SIX PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALLEN
WELL WE'RE OUT OF GUILT
ARCHULETA S. B. ATKINS BECKER
BLAKE'S BEER BRADFORD CABALLERO
CORTESE DALY DODD THE RAZA
EGGMAN GLAZER GONZALEZ DROVE HER
TADO JONES BLARED LOW MON
MCGUIRE MENJIVAR MEN. NEWMAN
WHEN HELLO OCTOBER BY THE F.
PORTANTINO BOB RUBIO SEYARTO
SKINNER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN
NUMBER ONE HOBBY WIENER WILL.
MEMBERS OF THE QUORUM IS PRESENT
WHAT OUR MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS
BEYOND THE RAIL AND IN THE
GALLERY PLEASE RISE WILL BE LED
IN PRAYER THIS MORNING BYE
CENTER LAYERED AFTER WHICH WE'RE
GOING TO ASK YOU TO REMAIN
STANDING AND WILL BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
BY SENATOR MEN. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT MARIE CURRIE ONCE SAID
NOTHING IN LIFE IS TO BE FEARED
IT IS ONLY TO BE UNDERSTOOD NOW
IS THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND MORE
SO THAT WE MAY FEAR LESS.
GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD
LEADERS OUT OF THE FAMILIAR
SETTING OF OUR DOUBTS AND FEARS
BEYOND OUR PRIDE IN OUR NEED TO
BE SECURE TO THAT SPACE WHERE WE
CAN LINK OUR PASSIONS WITH
COURAGE OUR HOPES WITH
DISCIPLINE AND OUR LOVE WITH
PERSISTENCE. HELP US TO LISTEN
SO THAT WE MAY UNDERSTAND THE
CRIES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED. AND
THE STRUGGLES OF THOSE IN DANGER
OF LOSING HOPE. MAY THOSE WHO
LOOK TO US FOR LEADERSHIP
EXPERIENCE THAT COURAGE AND
COMPETENCE THAT IS OUR CALL. A
MAN. BUT MEMBERS GUESTS ON THE
RAIL PLEASE TAKE YOUR RIGHT HAND
OVER YOUR HEART FACE THE FLAG
AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG
. SIX
MEMBERS AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING
TO RECESSED A REGULAR SESSION
AND CONVENE THE FIRST
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION THE PRERNA
PLEDGE WILL BE DEEMED COMPLETE.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. WE HAVE A
REPORT OUT TODAY US SECRETARY
PLEASE READ. MISTER PRESIDENT
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TO
WHICH WAS REFERRED S. B. X. ONE
TWO REPORTS THE SAME BACK WITH
THE RECOMMENDATION DO FAST. CARE
PORTANTINO. THANK YOU MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES.
CENTERS HERE. THANK YOU. SORRY
ONE MOMENT. MEMBERS THERE IS A
RESOLUTION AT THE DESK
REQUESTING PERMISSION TO SUSPEND
THE JOINT RULES AS THEY RELATE
TO SENATE BILL TWO IN THE FIRST
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION THIS
REQUEST HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES. I MOVE THAT
THE- SENATE RULES BE SUSPENDED
AS THEY RELATE TO S. B. TWO IN
THE FIRST STRAORDINARIO SESSION
. OR I'M SORRY THAT'S MY SECOND
ACT. SEVEN ZERO SYNERGEN- WE'RE
GONNA DON'T WANT TO TALK YES
THANK YOU SO I WILL FIRST RACES
I DID THE RESOLUTION AT THE DESK
REQUESTING PERMISSION TO SUSPEND
THE JOINT RULES AS THEY RELATE
TO SENATE BILL TO AN
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION AND THAT
REQUEST HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES. SOONER JONES
FOR WHAT PURPOSE THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT I RISE IN OPPOSITION
TO THE MOTION- THERE'S NO RUSH
ON THIS BILL WE HAVE PLENTY OF
TIME THIS YEAR TO CAN FULLY
CONSIDER THIS BILL AND ASK FOR A
NO VOTE ON THE MOTION. WITH OUR
SENATOR SKINNER'S. ASKING FOR
YES VOTE SOONER JONES IS ASKING
FOR NO VOTE. READ ABOUT OF THE
SECRETARY PLEASE READ RESOLUTION
RESOLVED THAT JOINT RULE THIRTY
SEVEN POINT FOUR BE DISPENSED
WITH AS REQUIRED. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. THE CARD PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ALLEN. I WOULD RATHER
DEAL. ARCHULETA HI SB HI ATKINS
HI BAKER. HI LAKE SUPERIOR. I
BRADFORD. BY COPY ADAM. I WORKED
AS A- HI DALY. NO DODD. BY SKIP
DORADO. HI EGGMAN. I GLAZER. I
GONZALEZ. I GROW. NO HER TITLE.
