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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
HERE WITH YOU I'M HONORED TO BE
HERE AND SPECIAL THANKS TO
SENATOR. BRADFORD FOR THE
INVITATION LET US PRAY.
TO YOU LORD WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR
ANOTHER DAY TO LIVE AND TO
SERVE.
GIVING HONOR UNTO YOUR NAME.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY AN
OPPORTUNITY. TO REMEMBER THE
LEGACY.
AND DREAM OF YOUR SERVANT DOCTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.
GRANT S. TODAY THE GRACE AS YOU
DID DOCTOR KING.
TO DISCERN RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND JUSTICE
AND EQUITY.
AND EVERY GOOD COURSE.
ALIGN OUR HEARTS AND ACTIONS
WITH THAT OF YOUR SON.
THAT WE HAVE NOT COME TO BE
SERVED
BUT TO SERVE.
I PRAY FOR EACH AND EVERYONE
ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY. THAT THE
LABOR OF THEIR HANDS
WOULD IN THE WORDS OF DOCTOR
KING PRODUCE.
OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN OF DESPAIR.
A STONE OF HOPE.
BLESS THOSE HERE TODAY TO
COLLABORATE.
THE LEGISLATIVE.
TO DO JUSTICE
AND TO SO FOR THOSE WHO SENT
THEM.
UPON THIS STONE OF HOPE.
GIVE US HOPE LOWER TODAY.
HOPE FOR TOMORROW.
HOPE TO LIVE THE DREAM.
IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN AMEN THANK YOU.
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BUT AND AS WE ENTER THE
IMPORTANT WEEKEND CELEBRATING
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARTIN
LUTHER KNG JUNIOR. OUT WE ARE
GRATEFUL. UP FOR HIS WORK AND WE
NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS GREAT
NATION IS A COUNTRY OF
IMMIGRANTS. AND IT'S OUR
DIVERSITY THAT MAKES AMERICA A
BEACON OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
MILLIONS ACROSS THIS PLANET.
THE LEAD THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE'S RECOGNITION OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY WE TURN
THE FLOOR OVER TO SENATOR
BRADFORD. AS WELL AS SENATOR
MITCHELL CENTER BRADFORD THE
FLOOR IS YOURS SIR.
WELL I APOLOGIZE HIS SIX A
PLEASE READ MY THAT.
WARY AT THAT WOULD ONLY PROLONG.
SENATE CONCURRENT SOLUTION
EIGHTY FIVE BY SENATOR BRADFORD
RELATIVE TO REVEREND DOCTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.
CENTER BRADFORD.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT AND
TODAY I RISE IN RECOGNITION OF A
GREAT.
AMERICAN A GREAT WORLD LEAVE
YOUR LEADER. IN THE PERSON OF DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AS I STAND HERE TODAY I REFLECT
UPON.
THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ALL MY
LIFE.
BUT THE MOST MEMORABLE.
TIME.
WAS.
THE DAY OF HIS
SERVICES.
AS EIGHT YEAR OLD I SAT ON THE
COUCH.
WITH MY SISTER WATCHING THE TV.
NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING WHO
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS AT
THAT TIME.
BUT I WAS WATCHING THE TV
BECAUSE MY FATHER ALONG WITH
MANY OF HIS FRIENDS.
BOARDED A PLANE AND WENT TO
ATLANTA TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL.
AND IT EIGHT YEARS SO I HAD NO
IDEA THAT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WOULD BE AT ABERDEEN IS A
BAPTIST CHURCH LET ALONE A
HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.
IN ATLANTA.
BLUE TO THE TV COSTLY SAM WORDS
MY FATHER ARIA'S NOW VARIAS.
AND PROBABLY NEVER SEEN ON.
BUT I LEARNED THAT DAY AFTER
THREE HOURS OF T WHAT IMPACT
THIS MAN HAD ON AMERICA WHAT
IMPACT THIS MAN HAD ON THE
WORLD.
IT MUST BE NOTED THAT DOCTOR
KING.
IF YOU WOULD ALL BE ALIVE TODAY
WE WILL BE CELEBRATING. HIS
EIGHTY INTH BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY.
WHAT'S SO STRIKING IS THAT
DOCTOR KING WAS KILLED AT THIRTY
NINE.
I ASKED ALL OF US TO THINK
ABOUT.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE OR WHAT WE DID
BY THE TIME WE WERE THIRTY NINE?
THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON
THIS WORLD. DOCTOR KING OFTEN
STATED.
IT'S NOT HOW LONG YOU LIVE THAT
MATTERS BUT HOW YOU LIVE I THINK
WE'LL GET ALL ATTACHED CITY
LIVED A LIFE OF COURAGE.
OF LEADERSHIP OF SACRIFICE.
HE LIVED THE LIFE OF LAW.
DOCTOR KING OFTEN STATED THE
MOST URGENT AND PERSISTENT
QUESTION THAT WE FACE OR WHAT WE
DOING FOR OTHERS.
I ASKED US TODAY AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN THIS CHAMBER WHAT
ARE WE DOING FOR OTHERS NOT FOR
OURSELVES NOT FOR POLITICAL
CAREERS BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING
FOR OTHERS.
WE ALL STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING.
MANY WANT TO ONLY REFLECT UPON.
I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.
WHAT IF YOU KNEW THAT WAS NOT
HIS ORIGINAL SPEECH THAT DAY?
HE WAS THERE TO SPEAK ON CIVIL
RIGHTS IN VOTING RIGHTS AND IF
IT WASN'T FOR MY HELL YOU
JACKSON. AN AUDIENCE TELMO ABOUT
THE DREAM MARTIN.
TELL ME ABOUT THE DREAM.
ANY CHANGE COURSE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT SPEECH.
SPEAK TO I HAVE A DREAM. BUT DR
KING'S LIFE WAS MORE THAN JUST A
DREAM ITS REALITY BUT IF HE WAS
HERE TODAY HE WOULD CHALLENGES
TO SAY. HOW WE?
ACHIEVE THAT DREAM AND WE'D ALL
HAVE TO SAY NO.
AND I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED.
AT THE WORD SICK CAME OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY I WOULD
ONLY A MATCHING. WHAT DOCTOR
KING WOULD SAY ABOUT THOSE WORDS
DOCTOR KING'S STATE WE ALL?
P. MEN ON DIFFERENT SHIPS.
BUT WERE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.
AND THAT IS TRUE FAR IMMIGRANT
POPULATION REGARDLESS OF WHERE
THEY COME.
THE FINE.
OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS LAND OF
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO AS A INDIVIDUAL WHO.
BROUGH UP.
IDOLIZING DOCTOR KIDDING I'M
HONORED TO.
STAND HERE TODAY IN PRESENT THIS
PRESENT LUCIEN. BUT I WOULD LIKE
TO US TO REFLECT UPON THE FACT
THAT. DR KING'S BIRTHDAY IS NOT
A DAY OFF.
IT SHOULD BE A DAY ON.
TO BE A DAY OF SERVICE TO OUR
COMMUNITY BUT IT SHOULD BE ONE
DAY IT SHOULD BE EACH AND EVERY
DAY OF OUR LIVES WE SHOULD
STRIVE. THAT LIVE A LIFE THAT'S
WORTH NOTING.
WE HAVE TO ALSO REMEMBER DOCTOR
KING GRADUATED MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
AT NINETEEN.
RECEIVED A PHD AT TWENTY SIX.
WHILE THERE.
