ALLEN. ANDERSON ATKINS BATES.
BELL. BERRYHILL.
BRADFORD. CANNELLA DAILY OWN.
DOT. FULLER GAINES.
GALGIANI GLAZER. HERNANDEZ
HERTZBERG. HILL. MYSELF.
JACKSON. LADA.
LEYVA. MCGUIRE MENDOZA.
MITCHELL.
MONNING.
CLARK.
MORRELL.
NEWMAN. NGUYEN.
NIELSEN.
PAN.
PORTANTINO. ROCK.
SKINNER.
STERN.
STONE. VIDAK.
WHY COUNTY? WIENER. WILK.
COLLEAGUES A QUORUM IS PRESENT
WITH THE MEMBERS HAD ARGUED SB
ON THE RAIL AND IN THE GALLERY
PLEASE RISE WE WILL BE LEAD IN
PRAYER THIS MORNING. BY OUR
CHAPLAIN SISTER MICHELLE GORMAN
AFTER WHICH PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING WE WILL BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
BY SENATOR BATES.
MOTHERS SPEAKS IS CENTERED IN
GOD'S PRESENCE.
GOD OF THE SMALL THE SUBTLE THE
UNIMPORTANT.
GOD OF THE VAGUE THE CLOUDY THE
AMBIGUOUS.
OPEN OUR HEARTS TO YOUR
PRESENCE.
OPEN OUR EYES TO THE LITTLE
SIGNS
OUR EARS TO THE SOFT MURMURS.
SLOW US DOWN TO LISTEN AND HEAR
THE CRIES THEATER UNSPOKEN.
AWAKEN US TO THE LOSSES BETTER
BLESSINGS.
AWAKEN US TO THE WOUNDS THAT ARE
OPENINGS.
AWAKENED US TO THE WEAKNESSES
THAT ARE THE SOURCES OF YOUR
STRING.
WAKE US FROM THE STUPOR OF
BUSYNESS
THE DAYS OF DESIRE.
TO WITNESS YOUR DRAWING NEAR TO
BE HOLDING YOUR PRESENCE.
EVEN AND THESE ORDINARY MOMENTS.
THESE FABLED PRAYERS.
THEY USE BEATING HEARTS.
AMEN.
YEAH
I.
IT IS SLOW NBSPA.
COLLEAGUES WITHOUT OBJECTION WE
WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF THE LAS VEGAS NEVADA
VICTIMS.
AND WE WILL DO THIS.
BY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
STARTING WITH SENATOR ALAN.
STONE.
SO WOULD YOU KNOW AND ALL THE
FACTS.
AND WE DO IT
EXCUSE ME COLLEAGUES WE ARE.
GOING TO START.
WITHOUT OBJECTION TO THE INJURED
IN THE MEMORY OF THE LAS VEGAS
NEVADA VICTIMS AND WE WILL START
WITH OUR PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
SENATOR DAILY ON.
AND IF MEMBERS WOULD PLEASE TAKE
THEIR SEATS.
IF MEMBERS WOULD PLEASE TAKE
THEIR SEATS.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS WE'RE
GOING TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY
OF THE LAS VEGAS. NEVADA VICTIMS
SENATOR DAILY IN.
BIGGER MUCH SHOW MADAM PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES AS WE. ALL KNOW TOO
WELL LAST FALL IN LAS VEGAS THIS
HAPPENED AFTER WE HAD.
ADJOURN R. SESSION IN THE FIRST
YEAR OF A TWO YEAR SESSION.
WE WITNESS THE WORST MASS
SHOOTING IN MODERN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER FIRST
TWENTY SEVENTEEN OF LAST YEAR.
FIFTY EIGHT.
FIFTY EIGHT AMERICANS WERE
MURDERED AND OVER FIVE HUNDRED
MORE INJURED IN A COWARDLY ACT
OF TERROR.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO THAT
BECAUSE THEY'RE PARABLE HARM TO
THOUSANDS OF LIVES ACROSS OUR
NATION.
UNFORTUNATELY TRAGICALLY AND
VERY SADLY. OVER HALF OF THOSE
VICTIMS THE FIFTY VICTIMS IN THE
SHOOTING MASSACRE IN LAS VEGAS
WERE FROM CALIFORNIA.
THERE WERE CALIFORNIANS.
THAT DAY WE LOST THIRTY FOUR
SOULS.
THIRTY FOR CALIFORNIANS.
THEY CAME. FROM ACROSS OUR GREAT
STATE ACROSS THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM.
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES FROM DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY
THEIR LOVE OF MUSIC.
THAT THE EVENING THERE WAS A
CONCERT A A CONCERT OF
COUNTRIES.
AND FOLKS CAME FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY IN THIRTY FOR THOSE
INCREDIBLE SOULS CAME FROM
CALIFORNIA.
I LIKE TO BUY TO THOSE SENATORS
HERE TODAY BOTH. REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS WHO LOST THEIR
CONSTITUENTS TO.
READ THE NAMES OF THOSE WITH A
LOST AND IF THE FEEL. OF FREE TO
SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THOSE
CONSTITUENTS SO WITH THAT.
.
NO MATTER PRESENCE I WOULD LIKE
TO AS YOU JUST STATED TO WILL
START WITH OUR SENATOR FROM
SANTA MONICA.
THANK YOU SENATOR DAILY ON
SENATOR ALLEN.
MEMBERS TODAY I RISE WITH THE
HEAVY HARD TO TURN IN THE MEMORY
OF FOR INCREDIBLE WOMEN.
FOR LEADERS FROM THE SOUTH BAY
OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY THAT WERE
KILLED.
DURING THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING
LAST YEAR.
A FIRST SAID LIKE TO TALK A
LITTLE ABOUT A REDONDO BEACH
TEACHER SANDY CASEY WHO WAS
AMONG. THOSE WHO TRAGICALLY
PASSED AWAY THAT NIGHT SHE WAS
THIRTY FIVE.
HE WAS SHOT AND DIED IN THE ARMS
OF HER FIANCE CHRIS WILL LAMPS.
AFTER HE CARRIED HER THROUGH THE
GUNFIRE.
AT JUST THIRTY FIVE SHE LIVED IN
REDONDO BEACH NOT TOO FAR FROM
MY OWN DISTRICT OFFICE AND SHE
TAUGHT IN ARMY
AND BEACH.
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A
MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHER.
PEOPLE WHO KNEW SANDY KNEW THAT.
HE WAS SOMEBODY QUICK TO
DESCRIBE HER IS SOMEONE WHO IS A
COMPASSIONATE TEACHER AND A
LOYAL FRIEND WITH A SENSE OF
HUMOR. A COMMITMENT TO HER
CALLING AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHER AND A PERSONALITY THE
LIT UP ANY ROOM.
THAT'S HE ENTERED HER FIANCE'S
HEARTFELT WORDS SHOW THE
PROFOUND IMPACT THAT SHE HAD.
ON PEOPLE.
HE SAID I LOVED HER.
SHE WAS MY ROCK SHE WAS MY SOUL.
AND NOW I HAVE A GAP TO FILL
THAT GAP WILL NEVER BE FILLED.
I WILL ONLY LIVE.
TO MAKE HER PROUD.
ANOTHER MANHATTAN BEACH RESIDENT
RACHEL PARKER ALSO PASSED AWAY
THAT DAY AT THE AGE OF THIRTY
THREE.
HE WAS SHOT AND LIFTED TO SAFETY
BY TO HER COLLEAGUES INCLUDING
POLICE INTERN SIRE KIND AND THEN
INTO A TAXI CAB BY A BRAVE.
STRANGER WHO RUSHED HER TO THE
HOSPITAL.
AYE BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE DIED.
THERE AT THE HOSPITAL SHE LEFT
HER FAMILY SHE HAD A PASSION FOR
ANIMALS HIT TWO DOGS IN WHICH
SHE.
IT'S YOU RESCUED HERSELF AND
WOULD ALWAYS TRY TO HELP OTHERS
IN NEED.
SHE LEAVES BEHIND AN INCREDIBLE
RECORD OF SERVICE TO OUR
COMMUNITY SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY.
THE MANHATTAN BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR TEN YEARS.
I'VE ONE OTHER MY CITIES
TORRANCE IS ALSO MOURNED THE
LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR BEST AND
BRIGHTEST YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
CRISTIANA. DUARTE.
HE JUST GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY
OF ARIZONA WITH A DEGREE IN
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND
MARKETING. BEFORE MOVING BACK TO
TORRANCE HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF
THE LOS ANGELES RAMS. AND IT AS
A TRAINING CAMP ASSISTANT AND
GAME DAY OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES
WHO IS VERY CLOSE TO HER FAMILY
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF LA COUNTY
DEPT DISTRICT ATTORNEY. MICHAEL
DUARTE SISTER OF CHICAGO WHITE
SOX MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER
MIKEY DUARTE WHO DESCRIBED HER.
AS HIS BEST FRIEND.
SHE WAS ABOUT TO START A MAN AT
MARKETING JOB THE LA KINGS
HOCKEY TEAM.
HE WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
FEW WOMEN IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT
SAID A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND AND.
WERE SO SAD TO HAVE LOST HER.
AND FINALLY I I'D LIKE TO THE
TOURNAMENT RELEASED PATTERSON'S
HE WAS FORTY SIX YOU LIVED IN
LOMITA.
HE WAS ACTIVE IN EVERYTHING YOU
COULD IMAGINE COACHING SOFTBALL
TEAM SERVING AS PRESIDENT THE
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
VOLUNTEERING IN OUR CHILDREN
SINCE JOHN FISHER'S.
SCHOOL ALMOST WEEKLY THE LIST
GOES ON.