BY JONES. NO LAYERED. HI LIMÓN.
HI MCGUIRE. HI MANY OF OUR- FIVE
MILLION. HI NEWMAN. BYE WHEN. NO
ME LO. NO OCTOBER. NO IDEA. BY
PORTANTINO. HI RALPH HI RUBIO
BYE THEY ARE TO NO SKINNER BY
SMALL BIBLES HI STERN- BURKE BY
ONE OF. BY WIENER BY WILK. NO.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS
ALLEN OVERWROUGHT OF GUILT. EL
DORADO GIL I. GROVE A SORRY
STERN. THAT'S EVERYBODY. MARCH
THIRTY KNOWS EIGHT THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED. NOW WE'RE MOVING THE
SENATE RULES. CENTERS SKINNER
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS I
MOVED THE SENATE RULES BE
SUSPENDED AS THEY RELATE TO S.
B. TWO IN THE FIRST SIX DURING
THE RECESSION THIS REQUEST HAS
BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE
ON RULES. SOONER JONES THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT I ALSO OBJECT TO
THIS- MOTION AND WOULD ASK FOR
NO VOTE AS WELL THANK YOU.
SOONERS GUNNERS ASKING FOR OUR
VOTES SOONER JONES IS ASKING FOR
NO VOTE IS THERE ANY OBJECTION
TO APPLYING THE PREVIOUS ROLL
CALL TO THIS MEASURE. HERE
NINETY NINE ALL EYES THIRTY
KNOWS. EIGHT
SENATE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. NOW
MEMBERS REMOVING A FILE ITEM ONE
ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL FILE
SECRETARY PLEASE READ. SENATE
BILL TWO BY SENATOR SKINNER AN
ACT RELATING TO ENERGY. SENATOR
SKINNER WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH- MR PRESIDENT
MEMBERS BY PLEASE TO PRESENTS S.
B. X. ONE TO A BILL THAT IS
DESIGNED TO PROTECT CALIFORNIANS
AGAINST OIL COMPANY PRACTICES
THAT COULD LEAD TO OUTRAGEOUS
GASOLINE PRICE HIKES. PRICES
LIKE WE EXPERIENCED LAST SUMMER
AND FALL WE HAD A EXCELLENT-
HEARING YESTERDAY BEFORE THE
ENERGY COMMITTEE ON THIS BILL.
WHICH WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSION. AND. AS I OPENED THE
SHOCKING PRICES THAT
CALIFORNIANS EXPERIENCE LAST
SUMMER AND FALL WORRY GALLON OF
GAS COST IN THE RANGE OF SIX
SEVEN EIGHT DOLLARS AND IN SOME
PLACES SOME VERY WERE A RURAL.
PLACES WHERE THERE ARE FEW GAS
STATIONS YOU COULD FIND THOSE
GASOLINE AT NINE DOLLARS A
GALLON. THESE ARE PRICES THAT
CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY THE
EXPECTED CHARGES BACK CALIFORNIA
LEVEES DUE TO OUR CLEAN AIR FUEL
BLENDS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD AND STREET MAINTENANCE
REVENUE MEASURES. WE KNOW WHAT
THAT COST IS WE CAN CALCULATE IT
AND IT DOES NOT EQUATE TO THE
AVERAGE TWO DOLLARS AND SIXTY
ONE CENTS. HIGHER PRICE THAT WAS
CHARGED AT OUR GAS PUMPS
COMPARED TO ANY OTHER STATE IN
THE NATION. AND THESE PRICES
CAME AT A TIME WHEN OIL
COMPANIES WERE POCKETING RECORD
PROFITS IN TWENTY TWENTY TO
ALONE WELL COMPANIES REPORTED
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED BILLION IN
PROFITS CHEVRON FOR EXAMPLE
DOUBLE THEIR TWENTY TWENTY ONE
PROFITS AND BOASTED. THERE ARE
OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN ONE OF
THEIR EARNINGS CALLS.
