THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON NOTICES
THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THE
SERGEANT AT ARMS WILL PREPARE
THE CHAMBER. BRING IN THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE
ROLL. ADIS AGUIAR-CURRY. ALANIZ.
ALVAREZ ARAMBULA BAINES. B¢O
KHN. BENNETT. BERMAN. BERNARD
BONTA, BRIAN CALDERON, JUAN.
CARILLO, WENDY CARILLO.
CERVANTES. CHEN. CONNALLY
DALLEY. DAVIES. DIXON ISOLE.
FLORA, MIKE. FONG VINCE. FONG.
FRIEDMAN, GABRIEL. GALLAGHER.
GARCIA. GIBSON. GRAY. ISON.
HAYNIE. HART. HOLDEN HOOVER.
IRWIN. JACKSON JONES. SAWYER,
CORA. LACKEY LEE. LOWE.
LOWENTHAL MAIENSCHEIN. MATHIS.
MCCARTY MCKENNA. MURATSUCHI.
NGUYEN ORTEGA. PACHECO. PAPPIN
JIM. PATTERSON, JOE. PATTERSON
PELLERIN. PETRIE-NORRIS.
QUIRK-SILVA RAMOS. RENDON. REYES
LUCE. RIVAS. RODRIGUEZ. RUBIO
SANCHEZ. SANTIAGO. SCHIAVO
SORIA. TO TING. VALENCIA. VÆ.
VALLAPUDUA. WALDRON WALLACE.
WARD. WEBER WICKS. WILSON. WOULD
ZUBER. MR. SPEAKER
.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL DEFER
THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE UNTIL
LATER IN THE SESSION. SO WE WILL
NOW MOVE TO OPEN OUR OPENING
PROCEDURES. READING OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL. ASSEMBLY
CHAMBERS, SACRAMENTO. WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 10TH, 2024. THE ASSEMBLY
MET AT 7 A.M. THE HONORABLE TOM
MR. FLORES SECONDS THAT 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 COMMITTEES
WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE. MESSAGE 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. JUST A
NOTE TODAY. HAPPY EARTH DAY.
IT'S KIND OF AN IMPORTANT DAY,
RIGHT? HAPPY EARTH DAY,
EVERYBODY. MADAM, MAJORITY
LEADER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. GOOD
MORNING, MR. SPEAKER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 45.5 TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBER OAN 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 MEMBER
FRIEDMAN TO HAVE GUESTS ON THE
FLOOR AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ARAMBULA TO HAVE GUESTS IN THE
REAR OF THE CHAMBER TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER I'M GIVING A ONE DAY
NOTICE TO REMOVE FILE ITEM A17,
SB 301 PORTANTINO FROM THE
INACTIVE FILE AT THE REQUEST OF
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON CLERK
WILL NOTE, AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AUTHORS, PLEASE REMOVE THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. ITEM 68 AB 1805 TO
ITEM 97, AB 2860. GARCIA CLERK
WILL NOTE, PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY
RULE 96, I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO REFER THE FOLLOWING
BILLS TO A COMMITTEE AB 1999
ERWIN FROM UTILITIES AND ENERGY
COMMITTEE TO THE RULES
COMMITTEE, AB 2654 VINCE FONG
FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE TO THE
ELECTION COMMITTEE, AB 2841.
WALDRON FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TO THE HEALTH
COMMITTEE AB 3074. SCHIAVO FROM
THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
AND AB 3233 ADUS FROM THE ENERGY
AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH. MR.
LARA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WE OBJECT TO
REFERRING AB 30 3233 ADUS. OKAY,
SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, AB 1999,
AB 2654 AB 2841 AND AB 3074 WILL
BE REFERRED. MADAM. THE THERE IS
AN OBJECTION. SO WE WILL ASK FOR
A ROLL CALL VOTE MAJORITY LEADER
IS MULT CALL VOTE IN A SECOND BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SORIA. THE WILL
THE MAJORITY LEADER IS ASKING
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THE MR. FLORES
IS ASKING FOR A NO VOTE. IT'S
EARLY, YOU KNOW. SO, THIS IS A
PROCEDURAL MOTION. ALL THOSE,
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
AYE. PROCEDURAL MOTION. MISS
AGUIAR-CURRY IS ASKING FOR AN
AYE VOTE, MR. FLORES ASKING FOR
A NO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE.
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL. AYES 44. NO 77
RULES ARE SUSPENDED. THE BILL IS
REREFERRED. MOVING. I REQUEST
ONE MORE. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO WITHDRAW. AB 3277.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE FROM
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
ORDER THE BILL TO THE SECOND
READING FILE. WITHOUT OBJECTION.
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER. MOVING
TO OUR GUESTS. INTRODUCTIONS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS. MEMBERS LET'S
WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS CHEN AND SORIA,
WHO WILL WHO BOTH CELEBRATE
TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS!
CONGRATULATE ON YOUR NATAL DAY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SORIA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT. AFTER THAT HUG ASSEMBLY
MEMBER SORIA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT. TOTALLY
AGREE WITH THAT. THERE'S
CUPCAKES. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND
MEMBERS, I WANT TO SHARE MY
BIRTHDAY BY SHARING SOME
CUPCAKES IN THE LOUNGE. SO AFTER
SESSION, THERE ARE SOME
WONDERFUL CUPCAKES, IF THEY
DON'T GO WELL, IF THEY'RE STILL
THERE, PLEASE TAKE SOME TO YOUR
STAFF. I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD
APPRECIATE A LITTLE SWEETNESS.
