HE GOOD MORNING MEMBERS
SECRETARY WILL CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN WELL WE'RE OUT OF JAIL
ARCHULETA ASH BEING ATKINS
BECKER BLAKE'S BEER BRADFORD
CABALLERO CORTESE DALY DIED
DORADO EGGMAN GLAZER GONZALEZ
DROVE HER TADO JONES LAYERED
LIMÓN GUAIRE MENJIVAR MEN NEWMAN
WHEN MELLOW HOTEL ABOVE BUT A
PORTANTINO RAW RUBIO SEYARTO
SKINNER. SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN-
NUMBER ONE HOBBY WIENER WILK.
ONE A QUORUM IS PRESENT WITH THE
MEMBERS IN OUR GUESTS BEYOND THE
RAIL AND IN THE GALLERY PLEASE
RISE WILL BE LED IN PRAYER THIS
MORNING BY OUR CHAPLAIN SISTER
MICHELLE GORMAN AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WE WILL
BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG BUT
CENTER CORTESE. LOVING GOD BE
WITH US THESE DAYS AS WE RECALL
FROM THE PROPHET ISAIAH HOW YOU
WISH US TO LIVE. IS NOT THIS THE
FASTING I DESIRE TO LOOSE THE
CHAINS OF INJUSTICE AND UNTIE
THE CORDS OF THE YOKE TO SET THE
OPPRESSED FREE. IS IT NOT TO
SHARE YOUR FOOD WITH THE HUNGRY
AND TO PROVIDE THE POOR WANDERER
WITH SHELTER. WHEN YOU SEE THE
NAY CODES TO CLOTHE THEM. AND
NOT TO TURN AWAY FROM YOUR OWN
FLESH AND BLOOD. THEN YOUR
LIGHTS WILL BREAK FORTH LIKE THE
DAWN. AND YOUR HEALING WILL
QUICKLY APPEAR. THEN YOUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL GO BEFORE YOU
. YOU WILL CALL AND THE LORD
WILL ANSWER. YOU WILL CRY FOR
HELP AND GOD WILL SAY HERE I AM.
A MAN. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION
UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE
VIEWS OF THE FLOOR SENATOR
ATKINS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR GUEST INTRODUCTION. WELL
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. KHALIS
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
PANDEMIC STRUCK IN TWENTY TWENTY
THE SENATE IS OFFICIALLY
RECOGNIZING CANADA DAY IN THE
CAPITAL. THIS IS A WELCOME
OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANCE OF CALIFORNIA'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA AND ITS
PROVINCES ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING
THAT IT'S ONE OF OUR CLOSEST
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. THE
CONNECTIONS IN THE COLLABORATION
ON CRITICAL ISSUES ARE NUMEROUS
THOUGHT ONLY MENTION A FEW KEY
POINTS TRADING GOODS BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA AND CANADA TOPPED
FORTY SIX BILLION DOLLARS
ANNUALLY. CANADIAN BUSINESSES
PROVIDE OVER SIXTY THOUSAND JOBS
IN CALIFORNIA PAYING
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE
AVERAGE REGIONAL WAGE. OUR
COOPERATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS
LINKED THROUGH MULTIPLE
MECHANISMS INCLUDING THE WESTERN
CLIMATE INITIATIVE AND PACIFIC
COAST COLLABORATIVE. BOTH
CALIFORNIA AND CANADA IS
POPULATIONS ARE STRENGTHENED BY
DIVERSITY ABOUT ONE IN FOUR
PEOPLE ARE FOREIGN BORN. THIS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CALIFORNIA
AND CANADA IS BUILT ON MUTUAL
RESPECT COMPLEMENTARY ECONOMICS
AND ECONOMIES COMMON GOALS FOR
OUR FUTURE WHICH INCLUDED CLEAN
ENVIRONMENT A HEALTHY PLANET AN
EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.
SO WITH THAT AND TO CELEBRATE
THIS RELATIONSHIP WE WELCOME
BACK OUR TO OUR SENATE CHAMBER
TODAY THE CONSUL GENERAL OF
CANADA WHO RESIDES IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND IS PART OF THE
SILICON VALLEY OUT OF REACH.
