THIS WILL COME TO ORDER
SECRETARY WILL CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN EL DORADO GIL ARCHULETA S.
B. ATKINS BAKER BLAKE SPEIR
BRADFORD PROBABLY ADAM CORTESE
DELHI DONE THE RAZA EGGMAN
GLAZER GONZALEZ GROW OUR TITLE
JONES LAYERED MON BLEIER
MENJIVAR MEN NEWMAN WHEN MELLOW
CHAU BUG BY THE A PORTANTINO
ROTH RUBIO SEYARTO SKINNER
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN NUMBER
ONE HOBBY WIENER WILK. FOR A
QUORUM IS PRESENT WITH THE
MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS BEYOND
THE RAIL AND IN THE GALLERY
PLEASE RISE WILL BE LED IN
PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON BY SENATOR
DORADO AFTER WHICH PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING WILL BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
BY SENATOR A CHEWABLE. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT AS WE PRAY TODAY
IN THANKSGIVING FOR MANY
DISTINGUISHED WOMEN LEADERS IN
OUR STATE I BEGIN BY QUOTING FOR
A SONG FROM A SONG CALLED FOR
GOOD FROM THE MUSICAL WICKED.
I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT PEOPLE
COME INTO OUR LIVES FOR A REASON
BRING IS SOMETHING WE MUST LEARN
. I KNOW I'M WHO I AM TODAY
BECAUSE OF YOU YOU'LL BE WITH ME
LIKE A HAND PRINT ON MY HEART
NOW WHATEVER WAY OUR STORIES END
I KNOW YOU HAVE RE WRITTEN MINE.
AND BECAUSE OF YOU I HAVE BEEN
CHANGED FOR GOOD. GOD OF
GENEROSITY IN MYSTERY WE BLESSED
WE CELEBRATE THE WOMEN BEING
HONORED HERE TODAY FOR THEIR
LIVES OF PASSIONATE AND
DEDICATED SERVICE FOR THE COMMON
GOOD. BY THEIR COURAGE PATIENCE
AND INCLUSIVE CREATIVITY. THEY
HAVE MODEL FOR ALL OF US HOW TO
LIVE LIVES OF INTEGRITY AND
DEVOTION. MAY DAY EXPERIENCE THE
REWARDS FOR THEIR WORK IN SEEN
THE GOOD THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME AMEN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
SENATE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN
RECITING THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG. AND SAN. YEAH A
LITTLE. STRONG. WE WELCOME
EVERYBODY TO OUR CHAMBER TODAY
REGION WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN
STARTING RIGHT ON TIME BUT IT'S
VERY EXCITING TO HAVE SO MANY
GUESTS WITH US TODAY. AND HOW
FITTING FOR US TO BE CELEBRATING
WOMEN TODAY WOMEN'S HERSTORY
MONTH AS WE KNOW THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME WE'RE GATHERING BACK
POST PANDEMIC WE REALLY KNOW
THAT WOMEN HAVE REALLY. ALLEN
OVER SHARED BURDEN DURING THE
PANDEMIC SO HOW FITTING AND
TIMELY THAT IT IS YOU WE ARE
HONORING TODAY AS WE RE OPEN THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR THERE ARE
NONE MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
WILL BE DEEMED READ MESSAGES
FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED
READ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. WILL
BE DEEMED READ MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS A NOTICES. THERE ARE
NONE CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY
FILE. UNDER MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT OBJECTION
THE SENATE JOURNALISM FOR MARCH
THIRTEENTH TWENTY THIRD TWENTY
THREE THROUGH MARCH SIXTEENTH
TWENTY TWENTY THREE IT WILL BE
APPROVED AS CORRECTED BY THE
MINUTE CLERK. CONSIDERATION THE
DAILY FILE SECOND READING FILE
ITEMS ONE THROUGH ONE TWENTY ONE
. SENATE BILL ONE HUNDRED ONE A
ONE ONE OF 210-310-4105 ONE OF
SIX ONE OF SEVEN SECOND READING
FILE WILL BE DEEMED READ. SENATE
THIRD READING. I MISS FORTY ONE
FORTY THREE. S. R. TWENTY ONE
SENATOR SKINNER. CENTERS ALL OF
. MORE. RESOLUTION TWENTY ONE BY
SENATOR SKINNER RELATIVE TO
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS I RISE
TODAY TO PRESENT S. R. TWENTY
ONE WHICH RECOGNISES MARCH
TWENTY TWENTY THREE AS WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH WHICH I WILL FROM
THIS POINT ON REFER TO AS
HERSTORY MONTH. WOMEN'S HERSTORY
MONTH GOT ITS ORIGINS IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY SEVEN WHEN THE
CINEMA COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE
STATUS OF WOMEN LAUNCHED A
WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK. THE
CONCEPT QUICKLY CAUGHT NATIONAL
ATTENTION BY NINETEEN EIGHTY
SEVEN CONGRESS OFFICIALLY
DECLARED MARCH AS IN THERE WHAT
THE PAST WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
BUT LIKE I SAID ALL REFER TO IT
AS HERSTORY FROM THIS POINT ON.
IN PERPETUITY TO RECOGNIZE THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN WHO
HAVE LAUNCHED INNOVATIONS IN
EVERY SECTOR AND EVERY FIELD AND
MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO
EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICAN LIFE.
BUT MOST OF THOSE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN UNTOLD
OR BURIED. I WILL NOT CITE THE
MANY MANY ACHIEVEMENTS WOMEN
HAVE MADE OR THE GROUND BREAKING
INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY POLITICS ARTS CULTURE
MUCH MORE. BY WOMEN WHO HAVE
CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY
AND ARE CHANGING THE COURSE OF
HISTORY. I WON'T DO THAT BECAUSE
NO ONE NEEDS TO STAND INSIDE THE
CHEAP MINTS MADE BY MEN. AS
THOSE ARE RECOGNIZED AND TAKEN
FOR GRANTED ON A DAILY BASIS
ESPECIALLY THOSE BY WHITE MEN.
