GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN WITH THE SECRETARY,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. BATES.
BECKER. GORGEOUS. BRADFORD.
CAVALLERO. CORTESI. DELI. DODD.
DURAZO. EDMUND. GLASER.
GONZALES. GROWTH. HARTSBURG.
HUESO. OR TATO. JONES. KAMLAGER
LAYERED LABOR. LAMARCHE. MCGUIRE
MELINDA'S. MAIN NEWMAN. NELSON.
A SHOW ABOUT PAN. PORTANTINO
ROTH. RUBIO. SKINNER. STERN.
NUMBER WIECKOWSKI WIENER. WILK.
GOOD MORNING. A QUORUM IS
PRESENT. FOR THE MEMBERS AND OUR
GUESTS. BEYOND THE RAIL AND IN
THE GALLERY, PLEASE RISE. WILL
BE LED IN PRAYER THIS MORNING BY
SENATOR KAMLAGER, AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WILL BE
LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
BY SENATOR DURAZO. SENATOR
KAMLAGER. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. CREATOR GOD. WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THE 400 YEARS OF
SLAVERY ENDURED BY THE PEOPLE OF
AFRICAN DESCENT. WE ACKNOWLEDGE
THE SIN OF RACISM THAT CONTINUES
TO STIR UP. DENIAL AND VIOLENCE
IN OUR MIDST. HEAR OUR PRAYERS
FOR HEALING. CREATOR GOD, WE
CELEBRATE THE STRENGTH OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO KEEP
THE FAITH WHO KEEP THE HOPE
ALIVE THAT HEALING IS ALWAYS
POSSIBLE. WITH RESPECT FOR ALL
WHERE EVERY PERSON CAN LIVE
SECURELY IN DIGNITY AND IN PEACE
, HEAR OUR PRAYERS FOR CONTINUED
HOPE. CREATOR GOD WE GIVE THANKS
FOR THE END OF THE ENSLAVEMENT
OF YOUR BELOVED PEOPLE HEAR OUR
PRAYERS FOR THE END OF RACISM,
PRAYERS THAT MOVE US TO
PROPHETIC ACTION. SO THAT THE
PROMISES OF FREEDOM WILL FULLY
BE REALIZED FOR ALL WE ASK THIS
IN YOUR NAME, AND IF IT'S NOT
TOO MUCH TO ASK, WE ALSO PRAY
FOR THE WARRIORS, A TEAM ROOTED
IN JUSTICE AND TRUTH. AMEN.
COLLEAGUES JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE
TO OUR FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG. YESTERDAY.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT PRAYER,
BUT THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. MESSAGES
FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL BE DEEMED
READ. MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY
WILL BE DEEMED READ. REPORTS OF
COMMITTEE WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED MEMBERS
WERE MOVING TO MOTIONS,
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. WE'RE
UNDER MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
SENATOR MCGUIRE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MR PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING
MEMBERS. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
SENATE RULES AS THEY RELATE TO
SENATE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT
10. SENATOR MCGUIRE IS MAKING A
MOTION REGARDING SENATE
CONCURRENT SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NUMBER, 10 SENATOR
WILK YOU'RE RECOGNIZED? YES. I'D
LIKE TO CALL FOR A ROLL CALL
VOTE. THANK YOU, SIR. SENATOR
WILK IS ASKING FOR A ROLL CALL
VOTE. SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALAN ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. I
HATE BECKER. BATES? NO, BECKER.
GORGEOUS. NO BRADFORD.
CABALLERO. AYE. SENATOR MCGUIRE
IS ASKING FOR AN I VOTE, SENATOR
WILK IS ASKING FOR A NO VOTE.
SENATOR MCGUIRE IS ASKING FOR AN
I VOTE. SENATOR WILK IS ASKING
FOR A NO VOTE. PLEASE CONTINUE.
THANK YOU. SO, CABALLERO.
CAVIAR. CORTESI. DELI. NÓ DODD
EITHER RAZO. AYE EGGMAN GLASER.
GONZALES. AYE, GROVE. NÓ
HERTZBERG. I WHISTLE I HURTADO.
AYE. JONES. NO. KAMLAGER I
LAYERED AYE, LIVER. AYE, LIMÓN.
AYE. MCGUIRE I'M MELINDA'S. NO.
MEN. NEWMAN. NELSON. NÓI COBURG.
NO. 10 PORTANTINO. IRAQ. RUBIO.
SKINNER. AYE, STERN. HAMBURG.
IOWA KOWSKI. AYE, WIENER. AYE,
WILK. NO. PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ALAN AYE. ARCHULETTA.
BECKER. CORTESI. GLASER. RUBIO.
STERN. ISA 25 NOS. NINE MOTION
CARRIES. UNDER MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS PURSUANT TO SENATE
RULE. 29 10 SEE THE FOLLOWING
BILLS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON RULES ITEMS. 75 85 61 ITEMS
76 12 14 42. ITEM 85 82 52 ITEM
86 85 57 WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE
MOTION CARRIES. MEMBERS IF
THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE
TO PULL AN ITEM FROM CONSENT NOW
WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT.
SENATOR ALAN, ARE YOU WISHING TO
BE RECOGNIZED? AND I'D LIKE TO
REMOVE A B 23 27 FILE NUMBER 96
FROM CONSENT. THANK YOU.
CINDERELLA WILL NOTE. CENTER
HUESO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
ALTHOUGH MR ANYWAY, SO LET'S GET
YOUR MICROPHONE ON. GO AHEAD AND
TRY TRY AGAIN. AH IF THIS IS
MOTIONS REGISTER RESOLUTIONS IN
GENERAL, I HAVE A REQUEST FROM
THE AUTHOR OF A B FOR EIGHT TO
NUMBER 87 TO MOVE TO BE MOVED
INTO AN ACTIVE FILE. THANK YOU,
SENOR HUESO. THE DESK WILL NOTE.
SENATOR NEWMAN. DETECTIVE THANK
YOU. I'D LIKE TO PULL A B 17 98
ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYMAN BRIAN
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. SARAH AND
SENATOR BRADFORD. AT THE REQUEST
TO THE AUTHOR. I HAD ASKED THAT
A B 26 69 BE REMOVED FROM THE
CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE PURPOSE
OF AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU,
SENATOR BRADFORD. ANY OTHER
MEMBERS WISHING TO BE RECOGNIZED
UNDER MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
SAYING NONE WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY
FILE ON SECOND READING CLERK
PLEASE READ. A SIMILAR BILL 7 78
WITH AMENDMENTS 6 61 WITH
AMENDMENTS 18 33 23 67 24 6 WITH
AMENDMENTS 24 32 WITH AMENDMENTS
TO 57 WITH AMENDMENTS. SECOND
READING WILL BE DEEMED READ.
