ROLL.
ALAN.
ANDERSON. ATKINS. BABIES.
WELL.
VERY HEALTHY.
BRADFORD. CANNELLA.
DAILY ON.
DOT.
FULLER.
AMES. KALYANI.
GLAZER.
YES. HURTS BERG.
HELLO.
WITH SO.
JACKSON.
LARA.
LEAVE US. REQUIRE.
MITCHELL.
MONEY.
MORE LOCK.
NEWMAN. WHEN.
NIELSEN.
HAN. FOURTEEN TINA. ROCKED.
SKINNER.
STERN.
JOAN.
I'D. WHITE HOUSE GAME. WINNER.
WELL.
THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY THE
SECRETARY NOTES WE ARE ABSENT OF
CORN WITH THE RECALCITRANT
MEMBERS PLEASE COME TO THE
SENATE FLOOR. AND I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE I'VE NEVER HEARD
THE PLACE BECAUSE SO QUIET.
ALL SENATORS PLEASE TO THE
SENATE FLOOR FOR TWO PM SESSION
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF. GUESTS WITH
US TODAY WOULD LIKE TO START AS
PROMPTLY AS WE CAN ALL SENATORS
PLEASE TO THE SENATE FLOOR
COLLEAGUES A QUARTERMAINE IS
PRESENT.
WITH THE MEMBERS IN OUR GUEST
BEYOND THE RAIL AND IN THE
GALLERY PLEASE RISE.
WE WILL BE LEAD IN PRAYER THIS
AFTERNOON BY OUR CHAPLAIN SISTER
MICHELLE GORMAN AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WE WILL
BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. BY
SENATOR GAL GUILIANI.
BUT A CENTER OURSELVES IN GOD'S
PRESENCE.
THIS POEM BY JAN RICHARDSON IS
CALLED A BLESSING FOR WOMEN.
YOU HAVE LOOKED AT SO MANY DOORS
WITH LONGING.
WONDERING IF YOUR LIFE LAY ON
THE OTHER SIDE.
FOR TODAY. CHOOSE THE DOOR THAT
OPENS TO THE INSIDE.
TRAVEL THE MOST ANCIENT WAY OF
ALL.
THE PATH THAT LEADS YOU TO THE
CENTER OF YOUR LIFE.
NO MAP BUT THE ONE YOU MAKE
YOURSELF.
NO PROVISION WAS WHAT YOU
ALREADY CARRY.
AND THE GRACE THAT COMES TO
THOSE WHO WALK THE PILGRIMS WAY.
SPEAK YOUR BLESSING AS YOU SET
OUT.
DO NOT EXPECT TO RETURN BY THE
SAME ROADS.
HOME IS ALWAYS BY ANOTHER WAY.
AND YOU WILL KNOW IT'S NOT BY
THE LIFE THAT WAITS FOR YOU.
BUT BY THE STAR THE BLAZES
INSIDE TO.
TELLING YOU.
THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE IS HOLY.
AND YOU ARE WELCOME HERE.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD SOPHIA.
WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UNDER WOMEN
WE'RE HONORING TODAY.
YOU KNOW EACH OF THEM BY NAME.
MAY THEY ALWAYS EXPERIENCED
DEPTH OF YOUR LOVE AMEN.
I.
SO.
AND.
WHAT?
YEAH. WELL. THAT.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THIRTY?
OKAY.
YEAH.
YEAH MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION
SENATE RULE FIFTY FIVE WILL BE
SUSPENDED. TO ALLOW LOBBYISTS ON
THE FLOOR.
WE WILL MOVE TO PRIVILEGES OF
THE FLOOR.
SENATOR FULLER THE DESK IS
YOURS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS I RISE
TODAY TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION TO
RECOGNIZE THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN
CALIFORNIA AEROSPACE AND
AVIATION DAYS.
CALIFORNIA HAS LONG BEEN AN
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
INNOVATOR.
IN FACT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW A
FORMER MEMBER OF THE SENATE.
PETE KNIGHT PILOTED THE X.
FIFTEEN A TWO TO FOUR THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILES
PER HOUR.
WHICH IS STILL A WORLD RECORD
FOR A MANNED AIRCRAFT.
I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT THIS
DISTRICT.
WHERE NEW TESTING? OF NEW
AIRCRAFT AND CHALLENGING OF OUR
CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITS
HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
THESE FACILITIES INCLUDE EDWARDS
AIRFORCE BASE CHINA LAKE NAVAL
WEAPONS TESTING CENTER. MOJAVE
AIR AND SPACE PORT.
STATEWIDE THESE INDUSTRIES HAVE
A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR
ECONOMY.
AVIATION PRODUCES A HUNDRED AND
SIXTY EIGHT POINT SEVEN BILLION.
IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT.
ANNUALLY AND GENERAL AVIATION
HAS AN ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
MORE THAN THIRTY BILLION.
AVIATION RELATED EMPLOYMENT
CREATES A HUNDRED AND TWO
MILLION JOBS AND FORTY SIX POINT
FIVE BILLION IN PAYROLL.
AEROSPACE EMPLOYS TWO HUNDRED
AND THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE
ANOTHER FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN
THOUSAND IN RELATED FIELDS. AND
AEROSPACE PROVIDES OVER TWO
POINT NINE BILLION IN ANNUAL
STATE INCOME TAX REVENUES.
ALSO EACH YEAR TWO HUNDRED
PASSENGER TRIPS BEGIN OR END IN
CALIFORNIA'S COMMERCIAL
AIRPORTS.
THESE INDUSTRIES DESERVE OUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE KEEP
CALIFORNIA FLYING INTO THE
FUTURE.
TODAY ON THE SENATE FLOOR TO
RECEIVE THE RESOLUTION. ARE
CAROL FORD OF THE CALIFORNIA
PILOTS ASSOCIATION. AND
CHRISTOPHER BOWLING AFTER OF
NORTHROP GRUMMAN. PLEASE GIVE
THEM A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE
AND ALSO.
I INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN THIS
SPORT IMPRIMATUR INFORMATIONAL
AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS ON
AEROSPACE AND AVIATION DAYS. ON
THE TENT ON THE WEST STEPS OF
THE CAPITOL ON WEDNESDAY. THANK
YOU WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. FOR
OUR STEVE YES
THE FLOOR BELONGS TO SENATOR
MITCHELL.
SENATOR MITCHELL IF HE WISHED
TO.
EXERCISE PRIVILEGES OF THE
FLOOR.
I WOULD MADAM PRESIDENT.
