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THANK YOU MISTER SCHECTER THE
SECTOR NOTES THERE IS AN ABSENCE
OF A QUORUM WITH ALL THE.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE SENATE
PLEASE COME TO THE SENATE
CHAMBER IT IS NOW NINE MINUTES
AFTER NINE EXCUSE ME IT IS TEN
MINUTES AFTER NINE.
PLEASE COME TO THE SENATE FLOOR
FOR OUR NINE A. M. SESSION WE
HAVE.
A NUMBER OF FAR. THE STEAM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FIREFIGHTERS A CHARTER WITH US
TODAY FOR A PRE XIN TATIAN.
WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR
PRESENCE SO THAT WE CAN GET
MOVING FORWARD WITH TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES ALL STATE SENATORS TO
THE STATE SENATE FLOOR
COLLEAGUES COULD WE PLEASE HAVE
ALL SENATORS COME TO THE SENATE
FLOOR.
ALL SENATORS PLEASE.
TO THE SENATE FLOOR FOR OUR NINE
A. M. SESSION
PRESS.
WITH THE MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS
BEYOND THE RAIL AND IN THE
GALLERY PLEASE RISE.
WE WILL BE LEAD IN PRAYER THIS
MORNING BY OUR CHAPLAIN SISTER
MICHELLE GORMAN AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WE WILL
BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. TO OUR FLAG BY
SENATOR DODD.
LET US BE CENTERED IN GOD'S
PRESENCE.
FROM KAHLIL GIBRAN FROM THE
PROFITS.
SALINAS I HAVE FOUND THE TRUTH.
BUS RATHER I HAVE FOUND A TRUE.
SAYING THE WORDS I HAVE FUNDS
THE PATH OF THE SOUL.
BUT RATHER.
I HAVE MET THE SO WALKING UPON
MY PATH.
FOR THE SOUL WALKS UPON ALL PATH.
THE SOUL WALKS NOT UPON A LINE.
NEITHER DOES IT GROW LIKE A
READS.
THE SO UNFOLDS ITSELF.
LIKE A LOTUS OF COUNTLESS PETALS.
GOD OF MYSTERY AND WONDER.
GRANTS THAT ARE UNFOLDING MAY
BRING JOY AND PEACE AND SAFETY.
TWO ALL THOSE WHO ENCOUNTER US
ON THE PATH.
WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME AMEN.
NPI.
CA.
ZERO. SAN.
ASIAN.
IT SLOW NMO.
COLLEAGUES WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
YOUR SEATS.
LIKE TO ASK ALL COLLEAGUES.
TO PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.
BUT ALL MEMBERS PLEASE COME TO
THE SENATE FLOOR AND THOSE HERE
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS
SENATOR DAILY ON THE FLOOR IS
YOURS.
NDER PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
BAKER MUCH OF MADAME PRESENTS
OTHER COLLEAGUES GOOD MORNING TO
EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
COLLEAGUES TODAY PARENTS IN.
BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA WOKE UP
TO THE CRUEL. REALIZATION.
THAT IT WASN'T JUST A BAD DREAM.
THE NIGHTMARES ALL OUR REALITY
AND THE CHILDREN ARE GONE.
FOREVER.
AS A PARENT MYSELF IT'S
UNTHINKABLE.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE THE
PAIN THAT THEY MUST BE FEELING.
TODAY.
AND YET IT'S ALL TOO COMMON.
ON WEDNESDAY WE WATCHED IN
HORROR AS THE NEWS BROKE.
SEVENTEEN LIVES WERE LOST
CHILDREN.
AND TEACHERS AND THEIR HOME AWAY
FROM HOME.
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
WORSE IF NOT FOR THE ACTIONS OF
TEACHERS.
ADMINISTRATORS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS
WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE.
PROTECT THEIR KIDS.
BY NOW IT'S BECOME A FAMILIAR
HEADLINE.
CHILDREN AND TEACHERS GUNNED
DOWN. AT SCHOOL BY SICK
INDIVIDUAL WITH A MILITARY GRADE
WEAPONS.
SO FAR THIS YEAR WERE AVERAGING
ONE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING.
PER WEEK.
ONE A SCORE THE FALLEN SO FAR TO
DATE TWENTY EIGHTEEN WERE
AVERAGING ONE DEADLY SCHOOL
SHOOTING PER WEEK.
AND THIS LATEST TRAGEDY COMES
JUST WEEKS AFTER SHOOTING AT MY
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IN MY DISTRICT.
ONE STUDENT WAS SHOT THERE IN
THE HEAD.
HE SURVIVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
BUT HE'S STILL HAS A BULLET
LODGED IN HIS BRAIN.
HE'S A TWELVE YEAR OLD REFUGEE
FROM IRAQ.
OR HIS FATHER WAS KILLED. AND
HIS FAMILY HAD TO FLEE FOR THEIR
LIVES. IMAGINE THE TRAUMA HE AND
HIS FAMILY MUST BE FEELING.
TO BE JUST FOUR YEARS FOUR YEARS
REMOVED FROM AN ACTUAL WAR ZONE.
ONLY TO HAVE THEIR LIVES TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN ONCE AGAIN.
WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG SON AND
BROTHER WAS SHOT. IN THE HEAD.
AT SCHOOL.
IN THE UNITED STATES.
IS THIS THE KIND OF NATION.
THAT WE WANT TO BE.
IS THIS JUST PART OF THE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
REAL AMERICAN CARNAGE.
BUT WE'RE WILLING TO LIVE WITH.
BECAUSE I'M NOT.
AND IT'S NOT OKAY.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT. DEMOCRATS
AS WELL AS REPUBLICANS ON THIS
FLOOR ARE TIRED OF THIS.
TOGETHER.
YOU CONGRESS HAS WATCH OVER TWO
HUNDRED SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.
SINCE NEWTON.
TO ONE OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.
SINCE NEWTON CONNECTICUT.
AND TO OF THE WORST MASSACRES IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
ORLANDO FLORIDA AND JUST LAST
YEAR. LOS VEGAS.
WELL HALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO WERE MASSACRED.
WELL CALIFORNIANS.
AND TO DATE NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE.
HAS CHANGED.
THE STATUS QUO IS NOT CHANGED.
I REFUSE
WE ALL REFUSED TO ACCEPT THAT
WE'VE DONE ALL WE CAN TO DO TO
PREVENT THIS INSANITY.
THIS IS TRULY A CASE
OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.
BECAUSE NO OTHER WEALTHY
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY ON THIS
PLANET.
HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE DO.
AND UNTIL WE PASS A MEANINGFUL
FEDERAL GUN SAFETY REFORMS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS
HORRIFIC EVENTS UNFOLDING ACROSS
AMERICA.
WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES I ASK YOUR PERMISSION
TO READ THE NAMES.
OF THE SEVENTEEN VICTIMS.
THAT ALASKAN THE SENATE FLOOR TO
TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO
REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST AND TO
OFFER OUR PRAYERS.
FOR THE FAMILIES WHO ARE
SUFFERING TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ALYSSA.
ALL THE HAVE.
SCOTT BIGELOW.
BUT BEING DO OKAY ANGUIANO.
NICOLAS.
DOOR RIGHTS.
ERIN.
FACE.
JAMIE GUTENBERG.
CHRIS
HIXSON.
LUKE
HEUER.
CARA.
LOGAN GINA ONE LOCAL.
ONE TITLE.
JOAQUIN.
OLIVER.
LENA HEADEY.
MEADOW POLACK.
ELENA RAMSEY.
ALEX
SCHACHTER.
CARMEN
TRENT TRUMP.
PETER*.
SEVENTEEN.
