ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATHIS 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. ARTIS
AGUIAR-CURRY ALANIZ. ALVAREZ.
ARAMBULA BAINES. BAUER. KHN
BENNETT. BERMAN BERNER. BONTA
BRIAN. CALDERON JUAN. CARRILLO,
WENDY. CARRILLO CERVANTES. CHEN.
CONNALLY DALLEY. DAVIES DIXON.
ISOLE FLORA. FONG FRIEDMAN,
GABRIEL. GALLAGHER. GARCIA
GIBSON. GRAYSON HANEY. HART
HOLDEN. HOOVER IRWIN. JACKSON
JOAN. SAWYER, CORA. LACKEY LEE.
LO LOWENTHAL. MAYNE. SHINE
MATHIS. MCCARTY. MCKENNA
MURATSUCHI. NGUYEN ORTEGA.
PACHECO PAPIN, 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. AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING
FOR OTHER MEMBERS TO ARRIVE, I
JUST WANT TO THANK AND WELCOME
THE 25 MEMBERS OF TODAY'S ON
TIME CAUCUS. THANK YOU. MEMBERS,
PLEASE REPORT TO THE FLOOR.
OH, GOSH.
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 NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS CEREMONY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JAMES RAMOS WILL
DELIVER THE PRAYER. WELL, THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. AND
TODAY, IN HONOR OF OUR ANCESTORS
AND THE RESILIENCY OF OUR PEOPLE,
WE HAVE A CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
EVENT AND THE PRAYER THAT WE'RE
GOING TO OFFER IS A SONG, AND
IT'S A SERRANO BIGHORN SHEEP
SONG. AND YOU'LL HEAR BOT BOT,
THAT'S THE BIGHORN SHEEP.
TONIGHT SEARCHING FOR THE
BIGHORN SHEEP, EVEN AFTER ALL
THESE YEARS, WE'RE STILL
SEARCHING FOR CLOSURE ON A LOT
OF ISSUES AFFECTING CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST PEOPLE. SO LET'S GO AHEAD
AND HONOR THIS SONG FOR ALL OF
OUR PEOPLE. BUT THE NÓI VÀ. BUT
THE NÓI VÀ I AM, I AM PART NIVEA,
PART NIVEA, I AM, I AM PART
NIVEA. I AM FILM PART NIVEA I
AM, I AM PART I VÀ I AM, I AM
PART NIVEA I AM, I AM, PART
NIVEA, PART NIVEA I AM, I AM,
PART NIVEA, PART NIVEA I AM, I
AM PART AND I VÀ I AM, I AM PART
NIVEA I AM PIO, PART NIVEA I AM,
I AM PART NIVEA I AM FILM, PART
NIVEA, PART NIVEA I AM PIO, PART
NIVEA, PART NIVEA I AM FILM,
PART NIVEA I AM FILM, PART NIVEA
I AM FILM, PART NIVEA I AM FILM,
PART NIVEA I AM FILM I.
THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER RAMOS.
MEMBERS PLEASE AND GUESTS,
PLEASE JOIN DOCTOR ARAMBULO AS
HE LEADS US IN THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND
OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. 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 ALL. YOU MAY BE
SEATED. READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER.
SACRAMENTO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE
19TH, 2024. THE ASSEMBLY MET AT
7 A.M. AND MR. FLOREZ SECONDS AT
THE READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL, BE DISPENSED
WITH. PRESENTATIONS AND
PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
INTRODUCTION AND REFERENCE OF
BILLS WILL BE DEFERRED. REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED
READ AND AMENDMENTS DEEMED
ADOPTED. MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR. THERE ARE NONE.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. THERE
ARE NONE. MOVING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. THE ABSENCES FOR
THE DAY FOR LEGISLATIVE
BUSINESS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
AGUIAR-CURRY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
GRAYSON. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. TING
AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER. IRWIN
MOVING NOW TO PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS, THERE ARE ASSISTANT
MAJORITY LEADER SANTIAGO. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
45.5 TO ALLOW MYSELF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S JOE PATERSON,
WILSON BURNER, MASON MACHINE TO
SPEAK ON ADJOURNMENT OF MEMORY
TODAY WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER. I REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUSPEND
RULE 18 Ã TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS RAMOS TO HAVE GUEST ON
THE FLOOR TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS HOLDING CARRA WALLACE TO
HAVE GUESTS IN THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER, AND TO ALLOW SPEAKER
RIVAS AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MATHIS, JOAN, SAWYER AND WICKS
TO HAVE GUEST SEATED AT THEIR
DESK. TODAY WITHOUT OBJECTION,
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER. MR.
SPEAKER, I ALSO REQUEST
ANONYMOUS CONSENT TO RETURN ITEM
17 AB 2531 AND ITEM 20 AB 3258
TO THE SENATE FOR FURTHER
ACTION. WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH
SHALL BE THE ORDER. PLEASE
REMOVE THE FOLLOWING BILLS FROM
CONSENT. CALENDAR ITEM 101 SB
1060. THANK YOU, MR. SANTIAGO.
THANK YOU. PLEASE REMOVE ITEM.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM 101 SB
1067. AT THE REQUEST OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JACKSON. ITEM 106 SB
1329, AT THE REQUEST OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MURATSUCHI. ITEM 107, SB
1336, AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AUTHOR. ITEM 109 SB 1395, AT THE
REQUEST OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER HART,
AN ITEM 111 SB 1412, AT THE
REQUEST OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GABRIEL. THE CLERK WILL NOTE. AT
THE REQUEST OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER
NGUYEN, I AM GIVING A ONE DAY
NOTICE TO REMOVE ITEM ONE, A SB
336 FROM THE ENACTED FILE. THE
CLERK WILL NOTE. THANK YOU, MR.
SANTIAGO.
MEMBERS MOVING TO OUR
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INTRODUCTIONS.
LET'S LET'S WISH AN EARLY HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS, WHO CELEBRATES ON
WEDNESDAY. HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY.
SHE SEEMED A LITTLE SURPRISED
ABOUT THAT. MOVING TO BUSINESS
ON THE DAILY FILE. SECOND
READING FILE ITEMS ONE THROUGH
11. THE CLERK WILL READ THE
SENATE BILLS 804, 1001, 1132,
1133, 1381, 532 WITH AMENDMENTS
827, WITH AMENDMENTS 981, WITH
AMENDMENTS 1283. WITH AMENDMENTS
1251 WITH AMENDMENTS AND SENATE
BILL 918 WITH AMENDMENTS. ALL
BILLS WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
ALL AMENDMENTS WILL BE DEEMED
ADOPTED. MOVING INTO CONCURRENCE
IN SENATE AMENDMENTS, SOME
MEMBER THREE OF US.
OKAY. I FORGOT, I FORGOT. OKAY,
WELL, RIGHT. MEMBERS WE WILL NOW
MOVE TO THE ASSEMBLY'S NATIVE
AMERICAN DAY CEREMONY WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE WILL TAKE UP FILE
ITEM 15 ACR 140 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER RAMOS. THE CLERK WILL
READ. ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 140 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER RAMOS AND OTHERS.
RELATIVE TO CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN DAY AND THE CALIFORNIA
INDIAN CULTURAL AWARENESS
CONFERENCE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS, YOU MAY OPEN ON THE
MEASURE. WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR, FOR THIS IMPORTANT EVENT
HERE TODAY. I RISE AS THE CHAIR
OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS TO REQUEST YOUR
AYE VOTE FOR ACR 140, WHICH
RECOGNIZES THE ANNUAL CALIFORNIA
INDIAN CULTURAL AWARENESS
CONFERENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY
CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR ON THE
FOURTH FRIDAY OF SEPTEMBER. IN
JUNE OF 2019, GOVERNOR NEWSOM
APOLOGIZED TO CALIFORNIA NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBES FOR THE ACTS OF
GENOCIDE AND HEINOUS ATROCITIES
COMMITTED BY PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIONS AND
LEGISLATURES. AS THE STATE WAS
CREATED. IT IS HEARTENING TO
HAVE THE GOVERNOR ATONE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GENOCIDE AND WAR
OF EXTERMINATION AGAINST NATIVE
AMERICANS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT MARKED
ASSIMILATION, DENIAL OF CIVIL
RIGHTS, DENIAL OF THOSE AREAS,
AND OTHER GRAVE INJUSTICES. BUT
WE HAVE SURVIVED AND PREVAILED
WITH THE RESILIENCY THAT RUNS
INSIDE OF OUR BLOODS. AS
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE
DEALING WITH THE TRAUMA OF THIS
PAST BEGINS WITH UNDERSTANDING
AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT
HISTORY. SINCE THE FORMAL
APOLOGY IN 2019, HISTORIC
LEGISLATION HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO
LAW DEMONSTRATING THAT
CALIFORNIA IS MAKING PROGRESS IN
BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS
FIRST PEOPLE. MANY PIECES OF
LEGISLATION MOVE THROUGH THIS
FLOOR SINCE 2019, AND TOGETHER
WE HAVE BROUGHT A PATH FORWARD
FOR OUR PEOPLE. ONE OF THOSE
BILLS AND SEVERAL OF THOSE
BILLS, WAS GRANTING TRIBAL
POLICE ACCESS TO DATABASES USED
BY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES, ESTABLISHING A
MONUMENT ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS
TO HONOR LOCAL TRIBES HERE IN
THIS AREA, AND REQUIRING THE CAL
STATE UNIVERSITIES TO COMPLY
WITH CAL NAGPRA AND FULFILL
THEIR OBLIGATION TO REPATRIATE
THE REMAINS OF OUR ANCESTORS. WE
ALSO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AS A
BODY, CREATING THE HISTORIC
FEATHER ALERT THAT STARTS TO
MOVE FORWARD AND STARTS TO
NOTIFY THOSE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN
A NATIVE AMERICAN PERSON GOES
MISSING. COMBATING THE MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSON
EPIDEMIC THAT PLAGUES
CALIFORNIA. WE ALSO MOVED
FORWARD TO ESTABLISH THE
CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION ACT,
THAT WOULD CALL ON SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO WORK WITH THEIR
LOCAL TRIBES TO GET THE TRUE
HISTORY OF THEIR AREA OUT WITHIN
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND ALSO THIS
BODY WORKED ON RENAMING,
RENAMING A COLLEGE OF LAW IN SAN
FRANCISCO THAT BORE THE NAME OF
SOMEONE THAT BROUGHT ATROCITY TO
THE YUKI INDIAN PEOPLE. AND THAT
INSTITUTION NO LONGER BEARS THAT
NAME. AND IT'S CALLED NOW THE
COLLEGE OF LAW, SAN FRANCISCO.
WE ALSO MOVED FORWARD AS A BODY
BANNING RACIST TERMS AS THE S
WORD THAT CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND IN
2022, AB 2022 WAS SIGNED INTO
LAW. IN 2021. THESE ARE JUST BUT
A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE TO BRING
AWARENESS AROUND CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST PEOPLE. OUR PASSAGE OF
THESE MEASURES AND OTHERS
THROUGH THE DISCUSSION AND
TESTIMONY OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE IN OUR HEARINGS, BROUGHT
US ALL GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE STATES,
TRIBES, AND CONCERNS. TOGETHER,
WE HAVE HELPED TO PUSH THE ARC
OF JUSTICE FORWARD WHILE WE MUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DARK HISTORY, WE
MUST ALSO REMEMBER THAT
CALIFORNIA'S TRIBES ARE
RESILIENT, RESILIENT, AND THE
RESILIENCY TO MOVE FORWARD AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ANCESTORS
VOICES THAT ARE STILL CRYING OUT
FROM THE GROUNDS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, TELL THEM WHO WE
TRULY ARE AS CALIFORNIA INDIAN
PEOPLE RESONATES IN THIS CHAMBER
AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE WILL LEARN ABOUT
THE AWARDEES COMING FORWARD IN
THIS FIRST CLASS. WE WILL HURT.
WE WILL HEAR ABOUT A STRONG AND
LONG SERVING TRIBAL CHAIRWOMAN
WHO HAS LED HER NATION IN SEARCH
OF PROSPERITY, EQUALITY AND
CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND IS
SUCCEEDING ON ALL THESE FRONTS.
WE'LL ALSO WILL LEARN ABOUT A
WOMAN WHO WORKS TIRELESSLY TO
ENSURE JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN HER
COMMUNITY AND IS ALWAYS LEADING
HER VOICE, LENDING HER VOICE TO
IMPORTANT NATIVE ISSUES HERE AT
THE STATE CAPITOL. IN ADDITION,
YOU WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUT AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVES HER TRIBE
AS A TOP ADMINISTRATOR AND IS
COURAGEOUSLY COMMITTED TO
FIGHTING THE EPIDEMIC OF MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
ANOTHER IS A MAN WHO CHERISHED
AND STEADFASTLY LABORED TO
PRESERVE AND SHARE HIS CULTURE
AND STEADFASTLY LABORED TO
PRESERVE THAT CULTURE. AND
TODAY, THE LIKENESS OF HIM SITS
ON THE CAPITOL PARK AS A
TESTAMENT IN HIS MEMORY AND
CULTURAL PRESERVATION. AND
FINALLY, WE WILL CELEBRATE A
YOUNG GIRL WHO FOUGHT TO ATTEND
A PUBLIC SCHOOL 100 YEARS AGO
AND SET A LEGAL, A LEGAL
PRECEDENT CITED DECADES LATER TO
ELIMINATE SCHOOL SEGREGATION
ACROSS THE NATION. WITH US TODAY
IN THE GALLERY, OUR VARIOUS
TRIBAL LEADERS, FAMILIES OF OUR
HONOREES AND PARTNERS FROM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, LET'S GIVE
THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THE IMPORTANT WORK WE DO HERE IN
THIS CHAMBER WOULD NOT BE
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.
