THE ASSEMBLY IS NOW IN SESSION.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JUAN CARRILLO
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. ADDIS
AGUIAR-CURRY. ALANIZ. ALVAREZ
ARAMBULA BAINES. BAUER-KAHAN.
BENNETT BERMAN. BERNER BONTA.
BRIEN CALDERON, JUAN. CARRILLO,
WENDY. CARRILLO. CERVANTES. CHEN
CONNOLLY. DALLEY. DAVIES DIXON.
ASALI. FLORA FONG. FRIEDMAN
GABRIEL. GALLAGHER. GARCIA
GIBSON. GRAYSON. HANEY HART.
HOLDEN HOOVER. IRWIN. JACKSON
JOAN. SAWYER. KALRA LACKEY. LEE.
LO LOWENTHAL. MAIENSCHEIN
MATHIS. MCCARTY. MCKENNA
MURATSUCHI. NGUYEN ORTEGA.
PACHECO. PAPIN JIM. PATTERSON,
JO. PATTERSON PELLERIN.
PETRIE-NORRIS. QUIRK-SILVA
RAMOS. RENDON REYES. THREE OF US.
RODRIGUEZ. RUBIO SANCHEZ.
SANTIAGO SCHIAVO. SORIA. TO
TING. VALENCIA. VÌ VALLAPUDUA.
WALDRON. WALLACE WARD. WEBER.
WICKS WILSON. WOOD. ZUBER. MR.
SPEAKER.
MEMBERS. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE
ASK OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS IN
THE REAR OF THE GALLERY Ã, REAR
OF THE CHAMBER, AND IN AND IN
THE GALLERY. AND IF YOU'RE IN
THE REAR OF THE GALLERY, TO
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRAYER AND
THE FLAG SALUTE. THE DAY'S
PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON. PLEASE
JOIN IN THE PRAYER. ALMIGHTY
GOD, WHOSE MERCY IS EVERLASTING,
WHOSE GRACE IS SUFFICIENT, AND
WHOSE LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL,
GRANT US WISDOM AS WE DELIBERATE
THE ISSUES BEFORE US. OPEN OUR
MINDS FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING
AND OUR HEARTS FOR A PASSION TO
SERVE THOSE WHO LOOK TOWARD US.
FOR SOLUTIONS TO THEIR
CHALLENGES AND THEIR
DIFFICULTIES. GRANT THE
FORESIGHT NEEDED TO ADEQUATELY
PLAN FOR THE UNEXPECTED AND THE
WILL TO BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS
OVER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED
WITH. BE THE LAMP TO OUR FEET
AND LIGHT TO OUR PATH AS WE
NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH THE
PRESENT AND INTO THE FUTURE.
AMEN. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
GRAYSON. PLEASE JOIN ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GARCIA AS HE LEADS US IN
THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, AND COLLEAGUES, 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
FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU MAY BE
SEATED. READING OF THE PREVIOUS
DAY'S JOURNAL. ASSEMBLY
CHAMBERS, SACRAMENTO. WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 7TH, 2024. THE ASSEMBLY
ARTILLERY MOVES. MR. FLORES
SECONDS AT THE READING OF THE
PREVIOUS DAY'S JOURNAL. BE
DISPENSED WITH. PRESENTATIONS
AND PETITIONS. THERE ARE NONE.
INSTRUMENT 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
BENNETT AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER
SALLY FOR ILLNESS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HOLDEN MOVING TO
PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. MAJORITY
LEADER AGUIAR-CURRY YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR PROCEDURAL
MOTIONS. GOOD MORNING, MR.
SPEAKER. I REQUEST UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE
45.5 TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS.
DIXON WICKS, WENDY CARRILLO,
GIBSON, HANEY AND JOAN SAWYER TO
SPEAK ON AN ADJOURNMENT IN
MEMORY TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION,
SUCH SHALL BE THE ORDER. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
SUSPEND ASSEMBLY RULE 118 A TO
ALLOW SPEAKER RIVAS TO HAVE
GUESTS ON THE FLOOR TO ALLOW
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AGUIAR-CURRY,
DIXON, WEBER AND CALDERON TO
HAVE GUESTS IN THE REAR OF THE
CHAMBER AND TO ALLOW ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GRAYSON TO HAVE A GUEST
SEATED AT HIS DESK. TODAY
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER, AT THE REQUEST OF
ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA, I AM
GIVING A ONE DAY NOTICE TO
REMOVE ITEM A, DASH TEN, SB 94
CORTEZ FROM THE INACTIVE FILE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SUCH SHALL BE
THE ORDER. PLEASE REMOVE THE
FOLLOWING BILLS FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ITEM 122 SB 370.
GONZALEZ AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AUTHOR. ITEM 125 SB 639 LIMÓN AT
THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR. ITEM
135 SB 1217 GLAZIER. AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR. ITEM 136
SB ONE 1222 EXCUSE ME. 1223
BECKER, AT THE REQUEST OF
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FLORA. ITEM 138
SB 1290 ROTH, AT THE REQUEST OF
THE AUTHOR. ITEM 139 SB 1301
STERN AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AUTHOR AND ITEM 143 SB 1342
ATKINS, AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AUTHOR CLERK, WILL NOTE.
MEMBERS. IF I COULD GET YOUR
ATTENTION, PLEASE, WE'RE GOING
TO BEGIN A VERY IMPORTANT
CEREMONY HERE NOW. SO YOUR
ATTENTION, PLEASE. MEMBERS THE
END OF SUMMER MARKS THE END OF
SESSION FOR THE YEAR, BUT ALSO A
TIME TO THANK FELLOWS FROM TWO
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS FOR THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS. WE WILL NOW MOVE
TO THE SPECIAL CEREMONY TO
RECOGNIZE THE 2024 ASSEMBLY AND
SCIENCE FELLOWS. WE WILL FIRST
RECOGNIZE THE ASSEMBLY FELLOWS,
THE 20 2324 CLASS OF ASSEMBLY
FELLOWS HAVE SERVED US IN A WIDE
RANGE OF STAFF FUNCTIONS. NEARLY
HALF OF THE OFFICES IN THE
LEGISLATURE EMPLOY FORMER
FELLOWS FROM THE EXECUTIVE,
JUDICIAL, SENATE OR ASSEMBLY
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. FORMER
FELLOWS GO ON TO DO GREAT
THINGS. THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED
TO THE LEGISLATURE, HAVE SERVED
AS OFFICERS OF THE LEGISLATURE,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES, UNIVERSITY
INSTRUCTORS, EXECUTIVES, AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS. COLLEAGUES I
AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE 20
2324 JESS JESSE MARSH, MARVIN
UNRUH, ASSEMBLY FELLOWS MEMBERS
WHO HAVE HOSTED FELLOWS, PLEASE
MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE REAR OF THE
OF THE CHAMBER TO ESCORT YOUR
FELLOW. I ALSO ASK THAT SPEAKER
RIVAS AND ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN
LEADER GALLAGHER, PLEASE COME
FORWARD TO THE CENTER AISLE.
COLLEAGUES, I AM PLEASED TO
PRESENT THE 2024 ASSEMBLY
FELLOWS. THE CLERK WILL READ,
ESCORTED BY MAJORITY LEADER.
AGUIAR-CURRY IS LOYAL TERRY. HE
IS FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
AND A GRADUATE OF GRINNELL
COLLEGE. PLEASE WELCOME LOYAL
TERRY.
ESCORTED BY A MEMBER OF
BAUER-KAHAN IS MAUREEN
MORRISSETTE. SHE IS FROM SAN
JOSE, CALIFORNIA AND A GRADUATE
OF BANGOR UNIVERSITY. PLEASE
WELCOME MORAN MORRISSETTE.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER ADDIS IS
MICHAEL GUERRA. HE IS FROM LA
HABRA, CALIFORNIA AND A GRADUATE
OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
MARITIME ACADEMY. PLEASE WELCOME
MICHAEL GUERRA.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER, GABRIEL
IS CAMERON CHAN. SHE IS FROM SAN
RAMON, CALIFORNIA AND A GRADUATE
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
DAVIS. PLEASE WELCOME KELVIN
CHAN.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER TO IS
CALEB KANG. CALEB IS FROM
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA AND A
GRADUATE OF JESSUP UNIVERSITY.
PLEASE WELCOME CALEB KING.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER GARCIA
IS TRICIA SARMIENTO. SHE IS FROM
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA AND A
GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE. PLEASE
WELCOME TRICIA SARMIENTO.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER REYES IS
HECTOR DELEON. HE IS FROM MORENO
VALLEY, CALIFORNIA AND A
GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. PLEASE
WELCOME HECTOR DELEON.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER. HOOVER
IS SARAH MARSHALL. SHE IS FROM
SHINGLE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA AND
A GRADUATE OF AZUSA PACIFIC
UNIVERSITY. PLEASE WELCOME SARAH
MARSHALL.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER OF VÆ.
VALLAPUDUA IS HECTOR SOTO. HE IS
FROM LODI, CALIFORNIA AND A
GRADUATE OF SAN FRANCISCO STATE
UNIVERSITY. HECTOR IS A US
MARINE CORPS VETERAN. PLEASE
WELCOME HECTOR SOTO.
ESCORTED BY A SOME MEMBER,
CALDERON IS JESSICA EDWARDS. SHE
IS FROM PRICHARD, ALABAMA AND A
GRADUATE OF DILLARD UNIVERSITY.
PLEASE WELCOME JESSICA EDWARDS.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER. WILSON
IS LARA EDWARDS. SHE IS FROM SAN
DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. LARA IS A
GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS
ANGELES. LUSKIN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS. PLEASE WELCOME LARA
EDWARDS.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER
QUIRK-SILVA IS MARCO PIMENTEL.
HE IS FROM MANTECA, CALIFORNIA
AND A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. PLEASE
WELCOME MARCO PIMENTEL.
IS AN INTEGRATED COLLECTION.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER. ALANIZ
IS DANIELA TIMOFEEV. SHE IS FROM
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA AND A
GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
PLEASE WELCOME DANIELA TIMOFEEV.
ESCORTED BY SOME MEMBER, ALVAREZ
AS JULIA ESTRADA, SHE IS FROM
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA AND A
GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, DAVIS. PLEASE
WELCOME JULIA ESTRADA.
ESCORTED BY SENATOR BONTA IS
NATALIE PETA. SHE IS FROM
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
NATALIE IS A GRADUATE OF LOYOLA
MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY AND THE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MAILMAN
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. PLEASE
WELCOME NATALIE PETA.
ESCORTED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER JUAN
CARILLO IS CLAIRE NORTON. SHE IS
FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA AND
A GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, IRVINE. PLEASE
WELCOME CLAIRE NORTON.
ESCORTED BY A SOME MEMBER HEART
IS AMANI WILSON. SHE IS FROM
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA AND A
GRADUATE OF SACRAMENTO STATE
UNIVERSITY. PLEASE WELCOME AMANI
WILSON.
AS OUR ASSEMBLY FELLOWS AND
ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP POSE FOR A
GROUP PHOTO, WHICH MIGHT TAKE A
MINUTE, PLEASE WELCOME THOSE WHO
MANAGE THE ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM. IN THE GALLERY IS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC
ADVISOR, DOCTOR DAVID SELBY.
IN THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER IS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER
FOR CALIFORNIA STUDIES. LEONORE
AYLING. AND NOT ABLE TO JOIN US?
LET ME WAIT A SECOND HERE. LOOKS
LIKE.
AND NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY IS
THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSEMBLY
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. AMBAR
CARLISLE. SALGUEIRO. SALGUEIRO
IN CLOSING, THANK YOU. IN
CLOSING, WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
THIS CLASS OF FELLOWS WILL
CONTINUE THE PROGRAM'S LEGACY OF
ACHIEVEMENT AS THE FELLOWS EXIT
THE CHAMBER. LET'S GIVE THEM
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
FELLOWS PROGRAM PLACES PHD LEVEL
OR EQUIVALENT SCIENTISTS AND
ENGINEERS IN LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
TO PROVIDE MEMBERS AND
LEGISLATIVE STAFF WITH ADVICE ON
LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
ISSUES. AND GET YOUR ATTENTION,
PLEASE, MEMBERS, AS WE HONOR OUR
SCIENCE FELLOWS.
DURING THEIR FELLOWSHIPS, OUR
FIVE SCIENCE FELLOWS HAVE WORKED
AS COMMITTEE STAFF. WE
APPRECIATE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I ASK SPEAKER RIVAS,
REPUBLICAN LEADER GALLAGHER AND
MAJORITY LEADER AGUILAR CURRY TO
COME BACK AS WE CONTINUE INTO
OUR NEXT CEREMONY.
COLLEAGUES I AM PLEASED TO
PRESENT THE 2024 SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY POLICY FELLOWS. YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE. THE CLERK WILL
READ. OUR FIRST HONOREE IS
DOCTOR SERENA PATEL, WHO WAS
PLACED IN THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. SHE IS
ESCORTED BY COMMITTEE CHAIR
FREDDY RODRIGUEZ. IN HER
RESEARCH, DOCTOR PATEL STUDIED
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
AND SEISMIC SAFETY USING
COMMUNITY SOURCED DATA FROM THE
MYSHAKE APP. SHE EARNED HER PHD
IN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY AND A BA IN
GEOLOGY FROM MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.
PLEASE WELCOME DOCTOR SERENA
PATEL.
OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DOCTOR
KATHLEEN CHEN, WHO WAS PLACED IN
THE UTILITIES AND ENERGY
COMMITTEE. SHE IS ESCORTED BY
COMMITTEE CHAIR COTTIE
PETRIE-NORRIS. IN HER RESEARCH,
DOCTOR CHEN STUDIED CHEMICAL AND
MATERIAL ADVANCES IN HERBICIDES
AND CULTURED MEAT TO PROMOTE
SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. SHE
EARNED HER PHD IN CHEMISTRY FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
LOS ANGELES AND A BA IN
CHEMISTRY FROM WELLESLEY COLLEGE.
PLEASE WELCOME DOCTOR KATHLEEN
CHEN.
NEXT IS DOCTOR SLATER SHARP, WHO
WAS PLACED IN THE PRIVACY AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMITTEE.
HE IS ESCORTED BY COMMITTEE
CHAIR REBECCA BAUER KAHAN IN HIS
RESEARCH, DOCTOR SHARP STUDIED
NEURAL CIRCUITS THAT PROMOTE
LEARNING AND MEMORY. HE EARNED
HIS PHD IN NEUROBIOLOGY FROM
HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND A BA IN
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY FROM CORNELL COLLEGE.
PLEASE WELCOME DOCTOR SLATER
SHARP.
OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DOCTOR
BRENDA CISNEROS LARIOS, WHO WAS
PLACED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL,
SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS
COMMITTEE. SHE IS ESCORTED BY
COMMITTEE CHAIR EDUARDO GARCIA
AND HER RESEARCH DOCTOR,
CISNEROS. LARIOS STUDIED THE
NEURAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION,
INCLUDING HORMONE RELEASE AND
REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS. SHE
EARNED HER PHD IN MOLECULAR AND
INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, AND A BS
IN PHYSIOLOGY FROM SAN FRANCISCO
STATE UNIVERSITY. PLEASE WELCOME
DOCTOR BRENDA CISNEROS LARIOS.
OUR FINAL HONOREE IS DOCTOR
STEPHANIE CHONG, WHO WAS PLACED
IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
SHE'S ESCORTED BY COMMITTEE
CHAIR LORI WILSON IN HER
RESEARCH, DOCTOR CHEN STUDIED
LIGHT ABSORBING CATALYSTS TO
PRODUCE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN
GASES FROM WATER. SHE EARNED HER
PHD IN CHEMISTRY FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY AND A BA IN CHEMISTRY
FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
PLEASE WELCOME DOCTOR STEPHANIE
CHONG.
WHILE THE SCIENCE FELLOWS AND
ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP POSE FOR A
GROUP PHOTO, WE'LL WELCOME OTHER
GUESTS FROM THE PROGRAM IN THE
GALLERY ARE EXECUTIVES FROM THE
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY. THEY ARE BONNIE
BUHLER, THE INTERIM CEO AND
DIRECTOR OF POLICY ENGAGEMENT.
AND BETHANY HOPKINS, SCIENCE
FELLOWS PROGRAM MANAGER. PLEASE
WELCOME THEM.
AS THE SCIENCE FELLOWS EXIT THE
CHAMBER ONCE AGAIN, A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE, PLEASE.
MEMBERS, THIS CONCLUDES OUR
CEREMONY. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING
TO GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. IT MAY
BE A MINUTE OR TWO AS WE GET
THOSE GUESTS TO COME IN. BUT I
WILL SAY THIS TODAY IS BASEBALL
FANS DAY. SO GO GIANTS. OH, AND
MAYBE SOME OTHER TEAMS AS WELL.
WHILE WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR
OUR GUESTS TO ARRIVE, WE HAD A
LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE
CHAMBER AND IN THE GALLERY. SO
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR BUSINESS ON
THE DAILY FILE. WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE TO SECOND READING FILE ITEM
ONE. THE CLERK WILL READ SENATE
BILL 691. ALL BILLS WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND ALL AMENDMENTS
WILL BE DEEMED ADOPTED. WE WILL
NOW MOVE TO CONCURRENCE IN OF
SENATE AMENDMENTS. TO MOVE TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER THREE, AB 1849
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON, THE
CLERK WILL READ A SENATE BILL
1849 BY SENATOR GRAYSON.
ATALANTA CONSUMER WARRANTIES.