MEMBERS WERE MOVING ON THE
SENATE THIRD READING. WE HAVE
TWO ITEMS ON SENATE THIRD
READING THIS MORNING. BOTH
RESOLUTIONS WERE GOING TO MOVE
FIRST TO ITEM 42 SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 75 MEMBERS
IF WE CAN GIVE OUR ATTENTION TO
THE AUTHORS THAT ARE PRESENTING
THIS MORNING, WE'D APPRECIATE
IT. SENATOR GROVE. YOUR
RECOGNIZED I'M ON SECOND CENTER
GROWTH. SORRY, SECRETARY. PLEASE
READ SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 75 BY SENATOR GROVE
RELATIVE TO CURRENT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTY PHILIP
CAMPUS MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE
SENATOR GROWTH THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. SCR 75
ESTABLISHES THE DEPUTY PHILIP
CAMPUS MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE,
RENAMING THE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE
LOCATED AT STATE ROUTE 65 99 IN
CURRENT COUNTY. ON JULY 25TH
2021 CURRENT COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY PHILIP CAMPUS, JOINED US
FELLOW DEPUTIES IN RESPONDING TO
A 911 DISPATCH REPORTING THAT
THERE WAS AN ARMED MAN IN A HOME
NEAR THE INTERSECTION. AT FIRST
STREET AND POPULAR AVENUE IN THE
CITY OF WASCO. THE MAN WAS A
SUBJECT. THE MAN WAS SUBJECT TO
A RESTRAINING ORDER AND YOU CAN
HEAR SCREAMING AND GUNFIRE IN
THE BACKGROUND OF THE 911 CALL.
RESPONDING DEPUTIES ENCOUNTERED
A WOMAN FLEEING THE HUM, WHO
STATED THAT AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE
HAD ALREADY BEEN SHOT AN
ADDITIONAL WOMAN IN TWO YOUNG
GIRLS WERE ABLE TO SAFELY
ESCAPED THE HOUSE. THE SUSPECT,
THEN FIRED AT DEPUTIES AND
BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE THE
HOME. AS A MEMBER OF THE ELITE
CURRENT COUNTY SWAT TEAM DEPUTY
COMPASS CAMPUS WAS DEPLOYED IN A
STANDOFF ENSUED. UPON
APPROACHING THE HOUSE IN THE
STANDOFF, THE SUBJECT OPENED
FIRE. STRIKING CAMPUS AND
ANOTHER DEPUTY. BOTH WERE
TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL
AND LATER THAT EVENING, DEPUTY
CAMPUS COME TO HIS WOUNDS. OVER
THE FOLLOWING MONTHS SINCE HIS
DEATH PHILIP CAMPUS, HIS STORY
HIS LEGACY HAS SHINED BRIGHT IN
OUR COMMUNITY, BRINGING TOGETHER
FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND
COLLEAGUES TO HONOR THE MEMORY
OF THIS INCREDIBLE BRAVE HUMAN
BEINGS. THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM.
REMEMBER HIM AS A LOVING FATHER
, SON, HUSBAND AND BROTHER WHO'S
A SPORTSMAN AND ENJOYED
HORSEBACK RIDING IN BOWHUNTING.
AMONG MANY OF HIS ACTIVITIES
THAT HE HAD AT HOME. HIS VERY
FAVORITE WAS TO CURL UP ON THE
COUCH WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE,
CHRISTINA AND THEIR CHILDREN FOR
A SIMPLE MOVIE NIGHT AND
POPCORN. CHRISTINA WAS THE LOVE
OF HIS LIFE. THEY WERE HIGH
SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS. THEY LATER
MARRIED IN PHILIP BEGAN AN
IMMEDIATE ROLE AS A FATHER
FIGURE TO CHRISTINA'S SON, ELI.
SOON AFTER PHILIP AND CHRISTINA
HAD TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS,
CAMILLA ROSE AND ANALISA MAY
SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATION, PHILIP
FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER'S
FOOTSTEPS, AND HE JOINED THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
DURING HIS MILITARY SERVICE AS A
MACHINE GUNNER AND DRILL
INSTRUCTOR CAMPUS WAS AWARDED
NUMEROUS MEDALS, REFLECTING
HONORABLY HIS MILITARY CAREER,
INCLUDING THE NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL. THE
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON IN THE
AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL. UPON
HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE
U. S MARINE CORPS. PHILIP
RETURNED BACK TO BAKERSFIELD AND
ATTENDED THE CURRENT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S REGIONAL TRAINING
CENTER ACADEMY, WHERE HE
GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HIS
CLASS. HE WAS THE LEADER AND TOP
OVERALL RECRUIT. EVERYTHING
PHILIP DID FOR HIS COUNTRY, THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE SWAT
TEAM, AND HIS FAMILY WAS ABOVE
REPROACH AND WITH HONOR IN
FEBRUARY, 2000 AND 16. HE
OFFICIALLY JOINED THE CURRENT
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS A
DEPUTY SHERIFF AND HAD NUMEROUS
ROLES, INCLUDING ARRANGE MASTER
HONOR GUARD MEMBER IN CAMPUS
ALSO VOLUNTEERED AS A STRUCTURE
AND MENTOR WITH THE CURRENT
COUNTY DEVIL PUPS, WHICH IS A
PHYSICAL AND ACADEMIC GOOD
CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM FOR
TEENAGERS, WHERE HE LEFT AND
LASTING IMPACT ON YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN. SCR 75 ESTABLISHES A
MEMORIAL ENTERTAINS IN THE
MEMORY OF DELLA FILIP, DEPUTY
PHILIP CAMPUS AND STANDS AS JUST
ONE PIECE OF THE FULL EFFORT TO
HONOR HIS LEGACY AND INSPIRE
FUTURE GENERATIONS. DEPUTY
CAMPUSES NAME WILL BE FOREVER
ETCHED ON THIS MEMORIAL
INTERCHANGE, JUST AS HIS LEGACY
AND SACRIFICE WILL BE FOREVER
ETCHED IN OUR HEARTS. I KNOW
THAT CHRISTINA AND THE FAMILY
ARE WATCHING TODAY. AND I WANT
TO TELL YOU IT'S MY HONOR TO BE
YOUR SENATOR. AND I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME PLAY
THIS SMALL ROLE IN HONORING YOUR
INCREDIBLE HUSBAND, FATHER, SON
AND BROTHER. PHILIP CAMPUS WAS
AN INCREDIBLE OFFICER. HIS BADGE
NUMBER WAS 13 92. HE WAS A
MEMBER OF KERN COUNTY'S ELITE
SHERIFF'S SWAT TEAM, AND MANY OF
US SWAT TEAM BROTHERS STILL ARE
GRIEVING TODAY. END OF WATCH FOR
THIS INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING WAS
JANUARY 25TH 2021. HE WAS JUST
35 YEARS OLD COLLEAGUES. I ASKED
FOR AN I VOTE RESPECTFULLY
RESPECTFULLY FOR SCR 75. THANK
YOU, SENATOR GROVE MEMBERS ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THIS
ITEM ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE?
SEEING NONE. SECRETARY. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. PALIN. BY
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. I BAIT. AYE,
BECKER. GORGEOUS. AYE, BRADFORD.
I CABALLERO. ALRIGHT, CORTESI.