ARE AND IT RECEIVED OVER FOUR
HUNDRED. AWARDS.
AND WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
AND HE DONATED ALL THE MONEY.
WHICH WOULD BE TODAY'S VALUE.
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO THE CALLS TO SOUTHERN
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
TARGETING DIED A POOR MAN A POOR
POPPER.
BUT HE STATED WHEN USED PREACH
MY FAVORITE FUNERAL DON'T TALK
ABOUT ALL THE WARS THAT I'VE
RECEIVED.
DON'T TALK ABOUT THE P. HD DON'T
TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT.
I DON'T HAVE USES I WILL LEAVE
MY FAMILY WITH NO MONEY.
BUT TALK ABOUT THE GOOD IDEA SAY
THAT I TRY TO HELP THE HOMELESS
BUT I TRY TO FEED TO HOME ARE
HUNGRY.
THAT I TRY TO DO RIGHT. AND GIVE
GOD'S LOVE IN EACH AND EVERY
MINUTE REMAIN ON THIS PLANET SO.
I STAND HERE TODAY AND I ASKED
YOU TO.
JOIN ME.
AND VOTING AYE ON SENATE
RESOLUTION EIGHTY FIVE IN
REMEMBRANCE OF DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH SOONER
BRADFORD WONDERFUL JOB SIR.
LIKE SEE IF THERE'S ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE CENTER
MARLA.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT I
RISE IN SUPPORT OF AT SEA R.
EIGHTY FIVE.
I WOULD DEBT ALSO LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE ALL CALIFORNIANS TO GO
TO MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.
THIS IS THE FIFTIETH
ANNIVERSARY.
OF THE ASSASSINATION.
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS
MUSEUM IS.
AN INCREDIBLE.
PLACE TO VISIT THE COMPLEX
INCLUDES THE.
LORRAINE MOTEL.
SO. ON THIS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
WE SHOULD.
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT GO TO
TENNESSEE.
VISIT.
THIS INCREDIBLE MUSEUM.
ITS SOLEMN IT'S IMPACTING.
AND TAKE A TOUR.
TO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
THAT MY COLLEAGUE.
FROM GUARDINO HAS SO SO
ELOQUENTLY STATED.
SO WITH THAT AYE ENCOURAGES
STRONG AYE VOTE THANK YOU MISTER
PRESIDENT HE CENTER MORE LUCK
WERE TO GO TO SENATOR FULLER
SENATOR PAN IN SENATOR MITCHELL.
PRESIDENT MEMBERS TODAY. I RISE
TO SUPPORT SCR EIGHTY FIVE.
IN HONOR OF THE LATE DOCTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
WE CHOSE TO MARK. DOCTOR RUTH
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S AMAZING
WORK ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
I HOPE WHILE THE REST OF US HAVE
SOME SMALL THING.
BUT WE CAN MARK ON OUR BIRTHDAY.
THAT EVEN THOUGH WE STAND IN THE
SHADOW WE DID SOMETHING HERE.
THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES THE
COMMITMENT AND THE WORK THAT HE
DID.
AS A LIFELONG EDUCATOR I SHARE
WITH YOU FIRST HAND.
BUT DR LOUIS MARTIN LUTHER
KING'S.
DREAM LIVES ON.
AND THAT THE KIDS IN THE
FAMILIES WILL BE CELEBRATING AND
THINKING ABOUT THIS.
AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR
OUR NATION.
AND AS A SUPERINTENDENT OVER SUN
MANY MANY ACTIVITIES THE MAYBE
FEEL PROUD AND HELPED ME
REMEMBER.
THAT HISTORY MAKES THE FUTURE.
ESPECIALLY IN DOCTOR KING'S.
MEMORY.
SAID TODAY I THINK.
CENTER BRADFORD FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD AND THE BLACK
CAUCUS FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
AND FOR REMINDING ALL OF THIS.
OF OUR DUTY AND WHAT WE SHOULD
BE DOING AND HOW WE SHOULD TRY
TO SHAPE THE FUTURE.
SO THAT OUR KIDS.
WILL REMEMBER BUT WE. BARELY
COULD UNDERSTAND IT EIGHT AND IN
MY CASE EIGHTEEN.
AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A BETTER
WORLD AND A BETTER CALIFORNIA
THANK YOU.
I. THINK YOU CENTER FULLER
CENTER PAN.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENTE
SENATORS AYE TO.
RISE ON BEHALF OF THE ASIAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS.
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE SEA
ARE A FIVE NOW I THINK MY GOOD
FRIEND FROM GUARDINO FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S TRULY AN HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE TO JOIN ALL OF YOU
TODAY RECOGNIZING DARDEN DOCTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR AND
ICONIC VISIONARY LEADER FOR
JUSTICE YOU CHANGE OUR COUNTRY.
AND OUR HISTORY FOR THE BETTER.
IN TODAY'S REFLECTS ON AN HONOR
DR KING'S WORK. HE HAS INSPIRED
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS
AND COMMUNITIES OF DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS ORGANIZED MOVE
FORWARD. FOR A BETTER WORLD AND
THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES.
OUR OWN API COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE LEADERS LIKE DOCTOR CAME
TO THANK ISSUES AMONG THOSE WHO
IGNITED THE FIRED INSPIRED CIVIL
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SUCH AS YURI.
YURI CUT YOU MAMA AND HER FIGHT
FOR TRUTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS
WELL AS GRACEFULLY BOX FAMOUSLY
HELPED ORGANIZE DR KING'S WALK
TO FREEDOM. IN NINETEEN SIXTY
THREE IN DETROIT.
SPEECH THAT SPOKE OF UNITY
RESPECT AND HOPE.
IN NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE THE
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS
LEAGUE MEMBERS AND FORMER
ATTORNEY TODD ENDO JOIN DOCTOR
KING THIS MARXISTS IN SELMA AND
SUPPORT OF VOTING RIGHTS.
FIFTY YEARS LATER AND TWENTY
FIFTEEN JCL MEMBERS WERE
INSPIRED TO VISIT SELMA ONCE
AGAIN IN COMMEMORATION OF DR
KING'S CONTRIBUTIONS.
IN THESE TIMES WHERE HOPE IS SO
ESSENTIAL TO PROGRESS.
WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL.
BEYOND MEASURE
THE DOCTOR KING.
FOR HIS LIFETIME COMMITMENT AND
DEDICATION TO JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY.
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CARRY
ON HIS WORK.
TO INSURE THAT WE UPHOLD OUR
VALUES AS CALIFORNIANS AS
AMERICANS.
SO I URGE AN AYE VOTE ON THIS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MEASURE TO
HONOR DOCTOR KING'S LIFE AND
WORK AND WE NEED TO KNOWLEDGE
VOTE FOR THIS. RESOLUTION WE
ALSO NEED TO DEDICATE OURSELVES
TO CONTINUING THOSE VALUES
THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU CENTER PAY PRETTY
GOOD OF SENATOR ATKINS.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT I
RISE ALSO IN SUPPORT OF.
AS C. R. EIGHTY FIVE TODAY I
JUST HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
YOU KNOW IN SAN DIEGO EVERY
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. WE HAVE
A AND ALL PEOPLES BREAKFAST.
AND EVERY TIME I GO IT'S LIKE A
THREE OR FOUR HOUR IN YOU KNOW
EVENT IT'S REMINDS ME OF CHURCH
WHERE I GREW UP IN SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA. BUT WHAT WHAT I COME
OUT WITH AYE. ON THAT DAY.