YOUNG STUDENTS
AS WELL AS.
TEACHERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.
JUST LAST WEDNESDAY.
MY PRESENT I THINK YOU VERY MUCH
MADE THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA AND
MAY THE PARENTS FEEL ARE MOST
DEEPEST AND PROFOUND.
SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES.
OUR HEART GOES OUT TO THEM
DEEPLY.
IS NOT JUST A FLORIDA SHOOTS AN
AMERICAN ISSUE THAT WE MUST ALL
COLLECTIVELY DEAL WITH TOGETHER.
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
COLLEAGUES.
IF WE WOULD TO.
STAND AND TAKE A MOMENT OF
SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE
SEVENTEEN.
LIVES LOST
.
THANK YOU ALL THANK YOU.
SENATOR DALY ON.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
SENATOR DALY OWN UNDER COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
.
SENATE THEY LEóN IT THINK ABOUT
A PRESIDENT OF THE.
COLLEAGUES WERE PART OF RULES
COMMITTEE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A
MEETING IN ROOM THIRTY ONE
NINETY ONE RIGHT OFF THE FLOOR.
COMMENCING AT.
A FOURTH WITH THIRD.
FOURTH WITH.
COLLEAGUES THOSE OF SERVING ON
THE RULES COMMITTEE THERE WILL
BE A MEETING OFF THE FLOOR.
FOURTH WITH.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SENATOR MCGUIRE SENATOR DODD
SENATOR GAINES AND SENATOR
NIELSEN WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
IN A CEREMONY.
HONORING.
THE VICTIMS OF THE FIRES IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE
HEROES WHO.
HELPED.
MAKE THIS TRAGEDY A LESSER ONE
THEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN SENATOR
MCGUIRE THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
GOOD MORNING MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS.
WE ARE TRULY HONORED.
TO BE ABLE TO JOIN WITH SENATOR
DODD.
GAINES IN NIELSEN AYE NOR CAL
HERE IS DAY IN REMEMBRANCE
CEREMONY.
THE I. NIGHT OF OCTOBER EIGHTH.
HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
FOREVER.
THAT'S WHEN THE DEADLIEST AND
MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRESTORM IN
MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY.
DEVASTATING SEVEN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COUNTIES.
IT'S BEEN CALLED THE WORST
DISASTER TO HIT CALIFORNIA.
SINCE THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO
EARTHQUAKE OF NINETEEN OH SIX.
FIRE STORMS BURNED OVER TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES.
IT'S THOUSAND HOMES.
HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
THOUSANDS OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN.
OUT BUILDINGS WERE BURNED TO THE
GROUND.
AND WORST OF ALL.
FORTY FOUR RESIDENTS TRAGICALLY
LOST THEIR LIVES.
TODAY WE COME TOGETHER IN THIS
IS STEAM CHAMBER.
TO RECOGNIZE THE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS A
NEIGHBOR'S WHO ANSWERED THE CALL
AND CAME TO THE AID OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
THEIR DARKEST DAYS.
TODAY WE CELEBRATE.
WHAT TRULY MAKES?
STATE.
CALIFORNIA SO GREAT.
IT'S PEOPLE.
WE ALSO PAUSES MORNING REMEMBER
FORTY FOUR.
FORTY FOUR ORDINARY CALIFORNIANS
WHO PERISHED IN THIS ON
PRESIDENT BUYER STORM.
I LATER DATE.
SENATE JACKSON IN STERN WILL BE
LEADING THE HEROES DAY
CELEBRATION REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY.
FOR ALL THOSE WHO WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA FIRES AND MUD SLIDES.
TODAY MADAM PRESIDENT IS PART OF
THE CEREMONY. WILL BE JOINED.
BY THE CAO FIRE LOCAL TWENTY
EIGHT EIGHTY ONE HONOR GUARD.
WE COULD BE MORE GRATEFUL TO
HAVE THEM HERE THIS MORNING.
THE MATTER PRESENTLY NOW ASK
THAT YOU HAVE THE COLOR GUARD.
PRESENT THE COLORS.
THANK YOU SENATOR MCGUIRE COLOR
GUARD.
PLEASE PRESENT THE COLORS
SENATOR.
MCGUIRE.
MEMBERS.
EACH ONE OF US ARE GONNA SPEND
VERY BRIEF MOMENT.
TALK ABOUT HOW THESE FIRES
CHANGER LIES.
A THIRD GENERATION CINEMA GUY
RESIDENT.
THERE WOULD A NEVER THOUGHT OF
FIRE JUST FIVE HOURS SO GRATEFUL
FOR A PARTNER SENATOR DODD.
IT'S GONNA.
COULD TRAVEL THIS FAST AND
FURIOUS AS THIS BLAZE DID.
AT ITS PEAK THE FIRE WAS
CONSUMING TWO HUNDRED YARDS
EVERY MINUTE.
THOUSANDS OF NEIGHBORS LEGALLY.
ESCAPED WITH THE CLOTHES ON
THEIR BACK.
RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES.
AS THE FIRE WAS BURNING AT THE
MOST VULNERABLE TIME IN OUR LIFE.
IN THE MIDDLE THE NIGHT.
WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE HOURS.
THOUSANDS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN
LOST.
THE BLAZE VIOLENTLY SWEPT DOWN
THE HILL FROM.
THE NAPA COUNTY LINE.
IN BERLIN TWO MILES TWO MILES
INTO THE CITY CENTER ROSA.
NO WHERE NEAR A WILDLAND
INTERFACE.
EVERYONE HAS A STORY OF THAT
NIGHT.
WHICH YOU NOW BE PASSED DOWN TO
GENERATIONS.
NO NEVER FORGET ONE THAT I HEARD.
ABOUT FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FIRE
STARTED.
THE FATHER.
WAS WOKEN UP.
WE GOT IT OUT OF HIS HOUSE.
WITH NOTHING BUT HIS BOXER
BRIEFS ON.
HE WAS CARRYING HIS SON.
WHO IS AUTISTIC?
THEY RAN.
A HALF MILE DOWN THE HILL.
EMBERS BURNING ALL AROUND THEM.
HIS FEET BURNED.
HIS CHEST BURNED.
ANY PUT A CALL INTO IS WHY.
HIS WIFE WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN IN
LOS ANGELES.
HE CALLED HER TO SAY THEIR
GOODBYES.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS
OF STORIES JUST LIKE THIS.
THEY LIKELY SURVIVE.
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT
WORSE.
IT WASN'T FOR THE BRAVE EFFORTS
TO THOUSANDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS
WERE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.
NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO STOOD STRONG
FOR THE NEIGHBORS IN NEED.
I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE
THE WORST OF TIMES BRINGS OUT
THE BEST IN PEOPLE.
WE CANNOT THANK THEM FOR THEIR
TIRELESS WORK.
I LIKE TO BETTER TURN THE FLOOR
OVER TO SENATOR DODD.
THANK YOU SENATOR MCGUIRE
SENATOR DODD MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS THE GAS.
MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS REMAIN
WITH ALL THOSE WHO SUFFERED
LOSSES DUE TO THE WILD FIRES.
ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.
COLLEAGUES IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE
THIS WORLD OF EMOTIONS AND
THOUGHTS THAT GO THROUGH YOUR
HEAD.
WHEN YOU'RE FORCED TO EVACUATE
YOUR HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
NOT KNOWING.
IF IT'LL BE THERE WHEN YOU
RETURN.
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE.
THE WAR YOU FEEL FOR LOVED ONES.
THAT YOU CAN'T REACH
WITH NO POWER.
CELL PHONE SERVICE.
AND WHAT THE HILLSIDES GLOWING
RED.
