THE IS NOW IN SESSION. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FLORA NOTICES THE ABSENCE
OF A QUORUM. THE SERGEANT AT
ARMS WILL PREPARE THE CHAMBER
BRING IN THE ABSENT MEMBERS AND
THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
ADDIS AAR CURRY, ALANIS ALVAREZ
ARAMBULA BINS. BAUER KHAN
BENNETT. BERMAN. BURNER. BRIAN
CALDERON, JUAN CARRILLO, WENDY
CARRILLO CERVANTES, CHEN
CONNOLLY DALI. DAVIES DIXON,
ACE. FLORA MIKE FONG, VINCE FONG
FRIEDMAN, GABRIEL GALLAGHER
GARCIA. GIBSON, GRAYSON HANEY.
HEART, HOLDEN. HOOVER. IRWIN.
JACKSON JONES, SAWYER CARRA
LACKEY. WE, LO LOWENTHAL, MAINS
SHINE, MATHIS MCCARTY MCKENNA,
MEUCCI. WINN ORTEGA, PACO.
HAPPEN JIM PATTERSON, JOE
PATTERSON, PELLERIN
PETRIE-NORRIS CORK, SILVA RAMOS,
RENDON REYES LUZ RIVAS RODRIGUEZ
RUBIO SANCHEZ SANTIAGO SHIAVO
SOA Tð TING, VALENCIA, VIAUD
WALDRON, WALLACE WARD WEBER.
WICK WILSON ZER, MR SPEAKER.
MEMBER IS 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.
TODAY'S PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADDIS
FRIENDS. GOOD MORNING. OUR
PERSONALITY THAT IS WHO WE ARE
IS A REFLECTION OF HOW WE
UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. IF WE ARE
ONLY ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WORLD
AS THOUGH WE WERE LOOKING IN A
MIRROR, OUR VISION BECOMES
NARROW. UNLIMITED. BUT WHEN WE
BEGIN TO USE OUR MIND AS A
WINDOW THROUGH WHICH WE CAN VIEW
THE WORLD AROUND US, OUR HORIZON
BECOMES ENDLESS. MAY WE BE SO
BLESSED TO HAVE THE CURIOSITY TO
SEEK ANOTHER'S VIEWS AND THE
ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE
SEE. MAY THIS BE GOD'S WILL. OUR
MEN. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ADDIS ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALANIS
WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. AND THE
REPUBLIC. STANDS. ONE NATION AND
. READING OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S
JOURNAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER OF
SACRAMENTO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH
2024, THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER CURRY
MOVES MR GALLAGHER. SECONDS AT
THE READING OF THE PREVIOUS DAY
JOURNAL BE DISPENSED WITH
PRESENTATIONS AND PETITIONS.
THERE ARE NONE INTRODUCTION IN
REFERENCE OF BILLS WILL BE
DEFERRED REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
WILL BE DEEMED RED AND
AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE MESSAGES FROM THE
SENATE. THERE ARE NONE. MOVING
TO MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. THE
ABSENCES FOR THE DAY WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND PRINTED IN THE
JOURNAL. MAJORITY LEADER AGAR
CURRIE. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. GOOD
MORNING, MR SPEAKER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS LIKE FONG WARD
ALVAREZ AND HOLDEN TO SPEAK ON
AN ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
118, A TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
GRAY AND JOE PATTERSON AND
RODRIGUEZ TO HAVE GUESTS ON THE
FLOOR TODAY AND TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FREEDMEN AND
NGUYEN TO HAVE GUESTS SEATED AT
THEIR DESK WITHOUT OBJECTION.
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ER,
THE FOLLOWING BILLS TO COMMITTEE
A B 2656 JIM PATTERSON FROM THE
GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTED TO THE
RULES COMMITTEE AND A B 2780
MINNER FROM THE INSURANCE
COMMITTEE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS
AND CONVEYANCE COMMITTEE, THEN
BACK TO INSURANCE COMMITTEE.
THAT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO WITHDRAW A B 188 1
DAVIES FROM APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE AND ORDER THE BILL TO
SECOND READING AND THEN TO THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. THE BI THE
BILL IS NON FISCAL. MY APOLOGIES
WITH WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER.
MOVING ON TO GUEST INTRODUCTIONS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. LET US WISH I
DON'T SEE HER. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WALDRON'S HAP A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
LET'S WISH APP WISH HER A HAPPY
BIRTHDAY ON DOVER. OUR SPRING
RECESS ON MARCH 28TH. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY. WE'RE WHEREVER YOU
WHEREVER YOU ARE SO UH, MOVING
ON TO GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, ALAN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS MEMBERS. YOU'RE
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, ALAN NICE. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. MEMBERS THIS SATURDAY
IS CALIFORNIA'S STEAM ROBOTICS
DAY AND WITH ME TODAY IN OUR
GALLERY FROM MY DISTRICT IS THE
MIGHTY IRON PATRIOTS. THE
ROBOTIC TEAM FROM FRED èC BEER
HIGH SCHOOL FROM MODESTO.
THEY'RE REPRESENTED BY THEIR
TEAM COACH. CARLA BOOSTER
PRESIDENT, DEBBIE BOOSTER
TREASURE AND MENTOR PAUL HARDY
AND BOOSTER SECRETARY MARIA.
THEY'RE OVER THERE, BY THE WAY,
GUYS, IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING
FOR THEM. AS WELL AS THEIR TEAM
CAPTAINS AUDREY ROSENAU AND
HUDSON MONDAY. THE IRON PATRIOTS
ARE A TEAM OF HIGHLY SKILLED AND
PASSIONATE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WHO VALUE HARD WORK AND
EDUCATION, CHALLENGING
THEMSELVES TO DESIGN, BUILD AND
PROGRAM, INDUSTRIAL SIZE ROBOTS
AND COMPETE FOR AWARDS WHILE
BUILDING A STRONG TEAM
IDENTIFYING AND RAISING FUNDS OF
HONORING AND IT HONORS THEIR
TEAMWORK AND SKILLS. THIS TEAM
IS MADE UP OF SOME OF THE BEST
AND BRIGHTEST STUDENTS THAT MY
DISTRICT HAS TO OFFER. IN FACT.
JUST THIS WEEKEND, THE TEAMS
ALLIANCE WON THE SACRAMENTO
REGIONAL EVENT IN ELK GROVE,
BEATING OUT 38 OTHER TEAMS AND
CLAIMING THE REGIONAL WINNER
TITLE. I WISH I WAS IN ON THAT,
BUT I'M NOT. THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME THE IRON PATRIOTS HAVE
FINISHED FIRST AT A REGIONAL
EVENT IN THE TEAM'S 12 YEAR
HISTORY. THEY ALSO RECEIVED THE
SPECIAL IMAGE AWARD, WHICH
CELEBRATES ATTRACTIVENESS AND
ENGINEERING AND OUTSTANDING
VISUAL AESTHETICS, INTEGRATION
OF A MACHINE AND TEAM
APPEARANCE. WITH THIS WIN, THE
TEAM HOPES HOPES TO RECEIVE AN
INVITATION TO THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP IN HOUSTON. THIS
APRIL. THROUGH THE IRON PATRIOTS
ROBOTICS. THEY BUILD AND COMPETE
. THEY ADVANCE AND THEY ARE
RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED FOR
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING
AND MATHEMATICS THROUGHOUT OUR
COMMUNITY. I AM SO PROUD TO
REPRESENT THIS FINE GROUP OF
STUDENTS AND MENTORS AND INVITE
ALL OF YOU TO STOP BY AFTER
SESSION, THEY'LL BE
DEMONSTRATING, UH, ALL THE WORK
THAT THEY DO WITH THEIR ROBOTS
AS YOU GUYS EXIT OUT THE SOUTH
IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT,
PLEASE, I WELCOME YOU GUYS TO GO
JOIN THEM AND, UH, AND GIVE THEM
A GOOD WELCOME. ALSO PLEASE. FOR
THE MODESTO èC, MODESTO, FRED
èC BY OUR HIGH SCHOOL, IRON
PATRIOTS. THANKS, GUYS FOR BEING
HERE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
A EAST AND WELCOME TO YOUR
GUESTS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RODRIGUEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. I'M HONORED TO
INTRODUCE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS FOR
KIDS AND 911 FOR KIDS PUBLIC
EDUCATION. AS LEADERS IN
EMERGENCY AND DISASTER SAFETY
RESPONSE. EDUCATION THIS
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED
FOR ITS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE 911
PUBLIC EDUCATION, TRAINING AND
INFORMATION TO CALIFORNIA'S
CHILDREN, SENIORS AND FAMILIES.
IN THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER. WE
ARE JOINED BY FORMER WIDE
RECEIVER OF THE OAKLAND RAIDERS
AND UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. GO
IRISH N FL HALL OF FAMER
HEISMAN TROPHY AWARDEE AND
CURRENTLY THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
OF ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS FOR
KIDS AND 911 FOR KIDS, MR TIM
BROWN AND HIS WIFE, SHES BROWN.
ALSO WE HAVE ELLIS KI¾M,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 911 FOR
KIDS, AND CHARLIE CULLEN,
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
EMERGENCY NUMBER ASSOCIATION.
TODAY THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
RECOGNIZING YOUTH AND DISPATCHER
HEROES AT THEIR 911 FOR KIDS
HERO CEREMONY AT THEIR CEREMONY.
HONOREES WILL BE PRESENTED WITH
A 911 HEROES MEDAL OF HONOR FOR
THE COURAGEOUS EFFORTS TO SAVE A
LIFE OR THEIR ROLE IN ENSURING
SAFETY OF OTHERS. PLEASE JOIN ME
IN WELCOMING THIS GROUP OF
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EDUCATION
AND LEADERS WHO ARE JOINING US
AT THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR RODRIGUEZ. AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. AND AS A
LIFELONG RAIDER FAN, IT'S A
GREAT TO SEE HALL OF FAMER TIM
BROWN HERE. WELCOME TO OUR
CHAMBERS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. SORRY YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS, MEMBERS, YOUR
ATTENTION. GIVE YOU A RESPECTFUL
ATTENTION TO ASSEMBLY MEMBERS.
SO I PLEASE THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY WE ARE
JOINED IN THE GALLERY BY KEVIN
NEARING, PRESIDENT OF THE
CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS
ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS UM, HE'S
A RESIDENT OF ACTUALLY MY
DISTRICT, UH, THE CITY OF KERMAN
AND HAS FORMALLY SERVED AS A
COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, HE IS
ACCOMPANIED BY RICK MOORE,
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD
OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND
SURVEYORS AND GEOLOGISTS. AND
UM, ALSO WITH THEM IS KI¾M ORNO,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE A
LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION. THEY
ARE JOINING US AS PART OF OUR
RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL
SURVEYORS WEEK A WEEK WHERE WE
TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE HOW THE
MAPPING WORK OF SURVEYORS IS SO
CRITICAL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE
LAND UNDER OUR FEET AND ITS
RELATION TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE,
SCIENCE AND THE LAWS THAT DRIVE
OUR SOCIETY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING THEM TO OUR CHAMBERS.
THEY THEY'RE UP. IN THE GALLERY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE. THANK YOU AS L MEMBER OF
ASIA AND WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SANCHEZ, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU. MR
SPEAKER. I AM EXCITED TO
INTRODUCE MEMBERS OF TEMECULA
SAINT JEAN CATHOLIC F FA WHO
CAME ALL THE WAY UP HERE FROM
OUR DISTRICT. F FA IS A DYNAMIC
YOUTH ORGANIZATION THAT CHANGES
LIVES AND PREPARES MEMBERS FOR
PREMIER LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL
GROWTH AND CAREER SUCCESS
THROUGH AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION.
SAME JEAN, THE YAKS CATHOLIC
HIGH SCHOOL IS PROUD TO BE ONE
OF OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE
NATION AND THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL
IN TEMECULA TO OFFER AN EF FA
CHARTER. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING THEM TO THE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR. THANK YOU, MEMBER OF
SANCHEZ AND WELCOME TO YOUR
GUESTS. MOVING TO BUSINESS ON
THE DAILY FILE. SECOND READING.
CLERK WILL READ AS ON BILL 1849
2091 WITH AMENDMENTS 2648 WITH
AMENDMENTS 1828 1875 1903 1974
1980 THREE 2018 21 97 22 49 WITH
AMENDMENTS 2582 WITH AMENDMENTS
2278 WITH AMENDMENTS 20 THREE
187 WITH AMENDMENTS 2520 WITH
AMENDMENTS 21 TO 1422 36 WITH
AMENDMENTS 2285 WITH AMENDMENTS.
1852 1958 1850 THREE 1924 21 57
1855 AT THE MOMENT AND SENATE
BILL 551 WITH AMENDMENTS ALL
BILLS WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
ALL AMENDMENTS WILL BE DEEMED
ADOPTED. CONCURRENCE IN SENATE
AMENDMENTS. FILE ITEM 26. NÓ
PASS AND RETAIN TO
RECONSIDERATION. ALL ITEMS SHALL
BE CONTINUED. MOVING. OH, THERE
SHE IS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALDRON. I KNOW
IT'S ON COMING UP ON MARCH 28TH.
