THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOWENTHAL
NOTICES 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. ORTEZ.
AGUIAR-CURRY ALANIZ. ALVAREZ.
ARAMBULA BANES. BAUER-KAHAN
BENNETT. BERMAN. BERNER. BONTA
BRIAN. CALDERON, JUAN. CARRILLO
WENDY. CARRILLO. CERVANTES. CHEN
CONNALLY. DALI. DAVIES DIXON.
AZALEE. FLORA FONG. FRIEDMAN,
GABRIEL. GALLAGHER. GARCIA.
GIBSON GRAYSON. HAYNIE. HART
HOLDEN. HOOVER. IRWIN JACKSON.
JONES-SAWYER. KALRA LACKEY. LEE.
LOWE LOWENTHAL. MAIENSCHEIN.
MATHIS MCCARTY. MCKENNA.
MURATSUCHI NGUYEN. ORTEGA.
PACHECO PAPPIN. JIM. PATTERSON,
JO. PATTERSON. PELLERIN.
PETRIE-NORRIS. QUIRK-SILVA VÀ.
RAMOS. RENDON. REYES THREE OF
US. RODRIGUEZ. RUBIO SANCHEZ.
SANTIAGO. SCHIAVO SORIA. TO TING
. VALENCIA. VÆ. VALLAPUDUA.
WALDRON WALLACE. WARD. WEBER.
WICK WILSON. WOOD. ZUBER MR.
SPEAKER.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS IN
THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND IN
THE GALLERY TO PLEASE STAND FOR
THE PRAYER AND THE FLAG. SALUTE
IN HONOR OF TODAY'S PRIDE MONTH
CEREMONY. GUEST CHAPLAIN PASTOR
ROBERT RHODES FROM LA JOLLA
UNIFIED METHODIST CHURCH WILL
OFFER THE PRAYER. GOOD
AFTERNOON, SPEAKER MEMBERS,
HONOREES, AND GUESTS. IT'S A
PRIVILEGE TO JOIN YOU IN THIS
IMPORTANT TIME. I WOULD INVITE
PERSONS OF ALL FAITH OR NONE
FAITH TRADITIONS TO CENTER YOUR
SPIRITS IN THIS TIME. CREATOR OF
THE UNIVERSE, SUSTAINER OF JOY
AND LOVE. YOU ARE KNOWN IN MANY
TRADITIONS AND BY MANY NAMES,
AND YOU ARE KNOWN AS THE VERY
ESSENCE OF GOODNESS AND LOVE. WE
TURN OUR HEARTS TO YOU THIS DAY
IN CELEBRATION OF GOODNESS AND
LOVE. WE TURN OUR HEARTS TO YOU
IN CELEBRATION. THÀNH TO
CELEBRATE GROWING AWARENESS OF
THE DIVERSITY OF YOUR CREATION,
WE TURN OUR HEARTS TO YOU TO
CELEBRATE PERSONS WHO HAVE
OVERCOME OPPRESSIVE BIASES AND
RESTRICTIONS, TO MAKE
SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING IMPACTS
ON THE WORLD, REMINDING US THAT
THE ARC OF THE UNIVERSE DOES
INDEED BEND TOWARD JUSTICE,
REMINDING US THE HOPE WILL NEVER
BE SILENT AS WE CELEBRATE THIS
DAY AND THIS MONTH, CALL AND
EQUIP US TO CONTINUE THIS
JOURNEY OF RESTORATION. MANY
TRADITIONS AFFIRM THAT WE ARE
ALL CREATED IN YOUR IMAGE, HOLY
ONE, AS WE HONOR, PROGRESS, AND
CELEBRATE SERVICE, HELP US TO
SEE THE INCREDIBLE AND COLORFUL
AND BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY OF YOUR
UNLIMITED AND UNIMAGINABLE LOVE,
AND TO KNOW THAT SHARING THIS
LOVE IS NOTHING SHORT OF
MIRACULOUS AND NOTHING SHORT OF
ESSENTIAL. CALL US, EQUIP US,
GUIDE US INTO THIS GOOD WORK. WE
PRAY AS A PEOPLE OF JOY AND HOPE
AND A PEOPLE COMMITTED TO
CONTINUE THE WORK. AMEN. THANK
YOU, PASTOR RHODES, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER LOW WILL LEAD US IN THE
PLEDGE. GOOD AFTERNOON. PLEASE
JOIN ME IN GIVING A PRIDEFUL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR. THANK YOU. YOU MAY
BE SEATED. READING OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL ASSEMBLY
CHAMBER. SACRAMENTO, MONDAY, MAY
20TH, 2024. THE ASSEMBLY MET AT
1 P.M. RAMOS. MR. MR. FLORES
SECONDS AT THE READING OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL BE
DISPENSED WITH PRESENTATIONS,
PRESENTATIONS AND PETITIONS.
THERE ARE NONE. INTRODUCTION AND
REFERENCES OF BILLS WILL BE
DEFERRED, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
AMENDMENTS DEEMED ADOPTED.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR.
THERE ARE NONE. MESSAGES FROM
THE SENATE. THERE ARE NONE.
MOVING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. THE ABSENCES FOR
THE DAY WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
PRINTED IN THE JOURNAL. MOVING
TO OUR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS,
MAJORITY LEADER AGUIAR-CURRY YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
45.5 TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
MCCARTHY AND LOWENTHAL TO SPEAK
ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY
TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
ASSEMBLY RULE 118A TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WARD TO HAVE
GUESTS ON THE FLOOR AND TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CERVANTES AND
MCCARTHY 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 1144.
SKINNER FROM THE PRIVACY AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMITTEE TO
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND
THEN BACK TO THE PRIVACY AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMITTEE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. I'M GIVING A ONE DAY
NOTICE TO REMOVE FILE ITEM A
DASH SEVEN SB 762 BECKER FROM
THE INACTIVE FILE AT THE REQUEST
OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER ORTEGA. CLERK
WILL NOTE. MOVING ON TO
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INTRODUCTION.
MEMBERS, LET'S WISH A HAPPY AN
EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER LOWE, WHO CELEBRATES ON
WEDNESDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! AND
NOW ASSEMBLY MEMBER CERVANTES,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
GUEST INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, I AM
HONORED TO INTRODUCE SEVERAL
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM THE
LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE
NATION'S LARGEST LATINO SERVING
FOUNDATION BASED IN THE BAY AREA
, THE LATINO COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION HAS BUILT A MOVEMENT
OF CIVICALLY ENGAGED
PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS IN INVEST
IN LATINO LED ORGANIZATIONS AND
INCREASES LATINO POLITICAL
PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA, JOINING US ON THE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR TODAY IS THE
HONORABLE JULIAN CASTRO, WHO
SERVES AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION, THE HONORABLE
SECRETARY. HE IS ALSO THE FORMER
UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
WHERE HE SERVED AS A YOUNGEST
MEMBER OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
CABINET. MR. CASTRO'S DEEP
COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF THIS
NATION IS WOVEN INTO HIS DNA.
RAISED BY HIS MOTHER, ROSIE
CASTRO, A CIVIL RIGHTS AND
CHICANA ACTIVIST, AND HIS
GRANDMOTHER, VICTORIA CASTRO, ON
THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS. JULIAN GREW UP WITH A
PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
IT MEANT TO LOVE AND SERVE THE
COMMUNITY. HE IS CONSTANTLY
INSPIRED BY A LEGACY OF LEADERS
WORKING TO SAFEGUARD OUR
DEMOCRACY AND STRENGTHEN THE
COMMUNITY. JULIAN HAS DEDICATED
HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM WITH US
AS HE UPLIFTS THE NEEDS OF
LATINOS IN CALIFORNIA.
ACCOMPANYING HIM TODAY ARE
CRISTIAN ARANA, VICE PRESIDENT
OF CIVIC POWER AND POLICY.
EDUARDO GARCIA, POLICY DIRECTOR,
AND MAX VARGAS, VICE PRESIDENT
OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BUILD A
LASTING RELATIONSHIP THAT WHERE
WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD BRIDGES
ACROSS OUR STATE AND OUR REGIONS
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK
YOU FOR VISITING US HERE IN
SACRAMENTO. ON BEHALF OF MY
COLLEAGUES IN THIS CHAMBER,
WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY.
THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY. AND
WELCOME TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY.
NÓ MOVING TO BUSINESS ON THE
DAILY FILE. ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND
TWO ARE NOTICES TO
RECONSIDERATION ON FILE ITEMS
THREE THROUGH FIVE. ALL ITEMS
SHALL BE CONTINUED. WE'LL NOW
MOVE ON TO ASSEMBLY. THIRD
READING. SOUNDS GOOD.
MEMBERS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE
ASSEMBLY'S PRIDE MONTH CEREMONY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL TAKE
UP FILE ITEM 13, HOUSE
RESOLUTION 101. WARD, THE CLERK
WILL READ HOUSE RESOLUTION 101
BY SENATOR WARD AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER
LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH ASSEMBLY
REWARD. YOU MAY OPEN. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS. HAPPY
PRIDE MONTH! AS THE VICE CHAIR
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
LGBTQ CAUCUS, IT'S MY HONOR TO
PRESENT H.R. 101 TO OFFICIALLY
RECOGNIZE JUNE 20TH 4TH JUNE
2024 AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL,
TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER PRIDE
MONTH RECOGNIZES THE TIME TO
SUPPORT OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
AND CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY.