IT IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE THE
HARDY.
YOU FEEL AS YOU SEE HOMES.
REDUCED TO ASK.
IN THE FACES OF PEOPLE WHOSE
LIVES HAVE BEEN SO VIOLENTLY.
DISRUPTED.
WE CANNOT FORGET THESE PEOPLE.
AS A STATE WE MUST TAKE STOCK OF
OUR LOSS IT COMMIT THAT WILL BE
THERE FOR THESE VICTIMS.
AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY
REPRESENT.
IN THE MIDST OF SUCH A DISASTER
WE WITNESSED.
INCREDIBLE GREAT ACTS OF HEROISM.
AND HUMANITY.
THEIR CAT WAS COUNTLESS HEROES
FROM THE FIRST HOURS OF THE
FIRES.
TO THE ONGOING CLEAN UP AND
RECOVERY EFFORTS.
I WISH I COULD THANK EACH AND
EVERYONE OF THESE PEOPLE
PERSONALLY.
FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS.
WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY
TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC WORKING
INCREDIBLE HOURS?
IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
WHO EVACUATED FAMILIES
FROM RAPIDLY APPROACHING FLAMES?
IT TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY FROM EVERY WALK OF
LIFE.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WAKING UP THEIR
NEIGHBORS.
BEFORE EVACUATING.
LITERALLY SAVING LIVES.
WE'VE HAD EVACUEES INCLUDING
SOME THAT KNEW THAT THEIR OWN
HOMES WERE GONE.
VOLUNTEERING IN SHELTERS
FOR THE REST OF THAT WEEK.
WE HAVE LOCAL BUSINESSES
STREAMING FOOD AND SUPPLIES
THE SHELTERS.
PEOPLE ACROSS CALIFORNIA IN BE
YA I'D HAVE COME TO OUR AID. AS
FIRST RESPONDERS.
RECOVERY WORKERS.
VOLUNTEERS.
AND DONORS.
ITS TRULY BEEN HEARTENING TO SEE
THE COMPASSION
THE DEDICATION AND SENSE OF
COMMUNITY.
IF WITHOUT SPIRIT THAT WE WILL
RECOVER.
THAT WE WILL REBUILD AND THAT
TOGETHER WE WILL THRIVE.
THANK YOU SENATOR DODD SENATOR
GAINES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT.
THE MEMORY THAT STICKS IN MY
MIND.
WITH THE FIRE THAT WE HAD IN.
THAT COUNTY IS A NINETY YEAR OLD
WOMAN A CONSTITUENT OF MINE.
THAT I MET AT THE ROUGH READY
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY DON'T OF COURSE OPENED
UP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR
SUPPLIES.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
THAT WERE DEVASTATED BY THE FIRE.
AND.
SHE WAS PICKING THROUGH SOME
CLOTHING AND.
FOODS FOOD PROVISIONS.
AND I WAS JUST ROCK I WAS
AWESTRUCK AT A NINETY YEAR OLD
WOMAN LIVING ALONE.
WAS NUMBER ONE ABLE TO.
GET INTO A CAR.
AND DRIVE FROM OUR HOME WITH THE
FLAMES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
ROAD. AND ACTUALLY SURVIVE THE
ACCIDENT.
BUT I WAS ALSO STRUCK BY HER
ABILITY TO.
TO MOVE FORWARD TO MOVE ON AND I
DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE LIVES
OF BEEN LOST HERE IN THE
DEVASTATION HAS BEEN CREATED.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA ON A MUCH BIGGER
BASIS.
AND SANTA ROSA BUT ABOUT THIS
WOMAN JUST.
.
FOR ME REPRESENTED CALIFORNIANS.
AND WHAT WE FIGHT FOR STRIVE FOR
IS THAT WE LOOK FORWARD. THAT WE
MOVE ON AND THAT WE LEARN.
FROM THE CHALLENGES OF THE PAST
AND I SEE THE THIS IS A PERFECT
OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE RECOGNIZE.
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WE CAN
COME TOGETHER AS A LEGISLATIVE
BODY AND HOPEFULLY.
RESPOND IN A BETTER FASHION.
THROUGH BETTER POLICY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR GAINES SENATOR
KNEELS.
MADAM PRESIDENT LAYS DOWN WITH
THE SENATE.
OUR HONORING HONOR HONORED
GUESTS HERE TODAY.
AND TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
WHO WE REPRESENT?
THE TO WHOM WE SPEAK.
YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE CRITICIZE
AMERICA.
AND APOLOGIZE AND FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
THEY'RE IGNORING THE GREATNESS
OF OUR PEOPLE.
FROM OUR VERY FIRST HISTORY.
TILL NOW.
THE HEROES HEROES AND HEROINES.
WHO SO NOBLY STAND FORTH?
IT'S SUCH DIRE MOMENTS.
AS EASE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED
IN THE STATE.
THIS YEAR.
THE MARKS OF HEROISM ARE MANY.
SOME GREAT.
SOME SMALL.
SAVING A CAT.
EXAMPLE.
IS A BIG DEAL.
THE CAT.
WITH THE FOLKS WHO RAISE THAT
CAP.
WE COME TOGETHER THEN FOR THOSE
MOMENTS.
AND RALLY.
AND THIS WAS A PARTICULAR
CATASTROPHIC.
CAJUN.
THIS YEAR.
STARTED OUT WITH OROVILLE WERE A
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT
THOUSAND.
PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE.
POTENTIAL.
EQUIVALENT TO A JONES DOWN FLOOD.
FOR TO ME THAT DID NOT HAPPEN
BUT THE PAYROLL REMAINS.
THEN THE FIRES COME
CALIFORNIA.
URBAN AND RURAL.
ALL.
ARE AFFECTED.
WE ARE HONORING.
INDIVIDUALS HERE TODAY.
BUT INDIVIDUALS WHO REPRESENT
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.
YOU CONTRIBUTED AS MUCH AS THEY
GET.
NOT RECOGNIZE AND WE DON'T KNOW
THEM ALL.
WE KNOW MANY.
BUT THAT IS THE EXAMPLE.
THE GREATNESS.
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND HOW WE STAND TOGETHER.
THE TRAGEDIES.
AT SUCH TIMES IN THE SUCH
OCCASIONS.
IN THE AFTERMATH WE WANT TO
VOWED NEVER AGAIN.
WELL I THINK WE ALL KNOW.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE.
OTHER TRAGIC.
AND THE CALL TO HEROES AND
HEROINES.
BUT LEADERSHIP.
AND VALIANT SACRIFICE.
A TRAGIC LOSS.
BUT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
AND. ONE OF THE CALLS.
TIMES REGARDING OUR FIRES.
THE FOCUS COULD NOT JUST BE ON
PUTTING THEM OUT.
THERE MUST BE.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PUBLIC
POLICY.
THE FOCUS IS MORE NOW ON.
PREVENTION.
THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS OF THAT.
THERE ARE MANY HEROES AND
HEROINES WHO WILL HELP US.
MANY OF THEM HERE SUCH AS OUR
FIRE SAFE COUNCILS.
IT IS AN HONOR.
NOT A PRIVILEGE.
BUT THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF
US.
TO RECOGNIZE THESE.
WHO GAVE SO MUCH?
SO MUCH SACRIFICE.
AND EXHIBITED.
SO MUCH COURAGE.
TOGETHER WE WILL THEN ACCEPT.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF FUTURE.
NOT TO ENSURE NEVER AGAIN.
BUT LESSER.
AT LEAST.
AND MORE HUMANE AND SAFE.
AS WE CAN.
LIVED THROUGH.
STRATEGIES.
