MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALAN ARCHULETTA. SECOND
FAITHS. BECKER. GORGEOUS
BRADFORD CABALLERO ORTEZ. DOLLY!
DODD. THE ROSSIO EGGMAN GLASER,
GONZALES GROVE. HERTZBERG HUESO
, HURTADO JONES KAMLAGER BLARED.
LABOR. THE MOON MCGUIRE,
MELINDA'S MEN, NEWMAN NIELSEN A
SHOW ABO PAN PORTANTINO ROTH.
RUBIO SKINNER STERN. HAMBURG,
WIECKOWSKI. WIENER WILK.
MEMBERS. A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WITH THE MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS
BEYOND THE RAIL AND IN THE
GALLERY, PLEASE RISE. WE WILL BE
LED IN PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON BY
SENATOR EGGMAN AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. WE WILL
BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG BY
SENATOR WIENER. REFERRING TO HER
EXPERIENCE IN THE LGBTQ AI
COMMUNITY. ANDREA JENKINS OF THE
MINISTER. MINNEAPOLIS CITY
COUNCIL SAYS IT'S A JOURNEY AND
WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. GOD
OF VAST AND DIVERSE CREATION.
TODAY WE PRAY THAT MAY WE ALL
CONSIDER OUR ROLE IN HELPING
SMOOTH THE JOURNEY FOR L G B T
Q. I A PEOPLE. MAY WE CONTINUE
TO BECOME BETTER EDUCATED AND
PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE DIALOGUE
ON ISSUES OF GENDER, IDENTITY
AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION. MAY WE
TRUST IN THE POWER OF OUR
POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO REMOVE
BARRIERS AND BRING HEALING AND
JOY TO THOSE HAVE BEEN WHO HAD
BEEN UNJUSTLY DEPRIVED OF LOVE
AND DIGNITY? MAY WE LIVE IN
GREATER ALLY SHIP WITH ONE
ANOTHER WITHOUT PRIVILEGE,
HIERARCHY OR JUDGMENT. BRINGING
CLOSER TO THE REALITY OF THE
ONENESS THAT WE ALL DESIRE. MAY
OUR DEEPEST DESIRES BE FOR THE
BUILDING UP OF OUR DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES AND COOPERATION AND
COLLABORATION AND WITH THE
INTEGRITY OF A WORD, INDEED, WE
ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN.
COLLEAGUES PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
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. MOVING ON TO MOTIONS,
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE SENATE JOURNALS
FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 13TH
THROUGH THE 16TH 2022 WILL BE
APPROVED AS CORRECTED BY THE
MINUTE CLERK. MEMBERS SENATE
BILL 3 57 WILL BE ORDERED TO
ENROLLMENT. SENATOR JONES. THANK
YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AT THE
REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR, COULD YOU
PLEASE PULL ITEM NUMBER 81? A
SIMILAR BILL 28 12 BY A SIMILAR
MAN BIGELOW FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. AND PLACE IT ON THE
INACTIVE FILE. SO ORDERED
WITHOUT A PROTECTION. SENATOR
DODD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR,
I'D LIKE TO REMOVE FILE ITEM 80
NUMBER 84 A B 26 25 BY SOME OF
THE MEMBER TEAM FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. SO ORDERED WITHOUT
OBJECTION. MEMBERS WERE GOING TO
MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF THE
DAILY FILE. MADAM SECRETARY.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO SET SECOND
READING. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
BILLS 25 21 WITH AMENDMENTS 26
73 WITH AMENDMENTS, BUT 52 WITH
AMENDMENTS 1900 WITH AMENDMENTS
21 30 WITH AMENDMENTS 23 52 WITH
AMENDMENTS ASSEMBLY BILL THE
SECOND READING HAS BEEN ADOPTED
FOR THE SECOND READING HAS BEEN
READ. MEMBERS WERE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
FILE ITEM NUMBER 18 SENATOR
LARRY THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT.
FINAL ITEM. 18 IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF DR JAMES HELL'S
ER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
MEDICAL BOARD. DR HELZER HAS
STAFF ANESTHESIOLOGIST. AT
KAISER PERMANENTE SANTA CLARE
MEDICAL CENTER. HE ALSO SERVES
AS THE CHAIR OF THE PERIOD VIEW
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE
PERMANENT FEDERATION. HE WAS
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON MAY ENVIRONMENT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR EYE
BOAT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE ON THIS ITEM? ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SAYING
NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. I FAITH AYE,
BECKER. AYE FORGES. BRADFORD.
AYE, CABALLERO. AYE, CORTESI. I
DOLLY. DODD. AYE, DURAZO. AYE,
EGGMAN. GLASER. I'VE GONZALES. I
GROW. HARTSBURG. AYE, WEST SO I
FURTADO. AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER I
FLARED. ICE FLAVOR. LIMÓN
MCGUIRE AYE. MELINDA'S MEN. AYE,
NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN. I WILL
SHOW UP BOTH. I PAN. AYE,
PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT AYE,
RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER. AYE, STERN.
I AM BERG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI.
WIENER. AYE, WILK. AYE. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ALAN
AYE. ARCHULETTA. GORGEOUS.
GROWTH. AYE. MELINDA'S, AYE.
WIECKOWSKI. ISA 37 NO. ZERO. THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. MOVING
ON TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 20
SENATOR LARRY THE FLOOR IS YOURS
. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
FINAL ITEM. 20 IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF TALKS ONLY SHOCK
AND AS THE SECRETARY OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. PRIOR TO
THIS APPOINTMENT. MR AMISH ARE
CONSERVATIVES DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. HE
WAS APPROVED BY THE RULES
COMMITTEE ON JUNE 1ST. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE ON THIS ITEM? SENATOR
RUBIO. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO STAND
AND ADD MY VOICE TO THIS, UM,
NOMINATION. I JUST WANT TO
REALLY COMMEND MR TOQUES FOR
ALWAYS BEING SO. PRESENT IN HIS
WORK. I'VE WORKED WITH HIM ON
SEVERAL ISSUES, AND IT'S ALWAYS
BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND ALWAYS
WILLING TO PROBLEM SOLVE WITH
ME, AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE
THAT. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO
ASK FOR AN EVIL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
SENATOR DODD? YES MADAM
PRESIDENT MEMBERS TO FOLLOW MY
COLLEAGUE IN JUST, UH, THINKING
THAT TOKES IS THE RIGHT PERSON
FOR THIS JOB. OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS
THE HEAD OF CALTRANS HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM.
EVEN MOST RECENTLY, I'M REALLY
FIND HIM TO BE VERY, VERY
COLLABORATIVE. RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR MY VOTE. SENATOR BRADFORD.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I
TOO WANT TO RAISE MY VOICE AND
SUPPORTIVE. UH MR ARMAND SHAKEN
, HE SAID OPPORTUNITY. I'VE HAD
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM IN
MY DISTRICT. WE HAD A VERY
TOUCHY SITUATION DEALING WITH A
FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT WAS
OVER 80 YEARS IN EXISTENCE IN
THE COMMUNITY OF WATSON, HE
WORKED DILIGENTLY AND MET
PERSONALLY WITH THE FAMILY TO
HELP GET THAT ISSUE RESOLVED,
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF HANDS ON
TYPE OF THE ACTION THAT WOULD
LIKE AND GOT THE RESPECT OF THE
COMMUNITY, SO I TO SUPPORT HIS
APPOINTMENT TO THE POSITION OF
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.
THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SENATOR
COBALT. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. SO. IN AL ANALYZING.
I REALLY HAVEN'T SPOKEN BEFORE
AND ON ANY OF THE GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENTS, BUT I FEEL
COMPELLED TO DO SO ON THIS
PARTICULAR ONE. IN LIGHT OF THE
REQUEST THAT WE HAVE AND I,
REPRESENTING THE INLAND EMPIRE,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST
GROWING AREAS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE QUITE A BIT
OF GROWTH THERE, AND WE WELCOME
ANYONE COMING FROM SAN DIEGO
COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY L. A
COUNTY IN SOME OF THE CONCERNS.
I HAVE WITH MR OH, MY SHAKIN.
I'M GONNA PROBABLY EAT THAT HIS
THE FACT THAT HE'S MADE SOME
CONCERN OR SOME COMMENTS, AND
SOME OF HIS PHILOSOPHY IS THAT
HE CAN'T WELL, THIS IS HER
MOTHER. THE COMMENTS THAT HE HAS
MADE WE CAN'T BUILD OURSELVES
OUT OF TRAFFIC. UM THE OLD
SOLUTIONS OF WIDER ROADS ISN'T
ENOUGH TO GET US BEYOND THE
CHALLENGES WE HAVE. BIGGER ROADS
JUST ATTRACT MORE CARS AND MORE
VOLUME. SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY
DISTRICT, AND MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES WHO REPRESENT THE
INLAND EMPIRE, I HAVE CONCERNS
WITH THAT. BECAUSE WE ARE
BUILDING WE HAVE THE SPACE WHERE
BUILDING MORE HOMES AND IN ORDER
TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE THAT'S
MOVING TO OUR REGION. WE NEED
WIDER ROADS WE NEED, UM MORE
CAPACITY OR INFRASTRUCTURE TO
ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE THAT'S
MOVING TOWARDS OUR AREAS, SO I'M
VERY HESITANT TO SUPPORT SOMEONE
WHO FUNDAMENTALLY DOES NOT
BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE
BUILDING EXTRA INFRASTRUCTURE
CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE
GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN THE
INLAND EMPIRE. WHERE UM, QUITE
FRANKLY, WE HAVE ABOUT 20
LEGISLATORS IN THE IN THE IN THE
LEGISLATURE THAT ACTUALLY
REPRESENT THAT AREA, SO I
RESPECTFULLY WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THIS APPOINTMENT.
JUST BECAUSE PHILOSOPHICALLY HE
DOESN'T MEET AND UNDERSTAND THE
NEEDS OF AREAS SUCH AS THE
INLAND EMPIRE IN THOSE THAT WE
REPRESENT AND WHOM WE ARE
ADVOCATING TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THOSE
THAT WE REPRESENT, SO I
RESPECTED VERY ASPIRIN. YOUR
VOTE. CONSIDER LABOR. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE TO
RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUE FROM THE INLAND EMPIRE
I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH MR OMAR
SCHALKEN'S COMMENTS. WE CANNOT
BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF TRAFFIC IN
THE INLAND EMPIRE. WE CANNOT
CONTINUE TO ADD MORE LANES ON
EVERY FREEWAY. I KNOW WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE INLAND
EMPIRE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE METRO.
WE HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE
GOLD LINE. EXTENDING THESE RAIL
SYSTEMS WILL GET PEOPLE OFF THE
ROADS, SO I HAPPILY AND
RESPECTFULLY SUPPORT HIM FOR
THIS POSITION. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SAYING
NONE. SENATOR LAIRD. THANK YOU,
MASTER. MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAD
A ROBUST DISCUSSION IN THE RULES
COMMITTEE AND REALLY, HE HAS
COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE
GAS TAX IS COMMITTED TO THE TO
THE MULTIMODAL PROJECTS THAT ARE
POSSIBLE ALL OVER THE STATE. HE
BRINGS GREAT SKILL, AND I THINK
HE WOULD COME AND VISIT
DISTRICTS IF HE HASN'T BEEN
THERE BEFORE, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN
ALL OVER THIS STATE.
UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES IS
EMINENTLY QUALIFIED, AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALAN AYE, ARCHULETTA.
ATKINS. I FAITH BECKER. AYE,
FORTRESS. BRADFORD. I CAN
BORROW. AYE, CORTESI. I DOLLY?
NO DODD. I ALSO AYE, EGGMAN.
AYE. BLAZER. AYE. GONZALES. I
GROW HERTZBERG. I WEAR SO AYE,
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. NÓ
KAMLAGER. I LAYERED LABOR. LIMÓN
AYE, MCGUIRE. AYE MELINDA'S NO
MEN. AYE, NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN,
NÓ. OCHOA BOGUE KNOW PAM. AYE,
PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT AYE,
RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER. AYE, STERN.
I HAMBURG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI.
WIENER. I WILL. NO. PLEASE CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ARCHULETTA.
BATES. PORCHES. GROWTH. AYE.
WIECKOWSKI. HI 30 NO. SIX. THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. FILE
ITEM NUMBER 21 SENATOR LARRY
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
FINAL ITEM. 21 IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF ERIK HINES TO
THE GAMBLING CONTROL COMMISSION
. HE IS A FORMER TEACHER PRESS
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. HE WAS
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON JUNE 1ST. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN I VOTE THERE ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THIS
APPOINTMENT, ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE? SAYING NONE. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ALAN AYE, ARCHULETTA.
ATKINS. I FAITH NÓ BECKER. AYE
FORGES. NO BRADFORD. I CABRERA
ORTEZ. I DOLLY. NO GOD. AYE,
DURAZO. AYE, EGGMAN. AYE,
GLASER. AYE. GONZALES. I GROWTH.
NÓ HERZBERG HUESO. AYE, HURTADO.
HURTADO JONES. NO KAMLAGER. I
FLARED. I LABOR. AYE, LIMÓN.
AYE, MCGUIRE. MELINDA'S. NO MEN.
I NEWMAN AYE, NIELSEN. NO OCHOA.
BOGUE NO PAN. AYE, PORTANTINO.
AYE, ROTH. RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER.
ID STERN I HAMBURG. AYE,
WIECKOWSKI. WIENER. AYE, WILK.
NOW. I 29 NOS. NINE. THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. FILE
ITEM NUMBER 26 SENATOR LOREN
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
FINAL ITEM. 26 IS A CONFIRMATION
OF JUSTIN HUFFED TO THE BOARD OF
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES HAS BEEN A
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST
AND CLINICAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
AT CREATIVE CARE CALABASAS SINCE
2016. HE WAS APPROVED IN THE
RULES COMMITTEE ON JUNE 8TH. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN EITHER.
ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
SENATOR NIELSEN. MADAM PRESIDENT
, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
SENATE THIS INDIVIDUAL I WILL
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED AND TREAT MY
COLLEAGUES TO SOLVE VOTE AS
WELL. HE IS IN A POSITION OF
SOME AUTHORITY AND HIS
PROFESSORSHIP, BUT HE CLEARLY
CANNOT KEEP HIS BIAS AND
BIGOTRY. OUT OF HIS LECTURES.
AND I THINK THAT'S INTOLERABLE
AND IRA GENOVA Ó. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SAYING
THAT SENATOR LARGER MAY
CONCLUDE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
MY VOTE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN AYE,
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. I FAITH NÓ
BECKER. AYE, FORTRESS. BRADFORD.
I CABRERA ORTEZ. I DOLLY. NÓ
DODD. AYE, DURAZO. AYE, EGGMAN.
AYE. BLAZER. AYE. GONDOLAS. I
GROW. NÓ HERTZBERG. I WEAR SO
AYE, HURTADO. AYE, JONES. NÓ
KAMLAGER. I GLARED. AYE. FLAVOR.
AYE, LIMÓN. MCGUIRE AYE.
MELINDA'S NO MEN. AYE, NEWMAN.
AYE, NIELSEN. NO PATROL BOAT. NO
PAM PORTANTINO. AYE, ROTH.
RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER. AYE, STERN.
I AM BERG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI.
WIENER. AYE, WILK. NO. PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
ARCHULETTA. GORGEOUS. NO.
WIECKOWSKI. 29 NOS. NINE. THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
MEMBERS WERE GOING TO MOVE TO
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND I'D
LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE VERONICA
RODRIGUEZ AND HER FAMILY WHO ARE
HERE IN THE ON THE FLOOR
CONSTITUENTS OFSENATOR LEYVA
WELCOME. I CAN'T HEAR. QUÊ OH,
THEY WILL BE HERE SOON. I ALSO
LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. THE GUESTS,
SENATOR UMBERG. THOSE ARE MY
GUESTS RIGHT THERE. YEAH OH,
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE
YOU TO ALL GIVE A CALIFORNIA
STATE SENATE. WELCOME TO RYAN
DEAN WANTED DEAN, THEIR SONS.
WILLIAM AND HENRY ARE HERE AND
SORT OF THEIR FOURTH GRADE TRIP
THAT WAS DELAYED SOMEWHAT. SO
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
A WARM WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA
STATE SENATE. SO MEMBERS WERE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR SENATE
THIRD READING FILE. WE WILL TAKE
UP FILE ITEM NUMBER 36. SENATOR
STERN. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE
READ. SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 1 16 BY SENATOR STERN
RELATIVE TO PORTUGUESE HERITAGE
MONTH. SENATOR STERN. THE FLOOR
IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I RISE TO PRESENT SCR
1 16. TO DECLARE THE MONTH OF
JUNE 2022 IS PORTUGUESE HERITAGE
MONTH. IN RECOGNITION OF JUNE.
10TH IS THE DAY OF PORTUGAL IN
JUNE 6TH AS THE DAY OF THE
AZORES. YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT MY
FAMILY COMES FROM PORTUGUESE
DESCENT. UM ONE OF OVER 350,000
PORTUGUESE AMERICANS LIVING IN
CALIFORNIA. PORTUGUESE SETTLERS
FIRST CAME TO CALIFORNIA FROM
THE AZORES IN THE EARLY 18TH
EARLY 19TH CENTURY WAVES OF
THESE IMMIGRANTS MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA JUST LIKE MY FAMILY
DID AT THE END OF THE 18.