I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON THIS
ACR. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
MEMBERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM? ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE.
HELLO. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
AND MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE LGBTQ
CAUCUS AND AAPI CAUCUS, I RISE
IN SUPPORT OF ACR 140, WHICH
RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY
AND THE ANNUAL CALIFORNIA INDIAN
CULTURAL AWARENESS CONFERENCE.
THIS DAY AND THE CONFERENCE
PROVIDE THE AVENUE FOR EDUCATORS
TO RECEIVE CRITICAL RESOURCES AS
WELL AS PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOUTH TO LEARN ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES. AS HISTORY SHOWS,
EUROPEAN COLONIZATION OF NATIVE
AMERICANS NOT ONLY DEVASTATED
EACH TRIBE AS A WHOLE, BUT ALSO
UPROOTED THE CEREMONIAL ROLES OF
TWO SPIRIT AND LGBTQ PLUS FIRST
PEOPLES. THIS IMPOSITION OF
ANTI-INDIGENOUS VALUES USED
VIOLENCE AND COERCION TO NOT
ONLY REPLACE NATIVE TRADITIONS,
BUT ALSO ERASE SIGNIFICANT
STORIES AND KNOWLEDGE THAT HAVE
PREVIOUSLY BEEN PASSED DOWN TO
GENERATION BY GENERATION.
CONSEQUENTLY GENERATIONAL
STORIES OF TWO SPIRIT AND LGBTQ
FIRST PEOPLES WHO HELD SPECIAL
STANDING OR WERE REVERED AS HOLY
BEINGS WERE LOST, AND TWO SPIRIT
AND LGBTQ PLUS NATIVE AMERICANS
WERE FORCED TO HIDE THEMSELVES.
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY
AND THE ANNUAL CALIFORNIA INDIAN
CULTURAL AWARENESS CONFERENCE IS
A TIME TO DEAL WITH TRAUMA OF
THE PAST AND PUT BACK TOGETHER
THE LOST HISTORIES AND STORIES
OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLES ON
BEHALF OF BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE,
LGBTQ CAUCUS AND AAPI
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. I AM PROUD
TO STAND WITH THE CHAIR OF THE
LEGISLATIVE NATIVE AMERICAN
CAUCUS IN HIGHLIGHTING THE
IMPORTANCE OF NATIVE AMERICAN
CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND
RECOGNIZING OUR INSEPARABLE
INTERSECTIONALITY. RESPECTFULLY
ASKS THAT WE AFFIRM AND SUPPORT
ACR. 140 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NEXT ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. TODAY
I RISE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM TO
EXPRESS OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT
FOR ACR 140, A PIVOTAL MEASURE
THAT EMBODIES THE VALUES OF
PROGRESS, UNITY AND COLLECTIVE
WELL-BEING. TODAY, WE GATHER TO
CELEBRATE CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE AND THEIR HISTORY OF
RESILIENCE, BRAVERY AND UNITY OF
COMMUNITIES THAT REFUSE TO BE
SUBJUGATED BY OPPRESSION AND
INJUSTICE. THE HISTORY IS
UNFORTUNATELY NOT TAUGHT IN
SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, BLACK AND
NATIVE AMERICANS OFTEN CREATED
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES, DEFYING
OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS OF SLAVERY
IMPOSED UPON THEM BY EUROPEAN
COLONIZERS. THIS RESOLUTION IS
NOT MERELY A LEGISLATIVE ACT. IT
IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT
TO ADDRESSING CRUCIAL IDEAS THAT
AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR
FUTURE. THIS MEASURE IS A RESULT
OF THE DILIGENT WORK FROM OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN BERNARDINO,
WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE
OF FORGING YOUR OWN PATH TOWARDS
MEANINGFUL CHANGE. WHEN
INJUSTICE CONTINUES TO PERMEATE
WITHIN OUR SOCIETY. ACR 140
HELPS TO BOTH HIGHLIGHT AND
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND
ENSURES THAT NO ONE IS LEFT
BEHIND. IT UNDERSCORES THAT OUR
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO
FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
THRIVE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR
BACKGROUND OR CIRCUMSTANCES, BY
CHAMPIONING THIS RESOLUTION, WE
AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO
JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND
INCLUSIVITY. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE ON ACR 140. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GABRIEL. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM SPEAKER. I
RISE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS IN
VERY STRONG SUPPORT OF ACR 140.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUE
FROM SAN BERNARDINO FOR HIS
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP IN
BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION
FOR THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE
FOR HIS COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY,
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A CHAIR
OF A OF A DIVERSITY CAUCUS, THAT
I THINK WE ALL STAND IN AWE OF
THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE SO ABLY
CREATED AND LED THIS CAUCUS, THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO
REPRESENT IT, TO GIVE VOICE TO
IT, AND THE INCREDIBLE SPIRIT
THAT YOU BRING TO THAT WORK. AND
WE ARE REALLY IN AWE OF YOU. AND
I THINK THIS IS A FURTHER
EXAMPLE OF THAT. AND THE
TREMENDOUS BODY OF WORK THAT YOU
DESCRIBED IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR
ENERGY AND YOUR EFFORT. AND THE
JEWISH CAUCUS HAS BEEN SO PROUD
TO STAND WITH YOU AND BEHIND YOU
AND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER TO YOU
IN SUPPORTING THAT WORK.
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY
IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE. I WAS
REFLECTING THAT REGARDLESS OF
WHAT CORNER OF THE STATE WE COME
FROM, ONE THING THAT ALL OF US
SHARE IN COMMON IS THAT WE LIVE
AND CELEBRATE AND EXIST ON THE
LAND OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE, AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT HISTORY,
AND THAT THE WAY THAT THIS
SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE BODY, THIS
LEGISLATURE, HAS A ROLE IN THE
GENOCIDE, THAT WAS THAT WAS
PERPETRATED AGAINST THOSE
COMMUNITIES. BUT AS OUR
COLLEAGUE TALKED ABOUT, THE
TREMENDOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY
RESILIENCE OF THOSE TRIBES OF
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE, THAT
DESPITE THE GENOCIDE THAT WAS
PERPETRATED AGAINST THEM,
DESPITE THE EFFORTS THAT FORCED
ASSIMILATION, DESPITE THE
EFFORTS AT CONFISCATION OF LAND,
THEY CONTINUE TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND I THINK THAT IS EXEMPLIFIED
BY THE FACT THAT WE BEGAN OUR
LEGISLATIVE SESSION TODAY WITH
THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER THAT WAS
OFFERED BY OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
SAN BERNARDINO. AND THAT IS THE
ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF THE
RESILIENCY OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE. SO WE AS THE JEWISH
CAUCUS, FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF
KINSHIP WITH, THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS, WITH OUR SHARED
EXPERIENCES OF GENOCIDE, OF
PERSECUTION, OF FORCED
ASSIMILATION. WE KNOW THAT THEIR
HISTORY NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT, THAT
IT NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT TRUTHFULLY
IN ALL OF ITS COLORS AND IN ALL
OF ITS NUANCES. AND WE ARE PROUD
TO STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
WITH YOU TO CELEBRATE THE
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS THAT ARE
HERE TODAY, TO CELEBRATE THE
EXTRAORDINARY WORK THAT YOU'RE
DOING. AND YOU CAN COUNT ON OUR
JEWISH CAUCUS TO CONTINUE TO
STAND STRONGLY WITH YOU AS YOU
DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK. SO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR TRIBAL
NATIONS AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS, THE
NATIVE AMERICAN AND CALIFORNIA
INDIAN PEOPLE, THE JEWISH CAUCUS
IS PROUD TO SUPPORT ACR 140, AND
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A STRONG
AYE VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CERVANTES. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, TODAY I
RISE ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF HOUSE ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 140
COMMEMORATING NATIVE AMERICAN
DAY, WHICH IS CELEBRATED THIS
YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 27TH IN THE
ANNUAL CALIFORNIA INDIAN
CULTURAL AWARENESS CONFERENCE. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR GOOD
FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
BERNARDINO FOR AUTHORING THIS
VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND
CONTINUING TO BE A RESOLUTE
REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS COMMUNITY.
MAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE
NATIVE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE US
AND STILL WALK BESIDE US TODAY
ON THESE ANCESTRAL LANDS. THE
NISENAN FOOTHILLS, SOUTHERN
MAIDU VALLEY AND PLAINS MIWOK,
MIWOK AND PENTON WINTUN PEOPLES
WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF
THE LAND IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA, ENJOYS THE LARGEST
NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION WITH
APPROXIMATELY 110 FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES. ALTHOUGH WE
ARE HONORING THIS DAY TODAY, MAY
WE NOT FORGET TO RECOGNIZE THE
MULTIGENERATIONAL INTER
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND
MARGINALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES THAT PERMEATE AND
TRICKLE INTO HOUSING INSECURITY,
HOMELESSNESS, EDUCATIONAL
BARRIERS, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH
CARE, AND CULTURAL SUPPORT. OUR
COUNTRY MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE
FORCEFUL REMOVAL OF INDIGENOUS
CHILDREN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND
THEIR PLACEMENT IN BOARDING
SCHOOLS, AND THE CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM, ALONG WITH THE ABUSIVE
TACTICS USED TO ENSURE THAT
CHILDREN DID NOT SPEAK THEIR OWN
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE OR PRACTICE
THEIR CHERISHED CULTURAL
TRADITIONS. THIS HAS CONTRIBUTED
TO PATTERNS OF NORMALIZED
VIOLENCE FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN,
GIRLS, AND TWO SPIRITED PEOPLE.
CALIFORNIA MUST DO BETTER TO
PROVIDE AMPLE RESOURCES TO THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THE
WOMEN, GIRLS AND THE TWO
SPIRITED PEOPLE. WE CANNOT STAND
IDLE TO THE IMPACTS OF
COLONIZATION AND ITS PROMINENT
INVOLVEMENT IN SYSTEMS SUCH AS
CHILD PROTECTION, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD A
HIGHER RISK OF VIOLENCE AND
EXPLOITATION. MAY WE CONTINUE TO
HONOR THE PERSEVERANCE AND
COURAGE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,
SHOW OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE
ENDLESS CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE
MADE TO OUR WORLD, AND CONTINUE
TO MAKE AS OUR HONOREES TODAY,
REMIND US AND RENEW OUR
COMMITMENT TO RESPECT TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY AND
SELF-DETERMINATION. DESPITE
ENDURING CENTURIES OF UPHEAVAL
AND ADVERSITY, TRIBAL NATIONS
PERSIST AND FLOURISH, SERVING AS
TRAILBLAZERS AND LEADERS IN
VARIOUS DOMAINS. THE RICH
TAPESTRY OF CULTURES VIBRANT
COMMUNITIES TODAY SERVE AS A
POWERFUL TESTIMONY TO THE
ENDURING DEDICATION OF
GENERATIONS PAST. TO SAFEGUARD
THEIR TRADITIONS, CULTURAL
IDENTITIES, AND AUTONOMY. FOR
THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE FOR EIGHT
ACR 140. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WALDRON. THANK YOU, MADAM
SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, I RISE
TODAY AS A COAUTHOR OF ACR 140
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS. THANK YOU TO
OUR COLLEAGUE FROM SAN
BERNARDINO FOR RECOGNIZING
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY
AND TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE
HUGE IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA'S
HISTORY THAT OUR TRIBES HAVE
MADE. THE FIFTH ANNUAL
CALIFORNIA INDIAN CULTURAL
AWARENESS EVENT IS VERY
IMPORTANT AS WE NEED TO EDUCATE
EVERYONE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
INDIAN CULTURE AND THEIR HISTORY.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE HONOREES
THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY FOR
RECOGNITION. ALL OF YOUR HARD
WORK HAS TRANSFORMED AND
SIGNIFICANTLY SHAPED THE STATE'S
HISTORY. MY DISTRICT, THE 75TH
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, IS HOME TO
MORE TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS THAN ANY
OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE,
WHICH IS A MAJOR REGIONAL REASON.
TRIBAL ISSUES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
SO IMPORTANT TO ME, ESPECIALLY
SAFETY, PROSPERITY AND
PRESERVING SOVEREIGNTY. I'VE
SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR 12
YEARS NOW AND HAVE WITNESSED
SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION PASSED
TO SUPPORT NATIVE AMERICAN
CULTURAL EDUCATION IN OUR
SCHOOLS, PROTECTING CULTURAL
SITES AND IMPROVING COOPERATION
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT MUCH
MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BRING
RESOURCES TO TRIBAL LANDS,
OPENING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE,
TREATMENTS, HOUSING AND CULTURAL
AWARENESS, AND EARNESTLY WORK TO
SOLVE THE MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CRISIS. I
URGE YOUR AYE VOTE IN THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING EDUCATING
AND WORKING ON CULTURAL
AWARENESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADAMS. THANK
YOU, MADAM SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS,
AND THANK YOU TO OUR COLLEAGUE
FROM SAN BERNARDINO AND CHAIR OF
THE NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS.