THANK YOU SENATOR NIELSEN.
SENATOR MCGUIRE.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS.
WE HAVE HEROES AMONG US TODAY.
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
OUR OWN STATE GOVERNMENT NOW
THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
REPRESENTING LOCAL AGENCIES.
SENATOR DODD CENTER GAINS IN
THEIR NIELSEN I WOULD LIKE TO BE
A TO HAVE EACH OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES BRING UP A COME
UP.
SO WE CAN PRESENT THEM WITH THE
RESOLUTION AS A SMALL TOKEN.
GRATITUDE ON BEHALF CALAVERAS
STATES AND.
TODAY WE HAVE MARK YOUR DUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE EMERGENCY
SERVICES.
BJ WHITTEN.
THE GOLDEN GATE SECTOR CHIEF
ACCOUNT FOR HAVE PATROL.
MARK TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OVER
ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT RECYCLE.
CHIEF OF CAL FIRE CAN TIM LINE.
THE GIANTS ARE TIPPY DIRECTOR OF
CALTRANS WITHIN THE CENSUS CHO
BARRY REACHING.
RYAN BROWN DEPUTY FEDERAL
COORDINATING OFFICER WITH FEMA
ALONG WITH ROBERT PETS TO PAY.
WE ALSO COLONEL MCFADDEN.
WHO'S IN CHARGE ALL DEBRIS
REMOVAL FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS.
CAO FIRESIGN MORE THAN ELEVEN
THOUSAND FIREFIGHTERS.
IF I DID SOME PRESIDENT STORM.
IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
BOTH STATE.
LOCAL.
FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL
RESOURCES CAME TO OUR AID.
CALIFORNIA HAVE A PATROL. KEPT
EVACUATIONS MOVING SMOOTHLY.
CALTRANS CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANT
STAFF AND RESOURCES
TO BE WOULD HELP US OUR FIRE
SUPPRESSION RECOVERY.
CARRIE CYCLES MANAGING ALL CLEAN
UP EFFORTS IN BUTTE LAKE IN
MENDOCINO ALONG WITH YUBA
COUNTIES.
THE ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS HAS NOW
REMOVED.
OVER FIVE THOUSAND PARCELS OF
DEBRIS.
APPROACHING ONE AND A HALF
MILLION TONS.
THE LARGEST CLEAN UP IN OUR
STATE'S HISTORY IN BOTH NAPA AND
SONOMA COUNTIES.
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES HAS BEEN COORDINATING
ALL RECOVERY AND REBUILDING ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE CALIFORNIA.
FEMA HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL THEY
ARE TO WORK WITH.
THEY'VE BEEN LEADING THE FENDER
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
EFFORTS.
MEMBERS WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL
LOCAL OFFICIALS HERE TODAY IT
CENTERED ON ONE REDUCE. BUT ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
STATE AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS ARE HERE BEHIND US AND
UP IN THE GALLERY THAT'S BE LOUD
AND PROUD AND SAY THANK
.
GOVERNMENT AT ITS FINEST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE AID OF
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
SENATOR DODD.
MADAM PRESIDENT.
THIS CHAMBER ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO
HOLD ALL THE HEROES THAT HELP
PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
BUT I'M HONORED INTRODUCED
SEVERAL LEADERS WHO WILL HELP
PROTECT NAPA COUNTY.
IT'S AN ON THE BALLOT THAT I
SERVE.
NAPA COUNTY FIRE CHIEF BERRY
BIERMAN.
NOW THE COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN
ROBERTSON.
SO NO MY VALLEY FIRE AND RESCUE
AUTHORITY CHIEF STEVE ACRE.
AND FROM THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS WE HAVE SUPERVISOR
DIANE DILLON.
SUPERVISOR ALFREDO PEDROZA.
IT'S SUPERVISOR BELLY OUT
RAMEAU'S
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM
FOR THEIR SERVICE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF YOUR
COMMUNITY.
SENATOR GAINES.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND HERE WITH ME FROM THE ROUGH
AND READY VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
OUR BOB BOND THE FIRE CHIEF.
MATT WRIGHT THE FIRE CAPTAIN
AND CHELSEA RIGHT SENIOR
FIREFIGHTER.
THE ROUGH AND READY FIRE
DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE
LOCAL FIRE NEVADA COUNTY. LATER
BECOMING PART OF THE WIND
COMPLEX ON THE SAME NIGHT AS THE
FIRES IN SANTA ROSA. WHILE THE
LOBO FIRE STARTED JUST OUTSIDE
OF ROUGH AND READY FIFTY TO
SEVENTY FILE.
FIFTY TO SEVENTY MILE PER HOUR
WINDS
BLEW THE FIRE THROUGH THE TOWN
OF ROUGH AND READY. AND BURNED
EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES AND
DESTROYED.
TWENTY FIVE HOMES IN JUST A
MATTER OF HOURS.
THE ROUGH AND READY FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAD ALMOST THE ENTIRE
ROSTER HELPING IN SOME CAPACITY
ON THE FIRE FOR TEN DAYS.
ACCUMULATING MORE THAN FIFTEEN
HUNDRED TOTAL HOURS ON THE FIRE.
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS FROM
ROUGH AND READY STAFF MULTIPLE
ENGINES RAN THE FIRE STATION IS
A TEMPORARY COMMAND POST.
AND DROP POINT HELP TO EVACUATE
THE ENTIRE TOWN OF TWO THOUSAND
PEOPLE AND TURN THE FIRE STATION
AND NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS INTO A
COLLECTION POINT. FOR DONATIONS
FROM THE COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT
THE FIRE VICTIMS BESIDES A LOCAL
FIRE THE ROUGH AND READY FIRED.
DEPARTMENT RESPONDED.
THE SEVEN OTHER MAJOR FIRES
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TWENTY
SEVENTEEN INCLUDED A THOMAS FIRE
IN VENTURA. IN DECEMBER TWENTY
SEVENTEEN
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE COLLEAGUES. A WARM
WELCOME.
PLEASE HEROES
.
SENATOR
ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN LEADER BRIAN
DOLLY ASSEMBLY MEMBER BIGELOW
JOIN ME.
AND RECOGNIZING SOME INDIVIDUALS
THAT WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO
REPRESENT.
CHIEF DARREN REED AND CAPTAIN
RUSS PAL MARRIOTT.
HELLFIRE IS BUTTE UNIT.
THEY DID EVERYTHING.
FOOD.
WATER.
MOVING ANIMALS
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY.
THE SITTERS.
AND THEIR MANY AREAS OF BUTTE
COUNTY THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT.
THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.
THEY AND THOSE WHO WORK CONSERVE
WITH THEM.
ASSURED.
THE PEOPLE WERE IS PROTECTED.
IT POSSIBLY COULD BE.
OTHERS FROM BUTTE COUNTY
SUPERVISOR BILL CONNELLY.
NEW IT'S BEEN AT THE VANGUARD AS
WE DEALT WITH.
FLOODS AND FIRES LAST YEAR
THROUGHOUT.
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER CASEY
HATCHER WITH THE BUTTE COUNTY.
DISASTER RECOVERY OPERATIONS
CENTER.
THIS WAS LAUNCHED IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN.
WORKS TOGETHER.
WITH THE RESIDENTS.
TO ENSURE.
HOMES ARE PROTECTED.
MADE SAFE IN ADVANCE AND WHEN
THERE ARE SUCH
DISASTROUS FIRES.
THAT WE.
EVACUATE.
AND HELP.
REBUILD.
SAFE.
FROM YUBA COUNTY. COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT.
MANDORA.
THE LETTER EMERGENCY TEAM AND
COORDINATED THAT TEAM IN THE.
