THREE TWENTY FOUR SESSION OF THE
SENATE AND THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE WILL BEGIN THIS
MORNING WITH THE MUSICAL PRELUDE
PERFORMED BY THE SACRAMENTO GAY
MEN'S CHORUS SMALL AND SAMPLE
THE- POLY PHONICS UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF CHRISTIAN BONE.
WELCOME WELCOME TO THE SENATE
CHAMBER.
IS A- NEWS CA. BECAUSE ALL OF.
YOU I WANT SO. WHO'S ROSS-
BRIGHT
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AND-
AND.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND THIS LAND
IS MODERN AND WELL YEAH YOUR-
THE REDWOOD FULL. MOSTRI MOM.
THIS LAND WAS FOR YOU HAVE THE-
WELL YOU- OKAY. THE OKAY- BE
THIS IS WAS MADE FOR YOU AND I
BE GLAD THERE'S NO. TO THIS IDEA
IS MOM. HELLO. THE NEW YORK AND
ALL RIGHT THE CONCRETE WALL.
THIS LAND BUT MADE TO BE I'M
THEM RIGHT.
STROLL THE- YEAH IT'S WAY OUT OF
DESKTOP ROLL THEY THE HALLWAYS
LESTAT. THEY. THIS IS MADE BY.
THIS IS YOUR. LANDIS MOM AND
YEAH YEAH.
YEAH YEAH. THREE WILL. THIS WAS
MADE IN THE.
USER REVIEWS OF. GROSS IS- ZERO
WHO. OR YOU AND TO HAS AGED
MAZDA. WELL MIRACLE OVER. UHHUH. HE SAID- A. MOVE AND- OKAY
IT'S ALL- AND I BE REMINDS-
WELL- I SEE PEOPLE- THIS IS A-
RULE. IT'LL. COOL RIGHT- BUY-
WELL I DON'T WANT THE FULL. AND
YEAH- NEED TO MODERNIZE THE-
WELL ON THE
-
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH THAT WAS
INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL AND A
WONDERFUL WAY TO START OUR DAY
THANK YOU.
THE HOUR OF TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON
HAVING ARRIVED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE FOUR SECTION THREE A. OF
OUR CONSTITUTION THE SENATE WILL
COME TO ORDER. WITH THE MEMBERS
MEMBERS ELECT AND OUR GUESTS BE
ON THE RADIO AND IN THE GALLERY
PLEASE RISE WE WILL BE LED IN
PRAYER BY OUR CHAPLAIN SISTER
MICHELLE GORMAN AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE C.
K. MCCLATCHY HIGH SCHOOL AIR
FORCE JUNIOR ROTC UNIT
CALIFORNIA. EIGHT FORTY ONE.
HELLO JUST BRING OUR MINDS AND
HEARTS INTO THE SPECIAL MOMENT
AND REMEMBER AS WE ARE ALWAYS IN
THE PRESENCE OF HOLY MYSTERY. IN
NINETEEN FIFTY FOUR LILLIAN
SMITH POSED THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IN HER BOOK THE
JOURNEY. A CENTURY FROM NOW WHAT
SHALL BE SAID OF OUR JOURNEY IN
THESE TIMES. AND WHO SHALL THE
SHAPERS HAVE BEEN. SHALL THEY
HAVE BEEN THE HOPEFUL DREAMERS
WHO WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUFFER
THE DREAM. OR THE FEARFUL
PESSIMISTS WHO WERE CONVINCED
THE DREAMING AND HOPE ARE FOR
SLEEPERS ONLY. NOT FOR THOSE
AWAKE TO THE H. A CENTURY FROM
NOW SHALL HOPE HAVE BEEN STRONG
ENOUGH TO ENABLE OF LIVING WITH
UNANSWERABLE QUESTIONS. OR SHOW
THE PAIN THAT A TRANSITIONAL AGE
NECESSARILY BRINGS HAVE COSTA
RETREATS TO OLD ANSWERS BUT NO
LONGER ACKNOWLEDGE NEW QUESTIONS
. GRACIOUS GOD OF CREATIVITY AND
NEWNESS. AS WE BEGIN THE SESSION
. OPEN OUR EYES TO THE IMMENSITY
OF OUR CALL TO BE SHAPERS OF OUR
FUTURE. LET US BE HOPEFUL
DREAMERS DEDICATING OUR STRENGTH
TO MAKING THE DREAMS OF OUR
PEOPLE ARE REALITY. HELP US TO
LIVE INTO THE UNANSWERABLE
QUESTIONS WITH COURAGE AND TRUST
. ACKNOWLEDGING NEW QUESTIONS AS
POTENTIAL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF
GREATER TRUTH AND FREEDOM. MAY
WE LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AND
RESPOND AS GENEROUSLY TO THE
NEEDS OF ALL OUR PEOPLE. SO THAT
A CENTURY FROM NOW. ALL WELL
KNOWN THAT OUR JOURNEY WAS NOT
IN VAIN. WE ASK THIS IN YOUR
NAME AMEN.
COLORGUARD POST THE COLORS.
WELL. WE WILL NOW BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
BY SENATOR ELECT MENJIVAR. I
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
NOTHING AND I AND I STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT STANDS. ONE IT
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY- COLOR GUARD
PLEASE RETIRE THE COLORS WERE.
OKAY.
BURKE.
EVERYONE YOU MAY BE SEATED. I'M
SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE A
TONI ATKINS AND ON BEHALF OF MY
COLLEAGUES I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A
WARM WELCOME TO OUR GOVERNOR
GAVIN NEWSOM. YOU CLAP FOR THE
GOVERNOR. TO OUR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE A LENNY CAN A LAKIS.
OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA.
AND SOMEWHERE I BELIEVE OUR
NEWLY ELECTED STATE COMPTROLLER
MILLION CO IN. OUR
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TONY THURMOND. WE'RE
ALSO TRULY HONORED TO BE JOINED
BY TWO FORMER SENATE PRO TEM IS
TODAY PRO TEM JOHN BURTON.