HE'S ALSO SAVVY BUSINESSWOMAN
SHE AND HER HUSBAND RAN A
HARDWOOD FLOOR. BUSINESS
TOGETHER AND A FRIEND SAID OF
HER THAT SHE HAD AN INFECTIOUS
ENERGY OF FIERCE LOVE FOR HER
FAMILY.
SPEND ENDLESS HOURS DONATING
THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO HELP
THE GIRLS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HE SURVIVED FOR HER BELOVED
HUSBAND ROBERT AND THEIR THREE
CHILDREN.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK THAT WE
TURN IN THE MEMORIES OF THESE
THREE OF THESE FOUR TRULY BRAVE
EXAMPLE WOMEN. LEADERS OF THE
SOUTH BAY SANDY RACHEL CRISTIANA
LISA.
THANK YOU SENATOR ALAN OF COURSE
OUR CONDOLENCES TO ALL THE
FAMILIES.
SENATOR ATKINS.
TO ASK THAT WE ADJOURN TODAY IN
MEMORY OF JENNIFER IRVINE A
WONDERFUL SAN DIEGO RESIDENT.
SHE.
WAS MEMORIALIZED IN AN
INCREDIBLE ARTICLE IN THE SAN
DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE HER FRIENDS
SAID THAT SHE WAS ADVENTUROUS
VIVACIOUS FULL OF LIFE. HE WAS
KNOWN TOGETHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE
TOGETHER FOR FUN ACTIVITIES
OUTINGS AND TRIPS.
THE CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS WAS ONE
OF THOSE.
OUTINGS THAT SHE ARRANGED FOR
HERSELF AND HER FRIENDS.
MS IRVINE WAS A YOUNG FORTY TWO
YEARS OF AGE SHE WAS A PRODUCT
OF SAN DIEGO HIGHER EDUCATION
HAVING GRADUATED. FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO IN
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF
LAW.
SHE WANT TO ESTABLISH OUR OWN
LAW PRACTICE SPECIALIZING IN
CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND FAMILY LAW.
JENNIFER LEAVES BEHIND HER
BROTHER JASON AND HER BROTHER IN
LAW RUN THANK YOU FOR ADJOURNING
IN MEMORY OF OUR RESIDENT FROM
SAN DIEGO JENNIFER IRVINE.
THANK YOU SENATOR ATKINS AND OF
COURSE OUR CONDOLENCES TO HER.
LOVED ONES.
SENATOR BATES.
THANK YOU A MAN PRESIDENT GOOD
MORNING COLLEAGUES I RISE TO A
JOURNEY IN THE MEMORY OF VICTOR
LINK.
VICTOR ALSO ATTENDED THE ROUTE
NINETY ONE HARVEST FESTIVAL WITH
HIS FIANCE IN FRANCE WHEN HE WAS
KILLED.
VICTOR WAS A FIFTY FIVE YEAR OLD
RESIDENT FROM THE LEASE A
VEHICLE IN SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY
AND I MENTIONED THIS SAW. AYE WE
CONSIDER THAT VICTOR WAS A
NEIGHBOR A LEASE WILL BE A WHOLE
SHARES MANY ARE. THEY SHARE A
BOUNDARY WITH LOOK GOOD IN A GAL
IN MANY ACTIVITIES SAW WITH OUR
CHILDREN ARE PARKS RECREATION
AND A LOT OF VOLUNTEER
ACTIVITIES. HE WAS INVOLVED OUT
VERY PROUD FATHER LIVING SUN
PROTECTIVE BROTHER IN SUPPORT OF
UNCLE. RECALLING VICTOR HIS SON
IDENTIFIED HIM AS THE BEST DAD
REALLY ANY SUN CREAM COULD EVER
HAVE. I ASK THAT WE ADJOURN THE
VICTORS MEMORY AND TO A SEND OUR
CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY HIS
SURLY FROWNS AND THE RESIDENTS
OF THE LETHAL BE HOLE IN SOUTH
ORANGE COUNTY. THANK YOU THANK
YOU SENATOR BATES OUR
CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
SENATOR FULLER.
MEMBERS I RISE TODAY TO HONOR
THE MEMORIES OF THREE SIXTEEN
SENATE DISTRICT. CONSTITUENTS
WHO TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES
IN LAS VEGAS.
KELSEY MEADOWS AGE TWENTY EIGHT.
WAS FROM TAFT.
AND RETURNED TO HER HOMETOWN IN
TWENTY TWELVE TO BECOME A
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT THE TAFT
UNION HIGH SCHOOL.
JACK BEATEN AGE FIFTY FOUR.
THESE BEHIND HIS WIFE AND TWO
CHILDREN.
JACK DIED SHIELDING HIS WIFE
FROM BULLETS THAT NIGHT.
THE SAME DAY AS THEIR TWENTY
EIGHT WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
BAILEY. SWEITZER.
THE YOUNGEST OF ALL THE
SHOOTING%
VICTIMS WAS WELL KNOWN IN
BAKERSFIELD AT ONLY AGE TWENTY.
HE LEAVES BEHIND A FAMILY.
WHO ADORED HER? AND FRIENDS WHO
TREASURE HER.
WHOLE RACING COMMUNITY AT THE
BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY.
WHICH OF FAMILY OWNS.
IT WILL NEVER FORGET HER.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR FULLER AND
AGAIN CONDOLENCES TO HER TO THE
FAMILIES OF THE THREE. SEVERE
COMMUNITY.
SENATOR GAINES.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I
RISE TO GERMAN MEMORY OF KURT.
BOB UNTIL LOW ANOTHER VICTIM OF
THE POOR. AND LOS VEGAS.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS HUGE BELLY
LAUGHS AND TREMENDOUS
PATRIOTISM.
AND LIFTING CAMERON PARK.
KURT WAS A BUSINESS OWNER FATHER
HUSBAND AND LOVING GRANDFATHER
WITH A PASSION FOR GOLF AND
TRAVEL.
HE WILL BE MISSED BY IS FAMILY
AND THOSE WHOSE LIVES HE
TOUCHED.
GOD BLESS SKIRT MONTELLO AS
FAMILY.
THANK YOU SENATOR GAINES AND
FORGETTABLE MOMENT.
STEPPED DOWN TO.
RECOGNIZE OF VICTIMS FROM MY
COMMUNITY
.
SENATOR JACKSON WHEN YOU'RE
READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUE SO I WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO.
ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF THREE
OF MY CONSTITUENTS DENISE COHEN.
LIEUTENANT KIRK R. DEREK TAYLOR
AND CHRIS HAYES AND COMB.
WHO ARE AMONG THE FIFTY NINE
DEAD AND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
SEVEN OTHERS WOUNDED?
ON THAT TRAGIC.
HARVEST MUSIC FESTIVAL SHOOTING.
IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY SEVENTEEN
DENISE COLIN.
WAS FROM CARPINTERIA A LOVING
MOTHER PROPERTY MANAGER IN THE
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AREA AN
ACTIVE MEMBER OF HER CHURCH.
SHE IS REMEMBERED BY HER LOVED
ONES AS A STRONG BEAUTIFUL AND
HAPPY WOMAN. WHO MADE A
DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF
EVERYONE SHE KNEW? AND IN ALL
THE PICTURES THAT.
OF WERE PRODUCED AFTER HER
PASSING HER SMILE ABSOLUTELY LIT
UP EVERYONE OF THOSE
PHOTOGRAPHS.
ACCOMPANYING HER. THAT DAY WAS
HER PARTNER LIEUTENANT DERRICK
TAYLOR FROM OXNARD.
HE WAS POPULARLY KNOWN AS BO.
AND WORKED FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS
IN THE AREA OF CORRECTIONS IN
REHAB.
LIEUTENANT BO TAYLOR WAS THE
VENTURA CONSERVATION CAMP
COMMANDER.
A TREMENDOUS ORGANIZATION I WAS
HONORED TO A ATTEND THEIR OF
VANCE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
BUT AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB HE DID
WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE IS REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY
AND HIS COLLEAGUES AS A MENTOR
AND HERO.
WHO THAT UNFORTUNATE NIGHT WAS
ABLE TO SAVE FIVE LIVES?
DESPITE LOSING HIS OWN.
BOTH MS COHEN AND LIEUTENANT
TAYLOR R. EACH SURVIVE BY TWO
ADULT CHILDREN.
MR CREW CHRIS HAYES AND CALM
FROM CAMARILLO. ALSO LOST HIS
LIFE FROM FATAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS
HE SUFFERED. WHILE SHIELDING IN
SAVING THE LIFE OF A FRIEND.
MR HIS INCOME WAS A PASSIONATE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPORTS FAN.
AND IS REMEMBERED AS A KIND AND
GENTLE SOUL WHO WAS FRIENDLY
WITH EVERYONE HE INTERACTED
WITH.
WORKING BOTH AT STARBUCKS AND
LATER AT THE CAMERA WALMART.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SENDING OUR
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS
FAMILY AND TO THE FAMILIES OF
ALL THOSE.
IN MY DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT
OUR STATE.
WHO WERE VICTIMS
LOST IN THIS HORRIFIC ACT?
THANK YOU SENATOR JACKSON AS YOU
MAKE YOUR WAY BACK UP SAM
REQUIRE.
GOOD MORNING THAT A PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES UNDER TO RISE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF NEVADA RESIDENT.
STACY EXPERT.
AND ON BEHALF OF SENATOR
MINING'S CONSTITUENT.
BOSTON MY.
THEY SEE IT WAS FROM THE BOTTLE.
IN TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
HE LIVED HELP OTHERS IN HER
FAMILY SHE LOVED THE OUTDOORS
AND.
ADORED HORSE RIDING.
HER FRIENDS IT CHAO BELLA SALON
IN NEVADA.
SAY THAT THE BUSINESS WILL NEVER
BE THE SAME AGAIN WITHOUT HER
OUTGOING PERSONALITY.