HUNDREDS CAME TO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THE ALAMEDA AREA
DOING AGRICULTURE AND FARMING.
UH CHERRIES AND CUTTING
APRICOTS. BUT. CAME TO OCCUPY A
CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE CULTURE OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE GROWTH OF
AGRICULTURE ECONOMY AND SO MANY
OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE IN
CALIFORNIA. THE FIRST WAVE CAME
EARLY ON AND AFTER THE TURN OF
THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT SECOND AND
LARGEST WAVES STARTED BETWEEN
1958 AND 1976, EACH CONTRIBUTING
SUBSTANTIALLY. TO THE DAIRY
INDUSTRY TO LIVESTOCK,
VEGETABLES, FRUIT, FARMING AND
EVEN TUNA FURTHER IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. MY GRANDFATHER,
HOWEVER, PLAYED THE PIANO, WHICH
MADE HIM QUITE DIFFERENT FROM
HIS AGRICULTURAL GRANDPARENTS
AND A FARMING FAMILY. BUT OUT OF
THAT BACKBONE CREATED A WHOLE
NEW CREATIVE CLASS AS WELL, AND
HE WENT ON TO WORK FOR THE
KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION. AS A
DIPLOMAT. TRYING TO STARE DOWN
DICTATORS ABROAD WITH THE POWER
OF ART AND MUSIC. THAT WAS MY
GRANDFATHER, EDWARD MATOS. BUT
EVERYONE HAS THAT STORY. AND
THEY CAME FROM FAIAL, WHICH IS
ONE OF THE ISLANDS IN THE
AZORES. BUT NOW THAT SISTER
STATE RELATIONSHIP HAS BRANCHED
OUT TO INCLUDE THE AUTONOMOUS
REGION OF THE ENTIRE RAZORS,
ADOPTED IN 2000 AND TWO AND THEN
RECENTLY REVISED BY WORKING WITH
THE FRIENDS OF THE AZORES GROUP
THAT I'VE BEEN HONORED TO SERVE
WITH WITH THE SEMINAR, AGUILAR
CURRY AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
SALAS. TO BRING FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY THE
CULTURAL EXCHANGE BUT ALSO TO
IMPORTANT AREAS SUCH AS
RENEWABLE ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE, TOURISM TECHNOLOGY.
SO I'M HOPING MY MOM LOWER MATOS
AND THE ENTIRE MATTERS CLAN IS
PROUD FOR ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE
WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY THROUGH
FOUR CIRCUMSTANCES IN SOME WAYS.
THE INQUISITION PUSHED A LOT OF
JEWS IN EUROPE INTO HIDING, AND
MY FAMILY ACTUALLY MADE THEIR
WAY ALL THE WAY TO BRAZIL AS
PART OF A SETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE
ARE PUSHED OUT OF EUROPE. AND
FORMED A SMALL COLONY CALLED
RACE IF NO ONE WOULD KNOW THIS
STUFF OTHER THAN GOING THROUGH
23 ME, BUT PEOPLE HAVE
INTERESTING PATHS TO GET TO THIS
THIS PLACE OF THE PRESENT, AND,
UM, THAT'S WHY I'M SO HONORED TO
BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT THIS
RESOLUTION AND ESPECIALLY
WELCOMING COALITION AND A
DELEGATION HERE TODAY, WE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY ACTUALLY MEET
THE PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER
HIMSELF AND THAT WHOLE
EXPERIENCE HAS JUST BROUGHT ME
CLOSER TO WHO I AM. AND I HOPE
THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS
PORTUGUESE HERITAGE MONTH IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW WHO
WE ALL ARE A LITTLE BETTER AND
WITH THAT OF RESPECTFULLY AS WE
ARRIVE. THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE ON THIS ITEM ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE? THING?
NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN I
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS I FAITH AYE,
BECKER. AYE, FORTRESS. AYE,
BRADFORD. CABALLERO. AYE,
CORTESI. I DOLLY. AYE, DODD. I
DURAZO. EGGMAN. AYE, GLASER.
AYE. GONZALES. I GROWTH. AYE,
HERTZBERG. I WEAR SO AYE,
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. AYE,
KAMLAGER. I FLARED. I LABOR.
AYE, LIMÓN. AYE, MCGUIRE.
MELINDA'S. I MEN, NEWMAN. AYE,
NIELSEN. I KNOW A VOGUE I PAN
PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT AYE,
RUBIO. SKINNER. I STERN I AM
BERG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI. WIENER.
AYE, WILK. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ARCHULETTA.
BRADFORD. WIECKOWSKI WILK. ISA
36 NOS. ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS IN ADDITION TO
SENATOR STEARNS SCR 1 16
PROCLAIMING JUNE PORTUGUESE
HERITAGE MONTH, PLEASE JOIN ME
IN WELCOMING TO THE GALLERY
TODAY, THE CONSUL GENERAL OF
PORTUGAL, MR PEDRO PINTO, SARAH,
WELCOME. MM HMM. YEAH. WELCOME
TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE
TODAY. MEMBERS WERE GOING TO
MOVE ON TO. ITEM NUMBER 37
SENATOR EDMUND SHE IS READY.
PLEASE READ. SENATE RESOLUTION.
92 BY SENATOR EGGMAN RELATIVE TO
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL,
TRANSGENDER AND QUEER LGBTQ,
PLUS PRIDE MONTH. SENATOR EDMUND
THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS, I RISE TODAY WITH JOY
AND MY HEART ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA LGBTQ CARCASS TO
PRESENT OUR 92, WHICH RECOGNIZES
JUNE AS PRIDE. LGBT PRIDE MONTH
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE GALVANIZING
FORCE OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS AND
JUNE 28TH 1969 IGNITED A
LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND A CALL
TO ACTION THAT CONTINUES TO
INSPIRE US TO FULFILL OUR DREAMS
OF EQUALITY AND INCLUSION. TODAY
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY AND
IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME
WHEN WE WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THINGS
HEAT UP POLITICALLY ANYWHERE YOU
CAN ALWAYS SEE WHO KIND OF HAS
THE LOWEST VALUE. ARE THE ONES
WHO GET ATTACKED. SO THIS YEAR
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OVER 300 OVER 300 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION. HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED INTO LEGISLATURES
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, ANTI LGBTQ
UM THERE YOU AND I CAN TELL YOU
ON MY OWN SOCIAL MEDIA. ALL I'M
HEARING ABOUT IS THE BAD DRAG
QUEENS, THE BED, BUT OPHELIA IS
I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S
PREDICTABLE WHEN SOMETHING BIG
IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. UH
EVERYBODY ELSE PRICE TO PILE ON
TO THOSE WITH THE LEAST POWER AS
THEY SEE IT. I'M A BIG, UH,
LOVER OF HISTORICAL FICTION AND
READ A LOT ABOUT WORLD WAR TWO
AND OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND HOW HITLER WAS ABLE
TO DO WHAT HE DID BECAUSE WE'RE
ABLE TO BLAME SOMEBODY ELSE AND
POINT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, VERSUS
BEING ABLE TO BE INCLUSIVE AND
AS A PRAYER, I SAID TODAY, LIKE
HOW DO WE RAISE OUR VOICES IN
UNITY TOGETHER? UM YOU KNOW, MY
STAFF ALWAYS ASKED ME EVERY YEAR
WHEN I DO THIS. DOES IT HURT
YOUR FEELINGS THAT YOUR
COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE
NEVER VOTE FOR IT? AND I SAY IT
DOES. IT DOES HURT MY FEELINGS,
AND IT HURTS MY FEELINGS FOR
THEIR CONSTITUENTS, TOO, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE JUST AS MANY AS I DO
IF YOU'RE NOT, SENATOR WIENER.
THE REST OF US HAVE A SMATTERING
OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR
DISTRICTS, AND THEY ALL LOOK TO
US AS LEADERS AS LEADERS TO
PROTECT THEM TO HAVE THEIR BACK.
TO CELEBRATE THEM TO TELL THEM
THERE, OKAY? IN THIS LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS, MEMBERS WE SAW 31.
MEMBERS OF A WHITE PATRIOT GROUP
GO TO A PRIDE EVENT IN IDAHO,
ALL DRESSED ALIKE IN LITTLE
OUTFITS. TO CAUSE A RIOT. WE ALL
SAW THAT ON TV, AND I CAN TELL
YOU ON PRIDE MONTH. IT PUTS A
LITTLE FEAR IN ALL OF US TO
THINK ABOUT GOING TO PRIDE EVENT
LIKE WHAT COULD HAPPEN BECAUSE
CLEARLY MEMBERS HATE HATE IS ON
THE RISE. WE SAW JUST A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO IN SAN LEANDRO.
PROUD BOYS STORMED A LIBRARY
DURING A DRAG QUEEN READING
HOURS. THE CHILDREN HAD A HUDDLE
IN A SAFE SPACE. BECAUSE THE
PROUD BOYS CAME IN TO DISRUPT
THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE SO
OFFENDED THAT A DRAG QUEE WAS
READING. TWO CHILDREN. ANYONE
WANTS TO COME AND LOOK LATER. I
HAVE A PICTURE OF MY FAVORITE
PICTURES OF MY DAUGHTER. HE'S
ABOUT FIVE AND SHE'S STANDING
WITH THE DRAG QUEEN AND SHE
WALKS UP TO HIM AND SHE SAYS BRO
. YOU'RE SO PRETTY. KIDS AREN'T
CONFUSED BY THIS MEMBERS. KIDS
ARE NOT CONFUSED. KIDS CELEBRATE
DIVERSITY KIDS, KIDS DON'T KNOW
HATE UNTIL WE TEACH IT TO THEM.
OUR COLLEAGUE HERE IN THIS
CHAMBER AND BECAUSE HE'S SO
TALL, MAYBE THAT'S WHY HE'S A
TARGET OR THAT HE STANDS SO
BRAVELY HAD DEATH THREATS, BOMB
THREATS AT HIS HOUSE AND HIS
HOME FOR BEING WHO HE IS. WE
NEED TO STAND AGAINST THIS AND I
ASK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WE
STAND FOR INCLUSION AND
ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE. AND DON'T
TELL ME I HAVE TO GET BACK INTO
A CLOSET BECAUSE IT MAKES OTHER
PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TELLING ME
THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT
AWKWARD 12 YEAR OLD WHO'S IN
SOMEBODY'S DISTRICT, THAT SAME
THING, LIKE HIDE? WITH A NOD AND
A WINK WILL SAY YOU'RE OKAY BUT
WE DON'T EVER WANT TO CELEBRATE
YOU INTO WE CAN CELEBRATE ALL OF
US INTO WE CAN RAISE OUR VOICES
TOGETHER. WE NEVER ACHIEVE
JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FOR ALL. I
ASKED FOR YOUR EYE BOAT. ON S R
92 SENATOR WIENER. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. AND PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES. I RISE AS SOMEONE
WHO DOES REPRESENT QUITE A FEW
MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
AND AS A GAME AT UM, AND PRIDE
MONTH IS IT'S SO SPECIAL AND
MAGICAL IN SO MANY WAYS, AND
I'LL TELL YOU THAT AFTER AFTER
MISSING TWO YEARS OF HAVING BIG
PRIDE CELEBRATIONS WOULD BE
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. I THINK FOR
A LOT OF IT BECAME A LITTLE
ROUTINE WITH SOMETHING WE DID
EVERY YEAR, AND I THINK WE
DIDN'T FULLY APPRECIATE HOW
BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT IT IS
BECAUSE IT WAS SO ROUTINIZED AND
AFTER NOT HAVING IT FOR A COUPLE
OF YEARS, AND WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED, INCLUDING WITH
OUR COMMUNITY. UM WE'VE COME TO
REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND I AM
SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PRIDE
CELEBRATION THIS COMING WEEKEND
AND IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND I KNOW
AROUND THE STATE. THERE HAVE
BEEN OTHER PRIDE CELEBRATIONS.
AND IT I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND I,
YOU KNOW, I GREW UP. OKAY IN THE
19 SEVENTIES AND 19 EIGHTIES,
WHEN IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE
BEST TIME TO BE LGBT Q. IN THIS
COUNTRY, UM I CAME OF AGE AS A
GAY MAN. WHEN OUR COMMUNITY WAS
BEING DECIMATED BY HIV AND OUR
GOVERNMENT WAS DOING NOTHING
ABOUT IT AT A PRESIDENT. THAT
WOULDN'T EVEN MENTION THE WORD
THE WORDS AIDS OR HIV LITERALLY,
WOULDN'T MENTION IT. UM AS
PEOPLE WERE DYING, LEFT AND
RIGHT. AND I REMEMBER IN 1995
WHEN I WENT TO MY FIRST PRIDE
PARADE IN SAN FRANCISCO BEFORE I
LIVED THERE I WAS THERE. UH FOR
THE SUMMER, AND I AND I WENT TO
MY FIRST PRIDE PARADE AND I WAS
JUST AWESTRUCK. I HAD NEVER BEEN
AROUND THAT MANY LGBTQ PEOPLE
BEFORE WHO WERE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
BEING WHO THEY WERE BEING PART
OF THEIR COMMUNITY. I SAW A
POWERFUL POLITICAL LEADERS WHO
WERE THERE IN THE PARADE. THAT'S
NOT SOMETHING I HAD EVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE. POLITICAL
LEADERS THAT ACTUALLY CARED.
WHAT ARE COMMUNITY THOUGHT
WANTED TO BE HAVE EXPOSURE TO
OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT WAS 27
YEARS AGO. AND WE'VE MADE SO
MUCH PROGRESS SINCE THEN, AND
YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED LGBTQ PEOPLE
BEING FEATURED, YOU KNOW, AND
SITCOMS AND MOVIES AND MORE AND
MORE OF US BEING ELECTED TO
PUBLIC OFFICE. MORE LAWS BEING
PASSED. BUT I REALLY DO JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE
SENATOR FROM STOCKTON SAID SO
ELOQUENTLY AND MUCH MORE
PASSIONATELY THAN I'LL BE ABLE
TO SAY IT. WE ARE IN A DANGER
ZONE RIGHT NOW. TRULY IN A
DANGER ZONE RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THAT YOU HAVE. PEOPLE WHO ARE
ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT ANYONE
WHO IS LGBT Q OR AN ALLY. MUST
BE A PEDOPHILE OR THE NEW TERM,
QUOTE UNQUOTE GROOMER. THAT WE
MIGHT AS WELL BE IN BACK IN 1950
WHEN THEY SAID OKAY, GAY MEN
MUST ALL BE PEDOPHILES. YOU JUST
WANT TO BE WITH LITTLE BOYS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAID
ABOUT US. NOW ALL OVER AGAIN.
YOU'RE A GROOMER. YOU'RE A
PEDOPHILE. I GET IT HUNDREDS OF
TIMES A DAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
HUNDREDS OF TIMES A DAY THAT
PEOPLE GET ON THERE AND SAY THAT
I'M A GROOMER OR PEDOPHILE. LIKE
IN 2 2022. IT'S CONSIDERED LIKE
ACCEPTABLE IN SOME POLITICAL
CIRCLES TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE
SECOND OR THIRD RANKING
REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WHO TWEETED
ABOUT QUOTE, PEDAL GRIFTERS.
SHE'S IN A POWERFUL, POWERFUL
POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND
SOMEHOW IT'S ACCEPTABLE. IN THAT
POLITICAL CIRCLE FOR HER TO BE
SPOUTING OFF ABOUT QUOTE, PEDAL
GRIFTERS. IT'S JUST IT'S
OUTRAGEOUS. AND WHEN WE SEE
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TRANS
CHILDREN WHEN WE HAVE STATES
THAT ARE SAYING BECAUSE OF WHO
YOU ARE. CHILD. SEVEN YEAR OLD
NINE YEAR OLD 12 YEAR OLD
BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE. YOU'RE
WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU IN FOSTER
CARE AND PUT YOUR PARENTS IN
PRISON. THAT THAT'S WHAT BEING
CONVEYED TO THESE KIDS WERE
SAYING THAT IT'S SOMEHOW THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT WE BUT IN FLORIDA
AND OTHER STATES THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG WITH EVEN SAYING
THE WORD LGBT Q IN SCHOOL OR
TEACHING ABOUT HARVEY MILK OR
TEACHING ABOUT THE STONEWALL
RIOTS. OR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
THAT JOEY HAS TWO MOMS THAT'S
ILLEGAL NOW AND IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. AND IT'S HAPPENING AND
OTHER STATES. AND SO WE HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WORDS
HAVE CONSEQUENCES. THE CENTER
FROM STOCKTON ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU KNOW THE THOUSANDS OF DEATH
THREATS THAT I RECEIVE,
INCLUDING THE BOMB THREAT
RECENTLY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M
PRIVILEGED. I'M A STATE SENATOR.
I HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES. WE
CAN COMMUNICATED A HIGH LEVEL
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. I GOT ALL
SORTS OF SUPPORT IN THE
COMMUNITY AND LOVE. BUT WHAT
ABOUT THE ALL OF THE QUEER
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY? WHO
EVERY DAY ARE GETTING BULLIED
AND HARASSED AND THREATENED AND
DOCKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE
RESOURCES THAT I HAVE. THEY
CAN'T CALL IT, DEPUTY CHIEF OF
POLICE TO SAY WHAT SHOULD I DO?
