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PORTANTINO RAW RUBIO SEYARTO
SKINNER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN
NUMBER ONE HOBBY. WIENER WILK.
MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT WITH
THE MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS
BEYOND THE RAIL AND IN THE
GALLERY PLEASE RISE WE WILL BE
LED IN PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON BY
OUR GUEST CHAPLAIN RABBI BY
CHEER TOWARD SHE- OF THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY CENTER IN SAN
FRANCISCO. AFTER WHICH PLEASE
REMAIN STANDING WILL BE LED IN
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG BY SENATOR OUT RABBI. THANK
YOU SENATOR GLAZERS. BEGINNING
THIS EVENING AND THROUGHOUT THE
DAY TOMORROW ON YOM HASHOAH
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY WE
JOINED TO REMEMBER THE MEMORY OF
MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS. THE
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS FATHERS
AND SONS THE FRIENDS AND THE
NEIGHBORS WHOSE LIVES WERE
BRUTALLY TAKEN DURING A PERIOD
OF FIERCE AND VIOLENT IN
HUMANITY. THE JEWISH TRADITION
COMMANDS US TO REMEMBER. THE
HORROR IN HEBREW. THE
COMMANDMENT TO REMEMBER IS
REPEATED A LITTLE OVER ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY TIMES IN OUR BIBLE
. AND THAT IS WHAT THE STATE
REQUIRES. THE **** WE REMEMBER.
WE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
HATE TAKES HOLD OF THE HUMAN
HEART AND TURNS IT TO STONE. THE
HORROR. WE REMEMBER THE VICTIMS
OF THE HOLOCAUST SO THAT ROBBED
OF THEIR LIVES THEY WOULD NOT
ALSO BE ROBBED OF THEIR DEATHS.
THE HORROR. WE REMEMBER THEM NOT
ONLY AS THE PERSECUTED THE BY
THE RICH AND VIBRANT LIVES THAT
THEY LEAD THE STORIES THEY
SHARED AND THE NAMES WE GIVE TO
OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
GRANDCHILDREN. THE CORE. WE
REMEMBER AND PAY TRIBUTE TO THE
SURVIVORS OF THIS GENOCIDE THOSE
WHO BORE WITNESS TO WHAT
HAPPENED AND HAVE COURAGEOUSLY
STEPPED FORWARD TO SHARE WITH
THE WORLD PERHAPS THE DARKEST
NIGHT OF THEIR LIVES. SOME OF
THEM HERE WITH US THIS AFTERNOON
. THE HORROR. WE REMEMBER THE
TESTIMONIES OF THE SURVIVORS AS
A CHARGE TO CONFRONT PERSECUTION
AND OPPRESSION WHEREVER IT
ARISES. WE REMEMBER AND ACT UPON
OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO COUNTER
THE RISING TIDE OF ANTI
SEMITISM. BIGOTRY AND HATRED
THAT THREATEN THE VALUES WE HOLD
DEAR. PLURALISM DIVERSITY
DEMOCRACY. AND THE FREEDOMS OF
RELIGION AND EXPECT FREEDOMS OF
RELIGION AND EXPRESSION. THE
FOR. WE REMEMBER AND ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THE RIGHTEOUS OF
THE NATIONS WHO SAVE LIVES OFTEN
AT RISK OF THEIR OWN. MAY WE BE
STRENGTHENED TO BEHAVE AS
VIRTUOUS LEE. IN THE FACE OF ALL
FORMS OF VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION
. AND IN PRAYER. WE CALL ON YOU
DIVINE MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE
TO OPEN OUR HEARTS MINDS AND
SOULS AS WE REMEMBER. THE SIX
MILLION AND ELEVEN MILLION. THE
END DIFFERENCE AND THE BRUTALITY
. HELP US HONOR ALL OF THEIR
LIVES BY WORKING TO SECURE PEACE
JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL
PEOPLE. HELP US TO DEMONSTRATE
THE IMMENSE COURAGE BEQUEATHED
TO US BY VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS
OF THE HOLOCAUST. TODAY ON YOM
HA SHOAH. WE CALL ON YOU TO HELP
US HEAR YOUR VOICE. THAT SAYS IN
EVERY GENERATION. DO NOT MURDER
. DO NOT STAND IDLY BY THE BLOOD
OF YOUR NEIGHBOR. DO NOT A PRESS
THE STRANGER. AND MAY THE MEMORY
OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BE
BOUND UP IN THE BOND OF
EVERLASTING LIFE AND LET US SAY.
A MAIN. MEMBERS WE PRAY FOR THE
SOULS OF THE MARTYRS WE HONOR
THE SURVIVORS. WE THANK FROM THE
BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS THE
LIBERATORS THOSE PRE LIBERATORS
FROM THE US MILITARY IN ARE
THOSE OF OUR ALLIES. AS WE
PLEDGE OUR ALLEGIANCE TO OUR
NATION'S FLAG. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS
ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
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PLEASE RE. SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION FORTY THREE BY
SENATOR WIENER RELATIVE TO
CALIFORNIA FULL COST MEMORIAL
DAY. SENATOR WIENER. I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MR PRESIDENT OUR
COLLEAGUES I RISE TODAY AS CO
CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS TO
PREVENT TO PRESENT A C. R. FORTY
THREE. EACH YEAR WE AS A JEWISH
CAUCUS BRING FORTH THIS
RESOLUTION AND ASK YOU ARE
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
PARTICIPATION IN MOVING THE
RESOLUTION AND OBSERVING YOM HA
. HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. IN
THE PAST WE HAVE BROUGHT
SURVIVORS FROM ACROSS THE STATE
INCLUDING FROM YOUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO HONOR THEM AND TO
REMEMBER REMEMBER THE HORRORS OF
THE HOLOCAUST. THIS YEAR WE HAVE
BROUGHT HONOREES FROM THE
DISTRICTS THAT OUR CAUCUS
MEMBERS ARE REPRESENTS INCLUDING
SURVIVORS THE DESCENDANTS OF
SURVIVORS- EDUCATORS AND JUSTICE
SEEKERS. TWO OF OUR HONOREES
HERE IN THE SENATE ARE BEING
HONORED POSTHUMOUSLY HAVING
PASSED AWAY IN RECENT MONTHS.
MADE ARE MEMORIES BE A BLESSING
. AS WE MOVE FURTHER AND FURTHER
AWAY FROM THE HOLOCAUST OUR
COLLECTIVE MEMORY. I CAN BECOME
SIMILARLY DISTANCE AND THE DUTY
OF RECOLLECTION BECOMES ALL THE
MORE IMPORTANT. WE DO NOT
REMEMBER TO RELIVE THE TRAUMA.
WE TAKE ON THE SACRED DUTY TO
ENSURE THAT NEVER AGAIN WILL A
COMMUNITY. A PEOPLE ANY PEOPLE
BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME KIND OF
TREATMENT. PREJUDICE EXTREME
BRUTALITY THAT JEWS SUFFERED
DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE
HOLOCAUST REFERS TO THE SIX
MILLION JEWS. WHO WERE
EXTERMINATED IN EUROPE. WE ALSO
HONOR THE MILLIONS OF ROMA
DISABLED INDIVIDUALS LGBTQ
PEOPLE ALONG WITH PRISONERS OF
WAR AND POLITICAL PRISONERS. WHO
SUFFERED UNDER **** RULE AND
CONCENTRATION CAMPS A LOST THEIR
LIVES. POLAND WAS HOME TO THE
LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION
ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE UNITED
STATES. BEFORE THE **** INVASION
THREE POINT THREE MILLION JEWS
10% OF POLAND'S POPULATION. IN
THE SIX YEARS. OF THE HOLOCAUST
. POLAND'S JEWISH POPULATION.
BOB WAS REDUCED FROM THREE POINT
THREE MILLION TO JUST A FEW
HUNDRED THOUSAND. IN NINETEEN
FIFTY THE JEWISH POPULATION IN
POLAND WHICH HAS FORTY FIVE
THOUSAND. THREE POINT THREE
MILLION. DOWN TO FORTY FIVE
THOUSAND. ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF
JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE LOST
THEIR LIVES. CALIFORNIA WERE
PART OF MY FAMILY CAME FROM
FORTUNATELY MY FAMILY WAS ABLE
TO LEAVE AND FLEE THE POGROMS
ABOUT A HUNDRED A LITTLE OVER A
HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND SO I AM
HERE TODAY OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT
BE. IN LITHUANIA ABOUT 85% OF
THE JEWISH POPULATION WAS
EXTERMINATED. IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
73% OF THE JEWISH POPULATION WAS
EXTERMINATED. IN GERMANY AND
GERMANY 70% OF JEWS WERE
EXTERMINATED IN HUNGARY 61% OF
JEWS WERE EXTERMINATED AND LYFT
VIA 75% OF JEWS WERE
EXTERMINATED. AND ANOTHER LINES
73% OF JEWS WERE EXTERMINATED IN
THE SOVIET UNION 44% OF JEWS
WERE EXTERMINATED I COULD GO ON
AND ON BUT I THINK YOU SEE MY
POINT. BEYOND THE DEATHS AND THE
SHEER NUMBERS. WHICH ARE
UNIMAGINABLE. WHERE THE HORRORS
OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THE
DAILY CRUELTY THAT WAS SUFFERED
. BY THE VICTIMS AND THESE
CONCENTRATION CAMPS. AT THE
HANDS OF THE ****. BUTTE FOR
AMUSEMENT. LATITUDE A MUSEUM
SELVES BY PHYSICALLY TORTURING
AND EVEN RAPING. VICTIMS IN THIS
CONCENTRATION CAMP THE FORCED
LABOR THE MEDICAL
EXPERIMENTATION THE STARVATION.
