THIS WILL CALL TO ORDER THE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN OF GIL ARCHULETA ASH BEING
ATKINS BAKER BLAKE'S BEER
BRADFORD CABALLERO CORTEZ IN
DELHI DODD THE RAZA EGGMAN
GLAZER GONZALEZ GROVE OUR TITLE
JONES LAYERED LIMÓN MCGUIRE
MENJIVAR MEN NEWMAN WHEN MELLOW
SHOW ABOVE IBM PORTANTINO BROUGH
RUBIO SEYARTO SKINNER SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS STERN NUMBER ONE HOBBY.
WIENER WILK. VERY GOOD I CORPS
IS FOR- WITH THE MEMBERS AND
GUESTS BE THE RATE AND IN THE
GALLERY PLEASE RIGHTS WE WILL BE
LED IN PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON BY
SENATOR BRADFORD AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WILL BE
LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG BY SENATOR SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS CENTER BRADFORD. GRACIOUS
AND LOVING GOD AS WE WORK
THROUGH OUR CHALLENGES EACH DAY
. MAY WE REMEMBER AND ACT ON THE
WORDS OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
HOWARD THURMAN HIS WORDS STATE
LOOK WELL TO THE GROWING EDGE
ALL AROUND US. WORLDS ARE DYING
IN NEW WORLDS ARE BEING BORN.
THE FIRST REPENT OF A TREE THE
ROOTS ARE SILENTLY AT WORK IN
THE DARKNESS OF THE EARTH.
AGAINST A TIME WHEN THERE SHALL
BE NEW LEAVES FRESH BLOSSOMS
GREEN FRUIT SUCH AS A GROWING
EDGE. THIS IS THE BASIS OF HOPE
IN MOMENTS OF DESPAIR THE
INCENTIVE TO CARRY ON WHEN TIMES
ARE OUT OF JOINT AND PEOPLE HAVE
LOST THEIR REASON THE SOURCE OF
CONFIDENCE WHEN WORLDS CRASH IN
GREENS WHITEN AT TI DASH LOOK
WELL INTO THE GROWING EDGE.
LOVING GOD MAY WE NOT CLOSE OUR
EYES TO THE GROWING EDGES IN OUR
OWN WAY OF LIFE. MAY WE ACTIVELY
ENGAGED IN DISMANTLING THE
SYSTEMS OF INJUSTICE THAT
PREVENT ALL OF US FROM LIVING IN
TRUTH AND INTEGRITY A MAN.
COLLEAGUES ON BLACK HISTORY
MONTH LET US PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG THAT DRAPES AND
COVERS US ALL. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE. AND SAN. I. THANK
YOU CENTER BRADFORD AND SENATOR
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. WE'RE GONNA
NEXT MOVE TO PRIVILEGES OF THE
FLOOR. PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
MAT AND FOR THAT I'M GONNA
RECOGNIZE SENATOR BRADFORD AND
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. AT THE AT THE
AT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS AND
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
TRADITION THAT WE HAVE STARTED
THE LEGISLATURE OVER NUMBER
YEARS IS ALSO RECOGNIZING.
UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITY
INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE DAILY
CONTRIBUTIONS BUT SOMETIMES GO
UNRECOGNIZED OR A NOTICE TODAY
IT'S MY HONOR MISTER PRESIDENT
TO RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY
MONTH. AND IN ITS HONOR STATED
TO PRO WESTERN REDUCE BEVERLY
WHITE AS THE UNSUNG HERO IN THE
THIRTY FIFTH SENATE DISTRICT
MISS WHITE RECENTLY RETIRED FROM
FORTY ONE YEAR CAREER IN
BROADCAST JOURNALISM THE LAST
THIRTY YEARS OF WHICH SHE SERVED
THE LOS ANGELES MARKET AT KMBC
ANYONE WHO LIVES AROUND LA SHE'S
A FAMILIAR FACE SHE DEDICATED
HERSELF TO PROVIDING VITAL NEWS
AND INFORMATION TO VIEWERS AND
HER COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. A
GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS AT AUSTIN REALLY HAS
WORKED AS A TELEVISION NEWS
ANCHOR IN FOUR STATES AND
REPORTED ON MANY CONSEQUENTIAL
EVENTS HER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
INCLUDES REPORTING ON THE
POLITICAL UPRISING AND HAITI
EARTHQUAKES IN NORTHRIDGE IN
MEXICALI CALIFORNIA AND MASS
SHOOTINGS IN KILLEEN TEXAS
AURORA COLORADO IN THOUSAND OAKS
CALIFORNIA. SHE ALSO REPORTED ON
THE DEATHS OF ENTERTAINERS
MICHAEL JACKSON AND PRINCE IT
WAS A WATCHFUL EYES WHEN SHE
REPORTED ON THE GEORGIA FLORIDA
TRAGEDY IN NUMEROUS BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTESTS THROUGHOUT
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MS WHITE
HAS BEEN HONORED WITH MANY
AWARDS INCLUDING THE TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE DISTINGUISHED
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR FROM THE
GREATER LOS ANGELES CHAPTER OF
THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL
JOURNALISTS. SHE IS THE
RECIPIENT OF THE CHUCK STONE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK
JOURNALISTS IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT. AND SHE RECEIVED A
PEABODY AWARD WANTED
JOURNALISM'S HIGHEST HONORS FOR
HER COURAGE COVERAGE I SHOULD
SAY OF HURRICANE ANDREW IN
NINETEEN NINETY TWO. THIS WHITE
JOIN THE BROADCAST UNION OF
SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD IN NINETEEN
EIGHTY FIVE AND SERVED ON THE
NATIONAL BROADCAST DURING
COMMITTEE. SHE ALSO HAS BEEN A
DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS
SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX AND
SPENT TIME SUPPORTING BUDDING
JOURNALISTS. AS A GUEST LECTURE
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AS WELL AS
MENTOR. SHE'S A PROUD ARMY BRAT
BRAT A WIFE A MOTHER AND A
GRANDMOTHER SHE IS MARRIED TO
HER FRONT OF FELLOW JOURNALISTS
EXHIBITOR HICKS. FOR HER
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO
REPORTING THE TRUTH AND
PROMOTING AWARENESS IN HER
COMMUNITY WHILE SUPPORTING.
FUTURE JOURNALISM HI PLEASE JOIN
ME IN CONGRATULATING MISSPELLING
QUIET AS TO TWO THOUSAND AND
TWENTY THREE UNSUNG HERO OF
DISTRICT THIRTY FIVE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THAT
YOU'VE DONE SHE'S A VOICE AND
TRUSTED FACE THAT WILL BE MISSED
BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN SHE IS
RETIRING AND MOVING TO FLORIDA
BUT YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME
AND OUR HEARTS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU MISS WHITE
.
CENTERS CUEVAS AT THE MAJORITY
LEADER'S DESK. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT I RISE TO PRESENT A
RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE MACHEL
READ A GRASSROOTS LEADER WHO IS
A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LAMAR
PARK COMMUNITY HERE IN SOUTH LOS
ANGELES THE TWENTY EIGHTH
DISTRICT. MICHELLE IS AN
ORGANIZER AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
MEMBER FOR SEIU LOCAL TWENTY
FIFTEEN MICHELLE IS AN
INSTITUTION. R. AS AN ORGANIZER
FOR SEIU SHE CONTINUES TO STAND
ON THE FRONT LINES TO ADDRESS
SUCH LABOR ISSUES AS INCOME
INEQUITY. FIGHTING FOR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM AND PROTECTING
THE WORKING CLASS THROUGH
ORGANIZING IN HER VOICE MICHELLE
CAN BE AT A RALLY TO ENSURE
FAIRNESS FOR HOME CARE WORKERS
AT EIGHT AM AT ELEVEN AM
DISCUSSION ON BLACK LIVES MATTER
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND
AT TWO PM- REGISTERING FOLKS TO
VOTE AS SHE IS THAT KIND OF
LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY. HER
MOTTO IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT IS
STANDING SIDE BY SIDE WITH
OTHERS IN THE FIGHT FOR INCOME
AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE MICHELLE'S
ACTIVISM IN THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
MOVEMENT WAS INSPIRED BY
WATCHING HER GRANDMOTHER WHO
WORKED AS A LOW WAGE WORKER IN
THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IN DOWNTOWN
LOS ANGELES HER GRANDMOTHER
WOULD OFTEN TELL HER TO BE ABOUT
CHANGE IN THE WORLD. WHILE
RAISING HER THREE CHILDREN AS A
SINGLE MOTHER MICHELLE WORKED AS
A LICENSE LONG TERM CARE
PROVIDER A JOB THAT SHE HAS HELD
FOR THREE DECADES WHEN SHE
JOINED SEIU LOCAL TWENTY
FIFTEEN. EARLY IN HER CAREER SHE
BECAME INTERESTED IN LABOR
ACTIVISM IN FIGHTING FOR THE
WORKERS. IN HER FEEL TO HAVE A
VOICE PARTICULARLY FIGHTING FOR
LOW WAGE WORKERS WHO FAR TOO
OFTEN HAVE TO STRUGGLE AND MAKE
TOUGH CHOICES SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEIR WORK HAS NOT BEEN VALUED.
SHE SOON BEGAN TO IMPACT OTHERS
SHARING HER STORY AND BRINGING
OTHER WOMEN. PARTICULARLY WOMEN
OF COLOR TO COME AND BE PART OF
THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO
ORGANIZE IN THE HOME CARE FIELD.
FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT
SECTOR BUT ALSO FOR THE STRENGTH
OF THEIR COMMUNITIES WHERE MANY
OF THESE WERE LARGELY A WOMEN.
WORKERS LIVE. SHE UNDERSTOOD
THAT IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE
CHANGE PEOPLE NEED TO STAND
TOGETHER AND WHEN WE SAY PEOPLE
WE MEAN FULL COMMUNITY. THAT
WORKERS WHO WANT A BETTER FUTURE
STAND WITH THE YOUTH WHO WANT OF
A BETTER FUTURE WHO STAND WITH
WOMEN WHO WANT A BETTER FUTURE
WHO STAND WITH BLACK WORKERS WHO
WANT A BETTER FUTURE. WHO STAND
WITH IMMIGRANTS WHO WANT A
BETTER FUTURE THAT IS THE VALUE
THAT MICHELLE REED LIVES EVERY
DAY AND INSPIRE SO MANY OF US
AND I WANT TO SAY I HAVE BEEN
ON. THE RIDE CARAVANS WITH
MICHELLE- WHEN WE SIT TOGETHER-
TO INSURE THAT THE KILLING OF
MICHAEL BROWN WOULD BE A MOMENT
OF CHANGE FOR THE COUNTRY IN
FERGUSON AND SHE BROUGHT DOZENS
OF HOME CARE WORKERS WHO DROVE
ACROSS THE STATE IN A VAN- TO
ENSURE THAT LABOR STOOD. WITH
THE PROTESTERS- TO DEMAND
JUSTICE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
DIGNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY MACHEL
IS INVOLVED IN SO MANY THINGS
AND I CAN'T. FORGET THE TIME
THAT I SAW MACHEL FACEBOOK THE
COMMUNITY. FROM A YOUNG- BLACK
LOS ANGELES DEMOCRATIC CLUB AND
MICHELLE IS AN INTER
GENERATIONAL LEADER AND HAS THE
RESPECT OF THE USE AND
PARTICULARLY LEADERS WHO WANT TO
SEE CHANGE IN HER COMMUNITIES
AND SHE WAS. GIVING THEM A RED
CARPET ON FACEBOOK SO AS OTHER
GEN X.'ERS WHO ARE ON FACEBOOK
COULD BE PART OF THAT BEAUTIFUL
OCCASION THAT'S THE KIND OF
LEADER INVOICE THAT MICHELLE HAS
SHE IS A SUPPORTING OF THE BLACK
LOS ANGELES AND DEMOCRATS. SHE'S
A MEMBER SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE
WOMEN'S DEMOCRATIC CLUB SHE IS A
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
COALITION SHE IS A MEMBER- AND
ACTIVISTS IN THE CULVER CITY
DEMOCRATIC CLUB PARTS OF LA THE
L. A. COUNTY FEDERAL ASIAN. OF
LABOR DELEGATES SHE IS ONE OF
THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE LOS
ANGELES BLACK WORKER CENTER A
MEMBER OF THE NEW FRONTIER
DEMOCRATIC CLUB. AND WE TALKED
ABOUT HER LEADERSHIP IN THE HOME
CARE WORKERS UNION MICHELLE HAS
SERVED AS A CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATIC PARTY DELEGATE. OF
FOUR DISTRICTS FIFTY FOUR FIFTY
SEVEN SHE HAS ALSO RECEIVED A
LONG LIST OF AWARDS FOR HER WORK
IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT. TODAY AS
A GRANDMOTHER OF FOUR IN A GREAT
GRANDMOTHER OF ONE MICHELLE
BARROWS TO SERVE. AS A LIFELONG
ADVOCATE IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT
IN THE JUSTICE. FOR ALL OF US.