THEY CAN'T ESCALATE AT A SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANY ABOUT HEY, WHAT
THIS PERSON IS DOXING ME AND
THREATENING ME. WHY IS THEIR
ACCOUNTS STILL UP? THEY CAN'T DO
ANY OF THAT. THEY ARE SUFFERING
IN SILENCE, AND THAT IS THE
POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE. IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN
2022. IT'S SCARY, BUT WE HAVE IT
IN OUR POWER TO TURN IT AROUND.
AND PRIDE IS THE BEGINNING. SOME
PEOPLE HAVE SAID, OH, MY GOD,
SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN AND
PROBABLY LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN
IDAHO. AND THE ANSWER IS NOT TO
CRAWL UP INTO A BALL. IT'S TO BE
OUT THERE EVEN MORE VISIBLE AND
STRONGER THAN BEFORE. TO SAY WE
ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS. THIS
IS NOT THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WHO WE
ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PROUD
ABOUT IT. SO HAPPY PRIDE,
EVERYONE. SENATOR PEN. SENATOR
PANIC. THANK YOU, MADAM.
PRESIDENT SENATORS AS CHAIR OF
THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. I AM HONORED
TO RISE AND SUPPORT S R 82. AND
I WANT TO THANK MY GOOD FRIEND
FROM STOCKTON FOR AUTHORING IT
RECOGNIZING JUNE IS LGBTQ PRIDE
MONTH. AND EACH JUNE, OUR
COUNTRY AND STATE CELEBRATES THE
DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE
LGBTQ, PLUS COMMUNITY AND THE
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE
MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE TOWARD
A MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE. THEY'RE
INDIVIDUALS LIKE CECILIA CHEUNG
, AN ADVOCATE FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
AND THE FIRST TRANSGENDER WOMAN
AND ASIAN AMERICAN ON THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS FOR SAN FRANCISCO
PRIDE. THEIR LEADERS LIKE
THERESA. SEE I GOT A NEW WHO'S A
QUEER AWARD WINNING POET AND
ACTIVIST WHO HAS BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL IN RAISING
AWARENESS OF ISSUES AFFECTING
THE PACIFIC ISLANDER
COMMUNITIES. CALDERON CAUGHT MY
OWN COLLEAGUES AND IN THE A P I
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS. SOME
MEMBERS, LO AND LI MADE HISTORY
WHEN THEY WERE ELECTED TO OFFICE
IN CALIFORNIA AND PROUD TO HAVE
THEM AS MEMBERS OF OUR CAUCUS,
AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ
PLUS CAUCUS. THESE LEADERS ARE
HELPING OTHER ÁP. AYE LGBTQ.
PLUS INDIVIDUALS FEEL VISIBLE
AND ARE ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES. THE
GROWING REPRESENTATION
CALIFORNIA'S WITNESSING THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAS FACED
THE LONGSTANDING JOURNEY TO GAIN
THE RIGHTS THEY HOLD TODAY.
INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
CONTINUE TO RISE. TO HIGHER
POSITIONS AND VISIBILITY IN
SOCIETY. AND DESPITE THEIR
ACHIEVEMENTS, THOUGH, THERE'S A
NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
CELEBRATE THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY AND THE STAND AGAINST
DISCRIMINATION AND TO PROMOTE
INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY. NOW I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY
COLLEAGUES WHO SPOKE PREVIOUSLY
ABOUT THE RISE IN HATE, BECAUSE
THIS IS SOMETHING CERTAINLY THE
COMMUNITY HAS KNOWN ABOUT AN
EXPERIENCE. CERTAINLY THE LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITIES, UNFORTUNATELY
KNOWN ABOUT AND EXPERIENCE AS
WELL, BUT WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN
THAT. UM THE API COMMUNITY WITH
COVID AND LEADERS SAYING, USING
LANGUAGE TO BASICALLY PUT THE
BLAME. FALSELY ON THE API
COMMUNITY GENERATING HATE AND
NOW WE SEE THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE
IT'S UNFORTUNATELY NOT NEW. NOW
BEING TARGETED. FOR HATE. AND
VIOLENCE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S HATE
AND VIOLENCE BECAUSE HATE ONLINE
HATE. LEADS TO REAL LIFE
VIOLENCE AND WE SEE THIS IN THE
AAPI COMMUNITY AS WE CONTINUE TO
DOCUMENT RISE AND HATE CRIMES
AND HATE INCIDENTS, INCLUDING
VIOLENT ONES AGAINST OUR
COMMUNITY. AND NOW WE'RE SEEING
IT ONCE AGAIN FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL STAND
TOGETHER AND SAY THAT WE WILL
NOT EXCEPT THIS. BECAUSE IF WE
DON'T STAND TOGETHER, THEN WHO
ARE WE STANDING WITH? SO THE
AAPI COMMUNITY STANDS IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE LGBTQ, PLUS
COMMUNITY AND FIGHTING VIOLENCE
AND HATE AND IN FAVOR OF
INCLUSION. UM YOU KNOW, WE TALK
ABOUT PRIDE IS TALKING ABOUT
LOVE, AND THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD
BE ABOUT. SO AS MUCH AS HEAT CAN
. UNFORTUNATELY SPREAD. WE NEED
TO COUNTER THAT WITH LOVE. AND
ACCEPTANCE. AND WITH THAT URGE,
AND I VOTE ON S R 92, THANK YOU.
SENATOR SKINNER. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS I RISE
AS VICE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS AND SUPPORT OF
OUR 92. AND I WOULD NOTE THAT
PRIDE MONTH. BECAME ABOUT IN
RECOGNITION OF THE STONEWALL
RIOTS, WHICH OCCURRED IN JUNE OF
I FORGET THE EXACT YEAR THANK
YOU, 1969 I WAS ABOUT AND
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH. THE
STONEWALL RIOTS WERE REALLY
INITIATED. BY THREE AND PEOPLE.
AND THERE WAS TRANS WOMEN WHO
ARE AT THE CORE OF IT. AND NOW
IN WATCHING I WAS WATCHING OVER
THE WEEKEND, SOME OF THE
DOCUMENTARIES AND SUCH ON PBS
AND CELEBRATION OF PRIDE AND I
WAS JUST STRUCK. BY THE BIAS AND
HOW MUCH IT WAS EXPRESSED
THROUGH THE MAIL VIEWPOINT. AND
NOT JUST ABOUT STONEWALL, BUT
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WHOLE
LGBT Q MOVEMENT AND THEN WHEN
YOU BUT IF YOU LOOK UP, IF YOU
YOU KNOW GOOGLE AND YOU LOOK AT
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE FIRST
ORGANIZATIONS AND OUT
ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES OF
LGBT Q PEOPLE. NUMBER ONE L A
HAD THEM ALMOST BEFORE ANY OTHER
AREA. BUT ALSO THEY WERE VERY
THERE WERE A LOT OF LESBIAN
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DAUGHTERS OF
BLINDNESS, WHICH WAS STARTED IN
SAN FRANCISCO. BUT MANY MANY
LESBIAN LEADERS. LESBIANS AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THIS RIGHTS
MOVEMENT AND ALSO TRANS WOMEN.
BUT MUCH OF THE HISTORY ENDS UP
BEING MORE FOCUSED ON MEN, WHICH
HAPPENS, BUT WE'LL CORRECT IT.
THAT'S OUR JOB WILL MAKE SURE IT
GETS CORRECTED. NOW. I WANTED TO
POINT OUT THAT THIS YEAR AS SOME
OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED
ABOUT IT IS LEGITIMATE TO FOCUS
MORE ON THE TRANS COMMUNITY
BECAUSE OF THE ATTACKS AT THE
TRANS COMMUNITY IS UNDER RIGHT
NOW. AND I WANTED TO JUST AS A
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. MY OWN
DISTRICT ELECTED THE FIRST TRANS
JUDGE TRANSWOMEN JUDGE VICTORIA
COLAKOVSKI, BACK IN 2010. AND
SHE IS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION
TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED A JUDGE IN
CALIFORNIA OR IN THE U. S AND
STILL SERVES AS OUR JUDGE. UM I
WOULD ALSO AS A LITTLE POINT OF
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I THINK THE
, UH RECENT CENSUS DATA MAY HAVE
MY SENATE-DISTRICT WITH A LITTLE
BIT HIGHER POPULATION OF LG.
BEAT EQ PEOPLE THEN MY COLLEAGUE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO, BUT HEY, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE IT'S THE COST OF
HOUSING. WHO KNOWS? ANYWAY. I
REALLY STRONGLY URGE YOUR IBOOK
SENATOR KAMLAGER. THANK YOU,
MADAM. PRESIDENT. I TO RISE. ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF OUR 92. AS WE
CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH. AND
ELEVATE THE MOMENTS IN QUEER
HISTORY THAT SPARKED ACTIVISM
AND PROGRESS TOWARD EQUALITY. I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T
LOSE A PIECE OF HISTORY. THAT
SHOWS THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF
MOVEMENTS AND I AM GRATEFUL TO
THE SENATOR FROM BERKELEY FOR
STARTING THIS WITH HER COMMENTS
. MANY OF THESE DEFINING MOMENTS
WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY BLACK AND
BROWN. LGBT Q. I, A ACTIVISTS
FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIBERATION.
STONEWALL OF COURSE, BEING THE
CROSSROADS OF THE COMBINATION OF
THOSE EFFORTS AND THE
FRUSTRATING IN OF POLICE,
ENTRAPMENT AND RAIDS. THE
FOLLOWING PROTESTS AND RIOTS
DEMANDING CIVIL RIGHTS FOR GAY
PEOPLE WERE LED BY BLACK LGBT Q.
I A PEOPLE ALTHOUGH THERE IS
MUCH DEBATE ON THE QUESTION, IT
WAS REPORTED THAT ACTIVISTS AND
GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER STORMY
THE LARGE VERY THROUGH THE FIRST
BRICK AT THE RIOT. MARSHA P.
JOHNSON WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE
IN THE PROTESTS, AS WELL AS AN
ACTIVIST AND SELF IDENTIFIED
DRAG QUEEN WHO ADVOCATED FOR
TRANS PEOPLE, HOMELESS PEOPLE
SEX WORKERS. PEOPLE LIVING WITH
HIV AND AIDS AND INCARCERATED
PEOPLE. JOHNSON FOUNDED STREET
TRANSVESTITE ACTION
REVOLUTIONARY STAR IN 1970 TO
PROVIDE SAFETY AND SHELTER TO
HOMELESS. LGBT Q. I A YOUTH
ANOTHER LEADER IN THE STONEWALL
RIOT, MISS MAJOR GRIFFIN GRACY
WENT ON TO DIRECT THE
TRANSGENDER VARIANT AND
INTERSECTS JUSTICE PROJECT. AS
SAN FRANCISCO BASED NONPROFIT.
AND WHILE STONEWALL WAS A
CRITICAL TURNING POINT FOR THE
GAY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, I
CAN'T HELP BUT MENTION THAT 10
YEARS PRIOR IN 1959. COOPER'S
DONUTS AND DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES IN MY DISTRICT WAS THE
SIDE OF THE FIRST RECORDED
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN L G B T Q.
I A PEOPLE AND THE POLICE IN
1967 PATRONS RESISTED A POLICE
RAID AT THE BLACK CAT TAVERN AND
ELLA'S SILVER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO AS. WE CELEBRATE PRIDE. LET'S
REMEMBER THAT BLACK PEOPLE WHOSE
MARGINALIZATION IS FURTHERED BY
THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. WERE
OUT AND PROUD AND ADVOCATED
LOUDLY FOR THEIR RIGHTS. AND I
JUST WANT TO ADD. YOU KNOW, THE
SENATOR FROM STOCKTON'S ASKED
YOU TO THINK OF THAT 12 YEAR OLD
L G B T Q. I A CHILD IN YOUR
DISTRICT. I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO
A LITTLE FURTHER. AND THINK
ABOUT THAT LGBTQ PERSON. IN YOUR
CHURCH IN YOUR SYNAGOGUE AND
YOUR MASK. YOU'RE GOING TO BE
YOUR CLUBS. IN YOUR BOOK CLUB.
IN YOUR FAMILY. ON YOUR STAFF.
PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT, YOU
KNOW. THAT WANT TO BE SEEN. FOR
WHO THEY ARE. INDIVIDUALLY AND
AS PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT
CARVE THEM OUT. AS SOME
EXCEPTION. TO THE HATE AND
MARGINALIZATION. STATUS
PROLIFERATING ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY. AND IS PERPETUATED BY
YOUR SILENCE ON THESE ISSUES. I
WOULD ASK. THAT YOU STAND UP
LOUD AND PROUD AND SAY GAY. JUST
SAY GAY. JUST SAY GAY. SO THAT
PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID TO BE WHO
THEY ARE. BECAUSE THAT. WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT LIVING IN GOD'S
IMAGE. THAT IS HOW WE SHOULD BE
ACTING. SO ON BEHALF. THE BLACK
CAUCUS. I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON S
R 92. SENATOR COULD PLEASE. WE
WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN
OUR GALLERY, BUT WE DON'T ALLOW
CHEERING OR BOOING AND ASK THAT
YOU TREAT THIS PROCESS WITH
RESPECT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. MOVING ON TO SENATOR
GONZALEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. I ALSO
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF S R 92 BY THE GOOD
SENATOR FROM STOCKTON AND
PROUDLY SUPPORT HER AND CLIP
PROCLAIMING JUNE 2022 IS LGBTQ
PLUS PRIDE MONTH. I ALSO STAND
AS A MEMBER OF THE LATINO CAUCUS
, BUT ALSO AS A PROUD SENATOR
THAT REPRESENTS MANY LGBTQ, PLUS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LONG BEACH
AND IN SOUTH EAST LOS ANGELES.
AS WE KNOW OUR FRIENDS IN THE
COMMUNITY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE FABRIC OF OUR STATE AND
SHOULD BE CELEBRATED IN THE
UPLIFTED EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR
THEIR CONTRIUTIONS TO OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. WORKPLACES AND
OUR ECONOMY. I SPENT TIME
EARLIER THIS MONTH CELEBRATING
AN UPLIFTING THE VOICES WITH
MANY OF MY LOS ANGELES
COLLEAGUES WALKING WITH EQUALITY
, CALIFORNIA PROUD AS AN ALLY.
AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO
CELEBRATING PRIDE IN MY DISTRICT
SOON IN LONG BEACH AND SOUTH
EAST L A AND IN CORNERS OF MY
DISTRICT THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN SUPPORTIVE.
PLACES LIKE LAKEWOOD. THAT IS,
THEY'RE RAISING THEIR PRIDE FLAG
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME PLACES PARK IN PLACES
LIKE SOUTH GATE AND CUT A HEY
THAT ARE FINALLY HAVING HAVE
BOOKS IN THEIR LIBRARIES THAT
SPEAK TO THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY. NOT JUST IN ENGLISH.
BUT IN SPANISH AS WELL. AND WITH
RECENT INSTANCES OF INTIMIDATION
AND HARASSMENT HAS BEEN
MENTIONED BY RIGHT WING
EXTREMISTS AGAINST THE LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY. IT'S IMPORTANT
NOW, MORE THAN EVER THAT WE MAKE
CALIFORNIA AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE
FOR THE FREE EXPRESSION OF LOVE
, IDENTITY INCLUSIVE OF TRANS
RIGHTS. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. ONE
OF MY NEIGHBORS IS A TRANSGENDER
CHILD, AND I THINK ABOUT HIM
DAILY. ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE
DO HERE. THINK ABOUT HIM DAILY
BECAUSE I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT
HIS COMMUNITY LOVES HIM, TOO.
AND MY POOR PARENT TEACHER
ORGANIZATION THAT MY CHILDHOOD
IS IN FIRST GRADE, WAS FINALLY
ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE VERY FIRST
LGBTQ. PLUS UM, UH, BOOKS AND
CURRICULUM AND WE ARE ABLE TO
CELEBRATE PRIDE. AT THE PIZZA AT
MY CHILD'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
AND I'M PROUD THAT MY CHILD IS
ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
MY COLLEAGUES TO ADVANCE
EQUALITY IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR
STATE, EVERY SINGLE CORNER
WHETHER YOU'RE RED, BLUE OR
OTHERWISE. AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE ON S. R 92,
SENATOR LEYVA. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. UM I ALWAYS HAVE TO
RISE ON JUNE ON PRIDE MONTH, BUT
I HAVE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT
OUT TO THE SENATOR FROM
STOCKTON. IF YOU DID NOT CATCH
EVERY WORD, SHE SAID, GO BACK
AND LISTEN AGAIN BECAUSE YOU
NAILED IT. THANK YOU AS A MOTHER
OF 30 YEAR OLD TWINS, ONE OF
WHOM IS STRAIGHT AND ONE OF WHOM
IS GAY. I ALWAYS HAVE TO SPEAK
FROM THE PARENT'S PERSPECTIVE,
BECAUSE NOTHING FRUSTRATES ME
MORE THAN OVER THE YEARS,
WATCHING PARENTS WHO HAVE LOVED
AND ADORED THEIR CHILD. UNTIL
THEY FOUND OUT THEY WERE GAY.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
SOMETHING CHANGED. I CAN TELL
YOU RAISING OUR DAUGHTERS. UH WE
LOVE BOTH OF THEM DEARLY. THEY
BOTH BROUGHT US JOY AS WE'VE
RAISED THEM. THEY BOTH BROUGHT
US FRUSTRATION AS WE RAISE THEM.
