
ME. UH, FIRST IS JAMES
BECKWORTH. WHO WAS AN AMAZING UH
TRAILBLAZER. WHO HAD SOME
AMAZING ADVENTURES. WE TALK A
LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
SETTLEMENT AND COMING OUT TO
CALIFORNIA IN THE GOLD RUSH AND
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WELL, JAMES
BECKWOURTH WAS ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO WHO WHO TRAILBLAZER
SET THE TRAILS TO COME TO
CALIFORNIA. HE DOESN'T GET
TALKED ABOUT A LOT IN THE
HISTORY. BECAUSE OF PREJUDICE
BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION. HE
WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN. UH, HE
WAS AN EXCELLENT MARKSMAN. HE
WAS AN EXCELLENT OUTDOORSMAN.
AND HE IS THE REASON THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO
EVENTUALLY COME TO CALIFORNIA.
UH, BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS A
TRAILBLAZER, AND I THINK THAT'S
A SYMBOL FOR HOW MANY, UM,
LEADERS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN TRAILBLAZERS
WHO HAVE STOOD UP FOR WHAT IS
RIGHT. AND WHO HAVE REMINDED
AMERICANS OF HUMAN DIGNITY. AND
THE RIGHT PATH FORWARD JAMES P
BECKWORTH WAS ONE OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS. ANOTHER ONE THAT I
THINK OF IS EDWARD DUPLEIX. WHO
MANY PEOPLE MAYBE DON'T KNOW,
WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
MAYOR. IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS THE
MAYOR OF A SMALL TOWN IN MY
DISTRICT CALLED, UH, WHEATLAND,
CALIFORNIA. UH, HE HE OWNED THE
BARBER SHOP. CALIFORNIA WAS A
PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM. HE
WAS ABLE TO COME HERE AND
ESTABLISH THAT BUSINESS AND
EVENTUALLY BECAME THE MAYOR. OF
WHEATLAND, CALIFORNIA. THAT'S A
PROUD HISTORY, BUT IT'S ONE THAT
OFTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS NOT
LEARNED AND THAT IS WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE CELEBRATE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THAT WE
COMMIT TO HELPING ENSURE OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THE HISTORY.
KNOW ALL OF THE HISTORY. RIGHT?
THE DARK PARTS. AND THE GOOD
PARTS. AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THIS
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO
TODAY, I PROUDLY RISE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS RESOLUTION. AND MAY WE
CONTINUE THAT THAT GREAT WORK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR RAMOS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I RISE
TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, I
RISE TO JOIN IN COMMEMORATING
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND A èC
136. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE
246 YEARS OF SLAVERY IN 100.
YEARS OF SEGREGATION STILL
PLAGUE AFRICAN AMERICANS TODAY
AND INDEED PLAGUES ALL AMERICANS
TODAY, A HISTORY OF TRAUMA, A
HISTORY OF TRAUMA THAT STILL
NEEDS TO COME TO LIGHT. TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN OVERCOME AND
START THE HEALING PROCESS, NOT
ONLY IN OUR NATION BUT HERE,
ALSO IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
DURING THOSE TIMES OF SLAVERY,
BONDAGE AND OPPRESSION. MANY
AFRICAN AMERICANS FLED THAT TRIP
OF TREATMENT. TO FIND SOLITUDE
WITH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN
THOSE AREAS. WE SHARE THAT
COMMON THREAD IN THIS NATION'S
BUILDING. BUT WHAT THE NATION
HASN'T DONE IS COME TO TERMS
WITH THIS HISTORIC PAST HIS
HORRID PAST TOWARDS THE
TREATMENT OF PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO STAND TOGETHER. AS
ONE TOGETHER. IT WAS SAID
EARLIER THAT JUST BECAUSE
WORDING SAYS ALL MEN ARE CREATED
EQUAL, DOES NOT MAKE IT SO WE
STILL HAVE LAWS THAT SHOW THAT
PEOPLE WEREN'T TREATED EQUAL.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO
STAND UP FOR A èC R 136 TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT TREATMENT TOWARDS
ITS PEOPLE THE NATION'S PEOPLE
IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO
MOVE FORWARD. WE STAND IN
SOLIDARITY SIDE BY SIDE IN
HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
BUT LET ALSO STAND SIDE BY SIDE
TO ENSURE THE TRUE HISTORY. THE
TRUE INJUSTICES CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE HISTORY
BOOKS AND THE TREATMENT OF ALL
PEOPLE. I STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO STAND
TOGETHER IN HONOR A èC A èC R
136. MISS WALDRON, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZE. THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
PROVIDES A DEDICATED TIME TO
RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE RICH
HISTORY, CULTURE AND
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY, INCLUDING
THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF
BLACK WOMEN, AND I'D LIKE TO
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT.