OK? OK, MOVING ON TO ASSEMBLY
THIRD READING. ITEM 29 A èC R
148. BY JOE PATTERSON ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JOE PATTERSON, THE CLERK
WILL READ. SO A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 148 BY SOME MEMBER
JOE PATTERSON AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO DOWN SYNDROME
AWARENESS. AND THE MEMBER
PATTERSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
GREAT THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
MEMBERS TODAY I'M HONORED TO
PRESENT A èC R 148 TO RECOGNIZE
DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY AND
WEEK, WHICH IS JOINTLY AUTHORED
BY OUR COLLEAGUE, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GRAYSON. ACCORDING TO THE
èC Dð èC DOWN SYNDROME IS THE
MOST COMMONLY OCCURRING
CHROMOSOMAL CONDITION IN AFFECTS
ROUGHLY 6000 NEWBORNS EACH YEAR
IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS
ABOUT ONE IN EVERY 700 BABIES.
THE LIFESPAN OF THESE CHILDREN
HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER
THE LAST FOUR DECADES DUE TO
ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE,
INCREASE ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE
AND RESOURCES FOR A SAFE AND
NURTURING HOME ENVIRONMENT,
ALONG WITH INCREASED SOCIETAL
ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENESS. WHICH
IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'VE
AUTHORED THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S
MY HOPE IN THE NEXT FOUR
DECADES, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME
WILL GROW EVEN MORE. ENHANCE
AWARENESS HAS ALSO BROUGHT AN
INCREASE IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME,
WHETHER IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN
THE WORKPLACE. WE'RE SEEING A
GROWTH PARTICIPATION IN ALL
ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE,
BRINGING FURTHER MEANING TO THE
PURPOSE OF THEIR LIVES. A èC R
148 WILL PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF
MARCH 17TH AND MARCH 23RD 2024
IS DOWN SYNDROME, CALIFORNIA
DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS WEEK AND
MARCH. 21ST 2024 IS CALIFORNIA
DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY,
WHICH IS GREAT THAT WE'RE ABLE
DO IT ON THE ACTUAL DAY. I
ENCOURAGE ALL CALIFORNIANS TO
FIRST LEARN, AND, UH ABOUT DOWN
SYNDROME AND IN TURN, SUPPORT
AND PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL
ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES AIMED
AT BRINGING GREATER ACCEPTANCE
AND UNDERSTANDING. MEMBERS THANK
YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS RESOLUTION. I
ASK FOR THE FIRST ROLL CALL TO
BE OPEN FOR CO AUTHORS, AND I'M
RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR A èC R 148. THANK
YOU. SO PATTERSON, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, GRAYSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. AND THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUE FROM ROCKLAND. I DO
RISE TODAY AS A PROUD JOINT
AUTHOR OF A èC R 148 HONORING
CALIFORNIA, DOWN SYNDROME
AWARENESS DAY AND WEEK DESPITE
THEIR CHROMOSOMAL DIFFERENCES,
INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME
ATTEND SCHOOL WORK. THEY
PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS THAT
AFFECT THEM HAVE MEANINGFUL
RELATIONSHIPS. THEY VOTE AND
THEY CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY IN
MANY WONDERFUL WAYS. JUST A FEW
EXAMPLES OF SOME EXTRAORDINARY
INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DOWN
SYNDROME, BREAKING BARRIERS IN
SPYING, INSPIRING OTHERS AND
RAISING AWARENESS FOR INCLUSION
SUCH AS SUJIT DESAI, IT UH UH,
THE FIRST MUSICIAN LIVING WITH
DOWN SYNDROME TO PLAY AT
CARNEGIE HALL AND HAS MASTERED
SEVEN INSTRUMENTS. HE HAS BEEN A
RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR
MUSIC AND ADVOCACY WORK. CHELSEA
WERNER IS A YOUNG ATHLETE WHO
HAS GONE ON TO BE A FOUR TIME
SPECIAL OLYMPICS. U S¼, A
GYMNAST CHAMPION AND TWO TIME
WORLD CHAMPION, SHE'S BEEN SHE'S
GONE ON TO BE FEATURED ON
SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS, PROVIDING,
UH, PROVING TO BE A ROLE MODEL
FOR OTHERS. AND MARCUS SECORA,
AN AUTHOR, ACTOR STORYTELLER.
HIS CHILDREN'S BOOK HAS BEEN
FEATURED INTERNATIONALLY, AND HE
SERVES AS AN AMBASSADOR TO
SUPPORT THE GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME
FOUNDATION. AND AS A POINT OF
PRIVILEGE, I'D ALSO LIKE
RECOGNIZE SOMEONE THAT IS VERY,
VERY SPECIAL TO ME. MY SISTER
SHERRY, WHO LIVES WITH DOWN
SYNDROME. SURE HE HAS BROUGHT SO
MUCH LOVE. SHE'S BROUGHT LIGHT
AND JOY TO MY LIFE TO MY FAMILY
AND TO HER COMMUNITY HAVING
SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE WHO IS A
MEMBER OF DOWN SYNDROME, OR I Dð
Dð COMMUNITY IS A BLESSING. IT
CAUSES YOU TO SEE HOW WE'RE ALL
SIMILAR INSTEAD OF HOW WE'RE ALL
SO DIFFERENT FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION AND RECOGNITION OF THE
VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME
MAKE TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
I VOTE ON A èC R 148. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR GRAYSON. SEEN
AND HEARING NÓ FURTHER DEBATE.
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL FOR
CO-AUTHOR. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE WHO
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE FOR CO
AUTHORS. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL. THERE ARE 58 CO AUTHORS
ADDED WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE'LL
TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THIS
RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY
AYE. SAY NÓ. THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. SO I
REMEMBER PATTERSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. GREAT THANK YOU
SO MUCH. UH, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS IN THE BACK OF THE
CHAMBER IS ALSO, UH IN ROOM 127.
BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS
AND FRIENDS OF MINE IN THE BACK.
UH UH, INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH
DOWN SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS, UM, WHEN I WAS ON THE
ROCKLAND CITY COUNCIL HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE IMPACT
THAT THEY HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM AND ALSO UH, FOR EXAMPLE,
CASSIDY IS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS
STROLLS HER, UH, CAT DOWN THE
STREET, UH, IN A STROLLER ALL
THE TIME, BUT ALSO IT'S UH
MALACHI HASKINS. UH, BIRTHDAY
TODAY, AND I JUST WANNA GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO THAT SO JUST WANT
TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO
MY GUESTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR
PATTERSON. WELCOME TO YOUR
GUESTS. AND MISTER GRAYSON. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR AND AT THE GALLERY. I'D
LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE WONDERFUL
FOLKS FROM THE DOWN SYNDROME
CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREA. IF
THEY WOULD STAND PLEASE. THEIR
MISSION IS TO EMPOWER INSPIRE
SUPPORT PEOPLE LIVING WITH DOWN
SYNDROME, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE
COMMUNITY THAT SERVES THEM WHILE
FOSTERING AWARENESS AND
ACCEPTANCE IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE
AND ALONG WITH THEM. I WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE A, UH,
ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM
OAKLAND. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME AND
RECOGNIZE MARISSA ERICKSON,
ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER AND
FATHER. MARISSA IS AN INCREDIBLE
LEADER IN THE I Dð Dð COMMUNITY
AND SUCH A TALENTED INDIVIDUAL
IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, AND I'M
HONORED TO HAVE HER WITH US HERE
TODAY AT THE BACK OF THE
CHAMBER, PLEASE WELCOME THANK
YOU, MR GRAYSON. AND WELCOME TO
YOUR GUESTS.
MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM 30. A èC
R 150 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND
WHEN THE CLERK WILL READ A
SUDDENLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
150 BY SOME MEMBER AND STEPHANIE
NGUYEN RELATIVE DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH.
OK, MEMBERS. YOUR ATTENTION,
PLEASE MOVING ON. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER AND WHEN YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS TODAY I RISE TO
PRESENT A èC R 150, WHICH
RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF MARCH AS
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
AWARENESS MONTH THIS MONTH
REMINDS US THAT WE'RE ALL PART
OF A BROAD SPECTRUM OF
INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL
FUNCTIONING. IT'S A CHANCE TO BE
MORE EMPATHETIC AND TO REMIND
OURSELVES OF THE CHALLENGES WE
FACE IN OUR OWN LIVES,
REGARDLESS OF OUR IQ OR
DIAGNOSIS. WE ALL HAVE GIFTS.
TODAY APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION
AMERICANS LIVE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND
THE èC Dð èC ESTIMATES THAT IT
AFFECTS ONE IN SIX CHILDREN
BEFORE THE 19TH CENTURY, PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
WERE TREATED VIOLENTLY AND OFTEN
INHUMANELY. MANY WERE PASSED ON
A PRACTICE OF CARTING OFF PEOPLE
TO BE DROPPED IN ANOTHER TOWN OR
SENT TO LIVE IN POOR, UNHYGIENIC
ENVIRONMENTS. IT WASN'T UNTIL
1987 THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
FINALLY STARTED TO RECEIVE THE
RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE WHEN
THEN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
DESIGNATED MARCH AS NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
AWARENESS MONTH SINCE THEN, AND
THROUGHOUT THERE HAVE BEEN
HEROES ALONG THE WAY. THEY ARE
OUR DEVELOPMENTAL. THEY ARE THE
DISABILITY PROVIDERS ARE
REGIONAL CENTERS LIKE ULTA, OUR
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE WORM LINE, OUR FRIENDS,
FAMILIES WITH EMPATHETIC HEARTS
AND HELPING HANDS. AND MEMBER IF
I COULD JUST HAVE A MOMENT.
THIS. HERE. I PRACTICE THIS MANY
TIMES WITHOUT CRYING, BUT I
COULDN'T DO IT. THIS IS HANNA.
MY NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SHE
LIVES WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY THAT HAS BEEN
UNDIAGNOSED. SHE HAS THE MINDSET
OF A FOUR OR A FIVE YEAR OLD.
SHE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO COUNT TO
100. IT TOOK US HALF AN HOUR,
BUT SHE DID IT. SHE IS NON
VERBAL AND HAS A VOCABULARY OF
LESS THAN 100. AND I AM SO PROUD
OF HER. AND SHE IS THE BEEN THE
BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO MY LIFE.
BECAUSE SHE OPENED UP MY EYES TO
A WORLD THAT I NEVER KNEW. A
WORLD THAT I WOULD NEVER BE A
PART OF HAD. I NOT HAD HANNA. AS
PARENTS. WE SEND OUR KIDS OFF TO
SCHOOL, HOPING THAT THEY'LL MAKE
FRIENDS. I AND AFTER SCHOOL
HOPING THAT SHE'LL MAKE A FRIEND
WHERE, WHEN SOMEBODY BULLIES HER
BECAUSE OF HER SPECIAL NEEDS
THAT THEY WOULD STAND UP AND
FIGHT FOR HER. SO I'M HERE
ASKING ALL OF YOU. TO TALK TO
YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDKIDS, YOUR
CHILDREN, YOUR NIECES AND NEPHEW
AND EDUCATE THEM. ABOUT KIDS
LIKE HANNA ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE
HANNA. BECAUSE UNTIL WE DO THAT
OUR CHILDREN WILL NOT HAVE A
PATH TO THRIVE. RIGHT NOW. WE
WANT THEM TO SURVIVE. BUT UNTIL
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE AWARE
OF THEIR SITUATION AND ARE
ACCEPTING OF IT. ANNA WOULD NOT
HAVE A PATHWAY TO THRIVE. SO I'M
ASKING EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF YOU TO GO HOME AND TALK TO
YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT IT.
YOUR CHILDREN. BECAUSE THE
REALITY IS THAT HANNA WILL BE
BULLIED FOR BEING DIFFERENT FOR
BEING SPECIAL. AND SHE WON'T
NEED ME FOR THE REST OF HER
LIFE. FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
AND I AM PREPARED FOR THAT. BUT
I DON'T WANNA DO THAT ALONE. I
WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE THERE
WITH US. AND SO I STAND HERE
TODAY. AS A CHAMPION. FOR PEOPLE
LIKE HAN AND FOR COMMUNITIES
LIKE HANNA FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND
CENTERS. THAT HELP UPLIFT HANNA.
AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND ALL
OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HER. I HOPE
YOU'LL JOIN ME. IN VOTING. I AN
A èC R 150. THANK YOU.
SO I'M A MEMBER NGU. I PROBABLY
DON'T NEED TO ASK. I ASSUME
YOU'D LIKE CO AUTHORS ON THIS
RESOLUTION. CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL CO-AUTHOR. THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE FOR CO
AUTHORS. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLE AND TALLY THE VOTES.
THERE ARE 60 CO-AUTHOR OFF,
ADDED WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE WILL
TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY I
WAS OPPOSED, SAY, NÓ, THE AYES
HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. THANK YOU.