REUTIMANN CURRENT SACRAMENTO
MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG. WELCOME
TO EACH OF YOU THANK YOU FOR THE
HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE TODAY AND
TO ALL OF OUR GUESTS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT
OUR COLLEAGUES TODAY WELCOME AND
THANK YOU IT MEANS SO MUCH TO
ALL OF US THAT YOU COULD JOIN US
FOR THIS HISTORIC DAY. AND I
JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE
BEEN UPSTAGED BY CHILDREN MANY
TIMES IN THIS BUSINESS AND IT IS
PERFECTLY FINE WE ARE SO
THRILLED THAT THEY ARE HERE WITH
US TODAY. THE SECRETARY OF THE
SENATE WILL READ THE
CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION OF THE
DULY ELECTED SENATORS. I SURELY
AND WEBER SECRETARY OF STATE OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HEREBY
CERTIFY THAT ACCORDING TO THE
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS
PROVIDED TO MY OFFICE MY COUNTY
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS AS A THREE
FORTY NINE PM. ON DECEMBER
SECOND TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THE
PERSONS WHOSE NAMES ARE
HEREINAFTER SET FORTH APPEAR TO
HAVE RECEIVED THE PROPOSAL ROWDY
OF VOTES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
STATE SENATE DISTRICTS. AT THE
NOVEMBER EIGHTH TWENTY TWENTY
TWO GENERAL ELECTION. THAT
OPPOSITE THEIR NAMES ARE THE
RESPECTIVE STATE SENATE
DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THEY HAVE
AS OF THIS TIME AND DATE APPEAR
TO HAVE RECEIVED A PLURALITY OF
THE VOTES. IN THE NAMES OF THE
COUNTY OR COUNTIES COMPRISING
PERFORMING A PORTION OF SAID
CAN'T SAID DISTRICTS. WITH THE
NAME OF ANY COUNTY ENTIRELY
WITHIN HER COMPRISING THE
DISTRICTS SHOWN CAPITAL LETTERS
. MIKE WEIR SECOND DISTRICT.
MARIE EVERADO GIL FOURTH
DISTRICT. ROGER NIELLO SIXTH
DISTRICT ANGELIQUE S. AT DYSTER.
ISOLA TENTH DISTRICT SHANNON
GROW. TWELFTH DISTRICT. ANNA
CABALLERO. THE FOURTEENTH
DISTRICT STEEP IDEA. EIGHTEENTH
DISTRICT. CAROLINE MENJIVAR
TWENTIETH DISTRICT. SUSAN RUBIO
TWENTY SECOND DISTRICT. IN OUR
TWENTY FOURTH DISTRICT. MARIA
ELENA DURAZO TWENTY SIX
DISTRICTS. LOW SMALLWOOD CUEVAS.
TWENTY EIGHTH DISTRICT. BOB
ARCHULETA THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
KELLY C. R. TO THIRTY SECOND
DISTRICT. TOM NUMBER THIRTY
FOURTH DISTRICT. JANET NGUYEN.
THIRTY SIXTH DISTRICT. CATHERINE
BLAKE'S BEER THIRTY EIGHT
DISTRICT. AND BRIAN W. JONES
FORTIETH DISTRICT. IN WITNESS
WHERE. I HEARING TO SET MY HAND
AND FIX THE GREAT SEAL OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE SECOND
DAY OF DECEMBER TWENTY TWENTY
TWO SURELY AND WEBER SECRETARY
OF STATE. THE NEXT ORDER OF
BUSINESS IS THE OATH OF OFFICE
FOR THE SENATORS ELECT. SENATOR
SELECT PLEASE PROCEED TO THE BAR
OF THE SENATE TO TAKE YOUR OATH
OF OFFICE RIGHT UP HERE.
THE FOLLOWING SENATORS HAVE BEEN
SELECTED TO BE AN ESCORT
COMMITTEE FOR THE CHIEF JUSTICE
WOULD SENATORS AMBERG DORADO AND
SALAS JONES AND STERN PROCEED TO
THE REAR OF CHAMBER IN ORDER TO
ESCORT THE HONORABLE TANI CANTIL
SECOND- EIGHT CHIEF JUSTICE OF
THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT WHO
WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF
OFFICE.
WHAT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE IT
IS TO SWEAR AN ADMINISTER THE
OATH OF OFFICE TO THIS
EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF PEOPLE
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO
BE SWORN IN REPEAT AFTER ME. I
STATE YOUR NAME I. DO SOLEMNLY
SWEAR. THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND
DEFEND. OR INDEPENDENCE THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES. AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE
CONSTITUTION. AGAINST ALL
ENEMIES. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND
ALLEGIANCE BUT I DON'T. TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES. YEAH AND THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA THAT I
TAKE OBLIGATION FREELY. WITHOUT
ANY MENTAL. REYES FOR PURPOSE OF
EVASION. ASIAN AND THEN I WELL
AND- DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. I AM
ABOUT TO ENTER. MANY MANY
CONGRATULATIONS.
KILEY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
CONGRATULATIONS CHIEF JUSTICE.
GOOD MORNING GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM ATKINS
AS ONE OF MY FINAL ACCESS CHIEF
JUSTICE IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND
HONOR TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF
OFFICE TO YOU TO THIS AUGUST
BODY AT PRESIDENT PRO TEM ATKINS
UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE
FURTHER JUSTICE SURE THE PUBLIC
WORKED WITH ALL THREE BRANCHES
OF GOVERNMENT ON MAKING
CALIFORNIA OF ALL THE STATES THE
PLACE TO LIVE THE PLACE TO
THRIVE TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES IN
FAITH AND DEPENDENCE UPON OUR
DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE WORK THAT THIS BODY DOES AND
THAT YOU DO AND IT IS A
PRIVILEGE TO NOW ADMINISTER THIS
OF. ACTUALLY WE NEED A MOMENT
CHIEF JUSTICE HAVE A SEAT.
