SIX WILL CALL THE ROLL. ALLEN
I'LL RUN A GUILD ARCHULETA S. B.
ATKINS BACKER BLAKE'S BEER
BRADFORD CABALLERO CORTESE TALLY
DODD DORADO EGGMAN GLAZER
GONZALEZ GROVE ARE TADO JONES
LAYERED THE MON MCGUIRE MENJIVAR
MEN NEWMAN WHEN NAY LOW A CHOKE
BUT THE A PORTANTINO ROTH RUBIO
SEYARTO SKINNER. SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS STERN- NUMBER WAHABI
WIENER WILK. WHERE IS PRESENT
WITH MEMBERS OR GUESTS BEYOND
THE RAIL PLEASE RISE WILL BE
LEADING THE PRAYER THIS
AFTERNOON BY CHAR CHAPLAIN
SISTER MICHELLE CORBETT AFTER
WHICH PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS TO
BE LED BY CENTER GROVE. THE SO
WE BRING OURSELVES INTO GOD'S
PRESENCE AGAIN. AND SINCE
TOMORROW IS VALENTINE'S DAY I
THOUGHT I WOULD OFFER THE
FOLLOWING LITTLE POEM BY RUMI.
IT'S CALLED RELATIONSHIP BOOSTER
. HERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BOOSTER
THAT IS GUARANTEED TO WORK.
EVERY TIME YOUR SPOUSE OR
SIGNIFICANT OTHER SAYS SOMETHING
STUPID. MAKE YOUR EYES LIGHT UP
AS IF YOU HAD HEARD SOMETHING
BRILLIANT. SEE IF THIS WORKS.
AND SO GRACIOUS GOD SOURCE OF
ALL OF. WE TRUST THOSE YOUR EYES
LIGHT UP AT THE VERY THOUGHT OF
EACH ONE OF US A MAN. COLLEAGUES
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SALUTING OUR
FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. SAN SAN. INDIVISIBLE
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
. MEMBERS WILL START OUT WITH
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR AND I'D
LIKE TO START OUT WITH SENATOR
BRADFORD. WELL THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
BLACK HISTORY MONTH IT IS AN
HONOR MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
IN THE GALLERY THE HONOREES OF
THIS YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE BLACK
BUSINESS BRUNCH WHICH WAS JAILED
EARLIER TODAY. THESE BUSINESS
LEADERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE
TWELVE MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS AS WELL
AS FOR AT LARGE BUSINESSES
SELECTED BY J. KING THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- FOR
THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONALISM THE
ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
BRUNCH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY.
FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND TO
RECOGNIZE AND HONOR BLACK OWNED
BUSINESSES ANALYZE CREATING JOBS
AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND HELP
CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP IN
EMPOWERING. LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE
IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE MADE IN
YOUR COMMUNITIES AND TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY BLACK
HISTORY MONTH MEMBERS PLEASE
WELCOME OUR HONOREES IN THE
GALLERY TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE.
NEXT UP ON THE PRIVILEGES OF THE
FLOOR. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
CENTER SKINNER WE HAVE SOME I
FOUND IRVINE FOUNDATION AWARDEES
AND CENTER SKINNER WILL KICK US
OFF. FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER'S
DESK. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR
PRESIDENT MEMBERS TODAY WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE
SEVEN OUTSTANDING CALIFORNIANS
WHO ARE HONORED BY THE JAMES
IRVINE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES
ACROSS OUR STATE INCLUDING
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND FAMILY
WELFARE. CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOOD INSECURITY
AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND I HAVE
THE DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE
FOUR OF THE SEVEN FOUNDATION
LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS
FIRST IS A PAIR BLAIR CRUISER
AND DELIA SHARP FROM THE
CALIFORNIA TRIBAL FAMILIES
COALITION. THEY ARE DEDICATED TO
ADVANCING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY BY
UNIFYING TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA TO
PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES IT WAS FOUNDED BY
TRIBAL LEADERS IN TWENTY
SEVENTEEN. AND THE TRIBAL
FAMILIES COALITION ADVOCATES FOR
CHANGES ON BEHALF OF THE TRIBES.
ALSO LEGAL COUNSEL FOR TRIBES IN
CHILD WELFARE CASES AND SUPPORTS
THE MISSION OF PROTECTING AND
PROMOTING HEALTH SAFETY AND
WELFARE OF TRIBAL CHILDREN IN
FAMILIES AND UNDER BLAIR AND
DELIA'S LEADERSHIP CTMC HAS
HELPED REFORM OVER FIFTY
SECTIONS OF OUR CALIFORNIA
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE.
AND SECURED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN STATE FUNDING. TO SUPPORT
TRIBAL FAMILY WELFARE THEY ARE
FILLING A CRITICAL GAP IN THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND IT'S
WHY I AM TRULY HONORED TO STAND
HERE WITH THEM TODAY PLEASE JOIN
ME IN CELEBRATING BLAIR AND
DELIA'S GOOD WORK.