SO IF THERE'S ANY FIELD. THAT
YOU CAN NOT IMMEDIATELY THINK UP
. A WOMAN WHO HAS MADE A
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. I
WOULD ASK THE TO LOOK IT UP AND
BRING YOURSELVES THAT KNOWLEDGE
SO THAT IF YOU REVEREND
DISCOURSE ABOUT IT YOU HAVE IT
IN YOU KNOW. IT SHOULD BE THE
SAME FOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS BY
WOMEN. AND THAT IS OUR INTENT IN
RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HERSTORY
WEEK AND HOLDING THIS CALIFORNIA
WOMEN MAKING HERSTORY FLOOR
CEREMONY TODAY. AND THE WOMEN'S
CAUCUSES YOU KNOW HAS ANNUALLY
HELD A CEREMONY WHICH WE
PREVIOUSLY HAD CALLED. A WOMAN
OF THE YEAR. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE
ALWAYS DONE IT IN THIS MONTH OF
MARCH WHICH IS WOMEN'S HERSTORY
MONTH. WE REBRANDED IT BECAUSE
WE WANTED TO GIVE WOMEN THAT DO
OF WOMEN MAKING HERSTORY. SO WE
LOOK FORWARD TO BREAKING THE
SNAIL PACE OF CHANGE THAT IS LED
IN THE THIRTY SIX YEARS SINCE
CONGRESS DECLARED THIS. THE
VALUE OF WOMEN IS OVERLOOKED
STILL. WOMEN REMAIN PAID LESS
THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS.
WOMEN REMAIN UNPROTECTED UNDER
THE CONSTITUTION AGAINST
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF
SEX. AND WHILE TODAY WE HAVE A
RECORD BREAKING FIFTY WOMEN IN
OUR TWO LEGISLATIVE BODIES SO
OUT OF THE HUNDRED TWENTY
LEGISLATORS WE'RE STILL
UNDERREPRESENTED. AND MOST
ALARMINGLY THERE'S A SOFT. ON
OUR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS. ALL
OF THESE DISCREPANCIES. ARE FAR
MORE GLARING IF YOU ARE A WOMAN
OF COLOR. BUT I AM PROUD TO
BRING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AS
THE CHAIR OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS
AND AGAIN I LOOK FORWARD. TO ALL
OF US BREAKING THAT SNAIL PACE
OF CHANGE. AND I AM HONORED TO
WELCOME THE WOMEN HERSTORY
MAKERS FROM ALL OVER CALIFORNIA
HERE IN THE CAPITAL TODAY. AS WE
CELEBRATE THESE HERSTORY MAKERS
FROM EVERY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
AND WITH THAT I ASK RESPECTFULLY
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. ANY OTHER
MEMBERS. ANY OTHER MEMBERS
WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD RAISE
OUR MIKE. SENATOR BOB. THANK YOU
PRESIDENT SENATORS AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC I RISE TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE API CAUCUS IN
HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
THE UNIQUE PLACE I OCCUPY AS THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN
ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE
UNITED STATES DOES NOT ESCAPE
ME. IT IS A DISTINCTION THAT
COMES WITH PRIDE AND HONOR AS
WELL AS SPECIFIC PRESSURE TO
REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY AND
HERITAGE. SO FEW OF US HAVE
MICROPHONES BEFORE US. THAT
THOSE OF US WHO DO MUST SPEAK
WITH EXACTING CLARITY AND
PURPOSE. THIS PRESSURE ISN'T
UNIQUE TO ME I'VE HEARD OTHER
WOMEN DISCUSS THE PRESSURE TO
SPEAK MOVE AND ACT WITH NEARLY.
UNATTAINABLE LEVEL OF PERFECTION
SO AS TO NOT INVITE NEGATIVE
PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES
AND PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT IN THE
EYES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NO
ONE EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTS A
SINGLE COMMUNITY AND I AM
INSPIRED BY THE WAYS IN WHICH WE
CONTINUE TO SEE MORE WOMEN. AND
WOMEN OF COLOR STEP INTO THEIR
POWER AND STEP UP TO ENACT
CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITIES. IN
TWENTY TWENTY TO THIRTY TWO
POINT 7% OF THE STATE
LEGISLATORS ACROSS THE NATION
WERE WOMEN. CALIFORNIA INCREASED
ITS REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN
THE LEGISLATURE FROM THIRTY NINE
TO FIFTY. IN TWENTY TWENTY TO
ACROSS THE US THREE POINT 3% OF
ALL WOMEN STATE LEGISLATORS
IDENTIFIES. ASIAN AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER. SIX POINT 7%
OF ALL WOMEN IN CONGRESS
IDENTIFY AS ASIAN AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER. AND FIFTEEN
POINT 2% OF ALL WOMEN MAYORS IN
THE TOP ONE HUNDRED MOST
POPULOUS CITIES IDENTIFY AS
ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
. THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO ELECTION
SAW INCREASES IN REPRESENTATION
OF WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR
THROUGH ELECTED OFFICE ACROSS
THE NATION. THIS ONLY HAPPENS
WHEN WE CARRY EACH OTHER FORWARD
WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS OUR
COMMUNITIES AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
OVERLAPPING STRUGGLES WE ALL
HAVE. WHEN WE WORK IN SOLIDARITY
WITH EACH OTHER. I'M COMMITTED
TO OPENING THE DOORS AND
UPLIFTING OTHERS SO PEOPLE CAN
SEE THE BEAUTY OF DIVERSE
PERSPECTIVES THAT EXIST WITHIN
OUR COMMUNITY. AND OUR SHARED
JOURNEY. I'M HONORED TO WORK
WITH A DYNAMIC WOMEN IN MY
OFFICE EVERY DAY. BUT WE'VE ALSO
MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN
LEADERSHIP AND I'M PROUD TO
SERVE IN THIS SENATE. WITH THE
FIRST FEMALE SENATE PRO TEM TONI
ATKINS. THE FIRST FEMALE AND
WOMAN OF COLOR SECRETARY OF THE
SENATE ERICA CONTRARIUS. THE
FIRST LATINO CHIEF SERGEANT AT
ARMS KATRINA RODRIGUEZ I AM ALSO
VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A NUMBER
OF MENTORS WHO ARE BRILLIANT
WOMEN. AND TAKE TIME TO NOT ONLY
SHARE WITH ME SO I CAN LEARN
FROM THEM. BUT ARE EAGER TO
LEARN FROM ME IN MY PERSPECTIVE.
AND THAT IS TRULY THE SPACE I
HOPE TO OCCUPY SOMEONE WHO'S
GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME TO HELP
OTHER WOMEN AND HUMBLE ENOUGH TO
LISTEN AND LEARN FROM OTHER
WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE MAGIC
HAPPENS HELPING THOSE THAT COME
UP BEHIND US AND IN TURN
LEARNING THE MOST FROM THOSE WE
AIM TO HELP. AS I LOOK AROUND
THIS ROOM FULL OF WOMEN STEPPING
INTO THEIR POWER. I LOOK FORWARD
TO MAKING HISTORY MAGIC WITH YOU
ALL AND TO LEAVE THIS WORLD A
BETTER PLACE FOR ALL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CENTER MENJIVAR YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT. MEMBERS I RISE TODAY
ON BEHALF OF THE L. G. B. T. Q.
POCKETS IN SUPPORT OF SR TWENTY
ONE. TODAY WE HONOR THE LIVES
CONTRIBUTION INVOICES OF THE
WOMEN IN OUR NATION'S PAST AND
PRESENT. MANY OF WHOM ARE THE
REASON THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
WON THE RIGHTS WE ENJOY TODAY.