THE JEWISH PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN
WE SEE INJUSTICE TODAY. WHEN WE
SEE A DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE
AND DIGNITY. THAT WE HAVE TO
SPEAK UP. AND IT'S NOT A
COINCIDENCE THAT THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY DOES SPEAK UP. BECAUSE
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE
DON'T SPEAK UP HOW QUICKLY IT
CAN COME OFF THE TRACKS. AND
THEN PEOPLE START TO DIE ON MASS
. TODAY WE ARE SEEING A
STARTLING RISE IN ANTI SEMITISM
HERE IN THE US AND OTHER PARTS
OF THE WORLD. THE STATEMENTS
THAT WE ALL SEE ONLINE AND
ELSEWHERE OF THE SHEER
ANTISEMITISM. ABOUT FIVE OR TEN
YEARS AGO WE WEREN'T SEEING.
BEHRAM BOLDEN'S TO ATTACK OUR
COMMUNITY. WE SEE A RISE IN
BIGOTRY AND VIOLENCE DIRECTED
TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY. WE HONOR
THOSE WHO WERE LOST. AND THOSE
WHO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY
ARE. THE JEWS AND OTHERS WHO
WERE EXTERMINATED IN THE
HOLOCAUST AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
THEIR NAMES. BEFORE I CLOSE IF
YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A
MOMENT OF SILENCE. IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHOSE LIVES WE LOST.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES MENTOR
MEMORY BE A BLESSING AYE URGENT
AYE VOTE ON A C. R. FORTY THREE
THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU
SENATOR WIENER. ALL RIGHT
NUMBERS DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ON
S. C. R. FORTY THREE SQ
MICROPHONES UP FROM- SENATOR
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS- CENTER MEN
RUBIO EGGMAN AN ARCH ALETTA.
SENATOR SMALLWOOD CUEVAS.
COLLEAGUES I RISE ON BEHALF OF
THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF S. C. R. FOUR THREE
THAT RECOGNIZES ROMPER SHOW- THE
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY THE
HOLOCAUST WAS AN EVIL ACT OF
VIOLENCE AND CRUELTY AGAINST OUR
PEOPLE. THROUGH **** GERMANY
SYSTEMIC PERSECUTION AND
ANNIHILATION OF THE JEWISH RACE
SIX MILLION JEWS WERE MURDERED
BETWEEN NINETEEN THIRTY THREE
AND NINETEEN FORTY FIVE. THIS
HARROWING PERIOD OF GENOCIDE
DEMONSTRATES WHAT CAN HAPPEN
WHEN BIGOTRY RUNS RAMPANT. AND
WHEN WE ALLOW VOICES AND ACTS OF
HATE TO STRIP VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES OF THEIR HUMANITY.
HISTORICAL COOK ACCOUNTS HAVE
SHOWN THAT THE **** WERE
INSPIRED. BY THE DISCRIMINATION
AND OPPRESSIVE TREATMENT OF
BLACK AMERICANS. THE **** USED A
U. S. RACE BASED PSEUDO SCIENCE
AND EUGENICS TO JUSTIFY THEIR
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY. THE NORM BROKE LAWS
FOR INSTANCE WERE TAKEN FROM THE
ONE DROP RULE. USED AGAINST
BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA ACCOUNTS
LIKE THESE REMINDERS THAT WE
MUST ALWAYS FIGHT AGAINST
DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE OF
PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT SUCH AN
ATROCITY NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. WE
MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND
CONFRONTING HATE AND
DISCRIMINATION WHENEVER AND
WHEREVER IT HAPPENS. WE
RECOGNISE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
DAY. IT BECAUSE IT REMINDS US TO
COMMIT OURSELVES TO PROMOTING
HUMANITY. HUMAN DIGNITY AT ALL
COST AND TO BUILD A MORE JUST
SOCIETY FOR ALL AND TO BE PART
OF AN N. DURING COALITION
AGAINST HATE. LET US HONOR THE
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO HAVE
GONE ON TO DO THE GOOD WORK TO
BETTER THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR
RIGHTFUL PLACE IN IT AND LET US
PLEDGE OURSELVES TO CONTINUE
THIS TRADITION OF JUSTICE. THANK
YOU CENTER CENTER MEANT. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF
THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS I AM
HONORED TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF S.
C. R. FORTY THREE. TO
COMMEMORATE CALIFORNIA'S
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY DAY- IT'S
BEEN SAID THAT THOSE WHO CANNOT
REMEMBER THE PAST ARE DOOMED
DEFERRED FORGET IT. I AND THAT
WAS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
HOLOCAUST THE ARMENIAN SISTER
GENERATION BEFORE HAD
EXPERIENCED THEIR OWN GENOCIDE
ON HITLER WAS IN FACT IT
INSPIRED BY THAT AND SAID
SOMETHING EFFECTIVE WHO SPEAKS
TODAY OF THE ARMENIANS WHEN THEY
WERE MASS KILLED. THE THING
ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST IT HORRIFIC
SYSTEMATIC EVIL IS THAT MANY
GERMANS DIDN'T THINK IT COULD
HAPPEN THERE- THAT MANY DENIED
IT FOR YEARS AND DECADES
AFTERWARDS I AND SO DO SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE NEVER FORGET
THAT PASSED THAT THOSE STORIES
AND NARRATIVES. ARE ONES THAT WE
CONTINUE TEACHING FUTURE
GENERATIONS OUR TO TIME WARNER
FORTUNATELY ANTI SEMITISM IS ON
THE RISE. HOLOCAUST DENIAL IS ON
THE RISE AND HE IS ON THE RISE.
THE API COMMUNITY STANDS WITH
OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST HATE.
AGAINST INTOLERANCE AND
INTOLERANCE AGAINST RACISM- AND
FOR EDUCATING THE FUTURE SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE
PRESS YOUR FORTY THREE. THANK
YOU SENATOR MEN SENATOR RUBIO
THE FLOOR'S YOURS. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. YAMAHA CHAU A- LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN. OF THE SENATE
TODAY OUR PRICES A CO AUTHOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF S.
C. R. FORTY THREE THE HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY. INTRODUCED BY
MY GOOD FRIEND FROM SAN
FRANCISCO. THROUGHOUT THE
HOLOCAUST WOMEN ENTERED BRUTAL
PERSECUTION THAT WAS SOMETIMES
YOU NEED TO THEIR GENDER. AND
ALTHOUGH WE ACKNOWLEDGE ALL WHO
PASS AND ALL THOSE THAT WERE
LOST. WOMEN IN PARTICULAR HAD.
TO SUFFER SPECIFIC INDIGNITIES
DURING **** DEPORTATION
OPERATIONS PREGNANT WOMEN. AND
MOTHERS OF SMALL CHILDREN WERE
CONSISTENTLY LABELED AND CAPABLE
OF WORK. THERE WERE CENTER
KILLING CENTERS WERE CAMP OF
FACIAL OFTEN INCLUDED THEM IN
THE FIRST GROUNDS TO BE SENT TO
THE GAS CHAMBERS. IN CAMPS AND
GHETTOS WOMEN WERE SUBJECTED TO.
FORCED LABOR THAT OFTEN LEAD TO
DEATH. SEX TRAFFICKING IN OVER
FIVE HUNDRED BROTHELS FOR GERMAN
SOLDIERS. STERILIZATION AND
OTHER UNETHICAL HUMAN
EXPERIMENTATION. BEATINGS RAPES
FORCED ABORTIONS. AND
DEPRIVATION FROM FOOD WATER AND
MEDICAL CARE. HOWEVER WOMEN WERE
MORE THAN VICTIMS DURING THE
HOLOCAUST MANY WORK FOR THE
SURVIVAL AND LIBERATION OF
OTHERS WOMEN WERE ACTIVE IN AID
AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. THEY REST
THEIR LIVES TO TRANSMIT SUPPLIES
AND INFORMATION WHICH LED THE
RESISTING GROUPS TO THOSE
KETTLES AND RESCUED MANY. WOMEN
ARE ALSO LEADERS IN PRESERVING
HOLOCAUST HISTORY M. PREVENTING
SUCH ATROCITIES FROM OCCURRING
AGAIN WOMEN SURVIVORS OR
HISTORIANS AND DESCENDANTS OF
SURVIVORS ARE ALL OVER THE
WORLD. THEY WORK TIRELESSLY TO
ENSURE THAT THE HOLOCAUST IS
NEVER FORGOTTEN. AND TWENTY
TWENTY THERE IS A SURVEY ONE IN
TEN AMERICANS RESPONDED. THAT
THE BLAME THE HOLOCAUST OF THE
JEWS THEMSELVES. THAT CANNOT
STAND WE CANNOT ALLOW THE GROSS
MISCONCEPTION TO PERSIST. AS
MORE SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
PASS ON IT IS NOT JUST OUR-
RESPONSIBILITY BUT IT IS OUR
DUTY TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE
STORIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR YOUTH
REMEMBER AND KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
SO THEY NEVER. ALLOW THIS TO
EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. WE ALL NEED
TO TAKE ON THAT MANTLE WE NEED
TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND TO
PROTECT FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM
THE HORSE OF SYSTEMATIC
ANNIHILATION. AGAIN AS A TEACHER
AS AN EDUCATOR I URGE OTHER
EDUCATORS TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN
CHANGE MINDS AND HEARTS THANK
YOU AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE THANK YOU SENATOR
RUBIO WILL NEXT TURN TO SENATOR
ARCH ALETTA ALL OF BY SENATOR
LAYERED. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
. ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS IT IS
MY HONOR TO RISE TODAY STRONG
SUPPORT S. C. R. FORTY THREE. I
FEEL THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE LEARN THAT KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTAND THE FULL STORY OF
TRANSFORMATIVE EVENTS THAT
CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE WORLD
. WORDS CANNOT ADEQUATELY
COMMUNICATE THE GRAVITY AND
IMPACT OF THE ATROCITIES THAT
OCCURRED DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
OVER SEVENTY YEARS AGO MORE THAN
SIX MILLION JEWS AN ADDITIONAL
FIVE MILLION OTHER PEOPLE FROM
THE **** GERMANS FELT WERE
RACIALLY INFERIOR. WERE MURDERED
AS PART OF THE STATE SANCTIONED
EFFORT OF CULTURAL SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL AND NOW THE ASIAN. LET
US REMEMBER THE ATROCITIES BUT
ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE ACTS OF
HEROISM LOVE AND EMPATHY. THAT
ALSO OCCURRED DURING THOSE DARK
TIMES. THERE ARE COUNTLESS
STORIES EVERYDAY HEROES WHO PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO
PROTECT AND SAY PEOPLE. WHO WERE
IN LINE TO BE MURDERED SIMPLY
BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE RELIGION
AND OTHER DIFFERENCES.