STORY IS MINE MY FOOD FROM
OAKLAND TO MY DISTRICT AND HE'S
BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS VALIANT
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE BY HELPING BUSINESSES
DONATE SURPLUS FOOD AND REDUCE
WASTE. MINE GREW UP IN SYRIA ANY
BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS
NEIGHBORS BY DELIVERING EXTRA
FOOD THAT HIS MOM HAD PREPARED
TO THOSE WHO NEEDED IT HE LATER
MOVED TO THE BAY AREA ANNE WAS
SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MUCH FOOD WE
WASTED. AS WELL AS THE HIGH
RATES OF POVERTY AND FOOD
INSECURITY. NOTABLY ONE IN FIVE
CALIFORNIANS NEARLY EIGHT
MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
FOOD INSECURITY MEANWHILE WE
CALIFORNIANS THROW AWAY ABOUT
SIX MILLION TIMES OF SURPLUS
FOOD EVERY YEAR. IN TWENTY
SIXTEEN MIND FOUNDED REPLACE
REPLACE TECHNOLOGY DISPATCHES
DRIVERS TO COLLECT AND
REDISTRIBUTE SURPLUS FOOD FROM
PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES TO
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. HE AND
HIS TEAM OF SUCCESSFULLY
DIVERTED SURPLUS FOOD TO PEOPLE
IN NEED RATHER THAN SEEING IT
SENT TO LANDFILLS OR COMPOST
PILES AND BY DOING SO THEY
PREVENTED THE PRODUCTION OF MORE
THAN THIRTY SIX HUNDRED TONS OF
CO TWO. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
CONGRATULATING MINE MY FOOD AND
HIS ORGANIZATION REPLACE.
THE NEXT STORY I'M PRESENTING IN
FINAL ONE ALL PERCENT. IS DORSEY
NINE A FRIEND OF MINE A HUNDRED
A RESIDENT OF OAKLAND. WHO RUNS
LEGAL SERVICES FOR PRISONERS
WITH CHILDREN. DORSEY FIGHTS FOR
DIGNITY OPPORTUNITY AND FREEDOM
FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY
INCARCERATION. DORSEY KNOWS
PERSONALLY THE COMPLETING A
PRISON SENTENCE DOES NOT
GUARANTEE THE END OF
RESTRICTIONS TO FREEDOM
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND WORKERS IN LOW WAGE JOBS.
TODAY ONE IN FIVE CALIFORNIANS
HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD SO
FINDING EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING.
IS A STRUGGLE. DORSEY ALSO
UNDERSTANDS HOW DEEPLY OUR
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES CAN BE
SET BACK BY JUST ONE PERSON IN
THEIR FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL
SERVICES FOR PRISONERS WITH
CHILDREN AND THE CO FOUNDER OF
ALL OF US OR NONE DIVERSITY IS A
RECOGNIZED MOVEMENT LEADER HE IS
BEST KNOWN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP
WITH ALL OF US ARE NINE AND THE
ONGOING BAN THE BOX CAMPAIGN TO
GIVE FORMERLY INCARCERATED
PEOPLE MUCH BETTER CHANCE FOR
GETTING JOBS AND PROVIDING FOR
THEIR FAMILIES. FOR DORSEY'S
COMMITMENT TO ENSURING
OPPORTUNITY AND IMPROVING THE
LIVES OF THOSE IN COARSER
FORMALLY INCARCERATED AND THEIR
FAMILIES I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN
CONGRATULATING THIS REMARKABLE
LEADER.
THERE IS GOING TO USE THE AND
NOW I HANDED OVER TO SENATOR YES
SIR NOW- SO CONGRATULATIONS
THOSE ORTIZ. CENTER CORTES IS
NEXT.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT THANK YOU
SENATOR SKINNER IT'S MY HONOR TO
INTRODUCE OUR ROUTE JAIRAM IN
WHO LEADS ONE FAIR WAGE FOR MORE
THAN TWO DECADES SUMMER'S BEEN
LEADING THE CHARGE TO RAISE
WAGES AND IMPROVE THE WORKING
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WORKERS
SHE KNOWS THAT WHEN EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE GOOD WAGES THEY ARE MORE
LIKELY TO STAY IN THEIR JOBS AND
PERFORM EFFECTIVELY SIMPLE
CHANGES TO WORKPLACE PRACTICES
CAN GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING TO
CREATE INCLUSIVE EQUITABLE
WORKPLACE. WHEN THE PANDEMIC
STRUCK MILLIONS OF WORKERS IN
LOW WAGE JOBS FACE DANGEROUS
WORKING CONDITIONS OR OFFICER
JOBS DRAWING ON HER DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE ADVOCATING FOR
WORKERS SORU JUMPED INTO ACTION
IN JUST FOUR MONTHS SHE RAISED
TWENTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO
SUPPORT SERVICE WORKERS AND
QUICKLY MOBILIZED TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHE HELPED
LEAD AN EMERGING AN
UNPRECEDENTED NEW WORKER RIGHTS
MOVEMENT IN CALIFORNIA AND
NATIONWIDE. AS MILLIONS OF
WORKERS INCREASINGLY REJECT LOW
WAGE JOBS THAT DON'T ALLOW THEM
TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES TO GET
AHEAD. SAUL ROUX IS MARSHALING
THEIR ENERGY AND FIND NEW WAYS
TO ADVOCATE. TO ADVOCATE FOR
ENSURE DIGNITY FOR CALIFORNIA'S
WORKERS. JUST LET YEAR SHE
SUCCESSFULLY LED THE PASSAGE OF
LEGISLATION TO RAISE MINIMUM
WAGES FOR TIPPED WORKERS IN
MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON DC
SECURING RAISES FOR NEARLY SEVEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND.