A MERGER TO RESPOND YEARS.
THEY REMAIN THAT THE GOVERNMENT
CENTER AND MARYSVILLE THROUGHOUT.
GREAT TRAVAIL.
IN THEY COORDINATED THE EFFORTS.
AND OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.
ARE ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT THAT
MUTUAL A.
IT EVER IMPRESSES ME.
AS I DRIVE UP AND DOWN.
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA
DURING CRISES.
THE STREAMS OF EMERGENCY
VEHICLES
FROM ALL OVER CALIFORNIA.
COMING HERE.
OR WATCHING THOSE DEPLOYED FROM
HERE.
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
TO BE TOGETHER.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER
SCOTT BRIAN.
WORKED ALONG WITH THIS.
TO BEND DORF.
IN THAT COUNTY.
THE BE HELPFUL IN PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER RUSS BROWN.
A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING JOB.
TO GET THE WORD OUT.
TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.
AND FINALLY.
REPRESENTING YUBA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT
ALAN GARCIA.
SERGEANT NATHAN Y. BARTER.
THEY WERE INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC
CONTROL MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
SPECIAL NEEDS EVACUATION CENTERS.
MUTUAL AID.
AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
THAT HAVING BEEN THROUGHOUT THIS
ORDEAL.
THAT THOSE EVACUATION CENTERS.
IS SEE THE DISCOMFORT OF THE
INDIVIDUALS THERE.
AND THE INCONVENIENCE THEY
SUFFERED.
BUT THE CD THE GLAMOUR OF HOPE
IN THEM THAT THEY WERE SAFE.
AND THEY HAD FOOD.
THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS.
THAT ENSURE THAT.
AND WE JOIN TOGETHER.
AND RECOGNIZING.
AND ACKNOWLEDGING.
THERE.
COLLEAGUES AROUND BECAUSE.
ALL OF.
FIRST RESPONDERS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AGAIN GOVERNMENT AT
ITS FINEST.
THANK YOU SENATOR NIELSEN.
SENATOR GAINES FOR WHAT PURPOSE
SIR.
OUR RECOGNITION OF THE FULL SOME
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I PLEASE HAVE THEM COME FORWARD.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
POLLS A BARBECUE HARD JUST WILL
BE RECOGNIZED THANK YOU WE'VE
GOT SHE PHILIPPE A RODRIGUEZ
ENGINEER BOB WERBURGH.
AND DATA KIM RACHAEL'S OUT WITH
OPERATION.
IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN THE CITY A
FULSOME FIRE DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO TWENTY
MUTUAL AID REQUEST.
TO ASSIST WITH MAJOR INCIDENTS
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRES
INCLUDED THE CASCADE FIRE THEIR
COLLINS LAKE WHICH LATER BECAME
PART OF THE NGUYEN COMPLEX.
THE TUBS FIRE AND THE NUNS FIRE
IN THE SANTA ROSA NAPA AND
SONOMA AREAS MANY FOR.
CREWS WERE DEPLOYED MULTIPLE
TIMES AND FOURTEEN AND TWENTY
ONE DAY. OUT TIME FRAMES IN
ADDITION THESE DEPLOYMENTS FIRE
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.
THAT WERE NOT DEPLOYED WORKS
SEVENTY TWO TO NINETY SIX HOUR
SHIFTS AT HOME TO MAINTAIN. CITY
FIRE COVERAGE.
FOLSOM FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS
WERE ALSO DEPLOYED TO THE THOMAS
FIRE.
AND VENTURA COUNTY IN DECEMBER.
THAT WERE JUST PROUD OF THEM AND
BONTA RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK
THEM.
COLLEAGUES PLEASE GIVE A WARM
ROD OF APPLAUSE SCREWED DOWN.
HE'S VERY FURIOUS.
THANK YOU.
SENATOR MCGUIRE.
MEMBERS IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO
BE IN A BRING FOUR
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NORTH
BAY.
NO WONDER RECOGNIZE THESE FIRST
RESPONDERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
FROM ALL ACROSS OUR REGION.
THEY WERE ON THE FRONT LINES
SAVING LIVES FOR WEEKS.
I DIDN'T OF INFORMATION FOLKS
NEEDED CORRECTLY.
BUT I TELL YOU I'VE NEVER SEEN A
HARDER WORKING GROUP.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT SHARE
BRIAN MARTIN IS HERE FROM LAKE
COUNTY.
NOT ONLY HAS HE FACES SO FOR
FIRE.
THIS YEAR.
HE HAD THE CLAYTON FIRE LAST
YEAR LAKE COUNTY IN THE VALLEY
FIRE IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN WE
CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO
SHARE OF MARTIN AND BY THE WAY.
USING NEWLY ELECTED SHERIFF AT
THE TIME SO WELCOME TO LAKE
COUNTY.
A.
WE ALSO HAVE FROM MENDOCINO
COUNTY SUPERVISOR CARRY BROWN.
WHOSE DISTRICT IN REDWOOD VALLEY
WAS DEVASTATED BY THE REDWOOD
COMPLEX FIRE.
IN CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
FOR MENDOCINO COUNTY CARAMEL
ANGELOS HERE WITH US.
FROM SINAMA COUNTY WE'VE THE
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR AND
SUPERVISOR SURELY SAME WITH US
WHOSE DISTRICT WAS ALSO HIT
EXTREMELY HARD THE CITY SANTA
ROSA.
WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT CHAIR OF
GIORDANO IS HERE FROM THE COUNTY
OF CINEMA.
HE WAS THE FACE OF THIS DISASTER
PROVIDING. ALMOST MOMENTARILY
UPDATES TO INDIVIDUALS
THROUGHOUT THE NORTH BAY WE WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU.
WE ALSO I SAY THANK YOU TO THE
POLICE CHIEF FROM THE CITY
CENTER ROSA HANK SCHRADER WHO'S
HERE TODAY.
THERE IS A FIRE CHIEF THE MAN
THE MYTH THE LEGEND TONY GHAZNI.
I AND WE ALSO HAVE CITY MANAGER
SHAUN WIGGLING WHO IS HERE TODAY.
I JUST CANNOT TELL YOU HOW
GRATEFUL I AM.
THE PROUD.
BUT THESE INCREDIBLE LEADERS
BEHIND US.
AND I THINK WE NEED GIVEN AROUND
OF APPLAUSE AND SAY THANK YOU.
WARREN.
WARM THANK YOU.
HE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANTS.
WE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TAKING
SENATOR MCGUIRE.
THE MAN THE PRESIDENT WE ALSO
HAVE THE DIVISION CHIEF FOR THE
CINEMA LAKE UNIT ACCOUNT FIRED
JACK BENINESE HERE TODAY JEFF HO
WHO'S A FIRE CAPTAIN FOR THE
CINEMA CAO IS CINEMA LAKE NAPA
UNIT OF CAL FIRE. WE ALSO OF
CAPTAIN PELOS YOU FOR THE
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AND
THE SAN ROSE OFFICE AND OF
COURSE HE'S. FROM THE OFFICE
EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE CHIEF
THERE WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO THEM AS WELL WELCOME ALL FOR
AYE IF YEAH. WARM ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
THESE EXTRAORDINARY.
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE
GOING TO.
MOVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
NONPROFITS WITHIN THESE
COMMUNITIES WHO WILL START WITH
SENATOR GAINES GREAT THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT I JUST. WANT TO.
AGAIN RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF
THE NON.
PROFIT COMMUNITY ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
.
ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN LEADER BRIAN
DALLY.
ASSEMBLYMAN FRANK BIGELOW AND
ASSEMBLYMAN KEVIN KILEY.
