HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL OF YOU
MADAM SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ELLEN ALPHARETTA GIL
ARCHULETA ASH BEING ATKINS
BECKER LAKE SUPERIOR BRADFORD
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EGGMAN GLAZER GONZALEZ GROVE OUR
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PORTANTINO ROTH RUBIO SEYARTO
SKINNER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN-
BURKE WAHABI WIENER WILK.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT WITH
THE MEMBERS IN OUR GUESTS BEYOND
THE RAIL AND IN THE GALLERY
PLEASE RISE WE WILL BE LED IN
PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON FIRE
CHAPLAIN SISTER MICHELLE GORMAN
AFTER WHICH PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING WOOD WE WILL BE LED IN
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG BY SENATOR ROTH. LET US
REMEMBER THOSE WHERE IN THE HOLY
PRESENCE OF OUR GOD. AS WE BEGIN
THIS NEW YEAR TWENTY TWENTY
THREE WE PONDER THE WORDS OF
HOWARD THURMAN. WHEN THE SONG OF
THE ANGELS DISTILLED WHEN THE
STAR IN THE SKY IS GONE. WHEN
THE KINGS AND PRINCES ARE HOME.
WHEN THE SHEPHERDS ARE BACK WITH
THEIR FLOCKS. THEN THE WORK OF
THIS NEW YEAR BEGINS. TO FIND
THE LOST TO HEAL THE BROKEN. TO
FEED THE HUNGRY. TO RELEASE THE
PRISONER. TO REBUILD THE NATION
AND THE STATE. TO BRING PEACE
AMONG PEOPLE. TO MAKE MUSIC IN
THE HEART. THIS IS SOME OF THE
WORK OF THE SENATE AND SO WE
PRAY. MAY THE LORD BLESS US AND
KEEP US. MAY GOD'S FACE SHINE
UPON US AND BEING GRACIOUS TO US
. MAY GOD LOOK UPON US KINDLY
AND GIVE US PEACE A MAN. I
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
MEMBERS A GIVES ME GREAT
PLEASURE TO WELCOME OUR ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHO IS HERE WITH US
TODAY. ROB BONTA WELCOME TO THE
SENATE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL
BE DEEMED READ MESSAGES FROM THE
ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED READ
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES WILL BE
DEEMED READ. ARE THERE ANY
MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS- NOTICES.
THING NINE. INTRODUCTION AND
FIRST READING OF BILLS WILL BE
DEEMED READ. MEMBERS ARE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS THIS IS THE TIME TO
ADDRESS THE ADJOURNED IN MEMORY
IF YOU PLEASE WOULD ALL TAKE
YOUR SEATS. LIKE TO CALL ON
SENATOR UMBERG. THANK YOU- MADAM
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES. IT SOME
MY- SAID PRIVILEGE HERE ON OUR
FIRST DAY RETURNING TO SESSION
IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE TO S.
THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
FORMER SUPERVISOR BILL STEINER.
BILL WAS BORN I WAS MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA'S A SMALL CHILD AND
GREW UP IN BELLE HE ATTENDED UC
BERKELEY EARNING A DEGREE IN
CRIMINOLOGY AND A MASTERS IN
SOCIAL WORK FINE GRADUATION BILL
BEGAN ALONG AN IMPRESSIVE CAREER
SERVING HIS COMMUNITY AND
IMPORTANTLY. AND PASSIONATELY
CHILDREN AND PARTICULARLY THOSE
WHO ARE NEGLECTED ABANDONED AND
ABUSED HE ORIGINALLY WORKED AT
L. A. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
ADOPTIONS FIND HOMES FOR
CHILDREN- WHO HAD BEEN ABUSED
NEGLECTED IN NINETEEN EIGHTY
FIVE HE FOUNDED AN INSTITUTION
ORANGE COUNTY. WHICH WE'RE QUITE
PROUD OF THE ORANGE WOULD
SHELTER FOR CHILDREN- WOULD
HOUSE A HUNDRED SEVENTY KIDS PER
DAY. WE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP- HE
RAISED OVER EIGHT POINT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS DURING HIS TIME
AT ORANGEWOOD AND IF YOU TOWARD
ORANGE WITH BILL STEINER WHAT
WAS MOST AMAZING WAS THAT HE
COULD. NAME ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY
OF THOSE CHILDREN. THOSE
CHILDREN WOULD SURROUND HIM AND
THE LOVE COMPASSION AND PASSION
HE HAD FOR THOSE CHILDREN WAS AN
INSPIRATION TO ANYONE. WHO
ENCOUNTERED BILL OR ENCOUNTERED
ORANGE WOULD- ULTIMATELY WAS
APPOINTED THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS- HE WAS A
POINT WHICH CAME OUT OF
SUPERVISORS ADDED A DIFFICULT
TIME RIGHT BEFORE ORANGE COUNTY
DECLARED BANKRUPTCY COULD NOT
HAVE BEEN A MORE DIFFICULT TIME.