BLACK WOMEN HAVE PLAYED PIVOTAL
ROLES THROUGHOUT HISTORY, OFTEN
FACING UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY. THEIR
STORIES DESERVE ATTENTION TO
PROVIDE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED
HISTORY. MANY BLACK WOMEN HAVE
BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS
ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS. FOLKS LIKE
FRANCIS ELLEN WATKINS HARPER
B¢O, BORN IN 1825 WAS AN
ABOLITIONIST, A SUFFRAGIST AND A
POET. THE FIRST WOMAN INSTRUCTOR
AT UNION SEMINARY IN OHIO. SHE
WAS ACTIVE IN THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD. SOJOURNER TRUTH BORN
IN 1883 WAS A FORMER SLAVE WHO
BECAME AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR
ABOLITION AND CIVIL AND WOMEN'S
RIGHTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY. SHE
WAS THE FIRST MOTHER TO GO TO
COURT AND WIN HER CASE TO
RECOVER HER SON, WHO HAD BEEN
TAKEN FROM HER. IDA B. WELLS
BARNETT, BORN IN 1862 WAS AN
AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNALIST AND
ACTIVIST WHO LED AN ANTI
LYNCHING CRUSADE IN THE UNITED
STATES IN THE 18 NINETIES. SHE
ALSO FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
, SHE WROTE THE PAMPHLET
SPONSORED BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS
TO ATTACK THE EXCLUSION OF BLACK
PEOPLE FROM CHICAGO'S WORLD'S
FAIR. NANNY HELEN BURROWS, BORN
IN 1879 WAS AN EDUCATOR,
SUFFRAGIST AND CIVIL RIGHTS
ACTIVIST. SHE FOUNDED THE NET.
THE NATION'S TRAINING SCHOOL FOR
WOMEN AND GIRLS. BLACK HISTORY
MONTH CHALLENGES AND BREAKS DOWN
STEREOTYPES ABOUT THE ROLES AND
CAPABILITIES OF BLACK WOMEN. IT
HIGHLIGHTS THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IN VARIOUS FIELDS FROM
LITERATURE AND MUSIC TO FILM AND
VISUAL ARTS, SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY. AND CREATIVITY AND
ACHIEVEMENTS. THAT HAVE ENRICHED
OUR GLOBAL CULTURAL HERITAGE.
TODAY WE WILL RECOGNIZE SEVERAL
LEADERS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
DURING OUR FLOOR SESSION.
RECOGNIZING THEIR LEADERSHIP
HELPS ACKNOWLEDGE THE ONGOING
FIGHT FOR A MORE JUST AND
INCLUSIVE SOCIETY. I URGE YOUR I
VOTE ON A èC R 136. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MS. FRIEDMAN, YOUR
KNOWLEDGE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU,
MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS ON BEHALF
OF THE LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS
. I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF A
èC R 136 DESIGNATING FEBRUARY
AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AS WE
ALL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TOWARDS A
MORE JUST FUTURE. WE OF COURSE,
HAVE TO DO SO MUCH MORE TO
ENSURE THAT OUR COUNTRY
CONTINUES TO HONOR THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS
EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR AND
NOT JUST IN FEBRUARY.
INFLUENTIAL BLACK LEADERS HAVE
PAVED THE WAY TOWARDS EQUALITY
AND JUSTICE AND CONTINUE TO
CHART OUR FUTURE. OUR BLACK
SIBLINGS, UH, REALLY DO I
REPRESENT THE JEWISH PROVERB
THAT SAYS JUSTICE JUSTICE YOU
SHALL PURSUE. NOW THERE ARE, OF
COURSE, PROMINENT AFRICAN
AMERICANS THAT WE ALL THINK OF
EVERY SINGLE DAY. PEOPLE LIKE
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND RAY CHARLES
AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. AND OF
COURSE, THERE ARE BLACK WOMEN
WHO ARE ALSO HOUSEHOLD NAMES
LIKE OPRAH WINFREY. AND ROSA
PARKS. AND KAMALA HARRIS AND TO
MANY OF US DOCTOR SHIRLEY WEBER.
CLEARLY GIVEN. THE DIFFICULTIES
THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE
FACED IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE
HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT. AS WE
DISCUSSED THE LAST A èC A. IT
SHOULD BE CLEAR TO EVERYBODY
THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WEREN'T
JUST AS GOOD AS THEIR WHITE
COLLEAGUES. THE MEN HAD TO BE AT
LEAST TWICE AS GOOD AND THE
WOMEN I'D SAY FOUR TIMES AS
BRILLIANT AND STRONG TO ACHIEVE
WHAT THEY DID. AND THERE ARE SO
MANY MORE AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT
HAVE LEFT A MARK ON OUR STATE
AND ON OUR NATION THAT HAVE
CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY
WHOSE NAMES WE DON'T ALWAYS
HEAR. AND WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NAMES ARE
TAUGHT IN OUR TEXTBOOKS THAT
THEY ARE TALKED ABOUT AROUND OUR
DINNER TABLES, AND THAT'S WHY
THIS RESOLUTION IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY
TO ENSURE THAT HISTORY,
REMEMBERS REMEMBERS THE GREAT
SACRIFICE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.