WHAT STE THIS GENDER IN TRANS
WOMEN HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
SINCE THE- INTER INCEPTION OF
OUR- COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY IN THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITIES FIGHT FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS. IT WAS WOMEN WHO
CARED FOR MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY AT THE HEIGHT OF THE
AIDS CRISIS. WOMEN LIKE LESBIAN
ICON AND TITLE NINE ACTIVISTS
BILLIE JEAN KING WHO FOUGHT FOR
PARITY FOR WOMEN IN SPORTS. OR
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE. AUDRE
LORDE A BLACK QUEER FEMINIST
WELL ALONG WITH THE CONTRIBUTION
OF THE WRITER WHAT THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. BRINGING IT
CLOSER TO HOME HERE IN THE
LEGISLATURE. IF IT WEREN'T FOR
PEOPLE LIKE THE PRO TEMPER MY
SEATMATE THE SENATOR FROM
STOCKTON. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS I
WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY
AS A PROUD LESBIAN CELEBRATING
HER THREE MONTH. AYE SON ON
THEIR SHOULDERS IN THE REST OF
MY SISTERS. IN THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE FIGHTING
AND DELIVERING FOR ALL THE GREAT
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE WE
MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT. 31% OF
LGBTQ PLUS WOMEN EXPERIENCE FOOD
INSECURITY. IN THE PAST YEAR
COMPARED 217% OF NON LGBTQ PLUS
WOMEN. L. PLUS GIRLS OVER. IN
THE CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ARE MORE
LIKELY TO BE DETAINED FOR
RUNNING AWAY OR BROOK PROFILED
BY POLICE. AND LGBTQ PLUS WOMEN
ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABOUT VIOLENCE
AND TO STRUGGLE WITH THEIR
MENTAL HEALTH. WHICH IS WHY WE
IN THE LGBTQ. CAUCUS OR
INTERNALLY GRATEFUL TO ALL THE
WOMEN WHO ARE HELPING TO LEAD
THE WAY TO A BETTER TOMORROW I
RESPECTFULLY URGE- I BUILT ONE
S. R. TWELVE. TWENTY ONE. THANK
YOU SENATOR CENTER BRADFORD YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT AND I AM HONORED TO
STAND HERE AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS AND-
CELEBRATION IN SUPPORT OF
WOMEN'S HERSTORY MONTH. IT'S
OFTEN SAID IT'S A MAN'S WORLD
BUT WE ALL KNOW A WOMAN MAKES
YOU GO AROUND. IS ALSO SAID IF
YOU WANT SOMETHING SAID YOU
ASKED A MAN. BUT IF YOU WANT
SOMETHING DONE YOU ASKED A
WOMAN. CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN AT
THE FOREFRONT WHEN IT COMES TO
WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND BLACK WOMEN
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LEADERS IN THIS
MOVEMENT. I STAND HERE BECAUSE
OF THE SUPPORT OF WOMEN THE LATE
CONGRESSWOMAN AND ASSEMBLY
MEMBER WHY NIDA MELANIE
MACDONALD- THE LAKE WHEN MORE-
FORMER. SENATOR ON THIS FLOOR IN
ABOUT STERN CONGRESSPERSON DIANE
WATSON INTO SOMEONE WE'RE
HONORING TODAY KAREN BASS BACK
BLACK WOMEN CONTINUE TO LEAVE
THEIR MARK IN EVERY FIELD
INCLUDING PHILANTHROPY. CIVIC
LIFE CULTURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
. MANY RECOGNIZE THE NAMES OF
HERE TOM TALK MEN. ROSA PARKS MY
ANGELOU AND NINA SIMONE BUT
THERE ARE SOME NAMES YOU MIGHT
NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH LIKE MARY
CHURCH TERRELL. THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO
RECEIVE A TO YOU A FOUR YEAR
DEGREE AND IN THE LATE EIGHTEEN
HUNDREDS. AND ALSO WAS AT THE
FOREFRONT OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
VOTING RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
BUT CALIFORNIANS ALSO. IT MANY
BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN
PIONEERS WHO HAVE MADE
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS SOME OF
WHOM WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO ALL
SERVE WITH AS COLLEAGUES.
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST SURGEON
GENERAL DR NADINE BURKE HARRIS.
THE FIRST WOMAN TO CHAIR THE
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS THE
FIRST- OF THE LEGISLATURE BLACK
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE I MEAN
I LOS ANGELES BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN TO BE ELECTED. TO THE
ASSEMBLY NONE OTHER THAN YVONNE.
BRATHWAITE BURKE CALIFORNIA'S
BLOCK SECRETARY OF STATE. MY
FORMER PROFESSOR DR SHIRLEY
WEBER. FIRST BLACK WOMAN SPEAKER
OF THE ASSEMBLY AND FORMER
MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND NOW LA'S
FIRST. THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF
BLACK ELECTED LEGISLATOR WOMEN
AGAIN WHEN MORE THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN TO CHAIR THE
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
SUBCOMMITTEE. ON STATE FOREIGN
OPERATIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS
AND THE ONLY MEMBER OF CONGRESS
TO OPPOSE THE USE OF MILITARY
FORCE AFTER THE NINE ELEVEN NONE
OTHER AND CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA
LEE. AND THE FIRST. WOMAN TO
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL
HEARING CALIFORNIA VICE
PRESIDENT OF COMMON HERIS. AND
WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR
FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE BETONTE JACKSON THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IS
PROUD TO HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS
AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS WHO
HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE
HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR
WOMEN'S. WOMEN'S HERSTORY MONTH.
PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
ABOUT THIS STORE GROWTH THAT NOT
ONLY BLACK WOMEN ALL WOMEN HAVE
PLAYED ACROSS THE STATE ACROSS
THIS NATION AND AROUND THE
WORLD. WHILE WE CELEBRATE THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE MUST ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT STILL
NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ENDING THE
VIOLENCE DISCRIMINATION AND
HARASSMENT AGAINST ALL WOMEN BUT
ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR. AND
HELPING ACHIEVE ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL EQUITY OR EQUALITY I'M
HONOR TO STAND HERE IN FULL
SUPPORT OF SR TWENTY ONE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL THANK
YOU. THANK YOU BYE REMOTE CENTER
BRADFORD CENTER RUBIO YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE SENATE TODAY I STAND. I
RISE ON BEHALF OF THE JEWISH
CAUCUS. WOMEN'S HERSTORY MONTH
IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO
REFLECT AND HONOR THE
ACHIEVEMENTS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND THE LEGACIES. OF THE MANY
WOMEN WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US
ATTEMPTS TO MINIMIZE AND IGNORE
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES ARE
OFTEN UTILIZED AS JUSTIFICATIONS
TO BLOCK THEM FROM PARTICIPATING
IN VARIOUS SECTORS. OF OUR
SOCIETY WHETHER IT BE AS
INVENTORS ARTISTS. LEADERS
TEACHERS HEALERS AND MET SO MANY
OTHERS. WOMEN MAKE VITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR LIVES. IN
RECENT YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A
GROWING MOVEMENT TO STRIP WOMEN
OF THEIR BODILY AUTONOMY
INFORMED BY A CYNICAL IN
PATRIARCHAL PHILOSOPHY. THIS
MONTH WE REMIND OURSELVES OF OUR
HISTORY. OF TIMES WHEN WOMEN
HAVE BEEN BOTH INCLUDED AND
EXCLUDED FROM THE NARRATIVES
THAT SHAPE OUR LIVES WHAT JEWISH
WOMEN HAVE LONG HELD POSITIONS
OF INFLUENCE IN THEIR OWN
COMMUNITIES. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN
CRUCIAL IN THE BROADER FIGHT FOR
WOMEN'S LIBERATION AND EQUALITY.
EARLIER THIS MONTH WE LOST
JUDITH HUMAN A LEADER IN THE
DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHO
LET THE NINETEEN SEVENTY SEVEN
TAKEOVER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
FEDERAL BUILDING. TO DATE THE
SIT IN OF A FEDERAL BUILDING IN
WHICH LED TO THE RE ENACTMENT OF
SECTION FIVE OH FOUR OF THE
REHABILITATION ACT A PRECURSOR
TO THE ADA. DOROTHY MILLER
ZELLNER. WAS A COAL EDITOR OF
THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT
COORDINATING COMMITTEE'S
NEWSLETTER AND A RECRUITER OF
THE FREEDOM SUMMER. SHE
CONTINUED HER ACTIVISM TO THIS
DAY. AS WRITERS LIKE JIM KINCAID
AND GLORIA STEINMAN REMIND US. A
BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE NOT
JUST FOR SOME BUT FOR ALL. I AM
SO PROUD TO VOTE AYE ON SR
TWENTY ONE TODAY IN HONOR AND
REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FOR MOTHERS.
THANK YOU AND I ASKED FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR ALAN YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. MEMBERS I RISE
IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS
RESOLUTION I WANT TO POINT OUT
ONE PARTICULAR STORY THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ON THURSDAY
RELATING TO THE- INCREDIBLE
COURAGE OF THE WOMEN AND GIRLS
OF IRAN STANDING UP FOR THEIR
RIGHTS. NOT TODAY ALSO MARKS NO
RUSE AND I JUST LIKE TO TAKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE EACH OF
YOU ON YOUR WAY OUT TO STOP BY
ROOM ONE FIFTEEN IT'S LITTLE THE
ROOM JUST TO THE LEFT AS YOU'RE-
HEADING OUT TODAY WE HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL. I KNOW RECELL
ABRASION WITH SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE HOLIDAY THIS IS A NEW
YEAR CELEBRATION CELEBRATED.
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE MIDDLE
EAST AND OUR OUR PRESENTATION
FOCUS A LOT ON THE ON THE
CURRENT STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS- THAT THAT THAT IS NOT
OCCURRING IN A WAY THAT FOUGHT
BY THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF IRAN.
AS I JUST INVITE YOU TO SHARE IN
THAT STORY. I AND BE A PART OF
IT ROOM ONE FIFTEEN AS YOU AS
YOU EXIT THE BUILDING. NOTICE
BECAUSE EVERYONE AYE. I STRONGLY
URGE YOU TO VOTE ON SR TWENTY
ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR
PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO
MY HONOREE WHO IS AN IRANIAN
WOMAN. WHO STANDS UP FOR
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS CENTER
GONZALEZ YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AS
VICE CHAIR OF THE LATINO CAUCUS
BUT WE ALSO REFERRING LEE.
LOVINGLY REFERRED TO IT NOW AS A
LATINO CAUCUS IT'S MY HONOR. TO
RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
S. R. TWENTY ONE- AS CHAIR OF
ADVICE FOR THE CAUCUS WHICH
HAPPENS TO BE MAJORITY WOMEN AS
I MENTIONED TWENTY ONE
DEMOCRATIC LATIN. LATINO
LEGISLATORS NINE OF US HERE IN
THE STATE SENATE. I FEEL IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ADDRESS
IMPACT LATINOS HAVE HAD IN OUR-
EVERYDAY LIVES. OVER THIRTY ONE
MILLION LATINOS LIVE IN OUR
GREAT COUNTRY IN EACH ONE ADDS
TO OUR AMAZING MOSAIC OF
RESIDENTS THERE CONSUMERS
PARENTS EMPLOYERS. AND VOTERS.
HERE IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE MANY
LATINOS WHO HAVE BECOME
DISTINGUISHED LEADERS IN THEIR
FIELDS AND CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE
INCLUDING LABOR. LEADER AND
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. SWATARA
STATE SUPREME COURT. CHIEF
JUSTICE BUT THE SAP BUT THREE
SEE I GET IT ALL. AND FAMED. OR
RECORDING ARTIST EXCUSE ME AND
POLITICAL ACTIVIST JOAN BAEZ.
NATIONALLY WE LOOK UP TO MANY
OTHER PROUD LATINAS LIKE JEFF
JUSTICE ON YES WITH THE MY. OWN
AS ASTOR NOT L. CHAU AND ACTRESS
READ MORENO OR SO. GLORIA GLORIA
MOLINA WHO HAVE BEEN. IN THEIR-
FOR AND CAN. TO FOR GENERATIONS.
OF LATINO LEADERS BUT THERE ARE
ALSO SO MANY OTHER INSPIRATIONAL
LEADERS WHO ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED
LIKE ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT
KEEP OUR ECONOMY RUNNING DURING
THE- DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE
ENSURE FOOD IS ON OUR TABLES AND
CREATE NEW BUSINESSES THEY CLEAN
OUR HOTELS- AND FUEL OUR
ECONOMIC RESURGENCE THEY ALL
YEARN FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
STRIVE FOR GREATER
REPRESENTATION. AND SERVICE
FORCES OF CHANGE IN ALL ASPECTS
OF OUR SOCIETY MEMBERS PLEASE
JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. AND BY
EXTENSION HONORING ALL THE WOMEN
WHO HAVE HELPED WITH THE
EXTRAORDINARY HISTORICAL.
TAPESTRY FOR WHAT WE CALL
AMERICA THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH CENTER SKINNER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE SEEING
NO OTHER MEMBERS WISHING TO BE
RECOGNIZED CENTER SKINNER. FIVE
PRESET THE REMARKS OF MY
COLLEAGUES AND I- TONIGHT BUT.