BEFORE YOU CAN DO THAT WE NEED
TO DO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS
WHICH IS SENATE RESOLUTION ONE
BY SENATOR MCGUIRE SECRETARY
PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION.
SENATE RESOLUTION ONE BY SENATOR
MCGUIRE RELATIVE TO HOLD OVER
SENATORS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MY
NUMBER TEN AT BETTER PRESIDENT
MEMBERS SAN RESOLUTION WIND
WOULD HAVE THE HOLDOVERS
SENATORS ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE
SWORN IN TODAY TAKE THEIR SEATS
AND HAVE THIS HOUSE PROCEED TO
ORGANIZE I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. SENATOR
MCGUIRE- I REQUEST AN AYE VOTE
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
RESOLUTION SAY I. ALL THOSE
OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE
IT THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
NOW THAT ELECTED SENATORS ARE
SWORN IN AND HOLDOVERS SENATORS
HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY
RESOLUTION THE SECRETARY WILL
CALL THE ROLL OF ALL SENATORS TO
ESTABLISH A QUORUM. ALLEN
EVERADO GIL. ARCHULETA ASHBY
ATKINS BAKER. LAKE SUPERIOR
BRADFORD CABALLERO. COURTESY
DALLY. DOT THEY'RE ALSO. EGGMAN
GLAZER. GONZALEZ GROVE. JONES
LAYERED LIMÓN. MCGUIRE MENJIVAR
. MAN NEWMAN. WHEN NEW LOW. BUT
SHOW ABOUT. THE ACT. PORTANTINO
ROB. RUBIO SEYARTO SKINNER
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN. NUMBER
THE HOBBIT WIENER WILK. THANK
YOU A QUORUM IS PRESENT THE NEXT
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS SENATE
RESOLUTION TO ALSO BY SENATOR
MCGUIRE SECRETARY PLEASE READ
THE RESOLUTION. SANTA ROSA
RESOLUTION TO BUY CENTER REQUIRE
RELATIVE TO THE ELECTION OF
OFFICERS. CENTER REQUIRE YOUR
RECOGNIZED THANK YOU SO MUCH
MANY PRIVATE TEN MADAM PRO TEM
IN MEMBERS SENATE RESIDENT
RESOLUTION TO WHAT ELECT SENATOR
TONI G. ATKINS PRESENT CONTROL
TEMPORARY OF THE SENATE ERICA
CONTRAST SECRETARY THIS IN A
COUNTRY NOT RODRIGUEZ AS
SERGEANT ARMS OF THE SENATE AS
OUR OFFICERS OF THE SENATE FOR
THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
REGULAR SESSION. PROTEIN
MACINNES IS OVERSEEN IS CHAMBER
AND HELP LEAD OUR STATE THROUGH
SOME OF THE TOUGHEST TIMES ON
RECORD AND SHE'S DONE IT WITH
GRACE. INTEGRITY AND A DEEP
COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
GOLDEN STATE WOULD RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU
SENATOR. SEEING NO. MEMBERS
WISHING TO SPEAK I. SENATOR
MCGUIRE REQUEST AN AYE VOTE ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION
SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY
. THE EYES HAVE IT THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THE OATH
OF OFFICE WILL NOW BE
ADMINISTERED TO THE NEWLY
ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE SENATE
BY THE HONORABLE TANI CANTIL
SEKU A. R. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
SUPREME COURT. AND I. BELIEVE
YOU'RE ON. CHIEF JUSTICE THANK
YOU. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT
HAND TO BE SWORN REPEAT AFTER ME
I STATE YOUR NAME HI TONI ATKINS
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY
SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND
DEFEND THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC THAT I WILL
BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND
ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT I TAKE THIS
OBLIGATION FREELY THAT I TAKE
THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT
ANY MENTAL RESERVATION WITHOUT
ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR
PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE
AND THE NATION AND THAT I WILL
WELL AND FAITHFULLY THAT I WILL
WELL AND FAITHFULLY. DISCHARGE
THE DUTIES IS CHARGE THE DUTIES
UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER
UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.
THANK YOU AND NOW ARE CHIEF
JUSTICE WILL- GO DOWN AND SWEAR
IN OUR NEXT OFFICER- THE
SERGEANT AT ARMS.
VERY. MAYBE. OKAY.
LEGISLATIONS ARE SERGEANT HAS
SERVED US SOME DURING SOME VERY
DIFFICULT YEARS AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL THAT SHE DOES.
COLLEAGUES LET ME SAY THANK YOU
I'M DEEPLY HUMBLED THAT YOU ARE
AGAIN ENTRUSTING ME WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY AND HONOR TO LEAD
AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE A OF
THIS GREAT HOUSE I GIVE YOU MY
WORD THAT I WILL WORK EACH AND
EVERY DAY TO NOT ONLY MEET YOUR
EXPECTATIONS BUT SURPASSED THEM
IT'S A DUTY THAT I HOLD IN
HIGHEST REGARD. THE START OF A
NEW SESSION IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL
MOMENT EVEN FOR THOSE OF US
WHO'VE EXPERIENCED IT ONCE OR
TWICE OR FOR ME SEVEN TIMES
TODAY IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL
BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IN A FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO INVITE FRIENDS AND
FAMILY TO JOIN US IN PERSON. SO
A WARM WELCOME TO YOU ALL. AT
THE SENATE SWEARING IN TWENTY
YEARS AGO FORMER PRO TEM JOHN
BURTON WAS ASKED WHAT HIS GOALS
AND HOPES WERE FOR THE SESSION.
HIS RESPONSE JUST TO GET OUT
ALIVE I GUESS. HAVING SERVED
THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION COVE
IT LET ME JUST SAY TRUER WORDS.
I'D LIKE YOU TO AGAIN JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING THE SENATE'S GOOD
FRIEND AND FORMER LEADER JOHN
BURTON WHO IS WITH US TODAY AND
WHO CELEBRATES HIS NINETIETH
BIRTHDAY ON DECEMBER FIFTEENTH.