THIS MONTH IS ESPECIALLY A TIME
TO AFFIRM THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO LIVE AS THEIR
AUTHENTIC SELVES, PROUDLY AND
OPENLY PRIDE MONTH IS ALSO A
TIME TO LEARN ABOUT AND REMEMBER
OUR HISTORY AND IN TURN,
CELEBRATE OUR PROGRESS. LABOR
PROTECTIONS ENSURE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE NO
LONGER BANNED OR ARBITRARILY
LABELED. SECURITY RISKS FOR
SIMPLY IDENTIFYING AS LGBTQ
DISCRIMINATORY DISCHARGES FOR
LGBTQ SERVICE MEMBERS HAS BEEN
REPEALED, AND MARRIAGE EQUALITY
IS THE LAW OF THE LAND, NOT JUST
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IN
SEVERAL COUNTRIES. AS FOR MODERN
DAY PROGRESS, OUR CAUCUS IS
PROUD THAT THE 2020. IN 2023,
CALIFORNIA BECAME THE FIRST
STATE LEGISLATURE IN THE NATION
TO REACH 10% REPRESENTATION FOR
LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS, BRINGING
PARITY WITH LGBTQ CALIFORNIANS.
FURTHER, IT MUSTN'T BE LOST ON
US THAT PRIDE IS ALSO A PROTEST,
AS IS HOW OUR MOVEMENT WAS
SPARKED. REGARDED BY MANY AS THE
EVENT TO KICK OFF THE LGBTQ
EQUAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE 1969
STONEWALL UPRISING IN NEW YORK
BEGAN IN RESPONSE TO THE
DISCRIMINATORY TARGETING OF GAY
BARS AND LGBTQ PATRONS. HOWEVER,
MISSING FROM OUR HISTORY BOOKS
IS COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOTS IN
SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH HAPPENED
THREE YEARS BEFORE STONEWALL.
COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOTS
SIMILARLY OCCURRED IN RESPONSE
TO THE DISCRIMINATORY TARGETING
OF PATRONS, PARTICULARLY
TRANSGENDER WOMEN AND THOSE OF
COLOR. WHILE WE'VE SINCE
ACHIEVED GREAT STRIDES AS A
RESULT OF TIRELESS ACTIVISM, NOW
MORE THAN EVER, WE KNOW THAT OUR
FIGHT FOR EQUALITY IS NOT WON
OVERNIGHT. WITH OVER 500 ANTI
LGBTQ BILLS INTRODUCED ACROSS
THE NATION, WE NOTE THAT
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ATTACKS ON
THE RIGHTS, SAFETY AND DIGNITY
OF OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY
DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETING OUR
TGI SIBLINGS AND YOUTH,
CONTINUES TO GROW ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. AND SADLY, HERE IN ALSO
IN CALIFORNIA. WHILE THERE ARE
OUTSIDE ACTORS WHO WISH TO
DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY, WE REJECT
THAT RHETORIC AND AFFIRM THAT WE
STAND UNITED AS ONE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHEN ONE
MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY IS
ATTACKED, WE ARE ALL ATTACKED.
AS SUCH, JUNE ESPECIALLY
HIGHLIGHTS THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY AND SERVES AS A
REMINDER TO REMAIN STEADFAST IN
OUR SUPPORT FOR ALL COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. WE CAN'T GIVE UP. WE
WON'T GIVE UP. WE ARE NOT GOING
BACK INTO THE CLOSET. IT'S MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT THAT
OLD AND NEW ALLIES STAND IN
PRIDE AND SOLIDARITY WITH OUR
COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY WITH
OUR TGI SIBLINGS, AND AGAINST
THE HATE THAT THEY ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY FACING
MEMBERS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US
HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LGBTQ
CONSTITUENTS IN EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS. THEY ARE
YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TOO. SO AS
YOU MAY ATTEND PRIDE EVENTS THIS
YEAR, REMEMBER TO BE SAFE AND
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND
OTHERS BECAUSE PRIDE MONTH IS
ALSO A CELEBRATION. PRIDE MONTH
BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER TO
CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHO
UNDERSTAND THE JOURNEY AND TO
EXPRESS OURSELVES IN AN
ATMOSPHERE OF LOVE AND
ACCEPTANCE. ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE LGBTQ
CAUCUS, I'M PROUD TO BRING FORTH
H.R. 101 COMMEMORATING THIS
IMPORTANT MONTH IN AFFIRMING
SUPPORT FOR ALL COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMAN. REWARD. ASSEMBLYMAN
WILSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. MR.
SPEAKER. COLLEAGUES, I RISE
TODAY AS CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS AND
PROUD SUPPORT OF H.R. 101
CELEBRATING LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH.
ALSO, AS A MOTHER OF A
TRANSGENDER SON, THIS RESOLUTION
IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME AND
COUNTLESS OTHER FAMILIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. THIS RESOLUTION
AFFIRMS OUR STATE'S COMMITMENT
TO EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
RECOGNIZING THE INVALUABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY TO EVERY ASPECT OF OUR
SOCIETY, FROM BUSINESS AND
MEDICINE TO THE ARTS AND
EDUCATION, LGBTQ PLUS
INDIVIDUALS ENRICHED OUR LIVES
AND INSPIRE US ALL. THERE ARE
COUNTLESS HISTORICAL AND MODERN
BLACK FIGURES WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO ADVANCING
LGBTQ+ EQUALITY AND CULTURE, AND
OUR CULTURE AS A WHOLE. FROM
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS BAYARD
RUSTIN TO THE AMERICAN WRITER
JAMES BALDWIN, FROM ACTIVISTS
AND TRAILBLAZER ERNESTINE
ECKSTEIN TO POLITICAL LEADERS
LIKE BARBARA JORDAN, THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE
TEXAS SENATE IN 1966, AND THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN
ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM TEXAS
IN 1972. AS WAS ONCE NOTED BY
THE BLACK LESBIAN WRITER, POET,
BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, AND
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AUDRE
LORDE, IT IS NOT OUR DIFFERENCES
THAT DIVIDE US. IT IS OUR
INABILITY TO RECOGNIZE, ACCEPT
AND CELEBRATE THOSE DIFFERENCES.
DESPITE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS,
CHALLENGES REMAIN THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY
TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS,
CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION
AND VIOLENCE. CALIFORNIA STANDS
AS A BEACON OF HOPE AND SAFETY,
BUT OUR WORK IS FAR FROM OVER.
WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT IN OUR
ADVOCACY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE
CAN LIVE OPEN AND AUTHENTICALLY.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IN
SUPPORTING H.R. 101. LET US
HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND
REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
BUILDING A STATE AND A NATION
WHERE EQUALITY AND LOVE PREVAIL
OVER HATE AND JUSTICE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMAN
WILSON. ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. WELL, THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I STAND ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. AND
I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R.
101. IN A TIME WHEN WE SEE BASIC
HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK
BECAUSE OF ETHNICITY,
IMMIGRATION STATUS AND RACE, WE
ALSO SEE ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE
AND ERASE THE HUMAN AND CIVIL
RIGHTS OF OUR LGBTQ. PLUS,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE
COMMUNITY. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS.
WE NEED TO STAND AND EMBRACE ONE
ANOTHER AND STAND SIDE BY SIDE,
NOT JUST IN THIS MONTH OF PRIDE,
BUT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. WE
NEED TO STAND SIDE BY SIDE IN
PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. AND AS WE
DO, WE STRENGTHEN OUR OWN RIGHTS
AS WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE. THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAS
CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO OUR CULTURE
AND ADVANCEMENT IN A NUMBER OF
FIELDS, INCLUDING BEING LEADERS
WITHIN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE THANK
THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS IN ALL THESE
FIELDS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S TIME THAT WE EMBRACE ONE
ANOTHER AND LIFT EACH OTHER UP.