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. AND TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHEN. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER SORIA
, DOCTOR ARAMBULA ARAMBULA. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS. APRIL IS
PARKINSON'S DISEASE AWARENESS
MONTH AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL WE
HAVE A FEW SPECIAL GUESTS WHO
ARE BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS
ISSUE TODAY. PARKINSON'S IS THE
FASTEST GROWING NEUROLOGICAL
DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES AND
SECOND IN NUMBER ONLY TO
ALZHEIMER'S. THE CURRENTLY, THIS
DISEASE AFFECTS OVER 120,000
CALIFORNIANS AND COSTS OUR STATE
$5 BILLION ANNUALLY. THERE IS NO
CURE OR DRUG FOR THIS DISEASE
THAT WOULD SLOW OR HALT ITS
PROGRESSION. BUT OUR RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS HERE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA ARE HELPING US
THROUGH PUBLIC, PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS IN PERFORMING
RESEARCH, WHICH IS SO
DESPERATELY NEEDED, FOR EXAMPLE,
OUR STATE'S PARKINSON'S DISEASE
REGISTRY, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR, IS
HELPING THOSE RESEARCHERS
IMPROVE PATIENT CARE, THE
MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION HAS
INVESTED $310 MILLION INTO
CALIFORNIA'S RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS OVER THE LAST 20
YEARS, AND IN THAT TIME THIS
PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD A RECENT
BREAKTHROUGH WHERE WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME, A
BIOMARKER FOR PARKINSON'S
DISEASE. THIS IS THE MOST
PROMINENT BREAKTHROUGH THAT
WE'VE HAD WITH THIS DISEASE FOR
THE PAST DECADE, AND WANTS TO
THANK THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
HAVE INVESTED INTO OUR HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. SO
MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD HELP ME TO
PLEASE WELCOME MARK DENISON, AS
WELL AS KATRINA TAYLOR, WHO ARE
FROM THE CALIFORNIA
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
REGISTRY, AND JULIA PITCHER, WHO
IS THE DIRECTOR OF STATE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE
MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARAMBULA, AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS.
WE ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS
IN THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND
IN THE GALLERY TO PLEASE STAND
FOR THE PRAYER AND FLAG SALUTE.
IN HONOR OF THE ASSEMBLY'S
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE
CEREMONY. THE DAY'S PRAYER WILL
BE OFFERED BY OUR GUEST,
CHAPLAIN, REVEREND FATHER ASHAD
KHAJOORI, AN OF THE HOLY TRINITY
ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN
FRESNO. FATHER. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. LET US PRAY. IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN HEAVENLY
FATHER, WITH A HEART FULL OF
GRATITUDE AND A SPIRIT FULL OF
PRAISE, WE THANK YOU FOR THE
GIFT OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVE
GRANTED US TODAY. WE PRAY AND
ASK YOU TO GRANT US WISDOM,
VISION, STRENGTH, AND WILL TO DO
ALL WE CAN TO RESTORE PEACE
AROUND THE WORLD AND SPREAD LOVE
AMONG PEOPLE. OUR BENEVOLENT
FATHER EXTEND YOUR BOUNTIFUL
RIGHT HAND AND BESTOW YOUR
DIVINE BLESSINGS OVER THE GREAT
NATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. GRANT COURAGE TO THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IN ORDER THAT IT MAY
FULLY DEDICATE THEIR EFFORTS TO
GOVERN THIS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE
PEACEFULLY AND SUCCESSFULLY ON
THIS BLESSED DAY, WHILE WE ARE
GATHERED IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE
CAPITOL TO COMMEMORATE THE 109TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE, WE BESEECH AND IMPLORE
YOU TO BLESS THE NATION OF
ARMENIA AND PROTECT ITS PEOPLE,
DELIVER THEM FROM ALL KINDS OF
TRIBULATION AND UNFORTUNATE
INCIDENTS. AMEN.
BEFORE THE FLAG, SALUTE THE
HOMENETMEN SCOUTS ARE HERE WITH
US TODAY FOR TODAY'S CEREMONY.
SCOUTS, PLEASE PRESENT THE
COLORS
.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FRIEDMAN WILL
LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE
STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE, AND JOIN
ME IN PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO OUR
FLAG. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
THE COLOR GUARD IS DISMISSED
.
YOU MAY BE SEATED. MOVING TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
SECOND READING FILE. ITEMS ONE
THROUGH 19. CLERK WILL READ.
ASSEMBLY BILLS 29, 95, 22, 84,
24, 74, 24, 49, 28, OH SEVEN,
30, 85, 1775, 25, 97, 27, 48,
26, 32 WITH AMENDMENTS 2904 WITH
AMENDMENTS 3259. WITH AMENDMENTS
2229. WITH AMENDMENTS 2109, WITH
AMENDMENTS 2672. WITH AMENDMENTS
2221. WITH AMENDMENTS 2930, WITH
AMENDMENTS 2416 WITH AMENDMENTS
AND ASSEMBLY BILL 3051 WITH
AMENDMENTS. ALL BILLS WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND ALL AMENDMENTS
WILL BE DEEMED ADOPTED. UNDER
RECONSIDERATION, FILE ITEMS 20
THROUGH 22, ALL ITEMS SHALL BE
CONTINUED. MOVING TO ASSEMBLY.