CALLING THE GIVES ME GREAT
PLEASURE ON THIS DAY WHEN WE
PAUSE TO CELEBRATE PHENOMENAL
WOMEN LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE
STATE. TO WELCOME TO THE SENATE
CHAMBERS A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO
REPRESENT AND OVER ONE HUNDRED
YEAR LEGACY OF BLACK WOMEN'S
LEADERSHIP. BOTH PANHELLENIC AND
YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM LATER AS
WELL AS CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WITH
US TODAY ARE REPRESENTED FROM
THE NATIONAL COALITION OF A
HUNDRED BLACK WOMEN. WE NOT ONLY
HAVE THE RITUAL. OF PROFESSIONAL
BLACK WOMEN WHO FOUND AT THESE
ORGANIZATIONS TO THANK. BUT THE
TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE ALL
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE
LIKES OF HARRIET TUBMAN
SOJOURNER TRUTH THAN OTHERS.
SELLING SHORT WHEN IN DOUBT.
FOLLOW BLACK WOMEN.
UP UP UP.
WELL.
SIX CHARACTER PRESIDENTS FROM
THE COALITION OF A HUNDRED BLACK
WOMEN FROM ACROSS THE STATE WE
HAVE ONE AT PARKER REPRESENTING
LOS ANGELES. AMBROSE SHANKS
REPRESENTING THE SILICON VALLEY
SAN MATEO AND SANTA CLARA JANICE
TAPING REPRESENT IN ORANGE
COUNTY HERE ALL PERRY LEAGUE
REPRESENTING OAKLAND CARING
GILBERT REPRESENT IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND EVELYN PHRASE
EUROPE WITHIN THE CHAPTER RIGHT
HERE IN SACRAMENTO. OVERALL.
WELCOME TO GAS.
AND GENERALLY WE ASK THAT YOU
HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE TILL
AFTERWARDS BUT SENATOR
MITCHELL'S MY SEAT MATE SO I
KNOW BETTER THAN TO CHALLENGE.
YES.
LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF
APPLAUSE PLEASE TO SENATOR
MITCHELL'S.
SENATOR PAN ADD SENATOR DAILY
OWNS DESK. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT SENATORS.
ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY IS
INCORPORATED THE WOMEN SERVICE
ORGANIZATION FOUNDED ON JANUARY
SIXTEENTH NINETEEN TWENTY AT
HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON DC.
HERE FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL
BIENNIALS IT A DAY AT THE
CAPITOL WITH THEIR MEMBERS
OBSERVING THE GALLERY.
PLEASE WELCOME.
AN ALLEY BRANDON AT THE CIVIC
REGIONAL DIRECTOR. OF SHE'S NOT
HERE OKAY. SHEMAR WALKER
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR.
THE KIA NISY NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR.
ALICIA GRAHAM PRESENTS
SACRAMENTAL NIGHT AFTER.
AND ONLY IN WINTER.
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT SACRAMENTO
ALUMNI CHAPTER.
WHAT?
WITH OVER A HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
THOUSAND MEMBERS WORLDWIDE THE
SORORITY IS COMMITTED TO THE
WELL BEING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY AND THE
UPLIFTMENT OF THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACROSS
CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONALLY.
THROUGH THEIR Z. HOPE
PROGRAMMING SUCH ASZETAS HAVE
HEART WHICH PROMOTES DIET AND
EXERCISE. DATE IS GETTING GAUGED
WHICH PROMOTES WOMEN OF COLOR
GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE
POLITICAL PROCESS. LEVERAGING
KEY PARTNERSHIPS THE STORY ALSO
WORKS WITH THE MARCH OF DIMES
FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE PRENATAL
CARE IN HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AMONG
PARENTS TO BE DURING PREGNANCY.
AND THE COMMITTEE BASED STARK
THAT'S PROGRAM WITH THE US FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO
INTRODUCE YOUTH OF COLOR TO THE
GREAT OUTDOORS AND NURTURED A
NEXT GENERATION CONSERVATIONISTS
THROUGH THE PEARLS IN THE WILD
INITIATIVE. AND WITH THE A A RP
TO PREPARE ELDERS RETIREMENT AND
A SENIOR YEARS TO THEIR ELDER
CARE INITIATIVE.
HEADQUARTERED IN WASHINGTON DC
ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY
INCORPORATES MORE EIGHT HUNDRED
CHAPTERS SERVING TO LOCAL
COMMUNITIES AND UNITED STATES
ACROSS THE CARRIBEAN. GERMANY
JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA PLEASE
GIVE THEM A WARM SCENT WELCOME.
WELCOME TO OUR SCHEME.
YES.
SENATOR BRADFORD THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT I TOO WANT TO ADD MY
VOICE AS A MEMBER OF PHI BETA
SIGMA FRATERNITY. TO WELCOME A
MY SISTER ORGANIZATIONS
IDENTIFIED BETA WILL ONLY
CONSTITUTIONALLY.
BROTHER AND SISTER RETURNEE%
ORGANIZATION A PANEL ANNEKE
ORGANIZATION SO IT'S A GREAT
HONOR THAT I WELCOME THE WOMEN
OF THE JOB OF. THE BLUE AND
WHITE TO OUR CAPITAL AND I GUESS
WE HAVE TO MAKE DOCTOR PANEL
HONORARY DATA TODAY RIGHT ARE
.
WHICH.
SENATOR HERTZBERG YOU ARE.
UP NEXT. ADD SENATOR DAILY ON
STEPS.
GOOD EVERY MUCHA.
MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS.
LATER AFTER WE FINISH THE
CEREMONIES WOMEN THE YEAR I WILL
BE PRESENTING A RESOLUTION.
ON THE NATIONAL CHRISTIAN MONTH
HERE ON THE SENATE FLOOR AND IN
THAT REGARD WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL
GUESTS HERE TODAY. ALL IN IT WHO
ARE.
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF
NUTRITION AND DIETETICS AND THEY
ARE JOINING US TODAY. RUTH OF
FRIEDMAN WHO'S PRESIDENT OF THE
ORGANIZATION LAWYER HORSBURGH
ANOTHER MEMBER THE BIRD CARCASS
VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC POLICY
AND HEIDI A KILL STATE POLICY
REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE IF YOU ALL
GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME TO.
TAKE UP YOUR WELCOME PLEASE.
THE PEOPLE WHO INSIST WE EAT
BETTER THAN WE DO
.
SENATOR LAVER AT SENATOR DAILY
ON STEPS FOR WHAT PURPOSE OF
PURPOSE OF RESOLUTION S. R.
