SEC TO CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN.
ANDERSON ATKINS.
BATES ALL FELL.
BERRYHILL.
BRADFORD.
CANNELLA. DELEON. DOT.
FULLER. GAINES.
GALGIANI. GLAZER.
HERNANDEZ.
HERTZBERG HILL. HUESO. JACKSON
LADA.
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MITCHELL MONNING.
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NGUYEN. NIELSEN PAN.
PORTANTINO. ROTH
SKINNER AND STERN.
STONE.
BUT ACT. LIKE COUNTY. WINNER.
WILL
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MEMBERS A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WITH MEMBERS AND OUR GUEST BE ON
THE RAIL AND IN THE GALLERY
PLEASE RISE WOULD BE LEAD IN
PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON BY OUR
GUEST CHAPLAIN.
SISTER
SO.
COORDINATOR OF.
FROM MARK MORRIS.
SACRAMENTO BRANCH AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND MOVIE
LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
HIGH EAST THE WIND CREATED.
NBC.
LEVINE PRISONS.
WE ARE TO GET THERE.
PRETTY GOOD I ASK.
PUT YOUR YEC AND LOVING
GUIDANCE.
AS HE MAKE DECISIONS.
FEDERAL AFFECT HELLO FJORD.
PREACHED HIS CITIZENS HEALING
CALIFORNIA.
BE PRETTY.
THAT THERE WOULD LEADERS MAKE
DECISIONS.
FOR THE BETTERMENT OF
CALIFORNIA.
THANK TO MAKE POLICY ANTI SEIZE.
THAT HAD A WOULD WONDER FOODS
BEAT.
COULD NOT ONLY TRIED BUT
FLATTISH.
HELP OPEN MINDS TO BE OPEN.
TO NEW IDEAS.
AND IT WOULD EGO AT THE DOOR.
SUIT PACKED.
BE REMEMBERED.
I WOULD GOALS FOR CALIFORNIA.
HI WAS TO REMEMBER.
IT IS OF OUR DUTY.
TO UPHOLD THE BUT PROMISES.
THE HELL MADE TO WHAT
WAECHTER'S.
MAYBE ALWAYS LEAVE ABOUT LIFE
SING GRATITUDE.
BECAUSE WE LEAVING THIS GREAT
STATE.
KNOWING GATE A PRE RELEASE TOO
LOW INSIDE OF YOU.
KEEP US SAFE.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL
SPATE.
MAYBE ARE GOING TO NEED TO
PROCESS WHAT IS.
AND STUDIED YOU INGRATITUDE.
OWN SHAWN P..
PEACE TO ALL ON.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE READY BEGIN.
IT'S A PIECE.
STATES OF AMERICA.
AND IS. DOLLARS WHICH IT STANDS.
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UNDER PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.
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WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE US
SENATOR ALAN.
BUT WE'RE WAITING ON THE
ASSEMBLY OKAY. WHO GO AHEAD
THEN?
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AND MOVED TO.
SENATOR WAY. CENTER WENT ON THE
FLOOR.
OKAY NOT SEEING SENATOR WHEN.
SENATOR NEWMAN.
YOU LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
YOUR.
ES YOU ARE ONE THIRTY ONE.
YEAH ONE MOMENT THAT OKAY.
WE'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO.
I RECOGNIZE A SPECIAL SPECIAL
ARE.
GUEST HERE.
BARRETT DUDLEY.
FROM THE ARKANSAS HOUSE.
HIS SPENDING THE WEEK WITH US IS
PART OF THE ASSOCIATE EXCHANGE
PROGRAM.
AND.
THIS IS THROUGH.
A SLC ES.
AND HE'S GONNA LITTLE BIT HERE
ON THE SENATE FLOOR AND.
.
BE RETURNING TO ARIZONA WELCOME.
PARA.
WITH A NICE.
HE'S BE THAT'S ARKANSAS
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OKAY SECRETARY PLEASE READ. S.
B. EIGHT ZERO ONE THIRTY ONE.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ONE
THIRTY ONE BY SENATOR NEWMAN
RELATIVE TO COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATES APPRECIATION
DAY.
CENTER NEWMAN PLEASE.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT. AT
CENTERS I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT
AS YOUR ONE THIRTY ONE WHICH
COMMEMORATES TODAY MAY
FOURTEENTH THAT'S CASA
APPRECIATION DAY. IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR FOSTER
CHILDREN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CASA
VOLUNTEERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE
IN ADVOCATING FOR THE BEST
INTERESTS OF CHILDREN IN THE
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
ACROSS OUR GREAT STATE THERE ARE
CURRENTLY MORE THAN EIGHTY
THOUSAND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE AS
A RESULT OF ABUSE NEGLECT OR
ABANDONMENT IN MANY CASES THESE
CHILDREN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE. TO
FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS OF A
CHRONICALLY OVERBURDEN CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM THAT CANNOT
ALWAYS PROVIDE SUFFICIENT
ATTENTION TO EACH CHILD WHOSE
LIFE AND WELL BEING HAS BEEN
ENTRUSTED TO IT. COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATES ARE VOLUNTEERS
WHO UPON COMPLETING THEIR
TRAINING RECEIVE A COURT
APPOINTMENT TO SERVE AS A FOSTER
USE ADVOCATE INVOICE IN THE
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. CAUSES
TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE
FOSTER CHILD TO WHOM THEY HAVE
BEEN MATCHED. IN ORDER TO MOST
EFFECTIVELY HELP THAT YOU'D
NAVIGATE THE OFTEN CONFUSING
MAZE OF THE CHILD WELFARE AND
LEGAL SYSTEMS.
THESE HIGHLY COMMITTED WELL
TRAINED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS GET
A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF
PROSPECTIVE OF THEIR CHILD'S
NEEDS AND EXPERIENCE IN THE
FOSTER SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS THEM
TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE
CHILD'S BEST INTERESTS. BEFORE
JUDGES IN OTHER KEY PLAYERS IN
THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.
MY WIFE DARCY AND I HAVE BOTH
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS
COSTS IS TO USE IN THE FOSTER
SYSTEM.
THROUGH THAT SERVICE I GAINED A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF JUST HOW
COMPLEX THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
CAN BE AND HOW OVERWHELMING IT
CAN BE FOR THE CHILD. WHO MAY
NOT HAVE INVESTED COMMITTED
ADULT TO HELP THEM ALONG IN
THEIR JOURNEY?
SENATORS I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST
TO THE IMPORTANT ROLE CASA
VOLUNTEERS PLAY IN CHAMPIONING
THE INTERESTS OF ALL CHILDREN TO
A SAFE AND LOVING ENVIRONMENT AS
PART OF AN OVERALL FOSTER
SYSTEM.
THAT RESPECTS AND SERVE BOTH
THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR RIGHTS
WITH THAT IN MIND I ASK THAT YOU
JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL ADVOCATES BY DESIGNATING
TODAY MAY FOURTEENTH. AS CASA
APPRECIATION DAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR NEWMAN.
MEMBERS ANY DEBATE OR
DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE SECRETARY PLEASE
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BRADFORD.
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BY DE LEóN.
DODD.
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HILL.
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JACKSON.
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MCGUIRE.
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I'M A REAL.
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PAN.
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BY SKINNER.
I STERN.
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FIVE AYE DECK. AYE WIECKOWSKI.
I WINNER. AYE WILK. AYE.
SENATOR NEWMAN MOVES THE CALL
AND I BELIEVE CENTER NEWMAN HAS
SOME INTRODUCTIONS TO MAKE.
THAT DAVIS PRESIDENT IT IS MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AT A FEW
INDIVIDUALS HERE WITH US THIS
AFTERNOON.
WHO MAKE AMENDS CONTRIBUTIONS
TO CALIFORNIA'S FOSTERED BY
DEDICATING THEMSELVES DAY IN AND
DAY OUT TO ENSURE THAT EACH
CHILD HAS A CHAMPION WILLING TO
FIGHT FOR THEIR BEST INTERESTS?
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
REAGAN PHILLIPS WHO IS A CEO OF
COSTS OF ORANGE COUNTY. SACASA
OF ORANGE COUNTY GOT CASE
SUPERVISOR ANDY JACOBSON DOT
CASA OF ORANGE COUNTY'S LONGEST
STANDING VOLUNTEER PAT CAHILL.
AKASA OF OC BOARD MEMBER JANINE
WARNER AND FROM THE CALIFORNIA
COSTS ASSOCIATION LILY COLBY.
WHO OVERSEES THEIR POLICY AND
PROGRAMS PLEASE GIVE THEM A WARM
CALIFORNIA WELCOME AND THANK
YOU?
BOCANEGRA CALIFORNIA'S.
BECAUSE OF THE THANK YOU
SENATOR ELLENDER YOUR GUESTS
HERE FOR YOUR RESOLUTION.
SECRETARY PLEASE READ.
I'M A SENATOR ALLEN RELATIVE TO
THE SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF
ISRAEL.
SENATOR ALLEN.
MEMBERS.
AS VICE CHAIR OF OUR LIVES OF
JEWS CAUCUS I AM PLEASED TODAY
TO PRESENT SENATE RESOLUTION ONE
ON NINE.
WHICH DESIGNATES MAY I TWENTY
TEAM.
AS STILL CALIFORNIA MONTH OF
COMMEMORATION OF SAID ISRAEL'S
SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY TWENTY
EIGHTEEN MARKS THE SEVENTH YEAR
SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE MODERN
STATE OF ISRAEL WHICH IS
OFFICIALLY DECLARED. AN
INDEPENDENT NATION TODAY MAY
FOURTEENTH.
NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT.
THE SKELETON OF ISRAEL'S
HOMELAND FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE
FOLLOW THE DESTRUCTION OF MUCH
OF EUROPEAN JEWRY. DURING THE
HOLOCAUST ISRAEL HAS MUCH TO
COMMEMORATE AND CELEBRATE MOST
NOTABLY.
THAT ITS HAS ESTABLISHED THE
MOST POLITICALLY STABLE
DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE
PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ENJOY DYNAMIC
SOCIETY WITH UNIQUE AND VITAL
ECONOMIC POLITICAL CULTURAL
INTELLECTUAL LIFE.
THEY'VE DEVELOPED IN ADVANCE
ENTREPRENEURIAL CAO ECONOMY IT'S
ONE OF THE AMONG THE WORLD'S
LEADERS OF THE HIGH TECH
INDUSTRY IT TO THE FOREFRONT. OF
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THE
FIELDS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOURCES WATER CONSERVATION
MEDICINE.
SINCE TWO DOZEN FIFTEEN AFFECT
THE CALIFORNIA IN ISRAEL HAVE
HAD A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL YOU WHICH
FOSTERS JOINT RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT. ENHANCES BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN ISRAELI
AND CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITIES AND
ONE EXCITING AREA OF
COLLABORATION HAS BEEN THE
SHARED WORK ON DEVELOPING A
SUSTAINABLE WATER FUTURE. AND
WE'RE LEARNING A GREAT DEAL FROM
EACH OTHER.
IN TERMS OF STRATEGIES TO
ADDRESS THAT PERENNIAL ISSUE.
MEMBERS JEWS LIVING OTHER PARTS
THE WORLD MAINTAIN A PROFOUND
SPIRITUAL EMOTIONAL CLICK NEXT
TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL WE
CERTAINLY DO HERE.
OF COURSE SOME OF THE THAT WE
KNOW THAT ISRAEL IS IN THE NEWS
RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY MUCH RELATED
TO. THE THIS THIS SEVENTH
ANNIVERSARY TODAY LITERALLY IS
THE SEVENTH BIRTHDAY OF THE
STATE OF ISRAEL.
BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO READ A A PRAYER THAT IS.
SOMEONE MIGHT PERMITS MY
FAVORITE PRAYER FROM THE LITURGY
THAT WE WOULD READ ON SATURDAY
MORNINGS AND ON THE SABBATH.
AND IT'S A PRETTY FOR PEACE.
MAY WE SEE THE DAY WHEN WAR AND
BLOODSHED CEASE WHEN A GREAT
PIECE WILL EMBRACE THE WHOLE
WORLD THE NATION WILL NOT
THREATEN NATION. AND MANKIND
WILL NOT AGAIN NO WAR.
FOR ALL WHO LIVE ON EARTH SHALL
REALIZE WE HAVE NOT COME INTO
BEING. TO HATE OR TO DESTROY. WE
HAVE COME INTO BEING TO PRAISE.
THE LABOR AND TO LOVE.
COMPASSIONATE GOD BLESS THE
LEADERS OF ALL NATIONS WITH THE
POWER OF COMPASSION.
TO FILL THE PROMISE CONVEYED IN
SCRIPTURE I WILL BRING PEACE TO
THE LAND AND YOU SO LAY DOWN AND
NO ONE STILL TERRIFY YOU.
I WILL RID THE LAND OF VICIOUS
BE SENATE SHALL NOT BE RAVAGED
BY WAR.
LET LEVIN JUSTICE FLOW LIKE A
MIGHTY STREAM THAT PIECE FILL
THE EARTH AS THE WATERS FILL THE
SEA.
IN THAT ESSAY I'M AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL.
THANK YOU SEE SENATOR ALLEN
SENATOR MONEY.
THANK YOU. MISTER PRESIDENT
MEMBERS.
I WANT TO THANK MY GOOD FRIEND
FROM SANTA MONICA FOR BRINGING
THIS RECOGNITION. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR GUESTS TODAY.
AND THEN MANY EXCHANGES THAT WE
DO BENEFIT FROM WITH TECHNOLOGY
AND TRADE ETCETERA.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE.
THE IMPORTANT HISTORY OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JEWISH
STATE WHICH IS MARKED SEVENTY
YEARS AGO BUT WE KNOW THE
HISTORY GOES MUCH DEEPER THAN
THAT SEVENTY YEARS.
BUT FOR MANY IN THE WORLD AND
CERTAINLY IN THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE STATE OF ISRAEL. PROVIDED
REFUGE FOR PEOPLE FLEEING
PERSECUTION.
SURVIVORS OF FAMILIES WHO
PERISHED IN THE HOLOCAUST.
AND IT BECAME. A BEACON OF HOPE
IN LIFE
AND RESPECT.
FOR LIFE IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND YET TODAY I'M PAINTING
TROUBLED.
TO SEE THE CONTINUED CONFLICT.
IN THE REGION.
SHOOTING OF OVER FIFTEEN ON
ARMED PALESTINIANS.
AT THE WALL.
PROTESTING.
BUT HISTORY IN THEIR VIEW OF
DISCRIMINATION.
OF OCCUPATION.
AND A DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
THIS FLOORIS NOT THE PLACE FOR
FOREIGN POLICY IS NORMALLY.
DEBATED AND IT'S CERTAINLY ARE
DECLARATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
RARELY IF EVER INFLUENCE US
FOREIGN POLICY.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S INCUMBENT
UPON ALL OF US.
IN THE FACE OF THE CONTINUED
VIOLENCE.
THAT WE REYES A VOICE A UNIFIED
VOICE.
CALLING AS MY COLLEAGUE DID.
BURKE CONTINUED A RECOMMITMENT
TO PEACE.
AND A PEACE PROCESS.
FRIENDS THERE'S NO EXAMPLE.
OF
PEACE BEING ONE.
THROUGH VIOLENCE IN FACT IF WE
LOOK AT OTHER INTRACTABLE
CONFLICTS.
INTRACTABLE CONFLICT IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
RESOLVES NOT ON A BATTLEFIELD.
BUT AT A PEACE NEGOTIATION.
OR NORTHERN IRELAND INTRACTABLE
CONFLICT HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
SALT ON A BATTLEFIELD NO.
SOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS THE GOOD
FRIDAY AGREEMENT.
OR EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA IN THE
LIST GOES ON AND NINE WERE
PEOPLE COTTON CONFLICT.
FEEL THAT THERE IS NO.
OUTLET THERE IS NO OPTION.
IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US
TO REWARD THOSE HER PURSUE PEACE
THROUGH NEGOTIATION.
PEACE THROUGH DIALOGUE.
THAT HAS TO BE.
THE RESIDENT CALL FROM THIS
BODY.
FROM OUR NATION'S LEADERS AND
INDEED FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
FRIENDS PEACE THROUGH DIALOGUE.
THANK YOU SENATOR MONNING
SENATOR WIENER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR PRESIDENT
IN OUR COLLEAGUES ARE RISE IN
SUPPORT. OF THIS RESOLUTION AND
I IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF
ISRAEL. AND I RISE.
AS.
JEWISH MAN.
I RISE OF SOMEONE WHO HAS A
FAMILY MY FAMILY CAME TO THE
UNITED STATES ON OVER A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO.
AS IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY.
AND THEY BECAME BECAUSE.
THEY WERE FLEING PERSECUTION
BECAUSE IN EASTERN EUROPE. AYE
AND RUSSIA.
FOR CENTURIES AND CENTURIES.
JEWS WERE SLAUGHTERED.
HAD THEIR PROPERTY STOLEN FROM
THEM WERE ROUNDED UP.
WERE EYES HAS BRUTALIZED.
I'D THE HOLOCAUST. ALTHOUGH THE
EXTREME EXTREME.
OF THAT KIND OF SITUATION THE
MOST EXTREME EXAMPLE OF
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY I. WAS
NOT OUT OF THE BLUE.
I THIS IS BEEN HAPPENING.
TO MY COMMUNITY TO. PORT FOR
MILLENNIA.
I AND IT PEAKED WITH THE
HOLOCAUST AND HOPEFULLY THAT
WILL NEVER EVER HAPPEN AGAIN TO
ANY COMMUNITY.
THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS NOT JUST
ANOTHER COUNTRY.
I FOR MY COMMUNITY BUT STATE OF
ISRAEL REPRESENTS BUT REALITY WE
HAVE NOW. THAT DID NOT EXIST
BEFORE THE DIET IS A PLACE WHERE
AS A JEW. WE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
WE CAN ALWAYS GO FOR SAFETY AND
FOR REFUGE.
BECAUSE LET'S REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST.
WE COULD HAVE SAVED MANY MANY
JEWS FROM BEING SLAUGHTERED IN
THE HOLOCAUST.
BUT THIS COUNTRY FOR EXAMPLE
WOULDN'T TAKE MY PEOPLE AND.
THEY WERE REFUSED ENTRY.
THEY WENT AROUND IN BOATS AND
TRIED TO FIND A PLACE.
THAT WOULD TAKE THURMOND. AND
INSTEAD THEY ENDED UP HAVING TO
RETURN TO EUROPE.
WHERE THEY WERE PUT IN THE GAS
CHAMBERS?
WHERE THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED
ADULTS CHILDREN?
ELDERLY PEOPLE.
DISABLED PEOPLE.
AND THIS WORLD.
BEARS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT
IT HAS DONE.
TO MY COMMUNITY.
AND PART OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY
IS ENSURING A VIABLE.
AND SECURE STATE OF ISRAEL.
AND THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
AND CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE ON
RECORD SUPPORTING THAT.
WE ALSO.
MUST HAVE.
AN INDEPENDENT AND SECURE AND
VIABLE PALESTINIAN STATE WE MUST
HAVE A TWO STATE SOLUTION.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH SOME
RECENT EVENTS
INCLUDING.
IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE MOVED AWAY
FROM THAT AND WE NEED TO GET
BACK TO IT.
ARE WE NEED TO VIABLE STATES
LIVING IN PEACE AND HARMONY.
BOTH OF WHICH ARE THRIVING WE
WANT EVERYONE TO THRIVE.
SO I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BOB
WE MUST STAND WITH THE STATE OF
ISRAEL AND ALSO WE MUST INSIST
ON A VIABLE TWO STATE SOLUTION
THANK YOU.
THAT YOU SENATOR WIENER SENATOR
STERN.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
I'LL BE BRIEF.
STAYING WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.
AS A STATE GOVERNMENT.
NOT TRYING TO. EXERCISE WHAT
FEELS SOME SOMEWHAT LIKE GLOBAL
POWER EIGHT TIMES.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A STATE
DEPARTMENT IN THIS STATE. AND
YET.
THE JEWISH PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
AND IS THE ISRAELI COMMUNITY
CALIFORNIA. HAVE TO SUFFER
THROUGH ALL THE DOWNSIDE BUT
RARELY GET TO ENJOY.
THE FRUITS OF THE LABOR.
OF A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN
THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
SO WHEN YOU'RE A COLLEGE STUDENT
ON CAMPUS AND YOU'RE DEALING
WITH ANTI SEMITISM.
THAT IS OSTENSIBLY AN ANTI
ISRAEL MOVEMENT. BUT REALLY
BECOMES A WEDGE TO DIVIDE
MINORITY COMMUNITIES AGAINST THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY THERE'S A
TOXICITY THAT MOVES THROUGH. OUR
STATE.
THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL RESOLVE
IN AGREE.
HAS TO BE STAMPED OUT.
AND DEALT WITH.