THIRD READING FILE ITEMS 23
THROUGH 61. WITHOUT OBJECTION,
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 49,
H.R. 82, FOR THE ASSEMBLY'S
COMMEMORATION OF THE 109TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE. THE CLERK WILL READ
HOUSE RESOLUTION 82 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FRIEDMAN AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
FRIEDMAN, YOU MAY OPEN ON THE
MEASURE. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER,
AND MEMBERS, AS MANY OF YOU
KNOW, I HAVE BEEN HONORED FOR
MANY YEARS TO REPRESENT THE
LARGEST POPULATION OF ARMENIANS
OUTSIDE OF THE NATION OF ARMENIA
. I LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF AS
AN HONORARY ARMENIAN BECAUSE SO
MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS, MY
FRIENDS AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE
ARMENIAN AMERICAN OR OF ARMENIAN
DESCENT. BUT ON THIS DAY AND ON
THIS WEEK, I HOPE THAT ALL OF
YOU WILL CONSIDER YOURSELVES TO
BE HONORARY ARMENIANS, BECAUSE
THIS WEDNESDAY IN MY DISTRICT
AND AROUND THE WORLD, WE MARK A
VERY SOLEMN DAY. IT BEGAN ON
APRIL 24TH, 1915. FOR EIGHT
LONG, HORRIFIC YEARS, THE
ARMENIAN NATION AND THE ARMENIAN
PEOPLE WERE SUBJECT TO A
SYSTEMATIC AND PREMEDITATED
GENOCIDE AT THE HANDS OF THE
OTTOMAN TURKISH EMPIRE AND THE
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY. THESE WERE
FATHERS, MOTHERS, HUSBANDS,
WIVES, SISTERS, BROTHERS, SONS
AND DAUGHTERS. THEY WERE THE
ELDERLY, THEY WERE CHILDREN.
THEY WERE ORDINARY CITIZENS.
THEY WERE ALSO RENOWNED DOCTORS,
RELIGIOUS FIGURES, COMPOSERS,
AUTHORS, PHILOSOPHERS, ACTIVISTS
AND POETS. 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS
WERE LOST, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF ASSYRIANS, GREEKS AND OTHER
CHRISTIANS PERISHED IN WHAT IS
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST
ATROCIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS IN HISTORY. 109 YEARS
LATER, WE ARE HERE ON THE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR TO REMEMBER THE
LIVES, THE HOPES, THE DREAMS,
THE LOVES LOST, THE LIVES LOST,
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LOST DURING
THIS DARK CHAPTER OF OUR SHARED
HISTORY. AS WE PAY OUR SOLEMN
TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THESE
UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY, WE ALSO REMEMBER THAT
WE ARE AS WE ARE ALWAYS. WHEN WE
WHEN WE COMMEMORATE THESE KINDS
OF EVENTS HERE, TO RENEW OUR VOW
TO NEVER LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS
CASE, THAT GENOCIDE THAT BEGAN
109 YEARS AGO NEVER TRULY ENDED
AND IT IS STILL HAPPENING TODAY.
OUR MODERN HISTORY IS FULL OF
EXAMPLES OF THE PERILS OF
SILENCE. IN FACT, LESS THAN A
DECADE AFTER THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE, AS HITLER DEVELOPED
HIS PLANS FOR THE HOLOCAUST, HE
REASSURED HIS COMMANDERS THAT
THEY WOULD NOT FACE RETRIBUTION.
HE DECLARED WHO, AFTER ALL,
SPEAKS TODAY OF THE ANNIHILATION
OF THE ARMENIANS? NOW WE'VE COME
A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF FIGHTING
FOR RECOGNITION AND EDUCATION
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, AND I WANT
TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS
RESOLUTION YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT
THERE IS STILL SO MUCH WORK TO
DO, AND THAT COMES BACK TO WHAT
I SAID A MINUTE AGO ABOUT THIS
GENOCIDE STILL CONTINUING TODAY.
AND IN FACT, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT
A CRUCIAL TURNING POINT AND A
CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF
ARMENIA AND OF ARTSAKH, TURKEY
AND ITS ALLY AZERBAIJAN
CONTINUED TO NOT ONLY DENY THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, BUT THEY
CONTINUE AND MORE AND MORE HINT
AT ERASING ARMENIANS OFF THE
FACE OF THE EARTH. WHILE THE
GENOCIDE BEGAN OVER A CENTURY
AGO, THOSE WOUNDS HAVE NEVER
HEALED. JUSTICE HAS NOT BEEN
SERVED, REPARATIONS HAVE NEVER
BEEN MADE, AND STILL GENOCIDAL
ACTS AGAINST THE ARMENIANS ARE
NOW HAPPENING IN THAT REGION.
DECADES OF VIOLENCE AND
BLOCKADES AT THE HANDS OF
AZERBAIJAN, WITH BACKING FROM
TURKEY, FORCED 120,000
INDIGENOUS ARMENIANS LIVING IN
THE REPUBLIC OF ARTSAKH. WHICH
HAVE I HAVE VISITED THIS LAND?