AS SHE SELF PROCLAIMS I'M FOR
THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE WITH
THE PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHY WE
LOVE MICHELLE READ. AN HONOR
TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO
HONOREES WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO JOIN
BOTH OF THEM FOR A GROUP PHOTO
AT YOUR AT YOUR WHICH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOREES
THANK YOU MEMBERS THE NEXT IN
THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO SENATOR
JONES FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER'S
DESK CENTER JONES WHEN YOU.
OKAY.
OUR. SENATOR JOHN S. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT GOOD AFTERNOON
MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO
COMMEMORATE A VERY IMPORTANT-
EVENT IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY
WE'RE JOINED THIS AFTERNOON BY
THE RINCON BAND OF LUCIANO
INDIANS CHAIRMAN MAZZETTI IS
HERE CANCEL MEMBERS GONZALEZ
LINTON AND CONSTANT.
CONSTANTINOS ARE HERE TO
COMMEMORATE A VERY IMPORTANT DAY
FOR A TRIBAL NATIONS IN
CALIFORNIA SINCE NINETEEN OH
FIVE THE RINCON BAND DRAGONFLY
BASKET HAS BEEN PART OF THE UC
BERKELEY COLLECTION FOR
ANTHROPOLOGIE. IN TWENTY TWENTY
TWO WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE RINCON BAND AND THE
CHANCELLOR THEY WERE ALSO JOINED
BY THE CHANCELLOR FROM UC
BERKELEY CHANCELLOR CRIST IS
ALSO HERE UNDER THE DIRECTION
AND THE GUIDANCE OF THIS RINCON
COUNCIL THEY WERE WORKED- AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE UC BERKELEY
TO HAVE SOME OF THEIR- ELEMENTS
RETURNED TO THEIR TRIBAL LANDS
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ONE OF
THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO THEM IS THE
DRAGONFLY BASKET. THE BASKET HAS
BEEN IT WITH UC BERKELEY SINCE
NINETEEN OH FIVE IN RETURN TO
THE TRIBAL LANDS IN TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. THIS BASKET IS SO
IMPORTANT TO THE TRIBE THAT THE
DRAGONFLY THAT IS. A PART PRO
TRADE ON THE BASKET IS ACTUALLY
PART OF THE TRIBAL SEAL AND
THEIR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT AND SO
I AM PRESENTING A RESOLUTION ON
BEHALF OF OUR PRIOR COLLEAGUE
SENATOR HUESO. WHO AT THE END OF
SESSION JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO
PRESENT TO THE RESOLUTION AND
ALSO OUR ASSEMBLY COLLEAGUE
EDWARD EDUARDO GARCIA MEMBERS
I'D ASKED YOU WELCOME THE RINCON
TRIBE IN CANCER CHRIS FOR THIS
MOMENTOUS DAY IN CALIFORNIA
HISTORY.
MEMBERS YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN
IN A LARGER PHOTO IF YOU WISH.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SENATOR
JONES GRADUATIONS CHAIR MS ATTY
AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
TRIBAL COUNCIL.
ALL RIGHT MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO
PROCEED WITH THE ORDER OF
BUSINESS- MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR WILL BE DEEMED READ
MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL
BE DEEMED READ. PARTS OF
COMMITTEE WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. UNDER
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS AND
NOTICES. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
SENATE JOURNALS FOR FEBRUARY
TWENTY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY THREE
THROUGH FEBRUARY TWENTY THIRD
TWENTY TWENTY THREE WILL BE
APPROVED AS CORRECTED BY THE
MINUTE CLERK. ALL RIGHT WE'RE
GONNA MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION
OF THE DAILY FILE FIRST UP ITEM
NUMBER ONE GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENT WITH THAT WE'RE
GOING TO GO TO CENTER GROVE
MISTER PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES
FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A
CONFIRMATION AT CHIEF JOSEPH
TYLER FOR THE DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE
PROTECTION- PRIOR TO THIS ROLE
HE SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE
PROTECTION PROGRAMS HE STARTED
HIS CAREER AT CAL FIRE. OVER
THIRTY YEARS AGO PREVIOUSLY
SERVING AS A FIREFIGHTER AND A
PARAMEDIC HE WAS UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON A FIVE OH VOTE ON FEBRUARY
FIFTEENTH AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU
SENATOR GROW FLAT. DISCUSSION I
SEE THE MICROPHONE TO SENATOR
DIED RECOGNIZED YES MR PRESIDENT
JUST BRIEFLY- I'VE HAD A
OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW-
CHIEF TYLER- EXEMPLARY- PUBLIC
SERVANT I JUST REALLY BELIEVE
THAT HIS GOALS AND MISSIONS ARE
ALIGNED TOTALLY WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SAID IN TERMS
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH
WILDFIRE- THE- THROUGHOUT THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY
ASK RIVAL. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
OR DISCUSSIONS. THE NINE CENTER
GROVE YOU MAKE CLOTHES THANK YOU
JUST OUTLINED MY COMMENTS OF MY
COLLEAGUE FROM NAPA AND
REPRESSED AN AYE VOTE. CRITICAL
DISCUSSION HAVING CEASE WITH
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL ALLEN. I
WOULD RATHER GO. HI ARCHULETA.
HI ASHLEY. HI ATKINS HI BAKER.
HI BLIX BEER. BY BRADFORD. HI
CABALLERO. I CRITICIZING BY DALY
. BY DOLLAR. HI THERE ARE. BY
EGGMAN. BY GLAZER BY GONZALEZ BY
GROVE. BY OUR TOTAL. JEFF BY
WHERE. BY AMONG. HI MCGUIRE. BY
MENJIVAR. BY MEN. HI NEWMAN. HI
WHEN. I NAY LOW. BY VIRTUE OF. I
BILLION. HI PORTANTINO. ROTH BY
RUBIO. HI SAY ARE TO. BUY
SKINNER. HI SMALLER GREAT HI
STERN BY NUMBER. BOB HI WIENER
BY WILK. HI SECRETARY CALLED.
THE SECRETARY CALLED THE ABSENT
MEMBERS ALLEN. OUR TOTAL
PORTANTINO UMBERG. ON A VOTE OF
THIRTY SIX ZERO THE NOMINEE IS
CONFIRMED REMOVED A FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWO THE NOMINATION BRENDA
LEWIS WITHOUT WILL GO TO
SECRETARY CENTER THERE THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT OF FILE ITEM NUMBER
TWO SIX CONFIRMATION OF DOCTOR
BRENDA LEWIS TO THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION PRIOR TO THIS ROLE
SHE SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES
FOR MANY YEARS AT THE KERN HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT HE WAS APPROVED
BY THE RULES COMMITTEE ON
FEBRUARY TWENTY SECOND ON THE
UNANIMOUS FIVE A VOTE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I.
PHONE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR
DEBATE. SCENE NINE SECRETARY
CALL THE ROLL ELLEN OVER OUT OF
GUILT. HI ARCHULETA HI ASHLEY BY
ATKINS BY BAKER. BY BLAKE SPEIR
. HI BRADFORD. HI KAMALA. HI
COURTESY HI DALY. I DON. HI THE
RAZA BY EGGMAN HI GLAZER. HI
GONZALEZ HI GROW. BY OUR TITLE
JONES. BLURRED BY LIMON. FIVE
MCGUIRE BY MANY OF OUR- BY MEN.
BY NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN. BY NEIL. I
WHICH- ABOVE. I BROUGHT BILLION
. BY PORTANTINO. BROUGH HI RUBIO
. HI SEYARTO. SKINNER BY SMALL
CUEVAS HI STERN. BYE NUMBER HI
WILL HARM BY WIENER I WILL. HI
SECRETARY CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS ALLEN BURKE CHAU JONES.
BY SEYARTO. THIRTY SIX ANOTHER
THIRTY SIX ZERO THE NOMINEES
CONFIRMED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER THREE THE
NOMINATION SHERRIN OKAY THE
DALLAS TURNED CENTER THERE THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MR PRESIDENT FILE
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A
CONFIRMATION OF SHARON WELCOME
TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SHE IS CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF GATEWAY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN SAN FRANCISCO SHE WAS
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON. FEBRUARY TWENTY SECOND ON A
UNANIMOUS FIVE OH VOTE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR I.
BOATS. ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
AND DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. THE
NIGHT OF SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN BARBARA GILL. HI ARCHULETA
HI ASHLEY BY ATKINS HI BAKER. HI
PLEASE BEAR HI BRADFORD. I GOT A
ANNA BY PARTISI BY DELHI. HI
DODD. BY THE RAZA. HI EGGMAN BY
GLAZER HI GONZALEZ BY GROW. BY
OUR TITLE JONES. HI LARRY HI
LIMÓN. HI MCGUIRE AYE MENDOZA
AYE MAN. AYE NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN.
BY NEIL. BY A SHOW ABOUT. BYE
BYE DEAR HI PORTANTINO RALPH. BY
RUBIO. BYE SEYARTO SKINNER HI.
SMALL CUEVAS HI STERN. BYE
NUMBER HI WELL HI WIENER. BY
WILK. BY THE SECRETARY CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS PLACE ALLEN OUR
TOTAL PORTANTINO SEYARTO. HELLO
TO THIRTY SIX ZERO THE NOMINEES
CONFIRMED WILL MOVE ON TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND WITH THAT
CENTER THERE THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MR PRESIDENT FILE ITEM NUMBER
FORCED THE CONFIRMATION OF
GABRIELA OROZCO GONZALEZ TO THE
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HE IS
CURRENTLY A TEACHER FOR THE
MONTEBELLO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHE WAS APPROVED BY THE
RULES COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY
TWENTY SECOND ON THE UNANIMOUS
FIVE A VOTE I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I. PHONE. ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THE
NOMINEE. THE NINTH SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ALAN OF A
LOT OF GUILT BY ARCHULETA HI
ASHLEY BY ATKINS HI BAKER. BY
BLAKE SPEIR. BY BRADFORD. HI
CAMBIADO HI COURTESY BY DIALING
. DODD BY THE RAZA. FIVE EGGMAN
BY GLAZER BYE GONZALEZ HI BRO.
HI OUR TITLE. JONES BY LAYERED.
BY LAMONT. BYE MCGUIRE AYE
MENDOZA. AYE MAN. AYE NEWMAN. HI
WHEN. I NAY LOW. BY A CHIRLA
VOTE. BYE BYE DEAR. I PORTANTINO
ROCK. BY RUBIO BYE SEYARTO INNER
. I SMALL CUEVAS BY STERN BYE
NUMBER I WILL. AYE WIENER BY
WILL I THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS ALLEN. DALY
OUR DAUGHTER PORTANTINO SEYARTO
. ANOTHER THIRTY FIVE ZERO THE
NOMINEE IS CONFIRMED. WE'RE
GONNA MOVE ON A FILE ITEM NUMBER
TEN CENTER CORTESE ARE YOU READY
SEEMS TO BE READING SECRETARY
PLEASE READ. SENATE BILL FORTY
ONE BY SENATOR CORTESE AN ACT
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE
CLEARING NEAR TO SEE THEIR UP TO
TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY CENTER
CORTESE THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT-
COLLEAGUES ARISES TO PRESENT
SENATE BILL FORTY ONE SB FORTY
ONE REFLECTS MONTHS OF
NEGOTIATIONS AND AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AIRLINES IN
CABIN CREW LABOR
REPRESENTATIVES. AND HAS NO
OPPOSITION THE BILL EXEMPTS
CERTAIN FLIGHT CREW EMPLOYEES
FROM CALIFORNIA'S LABOR CODE
PROVISIONS REGARDING MEAL AND
REST BREAKS. COMPLIANCE WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MEAL AND REST BREAKS
THAT YOU'D FOR INFLIGHT CABIN
CREWS IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
COMMERCIAL AIRLINE FLIGHTS
LONGER THAN TWO AND A HALF TO
THREE HOURS BECAUSE THE FAA
REQUIRES THE SAME EMPLOYEES. TO
REMAIN ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES
DURING THE FLIGHT INCLUDING
DURING MEAL AND REST PERIODS
UNDER CALIFORNIA'S MILL
RESTAURANT QUORUM PLEASE MUST BE
OFF DUTY DURING MEAL AND REST
BREAKS. FURTHER THE STATUTE
REQUIRES AN EMPLOYEE MUST BE
ABLE TO LEAVE THE PREMISES WHICH
OF COURSE IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR
EMPLOYEES WHO WERE IN FLIGHT.
THE BILL REQUIRES A COURSE
CORRECTION FOR WHAT IS REALLY
INCOMPATIBLE STATE LAW AND
FEDERAL REGULATIONS. THIS BILL
SB FORTY ONE WOULD EXEMPT
CALIFORNIA BASED CABIN CREWS
FROM THE MEAL AND REST BREAKS.