WE CAN ALL DISAGREE ABOUT WHAT
THE STATE OF ISRAEL OUGHT A BE
DOING IT IN FACT THEY DO. NO ONE
DISAGREES BETTER. THEN JEWS
WE DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER
CONSTANTLY THAT IS THE NATURE OF
DIALOGUE AND WHEN I WENT ISRAEL
THERE THE THIS YEAR TRUST ME IT
IS NOT. A A FIXED
AND STABLE CONVERSATION OVER
THERE IS INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC
ACTIVE AGITATING THERE IS ALL
KINDS OF POLITICAL CONTROVERSY
AND DEMOCRACY IS ALIVE IN AND
WELL IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. SO
I THINK.
AS A STATE OF WE OUGHT TO BE
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.
NOT TO NOT TO ENGAGE AS AS A AS
THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND AS A
PROXY ARM OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BUT TO PROTECT OUR
OWN. TO PROTECT THE CLIMATE OF
TOLERANCE AND TO EMBRACE THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE CREATED
WITH ISRAEL.
THAT ACTUALLY DOES SERVE STATE
PURPOSES WHETHER IT'S BATTLING
ARE DROUGHT.
PATEL PROTECTING LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
OR STANDING UP FOR US A MORE
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY SHARON.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD
TO BE FOCUSED ON.
AND.
AND EVEN WITH THE BAD EVEN WITH
THOSE TENSIONS.
I STILL HAVE FAITH IN THAT
STATE.
THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE THIS
THROUGH AN ACTIVE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS THEY'LL ACTUALLY EMERGE
FROM THESE YEAR STRONGER THAN
EVER BEFORE. AND WE OUGHT TO
PRAY FOR PEACE IN THAT FUTURE SO
WITHOUT A RISE IN ASK YOUR
SUPPORT OF S. R. ONE OH NINE.
THANK YOU SENATOR STERN.
SENATOR WHY CASSIE.
I'M GONNA STAY OFF THIS
RESOLUTION MISTER PRESIDENT ARM
AND I.
YESTERDAY I WOULD HAVE HAD NO
PROBLEMS GIVEN TODAY'S NEWS I
WOULD HOPE ONE OF THE WHEREAS IS
OF THE OF THIS RESOLUTION IS SET
WHEREAS ISRAEL REGULARLY SENDS
HUMANITARIAN AID. SEARCH AND
RESCUE TEAMS MOBILE HOSPITALS
AND OTHER EMERGENCY SUPPLIES TO
HELP VICTIMS OF DISASTERS AROUND
THE WORLD. I HOPE THAT WOULD
EXTEND TO THE GAZA AND THAT THAT
WILL ALL REFLECT ON WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN MAKE. IT AND.
AND CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE THAT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
GREAT. THANK YOU SIR Y. CASKEY
ANY FURTHER DEBATE OR
DISCUSSION.
SENATOR JACKSON'S.
YES THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES YOU KNOW THIS IS A
VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE IS SAID.
JEWISH WOMAN ON THIS FLOOR.
I AM BOTH PROUD AND AMBIVALENT
AND SOMEWHAT SADDENED.
.
ISRAEL IS A PLACE WHERE JEWS
WERE ALLOWED TO.
SEEK.
HOME AFTER GOING THROUGH ONE OF
THE WORST HOLOCAUSTS
IN HUMANKIND'S HISTORY. SIX
MILLION INCLUDING MEMBERS OF MY
FAMILY. WERE KILLED.
BY THE BIGOTRY THAT HATRED THE
RACISM OF THE ANTI SEMITISM THAT
WE SAW.
IN EUROPE IN THE NINETEEN
THIRTIES AND FORTIES.
AND WE SEE SOME OF IT COMING
BACK TODAY HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND SO I SEE ISRAEL AS A SYMBOL
IN AS A REFUGE.
FOR JEWS AROUND THE WORLD WHO
FOR REASONS THAT MAKE ABSOLUTELY
NO SENSE TO ME. ARE FREQUENTLY
VILIFIED AND STEREOTYPED AND
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE OF
THE RELIGIOUS
BACKGROUND THAT WE HAVE THAT WE
SHARE OUR CULTURE OUR.
COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AYE
I FIND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY
THERE IS SHOW AT THE SEMITISM IN
THIS WORLD. BUT THERE IS.
AND SO ISRAEL HAS BEEN A PLACE
FOR THE LAST SEVENTY YEARS WHERE
ALL JEWS.
ALL JEWS. CAN FEEL AT HOME.
EVERY JU IN THE WORLD WHETHER
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE
SHUTTLE. IN RUSSIA WHICH BROUGHT
MY GRANDPARENTS TO THE UNITED
STATES OR IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES
TO THIS VERY DAY.
AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR ISRAEL.
I AM GRATEFUL THAT THIS NATION
WAS BORN.
STARTING IN THE EARLY NINETEEN
HUNDREDS IN RESPONSE TO BRITAIN
TAKING OVER PALESTINE.
IN RESPONSE TO THE FACT THAT.
SIX MILLION HAD TO DIE IN ORDER
FOR THE WORLD TO OPENLY EMBRACE
WHAT HISTORICALLY PUBLICLY IF
YOU WILL HAS BEEN HOME FOR JEWS.
THE LONGEST STANDING RELIGION IN
THE WORLD.
AND I TOO THOUGH SHARE THE
CONCERNS.
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE
CONTINUES TO BE WAR.
BETWEEN SEMITES.
THEN I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO
WHEN THERE WAS A PALESTINIAN
GIRL.
WHO STRAPPED A BOMB ON TERROR
HERSELF AND WENT INTO A?
THE.
BUT A OF A PUBLIC PLACE AND BLEW
HERSELF UP. AND WITHIN A WEEK
WAS ANOTHER YOUNG GIRL AND MAYBE
IN A TIME MAGAZINE I THINK HAD
THEM FACE TO FACE SILHOUETTED.
ONE CHIU.
ONE PALESTINIAN ONE ARAB.
THEY SO THEY LOOK LIKE SISTERS
VICE WHERE THEY WERE SISTERS.
AND IN FACT IN THE SEMITIC WORLD
WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN THE WORLD OF HUMANITY WE ARE
ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND
YET TODAY WE FOUND AN EXAMPLE
WHERE BECAUSE ALL OF PROBABLY IN
MY OPINION AND THOSE OF MANY AN
ILL GOTTEN DECISION.
TO MOVE.
FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM THE
AMERICAN EMBASSY.
WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF WOULD
WHAT'S KNOWN TO GENERATE THE
KIND OF HOSTILITY THAT WE SAW ON
THE REACTION WE SAW FROM
PALESTINIANS.
I ASK MYSELF IS THERE ANY WAY.
IN THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION
AND RELIGION THREE OF THE FOUR
GREAT RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
STARTED RIGHT THERE IN THAT
AREA.
WHY WE CANNOT FIND PEACE
WHY WE CANNOT CREATE PEACE
AND WHEN ROB BEING I BELIEVE IT
WAS AN ARAFAT CAME SO CLOSE TO
MAKING PEACE? IT WAS A DECISION
BY.
THOSE.
ARAB LEADERS THE PIECE WAS NOT
IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THEIR
OF THEIR COMMUNITY OF THEIR
COUNTRIES.
THIS IS THIS IS IT MIX WELL
INEXPLICABLE INEXCUSABLE. AND
REPREHENSIBLE AND SO I SAY AND
OFFER THIS ON THIS FLOOR TODAY.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HONOR WE
NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF
THIS WELL. AND I THINK WE ALSO
NEED TO RECOGNIZE AND SIT DOWN
AS A PEOPLE HAVE THE WOMEN SIT
DOWN TOGETHER THE MOTHERS WHO
HAVE LOST CHILDREN ON BOTH SIDES
OF THIS BATTLE FIELD FOR
DECADES.
HOW IS IT WE FIND PEACE NEIGHBOR
AND NEIGHBOR NOR SHALL THEY?
LIFT UP SWORDS AND BEAT THEIR
SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES I THINK
IS THE OTHER PART OF THEIR
PRAYER. NEITHER SHALL THEY KNOW
WAR ANYMORE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LIVE AND SET
AN EXAMPLE I THINK WE HAVE TO
HONOR.
WHAT THIS NATION HAS DONE? AT
THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT UNLESS AND UNTIL
WE SIT DOWN AS NEIGHBORS AS
FRIENDS AS FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS
WE WILL SEE WAR IF NOT IN ISRAEL
THAN ELSEWHERE. AND I THINK THAT
TODAY WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE
POSITIVES. AND URGE THE SIDES TO
SIT DOWN AND MAKE PEACE
ONCE AND FOR ALL BECAUSE AFTER
ALL THEY ARE OUR BROTHERS. AND
OUR SISTERS AND WITHOUT I WOULD
URGE IN OUR VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR JACKSON'S
SENATOR MORE LOCK.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
SADDAM.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING
ON THE SATS WAS CENTENNIAL
FOUNDATION.
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WHO IS THE VICE CHAIR?
AND WE HELD.
PREVENTS
TO COMMEMORATE.
BUT HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF CALIFORNIA BUT THERE WERE
GROUPS THAT WERE NOT. HAPPY
ABOUT THIS OCCASION THERE WAS A
LARGE NATIVE POPULATION THAT WAS
ALMOST WIPED OUT.
BY A MAJOR POPULATION MOVEMENT
TO CALIFORNIA IN THE SEARCH OF
GOLD.
AND WE MOVED OUT THE CALIFORNIA
GOES IN YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN A
BROKEN WORLD WITH BROKEN PEOPLE.
AND.
SOME OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN
NOTHING IS PERFECT NOTHING.
MOVES.
THE HARMONY THIS IS JUST THE WAY
THINGS ARE CURRENT AS A GOING
HIM.
WHO IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
JEWS?
MY FAMILY SUFFERED THROUGH WORLD
WAR TWO.
AND IT WAS NOT A PRETTY SIGHT TO
HAVE NEIGHBORS.
REMOVED.
SO NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT WOULDN'T
THE JEWS WERE ABLE TO FIND A
SANCTUARY AND TO HAVE THE
STATE'S.
AFTER FIGHTING AND STILL
FIGHTING OPPRESSION AND
PERSECUTION.
THIS IS A MILESTONE WORTHY OF
SUPPORTING.
BECAUSE IT IS A REMINDER THAT.
WE ARE IN A BROKEN WORLD.
WITH BROKEN PEOPLE BUT WE HAVE.
HOPE IN THE FACT THAT.
WE CAN START FRESH AND LOOK
FORWARD.
SO AYE SUPPORT SR ONE ON NINE.
AND I REJOICE IN THIS SEVENTIETH
PARA ANNIVERSARY MILESTONE THANK
YOU MISTER PRESIDENT THANK YOU
SENATOR MORLOCKS CENTER STONE.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT AS A.
.
AS A JEWISH MAN.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ISRAEL ON
THEIR SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY
BECOMING A STATE AND I SUPPORT
S. R. ONE ON NINE.
AND.
I SPEAK AS A AS A JEW THAT.
HAD PARENTS THAT WERE
GRANDPARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS
FROM.
RUSSIA AND POLAND.
MANY OF YOU HEARD THAT. MY GREAT
GRANDMOTHER MOLLY GOLDSTINE WAS
THE ONLY ONE IN OUR FAMILY THAT.
SOLVE THIS
MANIAC.
IN IN GERMANY RISING TO POWER IN
WARNER FAMILY.
THAT THIS MAN CAN BE VERY
DANGEROUS AND HER FAMILY JUST
SAID.
HE'LL BE NOTHING MORE THAN A
PASSING PHENOMENA.
SO.
THE ENTIRE FAMILY WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF MY GREAT
GRANDMOTHER MOLLY GOLDSTEIN.
.
NEVER MADE IT OUT OF POLAND.
ENDED UP.
IN THE OVENS IN AUSCHWITZ.
HOW I WISH
SOME OF THEM WOULD IT SURVIVE
AND HOW I WISH?
SOME OF THEM COULD HAVE.
GONE TO THE NEW STATE OF ISRAEL
A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE IN
PEACE
AND HARMONY.
AND EXPRESS THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS WITHOUT FEAR OF.
BEING ADMONISHED.
BEING CRITICIZED.
BEING.
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OR EVEN
KILLED.
IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT WE SEE IN THE
UNITED STATES TODAY.
THAT.
WE HAVE ANTI SEMITISM CENTER
RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT
IN ARE. UC OF CALIFORNIA.
SYSTEM THAT AYE NO MEMBERS MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT COME
TOGETHER AND BROUGHT.
CHANCELLORS AND AND OF.
EXPRESSED IN ARTICULATED OUR
DISMAY.
THAT WE WOULD SEE THIS KIND OF
DISCRIMINATION.
IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
IT'S ALSO VERY TROUBLING FOR ME.
TO SEE THAT.
SOME OF THESE.
IGNORANT.
CRAZY PEOPLE.
ARE EVEN.
RUNNING FOR.
FOR HIGHER OFFICE INCLUDING
UNITED STATES SENATE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT ARE
PROFESSED TO BE ANTI SEMITES.
THE BELIEVE THAT JEWISH PEOPLE
ARE.
SUB HUMAN PEOPLE.
SO I PROBABLY STAND WITH.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE SENATE AS WE.
AS WE LOOK AT THE SEVENTIETH
ANNIVERSARY AND. I KNOW THAT
WE'VE OFTEN SAID THAT.
WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN.
STATE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES WE
DO WANT TO.
.
ENGAGE IN.
AND FEDERAL ISSUES IN OUR
SUPPORT.
FOR ISRAEL.
BUT.
S. I HEAR SOME MEMBERS THAT.
.
CONCERNED ABOUT.
THE RIGHT OF ISRAEL TO PROTECT
ITSELF.
AND HOW THAT CAN OFTEN BE
MISCONSTRUED I'VE KNOWN ISRAEL
IN THE THREE TIMES THAT I'VE
BEEN THERE AND I'M PLANNING
GOING THERE THIS ON NOVEMBER
ONCE AGAIN.
TWO NOT BE A COUNTRY THAT IS
THRIVING. ON VIOLENCE AND MURDER
AND WAR.
THIS IS A COUNTRY.
THAT WANTS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY
AS A JEWISH STATE.
WITHOUT FEAR OF ANNIHILATION.
UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU LOOK
AT THE PERIMETER OF ISRAEL.
THEIR ROCKETS THAT ARE AIMED FOR
ISRAEL THERE ARE ROCKETS AND
ARRIVE IN ISRAEL.
THERE WAS A NUCLEAR DEAL.
THOSE ENTERTAINED BY A PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION.
EVEN ONE MANY OF US INCLUDING
MYSELF ROSEN SAID. YOU ARE
ALLOWING A ROGUE NATION THAT HAS
PROMISED TO BLOW ISRAEL OFF THE
FACE OF THE EARTH THE WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION IT IS AN
EXISTENTIAL THREAT.
AND WOOD WE DO TODAY MY FRIENDS
WE REALIZE.
THAT THOSE THREATS ARE REAL.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN ONGOING.
SO WALL MIGHT FOR I PRAY I PRAY
FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
BETWEEN.
ISRAEL PALESTINIANS
ARABS.
I KNOW THAT.
THAT PIECE.
IT IS NOT.
IT'S SIMPLE IS JUST PRAYING FOR
IT IN WANTING AT.
BUT I ALL SEE ISRAEL.
PLACING THE OLIVE BRANCH OUT FOR
PEACE.
AND MANY TIMES GETS AT ALL OF
BRANCH SWIPED ACROSS THEIR
FACES.
SO I FOR ONE WILL ALWAYS STAND
WITH ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO SELF
DETERMINATION AND TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES.
WELL THE SAME TIME PRAYING FOR
HUMANITY THAT ALL PEOPLE ALL
WOMEN ALL CHILDREN SHOULD LIVE
IN HARMONY SHOULD LIVE IN PEACE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
BUT HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES
AND COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA.
THAT SHOULD WORK IN A HARMONIOUS
WAY TO PROMOTE THIS PEACE AND
TRANQUILITY.
BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE IN THIS
HORRIFIC LOSS OF LIFE.
IS.
SHAMEFUL THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS
THESE ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
THAT ARE.
DYING UNNECESSARILY AN AREA THAT
HAS BEEN TROUBLED FOR THE PAST
THREE TO FOUR THOUSAND YEARS
THIS TIME. MY FRIENDS TO STAND
IN SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL.
SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES INTO THE SAME TIME
PROMOTE PEACE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONCE AND FOR
ALL.
FOR THOSE REASONS I RECOMMENDED
GOT HDRODYNAMICS ARE ONE OWN
NINE.
THANK YOU SENATOR STONE.
SEEING NO FURTHER DEBATE OR
DISCUSSION SENATOR ALLEN WHICH
LIKE THE CLOTHES.
MEMBERS I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY
FOR THEIR HEARTFELT THOUGHTS.
.
WE DO YOU PRAY FOR PEACE WE
CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE STATE OF
ISRAEL.
AND WE WE ASK FOR A FUTURE
WHERE.
WHERE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN
HARMONY AND WITHOUT I RESPECT
GAS FROM HEAVEN?
THANK YOU.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN.
I ANDERSON.
ATKINS.
I BATES.
BY BILL. AYE BERRYHILL.
BRADFORD.
I CANNELLA.
I DELEON.
DODD.
DELEON AYE DODD AYE FULLER.
GAINES AYE. AYE GALGIANI. AYE
GLAZER.
I HERNANDEZ.
HI HERTZBERG. AYE HILL. AYE
HUESO.
JACKSON.
PILOTA. AYE LEYVA.
I MCGUIRE.
THE BY MITCHELL.
I MONNING.
I'M MORE LUCK
I'M A REAL.
BY NEWMAN. AYE NGUYEN.
AYE NIELSEN. AYE PAN.
FIVE. AYE ROTH. AYE SKINNER.
I STERN. AYE STONE.
BY BIDAK.
BY BY WHAT COUNTY.
WIENER. AYE WILK. BY.
ANDERSON I. SURGERY PLEASE CALL
ABSENT MEMBERS.
ANDERSON AYE.
BERRYHILL.
I. FULLER.
BY HUESO.
WHAT HOUSING?
RECIPIENTS.
VICE THIRTY SEVEN THOSE ZERO OF
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
AND SENATOR ALLEN YOU HAVE SOME
INTRODUCTIONS YES SO WE ARE.
BUT WHEN A FAKE FIRST THE
MEMBERS FOR VOTING FOR THE
RESOLUTION WERE HONORED TO HAVE
SOME GUESTS BACK OF THE CHAMBER
TO HELP COMMEMORATE THIS
OCCASION I'M. PUTTING THE
PRESENTING A COPY THE RESOLUTION
THE CONSUL GENERAL TO THE
PACIFIC. NORTHWEST SLIMY KAUFMAN
HE REPRESENTS.
THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN ALASKA
OR THE CALIFORNIA IDAHO MONTANA
OREGON WASHINGTON HE BEGAN HIS
APPOINTMENT.
I IN AUGUST TWENTY SEVENTEEN AND
USE TO.
AND COMES TO US DIRECTLY HAVE
FROM JERUSALEM WITH HIM IS THE
DEBT THE CONSUL GENERAL RED MEAT
BY AIR WE ALSO HAVE
REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS YEAR. INCLUDING
THE JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA THE
AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS BOTH OF
SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES IN
SACRAMENTO JEWISH FEDERATION AND
WE GOT SOME OTHER GUYS UP IN THE
GALLERY. WHO ARE CELEBRATING
THIS OCCASION WITH US AS WELL AS
I WANTED TO WELCOME THEM ALL
HERE TODAY THANK YOU?
WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE
CENTER WHEN HAS A RESOLUTION
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HER.
SECRETARY PLEASE READ.
FILE ITEM EIGHTEEN.
SENATE RESOLUTION SEVENTY ONE BY
SENATOR NGUYEN RELATIVE TO
OUTSIDE DAY.
SENATOR NGUYEN.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES TODAY I RISE TO
PRESENT THE SENATE RESOLUTION
SEVENTY ONE TO RECOGNIZE MAYES
FIFTEENTH WHICH IS TOMORROW AS
AL YEAH I DAY IN CALIFORNIA. AYE
AYE AND NOW HE AYE HIS IT'S
ADDITIONAL LONG DOWN WORN OVER
PANTS THAT VIETNAMESE AMERICAN
MEN AND WOMEN WEAR ON SPECIAL
OCCASIONS.
AND VIETNAMESE AL MEANS SHIRT.
AND YEAH I MEANS LONG TOGETHER
AL YEAH I TRANSLATE INTO LONG
SHIRT.
YEAH YEAH I HAS A LONG HISTORY
IN THE VIETNAMESE CULTURE AND
IDENTITY MANY VIETNAMESE BEGAN
TO WEAR THE OW YEAH I IN THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. THE
DEMONSTRATOR PLAGIARISM AND
SUPPORT FOR THE DIFFERENT ROYAL
FAMILIES HOWEVER DURING THE RISE
OF THE COMMUNIST THE COMMUNIST
GOVERNMENT OF VIENAM BAND THE
OW YEAH I FOR DECADES AS A
SYMBOL OF CAPITALISM.
