THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FRIEDMAN NOSES
THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THE
SERGEANT AT ARMS WILL PREPARE
THE CHAMBER AND BRING IN THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. THE CLERK WILL
CALL THE ROLL. ATIS AGUIAR-CURRY
. ALANIZ. ALVAREZ. ARAMBULA
BAINES. BARA. KHN. BENNETT
BERMAN. BERNER. BONTA BRIAN.
CALDERON, JUAN. CARRILLO WENDY.
CARRILLO. CERVANTES. CHEN
CONNOLLY. DALLEY. DAVIES DIXON.
ISOLE. FLORA. MEYER FONG, VINCE.
FONG. FRIEDMAN GABRIEL.
GALLAGHER. GARCIA GIBSON,
GRAYSON. HANEY HART. HOLDEN.
HOOVER ERWIN. JACKSON.
JONES-SAWYER CORA. LACKEY. LEE.
LOW LOWENTHAL. MAINE. SHINE.
MATHIS MCCARTY. MCKENNA.
MURATSUCHI QUINN. ORTEGA.
PACHECO PAPPIN. JIM. PATTERSON,
JOE. PATTERSON. PELLERIN.
PETRIE-NORRIS QUIRK-SILVA.
RAMOS. RENDON REYES. THREE OF
US. RODRIGUEZ RUBIO. SANCHEZ.
SANTIAGO SCHIAVO. SORIA. TO
TING. VALENCIA. VÆ. VALLAPUDUA
WALDRON. WALLACE. WARD WEBER.
WICKS. WILSON WOOD. ZUBER. MR.
SPEAKER
.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS IN
THE REAR OF THE GALLERY AND IN
THE CHAMBER, IN THE GALLERY, AND
IN THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER. IN
BOTH PLACES. TO PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER AND THE FLAG. SALUTE
THE DAY'S PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER LACKEY.
PLEASE JOIN ME. HEAVENLY FATHER,
WE WISH TO THANK THE FATHER FOR
ALLOWING US TO LIVE IN SUCH A
BLESSED COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS US
TO FREELY EXPRESS OURSELVES AND
WORSHIP AS WE WISH. WE ARE
THANKFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF
REPRESENTING SUCH A VAST,
DIVERSE GROUP OF CONSTITUENTS.
WE ASK THAT OUR HEARTS WILL TURN
TO YOU TO SEEK THY GUIDANCE IN
THE IMPACTFUL DECISIONS PLACED
BEFORE US. WE ASK FOR HELP AND
BEING MINDFUL OF THOSE WHO
DESERVE COMPASSION, LOVE, AND
SUPPORT. WE PRAY THAT THE
DECISIONS WE MAKE WILL BE
MOTIVATED BY ACHIEVING THE
COMMON BENEFIT TO OUR PUBLIC AT
LARGE. WE PRAY FOR OUR STATE AND
FOR OUR COUNTRY, THAT OUR PEOPLE
WILL BE MORE MOTIVATED TO SEEK
COMMON GROUND THAN TO ENGAGE IN
CONTENTIOUS, HURTFUL DISCOURSE.
HELP US TO TOLERATE DIFFERENCES
INSTEAD OF BELITTLING THEM.
PLEASE BLESS THIS GATHERING HERE
ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR, THAT WE WILL BE MINDFUL
OF THE TRUST PLACED IN US AND
THAT OUR ACTIONS WILL BE
CONSISTENT WITH BUILDING TRUST
WITH THOSE WHO WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING US HERE.
THIS IS OUR PRAYER IN THE NAME
OF YOUR SON. AMEN. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LACKEY. PLEASE
HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PEPIN LEAD US IN
THE PLEDGE THIS MORNING. THANK
YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU MAY BE
SEATED. READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL. ASSEMBLY
CHAMBERS, SACRAMENTO. WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 10TH, 2024. THE ASSEMBLY
MET AT 7 A.M. THE HONORABLE
TREETOP MOVES. MR. GALLAGHER
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. 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. MOVING
TO PROCEDURAL MOTIONS, MAJORITY
LEADER AGUIAR-CURRY YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. GOOD MORNING, MR.
SPEAKER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
45.5 TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBER
SORIA AND RENDON TO SPEAK ON
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY TODAY
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
118A TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GABRIEL TO HAVE A GUEST SEAT AT
HIS DESK, AND TO ALLOW THE
SPEAKER AND THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER,
GIBSON, TO HAVE GUESTS IN THE
REAR OF THE CHAMBER TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY
RULE 96. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO REFER SB 21 UMBERG
FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TO THE RULES
COMMITTEE. WITHOUT OBJECTION,
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE 96 TO
WITHDRAW. H.J.R. 15 ERWIN FROM
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
ORDER THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION
TO THE THIRD READING FILE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AUTHOR, PLEASE REMOVE ITEM 175
AB 1972 ILLNESS FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. CLERK WILL NOTE.
MOVING TO GUESTS. INTRODUCTIONS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WEBER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. GOOD
MORNING. MEMBERS AS WE CELEBRATE
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE
MONTH, I AM THRILLED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACTFUL WORK OF
A YOUTH GROUP IN MY COMMUNITY
DURING THIS SPECIAL MONTH OF
CELEBRATION, WE RECOGNIZE THE
MOST IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOUNG
LEADERS PLAY IN SHAPING THE
FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITIES
THROUGH THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND
ADVOCACY. THESE YOUTH ARE NOT
ONLY PRESERVING THEIR HERITAGE,
BUT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. AS WE
COMMEMORATE AAPI HERITAGE MONTH,
LET US CELEBRATE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NH█P AND
REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
PROMOTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG
YOUTH ACROSS OUR STATE. MY HELLO
NG¯ÜI LO, THANK YOU TO THE YOUTH
GROUP FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR WEBER.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR WEBER, AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GIBSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS,
I RISE TO INTRODUCE THE NATIONAL
ACTION NETWORK SACRAMENTO, THE
WESTERN REGION CHAPTER FOR THEIR
FOR THEIR FIRST LOBBY DAY HERE
IN SACRAMENTO, THEIR THEME IS
THEIR THEME IS BRIDGING THE
DIVIDES CONFERENCE. THE NATIONAL
ACTION NETWORK IS ONE OF THE
LEADING CIVIL RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NATION,
WITH CHAPTERS THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
FOUNDED IN 1991 BY THE REVEREND
AL SHARPTON, THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK WORKS TO PROMOTE A
MODERN DAY CIVIL RIGHTS AGENDA
THAT INCLUDES FIGHTING FOR ONE'S
STANDARD JUSTICE, DECENCY, EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE
REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION,
ETHNICITY, CITIZENSHIP, CRIMINAL
RECORDS, ECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER
, GENDER EXPRESSION, OR
SEXUALITY. ALSO SO HERE IN THE
BACK OF THE CHAMBERS IS DOCTOR
THAKERAY PORTER. DOCTOR PORTER
IS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK OF
SACRAMENTO. DOCTOR PORTER IS A
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, ADVOCATE
FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL MEN AND
WOMEN. DOCTOR PORTER IS ALSO THE
SENIOR PASTOR AT GENESIS CHURCH
OF SACRAMENTO, WHERE HE HAS
SERVED AS A SENIOR PASTOR
FAITHFULLY FOR OVER 24 YEARS.
MEMBERS WHO PLEASE HELP ME
WELCOME THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK AND DOCTOR PORTER.
THANK YOU, MISTER GIBSON.
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS
.
MEMBERS. PLEASE, COULD I HAVE
YOUR ATTENTION? YOUR YOUR
ATTENTION, PLEASE. OKAY. MEMBERS
TO MARK HER LAST DAY IN THE
ASSEMBLY, WE RECOGNIZE JELENA
HERNANDEZ AND HER FAMILY IN THE
REAR OF THE CHAMBER TODAY. GINA
HAS. JELENA HAS MOST RECENTLY
WORKED IN THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE.
BUT SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER HER
AS A LONGTIME CHIEF OF STAFF TO
KEN COOLEY. SHE HAS SERVED THIS
INSTITUTION FOR 24 YEARS. PLEASE
THANK ME IN JOINING. JOIN ME IN
THANKING HER FOR HER YEARS OF
DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA
.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR
SERVICE. JELENA MEMBERS MOVING
TO BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
MOVING TO BUSINESS ON THE DAILY
FILE. SECOND READING. THE CLERK
WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 2210,
2841 1836, WITH AMENDMENTS 2587,
WITH AMENDMENTS 2642, WITH
AMENDMENTS 2839, WITH AMENDMENTS
20, 49, 22, 83, 28, 33, WITH
AMENDMENTS 2159, WITH AMENDMENTS
2460, WITH AMENDMENTS 2837. WITH
AMENDMENTS 3080, WITH AMENDMENTS
3279. WITH AMENDMENTS 23, 47,
28, OH ONE, 28, 67, 31, 72,
1791, WITH AMENDMENTS 2146, WITH
AMENDMENTS 28, 63, 3025, WITH
AMENDMENTS 1784, 1788, 1862,
1876, 1929, 1936, 1943, 1957,
1978, 2062, 2069, 2072, 2091,
2094, 2098, 21, 43, 21, 76, 21,
99, 22, 46, 22, 76, 23, 89, 24,
55, 25, 31, 26, 20, 26, 24, 26,
64, 26, 94, 27, OH EIGHT, 27,
25, 27, 43, 27, 79, 28, 42, 28,
76, 28, 86, 29, ZERO FOUR, 29,
22, 29, 48, 29, 51, 3000, FOUR,
32, 34, 32, 65, 32, 85, 1799,
1868, 1991, 2017, 2058, 2260,
22, 88, 22, 92, 27, OH FIVE, 28,
47, 38, 89, 32, 21, 3007 WITH
AMENDMENTS 2351. WITH AMENDMENTS
2013. WITH AMENDMENTS 2741, WITH
AMENDMENTS 2980. WITH AMENDMENTS
1819. WITH AMENDMENTS 2457, WITH
AMENDMENTS 2791. WITH AMENDMENTS
3130, WITH AMENDMENTS 22, 57,
27, 15, 2293, WITH AMENDMENTS
2663, WITH AMENDMENTS 23, 25,
2618, AND ASSEMBLY BILL 3198.
ALL BILLS WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND ALL AMENDMENTS WILL BE
DEEMED ADOPTED TO
RECONSIDERATION. ALL ITEMS SHALL
BE CONTINUED.
