SECRETARY WILL CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN ARCHULETTA. ATKINS, BATES
BECKER. GORGEOUS BRADFORD,
CANBERRA ORTEZ. DOLLY! DODD.
DURAZO EGGMAN LASER, GONZALEZ
GROVE. HERTZBERG WEST. SO
HURTADO JONES, KAMLAGER LAIRD
LEYVA, LIMÓN MCGUIRE, MELINDA'S
MEN, NEWMAN NIELSEN VOGUE. PAN
PORTANTINO BROTH RUBIO SKINNER.
STERN. HAMBURG WIECKOWSKI
WIENR. WILK. ACQUIRE, UM IS
PRESENT. WITH THE MEMBERS AND
OUR GUESTS. BEYOND THE RELEVANT
GALLERY, PLEASE RISE WILL BE
LEADING THE PRAYER THIS MORNING
BY SENATOR LAIRD AFTERWARDS,
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WILL BE
LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
BY SENATOR CORTEZ E. GO AHEAD,
SENATOR LARRY. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. LET US PRAY IN THE
WORDS OF HOWARD THURMAN. OUR
LITTLE LIVES ARE BIG PROBLEMS.
THESE WE PLACE UPON THE ALTAR.
OR AND THE THREAT OF WAR HAS
COVERED US WITH HEAVY SHADOWS,
MAKING THE DAYS PIG WITH FOUR
VOTINGS. WE DON'T DO NOT KNOW
HOW TO DO WHAT WE KNOW TO DO. WE
DO NOT KNOW HOW TO BE WHAT WE
KNOW TO BE. OUR LITTLE LIVES ARE
BIG PROBLEMS. THESE WE PLACE
UPON THE ALTAR. BREWED OVER OUR
SPIRITS. OUR FATHER BLOW UPON
WHATEVER DREAM NOW HAST FOR US
THAT THERE MAY BE GLOW ONCE
AGAIN UPON OUR HURTS THE LIGHT
FROM THE ALTAR. POUR OUT UPON
US. WHATEVER OUR SPIRITS NEED OF
SHOCK OF LIFT OF RELEASE THAT WE
MAY FIND STRENGTH FOR THESE
DAYS. COURAGE AND HOPE FOR
TOMORROW. IN CONFIDENCE. WE REST
IN I SUSTAINING GRACE, WHICH
MAKES POSSIBLE TRIUMPHANT DEFEAT
, GAIN AND LOSS AND LOVE AND
HATE. WE REJOICE THIS TO THIS
DAY TO SAY OUR LITTLE LIVES ARE
LITTLE BIG PROBLEMS. THESE WE
PLACE UPON THE ALTAR. AMEN.
PLEASE JOIN ME RELATIONS.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRIVILEGES
OF THE FLOOR YESTERDAY. WE HAD
WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY WE HAD
WONDERFUL TRIBUTES TO OUTGOING
MEMBERS. AND TODAY WE'LL DO FIVE
MORE RECOGNITIONS. FIRST UP.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER. FIRST STEP WILL BE
SENATOR LEYVA. AND OUR FIRST
SPEAKER WILL BE SENATOR MCGUIRE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT.
I'M HONORED TO RISE TODAY TO
TALK ABOUT MY GOOD FRIEND,
SENATOR CONNIE LEVER, AND I'M
GOING TO BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT
AND SENATOR LEVIN. I TALKED
ABOUT THIS JUST A BIT AGO. THE
REASON WHY I AM CHALLENGED WITH
TRIBUTES IS BECAUSE I START TO
BLUBBER AND CRY THROUGH THE
STATEMENT, SO I JUST WANT TO
GIVE A WARNING IN YOUR PATIENCE
IS APPRECIATED. CONNIE LEYVA HAS
DEDICATED HER ADULT LIFE. TO
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WORKING
FAMILIES IN THE MOST VULNERABLE
IN OUR STATE. AND SHE HAS NEVER
BACKED DOWN. AND YOU MAY AGREE
WITH HER. AND MAYBE YOU DON'T.
BUT WHETHER YOU DO AGREE OR NOT,
HE'S A FORCE TO BE RECKONED
WITH. AND CONNIE LEYVA WILL
FOREVER BE KNOWN AS A
TRAILBLAZER IN CALIFORNIA. SHE
WEARS HER PASSION ON HER SLEEVE.
AND WHEN SHE SEES HER WRONG, SHE
FIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT
RIGHT. CONNIE LED THE LARGEST
FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS
UNION IN THE STATE. SHE'S THE
FIRST WOMAN TO DO THAT. AND SHE
ROSE FROM THE RANKS. SHE ROSE
FROM THE RANKS AS A CHECKER AT
ALPHA BETA. SHE MADE HISTORY IN
CALIFORNIA AS THE FIRST WOMAN,
THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED AS
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION, REPRESENTING
OVER TWO MILLION WORKERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. AND SHE DID ALL OF
THIS. HE DID ALL OF THIS IN A
WORLD WHERE MEN HAVE FOREVER
DOMINATED THE POSITIONS OF
POWER. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, AND
LET'S JUST BE HONEST. WE'VE ALL
BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WHEN
SENATOR LEYVA GET SPICY. CONNIE
LEYVA. DOESN'T BACK DOWN. CONNIE
LABOR NEVER GIVES UP. LATELY
NEVER GIVES HIM. SORRY. FOR
LEYVA. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT
BETTERING THE LIVES OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE. AND STANDING STRONG
FOR WOMEN. AND ENSURING WOMEN
ARE PAID WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
HERE IN THE SENATE. CONNIE WAS
INSTRUMENTAL. AND THE EFFORTS TO
RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE. WHY TWO
THIRDS OF MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS
IN THE GOLDEN STATE ARE WOMEN.
THE STRONGEST EQUAL PAY LAW AND
AMERICA WOULDN'T HAVE PASSED
THIS LEGISLATURE WITHOUT THE
FORCE OF COUNTY LEVEL. HE ENDED
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON
RAPE IN CALIFORNIA. SHE BROUGHT
DOWN THE BACKLOG OF UNPROCESSED
RAPE KITS. AS CHAIR OF THE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS, CONNIE LEYVA
BECAME A STATEWIDE LEADER AND
EXPANDING REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTHCARE. EVERY WOMAN NO
MATTER THEIR ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
AS CHAIR OF EDUCATION. SHE'S
ALWAYS STOOD STRONG FOR KIDS.
STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE IN THIS STATE.
LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WILL BREATHE EASY EASIER THANKS
TO HER WORK THAT MANDATES SMOG
CHECKS FOR HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS,
AND SHE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFORMED
THE WAY THIS STATE TACKLES THE
CLIMATE CRISIS. HOW THE STATE
NOW BECAUSE OF CONNIE LEYVA'S
EFFORTS. MAIN DATES THAT
INVESTMENTS IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE RULE OF LAW. AND THOSE
COMMUNITIES OR NEIGHBORHOODS
HAVE BORNE THE BRUNT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE. LOOK. WE KNOW THAT THIS
JOB CAN BE TOUGH. IT'S A
PRESSURE COOKER AT TIMES, AND
IT'S BEEN A PRESSURE COOKER,
ESPECIALLY OVER THESE PAST FEW
YEARS. YOU'RE AWAY FROM HOME.
THE POLITICS CAN BE RAW. AND THE
ISSUES ARE COMPLICATED. AND THEY
DO IT ALL. WE ALL NEED A STRONG
SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND ONE OF THE
REASONS CONNIE LEYVA CAN DO IT
ALL. IS HER FAMILY. CONNIE'S
FAVORITE HUSBAND, AL. HAS BEEN
WITH HER FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING. AND THROUGH THICK AND
THIN, NO MATTER HOW DARK THE
DAYS CONNIE AND AL HAVE BEEN
ITTY. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT MR
LEVEL IS IN THE GALLERY TODAY.
THEY HAVE TWIN DAUGHTERS, JESSE
AND ALI. I HAVE TWO INCREDIBLE
GRANDKIDS LIZZIE AND NICO. AND
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. LABOR IS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE
TIMES WITH HER KIDS. AND THE
FAMILIES AND THE FAMILY THAT SHE
LOVES. THAT SAID. COUNTY LEVEL
WILL KNOW THAT HER LITTLE LEGACY
IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
AND THE GOLDEN STATE WILL LIVE
ON AND STRONG. NO ONE HAS BEEN A
STRONGER VOICE FOR THE INLAND
EMPIRE. NO. ONE SHE'S A BRIGHT
LIGHT. FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
HE'S STRENGTHENED GENERATIONS OF
CALIFORNIA'S WORKING FAMILIES
AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN WITH HIGHER
WAGES, AND SHE'S CONNECTED THEM.
TO MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR THEIR
FIRST TIME, LITERALLY FOR
MILLIONS IN THIS STATE. SHE'S
OUTSPOKEN SHE'S A TRUE BELIEVER.
AND SHE'S GOOD. AND WHAT SHE
DOES. BECAUSE IT'S SO PERSONAL.
AND WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU DEEPLY.
THANK YOU, OKAY. OUR SECOND
SPEAKER WILL BE SENATOR ALLEN.
MEMBERS WHO WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO
BE ASKED BY CENTER LEYVA TO
SPEAK ON HER BEHALF. AS WE BID
HER FAREWELL FROM OUR CHAMBERS.
I OBVIOUSLY HARD HARD FOR ME TO. TO DO BETTER THAN THAN OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM FROM MARIN AND
SONOMA AND THE NORTH COAST. BUT
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
HONOR THIS VERY SPECIAL
COLLEAGUE. SHE STARTED HER LIFE.
AS A MILITARY KID. AND FORT
RILEY, KANSAS, BUT SHE'S CALLED
THE INLAND EMPIRE HER HOME SINCE
SHE WAS ABOUT 18 MONTHS OLD. SHE
WAS RAISED IN CHINA WENT ON TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS. BUT
FOLKS ALSO KNOW ABOUT HOW AS A
SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL SHE
STARTED BAGGING GROCERIES AND
ALPHA BETA. AND UH, AND ENDED UP
RISING THROUGH THE RANKS AS A
GROCERY STORE WORKER, BUT ALSO
THROUGH THE UNION. SHE SAW THE
VALUE AND DIGNITY OF THE WORK.
THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT SHE MADE
WORKING THERE. SHE WANTED TO
FIGHT FOR THOSE PEOPLE SHE
WANTED TO FIND WAYS TO EMPOWER
THOSE PEOPLE. AND SHE AND I
THINK, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED. WE
KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE LABOR
MOVEMENT HERE IN THIS BUILDING
ABOUT THE FIGHT THAT THEY HAVE
FOR BETTER WAGES FOR BETTER
WORKING CONDITIONS, BUT THE
LABOR MOVEMENT ALSO PROVIDES
VEHICLES AVENUES FOR LEADERSHIP
FOR FOLKS THAT COME FROM
DIFFERENT KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS.
PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE
TRADITIONAL YOU KNOW, GRADUATE.
ACADEMIC PEDIGREE BUT WHO HAVE
INCREDIBLE SKILL SET INCREDIBLE
TENACITY, INCREDIBLE
DETERMINATION. THE LABOR
MOVEMENT PROVIDES. VEHICLES FOR
LEADERSHIP FOR FOLKS FROM
WORKING CLASS BACKGROUNDS. WHO
WANT TO FIGHT. FOR PEOPLE IN
POVERTY WHO WANT TO FIGHT
AGAINST CLASS DISPARITY. AND
CONNIE IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WHO HAD THE SKILLS. AND WHO WAS
ABLE TO BUILD A CAREER THROUGH
THE LABOR MOVEMENT. EVENTUALLY
BEING ELECTED AS THE VERY, VERY
FIRST THE VERY FIRST WOMAN. AS
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION, REPRESENTING
MORE THAN TWO MILLION WORKERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WHAT A
PIONEER! WHAT A CHAMPION. 10
YEARS LATER, HE WAS RUNNING FOR
THE STATE SENATE. TO REPRESENT
HER BELOVED INLAND EMPIRE
COMMUNITY, AND I REMEMBER I WAS
RUNNING THE SAME TIME. SHE OF
COURSE, YOU KNOW, DID MUCH
BETTER THAN I DID IN HER PRIMARY
AND HAD EVERYTHING KIND OF
SORTED BY THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
I WAS IN THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE.
FOR MY OWN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER
, AND CONNIE CAME TO MY CAMPAIGN
OFFICE WITH RICARDO LARA AND
KEVIN DE LEON. I NEVER MET
CONNIE BEFORE, AND SHE WALKED IN
WITH SUCH FLAIR. CONFIDENCE THAT
WONDERFUL CONNIE LEYVA SMILE
THAT'S ALWAYS ON HER FACE. AND I
THOUGHT, WHO IS THIS PERSON?
THIS IS A THIS IS SOMEONE I GOT
TO GET TO KNOW THIS IS SOMEONE
WHO'S SPECIAL. WHO'S GOING TO BE
WHO'S WHO'S WHO'S GOING TO BE AN
IMPORTANT LEADER AND I'VE
WATCHED HER EVER SINCE WE WORKED
TOGETHER EVER SINCE HE WAS
ELECTED. WE WERE BOTH ELECTED IN
2014. OF COURSE, NO ALL THE WORK
SHE'S DONE FOR CALIFORNIA
FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN FOR
WORKING PEOPLE FOR WOMEN. THE
FIRST THING SHE DID WAS TO
INTRODUCE A BILL TO RAISING THEM
A WAGE. LET'S NOT FORGET AT THE
TIME 2014 $9 AN HOUR LOOK HOW
FAR WE'VE COME. SHE'S AUTHORED
LIES TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS
AGAINST EMPLOYEE HARASSMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION. SHE'S WORKED ON
SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
HEALTHCARE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY
FOR MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS,
WHO ARE OFTENTIMES LEFT OFF OF
THE RADAR SCREEN. CONSUMER
PROTECTION BILLS PUBLIC SAFETY,
SHE ELIMINATED THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS ON RAPE. AND THEN
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK MEMBERS
HERE KNOWS THE TOPIC. IT'S SO
NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND TO
SEE THE EVOLUTION AND THE DEEPER
AND DEEPER ENGAGEMENT THAT
CONNIE HAS SPENT ON THAT ISSUE.
THAT'S OF SUCH IMPORTANT, I
THINK, AS SHE GOT TO KNOW MORE
AND MORE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL THE POLLUTION AND
CONTAMINATION WERE CAUSING TO
HER OWN CONSTITUENTS AND WORKING
PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE STATE.
SHE STARTED TO CHAMPION THIS
CAUSE AND STARTED TO DEEPEN HER
ENGAGEMENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AND REALLY LEFT A
MARK. THAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT IN
THAT AREA, AND YOU KNOW, I ONE
OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY
MORNING ROUTINE IS WAKING UP IN
THE MORNING GETTING MY CUP OF
COFFEE. MAKE MY WIFE A CUP OF
COFFEE AND I GET MY MORNING
PHYSICAL NEWSPAPER. GOD BLESS
THAT PHYSICAL NEWSPAPER. UH AND
I'LL NEVER FORGET. A MORNING IN
DECEMBER I WAS BACK IN MY HOME
AND IN L, A AND SANTA MONICA AND
I PICKED UP MY PAPER, AND THERE
WAS A BIG EDITORIAL ABOUT UH,
ABOUT SMOG AND POLLUTION AND
TRUCKS. WHY AREN'T DIRTY DIRTY
DIESEL TRUCKS IN CALIFORNIA SMOG
CHECK THAT COULD SOON CHANGE.
AND IT WAS A MOMENT. YOU KNOW,
WE PINCH OURSELVES IN THIS JOB.
FROM TIME TO TIME. UH BUT IT WAS
SUCH A GREAT MOMENT TO SEE A
COLLEAGUE HIGHLIGHTED FOR HAVING
MADE SUCH A CONTRIBUTION. IT'S
GOING TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
ON A BILL THAT I'M NOT SURE
EVERYONE HERE EVEN REMEMBERS
THAT SHE DID. BUT THE L A TIMES
HIGHLIGHTED THAT BILL AND WITH
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MR
PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO READ JUST
A PARAGRAPH FROM THIS EDITORIAL.
THE BENEFITS OF GOING AFTER
RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF
POLLUTERS ARE ENORMOUS. PUTTING
IN PLACE. A SMOG CHECK IS
REQUIRED BY LEGISLATION SIGN.
THAT'S LEGISLATION BY SENATOR
CONNIE LEYVA WOULD REDUCE MORE
POLLUTION THAN ANY STATE
EMISSIONS RULES SINCE 2008 AND
BRING ENORMOUS HEALTH BENEFITS
IN THE COMING DECADES, INCLUDING
THE PREVENTION OF MORE THAN 7000
EARLY DEATHS AND THOUSANDS OF
EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. AND OF
COURSE, THE GREATEST IMPACT
WOULD BE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, WHERE
MILLIONS OF RESIDENTS SUFFER
FROM SMOG AND SOOT LEVELS THAT
ROUTINELY VIOLATE FEDERAL HEALTH
STANDARDS. CONNIE LEVIS SAVED
THOUSANDS OF LIVES. THROUGH THAT
LEGISLATION. SHE'S MADE A
DIFFERENCE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP WITH
REDUCED LUNG CAPACITY BECAUSE OF
THE SOOT IN OUR AIR. AND SHE
PUSHED THE ENVELOPE ON THAT AND
SO MANY OTHER ISSUES. WE ALL
KNOW, OF COURSE, SHE HER
LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION. I WAS
HANDED THE GAVEL TO HER AS CHAIR
OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND
SHE'S WORKED ON CAREER TECH ED,
WHICH OF COURSE, MAKES SUCH A
DIFFERENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, BOTH IN OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IN OUR
HIGH SCHOOLS, EXPANDED
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR
HOMELESS STUDENTS ARE MOST
VULNERABLE OF THE NUMBER OF KIDS
LITERALLY DON'T HAVE A HOME THAT
ARE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH
HIGH SCHOOL. AND SHE'S WORKED ON
TRYING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR
THEM. SHE IS AMPLIFIED THE FOCUS
ON GENDER PARITY, INCLUDING
THROUGH HER LAST YEAR'S SP 33 63
, WHICH WHICH CREATED PARITY FOR
GROWTH. STATE AND BOY STATE
PARTICIPANTS. UH YOU KNOW, HERE
IN IN IN THE STATE CAPITAL, THAT
WONDERFUL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT
GOVERNMENT, AND SHE MADE SURE
THAT THERE'S PARITY FOR THE
YOUNG WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATE IN
THAT WONDERFUL GIRL STATE
PROGRAM. SO THIS IS JUST THIS IS
JUST A LITTLE SMATTERING OF THE
CONTRIBUTION THAT SHE'S MADE IN
HER EIGHT SHORT AND LONG YEARS
HERE IN OURSTATE CAPITAL. SHE'S
SHE'S ENERGETIC. SHE'S TENACIOUS
. SHE'S COURAGEOUS. SHE'S BLUNT.
AH BUT SHE SHE DOES IT WITH A
SMILE. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT
SHE'S GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT
MORE TIME WITH HER FAVORITE
HUSBAND. HOW AL, THEY'RE
WONDERFUL TO TWO TWIN DAUGHTERS
, ALI AND JESSE HAVE HAD THE
CHANCE TO MEET THEIR NOW, OF
COURSE, PROUD GRANDPARENTS OF
LIZZIE AND NICO. THEIR LITTLE
NATHAN, I THINK IS EXPECTED VERY
SHORTLY. ALRIGHT IT'S BEEN SUCH
A GREAT HONOR GETTING TO KNOW
YOU AND WORK WITH YOU. CONNIE WE
CERTAINLY HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES
, BUT BUT BUT YOUR TENACITY YOUR
YOUR DOGGED DETERMINATION. AND
YOUR PASSION FOR HELPING THE
UNDER REPRESENTED FOR THE
UNDERSERVED FOR THOSE MOST
VULNERABLE. UH, IS INFECTIOUS.
AND WE KNOW YOU'VE MADE A REAL
DIFFERENCE. AND SO I JUST WANT
TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE
YOU. WE HONOR YOU, AND WE WISH
YOU THE VERY BEST AS YOU GO
FORWARD.
OH, MY GOODNESS. I HAVE SOME
NOTES. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
GOOD MORNING TO ALL MY PEOPLE.
AND THE GALLERY. UM THANK YOU TO
SENATOR MCGUIRE. THANK YOU TO
SENATOR ALLEN. WE CAME IN
TOGETHER IN 2014, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE SAID TO US OH, YOU GUYS
ARE THE NEW GROUP YOU KNOW,
ASSEMBLY REQUIRED BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T. NONE OF US SERVED IN THE
ASSEMBLY. AND IF YOU KNOW
RICARDO LARA, HE CALLED US GOLD
STAR SENATORS. AND FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS. I'LL TELL YOU LATER. IT'S
NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE FLOOR.
UH, SO I SO ENJOYED HEARING
YESTERDAY. WE DON'T KNOW
PEOPLE'S STORY, AND I DON'T
THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT CHANGE
GOING FORWARD. WE KNOW WHAT WE
HEAR ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. BUT
I SO ENJOYED HEARING THE STORIES
YESTERDAY ABOUT PEOPLE AND WHY
THEY RAN FOR OFFICE. SO I'M
GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT MINE. UM AS YOU KNOW, YOU
HEARD I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF
UFCW LOCAL 14 28 AND
CONCURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF
THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION.
AND I GOT A CALL ONE DAY. UM I
WAS COMING HOME FROM A MEETING
OR GOING BACK TO THE OFFICE FROM
A MEETING AND I GOT A CALL FROM
THE MAYOR OF POMONA, ELLIOTT
ROTHMAN. AND HE SAID CONNIE
LABOR AND I, SAID ELLIOTT
ROTHMAN, HE SAID, I'M GOING TO
RUN FOR THE SENATE AND I SAID
WHAT SENATE AND HE SAID THE
STATE SENATE AND ALL I COULD
THINK OF WAS OH MY GOD, THIS GUY
IS DRUNK OR HIGH AT EVERY
MEETING HE COMES TO HE CAN'T BE.
OUR NEXT STATE SENATOR WILL BE
SUCH AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE
REGION. AND HE SAID, SO I NEED
YOUR SUPPORT. AND I SAID, WELL,
LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
SO I CALLED THE CURRENT SENATOR
WHO WAS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
NORMA TORRES AND I SAID, HEY, IS
THERE ANYBODY COMPETENT? WHO'S
RUNNING AND SHE SAID NO. THE
ONLY PERSON WE'VE HEARD FROM IS
ELLIOTT ROTHMAN. SHE GOES, YOU
SHOULD RUN AND I SAID, OKAY,
WELL, LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND SHE WAS I NEED TO KNOW I'M
SITTING WITH UM KEVIN DELEON AND
RICARDO LARA AND THEY WOULD LOVE
TO HELP YOU GET ELECTED. AND I
SAID, I KIND OF THINK I WANT TO
GO HOME AND TALK TO MY HUSBAND
ABOUT THIS. THIS IS KIND OF A
BIG CHANGE. AND SO I SAID, I'LL
GET BACK TO YOU. SO I GO HOME.
AND I SAID, HEY, OLIVA, FAVORITE
HUSBAND. I SAID, SO. WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT ME RUNNING FOR THE
STATE SENATE? HE GOES. OH MY
GOD, YOU'D BE AMAZING, AND I
SAID, OKAY, THAT'S GREAT,
BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU A FEW
MORE THINGS ABOUT IT. AS THAT
ONE. IT'S A SUPER BIG PAY CUT
FROM WHAT I MAKE RIGHT NOW. HE'S
LIKE, OH, OKAY, I SAID, AND TWO.
I SAID THERE'S NO PENSION. OH
OKAY. AND I SAID IN THREE, I
SAID, I'M GOING TO PAY ABOUT 20
TIMES MORE FOR OUR MEDICAL
BENEFITS. THEN WE PAY NOW AND HE
SAID OKAY, I SAID, AND I HAVE TO
LIVE IN SACRAMENTO 40 DAYS A
WEEK, HE SAID. DEAR GOD, WHY DO
YOU WANT TO DO THIS JOB? AND IT
KIND OF GETS ME TO WHY I WANTED
TO DO THE JOB BECAUSE I TOLD HIM
BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I COULD MAKE
A DIFFERENCE. I FELT LIKE I
COULD LEAVE MY STAMP ON THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ON THE
PEOPLE OF THE 20TH
SENATE-DISTRICT. WELL, IF I'M
NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU,
BECAUSE I'LL CRY, BUT YOU KNOW,
I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. AND HE
WAS HERE WITH ME. OF COURSE,
WHEN I WAS BORN IN AS WE'RE ARE
GIRLS WHO HAD JUST GRADUATED
FROM COLLEGE, SO EIGHT YEARS
LATER, THEY'RE BOTH MARRIED.
THEY'RE BOTH GAINFULLY EMPLOYED
. THEY BOTH HAVE CHILDREN WITH
ANOTHER ONE ON THE WAY. THAT'S
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE DOING
THIS JOB. LIFE HAPPENS. AND I
COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF MY
FAMILY AND THEIR SUPPORT. I HAVE
BEEN SO PRIVILEGED TO DO WHAT
I'VE DONE HERE. I'VE BEEN THE
CAUCUS CHAIR FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I'M KIND OF SURPRISED BY THAT,
BECAUSE, YES, I'M A LITTLE
DIRECT AND I'M A LITTLE BOLD IN
WHAT I SAY, BUT IT COMES FROM
THE HEART AND I DON'T TAKE IT
PERSONALLY, WHEN PEOPLE DISAGREE
WITH ME, AND HOPEFULLY THEY
DON'T TAKE IT TOO PERSONALLY
WHEN I DISAGREE WITH THEM, UM,
BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE THE
CAUCUS CHAIR AND WHOEVER THE
NEXT CAUCUS CHAIR IS BEYOND TIME
. AND DON'T LET ANYBODY GET OUT
OF LINE AND ALWAYS SPEAK AFTER
ALL OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE
SPOKEN. THAT'S MY ADVICE TO YOU,
UM THE CHAIR OF WELL, LET ME LET
ME DO THIS FIRST. YOU CAN'T DO
ANYTHING IN THIS BUILDING
WITHOUT YOUR STAFF, AND WHEN I
HIRED PEOPLE AND ASK THEM TO
JOIN TEAM LABOR, I SAID, FOR
BETTER FOR WORSHIP PART OF THE
FAMILY NOW. UM AND A LOT OF MY
STAFF IS HERE. EVERYBODY WHO'S
HERE WHO'S BEEN ON TEAM LABOR
FOR EIGHT YEARS. RAISE YOUR
HAND. WE HAVE HAD I HAVE BEEN
PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH AN
AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE AT
THE CAPITOL CAMERON YOUR COUGH
SKI. JESSICA GOLLY, SERGIO REYES
. STEPHANIE HEINLEIN. MAYA
VELASQUEZ, WHO'S NEW TO THE TEAM
? AND ERIC GARA, WHO CHAIRED
STAFFS ME ON MOBILE HOMES, BUT I
ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE NICOLE
MARUGE, WHO NOW WORKS WITH
SENATOR MCGUIRE, ROCHELLE SMITH
AND NICK ROMO. BECAUSE THEY WERE
ALL THE BEGINNING WITH TEAM
LABOR AND HELP ME GET SOME
REALLY SIGNIFICANT THINGS DONE.