ONLY IF THERE'S A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT
PROVIDES FOR BREAKS OR PROPRIA
COMPENSATION. THE BILL DOES HELP
UNANIMOUS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AS
IT WAS PASSED OUT OF ALL
COMMITTEES WITHOUT A SINGLE NO
VOTE. IN IF I MAY A SPECIAL
THANKS. TWO OF NOT ONLY THE
LABOR COMMITTEE STAFF BUT
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO GET
FOR GETTING THIS BILL ON AN
EXPEDITED BASIS- HERE TO THE
FLOOR TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR
CORTESE ANY DISCUSSION. CENTER
WILK. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I
TO STAND IN FAVOR OF SB FORTY
ONE I HEARD IN THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE. AS AS WELL AS IN-
LABOR AND PENSIONS AND I GOTTA
TELL YOU THIS IS A FINE PIECE OF
LEGISLATING THIS IS REALLY WHAT
WE'RE HERE TO DO AND THE AUTHOR
IS ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER. I
EMPLOYERS AND LABOR TOGETHER FOR
A WIN WIN SITUATION THAT
BENEFITS EVERYBODY SO AGAIN I
WANT TO COMMEND THE AUTHOR FOR
ALL OF HIS WORK AND ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY CASTING MY VOTE TODAY.
THANK YOU SENATOR WELCOMING FOR
THE DISCUSSION. C. NINE SENATOR
CORTESE MAKE CLOTHES I
RESPECTFULLY ASK HER AYE VOTE
THANK YOU SECRETARY PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ALLEN OF AURORA GUILT.
BY ARCHULETA. BY ASHLEY BY
ATKINS BY BECKER. BY BLANKS.
FIVE BRADFORD. FIVE W. FIVE OR
TEN. FINE BELL. HI THE- HI THE
RAZA. BY EGGMAN BY GLAZER BY
GONZALEZ. I GROW. BY OUR
DAUGHTER JONES. I. LERI. HI
AMONG. MCGUIRE HI MENJIVAR. BY
MEN. I NEWMAN. HI WHEN. HI MILLO
. BY A SHOW ABOUT NINE BILLION.
BY PORTANTINO RALPH. BY RUBIO.
BY AIRTEL HI SKINNER. BY SMALL
PLAY BASS LINE STERN BYE NUMBER
FIVE WAHABI. FIVE WIENER. FIVE
WILK BY THE SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS ALLEN
OUR TOTAL LOAN. BY PORTANTINO.
THAT'S A THIRTY SEVEN ZERO IN
THE URGENCY THIRTY SEVEN ZERO ON
THE BILL. REMOVED OUT OF FILE
ITEM NUMBER ELEVEN- S. C. R.
TWENTY TWO. LOOKS LIKE SENATOR
NEWMAN IS READY THE SECRETARY
PLEASE READ SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION TWENTY TWO BY SENATOR
NEWMAN RELATIVE TO THE
REPUBLICAN LATVIA. FROM THE
MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK SENATOR
NEWMAN. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I
AM PLEASED TO RESIGN AS YOU ARE
TWENTY TWO WHICH URGES THE
GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A FORMAL
INTRODUCED ACTIONAL COOPER
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA AND THE REPUBLIC
OF LATVIA AS YOU MAY BE AWARE IN
TWENTY TWENTY TO THE UNITED
STATES OF CALIFORNIA
COMMEMORATED. THE ONE HUNDREDTH
ANNIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH LATVIA AS YOUR
TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY TWO
ENDEAVORS TO STRENGTHEN AND
EXPAND THIS IMPORTANT
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS SOME
VERY BRIEF HISTORY A LOT FOR YOU
IN NINETEEN EIGHTEEN IN THE
AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR ONE
LOTTERY DECLARED ITS
INDEPENDENCE AS A SOVEREIGN
NATION WHEN IT BROKE AWAY FROM
THE GERMAN EMPIRE ONLY TO LATER
BE FORCIBLY INCORPORATED. INTO
THE SOVIET UNION IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE SECOND WORLD
WAR LIFE IS PEACEFUL SINGING
REVOLUTION WHICH BEGAN IN
NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN ENDED WITH
THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION IN
THE RESTORATION OF LATVIA'S
INDEPENDENCE IN AUGUST OF
NINETEEN NINETY ONE SINCE THEN
LOBBY HAS BEEN A DEMOCRATIC
UNITARY PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC.
IN TWO THOUSAND FOR A LOT FOR
YOU BECAME A MEMBER OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION WITH THIS
STRATEGIC LOCATION ON THE BALTIC
LOCATED IN EASTERN EUROPE JUST
WEST OF RUSSIA AND TO THE NORTH
OF BELARUS AND LITHUANIA. AND
COUPLED WITH ITS WELL DEVELOPED
PORTRAYAL IN OTHER TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE. LAW OFFICERS AS
A NATURAL ECONOMIC GATEWAY
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES. THE
E. U. N. ASIA U. S. A LOT
ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE
DYNAMIC. AND A COUNTRY TO SIGN
TREATIES ON INVESTMENT TRADE.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
AND AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE
TAXATION. AS OF TWENTY TWENTY U.
S. BILATERAL TRADE WITH A LOT
FOR YOUR TOTAL MORE THAN EIGHTY
EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY SIX
MILLION. PER YEAR IN THE UNITED
STATES A LOT HERE ARE
COORDINATING. ON ENERGY SECURITY
AND CLEAN ENERGY DEPLOYMENT. OF
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR TRANS
ATLANTIC. ENERGY COOPERATION.
ONE OF THE KEYS TO CALIFORNIA'S
TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND
GROWTH HAS BEEN ITS-
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS BUILT
UPON PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
CONNECTIONS. AND COMMON GOALS
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO A LARGE.
LOT BEING COMMUNITY- IN BOTH THE
LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO
AREAS AND CALIFORNIA AND LIFE IN
PARTNERSHIPS. CURRENTLY GENERATE
NEARLY EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS IN
ANNUAL TRADE WITH AMPLE ROOM FOR
ADDITIONAL GROWTH. SOME OF THE
INDUSTRY'S THESE PARTNERSHIPS
SUPPORT INCLUDE THE TECH. SECTOR
THE FOR ALL AND GAMING IN THE
FILM INDUSTRY INCLUDING LOCATION
FILMING PRODUCTION AND POST
PRODUCTION OF EQUAL
SIGNIFICANCE. SOME OF
CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST AND MOST
PROBABLY COMPANIES HAVE
ESTABLISHED OPERATIONS IN LATVIA
INCLUDING CISCO GOOGLE MEHTA AND
MEDTRONIC. BOTH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF
LIFE YOU HAVE BENEFITTED
IMMENSELY FROM THE RESULTING
INCREASES IN TRADE INVESTMENT
AND TOURISM AS WELL AS CULTURAL.
EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGES
AS YOUR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
INVASIONS THE FOSTERING OF EVER
GREATER LEVELS OF COORDINATION
COOPERATION BETWEEN CALIFORNIA
LAFIA OPENING ADDITIONAL DOORS
CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES. FOR
THOUSANDS OF SMALL TO MEDIUM
SIZE CALIFORNIA COMPANIES TO DO
BUSINESS IN LATVIA IN THE E. U.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN HELPING
CELEBRATE THIS RELATIONSHIP
BUILT ON MUTUAL COMMITMENTS TO
FREEDOM. DEMOCRACY SECURITY
PROSPERITY AND THE RULE OF LAW I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE THIS AFTERNOON THANK YOU
SENATOR NEWMAN ANY DISCUSSION ON
THIS RESOLUTION. ANY DISCUSSION
. THREE NINE IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION WILL SUBSTITUTE ARE
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. SENIOR
OBJECTION THAT'S THIRTY SEVEN
TWO ZERO THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS WERE GONNA MOVE
NOW TO PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
AND WITHOUT WILL RECOGNIZE
SENATOR NEWMAN AT THE MAJORITY
LEADER'S DESK. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT IN RECOGNITION AND
CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORICAL
TIES. AND FUTURE COOPERATION
BETWEEN CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC A
LOT FOR I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE
ABLE TO WALK IN TODAY TO THE
SENATE FOR LATVIA'S TWO
DISTINGUISHED HONORARY CONSULS.
IN CALIFORNIA WHO LEAD THE
COORDINATION OF DIPLOMATIC
SERVICES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
AREAS TO SUPPORT STRENGTHENED
RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC
COOPERATION BETWEEN CALIFORNIA.
AND LAFAYETTE WITH US THIS
AFTERNOON OUR DOCTOR YEAR IS
BONKERS BOB IS HONORARY CONSUL
IN LOS ANGELES. AND LOWER
REMINDED SLOT HIS HONORARY
CONSUL IN SAN FRANCISCO WE
SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR BOTH THE
PRESENT HERE TODAY AS WELL AS
THEIR SERVICE TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
GIVING THEM BOTH A WARM
CALIFORNIA SAID WELCOME.
WELCOME TO THE SENATE. MEMBERS
ARE ALL INVITED TO JOIN A GROUP
PHOTO IF YOU WISH AT THE BACK OF
THE CHAMBERS.
MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK
TO SENATE THIRD READING AND WITH
THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FILE
ITEM NUMBER FIFTEEN. S. C. R.
THIRTY LOOKS LIKE THAT SENATORS
READY THE CLERK PLEASE READ
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
THIRTY BY SENATOR SMALL CUEVAS
RELATIVE TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH
CENTER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS FLOOR'S
YOURS. THANK YOU. I RISE TO
PRESENT RESOLUTION SCR THIRTY
THAT RECOGNIZES FEBRUARY TWENTY
TWENTY THREE AS BLACK HISTORY
MONTH AND THE MOMENTOUS IMPACT
THE BLACK AMERICANS HAVE MADE
AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND I PRESENT THIS ON
BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS AND MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR
BRADFORD- AND SO MANY OF THE
UNSUNG HEROES WHO WERE AWARDED
TODAY. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL FOR
ME TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION IN
THIS CHAMBER IN MY EIGHTH WEEK
NOW IN THE STATE SENATE- BECAUSE
THE MORE I'M IN THIS SPACE I
FEEL THAT. THIS IS WHERE WE CAN
BUILD A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE.
THIS IS WHERE WE CAN RIGHT THE
WRONGS THIS IS WHERE WE
RECOGNIZED FAILED POLICIES AND
MAKE COMMITMENTS TO COURSE
CORRECT TONIGHT AND I THINK THAT
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND
PARTICULARLY THIS THEME OF
RESISTANCE. HELPS INSPIRE AND
ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO DO THAT.
SO THE ORIGINS OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH BEGINS IN NINETEEN FIFTEEN
HALF A CENTURY AFTER THIRD AFTER
THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN THE UNITED
STATES. THAT YEAR CARTER G.
WOODSON A HARVARD EDUCATED
HISTORIAN BELIEVE THAT HISTORY
NOT ONLY OMITTED BLACK PRESENCE
BUT DISTORTED IT. ESPECIALLY IN
THAT YEAR IN FEBRUARY OF
NINETEEN FIFTEEN THE RELEASE OF
THE FILM THE BIRTH OF A NATION
REINFORCED. HIS BELIEFS. THEY
HIDEOUS AN ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL
MOVIES THAT PAINTED A WHITE
SUPREMACIST VISION. OF THE
AMERICAN PASSED. IN INSPIRED THE
RESURGENCE OF THE KLU KLUX KLAN
AFTER THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA A
RESURGENCE THAT WE TOO OFTEN SEE
PLAY OUT IN OUR- GOVERNMENT I IN
OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY. THAT'S
SEPTEMBER WOODSON FOUNDED THE
ASSOCIATION OF THE STUDY OF
NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY. NOW THE
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND
HISTORY HE'S KNOWN AS THE FATHER
OF BLACK HISTORY. AND HE URGED
EDUCATORS AT THAT TIME TO SET
ASIDE A WEEK IN FEBRUARY IN
NINETEEN TWENTY SIX FOR THE
PURPOSE OF EMPHASIZING THE
HISTORY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
THE NEGRO. NOW IN THE TWENTY
FIRST CENTURY WE CELEBRATE THIS
MONTH TO MARK BLACK SURVIVAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS REBELLION AND
RESISTANCE. AS THE ULTIMATE
WEAPON AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY.
OUR HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US THAT
WHITE SUPREMACY IS A DEMOCRACY
KILLING FORCE. THAT IS OPERATED
IN PLAIN SIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE. AND IS NOW JUST
BEGINNING TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS A
THREAT TO AMERICAN LIBERTY
EVERYWHERE. THIS IS WHAT MAKES
BLACK HISTORY. AMERICAN HISTORY.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THEIR
HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT
. IN NINETY SIX I'M SORRY IN
SIXTEEN NINETEEN AFTER AFRICANS
FIRST ARRIVED ON THE SHORES.