TODAY, I PROUDLY RISE ON BEHALF
OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS AS CHAIR
OF THE CENTRAL COAST CAUCUS AND
AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS IN HONOR OF ACR
140 CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICANS
HAVE BEEN STEWARDS OF OUR STATE,
ITS NATURAL LANDS, AND ITS COAST
FOR CENTURIES. FOR TOO LONG,
THEIR INDELIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS
HAVE BEEN ERASED, REJECTED AND
IGNORED. MOREOVER, CALIFORNIA
NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
SUBJECT TO NEFARIOUS
MARGINALIZATION, SYSTEMIC
ERADICATION, AND
CHARACTERIZATION BY SETTLERS. AS
A FORMER TEACHER, I CANNOT
OVEREMPHASIZE HOW CRITICAL IT IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS
ACKNOWLEDGE, RESPECT, AND
CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR
TRIBAL NATIONS. AS A RESIDENT OF
THE CENTRAL COAST, I'M
INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO OUR LOCAL
TRIBES FOR THEIR ADVOCACY TO
PROTECT SENSITIVE HABITATS,
RESTORE WORKING LANDS AND
PROTECT THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF
OUR COAST THROUGH THEIR TIRELESS
ACTIVISM AND COMMUNITY
COLLABORATION. AS A MEMBER OF
THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS, IT IS
ESPECIALLY IMPERATIVE THAT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE WOMEN IN
PARTICULAR, INCLUDING TOYPURINA,
A GABRIELINO MEDICINE WOMAN FROM
THE 18TH CENTURY WHO FOUGHT
AGAINST SPANISH RULE. ALICE
PIPER, A PAIUTE WOMAN WHO
ADVOCATED FOR SCHOOL INTEGRATION
IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. JUANA
MARIA, THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER
OF THE NICOLENO TRIBE WHO
INSPIRED SCOTT O'DELL'S NOVEL
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. WE
MUST FURTHER ADVOCATE ON BEHALF
OF THE THOUSANDS OF MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN WHOSE
STORIES REMAIN UNTOLD AND WHOSE
FAMILIES LACK REAL CLOSURE AND
ANSWERS. SO I WANT TO THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION FORWARD AS
WE CONTINUE TO RECONCILE
CALIFORNIA'S PROBLEMATIC PAST
WITH OUR HOPES FOR A BETTER,
MORE FAIR AND INCLUSIVE FUTURE.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE ON ACR 140. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATHES. SPEAKER
MEMBERS. ON THIS DAY, WE HAVE
BEFORE US IS ACR. BUT IT'S NOT
JUST ABOUT TODAY, IT'S ABOUT THE
GENERATIONS. IT'S ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE BEING
RECOGNIZED. IT'S ABOUT THEIR
FAMILY STORIES AND THE
GENERATIONS OF STRUGGLE TO EVEN
GET TO THIS POINT, TO BE ABLE TO
RECOGNIZE OUR FIRST PEOPLE. WHAT
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH, WHAT EVERY
INDIVIDUAL TRIBAL CULTURE HAS
GONE THROUGH IN MY TENURE HERE,
I REMEMBER WHEN OUR CHAIRMAN,
MR. RAMOS, GOT HERE AND HE CAME
TO ME AND HE SAID, DEVIN, YOU
HAVE TRIBES IN YOUR DISTRICT.
HELP ME. AND I SAID, ANYTHING
YOU NEED. AND WE STARTED. WE A
LOT OF US CAME TOGETHER TO FORM
THIS CAUCUS TO FORM THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS, TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES. BUT
HOW NUTS WAS IT THAT WE DIDN'T
ALREADY HAVE THIS GOING ON THAT
WE AREN'T ALREADY PAYING
ATTENTION? THAT THE LAST TEN
YEARS WE'VE GONE FROM NOT HAVING
ANY HARDLY ANY RECOGNITION TO
WHERE WE'RE AT, TO WHERE WE HAVE
FEATHER ALERTS TO WHERE WE HAVE
RECOGNITION FOR MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN THAT
WE ACTUALLY HAVE GROUPS AND TASK
FORCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE
FORGET THAT OUR TRIBES ARE SO
FAR AWAY TOO OFTEN THAT THEY
DON'T GET THE HELP THAT THEY
NEED, THAT WHEN THERE'S NATURAL
DISASTERS IN EMERGENCIES, THEY
DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES
BECAUSE THEY ARE SOVEREIGN. WHEN
I FIRST GOT ELECTED, I REMEMBER
ONE OF MY TRIBAL CHAIRMAN
TELLING ME WITH VERY STRONG
CONVICTION, THESE ARE MY PEOPLE.
AND I HAD TO REMIND HIM, AS YOUR
ELECTED ASSEMBLY MEMBER, YOUR
PEOPLE ARE MY PEOPLE, AND I
ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, ALL 80 OF
US, TO REMEMBER THAT TRIBAL
MEMBERS THAT WE REPRESENT ARE
OUR PEOPLE. AND IT IS OUR JOB TO
GET THEM EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE
RESOURCE THEY NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, JUST AS WE WOULD FOR
ANYBODY ELSE, AND THAT WE NEED
TO RECOGNIZE THEIR HARDSHIPS AS
HARD AS THAT HISTORY MIGHT BE AT
TIMES, THAT WE HAVE TO FACE THE
PAST AND COME TOGETHER AS
CALIFORNIANS AND SAY, THESE
THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, AND SOME
OF THEM ARE HORRIBLE, BUT WE
HAVE TO DO BETTER FOR THE FUTURE,
AND WE'RE DOING THAT TODAY WITH
ACR 140 WITH CHAIRMAN RAMOS
LEADERSHIP TO SAY WE ARE COMING
TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO
CELEBRATE THIS CULTURE, WE'RE
GOING TO CELEBRATE THESE
DIFFERENCES AND WORK TOGETHER TO
DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE. WITH
THAT, MEMBERS, I ASK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS MEASURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER CARRILLO. THANK YOU MADAM
SPEAKER. I RISE AS A PROUD
CO-FOUNDER OF THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF ACR 140. AND I JUST
WANT TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF
NUANCE, INSTITUTIONALIZED
INSTITUTION HISTORY INTO THE
BODY TODAY, LOOMING OVER THIS
AMAZING ASSEMBLY FLOOR IS THE
PORTRAIT OF OUR 16TH AMERICAN
PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO,
WHILE LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY
WHEN IT CAME TO THE FIGHT FOR
SELF-DETERMINATION AND ENDING
SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.
HIS RELATIONSHIP TO INDIGENOUS
AMERICANS, TO NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IS AT BEST QUESTIONABLE.
GIVING AWAY MILLIONS OF ACRES OF
NATIVE AMERICAN LAND, AS WELL AS
ALLOWING AND GRANTING THE
EXECUTION OF 38 DAKOTA SIOUX
WARRIORS IN THIS NATION AND SO
I, I SHARE THAT TODAY BECAUSE
WHILE WE HONOR THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT EXISTENCE IS AN
ACT OF RESILIENCE, THAT NATIVE
AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
HAVE NOT GONE ANYWHERE, THAT
THEY HAVE STRUGGLED AND SURVIVED
AND THRIVED AND ARE HERE WITH US
TODAY. AND WE CAN BE IN THIS
CHAMBER AND WE CAN HONOR THE
FIFTH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA INDIAN
CULTURAL AWARENESS EVENT. AND I
THANK THE MEMBER FOR RIVERSIDE
FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG AND
STAUNCH LEADER IN THIS ISSUE AND
THOSE OF US AND EVERYONE IN THIS
BODY WHO HAS BEEN IN SUPPORT,
WHILE WE REMEMBER AND HONOR THE
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, WE MUST
ALSO REMEMBER THAT HISTORY IS
WRITTEN BY THOSE IN POWER AND
WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY HERE IN
CALIFORNIA SETS A DIFFERENT TONE
THAT WHILE OUR 16TH PRESIDENT
CAN LOOK OVER THIS BODY, THERE
IS A NEW WAVE AND A NEW FACE AND
A NEW RESURGENCE THAT IS ALSO
LOOKING BACK AND CLAIMING A
HISTORY THAT HAS LONG BEEN
FORGOTTEN. AND WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND I VOTE
ON ACR 140. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MADAM SPEAKER. AS A MEMBER
OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CAUCUS
AND AS A THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
CALIFORNIA'S OFFICIAL OUTDOOR
PLAY, THE RAMONA PLAY, THAT IS A
STORY OF OUR NATIVE AMERICAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE
INLAND EMPIRE, AND CERTAINLY AS,
AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO, WHOSE
HISTORY IS INEXTRICABLY LINKED
TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN
TERMS OF OUR COLLECTIVE
STRUGGLE, RESISTANCE, AND
PERSEVERANCE. I AM REMINDED THAT
BOTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE
FACED SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION AND
DISCRIMINATION. AND AS OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS WERE
SLAUGHTERED AND THEIR LAND WAS
STOLEN, BLACK PEOPLE WERE FORCED
TO BUILD ON THAT STOLEN LAND.
UNTIL THAT LAND, I AM A MEMBER
OF A VERSE OF THE BLACK NATIONAL
ANTHEM THAT SAYS THAT STONY, THE
ROAD WE TROD, BITTER THE
CHASTENING ROD FELT IN THE DAYS
WHEN HOPE UNBORN HAD DIED. YET
WITH A STEADY BEAT. HAVE NOT OUR
WEARY FEET COME TO THE PLACE FOR
WHICH OUR FATHERS SIGHED? WE
HAVE COME OVER A WAY THAT WITH
TEARS HAVE BEEN WATERED. WE HAVE
COME TRADING OUR PATH THROUGH
THE BLOOD OF THE SLAUGHTERED,
OUT FROM THE GLOOMY PAST. TILL
NOW WE STAND AT LAST. WHERE THE
WHITE GLEAM OF OUR STAR IS CAST.
THIS VERSE ALSO REMINDS US THAT
WE MUST ALSO BE AUTHENTIC ALLIES
AND AS AUTHENTIC ALLIES IS NOT
JUST ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR NATIVE
AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS
FROM PLACES OF COMFORT, BUT FROM
PLACES WHERE WE ALSO MUST
SACRIFICE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SO AS
WE CONTINUE TO GO ABOUT OUR
BUSINESS AND CONTINUE TO THINK
ABOUT THE RICH CULTURE, THE
GREAT ALLYSHIP THAT MANY OF OUR
ANCESTORS HAVE HAD WITH OUR
NATIVE AMERICAN BROTHERS AND
SISTERS, LET US MAKE SURE THAT
WE CONTINUE NOT TO JUST RISE FOR
ACR 140, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE
STRUGGLE. THE RESILIENCE, AND
ALSO ENSURE THAT THIS BECOMES A
CONTINUED CALL TO ACTION. LET US
VOTE AYE ON ACR 140. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GALLAGHER. YES,
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLICAN
CAUCUS ALSO. AND PROUD SUPPORT
OF ACR 140, AND I JUST I WANT
TO, YOU KNOW, THANK THE AUTHOR
WHO HAS DONE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK
IN THESE IN THESE PAST FEW
YEARS. A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
WORK. AND ONE THING I WANT TO
BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT, IS THE
REPATRIATION THAT THAT I THINK
IS WE'RE MAKING SOME REALLY
GREAT STRIDES ON. AND I HAD THE
DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING PART OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING
RECENTLY, WHERE WE WERE HEARING
FROM CHICO STATE IN MY DISTRICT
AND, AND HOW THEY HAD REALLY,
YOU KNOW, BEEN BEHIND, YOU KNOW,
IN THE AUDIT THAT CAME OUT IN
TERMS OF BRINGING BACK. AND THIS
IS IMPORTANT. I MEAN, THIS IS
BRINGING BACK, ANCESTORS,
GETTING THEM BACK HOME,
ARTIFACTS THAT BELONG HOME, YOU
KNOW, WITH THEIR TRIBE, AND JUST
SEEING HOW LONG IT HAS TAKEN,
WAY TOO LONG THAT IT HAS TAKEN.
BUT, BUT TO HEAR IN THAT HEARING
THE PROGRESS THAT HAD REALLY
BEEN MADE AND THAT EVEN SINCE
THAT AUDIT, THAT MANY OF THE
THINGS HAVE BEEN RETURNED, WE'RE
STILL FOLLOWING UP ON THAT AND,
AND STAYING ON AND THE AUTHOR
HAS, YOU KNOW, MADE THIS A VERY
BIG PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, OF THE
NATIVE AMERICAN SELECT COMMITTEE
AND THE CAUCUS, BUT TO JUST TO
IN THAT HEARING TO SEE THAT
PROGRESS THAT HAD BEEN MADE, AND
TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE TRIBAL
MEMBERS, AND THE STRUGGLES THAT
THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH TO GET
THOSE TO GET THEIR ANCESTORS
RETURNED TO THEM, AND SO A LOT
MORE WORK TO BE DONE, BUT A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROGRESS
THAT HAS BEEN MADE. AND I
APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR FOR
BRINGING NOT ONLY BRINGING
FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.
BUT FOR REAL ACTION. YOU KNOW,
THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, LED TO THE
BETTERMENT OF NATIVE PEOPLES IN
THIS STATE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS, YOU MAY CLOSE. THANK YOU.
