THERE EGGMAN LASER GONZALEZ
GROVE ARE TYRONE JONES LAYERED
MON MCGUIRE MENJIVAR MEN NEWMAN
WHEN MELLOW HOTEL ABOVE BUT THE
PORTANTINO RAW RUBIO SEYARTO
SKINNER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN-
NUMBER ONE HUB WIENER WILK.
CORMS PRESENT WITH THE MEMBERS
AND OUR GUESTS BEYOND THE REAL
PLEASE RISE WILL BE LED IN
PRAYER TODAY BY CENTER SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS IN AFTER WHICH PLEASE
REMAIN ST YOU'LL BE LEGIT LED IN
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY
SENATOR MEN. WE ARE TIED
TOGETHER IN THE SINGLE GARMENT
OF DESTINY HI IN AN INESCAPABLE
NETWORK OF MUTUALITY AND
WHATEVER AFFECTS ONE DIRECTLY
AFFECTS ALL INDIRECTLY. DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR LETTER
FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL APRIL
SIXTEENTH. NINETEEN SIXTY THREE.
MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE GOD.
THESE WORDS OF THE REVEREND DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
RESONATE WITH US AS WE REMEMBER
AND CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND
LEGACY. BE WITH US THIS YEAR AS
WE WORK IN SOLIDARITY WITH EACH
OTHER. ADDING OUR VOICES TO THE
VOICES OF THOSE WHO STRUGGLE
DAILY FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY. WE
MUST RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO
THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW. AND
CONTEST THE RESISTANCE TO OUR
COLLECTIVE WORK OF ANTI RACISM
AND NONVIOLENCE. HELP US
UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS TIME WE
IN THIS CHAMBER. ARE IN TRICKLED
TO THE BIRTHING OF THE FUTURE
FROM THE CRUCIBLE OF THE PRESENT
. AND THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.
GRACIOUS GOD AS WE INTENSIFY OUR
DESIRE TO LIVE WITH INTEGRITY OF
THE WORD INDEED HELP US CONTINUE
TO GROW. INTO THE NETWORK OF
MUTUALITY THAT FORGES OUR UNITY
AND BRINGS HONOR TO THE LIFE OF
OUR BELOVED DR KING. AMEN.
MEMBERS GUESTS ON THE RAIL
PLEASE JOIN ME IN OUR COUNTRY'S
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG YOU KNOW
. YOU SEE. SAN. THANK YOU
SPEAKING OF CELEBRATING WE'VE
BEEN CELEBRATING TWO BIRTHDAYS
THIS WEEK AND ARE SENATE FAMILY
PLEASE. THREE BIRTHDAYS. OKAY
BUT CENTER WILL HOBBY CENTER
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS AND LAST NIGHT
CENTER BRADFORD PLEASE GIVE THEM
ALL A WARM GRADUATION CURRENT.
THE NEXT PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
THERE ARE NONE MESSAGES IN THE
GOVERNOR WILL BE DEEMED READ
MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL
BE DEEMED READ REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
NOW IS THE TIME FOR MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. THE C.
NINE. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST
READING OF BILLS WILL BE DEEMED
READ. BUT CENTERS WILL NOW MOVE
TO CONSIDERATIONS OF THE DAILY
FILE WE'RE GONNA START WITH A
FILE ITEM SIX A SENATOR GROWTH.
CENTER GROVE ARE YOU PREPARED
ABSOLUTELY SIR MADAM SECRETARY
PLEASE READ. SENATE RESOLUTION.
SIX BY SENATOR GROW RELATIVE TO
NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AWARENESS MONTH. GO AHEAD SIR
GROWTH THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT-
TODAY I RISE TO PRESENT S. R. S.
R. SIX WHICH COMMEMORATES
JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY THREE AS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS
MONTH. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE
HORRENDOUS ACT OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND THE EFFECT IT
HAS ON ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
JUST THIS PAST WEDNESDAY JANUARY
ELEVENTH PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WERE BLUE IN HONOR OF
NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AWARENESS DAY. COLLEAGUES THE
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
ESTIMATES- IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE
THAT THERE WERE OVER FORTY NINE
MILLION VICTIMS OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS FIGURE INCLUDES BOTH SEX
TRAFFICKING COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION AND FORCED LABOR
EXPLOITATION. LET THAT SINK SINK
IN FOR JUST A MINUTE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
INCLUDING LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS
THAT ARE A VICTIM OF THIS
HORRENDOUS CRIME. IN MY DISTRICT
ALONE TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE AUDIT OPERATION BABY FACE
WHERE THEY RECKON THEY RESCUED
TWENTY NINE ADULTS TWENTY THREE
CHILDREN THE YOUNGEST WAS JUST
ELEVEN. MY DISTRICT IS NO
DIFFERENT THAN YOURS HERE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEN IT
COMES TO THIS HORRIFIC CRIME. DO
YOU CALIFORNIA'S EXTENSIVE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER IT'S
SIGNIFICANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION
MAJOR AIRPORTS AND HARBORS THE
STATE'S A HOTBED FOR HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. BECAUSE OF THIS OUR
LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CONTINUE TO
WORK TIRELESSLY. TO END HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND PROTECT THE MOST
VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR
SOCIETY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING US R. SIX GIVE A
VOICE TO THE MILLIONS OF VICTIMS
OUT THERE THAT ARE SO THAT
SUFFER FROM THE SERAPHIC ABUSE.
WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO PROTECT
VICTIMS STRENGTHEN PREVENTION AN
INCREASE PROSECUTION FOR THOSE
WHO SELL HUMAN BEANS I ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION
DEBATE CENTER RUBIO. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE TODAY I RISE AS A
VICTIM'S ADVOCATE IT IS MY HONOR
TO BE HERE TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY AND BRING AWARENESS
TO THIS. VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IS
ALREADY MENTIONED THE
INTERNATIONAL LABOR
ORGANIZATION. ESTIMATES THAT
THERE'S FIFTY MILLION VICTIMS
THAT WERE HUMAN TRAFFIC IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. AND THAT'S
CHILDREN. MEN WOMEN THERE IS. NO
DISCRIMINATION WHEN IT COMES TO
THAT ISSUE. AND THAT IS JUST
SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE FIFTY
MILLION MODERN DAY SLAVES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. WE HAVE A
DUTY TO PROTECT VICTIMS AND THAT
IS WHY I'VE BEEN A STRONG
ADVOCATE FOR BRINGING RESOURCES
PASSING LAWS TO PROTECT OUR
VICTIMS. THIS ISSUE IS TOO
IMPORTANT NATIONAL A CROSSES
ETHNIC POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS
BARRIERS SO ALL OF US HERE MUST
STAND TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING
VICTIMS THANK YOU AND URGE AN
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU ANY OTHER
DISCUSSION DEBATE. SERVER WOULD
LIKE TO CLOSE. JUST TO THINK MY
COLLEAGUE FOR HER RESPONSE ON
THIS AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE
YOUR ADVOCACY IN HELPING ME WITH
THIS ISSUE YOU'RE AN INCREDIBLE-
PERSON TO WORK WITH. MAN CITY
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UMBERG. THIRTY SIX ARE. UNDER
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MEASURE PASSES AND NOW MOVES ON
TO FILE ITEM FOR CENTER MAN HE'S
REPAIRMAN SECRETARY PLEASE READ. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TEN BY SENATOR MAN RELATIVE TO
KOREAN AMERICAN DAY GO AHEAD
CENTERMAN THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
I'M HONORED TO PRESENT S. C. R.
TEN PROCLAIMING JANUARY
THIRTEENTH TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
THREE AS GREEN AMERICAN DAY.
THIS DAY MARKS THE HUNDRED
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FIRST KNOWN GREEN IMMIGRANTS- TO
REACH THE UNITED STATES SHORES
ARE THOSE IN SEARCH OF A BETTER
LIFE FOR THEMSELVES THEIR
FAMILIES AND GENERATIONS TO
COME. I'M MY OWN FAMILY STORY IS
ONE OF GREEN IMMIGRATION AS WELL
MY PARENTS CAME OVER TO THIS
COUNTRY IN NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE
IN THE AFTERMATH- OF THE KOREAN
WAR THEY THEY GREW UP IN A TIME
OF POVERTY- THEY CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY FOR THE SAME REASON
COUNTLESS PEOPLE COME THIS
COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE PROMISE
THAT OUR COUNTRY'S OFFERED. I
AND I KNOW WE ALL CARE DEEPLY IN
THIS ROOM ABOUT PRESERVING THAT
AMERICAN DREAM THAT CALIFORNIA
DREAM I'D SAY IT'S BEEN
REMARKABLE AS A GREEN AMERICAN
TO SEE OUR KOREAN CULTURE BECOME
SO POPULAR AND WIDESPREAD
BECAUSE WHEN I GREW UP IN
CALIFORNIA. I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT CARILLO WAS- I WAS TYPICAL
CHINESE OR JAPANESE- OUR FOOD
OUR CULTURE WAS KIND OF. UNKNOWN
TO MOST PEOPLE I SAW HIM FOR MY
KIDS TODAY TO SEE JIM BOB K.
POP- YOU KNOW SQUARE GAMES. ALL
THESE AMAZING THINGS. THE COOL
PENCILS THE KIDS HAVE- IT GREEN
CULTURE SEEING BEING SO
CELEBRATED HERE IS REALLY ID
SOMETHING COOL AND SOMETHING
THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF SO- TODAY
LET US RECOGNIZE CALIFORNIA'S
RICH CULTURAL HISTORY. AND HONOR
THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
CRANE AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO THE
STATE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
AYE VOTE. SENATE DROSERA. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT- AND ALSO RISE
TO THANK SENATOR MAN FOR
RECOGNIZING CORNEA KOREAN
AMERICAN DAY. I AM VERY PROUD TO
REPRESENT KOREATOWN IN LOS
ANGELES A SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL
AND CULTURAL SITES HOME TO FEND
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KOREAN
AMERICANS. I FEEL A CONNECTION
TO THE FIRST KOREANS WHO CAME TO
LOS ANGELES AS LABOUR'S FARMERS
AND DOMESTIC WORKERS. THESE
FAMILIES WORKED IN DIFFICULT
CONDITIONS AND STRUGGLE TO EVEN
FEED THEIR FAMILIES THEY BUILD
BUSINESSES AND A THRIVING
COMMUNITY. LAST YEAR I RECOGNIZE
THE KOREAN AMERICAN FEDERATION
OF LOS ANGELES AS MY DISTRICTS
NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR. FOR THEIR
WORK ON THE CONCERNS- OF THEIR
COMMUNITY OF RAISING LANGUAGE.
ISSUES THEY HAVE FILLED A MAJOR
GAP IN TRANSLATION SERVICES OF
FOR PEOPLE OF KOREAN AMERICAN
DESCENT. BUT MOST IMPORTANT THEY
ARE MODEL OF SERVICES TO ALL
PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING THE
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THANK
YOU CENTER MEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE I FORGOT TRÊN BARBECUE IN
A NUMBER OF A TV SHOWS AND
MOVIES THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION SO. I APOLOGIZE FOR
THAT BUT I RESPECTFULLY ASK HER
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU THIS MEASURE
IS ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL
CALL ANY OBJECTION TO USING
UNITS ROLL CALL. C. NONE THE
EYES ARE THIRTY SIX THE NOSE OR
ZERO THE MEASURE PASSES. AND NOW
WE MOVE ON TO FILE ITEM FIVE
CENTER BRADFORD MADAM SECRETARY
PLEASE READ. SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION TWELVE BY CENTER
BRADFORD RELATIVE TO REVEREND
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR. GO AHEAD SIR BRADFORD
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I STAND
HERE AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS AND I'M
HONORED TO PRESENT. S. C. R.