BUT THEY ARE OUR DAUGHTERS WHEN
ALI MARRIED JONATHAN, OUR SON IN
LAW, THE CEREMONY WAS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL. WHEN JESSIE MARRIED
SAMANTHA, OUR DAUGHTER IN LAW,
THE CEREMONY WAS BEAUTIFUL. THEY
ARE BOTH RAISING CHILDREN.
THEY'RE BOTH AMAZING MOMS. MY
HOPE IS THAT SOMEDAY WE DON'T
HAVE TO DO THIS RESOLUTION
SOLUTION BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT
PEOPLE WE JUST SEE THEM AS
PEOPLE AND WE DON'T CARE WHO
THEY LOVE, BECAUSE LOVE IS LOVE
. AND AS A PARENT, THERE IS
NOTHING BETTER THAN TO SEE YOUR
CHILD FINDS SOMEONE THAT THEY
LOVE AND CAN SPEND THEIR LIFE
WITH NOTHING BETTER. AND HONEST
, SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT NOTE.
ALL OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT
YOU HAVE THE POWER VESTED IN YOU
BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO
MARRY PEOPLE. I GOT TO MARRY MY
FIRST COUPLE TWO AMAZING WOMEN
THIS WEEKEND. AND IT WAS JUST
AWESOME. SO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD AND LET'S
JUST LOVE EACH OTHER. IT'S
REALLY NOT THAT DIFFICULT. THANK
YOU. SENATOR DURAZO. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT. UM I RISE BOTH
AS CHAIR OF THE LATINO CAUCUS
AND ALSO AS A PROUD SENATOR
REPRESENTING CENTRAL AND EAST
LOS ANGELES. DURING PRIDE MONTH
, WE RECOGNIZED THE RESILIENCE
THAT DETERMINATION OF MANY
INDIVIDUALS FIGHT CONTINUE TO
FIGHT EVERY DAY TO SIMPLY LIVE
THEIR LIVES FREELY IN
AUTHENTICALLY. THE COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO. I GUESS IT WAS
ALREADY WHEN, UM SENATORS
GONZALES AND IT IS KAMLAGER AND
I PARTICIPATED IN THE LOS
ANGELES PRIDE PARADE AND WE HAD
A BLAST. WE HAD A BLAST. IT'S
THE LARGEST MOST DIVERSE PARADE
THAT I HAVE EVER PARTICIPATED
IN. THERE WAS ENORMOUS. JOY AND
EXCITEMENT AND LAUGHTER MORE
THAN I HAD SEEN. AND YOU CAN YOU
THINK ABOUT THIS FROM A
COMMUNITY PARTIALLY A COMMUNITY
THAT IS BEING HIT WITH A LOT OF
HATE AND VIOLENCE, BUT IT WAS
NOT TO BE SEEN OR FELT THAT WAY
BY EVERYBODY WHO WAS AT THAT
CELEBRATION. UH L G B T Q. PLUS
LATINOS HAVE BEEN MAJOR
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS COUNTRY. UM
ARTS POLITICS, SOCIAL JUSTICE
MOVEMENTS. THINK ABOUT FRIDA
KAHLO. EVERYBODY KNOWS FRIDA
KAHLO THINK ABOUT JOSE JULIO
SARRIA, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
CANDIDATE TO RUN REPUBLIC OFFICE
IN THE US IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE
ALSO APPLAUD SYLVIA RIVERA, WHO
FOUGHT FOR THE INCLUSION OF
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE INTO THE
LARGER MOVEMENT FOR GAY RIGHTS
AND THE HONORABLE JOHN PEREZ,
WHO WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
SPEAKER IN THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RICARDO
LARA, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER IN OUR
STATE, ALTHOUGH THE HISTORIC
SUPREME COURT RULINGS IN RICH IN
RECENT YEARS, STRUCK DOWN
REGRESSIVE LAWS AFFIRMED THE
RIGHT TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND
SECURED WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS
FOR LGBT Q. PLUS INDIVIDUALS.
THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS TO ROLL
THAT BACK. AND SOME STATES LGBTQ
INDIVIDUALS STILL LACK
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
IN HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS. PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS AND OTHER SPACES
. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO WITNESS A
TRAGIC SPIKE IN VIOLENCE AND A
1% INCREASE IN THE HATE CRIMES.
AGAINST TRANS. UM AS LATINOS WE
UNDERSTAND, AND WE CONDEMN THE
MULTIPLE LAYERS OF
DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE. AS
A LATINO CAUCUS. I PLEDGE THAT
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DILIGENT
AND STEADFAST. IN OUR COMMITMENT
TO END THE VIOLENCE AND THE
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT
COMMUNITY. WE WILL BECOME A JUST
AND EQUITABLE AMERICA. FOR ALL
THANK YOU TO THE CAUCUS, LGBT
QUÊ. PLUS CAUCUS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA.
SENATOR BRADFORD. THANK YOU,
MADAM. PRESIDENT I TO JUST WILL
ADD MY VOICE IS SHARED THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IN
STANDING STRONG SUPPORT OF S R
92 AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM LOS
ANGELES STATED THE INTERSECTION
BETWEEN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY AND THE L G B T Q.
COMMUNITY IS HISTORIC. IT'S
ALMOST SYMBIOTIC. IT'S FAMILY
AND ONE OF THE LEADING
ARCHITECTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. WAS AN AFRICAN
AMERICAN GAY MEN BY BOEHNER
RUSHED IN AND IT WAS HIS GREAT
INFLUENCE THAT HELPED PROVE THE
RIGHT FOR WORKING PEOPLE. FOR
ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR FOR WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, VOTING RIGHTS, AND HE
WAS A GAY MAN WHO WAS OSTRACIZED
MOST OF THE TIME BUT STILL SPOKE
ASSED TRUCE ALL THE TIME. IT WAS
A CONFIDANT OF NOT ONLY DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING, BUT OF A
PHILIP RANDOLPH, BUT HE ALSO
PLAYED A GREAT ROLE IN THURGOOD
MARSHALL'S DECISION. TO VOTE NO
ON UPHOLDING THE STATE SODOMY
LAWS. AH BECAUSE OF THAT
RELATIONSHIP, THEY'RE GOOD TRUST
IN HIM AND KNEW HIM AND KNEW OF
HIS CHARACTER. AND THAT'S WHAT
LED THURGOOD MARSHALL TO SAY. NO
TO THE SODOMY LAWS THAT EXISTED
ON STATES BOOKS UP UNTIL 1998. I
BELIEVE SO I'M HONORED TO STAND
HERE WITH YOU AND SOLIDARITY.
THE BLACK CAUCUS STANDS AND SELL
IT PARITY WITH THE L G B T Q AND
WE ASKED FOR I VOTE. SENATOR
PORTANTINO. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. I RISE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF SCR 92. LIKE
THE SENATOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
I GREW UP IN NEW JERSEY IN THE
19 SEVENTIES, AND I SAW HOW MY
OLDER BROTHER WAS TREATED AS A
GAY TEENAGER IN HIGH SCHOOL. UM
I SAW THE ASTRA SIZING. I SAW
THE SNICKERS THE SNEERS. THE
INNUENDO AND I'M PROUD TO LIVE
IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE WE'VE MADE
TREMENDOUS PROGRESS SINCE THEN,
AND OBVIOUSLY SAW HOW MY
MOTHER'S LOVE FOR MY BROTHER
SORT OF CREATED THIS. CLOUD
AROUND MY BROTHER OF POSITIVE
LOVE AND SPIRIT THAT FRANKLY,
THE CONSERVATIVE RELATIVES THAT
I HAD THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY AND
BRACED MY BROTHER BECAUSE OF MY
MOTHER'S LOVE, AND SO IT IS
POSSIBLE. FOR COMPASSIONATE
CONSERVATIVES TO SEE A MOTHER'S
LOVE FOR A CHILD AND EMBRACE A
RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT PRIDE. SO
I SAY HAPPY PRIDE. DURING THIS
MONTH. BUT I ALSO SAY IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR CALIFORNIA TO
SPEAK WITH A UNIFIED AND STRONG
VOICE, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE
MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, UH
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO IN A LOCAL
ELECTION IN MY DISTRICT, THERE
WAS A SINGLE WOMAN RUNNING FOR
CITY COUNCIL POSITION, AND LO
AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS A WHISPER
CAMPAIGN. THERE WAS INNUENDO.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S A LESBIAN. DON'T
VOTE FOR HER. SHE DOESN'T
REPRESENT FAMILY VALUES. DON'T
VOTE FOR HER, AND ON ELECTION
NIGHT SHE WASN'T WINNING, UM,
AND THE CANDIDATE THAT WAS
SUPPORTED BY THAT GROUP WAS IN
FIRST PLACE AND IN THE AFTERMATH
OF THE ELECTION, THERE WERE
FACEBOOK POSTS TOUTING FAMILY
VALUES AS THE CODE WORD FOR WHY
THEIR CANDIDATE WON AND WHY THIS
, UH, MALIGNED, MAGNIFICENT
YOUNG WOMAN. DIDN'T. TWO WEEKS
LATER. EXCUSE ME A WEEK LATER,
AS THE RESULTS CHANGE, SHE'S NOW
WINNING AND HE'S NOW LOSING. AND
OF COURSE, ALL THOSE POSTS CAME
DOWN. AND I TELL YOU THAT STORY
BECAUSE EVEN IN THIS DAY, EVEN
IN CALIFORNIA WE SEE THAT
NEGATIVE INNUENDO USED FOR NASTY
POLITICAL PURPOSES. UM THERE'S A
SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL IN
MY DISTRICT WERE 20 YEARS AGO, A
TEACHER WAS CALLED OUT ON THE
CARPET AND DISCIPLINE BECAUSE A
LESBIAN STUDENT WALKED INTO HER
CLASSROOM LOOKING FOR A SAFE
SPACE, AND THAT TEACHER PROVIDED
A COMPASSIONATE SAFE SPACE IN
HER CLASSROOM. AND SHE WAS
REPRIMANDED BY THE PRINCIPAL 20
YEARS AGO. NOW, 20 YEARS LATER,
THAT SAME TEACHER WHO IS THE
ADVISOR. TO THE GE S A AND THAT
HIGH SCHOOL SAW THE G S A TALK
TO THE FOOTBALL TEAM, AND LAST
YEAR, THEY PUT PRIDE FLAGS ON
THE BACK OF THEIR HELMET TO
CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH AT THAT
VERY SAME HIGH SCHOOL. A
POSITIVE MOMENT. NOW FIVE MILES
DOWN THE 2 10 FREEWAY AT A
DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS
JUST APPROACHED BY A GROUP OF
LGBT Q STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN
OSTRACIZED IN THAT SCHOOL. AND
NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT OF THE
PRINCIPAL. AND SO YOU SEE, WE'VE
MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, BUT WE
HAVE MANY MORE MILES TO GO. UM,
I WAS JUST IN A COMMUNITY CENTER
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT THAT HAD A
SAFE SPACE. FOR YOUNG TEENS TO
COME AND SHARE THEIR STORY, AND
THERE WAS A YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT. WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO
AND NO ONE TO TALK TO, AND JUST
CAME AND SAID, MY FAMILY DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND ME THAT PEOPLE IN MY
CHURCH DON'T I'M AFRAID TO TALK
TO THEM, AND I'M HERE IN THIS
SAFE SPACE AGAIN. THAT COMMUNITY
CREATED THAT SAFE SPACE FOR THAT
YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TO
COME BE WHO HE WANTED TO BE AND
WHO HE IS AND BE ACCEPTED AND BE
PROTECTED. AND WHEN WE THINK
THAT ONE IN FIVE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS TODAY THINKS ABOUT
SUICIDE, BUT THREE AND FIVE LGBT
AH, TEENAGERS THINK ABOUT
SUICIDE. IT IS IMPERATIVE AND
IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT S A R
S. R 92. WE SEND A MESSAGE THAT
THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH
APPRECIATES OUR COMMUNITY THAT
FULL BREATH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
EMBRACES EVERYONE IS OUR
NEIGHBOR AND LOVE AS WE SHOULD.
AS THOSE VALUES THAT WE TALK
ABOUT IN THOSE VALUES THAT ARE
USED TO DEMEAN US REALLY
RESONATE AND WE FLIP IT AND WE
SAY OUR VALUES ARE WE LOVE EACH
OTHER. WE LOVE OUR AND RESPECT
OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE SUPPORT S R
92. SENATOR LAIRD. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT. LET ME JUST SAY
THAT. AH THE DEBATE WE HAVE HAD
IS THE REASON I ENJOY SERVING IN
THE SENATE AND ENJOY SERVING.
WITH EVERYBODY THAT HAS SPOKEN.
IT IS REALLY REPRESENTED THE
FABRIC OF CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO
THE FABRIC OF WHO IS IN THE LGBT
COMMUNITY. AND WHO IT TOUCHES
AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES AND
EVEN OUR SHORT HISTORY. THAT
THAT HASN'T BEEN REFLECTED
ADEQUATELY, BUT IT HAS BEEN IN
TODAY'S DEBATE. AND TO SORT OF
FRAME THIS ISSUE IN A NUMBER OF
WAYS. UM WE HAD SANTA CRUZ PRIDE
EARLIER THIS MONTH. WE ALWAYS
HAVE IT THE FIRST WEEKEND
BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO
SAN JOSE AND SAN FRANCISCO AND
EVERYWHERE ELSE THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND. AND UH, WHEN I MARCHED
IN THE FIRST ONE WHICH WAS IN
THE LATE 19 SEVENTIES. SOMETIMES
THERE WERE MORE DEMONSTRATORS
THAN THERE WERE MARCHERS. AND WE
HAD TO HAVE POLICE PROTECTION.
IT WAS NOT SAFE TO JUST MARCH
DOWN THE STREET. IN A FEW YEARS
AGO. UM I WAS RIDING. IT IS NOW
THE LARGEST POLITICAL EVENT IN
THE COUNTY. EVERY YEAR,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME AND I'M
RIDING IN THE PARADE IN A
CONVERTIBLE. AND ABOUT THREE
FLOATS IN FRONT OF ME IS THE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FLOAT, AND
THERE'S ABOUT A 10 FT. PAPER
MACHE JOINT AND SMOKE IS COMING
OUT OF IT. AND WHAT DID THE
ORGANIZERS DO THEY SIGNED THE
SHERIFF FROM THE SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES TO WALK RIGHT BEHIND
THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FLOAT AND
THE SMOKING JOINT, SO THE
SHERIFF FOUGHT BACK TO ME AND
SAID. WOULD YOU MIND IF WE
MARCHED WITH YOU? AND I SAID NO,
BUT IT WAS LIKE THERE IS THE ARC
OF HISTORY FROM NEEDING THEM TO
PROTECT US TO ME BEING THE SAFE
PORTS IN THE POLITICAL STORM IN
THOSE DECADES IN BETWEEN. AND
YET THOSE WERE HARD FOUGHT
DECADES. AND. ONE OF THE GREAT
JOYS OF THE PARADE, NOW IS THE
VERY LAST CONTINGENT IS THE
SANTA CRUZ HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING
BAND WITH RAINBOW LAYS AND ALL
THE KIDS, IT IS JUST BECOME A
COMMUNITY EVENT. THE WAY WE
ALWAYS THOUGHT COMMUNITY EVENTS
WERE TO BE BUT IF I SORT OF LOOK
BACK ON, JUST MY PERSONAL
JOURNEY AND I DON'T TALK. ABOUT
THE PERSONAL STUFF A LOT THERE.
THIS IS TRUE. IT MAY SEEM
OBVIOUS THAT SCOTT EXCUSE ME,
SENATOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND I
ARE HERE, THE SENATOR FROM
STOCKTON'S OR THE PRO TEM BUT WE
ALL HAD A LIFE AND WE ALL HAD
CHOICES, AND WE ALL HAVE
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES, AND WE
ALL HAD FAMILIES. SO I REMEMBER
THE HARDEST TALK I EVER HAD IN
MY LIFE WAS TO TELL MY PARENTS
SOMETIMES 40 SOMETHING YEARS
AGO. THAT I WAS GAY AND MY MOM
IN HER INEVITABLE FASHION BLURTS
OUT. SHE'S WE FIGHT. YOUR
BROTHER MIGHT BE GAY. WE NEVER
THOUGHT YOU WERE AND I HAD TO
SAY TO HER TO MYSELF. HE IS HE
HASN'T TOLD YOU YET. AND WE ALL
HAVE THOSE JOURNEYS AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IF YOU
DO THIS LONG ENOUGH, AS I
REMEMBER, BECAUSE I HAD MY 15
MINUTES OF FAME WHEN I WAS
ELECTED MAYOR 39 YEARS AGO, AND
I HAD SOMEBODY COME UP TO ME IN
A CROWD A FEW YEARS LATER AND
SAY I WAS IN FRESNO. HOW WAS
DEBATING DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL
? I FOUND I JUST COULDN'T KEEP
GOING. AND I HEARD ABOUT YOU AND
I HEARD YOU TALKING AND I
THOUGHT IF HE CAN DO THIS, I CAN
DO THIS. AND THERE ARE THOSE
STORIES THROUGH THE YEARS THAT
MAKE IT ALL WORTH IT AND MAKE IT
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT PEOPLE SEE
THEMSELVES IN A WAY THEY MIGHT
NOT HAVE SEEN THEMSELVES. AND
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE
CLEAR TO BE OUT TO TALK ABOUT IT
TO BE A MATTER OF FACT, AND WHEN
I GOT TO THE ASSEMBLY 20 YEARS
AGO, MARK LENO AND I WERE THE
FIRST TO OUT MAN EVER ELECTED,
AND I HAD A COLLEAGUE WALKED UP
TO ME ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER,
AND SHE SAID WELL, YOU'RE JUST
JOHN. AND IT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS
THINKING WELL, THAT'S MORE ABOUT
YOU THAN IT WAS ABOUT ME, BUT
SHE JUST HADN'T HAD THAT
EXPERIENCE. SHE JUST DIDN'T
KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS
EXPECTING, BUT SHE DIDN'T EXPECT
THAT I MIGHT BE KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT THE BUDGET OR ISSUES OR
SOMETHING AND THAT THAT WAS JUST
PART OF THE ENTIRE STORY. AND
WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THE AWARDS
IN A LITTLE BIT, AND THE ONLY
TIME I PRESIDED OVER THE
ASSEMBLY IN SIX YEARS WAS 15
YEARS AGO, I PRESIDED OVER THE
FIRST AWARDS. IN A NUMBER OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WALKED OUT.