DURING THIS TIMES, I'M PROUD TO
STAND WITH OUR LGBT Q PLUS
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
KNOW THAT WE STAND TOGETHER IN
THE FACE OF ANY TURMOIL THAT
MIGHT COME THEIR WAY. I ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE ON THIS H.R. 101.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ASSEMBLYMAN
HANEY. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF H.R. 101. IN
CELEBRATION OF LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER
CALIFORNIANS THIS MONTH, WE
RECOGNIZE THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY'S
IMPORTANT AND LASTING
CONTRIBUTIONS IN EVERY FIELD
FROM BUSINESS, MEDICINE, LAW,
HUMANITIES, SCIENCE, LITERATURE,
POLITICS, EDUCATION, MUSIC,
PHILANTHROPY, SPORTS, ARTS, AND
CULTURE THAT ENRICH OUR NATIONAL
LIFE. WE RECOGNIZE BOTH THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY'S HISTORY AND
THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY. WE
ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE JUMP
FROM 5.6% TO 7.1% OF AMERICANS
WHO OPENLY IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN,
GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER OR
QUEER IN 2022. WE ALSO CELEBRATE
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY'S LEADERSHIP
IN MANY PROMINENT JEWISH
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS RABBIS,
CANTORS, AND LEADERS OF MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING BETH
CHAYIM CHADASHIM. IN LOS
ANGELES, THE FIRST LGBTQ
SYNAGOGUE IN THE WORLD. WE
CELEBRATE, AS WE DID RECENTLY,
THE LONG LEGACY FILLED WITH
CHANGEMAKERS FROM THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY AND JEWISH COMMUNITY
BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, INCLUDING
HARVEY MILK, CALIFORNIA
CONGRESSWOMAN SARA JACOBS,
BARBRA SIPERSTEIN, THE FIRST
TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE,
DOCTOR RACHEL LEVINE, ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, THE FIRST TRANSGENDER
INDIVIDUAL TO HOLD A FEDERAL
POSITION THAT REQUIRES SENATE
CONFIRMATION. AND, OF COURSE,
OUR VERY OWN CO-CHAIR OF THE
JEWISH CAUCUS FROM SAN FRANCISCO
, SENATOR SCOTT WIENER. AND WE
ARE PROUD THAT WE HAVE DOUBLED
THE SIZE OF THE LGBTQ
CONTINGENCY IN OUR JEWISH CAUCUS
. WHILE THIS IS A TIME TO
CELEBRATE, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE
THERE IS MUCH TO DO TO ADVANCE
THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WITH OVER 500 ANTI LGBTQ BILLS
INTRODUCED IN 2023 AND OVER 500
AGAIN INTRODUCED THIS YEAR, MUCH
OF THIS LEGISLATION TARGETS THE
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY,
THREATENING THEIR HEALTH CARE,
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND
RIGHT TO EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER
THE LAW. SO TOO, VIOLENCE
AGAINST THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS
CONTINUED TO BE A PERVASIVE
THREAT TO THIS DAY, WE'RE PROUD
OF THE WORK THAT THIS BODY HAS
DONE TO STAND WITH OUR
TRANSGENDER REPRESENTATIVES AS
ALLIES, AS OUR CONSTITUENTS, AS
ALLIES, INCLUDING THIS PAST
YEAR, THIS BODY BECAME THE FIRST
IN THE STATE, THE FIRST IN THE
COUNTRY, TO RECOGNIZE AUGUST AS
TRANSGENDER HISTORY MONTH. WE
HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
POWER TO ENSURE EQUALITY FOR
EVERYONE, AND THAT EVERY PERSON
IS GIVEN THE JUST AND EQUAL
TREATMENT THAT IS OUR NATION'S
PROMISE. THERE IS MUCH STILL TO
BE DONE, AND THE JEWISH CAUCUS
WILL STAND STRONG AND PROUD WITH
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND
SOLIDARITY AND IN THE FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY AND JUSTICE IN THAT
SPIRIT, AND ON BEHALF OF THE
JEWISH CAUCUS, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON H.R.
101. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOW, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES, FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN
CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION OF A
VERY PRIDEFUL MONTH, AS CHAIR OF
THE CALIFORNIA ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, WE
HAVE INCREDIBLE TRAILBLAZERS
LIKE CONGRESSMAN MARK TAKANO,
THE FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN MEMBER
OF CONGRESS ELECTED IN UNITED
STATES HISTORY, OR THE YOUNGEST
ASIAN AMERICAN LEGISLATOR IN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALEX LEE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHO BROKE
RECORDS FROM A PREVIOUS
OFFICEHOLDER WHO PREVIOUSLY HELD
THAT TITLE AS THESE INDIVIDUALS
GET OLDER IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME
. IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST, BUT
NOT A LAST. AND THAT IS THE
BEAUTY OF THIS CONTINUUM. THÀNH
OF INCLUSIVITY AT THE SAME TIME,
I ALSO WANT US TO BE REMINDED AS
WE ARE CELEBRATING IN THIS
BEAUTIFUL CHAMBERS AND SEEING
THE COLORFUL ATTIRE. IT WASN'T
ALL THAT LONG AGO, TOO, THAT
OTHER MEMBERS ON THE OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE AISLE WOULD
SUMMARILY, DURING THIS
RECOGNITION, WALK OFF THE FLOOR
OF THIS CHAMBER, AND I WANT TO
PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE
OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE AISLE, FOR GIVING THE
DIGNITY AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE
EXIST, AND ALLOWING AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPECT LOVE OF
BASIC HUMANITY, AND THAT LOVE
TRANSCENDS PARTIZANSHIP THAT IS
THE FACT. IF WE REMEMBER OUR
HISTORY, WE WOULD HAVE THE GAY
MEN'S CHORUS COME BEAUTIFULLY
HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS AND NOT
HAVE A SINGLE MEMBER ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AISLE IN
THIS CHAMBER. THIS IS PROGRESS.
AND IN FACT, AS WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RECTIFY THE
DISCRIMINATORY PAST OF
CALIFORNIA, ELIMINATING THE
RIGHTS OF SAME SEX COUPLES TO
MARRY ON THIS FLOOR, ON THIS
ASSEMBLY FLOOR, NOT ONE NÓ VOTE
ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY, SUPPORTING
MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, AND SUPPORTING
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS TO
LOVE IS RESPECTIVE OF GENDER AND
ALSO RACE AND THAT OF SAME SEX
COUPLES TO MARRY, AND ALSO
INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. AND SO AS
WE CELEBRATE THIS OPPORTUNITY, I
ALSO ASK TO LEND A HAND, A HAND
OF LOVE TO THOSE ACROSS
DIFFERENT PARTY AFFILIATIONS,
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT
IS THE ONLY WAY IN THIS PERIOD
OF TIME THAT WE'LL GET THROUGH
THE HATE. WE ARE STEWARDS OF
PUBLIC TRUST AND AS WE SEE THE
INCREDIBLE LEADERS THAT WILL BE
WALKING DOWN THESE AISLES HERE
TODAY, THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY
SUBJECTED TO THE INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT VITRIOL EACH AND EVERY
DAY, HATED FOR WHO THEY ARE. AND
YET, IN SPITE OF THAT, YOU WILL
SEE THEM WALKING BEAUTIFULLY
DOWN THIS AISLE IN THE PEOPLE'S
HOUSE, CELEBRATING WHO THEY ARE.
AND SO AS WE REFLECT ON THIS
MOMENT, LET US NOT FORGET THE
HARD WORK OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME
BEFORE US, WHO ARE NOT OUT
BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF BEING
PERSECUTED OR KILLED. AND IN
FACT, AS WE RECOGNIZE THE LGBTQ
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, WE STILL
LACK A MEMBER OF OUR TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY REPRESENTED IN THESE
CHAMBERS. AND IN FACT, THE
STATES OF VIRGINIA AND DELAWARE
HAVE TRANS REPRESENTATION.
CALIFORNIA STILL DOES NOT. SO WE
HAVE GREAT WORK TO BE DONE AHEAD
OF US. AND AS WE RECOGNIZE THIS
CELEBRATION AGAIN, THANK ALL OF
OUR COLLEAGUES, ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES, FOR ALLOWING US TO
CELEBRATE AND OUR PRIDE MONTH, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR OUR VOTE IN
H.R. 101. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
SENATOR RUBIO, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CERVANTES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND
MEMBERS, AS CHAIR OF THE LATINO
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS AND A MEMBER
OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS, I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF H.R. 101. TODAY, WE
COMMEMORATE PRIDE MONTH AND
CELEBRATE OUR PROGRESS IN OUR
FIGHT FOR EQUALITY. I'M A PROUD
MEMBER OF OUR LGBTQ CAUCUS AND A
PROUD QUEER LATINA, AND THE
FIRST OPENLY QUEER LATINA
ELECTED CHAIR IN OUR CAUCUS
STATE'S HISTORY. I'M ALSO THE
MOTHER OF TRIPLETS WHO ARE
GROWING UP IN A SAME SEX FAMILY.
IN FACT, 16% OF OUR STATE IS
RAISING THEIR CHILDREN IN SAME
SEX FAMILIES. THE STONEWALL
UPRISING IS A REMINDER OF HOW
OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
CONTINUES TO RECLAIM OUR PLACE.
OUR NAMES, AND OUR BODIES TO
HELP REAFFIRM THE VOICES OF OUR
DIVERSE AND UNITED COMMUNITY. WE
HONOR THE BRAVERY AND CONTINUED
RESILIENCE OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY. THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT
FOR OUR RIGHTS AND THOSE WHO
CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY, LIKE
THOSE WHO ARE BEING HONORED. IN
FACT, LATINOS PLAYED A KEY ROLE
IN DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY THAT STARTED AS EARLY AS
THE 1950S. LIKE MEXICAN AMERICAN
WRITER JOHN RITCHIE, WHO TOOK
PART IN THE LARGELY FORGOTTEN
1959 COOPER DONUT RIOTS IN LA
TEN YEARS BEFORE THE STONEWALL
UPRISING, BLACK AND LATINA TRANS
WOMEN LIKE MARSHA P JOHNSON,
MISS MAJOR GRIFFIN-GRACY AND
SYLVIA RIVERA WERE AT THE HELM
OF THIS MOVEMENT IN ITS EARLY
STAGES, FOUNDING ORGANIZATIONS
TO SUPPORT HOMELESS TRANS WOMEN
AND QUEER YOUTH OSTRACIZED BY
THEIR FAMILIES. LET THIS ALSO BE
A STARK REMINDER THAT IN RECENT
YEARS, WE HAVE WITNESSED A
RECORD BREAKING NUMBER OF
ANTI-LGBTQ+ MEASURES PROPOSED
AND PASSED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
THE PERVASIVE VIOLENCE OF OUR
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY FACES, IN
PARTICULAR OUR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR. DUE TO THE INTERSECTION
OF RACISM, TRANSPHOBIA, SEXISM
HAVE TAKEN THE LIVES OF SO MANY.