REMEMBER, GRAYSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, I'M
PLEASED TO PRESENT AB 1849,
WHICH IS ON BACK ON CONCURRENCE
AB 1849 AUTHORIZES A BUYER OF A
TRAVEL TRAILER OR A MOTORHOME TO
ELECT TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT
IN LIEU OF REPLACEMENT AND
SPECIFY THAT THE BUYER IS NOT
REQUIRED TO ACCEPT A REPLACEMENT
IN THE EVENT THAT THE
MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE
FAILS TO SERVICE THE TRAILER OR
THE PORTION OF THE MOTOR HOME AS
SPECIFIED. SENATE AMENDMENTS ADD
MOTORHOMES AND HABITABLE
PORTIONS OF A MOTORHOME TO THE
ITEMS COVERED BY THE BILL. THIS
BILL HAS NO OPPOSITION, HAS
BIPARTISAN UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU, MR.
GRAYSON. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTED
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 59. NÓ
ZERO. SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED IN MOVING TO FILE ITEM
FOUR, AB 960 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MATHES. THE CLERK WILL READ A
SENATE BILL 960 BY SENATOR
MATHIS, AN ACT RELATING TO
SCHOOL SAFETY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MATHIS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS.
TODAY I RISE TO PRESENT AB 960,
WHICH IS BACK IN THE ASSEMBLY.
ON CONCURRENCE, I'D LIKE TO
START BY THANKING THE COMMITTEE
AND STAFF WHO HAVE HELPED ALONG
THIS EFFORT TO GET THIS TO WHERE
WE ARE AT. THE AMENDMENTS TAKEN
IN THE SENATE ADDRESSED SEVERAL
PRIVACY, SECURITY AND OVERSIGHT
CONCERNS AND ADDED REQUIREMENTS
TO ENSURE THAT AB 960 COMPLIES
WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS. IN
REGARDS TO SURVEILLANCE AND DATA
THAT ARE HANDLED SECURELY.
BRIEFLY, AB 960 WOULD ENCOURAGE
EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL WITH AN
ENROLLMENT OF 100 PUPILS OR MORE
TO IMPLEMENT A WEB BASED, APP
BASED SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAM BY
JULY 1ST, 2030, ACCORDING TO THE
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF
CALIFORNIA. BETWEEN 2013 AND
2021, THERE WAS AN AVERAGE OF 44
MASS SHOOTINGS A YEAR IN
CALIFORNIA, WHICH EQUATES TO A
MASS SHOOTING EVERY EIGHT DAYS.
AB 960 WOULD TACKLE THESE ISSUES
AND PROMOTE A CRUCIAL TOOL FOR
SCHOOLS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT BY
ENCOURAGING THAT BY JULY 2030,
EACH PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL
SHOULD IMPLEMENT A WEB BASED OR
APP BASED SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAM.
THERE IS ALREADY EXISTING TOOLS
FOR SCHOOLS TO USE THAT HAVE
SAFETY APPS THAT ARE INCLUDED
WITH THE FEATURES OF AB NINE,
60, FOR EXAMPLE, ACTIVE NET IN
MY HOME COUNTY OF TULARE THAT
WAS INTRODUCED BY OUR TULARE
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AS
SHOWN DURING LIVE TRIALS WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHEN USING
ACTIVE NET, THE AVERAGE TIME IT
TOOK TO APPREHEND OR ELIMINATE
SUSPECTS WAS ONLY 53 SECONDS
FROM THE TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT
ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL SITE.
USING THE PROGRAM DURING CRUCIAL
INCIDENTS LIKE MASS SHOOTINGS,
EVERY SECOND IS VITAL AND CAN
AND DOES MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
COLLEAGUES. THERE IS NO
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. AB 960
HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE
ERIC POTTER SAVE A LIFE
FOUNDATION, AND THE PEACE
OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA, AMONGST OTHER
VARIOUS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
ASSOCIATION GROUPS IN THE STATE.
MEMBERS I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE TO ENSURE THAT OUR
CHILDREN REMAIN SAFE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. MATHIS. SEEING
AND HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE,
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. AYES 60. NÓ ZERO. SENATE
AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED IN.
MOVING NOW TO FILE ITEM FIVE AB
2663 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER GREYSON.
THE CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 2663 BY SUN MEMBER GRAYSON.
AN ACT TO LAND USE. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER GRAYSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS AB 2663 IS BACK
ON CONCURRENCE. THIS BILL
ENHANCES TRANSPARENCY FOR
JURISDICTIONS THAT CHARGE
INCLUSIONARY HOUSING IN LIEU
FEES. THE SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE
TECHNICAL IN NATURE. THE BILL
HAS NO OPPOSITION. THANK BE
THANKFUL FOR AND RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE I LOVE.
TURNED OUT THERE. AS YOU WISH,
MR. GRAYSON. THE CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK
WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY
THE VOTES. AYES 62. NOES ZERO.
SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED
IN. WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING
BACK TO GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER DIXON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS,
IN TWO 2018, FORMER
ASSEMBLYWOMAN AND NOW SENATOR
NGUYEN AUTHORED SCR 122 HONORING
SEPTEMBER 20TH AS CALIFORNIA
SURFING DAY, A DAY TO HIGHLIGHT
THE LONG HISTORY AND BEAUTIFUL
CULTURE OF SURFING. I AM HONORED
TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 72, MY
DISTRICT'S LOCAL OFFICIALS,
SURFING LEGENDS, AND FELLOW
SURFING ENTHUSIASTS TO THE
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. I WELCOME
PETER TÊ, TOÀN WORLD CHAMPION
SURFER AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE
HUNTINGTON BEACH SURFING WALK OF
FAME, WAS THE FIRST SURF
CHAMPION OF THE FIRST PRO SURF
TOUR IN 1976. KIM AARON JUSTICE,
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR
SURFING THE NATIONS, CALIFORNIA.
GRACEY VAN DER MARK, MAYOR OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH TONY
STRICKLAND, FORMER MAYOR AND
COUNCIL MEMBER OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH ROBYN GRANT, COUNCIL
MEMBER OF NEWPORT BEACH. AND
NICOLE LLEDO, THE VICE
PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATION AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF VISIT
NEWPORT, HUNTINGTON BEACH. WE
WELCOME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE
NOT JUST THE ART OF SURFING, BUT
ALSO THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO
SAFEGUARDING THE UNIQUE CULTURE
AND ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKE
CALIFORNIA A GLOBAL SURFING
DESTINATION. WELCOME TO THE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
DIXON, AND WELCOME TO YOUR
GUESTS.
MOVING NOW TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BERMAN. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT'S MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MY
DISTRICT OFFICE INTERNS WHO ARE
HERE TODAY WITH ME TODAY ARE
SONJA DHOLAKIA AND JEFFREY Tê,
AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT
OUT TO MY OTHER INTERNS, MELANIE
HÌ AND SOPHIA COMMISSO, WHO HAVE
BEEN FANTASTIC IN THE OFFICE.
THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, BUT
THESE FOUR STELLAR INTERNS HAVE
BEEN ANSWERING PHONES, HELPING
CONSTITUENTS WITH CONSTITUENT
CASEWORK. AND TODAY, ACTUALLY,
THEY'RE GOING TO PITCH ME ON
BILL IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR. SO
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING MY
DISTRICT OFFICE INTERNS FOR
1823.
THANK YOU, MR. BERMAN. WELCOME
TO YOUR GUESTS. YOUR STAFF.
WE'RE MOVING BACK TO SENATE
CONCURRENCE. SENATE CONCURRENCE,
MOVING TO FILE ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT, AB 1779 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ERWIN. THE CLERK WILL
READ A SENATE BILL 1779 BY
ASSEMBLYMAN ERWIN AND OTHERS. AN
ATLANTA CRIMES. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ERWIN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. GOOD
MORNING, MR. SPEAKER, AND
MEMBERS, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT
AB 1779 FOR CONCURRENCE. THIS IS
A PART OF SPEAKER RIVAS
CALIFORNIANS TOGETHER AGAINST
RETAIL CRIME PACKAGE OF BILLS.
THIS BILL IS IN THE SAME FORM
YOU VOTED FOR IN MAY. WITH ALL
THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN
THE SENATE BEING REVERTED BACK.
THIS BILL RETURNS AUTHORITY TO
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO JOIN
CHARGES FOR MULTIPLE COUNTIES IN
ONE TRIAL. WHEN PROSECUTING
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT RINGS,
THIS IS CRITICAL AS ORGANIZED
RETAIL THEFT RINGS FREQUENTLY
OPERATE ACROSS MULTIPLE
COUNTIES. THE BILL HAS
SAFEGUARDS THAT REQUIRE A
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PRESENT
WRITTEN AGREEMENT OF OTHER
JURISDICTIONS IN A CONSOLIDATION
HEARING, OTHERWISE, CHARGES
OCCURRING IN A NONPARTICIPATING
JURISDICTION WILL BE RETURNED.
AB 1779, ALONG WITH THE SPEAKERS
PACKAGE OF BILLS, IS MOVING
TODAY. THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER
TO HOLD CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE
AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO RETAILERS
AND CONSUMERS. THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR. I
VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
ERWIN. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 58. NO
ZERO. SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED IN MOVING TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER NINE, AB 1802 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JOAN SAWYER. THE CLERK
WILL READ ASSEMBLY BILL 1802 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOINT SAWYER AND
OTHERS. AN ATLANTA CRIMES
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, JONES SAWYER.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. AB 1802 IS BACK IN
THE ASSEMBLY FOR CONCURRENCE.
THIS BILL WILL ELIMINATE THE
SUNSETS ON THE CRIME OF
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT AND THE
OPERATION OF THE CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL, PROPERTY CRIMES
TASK FORCE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU,
MR. JONES-SAWYER. SEEING AND
HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE, THE
CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL
THOSE VOTED WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE AYE VOTE, WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. AYES 67. NÓ ZERO. SENATE
AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED IN
MOVING TO FILE ITEM TEN AB 1972
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALANIZ. THE
CLERK WILL READ AKZONOBEL 1972
BY SOME MEMBER ALANIS AND
OTHERS. AN ATALANTA THEFT,
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF TO
TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALANIS, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AB 1972 IS BACK ON
CONCURRENCE AS PART OF THE
LARGER LEGISLATIVE RETAIL THEFT
PACKAGE. ÁP 1972 BUILDS UPON THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL'S
REGIONAL PROPERTY CRIME TASK
FORCE, PROVIDING TARGETED
SUPPORT TO COUNTIES EXPERIENCING
HIGH LEVELS OF CARGO THEFT. THE
SENATE AMENDMENTS, AND AN
URGENCY CLAUSE AT AND MAKES
TECHNICAL TO NON-SUBSTANTIVE
SUBSTANTIVE SUBSTANTIVE. THERE
WE GO. CHARGES. THIS BILL
REPRESENTS THE OUTCOME OF STRONG
BIPARTISAN COLLABORATION. I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO
ADDRESS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. IT
MEANS A LOT TO ME, AND THANK YOU
GUYS. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. MR.
ALANIZ. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 65.
NO, ZERO ON THE URGENCY. AYES
65. NO ZERO ON CONCURRENCE IN OF
SENATE AMENDMENTS. MOVING TO
FILE ITEM 11 AB 2943 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ZABA. THE CLERK WILL
READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 2943 BY SOME
MEMBERS OF BOROUGH AND OTHERS.
AN ATLANTA CRIMES
ASSEMBLYMEMBERS OF BOROUGH. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. SPEAKER.
MEMBERS, I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS A
JOINT AUTHOR OF AB 2943, ALONG
WITH SPEAKER RIVAS, WHO MADE
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OUR
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE
FACING WITH RESPECT TO RETAIL
THEFT. ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES AND
I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS
PARTNERSHIP ON THIS BILL AND HIS
LEADERSHIP ON THE ENTIRE BILL
PACKAGE, EVEN BEFORE THE SPEAKER
FORMED THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
RETAIL THEFT, I RECEIVED
COUNTLESS CALLS FROM COMMUNITY
LEADERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE,
PRESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND
OPERATORS, PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS
EXPRESSING CONCERN AND SOMETIMES
OUTRAGE OVER THE RETAIL THEFT
THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING IN OUR
COMMUNITY, LOCAL RETAILERS IN
HOLLYWOOD AND IN SANTA MONICA
AND OTHER PARTS OF MY DISTRICT
TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE WITHIN
MONTHS OF CLOSING THEIR DOORS
AND WITHOUT EQUIVALENT
REPLACEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
UNDERSTANDABLY FEARED THAT THOSE
LOCATIONS WOULD BECOME DEAD
ZONES, THAT WORKERS WOULD LOSE
THEIR JOBS, AND THAT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BECOME
BLIGHTED. YOU SEE, RETAIL THEFT
IS NOT ONLY BAD FOR BUSINESS, IT
ALSO UNDERMINES SAFETY AND THE
PERCEPTION OF SAFETY AND IMPACTS
OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE, AND WE MUST ACT
EXPEDITIOUSLY. BUT WE MUST ALSO
LOOK AT FACTS AND FIND SOLUTIONS
THAT WILL ACTUALLY WORK. WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PURSUING
REFORMS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AT
TARGETING RETAIL CRIME, WHILE
AVOIDING A ROLLBACK OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL AT KEEPING OUR
COMMUNITIES SAFE AND HAVE
REDUCED THE COST, INCLUDING THE
HUMAN COST, OF IMPRISONING
PEOPLE FOR MINOR INFRACTIONS,
FUNDS THAT COULD BETTER BE USED
FOR OUR SCHOOLS, OUR
ENVIRONMENT, AND TACKLING THE
ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME. I
APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS A WIDE
RANGE OF VIEWS IN THIS BODY AND
IN THE COMMUNITY, AND GETTING
THIS, GETTING THIS TO THE RIGHT
PLACE HAS BEEN COMPLICATED.
MEMBERS OF THIS BODY HAVE RAISED
CONCERNS THAT ARE PASSIONATE AND
AUTHENTIC, AND I RESPECT THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF THIS
BODY AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT
PASSIONATELY BELIEVE THAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING MORE. ALL OF
THESE CONSIDERATIONS INFORM THE
BILL, WHICH ADVANCES MEASURED
REFORMS THAT I TRULY BELIEVE
ACHIEVE THE BALANCE AND
EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE CALLING FOR
MEANINGFUL NEW SOLUTIONS THAT
FOCUS ON THE REPEAT OFFENDERS
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A HIGH
PROPORTION OF THE RETAIL CRIME
IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS BILL
INCLUDES SOME OF THE Kò
PROPOSALS GOVERNOR NEWSOM
PROPOSED EARLIER IN THE YEAR TO
EFFECTIVELY TARGET THESE CRIME
RINGS. WE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE
EXPERTS, INCLUDING CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM EXPERTS,
ADVOCATE, TELLING US THAT THE
KEY THINGS WE SHOULD WE SHOULD
DO FOR DETERRENCE IS TO MINIMIZE
APPROACHES THAT MERELY LENGTHEN
PRISON SENTENCES AND FOCUS
INSTEAD ON STRATEGIES THAT
INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
PEOPLE ENGAGING IN CRIME WILL BE
APPREHENDED, AND THAT THERE WILL
BE MEANINGFUL CONSEQUENCES AFTER
ARREST. WE DID THAT IN PARTS OF
THE BILL RELATED TO AGGREGATION
AND ENFORCEMENT. AND FINALLY, WE
FOCUSED ON STRATEGIES TO HELP
PEOPLE ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING
CAUSES OF CRIME BY GIVING COURTS
THE ABILITY TO CONSIDER
COMMUNITY ROOTED DIVERSION AND
REHABILITATION IN LIEU OF
IMPRISONMENT. OVERALL, THIS BILL
MAKES CALIFORNIA SAFER AND DOES
ITS BEST TO MAINTAIN CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN
SO IMPORTANT. THE AMENDMENTS
THAT OCCURRED IN THE SENATE
REPLACE THE KEY PROVISIONS THAT
WERE AMENDED OUT EARLIER IN THE
YEAR, EXCEPT FOR THE, THE
INOPERABILITY PROVISIONS, WHICH
ARE NO LONGER PART OF THIS BILL.
I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKER, THE
PRO TEM, THE GOVERNOR, ALL OF
OUR STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING
RETAILERS, WORKERS, CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATES, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE
FOR THEIR STRONG ENGAGEMENT OVER
THE PAST MANY MONTHS AND FOR
INVESTING IN DEVELOPING THIS
COMPREHENSIVE SET OF PROPOSALS
THAT WILL HAVE MEANINGFUL IMPACT
ON RETAIL CRIME. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE OF THE
ASSEMBLY RETAIL CRIME SELECT
COMMITTEE AND THE COAUTHORS OF
THIS BILL. WITH THAT, I ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME. THANK YOU, MR. ZEBRA.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SHABO YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I WANT TO THANK THE
SPEAKER AND THE AUTHOR FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. I KNOW
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT ISSUE AND
SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US HAVE
HEARD ABOUT FROM OUR OWN
CONSTITUENCIES, MINE INCLUDED,
AROUND JUST FRUSTRATION AND
NEEDING TO SEE ACTION. AND I
THINK THAT THIS BILL, WHICH I'M
PROUD TO BE A PRINCIPAL COAUTHOR
OF, IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP
FORWARD. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE
BILL. WHEN I'M IN MY COMMUNITY,
I HEAR ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT
REPEAT OFFENDERS, WHICH
AGGREGATION IS ABLE TO HELP
ADDRESS BY POOLING TOGETHER
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT INCIDENTS
INTO ONE, IT GIVES MORE TOOLS TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO HAVE FELT
LIKE THEY'VE HAD THEIR HANDS
TIED. AND IT ALSO MAKES SURE
THAT WE HAVE DIVERSION AND OTHER
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS WHO
REALLY NEED HELP AND SUPPORT AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL ARE
SUPPORTING THOSE KINDS OF
PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW THAT WORK.
AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A
REALLY COMMON SENSE SOLUTION TO
AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
REALLY HARD ON. I'VE BEEN PROUD
TO BE A PART OF THE RETAIL THEFT
SELECT COMMITTEE. I'VE BEEN
MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADERS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MY
COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS, AND
I'M PULLING TOGETHER, A WORKING
GROUP TO WORK ON THIS
SPECIFICALLY. AND SO I THINK
THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE REALLY MAKING AN
IMPACT IN THIS AREA, WHICH I
KNOW PEOPLE ARE REALLY CONCERNED
ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAPPY
TO, JOIN AS A PRINCIPLE COAUTHOR
AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CHAU SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTED
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 59.
NOES FOUR. SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED IN MOVING TO FILE ITEM
12, AB 3209 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BERMAN. THE CLERK WILL READ A
SENATE BILL 3209 BY SOME MEMBER
BERMAN AND OTHERS. AN ATLANTA
CRIMES. ASSEMBLY MEMBER BERMAN,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU.
MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO PRESENT
AB 3209, WHICH IS PART OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE TO ADDRESS RETAIL THEFT
AND CRIME IN RECENT YEARS, RATES
OF RETAIL THEFT AND ROBBERY HAVE
RISEN IN CALIFORNIA, AFFECTING
OUR BUSINESSES. OUR EMPLOYEES
AND OUR COMMUNITIES. AB 3209
WOULD AUTHORIZE A COURT TO
IMPOSE A RETAIL CRIME
RESTRAINING ORDER FOR UP TO TWO
YEARS FOR THEFT, VANDALISM OR
BATTERY OF AN EMPLOYEE WITHIN A
STORE. AB 3209 PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OFF THE SENATE FLOOR
LAST WEEK WITH BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU, MR.
BERMAN. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND
TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 65. NOES
FIVE. SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED IN. MAJORITY LEADER
AGUIAR-CURRY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR FOR YOUR MOTION. I
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ORDER H.R. 116 GALLAGHER TO THE
THIRD READING FILE. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. SUCH SHALL BE THE
ORDER.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALDERON, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. JOINING US TODAY IN THE
REAR OF THE CHAMBER IS TERESA
ROMERO, THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED
FARM WORKERS. ALONGSIDE UFW
MEMBERS JORGE SANTANA, MARIA
PÉREZ, GERARDO RUIZ, ERIKA DE
LUCA BARROS, ISIDRO FIERROS AND
LADY LAN RANGEL. OVER A THIRD OF
THE COUNTRY'S VEGETABLES AND
NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE
COUNTRY'S FRUITS ARE GROWN RIGHT
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. OUR STATE
FARM WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL, AND
THEY DESERVE DIGNITY AND OUR
RESPECT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING MEMBERS OF THE UNITED
FARM WORKERS TO OUR STATE
CAPITOL.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CALDERON, WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CALDERON, ONCE AGAIN, AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ORTEGA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU.
SPEAKER AND MEMBERS, I WOULD
LIKE TO INTRODUCE IN THE REAR OF
THE CHAMBER MY DISTRICT FIELD
REPRESENTATIVE, EBONY ODIER, AND
CATALINA HERNANDEZ, WHO'S A
STUDENT INTERN AT HER SECOND
YEAR IN CHABOT COLLEGE IN
DISTRICT 20. PLEASE GIVE THEM A
WARM WELCOME. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. WELCOME TO YOUR
STAFF. MOVING ON TO BACK TO
BUSINESS ON THE DAILY FILE.
GOVERNOR'S VETOES PASSED AND
RETAIN ON FILE ITEMS 13 THROUGH
15. FILE ITEM 16 IS A NOTICE
UNDER RECONSIDERATION. ALL ITEMS
SHALL BE CONTINUED. MOVING NOW
TO ASSEMBLY. THIRD READING FILE
ITEM 23 ACR 128 BY DOCTOR
ARAMBULA. THE CLERK WILL READ.
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
128 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER ARAMBULA.
RELATIVE TO CALIFORNIA LATINO
AND LATINA PHYSICIAN DAY. DOCTOR
ARAMBULA YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT ON ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 128 TODAY, ACR 128
WOULD DESIGNATE OCTOBER 1ST,
2024 AS CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
LATINO AND LATINA PHYSICIAN DAY.
THIS MEASURE RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE THAT HEALTH CARE
WORKFORCE THAT REPRESENTS THE
DIVERSITY OF OUR GREAT STATE,
CALIFORNIA'S LATINO COMMUNITY
CURRENTLY MAKES UP 40% OF OUR
STATE, AND YET IT ONLY
REPRESENTS 7% OF OUR PHYSICIANS
ON OUR CURRENT TRAJECTORY, IT
WOULD TAKE OVER 500 YEARS FOR US
TO REACH PARITY BETWEEN HAVING
PROVIDERS WHO ARE REFLECTIVE AND
CONCORDANT WITH THE COMMUNITIES
THAT THEY SERVE. THIS LACK OF
DIVERSITY IN THE MEDICAL FIELDS
HAS LED TO WORSE HEALTH CARE
OUTCOMES, SUCH AS HIGHER RATES
OF CHRONIC DISEASE, AS WELL AS
HIGHER RATES OF MATERNAL
MATERNAL MORTALITY. IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE PROVIDERS WHO LOOK
LIKE THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY
SERVE. AS A LATINO PHYSICIAN, I
WILL TELL YOU WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
WHEN YOUNG KIDS WHO LOOK LIKE
YOU, WHO SOUND LIKE YOU, WHO
SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS YOU,
LOOK UP TO YOU AND RECOGNIZE
THEMSELVES IN YOU BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T BE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE. AND
FOR TOO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY
HAVE NOT HAD THOSE LEADERS
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I
LOOK TO YOU HERE ON THIS FLOOR
TO HELP US TO PASS ACR 128 SO WE
CAN RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING THOSE WHO ARE PROVIDING
CARE, BEING AS DIVERSE AS OUR
GREAT STATE. THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
ON ACR 128. THANK YOU DOCTOR
ARAMBULA. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTES. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND
TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 67. NÓ
ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 25 ACR 222
BY DOCTOR WEBER. THE CLERK WILL
READ. ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 222 BY SEN MEMBER
WEBER. RELATIVE TO HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
WEEK. DOCTOR WEBER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MEMBERS. IT IS MY HONOR TO RISE
AND PRESENT ACR 222, WHICH WOULD
DESIGNATE THE FOURTH WEEK OF
SEPTEMBER AS HISTORICALLY BLACK
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY WEEK,
ALSO KNOWN AS HBCU. I GRADUATED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1996. I WAS
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND CLASS
VALEDICTORIAN. I GOT ACCEPTED TO
MANY OF OUR STATES AND NATION'S
PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES, SUCH
AS UCSD, BERKELEY, UCLA,
STANFORD, GEORGETOWN, AND MANY
WERE SHOCKED AND CONFUSED WHEN I
TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD BE
ATTENDING XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISIANA, AN HBCU IN NEW
ORLEANS. MOST OF THE RESPONSES
WERE NOT, OH MY GOD, THAT IS SO
AWESOME. IT WAS INSTEAD, WHAT IS
AN HBCU AND WHY WOULD YOU WANT
TO ATTEND ONE? SEE, MANY DON'T
KNOW THE HISTORY OF HBCUS THAT
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS BLACKS
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
LEARNING. NOT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T
SMART ENOUGH, BUT BECAUSE OF
RACISM AND SEGREGATION. SO WE
CREATED OUR OWN HIGHER
INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. IN
FACT, THE DEFINITION OF HBCUS
ARE THOSE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION THAT WERE ESTABLISHED
BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF
1964, WITH THE INTENTION OF
PRIMARILY SERVING AFRICAN
AMERICANS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY
OVER 100 RECOGNIZED HBCUS ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES, AND MY WHY
FOR ATTENDING ONE WAS VERY
SIMPLE. HBCUS PRODUCED
EXCELLENCE IN AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT IS SUPPORTIVE AND NURTURING.
HBCU GRADUATES INCLUDE CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADERS SUCH AS MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR AND CONGRESSMAN
JOHN LEWIS. LEGAL SCHOLARS SUCH
AS THE HONORABLE THURGOOD
MARSHALL AND WILLIE GARY, ALL
THREE OF THIS NATION'S BLACK
U.S. SURGEON GENERALS, OPRAH
WINFREY, SPIKE LEE, NFL GREATS
SUCH AS JERRY RICE AND WALTER
PAYTON. OUR 23RD US SECRETARY OF
LABOR. ALEXIS HERMAN, OUR
CALIFORNIA SPEAKER EMERITUS,
HERB WESSON. AND OF COURSE, THE
FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
OUR VERY OWN KAMALA HARRIS, JUST
TO NAME A FEW. WE ARE ALL HBCU
ALUM. TODAY, OVER HALF OF ALL
AFRICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS
ARE GRADUATES OF HBCUS. HBCUS
HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE
IN PRODUCING BLACK PROFESSIONALS
AND DEGREES OF STEM, AND DESPITE
REPRESENTING ONLY 3% OF HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HBCUS
AWARD 24% OF STEM BACHELOR'S
DEGREES TO AFRICAN AMERICANS. IN
FACT, WHEN I GRADUATED FROM
XAVIER IN 2000, MY HBCU PRODUCED
MORE BLACK STUDENTS THAT
SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED MEDICAL
SCHOOL THAN JOHN HOPKINS.
HARVARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND COMBINED. DATA HAS
SHOWN THAT HBCUS REPRESENT A
VITAL NETWORK TO ACCELERATE
BLACK ECONOMY, ECONOMIC MOBILITY,
INCREASING BLACK WORKER INCOMES
OVER AN ESTIMATED $10 BILLION IN
REVENUE, 1.2 BILLION IN
INCREMENTAL BUSINESS PROFITS,
$300 MILLION IN DECREASED
STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND $1 BILLION
IN ADDITIONAL CONSUMER
EXPENDITURES IN CALIFORNIA. WE
HAVE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE
OF HBCUS. WE CREATED THE HBCU
TRANSFER GUARANTEE PROGRAM,
WHICH PROVIDES A CLEAR PATHWAY
FOR BLACK CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS BY GUARANTEE
ADMISSIONS TO PARTNERING HBCUS.
MAY 17TH, 2024 MARKED THE
SEVENTH 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF
BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION.
AND WHILE WE HAVE COME A VERY
LONG WAY TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS
OF OUR BLACK STUDENTS, WE STILL
HAVE A MUCH LONGER WAY TO GO IN
REDUCING BARRIERS AND ENSURING
THE EQUITABLE SUPPORT FOR THOSE
SAME STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
HBCUS ARE A CRITICAL PIECE OF
THAT PUZZLE TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS
AND REDUCE THOSE BARRIERS. AS A
VERY PROUD HBCU ALUM, I KNOW
FIRSTHAND THAT HBCUS PROVIDE
SUPPORTIVE EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTS AND CULTURALLY
COMPETENT TEACHING AND MENTORING
DESIGNED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES,
CELEBRATE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND
CULTIVATE SOCIAL BELONGING. IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2023, PRESIDENT
BIDEN PROCLAIMED SEPTEMBER 24TH
THROUGH 30TH AS A NATIONALLY
HISTORICALLY COLLEGE, BLACK
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY WEEK AND
IN AN EFFORT TO ALIGN WITH WHAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON ACR
222, DECLARING THE FOURTH WEEK
OF SEPTEMBER AS HBCU WEEK HERE
IN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, DOCTOR WEBER, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER JONES. SAWYER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. I WANT TO THANK
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER FOR DOING
THIS AS A PROUD PARENT OF TWO
HBCU GRADUATES, ONE FROM
MOREHOUSE, THE SAME UNIVERSITY
THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING
GRADUATED FROM AND ONE FROM
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY. I KNOW
FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS
FOR MY CHILDREN TO GO TO A
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE. I
KNOW THE SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT WAS
GIVEN TO MY SON, WHO GRADUATED
WITH A DEGREE IN BIOLOGY AND
MATH AT MOREHOUSE, WHICH IS ONE
OF THE HARDEST THINGS YOU COULD
EVER GRADUATE FROM, FROM JUST
ABOUT ANY HBCU. AND MY DAUGHTER
IN MATH, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY
UNDERSTOOD THE CHALLENGES OF AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT THAT
THEY NEEDED THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM
WHERE I WOULD GET A CALL AT 2:00
IN THE MORNING FROM ONE OF THE
DEANS BECAUSE MY SON WAS OUT
PARTYING TOO MUCH. I WOULDN'T
GET THAT FROM ANY OTHER
UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THEY CARED.
THEY CARED DEEPLY, AND THEY KNEW
THEY HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO
GRADUATE PEOPLE OF COLOR. BUT
MOST IMPORTANT, TO GRADUATE MORE
AND MORE PROFESSIONAL AFRICAN
AMERICANS, TO GO BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT BETTER.
RIGHT NOW I'M SUPPORTING TWO
TEACHERS WHO ARE NOW IN LA, USD,
AND MY DAUGHTER JUST BECAME A
PRINCIPAL AND I BELIEVE SHE'S A
PRINCIPAL. AT AGE 32, ONE OF THE
YOUNGEST PRINCIPALS IN LA USD IS
BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING SHE
RECEIVED THERE. SHE NOW HAS A
DOCTORATE BECAUSE OF THE
TRAINING THAT SHE GOT WHEN SHE
GOT HER MASTERS AT HAMPTON, AND
THEY GOT HER HER DOCTORATE
BECAUSE THEY TALKED ABOUT
EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENCE EVERY DAY
AND THAT EXCELLENCE YOU COULD
SEE IN THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GRADUATED FROM THESE
INSTITUTIONS. SO AGAIN, I WANT
TO THANK DOCTOR WEBER, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WEBER, FOR ACR 2 TO 2
BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THIS FLOOR.
HOW IMPORTANT HBCUS ARE. BUT
MOST IMPORTANT, THE CRITICAL
ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, MR. JONES-SAWYER.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCKENNA, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. YES. I'D LIKE TO
THANK, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, DOCTOR
WEBER AS WELL. I AM A DAUGHTER
OF A GRADUATE OF A HBCU STUDENT.
MY MOTHER WENT TO PRAIRIE VIEW
A&M BACK IN THE 60S. SHE CAME TO
CALIFORNIA AND WORKED IN THE
TELEVISION INDUSTRY. SHE WORKED
FOR, DESILU PRODUCTIONS, AND SHE
WORKED FOR LUCY AND THEN SHE
WORKED FOR KCET, YEARS LATER, MY
NEPHEW WAS GETTING READY TO GO
TO PRAIRIE VIEW, AND MY MOTHER
WAS ABLE TO WALK HIM IN THERE AS
AN ALUMNI. AND SO SHE FELT VERY
PROUD. BUT I JUST LIKE TO THANK
YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. AND
SHE GAVE ME MY DRIVE. IT CAME
FROM PRAIRIE VIEW A&M. SHE GAVE
ME MY DRIVE TO EXCELLENCE. AND
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. AND I
AM ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER MCKENNA.
DOCTOR WEBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES WHO STOOD UP AND
SPOKE. HBCUS ARE TRULY AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THIS NATION'S
HISTORY, HAVE BEEN WILL CONTINUE
TO BE FOREVER MORE. AND THEN
WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON ACR 222.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR WEBER. AND
WITH THAT, THE CLERK WILL OPEN
THE ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL THOSE VOTES
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE
VOTE. WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND
TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 72. NO,
ZERO. RESOLUTION PASSES ADOPTED.
MOVING NOW TO FILE ITEM 26 H.
OH, I'M SORRY. MY APOLOGIES,
DOCTOR. WHEREVER YOU HAVE
GUESTS. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
I AM ALSO PLEASED TO WELCOME TO
THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR IN THE BACK,
DOCTOR HELEN YOUNG, FOUNDING
DIRECTION AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OF THE HBCU TRANSFERS PATHWAY
INITIATIVE. ALSO JOINING DOCTOR
YOUNG, OUR Ã MARIE YOUNG,
ELAINE COOK, ELAINE MOORE,
EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR REGINA, STAN
STROUD, PAMELA HAYS, AND DOCTOR
JAMAL COOKS. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER
MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, HBCU ALUM
AND OUR GALLERY AS WELL. PLEASE
GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR WEBER. WELCOME
TO YOUR GUESTS.
THANK YOU AGAIN, DOCTOR WEBER,
AND WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS.
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 26, H.R.
112, BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE. THE
CLERK WILL READ HOUSE RESOLUTION
112 BY SEN MEMBER LEE, RELATIVE
TO FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY
MONTH MEMBER LEE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND COLLEAGUES, I RISE
TO PRESENT HOUSE RESOLUTION 112
TO RECOGNIZE FILIPINO AMERICANS
AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SHAPING
THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND
ECONOMIC FABRIC OF OUR STATE AND
COUNTRY. FILIPINO AMERICANS HAVE
PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN
ADVANCING EQUAL RIGHTS AND
SOCIAL EQUITY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. THEY PLAY A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT CAMPAIGNS IN
MODERN LABOR HISTORY, THE FARM
WORKER MOVEMENT. IN 1965,
FILIPINO LABOR LEADERS LIKE
LARRY LONG AND FARM WORKERS TOOK
A BOLD STEP BY LAUNCHING THE
DELANO GRAPE STRIKE. THEY WALKED
OUT OF CENTRAL VALLEY'S GRAPE
FIELDS, TOOK TO THE PICKET
LINES, AND JOINED FORCES WITH
MEXICAN LABOR LEADERS LIKE CESAR
CHAVEZ TO FIGHT FOR BETTER PAY
AND WORKING CONDITIONS. THE
LEGACY OF FILIPINO FARM WORKERS
AT THE TIME LIVES ON TO THIS
DAY. THE HISTORIC STRIKE
ULTIMATELY LED TO THE CREATION
OF THE UNITED FARM WORKERS LABOR
UNION, WHO WE FEATURED TODAY TWO
CITY PARKS IN MY DISTRICT IN
MILPITAS AND SAN JOSE, WERE
NAMED THE DELANO MANONGS PARK IN
HONOR OF THE FILIPINO AMERICANS
WHO LED THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE
AND THE STORIES OF FILIPINO
AMERICANS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE
FARMWORKER MOVEMENT. PUBLIC
SERVANTS DEDICATED, MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE LED SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL
HOTEL ANTI-EVICTION STRUGGLE
FILIPINO AMERICANS ARE MAKING A
BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOCIETY EVERY
SINGLE DAY. COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS LED BY FILIPINO
AMERICANS ARE UPLIFTING THEIR
COMMUNITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY,
EDUCATION, AND SO MUCH MORE.
MUSICIANS ARTISTS, AND ACTORS IN
THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY
ARE GREATLY INFLUENTIAL IN THE
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
FROM THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND
TECHNOLOGY TO HEALTH CARE,
FILIPINO AMERICANS ARE MAKING
VAST CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
CALIFORNIA. THESE ARE JUST SOME
OF THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS
FILIPINO AMERICANS HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO. HR 112
CELEBRATES THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT
BY RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS
FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
AND WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK YOUR AYE VOTE AND ASK THE
FIRST ROLL TO BE OPEN FOR
COAUTHORS. MR. SPEAKER, THANK
YOU, MR. LEE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BONTA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE ALSO IN
SUPPORT OF H.R. 112 AND THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM MILPITAS FOR
AUTHORING THIS CRITICAL BILL.
THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY, A
COMMUNITY TO WHICH I HAVE, HAD
THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING MARRIED
INTO, HAS BEEN ONE THAT HAS
SERVED CALIFORNIA WITH GREAT
HEART AND JOY AND GREAT IMPACT.
WE UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT THE
FILIPINO COMMUNITY HAS STOOD UP
FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ALONGSIDE,
PHILIP VERA CRUZ AND LARRY
ITLIONG, ALONG WITH THE UFW THAT
WE JUST CELEBRATED HERE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH CESAR CHAVEZ
AND DOLORES HUERTA. THEY ARE THE
REASON WHY WE HAVE THE KIND OF
AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT FOR OUR
LABORERS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE,
HAVE IN NEED TODAY. FILIPINO
COMMUNITY ALSO BRINGS, IN
ADDITION TO ITS GREAT ADVOCACY,
GREAT JOY AND CELEBRATION,
THINGS THAT WE OFTEN DON'T
NECESSARILY TAKE HOLD OF. IN MY
DISTRICT ESPECIALLY, WE HAVE A
STRONG, VIBRANT FILIPINO
COMMUNITY, AND IN FACT, FILIPINO
COMMUNITY IS THE LARGEST GROWING
AAPI. AND I COMMUNITY IN THE
STATE. AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL
FOR THAT. WE'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MEMBERS OF
THIS BODY WHO ARE FILIPINO THIS
YEAR. WE DON'T IN FUTURE YEARS
WE WILL, THANKFULLY. AND WHILE
ONE DOOR IS OPENED WITH MY
PARTNER IN LIFE SERVING IN THIS
LEGISLATURE, WE KNOW THAT THERE
WILL BE MORE BECAUSE THE STRONG
VOICE OF THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY
DESERVES TO BE HEARD. WITH THAT,
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BONTA, SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE ROLL FOR COAUTHORS FOR
THE RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO BE A COAUTHOR. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE,
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES. THERE
ARE 74 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. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER LEE, YOU HAVE GUESTS
INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. COLLEAGUES, PLEASE JOIN
ME IN WELCOMING MY GUESTS IN THE
GALLERY AND THE FLOOR TO
CELEBRATE MY INTRODUCTION OF
H.R. 112 AND THE UPCOMING
FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
IN ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 24,
FILIPINO AMERICANS MAKE UP THE
THIRD LARGEST ASIAN AMERICAN AND
PACIFIC ISLANDER GROUP. IT'S AN
HONOR TO REPRESENT SUCH A
DIVERSE GROUP. I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO PRODUCE THE GUESTS ON
THE FLOOR WITH US TODAY, FIRST
WE HAVE DOCTOR ANGELICA CORTEZ
OF LEAD FILIPINO. WE ALSO HAVE
THE HONORABLE KIERAN MACAPUGAY
OF THE COMMISSION ON ASIAN AND
PACIFIC AMERICAN ISLANDER
AFFAIRS, DOCTOR ROBIN RODRIGUEZ
OF THE AMADO KAYA FOUNDATION,
DOCTOR ALLISON TANTIANGCO
KABBALAH'S, ASIAN AMERICAN
STUDIES PROFESSOR OF SAN
FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY AND
REGINA OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN
NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. AND
GENEVIEVE JAPAN, THE FILIPINO
YOUNG LEADERS PROGRAM. THESE
EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWER FILIPINO
AMERICANS THROUGH CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY AND MUCH
MORE, COLLEAGUES, PLEASE GIVE MY
GUESTS A WARM WELCOME TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY.
THANK YOU, MISTER LEE, AND
WELCOME TO YOUR GUESTS.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, MISTER
LEE. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR
GUESTS. MOVING TO FILE ITEM 27
ACR 226 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON. THE CLERK WILL READ.
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
226 BY SEN MEMBER WILSON,
RELATIVE TO BLACK GIRL JOY DAY.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MEMBERS. I AM HONORED TO PRESENT
ACR 226 TO OFFICIALLY DESIGNATE
AUGUST 10TH AS BLACK GIRL JOY
DAY IN CALIFORNIA. THIS DAY IS
NOT JUST A CELEBRATION, BUT A
PROFOUND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE
VIBRANT ROLES THAT BLACK GIRLS
PLAY IN ENRICHING OUR STATE'S
DIVERSE TAPESTRY. BLACK GIRLS IN
CALIFORNIA EMBODY RESILIENCE,
CREATIVITY, AND POTENTIAL
DESPITE FACING SYSTEMIC
CHALLENGES FROM A YOUNG AGE,
INCLUDING HIGHER RATES OF SCHOOL
DISCIPLINE AND EXPOSURE TO
VIOLENCE, THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS ACROSS
VARIOUS FIELDS LIKE ACADEMICS,
ARTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
RECOGNIZING THE DISPROPORTIONATE
CHALLENGES FACED BY BLACK GIRLS
IS ESSENTIAL. DATA FROM OUR
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR
SURVEY REVEALS ALARMING
DISPARITIES IN EDUCATIONAL AND
HEALTH HEALTH OUTCOMES, WHICH
NECESSITATES NECESSITATES OUR
FOCUSED ATTENTION AND ACTION
FOCUS ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH,
WELL-BEING, AND JOY. BLACK GIRL
JOY DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
UPLIFT AND CELEBRATE THE
RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY,
BRILLIANCE, BEAUTY AND
LEADERSHIP OF BLACK GIRLS.
RECOGNIZING THE POTENTIAL
INHERENT IN EACH BLACK GIRL TO
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA.
NOW THIS IS MORE THAN A SYMBOLIC
GESTURE. IT IS A COMMITMENT TO
OUR FUTURE. A FUTURE WHERE EVERY
BLACK GIRL IN CALIFORNIA CAN
THRIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT SEES
HER AND CELEBRATES HER. LET US
STAND TOGETHER FOR OUR FUTURE.
LET US STAND TOGETHER FOR EQUITY
AND LET US STAND TOGETHER FOR
JOY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE. VOTE ON ACR 226 AND REQUEST
THE ROLL OPEN. BE OPEN FOR
COAUTHORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILSON. WITH
SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE,
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE, ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES.
AYES 67, NOES ZERO. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MOVING TO
FILE ITEM 28 ACR. 227 BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALLACE. THE
CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 227 BY
MEMBER WALLACE AND OTHERS
RELATIVE TO WOMEN IN ANIMATION.
SO MEMBER WALLACE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. MEMBERS, TODAY I RISE
TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 227, WHICH HONORS AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONTRIBUTIONS
OF WOMEN IN THE ANIMATION
INDUSTRY AND THE ORGANIZATION
THAT SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES THEIR
WORK. WOMEN IN ANIMATION, OR
WIA. CALIFORNIA, IS THE
BIRTHPLACE OF SOME OF THE MOST
BELOVED ANIMATED ICONS KNOWN
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WALT DISNEY
ANIMATION, PIXAR, NICKELODEON,
DREAMWORKS, AND SONY ANIMATION
ARE JUST A FEW OF THE AMAZING
STUDIOS IN OUR STATE. MANY OF
THE ICONIC CHARACTERS WE'VE
GROWN UP WATCHING ARE WOMEN.
HOWEVER, WOMEN HISTORICALLY HAVE
BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE
CREATIVE PRODUCTION SPACE. THREE
DECADES AGO, A GROUP OF WOMEN
FRUSTRATED WITH THE MISTAKEN
BELIEF THAT ONLY MEN COULD BE
ANIMATORS AND WOMEN COULD ONLY
BE PAINTERS AND INKERS, FOUNDED
WIA. THEIR GOAL WAS HAVING 50%
OF ANIMATORS BE WOMEN. BY 2025,
WIA WORKS WITH ALL LEVELS OF
PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE GLOBAL
ANIMATION COMMUNITIES TO EMPOWER
AND ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE OF
UNDERREPRESENTED GENDER GENDER
IDENTITIES IN THE ART TECHNOLOGY,
PRODUCTION, AND BUSINESS OF
ANIMATION. HOWEVER, THE ANIMATED
ANIMATION INDUSTRY FACES NEW
CHALLENGES WITH THE EMERGENCE OF
AI TECHNOLOGY AS A KEY PART OF
CALIFORNIA'S CULTURE AND
ECONOMY. THE INDUSTRY MUST
NAVIGATE THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE
WHERE AI IS RAPID, ADVANCEMENT
IS BEGINNING TO INFLUENCE
TRADITIONAL ROLES AND ARTISTIC
PRACTICES. ACR 227 RAISES
AWARENESS AND CALLS FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF THE CREATIVE AND
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR
ANIMATION INDUSTRY, AND
PARTICULARLY THE IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN IN AN ERA
OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT.
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE ON ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 227. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WALLACE. SEEING
AND HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE,
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. THE CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. AYES 68. NÓ ZERO. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MOVING TO
FILE ITEM 29 AC TWO 228.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PELLERIN BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PETRIE-NORRIS.
THE CLERK WILL READ. ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 228 BY
SENATE MEMBER PETRIE-NORRIS
RELATIVE TO WOMEN'S EQUALITY
DAY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON,
MEMBERS. I AM PROUD TO RISE
TODAY ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PELLERIN AND THE ENTIRE
LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS TO
PRESENT ACR 228 PROCLAIMING
AUGUST 26TH, 2024 AS WOMEN'S
EQUALITY DAY. AUGUST 26TH MARKS
THE 104TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
19TH AMENDMENT, WHICH GUARANTEES
WOMEN THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO VOTE. TODAY WE ARE
CELEBRATING 104 YEARS OF HAVING
A VOICE, 104 YEARS OF HAVING A
SEAT AT THE TABLE. AND TODAY I
FIND MYSELF THINKING ABOUT THE
WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US AND WHO
MADE THIS A REALITY. AND
EVERYTHING THAT THEY ENDURED.
NOBODY GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO
VOTE. WOMEN FOUGHT FOR IT. WOMEN
WORKED FOR IT, AND WOMEN EARNED
IT. THESE WOMEN WERE OSTRACIZED,
MOCKED, EVEN BEATEN. BUT THEY
PERSISTED. THEY DID NOT TAKE NO
FOR AN ANSWER. WE STAND ON THE
SHOULDERS OF THESE LEADERS AND
THESE TRAILBLAZERS WHO CAME
BEFORE US. WE OWE THEM A
TREMENDOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE
THAT CAN NEVER FULLY BE REPAID.
BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE
THEM PROUD. AND I THINK THEY
WOULD BE. WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA
AND ACROSS AMERICA HAVE MADE
TREMENDOUS STRIDES. THERE'S A
RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN SERVING
ON CORPORATE BOARDS AND IN
LEADERSHIP ROLES IN BUSINESS,
LAW, POLITICS AND SO MANY
FIELDS. AND PROUD TO SAY THAT
THIS YEAR WE HAVE A RECORD
NUMBER OF WOMEN SERVING IN THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE, 50
WOMEN STRONG. WE ARE SHATTERING
GLASS CEILINGS EACH AND EVERY
DAY, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE STILL
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WOMEN
STILL STRUGGLE FOR FAIR PAY AND
EQUAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS
TO CHILD CARE, FAMILY FRIENDLY
WORKPLACES AND WORK AGAINST
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND LAWS REGULATING OUR
PERSONAL HEALTH DECISIONS. AND
DESPITE ALL OF OUR PROGRESS,
DESPITE ALL THE LEADERSHIP ROLES
THAT WE HOLD, THERE ARE STILL
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE US
BACKWARDS, WHO WANT TO STRIP
AWAY THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE
FOUGHT SO VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE,
BUT WE WILL NOT GO BACK. WE ARE
CONTINUING TO MARCH FORWARD. WE
HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO ACCOMPLISH
AND I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
WE HAVE YET TO ACHIEVE, AND EVEN
MORE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT OUR
DAUGHTERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS
HAVE TO ACHIEVE. SO LET'S NEVER
FORGET THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US
AND LIT THE FLAME AND HELP US
HELP US EACH AND EVERY DAY TO DO
THE WORK TO PASS THE TORCH AND
LIFT UP THE GENERATION OF WOMEN
WHO COME AFTER US. WITH THAT,
MR. SPEAKER, I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE MEMBERS ON ACR
228. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PELLERIN. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND
MEMBERS, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
ACR 228, WHICH RECOGNIZES AUGUST
26TH, 2024 AS WOMEN'S EQUALITY
DAY. THIS DAY IS NOT JUST A
COMMEMORATION, BUT A POWERFUL
REMINDER OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE
MADE AND THE WORK STILL AHEAD IN
THE FIGHT FOR GENDER EQUALITY.
THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT
HAD ITS EARLY START IN THE 16TH
CENTURY WITH EARLY FEMINISTS
SUCH AS MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN'S EDUCATION
AND ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.
FAST FORWARD TO AUGUST 26TH,
1920, WHEN THE 19TH AMENDMENT
WAS RATIFIED, GRANTING WOMEN THE
RIGHT TO VOTE. THIS WAS AN
INCREDIBLE MILESTONE, THOUGH WE
TOOK THOUGH WE KNOW IT TOOK
ALMOST 50 MORE YEARS FOR AFRICAN
AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN,
LATINA, AMERICAN, AND NATIVE
AMERICAN WOMEN TO FULLY EXERCISE
THIS RIGHT THEN, WE SAW EVEN
MORE HISTORIC CHANGES WITH THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND TITLE NINE.
IN THE 1960S AND 70S, THESE LAWS
WERE GAME CHANGERS PROMOTING
FAIR TREATMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
AND OPENING DOORS IN EDUCATION.
BUT HERE'S THE REALITY OUR
JOURNEY ISN'T OVER. EVEN WITH
THESE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS,
WOMEN STILL FACE CHALLENGES LIKE
WAGE GAPS, UNEQUAL JOB
OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE NEED FOR
BETTER SUPPORT AND CHILD CARE
AND FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES.
WOMEN ARE ALSO
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE,
IMPEDING THEIR ABILITY TO THRIVE.
WOMEN ALSO FACE HEALTHCARE
INEQUALITY AS REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH SERVICES ARE OFTEN
UNDERFUNDED OR INADEQUATELY
ADDRESSED, CAUSING DISPARITIES
IN HEALTH OUTCOMES.
ADDITIONALLY, WOMEN OF COLOR
FACE COMPOUNDED CHALLENGES,
INCLUDING SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION THAT AFFECT THEIR
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES,
HEALTHCARE, AND ECONOMIC
STABILITY. AND WE MUST ALSO
RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT OUR TRANS
WOMEN WHO FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES
AND DISCRIMINATION. TODAY, THEIR
STRUGGLES FOR ACCEPTANCE AND
EQUALITY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF
THE BROADER FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S
RIGHTS. RECOGNIZING AND
ADDRESSING THESE UNIQUE
CHALLENGES IS CRUCIAL TO
ACHIEVING TRUE GENDER EQUALITY
AND ENSURING THAT EVERY WOMAN
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED
AND THRIVE. BY ADOPTING ACR 228.
WE HONOR THE TRAILBLAZERS WHO
PAVED THE WAY FOR PROGRESS AND
SIGNAL OUR COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUE THEIR WORK TOWARDS A
FUTURE WHERE GENDER EQUALITY IS
TRULY REALIZED. I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF ACR 228. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PELLERIN. SEEING
AND HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE,
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE, ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE. WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. IRC WILL CLOSE
THE ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES.