TWELVE WHICH RECOGNIZES MONDAY
JANUARY SIXTEENTH AT DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY IN THIS
NATION. DR KING WAS A BAPTIST
MINISTER. ACTIVIST THE PRESIDENT
OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE RECIPIENT
OF A NOT A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. IN
THE FOREMOST LEADER OF CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THIS NATION
AND PROBABLY THE WORLD. STARLESS
ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP HELPED
ACHIEVE MONUMENTAL GAINS IN
VOTING RIGHTS DESEGREGATION OF
HOUSING. AND RESTAURANTS LABOR
RIGHTS AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS
NOT JUST FOR BLACK AMERICANS BUT
FOR ALL AMERICANS. THIS SUNDAY
MARCH WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS
NINETY FOURTH BIRTHDAY. IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY EIGHT
CALIFORNIA BECAME THE FIRST
STATE TO PASS LEGISLATION MAKING
DR KING'S BIRTHDAY A SCHOOL
HOLIDAY AND LATER A STATEWIDE
HOLIDAY. N. HE IS ONE OF ONLY
FOUR AMERICANS. HE'S ONLY ONE OF
FOUR AMERICAN TO HAVE A NATIONAL
HOLIDAY IN THEIR HONOR. SINCE
THEN DR MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR DAY HAS BECOME KNOWN NOT
AS A DAY OFF BUT A DAY ON A DAY
OF SERVICE A DAY OF CELEBRATION
AND REMEMBERING THE LEGACY OF
THIS REMARKABLE AND SELFLESS
AMERICAN. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS
THE CITY SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS
AND FREEDOM. IT WAS DURING THIS
MARCH THAT DR KING DELIVERED HIS
ICONIC I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.
WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY
SCHOLARS AS THE GREATEST
AMERICAN SPEECH AND THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY. BUT MANY ARE
UNAWARE THAT THAT SPEECH WAS NOT
ABOUT A DREAM. WAS ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND LACK OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS IT WAS ONLY DUE TO THE
BEHEST OF GOSPEL GREAT. MAHALIA
JACKSON WHOSE YELLED FROM THE
PITA STATES TELL ME ABOUT THE G.
DREAM MARKED AND TELL THEM ABOUT
THE DREAM. THE SPEECH. AGAIN WAS
ABOUT A DEBT THAT WAS OWED TO
THE NEGRO. DR KING GAVE THIS THE
SPEECH A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
IN THE SPEECH DR KING CALLED FOR
CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND
THE END OF RACISM IN AMERICA. DR
KING SAID IN A SENSE WE COME TO
THE NATION'S CAPITAL THE CASHIER
CHECK. WHEN THE ARCHITECTS OF
OUR REPORT PUBLIC WROTE THE
MAGNUS MAGNIFICENT WORDS OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE. THEY WERE SIGNING
A PROMISSORY NOTE. TO WHICH
EVERY AMERICAN BEL AIR. IT IS
OBVIOUS TODAY THAT AMERICA HAS
DEFAULTED ON THIS PROMISSORY
NOTE INSOFAR AS THE CITIZENS OF
COLOR ARE CONCERNED. INSTEAD OF
HONORING THIS SACRED OBLIGATION
AMERICA HAS GIVEN THE NEGRO
PEOPLE A BAD CHECK WHICH HAS
COME BACK MARKED INSUFFICIENT
FUNDS. THESE WORDS STILL RING
TRUE TODAY. THIS JULY CALIFORNIA
REPARATIONS TASK FORCE RELEASED
ITS FINAL REPORT ALONG WITH
FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE
FORMS A REPARATIONS FOR BLACK
AMERICANS WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY
TO SHOW THE REST OF THE NATION
THE JUSTICES NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT
PRACTICAL THAT DR KING'S DREAM
FOR AMERICA CAN BE A REALITY. AS
A MEMBER OF THE STAUSS FORCE. HI
I LOOK TO DR KING'S EXAMPLE HIS
WORDS AND HIS ACTIONS FOR HOW
THE STATE CAN BE A LEADER IN
REPARATIONS CIVIL RIGHTS AND
JUSTICE. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE
BANK OF JUSTICE IS BANKRUPT I
REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THIS GREAT
BALL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS
STATE AND THIS NATION. THIS
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY I CALL ON
ALL MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES IN
CALIFORNIANS TO REFLECT ON THE
PRINCIPLES OF RACIAL EQUALITY
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CHAMPIONED BY
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING. LET US
EMBRACE THIS BELIEF THAT OUR
DESTINY SHARED EXCEPT OUR
OBLIGATIONS TO EACH OTHER AND
STRENGTHEN THE BONDS THAT HOLD
US TOGETHER I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AGO. THANK YOU CENTER
BRADFORD WHICH NUMBER MEMBERS
WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS- I SAW
WIENER GONZALEZ MEN SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS IN THE MENU BAR. CENTER
WIENER. I THANK YOU AYE MR
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES I RISE
TODAY AS CO CHAIR OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH
CAUCUS. IN SUPPORT OF S. ZERO
TWELVE- REVEREND KING- THERE TO
BELIEVE THAT AS A NATION AND AS
INDIVIDUALS WE COULD NOT ONLY DO
BETTER. BUT BE BETTER HE CALLED
FOR JUSTICE AND WAS MURDERED
FOR. HIS KILLERS BELIEVE THAT
HIS DEATH WOULD AND THE IDEA HE
REPRESENTED BUT THE MOVEMENT FOR
EQUITY ACROSS RACE AND CLASS
DIVISIONS- GREW EVEN STRONGER AS
A RESULT OF THAT HORRIFIC
MURDER. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY-
BOB MARKS- WITH- DOCTOR KING-
RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
FAMOUSLY MARKED WITH OTHER KING
FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY- WAS BY
THE MOST FAMOUS BUT THERE WERE
MANY OTHERS- DR KING CITED
JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS LIKE MARTIN
BUBER TO EXPLAIN THE IMMORALITY
OF SEGREGATION. AND REFERENCE TO
THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS THING
OUR COMMUNITIES AS PARTNERS IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST BIGOTRY AND
HATE- TOO OFTEN WE LEARN A
SANITIZED LEGACY ABOUT DR KING
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT EVEN
TODAY- THE BETTER WORLD THAT HE
CALLED FOR SO MANY YEARS AGO
EVEN. TODAY IS RADICAL- AND WE
WANT KEEP FOR. TO CLEAR THAT
ATTACK NOT RADICAL THIS IS ABOUT
BASIC JUSTICE AND HUMAN DECENCY
. ON THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR
OUR PART WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
REAFFIRM. OUR COMMITMENT TO
FIGHTING ANTI BLACKNESS AND
RACIAL HATRED IN ALL FORMS. IT
MAY DR KING'S MEMORY BE A
BLESSING AND MAY WE ALL CONTINUE
THIS IMPORTANT WORK ON MODERN TO
URGENT AIBO. THANK YOU CENTER IS
AWESOME. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
AND AS VICE CHAIR OF THE LATINO
CAUCUS IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RISE
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF S. C. R.