THIS IS AN ANCIENT LAND BEING
ONE OF THE MAIN ARMENIAN
HOMELANDS WITH CHURCHES THAT ARE
THAT ARE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD,
WITH ARMENIAN ARTIFACTS
THROUGHOUT THE LIVING HISTORY OF
THAT REGION. IT IS CLEARLY AN
ARMENIAN HOMELAND. AND YET AND
YET AZERBAIJAN CHEN HAS KILLED
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ARMENIANS
OVER THE YEARS, DEFENDING THAT
THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE ON THEIR
NATIVE SOIL HAS EVICTED
BASICALLY THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE,
CLEANING THEM OUT OF THE REGION
THAT IS THEIR HOMELAND AND
ENACTED A CRUEL BLOCKADE JUST IN
SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR THAT
CAUSED PEOPLE TO LITERALLY HAVE
TO WALK FROM ARTSAKH INTO
ARMENIA, COSTING HUMAN LIVES AND
THE ABANDONMENT OF PEOPLE'S
ENTIRE THE WORK OF THEIR LIVES
IN TERMS OF THEIR FARMS AND
THEIR HOMES. AND WHAT HAS
REMAINED, WHAT HAS REMAINED, IS
NOW BEING CLEANSED BY AZERBAIJAN
OF THE FOOTPRINT OF THE
ARMENIANS THAT HAVE OCCUPIED
THAT LAND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
, CHURCHES BEING CONVERTED
ANCIENT ARMENIAN WRITINGS BEING
LITERALLY SCRAPED OFF THE WALLS
OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES, HOMES
BEING BURNED AND RANSACKED. THIS
IS AN ETHNIC CLEANSING HAPPENING
IN OUR MIDST, AND WE CANNOT
REMAIN SILENT. WE MUST STAND
TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAIN
THAT IS ECHOING THROUGHOUT THAT
REGION AND THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
THAT WHENEVER A GROUP IS BEING
MÁS, PENALIZED, AND
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, WE HAVE A
DUTY TO SPEAK UP AND TO PUSH
BACK TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY. SO THAT NO ONE WILL
KNOW THE PAIN OF OUR ANCESTORS.
WE MUST DEMAND THAT THE UNITED
NATIONS AND THE AND AMERICA
PROTECT THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE,
PROTECT FURTHER AGGRESSION
AGAINST ARMENIA, AND TO TRY TO
FIND A PATH FOR THE ARMENIANS TO
RETURN BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND IN
ARTSAKH. WE SHOULD DEMAND NO
LESS. WITH THAT, PLEASE HELP US
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE
ARMENIAN PEOPLE TO HELP THEM
BUILD A BETTER LIFE HERE AND AT
HOME, IN ARMENIA AND AT ARTSAKH.
WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST YOUR AYE VOTE ON H.R. 82
AND THAT THE FIRST ROLL BE OPEN
TO A CO AUTHORS. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. FRIEDMAN.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ZABIR. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. MR. SPEAKER,
MEMBERS, AS THE MEMBER
REPRESENTING A LITTLE HISTORIC
LITTLE ARMENIA NEAR HOLLYWOOD,
I'M PROUD TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF
THIS RESOLUTION AND WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM GLENDALE
FOR BRINGING H.R. 82. IT IS
SHAMEFUL THAT 109 YEARS LATER,
THE HISTORIC FACTS OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ARE STILL
DENIED BY TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN
THAT INTENTIONAL REFUSAL TO
ADMIT THE TRUTH AND LEARN FROM
THIS PAINFUL HISTORY HELPED PAVE
THE WAY FOR AZERBAIJAN'S ETHNIC
CLEANSING OF ARTSAKH JUST LAST
YEAR. THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT
MERELY SYMBOLIC, IT IS A VITAL
STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE AND
ENSURING THAT THE ETHNIC
CLEANSING STOPS AND IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN ANYMORE. IT IS NOT
PASSIVE. IT IS AN ACTION AGAINST
OVER A CENTURY OF DENIAL,
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND
CONTINUED TRAUMA. THE ARMENIAN
PEOPLE HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THEIR RESILIENCE AND
STRENGTH, BUT THEY SHOULD NEVER
STAND ALONE. THIS RESOLUTION
TELLS THE PEOPLE OF ARMENIA AND
ARMENIANS IN THE DIASPORA,
INCLUDING IN OUR STATE AND IN MY
DISTRICT, THAT CALIFORNIA
RECOGNIZES THIS PAINFUL HISTORY
AND STANDS FIRMLY WITH THEM.
THIS RESOLUTION ASSURES THAT
ARMENIAN AMERICAN CONSTITUENTS
THAT IN THE FACE OF OVER A
CENTURY OF DENIAL, CALIFORNIA
STANDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ZABIR ASSEMBLY
MEMBER RAMOS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AS
CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE NATIVE AMERICAN
CAUCUS, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
H.R. 82, WHICH COMMEMORATES THE
GENOCIDE OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE.