AND IF WE GET PLEASE HAVE.
BAYSIDE CHURCH COME FORWARD.
.
SO IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF YOUR
FAITH THAT WE STAND TOGETHER IN
TIMES OF CRISIS.
AND.
I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE SPEECH
AYE CHURCH AND WHAT THEY DID.
IN THEIR EFFORTS.
THEY HAD A CHURCH IN SANTA ROSA
AFFILIATE WITH THEM.
JUST A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THE
FIRE.
AND SO.
BASIC CHURCHES THAT A LARGE
CHURCH IN THEM THEY WERE ABLE TO
USE THEIR RESOURCES.
THROUGHOUT SACRAMENTO REGION AND
CERTAINLY IN SANTA ROSA.
OUGHT TO REYES.
.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IT WAS IT SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND THEN THEY TURNED THE CHURCH
INTO A.
FACILITY TO HELP OUT.
VICTIMS FROM THE FIRE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO HOUSE UP TO
FORTY TO SIXTY
PEOPLE A NIGHT.
ON THE PREMISES.
AND OF COURSE THEY WERE
GATHERING FOOD AND CLOTHING AND
SLEEPING BAGS AND ALL THOSE
THINGS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS
SO WHICH SONG LIFT THEM UP AND I
THANK THEM.
FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
.
LIKE SO MANY OF US SO MANY.
CALIFORNIANS DID.
IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT AND DO.
SENATOR NIELSEN.
THANKYOU MADAM PRESIDENT LADIES
GEMS OF THE SENATE.
NOW WE RECOGNIZE THE NONPROFITS.
THE BULWARKS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
OVER HISTORY.
COMING TOGETHER.
SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS.
WITH THEIR OWN PURPOSES.
ALL OF WHICH THOUGH.
SERVE THE GOOD.
OF HUMANKIND.
I'M DELIGHTED TO THAT KNOWLEDGE
HERE THE FEATHER RIVER GRANGE.
ALONG WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER DOLLY.
THE GRANGE ORGANIZATION HAS A
LONG AND STORIED HISTORY.
IN AMERICA.
AND THEY'RE STILL.
DOING GOOD.
DO A HARVEY.
GERALD OUR.
AND SANDY BOURASSA.
THEY OPENED UP
THEIR FACILITY.
COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
A HUB FOR THE RESIDENTS.
ALL HE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE
WHERE THE GRANGE WAS.
THE GO TO PLACE.
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MARJORIE COREY BRENDA WRIGHT
MEYER.
REPRESENT THE YANKEE HILL FIRE
SAFE COUNCIL.
AGAIN I'D KNOWLEDGE THEM ALONG.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER DOLLY.
ANOTHER EXPANDED ROLE FOR OUR
FIRE SAFE. COUNCILS.
THEY'RE THERE FOR PREVENTION.
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
AND WE THANK THEM.
AND THEY IN ADDITION.
SETUP A FIRE RECOVERY FUND.
THE HELP INDIVIDUALS.
THE TRIALS OF THESE TIMES
INCLUDING. HOUSING.
VIOLATE JOHN MISTER.
REPRESENTS THE LOW MARICA
FOOTHILL ALLIANCE CLUB.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
WE MEETING MYSELF.
ASSEMBLYMAN GALLAGHER.
AND ALL OF YOU.
MY COLLEAGUES.
DURING THE CASCADE FIRE THEY
QUICKLY TOOK ACTION AND BECAME
OUR HUB OF COLLECTION.
AND COLLECTING.
DISTURBING FOOD CLOTHING
SUPPLIES.
CLUB MEMBERS COORDINATED THE
EFFORTS WITH OTHER NONPROFIT.
STATE.
LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE HANK ALL OF YOU. FOR YOUR
NOBLE EFFORTS.
YOU GIVE CREDIT.
THE GREAT NONPROFITS
THAT HAVE HELPED MAKE.
AMERICA GREAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOUR PREFERRED FROM THE
NONPROFIT WORLD
.
NEXT I BELIEVE WE HAVE SENATOR
MCGUIRE. RECOGNIZING THE NORTH
BAY RECOVERY FUND SENATOR
MCGUIRE THANK YOU SO MUCH BETTER
PRESIDENT AND I ON BEHALF OF ALL
OF US WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL
OF YOUR INDULGENCES HERE TODAY.
ALLOWING US TO BE A RECOGNIZE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE A
GREAT DIFFERENCE.
IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
REGION A MADAM PRESIDENT ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR DODD MYSELF.
WE'RE GRATEFUL BETTER RECOGNIZE
THE NORTH BAY FIRE RELIEF FUND
TEAM.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS ISN'T THE
FIRST TIME THIS TEAM IS COMING
TOGETHER.
DURING THE VALLEY FIRE I NEARLY
THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
TO RAISE FOR.
TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR HOMES
IN LAKE COUNTY TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN.
IN JUST A HUNDRED AND TWENTY
DAYS.
FORTY ONE THOUSAND DONORS
FROM TWENTY THREE DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES.
DONATED THIRTY TWO MILLION
DOLLARS
FOR THE FOUR COUNTY NORTH BAY
REGION.
I GOING TO DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES OR AT
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP WHEN IT CAME
TO THE FIRES OR EVERY STUDENT.
OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED WHO LOST
THEIR HOMES ALSO RECEIVE DIRECT
ASSISTANCE.
ALONG WITH FIFTY SIX DIFFERENT
NONPROFITS.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO
WERE INCREMENTAL NORTH BAY FIRE
REALLY FUN AGAIN HUNDRED TWENTY
DAYS.
THIRTY TWO MILLION IN.
THIRTY TWO MILLION OUT BECAUSE
OF THE REDWOOD CRITIQUING.
THEY COVERED EVERY.
BUT COST
EVERY TRANSACTION FEE UP ALL
CREDIT CARD FEES SO THAT EVERY
DOLLAR WAS GUARANTEED TO GO
RIGHT BACK TO THOSE WHO SURVIVE
TO FIRE. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT
BRETT MARTINEZ IS HERE HE SEE
ALL THE RED CREDIT UNION THEN WE
HAVE STEVE FAULK HE CEO. OF
CINNAMON MEDIA THAT'S THE PRESS
DEMOCRAT LEADING NEWSPAPER ON
THE NORTH COAST.
THEY GAVE AMAZING COVERAGE
TO THIS FIRE AND PROMOTED THE
NORTH BAY FIRE REALLY FINE DAY
IN AND DAY OUT. AND THOUSANDS OF
THEIR READERS DONATED ARE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
EVERY DAY TO HELP THEIR
NEIGHBORS IN NEED WE CANNOT SAY
THANK YOU TO STEVE FALK. AND THE
PRESS DEMOCRAT ENOUGH IN
ADDITION THERE ARE THREE KEY
NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT HELP
MOVE THE DOLLARS INTO THE HANDS
OF THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. IN
THAT IS THE UNITED WAY OF THE
WINE COUNTRY THANK YOU SO MUCH
YOU MIGHT CALL OFF HE'S DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB WE CANNOT SAY
THANK YOU ENOUGH. WE ALSO HAVE
PATTY BRUDER HERE TODAY SHE'S
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NORTH
COAST OPPORTUNITIES MAKING SURE
THAT CHECKS GOT INTO THE HANDS
OF RESIDENTS WHO LOST THEIR HOME
IN BOTH LAKE IN MENDOCINO COUNTY.
RUNNER TURN IT OVER TO SENATOR
DODD TO BE OUT INTRODUCED THE
GOOD FOLKS DOT FROM THE CENTER
FOR VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT LEADERS.
IN NAPA COUNTY.