WHERE IS SURE WITHOUT OBJECTION,
WE WILL NOW TAKE UP ITEM EIGHT
AB 2283 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PACHECO FOR AMENDMENTS. CLERK
WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 2283
WITH AMENDMENTS BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. PACHECO. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PACHECO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
WILL PASS, PASS AND RETAIN OR
PASS TEMPORARILY. MOVING ON,
MOVING ON TO ASSEMBLY. THIRD
READING FILE ITEM 118 AB 3077 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HART. THE CLERK
WILL READ ASSEMBLY BILL 3077 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HART. AN ACT
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER HART YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I RISE TO
INTRODUCE AB 3077. CURRENTLY,
JUDGES CAN CONSIDER A
DEFENDANT'S PSYCHIATRIC
DIAGNOSIS FOR COMPETENCY TO
STAND TRIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT ELIGIBILITY. JUDGES
CAN REDUCE PENALTIES FOR
DEFENDANTS WITH QUALIFYING
MENTAL ILLNESSES IF IT SERVES
JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
HOWEVER, BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
DISORDER IS EXCLUDED FROM THESE
PROVISIONS. THIS EXCLUSION LACKS
SUPPORTING DATA FUELS STIGMA,
AND RESTRICTS ACCESS TO VITAL
TREATMENT. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
AFFECTS UP TO 6% OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION, AND WITH A
COMBINATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND
MEDICATION, THE ORDER IS.
DISORDER IS HIGHLY TREATABLE. AB
3077 WILL ADD BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER TO THE LIST
OF MENTAL ILLNESSES THAT A JUDGE
CAN CONSIDER FOR COMPETENCY AND
SENTENCING ADJUSTMENTS. THIS
BILL WILL HELP PROMOTE JUSTICE
AND EQUITY AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM
RATES. THIS BILL HAS ENJOYED NO
OPPOSITION. I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AN AYE VOTE. SEEING AND
HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL
THOSE VÚI WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES.
AYES 55. NO SEVEN. MEASURE
PASSES MOVING TO FILE ITEM 125
AB 2860 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GARCIA. THE CLERK WILL READ.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2860 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GARCIA AND OTHERS. AN ACT
RELATED TO HEALING. ARTS
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GARCIA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES. GOOD
MORNING. I AM PROUD TO PRESENT
AB 2860 DOCTORS AND DENTISTS
FROM MEXICO PROGRAM. THIS IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE WORK OF LATE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARCO ANTONIO
FIREBAUGH, WHO AUTHORED AB 1045.
IN 2002, THE DOCTORS AND
DENTISTS PROGRAM FROM MEXICO,
PILOT PROJECT AB 2860 REMOVES
THE PILOT STATUS OF THIS PROJECT
FOR DOCTORS PROGRAM. IT ALLOWS
THE MEDICAL BOARD, BEGINNING IN
2025, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
DOCTORS SERVING IN THIS PROGRAM,
AND ALSO INCLUDES AN EXPANSION
TO DOCTORS AND PSYCHIATRISTS
FIELD TO ENSURE THAT THEY, TOO,
ARE INCLUDED. AS PART OF THIS
PARTICULAR FOCUS. FOR SERVICE,
THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVEN THAT
IT'S MEDICAL QUALITY AND THAT IT
HAS HIGH LEVEL MEDICAL QUALITY
AND HAS CREATED ACCESS. EXCUSE
ME, FOR COMMUNITIES LACKING THE
MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY DESERVE,
BOTH WITH THE LANGUAGE AND
CULTURAL COMPETENCY BARRIERS
THAT EXIST IN PARTICULAR
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. THE PROGRAM HAS HAD
AN EMPHASIS IN COMMUNITIES LIKE
LOS ANGELES, CENTRAL VALLEY,
SALINAS VALLEY, AND MANY OTHER
COMMUNITIES ARE SEEKING OUT THIS
PROGRAM TO COME TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES. THIS IS A LATINO
CAUCUS PRIORITY, BUT SHOULD BE A
PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE THROUGHOUT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. TO
ADDRESS THE MEDICAL SHORTAGES
THAT EXIST. RESPECTFULLY ASKING
FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GARCIA, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JUAN CARRILLO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF AB 2860, AND I WANT
TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE
COACHELLA VALLEY FOR BEING A
CHAMPION IN THIS ISSUE. AND YES,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
HAVE THE REPRESENTATION AND THE
QUALITY OF CARE FROM THESE
DOCTORS THAT COME FROM MEXICO.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GARCIA, FOR BEING A
CHAMPION IN THIS ISSUE. THANK
YOU. I URGE AND I VOTE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CARRILLO, 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 64. NO
ZERO. MEASURE PASSES. MOVING TO
FILE ITEM 126 ACR 133 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS. THE CLERK
WILL READ. ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 133 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER RAMOS RELATIVE TO MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AWARENESS MONTH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FROM
THE MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK.
WELL, THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
TODAY I RISE AS A CHAIR OF THE
LEGISLATIVE NATIVE AMERICAN
CAUCUS TO PRESENT ACR 133, WHICH
DESIGNATES MAY 2024 AS
CALIFORNIA'S MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AWARENESS MONTH. CALIFORNIA IS
HOME TO THE LARGEST NATIVE
AMERICAN POPULATION IN THE
UNITED STATES. NEARLY HALF OF
ALL AMERICAN WOMEN, 46, HAVE
EXPERIENCED ASSAULT OR PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE. NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN
ARE MURDERED AT A RATE MORE THAN
TEN TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
CALIFORNIA IS CURRENTLY FIFTH OF
ALL THE STATES IN THE NATION OF
UNRESOLVED AND UNINVESTIGATED
CASES AGAINST NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLE HERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WE ALSO KNOW
THAT THOSE NUMBERS COULD BE
HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE
MISCLASSIFICATION GOING ON IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WHEN IT
COMES TO NATIVE AMERICANS.
YESTERDAY AT A HEARING, WE HEARD
TESTIMONY THAT TORE AT OUR
HEARTS AS WITNESSES SHARED THEIR
PERSONAL STORIES AND RAW EMOTION
, THE TRAUMA IN HISTORY AND WHY
THIS ISSUE TOUCHES JUST ABOUT
EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS CHAMBER
AND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE HEARD ABOUT STATISTICS SUCH
AS A 2016 NATIONAL CRIME
INFORMATION REPORTED THAT OVER
5712 MISSING AMERICAN INDIAN AND
ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS IN
THE UNITED STATES. OUT OF THOSE
CASES, ONLY 116 OF THOSE CASES
WERE EVER LOGGED. WE ALSO HEARD
OTHER STATISTICS. THE SOVEREIGN
BODY INSTITUTE REPORTED IN 2023
THAT, ON AVERAGE, 18 NATIVE
AMERICAN PEOPLE GO MISSING EVERY
YEAR IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
DURING THOSE HEARINGS, WE ALSO
HEARD SOLUTIONS, SOLUTIONS TO
START TO MOVE FORWARD, MAKING
SURE THAT THE VOICES OF
CALIFORNIA'S PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
BE VISIBLE AND NOT INVISIBLE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE'VE
COME AGAINST RETAIL THEFT. WE'VE
COME AGAINST FENTANYL. BUT IT'S
TIME THAT WE START TO BUILD THAT
MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE AND
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND THAT STARTS WITH
THE LEGISLATURE HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO. WE HAVE
PACKED EVENTS THIS WEEK WITH
TRIBAL LEADERS RECEPTION, WHERE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BONTA,
ATTENDED AND SPOKE AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME LAST WEEK, HE
PROSECUTED AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A
MURDER AGAINST A PIT RIVER
TRIBAL MEMBER IN 2020. AND THAT
INDIVIDUAL GOT 26 YEARS TO LIFE.
JUSTICE IS FINALLY COMING TO
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE WITH
OUR ALLIES AND OUR SUPPORTERS
THAT ARE OUT THERE HEARING THE
VOICES OF OUR PEOPLE HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. YESTERDAY
MORNING, WE HAD A NEWS
CONFERENCE IN A JOINT BUDGET AND
SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING WHERE
WE HEARD THE TESTIMONY, THE
TESTIMONY OF THOSE THAT ARE OUT
THERE TALKING ABOUT THESE
ISSUES, THAT THERE'S GIVEN HOPE
NOW TO THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN
PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES
THAT DRASTICALLY AFFECT
CALIFORNIA INDIAN PEOPLE WITH
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MISSING AND
MURDERS AGAINST NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. THOSE ISSUES AND THE
VOICES RESONATED THROUGHOUT THAT
HEARING THIS MORNING, WE
CONTINUE OUR MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSON,
INDIGENOUS WOMEN OBSERVANCE BY
PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MAY
2024 AS CALIFORNIA'S MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AWARENESS MONTH. AND WE CALL ON
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO
BRING THAT AWARENESS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES, TO ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE DO TRULY KNOW THAT
CALIFORNIA IS NUMBER FIVE OF ALL
STATES IN THE NATION OF NOT EVEN
INVESTIGATING MURDERS AGAINST
THE PEOPLE. IT'S TIME THAT WE
STAND IN UNITY FROM THIS CHAMBER
WITH OUR CALIFORNIA FIRST
NATIONS. THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN
THE GALLERY, THOSE THAT ARE HERE
HEARING WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, IT'S TIME THAT WE STAND
IN UNITY. I WANT TO THANK ALL
THE TRIBES THAT STAND IN
SOLIDARITY, AS THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT AFFECTS US ALL. AND I THANK
ALL OF YOU WHO ATTENDED THE
EVENTS THAT WERE WENT ON THIS
WEEK, AND WE LISTENED TO YOUR
STORIES. WE LISTEN TO YOUR RAW
TRAUMA AND YOUR VOICES DID NOT
FALL ON DEAF EARS. THOSE VOICES
ARE BEING HEARD IN THIS CHAMBER
TODAY, AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THOSE IN THIS CAUCUS AND ON THIS
FLOOR, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOUR VOICE DOES NOT FALL ON
DEAF EARS, THAT YOUR VOICES
RESONATE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND IN THE ASSEMBLY
CHAMBER. CALIFORNIA INDIAN
COUNTRY IS AN AREA THAT STILL
NEEDS A LOT OF RESOURCES, A
VOICE TO TACKLE THESE ISSUES,
AND I'LL SAY IT HERE ON THIS
FLOOR, THERE'S GREAT
MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ALL INDIAN
PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GAMING
WHEN IT'S REALLY JUST A HANDFUL
OF TRIBES THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL,
THE VOICES OF OUR PEOPLE TO
TACKLE THOSE ISSUES OF VICTIMS,
IZATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OF
MURDERS AGAINST OUR PEOPLE, OF
VOICE EVEN RESONATING WITH THE
COMMUNITIES. ARE THERE. THAT'S
THE GREATEST NEED IN INDIAN
COUNTRY TODAY. WE STAND UNITED
AND ASK YOU TO STAND UNITED WITH
CALIFORNIA FIRST PEOPLE TO
ENSURE THEIR VOICES CONTINUE TO
MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS. FOR THIS
FLOOR FORWARD IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, I ASK YOU TO STAND
WITH US AND YOUR AYE. VOTE ON
RESOLUTION 133. THANK THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS
, ASSEMBLY MEMBER. CERVANTES,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. MEMBERS, I RISE
TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LATINO LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 133,
COMMEMORATE THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AWARENESS MONTH. I WANT TO THANK
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
BERNARDINO FOR AUTHORING THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND
CONTINUING TO BE A RESOLUTE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR HIS
COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW,
CALIFORNIA ENJOYS THE LARGEST
NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION, WITH
APPROXIMATELY 110 FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
UNFORTUNATELY, CALIFORNIA ALSO
RANKS FIFTH IN THE COUNTRY WITH
THE MOST CASES OF MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS GIRLS,
WOMEN, AND PEOPLE. THE SOVEREIGN
BODIES INSTITUTE ESTIMATED THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN NEARLY 1700
CASES IN CALIFORNIA SINCE THE
YEAR 1900. SBI FOUND THAT SINCE
2015, THERE ARE AN AVERAGE OF
ABOUT 18 NEW MIP CASES
DOCUMENTED EVERY YEAR IN
CALIFORNIA, AND THESE CASES.