TODAY THE OUR YEAH I STANDS AS A
SYMBOL OF CULTURAL PRIDE FOR
MEMBERS OF THE VIETNAMESE
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS CALMLY
WORN DURING THE CELEBRATIONS
LIKE WEDDINGS. AND TECH.
WHICH IS THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
WOULD MEET TODAY OF AND IT.
I WITH RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
NIGHT VOTE THIS APPROACH.
TEMP.
MEMBERS SAID ANY DEBATE OR
DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS.
SEEING NONE THE SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN.
I ANDERSON.
I ATKINS.
I BATES
BY BILL.
BY BERRYHILL.
AYE BRADFORD. AYE CANNELLA.
HI DAILY ON.
HI DOT.
I FULLER.
I GAINES AYE GALGIANI.
I GLAZER. AYE HERNANDEZ AYE
HERTZBERG AYE HILL.
I WITH SO.
JACKSON. AYE LARA. AYE LEYVA.
MCGUIRE.
HI MITCHELL. AYE MONNING.
I'M MORE LOCKED. AYE MORRELL.
I NEWMAN.
I NGUYEN.
NELSON.
WHEN WHEN I.
NIELSEN.
PAN. HIGH PORTANTINO.
I ROTH AYE AYE SKINNER.
I STERN AYE STONE. AYE VIBE ACT.
AYE WIECKOWSKI AYE WIENER.
WILK.
I HEARD SURGERY PLEASE CALL
ABSENT MEMBERS HUESO.
LEYVA.
I NIELSEN AYE.
WIENER.
HI.
FIVE THIRTY EIGHT NO ZERO THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
SENATOR WHEN YOU'VE GOT AN
INTRODUCTION TO MAKE YES MISTER.
PRESIDENT I'VE.
I HAVE HERE TODAY MANY OF THE
WOMAN.
WHO CAME ACTUALLY THIS MORNING
FOR ANOTHER?
BILL BUT I'M ARE HERE DRESS IN
THE CALL FOR AYE YEAH I HAVE TO
CONFESS I DID BRING MY AL YEAH I
BUT I I RUSHED OUT AT FOUR
O'CLOCK THIS MORNING AND BOUGHT.
RON MATCHING ATTIRE SO I CAN'T
WEAR MONEY TODAY.
BUT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW TO YOU
THAT THE.
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN NOW YEAH I
IS LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR OF SUPPORT
TODAY.
WELCOME ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
TO CELEBRATE HOW WE AYE DAY
LARA
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO YOU RISE.
FOR PURPOSES OF INTRODUCTION BUT
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A MOMENT OKAY
MISTER PRESIDENT PLEASE HELP ME
WELCOME BY MY
DEAR FRIEND. KATHY UNGER AND
HENRY YOUNGER HER NINE YEAR OLD
GRANDSON WHO IS VISITING FROM LA
AND THEY'RE HERE FOR.
IMMIGRANT DAY WITH PLANNED
PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES PLESE
WELCOME THEM TO THIS I SENATE
FOUGHT THINK YOU'RE WELCOME THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
ALRIGHT MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR WILL
BE DEEMED READ. MESSAGES FROM
THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED
READ.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED. UNDER.
MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES.
WITHOUT OBJECTION AND.
THE FOLLOWING BILLS WITH FLOOR
AMENDMENTS WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDED.
DOT AMENDMENTS ADOPTED FILE
ITEM FIFTY FIVE ACR ONE SEVENTY
TWO. BY SENATOR WIENER.
SENATOR PAN FOR WHAT PURPOSE THE
RISE.
OKAY.
YES THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
I'M.
YOU CAN SENATORS ACTUALLY OUT
HERE TO RECOGNIZE IS THE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN API HERITAGE MONTH.
WERE.
MAY AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE AWARDEES AND I'M ACTUALLY
HOPING MY GOOD FRIEND AND
COLLEAGUE FROM.
.
I GUARD GROWTH WILL BE HERE TO
BEGIN THE INTRODUCTIONS BUT.
FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANTED JUST
TO SAY THAT.
.
WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE
INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO'VE APPLIED
THEMSELVES OF EXTRA TALENTS THEY
ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS
LEADERS AT EACH A DIFFERENT.
PERSPECTIVE PROFESSIONS.
THE THIS DIVERSE GROUP OF API
HONOREES HERE BEFORE US TODAY
HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES TAKING
THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR CRAFT IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES. NO. THEY ARE.
IF THEY TAKE.
SENATOR WHEN.
IF YOU DO THAT.
YEAH RIGHT YOU GO IT'S SOMETHING
DIFFERENT AND.
OKAY.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT I AM
SO SORRY AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
JOINT API LET'S SAVE CAUCUS I AM
PROUD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES.
FROM THE JOINT API CAUCUS TODAY
IN RECOGNIZING THE TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN API THAT'S THERE THEM
HERITAGE MONTH AWARD HONOREES.
THE DIVERSE GROUP OF HONOREES
HERE TODAY.
BEFORE US.
BEARD BEFORE US TODAY HAS SPEND
THEIR LIVES DEDICATE THEMSELVES
TO THEIR CRAFT AND LIFTING.
UP ALL MEMBERS OF THE API
COMMUNITY.
FOOD.
SO WE HAVE AN EXCITING GROUP OF.
YEAH I THINK WE HAVE AN EXCITING
GROUP OF ACCOMPLISHED
INDIVIDUALS TODAY FROM POLITICAL
LEADERS TO OLYMPIANS AND I'M
ALSO PERSON EXCITED TO OFFER
THIS YEAR'S AWARD EAST BECAUSE
MANY OF THEM ARE. ARE GOOD
PERSONAL FRIENDS SO WITH THAT
CENTER AND WIN DELEON AND I ARE
HAPPY TO PRESENT.
THIS YEAR'S TWENTY EIGHTEEN
EIGHTY AYE HERITAGE MONTH AWARD
HONOREES THURMOND.
THE WAR IN AN EXCELLENT AND
ADVOCACY AMANDA WINN. AMANDA
WINN IS FOUNDER AND CEO OF RISE
ITS CIVIL RIGHTS NONPROFIT THE
ADVOCATES FOR THE PROTECTION OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE
SURVIVORS.
HER STORY SURVIVING SEXUAL
ASSAULT INSPIRED CONGRESS TO
PASS THE SEXUAL ASSAULT THE
VIRUS RIGHT ACT UNANIMOUSLY IN
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN.
NTOZAKE.
WE THINK. DIDN'T EXCELLENCE IN
BUSINESS MISTER WONG RON RON
QUAN.
ONE WRONG FEES AND I KNOW YOU
FOREVER.
IS A PRESIDENCY OF IMPLANTED
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP A
CALIFORNIA BASED AWARD WINNING
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ETHNIC MARKETING
AND CAMPAIGN. FIRM SPECIALIZING
IN REACHING DIVERSE AUDIENCES
WONG IS THE FOUNDER TREAT OF THE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION A
NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT DESIGNED
TO PREPARE. THE ASIA PACIFIC
AMERICAN LEADERS FOR PUBLIC
SERVICE AND CIVIL.
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT.
I THINK WE.
RIGHT.
CLOSER.
PRICE.
IN EXCELLENT IN LITERATURE.
MISSIVE VIET TAN. THANH NGUYEN.
WHO IS A VIETNAMESE AMERICAN
AUTHOR KNOWN FIRST BESTSELLING?
PAUL POSER.
PRIZE WINNING NOVEL.
THE SYMPATHIZERS LONG WITH THE
REFUGEES.
AND NOTHING ELSE EVER DIES
NGUYEN HAS WON CRITICAL ACCLAIM
FOR HIS DEPICTION OF ASIAN
AMERICANS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR
AND SERVE. AS AERIAL ARNAUD'S
CHAIR OF ENGLISH AND PROFESSOR
OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES
OF ETHNICITY AT THE UNIVERSE IF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
ALL RIGHT IN IT EXCELLENCE IN
PHILANTHROPY. WE PEGGY SEKA
THANK YOU TAKE OUT THE PAST
PRESENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE ASIAN AMERICANS PACIFIC
ISLANDERS AND PHILANTHROPY ITS
FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE ASIAN PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL
THAT WORK AND FROM NINETEEN
EIGHTY THREE TO NINETEEN NINETY
ONE. EXEC DIRECTOR OF THE ASIAN
LAW CAUCUS SHE'S A PASS
CHAIRPERSON OF THE CALIFORNIA
WELLNESS FOUNDATION AND SERVED
AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO FOUNDATION. MS
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN UNITED WAY
OF THE BAY AREA THE MERTZ
GILMORE FOUNDATION THE NATIONAL
NETWORK OF BET MAKERS AND THE
COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS.
ALRIGHT SIR.
IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT SHE WAS
AWARDED THE LEED LEADERSHIP
EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AWARD FROM
WOMEN AND PHILANTHROPY.
CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING RISK
TAKERS AND INNOVATORS IN THE
FAMILY THE PHILANTHROPIC
COMMUNITY WHO THROUGH THEIR
DETERMINATION LEADERSHIP HAVE
INCREASED FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS
THAT PROMOTE GENDER EQUITY IN
DIVERSITY. PLEASE WELCOME A
MISTAKE LIKE
.
AND EXCELLENCE FOR PUBLIC
SERVICE MALEY TOM.
SHE IS THE GODMOTHER TO THE
CAPITAL API COMMUNITY AND OFTEN
MAKES OFFERS THAT WE CAN'T
REFUSE.
HER WORK PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER
API STAFFERS IN MEMBERS LIKE
MYSELF MERELY TOM BECAME THE
FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS FIRM TOM AND ASSOCIATES
AFTER PREVIOUSLY SERVING IN THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE FOR OVER
TWENTY YEARS.
HE IS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT THE
CALIFORNIA ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
INSTITUTE COFOUNDER OF THE
CAPITAL ASIAN LEGISLATIVE STAFF
CAUCUS THE CALIFORNIA ASIAN.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROJECT AND CO
FOUNDING CHAIR OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN
INVESTMENT AND MANAGERS USM
MENTOR LEADER AND ALWAYS BE
CONSIDERED A BOSS TO OUR
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AVAIL.
ON THE FORTUNE NOT PRESENT HERE
TODAY HOWEVER IT WE DO HAVE A
AMONG RECOGNIZE AND EXCELLENCE
FOR LABOR DAVID LOW. AND IF YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY MET.
DAVE LOW FOR HIS WORK AND LABOR
TO YOU DEFINITELY. HAVE
DEFINITELY HEARD HIS LAST
NOT THAT.
YES IT.
OKAY.
OKAY DAVE LOW'S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION.
HE CHAIRS THE LABOR COALITION
SHOULD INCLUDES LEGISLATIVE AND
POLITICAL REPRESENTED SOME
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS AND
CALIFORNIA'S FOR HEALTH CARE
RETIREMENT SECURITY WHICH
REPRESENTS OVER MILLION PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA ON
PENSION. HEALTH CARE AND LABOR
ISSUES
THEY'VE LOW HAS ALWAYS GET AIMED
HIGH TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE
VOICELESS HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR
WHAT HIS WORK IS AS CONTAGIOUS
AS IS LAUGH.
THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN AROUND WHAT.
OKAY COLLEAGUES WE HAVE OUR THAT
WE HAVE THE LIBYAN IN THE HOUSE
AND SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE VINCENT
CONSENT THAT JOE VINCENT JOE
WITH US TODAY. OR NEXT HONOREE
WHO QUITE FRANKLY NEEDS NO
INTRODUCTION AFTER WE ALL
CHEERED FOR HIM.
THROUGH OUR TV SCREENS DURING
THE WINTER OLYMPICS.
AND I'M SURE THAT WE ALL
COLLECTIVELY MADE OUR GAS AS
WELL AS WE JUMP FOR JOY ALONG
WITH VINCENT. AS HE BECAME THE
FIRST PERSON.
THE FIRST PERSON IN HISTORY TO
SUCCESSFULLY LAND.
NOT ONE NOT TWO NOT A TRIPLE
JUMP BUT A QUADRUPLE. QUADRUPLE
ALEUTS JUMP AT THE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN OLYMPICS AND
PYEONGCHANG SOUTH KOREA. NOT
BEFORE MAKING HISTORY BECAUSE
THIS IS THIS ARE WE ALL HEARD
ABOUT THE TRIPLE JUMPS ISN'T A
QUADRUPLE LOOPS JOB. FIRST
PERSON IN HISTORY TO DO SO. NOW
BEFORE THAT HE WAS THE TWENTY
SEVENTEEN. WORLD JUNIOR FIGURE
SKATING CHAMPION.
TWENTY SEVENTEEN BAVARIAN OPEN
CHAMPION. TWENTY SEVENTEEN U. S.
NATIONAL SILVER MEDALIST AND
TWENTY EIGHTEEN U. S. NATIONAL
BRONZE MEDALIST VINCENT IS A
ROLE MODEL NOT JUST TO ASIAN OF
PACIFIC OTHER COMMUNITIES. BUT
THROUGHOUT THE GREAT STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT
AMERICA REGARDLESS OF YOUR
ETHNICITY HE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR
ALL INDIVIDUALS. THE CALIFORNIAN
OF FROM PAL WHILE TO AND TRAINS
DOWN IN RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA
LIVES GET UP FOR VINCENT JOE
EVERYBODY VINCENT JOB
.
THIS YEAR'S HONOREES HAVE BEEN
CHOSEN AMONG THEM BUT CHOSEN
AMONG A CROWD IF YOU HAVE A
CREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL ALL OF WHOM
REPRESENT THE BEST OF THE PI
COMMUNITY. BEFORE I PRESENT TO
YOU.
THE FULL CALIFORNIA JOINT API
THAT SHAVE CAUCUS TO THOS
EIGHTEEN API HERITAGE MONTH
HONOREES I ALSO WANT TO THANK
OUR MADAM PRO TEM FOR ALLOWING
US THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENT
EVERYBODY HERE TODAY AND TO
THANK HER AND HER STAFF FOR
THEIR PATIENT AND. FOR THEIR
THEIR SUPPORT THANK YOU GREAT
CONGRATULATIONS OR API AWARD
RECIPIENTS VERY TALENTED GROUP
OKAY MET FILE ITEMS
AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH FILE
ITEM FOURTEEN.
WITH SENATOR WILK IN THAT FILE
ITEM FIFTY FOUR. WITH SENATOR
MITCHELL FILE ITEM SIXTY THREE.
WITH SENATOR HERTZBERG.
.
SECRETARY PLEASE READ FOR.
FILE ITEM FOURTEEN.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION TWENTY
FIVE BY SENATOR WILK RELATIVE TO
BATTEN DISEASE AWARENESS
WEEKEND.
SENATOR WILK.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
MEMBERS.
AS SHE ARE TWENTY FIVE DECLARES
JUNE SECOND AND THIRD AS BATTEN
DISEASE AWARENESS WEEKEND TO
HONOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
THE DEVASTATING PAIN. THAT THIS
DISEASE CAUSES.
LIMITATIONS OF AT LEAST FOURTEEN
DIFFERENT GENES BECAUSE THIS
DISEASE WITH SYMPTOMS THAT
INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES.
SEIZURES.
BLINDNESS.
INTELLECTUAL DECLINE.
AND LOSS A SPEECH USUALLY
LEADING TO PREMATURE DEATH.
THEN DISEASE IS A RARE FATAL
DISEASE THAT OCCURS IN TWO TO
FOUR IF EVERY ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND BIRTHS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
ON AVERAGE A PROCESS TO REACH
THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS FOR A
PATIENT WITH THE RARE DISEASE.
IT TAKE UP TO SEVEN AND HALF
YEARS.
BUSINESS WITH NUMEROUS
PHYSICIANS AND MULTIPLE
MISDIAGNOSIS.
THIS RESOLUTION BRINGS ATTENTION
TO THE SHORTFALL IN FUNDING FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR
RESEARCH ON BAD DISEASE AND
OTHER RARE DISEASES.
IN TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILED TO
PASS HR NINE SEVEN ONE WHICH
REPRESENTED EFFORT TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF TREATMENTS FOR
RARE DISEASES. REDUCE THE USE OF
NON FDA APPROVED DRUGS.
AND BRING DOWN THE AVERAGE COST
A RARE DISEASE MEDICATIONS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT
DONE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL
FUNNY FOR RARE DISEASES SUCH AS
BEN DISEASE.
AND NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF THE
SEVEN THOUSAND RARE DISEASE IS
STILL HAVE NO FDA APPROVED
TREATMENT.
SEBASTIAN BELLONA THE NAMESAKE
FOR THIS PROJECT SEBASTIAN WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH WITH BATON C. L.
AND EIGHT. AT A YOUNG AGE
PROJECTS SEBASTIAN IS HELP
ESTABLISH A CONTINUOUSLY GROWING
BASE OF SUPPORTERS. RESEARCHERS
AND DOCTORS WORKING TO FIND A
TREATMENT OR CURE FOR BAD
DISEASE.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE CALL
ATTENTION TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH
AS PROJECTS SEBASTIAN THAT
SERVED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
FOR THE UNITED PURPOSE THAT
ACTIVELY PURSUING IMPROVEMENTS
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. MEMBERS I
URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR SJR TWENTY
FIVE.
THANK YOU SENATOR WILK MEMBERS A
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ICE THIRTY EIGHT NO ZERO THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND CENTER
WILL QUICKLY VS MINUTE OPTIONS
NAY YES SIDE THANK YOU MISTER
PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR
ATTENTION TO HE UPPER GALLERY
THAT LIKE TO INTRODUCE ON MY
CONSTITUENT CHRIS BLOWN OUT FROM
SANTA KOREA. AND MR BLOWN IS THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO BROUGHT.
BEN DECEASED TO MY ATTENTION.
MR VALONA.
WHO SON SEBASTIAN WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH BAD DISEASE?
HAS EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND THE
PAIN STRUGGLES THAT COMES WITH
RAISING A CHILD WITH THIS HEART
BREAKING DISEASE. BY COURAGE YOU
TO STAY WITH ME AND GIVE AROUND
ACOSTA MR VALONA AND ALL THOSE
WHO ARE FIGHTING TO BRING MORE
WET AWARENESS TO BANDS DISEASE
THANK YOU. OCCUR LOT OF THE
STATE SENATE.
WE NOW MOVE TO FILE ITEM FIFTY
FOUR.
SENATOR MITCHELL IS PREPARED
SECRETARY PLEASE READ.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN NINETY
THREE BY SENATOR MITCHELL AN
ACCOLADE TO SENTENCING CENTER
MITCHELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MISTER PRESIDENT TO GET ACTING
IN COLLEAGUES I'M HERE TODAY TO
PRESENT TO YOU ALL FOR
CONSIDERATION SENATE BILL
THIRTEEN NINETY THREE.
A BILL TO BRING US CLOSER TO A
FAIR AND JUST FORM OF
SENTENCING.
THIS BILL WOULD RESTORE THE
COURT'S DISCRETION. IN THE
INTERESTS OF JUSTICE AT THE TIME
OF SENTENCING TO STRIKE SINCE
ENHANCEMENTS FOR PRIOR SERIOUS
FELONY CONVICTIONS WHEN A PERSON
IS CURRENTLY CHARGED WITH
ANOTHER SERIOUS FELONY.
UNDER CURRENT LAW ONE OF THE
MOST COMMONLY USED ENHANCEMENTS
IS THE MANDATORY FIVE YEAR
ENHANCEMENT FOR PRIOR
CONVICTIONS OF SERIOUS OFFENES.
WHICH IS APPLY CONSECUTIVELY FOR
EACH PRIOR CONVICTION.
SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS FOR PRIOR
CONVICTIONS CONSISTENTLY RESULT
IN THE LONG GATED PERIODS OF
INCARCERATION AND ARE THE MAIN
CONTRIBUTORS TO PRISON
OVERCROWDING.
WHILE MOST SINCE ENHANCEMENTS
CAN BE DECLINED IF THE JUDGE
BELIEVES THERE ON JOBS.
THIS ENHANCEMENT IS MANDATORY IN
ALL CASES.
BY RESTORING THE COURT'S
DISCRETION WE CAN RETURN TO A
TIME WHERE JUDGES HAVE THE
ABILITY. TO TAILOR ENHANCEMENTS
TO FIT THE ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
I THINK IT'S ENHANCEMENTS
COLLEAGUES ARE DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO EVEN
IN THE CASE OF JUDICIAL
DISCRETION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
HOWEVER THAT THESE ARE
INCREMENTAL STEPS TOWARDS
UNWINDING THE MASSIVE PUBLIC
POLICY FAILURE KNOWN AS MASS
INCARCERATION.
STAKEHOLDERS OPPOSING THIS
LEGISLATION ALL STRIKE A SIMILAR
CORD. EXPRESSING AN INHERENT
LACK OF TRUST IN OUR
CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM TO
REHABILITATE OUR FELLOW
CALIFORNIANS.