AND HE SERVED WITH GREAT
INTEGRITY- AFTER RETIRING FROM
MORE INTO AND THAT HE WAS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION WHICH WAS.
CONCEIVED DESIGNED AND HAD A
MISSION OF RAISING MONEY FOR
THOSE ABUSE AND NEGLECT KIDS
THAT WERE HOUSED AT ORANGE
WOULD- HIS INFECTIOUS SMILE.
ALSO WAS INSPIRING IT HE MADE
EVERYONE WHO ENCOUNTERED
INCLUDING ME FEEL AS THOUGH THEY
WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON
BEFORE HIM. AND THUS I'M SURE
THAT'S WHY HE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL
AND SO WONDERFUL FOR THOSE YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT- HE MENTOR THOSE
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HE CARED FOR-
HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS FIVE
CHILDREN LAURIE HENDREN JAMES
STEINER CHRISTY STEINER JUDGE
SCOTT STEINER. AND MARCY'S DINER
IN A PILE OF GRAND CHILDREN
SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE
GREAT GRANDCHILD. I S. THAT WE
ADJOURNED TODAY IN. HONOR OF THE
LIFE OF BILL STEINER. CETERA.
THANK ABOUT PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES
THE BILL STEINER WAS NOT A
COLLEAGUE OF MINE BUT HIS LEGACY
LIVES ON. IN THE THIRTY FIRST
SENATE DISTRICT YOU MAY ASK WHY
WELL. BILL'S SON. IS JIM STEINER
. FORMER OR RETIRED CAPTAIN THE
CORONA FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE
CURRENT CORONA CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER IN A VERY VERY VERY GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE. IT'S OBVIOUS.
FROM MY COLLEAGUE. MARCH COUNTY
JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE BILL'S
COMMITMENT TO SERVICE WAS TRULY
INFECTIOUS. AND I KNOW THAT IT
WAS A VALUE HE INSTILLED. IN HIS
CHILDREN BECAUSE OF MY CONTACT
WITH HIM. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
BILL IS LOOKING DOWN ON HIS
FAMILY AS WE'RE SITTING HERE.
THIS AFTERNOON BEAMING WITH
PRIDE. SO TO JAM. INTO THE REST
OF THE STEINER FAMILY THANK YOU
FOR SHARING BILL WITH US. AND MY
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF
YOU AS YOU MOURN HIS LOSS.
THIRTY ONE. THANK YOU- I
ACTUALLY STARTED MY POLITICAL
CAREER IN SUPERVISORS STEINER'S
OFFICE AS AN INTERN. ACTUALLY MY
STORY STARTED EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS
USUALLY ASK ME HOW I STARTED
POLITICS. MY SECOND YEAR IN
COLLEGE I TOOK A COMMUNITY
POLITICAL CLASS. AND IT'S FOR A
COMMUNITY POLITICS TO ME MY
SOCIAL SCIENCE CREDIT BECAUSE I
WANTED TO GO OVER INTO MED
SCHOOL. AND I WAS WORKING THREE
JOBS THE GENTLEMEN WHO WAS
TEACHING THE CLASS THE PROFESSOR
WAS A VISITING. PROFESSOR AND HE
WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BILL
STEINER. AFTER CLASS I THOUGHT
TO MYSELF WOW HE SOUNDED
IMPORTANT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
A COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHO WATCHES
I HAD NO CLUE I HAD NO
ASPIRATIONS ONLY I DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT POLITICS WAS I WAS.
DEEP INTO CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY AND
EXPOSURE. AND AFTER CLASS SO I
THOUGHT YOU KNOW HE SOUNDED
IMPORTANT MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION
LETTER. FROM HIM MIGHT HELP MY
APPLICATION TO MED SCHOOL.