WE MOURN THOSE WE HAVE LOST TO
VIOLENCE AND HOLD THEIR LIVES IN
OUR MEMORY AS WE CONTINUE TO
WORK TOWARDS ENDING HATEFUL
SPEECH, THREATS AND VIOLENCE.
THE COURAGE OF MANY OF OUR LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY INDEED PROVIDES
US WITH STRENGTH. BUT NO CHILD,
NO PERSON, SHOULD HAVE TO BE
COURAGEOUS TO LOVE, TO LIVE AND
TO SURVIVE, TO BE ABLE TO BE
THEMSELVES. WE ALL HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ONE
ANOTHER AND TO STAND UP AGAINST
HATE, BIGOTRY, HOMOPHOBIA AND
TRANSPHOBIA. PRIDE MONTH IS THE
TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR PROGRESS
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHALLENGES.
IF YOU ARE AN ALLY, BE LOUD
ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR INDIGENOUS, TWO
SPIRITED NON-BINARY RELATIVES.
WE SEE YOU, SO LET US ALL
CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE OPEN
SPACES AND CELEBRATE ONE
ANOTHER. TO THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID
TO BE OPEN ABOUT THEIR IDENTITY,
WE SEE YOU EVERY DAY YOU BELONG
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO
ENSURE WE ALL ARE TREATED WITH
DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND GIVEN
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO LOVE AND BE
LOVED. FOR THESE REASONS, I JOIN
MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN DIEGO AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
ON AIR 101. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER JONES-SAWYER, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, I REPRESENT A GROUP OF
PEOPLE CALLED THE PROUD PARENTS
OF A GAY SON AND HIS PARTNER,
HIS HUSBAND. MY SON DIDN'T COME
OUT TO ME UNTIL HE GRADUATED
FROM MOREHOUSE COLLEGE. AND IF
YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, IT
IS NOT EASY TO DO THAT. AND ONCE
HE DID, AT THE AGE OF 21, HE
TOLD ME ALL OF THE ABUSES, ALL
OF THE HATE, ALL OF THE
DISCRIMINATION, ALL THAT HE HAD
TO SUFFER THROUGH. AND I ASKED
HIM WHY HE DIDN'T COME TO ME AND
I DIDN'T TO THIS DAY, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT I DID THAT
DIDN'T GIVE HIM THAT COMFORT
LEVEL TO WHERE HE COULD COME TO
HIS FATHER. HIS FATHER, WHO I
HOPEFULLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PERSON WHO COULD PROTECT HIM.
AND HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE COULD
COME TO ME, WHICH TELLS ME THAT
IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO
GO. WE ALLOW LGBTQ PEOPLE TO BE
PART OF OUR CHURCH, TO BE PART
OF THE COMMUNITY, TO BE DOCTORS,
LAWYERS. BUT WE DON'T LET THEM
BE THEMSELVES. I AM EXTREMELY
PROUD OF MY SON, WHO IS NOT ONLY
A MOREHOUSE GRAD IN MATHEMATICS
AND BIOLOGY, WHO'S PROBABLY THE
ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEACHER IN
THE LÀ CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, MAYBE
IN THE STATE THAT'S A TEACHING
ADVANCED MATH AND BIOLOGY RIGHT
NOW. THAT IS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES THAT THEY
CAN GO INTO THE SCIENCES AND TO
THE MATH SCIENCES. AND IT'S NOT
SOME THING THAT HE STILL CANNOT
COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT WHEN
HE'S IN CLASS. HE STILL CAN'T BE
HIMSELF, WHICH IS A TRAGEDY
BECAUSE I THINK THERE MAY BE
SOME YOUNG BOYS THAT WOULD LOVE
TO SIT AND TALK TO MY SON, THAT
WOULD LOVE TO SIT AND TELL THEM
ABOUT THEIR PAIN, AND THEN MY
SON COULD TELL THEM ABOUT HIS
PAIN AND HOW HE SURVIVED IT, AND
HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GO ON AND GET
HIS MASTER'S AT GEORGIA STATE.
AND NOW HE'S GETTING HIS
DOCTORATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS ABLE
TO OVERCOME THAT BECAUSE THERE
WAS EVENTUALLY A SUPPORT SYSTEM
THAT GOT HIM THROUGH IT. BUT IT
WASN'T ALWAYS THERE. AND SO ON
PRIDE DAY, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, AT LEAST ON THIS
FLOOR, THAT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD
OF MY SON. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD
OF HIS PARTNER, WHOM I MARRIED
IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE IN
EXPOSITION PARK. THAT'S HOW
PROUD I AM OF THEM, AND I WILL
CONTINUE TO BE PROUD OF THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S WHY WE
HAVE TO NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE,
BUT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY SPEAK IT
AND SAY IT AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT
EACH AND EVERY DAY. BECAUSE WHEN
WE HIDE AND WHISPER OR WE LET
OTHER PEOPLE SAY DEROGATORY
THINGS ABOUT LGBTQ PEOPLE, THAT
WE ALLOW THAT HOMOPHOBIA TO
CONTINUE, THEN WE ARE NOT TRULY
PROUD, PRIDEFUL, AND WE ARE
COMPLICIT IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THIS STATE. AND SO I COMMEND YOU
ON H.R. 101. MR. WARD AND THE
REST OF THE COMMUNITY, AND
HOPEFULLY WE ALL HAVE A
UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING AND
HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATES,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER WARD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I JUST WANTED TO
EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR MY
COLLEAGUES FROM SUSAN CITY, FROM
HIGHLAND, FROM RIVERSIDE, FROM
LOS ANGELES, AND FROM SILICON
VALLEY. FOR YOUR ELOQUENT WORDS,
WHETHER YOU ARE A MEMBER OF OUR
CAUCUS OR A STRAIGHT ALLY, WE
ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE FOR
THE HEARTFELT AND HEADSTRONG AND
PERSONAL TESTIMONY THAT YOU CAN
PROVIDE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE IT
REMINDS ME OF ONE OF OUR
TRAILBLAZERS, THE LATE HARVEY
MILK, WHO VERY WISELY, IN THE
70S HELPED TO TURN A TIDE THAT
WAS COMING POLITICALLY AGAINST
US HATE FILLED RHETORIC THAT WAS
COMING AT US, THAT OTHERWISE
WOULD HAVE SET A TRAJECTORY FOR
SOME REALLY REGRESSIVE POLICY
MAKING. AND THE SOLUTION WAS TO
COME OUT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT
HARDER TO BE ABLE TO HATE
SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW, AND TO
HAVE REASONABLE AND MEET EYE TO
EYE, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
AND FIND THAT COMMON GROUND. AND
THAT'S WHAT PRIDE MONTH IS ABOUT
FOR US. IT'S ABOUT THREE THINGS
ONE, REMEMBERING OUR HISTORY
BECAUSE THAT DEFINES WHERE WE'VE
COME FROM, DEFINES WHERE WE ARE
GOING. TWO IS REMEMBERING THAT
IT BEGAN WITH A PROTEST AND WE
STILL PROTEST TODAY THE
INJUSTICES THAT ARE AROUND US
AND THE HEAT THAT RISES UP
AGAINST US AND PEOPLE WE LOVE.