TWELVE BY MANY. GREAT COLLEAGUES
FROM GUARDINO WHICH COMMEMORATES
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE
REVEREND DR MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR DR KING FOR MANY OF US IS
A SYMBOL OF JUSTICE HE WAS AN
EDUCATOR OF CIVIL AND HUMAN
RIGHTS A ROLE MODEL. AND A
BELOVED FRIEND TO SO MANY HE
HELD HONEST CONVERSATIONS AND
GAVE POWERFUL SPEECHES ABOUT
MANY TOPICS. RELEVANT IN OUR
SOCIETY TODAY INCLUDING CIVIL
RIGHTS AND JUSTICE HE INSPIRED
ARE LATINO CIVIL LEADERS
INCLUDING SAYS ARE CHÁVEZ IN THE
NORTHWEST THAT. TO UTILIZE HIS
MODEL OF NONVIOLENCE DURING THE
STRUGGLE FOR FARMWORKER RIGHTS.
ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER MET IN
PERSON DR KING CENSUS UP CHÁVEZ
A TELEGRAM IN NINETEEN NINETY
SIX IN SUPPORT OF LALIGA. AT THE
FARMWORKERS STRIKE THAT TELEGRAM
SAID AS BROTHERS IN THE STRUGGLE
FOR EQUALITY. I EXTEND THE HAND
OF FELLOWSHIP AND GOOD WILL AND
WISH CONTINUING SUCCESS TO YOU
AND YOUR MEMBERS. THE FIGHT FOR
EQUALITY MUST BE FOUGHT ON MANY
FRONTS IN THE URBAN AREAS IN THE
SWEATSHOPS OF THE FACTORIES AND
FIELDS. OUR SEPARATE STRUGGLES
ARE REALLY A STRUGGLE FOR
FREEDOM. DIGNITY AND HUMANITY
YOU IN YOUR VALIANT FELLOW
WORKERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED YOUR
COMMITMENT TO WRITING PREVIOUS
WRONGS FORCED UPON EXPLOITED
PEOPLE WE ARE TOGETHER WITH YOU.
IN SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION THAT
OUR DREAMS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
WILL BE REALIZED. TODAY OUR
COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO STRIVE
TO ACHIEVE. THE DREAM DR KING
FOUGHT FOR AND WHICH HE PAID THE
ULTIMATE PRICE AS LATINA AND
LATINO LEADERS WE MUST STAND
TOGETHER WITH OUR BLACK HOCKEY
CAUCUS MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO
FIGHT AGAINST THESE INJUSTICES.
AND CONTINUE HIS LEGACY I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. CENTERMAN THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. I SENATORS ON BEHALF
OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS I'M
HONORED- TO RISE TO COMMEMORATE
THE LIFE OF DR MARTIN LUTHER
KING JUNIOR. DR KING FOUGHT FOR
INCLUSIVITY AND EQUALITY. AND
THERE MANY OF US WHO ARE HERE IN
THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE OF HIS
LEADERSHIP AND HIS ACTIONS.
LEADERS LIKE DR KING CONTINUE TO
INSPIRE US TO FIGHT FOR PARITY.
FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL
PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW AND
FORTUNATELY WE ARE STILL
FIGHTING THAT FIGHT TODAY. AND
THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF ASIAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER AND BLACK
COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO
TRY TO ACHIEVE THE DREAM THAT DR
KING ESPOUSED. I FREDERICK
DOUGLASS ADVOCATED FOR CHINESE
AND JAPANESE IMMIGRATION
EIGHTEEN SIXTY NINE WHEN THIS
RESTRICTION IT WAS A CENTRAL
POLITICAL DEBATE. THERE IS AN
UNLIKELY BOND BETWEEN MALCOLM X.
AND YURI COACHING KEY CHECK
YAMA. WHO BECAME FRIENDS AND
HELP EACH OTHER DEVELOP GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
AFTER THE MURDER OF VINCENTIAN
JESSE JACKSON JOINED FORCES WITH
ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISTS TO
DEMAND JUSTICE. THE API CAUCUS
STANDS WITH THE BLACK CAUCUS AND
RECOGNIZING LIFE AND LEGACY OF
DR KING. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING TOGETHER TO CONTINUE.
MAKE TRYING TO MAKE DR KING'S
DREAM A REALITY I RESPECTFULLY
ASK YOU TO SUPPORT ME IN VOTING
FOR S. C. R. TWELVE THANK YOU.
THE CENTER SMALL QUICKNESS.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF S.
C. R. TWELVE. AND IN HONOR OF
THE LATE DR MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR. I AM I WANT TO SAY THAT
TODAY'S MY BIRTHDAY AND- I WANT
TO SEE THE UNIVERSE IS WORKING
TO MY GOOD. TO BE ABLE TO
CELEBRATE DR KING- ON BEHALF OF
THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS TODAY. I ALSO
WANT TO SHARE THAT IN MY
DISTRICT I HAD THE HONOR OF
KNOWING- FIGHTERS IN CO
ARCHITECTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT IN MY DISTRICT. ARE
REVEREND JAMES LAWSON BEING ONE
OF THEM- EMISSIVE WHEN GREEN.