BECAUSE MOST OF US I. RELEASE MY
WHAT I AM I UNDERSTAND MOST OF
US ONCE GOMEZ SCHOOL. YOU'VE GOT
THE GRADES YOU HAVE TO PROFESSOR
WHO LOVES YOU YOU'VE DONE A
BILLION DOLLARS OF VOLUNTEERS
ARE READY. AND SO I THOUGHT
MAYBE HIS RECOMMENDATION A
COUNTY SUPERVISOR MIGHT HELP
LIFT MY APPLICATION A LITTLE BIT
TO MAKE IT A LITTLE UNIQUE. SO I
ASKED TO INTERN. FIVE HOURS
BECAME TEN STILL WORKING THREE
JOBS. TEN YEARS LATER I CAME
BACK AS A COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
BILL IS NOT JUST. SOMEONE WHO I
LOOK UP TO. IS A FRIEND IS A
MENTOR. AND IS ALMOST LIKE A DAD
TO ME. I'M SCOTT HIS SON WHO'S A
JUDGE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY.
SUPERIOR COURT WE'VE KNOWN EACH
OTHER SINCE I WAS INTERNING THAT
OFFICE. I'LL ALWAYS CHECK UP ON
ME EVERY. FEW WEEKS EVERY FEW
MONTHS HOW YOU DOING HOW'S YOUR
NEW POSITION. OF ANY ALWAYS
REMINDED ME TO STAY HUMBLE AND
REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS. REMEMBER
WHO YOU REPRESENT. AND IT WAS A
SHOCK TO ALL THOSE BECAUSE BILL
IS A GO TO GUY YOU ALWAYS WANT
TO BE AROUND WE ALWAYS WANT TO
BE WITH HIS FAMILY- HE'S HAS HAD
SOME HEALTH. ISSUES THE LAST FEW
MONTHS OR THIS LAST YEAR. YOU
KNOW BUT IT HE HE DID LEAVE TOO
SOON IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE-
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE
STEINORTH FAMILY THANK YOU- WHEN
I GET TO JOKE THAT IF ANYTHING
I'VE DONE WHILE YOU GET THE
BLAME BILL STEINER. HE LOVED
THAT. HE ALSO ADMINISTER MY OATH
THE BOSTON OFFICE WHEN I GOT TO
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE
FIRST TIME. NO NOT MANY PEOPLE
BELIEVED IN ME WHEN I FIRST RAN
AT THE AGE OF THIRTY- HE DID. HE
WAS ONE OF THE FEW. ARM AND HE'S
ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEW LAST ONE
THAT BELIEVED IN ME IN TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN. THAT IS NOT
PASSED AWAY. AND SO I JUST WANT
TO THANK THE STEINORTH FAMILY.
FOR GIVING YOUR DAD TO NOT JUST
. ORANGE WOULD. FOSTER HOMES. OR
TOWARD HOMES. BUT TO THE
COMMUNITY IN THE CITY ORANGE
HE'S A BEACON EVERYBODY KNOWS
HIM. EVEN AFTER HE RETIRED HE
WAS STILL WAS VERY WELL KNOWN
AND IS VERY ACTIVE ACROSS THE
AISLE. IN ORANGE COUNTY. BUT
MORE POINT IS THANKING HIM FOR
GIVING OTHER CHILDREN. OTHER
INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE NEVER SAW.
AND SO- BILL MAY YOU REST IN
PEACE AND WE WILL MISS YOU- YOU
KNOW YOUR VOICES AND YOUR- YOUR
SOUND ADVICE IS ALWAYS WELCOME
IS ALWAYS SPOT ON AND I'VE
ALWAYS APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.
PLEASE BRING THE NAME FORGERY HE
CAN BE PROPERLY MORALIZING NEXT
UP WE HAVE CENTER WIENER IN
SOONER ATKINS FOR. SENATE
INTERACTIONS. THANK YOU- MR
PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE
TODAY TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF AN
OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY LEADER A
BRILLIANT POLICY ADVOCATE. AND
JUST AN ALL AROUND GOOD PERSON
THE INTO SPAIN. AS MANY OF YOU
MAY KNOW DEANNA WAS ALSO A
HARDWORKING MEMBER OF- THE
SENATE FAMILY. AND MY STAFF AND
I ARE STILL WORKING TO PROCESS
OUR ENORMOUS LOSS. I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU WHO SHARED YOUR
KIND WORDS AND THOUGHTS DURING
THIS TIME. THEY'VE BEEN VERY
HELPFUL NOT ONLY TO MY OFFICE
BUT TO HER FAMILY. THE AND I
HAVE BEEN PART OF MY TEAM
DIRECTLY FOR TEN YEARS DURING MY
TIME BOTH IN THE ASSEMBLY IN THE
SENATE SHE ADVISED ME ON A HOST
OF ISSUES INCLUDING AGRICULTURE
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WATER
ENERGY TRANSPORTATION PARKS AND
NATURAL RESOURCES. WATER
PRESERVATION COASTAL PROTECTION-
ON AND ON- BUT BEFORE JOINING MY
TEAM SHE WORKED FOR A DECADE AS
A POLICY ADVISER TO CHRISTINE
KEY HEALTH FORMER SENATOR KIKO.