A CONTAGIOUS LAUGH.
HE SURVIVED BY TWO KIDS.
HE WAS A TRULY AN INCREDIBLE
MOM.
INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF
THEIR LIVES.
AND SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER
HAS BEEN. SAME CISCO POLICE
OFFICER. VINCENT H. PER.
AND ALSO HONOR TO BRING FOR THE
NAME.
A BOSTON MEYER.
WHO GREW UP IN MARINA?
HE WAS CELEBRATING HIS TWENTY
FOURTH BIRTHDAY THAT NIGHT.
WHEN HIS LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY CUT
SHORT.
AUSTIN HAD RECENTLY LOCATED TO
RENO.
ANY WAS GOING TO COLLEGE.
HE DREAMS OF OPENING UP HIS OWN
AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS.
ANY JUST BEEN ENGAGED.
HIS LOVED ONES DESCRIBE HIM AS
AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN FULL OF
LIFE AND.
LOVE DAHLE WHO KNEW.
HE SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS HIS
TWO SISTERS.
IN HIS FIANCE.
THANK YOU SENATOR MCGUIRE OUR
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES.
SENATOR LEYVA.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I
RISE TO ELSE WE ADJOURN IN
MEMORY OF THE IN THE GARTNER WAS
FIFTY TWO YEARS OLD AND A
RESIDENT OF GRAND TERRACE.
THEN A GARDENER WAS A LONG TIME
EMPLOYEE OF SAN REGINA COUNTY.
DANA WAS A DEPUTY RECORDER A
COUNTY EMPLOYEE FOR TWENTY SIX
YEARS WHO HAD BEEN DESCRIBED AS
A GO TO PERSON AND SOMEONE WHO
COULD BE COUNTED ON. AND A
DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT.
THEN THE GARDENER BEGAN WORKING
FOR THE COUNTY ON AUGUST TWENTY
SIXTH OF NINETEEN NINETY ONE. AS
A DOCUMENT CLERK IN THE
RECORDER'S OFFICE WHICH WAS THEN
PART OF THE AUDITOR
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE SHE WAS PRO
PROMOTED TO A LEGAL DOCUMENT
COORDINATOR IN TWO THOUSAND
FOUR.
AND DEPUTY RECORDER IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN
HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE
DON'T SEE EVERY DAY THAT HELPS
MAKE OUR STATE RUN SUFFICIENTLY.
HE'LL BE MISSED BY ALL AND I ASK
THAT WE ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY.
THANK YOU SENATOR LEYVA
CONDOLENCES PLEASE TO HER
FAMILY.
SENATOR MORLOCKS.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT'S.
TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE
MEMORY OF ANDREA BECAUSE THEA
HUNTINGTON BEACH.
HE WAS KILLED WHILE CELEBRATING
HER BIRTHDAY IN LAS VEGAS.
MS CASTILLO WAS A GRADUATE OF A
STAUNCH A HIGH SCHOOL WHAT'S
HERS PRODUCERS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IS FINALLY REMEMBERED BY HER
FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS SOMEONE
WHO BROUGHT JOY TO ALL WHO KNEW
HER.
KNOWN FOR HER ARTISTIC TALENTS
SHE PLANNED THE FUTURE OF
SERVICE TO CANCER SURVIVORS.
SHARING YOUR BLESSINGS AS A
GIFTED MAKEUP ARTIST TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO THOSE BATTLING THE
DISEASE.
I REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURN IN HER
MEMORY AND OFFER OUR PRAYERS AND
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HER
FMILY AND LOVED ONES AT THIS
TIME THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
THANK YOU SENATOR MORLOCK. OUR
CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY.
SENATOR NEWMAN.
AB THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I
RISE AS WELL TO JOURNEY MEMORY
OF THREE OF THE LAST VEGAS
SHOOTING VICTIMS.
NICOLE CAMERA MICHELLE VO AND
BRIAN FRASER. EACH OF WHOM HAD A
LIFE OF FELLOWSHIP A PROMISE CA
TRAGICALLY SHORT.
IN THE SHOOTINGS IN LAS VEGAS
TREE SAID NICHOLE CAMARO WAS
ONLY THIRTY EIGHT YEARS OF AGE.
SHE WAS A PROUD GRADUATE OF
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT
FULLERTON.
SHE LIVED IN THE CITY POSSESSION
WORK IN IRVINE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT TAX AND
FEE ADMINISTRATION.
NICOLE AS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
KNEW HER HAD A PASSION LOVE OF
MUSIC.
AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT
YOU ATTENDED FOURTEEN OTHER
CONCERTS IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE.
SHE WAS ATTENDING THE ROUTE
NINETY ONE FESTIVAL WITH A GROUP
OF SIX CLOSE FRIENDS.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL REMEMBER
AND TREASURE NICOLE'S LUST FOR
LIFE. HER HUGE HEART. HER
INFECTIOUS LAUGH IN HER
INDOMITABLE SPIRIT. NICOLE
CAMERA IS SURVIVED BY HER
PARENTS AND HER SISTER.
MICHELLE VOTE WAS ONLY THIRTY TO
WHEN SHE WAS SO CRUELLY TAKEN
FROM US.
BORN IN FULLERTON AND RAISED IN
SAN JOSE MICHELLE ATTENDED THE
UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA DAVIS
WHICH SHE EARNED A DEGREE IN
COMMUNICATIONS BUT FEW YEARS AGO
ICHELLE MOVE TO EAGLE ROCK TO
WORK AS A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT.
IN THE PASADENA BRANCH OF NEW
YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY KNEW MICHELLE
IS A MAGNETIC AND FIERCELY
INDEPENDENT WOMAN WITH A BUBBLY
PERSONALITY THAT RADIATED FAR
AND WIDE SHE WAS OUTGOING
ADVENTUROUS. AND SHE LOVES TO
TRAVEL IN HER LATE TWENTIES SHE
SPENT THREE MONTHS TRAVELING
SOLO ACROSS EUROPE MEETING A
DIVERSE ARRAY OF PEOPLE. IN
LEAVING HER INDELIBLE MARK AND
EVERY SINGLE ONE.
MICHELLE VO HAD NOBODY ABIDING
LOVE OF THE BEACHES AND LET IT
BE KNOWN THAT WHEN THE MOMENT
CAME.
SHE WANTED HER ASHES TO BE
SPREAD ON DIFFERENT BEACHES
AROUND THE WORLD. AT THAT MOMENT
OF COURSE CAME FAR TOO SOON. HER
HEARTBROKEN FAMILY IS HOWEVER
MAKING PLANS TO FULFILL THAT
REQUEST.
BRIAN FRASER WAS AN AVID COUNTRY
MUSIC FAN AND HE WAS ATTENDING
THE ROUTE NINETY ONE HARVEST
COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH
THIRTY ONE CLOSE FRIENDS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS.
BRIAN WAS ONLY THIRTY NINE AND
LIVED IN THE CITY OF LA POMA
WHERE HE SERVED AS VICE
PRESIDENT OF SALES AND GREEN
PATH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MORTGAGE COMPANY.
BRIAN WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND
FATHER AND A VALUED CONGREGANT
AT FRIENDS CHURCH IN YORBA
LINDA.
HE WAS ALSO AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN
WHO LOVE TO HUNT.
SNOWBOARD RIDE DIRT BIKES GO
DEEP SEA FISHING AND IT RECENTLY
EARNED HIS PRIVATE PILOT'S
LICENSE.
TO THOSE WHO THE PRIVILEGE OF
KNOWING AND WORKING WITH HIM
BRIAN WAS A VALUED MENTOR WITH A
TENACIOUS DEDICATION TO SUCCESS.
ONE FACET OF A BOUNDLESS SPIRIT
WHICH CARRIED OVER INTO HIS
DESIRE AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP
OTHERS BRIAN IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE STEPHANIE FRASER IN THEIR
FOUR CHILDREN WHO RANGE FROM
FOUR. TO TWENTY FIVE I ASKED
THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORIES
OF ALL THREE TODAY.
THANK YOU SENATOR NEWMAN HAND
CONDOLENCES AGAIN TO THE
FAMILIES OF THESE VICTIMS.
SENATOR WENT.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AYE
AYE TO STAND TODAY TO JOIN MY
COLLEAGUES IN REMEMBERING
HONORING. THE VICTIMS OF THE LAS
VEGAS ATTACK ON OCTOBER FIRST OF
LAST YEAR. LIKE MANY AMERICANS I
FOLLOW THE NEWS CLOSELY AND WAS
HEARTBROKEN BY THE MASS LOSS OF
LIFE AND WAS VERY SAD TO HEAR
THAT SOME OF THE VICTIMS ALSO
LIVED IN MY DISTRICT.
SALLY THAT DREADFUL NIGHT CHANGE
ELIZA FAMILIES BOTH NEAR AND FAR
IN MY HOMETOWN GARDEN GROVE WE
LOST CANDACE BOWERS A FORTY YEAR
OLD.
LOVING SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE.
HER FAMILY CALLED HER THE
SUPERHERO.
BOWERS HAD ADOPTED A TWO YEAR
OLD NIECE.
HE'D LEFT BEHIND.
HER TWO CHILDREN AS WELL CURTIS
POINTY AND KATIE SIXTEEN.
SHE HAS NEVER HAD ANY SUPPORT BY
HERSELF SHE WORKED HARD ACCORD
TO GRANDMOTHER HE'S ALSO WHAT
BUT WHAT POOR TOGETHER WAS A BIG
SMILE AND A LOVING HEART.
HE WAS A GENEROUS KERR AND THE
FAMILIES ARE. LAW A.
SADLY LOST.
A AND WILL HAVE TO.
CONTINUE.