MISS GOING GREEN WHO IS THE
FOUNDER OF SCLC LA. I AND- WAS
THE A FUND RAISER A HERE IN LOS
ANGELES FOR THE MOVEMENT SHE
WOULD- OVERSEE STRONG MARTINI
TELL ME STORIES ABOUT HOW SHE
WOULD PICK UP. DR KING AT THE
AIRPORT- N. N. TAKE HIM AROUND
TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES IN MY
DISTRICT IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS
ANGELES- INTO MANY OF YOUR- A
DISTRICTS INTO YOUR CONSTITUENTS
WHO WOULD HAVE HAVE HOME PHONE
RESERVES. TO SUPPORT BAIL A AND
FEEDING OF THE MOVEMENT SO- I'M
VERY HONORED. TO BE HERE AND
SHARING ON THAT STORY IN THIS
MESSAGE TODAY. AT THROUGH THE
REVOLUTION REVOLUTIONARY CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT DR KING FOUGHT
FOR EQUALITY OUR HUMANITY. SO
THAT BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY COULD LIVE WITH THE SAME
FREEDOMS AS ALL AMERICANS AND TO
MAKE REAL THE PROMISES OF
DEMOCRACY. DR KING IN THE BLACK
FREEDOM MOVEMENT ALSO OPENED THE
DOORS FOR OTHER MARGINALIZED
GROUPS TO WALK THROUGH INCLUDING
THE WOMEN'S EQUAL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. THAT LED TO
TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN
CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY HE UTILIZED A MULTI
PHASE STRATEGY THAT TRANSITION
THE MOVEMENT. FOR NOT ONLY
FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL
ACCOMMODATION IN DESEGREGATION
FOR BLACK PEOPLE. BUT TO THE
POOR PEOPLE'S FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC
JUSTICE AND WORKERS RIGHTS HE
UNDERSTOOD THAT REAL JOBS AND
REAL PROTECTIONS AND REAL
SKILLS. MEANT REAL OPPORTUNITIES
AND WORST SENTUL TO ATTAINING
THE TRUE LIBERATION. OF OUR
COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTRY. IN
HIS SPEECH AT THE AFL-CIO
CONVENTION IN NINETEEN SIXTY ONE
DR KING SAID LABOR MOVE. WAS THE
PRINCIPAL FORCE THAT TRANSFORM
MISERY AND DESPAIR INTO HOPE AND
PROGRESS. IT ONLY IT NOT ONLY
SOUGHT FOR EQUALITY FOR BLACK
PEOPLE BUT IT SOUGHT TO UNITE A
DIVIDED NATION. IN HIS MEMOIR
WHY WE CAN'T WAIT DR KING
EXPLAINED THAT HE LED A
NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT BECAUSE IT
WOULD ENABLE OUR NATION TO HEAL.
AFTER THE MOVEMENT WAS ONE
CREATING A BELOVED COMMUNITY FOR
ALL OF US TO LIVE THAT BELOW THE
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE OUR
ASPIRATION WITH EQUITABLE ACCESS
TO QUALITY EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION
HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE. AND A
PLACE WHERE ALL AMERICANS CAN
LIVE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION
AND SAY FROM RACIAL TERROR AND
HATE. BECAUSE OF FAILED PUBLIC
POLICY SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
ECONOMIC VIOLENCE THAT IS
CARRIED FORTH INTO THE TWENTY
FIRST CENTURY. DR KING'S DREAM
IS OUT OF REACH FOR FAR TOO MANY
BLACK. WORKING CLASS IMMIGRANT
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
FOR EXAMPLE WHILE BLACK PEOPLE
ARE ONLY 6% OF CALIFORNIA'S
POPULATION. WE
DISPROPORTIONATELY COMPRISED
NEARLY 40% OF THE STATE'S
HOMELESS AND 30% OF THOSE
INCARCERATED IN PRISONS INSIDE
THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. MORE
THAN A QUARTER OF OUR STATES
RESIDENTS ARE LIVING NEAR OR IN
POVERTY AND WE ONLY NEED TO LOOK
AT THE CHILDREN OF MY DISTRICT.
WHERE IN L. A. U. S. D. 80% OF
OUR STUDENTS. LIVE IN FAMILIES
THAT ARE AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY
LINE BY MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS
ARE STILL GOING WITHOUT
HEALTHCARE A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT.
I SAY THAT ALL TO SAY THAT WE
KNOW THAT TACK FOR KINGS FIVE
FOR EQUITY IS NOT YET OVER. YET
WE IN THIS ROOM AND THIS IS A
MESSAGE THAT REVEREND LAWSON
ASKED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
THAT WE IN THIS ROOM HAVE THE
POWER TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY IS
REALIZED IN THE LIVES OF ALL
CALIFORNIANS. YESTERDAY THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS HAD A
POWERFUL LEAVIN IN THE LEGENDARY
SPEAKER WILLIE BROWN WAS THERE
AND HE REMINDED ALL OF US. THAT
WE ARE DESCENDANTS OF DR KING.
AND AS THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN. IN
THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE I'M
SO PROUD TO STAND ON THE
SHOULDERS. OF WOMEN LIKE MS
GREEN. GREEN WOMEN LIKE ELLA
BAKER AND ROSA PARKS. AND
THEREFORE I ASK YOU ALL TO
REFLECT ON THIS RESOLUTION TODAY
IN DR KING'S LEGACY BY ENSURING
THAT CALIFORNIA CONTINUES. TO
FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC AND RACIAL
EQUITY IN THIS COUNTRY COUNTRY.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU CENTER
MENJIVAR. GOOD MORNING MEMBERS I
RISE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
LGBTQ. CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF F.
E. R. TWELVE. TODAY WE HONOR
CHOI IN THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS HE SPARKED A REVOLUTION
AND HIS LEGACY IS ONE OF ACTION
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE INCLUDING
LGBTQ JUSTICE. DR MARTIN LUTHER
KING JUNIOR THE PATH FOR
MILLIONS TO FOLLOW WE HONOR HIM
THROUGH PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND
CONTINUE TO WORK FOR EQUAL
RIGHTS AN END TO DISCRIMINATION
IN A MORE JUST AMERICA. DR KING
EXPIRE INSPIRED US TO STAND TALL
IN THE FACE OF HATEFUL RHETORIC
AND CHALLENGE THOSE WHO OPPOSE
THE QUALITY AT EVERY TURN HE
TOLD US TO BE BRAVE EVEN WHEN
THE GOALS MAY NOT SEEM
ACHIEVABLE. LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THIS
FIGHT. BAYARD RUSTIN. ONE OF DR
KING'S CLOSEST CONFIDANTS WAS
GATE AND FOUGHT FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE AT THE INTERSECTS WITH
LGBTQ PLUS MOVEMENT. AND DR KING
CALLED FOR JUSTICE SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC A CALL THAT THE LGBTQ.