SO THEN I HAVE MY D O STAFF AND
THEY COULDN'T ALL COME UP
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, COVID AND ALL
THAT. BUT MANY SAW SETO IS HERE
. MY DISTRICT DIRECTOR VANESSA,
WE ARE CO BENNY AYALA, BUT WE
ALSO HAVE MICHAEL TOWNSEND,
MARIA AREAS RUN ABBASI, EDGAR
CASS ALONE AND ALEX MARTINEZ
BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE WE ABLE TO
DO GREAT LEGISLATION WE DID
WONDERFUL WORK IN THE DISTRICT.
ONE YEAR WE DID 150 EVENTS. I
STILL I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE HOW
WE DID THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE
DID THAT. BUT WE ALWAYS HAD FUN.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE CHANGED
THE INLAND EMPIRE AND THE
EXPECTATION FOR THE INLAND
EMPIRE FOREVER. AND I HOPE THAT
WHOEVER, BECAUSE MY DISTRICT IS
NOW SPLIT, SUSAN WILL BE PART
WILL TAKE PART OF IT. BUT I HOPE
THEY CAN LIVE UP TO THAT
EXPECTATION BECAUSE PEOPLE I
TOLD PEOPLE HOLD OUR FEET TO THE
FIRE, AND THEY DID, AND WE DID.
SO I'VE BEEN ON EDUCATION SINCE
I'VE BEEN HERE WITH SENATOR
MCGUIRE AND SENATOR ALLEN ALLEN
WAS A CHAIR AT THE TIME, AND
FOUR YEARS AGO I HAD THE HONOR
OF BECOMING THE CHAIR OF SENATE
EDUCATION. UM AND YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU CHAIR ANYONE WHO CHAIRS A
COMMITTEE KNOWS THAT IT'S REALLY
NOT ABOUT YOU. IF YOU DON'T HAVE
AMAZING STAFF, YOU CAN'T GET
ANYTHING DONE. WHOEVER IS THE
NEXT CHAIR OF EDUCATION WILL BE
INCREDIBLY LUCKY. LUCKY TO HAVE
ALL OF THE STAFF THAT I HAVE
BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH.
LYNN LORBER, IAN JOHNSON OGLE
ILIA RAMIREZ, IRMA CON LAUREN
ROBINSON AND CORDELL HAMPTON.
WHO IS A NEW NEW TO THE TEAM.
THANK YOU. WE COULD NOT HAVE
DONE I COULD NOT HAVE DONE WHAT
I DID WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. THANK
YOU. AND BEING THE CHAIR OF THE
LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS. TOOK
A SERIOUS GOOD 10 YEARS OFF MY
LIFE. UH BUT IT WAS AN HONOR TO
GET TO DO IT. AND DURING THAT
TIME WE DOUBLED FUNDRAISING. WE
ESTABLISHED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
WOMEN IN OUR DISTRICTS, AND WE
DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
WOMEN HAD TO SPEND ON WOMEN'S
ISSUES IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS
BEING THE CHAIR OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON MOBILE MANUFACTURED
HOMES. WHAT AN HONOR FOR EIGHT
YEARS TO GET TO DO THAT. AH AND
WHOEVER TAKES THAT OVER NEXT?
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. OKAY AND
WE'VE DONE FIVE BILLS. WE HAVE
ANOTHER ONE. HOPEFULLY IT'S
GOING TO GET TO THE GOVERNOR'S
DESK AND BE SIGNED. THESE PEOPLE
NEED US. THESE PEOPLE FEEL
FORGOTTEN AND IT'S BEEN A
PRIVILEGE TO GET TO HELP THEM SO
I COULD GO ON AND ON BECAUSE I'M
AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. UM AND
THERE'S A LOT TO SAY. BUT I ALSO
WANT TO THANK BERNIE. I DON'T
THERE SHE IS, BERNIE. THANK YOU
. I KNOW WHEN I WAS TRAINING TO
BE A PRESIDING OFFICER, SHE WAS
PROBABLY OH, MY GOD. WHY DID
THEY LET HER IN? I COULDN'T GET
IT DOWN. IT TOOK ME A LITTLE
WHILE. AND HIGH SHAWNEE. YOU'VE
DONE AN AMAZING JOB. THANK YOU
BOTH VERY MUCH. I WILL LEAVE YOU
WITH THIS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE
SAYINGS IS BE THE CHANGE YOU
WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD AND IT
WAS SAID BY SOMEONE MUCH NOBLER
MORNEAU LEAD THAN I AND THAT WAS
GANDHI. SO BE THE CHANGE. YOU
WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD IF YOU
WANT MORE KINDNESS IN THE WORLD
THAN BE KIND, IF YOU WANT TO SEE
MORE JUSTICE IN THE WORLD THAN
SEEK OUT JUSTICE IF YOU WANT
EQUITY IN THE WORLD, FIGHT FOR
EQUITY, BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU
WISH TO SEE. AND I WILL ALSO
LEAVE YOU WITH COURAGE IS NOT
THE ABSENCE OF FEAR, BUT THE
KNOWLEDGE IS SOMETHING MORE
IMPORTANT. SO I'M GONNA ASK ALL
OF YOU THAT ARE STILL HERE. BE
COURAGEOUS. DON'T WORRY ABOUT
WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU. DON'T
WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT YOU. I ALWAYS TELL
ESPECIALLY WOMEN. WOMEN DON'T
WORRY ABOUT BEING LIKED. WORRY
ABOUT BEING RESPECTED AND YOU'RE
RESPECTED. WHEN YOU STAY TRUE TO
YOUR VALUES. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR
AND A PLEASURE. UM HAVE A NEW
JOB WITH A VCR, PUBLIC RADIO AND
TELEVISION. SO I'M GOING TO JOSH
WANTS HIS OWN PODCAST AND, UH,
SENATOR MIN WANTS TO BE ON
SESAME STREET. SO LOOK ME UP.
I'LL FIND A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
NEXT UP. WE HAVE RECOGNITION.
FOR THE DEAN OF THE SENATE.
SENATOR NIELSEN. AND WE'LL JUST
GIVE IT A MOMENT TO COMPLETE
SOME HUGS HERE BEFORE WE MOVE ON
TO OUR FIRST A SPEAKER. ALRIGHT
OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO HONOR
SENATOR NIELSEN WILL BE SENATOR
BATES. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
UM IT'S DIFFICULT TO COME UP
WITH SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE
DEAN OF THE SENATE. HE HAS DONE
SO MUCH, SO I GAVE IT MY BEST
SHOT HERE, JIM AND LET ME GO AT
IT. IT'S AN HONOR AND A
PRIVILEGE TO SHARE SOME REMARKS
ON THE INCREDIBLE CAREER IN THE
INDELIBLE MARK THAT OUR SENATE
DEAN JIM NIELSEN, HAS MADE ON
THIS INSTITUTION. HE IS REFERRED
TO AS THE DEAN BECAUSE HE HAS
THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE
LONGEST SERVING MEMBER IN THE
HISTORY OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
, THE YOUNGEST MEMBER ELECTED TO
THE SENATE IN 1978 AND THE
YOUNGEST MEMBER ELECTED TO
SERVICEAND REPUBLIC LEADER IN
1983 TO 1987, AND I THINK THAT
EXCEEDS WHAT I GOT OR WHAT SHANA
GOT OR WHAT A FEW OTHERS GOT. SO
YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT. I'M
SURE IT'S HIM. I THINK WE CAN
ALL AGREE. IN ADDITION TO THE
TITLE OF DEAN, HE PERSONIFIES
THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A
STATESMAN AS FOUND IN THE
DICTIONARY. ONE WHO IS VERSED IN
THE PRINCIPLES OF ART OF
GOVERNMENT WISE, SKILLFUL AND
RESPECTED LEADER THIS WISE,
SKILLFUL AND RESPECTED LEADER
HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE HALLS
OF FAME OF THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AND
THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK
CORRECTIONAL WORKERS HALL OF
FAME HE'S RECEIVED OVER 50,
LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
FROM ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING
TAXPAYERS, ENGINEERS, PRISON
GUARDS, COLLEGES, HEALTHCARE
VETERANS LAW ENFORCEMENT. CRIME
VICTIMS, WATER AGENCIES, FARMERS
, THE AAPI COMMUNITY. THIS IS
JUST A PARTIAL LIST AND YOU ALL
KNOW HOW POLITICAL MAILER
LISTINGS OF AWARDS AND
ENDORSEMENTS, OFTEN HAVING SMALL
PRINT PARTIAL LISTS. I THINK
WE'VE ALL HAD A FEW OF THOSE AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE MAILER. IT
SAYS. PARTIAL LIFTS WELL, THIS
LIST OF SENATOR NIELSEN'S AWARDS
IS TRULY JUST A PARTIAL LIST.
BECAUSE THE COMPLETE LIST I
REVIEWED. I'M NOT A KID. YOU NOT
WAS OVER 2.5 PAGES. SMALL PRINT
SO VERY, VERY HUGE LIST. THAT
WOULD TAKE ME MORE TIME THAN I
HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SHARE WITH
YOU. BUT THE LIST IS A TESTAMENT
TO HIS TIRELESS ADVOCACY AND TOP
PRIORITY TO SERVE AS THE VOICE
OF HIS CONSTITUENTS AND OVER 19
COUNTIES HE HAS REPRESENTED
DURING HIS LONG TIME OF SERVICE
. IN RECENT YEARS, JAMES
DISTRICT COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD
MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF NATURAL
DISASTERS THAT ARE PART OF THE
CHALLENGES WE FACE AS
CALIFORNIANS. THESE DISASTERS
HAVE BROUGHT DEVASTATION AND
DESPAIR, BUT IT'S ALSO BROUGHT
THE BEST IN OUR CITIZENS, AND
JIM STANDS OUT AS ONE OF THOSE
IN FEBRUARY 2017 WHEN HEAVY
RAINFALL DAMAGED OR REVEAL DAM'S
MAIN AND EMERGENCY SPILLWAYS,
PROMPTING THE EVACUATION OF MORE
THAN 180,000 PEOPLE LIVING
RIVER AND BEAUTY CUBA AND CENTER
COUNTIES. JIM WAS THERE. JIM WAS
THERE HE WAS THERE ON THE JOB
WORKING AND MONITORING THE
SITUATION ON A DAILY BASIS TO
ENSURE HIS CONSTITUENTS HAD UP
TO THE MINUTE REPORTS ON
PROGRESS TO AVOID ANY LOSS OF
LIVES OR LOSS OF PROPERTY, TO
THE EXTENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME WHEN THE
CAMP FIRE ERUPTED IN NOVEMBER,
8TH 2018 IN THE SIERRA AND ABOUT
A FOOT HILLS, YET KILLED 85
PEOPLE. DESTROYED NEARLY 19,000
HOMES, BUSINESSES AND OTHER
BUILDINGS AND ULTIMATELY RAISED
THE TOWN OF PARADISE. JIM WAS
THERE AGAIN ON THE JOB. THE
DEVASTATION OF THE CAMP FIRE
BROKE HIS HEART AS HE WALKED
THROUGH WHAT WAS ONCE THE TOWN
OF PARADISE. BUT EVEN AS JIM
GRIEVE FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AND
MEMBERS AND PEOPLE HE NEVER GAVE
UP, HE BECAME A FIERCE ADVOCATE.
FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE FIRE AND
SUCCESSFULLY LED THE EFFORT TO
ALLOW ADVENTIST HEALTH TO
ESTABLISH A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY
ROOM TO CARE FOR THE LOCAL
RESIDENTS, ELIMINATING A 40
MINUTE DRIVE TO THE NEAREST
HOSPITAL. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE
SERVED WITH, UM I HAVE MARVELED
AT HIS BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE ON
SO MANY ISSUES AND ELOQUENCE AND
RESPECTFULLY EXPRESSING HIS
PASSION FOR OR AGAINST A
PARTICULAR POLICY ISSUE. HIS
RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTION IN
ITS LONGSTANDING TRADITION AND
RULES IS WHAT MOTIVATES HIM TO
SPEAK UP WHEN HE BELIEVES THOSE
ARE FALLING TO THE WAYSIDE. HE
HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A DEAR FRIEND
BUT ALSO A MENTOR WITH A
STEADFAST HAND WHO HELPED ME
IMMENSELY IN NAVIGATING THE
DRAMA THAT FOLLOWS THE JOB OF
PARTY LEADER AND WE ALL KNOW
ABOUT THAT, OR SOME OF US DO,
AND HE KIND OF USED LAURA BUSH'S
FAMOUS QUOTE. WHATEVER STAYS IN
LAS VEGAS STAYS IN LONG LAS
VEGAS, HE OFTEN REMINDED ME
WHATEVER DRAMA GOES ON IN THE
LEADER'S OFFICE STAYS IN THE
LEADER'S OFFICE. AND POSTSCRIPT
. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP THE
JOB SO MEMBERS WHILE SENATOR JIM
NIELSEN ADDRESSES US IN HIS
OPENING STATEMENTS AS THE LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE, IT
IS THE SENATE WHO WILL BE LOSING
THE GENTLEMAN OF THE SENATE. IT
IS BITTERSWEET MOMENT, JIM FOR
ALL OF US TO SAY GOODBYE YET
LAUD YOU AND YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT REFLECT THE
BEST OF ALL OF US IN THE POLICY
ARENA. YOU WILL BE MISSED WE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 30
YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION
TO THIS INSTITUTION, THIS STATE
AND THEPEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA WE
WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN
RETIREMENT AS YOU PURSUE A NEW
PATH THAT WILL I BELIEVE ALWAYS
INCLUDES SERVICE TO YOUR BELOVED
DISTRICT COMMUNITIES AND
UNFETTERED LOVE FOR YOUR FAMILY
. THOUSANDS OF CONSTITUENTS AND
FRIENDS WHO HAVE STOOD BY YOU
WALK THE WALK. ON THIS
INCREDIBLE PATH OF PASSIONATE
AND HONORABLE SERVICE YOU HAVE
CARVED ON THE FACE OF
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU, JIM.
OKAY? NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE
SENATOR HERTZBERG. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT AT. IT'S BOTH AN HONOR
TO SEE TO FOLLOW ON TO THE
REPUBLICAN LEADER EMERITUS AND
TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ADD MY
THOUGHTS AND CONGRATULATIONS AND
OBSERVATIONS. WITH RESPECT TO
SENATOR NIELSEN. SENATOR NIELSEN
DOES NOT DESERVE THE TITLE DEAN
OF THE SENATE. BECAUSE OF HIS
LONG TENURE. HE DESERVES THAT
TITLE BECAUSE OF HIS DEEP
RESPECT. FOR THIS INSTITUTION.
HE IS, AS HE HAS SID BEFORE A
MAN OF THIS INSTITUTION HE
BELIEVES IN US. HE BELIEVES THE
INSTITUTION AND HE BELIEVES IN
OUR RULES HE BELIEVES IS,
SENATOR BATES SAYS IN CIVILITY
AND RESPECT. HE IS A PERSON OF
THE SENATE. AND HOLD SENATORIAL
COURTESY IS HE WILL TELL YOU AS
ONE OF HIS HIGHEST PRINCIPLES. I
HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE
THAT BENEFIT MANY TIMES, ASKING
HIM FOR COURTESY VOTE WHEN ONE
OF MY PARTY WASN'T THERE FOR A
MEETING AND I HAD TO GO, AND HE
OFFERED THAT COURTESY MANY
TIMES, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT
CRITICISMS HE MAY HAVE RECEIVED.
SENATOR BATES INDICATED.
REPRESENTS 19 COUNTIES. I CAN'T
IMAGINE I REPRESENT ONE SMALL
PIECE. FIVE GOVERNORS. HE SERVED
UNDER FIVE GOVERNORS THAN A
LEADER FOR MANY YEARS.
CONTRIBUTIONS IN ADDITION TO
WHAT SENATOR BATES INDICATES,
ARE NOTHING LESS THAN
EXTRAORDINARY, JUST A COUPLE OF
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES. INTIMATELY
INVOLVED IN REVISION OF
CALIFORNIA'S EDUCATION MASTER
PLAN, NOT A SMALL UNDERTAKING
AUTHORED THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOUNDATION ACT IN 1982 AND
ESTABLISHED THE CALIFORNIA STATE
LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND
INDISPENSABLE RESOURCE AND ICON
ARCHIVES FOR OUR GREAT AND
IMPORTANT HISTORY. HE WORKED TO
STRENGTHEN WATER RELIABILITY,
SECURING UNPRECEDENTED FUNDING
FOR THE SITES RESERVOIR. IF IT
EVER GETS BUILT. HE HAD. HE
TIRELESSLY SERVED AS
CALIFORNIA'S FACE OF
INSURMOUNTABLE. AND FATAL
TRAGEDIES. SENATOR BATES
INDICATED THE ONE THAT I GOT IN
ADDITION TO THE WILDFIRES ICE
ONE ON ONE OF THOSE BIG EARLY
BIRDS OF THOSE BIG DOUBLE
HELICOPTERS AND WATCH HIM FIGHT
LIKE THE DICKENS FOR THE
COMMUNITY FIGHT LIKE THE DICKENS
TO TRY TO PERSUADE US TO HELP ON
THE OROVILLE DAM DISASTER TO
SHOW IT US FIRSTHAND, AND HE DID
IT WITH ENERGY IN HIS FACE AND
COMMITMENT IN HIS HEART AND
SERVICE, WHICH IS WHAT HE'S ALL
ABOUT. WHEN I WAS CHAIR OF THE
ASSEMBLY OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AND THE OTHER HOUSE.
MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO. I CAME
OVER TO VISIT JIM WHEN HE WAS
THE HEAD OF THE, UH, PRISON. OH
PRO BOARD AHEAD OF THE PAROLE
BOARD. I SAT IN YOUR OFFICE, I
SAT AND LISTENED AND ESTABLISHED
A RELATIONSHIP THEN AND HAVE
SOUGHT YOUR GUIDANCE EVER SINCE
IT WAS SMART, THEN IT CONTINUES
TO BE SMART TODAY. AS THE
MAJORITY I MEAN, AS THE MINORITY
REPUBLICAN LEADER EMERITUS
MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THE HALL
OF FAME. AMAZING IT'S ACTUALLY
FIVE HALL OF FAME FIVE HALL OF
FAME THAT SENATOR NIELSEN IS A
PART OF TWO FOR ATHLETICS. I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS A TRACK
RUNNER. HE'S IN THE FRESNO HALL
OF FAME AND THE GREAT VALLEY
HALL OF FAME FOR HIS ATHLETIC
ABILITIES. HE'S ALSO A LISTED AS
IN THE HALL OF FAMOUS SINGERS
CITY REPRESENTED WHERE HE'S FROM
, AND IT WAS MENTIONED FUTURE
FARMERS OF AMERICA HALL OF FAME
AND THE BLACK CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS ALL OF FAME
EXTRAORDINARY. IN ADDITION TO
ALL THE OTHER LEGISLATORS OF THE
YEAR AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS
THAT HE HAS DONE.WE'RE PROUD OF
YOU. YOUR LEGACY THAT YOU LEAVE
WITH US IS IN YOUR WORK, I THINK
IS RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTION.
UNDERSTANDING THAT CIVILITY AND
THE IMPORTANCE AND I WAS AS I
CLOSE I WANTED TO JUST THINK
ABOUT IT, AND I JUST WROTE THIS
COMMENT DOWN THAT PEOPLE LIKE
YOU DON'T GOVERN FOR THE NEXT
NEXT ELECTION. YOU GOVERN FOR
THE NEXT GENERATION HAVE A MUCH
LONGER VIEW BOTH FOR THE
INSTITUTION THAT WE HAVE ALL
BEEN TO THIS PLACE AND THEIR UPS
AND DOWNS. BUT THE END OF THE
DAY. THIS IS THE CHAMBER WHERE
DEMOCRACY HAPPENS. WE PRAISE AND
TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY, AND IT'S
NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT YOU MAKE IT
EASIER BECAUSE YOU ARE
UNBELIEVABLE. AND HOW YOU TREAT
YOUR JOB. I AM. WE WILL MISS YOU
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CALIFORNIA NOT
JUST TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
SERVE, BUT TO YOUR EXAMPLE THAT
YOU SET FOR ALL THE REST OF US.
THANK YOU.
LADIES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE
SENATE, SENATOR NIELSEN. LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, THE SENATE I MUST
CONFESS THAT I'VE HAD SOME
ANXIOUSNESS AS I ANTICIPATED.
THE DEPARTURE. PERFECT MANY OF
THE WEEKS. IT'S JUST BEEN
ABSTRACT, AND NOW IT'S REAL. AND
I COME HERE WITH A BIT OF
TREPIDATION. ABOUT IT. BUT I
COME HERE. DEEPLY HUMBLED AND
HONORED. PEOPLE. STILL SAW FIT
TO ALLOW ME TO BE THEIR
REPRESENTATIVE. TO SERVE THEM.
THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK. IT IS
NOT LEGISLATION. THAT JUST
VOTING FOR BILLS. THE MOST
IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE
HAVE. THE DAY TO DAY THOUSANDS
OF SMALL THINGS WE DO FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT. AS A
YOUNG FARM BOY. I WANTED TO
COMPETE IN ATHLETICS. I WANTED
TO GET MY DEGREE. AND I WANTED
TO FARM. MY LIFE WAS VERY
SIMPLE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I DID. I HAD NO AMBITION. TO DO
ANYTHING MORE. I DIDN'T INVOLVE
MYSELF IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
WORKING ON THE DAIRY AND DOING?
MY ATHLETICS WAS ABOUT ALL I CAN
HANDLE. PLUS MY EDUCATION. THEN
I GOT OUT AND BEGAN TO FARM. I
WENT FROM A 200 CAL DERRY TO
33,000 ACRE RANCH. THE FOREMAN.
AND I REALIZED THAT MOST OF MY
PROBLEMS WE'RE NOT CROPS. NOT
PASS. NOT THE WEATHER, NOT
WATER. MY BIGGEST DAILY PROBLEM
WAS GOVERNMENT. SO I ASKED
MYSELF WHAT WHAT ARE YOU DOING
ABOUT IT? AND I SAID, WELL, I
VOTE WHAT ELSE? NOTHING. DONE
ANYTHING ELSE MICROPHONE. AND SO
I DECIDED THAT I NEEDED TO GET
ACTIVE AND I DID IN MY INDUSTRY.
NATIONWIDE. BEGAN TO GET ACTIVE
IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
LEARNING. ABOUT THE AREA. AND
LEARNING THE VENUES WHERE I
COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR
THINGS THAT CARED ABOUT SCHOOL
BOARD BONDS AND BUDGET ADVISORY
COMMITTEES AND REDISTRICTING
COMMITTEES. WHATEVER. AND THEN.
I TOOK A LOOK AT THE CURRENT
LINE UP IN THE LEGISLATURE. I
THOUGHT IT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.
THE INCUMBENT HAD BEEN THERE. 12
12 YEARS. IT WAS FROM A FROM A
DYNASTIC. FAMILY. IN NAPA
VALLEY. 60% DEMOCRAT 30%
REPUBLICAN. I WAS THE ONLY ONE
THAT THOUGHT I COULD WIN. SO I
WENT AROUND AND INTRODUCED
MYSELF AND PEOPLE WOULD
ACKNOWLEDGE NICE GUY. CAN'T WIN,
BUT NICE GUY. I KEPT COMING
AROUND. WELL, HE'S NICE GUY
CAN'T WIN, BUT HE'S WORKING
HARD. AND THEN THE TIDE BEGAN TO
TURN. JOHN DUNLAP WAS MY
OPPONENT. WE HONORED HIM JUST A
FEW MONTHS AGO. PASSED AWAY JUST
UNDER 100 YEARS OLD. HE WAS AN
ULTRA LIBERAL. UNABASHED.
CARRIED LEGISLATION THAT THE
DISTRICT DID NOT LIKE BUT HE
STAYED WITH IT. AND I ADMIRED
HIM AS WE CAMPAIGN. HE DID NOT
RELENT. HE DID NOT COME BACK TO
THE MIDDLE. YOU STAYED THE RIGHT
WHAT HE BELIEVES. AND I
RESPECTED HIM FOR THAT. WELL. I
GOT A CALL. ELECTION NIGHT FROM
JOHN AND THANK YOU. CONCEDED
GRATEFULLY OBSERVED WITH.
CERTAINLY WELCOME HIS ADVICE. AS
I BEGINS, HE SAID, OH, JIM, YOU
WOULDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO
ME. WELL IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T WORK
OUT THAT WAY. AMONG OTHER THINGS
, YEARS LATER, HE INVITED ME TO
COME TO SPEAK TO HIS CLASS.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS AT NAFTA
COLLEGE. AND WE STAYED IN VERY
REGULAR TOUCH. AND I VERY
EMOTIONALLY GAVE TRIBUTE TO JOHN
DUNLAP. FEW WEEKS AGO. AND
IRONICALLY, AS I WAS COMING TO
THE CHAMBERS THAT DAY THESE
PEOPLE GOT INTO THE ELEVATOR. I
DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE, BUT
I'M ALWAYS FRIENDLY. HOW ARE YOU
WHO ARE AND THEN AFTERWARDS I
WENT UP TO GREAT THEM TO BRING
THEM DOWN TO SHOW THEM JOHN'S
PICTURE HERE. THAT WAS HIS
FAMILY. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.
BUT IT FELT GOOD TO HONOR THE
MAN WHO HAD DONE HIS PART. WHO
WAS A GENTLEMAN. AND I VOWED
THAT I WOULD BE THAT SAME KIND
OF A GENTLEMAN. NOW WHEN WE ALL
COME HERE FIRST EVERYBODY FIGURE
US OUT. WHAT IS THIS? NEW
SENATOR ALL ABOUT. WELL FOR ME.
THEY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHY I
ALWAYS WEAR COWBOY BOOTS. ALWAYS
WORK COWBOY BOOTS WITH MY THREE
PIECE SUITS. GAYLE WILSON.
CALLED ME WHEN PETE WAS RE
ELECTED TO SENATE SAID, ARE YOU
COMING BACK FOR THE CEREMONY?
YOU AND MARYLAND? YEAH. WELL YOU
GOT TO BE HERE BECAUSE I'VE
WRITTEN A SONG ABOUT PETE AND
YOU'RE IN IT. I'M IN IT. HOW
WOULD I BE IN THE NEWS COME
WELL, HER SONG WAS ABOUT STYLE
THAT PETE WILSON WAS A MAN OF
STYLE. AND HIS EXAMPLE OF STYLE.
PINSTRIPE SUITS AND COWBOY BOOTS
THAT STYLE. SO AS I'M WRITING MY
LIFE BOOK, I THINK WE'RE GOING
TO CALL IT PINSTRIPE SUITS. AND
COWBOY BOOTS. BUT THERE'S A
REALITY TO THAT. TO ME, I GUESS
WOULD BE MY ROOTS, MY VALUES.
THAT'S WHAT I CALL HARDPAN
VALUES OF THE FARM. AND I NEVER
WANTED TO FORSAKE THOSE. I NEVER
WANTED TO CHANGE. WHAT I WAS NOR
EVER FORGET WHERE I CAME FROM.
SMALL TOWN. VALLEY TOWN.