DELI. AYE, DODD. I WHEREAS Ó
AYE, EGGMAN. AYE, GLASER.
GONZALES. AYE, GROVE. HERTZBERG.
HUESO. I KNOW. AYE. JONES.
KAMLAGER AYE, LAIRD. HIGH LABOR.
AYE. AYE, LIMÓN. BYE. MCGUIRE.
I'M MELINDA'S. I'M IN. NEWMAN.
NELSON. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SHOW
ABOVE. I PAN. AYE, PORTANTINO.
ROTH. RUBIO. SKINNER. AYE.
STERN. AYE. HAMBURG. IOWA CÁC.
AYE. WIENER. AYE, WILK. AYE.
ISAIAH 35 NOS. ZERO THE
RESOLUTION PASSES. MEMBERS WERE
MOVING ON TO ITEM 46 SENATOR
BRADFORD. SAYING, HEY, I'M
SORRY, MR MR SENIOR RADFORD. AS
SENATE BRADFORD. SECRETARY.
PLEASE READ. CYNICAL CURRENT
RESOLUTION 19 BY SENATOR
BRADFORD RELATIVE TO JUNETEENTH
, SENATOR RADFORD, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. AS SHARE OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS. I'M
HERE TO PRESENT SCR 109 AND
COMMEMORATION OF JUNETEENTH.
ALSO KNOWN AS EMANCIPATION DAY.
SUNDAY MARKS 152 157TH
ANNIVERSARY OF JUNETEENTH,
FORMERLY KNOWN AS JUBILEE DAY,
WHICH IS THE OLDEST NATIONALLY
CELEBRATED COMMEMORATION OF THE
ENDING OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED
STATES AND IS RECOGNIZED NOW AS
A NATIONAL HOLIDAY SINCE LAST
YEAR. ON JUNE 19TH 18 65 MAJOR
GENERAL GORDON GRANGER LED
THOUSANDSOF UNION SOLDIERS INTO
GALVESTON'S TAXES TO DELIVE THE
NEWS THAT THE CIVIL WAR HAD
ENDED AND THAT ENSLAVED PEOPLE
WERE NOW FREE. APPROXIMATELY
250,000 SLAVES IN TAXES HAD NO
IDEA THEIR FREEDOM HAD BEEN
SECURED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS
NEWS WAS DELIVERED 2.5 YEARS
AFTER PRESIDENT LINCOLN ISSUED
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
AND 18 62. OR EXECUTIVE ORDER
THREE DEMANDING THAT THE
CONFEDERATE STATES RETURNED TO
THE UNION OR THEIR SLAVES WOULD
BE PERMANENTLY FREED. THE
PROCLAMATION BECAME OFFICIAL ON
JANUARY ONE. 18 63. AND 18, 60,
66. AFRICAN AMERICANS
TRANSFORMED JUNE 19TH FROM A DAY
OF AN HEATED MILITARY ORDERS
INTO THEIR OWN ANNUAL RITE OF
CELEBRATION CALLED JUNETEENTH IN
MANY WAYS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
, AND THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
JUNETEENTH IS THEY'RE VERY
INDEPENDENCE DAY. I CAN ASSURE
YOU THAT IT WAS THE ONLY REAL
HOLIDAY THAN MY FATHER EVER
CELEBRATED AS IT RELATES TO
FREEDOM AND RECOGNITION IN THIS
COUNTRY. IT WAS NEVER JANUARY.
JULY 4TH. IT WAS ALWAYS
JUNETEENTH, AND HE WENT BACK
FAITHFULLY TO TEXAS OTHER ALL
THE WAY UP UNTIL THE TIME OF
PASSING TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH
WITH HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS
THERE IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE IN
TEXAS. THAT THE 19TH OF JUNE
WASN'T THE EXACT DAY OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS WERE FREE. THAT'S THE
DAY THAT THEY WERE TOLD THAT
THEY WERE FREE. JUNETEENTH IS
THE TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO
COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS AND RICH CULTURE
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, A CULTURE
SHAPED BY HISTORY OF
PERSEVERANCE, STRENGTH. HOPE.
WHILE WE RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH AS
A SPECIAL DAY IN AMERICAN
HISTORY, IT'S ALSO A REMINDER OF
OUR COUNTRY'S PAST THAT WE MUST
NEVER FORGET THE REMNANTS OF
SLAVERY OR STILL ALIVE TODAY. WE
HAVE SEEN DECADES OF PROGRESS
TOWARDS EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD LIKE TO
SEE HIM GOALS. FREEDOM ISN'T
FREE. THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON
THE BACKS OF NOBLE AFRICAN
AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN AS WELL
AS CHILDREN. WHO FOUGHT MARCH
AND DIED FOR FREEDOM. SLAVERY
MAY HAVE ENDED, BUT THE FIGHT
FR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY
CONTINUES. WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK
FAR TO SEE THAT RACISM, BIGOTRY
, HATRED AND INTOLERANCE STILL
EXISTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
ALL WE HAVE TO LOOK BACK IS A
FEW WEEKS AGO IN BUFFALO, NEW
YORK. AND THIS IS WELL
DOCUMENTED IN A RECENTLY
RELEASED REPARATIONS TASK FORCE
CONTROLLED REPORT, WHILE SOME
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE FOR
LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS. HAPPINESS AFRICAN
AMERICANS ARE STILL FIGHTING
THAT HAVE THEIR FULL HUMAN
DIGNITY. RECOGNIZED IN THIS
COUNTRY. AS JUNE. TEAM
CELEBRATION KICKS OFF THIS
WEEKEND ACROSS THE NATION, WE
MUST TAKE THIS TIME TO REMEMBER
OUR HISTORY AND TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM AND
JUST SOCIETY IS ASSURED FOR
EVERY AMERICAN ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS. I EAGERLY ASKED FOR YOUR
I VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. THANK
YOU. KRISTEN AND REDFORD MEMBERS
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE,
SENATOR DURAZO. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. AS CHAIR OF THE
CALIFORNIA LATINO LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS. IT IS MY HONOR TO RISE
TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SCR
109. JUNETEENTH, ALSO KNOWN AS
QUOTE UNQUOTE FREEDOM DAY. FOR
EMANCIPATION DAY. IS SYMBOLIC.
AS THE DATE WHEN THE LAST SLAVES
IN AMERICA WERE QUOTE UNQUOTE
FREED. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN ISSUED THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. I USE
THE TERM QUOTE UNQUOTE FREED
LOOSELY. BECAUSE WHAT WAS
OUTLAWED AND ACTUALLY OCCURRED
WHERE TWO DIFFERENT REALITIES
THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY,
HOWEVER, DID NOT BRING EQUALITY.
JUNE TEENS HAPPEN 89 YEARS AFTER
US INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND IT
WOULD BE ANOTHER 100 YEARS.
BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHT
NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT, GAINED
TRACTION AND STARTED TO BREAK
DOWN SEGREGATION. YES BLACK MEN
AND WOMEN WERE QUOTE UNQUOTE
FREE. BUT NOT FREE TO LIVE WHERE
THEY WANTED TO AND HOW THEY
WISHED NOT FREE TO WORK AND ANY
JOB NOT FREE TO ACCESS THE SAME
PUBLIC EDUCATION AS OTHERS. WE
NEED REAL EQUALITY, REAL EQUITY
FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. I THANK
THE BLACK CAUCUS FOR BEING A
VOICE. FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS,
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEIR
VOICE FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING SCR
109. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
TERRAZZO, SENATOR PAN. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SENATORSI
TOO ENJOY. WANT TO THANK MY
FRIEND FOR BRINGING UP THIS SCR
109 IS CHAIR OF THE ASIAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER ALLEGEDLY OF
CAUCUS. I'M HONORED TO RISE IN
SUPPORT THIS YEAR WINDOW NINE
RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH, WHICH
NOTED, IS TRULY THE INDEPENDENCE
DAY WHERE EVERY AMERICAN FINALLY
BECAME FREE. ALTHOUGH AGAIN. TOO
REALLY WHAT MY GOOD FRIEND FROM
LOS ANGELES SAID. BEING FREED.
THAT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU'RE
FREE. UM. EVEN THOUGH AFRICAN
AMERICANS WERE, I GUESS LEGALLY
FREE WITH EMANCIPATION PROXIMITY
BUT FINALLY NOTIFIED THEY WERE
FREE ON JUNETEENTH IN TEXAS. UM
WE KNOW THAT JUST BEING FREE
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY. UM THEY WERE NOT
GIVEN ANY RESOURCES. THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRULY LIVING
THE AMERICAN DREAM. WE'RE NOT
THERE. AND IT'S ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT REMINDER OF HOW THIS
NATION WRONGLY AND HORRIFICALLY
TREATED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY AND EVEN THOUGH THEY
WERE FINALLY RELEASED FROM
SLAVERY ON JUNETEENTH. UM WE
CONTINUE THE UNFORTUNATE HISTORY
OF RACISM. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
LAWS AND, UM, SOCIAL NORMS THAT
PREVENTED AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM
BEING ABLE TO TRULY, UH,
PARTICIPATE IN AMERICA AND TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALL
AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE. I WOULD
LIKE TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUE WHO I
BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE
INTRODUCING THE CALIFORNIA
REPARATIONS TASK FORCE TO THE
SENATE, AND, UM, COMMEND THEM
FOR LEAD THE NATION ON SOMETHING
THAT'S FRANKLY OVERDUE. AH
CERTAINLY IN THE AAPI COMMUNITY
. WE RECOGNIZE THAT JAPANESE
AMERICANS WERE INTERNED IN WORLD
WAR TWO AND CALIFORNIA PASSED
THE FIRST JAPANESE AMERICAN
REDRESS THE BILL IN THE NATION.
THIS BILL WOULD LATER ALLOW ANY
LIVING JAPANESE AMERICAN WHO
SURVIVED INTERNMENT CANCER READ
RECEIVED RESTITUTION PAYMENTS.
AND ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD NOT
FULLY REPAIRED THE DAMAGES
CAUSED BY AN INTERNMENT, IT DID
HELP THAT COMMUNITY HEAL. AND
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR
COMMUNITY STANDS WITH THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
SAYING THAT PREPARATIONS ARE
NEEDED. AND CERTAINLY THIS LONG
HISTORY OF SLAVERY, FOLLOWED BY
A LONG HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION
AND RACISM IS A HEAVY LEGACY
THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BEAR. BUT
IT IS NOT A SOLITARY FIGHT, AND
WE NEED TO STAND IN SOLITARY
SOLIDARITY. SO LET US CELEBRATE
THIS VERY IMPORTANT DAY
JUNETEENTH. IS IMPORTANT THAT IN
THIS COUNTRY WE CELEBRATE
FREEDOM. BUT WE ALSO NOTE NEED
TO KNOW THAT MERELY BEING
LEGALLY FREE. AND THERE ARE EVEN
SOME CAVEATS TO THAT. WE TALK
ABOUT INCARCERATION AND SO
FORTH. THAT JUST BEING LEGALLY
FREE DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYONE
HAS THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY THAT
EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE AND
DESERVE IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY. I
STAND IN STRONG SUPPORT OF CR
109. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
SENATOR PENN, SENATOR SKINNER.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBER
I RISE AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE
LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF SCR 109. BLACK
WOMEN HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO THE
CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH AND
THE COMMEMORATION OF
EMANCIPATION. YES, SINCE THE
START. THIS SUNDAY. JUNE 19TH
2022 IS THE FIRST JUNETEENTH
THAT WILL BE IS RECOGNIZED AS A
FEDERAL HOLIDAY. AND IT'S SO
OFTEN THE CASE WE RARELY HEAR
ABOUT THE WOMEN WHO WERE THE
ORGANIZERS, LEADERS, INVENTORS,
YOU NAME IT. SO LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT OPAL LEE. HOPEFULLY IS
CONSIDERED THE GRANDMOTHER OF
JUNETEENTH. WHEN SHE WAS 12
YEARS OLD ON JUNE 19TH 1939 IN
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 500 WHITE
SUPREMACIST. BURNED HER FAMILY'S
HOUSE DOWN. SHE REFLECTED ON
THAT LATER DECADES LATER. AND
SAID THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENED
ON THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE SPURRED
ME TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THAT JUNETEENTH IS NOT JUST A
FESTIVAL. SO SHE, LIKE MANY
OTHERS BEGAN TO ORGANIZE TO HAVE
JUNETEENTH RECOGNIZED AS A
HOLIDAY. NOW MANY STATES
RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH AS AN
OFFICIAL HOLIDAY. BUT
NATIONALLY, THERE WAS NO
RECOGNITION. AND OPENLY STARTED
, SHE GATHERED PETITION. SHE
STARTED MARCHES BACK IN 2016 AT
AGE 89. SHE DECIDED TO WALK FROM
HER HOME IN FORT WORTH. TEXAS TO
WASHINGTON, D. C IN ONE OF HER
EFFORTS TO GET JUNETEENTH NAMED
NATIONAL HOLIDAY. IT THEN BECAME
AN ANNUAL TRADITION. AND IN
SEPTEMBER 2020 SHE COMPLETED HER
WALK. BY TURNING OVER A PETITION
WITH 1.5 MILLION SIGNATURES.