THANKFULLY MANY OF THE STORIES
AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS ARE
PRESERVED IN OUR OWN STATE. THE
UNIVERSITY OF TELLING SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. SHOHADA FOUNDATION
FOUNDED BY FILM DIRECTOR STEVEN
SPIELBERG TEACHERS THROUGH
TESTIMONY. IT HOUSES SOME FIVE.
FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND AUDIO AND
VISUAL TESTIMONY THE BULK OF
WHICH ARE FROM FIRSTHAND
WITNESSES WHO WERE THERE. AT THE
HOLOCAUST. THESE ACCOUNTS ARE
AVAILABLE TO EDUCATORS AND
SCHOLARS SO FUTURE GENERATIONS
KNOW THAT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF
UNSPEAKABLE TERROR AND EVIL.
THERE IS LIGHT. SO ON BEHALF OF
THE CHURCH. THE ENTIRE
CALIFORNIA LATINO CAUCUS. WE
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY AND WITH THOSE
WHO SUFFER DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY DUE TO THE HOLOCAUST
TOGETHER THROUGH EDUCATION AND
VIGILANCE WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
ABOUT YOUR PAST ARE PAST OR
HISTORY. ON BEHALF OF THE LATINO
CAUCUS EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THE
JEWISH DOCTORS FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP AND WORK ON THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. MEMBERS
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING S.
C. R. FORTY THREE ASK YOUR NOVEL
THANK YOU THANK YOU SENATOR ARCH
ALETTA WILL NEXT TURN TO SENATOR
LAYERED. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT.
I RISE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE LGBT
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF S. C. OR
FORTY THREE. TODAY WE REMEMBER
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND MANY
GROUPS WERE TARGETED AND
PERSECUTED IN THE HOLOCAUST
ALONGSIDE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
INCLUDING THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
HITLER THE **** PARTY TARGETED
GAY MEN BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
THEY WERE UNFIT. TO DEFEND THE
NATION IN COMBAT WOULD DIMINISH
GERMAN REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL.
IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS L. G. B.
T. INMATES WERE KEPT IN SEPARATE
FACILITIES FOR THE FEAR THAT
HOMOSEXUAL SEXUALITY WOULD
SPREAD TO OTHER PRISONERS. WOOD
OFF PRICED- WAS ONE SUCH
SURVIVOR. HE WAS INTERNED IN THE
BOOK AND WALLS AS PINK TRIANGLE
NUMBER SEVEN NINE FIVE TWO AND
TELL HIS LIBERATION BY U. S.
FORCES IN NINETEEN FORTY FIVE.
BEFORE HIS PASSING IN TWENTY
ELEVEN HE WAS THE LAST KNOWN
CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR TO
WEAR THE PINK TRIANGLE. THE
EMBLEM THAT HOMOSEXUALS HAD TO
WEAR IN THE HOLOCAUST THE LGBT
EQUIVALENT OF THE YELLOW JEWISH
STAR. WELL IT MADE IT A POINT TO
SHARE A STORY. THE STORY OF LGBT
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF THE
HOLOCAUST IS OFTEN OMITTED FROM
ALL HOLOCAUST LITERATURE AND
EDUCATION. ON THIS MODERN
EXCLUSION IS THE NATURAL
EVOLUTION OF HISTORICAL REVISION
ACROSS EUROPE DUE TO GLOBAL
HOMOPHOBIA. IN FACT IT WAS NOT
UNTIL TWO THOUSAND TO THE
CHAIRMAN ACKNOWLEDGED AND
APOLOGIZED FOR THE HORSE
PERPETRATED BY THE ****
TARGETING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
WE MUST TO SPREAD AWARENESS OF
RUDOLPH'S STORY AND ALL THOSE-
PERSECUTED IN THE HOLOCAUST
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHOSE NAMES TO
FACES AND STORIES WE WILL NEVER
KNOW. IN THAT SPIRIT WE RECLAIM
AND LIFT UP THE PINK TRIANGLES A
SYMBOL OF PERSEVERANCE. AND AS
WE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE
HOLOCAUST AS A TIME IN HISTORY
WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT HE
IS STILL ALIVE AND PRESENT IN
MODERN DAY SOCIETY. AND WE ALSO
ARE LOSING VOTERS WHO BORE
WITNESS. WHEN I WAS FIRST
ELECTED TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY WE
HAD HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
AND WE HAD A SURVIVOR AT EACH
ONE OF OUR DESKS. AND THERE
AREN'T THAT MANY AROUND- OF MY
LATE FATHER WAS A GI WHO WENT
INTO GERMANY IN THE LAST WEEKS
OF THE WAR. WHO IS AWARE OF WHAT
WAS GOING ON THERE AS HE AND HIS
FELLOW CHAOS BECAME AWARE OF
WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING UNTIL
THEY MOVED IN AND LIBERATED
GERMAN. AND ABOVE ALL WE MUST
CONTINUE TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITIES
TO COLLECTIVELY FIGHT AGAINST
ANYONE WHO CLAIMS THEIR IDENTITY
IS SUPREME. AND WORK FOR A FREE
EQUITABLE AND SAFE SOCIETY FOR
ALL- I ASK THAT WE SUPPORT S. C.
OR FORTY THREE THANK YOU SENATOR
LEHRER SENATOR BREAUX. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT. I ECHO MY
COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS IF YOU
DON'T EVER WANT TO FORGET WHAT
HAPPENED. GO WHERE IT HAPPENED.
AND MANY YEARS AGO MY HUSBAND
AND I TOOK A TRIP AND WE WENT TO
BIRKENAU AND- SOMEONE IN MOST
HORRIFIC THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN
IN MY LIFE AND IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO FORGET GO SOMEPLACE WE SEE
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED OR WHAT
DID WHAT DID HAPPEN. WHAT DID
HAPPEN AND WHAT COULD HAVE
HAPPENED. IN THE SAME LIKE TIME
THAT WE HAVE NOW. WHEN I THINK
ABOUT HER WALKING DOWN THE TRAIN
TRACKS IN BIRKENAU CARRYING
LUGGAGE YOUR POSSESSIONS YOUR
TODDLERS FOLLOWING YOU CARRYING
A BABY IN YOUR ARMS. AND THEN
YOU GO IN THERE'S THIS ROOM AND
IT HAS ALL THE LUGGAGE OF THE
POSITIONS POTS PANS- THE
ORIGINAL LUGGAGE IT'S OLD
LUGGAGE IT STATES THAT ERA OF
LUGGAGE. ANYTHING ON MY CASH
WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT ROOM AND
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PAIRS OF SHOES. ALL SIZES. FREMD
TODDLER SIZE BABY SIZE TWO ADULT
WOMEN SIZE MENS SIZE AND
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. AND I
THINK THAT'S WHEN THE TEARS
START FLOWING IN YOU REALIZE
WHILE THEY TAKE EVERYTHING
INCLUDING THE SHOES OFF THEIR
FEET. THEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT
ROOM. AND IT'S HERE. MEN'S HAIR
WOMEN'S HAIR CHILDREN TERROR.
SOME OF LITTLE PINK OR BLUE
PONYTAIL HOLDERS. RIBBONS ON THE
END OF M. AND YOU THINK WHAT
KIND OF SOCIETY COULD PERPETRATE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAINST
HUMAN BEINGS. THEN YOU GO TO THE
BARRACKS HOW THEY WERE. PUT IN
THERE ARE WORSE THAN YOU WOULD
HAVE CATTLE PUT INTO. PLACE
SOMETIMES ONLY TWO FEET OR A
FOOT AND A HALF SPACE BETWEEN
THE BUNGALOW YOU WHERE PEOPLE
SLEPT THAT WERE KILLED THAT WERE
SICK. AND THEN YOU WENT THROUGH
THE MEDICAL TRAILER TORTURE
MEDICAL TORTURE CHAMBERS WHERE
THEY THE **** PERPETRATED THINGS
AGAINST. A HUMAN RACE JEWISH
PEOPLE. THAT WOULD DETERMINE HOW
MUCH PAIN YOU COULD ACTUALLY
INFLICT ON HUMAN BODY. AND YOU
WATCH SOME OF THE STAFF AND READ
SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE
KEPT RECORDS. DETAILED RECORDS
OF WHAT THE BODY WOULD DO WHEN
THEY INFLICTED SUCH GREAT PAIN
AGAINST THEM. AND THEN AFTER
THAT. YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU
COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE AND
YOU WALK THROUGH AND YOU SAW THE
PLACES WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAD
WOMEN SPECIFICALLY. TORTURED YOU
KNOW COULD THEY PULL A NINE
MONTH OLD CHILD AT THE ROOM AND
KILL IT BEFORE. IT ARRIVED.