AND EVEN BEFORE SHE WORKED
DIRECTLY WITH ME I SOUGHT OUT
FOR ADVICE AS AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER
AND AS A FORMER CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER. BECAUSE PRIOR TO WORKING
IN THE LEGISLATURE DEANNA HAD
HELD POSITIONS AT THE CITY OF
SAN DIEGO INCLUDING POLICY
SENIOR POLICY ANALYST TO MAYOR
SUSAN GOLDING CONSULTANT TO THE
CITY COUNCIL- COMMITTEE ON RULES
BUDGET AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS. POLICY DIRECTOR FOR
FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JUDY
MCCARTY. IN THE OTHER ARTICLE
NOTING DEANNA'S PASSING THE SAN
DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE REFERRED TO
HER AS A CIVIC LEADER NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHER AND GROND- OF THE
RIVER THE SAN DIEGO RIVER.
CIVICALLY ARE ABSOLUTELY IN THE
WAVE OF COMMENTS PEOPLE HAVE
SHARED ABOUT THE NO WE'VE HEARD
THANKS FROM ALL ACROSS SAN DIEGO
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS MILITARY
LEADERS BUSINESS LEADERS. ABOUT
HOW MUCH DEANNA AND HER WORK
MEANT TO THEM. AND THAT'S
ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH SAN DIEGO'S
LANDMARK MULTIPLE SPECIES
CONSERVATION PROGRAM WHICH SHE-
WAS THE MAJOR STAFF MEMBER WHEN
THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO PASSED
THAT INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. OUR
VITAL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS-
AND WE RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE
TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARINE
PROTECTED AREA IN THE SAN DIEGO
REGION. AND I WAS SO PLEASED
THAT DAY TO SEE THAT DEANNA
RIGHTLY GOT ACKNOWLEDGED FOR HER
LEADERSHIP. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER
- YES THAT'S ON THE TOP OF
EVERYTHING ELSE AFTER HER FAMILY
LIFE AFTER WORK AFTER MEETINGS
REGARDING YOUR OWN COMMUNITY
INTEREST HE SERVED ON THE TEARS
AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. ON AND
ON SHE WOULD STILL FIND TIME TO
PUBLISH THE TEAR A SANTA TIMES I
AM STILL CONVINCED THAT GOLFERS
ARE SO UPSET BECAUSE SHE MANAGED
TO GET THE LICENSE PLATE. THAT
SAID T. TIME. C. PROVIDED AN
ENGAGING AND VALUABLE COMMUNITY
RESOURCE FOR HER NEIGHBORS
DEANNA CLOSED DOWN THE TEAR
SANTA TIMES LAST FALL. IT'S A
BLESSING THAT SHE GOT TO HEAR
FROM SO MANY PEOPLE JUST HOW
MUCH THAT PAPER MEANT TO THE
COMMUNITY AND TO INTO SAN DIEGO
. RANDOM OF THE SAN DIEGO RIVER
ALSO ABSOLUTELY SHE HELPED BRING
THE SAN DIEGO RIVER CONSERVANCY
INTO BEING. N. HELPED IN
ADVANCING THE SUCCESS EVERY STEP
OF THE WAY DEANNA WAS THE KIND
OF GRAND DAME WHO WOULD LOOK AT
A CHALLENGE WASTE LITTLE TIME ON
PLEASANTRIES AND SAY COME ON
EVERYBODY. WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO
AND DARNED IF THAT WORK DIDN'T
GET DONE. AND I GUARANTEE YOU
EVERY YEAR I'VE HAD A RIVER
CONSERVANCY BILL I KNOW YOU
REMEMBER EACH AND EVERY ONE. AND
THAT WAS A TRIBUTE TO DEANNA.
DEANNA WORKED DIRECTLY WITH ME
FOR A DECADE BUT WE ALSO WORK
TOGETHER DURING OUR A TIMES IT
SAN DIEGO CITY HALL I LEARNED SO
MUCH FROM DEANNA. HE GAVE
CATHOLIC FOR A RUN FOR HIS
MONEY. THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. I
HAVE A HARD TIME THINKING OF
ANOTHER PERSON WHO KNEW SO MUCH
ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES
SO OFTEN. I FOUND MYSELF SAYING
TO STAFF OR OTHER ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN THE REGION OR JUST
ABOUT ANY. ANYBODY DID YOU STMS.