THESE WERE DOCUMENTED IN 42 OF
CALIFORNIA'S 58 COUNTIES.
RESEARCH FROM SBI ALSO FOUND
THAT 91% OF MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ARE GIRLS, AND LACK
ANY THEMATIC ISSUES. AMONG
THESE, MIP CASES SUGGEST THAT
THE VICTIMS ARE TARGETED BECAUSE
THEY ARE BOTH INDIGENOUS AND
GIRLS. OF ALL THE MIP CASES THAT
SBI DOCUMENTED IN CALIFORNIA,
ONLY 21% INVOLVED A RESPONSE BY
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE
KNOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE CERTAINLY
HIGHER IN REALITY. IN Dð PART TO
MISREPORTING AND
MISCLASSIFICATION OF NATIVE
AMERICANS IN GOVERNMENT DATA.
WHAT IS WORSE IS THAT THIS IS A
CRISIS THAT IS NOT ONLY
MISREPORTED OR UNDERREPORTED,
BUT UNDERDISCUSSED. IN 2019, THE
URBAN INDIAN HEALTH INSTITUTE
REPORTED THAT 95% OF MIP CASES
GO WITHOUT BEING COVERED BY
EITHER NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA. WE AS A STATE MUST DO
BETTER ABOUT SHINING A LIGHT ON
THIS CRISIS THAT IS PLAGUING OUR
NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES. WE MUST END THIS
CRISIS AND ENSURE THAT NO MORE
NATIVE OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE GO
MISSING. BUT WE MUST ALSO STAND
FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL PROPOSITION
THAT THE LIVES OF NATIVE AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, INCLUDING
GIRLS AND WOMEN, ARE JUST AS
VALUABLE AS ANYONE ELSE. THIS IS
WHY THEIR HEALTH, THEIR SAFETY,
IS WORTH UPLIFTING, PROTECTING
AND PRESERVING. NO MORE STOLEN
SISTERS. FOR THESE REASONS, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS BODY
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY AND WITH
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
BERNARDINO, AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VO ON ACR 133. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. CERVANTES.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER THREE OF US. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS, I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF ACR 133 PROCLAIMING
THE MONTH OF MAY AS CALIFORNIA'S
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE AWARENESS MONTH. TODAY ON
THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR, WE REMEMBER
THE THOUSANDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMEN WHO ARE AMONG THOSE WE
REFER TO AS MURDERED AND MISSING
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS.
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE
MURDERED AT A RATE TEN TIMES
HIGHER THAN OTHER ETHNICITIES,
AND MURDER IS THE THIRD LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH FOR INDIGENOUS
WOMEN. 83% OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN
EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE IN THEIR
LIFETIME, WHICH IS MORE THAN
FOUR OUT OF FIVE WOMEN. MORE
THAN HALF OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN
EXPERIENCE SEXUAL AND OR
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND
CLOSE TO HALF OF INDIGENOUS
WOMEN HAVE BEEN STALKED IN THEIR
LIFETIME. IN WOMEN ARE TWO TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO BE RAPED THAN
WHITE WOMEN, AND THREE TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED. FOR
TOO LONG, OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM HAS TURNED A BLIND EYE TO
THESE CASES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND CONFRONT THE
SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT HAVE
ALLOWED THIS EPIDEMIC OF
VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS
WOMEN AND GIRLS TO PERSIST EACH
ONE OF THESE STATISTICS
REPRESENTS A LIFE, A FAMILY, AND
A COMMUNITY SHATTERED BY
VIOLENCE AND LOSS. CALIFORNIA
MUST DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY,
VISIBILITY AND JUSTICE FOR THESE
WOMEN AND GIRLS. TODAY, THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS STANDS WITH THE MEMBER
FROM SAN BERNARDINO AND THE
NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS IN
REMEMBRANCE OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND GIRLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RIVAS ASSEMBLY
MEMBER LEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE
TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE LGBTQ
CAUCUS AND THE AAPI LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF ACR 133,
DESIGNATING MAY 2024 AS
CALIFORNIA'S MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
AWARENESS MONTH. TODAY, WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS THE
EPIDEMIC OF MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MIP, INCLUDING
TERRITORIES FOUND ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. VÀ EFFORTS HAVE
INCREASED TO NOT ONLY ENHANCE
MIP REPORTING, BUT ALSO TO
EXTEND SUCH DATA COLLECTION TO
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE
MISSING OR BEEN A VICTIM OF
VIOLENCE. REGARDLESS OF IF THEY
LIVE ON RESERVATIONS OR OUTSIDE
ON TRIBAL NATIONS TERRITORIES.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR
NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS CHAIR, WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS
DIMINISHING THIS EPIDEMIC
ALTOGETHER AND INCREASING
SUPPORT TO PREVENT INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE FROM GOING MISSING OR
BEING HARMED IN THE VERY FIRST
PLACE. ONE OF THE LGBTQ CAUCUS'S
CORE INITIATIVES HAS BEEN
VISITING RURAL PARTS OF THE
STATE, AS WELL AS TRIBAL NATIONS
THAT ARE IN THE SURROUNDING
AREAS, IN ORDER TO BETTER
CONNECT WITH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
WHO ALL TOO OFTEN FEEL
UNDERSERVED AND OVERLOOKED
DURING OUR SEVERAL VISITS TO
TRIBAL NATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN
FORTUNATE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
TRIBAL COUNCIL LEADERS AND LEARN
ABOUT THE UNIQUE STRUGGLES
WITHIN THEIR AREA, AS WELL AS
THE IMPACTS OF THE EPIDEMIC
FIRSTHAND, COUNCIL LEADERS HAVE
SHARED STORIES OF NON-INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE COMING INTO THEIR
COMMUNITIES, CAUSING HARM TO
THEIR MEMBERS. AMONGST
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
CONCERNS, WE HAVE ALSO HEARD
DIRECTLY THE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS
OF TRIBAL NATIONS THAT EITHER DO
NOT HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY
INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROTECT THEIR
MEMBERS, NOR FEEL AS THOUGH THEY
HAVE THE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT THEIR MEMBERS WHO ARE
IMPACTED BY THE MIP PANDEMIC.
WHILE CALIFORNIA HAS MADE GREAT
STRIDES IN SUPPORTING MIP DUE
ESPECIALLY TO THE LEADERSHIP OF
OUR NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS
CHAIR, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS
MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE. I,
ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE, LGBTQ,
LGBTQ CAUCUS AND AAPI
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, THANK THE
CHAIR OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
CAUCUS FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND FOR HIS
RESILIENT ADVOCACY AND UPLIFTING
OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. WE STAND UNITED WITH
YOU AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
IN OUR COMMITMENT TO ENDING THE
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES EPIDEMIC, AS WELL AS
SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILY AND
SURVIVORS. THANK YOU AND RESPECT
FULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE MEMBERS.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BONTA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I RISE
TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS AND SUPPORT OF ACR 133,
DESIGNATING MAY AS MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AWARENESS MONTH IN CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA IS STILL HOME TO MORE
THAN 750,000 NATIVE AMERICANS.
THE LARGEST NATIVE AMERICAN
POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY.
CURRENTLY, IN CALIFORNIA, THERE
ARE MORE THAN 150 CASES OF
MISSING NATIVE AMERICANS, AND WE
HAVE THE FIFTH HIGHEST NUMBER OF
MC CASES IN THE NATION. SADLY,
HOMICIDE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH FOR NATIVE WOMEN AGES 10
TO 24, AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE
MURDERS ARE COMMITTED BY
NON-NATIVE PEOPLE ON NATIVE
OWNED LAND. INDIGENOUS WOMEN ARE
TEN TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE
MURDERED OR GO MISSING. AND IN
CALIFORNIA, MURDERS OF NATIVE
WOMEN ARE SEVEN TIMES LESS
LIKELY TO BE SOLVED WHEN AN
INDIGENOUS PERSON GOES MISSING.
FAMILIES AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES
ARE OFTEN LEFT TO LOOK FOR THEIR
LOVED ONES ALONE. THEY DON'T
READ ABOUT THEIR MISSING
RELATIVES ON THE NEWS, AND THEY
DON'T SEE NATIONAL COVERAGE
GIVEN TO OTHERS WHO GO MISSING.