AMERICANS SIGNING URGING
CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION FOR
A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. AND ON JUNE
17TH 2021. HER WISH CAME TRUE
WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE
LAW, MAKING JUNETEENTH, THE 12TH
FEDERAL HOLIDAY. SO I THINK,
HOPEFULLY FOR THAT, AND THE
MANY, MANY, MANY OTHER WOMEN
WHO'VE PLAYED SO BLACK WOMEN
WOMEN IN GENERAL WHO HAVE PLAYED
ESSENTIAL ROLES IN OUR HISTORY
THAT WE NEVER HEAR ABOUT OR
LEARN ABOUT. JUNETEENTH IS A
TIME OF CELEBRATION. BUT IT IS A
REMINDER THAT THE FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS IS NOT OVER AS OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM GARDENA, SO
CLEARLY HAS REMINDED US WE HAVE
YET TO ACHIEVE EQUITY FOR BLACK
WOMEN IN THEIR SALARIES THEY'RE
PAYING AT WORK IN THEIR
EDUCATION IN HEALTH CARE, AND SO
MUCH MORE. AND THOSE OF US WHO
HAVE FOCUSED A LOT IN THE LAST
YEARS AROUND THIS ISSUE OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. 62% OF CONFIRMED
SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
AND WITH THAT, I URGE YOUR
STRONG SUPPORT. THANK YOU,
SENATOR SKINNER'S SENATOR
WIENER. THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT
. COLLEAGUE ARISES VICE CHAIR OF
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
JEWISH CAUCUS AND SUPPORT OF SCR
109. JUNE CHANGED AS A
CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
EMANCIPATION AND FREEDOM FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THIS
COUNTRY. THIS HOLIDAY LONG
OVERDUE IN TERMS OF BROAD BASED
RECOGNITION, UM, REALLY MARKS IN
MANY WAYS THE END OF FORMAL
SLAVERY, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THE
END OF FORMAL SLAVERY WAS JUST
THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER LONG
JOURNEY THAT IS STILL NOT OVER
TODAY. BUT IT DOES CELEBRATE THE
END OF SOME OF THE MOST
DESPICABLE ATROCITIES EVER
COMMITTED AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS.
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
THIS IS A DAY TO LEARN AND
EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED AND THE WORK THAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN. GOING FORWARD. LAST
WEEK, JEWS AROUND THE GLOBE
CELEBRATED SZABO, ANOTHER
HOLIDAY OF LEARNING WHEN WE
GATHER TOGETHER TO STUDY THE
TORAH THE SAME TORAH THAT
TEACHES ABOUT EQUALITY IN THE
SANCTITY OF LIFE AND ABOUT THE
EXODUS FROM EGYPT. THE JEWS AS
IN SLAVE HAS ESCAPED
ENSLAVEMENT. THE HOLIDAY
REITERATES THE TORAH REITERATES
THE HORROR OF HUMAN INVOLUNTARY
SERVITUDE. IT'S BECAUSE THE
JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE STUDIED THE
TOUR OF FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED VALUES
THAT INFORM THE FIGHT FOR
LIBERATION FROM HENRY MOSKOWITZ
HELPING CO FOUND THE ACP. TO
RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
MARCHING IN SELMA. T VIVIAN
LIBERTO, ROTHSTEIN'S COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING. AROUND THE COURSE, A
ROLE SYSTEM AND THE WAY THAT IT
PERPETUATES THE SINS OF SLAVERY
. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CAN AND
WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE
ALONGSIDE OUR BLACK SIBLINGS AND
SERVICE OF LIBERATION. FOR ALL I
ASKED FOR AN EYE BOAT. THANK
YOU, SENATOR WIENER, SENATOR
EDMUND. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
AND MEMBERS. I ALSO RISE I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE LGBT CAUCUS TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF JUNETEENTH.
UM AND AS USUAL, MY STAFF WRITES
ME NICE TALKING POINTS AND THEN
I DON'T USE THEM. MHM. AND I WAS
INSPIRED LAST NIGHT EVEN WROTE
SOME THINGS DOWN. BUT THEN I
FORGOT. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, UH,
THE LGBT COMMUNITY STANDS IN
SUCH SOLIDARITY WITH THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AND I, AND I DON'T
THINK THERE'S ANY SURPRISE THAT
PRIDE MONTH IS ON JUNETEENTH
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING
STARTS HAPPENING, RIGHT WE GET
IT'S TIME TO. IT'S TIME TO GET
TO WORK. IT'S TIME TO MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN. AND OUR AND OUR
BLACK MEMBERS OF OUR LGBT UH UM
, COMMUNITY ARE SOME OF THE
STILL THE MOST MARGINALIZED AND
THE MOST ABUSED AND CERTAINLY
TRANS BLACK WOMEN THE MOST
MURDERED ON OUR STREETS. AND AT
THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE SEEING
THIS IN THIS REMINDER OF
JUNETEENTH THAT WE KNOW THAT
INFORMATION TOOK A WHILE TO GET
BY. AND SO THAT WE KNOW THAT
BECAUSE INFORMATION TAKES
AWHILE, THEN THE CENTRALITY OF
OUR GROUPS ARE SO IMPORTANT, SO
THE BLACK CHURCH HAS SERVED SUCH
A ROLE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY,
THE BLACK PRESS AND BLACK MUSIC
COMMUNITY HAVE SEARCHED SUCH A
ROLE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO
COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THE WORLD
HAS REJECTED THEM AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN FRANCISCO
SKA, THE GREATEST ATROCITY OF
HUMANKIND WAS WAS COMMITTED
HERE. IN THIS IN THIS COUNTRY,
UH, WITH WITH SLAVERY, AND SO
THE CENTRALITY, I THINK OF THE
CHURCH AND THE SAFETY OF THE
CHURCH HAS MADE IT MORE
DIFFICULT, SOMETIMES FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS TO COME OUT INTO OUR
COMMUNITY. AND I AM VERY HAPPY
THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE
OUR FIRST BLACK LGBT MEMBER OF
THE CAUCUS AT THE END OF THIS
YEAR, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT. AND AS A WEEKLY ATTENDING
PRACTICING CATHOLIC WHO
CERTAINLY COVERS COVERS COLORS
OUTSIDE THE LINES, I UNDERSTAND
THE CENTRALITY OF YOUR FAITH. UM
BUT IT ALSO CANNOT DENY WHO YOU
ARE AS HUMAN BEINGS. SO AS WE
LOOK TO THE CENTRALITY OF THOSE
INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
NECESSITY, AFRICAN AMERICANS
HAVE HAD TO DRAW TWO TO BE SAFE
AS WE SEE THE INCREASE JUST THIS
LAST WEEK. IN 31 WHITE
SUPREMACIST GOING TO A PRIDE
EVENT IN IDAHO IN THE BACK AS WE
SEE, UH PEOPLE JUST DISRUPTING
PRIDE EVENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE
AS WE SEE THE RISE OF SUPREME
WHITE SUPREMACY AS WE SEE WHAT
HAPPENED IN BUFFALO CONTINUES TO
HAPPEN. WE CANNOT THINK THAT
WE'RE DONE. WE CANNOT THINK THAT
OUR WORK IS DONE BECAUSE WE SEE
THE RISE OF IT. WE SAW
CONFEDERATE FLAGS WITH WHITE
SUPREMACIST FLAGS ALL OVER THE
PLACE. IT FRIGHTENS ME. IT
SHOULD FRIGHTEN ALL OF US. LET
US USE THIS JUST GUARANTEED TO
RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE
EQUALITY. THAT IS THE PROMISE OF
OUR COUNTRY. I ASKED FOR YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU, SENATOR EDMUND
MEMBERS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE? SEEING NONE. SENATOR
BRADFORD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT,
AND I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES. THE VARIOUS ETHNIC
CAUCUSES FOR LENDING YOUR VOICE
TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEASURE.