WONDERFUL VALUES AND THAT SMALL
VALLEY TOWN AND THEN THE LORD
GUIDED ME TO A BROADER STAGE IT
BROTHER PLACE TO SERVE HIM. AND
EVERY DAY MANY TIMES THROUGH THE
DAY, I SAY. TRUST IN THE LORD
LEE, NOT ON THEIR OWN
UNDERSTANDING ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE
HIM AND HE WILL DIRECT YOUR
COURSE. WELL, THAT HAS KEPT ME
ON COURSE. OVER THE DECADE. THEN
BLESSED WITH FIVE CHILDREN AND
THREE GRANDCHILDREN. THE DAY I
WAS SWORN IN. MY SECOND
DAUGHTER. BRANDY. WAS KNEELING
IN THE AISLE, MIDDLE AISLE
THERE. AND I WANT BACK. TO GIVE
HER A HUG, SHE SAID DAD YOU'RE
IN GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HOUSE.
THAT SIGN THAT THAT PAINTING UP
THERE IS WHAT MEANT EVERYTHING
IN THE WORLD. HEARD THAT THIS
WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HOUSE.
AND I WAS NOW A PART OF IT. AND
I'VE ENJOYED THOROUGHLY. BEING A
PART OF IT. AND KNOWING MEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED HERE SINCE
THE THIRTIES. BEING THEIR
FRIEND. SENATOR RALPH DEALS AND
NOW USED TO CALL EACH OTHER, NOT
SENATORS. BUT BROTHERS. AND THAT
WAS BORN OF HIS ERA WHEN THE
BROTHERHOOD THE CLUBS, THE OX
CLUB, THE WOODMAN, THE WORLD.
THOSE WERE THE BORING POWERFUL
PLACES AND GOVERNMENT. WELL,
BROTHER DEALS AND I HAD ANOTHER
CONNECTION. HIS NAME WAS HUGH
BURNS. FRESNO 14 YEARS WAS A PRO
TEM OF THE SENATE. DEMOCRATS.
WELL, THERE'S A GREAT STORY WHEN
I FIRST RAN. HUGH BURNS ENDORSED
ME. AS DID RANDY COLLIER, THE
WHITE KNIGHT OF THE CIS CUES. HE
WAS CALLED. AND CHANCELLOR ABLE
MERAK. CHANCELLOR OF UC DAVIS,
ALL DEMOCRATS. AFTER THE
ELECTION. THE B WANTED TO DO A
STORY OF THE CONNECTION. JIM
NIELSEN. THEN YOU BURNS. AND
EACH OTHER DEMOCRATS, SO WE WENT
DOWN TO HUGHES HOUSE. HE LIVED
IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO AT THE TIME.
WE SAT DOWN. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
PICTURE OF THIS MOMENT. HE
TURNED TO ME AND SAID, DID YOU
KNOW JIM NIELSEN AND FRESNO? I
SAID YES, THAT WAS MY
GRANDFATHER. HE SAID IN 1937,
WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR THE
ASSEMBLY GRANDFATHER WAS A VERY
IMPORTANT MAN IN TOWN. HE WAS A
REPUBLICAN. AND THE ENDORSED ME.
THE STORY WAS WRITTEN 40 YEARS
LATER. HUGH BURNS RETURNED THE
FAVOR. BUT NOT A QUID PRO QUO
KIND OF FAVOR. IT COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN BUT IT WAS KIND OF
INSTILLED IN ME AT THAT EARLY
AGE. SENATORIAL COURTESY. YOUR
OBLIGATION. DOESN'T FINANCIAL.
IT'S A MATTER OF THE HEART.
JAMES PETER NIELSEN HELPED HUGH
BURNS. AND HE BURNS WANTED TO
RETURN THE FAVOR. AND I'M TOLD
DELIGHTED THAT I GOT TO KNOW.
THOSE LEGENDS. OF THIS HOUSE.
WHEN I CAME HERE, JIM MILLS WAS
THE PRO TEM. SAN DIEGO. AS I
LEAVE HERE. TONI ATKINS PRO TEM.
SAN DIEGO. THERE'S SOMETHING
STABLE ABOUT THAT. MAYBE SOME
THINGS DON'T EVER CHANGE. ONE OF
MY INTERESTING MOMENTS, I GUESS.
I WAS ELECTED REPUBLICAN LEADER
IN 1983. CAME THROUGH THAT DOOR
OUT OF THE MADDIE LOUNGE AND
PRESS SWARMED AROUND ME. MANY OF
YOU HAVE BEEN LEADERS. YOU'LL
KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
HERE. AND THE PRESS SAID. WHAT'S
IT LIKE NOW? JIM, YOUR
REPUBLICAN LEADER. I SAID, WELL
, IT MEANS I'M GONNA HAVE LOUSY
PICTURES PRINTED, MISQUOTED AND
TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT TO A
GRANDER SCALE THAN EVER BEFORE.
WELL THAT PROVED RIGHT BECAUSE
WE IMMEDIATELY GEORGE MASON
CONVENED THE BIG FIVE. SO I GO
TO BIG FIVE MEETING. AND WE READ
IN THE NEWSPAPER THE NEXT DAY.
THE BIG FIVE MET YESTERDAY AND
THIS IS WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT,
AND THIS IS THE DEAL THEY MADE.
WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT.
THAT TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE PRESS
THAT I WAS RIGHT ON. THEN IN THE
PRESS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT
I FOUND A FEW BE ACCESSIBLE TO
THEM. IT WILL BE OKAY. IN FACT,
ANOTHER MENTOR OF MINE WAS
ANOTHER PROMINENT DEMOCRAT. HE
WAS THE OWNER OF THE. THE
WOODLAND DAILY DEMOCRAT
NEWSPAPER. THE FOUNDERS WAS A.
MORE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION OF CALIFORNIA. AND
THE OWNER OF THAT PAPER. HIS SON
CARRIED ON THE TRADITION. AND I
GOT ACQUAINTED WITH HIM BECAUSE
I WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO ONE DAY I GO IN TO SEE HIM.
JIM, WHAT YOU HEAR ABOUT? WELL,
I SAID CAN I GOT A PROBLEM WITH
YOUR PAPER? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
WELL I SAID, YOU'VE GOT THREE
COLUMNS EVERY WEEK. THEY'RE ALL
BY DEMOCRATS. WELL, THERE ARE
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THAT. THAT'S OKAY. WELL,
THEN WHAT DO YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I SAID, YOU NEED TO PRESENT
ANOTHER SIDE. HE DIDN'T BLINK.
HE LOOKED ACROSS THE TABLE AT
ME, AND HE SAID, OKAY, GIVE ME
500 WORDS EVERY MONDAY BEFORE
11. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CALL
YOUR COLUMN? AND I STAMMERED. UH
I'M I'M A FARMER. I'M NOT A
JOURNALIST. HE SAYS, NO. YOU
WRITE THESE LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR. YOU DO A PRETTY GOOD
JOB. GIVE IT A TRY. WELL WHAT HE
DID FOR ME FORCED ME TO THINK
ABOUT SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT
EVERY WEEK. NUMBER TWO WHAT TO
WRITE. HOW DO I TAKE AN OPINION?
HOW TO BE CRITICIZED FOR THAT
OPINION, HOW TO EXTOL THE
VIRTUES OF WHATEVER IT WAS THAT
I WAS TRYING TO ADVANCE. TO
DEEPEN. POLITICAL THINKING. AND
MY POLITICAL ACUMEN. SO KEN
LAKE. DID ME A GREAT FAVOR. AND
I ENJOYED MY YEARS OF SERVICE
HERE. THE 1ST 12 YEARS. THE
DISTRICT CHANGE. IN FACT, I LOST
MY HOME, I THINK NOW THREE TIMES
IN REDISTRICTING. AND I LOST IN
1990. BY A FEW VOTES THAT MAKE
ANY DIFFERENCE. THEY LOST. SO
THEN I GO BACK TO AGRICULTURE
AND I GOT A CALL FROM GOVERNOR
WILSON. JIM I WANT TO POINT YOUR
CHAIRMAN OF THE BORDER PROGRAMS
GO CLEAN UP THAT PAROLE MESS. I
NEVER REALIZED WHAT A MESS IT
WAS. OR HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD
BE. TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
AREA. NOTHING IN THOSE 10 YEARS
WAS PLEASANT. COULD BE DEALING
WITH THE HARDEST. COURAGEOUS
THINGS. COULD EVER HAVE TO DEAL
WITH. BUT THAT WAS THE LORD'S
WILL. AND HE PUT ME THERE. FOR
HIS PURPOSE. ONE MORE FUNNY
STORY. I WENT DOWN TO CALIFORNIA
MEN'S COLONY TO MEET WITH THE
WARDEN OVER SOME ISSUES THAT THE
PRISON THERE. GOT BACK INTO TOWN
. ABOUT NINE AT NIGHT. MY MOTHER
WAS CALLED SHE WANTED SOME
ASPIRIN AND SOME CANDY. WELL, I
WANTED TO GO OUT AND JOG JOGGING
CLOTHES ON ACTUALLY DODD AND
COME BACK AND GO TO BED. WELL, I
KNEW IF I DIDN'T GET THAT FROM
MAMA NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. I'D
BE DOING IT AT THREE IN THE
MORNING, SO I MIGHT AS WELL GO
AHEAD AND GET IT NOW. I GO DOWN
TO SAFEWAY, GET THE PACKAGES AND
I'M STANDING FOR IN LINE TO
CHECK OUT. AS I'M WAITING THE
LADY OPEN THE CASH REGISTER.
BEGAN TO DO CHANGE. AND THIS MAN
RUSHED IN THE DOOR SHOVED THE
BANK IT ASIDE. SHOVED HER ASIDE
AND STARTED GRABBING THINGS OUT
OF THE CASH REGISTER AND
STUFFING IT INTO SHIRT. NO, I AM
NOT TRAINED. TO BE A LAW
ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL. AT
ALL. BUT I REMEMBER FEELING
THAT'S NOT OKAY. THAT'S NOT OKAY
IN THIS TOWN. SO I PUT THE
PACKAGE DOWN. HE SPUN AROUND,
SLUGGED THE BAG, KID RUN OUT THE
DOOR. I SAID. I BET HE'S GOING
TO GO AROUND LONG DRUGS AND COME
UP THIS STREET. SO I GOT IN MY
VAN AND IN FACT INTERCEPTED HIM.
AND I PULLED OUT AND HE'S
CHUGGING UP THE STREET. AND YOU
COULD TELL THAT HE WAS LOSING
THE CHUG. YEAH. BUT THE FUNNIER
PART I'M GLANCING OUT OF MY
PERIPHERAL VISION. TO SAFEWAY
DUDES ARE IN PURSUIT. BUT I
COULD TELL THEM THAT SPLIT
SECOND, THEY WANTED TO BE IN
PURSUIT, BUT NOT TO CATCH. SO MY
MIND SAYS NO HELP HERE. SO I
TOOK OUT AFTER IT. THIS IS RIGHT
OUT OF KEYSTONE COPS. HE STARTS
DARTING INTO THE BACK PATIOS OF
AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. NO, WE'RE
NOT GOING THROUGH THE GATES WERE
GOING OVER THE FENCES. THANK
BANG BANG LIGHTS ARE COMING ON.
DOGS ARE BARKING, KNOCKING STUFF
ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE
FOURTH PATIO. I FINALLY CATCH UP
WITH HIM. HE TRIES TO CLIMB OVER
A FENCE INTO A SCHOOLYARD.
GRABBED HIM BY THE BELT PULLED
HIM DOWN OFF THE FENCE. KEPT HIS
FEET OUT. HE STARTED FIGHTING,
SO I KICKED HIS FEET OUT, JAMMED
HIM DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND THE
GROUND HELD MY FOREARM TO HIS
NECK AND HE STARTS SAILING. I'M
DESPERATE AND DESPERATE. I'M
DOWN ON MY LUCK. THINGS ARE BAD
FOR THE FAMILY. I SAID FINE.
JUST STAY STILL. WELL, THEN THE
SAFEWAY HEROES ARRIVE ON THE
SCENE AND THEY START BACK. BAM
BAM! BAM! HITTING THE GUY! STOP
DON'T HIT THE MEN STAY HERE WITH
ME, BUT DON'T HIT HIM ANYMORE.
THEN THE WOODLAND PD ARRIVES ON
THE SCENE. BIG FLASHLIGHT.
SENATOR. WHAT IN THE HELL ARE
YOU DOING HERE? I SAID, WELL, IF
HE'S A PEARLY, I HAVE GOT HIS
REAR END. HE ENDED UP BEING A
MAN DEEPLY TROUBLED CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER. FROM LAKE COUNTY SIX
FT. 4 £240. NOW, IF I HAD KNOWN
THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO
BRAVE, I'M SURE BUT WHEN I WENT
HOME AND TOLD MARILYN SHE LOOKED
AT ME AND SHE SAID YOU GOT A
WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN. YOU DID
WHAT NO. OH, HONEY, YOU'RE MY
HERO. I NEVER DID THAT AGAIN.
BUT IT WAS INTERESTING. LET'S
CREATE THAT WAY AND THOSE
EXPERIENCES, I SUPPOSE THE
PAROLE BOARD SEASONED MAY
CONSIDERABLY SHOWED ME SOME OF
THE GOOD IN LIFE. AND SOME OF
THE BAD BUT THE SENATE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
MOST DEAR TO ME. I LOVE THIS
SENATE CHAMBER. I LOVE THE
SENATE. I LOVE THAT I'VE BEEN
ABLE TO SERVE HERE AS LONG AS I
HAVE. DO GOOD THINGS WITH THOSE
PEOPLE. I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
WHO ARE SACRIFICING AND I KNOW
THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU MAKE. I
TELL THOSE OF YOU WHO COME HERE
WHEN YOU GET FIRST GET HERE. YOU
KNOW, I SAID ONCE THE SWEARING
IN OCCURS THE SWEARING AT
BEGINS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS
PLEASANT. BUT YOU PUT UP WITH.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SENATE
I LOVE THE SENATE AND I LOVE YOU
TREASURER YEARS TOGETHER. AND
YOU NOW HAVE BECOME A PART OF
THE NIELSEN FAMILY. I SAY I'M
GONNA RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNRISE,
NOT SUNSET. AND MARILYN AND I
ARE GOING TO SPEND MORE TIME
TOGETHER. BEST THING I'VE EVER
DONE IN LIFE. AS TO BE WORTHY OF
THAT WOMAN'S LOVE. AND WE ENJOY
OURSELVES SO MUCH. WE'VE BOTH
BEEN BUSY PEOPLE, AND NOW WE'RE
GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BUSIER.
EACH OTHER. EXCUSE ME IF I GET A
LITTLE BIT VERBOSE, BUT LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, THIS COMES FROM
THE HEART. AT THIS INSTITUTION
THAT I REVERE. TREASURE. AND I
ASK YOU THE REVERE IT TREASURE
IT SIMILARLY. AND UPHOLD ITS
TRADITIONS. RESPECT EACH OTHER.
RESPECT THE RULES OF THE HOUSE.
AND SERVE THE PEOPLE. THAT YOU
REPRESENT. GOD LOVE YOU ALL.
THANK YOU.
NEXT UP. FOR OUR DEPARTING
RECOGNITION. WILL BE SENATOR
PAN. AFTER THAT, SENATOR
MELINDA'S AND THEN SENATOR
WIECKOWSKI. THANKS, EVERYONE.
I'LL ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE
SETTLE BACK DOWN. FIRST STEP TO
RECOGNIZE SENATOR PAN. WILL BE
OUR PRO TEM CENTER, ATKINS.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT, AND I
TRULY AM ENJOYING THESE MOMENTS
. MY COLLEAGUES. I AM REALLY
PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP
AND RECOGNIZE MY FRIEND, SENATOR
AND DOCTOR PAN. SEVEN YEARS AGO,
AN ALARMING DROP IN VACCINATION
RATES FUELED A MEASLES EPIDEMIC
THAT THREATENED FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE HE HONORS
BOTH OF THE OATHS THAT HE TOOK
AS A PHYSICIAN AND A LEGISLATOR
, DR RICHARD PAN, STEPPED UP AND
CLOSED LOOPHOLES AND CRACK DOWN
ON DOCTORS WHO HANDED OUT
EXEMPTIONS. LIKE MY CHILDHOOD
DOCTOR HANDED OUT LOLLIPOPS.
WITH HIS WORK. DR PAN ALSO
SHINED HIS LIGHT ON THE ISSUE OF
VACCINE EXTREMISM. WHICH WE'VE
HAD TO ENDURE AND OVERCOME
COUNTLESS TIMES REGARDING COVID
, WHICH IS REARING ITS UGLY HEAD
AGAIN, DEALING WITH MONKEYPOX
AND WITH NEW YORK STATE
REPORTING THAT POLIOVIRUS HAS
BEEN SHED INTO LOCAL WASTEWATER
SYSTEMS. WHO KNOWS HOW BAD THE
NEXT BATTLE COULD BE. THROUGH IT
ALL. RICHARD PANTS STOOD TALL,
IGNORED THE ATTACKS AS BEST HE
COULD. AND DID WHAT WAS RIGHT
FOR THE PEOPLE HE REPRESENTS IN
THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
BECAUSE OF THE OVERSIZED
IMPORTANCE OF THE VACCINATION
ISSUE. IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO DR PAN.
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE GREAT
RECESSION. DOCTOR PAN HAD A BILL
SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR
THAT ALLOWED STRUGGLING FIRE
STATIONS TO STAY OPEN.
BENEFITING THE SACRAMENTO AREA
AND OTHER REGIONS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. HOW PRESCIENT WAS THAT?
HE'D BEEN LEADING A VOID HAS
BEEN A LEADING VOICE FOR
ENSURING OUR WORK AND THE LAWS
OF THE STATE PROMOTE EQUITY AND
JUSTICE, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF
HEALTH ACCESS AND QUALITY. TWO
AREAS WHERE THE PANDEMIC
REVEALED WE HAVE MUCH MORE WORK
TO DO. AND IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK WHEN DR PAN AND I WERE
STILL IN THE ASSEMBLY WHEN THE
SENATE WAS CONSIDERING HIS BILL
TO ALLOW CALIFORNIA'S LGBTQ
VETERANS THE CHANCE TO GET BACK
BENEFITS THEY HAD LOST BECAUSE
OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL I'M NOT
ONLY PROUD TO HAVE VOTED FOR
THAT, BILL. I'M PROUD THAT THE
SENATE PASSED IT ON A 32 1 VOTE.
ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE. UH,
RICHARD PAN AND I RAN FOR OFFICE
. ORIGINALLY AT THE FIRST TIME,
THE FIRST TIME AH TO GET ELECTED
IN 2010. AND AS SO OFTEN WE MEET
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. AND UH, I
WAS IMPRESSED WHEN I MET HIM. WE
HAD MUTUAL FRIENDS IN SAN DIEGO
FROM THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT,
AND HE CAME DOWN TO SAN DIEGO,
AND THAT'S WHERE I FIRST MET
HIM. UM I WOULD THOSE OF YOU
THAT HAVE BEEN ON ANY KIND OF
TRIP WITH DR PAN. WHERE YOU HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
SOMETHING. UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE HE'S GOING
TO BE THE FIRST HAND RAISED TO
MAKE A COMMENT TO ASK A
QUESTION. TO BRING UP THREE OR
FOUR MORE ISSUES. AND THEN HE
TRAVELS BACK TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND PROMPTLY
INTRODUCES A BILL WITH ALL THE
BACKUP. AH AH, AND IT'S JUST SO
SERIOUS. YOU ARE ABOUT EVERY
UNDERTAKING. UM IT REALLY CAN BE
A JOY. AND AN IRRITATION TO
WATCH. EVERYONE GETS THEIR SAY
WITH DR PAN. AND I APPRECIATE
THAT, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE, FRANKLY
, THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE
ESPOUSING IF WE BELIEVE IN
DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLE'S ABILITY
TO WEIGH IN AND IT'S SO
DIFFERENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
WHEN YOU'RE ON A CITY COUNCIL
VERSUS BEING IN THE LEGISLATURE
, SO YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET THE ABILITY
TO SPEAK. PARTICULARLY THE
PUBLIC. SO I WANT TO SAY HOW
MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT DOCTOR
PAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU
PERSONALLY ON ANOTHER PERSONAL
NOTE FOR SUPPORTING ME IN THE
ASSEMBLY TO BECOME THE SPEAKER
AND SUPPORTING ME HERE TO BE THE%
PRO TIM. THOSE ARE PERSONAL
THINGS IN RELATIONSHIPS AND
CONNECTIONS YOU NEVER FORGET.
AND YOU NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
LEADERSHIP. AND I WANT TO
APOLOGIZE FOR THE GOOD SENATOR
FROM GARDENA AND THE FORMER
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY WHO
TRIED TO CHANGE YOUR ATTIRE TO
NO AVAIL TO NO AVAIL. WE SHOULD
HAVE FUN AT THESE THINGS. I'M
PRETTY SURE THOSE INCREDIBLY
BEAUTIFUL SHOES. OH, YOU HAVE
THEM ON TODAY. WHAT A TRIBUTE TO
YOU, SENATOR BRADFORD. BUT YOU
TOOK A LOT OF FLAK. FROM FOLKS
IN A LOT OF WAYS, AND THROUGH IT
ALL YOUR INTEGRITY, YOUR SENSE
OF HUMOR, AND YOU'RE JUST VERY
GOOD NATURE HAS WITHSTOOD IT ALL
. AND I AM GOING TO MISS YOU AND
COLLEAGUES. I JUST I'M SO
APPRECIATIVE THAT I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP AND TALK
ABOUT OUR GOOD FRIENDS, SENATOR.
DR PAM. NEXT UP, SENATOR
PORTANTINO. LIKE THE PRO TEM
SAYS THAT IT TRULY IS AN HONOR
TO SPEAK ABOUT DR PAN. UM THE
DOCTOR IS IN AND HE'S IN THE
HOUSE. AND I KNOW WE WILL ALL
MISS HAVING HIS HIS EXPERTISE. I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT EVERY
TIME A CONSTITUENT CALLS ME
ABOUT A MEDICAL ISSUE, I RUN
OVER TO DR PEN AND SAY, DOCTOR
PEN. WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? AND HE
ALWAYS MAKES TIME ALWAYS MAKES
TIME. SO THE DOCTOR HAS BEEN IN
AND HIS ABSENCE FROM THIS
CHAMBER WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
UM AND HE IS A SERIOUS SERIOUS
POLICYMAKER, LEGISLATOR AND
PHYSICIAN AS THE PRO TEM
OUTLINE, THOUGH, THERE WAS ONE
TIME I SOUGHT HIS ADVICE, AND I
THOUGHT HIS OBSESSION WITH THE
FAMILY FEUD ONE A LITTLE FAR
BECAUSE I ASKED HIM TO DIAGNOSE
A PROBLEM AND HE'S HIS ANSWER
WAS WELL, THE SURVEY SAYS. AND I
DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS AN
APPROPRIATE MEDICAL RESPONSE.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT ALL OF US
ANALYSIS HAS BEEN, UH, HAS BEEN
SPOT ON AS IT'S BEEN SAID, AND I
THINK MY OUR COLLEAGUE SENATOR
NIELSEN TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
AFTER YOU GET SWORN IN, YOU GET
SWORN AT I DON'T THINK THERE'S
BEEN A LEGISLATOR IN HISTORY.
THAT HAS HAD TO FACE UM, THE
SLINGS AND ARROWS, UM AND PUSH
BACK AND ANGER BECAUSE AS
PASSIONATE AS DR PEN IS ABOUT
BEING A PEDIATRICIAN, WE KNOW
THAT THOSE PASSIONS RUN AROUND
THE STATE AND FOLKS, UH, LET'S
SAY, I'LL SAY IT NICELY HAVEN'T
ALWAYS APPRECIATED HIS PASSION
FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AND I THINK
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHAT
HAS DRIVEN DOCTOR PAN IS HIS
OATH TO BE A HEALER. AND TO DO
WHAT HE THOUGHT AND WHAT IS IN
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THOSE
CHILDREN AROUND THE STATE. AND
TO DO THAT, AND KEEP HIS CHIN UP
AND STAND TALL. WHEN FOLKS WERE
NOT JUST YELLING. BUT WE'RE
TOUCHING HIM PHYSICALLY. THAT
SAYS A LOT ABOUT DR PAN AND HIS
BELIEF IN WHAT HE, UH HAS DONE
UM PRIOR TO SERVING IN THE
LEGISLATURE. HE BROUGHT HEALTH
CARE TO 65,000. CHILDREN IN THE
SACRAMENTO AREA THROUGH THE
NONPROFIT THAT HE CHAMPIONED
WHEN HE WAS DOING THIS WORK.
BEFORE HE WAS A POLICYMAKER. NOW
BEING A PEDIATRICIAN AND BEING A
CHILDREN'S DOCTOR, I THINK
HELPED HIM TREAT US IN THE
LEGISLATURE. GET THAT FOLKS.
THAT'S A JOKE, YOU KNOW, GAVE
HIM EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN. UM
BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT WHO HE IS, AND THAT'S
HOW I FIRST MET HIM. WHEN A
CONSTITUENT OF MINE WHO WAS THE
CEO OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
PEDIATRICIAN REGIONS MENTIONED
THAT THERE WAS A PEDIATRICIAN
RUNNING FOR THE STATE ASSEMBLY
AND INTRODUCED ME TO DR PAN AND
I BECAME FRIENDS AND A SUPPORTER
EARLY IN HIS IN HIS TIME. THAT'S
WHERE OUR FRIENDSHIP AND AS THE
PRO TEM MENTIONED THESE
RELATIONSHIPS UM, MATTER, UM AND
THEN TAKING THAT EXPERIENCE HERE
TO THIS HOUSE TO THE
LEGISLATURE, MAKING SURE THAT
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS CAN'T BE
DENIED BE A REASON TO DENY
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. THINK
ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE IN
CALIFORNIA GOING TO BENEFIT
BECAUSE DR PAN CHANGE STATE LAW
SO THEY'RE PRECONDITION. PRE
EXISTING CONDITIONS DON'T KEEP
THEM FROM GETTING THE HEALTH
CARE THAT THEY DESERVE. THINK
ABOUT HIS EDUCATION LEVEL. JOHNS
HOPKINS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY OF
PITTSBURGH. I MEAN, THIS IS A
MAN WHO'S TRAVELED THE STATES
AND GOT EVERYTHING FROM THOSE
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE HIM
WHO HE IS TODAY. UM YOU KNOW, AS
WE TALK ABOUT THE FLU AGAIN, YOU
KNOW, DR PAN AS KEPT HIS SENSE
OF HUMOR BCAUSE WHEN FOLKS WENT
TO HIM AND SAID, TELL US ABOUT
THE BIRD FLU DR PAN SAID. DON'T
WORRY, IT'S TWEET A BLE. DON'T
WORRY, IT'S TWEET A BLE. YOU
KNOW, HE'S A FATHER OF TWO.