EIGHTY THREE.
ONE MOMENT.
THE.
SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS WITHOUT
OBJECTION WE WILL MOVE TO SENATE
RESOLUTION EIGHTY THREE WITCHES
FILE ITEM NINE WE WILL TAKE THAT
UP NOW.
MADAM SECRETARY PLEASE READ FILE
ITEM NINE.
SENATE RESOLUTION EIGHTY THREE
BY SENATOR LEAHY ABOUT RELATIVE
TO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH SENATOR
LEAHY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON PRESSMAN
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS AS A VICE
CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS I RISE TODAY TO PRESENT
SENATE RESOLUTION EIGHTY THREE
RECLAIMING MARCH TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN. AS WOMEN'S HISTORY
MONTH DURING THIS MONTH WE PRAY
PLAYED TRIBUTE TO THE MANY
AMAZING WOMEN THAT HAVE COME
BEFORE US AN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE'S STILL MUCH WORK LEFT TO
BE DONE. BOTH IN CALIFORNIA AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY A LITTLE OVER
A YEAR AGO WOMEN AND MEN CAME
TOGETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
WOMEN'S MARCH WITH BETWEEN THREE
POINT THREE AND FOUR POINT SIX
MILLION MARCHERS. IT WAS THE
LARGEST PROTEST IN UNITED STATES
HISTORY. WOMEN HAVE BEEN AT THE
FOREFRONT RIGHT.
LITTLE PLOTTING TODAY MADAM
PRESIDENT HARDNESS THIS IS WHERE
ALL THOSE DAYS ARE A LITTLE
EXCITED. WOMEN HAVE BEEN AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THE MEAT TO
MOVEMENT WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL
SOCIO ECONOMIC LEVELS HAS SPREAD
WORLDWIDE AND IS HELP SHINE A
LIGHT ON THE CULTURAL OF
SCULPTURE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND
HARASSMENT THAT EXISTS TO THIS
DAY. AFTERALL TAKING A STAND AND
FIGHTING FOR WHAT IS RIGHT IS
NOTHING NEW FOR WOMEN WOMEN HAVE
BEEN FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY FOR
CENTURIES AND CERTAINLY SINCE
THE AMERICAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS
MOVEMENT IN EIGHTEEN FORTY
EIGHT.
FACING TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES AND
OBSTACLES WOMEN HAVE CONTINUALLY
DEMANDED TO BE TREATED RESPECTED
AND PAID AS WE RIGHTFULLY
DESERVE WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH EVERY YEAR TO
FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE
HISTORICAL ROLE AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. OF THE
TRAILBLAZING WOMEN WHO CAME
BEFORE US. EVEN RIGHT HERE AT
THE CAPITOL WE MUST DO MORE TO
ENSURE REPRESENTATION IS EQUAL
ON THE RED CARPET AND GREEN
CARPET.
THE WOMEN REPRESENT FIFTY
PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA'S
POPULATION WE ACCOUNT FOR ONLY
TWENTY TWO AND A HALF PERCENT
ABOVE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
AND ASSEMBLY. BECAUSE YES
REPRESENTATION MATTERS. THIS
YEAR THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
HOSTS THE FIRST WOMAN OF THE
YEAR CEREMONY AND TEN YEARS AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING IT AN
ANNUAL TRADITION AGAIN. SO TODAY
WE CELEBRATE AMAZING WOMEN FROM
EACH SENATE DISTRICT OR WORKING
DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MAKE THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND THE GOLDEN STATE
EVEN BETTER.
THE CERTIFICATE THEY WILL
RECEIVE TODAY DEPICTS THE
ARTWORK OF A BUT BOOK BY SELENA
SOLOMON'S CALLED HOW WE WON THE
RIGHT TO VOTE IN NINETEEN
ELEVEN.
THE IMAGE PORTRAYS A WOMAN
PRESENTING THE SIX STAR TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS
CALIFORNIA WAS THE SIX STATE TO
GIVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
LET US COME TO THAT TOGETHER
TODAY TO CELEBRATE WOMEN WHO ARE
HERE WITH US TODAY TRAILBLAZING
WOMEN OF THE PAST AND THE
HISTORY MAKING WOMEN OF THE
FUTURE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
CATAPULT OUR STATE AND SOCIETY
FORWARD. THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AND I VOTE.
DEBATE OR DISCUSSION IS THERE
ANY DEBATE OR DISCUSSION ON THIS
ITEM.
SEEING AND HEARING NONE MADAM
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN.
HI ANDERSON.
ATKINS. BY BATES.
I FELL.
I. HOPE.
BRADFORD.
I CANNELLA.
I DAILY ON.
DOT.
I FULLER.
I GAMES.
I GOT JOHNNY.
I GLAZER.
I HERNANDEZ.
I HURTS FOR.
I HILL.
I WAS SO.
I JACKSON. I LOTTA.
I LIVE IN.
I REQUIRE.
I MITCHELL.
HI MORNING.
I MORLOCK.
I ROOM.
I NEWMAN.
I WENT.
I NIELSEN.
I PAN.
I FORTUNE TINA.
I ROT.
I SKINNER.
I STERN.
I DON'T.
I INVITE ACT.
I LIKE HOW SKI.
I WINNER.
I WILL.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
ANDERSON. I. HOPE.
DAILY ON.
ICE THIRTY SEVEN NO ZERO THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. COLLEGE
WE'RE NOW GOING TO RECESS THE
REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE SENATE
IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE. OUR
SENATORS WOMAN OF THE YEAR TO
ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT
THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR EVENT WAS
FOUNDED IN NINETEEN EIGHTY
SEVEN.
BY ASSEMBLYWOMAN BEV HANSON AND
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SALLY TANNER SO A
BIPARTISAN EFFORT BACK IN
NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN. WHO
NOTICED THAT THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE HAD NO EVENTS
PLANNED DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY
MONTH IN MARCH WE HAVE CERTAINLY
CHANGED THAT? AND DOC THIS YEAR
WAS WAS MENTIONED WERE BACK ON
THE SENATE FLOOR FOR THE LAST
DECADE. THERE HAVE BEEN EITHER
FORMAL OR INFORMAL CEREMONIES
WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TODAY WE ARE
REJOINING OUR ASSEMBLY
COLLEAGUES. AND WITHOUT FURTHER
ADO LET'S MEET THE REMARKABLE
WOMEN BEING ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY
FOR THEIR WORK ON BEHALF OF THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE GROUND RULES FOR TODAY ARE
AS FOLLOWS.