IS I AM ALWAYS SO INSPIRED YOU
KNOW IT'S A MONDAY AND YOU GO
EARLY AND YOU'RE LIKE.
YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING YOUR TO DO
LIST AND I GET THERE.
AND I SETTLE IN AND I'M INSPIRED
EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND I ALWAYS HAVE THE SALT WHICH
IS. GOSH I HOPE THIS FEELING OF
INSPIRATION THAT SORT OF
OVERCOMES ME. HOW MANY DAYS OF
THE YEAR MOVING FORWARD CAN I
MAKE THAT INSPIRATION LAST?
BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN
INCREDIBLE THING AND LIKE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM CSTA MESA.
MENTIONED.
MEMPHIS.
I YOU KNOW MY SISTER LIVES
THERE.
AND DIE AYE YEARS AGO WHEN I
MADE MY FIRST TRIP TO MEMPHIS
AFTER THE FAMILY HAD MOVED BACK
THERE. MY NEPHEW WAS FOUR. AND
HE WANTED TO SHOW ME EVERYTHING
HE KNEW WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT.
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A GREAT
WARRIOR.
AND HE KEY LIKE TO FIGHT AND I
SAID WELL HONEY.
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A IT WAS
WAS.
PEACEFUL MAN
AND HE LOOKED AT ME AS IF I HAD
LOST MY YOU KNOW LIKE I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND HE SAID HE WAS A
WARRIOR FOR PEACE.
AT AGE FOUR AND I NEVER FORGOT
THAT IS WE VISITED THE LORRAINE
HOTEL AND.
.
I IT IS THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
AND WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS THERE TO
SUPPORT THE SANITATION WORKERS.
AND AND HIS FIGHT AS MY
COLLEAGUE MENTIONED FOR
EDUCATION AND HOW IMPORTANT.
THAT IS FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE
OUR GREATEST ASSET.
HE HAD A MESSAGE OF INCOME
INEQUALITY AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS
THERE TO SUPPORT THE SANITATION
WORKERS. AND I THINK EVEN TODAY
AS MY COLLEAGUE. AYE IN HIS
OPENING REMARKS TALKED ABOUT
HAVE WE. HAVE WE ARRIVED HAVE WE
GAINED SUCCESS WE KNOW THAT WE
STILL STAND. OUT EVERY DAY
WORKING ON LEGISLATION THAT
HELPS TO CREATE INCOME EQUALITY.
FOR ALL AND SO WE DO HAVE WORK
TO DO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
WEEKEND ON SUNDAY AS A MEMBER OF
THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
THE HRC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
SPONSORS A DAY OF SERVICE ALSO
THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. AND ON
SUNDAY I WILL JOIN HRC AYE IN AN
EFFORT TO COLLECT.
.
ITEMS FOR HOMELESS LGBT YOUTH.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUNDAY.
FOR THE DAY OF SERVICE AND OUR
WONDERFUL MARTIN LUTHER KING
PARADE THAT DAY AND THEN MONDAY
TO BE INSPIRED AND I JUST. RISE
TO SUPPORT THIS AND HOPE THAT AS
WE COME BACK NEXT WEEK. BUT THE
INSPIRATION WE GAIN THROUGHOUT
THIS WEEK AND ON MONDAY WHAT
HOWEVER WE CHOOSE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES TO CELEBRATE THIS
DAY. THAT WE COME BACK WITH A
WITH A HEART READY TO DO THE
WORK.
I THAT OUR COLLEAGUE OUTLINED IN
HIS OPENING COMMENTS ABOUT.
THE WORK THAT WE HAVE YET TO DO
TO HONOR TO TRULY HONORED THE
SPIRIT OF A GREAT MAN. THANK YOU
FOR LETTING ME SAY A FEW WORDS
MISTER PRESIDENT. REGRETFUL
CENTER ATKINS THANK YOU SO MUCH
THAT'S GOING TO CENTER HUESO.
THANK MUST MISS PRESIDENT AS THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE. CALIFORNIA
LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS SALES
TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF A SEA R.
EIGHTY FIVE. HONORING MARTIN
LUTHER THE GREAT.
LAKE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING.
YOU KNOW OF IT THIS THIS
RESOLUTION AND THE FIFTIETH
ANNIVERSARY COULDN'T COME.
AT A AT OF MORE PRO I'M.
MORE PERFECT TIME IN HISTORY
MINISTER CHALET IN OUR OWN
COUNTRY.
WHEN.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ARE
STRUGGLING.
WITH OF THIS THIS COUNTRY'S
ADMINISTRATION.
YOU KNOW OF RACISM KILLED MARTIN
LUTHER KING AND UNFORTUNATELY
RACISM R. COUNTRY'S CONTINUING
TO KILL PEOPLE.
THAT'S SAD TO SEE THAT THE.
LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY'S PRIMARY
AGENDA.
TO VILIFY PEOPLE OF COLOR ALL
OVER THE WORLD. AND WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITIES A VERY SAD TIME.
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT THIS ISN'T UP IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT
AND REMEMBER.
AND TO LEARN ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT
HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND BY AND
INSPIRE.
SEC SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF
LEADERS THERE NOW OF FIGHTING
FOR THAT BECAUSE OF MAKING
GAINS.
AND STILL PUSHING BACK.
INFIGHTING AND HOPEFULLY.
YEAH A LITTLE THE TEACHING. THE
NEXT GENERATION.
THAT THAT WERE RACISM ONLY
KILLS.
IT ONLY HURTS MAME'S.
IT DESTROYS OUR ECONOMY IT TEARS
FABRIC OF SOCIETY.
AND THERE'S SHOULD BE NO PLACE
FOR IT AND OUR COUNTRY.
NO I.
SHOULD.
SHOULD REFLECT ON THIS AND DO
THEIR PART. TO HELP INSPIRE THE
NEXT GENERATION NOT TO BE LIKE
THE PREVIOUS ONE ALSO AN ATTACK
THANK.
ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ACROSS
THE STATE THAT ARE ORGANIZING
CELEBRATIONS.
YOU KNOW THIS IS VERY HARD WORK
BUT THEY DO A.
A WONDERFUL JOB.
AT.
.
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER ON A
COMMON MESSAGE AND CONTINUING.
TO.
.
TEACH AN IMPORTANT LESSON. ABOUT
TOLERANCE AND EMBRACING
DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CENTER HUESO.
BURGER SENATOR GAINES PLEASE.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS
OF AFFECTS THEIR BRADFORD FOR.
BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY AND.
.
BUT OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT TO
EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH ABOUT A
DECADE AGO.
AND.
.
A VOICE ARE CONSIDERED MARTIN
LUTHER KING TO BE.
A HERO.
IN AMERICAN HISTORY IN WHAT HE
DID TO TRANSFORM.
OUR NATION.
AND DOING IT IN A
UNCONVENTIONAL WAY.
I ENTERED THE CHAT CHALLENGING
THE CULTURE AND CHALLENGING THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
AND NOT DOING IT TO VIOLENCE.
DO YOU TO PROTEST PEACEFUL
PROTEST
AND IT WAS A CONSTANT THEME THAT
HE HAD.
THROUGH HIS LIFE AND.
IT'S COUNTER TO I THINK OUR.
KIND OF CARNAL HUMAN.
A APPROACH TO HOW WE ADDRESS.
CHALLENGES.
IN OUR COUNTRY.
.