LONG STANDING ISSUES LIKE
UNDERREPORTING BECAUSE OF
MISTRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
JURISDICTIONAL CONFUSION,
SYSTEMIC LIMITATIONS, AND APATHY
LEAVE MANY OF THESE CASES
UNSOLVED FOR FAR TOO LONG. THIS
IS SLOWLY CHANGING, WITH NEW
LAWS LIKE THE FEATHER ALERT,
WITH TRIBAL LIAISONS BEING
APPOINTED TO CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, AND
WITH TRIBAL MIP SUMMITS AND
RESOLUTIONS SUCH AS ACR 133,
BRINGING AWARENESS TO THIS
IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND I THINK WE
HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM FROM SAN
BERNARDINO, WHO HAS BEEN
TIRELESS IN RECOGNIZING AND
LIFTING UP OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AND THE ABUSE THAT THEY SUFFER,
NOT ONLY AROUND BEING MISSING
AND BEING MURDERED ON THEIR OWN,
ON THEIR OWN LAND, BUT
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. SO ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS, I STRONGLY REQUEST YOUR
AYE VOTES ON ACR 133. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. BONTA, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GALLAGHER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I RISE ON
BEHALF OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
AND STRONG SUPPORT OF ACR 133
AND BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT
JUSTICE, WHEN CRIMES GO WITHOUT
ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, WE SEE MORE
OF IT. IT ENABLES IT. AND
NOWHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS MORE
THAN WITH OUR FIRST PEOPLE. WHEN
CRIMES, MURDERS KIDNAPINGS DON'T
EVEN GET INVESTIGATIONS, DON'T
HAVE THAT KIND OF FOLLOW UP AND
THERE'S NO PROSECUTION AND
JUSTICE AGAINST THOSE WHO COMMIT
THESE CRIMES AGAINST OUR FIRST
PEOPLE. JUSTICE IS DENIED. AND
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS MORE OF THIS
HAPPEN. THE STATISTICS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES, AS HAS BEEN POINTED
OUT, BY MY COLLEAGUES, THIS IS
ABOUT EQUAL JUSTICE AND ENSURING
THAT ALL PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
GET JUSTICE. IT'S ALSO ABOUT
BEING SEEN, YOU KNOW, AND AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF A RURAL AREA
IN CALIFORNIA, I KNOW THIS
REALLY WELL THAT MANY TIMES WE
FEEL LIKE WE'RE OVERLOOKED. AND
BY THE WAY, MANY OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE IN THIS STATE ARE FROM
RURAL AREAS. THEY LIVE IN RURAL
AREAS, AND IT'S EVEN MORE SO.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE SEEN. THEY
WANT TO BE PART OF IT. THEY WANT
TO BE INCLUDED. THEY WANT TO BE
AT THE TABLE IN THESE
DISCUSSIONS, HAVE
REPRESENTATION. AND THAT
INCLUDES IN OUR HALLS OF JUSTICE
AND ENSURING THAT JUSTICE IS
DONE FOR ALL PEOPLE IN
CALIFORNIA. SO I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY WITH WITH
MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN BERNARDINO
AND APPRECIATE HIM BRINGING THIS
MEASURE FORWARD TODAY. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GALLAGHER, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BERMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE
JEWISH CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF ACR
133 DESIGNATING MAY 20TH, 24 AS
CALIFORNIA'S MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AWARENESS MONTH. AND I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND
FROM SAN BERNARDINO FOR BRINGING
FORTH THIS, THIS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND FOR ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO
SHINE A LIGHT ON THIS, ON THIS
TRAGEDY. IN MANY WAYS, MAY MAY
IS KIND OF AN OCCASION TO
CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY. IT'S
BOTH ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, IT'S
JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH,
BUT THIS MONTH WE MUST REMEMBER
THE HISTORY OF INJUSTICE AND THE
ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST
THOSE WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE.
THIS MONTH, WE REMEMBER THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
MURDERED AND THOSE WHO REMAIN
MISSING. TODAY, THOUSANDS OF
UNSOLVED CASES OF MISSING AND
MURDERED NATIVE AMERICANS
CONTINUE TO CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE
AND HEALING. THE ISSUE OF
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE IS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS
ALL THE TRIBES OF CALIFORNIA,
AND ALL OF US AS CALIFORNIANS,
AS JEWS. OUR OWN EXPERIENCES
WITH DISCRIMINATION AND TRAUMA
CREATE SENSITIVITY AND
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PLIGHT OF
THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION. FROM
OUR PAST EXPERIENCES WITH
TARGETED VIOLENCE IN THE
HOLOCAUST TO TODAY, WITH OVER
130 HOSTAGES CURRENTLY BEING
HELD BY HAMAS, WE KNOW THE PAIN
OF EXTERMINATION AND LOSS AND
ALSO OF MISSING LOVED ONES.
THEIR ULTIMATE FATE UNKNOWN. WE
STAND IN STEADFAST SOLIDARITY
WITH ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S TRIBES
AND NATIVE PEOPLE, AND WE COMMIT
TO WORKING WITH TRIBAL NATIONS
TO RECTIFY THE MANY INJUSTICES
COMMITTED AGAINST THEIR PEOPLE
AND JUST AS WE SAID OF THE
HOLOCAUST ON THIS FLOOR ON
MONDAY, WE COMMIT TO ENSURING
THAT WE AS A STATE WILL NEVER
FORGET THE MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO IN THAT SPIRIT, AND ON BEHALF
OF THE LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS
, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
AYE VOTE ON ACR 133. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. BERMAN. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WALDMAN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, IT IS
UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE ARE STILL
NOT SOLVING THE MAJORITY OF THE
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE CRISIS, THOUSANDS OF
UNSOLVED AND UNINVESTIGATED
CASES IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHILE
RAISING AWARENESS OF THIS
IMPORTANT ISSUE AND MOVING TO
END THE TRAGEDY OF ANOTHER LOST
LIFE, ANOTHER FAMILY WHOSE LOVED
ONE IS MISSING AND NOT COMING
HOME. ANOTHER STATISTIC, ANOTHER
HUMAN LIFE. IT IS TIME FOR
ACTION. I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN BERNARDINO
FOR HIS STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE HAVE
HEARD THE NUMBERS. IT'S TIME TO
GET MIP CASES AND THE CRISIS AS
A WHOLE IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR
LAW ENFORCEMENT GOALS OF OUR
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. IN OUR MEDIA,
IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES, THE
LACK OF RESOURCES, THE SYSTEMIC
POVERTY, AND THE LACK OF
UNDERSTANDING OF OUR TRIBAL
LANDS WHICH DO NOT HAVE A STRONG
PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S TIME TO SAY NO MORE. NOT
ONE MORE LIFE LOST. I URGE AN
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. WALDMAN. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WENDY CARRILLO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, AND TO ALL
MY RELATIONS, A SPECIAL
RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU TO THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FROM SAN
BERNARDINO AREA FOR BRINGING
THIS VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
ACR 133 ONCE AGAIN TO THE
LEGISLATURE. IN READING THE
RESOLUTION, ONE OF THE KEY
THINGS THAT I THINK IS JUST
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS
REALLY THE LACK OF DATA AND EVEN
THE DATA THAT DOES EXIST, IT'S
ACTUALLY ONLY FOCUSED ON
INDIVIDUALS AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN
THAT LIVE ON RESERVATIONS
DESPITE APPROXIMATE MORE THAN
75% OF NATIVE PEOPLE LIVING
OUTSIDE DIED IN URBAN AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE RESOLUTION
SPEAKS ABOUT HOW 1,727% OF
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS
WOMEN. THE CASES ARE FOR VICTIMS
THAT ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND
UNDER. ADDITIONALLY THE AVERAGE
AGE OF A MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN IS 29. HAVING
NOT YET YET EVEN REACHED 30
YEARS OF AGE. SO MEMBERS, WHEN
YOU SEE AND WE WELCOME OUR
NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES TO THE LEGISLATURE,
AND AS SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS
AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN FROM OUTSIDE
OF THE BORDERS OF THE UNITED
STATES, I SEE THE WOMEN IN THEIR
BEAUTIFUL RIBBON SKIRTS. AND I
AM ALSO REMINDED OF THE BEAUTY
OF THEIR CULTURE, THEIR
RESILIENCE, THE FACT THAT THEY
ARE STILL HERE. AND WE MUST DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT
MOVING FORWARD, THE DATA, THE
SYSTEMS, THE POLICIES THAT WE
CREATE MOVE AN AGENDA OF JUSTICE
TOWARD NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE TO HAVE THEM BE REALIZED.
BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE, THEY ARE
WITH US. THEY HAVE NOT GONE
ANYWHERE, AND THEY ARE PART OF
OUR SOCIETY, AND WE SHOULD HONOR
AND RESPECT THAT. WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND I VOTE
ON ACR 133 AJO. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CORREA. ALL
DEBATE HAVING CEASED. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER RAMOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? WELL, THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND THANK YOU TO ALL
THE CAUCUSES WHO RAISED THEIR
MIC AND MEMBERS WHO RAISE THEIR
MICS TO JOIN US IN THIS VERY
MUCH NEEDED TIME OF UNDER
STANDING WHAT'S GOING ON IN
INDIAN COUNTRY. AND YOU CAN HEAR
THE VERY REASON THAT WE BRING
THESE ISSUES UP IS BECAUSE OF
THE YOUNG VOICES THAT ARE
YELLING OUT, Ã HÌ UP THERE, AND
THAT'S OFFERING UP PRAYER FOR US
IN THE HOPES OF MOVING FORWARD.
SO GIVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE. THERE. WE STAND
TODAY AS A VERY DIFFERENT
LEGISLATIVE BODY THAN IN 1850.
PUT OUT BOUNTIES ON CALIFORNIA
INDIAN PEOPLE, TRIED TO
EXTERMINATE AND CREATED GENOCIDE
ON SOME TRIBES HERE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. BUT WE'RE STILL
HERE IN 2024 SINGING OUR SONGS
AND SHARING OUR TRADITION. BUT
WE ALSO ASK THAT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA START TO BUILD THAT
MUTUAL RESPECT OF UNDERSTANDING,
ADDING, OF UNDERSTANDING THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, THAT
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION, THAT AND WE PUT
TASK FORCE TOGETHER, THAT THAT
FUNDING SHOULD ALSO GO TOWARDS
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE. WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT HEALTH RIGHTS,
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALSO
TALKS ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE. WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE ON
THIS FLOOR TODAY IF IT WASN'T
FOR THE TERRITORY OF THE MIWOK
NISENAN PEOPLE WHOSE TERRITORY
WE STAND ON. IT'S TIME THAT WE
START TO BUILD THAT RECOGNITION
AND THAT RESPECT MOVING FORWARD
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE AND ACR
133 BUT I ASK YOU ALSO TO SHARE
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU LEARN
HERE AND SHARE IT WITHIN YOUR
COMMUNITY THAT CALIFORNIA CANNOT
CLIMB THE LADDER TO BECOME
NUMBER FOUR IN ALL STATES IN THE
NATION OF NOT EVEN INVESTIGATING
MURDERS AGAINST NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. WE NEED TO TURN THAT
TIDE AROUND. AND IT'S WITH ALL
YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL THE ALLIES
HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT. I ASK FOR YOUR AYE,
VOTE FOR ACR 133 ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN PEOPLE. Ó
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS, WOULD YOU LIKE THE FIRST
ROLL OPEN FOR COAUTHORS? YES
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. CO
AUTHORS ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE AS A COAUTHOR OF
THIS RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE
ARE 70 COAUTHORS ADDED. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. ALL IN
FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE OPPOSED? SAY
NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUESTS
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND THANK YOU TO THE
MAJORITY LEADER FOR ALLOWING ME
TO USE THE PODIUM AT HER DESK.