MR. MADAM SPEAKER, FIRST, I WANT
TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR
SUPPORT SUPPORTING THIS
RESOLUTION. AND IT'S ONLY
FITTING THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY ON
OUR FIRST DAY BACK, HONORING
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE, WHEN
THE STATE WAS CREATED, BACK
THEN, ONE OF THE FIRST ACTS THEY
TOOK WAS PUTTING OUT A BOUNTY ON
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE. THIS
LEGISLATURE IS FAR DIFFERENT,
AND SHOWS THE CULTURE AND
DIVERSITY OF EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF US IN THIS HOUSE. AND WITH
THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON
ACR 140. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU
LIKE THE FIRST ROLL TO BE OPEN
FOR COAUTHORS? YES, PLEASE.
OKAY. ALL DEBATE HAVING CEASED
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL FOR
COAUTHORS. ALL MEMBERS VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. OH OKAY. DO I
SAY THAT? OH, PLEASE STRIKE THE
ROLL.
OKAY. WE CAN'T ADD COAUTHORS
UNDER SENATE CONCURRENCE AND
SENATE AMENDMENTS. OKAY. WE WILL
NOW GO TO A VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION. DO I ASK, CLERK,
PLEASE OPEN THE ROLL FOR. ALL
MEMBERS VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL MEMBERS VOTE. WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL NOW CLOSE THE
ROLL. THERE ARE. AYE. 73 NØ ZERO
SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED
IN. OKAY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS
WILL NOW KICK OFF THE 2024
ASSEMBLY'S NATIVE AMERICAN DAY
CELEBRATION WITH OPENING REMARKS.
I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND
ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE GALLERY UP
THERE AND ALSO THE PERFORMERS
THAT WILL COME THROUGH. AND I
WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER.
SPEAKER RIVAS, FOR CONTINUING TO
SUPPORT INDIAN PEOPLE AND
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PEOPLE. WE
HAVE WITH US TODAY THE
PRESENTERS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE,
SINGERS FROM THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, FROM THE YUROK
TRIBAL NATION. WE HAVE SINGERS
COMING UP THAT WILL SING. WE
ALSO HAVE FROM THE MIWOK NATION,
SHINGLE SPRINGS, TUOLUMNE AND
WILTON THAT WILL BE HERE
SINGING, ALSO REPRESENTING MIWOK.
AND WE HAVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
INTER-TRIBAL BIRD SINGERS THAT
WILL KICK OFF THIS CEREMONY. SO
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU. MEMBERS, LET'S GIVE A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR SPECIAL
GUEST PERFORMERS. HèA Þ. WE ARE.
LIVE HèA, THE Ó LEADER OF US
BLACK, THE LEADER OF. HèA NO WAY!
HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY! HO!
HEY HEY HEY! OH
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU. OUR CARILLO
MAY MONITORING ÓRDENES OUR
DELYLAH GÓMEZ Ó LAWCENTER. OH,
HEY, ALL YOU CHAU HÌ. THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. OH, THEY ARE, THEY ARE
THEY. OH RÁPIDAMENTE. OH, THEY
LA LA LA LA. FOR THEY ARE THEY
CALDERON. FOR THEY ARE. OH, HEY
THEY ARE, THEY ARE THEY THOÁT.
CAÑADA. OH HEY YO YO. WHOA WHOA.
YO I AM NOW I AM DODD. AND NOW I
AM NOW I AM GÂY. AND NOW I AM
GONNA GET A HAWAII IN THE IN THE
NECK OF LIMÓN. B¢O CAÑADA GÂY.
AND NOW I HAVE GOT EM DOWN IN
THE FOR YOU. OKAY KHÎI. OKAY.
CALM DOWN, EVERYBODY OKAY? OH
YEAH. OH, OKAY. LA LA LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA. WELL
NOW IT IS. OH IT IS OKAY. DIÆN.
OH IT IS OKAY. HA HA HA LA LA LA.
OH MEMBERS. LET'S GIVE A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OUR SPECIAL
GUEST PERFORMERS.
ESTEEMED HONOREES. THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CAUCUS WILL NOW
HIGHLIGHT FIVE DISTINGUISHED
HONOREES FOR THEIR VALUABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STATE AND
COUNTRY. I AM APPOINTING AN
ESCORT COMMITTEE TO BRING OUR
GUESTS ONTO THE FLOOR FOR OUR
CEREMONY. MEMBERS SHOULD RETIRE
TO THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER, AS I
CALL YOUR NAME. ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
ADIS FRIEDMAN, FONG LEE NGUYEN,
WENDY CARRILLO, CHAVO CALDERON,
VALENCIA MCKENNA AND GIBSON. I
ASK THAT SPEAKER RIVAS AND
REPUBLICAN LEADER GALLAGHER MOVE
TO THE FRONT CENTER AISLE.
AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS.
MEMBERS. IT'S NOW TIME TO
INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR 2024
NATIVE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS HONOREES. THE CLERK WILL
READ ESCORTED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FONG TING AND
NGUYEN. MEMBERS OF THE AAPI
CAUCUS IS SALLY FRANKLIN
RODRIGUEZ, THERESA YONEMURA, AND
MARGARET FRANKLIN. ON BEHALF OF
WILLIAM FRANKLIN SENIOR, THE
FIRST EVER NATIVE AMERICAN
MONUMENT IN CAPITOL PARK BEARS
THE LIKENESS OF THE LATE MIWOK
TRIBAL ELDER WILLIAM FRANKLIN.
SENIOR FRANKLIN SENIOR'S
LIKENESS WAS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT
THE MIWOK AND NISENAN TRIBES,
FORMERLY A SITE REPRESENTING THE
HISTORICAL TRAUMA THAT MIWOK,
NISENAN, AND NATIVE AMERICAN
PEOPLES HAVE HAD TO OVERCOME.
FRANKLIN'S LEGACY IS A JUST
REPLACEMENT, EMBODYING
RESILIENCE AND DIGNITY.
ACCEPTING THE RESOLUTION ON HIS
BEHALF ARE HIS DAUGHTERS SALLY
FRANKLIN RODRIGUEZ, THERESA
YONEMURA, AND MARGARET FRANKLIN.
PLEASE WELCOME THEM TO THE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
WENDY CARRILLO AND SHIAVO,
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS IS MORNING STAR
GHALY, A CITIZEN OF THE PIT
RIVER TRIBE, AND MORNING STAR
GHALY IS THE FOUNDER AND
DIRECTOR OF INDIGENOUS JUSTICE.
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS
RAISING AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY
FOR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
BY COORDINATING SUPPORT OF
INDIGENOUS LED POLICIES THROUGH
CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, ACADEMIC,
AND POLITICAL ADVOCACY BY NATIVE
AMERICANS AND THEIR ALLIES.
PLEASE WELCOME MORNING STAR
GHALY.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS,
ADUS, AND FREEDMEN, MEMBERS OF
THE JEWISH CAUCUS IS CAROLYN
PINA, A CITIZEN OF THE YUROK
TRIBE FROM THE VILLAGES OF
MOORLACH AND PATKAR ALONG THE
KLAMATH RIVER. CAROLYN PINA
SERVES AS THE FIRST CHIEF
OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE YUROK
TRIBE. SHE, ALONG WITH HER TRIBE,
SPEARHEADED THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
OF ACTION AT THE STATE CAPITOL
IN 2022. HER EFFORTS EFFECTUATE
POSITIVE CHANGE IN NATIVE
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. TODAY, SHE IS AWAY
AT HER CULTURAL CEREMONY AND
UNABLE TO BE HERE ACCEPTING THE
RESOLUTION ON BEHALF. ON HER
BEHALF ARE BILLY AND THERESA
WILSON. PLEASE WELCOME THEM TO
THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
CALDERON AND VALENCIA, MEMBERS
OF THE LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
IS CHAIR LYNNE VALBUENA. IN
2024, LYNNE NEY VALBUENA WAS
ELECTED TO A SIXTH TERM AS
CHAIRWOMAN FOR THE SAN MANUEL
BAND OF MISSION INDIANS. FOR
NEARLY 50 YEARS, SHE HAS HELD
NUMEROUS APPOINTED AND ELECTED
POSITIONS WITHIN THE TRIBE FOR
FIVE YEARS, MISS VALBUENA SERVED
ON THE CONSTITUTION WORKING
GROUP AND WAS A SIGNER OF THE
NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED BY THE
TRIBE IN 2021. PLEASE WELCOME
LYNNE VALBUENA TO THE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
MCKENNA AND GIBSON, MEMBERS OF
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS IS CHEYENNE STONE ON
BEHALF OF ALICE PIPER AND PIPER
VERSUS BIG PINE, ALICE PIPER
INITIATED INTEGRATION FOR NATIVE
AMERICAN STUDENTS AT BIG PINE
HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1923. THE
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
UNANIMOUSLY RULED IN HER FAVOR
ON THE SAME DAY THAT PRESIDENT
GROVER CLEVELAND SIGNED THE
INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 1924.
THE BIG PINE PAIUTE TRIBE AND
THE BIG PINE UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT COMMEMORATED HER
LANDMARK CASE WITH THE UNVEILING
OF A STATUE AT THE SAME SCHOOL
AND GROUNDS WHERE HER RIGHTS
WERE DENIED. ACCEPTING THE
RESOLUTION ON HER BEHALF IS
CHEYENNE STONE. PLEASE WELCOME
HER TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY.
ON BEHALF OF CHAIR RAMOS AND THE
MEMBERS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, THANK YOU
FOR HELPING US CELEBRATE THIS
YEAR'S REMARKABLE HONOREES
MEMBERS. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THESE DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS,
PLEASE READ THEIR BIOGRAPHIES BY
SCANNING THE QR CODE IN THE
PROGRAM ON YOUR DESKS. THIS
CONCLUDES OUR CELEBRATION.
Þ AS AS OUR HONOREES EXIT THE
CHAMBER, LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER
ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AGAIN.
MEMBERS. WE STILL HAVE A FAIR
AMOUNT OF BUSINESS AHEAD OF US.
SO IF I COULD GET YOUR
ATTENTION, PLEASE, I'D
APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE MOVING
BACK TO MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
INTRODUCTIONS, SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION TONY THURMAN, A
FORMER MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
WAS HERE AS HE'S STILL HERE.
OKAY? HE'S NOT HERE. OKAY BUT HE
WAS. SO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR
THE SUPERINTENDENT. ALSO, FORMER
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARK LEVINE WAS
IN THE HOUSE, AND I DON'T SEE
HIM. THERE HE IS. THERE HE IS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEVINE, WELCOME.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER FONG,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS. SENATOR
MIN HAS INTRODUCED SR 102, AND I
HAVE INTRODUCED H.R. 114 TO
RECOGNIZE NOVEMBER 22ND, 2024 AS
KIMCHI DAY. KIMCHI IS AN
IMPORTANT KOREAN DISH WITH A
HISTORY SPANNING MORE THAN 2000
YEARS. THE UNITED STATES HAS THE
LARGEST KOREAN COMMUNITY OUTSIDE
OF SOUTH KOREA AND LOS ANGELES
COUNTY IS HOME TO THE MOST
KOREAN AMERICANS IN OUR NATION.
AS PART OF THE RECOGNITION OF
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KOREANS
AND KOREAN AMERICANS, AND
IMPORTANCE OF KIMCHI TO THE
COMMUNITY, I INVITE YOU TO STOP
BY THE MEMBERS LOUNGE TO BRING
HOME A JAR OF KIMCHI TO ENJOY
WITH YOUR DINNER TONIGHT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FONG.
WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF GUESTS
INTRODUCTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO
BOUNCE AROUND A LITTLE BIT IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME AND TRYING
TO BE EFFICIENT HERE, I WANT TO
MOVE BACK TO, BUSINESS ON THE
DAILY FILE. GOVERNOR'S VETOES.
FILE ITEMS 25 TO 27. PASS AND
RETAIN ON FILE ITEMS 25 THROUGH
27 AND UNDER RECONSIDERATION.
ALL ITEMS SHALL BE CONTINUED.
MR. WALLACE IS THERE FOR AN
INTRO. OKAY, MOVING BACK TO
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS, MR.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALLACE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS, IT IS MY
PLEASURE TODAY TO WELCOME TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY. THE
NEWLY CROWNED WINNER OF SEASON
22 OF AMERICAN IDOL, ABBY
CARTER, A TALENTED SINGER
SONGWRITER, SHE CAPTIVATED THE
AMERICAN IDOL AUDIENCE DURING
HER AUDITION WITH HER SOULFUL
RENDITION OF BILLIE EILISH'S
WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? FROM THE
BARBIE MOVIE, ONE OF HER SONGS
IN THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALE WAS
A CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCE OF
SOMEWHERE FROM WEST SIDE STORY,
A TRIBUTE TO HER HOMETOWN IN
INDIO. SHE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL
IN PALM DESERT, AND IN 2023,
GRADUATED SUMMA LAUDE FROM CAL
STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO
PALM DESERT CAMPUS. JUST LAST
WEEKEND, SHE PERFORMED IN FRONT
OF A PACKED HOUSE, HEADLINING
HER FIRST ARENA CONCERT AT
ACRISURE ARENA IN PALM DESERT.