THANK YOU SENATOR DODD.
YES I'D LIKE TO THANK GOD MY
COLLEAGUE.
FROM US NO MY COUNTY.
.
SANTA ROSA AREA.
YOU KNOW.
HE'S AWFUL HUMBLE IN FROM DAY
ONE.
ON THIS.
FIRE REALLY FIND THAT HE WAS
OUT THERE RAISING MONEY HIMSELF.
IT PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT
INTO THIS I'D LIKE TO
CONGRATULATE HIM AN ECHO HIS
REMARKS REGARDING THE NORTH DAY.
FIRE RECOVERY FUND.
HE'S DONE AMAZING JOBS I SAID
IN THIS PARTNERS WEBER CREDIT
UNION THE PRESS DEMOCRATIC BEEN
INCREDIBLE.
WHEN I REPRESENTED LAKE COUNTY
IN THE ASSEMBLY THEY HELP THE
VICTIMS OF THE TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN VALLEY FIRE AND THEY
CONTINUED CONTINUED. THAT
TRADITION HERE AGAIN.
THE NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY
DISASTER RELIEF FUND MANAGED BY
THE NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION HAS ALSO BEEN A
TREMENDOUS BOOSTER FOR THOSE IN
NEED. ORIGINALLY.
FOR THE NAPA EARTHQUAKES.
THEY CONTRIBUTED TEN MILLION
DOLLARS NOT DAY THE NAPA VALLEY
VINTNERS.
CONTRIBUTED TEN MILLION DOLLARS
FOR THAT REALLY FIND IN THAT WAS
REESTABLISHED FOR THE WILD. THAT
AFTER.
OCTOBER APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN
ATTRIBUTED BY TWENTY THOUSAND
INDIVIDUAL CORPORATE AND
FOUNDATION DONORS IN CALIFORNIA
AND U. S..
UBER AND ABROAD THE FUND HAS
SUPPORTED FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIRE
SURVIVORS WITH SERVICES AND
PROVIDED DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE
TO NEARLY NINETEEN HUNDRED.
HOUSEHOLDS
I HAVE ALL LONGTIME ABOUT CLOSE
PERSONAL FRIEND CAN'T EMORY
WHO'S FROM THE BOARD OF NAPA
VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HERE
TODAY. TO ACCEPT THIS
RECOGNITION PLEASE JOIN ME IN
THANKING HIM IN THE OTHERS FOR A
GREAT JOB IN SUPPORTING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
EACH ONE OF YOU THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY IS ALL
ABOUT
SENATOR DODD
.
MADAM PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE OUR
ADS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN
HONOR OF THE FORTY FOUR LIVES
LOST.
DURING THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
FIRESTORM.
COLLEAGUES.
COLLEAGUES IF WE COULD HAVE YOUR
UNDIVIDED ATTENTION PLEASE THIS
IS THE TIME FOR A MOMENT OF
SILENCE.
THE LOS.
FORTY FOUR SOULS AS A RESULT OF
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES.
PLEASE BEGIN
THANK YOU ALL THERE WAS FORTY
FOUR SECONDS REPRESENTING. THE
FORTY FOUR LIVES THAT WERE LOST
SENATOR DODD.
THANK YOU ARE MADAM PRESIDENT
WERE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY
TO TRAVEL HERE TODAY TO BE WITH
US FOR THIS.
CEREMONY. TO HONOR OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY
HEROES.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK EACH AND
EVERYONE OF OF MY SENATE
COLLEAGUES WHO WERE THERE EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY WITH A.
I FELLOW SENATORS FROM THOSE
FIRE AREAS AND FOR ALL OF YOUR
SUPPORT.
DURING THAT TOUGH TIME.
AND NOW BEEN A PRESIDENT I WOULD
LIKE TO TURN IT BACK TO YOU TO
RETIRE THE CALLERS.
THANK YOU SENATOR DODD AND ALL
OF YOU A WHO HAVE BEEN HERE
PARTICIPATING TODAY WE OWE YOU
AN ENORMOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
AND WITHOUT COLLEAGUES PLEASE
RISE AS WE RETIRE THE COLORS.
BUT.
DEREK.
WELL.
WHAT WE WANT YOUR BRAINS?
YOU DO AMERICAN.
BOX
.
TOTALING
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES SENATOR
DODD.
MADAM PRESIDENT I THANK YOU WE
YIELD BACK THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR DOGS
SENATOR MCGUIRE SENATOR GAINES
SENATOR NIELSEN AND ALL OUR
COLLEAGUES.
SENATOR MITCHELL UNDER
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT.
.
AND.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES I'D LIKE TO THINK.
OUR COLLEAGUES FOR AN AMAZING.
CEREMONY TODAY STATE AGENCIES THAT YOU MIGHT
NOT THINK WOULD BE IMPACTED BY
NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS DEATH.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IS BUDGET
SUB THREE HERE WOMAN SEVERAL
YEARS AGO TO TOUR THE CINEMA
DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
HAVING TOURED THAT FACILITY AND
MET MANY OF THE RESIDENTS AND
STAFF WHEN I SAW THE FIRE ON THE
NEWS.
IT HIT ME AS A SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA CENTER SENATOR RIGHT.
WHERE IT WASN'T WOULD BE
IMPACTED?
AND SO CALLING YOU MUST KNOW.
THAT THE.
WHILE THEY'RE NOT.
BADGE CARRYING FIRST RESPONDERS
THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEVELOPMENT
CENTER THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES.
PLAYED A YOUNG WOMAN'S ROLE.
AND EVACUATING SOME OF
CALIFORNIA'S MOST FRAGILE
RESIDENTS
OUT OF THAT SKINNER I BELIEVE IT
WAS TWO HUNDRED SOME ODD SENATOR.
MOVE THEM TO THE FAIR GROUNDS
WEARING VERY MEDICALLY FRAGILE
CALIFORNIANS HAD TO LIVE FOR
ABOUT THIRTEEN DAYS.
AND SO THERE ARE SO MANY STATE
AGENCIES WHO WANT TECHNICALLY
BAD SCARY FIRST RESPONDERS.
WHO ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THEIR
FINEST
WHO RISE TO THE OCCASION EVERY
DAY?
TO DO THE WORK THAT GOVERNMENT
IS CALLED TO DO.
TAKE CARE OF THE LEAST AMONG US
AND IT'S IN TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS
WHERE OTHER STATE AGENCY STEP UP
AND SO I JUST FELT COMPELLED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS WELL AS THE
MANY OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS.
WHO PHYLLIS THEY ARE CONTINUING
TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT
THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS BUT I
WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE
EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES WHO? WHO
RISK THEIR LIVES?
TO CARRY OUT AND PROVIDE CARE
AND REMAIN HELP READ THOSE
RESIDENTS IS MEDICALLY FRAGILE
RESIDENTS REMAIN CALM DURING A
VERY FRIGHTENING HARROWING
EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR. MITCHELL.
SENATOR PAN ON THIS USUALLY WE
HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE DAILY FILE
YET SO ON THIS.
A.
PROCESS THIS EVENT THIS FOR.
MEANINGFUL MOMENT.
I'VE THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK IF
YOU WOULD.
BRIEFLY SENATOR WIENER VERY
BRIEFLY SIR YES THANK YOU I'M
PRESIDENT I JUST WANNA EXTENDS.
UP MY THANK YOU IN GRATITUDE TO
OUR THE SENATORS FROM SONOMA.
AND NAPA COUNTIES.
I'D LIKE SEVERAL OF YOU DID
GOEBEN VISIT.