BROUGHT TO AMERICA IN SLAVE
SHIPS. IT WAS THE BACKS OF THE
ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE THAT HELP
THIS NATION CREATE A GLOBALLY
COMPETITIVE ECONOMY. THE LABOR
SLAVERY PAID FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL
SHARE OF THE CAPITAL IN IRAN A
MANUFACTURED GOODS THAT LAID THE
STAGE FOR AMERICA'S EARLY YEARS.
OF UNPRECEDENTED AND UNMATCHED
ECONOMIC GROWTH PRIOR TO THE
CIVIL WAR THE EXPORTS OF GLOBAL
SLAVERY GROWN COTTON CONSTITUTE
UP 260% OF THE VALUE OF THE
NATION'S TOTAL EXPORTS. BLACK
AMERICANS. BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
BOTH MATERIALLY AND FINANCIALLY
. ADDITIONALLY THE FREEDOM OF
THE ENSLAVED. RELATED THE
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU BUREAU WHICH
FORMED IN NINETEEN EIGHTEEN
SIXTY FIVE IN PROVIDED THE FIRST
SCHOOLING TO SLAVES AND POOR
WHITES. IT WAS THE EARLY EARLY
EXAMPLES OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION
SYSTEM EDUCATION FOR ALL. AT THE
TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
BLACK AMERICANS WHO HAD LITTLE
ACCESS TO FORMAL EDUCATION AND
TRAINING RESPONSIBLE FOR A HIGH
NUMBER OF INVENTIONS DURING THE
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
WITH PATENTS. THAT HELPED TOO
AGAIN PROPELLED THIS COUNTRY TO
GREATNESS. SINCE THE SLAVE
SLOWDOWNS OF THE COTTON FIELDS
IN THE SOUTH BLACK PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT IN FACT LABOR DAY
HOLIDAY WAS ESTABLISHED IN
RESPONSE TO THE SLEEPING CAR.
BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR
PORTERS NATIONAL MOVEMENT WHICH
WAS FOUNDED IN NINETEEN TWENTY
FIVE IT WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL
ORGANIZING LED BY BLACK RAILROAD
WORKERS. THEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT BLACK PEOPLE
THROUGH NONVIOLENT PROTESTS AND
MASS MOVEMENT MARCHES DEMANDED
THAT AMERICA LIVE UP TO THE
IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL IN THIS COUNTRY
. A MODEL THAT IS USED TODAY BY
SO MANY GROUPS THAT SEEK CHANGE
AND FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY THE
ENDURING LEGACY OF U. S. RACISM
COMBINED WITH PUBLIC POLICY
SOCIAL NORMS AND UNCONSCIOUS
BIAS INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES
HAVE COLLIDED INTO A PERFECT
STORM OF GROWING DISPARITIES.
THAT NOW THE NEW GENERATION
THROUGH BLACK LIVES MATTER AND
OTHER MOVEMENTS ARE STANDING UP
AND CHALLENGING AND SAYING THAT.
THE RIGHTS TO EQUITY. TO THE
DEFEND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN AND THE
SANCTITY OF LIFE IS ABOUT
PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY AS A
WHOLE. NO MATTER WHAT THE MODERN
ERA. I'M SORRY THE MODERN CRISIS
IS WE'RE FACING. WE CAN TRACE IT
BACK. TO THE ORIGINAL SINS OF
SLAVE ERAS AND THE CONTINUED.
RESISTANCE AND REBELLION AND
STRUGGLE OF BLACK AMERICANS IN
PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALLIES. BY
TEACHING OUR NEXT GENERATION
ABOUT THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF
BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA PERHAPS
WE CAN GROW CLOSER TO REALIZING
THE TRUE IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY
THIS YEAR'S THEME. BLACK
RESISTANCE. THIS BLACK HISTORY
MONTH EXPLORES HOW BLACK PEOPLE
HAVE RESISTED HISTORIC AND
ONGOING OPPRESSION I'VE HAD
CONTINUE TO TRY AND THROUGHOUT
HISTORY IN THE FACE OF RACISM
AND INSTITUTIONALIZED BARRIERS I
AM PROUD TO COME FROM THIS
GENERATION. THIS TRADITION OF
RESISTANCE. TO BUILD THE
FUNDAMENTAL REALITY OF OUR
LEGACY. FROM THE ABOLITION
MOVEMENT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT TO THE ANTI APARTHEID
MOVEMENT TO BLACK LIVES MOVEMENT
. IN MY ROLE HERE IS THE SIX
BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO THIS
HOUSE IN THE HISTORY OF THE
SENATE IS A TESTAMENT TO THAT. I
STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
THIS RESOLUTION. TO RECOGNIZE
THE CONTRIBUTION TO BUILDING
THIS NAY THIS NATION AND THE
CONTRIBUTION TO COLLECT CONTINUE
COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE TO BUILD A
CALIFORNIA THAT WE ALL DESERVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SENATOR. WE
HAVE A NUMBER OF MICROPHONES
APPLES BEGIN FIRST WITH SENATOR
GONZALEZ. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
AS VICE CHAIR OF THE LATINO
CAUCUS IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF STR
THIRTY- IN- IN UNISON WITH MY
GOOD COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES
AND SEATMATE. A BLACK HISTORY
MONTH AS WE KNOW IS AN IMPORTANT
TIME FOR US TO CELEBRATE BLACK
EXCELLENCE BUT NOT JUST DO IT
TODAY DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY NOT
JUST IN THIS MONTH EVERY SINGLE
MONTH. TO REFLECT ON THE
EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS
ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
OF OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN FRIENDS.
OF FOR INSTANCE THEY'RE GOOD MOP
THURGOOD MARSHALL'S LEGAL WORK
LEADING UP TO INCLUDING HIS TIME
ON THE SUPREME COURT ESTABLISH
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THAT
CONTINUE TO EMPOWER MINORITIES
EVEN LIKE THE EAGLES. A AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR WELL HE MAY BEST
BE REMEMBERED FOR ARGUING
AGAINST THE SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
DOCTRINE IN THE BROWN VERSUS
BOARD OF EDUCATION CASE THAT
CASE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR
COUNTLESS LEGAL ADVANCEMENTS
THAT WOULD OCCUR OVER THE NEXT
FIFTY YEARS. AND AS CHAIR
TRANSPORTATION I THINK OF SO
MANY INCREDIBLE AFRICAN AMERICAN
LEADERS INCLUDING STEPHANIE
WIGGINS CURRENT CEO ELLIE METRO
TOQUES AMISH OAK IN OUR VERY OWN
SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY AND
A MANTA RAY WHO CAME TO THE
SENATE FLOOR. JUST THIS JANUARY
WHO IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
EVER TO BE THE COMMISSIONER OF
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.
ONE MORE CAN BIG KNOWLEDGE.
KNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZED REST
ASSURED THAT THE LATINO
COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL FOR SUCH
LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP.
INSPIRATION AND SUPPORT WE WILL
CONTINUE STANDING NEXT TO OUR
BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
MEMBERS PLEASE JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING THIS INCREDIBLE-
RESOLUTION SCR THIRTY AND ENSURE
THAT WE SUPPORT OUR COLLEAGUES
EVERY SINGLE DAY OUTSIDE OF
BLACK HISTORY MONTH THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR WE'RE GONNA
TURN NEXT. TO CENTER PADILLA
FOLLOWED BY SENATOR MAN SENATOR
WIENER CENTER SKINNER CENTER
BRADFORD. SENATOR VIDEO. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MR PRESIDENT TO
REAL HONOR TO RISE FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN THE SENATE ON BEHALF OF
THE L. G. B. T. Q. PLUS
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF
S. C. R. THIRTY. TODAY WE HONOR
THE LIVES THE VOICES IN THE
CONTRIBUTIONS AND BLACK
COMMUNITY. IN OUR NATION'S PAST
PRESENT AND FUTURE. AS WE HONOR
THE UNIQUE COURAGE THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AND THE SACRIFICES
THAT THEY HAVE MADE. I MUST ALSO
REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE THAT
THEIR TENACITY. WAS IN THE FACE
OF TERRIBLE OPPRESSION. AND
SYSTEMIC RACISM. WHICH PROCESS
SADLY TO THIS DAY. TOO OFTEN
LACK ACTIVISM HAS BEEN BORN OUT
OF NECESSITY. SO THE BLACK
PEOPLE CAN LIVE AND THRIVE IN
THE NATION BUILT BY THEIR
ANCESTORS. WE SEEK TO HONOR
BLACK LEADERS WHOSE EXCELLENCE
AND DRIVE HAVE CHANGED THE
TRAJECTORY OF OUR NATION AND OUR
WORLD FOR THE BETTER. LEADERS
LIKE MARSHA P. JOHNSON WHO
ORGANIZED AND LED THE STONEWALL
RIOTS. LEADERS LIKE THEY ARE
TRUST AND WHOSE VOICE WAS KEY IN
THE PUSH FOR NATIONAL CIVIL AND
VOTING RIGHTS. LEADERS LIKE
ALICIA GARZA CO FOUNDER AND
ARCHITECT OF THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT. AND LEADERS
LIKE PHIL WILSON ONE OF THE MOST
PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE GLOBAL
FIGHT. AGAINST HIV AIDS. THESE
ARE BUT JUST A FEW EXAMPLES
MISTER PRESIDENT. OF SOME OF THE
PROMINENT FIGURES. WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TREMENDOUSLY TO OUR
SOCIETY AND TO CONTINUE. TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE A LASTING
POSITIVE IMPACT ALSO IN THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. THE LGBTQ
PLUS COMMUNITY IS A CURRENTLY
GRATEFUL TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY
FOR HELPING LEAD THE WAY. FOR A
BETTER TOMORROW AND WE
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR AYE VOTE.
ON S. C. R. THIRTY THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT THANK YOU SENATOR PER
DL TURN NEXT TO SENATOR MATT.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. ON
BEHALF OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS I AM HONORED TO RISE IN
SUPPORT OF S. C. R. THIRTY.
RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY AS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH. I WANT TO THANK
MY COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES
FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION
AND FOR HER ELOQUENT REMARKS ON
THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING
THIS MONTH. OF COURSE ONE MONTH
IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO FULLY
CELEBRATE THE RICH DIVERSITY
STREET AND CONTRIBUTIONS. OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THIS
COUNTRY AND I APPRECIATE THE
EFFORTS AND HARD WORK OF THE
BLACK CAUCUS TO MAKE THESE
CONTRIBUTIONS. A YEAR ROUND
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. BECAUSE
EDUCATION IS UNFORTUNATELY STILL
SO IMPORTANT AND SO NECESSARY.
ARE WE STILL T. TOO MUCH RACISM
AGAINST BLACK AMERICANS. AGAINST
BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WE
JUST SAW A SHOCKING EXAMPLE THIS
EARLIER THIS WEEK. WITH A
PROMINENT CARTOONIST SCOTT ADAMS
I WILL CALL BLACK AMERICANS A
HATE GROUP. AND SAID THAT WHITE
PEOPLE SHOULD GET THE HELL AWAY
FROM THEM. OUR RACISM OF COURSE
EXISTS AND IT REARS ITS UGLY
HEAD FAR TOO OFTEN. WE HAVE TOO
MANY AMERICANS TODAY WHO ARE
IGNORANT. OF THE HISTORY AND
RICHNESS OF BLACK AMERICA. THE
API COMMUNITY IN THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAVE A LONG
HISTORY OF WORKING TOGETHER
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
FIGHT AGAINST HATRED AND
BIGOTRY. AND WE AGAIN JOIN THE
BLACK CAUCUS AND CELEBRATING
INSPIRATION LEADERSHIP OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS THIS MONTH.
AND WE PLEDGE THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU.
I. AS IN OUR STRUGGLE SO THANK
YOU AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR
SUPPORT FOR US HERE. THANK YOU
SENATOR MAN SENATOR WIENER. I
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES ARRIVED TODAY AS CO
CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE JEWISH
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF US HERE AT
THIRTY. A BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS
A SPECIAL CELEBRATION. OF BLACK
HISTORY AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT
REMINDER. THAT BLACK HISTORY IS
AMERICAN HISTORY AS YOU'VE
HEARD. ACROSS ITS NATURE NATION
WE ARE WATCHING. GROWING AND
CONTINUING ATTACKS ON THE JUST
AND NOBLE AND CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT GOAL. OF TEACHING A
FULL AND ACCURATE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. AND NOT
CHERRY PICKING OR WHITEWASHING.
OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO
CALIFORNIA REAFFIRM. THE STATE'S
COMMITMENT. TO TEACHING AND
ACCURATE AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF
OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. I TOO
OFTEN THE RICHNESS OF BLACK
HISTORY IS REDUCED TO TALKING
POINTS. AND WE DON'T FULLY
ENGAGE WITH THE BEAUTY AND PAIN.
TIED TO THE BLACK EXPERIENCE. OF
BLACK HISTORY OF COURSE IS NOT A
MONOLITH NO PEOPLE'S HISTORY
EVER AS- AND WE SHOULD BE
SUSPICIOUS OF ANYONE WHO TRIES
TO TELL US OTHERWISE. I THIS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH I'D ALSO
LIKE TO CELEBRATE SOME- BLACK
SHOES. MADE BOTH OF OUR CULTURES
FAR RICHER- MICHAEL TWITTY
WHO'S- MADE WAVES IN THE
CULINARY WORLD FUSING THE FOOD
TRADITIONS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
HIS BOOK KOSHER SOUL WAS NAMED
JEWISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AND
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. HOW DOES A
CAT WHO MAKES MUSIC THAT UNITES
ALL PEOPLE LOUIS GORDON OF
PHILOSOPHER WHO MADE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO A NUMBER OF
FIELDS. INCLUDING EXISTENTIALISM
POSTCOLONIAL THOUGHT- AND OTHERS
HE ALSO FOUNDED THE CENTRO THE
SENATE CENTER FOR OUR FOR JEWISH
STUDIES. ACTORS ABOUT FAITH HAVE
ATTEMPTED AND CONTINUE TO
ATTEMPT TO STRAIN THE RELATIONS.
BETWEEN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO
COMMUNITIES THAT ALWAYS MUST
LOCK ARMS TO MOVE FORWARD- LESS
THAN A YEAR AGO OF THE BUFFALO
TOP SHOOTING SERVED IS A PAINFUL
REMINDER. OF WHY WE CANNOT ALLOW
SUCH ATTEMPTS TO GO
UNCHALLENGED. BLACK HISTORY IS A
WORKING HISTORY AND IT JEWISH.
THIS MONTH AND F. MONTH I WISH
TO SELL THE COUNTRY. OF OUR UP
LIKE SIBLINGS TO THE MULTI
CULTURAL WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE
WHILE HONORING THE PAIN THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ENDURE
. THANK YOU SENATOR WIENER
CENTER SKINNER FLOOR'S YOURS.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS
ARE RICE'S TEAR THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF
THIS RESOLUTION ALSO IN SUPPORT
OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE
BLACK CAUCUSES. CEREMONY TODAY
HONORING UNSUNG HEROES. AND THIS
YEAR IS THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS IS FIFTY SIXTH YEAR
CONGRATULATIONS BLACKHAWKS. THE
MISSION OF THE CARCASS IN THE
MISSION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
AS WAS. COMMUNICATED SO CLEARLY
BY OUR COLLEAGUE FROM LOS
ANGELES IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE
AMPLIFIED THE VOICES AND
INTERESTS OF BLACK CALIFORNIANS.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS DANCE
WITH WE KNOW THAT THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK
CALIFORNIANS AND AMERICANS HAVE
BEEN IGNORED. DIMINISHED AND
LOST BECAUSE OF SYSTEMIC
DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM. AND
THE CALIFORNIA WOMEN WHO HAVE A
HISTORY OF OVERCOMING POVERTY
RACISM AND MISOGYNY. TO NOT ONLY
OVERCOME BUT TO TURN AROUND AND
LIFT UP OTHER WOMEN. INCLUDE THE
UNSUNG HEROES WERE HONORED
TODAY. BEVERLY WHITE AND
MICHELLE READ AS WELL AS OUR OWN
. STATE SECRETARY SHIRLEY WEBER
OUR FIRST BLACK WOMAN STATE
SENATOR DIANE WATSON BROADCAST
JOURNALIST BELVA DAVIS SCHOLARS
AND FEMINISTS MAYA ANGELOU.
ANGELA DAVIS ALICE WALKER OUR
OLDEST NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
RANGER BETTY REID SAWSTON AND SO
AND ARE RETIRED CHP COMMISSIONER
MANTA RAY. AND SO MANY MORE. WE
SHARE THE VALUES AND VISION AND
A LEGACY OF FIGHTING FOR
EQUALITY AND EQUITY THE LEGACY
OF THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS
TO ADDRESS INJUSTICE THROUGH
LEGISLATION THAT FIGHTS FOR
HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION EQUITY
REPARATIONS CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM AND PROGRAMS LIKE THE
FELLOWS PROGRAM AND THE YOUNG
SON HEROES ARE MODELS. AND THAT
IS THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY
REASONS WE STAND WITH YOU TODAY
. THANK YOU SKINNER CENTER
BRADFORD FLOOR'S YOURS HELLO BY
CENTER- CHILLED BULK. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT AND AS VICE CHAIR
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS I STAND
IN GREAT PRIDE AND HONOR TO
PRESENT AND JOIN IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF C. R. THIRTY AND I
THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM LOS
SANDERS FOR INDUCING THIS A
RECOGNIZING. BLACK HISTORY MONTH
. IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT THERE ARE
STORIES THAT MADE AMERICA. AND
THEN THERE ARE STORIES THAT
AMERICA IS MADE UP. BLACK
HISTORY IS THE STORIES THAT MADE
AMERICA. WE WOULD NOT BE THE
GREAT NATION THAT WE ARE TODAY
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF. BLACK
AMERICANS BUT LET ME REFLECT ON
SOME OF THE STORIES THAT AMERICA
IS MADE UP. THEIR KRISTER FOR
COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA. THE
GEORGE WASHINGTON NEVER TOLD A
LIE. FOR THAT YOU LIVE WHITNEY
INVENTED THE COTTON GIN. THOSE
ARE JUST A FEW STORIES THAT
AMERICA HAS MADE UP. AS I STATED
OUR GREAT COUNTRY WOULD NOT BE
WHAT IT IS TODAY IF IT WAS FOR
THE CONTRIBUTIONS. OF THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN. AND WHEN I
THINK ABOUT BLOCKS IN THIS
COUNTRY THERE'S A WORD THAT'S
BEEN USED RECENTLY RESILIENCE
IT'S BEEN ASSOCIATED. RESILIENCY
WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY AND
CLIMATE BUT WHEN I THINK OF
RESILIENCE I THINK OF BLACK
AMERICANS. BEFORE FOUR UP IN THE
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND
GENERATIONS TO HAVE SURVIVED IN
THIS COUNTRY FOR FOUR HUNDRED
YEARS DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES
THEIR HATRED AND RACISM. AND
STILL BE HERE TODAY AT THE DRIVE
AND TO HAVE TWO AFRICAN
AMERICANS ON THE SENATE FLOOR IT
TOOK RESILIENCE. THE COMPETITION
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FAR MORE
THAN JUST ENTERTAINMENT AND
SPORTS. BUT IN SCIENCE BUSINESS
EDUCATION MEDICINE AND MANY
FILLS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT SO-
CONSERVATION I THINK OF GEORGE
WASHINGTON CARVER. HE'S THE
FIRST ONE WHO INTRODUCED
ROTATION OF CROPS TO PUT
NUTRIENTS BACK IN THE FIELD. BUT
VERY RARELY DO YOU HEAR HIM TALK
ABOUT. IT IS STATED THAT FROM
THE TIME YOU GET UP. TO THE TIME
YOU GO TO WORK. YOUR LIFE HAS
BEEN IMPACTED BY DOZENS OF
ADVENTURE INVENTIONS THAT
AFRICAN AMERICANS. INVENTED SUCH
IS THE IRON AND IRONING BOARD
THE SHOE LACING MACHINES SO WHEN
YOU PUT ON YOUR SHOES THEY STAY
TOGETHER- TO GET IN THE ELEVATOR
TO GO TO YOUR OFFICE A BLACK
MAN. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THAT YOU ENJOY IN YOUR CAR A
BLACK MAN. AND ON AND ON AND ON
. BUT BUT DESPITE THESE
IMPORTANT NOTE NOR NOTEWORTHY
CONTRIBUTIONS BLACK AMERICANS.
RARELY AND SELDOM RECEIVED THE
RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE.
BLACK HISTORY IS OPPORTUNITY TO
GIVE THEM THIS RECOGNITION THAT
THEY SO RIGHTFULLY DESERVE.
BLACK HISTORY IS OFTEN AND
LARGELY INCOMPLETE AND OFTEN
WHITEWASHED. EVEN TODAY SOUTHERN
STATES LIKE FLORIDA OR FORCING
CHANGES IN THE CLASSROOM PREVENT
STUDENTS FROM LEARNING COMPLETE
VERSIONS OF BLACK HISTORY. ARE
REALLY TRYING TO LIGHT NOMINATE
BLACK HISTORY BUT MAYBE THEY'RE
REALLY TRYING TO ELIMINATE THEIR
HISTORY. ELIMINATE THE FACT THAT
SAINT AUGUSTINE WAS THE LAST
CITY IN THE COUNTRY THESE TO
DESEGREGATE. BUT MAYBE RE WRITE
THE HISTORY THAT WE CELEBRATE A
HUNDRED YEARS JUST LAST MONTH OF
THE ROSEWOOD MASSACRE OF A TOWN
THAT WAS FOUNDED BY AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN FLORIDA BUT WAS
DESTROYED BY WHITE ANGRY MOB A
HUNDRED YEARS AGO. OR JUST MAYBE
THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER OF
LYNCHINGS THAT TOOK PLACE. IN
FLORIDA. MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE
SENTENCE DOESN'T WANT REAL
HISTORY TAUGHT. THIS SHORT
CHANGES OUR STUDENTS AND
DEPRIVED AMERICANS IN GENERAL
FROM UNDERSTANDING OUR NATION'S
HISTORY. DR MARTIN LUTHER KING
OFTEN STATED WERE CAUGHT IN AN
INESCAPABLE NETWORK OF
MUTUALITY. TIED IN A SINGLE
GARMENT OF DESTINY. WHATEVER
AFFECTS ONE DIRECTLY AFFECTS ALL
OF US IN DIRECTLY. UNDERSTANDING
OUR CONNECTEDNESS AND OUR SHARED
DESTINY IS CRITICAL. AS WE NEAR
THE END OF THE MONTH AND I WAS A
LITTLE DISMAYED THAT WE WAITED
TO TWO DAYS BEFORE THE END OF
THE MONTH TO CELEBRATE HISTORY
BUT AS STATED BY MY COLLEAGUE
AND LONG BEACH. BLACK ISSUES
MORE THAN A DAY IT'S MORE THAN A
WEEK IT'S MORE THAN A MONTH.
IT'S EVERY DAY IN AMERICA SO I'M
HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE IT BUT I HOPE
WE DON'T TAKE. TOMORROW OFF FOR
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW AND STOP
THINKING ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS
. THAT HAS BEEN MADE. I'VE SEEN
ENCOURAGING SIGNS IN CALIFORNIA
THAT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS MONTH THIS INCLUDES
BEING WILLING TO HEAR THE
PAINFUL STORIES. TOLD AS WE
BRACE BLACK HISTORY WE MUST
COMMIT TO ENSURING THAT
DISCRIMINATION AND LINGERING
IMPACTS OF SLAVERY. COME TO AN
END. EVERYONE DESERVES TO HAVE
THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT
AMERICA OFFERS I'M REMINDED OF
THE WORDS OF DR REVEREND JAMES
LAWSON A CONSTITUENT M. MY
COLLEAGUES DISTRICT DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING'S RIGHT HAND MAN
DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
AND ONE OF THE MOST. NOTED
SCHOLARS AND CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADERS OF OUR TIME. AND HE
STATED THE GREATEST THREAT. TO
THIS PLANET. IN MANKIND. IS NOT
CLIMATE CHANGE. IT'S RACISM AND
HATRED. RACISM AND HATRED THAT
WAS INITIALLY DIRECTED TOWARD
OUR NATIVE AMERICANS THEN TWO
OUR AFRICAN AMERICANS INTO A-
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO DESTROY
THIS PLANET. SO AS WE STAND HERE
TODAY. I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE AGAIN FOR INTRODUCING
THIS. RESOLUTION BUT I ASKED US
ALL TO. LEARN SOMETHING NEW.
LEARN THE NAMES OF MARY CHURCH
TERRELL. A NAME THAT MANY
PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ON THIS
FLOOR. BUT A WOMAN WHO IS AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THE WOMEN'S
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. IN VOTING
RIGHTS. AYE RIGHT HAND TO- KELLY
I JUST FORGOT HER NAME SUSAN B.