GENOCIDE IS NOT A TERME TO BE
USED LIGHTLY. IT SPECIFICALLY
REFERS TO THE STATE SANCTIONED
ATTEMPT TO EXTERMINATE A GROUP
OF PEOPLE AND CAUSE SERIOUS
BODILY OR MENTAL HARM TO THE
MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP, INCLUDING
SEPARATION OF FAMILIES AND
PREVENTING BIRTH. THESE ARE
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND IT
IS RIGHT THAT THE VICTIMS OF
RACIAL HATRED BE REMEMBERED, AND
THAT WE ALL PRAY AND WORK
TOWARDS A TIME WHEN NO HUMAN
BEING PRACTICED SUCH HATRED OR
FEELS THE ANGUISH AND
CONSEQUENCES OF GENOCIDE. LIKE
OTHER GROUPS, WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED AN ATTEMPT TO
ELIMINATE US AS NATIVE PEOPLE
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
THAT THAT HATRED AND VIOLENCE
ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. BUT WE CAN
OVERCOME WITH RESILIENCY OF OUR
PEOPLE. WE OVERCOME WITH
RESILIENCY AND INHUMANITY BY
STANDING TOGETHER AGAINST THESE
WRONGS THAT THE WORLD HAS
BROUGHT UPON US, OUR PEOPLE,
UNITED AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
ONE ANOTHER AS WE ARE TODAY,
STANDING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE
ARMENIAN PEOPLE. I ASK FOR YOUR
AYE. VOTE ON H.R. 82. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER THREE OF US, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, I STAND
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 82. I
REPRESENT A VERY VIBRANT
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY OF LOS ANGELES,
TODAY MARKS A SOMBER DAY AS WE
REMEMBER THE LIVES OF THE
ARMENIAN VICTIMS WHO DIED DURING
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. WORDS
CAN'T EXPRESS THE PAIN THAT
THESE VIOLENT ACTS CAUSED. FROM
1915 TO 1923, 1.5 MILLION
INDIVIDUALS MARCHED TO THEIR
DEATHS, AZERBAIJAN'S CURRENT
BLOCKADE OF ARTSAKH IS
UNRAVELING. YET ANOTHER
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WITHIN THE
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY. WE CANNOT
STAND BY AND WATCH THIS, TODAY I
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA
AND ACROSS THE GLOBE AS WE
COMMEMORATE THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
CURRENT CRISIS IN ARTSAKH. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
ON H.R. 82. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. RIVAS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. ALANIZ, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. COLLEAGUES I RISE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF H.R. 82. I
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
GLENDALE FOR CARRYING THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. I, TOO,
HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF ARMENIAN
CONSTITUENTS. AND JUST AS MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, AS WE
SPEAK, THERE IS A GROUP
CONDUCTING AN ETHNIC CLEANSING
AGAINST ARMENIANS. 109 YEARS
AGO, A GENOCIDE TOOK PLACE AND
WE OWE IT TO THE ENTIRE FREE
WORLD. AND THE MEMORIES OF THOSE
WHO WERE MURDERED TO NEVER LET
THE WORLD FORGET WHAT HAD
HAPPENED. AND REGARDLESS OF
WHERE YOU'RE FROM, WE MUST STAND
WITH ARMENIA AGAINST THIS
UNPROVOKED AND ILLEGAL
AGGRESSION. I STAND WITH ARMENIA
AND I HOPE YOU WILL AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. JIM
PATTERSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. SPEAKER. MEMBERS I
TOO RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
ALL THAT IS IN THIS RESOLUTION
FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS
PERSONAL, HISTORICAL AND
HUMANITARIAN, BUT I ALSO WANT TO
SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROLE
JUST ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. I'VE HAD THE
DISTINCT PLEASURE OF
REPRESENTING THEM NOT ONLY AS
THEIR MAYOR FOR EIGHT YEARS, BUT
NOW GOING ON 12 YEARS HERE IN
SACRAMENTO. SO THEY WERE A
DIASPORA THAT CAME WHEN TURKEY
DID ITS GENOCIDE. BUT WE IN
FRESNO HAVE HAD MANY OTHER
DIASPORAS. WE HAVE. WE HAD A
CHINESE MIGRATION. WE HAD A
JAPANESE MIGRATION, WE NOW HAVE
A HMONG MIGRATION, WHO DO YOU
THINK WERE SOME OF THE STRONGEST
VOICES IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA AND
IN OUR VALLEY TO WELCOME THE
NEWCOMERS WITH OPEN ARMS? THE
ARMENIAN DIASPORA, BECAUSE THEY
KNEW IN THEIR HEART WHAT THESE
INDIVIDUALS WERE GOING THROUGH.
AND SO WHAT HAS IMPRESSED ME
OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN, YES,
OUR ARMENIAN BROTHERS AND
SISTERS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
HURT AND HATRED AND OF GENOCIDE.
BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH,
BECAUSE OF THEIR RESILIENCE,
BECAUSE OF THEIR FAMILY TIES,
AND BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT GOING
TO REMAIN VICTIMS, THEY WERE
GOING TO BECOME VICTORS. WE CAN
CELEBRATE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
AND ARMENIAN COMMUNITY THAT IS
IN EVERY SINGLE IMPORTANT NICHE
IN OUR ECONOMY, IN PUBLIC
SERVICE, IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY
ARE GENEROUS, THEY ARE CARING.
YES, THEY HURT WITH A MEMORY,
BUT THEY DON'T LET THAT MEMORY
DEFINE THEM FOREVER EITHER. AND
THAT'S WHY I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS, TO SAY IT CANNOT HAPPEN
ANYMORE. SAU BUT ALSO TO SAY TO
A GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE
DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
GOOD, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GODLY,
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RESILIENT,
AND WHAT IT MEANS TO CONQUER IN
THE FACE OF HORROR. AND AS I'VE
SAID BEFORE, THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN ARMENIANS WERE EXCLUDED
FROM BUYING PROPERTY ON THE
DEEDS IN, IN IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND IN FRESNO COUNTY.