MHM. MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM 32 A
B 2024 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PACHECO, THE CLERK WILL READ AS
BILL 2024 BY SOME PACHECO AND
ACTUALLY TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS
I RISE TODAY TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY
BILL 2024, A B 2024 WILL
PROHIBIT THE DENIAL OF AN EX
PARTE RESTRAINING ORDER BECAUSE
OF MINOR ERRORS IN THE PETITION
PRIOR TO A REVIEW BY A JUDICIAL
OFFICER. THE BILL WILL GIVE A
JUDICIAL OFFICER THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REVIEW AN EX PARTE
RESTRAINING ORDER BY FOCUSING ON
THE MERITS OF THE CASE AND WILL
CREATE A STANDARD ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. TO ENSURE TIMELY
PROTECTION AMENDMENTS WERE TAKEN
AND TECHNICAL IN NATURE, A B
2024 HAS RECEIVED BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN IPHONE. SEEN AND HEARING
NÓ FURTHER DEBATE. YOU LIKE YOU
WOULD LIKE CO-AUTHOR. THE
RESOLUTION. EXCUSE ME. I'M
SORRY. I'M SO CAUGHT UP IN THE
PREVIOUS MOMENT. UM CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL. WORLD WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
TALLY. THE VOTE AYES 58 NÓ ZERO
MEASURE IS ADOPTED.
MISS NGUYEN. SOME OF NGUYEN, DID
YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL GUESTS TO
INTRODUCE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. THANK
YOU. MR SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE, UH, FOLKS FROM WARM
LINE AND, UH, ULTRA REGIONAL
SERVICE WHO ARE HERE IN THE
GALLERY TODAY? THEY ARE THE
ORGANIZATIONS, THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT HELP PEOPLE LIKE HANNA AND
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES WITHOUT THEM. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WE WOULD
DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU, MEMBER, NGUYEN. AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. MOVING
ON TO FILE ITEM 33 A èC R 156
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER PIN, THE
CLERK WILL READ AS SOME
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 156 BY SAM
PIN RELATIVE TO GREEK
INDEPENDENCE DAY. SO I A MEMBER
PAPPA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER COLLEAGUES. THIS
IS A RESOLUTION. I KNOW YOU'VE
ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. A
COMMEMORATION OF GREEK
INDEPENDENCE DAY. AND I SAY THAT
BECAUSE GRIEF AS THE BIRTHPLACE
OF DEMOCRACY AND THE UNITED
STATES AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST
DEMOCRACY HAVE LONG BEEN KINDRED
SPIRITS IN THEIR DEDICATION TO
THE IDEAL THAT WE ARE GOVERNED
BY, AND FOR THE PEOPLE. MARCH 25
IS GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY. IT
MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE GREEK
REVOLUTION OF 1821 AGAINST
CENTURIES OF OPPRESSION AT THE
HANDS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
WHEN RAISING THE REVOLUTIONARY
FLAG AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. THE GREEKS
UNIFIED BEHIND THE MOTTO,
FREEDOM OR DEATH. THANOS, WHICH
IS HAS 11 SYLLABLES AND IS
SIGNIFIED BY THE 11 BLUE AND
WHITE STRIPES IN THE GREEK FLAG.
THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN
AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS
COUNTRY'S HISTORY, AND THE
GREEKS HAVE FOUGHT SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THE UNITED STATES,
PROMPTING WINSTON CHURCHILL TO
DECLARE AT THE END OF WORLD WAR
TWO THAT IT IS NOT THE GREEKS
FOUGHT LIKE HEROES, BUT RATHER
THAT HEROES FOUGHT LIKE GREEKS.
TODAY WE SEE THE STRUGGLES FOR
DEMOCRACY CONTINUE IN SO MANY
CORNERS OF THE WORLD AND EVEN
HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. THE
FIGHT TO CARRY ON THE GREEK
CREATIVE FORM OF DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENT IS WORTH IT, BECAUSE
EVEN WITH ALL OF ITS
IMPERFECTIONS AND ALL OF ITS
DIFFICULTIES, AS HAVE BEEN SAID,
IT'S THE WORST FORM OF
GOVERNMENT EXCEPT FOR ALL THE
OTHERS, AND I THINK WE ALL CAN
AGREE TO THAT. SO I STAND BEFORE
YOU TODAY AS A PROUD GREEK
AMERICAN, THE DAUGHTER OF ELIAS
PAPOULIS, WHO WAS SENT TO
SCHOOL, NOT KNOWING ANY ENGLISH
OTHERWISE KNOWN AROUND THIS
BUILDING AS ASSEMBLYMAN LEWIS
PAPIN TO HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GREEK
CREATION AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT
OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM. I'D
ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER
GREEK LEGISLATORS THAT CAME
BEFORE US IN THIS AUGUST BODY,
INCLUDING SENATOR NICK PETRAS,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ART AGNOS AND
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ELAINE CANTONS.
AL WITH THAT MR SPEAKER. I
REQUEST THAT THE ROLL BE OPEN
FOR CO AUTHORS ON A èC R 156.
THANK YOU AS A MEMBER PINS AND
HEARING NÓ FURTHER DEBATE, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLE FOR CO
OP FOR THIS RESOLUTION. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE AS A CO-AUTHOR ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE? OR
WE'LL CLOSE THE ROLL TALLY THE
VOTES. THERE ARE 64 CO AUTHORS
WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE'LL TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION ALL
IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY
NÓ AYS. HAVE IT RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. WOULD YOU LIKE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PIN? YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SPEAKER I
AM SO HONORED TODAY TO HAVE FOUR
MEMBERS HERE FROM THE AMERICAN
HELLENIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSIVE
ASSOCIATION. COMMONLY REFERRED
TO AS THE ORDER OF THE APA. IT'S
A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED
ON JULY 26TH 1922 IN ATLANTA,
GEORGIA, A HEPA WAS FOUNDED WITH
A FOCUS ON CIVIL RIGHTS,
PARTICULARLY TO COUNTERACT THE
KU KLUX KLAN. IT IS THE LARGEST
AND OLDEST GRASSROOTS
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS
OF GREEK HERITAGE AND PHIL
HAINES WITH MORE THAN 400
CHAPTERS ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES, CAÑADA, AUSTRALIA AND
EUROPE. THE MISSION OF A HE A IS
TO PROMOTE THE ANCIENT HELLENIC
IDEALS OF EDUCATION,
PHILANTHROPY, CIVIC
RESPONSIBILITY, FAMILY AND
INDIVIDUAL. EXCELLENCE THROUGH
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND
VOLUNTEERISM. PLEASE WELCOME
MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL CHAPTER OF
THE ORDER OF THE APE. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PAPIN AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. MOVING
ON TO FILE ITEM 35 HÌ R 73 BY MR
ZABER PRESENTED BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WARD, THE CLERK WILL READ
HOUSE RESOLUTION 70 THREE BY
SOME MEMBERS OF THE BUR AND
OTHERS RELATIVE TO TRANSGENDER
DAY OF VISIBILITY. MR WARD, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS AS THE VICE
CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE L GB Tð Q CAUCUS I
RISE TODAY TO PRESENT HÌ R 70
THREE ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUE
FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD. THIS
RESOLUTION CELEBRATES
TRANSGENDER WEEK OF VISIBILITY
IN THE CAPITOL AND PROCLAIMS
MARCH 31ST AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF
VISIBILITY. COMMEMORATED EACH
YEAR. THE INTERNATIONAL
TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY
ENCOMPASSES AN EXPANSIVE
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY
AS TWO SPIRIT, TRANSGENDER,
GENDER, NON CONFORMING OR NON
BINARY OR INTERSEX OR Tð. G I
INCLUSIVE WHILE OUR CAUCUS
OVERALL COMMUNITY AND ALLIES
RECOGNIZE TRANSGENDER DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE IN NOVEMBER, A
PAINFUL DAY WHERE WE MEMORIALIZE
OUR TRANS SIBLINGS LOST TO HATE
AND VIOLENCE, IT IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO CELEBRATE
TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY.
TO RECOGNIZE OUR Tð G. I
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FOCUSING ON JOY SUPPORT AND
HOPE. Tð G PEOPLE HAVE EXISTED
THROUGHOUT HISTORY HELD
PROMINENT CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL
POSITIONS AND GREATLY
CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIETIES AROUND
THE WORLD. IN AN EFFORT TO NOT
ONLY BRING THESE, UH UH, BRING
THESE TO LIGHT, UH, THESE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FIGURES BUT
ALSO HONOR MODERN DAY
TRAILBLAZERS ARE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE L GB Tð Q CAUCUS
WILL BE SHARING TWO G I
INCLUSIVE STORIES, ESPECIALLY
DURING THIS WEEK. ALONGSIDE THE
AUTHOR AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE
CAUCUS. I REAFFIRM OUR
UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR OUR TWO
SPIRIT, TRANSGENDER, GENDER, NON
CONFORMING NON-BINARY AND
INTERSEX COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OUR
COMMUNITY IS UNITED IN ITS
PURSUIT FOR EQUITY AND EQUALITY
FOR ALL PEOPLE. OUR CAUCUS IS
PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT THE
REPRESENTATION OF THE Tð G
COMMUNITY IN ELECTED OFFICES
NATIONWIDE, WITH 98 OUT
OFFICIALS, INCLUDING NINE HERE
IN CALIFORNIA, SUCH AS TERRA,
LOS AND REMER ON THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
LISA MIDDLETON. ON THE PALM
SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL, AND
LISETTE ESPINOZA GARNICA ON THE
REDWOOD CITY CITY COUNCIL. AS WE
NEAR THE END OF TRANSGENDER WEEK
OF VISIBILITY 2024 IN THE
CAPITOL. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT
THIS WEEK IS NOT THE END OF A
SUPPORTING THOSE WHO NEED OUR
SUPPORT. NOW MORE THAN EVER. IT
IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CELEBRATE
DURING THIS WEEK AND FURTHER
AFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR TRANS
SIBLINGS AND THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE
VISIBLY OPENLY, AUTHENTIC,
AUTHENTICALLY AND
UNAPOLOGETICALLY. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER MEMBERS AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
AND THE FIRST ROW ROLE TO BE
OPEN FOR CO-AUTHOR. THANK YOU,
MR WARD. UH, JUST KEEP KEEP
DOWN, PLEASE MEMBERS. UH, MR
RAMOS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER. I RISE ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF HÌ R 70
THREE, WHICH DECLARES MARCH 31ST
AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF
VISIBILITY. AS CHAIR OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS IN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT
RESEARCH TELLS US THAT STATEWIDE
20 TO 40% OF HOMELESS YOUTH
IDENTIFY AS L GB Tð Q PLUS THIS
RESOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS THE
IMPORTANCE AND NEED TO INCREASE
AWARENESS ABOUT UPHOLDING HUMAN
RIGHTS FOR ALL HÌ R 70 THREE
NOTES THAT FROM JUNE 22ND JUNE
2022 TO APRIL 2020 THREE. MORE
THAN THREE 150 INCIDENTS OF HATE
AND EXTREMISTS AGAINST L GB Tð Q
COMMUNITY WERE REPORTED IN THE
UNITED STATES, WITH CALIFORNIA
HAVING ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOTAL
NUMBER OF INCIDENTS IN ALL THE
COUNTRY. WE MUST DO ALL WE CAN
TO REAFFIRM THE RIGHTS OF ALL
PEOPLE AND STOP THIS GROWING
HATE AGAINST PEOPLE OF THE L GB
Tð Q PLUS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY
AS MANY OF THOSE CASES ARE
DIRECTED. LET US CELEBRATE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR DIVERSE L
GB Tð Q CAUCUS AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE STAND UNITED AND
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN THE DAY
OF VISIBILITY THAT WE STAND
UNITED TO RESPECT THEIR RIGHTS,
THEIR HUMANITY AND THE RIGHT TO
LIVE WITH US. SIDE BY SIDE
TOGETHER HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I URGE YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU, MR RAMOS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WILSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF HÌ R 73, WHICH
CELEBRATES TRANSGENDER WEEK OF
VISIBILITY IN THE CAPITOL AND
PROCLAIMS MARCH 31ST AS
TRANSGENDER DAY VISIBILITY
COMMEMORATING EACH YEAR, THE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF VISIBILITY.
ENCOMPASSES AND EXPANSIVE
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY
AS TWO SPIRIT, TRANSGENDER,
GENDER, NON CONFORMING OR NON BI
OR INTERSEX AS CHAIR OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS AND AS A MEMBER OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS, WE REAFFIRM OUR
UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO
IDENTIFY AS TWO SPIRIT,
TRANSGENDER GENDER, NON
CONFORMING NON BINARY OR
INTERSEX AND THE TRADITION OF
BLACK CULTURE SPEAKING THE NAMES
OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE
US. WOULD LIKE TO HONOR FIVE
WOMEN. MARY JONES, BORN IN 18 0.