PLEASE WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS
MOSTLY IN ORDER IN NUMERICAL
ORDER THERE WILL BE A FEW TAKEN
OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE OF TIME
CONSTRAINTS. SO IF YOU HEAR A
FEW SENATORS NOTE THAT WE ARE AT
SENATE DISTRICT TWO AND YOU ARE
SENATE DISTRICT FOUR WOULD YOU
PLEASE PROCEED TO THE BACK OF
THE ROOM. LOCATE YOUR HONOR RE
BE READY TO ESCORT HER DOWN THE
AISLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHE IS
INTRODUCED AND THE FIRST LINE OF
HER BIOGRAPHY IS READ. THAT WAY
WE WILL BE ABLE TO. WALK THEM
DOWN THE AISLE TAKE A PHOTO.
THEN WALK ALL FORTY OF THESE.
ESTEEMED WOMEN DOWN THE THE HALL
HERE AND BE OUT OF HERE BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. SO WITH THAT.
LET'S START PLEASE SENATOR
GAINS.
MADAM SECRETARY.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT ONE MELANIE
FOUL. ESCORTED BY SENATOR GAINS.
MELANIE FILE A NATIVE OF
SISKIYOU COUNTY HAS MADE
EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTIONS
THROUGHOUT HER CAREER AS AN
EDUCATOR OF FOUR DECADES.
DEDICATED MENTOR OF CALIFORNIA
FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA AND
FOR EACH SAVVY BUSINESSWOMAN AND
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
AGRICULTURAL LEADER. WHETHER
WORKING THE RANCHER THEIR FAMILY
OR LEADING THE CALIFORNIA AND
NATIONAL CATTLE WOMEN
ORGANIZATIONS MELANIE HAS MET
IMMEASURABLY BETTER LOU
COMMUNITY AND TOUCHED COUNTLESS
LIVES.
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
MADAM SECTOR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT ELEVEN. DR
VERONICA HONEY CUT. ESCORTED BY
SENATOR WEINER.
DR VERONICA HONEY CUT HAS
COMMITTED HER LIFE AND CAREER TO
HELPING STUDENTS AND WOMEN WHILE
STRIVING TO CONSTANTLY BETTER
THE LIVES OF SAN FRANCISCANS.
TODAY WE RECOGNIZE HER HARD WORK
AND TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS
THROUGH HER INVOLVEMENT WITH
COUNTLESS ORGANIZATIONS AND
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF HER
COMMUNITY.
A WARM WELCOME TO.
DOCTOR HOW TO CUT.
SENATOR MCGUIRE.
FROM SENATE.
DISTRICT TWO NEAR ME FELIX
ESCORTED BY SENATOR MCGUIRE.
AS CEO OF SANTA ROSA COMMUNITY
HEALTH. NAOMI FUCHS HAS BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING QUALITY
HEALTHCARE TO LOW INCOME AND
MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED PATIENCE.
DESPITE THE DESTRUCTION OF SANTA
ROSA COMMUNITY HEALTH LARGEST
CAMPUS FIRE.
CAMPUS DURING THE TWENTY
SEVENTEEN NORTH BAY FIRESTORM
NAOMI'S TIRELESS WORK AND
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP HAS ENSURED
THAT CRUCIAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES
REMAIN ACCESSIBLE TO CINEMA
COUNTY IS MOST VULNERABLE.
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE FOR
NAOMI TO.
SENATOR DODD.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THREE
SHAWNA JONES ESCORTED BY SENATOR
DODD.
CAL FIRE UNIT CHIEF SHAWNA JONES
WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR OVERSEEING
THREE CAL FIRE MANAGEMENT TEAMS
RESPONDING TO THE TWENTY
SEVENTEEN WINE COUNTRY FIRES.
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE IN
CALIFORNIA HISTORY. CHIEF JONES
HAS DEMONSTRATED AN INCREDIBLE
LEVEL OF DEDICATION AND
COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY AND
WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLE IN
CALIFORNIA'S THIRD SENATE
DISTRICT.
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE FOR
SURE ONE OF JONES'.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT FOR. MARY
WELLS ESCORTED BY SENATOR
NELSON.
MARY WELLS IS A FIFTH GENERATION
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURIST WHOSE
FAMILY HAS BEEN LIVING INCLUDES
THE COUNTY.
HE HAS SPENT THIRTY SIX YEARS
FARMING AND HAS SIR SERVED AS AN
EMPLOYEE MANAGER BOARD MEMBER
AND OFFICER OF WATER DISTRICTS
IN WATER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SINCE
NINETEEN SIXTY THREE MARY HAS
PAVED THE WAY FOR WOMEN IN
AGRICULTURE.
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE FOR
MARY WELLS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT FIVE.
SALERNO ESCORTED BY SENATOR GALS
YANNI. A GRADUATE OF USC AND CO
FOUNDER OF CRIME VICTIMS UNITED.
IT HAS BEEN A PASSIONATE
ADVOCATE FOR CRIME VICTIMS
RIGHTS SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY
THREE FIGHTING TO ENSURE
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS TO
VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
THROUGH ITS LEADERSHIP CRIME
VICTIMS UNITED IS RECOGNIZED AS
THE NATION'S MOST TRUSTED
VICTIMS RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUP.
ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE FOR.
SENATOR GAL JOHNNY'S SPOUSE.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT SIX DIANE
LITTLEFIELD ESCORTED BY SENATOR
PAM.
DIANE LITTLEFIELD IS VICE
PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AND
PARTNERSHIPS FOR SIERRA HEALTH
FOUNDATION A PRIVATE
PHILANTHROPY FOCUSED ON
PROMOTING HEALTH AND RACIAL
EQUITY. THROUGH HER WORK SHE HAS
HELPED HARNESS THE COLLECTIVE
POWER OF PEOPLE WORKING
TOGETHER.
HER TIRELESS EFFORTS HAVE HELPED
IMPROVE THE LIVES OF YOUNG
PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
EXPERIENCING DISPROPORTIONATE
POOR HEALTH.
A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE
FOR DIANE LITTLEFIELD.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT SEVEN. LISA
FREEDMAN ESCORTED BY SENATOR
GLAZER.
LISA FREEDMAN IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR OPPORTUNITY
JUNCTION.
UNDER A LEASE SAYS LEADERSHIP
THE ORGANIZATION HAS FOUGHT
POVERTY BY HELPING LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS FIND JOBS. LISA
THROUGH HER WORK LIVES BY THE
ADAGE THAT THE HIGHEST FORM OF
CHARITY IS HELPING OTHERS DO FOR
THEMSELVES.