ARE STATED. THIS IS NOT JUST
ABOUT A CELEBRATION, BUT IT'S A
RECOGNITION. IT'S A OWNING AND
REALIZING THE ATROCITIES OF THIS
COUNTRY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
THIS COUNTRY IS GREAT. BECAUSE
OF THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE AND
BONDED SLAVED SHADOWED AFRICAN
AMERICANS WHO WORKED THEIR
FINGERS TO THE BONE WHO WERE
BEATEN WHO WERE TORTURED WHO
WERE RAPED. WHO WERE JUST
TOTALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND
THIS IS A DAY OF RECOGNIZING
THOSE SACRIFICES BUT TO ALSO
CELEBRATE OUR PERSEVERANCE.
BECAUSE WE ARE SURVIVORS. WE ARE
WINNERS, AND I THINK THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS DESPITE ALL THE
ATROCITIES THAT THEY FACED HERE
SHOWS YOU THE DETERMINATION OF
THIS PEOPLE. OF MY PEOPLE AND
AGAIN AS A SON OF TEXAS. UH THIS
WAS WELL TAUGHT IN MY HOUSEHOLD
, AND I WISH IT WAS TAUGHT IN
EVERYONE'S HOUSEHOLD TO
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE SO
WHEN YOU CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH,
AND I HOPE YOU FIND A PROGRAM TO
PARTICIPATE IN AND WHEN YOU SEE
INDIVIDUALS WITH WATERMELON.
WE'RE AT VELVET CAKE AND RED
SODA POP. LET'S GET AWAY FROM
THE ETHNIC STEREOTYPES THAT
AFRICAN AMERICANS LIKE
WATERMELON ANYMORE THAN ANYBODY
ELSE. WE DON'T THE WATERMELON,
THE RED SODA POP AND THE RED
VELVET THAT WAS CREATED BY A
FORMER SLAVE WAS A WAY OF
RECOGNIZING THE BLOOD THAT WE
FOR THIS COUNTRY. THAT'S JUST
SYMBOLIC REASON WHY RED SODA POP
RED VELVET CAKE AND WATERMELONS
THAT MOST ALL JUNE 18TH
CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
SO THAT'S A PART THAT I WANT TO
SHARE AND, AS STATED THE CHANGE
OF CHATTEL, SLAVERY MIGHT BE
PHYSICALLY REMOVED THE CHANGE IN
BONDAGE BUT THE. ECONOMIC,
EDUCATIONAL. HEALTHCARE UM,
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, OPPRESSION.
AND EVEN, UM, JUST PSYCHOLOGICAL. BONDAGE STILL EXISTS FOR
MILLIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
WHO ARE TORMENTED DAILY SIMPLY
BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR
SKIN. DESPITE. ALL THE GREATNESS
THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. IT'S
STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE AND WELL
HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, SO I ASKED
YOU ON MONDAY. TO COME OUT IF
YOU'RE REALLY COMMITTED, JOIN US
ON THE WEST STEPS, THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS WILL
HAVE A JUNE TEAM CELEBRATIONS
STARTING AT NOON. AH WILL BE
FESTIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT SPEAKERS.
UH SPEAKING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF
WHAT THIS DAY IS AND AS MY
COLLEAGUE OF STATED SLAVERY
MIGHT BE OVER. BUT IN THE WORDS
OF THE LATE GREAT RAPPER NIPSEY
HUSTLE, IT'S TOO EARLY FOR A
VICTORY LAP. THE MARATHON
CONTINUES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR I VOTE. THANK YOU, SENATOR
BRADFORD MEMBERS. THIS ITEM SCR
109 QUALIFIES FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL
CALL. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO
USING UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL ON
THIS ITEM? SEEING NO OBJECTION.
EYES 35 NOS. ZERO. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THANK
YOU, SENATOR BRADFORD MEMBERS.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. I'M
SORRY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. I
BELIEVE SENATOR BRADFORD WOULD
LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED UNDER
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. SENATOR
BRADFORD. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. THERE'S TRULY MY
HONOR TO WELCOME SOME AMAZING
INDIVIDUALS TO THE CAPITAL TODAY
, MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA TASK
FORCE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE AH!
WITHOUT A DOUBT, PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK FORCE
NOT ONLY IN THE STATE, BUT IN
THIS NATION OF DEALING WITH THE
HORRORS OF SLAVERY. THESE
ACCOMPLISHED AND HARDWORKING
INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE I HAVE THE
PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH
ALONGSIDE TO MAKE THE FIRST IN
THIS NATION AND STATEWIDE TASK
FORCE TO STUDY AND DEVELOP
REPARATIONS PROPOSALS FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH A SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION OF AFRICAN
AMERICANS WHO ARE DESCENDANTS OF
PERSONS OF ENSLAVED THAT WERE
ENSLAVED HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES. CREATED BY OUR NOW
SECRETARY OF STATE DOCTOR,
SHIRLEY WEBER. WELL SHE WAS A
MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY. THIS
HISTORIC TASK FORCES COMPRISED
OF LEGISLATIVE BODY MEMBERS,
ACADEMIC AND LEGAL
REPRESENTATIVES WITH A KEEN
UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORICAL
ISSUES RELATED TO THE BLACK
EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA, AND I'M
HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO OUR
PRESIDENT PRO TEM FOR APPOINTING
ME TO THIS BODY. CALIFORNIA
AFTER ITS ACCEPTANCE INTO THE
UNION IN 18 50 UNTIL THE END OF
SLAVERY IN 18 65 ACTIVELY
SUPPORTED ENSLAVEMENT OF BLACK
IN THIS STATE. WE WERE FREE
STATE IN NAME ONLY, BUT CLEARLY
NOT IN PRACTICE. AS OUR NATION
REFLECTS ON THE ORIGINAL SIN OF
SLAVERY. FROM ITS INCEPTION TO
THE MODERN DAY DEVELOPMENT OF
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND
DEALING WITH RACIAL
INEQUALITIES. HAPPENING NOW, THE
CREATION OF THIS TASK FORCE IS
TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE TO
FURTHER THE DISCUSSION ON RACE
RELATIONSHIPS, NOT ONLY IN THE
STATE, BUT IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS
TASK FORCE IS A REFLECTION OF
CALIFORNIA'S LEADERSHIP AND
PROGRESSIVE NATURE. NATURE
COMMITMENT TO HELP BRIDGE RACIAL
DIVISION IN ADVANCE. EQUITY.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING SOME
OF THE MOST AMAZING MEMBERS OF
THIS TASK FORCE. INDIVIDUALS I
HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WILL LAY THE
FOUNDATION AND THE FRAMEWORK FOR
WHAT APOLOGIES LOOK LIKE WHAT
ATONEMENT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT A
REPARATIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE OR
SHOULD LOOK LIKE HERE IN THE
STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY.