CALIFORNIANS DESERVE TO BE
PROTECTED AGAINST ANY BUSINESS
THAT ON SCRUPULOUSLY PADS ITS
PROFIT AT OUR EXPENSE AND S. B.
X. ONE TWO. IS DESIGNED TO DO
EXACTLY THAT. THE BILL
SPECIFICALLY CREATES THE
DIVISION OF PETROLEUM MARKET
OVERSIGHT WITHIN OUR CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION AND THAT
BODIES RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE
TO MONITOR CALIFORNIA'S
PETROLEUM MARKET TO ENSURE
MARKET PARTICIPANTS PLAY BY THE
RULES. IT ALSO. ADDS A CONSUMER
FUELS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH
EXPERTS APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE TO
INTERACT WITH ACTIVISION. AND
USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP DO
THE ANALYSIS THAT WE WILL NEED
IT ESTABLISHES NEW DATA
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON OIL
COMPANIES AND REFINERIES TO
PROVIDE THAT NEW DIVISION THE
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CONDUCT
AN ANALYSIS. IT GIVES THE
DIVISION SUBPOENA POWER TO
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE DATA AND
RECORDS NEEDED TO DETERMINE IF
THERE IS A PATTERN OF MISCONDUCT
OR IF THERE IS PRICE
MANIPULATION. IT ALSO GIVES THE
DIVISION THE AUTHORITY TO READ
FURTHER VIOLATIONS TO THE
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
PROSECUTION IF NECESSARY. IT
THIS BILL ALSO AUTHORIZES THE
ENERGY COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A
MAXIMUM GROSS GASOLINE REFINING
MARGINS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS
THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE NEW
DIVISION AND THAT ANALYSIS OF
COURSE IS BASED ON THE DATA THAT
THEY'VE RECEIVED AND THEIR
EXPERTISE IN. REVIEWING IT
ACCESSING IT AND THEN
DETERMINING OR RATHER. BEING
ABLE TO ADVISE ENERGY COMMISSION
ASKED YOU WHETHER ANY PRACTICES
SEEM AMISS AND IF THERE IS-
EXCESSIVE PRICES THAT CANNOT BE
EXPLAINED BY THE NORMAL A SUPPLY
ISSUES OR MARKET FLUCTUATIONS.
SO THEN IT IS DOUBLE SINCE THE
CDC TO SET A PENALTY. AFTER
UNDERTAKING A PUBLIC RULEMAKING
PROCESS THAT CAN BE LEVIED WHEN
ONLY ONE. THE PRICE OF GASOLINE
IS DETERMINED TO EXCEED THE
GROSS GASOLINE REFINING MARGINS
. AND THE BILL ESTABLISHES PRICE
PENALTY THE PRICE GOUGING
PENALTY FUND IN OUR STATE
TREASURY. WITH THE FUNDS IF
THERE EVER IS ANY. WOULD BE THAT
APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING
ANY CONSEQUENCES OF PRICE
GOUGING. THE BILL ALSO ENSURES
THAT THE LEGISLATURE RECEIVES AN
ANNUAL REPORT. AARON'S IT BUILDS
IN A SENSE. WHERE THERE'S A
REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE
AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE PROGRAM BY
MARCH FIRST TWENTY THIRTY THREE.
DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROGRAM IS
ACHIEVING THE INTENDED GOALS OF
REDUCING GASOLINE PRICE SPIKES
AND STABILIZING THE GASOLINE
FUEL SUPPLY MARKET. AND IF THAT
FINDING IS NOT MADE THAT
DETERMINATION BY THE AUDITOR IS
THAT IT IS NOT ACHIEVING THAT.
IT REQUIRES THE PROGRAM TO CEASE
WITHIN A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS
AND OF COURSE THE LEGISLATURE
COULD ACT TO CEASE IT SOONER.
NOW LET ME BE CLEAR. THIS BILL
DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT A PENALTY
BE LEVIED. IT L. IT SETS UP A
STRUCTURE THAT GIVES US THE
INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED
TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS
PRICE GOUGING AND WHETHER THE
SPIKES CANNOT BE EXPLAINED. BY
ACTIVITIES THAT EITHER OUR
REFINERS OR OIL COMPANIES START
IS HAPPENS BY VIRTUE OF THE
THEIR SUPPLY ISSUES OR MARKET
FLUCTUATIONS AS I SAID. IT IS
ONLY YES. IT IS ANALYZED AND
DETERMINED THAT THERE IS NO
OTHER EXPLANATION FOR SUCH
HIGHER PRICES IN CALIFORNIA THAT
A PENALTY WOULD THEN BE LEVIED.