CONGRATULATIONS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT NINE.
VIOLETTA ALVAREZ ESCORTED BY
SENATOR SKINNER.
VIOLETA ALVAREZ'S CO FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
UNDERGROUND SCHOLARS INITIATIVE
AT UC BERKELEY. IT IS THE FIRST
PEER LED ACADEMIC SUPPORT
PROGRAM FOR FORMERLY
INCARCERATED STUDENTS IN A TOP
TIER RESEARCH UNIVERSITY.
FORMERLY INCARCERATED HERSELF
VIOLETA HAD MANY CHALLENGES THAT
SHE HAD TO OVERCOME INCLUDING
DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
BECOMING PREGNANT AT AN EARLY
AGE AND AT ONE POINT FACING A
LONG PRISON SENTENCE. AFTER HER
INCARCERATION MEAL AT ABOUT TO
FORGE A DIFFERENT PATH FOR
HERSELF AND HER SON THROUGH
EDUCATION. ENROLLING AT UC
BERKELEY WHERE SHE FOUNDED
UNDERGROUND SCHOLARS. WARM ROUND
OF APPLAUSE PLEASE. ALL THE
ROOMS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TEN.
A LONER ROBIN POWELL ESCORTED BY
SENATOR WHITE HOUSE SKI.
A LOT OF ROBIN POWELL FOUNDED
BOLDLY ME IN TWENTY TWELVE A
NONPROFIT THAT HELPS THOSE WHO
SUFFER FROM TRAUMA AS A RESULT
OF PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES. BUILT
UPON HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
WITH ALOPECIA UNIVERSE OLLIE'S
BOLDLY ME EDUCATES AND MENTORS
CHILDREN SO THAT THEY MEET THEIR
POTENTIAL HER ORGANIZATION HAS
SERVED OVER SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
CHILDREN.
WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE
FOR A LOT OF POWER.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY ONE.
KATHY ME HOLIC ESCORTED BY
SENATOR ROBB.
KATHY WAS HOLIC IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE RIVERSIDE
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
KATHY IS DEDICATED TO HELPING
LOW INCOME FAMILIES INCLUDING
VETERANS REALIZE THE DREAM OF
OWNING A HOME THROUGH THERE HER
WORK WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
HER PASSION AND DRIVE INSPIRES
THE COMMUNITY OF RIVERSIDE TO
UNITE AND BUILD A STRONGER
FUTURE TOGETHER.
ALL ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE FOR
CAPPY MET HELEN.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD
WORK.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWELVE
ERICA IOWA. ESCORTED BY SENATOR
CANNELLA.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY THE HEART OF
CALIFORNIA. SHE HAS EARNED A
DOUBLE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
IN COMMUNICATION AND GENDER
STUDIES FROM THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY STANISLAUS. AND
A MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP
FROM SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF
CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE PENNED HER
THESIS INVEST AND EMPOWER YOUNG
WOMEN OF TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A WARM
WELCOME PLEASE TO ERIC THERE ARE
YOUNG.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTEEN.
STEPHANIE MARTIN SAID. ESCORTED
BY SENATOR HELL.
STEPHANIE MARTINSON IS THE
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF RACING
HEARTS FOUNDATION A NONPROFIT
THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE
DEPLOYMENT OF EIGHTY DAYS IN
EVERY SCHOOL GYM AND PUBLIC
SPACE. SHE ALSO WORKS AS A
SPEECH PATHOLOGIST AT THE PALO
ALTO VA HOSPITAL AND WAS
APPOINTED TO THE SANTA CLARA
COUNTY NATIONAL GUARD AND
VETERAN'S AFFAIRS COMMISSION.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO
STEPHANIE MARTIN MORTENSEN.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT FOURTEEN.
ROBIN BRASS FIELD COOPER.
ESCORTED BY SENATOR VITA.
ROBIN GRASS FIELD COOPER OF
BAKERSFIELD IS A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER AND A LEADER IN THE OIL
INDUSTRY. SHE ALSO CREATED AN
ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES
OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSISTANCE TO
KERN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED AND AN
INTEREST IN PURSUING HIGHER
ACADEMIC LEARNING AFTER
COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL. IN FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN OR
CONNECTION TO THE OIL AND GAS
AGRICULTURE CONSTRUCTION UTILITY
AND ENERGY INDUSTRIES.
CONGRATULATIONS.
SENATOR REID ACTS WOMAN OF THE
YEAR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT FIFTEEN
SHARON HAIR ESCORTED BY SENATOR
ABOUT.
SURE THERE IS THE PASTOR OF THE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SAN
JOSE WHERE SHE OVERSEES LIFTED
SPIRITS. A DROP IN CENTER FOR
OUTLET RISK WOMEN. SHARON HAS
HAD AN INJURING INTEREST AND
PASSION FOR SERVICE FOR PEOPLE
AT THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY.
SHARON IS THE MOTHER OF AN
ADOPTED DAUGHTER MICHELLE AND IS
IN NEED OF A CONCORD CALIFORNIA
CURRENTLY RESIDING IN SAN JOSE
CALIFORNIA. CONGRATULATIONS TO
SHARON HAIR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT SIXTEEN
REALLY MARSH ESCORTED BY SENATOR
FULLER.
A NATIONAL TRAGEDY STRIKES
REALLY MARSH INSPIRES AND
MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THEIR
HEARTS AND GIVE FREELY FOR
WORTHY CAUSES. WHEN OUR TROOPS
NEED ASSISTANCE LEAVE THE
MARSHES THERE TO SUPPORT THEM
AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WHEN OUR
HEROES NEED TO KNOW WE WILL
NEVER FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE
LEGALLY MARSHES THERE TO REMIND
THEM.
THANK YOU.
TO SENATOR FULLER'S GUESS SLOWLY
MARSH.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT SEVENTEEN
JENNIFER ADAMS ESCORTED BY
SENATOR MINING.