TO TO A COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
THE AS MENTIONED EARLIER SENATOR
FROM ORANGE COUNTY'S HAS
MENTIONED ANDREA CASTILLO WHO IS
THERE TWENTY EIGHT YEARS OLD
FROM HAND TO BEACH. BUT GREW UP
IN FOUNTAIN VALLEY A CREATIVE
OUR MAKE ARTISTS WHO HELPED
CANCER PATIENT.
ADDITIONALLY THOUGH I WANTED YOU
KNOW AS WE TALKED ABOUT
CASUALTIES WE ALSO WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THOSE LIVES THAT WERE
NOT LOS.
ONE INCLUDED IN MY DISTRICT
TIFFANY WEEZER A HIGH SCHOOL.
STUDENT A SANTANA HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT EIGHTEEN WHO SURVIVED
DESPITE RECEIVING GUNS GUNSHOT
WOUNDS TO HER STOMACH AND ELBOW.
I ALSO DON'T WANNA THINKS SOME
OF OUR HEROES THAT WERE THERE. A
LIKE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPUTY JOE AN WAS WOUNDED BY
TWO BULLETS.
ALTHOUGH HE WAS INJURED HE
COURAGEOUSLY HELP VICTIMS GET TO
SAFETY.
DEPUTY OWEN WAS NOT ALONE IN HIS
ACT OF BRAVERY IN THE SHOOTING
THERE WERE CALLOUS HEROES WHO
RISKED DEATH TO BRAVELY ASSIST
OTHERS HELPING THEM ESCAPE AND
ADMINISTERING FIRST AID. AMONG
THESE HEROES WHO ORANGE COUNTY
DEPUTY SHERIFF GARRETT GARRETT.
A GUARD AND BRANDON MONEY.
WHO VENDOR AGE MANY VICTIMS AND
ASSIST IN THE LAS VEGAS PD IN
SECURING THE PERIMETER?
DEPUTY MONTH ON MELANIE COOPER
BRAVELY ADMINISTER FIRST AID TO
MANY VICTIMS AND HELP PANICKED.
CONCERT TENNIS REACH SAFETY.
FROM ALSO MY DISTRICT. OF SANTA
ANA POLICE OFFICER I'M SORRY I'M
SORRY. SENATE PLEASE DEPARTMENT
SERGEANT MIKE AND DOLLARS. BRAVE
GUNFIRE TO TEND TO OVER A DOZEN
VICTIMS WOUNDS.
AND HEALTH CALLOUS
CONCERT GOERS EXCUSE I WAS ALSO
LIKE TO HONOR THE HEROES WHO
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE BUT CHOOSE
NOT TO BE NAMED TO PROTECT THEIR
PRIVACY.
SO I TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES TODAY
TO JOIN A MEMORY. OF THE FOR
THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ALL THE
VICTIMS OF THE LAS VEGAS ATTACK
WHO CAME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
INSURED DEEP LOVE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES FRIENDS AND COUNTRY
MUSIC.
THANK YOU SENATOR NGUYEN
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF
THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES.
SENATOR PORTANTINO.
COLLEAGUES IT IS WITH A GREAT
SADNESS THAT I RISE TODAY AND
JOIN WITH THIS OUR BODY.
ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO
ARE LOST THEIR LIVES
IN LAS VEGAS JORDAN RIVERA.
I WAS JUST TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD
ON.
CERTAINLY TOO YOUNG TO FACE SUCH
A TRAGIC DEATH SHE WAS UP.
FROM THE VERNE CALIFORNIA. AYE
SHE WAS ONE SHE WAS AMONGST
THE VICTIMS KILLED ON THAT THE
HARVEST COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL.
AND SHE WAS A FOURTH YEAR
STUDENT IN HEALTH CARE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIPHATE
UNIVERSITY SAMBAR NAY DINO.
FOURTH YEAR SHE WAS ON THE CUSP.
OF COMPLETING THEIR
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AND
ENTERING THE WORKFORCE AYE AND
HEALTH MANAGEMENT CARING DEEPLY
ABOUT OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
SHE WAS SO DEDICATED.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THAT CAL
STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARINO
CHAPTER OF ETA SIGMA GAMMA THE
NATIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION HONOR
SOCIETY.
I'M.
NO FAMILY SHOULD LOSE A LOVED
ONE TRAGICALLY AND NO FAMILY
SHOULD LOSE A LOVED ONE THIS
YOUNG SO TRAGICALLY AND SO MY
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO
THE RIVERA FAMILY. BUT ALSO LIKE
TO COMPLIMENT MY COLLEAGUE FROM
ORANGE COUNTY WHO.
MEMORIALIZED AYE MICHELLE VO R.
WHO WORKED IN GLENDALE WHICH IS
IN THE HEART OF MY SENATE
DISTRICT. I ACTUALLY HAD MUTUAL
FRIENDS WITH HER WHO DEEPLY.
MOURNED HER.
AIR PASSING IN A MY COLLEAGUE
DID A WONDERFUL JOB SHE WAS A
VIBRANT.
ENERGETIC PERSON AND.
THE FEET PEOPLE AROUND HERE WHO
WORKED WITH HER LOVED HER DEEPLY
AND I THANK YOU FOR
MEMORIALIZING OR SO WELL AND I
JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN
ASKING THIS BODY TO ADJOURNMENT.
THANK YOU SENATOR PORTANTINO AND
TO THOSE WHO.
WERE SADLY TAKEN FROM A SENIOR
DISTRICT PLEASE EXTEND OUR
CONDOLENCES.
SENATOR ROTH.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AMONG
THE.
MANY MANY RIVERSIDE COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
WHO WERE INJURED IN THE TRAGIC
LOSS FIGURES SHOOTINGS INCLUDING
SOME FIRST RESPONDERS?
I RISE TO ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.
IT WILL ALSO LIVE DbN OR
TOUCHED THE THIRTY FIRST SENATE
DISTRICT.
AND CONTRIBUTED SO SO MUCH.
SPECIFICALLY ANGELINA. ANGELA
CHRISTINE GOMEZ OF RIVERSIDE.
THOMAS ALLEN DAY JUNIOR.
OF RIVERSIDE.
GARY BARNETT.
OF RIVERSIDE.
CHRISTOPHER ROYBAL.
CORONA.
PROCEDURE KIAN RACHA.
BUT EAST FAIL.
AUSTIN DAVIS OF RIVERSIDE.
AND PATRICIA MESTIS.
OF MENIFEE.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU SENATOR ROTH'S AND
AGAIN CONDOLENCES TO THE.
NUMEROUS FAMILIES WITHIN YOUR
COMMUNITY WHO ARE SUFFERING LOSS
OF THEIR LOVED ONES.
SENATOR STERN.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
WHEN THOUSAND OAKS LOST KERI
LYNN GALVIN.
MORE WAS LOST IN JUST A MOTHER.
AND A WIFE.
A WOMAN WHO MET HER HUSBAND
JUSTIN ITS SEAMY VALLEY HIGH
SCHOOL BUT THEY DIDN'T FALL IN
LOVE UNTIL AFTER HE SERVED IN
THE MARINES.
THREE KIDS PAISLEY ROMAN IN
PAXTON.
COUNTED ON THEIR MOTHER TO GO TO
DISNEYLAND EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
JUST LIKE HER FATHER DID FOR HER
AND HER SISTER WHEN THEY WERE
YOUNG.
HER SISTER LOST A FIERCE
PROTECTOR.
HER COLLEAGUES BOSS A WARM
HEART.
AND ALL OF US LOS PIECE OF
OURSELVES.
NGUYEN SEAMY VALLEY LOS SUSAN
SMITH.
DURING THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT.
HER FAMILY ZACHARY DEVIN IN ROSS
HER HUSBAND.
DIDN'T JUST LOSE THEIR MOTHER
AND THEIR WIFE BUT VISTA
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LOST THE
ENTIRE HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SUSAN RAN THE OFFICE IN THERE.
AND EVERYBODY KNEW SUSAN SMITH.
AS A BUT IF YOU DIDN'T OR FROM
SCHOOL YOU KNEW HER FROM HER
CLASSES IT GOT A DANCE.
BECAUSE SHE WENT WITH A TON OF
ENTHUSIASM. FIFTY THREE YEARS
OLD AFTER WORK EVERY DAY WENT
DANCING.
WHEN SHE WASN'T DANCING SHE WAS
SCRAPBOOKING WITH HER FRIENDS.
.
TRAVELING AND GARDENING THIS IS
THE KIND OF PERSON WHO TIED TO
COMMUNION TOGETHER SO WE.
WE HAD A A PIECE OF OURSELVES
RIPPED OUT THAT DAY IN.
HONORED TO ADJOURN IN HER
MEMORY.
CAROLINE GALVIN'S MEMBER
THANK.
THANK YOU SENATOR STERN AND
AGAIN CONDOLENCES TO THOSE
FAMILIES SUFFERING SUCH
EXCRUCIATING LOS.
SENATOR STONE.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
AND COLLEAGUES A PROBABLY STAND
IN HONOR OF HANNAH EHLERS WHO
WAS THIRTY FOUR YEARS OLD AND
LEAVES BEHIND A LOVING HUSBAND
THREE YOUNG CHILDREN. AND A
COMMUNITY IN BEAUMONT THAT LOVED
HER AS MUCH AS A AS IT SHOULD
SHE LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS THEY
LOVED HER.
HER LIFE WAS CUT SHORT BY A
DERANGED KILLER AND THE FRIEND
SHE HELPED WILL MISS HER.
AND ALWAYS WITH HER SMILE THAT
SOME OF SAID COULD LIGHT UP THE
WORLD. MAYHEM EHLERS REST IN
PEACE.
THANK YOU SENATOR STONE AND
CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THIS
BODY PLEASED TO HER FAMILY.