MYSTERON US SAY SARKAR MR SARKAR
WAS PERSONALLY PICKED BY PRIME
MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU TO GROW
THE CALIFORNIA CANADA
RELATIONSHIP HE'S CONTINUE THAT
WORK ON CANADA'S BEHALF DESPITE
THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND IT'S NO ACCIDENT THAT THE
FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP THAT
THE SENATE AND A NUMBER OF OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY EMBARKED
UPON LAST YEAR AS THE WORLD
REOPENED WAS TO CANADA. WHERE WE
SHARED INFORMATION ON CLIMATE
ACTION CARBON CAPTURE CAPTURE
AND SEQUESTRATION HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY COURTS. SO MR SARKAR I
WANT TO THANK YOU. FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP THE ECONOMIC AND
CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA AND CANADA IT IS
CRITICAL TO US AND WE LOOK
FORWARD FOR CONTINUED WORK
TOGETHER. THE COLLEAGUES PLEASE
JOIN ME IN WELCOMING MR SARKAR
BACK TO OUR SENATE CHAMBER.
OKAY MEMBERS RETURNING WE
CERTAINLY ARE WELCOME THE
COUNSEL GENERAL OF CANADA.
MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
MOVING ON I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
SENATOR CORTESE FOR AN
INTRODUCTION AT HIS DESK. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT SOME WITH ME
TODAY- COLLEAGUES OF THE SENATE
IS- MY GOD AND- MYSTERY MARTINEZ
WHO IS VISITING THE CAPITOL
TODAY'S BEEN HERE ALL WEEK
CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY WEEK HE'S A FOURTH
GRADE STUDENT AT WILLOW GLEN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I'M VERY
PROUD TO HAVE HIM WITH ME I
DON'T HAVE ANY GRANDCHILDREN BUT
I DO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL GODS
AND SO DELIVERY PLEASE.
WE WELCOME ME TO THE STATE
CAPITOL. SENATE QUARTERS YOU HAS
A SECOND INTRODUCTION HE'LL MAKE
AT HIS DESK. THANK YOU AGAIN-
BETTER PRESIDENT THIS MORNING IT
ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND
RECOGNIZE MRS BEROSSUS FOURTH
GRADE CLASS WHO'S HERE WITH US
IN THE GALLERY OF THAT CLASS IS
HERE FROM THE EAST VALLEY
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN SAN JOSE- IN
MY DISTRICT SENATE DISTRICT
FIFTEEN. AND I WANT TO WELCOME
THEM IN WOULD ASK YOU TO DO THE
SAME- AS A JOIN US HERE IN THE
STATE CAPITOL EAST VALLEY
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL HAS BEEN
SERVING. SERVICE STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES. FOR FOUR DECADES IN
THIS IS US WE PROVIDED STUDENTS
WITH A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION
THAT PROVIDES THEM FOR SUCCESS
IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE SO AGAIN-
THANK THE SENATE WELCOME.
REPORTS GRADE STUDENTS. AND TO
RAY- FOURTH GRADE I KNOW IS WHEN
WE DO CALIFORNIA HISTORY SO
PEOPLE OVER HERE GETTING THEIR
EDUCATION AS THE PEOPLE DO THEIR
WORK OKAY MOVING ON WE HAVE A
SENATOR WHAT HAAB HASN'T.
INTRODUCTION THAT SHE WILL MAKE
A FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER'S
DESK THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
AND SENATORS IT'S AN HONOR TO
PRESENT SHROFF'S AND DORHAM A
TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER OUT OF
SANTA CLARA COUNTY IN THE
RECIPIENT OF THE TWENTY TWENTY
TWO. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE PICTURE OF THE
YEAR AWARD- SHRUB. AWARD IS
ACTUALLY WINNING ENTRY THAT
CAPTURES THE QUIET MOMENT OF ONE
OF NATURE'S QUICKEST CREATURES A
HUMMINGBIRD CAPTURED AT THE UC
DAVIS ARE VICTORIAN THIS ALLEN'S
HUMMINGBIRD IS PERCHED ATOP A
DELICATE BRANCH. PLEASE JOIN ME
IN WELCOMING STRIVE TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT
BEAUTIFUL PICTURE WE ALL KNOW
THE QUICKNESS OF THE
HUMMINGBIRD. RECIPE CATCHES.