THREE UM, EARLIEST RECORDED
STORY OF A TRANS WOMAN IN
AMERICA. SHE WAS DUBBED IN THE
PRESS THE MAN MONSTER. BUT
DESPITE THE DISCRIMINATION SHE
FACED AS A QUEER SEX WORKER OF
COLOR, SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP ON
HER IDENTITY. FRANCIS THOMPSON,
BORN IN 1840, AN ANTI RAPE
ACTIVIST, WAS MOST LIKELY THE
FIRST TRANS WOMAN TO TESTIFY
BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
IN THE UNITED STATES. LUCY HICKS
, ANDERSON BORN 1886. SHE WAS
THE EARLIEST FIGHT IN THE FIGHT
FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY WHEN SHE
AND HER HUSBAND WERE PUNISHED
FOR MARRYING AND SERVED 10 YEARS
PROBATION. MISS MAJOR GRIFFIN
GRACIE BORN 1940, AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN AS MISS MAJOR, SHE WAS A
TRANSACT WHO WORKED AND
VOLUNTEERED FOR MANY QUEER
ORGANIZATIONS SINCE THE
STONEWALL UPRISING WITH A
PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN OF
COLOR LAST BUT NOT LEAST. TRACY
AFRICA. NORMAN BORN 1952, MOST
NOTABLY KNOWN AS UM, AFRICA, IT
WAS HER. UH UH, NICKNAME SHE WAS
ACTUALLY THE FIRST BLACK TRANS
MODEL. UM WHO SERVED, UH, WHO
WORKED? UM IN THE SEVENTIES, SHE
APPEARED IN ON ON ON DIED JOBS
AND, UM I'M SORRY. HAIR DYES AS
WELL AS ESSENCE MAGAZINE,
INCLUDING VOGUE, BUT IN THE
EIGHTIES, UH, IT WAS DISCOVERED
THAT SHE WAS TRANS AND SHE WAS
BLACKLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AND HAD TO FLEE TO EUROPE. PARIS
IN PARTICULAR TO ACTUALLY FIND
WORK. THESE WOMEN WE HONOR THEM
TODAY AS WE LOOK AT THE
VISIBILITY THAT IS NECESSARY FOR
THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO WITH
THAT, I THANK YOU. MR SPEAKER
AND MEMBERS ARE RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOU TO JOIN BLACK CAUCUS AND
THE WOMEN CAUCUS AND OUR SUPPORT
OF HÌ R 73. WE THINK THE AUTHOR
AND THE L GB Tð COMMUNITY, UH,
CAUCUS FOR BRINGING THIS
TOGETHER AND WE ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON, ALBEIT HAVING CEASED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WARD? YES THANK YOU. MR
SPEAKER. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES FROM
HIGHLAND AND FROM SUAN CITY FOR
THEIR, UH, ELOQUENT WORDS. I
THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS. OF COURSE,
THE CROSS SPECTRUM THAT WE NEED
TO, UH EMBODY HERE IN THE
LEGISLATURE BETWEEN OUR CAUCUSES
WHEN WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER. WE
ARE LIFTING ALL BOATS AND WE ARE
RECOGNIZING, UH, THAT MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY ARE PARTICULARLY
UNDER ATTACK. UH, AND THE
HATEFUL VIOLENCE THAT THEY ARE
ENDURING IS, UM, IS DENYING WHO
THEY ARE. AND CAUSING THEM HARM,
BOTH MENTALLY AND SOMETIMES,
PHYSICALLY AS WELL. UM BUT THIS
BEGINS WITH VISIBILITY. IT
BEGINS BY RECOGNIZING THAT THEY
ARE, UH THEY ARE REAL, UH, THAT
THEY ARE TRUE TO THEMSELVES THAT
WE APPRECIATE WHO THEY ARE AND
WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
STATE AND THAT WE WILL LIFT THEM
UP IN THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THE
MONTHS AHEAD. MR SPEAKER, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I VOTE
AND THAT THE FIRST ROLL WILL BE
OPEN FOR CO-AUTHOR. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. THOSE VOTES. WE
DESIRE TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE FOR CO AS A
CO-AUTHOR ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE? CLERK WE'LL
CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE ARE 49
COAUTHOR'S ADDED WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE'LL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION ALL IN
FAVOR. SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY, NÓ.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION
IS ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO FILE
ITEM 36 HÌ R 78 I. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CALDERON CLERK WILL READ
HOUSE RESOLUTION 78 BY SOME
MEMBER CALDRON AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO CESAR CHÁVEZ DAY. SO
CALDER ON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. TODAY I
RISE ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO
PRESENT HÌ R 78 COMMEMORATING
CESAR CHÁVEZ DAY. AS A DAUGHTER
AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF FARM
WORKERS. IT IS AN HONOR TO
INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION. I
HAVE MANY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
FROM MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE IN
MENDOTA, WHERE I WOULD LISTEN TO
THEIR STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN THE
FIELDS. I ALSO REMEMBER SITTING
AT THE DINNER TABLE HEARING MY
FAMILY TALK ABOUT A MAN NAMED
èC CESAR CHÁVEZ. THEY ADMIRED
HIM. CESAR CHÁVEZ IS AN ICON. IN
THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. AS A MARK OF THE
STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF THE
LATINO COMMUNITY. THE RALLYING
CRY SI S¼ E PUEDE IS ETCHED IN
AMERICAN HISTORY. IN 1962, CESAR
CHÁVEZ AND DOLORES HUERTA
FOUNDED THE NATIONAL FARM
WORKERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH WOULD
LATER BECOME THE UNITED FARM
WORKERS. IN 1966. THEY ORGANIZED
A MASSIVE STRIKE AGAINST GRAPE
GROWERS IN CALIFORNIA, LEADING
OVER 1000 FARM WORKERS AND THEIR
SUPPORTERS IN A 340 MILE MARCH.
FROM DELANO TO SACRAMENTO. CESAR
CHAVEZ'S EFFORTS LED TO THE
ENACTMENT OF CALIFORNIA'S
AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT
OF 1975. THE ONLY LAW IN THE
NATION PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF
FARM WORKERS TO ORGANIZE AND
BARGAIN WITH THEIR EMPLOYERS. IN
1997 PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
AWARDED CESAR CHÁVEZ THE
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM.
AND IN 2006 GOVERNOR AR ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER INDUCTED HIM INTO
THE HALL OF FAME. TODAY THE
FIGHT TO EMPOWER FARM WORKERS
ACROSS OUR STATE GOES ON, PLEASE
JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THE LIFE
AND LEGACY OF CESAR CHÁVEZ.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CALDERON ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CERVANTES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBERS
TODAY I RISE AS A PROUD JOINT
AUTHOR AND AS A MEMBER OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE L GB Tð Q
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE
RESOLUTION 78 WHETHER IT'S
FIGHTING FOR BETTER BETTER JOBS
AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR
WORKERS, IMPROVING ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE, ELIMINATING
DISCRIMINATION, IMPROVING THE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION, PROVIDING
SERVICES TO OTHERS, OR SIMPLY
TREATING OTHERS WITH DIGNITY AND
RESPECT NÓ MATTER. THEIR
BACKGROUND OR WHO THEY ARE.
CESAR CHAVEZ'S SELFLESS EXAMPLE
IS A STANDARD WE SHOULD ALL
STRIVE TO FOLLOW. CESAR CHÁVEZ
WAS AN ALLY TO THE L GB Tð Q
COMMUNITY. IN FACT, IN 1987
CHÁVEZ ATTENDED AND SPOKE AT THE
SECOND NATIONAL MARCH ON
WASHINGTON FOR LESBIAN AND GÂY
RIGHTS SERVING AS A GRAND
MARSHAL. IT WAS AT THIS MARCH
THAT HE ASKED ATTENDEES. HOW
COULD YOU DEMAND EQUALITY FOR
YOUR OWN PEOPLE WHILE TOLERATING
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANYONE
ELSE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE?
THE EFFORTS OF CESAR CHÁVEZ ARE
REMINDER THAT TOGETHER WE CAN
BREAK DOWN ALL BARRIERS WHEN MY
OWN FATHER SERVED AS MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF COACHELLA. HE GAVE
CESAR CHÁVEZ THE FIRST KEY TO
THE CITY. CESAR CHÁVEZ, THE FARM
WORKER MOVEMENT AND THE FIGHT
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ARE DEEPLY
ROOTED IN THE HISTORY OF EASTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND ITS
COMMUNITIES IN 1990. MY FATHER
LED THE EFFORTS TO NAME AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER SAR
CHÁVEZ IS IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF
THE FIRST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE
NAMED IN HIS HONOR. CESAR CHÁVEZ
REMINDS US OF THE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE OUR
COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE DIGNITY
AND RESPECT FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY
OUR MOST VULNERABLE. HE WAS AND
IS A SYMBOL OF STRENGTH AND HOPE
IN OUR COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA
AND IN ACROSS OUR NATION. LÀ
LUCHA CONTINUA COLLEAGUES ARE
RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR AN I VOTE
ON HOUSE RESOLUTION 78. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER CERVANTES
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO
JOIN IN CELEBRATING THE LIFE
ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE AND THE
EXAMPLE OF CESAR CHÁVEZ. HIS
FAMILY LEFT MEXICO WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT BEGAN PAYING A BOUNTY
FOR EACH INDIAN SCALP, MUCH LIKE
CALIFORNIA DID IN THE 18
FIFTIES. CAESAR HONORED AND
CHERISHED HIS MOTHER'S NATIVE
ROOTS WHEN HE PASSED AWAY OF
NATURAL CAUSES. IN APRIL OF
1990, THREE, HE WAS HOLDING A
BOOK ON NATIVE AMERICAN ART. WE
CELEBRATE HIS COMMITMENT TO
SERVICE TO JUSTICE TO LEARNING
NONVIOLENCE AND THE FIERCE PRIDE
HE TOOK IN HIS ROOTS. HIS WORK
INSPIRED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE FROM ALL AGES AND
WALKS OF LIFE TO BELIEVE IN
THEMSELVES IN THEIR RIGHT TO
BUILD BETTER FUTURES FOR
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND ALTHOUGH CAESAR ONLY
ATTENDED SCHOOL THROUGH THE
EIGHTH GRADE, HE POSSESSED AN
UNENDING PASSION FOR LEARNING.
HIS OFFICE AT UNION HEADQUARTERS
HAD FLOOR TO CEILING BOOKSHELVES
, HOLDING THOUSANDS OF BOOKS ON
TOPICS RANGING FROM MANAGEMENT
AND BUSINESS TO HISTORY TO
PHILOSOPHY. HE HAD A COMPLETE
COLLECTION OF THE WRITINGS OF
GANDHI AND VOLUMES ON NATIVE
AMERICAN ART AND CULTURE. IN HIS
1984 SPEECH TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
COMMONWEALTH CLUB, WHO REMINDED
US WHY WE MUST ALL REMEMBER THAT
SERVICE TO OTHERS AND EXERCISING
RESPECT TOWARDS OTHERS CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD. I QUOTE ONCE
SOCIAL CHANGE BEGINS, IT CANNOT
BE REVERSED. YOU CANNOT UN
EDUCATE THE PERSON WHO HAS
LEARNED TO READ. YOU CANNOT
HUMILIATE THE PERSON WHO FEELS
PRIDE. YOU CANNOT OPPRESS THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AFRAID
ANYMORE. I URGE YOUR I VOTE. AND
WE STAND UNITED. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JUAN CARRILLO. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. BUENOS AIRES, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS TODAY. I
RISE IN PROUD SUPPORT OF HÌ R 78
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALDERON OF
SERVING MARCH TO THE FIRST OF
CESAR CHAVEZ'S BIRTHDAY AND AS A
DAY OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AS I
STAND HERE ON THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR
TODAY. I AM FILLED WITH LEAVES
SENSE OF GRATITUDE AND HONOR TO
COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF THE
LEGACY OF EL GRAS CHÁVEZ. AS AN
IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY AT THE AGE OF 15. I
NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD ONE
DAY BECOME A PROUD CITIZEN OF
THIS GREAT NATION. RAISED A
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND EVEN SPEAK
ENGLISH. A TO STAND ME FOR YOU
TODAY, A TESTAMENT TO EL SOO
AMERICANO THAT CESAR CHÁVEZ
WORKED HARD TO UPHOLD. CESAR
CHÁVEZ WAS A VISIONARY. A
TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR FARM
WORKERS RIGHTS AND A CHAMPION
FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. HE FOUGHT
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND
EQUALITY, AND HE'S UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO HIS CAUSE INSPIRED
MILLIONS WORLDWIDE. AS WE
COMMEMORATE CESAR CHÁVEZ ON THIS
DAY. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT HIS
LEGACY IS NOT JUST A HISTORICAL
FOOTNOTE. IT'S A COMPROMISE
UNCOMPROMISING. CESAR CHÁVEZ
ONCE SAID, WE CANNOT SEEK
ACHIEVEMENT FOR OURSELVES AND
FORGET ABOUT PROGRESS AND
PROSPERITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR AMBITIONS MUST BE BROAD
ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE
ASPIRATIONS AND NEEDS OF OTHERS,
FOR THEIR SAKES IN OUR OWN. WE
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF A
GIANT LIKE SISTER CHÁVEZ, WHO
PAVED THE WAY FOR US TO HAVE A
VOICE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
ALL. AS WE REMEMBER HIS LEGACY.