THERE SHOULD BE A DAD JOKE. IN
HIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE AGAIN,
THAT'S WHO WELL, THAT'S WHO
MAKES HIM WHO HE IS, IS. HE
BRINGS THAT PERSPECTIVE AS A DAD
AS A PEDIATRICIAN. UM IT TRULY
HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO GET TO KNOW
HIM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MENTAL
HEALTH AS WE ALL TALK ABOUT
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DR PAN
AGAIN WHEN THE WHOLE LATE START
ISSUE CAME UP. UM IT WAS
SOMEBODY WHO I COULD GO TO AS A
RESOURCE WHO SAID YES, THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
PEDIATRICS. RECOMMENDS THIS FOR
CHILDREN AND HE WAS A STAUNCH
ALLY. WHEN IT CAME TO MENTAL
HEALTH FIRST AID. HE PUT A BILL
ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK AND SAID
WE SHOULD TRAIN PERSONNEL IN OUR
SCHOOLS TO BE AWARE OF THE SIGNS
OF SUICIDE. AND AGAIN. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IT NOW. THIS WAS
FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN DR PAM
CHAMPION THAT ISSUE SO
LEADERSHIP HAS TO DO WITH
VALUES. DR PAN HAS THOSE VALUES
LEADERSHIP HAS TO DO WITH VISION
. DOCTOR PAN HAD THAT VISION TO
BE AHEAD OF THE CURB AND THEN
LEADERSHIP HAS TO DO WITH
ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND DR PAN HAS
ACCOMPLISHED A LOT FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH
OF RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA AND
THEN FINALLY, LEADERSHIP IS
BEING HUMBLE. AND DR PEN. NEVER
TOUTS ANY OF THESE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE JUST QUIETLY
DOES THE WORK. HE'S NOT SOMEBODY
WHO RUSHES TO GET THE LIMELIGHT
. HE'S SOMEBODY WHO JUST PUTS
HIS PASSION, HIS LEADERSHIP HIS
VISION ON THE FOREFRONT. AND
THEN DEALS WITH THE CONSEQUENCES
OF THAT. WITH STATESMANSHIP WITH
CLASS WITH DIGNITY AND RESOLVE,
AND THAT'S SOMEBODY WE ADMIRE.
AND THAT SOMEBODY WHY WE ALL
LOVE DOCTOR PAN AND APPRECIATE
HIS EFFORTS. SO AGAIN, AS I SAID
IN THE BEGINNING, THE DOCTOR IS
IN THE DOCTOR IS IN AND THERE'S
THAT PHRASE THE GOOD DOCTOR.
THIS IS A GOOD MAN WHO WAS A
GOOD DOCTOR WHO IS A GREAT
SENATOR. AND SO THANK YOU FOR
LETTING ME SPEAK ABOUT YOUR DR
PANKAJ. BLESS.
DR PAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. AND I FIRST OF ALL, I
HAVE TO THANK MADAM PRO TAM AND
A GOOD FRIEND FROM LA CANADA
FLINTRIDGE FOR YOUR FOR YOUR
REMARKS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP. A
FRIENDSHIP WHICH WE STARTED
BEFORE EVERYTHING GOT INTO
OFFICE CERTAINLY WAS AN
INSPIRATION TO ME TO MEET EACH
OF YOU AS I WAS ON MY JOURNEY TO
SEE WHETHER EVEN MAKE THE OFFICE
YOU KNOW MY FIRST GRAND MOST
PEOPLE DIDN'T GIVE ME MUCH OF A
SHOT, JUST LIKE A GOOD FRIEND
FROM RED BLUFF. AND I WAS THE
FIRST WRITING DEALS THAT NICE
GUY CAN'T WIN. SO UM, IT WAS IT
WAS A CHALLENGING RACE, BUT THE
ENCOURAGEMENT I GOT FROM BOTH OF
YOU THE FRIENDSHIP AND THEN WE
WERE ABLE TO COME INTO OFFICE
AND SERVED TOGETHER. CERTAINLY
HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE. I ALSO ALSO WANT TO
RECOGNIZE, UH, ALSO, UM MY
COLLEAGUES HERE WHO ALSO SERVED
ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR VERY KIND WORDS.
ALSO DURING OUR LAST SCHEDULED
HEARING AS WELL, AND PERHAPS
PEOPLE AREN'T AROUND TO HEAR
THAT. UT AGAIN, THERE'S VERY
MOVING AND TOUCHING TO ME AS
WELL. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THOSE WORDS, AND I ALSO
WANT TO THANK MY CONSTITUENTS
AND THE SACRAMENTO REGION WHO
FIRST ELECTED ME TWICE TO THE
STATE ASSEMBLY AND THEN TWICE
THE SENATE. AND ALSO REFUSED TO
ALLOW TO RECALL ATTEMPTS TO GET
ON THE BALLOT. SO THANK YOU SO
VERY MUCH AND YOU NEED THE
APPLEBEE'S SERVE. IT'S BEEN A
TREMENDOUS HONOR TO REPRESENT
ALL OF THEM. AND TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH ALL OF
YOU. THIS AMAZING GROUP OF
LEGISLATORS. AND IT'S AND WE'VE
WE'VE DONE SO MUCH TOGETHER. ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALSO,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE IN THE
STATE SENATE. YEAH SOMETIMES
PEOPLE LIKE LOOK AT STATE
LEGISLATORS LIKE HOW IMPORTANT
ARE YOU AND SO FORTH? AND HOW?
HOW MUCH AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
THAT. I JUST WANT TO PUT
SOMETHING IN THE CONTEXT. UM
HERE IN THE STATE SENATE BECAUSE
IN 2018, WHY LATINO RAN FOR THIS
THIS TERM IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION. IT TURNED OUT I GOT
MORE VOTES IN MY REELECTION THAN
BERNIE SANDERS GOTTEN HIS FOR
THE U. S SENATE. ALRIGHT THAT
TELLS YOU HOW BIG OR DISTRICTS
ARE RIGHT. BY THE WAY, I HAD A
HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF VOTES TOO,
SO, BUT I MEAN, JUST REALLY SAYS
SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN WE RUN FOR
THE STADIUM FOR THE FOR THESE
SEATS HERE. WE'RE REALLY
REPRESENTING A LOT OF PEOPLE,
VERY BROAD CONSTITUENCY AND SO
WHAT WE DO IS NOT ONLY VERY
IMPORTANT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO
GARNER A LOT OF SUPPORT AFTER
HIS I THINK SHARED EARLIER JUST
VERY BRIEFLY AS A CHILD OF
IMMIGRANTS. I NEVER EXPECTED TO
BE AN ELECTED OFFICE. I MEAN, I
NEVER SAW ANYONE LOOK LIKE ME IN
IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION,
POLITICS OR LOTS OF DIFFERENT
FIELDS. ACTUALLY, IT JUST WAS
NOT SOMETHING I EVER SAW. AND IN
FACT, IN MANY TIMES AND AT LEAST
IN THE PLACES WHERE I GREW UP,
MAINLY GREW UP IN THE EAST
COAST. WE WERE LIKE THE ONLY ARE
ONE OF TWO OR THREE ASIAN
FAMILIES AND THE WHOLE AREA. IN
FACT, MOST OF US MOST PEOPLE
HAVE LOOKED AT US AS OBJECTS OF
CURIOSITY, RIGHT, LIKE, YOU
KNOW. SO UH, SO IT'S CERTAINLY
BEING IN POLITICS WAS NOT
SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT MUCH
ABOUT GROWING UP. UH I DO HAVE
TO SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT WHEN
PRESIDENT OBAMA GOT ELECTED?
THAT WAS REALLY A REAL GAME
CHANGER. UM SO YOU KNOW, TO SEE
A PERSON OF COLOR AND I'M ASIAN
AMERICAN. I'M NOT BLACK, BUT TO
SEE HIM WIN SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW
WHAT? MAYBE THERE'S ACTUALLY A
POSSIBILITY. IF NOT MYSELF, MY
CHILDREN COULD POTENTIALLY HOLD
ELECTED OFFICE, RIGHT? AND SO,
UH, NOW I WASN'T PLANNING AT
THAT TIME TO RUN FOR THE
LEGISLATURE. BUT TWO YEARS
LATER, WITH THE GREAT RECESSION,
I DID. AND UM, YOU KNOW, I RAN.
IT WAS A CHALLENGING ELECTION,
BUT IN FACT, I THINK IT WAS THE
HARDEST ELECTION IN THE STATE
THAT YEAR. UM AND, UM YOU KNOW,
I GOT ELECTED AND IT TURNED OUT
. I DIDN'T REALIZE SO. BUT WHEN
I WANT THAT WAS THE FIRST ASIAN
AMERICAN TO REPRESENT THE CITY
OF SACRAMENTO EVER AND THIS WAS
100 AND 50 YEARS AFTER THEY
BROUGHT CHINESE AMERICAN CHINESE
AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS, TWO SECONDS
START BUILDING THE RAILROAD SO
YOU KNOW WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS,
BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT YOU
KNOW, THE SORT OF LIKE THAT THAT
WAS THAT WAS QUITE THE LANDMARK.
AND IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING
JOURNEY. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING
JOURNEY. AND IT'S BEEN AN
AMAZING TIME WITH ALL OF YOU, UH
, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW THAT
REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE
LEGISLATURE IS A COLLECTIVE
ACTIVITY RIGHT SO EACH OF US CAN
OFFER BILLS AND SO FORTH, BUT WE
CAN'T GET THEM PASSED WITHOUT 41
OR 21 OR 27 HERE IN DECEMBER,
RIGHT, SO WE ALL HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GET OUR
BILLS PASSED TO MOVE THE
POLICIES THAT WE WANT TO MOVE.
SO THIS IS REALLY THE THESE ANY
PARTICULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
CERTAINLY ARE ONES THAT WE ALL
SHARE TOGETHER. AND, UH, YOU
KNOW, AS A PHYSICIAN, I
ADVOCATED FOR A LOT OF THINGS
AROUND EXPANDING HEALTHCARE. AND
BE SURE WE HAVE BETTER QUALITY
AND SO FORTH, AND FRANKLY, WE'RE
ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THAT. I
WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THOSE HERE
EVEN IN JUST THIS PAST YEAR, AND
THAT'S BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER
. AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE
HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON
THAT. WE ALL KNOW HERE. THAT LOT
OF VOTES AREN'T UNANIMOUS. SOME
OF THEM BITE THE SKIN OF THEIR
TEETH. BUT WE DID THAT TOGETHER,
AND I THINK WE REALLY DO TRY TO
WORK MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS
ABOUT HOW TO DO IT FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND I TRULY THINK
THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE
TOGETHER HAS MADE THINGS BETTER
FOR THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. WE
HAVE PROBLEMS. SURE. YOU STILL
HAVE PROBLEMS WE HAVE TO TACKLE.
UM BUT WE REALLY DID DO THAT,
AND IT'S REALLY TRULY BEEN A
TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE PRIVILEGE.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D EVER HAVE
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. TO BE
HERE WITH ALL OF YOU, UM,
CERTAINLY GOING TO MISS BEING
HERE. I'M STILL LOCAL. SO IT'S A
COUPLE OF COMMENTS I SHOULD
MAKE. SO FIRST OF ALL. HOPEFULLY
WON'T SHOW UP HERE ON THE FLOOR
SO OFTEN THAT YOU'RE LIKE, OH,
GOD. HE USED BACK AGAIN, HOWEVER
, OUT AS A PHYSICIAN, WE OFTEN
TALKED ABOUT PROFESSIONAL
COURTESY. RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU
TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER DOCTORS,
FAMILY OR SO FORTH, SO YOU ARE
PART OF MY FAMILY. YOU ALWAYS
HAVE PROFESSIONAL COURTESY. IF
YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A
CHILD GRANDCHILD, HEALTH FEEL
NEVER CHARGE ANYTHING. ADVICE IS
FREE. AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO
REPORT THAT THE VPC EITHER SO
ANYWAY, YOU ARE PART OF MY
PROFESSIONAL FAMILY. AND I'D
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. DO YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM SO I JUST
WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. UM,
I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY AS WELL
AND I KNOW IT'S COMMENTED BY
BOTH THE PT AND MY GOOD FRIEND
FROM LIKE AN IDEA FLINTRIDGE
ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I AM,
BY THE WAY ALL OF US HAD TO GO
THROUGH. SORRY ABOUT SOME OF MY
BILLS. UM AND I DID WHAT I DO
WANT TO RECALL THAT
UNFORTUNATELY TIME I WAS
ACTUALLY ASSAULTED ON THE STREET
IN 2019. I REALLY APPRECIATED
THE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT
POSITIONS ON THE BILL. BUT THE
UNIVERSAL SUPPORT I GOT HERE
WHEN I GAVE MY REMARKS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, AND SO AND
I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, FOR
EXAMPLE, MY GOOD FRIEND FROM RED
BLUFF GAVE, YOU KNOW SPEECH
ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF SENATOR NOW
, NATALIE COURTESY BUT RESPECT
AND ALSO FROM THE PRO TEM AND
OTHERS AS WELL. AND THE
UNANIMOUS, YOU KNOW, UH, SUPPORT
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE DIFFICULT
JOB OF GOVERNING. AND SO WHILE
WE MAY CERTAINLY HAVE
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ABOUT HOW
WE'VE APPROACHED THINGS WE NEED
SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF
BEING ABLE TO TRULY GOVERN THIS
STATE AND MAKE IT BETTER. SO
AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR THAT UNIVERSAL SUPPORT. NOW
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
WORK THAT WE DO TOGETHER
CERTAINLY IS NOT JUST OURSELVES.
UM I HAVE FIRST, SO I JUST WANT
TO MENTION FIRST OF ALL, I WANT
TO THANK ALL THE COMMITTEE
CONSULTANTS OUT THERE. I SHOULD
MENTION THAT I DO. TRY TO READ
ALL THE ANALYSES UNTIL YOU
WORKED VERY HARD ON THEM. SO AND
ALL THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES I'M
ON AH, I'VE HAD THE HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE OF THE ACTUALLY SERVE
ON TO ACTUALLY CHAIR FOR
COMMITTEES IN MY TIME HERE IN
THE LEGISLATURE, AND I JUST
BEGAN APPRECIATE THE TIME TO
RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE COMMITTEE
CONSULTANTS AND STAFF THAT HAVE
HAD THE UNDERPRIVILEGED OF WORK
FOR WITH AS CHAIR SO IN PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT, RETIREMENT, GLENN
MILES FAMILY SCHNEIDER,
ACCORDING TO CIGUATERA. BRAD
AGAIN, AND LABOR INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS. GIDEON BOMB THE
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES. SCOTT AUGUST
. WE NEED TO POKE TERESA PINA
AND THEN THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
. MELANIE MARINO. TERRY BOWDEN,
RAY RAY'S DIAZ, CHEN, FLORRIE,
VINCE MARCHAND, AMY AS BASH.
KIMBERLY CHEN, NIA JONES, K
PATRICK AND COURTNEY SKINNER. DO
ALL HELPED. AGAIN ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE NOT ONLY GREAT ANALYSIS,
BUT ALL THE WORK THEY DO IN THE
BACKGROUND TO GET THE BILLS INTO
SHAPE BEFORE THEY COME TO
COMMITTEE. THEN OF COURSE, MY
PERSONAL THE STAFF IN MY OFFICE
AS WELL, MANY OF WHOM ACTUALLY
HAD BEEN WITH ME, EVEN IN THE
ASSEMBLY AS WELL. AND IT'S JUST
SUCH AN AMAZING GROUP AND I'M SO
PROUD OF THEM, AND I KNOW THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO
FAR EVEN AS I LEAVE AND SO I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF IN
MY OFFICE. DARREN WALSH, EDDIE
KIRBY, ALYSSA CHEETAH. KAREN
ABREGO, JENNA VON BISMARCK, GREG
BORDEN, JOE DEBS, MICHAEL OLIVER
, ANDREW POWERS, J. SINGH. AND
CRYSTAL BAUER STRAIGHT. DANIEL
LOPEZ, BURNETT, SULLIVAN,
SHANNON VALADEZ, CLAIRE CONLAN
KELLY BURNS MADE A CASTELLO
GARCIA JACKIE YOON JAE MEENA
FILLER. TYLER A GOAL ARE JENNY
BARK, MELISSA BARDO, VIKRAM
BURKE, CRISPY NEO DIANA DOUGLAS
, MARLON LARA FAITHFULLY ENTIRE
SHOW. WHAT AND, OF COURSE, ALL
THE WONDERFUL FELLOWS WHO HAVE
ALSO BEEN WITH MY OFFICE. SO YOU
KNOW THAT IT'S A STAFF THAT
MAKES THINGS HAPPEN. AND THEN I
ALSO WANT TO FINALLY ALSO
EXPRESS MY TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE
TO MY FAMILY. WHO THEY DIDN'T
SIGN UP FOR THIS. UH, YOU KNOW,
IT'S SORT THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD THE
KIND OF AGREE GO ALONG WITH MY
DECISION TO GO AND ELECTED
OFFICE. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY
ORIGINALLY SIGNED UP FOR. SO I'M
TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL TO THEM.
MY WIFE WENLIE, MY TWO CHILDREN
TO LOVE AND ENCOURAGE. UM OUR
FAMILIES, AS YOU KNOW, MAKE MANY
SACRIFICES THAT WE CAN SERVE THE
PEOPLE. I SHOULD MENTION THAT MY
WIFE SHE MARRIED A PHYSICIAN.
SHE WASN'T MARRIED, EXPECTING TO
OUR PLAN OR SEEK TO MARRY TO BE
A SPOUSE AND AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
AND THE ATTENTION THAT BRINGS TO
HER BUT SHE DID SO WITH THE
COURAGE, GRACE AND LOVE. AND
EVEN THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY, MY
FAMILY HAS ALSO BEEN THREATENED
BY THE SAME EXTREMISTS WHO HAVE
TRIED TO ATTACK ME. SHE NEVER
WAVERED IN HER SUPPORT OR
COMMITMENT TO MY PUBLIC SERVICE,
AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR
THAT. NOW I'VE MET MY IMMEDIATE
FAMILY. THEY'RE THEY'RE BUSY MY
WIFE SEEING HER PATIENTS AND HER
PRACTICE AND MY CHILDREN AT
SCHOOL, BUT COINCIDENTALLY, IT
TURNS OUT MY BROTHER AND I TO
HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. MY NIECES
FROM PENNSYLVANIA WERE ACTUALLY
VISITING THIS WEEK. AND SO WE'VE
COME TO SEE US IN SACRAMENTO, SO
ACTUALLY, THEY AND MY MOTHER
BROUGHT MY MOTHER ALONG OR
APPEAR IN PUBLIC GALLERIES.
SOMEONE THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WELCOMING THEM. AND IT'S SO
AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF
SERVING WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE
THE HEALTH AND THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE. CALIFORNIA THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, FRIENDS. OUR NEXT
RECOGNITION WILL BE FOR SENATOR
MILLENDER DEZ. AND OUR FIRST
SPEAKER. EVERYONE SETTLES DOWN.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE
SENATOR DOLLY! YEAH. THANK YOU.
MR PRESIDENT. PERSON PURSUANT TO
SENATE RULE 28. I AM MAKING A
MOTION TO WITHDRAW SCR FIVE FROM
THE SENATE GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE. AND BE
BROUGHT TO THE SENATE FLOOR SO
WE CAN HAVE A THOROUGH AND FULL
AND VIGOROUS DEBATE ABOUT THE
CONTINUING MERITS OF THE
GOVERNOR'S STATE OF EMERGENCY.
IT HAS BEEN 861 DAYS. ARE WE
DONE YET? I THOUGHT I'D START
OFF WITH JUST SOMETHING THAT THE
GOOD SENATOR HAS BEEN VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT BUT IN ALL
SERIOUSNESS MELISSA IS A VETERAN
OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, WHERE
SHE BECAME FLUENT IN RUSSIAN.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN
APPROVED TO FLY ON BOARD OF THE
E P RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
OVERSEAS. SHE SERVED HER COUNTRY
FOR 10 YEARS IN THE NAVY DURING
THE COLD WAR. OPERATIONS DESERT
STORM AND DESERT AND DESERT
SHIELD. AFTER LEAVING THE NAVY,
MELISSA STARTED HER OWN SMALL
BUSINESS. PROVIDING TRANSCRIPTS
SERVICES TO HIGH LEVEL PENTAGON
OFFICIALS. SHE WAS ELECTED TO
SERVE ON THE LAKE ELSINORE CITY
COUNCIL IN 2008. WHERE SHE
SERVED ALSO AS MAYOR. ONE TIME I
ASKED MELISSA ABOUT HER SERVICE.
AND AS BEING A SPY ON THE
RUSSIANS IN WHAT WHAT SHE COULD
TELL ME AND SHE SAID. I'D HAVE
TO KILL YOU IF I LET YOU KNOW.
AND I BELIEVE SHE WOULD HAVE.
MELISSA AND I CAME IN IN 2012
TOGETHER, AND I WAS TALKING WITH
HER ACTUALLY, YESTERDAY AND THIS
MORNING ABOUT HER CHILDREN. SHE
HAS FIVE CHILDREN. UM. AND SHE'S
MARRIED TO NICO AND HER YOUNGEST
WAS SIX AND OUR OLDEST WAS 13 10
YEARS AGO. BUT THEY HAVE NOT
KNOWN THEIR MOM AS SOMEBODY WHO
HAS NEVER BEEN ELECTED, AND I
KNOW THAT MANY OF US DO HAVE
CHILDREN AND HAVE BEEN ELECTED
FOR SOME TIME. UM I HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE. AND I
KNOW THAT MANY TIMES WHEN WE
WERE IN THE ASSEMBLY AND IN THE
SENATE THAT MELISSA WOULD
ACTUALLY GO HOME ON WEDNESDAYS
TO TAKE CARE OF HER FAMILY'S,
AND I JUST KNOW THAT YOUR
COMMITMENT TO YOUR FAMILY AND
YOUR HUSBAND HAVE WELL BEYOND
THE CALL OF DUTY. I KNOW THEY'RE
OLDER. NOW THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO
LEFT AT HOME. UM MELISSA IS
KNOWN FOR HER HARD WORK AND HER
AH! ATTITUDE TO NEVER GIVE UP.
AND I THINK THE THING THAT'S
MOST AWESOME ABOUT YOU, MELISSA
IS THAT YOU HAVE NEVER CHANGED
IN THE IN THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE
KNOWN YOU. FOR SUCH A PETITE AH!
YOU ARE LIKE DYNAMITE COMES IN A
SMALL PACKAGE. THAT'S WHAT I
COULD THINK OF AS THINKING ABOUT
YOUR SERVICE HERE. AND I WANT TO
SAY THAT MELISSA, AS YOU ALL
KNOW, HAS I THINK THE LARGEST
SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING OF ALL OF
OTHER SENATORS, AT LEAST ON OUR
SIDE OF THE AISLE. SHE HAS NEVER
BACKED OFF OF BEING ABLE TO
PROMOTE THE THINGS THAT SHE
CARES ABOUT, AND THE THINGS THAT
SHE WANTS TO SHARE WITH HER
CONSTITUENTS. AND UH, AND ONE OF
THE I THINK THE BIGGEST
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I RECALL
FOR MELISSA WAS A B 403. MAYBE
403 WAS A BILL THAT, UH, MELISSA
RAN ON THE LEGISLATURE'S
EMPLOYEES WHISTLEBLOWERS TO BE
ALLOWED TO BLOW THE WHISTLE ON
LEGISLATORS, QUITE FRANKLY, WHO
WERE NOT BEING APPROPRIATE. AND
TO PROTECT THE BUILDING THOSE
THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED HERE.
AH SHE DOGGED IT FOR YEARS. IT
GOT HUNG UP IN COMMITTEE. THEY
GOT STUCK IN THIS PLACE OR THAT
PLACE AND NEVER CAME TO LIGHT
BUT SOMETHING REALLY AWESOME.
TOOK PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY. THE
ME TOO. MOVEMENT CAME ALONG AND
MELISSA WAS AWAY AHEAD OF THE
CURB. TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES
, AND IT CAME TO LIGHT AND
ACTUALLY, THAT BILL BECAME LAW
AND I THINK THAT IT WAS GOOD FOR
CALIFORNIA. IT WAS GOOD FOR OUR
NATION TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE
THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN
POWER I HAVE A DUTY TO BE TO BE
CALLED UPON OR CALLED OUT WHEN
THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT. SO I WANT
TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS BUILDING
AND FOR THE LEGISLATURES WHO WHO
HAVE ABUSED THOSE RIGHTS AND
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE
BECAUSE IT'S MADE THIS
LEGISLATURE A LOT BETTER PLACE.
AND IT'S NOT DONE A LOT FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE. THERE ARE
I WANTED TO SAY THAT I CAN'T GO
FOR WE'VE HEARD ABOUT RESPECT
FROM THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE
TALKED TODAY AND I THINK THE ONE
THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS I
RESPECT WHO YOU ARE SO MUCH. I
THANK YOU FOR OUR FRIENDSHIP. I
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT
THING ALWAYS NO MATTER THE
ADVERSITY THAT IS STUCK WITH
WITH YOU, UH AND EVEN NICO SAID
DON'T MESS WITH HER. DON'T MESS
WITH. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING
HE TOLD ME 12 YEARS AGO WE MET.
REMEMBER TRAINING IS LIKE THEY
JUST BE CAREFUL. IT'S TRUE. SHE
IS. SHE IS A LOT OF DYNAMITE AND
I'LL JUST SAY THAT YOU KNOW
COVID. UM CHANGED OUR WORLD. AND
MAINLY, IT CHANGED. SENATOR
HUESO. KAMLAGER DOVE AND SENATOR
UM MELENDEZ BECAUSE WE WERE
STUCK IN THE BACK. AND, UM. AND
I DON'T KNOW WHY. I KNOW THAT I
WAS KIND OF BOXED IN BACK THERE.
MELISSA SAT IN FRONT OF US BEEN
SET TO THE SIDE OF ME AND THEN
KAMLAGER WAS UP A LITTLE BIT OF
HARVEST, BUT I WANT TO SAY ALL
THREE OF YOU ARE LEAVING. AND I
AND I FEEL LIKE A PART OF ME IS
GOING BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH FUN
BACK IN OUR LITTLE CORNER. UH,
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WOULD COME IN
THERE. IT WAS FAIR GAME. WE WERE
ALL GOING TO, LIKE, TAKE OUR
SHOTS AT HIM. I THINK ABOUT
SENATOR LAIRD CAME BACK ONE TIME
AND WE SAID NO, YOU CAN'T. YOU
CAN'T. YOU GOTTA LEAVE RIGHT
NOW. SO MELISSA, UH, ON BEHALF
OF THE SENATE AND ON BEHALF OF
OUR FRIENDSHIP AND ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT
JOB IN, UM AND YOUR RESPECT
LEVEL IS, UH BEYOND THE MAJOR
AND I WANT TO JUST SAY TO YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY. UM THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITMENT
AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN. I KNOW
IT'S NOT BEEN EASY, BUT YOUR
DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN
MADE BETTER ABOUT YOUR SERVICE.
HERE. THANK YOU.
SENATOR WIECKOWSKI. IT'S MY
PLEASURE TO GET UP AND SAY A
COUPLE OF WORDS. I MEAN, REALLY
MY PLEASURE TO SAY SOMETHING
NICE ABOUT MY COLLEAGUE FROM
LAKE ELSINORE AND THE CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR, REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE MR LAIRD AND MR GLAZER
AND I WERE ON THE BACK. WITH THE
WITH THE PRO TEMP BACK HERE, SO
I'M LEAVING ALSO, BUT YOU'LL
ALWAYS HAVE GLAZER HERE. BUT YOU
NEED ANY OF THE FRIEND AND MY
COUNT IS THAT IT'S 897 DAYS
SINCE THE COVID, UH, STADIUM
URGENCY, SO I JUST WANT TO LAY
THAT ON THE TABLE, SO EVERYBODY
HAS THAT. UM, NOW, SOME OF YOU
SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING,
WHY IS WIECKOWSKI SPEAKING ABOUT
THE SENATOR FROM RIVERSIDE
COUNTY AND. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS
I MEAN, WE SHE KNOWS HOW
SENSITIVE AND I AM AND HOW SAPPY
I CAN BE AT THESE MOMENTS, AND
IT'S JUST WAITING FOR AN
AVALANCHE. M, OF CHEERS TO
COME. BUT OF COURSE, THE REAL
ANSWER IS THAT WE'RE SO SIMILAR.