THEY ARE CRITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
IN THE FACE OF THE ADVERSITY
AND, OF COURSE, THE ADVERSITY
THAT SO MANY INDIVIDUALS
CONTINUE TO FACE EVERY SINGLE
DAY IN THIS NATION. BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE HOW FAR
WE HAVE ALL COME, RACISM STILL
POSES CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES
AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS HERE
FOR US TO REFLECT ON OUR
COUNTRY'S PAST AND TO REMIND US
THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK
TO DO NOW. I'M PROUD AS A JEW OF
THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT JEWISH
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN HAVE MADE TO
SUPPORT OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM
MARCHING IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT, MARCHING ALONGSIDE
DOCTOR MU MARTIN. MR KING TO
BEING THERE TO HELP GIVE WORKING
BLACK AMERICANS ACCESS TO THE
PROTECTIONS OF LABOR UNIONS. WE
HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THE FIGHT
AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE
FOR THE FIGHT. BUT I ALSO WANT
TO POINT OUT THAT IN MANY CASES
WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY. AS THE
MOTHER. OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
10 YEAR OLD JEWISH GIRL. WHOSE
BEST FRIEND IS AN 11 YEAR OLD
BLACK JEWISH GIRL. WE ARE THE
SAME. WE ARE, IN MANY CASES, ONE
AND THE SAME. SO IT IS THAT
SPIRIT OF SISTERHOOD AND
BROTHERHOOD THAT I HOPE WE ALL
APPROACH TODAY. I WANT TO BRING
UP BAYNARD RUSTIN, THE GREAT
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO BELIEVED
THAT NÓ PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL OR
POLITICAL MOVEMENT COULD DEVELOP
DEVELOP IN AMERICA. WITHOUT THE
CONTINUED CLOSE COOPER OPERATION
OF THE BLACK AND JEWISH
COMMUNITIES. IT IS THAT PRIDE IN
THAT IN THAT STRUGGLE TOGETHER
AND IN THAT SPIRIT ON BEHALF OF
THE LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS
THAT I REQUEST AND I VOTE ON A
èC R 136. ASSEMBLY MEMBER MONTA
YOU RECOGNIZE. THANK YOU. MR
SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT
OF A èC R 136 COMMEMORATING
BLACK HISTORY MONTH ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS. THE STORY OF
BLACK HISTORY MONTH STARTED WITH
DR CARTER WOODSON. DOCTOR
WOODSON FOUNDED HISTORY WEEK IN
1926, WHICH BECAME BLACK HISTORY
MONTH IN 1976. TODAY BLACK
HISTORY MONTH HAS INSPIRED
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY TO ORGANIZE LOCAL
CELEBRATIONS IN HONOR OF BLACK
HISTORY AND CULTURE. AS A BLACK
LATINA LEGISLATOR, IT GIVES ME
GREAT PRIDE TO HOLD THIS
POSITION. WE ALL KNOW
REPRESENTATION MATTERS AND WE
HOLD THESE SEATS OF POWER. WITH
GRACE AND DIGNITY, BUT I STAND
ON THE SHOULDERS OF PHENOMENAL
BLACK WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE ME.
I KNOW. WITHOUT THE WORK OF
BLACK WOMEN, I WOULDN'T HAVE THE
SEAT. IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
TO CELEBRATE THESE TRAILBLAZERS,
ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE STATES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TRYING TO
ERASE THE HISTORY OF BLACK
AMERICANS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT
SOME OF OUR PHENOMENAL WOMEN.
TOO MANY WOMEN COME TO MIND SO I
WILL ONLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW I
THINK OF SEPTA M CLARK, WHO
DEVELOPED CITIZEN SCHOOLS. HER
CITIZENSHIP SCHOOLS. HER EFFORTS
HELPED AFRICAN AMERICANS ACCESS
THE BALLOT, SHE SAID. LITERACY
MEANS LIBERATION, KNOWING THAT
EDUCATION WAS AND IS STILL THE
KEY TO GAINING POLITICAL, SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC POWER. I THINK OF
PRAIA HALL. AND ORDAINED BAPTIST
MINISTER AND GIFTED ORATOR. HER
POWERFUL PRAYER AND CALLS FOR
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY
INSPIRED DOCTOR KING'S I HAVE A
DREAM SPEECH. AND LET'S TALK
ABOUT CAROL MOSLEY BRAUN. SHE
BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE SENATOR
FROM ILLINOIS AND THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE IN THE U S¼
SENATE. IN THE TIME SHE WAS IN
THE SENATE. SHE CHAMPIONED
EDUCATION BILLS AND FOUGHT FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS. I WAS SO HAPPY TO
WITNESS IN MY LIFETIME. THE
ELEVATION OF KANJI BROWN JACKSON
TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN OF
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER IN THE
HIGHEST COURT OF THE LAND. I
CERTAINLY CELEBRATE THE FEMALE
LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE
US, INCLUDING YVONNE BRAITHWAITE
BURKE, THE FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO THIS
BODY. DR SHIRLEY WEBER. HOLLY
MITCHELL AND SO MANY MORE. AND
OF COURSE, I WOULD REMISS IF I
DIDN'T MENTION OUR BARBARA LEE.
A GROUNDBREAKING LEADER IN THE
STATE AND ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT MY
SISTERS, MY SISTERS OF THE BLACK
CAUCUS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND
THE HOPE THEY BRING TO THEIR
CONSTITUENTS. ONE THING ALWAYS
HOLDS TRUE. OUR COUNTRY WAS
BUILT ON THE BACKS. AND IN THE
HEARTS OF BLACK WOMEN AND THEIR
EFFORTS. THAT IS WHY WE SHOULD
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THEIR POWER.
AND WE SHOULD HONOR THE WOMEN IN
OUR LIVES AND IN OUR HISTORY
EVERY TIME WE WIELD THE RIGHT TO
VOTE. THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE. AND
THE RIGHT TO SPEAK. FOR THESE
REASONS COLLEAGUES, I
RESPECTFULLY JOIN THE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, MY COLLEAGUE. WITH
HONOR. FROM PASADENA AND ASKING
FOR YOUR I VOTES ON A èC R 136.
THANK YOU NOW SEEING AND HEARING
NÓ FURTHER DEBATE. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HOLDEN, YOU MAY CLOSE.