SENATOR WILL.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT TODAY
I RISE TO DURING THE MEMORY
THREE RESIDENTS OF THE TWENTY
FIRST SENATE DISTRICT. JOHN
FIFTH BEEN MELISSA.
RAMIREZ AND JENNIFER PARKS.
JOHN FIFTH AT PIPPIN AGE FIFTY
SIX THE SENATE CREDO WAS THE
FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN HIS
YOUNGEST IS A SOPHOMORE CANYON
HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE WHO KNEW HIM
DESCRIBE HIM IT'S FRIENDLY
FAMILY ORIENTED IN A CHURCH
GOING MAN. OUR COMMUNITY CAME
TOGETHER FOR A BARBECUE TO RAISE
FUNDS FOR THE FAMILY HUNDREDS
CAME OUT TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS
AND WALLETS IN SUPPORT OF JON'S
FAMILY. MELISSA RAMIREZ WAS A
TWENTY SIX YEAR OLD WOMAN
ORIGINALLY FROM LITTLE ROCK
WHICH IS A COMMUNITY IN THE
ADULT VALLEY.
SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED HER
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION FROM C. ISSUE
BAKERSFIELD. BY ALL ACCOUNTS
MELISSA WAS ADMIRED FOR KINDNESS
GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT AND
COMMITMENT TO OUR FAMILY.
JENNIFER PARKS TO LANCASTER WAS
A THIRTY SIX YEAR OLD WIFE AND
MOTHER OF TWO. SHE WAS A BELOVED
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND
VOLLEYBALL COACH
SHE WAS DESCRIBED AS A SPARK
PLUG FULL OF VITALITY AND DRIVE.
I HAD THE HONOR TO SPEND TIME
WITH JENNIFER'S HUSBAND BOBBY
HER TWO CHILDREN AND EXTENDED
FAMILY. THROUGH THEIR FATE
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN
THEMSELVES THROUGH THE AFTERMATH
I WAS IN AWE OF THEIR
GRACIOUSNESS IN THEIR SENSE OF
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE
DONE A HORRIBLE BLOW TO THE
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF JOHN
MELISSA AND JENNIFER. AND NOT
ONLY DEPRIVE HIM OF THE OF LOVE
OF THEIR LOVED ONES BUT OF ALL
OF THE I POD OF ALL OF THOSE THE
GOODNESS VITALITY IN KIND UC'S
INDIVIDUALS OFFERED TO OUR
COMMUNITY. WE MAY NEVER KNOW
WHAT INSPIRED THE EVIL THAT
TRANSPIRED ON THAT FATEFUL DAY.
BUT WE WILL ALWAYS KNOW THE VOID
LEFT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR
HEARTS FROM THE WAKE OF THAT
SENSELESS ACT.
MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES GO TO THE
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF JOHN
MELISSA AND JENNIFER.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR WILK AND AGAIN
CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THIS
BODY.
TO ALL OF THOSE WHO LOST LOVED
ONES IN THE TRAGIC EVENTS
SENATOR DAILY ON ABOUT PRESIDENT
OF WE HEARD VERY.
ELOQUENT STATEMENTS OF BOTH
FROM REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS ALL
UNITED AS CALIFORNIANS AND AS
AMERICANS TO. HONOR THE LIVES OF
THESE THIRTY FOUR SOULS THESE
INCREDIBLE CALIFORNIANS WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES.
DURING THIS.
UNFORTUNATE TRAGIC SAD MASSACRE
IN LAS VEGAS OF LAST YEAR IN
OCTOBER. I'M TAKEN OPPORTUNITIES
SO WE CAN HONOR THESE OF THE
MEMORIES OF THE THIRTY FOUR
CALIFORNIANS BY RISING. AND
TAKING A MOMENT OF SILENCE
.
THANK YOU ALL AND OF COURSE A
VERY SAD MOMENT.
FOR THE COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY
FOR THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE WILL OF
MOVE TO PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
ATTORNEY PRIVILEGES OF THE
FLOOR.
SINGING HEARING NONE. MESSAGES
FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL BE DEEMED
READ MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY
WILL BE DEEMED BRENT REPORTS OF
COMMITTEE WILL BE DEEMED FRED.
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED UNDER
MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES.
WITHOUT OBJECTION JOINT RULE
SIXTY TWO A WILL BE WAY FOR THE
RULES COMMITTEE TO MEET ON
THURSDAY JANUARY FOURTH TWENTY
EIGHTEEN. WITHOUT FOUR DAYS
NOTICE IN THE FILE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION THE SENATE
JOURNALS FOR JANUARY THIRD AND
FOURTH TWENTY EIGHTEEN WILL BE
APPROVED AS CORRECTED. BY THE
MINUTE CLERK.
WHEN THE INTRODUCTION AND FIRST
READING OF BILLS THEY WILL BE
DEEMED THE RENT.
RETURNING TO PROMOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS.
SENATOR MITCHELL.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I
REQUEST THAT WE MOVE ASSEMBLY
BILL ONE TWENTY SEVEN TO THE
INACTIVE FILE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE
THE ORDER ANY OTHER MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS.
THIS IS THE TIME TO ADDRESS
ADJOURNED IN MEMORY MOTIONS.
CALLING SO I KNOW THAT DURING
THE.
PRECEDING SEVERAL MONTHS THERE
HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF.
INDIVIDUALS WHOSE.
LIVES HAVE ENDED AN FOR WHICH WE
NOW SEEK TO MEMORIALIZE.
WE WILL START WITH.
SENATOR WIENER. TO ADJOURN IN
MEMORY. OF SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR
ED LEE.
SENATOR WIENER.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT OUR
COLLEAGUES.
LAST MONTH.
THE THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
OF. SENSOR A VERY VERY TRAGIC
WAY LOST.
R. MAYOR THE FORTY THIRD MAYOR
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
ED LEE.
THIS IS A HUGE LOSS OF FOR OUR
CITY.
SHOES OFF FOR ME PERSONALLY AS
MAYOR LEE WAS.
IN ADDITION TO BEING MY
CONSTITUENT BOTH OF THE SENATOR
AND AS A SUPERVISOR.
WE LIVE CLOSE BY.
HE WAS.
FRIENDS.
ID I WAS SWORN IN TO THE SAN
FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
IN JANUARY OF TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN.
AND A FEW DAYS LATER.
AT LEE BECAME MAYOR SO WE CAME
INTO OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME.
BOB. MAYOR LEAVE BECAME MAYOR OF
SAN FRANCISCO WE'RE STILL AT
ABOUT TEN PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.
AND COMING OUT OF THE RECESSION.
I AND IF YOU FAST FORWARD OVER
THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
GONE TO ABOUT THREE PERCENT
UNEMPLOYMENT WITH A MASSIVE
HOUSING CRISIS.
I'VE VERY VERY EXCITING YET
CHALLENGING TIME IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA AND
MANY PARTS OF CALIFORNIA. BUT
ESPECIALLY INSAN FRANCISCO.
AND AT LEE.
WAS OUR LEADER. THROUGH THAT
PERIOD OF TIME.
AND HE WAS NOT SOMEONE WHO.
EVER SOUGHT PUBLIC OFFICE
I LIVE WAS NOT A POLITICIAN AND
SOMETIMES FOR THOSE OF US WHO
WERE OP POLITICIANS WORKING CITY
HALL IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE WE'RE USED TO DEALING
WITH OTHER PEOPLE WERE VERY.
POLITICAL AYE HE WITH SOMEONE
WHO IS A CAREER.
FIRST COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
AND THEN A CAREER CIVIL SERVANT
WHO BECAME MAYOR. WHO WAS
APPOINTED AND THEN RE ELECTED?
AND HAD NEVER SOUGHT PUBLIC
OFFICE AND THAT'S HOW HE.
LET. AYE IT WASN'T YOU KNOW
WHERE WE PRODUCE A LOT OF MAYORS
IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH REALLY
OUTSIZED PERSONALITIES
WITHOUT A CRITICIZED CRITICISM
OF ANYONE'S SAYS.
HOW WE ROLL? AYE ED LEE WAS THE
COMPLETE OPPOSITE ONE OF THE
MOST UNASSUMING KIND LOW KEY
PEOPLE YOU WOULD EVER.
EVER WORKED WITH OR DEAL WITH IT
WAS NOT ABOUT THE LIMELIGHT FOR
HIM IT WAS NOT ABOUT PUBLICITY
AND HE GOT BEATEN UP A LOT AS
MAYOR IN PART BECAUSE HE WASN'T.
ON THE ALWAYS WORKING THE PRESS
HE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE
JOB. DONE.
BY ED LEE WAS.
BORN SEATTLE AND GREW UP IN
PUBLIC HOUSING THE SON OF LOW
INCOME IMMIGRANTS ARE FROM
CHINA.
LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO HE BEGAN
HIS CAREER.
REPRESENTING TENANTS IN PUBLIC
HOUSING WHO ARE BEING TREATED
HORRIBLY IN SAN FRANCISCO BACK
TELL HE GOT ITS START WORKING
FOR SOME OF THE MOST
MARGINALIZED MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
HE CAME IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
OUR.
WORKING AT OUR HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
ACTIVE CITY PURCHASER THEN
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THAN
OTHER CITY ADMINISTRATOR AYE
NEWMAN GAVIN NEWSOM WAS ELECTED
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CREATING A
VACANCY. I'M THE OFFICE OF MAYOR
OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
APPOINTED MERRILY OUGHT TO FILL
THAT ROLE.
I I HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY SINCE
HIS DEATH AND ALL SICK AND TEN
YOU SIRE. BUT ALTHOUGH HE
DOESN'T GET THE CREDIT HE
DESERVES ON HOUSING.