WE ARE THERE TO BE ABLE TO LET
THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING
BACK INTO THE CLOSET, AND WE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND
PROTEST THOSE ACTIONS. AND
THIRD, IT IS A TIME TO
CELEBRATE. IT IS A TIME TO
RESPECT AND LOVE AND APPRECIATE
THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER,
IDENTITIES AND QUALITIES AND THE
INDIVIDUALITIES THAT MAKE UP
CALIFORNIANS. SO FOR JUST THE
TESTIMONIES THAT ARE HERE THAT I
KNOW ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GOLDEN
STATE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
SHARING THAT TODAY. I WOULD ASK
THAT THE FIRST ROLL BE OPEN FOR
COAUTHORS AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. ALL DEBATE
HAVING CEASED, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL FOR COAUTHORS. ALL
MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL MEMBERS VOTE. DESIRE
TO VOTE. REMEMBER, THIS IS FOR
COAUTHORS. I ALSO VOTED. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. EYES
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. OKAY, THERE
ARE 55 COAUTHORS ADDED. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE WILL NOW TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE
AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR LGBTQ,
LGBTQ, STATEWIDE ELECTED STATE
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RICARDO
LARA, WHO HAS JOINED US IN THE
BACK.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR
OBSERVANCE OF PRIDE MONTH. FOR
THE 2024 OBSERVANCE OF PRIDE
MONTH, WE WILL RECOGNIZE 16
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES FOR THEIR
INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
STATE AND COUNTRY. MR. WARD, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
INTRODUCTION REMARKS. THANK YOU
AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CELEBRATING THE START OF PRIDE
MONTH IN CALIFORNIA. FOUND ON
YOUR DESK ARE SOME GIFTS TO RING
IN PRIDE MONTH, A RAINBOW
CALIFORNIA BEAR KEYCHAIN,
PROGRESS, PRIDE FLAG, AND
RAINBOW CANDY SELLING, CREATING
THIS YEAR'S THEME OF OUTLAWS AND
TRAILBLAZERS. YOU'LL ALSO FIND A
RAINBOW BANDANA. SOME OF YOU
HAVE ALREADY FOUND THAT. THANK
YOU FOR WEARING THOSE AND A
COWBOY HAT STYLED CANDLE. IN
ADDITION, ON YOUR DESK OR
PROGRAMS FOR THIS YEAR'S
CELEBRATION, WHICH INCLUDE A QR
CODE THAT LINKS TO OUR HONOREES
BIOGRAPHIES SO YOU CAN LEARN
MORE ABOUT THEIR IMPACT FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA IN
LIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S THEME IS
WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE GET TO
RECOGNIZE THESE 16 LGBTQ
TRAILBLAZERS. LATER THIS
EVENING, WE'RE INVITING MEMBERS
TO JOIN US ALONGSIDE THE OUTLAWS
AND TRAILBLAZERS PRIDE
CELEBRATION, WHERE YOU CAN
CELEBRATE WITH US. COWBOY CARTER
STYLED IN WESTERN WEAR AND MEET
OUR HONOREES INDIVIDUALLY. HAPPY
PRIDE MONTH, EVERYBODY, AND
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CELEBRATING
WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU. I'M
APPOINTING AN ESCORT COMMITTEE
TO BRING OUR HONOREES ONTO THE
FLOOR FOR OUR CEREMONY. MEMBERS
SHOULD RETIRE TO THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER, AS I CALL YOUR NAME,
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS WARD CERVANTES,
JACKSON. SPURR AND LOW. I ALSO
ASKED THAT SPEAKER RIVAS,
REPUBLICAN LEADER GALLAGHER AND
SENATOR EGGMAN MOVE TO THE FRONT
AISLE TO RECEIVE OUR HONOREES.
MEMBERS. IT IS NOW TIME TO
INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR 20
2024 HONOREES. THE CLERK WILL
READ ESCORTED BY A MEMBER. WARD
IS BRUCE ABRAMS. BRUCE IS AN
ATTORNEY, PHILANTHROPIST, AND
HOLDS VARIOUS LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS ON BOARDS THAT SUPPORT
THE LGBTQ PLUS AND JEWISH
COMMUNITIES. PLEASE WELCOME
BRUCE ABRAMS.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER
CERVANTES IS ARACELI KELLY.
MUHAMMAD SHELLEY IS THE FOUNDER
OF VOLUNTEER WITH KELLY, AN
ORGANIZATION WHICH SEEKS TO
INCREASE LGBT C¯ PLUS COMMUNITY
SERVICE. PLEASE WELCOME ARACELI
MUHAMMAD.
ESCORTED BY US AND MEMBER
JACKSON IS DAVID HERON. DAVID IS
VICE PRESIDENT OF RIVERSIDE LGBT
QUÊ PLUS PRIDE, PLEASE WELCOME
DAVID HERON.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BURR IS JAY RODRIGUEZ. JAY IS
THE ORIGINAL CULTURAL AFICIONADO
IN THE SERIES QUEER EYE FOR THE
STRAIGHT GUY. PLEASE WELCOME JAY
RODRIGUEZ.
ESCORTED BY INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER RICARDO LARA IS
JOHNNY KODA. JOHNNY IS A FASHION
DESIGNER KNOWN FOR PIONEERING
THE NEW AMERICAN AVANT GARDE.
PLEASE WELCOME JOHNNY KODA.
ESCORTED BY SUMMER JACKSON IS
HAILEY SAHER. HAILEY IS AN
AMERICAN ACTRESS BEST KNOWN FOR
HER ROLE AS LULU ABUNDANCE ON
THE AWARD WINNING TV SERIES
POSE. HAILEY IS ACCEPTING THIS
RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF SIR
LADY JAVA, A TRANSGENDER
ENTERTAINER AND ACTIVIST. PLEASE
WELCOME HAILEY SAHER ON BEHALF
OF SIR LADY JAVA.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER
CERVANTES, IS LORI RIZZO. WITH
OVER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE. LORI
IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR
STOCKTON UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. PLEASE WELCOME LORI
RIZZO.
ESCORTED BY A MEMBER. LOW IS
NGUYEN FARM. NGUYEN IS PRESIDENT
OF SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE. PLEASE
WELCOME. WE INFORM.
ESCORT. BISON. MEMBER. JACKSON
IS. PARIS. ANTOINETTE. KEON AKA
PARIS TSUKKOMI. MAX PARIS IS A
DRAG ENTERTAINER, BUSINESSWOMAN,
AND AN ACTIVIST. PLEASE WELCOME
PARIS. ANTOINETTE KEON.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBERS OF BR
IS RAOUL ARENA. RAOUL IS FORMER
MAYOR OF CALEXICO, MAKING HER
THE FIRST TRANSGENDER LATINA
MAYOR OF CALIFORNIA CITY AND ON
THE ENTIRE US MEXICO BORDER.
PLEASE WELCOME RAOUL, ORIANA.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CERVANTES, IS RON RUIZ. RON IS
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF APARTMENT
SEO AND GOOGLE PREMIER PARTNER,
AS WELL AS FOUNDER AND CEO OF
IZONE MARKETING. PLEASE WELCOME
RON RUIZ.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ZUBIATE IS SAL ROSSELLI. SAL IS
THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT
EMERITUS OF THE NATIONAL UNION
OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND THE
FIRST OPENLY GAY LEADER OF A
CALIFORNIA BASED HEALTH CARE
UNION. PLEASE WELCOME SAL
ROSELLI.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER LOW
IS SARAH FERNANDO. SARAH IS THE
MANAGER AND LEADER OF THE SANTA
CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF LGBTQ
AFFAIRS. PLEASE WELCOME SARAH
FERNANDO.
ESCORTED BY ASCEND MEMBER
JACKSON IS TYLER WILLIAMSON.
TYLER IS THE MAYOR OF MONTEREY,
CALIFORNIA. PLEASE WELCOME TYLER
WILLIAMSON.
ESCORTED BY SENATOR CERVANTES IS
KATE BROWN, WHO IS ACCEPTING
THIS POSTHUMOUS RECOGNITION ON
BEHALF OF SONNY WOLF. SONNY WAS
A PIONEERING LESBIAN ACTIVIST
AND CO-FOUNDER OF DIKES ON
BIKES. SONNY LEFT A LASTING
LEGACY IN THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY EVER SINCE HER PASSING
ON APRIL 25TH, 2018. PLEASE
WELCOME KATE BROWN ON BEHALF OF
SONNY WOLF.
AND UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY IS
LES DJ. LES ORTIZ, ARTIST AND
CEO OF SOCIAL EVENTS AND TÊ. ON
BEHALF OF VICE CHAIR WARD AND
THE MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE LGBTQ PLUS CAUCUS,
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
CELEBRATE THIS YEAR'S REMARKABLE
HONOREES MEMBERS. TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THESE DISTINGUISHED
INDIVIDUALS, PLEASE READ THE
BIOGRAPHIES BY SCANNING THE QR
CODE IN THE PROGRAM FOUND ON
YOUR DESK. THIS CONCLUDES OUR
CELEBRATION.
OF.
BLACK.
MEMBERS. AS OUR HONOREES EXIT
THE CHAMBER, LET'S GIVE THEM
ANOTHER PRIDEFUL ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
I'M GOING TO FIND.
MOVING BACK TO BUSINESS ON THE
DAILY FILE. MEMBERS MOVING TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER NINE, ACR 194
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 194 BY
SENATOR GRAYSON. RELATIVE TO
FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER DAY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MEMBERS. I AM HONORED TO PRESENT
ACR 194, WHICH DESIGNATES JUNE
3RD AS FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER DAY
IN CALIFORNIA, FAMILY JUSTICE
CENTERS, OR FJC, PROVIDE TRAUMA
INFORMED, COLLABORATIVE
WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR
SURVIVORS OF INTERPERSONAL
VIOLENCE. THESE THESE CENTERS
OFFER A SINGLE ACCESS POINT
WHERE MULTIPLE SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND AGENCIES WORK TOGETHER UNDER
ONE ROOF, CREATING A DEDICATED
SPACE FOR VICTIM SERVICES AND
RECOVERY. WITHOUT AN FJK, A
SURVIVOR MAY NEED TO VISIT OVER
23 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO
RECEIVE SERVICES AND LEGAL
SUPPORT. REPEATEDLY SHARING
THEIR STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AN FJC OFFERS A SAFE AND
SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT,
DELIVERING COMPREHENSIVE,
CONTINUOUS AND SEAMLESS CARE ALL
IN ONE SINGLE PLACE. THE
CALIFORNIA FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER
NETWORK REPRESENTS THE 27 FAMILY
JUSTICE CENTERS ACROSS THE
STATE, SERVING OVER 70,000
TRAUMA SURVIVORS ANNUALLY
THROUGH THESE CENTERS,
CALIFORNIA IS NOW LEADING THE
WAY IN MULTI-SECTOR,
COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES
NATIONWIDE FAMILY JUSTICE
CENTERS HAVE ALWAYS RISEN TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS AND
HAVE PROVEN TO BE MORE CRUCIAL
THAN EVER WITH THEIR
COLLABORATIVE MODEL OF SERVICES,
THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FAMILY
COURT ASSISTANCE, MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING, COUNSELING, LEGAL
SUPPORT, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND
SO MUCH MORE. THESE CENTERS ARE
NOT JUST SAVING INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES, THEY ARE ALSO BREAKING
THE CYCLES OF ABUSE THAT
PERPETUATE ACROSS GENERATIONS.