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL. ELLEN
HI ALL RIGHT AGAIN. HI
ARTILLERY. TIME S. FIVE SECONDS
. BY BECKER. I BELIEVE BEER. BY
BRAD. I HAVE A IN A- FIVE
CORTESE. I TELL. BY THE. HI THE
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CAN. HI GROVE. BY OUR TITLE. HI
JONES. FIVE LAYERED. I THE MOON
. I MCGUIRE. I MEANT. AYE MAN. I
NEWMAN. I NGUYEN. BY ME LOW BY A
OF HI BUT END I. FOURTEEN I
RALPH. BY RUBIO I SAY ARE TELL I
SKINNER HI SMALLER GRAVE. BY
STERN- NUMBER. I WILL HARM HI
WHEN. BY WILK. ALL THE APPS
MEMBERS STERN. IS THIRTY EIGHT
NO ZERO THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING
TO RESEARCH RECESSED OUR REGULAR
SESSION AND BEGIN OUR WOMEN
MAKING HERSTORY CEREMONY. WE'RE
GONNA START WITH THAT THIS IS
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
CARACAS'S HONOREE IT'S GOING TO
BE ESCORTED BY OUR OWN PRO TEM.
MADAM SECRETARY. LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR COLONEL OFFICES HONOREE
EBONY ABLE HARPER ESCORTED BY
SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPERATE
INS EBONY IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA
TRANSCENDS A STATEWIDE
INITIATIVE THAT WORKS TO PROMOTE
THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THE
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. SHE SERVES
AS BOARD MEMBER FOR THE
TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER AND MERE
MMR STORY ALICE PHILANTHROPY AND
AS CO CHAIR OF LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR GOING TO LOCK US IS
CALIFORNIA TRANSGENDER ADVISORY
COUNCIL. CONGRADULATIONS WAS
HARPER.
SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS HONOREE SONYA CHRISTIAN
ESCORTED BY CAUCUS CHAIR SENATOR
SKINNER AS THE FIRST WOMAN
CHANCELLOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM DR
CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO
LEAD THE LARGEST PUBLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE NATION
SERVING ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION
STUDENTS CHANCELLOR CHRISTIAN
BEGAN HER THREE DECADE CAREER AS
A MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR GOING ON
TO SERVE AS DEAN OF SCIENCE
ENGINEERING ALLEN TELL. AND
MATHEMATICS SIX AT BAKERSFIELD
COLLEGE IN TWENTY THIRTEEN SHE
WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF
BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE AND IN JULY
TWENTY TWENTY ONE SHE WAS
APPOINTED THE SIX CHANCELLOR OF
THE CURRENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DISTRICT CHANCELLOR CHRISTIAN IS
A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR THE LIFE
CHANGING ABILITY OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO RAPIDLY ADVANCE
STUDENT SUCCESS AND ECONOMIC
MOBILITY WITH EQUITY. THE GLASS
CEILING BREAKER INDEED. FROM
SENATE-DISTRICT TWENTY EIGHT
THIRTY FIVE LOS ANGELES MAYOR
KAREN BASS ESCORTED BY SENATORS
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS IN BRADFORD.
MAYOR KAREN BEST MADE HISTORY AS
THE FIRST WOMAN SECOND AFRICAN
AMERICAN TO BE ELECTED AS THE
MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES SHE ALSO
REPRESENTED LOS ANGELES IN BOTH
SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON DC FOR
NEARLY TWO DECADES. MAYOR BASS
SERVED AS THE SPEAKER OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY MAKING
HER THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
WOMAN TO EVER LEAD A STATE
LEGISLATIVE BODY IN THE HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES. MAYOR CARE
KAREN BASS IS A TRAILBLAZER
MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL WHO HAS
MADE IT HER LIFE'S WORK TO FIGHT
FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
.
SENATE DISTRICT ONE MARGIN STONE
ESCORTED BY SENATOR DELHI MARGIN
STONE HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO
SERVING CALIFORNIANS IN NEED
AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES WITH
THE FAR NORTHERN REGIONAL CENTER
SERVING ADULTS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES UPON
HER RETIREMENT. SHE LED THE
EMPIRE RECOVERY CENTER IN
REDDING PROVIDING CRITICALLY
NEEDED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
SERVICES IN HELPING TURN LIVES
AROUND.
FROM SENATE-DISTRICT TO JUDGE
ABBY AVENATTI ESCORTED BY
SENATOR MCGUIRE JUDGE ABBY
AVENATTI IS A TRAILBLAZER SHE
WAS THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN
WOMAN TO PASS THE STATE BAR FOR
NEARLY TWO DECADES JUDGE ABBY
HAS BEEN CHIEF JUDGE FOR THE
YUROK TRIBE AND IS TODAY IS
LEADING THE YUROK TRIBE'S
RESPONSE TO THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
CRISIS.
SENATE DISTRICT THREE LINDA
CANTY ESCORTED BY SENATOR DODD
LINDA LIVES IN NAPA VALLEY AND
IS AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER
DEVOTING HERSELF TO NONPROFITS
INCLUDING NAPA COMMUNITIES FIRE
WISE FOUNDATION LAND TRUST OF
NAPA VALLEY. IF GIVEN A CHANCE
FOUNDATION AND APPLE LEARNS SHE
FOUND CLARIS CONSULTING GROUP IN
NINETEEN NINETY NINE AND SERVED
AS PRESIDENT OF THE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE WASHINGTON
DC.
FROM SENATE-DISTRICT FOR.
ANIMATOR JOHN SAYING ESCORTED BY
SENATOR EL DORADO HILLS MS ENEMY
KITCHEN SAYING IS A SINGLE
MOTHER NURSING ADVOCATE FOR
BLUELINE WIVES ANAMIKA HAS
DEMONSTRATED GREAT RESILIENCE
AND LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC
SERVICE DESPITE UNDERGOING A
LONG LIFE ALTERING LOSS IN
TWENTY EIGHTEEN. HER HUSBAND
CORPORAL RONALD SAYING WITH THE
NEWMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS
GUNNED DOWN IN THE LINE OF DUTY
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT DESPITE THIS
TRAGEDY ON AMERICA HAS COMMITTED
HER LIFE TO MAKING HER COMMUNITY
A BETTER PLACE BY FUND RAISING
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR CHARITY
.
SENATE DISTRICT FIVE MONISHA
STARRING ESCORTED BY SENATOR
EGGMAN MONISHA STARRING AS A
FIRST GENERATION IRANIAN
AMERICAN ACTIVISTS FROM
STOCKTON. INSPIRED BY THE
COURAGEOUS IRANIAN PEOPLE
STARTING A REVOLUTION AFTER
MASHA'S IN I MEANING WAS
MURDERED MONAE'S GENTER GENDER
EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVISM RESULTED IN HER
ADDRESSING THE UNITED NATIONS
DURING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR
THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN.