ED LEE I BELIEVE WILL GO DOWN
IN HISTORY AS THE MOST PRO
HOUSING.
MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
CITY.
BY HE IS SOMEONE WHO.
SAYS CARED SO PASSIONATELY
ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO.
AND.
IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S A LOSS IT
IS A LOSS TO OUR CITY. I WON.
SEND MY SINCEREST CONDOLENCES.
THOUGHT TO HIS A WIDOW I NEED
ONLY TO HIS DAUGHTERS BRIANNA
AND TIME YEAH.
AND TO ALL OF MY OUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE AS WE GRIEVE
THE LOSS OF OUR MAYOR. THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR WINNER OF
COURSE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF
CALIFORNIA OUR CONDOLENCES TO.
THE FAMILY AND TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE GREAT CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
UP BEFORE WE GO ON COULD WEEKEND
SORT OF.
GET SOME WARMER AIR HE IN THIS
INSTITUTION AND OFFENDING ONE
ALSO SUFFERING FROM HYPOTHERMIA.
THANK YOU ALL RIGHT.
APPRECIATE THAT.
BOB WE WILL MOVE AT THIS POINT.
TO SENATOR MORE LOCK TO RETURN
IN MEMORY OF FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE. MARCH FONG YOU MAY
CAqADA MORE THEN I'LL TRY TO
PROVIDE SOME WARM AIR.
WITHOUT DOUBT.
I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN.
MEMORY OF MARCH FONG YOU WHO WAS
BORN IN NINETEEN TWENTY TWO IN
IS AN ICON OF CALIFORNIA
POLITICAL HISTORY. AS A
PIONEERING ASIAN AMERICAN IN
CALIFORNIA POLITICS THE LA TIMES
REFERRED TO HER. THAT SHE HAD
CLIMB THE RUNS OF EDUCATION
PLOWED THROUGH THE HIGH BRESCIA
POLITICS.
AND BECAME THE FIRST CHINESE
AMERICAN TO HOLD THE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE IN
CALIFORNIA WHEN SHE WAS ELECTED
SECRETARY OF STATE. THE FIRST
WOMAN TO HOLD THAT OFFICE.
A POTENT SYMBOL OF WOMANHOOD AND
PERSISTENCE THROUGH HER LIFE.
YOU DIED THURSDAY DECEMBER
TWENTY FIRST MY BIRTHDAY.
IN THE CITY OF IRVINE.
FOLLOWING SURGERY AFTER FALLING
AT HER HOME SHE WAS NINETY FIVE.
YEARS OLD.
AFTER SERVING FOUR TERMS IN THE
STATE ASSEMBLY FROM NINETEEN
SIXTY SIX TO NINETEEN SEVENTY
FOUR.
YOU WROTE INTO THE HEADLINES
WITH HER POPULOUS CAMPAIGN.
THE BAND PAY TOILETS.
FROM PUBLIC BUILDINGS WHICH SHE
SAID SYMBOLIZED THE SECOND CLASS
TREATMENT OF WOMEN.
WHO WOULD BE LEFT FUMBLING FOR
POCKET CHANGE IN THEIR PURSES?
JUST TO USE A BATHROOM.
SHE RECEIVE THE HIGHEST VOTE
TOTAL.
EVER AT THAT TIME FOR A
STATEWIDE POLITICIAN.
TO BECOME THE STATE'S CHIEF
ELECTIONS OFFICER AND KEEPER OF
BUSINESS AND ARCHIVAL RECORDS
SHE WAS UNBEATABLE FOR THE NEXT
FOUR ELECTIONS.
DURING HER TWENTY YEAR TENURE
YOU INSTITUTED VOTER
REGISTRATION BY MAIL. AND GOT
FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR LEGISLATION
ALLOWING VOTERS TO REGISTER AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES.
YOU TECHNICALLY BECAME THE
STATE'S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR.
IF ONLY FOR A DAY.
IN NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX WHEN ALL
THE OTHER STATE OFFICIALS.
IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION WERE
OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
MY EARLY CAREER MARCH FONG YOU
WAS UBIQUITOUS.
AS SECRETARY STATE YOU ARE ALSO
DEAL WITH ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION SO ALL THE WORK
ALL THE DOCUMENTS FOR ALL MY
CLIENTS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
HOLLYWOOD SEE ALL THE TIME WAS
MARCH FONG YOU.
I NEVER MET MARCH FONG YOU I DID
NOT KNOW HER PERSONALLY SHE'S A
RESIDENT OF MY DISTRICT. BUT I
KNEW HERS ADOPTED SON MATT FONG.
MATT FUND AND I BOTH MET EACH
OTHER IN NINETEEN NINETY FOR.
IN THE SPRING WHEN WE WERE BOTH
RUNNING FOR TREASURER HE WAS
RUNNING FOR STATE TREASURER NOW
IS RUNNING FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
AND THEN AFTER THE BANKRUPTCY WE
WORK TOGETHER.
CLOSELY HERE IN SACRAMENTO AN
ORANGE COUNTY. SHE IS.
I REGRETFULLY HE PASSED AWAY.
AFTER BATTLING CANCER IN TWENTY
ELEVEN.
BRANCH MARCH FONG YOU IS
SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER SU YEN.
AND WE WANT TO REMEMBER.
HEARD OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
SAYS AN INCREDIBLE A SUCCESS
STORY IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT THANK
YOU SENATOR MORE LUCK ON THIS
ADJOURNED IN MEMORY SENATOR PAN
FOLLOWED BY SENATOR NIELSEN
SENATOR PAINE. THANK YOU.
MADAM PRESIDENT SENATORS.
ON BEHALF OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS.
I'LL SO RICE IN TURN MEMBER
ACTUALLY THE LOSS OF TWO VERY
IMPORTANT API LEADERS HERE'S THE
CALIFORNIA AND I WANT TO THANK
MY.
GOOD FRIENDS.
THE STATE SENATOR FROM SPECIFIC
CISCO AND CENTER FOR COSTA MESA
FOR RECOGNIZING BOTH MAYOR ED
LEE AND.
MARCH.
PHONED YOU.
.
NO MUCH FUN YOU WAS AN
INSPIRATION.
TO THE API COMMUNITY AS WELL AS.
HER.
LANDMARK ROLE AS A WOMAN.
BEING THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL
OFFICER OF FEMALE CONSTITUTION
OFFICERS SERVE IN THE.
IN CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO IS THE
FIRST CHINESE AMERICAN TO SERVE
AS A CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER.
AS WELL. SHE WAS CTUALLY BORN
ISSUES MORE NINETEEN TWENTY TWO
AND I THINK THE PORTENTS TO
REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE.
AT THAT TIME WHEN SHE WAS BORN.
WE HAD A LOT HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES SAYING THAT ANYONE OF.
HER.
ETHNIC GOT HER NATIONALITY
COULDN'T IMMIGRATE TO THIS
COUNTRY.
NAY THAT THE CHINESE EXCLUSION
ACT WAS IN PLACE.
SHE WAS A THIRD GENERATION
CALIFORNIANS SO HER FAMILY HAD
COME BEFORE. AYE SHE HAD BEEN.
ACTUALLY HER PARENTS OPERATE A
LAUNDRY BUSINESS.
DATES SO I THINK YOU YOU SAID
THAT YOU IS BORN OF BEHIND THE
LAUNDRY. AND NOW THEY WORKED
EXTREMELY HARD AND WHEN SHE GREW
UP SHE WANT BE A SCIENTIST BUT
SHE WAS TOLD. OF THE WOMAN YOU
CAN'T DO THAT.
SO SHE DIED BUT YOU CAN PURSUED
HER INTEREST BECAME A DENTAL
HYGIENISTS GOT A DOCTOR
EDUCATION WORK TIRED.
AND IS THE LEADER THEN DECIDE
TO ENTER POLITICS
AND THE AND SERVE THE IS I ONE
OF THE FEW WOMEN IN THE STATE
ASSEMBLY AND THEN. AND THEN RAN
FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
SO.
SHE CERTAINLY A TRAILBLAZER.
WHO?
IS SOMEONE DATA.
AS.
NO LED THE WAY THAT THAT THAT
MANY OTHER ATI AND IN WOMEN.
HOPEFULLY ARCH.
HAVE IT'S BROKEN THE CEILINGS OF
FOR THEM TO FOLLOW. AND THAT I
JUST WANT OF PARTICULAR
RECOGNIZE HER ACTIVISM FOR
EQUALITY IN SPEARHEADING
INNOVATIVE IDEAS A SECRETARY OF
STATE FOR HER SERVICE FOR WOMEN
AND ASIAN AMERICANS.
SO HOPE WE CAN.
.
SHARE OUR CONDOLENCES TO MARCH
YOU OFTEN USE FAMILY AND HER
LASTING LEGACY TODAY PI
COMMUNITY. ALSO JUST WANT TO
BRIEFLY I KNOW THAT MY GOOD
FRIEND FRANCISCO ALSO RECOGNIZE
THAT LEAVES THE FIRST CHINESE
AMERICAN EVEN THOUGH THE HISTORY
OF CHINESE AMERICANS IN
CALIFORNIA. GOES BACK TO THE
GOLD RUSH DAYS WAS THE FIRST
CHANGE AMERICAN. MERIT SAN
FRANCISCO SO IT'S AMAZING THAT
WE ARE LOSING PEOPLE WHO ARE
FIRSTS.
NOW.
MORE DbN.
BUT HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS LATER
FROM THE TIME WHERE.
PEOPLE THAT OUR HERITAGE CAME
TO THIS STATE UP SO TREMENDOUS
LOSS AND I APPRECIATE US
ATTORNEY MEMORY OF BOTH OF THEM
THINK.
THANK YOU SENATOR PAN SENATOR
NIELSEN.
RESIDENT NOT STORING PRESENT
LADY JONES SAID I WOULD LIKE TO.