WORKERS THE WATER ZEROS AT THE
END OF THESE NUMBERS. AND NOW
SHE HAS HER SIGHTS SET ON
RAISING CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM
WAGE TO BETTER REFLECT THE
STATE'S RISING COST OF LIVING.
FOR ADVANCING ECONOMIC MOBILITY
FOR MILLIONS OF WORKERS. PLEASE
JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING SORRY
CHERAMAN ONE FAIR WAGE.
THE NEXT STEP WILL BE CENTER
ROTH.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AS
ANOTHER OF OUR TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY THREE IRVINE AWARD
RECIPIENTS TODAY PLEASE ALLOW ME
TO INTRODUCE DR LINDA BEEN
TRICKED THE- NOVELETTE TODAY.
THIS INSPIRING LEADERS A
TRANSFORM IS TRANSFORMING
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION
FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD ENGLISH
LEARNERS ACROSS OUR GREAT STATE
. ROUGHLY 40% OF THE STUDENTS IN
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPEAK
A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT
HOME AND WHILE MANY OF THOSE
STUDENTS ARE FLUENT IN ENGLISH
MORE THAN ONE MILLION ARE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS FOR A
MERCHANT BILINGUALS. WHILE
WORKING IN A RESOURCE SCHOOLS
LINDA WITNESS TELL CHILDREN
LEARNING ENGLISH OFTEN FALL
BEHIND SHE KNEW THAT TO REDUCE
STUDENT OPPORTUNITY GAPS
CHILDREN NEEDED EARLY XCELERATED
ENGLISH INSTRUCTION TO SET THEM
UP FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL CAUGHT
WITH METHODS OUTSIDE THE
TRADITIONAL MEMORIZATION
PRACTICES. LINDA CREATED PROJECT
MOVING FORWARD AND IT'S RULE OF
THREE CURRICULUM WHICH INCLUDES
THREE STEPS REHEARSE ANALYZE AND
PRODUCE AND COMBINES ANALYTICAL
THINKING HAND GESTURES AND
MOVEMENTS AND PEER INTERACTIONS
THE BILL LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
SKILLS. ROACH'S REINFORCED AT
THE STUDENT'S HOME WITH AN
EXTENSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT AND
VIDEO LESSONS AND AN ANIMATED
TEACHER THAT ENGAGES THE ENTIRE
FAMILY. WINDOWS INNOVATIVE RULES
THREE CURRICULUM HAS PROVEN TO
ACCELERATE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
ATTAINMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
ENGLISH LEARNERS IN ONE STUDY
76% OF PROJECT MOVING FORWARD
STUDENTS MET TARGET READING
LEVELS COMPARED TO FIVE PERCENT.
OF NON PARTICIPANTS BASED ON THE
OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF THE
PROGRAM THE RULE OF THREE
CURRICULUM IS NOW USED IN OVER
EIGHT HUNDRED CLASSROOMS.
INTERESTINGLY DOCTOR NEVER AT
THESE WORK WAS MOTIVATED IN PART
BY HER EXPERIENCE TEACHING AT
EDUCATORS IN SOUTH AFRICA. AND
AN INSPIRING INTERACTION WITH
ACTIVIST AND POLITICIAN NELSON
MANDELA. HE ENCOURAGED HER
EFFORTS TO KEEP AND TO CULTIVATE
INDEPENDENT THINKING AND TOLD
DOCTOR NEVER AT TODAY TO KEEP
MOVING FORWARD. WELL SHE
CERTAINLY HAS DONE THAT AND MUCH
MUCH MORE COLLEAGUES PLEASE JOIN
ME IN WELCOMING DR LINDA BEEN
TRICKED OUT NEVER A DAY OF
PROJECT MOVING FORWARD THE TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY THREE IRVINE
AWARD RECIPIENTS.
OUR FINAL PRESENTER CHEVY CENTER
WIENER. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT-
COLORS- ARE- NEXT- WERE
RECIPIENT IS- CHRIS CONSPIRACY
IS RECEIVING THIS AWARD. FOR HIS
PIONEERING WORK OF HELPING
PEOPLE EXIT HOMELESSNESS THE
RAPID HOUSING PLACEMENTS AND
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. CHRIS KNOWS
AS DO EACH AND EVERYONE OF US
THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN SAN
FRANCISCO LA AND STATEWIDE
STRUGGLE WITH HOUSING AND
SECURITY. AND IT'S STABLE
HOUSING IS KEY FOR ONE'S HEALTH
AND ABILITY TO ADVANCE
ECONOMICALLY AS THE CHIEF
PROGRAM OFFICER OF BRILLIANT
CORNERS CHRIS OVERSEES THE LOS
ANGELES FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDY
POOL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE L.
A. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES AND OTHER PARTNERS-
THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIP PAIRS RENTAL
SUBSIDIES WITH TENANCY SUPPORTS
AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. TO
HELP LA'S MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS SECUREMENT TEN
HOUSING IN A MORE COORDINATED
AND STREAMLINED WAY CHRYSALIS
TEAM HAVE FACILITATED PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PLACEMENTS
FOR ROUGHLY TEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED FORMALLY ON HEALTH
ANGELENOS THROUGH THE FLEXIBLE
ON BUILDING OFF OF THE SUCCESS
OF THE SENATE INNOVATIVE PROGRAM
IN LA AND SOMETIMES A GOOD IDEA
STARTING A LINK ON THE SAN
FRANCISCO IT'S OFTEN. THE
OPPOSITE BUT SOMETIMES IT GOES
BOTH WAYS. BROKING CORNER OF
SINCE LAUNCH A AND FRANCISCO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN
FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY
AND OTHER PARTNERS AND THE
PROGRAM HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED
TREMENDOUS RESULTS HELPING ON
HOUSE TO UNSTABLE HOUSE SAN
FRANCISCANS. FIND A PLACE TO
CALL HOME. CHRIS CONTRAST IS
EXACTLY THE KIND OF LEADER THAT
OUR STATE NEEDS TO SOLVE THIS
UNBELIEVABLY COMPLEX PROBLEM. I
WANT TO THANK YOU CHRIS FOR
DEMONSTRATING SO WELL HOW WE CAN
PERSON BY PERSON HELP OUR
NEIGHBORS EXIT HOMELESSNESS. OUR
MEMBERS PLEASE HELP ME CHAU ARE
RECIPROCATION TO CHRIS CONTRAST
.
OKAY FINALLY WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE ALL THE AWARDEES UP FOR
PICTURE ANY MEMBERS WHO WOULD
LIKE TO JOIN. THAT PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO DO SO.
YEAH I MEMBERS AT ANY MEMBERSHIP
FEEL FREE TO JOIN IN THE PICTURE
WE GET A FEW MORE MEMBERS UP
THERE BE FUN. THE INSPECTION.
RIGHT RIGHT. RIGHT MEMBERS
MOVING ON A MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR WILL TEAMS BE DEEMED
READ A MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY
WILL BE DEEMED READ REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. NOW IS
THE TIME FOR MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS
AND NOTICES. FIRST OF A MOTION
TO APPROVE THE SENATE JOURNALS
WITHOUT OBJECTION THE SENATE
JOURNALS FOR FEBRUARY SIX TWENTY
TWENTY THREE FOR FEBRUARY NINTH
TWENTY TWENTY THREE WILL BE
APPROVED AS CORRECTED BY THE
MINUTE CLERK. SENIOR THE MOTIONS
THAT WILL MOVE ON TO
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
OF BILLS SECRETARY PLEASE READ
SENATE BILL 421-422-4234
244-252-6420 SEVEN FOR TWENTY
FIRST READING WILL BE DOING
THEIR AT. RIGHT NOW
CONSIDERATION OF DAILY FILE WILL
HAVE THE GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENTS. THE FIRST ITEM
NUMBER ONE CENTER GROVE. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES A
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A
CONFIRMATION OF JAMES HASKIN-
FRANK RAMIREZ TO THE BUILDING
AND A TRADE STANDARDS- SKEWS ME
BUILDING STANDARDS TRADE
COMMISSION AND THE CRISTINA
JEREMY TO THE STATE PARK AND
RECREATION COMMISSION. THESE
INDIVIDUALS WERE UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON FEBRUARY FIRST AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE.
MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
. SEE NON SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON FILE ITEM ONE. ALLEN
HI ALL RIGHT AGAIN. HI ARCHULETA
ASHLEY. HI ATKINS HI BAKER HI
LAKE SUPERIOR BY BRADFORD. BY
COMING OUT OF. BY CORTESE BY
TELLING. HI DODD. BY THE RESUM
HI EGGMAN FIVE GLAZER. HI
GONZALEZ GROVE. BY OUR TITLE
JONES. FIVE LAYER. HI LIMÓN. HI
MCGUIRE. BY MANY. BY MEN. BYE
NEWMAN. BYE WHEN. AYE NEELAM.
AYE ADOBO AYE BUT DIEM BY
PORTANTINO. HI RALPH BY RUBIO.
HI SEYARTO. HI SKINNER. BY
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. HI STERN
NUMBER. BOB BY WINNER BY WILK.
HI PLEASE CALL THEM TO MEMBERS.