JENNIFER ADAMS IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF RISE RESPECT INSPIRE
SUPPORT EMPOWER A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION IN SAN LUIS OBISPO
COUNTY THAT SEEKS TO TRANSFORM
THE LIVES. OF SEXUAL AND
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
SURVIVORS THEIR FAMILIES AND THE
COMMUNITY THEIR SERVICES AND
EDUCATION THAT PROMOTES SAFETY
HEALING AND EMPOWERMENT. MISS
ADAMS IS A CAL POLLY SAN LUIS
OBISPO ALANIS AND LIVES ON THE
CENTRAL COAST. CONGRATULATIONS
TO JENNIFER ADAMS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT EIGHTEEN
DIANA SANCHEZ ESCORTED BY
SENATOR HERTZBERG. DIANA
SANCHEZ%
IS AN ESTEEMED PRESIDENT OF THE
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FOR OVER
TWENTY FIVE YEARS SHE HAS WORKED
IN THE MARKETING PUBLIC AND
COMMUNITY RELATIONS FIELD. SHE'S
CURRENTLY THE PUBLIC AND
COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR
VAN NUYS AIRPORT SHE ALSO
PARTICIPATES IN A BOOK HER
NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS AND FUND
RAISERS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DIANA
SANCHEZ.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY ONE.
MARLEY MEANS LAW FOR THIS
COURTED BY SENATOR WELL.
MARLEY LAW FIRST PRESIDENT OF
THE HENRY MAIER MAYO NEW HALL
HOSPITAL FOUNDATION WHICH
OVERSEES ITS EXTENSIVE AWARENESS
AND FUNDRAISING PROGRAMS. MARLEY
IS DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE
LOCAL BUSINESS CIVIC AND
NONPROFIT COMMUNITY AND IS A
LONGTIME VOLUNTEER ADVISER FOR
MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY.
A WARM WELCOME AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO SENATOR WELSH
WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY TWO
NORMA EDITH GARCIA ESCORTED BY
SENATOR HERNANDEZ.
THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS NORMA
EDITH GARCIA'S DISTINGUISHED
PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER HAS TAKEN
HER FROM BEING A YOUTH PARK
LEADER TO THE FIRST WOMAN CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT. ONE OF
THE LARGEST PARK SYSTEMS IN THE
COUNTRY. SHE ALSO WENT FROM
BEING THE FIRST TO GO TO COLLEGE
IN HER FAMILY TO SERVING ON THE
RIO HONDO COLLEGE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES. TODAY'S RECOGNITION
ALSO FALLS ON HER BIRTHDAY OF
MARCH TWELFTH. A VERY HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO NORMA. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO
NORMA GARCIA SENATOR HERNANDEZ
WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
TWENTY NINE YEARS YOUNG.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
THREE. SHELLEY BURNETT'S
ESCORTED BY SENATOR MORALE.
SAN BERNARDINO RESIDENT SHELLEY
BURNAGE IS A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER
WHO ALONG WITH HER FAMILY IS
COMMITTED TO SERVING COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE INLAND EMPIRE.
SHE GIVES TIME AND RESOURCES TO
SEVERAL REGIONAL CAUSES
INCLUDING FRIENDS OF SANTA CLAUS
INK AND IS A FOUNDING MEMBER
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER OF WOMEN
OF DIGNITY HEALTH.
A WARM WELCOME TO SHOW A BURNER.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY FOUR
CHRISTINA RAMIREZ VASQUEZ
ESCORTED BY SENATOR LARA.
FOR THE LAST FORTY TWO YEARS
CHRISTINA RAMIREZ VASQUEZ HAS
DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THE LABOR
MOVEMENT.
SHE STARTED AS A UNION ORGANIZER
IN NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX AND ROSE
THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT
WORKERS UNION. SINCE THEN THE
ILGWU MERGED WITH OTHER UNIONS
TO BECOME WORKERS UNITED WORK
CHRISTINA SERVED AS
INTERNATIONAL WEISS VICE
PRESIDENT. SHE'S A CHAMPION FOR
IMMIGRANT WORKING FAMILIES AND
HAS NEGOTIATED LIVING WAGES AND
BENEFITS FOR THOUSANDS OF
WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA. NEVADA
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINA
GOT VASQUEZ.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
FIVE.
YASMINE BEERS ESCORTED BY
SENATOR PORTS AND TINO. GASSMAN
BEERS IS THE NEWLY APPOINTED
CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF
GLENDALE. SHE'S THE FIRST WOMAN
CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE ASSISTANT
CITY MANAGER SERVING AS THE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
OVERSEEING SIXTEEN HUNDRED
EMPLOYEES. SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR CITY WIDE BUDGET OVERSIGHT
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND POLICY
MANAGEMENT. SHE HAS SERVED THE
CITY FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS OVER
THIRTY ONE YEARS STARTING WITH
THE CITY LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND
CLIMBING UP THE RANKS TO THE
POSITION SHE HOLDS TODAY. YASMIN
IS A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL IN
HER CAREER A MOTHER AT HEART AND
A WOMAN WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT
THE COMMUNITY SHE SERVES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YASMIN BEERS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY SIX
RASHEEDA LAY A JONES. WAS
COURTED BY SENATOR ALAN.
SHE DIDN'T JONES IS AN
ACCOMPLISHED WRITER ACTRESS
DIRECTOR PRODUCER ACTIVIST AND
PHILANTHROPIST BELOVED FOR HER
ROLE AS AN PERKINS ON PARKS AND
RECREATION. MISS JONES ALSO USES
HER MANY TALENTS TO ADVOCATE ON
BEHALF OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AROUND
THE WORLD. THROUGH DOCUMENTARY
FILM MAKING AND POLITICAL
ADVOCACY.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
SUGAR JONES.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
SEVEN BETSY CONNELLY ESCORTED BY
SENATOR STERN. BETSY CONNELLY AS
A MOTHER EDUCATOR TREND TRAINED
VETERINARIAN AND A VOICE FOR
DIVERSITY AND EXCELLENCE ON THE
CANAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD. SHE'S BEEN FIGHTING
TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT THE
QUALITY OF OUR LOCAL K. THROUGH
TWELVE EDUCATION AND THE
INTEGRITY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
ITSELF. AS A PLACE WELCOME TO
BOLD IDEAS AND TOLERANCE FOR
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.
AND WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO SENATOR STERN'S WOMAN OF THE
YEAR. BETSY'S BENCHING CONNELLY.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
EIGHT TAMMY WILSON ESCORTED BY
SENATOR STONE. TAMMY WILSON IS
THE HANDS ON CEO OF OAK GROVE
CENTER HER PERSONAL INVESTMENT
IN EACH CHILD'S SUCCESS IS WHAT
MAKES HER SO SPECIAL. WHETHER
IT'S RAISING FUNDS TO HELP
CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD OR
SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER IN HER
COMMUNITY TAMMY IS ALWAYS A
TREMENDOUS ROLE MODEL WHO LEADS
BY EXAMPLE.