THANK YOU, UH, MEMBERS AND LET
ME JUST SAY I APPRECIATE ALL OF
YOU WHO HAVE A ROSE TODAY TO
DESCRIBE, AS WAS REFLECTED ON
EARLIER THE INTERSECTIONALITY.
OF BLACK HISTORY, BLACK
COMMUNITY. ON ALL OF US. AS A
NATION OF PEOPLE. THE PROVERBS
THAT SAYS AFRICAN AMERICAN
PROVERB THAT SAYS IT TAKES A
VILLAGE. COLLEAGUES. WE ARE THE
VILLAGE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE ON A èC R ONE THREE
SIX. WOULD YOU LIKE THE FIRST
ROLE TO BE OPEN FOR CO-AUTHOR?
ALL THE BAIT, HAVING CEASED, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL FOR CO
AUTHORS. ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL MEMBERS
VOTE. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
MEMBERS. THIS IS FOR CO-AUTHOR.
ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.
THERE. THERE ARE 70 THREE EYES.
70 TO BE CO AUTHORS. WITH OUR
OBJECTION. WE WILL NOW TAKE A
VOICE VOICE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY
AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NÓ. THE
AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS TODAY WE
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH BY
RECOGNIZING UNSUNG HEROES FROM
ACROSS THE STATE. THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS TO
ESTABLISH THE UNSUNG HERO AWARDS
IN HONOR OF THE REVEREND DOCTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR TO
CELEBRATE THOSE WHO EMBODY HIS
PHILOSOPHY AND IDEAS. WE
CONTINUE OUR TRADITION WITH ITS
DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS BEING HONORED TODAY.
HERE TO HELP US. CELEBRATE OUR
FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. L Ó U
HARRIS. DID YOU STAND L OR YOU
WAKE UP. SANDRA SWANSON. AND I
BELIEVE HE WAS IN A ROOM TONY
THURMAN. I AM APPOINTING AN
ESCORT COMMITTEE TO BRING OUR
HONOREES ONTO THE FLOOR FOR OUR
CEREMONY. MEMBERS SHOULD RETIRE
TO THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AS I
CALL YOUR NAME. ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS, WILSON BRIAN WEBER. B
TO MCKENNA. MCCARTY. HOLDEN.
GIBSON AND JACKSON. I ALSO
REQUEST THAT SPEAKER ROBERT REVS
AND REPUBLICAN LEADER JAMES
GALLAGHER MOVED TO THE FRONT
CENTER AISLE TO RECEIVE OUR
HONOREES.
MEMBERS. IT IS NOW TIME TO
INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR UNSUNG
HEROES OF 2424. THE CLERK WILL
READ. OUR FIRST HONOREE IS
MICHAEL TH HE HAS ESCORTED BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON MICHAEL
THREE, SAY FAIRFIELD BASED
LIBRARIAN GAINED FAME FOR HIS
VIRAL SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS
SHOWCASING BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS,
LIBRARY SERVICES AND UPLIFTING
MESSAGES. MICHAEL WAS RENOWNED
FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO EQUITY
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, PLEASE
WELCOME MICHAEL FS.
HONORARY PROPHET WALKER IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BRIAN PROPHET WALKER IS THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
CO-FOUNDER OF TREEHOUSE IN LOS
ANGELES. HE IS DEDICATED TO
UPLIFTING HIS COMMUNITY AND
OPENLY SHARES HIS EXPERIENCES
WITH POVERTY AND THE
INCARCERATION SYSTEM. PLEASE
WELCOME PROPHET WALKER.
HONOREE CHRIS JONES IS ESCORTED
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER. CHRIS
JONES, A NATIVE SOUTHEASTERN SAN
DIEGO HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEEPLY
CONNECTED TO HIS COMMUNITY. IN
2009, HE ESTABLISHED A YOUNG AND
PROSPEROUS FOUNDATION TO ENSURE
ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL
NEEDS OF YOUTH. PLEASE WELCOME
CHRIS JONES.
ON AIE. KATHY ADAMS IS ESCORTED
BY A SUN RIVER VÀ. KATHY ADAMS
IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF THE NATIONAL AWARD WINNING
OAKLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AND IS THE FOUNDING
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
COALITION OF 100. BLACK WOMEN OF
THE OAKLAND BAY AREA, PLEASE
WELCOME KATHY ADAMS.
HONORARY CAROLYN FOWLER. IT'S
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MCKENNA. CAROLYN FOWLER IS A
FORMER A Tð AND Tð EXECUTIVE WHO
NOW SERVES AS A GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS ADVISER FOR LOS ANGELES
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IS A
DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE CITY OF
INGLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION,
PLEASE WELCOME CAROLYN FOWLER.
HONOREE MERVYN BROOKINS IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MCCARTHY. MERVYN BROOKINS OF
SACRAMENTO IS THE FOUNDER AND
LEADER OF BROTHER TO BROTHER
MENTORING, A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION FOR AT RISK YOUTH
GANG INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
WHO USES PERSONAL STORIES FOR
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT, PLEASE
WELCOME MERVYN BROOKINS.
HONOR READ. DOMINIQUE DE PRIMA
IS ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JOAN SAWYER. DOMINIQUE DE PRIMA
OF SOUTH LOS ANGELES BEGAN HER
CAREER AS A RAPPER AT AGE 13.