JOINING US IS OUR FEAR OF THE
TASK FORCE ATTORNEY LISA HOLDER
. NO, I'M SORRY, CAMILA MORE.
THAT'S OUR CHAIR. OUR VICE CHAIR
, THE ONE AND ONLY REVEREND
DOCTRINE, AMOS BROWN. ATTORNEY
DON TAMAKI. CITY COUNCIL PERSON
MONICA MONTGOMERY STEP. AS THE
STATED ATTORNEY, LISA HOLDER,
BRILLIANT LEGAL MIND IN THIS
COUNTRY. PHD PROFESSOR AT LMU,
DR CHERYL GRILLS AND BERKELEY
PROFESSOR DR JAVON SCOTT LEWIS.
AND ALSO, UM WITH THE DOJ STAB
DAMONE BROWN. CATHERINE NO. AND
I, ATIA MARTIN WALTON, PLEASE
WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE. MATCH. WELCOME TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY
. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE CALIFORNIA
BETTER STATE AND AMERICA A
BETTER COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, SENATOR BRADFORD. VERY WELL
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ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING,
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RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCEMENT. YES THE SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WILL
MEET AT 10 O'CLOCK IN ROOM 1200.
THANK YOU. MEMBERS IF WE CAN
GRAB OUR SEATS, PLEASE. WE'RE
RETURNING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE TO
ADJOURNMENT MEMORIES THIS
MORNING IF WE CAN GIVE OUR
ATTENTION TO THE SENATORS THAT
ARE PRESENTING, WE'D ALL
APPRECIATE IT. MEMBERS. IF WE
CAN BRING OUR ATTENTION TO THE
FLOOR, PLEASE. SENATOR WIENER.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MR PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES, I RISE TODAY TO ASK
THAT THE SENATE ADJOURNED IN
MEMORY OF GINA MOSCONI, THE
FORMER FIRST LADY OF SAN
FRANCISCO. MRS MOSCONI PASSED
AWAY FROM CANCER EARLIER THIS
MONTH. AT THE AGE OF 91. YOU MAY
BE WONDERING WHY I'M NOT AT MY
USUAL DESK. I'M A AH, SENATOR
BECKER'S DESK, WHICH ALSO USED
TO BE THE DESK MANY YEARS AGO OF
SENATOR OF THEN SENATOR GEORGE
MISS CONNIE WHEN HE WAS THE
MAJORITY LEADER OF THIS BODY. HE
SERVED AS A SENATOR, OF COURSE,
FROM THE MID 19 SIXTIES TO THE
MID 19 SEVENTIES BEFORE HE WAS
ELECTED MAYOR. JENNA MOSCONI WAS
MADE AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING. AND
SHE WAS A FIXTURE OF SAN
FRANCISCO CIVIC LIFE FOR
DECADES. BORN AND RAISED IN SAN
FRANCISCO, SHE ATTENDED ST
BRIDGET'S HIGH SCHOOL AND WOULD
GO ON TO MARRY GEORGE MOSCONI IN
1954. SHE SERVED HONORABLY AS
FIRST LADY OF SAN FRANCISCO WITH
GRACE, DIGNITY AND A DEEP LOVE
FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
AND WHEN HER BELOVED HUSBAND,
GEORGE, MISS CONNIE, WAS
ASSASSINATED, BRUTALLY
ASSASSINATED IN SAN FRANCISCO
CITY HALL AND AN UNTHINKABLE
TRAGEDY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SHE
HELPED LEAD OUR CITY THROUGH ONE
OF ITS DARKEST MOMENTS. WITH
POISE AND WITH COMPASSION. GINA,
MISS CONNIE WOULD CONTINUE TO
SERVE OUR CITY. FOR MANY DECADES
TO FOLLOW. SHE WORKED FOR THEN
SPEAKER WILLIE BROWN. AND FOR
MORE THAN 40 YEARS, SHE WAS A
TRUSTEE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO WAR
MEMORIAL. BOARD. SUPERVISING AND
MANAGING SAN FRANCISCO CITY-LANDMARKS, INCLUDING THE WAR
MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE AND DAVIES
SYMPHONY HALL. MOST NOTABLY, SHE
WAS AN INCREDIBLY LOVING MOTHER
AND GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT
GRANDMOTHER. SHE DEVOTED SO MUCH
OF HER LIFE TO RAISING HER
FAMILY. IN THE WORDS OF HER SON
, JONATHAN WAS GONI, MY
NEIGHBOR. SHE COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN A BETTER MOM. SHE'LL BE
REMEMBERED FOR HER FIERCE
LOYALTY. DECEMBER CISCO AND THE
MANY LIVES THAT SHE BRIGHTENED
THROUGH HER CHARM AND
GENEROSITY. SHE SURVIVED BY FOUR
CHILDREN, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND
A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER COLLEAGUES
. I REQUEST THAT WE ADJOURN IN
MEMORY OF JENNA MOSCONI. THANK
YOU, SIR. WIENER. SENATOR
HERZBERG ON THIS ITEM VERY
BEAUTIFULLY. I'D LIKE TO JOIN IN
THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEMORY OF
JENNA MOSCONI JUST VERY BRIEFLY.
UM SENATOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO
GAVE HER HISTORY I JUST HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW HER. HER
HUSBAND HIRED ME. AND I GOT TO
SPEND TIME WITH HER AND YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH MEMBERS
OF THIS BODY IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE FANCY TITLES. BUT THE
QUESTION IS WHEN THE DOOR
CLOSES. HOW DO THEY TREAT YOU
LITTLE KID AND SHE HAD NO REASON
TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME IN ANY
RESPECT. I WAS JUST SOMEBODY WHO
WAS AROUND AND SHE WAS ONE OF
THESE KINDS OF HUMAN BEINGS WHO
WAS ALWAYS GRACIOUS, ALWAYS
KIND, ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL. AND
ALTHOUGH WE OFTEN CELEBRATE
FOLKS ACHIEVEMENTS BY TITLES OR
OFFICES OR ECONOMIC WEALTH OR
WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
HUMANITY'S ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
ELEMENT OF RECOGNIZING PEOPLE,
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A
MOMENT. TO RECOGNIZE GINO
MASCONE EASE FOR HER
EXTRAORDINARY HUMANITY AND
GRACIOUSNESS AND THOUGHTFULNESS
. AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE FIRST
LADY SHE WAS PRESENT. FRANCISCO
ASKED THE ATTORNEY OR MEMORY.
THANK YOU, SENATOR HERTZBERG.