I MEAN DON'T ASK ME DID YOU
ASKING ANNA OR EVEN MORE SO I
WOULD DIRECT THEM. GO ASK DEANNA
I WOULD LOAN HER OUT- TO OTHER
ELECTED OFFICIALS IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY. AND I WOULD SAY JUST
TALK TO DEANNA. SHE HANDLED SO
MANY THINGS ARE PROBABLY NEVER
EVEN HAD TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE
SHE KNEW HOW TO DO THAT AND SHE
KNEW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. THE
EMAILS I GOT FROM PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE- SHE HAD
ARE THE FORMER SECRETARY OF
NATURAL RESOURCES INTO THE BROWN
ADMINISTRATION'S PHONE NUMBER ON
SPEED DIAL. HE'S SHAKING HIS
HEAD YES. DEANNA IS SURVIVED BY
HER HUSBAND RICHARD. AND IF YOU
FEEL- FOUND INDEED DEANNA TO BE
UNIQUE. AND CRAZY SMART YOU
SHOULD MEET HER HUSBAND RICHARD.
HER PARTNER IN ALL THINGS. SHE
IS SURVIVED BY RICHARD SHE IS
SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER-
MAKAYLA SON GREG. HANSEN AND TWO
GRANDDAUGHTERS WHO WERE JUST
INCREDIBLY. THE LIGHT IN HER
EYES. WOULD SHINE WHEN SHE
MENTIONED HER GRANDDAUGHTERS.
THEY ALL HAVE OUR LOVE OUR BEST
WISHES DURING THIS INCREDIBLY
SAID TOM. AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR LETTING ME- SPEND A FEW
MINUTES TALKING ABOUT ONE OF OUR
INCREDIBLE TEAM MEMBERS AND ARE
SENATE FAMILY. THANK YOU SENATOR
WE OFFER A DEEPER CONDOLENCES
PLEASE THE NAME FOR IT SO SHE
COULD BE PROPERLY. OR I'M SORRY
AS SENATOR JONES ON THIS ISSUE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT I ALSO WANTED TO OFFER
MY CONDOLENCES. TO THE PRO TEM-
YOUR STAFF. AND CERTAINLY
DEANNA'S- FAMILY- IN ADDITION TO
EVERYTHING THAT THE PRO TEM
OUTLINED DEANNA IS A-
INSTITUTION IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY-
THIS. RECOGNIZING THAT SHE'S
REPRESENTED MOSTLY DOWNTOWN AREA
IN THE COASTAL AREAS BUT FROM
COMING FROM THE EAST COUNTY
PART. OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY-
DEANNA IS WELL RECOGNIZED
AMONGST- THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR HER
STALWART- COMPASSION. HER
INTELLIGENCE AND HER PASSION FOR
THE SENEGAL RIVER CONSERVANCY.
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE AS WHEN I
WAS TURNED OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY
FOR AND OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE
FOR TWO YEARS IN SEVENTEEN
EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN IN
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. I WAS
ASKED TO SERVE ON THE SANDY
RIVER CONSERVANCY AND DEANNA WAS
THERE AND SHE KNEW I WAS KNEW.
SHE KNEW I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT THE SENEGAL RIVER
CONSERVANCY IN THE- SAN DIEGO
PART OF THE COUNTY. AND SHE TOOK
ME UNDER HER WING AND MENTORED
ME FOR THOSE TWO YEARS AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE- THE GRACE AND
PROFESSIONALISM THAT SHE SHOWED
IN THAT MANNER. AND THEN I ALSO
SHARE MY STAFF'S CONDOLENCES AS
WELL BECAUSE SHE IS A MENTOR TO
THIS AD LEGISLATIVE STAFF
THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND
SHE DID A GREAT JOB MENTORING MY
STAFF. ON MANY ISSUES AND I
APPRECIATE THAT AND OFFER MY
CONDOLENCES AS WELL THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SENATOR
JONES CAN WHILE SHE BRING THE
NAME FOR IT SO SHE CAN BE
PROPERLY MORE ALLIES. NEXT UP IS
SENATOR WIENER INTERACTIONS FOR.