SHE IS NOW MAKING HISTORY AS THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO
HOST A DRIVETIME TALK RADIO SHOW
CALLED FIRST THINGS FIRST,
PLEASE WELCOME DOMINIQUE DE
PRIMA.
HONOREE LEANDRO KRUGER IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HOLDEN JUSTICE LEANDRO R. KRUGER
IS A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED JURIST
APPOINTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
SUPREME COURT IN 2014, A NATIVE
OF THE LOS ANGELES AREA. JUSTICE
KRUGER EARNED HER BACHELOR'S
DEGREE FROM HARVARD COLLEGE AND
J Dð FROM YALE LAW SCHOOL.
PLEASE WELCOME JUSTICE LEANDRO
KRUEGER.
HONOREE AYANNA DAVIS IS ESCORTED
BY A SUN MEMBER GIBSON DOCTOR
AYANA E DAVIS, A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF COMPTON, IS
PASSIONATE ABOUT EQUITY AND
INCLUSION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN IN
DISADVANTAGED CONDITIONS AND IS
THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMPTON
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
GOVERNING BOARD OF EDUCATION.
PLEASE WELCOME AYANNA DAVIS.
HONOREE KIMBERLY TAYLOR IS
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JACKSON KIMBERLY TAYLOR, A
LONGTIME MORENO VALLEY RESIDENT,
SPENDS HER TIME ADVOCATING FOR
YOUTH. FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS SHE
HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS ROLES
WITHIN THE MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT, PLEASE WELCOME
KIMBERLY TAYLOR.
YEAH, I'M A AND WE HAVE THE
HONOREES. THE SENATE. UNSUNG
HEROES ARE ALSO IN THE REAR OF
THE CHAMBER. FROM SENATOR STEVEN
BRADFORD'S DISTRICT. PLEASE
WELCOME DOCTOR THOMAS, PAR'S
WIFE, WHO'S REPRESENTING DOCTOR
THOMAS PARHAM.
AND FROM SENATOR LOLA SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS DISTRICT, PLEASE WELCOME,
FRAN. JAMMA. THAT THEY LEAVE.
SO AGAIN. ON BEHALF. ON A PIA
CHAIR LAURIE WILSON AND A MEMBER
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
BLACK CAUCUS. THANK YOU FOR
HELPING US COMMEMORATE BLACK
HISTORY MONTH AND A CONTRIBUTION
OF BLACK AMERICANS TO OUR STATE
AND THE NATION. AS A MEMENTO TO
THE TO MARK TODAY'S CEREMONY. A
COPY OF THE BOOK MULTIPLICITY BY
KATHERINE DEL METZ IS ON EACH
MEMBER'S DESK. THIS BOOK
HIGHLIGHTS 50 ARTISTS THAT
REFLECT THE BREADTH AND
COMPLEXITY OF BLACK IDENTITY. IN
ADDITION, MEMBERS AND STAFF ARE
INVITED TO ATTEND A RECEPTION IN
THE EUREKA ROOM FROM 3 P.M. TO 5
P.M. THIS AFTERNOON TO CONTINUE
THIS CELEBRATION. THIS CONCLUDES
THE ASSEMBLY'S OBSERVANCE OF
BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AS OUR
HONORARY E THE CHAMBERS. PLEASE
JOIN ME IN ANOTHER ROUND. OF
APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS. I YOU KNOW WHAT.
AND BEFORE WE ALL LEAVE. WE HAVE
HONORED GUESTS IN THE BACK. AND
THE CHAIR WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE
I ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. WE HAVE
ESTEEMED MEMBERS FROM LOS
ANGELES. FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'M GONNA START FROM THE
COUNCIL ON UP TO THE MOST
IMPORTANT, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNCIL PAUL KRIKORIAN.
FORMER MEMBER. BOB BLUMENTHAL
BLUMENTHAL, A FORMER, UH UH, NÓ
EMPLOYEE. BUT ASSEMBLY MEMBER
UNI SEES HERNANDEZ. YOU GO, SOTO
MARTINEZ. OF COURSE, FORMER
SPEAKER FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER
KAREN MAYOR, KAREN BASS. I THINK
I TURNED. I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T
SEE YOU. COUNCILWOMAN MONICA
RODRIGUEZ. I APOLOGIZE. I THINK
SO FOR ME.
MEMBERS WE WILL BE MOVING TO
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING.
MEMBERS. WE DO HAVE BUSINESS ON
THE FILE. MEMBERS. ASK YOU TO
TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE
FLOOR. WE DO HAVE MEMBER WE DO
HAVE BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE
HERE. RIGHT? MEMBERS WE WILL BE
MOVING TO FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE A èC R 85
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER VIA PWA. THE
CLERK WILL READ. AS SO MANY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 85 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF THE RELATIVE
TO MASTER SERGEANT RICHARD
PITMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. MEMBERS
YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WHILE WE HAVE
BUSINESS BEFORE US. WE'RE GOOD.
HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. ONE
MOMENT. MEMBERS. PLEASE TAKE
YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE
FLOOR. BE RESPECTFUL ATTENTION
TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER PUD W.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PUDO YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO
PRESENT A èC R 85, WHICH
DESIGNATES A PORTION OF THE
INTERSTATE FIVE AS MASTER
SERGEANT RICHARD PITMAN MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY. WITH US TODAY IN THE
GALLERY. RICHARD PITTMAN'S
DAUGHTER, TINA PITMAN. CARR. AND
GINA PITTMAN. HIS CLOSE FRIEND,
U S¼, MARINE CORPS VETERAN
MASTER SERGEANT MARVIN HERNANDEZ
GARCIA. IT IS ALSO A GREAT HONOR
OF MINE. TO HAVE WITH US TODAY
IS PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT AND U
S¼ MARINE VETERAN. VIETNAM
VETERAN TINO ADAMI AND HIS WIFE.
WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING
THE A MEDICAL FACILITY IN SAN
JOAQUIN COUNTY. RICHARD PITTMAN
WAS BORN IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
ON MAY 26TH 1945. DESPITE BEING
LEGALLY BLIND IN ONE EYE,
RICHARD WAS MOTIVATED TO SERVE
HIS COUNTRY. RICHARD ENLISTED IN
THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE IN
1965. AND VOLUNTEER FOR A TOUR
IN VIETNAM IN 1966 AS A
INFANTRYMAN. HE WAS SERVING AS A
LANCE CORPORAL IN COMPANY. I
THIRD BATTALION, FIFTH MARINE.
FIRST MARINE DIVISION. HIS UNIT
WAS ATTACKED BY A LARGER
CONCEALED ENEMY FORCE. RICHARD
GRABBED HIS MACHINE GUN AND
FIRED INTO THE ENEMY POSITION,
DESTROYING TWO ENEMY AUTOMATIC
WEAPONS. HE SUDDENLY WAS
CONFRONTED BY 30 TO 40 ENEMY
SOLDIERS. TOTALLY DISREGARD HIS
OWN SAFETY. HE ESTABLISHED A
POSITION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
TRAIL AND KEPT FIRING WITH A
VIETNAMESE SUBMACHINE. AND A
PISTOL. RICHARD THEN THREW A
GRENADE. HIS LAST REMAINING
WEAPON. AND RE RETREATING NORTH.
VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS. ON MAY 14TH
1968. RICHARD WAS AWARDED THE
MEDAL OF HONOR BY PRESIDENT
LYNDON B JOHNSON. AFTER RETIRING
AS MASTER SERGEANT ON OCTOBER
27TH 1988 RICHARD CONTINUED TO
SERVE HIS COUNTRY. IN A CONTRACT
POSITION AS MARINE. MEMORIAL
GOLF COURSE AND CAMP PENDLETON
FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL FULLY
RETIRING IN THE CITY OF
STOCKTON. RICHARD PASSED AWAY.
OCTOBER 12TH 2016 IN THE CITY OF
STOCKTON. RICHARD IS SURVIVED BY
HIS HIS WIFE, PATRICIA. FOUR
DAUGHTERS. GINA PITMAN. TINA
PITMAN. CARR. JULIA PITMAN.
ROCHELLE PITMAN. èC KOO. HIS
NEPHEW, BRIAN PITMAN, AND NINE
GRANDCHILDREN. IN RECOGNITION OF
RICHARD PITTMAN. SERVICE TO HIS
HIS COUNTRY. IT WOULD BE FITTING
TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF THE
INTERSTATE INTERSTATE FIVE AS
MASTER SERGEANT RICHARD PITMAN
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE AND I ASK MY
COLLEAGUES. LET'S GIVE THEM A
HAND OF APPLAUSE. THEY'RE HERE
IN THE AUDIENCE HERE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR VÀ. WOULD YOU LIKE
THE ROLE OPEN FOR COAUTHOR'S
FIRST OF ALL? THANK YOU. I
DEBATE HAVING CEASED, THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLL FOR COS THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE
FOR CO AUTHORS ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE? THERE ARE 68
CO AUTHORS. EXCUSE ME, THE CLERK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. NOW THERE
ARE 68 CO AUTHORS, UM, MEMBERS.
THIS IS A AN A. THIS REQUIRES A
ROLL CALL VOTE. EXCUSE ME FOR
STUMBLING THERE. CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLL. THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTE. I
6869 KNOWS ZERO. THE RESOLUTION
IS ADOPTED. YES, ME. WE'LL PASS
AND RETAIN ON FILE ITEM NINE.
EXCUSE ME FOLLOW EIGHT. EXCUSE
ME. SENATE A THIRD READING, PASS
AND FILE PASS AND RETAIN ON FILE
ITEM 10. MEMBER AS I'M GOING TO
LIFT THE QUORUM CALL. WE STILL
HAVE OUR ADJOURNMENTS AND
MEMORIES. I ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR.