YOU KNOW POLITICALLY WERE
PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL TWINS. YOU
KNOW, WE SHARED THE SAME FUN
LOVING VALUES OF RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA, SAME SEX EDUCATION,
GUNS, HIGH SPEED RAIL, AND THE
LIST GOES ON. JUST TWO PEAS IN A
POD. NOW MOST OF THE TIME,
MELISSA AND I HAVE SERVED HERE
IN THE ASSEMBLY AND IN THE IN
THE SENATE. WE'VE BEEN
NEIGHBORS. WE LITERALLY OUR
OFFICES, FOR SOME REASON HAVE
ALWAYS CO LOCATED. I DON'T KNOW
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT, UM BUT
SERIOUSLY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT WE HAVE IN SYMPTOMS SIMILAR
. WE BOTH SPEAK SLAVIC
LANGUAGES. MIODRAG JAPAN'S FOR
SWITCHING KOREAN TRUST NOW
BUILDING OUT SAME RASIN, LIBYAN
PIVOTAL. E OWNER LIBYAN TRUMP
NOW THIS NOW WE'VE HEARD ALL
ABOUT BEING IN THE NAVY BEING,
YOU KNOW, BEING IN HAWAII. I
MEAN, THIS IS ONE BAD MUJER. I
WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW AS THE
PICKUP SHE IS ONE BAD MUJER ON
YOU LOOK AT THE RESUME OF WHAT
SHE'S DONE POLITICALLY, I MEAN
IN PROFESSIONALLY IN, IT'S IT
TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE FOR A
YOUNG WOMAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A
REAGAN YOUTH WOMAN BUT A YOUNG
WOMAN THERE TO JOIN THE MILITARY
IN A MALE DOMINATED AH,
PROFESSION AT THAT TIME HER MOM
WORKED. THEY COME FROM
YOUNGSTOWN. THEIR MOM WORKED IN
STEEL MILL. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE
BAD MUJER THAT THERE'S A
TOUGHNESS AND A GRIT AND THE
FEISTINESS NOW I KNOW SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON OUR SIDE HAS NOT
ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE
FEISTINESS AND THE OUTSPOKENNESS
THAT YOU HAD. BUT BUT IT NEEDED
TO BE SAID. YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE PEOPLE'S THIS IS THE
LEGISLATURE. THINGS THAT YOU
HAVE SAID HERE, MAYBE PICKING UP
ON THE PROTESTS, WORD AND
IRRITANT TO SOME FOLKS NEEDED TO
BE SAID. AND WE NEEDED TO, UH,
PROCESS THAT, UM YOU KNOW ONE
THING ABOUT THE SENATOR THAT YOU
CAN SAY SHE STICKS TO HER GUNS.
I MEAN, SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE N
R A. AND THEN YOU GOT YOU GOT,
DAD. UM ECO, UM THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNORS. UM
THANK YOU. A B 403 REALLY WAS A
BIG DEAL. I MEAN, WE MAKE YOU
KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT FOR
REPUBLICANS TO GET LEGISLATION
DONE. WE REALIZED THAT THE DEAN
HAS TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO FIND
THAT SWEET SPOT SO THAT WE JUST
DON'T CRUSH YOU WHEN YOU GUYS
INTRODUCE A BILL AND THE
WHISTLEBLOWER. I MEAN, YOUR
TENACITY, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES
THE CHARM. WIECKOWSKI KNOWS
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONTINUING
GOING BACK WITH BILLS THAT
FAILED, BUT I WE ARE STAFFS AND
ALL OF US OWE YOU A BIG EMBRACE
THE GRATITUDE FOR WHAT'S THAT?
WHAT'S THAT, SAYING IT'S BEEN
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION THAT
NEEDED TO BE DONE NOW, WHEN YOU
READ THE RESUME. YOU GET, LIKE
150 TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND YOU
KNOW, 4800 HANDWRITTEN, UM UH,
THANK YOU. LETTERS OR
CORRESPONDENCE. YOU KNOW
WIECKOWSKI DOES THAT HOW MUCH IS
THAT PER MONTH? IT'S 40 LETTERS
A MONTH FOR 10 YEARS. THAT'S I
MEAN, I LIKE TO WRITE A LITTLE
HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, BUT NOT 40
A MONTH, NOT FOR 10 YEARS, SO
THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
TOUCHES. UH MAKES US MORE HUMAN
. WHAT? AS SENATORS WHEN YOU
TOUCH THE PEOPLE THAT THAT
LOOKED TO OUR OFFICE, THE SAME
THING WITH THE INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T KNOW. I KNOW SOME OF THOSE
FOLKS ARE WORKING FOR YOU OUT OF
THE PROBABLY SPREADING OUT ALL
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA READY TO
TAKE OVER THE NEXT ELECTION, BUT
THAT'S A SERVICE THAT YOU'VE
DONE THAT YOU'VE REALLY MADE THE
SENATE AND MADE THE SENATE SEAT
LEGISLATURE TOUCH TOUCH, FOLKS,
UM. ON BEHALF OF ALL THE
DEMOCRATS IN THIS PARLOR RIGHT
NOW, SENATOR MELINDA'S I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE.
WE KNOW IT WAS TRUNCATED. UH
TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE, BUT IT
WAS AN IMPACTFUL ONE. GOOD LUCK
IN WHATEVER YOU DO. I KNOW YOU
AND NICO ARE CELEBRATING YOUR
25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY NEXT
WEEK, SO BON VOYAGE ENJOYS THE
GOOD TIME.
CENTER MELENDEZ YOUR SPEECH.
YOU'RE GONNA HIRE HER TODAY.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SENATOR
WILK JUST RECOMMENDED. I JUST
TWEET MY COMMENTS, BUT I THINK
I'LL JUST SAY THEM ON THE FLOOR
HERE. I DID MAKE SOME NOTES, SO
I DIDN'T AH! SPEAK TOO LONG. I
KNOW WE HAVE OTHER THINGS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY. I STARTED OFF MY
TIME IN THE ASSEMBLY. AS YOU
KNOW, UH, AND WAS PERFECTLY
CONTENT TO BE IN ASSEMBLY. I HAD
A GREAT TIME OVER THERE. IT'S
VERY SCRAPPY AND THE ASSEMBLY
THAT'S RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. UM
HOWEVER, YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUE,
SENATOR STONE, WHO WAS A
PHARMACIST, AND I MENTIONED THAT
BECAUSE I KNOW HE NEVER
MENTIONED IT TO YOU, SO I WANTED
JUST TO REMIND YOU OF WHO
SENATOR STONE WAS THE PHARMACIST
. UM HE DECIDED TO RESIGN. AND
SO THAT LEFT THE SEAT OPEN. AND
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
SEAT STATE A REPUBLICAN SEAT NOW
THAT MEANT THAT I HAD TO FORFEIT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE UNTIL
THE YEAR 2024. WHICH IS WHEN I
WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT IN THE
ASSEMBLY. UM AND I WOULD BE
RUNNING FOR RE ELECTION THIS
YEAR FOR THE ASSEMBLY. I WOULD
HAVE WON BECAUSE I'M AWESOME.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT MY TWITTER
TIMELINE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT
THAT IT SAYS IT RIGHT ON THERE
THAT I'M AWESOME ON TWITTER DOES
NOT LIE. UM BUT I DECIDED TO
SAVE THIS SEAT. AND THEN COVID
HIT AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JST A
BIT OF A MESS, BUT I AM UM, VERY
BLESSED TO BE HERE IN VERY
FORTUNATE AND VERY GRATEFUL TO
SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU ON SOME OF
THE REALLY THORNY ISSUES THAT
WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH, AND MANY
OF WHICH, THOUGH WE'VE FOUND
COMMON GROUND AND HAVE AGREED ON
UM SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T
NO, UM, TOO MUCH ABOUT ME. I WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN OHIO. I WAS
THE CHILD OF TWO PARENTS WHO
WORKED IN A STEEL MILL, SO I GO
TO WORK IN A SUIT AND HIGH
HEELS, AND MY MOM WENT TO WORK
IN A LONG SLEEVE FLANNEL SHIRT
AND STEEL TOED BOOTS. UM AND YOU
KNOW WE WEREN'T A WEALTHY
FAMILY, BUT WE WERE TAUGHT THE
VALUE OF MONEY AND WORKING HARD
AND BEING HONEST, ALL THE THINGS
LIKELY ALL OF YOU WERE TAUGHT AS
WELL. SO MY MOTHER WAS A
DEMOCRAT. MY FATHER WAS A
REPUBLICAN. SO I AM VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. UM THEY
HAVE NOT CHANGED AT ALL. OVER
THE YEARS SINCE I WAS A KID. I
CAN TELL YOU THAT. I WAS THE
FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY GO TO
COLLEGE. UM I WAS THE FIRST
WOMAN IN MY FAMILY TO SERVE IN
THE MILITARY. ALL THE MEN HAD
SERVED. I WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO
SERVE SO IF I WENT INTO THE
NAVY, AND I JUST I WANT TO SHARE
A BIT OF A, UM, PARABLE. I GUESS
IF YOU WILL ABOUT MY SERVICE
THAT RELATES TO OUR TIME HERE IN
THE SENATE. SO PART OF THE
TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH WHEN YOU'RE FLYING IN
THE NAVY. UM THERE'S ONE ASPECT
. IT'S CALLED THE HELO DUNKER
PILLOWS SHORT FOR HELICOPTER. SO
IT'S THE BODY OF A HELICOPTER IN
ITS SUSPENDED ABOVE A VERY LARGE
POOL. AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE
HELO DUNKER FIVE TIMES, AND IT
IS TO SIMULATE A WATER LANDING.
OKAY? SO UM, YOU ARE IN THERE
WITH, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE
OTHER PEOPLE EACH TIME YOU DO
THE HALO DUNKER. YOU ARE SITTING
IN A DIFFERENT POSITION SO THAT
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE. IF YOU'RE IN THE PILOT'S
SEAT, OR YOU'RE IN THE BACK,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM THE
FIFTH TIME. THAT YOU YOU DO IT
YOU ARE WEARING BLACKED OUT
GOGGLES. YOU CAN SEE NOTHING AND
THAT IS COURSES TO SIMULATE A
WATER LANDING AT NIGHT WHERE YOU
CAN SEE NOTHING. AND OF COURSE,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH SEAT YOU'RE
GOING TO BE SITTING IN ON THAT
FIFTH TIME. THAT'S KIND OF A
SURPRISE. UM SO WE WERE DOING
THIS AND THERE WERE TWO OTHER
GUYS IN THERE WHO DIDN'T
NECESSARILY GET ALONG VERY WELL.
THEY DIDN'T HATE EACH OTHER, BUT
I DON'T KNOW. THERE WAS SOME
FOOTBALL RIVALRY THING. I DON'T
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE,
BUT THEY DIDN'T GET ALONG VERY
WELL. BUT WHEN WE WERE IN THAT
TRAINING, THEY WERE HELPING EACH
OTHER ECAUSE ONE OF THEM WAS
VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS
EVOLUTION OF THE TRAINING AND
THE OTHER ONE HELPED CALM HIM
HELPED, YOU KNOW. SORT OF GET
HIM THROUGH IT. UM YOU MUST PASS
ALL EVOLUTION. EVERY EVOLUTION
OF THIS TRAINING IN ORDER TO
MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE, OR
YOU'RE DONE, OKAY? SO WE GET TO
THE FIFTH TRY. WE'RE ALL HAVING
ARE BLACKED OUT GOGGLES AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY TELL YOU.
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THEY TELL YOU IS. DO NOT
KICK OR SWIM UNTIL YOU ARE SURE
YOU ARE CLEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CAUSE
UNNECESSARY HARM TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE COMING OUT BEHIND YOU.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UM
UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE GUYS
FORGOT THAT. AND HE KICKED
BEFORE HE WAS CLEAR OF THE
AIRCRAFT. THE GUY WHO WAS
NERVOUS, PANICKED AND KICKED.
AND HE KICKED THE FRONT TEETH
OUT OF THE GUY BEHIND HIM. THE
GUY WHO HAD BEEN HELPING HIM
THROUGHOUT THIS TRAINING, NOT BE
NERVOUS AND LEARN WHAT TO DO. UM
WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY HAD A DIFFERENT METHOD
FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE TASK IN
HAND THIS MISSION THAT WE'RE ON
SOME PEOPLE, UM HELD, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF COUNTED IN THEIR HEADS
BECAUSE, REMEMBER WHEN YOU WHEN
THIS HELO DUNKER DROPS INTO THE
WATER, IT SLAMS INTO THE WATER.
YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT AND YOU MUST
WAIT AND THEIR DIVERS IN THE
BOTTOM OF THE POOL WATCHING. YOU
MUST WAIT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT
STOPS TURNING AND YOU MIGHT
THINK THAT THAT'S A PRETTY FAST
THING THAT HAPPENS. IT IS NOT.
IT IS NOT. IT SEEMS LIKE A
LIFETIME AND YOU MUST SIT THERE
AND WAIT. SO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
BLACKOUT GOGGLES ON PIECE OF
CAKE, RIGHT, YOU'RE WATCHING IT
TO SOME PEOPLE WOULD WATCH TO
SEE THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD MAKE
EYE CONTACT WITH THE OTHER
PERSON. OKAY READY? LET'S GO.
THAT KIND OF THING. BUT WHEN YOU
HAVE GOGGLES ON YOU, YOU CAN'T
SEE ANYTHING RIGHT? UM SO
EVERYBODY HAD A DIFFERENT METHOD
OF DEALING WITH THIS AND I SHARE
THIS STORY WITH YOU TWO TO SAY,
MAKE SURE ALONG THE WAY THE
THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE, YOU
DON'T KICK OUT THE TEETH OF THE
PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE TO BE
THERE ONE DAY TO HELP YOU. IT'S
NOT WORTH IT. IT'S JUST NOT
WORTH IT. YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE
A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THINGS
. WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME
REASON WE ALL WANT THE SAME
THINGS. WE WANT CLEAN WATER FOR
CONSTITUENTS IN CLEAN AIR AND
GOOD JOBS AND GOOD SCHOOLS AND
SAFETY. EVERYBODY WANTS THE SAME
THING. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT
METHOD. OF GETTING THERE. SO
JUST MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE YOU
MAY NEED ONE DAY ARE ACTUALLY
THERE TO HELP YOU. THAT BEING
SAID, I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM
FOREVER GRATEFUL TO MY
CONSTITUENTS FOR TRUSTING ME.
I'M GONNA ALLOWING ME TO BE
THEIR VOICE. I WILL BE FOREVER
GRATEFUL TO MY STAFF. I DON'T
KNOW IF THEY'RE UP IN THE
GALLERY IN THE DISTRICT AND IN
THE CAPITAL FOR THE TREMENDOUS
WORK THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS WELL SERVED. I WANT
TO THANK MY HUSBAND AND MY
CHILDREN WHO HAVE MADE A LOT OF
SACRIFICES OVER THE YEARS. FIVE
KIDS, NO JOKE. YOU KNOW,
YOUNGEST. ONE WAS SIX AND THE
OLDEST WAS 13. AND THEN I JUST
OF COURSE, WILL BE FOREVER
GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK
YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. FOR
RECOGNITION. SENATOR WIECKOWSKI
PACING. CHECKING OUT GETTING
READY. IF WE GOTTA ASK EVERYONE
TO TAKE THEIR SEATS AGAIN. THANK
YOU. SO FOR SENATOR WIECKOWSKI,
OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE CENTER
SKINNER. I AM ONE OF THOSE NEVER
GOTTEN COVID YET, BUT I'M TAKING
THE MASK OFF BECAUSE PART OF MY
TRIBUTE IS GOING TO NEED TO HAVE
THE MASK OFF. BUT HOPEFULLY NONE
OF YOU WILL GIVE ME COVID TODAY.
ANYWAY THIS IS GOING TO BE A
HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. I MEAN, WHAT
SENATOR? OUR GOOD FRIEND FROM
FREE MONTHS PERFORMANCE FOR OUR
GOOD COLLEAGUE FROM RIVERSIDE
WAS ANYWAY HARD ACT. UM MAYBE
SENATOR WIECKOWSKI ASKED ME TO
PAY THIS TRIBUTE BECAUSE WE'RE
BOTH CALIBERS. BUT I THINK
ACTUALLY, IT'S BECAUSE, LIKE
MOST CAL BEARS WERE BOTH A BIT
REBELLIOUS AND MISCHIEVOUS,
ESPECIALLY. WIECKOWSKI UM. NOW
AFTER CAL HE MOVED TO WASHINGTON
D. C HE WORKED FOR CONGRESSMAN
DON EDWARDS FOR FIVE YEARS. AND
YOU WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, HE
BECAME A BANKRUPTCY LAWYER,
BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY. HE ALSO
SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND
FREMONT AND HIS VICE MAYOR,
FREMONT AND THEN HE JOINED US.
AND BEFORE I TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT HOW YOU JOINED US. I
DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS HAS EVER
OCCURRED TO YOU OR WHETHER
YOU'VE EVER EITHER READ WINNIE
THE POOH OR SEEING THE DISNEY
MOVIE ABOUT WINNIE THE POOH BUT
ARE GOOD COLLEAGUE FROM FREMONT
HAS ALWAYS REMINDED ME A BIT OF
TIGGER THAT CHARACTER, SO ALLOW
ME. TO SING THE WONDERFUL THING
ABOUT TIGGERS, EXCEPT IT'S THE
WONDERFUL THING ABOUT WHITE
HOUSE KEYS. THE WONDERFUL THING
ABOUT WIECKOWSKI EASE IS
WIECKOWSKI CZAR. WONDERFUL
THINGS. HIS TOP IS MADE OUT OF
80 US. HIS BOTTOMS ARE MADE OUT
OF ZING. HE'S BOUNCY, DROWNED.
SEE FLOUNCY POUNCEY FUN, FUN,
FUN, FUN FUN, BUT THEY'RE
WONDERFUL THING ABOUT WHITE
HOUSE KEYS IS BOB'S THE ONLY ONE
WONDERFUL THING ABOUT MY
WIECKOWSKI XYZ WIECKOWSKI CZAR
MARVELOUS CHAPS. THEY HAVE LOTS
OF IDEAS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,
IGNORED THEM IN THE WORLD WILL
COLLAPSE. THEY'RE JUMPY. BUMPY
CAN'T BE DUMPY FUN, FUN, FUN,
FUN FUN, BUT THE WONDERFUL THING
ABOUT WIECKOWSKI IS BOB'S THE
ONLY ONE WIECKOWSKI CZAR CUDDLY
FELLOWS WIECKOWSKI CZAR AWFULLY
SWEET. EVERYONE ELSE'S JEALOUS.
THAT'S WHY BOB REPEATS AND
REPEATS AND REPEATS THE
WONDERFUL THING ABOUT WIECKOWSKI
XYZ WIECKOWSKI CZAR WONDERFUL
THINGS. THEY'LL TALK ALL NIGHT
ABOUT WILDFIRES, AND BY MORNINGS
YOUR EARS WILL STILL RING
THEY'RE BOUNCY, DROWN. SEE
FLOUNCY POUNCEY FUN, FUN, FUN,
FUN FUN. BUT THE WONDERFUL THING
ABOUT WIECKOWSKI EASE IS BOB'S
THE ONLY ONE THE WONDERFUL THING
ABOUT WIECKOWSKI IS WIECKOWSKI
CZAR. WONDERFUL THINGS. THEY
WEAR THEIR FATHERS 40 YEAR OLD
SWEATERS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO
COMMITTED TO RECYCLING. THEY'RE
JUMPY, BUMPY CLUMP. BEAT THEM.
BE FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN. THE
MOST WONDERFUL THING ABOUT
WIECKOWSKI XYZ BOB'S THE ONLY.
ONE OH, THE WONDERFUL THING
ABOUT WIECKOWSKI. SO WIECKOWSKI
ARE WONDERFUL THINGS, THEY'LL
TERRY RELEASING LEAD DEFENSE.
SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEIR
BUDGET ASKS, INCLUDE PLENTY OF
BLING. THEY'RE JUMPY, BUMPY,
CAMPY, DUMPY FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN
FUN, BUT THE WONDERFUL THING
ABOUT WIECKOWSKI EASE IS POPS
THE ONLY ONE NOW. NOW JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE SO OKAY, UM. YOU
KNOW, WHILE WE HEARD LAST WE
HEARD THE OTHER NIGHT IN THE
TRIBUTE THAT BOB FINALLY MARRIED
SUE LEMKE, HIS LONG TERM
PARTNER. BUT HIS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SEAT MATE, TOM
AMMIANO, ALSO DESCRIBED THEIR
RELATIONSHIP AS A BROMANCE AND.
OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, MR AMMIANO
WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE TO REMIND
YOU ABOUT BOB'S PURPLE RAINCOAT
AND THAT THE HIGHLIGHT OF BOB'S
YEAR IS HIS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE
IN THE NECK CRACKER EVERY
DECEMBER. DID YOU KNOW THAT? NOW
I HOPE SOMEONE ELSE WILL TALK
ABOUT BOB'S LIVELY AND LARGE
POLISH CATHOLIC FAMILY AND ALL
THE THINGS HE LOVES ABOUT POLISH
CULTURE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO
GO THERE. BUT LET ME JUST SAY
SERIOUSLY. BOB'S WORK ON A D U.
S. SOME OF THE SINGLE STRONGEST
WORK THIS LEGISLATURE HAS DONE
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS
AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT HIS
WORK THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS
, IT IS ADDED TO CALIFORNIA IS
REMARKABLE AND PHENOMENAL. BOB
IS ALSO A FORMIDABLE CHAMPION
FOR CONSUMERS AND OUR LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS FIGHTING AGAINST
ABUSIVE DEBT COLLECTORS FOR
WHICH HE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS
AWARDS. AND ALL OF US KNOW. THAT
IF WE HAD FOLLOWED BOB'S LEAD ON
ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS
AND ADAPTATION. WE WOULD BE FAR
MUCH FURTHER TODAY. BUT BOB
BROUGHT WONDERFUL ENERGY TO ALL
OF OUR PROCEEDINGS. AND HE WILL
BE TRULY MISSED. WE LOVE YOU,
BOB.
OUR SECOND SPEAKER. I DON'T KNOW
IF HE'S GONNA SING GHOST. MAYBE
SENATOR HERZBERG. I CAN RAP. AND
I MIGHT DO IT TODAY, BUT I DON'T
THINK I CAN BEAT THE NANCY WAY.
SHE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND SHE
DID GREAT THINGS AND I'M NOT
GOING TO TRY TO TOP IT. I'M
GOING TO GET SOME SERIOUS AND
THERE'S GOING TO BE NO SINGING
HERE. SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU
THIS. I LOVE BABA KOWSKI. AS YOU
SAW TODAY, HE'S FUN. HE'S
BRILLIANT. HE'S BEEN MY SEAT
MATE. AND I AM JEALOUS BECAUSE I
TOO HAVE HAD A BROMANCE WITH
HIM. I'M CALLING AMMIANO AFTER
THE SESSION IS OVER, BASICALLY
THE ENTIRE TIME. AND JUST IN
CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW EVERYBODY.
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, BOB
WIECKOWSKI IS POLISH. I LEARNED
MORE ABOUT POLAND THAT I COULD
IMAGINE FROM BROTHER WIECKOWSKI
WHETHER IT'S TRAVELING WITH HIM
TO CUT AMICI BECAUSE I NEVER
KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT
WATCHED HIM EAT ALL THAT FUNNY
STUFF THAT HEAT THEY'RE SPEAKING
POLISHED ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVED IN POLAND FOR A LONG TIME
WHEN WE WENT FOR COP 24, WHICH
IS A GREAT TIME WHETHER THE
BACHELOR PARTY WE THREW AT MY
PLACE. AND I HAD TO HAVE POLISH
FLAGS, POLISH SAUSAGE, WHICH I
EAT ANY AND I DIDN'T KNOW THERE
WAS SUCH A THING AS POLISH VODKA
, POTATO VODKA, AND I GOT A TON
OF THAT STUFF. BUT IT WAS A HECK
OF A PARTY, AND WE HAD A GOOD
TIME. UM AND SO WE DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING BAD. UM YOU KNOW, AFTER
GRADUATING BERKELEY AS WELL, I
THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW HE WENT
TO WORK IN CONGRESS, FOR, UM THE
DON EDWARDS FOR SOME PERIOD OF
TIME, SERVED AS MAYOR AND
COUNCIL MEMBER IN VICE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL MEMBER IN FREMONT. AND
CERTAINLY IS WHAT NANCY SENATOR
SKINNER TALKED ABOUT 80 U S. I
THINK I HAVE OVER 10,000 IDEAS
IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT I
REPRESENT. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING
LESS THAN EXTRAORDINARY. DENNIS
CARDOZA TRIED TO DO THAT 20 SOME
ZAGO AND WASN'T SUCCESSFUL AND
YOU'VE BEEN DONE A MAGNIFICENT
JOB. I COMPLETELY I COMPLETELY
AGREE, AND I WANTED TO JUST
EXPRESS WHAT SENATOR AMBURG
WOULD SAY IF HE STOOD UP. AND
TALKED ABOUT WHAT AN
UNBELIEVABLE COURAGE YOU HAVE ON
THE 39 TO 1 VOTE TO VOTE AGAINST
THE BODY. IT WASN'T KOREMATSU IN
TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED BACK
DURING WORLD WAR TWO. THERE WAS
A VOTE WHERE YOU EXPECT YOU WERE
THE LONE DISSENTER ON A VOTE
WHERE SENATOR HAD A MEASURE
DEALING WITH DISABLED VETS AND
PUPPIES. AND YOU VOTED AGAINST
THAT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT
WAS WAVING THE ADOPTION FEE. AND
YOU THOUGHT IT DIDN'T MAKE
SENSE. COURAGE. SHE HAS. WE ALL
KNOW IT'S CERTAINLY I DON'T NEED
TO TALK ANY FURTHER THAN WHAT
SENATOR SKINNER TALKED ABOUT.