ANTHONY. MANY PEOPLE- CREDIT
SUZY B. OFF THE NEED FOR THE
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT WHICH SHE LED
IDA B. WELLS BUT WAS MARY CHURCH
TERRELL. CONSIDER MAYBE THE
FIRST OR SECOND AFRICAN AMERICAN
WOMAN TO RECEIVE A COLLEGE
DEGREE. A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE
DEGREE UP UNTIL THEN WOMEN WERE
ONLY ALLOWED TO GET TO YOUR
DEGREE SHE WAS WHEN THE FIRST
EVER GET A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE
DEGREE FROM OBERLIN COLLEGE. A
COLLEGE THAT WAS FOUNDED BY
ABOLITIONISTS BUT SHE SAID SHE
FACED RACISM QUAVO AND
DISCRIMINATION WHILE ATTENDING
AND TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE SO
PLEASE LEARN HER NAME SHE HAS IT
AMAZING STORY. AND I'M PRETTY
SURE IT MANY OF US WERE OLD
ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE TERM THE
REAL MCCOY. STEVE I KNOW WHERE
THAT COMES FROM THE REAL MCCOY
WHEN YOU'RE BUYING SEVEN IS THAT
THE REAL MCCOY IS THAT THOUGHT
ANYTHING. BECAUSE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF ALIJAH
MCCOY. SURE MCCOY INVENTED THE
OIL LUBRICATING COPS FOR THE
RAILROADS FOR TRAINS PRIOR TO
THAT TRAIN SHOULD TO STOP.
ALMOST EVERY HOUR TO RE
LUBRICATE AND IT DELAY TRIPS
COSTA MONEY. MISTER MCCOY
INVENTED THIS SO WHEN PEOPLE
WERE GOING TO BUY IT THEY OFTEN
SAID IS THIS THE REAL MCCOY. BUT
WE DON'T KNOW THAT. HE INVENTED
THAT AND HIS PATTON WAS USED ON
ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT HAD
MOVEMENT. MECHANICALLY STILL TO
THIS DAY. AND SALLY HEMINGS.
MANY KNOW WHEREAS. I'VE BEEN
DESCRIBED AS THE CONCUBINE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON. BUT SHE WAS
WAY MORE THAN THAT. IF HISTORY
TAUGHT TOLD ITS TRUTH. I THINK.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HAD JUNGLE
FEVER. HE WAS IN LOVE WITH. ATTY
SALLY ANN HEMMINGS IT'S SIX KIDS
BY THIS WOMAN. AND SHE'S THE
GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN EVER TO SERVE
IN THIS LEGISLATURE FREDERICK
ROBERTS WE NEED TO KNOW THAT
HISTORY SO I STAND HERE TODAY
AND STRONG SUPPORT OF S. C.
THIRTY. BUT AND MORE IMPORTANT
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF AMERICA
TELLING THE STORY CORRECTLY. OF
THE CONTRIBUTIONS AFRICAN
AMERICANS HAVE MADE AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE TO THIS COUNTRY
AND TO THIS WORLD. THANK YOU
CENTER BRADFORD SENDER OF
JEOLLABUK. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. SO PRIOR TO COMING TO
THE SENATE I HAD NEVER HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO- I DON'T RECALL
IT IN ANY CASE HAVING TO SPEAK
UP ON MY THOUGHTS ON BLACK
HISTORY MONTH. SORRY. LISTEN
VERY CAREFULLY THESE PAST YEARS
THE COMMENTS MADE ON THE FLOOR.
IT WAS INTERESTING THAT- YOU
KNOW S. AS REPUBLICANS WE HADN'T
SPOKEN ON IT. IN HEARING MY
COLLEAGUE A FROM LA VERY CLOSELY
FROM VIRGINIA AND WHAT HE SAID
YOU KNOW SILENCE ABOUT SILENCE I
THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
TO PREPARE MYSELF AND TRY TO
LEARN MORE. ABOUT THE BLACK
COMMUNITIES BOTH HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH
OUT- BOOKS WATCH MOVIES- TRY TO
REALLY INFORM MYSELF TO TRY TO
UNDERSTAND THE PLIGHT. OF BLACK
AMERICANS. AND I HAVE TO TELL
YOU AS SOMEONE WHO'S VERY MUCH
IDENTIFIES AS AN IMPASSE. YOU
KNOW MY HEART GOES OUT. TO WE-
OUR BLACK AMERICANS AND WHAT
THEY HAVE STRUGGLED TO THROUGH.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE
LEARNED ALSO AS A WOMAN OF FAITH
THAT REALLY GROUNDS ME AND MY
PERSPECTIVE THAT IS NOT. WE'RE
NEVER GIVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE
CAN HANDLE. AND WHAT I'VE ALSO
LEARNED IS THAT. OUR CHALLENGES
THE ADVERSITY THAT WE FAIL BUILT
THAT GREAT WITH ENOUGH. BILL BUT
RESILIENCY WITHIN US. I WE CAN
CHOOSE DIFFERENT PATHS OF
VIEWING THAT RESILIENCY. AND AS
I SPEAK TO- MY BLACK
CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT AND
I ASKED THEM FOR THEIR OPINIONS
THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES WHAT HAS
MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR
LIVES AND WHAT. WHO THEY ARE WHO
WHY THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES AS LEADERS.
IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO SAY.
IT'S BEEN JUST ENLIGHTENING TO
LEARN FROM THEM. SO TODAY I
WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND REYES IN HONOR OF BLACK
HISTORY. S. C. R. A THIRTY.
INSPIRED BY THE WORDS OF DR
CAROL M. SWAIN HER BOOK BE THE
PEOPLE. PERMISSION TO READ. THE
PRESIDENT. WITHOUT OBJECTION.
AMERICA'S FUTURE INCREASINGLY
DEPENDS UPON OUR ABILITY TO
SPEAK THE TRUTH TO ONE ANOTHER
ACROSS THE RACIAL ETHNIC AND
CULTURAL LINES THAT DIVIDE US.
MOREOVER WE MUST BE ABLE TO
FORGE BONDS ACROSS CONSERVATIVE
AND LIBERAL IDEOLOGIES. ON THE
IDEOLOGICAL LINES AT A TIME IN
HISTORY WHEN AMERICA. NEEDS
LEADERSHIP WITH A FIX VISION IN
CHANGING THE WORLD. FOR THOSE
UNFAMILIAR WITH DOCTOR CAROL M.
SWAIN SHE'S AN AWARD WINNING
POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND FORMER
TENURED PROFESSOR AT PRINCETON
AND VANDERBILT UNIVERSITIES. SHE
IS ALSO DISTINGUISHED SENIOR
FELLOW FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
STUDIES. WITH THE TEXAS PUBLIC
POLICY FOUNDATION. FROM A HIGH
SCHOOL DROP OUT TWO TEENAGE WIFE
AND MOTHER TO HIGHLY
ACCOMPLISHED UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR AND PUBLIC
INTELLECTUAL DR SWAIN IS
PASSIONATE ABOUT COMPETENTLY
EMPOWERING OTHERS TO RAISE THEIR
VOICES IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. HE
ATTRIBUTES HER SUCCESS TO
WORKING HARD MOST IMPORTANTLY
SHE BELIEVES HER ULTIMATE PATH
TO SUCCESS WAS MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN IN AMERICA
. OUR TO LAND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
ANYONE OF ANY COLOR OR
BACKGROUND. AND IF I FAIL TO SAY
SHE IS A BLACK AMERICAN BY THE
WAY. HE BELIEVES THAT IN THIS
COUNTRY WHERE YOU START YOUR
LIFE DOES NOT DETERMINE WHERE
YOU END UP. I CHALLENGES ALL
TODAY TO OVERCOME DIVERSE
PERSPECTIVES ON ISSUES AMONGST
EACH OTHER ETHNIC AND NOT. AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS MORE WE CAN
DO. I BELIEVE WE CAN TACKLE THE
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENT
POLICIES WE STAND TOGETHER
THROUGH OUT OUR DIFFERENCES TO
FIND BALANCED SOLUTIONS. HONEST
SOLUTIONS. ONLY THEN WILL WE BE
ABLE TO ACHIEVE NEW STRATEGIES
TO HELP EVERY CALIFORNIANS IN
OUR STATE. WITHOUT I WANTED TO
SAY THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF
ELECTING BLACK LEADERS. AND
EMPOWERING BLACK AMERICANS. AS I
STAND HERE TODAY. ABOUT THE SIX.
THE FIRST LATINA REPUBLICAN
ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR
REPUBLICAN. PIONEERS. EIGHTEEN
SEVENTY. EIGHTEEN SEVENTY.
REPUBLICAN HIRAM REVELS. A
MISSISSIPPI. BECAME THE FIRST
BLACK AMERICAN TO SERVE AS A U.
S. SENATOR IN CONGRESS. THE SAME
YEAR REPUBLICAN JOSEPH H. RAINEY
REPUBLICAN OF SOUTH CAROLINA
BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN
MEMBER OF THE US HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. IN EIGHTEEN
SEVENTY NINE REPUBLICAN BLANCHE
BRUCE FOR MISSISSIPPI BECAME THE
FIRST BLACK AMERICAN TO PRESIDE
OVER THE U. S. SENATE. IN
NINETEEN EIGHTEEN REPUBLICAN
FREDERICK ROBERTS BECAME
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST KNOWN BLACK
AMERICAN STATE LEGISLATOR. IN
TWO THOUSAND AND THREE
REPUBLICAN JENNETTE BRADLEY
BECAME THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TO
SERVE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF
ANY US STATE. IN TWO THOUSAND
AND THIRTEEN. TIM SCOTT.
REPUBLICAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN
TO SERVE IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND ONE OF MY PERSONAL
FAVORITES. IN TWENTY TWENTY
REPUBLICAN MARK ROBINSON BECAME
THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN ELECTED
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NORTH
CAROLINA. IN TWENTY TWENTY TO.
REPUBLICAN MARK ROBINSON BECAME
THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN ELECTED
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AND FINALLY I THINK
WITH THIS ONE I'M NOT SURE IF I
DID IT TWENTY TWENTY TWO
REPUBLICAN WIN SOME SEARS BECAME
THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TO
SERVICE VIRGINIA'S LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR. NOW MORE LOCALLY I
WANTED TO RECOGNIZED. MR
MCARTHUR RIGHT. KERN MAYOR
TWENTYNINE PALMS CALIFORNIA IN
THE INLAND EMPIRE. WHOSE OWN DAD
WAS THE FIRST BLACK SITTING
JUDGE IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY SOUTH
CAROLINA. IN HIS WORDS HE STATED
THAT. BEING ELECTED TO SIT. ON
THE COUNCIL. WAS NOT BECAUSE HE
WAS A BLACK AMERICAN. BUT
BECAUSE HE HELD HIMSELF AS A MAN
OF FAITH. A RETIRED MARINE. A
FAMILY MAN AND AN UPSTANDING
CITIZEN IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
WITH A GENUINE CONCERN FOR THE
WELL BEING OF HIS FELLOW
CITIZENS WHO HE HUMBLY SERVES.
HE STATED THAT HIS POLITICAL
CAREER HAD NEVER BEEN A PLATFORM
OF RACE. IT HAD BEEN ABOUT THE
CONTENT OF HIS CHARACTER AND
SERVICE TO OTHERS. HE WENT ON TO
SAY THAT AS A MAN REGARDLESS OF
HIS COLOR OR RACE HE STROVE TO
LIVE HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF
HIS GOD. HIS FAMILY HIS COUNTRY
AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. IN
ADDITION. IN CELEBRATING THE
HISTORY BLACK HISTORY. WHICH
WE'RE DOING TODAY. THERE ARE
SOME NAMES THAT SHOULD BE
HONORED. THAT WE SELDOM HEAR
ABOUT BUT HAVE MADE BECAUSE OF
THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IMPACT IN
OUR LIVES. CHARLES BAKER.
EIGHTEEN FIFTY NINE TO NINETEEN
TWENTY SIX SELF TAUGHT
MECHANICAL ENGINEER. THAT AT THE
END OF THE CIVIL WAR MARKED THE
END OF BAKER IS A SLAVE MEANT AT
THE AGE OF FIFTEEN WAS CREDITED
WITH BUILDING THE FIRST RADIATOR
SYSTEM USING FRICTION HEAT. ELF
TAUGHT. THOMAS JANET JENNINGS
SEVENTEEN NINETY ONE THROUGH
EIGHTEEN FIFTY SIX FREE BORN
AFRICAN AMERICAN A NEW YORKER
WHO BECAME A LEADER OF THE
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT MADE HIS
FORTUNE AS AN INVENTOR OF A DRY
CLEANING PROCESS. AND BECAME THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTOR
TO OWN THE RIGHTS OF HIS
INVENTION. GEORGE WASHINGTON
CARVER EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE
THROUGH NINETEEN FORTY THREE.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMIST AGAR
NOMINALIST AND EXPERIMENTER
WHOSE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM PEANUTS
HARPER RELIGION IS THE
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY OF THE
SOUTH. BORN INTO SLAVERY. GARRET
MORGAN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN
THROUGH NINETEEN SIXTY THREE.