AND WE HAVE TRIBAL LEADERS FROM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, FROM
NORTHERN YUROK TO CENTRO TO
YOKUT, THAT ARE HERE TO MIWOKS
IN THIS VALLEY AND ALL THE WAY
DOWN IN JAMMU. SO THIS TRULY IS
REPRESENTATION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AS I ASK YOU TO JOIN
ME IN WELCOMING THE GUESTS IN
THE GALLERY, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMEMBER RAMOS,
AND WELCOME. WELCOME TO YOUR
GUESTS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A
GUEST HERE ON THE FLOOR TODAY.
JOINING US ON THE FLOOR, MY
FORMER SEATMATE FOR SIX YEARS,
ASSEMBLYMAN, FORMER ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KEN COOLEY, IS HERE WITH
US TODAY.
AND JUST TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR
TOES, WE'RE GOING TO BOUNCE
AROUND A LITTLE BIT IN THE ORDER
HERE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
FILE ITEM 135, ASSEMBLY BILL
EIGHT 1815 BY DOCTOR WEBER. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL
1815 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER
AND OTHERS. AN ACT RELATING TO
DISCRIMINATION. YOUR ATTENTION
FOR DOCTOR WEBER, PLEASE. DOCTOR
WEBER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. SPEAKER,
AND FELLOW MEMBERS. I AM HERE TO
PRESENT AB 1815, AN EXPANSION OF
THE ORIGINAL CROWN ACT OF 2019,
WHICH PROHIBITED HAIR
DISCRIMINATION UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND
HOUSING ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA
EDUCATION CODE, MAKING IT THE
FIRST LAW IN THE NATION TO
PROHIBIT SUCH DISCRIMINATION. AB
1815 WILL EXPAND THIS LAW TO
INCLUDE AMATEUR SPORTS
ORGANIZATIONS OR YOUTH SPORTS
ORGANIZATIONS, AND ANY PRIVATE
ENTITIES OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, WHETHER THEY ARE FOR
PROFIT BUSINESSES OR NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS. OUR HAIR IS A
SYMBOL OF WHO WE ARE. PEOPLE
DESERVE TO SHOW UP AT SCHOOL,
WORK PLACE IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE, OR AS A YOUNG
ATHLETE AT SPORTING EVENTS AS
THEIR WHOLE SELVES. THE CASES OF
HAIR DISCRIMINATION IN SPORTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE EXACTLY
WHY THE CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS
TASK FORCE MADE THIS EXPANSION
ONE OF THEIR PRIORITY POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND THE REACH
OF THE ORIGINAL CROWN ACT TO
EXPLICITLY INCLUDE COMPETITIVE
SPORTS WITHIN CALIFORNIA. THIS
BILL IS SPONSORED BY THE WESTERN
CENTER LAW AND POVERTY AND
SUPPORTED BY THE CALIFORNIA
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, BLACK
EQUITY COLLECTIVE, NAACP, AND IS
A BLACK CAUCUS PRIORITY. WHETHER
IT'S BRAIDS, LOCKS, TWISTS, ALL
FORMS OF NATURAL HAIR BELONG IN
ALL SPACES, AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK
YOU, DOCTOR WEBER, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WILSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS, I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF AB 1815 ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, AS CHAIR, I
AM PROUD TO SPEAK TO ITS
IMPORTANCE AS A PART OF OUR 2024
REPARATIONS PACKAGE. AS WELL AS
ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN ADVANCING
RACIAL EQUITY AND CULTURAL
DIGNITY IN CALIFORNIA. AB 1815
ACKNOWLEDGES AND ADDRESSES A
LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
BLACK INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR
NATURAL HAIRSTYLES IS A CRUCIAL
STEP IN RECTIFYING PAST
INJUSTICES AS WELL AS HISTORICAL
WRONGS. NATURAL HAIRSTYLES ARE
DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE CULTURAL
IDENTITY OF BLACK PEOPLE. AB
1815 RECOGNIZES AND RESPECTS
THIS CULTURAL HERITAGE,
AFFIRMING THE RIGHTS OF
INDIVIDUALS TO WEAR THEIR HAIR
AS THEY CHOOSE WITHOUT FACING
ANY PREJUDICE. THIS LEGISLATION
EMPOWERS BLACK INDIVIDUALS TO
EMBRACE THEIR NATURAL HAIR
TEXTURES AND STYLES WITHOUT FEAR
OF REPRISAL. IT IT PROMOTES
SELF-EXPRESSION AND CELEBRATES
THE DIVERSITY OF BLACK BEAUTY.
HAIR DISCRIMINATION NOT ONLY
IMPACTS PERSONAL DIGNITY, BUT
ALSO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS BILL ENSURES THAT BLACK
INDIVIDUALS HAVE, HAVE EQUAL
ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION,
THÀNH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,
COMPETITIVE SPORTS, AND
ADVANCEMENT IRRESPECTIVE OF
THEIR HAIRSTYLE. AB 1815 HAS
ALSO GARNERED SUPPORT STRONG
SUPPORT FROM ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. IT REFLECTS
THE CAUCUS'S COMMITMENT TO
ADVOCATE FOR THE INTEREST OF
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND
VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF
CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITIES.
MEMBERS PASSING AB 1815 WILL
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF HAIR
DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTE A
MORE INCLUSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF
BEAUTY STANDARDS. IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FOSTER EMPATHY
AND SOLIDARITY ACROSS RACIAL
LINES. WITH THAT, THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE ON AB 1815. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON 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 VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. AYES 64 NÓ ZERO. MEASURE
PASSES. MOVING BACK WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE WILL NOW TAKE UP
FILE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AB 2283
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO FOR
THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENTS, THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL
2283, WITH AMENDMENTS BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED ON YOUR AMENDMENTS.
GOOD MORNING, MR. SPEAKER, AND
MEMBERS, TODAY I PRESENT THE AB
2283 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AMENDMENTS. AMENDMENTS ADDED IN
URGENCY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PACHECO. ANY OBJECTION TO
VOICE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS?
SEEING AND HEARING NONE. WE'LL
TAKE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY
AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO. THE
AYES HAVE IT. THE AMENDMENTS ARE
ADOPTED. THE BILL IS OUT TO
PRINT AND BACK ON FILE. MOVING
BACK IN FILE ORDER TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER 128 AB 2634 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MCCARTHY, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED Ó CLERK WILL READ
FIRST AND THEN YOU WILL BE
RECOGNIZED. ASSEMBLY BILL 2634
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCCARTHY AND
OTHERS. AN ACCOLADE TO
TRANSPORTATION. MR. MCCARTHY,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. THIS IS A DISTRICT
BILL SIMPLY ALLOWS OUR LOCAL
TRANSIT DISTRICT TÊ TO ISSUE
FREE TRANSIT PASSES FOR FIXED
ROUTE SERVICES FOR SENIORS 75
AND OLDER, ESSENTIALLY SENIOR
PASSES. THIS REINSTATES A PRIOR
POLICY FROM OVER A DECADE AGO.
THIS DOES HAVE A SUNSET ON AS
WELL TO EVALUATE ITS
EFFECTIVENESS, RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU.
SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
DEBATE. OH I'M SORRY. MY
APOLOGIES, MR. HOOVER. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I JUST WANT TO RISE AND
THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR AUTHORING
THIS LEGISLATION. HAPPY TO BE A
COAUTHOR. TT IS ALSO DOING A LOT
OF AMAZING WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY
TO INVEST IN NEW TRAINS THAT
WILL HAVE LOWER PLATFORMS MORE
EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR
SENIORS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU AND I HAPPILY SUPPORT
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HOOVER 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 67. NØ
ZERO. MEASURE PASSES. MOVING TO
FILE ITEM 130 AB 2370 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CERVANTES. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL
2370 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CERVANTES. AN ACT RELATING TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CERVANTES. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, THE
PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS TO
ADDRESS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT
AND DEPLOYMENT OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE AT OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. AS WITH MANY SECTORS
OF OUR SOCIETY, WE MUST CONTEND
WITH THE TARGET THREAT OF AI
REPLACING HUMAN WORKERS. IN THIS
CASE, WE ARE REFERRING TO OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY. IN
MAY OF 2023, THE DIGITAL FUTURES
NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
INCLUDED AN ARTICLE ENTITLED
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION THE RISE
OF AI IN OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
THIS ARTICLE CONTAINED A LENGTHY
DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW AI COULD BE
INTEGRATED INTO COMMUNITY
COLLEGES WITHIN CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING INDIVIDUALIZED
INSTRUCTION AND TUTORING. AB
2370 WILL HELP PROTECT FACULTY
BY REQUIRING THE INSTRUCTOR OF
RECORD BE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSES. BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
MEETS ALL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS TO TEACH AND
SERVE AS FACULTY LIBRARIAN OR
COUNSELORS, DETERMINED BY THE
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
THIS REQUIREMENT WOULD APPLY TO
BOTH CREDIT AND NONCREDIT
COURSES. THIS BILL WOULD ALSO
ALLOW FOR THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE AS A PERIPHERAL
TOOL TO SUPPORT FACULTY IN
CARRYING OUT TASKS FOR USES SUCH
AS COURSE DEVELOPMENT. THIS BILL
WILL ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED
PRIMARY INSTRUCTION BY HUMAN
INSTRUCTORS. THE GUARDRAILS
PROVIDED BY THIS BILL WILL
BALANCE THE INTEGRATION OF
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AT OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WHILE STILL
PROTECTING FACULTY. THIS BILL
HAS ENJOYED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CERVANTES. 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 VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES
66. NØ ZERO. MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 138 BY
ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY BILL, 1965 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BLANCA RUBIO.
THE CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 1965 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BLANCA RUBIO AND OTHERS. AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
MEMBER RUBIO, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS, FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AB 1965,
WHICH ESTABLISHES THE OFFICE OF
TRIBAL HEALTH WITHIN CDPH, LED
BY A DULY APPOINTED LIAISON.
THIS MEASURE WILL PROMOTE AND
COORDINATE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE
THE ACCESSIBILITY OF QUALITY
HEALTH CARE. THIS IS MODELED
AFTER THE STATE, SUCH AS NEVADA
AND UTAH, WHICH HAVE ALREADY
ESTABLISHED LIAISON ROLES FOR
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.
RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO IMPROVE
OUTCOMES FOR VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES, THIS MEASURE HAS
ENJOYED UNANIMOUS BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT, AND I RESPECTFULLY,
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. THE CLERK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY
THE VOTES. AYES 67. NÓ ZERO.