LED US TOGETHER BUILD A
CALIFORNIA THAT REFLECTS ITS
VALUES. A STATE WHERE EVERYONE
HAS THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED. NÓ
MATTER THEIR ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
OR COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. LET US
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS FIGHTING
FOR THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY. FOR
EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND
OPPORTUNITY. AND LET US NEVER
FORGET OUR STRUGGLES AND
SUCCESSES ARE CONNECTED. WE'RE
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. A LÀ A LÀ
FUERZA. THANK YOU, CESAR CHÁVEZ
FOR INSPIRING US ALL TO BE THE
CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE
WORLD. GRACIAS. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CARRILLO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. WALDRON, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TO
SUPPORT HÌ R 78 RECOGNIZING
MARCH 31ST AS CESAR CHÁVEZ DAY
ON THIS DAY WE HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANT AND VITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS FARM WORKERS
PROVIDE. TO BRING FOOD TO ALL
THE FAMILIES IN OUR STATE. AS
THE LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
OF A RURAL DISTRICT. I AM
HUMBLED BY THE ROLE OUR REGION
PLAYS AS AN AGRICULTURAL COUNTY,
A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK OF
OUR FARMERS AND FARM WORKERS.
EACH YEAR. I AM HONORED TO RISE
IN SUPPORT OF RECOGNIZING CESAR
CHÁVEZ DAY. HE WAS A HISTORIC
LEADER, AND HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE
ON FOR DECADES TO COME. A QUOTE
SPOKEN BY HIM THAT I FIND
IMPACTFUL WEEDS. TRUE WEALTH IS
NOT MEASURED IN MONEY OR STATUS
OR POWER. IT IS MEASURED IN THE
LEGACY WE LEAVE BEHIND FOR THOSE
WE LOVE AND THOSE WE INSPIRE.
EVEN TODAY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THERE
IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
PROVIDING SAFE AND SECURE
FARMWORKER HOUSING ACCESS TO
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND AS WAS HIGHLIGHTED
DURING THE COVID EPIDEMIC AND
CHAMPIONED BY OUR SPEAKER. NOT
LEAVING ANYONE BEHIND WHEN IT
COMES TO P, PE AND ACCESS TO
VACCINES AND TREATMENT. TAKING
CARE OF THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF
US AND RECOGNIZING THE DIGNITY
AND HUMANITY OF ALL OUR PEOPLES
WAS THE ASPIRATION OF CESAR
CHÁVEZ. AND SHOULD CONTINUE AS
OUR GOAL TODAY I URGE YOU AND I
VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WALDRON, ASSEMBLY MEMBER. RUBIO,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR. UH MR SPEAKER MEMBERS I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF HÌ
R 78, RECOGNIZING ONE OF THE
MOST INSPIRATIONAL LABOR LEADERS
OF THE 20TH CENTURY CESAR
CHÁVEZ. CHÁVEZ CO FOUNDED THE
NATIONAL FARM WORKERS
ASSOCIATION AND FW A, WHICH
LATER BECAME THE UNITED FARM
WORKERS. UF, UH, UFW LABOR
UNION. THE CHÁVEZ FAMILY BECAME
MIGRANT WORKERS AFTER HIS
PARENTS LOST THEIR FARM DURING
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND LIVED
IN A SUCCESSION OF MIGRANT
CAMPS. BEARING FIRST HAND
WITNESS TO THE POOR TREATMENT OF
MIGRANT WORKERS INSPIRED HIM TO
ORGANIZE A UNION THAT WOULD
PROTECT AND SERVE THE FARM
WORKERS WHOSE POVERTY AND
POWERLESSNESS HAD HE HAD SHARED.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SOME INCREDIBLE
WOMEN WHO LED IN THE CIVIL
RIGHTS AND LABOR MOVEMENTS.
STARTING WITH THE MOST
INSPIRATIONAL WOMAN, DOLORES
HUERTA, WHO HAS SPENT NEARLY HER
ENTIRE LIFE AS A LABOR AND CIVIL
RIGHTS ACTIVIST. A DAUGHTER OF
FARM WORKERS SHE SPENT YEARS AT
THE FOREFRONT OF THE EFFORT TO
CREATE UFW IN 1962. SHE WORKED
ALONGSIDE HER UFW CO FOUNDER,
CESAR CHÁVEZ. DURING THE STRIKES
, WALKOUTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF
THE 19 SIXTIES. SHE HAS SINCE
EXPANDED IN THE ACTIVISM OF FARM
WORKER MOVEMENT, BECOMING A
VOICE FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY,
ESPECIALLY FOR LATINA WOMEN AND
THOSE OF US THAT ARE LOOKING TO
FIND EQUITY AND PARITY IN
ELECTED OFFICE. MARIA MORENO,
THE FIRST WOMAN FARM WORKER
HIRED AS A UNION REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE IN 1959.
WHEN SHE'S WHEN SEVERE FLOODING
DEVASTATED CALIFORNIA FARMS AND
THEIR CROPS. MARIA BEGAN HER
ACTIVISM BY ADVOCATING FOR
GOVERNMENT, FOOD AND FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR FARM WORKERS.
THROUGH HER DEDICATED HER
THROUGH HER DEDICATION AND
ACTIVISM, MARIA BECAME A
TRAILBLAZER FOR WOMEN IN
POLITICS. AND FINALLY, JESSIE DE
LÀ CRUZ, WHO BEGAN WORKING IN
THE FIELDS AT AGE FIVE ALONG HER
FAMILY. SHE CONTINUED THE WORK
EVEN AS SHE HAD HER CHILDREN AND
WORKED ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND,
ARNOLD, WHO LATER WORKED WITH
CESAR CHÁVEZ AND THE NATIONAL
FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION. WHEN
THE N FW A BECAME UFW. JESSE
CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND TO
EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
IN UFUFW LEADERSHIP. THESE WOMEN
AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WORKED
TIRELESSLY TIRELESSLY ALONGSIDE
CESAR CHÁVEZ IN THE FIGHT FOR
BETTER TREATMENT AND WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE, UH IN THE
ADVANCEMENT OF THE LABOR AND
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. TODAY WE
HONOR THEIR WORK AND THANK THEM
FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE
IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION
78. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMO.
RUBIO ASSEMBLY MEMBER, BAINES.
DR. BAINES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
YOUR MEMBERS TODAY I RISE ON
BEHALF OF THE API CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF HÌ R 78, WHICH
RECOGNIZES AS OUR CHAVEZ'S
EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY, AND
COMMEMORATES SAYS OUR CHÁVEZ DAY
THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
CALLED CERVANTES FOR BRINGING
THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. CESAR
CHÁVEZ WAS A CHAMPION OF CIVIL
RIGHTS AND A FEARLESS LABOR
LEADER WHOSE COURAGE AND
DETERMINATION RESHAPE THE
LANDSCAPE OF LABOR RIGHTS IN
AMERICA. CHÁVEZ UNDERSTOOD THAT
THE DIGNITY OF LABOR WAS
NONNEGOTIABLE. AND HE HAS HE
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ENSURING
FAIR WAGES, HUMANE WORKING
CONDITIONS AND BASIC RIGHTS FOR
ALL WORKERS. I HAVE THE EXTREME
HONOR OF REPRESENTING DELANO IN
THE LEGISLATURE AND AS A NATIVE
OF YOU KNOW, THE WORLD OF DELANO
IS MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE DAY
THAT IT WAS WHEN CESAR CHÁVEZ
FOUGHT FOR RIGHTS, SEE NEAR THE
END OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS FIGHTING
FOR ONE THING, ONE THING THAT HE
COULDN'T FIGHT FOR IN DELANO,
AND THAT WAS ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE. HE WANTED TO RESHAPE
AND MAKE SURE THAT ALONGSIDE
LABOR RIGHTS ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE REMAINED. COLLEAGUES
THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SOME
DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE. LET
US RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO
PROTECTING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
AND MAKING SURE WE PROTECT OUR
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE
SPIRIT AND WORK OF CESAR CHÁVEZ.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR BAINES.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GABRIEL, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. UH I TOO RISE TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF HÌ R 78 ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
JEWISH CAUCUS. I WANT TO THANK
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM WHITTIER FOR
HER BEAUTIFUL WORDS AND ALSO FOR
HER LEADERSHIP. IN BRINGING
FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION. THE
JEWISH CAUCUS IS PROUD TO JOIN
WITH CALIFORNIANS OF ALL FAITHS
AND BACKGROUNDS AND RECOGNIZING
THE INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF CESAR
CHÁVEZ. HE IS, UH, AN ICONIC
CIVIL RIGHTS AND LABOR LEADER
AND SOMEONE WHO IS AN
INSPIRATION AND A MORAL EXEMPLAR
, NOT JUST A FARM WORKERS, NOT
JUST TO THE LABOR COMMUNITY, NOT
JUST TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY BUT
TO CALIFORNIANS FROM ALL
BACKGROUNDS BECAUSE OF THE WORK
THAT HE DID TO PROMOTE JUSTICE
THE WORK THAT HE DID TO PROMOTE
HUMAN DIGNITY. THE WORK THAT HE
DID TO TRANSFORM CALIFORNIA INTO
A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL
CALIFORNIANS AND THE EXAMPLE
THAT HE PROVIDED FOR ALL OF US.
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WAS
CAPTIVATED BY MR CHAVEZ'S, UH,
EFFORTS HIS MORAL, UH, HIS MORAL
COMPASS. UH, AND I'M PROUD THAT,
UM, SO MANY JEWISH COMMUNITIES
AND ORGANIZATIONS STOOD WITH HIM
AND IN PARTICULAR THAT THERE
WERE MANY RABBIS ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT TOLD
THEIR CONGREGATIONS THAT
NONUNION GRAPES WERE FORBIDDEN
TO EAT UNDER JEWISH LAW. SOME OF
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF KOSHER
FOOD AND NON KOSHER FOOD RABBIS
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TOLD
THEIR CONGREGANTS THAT IT WOULD
VIOLATE JEWISH LAW TO EAT GRAPES
THAT WERE WERE PICKED WITH
EMPLOYED LABOR. WE ALSO KNOW
THAT THERE WERE MANY JEWS IN
CALIFORNIA AND IN THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES, THAT JOINED, UH
TO SUPPORT. UH CESAR CHÁVEZ, UM
MARSHALL GANZ, THE LONGTIME
LEGENDARY UNION ORGANIZER, UH
MARK GROSSMAN, WHO IS HIS
PERSONAL AIDE, JERRY COHEN, WHO
WAS THE HEAD OF THE UFW LEGAL
STAFF. UH THERE WERE JEWS
ACTUALLY, WHO WHO JOINED ALL OF
THE PICKET LINES TRAGICALLY THE
FIRST PERSON TO LOSE THEIR LIFE
ON A FARM WORKER. PICKET LINE
WAS A 17 YEAR OLD BY THE NAME OF
NAN FREEMAN, WHO IS A COLLEGE
STUDENT WHO WAS KILLED BY A
TRUCK CRASHING INTO THE PICKET
LINE. AND PERHAPS MY FAVORITE
AND HAPPIEST STORY ABOUT THE WAY
THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FELT
COMPELLED TO SUPPORT CESAR
CHÁVEZ WAS, UH, HIS WIFE, HELEN,
ONCE TOLD A STORY ABOUT WHEN
THEY WERE FIRST FUNDRAISING AND
COLLECTING MONEY FOR THE UNION.
UH, HER HER, UH, HER SISTER
STARTED OPENING CHECKS, AND SHE
TURNED TO HER, AND SHE SAID ALL
OF THE PEOPLE MAKING THESE
DONATIONS HAVE THE SAME FIRST
NAME. THEIR FIRST NAME IS RABBI.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
TAKE A GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT
THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS THERE. UH
CESAR CHÁVEZ WAS ALSO AN
INCREDIBLE ALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY
AND A SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY
AND ACTUALLY, UH, STOOD UP FOR
OUR COMMUNITY AND SO MANY
IMPORTANT WAYS AND SO JUST
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO
IS, UH, AN ICONIC MORAL LEADER,
NOT JUST IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
BUT REALLY FOR DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE,
AND SO I'LL BE ON BEHALF OF
MYSELF AND THE JEWISH CAUCUS
REQUEST AN I VOTE ON HÌ R 78.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GABRIEL. ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF
BONTA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I
RISE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS TO EXPRESS OUR UNWAVERING
SUPPORT FOR HÌ, R 78 AND
COMMEMORATING CESAR CHÁVEZ DAY.
CHAVEZ'S LEGACY HAD A PROFOUND
IMPACT NOT ONLY ON THE LATINO
COMMUNITY BUT ACROSS ALL
COMMUNITIES HERE, STRIVING FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.
CESAR CHÁVEZ WAS A VISIONARY
LEADER WHOSE RELENTLESS ADVOCACY
FOR THE RIGHTS OF FARM WORKERS
IGNITED A MOVEMENT THAT
TRANSCENDED ALL RACIAL AND
ETHNIC BOUNDARIES. HIS
COMMITMENT TO NONVIOLENT
RESISTANCE AND HIS UNWAVERING
DEDICATION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF
FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY IN THE
WORKPLACE INSPIRED GENERATIONS
OF ACT. INCLUDING MANY WITHIN
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
IN COMMEMORATING CESAR CHÁVEZ
DAY. LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THE
INTERCONNECTED STRUGGLE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
FACED BY BOTH THE LATINO AND
BLACK COMMUNITIES BY THE API
COMMUNITY, THE NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, A JEWISH AMERICAN
COMMUNITY. IN ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES TO COLLECTIVELY. OUR
COLLECTIVE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY IS
STRENGTHENED WHEN WE STAND
TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY,
AMPLIFYING EACH OTHER'S VOICES
AND ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE
TOGETHER, JUNTOS MEMBERS OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS. STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
US IN THE CALIFORNIA LATINO
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS TO HONOR THE
LEGACY OF CESAR CHÁVEZ AND TO
REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILD
A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE
SOCIETY. FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS.