HONOR MARCH FONG YOU AS WELL.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE PLEASURE OF
SERVING WITH HER. BUT DURING HER
YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND THE SENT
IN LEADERSHIP.
WE GOT VERY WELL ACQUAINTED.
IT WAS A GOOD FRIEND AND
SUPPORTER. OVER SON MATT PHONE.
I SPEAK NOT JUST ON MY OWN
BEHALF BUT ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION.
AN ORGANIZATION THAT I HELPED CO
FOUND MY WIFE IS A NATIONAL VICE
PRESIDENT NOW OF THAT
ORGANIZATION.
WITHOUT OF THAT OF THAT FIFTEEN
YEARS AGO.
TO BE AN ORGANIZATION TO GET
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS MORE
INVOLVED IN LEADERSHIP.
NOT JUST YOU.
OUR PROGRAMS ARE FOR. FOR THE
YOUTH THE SCHOLARSHIP THE
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM OFFERED THE
YOUTH.
BUT WE HAVE A VOTER FORM EVERY
YEAR.
INVOLVES ALL ETHNICITIES.
THE PARTICULARLY TO.
UP LEFT UP LEADERS
OF THE API COMMUNITY.
MARCH FONG YOU PREDATED THE PAPA
BY MANY YEARS.
SHE BLAZED THE TRAIL.
OF THE NAY ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER.
LEADER.
I'M REMINDED OF ANOTHER ONE
NAMED PAUL BUT NINE. HE WON THE
DEMOCRATIC SEAT.
TWENTY PERCENT THE. REPUBLICAN
YEARS AGO HE WAS ANOTHER BLAZING
A TRAIL BLAZER.
BUT OUGHT MARCH LONG YOU.
THOUGH DEMOCRAT.
NEVER EVER.
WAS ANYTHING LESS THAN
BIPARTISAN.
IN THE CONDUCT OF HER
LEADERSHIP.
AND HOW SHE WAS AS A PERSON.
A KIND AND CARING PERSON.
WE WILL GREATLY MISS HER.
AND I'M HONORED TO BE APART. OF
RECOGNIZING MARCH PHONE YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR NELSON AND ALL
SENATORS MARCH FOR NEW WAS
INDEED A.
A TRAILBLAZER ON BEHALF OF NOT
ONLY ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS BUT
FOR WOMEN AS WELL SO.
WE DO HONOR HER MEMORY.
THANK YOU SENATOR LEYVA.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS
THAT I ELSE THAT WE ADJOURN
TODAY IN THE MEMORY OF LAWRENCE
LARRY FALL SAY. A DEPUTY WITH
THE SAN ARENA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT.
LARRY IS REMEMBERED AS AN
HONORABLE MAN WHO SERVED HIS
COUNTRY FIRST IN THE ARMY. AND
THEN WORK FOR THIRTY SIX YEARS
WITH THE SAN MEDINA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
LARRY PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY
JANUARY SECOND AFTER SUCCUMBING
TO INJURIES SUSTAINED AN ATTACK
ON SUNDAY DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST.
TODAY THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE STANDS WITH THE FALL
FAMILY AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS THEY
MOURNED THEIR TREMENDOUS LOSS.
FOLLOWING LARRY'S PASSING.
I WOULD JUST ALSO LIKE TO THINK.
HIM FOR HIS THIRTY SIX YEARS OF
KEEPING US ALL SAFE AND SAN
MARINO COUNTY. AND LET US ALL
JUST REMEMBER THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT PUT THEMSELVES OUT
THERE FOR ALL OF US EACH AND
EVERY DAY AT THEIR OWN PERSONAL
RISK.
PLEASE A JR A PLEASE JOIN ME IN
ADJOURNING IN HIS MEMORY.
THANK YOU SENATOR LEYVA.
SENATOR MITCHELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT AND I.
LIKE TO JOIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES
IN MEMORIALIZING YET ANOTHER
DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIAN WHO
SERVE THE PUBLIC ARE IN ELECTED
OFFICE.
ON AND THAT WOULD BE FORMER LA
CITY COUNCILMAN DAVE CUNNINGHAM.
ALL CUNNINGHAM WAS BORN IN
CHICAGO ILLINOIS BUT CERTAINLY
ADOPTED CALIFORNIA AS HIS HOME.
HE WAS THE TALL GREGARIOUS MAN
WITH AN INFECTIOUS LAUGH WHO
REALLY HAD A FASCINATING
PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC OFFICE
HE WAS AN AIRFORCE
CRYPTOGRAPHER.
A QUARREL FELLOW FOR ASSEMBLYMAN
CHARLES WARREN.
BUT MANAGER FOR THE DUQUESNE
CORPORATION NIGERIA.
A MANAGER FOR HUGHES AIRCRAFT IN
LA ANY HAD ITS OWN CONSULTING
FIRM KNOWN AS THE DAVE
CUNNINGHAM ASSOCIATES IT WAS A
POLITICAL CONSULTANT IN LOBBYING
FIRM.
MANY YOU MAY HAVE MET DAVE.
DURING THE TIME THAT HE WAS THE
VERY PROUD PRESIDENT OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE UC
RIVERSIDE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND
THE THIRD THING THAT.
A PATH WE PROFESSIONALLY FROM
TWENTY TEN TO TWENTY ELEVEN BUT
HE WAS A LONG TIME HIGHLANDER
SUPPORTER.
CUNNINGHAM WAS ELECTED TO THE LA
CITY COUNCIL BACK IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY THREE AT THE AGE OF
THIRTY EIGHT.
AW IT WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION IN
THE WAS ELECTED TO SUCCEED. A
NAME THAT WILL BE FAMILIAR TO
ALL OF YOU TOM BRADLEY WAS ONE
BRADLEY UM GRANDE SUCCESSFULLY
TO BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES.
HE REPRESENTED PROBABLY THE
TENTH COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR JUST
OVER FIFTEEN YEARS.
WHEN HE RAN FOR HIS FIRST
REELECTION IN NINETEEN SEVENTY
FIVE THE MEDIA DESCRIBES HIM.
AS BEING ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING
THE CITY OF THE COUNCIL'S MOST
PROMINENT LIBERAL.
A LABEL THAT HE WORE PROUDLY.
THEY FURTHER SAID THAT HE GOT
CONSISTENTLY HIGH MARKS FROM
CLEAN AIR GROUPS THIS IS THE
SEVENTIES MIND YOU.
AND HE WAS PUBLICLY ARE HE
PUBLICLY BATTLED FOR FLORIDA
NATION IN OUR WATER. AND A BAN
ON OIL DRILLING IN THE SENATE
MONICA BAY.
HE'S ALSO.
SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
CUT OFF FUNDING FOR LA UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THEY
DESEGREGATED THEIR SCHOOLS.
CUNNINGHAM AND I FEARED MANY
LAUGHS OVER THE YEARS I ENJOYED
HANGING OUT WITH MISTER
CUNNINGHAM HE WAS A CONSTITUENT
HE LIVED TWO BLOCKS FOR ME.
BECAUSE I'M A STUDENT OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HE WAS A
GREAT STORYTELLER.
HIS FUNERAL SERVICE IN AN OF
ITSELF WAS A TRUE HISTORY LESSON
AND ALL THINGS BLACK POLITICS IN
CALIFORNIA.
CUNNINGHAM AND I HAD THREE
THINGS IN COMMON.
WE WERE BOTH HIGHLANDERS.
CORAL ALARM AND WE LOVE OUR
CITY.
WE LOVE OUR CITY ENOUGH TO SERVE
AS SERVICE TO HER.
AND AGAIN WHILE LOS ANGELES WITH
HIS ADOPTED HOME HE GAVE FOR
ALL.
HE HAD OVER THE YEARS.
HE DID THAT TO MAKE HER BETTER
FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE TENTH
COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND I AND THEY WILL FOR EVER BE
IN HIS DEBT AS A RESULT.
COLLEAGUES AYE ACID YOU JOIN ME
IN THE JURY ROOM IN MEMORY OF
COUNCILMAN RETIRED DAVID
CUNNINGHAM.
THANK YOU SENATOR MITCHELL
PLEASE BRING COUNCILMEMBER
CUNNINGHAM SAME FORWARDS WILL BE
ME PROPERLY MEMORIALIZE HIM.
SENATOR HANNAH BETH JACKSON.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT AND
COLLEAGUES ANY IF YOU ARE A
MYSTERY.
BOOK LOVERS YOU KNOW THAT A IS
FOR ALIBI.
BE IS FOR BURGLAR.
SHE IS FOR GUMSHOE W. IS FOR
WASTED.
AND WHY. IS FOR YESTERDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE WILL BE NO
SEE.
BECAUSE THE GREAT AUTHOR.
AND BEST SELLING DETECTIVE
NOVELIST SUE GRAFTON PASSED AWAY
ON DECEMBER TWENTY EIGHTH OF
THIS YEAR THIS PAST YEAR.
FOLLOWING A TWO YEAR BATTLE WITH
CANCER.
SUE WAS SIR A SHIRO FOR THE
PEOPLE OF SANTA BARBARA AS WELL
AS MYSTERY LOVERS AND
PARTICULARLY.
OF THOSE WHO LOVED SEEING OF
STRONG TOUGH OUTRAGE IS SMART
FEMALE PROTAGONIST AS THE KEY
FOCUS OF GREAT MYSTERY WRITING.
HER FAMOUS ALPHABET SERIES OF
BOOKS IS SET IN THE FICTIONAL
TOWN OF SANTA TERESA WHICH UP
UNTIL JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE SANTA
BARBARA.
A I WONDER HOW THE BOOK WOULD
READ AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE
WHICH.