OKAY MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
WILL BE DEEMED READ MESSAGES
FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED
READ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES WILL
BE READ DEEMED READ AND THEN
ADOPTED. MOTIONS OR RESOLUTIONS
AND NOTICES ANY MEMBERS. SEEING
NONE. CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY
FILE. WITH GOVERNOR APPOINTMENTS
SENATOR GROWTH ITEM NUMBER. TWO
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A
CONFIRMATION OF DOCTOR GAIL
WILLIS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
STATE PERSONNEL BOARD DR WILLIS
IS AN EDUCATOR IN MATHEMATICS
PREVENTION INTERVENTION
SPECIALIST IN THE LOS ANGELES
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE
SHE SERVED SINCE NINETEEN NINETY
SIX. AND SHE'S ALSO A STATE
PERSONNEL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE
ON THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION SHE WAS
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH AT A FIVE
OH VOTE AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE ANY DISCUSSION
ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE
SECRETARY WILL CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN. BY OVER OUT OF GUILT BY
ARCHULETA HI ASHLEY BY ATKINS HI
BAKER. BLAKE'S BEER. HI BRADFORD
BY COMING BY CORTESE BY DELHI HI
DOUG HI THE RAZA I EGGMAN BYE
BYE GLAZER. AYE GONZALEZ FIVE
GROVE. HI OUR DATA. BY JONES. HI
LAYERED. HI THE MON. HI MCGUIRE.
BY MANY OF OUR- BY MEN BY
NEWMAN. AYE NGUYEN. BY NEIL. BY
OCTOBER. BY BUT THE M. HI
PORTANTINO ROTH. BY RUBIO. HI
SEYARTO HI SKINNER. BY SMALL
QUIBBLES I STERN. BYE NUMBER. I
WILL HOLD. BY WIENER. BY WILK.
HI. THE PROGRAM. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS BAKER PORTANTINO
. THAT ITEMS THIRTY EIGHT ZERO
THAT APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED
CENTER GROVE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR SECOND ITEM ITEM NUMBER
THREE THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
AND COLLEAGUES THAT CONFIRMATION
OF JULIE LEAD TO THE DEL DELTA
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL MISLI IS
PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS
UNDERSECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS AGENCY M. I CAN TELL
YOU THAT WHEN I INTERVIEWED
MISLI I CAN TELL YOU THAT SHE IS
SOMEBODY WHO IS REALLY JUST A
PROCESS PERSON AND SHE BELIEVES
IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A
LEAN PROCESS AND AGENCIES AND I
THINK SHE'S GOING TO DO VERY
WELL IN THE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
TO MAKE SURE THAT. THE RULES ARE
FOLLOWED AND THAT THE INTENT OF
THE LEGISLATURE IS TAKEN UP AND
I THINK SHE'LL DO A VERY GOOD
JOB I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
AYE VOTE SHE WAS CONFIRMED BY
THE RULES COMMITTEE ON THE
FIFTEENTH AND- AGAIN
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE. ANY
DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM SEEING
NONE SECRETARY WILL CALL THE
ROLL ALLEN. HI BARBARA GILL HI
ARCHULETA HI ASHLEY HI ATKINS.
HI BAKER. PLEASE BEAR. HI
BRADFORD. HI CABALLERO. BY
PARTISAN. BY TELLING. HI DODD.