SHE IS THE COACHELLA VALLEY'S
SHINING STAR, A HOMETOWN TALENT
THAT HAS CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF
PEOPLE NOT ONLY AT HOME BUT
ACROSS THE GLOBE. SINCE SUCCESS
HAS MANY MOTHERS, I'M TAKING
FULL CREDIT FOR LAUNCHING ABBY'S
CAREER SINCE SHE PUT ON AN
AMAZING SHOW. ONE OF MY DISTRICT
EVENTS A FEW YEARS AGO. I'M VERY
PROUD OF ABBY'S SUCCESS, BUT NOT
AT ALL SURPRISED. I'M THRILLED
TO WELCOME HER TO THE ASSEMBLY
AND TO INVITE YOU ALL TO A MEET
AND GREET RECEPTION AT 3 P.M. IN
ROOM 317, AND I'D LIKE TO TURN
IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM
COACHELLA, WHO I'M SURE WILL
SHARE CREDIT FOR ABBY'S SUCCESS.
Ó MR. GARCIA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AS FOR YOUR
INTRODUCTION, THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER AND COLLEAGUES, I RISE
TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUE FROM PALM
DESERT IN WELCOMING ABBY CARTER
TO OUR CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL
AS A 2024 AMERICAN IDOL CHAMPION.
ABBY CARTER'S POWERFUL TALENT
CAPTIVATED THE ENTIRE NATION
FROM SINGING AT LOCAL STREET
FAIRS TO REPRESENTING OUR
COMMUNITY AND STATE ON ONE OF
THE LARGEST MUSICAL PLATFORMS IN
THE WORLD. OUR ENTIRE COACHELLA
VALLEY COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER
TO ROOT FOR OUR HOMEGROWN
SUPERSTAR. THAT SPECIFIC WEEK.
WE ALL WERE CHEERING FOR ABBY,
AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HER
AS SHE EMBARKS ON THE NEXT
CHAPTER OF HER MUSICAL CAREER.
ABBY WAS COURAGEOUS IN FOLLOWING
HER DREAM, HER HARD WORK AND
DETERMINATION SERVES AS AN
INSPIRATION FOR OTHERS AND MOST
ESPECIALLY, MOTIVATION FOR
YOUNG, TALENTED YOUTH TO PURSUE
THEIR DREAMS. AND I GOT TO TELL
YOU, I HAVE A TEN YEAR OLD
LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS GLUED TO
THE TV THE ENTIRE TIME. THANK
YOU FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION FOR
HER AND MANY OTHER YOUNG GIRLS
THROUGHOUT OUR NATION, WE
COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR
EXTRAORDINARY TALENT AND
GENEROUS HEART. WE APPRECIATE
ALL THE TIME THAT YOU'VE
DEDICATED TO GIVING BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE
STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL THAT YOU ATTENDED. SHE
SPONSORED A MAJOR DONATION FOR
THE ARTS PROGRAM THERE. AND SO
WE THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT
RIGHT OUT THE GATE. FROM HER
VERY FIRST AUDITION, WHERE SHE
IMPRESSED THE JUDGES, KATY
PERRY, THAT IS, HER RENDITION OF
BILLIE EILISH'S WHAT WAS I MADE
FOR? IT WAS CLEAR THAT ABBY
CARTER WAS MADE TO BE A STAR.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, THAT
RENDITION WAS A TEAR JERKER, FOR
THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. AS I WAS
WATCHING YOU PERFORM, PLEASE
HELP ME. AND WELCOMING, ABBY
CARTER TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR.
YOU SEE YOUR GUESTS? YEAH,
THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. SO.
MR. GARCIA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR AN ADDITIONAL INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND
COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, IT'S, WITH
GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE TWO
GUESTS WHO HAVE TRAVELED FROM
IMPERIAL COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY
CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA, WHERE
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO MEET,
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
ROBERT MARTINEZ, CLOSE FRIEND
AND ADVISOR TO IMPERIAL
IRRIGATION DIRECTOR JAVIER
GONZALEZ. BOTH OF THESE
GENTLEMEN HAVE TRAVELED FROM ALL
THE WAY TO AGAIN, WHERE THE
BEGINNING OF THE STATE IS,
CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA AND
IMPERIAL COUNTY, TO BE HERE WITH
US TODAY. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME
THEM TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
CAPITOL. MR. HOLDEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FROM SPEAKER RIVAS
DESK FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT'S A
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO
WELCOME TO THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR
THE 2024 NAISMITH NBA HALL OF
FAME INDUCTEE, MICHAEL COOPER.
COOP IS A FIVE TIME NBA CHAMPION
WITH THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS, WHO
WAS ONE OF THE KEY MEMBERS OF
THE SHOWTIME ERA LAKERS THAT
REVOLUTIONIZED NBA BASKETBALL AS
WE KNOW IT TODAY. HE IS A FIVE
TIME DEFENSIVE PLAYER WITH ALL
NBA HONORS, AND HE WAS THE
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN
1987. NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS, COOP BECAME THE NBA
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
AND HE WASN'T EVEN A STARTER.
LARRY BIRD DESCRIBED HIM AS THE
MOST DIFFICULT DEFENSIVE PLAYER
HE'S EVER PLAYED AGAINST. THAT'S
SAYING A LOT. HIS TENACIOUS
ATTITUDE AND THE WAY HE
ADDRESSED THE GAME, HIS
FIERCENESS AND HIS
COMPETITIVENESS WAS SECOND TO
NONE. CAN YOU IMAGINE PLAYING ON
A TEAM WITH KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR,
MICHAEL MICHAEL JORDAN, MICHAEL
JORDAN? I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
COOP. WOO. WELL MICHAEL JORDAN
HAD A PROBLEM WITH YOU
DEFENSIVELY TOO. SO I MAGIC
JOHNSON, JAMES WILKES, JAMES
WORTHY, JAMAAL WILKES, JAMES
WORTHY. BUT THIS IS AN ALL STAR
TEAM. AND IT'S A TEAM THAT ALONG
WITH BOSTON HAD BATTLES
THROUGHOUT THE 80S. BUT MICHAEL
COOPER TOOK THE GAME TO ANOTHER
LEVEL WHEN IT CAME TO DEFENSIVE
PROWESS. AND AS SOMEONE WHO WE
WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL
TOGETHER IN PASADENA, PASADENA
HIGH SCHOOL, COOP WOULD ALWAYS
COME BACK. HE WASN'T ONE OF
THOSE PLAYERS, THOSE STARS THAT
WOULD GO AWAY AND FORGET HIS
ROOTS. HE CAME BACK, HE WOULD
SET UP BASKETBALL CAMPS FOR THE
REST OF US TO LEARN THE SKILLS
AS HE'S DEVELOPED HIM HIMSELF.
AND I REMEMBER I WAS ALWAYS FOUR
YEARS BEHIND COOP. SO WHEN I WAS
A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE
WAS A GRADUATING SENIOR. WHEN HE
WAS LEAVING THE UNIVERSITY OF
NEW MEXICO. I WAS ENTERING AT
SAN DIEGO STATE, BOTH IN THE
SAME CONFERENCE, SO I NEVER GOT
A CHANCE TO PLAY ON THE SAME
COURT WITH HIM. AND SO WHEN HE
WAS DRAFTED BY THE LAKERS AND
THEN I FINISHED MY FOUR YEARS, I
THINK THAT'S WHEN MY FOLLOWING,
MICHAEL COOPER ENDED. BUT TO BE
ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY AS SOMEONE
WHO GREW UP WITH HIM IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMEONE WHO IS A
PROUD PRODUCT OF PASADENA, BUT
LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND
CALIFORNIA AND HAS BROUGHT
AMAZING MEMORIES TO ALL OF US. I
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO
WELCOME HIM HERE TODAY WITH HIS
WIFE, YVONNE, WHO'S JOINED US AS
WELL, AND SO LET US GIVE A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE FOR THE NEW HALL OF
FAME NBA PLAYER MICHAEL COOPER.
THANK YOU, MR. HOLDEN.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. COOPER. MR.
HANEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTION. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I
WANT TO INTRODUCE SPECIAL GUESTS
WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY IN
THE GALLERY TO CELEBRATE
TRANSGENDER HISTORY MONTH AT THE
CAPITOL. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE
JOIN ME IN WELCOMING TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE THE
FIRST RECIPIENTS OF OUR
TRANSGENDER AWARDS. TRACY JADA
O'BRIEN AND CAL KALAMA, THE
RECIPIENT OF THIS YEAR'S
TRANSGENDER LEGACY AWARD AND
TRANSGENDER TRAILBLAZER AWARD,
SELECTED BY THE LGBT CAUCUS. I
ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, JUPITER
PERAZA, WHO ORIGINATED
ORIGINATED THE IDEA TO ESTABLISH
TRANS HISTORY MONTH, OF WHICH
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE ESTABLISHING OR
RECOGNIZING IT AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE MONTH HERE IN AUGUST. I
ALSO SEE UP THERE HONEY
MAHOGANY, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OF
TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES AND ALSO
A MEMBER OF THE PALM SPRINGS
CITY COUNCIL. LISA MIDDLETON IS
WITH US AS WELL. WITH THEM, WE
HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE SAN
FRANCISCO TRANSGENDER DISTRICT,
THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OF
TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES, THE
L.A. PARA TRANS LATINAS, THE
TRANS FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES,
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO
LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER, RAINBOW
PRIDE YOUTH ALLIANCE, TRANS
LATINA COALITION, QUEER
HUMBOLDT, ACLU, CALIFORNIA
ACTION, AND PARIVAR BAY AREA.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THEM
TO THE STATE CAPITOL.
THANK YOU, MR. HANEY, AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER NGUYEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, LET ME
TURN THIS WAY SO I CAN SEE THEM,
OUR YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE. AND
WHAT BETTER WAY TO PREPARE OUR
NEXT GENERATION OF LEGISLATORS,
SPECIFICALLY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS,
TO HAVE THEM ATTEND AND GO
THROUGH OUR VERY OWN YOUNG
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PROGRAM THIS
YEAR FOR THREE WEEKS, I HAD 20
PARTICIPANTS WHO SAT THROUGH AND
LEARNED ABOUT WHAT WE DO EVERY
DAY, ABOUT HOW A BILL BECOMES
LAW AND THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
THEMSELVES TO PRESENT THEIR OWN
BILLS RIGHT HERE ON THIS VERY
FLOOR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING MY PARTICIPANTS FROM
80 TENS YOUNG ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PROGRAM. RIGHT UP THERE IN THE
GALLERY.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
NGUYEN DOCTOR WEBER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FROM THE MAJORITY
LEADER'S DESK FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY TO
INTRODUCE MEMBERS OF THE SAN
DIEGO CHAPTER OF JACK AND JILL
OF AMERICA, AGE GROUPS THREE AND
FOUR, WHICH ENCOMPASSES FOURTH
THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS, JACK AND
JILL OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED IN
1938, AND OUR FAMILIES ARE
DEDICATED TO NURTURING THE
FUTURE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS
THROUGH PROGRAMING IN THE AREAS
OF CULTURAL AWARENESS,
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH
AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
NATIONALLY, WE HAVE OVER 40,000
MEMBERS AND THE SAN DIEGO
CHAPTER IS ONE OF 262 CHAPTERS
IN THE UNITED STATES. I WAS A
JACK AND JILL KID AND NOW A
PROUD MOTHER MEMBER WITH MY
BOYS, KADIR AND JALEEL, WHO ARE
ALSO IN THE GALLERY TO MY JACK
AND JILL FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL
SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE TRIP FROM
SAN DIEGO TO SACRAMENTO. AND
MEMBERS, PLEASE GIVE A VERY WARM
WELCOME TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF JACK AND
JILL, AGE GROUPS THREE AND FOUR.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR WEBER AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER LEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
THANK YOU. MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN
ME IN WELCOMING BAPS TEMPLE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE
JOINING US TO CELEBRATE BAPS
DAY, AUGUST 4TH MARKED THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF
THE FIRST BAPS TEMPLE IN NORTH
AMERICA, ESTABLISHED BY HIS
HOLINESS PRAMUKH SWAMI MAHARAJ
IN NEW YORK CITY. SINCE ITS
INCEPTION IN 1974, BAPS NORTH
AMERICA HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE
IN FOSTERING THE HINDU VALUES OF
FAITH, SERVICE, AND GLOBAL
HARMONY. OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS,
BAPS HAS GROWN TO OVER 100
TEMPLES ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES, ENRICHING THE LIVES OF
OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS,
HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, AND
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. TO
COMMEMORATE THEIR 50TH
ANNIVERSARY, I WAS HONORED TO
JOIN BAPS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
YESTERDAY IN MY DISTRICT TO
CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE, AS BAPS
DAY RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION
AND HARD WORK OF THE MEMBERS AND
VOLUNTEERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE GIVE A WARM
WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS FROM BAPS
TEMPLE UP IN THE GALLERY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
LEE AND WELCOME, WELCOME TO YOUR
GUESTS, ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOE
PATTERSON. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
GUESTS INTRODUCTIONS. MR.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOE PATTERSON.
GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
MEMBERS, I LIKE TO WELCOME
MEMBERS OF MY DISTRICT TEAM TO
THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS. TODAY WE
HAVE MY FIELD REPS, MEGAN
SCHULTZ AND VICTOR WOLFE AND A
BUNCH OF INTERNS THAT HAVE BEEN
HELPING OUT THE FIFTH ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT. LUKE, SOPHIA, SOPHIA,
RILEY, KRITI, AND ARNAV. SO
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER PATTERSON.
WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF
INTRODUCTIONS AHEAD OF US, BUT
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO
ASSEMBLY. THIRD READING, MOVING
TO FILE ITEM 35 ECR 13 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALDRON. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 213 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALDRON.