ARCHULETA GONZALEZ- TITLE STERN-
BURKE. HIGHS ARE THIRTY FIVE THE
NOSE OR ZERO THE- APPOINTMENTS
ARE CONFIRMED NOW ON THE SENATE
THIRD READING WE HAVE ONE ITEM
FILE ITEM NUMBER FIVE SACRAMENTO
OF OUR READING MADAM SECRETARY
PLEASE READ SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION EIGHTEEN BY SENATOR
MENSCH OF OUR RELATIVE TO WEAR
RED DAY AN AMERICAN HEART MONTH
. IMAGE OF OUR GO AHEAD. THANK
YOU PRESIDENT MEMBERS- FC ARE
EIGHTEEN SIMPLY DECLARES
FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY THREE
AMERICAN HEART MONTH AND
RECOGNIZES FEBRUARY THIRD TWENTY
TWENTY THREE AS WEAR RED DAY IN
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU TO THOSE
WHO WERE READ ON FEBRUARY SECOND
HEART DISEASE IS THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH UNITED STATES
CLAIMING NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND LIVES A YEAR IN ALMOST
HALF OF ALL AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE
AT LEAST ONE MAJOR RISK FACTOR
FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. FROM
HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES TO
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THE THREAT
OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
TOUCHES ALMOST EVERY FAMILY.
WHILE HEART DISEASE AND STROKE
CAN BE COSTLY AND DEADLY THEY
ALSO THEY ARE ALSO OFTEN
PREVENTABLE. S. E. R. EIGHTEEN
RAISES AWARENESS OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ONGOING FIGHT
AGAINST HEART DISEASE AND
STROKE. THIS RESOLUTION ALSO
HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF HEART
DISEASE AMONG WOMEN
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ACCOUNT
FOR ONE IN THREE DEATHS
NATIONWIDE KILLING MORE WOMEN
THAN ALL FORMS OF CANCER
COMBINED. BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE
SYMPTOMS AREN'T AS OBVIOUS IN
MEN. IN I WANTED TO SHARE STORY
I WAS IN E. N. T. E. R. TACK IN
A HOSPITAL MY LOCAL DOES IN MY
DISTRICT. AND I LIKE BEING A
WOMAN WOMAN CAME IN I WAS CALLED
BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IN THE
HOSPITAL SPOKE SPANISH. I WENT
IN I- I THE REPORT WAS GIVEN
THAT SHE WAS ANXIOUS SHE'S
NEEDED TO CALM DOWN. AND I JUST
SEEM TO TRANSLATE TO LET HER
KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD BE
HERE WITH HER LATER. I LEFT THE
ROOM ONLY FOR MINUTES LATER FOR
THERE TO BE A CODE BLUE BE
CALLED WHEN A CODE BLUE IS
CALLED SOMEONE GOES INTO CARDIAC
ARREST OR ANOTHER CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE. GO BACK INTO THE ROOM
AND SHE'S IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST
WHERE I PERFORM CPR FOR WHAT
SEEMED LIKE. A DAY AND A HALF
UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
RESUSCITATE. HER AND SHE DIED.
AGAIN I MEANT. QUITE TO. ARE
COMMON WOMEN AREN'T OFTEN
RECOGNIZE SO. IF YOU'RE A TEAM
BRINGS ANOTHER AWARENESS TO THIS
STORM RECOGNITION OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE ONGOING FIGHT
AGAINST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
WE CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS
AND ENCOURAGE ACTION BY KNOWING
YOUR NUMBERS LIKE YOUR BLOOD
PRESSURE NUMBERS KNOW YOUR
FAMILY HISTORY IS A COMMON IN
YOUR FAMILY. ME WITH YOUR
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER UNDERSTAND
YOUR RISK AND LEARN TO RECOGNIZE
THE SIGNS SYMPTOMS OF HEART
ATTACK AND STROKE. SO I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT AND AN AYE VOTE ON
S. YOU'RE EIGHTEEN. THANK YOU
ASCENDER ALSO. THANK YOU I RISE
IN SUPPORT OF S. R. EIGHTEEN AND
AMERICAN HEART MONTH AND THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR RAISING. THIS
IMPORTANT ISSUE. THE OTHER
HIGHLIGHTS THAT WOMEN ESPECIALLY
BLACK AND HISPANIC WOMEN ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
HEART DISEASE AND STROKE. AND
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ATTACKS ARE
ON THE RISE IN YOUNGER WOMEN.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION ON AVERAGE HISPANIC
WOMEN ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP
HEART DISEASE TEN YEARS EARLIER.