AS A STAND UP HERE THINKING BACK
TO MY FIRST DAY AS AN ASSEMBLY
MEMBER TWELVE YEARS AGO I'M
STRUCK BY HOW MUCH THE
LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED AND
GROWN TO TRULY REFLECT THE
ALMOST FORTY MILLION PEOPLE THAT
CALL OUR STATE HOME. BETWEEN
BOTH HOUSES WE ARE PART OF THE
MOST DIVERSE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE THE STATE HAS EVER
SEEN. WITH THE LARGEST EVER
NUMBER OF WOMEN IN AN INCOMING
CLASS THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS. OR LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS HAS REACHED AN HISTORIC
HIGH INCLUDING WOMEN WHOSE
DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND FAITHS
EMULATE THE STRENGTH OF
CALIFORNIANS DIVERSITY. THE
LARGEST CLASS OF LATINO
LAWMAKERS IN HISTORY. WE HAVE
BECOME THE FIRST STATE WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE BODY MADE UP OF MORE
THAN 10% OF LGBTQ PEOPLE. WE
WILL SWEAR IN A VETERAN A FORMER
FIREFIGHTER SINGLE PARENTS SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND FIRST AND
SECOND GENERATION AMERICANS MANY
WHOSE IMMIGRANT PARENTS ARE HERE
WITH US TODAY. AND OUR
COLLECTIVE AGE RANGES MORE THAN
FOUR DECADES MAYBE FIVE ACTUALLY
. EACH OF OUR UNIQUE LIVED
EXPERIENCES INFLUENCES WHAT WE
DO OUR STORIES SHAPE OUR PURPOSE
BUT NO ONE SENATOR FUNCTIONS ON
THEIR OWN. OUR POWER COMES WHEN
WE SLOW DOWN LONG ENOUGH TO SEE
WHERE OUR STORIES INTERSECT THAT
IS WHERE WE CAN CREATE POWERFUL
CHANGE. WE'RE ELECTION SESAN
HIGHLIGHTS OUR DIFFERENCES TODAY
CELEBRATES WHAT WE HAVE IN
COMMON. AN OATH TO SERVE THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. A FEW
YEARS AGO ON APRIL FOOLS DAY MY
TEAM REPLACE MY HEAD SHOT IN THE
CAPITAL WITH THE PICTURE OF
DOLLY PARTON. I WANTED TO SEE IF
PEOPLE WOULD NOTICE OR IF I
WOULD NOTICE NOW I KIND OF WISH
WE LEFT IT UP. TO ME DOLLYWOOD
BE A FABULOUS PUBLIC SERVICE
ALTHOUGH SHE'S VEHEMENTLY
APOLITICAL SHE IS HONESTLY MORE
SKILLED THAN JUST ABOUT ANYONE
AT U. NINETEEN PEOPLE FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE CASE IN POINT.
DESPITE OUR POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES THE GOOD SENATOR
FROM BAKERSFIELD AND I ENJOY A
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP. ONE THAT MAY
SURPRISE SOME BUT NOT US WE
BONDED OVER CHALLENGING
UPBRINGINGS WITH LITTLE MONEY
AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. WE SWAP
STORIES ABOUT MY DAD AND HER BIG
SISTER TEACHING US SINCE WE WERE
BABIES TO CHERISH READING. AND
OF COURSE WE HAVE BONDED OVER
THE GREAT EQUALIZER THAT IS NOT
LIKE. THAT'S HOW WE CAME TO CO
AUTHOR BI PARTISAN LEGISLATION
THAT LAST YEAR TO EXPAND DOLLY
PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY
ACROSS THE STATE GIVING MILLIONS
OF LITTLE CHILDREN THE
OPPORTUNITY. TO BUILD OUT THEIR
OWN HOME LIBRARIES AND LEARN TO
LOVE BOOKS FROM THEIR EARLIEST
DAYS. SINCE TODAY IS ALL ABOUT
TAKING OF OATHS IN THE SPIRIT OF
MISS PARDON. HERE'S MY DOLLY
PLEDGE. I PLEDGE TO ALWAYS HAVE
AN OPEN DOOR AN OPEN EAR. AND AN
OPENLY HONEST ANSWER EVEN IF
IT'S NOT ONE THAT YOU HOPE TO
HEAR. WE'RE ALL HERE TO SERVE
OUR COMMUNITIES AND SERVE OUR
STATE. WHILE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS
AGREE ON HOW TO DO THAT I LOOK
FORWARD TO THIS POWERFUL
MOMENTS. WHEN WE DO. THE SENATE
SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR HOW THE
PEOPLE'S BUSINESS SHOULD BE
CONDUCTED WE HAVE A BIG JOB. AND
WE WILL STEP UP TO DO IT WITH
THE RESPECT DISABILITY THE
DECORUM. THAT THIS
RESPONSIBILITY DEMANDS WE ALWAYS
DO. AND I AM SO PROUD OF THIS
BODY FOR THAT. OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS WE WORKED HARD TO FIND
SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF OUR STATE'S
BIGGEST PROBLEMS FROM WILDFIRES
TO HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE.
WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES ON
GETTING REAL RELIEF TO FAMILIES
STRUGGLING TO MAKE RENT. AND
KEEP UP WITH RISING COSTS AT THE
GAS PUMP AND IN THE GROCERY
STORES. TODAY AS WE BEGIN A NEW
TWO YEAR SESSION WE STILL HAVE
OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. CLIMATE
CHANGE IS A DAILY THREAT
HOMELESSNESS PERSISTS AND
FORECASTS PREDICT A CHALLENGING
FINANCIAL FUTURE. IN YEARS PAST
THE RECENT REPORT FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
WOULD HAVE KICK STARTED TALKS OF
PAINFUL CUTS AND MIDDLE CLASS
TAX INCREASES. NOT ANYMORE.