OVER THE YEARS, OUR ARMENIAN
COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO BREAK
THROUGH THAT, TO BECOME FARMERS,
LANDOWNERS. AND AS I'VE SAID
BEFORE, IF YOU CHART THE HISTORY
OF WHAT IS NOW FRESNO, YOU WILL
FIND THAT THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SOON
TO BE 600,000 STRONG, WAS BUILT
ON PROPERTY THAT ARMENIANS
EVENTUALLY OWNED AND SOLD OVER
TIME TO CREATE OUR CITY. THAT'S
TAKING BEING A VICTIM, TURNING
IT INTO BEING A VICTOR AND BEING
A PART OF THE CREATION OF A CITY
THAT LOVES AND APPRECIATES ITS
AND CARES FOR OUR ARMENIAN
NEIGHBORS. THEY BECOME FAMILY.
THEY BECOME PEOPLE THAT ARE
ADMIRED, BUT THEY ARE ALSO
PEOPLE WHO STRETCH OUT A HAND OF
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING TO OTHERS
WHO ARE COMING TO OUR REGION,
WHO STRUGGLE BECAUSE THEY'RE
NEW. AND THAT'S WHY FRESNO,
BEING AS LARGE AS IT IS AND AS
MULTI-ETHNIC AS IT IS, FOR ALL
INTENTS AND PURPOSES, 99% OF THE
TIME WE'RE LIVING IN HARMONY,
WE'RE CARING ABOUT EACH OTHER,
AND WE ARE CREATING A CITY THAT
I THINK IS ONE THAT SHOULD BE
RECOGNIZED FOR ITS DIVERSITY,
BUT ALSO FOR THE FACT OF ITS
ASSIMILATION AND ITS SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER STAND WITH ALL KINDS OF
PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE
IF THEY WANT TO CALL FRESNO
HOME. WE'RE GOING TO BE THEIR
NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PATTERSON,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. CARRILLO, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. AND THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I
STAND IN PROUD SUPPORT OF H.R.
82 AND THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
GLENDALE FOR AUTHORING THIS
RESOLUTION. I'M VERY HONORED TO
SHARE THE CITY OF GLENDALE AND
THE BEAUTIFUL ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
IN OUR BOTH THE ASSEMBLY
DISTRICTS. AND I WANT TO JUST
REALLY RECOGNIZE OUR
CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY
IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE AS WE
COMMEMORATE THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE OF 1915. IT IS THE WORK
, OF EDUCATORS AND ADVOCATES WHO
TEACH THE STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS
ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE
ARMENIAN PEOPLE AND WHAT
HAPPENED IN 1915. AND MAY IT
NEVER BE REPEATED AGAIN. WE SEE
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
WITH THE INTERNATIONALLY
CONDEMNED BLOCK OF ARTSAKH. IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THE ARMENIANS THAT
CONTINUE TO REMAIN FRONT AND
CENTER IN THIS GEOPOLITICAL,
VERY REAL SITUATION. CALIFORNIA
OWES ITS GREATNESS TO THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL OF ITS
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND ARMENIAN
AMERICANS HAVE ENRICHED OUR
STATE THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP
CONTRIBUTIONS IN BUSINESS,
AGRICULTURE, ACADEMIA,
GOVERNMENT AND THE ARTS. TODAY
AND ALWAYS, WE STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE ARMENIAN
PEOPLE, AND WE CALL OUT GENOCIDE
WHEN WE SEE IT, AND MAY WE NEVER
REPEAT IT IN OUR LIFETIME. THANK
YOU. AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
AN AYE VOTE ON H.R. 82. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER CARRILLO.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. FONG, YOU ARE
VINCE FONG. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED,
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MEMBERS,
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 82
AFTER MORE THAN FOUR GENERATIONS
AS DESCENDANTS OF AMERICA AS AS
DESCENDANTS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
SURVIVORS, ARMENIAN AMERICANS
REMAIN COMMITTED TO THEIR FAITH
AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. A
COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO
CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TO OUR THE
CENTRAL VALLEY AND TO CALIFORNIA
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND SO I
STAND WITH THE ARMENIANS AND THE
AMERICANS OF ARMENIAN HERITAGE
FROM ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY,
ACROSS CALIFORNIA, AND
SUPPORTING THEIR SECURITY IN THE
WAKE OF THE ETHNIC CLEANSING
THAT'S HAPPENING IN ARKANSAS.
AND I URGE MEMBERS TO SUPPORT
H.R. 82. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FONG SEEING AND HEARING
NO FURTHER DEBATE. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FRIEDMAN, YOU MAY CLOSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO
REALLY THANK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR VERY
HEARTFELT AND VERY PASSIONATE
WORDS. THOSE WORDS MEAN A LOT TO
ME. I KNOW THEY MEAN A LOT TO MY
COMMUNITY, AND I JUST HOPE THAT
WE NOW WILL LIFT OUR COLLECTIVE
VOICES TO TURN THOSE WORDS INTO
ACTION. ITEMS FOR OUR GOVERNMENT
AND FOR THE WORLD. WITH THAT, I
WOULD REQUEST AN AYE VOTE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
FRIEDMAN. ALL DEBATE HAVING
CEASED, THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL FOR COAUTHORS. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE
FOR COAUTHORS. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE ARE
69 COAUTHORS ADDED. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE'LL NOW TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE
IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FRIEDMAN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU. SO WE
CERTAINLY HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE
ADVOCATES FOR THE ARMENIAN CAUSE
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I'M
VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME
A FEW OF THEM HERE TODAY TO THE
FLOOR TO JOIN US. PLEASE GIVE ME
A VERY WARM WELCOME TO FORMER
GLENDALE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
MEMBER AGAJANIAN, TO DOCTOR
ARMEN AGAJANIAN FROM THE BURBANK
UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION AND
FROM MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ARMENIAN DEMOCRATS,
MANUEL MAC PAPIAN AND VICTORIA
JACKSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE
.