RELATIVE TO DISC GOLF. MEMBER
WALDRON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
MEMBERS, TODAY I RISE TO
RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE A
GROWING SPORT THAT NOT ONLY
BRINGS JOY AND FRIENDSHIP, BUT
ALSO PROMOTES PHYSICAL, MENTAL,
AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. ACR
213 RECOGNIZES AUGUST 3RD, 2024
AS CALIFORNIA DISC GOLF DAY. THE
ROOTS OF DISC GOLF GO BACK TO
THE 1920S, WHEN CHILDREN AT AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CANADA
PLAYED THE EARLIEST KNOWN GAMES.
SINCE THEN, DISC GOLF HAS
EVOLVED INTO A SPORT THAT NOW
EXCEEDS OVER 11,300 COURSES
WORLDWIDE, WITH 75% OF THOSE
COURSES HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES. DISC GOLF IS A SPORT FOR
EVERYONE. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE
EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT OR
MEMBERSHIP. ALL YOU NEED IS A
COUPLE OF DISCS AND A DESIRE TO
PLAY IT PLAYS SIMILAR TO BALL
GOLF WITH TEES, PARS AND A
BASKET INSTEAD OF A PIN. ACR 213
ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
DISC GOLF AND ITS POSITIVE
IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS
SIMPLICITY MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE
TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES,
BACKGROUNDS, AND PHYSICAL
ABILITIES. THE INCLUSIVE NATURE
OF DISC GOLF MEANS THAT ANYONE
CAN PARTICIPATE, WHETHER YOU'RE
A SEASONED ATHLETE OR A
NEWCOMER, OLD OR YOUNG, LOOKING
FOR A FUN WAY TO STAY ACTIVE IN
TODAY'S FAST PACED WORLD,
FINDING WAYS TO UNWIND AND
DE-STRESS IS CRUCIAL. THE
RHYTHMIC MOTION OF THROWING A
DISC, THE SOUND OF CHAINS AS IT
HITS THE TARGET, AND A PEACEFUL
OUTDOOR SURROUNDING CREATES A
MEDITATIVE EXPERIENCE. LET'S
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND GROW
THIS INCREDIBLE SPORT, ENSURING
THAT ITS POSITIVE IMPACT REACHES
MORE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. I
URGE YOUR AYE VOTE ON ACR 213.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WALDRON. SEEING AND
HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE, WE'LL
TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THIS
RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY
AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO. THE AYES
HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE
AN ANNOUNCEMENT. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WALDRON, I WANT TO INVITE
EVERYBODY TO COME OUT TO THE
WEST STEPS AREA OF CAPITOL PARK
TOMORROW BETWEEN 10 AND 1, TO
THROW SOME DISCS. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE SOME BASKETS OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THE
REPS FROM THE PROFESSIONAL DISC
GOLF, NOT ONLY ASSOCIATION, BUT
ALSO THE MANUFACTURERS OF DISCS
WILL BE OUT THERE. SO PLEASE
JOIN US TO CELEBRATE CALIFORNIA
DISC GOLF DAY BETWEEN 10 AND 1
TOMORROW. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC. WE'LL FEATURE
PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLFERS AS
WELL AS ENTHUSIASTS, AND YOU CAN
TRY YOUR HAND AT SOME PUTTING
AND HEAR THE SOUND OF THE CHAINS
FOR YOURSELF. THANKS. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALDRON. WE'RE
GOING TO BACK UP AND PRETEND
WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT TIME AND
SPACE, AND ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JOE PATTERSON. YOU HAVE GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS, IT'S MY
PLEASURE ONCE AGAIN TO
REINTRODUCE MY GREAT DISTRICT
TEAM UP HERE. I HAVE TWO OF MY
FIELD REPS, MEGAN SCHULTZ AND
VICTOR WOLF, AND ALSO A BUNCH OF
INTERNS, LUKE, SOPHIA, SOPHIA,
RILEY, CHRISTY AND ARNAV. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU
FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE
FOR THE FIFTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, MR. PATTERSON. MR.
HOOVER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I AS WELL HAVE
SOME WONDERFUL SPECIAL GUESTS
WITH ME TODAY FROM MY DISTRICT
OFFICE AND CAPITOL OFFICE. WE
HAVE OUR AMAZING FIELD
REPRESENTATIVE, NATALIA SOBCZAK,
HERE WITH US TODAY, AS WELL AS A
HOST OF INTERNS FROM BOTH OUR
DISTRICT AND CAPITOL OFFICE.
AYUSH SARAH, ELISE, PALASH,
ALINA, LAUREN, AVA, PRANAV,
ESTHER, ERICA, SONYA AND
SEBASTIAN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING EVERYONE TO THE
CHAMBER TODAY. THANKS FOR ALL
YOU DO FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, MR. HOOVER, AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. WE'RE
MOVING BACK TO ASSEMBLY. THIRD
READING FILE ITEM 36 ECR 221 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PAPPIN. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 221 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PAPPIN. RELATIVE
TO OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS
MONTH. SO MEMBER PAPPIN YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MR. SPEAKER. SO I RISE TO
PRESENT ACR 221, WHICH
DESIGNATES SEPTEMBER 2024 AS
OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
THIS RESOLUTION RAISES AWARENESS
OF ONE OF THE DEADLIEST CANCERS
AFFECTING WOMEN GLOBALLY AND
CHAMPIONS THE INCREDIBLE,
INNOVATIVE WORK BEING DONE BY
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO FIND A
CURE. BY DEDICATING A MONTH TO
HONOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS
DISEASE, WE AFFIRM OUR
COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THEM
AND INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGIES
THAT WILL HELP SAVE LIVES IN
THIS COUNTRY ALONE. IN 2024,
20,000 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED
WITH OVARIAN CANCER. AND GUESS
WHAT? MORE THAN HALF OF THEM
WILL DIE. THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS
NOT A DISEASE THAT WE DIAGNOSE
EARLY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MOST
WOMEN AND MOST FOLKS DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF NERVE ENDINGS IN THEIR
ABDOMEN. IT'S WHY WE ARE ABLE TO
CARRY YOUR CHILDREN.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, IT IS ALSO
A PLACE WHERE CANCER CAN BEGIN.
IF WE DO DETECT IT EARLY IN
STAGE ONE, IT IS THAT YOU HAVE A
94% CHANCE OF SURVIVING. BUT
REGRETTABLY, WE DON'T HAVE SUPER
EFFECTIVE EARLY SCREENING FOR
OVARIAN CANCER, IF WE CAN
IMPROVE THOSE, DETECTION,
ABILITIES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
IMPROVE THE OUTCOME OF THIS
DEVASTATING DISEASE HAVING BEEN
AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE MYSELF.
THIS IS A CAUSE THAT IS
EXTREMELY CLOSE TO MY HEART.
NOW, I DON'T OFTEN SPEAK ABOUT
MY FAMILY PUBLICLY, ALTHOUGH WE
KNOW THAT MY FATHER LIVED A VERY
PUBLIC LIFE AS A MEMBER OF THIS
BODY. BUT MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW
ABOUT MY MOTHER, AND SHE WAS AN
INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL PERSON WITH
A GLORIOUS SPIRIT AND AN IRON
WILL TO LIVE. BUT IT WAS NOT TO
BE FOR HER. SHE DID NOT SEE ANY
OF HER CHILDREN GET MARRIED. SHE
NEVER MET A GRANDCHILD. IT JUST
DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR HER. AND
WHEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED, IT WAS,
IT WAS BY THE TIME SHE WAS MY
AGE, SHE WAS ALREADY INTO YEAR
THREE OF A FIVE YEAR BATTLE. SO
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS
IS A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE FOR ME.
AND I HOPE TO GOD THAT WE DO
RAISE AWARENESS TO DETECT
OVARIAN CANCER EARLY ON. IT IS A
VERY CRUEL DISEASE, AND THE
CHANCES FOR RECOVERY WHEN YOU DO
DETECT IT EARLY. REALLY GO UP
EXPONENTIALLY. FURTHER, LIKE I
SAID, IT USUALLY AFFECTS WOMEN
THAT ARE LIKE 63 YEARS OF AGE OR
OLDER, BUT 25% OF THE WOMEN THAT
GET OVARIAN CANCER ARE AGED 25
THROUGH 53. SO IT IS A
PARTICULARLY CRUCIAL TOPIC FOR
ALL WOMEN, THIS IS A CALL TO
ACTION. THIS THIS, ASSEMBLY
RESOLUTION AND OVARIAN CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH SERVES AS A
REMINDER OF THE HARDSHIP THAT
FAMILIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA HAVE
UNDERGONE BECAUSE OF THIS
DISEASE BY DEVOTING SEPTEMBER TO
OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS, WE
STAND STRONG IN OUR MISSION TO
MAKE MORE WOMEN CONSCIOUS OF THE
RISK PRESENTED TO THEM BY THIS
DISEASE. AND THEN IN PREVENTING
A PERSONAL BATTLE AGAINST IT,
AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY
BEEN IMPACTED BY IT. COLLEAGUES
I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU BECOME
CO AUTHORS TO ACR 221. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PAPIN. SEEING
AND HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE,
WE WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON
THIS RESOLUTION ALL IN FAVOR SAY
I. I NO SAY. I'M I'M SORRY I
DIDN'T OPEN THE ROLL FOR
COAUTHORS. MY APOLOGIES. WE'LL
LEAVE THE FIRST ROLL. WE'LL OPEN
THE FIRST ROLL FOR COAUTHORS.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE AS A COAUTHOR. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE AS A
COAUTHOR. CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES
61. THERE ARE 61 COAUTHORS
ADDED. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE
WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY
AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO. THE AYES
HAVE IT. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 37. AGER 18
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVIES. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY JOINT
RESOLUTION 18 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
DAVIES AND OTHERS RELATIVE TO
NUCLEAR FUEL. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
DAVIES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MEMBERS,
TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT HJR 18
MEMBERS. BACK IN 1998, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS LEGALLY
OBLIGATED TO WORK WITH STATES
WHO HAD NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN
THEIR STATE TO FIND SAFE AND
SECURE PLACES TO STORE EXCESS
NUCLEAR FUEL. CALIFORNIA, AS YOU
KNOW, HAS HAD FACILITIES IN
SACRAMENTO, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SAN
DIEGO AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES.
AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS, WE ARE
STILL WAITING. NOTHING HAS BEEN
DONE AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE
SUFFERING FOR IT. AS NOTED BY
THE SUPPORTERS OF HJR 18, SINCE
2000, U.S. TAXPAYERS HAVE PAID
$10.6 BILLION IN DAMAGES TO
COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ON
SITE NUCLEAR STORAGE THAT HASN'T
BEEN MOVED YET. EGR 18 IS QUITE
SIMPLE. IT SIMPLY IMPLORES THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ENACT
POLICY OUTLINED IN THE LATEST
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON
AMERICA'S NUCLEAR FUTURE AND
FINALLY, GET THIS FUEL OUT OF
OUR STATE AND TO CONSENTED BASE
SITES APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MEMBERS.
THE RESOLUTION IS NOT HERE TO
DEBATE THE MERITS OF NUCLEAR
ENERGY. IT IS A SIMPLE TOOL TO
SHOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
THE WORLD'S FIFTH LARGEST
ECONOMY IS READY FOR THEM TO
START ACTING AND DO THE JOB THEY
HAVE BEEN NEGLECTING FOR OVER
TWO DECADES. THIS RESOLUTION
PASSED ASSEMBLY UTILITIES
COMMITTEE 15 TO 0 AND IS
SUPPORTED BY MULTIPLE CHAMBERS
OF COMMERCE, OUR STATE PARKS
FOUNDATIONS, US, SAN DIEGO, A
LOCAL NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE, AND
MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
AND WILL LEAVE IT OPEN FOR
COAUTHORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVIS. SEEING
AND HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE,
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL FOR
COAUTHORS. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE AS A COAUTHOR.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. AS A COAUTHOR. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND
TALLY THE VOTES. THERE ARE 53
COAUTHORS ADDED. THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE VOTED WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 55. NO
ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 38 ACR 211
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 211 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA RELATIVE
TO CRICKET. MEMBER KALRA, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. ACR 211 WOULD ENCOURAGE
THE CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC
FEDERATION TO RECOGNIZE CRICKET
AS AN OFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL
SPORT. CRICKET IS A GAME THAT
ORIGINATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
IN THE 19TH CENTURY, AND QUICKLY
SPREAD TO MANY OF ITS FORMER
COLONIES AND NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING INDIA,
PAKISTAN, AND AUSTRALIA. SINCE
THEN, IT HAS ACHIEVED IMMENSE
POPULARITY, CULTIVATING THRIVING
PLAYER AND FAN COMMUNITIES ALL
ACROSS THE WORLD. THIS INCLUDES
THE UNITED STATES, WHERE WELL
OVER 200,000 PEOPLE PLAY THE
GAME. CALIFORNIA HAS POSITIONED
ITSELF AS ONE OF THE HUBS OF
AMERICAN CRICKET, HOSTING TWO OF
THE SIX MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET
TEAMS AND PREPARING TO
REINTRODUCE CRICKET AFTER A 120
YEAR ABSENCE AS AN OFFICIAL
OLYMPIC SPORT AT THE UPCOMING
2028 LOS ANGELES SUMMER
OLYMPICS. CRICKET ALSO HOLDS
PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE FOR MANY
MEMBERS OF OUR STATE'S SOUTH
ASIAN DIASPORA, WHO CONSIDER IT
INTEGRAL TO THEIR HISTORICAL AND
CULTURAL HERITAGE. DESPITE THIS,
CRICKET HAS NOT YET BEEN
RECOGNIZED AS AN OFFICIAL HIGH
SCHOOL SPORT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, DEPRIVING STUDENTS
OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN INTER-SCHOOL
PLAY. IN RESPONSE, ACR 211 URGES
THE CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC
FEDERATION TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING CRICKET
IF ONE OF ITS MEMBER SCHOOLS
BRINGS IT BEFORE THEM FOR
CONSIDERATION. IT ALSO
EMPHASIZES THAT THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL
CRICKET SHOULD SUPPORT CONTINUED
CRICKET PLAY AT THE COLLEGIATE
LEVEL. ACR 211 NOT ONLY
CELEBRATES CRICKET'S RICH
HISTORY, BUT ENCOURAGES US TO
ENSURE THAT IT HAS AN EVEN
BRIGHTER FUTURE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY. RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KALRA. SEEING AND HEARING
NO FURTHER DEBATE. WE'LL TAKE A
VOICE VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.
OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE
IT. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU
SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE
WITH ME BOTH ON THE FLOOR AND
THE GALLERY. SOME GUESTS I'D
LIKE TO INTRODUCE, INCLUDING
LEISHA MULLAPUDI AND ISHANI
VAGHELA, MEMBERS OF THE 2023
UNDER UNITED STATES UNDER 19 T20
WORLD CUP TEAM, AS WELL AS
HEMANT BUSH, FOUNDER OF THE
CALIFORNIA CRICKET ACADEMY. AND
JOINING US IN THE GALLERY ARE
SHEKHAR CHETPUT, HIGH SCHOOL
CRICKET ADVOCATE AND A NUMBER OF
CURRENT CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL
CRICKET PLAYERS, INCLUDING
SHREYAS CHETPUT, CHAITANYA
GANDHI, SRIPRAKASH
VENKATACHALAPATHY AND DAVID WU.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
WELCOMING OUR GUEST TO THE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MR. KALRA AND WELCOME
TO YOUR GUESTS.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR. KALRA,
AND WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS.
MOVING NOW TO SENATE THIRD
READING FILE ITEMS 40 THROUGH
95. PASS AND RETAIN MEMBERS.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE SECOND DAY
CONSENT, I WILL BE TELLING YOU
THAT WE WILL LEAVE THE QUORUM
CALL WILL BE LEFT IN PLACE FOR
OUR, ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'RE GOING
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 220 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO CALIFORNIA SIKH
AMERICAN AWARENESS AND
APPRECIATION MONTH AND HOUSE
RESOLUTION 111 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KALRA AND OTHERS.
RELATIVE TO DIWALI, KIRK WILL
NOW OPEN THE ROLL TO ALLOW ANY
MEMBER TO ADD ON AS A COAUTHOR
TO THE RESOLUTIONS. MEMBERS.
THIS VOTE IS FOR COAUTHORS TO
THE RESOLUTIONS. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL
THOSE VOTE. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL. THERE
ARE 63 COAUTHORS ADDED, MOVING
TO A VOTE ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. 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 CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 220 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KALRA AND OTHERS RELATIVE
TO CALIFORNIA SIKH AMERICAN
AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION
MONTH. THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL THOSE VOTING 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.
THERE ARE 62. AYES 62 NOES ZERO.
CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
CLERK WILL READ THE REMAINING
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
HOUSE RESOLUTION ONE 1162 NÓ
ZERO. SENATE BILL 1361. AYES 62.
NO ZERO SENATE BILL 1514. AYES
62. NO. ZERO SENATE BILL 1063
62. NO. ZERO SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 132 I 62. NO ZERO
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ONE
6862. NO. ZERO SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 162 AYES 62, NO.
ZERO, AND SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION ONE 4362. NOES ZERO.
MEMBERS A QUORUM CALL IS STILL
IN PLACE. YOU NEED TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION. PLEASE TAKE IT OFF
THE FLOOR. PLEASE GIVE YOU. I'D
LIKE TO MEMBERS. IF YOU NEED TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION, PLEASE TAKE
IT OFF THE FLOOR. MEMBERS. IF
YOU NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION,
PLEASE TAKE IT OFF THE FLOOR.
MEMBERS IF YOU NEED TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION, PLEASE TAKE IT OFF
THE FLOOR. PLEASE GIVE YOUR
RESPECTFUL ATTENTION TO THOSE
WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY SOMEDAY.
MEMBER JOE PATTERSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
IN MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS. IT'S WITH
GREAT SADNESS THAT I ASK THAT
YOU JOIN ME TODAY AND ADJOURN IN
THE MEMORY OF ALDO C PANISH JR,
AN ABSOLUTE PILLAR OF THE PLACER
COUNTY COMMUNITY. ALDO WAS BORN
IN ROSEVILLE ON DECEMBER 13TH,
1957. HE WAS RAISED IN A FAMILY
WITH A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY,
LOCAL POLITICS AND PHILANTHROPIC
SERVICE, AND THAT UPBRINGING
TURNED OUT TO BE INSTRUMENTAL
INSTRUMENTAL IN ALDO'S IDENTITY.
CAREER AND WORK ETHIC. ALDO WAS
A LOCAL BOY. HE ATTENDED SAINT
ROSE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, ROSEVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL, AND SIERRA COLLEGE
BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO UC DAVIS,
WHERE HE PURSUED A DEGREE IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE. WHEN ALDO
RETURNED HOME TO ROSEVILLE AFTER
GRADUATION, HE MARRIED HIS
CHILDHOOD FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR,
LESLIE, AND THE TWO HAD TWO
CHILDREN, EVANGELINE AND
ANTHONY. ALDO OPENED ALDO
PINOCHET CONSULTING, WHERE HE
QUICKLY BECAME REVERED FOR HIS
KEEN INSTINCT AND BECAME A QUIET
GIANT IN THE PLACER COUNTY
COMMUNITY. THOSE WHO RAN FOR
OFFICE OR PLACED A MEASURE ON A
BALLOT ALWAYS DEFERRED TO ALDO.
HIS UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
FABRIC OF PLACER COUNTY MADE HIM
AN ASSET TO ANY TEAM. HE WAS A
PART OF DURING HIS 40 YEAR
CAREER, ALDO WORKED WITH THE
ROSEVILLE, ROCKLIN, AND LINCOLN
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. THE PLACER
BUSINESS ALLIANCE, THE
LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELING AND FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTER, VISIT PLACER,
THE HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL,
THE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM,
THE PLACER BREAST FOUNDATION,
AND SO MANY MORE. HE CREATED THE
SANTUCCI GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH
RAISES SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR
STUDENTS WITHIN ROSEVILLE JOINT
UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND
HE WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
CAUSES SUCH AS THE TOMMY
APOSTLES FUND, AN ORGANIZATION
THAT HELPS STRUGGLING FAMILIES
AFFORD CLOTHING, SCHOOL SUPPLIES
AND OTHER ESSENTIALS. IF THERE
WAS A SCHOLARSHIP FUND, LOCAL
COMMUNITY GROUP OR NONPROFIT,
ALDO WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY A PART
OF IT. DESPITE HIS MANY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ALDO WAS KNOWN
FOR HIS HUMBLE DEMEANOR AND
AVERSION TO THE LIMELIGHT,
PREFERRING TO WORK BEHIND THE
SCENES AND NOTICE HE WAS AN ALLY
AND FRIEND TO MANY. IN MY
COMMUNITY. ALDO WAS 66 YEARS OLD
WHEN HE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 28TH
THIS YEAR. IN ROSEVILLE, AFTER A
YEAR LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE
IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 38
YEARS, LESLIE, AND THEIR
CHILDREN EVANGELINE AND ANTHONY.
HIS SISTER LEAH, ALBERTO AND HER
HUSBAND MARIO. HIS BROTHER ALAN
PECCI, HIS SPOUSE SUSAN, BROTHER
NEIL PENSKE AND HIS PARTNER
DIANE PERINI. MOTHER IN LAW
SUSAN GATTO, BROTHER IN LAW ERIC
GATTO, HIS SPOUSE DEB, AND MANY
NIECES AND NEPHEWS. ON A
PERSONAL STORY AFTER THE LINES
WERE DRAWN. AFTER REDISTRICTING,
I HAPPEN TO BE OUT IN ROSEVILLE
ONE DAY, AND I SAW ALDO WALK
INTO THE RESTAURANT THAT I WAS
AT, AND I HADN'T REALLY TOLD
ANYBODY, BUT I SAID TO HIM, I
SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M
GOING TO RUN FOR THIS ASSEMBLY
SEAT THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP.
AND, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE,
YOU KNOW, MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH
COUNTY POLITICS, I WAS KIND OF
AN OUTSIDER WHEN I, WHEN I CAME
THROUGH, ROCKLAND CITY COUNCIL
AND THEN TO, THIS POSITION THAT
I HOLD NOW. AND WHEN I TOLD ALDO
THAT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT
TO EXPECT. HE WASN'T A GUY WHO,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW, WE ALL HAVE THESE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT
YOU GO UP AND YOU SORT OF LIKE
KISS THE RING, LIKE YOU SORT OF
SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
HE WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE GUYS,
BUT HE'S A GUY YOU WANTED TO
TELL. AND I WAS SO LUCKY TO RUN
INTO HIM THIS DAY. AND THE
ENCOURAGEMENT THAT HE GAVE ME,
HE SAID, JOE, I LIKE THAT YOU
SHOULD RUN FOR THAT OFFICE. AND
HE WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST
PERSON TO KNOW OUTSIDE OF MY
WIFE AND KIDS AND SO I'LL NEVER
FORGET THAT MOMENT. AND HE WILL
BE REMEMBERED AS A WISE LEADER,
A SELFLESS HUMANITARIAN, AND A
PILLAR IN HIS COMMUNITY. HE WILL
DEEPLY BE MISSED. MEMBERS, I ASK
THAT YOU JOIN WITH ME AND
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF ALDO
PECCI. THANK YOU, MR. PATTERSON.
WE HAVE SOME INTRODUCTIONS. YES.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
SOME OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
I HAVE UP HERE, WITH ME IN THE
GALLERY. ALDO'S WIFE, LESLIE.
HIS TWO CHILDREN, EVANGELINE AND
ANTHONY. HE ALSO HAS, LEAH
PINESCHI, ALBERTO, THE HONORABLE
ALAN PECCI, SUSAN PECCI, ERIC
GATTO, DEBORAH GATTO, DOUG KENT,
DEBORAH OTTO KENT, AND MARK
MURPHY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, MR. PATTERSON, AND
OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MR.
SANTIAGO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE
WITH A HEAVY HEART IN THE
ADJOURNING OF THE MEMORY OF HAIG
PAPIAN JUNIOR, ESTEEMED AND
FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
COMMERCE CASINO AND HOTEL. HIS
VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT
ON THE COMMERCE CASINO HOTEL
WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING THE
COMMERCE AND THE PREMIER
ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION THAT
IT IS TODAY. HE BECAME DIRECTOR
OF THE BOARD'S, BECAME DIRECTOR
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN
1995, AND WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN
TO THE BOARD IN 2000. HE BECAME
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
COMPANY IN JUNE 2009. DURING HIS
TENURE AS PRESIDENT AND CEO
BETWEEN 2009 AND 2021, HE LED
THE INITIATIVES TO TRANSFORM THE
CARD ROOM INDUSTRY AND FOSTER
THE CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE AND
INTEGRITY HE RESPECTED. HE'S A
RESPECTED LEADER IN THE
COMMUNITY. HE WAS FOREVER
CHAMPIONING VARIOUS
PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AND
ENSURING THAT THE COMMERCE
CASINO HOTEL WAS A POSITIVE
FORCE IN THE CITY OF COMMERCE
AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. HE
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL EMPLOYEES
FELT THAT THEY COULD BE PART OF
THE COMPANY'S SUCCESS, AND SET
AN EXAMPLE FOR EXCELLENCE FOR
ALL TO FOLLOW. HE CONSIDERED THE
PEOPLE HE WORKED FOR, THE PEOPLE
THAT WORKED FOR THE COMMERCE AS
PART OF HIS FAMILY, AND UNDER
HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CASINO
BECAME A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY
WORKED HARD TO ELEVATE THEIR
PERFORMANCE AND FOCUS ON SERVING
OTHERS. HE WILL ALWAYS BE
CHERISHED AS A MEMBER OF THE
COMMERCE FAMILY. HIS FOCUS ON
FOSTERING TEAMWORK AND PROMOTING
EXCELLENCE LED THE COMPANY TO
NAME THE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE OF THE
YEAR AWARD IN HIS HONOR, WHICH
HE WILL, WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE
TO REMEMBER. HAIG IS SURVIVED BY
HIS BELOVED WIFE AND HIS FOUR
LOVING CHILDREN. COLLEAGUES,
PLEASE JOIN ME IN ADJOURNING THE
MEMORY OF HAGHPAT PAPIAN. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SANTIAGO.
YES. GO AHEAD PLEASE. GO AHEAD.
AND WITH US HERE TODAY IN THE
GALLERY ARE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMERCE CASINO AND HOTEL FAMILY,
SPECIFICALLY JOHN GRIFFO, WHO
SERVES AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
COMMUNITY RELATIONS. THANK YOU.
MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR. SANTIAGO,
AND WELCOME IN OUR CONDOLENCES.
MR. GIBSON. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
SPEAKER. I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES FOR
ONE, PUTTING FORTH HER NAME AS
AN ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF, AND MY
NARRATIVE GOES BACK WHEN I WAS
ON THE CITY COUNCIL, IN THE CITY
OF CARSON, WHEN I HAD THE
DISTINCT PLEASURE OF MEETING
HAIG. AT EITHER A CONTRACT
CITIES EVENT OR A INDEPENDENT
LEAGUE OF CITIES EVENT IN SANTA
BARBARA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE DINNER WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.
BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP CONTINUED
TO FLOURISH AND GROW EVEN UNTIL
HIS TIME, WHERE HE RESIGNED OR
RETIRED, AS I SHOULD SAY. FROM
THE BOARD, TRANSFORMING THE
COMMERCE CASINO TO WHERE IT'S AT
TODAY. I RECEIVED THE NEWS HE
PASSED EARLY IN JULY. I RECEIVED
THE NEWS LAST WEEK AND MADE SURE
I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT I WON,
BE ABLE TO ONE NOT ONLY SUPPORT
MY COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES,
BUT ALSO ELEVATE HIS NAME. THE
WORK THAT HE HAS DONE IS
IMMEASURABLE, HE REALLY CARED
ABOUT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE
PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CASINO
AND HE'S TRANSFORMED LIVES AND
COMMUNITIES. HE WILL SURELY BE
MISSED. I WANT TO THANK THE I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
FAMILY FOR ONE, SHARING THIS
GREAT MAN WITH ALL OF US,
BECAUSE CERTAINLY ANYONE THAT
HE, PASSED THEIR WAY IN THEIR
LIFE, HE MADE THEIR LIVES A LOT
BETTER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT MY
COLLEAGUES AND I JOIN IN MEMORY
OF THIS GREAT MAN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. GIBSON. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BERNER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
IN MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS, TODAY I RISE
TO ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF OUR
FRIEND BECCA TAYLOR. BECCA LEFT
AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE SAN
DIEGO REGION. SHE WAS AN
INSPIRATIONAL LEADER, A
TENACIOUS AND BRILLIANT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, A VETERAN,
AND A PERSONAL FRIEND. SHE WAS
BORN IN IDAHO AND GREW UP IN
TEXAS. SHE WAS CALLED TO SERVE
IN THE NAVY FOR FIVE YEARS, WAS
DEPLOYED OVERSEAS TO GERMANY AND
AFGHANISTAN. AFTER SERVING IN
THE NAVY, SHE MOVED TO SAN
DIEGO, WHERE SHE EARNED A
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM AND
A MASTERS FROM THE SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY. BECCA WORKED
AS AN ORGANIZER IN SAN DIEGO,
PLAYING A PIVOTAL ROLE IN HER
COMMUNITY AND WAS CIVICALLY
ENGAGED. SHE HERSELF WAS ELECTED
TO THE OCEAN BEACH TOWN COUNCIL
AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS A
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
PARTY CHAIR. WHILE HER INFLUENCE
IN SAN DIEGO REGION AND STATE
CANNOT BE OVERSTATED, IT WAS
BECCA'S LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
THAT WOULD BE MOST REMEMBERED.
BOTH WILL LIVE ON IN SAN DIEGO.
THROUGH HER PASSION. SORRY
THROUGH OUR PASSION, ACTION AND
QUEST FOR ADVENTURE, PLEASE JOIN
ME IN ADJOURNING IN MEMORY OF
BECCA TAYLOR. THANK YOU, THANK
YOU. SELMA MEMBER BERNER.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MAIENSCHEIN YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO JOIN
IN ADJOURNING IN THE MEMORY OF
REBECCA TAYLOR, AND WE'VE SPOKEN
OF BECCA'S STORIED CAREER AS A
VETERAN, AS AN ACTIVIST, AND AS
A PARTY LEADER. AND THESE ARE
INCREDIBLE BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
OF HER, WHERE SHE HAS MADE AN
IMPACT IN SAN DIEGO. BUT I
REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT BECCA
AS A PERSON. WHEN YOU MET HER,
SHE INSTANTLY MADE YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU WERE A PART OF HER FAMILY.
SHE WAS WELCOMING. SHE WAS
GRACIOUS. SHE WAS ALWAYS
POSITIVE, ALWAYS, AND AS
SOMEBODY WHO'S RUNNING A
POLITICAL PARTY, THAT'S
DIFFICULT TO DO, TO ALWAYS BE
POSITIVE WITH ALL THE HEADACHES
THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND
SHE HUGE SMILE ON HER FACE EVERY
SINGLE TIME I SAW HER, SHE HAD A
REAL ZEST FOR LIFE. SHE LOVED
ADVENTURE. SHE LOVED HAVING NEW
EXPERIENCES, ALWAYS SHOWING YOU
PICTURES OF HER LATEST TRIP. AND
IT WAS SOME CRAZY TRIP
SOMEWHERE. LOVED RIDING
MOTORCYCLES. WHATEVER THE THRILL
WAS, ON THAT PARTICULAR TRIP SHE
WOULD SHOW YOU THAT SHE DID
THAT. SHE REALLY LOVED LIVING
LIFE. SHE WAS FEARLESS. SHE WAS
FEARLESS IN HER PERSONAL LIFE.
SHE WAS FEARLESS IN HER POLITICS
AND A CHALLENGE NEVER SCARED
HER. INSTEAD OF BACKING AWAY,
SHE ROLLED UP HER SLEEVES AND
SHE SAID, LET'S GET TO WORK. SHE
BECAME THE LEADER THAT WE NEEDED
IN OUR PARTY. SHE HAD A TALENT
FOR UNITING THE PARTY BEHIND A
CENTRAL MISSION. AND FOR ANY OF
YOU WHO SPENT TIME ON CENTRAL
COMMITTEES OR ANY OF THAT, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S HARD TO DO. YOU
KNOW, IT'S HARD TO UNITE PEOPLE
AND KEEP PEOPLE FOCUSED. AND
BECCA WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. HER
TALENT, HER PASSION AND HER
DRIVE WILL BE MISSED THROUGHOUT
SAN DIEGO, FOR ME PERSONALLY,
MOSTLY I WILL MISS THAT SMILE. I
WILL MISS THAT HUG. EVERY SINGLE
TIME THAT I SAW HER, THAT SHE
GAVE ME. AND I WILL MISS MY
FRIEND. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME
IN ADJOURNING IN MEMORY OF
REBECCA TAYLOR. THANK YOU, MR.
MAIENSCHEIN. MR. ALVAREZ, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WANT TO JOIN
MY COLLEAGUES FROM SAN DIEGO IN
ASKING THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF REBECCA TAYLOR.
REBECCA PURSUED BOTH HER CAREER
IN POLITICS AND HER HOBBY OF
RIDING MOTORCYCLES. AS YOU'VE
HEARD FROM THE STORIES FROM MY
COLLEAGUES WITH JOY AND
STEADFAST PURPOSE, SHE WILL NOT
BE DEFINED BY THE TRAGIC EVENT
OF THE ACCIDENT THAT TOOK HER
LIFE. SHE SHOULD BE DEFINED BY
THE MEMORIES SHARED BY MY
COLLEAGUES HERE AND THE NUMEROUS
INDIVIDUALS IN OUR SAN DIEGO
COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ALREADY
EXPRESSED THEIR LOVE, THEIR
ADMIRATION, AND THE MEMORIES
THAT THEY CREATED WITH WITH
BECCA. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE
POLITICAL CULTURE DOESN'T ALWAYS
BRING OUT THE BEST, AND THOSE
WHO PARTICIPATE IN IT. AND
CERTAINLY SAN DIEGO IS NOT THE
EXCEPTION TO THAT. BUT BECCA WAS
THE GREAT EXCEPTION TO THIS.
CERTAINLY IN SAN DIEGO AT AN
IMPORTANT TIME, AS WAS MENTIONED
BY MY COLLEAGUE. EVERYONE LIKED
REBECCA BECAUSE SHE WAS POLITE
AND SHE WAS RESPECTFUL TO
EVERYONE. IT IS NOT EASY TO BE
THE CHAIR OF A OF A POLITICAL
PARTY. IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB TO
DO. BUT, BECCA MADE IT LOOK
EASY. HER SECRET POWER WAS HER
KINDNESS APPROACHING EVERYBODY
OPEN TO EVERYBODY AND WILLING TO
ALWAYS HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN WITH
EVERYONE. SHE TREATED EVERYONE
WITH RESPECT, AND SHE WAS ABLE
TO WORK WITH ALL OF US. AND FOR
THAT REASON, WE ASK YOU THAT YOU
ADJOURN. ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
REBECCA TAYLOR. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR. ALVAREZ. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WILSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
AND MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, COLLEAGUES, I RISE
TODAY TO REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURN
IN MEMORY OF OFFICER MATTHEW
BOWEN. A DEDICATED LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHOSE LIFE
WAS TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT IN THE
LINE OF DUTY, LEAVING A PROFOUND
IMPACT ON THE CITY OF VACAVILLE
AND BEYOND. OFFICER MATTHEW
BOWEN WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED ON
THE MORNING OF THURSDAY, JULY
11, 2024, WHILE PERFORMING HIS
DUTIES WITH THE CITY OF
VACAVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICER BOWEN WAS INITIATING A
TRAFFIC STOP WHEN HE WAS WHAT IT
APPEARS TO BE INTENTIONALLY
STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.
DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, OFFICER
BOWEN SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES
AT THE HOSPITAL. OFFICER BOWEN
BEGAN HIS SERVICE WITH THE CITY
OF VACAVILLE ON JUNE 13TH, 2023,
FOLLOWING A DEDICATED TENURE
WITH THE CITY OF CONCORD POLICE
DEPARTMENT. HIS COMMITMENT TO
SERVING HIS COMMUNITY WITH HONOR
AND DEDICATION WAS UNWAVERING.
HIS LOSS IS DEEPLY FELT ACROSS
OUR DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE
VACAVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE
CITY OF VACAVILLE AND HIS
FAMILY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, TWO SONS, PARENTS AND
BROTHER WHO NOW FACE AN
UNIMAGINABLE LOSS IN THIS TIME
OF MOURNING, WE EXTEND OUR
HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE
VACAVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
OTHER NEIGHBORING AGENCIES FOR
THEIR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT DURING
WHAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING
TIME. OFFICERS. BOWEN'S
DEDICATION TO DUTY AND HIS
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE SERVES AS A
SOLEMN REMINDER OF THE DANGERS
FACED BY THOSE WHO SERVE AND
PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. HIS
BRAVERY AND COMMITMENT TO KEEP
THE PUBLIC SAFE WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN. ON A PERSONAL NOTE,
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE FACT
THAT HE WAS BORN IN WALNUT CREEK.
OFFICER BOWEN WAS RAISED IN
FAIRFIELD, WHERE HE GRADUATED
FROM RODRIGUEZ HIGH SCHOOL IN
2010, AND HIS YOUTH, HE ENJOYED
PARTICIPATING IN SOCCER,
WRESTLING, TRACK AND FIELD, AND
PLAYED TRUMPET IN THE SCHOOL
BAND. BAPTIZED AT VACAVILLE
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER AT THE
FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, BELONGING TO
THE YOUTH GROUP AND CHILDREN'S
CHOIR. HE WAS A SENIOR LEADER OF
BOY SCOUT TROOP 853, WORKING HIS
WAY UP TO THE RANK OF EAGLE
SCOUT. HE WAS ESPECIALLY PROUD
TO COMPLETE A 50 MILE HIKE UP
MOUNT WHITNEY WITH HIS TROOP. AS
WE REFLECT ON OFFICER MATTHEW
BOWEN'S LIFE AND SERVICE, LET US
HONOR HIS MEMORY BY UPHOLDING
THE VALUES HE EXEMPLIFIED IN HIS
WORK AND BY EXTENDING OUR
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY'S
SESSION IN MEMORY OF OFFICER
MATTHEW BOWEN AND EXPRESS OUR
PROFOUND SYMPATHY SYMPATHY TO
HIS LOVED ONES DURING WHAT IS A
DIFFICULT TIME. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON.
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. THERE
IS A JOINT HEARING OF THE JOINT
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ASSEMBLY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SENATE
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AT
2:30 P.M. OR ACTUALLY LATER.
NOW, UPON ADJOURNMENT OF THE
ASSEMBLY AND SENATE SESSIONS.
SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH. CHECK IN
SESSION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7TH.
CHECK IN SESSION THURSDAY,
AUGUST 8TH. FLOOR SESSION AT 9
A.M. ALL OTHER ITEMS WILL BE
PASSED AND RETAINED. ALL MOTION
SHALL BE CONTINUED. MR. SANTIAGO
MOVES AND MR. JIM PATTERSON
SECONDS THAT THIS HOUSE STANDS.
ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, AUGUST
8TH AT 9 A.M. THE QUORUM CALL IS
LIFTED AND THE HOUSE IS
ADJOURNED. YOU CAN. SHE HAS. A
VOTE CHANGE. FRIEDMAN AGAR AGAR
18. YES TO NOT VOTING. AND I'D
LIKE TO BE REMOVED AS A COAUTHOR.
VOTE CHANGE ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
FRIEDMAN. ASSEMBLY JOINT
RESOLUTION 18 I TO NOT VOTING.