THAN NON HISPANICS. THE DISEASE
TEN YEARS EARLIER NOT THEIR
AWARENESS OF IT. AND ONLY ONE IN
THREE WOMEN HISPANIC WOMEN ARE
WHERE THAT HEART DISEASE IS THE
NUMBER ONE KILLER. I HOPE THAT
THIS RESOLUTION WILL SERVE AS A
VEHICLE TO EMPOWER. THE WOMEN OF
CALIFORNIA AS WE ADVOCATE FOR
OUR HEALTH URGE YOUR SUPPORT SO
WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS
ISSUE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. A C. NINE THIS ITEM IS
ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO USING
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. C. NINE THE
EYES ARE THIRTY FIVE THE NOSE OR
ZERO THE MEASURE PASSES. THAT WE
WERE TRYING TO MOTIONS
RESOLUTIONS NOW IS THE TIME FOR
A JOURNEY MEMORY AND WE WILL
START OUT WITH THREE TODAY WAS
THAT IT WAS SENATOR WIENER. I
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT OUR
COLLEAGUES- I RISE- TRAGICALLY
TO S. OF THE SENATE DURING A
MEMORY. OF BY STEVEN LAU- WHO
PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY ON
JANUARY TENTH- AT THE AGE OF
NINETY TWO AND SAN FRANCISCO.
AYE MR LAU WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER
FIFTEENTH NINETEEN THIRTY HE WAS
A NATIVE OF TOYS ON IN CHINA
WARM- MOST OF THE FIRST
GENERATION. CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
IN SAN FRANCISCO- COME FROM A
DURING WORLD WAR TWO AT THE AGE
OF EIGHTEEN- HE MOVED TO HONG
KONG AND LATER JOINED THE MARINE
BRANCH OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG
POLICE. IN NINETEEN SIXTY FOUR
STEVE AND HIS WIFE AND HIS SON
EMIGRATED TO CALIFORNIA. WHERE
HE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO SUPPORT
AND RAISE A FAMILY HE SPENT MOST
OF HIS LIFE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA. ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED
AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES I
ADVOCATED FOR COMMUNITY ISSUES
AND PROMOTED FROM THE EXCHANGES.
BETWEEN AMERICANS AND CHINESE I
INDIVIDUALS. I HE SERVED
HONORABLY IN LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS WITH THE US CHINA
EXCHANGE COUNCIL THE AMERICAN
TRADITIONAL MEDICAL AND TRAUMA
TALA DISASSOCIATION. AND ALLOW
FAMILY ASSOCIATION. I STEVEN
ALSO VOLUNTEER TO MANY LOCAL.
ELECTIONS INCLUDING MAYORAL
RACES SUPERVISOR RACES AND IT
WAS EVEN INVOLVED IN MY OWN
RACE- AND HE- ACTIVELY PRACTICE
HIS RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN
DEMOCRACY AND HE CARED ABOUT IT
DEEPLY. HI STEVEN LOVE LIFE YOU
LOVE TRAVELING- HE WAS A VERY
GREGARIOUS PERSON HER MANY MANY
FRIENDS BY AND HIS LOSS IS
DEEPLY FELT IN OUR COMMUNITY-
STEVEN LAU WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH
BY HIS WIFE JEAN LOU. IS
SURVIVED BY HIS SON DAVID HIS
DAUGHTER IN LAW MARY AND HIS
GRANDSONS ALEX AND JONATHAN HE
WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED AND I
ASKED THAT THE SENATE ADJOURNED
IN HIS MEMORY. THANK YOU PLEASE
BRING HIS NAME UP SO. WE CAN BE
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED THANK.
NEXT WE HAVE CENTER.
RIVERSIDE. HOW CAN YOU TELL HOW
MUCH A DRAGON WAYS. WELL
DEPENDS. ON WHO IS EATEN THAT
DAY. HOW CAN YOU GET RID OF
VARNISH. WE'LL TAKE AWAY THE ARE
. WHAT DID THE WORKING WORST GET
EVERY FRIDAY. HEY CHECK. MY
FIRST INTRODUCTION TO DR STEVE
MARCY. HE WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE
PRE ALGEBRA. MY TEACHER. WITH IS
WONDERFUL BUT WHILE THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL MATH WITH PIZZAZZ
WORKSHEETS. THAT I WORK THROUGH
DUTIFULLY EVERY DAY HONING MY
PRE ALGEBRA SKILLS WORKING
THROUGH THESE WORKSHEETS FILLING
IN THE ANSWERS INTO A SPECIAL
CODE ONLY TO BE. REWARDED WITH
TERRIBLE JAMS SUCH AS WENT AS A
FARMER GO TO A DRUG STORE. WHEN
HE NEEDS A FARM ASSIST. WELL
YEAH. THIS IS A- THIS THIS THIS
WONDERFUL MAN GOOD NATURED
SOMEWHAT ERNEST R. LOVER OF
PINES IN OF GOOD AND BAD HUMOR.
WELL AS AN EXTRAORDINARY TEACHER
AT LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT
RIGHT TENDED SINCE NINETEEN
SEVENTY ONE THIRTY SIX YEARS AS
A TEACHER I MANY MANY STUDENTS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY
FROM MY GENERATION- I THESE
WORKSHEETS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
MATH OF DISASTER. BECAUSE THEY
THEY SOLD EVERYWHERE AND HELP
TO- IN LIGHT IN IN IN LIVE IN
AND RICH LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR
YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLERS I IN
CLASSROOMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
. I HE WAS A SELFLESS PERSON WHO
DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE CLASSROOM
AND ALSO DEVOTED HIMSELF TO OUR
BELOVED BOY SCOUT TROOP TWO TWO.