WE'VE PREPARED FOR THIS MOMENT
AND THANKS TO A DECADE OF
RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND
PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE HAVE MADE
INCREDIBLE PROGRESS WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME BUILDING HISTORIC
RIVER RESERVES AND PAYING DOWN
OUR DEBTS. I AM OPTIMISTIC AND
EVEN CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL
PROTECT OUR PROGRESS AND PROTECT
WORKING FAMILIES FROM THE
BURDENS OF NEW TAXES. AS OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM BERKELEY CAN
ATTEST. THE SENATE NEVER STOPS
WORKING ON THE BUDGET. WE WILL
SOON RECEIVE THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL AND THE SENATE AND OUR
PARTNERS DOWN THE HALL WILL BE
FAST AT WORK CRAFTING A STATE
BUDGET. THAT PROTECTS FUNDING
FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER CRITICAL
PROGRAMS. BUT ENOUGH FOR ME.
TODAY IS ABOUT US THE BODY OF
FORTY SENATORS WHO'VE BEEN
CHARGED WITH AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE TOGETHER
FOR THE SAKE OF FORTY MILLION
CALIFORNIANS. TODAY IS ABOUT
WELCOMING SENATORS PAPARAZZO PL
NY LOW ASHBY WILL HOP PADILLA
MENJIVAR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS SERATO
THE WIN AND LIKE SEVERE. WELCOME. AND TODAY I ALSO WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE TWENTY TWENTY
CLASS WHO CAME IN DURING AN
INCREDIBLY IN CONCEIVABLY
DIFFICULT TIME AND WITH NO
FANFARE. TODAY IS FOR YOU AS
WELL. SENATORS EGGMAN BAKER
CORTESE LAYERED LEMOND A SHOW
BOTH NEWMAN AND MEN. WELCOME
BACK. AND FINALLY I WANT TO SAY
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPOUSES
OUR FAMILY AND OUR FRIENDS WHO
HELPED US ALONG THE WAY. NONE OF
US WOULD BE HERE IF NOT FOR YOU.
IF NOT FOR EACH OF YOU. AND NOW
THE WORK BEGINS ENJOY THIS DAY
THIS IS THE BEST DAY. IT IS THE
BEST DAY ENJOYED TODAY ENJOY THE
HOLIDAYS AND LET'S BE READY TO
TACKLE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD ON
JANUARY FOURTH FORTY MILLION
CALIFORNIANS ARE COUNTING ON US
TO NOT JUST STAY THE COURSE BUT
TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYONE
THANK YOU. AND NOW IT IS REALLY
MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE
REPUBLICAN LEADER SENATOR WILK
TO ADDRESS THE CHAMBER SENATOR
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AT YOUR DESK. THANK YOU I'M NOT APPROACH IN
WHICH AND I'LL BE HAPPY
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS I WANT TO
WELCOME GAS FRIENDS FAMILY STAFF
RETURNING MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY
A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW
MEMBERS. AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE
RECEPTION LAST NIGHT TALK ABOUT
HOW THIS BODY IS COLLABORATIVE
AND COLLEGIAL AND WE EXPECT YOU
TO UPHOLD THAT TRADITION. THIS
MORNING I THINK ABOUT THE
COMMENT I WAS GOING TO MAKE.
SOMETHING REALLY STRUCK ME IF
YOU DRIVE LIKE A MALIBU OR COLD
VAULT ARE EQUAL KNOCKS. YOU
DON'T SAY THAT YOU JUST SAY I
DRIVE A CHEVY. BUT IF YOU DRIVE
A CORVETTE YOU SAY YOU DRIVE A
CHEVY YOU SAY YOU DRIVE A
CORVETTE. NO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU BUT WHEN I TRAVEL
INTERNATIONALLY I LOVE AMERICA
AND I'M AMERICAN BUT I WOULD SAY
I'M A CALIFORNIA. AND THE REASON
FOR THAT IS WERE MORE THAN A
PLACE WHERE ALSO A BRAND. AND WE
HAVE ENJOYED THE BENEFIT OF THAT
BRAND FROM PRIOR POLICYMAKERS
FROM SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC.
COMPANIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD AND WE ARE BLESSED WITH
OBSCENE RICH NATURAL RESOURCES
BUT ALSO SOME OF THE HARDEST AND
SMARTS WORKING PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WE
HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO BILL IT
TO BUILD UPON THAT. THE PRO TEM
MENTIONED THAT THIS IS THE MOST
DIVERSE BODY EVER. AND THAT
INCLUDES REPUBLICANS. AND WE
HAVE A ROLE WE HAVE A ROLE. AS
THE IS THE LOYAL OPPOSITION TO
BE JUST THAT SO WE'RE LOYAL TO
OUR CONSTITUENTS FIRST. LOYAL TO
THIS INSTITUTION. AND HAVE A
FIDELITY TO THE CONSTITUTION. SO
WHEN WE CAN AGREE WITH YOU WHICH
WE DON'T KNOW IS 90% OF THE TIME
WE WILL GREEN WORK WITH YOU. IF
WE THINK YOU'RE WRONG AND WE
HAVE TO OPPOSE. WE WILL POSE BUT
WE WILL DO IT WITHOUT RANCOR AND
ALWAYS WITH CIVILITY BECAUSE
THAT'S HOW WE ROLL HERE IN THE
SENATE. SO AGAIN ENJOYED TODAY
IT'S UP FEET TO BE HERE VERY
PEOPLE GET THE HONOR TO SIT IN
THE SEATS AND MAKE DECISIONS
THAT WE MAKE FOR FORTY MILLION
PEOPLE SO GET CONGRATULATIONS
FOR YOU OUGHT TO YOU ALL. AND
WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING TOGETHER OVER THE COMING
TWO YEARS THANK YOU.
MEMBERS THE NEXT ORDER OF
BUSINESS IS SENATE RESOLUTION
NUMBER THREE BY SENATOR ATKINS
SECRETARY PLEASE READ THE
RESOLUTION. SENATE RESOLUTION
THREE BY SENATOR ATKINS RELATIVE
TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR REGULAR
SESSION. CENTER ACTIONS YOU MAY
PROCEED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. SENATE
RESOLUTION SR THREE CONTAINS THE
STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE.