WITH RESPECT TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ISSUES THAT OPTATION AND THE
TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION YOU'VE
MADE. BUT THE THING I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IS ONE THING. BOB IS
A BANKRUPTCY LAWYER. LET ME SEE
WHAT THAT MEANS TO BE A
BANKRUPTCY LAWYER. IT MEANS
SOMEBODY IS IN DISTRESS. THEY'RE
NOT COMING TO YOU BECAUSE THEY
GOTTA BUILD. THEY CAN'T PAY
THEIR COMING TO YOU BECAUSE
THEY'VE GOT TWO YEARS BILLS THEY
CAN'T PAY AND THEY CAN'T SLEEP
AT NIGHT. THEY HAD A BUNCH OF
BILLS BECAUSE THEY AD A
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN THEIR FAMILY
, AND THEY CAN'T PAY THE MEDICAL
BILLS. THEY SAVED THEIR WHOLE
LIFE TO START A BUSINESS AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN IT WENT BANKRUPT
BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE ENDS MEET
. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE TO BE A
LAWYER TO SIT ACROSS FROM THE
DESK FROM SOMEBODY. THEY'RE NOT
THERE FOR THE FIRST DAY WHEN THE
BILL HAPPENED THERE THERE WHEN
THERE'S SO MANY BILLS IN THEIR
PILED SO HIGH AND YOU'RE IN
COMPLETE DISTRESS. YOUR LIFE IS
FALLING APART. YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO. THE LAST THING YOU
WANT TO DO IS TO FILE BANKRUPTCY
BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE A
FAILURE, WHETHER IT'S IN ONE
FORM OR ANOTHER BECAUSE OF
FAMILY OR WHATEVER. BOB IS A
BANKRUPTCY LAWYER. WHAT THAT
BRINGS TO THIS CHAMBER AND WHAT
WE SAW IN THE LEGISLATION THAT
HE INTRODUCED AND PASSED AND
LOST AND PASSED AND LOST, AND WE
KEPT TRYING AND ALL OF THESE
ISSUES HOMESTEADS. WHAT WAS THAT
ABOUT BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE START
ACROSS THEIR DESK, THEY LOST
THEIR HOMES WHEN PEOPLE GOT
HARASSED TO THE DEATH BY BILL
COLLECTORS HE SAW IN THE FACES
OF HIS CLIENTS. WHAT THAT WAS
LIKE. AND HE BROUGHT THAT
EXPERIENCE AND THAT ENERGY ALL
OF US TRY TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN
ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FROM OUR
EXPERIENCES TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN
VARIOUS WAYS WITH THE WORKER FOR
SALARIES ARE WORKING CONDITIONS
OR WHATEVER. BUT THERE IS A
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND YOU'VE
HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT IT A LOT,
BUT I'M TELLING YOU AS A
BANKRUPTCY LAWYER, THE LEVEL OF
COMPASSION AND EXPERIENCE AND
UNDERSTANDING AND IT WAS OFTEN
HARD FOR HIM ON SOME OF HIS
BILLS AND LOTS OF TIMES. IT
DIDN'T PASS FOR PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE BANKRUPTCY
LAWS WORK. BUT IT IS WHO HE IS.
IT IS IN HIS SOUL. IT IS WHAT HE
IS ABOUT. AND IT'S WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT THIS GUY. AND WHY HELPED
THEM ON SO MANY BILLS AND WHY WE
WORK SO HARD ON SOME OF THIS
STUFF BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY
LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE BUT HAD SOME
UNDERSTANDING OF IT BY VIRTUE OF
MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN BEING IN
THIS PLACE. SO I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO
THIS INSTITUTION, AND IT WAS
HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND LOTS OF
THE BANKERS AND A LOT OF THE BIG
INTEREST GROUPS DIDN'T LIKE SOME
OF THE STUFF THAT HE DID. BUT HE
DID THE RIGHT THING, AND HE DID
IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. AN
EXTRAORDINARY PERSON. I LOVE
THIS GUY, MY SEAT MATE. IF
ANYBODY TOOK A BUNCH OF VOTES
WHEN I WAS HERE THE FIRST COUPLE
OF YEARS BECAUSE I'D LEAN OVER
AND SAY, WHAT DOES IT SPELL
ABOUT? HE WOULD TELL ME THAT
VOTE AND THEY PROBABLY WHATEVER
IT WAS, BUT I SHOULDN'T TALK
ABOUT THAT, BUT I DID IT. BUT
BUT JUST JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY
TALENT. EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN
BEING THAT MADE JUST A WONDERFUL
CONTRIBUTION TO THIS BODY. WE
LOVE YOU. THANK YOU, CASTLE.
ALRIGHT TIGER. I MEAN, SENATOR
RAQUEL SKI. THANK YOU FOR THE
KIND WORDS UM BUT MY COLLEAGUE
FROM BERKELEY AND VAN NUYS, UM
AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT I'VE
HAD WITH YOU AND EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF EACH OF YOU IN THE IN
THIS, UH UH, CHAMBER. A LOT HAS
CHANGED IN THE 12 YEARS SINCE I
FIRST GOT ELECTED WITH THE PRO
TEM AND DR AND MR WAYS. OH IN
BRIAN JONES AND SHANNON. THERE'S
ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN OF US THAT
GOT ELECTED. BRADFORD THAT'S
RIGHT. UM WE GOT ELECTED IN 2010
TO COME UP HERE. IT WAS A BIG
RECESSION. BOB WAS RIGHT. I
MEAN, I WAS A BANKRUPTCY
ATTORNEY WAS EVERYTHING WAS
GOING TO HELL. AND THEY SAID,
OH, YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU RUN AND
IT'S A GOOD IDEA. UM AND. I
GUESS I WOULD SAY TO AFTER MY
FRIEND FROM VAN NUYS SPEAKS IT
WAS REALLY HARD WORK, UH, TO TRY
TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
TURMOIL THAT FOLKS ARE GOING
GOING THROUGH AND PUT IT INTO
LEGISLATION AS A FRESHMAN. YOU
KNOW YOU'RE HERE AND ONE OF THE
FIRST PILLS I DID ON MUNICIPAL,
BANKRUPTCY AND PRECLEARANCE TO
GET IN AND EVERYBODY ON BOTH
THEIR FACE WENT BLANK SAYING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHY
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND IT
TEACHES YOU THE HARD KNOCKS OF
LIFE AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS
TO GET INTO THE DETAILS AND TO
EXPRESS THE FOLKS. UM WHY THIS
IS GOING TO HELP OUT CITIES. WHY
THIS IS GOING TO HELP OUT
DIFFERENT INTEREST GROUPS THAT
WORK FOR CITIES AND WORK WORK
WITH THE CITY'S IT'S BEEN MY
PLEASURE AND THE AND I'VE BEEN
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A
MEDICINE OR OF SUCCESS WITH
LEGISLATION THAT NOBODY
UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT DOES, BUT
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET 40. 21
VOTES, YOU KNOW, UM I WANT TO
THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES OVER THE
YEARS AND THE ON WHO WHO SERVED
WITH ME ON THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE AND THE BUDGET
COMMITTEES THEY'VE HELPED
SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS WERE A LOT
OF THIS LEGISLATION HAS HAS COME
IN. I THINK I'VE SAID SINCE I
GOT HERE ARE TWO BIGGEST
CHALLENGES ARE INCOME INEQUALITY
AND CLIMATE CHANGE. AND THOSE
ARE THE DEFINING ISSUES THAT WE
FACE AT THIS TIME AND GETTING TO
WORK ON THOSE ISSUES OF THE LAST
12 YEARS HAS BEEN AN HONOR FOR
ME, UM I WANT TO THANK, UH
FORMER SPEAKER JOHN PEREZ
HAVING, UM, UH THE GOOD FAITH IN
ME AND BEING SUPPORTIVE. HE MADE
ME CHAIR OF STM IN WHEN I FIRST
ARRIVED IN THE ASSEMBLY AND THEN
THE CHAIR OF JUDICIARY, I GOT TO
WORK INTIMATELY ON THESE
MEASURES ON TOXIC MATERIALS. WHO
NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO TOUCH THAT
ARE MY FIRST PRO TEM KEVIN
DELEON PUT ME ON EQ. CONTINUING
THAT AND BUDGET SUBJECT TO THAT.
PRO TEMP HAS CONTINUED TO ALLOW
ME TO SERVE ON SUB TWO AND DO
THE WORK THAT THAT THAT I LIKE
TO, UH TO DO COINCIDENTALLY, IF
ANYBODY'S WONDERING TODAY'S
AUGUST 17TH. IT IS THE CAP AND
TRADE AUCTION THAT'S GOING ON AT
THIS TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM
QUEBEC. UM HOPEFULLY THAT THE
ALLOWANCE LEVEL CREST $35 A
METRIC TON, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER
THING. UM A LOT OF WORK NEEDS TO
BE DONE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. I
LEAVE THAT IN IN YOUR HANDS. I
WANT TO THANK SENATOR NIELSEN,
SENATOR JONES AND SENATOR DOLLY
WHO SERVED WITH ME ON SUB TO
YOUR INPUT ON THE ON THE EACH
ROUND O THE BUDGET WHEN WE TRY
TO PROVIDE A SENATE CLIMATE
PACKAGE OR A SENATE BUDGET WE DO
IT WAS YOU GUYS WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL THOSE
HEARINGS THAT DROVE PEOPLE CRAZY
, BUT MAJORITY LEADER MCGUIRE
THERE YOU ARE. AND SENATOR STERN
. I WANT TO THANK YOU GENTLEMEN
WHO SERVED ON ME YOUR
INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING THE
STATE'S BUDGET AS WE AS I GO
BACK AND FORTH AND ASK YOU
QUESTIONS AND GET GET YOUR
INPUT. UH, NONE OF NONE OF THIS
IMPORTANT WORK WHETHER IT'S
WILDFRE PREVENTION, DROUGHT
RELIEF, CLIMATE ADAPTATION,
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND A WHOLE
HOST OF OTHER ISSUES WOULD NEVER
HAPPEN, AS OTHER MEMBERS HAVE
SAID. WE HAVE TO TREMENDOUS WORK
OF STAFF. JOANNE ROY JAMES
HACKER ITALY WHEREVER YOU ARE.
THANK YOU. FOR WHAT? WHAT YOU'VE
DONE. UM LIKE MANY PARTY MEMBERS
, WHO IS A SAINT, YOU GET THOSE
OF YOU GOT TO MEET HER BEFORE
GOT TO MEET HER ON MONDAY. I
MEAN, SHE SAID, YES. WHEN I
ASKED HER TO MARRY HER FOR THIS,
SO THAT'S THAT SAYS SOMETHING.
EVAN AND LUKE TO STEP SONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING,
UM AND HELPING ME. MANY MEMBERS
HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF STAFF. I'D LIKE TO SAY I'VE
DONE IT ALL ON MY OWN. NO, JUST
KIDDING. I DIDN'T NEED THEM. YOU
KNOW, THEY'RE OVERRATED. UH, UP
IN THE OVEN. THE GALLERY WE HAVE
HEATHER RECIPE TERRORIST MY
CHIEF. APRIL BYRD, JEFF BARBOZA
. GRACE SLEEKLY, UH, LAUREN OR
ABRAMOVICH, CARLOS PUENTES,
ROCKY FERNANDEZ ANDRE MCALPIN
LICKED HIM A RASCAL MIRIAM
ROSMAN AND, UH, BRETT HALEY, AS
WELL AS MY FORMER CHIEF DIRECTOR
NOW AND SEAN MANALO. WE'RE ALL
INSTRUMENTAL. MANY OF THEM HAVE
BEEN WITH ME AT MY SIDE AS MUCH
AS THEY COULD STAY FOR MY, UM I
SAID, NO, I'M A PRETTY FAST
WALKER. SO WHEN THEY'RE AT MY
SIDE, THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH
ME. UM I'M A PRODUCT OF THE 10TH
SENATE-DISTRICT WAS BORN IN SAN
FRANCISCO. BUT I WAS RAISED IN
FREMONT WENT TO SCHOOL IN
FREMONT WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AT
SANTA CLARA, WHICH IS PART OF
THE SENATE-DISTRICT AND JUST
LIKE CALIFORNIA'S FACE. THE
TENNIS SENT 10 SENATE-DISTRICT
IS CHANGING. I HAVE THE LARGEST
ÁP I POPULATION, I BELIEVE IN
ALL THE NEW REDISTRICTING. I
WILL BE REPLACED BY AN API WOMAN
. THAT'S A GOOD THING. I MEAN,
I'M GLAD THAT I GOT TO MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION. BUT THE NEXT
GENERATION THE NEXT BATCH OF
SENATORS THAT COME HERE ARE
GOING TO MAKE THEIR
CONTRIBUTION. IT'S THEY'LL HAVE
DIFFERENT CHALLENGE THEY HAVE
WELL, MAYBE THE SAME CHALLENGES
BUT DIFFERENT WAYS OF
APPROACHING PROBLEM SOLVING. UM. IT'S HARD TO REFLECT ON
MYSELF. I'M NOT REALLY GOOD
ABOUT THAT. I CAN REFLECT ON YOU
GUYS AND TALK ABOUT YOU GUYS,
ESPECIALLY IN COMMITTEE. IT'S A
IT'S A IT'S A WONDERFUL, UM
EXPERIENCE I AS MY. TWO FRIENDS
HAVE SAID. I DO THINGS A CERTAIN
WIECKOWSKI WAY. I HOPEFUL. YOU
KNOW, I LIKE THIS SERIOUS WORK
THAT WE DO. IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT. I LIKE TO TAKE A
LIGHT HEARTED APPROACH ON SOME
OF THE STUFF TO MAKE TO MAKE TO
MAKE A POINT, BUT ALSO TO MAKE
IT A LITTLE BIT OF FUN. SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO MISS
THIS PLACE I'M GOING TO I HOPE
UM. I WANT TO THANK EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HAVE
MENTORED ME AND HELP ME AND
GIVING ME SOME ENERGY AND SOME
DIRECTION. I HOPE I'VE
RECIPROCATED IN SOME SMALL WORLD
WAY. YOU'VE MADE ME VERY PROUD
TO SERVE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU AND I THANK YOU FROM THE
BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
WITH THAT WE WILL RECESS TO 1 15
, SO YOU CAN FINISH YOUR HUGS
AND CONGRATULATIONS. BE BACK
PROMPTLY AT 1 15. THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU
HERE ON TIME. WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL
BE DEEMED READ. MESSAGE FROM THE
ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED READ.
REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED. NOW ONTO MOTIONS,
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. THERE
ARE FLOOR AMENDMENTS AT THE
DESK, THEY WILL BE DEEMED
ADOPTED. WHAT ANY OTHER SENATORS
WITH MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS AT THIS
MOMENT. SENATOR PAN. THANK YOU,
MR PRESIDENT. SENATORS AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR, I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE FILE ITEM 537 A B
1947 BY SOME MEMBER ROUTINE TO
THE INACTIVE FILE NOTED ANY
OTHER SENATORS MOTIONS.
RESOLUTIONS AT THIS TIME, A
SENIOR MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATIONS
OF THE DAILY FILE SERVICE SECOND
READING, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
READ ASSEMBLY BILLS 18 94 19 OH,
1 TO 52 10 41 25 82 7 75 14 67
18 55 2ND READING WILL BE DEEMED
READ. GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS
CENTER, BATES. SHE'S PREPARED OF
. LET'S START WITH FILE ITEM
NUMBER 28 OVERVIEW CENTER BATES
. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. FILE
ITEM NUMBER 28 IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF ALICE REYNOLDS
AS PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION. MISS
REYNOLDS WAS SENIOR ADVISOR FOR
ENERGY TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM SINCE
2019 AND ALSO SERVED AS SENIOR
ADVISER FOR CLIMATE THE
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY TO
GOVERNOR BROWN. SHE WAS APPROVED
BY THE RULES COMMITTEE ON JUNE
29TH ON A UNANIMOUS VOTE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
ANY DISCUSSIONS OR DEBATE.
SENATOR STERN. YOU HAVE VERY
BRIEFLY. I JUST WANT TO STAND
ALSO AND SUPPORTIVE OF
DISAPPOINTMENT, AND WE JUST WENT
THROUGH OVERSIGHT HEARINGS WITH
SENATE ENERGY. THIS IS A
CRITICAL TIME FOR THE GRID, AND
WE NEED SOMEONE DEEP IN THE
DETAILS TO HELP MOVE US THROUGH
THIS PERIOD. I THINK ALICE
REYNOLDS CAN GET THAT JOB DONE.
SO APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION.
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU, SENATOR
DODD. YES JUST ADD ONTO THOSE
COMMENTS. I THINK WE'VE GOT
SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S BEEN
APPOINTED TO THIS POSITION
THAT'S GOT DEEP EXPERIENCE IN
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. WE WORKED
WITH HER ON WILDFIRES, ALL
THINGS UTILITIES, ETCETERA, YOU
INSURANCE AND I THINK SHE'S GOT
THE DEPTH OF THE BREADTH OF
KNOWLEDGE TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR
US. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN. AYE ARCHULETTA. AYE,
ATKINS. BATES. AYE, BECKER. I
PORTEOUS. AYE, BRADFORD. I
CABRERA. AYE, CORTESI. I, SALLY
I START. I DURAZO. EGGMAN I
GLASER AYE. GONZALES. I GROW
AYE, HERTZBERG. HUESO. HURTADO.
AYE JONES, KAMLAGER. LAIRD. I
FLAVOR LIMÓN MCGUIRE MELINDA'S.
MEN. AYE, NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN.
I KNOW A BOGEY. I CAN I
PORTANTINO I BROUGHT RUBIO. AYE,
SKINNER. AYE STERN, HAMBURG.
AYE, WIECKOWSKI. AYE WIENER. AYE
WILK. PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ATKINS. YEAH. SO
HERTZBERG? AYE. HUESO. KAMLAGER
MELINDA'S. ROTH. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS ONE MORE TIME.
ATKINS. ROZ Ó. WEAR SO.
KAMLAGER MELINDA'S. ROTH. 34.
THOSE ARE ZERO. THE APPOINTMENT
IS CONFIRMED. SENATOR BATES FILE
ITEM, 29. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. FILE ITEM NUMBER 29
IS THE CONFIRMATION OF DOCTOR
SEVERIN BORENSTEIN AND JAN
SCHORI FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR
GOVERNING BOARD. DR BORNSTEIN IS
A PROFESSIONAL PROFESSOR AT UC
BERKELEY HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT. MAKE
SURE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE NORTH
AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY
CORPORATION. BOTH APPOINTEES
WERE APPROVED BY THE RULES
COMMITTEE ON JUNE 29TH ON A
UNANIMOUS VOTE. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. HOLD ON ONE
MOMENT.
SENATOR WIENER. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. JUST WANT TO SAY FOR
THE RECORD, I'VE BEEN HOPING TO
VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY GOING
TO BE VOTING. I'M NOT GOING TO
BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY BECAUSE
OF THE FIRST NOMINEE NOT BECAUSE
OF THE SECOND, SO I JUST WANT TO
MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD
SINCE I WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THEM
TOGETHER. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE SENATOR
GROWTH. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
, YOU KNOW, SITTING ON RULES
COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO, UH TO INTERVIEW
AND SCREEN AND, UM, ASK
QUESTIONS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR. AND I CAN TELL YOU
THAT SO IMPRESSED WITH MR
BERNSTEIN. HE IS THE PERSON YOU
WANT IN CHARGE CHARGE, OR AT
LEAST ON THE BOARD OF THE CALI
SO BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS HOW
ENERGY HAS TO FLOW, AND HE
REALLY TRULY UNDERSTANDS THAT
THE LIGHTS NEED TO STAY ON 24
HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
AND SO I JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AND I VOTE. SENATOR ALLEN. I
UNDERSTAND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
CONCERNS ABOUT MR BERNSTEIN ON A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF ISSUES. I WILL
SAY I HAVE DONE SOME WORK WITH
PROFESSOR BERNSTEIN,
PARTICULARLY IN OIL PRICING. AND
UM, YOU KNOW, I MR PROFESSOR
BORNSTEIN HAS DONE SOME
EXTENSIVE WORK. BASICALLY UH,
HOLDINGTHE OIL INDUSTRY ACCOUNT
FOR THE RELENTLESS PROFITEERING.
THAT THEY'VE ENGAGED IN ON THE
BACKS OF CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS.
AND I'M I'M I'M PROUD OF THE
WORK THAT HE'S DONE. I'M
IMPRESSED BY THAT WORK. AND I
THINK THAT IT MERITS A LOT MORE
ATTENTION. HE'S DONE A LOT OF
STUDY OF THIS ISSUE. THIS
MYSTERY GAS SURCHARGE. WHERE
CALIFORNIANS ARE PAYING 50 CENTS
MORE, UH FOR GAS PER GALLON, AND
THAT'S AFTER YOU TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT. ALL OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND GAS TAXES. AND
HE'S BEEN FOCUSING ON THAT
ISSUE. WE NEED TO BE PAYING MORE
ATTENTION TO IT, AND I HOPE THAT
WILL WILL WILL. WE WILL ALL%
SPEND SOME TIME READING ABOUT
HIS WORK ON THIS ISSUE OF THE MR
GASSER CHARGE. THE MASSIVE
PROFITEERING THAT THE OIL
INDUSTRY IS BENEFITING, UH AND
PUTTING ON THE BACKS OF
CALIFORNIA DRIVERS. CENTER
WIENER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
. JUST GIVEN THAT I JUST DO WANT
TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE TO BE CLEAR.
PROFESSOR BERNSTEIN HAS DONE
SOME REALLY GOOD WORK IN SOME
AREAS. AND SO I TOTALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE STRONG
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON A
ROOFTOP SOLAR, AND THAT'S WHY
I'M NOT SUPPORTING HIM TODAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN. AYE
ARCHULETTA. AYE, ATKINS. BATES.
I BECKER FORGES BRADFORD. I
CABRERA CORTESI. I DOLLY. AYE,
DODD. I ALSO EGGMAN GLASER. AYE.
GONZALES. I GROWTH. AYE,
HERTZBERG. AYE, USO. AYE,
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. AYE,
KAMLAGER. LAIRD. I LABOR. AYE,
LIMÓN. AYE, MCGUIRE. AYE.
MELINDA'S I MEN. NEWMAN. AYE,
NIELSEN. OH, A BUG. I PAN. AYE,
PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT RUBIO.
AYE, SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I AM
WILK. I PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ATKINS. YEAH. SO
KAMLAGER AYE. NIELSEN. AYE.
ROTH. ISAIAH 36TH KNOWS ARE ONE
THE APPOINTMENT IS APPOINTMENTS
ARE CONFIRMED. MOVING OUT ONTO
FILE ITEM. 30 CENTER BATES.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. FILE
ITEM NUMBER 30 IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF J. BRADSHAW TO
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION,
THOMAS PEER TO THE VOTING AND
WATERWAYS COMMISSION JUVENILE IN
ALLEGRE. ERIC COMMITS MICK
ATTENTION AND CAN'T SASAKI TO
THE BUILDING STANDARDS
COMMISSION AND JAMES WONDERMAN
TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
WATER EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY BOARD. THESE
APPOINTEES WERE APPROVED BY THE
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE ON JUNE
29TH AND 50 VOTE. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. ANY
DISCUSSION DEBATE ON THESE
APPOINTMENTS. SEE NONE. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN. AYE ARCHUETTA. AYE,
ATKINS. BATES. AYE, BECKER. AYE,
PORCHES. AYE, BRADFORD. I
CABRERA. AYE, ORTEZ. I DOLLY.
AYE, DODD. I GUESS SO. EGGMAN
GLASER. I GONZALES. I GROW. AYE,
HERTZBERG. I GUESS SO. AYE,
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER
LAIRD. AYE, LEYVA. AYE, LIMÓN.
MCGUIRE I. MELINDA'S. I MEN I.
NEWMAN NIELSEN. I KNOW A VOGUE I
PAN AYE, PORTANTINO. AYE, ROTH.
RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER. AYE STERN.
I AM BERG. I WIECKOWSKI AYE
WIENER. AYE, WILK. AYE. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS.
GRASSO. LIMÓN ROTH. AS OF 36
KNOWS, OR ZERO. THE APPOINTMENTS
ARE CONFIRMED NOW. FILE ITEM 36
CENTER, BATES THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. FILE ITEM NUMBER 36
IS THE CONFIRMATION OF ROBIN
UMBERG FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
VETERANS BOARD. BRIGADIER
GENERAL AMBERG SERVED WITH THE
U. S ARMY FROM 1973 TO 2010 AND
SERVED AS UNDERSECRETARY AT THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS FROM 2011 TO
2014. SHE WAS APPROVED BY THE
RULES COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 3RD ON
A UNANIMOUS VOTE. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. DISCUSSION
DEBATE FOR SENATOR GROVE. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I SUPPORT
THIS. UM THIS NOMINEE TO THE
VETERANS BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE NOTE THAT SHE IS THE
SUPERIOR RANKING OFFICER IN THE
FAMILY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN AYE,
ARCHULETTA. AYE, ATKINS. BATES.
AYE, BECKER. I PORTEOUS
BRADFORD. I CABRERA CORTESI.
SALLY. AYE, DODD. I DURAZO.
EGGMAN GLASER. AYE. GONZALES. I
GROWTH. AYE, HERTZBERG. WESA.
AYE, HURTADO. AYE, JONES.
KAMLAGER I CARED. AYE, LEYVA.
AYE, LIMÓN. AYE. MCGUIRE,
MELINDA'S EIFMAN. NEWMAN. AYE,
NIELSEN. I KNOW A BUG PAN. AYE,
PORTANTINO. ROCK. RUBIO.
SKINNER. AYE, STERN. AYE,
HAMBURG. WIECKOWSKI. AYE,
WIENER. AYE, WELK. AYE. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS.
HUESO. HERTZBERG. AYE. MEN. AYE.
PORTANTINO ROTH. HAMBURG. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSOLUTE NUMBERS ONE
MORE TIME.
THE EYES ARE 35 NOSE OR ZERO.
THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
NOW ON TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS STARTING
WITH FILE ITEM 53. SENATOR
LEYVA'S SHE'S PREPARED, MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ SENATE
BILL 10 57 BY THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND ACT
RELATING TO ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION. SENATOR
LEVER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. SB 10
57 IS THE ANNUAL K THROUGH 12
OMNIBUS BILL. WHAT'S WHICH MAKES
CLERICAL, TECHNICAL CONFORMING
AND OTHER NONCONTROVERSIAL
REVISIONS TO A NUMBER OF
PROVISIONS IN THE EDUCATION CODE
. ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS REMOVED
CHANGES MADE TO THE CHICK OAN
MUST GONI BILINGUAL BICULTURAL
EDUCATION ACT AND MAKE OTHER
CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS. 10 57 IS
PURELY TECHNICAL IN NATURE. I
ASKED FOR AN I VOTE. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SEE? NO,
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALAN. AYE ARCHULETTA
ATKINS. FAITH. AYE. BECKER
FORGES BRADFORD. I CABRERA
CORTESI. I DOLLY. AYE, DODD. I
DURAZO. EGGMAN. GLASER. AYE.
GONZALES. I GROWTH. AYE,
HERTZBERG. I WENT SO AYE,
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER I
GLARED. I FLAVOR AYE, LIMÓN.
AYE. MCGUIRE, MELINDA'S I MEN.
AYE NEWMAN. NIELSEN I VOGUE I
PAN PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT RUBIO.
SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I AM BERG.
I WIECKOWSKI WIENER. AYE, WILK.
AYE. PLEASE CALL THE OPPOSITE
MEMBERS. ATKINS. WHEREAS Ó
EGGMAN? AYE. ROTH. 37 NOSER
ZERO. THE ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS
ARE CONCURRED IN WE'RE GOING TO
FILE ITEM 58 CENTER BRADFORD.
HE'S PREPARED, MADAM SECRETARY.