CAUCUS HAS WORKED TO ANSWER. DR
KING'S LEGACY IS STILL FELT
TODAY AS WE INVOKE HIS NAME AND
TRY TO FULFILL HIS DREAM OF
EQUITY AND EQUALITY FOR ALL. I
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR RIVAL ON
S. YOUR TWELVE. THANK YOU. I
KNOW DISCUSSION DEBATE. MISTER
BRADFORD WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I WANT TO
THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO ADD
IT TO YOUR WORDS IN COMMITMENT
AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF DR MARTIN LUTHER
KING. BUT I WANT TO STRESS AGAIN
THAT THE SHOULDN'T SIMPLY BE
ABOUT. HOLDING HIS WORDS. I
REMEMBER HIS LEGACY BUT LIVING
OUT HIS TO ACTIONS THE DEEDS
THAT DR KING. FOUGHT FOR AND
DIED FOR. DR KING OFTEN SAID.
WILL REMEMBER NOT THE WORDS. OF
OUR ENEMIES. BUT THE SILENCE OF
OUR FRIENDS. TOO MANY OF OUR
FRIENDS ARE SILENCE ON THE ISSUE
SAID IN OUR AND MOST IMPORTANT
TO THE STATE AND THIS NATION
WERE SILENT ON HOMELESSNESS.
WHICH SILENCE ON THE POLICE
ABUSES STILL EXIST IN THIS
COUNTRY WERE SILENT ON THE
SEDITIOUS ACTS OF TRYING TO
OVERTURN ON A LEGAL ELECTION.
WERE SILENT ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO
CHOOSE. WERE SILENT ON THOSE
THINGS THAT WILL. GREATLY IMPACT
EACH AND EVERYONE OF US EVERY
DAY WE NEED TO LET OUR VOICES BE
HEARD. WOULD NEED TO LET OUR
VOICES BE HEARD WE NEED TO NOT
JUST ECHO THE WORDS OF DR KING
BUT LIVE ABOUT. EVERYDAY OF OUR
LIVES DR KING OFTEN SAID. MAN IS
NOT THE MAKER OF HISTORY. WERE
MADE BY HISTORY. AND IT WAS THE
HISTORY OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN
THIS COUNTRY AND WHY WE
CELEBRATE DR KING. AND WE SHOULD
UNDERSTAND THAT AS LEGISLATORS.
WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO IMPACT
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOT ONLY IN THE
STATE IN THIS NATION SO AGAIN I
THANK YOU I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER
AND- LITTLE BIT A TIDBIT ON THE
FOLKS NOPE MARC MARTIN LUTHER
KING THAT WAS NOT HIS FIRST
NAME. WAS MICHAEL. HIS FATHER
WAS MICHAEL SENIOR. AD HE WAS
MICHAEL JUNIOR. AND IT WASN'T
TOO HIS FATHER WENT TO GERMANY
AND MET WITH THE GREAT
THEOLOGIAN. MARTIN LUTHER THAT
HE CAME BACK AND AT THE AGE OF
FIVE YOU CHANGE MARTIN LUTHER OF
MICHAEL'S NAME TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING JUNIOR SHOW JUST WANNA.
SHARE THAT AS WELL TO SHOW HIS
COMMITMENT AND HIS FATHER'S
COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND LOVE IN
THIS. COUNTRY AND IN THIS WORLD
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE
. I THANK YOU MEMBERS THIS ITEM
IS AVAILABLE FOR ELIGIBLE FOR
YOU KNOW THIS ROLL CALL ANY
OBJECTIONS TO USING UNANIMOUS
ROLL CALL. C. NINE THE EYES ARE
THIRTY FOUR AT THE NOSE OR ZERO
THE MEASURE PASSES. NOW WE WILL
RETURN TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS AND NOW IS THE TIME
FOR A JOURNEY MEMORY. I WOULD
LIKE TO START OUT WITH CENTER
ATKINS. COLLEAGUES THANK YOU AND
MISTER PRESIDENT THANK YOU- I
RISE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A
REAL- TRAILBLAZER FOR WOMEN. A
FRIEND NATALIE COR WHO DIED ON
SEPTEMBER TWENTY EIGHTH AT THE
AGE OF SEVENTY SEVEN. NATALIE
WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST FEMALE
SPECIAL AGENTS IN THE FBI. WHERE
SHE SPECIALIZED IN COUNTER
INTELLIGENCE WORK HE'S
REMEMBERED AS A ROLE MODEL TO
PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER FEMALE
AGENTS. BORN MAY FOURTH NINETEEN
FORTY FIVE NATALIE GREW UP IN
CHESTER CALIFORNIA A SMALL
LUMBER TOWN IN PLUMAS COUNTY.
BALLY'S PROJECT ARENA DEPTH OF
KNOWLEDGE WAS UNIQUE AFTER
GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS WHERE SHE
MAJORED IN ZOOLOGY. SHE WORKED
FOR SIX YEARS AS AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL TEACHER IN SAN FRANCISCO
. IN NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX UPON
LEARNING THAT THE FBI WAS
LOOKING FOR FEMALE AGENTS SHE
ATTENDED THE FBI ACADEMY IN
VIRGINIA WITH FOUR OTHER WOMEN.
AND DESPITE SKEPTICISM AND SOME
OF THEIR MALE PEERS ALL FOUR
EXCELLED. GRADUATED AND BECAME
AMONG THE FIRST FIFTY WOMEN
HIRED AS AGENTS IN THE FBI. HER
FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS IN A
SEATTLE FIELD OFFICE WHERE SHE
MET AND DATED BILL GORE. N. AS
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW BILL LATER
BECAME THE SHERIFF OF SAN DIEGO
COUNTY RECENTLY RETIRED FROM
THAT POST. BILL MATA AT BILL AND
NATALIE MARRIED IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY EIGHT AND BECAME AN
INCREDIBLE PAIR. YOU COULD TELL
THAT NATALIE WAS THE LIGHT OF
SURE OF COURSE LIFE. SHE LEFT
THE FBI IN NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE
AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR SON
RYAN. TO SPEND FULL TIME- AS A
MOM WHEN SHE LATER RE APPLY TO
THE FBI SHE WAS HEARTBROKEN TO
LEARN THAT SHE WAS IN ELIGIBLE
DUE TO I SURGERY AND SOME
RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE.