AND IT WAS IT WAS INDUSTRY IT
STRUCK ME IN TERMS OF HIS.
SUCCESS THAT HIS MAIN MESSAGE
RESONATED.
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROMOTING
PEACE.
WALL.
BEING WILLING TO GIVE HIS LIFE.
BEING WILLING TO BE ARRESTED.
PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE.
AND WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THAT
LIFE AND WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN
THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IT.
APPEARS TO ME VERY CHRIST LIKE
IN TERMS OF HIS APPROACH TO HIS
LIFE HERE.
HOW ON EARTH?
AND.
.
AND YET.
.
HOW CAN HOW CAN WE EVER
APPROACH?
REALLY WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO
ACHIEVE IN HIS SHORT LIFE HERE.
BUT SOMETHING I THINK WE STRIVE
FOR.
.
I FIX A.
MY COLLEAGUE FROM KERN COUNTY
IT.
YOU MENTION THAT IF WE COULD
EVEN DO SOMETHING.
SMALL IN TERMS OF ACHIEVEMENT.
THAT WOULD HAVE LASTING IMPACT.
THAT.
.
YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE
SHOULD ALL WISHING OR HOPE FOR
SELF THANK YOU. SHAPES AND
AGAINST THINK IT'S MUCH.
I WOULD GO TO SENATOR MITCHELL
PLEASE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MISTER PRESIDENT I WANNA.
I THINK MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR
BRADFORD FOR BRINGING FORTH S.
C. R. EIGHTY FIVE.
FOR ALL OF US.
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR
BIRTH.
SENATOR RADFORD HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU.
SACRAMENTO HAS A UNIQUE WAY THAT
THEY HONOR DOCTOR KING IT'S
CALLED MLK THREE SIXTY FIVE.
WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CELEBRATE
IN ACKNOWLEDGE DOCTOR KING
EVERYDAY NOT SIMPLY ON THE
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH.
AND WHILE I CERTAINLY SUPPORT
ALL OF OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION
EFFORTS A RESPONSIBILITY I WOULD
ARGUE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TRAVEL TO MEMPHIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO HIS
MONUMENT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TRAVEL. TO THE NATIONAL AFTER
AMERICAN MUSEUM ALTHOUGH THOSE
ARE GREAT PLACES TO VISIT.
I'VE BEEN TO THE MALL YOU'LL SEE
THE MONUMENT ON THE VIDEO WE'RE
ABOUT TO SHOW BRIEFLY.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT YOU COULD
STAY RIGHT HERE IN THE GREAT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA PERHAPS IN
SOME OF YOUR VERY OWN DISTRICTS.
BRIEFLY AND SHORT TIME I'LL
INTRODUCE YOU TO A YOUNG MAN
WHO'S THE CURATOR AT OUR VERY
OWN CALIFORNIA. AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM RIGHT IN THE GREAT
THIRTIES DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES
IT'S OUR OWN FATE FACILITY.
THAT CURATES AND HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING CULTURE
AND INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE TO
ALL OF US
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
AND SPECIFICALLY HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
SO WE CAN DO OUR OWN HOMEWORK
RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN STATE.
NOT ONLY IS THIS THE FIFTIETH
ANNIVERSARY OF. THAT DARK DAY IN
APRIL WHEN DOCTOR KING WAS
ASSASSINATED IT'S ALSO THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POOR
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN. AND I'M GOING
TO USE THIS WEEKEND AS A LAUNCH.
OUR AS I JOIN WITH THE LOS
ANGELES ORGANIZERS OF THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY THE POOR
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN TO ORGANIZE
AND DOCTOR KING DID.
FROM THE STREETS IN THE STREETS.
TO GALVANIZE A BROADER.
TRUE BIG TENT COALITION.
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FALLING
VICTIM.
TO THIS NATION'S POLICIES THAT
IS DECIDED TO CRIMINALIZE POOR
PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW.
MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN DIEGO
TALKED ABOUT FEELING INSPIRED
WHEN SHE ATTENDS THE DOCTOR KING
EVENTS AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT
FOR ME INSPIRATION IS HARD TO
COME BY THESE DAYS.
AND SO AS I THOUGHT ABOUT.
THIS WEEKEND'S ACTIVITIES I
THOUGHT ABOUT.
WHAT NEW I COULD PULL FROM THE
HISTORY LESSONS IN HISTORY BOOKS
ABOUT ABOUT DOCTOR KING?
I BEGAN TO REALLY THINK ABOUT
WHY HE WAS TAKEN FROM US.
AND WHAT FUELS ARE CURRENT
DEBATE AND DIALOGUE AROUND RACE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND. I HAVE CONCLUDED IN AND
FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE.
BUT HE WAS ASSASSINATED BECAUSE
HE WAS DEEMED A THREAT.
DR KING IF YOU SEEN IMAGES AND
PICTURES OF HIM YOU KNOW HE WAS
IN ALARGE MAN IN STATURE I
DON'T THINK HE CLEARED SIX FEET.
SO HE WASN'T PERCEIVED AS A
PHYSICAL THREAT.
HE WAS FEARED.
BASED ON A FAR MORE DEADLY
WEAPON. THAT HE POSSESSED.
AND THAT WAS HIS INTELLECTUAL
CAPACITY.
HOW MANY OF US WOULD BE?
PERCEIVED AS A THREAT FOR OUR
OWN INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY.
AND SO I HOPE.
THAT AS WE COMMIT OURSELVES AS
WE GO INTO OUR DISTRICTS THIS
WEEKEND AND PARTICIPATE IN
MARCHES AND GO TO BREAKFAST.
THAT WE NOT MISUSE AND ABUSE THE
WORDS OF DOCTOR KING THAT WE NOT
EXTRAPOLATE A SENTENCE OR TWO
FROM ONE SPEECH THAT HE GAVE
THROUGHOUT HIS VERY SHORT
LIFETIME OF THIRTY NINE YEARS.
BUT THAT WE DIG DEEP.
THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES.
OUR COLLEAGUES ARE ELECTED
OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
WORDS THEY SPEAK.
THE WE HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF
EXPECTATION IN TERMS OF THE
INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY OF THE
PEOPLE WE ELECT TO LEAD THIS
GREAT NATION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IN HONOR OF DR
KING. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT NOT
ONLY WILL YOU SUPPORT SCR EIGHTY
FIVE. BUT THAT YOU WILL DO THE
SAME.
WHEN FORWARDS CINEMA TO THINK
YOU.
WE LIKE TO BE RETURNED BACK OVER
TO CENTER BRADFORD FOR CLOSE.
THE GROUP'S PRESIDENT AND I WANT
TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
WHO ADDED THEIR VOICES
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THOSE
WHO.
REALLY EMBRACE WHAT DOCTOR KING
STOOD FOR AND STILL STAND FOR
TWO DAYS.
SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT HISTORY.
DOCTOR KING OFTEN STATED AGAIN.
WE'RE NOT MAKERS OF HISTORY WERE
MADE BY HISTORY.
AND I HOPE WE UNDERSTAND THAT
WE'RE NOT MAKERS OF HISTORY WERE
MADE. BY HISTORIES.
THEY ALSO SAID. THE TIME IS
ALWAYS RIGHT.
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU.
NOT ONLY AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID
EMBRACE.
HIS IDEALS AND PRINCIPLES.
ON MONDAY BUT IF WE CAN EMBRACE
HIS IDEALS SUS PRINCIPLES.
HIS WORK.