THEY REPRESENT A BEACON OF
SAFETY, HOPE, AND HEALING FOR
THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. ACR 194
ALLOWS US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
LIFE SAVING AND HOPE RESTORING
WORK OF THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY
JUSTICE NETWORK AND ITS 27
MEMBER CENTERS, ENSURING THAT
SURVIVORS CAN ACCESS ALL
NECESSARY SERVICES AND SUPPORT
UNDER ONE ROOF. FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION AND RECOGNITION OF
FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER DAY, AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
ON ACR 194 AND ASK FOR THE ROLL
TO BE OPEN FOR COAUTHORS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GRAYSON SEEN AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VÚI WHO
WISH TO DESIRE TO VOTE AS A
COAUTHOR. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. AS A
COAUTHOR ON THE RESOLUTION. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND
TALLY THE VOTES. THERE ARE 60
COAUTHORS ADDED. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. ALL IN
FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE OPPOSED? SAY
NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MR.
GRAYSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WOULD LIKE
TO INTRODUCE THE INCREDIBLE
ADVOCATES FROM THE CALIFORNIA
FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER NETWORK.
THE NETWORK PROVIDES EDUCATION,
TRAINING AND COORDINATE
ASSISTANCE TO THE WICKS, AS WELL
AS TO THE NEW AND DEVELOPING
CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
COLLEAGUES, WOULD YOU PLEASE
JOIN ME IN GIVING THEM A WARM
WELCOME UP HERE IN THE GALLERY?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR. GRAYSON. WELCOME
TO YOUR GUESTS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND WELCOME TO THE CAPITOL.
MOVING BACK TO INTRODUCTIONS,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER NGUYEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I HAVE
WITH ME TODAY, FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL'S HALF DOME TEAM. HALF
DOME IS A CYBERSECURITY TEAM
THAT WORKS TOGETHER TO SOLVE A
VARIETY OF REAL WORLD CYBER
SECURITY CHALLENGES AND
VULNERABILITY. WHILE MAINTAINING
CRITICAL SERVICES. THIS PAST
MARCH, FRANKLIN'S HALF DOME TEAM
MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TEAM TO WIN
THE AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION CYBER
PATRIOT NATIONAL COMPETITION,
RANKING FIRST AMONGST 2700
TEAMS. IN APRIL, THIS TEAM BEAT
OUT 54 OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE
GREATER SACRAMENTO REGION TO
SECURE THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE
WIN IN THE NORCAL CYBER MAJOR
CUP OUT OF THE COMPETITION'S SIX
YEARS IN EXISTENCE. MEMBERS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A
THUNDERING CYBERING APPLAUSE AND
WELCOME TO THE HALF DOME TEAM OF
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMEMBER
NGUYEN. WELCOME TO THE ASSEMBLY
CHAMBERS. CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR YOUR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE
VICTORY. THAT'S THAT'S AMAZING.
THANK YOU.
MOVING BACK TO THE DAILY FILE
FILE ITEM NUMBER 11, ACR 152 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CONNOLLY. THE
CLERK WILL READ ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 152 BY
MEMBER CONNOLLY AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO CALIFORNIA. MOUNTAIN
BIKING MONTH. CONNELLY. YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I RISE
TODAY TO PRESENT ACR 152, WHICH
WOULD DESIGNATE JUNE 2024 AS
STATE MOUNTAIN BIKING MONTH.
CALIFORNIA IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED
AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MOUNTAIN
BIKING. ITS ROOTS BEGAN IN MARIN
COUNTY IN THE LATE 1970S, WHICH
IS NOW THE HOME OF THE MOUNTAIN
BIKE HALL OF FAME. CALIFORNIA'S
MOUNTAIN BIKING INDUSTRY
CONTRIBUTES OVER $2.3 BILLION TO
THE STATE'S ECONOMY ANNUALLY,
AND CREATES OVER 17,000 JOBS. IT
GENERATED OVER $153 MILLION IN
STATE AND LOCAL REVENUE IN 2017,
AND HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY
SINCE THEN, MAKING MOUNTAIN
BIKING TOURISM A DRIVER OF
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION FOR
RURAL COMMUNITIES. MOUNTAIN
BIKING PROVIDES NUMEROUS HEALTH
AND WELLNESS BENEFITS. THIS
INCLUDES CARDIO VASCULAR,
EXERCISE, WEIGHT LOSS, FITNESS,
AND STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE
BUILDING. IT ALSO PROVIDES
NUMEROUS MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS,
REDUCTIONS IN STRESS, SOCIAL
BONDING THROUGH SHARED
EXPERIENCES, AND COMMUNITY
BUILDING, ALL WHILE CONNECTING
WITH NATURE. THE MOUNTAIN
BIKING, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS
INCREDIBLY POPULAR IN CALIFORNIA
AND WILL BE INCLUDED AS AN
OLYMPIC EVENT IN THE 2028 LOS
ANGELES SUMMER OLYMPICS WITH THE
SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS NATIONAL
MONUMENT AS THE BACKDROP,
DESIGNATING A CALIFORNIA
MOUNTAIN BIKING MONTH WILL
PROMOTE PARTICIPATION IN OFF
ROAD CYCLING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING
AS A FORM OF HEALTHY OUTDOOR
RECREATION. THIS ALSO ENCOURAGES
PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH AND
EXPERIENCE THEIR PUBLIC LAND,
HENCE INCREASED DIVERSITY OF THE
MOUNTAIN BIKING COMMUNITY. WE
ENCOURAGE INCREASED STEWARDSHIP
OF TRAILS AND CELEBRATE
CALIFORNIA'S SIGNIFICANT
MOUNTAIN BIKING CULTURE, HISTORY
AND INCREDIBLE DESTINATIONS.
THANK YOU MEMBERS, AND I ASK
THAT THE FIRST ROLL CALL BE OPEN
FOR COAUTHORS. THANK YOU, MR.
CONNOLLY. 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. AS A
COAUTHOR. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES.
THERE ARE 59 COAUTHORS ADDED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.
OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE
IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
MR. CONNOLLY, YOU HAVE GUESTS TO
INTRODUCE. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. LET ME START BY
ACKNOWLEDGING OUR DISTINGUISHED
COLLEAGUE FROM THE SENATE
MINORITY LEADER, BRIAN JONES.
ONE OF THE COAUTHORS OF ACR. 152
SENATOR JONES, WHERE ARE YOU?
ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU'LL JOIN ME
IN WELCOMING IN THE GALLERY
MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA MINING
MOUNTAIN BIKING COALITION,
WELCOME. MEMBERS. IN 1988, FIVE
CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN BIKING
ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER TO
FORM THE INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN
BIKING ASSOCIATION, OR IMBA,
WHICH WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKING
ORGANIZATION. THE IMBA DEVELOPED
AND REFINED SUSTAINABLE TRAIL
DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS
THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN ADOPTED
WORLDWIDE AND BY NUMEROUS
FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAND
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. FIVE
CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN BIKING
ORGANIZATIONS FORMED THE
NATION'S FIRST 500 AND 1C4
ORGANIZATION TO ADVOCATE FOR
MOUNTAIN BIKING FRIENDLY
LEGISLATION. THE CALIFORNIA
MOUNTAIN BIKING COALITION.
JOINING US, WHICH IS SPONSORING
THIS RESOLUTION. SO I INVITE YOU
TO JOIN ME, MEMBERS ON THE WEST
STEPS AT 3 P.M. TO TAKE PHOTOS
WITH MY GUESTS AND THEIR
MOUNTAIN BIKES. AND AGAIN, THANK
YOU FOR HELPING ME TO WELCOME
THEM HERE TODAY. THANK YOU
AGAIN, MR. CONNELLY, AND
WELCOME, WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS.
WE NOW TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 12,
ACR 166. ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS.
THE CLERK WILL READ SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 166 BY
SENATOR RAMOS RELATIVE TO THE
FEDERAL INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT
OF 1924. ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. WELL. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. TODAY I RISE
TO PRESENT ACR 166, WHICH
COMMEMORATES THE CENTENNIAL OF
THE FEDERAL INDIAN CITIZEN ACT.