CONGRATULATIONS AND.
WELCOME TO SENATOR STONES WOMAN
OF THE YEAR. TAMMY WILSON.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY NINE
KATHERINE WARREN ESCORTED BY
SENATOR NEWMAN.
WARD IS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
FULLERTON VETERANS RESOURCE
CENTER. USING A STRING SPACE
PERSPECTIVE HER WORK FOCUSES ON
DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
THAT SUPPORT THE PERSONAL
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
SUCCESS OF STUDENT VETERANS. IS
AN ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN VETERANS
AND STRIVE TO BUILD A MORE
COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY.
A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE
FOR CAPTURING THE LORD.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY NEW
GUESTS NICKI LIKE ESSE ESCORTED
BY SENATOR MITCHELL.
I GUESS NICKY LIKE ASSET IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LITTLE
ETHIOPIA CULTURAL AND RESOURCE
CENTER. SHE IS A PROJECT LEADER
OF ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT A PROJECT OF
COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SHE IS
PRESIDENT OF HER OWN COMPANY
LAGASSE ENTERPRISES AND SHE IS A
COMMISSIONER ON THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES COMMISSION OF COMMUNITY
AND FAMILY SERVICES.
A WARM WELCOME PLEASE FOR AND
AGAINST. THE GAS OFF.
SENATOR MITCHELL'S WOMAN OF THE
YEAR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
THREE.
NANCY LEE. ESCORTED BY SENATOR
LARA.
NANCY LEE IS THE CAMBODIAN
GENOCIDE SURVIVOR PHILANTHROPIST
AND DEDICATED VOLUNTEER. SHE IS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DREAM
BEYOND FOUNDATION WHICH PROVIDES
SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNDERSERVED
SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN YOUTH.
AND FACILITATES HEALTHY
RECREATIONAL AND PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES WORKSHOPS AND ESL
CLASSES FOR ELDERLY CAMBODIANS
IN LONG BEACH.
A WARM WELCOME PLEASE TO NANCY
LEE.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
FOUR.
ADELA MANTEGNA'S ESCORTED BY
SENATOR WENT. FOR MORE THAN TWO
DECADES THE DELMON TONYA'S HAS
BEEN AN AGENT OF CHANGE IN
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BY
EMPOWERING RESIDENTS THROUGH
EDUCATION. PROMOTING HEALTH AND
WELLNESS INITIATIVES AND
ADVOCATING FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS
ADELA LEADS BY EXAMPLE AND HER
WORK HAS UNDOUBTEDLY MADE THE
THIRTY FOURTH DISTRICT A BETTER
HEALTHIER PLACE.
WELCOME TO A DEL MANTEGNA'S
SENATOR WINS WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY FIVE
LORRAINE SEE GREG. ESCORTED BY
SENATOR BRADFORD. FOR THE LAST
THIRTY YEARS MISS GRAY HAS
SERVED AS A FIXTURE IN THE
HEALTH PROFESSIONS COMMUNITY AND
HAS ALSO SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF
THE SATURDAY SCIENCE ACADEMY AT
CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY WHERE
UNDER HER LEADERSHIP. NINETY
PERCENT OF GRADUATES FROM THE
PROGRAM PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MEDICAL
CAREERS.
CONGRATULATION RONDA PLUS FREEZE
FOR LORRAINE GREAT.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
SEVEN. ROOF TANK THING ESCORTED
BY SENATOR MORLOCK.
ROOSTING HAS BEEN A FIXTURE AND
THE ORANGE COUNTY PHILANTHROPIC
COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN FIFTY
YEARS. A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS
RUTH HAS SPENT HER LIFE WORKING
HARD TO HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM. AMONG HER
COUNTLESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHE IS
WELL KNOWN AS A FOUNDING MEMBER
OF THE ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER AND IS A TIRELESS
ADVOCATE IN ADVANCING
EDUCATIONAL ARTISTIC CAUSES.
ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE FOR
SENATOR MORLOCKS WOMAN OF THE
YEAR.
YEAH.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
EIGHT. PAULA JANSEN. ESCORTED BY
SENATOR ANDERSON.
PAUL IS A HUMBLE CALIFORNIA
NATIVE. AFTER TWENTY ONE YEARS
OF SERVICE PAULA RETIRED FROM
THE US NAVY. PAULA WAS AWARDED
THE PRESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER
SERVICE AWARD FOR HER TIRELESS
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS. IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN PAHLAVI CAME THE FIRST
FEMALE POST COMMANDER OF
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST
FIFTY EIGHT SIXTY SEVEN. SHE
LIVES BY THE MOTTO SERVICE
FIRST.
WARM WELCOME.
TO.
CONSIDER ANDERSON'S WOMAN OF THE
YEAR.
FROM THE SENATE DISTRICT FORTY.
A BRIGHT EVANS. ESCORTED BY
SENATOR WAY SO.
THERE IS A TRUE ASSET TO THE
FORTIETH SENATE DISTRICT SHE
MOVES SEAMLESSLY BETWEEN HER
PROFESSIONAL ROLE AS ONE OF SAN
DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL'S BEST OF
THE BAR. TOUR CIVIC
RESPONSIBILITIES WHERE SHE
SERVES AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF
MANAGEMENT FOR THE BORDER VIEW
FAMILY YMCA.
LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME.
THE CENTER WEIGHTS THOSE WOMAN
OF THE YEAR
.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY SIX.
DONNA CAYLUS ESCORTED BY SENATOR
BATES. DONNA KAEL AS IS THE
MANAGING PARTNER OF DINO WAR
SPORTS FISHING AND WHILE
WATCHING WHICH HAS LOCATIONS IN
DANA POINT IN OCEANSIDE. SINCE
NINETEEN SIXTY ONE DINO WAR HAS
BEEN A LEADER ON WHALE WATCHING
TOURS AND SUSTAINABLE SPORTS
FISHING. DON IS AN ACTIVE
COMMUNITY MEMBER RECOGNIZED FOR
HER WORK ON BEHALF OF MANY NON
PROFITS WHATEVER PRIORITIES IS
INTRODUCING CHILDREN TO THE
WONDERS OF OUR OCEANS AND
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.
GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO SENATOR
BAYH.
WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY NINE
VICKI GROUND AWAY. ESCORTED BY
SENATOR APPLICANTS. FOR NEARLY
TWO DECADES VICKI GROUND WHAT'S
HAS BEEN A LEADER IN COMMUNITY
COLLABORATION DEVISING
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. SETTING
DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND POLICIES
AS PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND
MORE. SHE'S RISEN ABOVE A
DIAGNOSIS FROM OF MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS GRACEFULLY ASSUMING
THE BURDENS AND REWARDS OF
LEADERSHIP WHILE MAKING SAN
DIEGO A BETTER PLACE.
GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO SIMILAR
ADKINS. WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT NINETEEN.
HELENE SCHNEIDER ESCORTED BY
SENATOR JACKSON.
HELENE SCHNEIDER FOCUSES HER
CAREER ON CONNECTING PEOPLE
POLICIES AND FUNDING TOWARDS
POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE. SHE IS
THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE
U. S. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS AND A REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR
CALIFORNIA STATE CHANNEL
ISLANDS.
AS SANTA BARBARA'S FORTY NINTH
MAYOR SNYDER FOCUSED ON A
RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY
PRODUCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE
CULTURAL ARTS. PLEASE GIVE A
WARM WELCOME TO SENATOR
JACKSON'S WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
KAREN DECARLO ESCORTED BY
SENATOR LLEVA. AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SANTA CLAUS INK
KAREN TAKES HER JOB WITH ONE OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST
AND OLDEST NONPROFIT CHARITIES
SERVING IMPOVERISHED YOUTH VERY
SERIOUSLY. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP
SHE HAS GROWN THE ORGANIZATION
MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED PERCENT
FROM SERVING EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS IN TWENTY
TWELVE. NOW SERVING OVER A
HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND
CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE
FOR SENATOR LABOR IS.
WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
UNABLE TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY
TODAY FROM SENATE DISTRICT EIGHT
MARIA SWANSON. MARIA'S A WIFE
AND MOTHER OF FOUR HER
PHILANTHROPIC WORK INCLUDES
SUPPORT OF NONPROFIT COMMUNITY
CENTERS WHERE HOPE MEALS AND A
SAFE PLACE ARE PROVIDED FOR
NEEDY FAMILIES. SHE LENDS HER
TIME AND TALENT IN HER BELIEF
THAT COMMUNITY THRIVES WHEN THE
NEXT GENERATION IS GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.
POLICE ARE WARM ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR OUR MISSING BUT NO
LESS FOR THE GAS.
AND COLLEAGUES ONE MORE PLEASE
ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO
ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN.
YEAH. CALIFORNIA STATE STUDENT
.
AND HOPEFULLY TONIGHT NONE OF
YOU WOMEN OF THE YEAR HAVE TO
COOK DINNER.
AND WITH THAT I CAN ALSO TELL
YOU WHICH OF OUR STEAM MALE
COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE THIS
BEFORE.
WITH DAUGHTERS PERHAPS. SOME OF
YOU NEED SOME WORK.
WE'LL HAVE SENATOR DODD TO GIVE
A CLASS IN THIS.
FOLKS WE ARE NOW ONE. THAT THE
CEREMONY HAS CONCLUDED WE'RE
GONNA RECONVENE OUR REGULAR
SESSION.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL
BE DEEMED READ MESSAGES FROM THE
ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED READ
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE WILL BE
DEEMED TREAD AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED. UNDER MOTIONS OF
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES MOTIONS
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES.
PURSUANT TO SHIP OUT SENATE RULE
TWENTY NINE POINT TEN
SUBDIVISIONS SEE THE FOLLOWING
BILLS ARE REFERRED TO THE RULES
COMMITTEE ITEM ONE. A. B. FOR
SEVENTEEN.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION JOINT
RULE SIXTY TWO SUBDIVISION A
WILL BE WAY FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE
ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION
AND RESPONSE TO MEET WEDNESDAY
MARCH FOURTEENTH TWENTY EIGHTEEN
WITHOUT FOUR DAYS NOTICE. IN THE
DAILY FILE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MOVE TO
CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY FILE.
UNDER SECOND READING FILE FILE
ITEM ONE MISTER SECRETARY PLEASE
READ ASSEMBLY BILL FOR
SEVENTEEN.
UNDER SENATE THIRD READING
COLLEAGUES WE HAVE ONE ITEM FILE
ITEM SEVEN. SENATOR HERTZBERG
MISTER SECRETARY PLEASE READ
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ONE
OF FOUR BY SENATOR HERTZBERG
RELATIVE TO NATIONAL NUTRITION
MONTH SENATOR HERTZBERG. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS AND GIVEN THE. LONG DAY
TODAY I'LL MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF
THIS STR ONE OH FOUR WITH REGARD
TO THE NATIONAL CHRISTIAN MONTH.
VALUE YOU MET THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATION HERE
TODAY. A CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN A
SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN THE IDEAS
OF NUTRITION CRITICALLY TODAY
WITH. MUCH MORE SIMPLE TO REAL
ISSUES SOCIAL ISSUES AND
ECONOMIC ISSUES THE WHOLE NOTION
OF DIETARY. RESTRICTIONS AND
HAVING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW WE EAT AND HOW WEAK WE WE WE
TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND
CERTAINLY THIS LARGER ISSUE FOOD
DESERTS WHICH SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
IN AREAS THEY DON'T ACCESS TO
FRESH FOOD FOODS AND VEGETABLES.
AND THEY'RE EATING FOOD THAT ARE
JUST PROCESS AND CRUMMY STUFF.
ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS
IMPORTANT MEASURE.
THE DEBATE OR DISCUSSION ON THIS
IMPORTANT ITEM DEBATE OR
DISCUSSION.
SEEING AND HEARING NONE IS THERE
ANY OBJECTION TO.
SUBSTITUTING OUR PRIOR UNANIMOUS
ROLL CALL.
SEEING AND HEARING ON ICE THIRTY
SEVEN NO ZERO THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED.
COLLEAGUES WE'RE GOING TO DEFER.
A JOURNEY IN MEMORY UNTIL.
THURSDAY.
GIVEN THE NATURE OF OUR
PROCEEDINGS TODAY. AND IF THERE
IS NO OTHER BUSINESS SENATOR
CANAL OF THE DESK IS CLEAR.
GIVE IT A BETTER PRESIDENT THE
SENATE WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL
THREE THIRTY AT WHICH TIME THE
ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL BE MAY
WILL RECONVENE THURSDAY AT NINE
AM.
THE SENATE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL THREE THIRTY UPON WHICH
TIME THE. MOTION TO ADJOURN WILL
BE MADE WE WILL RECONVENE AT
NINE AM ON THURSDAY NINE AM
THURSDAY COLLEAGUES