ASIDE FROM SOME TECHNICAL
CHANGES SUCH AS DATE CHANGES AND
REFERENCES TO SPACES IN THE
CAPITOL ANNEX. THAT ARE NO
LONGER IN USE THE RULES
CONTAINED IN S. R. THREE ARE THE
SAME AS SENATE RULES AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY TWENTY
ONE. TWENTY TWO REGULAR SESSION
I WOULD URGE AND I VOTE. SENATOR
ACTIONS REQUEST AND I WROTE. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION
PLEASE SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED
SAY NAY. THE EYES HAVE IT THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE
I SENATOR RECKONS. SECRETARY
PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ONE
BY SENATOR ATKINS RELATIVE TO
THE ADOPTION OF THE JOINT RULES
OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY FOR
THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY
FOUR REGULAR SESSION. CENTER
ACTIONS THE FLOOR IS YOURS THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT S. C. R. ONE
CONTAINS THE JOINT RULES FOR THE
SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY. THESE
ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME RULES
AS ONCE A DOCTOR IN THE TWENTY
TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE CHANGES
ARE TECHNICAL IN NATURE TO
UPDATE DATE TO REFLECT THE
TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR.
LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR I ASK FOR
AN IBM. MEMBERS THIS RESOLUTION
REQUIRES TWENTY ONE VOTES TO BE
ADOPTED. MR SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE- ON THE- GENERAL. I
CENTER JONES I'M SORRY. ABOUT
ABI HALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS I ASK
FOR NO VOTE. VERY GOOD. AS I
SAID THE RESOLUTION REQUIRES
TWENTY ONE VOTES TO BE ADOPTED
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALLEN I.
EVERADO GIL. HI ARCHULETA. HI
ASHLEY. AYE ATKINS. I BAKER. I
PLACE WHERE. BY BRADFORD. AYE
CABALLERO. AYE CORTESE. AYE DALY
. NO DODD. HI DORADO. I EGGMAN.
BY GLAZER. I GONZALEZ. I GROW.
NOPE JONES. NO LAYERED. BY
LIMÓN. BY MCGUIRE. BY IMAGE OF
OUR- BY MEN BY NEWMAN. AYE
NGUYEN. NO NILA. NO BUT CHAU
BOOK. HYDEIA I PORTANTINO. I
ROTH BY RUBIO. I SEE ARE THE-
SKINNER. HI SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI
. STERN I AM BURKE HI I WILL
HAVE. HI WIENER BY WILK NO.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS
BUT CHAU ABOVE NO. SEYARTO NO. I
THIRTY ONE KNOWS EIGHT THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO
BY SENATOR ON BURKE MR SECRETARY
PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO
BY SENATOR UMBERG RELATIVE TO
THE SELECTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA CENTER
NUMBER IN THE FOUR YEARS THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF S. C. R. NUMBER TWO-
THE NEW MEMBERS WILL SOON FIND
OUT HOW IMPORTANT LEDGE COUNCIL
IS BOTH PROCEDURALLY AS WELL AS
SUBSTANTIVELY. KERRY JENKINS HAS
BEEN PART OF ALLEGE COUNCIL
OFFICE SINCE TWO THOUSAND TEN IN
THE LEDGE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SINCE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY I
URGE THE NECKLACE JOB URGENT AYE
VOTE. THIS RESOLUTION REQUIRES
TWENTY ONE VOTES TO BE ADOPTED.
MR SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALLEN I OTHER OUT OF GUILT
. HI ARCHULETA. HI ASHLEY I
ATKINS AYE BAKER AYE LAKE
SUPERIOR. I BRADFORD AYE
CABALLERO AYE CORTES E. I DALY
AYE DODD. HI THERE THE RISE OF.
I EGGMAN. BY GLAZER. HI GONZALEZ
HI GROWTH. I JONES BY LAYERED.
BY THE MON. I MCGUIRE. HI
MENJIVAR. BY MEN BY NEWMAN AYE
NGUYEN. I NEED LOVE. HI BUT CHAU
BOOK. HI YEAH. BY PORTANTINO. HI
ROTH. I RUBIO. I SEYARTO. I
SKINNER BY SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. I
STERN. HI NUMBER I WILL HOP. HI
WIENER AYE WILK. HI. I THIRTY
NINE NO ZERO THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. THIS IS THE NEXT ORDER
OF BUSINESS IS SENATE RESOLUTION
NUMBER FOUR BY SENATOR EGGMAN MR
SECRETARY PLEASE READ THE
RESOLUTION. SENATE RESOLUTION
FOUR BY SENATOR EGGMAN RELATIVE
TO NOTIFYING THE GOVERNOR OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE
CENTER EGGMAN THE FLOOR'S YOURS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OF MADAME
PRO TEM BEEN A PRESIDENT MEMBERS
S. OR FOUR WOULD HAVE THIS
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORARY OF THE
SENATE APPOINT A SPECIAL
COMMITTEE TO WAIT UPON THE
GOVERNOR AND INFORM HIM THAT THE
SENATE IS DOING ORGANIZED FOR
THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
REGULAR SESSION. AND IS NOW
READY TO RECEIVE ANY
COMMUNICATIONS HE MAY HAVE TO
MAKE TO THIS HOUSE AYE ARJUN AYE
VOTE. CENTER EGGMAN REQUESTS AND
I WROTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE RESOLUTION THEY SAY I. ALL
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE EYES
HAVE IT THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. THE PRESIDENT PRO
TEMPORE HAS APPOINTED SENATORS
EGGMAN RUBIO- CHAU SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS AND CORTESE TO CALL UPON
THE GOVERNOR. VERY GOOD YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO LEAVE BUT THAT'S
ALL GOOD. THE NEXT ORDER OF
BUSINESS IS SENATE RESOLUTION
FIVE WHICH IS BY SENATOR LIAM
ON. SECRETARY PLEASE READ THE
RESOLUTION SENATE RESOLUTION
FIVE BY SENATOR LIMON RELATIVE
TO NOTIFYING THE ASSEMBLY OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE.