TODAY AND- YOU KNOW. INSERT
OBJECTS INTO THEM AND HOW MUCH
INFLICTION AND PAINTED THE BODY
WAS STAND SPECIFICALLY AGAINST
WOMEN. I WASN'T PREPARED TO MAKE
REMARKS BUT IF YOU DON'T EVER
WANT TO FORGET LIKE I SAID GO
WHERE THEY WERE. IT WAS WINTER
TIME WHEN WE WENT IN WE WERE
STANDING OUT THERE IN THE
FREEZING COLD I HAD A BIG PUFFY
JACKET ON BOOT SOCKS. A SCARF IN
A KIND OF A WOOL HAT COVERING MY
EARS. AND WE LISTEN TO A ONE ONE
HOUR. ORIENTATION OF WHAT WAS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING THAT YARD
WHEN THEY DID ROLL CALL. AND
WHILE YOU WERE LISTENING TO THAT
STANDING OUT THERE FREEZING IN
YOUR WARM JACKET IN YOUR BOOTS
AND ALL THAT. EVERYTHING THAT
YOU COULD AFFORD TO PUT ON YOUR
BODY WINNER TRYING TO STAY WARM
INCLUDING THE LITTLE HAND
MITTENS IN THE WARMING PADS
INSIDE YOUR GLOVES. HE LOOKED AT
LIFE SIZE PHOTOS. OF INDIVIDUALS
THAT WERE SO CONTENT FRAIL.
STARVED FAN. AND YOU LOOK AT THE
LIFE SIZE PHOTOS IN WHICH IS
LIKE A SMALL LINEN OR SMALL
COTTON. AS GRAY AND WHITE
STRIPED PAJAMA WITH THE HAT A
SMALL HAT BAREFOOT. IN THE SNOW.
AND THEY STOOD THERE FOR HOURS.
OUR SOME OF THEM TO THE POINT OF
COLLAPSE. SO I THINK THAT WE
SHOULD NEVER FORGET THIS AND I
THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
EVERY CHILD UNDERSTANDS THE
IMPACTS THAT IT HAS. THAT THE
HOLOCAUST HAD ON THIS NATION IN
THIS COUNTRY THIS WORLD. BECAUSE
THE WORLD DID THE IT DID IMPACT
THE ENTIRE WORLD. AND AGAIN I
DIDN'T HAVE PREPARED REMARKS BUT
I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A
TRIP THAT WE TOOK. THE PAYMENTS
IN MY HEART- YOU KNOW MY DAD
NEVER DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
IN HIS LIFE. BUT HE WAS A MEDIC
AND HE DID RESCUE PEOPLE OUT OF
THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN WORLD
WAR TWO. ENDA I THINK MAYBE SOME
OF THOSE THINGS THAT HE SAW. AND
SOME THE THINGS THAT HE DID
HAPPEN TO HIM WHILE HE WAS
THERE. BY TURNING INTO THE
PERSON HE WAS. WHEN HE CAME HOME
. BUT M. SO I HONOR THOSE THAT
RESCUED THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT
CAME OUT OF THOSE CAMPS. AND I
AM OF THE SURVIVORS. ESPECIALLY
CHILDREN THEY'RE STILL ALIVE
TODAY. AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES
FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION
FORWARD AND I ASKED FOR AN AYE
VOTE ON THIS YEAR FORTY THREE.
THANK YOU CENTER GROVE ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON
S. C. R. FORTY THREE. C. NINE
SENATOR WIENER YOU MAY CLOSE. I
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND
COLORS I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.
FOR YOUR OF YOUR COMMENTS TODAY-
WHAT HAPPENS- IN EUROPE IN THE
NINETEEN THIRTIES AND NINETEEN
FORTIES. IS A CAUTIONARY TALE- I
MEAN IT'S ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND I
RESPECT US FOR LIVE- SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALLEN FIVE
ARATTA GUILT. HI ARCHULETA. HI
ASHLEY. HI ATKINS. HI BAKER. I
LEX PAYER. BY BRADFORD. BY
COMING AT A- BI PARTISAN. BY
TELLING. BY DONE. BY THE RAZA.
AYE EGGMAN. AYE GLAZER. HI
GONZALEZ I GROW. BY OUR TITLE
JONES. BY LAYER. BY THE MOON.
FIVE MCGUIRE. FIVE MINUTES OF
OUR- FIVE MEN. BY NEWMAN. HI
WENT. BY ME LOW. BY A SHOW
BURKE. HI BUT THE A PORTANTINO.
BY RALPH. BY RUBIO. I SAY ARE
TO. BUY SKINNER. I SMALL
QUIBBLES BY STERN NUMBER HI WELL
HOME. HI WIENER. BY WILK. I THIS
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS ARE TARA
BUT THE AND STERN. RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED THIRTY SEVEN TO ZERO.
MEMBERS WERE GONNA TURNED OUT TO
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AT THIS
TIME MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS WILL
INTRODUCE AN HONOR SURVIVORS AND
SURVIVOR DESCENDANTS OF THE
HOLOCAUST. WE ASK ALL MEMBERS TO
REMAIN SEATED DURING THE
CEREMONY AFTER EACH HONOREE IS
RECOGNIZED A PHOTO WILL BE TAKEN
WITH THE HONOREE AND JUST THE
MEMBER UPON COMPLETION OF THE
ENTIRE CEREMONY WILL ASK ALL
MEMBERS IN ON A RESEARCH STAND
FOR A GROUP PHOTO WE HAVE SEVEN
RECOGNITIONS TODAY THEY'LL BEGIN
WITH CENTER ALLEN FOLLOWED BY
SENATOR BACKER GLAZER NEWMAN
RUBIO. ALLEN AGAIN AND SENATOR
WIENER WILL BEGIN WITH SENATOR
ALAN. MEMBERS MY DISTRICT
HONOREE EVANESCENCE AND I'M BORN
IN NINETEEN FORTY ONE BUDAPEST
HUNGARY. SHE SURVIVED THE
HOLOCAUST WITH THEIR MOTHER. AND
THEY HAD TO HIDE. AND SHE DIDN'T
EVEN SEE SUNLIGHT FOR TWO YEARS
EARLY IN HER LIFE. HAS LIVED
THROUGH SOME HORRIFIC
UNSPEAKABLE TERRORS WE HAD WE'VE
BEEN AT THE CHANCE TO TALK GREAT
DEAL TODAY ABOUT HER
EXPERIENCES. AS SHE'S TAKEN
THOSE EXPERIENCES BUILT A
SUCCESSFUL LIFE HERE IN UNITED
STATES. WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE
MEDICAL FIELD ACTIVE VOLUNTEER
SEVERAL NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT
LOS ANGELES INCLUDING OR SITTING
UP IN A HURRY BUT ALSO- THE LAUP
THEME OF THE HOLOCAUST WHERE SHE
TEACHES THE NEXT GENERATION
ABOUT. THE SHOW ON. AND SHE SAYS
HI SPEED DISTANCE FOR THE MUSEUM
AS MUCH AS I'M ABLE BECAUSE I'M
WORRIED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN
IF CHILDREN DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT HE TO BIGOTRY CAN DO.
EDUCATION WILL CONQUER IGNORANCE
. MEMBERS EVANESCENCE AND.
THANK YOU SENATOR ALAN. FULL
TURNED OUT TO. SENATOR BACKER AT
THE MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK.
SENATOR BACK. THANK YOU. MISTER
PRESIDENT. CITY BONNER. TO
WELCOME AND RECOGNIZE THE
TRUSTEE VINCE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS
WIFE BARBARA. IT'S BEEN OVER
EIGHTY YEARS SINCE CHARLES WAS
CENTER PROTESTANT ORPHANAGE WAS
PERRANCE SORT OUT AN ESCAPE
ROUTE FROM BELGIUM. WITHIN A
YEAR ALL JEWISH CHILDREN WERE
MADE TO LEAVE. HIS SISTER ROOM
RELOCATED TO A CONVENT WITH THE
HELP OF THE BENEDICTINE MARC
BRUNO RANGERS WHO RESCUED MANY
CHILDREN AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED
CHILDREN RESCUED BY THAT ONE
INDIVIDUAL. CHOSES MEMORIES THE
CONVENT ARE VIVID. HE SAID WE
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLOTHES TO
STAY WARM WE GOT FROSTBITE IT
WASN'T UNUSUAL TO PICK UP A
PIECE OF FOOD AND SEE THAT HAD
WORMS IN IT. FOLLOWING THE WAR
THE FAMILIES REUNITED NEITHER
CHILDREN NOR PARENTS RECOGNIZED
EACH OTHER INITIALLY. IT'S MY
HONOR TO WELCOME. AT CHARLES AND
BARBARA AND NOTE THAT NOT ONLY
ARE THEY CONSTITUENTS BUT ALSO
MEMBERS OF MY SYNAGOGUE
CONGREGATION BETH TOM IN LOS
ALTOS CALIFORNIA PLEASE WELCOME
CHARLES AND BARBARA.
MEMBERS WE'LL TURN NOW TO STEVEN
GLAZER. WHO WILL PRESENT. AT THE
MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT GOOD
AFTERNOON MEMBERS. OF COURSE IN
RECOGNITION OF YOUNG HOW SHALL I
AM PLEASED TO HONOR. ZELDA CHEF
NAST'S GUY A SURVIVOR OF THE
HOLOCAUST AND RESIDENT OF
BARAKA. WHO JUST RECENTLY PASSED
AWAY ON FEBRUARY TWENTY FOURTH.