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE BUT I'LL SAY
IT AGAIN MORE TIME DOES NOT
EQUAL LESS CRIME.
SOME GROUPS HAVE SAID THAT THERE
ARE NO SCENARIOS IN WHICH A
JUDGE WOULD STRIKE THIS
ENHANCEMENT.
THIS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A CLEAR
LACK OF TRUST IN OUR ARBITERS OF
JUSTICE.
LENGTHY PRISON TERMS DO NOT
DETER CRIME THEY DO NOT REDUCE
RECIDIVISM AND THEY DO NOT HELP
WITH REHABILITATION.
WHAT THEY DO LEAD TO OUR BROKEN
FAMILIES HIGH FINANCIAL BURDENS
TO COUNTIES IN THE STATE? AND
LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
FELLOW CALIFORNIANS.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS
FAIR AND JUST SENTENCING REFORM
WOULD SIMPLY RETURN HE DISH A
DISCRETION BACK TO THE JUDGE'S
HANDS. WHICH WAS IN EFFECT
BEFORE ARE DISASTROUS TOUGH ON
CRIME IN MASSING CAR
CONSERVATION PUBLIC POLICIES
PASSED BY THIS BODY.
THESE MANDATORY SINCE
ENHANCEMENTS HAVE CREATED A
HARSH AND ARBITRARY SYSTEM WERE
PUNISHMENT IS DISPROPORTIONATE
TO A PERSON'S CULPABILITY AND DO
NOT SERVE THE INTERESTS OF
JUSTICE. OR PUBLIC SAFETY WITH
THAT I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR MITCHELL.
SENATOR NIELSEN.
MADAM PRESIDENT LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN THE SENATE I
VIGOROUSLY.
ASK YOU TO OPPOSE THIS
LEGISLATION.
IT IS.
THE OPEN FOUNDED.
PRISONS ARE FILLED UP WITH
PEOPLE WHO DO CRIMES.
INCLUDING VERY PARTICULAR THOSE
WHO REPEAT THEIR CRIMINALITY.
THAT WAT'S HAPPENING THE LAST
FEW YEARS WE ARE REMOVING
CONSEQUENCES.
FOR DOING CRIMES.
AND WE ARE LESSENING THE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO
CONTINUE TO VICTIMIZE OUR
CITIZENS.
LET ME TELL YOU THE CRIME
VICTIMS LOOK AT THIS RATHER
DIFFERENTLY.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY
SERIOUS CRIMINALS.
AND FELONY OFFENSES.
INCLUDING SEXUAL ABUSE.
INCLUDING ASSAULT WITH DEADLY
WEAPONS.
AND THE USING OF GUNS IN THE
COMMISSION OF CRIMES.
ENHANCEMENTS OF THE MESSAGE
DON'T KEEP GOING AT.
ED COULD DON'T LET YOUR BEHAVIOR
ACCELERATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
WELL I DISAGREE WITH THE ERA OF
TOUGH ON CRIME.
WE WERE A MUCH SAFER IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAN WE ARE TODAY.
WE HAVE MANY INDIVIDUALS.
WHO FORMALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN
CUSTODY?
THEN IN REHABILITATION
AND ARE IN TREATMENT WHICH THEY
NEED SO THEY WOULD NOT BE A
DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS
IF IN THE COMMUNITY.
MANY OF THOSE ARE NOW ARE
HOMELESS POPULATIONS.
ASK A LOT OF YOUR CITIES.
HOW ALL OF THIS REALIGNMENT IS
WORKING FOR THEM?
BUT LET ME AGAIN TO THE
ENHANCEMENT.
ONE OF THE HANDSOMEST FOR.
NOT DOING ONE CRIME.
BUT CONTINUING TO DO CRIMES.
UNDER CURRENT SENTENCING. IF YOU
ARE A BURGLAR RESIDENTIAL
BURGLARY OR.
BUSINESS.
LESSON NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS.
YOU GET A SUMMONS.
TO APPEAR IN COURT.
MANY DON'T.
THE OVER THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
THE WARRANTS IN THIS COUNTY
ALONE IN SACRAMENTO.
BUT THE SHERIFF HAS NO ABILITY
TO PERFECT.
SO THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND THEM
BURGLAR AGAIN TOMORROW.
GET ANOTHER.
FORMS ASKING THEM TO SHOW UP.
HOPING THEY WILL DO SO.
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR THAT IS
REPETITIOUS AN ESCALATING.
CANNOT BE LEFT FUND SANCTION.
THESE ENHANCEMENTS.
CAME AS A PRODUCT OF SOMETHING
CALLED THE DETERMINANT SENTENCE
LAW.
YEARS AGO PASSED.
SIGNED BY.
EVEN OUR GOVERNOR BROWN.
SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVES AND
LIBERALS ALIKE.
FOR VERY OPPOSITE REASONS. BOTH
CONCLUDED IT WAS A MISTAKE.
IT WAS A MISTAKE.
SO THE TIDE TURNED.
AND WHAT THE TIDE TURNED ON WAS
ENHANCEMENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT. IMPROVE PUBLIC
pPEOPLE DO NOT EVER WANT TO TALK
ABOUT.
IS JUSTICE.
THE ONLY THING A VICTIM CAN A
SECURE FROM SOCIETY IS JUSTICE.
THERE IS NO CLOSURE.
FOR A MURDER VICTIM.
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE VICTIM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THE VICTIM OF ASSAULT WITH A
DEADLY WEAPON.
SOME OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID
WELL DESTRUCTIVE GET OVER IT.
THEY DO NOT GET OVER IT LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN.
THEN I SPEAK AS ONE WHO WAS ONE
OF THE FOUNDERS OF CRIME VICTIMS
MOVEMENT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT DEALT WITH
HUNDREDS.
A GRIEVING CRIME VICTIMS.
AND OF SOME OF THE OTHER TAKE
TIME TO GO OUT THERE ON VICTIMS
MARCH ON THE CAPITAL DAY.
AND SEE THE PICTURES. THE LOVED
ONES.
BUT THOSE GREEN DIDN'T VICTIMS.
MAYBE IT LOOK AT A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY.
MAYBE YOU WOULD.
WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE
WHO PERPETRATED THE CRIME ON.
CITIZENS AS BEING THE VICTIMS.
I SAY NO.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE IS
DONE.
AND YOU HEARD ME SAY ON THIS
FLOOR.
A SILENT SCREAM FROM THE GRAVE.
OF THE VICTIM.
NO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN.
ALL OF THESE SENTENCING BELTS.
AND THESE CHANGES.
WHICH SANCTION CRIMINALITY AND
CONTINUED CRIMINALITY.
DO NOT ENSURE JUSTICE.
DO NOT MAKE IT SAFER
THEN KNOW SADLY THE TIDE WILL
TURN.
AND SOME PUT TOO MUCH CREDIT
CREDIT AND TREATMENTS.
ON THE ABILITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT.
TO REHABILITATE.
I SPEAK AS ONE WHO HAS SEEN.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THE
PRODUCT.
BUT THIS SO POLLS SO CALLED
REHABILITATION.
I'VE READ OF THEIR BEHAVIORS IN
CUSTODY.
AND OUT OF CUSTODY.
I'M WELL AWARE OF HOW MANY TIMES
A VIOLATE PAROLE.
WE'VE HAD A RECENT CASE IN SAN
DIEGO WELL BOUNCE ABOUT EIGHT
YEARS AGO.
THAT'S A SEVEN TIME PAROLE
VIOLATORS.
HAD EACH TIME.
HAD HIS.
HEARING. AND THEY. PUT IT BACK
IN THE COMMUNITY.
DID NOT.
FIND ANY FAULT.
WITH THE BEHAVIOR THE FACT THEY.
LEFT HIM ON PAROLE.
THE NAME REPORT ON THE BOARD
UNTIL THE LAST TIME.
WHAT WAS THE LAST PAROLE
VIOLATION PRO VIOLATIONS AND NO
BIG DEAL RIGHT?
O. WE WAS LIVING TOO CLOSE TO A
SCHOOL.
THE A PRO THORNY SAID TO HIM ALL
WOULD JUST DON'T DO IT AGAIN
PROVIDE REMEDY MOVE A WAY.
THE FOURTEEN YEAR OLD GIRLS ARE
IN THEIR GRAVES.
IN SAN DIEGO.
BECAUSE I JUST LET HIM GO ITS
MERRY WAY.
THIS ISN'T ALARMIST SPOKES.
THAT I SPEAK WITH A PASSION
BECAUSE I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH OF
THIS GRIEF.
IMPOSED ON SOCIETY BY CRIMINALS.
AND IT BOTHERS ME.
THAT NORTE OUT TURNING OUR
BACKS.
ON VICTIMS.
AND ARE ONLY LOVE ONCE.
WHO MAY BECOME VICTIMS I URGE A
NO VOTE?
THANK YOU SENATOR NIELSEN
SENATOR WIENER.
AGAIN I THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MISTER PRESIDENT I RISE.
IN SUPPORT OF SB THIRTY NINETY
THREE AND I WANT TO THANK THE%
AUTHOR FOR.
HER CONTINUED LEADERSHIP.
ONLINE I REALLY MAKING OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS
EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT
WE ARE ACTUALLY PROMOTING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
AND PROMOTING REHABILITATION AS
WELL.
AND THIS BILL IS A STEP IN THAT
DIRECTION BY THIS BILL DOES NOT
AYE CHAINS BOB LENGTHY SENTENCES
FOR REALLY SERIOUS CRIMES.
FIVE THERE IS A SPECTRUM OF
CRIMES
HI ND THIS BILL DOES NOT
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GOING AWAY
FOR A LONG PERIOD TIME. WHO DO
GRIEVOUS HARM BY TWO VICTIMS BUT
TO THE COMMUNITY? WHAT THIS BILL
DOES IS IT GIVES MORE DISCRETION
TO THE COURT?
BY EVERY CASE IS UNIQUE AND WHAT
WE HAVE DONE IN THE CITY OVER
DECADES.
OUR MISGUIDED EFFORT TO JUST
INCARCERATE PEOPLE FOR AS LONG
AS POSSIBLE IS TYPICAL WAVY
ABILITY OF JUDGES AYE TO
EVALUATE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS
ABOUT WHAT THE SENTENCE ACTUALLY
SHOULD BE. SERVICE WILL HELP TO
RIVERSIDE. OUR COLLEAGUES I DON
LIKED ARMS I'M PLANET THE ONLY
PERSON IN THE ROOM I WAS A
VICTIM OF A CRIME. I WAS ROBBED
AND MY FIRST REACTION OF COURSE
WAS ANGER. BUT AS I LEARN MORE.
I GOT TO KNOW WHO MY OTHER
PERSON AROUND ME WAS THIS IS
SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN HOMELESS
ADDICTED TO DRUGS.%
I HAD A TERRIBLE LIFE.
I AND MY HOPE FOR HER WAS THAT
SHE WOULD BE REHABILITATED AND
SHE SPENT TIME IN COUNTY JAIL.
NOT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE NOT
RUINING HER LIFE.
SHE GOT HER GED AND THE CHARTER
SCHOOL THAT'S IN THE SAN
FRANCISCO COUNTY JAIL.
SHE WENT INTO A SOBER LIVING
PROGRAM.
AND SHE CAME OUT BETTER THEN
WHEN SHE WENT AND THAT IS THE
GOAL FOR PEOPLE TO COME AL
BETTER THAN WHEN THEY WENT IN
ADDRESSING.
WHAT CAUSED THEM TO COMMIT
THESE CRIMES?
WHEN YOU RUIN PEOPLE'S LIVES
WHEN YOU RUIN. TARA PART
FAMILIES TEAR APART COMMUNITIES
YOU'RE NOT INCREASING PUBLIC
SAFETY YOU'RE ONLY ENSURING A
CONTINUED DOWNWARD SPIRAL IN
TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. LOTS OF
THIS BILL IS IMPORTANT AND I
VERSION AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR WIENER SENATOR
BRADFORD.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT I TO
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
THIRTEEN NINETY THREE AND I WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR. LONG
LOS ANGELES FOR HER BOLD AND
COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY COMMONSENSE
LEADERSHIP AND TRYING TO RIGHT A
WRONG THAT THE STATE IS CREATED
OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO. I'M
SOMEWHAT. CONFUSED AND LOST A
MYTH AT TIMES WHEN I HEAR
INDIVIDUAL SEEN THAT THIS IS
GONNA LET CRIMINALS OUT ON THE
STREET ALL THOSE MEASURE DOES IS
GIVE. JUDGES MANY OF HOME WORD
DA'S AND PROSECUTORS WHO USER
DISCRETION ON THE SENTENCING ARE
CHARGING SIDE I SHOULD SAY NOW
MANY OF WHOM ARE JUDGES TO GIVE
THEM THAT SAME DISCRETION ON
WHETHER TO.
ENACT AN ENHANCEMENT ON A
CHARGE AS STATED.
IF YOU COULD COMMIT A HEINOUS
CRIME YOU STEAL WILL FACE THE
MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF THAT CRIME
IF THAT CRIME IS TWENTY FIVE TO
LIFE YOU WILL STILL BE CHARGED
TWENTY FIVE TO LIFE ALL THIS
BILL DOES IS MAKE SHE DID THE
JUDGE DISCRETION NOT TO ADD ON.
ADDITIONAL PRIME ON THOSE CRIMES
IT'S SOMEWHAT IRONIC GIVEN WHEN
YOU HEAR FROM R. D. A.'S THEY
WILL TELL YOU THAT CRIME HAS
INCREASED. IN THE LAST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS SO IT'S CLEAR THAT
THE MESSAGE THAT MY COLLEAGUE
FROM TEMA SAYS IS LOUD AND CLEAR
NO ONE'S LISTENING TO.
IT IS NO ONE IS LISTENING TO IT
BECAUSE IT IT'S BEEN PROVEN TIME
AND TIME AGAIN THAT NOT EVEN THE
DEATH PENALTY. PREVENT SOMEONE
FROM COMMITTING MURDER.
WHAT WE NEED IS TRUE COMMONSENSE
APPROACH IS TO SENTENCING
INDIVIDUALS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
FIND THE TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE
NUMBER OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN CONVICTED? AND
SENTENCED TO THESE LONG.
JUSTICE CRAZY SENTENCES SO I'M
HERE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A
COMMON SENSE MEASURE.
AGEE AND IT.
BONTA FLIES JUDGES STANDS I'VE
HAD OPPORTUNITY IT'S BEEN OUR
COUPLE WEEKS AGO I SIX HOURS IN
OUR CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
EVERY JUDGE I MET WHICH STATED
YES I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN
ENHANCEMENT ARMENIAN THE
DISCRETION I SHOULD SAY. USES
DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T LIMIT ARMY
USE IT BUT I LOVE THE HAVE THAT
IN MY TO GET BECAUSE ALL THE
PIECES AREN'T THE SAME ALL
INDIVIDUALS PARK TO SAY. IT
GIVES THEM GREATER DISCRETION IN
EVERY JUDGE WOULD LOVE THAT HAD
THAT DISCRETION AGAIN THEY WOULD
NECESSARY EXERCISE IT BUT THEY
LOVE THE HAVE THAT DISCRETION
WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT
CASES ON A CASE BY CASE.
INDIVIDUAL BASIS ONE SIZE DOES
NOT FIT ALL AND THIS BILL TRIES
TO ADDRESS THAT AGAIN WE HAVE
NOT REDUCE CRIME IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THROUGH THESE.
BANG INCREASED SENTENCES ALL
WE'VE DONE IS ONE FAMILIES AND
AGAIN.
IT'S NO ONE HERE WHO WANTS TO
DISREGARD A VICTIM OF ANY CRIME
THIS BILL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
VICTIMS RIGHTS THIS PAST TO DO
IT AGAIN. GIVEN THE JUDGE'S
DISCRETION TO USE THEIR LEGAL
JUDGMENT THEIR INDIVIDUAL
JUDGMENT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS
AN ATTORNEY ONCE SENTENCE FOR
THE CRIME THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE.
GREAT THANK YOU SENATOR BRADFORD
SENATOR STONE.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES I RESPECTFULLY.
RISE IN OPPOSITION TO SB
THIRTEEN NINETY THREE.
WELL I AGREE WITH.
MICHAEL YOU'RE CALLING FROM LOS
ANGELES THAT WE DO NOT SEE
ENOUGH OF REHABILITATION IN OUR
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION.
I ALSO FEEL THAT WERE WERE NOT
HEARING MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS
WE'VE HEARD TODAY ABOUT. HOW
WE'VE DESTROYED THE LIVES OF OF
CRIMINALS WITH?
LOCKING THEM UP AND THROWING
THE KEY AWAY BUT WE DON'T TALK
ABOUT IS A LIVES HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED BY THE VICTIMS OF
THEIR CRIMES AND AFTER. LIVE
WITHOUT A FATHER WITHOUT A
MOTHER OR A PARENT OR A CHILD
THAT HAS BEEN.
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED YOU KNOW WE
LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT SHOULD BE
GOVERNED BY LAWS AND WE NEED
PUNISHMENTS FOR BREAKING THE
LAWS AND MAYBE THE STATISTICS
ARE ACCURATE. THAT LONGER
SENTENCES DON'T ACTUALLY PROVIDE
DETERRENCE
BUT ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE IS
IT WHEN YOU HAVE A LONGER
SENTENCE BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS A
FOLK. COMMITTED FELONS.
YEAH FELONIES AND THEN PROCEEDED
TO DO MORE FELONIES WE LOCK THEM
UP FOR FIVE MORE YEARS.
WHAT WE KNOW FOR A FACT IS A FOR
FIVE MORE YEARS THAT DANGEROUS
CRIMINALS WILL NOT BE OUT ON THE
STREETS VICTIMIZING YET? MORE
PEOPLE.
WE ALL AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO
BE A BETTER WAY TO REHABILITATE
THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO BREAK THE
LAW BUT THERE MUST BE ALWAYS
CONSEQUENCES FOR. COMMITTING
CRIMES THIS BILL IS ADDRESSING
THE SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS FOR
SERIOUS FELONIES THESE INCLUDE.
MURDER FORCIBLE RAPE LEWD ACTS
ON A CHILD UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS
OLD. AND KIDNAPPING JUST TO NAME
A FEW.
IT'S HARD TO COMPREHEND ANY
SCENARIO WHERE SOMEONE BEING
CONVICTED OF ONE OF THESE
OFFENSES AND COMMITS ANOTHER
SERIOUS FELONY. SHOULD NOT HAVE.
A SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT THAT IS
REQUIRED BY WE THE PEOPLE TO
REQUIRE JUDGES TO IN FACT IMPOSE
THESE PENALTIES.
IF THE CONCERN IS ABOUT PRISON
OVERCROWDING OR SENTENCE LENGTH
WE ALREADY HAVE PROP FIFTY SEVEN
APPROVED BY THE VOTERS AGAINST
EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A NON
VIOLENT FELONY. THE ELIGIBILITY
OF PAROLE AFTER COMPLETING THEIR
FIRST TERM THESE INDIVIDUALS
COULD ALREADY BE PAROLED FROM
PRISON AFTER THE INITIAL TERM
BEFORE THE ENHANCEMENT IF THEY
HAVE SHOWN. GOOD BEHAVIOR AND
APPROVED A PAROLE BOARD TO BE
SUITED FOR RELEASE.
BY REMOVING AN ENHANCEMENT WE
ARE REMOVING THE INCENTIVE FOR
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS TO WORK
HARD.
TO ATONE FOR THEIR CRIMES.
AND TO REHABILITATE.
THROUGH AND FOR PAROLE.
WELL I KNOW THIS BILL IS WELL
INTENTIONED I BELIEVE THIS BILL
WILL REMOVE AN IMPORTANT
STEPHANIE KARR SERRATION.
REHABILITATION PROCESS THAT NOT
ONLY PROVIDES OUR CORRECTIONS
PERSONNEL THE TOOLS TO EVALUATE
ALSO. REMOVE A BARRIER OUR
PROTECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
MY FRIENDS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU.
BUT FIFTY PERCENT OF US
ARE CAMPAIGNING RIGHT NOW.
FOUR OUR NEXT TERM HERE IN THE
STATES AND I WISH ALL MY
COLLEAGUES. GOOD LUCK.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU. BUT
WHEN I GO SPEAK OUT INTO THE
COMMUNITIES AND I ASK MY
CONSTITUENTS WHAT IS YOUR NUMBER
ONE CONCERN IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TODAY.
AND AS MUCH AS MY FELLOW
COLLEAGUES. ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S
TAXES.
OVERREGULATION.
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.
AND ALL OF MY CORRESPONDENCES
WITH MY CONSTITUENTS.
IS ESCALATING CRIME.
AND NOT HOLDING PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE CRIMES IN
KEEPING DANGEROUS PEOPLE BEHIND
BARS.
MY FRIENDS WE GOTTA CONCENTRATE
ON THE VICTIMS OF THESE CRIMES
WE NEVER TALK ABOUT THE VICTIMS.