WHILE WE'RE WAITING, JUST, UH
MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS, BUDGET SUB
ONE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH WILL
MEET UPON ADJOURNMENT IN CAPITOL
ROOM 126 BUDGET SUBCOMITTEE
NUMBER SIX ON PUBLIC SAFETY WILL
MEET UPON ADJOURNMENT IN CAPITOL
ROOM 437. MEMBERS. PLEASE GIVE
YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO
THOSE WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. A SUMMIT
MEMBER CORK SILVA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO ADJOURN A MEMORY OF THE
REMARKABLE LIFE OF DR KAREEM
SINGH KANG, A DISTINGUISHED
RADIOLOGIST WHOSE JOURNEY OF
COMPASSION AND SERVICE TOUCHED
THE LIVES OF MANY. DR KING. BORN
ON JULY JUNE 25TH 1938 IN PUNJAB
, INDIA WAS SHAPED BY EARLY
ADVERSITY, LOSING HIS MOTHER TO
TUBERCULOSIS AT THE TENDER AGE
OF TWO. THIS PROFOUND, PROFOUND
LOSS FUELED HIS PASSION FOR
MEDICINE, A CAREER PATH HE CHOSE
TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING AND HEAL
THE SICK. RAISED BY HIS PATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS WHILE HIS FATHER
SERVED IN THE PA PUNJAB POLICE
DOCTOR KING'S SECOND MOTHER
PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN
NURTURING HIS ASPIRATIONS. SHE
ENCOURAGED HER HER HIS PURSUIT
OF EDUCATION, INSTILLING IN HIM
THE GIFT OF THE URDA URDU
LANGUAGE, A SKILL HE CHERISHED
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. IN 1960
THREE DOCTOR KING EMBARKED ON A
JOURNEY TO THE UNITED STATES,
DRIVEN BY HIS RELENTLESS PURSUIT
OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXCELLENCE. HE
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AS A YOUNG
TURBANED SIKH MAN AND KEPT HIS
FAITH. ARRIVING IN PHILADELPHIA
FOR MEDICAL INTERNSHIP, HE WAS
WITNESS TO HISTORIC MEMORIES IN
AMERICAN HISTORY. HE WOULD
ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE HE WAS IN
THE HOSPITAL WHILE DOING HIS
ROUNDS ON NOVEMBER 22ND 1960
THREE, WHEN A SENIOR DOCTOR TOLD
HIM THE TRAGIC NEWS OF THE
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN
F KENNEDY HE DID HIS RESIDENCY
IN RADIOLOGY AT THE METROPOLITAN
HOSPITAL IN MANHATTAN AND LOVED
BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE 1964
WORLD'S FAIR, CONTINUING HIS
MEDICAL EDUCATION. DR. KING
COMPLETED A FELLOWSHIP IN
NUCLEAR MEDICINE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN
ARBOR. WHEN HE LATER RETURNED TO
INDIA, HE HAD THE HONOR OF
SERVING AS THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR
OF INDIA'S INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR
MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES
FROM 1969 TO 1970. FROM 1978 TO
1991 DOCTOR KANG PRACTICED AS A
RADIOLOGIST AT PROVIDENCE
HOSPITAL IN SANDUSKY, OHIO,
WHERE HE EARNED ADMIRATION FOR
HIS EXPERTISE IN COMPASSIONATE
CARE. DOCTOR KING'S DEDICATION
TO MEDICINE EXTENDED TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE PRACTICED
RADIOLOGY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS,
INCLUDING GARDEN GROVE MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL. BEYOND HIS
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVEMENTS. DOCTOR KING WAS
KNOWN FOR HIS HUMILITY, WARMTH
AND GENEROSITY. AN AVERAGE
PHOTOGRAPHER AND TRAVELER, HE
FOUND JOY IN SIMPLE PLEASURES
LIKE PLAYING CARDS, SAVORING TEA
AND SPENDING TIME WITH LOVED
ONES. DOCTOR KING'S LEGACY OF
COMPASSION AND SERVICE LIVES ON
THROUGH HIS BELOVED FAMILY,
INCLUDING HIS WIFE OF 46 YEARS,
SURRENDER KING, HIS CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN WHO CARRY FORWARD
HIS VALUE OF KINDNESS, RESPECT
AND FAITH. AS WE HONOR THE
MEMORY OF DR KAREEM SINGH KANG
LET US CHERISH. THE LESSONS HE
TAUGHT US THROUGH HIS LIFE OF
SERVICE, KINDNESS AND DEDICATION
TO HEALING. MAY HIS LEGACY
INSPIRE US TO CONTINUE HIS WORK
OF COMPASSION AND CARE FOR
OTHERS. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
ARE WITH HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
ALL WHO WERE TOUCHED BY HIS
LIFE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DOCTOR
KAPR KANG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER AT CORK SILVA,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BERNER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT.
MEMORY YES. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE
TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
CANDACE MATHON CAROL OF SAN
DIEGO. SHE WAS A CHERISHED
MEMBER OF OUR LEGAL COMMUNITY
AND A BEACON OF INTEGRITY,
EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS. CANDACE
THIS REMARKABLE JOURNEY FROM A
HUMBLE UPBRINGING TO BECOMING A
HIGHLY REGARDED APPELLATE
ATTORNEY AND A CHAMPION FOR
WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IS A
TESTAMENT TO HER UNWAVERING
DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION.
SHE WAS AN EARLY FEMINIST
LOOKING TO BREAK GLASS CEILINGS
AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN WERE
EXPECTED TO SERVE IN TRADITIONAL
ROLES. SHE SUPPORTED HERSELF
THROUGH COLLEGE WORKING AND
ATTENDING GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY AND THEN ATTENDING
DUKE LAW SCHOOL ON A FULL RIDE,
WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND, LYNN
SIMONS. CANDACE'S CAREER SPANNED
DECADES MARKED BY HER
EXCEPTIONAL ADVOCACY FOR THE
MARGINALIZED AND THE
DISADVANTAGED. AFTER RECEIVING
HER LAW DEGREE, SHE COMPLETED A
CLERKSHIP WITH THE U S¼ COURT OF
APPEALS Dð èC CIRCUIT AND THEN
WENT TO WORK AS AN APPELLATE
ATTORNEY FOR THE NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS BOARD. SHE
SUCCESSFULLY BALANCED THE LEGAL
CAREER, MOTHERHOOD AND COMMUNITY
WORK. HER FAMILY MOVED TO SAN
DIEGO IN 1980, THREE, WHERE SHE
WORKED PART TIME TO RAISE HER
SONS. CAROL WAS AN ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION IN 1998.