MEMBERS AND GUESTS. I'D LIKE TO
ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE STAND.
MEMBERS AND GUESTS, PLEASE STAND
. WE WILL NOW OBSERVE A MOMENT
OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
DURING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
.
THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR
CEREMONY. YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE
ARE MOVING BACK TO BUSINESS ON
THE DAILY FILE. MOVING TO
ASSEMBLY. THIRD READING. FILE
ITEM 32 AB 3024 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WARD. THE CLERK WILL READ
. ASSEMBLY BILL 3024 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
WARD. MEMBER. WARD. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBER I RISE TO
PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO ASSEMBLY
BILL 3024, AND THESE AMENDMENTS
WOULD ADD A, URGENCY CLAUSE. AND
COAUTHORS RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR AYE VOTE ON AMENDMENTS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED?
SAY NO. THE AMENDMENTS ARE
ADOPTED OUT TO PRINT AND BACK ON
THE DAILY FILE. MOVING ON TO
ITEM NUMBER 43, AB 2435 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MAIENSCHEIN. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL
2435 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MAIENSCHEIN. AN ACT RELATING TO
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MAIENSCHEIN YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS SINCE
2012 COVERED CALIFORNIA HAS
ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC PROCESS WITH
ROBUST STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
WHEN PROPOSING AND ADOPTING
REGULATORY CHANGES, AB 2435
WOULD EXTEND COVERED
CALIFORNIA'S AUTHORITY TO
PROMULGATE EMERGENCY RULEMAKING
PACKAGES UNTIL JANUARY ONE,
2030, IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY AND
PROMPTLY REACT TO BOTH ANNUAL
AND ONGOING CHANGES IN FEDERAL
AND STATE RULES BY PASSING AB
2435. THIS ENSURES COVERED
CALIFORNIA IS ABLE TO SERVE
CONSUMERS WHILE ADHERING TO NEW
STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES.
THANK YOU, AND I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AN AYE VOTE. SEEING AND
HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE A VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. AYES 52. NOES 12.
MEASURES PASSED. MOVING TO FILE
ITEM 59 AB 3162 BY MR. BENNETT.
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL
3162 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER BENNETT
AND OTHERS, AND ACT RELATING TO
FISH AND WILDLIFE. MR. BENNETT,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK, THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MEMBERS AB
3162 IS A BILL TO PROTECT AN
INTELLIGENT, SEA DWELLING ANIMAL
FROM UNNECESSARY CRUELTY.
THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THIS
BILL, HOWEVER, AND AB 3162
OPPOSED CRUELTY TO OCTOPUSES FOR
THE OCTO ACT PREEMPTIVELY BANS
OCTOPUS FARMING AND THE SALE OF
FARMED OCTOPUS ACROSS THE STATE.
THERE'S NO OPPOSITION. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. SEEING AND
HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL
THOSE VOTED 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 VOTES. AYES.
50. NOES TEN. MOTION. MEASURE
PASSES. MOVING BACK TO FILE ITEM
39 AB 1855 BY DOCTOR ARAMBULA,
THE CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 1855 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ARAMBULA. AN ACT RELATING TO
OPEN MEETINGS. DOCTOR ARAMBULA
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS.
STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THEIR STUDENT
BODY ASSOCIATION WITHOUT THREAT
TO SAFETY, PRIVACY OR
ACCESSIBILITY. ASSEMBLY BILL
1855 PROTECTS PUBLIC ACCESS AND
ALLOWS AN ELIGIBLE, ELIGIBLE
LEGISLATIVE BODY OF STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS TO USE ALTERNATE
TELECONFERENCING PROVISIONS IF
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND ADOPTED BY THE
ELIGIBLE BODY, IT IS TIME FOR US
TO MODERNIZE THE ACT TO REFLECT
MODERN TIMES AND NEW CHALLENGES
FACED BY OUR STUDENTS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
. SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE 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
VOTES. AYES 52. NOES 12. MEASURE
PASSES. MOVING TO SENATE. THIRD
READING FILE ITEM 6362 THROUGH
63. PASS AND RETAIN. MOVING TO A
VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
FILE ITEMS 102 AND 103. DOES ANY
MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
SEEING AND HEARING NONE. THE
CLERK WILL READ THE SECOND DAY
CONSENT CALENDAR. ASSEMBLY BILL
3100 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWE. AN
ACT RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOANS.
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTE. AYES 65. NO ZERO. THE
CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
CLERK WILL READ THE REMAINING
ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND
ASSEMBLY BILL 3196 AYES 65. NOES
ZERO. MEMBERS. THE QUORUM CALL
IS STILL IN PLACE. SO I WOULD
ASK YOU TO GIVE YOUR RESPECTFUL
ATTENTION TO THE MEMBER WHO WAS
GIVEN PRIOR PERMISSION TO SPEAK
ON AN ADJOURNMENT MEMORY.
MEMBERS, TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR OR PLEASE HAVE A
SEAT.