THE GERMAN MEMBERS CENTER WHERE.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT OUR
COLLEAGUES IS A GREAT SADNESS
THAT I RISE TODAY. TO ASK FOR
THE SENATE ADJOURNED IN MEMORY
OF A GREAT SAN FRANCISCO AND MY
CARD AMEND WHO PASSED AWAY. LAST
MONTH AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY
NINE- FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T
KNOW WHEN YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THAT
LAST NAME- MIKEY I WAS THE
FATHER OF SOMEONE WE ALL KNOW
AND RESPECT THE CARD AMEND THE
PROTONS CHIEF OF STAFF. AND A
PROTON JOINS ME AND THIS- DURING
A MEMORY AND I KNOW WILL BE
SPEAKING DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS-
MIKE WAS A THIRD GENERATION SAN
FRANCISCO AND I WAS BORN IN
NINETEEN FORTY THREE- HE
ATTENDED MISSION DOLORES GRAMMAR
SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM BALBOA
HIGH SCHOOL- HE WAS- TO PUT IT
MILDLY OF SAN FRANCISCO LABOR
LEADER- FIRST BEGINNING AS A
BOTTLER AT. BREWERIES HE BECAME
AN APPRENTICE SIGN PAINTER IN
NINETEEN SIXTY TWO. A JOURNEYMAN
IN NINETEEN SIXTY SIX AND A
PICTORIAL ARTIST IN NINETEEN
SIXTY EIGHT. HE WAS A MEMBER OF
LOCAL FIVE TEN THE SIGN AND
DISPLAY UNION- THAT'S HOW I
FIRST GOT TO KNOW- MIGHT HE WAS
REALLY EMBODIED THAT LOCAL AND
SO MANY LEVELS- HE FOR. OVER
THIRTY YEARS SERVED ON THE SAN
FRANCISCO LABOR COUNCIL.
EXECUTIVE BOARD I DON'T KNOW HOW
ANY HUMAN BEING COULD ACTUALLY
SURVIVE THIRTY YEARS- AND
EXECUTIVE- COMMITTEE OF OUR
LABOR COUNCIL WHICH IS A SHALL
WE SAY RAMBUNCTIOUS- TO SAY THE
LEAST. HE'S ALSO A DELEGATE TO
THE SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING
TRADES COUNCIL I SERVED ON THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OPI YOU
LOCAL THREE PENSION AND HEALTH
TRUST FUND- AND ON THE BAY AREA
COPIC LABOUR COMMITTEE. HE
CONTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT HIS
ENTIRE LIFE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION.
STATION- ON THE BOARD OF THE
CONSUMER FEDERAL CAL- SERENITY.
SAN FRANCISCO FORTY NINE Q.
ADVANCEMENT. SAN FRANCISCO CAN
BE AND VISITORS. AND LITERALLY
DOZENS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS-
HE WAS AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL
COMMITTEE. IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
SERVED ON VARIOUS CITY
COMMISSIONS INCLUDING OUR HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION. OUR PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION REPORT
COMMISSION THE FIRE COMMISSION-
NONE OF THESE WERE SMALL SAN
FRANCISCO COMMISSION THESE ARE
HARD CONTENTIOUS COMMISSIONS BUT
MIGHT. HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE
TO HANDLE THAT LEADERSHIP- WITH
GRACE HE ALSO SERVED ON THE
RESPIRATORY CARE BORDER
CALIFORNIA AND AT THE TIME OF
HIS DEATH WAS A MEMBER OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC
COMMISSION. I AND I ACTUALLY
REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO
COME TO THE RULES COMMITTEE-
FOR- CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT TO
THE ACT COMMISSION THIS IS
SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH SO
MANY BIG THINGS IN HIS LIFE. AND
COMING TO THE ATHLETIC
COMMISSION AND I GOT A CALL FROM
THEM- MY CELL PHONE IS LIKE
HISCOTT. DO YOU THINK YOU COULD
PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR ME WITH
THE RULES COMMITTEE AND I AYE
SEMI AYE AYES I THINK YOU'RE
GOING TO BE OKAY- BUT I BUT I
PUT IN A GOOD WORD BECAUSE MIKE
ASKED ME TO AND NOT REALLY IT DA
CONVERSATION ACTUALLY. SAID SO
MUCH. ABOUT MIGHT BECAUSE THIS
IS SOMEONE I GOT HOOKED ON SO
MUCH WHO IS A BIG BIG DEAL. AND
HE TOOK NOTHING FOR GRANTED WITH
NOT PRESUMPTUOUS ABOUT ANYTHING
HAD NOT A SHRED NOT AN OUNCE OF
ARROGANCE OR PRESUMPTUOUS AND
TIRE BODY- AND A DOCTOR. WAS ONE
OF- JUST PROFOUNDLY POWERFUL
THINGS. ABOUT MIKE HARTMAN- HE
RECEIVED. COUNTLESS AWARDS IN
THE LABOR COUNCIL FROM MY- VOTE
CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU. THE
COALITION OF BLACK TRADE
UNIONISTS AND SO FORTH. HE ALSO
WAS AN ARTIST- HE PAIN IT CAN.