S. B. X. ONE TWO. WILL HELP US
HOLD BIG OIL ACCOUNTABLE TO
PREVENT FUTURE EXCESSIVE PROFITS
AT THE EXPENSE OF CALIFORNIA
FAMILIES. AND AS- A LEGISLATURE
SHOULD DO IT IS OUR ROLE TO
PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM ANY
PRACTICES OF ANY BUSINESS THAT
MAY HARM THEM AND WITH THAT I
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
ON THIS ITEM. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION SENATOR DALIT. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS I. RISE
IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. NOT
BECAUSE I WANT TO PAY TWO
DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS A GALLON
HIGHER THAN THEY DO ACROSS THE
NATION. I THINK THAT IS ABSURD.
BUT THE REASON I RISE IN
OPPOSITION THIS BILL IS THAT THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE. HAS MANY
REASONS WHY WE PAY A HIGHER
PRICE THERE'S A HIGHER TAX. BUT
THERE'S ALSO. A LOT OF
REGULATION THAT HAPPENS IN
CALIFORNIA DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AND OUR GOALS TO WEAN US OFF OF
OIL AND GAS. WE USE ONE POINT
EIGHT MILLION BARRELS OF OIL. IN
CALIFORNIA EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOW
THE GOVERNOR HAS DONE AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO. PAYS OUT THE
- GAS VEHICLES BY TWENTY THIRTY
FIVE. WE ALSO HAVE SEEN SO
THAT'S A GOAL AND WE'RE MOVING
TOWARDS THAT GOAL WE'RE TELLING
THESE OIL COMPANIES THAT WE
DON'T NEED THEM ANYMORE. WELL I
HAVE NEWS FOR YOU. BY TWENTY
THIRTY FIVE WE WILL STILL BE
USING. PROBABLY LEAST A MILLION
BARRELS OF OIL EVERY DAY EVERY
SINGLE PERSON IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA RELIES ON OIL. I'M A
FARMER WE USE. COMBUSTIBLE
DIESEL. CAR PARK AND THEY WILL
BE USING IT IN TWENTY THIRTY
FIVE THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THERE
YET WE DO NOT HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BY THE WAY TO
ELECTRIFY. ALL THE CALIFORNIA'S
COMBUSTIBLE ENGINES IN
ELECTRICITY SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE
. WE HAD FORTY SEVEN REFINERIES
IN CALIFORNIA AND WE'RE DOWN TO
. FIFTEEN REFINERIES TODAY. AS
WE TOLD THEM. THAT WE'RE GOING
TO. PHASE THEM OUT. TEN OF THOSE
REFINERIES ACTUALLY DO THIS
SPECIAL CALIFORNIA BILLION.
WHICH ONLY IS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA
NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD DO
THEY SELL THAT PLAN. SO ARE WE
GALLAGHER ARE THEY GALGIANI OR
NOT THAT'S THE QUESTION OF THE
DAY. AND YOU KNOW I SAT THROUGH
THE FIRST EXTRAORDINARY HEARING
WHERE WE HAD TO THE- ALEJO'S
OFFICE WE HAD EVERYBODY THERE
AND WE HAD. THE PUBLIC WHO WE
TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
WE HAVE ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS ARE SAY YES WE WANT TO
GET AN OIL AND BY THE WAY I HAVE
NO LOVE FOR OIL. I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND BUT
WORKS. BUT ONE OF THEM SAID. IF
YOU ASK CALIFORNIANS IF POLLS AT
67% THAT CALIFORNIANS WANT YOU
TO TAKE THE PROFITS AWAY. I GIVE
IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE. THAT'S
REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH. OUR
CONSTITUTION. DOES NOT ALLOW YOU
AS A LEGISLATURE. TO TAKE
SOMEBODY'S PROFIT. AND GIVE IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S A
TAKINGS. NOW WHAT IS THIS BILL
DO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BILL
PER MINUTE. THIS BILL. DOESN'T
TAKE PROFITS IT GIVES THE
AUTHORITY TO THE C. C. TO
ANALYZE. AND MAY TAKE THAT
THAT'S WHY THIS. THIS WAY YOU
DIVERT AROUND THE
CONSTITUTIONALITY THIS BILL BUT
WHAT IS THIS BILL REALLY DO.