ON A DAILY BASIS
BECAUSE WE WOULD MAKE NOT ONLY
THIS COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE.
BUT THIS WORLD AS WELL.
AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM LA STATED A
DOCTOR KING WAS ASSASSINATED.
FOR HIS INTELLECT BUT HE ALSO
WAS TARGETED BECAUSE OF HIS
OUTSPOKENNESS ON THE WAR ON
VIETNAM.
A UNJUST WAR THAT WE STILL DEAL
WITH TODAY OF HOW ON JUST THAT
WAR WS BUT HE HIT THE COURAGE
TO TARA CHEN I GOTTA TAKE ON.
UNPOPULAR. CAUSES.
AND HOW MANY OF US ARE WILLING
TO TAKE ON UNPOPULAR CAUSES.
ON YOUR DESKS YOU WILL HAVE A.
BLOCK.
THAT OUR WE'RE GIVING IN HONOR
OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING. BUT
INSIDE OF IT IT'S AN INSCRIPTION
R. QUOTE FROM DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING AND IT STATES
WE WILL REMEMBER NOT.
THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES.
BUT TO SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS
I WOULD ASK MY FRIENDS THAT WE
NO LONGER STADIUMS VIOLENCE ON
THEN JUST JUSTICES OF THIS
COUNTRY.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AYE VOTE
ON ESEA SCR EIGHTY FIVE.
MICKEY SO MUCH SOONER BRADFORD.
WE'LL BE TAKING TO VOTE WERE
THEN GOING TO TURN TO FOR BACK
OVER TO CENTER BRADFORD FOR AN
INTRODUCTION OF INSPIRING VIDEO.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE AYE
DOINGS RECOGNITIONS
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN.
ANDERSON.
ATKINS.
I BATES.
BY BILL. AYE BERRYHILL.
BRADFORD. AYE CANNELLA.
I DAILY OWN.
DODD.
I FULLER.
BY GAINES.
BY GALGIANI.
I GLAZER. AYE HERNANDEZ.
HERTZBERG.
I.
HILL. AYE HUESO. AYE JACKSON.
LARA.
LEYVA.
BY MCGUIRE. AYE MENDOZA.
MITCHELL.
I MONEY.
AYE-MOORLACH I'M RAIL.
I NEWMAN.
I NGUYEN.
I NIELSEN.
PAN.
I PORTANTINO.
I ROTH.
I SKINNER.
STERN.
STONE.
I VIDAK. AYE WIECKOWSKI.
I WIENER.
BY WILK.
SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS.
ALLEN.
ANDERSON.
BERRYHILL. DAILY OWN.
HERNANDEZ.
JACKSON.
LOTTE.
MENDOZA.
NIELSEN STERN. WILK. AYE AYE
WILK AYE.
EYES TWENTY NINE. OH.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
ALLEN.
ANDERSON.
BERRYHILL.
DE LEON.
HERNANDEZ.
JACKSON.
LARA.
I.
MENDOZA NIELSEN
SKINNER STERN.
I.
THIRTY KNOWS ZERO THE RESOLUTION
IS ADOPTED.
CENTER BRADFORD.
VIDEO PROHIBITIVE AYE I MEAN
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A VIDEO THAT
THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS.
PUT TOGETHER AND.
PAYNE TRIBUTE TO DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING SO WE THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS
VIDEO AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CENTER
BRADFORD MEMBERS GIVE US A FEW
SECONDS IN WE'RE GOING TO I GET
THE VIDEO STARTED.
MME INGRAINED AT MEMORY OF
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING. WHAT
STUFF? BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
FIRST TIME I'VE EVER WITNESSED
MY FATHER CRYING. IT A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT. ON MY
CHILDHOOD FROM THERE ESPECIALLY.
AS WE MOVE TO THE CITY OF
VIRGINIA. IN NINETEEN SIXTY NINE
JUST A YEAR AFTER HIS JOB AND WE
WERE THE FIRST BLACK FAMILY. ON
OUR STREET AND WE REMEMBER I
REMEMBER. THOSE WHO WELCOMED US
BUT THOSE WHO LOOK AT US WITH
GREAT DISDAIN ITEM OF THE
MARGINAL WASHINGTON I REMEMBER
THE THRONGS OF PEOPLE AND ALL
THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT.
ALSO REMEMBER HIS DEATH.
IN SUCH A DE
HURT THE.
COMMITTED TO MAKING.
DRAIN WOULD NOT.
TO LIVE.
STORIES THAT.
FATHER SURE ABOUT HIS.
ESTES SAID.
INEQUALITY.
YEARS AGO BUT THOSE SAME ISSUES
ARE WITH US TODAY MY PARENTS
WILL RECEIVE THEIR IN THE
AIRFORCE MY FATHER WAS.
STATION IN FRANCE I WAS BORN
THE TALK ABOUT THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT WHAT DOCTOR KING HELPED
CONTRIBUTE TO. HOW CAME ABOUT IT
WOULD HAPPEN THEY WERE SO HAPPY?
GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH DIDN'T
HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THAT WAS
SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE DIED IN
FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND HOW SHE ALWAYS VOTE AND HOW
IMPORTANT IT WAS WHEN I VISITED
THE NATIONAL MONUMENT I WAS
BROUGHT BACK TO A SPEECH I
REMEMBER READING OF DOCTOR KING
SIT. WITH ENTITLED WHERE DO WE
GO FROM HERE WITH HIS LAST
SPEECH HE DELIVERED TO THE
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE.
FOR IT'S A. IN THE SPEECH HE
DRAWS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN
POWER AND LOVE.
IT WHAT HE SAYS IS WHAT'S NEEDED
IS THE REALIZATION THAT.
POWER WITHOUT LOVE THIS RECKLESS
AND ABUSIVE AND LOVE WITHOUT
POWER IS SINCE MIDDLE AND AND IN
THE MAIN
POWER AT ITS BEST DR KING SAYS
IS LOVE IMPLEMENTING THE DEMANDS
OF JUSTICE. AND JUSTICE AT ITS
BEST ITS POWER CORRECTING
EVERYTHING THAT STANDS AGAINST
LOW.
.
WHAT I REMEMBER MOST OF ALL
GROWING UP WHAT'S?
IS THAT WE WALK THROUGH THE
DOOR.
OUR FAMILY HOME.
BEFORE YOU SAW ANYTHING ELSE
THE TV THE FURNITURE YOU SAW
THREE PICTURES.
AND IT WAS SIGNIFICANT NOT ONLY
AM I HOPE IT WAS REPRESENTED IN
OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES
AND THAT WAS A PICTURE DOCTOR
ARE THE KING.
JOHN F. KENNEDY.
JESUS.
AND WHEN WE CAME HOME.
THOSE ARE THREE PICTURES WE SAW.
WHEN WE LEFT THE HOME.
THOSE ARE THREE PICTURES WE SAW
IT AS A YOUNG MAN I WATCHED
MANY.
SPEECHES BY DOCTOR KING AND
PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY THE I
AM TRIMS SPEECH I THINK I'VE
SEEN TO HUNT.
DECIDED NOW I CAN GIVE IT NOW
AND I THINK IT HAS STAYED WITH
ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.
AND THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND I CAN
THINK OF NO.
PUBLIC
FIGURE WHO'S HAD MORE IMPACT ON
ME.
ENDING UP IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
MILDLY FORMERLY ROCK NINE
TONIGHT THIS INTEGRATED SUCH A
HIGH SCHOOL NINETY.