MEASURE PASSES. MOVING TO FILE
ITEM 142 AB 2802 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MAIENSCHEIN. THE CLERK
WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 2802 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MAIENSCHEIN AND
OTHERS. AN ACT RELATING TO
FOSTER YOUTH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WEINSTEIN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
MEMBERS AB 2802 SEEKS TO CREATE
MORE GENDER INCLUSIVE OPTIONS
FOR HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS WITHIN
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PLACEMENT
PROGRAMS. SOME COUNTIES HAVE
PROGRAMS OPERATE AND REQUIRE
PARTICIPANTS TO BE OF THE SAME
GENDER WHEN SHARING A UNIT OR
ROOM TOGETHER. THIS POSES
DIFFICULTIES FOR GENDER
EXPANSIVE YOUTH CO-PARENTS WHO
WISH TO RAISE A CHILD TOGETHER,
AND SIBLINGS WHO ARE OF
DIFFERENT GENDERS. AB 2802
SOLVES THIS ISSUE BY ENSURING
PARTICIPANTS CAN SHARE A BEDROOM
OR UNIT WITH ANOTHER
PARTICIPANT, PENDING THE
APPROVAL OF THE PROVIDER AND
PARTICIPANT ON A CASE BY CASE
BASIS. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR AYE VOTE. SEEING AND
HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES.
AYES 53. NÓ ZERO. MEASURE PASSES
. MOVING TO FILE ITEM 147 AB
2039 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER RENDON.
THE CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 2399 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RENDON. AN ACCOLADE TO MOBILE
HOMES. ASSEMBLY MEMBER RENDON,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. AB 2399 ADDS A
PROVISION THAT CONTAINS
INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO MOBILE
HOME TENANTS THROUGHOUT THE
MOBILE HOME RESIDENCY LAW
PROTECTION PROGRAM TO A NOTICE
THAT TENANTS RECEIVE ANNUALLY.
THE BILL INCREASES MOBILE HOME
TENANTS AWARENESS OF THEIR
RIGHTS AND INFORMS THEM OF HOW
THESE RIGHTS CAN BE PROTECTED
THROUGH THE PROGRAM. I ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. 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 50. NOES THREE. MEASURE
PASSES. MOVING TO FILE ITEM 151
AB 3245 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOE
PATTERSON. CLERK WILL READ.
ASSEMBLY BILL 3245 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JOE PATTERSON AND
AQUILINA. HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
PATTERSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
MEMBERS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, MY
FRIEND JUSTIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
COLON CANCER AFTER FIGHTING TO
GET A SCREENING. AND, YOU KNOW,
FORTUNATELY, THAT WAS RIGHT
AFTER HE CELEBRATED HIS 40TH
BIRTHDAY, BY THE WAY. AND, HE
JUST CELEBRATED HIS 50TH
BIRTHDAY. SO GOOD NEWS FOR THAT.
BUT THEY FOUND IT. HE HAD TO
FIGHT FOR IT, AND THEY FOUND IT,
PRETTY LATE IN THE PROCESS. AND
HE HAD STAGE THREE. WHAT? AB
3245 DOES, THERE'S SOME
LITIGATION GOING ON IN TEXAS
THAT ACTUALLY PUTS COVERAGE OF
COLON, COLON, COLORECTAL CANCER
SCREENINGS AT RISK. AND SO ALL
MY BILL DOES IS ENSURES IF THAT
LITIGATION, JEOPARDIZES THIS,
THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE COVERED.
AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE
SCREENINGS, WHILE MY FRIEND
JUSTIN HAD TO FIGHT FOR HIS
SCREENING, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT
TREATMENT AT ALL? SO BECAUSE OF
THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE ASSEMBLY MEMBER,
MAJORITY LEADER, AGUIAR-CURRY
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PATTERSON, FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. MANY OF YOU IN THIS
ROOM KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER
BATTLED COLON CANCER TWO YEARS
AGO, AND LUCKILY BY EARLY
SCREENINGS, WE FOUND IT EARLY ON
AND THEY REMOVED PART OF HER
COLON. SHE CONTINUES TO, PROFESS
TO PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING COLON TESTING DONE. AND
I JUST WANT TO ADVISE ALL OF US,
WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN
YOU'RE AN OLDER PERSON, BUT IT
HAPPENS TO VERY YOUNG PEOPLE AS
WELL. AND WITH HER KNOWLEDGE,
SHE'S HELPING A YOUNG MAN RIGHT
NOW IN TENNESSEE WHO HAS JUST
BEEN DIAGNOSED BECAUSE HE
WATCHED ALL OF HER VIDEOS. SO I
JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY
ONE OF US. SHE WAS ONLY 35 YEARS
OLD AND SHE'S VERY HEALTHY AND
SHE'S FINE. SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM
MAJORITY LEADER. 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
67. NÓ ZERO. MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 158 AB 2107
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHEN FOR THE
PURPOSE OF AMENDMENTS CORRECT.
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY BILL
2107 WITH AMENDMENTS BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CHEN. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CHEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS,
THESE AMENDMENTS ADDRESSES ALL
THE CONCERNS OF OPPOSITION AND
ELIMINATES THE BILL ONLY TO
PATHOLOGISTS. WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AYE VOTE
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WILL ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE FOR A VOICE VOTE ON
ON THE AMENDMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR,
SAY WITH SAY AYE. OPPOSED NO
MEASURE. THE AMENDMENTS ARE
ADOPTED. THE BILL IS OUT TO
PRINT AND BACK ON FILE. MOVING
TO FILE ITEM 160 HR 92 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALANIZ. THE
CLERK WILL READ. HOUSE
RESOLUTION 92 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ALANIZ. RELATIVE TO STAR WARS
DAY ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALANIZ, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. HELLO THERE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. TODAY I
HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO
PRESENT H.R. 92, WHICH
COMMEMORATES MAY THE 4TH OF 2024
AS STAR WARS DAY. MEMBERS. THE
CULTURAL PHENOMENON THAT IS STAR
WARS CAN BE TRACED BACK TO ONE
MAN, GEORGE LUCAS. MR. LUCAS WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN MODESTO, IN
MY DISTRICT, WHERE HE GREW UP
EXPLORING THE FILM. MANY FILMS
THAT HE'D MADE TODAY THAT WE ALL
KNOW. ONE OF THEM, HIS FILM STAR
WARS A NEW HOPE, LAUNCHED WHAT
CAN EASILY BE DESCRIBED AS THE
BIGGEST SCI FI FANTASY
PHENOMENON IN GENERATIONS. THE
FILM WAS GROUNDBREAKING IN THE
SCOPE OF THE WORLD, AND
ESPECIALLY THE GROUNDBREAKING
SOUND AND SPECIAL EFFECTS THE
MAGIC OF STAR WARS HAS TOUCHED
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CULTURE, AND
EVEN THE WAY WE TALK TO EACH
OTHER. YOU MAY KNOW THE PHRASE
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU, WHICH
HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE
STAR WARS FRANCHISE. THIS SIMPLE
YET POWERFUL PHRASE HAS
TRANSCENDED ITS BEGINNINGS AS A
PUN INTO AN INTERNATIONAL
CELEBRATION. IT'S A DAY FOR FANS
TO COME TOGETHER TO SHARE THEIR
PASSIONS, AND TO REVEL IN THE
STORIES AND CHARACTERS THAT HAVE
DEFINED THEIR LIVES. IT'S A DAY
WHEN FANS DRESS UP AS THEIR
FAVORITE CHARACTERS, ENGAGE IN
LIGHTSABER BATTLES, AND DISCUSS
THE INTRICATE DETAILS OF THE
STAR WARS UNIVERSE. THE
FRANCHISE HAS GROWN AND EVOLVED
OVER THE YEARS, EVEN MORE SO IN
2012, WHEN DISNEY ACQUIRED THE
STAR WARS FRANCHISE AND GAVE
RISE TO A NEW AND EXPANDING
UNIVERSE WITH NEW FILMS,
TELEVISION SERIES, BOOK BOOKS,
AND MERCHANDISE, CREATING A STAR
WARS UNIVERSE FOR AN ENTIRELY
NEW GENERATION OF FANS. AS THE
STAR WARS SAGA HAS BROUGHT
TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS
OF LIFE, BREAKING DOWN ALL
BARRIERS, AND SERVES AS A
REMINDER THAT DESPITE OUR
DIFFERENCES, WE CAN COME
TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE A SHARED
LOVE FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN
OURSELVES. AS WITH H.R. 92,
TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE ENDURING
LEGACY OF STAR WARS AND THE
POWERFUL CONNECTION THAT IT HAS
FOSTERED AMONGST ITS FANS. MY
COLLEAGUES, ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
WALLACE AND WALDRON, AND MYSELF.
ALSO INFORMALLY KNOWN AS THE
CAUCUS, HAVE MADE THIS ONE OF
OUR PRIORITY BILLS AS WELL, AND
WE LIKE TO THANK YOU AND MAY THE
FORCE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. AND I
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALANIZ.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. JONES. SAWYER.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. GOOD
MORNING. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
H.R. 92, WHICH RECOGNIZES MAY
4TH, AS STAR WARS DAY. THIS IS A
SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN MY
DISTRICT, WHICH WILL SOON HOUSE
THE LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE
ART, FOUNDED BY GEORGE LUCAS.
THE CREATOR AND DIRECTOR OF STAR
WARS, AND HIS WIFE, MELODY
HOBSON. THE MUSEUM WILL OPEN
NEXT YEAR IN 2025 AND IS A $1
BILLION PROJECT. AND I REMEMBER
WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE CAME TO MY
DISTRICT TO DISCUSS BRINGING THE
MUSEUM HERE, WHEN THERE WAS A
PLETHORA OF OTHER PLACES THEY
COULD HAVE GONE. AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT MR. LUCAS TALKED
ABOUT WHEN I ASKED HIM, WHY WAS
THIS SO IMPORTANT THAT HE DID
THIS IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES, IS
BECAUSE, YES, THIS HAS HAD
CRITICAL C¢M, ACCLAIM. AND AS SO
MANY SUPPORTERS AND PEOPLE WHO
DRESS UP, PEOPLE WHO HAVE
MULTIPLE NOT ONLY MOVIES AND
TELEVISION SERIES, BUT THE THING
THAT HE WAS REALLY, REALLY
IMPRESSED ABOUT THAT HE DIDN'T
EXPECT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THIS
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A MOVIE
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FANTASY GETTING
OUT OF WHERE YOU ARE AND REALLY
ENTERTAINMENT WAS THE NUMBER OF
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CAME UP TO HIM
LATER AND SAID, BECAUSE OF STAR
WARS, THEY BECAME ENGINEERS,
CHEMISTS, SCIENTISTS,
ASTROPHYSICISTS, MATHEMATICIANS,
SCIENCE TEACHERS, ASTRONOMERS. I
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, COMPUTER
SCIENTISTS, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS
, ASTRONAUTS, NUCLEAR
TECHNICIANS, BIOLOGISTS, AND
YES, ROBOTIC ENGINEERS. IT
SPAWNED A WHOLE GROUP OF YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY WOULDN'T
HAVE GONE INTO THESE FIELDS IF
IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR STAR WARS
STAR WARS DID MORE THAN JUST
JUST EXCITED OUR IMAGINATION. IT
EXCITED A WHOLE FIELD OF PEOPLE
WHO PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE
GOTTEN INTO THIS FIELD IF IT
WASN'T FOR THIS MOVIE. AND SO,
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND MY
BROTHER OVER HERE FOR BRINGING
THIS. AND LASTLY, I MUST NOTE
THAT GEORGE LUCAS IS A PROUD
TROJAN. SO RESPECT TO MY
COLLEAGUE FROM MODESTO, USC WAS
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE FORCE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE ON H.R. OR H.R. 92. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JONES-SAWYER. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
QUIRK-SILVA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MAY 4TH
IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR ALL
STAR STAR WARS FANS AROUND THE
WORLD. IT IS A DAY THAT WE
CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE LEGACY
OF ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND
BELOVED FILM FRANCHISE IN
HISTORY. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW,
THE 67TH DISTRICT, MY DISTRICT
IS THE PROUD HOME OF DISNEYLAND
AND THE MANY ATTRACTIONS WITHIN
THE PARK THAT ARE BASED ON STAR
WARS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MANY
OF OUR IRON WORKERS BUILT THAT
PARK, AND WE'RE PROUD THAT THEY
HAD A ROLE IN BUILDING STAR WARS
. FOR GENERATIONS, STAR WARS HAS
CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES, WHISKING
US AWAY TO GALAXIES TEEMING WITH
LEGENDARY BATTLES, INCREDIBLE
CHARACTERS, AND THE ENDURING
THEMES OF COURAGE, HOPE AND
RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.