OR WE DON'T TALK ABOUT A VERY
MUCH DURING A PUBLIC SAFETY
HEARINGS.
BUT I'M HERE TO STAND UP FOR THE
VICTIMS AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
IF EUROPE.
A PERSON THAT HAS BEEN CONVICTED
OF A SERIOUS FELONY.
AND YOU GET ACCUSED AND
CONVICTED OF YET ANOTHER FELONY.
YOU SHOULD GET AN ENHANCEMENT
THAT AS MANDATED BY THE PEOPLE
THROUGH THE COURTS AND NOT LEAVE
IT. TO.
JUDICIAL DISCRETION.
WE NEED TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES
SAFER IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
MY FRIENDS THIS ASK THE QUESTION
OF YOURSELF.
DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT S.
B. THIRTEEN NINETY THREE IS
GOING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES
SAFER. OR LESS SAFE.
IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT'S GOING
TO MAKE IT SAFER I URGE YOU TO
VOTE FOR S. B. THIRTEEN NINETY
THREE.
BUT IF YOU KNOW IN YOUR
CONSCIOUS THAT THIS WILL MAKE
OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT SAFER THAT
HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY NO AS I
URGE YOU TO DO HERE TODAY.
THINKING.
THANK YOU SENATOR STONE SENATOR
SKINNER.
MEMBERS AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM TO
MACULA DID BY READING SOME OF
THE CRIMES.
THAT CAN SCARE PEOPLE THEY'RE
QUITE HEINOUS.
BUT.
WHAT ANOTHER OF MY COLLEAGUES
REFERENCED?
THERE ARE STILL VERY LONG
SENTENCES
BETTER THE BAY SENTENCE FOR
THOSE CRIMES.
THIS BILL DOES NOT CATCH
THE BASE SENTENCES.
THIS BILL ONLY ALLOWS JUDICIAL
DISCRETION.
AND REMOVES THE MANDATORY
ENHANCEMENTS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE IN FACT PUT ON.
NOW.
WE PUT THOSE ENHANCEMENTS.
SINCE THE TIME OF THE SEVENTIES.
AND IF WE RECALL FROM GOVERNOR
BROWN STATED STATE ADDRESS
IN THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES.
WHEN THERE WERE MORE FELONIES
THAN THERE ARE TODAY.
CALIFORNIA ONLY INCARCERATED
ABOUT A HUNDRED AND THIRTY
PEOPLE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND
POPULATION.
TODAY WE'VE TRIPLED THAT NUMBER
WE NOW INCARCERATE. OVER THREE
HUNDRED PEOPLE PER HUNDRED
THOUSAND.
AND YET.
WE'VE NOT GROANING CRYING.
AND ALL OF THE RESEARCH
REGARDLESS OF WHO HAS CONDUCTED
THAT RESEARCH
HAS SHOWN US
THAT THE IN HERE IT'S MINTS HAVE
NOTS.
CREATED EITHER A DETERRENCE.
OR LESS CRIME.
SO.
WHY WE WOULD ENCUMBER OUR
BUDGETS?
BY SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW
THROUGH THE DATA.
DOES NOT
SUPPORT OUR OBJECTIVE.
SO THE OTHER THING THE GOVERNOR
BROWN TOLD US ABOUT IN THAT
STATE OF THE STATE.
IS THAT IN THAT SAME TIME IN THE
SEVENTIES WHEN WE INCARCERATED
ABOUT A HUNDRED AND THIRTY
PEOPLE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND.
ONLY THREE PERCENT OF OUR
GENERAL FUND WENT TO.
CORRECTIONS.
THIS YEAR IT'LL BE ABOUT TEN
PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
NO WHAT ELSE COMPETES FOR
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
OUR HIGHER EDUCATION CSU AND YOU
SEE.
ANY TYPE OF SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMS
THAT WOULD HELP GET PEOPLE OFF
THE STREET ARE HOMELESS MONIES
FOR HOMELESS. OUR STATE PARKS
SO MANY OTHER THINGS ARE JOB
TRAINING MONEY.
ALL OF THOSE ARE COMPETING FOR
THAT GENERAL FUND.
AND YET.
WHY TODAY WOOD WE CONTINUE TO
PURSUE ENHANCEMENTS WHEN ALL OF
THE DATA HAS SHOWN US THAT IS
NOT ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOAL IT IS
JUST INCREASED OUR EXPENDITURES?
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
HEARD THIS BILL.
IN THE ANALYSIS
THEY GAVE THAT DATA.
AND WE RECOMMENDED A SUPPORT ON
THIS BILL.
DUE TO THE DATA.
AND.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT WE
SUPPORTED. AND WE REVERSE
POLICIES THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE
HOPING THAT THEY WOULD ACHIEVE A
REDUCTION IN CRIME. AND HOPING
THAT IT WOULD CHANGE OF
CIRCUMSTANCE BUT IN FACT.
ALL IT HAS DONE IS INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
INCARCERATED AND THE LENGTH OF
TIME THAT WE'VE INCARCERATED
THEM AYE URGENT AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR SKINNER
SENATOR STERN.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT.
.
I RISE SAYS
A DEMOCRAT WHO IS PROUD TO STAND
UP FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRIMES.
WHO HAS?
NO DISCOMFORT STANDING IN
SOLIDARITY WITH MY FRIENDS IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT. OR FOR SPEAKING
OUT AGAINST WHAT I FEEL ARE
STILL ONGOING WEAKNESSES IN OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE
WAKE OF PROP FORTY SEVEN AND
PROPERTY SEVEN.
THIS IS NOT A REFERENDUM ON PROP
FORTY SEVEN OR PROP FIFTY SEVEN.
THIS IS ALSO.
NOT A WEAKENING OF OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE LOS.
THIS BILL SIMPLY ALLOWS JUDGES
TO JUDGE.
IT'S THE SAME REASON I VOTED.
FOR A BILL THAT MIGHT SENATOR
FROM OUR SENATOR FROM INGLEWOOD
YOU'RE A HAWTHORNE I'M SORRY
LAST YEAR BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND AYE I FIND THE LACK OF TRUST
IN OUR JUDICIARY.
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE
DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS A LITTLE
DISCOMFORTING.
YOU KNOW WE SAY JUSTICE IS
BLIND.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT.
LADY JUSTICE THERE'S A
BLINDFOLD.
ANY OTHER SCALES BETTER WAIT AND
IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE A STORY IS
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
SO TO SOMEHOW.
REACH BEYOND A BLINDFOLD AND
ACTUALLY TRY TO HANDCUFF JUSTICE
SO NOT JUST A BLIND HOLE BUT
ISN'T HANDCUFFS AND NOT LET OUR
JUDICIARY ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO
THEIR JOB. AND GO MAKE
DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS ON A
CASE BY CASE BASIS AND COME UP
WITH THIS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE
ACROSS THE BOARD STRATEGY.
TIMMY IT IS IS NOT ABOUT BEING
WE COURT TOUGH ON CRIME AND NOT
ABOUT HOW YOU EVEN FEEL ABOUT
THESE CRIMES IN GENERAL BUT WHAT
DO YOU HAVE ANY FAITH. IN OUR
JUDICIARY TO GO OUT AND DO THEIR
JOBS.
SOCOLLEAGUES I I WOULD STAND IN
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF. THIRTY SB
THIRTEEN NINETY THREE.
AS SOMEONE WHO. WHO TRULY DOES
EMPATHIZE AND OFTEN STAND UP FOR
THE VICTIMS OF CRIME IN THIS
STATE?
THIS IS NO NO NO DELAY OF THEIR
ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND IN FACT IT
IS VERY LIKELY EVEN IF THIS BILL
BECOMES A LAW.
TOUGH SENTENCES WILL BE HANDED
DOWN THROUGH THE COURTS YEAR
AFTER YEAR.
AND IN SOME CASES JUSTICE WILL
BE DONE IN IN SOME NOT.
BUT AT LEAST IN THIS BODY WE
WILL SHOW SOME RESPECT TO THAT
THIRD BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT WHERE
WE DIFFER THOSE GREATER DECISION
TO JUST. THINKING.
THANK YOU SENATOR STERN CENTER
LARA.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
MEMBERS I APPRECIATE THAT
DISCUSSION ABOUT VICTIMS.
AND THE THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT
WE.
AND THE LENS WE NEED TO LOOK
BROUGH.
BUT AS THE VICTIM OF ONE OTHER
HEINOUS CRIMES THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT TODAY I AM PROUD TO STAND
IN SUPPORT. OF THIS IMPORTANT
BILL.
WHY?
BECAUSE.
OF JUDICIAL DISCRETION I HATE TO
BEAT A DEAD HORSE OVER AND OVER
AGAIN. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
GIVEN THE JUDGE'S THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE FACTS
OF THE CASE BEFORE WE
AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE A
SENTENCE.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THERE'S
APPROXIMATELY OVER NINETEEN
THOUSAND PEOPLE. FOR EVERY TIME
AND CDC ARE RIGHT NOW WITH JUST
A FIVE YEAR SENTENCING
ENHANCEMENT.
THESE ARE TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
THAT.
NEVER HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A
JUDGE.
NEVER HAD OPPORTUNITY THAT LOOK
AT THEIR CASE
TO SEE IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY
REHABILITATED. BECAUSE THE
REALITY IS THAT THERE'S NO
REHABILITATION AT CDC ARE WHO
ARE WE JOKING.
AND THE FACT IS THAT WE OUGHT
NOT IT PLEASE TO SENTENCE THEM
ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.
AND OF COURSE MEMBERS WE KNOW
WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THIS
AFFECTS LATINO AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN MEN.
LIKE NO OTHER ETHNICITY OR
ETHNIC GROUP. I WONDER IF THE
RULES WERE ACTUALLY CHANGE IF
THAT WASN'T THE CASE.
AND.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
UNDERSTAND. THAT OUR CRIMINAL
SYSTEM.
SHOULD BE BASED ON SOUND
RESEARCH AND DATA THAT YOU'VE
HEARD FROM OUR COLLEAGUES
SUPPORTING THIS BILL.
IT SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON FAKE
NEWS.
I'M FAKE DATA BUT TRYING TO
SCARE PEOPLE.
AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS
BILL DOES.
THIS RHETORIC ON TOUGH ON CRIME
IT'S OLD IT'S DATED IT DOESN'T
WORK. IT IS TIME FOR US TO
ACTUALLY USE REAL DATA GIVE OUR
JUDGES THE DISCRETION.
AND ALLOW SOME OF US VICTIMS
THAT ACTUALLY. HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY LIVE TO SOMETHING.
COULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND
SAY THAT OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS
NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING TO
REHABILITATE THESE PEOPLE LET'S
GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
A FAIR SHAKE.
AT SO WE CAN ALL MOVE FORWARD I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR LARA.
SENATOR ANDERSON.
SEATORS AND MANY TIMES I'VE
STOOD UP.
BECAUSE I ACTUALLY SUPPORT
REPORT OF JUSTICE.
AN I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD
GIVE PEOPLE A PATH TO
REDEMPTION.
AND I DO THINK THAT SOCIETY IS
BETTER WHEN WE GIVE THEM A PATH
AND WE HELP THEM ON THAT PATH.
IT WHEN THEY RETURN TO SOCIETY
THEY DON'T COMMIT A CRIME AGAIN
BUT RATHER BECOME A TAXPAYER.
BUT THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT WAY.
YOU KNOW.
NUMBER TALKING ABOUT.
SERIOUS OFFENSES WERE WE REALLY
TALKING ABOUT.
WE'VE WE'VE CHANGED HOW WE
ADDRESS.
.
ALL THE CRIMES WE'VE GONE
THROUGH ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT
TO A DEFINITIONS.
BUT.
THIS CATEGORY SERIOUS OFFENSES.
STILL HAS RAPIST AND MURDERERS
IN IT.
IF YOU COMMIT A RAPE OR YOU
MURDER SOMEBODY.
AND YOU'RE FOUND GUILTY IN YOU
SERVE YOUR TIME ABSOLUTELY
DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE.
BUT IF YOU OFFEND A SECOND TIME.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT TAKING
YOUR FRIEND SERIOUSLY. AND WE
HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
BECAUSE.
NOBODY SHOULD BE A VICTIM OF
CRIME.
AND WHILE ON YOUR FIRST OFFENSE
WE'RE GONNA BEND OVER BACKWARDS
TO HELP YOU WITH IT.
BUT WHO'S THE FOOL ON YOUR
SECOND THIRD OR FOURTH OFFENSE
IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THE THREAT
YOU ARE.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF
CHANGING YOUR PAST AND CHANGE
WHAT YOU DO IN. LOOKIT I'M ALL
FOR A JUDICIAL DISCRETION.
BUT WIDER SET JUDICIAL%
DISCRETION HAVE A CAP TO IT.
YOU CAN'T THREATEN SOMEBODY IT
LONGER THAN THE SENTENCE THAT
THAT CRIME. IS IS THERE FOR.
BUT NOW WE'RE SAYING BUT YOU CAN
LOWERED THE SIGNS WE JUST CAN'T
GO ABOVE THE SENS.
THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
NOW ONE WOULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT.
THAT THIS IS TERRIFIC VISIT.
WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT WHAT JUDGES
WERE REMOVED.
BECAUSE I CAN'T BE HONEST WITH
YOU. I WOULD NEVER VOTE FR A
JUDGE OR A CANDID FOR JUDGE.
WHOSE RETURN SOMEDAY TO SOCIETY
WHO'S ON THEIR THIRD MURDER
CONVICTION OR THE THIRD RATE.
AND HAS AN ENHANCED.
THERE HAS ENHANCED THEIR CRIME
NOT BECAUSE NECESSARY THEY GONNA
CHANGE OF LIFE FOR THE BETTER.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE
WILL NEVER CHANGE YOUR LIFE
THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
THREAT TO THEIR NEIGHBOR THOSE
CAN BE A THREAT TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
ANOTHER HARM SOMEBODY INTER PUT
BACK IN JAIL AGAIN.
AND.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE WIRED
THAT WAY WERE OR WHAT THE
REASONS BUT WE CAN OFFER THEM.
ALL THE WATER WE WANT BUT THE
HORSE ACTUALLY HAS TO DRINK IT.
CAN ONLY LEAD A HORSE TO WATER
YOU CAN'T FORCE AND DRINK YOU
CAN ONLY GIVE THEM THE
PROGRAMMING NECESSARY FOR THEM
TO CHOOSE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
BUT ULTIMATELY THEY HAVE TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE IF THEY REFUSE
TO DO IT.
AND THEY MURDER AGAIN OR THEY
RAPE AGAIN.
THERE ARE HUGE THREAT TO
SOCIETY.
SO IF THIS BILL WAS ABOUT.
ALLOWING JUDGES TO BOTH GIVE
DISCRETION TO INCREASE THE
PENALTY OR DECREASE THE PENALTY.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THIS
FEELING GOES IN ONE DIRECTION.
AND THAT'S WHY I FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO SUPPORT TODAY. IT
LOOK.
THE AUTHOR HAS DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB WITH WORKED ON
BILLS TOGETHER. GOT PORTS
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE I CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN OUR HEARTS
IN MY SHE DOES THIS.
BUT THIS IS WHEN THOSE TIMES
GRANTED YOU.
AB DISAGREE HAVE TO AGREE TO
DISAGREE.
I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY I
GUESS I DON'T WANT TO LOOK INTO
ANOTHER CONSTITUENTS FACE.
WHO'S BEEN A VICTIM.
AND SAID WE.
COULD HAVE DONE MORE BUT WE
CHOSE TO DO LACKS.
IN WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT WE
WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A SECOND
BITE AT LIFE.
BUT WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO ARE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED
OF RAPE OR MURDER IN THIS IS THE
SECOND TIME. THAT THEY'RE GOING
BEFORE ON THE SAME CHARGES IN
BEING FOUND GUILTY FOR THE
SECOND TIME.
OR THE THIRD TIME.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER WANT TO CHANGE
SOME PEOPLE ARE DESTINED TO HURT
OTHERS. IN IT'S OUR JOB TO
PROTECT THE INNOCENT.
JUST LIKE IT'S OUR JOB TO GIVE
THOSE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE A PATH.
A PATH TO REDEMPTION.
SO ARE I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT
TODAY.
AND IF IT DOES PASS I'LL BE
LOOKING IN THE NEXT ELECTION
CYCLE TO JUDGE THE JUDGES BY
THIS AT THE ELECTION BOX.
ORIGINAL VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR ANDERSON
CENTER MITCHELL ELECTION WOULD
YOU LIKE THE CLOSEST THE
PRESIDENT YES IF I MAY.
FIRST OF ALL COLLEAGUES LET ME
JUST SAY THAT I.
PERSONALLY AND VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
WITH THE MULTIPLE REFERENCES ON
THIS FLOOR TODAY AND THE
CORRELATION DRAWN BETWEEN.
THE DISCUSSION AND PASSAGE OF
SOUND POP PUBLIC POLICY.
AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS I
THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE. AND A
DANGEROUS TREND.
NOT TO MUCH I THINK IT'S
GRANDSTANDING AND I DON'T
APPRECIATE IT.
I ALSO GUESS I HAVE TO ADJUST MY
OWN EXPECTATION.
I HAVE TO STOP BELIEVING THAT
MEMBERS OF THIS BODY.
CAN CHANGE EITHER.
THAT BASED ON RESEARCH AND STUDY
AFTER STUDY AFTER STUDY THAT
THAT COULD INFLUENCE AND INFORM.
A DECISION.
AN ATTITUDE.
NOT A DECADES OLD LIFE
EXPERIENCE.
AND SO LIKE MY COLLEAGUE JUST
SAID.
QUOTE THEY DON'T CHANGE.
PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE THE
EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE ON THIS
FOR HAVE THE CAPACITY TO READ
AND LEARN. AND CHANGE EITHER.
FAX MY COLLEAGUES.
THE CRIMES WILL NOT GO
UNPUNISHED.
A JUDGE A MEMBER OF THE BENCH.
WILL BE ALLOWED TO YOU A
PERSON'S FULL CIRCUMSTANCES.
THERE IS ALREADY A SUBSTANTIAL
BASE TERM FOR THESE SERIOUS
CRIMES.
OTHER ENHANCEMENTS GET STACKED
ON THE BASE TERM FOR THINGS LIKE
GANG AFFILIATION.
THIS BILL DOES NOTHING ABOUT
THAT.
DON'T FORGET COLLEAGUES
THREE STRIKES IS INDEED STILL IN
PLACE.
IF THIS BILL BECOMES LAW.
JUDGES WILL BE ALLOWED TO IMPOSE
THE STRIKE ENHANCEMENT.
A FIVE YEAR ENHANCEMENT BOTH OR
NEITHER IT GIVES THE COURT
MAXIMUM DISCRETION.
THE PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY.
HAVE ALREADY SERVED TIME FOR THE
PREVIOUS CRIME THEY COMMITTED.
S. B. THIRTEEN NINETY THREE
WOULD ALLOW THE JUDGE TO
DETERMINE. IF THEY SHOULD SERVE
ENHANCEMENTS BASED ON THEIR
CURRENT SITUATION.
AS I HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED MY
COLLEAGUE FROM TO FAME.
TO ACTUALLY GIVE US A RESEARCH
BASED CITATION THAT VALIDATES.
HIS ASSERTION THAT CRIME WAS
INDEED LESS DURING THE HEYDAY OF
ARE TOUGH ON CRIME ERA.
I WILL DO WHAT I'VE ASKED OF
HIM.
AS I'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
AS SOON AS I FIND IT IN MY
NOTES.
IT'S OF THE TWENTY FOURTEEN.
FOUR HUNDRED FORTY FOUR PAGE.
REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
WHERE THEY REVIEWED ALL
AVAILABLE STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS
ON CRIME AFFECTS ON WOMEN
FAMILIES COMMUNITIES AND
CONCLUDED THAT AND I WILL QUELL?
GIVEN THE SMALL CRIME PREVENTION
EFFECTS OF LONG PRISON
SENTENCES.
AND THE POSSIBLY HIGH FINANCIAL
SOUL XIN SOCIAL AND HUMAN COSTS
OF INCARCERATION.
FEDERAL AND STATE POLICYMAKERS
SHOULD REVISE CURRENT CRIMINAL
JUSTICE POLICIES.
TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE RATE
OF INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED
STATES.
IN PARTICULAR THEY SHOULD
REEXAMINE POLICIES.
REGARDING.
THREATENS ENHANCEMENTS.
THESE BILLS
ARE ABOUT ADDRESSING THE
RACIALLY DISPARATE IMPACT OF
HAVING SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN
FATHERS AND MOTHERS* FROM
OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR
FAMILIES.
THE INFERENCE
BUT ALL I.
HAVE BEEN SPENT TIME WITH
VICTIMS OF CRIME.
HAVEN'T DONE MY WORK TO HAVE A
BALANCED PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT
CALIFORNIA.
REALLY EXPERIENCES.
IS OFFENSIVE.
I HAVE DONE JUST THAT.