THE ACT, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
COOLIDGE ON JUNE 2ND, 1924,
GRANTED CITIZENSHIP TO NATIVE
AMERICANS BORN WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES THIS PAST WEEKEND, FRANK
RAMIREZ AND NATIVE VETERANS
GATHERED AT THE PARK HERE IN THE
CAPITOL TO COMMEMORATE THIS
PASSAGE. THIS PASSAGE THAT MOVED
FORWARD HERE IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. BUT WE HAVE TO BRING
UP THAT WHEN THAT PASSAGE
HAPPENED IN 1924, THERE WAS NO
NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES THERE
WORKING ON THE PASSAGE OF THIS
ACT. AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN PART
OF THE DISCUSSION OR INVOLVED IN
THE CREATION OF THE ACT. TODAY,
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS VERY MUCH
DIFFERENT HERE IN THIS
LEGISLATURE, WHERE WE BRING IN
THE NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES AHEAD
OF TIME. ALTHOUGH THE ACT WAS
SIGNED IN 1924, VOTING RIGHTS
WERE NOT GRANTED ACROSS THE
NATION UNTIL AS LATE AS 1948,
WHEN ALASKA AND ARIZONA GRANTED
VOTING RIGHTS TO NATIVE
AMERICANS. AS VOTING RIGHTS WERE
REINFORCED WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1965,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE STILL
ARE BARRIERS THAT EXIST HERE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND
ACROSS THE NATION. FOR THE
NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION TO BE
ABLE TO VOTE AND PROVIDE THE
DEMOCRATIC RIGHT THAT WE HAVE.
ADDITIONALLY IN JUNE, WE ALSO
CELEBRATE TWO MORE HISTORICAL
EVENTS ON THE PATH FORWARD TO
FULL RECOGNITION OF NATIVE
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS. WE
REMEMBER ALICE PIPER, A 15 YEAR
OLD PAIUTE PUPIL WHO MADE
HISTORY ALSO ON JUNE 2ND, 1924,
WHEN HER PARENTS SUED BIG PINE
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF INYO COUNTY
TO INTEGRATE THEIR CLASSROOMS.
ON THAT DAY 100 YEARS AGO, THE
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
UNANIMOUSLY SIDED WITH ALICE ON
THE BASIS THAT HER PARENTS WERE
TAXPAYING CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
STATES. THAT REPRESENTATION
REPRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT STEP
FORWARD TOWARD COMPLETE
RECOGNITION OF INDIAN
CITIZENSHIP ACT. THAT'S THERE 30
YEARS LATER, IN 1954, THE US
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, EARL
WARREN, USED THIS CASE AS A
PRECEDENT FOR THE LANDMARK BROWN
VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
TOPEKA THAT DECLARED PUBLIC
SCHOOL SEGREGATION
UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN THE UNITED
STATES. FINALLY, IN TWO WEEKS ON
JUNE 18TH, CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICANS WILL MARK THE FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY OF GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM'S APOLOGY TO THE STATES,
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE FOR
THE HEINOUS CRIMES AND GENOCIDE
COMMITTED AGAINST THEM IN THE
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THIS TOO, IS A STEP
FORWARD. BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT
OF WORK TO DO, A LOT OF WORK TO
DO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE
VOICES OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE AND THE VOICES OF THIS
NATION'S FIRST PEOPLE. AS WE
CELEBRATE THESE HISTORICAL AND
MONUMENTOUS OCCASIONS, LET US
CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE
AMERICANS AND THEIR BATTLE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE THAT
STILL EXIST TODAY. AND WHEN IT'S
APPROPRIATE, I ASK THAT THE ROLL
BE OPEN FOR COAUTHORS ON THIS
RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MR. RAMOS
. SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL ON COAUTHORS. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE,
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. AS A COAUTHOR CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. THERE ARE 64 COAUTHORS
ADDED. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE
WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY
AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO. THE
AYES HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. SO MEMBER RAMOS, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. WELL, THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. WE HAVE IN THE
GALLERY REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE
HERE FROM THE BIG PINE INDIAN
RESERVATION AND THOSE THAT ARE
CELEBRATING THE HISTORICAL
CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS MR. FRANK
RAMIREZ, REPRESENTING VETERANS,
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS. PLEASE
GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU AND WELCOME. WELCOME
NOW MOVING TO SENATE. THIRD
READING. WE'RE GOING TO PASS AND
RETAIN ON FINAL FILE ITEMS 14
AND 15. MEMBERS. THE QUORUM CALL
IS STILL IN PLACE. WE ASK THAT
YOU GIVE YOUR RESPECTFUL
ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO WERE
GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION TO
SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN
MEMORY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION. PLEASE TAKE IT OFF
THE FLOOR FOR. PLEASE TAKE YOUR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR.
I ASK THAT YOU GIVE YOUR
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MCCARTY, WHO HAS BEEN
GRANTED PRIOR PERMISSION TO ON
AN ADJOURNMENT MEMORY. I THINK
HE'S GOING TO COME UP HERE AND
USE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR.
HOLDEN'S MICROPHONE. WE DO THIS.
WELL, NOW HE'S GOING OVER HERE.
THAT'S OKAY. FROM THE MAJORITY
LEADER'S DESK. MR. MCCARTY.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I ASK
THAT YOU JOIN ME TODAY IN
ADJOURNING ON FOR OUR FORMER
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR THIS AREA OF
SACRAMENTO, MR. PHIL AYZENBERG
SERVED FOR DISTINCTION FOR 14
YEARS ON THIS GREEN CARPET,
REPRESENTING THE GREAT CITY OF
SACRAMENTO. AS YOU KNOW, HE
SERVED FROM 1982 TO 1996, IN A
GOLDEN ERA. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE
AFTER HE PASSED AWAY THIS PAST
WINTER WHILE WE WERE ON RECESS,
AND HE WOULD HAVE TURNED 85 JUST
TWO MONTHS AGO. HE SERVED WITH
GREAT DISTINCTION, AND I'LL
FOCUS MORE ON THAT ON THIS GREEN
CARPET. AGAIN, HE DIDN'T JUST
SERVE SACRAMENTO AND CALIFORNIA.
HE TRULY WAS A LEGEND IN
CALIFORNIA STATE POLITICS. IN
THIS COMMUNITY. HE AND HE DIDN'T
JUST FADE AWAY AFTER HIS SERVICE
IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY, HE WENT ON TO SERVE ON
STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,
CHAIRED THE DELTA STEWARDSHIP
COUNCIL. WAS THAT TRANSITION
CHAIR FOR THEN-GOVERNOR GRAY
DAVIS? TRANSITION TO BECOMING
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND HELPED CRAFT THE
FIRST BUDGET FOR GOVERNOR DAVIS.
HE SERVED AS A LECTURER AT
SACRAMENTO STATE, AT UC
BERKELEY, AT THE MCGEORGE SCHOOL
OF LAW, SERVED ON BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS FOR ARTS GROUPS LIKE
WEAVE, THE PUBLIC POLICY
INSTITUTE FOR CALIFORNIA, AND SO
MANY MORE GOING BACK. HE WAS
BORN IN GARY, INDIANA IN 1939,
MOVED TO SACRAMENTO AS A YOUNG
BOY, WENT TO EL CAMINO HIGH
SCHOOL, WENT TO SACRAMENTO STATE
COLLEGE, AND THEN WENT TO BOALT
HALL, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY TO STUDY LAW. THAT'S
WHERE HE STARTED GETTING
INVOLVED IN CALIFORNIA POLITICS
AS A YOUNG STUDENT, HE MET SOME
FELLOW YOUNG DEMOCRATS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD THESE NAMES WILLIE
BROWN, JOHN BURTON. THAT WAS THE
CREW THAT HE SPENT THE NEXT 30,
40 YEARS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
WITH IN CALIFORNIA. AFTER HE
GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL, HE
WENT TO GO WORK FOR THEN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILLIE BROWN AT
HIS LAW FIRM IN SAN FRANCISCO,
BECAUSE BACK THEN THE
LEGISLATURE WAS PART TIME. HE
WAS A KEY PLAYER WITH WILLIE
BROWN FOR DECADES. HE LATER
FOLLOWED WILLIE BROWN TO
SACRAMENTO. HIS HOMETOWN, AND
GOT THE JOB AS THE CHIEF
CONSULTANT FOR THE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE. THOSE OF YOU
THAT KNOW THAT'S THE COMMITTEE,
THAT'S BUDGET AND
APPROPRIATIONS. SO HE LITERALLY
WAS THE GUY WHO MADE THINGS
HAPPEN, AND HE TOOK PRIDE IN
OVERSEEING WHAT HE CALLED THE
DREAM TEAM OF CONSULTANTS FOR
THAT COMMITTEE. YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD THESE NAMES, JOHN MOCKLER,
THE GUY WHO WROTE PROP 98, STEVE
THOMPSON, THE GUY WHO HELPED
CREATE HEALTH CARE POLICY AND
HAS A LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
IN HIS NAME. HE HELPED SHEPHERD
CALIFORNIA POLITICS IN A KEY ERA
IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY. HE WAS
ELECTED TO OUR SACRAMENTO CITY
COUNCIL IN 1971, SERVED FOR FOUR
YEARS, THEN ELECTED TO AS MAYOR
IN 1975, WHERE HE SERVED FOR
SEVEN YEARS. IN 1982, HE JOINED
HIS MENTOR WILLIE BROWN, BEING
ELECTED TO A MEMBER OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY IN
THIS HOUSE, WHERE HE SERVED AS
ONE OF MAYOR BROWN'S TOP
LIEUTENANTS FOR OVER A DECADE.