HAS SIR BECOME THE THOMAS FOR
WHICH HAS BECOME THE LARGEST
FIRE IN HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
BURNING GREAT AREAS THAT. MAY
VERY WELL HAVE BEEN A LOCATIONS
FOR SOME OF THE GREAT TALES THAT
SHE TOLD.
A SHE ARM WAS A RESIDENT OF
MONTECITO.
A COMMUNITY SHE LOVED AND CALLED
HOME.
SHE FEATURED THIS PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR KINSEY MALONE. OF
HER PROTAGONIST AT A TIME WHEN
CRIME NOVELS CHARACTERS AND
AUTHORS WERE PREDOMINANTLY MALE.
SUE AND HER OLDER SISTER AND
THOUGH GREW UP IN LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY.
HER FATHER WORKED IN THE
MUNICIPAL BOND LAR AREA HER
MOTHER WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
CHEMISTRY TEACHER.
NOVELS WERE A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR
HER. HER FATHER WAS ALSO A
DETECTIVE NOVELIST BY NIGHT.
AND HE WAS HER FIRST EDITOR.
TEACHING HER TO WRITE IN
GROOMING HER TO BECOME THE
EXTRAORDINARY NOVELIST THAT SHE
BECAME.
BEFORE A SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST
THOUGH SHE WROTE SCREENPLAYS FOR
TELEVISION FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN
YEARS.
BY THE TIME SHE GOT TO JI FOR
GUM SHOE IN HER ALPHABET SERIES
SHE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO QUIT
YOUR DAY JOB.
AND WRITE FULL TIME.
HER NOVELS HAVE SINCE BEEN
PUBLISHED IN TWENTY EIGHT
COUNTRIES AND IN TWENTY SIX
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND
STEVE HOME FREE HER SISTER AND
HER DAUGHTER STREAMING LESLIE
HER SON J. FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS
AND A GREAT GRANDSON.
SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY
THE COMMUNITY OF SANTA BARBARA
SHE WAS A STRONG BUT QUIET. AND
A AWESOME PRESENCE.
IN THE INTEGRITY SHE HAD FOR THE
WORK SHE DID SHE WOULD NEVER
ALLOW THESE NOVELS TO BE TURNED
INTO MOVIES BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
WANT THEM TO BE COMPROMISED. IN
ANY WAY AND WHEN YOU THINKABOUT
THE VALUE OF THOSE BOOKS AS.
A INTO MOVIES HER CLEARLY YOU
SAW THE INTEGRITY IN THE VALUES
THAT THIS WOMAN HAD AND SHARED
WITH HER MILLIONS OF FANS.
AROUND THE WORLD I WOULD ASK
THAT YOU JOIN ME IN ADJOURNING
IN MEMORY.
OF SUE GRAFTON AND THE Z. BOOK
THAT WILL NEVER. BE WRITTEN.
THANK YOU SIR HABITS ARE HERS
PLEASE BRING MUCH GRAFTON'S IN
FORWARD.
NEXT WE HAVE SENATOR ANDERSON.
SENATOR GALGIANI.
TODAY I RISE TO ADJOURN IN
MEMORY OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PATROL OFFICER ANDREW CAMEL
LARRY. FATHER OF THREE FROM
TRACY WHO WAS KILLED ON
CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE LINE OF
DUTY WHILE ON PATROL ON HIGHWAY.
AND I EIGHTY AND HE WORD. HE HAD
BEEN ON PATROL FOR DRUNKEN
IMPAIRED DRIVERS AS PART OF A
CHRISTMAS EVE MAXIMUM
ENFORCEMENT EFFORT WHEN HE WAS
KILLED. HE PARTICULARLY LOOK
FORWARD TO THESE ASSIGNMENTS.
BOND FOR SENATE PERSONNEL FROM
AS FAR AS FLORIDA GATHERED TO
SAY GOODBYE TO HIM IT THEN HIS
LIFELONG DREAM TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.
AND WHILE HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL
HE SERVED IN THE EXPLORER
PROGRAM.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE
ROSANNA.
AND TWO YEARS OLD HIS PARENTS A
BROTHER AND SISTER. PLEASE
ENJOYING JOIN ME IN ADJOURNING
IN THE MEMORY OF OFFICER ANDREW
CAMEL LARRY.
THANK YOU SENATOR GALGIANI AND
AGAIN PLEASE EXTEND OUR
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND IF
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY
MEMORIALIZE HIS MEMORY.
SENATOR STERN TO ADJOURNED IN
MEMORY OF MY
GRANDMOTHER.
DOORS MATOS.
WHO PASSED AWAY?
?
TWO DAYS AGO.
AND A.
AS SAD IS.
THE PASSING OF ONE'S LOVE ONE
IS.
IT WAS ACTUALLY.
.
PEACEFUL.
AND IN SOME WAYS.
A CELL ADVERTORIALS XIN.
BECAUSE VERY RARELY IN LIFE YOU
HAVE
A PASSING.
THAT FEELS IN SOME SENSE JUST
AND A LIFE IT FEELS.
IF YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY LIFE IS
COMPLETE COMPLETE.
SHE LIVED.
SO SO BIG.
IN FOR NINETY FIVE YEARS SHE DID
IT.
I LIVED WITH HER FOR A FEW OF
THOSE YEARS AFTER LAW SCHOOL AND
ACTUALLY AFTER COLLEGE I WAS.
THE* LIVING IN HER BASEMENT.
.
FIRST IS A TEACHER IN WASHINGTON
AND THEN AS A.
A YOUNG STAFFER ON THE HILL.
BOAT I WOULD COME HOME LATE
AFTERWORK AND SIT. WITH HER IN
EITHER SLICE OF PIE AND.
TALKING.
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT TIME.
YOU KNOW.
TIME IS THE THING THAT IS STOLEN
FROM SO MANY OF US IN.
THOSE LIVES WE'VE.
ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF TODAY SO
MANY ARE UNJUST AND AND.
I I JUST AYE I FELT SUCH A
PROFOUND SENSE OF OF OF PURPOSE
IN TRYING TO BRING HER MEMORY
FOR TODAY BECAUSE HER LEGACY.
IS RELEVANT TODAY SHE WAS THE
FIRST.
I DEPARTMENT STORE MANAGER AT
BULLOCKS
IN LOS ANGELES.
WHO WAS A WOMAN?
SO SHE MANAGED PERSONNEL HR AT
BULLOCKS.
IN NINETEEN FORTY NINE.
WOMEN DIDN'T MANAGE HR IN
DEPARTMENT STORES IN NINETEEN
FORTY NINE.
WOMEN WORKED REALLY THE BOSSES
OF MEN IN NINETEEN FORTY NINE.
AND WOMEN DIDN'T USUALLY FIREMEN
IN NINETEEN FORTY NINE BUT MY
GRANDMOTHER DID.
MY GRANDMOTHER DID.
AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS TOUGH.
AND MY GRANDMOTHER.
HAD TO DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF
CRAP.
IT KNOW WALKING DOWN THE HALLS
IN AVOIDING.
NOT GLANCE SIR.
SOMEONE AT THE WORK PLAY STORE.
ALL THE THINGS THAT STILL FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE HERE TODAY BUT BACK
THEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO
GO TO.
AND YOU JUST HAD TO.
HAVE A SPINE TO STEAL AND
DIGNITY SHARP ELBOWS.
KIND OF INTELLIGENCE
TWENTY UC BERKELEY GRADUATE IN
NINETEEN FORTY FIVE.
SHE GREW UP.
SMALL TOWN MET MY GRANDFATHER
AND THEY WALK TO SCHOOL EVERY
MORNING THEY TOOK NAPS TOGETHER
IN KINDERGARTEN OUT ON THEIR
TATAMI MATS.
HEY WORD. LITTLE KIDS LIVING IN
CALIFORNIA.
I I AM.
SO INSPIRED BY DORIS MATOS IN
HER LIFE AND LEGACY. AND I
WANTED TO BE THERE WITH HER WITH
MY MOTHER.
AND HER SISTERS.
BUT MY GRANDMOTHER RIFF WE
INSISTED.
THAT I COME TO SACRAMENTO.
YOU KNOW WE KNEW SHE WAS IN
HOSPICE FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.
WE NEW IS COMING BUT HE SAID YOU
HAVE A JOB TO DO.
SO TODAY ONE ADJOURNED IN
MEMORY.
MY GRANDMOTHER AND NEEDS
THE JOB THAT I HAVE TO DO THAT
WE ALL HAVE TO DO.
FOR THESE GENERATIONS BEFORE US.
THANK YOU.
I THINK IT'S HER STERN.
PLEASE
BRING HER NAME FORWARD.
CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FAMILY.
ANY FURTHER.
MOTIONS TO ADJOURN.
XING IN HEARING NONE IF THERE'S
NO OTHER BUSINESS SENATOR DAILY
ON. THE DESK IS CLEAR PICTURE
MUCH.
META PRESENT OUR COLLEAGUES
HAVE A WONDERFUL SAFE AND
PRODUCTIVE A WEEKEND WITH YOUR
CONSTITUENTS WITH YOUR FAMILY
WITH YOU LOVE ONCE.
WE WILL OR RECONVENED AT TWO
O'CLOCK ON MONDAY FOR THE
MEMBERS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE
FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE RULES
COMMITTEE.
WE DO HAVE A RULES COMMITTEE
HEARING UPON THE GERMANS.
IN THE THIRTY ONE NINETY WHAT.
THIRTY ONE NINETY ONE WITH THAT
THEY CARE MUCH ABOUT PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU SENATOR DAILY ON THE
DEBT THE SENATE WILL BE IN
RECESS UNTIL THREE THIRTY AT
WHICH TIME THE ADJOURNMENT
MOTION WILL BE MADE. WE WILL
RECONVENE MONDAY. AT TWO PM