BUSINESSMEN WHO INVENTED THE GAS
MASK MASK TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS
ZIGGS ZIGZAG STITCHING
ATTACHMENT FOR THE NOT MANUALLY
OPERATED SO WOULD MACHINE MADE
PERSONAL GROOMING PRODUCTS BURKE
SUCH AS HAIR DYE IN MEN'S THIS
IS WHY I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HIM
BECAUSE I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
THAT. AND THE CURB TO THE
PRESSING COLD THE SON OF A
FORMERLY ENSLAVED MAN AND WOMAN
. BENJAMIN THANK BAKER.
SEVENTEEN THIRTY ONE EIGHTEEN OH
SIX. A NATURALIST MATHEMATICIAN
ASTRONOMER ALMANOR AUTHOR WRITER
SURVEYOR. IDENTIFIED THE
BOUNDARIES FOR WASHINGTON DC.
SCIENTIST AND HUMANITARIAN
CONSTRUCTED ONE OF THE FIRST
ENTIRELY WOODEN CLOCKS THAT KEPT
PRECISE TIME BORN TO A FREE
MOTHER AND A FATHER WHO HAD BEEN
FOR FORMERLY ENSLAVED HAVE
LITTLE OR NO FORMAL EDUCATION
AND WAS LARGELY SELF TAUGHT. ONE
OF THE MOST RECENT ONES I JUST
LEARNED ABOUT IT WAS SO
IMPRESSED WITH HER. MADAM CJ
WALKER EIGHTEEN SIXTY SEVEN
NINETEEN NINETEEN. ENTREPRENEUR
PHILANTHROPIST AND POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL ACTIVIST FIRST SELF MADE
FEMALE MILLIONAIRE IN THE U. S.
SHE MADE HER FORTUNE BY
DEVELOPING AND MARKETING A LINE
OF COSMETICS AND HAIR PRODUCTS
FOR BLACK WOMEN. LET ME REPEAT
THE YEARS OF HER LIFE. EIGHTEEN
SIXTY SEVEN NINETEEN NINETEEN.
DR JANE COOKE WRIGHT NINETEEN
NINETEEN TWO THOUSAND AND
THIRTEEN ARE YOU NEAR A CANCER
RESEARCHER AND SURGEON NOTED FOR
HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO
CHEMOTHERAPY IN PARTICULAR
DEVELOPED THE TECHNIQUE OF USING
HUMAN TISSUE CULTURE RATHER THAN
LABORATORY MICE TO TEST THE
EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL DRUGS ON
CANCER CELLS. THOMAS ELKINS.
EIGHTEEN EIGHTEEN TO NINETEEN
HUNDRED. DENTIST ABOUT
ABOLITIONIST SURGEON PHARMACIST
PATENTED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
CHAMBER COMMODE AND THE
REFRIGERATION. APPARATUS I
THOUGHT YOU ALL MIGHT APPRECIATE
THAT ONE. EUGENE RUSSELL
NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT TO PRESENT
HIS INNOVATIONS IN WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
RELATED TO RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS
END USERS DEVICES AND IN
BUILDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS HAVE FUNDAMENTALLY
CHANGED THE WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY. BACKED
INTO THE DIGITAL CELLULAR BASE
STATION AND HOLDS PATENTS AND
PIONEERED THE FIELD OF DIGITAL
CELLULAR COMMUNICATION HE
BASICALLY MODERNIZE THE
CELLPHONE. BUT YOU FOLKS MIGHT
APPRECIATE THIS I JUST HAVE A
COUPLE OF MORE THAT NEED TO BE
RECOGNIZED. PAUL R. WILLIAMS.
EIGHTEEN NINETY FOUR TO NINETEEN
EIGHTY. ARCHITECT CREDITED WITH
DESIGNING MOST OF LOS ANGELES
MOST SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS HE
ALSO BUILD HOMES FOR CELEBRITIES
INCLUDING FRANK SINATRA LUCILLE
BALL AND DESI ARNAZ LOS CHENEY
BARBARA STANWYCK AND CHARLES
CORRAL. AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT
I THOUGHT I'D MENTION BECAUSE MY
SIDE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE HIS
HIS INVENTIONS. LONIE JOHNSON
NINETEEN FORTY NINE TO PRESENT
NASA SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER
RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED
PATENTS INVENTED THE SUPER
SOAKER. YOU ALL KNOW THE SUPER
SOAKER LITTLE BUMP FISHING WITH
WATER MY SON LOVES MY CHILDREN
LOVE THAT THE SPECIALIST ON. AND
HELP DEVELOP THE STEALTH BOMBER
IN THE GALILEO MISSION TO JUDE
JUNIPER. AND THESE TWO LAST
LADIES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
MENTION A COUPLE OF THESE NASA
HUMAN COMPUTERS CATHERINE
JOHNSON. NINETEEN EIGHTEEN TO
TWENTY TWENTY CALCULATED THE
TRAJECTORIES LAUNCH WINDOWS
EMERGENCY BACK UP RETURN PATHS
FOR EARLY NASA MISSIONS. DOROTHY
VAUGHAN NINETEEN TEN TO TWO
THOUSAND AND EIGHT WORKED AS A
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER FOR NASA'S
SPACE PROGRAM MARY JACKSON
NINETEEN TWENTY TWO THOUSAND AND
FIVE NASA'S FIRST BLACK FEMALE
ENGINEER INFLUENCE HIRING AND
PROMOTION OF WOMEN IN NASA
SCIENCE. ENGINEERING AND
MATHEMATICS CAREERS. AND LASTLY
DOCTOR GLADYS WEST NINETEEN
THIRTY AND WE STILL HAVE HER.
MATHEMATICIAN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO
MODELING THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH
HER WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE SALAD IDEAL. GEODESIC MODELS
WERE EVENTUALLY CORPORATE INTO
THE GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEM GPS.
THERE ARE SO MANY MORE. THE
DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED. DURING
BLACK HISTORY. AS I CONTINUE TO
LEARN. I AM MOVED BY THEIR
STORIES. THEIR RESILIENCY AND
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO NOT MAKE
ANY EXCUSES. BUT TO ACTUALLY BE
SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING THOSE
DREAMS. THE UNITED STATES. IS
NOT UNIQUE. TO THE ATROCITIES
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST
NOT UNIQUE. BUT WE ARE UNIQUE IN
THE SENSE THAT IT'S ONE OF THE
VERY FIRST COUNTRIES. BUT OPEN
THE PATH FOR OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE
IMPERFECTLY PERFECT WE STILL
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. BUT I
AM GRATEFUL GRATEFUL AS MANY OF
MY CONSTITUENTS MY BLACK
CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT WHO
HAVE SHARED THEIR PERSONAL
STORIES. FOR THERE EXAMPLES THE
RESILIENCY AND OUT AND THE
INSPIRATION THAT THEY GIVE TO
ALL OF OUR USE. THAT WE HAVE IN
THE STATE IN OUR NATION AND FOR
THIS I'M GRATEFUL TO RECOGNIZE
OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND I'M
GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY
. AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP WITH MY FELLOW
COLLEAGUES TO MAKE CALIFORNIA A
BETTER PLACE FOR EVERY SINGLE
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU THANK YOU
SANDERS OR ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION. C. NINE SENATOR
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS YOU MAY CLOSE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR- MOVING
WORDS IN INFORMATION AND- THE
ONE THING I APPRECIATE WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT- THE JEWISH CAUCUS
IN THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS THE L. G.
B. T. Q. I. PLUS CAUCUS. THE
BLACK CAUCUS THE REPUBLICANS- IF
WE CAN TURN THOSE SENTIMENTS
INTO ACTION. IN ENSURE THAT AS
WE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION WERE
ALSO ADOPTING THE COMMITMENT TO
ENSURE A STRONG BLACK FUTURES OF
FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIA SO WITH
THAT I ASK FOR EVERYONE'S AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS
IS A RESOLUTION IS ELIGIBLE FOR
UNANIMOUS CONSENT. WITHOUT
OBJECTION. THIRTY TWO THREE.
THAT'S HIS BE UNANIMOUS ROLL
CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION.
RESOLUTION PASSES THIRTY FIVE
TWO ZERO. THANK YOU MOVING ON TO
FILE ITEM NUMBER SEVENTEEN. A
CENTER DOT ARE YOU PREPARED HE
IS THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ.
SENATE RESOLUTION SIXTEEN BY
SENATOR DODD RELATIVE TO PROBLEM
GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH CENTER
DOT. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
MEMBERS- AS CHAIR OF THE SENATE
GEO COMMITTEE ARE PROUD TO
PRESENT STATE RESOLUTION SEVENTY
WHICH RECOGNIZES MARCH TWENTY
TWENTY. THREE AS PROBLEM
GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ALTHOUGH
MOST PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GAMBLE
RESPONSIBLY FOR SOME IT BECOMES
A DEVASTATING ADDICTION THAT
AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL
BUT THEIR LOVED ONES.
FORTUNATELY GAMBLING ADDICTION
IS TREATABLE THAT IS WHY DURING
THE MONTH OF MARCH ORGANIZATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE COME
TOGETHER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS OF
PROBLEM GAMBLING. THIS
RESOLUTION WILL WAIT RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT THE HELP THAT IS
AVAILABLE FOR BOTH BOTH LOCALLY
AND NATIONALLY FOR PROBLEM
GAMBLERS THEIR FAMILIES I WANT
TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE GEO COMMITTEE FOR CO
AUTHORING THIS RESOLUTION AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK. FOR YOUR I.
BOATS THANK YOU SENATOR DODD IS
THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS
ITEM. THE NINE THIS IS ALSO
ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL
. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MEASURE
PASSES THIRTY FIVE TWO ZERO.
MEMBERS WERE GONNA MOVE BACK TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS I WANT
TO RECOGNIZE A CENTER OF CHILL
ABOUT.
I LIKE TO MOVE FILE ITEM TWELVE
TO THE INACTIVE FIRE PLEASE SO
NOTED. MEMBERS ARE GONNA MOVE
NOW TO CANADIAN ASPEN'S I KNOW
THAT AT LEAST TWO OF THEM FIRST
ONE WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO
SENATOR ROTH. FAMOUS PRESIDENT
THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
WILL BE THE- STREET BUILDING
ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. FIFTEEN
MINUTES AFTER CLOSE OF SESSION.
THANK YOU SENATOR RIFLE OUT
LET'S TURN TO SENATOR GONZALEZ
YES SENATE TRANSPORTATION WILL
MEET AT THREE O'CLOCK WELL RIGHT
NOW ALL RIGHT AFTER SESSION-
ROOM ELEVEN HUNDRED AND- ST AT
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER- THE
ASSEMBLY ROOM ELEVEN HUNDRED.
THANK YOU SENATOR GONZALEZ.
MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO TURN OUT
TO MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS THIS
IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO. ADJOURN IN MEMORY. LET ME-
NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN THEIR THAT
WE LOST A DEAR FRIEND OF ONE OF
OUR MEMBERS MORE THAN A DEAR
FRIEND FAMILY MEMBER ONE OF OUR
MEMBERS OVER THE WEEKEND. I'M
SORRY TO REPORT THAT SENATOR
ALLEN'S FATHER MICHAEL ALLEN.
HAS PASSED AWAY. AND MAY HIS
MEMORY- ALWAYS BE. A SWEET AND
LASTING BLESSING TO ALL WHO KNEW
HIM AND LOVED HIM NAY. OUR
COMMUNITY SURROUND. THE ALLEN
FAMILY WITH LOVING CARE AS THEY
WALK THE PATH OF WARNING TOWARDS
A TIME. OF HEALING. LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE A SENATOR BACKER FOR
PURPOSES OF A JOURNEY MEMORY.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT- TASKS.
THIS BUDGET YOUR MEMORY OF
MELISSA BATEN CASWELL A
DEDICATED AND CARING PUBLIC
SERVANT WHO PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY
SIXTH. AT THE AGE OF FIFTY EIGHT
MELISSA SIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS
ON THE HOW TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
INCLUDING TWO YEARS AS BOARD
PRESIDENT AND I MET HER JUST
ABOUT THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. WHEN I
WAS RUNNING FOR THE ASSEMBLY AND
WE BECAME FRIENDS AND I ALWAYS
ENJOYED SEEING HER BECAUSE IF
YOU KNEW HER SHE ALWAYS HAD THIS
BIG SMILE ON HER FACE WHENEVER
YOU SAW HER SHE HAD THIS BIG
INFECTIOUS SMILE. ON THE PORCH
TO GREAT PRIDE IN ADVOCATING FOR
UNDERSERVED STUDENTS TO BE MORE
INVOLVED IN RESEARCH PROJECTS AP
CLASSES AND FOR LEADERSHIP AND
MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AS
LONG TIME EQUITY ADVOCATE
MELISSA WORK TO ELEVATE THE
VOICES OF PARENTS OF COLOR IN
PALO ALTO AND PUSH FOR POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS TO BETTER RECRUIT
AND RETAIN TEACHERS OF COLOR. HE
PUSHED HER GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS INCREASED
ELIGIBILITY TO THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. AND IS
A FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER OF YOUTH
COMMUNITY SERVICE SHE BROUGHT
STUDENTS TOGETHER ACROSS THE
ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND REYES DIVIDE
IN PALO ALTO. EAST PALO ALTO AND
HE'S BEEN THE PARK. TO JUST
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
ISSUES. WHAT RUNNING FOR SANTA
CLARA BOARD OF EDUCATION IN
TWENTY TWENTY MELISSA LEARNED OF
HER PANCREATIC CANCER. WHICH SHE
TENACIOUSLY AND OPTIMISTICALLY
FOUGHT FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
PURSUING INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS.