SEVEN.
FOLLOW IS ALWAYS TOLD ABOUT
THEIR STRUGGLES AND STRUGGLES OF
OUR PEOPLE.
BUT MORE BOARD.
MY FAMILY TOLD US ABOUT THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WITH DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING AND FROM THAT DAY.
MY FAMILY IS IN IN THE FISCAL
PART AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
AND I'VE BEEN.
SOMEONE WHO.
HAS TO BE
PART THE DISTRICT RIGHTS
MOVEMENT BECAUSE THAT IS PART
OUT OF PART OF MY LEGACY. THAT
IS WHAT I HAVE TO GIVE BACK IS
BECAUSE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING
LIVE MEMORY OF DOCTOR KING IS
MORE ABOUT MY MOTHER. A FEW
WEEKS BEFORE HE DIED.
HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS DESIRE FOR
HER TO BE IN CONGRESS.
AND WHAT GREAT POSSIBILITY SHE
BROUGHT TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA SO ON MY DESK I KEEP
THE PICTURE. OF MY MOTHER AND
DOCTOR KING AND IT REMINDS ME
EVERY DAY OF HOW. LUCKY I AM TO
GET TO WALK ON THE GREEN CARPET.
HOW IMPORTANT MY BEING THERE IS
NOT JUST TO MY COMMUNITY?
BUT TO MY DAUGHTER. WHO
HOPEFULLY NOT UNLIKE MY MOM WAS
AN ASSEMBLYMEMBER I AM NOW ON
THE CARPET AND AND?
EVEN IN LIGHT OF THE CLAIMANT
TODAY WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR MY
CHILD'S DOCTOR KING CAME TO
PASADENA FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST
CHURCH.
THAT I REMEMBER AS A CHILD. THE
LINE STRETCHING OUT THE CHURCH
AND AROUND THE CORNER MY MOM
HELD MY HAND IN MY BROTHERS AND
SEE.
MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO MY HEART
THIS YEAR'S GOING TO MAKE HER
WAY THROUGH THE CROWD SHAKE HIS
HAND SHE MADE HER WAY THROUGH.
AS SHE REACHED UP AND HE LOOKED
DOWN. AND HE REACHED OUT AND HE
SHOOK HER HAND. AND YOU FELT THE
POWER OF HIS PRESENCE.
BUT ALSO THE TENACITY OF MY MOM.
TO. MAKE HER WAY TO THIS PERSON
WHO SHE WAS INSPIRED BY AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW WITH INITIAL DOCTOR
CAN. NEVER THAT CAME BEFORE US
WHETHER THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE
OR THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT FILTER
MARCHED.
THE FIGHT FOR THOSE RIGHTS.
INDISPENSABLE RIGHT TO VOTE THE
RIGHT TO BE AVAILABLE RIGHT TO
LIGHT UP US THROUGH THE COUNTER
AGENCY. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT
WATCHING DOCTOR KING AND THOSE
WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT REALLY INSPIRED
ME AS A YOUNG PERSON TO THINK
ABOUT. WHAT COULD I DO TO HELP
OTHERS IN I DIDN'T KNOW? WHAT
THAT CHARITY WOULD BE? BUT I
KNEW THAT I WANTED TO HELP
OTHERS AND I AS AN ADULT YOU
KNOW I'VE WORKED ENTIRELY. IN
THE NONPROFIT WORLDS. WORKING
FOR AMERICORPS IN PUBLIC SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS AND. WE OFTEN
VOLUNTEERED ON KING DAY I'VE
ALWAYS.
.
MARVELED AT HIS ABILITY TO
INFLUENCE PEOPLE. WITH IDEAS
WITH. OF THE POWER OF OF A GOOD
THOUGHT IN A WAY TO. TO MOVE
FROM MATT HUMANITY TO ANOTHER
LEVEL HIS LEGACY IS RICH AND
IT'S INCLUSIVE.
THAT IS A LEGACY THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO LIVE ON THAT I CAN
JUST HELP SOMEBODY.
ALONG THE WAY.
THEN MY LIVING HERE. BUT NOT
BEYOND THAT I THINK ABOUT SO
MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY
INTERCEDED CALIFORNIA THAT. YOU
KNOW BUT FOR DR KING AND. AND
PEOPLE OF HIS GENERATION.
WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME
OPPORTUNITIES AND AND GRANTED
THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. YOU
SEE THAT RACIAL INEQUALITY AND
INJUSTICE.
EVERY DAY HERE IN OUR GREAT
STATE. CLAIM INTO. PRISON SYSTEM
TO OUR SCHOOLS WE HAVE A LONG
WAY TO GO WE REALLY NEED TO
REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE IT TOOK A
LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE PAINS SILENT.
ALL WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA
RIGHT NOW AS RELATES TO RAISE AS
IT RELATES TO GENDER AS IT
RELATES TO RELIGION AND I WOULD
NEVER EVER.
.
SCOLDED THE LEGACY OF DR KING
BUT NOT STANDING UP FOR. FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS AND ENSURE THAT WE
STAND OF OTHER PEOPLE I THINK OF
HOW HARD IT WAS THE DOCTOR CAME
IN MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. AND SO EVEN THOUGH MY
JOURNEY MAY BE HARD THE THINGS
THAT I LOOK AT A DIFFICULT. BUT
THE REALITY IS AS MUCH DESERVED
AND DOCTOR KING THAT MOTIVATES
ME TO REALIZE THAT I'M JUST
REALLY DOING SOMETHING SMALL. IN
COMPARISON TO WHAT HE DID AND I
SHOULD HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO
THAT. I AM ALSO CONSTANTLY
REMINDED.
THAT.
THE DROOL.
IT WAS NOT JUST FOR ME.
IT WAS NOT JUST FOR AFRICAN
AMERICAN LITTLE GIRL.
IT IS FOR ALL OF US AND THAT WE
ARE ALL BETTER WHEN WE WORK
TOGETHER AND NOT I BELIEVE WAS
TRULY THE TRADE OF DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING.
SENATOR BRADFORD SENATOR
MITCHELL FOR WHAT PURPOSE YOU
RIGHTS
HEART TO RECOGNIZE UNSUNG HEROES
THAT THE LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS OF
FOR IDENTIFIED FROM OUR
RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND I'M GOING TO
YIELD TO TIME TO MY COLLEAGUE
FROM LOS ANGELES WHO FIRST
INTRODUCED HER GUEST
CENTER MITCHELL. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH OF MISTER BRADFORD. I AM A
PROUD MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IVE IN
THIS HOUSE BY SENATOR BRADFORD
WHO IS THE CAUCUS VICE CHAIR. OF
THE CAUCUS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS NOW HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT
WE CALL UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR
DISTRICT. AND I THINK THE TWO
HEROES THAT CENTER BRADFORD NOT
HAVE CHOSEN TO.
ON HONOR TODAY KIND OF REFLECT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND GENTLEMAN ALL
SCHOOL IN NEW SCHOOL.
I'M PLEASED TO HAVE IDENTIFIED.
A YOUNG BROTHER A MILLENNIUM
WHO IS DOING BIG THINGS ON
BEHALF OF THE AFGHAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY NOT ONLY IN THE
THIRTIES SENATE DISTRICT BUT
ACROSS THE STATE.
T!I RE BOY PATES.
IS CURRENTLY THE HISTORY CURATOR
AND PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE
CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM.