I IN SANTA MONICA I UP A
POSITION HE SERVE A LONG AFTER
HE SIGNED MY OWN PATROL LEADER-
HAD SAID HAD A GRADUATED FROM
THE TROOP THIRTY TWO YEARS.
LEADING TRIP TO OVERSEEING THE
TRAINING OF THOUSANDS OF SCOUTS
IN THE GRADUATION OF TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY TWO EAGLE SCOUT. MYSELF
AMONG THEM- OVER HIS THIRTY TWO
YEARS LEADING THE TROOPS. AND
THOSE TROOPS WENT ON TO SAVE.
LITTLE DOZENS OF LIVES. BECAUSE
OF OUR FIRST AID TRAINING.
BECOME LEADERS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES BECOME BETTER MEN
AND BETTER CITIZENS BECAUSE OF
THEIR TIME UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP
. HE WAS AN ORGANIZATIONAL
GENIUS NOT JUST PLANNING MASSIVE
- CAMP TRIPS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. ON HIKING THAT WE USED
TO DO BUT ALSO JUST THE DAY TO
DAY RUNNING OF THE TRUTH
MANAGING ALL OF THE- THE ENERGY
OF THOSE BOYS BUT ALSO. THE
OTHER NIGHT I WAS TALKING WITH
THE SUN ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE THE
SKILL SET TO RUN A MAJOR
CORPORATION. BUT HE TOLD DEVOTED
HIS LIFE IN HIS CONSIDERABLE
TALENTS TO BETTERING USE. AND SO
ARE HARD TO UNDERESTIMATE- IT'S
HARD SO HARD TO OVERESTIMATE HOW
MANY LIVES THAT HE MADE BETTER-
IN THE LEADERSHIP EXAMPLE ANY
SHOW TO US. THROUGH IT WAS
ALWAYS SO CENTERED AND
INTEGRITY. OF THE DEEP LOVE FOR
STORYTELLING FOR CAMARADERIE FOR
THE OUTDOORS IT WAS ALSO
INFECTIOUS AND IT MADE US. WANT
TO KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE. SO
WHAT BEING HONORED AS A LOCAL
HERO IN TWENTY THIRTEEN DR MARCY
SAID YOU CAN TEACH CHILDREN THAT
THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO
SOMETHING GREAT. A MISSION THAT
HE EMBODIES A TEACHER AS A SCOUT
MASTER AND OF COURSE AS A FAMILY
MAN A FATHER GRANDFATHER. AND
GREAT GRANDFATHER. HI I'VE CLOSE
TO TWO OF HIS KIDS MATT AND
JENNY I GREW UP WITH THEM. I'VE
GOT TO ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO
OTHER CHILDREN JUST MEAN AN
INDIAN IS WONDERFUL WIFE JANICE
HE WAS MY COLLEGE COUNSELOR. AT
SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL. SO HIS
MEMORY LIVES ON NOT JUST THROUGH
THEM BUT ALSO THE LITERALLY
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES
IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HE-
ALTERED AND HEALTH FOR THE
BETTER AND SO. YOU KNOW WE CAN
ONLY HOPE THAT- HE'S WE KNOW
THAT HE'S SMILING DOWN AND I
SAID YOU WE JUST HAVE THE
MEMORIAL SERVICE ON ON SATURDAY
I WAS REALLY HONORED TO SPEAK
THEIR- WE KNOW HE'S SMILING DOWN
US IN. FROM SOMEWHERE OVER THE
RAINBOW WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT.
HE'S UP THERE. ARE- FOLLOWING
HIS OWN ADVICE. I'M THAT HE GAVE
TO US STUDENTS MANY YEARS AGO
AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH WITH
PIZZAZZ WHEN HE ASKED THE
STUDENTS. I'M ONE OF THOSE
WORKSHEETS ABOUT WHAT ONE SHOULD
EAT. SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
AND OF COURSE THE ANSWER IS. WAY
UP HI. SO I ASK YOU. TO JOIN ME
TODAY. IN STRIVING. TO EMULATE.
AT LEAST A BIT OF DR MARCI
SELFLESS COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
AND TO THE BETTERMENT OF YOUTH.
HERE IN THE SENATE TODAY AS WE
ADJOURNED IN HIS MEMORY GOD
BLESS YOU DR MARCI. THANK YOU
PLEASE BRING HIS NAME UP SO HE-
THE SENATE CAN PROPERLY
MEMORIALIZE HIM. AB NEXT UP
CENTER NGUYEN. THANK YOU THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT TODAY I RISE TO
ASK THAT WE JOIN IN MEMORY OF
REGULAR MATH OF GARDEN GROVE.
RICK WAS BORN IN CHERRY POINT.
NORTH CAROLINA AS AN ONLY CHILD
TO PARENTS VINCE AND VILLA LARA.