CENTERLINE YOU MAY PROCEED THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS
S. R. FIVE WOULD HAVE THE
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE
SENATE APPOINT A SPECIAL
COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE ASSEMBLY
THAT THE SENATE IS DULY
ORGANIZED FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR. REGULAR
SESSION AND IS READY TO PROCEED
WITH BUSINESS OF THE STATE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. MEMBER SENATOR LIMÓN
REQUEST AN AYE VOTE ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION PLEASE
SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO
. THE EYES HAVE IT THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THE
PRESIDENT FOR TEMPORARY HAS
APPOINTED SENATOR DE MON LAYERED
NORIAN SEYARTO AND WILL HAVE TO
CALL IN THE ASSEMBLY. AT THIS
TIME THE REGULAR SESSION WILL
STAND IN RECESS. AND THE FIRST
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION WILL BE
CONVENED. PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THE PROCLAMATION
OF GOVERNOR NEWSOM. THE TWENTY
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR FIRST
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION WILL COME
TO ORDER. PURSUANT TO SECTION
NINETY ONE FIFTY OF THE
GOVERNMENT CODE. KATRINA
RODRIGUEZ SERGEANT AT ARMS AND
KATHY BURNES MINUTE CLERK ARE IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES. THE
PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE WILL BE
DEEMED COMPLETE. AND THE
SECRETARY WILL CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN OPERATIC GIL. ARCHULETA
ASHBY ATKINS. BAKER LIKES BEER.
BRADFORD CABALLERO. CORTESE
DALLY DOT. TERRAZZO EGGMAN
GLAZER GONZALEZ GROVE. JONES
LAYERED THE MON MCGUIRE MENJIVAR
MAN NEWMAN WHEN MELLOW HOTEL BUG
IDEA PORTANTINO. RUBIO SEYARTO
SKINNER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN
AMBERG BOB WIENER WILK. THANK
YOU. QUORUM IS PRESENT. THE
SECRETARY- READ THE PROCLAMATION
OF THE GOVERNOR. A PROCLAMATION
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WHEREAS FROM AUGUST
TO OCTOBER TWENTY TWENTY TWO
CALIFORNIANS EXPERIENCE SOME OF
THE HIGHEST GASOLINE PRICES EVER
RECORDED IN THE STATE. EVEN
THOUGH THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL
DECLINED DURING THAT TIME STATE
TAXES AND FEES REMAIN UNCHANGED
AND GAS PRICES DID NOT INCREASE
OUTSIDE THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES AND WHERE. MUCH OF THIS
INCREASE WAS CAUSED BY REFINERS
WHICH INCREASED THEIR SHARE OF
THE PRICE CONSUMERS PAID AT THE
PUMP FROM SIXTY FOUR CENTS PER
GALLON ON AUGUST TWENTY NINE
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. TO TWO
DOLLARS AND FORTY EIGHT CENTS
PER GALLON ON AUGUST THIRD ON
OCTOBER THIRD TWENTY TWENTY TWO
LEADING TO PRICES THAT WERE. TWO
DOLLARS AND SIXTY ONE CENTS
HIGHER PER GALLON THAN AVERAGE
US PRICES AND WHEREAS. AS A
RESULT OF THESE INCREASES
REFINERS EARNED RECORD PROFITS
AT THE EXPENSE OF CALIFORNIANS
DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. AND WHEREAS
IN ADDITION TO THE STATE'S
REFINERS OIL COMPANIES TO IN
ASTRONOMICAL PROFITS DURING THIS
TIME. AND WHEREAS OIL COMPANIES
HAVE EARNED THESE EXTRAORDINARY
PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF
CALIFORNIANS HEALTH. WHICH
CONTINUES TO BE HARMED BY THE
PRODUCTION AND BURNING OF FOSSIL
FUELS. AND AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR
AIR LAND AND WATER WHICH
CONTINUE TO SUFFER BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF DAMAGE EACH YEAR FROM
THE CLIMATE CRISIS THAT IS
CAUSED. BY THE COMBUSTION OF
FOSSIL FUELS IN. WHEREAS THE
BURDEN OF HIGH GAS PRICES IS
BORNE DISPROPORTIONATELY BY
LOWER INCOME CALIFORNIANS MANY
OF WHOM. MUST DRIVE TO COMMUTE
LONG DISTANCES FROM WORK. AND
HAVE LESS ABILITY TO ABSORB
HIGHER GAS PRICES IN THEIR
BUDGETS AND HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED. BY
INFLATION GENERALLY END WHEREAS.
THE LEGISLATURE ENACTED AND I
SIGNED THE CALIFORNIA WILL
REFINERY COSTS DISCLOSURE ACT.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN TWENTY TWO
BY SENATOR ALAN IN TWENTY TWENTY
TWO. TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT REFINERS MARGINS. BY
REQUIRING REPORTING. OF DATA
THAT WILL MAKE WINDFALL PROFITS
MORE APPARENT YET EVEN GREATER
TRANSPARENCY IS NEEDED. IN LIGHT
OF OIL COMPANIES RECENT PRICING
TO SEE DECISIONS. PARTICULARLY
WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION
REGARDING THE TIMING AND
PRODUCTION IMPACT OF REFINERY
MAINTENANCE AND TIMELY
INFORMATION ABOUT INVENTORY
LEVELS. AND WHEREAS. THE STATE
WAS ABLE TO MITIGATE. THE FACT
OF OIL COMPANIES EXCESSIVE
PROFITS ON CALIFORNIANS BY
FUNDING THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX
REFUND IN BY TRANSITIONING TO
WINTER BLEND GASOLINE A MONTH
EARLY TO INCREASE THE STATE'S
GASOLINE SUPPLY. YET THESE. ARE
STOP GAP MEASURES AND MORE
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES ARE
NECESSARY TO AVOID OIL COMPANY
PRICE GOUGING GOING FORWARD AND-
WHEREAS THESE EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO COME TO BE
CONVENE. IN SPECIAL SESSION. NOW
THEREFORE I GAVIN NEWSOM
GOVERNOR THE STATE CALIFORNIA IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE B.
OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION HEREBY
CONVENE THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. TO ASSEMBLE
AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION IN
SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA ON THE
FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWENTY
TWENTY TWO AT A TIME TO BE
DETERMINED. FOR THE FOLLOWING
PURPOSES TO CONSIDER AND ACT
UPON LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO. A
DETER PRICE GOUGING BY OIL
COMPANIES BY IMPOSING A
FINANCIAL PENALTY ON EXCESSIVE
MARGINS. WITH ANY PENALTIES
COLLECTED TO BE RETURNED TO
CALIFORNIANS. B. EMPOWER THE
ENERGY COMMISSION AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND FEE
ADMINISTRATION TO MORE CLOSELY
REVIEW AND EVALUATE COSTS
PROFITS. AND PRICING IN THE
REFINING DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL
SEGMENTS OF THE MARKET FOR
GASOLINE IN CALIFORNIA. C.
PROVIDE FOR GREATER REGULATORY
OVERSIGHT OF THE REFINING
DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL SEGMENTS
OF THE MARKET TO PREVENT
AVOIDABLE SUPPLY SHORTAGES AND
EXCESSIVE PRICE INCREASES.
INDEED MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES
TO EXISTING LAW CONSISTENT WITH
PARAGRAPH A. B. AND C. IN
WOMEN'S WEAR A- HEARING TO SET
MY HAND AND CAUSED THE GREAT
SEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIRTIETH DAY
OF NOVEMBER. TWENTY TWENTY TWO
GAVIN NEWSOM GOVERNOR OF
CALIFORNIA. SENATOR ACTIONS YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
. ASSITANT I MOVE THAT THE
OFFICERS IN THE STANDING RULES
OF THE SENATE FOR THE TWENTY
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR SESSION
BE DEEMED THE SAME FOR THE
TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION.
WITHOUT OBJECTION SUCH WILL BE
THE ORDER. THE OATH OF OFFICE
WILL BE DEEMED COMPLETE FOR THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS. CENTER ATKINS
YOU HAVE AN INTRODUCTION YOU'D
LIKE TO DO. I JUST WANT TO
WELCOME OUR NEWLY ELECTED
CONTROLLER- SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY IN
THE ASSEMBLY IT'S THAT THEY'RE
HAVING TO DO DOUBLE DUTY TODAY
MALINA CO ONE CONTROLLER STATE
OF CALIFORNIA WELL. MEMBERS THE
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE
S. C. R. ONE BY SENATOR MCGUIRE.
SECRETARY PLEASE READ THE
RESOLUTION. SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION ONE BY CENTER REQUIRE
RELATIVE TO THE JOINT RULES FOR
THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY
FOUR FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
CENTER MCGUIRE THE FLOOR IS
YOURS THANK YOU SO MUCH GOOD
AFTERNOON MADAM PRESIDENT IN
SENATORS STR ONE ESTABLISHES THE
JOINT RULES FOR THE SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY. FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY
THREE TWENTY TWENTY FOUR FIRST
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION THESE
RULES ARE SIMILAR TO THE JOINT
RULES ADOPTED BY THE REGULAR
SESSION BUT IDENTIFY NECESSARY
EXEMPTIONS FOR SOME RULES FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION. I URGE
THIS BODY FOR NINE. SENATOR
JONES. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A NO VOTE.
THIS RESOLUTION REQUIRES TWENTY
ONE VOTES TO BE ADOPTED. MR
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN HI EVERADO GIL. AYE
ARCHULETA. AYE ASHBY AYE ATKINS
AYE BECKER. AYE LAKE SUPERIOR. I
BRADFORD. AYE CABALLERO. AYE
CORTESE. I DALY NO. DOT I'D
RATHER. I EGGMAN. AYE GLAZER.
AYE GONZALEZ- GROVE. NOPE JONES
NOPE LAYERED. HI LIMÓN. BY
MCGUIRE. AYE MENJIVAR. AYE MAN.
AYE NEWMAN. AYE NGUYEN. NO NILA
. NO BUT CHAU BOOK. NOW YEAH.
HIGH COURT IN. I ROTH. I RUBIO.
I SAY ARE THE- NO. SKINNER HI
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. HI STERN. FIVE
NUMBER. I WILL HAVE. HI WIENER.
I WILK. YEAH NO. IS THIRTY ONE
KNOWS EIGHT THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS UNDER MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT
OBJECTION ANY BILL OR RESOLUTION
RECEIVED IT THE SENATE DESK
UNDER THE ORDER OF BUSINESS
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS IN THE
FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
MAYBE INTRODUCED ASSIGNED THE
NUMBER PRINTED AND REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES. IF THERE
IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS. CENTER
WALK. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
AMELIA FOLLOWING SECTION I WILL
HAVE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS ROOM TO
FIFTEEN. VERY GOOD. THE FIRST
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION WILL STAND
IN RECESS UPON CALL OF THE
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORARY AND WE
WILL RECONVENE THE REGULAR
SESSION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
HOUSE. SAY NINE CENTER ACTIONS
THE DESK IS CLEAR. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH- COLLEAGUES THANK YOU
TODAY WAS A WONDERFUL DAY AGAIN
LET ME SAY WELCOME THE NEXT
FLOOR SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR
WEDNESDAY JANUARY FOURTH TWENTY
TWENTY THREE AT TWO PM. PLEASE
HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY. THE DESK
WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE HOUR
OF THREE THIRTY FOR THE
INTRODUCTIONS OF BILLS AT WHICH
TIME THE ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL
BE PLACE THE SENATE WILL STAND
IN RECESS UNTIL WEDNESDAY
JANUARY FOURTH AT TWO PM.