BUT ALSO TAKING TIME TO TRAVEL.
TO SPEND TIME WITH PRECIOUS LOVE
ONES. AND TO CONTINUE TO GET
BACK TO HER COMMUNITY WHEN LAST
TIMES I SAW HER WAS AT A KICK
OFF FOR- ONE OF OUR FRIENDS
RUNNING FOR. CITY COUNCIL. MUCH
LOVED AND WAS LOVED BY THE
COMMUNITY SHE BUILDS AND
ENCOUNTERED. HER LEGACY IS
INTERTWINED WITH THE PEOPLE SHE
THOUGHT TO HELP. THE CONNECTION
SHE FORCE THAT WILL KEEP MAKING
A DIFFERENCE EVEN LONG AFTER
SHE'S GONE. WE SEND MUCH LOVE TO
LEVY LANEY AND CASS AND THE BAIT
AND BECAUSE WELL FAMILIES.
DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME WE
ARE BETTER COMMUNITY FOR HAVING
HAD MELISSA IN IT. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SENATOR
BAKER YOU CAN BRING HER NAME
FORWARD SO SHE CAN BE PROPERLY
MEMORIALIZED IN THE SENATE
JOURNAL. NEXT UP WE RECOGNIZE
CENTER NEWMAN. THANK U. S.
PRESIDENT IRISH NOW THAT THE
SENATE ADJOURNED TODAY THE
MEMORY OF SURELY ALWAYS
MCCLANAHAN A RESIDENT MY CITY OF
FULLERTON AND A FIERCE ADVOCATE.
FOR STUDENTS ACROSS LOS ANGELES
ORANGE SAN MEDINA RIVERSIDE
COUNTY PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER
TWENTY SECOND. TWENTY TWENTY TWO
SURELY ALWAYS MCCLANAHAN WAS
BORN IN ORANGE CALIFORNIA ON
APRIL TWENTY SIX NINETEEN FIFTY
FIVE SHE GREW UP IN THE CITY OF
FORT IN AS THE YOUNGEST OF
THIRTEEN. CHILDREN TWO OF HER
BROTHERS BREGGEN MARVIN WERE
LOCAL SPORTS LEGENDS WHO WOULD
GO ON TO PLAY IN THE NFL BUT IT
WAS SURELY. WHO PERHAPS BEST
REPRESENTED THE FAMILY'S VALUES
OF ACHIEVEMENT GENERASI IN
CONNECTION TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SURELY ALWAYS ATTENDED MAPLE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR HIGH
SCHOOL THE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES AND CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY FULLERTON. DURING A
TIME WHEN HER PRESENCE AS A
BLACK WOMAN WAS A RARITY TO SAY
THE LEAST. INDEED THE OWN FAMILY
WHERE THEMSELVES PIONEERS AS ONE
OF A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF BLACK
FAMILIES. LIVING IN ORANGE
COUNTY AT THAT TIME. DESPITE THE
TIMES. EVERY MEMBER OF THIS
IMPRESSIVE FAMILY LIVE LIFE
DISTINGUISHED BY AN INTENSE
COMMITMENT TO FAMILY AND
FRIENDSHIP. EDUCATION COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT AND VOLUNTEERISM
THESE ARE THE VALUES RESEARCHERS
GUIDING PRINCIPLES STRUCTURALLY
IS VERY ACCOMPLISHED LIFE. WHILE
ATTENDING COLLEGE SURELY ALSO
WERE TO THE LOCAL FOREIGN
SAILINGS AND LOAN BANK. UPON
GRADUATION SHE BECAME A CONTRACT
ANALYSTEN ROSE BECOME A SUPPORT
MANAGER FOR **** LABS. WHERE SHE
MANAGE KEY RELATIONSHIPS WITH
IMPORTANT ANTI SUCH AS IBM.
DIGITAL TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS
IN VARIOUS U. S. GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES WILL WORK IN ****
LABORATORIES HE ALSO MET HER
FUTURE HUSBAND. JOHN MCCLANAHAN.
LATER IN HER CAREER SURELY WOULD
GO ON TO BECOME A GUIDING FORCE
FOR THE LEON OWENS FOUNDATION
WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN NINETEEN
NINETY FOUR IN MEMORY OF HER
OLDER BROTHER LEON. WHO PASSED
UNEXPECTEDLY. LEON OWENS WASN'T
EQUALLY REMARKABLE MAN WHO WAS
DEDICATED TO RAISING HIS THREE
CHILDREN AND MENTORING OTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN OFTEN
ENCOURAGING THEM TO PURSUE THEIR
DREAMS. THROUGH HIGHER
EDUCATION. IN DISCUSSING A BEST
HONORED LEON'S LEGACY THE FAMILY
AGREED THAT IN LIGHT OF LANCE
COMMITTEE WAS FAMILY. AND
COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING
COMMUNITY NEEDS AS WELL AS
FINANCING STUDENTS EDUCATIONS
WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO HONOR
LEON'S MEMORY. THE LEON OWENS.
FOUNDATION LEVERAGE LEON
COMMUNITY FAMILY CONNECTIONS TO
COLLECT DONATIONS. AND HOW THE
ORGANIZATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP
BANQUET NINETEEN NINETY FOR
AWARDING FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS. OVER
THE PAST THREE DECADES SINCE THE
FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED MORE THAN
THREE HUNDRED SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH
MADE HIGHER EDUCATION. MORE
ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR
TALENT FAMILIES AND
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. NONE OF
THESE SUCCESSES WOULD HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE INTENSE
DEDICATION AND IMMENSE ENERGY
THAT SURELY ONLY BROUGHT TO THAT
EFFORT. AS A FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE. MEMBER THE FOUNDATION
SURELY HELP BRING FAMILY
FRIENDS. CAN YOU MAY AND LOCAL
BUSINESSES IN THE FOR INTO. OF
THE FOUNDATIONS MISSION.
FOUNDATIONS HELP PICNICS GOSPEL
CONCERTS AND CONTRIBUTE FUNDS
YOU CAN NEWS SERVICE HOURS. TOO
MANY COMMUNITY CAUSES SHIRLEY IS
SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND BEST
FRIEND OF THIRTY NINE YEARS
JOHN. THEIR THREE DAUGHTERS
SHELBY SIDNEY AND SKYLER. HER
SISTER DOROTHY WHITEHURST AND
BROTHERS OFFERED OWNS JUNIOR
DAVID OWNS. AND THEODORE OWENS
WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE
TO SURELY FOR HER WARMTH
PASSION. AND INJURING COMMITMENT
TO THE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE
SURROUNDING AREAS. HER MEMORY
AND LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO
SHINE BRIGHTLY AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK. THAT WE TURN
IN HER MEMORY TODAY. THANK YOU
SENATOR NUMERICAL YOU BRING YOUR
NAME FOR SO SHE CAN BE PROPERLY
MEMORIALIZE IN THE SENATE
JOURNAL. WE NOW TURN TO CENTER
WILL HELP. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT AND SENATORS. ON
FEBRUARY EIGHTH ALAMEDA COUNTY
SUPERVISOR RICHARD VIA PASSED
AWAY. HIS PASSING REMAINS A
TREMENDOUS LOSS TO THE
COMMUNITIES HE SERVED INCLUDING
HAYWARD UNION CITY NEWARK AND
PARTS OF FREMONT. RICHARD SERVED
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY FOR TWENTY SIX
YEARS AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER
HE WAS CONSISTENTLY CONSIDERED A
PILLAR OF HIS COMMUNITY. AFTER
RETURNING FROM THE VIETNAM WAR
HE PURSUED HIGHER EDUCATION AND
INSTITUTIONS ACROSS SENATE
DISTRICT TEN. THROUGH HIS
NONPROFIT RECYCLING COMPANY TRY
SAID. THE COMMUNITY RECYCLING HE
EMPLOYED FOSTER YOUTH AT RISK
YOUTH AND UNION MEMBERS. AS AN
ELECTED LEADER HE CARED ABOUT
MANY ISSUES INCLUDING THE
ENVIRONMENT AND WORK TO
UNDERSTAND AND IMPROVE HIS
COMMUNITY. HE'S A ROLE MODEL TO
ME AND MANY OTHERS AND WAS AN
EMBODIMENT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO
LIVE ONE'S VALUES AND BE
COMPASSIONATE. WHILE SUPERVISOR
VIÆT HAD BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME
I ADMIRED HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS
COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST YEAR. HE
CONTINUED TO SINCERELY REPRESENT
DISTRICT TWO AND CHAMPION THE
NEEDS OF OTHERS ALL WHILE HIS
OWN HEALTH WAVERED. I DON'T
REMANUFACTURER. HOW DEEPLY HE
FELT ABOUT USING HIS POSITION TO
SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. HE
WAS SUPPORTIVE OF TENANTS AND
RENTERS MENTAL HEALTH
INVESTMENTS ISSUES THAT PLAGUE
OUR SENIORS IMMIGRANTS VETERANS
AND MORE. HE WAS WISE AND
PRUDENT IN HOW HE SHEPHERDED
CHANGES WAS ALWAYS ON THE SIDE
OF WORKERS AND A FRIEND TO THOSE
SEEKING PROGRESSIVE POLICY
ADVANCES IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. I
WAS HONORED TO WORK IN
COLLABORATION WITH SUPERVISOR BY
A FOR NEARLY A DECADE. IN MY
ROLE AS AN APPOINTEE TO THE
ALAMEDA COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION. TO MY TIME AS A
WOULD CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. AND
THEN AS A STATE SENATOR RICHARD
IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE BARBARA
DAUGHTER MONICA SON INJURED AND
THREE GRANDCHILDREN. I AM
SADDENED BY HIS PASSING AND SEND
MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS
FRIENDS FAMILY AND ALL. OF HIS
CONSTITUENTS MAY HE REST IN
PEACE THANK YOU. ON THIS ITEM
CENTER SKINNER. THANK YOU
MEMBERS ARE ALSO RISE. IN ASKED
WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A
SUPERVISOR RICHARD BY. ACTUALLY
I NEW SUPERVISOR BY A- HI. DATE
OURSELVES OVER FORTY YEARS. AND
IN ADDITION TO THE EXCELLENT
WORKING GOOD QUALITIES THAT MY
COLLEAGUE FROM HERE WERE
DESCRIBED- SUPERVISOR RYAN WAS-
HE FOUNDED A NONPROFIT RECYCLING
CENTER. WITH BOTH THE COLLECTION
AGENCY AND A PROCESSING FACILITY
TRI. VALLEY TRI SAID. AND HE WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST NONPROFIT
RECYCLERS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO UNIONIZE HIS WORK
FORCE. ON HIS THAT RECITE
NONPROFIT RECYCLING OPERATION IS
STILL GOING TODAY VERY VIABLE
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW THE
MARKETS HAVE COLLAPSED. THAT
THERE'S VERY LITTLE IT'S VERY
HARD TO SELL- THE GOODS THAT YOU
AND I PUT IN THE BINS EVERY DAY.
AND YET EVEN WITH HIS.
INCREDIBLE WORK ON THE BOARD OF
SUPES AND HIS OTHER WORK THAT
OPERATION. STILL IS FLOURISHING
AND THRIVING AND FOR THAT AND
THE MANY OTHER GOOD QUALITIES AS
OUR COLLEAGUE DESCRIBED WE WILL
MISS- MISTER VERY VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU CENTER WHAT AN SKINNER
IF YOU COULD BRING HIS NAME
FORWARD SO HE CAN BE PROPERLY
MEMORIALIZED IN OUR SENATE
JOURNAL. IF THERE IS NO OTHER
BUSINESS. CENTER GROVE. THE DESK
IS CLEAR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES THE SENATE WILL BE
ADJOURNED HAND WE WILL RECONVENE
THURSDAY MARCH SECOND AT NINE
AM. THANK YOU THE SENATE WILL
RECONVENE ON THURSDAY MARCH
SECOND AT NINE AM SENATE IS
INSURANCE.