BANNER FOR. DECK OF SAN
FRANCISCO HELLO OFFICIALS- YOU
PAY. A FOR BANNERS FOR SAN
FRANCISCO HIGH STE TEAM.
BIRTHDAY SIGNS FOR FAMILY
BIRTHDAYS. ARE YOU PAINTED A
PORTRAIT OF FILBER AND THE GREAT
BILL BURR AND- UPPER HIGH SCHOOL
- I ALSO JUST WANT TO SEND A
PERSONAL LEVEL FOR. DECADES I
JUST MIKE WAS EVERYWHERE YOU TO
SEE HIM. AT EVENT AFTER EVENT HE
NEVER. HE NEVER GOT TIRED OF
SHOWING UP. FOR THE COMMUNITY
BECAUSE HE LOVES SAN FRANCISCO
SO MUCH HE WAS ONE OF THE
KINDEST MOST RESPECTFUL PEOPLE
I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE AND WE
KNOW THAT IN POLITICS. AND IN
THE WORLD OF LABOR IT CAN GET
REALLY ROUGH AND TUMBLE. AND
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE
AREN'T ALWAYS AS RESPECTFUL AS
THEY NEED TO BE AND MIKE
UNDERSTOOD BUT YOU COULD BE
PASSIONATE. AND POWERFUL IN YOUR
ADVOCACY. WHILE STILL TREATING
OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE BASIC
LEVEL OF RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND
HE DID THAT. TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.
I HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND FATHER
AND PAPA OUR GRANDFATHER. YOU
SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE
MARINA. HIS CHILDREN MONICA NICK
AND GREG- HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW
K¾T HIS GRANDCHILDREN- EVAN
GREASY DAMIEN AND ALEXANDRA HIS
SIBLINGS LINDA AND RON AND IS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS
OLGA AND BEN'S. DAUGHTER
MICHELLE AND BROTHER BINS- MIKE
REST IN PEACE- WE LOVE YOU AND I
ASK THAT THE SENATE ADJOURNED IN
MY CARMEN'S MEMORY. THANK YOU
SENATOR WIENER NEXT UP IS. PROTO
AMERICANS THANK YOU THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEEN
A DIFFICULT COUPLE OF MONTHS
FOR. THE THIRTY NINE SENATE
DISTRICT. I WANT TO START BY
SAYING THANK YOU TO THE GOOD
SENATOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR
SET THE STAGE ON INCREDIBLE LIFE
OUT OF MY CAR PAYMENT. IT IS
APPROPRIATE AND RIGHT GIVEN THAT
THE SENATOR HAD THE FORTUNE TO
SEE MIKE IN REAL ACTION FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL DECADES IN OF THE
CITY BY THE BAY. SO MANY THANK
YOU FOR THAT. THE TIME I MET MY
CARMEN. HERE FROM MANY OF THOSE
ENDEAVORS MENTION BY THE
SENATOR. BUT I DO NEED TO SAY
BECAUSE HE WAS VERY PROUD OF
THIS HIS BIRTHDAY WAS JULY
FOURTH. HE WAS VERY PATRIOTIC
AND HE WAS SO PROUD THAT HE WAS
BORN ON JULY FOURTH. I GOT TO
SEE MIKE- AND HIS WIFE MARINA
ARRIVE TO TAKE CARE OF AND
SPOIL. JUST TWO OF THE GRANDKIDS
DAMIEN AND ALEX. I GOT TO WATCH
HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW K¾T PLAY
SOCCER- WHILE HE ENTERTAINED HIS
GRANDKIDS ON THE SIDELINES AND
CHEERED KATIE ON. THAT WAS- THE
MY CARMEN I GOT TO MEET. AND I
GOT TO SEE PHOTOS OF THOSE GREAT
ORIGINAL. SPECIAL SIGNS AFTER
SPECIAL OCCASIONS SIGNS PAINTED
FOR THE KIDS ON BIRTHDAYS AND
OTHER HOLIDAYS DINOSAURS.