IN CALIFORNIA WOMEN LAWYERS IN
2000 THREE AND 2004, SHE SERVED
ON THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL BOARDS
OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION AND SERVED ON THE BOARDS
OF THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION
CENTER. THE SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER
LAWYERS PROGRAM AND THE SAN
DIEGO CHAPTER OF THE
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE.
CANDACE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO
EFFORTS TO SAVE THE SAN DIEGO
OPERA IN 2014. SHE WENT ON TO
JOIN THE OPERA'S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. ON JANUARY 24TH CAROL
PASSED AWAY FROM LEUKEMIA AT
HOME, SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY.
CAÑADA IS SURVIVED BY HER
HUSBAND, LEN SIMON. HER SONS,
DANIEL, MATTHEW AND DAVID. HER
SISTER, CLOVER CAROL AND HER
EXTENDED FAMILY. CANDICE LEAVES
BEHIND A LEGACY OF EMPOWERMENT
AND ADVOCACY, INSPIRING
COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING
MYSELF TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS
AND FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
CANDACE IS TIRELESS SPIRIT WILL
BE REMEMBERED BY THE WOMEN IN
OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN ADJOURNING IN
THE MEMORY OF CANDACE CAROL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, BERNER. TELL ME MEMBER
DIXON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR ADJOURNMENT. MEMORY UH,
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I RISE TO
ADJOURN A MEMORY OF LANCE LARSON
, WHO PASSED AWAY FRIDAY.
JANUARY 19TH. LANCE WAS A
HISTORIC FIGURE IN THE WORLD OF
SWIMMING AND ARGUABLY ONE OF THE
BEST COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS OF HIS
GENERATION. HIS SUCCESS IN
SWIMMING STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL,
BREAKING MULTIPLE CALIFORNIA
INTERSCHOLASTIC FEDERATION
SOUTHERN SECTION RECORDS IN
FREESTYLE AND BUTTERFLY. HE WENT
ON TO SWIM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE
WAS A SIX TIME ALL AMERICAN
WINNING N èC TWO A
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MULTIPLE EVENTS
. THE PINNACLE OF OUR LARSON'S
CAREER CAME IN 1960 WHEN HE WAS
SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE U S¼
AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN ROME. HE
WON A GOLD MEDAL SWIMMING THE
BUTTERFLY LEG OF THE MEN'S 4 100
M MEDLEY RELAY TEAM AND WAS
AWARDED A SILVER IN THE 100 M
FREESTYLE, A RACE THAT MANY
BELIEVE TO THIS DAY. HE WON THE
100 M FREESTYLE IS REMEMBERED
FOR ITS CONTROVERSIAL FINISH,
WHICH PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN
THE EVOLUTION OF SWIMMING
COMPETITIONS, LEADING TO THE
ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC TOUCH
PADS FOR MORE PRECISE TIMING. IN
1980. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF
FAME AS AN HONOR SWIMMER. AFTER
HIS INCREDIBLE SWIMMING CAREER,
LANCE WENT ON TO BECOME A
DENTIST IN ORANGE COUNTY. LANCE
EMBODIED THE DEDICATION AND
COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT OF
SWIMMING THAT STARTED THE
MODERNIZED, COMPETITIVE SWIMMING
AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, HE WILL BE
REMEMBERED NOT JUST FOR THE
RECORDS HE SET OR THE MEDALS HE
WON, BUT FOR THE INDOMITABLE
SPIRIT AND DEDICATION, HE
EXEMPLIFIED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE,
LANCE DRIVE BY HIS WIFE, SHERRY
AND SONS, LANCE, JUNIOR, GREG
GARY, RANDY AND DAUGHTERS JERICA
, LARSON, FOSBERG DANICA LARSON,
JULIANO THREE STEPDAUGHTERS AND
MANY GRANDCHILDREN. LANCE LARSON
WILL BE CLEARLY MISSED BY ALL.
PLEASE JOIN ME TO ADJOURN IN
MEMORY OF LANCE LARSON. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
DICKSON MEMBERS. PLEASE BRING
THE NAMES TO THE DESK TO BE
PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL. ALL
REQUESTS TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY
WILL BE DEEMED READ AND PRINTED
IN THE JOURNAL. MOVING TO
ANNOUNCEMENTS ONCE AGAIN. THE
BUDGET SUB-COMMITTEE NUMBER ONE
ON HEALTH MEETS UPON ADJOURNMENT
IN CAP ROOM 126 BUDGET
SUBCOMITTEE NUMBER SIX ON PUBLIC
SAFETY MEETS ONCE AGAIN UPON
ADJOURNMENT. IN ROOM 437 HERE IN
THE CAPITOL SESSION SESSION
SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH CHECK IN
SESSION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
CHECK IN SESSION THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 29TH FLOOR SESSION AT 9
A.M. ALTHOUGH THE ITEMS WILL BE
PASSED AND RETAINED, ALL OTHER
MOTIONS COULD BE ALL MOTIONS
SHALL BE CONTINUED SEEN IN
HEARING NÓ FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M
READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
ADJOURN. MS AGUIAR-CURRY MOVES M
CARRILLO SECONDS THAT THIS HOUSE
STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 29TH AT 9 A.M. THE
HOUSE IS ADJOURNED.