THERE ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME
GROUPS TO LOBBYISTS WHO WORK
THESE HALLS.
WHO ARE PROPONENTS FOR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM?
THERE ARE VICTIMS OF CRIME
ORGANIZATIONS.
WHO FUNDAMENTALLY UNDERSTAND?
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT
THEY ALSO DON'T WANNA LIVE.
IN A STATE.
THAT.
HAS A HISTORY.
OF MASS INCARCERATION.
A STATE WHO IS UNDER A COURT
ORDER TO REDUCE ITS PRISON
POPULATION.
WITHOUT A STRATEGIC APPROACH.
WE HAVE EVALUATED AND ARE
LOOKING AT THE SINCE
ENHANCEMENTS ARE THERE ARE NOT
TAKING A CRITICAL LOOK.
AT WHICH ENHANCEMENTS.
ARE NOT WORKING.
WHICH ENHANCEMENTS A FURTHER
VIOLATE.
ALL ONE'S CONSTITUTIONAL
PROTECTION AGAINST DOUBLE
JEOPARDY.
COLLEAGUES I WOULD ARGUE THAT SP
THIRTEEN NINETY THREE.
WHICH EMPOWERS THE JUDICIAL
BRANCH
TO DO THE JOB WE EXPECT OF THEM.
DOES JUST THAT.
WHAT THAT COLLEAGUES I
APPRECIATE THE ROBUST DEBATE?
AND I ASK FOR YOUR ARRIVAL.
THANK YOU SENATOR MITCHELL.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN.
I.
ANDERSON.
ATKINS.
ANDERSON NO ATKINS AYE.
BATES.
NO BELL AYE AYE AYE BERRYHILL.
NO BRADFORD ARE BY.
CANNELLA.
NO. DELEON.
HI I THOUGHT.
I FULLER.
NO GAINES.
NO GALGIANI.
GLAZER.
I HERNANDEZ.
I HERTZBERG.
AYE HILL. AYE HUESO.
JACKSON.
I LARA. AYE LEYVA.
BUT I MCGUIRE.
I MITCHELL.
I MONEY.
I AM MORE LOCK.
MORRELL.
NO.
NEWMAN.
NGUYEN.
NO NELSON.
NO PAN.
BY PORTANTINO.
I ROTH.
BY SKINNER.
I STERN.
I STONE.
NO BIDAK.
NO WIECKOWSKI. AYE WIENER.
I WILK.
NO. VICTORY PLEASE HOLD ABSENT
MEMBERS GALGIANI.
HUESO.
MORE LOCKED.
NO.
NEWMAN.
NO.
PRICE TWENTY THREE KNOWS
FOURTEEN THE MEASURE PASSES.
MEMBERS WE WILL NOW MOVE TO FILE
ITEM SIXTY THREE.
SENATOR HERTZBERG.
SECRETARY PLEASE READ.
ASSEMBLY BILL SIXTEEN SIXTY
EIGHT BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER FRIEDMAN
AND THAT CLEAN WATER. CENTER
HERTZBERG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH A.
MISTER PRESIDENT I RISE WITH
GREAT PRIDE.
IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE.
PRIDE NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS
CONTENT.
BUT BECAUSE OF ITS PROCESS.
LAST YEAR THE GOVERNOR HAD TO
TRAILER BILL IS THE RESULT OF A
LOT OF WORK BY A LOT OF FOLKS.
AND INSTEAD OF TAKING THAT
TRAILER BILL UP. UNDER THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH A. GROUP OF VERY BRIGHT
AND ENERGETIC ADVOCATES FROM A
SERIES OF. IMPORTANT
ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER.
WITH THE AUTHOR OF THIS MEASURE
TOGETHER WITH THE COMPANION
MEASURE IN THE OTHER HOUSE THAT
JUST PASSED.
TO.
HELP FIGURE OUT. WHAT TO DO
ABOUT?
WATER EFFICIENCY.
WE HAVE SOUGHT UNDER THIS NEW
NORMAL THE GOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT
TO REINVENT HOW WE THINK ABOUT
WATER POLICY. TO MOVE AWAY FROM
STICKING A STRONG THE CALLER
RIVER AND STRONG NORTHERN
CALIFORNIAN MOVING WATER
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AMONG OTHER
ISSUES INTO A SUSTAINABLE
APPROACH.
BUT APPROACH THE TALKS ABOUT
RECYCLING OF WATER LAST YEAR WE
DID WELL BILL ON STORM WATER. A
IT CERTAINLY WE HAVE FROM THE
SENATOR FROM MONTEREY WATER
QUALITY WATER MARKETS THINKING
THROUGH A VERY SUSTAINABLE
APPROACH AND THE CORNERSTONE OF
THAT. HIS EFFICIENCY AND
CONSERVATION.
THIS MEASURE IS THE RESULT OF
THAT IMPORTANT WORK.
IT SETS FORTH THE POLICY AND
TOOLS NOT IN A PUNITIVE WAY IN A
VERY GRADUAL WAY ABOUT HOW WE'RE
GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROCESS.
A WAY THAT GIVES SOME GREATER
RISK A RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO
WERE FIRST MOVERS IN THE
RECYCLING AREA. AWAY THAT.
HIS MORE AUTHORITY TO LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS INSTEAD MAKING IT
MORE OF A BOTTOM UP THE JUST A
TOP DOWN APPROACH.
WE THINK THAT.
RESULT OF THIS EFFORT IN A
BIPARTISAN MANNER IN BOTH HOUSES
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SENATE GOT
TOUGH AT TIMES.
BUT IT IS IN MY VIEW GOVERNMENT
AT ITS BEST.
EVEN THOSE WHO MAY DISAGREE WITH
THE OUTCOME CAN'T DISAGREE WITH
THE PROCESS IN THE SENSE THAT
THERE WAS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY
AMOUNT OF DELIBERATION
EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THE
CONSULTATION. IN ORDER TO PUT
TOGETHER THIS IMPORTANT POLICY.
BEGINS TO CHANGE THE WAY WE
THINK ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION
AS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF A
SUSTAINABLE APPROACH AS WE DEAL
WITH THE NEW NORMAL DEAL WITH
THESE DROUGHTS AND ALL THE
CHALLENGES WE FACE. IN THE VERY
IMPORTANT WORLD OF WATER POLICY
I ASK YOUR SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FRIEDMAN'S.
OF MEASURE SIXTEEN SIXTY EIGHT
THANK YOU THANK YOU SENATOR
HERTZBERG SENATOR SKINNER AND
THEN SENATOR ANDERSON.
SENATOR ANDERSON AS MY OKAY
SENATOR ANDERSON WOULD YOU LIKE
TO.
PROCEED. SHARE.
SENATORS ARE.
I DON'T DOUBT THAT THIS BILL
TOOK A LOT TIME AND EFFORT.
BUT ARE A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN
TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT
AND DOESN'T TURN OUT RIGHT. AND
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES.
YOU SCENE SAN DIEGO WE SPEND
OVER THREE BILLION DOLLARS IN
THE LAST TEN YEARS.
TRYING TO BECOME WATER
INDEPENDENT.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT'S
FINANCED OF US WE'VE STEPPED UP
IN EVERY WAY AND FUNDED LOCALLY.
TO BECOME MORE WATER
INDEPENDENT.
SENATE EACH AND EVERY CHAIR I
EACH AND EVERY JUNCTURE.
WE BEEN PENALIZED BY THE STATE.
IN THIS BILL CONTINUES TO
PENALIZE US WHAT WE'VE
IDENTIFIED NEW WATER SOURCES.
AND AND DONE EVERYTHING THAT
EVERY COMMUNITY SHOULD BE DOING
IT WE INVESTED HEAVILY AT OUR
OWN PERIL.
WE DON'T GET CREDIT FOR ANY OF
IT NONE OF IT ZERO CUARTO.
FOR THOSE REASONS I CAN'T
SUPPORT THIS ARM CARE HOW LONG
YOU TOOK.
TO PUT A STINKER OF A BILL
TOGETHER. IN SAN DIEGO THIS BILL
STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN.
SO I URGE A NO VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR ANDERSON
SENATOR SKINNER.
THANK YOU MET A.
PRESIDENT MEMBERS
THROUGH CALIFORNIA WORD. PROUD
OF OUR LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND WE KNOW THAT THE
POLICIES THAT WE HAVE. ENACTED
IN THE PRACTICES THAT WE'VE PUT
INTO PLACE HAS MADE CALIFORNIA'S
PER CAPITA ENERGY USE
ELECTRICITY USE.
STAY FLAT
SINCE THE NINETEEN EIGHTY STAY
FLAT EVEN THOUGH ALL OF US HAVE
SO MANY MORE GADGETS THAT WE
PLUG INTO THE WALL. AND YET ARE
INTERRED ELECTRICITY USE HAS
STAYED PER CAPITA FLAT.
NOW WHAT THIS BILL DOES AND I
WANT TO THANK.
THE AUTHOR FURTHER WORK ON IT
AND ALSO OUR COLLEAGUE WHO
PRESENTED IT ON HER BEHALF.
WITH THIS BILL DOES. IS PUT US
IN THAT SIMILAR KIND OF
SITUATION AROUND WATER IT REALLY
MAKES EFFICIENCY AWAY OF LIFE.
WHICH AS WE GROW IN POPULATION.
AND AS WE GET HOTTER. IT JUST
MAKES SENSE
THAT WE PS SMART AS WE CAN
POSSIBLY BE ABOUT OUR USE OF
WATER IT DOESN'T PENALIZE US IT
DOESN'T.
MAKE IT YOU KNOW TO STOP USING
WATER OR PUT A SWEATER ON LIKE
IN THE OLD ENERGY CONSERVATION
DAYS NO INSTEAD IT SAYS.
DO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO
DO WHICH IS ADOPT REALLY SMART
LANDSCAPING PRACTICES. AND ADOPT
GOOD APPLIANCE STANDARDS IN SUCH
SO THE WATER EFFICIENCY JUST
BECOMES THE NORM.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE AS WAS
MENTIONED BE GOOD WORK THAT WAS
DONE THIS BILL WAS NOT IN GOOD
SHAPE LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT
OF DIVISION. BUT NOW BOTH THE OF
BIPARTISAN FASHION IN THE
ASSEMBLY CAME TOGETHER AROUND IT
AND I AM VERY. PLEASED TO
SUPPORT IT AND I URGE YOUR AYE
VOTE.
GREAT THANK YOU SENATOR SKINNER
SENATOR NIELSEN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LET OF THE
SENATE.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
WHY?
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE A
DEAL.
FEW YEARS AGO VERY FEW.
ON GROUND WATER LEGISLATION.
A COMPROMISE.
WAS ROCKED.
WHICH REALLY SAID THAT YES
GROUND WATER.
WOULD BE. THE LOCAL AUTHORITY
CONTROLLING.
HOWEVER.
IF THE STATE DIDN'T LIKE THE
LOCAL PAN THE STATE COULD
ASSERT ITS AUTHORITY.
SOME WERE COMFORTED BY THAT.
I WAS NOT.
HERE WE ARE NOW CHANGING THE
RULES AGAIN BEFORE THE
SUSTAINABLE GROUND WATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS HAVE EVEN
ALL BEEN SET UP IN CALIFORNIA.
THE SUPPOSED LOCAL CONTROL THAT
THE WATER BOARD CAN YET STILL
YOU SIR.
IF THEY FIND IT DEFICIENT THEY
HAVE THE AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW.
BUT YET WE MUST GIVE THE MORE.
ALSO THIS LEGISLATURE PASSED.
SWEEPING POWERS.
THE A GOVERNOR.
THE DECLARE DROUGHT EMERGENCY.
NO PROVISION IN THERE.
INDICATED WHEN THAT DROUGHT
EMERGENCY WOULD TERMINATE.
BASICALLY A GOVERNOR COULD JUST
DETERMINE THAT IT WAS ALWAYS THE
EXTENT.
THE DIVINE KNOWLEDGE THE LAST
ONE HAS NOT BEEN EXTINGUISH WE
ARE STILL ON THE DROUGHT
EMERGENCY NOTWITHSTANDING.
BETTER CONDITIONS OF LAST YEAR.
THE AGREEMENTS WERE WROUGHT WELL
WORLD WILL COMPROMISE BECAUSE
WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL
CONTROL.
IS THAT PRESS.
HARDLY.
NO THE BILL'S COMING ALONG THE
PIKE NOW TO CREATE A WATER TAX.
SOME OF MY INDUSTRY ARE
COMFORTED BY BECAUSE THEY'RE
GOING TO GET A.
LITIGATION EXEMPTION.
ASYLUM.
IF THEY PARTICIPATE. THEY WON'T
GET SUED.
WELL THAT DEAL THEY ROT.
I AM SURE ALL MY HEART.
WE'LL BE THERE PORTION OF IT
WILL BE REPEALED NEXT YEAR OR
THE YEAR AFTER A COUPLE YEARS
AFTER.
JUST LIKE THIS IS OUR RENEGING
ON THOSE FORMER AGREEMENTS RIDE
ON THE STATE OF A GROUND WATER.
MANAGEMENT PLANTS.
AND AGAIN YOU'RE GIVING A BOARD
THAT ALREADY HAS CONSIDERABLE
AUTHORITIES.
ABILITY TO PROPER ITS OWN
REGULATIONS EVEN AND REYES.
PEACE.
WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE
LEGISLATURE.
THAT HAVE SOME FEES INDEX THAT
AUTOMATICALLY GO UP.
WITHOUT A VOTE.
BUT THE LEGISLATURE.
NOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
THAT BOARD AND WE WORK WELL
TOGETHER.
BUT I.
DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEM HAVE
ANYMORE AUTHORITY.
THE POWER THAN THEY TO A CORD
AGENCIES PEARL OF
GOVERNMENT MORE AUTHORITY AND
CONTROL OVER THE CITIZENS THAT
WE REPRESENT. THEIR LIVES.
AND WHAT I HEAR OUT.
IN WHAT I CALL THE REAL WORLD.
BEYOND THIS CAPITAL.
THE CITIZENS ARE SAYING.
ENOUGH.
THANK YOU SENATOR NIELSEN.
FURTHER DEBATERS GOSHEN THING
DONE.
ARTS. CENTER STONE.
WE THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
OBAMA HOBBY BRIEF I'M A STRONG
PROPONENT OF OF LOCAL CONTROL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL WATER
DISTRICTS
INCLUDING URBANIZED WATER
DISTRICTS HELP. CARRIES THROUGH
THE.
THE WORST DROUGHT THAT WE'VE
EVER EXPERIENCED.
THESE WATER COMPANIES.
HAVE ELECTED MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE EDUCATION AND
AND WATER HAZARD DIRECTORS AND
AS THEIR EMPLOYEES.
AND.
FRANKLY I THINK WE'VE BEEN WELL
SERVED BY THESE LOCAL
AUTHORITIES.
AND I'VE LEARNED THAT WHENEVER
YOU ADD MORE GOVERNMENT INTO A
PROGRAM IT DOESN'T MAKE THINGS
LESS EXPENSIVE.
IT MAKES THINGS MORE EXPENSIVE.
THIS IS A ONE SIZE FITS ALL IN A
STATE THAT HAS A VERY DIVERSE
WATER SUPPLY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN SAN DIEGO
AYE TOWARD THE POSEIDON PROJECT
THAT NOW. THE CELANESE WATER
FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
AND UNDER THIS BILL.
THEY GET VERY LITTLE CREDIT FOR
THAT MULTI BILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENT THAT WAS MADE. IN THE
COACHELLA VALLEY IN THE TEMECULA
VALLEY WE HAVE A LOT OF
AQUIFER'S.
THAT WE TAP.
AND WE.
IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR
LOCAL WATER BOARDS AGAIN THAT
ARE LOCALLY ELECTED.
THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND
WATER CONSERVATION. AND LEADING
US THROUGH THESE VERY
CHALLENGING TIMES OF DROUGHT.
SO MY FRIENDS.
IF YOUR LOCAL CONTROL ADVOCATE
LIKE I AM.
WILL APPRECIATE THE GOOD
INTENTIONS OF THIS BILL.
I THINK OUR LOCAL WATER
DISTRICTS ARE GREAT JOB THEIR
PROFESSIONAL STAFFS.
AND.
IF THERE URBAN WATER SYSTEMS AT.
NEED OVERSIGHT.
THEN WE SHOULD.
EFFECTUATE SO SOME BILLS TO THAT
TO THAT A FACTOR CONSIDER BILLS
TO THAT EFFECT BUT.
TO HAND THE THORNY OVER TO.
BASICALLY APPOINTED OFFICIALS
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ANY
WATER EDUCATION OR WATER QUALITY
BACKGROUND OR WATER PURVEYING
BACKGROUND.
I THINK IT'S A DISSERVICE TO THE
CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT FOR THOSE
REASONS I RECOMMEND NO VOTED
MAYBE SIXTEEN CITY.
BUT HE SENATOR STONE.
CENTER BATES.
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT VERY
BRIEFLY I JUST SENT TO BRING
INTO YOU ARE THE DISCUSSION NOW
GOING FORWARD. BY INCENTIVIZING
SEA WATER DESALINATION STORM
WATER CAPTURE IS GOING TO ADD
ADDITIONAL TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX.
TO SUSTAIN OUR FILE WHEN WE DO
HAVE A PROLONGED DROUGHT AND I
SAY THIS ON BEHALF OF BY THE
COUNTY I REPRESENT SAN DIEGO
WHERE THEY INVESTED AS YOU KNOW
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN THEIR SEATS ID CELL PLANT. Y.
IS PROVIDING A SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCE AND MAKING THEM
INDEPENDENT HOW GOING FORWARD IN
TERMS OF A DROUGHT SO SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WE
CERTAINLY APPLAUD TO OF THOSE
WHO WORKED OVER THE MANY I.
MONTHS HERE.
TO REACH ALL THIS COMPROMISED
BUT THERE IS A NOW MISSING PIECE
SAW MISSING LEG FROM THE STOOL
IN IT SHOULD JOB BE CONSIDERED.
ON THE NEXT ROUND NUMBER LOOKING
OUT TO AYE INCREASING SUPPLY.
SO UNFORTUNATELY I WILL BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT IT TODAY. AREN'T BAD
TIME I DO APPRECIATE THAT
THEY'RE WORKING AND I THINK I
HAVE A COMMITMENT I SEE I HEADS
NODDING. ARE GOING FORWARD THEY
WOULD DO I TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR BATES AYE ANY
FURTHER DEBATE OR DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE SENATOR HERTZBERG
WHICH LIKE THE CLOTHES.
WE HAD TO DEAL WITH OUR RECENT
DROUGHT TO AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AN
EMERGENCY ORDER.
THE GOVERNOR DID IT. PEOPLE
RESPONDED GOVERNMENTS RESPONDED
WATER DISTRICTS RESPONDED.
IS THAT THE WAY WE SHOULD RUN A
GOVERNMENT BASED UPON EMERGENCY
ORDER. KNOWING THAT WE ARE
FACING MORE DROUGHTS MORE
CLIMATE CHANGE MORE NEW NORMAL
IF YOU WILL IS IT NOT OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AND GOVERNMENT TO
FIGURE A WAY FORWARD. TOUGH TO
WORK AND DO OUR HOMEWORK I'VE
BEEN WORKING THE WATER WORLD
SINCE I WAS A KID WROTE MY
DISSERTATION.
I WORKED ON A ZILLION WATER
PROJECTS IT NOW THANK YOU TEACH
THANKS TO THE.
.
PRO TEM I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMITTEE OVERSEES
WATER. AND I LOVE THE ISSUE.
AND IT'S TOUGH.
AND THEY SAY THAT MARK TWAIN
SAID THIS BUT I'M TOLD THAT IN
THE OTHER HOUSE THE MEMBER THAT.
CARRIED THE COMPANION BILL ON
THIS FOR ME SAID.
WHISKEY IS FOR DRINKING WATER
FOR FIGHT OVER* AFTER FORTY
TWO YEARS WORK ON THE WATER
WORLD THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE
THESE ARE TOUGH CHALLENGES WATER
IS ALWAYS ONE OF THESE KINDS OF
ISSUES. THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT
TO DEAL WITH BUT OUR
RESPONSIBILITY OR OBLIGATION TO
GET IT RIGHT TO FIGURE IT OUT TO
GET MOVE FORWARD TO FIGURE OUT A
SUSTAINABLE APPROACH SHOULD
WATER POLICY. IS HERE IS NOW AND
NEEDS TO BE AHEAD OF THE NEXT
DROUGHT I ASK YOUR AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU SENATOR HERTZBERG
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN.
I ANDERSON.
NO ATKINS.
I BATES.
NO BILL.
HI BERRYHILL.
NO BRADFORD.
I CANNELLA.
NO DALY OWN.
HI DOT.
I FULLER.
NO GAINES.
NO GALGIANI. AYE GLAZER. AYE
HERNANDEZ AYE HERTZBERG. AYE
HILL.
I HUESO.
JACKSON.
I NADA.
I LEYVA. AYE MCGUIRE.