BY THE RAZA. BY EGGMAN BYE BYE
GLAZER. HI GONZALEZ. HI BRO. I
ARE. BY JONES. I LAYERED HI
LIMÓN. FIVE MCGUIRE. I MENTOR
BAR. I MEAN. MAN HI. NEWMAN AYE
NGUYEN. I NEED LOW. HI UNTIL
ABOUT. FIVE FOR THE YEAR. BY
PORTANTINO. RALPH HI RUBIO. BYE
SEYARTO FIVE SKINNER. HI SMALLER
CUEVAS I STERN. BY NUMBER. BY
ONE HOPE. BY WIENER. BY WILK
FINE. IT IS THIRTY EIGHT ZERO
THAT APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRM
CENTER GROVE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR YOUR THIRD ITEM ITEM NUMBER
FOUR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
AND- COLLEAGUES A CONFIRMATION
OF SHASHIKALA DAD IN ENTER
HOUSTON TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS FOR UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF LOS SAN
FRANCISCO IN LELAND ADAMS FOR
HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE
COMMISSION ON THE STATE
MANDATES. COMMISSION AND STATE
MANDATES- ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS
WERE UNANIMOUSLY CONCERNED ON
THE RULES COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY
FIFTEENTH RESPECTFULLY ASK. YOUR
AYE VOTE SKEWS ME NOT PRESENT.
THE DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION
SEEING NONE SECRETARY WILL CALL
THE ROLL ALLEN FIVE OVER OUT OF
GUILT HI ARCHULETA HI ASHLEY HI
ATKINS BY BECKER. BLAKE'S BEER
HI BRADFORD HI CABALLERO AYE
CORTESE BY TELLING BY DODD AYE
THE RESIDENT. I EGGMAN BY GOING
. FIVE GONZALEZ I GROW. BY TITLE
. I JONES FIVE LAYER. BY THE
MOON. HI MCGUIRE. AYE MENDOZA
AYE MAN AYE NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN.
BYE MILLO. HI A TERRIBLE. BY BUT
THE UP. I PORTANTINO. WELL BY
RUBIO. HI THERE TO BUY SKINNER
BY SMALL QUIBBLES HI STERN. BYE
NUMBER. HI ONE HOME. I WIENER.
FIVE WILK HI. THAT HAS RECEIVED
THIRTY EIGHT VOTES THAT
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED I WOULD
RETURN TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS AND THIS IS THE TIME
FOR ADJOURNED AND MEMORIES YES
MEMBERS PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AS
WE MOVED TO OUR ADJOURNMENTS
CENTER CABALLERO YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT. THIS MORNING I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY OF
SAMA READ THESE AND OTHER
CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITIES THAT
MOURN THE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR OWN
SELMA POLICE OFFICER GONZALO
CARRASCO JUNIOR WHO TRAGICALLY
LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF
DUTY ON TUESDAY JANUARY THIRTY
FIRST TWENTY TWENTY THREE WHILE
SERVING AND PROTECTING THE
CITIZENS OF SELMA. GONZALO
CORRAL CARRASCO JUNIOR WAS BORN
ON JUNE TWENTY FOURTH NINETEEN
NINETY EIGHT TO GONZALEZ CROSS
GO AND VERONICA DO N. AS IN
REEDLEY CALIFORNIA HE WAS A
DEVOTED AND LOVING SON BROTHER
FRIEND AND EXPECTANT FATHER WHO
FULFILLED HIS DREAM OF BECOMING
A POLICE OFFICER. A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF RIDLEY OFFICER
CARRASCO ATTENDED REEDLEY HIGH
SCHOOL WHERE HE ENJOYED PLAYING
FOOTBALL BASKETBALL AND
VOLLEYBALL. HE ALSO PLAYED CLUB
SOCCER FOR MANY YEARS. OFFICER
CARRASCO SERVED AS A POLICE
EXPLORER FOR HIS HOME TOWN OF
READ THE CALIFORNIA. HIS
APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE EXPLORERS EXPRESSED HIS
COMMITMENT TO HELPING AND IS
SERVING HIS COMMUNITY. HE LATER
SERVED AS A NON PAID RESERVE
OFFICER FOR THE SELMA POLICE
DEPARTMENT. AS A PROUD SON OF
FARMWORKERS OFFICER CARRASCO
TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO CONTINUE
HIS EDUCATION AND ATTEND THE
POLICE ACADEMY AND HE WAS HIRED
TO WORK AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR
THE SELMA POLICE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT. OFFICE ACROSS GO WAS
WELL LOVED AND RESPECTED BY HIS
SOME A POLICE DEPARTMENT FAMILLE
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AS IS
EVIDENT BY THE OUTPOURING OF
SUPPORT SHOWN BY MANY ACROSS THE
CENTRAL VALLEY HIS- MEMORIAL
SERVICE WAS ATTENDED BY
THOUSANDS. SURVIVED BY HIS
MOTHER VERONICA FATHER GONZALO
SENIOR SISTERS ON MY END POWER
LA BROTHER CHRISTOPHER AND
GIRLFRIEND AND SOON TO BE BORN
SON GONZALO MAXIMUS CARRASCO HIS
PATERNAL GRANDFATHER I NEGLECT
THOUGH CONOZCO MORPHINE. AND A
HOST OF EXTENDED FAMILIES
FAMILIES AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS
OFFICER CARRASCO WAS DEEPLY
LOVED AND WILL BE MISSED. OUR
COMMUNITY LOST A BELOVED OFFICER
WHO BRAVELY GAVE HIS LINE IN THE
LIGHT OF LINE OF DUTY RESPONDING
TO A CALL FOR SERVICE HE WILL BE
REMEMBERED FOR HIS SMILE.