AND I WAS REALLY IN ALL OF THE
LEADERSHIP VOTE THAT ARE TO
COLLEAGUES POT SHOWED.
OVER OVER AGAIN AND I I THINK
THE SENATOR FROM SONOMA COUNTY
ACTUALLY AT ONE POINT I MEAN I
THINK YOU SUPPLY PUTTING OUT
FIRES AND SELF AND.
THESE TWO GUYS ARE ARE OUR
HEROES AS WELL SO I WANT TO
HONOR THEM.
THANK YOU SENATOR WIENER.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOW
GOING TO SENATOR PANTY WISH TO
SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
DIFFERENT ITEM WILL WAIT DIE
UNDER GOING BACK TO PRIVILEGES
OF FLOOR AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE
DAILY FILE.
WHICH WE WILL DO NOW MESSAGES
FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL BE DEEMED
READ MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY
WILL BE DEEMED READ REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. UNDER
MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
WITHOUT OBJECTION THE SENATE
JOURNALS FOR FEBRUARY TWELFTH
THROUGH FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH
TWENTY EIGHTEEN WILL BE APPROVED
AS CORRECTED BY THE MINUTE CLERK.
UNDER INTRODUCTION AND FIRST
READING OF BILLS MISTER
SECRETARY PLEASE READ
SENATE BILL TWELVE SIXTY SEVEN.
TWELVE SIXTY EIGHT TWELVE SIXTY
NINE TWELVE SEVENTY TWELVE
SEVENTY ONE TWELVE SEVENTY TO
TWELVE SEVENTY THREE TWELVE
SEVENTY BILLS WILL BE DEEMED
READ.
RETURNING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS THIS IS THE TIME FOR
GERMAN MEMORY AND OTHER MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS.
SENATOR PAN THANK YOU OF AND
PRESIDENT. I KNOW THAT THE LAST.
MONDAY WE CELEBRATE THE NEW
YEAR TODAY IS THE BEGINNING A
LUNAR NEW YEAR WE'VE CERTAINLY
HAD A YEAR A FULL OF.
TRAGEDIES AND TRIUMPHS
BUT.
ON THIS AGAIN LUNAR NEW YEAR.
YEAR OF THE DOG I JUST WANT TO
WISH ALL OF YOU AND PEOPLE THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. HAPPINESS
PROSPERITY AND HEALTH SO THAT
BEARD A DOG IN KUALA.
THANK YOU SENATOR PAN AND
HOPEFULLY A YEAR OF PEACE.
ANY OTHER.
MICROPHONES UNDER MOTIONS
RESOLUTION SENATOR GLAZERS.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I'D
LIKE TO.
PASSED THE SENATE ADJOURNED IN
MEMORY OF RUTH MANCROFT.
RUTH BANCROFT DIED AT HER
WALNUT CREEK HOME ON NOVEMBER
TWENTY SIX.
AT THE AGE OF ONE HUNDRED AND
NINE.
HER FAMILY HELD A.
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL YESTERDAY
FOR HER AT THE WORLD RENOWNED
RUTH BAND CROFT GARDEN.
WITH BANCROFT'S GARDEN IS KNOWN
FOR ITS INTRICATE LAYOUT THAT
DISPLAYS THE BEAUTY AND
DIVERSITY OF SUCCULENTS.
CACTUS ANOTHER DROUGHT TOLERANT
PLANTS.
OUR GARDEN IS A TREASURE NOT
ONLY FOR ITS BEAUTY BUT FOR WHAT
IT OFFERS.
THE VISITORS
A PUBLIC SPACE TO SHARE THE
SPLENDOR OF THE OUTDOORS.
AS SHE DESIGNED THE GARDEN IN
THE EARLY NINETEEN SEVENTIES.
AND IT BECAME SUCH A DRAW FROM
AROUND THE WORLD THAT THE
BANCROFT FAMILY.
FORMED THE NONPROFIT RUTH
BANCROFT GARDEN.
PROTECTED BY A CONSERVATION
EASEMENT.
IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE
EARLY NINETEEN NINETIES.
A SHE WORKS IN HER GARDEN EVERY
DAY UNTIL THE AGE OF NINETY
SEVEN.
HER FRIENDS SAW THAT SHE WOULD
WORK THROUGH THE SWELTERING
WALNUT CREEK HEAT. WITHOUT EVEN
TAKING BREAKS.
SHE WOULD STOP TO HAVE A BEER
WITH FRIENDS WHO DROPPED BY.
WALNUT CREEK COUNCILWOMAN CINDY
SILVA SAID BRUCE GARDEN WAS
BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT THAT OUR
BIGGEST GIFT WAS THAT SHE TAUGHT
US TO RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT WE
LIVE IN. AND THAT BEAUTY CAN
COME EVEN IN THE DRIEST OF
CLIENTS.
RUTH HAD A GREAT EYE FOR GUARD
DESIGN CENTER CLOSE FRIEND AND
GARDENING CURATOR BRIAN CAMPBELL.
BUT BEYOND THIS HE SAID SHE WAS
AWED BY THE PLANTS THEMSELVES
THINKING OF EACH KIND AS A NEAR
MAGICAL PRODUCT.
OF THE CREATIVE EXPRESSION OF
MOTHER NATURE.
RUTH WAS STUDYING ARCHITECTURE
AT UC BERKELEY WHEN THE NINETEEN
TWENTY NINE STOCK MARKET CRASH
SENT HER ONTO A DIFFERENT PATH.
HE INSTEAD ORINDA HOME. ARTS
DEGREE AND LATER TAUGHT HIGH
SCHOOL.
HER HUSBAND PHILLIP BANCROFT'S
FAMILY KNOWN FOR THE BANCROFT
LIBRARY ON CAL'S CAMPUS.
ON TO FOUR HUNDRED ACRE WALNUT
IN PURE FORM AND WALNUT CREEK.
AND WHEN HE SOLD OFF THE LAND
AND CUT DOWN THE LAST WOMAN
ORCHARD IN NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE.
PHILLIP GAVE A THREE AND A HALF
ACRE PLOT OF LAND FOR RUTH.
THE PLAN HER SUCCULENTS.
THAT'S WHEN RUTH BEGAN COMBINE
HER ARCHITECTURAL BACKGROUND
WITH THE LOVE AND CURIOSITY
ABOUT PLANTS IN NATURE.
WITH BANCROFT WILL BE DEEPLY
MISSED BY HER CHILDREN. PETER
BANCROFT NINA DICKERSON AND
KATHY HILL DOGO. AND FOUR
GRANDCHILDREN.
BUT HER LEGACY WILL CONTINUE ON.
AS REGARD REMAINS ARE WONDERFUL
ATTRACTION.
TO THE PUBLIC
AND WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT I
WOULD ASK THAT WE.
JERRY MEMORY OF RUTH BANCROFT
WITH PASSED AWAY THE AGE OF ONE
HUNDRED AND NINE.
WELL PLEASE EXTEND THE
CONDOLENCES OF THIS HOUSE AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
TO THE FAMILY FOR A LIFE LONG IN
WELL LIVED.
ANY OTHER CHURN IN MEMORIES.
SEEING NONE.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS
SENATOR MONNING.
THE DESK IS CLEAR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS SENATE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL FIVE PM. WHICH TIME THE
ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL BE MADE.
WE WILL RECONVENE ON TUESDAY AT
ONE PM.
MEMBERS TUESDAY AT ONE PM
TODAY'S THE LAST STATE TO
INTRODUCE BILLS.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SENATOR
MONNING THE SENATE WILL BE IN
RECESS UNTIL FIVE PM AT WHICH
TIME THE ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL
BE MADE AND WE RECONVENE. ON
TUESDAY AT ONE PM