MITCHELL.
BY MONEY.
I'M MORE LUCK. NO MORALE.
NO NEWMAN.
NGUYEN.
NO NELSON.
NO PAN.
BY PORTANTINO.
I ROTH.
I SKINNER.
I STERN. AYE STONE.
NO BIDAK.
SO WHAT KNOW WHAT. AYE WIENER.
AYE WILK.
NO SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ABSENT
MEMBERS HUESO. MCGUIRE.
I.
NEWMAN.
NO.
LESLIE.
I AYES TWENTY FOUR KNOWS
FOURTEEN MEASURE PASSES.
SECRETARY.
PUTS LIFT THE CALL ON FILE ITEM
THIRTEEN.
BATES.
BY BILL.
I BERRYHILL.
BY DELEON.
I FULLER.
I GALGIANI.
I HERTZBERG.
HILL.
I HUESO.
LARA.
I LEYVA.
I MCGUIRE. AYE NIELSEN.
I.
NO ZERO ICE THREE SEVEN THOSE
ZERO THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
ALRIGHT.
MEMBERS WERE NOW GOING TO RETURN
TO MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
SENATORS LARA AND CENTERS CENTER
NIELSEN.
TO.
FOR THE.
GERMAN MEMORY FOR GOVERNOR
GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.
HIS ME WE HAVE A. A SHORT DELAY.
AT THE AT THE GO MY GENDER DE
LEóN MISTER PRESIDENT IT IS NOT.
IN THE MEMORY OF OUR.
OF FORMER GOVERNOR GOVERNOR.
GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN BUT I JUST
WANNA BRING TEAR WAS ATTENTION
ABOUT ERMANNO WAKE BECAUSE IT IS
OR ONE'S BIRTHDAY.
TODAY ALWAYS CELEBRATING HIS
FORTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY THE IRWIN.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OR ONE.
FORTY FOUR FORTY FOUR HUNDRED
BURKE THERE WHEN IN THE MIDDLE
OF IN THE MIDDLE. IT OVER HERE
.
YOU DON'T WANT
THANK YOU SENATOR DALY ON FOR
THAT RECOGNITION.
MEMBERS NOW WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
FOR THE A GERMAN MEMORY
GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN
CENTER LARA AND CENTER NIELSEN
THANK YOU THANK YOU MISTER
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS.
THE DAY SATIRISE A JET IN MEMORY
OF ONE OF LONG BEACH IS. WHILE
MOST FAMOUS
A RESIDENTS ARE HARD FORMER
GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN. A
CAREER PUBLIC SERVANT AND A
LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH.
GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN WAS A MAN OF
UNWAVERING CHARACTER.
AS A FAN OF IMMIGRANTS HE WAS
EMBRACED BY CALIFORNIA AS HE
MADE HIS LIFE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
ALTHOUGH HE SERVED BEFORE MY
TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE. HE WAS
AN IMPORTANT FIGURE A SHAPING
MUCH OF PUBLIC POLICY THAT WE
STILL HAVE IN PLACE TODAY.
NICKNAMED THE IRON DUKE.
DURING HIS TIME AS GOVERNOR HE
ALWAYS STOOD. BY WHAT HE
BELIEVED IN. AND PUSH FOR
POLICIES TO INCREASE SCHOOL
FUNDING AND IMPROVE SERVICES FAR
STATES SENIOR CITIZENS.
HE WAS A TRUE STATESMEN AND ABLE
TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE AND
WORK WITH THE MAJORITY
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE.
HIS LOSS IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND TO
THE MANY FRIENDS THAT HE'S HAD.
IN THE THIRTY THIRD SENATE
DISTRICT AT THROUGHOUT OUR STATE
AND COUNTRY HE WILL BE GREATLY
MAST. AND THAT ONE OUT.
HEAL THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME
TO MY COLLEAGUE THEATER NIELSEN.
I THINK YOU SENATOR LARA SENATOR
NIELSEN.
MADAM PRESIDENT LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE LET ME.
OFFER AS I BEGIN. THIS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A TRULY GREAT
GOVERNOR.
WITH US HERE TODAY IN THE
CHAMBER OR MISTER STEVE MARK
SUMMER. WHO WORKED WITH?
GOVERNOR INFORMATION. WHEN HE
WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AND HE WAS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF.
THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNOR'S TENURE
THE ALSO VANCE RAY WHO WAS HERS
LEGAL AFFAIRS SECRETARY VANCE IS
NOW THE PRESIDING JUDGE AT THE
THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS.
ALSO ARTS SCOTLAND AT JUST
RETIRED FROM THE THIRD DCA AND
RETURNED TO PRIVATE PRACTICE.
THAT SUSAN LEPER WHO HAD WORKED
WITH THIS TEAM AS WELL.
SHE IS THE WIFE OF OUR BY GUSHED
INTO STEAMED KIDNAPPER.
THESE WERE ALL A PART. OF THE
NEW NATION. FAMILY.
AND INDEED HE WAS A GOVERNOR.
WHO ENGENDERED THE LOYALTY OF
FAMILY?
IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.
THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED END
OVER THE DECADES.
HAVE REMAINED CLOSE.
TO EACH OTHER THE CAMARADERIE
BORN.
OF WORKING.
FOR THIS TRULY GOOD MAN.
I WAS A BRAND NEW SENATOR.
AND THE TRAGEDY HAD JUST
OCCURRED.
A FORMER MEMBER OF.
GEORGE MOSCONI.
HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED.
THE JAPANESE CISCO.
AND A RIVER SITTING HERE.
WATCHING GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN
SENATOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.
IF TRIBUTE TO HIS CALLING.
WITH THE MOTION.
THE PASSION.
THEN A HEART FELT SO STRONGLY
THAT HE WENT TO.
ON THIS FLOOR.
BUT THAT COLLEAGUES.
IT REPRESENTED HIS ESTEEM FOR
GEORGE MUST GOING.
AND IS A STEAM FOR THIS
INSTITUTION.
THE STATE SENATE.
HE CONDUCTED HIMSELF THE SAME
WHEN HE SERVED IN THE STATE
ASSEMBLY.
THEN HE CAME TO THE SENATE.
SERVICE REPUBLICAN LEADER.
THAT THIS HOUSE IN FACT HE WAS
REPUBLICAN LEADER THE YEAR THAT
I FIRST RAN.
I WAS JUST SO I DID NOT GET TO
SERVE WITH HIM.
BUT I CERTAINLY GOT TO WORK WITH
HIM EXTENSIVELY.
WHEN HE WAS OUR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
THEN THE FINE ATTORNEY GENERAL
HE WAS.
THOSE ARE TOUGH TIMES AND CRIME.
THE DUKE NATION.
THE FAIR MAN.
THE MAN CONCERNED ABOUT VICTIMS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
SHARE DISHONOR NEW COURSE.
COMMON CHANCE WAS ONE OF HIS
MOST ENDURING QUALITIES IN
EVERYTHING HE DID.
HE OPPOSED THAT REQUIREMENT.
THAT IT BE DONE.
WITH COMMON SENSE.
HE APPOINTED TO THE BENCH.
COMMON SENSE JUDGES.
THAT SERVED US WELL.
AND IT CAME ON THE HEELS OF SOME
PRETTY TUMULTUOUS.
JUSTICE IS THAT A BEEN
APPOINTED.
THIS CALM THE WATERS.
DID THOSE.
COMMON SENSE JUDGES.
THE UNIVERSITIES CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES.
AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD THAT SHE
DID. WITH GEORGE EQUATION.
AS DID K. TWELVE EDUCATION.
THE FUNDING ONE UP A HUNDRED AND
SIXTEEN PERCENT ON HIS WATCH I
BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
WERE A HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
PERCENT.
INCREASE ON HIS WATCH.
CSU EIGHTY NINE PERCENT.
YOU SEE.
NINETY SEVEN PERCENT.
PRETTY GOOD RECORD FOR SOMEBODY
WHO WAS CALLED A.
HARD CONSERVATIVE.
HE ALSO.
FASHIONED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
WELFARE REFORM IN CALIFORNIA
HISTORY.
UPON WHICH EVEN PRESIDENT
CLINTON BUILT HIS FABLED.
WELFARE REFORM IT WAS CALLED THE
GAIN PROGRAM GREATER AVENUES.
FOR INDEPENDENCE I WAS HONORED
TO BE ONE OF THE AUTHORS.
IT THOUGHT CHARTERED A NEW PATH
FOR WELFARE.
THE PATH WAS HEARKENING TO
EMPOWERMENT NOT DEPENDENCE.
NOT THAT HE WOULD REMAIN
DEPENDENT.
YOU WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR BUT
RATHER THAT IF YOU HAD NEEDS.
EDUCATION.
THE CHILD CARE.
WHAT YOU GOT THAT EDUCATION OR
THAT JOB SKILL?
THEN WE WOULD HELP EMPOWER YOU.
NOT WORK FARE NOT WORK FOR YOU A
WELFARE NOT JUST HAVE A JOB.
JOBS COME AND GO.
JOB SKILLS DON'T.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE GAIN PROGRAM
WAS ALL ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT CAL WORKS THEN.
BECAME.
THEN THE STILL AROUND.
I REMEMBER AUTHORING WITH THEN
SENATOR HENRY MALLOW.
THE NURSING HOME REFORM ACT.
WHICH HELPED THOSE RESIDENCES.
OF OUR ELDERLY.
THAT WAS THE DO NATION.
PRIORITY.
HE HELPED ARE RURAL COUNTIES
AUTHOR WITH LEGISLATION THAT I
WAS ABLE TO AUTHOR CALLED RURAL
RENAISSANCE.
TO ENHANCE THE RURAL ECONOMIES.
AND WHAT IS IT WERE COMPATABLE
AND COMPLEMENTARY TO AGRICULTURE
AND RESOURCES.
NOT COMPETITIVE WITH.
OR DISPLACING.
LOS.
HE WHO WAS THE AUTHOR DURING HIS
SENATE YEARS OF REAGAN'S.
WELFARE REFORM.
AND ALSO.
A PIONEER.
THE LEGISLATION FOR CRIME
VICTIMS RIGHTS.
PRUDENCE.
AB THOROUGHNESS
WERE THE HALLMARKS.
THAT IS THE DELIBERATION STYLE.
AND HE DID SOMETHING I DON'T
THINK ANYONE'S EVER DONE.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM ONE TIME WITH
THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND WE WERE
NOT ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO I CALLED MISTER MURCH MARIN
HE SAID WILL COME ON DOWN LET'S
TALK ABOUT.
TO SOME THE GOVERNOR SAID WELL
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A MUCH.
EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND WE HAD A LUNCH EVERY OTHER
WEEK AND IT HELPED KEEP US ON
THE SAME PAGE.
WHICH VERY HELPFUL.
THEN THE GOVERNOR ASK ME WELL
WHAT ELSE YOU THINK YOU NEED A
SHOULD HELP OUR STAFF WE SHOULD
WILL THEY'LL MEET EVERY FRIDAY
THEN.
I DON'T EVER FORGET ONE
INTIMIDATING MOMENT I HAD IN ONE
OF THESE WATCHES HE LOOKED OVER
AT ME AND THEN HE WASN'T
SMILING.
HE SAID I READ WHAT YOU SAID
TODAY JIM IN THE. PAPER ABOUT
COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
WAS THAT AN EXACT QUOTE.
AND I KINDA GOT BECAUSE I HAD
SAID THAT THEY WITH THE STEP
CHILDREN.
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
NOW HAD ALL BOY AND THE TROUBLE
THE GOVERNOR NOW.
WELL.
YOU KNOW A DALY SAID LET'S GO TO
WORK ON THIS.
THAT RESULTED ON A TREMENDOUS
INCREASE.
THEN THE FUNDING FOR THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT YEAR.
AND HIS SIGNATURE ON ANOTHER
THING THAT I'D WORKED ON WITH
THE DONE VASCONCELOS AND
GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN.
THE REVIEW OF THE MASTER PLAN OF
HIGHER EDUCATION REDEFINING THE
MISSION GOAL AND.
PURPOSES.
OF THOSE THREE LEVELS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION.
AND THE BIGGEST BENEFICIARY OF
THAT REVIEW AND THAT
LEGISLATION.
WHERE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHO
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY?
WERE MADE A FULL PARTNER.
WITH CSU.
AND YOU SEE.
THAT WAS GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.
ANY DEAD STRIVED AND SUCCEEDED
IN PRESENTING THESE.
COMMON SEARCH.
JUSTICE.
IT WAS A THOROUGHLY GOOD MAN.
HE NEVER FORGOT HIS FAMILY.
GLORIA WAS.
GLORIOUS THAT HIS SIDE.
A VERY.
DELEGATE.
QUIET SO SOFT SPOKEN LADY.
A PERFECT COMPLEMENT.
TO HER GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.
THERE WERE A HANDSOME COUPLE.
AND NOTHING WAS PRETENTIOUS
ABOUT THE.
NOW GOVERNOR BROWN HAD HIS SPINE
WITH.
THAT HE'S NEVER BEEN A
PRETENTIOUS
GOVERNOR EITHER.
BUT THE DID NAY ASIANS.
COULD BE SEEN ABOUT SACRAMENTO.
QUITE OFTEN.
THAT VERY LITTLE PLACE THEY HAD
AND WILL HAGEN.
GEORGE LOOKED OVER THE ICE CREAM
PARLOR.
AND HE FREQUENTED. HIS COMMUNITY
IN LONG BEACH.
HE NEVER FORGOT THAT COMMUNITY.
HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE AND GO
BEYOND.
THEY NEVER WANTED.
THE BE ABOVE.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO SIGNED.
LEGISLATION TRADING MARTIN
LUTHER KING DAY.
IN CALIFORNIA.
MANY THINGS ABOUT GEORGE
DEUKMEJIAN.
PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
THE CALLING THE IRON DO.
THAT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE
THAT CAME FROM GOODS I SAW
NOTHING IRON ABOUT HIM.
I SAW THEN A FIRM CONVICTIONS.
UNSHAKABLE CONVICTIONS AND IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA CALL IRONY
FIRED MAYBE THAT IS.
WHAT HE WAS?
BUT HE CERTAINLY WAS ABLE TO GET
ALONG.
BUT EVERYBODY.
ANY HARBORED ALWAYS
IN THE HEART OF ALL OF NEW WHO
KNEW HIM.
BUT MOST RESPECT.
I CALLING ABOUT FOUR TIMES A
YEAR.
HE ALWAYS ANSWERED THE PHONE
HIMSELF.
THERE WAS NO ANSWERING MACHINE
THAT I EVER CONTACTED.
YEAH I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE NICE.
CHATS.
ONE TIME I WAS WALKING ACROSS
THE CAPITOL PARK IN.
PASSED BY THE GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN
BATCH.
WITH HIS STAFF PRESENTED HIM
WITH THE DISEASE EIGHTIETH
BIRTHDAY I BELIEVE.
THAT CALLED HIM FROM THAT MATCH.
AND I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS
STANDING HERE PAYING RESPECTS TO
THE GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN BATCH OF
THE SAID WELL. IT IS ONLY TRASH
AROUND IT.
WELL I SAID WELL GOVERNOR
WHATEVER TRASH WAS AROUND AND I
REMOVED ITS PRISTINE CLEAN RIGHT
NOW.
THE GOOD TRIBUTE.
DO YOU.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME.
POLITICAL PICTURES.
THAT I HAVE IN MY OFFICE IS A
PICTURE OF GEORGE IT NATION AND
I.
STANDING BEFORE ONE OF THE
WINDOWS OF THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE.
AND I GUESS IT'S ALMOST TO THE
SUBLIME SMILE.
SHOWING ABSOLUTE.
HEARTFELT RESPECT.
EVEN AFFECTION.
FOR EACH OTHER.
SUCH EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS
SADLIER TO RARE THE POLITICS.
BUT I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE THAT.
WITH A MAN NAMED GEORGE
DEUKMEJIAN.
AND DOING THOSE TIMES WITH HIM.
FEELING MY OWN BURDENS OF
REPUBLICAN LEADER.
THEN REALIZING HIS WERE FAR
GREATER THAN MINE.
I COINED THE TERM.
THE SPLENDID LONELINESS OF
LEADERSHIP.
YOU MY COLLEAGUES EXPERIENCE AT
VERY PERSONALLY YOURSELVES.
YOU FEEL THE BURDEN.
OF THE DUTIES THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT YOU'RE THANKED.
BUT YOU DO HAVE THOSE ABILITIES
AND THOSE AUTHORITIES.
GOVERNOR DIVISION.
DID HIS JOB.
COMMENDED BILLY ADMIRABLY.
HE WILL ALWAYS BE.
RIVERA.
AS ONE OF OUR BEST GOVERNOR'S.
I STILL GO UP ON THE THIRD
FLOOR.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PICTURE OF
HIM THE PURPORTED.
PAY MY RESPECTS.
TO A TRULY GOOD MAN.
THE TRULY GREAT GOVERNOR.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT GEORGE.
AS OUR SON.
CARRIES ON HIS NAME.
AND HE HAS HIS DAUGHTER'S.
LESLIE.
AND ANDREA.
AND I THINK NINE GRANDCHILDREN.
GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.
IT WAS A CREDIT TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
MAY BE WITH THE LORD.
MAY BE AT PEACE.
THEN HAPPEN.
THANK YOU SENATOR NIELSEN
SENATOR BATES.
THANK YOU MADAM LEADER A PROBLEM
MEMBERS I JOINED IN ADJOURNING
IN MEMORY OF GOVERNOR GEORGE
DEUKMEJIAN. AS MANY OF US LA
ORIGINALLY FROM HIS HOMETOWN OF
LONG BEACH I WAS VERY SADDENED
TO LEARN OF HIS PASSING.
IN THE ANNALS OF CALIFORNIA'S
GOVERNORSHIP GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN
IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF
CALIFORNIA'S MOST EFFECTIVE AND.
POPULAR GOVERNOR'S HE WAS A MAN
OF INTEGRITY WHO FILLED HIS
COMMITMENT TO KEEP CALIFORNIA
SAVED BY SUCCESSFULLY REFORMING
THE STATE'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM. HE FOUGHT HARD FOR WHAT
HE BELIEVED IN AND EARNED
RESPECT ACROSS THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM. FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO
A DRAFT TOUGH ADDRESS TOUGH
CHALLENGES AND ONE IS THAT IS
MOST FORMIDABLE BALANCING OUR
STATE BUDGET. WHILE I BELIEVE A
GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN WILL BEST BE
REMEMBERED FOR IS ON HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ASGOVERNOR. HE
WAS ALSO A RESPECTED AND
SUCCESSFUL CALIFORNIA STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE
LEGISLATOR AND AS MENTIONED
SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER FROM
NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE TO
NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE. I BELIEVE
HIS SUCCESSOR AS GOVERNOR WAS
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE WEALTH OF
EXPERIENCE HE GAINED IN THE
LEGISLATURE. AND THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE BUT ALSO AS A
NATIONALLY KNOWN AND ADMIRED
LEADER WHO'S WHO DEMONSTRATED
HUMILITY. AND SINCERE CONCERN
FOR HIS FELLOW MAN I
RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE ALL
ADJOURN TODAY IN HIS MEMORY.
THANK YOU CENTER BATES THUNDERED
NGUYEN.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT TODAY
I STAND WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND
RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA ALSO
HONOR THE MEMORY LEGACY OF
GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.
GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN WAS
INAUDIBLE SELFLESS MAN WHO LOVE
THE STATE AND SPENT EVERY WAKING
MOMENT WORKING TO MAKE
CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE BETTER SAFER
AND MORE PHYSICALLY COULD
SECURE.
ALTHOUGH HIS FORMAL PUBLIC
SERVICE AND IT LONG BEFORE I
STARTING GOVERNMENT HIS
INFLUENCE ON THE ENTIRE STATE
AND EXPECTS YOU KNOW LOBBYIST
COMMITTEE STILL. ECHOES TODAY.
THE GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN IS
PASSION FOR PUBLIC STAGE SAFETY
EVER HELP IN THE WORKING
FAMILIES A PASSION I TAKE WITH
ME IN MY SERVICE MY
CONSTITUENTS.
I'M GRAY FOR THAT WE'VE HAD THE
HONOR OF HAVING HIM AS OUR
GOVERNOR IN EXTEND MY DEEPEST
CONSOLED CONDOLENCES TO THE
ENTIRE DO MAJOR FAMILY THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR WHEN CENTER
MORLOCK.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I I'VE
GOT TO KNOW GEORGIAN GLORIA.
THREE MORE THAN THREE DECADES
AGO HE WAS BEING RECOGNIZED BY
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.
AND.
.
THOSE GEORGIAN GLORIA DEUKMEJIAN
AND IT WAS MY.
FIRM PARTNER ALEX HOROWITZ IN
HIS WIFE TONY.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE I CAN GET
INTRODUCED TO GEORGIAN GLORIA
AND WE WOULD SEE THEM OVER THE
YEARS. ONE WHICH IS NEXT DOOR TO
ORANGE COUNTY SHARED A BORDER
WHEN I WAS SUPERVISOR.