FROM SENATE-DISTRICT SIX AND
MARIE SCHUBERT ESCORTED BY
SENATOR NAY LOW AND MARIE
SCHUBERT'S SPENT MOST OF HER
THIRTY TWO YEAR CAREER
PROSECUTING SOME OF THE AREA'S
MOST NOTORIOUS AND DANGEROUS
CRIMINALS. SHE SERVED AS
SACRAMENTO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FROM TWENTY FIFTEEN THROUGH
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN SHE LED THE
INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF
JOSEPH DEANGELO THE GOLDEN STATE
KILLER SHE IS NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED FOR HER KNOWLEDGE OF
FORENSIC DNA AND PROVIDES
CONSULTING ON A VARIETY OF
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
SENATE DISTRICT SEVEN JANET
FRAZIER ESCORTED BY SENATOR
GLAZERS. JANET FRAZIER. RETIRED
FROM CHEVRON AFTER FORTY ONE
YEARS AND SPENDS TIME WITH THE
NETWORK OF CARE A NONPROFIT SHE
FOUNDED FEEDING FAMILIES OF
CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS JANET IS
ALSO A FOUNDER OF OUR HEALING
HEARTS SUPPORTING WOMEN WHO HAVE
LOST CHILDREN SHE LIVES IN
CONCORD WITH HER LIFE PARTNER
BRENDON.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT EIGHT WHAT
SHALL DOES- ESCORTED BY SENATOR
ASH BE LESS SHELL DOES YOUR IS
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SACRAMENTO HOUSING AND
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WHERE SHE
OVERSEES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AND REVITALIZATION STRATEGIES IN
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
SACRAMENTO AS WELL AS THE
PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR MORE
THAN FIFTY THOUSAND LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS USING A WIDE VARIETY
OF PROGRAMS AND FINANCING
MECHANISMS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TEN RUN UP
A POLE ESCORTED BY SENATOR WILL
HUB RUN UP A POLE IS THE FOUNDER
OF THE OLDEST NONPROFIT FOCUSED
ON SERVING THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY
IN THE UNITED STATES SHE'S A
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE TIRELESS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER ORGANIZER
AND AN OUTSPOKEN PROPONENT OF
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN
RIGHTS. NEW ARRIVALS RECEIVE
SUPPORTING SUPPORT HOUSING
STABILITY MENTAL SERVICES AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT
BECAUSE RUN UP A PAUL HAS
DEDICATED HER LIFE TO HELPING
REFUGEES COPE WITH TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCES OF THE FORTY YEAR
WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. RONA PAUL IS
THE EPITOME OF HARD WORK
DEDICATION AND LEAVING THE WORLD
A BETTER PLACE THAN YOU FOUND IT
.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT ELEVEN MARY
WHY WHY JOHN ESCORTED BY SENATOR
WIENER. JOHN A LONG TIME SAN
FRANCISCAN HAS DEDICATED HER
LIFE TO CIVIL ENGAGEMENT AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVISM. MS JOHN HAS
SERVED ON SAN FRANCISCO CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION THE
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN AND THE SAN FRANCISCO
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CENTRAL
COMMITTEE WHERE SHE SERVED AS
CHAIR FROM TWENTY TWELVE THROUGH
.
TWENTY SIXTEEN.
SENATE DISTRICT TWELVE LISA
SMITH CAMP ESCORTED BY CENTER
GROVE LEASES MAKE CAMP WAS
ELECTED AS THE FRESNO COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN JUNE TWENTY
FOURTEEN AND SWORN INTO OFFICE
IN JANUARY TWENTY FIFTEEN. AFTER
BEING A RESPECTED FIXTURE IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY IS LEGAL
COMMUNITY FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS
THIS JANUARY MARKED THE
BEGINNING OF SUMMER CAMPS THIRD
TERM SHE IS THE SECOND FEMALE TO
BE THE ELECTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY
AND FRESNO COUNTY.
SENATE DISTRICT THIRTEEN BELINDA
HERNANDEZ ARRIAGA ESCORTED BY
SENATOR BACKER DR BELINDA
HERNANDEZ ARRIAGA A CLINICAL
SOCIAL WORKER IS FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A VALUE
DANDO LATINOS ARE SONYA A
PROGRAM DEDICATED TO WORKING
WITH THE TINO RULE YOU. AND
FAMILIES LIVING ON THE CURBSIDE
SHE WAS A LEADER IN HELPING THE
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE
MASS SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE
AND HALF MOON BAY ON JANUARY
TWENTY THIRD.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT FOURTEEN
TAMERA PUB ESCORTED BY SENATOR
CAMBIADO TAMERA PUB IS A NATIVE
OF MERCED SHE WAS THE FIRST
BLACK FAMILY SUPPORT OFFICER TO
WORK FOR THEIR MERCED DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SHE IS A
FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MERCED
BLACK PARALLEL SCHOOL BOARD.
FOSTER PARENTS SINCE NINETEEN
NINETY AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT
ORGANIZER OF THEIR MERCED MLK
JUNIOR COMMITTEE.
WOULD ASK FOR SILENCE FROM
SENATE-DISTRICT FIFTEEN DEANA
PER SIGN ESCORTED BY SENATOR
CORTESE. DEANNA PER SIZE CO
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE COLLEGE OF ADAPTIVE ARTS
WHICH PROVIDES AN EQUITABLE
COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE TO ADULTS
WITH DISABILITIES SHE'S AN
ACTIVE ROTARIAN IN THE BAY AREA
HE WAS NAMED A CNN HERO IN APRIL
OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO ANNA MARIA
SHRIVER ARCHITECT OF CHANGE IN.
TWENTY FIFTEEN.
SENATE-DISTRICT SIXTEEN LOLA G.
LERMA ESCORTED BY SENATOR DINO
LOW LERMA MARRIED THE LATE RAIN
LERMA AND MOVED TO CORCORAN
WHERE THEY RAISE THEIR CHILDREN
EVER RAMON AND PABLO LOLA WORKED
FOR CORPORATE CITY UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THE DISTRICT
BILINGUAL COORDINATOR AND TAUGHT
THIRD GRADE AT JOHN C. FREMONT
FOR THIRTY TWO YEARS. DURING
THAT TIME LO LO WAS ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR
LOCAL AND COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WOULD BENEFIT CHILDREN
THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY
.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT SEVENTEEN
SELLIER MOSES ESCORTED BY
SENATOR LEARN SELLIER MOSES WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN EL SALVADOR
UNTIL IMMIGRATING TO THE UNITED
STATES AT AGE FOURTEEN SHE'S
DEDICATED HER LIFE TO IMPAIRING
SECONDLY A LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND
WAS RECOGNIZED AS BOTH A TEACHER
AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE YEAR. CELAYA IS THE
PRINCIPLE OF GEORGIA BROWN
ELEMENTARY A PUBLIC DUAL
IMMERSION PROGRAM.