HE RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION
AND ACCLAIM WHEN HE RECENTLY
OPENED AN EXHIBIT ENTITLED NO
JUSTICE NO PEACE LA NINETEEN
NINETY TWO. WHICH WAS AN IN
DEPTH EXPLORATION OF THE
HISTORICAL EVENTS
THAT LED UP TO THE NINETEEN
NINETY TWO LOS ANGELES UPRISING.
MR BOYD PACE HAS WORKED AS A
PROFESSOR AT THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS AND
PACIFIC COAST COLLEGE HE'S
WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS.
HE IS.
WAS MOST RECENTLY DELIVERED A
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED TED TALK
AT THE TED EXT CRENSHAW ON BLACK
MILITANT.
HE SERVED AS A MENTOR FOR YOUNG
MEN OF COLOR WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ENDOWMENTS BROTHER SON CELLS
INITIATIVE.
HE'S A HISTORY CURATOR PROFESSOR
RIDER HE RECEIVED AS ADVANCED
DEGREE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.
AND HE'S DESCRIBED AS AN AVID
LOVER AND A. AND. AN AVID LOVER
AND PROPONENT OF BLACK CULTURE
AND DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT.
SO IT'S YOUNG MILLENNIALS LIKE
MISTER BOYD PATE'S THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE HISTORY
RELEVANT TO THE NEXT GENERATION
OF CALIFORNIANS.
AMERICANS BLACK AND OTHERWISE I
AM PROUD TO PRESENT AS MINE NOW
SONG HERO.
MR TAI RE BOYD TAKES.
NNOVA.
WE CAN PUT CARRY ON THE LEGACY.
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
.
IN A BRADFORD.
THANK YOU MR PROTEOME I RISE TO
IDENTIFY.
MY UNSUNG HERO.
THE WORD UNSUNG HERO DEFINES A
PERSON WHO MAKES A SUBSTANTIVE
YET UNRECOGNIZED CONTRIBUTION A
PERSON A BRAVERY. THAT IS
UNKNOWN AND THAT UNACKNOWLEDGED
BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE
FOR.
MY WARRANTY AS.
VICE CHAIR OF THE BLACK CAUCUS.
.
I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THIS
INDIVIDUAL FOR YEARS EVEN
BEFORE.
I KNEW HIM HE KNEW OF ME.
MY MOTHER'S BEST FRIEND LIVE THE
DOWNS DOWN THE STREET FROM HIM
AND EVERY TIME WE DROVE DOWN.
THE STREET MY MOTHER WOULD SAY
THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN BOB
FARRELL LIPS.
AND.
I WASN'T IT COUNT LIKE TAKE LOOK
AND SEE IF I EVER SONG COMING
OUT THE HOUSE.
BUT.
BOB FARRELL.
WITH THE YOUNG MAN.
WHO SAW NEED TO REFORM THE
AMERICA AMERICAN COMMUNITY?
MR PEROT WANTED TO BE PART OF
THE STRUGGLE. THE FREEDOM
STRUGGLE.
HE WAS A FREEDOM RIDER.
HE JOINING.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE AND POOR. AND HELPED
WE SEGREGATE THE SELF.
AS A FREEDOM RIDER.
HE MADE A CHOICE TO BE INVOLVED
IN HIS COMMUNITY AND MAKE A
POSITIVE CHANGE
AS IT'S OFTEN SAID.
PUBLIC SERVICE IS A PART OF HIS
DNA.
PHARAOH IS A NAVY VETERAN. A
GRADUATE OF UCLA AND AS A YOUNG
MAN HE WAS A JOURNALIST FOR THE
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL. A BLACK
NEWSPAPER THAT IS SUPPORTED
ELECTED AFTER AMERICANS
THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
HE WAS THEN ELECTED TO.
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR.
AND WHERE HE SERVED FOR SIXTEEN
YEARS AS ONE OF THE MOST DAHLE
WORTH FIGHTERS FOR JUSTICE.
FOR INCLUSION.
FOR.
EQUAL RIGHTS IN A CITY THAT HAD
LONG BEEN CHALLENGE FOR.
RACIAL BALANCE AND FAIRNESS.
ROBERT PHARAOH HAS RETIRED FROM
CITY COUNCIL BUT NOW HE WORKS
AND WAS ELECTED LATER ON AS.
IS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IN THE
COMMUNITY USE
STAMPEDE YOUR WORRY LIVES NOW.
MR PHARAOH AS ABOUT SENATOR
MITCHELL STATED SHE HAD AYE.
YOUNG A MILLENNIAL AYE HOW OLD
SCHOOL.
MR PHARAOH'S EIGHTY ONE YEARS
OLD EIGHTY TAKES PRIDE IN
MENTORING NOT ONLY.
FOLKS LIKE MYSELF WITH MANY OF
THEM MILLENNIALS TO GET INVOLVED
THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
BAY PACKED AND DOUBLE ACP SO
IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE
INDIVIDUAL THAT. I'M HONORED TO
CALL A FRIEND AND A MENTOR BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY A GREAT SERVANT
LEADER NONE OTHER THAN BOB FAIR.
COUNCILMAN.
VISITORS. WELCOME COUNCILMAN
FEDERAL
THE CALIFORNIA STATE SEN
.
HE READ PERCENT WHICH WOULD YOU
LIKE TO TAKE A GROUP PHOTO ITH
BOTH OF THE RECIPIENTS
THANK YOU SO MUCH CENTER
BRADFORD CENTER MITCHELL. BOB IN
BEFORE WE ADVANCE IN TODAY'S
SESSION I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE
A MOMENT.
TO CELEBRATE.
A BIRTHDAY IT'S HIS THIRTY FIFTH
WE NEED TO GIVE A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE TO SENATOR BRADFORD AND
HIS THIRTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS SIR.
BUT CENTER GLAZER FOR WHAT
PURPOSE I RISE. RECOGNITION
MISTER PRESIDENT PLEASE MISSED
RECOGNITION I CAN CERTAINLY
JOINING RECOGNIZING SENATOR
BRADFORD ON THAT. DAY OF HIS
BIRTH BUT YOU A FEW DAYS AGO ON
OUR FLOOR SESSION WE HAD
ANOTHER.
MOMENTS OF FIVE.
HAVE A SPECIAL OCCASION THAT ARE
SENATOR. GALGIANI CELEBRATED HER
BIRTHDAY AND WHEN I WANTED JUST
PROVIDE THAT RECOGNITION A FEW
DAYS LATE BUT. NOT WITHOUT GREAT
WARMTH AND.
APPRECIATION.
IF WE COULD PLEASE PROVIDE
SKINNER'S GALGIANI BIT BELATED.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH SENATORS.
NUMBER NINE TWO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS THIS IS THAT THE
TIME FOR. MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE OUR
JOURNEY MEMORIES DO WE HAVE ANY
ADJOURN IN MEMORIES HERE. ON
THIS FRIDAY MORNING.
I CENTER MORALE.
YES MEMBERS TODAY ARE RISE UP.
TO ENSURE IN MEMORY OF A
GENTLEMAN FROM MY DISTRICT A
MARTIN.
GELBER AND MARTIN WAS BORN IN
NINETEEN THIRTY EIGHT TO DAVID.
AND MATILDA IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK
AFTER COMPLETING HIS STUDIES AND
GRADUATING FROM BROOKLYN COLLEGE
MARTIN.
MADE THE DECISION TO SERVE OUR
COUNTRY BY ENLISTING IN THE
UNITED STATES MARINES IN
NINETEEN FIFTY ONE. HE SERVED
FAITHFULLY AND DILIGENTLY AND.