SENATOR ALLEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GERMAN
MEMORY. MEMBERS WE OFTENTIMES
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. TO TALK
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOUCHED
OUR LIVES WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY,
AND OBVIOUSLY SO MANY OF THEM
ARE EDUCATORS. OUR IN OUR IN OUR
FORMATIVE YEARS, PEOPLE WHO
STEPPED UP AND HELPED TO MAKE
OUR LIVES BETTER THROUGH
TEACHING US SOMETHING. AND I
JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TODAY
TO RISE AND IN MEMORY OF DR
FRANK FORD, WHO PASSED AWAY ON
MARCH 12TH OF THIS YEAR. A
RENOWNED AND FAMOUS SANTA MONICA
HIGH SCHOOL THEATER TEACHER WHO
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY
UNDER FOR SOME TIME. AND WORK
WITH HE WAS A PILLAR OF OUR
COMMUNITY. HE DEVOTED HIS CAREER
TO BRINGING THE JOY AND
OPPORTUNITY OF THE ARTS TO YOUNG
PEOPLE IN MY HOMETOWN OF SANTA
MONICA. BORN IN CHICAGO IN 1940
ATTENDED LOYOLA UNIVERSITY,
CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS STATE
BEFORE MOVING TO OUR STATE HERE
, HE BECAME A DOCTOR OF ARTS
MULTIPLE TIMES OVER EARNING PHDS
AND DRAMA. IN CINEMA. FROM USC,
AND HE DID TEACH AT THE COLLEGE
COLLEGIAN AND GRADUATE LEVELS,
BUT HE FOUND SUCH JOY AND
SETTLING DOWN AT A HIGH SCHOOL
AND WORKING WITH HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND BUILDING AN
EXTRAORDINARY HIGH SCHOOL
THEATER PROGRAM THAT BUILT GREAT
REPUTATION AND PRESTIGE ER IN
OUR IN OUR AREA, HE HE TAUGHT
CINEMA TO KIDS AND DRAMA. HE HAD
THIS WONDERFUL THEATER PROGRAM
THAT WAS AMBITIOUS AND PEOPLE
WOULD COME FROM ALL OVER TO SEE
OUR PLAYS. I HAD THE CHANCE TO
ACT IN JULIUS CAESAR WITH HIM AS
A FRESHMAN IN NINTH GRADE, AND
THEN AS CAPTAIN HOOK, THE IN
PETER PAN, WHICH, OF COURSE I
WAS REALLY TYPECAST AS A EVIL
SINGING PIRATE. AND IT WAS BOTH
. BOTH OF THOSE EXPERIENCES WERE
VERY, VERY SPECIAL FOR ME. HE
DISCOVERED THIS INCREDIBLE
THEATER THAT WE HAVE ON THE
CAMPUS OF SANTA MONICA HIGH
SCHOOL WAS BUILT DURING THE
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
DURING THE NEW DEAL IN THE
THIRTIES WAS AN ART DECO.
MASTERPIECE THAT HAD BEEN THERE
WAS DILAPIDATED AND NEEDED A LOT
OF TLC AND HE HELPED TO
SPEARHEAD ALONG WITH COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS, A DRIVE TO FIX UP THE
THEATER AND TURN IT INTO THIS
GLEAMING REMINDER. OF THE BEAUTY
OF AMERICAN INVESTMENT, PUBLIC
INVESTMENT IN GREAT BUILDINGS
THAT WOULD THAT THAT HAS LASTED
FOR GENERATIONS. THAT WONDERFUL
LEGACY THAT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES LEFT TO
US. AND NOW IT'S BECOME AN
IMPORTANT CULTURAL HUB FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. AND UNLIKE SO MANY
OTHERS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT
WORLD, HIS HIS HIS FOCUS WASN'T
ON HIMSELF. HIS FOCUS WAS WAS ON
ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HE
WORKED WITH AND HIS LOVE FOR
POWERFUL STORIES. AH, HE WAS
TOUGH. I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF
FRIENDS WHO TALKED ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE STUDYING WITH HIM
ALMOST LIKE THE STUDENTS IN THE
MOVIE WHIPLASH. SOME OF YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER. UH YOU KNOW, I
THINK IT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH
HOW DRIVEN HE WAS. HOW? HOW
FOCUSED HE WAS ON EXCELLENCE. I
HE? HE DID HAVE A SOULFUL
SPIRITUAL SIDE TO HIM. HE LOVED
PHILOSOPHY. TALK TO ME A LOT
ABOUT FABIAN IS, UM AND YOU
KNOW, I BARELY KNEW WHAT HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT HALF THE TIME. BUT
I TRIED MY BEST AND DID A LITTLE
BIT OF RESEARCH AS A RESULT.
THERE WAS THERE THAT HE TOOK SO
MUCH JOY IN THE SUCCESS OF HIS
STUDENTS. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF
MY CONTEMPORARIES. WALLACE SMITH
BECAME AN IMPORTANT ACTOR ON
BROADWAY AND ENDED UP STARRING
IN THE LION KING PLAYED SIMBA IN
THE LION KING AND ON BROADWAY
WAS IN HAMBLETON. HE WAS A SANTA
MONICA HIGH SCHOOL KID. AND DR
FOUR WOULD FLY OUT TO WHAT IT TO
NEW YORK TO BE THERE AT THE
PREMIERE TO GO SEE HIM ON THE
STAGE. HE EVEN GO VISIT HIM WHEN
HE WAS IN TOURING PRODUCTIONS.
RYAN HURST T BECAME AN
IMPORTANT TV ACTOR. THERE'S SO
MANY PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED FROM
OUR PROGRAM WHO FOUND SUCCESS IN
ACTING, AND DR FORD WOULD TAKE
SUCH PRIDE IN THEIR SUCCESSES.
AND, UM. SO HE IS VERY SPECIAL
GUY. HE TAUGHT ME A GREAT DEAL.
AH ABOUT HOW TO TELL STORIES AND
HOW IMPORTANT PART OF HUMAN
EXPERIENCE THAT IS. HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WONDERFUL WIFE,
JOE, WHO DID ALL THE COSTUMES
FOR OUR PRODUCTIONS. HIS
CHILDREN. AMY, IAN, JACK AND
KAREN IS FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.
COUNTLESS COUNTLESS FORMER
STUDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD
INDEED. WHO HE INSPIRED
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. THERE'S
GOING TO BE A CELEBRATION OF HIS
LIFE IN A COUPLE OFWEEKS AND IN
HIS BELOVED BARNUM HALL IN SANTA
MONICA HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I DID
WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TODAY TO
ASK THAT WE ALL ADJOURN IN THE
IN THE MEMORY OF THE WONDERFUL
DOCTOR FRANKFURT. THANK YOU, SIR
ALLEN. VERY WELL DONE. MEMBERS
IF YOU CAN BRING THE NAMES
FORWARD TO THE DESK SO THAT THEY
CAN BE PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED BY
THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE. WE
WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. MEMBERS.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS
SENATOR HATES THE DESK IS CLEAR.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THE
FLOOR SESSION IS ADJOURNED AND
IT WILL. THE NEXT FOUR SESSION
WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY.
JUNE 2020 22 AT TWO PM THANK
YOU, SENATOR BATES. THIS SENATE
WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL 3 30 PM
, AT WHICH TIME THE ADJOURNMENT
MOTION WILL BE PLACED. WE WILL
RECONVENE MONDAY AT TWO PM THANK
YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.