THE STAR WARS FRANCHISE NOT ONLY
ENTERTAINS US, BUT ALSO INSPIRES
US TO BE OUR BEST SELVES. FROM
THE ICONIC HAIRDO HEROISM OF
LUKE SKYWALKER TO THE UNWAVERING
LEADERSHIP OF PRINCESS LEIA
ORGANA, STAR WARS GIVES FANS A
RICH TAPESTRY OF ROLE MODELS WHO
EMBODY THE VIRTUES OF
DEDICATION, COMPASSION,
SELFLESSNESS AND LOVE. WHO COULD
FORGET THESE QUOTES ABOUT LOVE?
I LOVE YOU TO THE STARS AND
BACK. I'M LOST WITHOUT YOU AND I
WOULD SEARCH THE GALAXY FOR YOU
SO TODAY ON THIS STAR WARS DAY,
I INVITE ALL OF MY FELLOW
COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN
CELEBRATING THE INCREDIBLE
LEGACY OF THIS BELOVED
FRANCHISE. HAPPY STAR WARS DAY
AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
QUIRK-SILVA ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ALANIZ COAUTHORS. DO YOU WISH US
TO VOTE ON YES, PLEASE. IT IS
THE WAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN
THE ROLL FOR COAUTHORS. ALL
THOSE WISH WHO WISH TO VOTE AS A
COAUTHOR, PLEASE VOTE ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE AS A
COAUTHOR. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTE.
THERE ARE 64 COAUTHORS ADDED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
OPPOSED? SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE
IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED,
AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I AM HONORED TODAY TO
WELCOME IN THE GALLERY THE STORM
TROOPERS WITH THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA GARRISON OF THE 501ST
LEGION AND ALL VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATION WHO FOR THE LAST 20
YEARS HAS ENTERTAINED THE REGION
THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
AND SERVICE AND CELEBRATING THE
STAR WARS FRANCHISE, AND IS A
PART OF THE LARGER INTERNATIONAL
501ST LEGION, ALSO KNOWN AS
VADER'S FIST. PLEASE HELP ME IN
WELCOMING THE MIGHTY, THE
MENACING AND ESTEEMED
STORMTROOPERS OF THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA GARRISON OF THE 501ST
LEGION. AND ALSO, IF I CAN,
AFTER THE END OF FLOOR SESSION,
PLEASE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING
PICTURES, SO STICK AROUND AND
BRING YOUR STAFF IN AS WELL. AND
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, WELCOME TO YOUR
GUESTS. MOVING TO SENATE THIRD
READING PASS AND RETAIN ON FILE
ITEMS 164 THROUGH 166. MEMBERS
WERE NOW READY TO MOVE TO THE
SECOND DAY CONSENT CALENDAR
BEFORE WE VOTE, WE'LL FIRST TAKE
UP RESOLUTIONS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ADDING COAUTHORS. THE CLERK WILL
READ THE RESOLUTIONS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 129 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER VÆ VALLAPUDUA
RELATIVE TO NECROTIZING
FASCIITIS AWARENESS MONTH
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
184 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAINES
RELATIVE TO OLDER AMERICANS.
MONTH. HOUSE RESOLUTION 95 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GABRIEL.
RELATIVE TO EDUCATION AND
SHARING DAY CALIFORNIA AND HOUSE
RESOLUTION 98 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ALVAREZ. RELATIVE TO BILINGUAL
AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNER
ADVOCACY MONTH, CLERK WILL NOW
OPEN THE ROLL TO ALLOW ANY
MEMBER TO ADD ON AS A COAUTHOR
TO THE RESOLUTIONS. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE MEMBERS.
THIS IS FOR COAUTHORS. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THERE ARE 63 COAUTHORS ADDED.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.
THERE ARE 63 COAUTHORS ADDED.
MOVING TO A VOTE ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR, WE HAVE REMOVED FILE
ITEM 175. WE WILL PASS AND
RETAIN ON ITEM 211 AND 213. 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
3284 BY THE COMMITTEE ON
ELECTIONS. AN ACT RELATING TO
ELECTIONS. 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. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTE.
AYES 69. NØ ZERO. CLERK MEASURE
PASSES. MEMBERS. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE QUORUM CALL IS
LIFTED. PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. I'M
SORRY. HANG ON, HANG ON. I
THOUGHT HE WAS JUST ONE
MEMBER'S. MY APOLOGIES. I I'M
GOING TO BACK UP FOR A SECOND.
MOVING BACK TO THE CLERK TO READ
THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ASSEMBLY BILL
1774. AYES 69 NØ ZERO. ASSEMBLY
BILL 1824 I-69 NÓ. ASSEMBLY BILL
1902. AYES 69 NÓ ASSEMBLY BILL
1918. AYES 69 NÓ ZERO. ASSEMBLY
BILL 1954. AYES 69 NØ ZERO.
ASSEMBLY BILL 1977 69 NÓ ZERO.
ASSEMBLY BILL 1988. AYES 69. NØ
ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2111. AYES
69. NÓ ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2129.
ASSEMBLY BILL 22 1369. ASSEMBLY
BILL 2261 69. ASSEMBLY BILL 2278
69. ASSEMBLY BILL 2323, 3769 NÓ
ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2346. AYES
69. NÓ ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2377.
AYES 69. NÓ ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL
24 2269. ASSEMBLY BILL 2496.
AYES 69. ASSEMBLY BILL 25 03I
69. NØ ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2556.
AYES 69. ASSEMBLY BILL 2581 I
69. ASSEMBLY BILL 2610 WITH
URGENCY I 69. NÓ ZERO AND AYES
69. NØ ZERO. ON THE URGENCY SOME
PEOPLE 2628 I 69. NÓ ZERO.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2731. AYES 69 NØ
ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2771. AYES
69 NØ ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2835.
AYES 69. ASSEMBLY BILL 29 1869.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2932 I 69.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2985. ASSEMBLY
BILL 30 1769. ASSEMBLY BILL 3063
WITH URGENCY. AYES 69 NØ ZERO.
ON THE BILL. AYES 69. NØ ZERO ON
THE URGENCY. ASSEMBLY BILL 3982.
AYES 69. ASSEMBLY BILL 3119.
AYES 69. NØ ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL
3193 I 69. NÓ ZERO. ASSEMBLY
BILL 25 2169. ASSEMBLY BILL 2553
69 NÓ ZERO. ASSEMBLY BILL 2579 I
69. ASSEMBLY BILL 2593 I 69.
ASSEMBLY BILL 3057 I 69.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2482 I 69 NØ ZERO.
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
129. AYES 69. NØ ZERO. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 184 I 69.
NØ ZERO. HOUSE RESOLUTION 95 I
69 NØ ZERO AND HOUSE RESOLUTION
98 AYES 69 NÓ ZERO. MEMBERS.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR RESPECTFUL
PERMISSION OR ATTENTION TO THOSE
WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY OF
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SORIA. YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED MEMBERS. PLEASE TAKE
YOUR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR
. FOR.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SORIA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. GOOD MORNING, MR.
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. TODAY I
RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
JAMES TALBOT, ALSO KNOWN AS JIM.
JIM UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY ON
MARCH 20TH, 2024, AT THE AGE OF
71 YEARS OLD. HE PASSED AWAY ON
THE DAY OF HIS LATE, LATE
MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY, AND THE DAY
AFTER HIS WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO
WIFE MARTY OF 41 YEARS. SINCE
ARRIVING IN 1981, JIM WAS A
STRONG CHAMPION FOR THE CITY OF
MADERA. HE WAS A FORMER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WHERE HE
WOULD LEAD EFFORTS TO MAKE
MADERA MADERA A BETTER PLACE FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. HE WAS
FOCUSED IN MAKING SURE WE BUILT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CONVERTED
MANY VACANT PARCELS INTO
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HE HAD A
MAJOR ROLE IN MADERA, MADERA
COUNTY'S ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
DURING HIS TIME AS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR. JIM S LEADERSHIP AND
SUCCESS HELPED DIVERSIFY MADERA
ECONOMY BEYOND AGRICULTURE. THIS
WAS VITAL TO PUSH MADERA
FORWARD, AND HE WAS ABLE TO
BRING BACK HUNDREDS OF JOBS BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY. HIS IMPACT WAS
FELT ACROSS OUR VALLEY. JIM ALSO
SERVED AS THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY IN 2016. JIM ALSO
RECEIVED THE MADERA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD. JIM IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, MARTY. HIS CHILDREN JARED,
COURTNEY, CAMERON, HIS
GRANDCHILDREN, DOMINIC, JAXON,
KIARA, REAGAN AND HIS SISTER
CHERYL, JOANIE AND CANDY MADERA
IS RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE
AND COUNTRY DUE TO JIM'S
COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK ON
BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. JIM
ONCE SAID, MADERA GOT INTO MY
BLOOD. I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO
GO TO OTHER PLACES, BUT I WANTED
TO STAY HERE. THE MADERA
COMMUNITY WILL DEARLY MISS JIM
AND HIS IMPACT WILL LIVE ON. I
ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN HIS
MEMORY. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER SORIA. SPEAKER EMERITUS
RENDON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
MEMBERS. MEMBERS, I ASK THAT WE
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MARJORIE
PERLOFF. MARJORIE PERLOFF WAS
BORN GABRIELLE MINSK IN VIENNA
IN SEPTEMBER OF 1931, WHEN SHE
WAS SIX AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
SHE LOOKED OUT HER THE FRONT
WINDOW OF HER HOME AND SAW AS
MARCHED INTO HER HOMETOWN, SHE
AND HER FAMILY BOARDED A TRAIN.