LET US CONTINUE TO DRAW
INSPIRATION FROM THIS FROM HIS
COURAGE AND CONVICTION AS WE
WORK TOGETHER TO CONFRONT THE
CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD. THANK
YOU AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
AN I VOTE FOR HÌ R 78. THANK
YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF PONTA.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALLED JON,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? YES UH,
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER AND
MEMBERS. UH, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN I VOTE ON HÌ R 78 AND
THAT THE FIRST, UH, WILL BE
OPEN. CO AUTHORS. THANK YOU SO
MANY MEMBER CALDRON. THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLL. THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. FOR
CO-AUTHOR ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE ARE 54
CO-AUTHOR ADDED. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. WE WILL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION ALL IN
FAVOR. SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY, NÓ.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION
IS ADOPTED AND YOU HAVE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CALLED AROUND. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. MEMBERS PLEASE FIND A
SPECIAL ART PRINT BY IGNACIO
GÓMEZ ON YOUR DESK ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA LATINO
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. IN HONOR OF
CESAR CHÁVEZ DAY, IGNACIO GÓMEZ
IS MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS THE
ARTIST BEHIND THE PAINTING OF
THE CHARACTER EL PACHUCO, WHICH
WAS USED AS A POSTER FOR THE
FIRST CHICANO PLAY ON BROADWAY
ZOOT SUIT BY LOUIS VALDEZ. THE
ZOOT SUIT POSTER IS PART OF THE
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
COLLECTION. IGNACIO WAS ALSO THE
DESIGNER AND SCULPTOR BEHIND THE
CESAR E CHÁVEZ RIVERSIDE
MEMORIAL. IGNACIO WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN EAST L A AND IS A U S¼
ARMY VETERAN, THE ARMY GAVE HIM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CREATIVE,
AND HE CONTINUES TO USE HIS
ARTISTIC VISIONS TO SERVE HIS
COMMUNITY. THE POSITIVE IMPACT
OF HIS VAST COLLECTION OF
POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND
MURALS, ENCOURAGE OUR YOUTH AND
BRING PRIDE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
COLLEAGUES WE HOPE THIS IS A
MEMORABLE PRINT FOR EACH OF YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CALLED AROUND ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BAR KHÓ. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. I WANT TO
WELCOME A GROUP OF MY SONS,
FRIENDS IN BASKETBALL TEAMMATES
TO THE CHAMBERS. WE HAVE 1/4
GRADE CLASS FROM WAGNER RANCH,
AND WE'RE WELCOMING THEM TO THE
CAPITOL TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE DO
EVERY DAY. SO WELCOME. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAR. KHAN.
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. MOVING
ON TO FILE ITEM 37 HÌ R 80 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WENDY CARRILLO,
THE CLERK WILL READ HOUSE
RESOLUTION 80 BY SOME MEMBER
WENDY CREO AND OTHERS RELATIVE
TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OPENING
DAY 2024 SO MAY MEMBER CAR YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE TO
PRESENT HÌ R 80 COMMEMORATING
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 66 OPENING
DAY IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS IN
1958 THAT THE BROOKLYN DODGERS
AND THE NEW YORK GIANTS ALREADY
LINKED THROUGH OVER HALF A
CENTURY OF HISTORY, TOOK THE
LEAP AND BEGAN THEIR SEASONS ON
THE WEST COAST TOGETHER FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.
CALIFORNIA'S BASEBALL TEAMS OPEN
NEW FRONTIERS ONCE AGAIN WITH
THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
REGULAR SEASON GAMES PLAYED IN
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA BE KIND TO
THE DODGER AND PADRES FANS IN
YOUR LIFE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE
BEEN, UH WE HAVE BEEN UP AND
CATCHING THE 3 A.M. SEASON
OPENER IN SEOUL. THE SAN
FRANCISCO GIANTS WILL ALSO BREAK
NEW GROUND THIS SEASON, PLAYING
A REGULAR SEASON GAME IN JUNE.
AT THE HISTORIC RICKWOOD FIELD
IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, TO HONOR
THE LEGACY OF, THE LEAGUE
BASEBALL AT THE STADIUM WHERE
WILLIE MAYS ONCE PLAYED, WE HAVE
FIVE TEAMS THAT ARE POINTS OF
CIVIC PRIDE, BRINGING FANS
TOGETHER AND INSPIRE YOUNG
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO
THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, AND,
UH, THEY HAVEN'T LEFT YET THE
OAKLAND A'S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
IS HOME TO MY HOME. TEAM THE
BEST IN THE WEST, THE LOS
ANGELES DODGERS. AND ALSO HOME
TO THE LOS ANGELES ANAHEIM
ANGELS AND WAY DOWN SOUTH, THE
SAN DIEGO PADRES. THE TEAMS
GENERATE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
OUR LOCAL AND STATE ECONOMY
EMPLOY THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS
ACROSS OUR STATE SELL MILLIONS
OF HOT DOGS, NACHOS PEANUTS AND
GET BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES
THROUGH PHILANTHROPY EFFORTS AND
EDUCATION AND YOUTH SPORTS
ACROSS THE STATE. THEIR
ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
OUR CULTURE, OUR CALIFORNIA
IDENTITY AND COUNTLESS ARGUMENTS
ON WHERE EXACTLY IS THE DIVIDE
BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN?
ALLEGIANCES USUALLY LANDING
SOMEWHERE JUST NORTH OR SOUTH OF
FRESNO, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU
ASK. AND WHILE WE MAY DIFFER IN
OUR IN OUR FAVORITES, WE CAN ALL
RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY MEAN TO OUR
CONSTI OUR CONSTITUENTS. I'M
VERY PROUD OF THE OLDEST PARK
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI IS
DODGER STADIUM IN MY DISTRICT AS
A LITTLE GIRL FROM MY PARENTS'
HOME IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, I WOULD
WATCH THE COLORS OF THE NIGHT
SKY, A MISS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PALM TREES FROM HUES OF PINK
ORANGES AND BLUES AS THE LIGHTS
OF DODGER STADIUM GLEANED ON AND
I WOULD LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF
JAIME JIN AND VIN SCULLY WITH
ROAR OF THE CROWD IN THE
BACKGROUND AND I CAN'T HELP IT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOYS IN BLUE ARE
ALL START. LEGENDS M VÆ P S¼
HALL OF FAMERS. THEY ARE THE
PLAYERS AND COACHES OF ALL TIME.
JACKIE ROBINSON, SANDY KOUFAX,
KIRK GIBSON, STEVE GARVEY,
FERNANDO VALENZUELA, TOMMY
LASORDA, AND THIS YEAR OUR
ROSTER INCLUDES M VÆ, P S¼, CLAY
KERSHAW, MOOKIE BETTS, FREDA
FREEMAN AND WE WELCOME OUR
RECORD BREAKING FREE AGENT SHOW.
HEY, OI TO THE BLUE. THROUGHOUT
THE YEARS, CALIFORNIA TEAMS HAVE
ACHIEVED INCREDIBLE FEATS
WINNING 14 WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE MOST RECENT
AMID THE PANDEMIC, WHERE OUR
BOYS IN BLUE, THE DODGERS IN
2020, SO TODAY AS WE COMMEMORATE
OPENING DAY FOR AMERICA'S
FAVORITE PASTIME, WE RECOGNIZE
NOT ONLY THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS ON
THE FIELD, BUT THE BASEBALL FANS
ACROSS OUR STATE THOSE WHO HAVE
INVESTED IN OUR CALIFORNIA TEAMS
AND THE THOUSANDS OF PLAYERS,
COACHES, THE TEAM STAFF AND,
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE STADIUM
STAFF. WHO WERE BORN IN LIVE IN
OR REALIZE THEIR DREAMS IN
CALIFORNIA. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN I VOTE ON HÌ R 80 THAT
THE FIRST RULE WILL BE OPEN FOR
CO-AUTHOR AND LET'S PLAY BALL
AND HAVE SOME FUN. THANK YOU SO
WE COULD BE HERE ALL DAY. ONCE
WE START NAMING ALL THE GIANTS
WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO
AMAZINGLY TO BASEBALL HERE, SO
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FLORA, WHO IS RECOGNIZED
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER, AND I
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF HÌ R
80. I WANT TO OFFER MY
CONDOLENCES. UM TO THE FANS OF
THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS, BECAUSE
I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING A FAN OF A
$300 MILLION TEAM AND STILL
LOSING IN THE FIRST ROUND, SO
LET'S GO. UH, LET'S BE
RESPECTFUL OF OUR OUR LESS
FORTUNATE COLLEAGUES, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FLORA ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HANEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. UH
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I RISE AS
THE PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF
ORACLE PARK, THE HOME OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO GIANTS, UH, AND THE
UNOFFICIAL CHAIR OF THE GIANTS
CAUCUS, ALTHOUGH I THINK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM LODI IS GIVING MY
ME A RUN FOR MY MONEY TODAY. UH
WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THE START
OF ANOTHER. BASEBALL SEASON HERE
IN CALIFORNIA. I GREW UP PLAYING
BASEBALL LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS OUR
STATE. I GREW UP GOING TO GAMES
WITH MY DAD AND MY GRANDPARENTS.
I ATTENDED THE GAMES DURING THE
WORLD SERIES IN 1989 WHEN WE HAD
THE EARTHQUAKE, UH, THE BATTLE
OF THE BAY THERE'S SO MUCH
BASEBALL HISTORY IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE ARE THE ONLY
STATE, UH, TO HAVE FIVE TEAMS.
FIVE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS IN OUR
STATE. UH, WE ALSO ARE THE HOME
TO MANY MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS, AND
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT
OUT. NOT ONLY ARE WE
REPRESENTING THE SAN FRANCISCO
GIANTS, UH BUT WE ARE ALSO
REPRESENTING TWO MINOR LEAGUE
TEAMS AS PART OF OUR
ORGANIZATION, THE SAN JOSE
GIANTS, UH, AND THE SACRAMENTO
RIVER CATS. UH, WE, UH UH. AS
THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
ORGANIZATION. HAVE FANS ALL OVER
THE STATE. UH AND, UH, EVERYONE
HERE WHO IS A FAN OF THE GIANTS.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
NOT ONLY DID WE FINALLY HAVE A
GOOD OFF SEASON, UH, WHERE WE
SIGNED A LOT OF NEW PLAYERS,
INCLUDING THE UH, CY YOUNG AWARD
WINNER LAST YEAR, BLAKE SNELL.
BUT WE ARE ALSO, UH, THE
WINNINGEST CALIFORNIA TEAM. UH
EVER UH, AND THE WINNING THIS
TEAM IN ANY MAJOR LEAGUE SPORT
IN HISTORY? UH, THE SAN
FRANCISCO GIANTS HAS MORE WINS
THAN ANY OTHER TEAM. UH WE ARE,
UH, A VERY PROUD TEAM FOR
EVERYTHING THAT OUR TEAM HAS
ACCOMPLISHED. AND I. I THOUGHT
YOU WERE GONNA SAY, UH UM UH, MR
FLORA THAT WE WANTED TO, UH,
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SAN
DIEGO PADRES FOR BEATING. THE
LOS ANGELES DODGERS THIS
MORNING, UH IN SOUTH KOREA. UH
UH. BUT UM, THIS IS ALSO A YEAR
WHERE, UH, WE SEND OUR
SOLIDARITY TO THE FANS OF THE
OAKLAND A'S WHO ARE ALSO A VERY
PROUD FRANCHISE. UH, IT'S A
SHAME THAT THAT UH UH,
ORGANIZATION IS LEAVING
CALIFORNIA. BUT WE WELCOME ALL
OAKLAND A'S FANS THIS YEAR, UH
TO THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
CAUCUS. UM I ALSO WANNA TAKE A
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UH,
THIS, UH MONTH IN HONOR OF
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. UH, I WAS
ABLE TO HONOR A SAN FRANCISCO
GREAT A TRAILBLAZER. UH, THE, UH
, FIRST EVER, UH, WOMAN TO BE A
P, A ANNOUNCER AND A
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. SHE SERVED
FOR 24 YEARS AS OUR ANNOUNCER AT
ORACLE PARK. UH, SINCE WE FIRST
OPENED, UH M RENNELL BROOKS
MOON. AS SHE, UH, IS AN ICON IN
THE BAY AREA, AND THIS LAST YEAR
WILL BE HAVE BEEN HER LAST YEAR
SERVING AS ANNOUNCER. UH, IT WAS
ANNOUNCED THAT SHE UNFORTUNATELY
IS NOT BEING BROUGHT BACK. UH,
BUT, UH, WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER
AND THE INSPIRATION THAT SHE HAS
PROVIDED AND THE TRAILBLAZER
THAT SHE HAS BEEN, AND SO I
HONORED HER THIS YEAR AS UM, THE
WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT 17. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK UH, MY COLLEAGUE FROM LOS
ANGEL. FOR UH, ALL THAT SHE DOES
, UH, TO BRING SUCH SUPPORT AND
JOY AND CELEBRATION OF BASEBALL.