AYES 69 NÓ ZERO. RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MAJORITY LEADER
AGUIAR-CURRY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS. AS VICE
CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S
EQUALITY DAY, WHICH IS SATURDAY,
AUGUST 26TH, I'M PROUD TO HONOR
PIPER KERMAN. PIPER IS BEST
KNOWN FOR HER 2010 MEMOIR OF
PRISONS EXPERIENCES, ORANGE IS
THE NEW BLACK MY YEAR IN A
WOMEN'S PRISON, AND IT'S AN EMMY
AWARDING NETFLIX ADAPTATION.
SINCE LEAVING PRISON, PIPER HAS
SPOKEN WIDELY ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS WOMEN FACE IN PRISON
AND PROBLEMS WITH THE FEDERAL
PRISON SYSTEM. HER WORK TO SHED
LIGHT ON THESE ISSUES IS TRULY
ADMIRABLE. SHE NOW WORKS AS A
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIST FOR
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND HAS
JUST COMPLETED HER SECOND
MANUSCRIPT ABOUT HER FOUR YEARS
TEACHING AT A MEN'S PRISON IN
OHIO. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING PIPER KERMAN TO OUR TO
OUR CHAMBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING AND VISITING US
TODAY. PIPER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING YOUR DISCUSSIONS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
AGUIAR-CURRY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
PELLERIN. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS AND WELCOME, MISS
KERMAN. MOVING NOW TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER 30, ACR 229 BY ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PELLERIN. THE CLERK WILL
READ. ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 229 BY SENATOR
PELLERIN AND OTHERS RELATIVE TO
SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS
MONTH MEMBERS. YOUR ATTENTION TO
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PELLERIN. THANK
YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND COLLEAGUES.
I RISE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND YOUR VOICE FOR ACR
229, WHICH PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER
AS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS
MONTH. WHILE THIS IS EXTREMELY
HARD FOR ME, AS YOU CAN TELL, I
AM GRATEFUL TO BE A MEMBER OF
THIS ESTEEMED BODY TO HAVE THIS
INCREDIBLE PLATFORM TO SPEAK TO
YOU ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT HAS
PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED ME AND MY
FAMILY. SUICIDE WAS NOT A TOPIC
I SPENT MUCH TIME THINKING OR
TALKING ABOUT BEFORE NOVEMBER
19TH, 2018, WHEN MY HUSBAND OF
25 YEARS, TOM, THE FATHER OF OUR
TWO CHILDREN, DIED BY SUICIDE. I
AM MOTIVATED TO SPEAK OPENLY AND
PUBLICLY ABOUT SUICIDE AND
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS BECAUSE
SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE AND
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN BE
TREATED. EARLY IN MY GRIEVING
PROCESS, I WENT TO A TALK ON
SUICIDE AND THE SPEAKER
ENCOURAGED US TO PUT OUR GRIEF
TO WORK. THAT RESONATED WITH ME.
SO I JOINED A SUICIDE. SURVIVORS
GROUP. I DID THE OVERNIGHT WALK
IN SAN FRANCISCO TO RAISE MONEY
AND AWARENESS FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION. I AUTHORED
PROCLAMATIONS FOR MY COUNTY AND
CITIES AND JOINED THE LOCAL
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL
ILLNESS. THE NAMI BOARD. IF YOU
OR A LOVED ONE IS HAVING
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS OR
EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO
NAMI. THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE NO
COST EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR
FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS AND PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING MENTAL ILLNESS. I
THEN RAN AND WAS ELECTED TO
REPRESENT THE 28TH ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A
VOICE AND A FACE FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION AND AWARENESS. AS
WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH. I'M
HONORED TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR
OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
CALIFORNIA'S MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS, WHICH IS SHARED CHAIRED
BY MY INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUE FROM
MORENO VALLEY, WHO HAS TAUGHT ME
SO MUCH ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS IMPACTING PEOPLE WHO WE
ALL KNOW AND LOVE. I UNDERSTAND
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO TALK
ABOUT SUICIDE AND OUR MENTAL
HEALTH. IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS
HARD FOR ME, BUT NOW, AS MY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL ATTEST,
I DO IT OFTEN. I'VE LEARNED A
LOT ABOUT SUICIDE IN MY JOURNEY,
AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY CHILDREN,
FAMILY, AND FRIENDS AND ALL OF
YOU HERE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME
ON THIS PATH. I WANT TO SHARE
SOME THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT
SUICIDE BEYOND THE STATISTICS
THAT YOU CAN READ IN THE
RESOLUTION. SUICIDE IS NOT A
SELFISH ACT. IT IS SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON HAS
LOST ALL HOPE, IS STUCK IN A
VERY DARK PLACE, AND LOSES THEIR
FEAR OF DEATH. I NO LONGER SAY
SOMEONE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
SUICIDE IS NOT A CRIME. IT IS
THE RESULT OF AN ILLNESS. WE DO
NOT SAY SOMEONE COMMITTED
CANCER. WORDS MATTER. SO PLEASE
SAY DIED BY SUICIDE OR TOOK
THEIR OWN LIFE. ASKING SOMEONE
IF THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT
SUICIDE WILL NOT PUT THE IDEA IN
THEIR HEAD. MOST WILL BE
RELIEVED THAT SOMEONE CARES AND
IS WILLING TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION. GRIEF IS NOT A
JOURNEY TO A DESTINATION. IT IS
SOMETHING WE CARRY WITH US EVERY
SINGLE DAY. THE PATH IS NOT
STRAIGHT NOR FLAT, NOR ONE
DIRECTION. THE STIGMA AROUND
SUICIDE IS REAL AND EMOTIONS ARE
COMPLEX. SO PLEASE DON'T ASK IF
SOMEONE IS DONE WITH GRIEVING OR
QUESTION WHY THEY CONTINUE TO
TAKE THEIR LOVED ONE'S BIRTHDAY
OR ANNIVERSARY. A SPECIAL DAY.
AND IF SOMEONE CAN GET THROUGH
THE INTENSE AND SHORT MOMENT OF
AN ACTIVE SUICIDAL CRISIS,
CHANCES ARE THEY WILL NOT DIE BY
SUICIDE. THAT'S WHY THE
SEMICOLON HAS BECOME MORE THAN
PUNCTUATION. IT'S A SYMBOL OF A
BATTLE FOUGHT A PAUSE THAT
WASN'T AN ENDING, AND THE
ONGOING NARRATIVE OF MENTAL
HEALTH. I HAVE A SEMICOLON PIN
IN THE MEMBERS LOUNGE FOR ALL OF
YOU. I HOPE YOU'LL WEAR IT. AND
WHEN ASKED ABOUT ITS MEANING,
YOU CAN TELL THEM. THE REALITY
IS, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS
STRUGGLED, HAS FELT HOPELESS,
AND HAS BEEN DEPRESSED. LIFE HAS
BEEN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT
RECOVERING FROM A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC, WITNESSING PERVASIVE
DIVISION, VIOLENCE AND HATRED
ABROAD, AND HERE AT HOME, AND
NAVIGATING THROUGH LIFE'S MANY
CHALLENGES AND STRESSORS LIKE
LOSING A LOVED ONE, FINANCIAL
INSECURITY OR DEPRESSION. YET
MANY OF US SILENTLY FIGHT OUR
OWN BATTLES. SUICIDE DOES NOT
DISCRIMINATE. IT IMPACTS ALL
PEOPLE, ALL AGES, GENDERS, RACE,
ETHNICITY, INCOMES, AND SEXUAL
ORIENTATIONS. BUT SUICIDE
NUMBERS ARE HIGHER FOR WHITE
MALES. VETERANS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN RURAL AREAS, LGBTQ YOUTH,
TRANSGENDER ADULTS, MIDDLE AGED
ADULTS, AND TRIBAL POPULATIONS.
FIREARMS ARE USED IN MORE THAN
HALF OF ALL SUICIDES. SO WHAT
CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT SUICIDE?
FIRST ON MY LIST IS SIMPLE BE
KIND. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH. YOU
DON'T KNOW THEIR STORY. SO JUST
BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. EVEN TO
THOSE WHO ARE UNKIND TO YOU.
SECOND, PROMOTE THE 988 SUICIDE
AND CRISIS LIFELINE. THE
LIFELINE HAS PROVEN TO PROVIDE
QUICKER ACCESS TO CRISIS
COUNSELING AND CONNECTING PEOPLE
WITH LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES. THE VOLUME OF CALLS,
TEXT MESSAGES AND CHATS HAS
INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE
ITS INCEPTION, SHOWING A HUGE
DEMAND FOR THIS SERVICE.
HOWEVER, IT CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE WITH STAFFING SHORTAGES
AND FUNDING. WE HAVE GOT TO DO
MORE. THIRD, LET'S TALK ABOUT
SUICIDE IN THE WORKPLACE, IN OUR
SCHOOLS, IN OUR RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS, AND IN OUR HOMES
AND NOT JUST IN SEPTEMBER.
TRAINING IS AVAILABLE TO TEACH
PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY WHO MAY BE AT
RISK FOR SUICIDE AND HOW TO LINK
THEM TO CARE. FOURTH, LEARN THE
WARNING SIGNS. IS SOMEONE
TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO DIE?
ARE THEY FEELING HOPELESS? MORE
ANXIOUS, OR FULL OF RAGE? ARE
THEY WITHDRAWING FROM FRIENDS?
GIVING AWAY IMPORTANT ITEMS?
HAVING EXTREME MOOD SWINGS,
EATING OR SLEEPING MORE? THESE
ARE JUST SOME OF THE WARNING
SIGNS. FIFTH, IF YOU HAVE
FIREARMS IN YOUR HOME, PLEASE
STORE THEM SECURELY. FINALLY,
ASK THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND
LET THE PERSON KNOW THEY ARE NOT
ALONE. TALK TO THEM. LISTEN, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT AND
IT MIGHT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. LET
THEM KNOW THAT HELP IS
AVAILABLE. TELL THEM WHAT THEY
ARE EXPERIENCING IS TREATABLE
AND THAT SUICIDAL FEELINGS ARE
TEMPORARY. SUICIDE IS FINAL. IF
YOU'RE HAVING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS
OR A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE,
PLEASE REACH OUT FOR HELP BY
CALLING OR TEXTING THE HOTLINE
AT 988 OR TALK TO SOMEONE YOU
TRUST. I WANT ANYONE WHO IS
THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE TO KNOW
THAT YOUR LIFE MATTERS. YOUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL NOT BE
BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU. TAKE IT
FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS. FINALLY
LET'S DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER
TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE NO ONE
CHOOSES TO LEAVE IT BY CHOICE.
THANK YOU. AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PELLERIN. SO,
MEMBER PAPIN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF ACR 229,
AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE
FROM SANTA CRUZ FOR BRINGING
THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. YOUR
RESOLVE IN RAISING AWARENESS
AROUND THIS ISSUE IS TRULY
INSPIRATIONAL, AND I'M SO
HONORED TO STAND WITH YOU IN
SOLIDARITY. MENTAL MENTAL
HEALTH, WHICH IS THE TOP WHICH
IS THE TOPIC AT THE ROOT OF THIS
ISSUE, HAS RISEN TO ALMOST
EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS. 45% OF THE
RESIDENTS IN MY COUNTY ALONE
HAVE REPORTED EXPERIENCING
DIFFICULTY WITH LONELINESS, AND
ISOLATION. ADDRESSING RISING
SUICIDE RATES BEGINS WITH
DEVOTING MORE RESOURCES TO
MENTAL HEALTH, MINIMIZING RISK
FACTORS AND INCREASING EARLY ID
OF FOLKS AT RISK AND GETTING
THEM CONNECTED TO SERVICES.
QUITE A FEW BILLS HAVE PASSED
OVER OUR DESK, BUT SO MUCH MORE
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SUPPORT
THOSE WHO LACK THE TOOLS NEEDED
TO PROPERLY NAVIGATE THEIR OWN
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AS WE
CONTINUE TO APPROACH BROADER
SOLUTIONS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UPHOLD RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS
ONE, WHICH REMINDS US OF WHAT
CAN HAPPEN WHEN MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES ARE LEFT UNCHECKED. BY
DEDICATING SEPTEMBER TO SUICIDE
PREVENTION, WE STRENGTHEN OUR
CONVICTION THAT THE MOST AT RISK
POPULATIONS NEED OUR SUPPORT AND
THE SUPPORT OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES. SECURING RESOURCES
FOR THESE POPULATIONS AND
RAISING AWARENESS ENSURES THAT
WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES,
THEREBY CARVING A PATH TOWARDS
SUICIDE PREVENTION. I THANK YOU
AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND I
VOTE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PAPIN. DOCTOR JACKSON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. SPEAKER, AS CHAIR OF THE
CALIFORNIA'S HUMAN, MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, SELECT COMMITTEE,
I WANT TO COMMEND MY DEAR
COLLEAGUE FROM SANTA CRUZ IN
WHICH WE'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY
TOGETHER, THIS LAST TWO YEARS,
AND WITHOUT A DOUBT CONTINUES TO
SHOW HOW ONE CAN TURN PAIN INTO
POWER. AND THERE IS NO ONE, NO
ONE ELSE, WHO IS ABLE TO DELIVER
SUCH A MESSAGE SO CLEARLY AND SO
PASSIONATELY, AS OUR DEAR
COLLEAGUE, IF WE CAN TAKE
ANYTHING, FROM THIS RESOLUTION,
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE
MUST. ALL THAT WE MUST ALL KEEP
IN MIND. SUICIDE IS A LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH AND AFFECTS
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY
OUR SENIORS. SUICIDE IS A
SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM
AND HAS FAR REACHING IMPACTS.
ONE PERSON DIES IN THIS COUNTRY
EVERY 11 SECONDS DUE TO SUICIDE.
BUT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO
PREVENT THESE THINGS. HOPE IS
POSSIBLE AND EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF US CAN DO SOMETHING TO
PREVENT SOMEONE FROM COMMITTING
SUICIDE. LET'S BE CLEAR. THE
PEOPLE THAT WE INTERACT WITH
EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE PEOPLE WHO
WE SAY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? BUT
WE DON'T REALLY WAIT TO LISTEN
TO THE RESPONSE. AND MANY OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY, I'M OKAY
ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT ARE
CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE. THEY WORK
IN OUR OFFICES. WE LIVE WITH
THEM IN OUR HOMES. THEY SIT WITH
US RIGHT HERE ON THIS FLOOR. THE
IDEA IS, IS THAT IT IS MORE
PREVALENT THAN WE THINK. AND THE
ONLY WAY TO COMBAT THAT IS TO
TALK ABOUT IT. ANYTIME WE TALK
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, YOU HAVE
NOTICED THAT EITHER MY COLLEAGUE
OR MYSELF OR OTHERS WHO ARE
ADVOCATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, WE
SHARE OUR PERSONAL STORIES ON
PURPOSE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T
NORMALIZE THE FACT THAT IF YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUE, THAT IS NOT NORMAL. IT IS
NORMAL TO STRUGGLE. IT IS NORMAL
TO CONTEMPLATE. IT IS NORMAL TO
NOT BE OKAY FROM TIME TO TIME.
SO IF YOU ARE ON THIS FLOOR OR
WORKING HERE ON THE IN THE
CAPITOL OFFICES, CONTACT HR
TODAY. CONTACT THEM NOW. BECAUSE
WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IS NOT
PERMANENT. AND YOU WILL BE OKAY.
BUT WE WILL NOT BE OKAY. AS FOR
YOU TO LEAVE THIS EARTH SOONER,
THEN, SOONER THAN IT IS YOUR
TIME. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT
IT, WE WILL MISS YOU. WE WILL
SUFFER WITHOUT YOU. THIS WORLD
WILL NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.
SO STAY WITH US. LET US KNOW
WHEN YOU ARE NOT OKAY AND WE
WILL STAND UP AND BE WITH YOU IN
THAT PROCESS. BECAUSE IF IT'S
YOU TODAY, IT WILL BE ME
TOMORROW. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE ON HCR 229. THANK
YOU DOCTOR JACKSON. MR. MATHIS,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER. MEMBERS AT THE
AUTHOR'S REQUEST, I WILL SHARE
MY STORY. SEE, THERE'S A QUOTE
BY PLATO THAT ONLY THE DEAD HAVE
SEEN THE END OF WAR. AND AS A
YOUNG MAN COMING HOME FROM
GETTING BLOWN UP TWICE IN IRAQ
TO ANOTHER GUY IN MY HOUSE, MY
ACCOUNTS IN THE RED, THE VÀ, THE
VETERANS HOSPITAL WHO WAS
SUPPOSED TO HELP ME WITH
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND PTSD
AND EVERYTHING ELSE THEY TOLD ME
AT 25, DEVIN, YOU'VE GOT A BODY
OF AN 85 YEAR OLD MAN. HERE'S A
BAG OF PILLS, OPIOIDS,
DEPRESSION, MEDS, EVERYTHING
ELSE. JUST HERE'S YOUR BAG OF
PILLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE. YOU'RE GOOD. LITTLE
SELF-MEDICATING LATER, I HAD MY
ATTEMPT. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST
TIME I PUBLICLY SHARED IT. AS A
BODY, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION.