PLEASE READ SENATE BILL 14 76 BY
SENATOR BRADFORD AND ACT
RELATING TO WATER. THANK YOU,
MISS. PRESIDENT UM, JUST SIMPLY
MODERATE MODERNIZES TO
PURCHASING AUTHORITY FOR THE
WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ALSO KNOWN
AS W. R D. THIS BILL HAS
RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION RESPECT
LAST FOR I VOTE. THIS ITEM I
BELIEVE IS ELIGIBLE FOR
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. OH, AND
SORRY. FIRST, ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE? SEE NONE. IT'S ELIGIBLE
FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. THE
EYES ARE 37 KNOWS ARE ZERO. THE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS ARE
CONCURRED IN MOVING ON TO FILE
ITEM 68 SENATOR LAIRD. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE READ. SENATE
BILL 12 59 BY SENATOR LAIRD AN
ACT RELATING TO HEALING ARTS
CENTER, LAIRD THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MR PRESIDENT. AMENDMENTS
TAKEN IN THE ASSEMBLY PROVIDE
THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY NEEDED
TO EQUIP PHARMACISTS WITH THE
ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE OPIOID
ANTAGONIST TO THE PUBLIC. THE
BILLS RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION NO
NO VOTES AND HAS RECEIVED
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
IN CONCURRENCE TO THE
AMENDMENTS. ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. THIS ITEM IS ALSO
ELIGIBLE, VENOMOUS ROCCO ANY
OBJECTION TO USING UNANIMOUS
ROLL CALL? SEE NONE. ISA 37 NOSE
OR ZERO. THE ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS
ARE CONCURRED IN WE'LL GO TO
ASSEMBLY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
ITEMS TO GET THROUGH. TODAY I
WILL NOTE THAT MANY OF THEM ARE
SUPPOSED TO THEM OUR SUPPORT
SUPPORT. SO REMEMBER, BREVITY IS
BEAUTIFUL. WE'LL START OUT WITH
FILE ITEM 1 81. SENATOR. I AM
BERG. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 2026 08 BY
SENATOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN
, AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND DECLARING THEIR URGENCY
THERE UP TO TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY. SENATE-ROOM BERG.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT, MEMBERS
FOR THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION IN
THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BERMAN AND I
AUTHORED LEGISLATION REQUIRED
THAT ELECTION OFFICIALS SENT TO
VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT EVERY ACTIVE
REGISTERED VOTER. UM IN THAT
ELECTION, WE HAD THE HIGHEST
TURNOUT SINCE HARRY TRUMAN WAS
ON THE BALLOT. THINGS WORKED.
WELL, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY
VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
SEE NO, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN. AYE,
ARCHULETTA. AYE, ATKINS. FAITH.
NÓ BECKER. AYE, PORCHES. NO
BRADFORD. I COVERED ERA AYE,
ORTEZ. I DOLLY. NÓ DODD. I ALSO
EGGMAN. AYE, GLASER. I.
GONZALES. I GROW. NÓ HERTZBERG.
AYE, WESA. I POTATO. JONES. NÓ
KAMLAGER. I FLARED. I LABOR
LIMÓN. AYE, MCGUIRE. MELINDA'S
NO MEN. AYE, NEWMAN. AYE,
NIELSEN. NO OCHOA BOTH KNOW PAM.
AYE, PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT
RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER. AYE, STERN.
I AM BERG. I WIECKOWSKI AYE
WIENER. AYE, WILK. NO. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS
DURAZO MCGUIRE AYE. ROTH. I ZAR
28 TO 9 OF THE URGENCY FOR 22 9
ON THE MEASURE THE MEASURE
PASSES GO BACK TO FIRELIGHT AND
82. UH THIS WILL BE SENATOR
GONZALES. SHE'S PREPARED, MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 2031 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
EARLY AND ACT RELATING TO MOBILE
HOMES, SENATOR GONZALEZ THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS I
RISE TODAY TO PRESENT A B 2031
ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
EARLY, MAYBE 2031 WILL ENSURE
THAT RESIDENTS CAN BRING A
REPRESENTATIVE TO MEETINGS WITH
MOBILE HOME PARK MANAGEMENT. IT
WILL CLARIFY THAT BOTH RESIDENTS
AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES CAN
MEET WITH PARK MANAGEMENT ABOUT
SPECIFIED ISSUES SUCH AS
MAINTENANCE STANDARDS ARE
RESIDENT CONCERNS ABOUT PARK
RULES. THE BILL HAS NO
OPPOSITION AND I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR MY VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE. SEEN ON THIS ITEM IS
ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL
CALL AN OBJECTION TO USING
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. SEE NONE.
THE EYES ARE 37. THE NOSE ARE
ZERO. THE MEASURE PASSES. NOW
WE'LL GO TO FILE ITEM 84 CENTER
SKINNER. SHE PREPARED MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 2 88 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CALLED AROUND AND ACT RELATING
TO STUDIO STUDENT FINANCIAL AID.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS
PLEASED TO PRESENT A B 2 88,
CALIFORNIA BAN ON SCHOLARSHIP
DISPLACEMENT ACT ON BEHALF OF
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER CALDERON.
COLLEGE DEGREES, AS WE ALL KNOW,
CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE. EVEN WITH
FINANCIAL AID, AND MANY COLLEGES
REDUCED THEIR FINANCIAL AID WHEN
STUDENTS ARE GIVEN PRIVATE
SCHOLARSHIPS THAT PRACTICES
KNOWN AS SCHOLARSHIP
DISPLACEMENT, MAYBE 2 88 WOULD
INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGHER ED BY
PREVENTING COLLEGES FROM
REDUCING THEIR INSTITUTIONAL
GIFT AID AWARDS IF A STUDENT WHO
IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FEDERAL PELL
GRANT OR THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
ACT IS ALSO AWARDED A PRIVATE
SCHOLARSHIP. AND WITH THAT UM,
IT'S RECEIVED VICE PARTISAN
SUPPORT SO FAR. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. MEMBERS ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SEEN IN.
THIS IS ALSO ELIGIBLE, VENOMOUS
ROLL CALL ANY OBJECTIONS TO
USING UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL? C.
NINE THE EYES ARE 37. THOSE ARE
ZERO. THE MEASURE PASSES. NOW
WE'LL GO TO FILE ITEM 89,
SENATOR RUBIO. SHE'S PREPARED,
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE READ
ASSEMBLY BILL 2038 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON AN ACT
RELATING TO SCHOOL FINANCE,
SENATOR RUBIO. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE SENATE TODAY I STAND
PROUDLY. TO PRESENT A B 2038 BY
SENATOR I'M SORRY.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S GIBSON, WHICH
SEEKS TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION FOR
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO ACCURATELY COUNT ITS
TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, LOS
ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS THE LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA
ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AT L
. A USD ALSO SERVED ONE OF THE
MOST DIVERSE STUDENT BODIES. AND
THE UNITED STATES. USD HAS 1424
SCHOOLS AND 80% ARE STUDENTS OF
COLOR IN 2019 ELLIE. USD
RECEIVED A THREE YEAR WAIVER
FROM MEETING THE RATIO
REQUIREMENTS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE DISTRICT TO REASSESS
LOCAL PROGRAMS AND MOVE TOWARDS
COMPLIANCE. THIS WAIVER IS SET
TO EXPIRE BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR. WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT L A
USD MIGHT HAVE TO LAY OFF MANY
OF ITS STAFF. THE GOAL OF THIS
BILL IS SIMPLE. AND THAT IS TO
PROVIDE L A U. S. D WITH A
SOLUTION SO ADMINISTRATORS AND
TEACHERS WHO PLAY A CRITICAL
ROLE IN IMPROVING THEIR LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT IN OVERALL ACADEMIC
PROGRESS, PROGRESS OF STUDENTS
WAS FORWARD. ADMINISTRATORS HAVE
ALSO CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OUR
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THE
NECESSARY RESOURCES TO NEEDED TO
RECOVER FROM LEARNING LOSSES DUE
TO THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY HAVE
DIRECTLY SUPPORTED OUR TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR RIVAL.
THANK YOU. MEMBERS ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THIS ALSO
ELSEWHERE IF ANONYMOUS ROLL CALL
ANY OBJECTIONS? SEE NONE. 37 0
MEASURE PASSES. GO TO PHARAOH
ITEM 90 CENTER WIECKOWSKI. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BUILT BUILT 2048 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SANTIAGO AND
ACT RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.
WIECKOWSKI. A B 2048 THE WASTE
HAULERS AGREEMENT, TRANSPARENCY
ACT WOULD CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE
PUBLIC DATABASE DETAILING
FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS AMONGST
WASTE. RECYCLE HAULERS IN ANY
PUBLIC AGENCY. URGENT. I VOTE.
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SEE
NONE. THIS IS ALSO ALSO A
PHENOMENAL ROLL CALL ANY
OBJECTION TO UNANIMOUS ROLL
CALL. SEE NONE EYES 37 NO. ZERO
THAT MEASURE ALSO PASSES. NOW WE
GO TOO FAR. LIGHT OF 92. SENATOR
RUBIO. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
READ ASSEMBLY BILL 21 63 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BLANCA RUBIO
AND ACT RELATING TO WATER. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. TODAY I RISE
TO PRESENT 21 63, WHICH EXTENDS
THE REPEAL DATE FOR THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.
REAL BASIN WATER QUALITY
AUTHORITY TO JULY OF 2050. THIS
BILL PASSED WITH UNANIMOUS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN BOTH
SENATE AND POLICY COMMITTEES,
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
RIVAL. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE. SEE NONE. THIS IS
ELIGIBLE. KH OMINOUS ROLL CALL
ANY OBJECTIONS? SEE NONE. THE
EYES WERE 37 NOSE OR ZERO. THE
MEASURE PASSES. NOW WE GO TOO
FAR. LIGHT. UM 95. ALSO SENATOR
RUBIO. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
READ. ASSEMBLY BILL IN 19. OH,
SEVEN BY SOMETHING, REMEMBER
BAUER-KAHAN AND ACT RELATING TO
LONG TERM HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
. I'M SORRY. I'M GONNA HAVE TO
PASS ON FILE ON THIS ONE. SORRY.
OKAY? PASS ON FILE. WE'LL GO TO
ONE. OH, FIVE. SENATOR UMBERG.
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE READ.
ASSEMBLY BILL 1975 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOOSE REBUS, AN
ACT RELATING TO THE POLITICAL
REFORM ACT OF 1974. CENTER
HAMBURG. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
. MEMBERS MAYBE 9 75 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THREE OF US.
WILL INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND
EFFICIENCY OF THE POLITICAL
REFORM ACT BY REQUIRING PUBLIC
OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES TO
ELEKTRONIK. LEE FILED THEIR
STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
FORM 700 RECONCILES THE TIMELINE
FOR PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF GIVES
GIFTS I URGE AND I VOTE.
GLACIER. I DON'T THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT MEMBERS. JUST CHECKING
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BILL
MATCHES UP WITH THE CONCERNS
THAT I HAVE MAYBE A QUESTION FOR
THE AUTHOR. WE TAKE A QUESTION?
WELL SINCE THE AUTHOR IS NOT
HERE. I SUPPOSE I WILL WRITE.
OKAY, GO AHEAD. IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS BILL
WILL. BY LAW PREVENTS THE
DISCLOSURE OF FORM 700 FOR
MEMBERS OF THE STAFF. IS THAT
TRUE? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. UM
SENATOR GLASER THAT WHAT THIS
DOES, IS IT? PRECLUDES THEM FROM
FILING THEM ELECTRONICALLY, UM
OR DISCLOSING THEM
ELECTRONICALLY, BUT THAT IF
INTERESTED, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
REQUESTS FROM THE PPC THAT THEY
MAY OBTAIN ACCESS THANK YOU ON
MY OWN TIME, SO MEMBERS. THE
RULE TODAY IS THAT THE F B P C
CAN BY REGULATION REQUIRE THE
DISCLOSURE OF ALL FOUR AND SEVEN
HUNDREDS INCLUDED, INCLUDING
THOSE OF THE STAFF. AND BY
REGULATION, THEY HAVE MADE THE
CHOICE NOT TO DO THAT. THIS.
THIS BILL THAT'S BEFORE US WITH
MANY GOOD THINGS IN IT. HAS AN
ACTUAL PROHIBITION. AGAINST THE
DISCLOSURE. OF STAFF FORM SEVEN
HUNDREDS. AND WHEN I ASKED THE
AUTHOR OF WHY SHE WOULD BE DOING
THAT THE ANSWER WAS THAT IT'S TO
PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY. AND WHILE
I RESPECT THE SINCERITY OF THAT.
IT GOES COMPLETELY COUNTER TO
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IN
DISCLOSURE. OF THIS TYPE. OF
INFORMATION. WE DON'T WANT TO
MAKE IT HARD FOR THE PUBLIC TO
SEE IT. WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASY
FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE IT BECAUSE
IT HAS IMPORTANCE. SO
RELUCTANTLY, DESPITE THE GOOD
THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS BILL. I
WOULD URGE THAT MEMBERS TO
CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE
SHOULD ASK THE AUTHOR TO GO BACK
AND MAKE THAT CHANGE SO THAT
THAT TRANSPARENCY IS GOING TO
EXIST FOR OUR FORM SEVEN
HUNDREDS, OUR STAFFS FORMED
SEVEN HUNDREDS AND MEET THE TRUE
TEST OF THAT DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENT WITHOUT RESPECTFULLY
YES. FOR A NO VOTE. ANY OTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SEE? NO,
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. OH, SENATOR AMBURG, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? UM THANK YOU,
MR PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. I'VE
HEARD WHAT MY FRIEND AND
COLLEAGUE FROM AH, COUNT ACOSTA
HAS TO SAY, I'LL CERTAINLY MAKE
THAT REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR. UM
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
REQUEST BEEN MADE AND LIKELY
REJECTED, BUT I'LL RENEW THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL URGENT. I
VOTE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN. ARCHULETTA.
ATKINS. BATES. NÓ BECKER. AYE
FORGES. NO BRADFORD. I CABRERA.
ORTEZ. I DOLLY. NÓ DODD. YEAH.
SO EGGMAN. GLASER. NÓ GONZALEZ.
I GROWTH. NÓ HERTZBERG. AYE,
WESSEL. I HEARD TODAY. JONES.
KAMLAGER I FLARED. AYE. FLAVOR.
AYE, LIMÓN. AYE. MCGUIRE,
MELINDA'S NO MEN, NEWMAN. NÓ
NIELSEN. NO OKOLOBO. NO, PAM.
PORTANTINO I BROUGHT RUBIO. AYE,
SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I HAMBURG.
AYE, WIECKOWSKI. AYE, WIENER.
AYE, WILK. NO. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ALAN.
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. CABRERA. NO.
DODD NÓ. YEAH. SO HURTADO.
JONES. PAN. BROTH. SENATOR BURKE
MOVES THE CALL. NOW WE'LL. WE'LL
GO TO ONE. OH 61 OH, SIX.
SENATOR PAN. MADAM SECRETARY.
PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY BILL 17 96
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S TROY AND ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC POST
SECONDARY EDUCATION CENTER, PAT
. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
CENTERS. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT
ASSEMBLY BILL 17 96 ON BEHALF OF
SIMILAR MEMBER CHOI. THIS BILL
DIRECTS THE CSU AND REQUEST THE
/C TO ALLOW STUDENTS THE RIGHT
TO RE ENROLL AFTER LEAVING THEIR
BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAM AND
ALLOWS STUDENTS OF FRESH
OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THEIR
DEGREE. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT TO
RE ENROLL IS THAT THE STUDENT
WAS IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING AT
THE TIME OF A DRIVE IN
UNIVERSITY. WE KNOW THAT RE
ENROLLMENT RIGHTS ARE ON THE
DECLINE IN A B 17 96 WOULD HELP
RAISE THE 2025 GRADUATION
INITIATIVE BY MAKING IT EASIER
FOR STUDENTS TO RE ENROLL
WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE
APPLICATION PROCESS ONCE MORE. A
B 17 96 6 TO REACH THESE
STUDENTS ENCOURAGE THEM TO
CONTINUE THEIR GOAL OF FINISHING
THEIR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE WHEN
THEY ARE PREPARED TO DO SO. THIS
LANGUAGE WAS THE BILL'S LANGUAGE
CREATED WITH INPUT FROM CSU'S
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO ENSURE
ALL CSU CAMPUSES ARE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THIS NEW RE ENROLLMENT
POLICY. THIS HAS NO FORMAL
OPPOSITION AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE. THANK YOU ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? SEE NONE.
THIS ITEM IS ELIGIBLE. FINANCE
ROLL CALL ANY OBJECTION? WE DO
HAVE AN OBJECTION, MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN AYE, ARCHULETTA. I ADKINS.
BATES. AYE, BECKER. I PORTEOUS.
AYE, BRADFORD. I CABRERA
CORTESI. I, SALLY? I THOUGHT I
ALSO EGGMAN. GLASER. I.
GONZALES. I GROWTH. HERTZBERG. I
GUESS SO. I HURTADO. AYE JONES,
KAMLAGER. I GLARED. AYE, LIVER.
AYE, LIMÓN. AYE, MCGUIRE.
MELINDA'S. MEN. NEWMAN. AYE,
NIELSEN. I KNOW BOTH PAN
PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT RUBIO.
SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I AM BERG.
AYE, WIECKOWSKI. AYE, WIENER.
AYE, WILK. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS. WHEREAS
Ó GROVE. MELINDA'S.ROTH.
WELCOME. ISAIAH 34 NOSE OR ZERO.
THE MEASURE PASSES. MEMBERS WILL
GO TOO FAR. RIGHT UM 1 10
SENATOR EGGMAN. MADAM SECRETARY
, PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY BILL 1954
BY SOME OF THE MEMBER QUIRK AND
ACT RELATING TO CANNABIS.
SENATOR EDMUND, PLEASE. PASS ON
FILE. SET GO TO FILE ITEM ONE.
13. SENATOR GLASER. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 23 74 BY SOME MEMBER OF
BAUER-KAHAN AND ACT RELATING TO
CRIMES. GLASER THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT MEMBERS THIS BILL BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BAUER-KAHAN,
AMONG OTHER MATTERS WILL
INCREASE FINES FOR INDIVIDUALS
CAUGHT ILLEGALLY DUMPING IF THEY
EMPLOY 10 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OR
MORE WHILE ALSO GIVING A JUDGE
DISCRETION TO REQUIRE THE
CONVICTED INDIVIDUAL TO PAY FOR
THE REMOVAL OF THEIR ILLEGAL
DUMPING. EVERY CALIFORNIA
DESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN A
CLEAN, GARBAGE FREE NEIGHBORHOOD
WITHOUT RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY
VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
THIS ITEM IS ELIGIBLE,
PHENOMENAL ROLL CALL ANY
OBJECTIONS? SEE, NONE IS 37 NO.
ZERO MEASURE PASSES. TWO AND
WHEN 14 CENTER ARCHULETTA MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 26 40 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
VALID AIRES, AN ACTOR RELATING
TO PUPIL HEALTH. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. ARRIVES TODAY AND
PROUD CO AUTHOR OF A B PRESIDENT
. MAYBE 26 40 ZAKI BILL NAMED
AFTER THE YOUNG BOY THAT WAS
FROM THE DISTRICT AND HE WAS
HERE YESTERDAY WITH HIS PARENTS
. THIS BILL WILL HELP ENSURE THE
PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, EDUCATORS
AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE THE
ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE
INFORMATION AND STRATEGIES TO
REDUCE OUR, UH, ALLEGED ARE
ELECTRIC REACTIONS. ALLERGIC
REACTIONS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN
EARLY EDUCATION CENTERS. OVER
5.6 MILLION CHILDREN IN AMERICA
HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES. NEARLY 40%
OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE
EXPERIENCED A SEVERE ALLERGIC
REACTION, AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR
MANY OF THESE REACTIONS, IT
HAPPENS AT SCHOOL AND ON
CAMPUSES. NO STUDENTS SHOULD
HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS. THAT IS
WHY I'M SO PROUD TO PRESENT
EXACTLY BILL AND HAS NO
OPPOSITION. NO BOATS. I ASKED
FOR YOUR EYE BOAT. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THIS ITEM
IS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS
ROLL CALL ANY OBJECTIONS? SEE
NONE. I 37 NO. ZERO. THE MEASURE
PASSES. YOU'RE ON FINAL ITEM. 1
21 CENTER, JONES. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 22 70 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SEYARTO TOÀN ACT RELATING TO
EMERGENCY VEHICLES. JIM JONES.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT,
MEMBERS. THIS IS A GREAT
ASSEMBLY BILL. DEALING WITH HIV
LANES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
URGENT I VOTE ALRIGHT AND
DISCUSSION DEBATE. SEE NONE OF
THIS IS ALSO ELSEWHERE. IF
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL ANY
OBJECTIONS TO USING UNITED'S
ROLL CALL ON THIS MEASURE? SEEN
ON I 37 NO. ZERO. THE MEASURE
PASSES. AND NOW WE GO TO FILE
ITEM 1 54. THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT
BRIEF PRESENTATION. SENATOR
JONES, SENATOR AMBERG OVER TO
YOU. SO UM WELL, HE'S SORRY HE'S
READY. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
READ ASSEMBLY BILL 18 10 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LEVIN AN ACT
RELATING TO PUPIL HEALTH. CENTER
HAMBURG. FAMOUS PRESIDENT,
COLLEAGUES. A B 18 10
ESTABLISHES THIS CAESAR SAFE
SCHOOLS ACT TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO
DESIGNATE ONE OR MORE VOLUNTEERS
TO RECEIVE INITIAL AND ANNUAL
REFRESHER TRAINING FOR THE
EMERGENCY USE OF ANTI SEIZURE
MEDICATION FOR A PUPIL DIAGNOSED
WITH SEIZURES, SEIZURE DISORDER
OR EPILEPSY. IF THE PUPIL IS
SUFFERING FROM A SEIZURE.
VOLUNTEER WOULD BE TRAINED AND
RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
OF SEIZURES IN THE APPROPRIATE
STEPS TO TAKE TO RESPOND TO
THOSE SYMPTOMS. THE VOLUNTEER
ALSO WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH THE
STUDENTS. INDIVIDUAL SEIZURE
ACTION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES
INFORMATION FROM THE STUDENTS,
DOCTOR AND PARENTS URGE AND I
VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
MEMBERS. THIS ITEM ALSO ELIGIBLE
FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL AND
OBJECTIONS. TINA NIZAR 37 NOSE
OR ZERO THE MEASURE PASSES. WE
ARE GOING TO FILE ITEM 1 61.
THIS WOULD BE SENATOR DODD.
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE READ
ASSEMBLY BILL 2083 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BAUER-KAHAN AND
ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC
UTILITIES, DODD. TODAY I PRESENT
2083 ON BEHALF OF SEMPER MEMBER
BAUER-KAHAN. UM. AMENDMENTS IN
SENATE ENERGY, CLARIFIED THE
BILL AND REMOVED ALL OPPOSITION
. THIS BILL HAS ENJOYED
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR EVER ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. THIS ITEM IS TO ELIGIBLE
FINANCES. ROLL CALL ANY
OBJECTIONS? SEE NONE MEASURE. UH
THE EYES WERE 37 NOSER ZERO. THE
MEASURE PASSES. WE'RE GONNA GO
BACK NOW TO FATHER FROM 95.
SENATOR RUBIO. MADAM SECRETARY.
PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY BILL 19 OH,
SEVEN BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BAUER-KAHAN AND ACT RELATING TO
LONG TERM HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
. RUBIO THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
TODAY BRYSON SUPPORT TO PRESENT
A B 19 OH, SEVEN BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BAUER-KAHAN.
THIS BILL CHANGES THE
REQUIREMENT FOR LONG TERM CARE
FACILITIES TO BE INSPECTED. TO
GIVE GREATER PROTECTIONS TO
RESIDENTS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THIS ITEM
IS ALSO ALSO ECONOMICS ROLL CALL
ANY OBJECTION? SEE NONE. I 37
NO. ZERO. THE MEASURE PASSES.
NOW WE WILL GO TO FILE ITEM. 1
10 SENATOR EGGMAN. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ. ASSEMBLY
BILL 1954 BY SOME OF THE
BRICKWORK AND ACT OR LIVING TO
CANNABIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
YESTERDAY. FINE BILL BY DR
QUIRKE ON HIS WAY OUT HAVING TO
DO WITH THE MARIJUANA AND MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM
CHRONIC PAINS AREN'T JUST
AUTOMATICALLY DENIED EVERYTHING
ELSE BECAUSE THEY'RE USING
MEDICAL CANNABIS. I ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? I
SEE NONE. THE IS ALSO ALSO
PHENOMENAL. ROLL CALL ANY
OBJECTION. NO SEE NONE EYES 37
NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES. NOW
WE'LL GO AHEAD TO FIVE. LET THEM
ONE 61 61 WILL GO TO 1 69. THIS
IS SENATOR DODD. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 30 23 03 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY
AND ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES. PRESIDENT MEMBERS. A
B 23 03 IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT
THAT CONTINUES TO PROTECT
CALIFORNIA BRANDS BY REQUIRING
THAT ONLY AGAVE SPIRITS PRODUCED
ENTIRELY FROM AGAVE GROWN WITHIN
CALIFORNIA. WITHOUT FLAVORING OR
COLORING ADDITIVES ARE LABELED
WITH THE WORDS CALIFORNIA GAVE
THE SPIRITS I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR IVA. ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. MEMBERS. THIS IS ALSO
ELIGIBLE PHENOMENA, STROKE ALL
ANY OBJECTION TO USING UNANIMOUS
ROLL CALL. SEE NONE. I 37 NOS.
ZERO MEASURE PASSES. OKAY,
MOVING ALONG QUICKLY, NOW BACK
TO SENATOR DODD FOR HIGHLIGHTING
1 73. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
READ ASSEMBLY BILL 23 22 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DOT
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD AND
ACTUALLY TO FIRE SAFETY CENTER
DONE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS I RISE ON BEHALF OF MY
COLLEAGUE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD
PRESENT A B 23 22. UM IT
ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF FOCUSING
ON STANDARDS THAT INCREASED FIRE
SAFETY FOR CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDINGS LOCATED
HIGH RISK FIRE ZONES.
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR EYE BOAT.
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THIS
ITEM IS ELIGIBLE, UNANIMOUS ROLL
CALL ANY OBJECTION TO USING
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL? SEE NONE
EYES 37 NO. ZERO THAT MEASURE
PASSES. WE WILL NOW GO TO FILE
ITEM. 1 93, SENATOR UMBERG.
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE READ
ASSEMBLY BILL 29 17 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MIKE FONG, AN
ACT RELATING TO DISABILITY
ACCESS. SENATOR HAMBURG. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT AND
COLLEAGUES. THIS BILL HAS TO DO
WITH AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY
ACT LAWSUITS AND IN PARTICULAR
LAWSUITS THAT RELATE TO THE
WEBSITE. ACCESSIBILITY WITH THIS
BILL WOULD DO WOULD REQUIRE THAT
LAWYERS PROVIDE INFORMATION TO
THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITY
ACCESS WHEN THERE IS LITIGATION
RELATED TO WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY
COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO THEN
GENERATE GUIDELINES ON HOW
BUSINESS CAN MEET INDUSTRY
STANDARDS FOR INTERNET
ACCESSIBILITY. I URGE AND I VOTE
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THIS
ITEM IS ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS
ROCK HALL. ANY OBJECTION TO
USING UNITED'S ROLL CALL. SEE
NONE. I 37 NO. ZERO MEASURE
PASSES. NOW 1 94 SENATOR WIENER.
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE READ
ASSEMBLY BILL 16 80 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S EARLY AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION
CENTER WIENER. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. I RISE TO PRESENT A B
16 80 ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S EARLY THIS BILL
IS A CLEAN UP BILL THAT
PRESERVES STATUTORY CHANGES TO
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE MADE
LAST YEAR BUT INADVERTENTLY
WIPED OUT BY ANOTHER. BILL BILL
THAT I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
AUTHORED THIS BILL RECEIVED HAS
RECEIVED NO NO VOTES AND HAS NO
OPPOSITION. I ASKED FOR AN I
VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO USING
ANISE ROLL CALL ON THIS MEASURE?