UNFORTUNATELY BECAME HOME AS A
DISABLED VETERAN.
FROM THE KOREAN WAR.
DETERMINED TO CONTINUE SERVING
HIS COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY FROM
HOME MARTIN ACTIVELY VOLUNTEERED
WITH LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CITY
GOVERNMENT. AS WELL AS THE
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS HE
WAS ACTIVE CITIZEN WHO'S
INTERESTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS.
IN FACT MY OFFICE HAD THE
PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH BOTH HE
AND HIS WIFE PAMELA ON VARIOUS
POLICY CONCERNS.
ONE OF THOSE IDEAS BECAME A.
BILL THIS PAST YEAR AND IT WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW ON I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE HERE MEMBERS FOR
VOTING FOR THAT. UP MARTIN
PAMELA LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY OF
MENIFEE WHERE HE PASSED AWAY
UNEXPECTEDLY IN NOVEMBER.
MARTIN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR
HIS LITTLE UNWAVERING LOVE TO
HIS FAMILY AND TO OUR GREAT
COUNTRY AND.
SO OUR HEART GOES OUT TO HIS
FAMILY THANK YOU MEMBERS FOR
LISTENING.
PLEASE ACCEPT OUR DEEP
CONDOLENCES IN AT CENTER MORALE.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
ADVANCE IN A JOURNEY MEMORY.
ALRIGHT.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO IF THERE IS
NO OTHER. ó I'M SO SORRY
CENTER STONE.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT ELECT
A SPEAKER UNDER CONDITION OF THE
FILE.
PLEASE PROCEED THANK YOU
MEMBERS.
AND THE SENATE STANDARDS OF
CONDUCT THAT EVERY MEMBER OF
THIS BODY HAS RECEIVED.
THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS QUOTE.
THAT EACH SENATOR SHALL CONDUCT
HIMSELF OR HERSELF SOLICIT
JUSTIFY THE HIGH TRUST REPOSED
IN HIM OR HER.
BY THE PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE THE
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE SENATE
UNQUOTE.
IN OUR FIRST SESSION OF THE
YEAR.
IT WAS DECIDED BY THE MAJORITY
PARTY.
THAT A MEMBER OF THIS BODY WHO'S
BEEN SUBJECT TO INTENSE MEDIA
ATTENTION.
DUE TO ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING
SEXUAL HARASSMENT SHOULD TAKE A
PAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
WHILE THIS BODY HAS HAD A CHANCE
TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS.
AFTER THAT DECISION.
WHICH WAS MADE WITHOUT THE
CONSULTATION OF THE MINORITY
PARTY.
I BELIEVE WE ARE ALL SUMMIT
SURPRISED TO READ IN THE MEDIA
THAT A MEMBER WHO AGREED TO TAKE
UP PAID LEAVE ABSENCE WAS STILL.
CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN AND
AROUND THE STATE CAPITAL EVEN
WORSE.
THE REPORTS I'VE HEARD ALLEGE
THAT OUR COLLEAGUE IS BEEN GOING
TO PARTIES RECEPTIONS HOLDING
COURT.
WITH LOBBYISTS AND OTHERS AT
DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS.
UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING OUR
COLLEAGUE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
TAKING THIS WHOLE SITUATION
SERIOUSLY. AND THAT'S
UNFORGIVABLE.
IT IS ALSO COME TO MY ATTENTION
THAT THE MEMBER IN QUESTION WAS
EVEN ALLOWED TO USE SENATE
RESOURCES.
SHOVEL HIMSELF AROUND THE
CAPITAL.
I'M CERTAINLY HOPING THE SAID
AND DIDN'T PAY FIRST TRAVEL
APPEAR TO SACRAMENTO.
IT SEEMS STRANGE TO ME ALSO.
BUT THE LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS.
WHO TIME AND TIME AGAIN CLAIMS A
STANDS UP FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS?
GENDER PAY EQUALITY.
AND TALKS ABOUT PERVASIVE
UNEUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN.
HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY SILENT.
ON THE ISSUE OF OUR COLLEAGUE
WHO IS CURRENTLY ON THE STATE
PAID VACATION WHILE BEING
INVESTIGATED FOR SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE
EXPULSION OF THE SENATOR UNDER
INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY.
BEING HELD IN RULES COMMITTEE
BUT I'VE HEARD NOTHING. IN THE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS.
WHY HAS THE RESOLUTION BEEN
HELD?
IN THE RULES COMMITTEE.
IS A FOR THE FEAR THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR IT MAY
SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO
RETRIBUTION OR REPRISAL FROM
PEOPLE WHO HOLD POWER. POLE
POSITIONS WITHIN THIS BODY.
IS IT BECAUSE SOME MAY BE
CONCERNED THAT IF THEY SPEAK OUT
IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION
THEY WILL LOSE POWERFUL
CHAIRMANSHIPS OR COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS.
EACH OF US ON THE FLOOR WERE
ELECTED BY CITIZENS IN OUR
DISTRICTS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC
TRUST.
PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE
SENATE AND SERVE THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA.
A MEMBER WHO WAS ON A LEAVE OF
ABSENCE TO ALLOW A THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION INVOLVING SERIOUS
ALLEGATIONS OF PERVASIVE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT SHOULD NOT.
BEACON DUCTING STATE BUSINESS
HERE IN SACRAMENTO OR IN HIS
DISTRICT.
EACH OF OUR OFFICES THIS WEEK
RECEIVED A FLYER LISTING PHONE
NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL IF
THEY FEEL THAT THEY FEEL.
THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF
HARASSMENT.
I'M HOPEFUL. OUR STAFF AND
PEOPLE WHO DO BUSINESS WITH THE
SENATE FEEL CONFIDENT.
BUT THEY WILL NOT BE RETALIATED
AGAINST OR FACE RETRIBUTION FOR
HARASSMENT.
MISTER PRESIDENT.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT SHOULD NEVER
BE TOLERATED. THOSE WHO REPORTED
SHOULD BE TOTALLY SHIELDED AND
PROTECTED AGAINST RETALIATION OR
RETRIBUTION FOR SPEAKING OUT.
FINALLY.
MY SINCERE HOPE IS THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS WILL
START STANDING UP.
FOR THE WOMAN IT CLAIMS TO
PROTECT AND JOINED THE EFFORTS
TO ENSURE SENATORS AREN'T
ALLOWED TO PREY UPON VULNERABLE
STAFF FELLOWS TURN TURN INTERNS.
BY OPENLY SPEAKING OUT AGAINST
SEXUAL HARASSMENT EVEN.
IF THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR. IS A
DEMOCRAT.
INCLUDING MARTIN LUTHER KING
MARTIN LUTHER KING IT IS ALWAYS
THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THE RIGHT
THING. I'M ASKING THE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
THE COMMISSION STONE.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS.
CENTER CANNELLA THE DESK IS
CLEAR.
BUT HERE'S PRESIDENT THE SENATE
WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL THREE
THIRTY PM AT WHICH TIME THE
GERMAN GERMAN MOTION WILL BE
MADE WILL RECONVENE TUESDAY AT
TWO PM HAVE I SPOKEN.
THE SENATE CANNELLA WILL BE IN
RECESS UNTIL THREE THIRTY PM
HOPE YOU GO OUT.
ENJOY MARTIN LUTHER KING WE CAN.
IN YOUR COMMUNITY