AND THAT THEY WOULD BE AT EVENTS
THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A FUN TIME
CHATTING.
LAST TIME I SAW GEORGE.
IT WAS TWENTY FOURTEEN. I WAS
BEING RECOGNIZED THE EYES AND A
ONE NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR THE
LONG BEACH STATE SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS. CARP KIND OF WEARING
MY TIGHT TODAY.
AND.
.
I WAS COMMENTING UP ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE THAT THE SCHOOL
BUSINESSES HAD ABOUT TWO HUNDRED
SIXTY THOUSAND GRADUATES AND.
THAT IT WAS STATISTICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO BE SELECTED OF FOR
THE FOR THE HONOR AND AS I WAS
GIVEN MY. TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK I
LOOK DOWN AND THERE WAS GEORGE
AND GLORIA FIDONET THE HEAD
TABLE.
AND I SAID.
HELLO IT'S GOOD TO SEE I'M I'M
ONLY SORRY. GEORGE THAT YOU
DIDN'T SIGN MY DIPLOMA.
IT WAS THE GOVERNOR WHO'S GONNA
SIGN THIS YEAR'S GRADUATES.
A PLUMBER THAT SIGN MINE.
GOVERNOR BROWN.
AND THAT'S STATISTICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO.
AND SO WE HAD SOME FUN BUT I
WANNA WHICH THE DEUKMEJIAN.
FAMILY OUR CONDOLENCES AND
SYMPATHIES AND WANNA EXTEND OUR
HEARTFELT.
SINCERE. REGRETS IN AND WATCHED
TO ADD GLORIA WHO'S JUST BEEN A
JUSTICE SUPER SUPER. WIFE.
SO WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO. ACKNOWLEDGE A
GREAT COUPLE IN OUR HISTORY
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SENATOR
MORLOCKS CENTER GAINES.
THANK YOU MADAM.
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS AND THE
FAMILY.
AND COLLEAGUES.
I RAISE TO CHURN IN MEMORY OF A
GREAT MAN.
THE GREAT POWER.
A QUIET POWER.
THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO LEFT A
MASSIVE LEGACY IN CALIFORNIA
GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.
THE DUKE WAS A POLITICAL PLOW
HORSE METHODICALLY PULLING
HIMSELF AND CALIFORNIA'S
REPUBLICAN IDEAS FORWARD
STARTING IN THE ASSEMBLY. AND
THEN MOVING TO THE SENATE WHERE
BECAME A PARTY LEADER.
THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL
CULMINATING IN HIS NARROW
VICTORY IN NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO.
FOR THE FOR THE GOVERNOR.
THE FIRST OF HIS TWO TERMS AS
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN HIS PARENTS
FLED ARMENIA TO ESCAPE THE
GENOCIDE.
WE RECOGNIZE ON THIS FLOOR EVERY
YEAR.
BECAUSE OF THE STATE'S FIRST
ARMENIAN AMERICAN GOVERNOR.
AND HE SERVES AS AN ETERNAL
SYMBOL OF PRIDE.
FOR CALIFORNIA'S ARMENIAN
COMMUNITY.
EGGMAN AGENT WOULD NEVER BE
KNOWN AS FLAMBOYANT OR BOMBASTIC
HE DIDN'T CARE FOR THE
RHETORICAL FLOURISHES HE WAS
STUDY.
DEPENDABLE RESERVED AND
PRINCIPLED.
AND WHEN HE ASCENDED TO THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION HE SHOWED
THAT STEELED RESOLVE.
IN TACKLING CALIFORNIA'S MOST
PRESSING PROBLEMS DEUKMEJIAN AS
GOVERNOR FOUGHT AGAINST CONSTANT
PRESSURE TO EXPAND GOVERNMENT
ANY KEPT A LID ON CALIFORNIA'S
SPENDING.
RESPONDING TO CALIFORNIA'S
RISING CRIME RATES HE OVERSAW
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL NEW
PRISONS DURING HIS TENURE.
RECOGNIZING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY
IS GOVERNMENT'S HIGHEST
PRIORITY.
AS GOVERNOR THE DUKE TRANSFORMED
HIMSELF INTO THE IRON DUKE.
I CALIFORNIANS THEN AND TODAY
BENEFITTED FROM HIS LEADERSHIP
AND FORESIGHT. DEUKMEJIAN
INHERITED A DEFICIT WHEN HE CAME
TO OFFICE IN NINETEEN EIGHTY
THREE.
BUT BY NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN HIS
EFFORTS TO CURTAIL SPENDING PAID
OFF FOR THE STATE.
AND THE CALIFORNIA TAXPAYER
CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY HAD A BUDGET
SURPLUS BY NINETEEN EIGHTY
SEVEN.
AND DESPITE THE FEVERISH
OBJECTIONS DIRE DUKE HELD FIRM
AND DID THE UNTHINKABLE HE GIVE
THE MONEY BACK TO THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S AN INSPIRING RUSSIAN
LESSON FOR ALL OF US AS
LEGISLATORS.
AND WE SHOULD BE BOUND BY.
YESTERDAY'S IDEAS AND THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO
WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT. EVEN IF
IT'S UNUSUAL. HE WAS NOT ALLOWED
IN WORDS BUT LOUD IN ACTION SAID
BEFORE I CLOSE ON NEVER FORGET.
DURING HIS TENURE AS GOVERNOR.
HE LIVED.
NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE MY
PARENTS LIVE.
A NICE.
NEIGHBORHOOD BUT.
NOTHING LIKE WHAT I WOULD SAY
WOULD BE THE FABULOUS FORTIES.
OF SACRAMENTO WAS SYSTEM A NICE.
MIDDLE CLASS HOME.
AND.
IN MANY WAYS HE WAS JUST KIND
OF A REGULAR GUY.
BUT HAD GREAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS
AND DID SO MUCH TO THE BENEFIT
OF CALIFORNIANS.
SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR GAINES SENATOR
MITCHELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT THANK YOU.
AW AS OUR CENTER FROM TO HEMA
WALKED US DOWN MEMORY LANE IN
TERMS OF A NUMBER. OF THE
HISTORIC MEASURES DATA GOVERNOR
DEUKMEJIAN PASSED THERE WAS ONE.
.
I THINK CONSPICUOUSLY MISSING
FROM THAT LINE UP. THAT IT WAS
ONE THAT GAVE HIM INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION AND ATTENTION.
AS WAS MENTIONED.
.
THE GOVERNOR.
.
DID HIS PARENTS WERE ARMENIA
IMMIGRANTS AND IT WAS REPORTED
THAT.
HE LOST IN ON AMONG OTHER FAMILY
MEMBERS AS A RESULT OF THE
VIOLENCE OF THE GENOCIDE AND
IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT IT WAS
THOSE STORIES. ON THAT HE GREW
UP WITH. THAT MADE HIM SENSITIVE
TO THE PLIGHT OF.
THOSE LIVING UNDER THE
APARTHEID REGIME IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
AND HE MADE INTERNATIONAL
ACCLAIM BY SIGNING THE BILL.
THAT LED TO THE DIVESTITURE OF
PUBLIC FUNDS FROM COMPANIES THAT
DID BUSINESS UNDER THE PARK BY
RULED GOVERNMENT. IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
BISHOP DESMOND TUTU AND BY THEN
PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA. CAME
TO CALIFORNIA CAME TO LOS
ANGELES AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THAT
BILL THAT. ON THEIR REPUBLIC
OVER EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE
RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THEY ATTRIBUTED HARM
WAS THE PRIMARY DRIVING FORCE
LEADING TO THE END. OF THAT
REGIME IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SO I
THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE
INCLUDED.
IN HIS HISTORY AND THE REASONS
FOR WHICH WE ADJOURN IN HIS
MEMORY TODAY.
THANK YOU SENATOR MITCHELSON
HERTZBERG.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT DE UM.
SO MUCH TO SAID TODAY THAT I
THINK EXPRESSES THE CHARACTER
NATURE.
QUITE STRENGTHENED.
WHO WAS IN THE FACT THAT?
SO MANY THINGS YOU YOU YOU YOU
THINK THAT YOU GOT PARTISANSHIP
ISSUES AND YET ISSUES LIKE APART
TIGHTER.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY IN THE
LIKE THE BEING CEATED BY.
GOVERNMENT MAJOR.
I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE IS YOUNG
LAWYER TO WORK RIGHT NEXT TO HIM
WHEN HE WAS AT THIRTY FIVE
EIGHTY WILSHIRE AND I HAD THE.
GOOD FORTUNE IN HIS POST
GOVERNORSHIP DAYS TO WORK WITH
HIM.
WHEN WE FORM THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
FOR FORMER GOVERNORS.
AND WHAT I FIND INTERESTING AND
I WANTED TO ADD TO THE
DISCUSSION TODAY.
WAS THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S FOLKS
TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS.
AND THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY
GOTTA DO WORK IN THEIR OFFICE OR
GET ELECTED OR. WHATEVER THAT
MIGHT BE.
BUT THE REAL TEST OF THEIR
CHARACTER AND THEIR NATURE IN
THEIR DNA IF YOU WILL.
IS WHAT THEY DO AFTER.
WHETHER IN FACT THERE COMMITMENT
EXTENDS TO. A THE COMMUNITY IN
THE DEEPEST WAYS. AND THE DEEPER
SENTIMENT SENSE OF THEIR
CHARACTER AND THAT WAS GOVERNOR
DEUKMEJIAN.
HE WAS SICK A LOT IN THE LATER
YEARS BUT HE STOOD THERE WITH
PETE WILSON WITH GRAY DAVIS
SOMETIMES WITH JERRY BROWN WITH
ON SCHWARZENEGGER'S PART OF THIS
GROUP. HE CAME HE SHOWED UP HE
PARTICIPATED HE ENGAGED.
ALWAYS OFFERED AND INSIGHTFUL.
ARE ARE AND THOUGHTFUL.
ANALYSIS ABOUT WHERE WE NEED TO
GO WITH CALIFORNIA HE WAS NOT
THEN OR EVER THAT I KNEW TO BE
AN EXTREME PARTISAN HE HAD HIS
OWN VIEWS. BECAUSE WE ALL DO
BHAKTA.
HE'S A GREAT MODEL OF THE HUMAN
BEING AND OF THE GOVERNOR OF
CALIFORNIA RICHARD IS MEMORY.
THANK YOU CENTER HERTZBERG.
SENATOR GLAZER.
THANK YOU ABOUT A PRESIDENT
MEMBERS AND.
.
IT'S A REALLY BEEN A GREAT
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO OUR.
OUR GOOD GOVERNOR.
TODAY.
AND.
.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO I HEAR ABOUT
US SOME OF THE MANY THINGS THAT
HE DID IN WORKS ON. A IN IS
EXTRAORDINARY CAREER.
I WANT TO MENTION TWO THINGS
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SAID TODAY
THAT I THINK ARE WORTH NOTING ON
THIS OCCASION.
ONE IS IS THAT HE DID. SHOW
COURAGE.
I AM A NUMBER OF WAYS.
AND THE ONE THAT I WASN'T
PERSONALLY INVOLVED LIVES TO
THEM THAT I PERSONALLY WAS
INVOLVED IN.
BY NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE AFTER
THE TRAGIC SHOOTING OF THE.
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE STOCKTON.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BOB MY BOSS AT THE TIME THE
SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM DAVID
ROBERTI.
DECIDED THAT ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH.
WITH THAT THAT.
THE.
INDIVIDUAL USING A. K. FORTY
SEVEN.
WEAPON OF WAR AND SENATOR
BERNIE PUT IN. LEGISLATION.
LATER JOINED BY ASSEMBLY
MAJORITY LEADER MY CREWS TO BAN
ASSAULT WEAPONS
IN CALIFORNIA.
AND IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT BILL
TO WORKOUT BOTH HERE IN THE
SENATE IN THE ASSEMBLY FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS.
.
BUT SENATOR BERNIE I DID WHAT HE
THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.
AND ENOUGH MEMBERS I JOIN HIM TO
MOVE THAT BILL TO THE GOVERNOR'S
DESK.
I'M SURE THAT TESTING MARK
SUMMER WHO'S HERE CAN.
I FINISH THE STORY AT LEAST IN
TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE.
THE HORSESHOE.
WHEN THAT BILL WAS PLACED THERE.
BOB BUT MUCH TO.
OUR SURPRISE IN APPRECIATION
UNDER GREAT PRESSURE.
GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN SIGNED THE
BILL THE NATION'S FIRST BAN ON
ASSAULT WEAPONS. ON.
AND CERTAINLY SHOWED UP TO HIS
PARTY AND TO OTHERS THAT.
HE WOULD LOOK AT EVERY ISSUE.
AYE INDIVIDUALLY AND MAKE WHAT
HE THOUGHT WAS THE BEST JUDGMENT
FOR THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S A BIG ISSUE AND AN
EXAMPLE OF A SMALL ISSUE.
.
IN NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE.
THE AN AGENCY THAT MANY HERE ON
THE FLOOR NO QUITE WELL THE
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
CONSERVANCY. WAS SAID TO BE
ELIMINATED.
I HATED BEEN PUT IN AS A. PILOT
PROJECT.
AND.
AT THAT TIME ASSEMBLYMAN GRAY
DAVIS CARRIES LEGISLATION HE
HOPE TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THAT
AGENCY.
I.
GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN WAS NOT KNOWN
ISN'T.
A ESTATE LEADER ON ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES.
I AND THE FATE OF THAT
LEGISLATION WAS AYE KNOWN AS THE
BILL WORK THROUGH BOTH HOUSES OF
THE LEGISLATURE. AND WAS PLACED
ON HIS DESK.
I ANY SIGN THAT BILL ATTENDED
THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
CONSERVANCY WHICH CONTINUES TO
THIS DY. ENRICHING OUR SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA OUT WORLD WITH THE
GREAT OPEN SPACE.
WILDLIFE PROTECTION.
RIGHT THERE IN THIS GREAT URBAN
PLACE A AND SO THAT'S JUST TWO
MORE EXAMPLES OF BIG AND SMALL.
GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN DOING
WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.
MAKING HUGE IMPACTS ON POLICY
THEN AND NOW AND. FOREVER AND WE
MISS HIM.
AND.
.
HIS LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICES IS A
WORTHY OF THIS GREAT TRIBUTE ON
OUR FLOOR TODAY.
THANK YOU SENATOR GLAZER SENATOR
DELEON.
FIGURE OUT SHOULD UP MISS
RESIDENT OF COLLEAGUES I WON'T
BE LONG SELECTED A WONDERFUL
EXHIBIT SAID ABOUT THE GOVERNOR
GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN I DID KNOW
HIM.
WHEN HE SERVED EITHER AS
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SENATOR OR
ATTORNEY GENERAL BOMB OR
GOVERNOR I'M I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY MEET HIM LATER IN
LIFE AND PRIVATE PRACTICE.
A WHEN.
THEN.
OF FIVE YAHOO NEWS MYSELF
OBVIOUSLY WERE YET TO. BE
INVOLVED ELECTORAL POLITICS BUT
WE HAD THE HONOR TO MEET HIM.
AS A PARTNER AT SUDELEY NOSSON
LAW FOR.
IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND I
WOULD SEE HIS ROLE AS A FORMER
GOVERNOR AND PARTNERED SILLY
ALSO WAS TO BE A RAINMAKER. UP
FOR THE FIRM AND BRING IN THOSE
DOLLARS IN THOSE REVENUES.
AND I MEMBERS HE CAME INTO THE
BOARD ROOM.
AND.
BOTH FOR THE INNOCENT I HAVE
YOU SEE. HERE THE IT TO RUN FOR
THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND NOR I.
WERE SO WHAT AND ALL THAT
BECAUSE THIS IS A A FORMER
GOVERNOR.
OF THE BIGGEST STATE IN THE
COUNTRY.
COMING TO SIT DOWN WITH A
COUPLE OF.
YOUNG PUNKS YOU KNOW AND.
HE WAS SO ALLEGIANCE.
HE WAS SO KIND.
HE WAS A GENTLEMAN HAD THE AND
THE WAY HE COMPORTED HIMSELF.
WITH TWO FOLKS COULD.
YOU KNOW POLICY WILL NOT IN BE
QUALIFIED BE INTERNS AT THE TIME
AT SALINAS TO.
SO.
IT WAS A REAL JOY AND WILL
TREAT.
TO MEET HIM AND TO ENGAGE WITH
THEM AND IT WAS A LENGTHY. A
MEETING THAT WE HAD A WAS
SALINAS IN ANOTHER PARTNER IS.
WITH GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN
AND INTERESTINGLY THERE WAS A
MEMO A BRIEFING MEMO HALL
ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE A
BRIEFING MEMO WAS ABOUT TO MEET
WITH. AND THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE
WE HAPPENED THE CAT SORT OF
TENNESSEE WHEN THEY GOT UP FOR A
COFFEE BREAK. AND THERE WAS A
LONG NEWS CAN SING LIKE A
DOSSIER YOU KNOW. IN THOSE ON
FAR BEYOND AND I AND IT WAS LIKE
THERE TO LEADING ORGANIZERS AND
ACTIVISTS OF THE PROPOSITION ONE
EIGHTY SEVEN MARCH.
YOU KNOW BACK IN NINETEEN NINETY
FOUR OF VERY.
ENTRENCHED.
IN THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS YOU
KNOW COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE YOU
EXEDRA. AND.
LOSER FAST SAYING BUT.
.
HE DIDN'T FLINCH AT ALL
WHATSOEVER YOU KNOW USE AGAINST
THIS ELEGANCE. AND IF I WERE A
MARTIAN FROM HUNTER SPACE
LANDING ON PLANET EARTH AFTER
HEARING THE COMMENTARY FROM
FOLKS WHO. I WOULD THINK THAT
GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN WAS A
DEMOCRAT.
BECAUSE YOU SIGNED INTO LAW MLK
DAY.
THE CALIFORNIA.
YOU ARE ALSO THE APARTHEID. OF
BOYCOTTS.
LAW OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO MANY
OTHER MEASURES ALLEGES WHO'S
HEARD VIA THE SENATE FROM ORINDA
WITH REGARDS TO THE WEAPONS
ASSAULT BAN BICU.
IN CALIFORNIA AND THE JUST
STRIKES ME OF A REPUBLICAN FROM
A DIFFERENT ERA.
THAT WHERE FOLKS WERE ABOVE.
PARTISANSHIP AND MOVE FORWARD
POLICIES THAT IMPACTED THE HUMAN
CONDITION. ON ALL CALIFORNIANS.
HE'S TRULY A GOING TO BE MISSED.
HE IS PART OF OUR HISTORY. BUT
AS A GOVERNOR AS A REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR HE IS PART OF WHO WE
ARE A OF THE GREAT CITY
CALIFORNIA. THAT I JUST WON THE
RISE OF WITH MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES
AND MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES I
IN HIS MEMORY.
GREAT THANK YOU SENATOR DE LEóN
WILL NOW CONSIDER LARA THANK YOU
MISTER PRESIDENT AGAIN. HEARING
ALL THE STORIES OF OUR FORMER
GOVERNOR REMIND US THAT WHY THIS
COUNTRY IS THE BEST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD. BECAUSE ONLY SOMEWHAT
SOMEBODY.
LIKE GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN STORY
CAN RISE AS THE SON OF
IMMIGRANTS TO. BE THE GOVERNOR
OF OUR THE GREATEST STATE IN
THIS UNION AGAIN A PERFECT
EXAMPLE FOR SO MANY. ARE
IMMIGRANTS IN THIS COUNTRY A
VACANCY THEMSELVES AND OUR
FORMER GOVERNOR AYE IT BY A FEW
WOULDN'T MIND MISTER PRESIDENT
YOU COULD. DO A MOMENT OF
SILENCE TO HONOR OUR FORMER
GOVERNOR GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN YES
ABSOLUTELY WILL NOW HAVE A
MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO
THE FAMILY FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES.
OF THE GREAT GOVERNOR GEORGE
DEUKMEJIAN.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS
SENATOR ATKINS THE DESK IS
CLEAR.
MR PRESIDENT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES.
PARTICULAR FOR ENDING SESSION.
I IN HONOR OF A GOOD CALIFORNIAN
AND SOMEONE THAT WE WERE ALL
PROUD OF TODAY. OBVIOUSLY FOR
THE LEADERSHIP THAT HE GAVE OUR
GREAT STATE. AND SO.
WORK TODAY BUT WE ENDED IN THE
PROPER WAY.
AT PAY RESPECTS.
TWO A GOOD CALIFORNIANS AND A
GOOD AMERICAN. I WILL SEE YOU
ALL BACK HERE PROMPTLY AT NINE
A. M.. THIS THURSDAY THANK YOU
VERY THANK YOU PRO TEM ACT.
THE SENATE WILL BE ADJOURNED AND
WE WILL RECONVENE ON THURSDAY AT
NINE AM