TODAY HER SON ALEX JEFF NICE GUY
IS HERE TO ACCEPT THIS HONOR
ALONG WITH HIS WIFE JAN THE
OTHER WAS BORN IN NINETEEN
TWENTY FIVE IN A TIGHT KNIT
JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE SMALL
TOWN OF STEPS NEEDS- HOLING
LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM
KRAKOW. IN NINETEEN FORTY ONE
SHE WAS SENT TO A CONCENTRATION
CAMP WITH HER OLDER BROTHER
HERSHEL UNFORTUNATELY SHE NEVER
SAW HER BROTHER OR HER PARENTS
AGAIN. AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE
ZELDA BECAME ONE OF THE FIFTY
THOUSAND POLISH HUES OF THREE
MILLION WHO SURVIVED IN NINETEEN
FORTY SIX SHE MARRIED HER
HUSBAND LEO AND IMMIGRATED TO
NEW YORK NINETEEN EIGHTY EIGHT
THE COUPLE EVENTUALLY RETIRED TO
MORAGA CALIFORNIA TO BE NEAR
THEIR SON AND FAMILY. THE OTHER
WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A
HAPPY LIFE AND LEAVES BEHIND TWO
CHILDREN AND TEN GRANDCHILDREN
THEIR MEMORY THE A PLUS.
SENATOR NEWMAN WILL PRESENT. AT
THE- MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK.
THANK YOU MAN PRESENCE IT IS MY
GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AS PART
OF TODAY'S. YOM HA SHOAH
COMMEMORATION. CLIFFORD LESTER
MISTER LESTER IS A SECOND
GENERATION HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.
MR LESTER'S MOTHER URSULA GROUP
IN AMSTERDAM WITH IN FRANK AND
HIS MISSION IN HER DIARY HIS
FATHER HARRY WITNESS
KRISTALLNACHT. FROM HIS BEDROOM
WINDOW IN BERLIN. AFTER CAREER
TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AS A STUDIO
ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHER AND
HAVING RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER
COMPLETING IS TWENTY TO TWENTY
IF YOU'RE TEACHING. AT CYPRESS
COLLEGE MISTER LESTER HAS BEEN
ENGAGED IN PERHAPS HIS MOST
MEANINGFUL UNDERTAKING YET.
PHOTOGRAPHING HOLOCAUST
SURVIVORS AND DOCUMENTING THEIR
LIFE EXPERIENCES MISTER LESTER
SAID THAT THE GOAL OF HIS
PORTRAITS IS TO CAPTURE THE
FAITH AND COURAGE OF THOSE WHO
SURVIVED AND TO HONOR THE MEMORY
OF THOSE LOVED ONES LOST SO THAT
THE MEMORY AND LESSONS OF THE
HOLOCAUST WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN. THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP
THE SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
HAS LEFT A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
LEGACY FOR THE GENERATIONS WHO
WILL FOLLOW THEM A LEGACY OF NOT
ONLY A **** OR REMEMBERING. BUT
OF LOVING OF CARING FOR OTHERS
IN OF GIVING PURPOSE TO THEIR
LIVES MISTER LESTER'S WORKERS
BEEN EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY
AS WELL AS LOCALLY HE CONTINUES
TO PHOTOGRAPH SURVIVORS TO
FEATURE ON HIS WEBSITE REMEMBER
THE HOLOCAUST DOT ORG AND FOR
DISPLAY AT CYPRESS COLLEGE WHERE
THERE'S A PERMANENT EXHIBITION.
OF HIS PORTRAITS IN THE STUDENT
CENTER AND CYPRESS COMPLEX
BUILDING MISTER LESTER HOPES
THAT THESE PORTRAITS AND STORIES
WHICH ACCOMPANY THEM WILL HAVE
TO LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON
AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OF THE
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TO PASS
THROUGH THE GALLERY EACH
SEMESTER PLEASE WELCOME CLIFFORD
LESTER.
WELL NEXT TURN TO SENATOR SUSAN
RUBIO. CENTER RUBIO. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT TODAY I'D LIKE TO
PRESENT MY HONORING EIGHTY NOW
ROMANO. N. AS AN EDUCATOR AT
HARD AND OUT DAUGHTER OF.
SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. SHE
HAS DEDICATED. ON ALMOST TEN
YEARS AT THE SIMON. WEISENTHAL
CENTER MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE
DONATING OVER NINE HUNDRED HOURS
EACH YEAR TO EDUCATE. YOU KNOW
HAS BEEN CONDUCTING TOURS. OF
INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AT THE
MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE FOR V. I.
P.'S TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
EDUCATING AND INSPIRING THEM
WITH HER COMMITMENT TO HOLOCAUST
HISTORY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BORN
IN NINETEEN FORTY SIX TO TWO
SURVIVORS HE NOW HAS DEDICATED
HERSELF TO PRESERVING THE
STORIES OF HER PARENTS IN HOPES
OF CREATING A KINDER MORE
RESPECTFUL WORLD. THANK YOU LENA
AND SHE'S ACCOMPANIED BY HER
DAUGHTER- HERE TODAY WITH US
THANK YOU.
WE INVITE BACK TO THE FLOOR
SENATOR ALAN. MEMBERS I RISE NOW
ON BEHALF OF OUR FRIEND
COLLEAGUE IN NEW FATHER- CENTER
HENRY STERN TO HONOR. THE LATE
SEDONA LEWIN LACKS WHO WAS
SOMEONE WHO IS VERY SPECIAL TO
HENRY- SHE WENT TO SPEAK AT ONE
OF HIS CLASSES WHEN HE WAS IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND STAY IN TOUCH
WITH HER EVER SINCE AND A
BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP GREW OUT
OF THAT MOMENT. HI SEDONA'S
SOMEONE WE JUST LOST. SHE PASSED
AWAY IN SHERMAN OAKS ON DECEMBER
THIRTEENTH JUST THIS PAST YEAR
LIVE IN AFTER HAVING LIVED A
VERY LONG INCREDIBLE LIFE BORN
IN NINETEEN TWENTY SEVEN.
MACHINE ARE HAS BEEN A BLESSED
MEMORY LEWIS WERE HOLOCAUST
SURVIVORS WHO LIVE TO RAISE
THREE CHILDREN TO JOIN FIVE
GRANDCHILDREN TWO GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN TWO OF HER
DAUGHTERS ARE HERE TODAY WE HAVE
ON THE FLOOR JEANNIE BENSON HER
DAUGHTER REPRESENTING HER. SONY
WAS DEDICATED TO SHARING THE
LESSONS OF HER LIFE WORKING WITH
CHILDREN MARCH OF THE LIVING
WHICH WAS BECAME A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF HER LIFE SHE-
SHE WENT ON SOMETHING LIKE TEN.
MARCHES THROUGH EASTERN EUROPE.
AND FOR HER IT WAS SO IMPORTANT
HISTORY NOT REPEATERS REPEAT
ITSELF HE ACTUALLY RISK FROM
SHEMESH WHICH IS A LITTLE TOWN
IN POLAND ON THE BORDER WITH
UKRAINE. THAT IS BECOMING
IMPORTANT CENTER FOR THE RECEIPT
OF REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE. DURING
THIS RECENT WAR. NO WORDS HE WAS
A THRIVE OR- NOT A SURVIVOR.
HERE REPRESENTING HER AS HER.
BELOVED DAUGHTER JEANNIE.
THANK YOU SENATOR ALLEN WILL
NEXT TURN TO SENATOR WIENER.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT- CALLING
SIDE JENNIFER FOR TOLERANCE
ROSENTHAL IS A SAN FRANCISCO
NATIVE AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS- SHE'S A
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AND VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT HER WORK WITH
THREE GSF. ON A PROGRAM OF ITS
FCS HOLOCAUST CENTER- JENNIFER
SERVES ON THE HOLOCAUST CENTERS
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND IS
COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE LEGACY
AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE
HOLOCAUST RELEVANT TODAY.
MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO INVITE-
THE SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS OF
THE SURVIVORS TO COME BACK TO
THE FLOOR MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE YOU TO JOIN IN A
PHOTOGRAPH. A WITH THE SPECIAL
PEOPLE- AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU.
MEMBERS WILL HAVE A BRIEF PAUSE
. WELL OUR GUEST LEAVE THE FLOOR
.
MEMBERS MEMBERS OF I GET YOUR
ATTENTION PLEASE WE'RE GOING TO
EXTEND PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
AT TO SENATOR ROD PLEASE GIVE IN
AT YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE SENATOR
ROTH THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT WHOA
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE
HAVE- I THINK HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS IN SACRAMENTO VISITING
US TODAY FOR THEIR IGNITE THE
CAPITAL. DAY OF ADVOCACY. YOU
KNOW I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL
OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT
NIGHT DOES TO HELP YOUNG WOMEN
DISCOVER AND FLEX THEIR
POLITICAL POWER AND FOR ENABLING
SO MANY TO VISIT THE CAPITOL
TODAY YOU KNOW. THIS IS THE NEXT
GENERATION WHO WILL ACTUALLY
HELP US PREVENT ALL THAT WE JUST
HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT IN THIS
CHAMBER. THANK THAT STARTED AS A
DREAM OF DOCTOR AND MOSES WITH
THE PILOT PROGRAM OVER A DECADE
AGO IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA SINCE
THAT TIME IGNITE HAS GROWN LIKE
A PRAIRIE FRONT FIRE ACROSS THE
NATION HAVING EMPOWERED OVER
TWENTY THOUSAND PLUS INDIVIDUALS
. AND AREN'T WE BETTER OFF AS
THE STATE AND NATION FOR IT. NOW
TODAY I AM PROUD TO WELCOME AND
INTRODUCE IT NIGHT MEMBERS FROM
THE SENATE DISTRICT I'M
PRIVILEGED TO REPRESENT. THEIR
HERE ADVOCATING FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FOR YOUNG
WOMEN. ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
STUDENTS FROM HOME GARDENS
ACADEMY IN CORONA. AND ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL IN EAST
FAIL. LET'S GIVE THESE
INCREDIBLE STUDENTS SO WARM
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE WELCOME
.