THEY WERE NOT GOING TO SIT THERE
AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE AWARDS.
AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO DO IT. WAS IMPORTANT TO GO
AHEAD. BUT I THINK EVERYTHING IS
A MARK. OF PROGRESS, AND I
TOTALLY AGREE. UM YEAH, I WAS
YOU KNOW? I RECALL THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ACT BEING SIGNED AND I
WAS NAIVE. I WAS PROBABLY IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I SAID, YOU
KNOW, UM, THANK GOD. WE'VE TAKEN
CARE OF THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT
SOMEBODY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MIGHT
THINK. YOU LEARNED THAT YOU HAVE
TO RE FIGHT IT. YOU HAVE TO
RELITIGATE IT, YOU HAVE TO
REGENERATE THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
DOING ALL THE TIME THAT THAT'S
WHAT THE STATEMENT EARLIER ABOUT
JUST WHAT'S GOING ON NOW. IS SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE NEVER
DONE. SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER
SAFE. AH I THINK THE PROGRESS IS
SUCH THAT NOW. SOME OLDER PEOPLE
ARE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE
VULNERABLE IF THEY GO INTO
ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING HOME
CARE AND HAVE TO GO BACK IN THE
CLOSET. WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR
REAL VULNERABILITY, LIFE TO BE
ABLE TO HANDLE THAT, AND THAT
MEANS THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLES.
THAT MEANS THERE ARE STILL
THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. AND
SO THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT
THIS DEBATE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
PEOPLE LISTENING ALL OVER AND I
KNOW THAT THEY'RE REALIZING THAT
THEY HAVE HEARD THEMSELVES IN
SOMEBODY'S COMMENTS TODAY, AND
IT WILL JUST HELP THEM BE STRONG
AND GET US THROUGH IT. AND SO I
REALLY SALUTE MY COLLEAGUES FOR
THIS DEBATE AND RESPECTFULLY
ASKED FOR A YES VOTE ON S R 92.
MADAM PRO TEM ATKINS. WELL,
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I
DIDN'T FEEL COMPELLED TO STAND
UP AND SPEAK TODAY. SO MANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SUCH A
WONDERFUL, ELOQUENT THINGS. I DO
WANT TO RISE AND CERTAINLY
WELCOME ARE INCREDIBLE
AUTHORITIES LEADERS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES HERE TODAY AND WE'RE
GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM IN A
MINUTE. BUT I REALLY FELT
COMPELLED TO STAND BECAUSE OF
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUNG
PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I WAS ONE OF
THOSE VERY FORTUNATE PEOPLE THAT
WHILE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS
ON THE FLOOR BEFORE I GREW UP IN
A RURAL, VERY CONSERVATIVE
COMMUNITY WENT TO PENTECOSTAL
HOLINESS CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY
MORNING. SUNDAY NIGHT. WEDNESDAY
NIGHT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AND
TENT REVIVALS. ALL OF THAT. AND
SO I WAS FRIGHTENED TO COME OUT
TO MY PARENTS. BUT LET ME JUST
TELL YOU, MY PARENTS WERE AS
EMBRACING AS ANYONE COULD BE.
THEY LOVE THEIR KIDS. ALL OF US
AND I ALWAYS FELT THAT AND SO
FOR ME, IT IS ABOUT OUR KIDS.
AND THE ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE THAT
THEY FEEL. SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
WHEN I INTRODUCED THE GENDER
RECOGNITION ACT, ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SAN FRANCISCO, I
LEANED OVER TO HIM AT ONE POINT
AND I SAID, OUR KIDS HAVE ALWAYS
TOLD US WHO THEY ARE. THE
QUESTION IS, HAVE WE LISTENED?
ARE WE LISTENING? WILL WE LISTEN
TO THEM AS THEY TRY? TO TELL US
WHO THEY ARE, AND TO GAIN SOME
ACCEPTANCE. AND FOR ME, THAT'S
REALLY WHAT'S SO SAD ABOUT WHAT
I SEE GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY
TODAY THAT KIDS FINALLY FELT
LIKE THEY HAD ENOUGH ACCEPTANCE
TO STEP FORWARD. AND BE MORE
VOCAL ABOUT WHO THEY ARE. AND SO
WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IS REALLY
FRIGHTENING BECAUSE THEY TOOK
THAT COURAGEOUS STEP. AND YET
NOW THEY HAVE TO BE ONCE AGAIN
REALLY AFRAID FOR THEIR VERY
LIVES, AND THAT TO ME IS SAD. I
WILL SAY ONE OF THE MOST
INCREDIBLE THINGS. HAVING BEEN
THE SECOND LGBTQ PERSON ELECTED
SPEAKER FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND
THE FIRST HERE IN THE SENATE AS
THE PRO TIM AND HAVING
REPRESENTED THE CITY OF SAN
DIEGO. AND I'M VARIOUS, UH,
ARRAY OF CAPACITIES IS WHEN
REGULAR PEOPLE COME UP TO ME. UM
FROM ACROSS EVERY POLITICAL
SPECTRUM IN HUE, AND THEY TELL
ME I HAVE A GAY KID. THANK YOU
FOR BEING VISIBLE BECAUSE WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE
SUPPORTING MY KID AND IT'S
REALLY INTERESTING. SOME PEOPLE
COME UP TO ME VERY QUIETLY. SOME
ARE VERY VOCAL. BUT IT'S ACROSS
THE SPECTRUM. AND I ALWAYS SAY
THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT
PARENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO
SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR CHILDREN.
THAT TO ME IS WHAT'S SO
IMPORTANT? ANNAN FAN. LET ME
JUST SAY SAN DIEGO HAPPENS TO BE
HOME TO THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
APPOINTED AND ELECTED MEMBERS OF
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE
STILL SURPRISED WHEN THEY HEAR
THAT. BUT MADAM PRESIDENT, UM,
PERMISSION TO QUOTE. ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PHILOSOPHERS.
PERMISSION GRANTED. THANK YOU.
IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT DOLLY
PARTON. WE ARE RAINBOWS, YOU AND
ME EVERY COLOR EVERY HUE. LET'S
RUN THROUGH TOGETHER. WE CAN
START LIVING IN A RAINBOW. LET
LIVING IN A RAINBOW LAND WHERE
SCARS ARE BLUE AND THINGS ARE
GRAND. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO
LIVE IN PARADISE WHERE WE'RE
FREE TO BE EXACTLY WHO WE ARE?
LET'S ALL AND THIS IS HER
MESSAGE. LET'S ALL DIG DEEP DOWN
INSIDE, BRUSHED THE JUDGMENT AND
FEAR OF ASSAD. MAKE WRONG THINGS
RIGHT AND IN THE FIGHT, BECAUSE
I PROMISE AIN'T NOBODY GONNA
WIN. WE'RE RAINBOWS, ME AND YOU
EVERY COLOR EVERY HUE LET'S
SHINE THROUGH TOGETHER, WE CAN
START LIVING IN A RAINBOW LAND.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
LET'S SUPPORT S R 92. SENATOR
EDMUND, YOU KNOW FURTHER
DISCUSSION. YOU MAY CONCLUDE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MEMBERS AND
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
WORDS FOR YOUR DOTS FOR YOUR
SUPPORT, AND NOT JUST TODAY. BUT
EVERY DAY ON YOUR DESK TODAY YOU
HAVE A GIFT FROM THE LGBT CAUCUS
. THERE IS A BAG OF PRIDE.
ADDITION, SKITTLES UM. WILL YOU
BE ABLE TO SEE THE RAINBOW WHILE
THE CANDIES THEMSELVES WILL
STILL BE GRAY AND PAT THE
PACKAGING WITH BEAUTIFULLY
COLORED WEALTH ART CELEBRATING
THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY,
SKITTLES HAS PUT TOGETHER A
DIVERSE GROUP OF HARDEST TO SHOW
JUST HOW DIVERSE COMMUNITY IS.
YOU'LL ALSO FIND A MUG OPEN MIND
OPEN HEART MILK RAMBLED THROUGH
WILLIAM AND SAMANT SONOMA IS
CREATING COLLABORATION WITH THE
TREVOR PROJECT. EACH MUG SOLD
BENEFITS. LIFESAVING SUICIDE
PREVENTION FOR LGBTQ KIDS,
YOU'LL ALSO FIND A PROGRESS
FLAG. L G B T Q PLUS PIN. AND A
PAIR OF RAINBOW SUNGLASSES AGAIN
. MEMBERS I THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR HEARTFELT COMMENTS. UM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOICE EVERY
DAY AS PEOPLE EVERY TIME I RUN
FOR OFFICE, I AM ATTACKED FOR
WHO I AM. AND THERE'S ALWAYS A
WHISPERER AND NOT FAMILY VALUES
. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO MY WIFE
ABOUT 40 YEARS AND WE HAVE A
RAZOR WONDERFUL CHILD AND HAVE
CARED FOR PARENTS. SO IF THOSE
AREN'T FAMILY VALUES AH, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT ARE AND JUST IN A
GUESS WORDS OF THE TRANSACTION.
AL ITTY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,
RIGHT? WE DON'T REMEMBER. THE
WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES, BUT THE
SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS UM, A. WE
ALL HAVE OCCASION TO SPEAK AT
HIGH SCHOOLS. I HAD SPOKE A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I DIDN'T
TALK ABOUT BEING GAY WAS A
GRADUATION. UM BUT I'M SURE I
MADE REFERENCE SOMEWHERE THROUGH
MY THROUGH MY REMARKS. A MAN
CAME UP TO ME AFTERWARDS AND HE
SAID, YOU ARE A FANTASTIC
SPEAKER. I SAID, THANK YOU, HE
SAID, YOU'RE A POWERFUL VOICE.
BUT YOU'RE MAKING IT SEEM LIKE
IT'S OKAY. YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH
THE VOICE OF LUCIFER BECAUSE
YOU'RE MAKING KIDS THINK IT'S
OKAY? WHO REMEMBERS LET'S ALL
SPEAK WITH THAT VOICE OF LOVE,
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT LUCIFER.
THAT'S LOVE. THAT'S LOVE. AND
SOME PEOPLE CONFUSED. SOME
PEOPLE AREN'T LET LOVE BE LOVE.
I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. ON S R 92.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS I FAITH AYE,
BECKER. I PORTEOUS. AYE,
BRADFORD. I CABRERA CORTESI. I
DOLLY. DODD. AYE, DURAZO. I
AGREE IN GLASER. AYE GONZALES. I
GROW HARTSBURG. I WEAR SOAYE,
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER I
FLARED. I LEAVE. AYE, LIMÓN.
AYE, MCGUIRE. AYE. MELINDA'S.
MEN. I NEWMAN NIELSEN. SHOW A
BUG. I PAN. AYE, PORTANTINO. AYE
ROTH. I RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER.
AYE, STERN. I HAMBURG. AYE,
WIECKOWSKI. WIENER. AYE, WILK.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
ALAN AYE. ARCHULETTA. SALLY.
GROWTH. JONES. MELINDA'S.
NEWMAN. NIELSEN. WIECKOWSKI
WILK. SENATOR EDMUND MOVES THE
CALL. MEMBERS ARE GOING TO MOVE
ON. OH UH, SENATOR EDMUND, YOU
HAVE SOME IMPORTANT GUESS THAT
YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE. WE HAVE
SOME VERY IMPORTANT GUESTS UP IN
THE UP IN THE GALLERY MEMBERS
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. THESE
ARE THE HONOREES THIS YEAR FOR
OUR PRIDE CEREMONY. UM WE'RE
GOING TO WORK AND THEY'RE ALL UP
THERE. IF YOU WANT TO SAY HELLO,
BUT WE HAVE WITH US TODAY. YOU
ALL MAY KNOW AMY SCHNEIDER, THE
JEOPARDY CHAMPION. ENJOYED A 40
GAME WINNING STREAK DURING HER
TIME ON THE POPULAR GAME SHOW,
MAKING HER THE SECOND WINNINGEST
CONTENTS IT EVER SINCE THEN, AMY
HAS GONE TO BECOME A PROMINENT
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE TRANS
COMMUNITY, WHICH IS INCLUDED
NUMEROUS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND A VISIT
TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WE ALSO HAVE
WITH US, ANGELA TEENY ROCA FROM
SENATE-DISTRICT. SEVEN SHE HEADS
UP THE CAVIAR BAY AREA, THE
NATION'S ONLY TRANSLATED, TRANCE
CENTERED SOUTH ASIAN QUEER
ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS
TIRELESSLY TO ACHIEVE
TRANSGENDER. HEALTHCARE EQUALITY
AND JUSTICE. WE ALSO HAVE WITH
US OR TO OUR ARTURO VARGAS, WHO
IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
EXPERT ON LATINO DEMOGRAPHICS
DUE TO HIS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE
ELECTORAL ELECTORAL
PARTICIPATION. HE'S AN OUTSPOKEN
CHAMPION, AND I WILL SAY WHEN I
MET HIM. I DIDN'T EVEN HE WASN'T
EVEN OUT YET. SO WE ALL WE ALL
EVOLVE AND CHANGE AS WE GO
ALONG. I ALSO WANNA INTRODUCE
HONORING NUMBER FOUR FROM
SENATE-DISTRICT 39, ROBERT BOB
ALLEN. LIAM AND BOB IS BEING
REPRESENTED, AND THEY SENT ME A
TEXT. I'M SORRY HE'S NOT HERE.
BUT LGBT ACTIVIST VETERANS
ADVOCATE AND ARTS LEADER. YES
BOBBY IS HERE. BOB IS RIGHT
THERE. LOOK AT BOB UP THERE WITH
HIS MEDALS. UM HELPED END THE
DISCRIMINATORY. DON'T ASK, DON'T
TELL POLICY AS THE FIRST OPENLY
GAY VETERAN ON A U. S
CONGRESSIONAL MILITARY ADVISORY
BOARD AND THE SAN DIEGO MILITARY
AND VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
HE SERVED ON THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR SAN DIEGO
PRIDE SAN DIEGO HISTORY AND
PLEASE WELCOME AND THEN WE HAVE
HONORARY NUMBER FIVE. WHO IS NOT
HERE. WITH US BOB NIELSEN
RECEIVING ON HIS BEHALF. BOB WAS
A POLITICAL STRATEGIST, BUSINESS
ENTREPRENEUR AND A DEDICATED
PUBLIC SERVANT. BOB SERVED ON
THE SAN DIEGO LGBT CENTER BOARD
OF DIRECTORS. AND THE SAN DIEGO
HUMAN DIGNITY FOUNDATION, ALSO A
MEMBER OF THE SAN DIEGO MAYOR,
DICK MURPHY'S LGBT ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. WE ALSO MANY OF YOU
WILL KNOW FROM SENATE-DISTRICT
SIX CARLOS MARQUEZ. THE THIRD IS
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A C L
U CALIFORNIA, WHICH PROVIDES
VOICE IN THE STATE CAPITAL AND
CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
. CARLOS CAREER AND ADVOCACY HAS
SPANNED LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE
LGBTQ, PLUS EQUALITY. UH,
MOVEMENT. AH AND EDUCATE EQUITY
QUALITY AND IS ALSO INVOLVED IN
THE LABOR MOVEMENT AT S E. I U
FROM MY DISTRICT WE HAVE SIMONE
REYES. SIMONE IS ONE OF THE
LEADERS IN SHINING EXAMPLES AND
LIGHTS AT THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. SHE HAS
BEEN THE SAN JOAQUIN PRIDE
CENTER'S OPEN TRENDS EXECUTIVE
LATINA DIRECTOR SINCE 2019, AND
SHE IS THE FIRST OPENLY TRANS
PERSON OF COLOR TO SIT AS A
DIRECTOR OF A COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATION IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. WE ALSO HAVE WITH US.