AND ASK THAT YOU GIVE YOUR
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ERWIN, WHO WAS TO FOR HER
ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY. IT IS
WITH A PROFOUND SADNESS AND DEEP
SENSE OF LOSS THAT THE COMMUNITY
OF THOUSAND OAKS AND BEYOND
LEARNED OF THE SUDDEN PASSING OF
BRETT OAN TAYLOR, BROTHER,
BRETT BRETT, AS HE WAS
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN, LEAVING
BEHIND A GRIEVING COMMUNITY OF
WHICH HE WAS A PART. BRETT WAS
BORN IN DECEMBER 1957, IN
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, AND HIS
FAMILY MOVED TO THOUSAND OAKS
WHEN BRETT WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
BRETT WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHEN HIS DISABILITY WAS
IDENTIFIED. DESPITE THESE EARLY
CHALLENGES, BRETT HAD A HUGE
HEART AND A SPECIAL KNACK FOR
MAKING FRIENDS. EARLY ON, BRETT
DEVELOPED A FONDNESS FOR THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND AS A TEEN,
HE COULD BE FOUND HANGING OUT BY
THE FIRE STATION CLOSE TO HIS
FAMILY HOME. HE WAS ADOPTED BY
THE FIREFIGHTERS AT THE STATION,
WHO TREATED HIM AS IF HE WAS ONE
OF THEM. HE SOON BEGAN MAKING
FRIENDS WITH POLICE OFFICERS
THAT HE WOULD MEET THROUGHOUT
HIS TRAVELS. OVER THE YEARS,
BRETT BECAME A FIXTURE WITHIN
THE VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT AND THE VENTURA
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT. HE WAS KNOWN BY THE
NEWEST OF THE DEPUTIES AND
FIREFIGHTERS, AS WELL AS THOSE
AT THE HIGHEST RANKS OF EACH
ORGANIZATION. HE CHERISHED THESE
FRIENDSHIPS AND COULD OFTEN BE
SEEN RIDING IN EITHER A POLICE
CAR OR A FIRE TRUCK, AS THEY
TRANSPORTED HIM TO ONE OF HIS
MANY OTHER MEETINGS OR
OBLIGATIONS. THE ENTIRE FAMILY
KNEW AND LOVED BRETT. IT DIDN'T
STOP THERE. BRETT WORKED HIS WAY
INTO HELPING COACHES OF EACH
SPORT AT BOTH THOUSAND OAKS AND
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOLS. HE WAS AN
HONORARY HONORARY MEMBER OF THE
ROTARY, THE KIWANIS CLUB, AND
THE ELKS LODGE. HE SERVED WITH
THE OAKS MALL SECURITY, THE
CONEJO RECREATION AND PARK
DISTRICT, AND THE CITY OF
THOUSAND OAKS STAFF. THERE WAS
NO GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
HE WAS NOT A WELCOME PART OF.
BRETT NEVER MET ANYONE HE DIDN'T
LIKE, AND EVERYBODY HE KNEW FELT
IT. HE HAD A KNACK FOR
REMEMBERING EVERYONE'S NAME, AND
IF YOU EVER TOLD HIM YOU WOULD
DO SOMETHING, HE WOULDN'T FORGET
. AT ONE POINT, BRETT WAS SENT
TO LIVE IN AN INDEPENDENT LIVING
RESIDENCE IN OXNARD. HE DIDN'T
PARTICULARLY LIKE THE
ARRANGEMENT, SO HE TOOK IT UPON
HIMSELF TO SELF GRADUATE AND
PURCHASED A BUS TICKET BACK TO
THOUSAND OAKS, WHERE HE LIVED
THE REMAINDER OF HIS DAYS. HE
HAD BEEN RECENTLY SELECTED TO BE
THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THE CONEJO
VALLEY DAYS PARADE THAT IS BEING
RESURRECTED AFTER HAVING BEEN
SIDELINED FOR MANY YEARS. THIS
WAS AN HONOR THAT BRETT WAS VERY
EXCITED ABOUT, AND HE LOOKED
FORWARD TO THE MAY 5TH PARADE,
NÓ REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN SELECTED
AND BROTHER BRETT WILL SERVE
POSTHUMOUSLY IN THIS ROLE. BRETT
BROUGHT JOY TO THE LIVES OF
EVERYONE WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF
KNOWING HIM, AND HE WILL BE
SORELY MISSED. I ASK THAT WE
ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER ERWIN.
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.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS. BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE ONE WILL MEET UPON
ADJOURNMENT IN CAPITAL ROOM ONE,
27 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE MEETS UPON ADJOURNMENT
IN CAPITAL ROOM. 444. NATURAL
RESOURCES WILL MEET UPON
ADJOURNMENT IN CAPITAL ROOM. 447
REVENUE AND TAXATION MEETS UPON
ADJOURNMENT AND CAPITAL ROOM 126
TRANSPORT NATION MEETS UPON
ADJOURNMENT IN THE SWING SPACE
ROOM 100 SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS
FOLLOWS TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD.
CHECK IN SESSION. WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 24TH. CHECK IN SESSION
THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH. FLOOR
SESSION AT 9 A.M. ALL OTHER
ITEMS REMAINING WILL BE PASSED
AND RETAINED. ALL MOTIONS SHALL
BE CONTINUED. SEEING AND
HEARING. NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION
TO ADJOURN. MISS AGUIAR-CURRY
MOVES. MR. GALLAGHER. SECONDS AT
THE HOUSE STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH, AT 9 A.M.
THE QUORUM CALL IS LIFTED AND
THE HOUSE IS ADJOURNED