THE SENATE IS HAPPY TO WELCOME
THE STUDENTS FROM ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT HIGH IN HOME GARDENS
ACADEMY WELCOME TO THE SENATE.
AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PHOTO
WITH SENATOR ROB MEMBERS- YOU'RE
ALSO WELCOME TO JOIN IN A
PHOTOGRAPH IF YOU'D LIKE. I'LL
TAKE ONE MORE PICTURE THOSE
WHO'D LIKE TO JOIN IN.
THANK YOU SENATOR REID THANK YOU
THE STUDENTS FOR COMING UP HERE
IN JOINING WITH US TODAY.
OKAY MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE ON AND PRIVILEGES OF
THE FLOOR WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE
OUR COLLEAGUE SENATOR CORTESE
THE PURPOSE OF INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT SOME
HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE A SEAT LUCY'S
SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADE CLASS- THEY
ARE HERE VISITING AND TOURING
THE CAPITOL TODAY ON A FIELD
TRIP IN THERE IN THE GALLERY
WITH THIS TODAY LET ME- CONTINUE
A LITTLE BIT- VISIT THE CAPITAL
OF COURSE- IS A PROUD TRADITION
FOR MANY SCHOOLS- THE ST LUCY'S
HASN'T BEEN HERE SINCE PRE
PANDEMIC AND- THE CLASSES
TEACHER JANE FOSTER WAS ACTUALLY
A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL HERSELF-
PRIOR TO BECOMING A TEACHER
THERE- I HAD THE HONOR OF
MEETING WITH THE STUDENTS. THIS
MORNING I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT
OUR STATE BUDGET WHERE THE MONEY
COMES FROM- INCLUDING OUT OF
THEIR OWN POCKETS WHEN THEY PAY
SALES TAX- INTELLIGENCE LEADERS
ARE ENTRUSTED WITH SPENDING THIS
MONEY WISELY I ALSO ANSWER SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JOB
LEGISLATOR GIVEN AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT IT IN. ON THE JOB LOOKS
LIKE. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT- WHAT A WEEK LOOKS LIKE TO
FROM FOUR SESSIONS. SINCE THEY
GOT TODAY- WAS WHAT WE JUST ALL
EXPERIENCED- WITH- THE HOLOCAUST
CEREMONY- AND- I KNOW IN MY
CASE- I DIDN'T HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MUCH LATER THAN
EIGHTH GRADE. A TO EXPERIENCE
WHAT WE JUST EXPERIENCED TODAY I
LEARNED THAT- A WHOLE BUNCH OF
THEM ARE GOING TO THE HIGH
SCHOOL I GRADUATED FROM- BUT
WHAT I ALSO LEARNED IS THEY'RE
ALL PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL
WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING SO PLEASE
JOIN ME GIVING- BROWN TO PAUSE
TO THE ST LUCY SCHOOL EIGHTH
GRADE CLASS. THANK. HEY WELCOME
ST LUCY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE
SENATE. THANK YOU SENATOR
CORTESE MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO
GO BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA
NOW WILL BEGIN WITH MESSAGES
FROM THE GOVERNOR. THEY WILL BE
DEEMED READ MESSAGES FROM THE
ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED READ.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED MOVING ON TO MOTIONS
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. WITHOUT
OBJECTION THE SENATE JOURNAL FOR
APRIL TENTH TWENTY TWENTY THREE
THROUGH APRIL THIRTEENTH TWENTY
TWENTY THREE WILL BE APPROVED AS
CORRECTED BY THE MINUTE CLERK.
MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION JOINT
RULE SIXTY TWO AA WILL BE WAIVED
FOR THE BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER FIVE. TO
MEET ON TUESDAY APRIL EIGHTEENTH
WITHOUT FOUR DAYS NOTICE IN THE
DAILY FILE. WE'RE GONNA TURN OUT
TO THE DAILY FILE START WITH
SECOND READING FILED THE
SECRETARY PLEASE READ SENATE
BILL SIX TWENTY SEVEN WITH THE
MEMBERS FIVE FIFTY THREE WITH
AMENDMENTS FIVE TWENTY FIVE WITH
AMENDMENTS EIGHTY EIGHT WITH
AMENDMENTS. TO THIRTY FOUR WITH
AMENDMENTS TO THIRTY EIGHT WITH
AMENDMENTS FOR TWENTY FOUR WITH
AMENDMENTS FOR SEVENTY TWO WITH
AMENDMENTS FIVE NINETY EIGHT
SECOND I'M READING. THANK YOU
REMOVED OUT TO GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE TO WEIGH
IN THE FILE WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN
WITH FILE ITEM NUMBER FOURTEEN I
UNDERSTAND SENATOR GROVE IS
GOING TO PRESENT. CENTER GROVE
ARE YOU PREPARED. ALL RIGHT I
THINK THAT- WE'RE GONNA TAKE A
PAUSE ON THAT. ALL RIGHT SO
LET'S- WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT
PRESENTATION WILL MOVE TO. A
SENATE THIRD READING WE HAVE
SOME RESOLUTIONS. ON THE FILE
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN. WITH
RESOLUTION WITH FILE NUMBER
FORTY FIVE. S. C. R. EIGHT WITH
SENATOR NGUYEN CENTER WHEN HE
PREPARED. ALL RIGHT SECRETARY
PLEASE REACH SENATE CONFIRM
RESOLUTION EIGHT BY SENATOR
NGUYEN. RELATIVE TO BLACK APRIL
MEMORIAL MONTH THAT ARE WHEN THE
FLOOR IS YOURS THANK YOU THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT TODAY I RISE TO
PRESENT. S. C. R. EIGHT S. C. R.
A. RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF APRIL
TWENTY TWENTY THREE AS BLACK
APRIL MEMORIAL MONTH. AND MARKS
APRIL THIRTIETH TWENTY TWENTY
THREE. IT MARKS THE FORTY EIGHTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF
SAIGON. FOR MANY VIETNAMESE AND
VIETNAM WAR AIR VETERANS THE
COST OF THE WAR WAS GREAT UNITED
STATES LOST FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND
AMERICAN SOLDIERS. AND SOUTH
VIETNAM ARMED FORCES LOST ALMOST
HALF A MILLION TROOPS IN THE WAR
. ALONG WITH. EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND TROOPS WHO WERE WOUNDED
IN COMBAT MY FATHER UNCLE
SERVING THE SOUTH VIETNAM ARMS
FORCES MY UNCLE AN OFFICER WAS
EXECUTED VILLAGE DAYS BEFORE
SAIGON FELL. TO SHOW THAT THE
CONGRESS GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN
OVER. AFTER THE FALL OF SAIGON
MILLIONS OF ENEMIES FAMILIES
FLED VIETNAM FOR SURROUNDING.
FOR SURROUNDING AREAS ABOARD
SMALL WOODEN BOATS IN SEARCH OF
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY LIKE MY
FAMILY. WHY OUR WELL OVER HALF
OF THESE FLEEING OR LOST THEIR
LIVES AT SEA. CALIFORNIA IS HOME
TO OVER. SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY
FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY
FIVE ENEMIES AND ENEMIES
AMERICANS. MORSI'S MORE
SPECIFICALLY MY DISTRICT WHICH
IS HOME TO LITTLE SAIGON AND THE
LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF ENEMIES
REFUGEES OUTSIDE VIETNAM. WE
MUST CONTINUE TO REMEMBER TEACH
OUR CHILDREN THE LESSON THAT
CAME FROM THE VIETNAM WAR. THAT
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE AND THE
FLIGHT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
FONG THE END OF THE WAR OUT OF
FEAR OF LIVING UNDER THE COMMONS
REGENE. STORIES LIKE MINE. AND
MY FAMILY FLEEING FROM VIETNAM
AS A YOUNG CHILD IN SEARCH OF
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY SERVES AS
A REMINDER OF WHY WE MUST
REMEMBER BLACK APRIL. BLACK
APRIL MORE MONTH WOULD BE A TIME
FOR OF ENEMIES VIMIZIM MERICAN
AND ALL CALIFORNIANS WELL
CALIFORNIA REMEMBER THE LIVES
LOST IN THE VIETNAM WAR. AND WE
DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE
PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY THAT DOOR EVEN IN THE
WORST CIRCUMSTANCES. AND I
WANTED TO- ASK IF I CAN TAKE
THIS MOMENT TO SAY A FEW WORDS
IN VIETNAMESE. WITHOUT OBJECTION
THANK YOU. INTEGRADA WHO HAVE
NIGHT TIED TO BEING DUMPED OR
DATE THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT. TO WIN
S. C. R. THE WEEK. S. C. R. DAM.
COME YOUNG TEMPLE NUMBER HANG
ANAHEIM ABOUT THAT TANK TO TANK
THE NAME TANK TODAY. THE MOBILE
CONCLUDING SAVE IT NOW COME
WHILE. THE MOBILITY NOW COME SAN
. STILL TO COME. HOW ONE HUNDRED
TEN NOW WHEN DO TEN. THEY LEVY
DUBACH. THEM BY NINO THEY TAKE
CARE. BUT THEY HAVE A CELL. YO
LEARN BY NEIL. BUT COME ON I'M
BACK. DON'T COUNTY DATING JANET
COMES IN WE DON'T KNOW WHO FROM
JANET. THE NEW YORK ACT AND HOME
GENESEE VIETNAM CAMARA BUT
ACTING SEE LUCKY THAT HE SAID
BABEYDREW Y'ALL BUT THE
CATAMOUNT GET DEEP INTO YOUR-
SINK AMONG. I RESPECTFULLY AS
THIS TIME ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE
THANK YOU SENATOR WHEN QUESTION
OR DEBATE I'VE- TASING MICRO IS
UP. THE RECOGNIZED. THANK IS
PRESENT I RISE IN SUPPORT OF S.