THIS BILL. ALLOWS THE CALIFORNIA
ENERGY COMMISSION TAKING THE
POWER AWAY FROM THIS BODY GIVEN
IT TO THE COMMISSION AND ALLOWS
THEM TO. REGULATE AND RUN THE
BUSINESS OF THE OIL COMPANIES.
LITERALLY THEY'RE GONNA IN
SECTION TWO OR SECTION THREE OF
THIS BILL IT SAYS THE COMMISSION
IN CONSULTATION WITH LABOR AND
THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AG
AGENCY. AND LABOR INDUSTRY
STAKEHOLDERS SHALL CONSIDER WAYS
TO MANAGE NECESSARY REFINERIES
TURN AROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE.
NOW I MENTIONED YESTERDAY THAT.
I'M A FARMER. WE CHANGE THE OIL
IN OUR TRACTORS EVERY TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS BECAUSE
THAT'S MAINTENANCE. BUT
SOMETIMES THE ENGINE BLOWS UP
WHEN THE ENGINE BLOWS UP IT
DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. EVEN
THOUGH WE MAY MISTER RIGHT. SO
YOU'RE GOING TO NOW LET THE CDC
. TELL THESE COMPANIES WHEN THEY
CAN DO THEIR MAINTENANCE AND HOW
THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR
MAINTENANCE AND THEY'RE GONNA
TRY TO SCHEDULE ONE BECAUSE THEY
THINK THERE'S A MANIPULATION IN
THE MARKET. LET'S TALK ABOUT
MANIPULATION. YOU ALL NOT MANY
OF YOU MAY RECALL THE HOT
BROTHERS. WHO CORNER THE SILVER
MARKET DROPS OVER FROM FIVE
DOLLARS TO FORTY DOLLARS AN
OUNCE. THAT WAS MANIPULATION OF
TRADING. DONE BY THE FUTURE
MARKETS WHICH ALL COMMODITIES IN
THAT WE USE EVERY DAY IN THE
WORLD ARE TRADED ON THE FUTURES
MARKETS. WHEAT LUMBER OIL. ALL
TRADED ON THE MARKET. THAT'S
WHAT THE SETS THE FUTURES ALLOW
YOU TO BE ABLE TO STABILIZE THE
AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCT YOU'RE
GONNA NEED TO REFINE. NOW THEY
GOT CAUGHT THEY ACTUALLY DID
BREAK THE LAW THEY MANIPULATE
THE MARKET. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
HAS THE ABILITY TO DAY. TO
INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE
SOMEBODY MANIPULATE THE MARKET
THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL SHOULD BE
ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE MANIPULATING
THE MARKET NOT DO WE KNOW THAT
OR NOT WE DON'T KNOW. NOT ONE
SHRED OF EVIDENCE IN ALL THE
HEARINGS CAME AND SAID WE KNOW
WHERE THEY'RE MANIPULATE THE
MARKET. I WANT NOW THE TURKEY
GENERAL AFTER THE TORRANCE.
REFINERY EXPLOSION IS
INVESTIGATING AND WHO IS THE
INVESTIGATING. NOT THE REFINERY
. NOT THE GAS STATION OWNER.
HE'S INVESTIGATING GAS TRADING
FIRMS BECAUSE THEY TRADE. ON THE
MARKET. AND THERE ARE ABILITIES
TO MANIPULATE THE MARKET WHEN
YOU HAVE NATURAL DISASTERS AND
YOU HAVE A SHORTAGE IN THE IN
THE MARKET. SO THAT'S REALLY WHO
SHOULD BE. REGULATING THIS
INDUSTRY IS THE AG'S OFFICE.