FROM SENATE-DISTRICT EIGHTEEN
MARTHA SUPPORTERS ESCORTED BY
SENATOR PER DIEM PARTICIPA DA
HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO
MULTIPLE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
OUTREACH HIGHLY REGARDED BY
LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ACTIVISTS AND COLLEAGUES
MARTHA'S TIRELESS WORK AND
TENACITY OVER MANY YEARS HAS
PROVIDED AN ABUNDANCE OF
OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES FOR
THE COMMUNITIES SHE REPRESENTS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT NINETEEN
KWESI ELLA. CACERES ESCORTED BY
SENATOR LEMOND CRISTINA LEGACY
S. AN EIGHT TIME HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEE AND MARTIAL ARTS HAS
ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION FOR HER REMARKABLE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIELD OF
MARTIAL SCIENCE SHE'S A WORLD
CHAMPION SELF DEFENSE INSTRUCTOR
AND LECTURER SHE HOLDS TWO
MASTER'S DEGREE IS AN AUTHOR AND
WORKS ON AN ACADEMIC AS AN
ACADEMIC COUNSELOR AT OXNARD
COLLEGE.
SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY THE BILL
GARCIA ESCORTED BY SENATOR
MENJIVAR MARIBEL GARCIA
COMMITTER LIFE TO UPLIFTING AND
EMPOWERING WOMEN AND LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITIES FOUNDER OF CHICO'S
MOM SHE OPENED ONE OF THE FIRST
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FOOD
PANTRIES DURING THE PANDEMIC
MERRY BELL CEO OF LATINOS AND
DISEGNO PROVIDES RESOURCES TO
LATINAS WE WANT TO BUILD AND
GROW THEIR SMALL BUSINESS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
THREE BARBER RIORDAN ESCORTED BY
SENATOR JOE BOWEN BARBER RIORDAN
SERVED ON THE CALIFORNIA AIR
RESOURCES BOARD 419-912-2000
TWENTY TWO AND IS CURRENTLY ON
THE REDLANDS COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION THE MOJAVE DESERT AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
SINCE THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES SHE
SERVED ON THE LOCAL BOARDS OF
UNITED WAY THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE FAMILY SERVICE
ASSOCIATION AND THE INLAND
EMPIRE CULTURAL FOUNDATION.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY FOUR
MARIAM'S ARE ESCORTED BY SENATOR
ALAN. MARIAM'S ARE AN IRANIAN
BORN US IMMIGRANT HOLDS DEGREES
IN COMMUNICATION LAW SHE
REPORTED FROM IRAN AND WORKED AS
A YOUNG FEMALE NEWS EDITOR
BEFORE RETURNING TO THE U. S.
TODAY SHE VOLUNTEERS IN LA'S
WEST SIDE TO ADVOCATE FOR GLOBAL
AND LOCAL ISSUES INCLUDING
WOMEN'S RIGHTS HOMELESSNESS
HOUSING AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
FIVE. ELBERT ESCORTED BY SENATOR
PORTANTINO A PROUD LIFELONG
RESIDENT MARY ALBERT HAD A
CAREER WORKING FOR THE CITY OF
BURBANK WHICH SPANNED THIRTY
EIGHT YEARS AND HER TEN YEARS AS
PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR
SHE OVERSAW SEVERAL CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FROM
200-022-0003 MS ALBERT SERVED AS
THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IN
TWO THOUSAND THREE BY UNANIMOUS
VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHE WAS
NAMED THE FIRST WOMAN CITY
MANAGER AND BURBANK'S HISTORY.
SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY SIX
EVELYN FERNANDEZ ESCORTED BY
SENATOR TORONTO. BORN AND RAISED
IN EAST LOS ANGELES AND ALINA
FERNANDEZ IS AN AWARD WINNING
PLAYWRIGHT SCREENWRITER AND
ACTOR BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING
JULIE AND THE ICONIC CHICANO
FILM AMERICAN ME AND ANDREA IN
THE FILM LUMINARIAS. SHE IS A
FOUNDING MEMBER AND BOARD MEMBER
OF THE LATINO THEATER COMPANY
WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO WRITE AND
PRODUCE THE STORIES ABOUT THE
CHICANO MEXICANO COMMUNITY.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
SEVEN ILEANA TO VERA ESCORTED BY
SENATOR GONZALEZ ON BEHALF OF
SENATOR STERN ILLYANA TO VERY
WAS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
PAVING HILLS IN TWENTY FIFTEEN
MISTER VERA HAS OVER TWENTY FIVE
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN NONPROFIT
MANAGEMENT FUND RAISING
OPERATIONS AND A STRONG TRACK
RECORD OF DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL
COLLABORATIONS AMONG PRIVATE
SECTOR NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS. AT HAVEN HILLS ILEANA
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING ONE
OF THE LARGEST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PROVIDERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
.
FROM THE SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY
NINE KELLY WELL HAWKINS HANKS
ESCORTED BY SENATOR NEWMAN KELLY
BLOOD HAWKINS HANKS IS THE
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF IQOS A
CYPRUS BASED MANUFACTURER OF
INNOVATIVE. INNOVATIVE PLANT
BASED DETERGENT CLEANING
PRODUCTS SHE HAS TRANSFORMED HER
FAMILY'S COMPANY AND LET EGOS TO
ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY WATER
NEUTRALITY AND TRUE PLAN AND
ZERO WASTE CERTIFICATION WHILE
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC
INVOLVEMENT.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
MERRY SOON ESCORTED BY SENATOR
ARCHULETA MARY SUE WAS A
LONGTIME LEADER IN EDUCATION AND
CIVIC AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
SHE FOUNDED THE CHINESE AMERICAN
PARENTS ASSOCIATION OF WALNUT
VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND IS PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE
MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA MERRY HAS FUND RAISED
FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF AND THE
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
PRINT DISTRICT THIRTY TWO
BRIDGET MORE ESCORTED BY SENATOR
SEYARTO WILL TOMORROW MAYOR PRO
TEM BRIDGET MORE AS A TRUE
PUBLIC SERVANTS HEART HAVING
SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL SINCE
INCORPORATION IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT INCLUDING TWO YEARS AS
MAYOR SHE STRIVES TO ENHANCE
RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE
THROUGH THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS
SHE VOLUNTEERS HER TIME TO
INCLUDING THE WORLD MARKET
VACATION PROJECT.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
THREE WE'LL SEE OF A LOS
ESCORTED BY SENATOR GONZALEZ
RECEIVE A LOS STARTED ORGANIZING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKSHOPS
BECOMING INVOLVED IN
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE
MOBILIZING TENANTS. DR TO
PROTECT TENANT RIGHTS LED HER TO
FORM A SUNITA DAY BELL GARDENS A
WOMAN LED ORGANIZATION FOCUSED
ON TENANTS RIGHTS HER HARD WORK
HER HARD WORK PAID OFF WHEN THE
CITY PASSED A RENT CONTROL
ORDINANCE.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY FOUR
SAMANTHA MARIA SOTO AS SUPPORTED
BY SENATOR UMBERG SAMMY IS A
FIRE COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR
AT THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE
AUTHORITY HE JOINED OCFA IN TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN BECAME AN O. C.