WE'VE HEARD THE DATA ON THE
VETERANS 72% HIGHER CHANCE. WE
LOOK AT THE OPIOIDS, THE
FENTANYL, ALL OF THAT STARTED
BECAUSE A COMPANY CALLED
MCKINSEY CUT A DOUBLE DEAL WITH
THE VA AND SOME PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES TO PURPOSELY GET
VETERANS HOOKED. THEY STILL HAVE
A NO BID CONTRACT WITH THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. THIS FIRM DOES,
AND I'VE ASKED FOR HELP TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT AND HAVEN'T GOT
MUCH. WE TALK ABOUT IN AND I
LOOKED OUR BUDGET. WE'RE
ACTUALLY DOING A PRETTY GOOD
JOB. WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY
ON MENTAL HEALTH THAN ANYBODY
ELSE HAS, WHICH IS GOOD. BUT
IT'S WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S ACCESS? WHAT ARE WE
DOING TO PROMOTE THE NINE,
EIGHT, EIGHT? WHAT ARE WE DOING
TO MAKE SURE, AS MENTIONED BY
SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES. THAT
PEOPLE KNOW IT'S OKAY, THAT IT'S
OKAY TO FILL HOW MANY OF US AS
MEN WE SEE THE NUMBERS ARE EVEN
HIGHER. AND WE DON'T TALK ABOUT
IT AS MUCH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE
ALL FEAR TOXIC MASCULINITY.
THESE DAYS. BUT AS A MAN AND
HELL, I'M I'M A MILLENNIAL. I'M
THE FIRST MILLENNIAL COMBAT VET
WITH A PURPLE HEART ELECTED TO
STATE OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY. I
DON'T KNOW WHO ALL ARE YOU GOING
TO GET TO GET WHEN I RETIRE, BUT
GOOD LUCK. FOR MEN, WE CARRY
THAT WEIGHT, THAT MACHISMO AWAY.
WE ARE TOLD AS KIDS, YOU GOT TO
TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. YOU
GOT TO MAKE THE MONEY. YOU GOT
TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS. YOU
HAVE ALL THAT PRESSURE ON YOU.
AND WHEN YOU HIT ROCK BOTTOM,
IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF FEELING
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
DROWNING. YOU FEEL A DARKNESS.
YOU FEEL A PAIN. AND YOU FEEL
LIKE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. YOU
CAN'T SHARE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE
AFRAID IT'S GOING TO HURT THOSE
AROUND YOU. YOU KNOW, I LED
HUNDREDS OF COMBAT MISSIONS IN
IRAQ, AND WE BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF OUR GUYS HOME. BUT WE
HAVE LOST SEVERAL OF THEM TO
SUICIDE MORE AND MORE EVERY
YEAR. AND IT'S NUTS TO THINK IN
A PLACE WHERE WE GOT SHOT AT
EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE
SURVIVED THAT, THAT WAS EASY
BECAUSE WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT.
BUT WE ARE NOT PREPARED. FOR THE
LITTLE THINGS THAT TEAR US APART
EMOTIONALLY, WE'RE NOT PREPARED
FOR BREAKUPS. WE'RE NOT PREPARED
FOR LOSS OF JOBS, NOT PREPARED
FOR AN ECONOMY THAT HAS THE
HIGHEST INFLATION WE'VE EVER
SEEN. WE'RE NOT PREPARED NOT TO
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND TO HAVE
OUR SELF-WORTH BE DIMINISHED,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT
ABILITY. IT IS IMPORTANT, AS
MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S NOT
ALWAYS THE GUY THAT SEEMS SAD.
OFTENTIMES, LOOK AT ROBERT
WILLIAMS. IT'S THE GUY THAT'S
HAPPY. IT'S THE GUY THAT'S
TRYING TO MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE
HAPPY BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING OUT
THEIR PAIN. BEING EMPATHETIC TO
THOSE AROUND THEM. IT WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST A SIMPLE
SMILE TO SLOW DOWN. YEAH, WE ALL
PASS EACH OTHER IN THE HALLS. WE
PASS EVERYBODY. AMEN. HAVE A
GOOD DAY. HOW YOU DOING? OH,
YEAH. GREAT. BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU
ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH SOMEBODY?
EVEN IF IT'S AN OLD FRIEND
BEYOND JUST SOCIAL MEDIA, MAYBE
IT'S THE LONG PHONE CALL. MAYBE
IT'S JUST THE SITTING THERE
ABRAHAM HERE. AND LETTING THEM
CONNECT TO FILL THAT HUMAN
ENERGY THAT SPIRIT OF ANOTHER
SOUL CONNECTING WITH THEM SO
THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE. I
ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THAT,
BUT I ALSO ENCOURAGE US AS A
BODY TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BREAK
PAST THE MONOTONY OF THE RED
TAPE OF THE BUREAUCRACY, OF
THOSE WHO ARE AT THE LOWER END,
PROVIDING SERVICES, NOT TO LOOK
AT PEOPLE JUST AS WELL. THIS IS
MY CASELOAD. BUT TO LOOK AT IT
FROM THE HUMANITY OF IT. TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY DO
CALL A NUMBER, OR IF THEY DO GO
TO COUNSELING, OR IF THEY DO
BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO DO THAT.
NOBODY WANTS TO SAY THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME. BUT
IT'S NOT. IT'S HUMAN. THE ONE
THING THAT REMAINS TRUE, AND IT
WAS ON THE RING OF THE WISEST
KING KNOWN IN HISTORY, KING
SOLOMON. THIS, TOO, SHALL PASS.
GOOD OR BAD, IT WILL PASS. AND
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT. AND WE
HAVE TO BE THERE FOR THOSE
AROUND US. THANK YOU TO THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL. THANK
YOU, MR. MATHIS. MR. JOE
PATTERSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER,
MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU TO MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SANTA CRUZ AND MY
COLLEAGUE FROM PORTERVILLE, FROM
SHARING THAT STORY. I MENTIONED
HERE ON THE FLOOR LAST YEAR THAT
SUICIDE HAS IMPACTED MY FAMILY
AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
REALLY SOMETHING, SHARE
PUBLICLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN
2019, I JOINED A GROUP OF WHAT I
WOULD SAY WAS JUST LIKE SIX
CRAZY GUYS, WORKING OUT ONCE,
TWICE A WEEK IN ROCKLAND. AND
THE NAME OF THIS GROUP WAS
CALLED F3. AND IT STANDS FOR
FITNESS, FELLOWSHIP AND FAITH.
AND THIS WAS, LIKE I SAID, IN
NOVEMBER AT THE END OF NOVEMBER
2019. AND THEN COVID HIT IN
MARCH OF 2020. AND THIS GROUP OF
SIX GUYS THAT WORK OUT, YOU
KNOW, A FEW DAYS A WEEK GREW TO
IN THIS REGION, WENT FROM
ROCKLAND TO ROSEVILLE TO
LINCOLN, ALL OVER EL DORADO
HILLS, ALL OVER THE SACRAMENTO
REGION, ELK GROVE. AND IT'S
GROWN TO THOUSANDS OF MEN IN IN
THIS AREA. AND IT'S ACTUALLY
NATIONWIDE. BUT THIS JUST A
COUPLE GUYS HERE STARTED THIS
GROUP AND THEIR MOTTO IS LEAVE
NO MAN BEHIND, BUT LEAVE NO MAN
WHERE HE FOUND HIM. AND WHAT WAS
INTERESTING IS I THINK WHAT WE
REALIZED AND THE POINT IS YOU DO
THESE WORKOUTS AT VERY OBSCENE
HOUR OF THE DAY, 5:15 A.M. AND
YOU'RE DONE BY SIX. IT'S 45
MINUTES. YOU ALWAYS GET DONE ON
TIME. BUT THE POINT WASN'T
NECESSARILY JUST, HEY, LET'S GO
TO WORK OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S I CAN GUARANTEE EVERY GUY
IN THIS ROOM WHO'S BEEN MARRIED,
WHO'S MARRIED, HAS BEEN MARRIED,
HAS KIDS. IT YOUR YOUR FRIENDS
ARE PEOPLE YOU'VE MET IN HIGH
SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, OR THE OTHER
OPTION IS THE, THE YOUR SPOUSE'S
FRIENDS, HUSBANDS. AND AS YOU
GET OLDER AND YOU GO INTO
ADULTHOOD, YOU REALLY DON'T
DEVELOP THOSE CLOSE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER MEN.
AND SO I DIDN'T REALLY YOU KNOW,
I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT WAS KIND
OF SURPRISING TO ME TO LEARN
THAT MEN ARE FOUR TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO DIE BY SUICIDE. AND
THAT WAS VERY SURPRISING TO ME
THAT THAT WAS THAT BIG OF A
DISPARITY OF A DIFFERENCE. THERE
AND, YOU KNOW, SO IN THIS GROUP
THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE AFTER WE KIND OF WE DO
SOMETHING CALLED A CIRCLE OF
STRESS AND WE TALK AND WE'VE HAD
GUYS WHO'VE LOST THEIR WIVES,
LOST THEIR CHILDREN. AND, YOU
KNOW, YOU DEVELOP THESE
RELATIONSHIPS AND YOU SAY LIKE,
HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY
BONDING TOGETHER. AND THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WORKOUT.
AND SOMETIMES WE'LL JUST GO ON A
RUN OR SOMETHING, AND I'M
RANTING TO THE GUYS ABOUT
WHATEVER SOMETIMES ABOUT SOME OF
MY COLLEAGUES HERE. IN FACT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GOOD
WAY FOR, I THINK, GUYS TO
DEVELOP DEEP RELATIONSHIPS WITH
OTHER MEN. AND I THINK ALL THE
GUYS HERE, ALL THE STAFF IN THE
BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, KNOW
THAT YOU DEFINITELY NEED HELP.
YOU NEED OTHER GUYS THAT YOU CAN
TALK TO. AND WE DON'T REALLY
WE'RE REALLY BAD AT DEVELOPING
FRIENDSHIPS CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS,
OUTSIDE OF OUR COLLEGE OR OUR
SPOUSES, FRIENDS, BUDDIES. SO,
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO
ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE SOME
TIME, AND YOU KNOW, I NOT ONLY
BE NICE TO EACH OTHER AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, BUT FIND AN ACTIVITY
WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY DEVELOP,
CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
GUYS AND BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME
OF THOSE INTIMATE DETAILS ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE.
SO, AND IT, YOU KNOW,
TRUTHFULLY, WHEN THINGS GET
CRAZY HERE, IT'S GOOD, TO BE
ABLE TO RANT ABOUT SOME OF YOU
GUYS, AND I HOPE YOU DO THE SAME
ABOUT ME. AND IT'S A PLEASURE
SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU, BY THE
WAY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF, MY
COLLEAGUE FOR SHARING HER STORY
AND BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION UP
HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S
A TOUGH SUBJECT, BUT I THINK,
YOU KNOW, IT'S I'M REALLY GLAD
WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ON THE
FLOOR EVERY DAY, DESPITE WE DO A
LOT OF RESOLUTIONS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT. AND THEY'RE ALL
REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK
THIS ONE, I REALLY THINK IT'S
GREAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING WE
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT. FIVE YEARS
AGO, YOU KNOW, MUCH LESS LAST
YEAR. SO WITH THAT, I ASK FOR AN
AYE VOTE ON HCR 229. THANK YOU,
MR. PATTERSON. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PELLERIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SHARING
THEIR STORIES TODAY. AND THANK
ALL OF YOU FOR DEDICATING THE
TIME ON THIS FLOOR TO LISTEN TO
THESE STORIES, I'M LOOKING AT MY
BRACELET HERE, TOO, WHICH IS
REALLY GREAT. IT SAYS, YOU CAN
NEVER BE REPLACED. THIS WORLD
NEEDS YOU, I NEED YOU. SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH. I NEED YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PELLERIN. WITH THAT, THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE
VOTED WHO DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL
THOSE VOTES, WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES.
70. NÓ ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE A GUEST IN
THE CHAMBER. PAST ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ADAM GRAY IS IN THE BACK
OF THE CHAMBER. MR. GRAY,
WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. MOVING
NOW TO SENATE THIRD READING FILE
ITEM 32 SB 357. SENATOR
PORTANTINO BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
DAVIES. THE CLERK WILL READ
SENATE BILL 357 BY SENATOR
PORTANTINO AND OTHERS. AN
ATALANTA VEHICLES ASSEMBLY
MEMBER. DAVIES, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS. SB 357
WOULD PROVIDE DOCTORS WITH MORE
DISCRETION TO REPORT ANY
CONDITIONS THEY BELIEVE WILL
IMPAIR A PATIENT'S ABILITY TO
DRIVE, INCLUDING EPILEPSY,
EPILEPSY IS THE FOURTH MOST
COMMON NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER
AFFECTING MORE THAN 425,000
CALIFORNIANS AND 3.4 MILLION
AMERICANS IN 1957, A STATE LAW
WAS PASSED THAT MANDATED
PHYSICIANS TO AUTOMATICALLY
REPORT THESE DRIVERS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES,
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS EVIDENCE
DRIVERS WITH EPILEPSY DON'T HAVE
MEANINGFULLY HIGHER ACCIDENT
RATES THAN THE BROADER
POPULATION. THIS REPORTING
REQUIREMENT HAS LED TO PATIENTS
NOT DISCLOSING THEIR CONDITIONS
TO THEIR DOCTORS OUT OF FEAR
THAT THEY MAY GET THEIR LICENSE
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. NOT
DISCLOSING ALSO MEANS PATIENTS
ARE GETTING LESS ACCESS TO
APPROPRIATE CARE AND HAVE
INCREASED RISK OF SEIZURES,
INJURIES AND DEATH BY GIVING
DOCTORS MORE DISCRETION, WE
ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO GET THE
CARE THEY NEED WITHOUT RISK OF
LOSING THEIR ABILITY TO DRIVE
AND PROTECT THE DOCTOR PATIENT
RELATIONSHIP. THIS BILL WILL
LASTLY UPDATE AN OUTDATED LAW
AND ENSURE CALIFORNIA'S JOIN THE
OTHER 44 STATES THAT DO NOT
MANDATE REPORTING. FOR THOSE
REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER DAVIS. SEEING AND HEARING
NO FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK
WILL OPEN THE ROLL. ALL THOSE
VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL
THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL
AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 58. NÓ
ZERO. MEASURE PASSES. MOVING TO
FILE ITEM 35 SB 1386. SENATOR
CABALLERO BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS. FOR THE PURPOSE
OF AMENDMENTS, THE CLERK WILL
READ. SENATE BILL 1386 WITH
AMENDMENTS BY SENATOR
PETRIE-NORRIS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. I RISE TO PRESENT
AMENDMENTS TO SB 1386 ON BEHALF
OF SENATOR CABALLERO. THESE
AMENDMENTS SIMPLY ADD COAUTHORS
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
PETRIE-NORRIS. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THIS ON THESE
AMENDMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY
AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAY NO. THE
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED OUT TO
PRINT AND BACK ON FILE. MOVING
TO FILE ITEM 42, SB 1140, ALSO
BY SENATOR CABALLERO BY MR. JUAN
CARRILLO. CLERK WILL READ SENATE
BILL 1140 BY SENATOR CABALLERO.
AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CARRILLO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND
MEMBERS, I RISE TO PRESENT SB
1140 ON BEHALF OF SENATOR
CABALLERO. SB 1140 WILL REFORM
ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCING DISTRICTS AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCY DISTRICT LAW TO
STREAMLINE THE FORMATION PROCESS
AND EXPAND THE TYPES OF PROJECTS
THESE TOOLS CAN FINANCE, ALL
WHILE PROTECTING PUBLIC INPUT
AND PARTICIPATION. SB 1140 WILL
REDUCE THE MANDATORY MEETINGS
FROM 4 TO 3. IT BROADENS THE
ALTERNATIVE MAILING AND
NOTIFICATION METHODS TO
INCORPORATE ALL EAFD FORMATION
MEETINGS, ANNUAL REPORTS AND
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS. THIS BILL
PROVIDES A SPECIFIC NOTICE SHALL
BE PROVIDED IN ENGLISH AND IN
ALL OTHER LANGUAGES, ONLY IN
SPOKEN BY 20% OR MORE OF THE
POPULATION IN THE JURISDICTION
OF THE COUNTY. LASTLY, SB 1140
EXPANDS THE TYPE OF PROJECTS
THAT I'VE SINCE CRDS CAN FINANCE
TO INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE
AIR QUALITY. THESE BENEFITS WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE
ABILITY FOR AIFVS AND CRDS TO
ADVANCE THEIR MISSION TO SUPPORT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SPUR
CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY IN
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE,
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ALLOW
ROBUST COMMUNITY NOTICE AND
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. THE
BILL HAS NO OPPOSITION AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CARRILLO. SEEING
AND HEARING NO FURTHER DEBATE,
THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE ROLL.
ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE TO
VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE. WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. I WILL CLOSE THE
ROLL AND TALLY THE VOTES. AYES
55. NOES FIVE. MEASURE PASSES.
MOVING TO FILE ITEM 71 SB 1356.
SENATOR WAHAB BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BARRETT KHN. THE CLERK WILL
READ. SENATE BILL 1356 BY
SENATOR WAHAB AND OTHERS. AN
ATLANTA JUDICIARY. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BAUER-KAHAN YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, I RISE TO
PRESENT SB 1356 ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR WAHAB. THIS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT BILL WILL ENSURE THAT
OUR JUDGES GET TRAINING ON
GENDER BIAS. AS A FORMER
PRACTICING ATTORNEY WHO, ON ONE
OF HER FIRST APPEARANCES WAS
TOLD I COULD NOT REPRESENT MY
CLIENT BECAUSE I WASN'T WEARING
A SKIRT. I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS BILL. IT IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT. AND YES, I GRADUATED
FROM LAW SCHOOL IN 2004, SO IT
IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR
JUDGES GET THIS TRAINING,
UNDERSTAND THE GENDER BIAS THAT
IS IN PART OF OUR JUDICIAL
SYSTEM, AND SO I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON THIS
BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BARRETT KHN.
SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTES WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. AYES 5859. NÓ ZERO.
MEASURE PASSES. PASS AND RETAIN
ON ITEM 79. PASS AND RETAIN ON
FILE. ITEM 86. MOVING TO FILE
ITEM 88 SB 981. SOME REMEMBER
SENATOR WAHAB BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BARRETT KHN. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BARRETT KHN. AS SOON AS THE
CLERK READS, YOU WILL BE
RECOGNIZED. SENATE BILL 981 BY
SENATOR WAHAB AND OTHERS. AN ACT
RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER,
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
MEMBERS. SB 981, ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR WAHAB, THIS BILL IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR
PEOPLE TO REMOVE SEXUALLY
EXPLICIT MATERIAL ON SOCIAL
MEDIA. DEEPFAKES THAT REPRESENT
THEM IN WAYS THAT THEY WERE
NEVER. AND SO IT WILL ENSURE
IMMEDIATE PULL DOWN OF THOSE
ITEMS IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO
THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE ONLINE.
AND WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK YOU
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAUER-KAHAN.
SEEING AND HEARING NO FURTHER
DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL OPEN THE
ROLL. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO DESIRE
TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE. ALL THOSE VOTE
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. CLERK WILL
CLOSE THE ROLL AND TALLY THE
VOTES. AYES 65. NÓ ZERO. MEASURE
PASSES. MOVING TO FILE ITEM 89
SB 1283. SENATOR STERN BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAUER-KAHAN FOR
THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENTS, THE
CLERK WILL READ. SENATE BILL
1283, WITH AMENDMENTS BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAUER-KAHAN
ASSEMBLYMEMBER BAUER-KAHAN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, THIS IS UP
FOR FLOOR AMENDMENTS ONLY. THESE
ARE CRITICAL AMENDMENTS TO HELP
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF OUR
LGBTQ PLUS CAUCUS. WITH THAT, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE ON
THE AMENDMENTS WITHOUT
OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A VOICE
VOTE ON THESE AMENDMENTS. ALL IN
FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NO.
AYES HAVE IT. THE BILL IS OUT TO
PRINT AND BACK ON FILE.
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED. MOVING
TO FILE ITEM 109 SB 1379.
SENATOR DODD BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON. THE CLERK WILL READ
SENATE BILL 1379 BY SENATOR DODD
AND OTHERS. AN ATLANTA PUBLIC
RETIREMENT, DECLARING THE
URGENCY THEREOF TO TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WILSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MEMBERS,
TODAY I RISE TO PRESENT SB 1379
ON BEHALF OF SENATOR DODD Ã
DISTRICT BILL TO TEMPORARILY
WAIVE THE 960 HOUR LIMIT FOR
RETIRED ANNUITANTS WORKING FOR
SOLANO COUNTY SHERIFF TO ADDRESS
A CRITICAL STAFFING NEED IN
VALLEJO. THE BILL WILL SUNSET
AFTER THREE YEARS. THE VALLEJO
CITY COUNCIL DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY LAST YEAR DUE TO A
MAJOR POLICE OFFICER STAFFING
SHORTAGE, DESPITE BEING
AUTHORIZED FOR 132 OFFICERS.
VALLEJO PD CURRENTLY ONLY HAS 32
PATROL OFFICERS AND FOUR
DETECTIVES. AS A RESULT, THE
SOLANO COUNTY SHERIFF IS TASKED
WITH RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY
CALLS IN VALLEJO, AND THIS BILL
IS ESSENTIAL TO ADDRESSING A
SEVERE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. THIS
BILL REQUIRES THE SHERIFF TO TRY
TO HIRE FULL TIME ACTIVE
DEPUTIES BEFORE USING A RETIRED
ANNUITANT, AND IT REQUIRES
THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS ON
ANYONE THAT IS HIRED WITHOUT
THIS BILL, THE SOLANO COUNTY
SHERIFF WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
RESPOND TO PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS
IN VALLEJO. THIS BILL HAS BROAD
LOCAL SUPPORT AND NO OPPOSITION.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLYMEMBER
WILSON. SEEING AND HEARING NO
FURTHER DEBATE, THE CLERK WILL
OPEN THE DOOR. ALL THOSE VÚI WHO
DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL THOSE VOTES,
WHO DESIRE TO VOTE, ALL THOSE
VOTES WHO DESIRE TO VOTE. THE
CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL AND
TALLY THE VOTES. AYES 64. NÓ
ZERO. MEASURE PASSES. OH! I'M
SORRY. AYES 64. NOES ZERO. ON
THE URGENCY. AYES 64. NOES ZERO
ON THE MEASURE. MEMBERS A QUORUM
CALL IS STILL IN PLACE. WE ASK
THAT YOU GIVE YOUR RESPECTFUL
ATTENTION THAT THOSE TO THOSE
WHO WERE GRANTED PRIOR
PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON AN
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY, YOU NEED
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. PLEASE
TAKE IT OFF THE FLOOR. QUORUM
CALL IS IN PLACE.
IF YOU NEED TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION, PLEASE TAKE IT OFF
THE FLOOR. BUT THE QUORUM CALL
IS IN PLACE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER DIXON, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
IN MEMORY THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OF CAROL, OR KNOWN AS DEAN
RASMUSSEN, A DISTINGUISHED
CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, VISIONARY,
LEADER AND CONSTRUCTION, AND A
DEAR FRIEND. DEAN PASSED AWAY ON
JULY 20TH, 2024 AT THE AGE OF 81
AFTER A 21 YEAR BATTLE WITH
PARKINSON'S DISEASE. HE DEAN
PURSUED HIS EDUCATION,
GRADUATING FROM THE UNITED
STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY,
GOING ON TO EARN A US NAVAL
RESERVE LIEUTENANT COMMISSION.
DEAN SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT CA
RASMUSSEN FROM 1978 TO 2006.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, CA
RASMUSSEN PIONEERED THE USE OF
D-10 TRACTOR IN CALIFORNIA.
REBUILT INFRASTRUCTURE. AFTER
THE 1994 NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE,
AND DEVELOPED MAJOR ROADS,
BRIDGES AND RAILROAD PROJECTS IN
LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO,
RIVERSIDE, AND VENTURA COUNTIES.
DEAN WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
CHARITABLE CAUSES, SERVING AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND
TRUSTEE FOR THE VIEWPOINT SCHOOL
IN CALABASAS AND THE ALS
NETWORK. FOUNDER OF THE ALS
ASSOCIATION'S NATIONAL AND
CALIFORNIA ADVOCACY PROGRAMS,
AMONG MANY OTHER CHARITABLE
CAUSES. MEMORIES OF HIS OWN
FATHER'S BATTLE WITH ALS AND
EVENTUAL DEATH IN 1989 LED HIM
TO COMMIT TIME AND FUNDING TO
SUPPORT FAMILIES AND RESEARCH
FOR A CURE TO NEURODEGENERATIVE
DISEASE. FOR 21 YEARS, DEAN
PLACED HIS PARKINSON'S
DIAGNOSIS, FACED HIS PARKINSON'S
DIAGNOSIS WITH COURAGE AND
WITHOUT COMPLAINT, A TESTAMENT
TO HIS STRENGTH AND
PERSEVERANCE. DEAN IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE OF 23 YEARS,
KATHLEEN RASMUSSEN. HIS SONS,
ANDREW SAINT CHAD AND ERIC,
NELS, AARON, MARY URBINA AND
JEREMY PRITCHARD. MAN AND SIX
GRANDCHILDREN, GRACE, ASHLYN
NIELSEN, NIELSEN RASMUSSEN,
DEAN, SAGE, JOSIE, BETH AND
ALICE, IRENE RASMUSSEN, AND
ISABELLA KATHLEEN AND ROMAN.
RAFAEL URBINA AND HIS SIBLINGS
LARRY, CHARLIE AND ELLA GLOVER
AND JAMES RASMUSSEN, AND NIECES
AND NEPHEWS. DEAN WILL BE
DEARLY, DEARLY MISSED BY ALL WHO
KNEW HIM. PLEASE JOIN ME TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF DEAN. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER DIXON, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WIX, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
THANK YOU. MEMBERS I RISE TO
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF PEGGY
MOORE AND HOPE WOULD COMMUNITY
LEADERS AND BELOVED FRIENDS OF
MINE WHO FOR DECADES DEVOTED
THEIR LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE,
PARTICULARLY TO THE BAY AREA'S
LGBTQ, WOMEN'S AND BLACK
COMMUNITIES TO DESCRIBE THEM AS
A FORCE OF NATURE WOULD BE A
SEVERE UNDERSTATEMENT OF WHO
THESE AMAZING WOMEN WERE. PEGGY
MOVED TO CALIFORNIA FROM
OKLAHOMA IN THE MID 1990S, AND
IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR HER TO
BECOME A REAL LEADER IN THE BAY
AREA. SHE QUICKLY BEGAN
ORGANIZING EVENTS AND PLUGGING
INTO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
SUCH AS THE BLACK GIRL
COLLECTIVE, NEA, AND LAVENDER
SISTERS SENIORS. IN 2002, SHE
FOUNDED SISTA STEPPIN IN PRIDE
AND EAST BAY PRIDE MARCH AND
FESTIVAL THAT RAN FOR TEN YEARS
IN OAKLAND. POLITICS WAS PEGGY'S
TRUE CALLING. SHE WAS
EXTRAORDINARY AT EVERYTHING SHE
TOUCHED. IN 1999, SHE CUT HER
TEETH WITH A NÓ NIGHT CAMPAIGN,
FIGHTING THE INITIATIVE THAT
AIMED TO BAN SAME SEX MARRIAGE.
SHE PLAYED IMPORTANT ROLES IN
BOTH THE OBAMA AND HILLARY
CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.
SHE RAN FOR OAKLAND CITY
COUNCIL. SHE WORKED AS A
CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR LIBBY
SCHAAF SUCCESSFUL BID FOR MAYOR
OF OAKLAND, THEN SERVED THE
PEOPLE OF OAKLAND AS A SENIOR
ADVISOR TO THE MAYOR. I FIRST
MET PEGGY IN A DOWNTOWN OFFICE
IN OAKLAND IN 2007, WHEN I WAS
THE FIELD DIRECTOR FOR BARACK
OBAMA, AND I REMEMBER MEETING
HER IN THAT OFFICE. YOU KNEW
WHEN PEGGY MOORE WALKED INTO THE
ROOM YOU COULD FEEL HER ENERGY.
YOU COULD FEEL HER PRESENCE. SHE
WAS THEN MY, MY PARTNER IN
CRIME. ON THE 26TH, HILLARY
CLINTON CAMPAIGN. SHE WAS
HILLARY'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR IN
CALIFORNIA. NOW, IT'S NO SMALL
TASK TO BE HILLARY CLINTON'S
POLITICAL DIRECTOR IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, DEALING WITH
ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND SHE
HANDLED THAT JOB NOT ONLY WITH
GRACE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,
HUMOR. PEGGY WAS FUNNY, AND SHE
COULD CUT ANY TENSION WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR. SHE HAD
THAT INTANGIBLE ABILITY TO DO
THAT IN POLITICS AND TO MAKE
EVERYONE FEEL INCLUDED. WHEN I
RAN FOR OFFICE, I REMEMBER I
CALLED PEGGY EARLY 2017 WHEN I
HEARD THAT MY PREDECESSOR WAS
NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR THE
SEAT, AND I SAID, SHOULD I RUN
FOR THIS SEAT? LIKE, I'VE NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS BEFORE.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, ABSOLUTELY.
AND SHE WAS WITH ME EVERY SINGLE
STEP OF THE WAY ON THAT RACE. IT
WAS DURING THE 2008 OBAMA
CAMPAIGN, AND WITH ORGANIZING
FOR AMERICA, THAT PEGGY WOULD
MEET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. HOPE
WOULD. PEGGY MET HER MATCH WHEN
SHE MET HOPE. HOPE WAS A
POWERHOUSE OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN
HER OWN RIGHT, WORKING WITH
ORGANIZATIONS RANGING FROM THE
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL FOR
LEADERSHIP, COLOR OF CHANGE, AND
THE COURAGE CAMPAIGN. AT FIRST
GLANCE, THESE TWO SEEMED LIKE AN
UNLIKELY DUO. PEGGY WAS A
POLITICAL ORGANIZER FROM
OKLAHOMA, ORIGINALLY IN THE BAY
AREA, ORGANIZING IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND THERE SHE WAS
MEETING HOPE, A FORMER LAKERS
CHEERLEADER AND A SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA GIRL. THROUGH AND
THROUGH. BUT THEIR CONNECTION
WAS MAGNETIC AND THEIR
PARTNERSHIP WAS DYNAMIC. THE
IMPACT OF THEIR WORK TOGETHER
AND AS INDIVIDUALS COULD BE FELT
FROM OAKLAND CITY HALL ALL THE
WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND I MET
HOPE FIRST IN A AYATSI
ORGANIZING UNION HALL IN BURBANK,
CALIFORNIA, WITH MARSHALL GANZ.
AND WHEN WE WERE LITERALLY
DEVELOPING WHAT WOULD BE OUR
NATIONAL FIELD ORGANIZING
STRATEGY IN CALIFORNIA, AND HOPE
WAS THERE AS AS A KEY INTEGRAL
PART OF THE BEGINNING OF THAT
NASCENT MOVEMENT THAT WAS JUST
TAKING SHAPE. HOPE BEAMED. SHE
LITERALLY BEAMED. LIGHT. SHE
BEAMED. LOVE AND THESE TWO
TOGETHER AGAIN WERE MORE THAN A
FORCE OF NATURE. THE PAIR
MARRIED IN 2013 AT OAKLAND'S
LAKE MERRITT, AND IN 2019
LAUNCHED THEIR OWN CONSULTING
ORGANIZATION TOGETHER CALLED
HOPE ACTION CHANGE. AND, YOU
KNOW, WE HAD A SAYING ON THE
OBAMA CAMPAIGN YOU CAME FOR
OBAMA, BUT YOU STAYED FOR EACH
OTHER. AND THAT IS WHERE PEGGY
AND HOPE MET. THERE IS A VOID IN
OUR EAST BAY COMMUNITY WITHOUT
THEIR ENERGY AND THEIR TIRELESS
PUBLIC SERVICE, AND A VOID IN MY
HEART. WITHOUT MY DEAR FRIENDS,
I URGE EVERYONE TO CARRY ON
THEIR EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE,
AND I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF THESE TWO FIERCE,
AMAZING, BADASS WOMEN. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER WICKS.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WENDY CARRILLO,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT, MEMORY. THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER, AND MEMBERS, I RISE
TO TODAY TO HONOR THE LIVES OF
HOPE WOOD AND PEGGY MOORE, BOTH
OF WHOM PASSED AWAY ON MAY 10TH
OF THIS YEAR IN A TRAGIC CAR
ACCIDENT. THEY WERE BOTH
INCREDIBLE, DYNAMIC WOMEN WHO
WIELDED PASSION FOR POLITICS IN
OUR DEMOCRACY THAT INSPIRED SO
MANY OF US. I FIRST MET MY
FRIEND HOPE BACK IN EARLY 2008.
OR MAYBE IT WAS LATE 2007. WE
WERE PART OF WHAT WAS THEN A
SMALL GROUP OF ANGELENOS WHO
WERE SUPPORTING A LITTLE KNOWN
SENATOR FROM CHICAGO NAMED
BARACK OBAMA IN THE PRIMARY, WHO
HAD THE AUDACITY OF HOPE AND
DARE TO DREAM TO BE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES. HOPE AND I
JOINED IN THE DREAM, AND WE
BUCKED THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORTING
OBAMA, GOING AGAINST ALL
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AT THE TIME.
WE FIRST MET ONLINE THROUGH A
MYSPACE GROUP ORGANIZING COFFEES
AND LATER WE LEARNED THAT WE HAD
MUTUAL FRIENDS IN COMMON.
SHORTLY AFTER WE MET IN PERSON
AT A COFFEE SHOP IN KOREATOWN
THAT BECAME THE HUB FOR EFFORTS
IN MID-CITY. AND SHE JOINED US
IN THE EAST LA FOR OBAMA OFFICE.
WHEN WE OPENED UP THE LATINOS
FOR OBAMA EFFORT, HOPE THEN
HELPED ME HEAVILY LOBBY THE
CALIFORNIA STATE DIRECTOR FOR
OBAMA, OUR NOW COLLEAGUE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WICKS, TO GIVE
US RESOURCES, POSTERS AND
BUTTONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
LATINO VOTE. HER ENERGY, HER
DRIVE, AND HER FRIENDSHIP WERE
CONSTANT REMINDERS OF THE BELIEF
THAT WE COULD, IN FACT CREATE
THE KIND OF SOCIETY WE WISH TO
LIVE IN. THIS BELIEF IS WHAT LED
HER TO THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.