C. R. EIGHT- SAN JOSE- THE
COUNTY SEAT OF MY HOME COUNTY
SANTA CLARA COUNTY HAS ONE OF
THE LARGEST. VIETNAMESE
POPULATIONS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WE WORK VERY CLOSELY
WITH CENTER TO WIN ON A NUMBER
OF ISSUES LIKE THE CURRENT
RESOLUTION. IN A- SIMPLY WANTED
TO SAY THAT- BASED ON OUR
EXPERIENCE WITH THE VIETNAMESE
POPULATION AROUND BLACK APRIL
MEMORIAL MONTH- IT IS OFTEN
VIEWED AS A TIME. WHEN THE
VIETNAMESE. AMERICAN POPULATION
THOSE WHO CAME HERE FROM THE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM- ARE
HONORED IS BEING THAT COUNTRY'S
GREATEST GENERATION MUCH LIKE WE
ARE KNOWLEDGE OUR OWN WORLD WAR
TWO VETERANS HERE IS OUR
GREATEST GENERATION I WANT TO
THANK- CENTER TO WIN FOR HER
LEADERSHIP ON THIS IN. A
RESPECTFULLY URGE AND I VOTE
THANK YOU MEMBERS ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. C. NINE
CENTER WHEN YOU MAKE CLOTHES. I
ASKED A RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
AYE VOTE THANK YOU MEMBERS THIS
IS ELIGIBLE FOR A UNANIMOUS VOTE
ANY OBJECTION. C. NINE THIRTY
THE RESOLUTION PASSES THIRTY SIX
TWO ZERO. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIFTY ONE
CENTER BAKERY PREPARES HIS
SECRETARY PLEASE. THREE SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION FIFTY ONE
BY SENATOR BACKER RELATIVE TO
SPECIAL OLYMPICS DAY CENTER
BAKER THE FLOOR'S YOURS. THANK
YOU COLLEAGUES IN HERE PERCENT
S. YOU'RE FIFTY ONE DECLARING
APRIL EIGHTEENTH SPECIAL
OLYMPICS DAY. OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES
WILL BE MEETING WITH OFFICES
DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
SPECIAL EFFECTS. AND THE
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IT PLAYS IN
MANY ATHLETES LIVES. THE SPECIAL
OLYMPICS FOUNDED BY EUNICE
KENNEDY SHRIVER WAS QUITE IS AN
INCLUSIVE AT THE ELEVATE
PEOPLE'S INTELLECTUAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THIS
IS FOUNDING IT HAS A GLOBAL
REACH OVER FIVE MILLION ATHLETES
AND THEIR FAMILIES OVER A
HUNDRED SEVENTY DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES. ATHLETES ARE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE LEAST ELEVEN
DIFFERENT SPORTS COMPLETELY FREE
OF COST INCLUDE PREVENTIVE CARE
AND HEALTH SCREENINGS. THERE WAS
A SHOW OF SUPPORT BY TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND FANS
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. COOLEY
MEMBERS MY OFFICE ENSURE THAT
YOURSELVES A MAJOR OFFICES AS
WELL. TO THE GUIDING PILLARS OF
SPORTS UNIFIED SCHOOL PROGRAM
AND HEALTH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS
HARNESSES THE POWER SPORTS TO
BRING SENSIBILITY INCLUSIVITY TO
THE FOREGROUND. I WOULD GIVE A
SPECIAL THANKS TO DAVID SO- THE
PRESIDENCY OVER THE CALIFORNIA.
LISTA COUNSELOR THE CEO OF
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND EVAN LOW BRING
SPECIAL INTERESTS IN TURN
ATHLETE LEADER FOR BRINGING THIS
RESOLUTION FORWARD WITH ME
TODAY. I'M HAPPY PUT FORWARD S.
YOU'RE A FIFTY ONE TO
COMMEMORATE THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS
AND ALL THE ATHLETES EMPOWERS.
PLAY ON. THANK YOU SENATOR BAKER
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. ALL RIGHT SEE NINE-
MEMBERS THIS IS ALSO ELIGIBLE
FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. WITHOUT
OBJECTION IS THIRTY SIX NO ZERO
THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MEMBERS ARE GONNA MOVE NOW TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIFTY TWO.
CENTER GONZALEZ. SHE'S PREPARED
SECRETARY PLEASE REACH SOME
RESOLUTION TWENTY THREE BY
SENATOR GONZALEZ RELATIVE TO
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
WEEK. CENTER GONZALEZ THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES I
RISE TODAY TO PRESENT SR TWENTY
THREE WHICH WOULD RECOGNIZE THE
WEEK OF APRIL SEVENTEENTH
THROUGH TWENTY THIRD. AS
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL WEEK
BETWEEN APRIL SEVENTEENTH
NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE AND
JANUARY NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE
THE COME MY ROUGE OF DEMOCRATIC
COME TO J. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF POL POT COMMITTED ATTACKS OF
GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY AGAINST THE CAMBODIAN
PEOPLE. THIS GENOCIDE RESULTED
IN THE DEATHS OF MORE THAN ONE
POINT SEVEN. MILLION CAMBODIANS
NEARLY A QUARTER OF THE
COUNTRY'S POPULATION AT THE TIME
BECOME MY ROUGE REGIME ALSO
SOUGHT TO ELIMINATE ALL ASPECTS
OF CAMBODIAN CULTURE BY
SYSTEMICALLY. A KILLING THOSE
WITH EDUCATION SEPARATING
FAMILIES AND DESTROYING
INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS BUDDHIST
TEMPLES SCHOOLS LIBRARIES DANCE
AND MUSIC ALL TOO FAMILIAR- A AS
WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING TODAY.
AND TODAY CALIFORNIA AS WE KNOW
IS HOME TO THE LARGEST
POPULATION OF CAMBODIAN
AMERICANS AND THE CITY OF LONG
BEACH MY HOMETOWN IN THE
DISTRICT. IS HOME TO THE LARGEST
COMMUNITY OF CAMBODIANS OUTSIDE
OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND I'M SO
VERY PROUD TO. RECOGNIZE SOME OF
THEM TODAY BUT SO VERY PROUD TO
REPRESENT THEM MESSY ARC SR
TWENTY THREE HONORS THOSE LIVES
LOST DURING THE CAMBODIAN
GENOCIDE AND MARKS THIS WEEK AS
A MEMORIAL WEEK FOR THE
CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY. IN
RECOGNITION OF CAMBODIAN
GENOCIDE MEMORIAL WEEK ON YOUR
DESKS ARE STILL QUALITY SINCE
SILVER PINS IN THE SHAPE OF A
SYMBOL IMPORTANT TO THE
CAMBODIAN PEOPLE. THESE ARE FROM
SASA REYES SO FOREIGN GIFT SHOP
IN CAMBODIA TOWN IN LONG BEACH.
AND AS ALWAYS OUR COME BOATING
COMMUNITY IS RESILIENT THEY ARE
STRONG AND WHILE WE REFLECT ON
THE PAST WE MUST ALWAYS FIGHT TO
ENSURE THAT THESE INJUSTICES
NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. AND THROUGH
THEM I. ASK YOUR AYE VOTE ON S.
R. TWENTY THREE THANK YOU
SENATOR GONZALEZ MEMBERS FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. I SEE
SENATOR MEANT FLOORS YOURS THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT AND HIS FELLOW
MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THE ASIAN
AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS ON A THING MY
COLLEAGUE FROM LONG BEACH FOR
INTRODUCING. SR TWENTY THREE AND
EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT. FOR
THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE
RECOGNIZING CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE
WEEK. THIS APRIL SEVENTEENTH
MARKS THE FORTY EIGHTH
ANNIVERSARY OF POL POT SEEKING
SEIZING CONTROL OF CAMBODIA. AND
STARTING THE GENOCIDE OF THE
CAMBODIAN PEOPLE. FROM MOST FOUR
YEARS COMPARE ROUGE OF
DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA. INFLICTED
PAIN SUFFERING AND DEATH TO MORE
THAN ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION
CAMBODIANS. OVER 20% OF THE
COUNTRY'S POPULATION. WHILE THE
KHMER ROUGE SOUGHT TO ELIMINATE
ALSO ASPECTS OF CAMBODIAN
CULTURE THEY WERE NOT
SUCCESSFUL. AND THE RESILIENCE
OF CAMBODIANS IN CALIFORNIA.
RIGHT HERE IN THIS STATE IS SEEN
EVERY DAY WE ARE HOME TO THE
LARGEST NUMBER. OF CAMBODIANS
LIVING OUTSIDE OF THEIR COUNTRY.
S. R. TWENTY THREE HONORS THE
RESILIENCE OF THE CAMBODIAN
PEOPLE AND PROVIDES US WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND BE
ENGAGE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR THAN ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. C.