E. A MEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR SHE
BECAME A STEWARD AND TWENTY
FOURTEEN SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE SERVES ON
THE BARGAINING TEAM IS A MEMBER
OF THE OCFA IS JOINT LABOR
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND IS NOW
C. LABOR FEDERATION DELEGATE.
SAMMY ENJOYS WORKING HARD TO
ENSURE THAT UNION MEMBERS ARE
REPRESENTED TO THE FULLEST SHE
HAS A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT
AND OCFA SAMMY IS AN
INSTRUMENTAL VOICE IN THE FIGHT
FOR FAIR CONTRACTS AND SCFA IN
DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS AND I'M
AND A PUBLIC. AND A PUBLIC
OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.
FROM SENT FROM SENATE DISTRICT
THIRTY SIX MY QUEEN ESCORTED BY
SENATOR NGUYEN. FOLLOWING THE
FALL OF SAIGON MY NGUYEN LEFT
HER HOME IN VIETNAM TO COME TO
THE UNITED STATES IN SEARCH OF
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. STARTING
AS A NAIL TECHNICIAN MY WORKED
HARD TO SAVE AND GROW ONE SALON
INTO FIFTY. TODAY SHE HAS
ACHIEVED THE AMERICAN DREAM AND
LIVES IN ORANGE COUNTY WITH HER
HUSBAND FOUR DAUGHTERS AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
SEVEN KATE WHEELER ESCORTED BY
SENATOR MAN CAITLYN'S CRYSTAL
GROWTH CONSERVANCY'S WORK TO
RESTORE THE BEACH COTTAGES IN
THE HISTORIC DISTRICT EDUCATING
STUDENTS IN PROTECTING THE PARKS
RESOURCES FOR CALIFORNIA
VISITORS HE PREVIOUSLY LED THE
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL
WELFARE'S DEVELOPMENT WORK AND
SITS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF
PARK ASSOCIATIONS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY
EIGHT JENNIFER I AM ONLY
ESCORTED BY SENATOR BLAKE BEER
GEN AYE AND NO LEYVA VISTA
CALIFORNIA DEMONSTRATES
EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP BY
SPEEDING UP FOR THE VOICELESS
SHE'S A COMMUNITY LEADER
ADVOCATE EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST
AS THE DIRECTOR OF UNIFORMED
HOMES AT THE NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ
RESOURCE CENTER SHE SERVES AS A
MENTOR AND PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING. TO LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SENATE DISTRICT NINE LATIF SIMON
ESCORTED BY SENATOR SKINNER
WITTY FOR SIMON IS A MEMBER OF
THE BARTON C. ISSUE BOARDS A
POLICE REFORM ADVOCATE AND A
FORMER RECIPIENT OF A MACARTHUR
FOUNDATION GENIUS GRANT AT THE
AGE OF JUST NINETEEN. SHE BECAME
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER
FOR YOUNG WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT.
SIMON IS ALSO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE MEADOW FUND AND PAST
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS.
FROM SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY NINE
DR LUNCH J. A JOCKEY DR MACHE
AND JOHN E. AS A FIRST
GENERATION IMMIGRANT MOTHER OF
THREE AND THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY SHE IS
PASSIONATE ABOUT PRENATAL HEALTH
EQUITY AND LEADS THE TEAM
SEEKING TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO
RESEARCH FOR HISTORICALLY
MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS A
PREGNANT PEOPLE.
IF WE COULD HAVE A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR HONOREES
.
THE ONLY WOMEN TODAY FOR
MEDICINE FROM SCIENCE FROM
COMMUNITY WORK FROM ACTIVISM
EVERYWHERE THAT THERE ARE PLACES
TO HAVE AN IMPACT WE HAVE WOMEN
THERE AND WE'RE SO HONORED TO
HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY IT
MEMBERS WOULD TAKE YOUR SEATS
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET A PICTURE
OF ALL OF THE HONOREES IN THE
BACK. IF SO MEMBERS COULD TAKE
THEIR SEATS FOR A MINUTE WE CAN
GET ALL OF THESE GLORIOUS WOMEN
IN ONE SHOT. WE KNOW THE FUTURE
OF CALIFORNIA IS STRONG BECAUSE
YOU ARE IT. I WANT YOU IN YOUR
SEATS. OR OR I WANT YOU I'D LIKE
YOU OUT OF THE WAY OF THE
PICTURE. HONOREES IF YOU CAN IF
YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
TOGETHER. I'D LIKE THOSE
SENATORS OUT OF THE PICTURE. OUT
OUT.
YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.
OKAY. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE
SESSION. IT IS NOW TIME FOR
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE
THERE ANY SENATORS NEEDING TO
MAKE A COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT.
CENTER OVER OUT OF GUILT YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED THANK YOU- THE SENATE
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE WILL
MEET AT THREE THIRTY IN TEN
TWENTY ONE- ST ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICES OF THE SENATE ROOM TO
TALK TO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT WOULD BE
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR TO WISH
BOTH OUR SENATORS DORADO AN
ASHBY HI HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND IF
THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS
SENATOR ATKINS THE DESK IS CLEAR
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT WHAT
AN INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL
INSPIRING UPLIFTING AFTERNOON
WHAT A WAY TO START A WEEK HI
AND ON THAT NOTE I HOPE YOU'LL
ENJOY THE POLITICALLY CORRECT OR
INCORRECT EMINEM'S THAT I HAVE
LEFT ON YOUR DESK REGARDLESS OF
YOUR POLITICS YOU CAN ENJOY A
GOOD CHOCOLATE. SO WITH THAT MAN
AND- PRESIDENT OUR NEXT SESSION
IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS THURSDAY
MARCH TWENTY THIRD TWENTY TWENTY
THREE AT NINE AM. THE SENATE
WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL THREE
THIRTY PM AT WHICH TIME THE
ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL BE MADE
WILL RECONVENE THURSDAY EIGHT
MARCH TWENTY THIRD AT NINE A. M.
THIS SESSION. IS.