THAT WAS THEIR LOSS I WILL SAY
UNDAUNTED SHE DEVOTED HERSELF TO
OTHER PASSIONS INCLUDING HER ART
VOLUNTEER WORK AND TRAVEL. SHE
WAS INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTIST I
LOVED HER WORK SHE DID BEAUTIFUL
PORTRAITS ANIMALS AND
LANDSCAPES. THE BENEFICIARIES OF
HER CHARITABLE WORK INCLUDED
VOICES OF WOMEN A NONPROFIT
GROUP THAT SUPPORTED LOCAL AND
GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT
UPLIFTED. AND EMPOWERED WOMEN
AND CHILDREN AND GIRLS. THE SAN
DIEGO ZOO THE WILD ANIMAL PARK
AMONG MANY OTHERS. I HAVE SOME
REALLY FOND MEMORIES OF THE
TIMES I SPENT WITH NATALIE AND
BILL. SHE WAS SO EMOTIONALLY
INTELLIGENT AND ENGAGING WITH
GREAT WITH AND SHE WAS
INCREDIBLY WARM. SHE WAS THE
LIFE OF ANY EVENT IN ANY PARTY I
MEAN THE SHERIFF MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THERE BUT- IT WAS ALL ABOUT
NATALIE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER
HUSBAND OF FORTY FOUR YEARS BILL
HER SON RYAN BOTH OF SAN DIEGO
HER SISTER MARLA CLARK OF
SACRAMENTO TWO STEPSISTERS
MERION GLENN OF PHOENIX. BARBARA
ALTMAN OF SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA
STEP BROTHER ROB SMITH HOUSTON.
COLLEAGUES I WOULD ASK YOU TO
JOIN ME IN RECOGNITION OF AN
INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE
TRAILBLAZER NATALIE GORE. THAT
PLEASE BRING HER NAME UP SO
SHOULD BE PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED
BY THE SENATE. BY NEXT WILL GO
TO CENTER WINNER. I THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES IT'S WITH
GREAT SADNESS THAT I RISE TODAY
TO ASK THAT THE GENERAL THAT THE
SENATE ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF
ONE CARLOS WALLACE KNOWN AS KC-
WHO TRAGICALLY AND SUDDENLY
PASSED AWAY. IN NOVEMBER AT THE
AGE OF FORTY EIGHT. IJC WAS
BORN- IN NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR
IN MEXICO CITY. NOT REFLECTIVE
OF HIS GLOBAL BACKGROUND AS A
MEXICAN AMERICAN- THE PERSON HE
ATTENDED MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOLS INCLUDING THE AMERICAN
SCHOOL FOUNDATION IN MEXICO
CITY. HE SPENT HIS JUNIOR AND
SENIOR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL IN
SANTA BARBARA AND THEN MOVED TO
SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS CALLED
HOME. FOR TWENTY SEVEN YEARS IJC
ATTENDED UC BERKELEY WHERE HE
ARE EARNED A BA IN ECONOMICS. HE
LATER RETURNED TO BERKELEY
EARNERS MBA FROM THE HAAS SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS- FOCUSING ON REAL
ESTATE. REPORTS DEEP PERSONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
WHAT BERKELEY AND A WIDE CIRCLE
OF FRIENDS WITH WHOM HE REMAIN
CLOSE- THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
HIS LIFE. IJC WORKED IN THE REAL
ESTATE INDUSTRY FOR MOST OF HIS
CAREER A CO FOUNDING OR EX
PARTNERS- AND I HEALTH SERVICES
IN ALAMO HEALTH SERVICES. HE WAS
ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT FINDING
CREATIVE WAYS TO BUILD HOUSING
FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND
HE SPEARHEADED MANY PROJECTS
THAT SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT
INNOVATIVE HOUSING AND
DEVELOPMENT TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA. HE WAS A FOUNDING
MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER OF THE LESBIAN GAY REAL
ESTATE GROUP- AND WAS ALSO A
BOARD MEMBER AND BOARD CHAIR OF
OPEN HOUSE- INCREDIBLE NONPROFIT
FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF LGBTQ
SENIORS- IT WAS A LOVER OF THE
OUTDOORS AND OF EXERCISE
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME. BIKING
AND SWIMMING IN THE BAY- AS. A
MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEND ROWING
CLUB. THE COULD OFFER ME FOR
OUTSIDE WITH HIS TO DOGS BO AND
CHLOE WHO COME HIM ON HIS MANY
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES. HE WAS A
LOVING PARTNER AND FATHER HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED PARTNER
BRIAN AND HIS CHILDREN OMAR AND
MATTHEW. IJC ENJOYED A WIDE
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS REFLECTIVE OF
HIS MANY EXPERIENCES AND
INTERESTS- I WILL SAY THAT I'VE
KNOWN- J. C. FOR PROBABLY TWENTY
PLUS YEARS- SOMEONE WHO IT'S
REALLY HARD TO IMAGINE BEING IN
THE COMMUNITY- WITHOUT HIM BEING
THERE HE WAS SO ACTIVE AND
INVOLVED- AND TRULY ONE OF THE
KINDEST- SAYS NICE. PEOPLE THAT
I'VE KNOWN- I ATTENDED HIS
MEMORIAL- LATE LAST YEAR. AND AS
OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO A
MEMORIAL FOR SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THE
TRUE EXTENT OF THEIR NETWORK-
AND OF THE BASS NUMBER PEOPLE
IMPACTED BY THEIR DOT THAT HIS-
WORLD WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING BOTH
THE MEMORIAL ITSELF. BUT ALSO
THE SHEER DIVERSITY OF OUR
PEOPLE ARE WHO WERE THERE
SHOWING WHAT A POWERFUL PRESENCE
IJC WISE AND LYFT. DYING
SUDDENLY AT THE AGE OF FORTY
EIGHT IT'S JUST. HORRIFYING AND
IT'S SO DEPRESSING- BUT J. C.