UH, IT IS AMERICA'S PASTIME. IT
IS CALIFORNIA'S PASTIME. UH AND,
UH, BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS
NOT JUST OF THE GIANTS, BUT THE
A'S ANGELS PADRES AND YES, EVEN
THE DODGERS, CALIFORNIA IS
BLESSED TO BE A STRONG,
SUCCESSFUL AND ENDURING BASEBALL
STATE. LET'S PLAY BALL GO
GIANTS! THANK YOU, MR HANEY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER STORY YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS I RISE AS A
PROUD WIFE OF A FORMER OAKLAND
A'S, UH, BASEBALL PLAYER, ALSO A
PROUD MOM OF A AA, UH, BASEBALL
PLAYER THAT PLAYS UH FOR THE
PITTSBURGH PIRATES. I'M WEARING
A GOLD AND BLACK BECAUSE OF
THAT. I'M TYPICALLY A OAKLAND
ACE FAN. UM SO I WOULD HAVE W MY
, UH, GREEN AND BLACK BUT I AM
UPSET THAT THEY ARE MOVING. UM
BUT I DID WANNA RISE, UH, TODAY
BECAUSE, UH, I WANT TO SEND A
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY SON WHO
I JUST GOT TO SEE DURING SPRING
TRAINING THIS PAST WEEK. I. I
GOT TO SEE HIM, UM, PLAY
ACTUALLY WITH THE MAJOR LEAGUE
PLAYERS. UH, HE'S BATTING 375.
HE WAS ACTUALLY DRAFTED IN 2019
AND ROUND. UH, THIRD THIRD ROUND
, AND SO I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF
THE WORK THAT HE'S PUT IN. AND
I'M HOPING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW,
HE'LL GET, UH, UP TO THE MAJORS,
UH, PRETTY SOON, BUT WE'RE SUPER
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GO WATCH
AND PLAY, UH, THIS YEAR, SO
LET'S PLAY BALL IN A SHOUT TO
MATT FRASIER, UM, THIS YEAR,
PLAYING AGAIN WITH THE
PITTSBURGH PIRATES. THANK YOU. M
MEMBER RESTORE AND BEST WISHES
TO YOUR SON. ASSEMBLY MEMBER XW
YOU ARE. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU. YOU
WEREN'T NEVER MIND I MY VISION
IS BLURRED OVER THERE. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
YOU POINT OF INFORMATION. MR
SPEAKER, ISN'T IT TRUE? THIS IS
THE YEAR THE PADRES ARE GOING TO
GO ALL THE WAY. YOU ARE OUT OF
ORDER, MR WARD. MR SPEAKER, I
RISE CERTAINLY TO RECOGNIZE ALL
THE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ENERGY THAT WE HAVE AROUND OUR
SPORTS TEAMS HERE ACROSS THE
GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA. UH,
BUT I PARTICULARLY WANTED TO
NOTE THAT THIS SATURDAY UH WE
HAD THE HONOR EARLIER THIS YEAR
TO BE RECOGNIZING IN MEMORIAM.
UH, A GREAT LEADER, UH, IN PETER
SEIDLER, WHO WILL BE CELEBRATING
AT PECO PARK THIS SATURDAY WHO
TRANSFORMED OUR TEAM INTEGRATED
IT, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE AND SAN DIEGO AND REALLY
CONTRIBUTED TO SO MANY CAUSES,
BUT IMPORTANTLY, UH, PLAY THE
LONG GAME MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FIND
THE TALENT, UH, THAT WE WERE,
UH, DOING, UH, SAN DIEGO WAS
PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT. AND
SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE
THE YEAR THAT WE GO ALL THE WAY,
MR SPEAKER. LET'S GO PLAY BALL.
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD,
AND THAT'S WHY WE PLAY 162
GAMES. WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE. UM
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MAINS SHINE YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED YOU VERY MUCH,
UH, MR SPEAKER OPENING DAY IS,
UH, IS A GREAT DAY. KIND OF
SYMBOLIC OF LIFE. HOPE SPRINGS
ETERNAL. WE'RE UH, ALL IN FIRST
PLACE FOR AT LEAST A BRIEF
MOMENT. AND UH, YOU KNOW, FOR ME
, BASEBALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN
SOMETHING. UH, IT'S BEEN AN
IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE. I'VE
PLAYED, UH, MY WHOLE LIFE,
CERTAINLY, ALONG WITH A NUMBER
OF MEMBERS UP HERE, UH, AND
ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUE, WE
HAVE, UH, GOTTEN TO ORGANIZE
LEGISLATIVE SOFTBALL. IS A HUGE
HIGHLIGHT UP HERE. NOW WE'RE ALL
GETTING JERSEYS OF OUR FAVORITE,
UH, TEAMS. WHICH YEAH, EXACTLY
REPRESENTING OVER THERE. UH,
WHICH IS I THINK NICE FOR ALL OF
IT. ALL OF US, UH, AND ON MY
FAMILY, I GOT THE I'VE HAD THE
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COACH MY
DAUGHTER. WHO UH, WAS A FINE
STILL IS A AND REALLY AN
EXCELLENT SOFTBALL PLAYER. UH
AND SUCH A TREAT TO BE ABLE TO
TRAVEL WITH HER AS SHE, UH, WE
VISITED A LOT OF YOUR ALL
DISTRICTS. UM, FOR ALL HER
TOURNAMENTS, UH, AND CERTAINLY A
BIG TREAT IN MY LIFE, AND I WILL
SAY, TOO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE
PADRES. I WAS PART OF THE SAN
DIEGO CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE BUILT
PETCO PARK, UM, WHICH IS
RECOGNIZED, UH, OFTENTIMES AS
THE BEST BALLPARK IN THE COUNTRY
. I KNOW THE GIANTS FANS, UH,
WILL DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT, UH,
AND HAVE A CERTAINLY HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL PARK. THE OAKLAND A'S
FANS WON'T DISAGREE, UM I I'VE
BEEN TO THAT ONE. MRS. YOU'RE
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE. AND THE OTHER
THING TOO IS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY
A LOT OF PEOPLE. MY AGE, UH,
GREW UP LOVING TONY GWYNN, UH
AND IT WOULDN'T BE OPENING DAY
WITHOUT WITHOUT MENTIONING HIM,
UM WAS CERTAINLY MY FAVORITE
PLAYER. UH, AS I GREW UP AND
WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY MUCH
MORE THAN A BASEBALL PLAYER IN,
UH IN SAN DIEGO AFTER HE RETIRED
, WENT AND COACHED. THE AZTECS
DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT. BUT BUT
DID SO. HIS SON, UH, IS A FRIEND
OF MINE ANNOUNCER FOR THE PADRES
, UH, HAS CONTINUED HIS FATHER'S
LEGACY. UH AND CERTAINLY ONE OF
THE THRILLS OF MY LIFE WAS I GOT
TO, UH, RENAME GOT TO LEAD THE
EFFORT TO RENAME A STREET, A
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IN SAN DIEGO.
TONY GWYNN HIGHWAY. UH SO
EVERYBODY, UH, HEREAFTER WHO
WILL DRIVE THROUGH THEIR YOUNG
KIDS WHO WILL DRIVE THROUGH WHO
WILL ASK THEIR MOM OR THEIR DAD?
WHO WAS TONY GWYNN? UH AND WE
GET TO TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO
IS MORE THAN JUST A GREAT
BASEBALL PLAYER, IF ANY OF YOU
ARE EVER ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE
EVER ON ANY BASEBALL SITE, WEIRD
STATISTICS THAT POP UP ALWAYS
ARE ABOUT. YOU KNOW, TONY GWENN
STRUCK OUT 19 TIMES IN A SEASON.
YOU KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE STRUCK
OUT 19 TIMES IN THE 1ST 10
GAMES. ALWAYS THESE REALLY
INCREDIBLE. STATISTICS ABOUT
TONY GWYNN. BUT HE WAS AN EVEN
BETTER PERSON, TOO. SO UH, WITH
THIS ON OPENING DAY, I BELIEVE
THE PADRES ARE STILL IN FIRST
PLACE. UH, WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY
THIS AS LONG AS WE CAN. WE DON'T
HAVE QUITE THE DEEP POCKETS THAT
THE DODGERS DO. BUT WE'RE GONNA
STILL BE, UH, WE'RE STILL GOING
TO BE IN IT FIGHTING, UH, ALL
YEAR, BUT, UH, TODAY'S A GREAT
DAY FOR ALL OF US, BECAUSE IT'S
OPENING DAY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I URGE I VOTE ON HÌ R 80.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER MAINS
SHINE ASSEMBLY MEMBER ORTEGA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU.
SPEAKER I RISE TODAY AS A PROUD
DAUGHTER OF AN OAKLAND, A'S
JANITOR. AND WHILE THE A'S WE
ARE DEVASTATED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WE'RE LOSING THE A'S, UH,
THEY'RE STILL HERE AND I WILL
STILL BE REPRESENTING THEM. AND
I DID NOT NEED TO WEAR GREEN
BECAUSE OUR CARPET IS GREEN.
THANK YOU. I SUPPORT HÌ R 80
NOTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MORE. TAKE A ASSEMBLY
MEMBER REYES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. AS A PROUD MEMBER OF
THE DODGERS CAUCUS. A CLOSED
CAUCUS. ONLY FOR A DODGER. FANS
BUT DO SEE ASSEMBLY MEMBER CAR
IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET AN
APPLICATION. UM I. I ALSO WANT
TO STAND UP FOR MY RANCH TO
CUCAMONGA QUAKES. THEY ARE THE
MINOR LEAGUE TEAM FOR THE
DODGERS. THEY ARE THE SINGLE A.
I HAD TO LEARN THESE PHRASES
SINGLE A FOR OUR LOS ANGELES
DODGERS, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF
THEM. THANK YOU. THANK. YEAH.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER REYES
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, BARER KHAN.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER. I WOULD
LIKE TO RISE AS SOMEONE WHO WAS
BORN AND RAISED ON THE GIANT
SIDE OF THE BAY AND THANK THEM
FOR WELCOMING ME HOME BECAUSE
I'M A LOYAL, LIFELONG
CALIFORNIAN WHO NEVER WILL LEAVE
. AND SO I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE
GIANTS REPRESENTING ME AS A
CALIFORNIA NOW AND FOREVER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BARAY HAN. SEEN AND
HEARING NÓ FURTHER DEBATE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KOREA WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER, AND I JUST WANT TO
THANK ALL THE MEMBERS FOR
PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S, UH,
COMMEMORATION OF OPENING DAY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE REPRESENT
AMAZING PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA 40
MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE
WHO LOVE BASEBALL, AND AT THE
END OF THE DAY WE DO THIS WORK
FOR THEM. THEY HAVE HAVE FUN,
THEY SAID, SO WE ARE HAVING FUN.
AND WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AND I VOTE ON HÌ R 80. I
WISH ALL THE TEAMS, UH, A GREAT
BASEBALL SEASON AND SPECIAL, UH,
MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE OAKLAND
A'S FANS. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
TO THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CARRILLO. WE WILL OPEN THE ROLE
FOR CO-AUTHOR. ALL THOSE IN ALL
THOSE VOTERS TO VOTE ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE FOR CO
AUTHORS FOR THIS RESOLUTION ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE
WORK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND
TALLY THE MOST WE HAVE, 58 CO
AUTHORS ADDED. WITHOUT OBJECTION
, WE WILL TAKE A RESOLUTION ON
THE ON THE MEASURE. ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY AYE OPPOSE, SAY, NÓ
THE AYES HAVE IT SO, UM AND GO
GIANTS. UM WE WILL MOVE ON TO,
UH, SENATE THIRD READING, PASS
AND RETAIN ON FILE ITEMS 42 AND
43 MEMBERS. WE NOW MOVE TO THE
SECOND DAY CONSENT CALENDAR.
BEFORE WE VOTE. WE'LL TAKE UP
RESOLUTIONS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ADDING CO AUTHORS, THE CLERK
WILL READ THE RESOLUTIONS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, A SELLING
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 160 BY
SOME OF WHOEVER RELATIVE TO
WOMEN IN STEM DAY AND SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 69 BY SAM
RELLI AND OTHERS RELATIVE TO
PUBLIC HEALTH CLERK WILL NOW
OPEN THE ROLE TO ALLOW ANY
MEMBER TO ADD ON AS A CO AUTHOR
TO THE RESOLUTIONS. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE FOR CO
AUTHOR ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE ARE 56
CO-AUTHOR ADDED. MOVING TO A
VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
DOES ANY MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE
AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. AND HEARING ON. THE
CLERK WILL READ THE SECOND DAY
CONSENT CALENDAR AS CURRENT
RESOLUTION 160 BY SENATOR WEBER
RELATIVE TO WOMEN IN STEM DAY
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
AYS 54 NÓ ZERO. THE CONSENT
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. THAT WAS
IT. IT WAS THE KIRK WILL READ,
UH, THE REMAINING ITEM ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR AND SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. 69 AYS 54
NOSE ZERO. MEMBERS IF YOU
INDULGE ME, PLEASE. FOR ONE
MOMENT, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE
QUORUM CALL IN PLACE. FOR MR
FONG'S ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
AND THEN WE WILL. THEN WE WILL
LIFT THE QUORUM CALL. SO YOU'RE
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO MR FONG.
MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR THANK
YOU, MR SPEAKER AND MEMBERS.
TODAY I RISE WITH A HEAVY HEART
TO REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURN IN
THE MEMORY OF MRS ANITA MAXIE,
WHO PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 6TH
2020 THREE. ANITA IS RICH AND
FULFILLED. LIFE. TOUCH OF LIVES
ARE COUNTLESS PEOPLE. IN THE SAN
GABRIEL VALLEY. SHE WAS BEST
KNOWN FOR HER WORK AS AN
INSPIRATIONAL TEACHER AT THE
GARVEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE
SHE TAUGHT FOR 33 YEARS AT
GARVEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL,
DEWEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE
HAD A STRONG BELIEF IN THE POWER
AND PROMISE OF EDUCATION TO
TRANSFORM LIVES AND SPENT HER
ENTIRE CAREER DEDICATED TO
INSPIRING YOUNG MINDS. SHE WAS A
RESPECTED MEMBER IN HER FIELD
AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
NATION'S MOST RESPECTED TEACHERS
IN 2002 AND 2000 THREE BY WHO'S
WHO OF BECAUSE TEACHERS SHE WAS
AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HER
COMMUNITY, FEEDING THE HUNGRY
DURING THE HOLIDAYS,
PARTICIPATING IN HER CHILDREN'S
HER SCHOOL'S P Tð, A S¼ SERVING
AS AN EDUCATION ADVISOR FOR
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE AND SO MUCH
MORE, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, THE URBAN
LEAGUE AND THE AA èC P. SHE WAS
A WOMAN OF FAITH AND A MEMBER OF
THE FIRST AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN LOS ANGELES,
WHERE SHE WAS PART OF THE WORLD
RENOWNED BROOKS GOSPEL CHOIR.
ANITA WAS TRULY AN EXTRAORDINARY
WOMAN WHO RATED LOVE AND
KINDNESS TO ALL. TODAY I ASKED
THEIR WE ADJOURN IN A MEMORY OF
A BELOVED TEACHER, WIFE, MOTHER,
COMMUNITY LEADER AND FRIEND.
THIS IS ANITA MAXIE. AND JOINING
US IN THE GALLERY TODAY IS A
FAMILY OF ANITA MAXIE, INCLUDING
HER HUSBAND OF 48 YEARS, KENNETH
MAXY, SENIOR AND ONE OF HER TWO
SONS. A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE. KENNETH MAXEY, THE SECOND
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR
FONG. THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY
FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ADJOURNMENT MEMORY. MEMBERS
OF QUORUM CALL IS LIFTED. WE
STILL HAVE WE STILL HAVE A
LITTLE BUSINESS AHEAD OF US
HERE, BUT SO PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR.
MEMBERS. WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE
YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENTION. FOR
THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN
GRANTED. THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADJOURN THE MEMORY. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WAR YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
THANK YOU, MR SPEAKER MEMBER AS
I RISE TODAY TO ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF DR STEVEN LEWIS WEBER
DOCTOR, WEBER WAS AN INTEGRAL
MEMBER OF OUR SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY SERVING AS
PRESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS. BORN IN
1942, DOCTOR WEBER AND HIS
FAMILY MOVED TO STONY RIDGE,
OHIO, WHEN HE WAS NINE, AND HE
GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL AND
CARING FOR THE FARM ANIMALS ON
HIS GRANDPARENTS' FARM. DOCTOR.
WEBER WAS A BRIGHT AND CURIOUS
STUDENT, SO IT CAME AS A SHOCK
TO MANY WHEN HE FAILED TO
GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. HOWEVER
DOCTOR WEBER EVENTUALLY DID MAKE
IT TO BOWLING GREEN STATE
UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE FELL IN
LOVE WITH TWO THINGS PHILOSOPHY
AND HIS FUTURE WIFE, SUSAN KI¾M.
AFTER GRADUATING, DR WEBER
EARNED HIS P HÌ Dð IN PHILOSOPHY
FROM NOTRE DAME AND BEGAN HIS
CAREER AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. IN
1988, HE EARNED HIS FIRST
COLLEGE PRESIDENCY AT THE STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND LATER
WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS INTERIM
PROVOST OF ALL 64 SUNNI
CAMPUSES. IN 1996. DR. WEBER
BROUGHT HIS TALENT TO SAN DIEGO,
WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED PRESIDENT
OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND IN THAT TIME, DOCTOR WEBER
BROUGHT A NEW ENERGY TO OUR
UNIVERSITY. HE PIONEERED
PROGRAMS TO HELP MILITARY VICTIM
MILITARY VETERANS, LOW INCOME
AND FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS
RAISED ACADEMIC STANDARDS,
DIVERSIFIED THE CAMPUS AND
STRENGTHEN WOMEN'S SPORTS.
DOCTOR. WEBBER WAS ALSO A
FINANCIAL FORCE WHO HELPED THE
CAMPAIGN FOR SDSU TO RAISE $800
MILLION IN DONATIONS TO HELP
SUPPORT S¼ Dð S¼ U S¼ RESEARCH
BRANCH AND HELP TO RAISE MORE
THAN $67 MILLION TO UPGRADE THE
SPORTS ARENA. DOCTOR WEBBER WAS
A LEADING FORCE FOR S¼ Dð S¼ U
AND STAY CONNECTED TO A SCHOOL
AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF
AVID A SUPPORTER, S¼ Dð, S¼, U
SUPPORTS TEAM AND AN ADVOCATE
FOR MEASURE G, WHICH BROUGHT US
THE NEW SPACE IN MISSION VALLEY.
DOCTOR. WEBER PASSED AWAY
SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY ON
MARCH 18TH IN JERSEY CITY AFTER
A LONGTIME BATTLE WITH A L S¼.
PLEASE JOIN ME KEEPING DOCTOR
STEVEN WEBER AND HIS FAMILY AND
OUR THOUGHTS AS WE ADJOURN IN
HIS MEMORY TODAY. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ALVAREZ. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. I ALSO RISE IN MEMORY
OF DR STEVEN WEBER. UH, DOCTOR.
WEBER WAS PRESIDENT OF SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY WHILE I WAS A
STUDENT ON CAMPUS THERE, AND I
REMEMBER HIM. UH, HIS PRESENCE.
UH, VERY WELL. I NEVER HAD A
CHANCE TO ACTUALLY INTERACT VERY
MUCH WITH HIM AS A STUDENT AS
HIS, UH, HIS PRESENCE WAS
SOMETIMES APPEARED INTIMIDATING,
BUT, UH, THE WORK THAT HE DID AS
PRESIDENT REALLY WAS, UM,
TRANSFORMATIVE FOR SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY, THE CAMPUS AND
THE COMMUNITY. UH, PARTICULARLY,
I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE DR WEBER'S
WORK TO ENSURE THAT FIRST
GENERATION STUDENTS FROM SAN
DIEGO PARTICULARLY FROM MY
DISTRICT, SOUTH BAY OF SAN DIEGO
, UH, THROUGH THE, UH,
INITIATIVE THAT HE ENVISIONED
AND HE BROUGHT TOGETHER, WHICH
WAS CALLED THE CAMP COMPACT FOR
SUCCESS. THAT COMPOUND GUARANTEE
THAT KIDS FROM OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS
UH, SANNY STATE WAS BECOMING A
MORE POPULAR SCHOOL, AND WE KNOW
THAT NOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST.
UH UH, CHALLENGING SCHOOLS TO
GET INTO BECAUSE OF THE
POPULARITY. UH HE WAS COMMITTED
TO MAKING SURE THAT LOCAL
STUDENTS HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY SO
THAT THEY COULD GO TO THEIR
LOCAL èC S¼ U. THAT IS THE TYPE
OF LEADERSHIP THAT HE COMMITTED
THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT HE
BROUGHT, UM THAT THAT SOMETIMES
WE SEE, UM WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
MORE OF SO THAT MORE
CALIFORNIANS AND CERTAINLY MORE
KIDS FROM OUR OWN COMMUNITIES
HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND OUR
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION. SO UM, I JOINED THE
JOURNEY OF HIS MEMORY. UH, HE
HAD HIS TENURE AND, UH, WHEN HE
LEFT, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT
WAS A TIME TO GO ON. UH AND GIVE
THE, UH THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT
SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE HE HAS
WORK AS HE THOUGHT AT THAT
POINT. HAD BEEN COMPLETED
BECAUSE HE WAS A DEDICATED
SERVANT, UH TO EDUCATION AND
CERTAINLY HAD A GREAT HUMAN
SPIRIT. SO I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN
IN THE MEMORY OF DOCTOR STEVEN
WEBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALVAREZ.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR
SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE AND
REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF MY DEAR FRIEND DEVIN
WRIGHT HARTMAN, WHO PASSED AWAY
ON FEBRUARY 18TH OF THIS YEAR.
DYLAN WAS BORN IN SAINT LOUIS,
MISSOURI, AND MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA IN 1969. IN THE MID
SEVENTIES, DEMON STUDIES BROUGHT
HIM TO PITZER COLLEGE, ONE OF
THE ESTEEMED CO CLAREMONT
COLLEGES IN THE 41ST DISTRICT,
WHERE HE BEGAN STUDYING FRENCH
AND PSYCHOLOGY. DURING A STUDY
ABROAD PROGRAM IN PARIS. THEY
HAVE AN APP APPRENTICES UNDER A
STONE MASON AND DISCOVERED HIS
LOVE OF THE ART AND CRAFT OF
ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING. HE
ALSO LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEAUTY, ART AND CULTURE AND HOW
THEY CAN LIFT OUR SPIRITS AND
ENRICH OUR LIVES. UPON HIS
RETURN FROM FRANCE, DEVIN BEGAN
HIS STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE
CONTINUED APPRENTICING. TO THE
FINEST BUILDERS AND ULTIMATELY
CO-FOUNDED HARTMAN BALDWIN
DESIGN BUILD. IN 2010. HE
FULFILLED A PERSONAL DREAM AND
BUILT THE NONPROFIT CHIRP. KNOWN
AS COMMUNITY AND HOME ENERGY
REVOLUTION PROJECT. FOCUSES ON
EDUCATING AND ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT IMPROVING HOME
PERFORMANCE TO REDUCE ENERGY
CONSUMPTION. MAINTAIN A MORE
COMFORTABLE HOME WITH LOWER
BILLS AND CONTRIBUTE TO
SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND FUTURE HEALTH. I
MET DEVIN IN 2015 WHEN HE FIRST
PROPOSED CHIRPS CAL CAPSTONE
INITIATIVE, THE IDEA OF A
LOCALLY GROWN POWER PROGRAM AND
BUILDING THE WORLD'S FIRST
NONPROFIT SOLAR FACTORY IN L, A
COUNTY IN 2019 HAS LEGISLATED
THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY APPROVED
APPROPRIATION OF $2 MILLION TO
ESTABLISH THE FIRST LOCALLY
GROWN POWER FACTORY. THIS
FACTORY GIVES FORM TO THE VISION
OF BRINGING MIDDLE CLASS
MANUFACTURING JOBS BACK TO LOS
UNITED STATES. WITH DEVIN'S
LEADERSHIP, SHOWING THE WAY EACH
SUBSEQUENT, LOCALLY OWNED
NONPROFIT FACTORY WILL PRODUCE
JOBS, SOLAR PANELS AND ENERGY
WITHIN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. ESPECIALLY PRODUCING
ENERGY AND OPPORTUNITY AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. DEVIN
IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE,
MARY BYERLEY. DAUGHTERS, MEGAN
AND EMILY. AND GRANDSONS,
HENDRIX AND LIAM. AS WELL AS
BROTHERS èC èC AND GRANT
HARTMAN. IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS
LEGACIES WITH HIS HARTMAN
BALDWIN AND SHIRT FAMILIES. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE ADJOURN
IN HIS MEMORY. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDEN. MEMBERS
PLEASE BRING THE NAMES TO THE
DESK TO BE PRINTED IN THE
JOURNAL. ALL REQUEST TO ADJOURN
IN MEMORY WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL.
MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMMITTEE HEARINGS RULES
COMMITTEE WILL MEET UPON
ADJOURNMENT AND CAPITAL ROOM.
126 SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS
FOLLOWS SPRING RECESS BEGINS
TODAY. UPON ADJOURNMENT OF
SESSION MONDAY, APRIL 1ST, UH,
FLOOR SESSION AT 1 P.M. ALL
OTHER ITEMS WILL BE PASSED AND
RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS SHALL BE
CONTINUED. SEEN AND HEARING NÓ
FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY TO
ADJOURN. UH, MOTION BY, MR UH
CARO, SECOND BY MISTER HOLDEN
THAT THIS HOUSE, UH, PURSUANT TO
JOINT RULE 51 THAT THIS HOUSE
STANDS ADJOURNED FOR SPRING
RECESS UNTIL MONDAY, APRIL 1ST
AT 1 P.M. THE HOUSE IS
ADJOURNED.