ABOUT A WEEK LATER. THEIR FIRST
STOP WAS ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.
THEY WENT TO BELGIUM. THEY WENT
TO ROTTERDAM. THEY ENDED UP IN
ENGLAND AND THEN FINALLY IN THE
UNITED STATES. WHEN MARJORIE,
WHEN GABRIELLE GOT HERE, THE
FIRST THING SHE DID WAS TO
CHANGE HER NAME TO MARJORIE,
WHICH WAS COMMON BACK THEN FOR
JEWISH FAMILIES. LATER SHE GOT
MARRIED AND HER LAST NAME,
BECAME PERLOFF. SHE SAYS IN HER
BIOGRAPHY, WHEN SOMEONE CALLS ME
BY NAME, IT. IT DOESN'T FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ME.
IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE. MARJORIE
DID SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY
UNCOMMON FOR WOMEN IN HER
GENERATION. SHE WENT TO COLLEGE,
SHE GOT A PHD, SHE DID SOMETHING
THAT'S EVEN MORE UNCOMMON. SHE
STUDIED POETRY AND EVEN MORE
UNCOMMONLY, SHE STUDIED AVANT
GARDE POETRY. SHE STUDIED THE
DADAISTS. SHE STUDIED THE
FUTURISTS. SHE STUDIED POETS WHO
DID EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY
COULD TO NOT BE UNDERSTOOD. AND
THAT WAS HER JOB WAS TO EXPLAIN
THESE, VERY DIFFICULT POETS AND
THESE VERY DIFFICULT POEMS TO
THE ENTIRE WORLD. AND SHE DID IT
WITH INCREDIBLE DISTINCTION. NO
ONE, NO ONE ELSE, THERE SHE HAS
NO PEER. SHE HAD A TREMENDOUS
INFLUENCE ON TWO, THREE
GENERATIONS OF SCHOLARS AND
INTELLECTUALS AND PEOPLE WHO
LOVE POETRY, WHEN I WAS WRITING
MY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IN MAY
OF 1999, I WAS COMPLETELY
STUMPED AND THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING
UP, AND I READ A BOOK THAT SHE
WROTE CALLED THE FUTURIST
MOMENT, WHERE SHE IMPLORED ALL
OF US TO STOP THINKING ABOUT ART
IN TERMS OF MOVEMENTS AND TO
START THINKING ABOUT ART IN
TERMS OF IN TERMS OF MOMENTS
THAT WHAT ARTISTS DO IS THEY
REACT TO AN ECONOMICS, TO
SOCIETY, TO PSYCHOLOGY, TO
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN
THESE SORT OF SPECTRAL MOMENTS
THAT INTERSECT. AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE REACTING TO. THEY'RE NOT
REACTING TO A FIXED IDEOLOGY OR
SOME SCHOOL THAT THEY, YOU KNOW,
SUPPOSEDLY BELONG TO, WHEN I
READ THAT, IT NOT ONLY UNLOCKED
A LOT OF DOORS FOR ME, BUT AND
ALLOWED ME TO FINISH MY
DISSERTATION SIX MONTHS LATER,
BUT IT COMPLETELY CHANGED MY
VIEW ABOUT HISTORY, ABOUT
GOVERNMENTS, ABOUT
RELATIONSHIPS, ABOUT THE ENTIRE
WORLD. WHEN I BECAME SPEAKER IN
2016, I ASKED MY STAFF TO FIND
OUT IF SHE WAS STILL AROUND. I
KNEW SHE'D BE IN HER 80S IF SHE
WERE. SHE WAS NOT ONLY AROUND,
BUT SHE WAS LIVING IN LOS
ANGELES. SHE WAS LIVING IN
PACIFIC PALISADES, ABOUT A WEEK
LATER, I'D KNOCKED ON HER DOOR.
I HAD NEVER BEEN SO NERVOUS IN
MY LIFE, I WENT INTO HER LIBRARY
AND SHE WAS THERE STARING AT ME,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WAS AND WHY A
POLITICIAN WOULD WANT TO WASTE
HER TIME AND SO WE JUST DID. THE
ONLY THING WE HAD IN COMMON WAS
WAS POETRY. WE TALKED ABOUT
POETRY FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS
THAT DAY, AND I PROBABLY VISITED
HER 20 OR 30 TIMES OVER THE LAST
SEVEN YEARS, SPENT 100 HOURS IN
THAT MAGICAL BACK LIBRARY OF
HERS TALKING ABOUT POETRY, IT
WAS NEVER COMFORTABLE, SHE WAS
ALWAYS THE PROFESSOR. SHE WAS
ALWAYS, SHE WOULD ASK ME WHO I
WAS READING. I WOULD SAY
GERTRUDE STEIN. SHE'D SAY, OH,
SHE'S A FINE POET. SHE'D SAY,
WHAT STEIN ARE YOU READING? I
WOULD TELL HER. SHE'D SAY, OH,
GOOD, YOU'RE READING ONE OF HER
LEAST CHALLENGING WORKS. AND
THEN SHE WOULD GIVE ME SOMETHING
TOUGHER TO READ, I ONCE ASKED
HER ABOUT THE GREAT DEBATE IN
ACADEMIA ABOUT STUDYING THE
CLASSICS. I SAID, SHOULD WE
STUDY THE CLASSICS? SOME PEOPLE
SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
FOUNDATIONAL AND WE HAVE TO
STUDY THE CLASSICS. OTHER PEOPLE
SAY THEY'RE JUST DEAD WHITE
MALES. THERE'S NO REASON TO
STUDY THEM. AND SHE SAID, OH,
NO, WE SHOULD NOT STUDY THEM.
AND I SAID, WHY? I THOUGHT, YOU
KNOW, SHE I SAID, YOU MUST AGREE
WITH THE FEMINIST CRITIQUE. YOU
MUST AGREE WITH THE POSTCOLONIAL
CRITIQUE. SHE SAID, NO, THAT'S
ALL GARBAGE, TOO, SHE SAID, I
DON'T THINK WE SHOULD READ THE
CLASSICS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
GOOD ENOUGH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH. HER ENTIRE
LIFE WAS ABOUT THE PURSUIT OF
BEAUTY, AND FOR HER, BEAUTY WAS
ALWAYS LINKED TO THE AVANT
GARDE. IT WAS ALWAYS LINKED TO
MAKING SURE THAT SOMETHING THAT
WAS WRITTEN WAS OUTSIDE THE
POWER STRUCTURE, AND THAT
SOMETHING WAS ULTIMATELY
DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE, SHE WAS SO
SPECIAL IN THAT WAY, MY LAST
LUNCH WITH HER WAS SCHEDULED FOR
MARCH 27TH. I WAS ON MY
CALENDAR. I WAS VERY EXCITED
ABOUT IT, ON MARCH 22ND, FIVE
DAYS BEFORE I FOUND OUT SHE HAD
DIED, THAT NIGHT, I, I TALKED
ABOUT HER LOOKING AT OUT OF HER
WINDOW AND SEEING MARCH DOWN THE
STREET. I, I WENT TO THAT HOME
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 2019, NEW
YEAR'S MORNING. YOU COULD
IMAGINE THE STATE. I WAS IN NEW
YEAR'S MORNING AT, LIKE, 8 A.M,
RIGHT, I STOOD OUT IN FRONT OF
HER HOME. THE SAME HOME THAT SHE
GREW UP AS A KID. THE SAME HOME
WHERE SHE LOOKED OUT AND SAW
MARCHING DOWN THE STREET. AND I
REMEMBER MY WIFE SAYING TO ME,
WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A BABY THIS YEAR. AND I
ONLY THING I SAID TO HER WAS, I
HOPE IT'S A GIRL, AND I HOPE WE
NAME HER VIENNA. SO THERE WAS
ALWAYS THIS LINK BETWEEN
MARJORIE AND MY DAUGHTER. SO ON
THE NIGHT THAT I FOUND OUT SHE
DIED, I PULLED HER BIOGRAPHY OFF
OF MY SHELF AS A BIOGRAPHY THAT
SHE GAVE ME AND I LAID DOWN NEXT
TO, TO MY DAUGHTER, AND I READ
HER BIOGRAPHY. IT TOOK ABOUT
FOUR HOURS, I READ IT COVER TO
COVER, AND I FOUND A QUOTE THAT
I HAD NEVER HAD READ THE
BIOGRAPHY FIVE TIMES THAT I'D
NEVER SEEN THIS QUOTE. SHE SAID,
TO BE ALIVE IS TO BE PART OF THE
WHIRLPOOL. TO BE ALIVE IS TO BE
VACCINATED BY FLAMES, MARJORIE'S
ENTIRE LIFE WAS ABOUT THAT
WHIRLPOOL. IT WAS ABOUT BRINGING
US INTO THE WHIRLPOOL AND
TEACHING US THAT POETRY AND
CULTURE AND ART IS AN INCREDIBLE
PART OF THAT WHIRLPOOL, BUT SHE
KNEW A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PAIN
, TOO, SHE GOT ON THAT TRAIN AND
FLED, VIENNA. BUT SHE HAD AN
UNCLE WHO HAD TO CROSS WALK
ACROSS TWO MOUNTAINS, AND SHE
HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DIED IN
CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND SHE
UNDERSTOOD THE FLAMES. SHE
UNDERSTOOD THAT, THE FLAMES
IMPACT US IN A VERY REAL WAY.
AND SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT POETRY
AND THAT ART HAD TO BE ABOUT
EVERYTHING. IT HAD TO BE ABOUT
THE PAIN AND THE ANGUISH, AS
WELL AS THAT BEAUTY THAT SHE WAS
ALWAYS PURSUING. SO I ASK THAT
WE ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER RENDON, 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. THE SESSION
SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS FRIDAY,
MAY 3RD, NØ FLOOR SESSION. NO
CHECK IN SESSION MONDAY, MAY
6TH, FLOOR SESSION AT 1 P.M. ALL
OTHER ITEMS WILL BE PASSED AND
RETAINED. ALL MOTION SHALL BE
CONTINUED. SEEING AND HEARING.
NO FURTHER BUSINESS. I'M READY
TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN
. MR. MURATSUCHI MOVES MISS
WALDRON'S SECONDS THAT THIS
HOUSE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL
MONDAY, MAY 6TH, AT 1 P.M. THE
HOUSE IS ADJOURNED