SEE NONE EYES 37 NO. ZERO
MEASURE PASSES. NOW WE'LL GO TOO
FAR AND LET HIM TO 14. THAT WILL
BE SENATOR NEWMAN. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 27 23 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
HOLDEN AN ACT RELATING TO
ANIMALS. SARAH NEWMAN. THANK YOU
, MR PRESIDENT. I RISE TO
PRESENT A B 27 23 ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOLDEN, WHICH
SEEKS TO REVISE CALIFORNIA'S PET
MICROCHIPPING LAWS TO MODERNIZE
SHELTER AND RESCUE STANDARDS FOR
RECLAIMED PETS. THIS BILL HAS
SUPPORT SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND I RESPECTFULLY AS RENOVA ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. AND SEEN
ON ANY OBJECTION TO USING
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. SENIOR EYES
WE GO TOO FAR. LET HIM TO 16.
SENATOR KABIRA. MADAM SECRETARY.
PLEASE READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 26 47
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LEVIN AN ACT
RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I RISE
TO PRESENT A B 26 47 ON BEHALF
OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LEVINE. THIS
BILL WOULD ALLOW THE ONLINE
POSTING OF SUPPLEMENTAL
DOCUMENTS DISTRIBUTED TO A LOCAL
AGENCIES LEGISLATIVE BODY LESS
THAN 72 HOURS BEFORE AN OPEN
MEETING IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT.
THESE SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS
WOULD ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR
PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OFFICE THE NEXT
BUSINESS DAY. THIS BILL
MAXIMIZES TRANSPARENCY. IT
ENJOYS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND
HAS NO OPPOSITION. RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. MEMBERS
ANY OBJECTION TO USING UNANIMOUS
ROLL CALL IN THIS MEASURE. SEE
NONE. I 37 NO. ZERO MEASURE
PASSES. WE'LL GO TO FILE ITEM 2
TO 9. SENATOR EGGMAN MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 2089 BY SOMETHING MEMBER
BAUER-KAHAN AND ACT RELATING TO
PRIVACY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR
PRESIDENT. DID PEOPLE KNOW IF
YOU GO ON AND YOU GO TO AN
ONLINE COUNSELING CENTER THAT WE
ALL SEE SELF HELP GET TOM.
THEY'RE SELLING OUR INFORMATION
TO FACEBOOK AND OTHER THINGS. SO
YOU START SEEING ADS POP UP ON
YOU. THIS FIXES THAT CLOSES THAT
LOOPHOLE. IT'S A GOOD BILL.
EVERYONE SHOULD FOLLOW HIPAA. I
ASKED FOR YOUR IBOOK. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. OKAY UM,
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ROLL.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALAN AYE, ARCHULETTA. AYE,
ATKINS. BATES. AYE, BECKER. AYE,
PORCHES. AYE, BRADFORD. I
COVERED ERA CORTESI, SALLY. AYE,
DODD. I TERRAZZO. EGGMAN. AYE.
BLAZER.I GONZALES I GROVE AYE,
HERTZBERG. I GUESS SO. AYE,
HURTADO JONES. AYE, KAMLAGER. I
GLARED. I LEAVE TO HI, LIMÓN.
MCGUIRE. I. MELINDA'S MEN.
NEWMAN. I NIELSEN. THE TRIAL
BUG. I PAN. I PORTANTINO AYE
BROTH. RUBIO. SKINNER. STERN. I
AM BERG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI WIENER.
AYE, WILK. I PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS CARASSO.
THURMOND. NIELSEN. AYE. ROCK.
SKINNER. SENATOR EDMUND MOVES
THE CALL. WE NOW GO TO FILE ITEM
TWO. 38. THIS IS GOING TO BE
SENT ROKKO BOGUE! MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 24 52 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CHEN, AN ACT RELATING TO
STRUCTURAL FUMIGATION, SENATOR
BOB MR PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS I
RISE TO PRESENT ASSEMBLY BILL 24
52 ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CHEN. A B 24 52 WILL EXTEND THE
SENSOR DATE OF THE STRUCTURAL
FUMIGATION INSPECTION PROGRAM
FROM JANUARY 1ST 2023 TO JANUARY
1ST 2024 SUSPECTS INSPECTION
SERVICES, WHICH ARE PERFORMED BY
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO
MONITOR AND REGULATE THE TOXIC
CHEMICALS USED BY COMPANIES TO
CONDUCT STRUCTURAL FUMIGATIONS.
MAYBE 24 52 WILL ENSURE THAT THE
INCREASED OVERSIGHT AND
REGULATORY ACTIVITIES THAT
COMPRISE THE MAJORITY OF THE
STRUCTURAL FUMIGATION ACTIVE WE
WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
THIS BILL HAS NO OPPOSITION, AND
IT HAS RECEIVED UNANIMOUS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT THROUGH THE
LEGISLATURE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN I VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. SENIOR MADAM SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN. AYE
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS BATES. AYE,
BECKER. AYE FORGES. AYE BRADFORD
. I CABRERA CORTESI. SALLY. I
STARTED I DURAZO. EGGMAN. I
GLASER. AYE. GONZALES. I GROW.
HERTZBERG. I WEAR SO I HURTADO.
AYE JONES, KAMLAGER. I GLARED. I
LABOR LIMÓN. I MCGUIRE AYE.
MELINDA'S MEN NEWMAN. AYE,
NIELSEN. I KNOW A BUG. I PAM, I
PORTANTINO BROTH. RUBIO SKINNER.
STERN. I AM BERG. I WIECKOWSKI
QUEENER. AYE, WILK. AYE. SENATOR
COBURG MOVES THE CALL. THERE WE
GO TOO FAR AND TOO 49 SENATOR
LEYVA. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 1912 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MIA BONTA AND
ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY
APPORTIONMENT AND DECLARING THE
AGENCY THEREOF TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY. SANTA LABOR. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MR PRESIDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS. A B 1912
CREATES A NEW PROCESS THAT
SCHOOLS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS
WILL NEED TO FOLLOW WHEN
CONSIDERING SCHOOL CLOSURE AND
CONSOLIDATION. SCHOOL CLOSURES
ARE NOT EASY DECISIONS TO MAKE
THEIR EMOTIONAL DECISIONS
IMPACTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES, IF NOT DONE
TRANSPARENTLY WITH COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. THERE IS MISTRUST IN
THE PROCESS, WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT PARENTS, TEACHERS AND THE
COMMUNITY FELT, WITH RECENT
RECENT DECISIONS MADE BY THE
OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
A B 1912 OR REQUIRE SCHOOLS IN
FINANCIAL DISTRESS TO FIND THE
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A STATE LOAN
OR ARE UNDER RECEIVERSHIP TO
CONDUCT AN EQUITY IMPACT
ANALYSIS. TO GUIDE THE
IDENTIFICATION OF SCHOOLS TO BE
CLOSED OR CONSOLIDATED. THIS
BILL IS ABOUT CREATING AN OPEN
PROCESS WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
FACES ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
DECISIONS. IT NEVER WANTS TO
MAKE MEMBERS. A B 1912 IS ABOUT
HELPING THE COMMUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AS WELL
AS DIRECTING A SCHOOL BOARD TO
LOOK BEYOND JUST THE NUMBERS AND
DOLLARS AND TO CONSIDER THE TRUE
IMPACT. A SCHOOL CLOSURE WILL
HAVE ON STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND
FAMILIES. MEMBERS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN. AYE ARCHULETTA. AYE,
ATKINS. BASICS. I, ER I
PORTEOUS. BRADFORD I HAVE A ERA
CORTESI DOLLY! DODD. I ALSO
EGGMAN. AYE GLASER. GONZALES. I
GROWTH HERTZBERG. AYE, WESSEL.
AYE, HURTADO. AYE, JONES.
KAMLAGER I GLARED. I LIVE TO
LIMÓN AYE, MCGUIRE. AYE.
MELINDA'S MEN. NEWMAN. AYE,
NIELSEN. I KNOW A BUG. PAM. AYE,
PORTANTINO. I ROCK. RUBIO. AYE,
SKINNER. STERN. I AM BERG. I
WIECKOWSKI AYE, WIENER. AYE,
WILK. AYE. SENATOR. LABOR MOVES
CALL. MEMBERS UNDER PRIVILEGES
OF THE FLOOR. SENATOR BRADFORD
LIKE TO WELCOME KENDRA JOHNSON,
A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE. MISS
JOHNSON IS IN THE, UM THERE SHE
IS UP IN THE GALLERY. PLEASE
JOIN US ALL IN GIVING A WELCOME
TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE SET.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NOW WE
WILL GO BACK TO THE THIRD
READING TO FILE ITEM. 2 55,
SENATOR NEWMAN. HE'S PREPARED,
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE READ
ASSEMBLY BILL 17 26 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUILAR CURRY
AND ACT RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION. TOURNAMENT. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I RISE TODAY
TO PRESENT A B 7 26 FROM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY,
WHICH UPDATES CALIFORNIA'S 25
YEAR OLD SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM,
THE SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM
PREDICTS THE PRIVACY OF
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
STALKING, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND ELDER
INDEPENDENT ABUSE AS WELL AS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
BY ALLOWING FOR A SUBSTITUTE
MAILING ADDRESS TO RECEIVE FIRST
CLASS CERTIFIED AND REGISTERED
MAIL ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AGUIAR-CURRY. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THIS
ITEM. ACTUALLY NO, WE WILL DO
THE ROLL CALL, MADAM SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROL. ALAN AYE,
ARCHULETTA. AYE, ATKINS. FAITHS.
BECKER. I GORGEOUS. AYE,
BRADFORD. I CABRERA ORTEZ. I
DOLLY DODD. I ALSO EGGMAN.
GLASER. AYE. GONZALES. I GROW
AYE, HERTZBERG. I GUESS SO. I
FURTADO. AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER I
FLARED. I FLAVOR AYE, LIMÓN.
AYE, MCGUIRE. I. MELINDA'S I'VE
MEN. AYE, NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN.
I KNOW A BOGEY. I PAN
PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT RUBIO.
SKINNER. STERN. I HAMBURG. AYE
WIECKOWSKI QUEENER. AYE, WILK.
AYE. SENATOR NEWMAN. MOVES THE
CALL. BUT SENATOR THERE WAS. YES
SOONER. YES, HAMBURG MOVES THE
CALL. OKAY? 4 31. OKAY SORRY.
GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF THERE. NEW
MOVES THE CALL. WE NOW MOVE TO
SENATOR 4 31 FILE ITEM. THIS IS
SENATOR UMBERG. MADAM SECRETARY
. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY BILL 22
80 BY SOMETHING MEMBER RAISE AN
ACT RELATING TO UNCLAIMED
PROPERTY CENTER HAMBURG. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES
ARISE TO PRESENT A B 20 TO 80 ON
BEHALF OF MAJORITY LEADER RISK,
WHICH WILL AUTHORIZE THE STATE
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO
ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE
PROGRAM TO INCREASE COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CALIFORNIA UNCLAIMED
PROPERTY LAW. A B 22 80 WILL
INCREASE COMPLIANCE WITH
CALIFORNIA'S UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
LAW BY AUTHORIZING THE STATE
COMPTROLLER TO ESTABLISH A
VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE PROGRAM,
ALLOWING THE CONTROLLER WAVE
INTEREST. PENALTIES OTHERWISE DO
UNDER THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY LAW
FOR BUSINESS COMPLETES AND
EDUCATION PROGRAM DESIGNED BY
THE CONTROLLER AND BARRING THIRD
PARTY SERVICES THAT PROMISED TO
RECOVER UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ON
BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
FROM CHARGING UPFRONT FEES. URGE
AND I VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION
DEBATE. SENIOR MADAM SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN. AYE
ARCHULETTA ATKINS. FATES. I
THINK, ER I PORTEOUS. AYE,
BRADFORD. I CARBONARA. ORTEZ E.
I DOLLY. AYE, DODD. I ALSO
EGGMAN. AYE. BLAZER. AYE.
GONZALES. I GROW HERTZBERG. I
GUESS SO. I FURTADO I JONES
KAMLAGER I FLARED. I FLAVOR AYE,
LIMÓN. AYE, MCGUIRE. MELINDA'S.
I MEN I NEWMAN AYE, NIELSEN. I
KNOW ABOUT PAM PORTANTINO. AYE,
ROTH. RUBIO. SKINNER. STERN. I
HAMBURG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI.
WIENER. AYE, WILK. AYE. SENATOR
ON BERG MOVES THE CALL. MEMBERS
WE JUST HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE TO FILE
AND 4 77 SENATOR CO BOGEY. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 13 30 BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
MAZE AND ACT RELATING TO
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. MR
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. THIS BILL
WOULD EXPAND THE EXISTING
EXEMPTIONS TO TIDE HOW
SPONSORSHIP AT ARENAS TO INCLUDE
THE ACCURACY SURE. ARENA LOCATED
IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AND
HOME TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY,
FIREBIRDS, ACCURACY OR ARENA IS
A BRAND NEW, PRIVATELY FINANCED
ARENA WITH SEATING FOR MORE THAN
11,000 GUESTS. IN ADDITION, NO
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT I'M
SORRY. IN ADDITION TO SPORTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT ARENA WILL
ACCOMMODATE CONVENTIONS, LARGE
MEETINGS AND INTERNATIONAL
EVENTS AS WELL AS AWARD SHOWS
AND EXHIBITIONS. THE EXCEPTION
PROVIDED IN THIS BILL WILL ALLOW
THIS IMPORTANT STREAM OF REVENUE
TO BE ASSESSED BY THE ACCURACY
OR ARENA. OUR REVENUE STREAM
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO PRIVATELY
FINANCED FACILITIES LIKE OURS. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN. AYE
ARCHULETTA. AYE. ATKINS BATES.
BECKER. AYE FORGES. AYE,
BRADFORD. COVER ERA. ORTEZ. I
DOLLY. AYE, DODD. I ALSO EGGMAN.
I GLASER. AYE. GONZALES GROWTH
AYE, HERTZBERG. I WAS SO
HURTADO. JONES. AYE, KAMLAGER. I
FLARED. AYE. FLAVOR LIMÓN. AYE,
MCGUIRE. AYE. MELINDA'S I MEN,
NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN. I KNOW A
BUG. PAM. AYE, PORTANTINO. I
BROUGHT RUBIO. SKINNER. STERN. I
AM BERG WIECKOWSKI. AYE, WIENER.
AYE, WILK. AYE. SANCHO BOGUE
MOVES THE CALL. NOW FILE ITEM
FOR 80. FIRST SENATOR UMBERG.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE READ
ASSEMBLY BILL 29 58 BY THE
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
AND ACT RELATING TO ATTORNEYS
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THERE
ARE TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
ROBERT THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS THIS IS THE ANNUAL STATE
BAR FEES, REAUTHORIZATION AND
LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT BILL THIS
YEAR IT'S AUTHORED BY THE
ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE
STATE BARS. ENDURED SOME
CHALLENGES OVER THE PAST YEAR
THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF
CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE, UM
HAD OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES
WITH RESPECT TO ATTORNEY
DISCIPLINE AND OVERSIGHT. THE
TOM GIRARDI FIASCO HAS EXPOSED
SOME OF THE LAPSES. THAT HAVE
GONE ON FOR YEARS. SADLY WITH
THE STATE BAR. THIS BILL HELPS,
TOO. FOCUS THE STATE BAR ON
THEIR PRIMARY MISSION, WHICH IS
THE PROTECTION OF CALIFORNIANS
AND CALIFORNIANS WHO ACCESS
LEGAL SERVICES THROUGH THE USE
OF A LAWYER. UM THIS BILL LEAVES
THE LICENSING FEES ESSENTIALLY
UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR. UM IT
DOES NOT RAISE FEES, BUT IT
DIRECTS THE STATE AUDITOR REVIEW
THIS THE BARS FINANCIAL
CONDITION AS PART OF NEXT YEAR'S
AUDIT. UM IT ALSO PUTS A PAUSE
ON THE STATE BARS. INITIATIVE TO
INCREASE THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE
WITH RESPECT TO PARALEGALS, AND,
UH IT DOES. INSTRUCT THE STATE
BAR THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER TO
SPEND FUNDS, UM, EXPLORING THE
CORPORATE OWNERSHIP OF LAW
FIRMS. I URGE AND I VOTE.
MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. SENATOR STERN. SENATOR
STERN. QUESTION FOR THE AUTHOR.
YEAH. UM THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
. I WANT TO MAKE A BRIEF
COMMENT. UM I KNOW WE HEARD THIS
BILL IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. I
DID RAISE SOME ISSUES
CONCERNING, UM, THE BAR
EXPLORING. UM NEW TOOLS IN THEIR
TOOL KIT TO ALLOW GREATER ACCESS
NOT JUST TO LOW INCOME
CALIFORNIANS, BUT ALSO TO SMALL
BUSINESSES AND MIDDLE INCOME
CALIFORNIANS. UM. UNFORTUNATELY
THE AMENDMENTS THAT THAT I SAW
WERE ADOPTED RESTRICTED IT NOT
NOT TO LOWER INCOME CALIFORNIANS
BUT NOW ONLY TO LOW INCOME
CALIFORNIA SO I DO HAVE SOME
CONCERNS HERE ABOUT TYING THE
BARS HANDS IN TERMS OF LOOKING
AT THE FUTURE OF ACCESS TO, UM
T RESOURCES AND 2 TO 2
CONTRACTING AND JUSTICE
RESOURCES INTO PRESCRIBED OF A
MANNER. UM SO I APPRECIATE THE
CHAIRS WORK ON IT. UM BUT YOU
KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT THE
FUTURE OF THE LAW PROFESSION
STRICTLY TO THE TO THE NARROW
PARAMETERS THAT WERE OUTLINED
HERE FOR WHAT TECHNOLOGIES AND
WHAT OTHER PRACTICES MIGHT BE
AVAILABLE. I'M CONCERNED THAT,
UM I'M CONCERNED WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE SOME CHALLENGES GOING
FORWARD. UM HAVE YOU DECIDED
WHETHER I'M GOING TO VOTE ON
THIS BILL HERE, BUT I HOPE WE
CAN ADDRESS THAT IN THE FUTURE
AND THAT WE GIVE THE BAR SOME
FLEXIBILITY. AND I WISH THE
AUTHOR HAD FOLLOWED THROUGH ON
HIS COMMITMENTS AND JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE. SO THOSE ARE MY
COMMENTS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE. I WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
UM I APPRECIATE COMMENTS OF MY
COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES. AND
I THINK YOU ARE CORRECT. WE HAVE
A CRISIS WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS
TO JUSTICE AND THAT CRISIS
IMPACTS MANY, MANY CALIFORNIANS
, YOU HAD MENTIONED SMALL
BUSINESSES, CERTAINLY SMALL
BUSINESSES, EVEN MEDIUM SIZED
BUSINESSES WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
DISPUTE ARE CHALLENGE WITH
RESPECT TO BEING ABLE TO GET TO
COURT, AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH
OF STUFF WE SHOULD BE DOING TO
CREATE GREATER ACCESS THE
PURPOSE OF THE BILL THIS YEAR
AND BY THE WAY, THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER BILL NEXT YEAR. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS ABILITY THIS
YEAR IS TO SAY, LABARRE HATE.
YOU REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON
FIRST THINGS. 1ST 1ST THINGS
FIRST ARE GETTING THE DISCIPLINE
SYSTEM IN ORDER. BEFORE WE
CREATE A SEPARATE UM PARA
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY CERTIFIED
CATEGORY FOR YOU TO OVERSEE AND
BEFORE WE ALLOW CORPORATIONS TO
BEGIN PRACTICING LAW. FIRST
LET'S GET OUR DISCIPLINE SYSTEM
IN ORDER. IT DOESN'T MEAN AND
MOST CERTAINLY IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT WE'RE GOING TO RESTRICT
TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF
REDUCING THE COST THE EFFICIENT
, INCREASING THE EFFICIENCIES OF
OUR COURTS. UM BUT RIGHT NOW, I
BELIEVE IT IS THE INTENT OF THE
AUTHOR AND I SHARE THAT INTENT
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BAR
FOCUSES ON ITS PRIMARY MISSION.
AND ORIGINALLY BOAT. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN. AYE ARCHULETTA. AYE,
ATKINS. FAITH. NÓ BECKER.
GORGEOUS. AYE, BRADFORD. I HAVE
A ERA CORTESI. SALLY. DODD. I
DURAZO. EGGMAN. AYE. BLAZER.
AYE. GONZALES. AYE, GROVE.
HERTZBERG. I WEAR, SO I HURTADO
AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER I FLARED.
AYE. FLAVOR. AYE, LIMÓN. AYE,
MCGUIRE. AYE. MELINDA'S MEN.
NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN. I KNOW A
VOGUE. I, PAM. PORTANTINO. I
BROUGHT RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER.
AYE, STERN. HAMBURG. AYE,
WIECKOWSKI. AYE, WIENER. AYE
WILK. I PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ATKINS BECKER. VALLEY.
YEAH. SO GROWTH. AYE. MELINDA'S.
PAM. AYE. ROCK. STERN. AYE. THE. I ZAR 33 NOSE OR ONE ON THE
URGENCY. THE EYES ARE 33. THE
NOSE ARE ONE ON THE MEASURE. THE
MEASURE PASSES. NOW WE WILL GO
TO FILE ITEM 519. WHAT'S THAT?
512517 CENTER OF LIMÓN. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILL 17 OH, THREE BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS AN ACT
RELATING TO CALIFORNIA INDIAN
EDUCATION. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES
. I RISE TO PRESENT A B 17 OH,
THREE ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAMOS A B 17.
OH, THREE WOULD ESTABLISH THE
CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION ACT
, WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES TO FORM TASK
FORCES. WITH CALIFORNIA TRIBES
LOCAL TO THEIR REGIONS OR
HISTORICALLY LOCATED IN THEIR
REGION. ADVOCATES HAVE LONG
EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE
HISTORY TAUGHT DREAM. THESE
INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD IS
INACCURATE OR MISLEADING,
FOCUSING ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE
TWO HISTORY AND ACTUAL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PEOPLE
NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS BILL
ENCOURAGES THE TASK FORCES TO
DEVELOP CURRICULAR MATERIALS FOR
USE TO TEACH ABOUT THE HISTORY,
CULTURE AND GOVERNMENT OF LOCAL
TRIBES. DEVELOPING A SHARED
UNDERSTANDING OF CALIFORNIA
NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BRING
CULTURAL AWARENESS OF THE TRIBES
IN CALIFORNIA. I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN I VOTE. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. MEMBERS
THIS IS ELIGIBLE, PHENOMENAL
BROAD CALL ANY OBJECTION TO
USING UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL? SEEN
DONE. ISAIAH 37 NOSE OR ZEROTHE
MEASURE OF PASSES. AND TAKE A
BRIEF MOMENT.
IN A MOMENT, WE'LL OPEN THE ROLL
ON A FEW ITEMS.
OKAY THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW GOING
TO OPEN THE ROLL ON A FEW ITEMS,
STARTING WITH FILE ITEM ONE. OH,
FIVE. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ALAN
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. WHEREAS Ó
HURTADO. AYE. JONES. NO. PAM.
ROTH. STERN. I TO KNOW. ISAIAH
20 KNOWS OR 14. THE MEASURE
FAILS MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY
SENATOR UMBERG. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, RECONSIDERATION IS
GRANTED. WE'LL GO TO. BY 37 TO 0
. THE UH THE MOTION IS TO
RECONSIDER WITHOUT HIS GRANTED
RECONSIDERATION IS GRANTED.
OKAY? NOW WE'LL GO TO OPEN THE
ROLL ON FILE ITEM 2 TO 9. A B
2089. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS
WHEREAS OH, MEN I ROTH. SKINNER.
AYE. THE EYES ARE 37 NOSE OR
ZERO THAT MEASURE PASSES. NOW WE
WILL OPEN THE ROLL ON FILE ITEM
. 2 38. THIS IS A B 2452. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS BARROSO
MEN I ROTH SKINNER. AYE. ISAIAH
37 NOSE OR ZERO. THE MEASURE
PASSES. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
ROLL ON FILE ITEM TO 49 A B
1912. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS.
GORGEOUS. ANNOUNCED ON THE
VALLEY. AYE. YEAH. SO GROWTH.
AYE. JONES. AYE. MELINDA'S. MEN.
I A CHILD BUG. BROTH. SKINNER.
AYE. PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS ONE MORE TIME. ATKINS
GORGEOUS. TERRAZZO. MELINDA'S.
I'LL TRY TO VOGUE. ROCK. YOU
CALL THEM ABSENT MEMBERS 11 MORE
TIME. ATKINS GORGEOUS. WHEREAS
Ó MELINDA'S. BROUGH. ROCK. THE
EYES ARE 34 TO 0 ON THE URGENCY
OF 34 TO 0 ON THE MEASURE. THE
MEASURE PASSES. NOW GO TO FILE
ITEM. 2 55. THIS IS A B 1726.
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS BATES.
AYE. TERRAZZO. ROTH SKINNER.
AYE. 37 NOSE OR ZERO THAT
MEASURE PASSES. NOW TO FILE ITEM
4 31. A B 2 TO 80. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS
SALVATIERRA. AYE. O GROWTH AYE.
ROTH. SKINNER. AYE. ISAIAH 37
NOSE OR ZERO THAT MEASURE
PASSES. NOW TO FILE AND 477. A B
13 30. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS
BATES. AYE. BRADFORD. AYE. YEAH.
SO TRY BUGGED, AYE. ROTH.
SKINNER. AYE. ISAIAH 37 NOS.
ZERO THAT MEASURE PASSES. NOW
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. WOULD ANY MEMBER LIKE
TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. MADAM
SECRETARY. PLEASE READ THE ITEMS
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ASSEMBLY
JOINT RESOLUTIONS 25, 30 AND 29.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON FILE
ITEM. 6 37. ALAN AYE,
ARCHULETTA. AYE, ATKINS. BATES.
AYE BECKER FORTRESS BRADFORD
CABRERA. I CORTESI. I DOLLY.
AYE, DODD. I ALSO EGGMAN. AYE.
BLAZER. AYE. GONZALES. I GROW
AYE, HERTZBERG. I HEARD WEST. SO
I HURTADO AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER I
FLARED. AYE LEYVA LIMÓN. AYE,
MCGUIRE. I. MELINDA'S I MEN.
NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN. AYE. I
PAN. AYE, PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT
RUBIO. SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I AM
BERG. AYE WIECKOWSKI. AYE.
WIENER. AYE, WILK. I CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ATKINS BARROSO
MEN I ROTH. ISAIAH 37 KNOWS ARE
ZERO THAT CONSENT CALENDAR
PASSES. NOW WE'LL MOVE BACK TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE FOLLOWING NOMINEE
WILL BE STRICKEN FROM THE FILE.
VALERIE M. QUITO. SENATOR RUBIO
. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION FOR
A B 19. OH, SEVEN. THANK YOU. IS
THERE? OBJECTION. YEP, I SAID AS
ANY OBJECTION. STEVE. NO
OBJECTION RECONSIDERATION. IS
GRANTED 37 36 TO 0. OKAY?
RECONSIDERATION IS GRANTED 36 TO
0.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS
CENTER, BATES THE DESK IS CLEAR.
THANK YOU, MAN. MR PRESIDENT OF
SENATE WILL BE ADJOURNED AND WE
WILL RECONVENE THURSDAY AT NINE.
A.M. IT WILL BE ADJOURNED. WE'LL
RECONVENE THURSDAY. NINE A.M.