NINE CENTER GONZALEZ YOU MAY
CLOSE I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A
YEAR I VOTE I THINK- THE GOOD
SENATOR FROM. IRVINE FOR
SPEAKING UP ON THIS VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUE THANK YOU. VERY
GOOD NUMBERS THIS A MEASURE SR
TWENTY THREE IS ELIGIBLE FOR
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. WITHOUT
OBJECTION IS THIRTY SIX NO ZERO
THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
MEMBERS ARE GONNA MOVED OUT OF
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. AND FOR
THAT PURPOSE THE INTRODUCTION
WILL RECOGNIZE SENATOR GONZALEZ
. THANK YOU AGAIN MR PRESIDENT
AND MEMBERS TO MARK CAMBODIAN
GENOCIDE MEMORIAL WEEK I AM SO
HONORED TO BE JOINED BY SEVEN
COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM LONG
BEACH. THE HOME ONCE AGAIN OF
THE LARGEST CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY
OUTSIDE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA I AM
JOINED BY QUITE A FEW MEMBERS. I
HAVE FIRST THE SIGNAGE AND CM. I
HAVE RIGHTS MIGHT. AT ME A LOT.
NUMBER EIGHT MUONG. ASHIMA
CHARNHAM ANG. HOPSIN WHICH WE
REFER TO LOVINGLY AS MISS MISS
CHAN HOPSIN. ATTEND WHAT THE A
C. AND ASSEMBLY MON. TRUC NINH
AND ADDED SHEEHAN. IS INCREDIBLE
LEADERS ARE THE- THE FOLKS THAT
DO SO MUCH BACK HOME IN IN LONG
BEACH AND YOU'LL HEAR. JUST
ABOUT IN A MOMENT ON WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE
UP TO. A MISS ME I'M HERE
REPRESENTING THE UNITED
CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY OF LONG
BEACH YOU SEE SEE ITS MISSION IS
TO ELEVATE THE CAMBODIAN
COMMUNITY THROUGH LOCAL
ENGAGEMENT. AND LEADERSHIP THAT
EMBODIES CAMBODIAN CULTURAL
VALUES. MISS ME A LOT IS THE
FOUNDER OF MODERN ART SAARA.
COMPANY A FOR PERFORMING ARTS
COMPANY DEDICATED TO CONNECTING
THE MODERN WORLD TO THE MAGIC OF
CAMBODIAN CLASSICAL DANCE. MR
NARRATE LONG SERVES AS THE FIRST
EVER OFFICIAL CAUGHT MY LANGUAGE
SPECIALIST FOR THE OFFICE OF
EQUITY. IN THE CITY OF LONG
BEACH. WE HAVE MISSED CHEN
HOPSON. SHE IS THE AND CEO OF
BECAUSE PARENT ASSOCIATION AND A
LONGTIME RESIDENT ADVOCATE AND
COMMUNITY MEMBER OF LONG BEACH
AND IF YOU EVER DO ANYTHING
WRONG SHE WILL TELL YOU ON
TWITTER WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO
IT- MYSTERON WHAT THAT. ASSEMBLY
MON. COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND
SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS CULTURE
AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGH HER WORK IN LA COUNTY'S
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL
SERVICES. MISTER TRUCK MAN IS
THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND MISS ANY
CHEN IS THE POLICY IN PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER FOR THE
OFFICE OF LONG BEACH CITY
COUNCILMAN DR SEUSS SORROW. WHO
REPRESENTS THE SIXTH DISTRICT
CENTRAL LONG BEACH WHICH
INCLUDES CAMBODIA TOWN AND THEY
DO SUCH INCREDIBLE WORK. AND I
WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO
INCLUDES OF ON A POPE WHO IS IN
MY- OFFICE HE'S ARE. A
LEGISLATIVE A DEPUTY AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AS WELL NOT
JUST FOR THE COMPUTING COMMUNITY
BUT FOR MANY COMMUNITIES BUT
HAPPENS TO BE CAMBODIAN AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK THE API CAUCUS
FOR THEIR SUPPORT RECOGNITION-
WITH US TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THESE
INCREDIBLE LEADERS I THANK THEM
SO VERY MUCH. WILL CONTINUE
FIGHTING FOR THEM I JUST WANNA
PLEASE JOIN. US HAVE EVERYONE
JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THESE
CAMBODIAN LEADERS TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE GIVE
THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU SENATOR GONZALEZ WE
WELCOME YOUR SPECIAL GUEST OF
THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY.
WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE
OTHER MEMBERS WHO'D LIKE TO JOIN
IN THE PHOTOGRAPH TO ACTIVELY
STEP UP.
MOST. THANK YOU I MEMBERS AND
GUESTS. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO OUR PHOTOGRAPHER LAURIE
SHELLEY FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT
JOB TODAY AND ALWAYS THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE A
JUST A FEW MORE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS BEFORE WE FINISH FOR
THE DAY I UNDERSTAND THAT-
CENTER GROVE IS BACK FROM CLOSE
CONSULTATIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR
AND IS PREPARED NOW TO PRESENTS
A COUPLE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS
THAT WE HAD A PAUSE ON EARLIER
IN OUR AGENDA THIS WOULD BE-
FILE ITEM NUMBER FOURTEEN CENTER
GROVE THE FLOOR IS YOURS THANK
YOU THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES- THE CONFIRMATION OF
SEASON FRIEDMAN AND ELLEN ARE
YOU REPEAT TO THE- BORDER
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND NICOLAS
MUELLER FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO
THE OFF ROAD MOTOR VEHICLE
RECREATION COMMISSION. THESE
APPOINTEES WERE APPROVED AT A
FIVE OH VOTE ON THE RULES
COMMITTEE ON MARCH TWENTY NINTH
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
. DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. C. NINE
THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ALLEN. NUMBER AGAIN. FIVE
ARCHULETA. HI SB. HI ATKINS
BAKER. I PLEASE BEAR BY
BRADFORD. HI COMING OUT OF. A
COURTESY BY TELLING. THE HI THE
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HI ROB. HI RUBIO. I SAID. FIVE
FIVE SMALL QUIBBLES FIND STERN
NUMBER. HI WELL. HI WIENER. BY
WILL. PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS ONE MORE TIME ALLEN. BY
AGAINST DELHI. BY THE ONLY DALY
AYE OR TADO PADILLA STERN WILK.
HI. THE NOMINEES ARE CONFIRMED
THIRTY SIX TWO ZERO YEAH WILL
MOVE NOW TO FILE ITEM NUMBER
SIXTEEN SENATOR GROWTH THANK YOU
AND MISTER PRESIDENT FILE ITEM
SIXTEEN COLLEAGUES IS A
CONFIRMATION OF FOLLOWING
APPOINTEES TO THE MEDICAL BOARD
DR MICHELE BALAT CRISTINA LAWSON
AND DOCTOR DEALING SIDE. MEMBERS
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THE NO
DISCUSSION BATES DEBATE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN. HI ELDORADO GIL. HI
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SMALLWOOD CUEVAS I STERN- BURKE
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BY. I VOTED THIRTY SIX TO ZERO
THOSE NOMINEES ARE CONFIRMED
MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
THE MOST EXCITING PART OF OUR
DAY I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE UP THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
LIKE TO ASK ANY MEMBER ID LIKE
TO HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED TO SO
INDICATE. THANK OR ALL
CONSENTING HERE TODAY THE
SECRETARY WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
SENATE BILL THREE SEVENTY ONE
SIX ACTIVE. ALL RIGHT WE'RE
GONNA CALL VOTE ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ALLEN. HI EL DORADO
HILLS HI ARCHULETA HI ASHLEY HI
ATKINS BECKER. BAKER I BLAKE'S
BEER BY BRADFORD. I HAVE A ADAM.
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GLAZER HI GONZALEZ HI GROVE. HI
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I SAY ARE TO BUY SKINNER. ON A
SMALL CUEVAS FIVE STERN- BURKE I
LOVE. FIVE WINNER. FIVE WILK ON
. ALL RIGHT THE ACT CONSENT
CALDERON PHYLUM SEVENTY AND ALSO
THE OTHER SECOND ITEM ON THE
CONSISTENT COUNTER WE ARE
ADOPTED. MEMBERS ARE GONNA MOVE
THE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS WE
HAVE ONE I BELIEVE. SENATOR
ABRAZO GIL. THE COMMITTEE ON
HUMAN SERVICES WILL MEET
IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADJOURNMENT AT
. THREE THIRTY FIVE THREE FIVE
TWO HUNDRED COMMITTEE AND HUMAN
SERVICES IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED. MEMBERS OF THERE ARE NO
OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE SENATE
CENTER GROVE THE DESK IS CLEAR.
THE DENT THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES- TODAY WAS A
SIGNIFICANT DAY ESPECIALLY WHEN
WE HAD REMEMBER AND STAYS ON
SPECIAL AND MEMORIAL OCCASIONS
THAT NEED TO BE REMEMBERED AND
IN HISTORICAL VALUE AND ALSO
FROM A HEARTS PERSPECTIVE I
CHALLENGE EACH OF YOU TO TAKE
THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HAD
TODAY AND KIND OF LOOKED UP
SOMETHING ABOUT EACH ONE OF
THOSE RESOLUTIONS. A LIGHTED
CANDLE IF IT'S FOR THE HOLOCAUST
I READ AN ARTICLE AND JUST
REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ON THE ON
THE THINGS THAT WE- THAT WE
VOTED ON TODAY AND WE HAS HAVING
SAID THAT WE ARE IN ADJOURNMENT
AND WE WERE CONVENE THURSDAY
MORNING AT- ON APRIL TWENTIETH
AT NINE AM. THANK YOU SENATOR
GROW THE SENATE IS ADJOURNED WE
WILL RECONVENE THURSDAY APRIL
TWENTIETH AT NINE AM THANK YOU
MEMBERS.