AYE. IVE. GALLICO BARAO HAS AH
HAS IS A SOPHOMORE AT PASO
ROBLES HIGH SCHOOL AND PRESIDENT
OF THE P H. P. R H S EQUALITY
CLUB, AND WITH HER FELLOW
CLASSMATES ALONG WITH THE
FORMATION OF THE LGBTQ TASK
FORCE, PROMOTED THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO COMMIT TO SEVERAL
CHANGES, INCLUDING STAFF AND
STUDENT TRAINING. AND SAFE
ACCESS TO LOCKERS AND BATHROOMS
FOR NON BINARY TRANS STUDENT WE
ALSO HAVE WITH US MICHAEL NGUYEN
FROM SENATE-DISTRICT 11. HE IS
APPOINTED TO THE LGBT PLUS
COMMUNITY ADVISORY OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS. HE IS
CHAIR EMERITUS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS
SPECIFIC ISLANDERS. HE HAS CO
FOUNDED THE BAY AREA TREE, QUEER
, TRANS ASIAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER COALITION AND
SPEARHEADED THE CREATION OF THE
FIRST ÁP I WEEK IN THE COUNTRY,
SOME KNOWN AS JUICY LUCY
MICHAEL'S ALTER EGO IS A DRAG
AMBASSADOR OF OUR DRAG OUT THE
VOICE AND RAISES THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS FOR COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS EXISTENCE. WE ALSO
HAVE WITH US, STEVE EACH NAGA IS
THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF
HIGH SOLUTIONS WITH OVER 40
YEARS' EXPERIENCE, LEADING THE
CHANGE TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF
LOVE, RESPECT AND EQUITY.
SPEARHEADING THE CREATION OF A
GLOBAL CROSS DEPARTMENT
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
COMMITMENT. HE IS ALSO THE
EXECUTIVE SPONSOR OF THE
COMPANY'S SPECTRUM, LGBT PLUS
AND OUR FINAL HONOREES, 11 AND
12 HAD TO LEAVE THE CHAMBER, BUT
THEY ARE REPRESENTING DISTRICT
SENATE-DISTRICT 15. ARLENE RUSH
AND CLARA BACH ARE TRUE PIONEERS
OF THE LGBT PLUS COMMUNITY AFTER
GRADUATING SAN JOSE STATE
UNIVERSITY, ARLENE PURSUED HER
PASSION TO BECOME A SCHOOL
TEACHER, WHERE SHE TAUGHT AT
SANTA CLARA. A SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND CLARA SERVED IN THE U. S
NAVY FOR FIVE YEARS AS AN
AVIATION OR EXTRACT CLINICIAN.
AFTER 20 YEARS, SHE SERVED AS 15
YEARS IN THE NAVAL RESERVES,
RETIRING AS A LIEUTENANT.
MEMBERS PLEASE WELCOME OUR GUEST
TO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
MEMBERS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP
UH, AFTER THAT. WONDERFUL
PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE UP FILE ITEM NUMBER 34.
SENATOR OCHOA, BO. SHE IS READY
. PLEASE READ SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION. 1 13 BY SENATOR
OCHOA BOGUE RELATIVE TO AMERICAN
EAGLE DAY. SENATOR, BUT THE
FLOOR IS YOURS. MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK SILICON
CURRENT RESOLUTION. 113
RECOGNIZES JUNE 20TH 2022 AS
AMERICAN EAGLE DAY
SENATE-DISTRICT 23 HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY BLESSED THIS YEAR IN
WELCOMING TO NEW BABY EAGLES.
SPIRIT WAS BORN TO BIG BEAR,
BALD EAGLES, JACKIE AND SHADOW
AND A NEST IN BIG BEAR LAKE IN
SAN MARINO NATIONAL FOREST IN
MARCH IN MAY, LAKE HEMET ALSO
WELCOME A NEW BALD EAGLE
RESIDENTS OF THE WORLD AT THE
LAKE HEMET CAMPGROUND. IN THE
SENTENCE INTO MOUNTAINS. THESE
NEW BABY EAGLES ARE ESPECIALLY
PRECIOUS BECAUSE NOT TOO LONG
AGO, THE FUTURE OF THE BALD
EAGLE WAS DIRE. HOWEVER DUE TO
THE HARD WORK OF CONSERVATIONIST
AND THE BIRDS CLASSIFICATION AS
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. THE BALD
EAGLE HAS MADE A REMARKABLE
COMEBACK AND IT WAS REMOVED FROM
THE NATIONAL THREATENED AND
ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. DESPITE
THEIR GREAT RECOVERY OF THESE
POPULATIONS, THERE IS STILL WORK
TO BE DONE TO REMOVE DEBRIS THAT
POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE
ECOSYSTEMS, AMERICAN EAGLE DAY
IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE
ALL CALIFORNIANS TO SEEK OUT
LOCAL PRESERVATION GROUPS IN
THEIR AREA AND OFFER TO LEND A
HAND WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO
PRESERVE THE PRECIOUS HABITATS
OF THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE.
THESE GREAT BIRDS HAVE BEEN A
TREASURED SYMBOL OF THE UNITED
STATES SINCE THE 1700. IN FACT,
THE BALD EAGLE WAS NAMED THE
NATIONAL EMBLEM OF THE UNITED
STATES IN 17 82, AND ITS IMAGE
IS USED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
AS A SYMBOL OF THIS GREAT
NATION. IT CAN BE FOUND ON GOLD
COINS, THE SILVER DOLLAR, THE
HALF DOLLAR AND THE QUARTER PLUS
ON THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED
STATES. IT IS ALSO THE ONLY EGO
UNIQUE TO NORTH AMERICA AND THEY
CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE
COUNTENANCE FROM ALASKA TO
NORTHERN MEXICO. THEY ARE ONE OF
THE LARGEST BIRDS IN NORTH
AMERICA WITH AN AVERAGE WINGSPAN
OF 80 INCHES, AND THEY BUILD
MASSIVENESS THAT I FORTIFIED
FEET IN DIAMETER. THAT RECOVERY
OF THE EAGLES IS A STORY OF
GREAT SUCCESS. BUT IT'S ALSO A
GREAT REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT
TO PROTECT THAT WHICH WE HOLD
DEAR. THE AMERICAN VALUES IDEALS
AND ATTRIBUTES THAT THE BALD
EAGLE HAS COME TO REPRESENT. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THIS
ITEM? SENATOR GLATER. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS. IT'S
NOT OFTEN THAT ONE RISES ON THE
SENATE FLOOR AND TALKS ABOUT
ONE'S GUILTY PLEASURES. BUT FOR
ME IT'S WATCHING THE BIRTH OF
SPIRITS AT THE BIG BIG HEAD OF
THE BIG BEAR NEST CAM. AND
HAVING THIS OF ALL THE
COMPLEXITIES THAT WE DEAL WITH
IN OUR LIFE HERE IN THE SENATE
BE ABLE TO EACH DAY WATCH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT EGG TO BIRTH
TO HAVING IT FLY OFF THE NEST
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, SO WITH
THAT IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE
RESOLUTION TODAY IS THERE ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON
THE ITEM? SAYING NONE. SENATOR
OKO BOGEY MAY CONCLUDE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALAN ARCHULETTA. ATKINS.
BATES. I. BECKER. AYE FORGES.
BRADFORD. AYE, CARBONARA. AYE,
CORTESI. I DOLLY. AYE, DODD. I
WAS. OH, AYE, EGGMAN. GLASER.
AYE. GONZALES. I GROW HERTZBERG.
I WEAR SO I FURTADO. AYE JONES.
I CAM WALKER. I GLARED. I LABOR.
AYE, LIMÓN. AYE, MCGUIRE. AYE.
MELINDA'S I MEN. AYE, NEWMAN.
AYE, NIELSEN. I THROW A VOGUE. I
PAN. AYE, PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT
I REVEAL SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I
AM BERG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI.
WIENER. AYE, WILK. SENATOR
COBURG MOVES A CALL. WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO FILE ITEM NUMBER
39. MADAM PRO TIM ATKINS. SHE IS
PREPARED. PLEASE READ. CLINIC.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? I BEG YOUR
INDULGENCE. WE'RE GOING TO GO
BACK TO FILE ITEM NUMBER 37
FINISH THE ROLL CALL. IT APPEARS
AS IF WE ARE ALL HERE. MATT
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ARCHULETTA.
DOLLY! GROWTH. JONES. MELINDA'S.
NEWMAN. AYE. NIELSEN. WIECKOWSKI
WILK. I 32 NO. ZERO THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER 39 SENATE MADAM PRO TEM
IS READY. PLEASE READ. SENATE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 10 BY
SENATOR ATKINS. AN ACT RELATING
TO FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. MADAM PRO
TIM. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. MADAM
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES ARE AS TO PRESENT
SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
10. WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF A U.
S. SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT
WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
WILL TOPPLE ROE VERSUS WADE. IN
A ROAD THE RIGHT TO ABORTION
THAT WAS SECURED NEARLY 50 YEARS
AGO. ALTERING REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM IN AMERICA AS WE KNOW
IT. IN CALIFORNIA. WE CANNOT
STAND BY AS WOMEN AND FAMILIES
ARE LEFT VULNERABLE. TOGETHER
WITH SPEAKER RENDON AND SO MANY
OF YOU. WE'VE INTRODUCED A 10 TO
ENSURE THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO HAVE AN
ABORTION AND TO USE
CONTRACEPTION. IS PROTECTED IN
CALIFORNIA NOW AND FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. THE DOBBS
VERSUS JACKSON WOMEN'S HEALTH
ORGANIZATION CASE. THE LEAKED
DRAFT SUPREME COURT OPINION AND
THE VITRIOLIC DEBATE THAT
FOLLOWED HAS PROVEN HOW
PRECARIOUS OUR REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS ARE. THIS MOMENT HAS
TAUGHT US THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS
TO BE PREPARED. THOSE WHO ARE
DETERMINED TO STRIP AWAY OUR
RIGHTS WILL NOT STOP WITH THIS
CASE, AND NEITHER CAN WE. WE
HAVE TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE
THAT THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
HAVE ACCESS TO ABORTION AND
CONTRACEPTIVES, NO MATTER WHO IS
IN THE POSITION TO AFFECT OUR
RIGHTS FROM OUR COURT. AND ANY
FUTURE STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS
TO THOSE SITTING ON THE U. S.
SUPREME COURT IN CONGRESS AND IN
THE WHITE HOUSE. ABORTION IS
HEALTHCARE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
AND LIKE ANY MEDICAL DECISION,
IT'S A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE
PATIENT AND THEIR PROVIDER.
THESE ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL
CHOICES THAT HOULD BE GROUNDED
AND SCIENTIFIC FACTS, NOT
ANYONE'S POLITICAL AGENDA. I'VE
SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT IT MEANS
WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT
ACCESS. DURING MY TIME PROVIDING
CLINIC SERVICES AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH CENTER, I MET A
DISTRAUGHT MOTHER WHOSE DAUGHTER
DIED AFTER AN ILLEGAL ABORTION
IN ANOTHER STATE. I TALKED WITH
THE WOMAN IN THE NAVY WHO HAD
BEEN INCORRECTLY LED TO BELIEVE
SHE COULD NOT SAFELY DELIVER HER
BABY BECAUSE SHE HAD AN STD
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE.
SHE WAS SCARED. SHE WAS CONFUSED
AND SHE WAS ALONE AND SHE WAS
MISINFORMED. WE HELPED HER
UNDERSTAND ALL OF HER OPTIONS
THAT SHE COULD DELIVER A HEALTHY
BABY DESPITE HAVING AN STD, AND
WHEN SHE CHOSE TO DO JUST THAT
THE DOCTOR WHO HAD SEEN HER AT
THE CLINIC DELIVERED HER BABY
MONTHS LATER. THESE STORIES HAVE
STAYED AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY
MIND. YEARS AFTER BECAUSE THESE
ARE REAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED REAL FAMILIES REAL
LIVES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO
CONSIDER PASSING SCHNUR TODAY
AND LET THE VOTERS DECIDE ON
THIS CRITICAL ISSUE. SENATOR
HERTZBERG. THANK YOU. MADAM
PRESIDENT AND MADAM PRO TIM. I
RISE IN SUPPORT OF CHN.
CALIFORNIA STATE CONSTITUTION.
WE NEED THIS AMENDMENT MEMBERS
IN MY JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SUPREME
COURT HOUSE WAS INDICATED BY THE
PRO TEM ON THE VERGE OF
DISMANTLING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE. AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT. TO POINT OUT THE VERY
GLARING FALLACY. BEING PUT FORTH
BY THOSE SEEKING TO STRIP A
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE. THE
ARGUMENT THEY MAKE. IS THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
CONTAINS NO RIGHT OF PRIVACY,
THEY SAY CORRECTLY CORRECTLY, I
MIGHT ADD. THAT THE WORDS
ABORTION ITSELF NEVER APPEARS.
AND THE SUGGESTION IS THAT
BECAUSE THESE SPECIFIC WORDS
DON'T APPEAR IN OUR
CONSTITUTION. THE PRESIDENT'S
REGARDING WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO
CHOOSE CAN EASILY BE CAST ASIDE,
OVERTURNED. BUT HERE LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IS WHAT THEY'RE NOT
TELLING YOU. THE RIGHT TO
PRIVACY HAS BEEN EMBEDDED IN OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL PRECEDENT FOR
NEARLY A CENTURY. IT PROTECTS
EVERY ONE OF US IN WAYS SO
FUNDAMENTAL. SO FUNDAMENTAL WE
NOW TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED AND TO
SURRENDER. IT WOULD BE THAT THE
GRAVEST MISTAKES FOR EXAMPLE. AS
A PARENT. YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO
LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WILL
BACK IN. WE'RE BACK IN 1923. THE
NEBRASKA NEBRASKA DIDN'T THINK
SO. THE STATE AMID A WAVE OF
ANTI IMMIGRANTS. UNA PHOBIA MADE
IT AGAINST THE LAW TO TEACH
GERMAN TO YOUR CHILDREN BEFORE
THE NINTH GRADE. WHAT STOPPED
THEM. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT, CITING THE RIGHT OF
PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO DECIDE
SUCH THINGS FOR THEMSELVES.
WHO'S MIKE. LET'S TALK ABOUT
BIRTH CONTROL. SHOULD THE
SHERIFF BE ALLOWED TO SEARCH
YOUR BEDROOM FOR CONTRACEPTIVES?
ANYONE HERE TODAY READY TO LET
THE GOVERNMENT DECIDE. OF THE
ANSWER IS NO. YOU CAN THANK THE
SUPREME COURT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO
PRIVACY. ANYONE HERE TODAY READY
TO LET THE GOVERNMENT DECIDE
WHAT BOOKS AND MAGAZINES YOU CAN
READ. UNTIL 1965. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IT WAS THE LAW OF THE
LAND. THAT'S WHEN THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
UNANIMOUSLY FOUND A RIGHT OF
PRIVACY FUNDAMENTAL TO THE
CONCEPT OF LIBERTY. CONTAINED IN
OUR CONSTITUTION. THE CASE HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH ABORTION. IT
WAS ABOUT A COUPLE'S DIRTY
MOVIES FOUND AT THE HOMELESSNESS
OF A SUSPECTED BOOKMAKER. BUT
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLE OF KEEPING GOVERNMENT
OUT OF THE PEOPLE'S PRIVATE
LIVES IS THE VERY SAME ONE THAT
PROTECTS A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE. HERE'S HOW JUSTICE
THURGOOD MARSHALL PUT IT. IF THE
FIRST THE FIRST AMENDMENT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MEANS
ANYTHING, IT MEANS THAT THE
STATE HAS NO BUSINESS, TELLING A
MAN SITTING ALONE IN HIS IN HIS
HOUSE. WHAT BOOKS HE MAY READ OR
WHAT FILMS HE MAY WATCH. OUR
WHOLE CONSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE
REBELS AT THE THOUGHT OF GIVING
THE GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO
CONTROL MEN'S MINDS. IF THE
COURT WAS CORRECT IN KEEPING THE
GOVERNMENT FROM TRYING TO
CONTROL THE MINDS OF MEN. SURELY
THE SAME PROTECTION MUST APPLY
TO THE BODIES OF WOMEN. TODAY
THESE ANTIQUATED LAWS STRUCK
DOWN DECADES AGO. SOUND
RIDICULOUS, MEDIEVAL EVEN
ORWELLIAN. BUT THEY WEREN'T
THROWN OUT SIMPLY BY CHANCE, OR
BY THE MARCH OF PROGRESS. IN
EVERY INSTANCE THEY WERE SET
ASIDE BY THE HIGH COURT'S
RECOGNITION THAT THE TRUE HUMAN
LIBERTY ONLY EXISTS WHEN PEOPLE
ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR MINDS. AND
ABOUT THEIR BODIES. I WOULD
ARGUE MADAME PRO TIM AND MEMBERS
THAT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
IS AS FUNDAMENTAL AS THE BASIC
AS OUR BASIC TO OUR LIBERTY AS
THE RIGHT TO READ AND STUDY. AND
LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT. THEY ALL
REST ON THE SAME FOUNDATION. TO
DESTROY ONE IS TO THREATEN THEM
ALL. WE STAND HERE TODAY BECAUSE
THOSE RIGHTS ARE IN PERIL AND WE
MUST DO ALL WE CAN TO PROTECT
THEM. I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
SCHNUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SENATOR GONZALEZ. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT AND I AM PLEASED
TO RISE AS WELL IN SUPPORT OF
SDA 10 AS A PROUD CO AUTHOR, AND
I WANT TO THANK OUR PRO TEM FOR
BRINGING THIS VERY BOLD PIECE OF
LEGISLATION FORWARD THE LEAKED
DRAFT DECISION FROM THE SUPREME
COURT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
COLLEAGUES, BUT IT HAS INVOKED
FEELINGS OF DREAD AND DESPAIR
FOR MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND
IT'S ALSO LIT A FIRE OF
PASSIONATE ACTIVISM THAT WILL
NOT WAVER IN THE FACE OF THOSE
WHO ATTEMPT TO DENY WOMEN IN
PREGNANT PEOPLE, THEIR
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. SINCE ROE
V. WADE WAS DECIDED NEARLY 50
YEARS AGO. WE KNEW THIS DAY
WOULD COME HAS BEEN MENTIONED.
NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE MUST
FIGHT AND ENSURE THAT OUR
CALIFORNIA PROTECTS OUR
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS. UH,
CONTINUING TO DO THAT THIS
IMPORTANT DECISION WILL
ULTIMATELY IMPACT THE MOST
VULNERABLE AND WE'VE SAID THIS
BEFORE BLACK LATINO INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE OF COLOR THOSE WITH LOW
INCOMES AND EVEN THOSE LIVING IN
RURAL AREAS WILL BE HARMED. THE
MOST AS WE KNOW, ABORTION CARE
IS HEALTHCARE. WE CANNOT AND
WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THAT, NOT IN
CALIFORNIA. A REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM STATE THAT REPRESENTS
MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES. AND I
WANT TO THANK AGAIN. OUR PRO
TEM, THE SPEAKER OF THE
ASSEMBLY, THE GOVERNOR FOR
INTRODUCING THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO FORMALLY PROTECT
EVERY CALIFORNIANS RIGHT TO
ACCESS. FOR THESE REASONS, WE
MUST PASS 10. RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR I VOTE, SENATOR SKINNER.
MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS. I
STAND AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS AND A CO AUTHOR
OF CHN. WITH THE LEAKED DECISION
, THE SUPREME COURT MAJORITY
SHOWED US THEIR CARDS. IT'S
CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE COURT'S
INTENTION. TO OVERTURN ROE V.
WADE AND DENY AMERICANS THE
RIGHT TO ABORTION, A RIGHT THAT
WE HAVE HAD FOR 50 YEARS. AND IF
AND WHEN THE COURT TAKES THAT
ACTION, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST
TIME IN US HISTORY THAT THE
COURT WOULD HAVE TAKEN AWAY A
RIGHT THAT IT GRANTED. NOW THE
TEXT OF THE LEAK DECISION. IF
YOU READ IT CAREFULLY, IT'S
BASED ON UNDERMINING PRIVACY.
AND PRIVACY RIGHTS OR PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS ARE THE ASPECT OF
CALIFORNIA'S CURRENT
CONSTITUTION THAT GIVE US NOW
ABORTION PROTECTION OR ABORTION
RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA. AND IF THE
COURT MAJORITY IN THEIR DECISION
UNDERMINES PRIVACY THEN OUR
EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT.
MAY NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH. SO BY
BRINGING US AS CHN, THE PRO TEM
IS GIVING CALIFORNIANS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT NO
ONE IN CALIFORNIA CAN BE DENIED
EITHER IN ABORTION. OR
CONTRACEPTION. AND THESE ARE TWO
RIGHTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO AND
SUPPORTED BY THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIANS. ACROSS
THE STATE. SO THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS IN ADDITION TO
SUPPORTING CHN, IS LEADING WITH
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE BILLS TO
ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIA IS
INTERNATIONAL BEACON FOR
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. THE TIME
IS NOW TO ENSHRINE THIS RIGHT IN
OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS THANKS THE PRO TEM FOR
LEADING ON THIS ISSUE. WE ARE
CONFIDENT THAT THE CALIFORNIA
VOTERS WILL APPROVE THIS
AMENDMENT AND WE STRONGLY URGE
YOUR I VOTE. SENATOR LEYVA.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I
STAND AS CAMILLE EVA, A 55 YEAR
OLD WOMAN WHO CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE STILL HAVING THIS
DISCUSSION. I THINK MY QUESTION
IS, WHEN WILL WE EVER TRUST
WOMEN? WHEN WILL WE EVER TRUST
WOMEN TO MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BODIES? WE
DON'T TELL MEN HOW THEY CAN USE
THEIR BODIES WHEN OR WHERE AND
WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEM. AND
I THINK THAT WE ALSO FORGET THAT
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. A WOMAN
DOES NOT BECOME PREGNANT SIMPLY
BECAUSE SHE HOPES SHE CAN BECOME
PREGNANT. SHE HAS TO HAVE A
PARTNER, AND YET THERE ARE NEVER
ANY CONSEQUENCES. FOR THE MAN
WHO GETS THE WOMAN PREGNANT. ALL
THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES ON THE
WOMAN. IF SHE CHOOSES TO HAVE AN
ABORTION, THAT IS HER CHOICE,
MADAM PRO TEM. I THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE
NOT ONLY SHOULD A WOMAN HAVE THE
RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND HAVE AN
ABORTION IF SHE SO WISHES. BIRTH
CONTROL. IT IS SHOCKING TO ME
THAT WE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE AN
ABORTION. OH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU ALSO CAN'T HAVE BIRTH
CONTROL. I MEAN, MY GOD, WHY
DON'T WE JUST TELL WOMEN WE WANT
YOU IN THE KITCHEN? BAREFOOT AND
PREGNANT? BECAUSE REALLY, THAT'S
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT
CONTROL, AND IT'S MAKING SURE
THAT WOMEN CAN'T MOVE AHEAD.
LET'S LET WOMEN MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS. I'M HAPPY TO BE A CO
AUTHOR OF SCHNUR AND I HOPE YOU
ALL JOIN ME IN SUPPORT. SENATOR
MELENDEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO START
BY ASKING A QUESTION OF THE
AUTHOR. IF I MAY. WILL YOU
ACCEPT A QUESTION, MADAM? OF
COURSE. SHE WILL THANK YOU. SO
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS
DOES THIS CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT PLACE ANY RESTRICTIONS
ON WHEN A WOMAN CAN GET AN
ABORTION? IT IS CONSISTENT WITH
CURRENT CALIFORNIA LAW. SO WHAT
EXISTS TODAY IS AS IT WOULD BE.
IT IS BETWEEN THE DOCTOR. AND
THE CLIENT, THE PATIENT OKAY, SO
IF I MAY I JUST BECAUSE IN
READING THE BILL, I DON'T SEE
ANYONE. I MEAN, IT'S THREE
SENTENCES, SO I DON'T SEE
ANYWHERE IN THERE WHERE IT
STATES THAT IT IS, UM, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT LIGHT
SEEMS RATHER OPEN ENDED. SO I'M
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IN
THE BILL. IT WOULD BE VERY
CLEAR. SHOULD THIS GO TO A
COURT? THAT IT IS TO COINCIDE
WITH CURRENT STATE LAW. IT'S A
SIMPLE IT'S SIMPLY STATED
ABORTION RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION
. IT DOESN'T CHANGE PRACTICE IN
CALIFORNIA THAT IS BETWEEN A
DOCTOR AND THE PATIENT. OKAY
THANK YOU. UM AND I ANTICIPATED
THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE
ANSWER, BUT I APPRECIATE THE
RESPONSE TO IT. I YOU KNOW, WITH
WITH RESPECT AND DESPERATE
DEFERENCE TO THE PRO TEM, SHE
FEELS VERY STRONGLY AND
PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I
FEEL VERY STRONGLY AND
PASSIONATELY FROM THE OPPOSITE
VIEWPOINT, SO I WILL SHARE WITH
YOU MY THOUGHTS AND I WAS
LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS MADE.
AND, UM THE SUGGESTION THAT
THERE IS FEAR AND DREAD ACROSS
CALIFORNIA, AND I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD SAY
THAT BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANY FEAR
AND DREAD ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FOR WOMEN, IT'S
BECAUSE PERHAPS PEOPLE IN THIS
LEGISLATURE HAVE WHIPPED THEM UP
INTO A FRENZY OF FEAR, BECAUSE
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I
CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE IS ABORTION
GOING TO BE IN PERIL IN
CALIFORNIA, NO MATTER WHAT THE
SUPREME COURT DECIDES, AND OH,
BY THE WAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE SUPREME COURT
DECISION DOESN'T BAN ABORTION
THAT GOT PUSHED BACK ON THE
STATES. I DON'T KNOW. UNDER WHAT
CIRCUMSTANCES ANYONE IN THIS
BODYWOULD THINK THAT THE VERY
NEXT DAY OR IN THE VERY NEAR
FUTURE, EVEN THAT CALIFORNIA
WOULD THEN SUDDENLY TURNED
COURSE AND CHANGE ITS POSITION
ON ACCESS TO ABORTION IN
CALIFORNIA. THAT'S JUST NOT
LIVING IN REALITY. I ALSO WILL
TELL YOU THAT I DON'T THINK IT
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE OR IS
NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE TO
COMPARE. ACCESS TO ABORTION.
WITH UM LIES HAVE BEEN PASSED
RELATING TO VIEWING PORNOGRAPHIC
MATERIAL. THAT'S JUST ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT AND AS A WOMAN WHO HAS
GIVEN BIRTH TO FIVE CHILDREN, I
JUST FIND IT INSULTING THAN
ANYONE WOULD SUGGEST THAT
SOMEHOW THOSE TWO ARE IN THE
SAME CATEGORY AND I JUST TONIGHT
. IT'S NOT A PERSONAL, YOU KNOW.
ATTACK IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL
FEELINGS. IN ADDITION, I NOTICED
THAT, UM. WE HAD OUR GOVERNOR
WHO SAID, I THINK IT'S QUITE WAS
SOMETHING ABOUT NOT. WE'RE NOT
GOING TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES AS
A STATE AND YET. HE IS SITTING
ON THE SIDELINES. HIS BODY IS
SITTING ON THE SIDELINES WHEN IT
COMES TO OTHER ISSUES THAT
AFFECT NEARLY EVERYONE IN THIS
STATE LIKE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE
THAT'S ALMOST $7 A GALLON.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS
EVERYBODY BUT ON SOMETHING LIKE
THIS. HE DOESN'T WANT TO SIT ON
THE SIDELINES ON SOMETHING THAT
AFFECTS SO MANY CALIFORNIANS IN
BUSINESS IS NOT A PEEP. I JUST I
THINK THE PRIORITIES ARE A
LITTLE MISPLACED HERE. UM. I
GUESS I AM NOT GOING TO CHANGE
ANYBODY'S MINDS IN HERE. I
RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT I FELT THAT
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISSUE
SHOULD BE REPRESENTED. I WILL
LEAVE YOU WITH THE STATEMENT
FROM POPE PIUS. IF I MAY READ
THIS YOU MAY? YES. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. HE SAID. THOSE WHO HOLD
THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT SHOULD
NEVER FORGET THAT IT IS THE DUTY
OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY BY
APPROPRIATE LAWS AND SANCTIONS
TO DEFEND THE LIVES OF THE
INNOCENT. AND THERE'S ALL THE
MORE SO SINCE THOSE WHOSE LIVES
ARE ENDANGERED IN ASSAILED,
CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES. AMONG
WHOM WE MUST MENTION IN THE
FIRST PLACE OR INFANTS HIDDEN IN
THEIR MOTHER'S WOMB. AND IF THE
PUBLIC MAGISTRATES NOT ONLY DO
NOT DEFEND THEM, BUT BY THEIR
LAWS AND ORDINANCES BETRAY THEM
TO DEATH AT THE HANDS OF DOCTORS
OR OF OTHERS. LET THEM REMEMBER
THAT GOD IS THE JUDGE AND A
VENDOR AVENGER OF INNOCENT
BLOOD, WHICH CRIED FROM EARTH TO
HEAVEN. I RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED
NO VOTE. WASTING NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. AH,
SENATOR PEN. OH THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MADAM
PRESIDENT. SENATORS I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF CHN. AND AS A
PHYSICIAN. I KNOW WHEN MY
COLLEAGUES ALREADY SAID IT WILL
SAY IT AGAIN. ABORTION IS
HEALTHCARE. IF A WOMAN CHOOSES
NOT TO GET AN ABORTION, THEN
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET AN
ABORTION. THEY CHOOSE NOT TO
TAKE BIRTH CONTROL. THEY DO NOT
HAVE TO TAKE BIRTH CONTROL. IF
THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO THEY SHOULD
BE ABLE TO CHOOSE TO DO SO. AND
THIS IS A DECISION BETWEEN A
WOMAN AND THEIR DOCTOR WHEN IT
COMES TO IF IT'S A PROCEDURE
LIKE ABORTION. SO UM, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, THEY MAY HAVE
DIFFERENT OTHER BELIEFS. AND
IT'S UP TO THEM, WHICH BELIEVES
THEY WISH TO FOLLOW. WE SHOULD
NOT BE DOING IS IMPOSING THAT
THOSE BELIEFS ON OTHERS. AND SO,
CALIFORNIA STANDS FOR PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS. WE TALK ABOUT INNOCENT
LIVES. UM LET'S TALK ABOUT
WOMEN'S LIVES. THEY ARE GOING TO
BE IN DANGER, TOO. AND SO
CERTAINLY YES. HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. WE NEED TO SET THE
STANDARD THAT SAY THAT WE CARE
ABOUT PEOPLES LIVES. THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE WON THE LOWER MATERNAL
MORTALITY RATES. AND THE LOWER
MORTALITY RATES COMPARED TO SOME
OTHER STATES. THAT'S WHAT WE
SHOULD BE STANDING FOR. THIS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS A
DECLARATION. THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS
AND HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO STAND FOR THE
RIGHTS. OF WOMEN, BUT ACTUALLY
OF EVERYONE IN CALIFORNIA
AGAINST THE TIDE. SO AGAIN, I
URGE AND I VOTE ON THIS ACE CHN.
THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SAYING
NONE. ADAM PRO TEM, YOU MAY
CONCLUDE. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK
YOU, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. I
ACTUALLY DO RESPECT THE RIGHTS
AND OPINIONS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL
IN THIS ROOM TO DO WHAT THEY
FEEL THEY NEED TO DO. I DO. I
HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES. I
HAVE WORKED IN A CLINIC THAT
PROVIDED A FULL RANGE FULL
RANGE. WHETHER IT WAS
CONTRACEPTION. WHETHER IT WAS
ABORTION, WHETHER IT WAS ACCESS
TO INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTION
OPTIONS. WHETHER IT WAS TO GET
THE RIGHT TYPE OF HEALTH CARE
FOR PRENATAL CARE. AND, UM. CARE
TO DELIVER A HEALTHY BABY.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN ENGAGED
IN. THAT'S WHAT I CARE ABOUT. I
CARE ABOUT INDIVIDUALS HAVING
THE RIGHT TO MAKE THOSE
DECISIONS. HOWEVER DIFFICULT
THEY ARE. WE CAN'T STAND IN
SOMEONE'S SHOES. AND NO. THEIR
LIVES AND THEIR STORIES AND WHAT
THEY'RE UP AGAINST. AND I'M NOT
GOING TO PICK ONE STORY HERE OR
ONE STORY THERE AND SAY. YOU
KNOW, THIS IS WHY A WOMAN SHOULD
HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE OR AN
INDIVIDUAL SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT
TO CHOOSE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND
THEIR THEIR STRUCTURE, WHETHER
THAT BE THEIR THEIR CHURCH, BUT
DEFINITELY WITH THEIR DOCTOR,
THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. THEY
SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE
DECISIONS. I HAVE YET TO BE WITH
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DID NOT
STRUGGLE WITH THIS DECISION.
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME WAS
WHATEVER THEY ULTIMATELY
DECIDED. GENERATIONS OF
INDIVIDUALS HAVE GROWN UP
THINKING THEY HAVE THIS RIGHT
AND THEY HAVE HAD THIS RIGHT TO
PRIVACY, WHICH WAS DEFINED AS
THE ABILITY TO SELECT OR CHOOSE
TO HAVE AN ABORTION. OR NOT.
SADLY. IF THIS RULING COMES TO
FRUITION, AS WE THINK IT WILL
THE LEAKED OPINION FROM THE U. S
SUPREME COURT THE NEXT DAY.
ROUGHLY MORE THAN HALF OF THE
STATES WHERE INDIVIDUALS LIVE
ARE GOING TO WAKE UP WITHOUT
THAT, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO
WAKE UP WITHOUT THE OPTION TO
MAKE THAT CHOICE. AND I CARE
ABOUT THAT. CALIFORNIA COULD
FIND ITSELF VERY WELL IN THAT
POSITION TO I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
EXPLICITLY. THAT THE RIGHT TO
CHOOSE AN ABORTION AND TO HAVE
ACCESS TO CALM CONTRACEPTION OR
NOT. IS EXPLICITLY EXPLICITLY
THERE. WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE
RIGHT TO PRIVACY THAT INCLUDED
THAT EVEN BEFORE ROE VERSUS WADE
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I
THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. I THINK
IT'S NECESSARY. IT'S REAL. JUST
ASK THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
THOSE WOMEN ARE GOING TO WAKE UP
THE DAY AFTER THAT SUPREME COURT
DECISION AND FIND OUT THEY DON'T
HAVE THAT RIGHT. IN FACT, MANY
ALREADY DON'T BECAUSE THE STATES
THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED THOSE
LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS THOSE
CLINICS ARE CLOSING. THOSE
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE NOT
ABLE TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE TO
THEIR PATIENTS TO THEIR CLIENTS.