LAUGHTER LOYALTY AN INCREDIBLE
SENSE OF HUMOR. THE CITY OF
SELMA IS SAFER BECAUSE OF HIS
SERVICE AND SACRIFICE AND WE
WILL NEVER FORGET HIM. I OFFER
MY DEEPEST DEEPEST CONDOLENCES
TO OFFICER CROSS CLOSE FAMILY
FRIENDS COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY
MAY HE HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE AND
HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR THOSE WHO
SERVE AND MAY HE REST IN ETERNAL
PEACE. PLEASE BRING HIS NAME
FOUR SEVEN PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED
BY THE SENATE. MOVING ON CENTER
ARCHULETA. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT MEMBERS. I RISE TODAY
TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
EXHILARATING SHIP DAVID G.
O'CONNELL. BISHOP O'CONNELL WAS
A GREAT MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS
LIFE TO GOD AND THE HARD WORKING
PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AS
WE GATHER HERE TODAY. RIGHT THIS
MINUTE BILLBOARDS ARE GOING UP
ACROSS THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
THIRTY. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIRTY
BILLBOARDS ALL OVER L. A.
COUNTY. WITH THIS PICTURE. AND
IT. NOTATION BISHOP O'CONNELL
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE NINETEEN
FIFTY THREE TO TWENTY. TWENTY
THREE. MY FAMILY AND I ARE
HEARTBROKEN ABOUT THE TRAGIC
MURDER BISHOP O'CONNELL AND JOIN
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES
IN OUR COMMUNITY IN MOURNING HIS
LOSS. LONG RESPECTED FOR HIS
WORK AS A PEACEMAKER AND FAITH
LEADER DURING HIS FORTY FIVE
YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO LOS
ANGELES COUNTY HE WILL BE FONDLY
REMEMBERED AND DEARLY MISSED BY
THE PEOPLE HE FAITHFULLY SERVED
. BORN IN. COUNTY CORK IRELAND
IN NINETEEN FIFTY THREE BISHOP
O'CONNELL STUDIED FOR THE
PRIESTHOOD AND ALL HALLOWS. A
COLLEGE IN DUBLIN AND WAS
ORDAINED TO SERVE THE
ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE. SINCE HIS
ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD HE
SERVED AS ARCHDIOCESE PASTOR AT
ST RAYMOND IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY
. ST MARIA GORETTI IN LONG BEACH
. SEN HILLARY'S IN MY TOWN AND
HOME TOWN OF PEOPLE RIVERA. AND
THEN AS PASTOR OF ST FRANCIS IN
LOS ANGELES DISSENTED CATHOLIC
CHURCH ST EUGENE AND SAID
MICHAEL PERISHES IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY. HE CONTINUED TO SERVE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALL THREE
YEARS AS A PRIEST. BISHOP
O'CONNELL MINISTERED TO
COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY GANG
VIOLENCE POVERTY AND TENSION
BETWEEN LOCALS AND MEMBERS OF
GANG AND BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT
AS WELL. HE INTERVENE TIME AND
TIME AGAIN RICHARD O'CONNELL DID
GREAT WORK TO RESTORE TRUST
BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT. DURING HIS TIME AS
A JERRY BISHOP IN LOS ANGELES.
CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS IN ENSURING
THE FUTURE OF THE REGION'S
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WERE TOP
PRIORITIES FOR BISHOP O'CONNELL
HE BELIEVE THAT PARISHES AND
SCHOOLS ARE POWERFUL AN
INSTRUMENT OF TRANSFORMATION OF
PEOPLE'S LIVES. IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. BISHOP O'CONNELL
ALSO SAW FIRST HAND THE EFFECTS
OF BROKEN FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES INSPIRING HIM TO
ORGANIZE RETREATS FOR MEN.
FOCUSING ON HOW TO BE GOOD
FATHERS. GOOD HUSBANDS WHICH HE
SAW AS A KEY TO HEALTH AND
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. BISHOP
O'CONNELL WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
IMMIGRATION TASK FORCE. HELPING
COORDINATE THE LOCAL CHURCHES
RESPONSE TO THE INFLUX OF
MIGRANTS IN RECENT YEARS AND
NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES
PRESENTED BY CHANGING
IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND LAWS.
IN THOSE POOR POOR PEOPLE WHO
NEEDED HELP. HIS BEST QUALITY AS
A PRIEST WAS AS ABILITY TO WALK
THE STREETS EVERYWHERE YOU WENT
HE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER
INCLUDING OTHER PRIEST FAMILIES
AND EVEN GANG MEMBERS HE WAS
TRULY A MAN OF THE CLOTH. THE
SENSE OF VIOLENCE ACT THE TOOK
BISHOP O'CONNOR'S LIFE MUST
COMPEL US ALL TO PREVENT FURTHER
GUN GANG VIOLENCE AND GUN
VIOLENCE. HE WILL BE MISSED. IT
WAS MY HONOR TO RECEIVE
COMMUNION FROM HIM AND TO SHARE
STORIES OF MY TIME AT SALESIAN
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE LOVED TO
VISIT. HE ENJOYED VISITING OUR
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. I ASKED WE
ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF THIS GREAT
MAN WHO HAD GREAT FAITH IN GOD
CHARITY AND SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY MAY YOU REST IN PEACE
THANK YOU. SANTA ROSA THANK YOU
AND I WANNA THANK SENATOR FOR
RAISING OF THE NAME OF- BISHOP
O'CONNELL. I MET BISHOP
O'CONNELL AND WE WERE ON MANY
MANY PICKET LINES AND MARCHES
AND PROTESTS TOGETHER HE WAS AN
EXTRAORDINARY MAN. I BELIEVE
THAT PART OF HIS COMMITMENT AND
HIS COMPASSION WAS BECAUSE HE
HIMSELF WAS AN IMMIGRANT. AND HE
KNEW THE- DIFFICULTIES OF BEING
A NUMBER GOING IN THIS COUNTRY-
ONE PARTICULAR TIME HE READ THE
STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH. ADD
OF WHAT WE WERE HAVING A BIG
STRUGGLE AT USC- BUT HE- STOOD
BY THE TWENTY FIVE PROTESTERS
WHO GOT ARRESTED. SO I JUST
THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER HIM ARE
WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM. HE
LOVED BEING IN THE TRENCHES WITH
POOR WORKERS WITH MIGRANT
WORKERS AND WORKERS COMP- JUST
WORTH. FIGHTING FOR DIGNITY IN
THEIR LIVES. SO I ALSO ASK
ALTON- I JOIN IN HIS MEMORY.
THANK YOU AND PLEASE BRING HIS
NAME FOR TOOK IMPROPERLY
MEMORIALIZED BY THE SENATE. IF
THERE'S NO WEATHER BUSINESS
CENTER BACK INTO THE DESK CLEAR.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND
OR NEXT FLOOR SESSION IS
SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY
TWENTY SEVENTH TWENTY TWENTY
THREE AT TWO PM. THE SENATE WILL
BE IN RECESS UNTIL THREE THIRTY
PM AT WHICH TIME THE ADJOURNMENT
MOTION WILL BE MADE WE WILL
RECONVENE MONDAY FEBRUARY TWENTY
SEVENTH AT TWO PM.