HE CHAIRED THE IMPORTANT
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DURING A
TIME WHEN THE COURTS WERE ABOUT
TO FALL APART. IT WASN'T A SEXY
TOPIC, BUT HE MADE SURE THAT WE
WORKED ON ISSUES LIKE SAVING OUR
OUR TRIAL COURT SYSTEM AND
MAKING SURE IT SERVED EVERYBODY
IN CALIFORNIA. HE HAD THE SMARTS
, BUT HE ALSO HAD THE RESPECT OF
HIS COLLEAGUES. HE WAS EXTREMELY
THOUGHTFUL, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
, VERY EFFECTIVE FOR HIS
DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA. YOU
KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A
BUDGET CRISIS RIGHT NOW. AND ONE
OF THE CUTE STORIES I HEARD
ABOUT HIM DURING HIS RECENT
SERVICE WAS DURING THE TIME WHEN
EVERYBODY CAME AROUND AND WROTE
A LETTER SAYING, DON'T DO THIS
IN THE STATE BUDGET, NOT US. HE
TOOK THAT LETTER AND PUT IT UP
ON THE WALL TO SHOW PEOPLE LIKE,
HEY, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
HE WAS WHAT I WOULD CALL A
MEMBER OF THE PROBABLY SO-CALLED
PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS, AS WE ARE
NOW. BUT HE WAS BIPARTISAN. HE
WORKED WITH FORMER ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, REPUBLICAN BILL BAKER ON
EFFORTS TO SAVE MONO LAKE. HE
WAS A STAUNCH ENVIRONMENTALIST.
ONE OF HIS CLAIMS THAT HIS MOST
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION WAS
WORKING TO ENHANCE AND PRESERVE
STONE LAKE, JUST DOWN SOUTH OF
HERE, ALONG THE DELTA JUST SOUTH
OF ELK GROVE, AND CREATED THE
PHIL AND MARYLAND SANDHILL CRANE
REFUGE AGAIN. HIS LEGACY
CONTINUES IN SACRAMENTO TODAY,
WE'RE JOINED HERE BY HIS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND HIS WIDOW AND
HIS LIFE PARTNER, MARILYN
AYZENBERG, I ALSO WANT TO SAY
THAT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN ME
BECAUSE WHILE SERVING AS A PART
TIME CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE IN
SACRAMENTO, HE ALSO WORKED AS A
FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY BECAUSE OUR
CITY COUNCIL WAS A PART TIME
CITY COUNCIL AND BY LUCK AND
GOOD FORTUNE, HE MET MY LATE
MOTHER, BARBARA MCCARTY, AND HE
BECAME HER FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY.
AND IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT AND
CHAOTIC TIME FOR MY FAMILY, A
VERY UGLY PROCESS AND VERY TOUGH
TIME FOR US. BUT HE TOOK HER IN
AND HELPED HER AND SHE WAS A
WOMAN WHO WAS AN IMMIGRANT WITH
A 10TH GRADE EDUCATION, AND HE
HELPED HER THROUGH THOSE TOUGH
TIMES. BUT HE TOOK HER ASIDE AND
SAID, HEY, I SEE YOU COMING TO
THE LAW OFFICE TO STUDY AND
RESEARCH AND FOCUS ON HOW WE
SHOULD FOCUS ON THIS CASE. YOU
KNOW WHAT? YOU HAVE SMARTS. YOU
HAVE HUSTLE AND I LOVE YOUR
BRITISH ACCENT. YOU SHOULD GO TO
LAW SCHOOL. YOU SHOULD ASPIRE TO
DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR FAMILY. SO
HE ENCOURAGED HER TO ENROLL IN A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN 1975. THE
SAME TIME HE ENCOURAGED HER TO
VOLUNTEER ON HIS CAMPAIGN FOR
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO.
HOW IRONIC. SHE DID GO ON TO LAW
SCHOOL. SHE SUCCEEDED AND HE WON
THAT ELECTION, SO SHE WENT ON TO
SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY,
LINCOLN LAW SCHOOL, AND HIS
INSPIRATION SPARKED HER TO
BELIEVE IN HERSELF. AND WHEN SHE
PASSED AWAY IN 2008, I CALLED
HIM AND I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD
PROVIDE A EULOGY AT AT HER
SERVICE, AND HE DID. AND THAT
WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME AND
MY FAMILY, AND I'M HONORED TO BE
HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A TRIBUTE
TO HIM. AND I KNOW HE'D BE KIND
OF ANNOYED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS
WHOLE THING ON THIS ASSEMBLY
FLOOR TODAY, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO READ ABOUT HIS HISTORY AND
HIS LEGACY, BECAUSE HE IS
SOMEBODY THAT DEFINITELY LEFT A
MARK ON THIS STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN THIS BODY. AND MEMBERS, I ASK
THAT YOU JOIN ME AND HIS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND FORMER, STAFFERS
AND ASSOCIATES HERE IN
SACRAMENTO AND ADJOURN IN HIS
MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
THANK YOU, MR. MCCARTY, AND OUR
CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. SO, MEMBER LOWENTHAL,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MEMBERS TODAY
I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY
OF LONG BEACH BASEBALL LEGEND
SEAN BURROUGHS. SEAN WAS BORN ON
SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1980, GREW UP IN
LONG BEACH, AND BECAME A LONG
STANDING AND TRULY BELOVED
MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. MR.
BURROUGHS GOT A TASTE OF THE
LIMELIGHT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE
WHEN HE BECAME THE STAR PITCHER
ON THE 1992 AND THE 1993 LONG
BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONS. I WANT YOU TO STOP
AND THINK FOR A SECOND HOW
INFINITESIMALLY SMALL IT IS FOR
A TEAM TO REACH THE LITTLE
LEAGUE WORLD SERIES. THIS IS NOT
JUST AN AMERICAN PHENOMENA. THIS
IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENA. TO REACH
IT AND TO WIN TWO YEARS IN A ROW
, IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE. THE
POSSIBILITIES THERE. HE WAS THE
FIRST AMERICAN BORN PITCHER TO
PITCH BACK TO BACK NO HITTERS IN
THAT LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES,
WHICH LED HIS TEAM TO BRING
THESE TWO TITLES BACK HOME TO
LONG BEACH, I WOULD SAY HE WAS
THE MICHAEL JORDAN OF THAT TEAM.
MAYBE IT'S BETTER TO SAY HE WAS
THE SHOHEI OHTANI OF THAT TEAM,
BECAUSE IN HIS FOUR YEARS
PLAYING AS A LITTLE LEAGUER,
BURROUGHS DID NOT LOSE A SINGLE
GAME AS A PITCHER. THIS
TREMENDOUS AND EARLY SUCCESS,
EVEN EARNED HIM AN APPEARANCE ON
THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW AND A
SPOT IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
MAGAZINE. AFTER AN ALL-AMERICAN
CAREER AT WILSON HIGH SCHOOL,
SEAN WAS SELECTED NINTH OVERALL.
THE 1998 MLB DRAFT BY THE SAN
DIEGO PADRES IN HIS SENIOR YEAR,
AND HE WENT ON TO A PATH OF
SEVEN SEASONS IN THE MAJOR
LEAGUES AND ONE OLYMPIC GOLD
MEDAL. THAT PATH WAS NOT LINEAR.
HE WENT OUT OF THE LEAGUE FOR
SEVERAL YEARS, FOUND HIS WAY
BACK INTO THE LEAGUE AS AN
INSPIRATION TO MANY AND BEYOND.
HIS TIME IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES
SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE
INDEPENDENT BASEBALL LEAGUES
WHERE HE LED THOSE LEAGUES IN
HITTING, BUT HE SPENT HIS TIME
THERE MENTORING OTHERS, TEACHING
OTHERS NOT JUST ABOUT BASEBALL,
BUT ABOUT LIFE. HE WAS ACTUALLY
A COACH ON THE BASEBALL FIELD,
COACHING HIS SON, KNOX, WHEN A
SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST TOOK HIS
LIFE AT THE AGE OF 43. WHILE HE
WAS TAKEN TOO SOON, IS WITHOUT A
DOUBT THAT SEAN ACHIEVED AN
EXTRAORDINARY LIST OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN JUST 43
YEARS. HE BROUGHT INTERNATIONAL
ACCLAIM TO HIS HOMETOWN AND
RETURNED TO SHARE HIS PASSION
WITH THE REST OF THAT COMMUNITY.
MR. BURROUGHS LEAVES US WITH
MEMORIES THAT WILL LIVE ON
FOREVER, AND REMINDER THAT THE
TRUE VALUE OF SPORTS IS NOT JUST
IN THE TROPHIES OBTAINED, BUT IN
THE LOVE AND CONNECTIONS FORGED
IN COMPETITION MEMBERS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE ADJOURN
IN THE MEMORY OF SEAN BURROUGHS.
THANK YOU, MR. LOWENTHAL.
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 SESSION
SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS. TUESDAY,
JUNE 4TH. CHECK IN SESSION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH. CHECK IN
SESSION THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH.
FLOOR SESSION AT 9 A.M. ALL
OTHER ITEMS 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. JIM PATTERSON,
SECONDS THAT THE HOUSE STAND
ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, JUNE
6TH, AT 9 A.M. THE QUORUM CALL
IS LIFTED AND THE HOUSE IS
ADJOURNED.