RESPECTFULLY WE DO NOT WANT THAT
TO HAPPEN IN CALIFORNIA. AND YES
, I KNOW THAT WOMEN ARE ALREADY
COMING HERE TO GET SERVICES.
THEY WERE BEFORE IN STATES.
WHERE THERE WERE MORE
RESTRICTIVE LAWS. THAT WOMAN I
TALKED ABOUT THAT LOST HER 17
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THEY LIVED IN
INDIANA. LIVED IN INDIANA. SO
THIS IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS BASIC
HEALTHCARE. LET'S MAKE SURE
CALIFORNIANS CONTINUE TO HAVE
THIS RIGHT REGARDLESS. OF THE
COURTS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM
WHATEVER POSITION WE COME OR ARE
, LET'S MAKE SURE THESE RIGHTS
ARE ENSHRINED IN OUR
CONSTITUTION. LET'S LET THE
VOTERS REAFFIRM. THAT THEY
BELIEVE IN THIS RIGHT? I ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE. MADAM SECRETARY,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN AYE,
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS I FAITH NÓ
BECKER. I PORTEOUS. BRADFORD. I
CABRERA LIKE ORTEZ. I DOLLY. NÓ
DODD. AYE, DURAZO. AYE, EGGMAN.
AYE, GLASER. AYE. GONZALES. I
GROW NÓ HERTZBERG. I WEAR, SO I
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. NÓ
KAMLAGER. I GLARED. AYE, FLAVOR.
I LIMÓN MCGUIRE MELINDA'S. NO
MEN. AYE, NEWMAN. AYE, NIELSEN.
NO SHOW A BUG. NO PAN. AYE,
PORTANTINO. I ROCK. AYE, RUBIO.
AYE, SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I
HAMBURG. AYE, WIECKOWSKI.
WIENER. AYE, WILK. PLEASE CALL
THE ABSOLUTE MEMBERS.
ARCHULETTA. GORGEOUS. WIECKOWSKI
WE WILK. I WAS 29 NO. SEVEN. THE
MEASURE PASSES. MEMBERS ARE
GOING TO MOVE ON. THAT CONCLUDES
OUR THIRD SENATE THIRD READING.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING. ITEMS 75
SENATOR EDMUND IS READY. PLEASE
READ. ASSEMBLY BILL 17 41 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW AND ACT
RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. SENATOR
EDMUND BEFORE IS YOURS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS AS WE CELEBRATE PRIDE
MONTH TODAY, I'M PROUD TO
PRESENT A B 17 41, WHICH WOULD
REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR TO END
EARLY PROCLAIMED NOVEMBER 20TH.
AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE. KEN SURRENDER DAY
OF REMEMBRANCE WAS STARTED IN
1999 BY TRANSGENDER ADVOCATE
GWENDOLYN AND SMITH AS AN HONOR
AS A VIGIL TO HONOR THE MEMORY
OF RITA HESTER, A TRANSGENDER
WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN 1998.
THE VIGIL CÂM COMMEMORATED ALL
THE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE LOST TO
VIOLENCE SINCE RITA HESTER'S
DEATH AND BEGAN AN IMPORTANT
TRADITION THAT HAS BECOME THE
ANNUAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE. WE KNOW TRANSPHOBIA
HAS CONTINUED TO GROW
TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS HAS
INCREASED BY VIOLENCE BY 81% WE
KNOW MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO PASS RIGHTS
RESTRICTING PEOPLE. AND WE KNOW
THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THESE
LAWS TARGET TRANSGENDER YOUTH,
IN PARTICULAR ALMOST 61% WHO ARE
ALREADY REPORTED TO STRUGGLE
WITH DEPRESSION. IN ADDITION TO
VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH
CONCERNS, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN FOUND EXPERIENCE
PREJUDICE AND HOUSING, WORKPLACE
AND HEALTHCARE. AS WE CONTINUE
ALWAYS IN CALIFORNIA TO SET THE
BEACON FOR THE REST OF THE
NATION. LET US START WITH THIS
ONE MORE STEP IN PROCLAIMING
NOVEMBER 20TH AS A TRANSGENDER
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. I ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE ON A B 17 41. ATTORNEY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. SEEING
NONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS I FAITH AYE,
BECKER. AYE FORGES. BRAD
BRADFORD. I CABRERA ORTEZ. I
DOLLY. DODD. DURAZO. AYE,
EGGMAN. GLASER. AYE GONZALES. I
GROW HERTZBERG. I GUESS SO.
HURTADO. AYE, JONES. KAMLAGER I
LAYERED I LABOR. AYE, FLEMMEN.
MCGUIRE AYE. MELINDA'S MEN. I
NEWMAN AYE, NIELSEN. SHOW A
VOGUE PAN. AYE, PORTANTINO. I
BROUGHT AYE, RUBIO. AYE,
SKINNER. AYE, STERN. I AM BERG.
AYE, WIECKOWSKI. WIENER. AYE,
WILK. PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ALAN, I ARCHULETTA.
GORGEOUS. SALLY. GROWTH. HUESO.
AYE. JONES. MELINDA'S. NIELSEN.
WIECKOWSKI WILK. I 31 NO. ZERO
THE MEASURE PASSES. MEMBERS WERE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. IS THERE ANY MEMBER
THAT WOULD LIKE AN ITEM PULLED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY,
PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY OF ALL. 17
30 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 17.
POLICE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN
ARCHULETTA. ATKINS. I FAITH.
AYE, BECKER. AYE, PORTEOUS. AYE,
BRADFORD. I CABRERA CORTESI,
DOLLY! AYE, DODD. AYE, DURAZO.
AYE, EGGMAN. AYE, GLASER. AYE.
GONZALES. I GROWTH AYE,
HERTZBERG. I GUESS SO. I
HURTADO. AYE JONES, KAMLAGER. I
FLARED. AYE, LEYVA. AYE, LIMÓN.
MCGUIRE. MELINDA'S I MEN. AYE,
NEWMAN. NIELSEN. I WILL SHOW A
BOGEY. I PAN. AYE, PORTANTINO. I
BROUGHT RUBIO. AYE, SKINNER. ICE
TURN. I AM BERG. WIECKOWSKI
WIENER. AYE, WILK. PLEASE CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS. ALAN, I
ARCHULETTA. WIECKOWSKI WILK. I
37 NO. ZERO MEASURE PASSES. OR
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
MEMBERS WERE GOING TO HAVE ONE
FILE ON CALL. FILE ITEM NUMBER
34. WHICH IS SC SC, OUR NUMBER
1113 BY SENATOR OKOCHA BUG
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
ALAN AYE. ARCHULETTA ATKINS?
AYE. GORGEOUS. AYE. EGGMAN. AYE.
GROWTH. AYE. WIECKOWSKI WILK. I
37 SENATOR WIENER FOR WHAT
PURPOSE IS 37 NO. ZERO THE. THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MEMBERS
WERE MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, SENATOR WIENER.
PRIVILEGES OF FOUR UNDER
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR SO
COLLEAGUES TO TODAY EARLIER WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A BIG
CELEBRATION IS HAPPENING IN SAN
FRANCISCO ON SUNDAY PRIDE, BUT
THIS IS A WEEK OF CELEBRATIONS.
IN THE CITY OF SAINT FRANCIS,
BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER
CELEBRATION TODAY WE WERE HERE
DOING THE PEOPLE'S WORK. SORBET
AREA DELEGATION COULD NOT BE ON
MARKET STREET TO CELEBRATE THE
WARRIORS CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE YOU
GO. THAT WOULD BE FOUR
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EIGHT YEARS,
WHICH I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE
LEGAL DEFINITION OF A DYNASTY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
WARRIORS THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
OAKLAND ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY I DON'T BE
TOO PARTISAN. SO I'M GOING TO BE
KUMBAYA. THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD
YEAR FOR CALIFORNIA SPORTS. THE
RAMS, OF COURSE, THE RAMS IN THE
40 NINERS. AND THEN, OF COURSE,
THE DODGERS AND THE GIANTS,
ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO
WELL IN THE END FOR THE FOR THE
DODGERS, AND IT'S BEEN A
FANTASTIC YEAR FOR FOUR. IT'S
THE FANS THAT WERE GETTING A
LITTLE LITTLE FEEDBACK. HERE.
BENEFIT TASTIC YEAR FOR
CALIFORNIA SPORTS BUT GO
WARRIORS. THANK YOU, SENATOR.
WIENER SENATOR BRADFORD. FOR
WHAT PURPOSE? DO YOU RISE?
PURPOSE OF ANNOUNCED PRIVILEGE
TO THE FLOOR. PLEASE PROCEED FOR
THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET THEIR FIELD
OF RED VELVET CAKE OVER THE
WEEKEND FOR JUNE TEAM
CELEBRATION AND COMBINATION OF
JUNETEENTH. THERE'S A CAKE IN
THE MEMBER'S LOUNGE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. SENATOR BRADFORD.
SENATOR SKINNER. FOR WHAT
PURPOSE? DO YOU RISE?
PRIVILEGES? THE FOUR PLEASE
PROCEED. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT AS QUICKLY WAS
APPROPRIATE TO DEFER TO MY
COLLEAGUE OR OUR COLLEAGUES FROM
SF TO INITIATE THIS RECOGNITION.
OF THE WARRIORS, SECURING THE 21
22 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. BECAUSE
THEY DID MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
HOWEVER I STILL THINK OF THE
WARRIORS AS THE TOWN MEANING
OAKLAND, FOR WHICH THEY WON
THREE OF THEIR PREVIOUS
CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE FOR IN THE
LAST EIGHT YEARS. BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THE TEAM'S PROPER
NAME IS THE GOLDEN STATE
WARRIORS. SO ALL CALIFORNIANS
SHOULD BE PROUD. OF THIS
INCREDIBLE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND
CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT STEPH
CURRY, KLAY THOMPSON DRAYMOND
GREEN ALL STARTED THEIR N B. A
UH, HISTORY, THEIR NBA A PLAYING
WITH THE WARRIORS AND HAVE BEEN
WITH THEM IN EVERY SEASON. FOR
CURRY. IT'S BEEN 13 SEASONS FOR
GREEN AND THOMPSON 10, BUT
ANYWAY, SO GLAD THEY WON THE
WARRIORS. THANK YOU, SENATOR
SKINNER MEMBERS. WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE TO COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS,
SENATOR ROTH. STATEMENT OF
PRESIDENT. SENATE BUSINESS
PROFESSIONS IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT WILL RECONVENE 20
MINUTES AFTER ADJOURNMENT IN
ROOM 1200 OVERSTREET BUILDING.
THANK YOU, SENATOR ROCK SENATOR
HARTARTO. THE SENATE HUMAN
SOURCES COMMITTEE WILL CONVENE
IN ROOM 2200 UPON ADJOURNMENT
POSITION, 20 MINUTES THEREAFTER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBERS
WERE NOW RETURNING TO MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE AN
ADJOURNMENT MEMORY, SENATOR
EDMUND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS. I RISE
TODAY, UH, ON A PERSONAL
ADJOURNMENT, MEMORY I LOST LAST
WEEK. ONE OF MY COUSINS. UH,
TERRY? UH, WHITTINGHAM. MY
COUSIN TERRY WAS BORN NOVEMBER
26TH 1944 IN VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA
TO SANTIAGO AND ROSE AZEVEDO. UM. MY COUSIN TERRY. WHILE WE ARE
GRANDMOTHERS IMMIGRATED FROM
MEXICO TOGETHER, SO OUR MOTHERS
WERE FIRST COUSINS. I GREW UP IN
A LARGE EXTENDED MEXICAN
AMERICAN FAMILY. AND MY COUSIN
TERRY, WHILE WE'RE OF THE SAME
GENERATION WAS, UH HER KIDS WERE
MY LITTLE SISTER'S AGE, SO SHE
WAS A GROWN UP WHEN I WAS
GROWING UP. SHE IS THE FIRST ONE
IN MY MEMORY AND MY LITTLE
CHILD'S MIND, UM, TO HAVE A
WOMAN FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAD A
PROFESSIONAL JOB AND DIDN'T WEAR
AN APRON TO WORK. YOU GOT A JOB
WITH THE D M V. WE ARE. WE
THOUGHT SHE RAN THE WHOLE STATE
DEPARTMENT. WE'RE SO PROUD AND
SO PROUD THAT HER SPANISH WAS AN
ASSET. IN THAT MADE A LASTING
IMPRESSION ON ME. UM I DON'T
TALK ABOUT THIS OFTEN, BUT MY
DAD WAS NOT A LITERATE MAN. HE
COULDN'T REALLY READ AND WRITE.
AND HE YOU KNOW, HE WAS. HE DID
FRUIT AND BEES AND EVERYTHING,
AND HE HAD TO GET A SPECIAL
LICENSE FOR A TRUCK. AND IT
WOULD TERRIFY HIM EVERY YEAR
WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TEST,
SO WHEREVER TERRY WAS THAT WAS
THE DMV. WE WOULD GO TO
SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON TO LARRY
WHEREVER SHE WAS. THAT'S WHERE
WE WOULD GO AND MY DAD COULD
TAKE HIS TEST WITHOUT FEELING
ASHAMED WITHOUT FEELING
EMBARRASSED AND TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY. I SAW
HER USE HER POWER FOR GOOD, AND
THAT ALSO REALLY, REALLY LEFT AN
IMPRESSION ON ME. SHE DIED THIS
LAST WEEK. AS I SAID, VERY RAPID
. UM UH, ILLNESS, SHE LEAVES A
MASSIVE HOLE IN OUR HEART. SHE
WAS MARRIED TO HER HUSBAND, KEN
FOR 57 YEARS. SHE HAS TWO
CHILDREN, VERONICA AND GREG
GRANDCHILDREN. GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS THE KIND
OF MATRIARCH OF MY THIS
GENERATION OF US, UH, WE WILL
MISS HER GREATLY AFTER SHE
RETIRED AFTER TWO DECADES OF
SERVICE WITH THE DMV, SHE WENT
BACK AND WORKED AS A RETIRED AND
NEW IN IT. AND THEN IN 2000 AND
EIGHT SHE BECAME A MIC LADY FOR
THE STOCKTON CIVIC THEATER. AND
FOR ALL THAT TIME AGAIN,
SUPPORTING OTHERS HOLDING UP
OTHERS, LIKE SE DID EVERY YEAR
FOR OUR WE HAD FAMILY REUNIONS
WHERE PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM ALL
OVER MEXICO, ARIZONA, NEVADA. WE
PLAY VOLLEYBALL AND SOFTBALL,
AND SHE BROUGHT THAT SAME LOVE
TO THE START AND CIVIC THEATER
AND DID THAT FOR ALL OF THOSE
YEARS, PEOPLE LOVED HER AND
THERE THEY CALLED HER TREE. WE
CALLED HER TESTY OR TERRY, OR
THEY CALLED HER A TREE. AND I
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT LATER ABOUT
HOW APPROPRIATE THAT WAS BECAUSE
SHE WAS SO DEEPLY ROOTED. SO
DEEPLY ROOTED IN FAMILY AND LOVE
AND COMMUNITY. I REMEMBER WHEN
THE LAST TIME I SAW HER THAT SHE
HAD A GATHERING AT HER HOUSE
WITH MY COUSINS WHO WERE
TRAVELING AND WE ALL GOT
TOGETHER. AND DURING THIS THIS
THIS WHOLE LAST POLITICAL, RIGHT
? I DON'T KNOW. FIVE YEARS. UH
THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, DIVISION
IN MY FAMILY, TOO, AND SO
THERE'S A LOT OF MY FAMILY
MEMBERS. I JUST DON'T FOLLOW. I
DON'T I DON'T LOOK AT THEIR
SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT AND SHE
DOES. SHE STAYS CONNECTED, AND
I'M LIKE, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?
AND SHE SAYS, BECAUSE THEY'RE MY
FAMILY, AND I LOVE THEM. AND I
SAID, WELL, THEY'RE MY FAMILY
AND I LOVE HIM AND I WANT TO BE
ABLE TO TALK TO THEM. SO I
DON'T. UM, BUT I JUST THINK WE
SHOULD ALL BE MORE LIKE TREE
RIGHT THAT DEEPLY ROOTED,
PROVIDING NURTURING AND SHADE TO
OTHERS. UM THE MADE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE SCT STOCKING
COMMUNITY THEATER ABOUT HER
PASSING, AND A LOT OF THERE WAS
JUST OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT ABOUT
HOW PEOPLE WILL MISS HER AND ONE
OF THE STATED THEY'RE NEVER MORE
GRACIOUS OR CARING PERSON WHO
EXISTED ALWAYS THERE SUPPORTING
OTHERS. AND THEY SAID THE
BACKSTAGE OF THE COMMUNITY
THEATER WOULD BE A LITTLE DARKER
WITHOUT TREES. THERE I ASK FOR
THE ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY OF MY
COUSIN TO RESET MARCIA'S WEDDING
HIM. SPEAKER, SENATOR EGGMAN
PLEASE BRING HER NAME FORWARD SO
SHE MAY BE PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED
BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
MEMBERS IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, SENATOR ATKINS THE
DISK IS CLEAR. MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT
FLOOR SESSION WILL BE SCHEDULED
FOR THIS THURSDAY. JUNE 23RD
2022 AT NINE A.M. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRO TIM MEMBERS. THE
SENATE IS ADJOURNED. WE WILL
RECONVENE THURSDAY AT NINE. A.M.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE DAY.