PEGGY. I JOKED WITH HER THAT
THIS WAS HER FIRST CAMPAIGN THAT
SHE HAD EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH,
AND SHE FOUND LOVE. AND YET I
HAD WORKED ON SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS
AND WAS STILL SINGLE. I DIDN'T
THINK IT WAS FAIR. SHE NEVER
SAID THAT I WAS TOO PICKY, BUT
SHE DID ALLUDE TO DOING A POLL
IN THE DISTRICT AS TO THE REASON
WHY. SO WHEN I MADE THE DECISION
TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN 2017, HOPE
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT
REACHED OUT. SHE AND PEGGY
OFFERED TO HOST PHONE BANKS,
ORGANIZED COMMUNITY, AND EVEN
THOUGH THEY WERE IN OAKLAND,
THEY REACHED OUT TO OUR OFA
FAMILY IN LOS ANGELES TO HELP ME
WIN. AND WE DID. HER BEST FRIEND
JAMIE PRECIADO, IS A FRIEND AND
A CONSTITUENT, AND SHE SAID TO
ME THAT TO KNOW HOPE AND PEGGY
WAS TO TRULY FEEL LOVED, SEEN
AND CELEBRATED. THEY WORKED
ENDLESSLY TO UPLIFT AND ENACT
CHANGE, ALL WHILE MAKING,
ORGANIZING LOOK EFFORTLESS. THEY
BELIEVE IN FOUGHT FOR WOMEN,
PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBT RIGHTS,
UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES. AND THEY MAKE IT.
THEY MADE IT LOOK SO EASY. WHEN
I LEARNED ABOUT THEIR ACCIDENT.
I, LIKE MANY OF US WHO KNEW AND
LOVED PEGGY AND HOPE, WERE IN
COMPLETE AND UTTER DISBELIEF. IT
WAS A SHOCK TO MY SYSTEM TO
REALIZE THAT THEY WERE IN FACT,
GONE BECAUSE OF THEM. I WAS
REMINDED JUST HOW FRAGILE LIFE
IS TO BE PRESENT IN MY OWN LIFE,
LIVE IN EVERY MOMENT, AND TO
LOVE DEEPLY BECAUSE TOMORROW IS
NEVER PROMISED. MAY PEGGY AND
HOPE REST IN POWER. MAY THEY
WATCH OVER US AND MAY THEIR
MEMORY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US. I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE
ADJOURN IN THEIR MEMORY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CARRILLO ASSEMBLY MEMBER GIBSON,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER. AND
MEMBERS. I TOO RISE ON THIS
ADJOURNMENT, AND WITHOUT DON'T
WANT TO BE REDUNDANT BECAUSE I
THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUES SOME
HOPE AND ALSO PEGGY UP VERY
ELOQUENTLY, JUST LET ME SAY
THIS. I MET PEGGY IN WASHINGTON,
DC. IT WASN'T IN CALIFORNIA. IT
WASN'T IN THE EAST BAY AREA. IT
WAS ACTUALLY IN WASHINGTON, DC.
WHERE WE AS YOUNG ELECTED
OFFICIALS GATHERED, AND IT WAS
AN ORGANIZATION CALLED YOUNG
ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND AT THAT
PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, WE
WERE SURROUNDING OURSELVES BY
THIS GENTLEMAN WHO WAS RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WITH A FUNNY NAME, BARACK
OBAMA. AND SHE WAS THERE LEADING
US ALL INTO A VISION, THE
AUDACITY OF HOPE. BUT TALKING
ABOUT AMERICA. AND SHE WAS THERE
SO TENACIOUS. AND AS A MATTER OF
FACT, I REMEMBER SO
DISTINCTIVELY THAT IN WHICH I
WALKED OUT AND SHE WALKED OUT
RIGHT BEHIND ME, RECOGNIZING I
WAS FROM CALIFORNIA AT THAT
PARTICULAR TIME I WAS A CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER, AT THAT POINT,
AND PEGGY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP
CONTINUED TO INTERSECT IN A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES IN
CALIFORNIA. AND WHEN I HEARD OF
THE NEWS OF HER AND HER HOPE,
TRAGIC PASSING, MY MIND BEGAN TO
REFLECT BACK ON THAT MOMENT WHEN
I MET HER. SHE WAS A VERY UNIQUE
INDIVIDUAL, AND I REMEMBER WHEN
SHE CAME BEFORE THE CAUCUS AND
SEEKING ENDORSEMENT WHEN SHE WAS
RUNNING FOR THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR AND WATCH
HER TALK ABOUT THIS POSITION AND
WHY HER CREDENTIALS MATCH WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF
TRYING TO SUPPORT HER. SHE WAS
UNSUCCESSFUL. BUT I WANT TO SAY
TO THIS FAMILY, IF YOU'RE
LISTENING AND IF YOU'RE
WATCHING, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH
FOR GIVING US, BOTH TENACIOUS
INDIVIDUALS. TWO INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE ATMOSPHERE WILL HAVE A
VOID BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER
WITH US. BUT THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH FOR ALLOWING THEM TO TOUCH
OUR LIVES, TO INTERFACE IN OUR
IN OUR TRAJECTORY, BECAUSE OUR
LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
AGAIN BECAUSE OF HOPE. AND ALSO,
PEGGY, THANK YOU FAMILY. AND I
ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES ADJOURN
IN THESE TWO INCREDIBLE WOMEN'S
MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR. GIBSON.
MR. HANEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM
BERKELEY FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL
WORDS. FIRED UP. READY TO GO,
FIRED UP. READY TO GO. THAT WAS
PEGGY AND HOPE, WHEN I WHEN I
THINK ABOUT WHO THEY WERE AND
WHAT THEY REPRESENTED, THAT'S
THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO
MIND. NOT JUST BECAUSE EVERY
TIME I SAW PEGGY, WHEREVER WE
WERE, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING
SHE WOULD SAY TO ME BEFORE SHE
SAID HELLO. SHE'D COME AND SAY,
FIRED UP, AND YOU'D HAVE TO
RESPOND. READY TO GO. WHATEVER
IT WAS THAT SHE WAS FIGHTING
FOR, THAT SHE WAS STANDING FOR.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF ENERGY THAT
SHE BROUGHT, AND HOPE AS WELL. I
JUST LOOKED AT MY, MY FACEBOOK
WALL FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS, AND
HOPE AND I SHARED THE SAME
BIRTHDAY, APRIL 17TH. AND EVEN
THOUGH IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY, SHE
WOULD ALWAYS COME AND WISH ME A
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS WELL. AND ON
EACH OF THOSE MESSAGES, I WAS
LOOKING DOWN AT IT. SHE WOULD
ALWAYS SAY, MAKE SURE YOU GET
OUT THERE AND DANCE FOR YOUR
BIRTHDAY. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT
THE TWO OF THEM AND WHAT THEY
STOOD FOR AND HOW THEY DID WHAT
THEY DID, YES, THEY WORKED IN
GOVERNMENT. YES, THEY WORKED ON
CAMPAIGNS. BUT, AT THEIR CORE,
THEY WERE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.
AND I THINK IF YOU ASK THEM WHAT
THEY DID, THEY WOULD NOT TELL
YOU THAT THEY WERE CAMPAIGN
WORKERS. THEY WOULD NOT TELL YOU
THAT THEY WERE CONSULTANTS. THEY
WOULD SAY, I'M A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER. AND FOR SOME, FOR
SOME OF US, THAT'S THAT'S A TERM
THAT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO
DEFINE. BUT THEY LIVED IT IN
EVERY SINGLE WAY. THEY'RE THEY
VIEWED THEIR ROLE IN THE WORLD
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE
INCLUDED, THAT THEY HAD A VOICE,
THAT IF THEY HAD A PROBLEM OR
THEY HAD A CONCERN OR THEY WERE
BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY, THAT
THEY HAD SOMEBODY FIGHTING FOR
THEM AND THAT THEY WERE HEARD.
AND SO WHEREVER THEY WERE,
THAT'S WHAT THEY BROUGHT. AND
THEY BROUGHT IT WITH A LEVEL OF
JOY AND AUDACITY AND JUST LIFE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW,
YOU'D SEE THEM WHEN THEY'D WALK
INTO A ROOM AND JUST WHEREVER IT
WAS, THE ENERGY AND JUST THE,
THE, THE, THE JOY FOR OTHER
PEOPLE AND THE LOVE FOR OTHER
PEOPLE WAS SO, JUST RADIANT, IN,
IN BOTH OF THEM, AND LIKE SO
MANY OF YOU, I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET TO KNOW
THEM OVER THE YEARS, TO SEE
THEIR WORK. AND ALSO, AS HAS
BEEN SAID, TO SEE THE LOVE THAT
THEY HAD FOR EACH OTHER AND
THEIR LOSS IS IMMEASURABLE, IT
IT IS HARD EVEN TO PROCESS. AND
THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
FIND EACH OTHER IN THIS WORLD,
IS ONE THING THAT I'LL TAKE THAT
WAS SPECIAL AS WELL. NOT JUST
THAT THEY WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO
DID INCREDIBLE, EXTRAORDINARY
THINGS AND LIVED WITH SUCH JOY
AND COMMITMENT, BUT THAT THEY
FOUND EACH OTHER, AND THEY HAD
EACH OTHER DURING, DURING THEIR
TIME, THAT WAS CUT. SO
TRAGICALLY SHORT. WE WOULD NOT
FORGET THEM. WE WOULD NOT
FORGET, HOW THEY LIVED AND HOW
THEY FOUGHT, BUT ALSO OUR STATE
AND OUR COMMUNITIES, THE BAY
AREA, LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN OUR
STATE, THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN
OUR STATE HAS HAD INCREDIBLE
IMPACT BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK.
AND THAT WILL ALSO LIVE ON
FOREVER. I WANT TO, ASK THIS
BODY, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES,
TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF HOPE
AND PEGGY. THANK YOU, MR. HANEY.
MR. JONES-SAWYER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT
IN MEMORY. THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER. AND MEMBERS, IT IS A
GREAT SADNESS THAT WE ADJOURN
TODAY IN MEMORY OF PEGGY MOORE
AND HOPE WOOD, WHOM I KNEW
SEPARATELY AS SECRETARY OF THE
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY. YOU
COULD SEE THEIR LIGHT, THEIR
LIGHT INDIVIDUALLY SHINED. AND I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY EVENTUALLY
CAME TOGETHER. AND WHEN THEY DID
COME TOGETHER, THAT LIGHT
TOGETHER SHINE BRIGHTER, MORE,
MORE SO THAN WHEN THEY WERE
APART. AND WHEN I TALKED TO THEM
ABOUT DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS, THEIR
COMMITMENT TO THEIR CANDIDATES
WAS UNWAVERING. AND I EVEN
REMEMBER TALKING TO THEM ABOUT
OBAMA, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID,
THIS FUNNY NAME, SKINNY DUDE
FROM CHICAGO. AND I WOULD SAY,
BROTHER AIN'T GOING TO GET HE'S
NEVER GOING TO BE PRESIDENT. BUT
THEY WERE COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE,
AND THEY GOT ME ON BOARD WITH
OBAMA, EVEN THOUGH AS A BROTHER
FROM ARKANSAS WANTED TO SUPPORT
THE WIFE OF A BROTHER FROM
ARKANSAS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
GOT ME ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS
THAT WAS UNFATHOMABLE. WHEN THAT
FIRST BEGAN. AND IT WAS THE KIND
OF IT WAS THE KIND OF LIGHT FROM
BOTH OF THEM THAT MADE ME
UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE TRUE
BELIEVERS. WHEN I SAY TRUE
BELIEVERS, TRUE BELIEVERS, THAT
PEOPLE MATTERED MORE THAN POWER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY PEGGY
EVEN RAN FOR OFFICE, BECAUSE SHE
SHE KNEW THAT SHE COULD DO
SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
SHE WANTED TO REPRESENT, AND SHE
WAS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE THAT SHE
COULD DO THE KIND OF JOB THAT
WOULD SHOW US WHY YOU RUN FOR
OFFICE, SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT, BUT
SHE DID CREATE THE CONSULTING
FIRM. WHICH TALKED ABOUT HOPE
AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A CHANGE.
A CHANGE. AND THEY WERE CHANGE
AGENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING THAT WAS REMARKABLE.
AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I WORKED
IN THE MORTUARY BUSINESS FOR TEN
YEARS. AND I CAN TELL YOU, EACH
OF OUR BODIES, EACH OF OUR
SOULS, THERE'S A THERE'S A SPARK
IN US. SO A WONDERFUL SPARK THAT
COMES DOWN THAT MAKES US
DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL IN WAYS
THAT EVERYBODY IS. BUT THOSE TWO
TOGETHER WAS SOMETHING THAT, I
HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND IF
YOU LOOK AT THEIR PICTURES NOW,
THEY IT RADIATES. IT RADIATES
NOT ONLY IN LIFE BUT LOVE AND
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE ON.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO
ANYTHING, WE NEED TO NOT ONLY
REMEMBER THEM, BUT THEN TAKE
WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PREACH,
WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO TEACH
IN THEIR CONSULTING FIRM. WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE
NEED TO TAKE THAT LIGHT INTO
OURSELVES AND THEN MOVE IT ON TO
THE NEXT LEVEL. IF WE'RE GOING
TO HONOR BOTH OF THEM, THAT'S
WHAT WE NEED TO DO, NOT ONLY IN
THIS FLOOR, BUT WHEN WE LEAVE
THIS FLOOR AND OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY. SO I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR JOURNEY MEMORY. THANK YOU,
MR. JONES. SAWYER, ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BONTA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR ADJOURNMENT AND MEMORY.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. TODAY I
RISE WITH GREAT SADNESS ALONG
WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND
ESPECIALLY MY COLLEAGUE WHO I
SHARE OAKLAND WITH, TO ASK THIS
BODY TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
TWO AMAZING COMMUNITY LEADERS
FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY, FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY, FOR WOMEN, AND
FOR THE BAY AREA. AND QUITE
FRANKLY, THE NATION. PEGGY MOORE
AND HOPEWOOD, PEGGY'S AND HOPE'S
CONNECTIONS TO ADA TÍNH THE
DISTRICT. I GET TO HUMBLY
REPRESENT NOW RUN VERY DEEP. AS
MENTIONED, PEGGY AND HOPE GOT
MARRIED AT LAKE MERRITT, A SITE
THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE OF
BEAUTIFUL JOY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND PEGGY HERSELF WAS KNOWN AS
THE MAYOR IN OAKLAND BECAUSE SHE
WAS SO DEEPLY LOVED AND KNEW TO
LOVE THE CITY OF OAKLAND SO
GREATLY. IN ADDITION TO LOVING
OUR NATION AND OUR DEMOCRACY, I
WANTED TO JUST SHARE SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WERE A PART OF,
PARTICULARLY PEGGY'S MISSION OR
VISION FOR THE CITY OF OAKLAND
WHEN SHE RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL,
THE AT LARGE SEAT, BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE
HONOR PEOPLE TO ALSO KNOW HOW WE
CAN TAP INTO THEIR VISION FOR
WHAT SHOULD BE, SHE WANTED TO
CHAMPION AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT SO OUR ECONOMY CAN
GROW WITHOUT DISPLACING LONGTIME
OAKLANDERS. SHE WANTED TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY WITH RESIDENTS
AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO MAKE OUR
GOVERNMENT MORE RESPONSIVE TO
CONSTITUENTS NEEDS, BUILD
MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
MAYOR AND WITH FELLOW COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO BRIDGE LONG STANDING
DIVISIONS. LEVERAGE LOCAL, STATE
AND FEDERAL RELATIONSHIPS TO
ATTRACT MORE RESOURCES TO
OAKLAND WHILE PRESERVING OUR
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY,
AND LEAD A PUSH TO IMPLEMENT
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES
ACROSS OAKLAND TO IMPROVE OUR
CITY'S CAPACITY TO MEDIATE AND
MITIGATE CONFLICT OUTSIDE OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. PEGGY
AND HOPE WERE PART OF WHAT
OAKLAND NEEDED ABSOLUTELY. AND
WITH HER VISION OF WHAT WE WANT
IN OAKLAND, I WANT TO SEE THAT,
AND I'M SURE WE WILL AS WE MOVE
FORWARD. PEGGY WAS SOMEBODY WHO
ALWAYS SAID TO ME WHENEVER I SAW
HER FOR YEARS, SHE'D JUST SAY, I
SEE YOU. AND TO ME, I DIDN'T
REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT
UNTIL I RAN FOR OFFICE IN 2021,
BECAUSE SHE WAS A PART OF THE
MANY WOMEN, THE MANY STRONG
BLACK WOMEN WHO STOOD BY ME WHEN
I WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE, MADE
SURE THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SERVE IN THIS LEGISLATURE. SO
WITH THAT, I WANT TO ASK, AS
OTHERS HAVE TO ADJOURN IN THE
BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MISS HOPWOOD
AND PEGGY MOORE. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BONTA. 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. MY
APOLOGIES WHEN I MISS WICKS YOU
HAVE AN INTRODUCTION, AND I ALSO
WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOPE AND
PEGGY'S FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE.
FRANCINE RAMSEY, NICOLE GRIFFIN,
JASMINE WALLACE, AND CYNTHIA
WALSTON. THANK YOU, MISS WICKS
AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOU.
MOVING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS SESSION.
SESSION SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH. CHECK IN
SESSION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH.
CHECK IN SESSION. THURSDAY,
AUGUST 15TH FLOOR SESSION AT 9
A.M. ALL OTHER ITEMS REMAINING
WILL BE PASSED AND RETAINED. ALL
MOTIONS SHALL BE CONTINUED.
SEEING AND HEARING. NO FURTHER
BUSINESS. I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN
A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MISS. MISS
WILSON MOVES MR. PATTERSON
SECONDS THAT THIS HOUSE STANDS
ADJOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY, AUGUST
15TH AT 9 A.M. QUORUM CALL IS
LIFTED AND THE HOUSE IS
ADJOURNED.