AS A MILITARY FOUND THEY MOVE
THEIR WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SELLING DOWNEY WHAT HE'S ALWAYS
CONSIDER HOME GARDEN GROVE
CALIFORNIA. HE GRADUATED AS AN
ARGONAUT FROM GARDEN GROVE HIGH
SCHOOL NINETY SEVEN TWO. I'M
ALSO A GUARD OF ARGONAUT AS
WELL. STUDY AT CYPRESS COLLEGE
AND STARTED A FIFTY YEAR CAREER
IN FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND
CLEAN HE STARTED AS A JANITOR.
AND BUILT HIS OWN SMALL BUSINESS
. HIS DEDICATION TO GARDEN
GROVE. TO MAKE A GUARD OF A
BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE WAS
SEEN IN HIS PUBLIC SERVICE. AS
AN VERY ACTIVE MEMBER AND SERVE
IN MANY MANY LEADERSHIP. ROLE
FOR MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING. NOT WITH BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE GARGLE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE GARGLE STRAWBERRY
FESTIVAL THE GARDENER STRAVA
FESHBACH SHE BACK IN THE
SEVENTIES HAD ROBERT F. KENNEDY
AS OUR GRAND MARSHAL. THE GUARD
OF DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
ALLIANCE CLUB THE KIWANIS CLUB
IN SO MANY MANY MORE. HE WAS
ALSO. RECENTLY HONORED AS A
GARGLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAN
OF THE YEAR IN TWENTY TWENTY.
AND CYPRESS COLLEGE CITIZEN OF
THE YEAR FOR GARDEN GROVE IN TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. LAST WEEK I
WAS ABLE TO TENRECS FUNERAL.
GLOBAL FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE
ATTENDED. ALL THOSE WHO HAVE
TOUCH GARDEN GROVE FOR THE PAST.
TO THE PRESENT. N. MOVING ON
FORWARD ALL SHOWED UP. LOTS OF
THEM LIKE MYSELF FLEW BACK HOME.
JUST TO TEND TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE PAY OUR RESPECT. REQUEST ASHY
A VERY GOOD FRIEND. OF MINE A
SUPPORTER AND A MENTOR. ANYTIME
YOU WANT ANYTHING OR NEED
ANYTHING OR NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
CARGO. RICK KNEW WHERE THE DEAD
BODIES ARE VERY- AND SO YOU
KNOW- I JUST WANT TO TELL TO THE
LOWER MY FAMILY EXPECTED TO HIS
WIFE SUSIE- WE LEFT RICK. WE
WILL MISS WRECK. OF AND HE HAS
TOUCH EVERY ASPECT OF GARDEN
GROVE FOR OVER FORTY YEARS. AND
SO WE THANK THEM FOR GIVING HIM
TO US- NOT EVEN. AFTER HE THE
FINAL WAS LAST TUESDAY. TWO DAYS
AFTER. THE COMMUNITY PUT ON A
BLOOD DRIVE. BECAUSE IN HONOR OF
RICK BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL HE NEED A LOT OF PINTS
OF BLOOD. AND THAT'S HOW THE
RUMOR FAMILY AND HOW WHICH WOULD
ONE. IS HE ALWAYS REMEMBER TO
GIVE BACK. I ACTUALLY ALSO WHEN
I FLEW IN FROM SACRAMENTO WENT
TO AND TRY TO GIVE BLOOD AS WELL
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY REJECTED-
MAINLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
THE RIGHT NEEDLES FOR ME- BUT-
THAT'S HOW RICK IS. RICK NEVER
FORGETS ANYBODY. AND IS ALWAYS
WILLING TO SAY YES. HE NEVER
SAYS NO TO. I DON'T THINK HE'S
EVER SAID NO TO ANYBODY AND HE
IS VERY QUICK IF YOU CALL HIM
DOESN'T MATTER HOW BUSY IS HE
CALLS YOU BACK- SO. SUZY AND TO
THE FAMILY HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
MOTHER THE BIRLA HIS WIFE OF
TWENTY YEARS SUSIE AND THEIR
CHILDREN MARIA RICHARD NICOLL
JEFF JUSTIN. DANIEL DAVID JOSH
AND VINSON AND ALONG WITH EIGHT
GREAT. EIGHT GRAND CHILDREN. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK TO BE JOINED IN
MEMBER RECLAMAR A DEDICATED
HUSBAND FATHER. GRANDFATHER AND
TO BE LOVED. NUMBER ABOUT GARDEN
GROVE COMMUNITY. WHO WE WILL
TRULY MISS BUT HE HAS TOUCH
EVERYONE OF OUR LIVES THANK YOU
. THANK YOU PLEASE BRING HIS
NAME UP AS WELL SO I CAN
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED. IT IS
OTHER BUSINESS CENTER RECKONS
THE DESK IS CLEAR. MR PRESIDENT
THANKS SO MUCH OUR NEXT FLOOR
SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY
NOT. FRIDAY FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH
TWENTY TWENTY THREE AT NINE AM.
THE SENATE WILL BE RECESSED
UNTIL THREE THIRTY PM AT WHICH
TIME THE GERMAN MOTION WE MADE
RECONVENE FRIDAY FEBRUARY
SEVENTEENTH AT NINE AM.