AND HIS SHORT LIFE- LEFT AN
INCREDIBLE MARK ON SAN
FRANCISCO- AND. I REQUEST OF THE
SENATE ADJOURNED IN HIS MEMORY.
THANK YOU PLEASE BRING HIS NAME
UP CERTAINLY PROPERLY
MEMORIALIZED. I FINALLY CENTER
BRADFORD. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
I RISE TODAY TO JOURNEY IN THE
NAME OF A MEMORY US ALSO OF
MISTER CARL TOGGLE. WHO PASSED
AWAY ON DECEMBER TWENTY NINTH AT
THE AGE OF NINETY SEVEN. MR
DUGGAR WAS BORN ON JANUARY
TWENTY FOURTH NINETEEN TWENTY
FIVE IN CINCINNATI OHIO. ONE OF
THREE CHILDREN HE ATTENDED WEBER
TAJ GROUP WHERE HE PARTICIPATED
IN MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS
INCLUDING FOOTBALL BASEBALL AND
GYMNASTICS. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE
WAS DRAFTED INTO THE MILITARY
AND SERVED IN THE U. S. NAVY
FROM 1-940-321-9405 DURING WORLD
WAR TWO AND THAT. LEADS TO HIS
CONNECTION TO CALIFORNIA. SOME
OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
PORT CHICAGO DISASTER IN
NINETEEN FORTY FOUR. MISTER
TUGGLE WAS ONE OF OVER TWO
HUNDRED BLOCK SERVICEMEN. WHO
REFUSED TO CONTINUE TO LOVE LOAD
MUNITIONS. ARE AFTER THE UNSAFE
CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE
EXPLOSION KILLING OF OVER WELL
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY. AFTER
AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND WOUNDING
ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED PLUS.
FIFTY OF THOSE SAILORS KNOWN AS
THE PORT CHICAGO FIFTY WERE
CHARGED FOR MUTINY FOUND GUILTY
AND DISARMED DISHONORABLY
DISCHARGED ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT
ONE OF THE FIFTY. WHO CHARGE FOR
MUNY HE WAS A STEADFAST ADVOCATE
AND ALLY FOR THEIR EXONERATION.
JUST THIS YEAR ARE JUST LAST
YEAR I SHOULD SAY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE LANGUAGE
URGING THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
THE EXONERATE THE SOLDIERS.
AFTER SERVICE IN THE NAVY HE
CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION CENTRAL
STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE MET
THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE ELIZABETH-
THEY WERE MARRIED IN NINETEEN
FIFTY ONE AND ENJOYED SIXTY FOUR
YEARS TOGETHER- IN NINETEEN
FIFTY TWO- MISS TUGGLE ATTENDED
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK
RECEIVED A MASTERS IN EDUCATION.
NOT ONLY WAS HE A SCHOLAR HE WAS
ALSO DEDICATED SERVANTS OF HIS
FAITH HE WAS A MEMBER OF ALLEN
TEMPLE IN HE- HE WORKED FOR
NEARLY FOUR DECADES AS A TEACHER
COUNSELOR COACH ADMINISTRATOR.
AND STEALING THE IMPORTANCE OF
EDUCATION INTEGRITY WAS PART OF
HIS LIFE'S CALLING. HE BEGAN HIS
TEACHING CAREER IN NINETEEN
FIFTY TWO AT HUBBARD HIGH SCHOOL
IN MISSOURI TEACHING PHYSICAL
EDUCATION AND COACHING.
BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. I
CANNOT BEGAN HIS CAREER. A HE
HAD A LONG CAREER SHOULD J. AND
CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
FROM NINETEEN FIFTY FOUR. UNTIL
HIS RETIREMENT IN NINETEEN
NINETY- WHEN HE WASN'T TEACHING
YOU SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME
VOLUNTEERING FOR CRAYONS TO
COMPUTERS GARDENING PAINTING
TRAVELING PLAYING GOLF. AND
ATTENDING CHURCH IN ASSISTING
HIS WIFE WITH A BLACK COLLEGE
TOUR WHERE I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO
MEDIUM. THERMOS MISTER TROUBLES
MEMORY LIVES ON WITH HIS FAMILY
IN FRANCE IN THIS COLLEGE THE
FUTURE GENERATIONS HE HAS
UNDOUBTEDLY IMPACTED. MEMBERS
PLEASE JOIN MANAGER IN THE
MEMORY OF THE SOLDIER EDUCATOR
TIRELESS FIGHTER FOR JUSTICE AND
A DEVOTED FATHER. OF THE ONE OF
THE ONE AND ONLY I SHOULD SAY
CARL TALK THANK YOU. THANK YOU
PLEASE BRING HIS NAME UP SO HE
CAN BE PROP IMMORTALIZED AS
WELL. IF YOU'RE THE BUSINESS
INTERACTIONS THE DESK IS CLEAR.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES- SAFE TRAVELS HOME I
KNOW MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE
STILL STRUGGLING- WITH THE
WEATHER AND ALL THAT WE ARE
FACING. SO PLEASE SAFE TRAVELS
HOME- BUT I ALSO HOPE YOU ALL
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF A GREAT
MAN MANY OF US ARE GOING TO
SPEND THE WEEKEND DO AND- DAYS
OF SERVICE AND- OUR BREAKFAST
AND EVENTS HONORING THAT LIFE
SO. I HOPE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL
WEEKEND WITH OUR FAMILIES AND
OUR COMMUNITIES DOING THAT. AND
WITH THAT WE WILL. HAVE OUR NEXT
FLOOR SESSION ON TUESDAY. ON
TUESDAY JANUARY SEVENTEENTH
TWENTY TWENTY THREE AT TWO PM.
SENATE WILL BE RECESSED UNTIL
THREE THIRTY PM AT WHICH TIME
THE GERMAN MOTION WILL BE MADE.
WE'LL RECONVENE TUESDAY JANUARY
SEVENTEENTH AT TWO PM.