UNICORNS AND EASTER BUNNIES. I
SAW PROUD FATHER AND IN-
ENERGETIC GRANDPA. TO SO MANY. I
THEN GOT TO SEE THE STATEMENTS
POUR IN. ABOUT MIKE ABOUT HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHAT HE MEANT
THE SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
AND STORIED ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IN THE BAY AREA AND CALIFORNIA
IN FOR N. IN OUR NATION'S
CAPITAL. AS WELL AS MANY OF THE
REGULAR EVERYDAY FOLKS THAT HE
INTERACTED WITH I LOVE GOING TO
THE SEA. AND WHEN I WOULD GO
AND- MY CHIEF OF STAFF WOULD
ACCOMPANY ME TO SEE- CENTER
FEINSTEIN OR SPEAKER PELOSI- I
WOULD OF COURSE INTRODUCED NICK
HARTMAN AND THEN BE INTERRUPTED
BY POWERFUL PEOPLE TO SAY
HARDAMON. WHERE YOU FROM AND THE
NEXT THING I KNEW WE WOULD BE
LISTENING TO STORIES ABOUT MY
CARTMAN FROM- FROM THE US
SENATORS OR FROM THE SPEAKER.
YOU KNOW I COULDN'T HELP BUT
REFLECT ON THE IMPACT AND LEGACY
HE LEFT FOR SO MANY THROUGH HIS
SERVICE. AND IN SO MANY
DIRECTIONS YOU KNOW IT OCCURRED
TO ME HE LIVED HIS BEST LIFE
USING HIS INTEREST AND HIS
PASSIONS TO FUEL ALL THAT HE
DID. HOW MANY OF US COULD HOPE
TO HAVE THIS IMPACT OR REACTION
. IN OUR PASSING. AS THE SENATOR
FROM SAN FRANCISCO SAID IN A
WORLD WHERE SO MUCH CAN GO WRONG
MIKE WAS ALWAYS THERE GIVING OF
HIMSELF AND ALL HIS TALENTS TO
MAKE IT RIGHT. IT'S A QUALITY I
SEE EMBODIED IN HIS SON NICK MY
INCREDIBLE CHIEF OF STAFF. WHO
CARRIES THE VALUES THE
COMPASSION AND TIRELESS WORK
ETHIC THAT HIS DAD PASSED ON TO
HIM. YOU KNOW I OFTEN THINK
ABOUT SAYINGS EXIST FOR A REASON
FOR A REASON THE FRUIT DOES NOT
FALL FAR FROM THE TREE. COMES TO
MIND AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
AS I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE GREAT
STATEMENTS I HEARD ABOUT MY
CARTMAN. HE WAS A GOOD HARD
WORKING MAN TRULY ONE OF THE
BEST HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE
THROUGH THE WORKPLACE IS HE
BETTER THE WORKERS HE FOUGHT
FOR. AND THE FAMILY HE LOVED
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SO
AGAIN TO HIS WIFE MARINA TO THE
CHILDREN MONICA NICK AND GREG.
IS GRANDCHILDREN EVAN GRACIE
DAMIEN ALEXANDRA HIS SIBLINGS
LINDA AND RON INTO THE MORE
EXTENDED FAMILY WE ACKNOWLEDGE
MIKE TODAY. AND WE GIVE YOU OUR
SYMPATHIES. SO COLLEAGUES I ASK
YOU TO JOIN ME IN THE SENATOR
FROM SAN FRANCISCO IN
RECOGNITION OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
OWN MY CARTMAN. THANK YOU
SENATOR ATKINSON WITH THANK YOU
FOR THOSE WONDERFUL WORDS AND I
THINK- DEPARTMENTS A FINE
EXAMPLE OF WHO HIS FATHER. IS TO
ALL OF US I WOULD ASK YOU BRING
THE NAME FOR IT AND SO WE CAN
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED. IF
THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS
SENATOR ATKINS THE DALLAS IS
CLEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES ARE WE HAD
A JOURNEY MEMORIES TODAY BUT LET
ME. TURN THE PAGE AND SAY IT IS
SO GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU BACK
IN PERSON. AND I TO SEE YOUR
FACES AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE-
A YEAR BEFORE US IN WHICH TO DO
GREAT THINGS AND TO WORK
TOGETHER. AND SO WITH THAT
WELCOME BACK. ON PLEASE BE SAFE
OUT THERE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A
LITTLE BIT WHETHER GOING ON BUT
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE ARE
HERE. SO OUR NEXT FLOOR SESSION
IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
THURSDAY JANUARY FIFTH AT TWENTY
TWENTY THREE AT NINE AM. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU
MA'AM FROM HERE ON THE SENATE
WILL BE RECESSED UNTIL THREE
THIRTY. AT WHICH TIME THE GERMAN
MOTION WILL BE MADE WE WILL
RECONVENE THURSDAY AT FOUGHT
JANUARY FIFTH AT NINE AM.