BONTA SHOULD BE DOING IT NOT THE
LEGISLATURE. NOW I WANTED NO ONE
IS. SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHAT
WE DO REGULATE IN CALIFORNIA
WE'VE JUST WE'VE WENT TO PUBLIC
HEALTH CARE AND WE AS IT GOT ANY
BETTER. WE'RE TAKING CONTROL OF
HEALTHCARE THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATURE AND THROUGH THE NET
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE'RE
GETTING LESS HEALTHCARE. SO IF
YOU THINK THAT REGULATING THIS
INDUSTRY. BY GIVING THE POWER TO
THE C. C. IS GOING TO. FIX
THINGS IT'S NOT WE WANT TO GO
OUT AND FIND OUT IF THEY'RE
REALLY MANIPULATE THE MARKET IF
THEY ARE. I WANT YOU TO GO AFTER
MY WANT TO AFTER. I'M I DON'T
LIKE PAYING IT BUT WE SHOULD
LOOK AT THE POLICIES THAT COME
OUT OF THIS. LEGISLATURE THAT
REALLY CAUSED THE MARKET TO GO
UP. BY REFINERIES WE'RE THE
FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD. I MEAN IF I REFINE IS THE
9595% OF OUR SPECIAL BILLIONS IN
CALIFORNIA. THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM
WHEN YOU HAVE NO COMPETITION
COMPETITION DRIVES DOWN THE
MARKET. WE'VE TRIED TO
MANIPULATE THE MARKETS TO HELP
OUR AIR QUALITY HAS THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD
DURING THE LAST. AUDIT HAS NOT
DONE ANYTHING. TO HELP DRIVE
DOWN EMISSIONS. THERE IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE THE CPUC HAS FAILED. AND
THE CC WE HAVE A BILL. COMING SO
THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO COME
IN FROM THE LEGISLATURE WE CAN.
ASK THEM QUESTIONS. MEMBERS
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF. LEGISLATION
WHERE IT'S TAKING THE GOVERNMENT
AND PUTTING IT INTO PRIVATE
BUSINESSES. WE HAD S. B. AB
TWENTY TWO FIVE SEVEN HOLDEN
WHICH IS GONNA NOW. GET IN
BETWEEN FRANCHISEES AND
FRANCHISE OR IS IN LABOR. LAST
YEAR WE HAVE A WE HAVE A
COMMISSION FOR THAT. LOOK. I
KNOW THIS BILL IS GOING TO PASS
OUT HERE BECAUSE IT. ALL THAT
SIXTY SEVEN PERCENT. BUT POLLING
SHOULDN'T BE THE REASON WHY WE
DO LEGISLATION. WE SHOULD DO
LEGISLATION. BECAUSE IT'S
RIGHTEOUS AND RIGHT AND WE
SHOULD GO AFTER BAD ACTORS LIKE
THE HOT BROTHERS WHO WERE BAD
ACTORS AND WE HAVE THE FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION FOR THAT. AND
WE HAVE THE ABILITY WITH
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DO THAT. NOW
AS ONE OF THE EIGHT REPUBLICANS
ON THE FLOOR WE DON'T SET. ANY
WE WERE PART OF THIS NEGOTIATION
AND THAT'S FINE. I CONSIDER
MYSELF A WATCHMAN ON THE WALL
I'M SOUNDING THE ALARM THAT THE
POLICIES THAT COME OUT HERE ARE
NOT GOING TO DRIVE DOWN THE COST
OF GAS. AND THE POLICIES THAT WE
SET BY TWENTY THIRTY FIVE ARE
NOT GOING TO GET US THERE
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO IN BETWEEN. I SUGGEST WE LOOK
AT BETTER WAYS TO ACTUALLY GET
TO OUR GOALS. IN A WAY THAT
DRIVE DOWN THE COST FOR THESE.
CALIFORNIANS THAT ARE SUFFERING
EVERY DAY FROM THE COST OF
EVERYTHING GOING UP IN
CALIFORNIA IS BECAUSE OUR FOR
OUR POLICIES. I WOULD JUST CLOSE
BY SAYING. IF YOU WANNA KNOW
WHAT SOCIALISM IS IT'S
GOVERNMENT RUNNING EVERYTHING.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. IN AN NOT
SOCIALISTIC ENVIRONMENT AND IN
AMERICA WE HAVE THE CONSTITUTION
WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE.
PRIVATE PEOPLE'S. INVESTMENTS
AND EARNINGS. AND RE DISTRIBUTED
TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S A
TAKINGS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
NOW THIS BILL. I THINK IT'S
HOUSING CONSTITUTIONALITY
PROBLEMS. BUT IT IS GOING TO A
BOARD WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
REGULATE AND WE'RE GONNA DRIVE
THE COST UP. AT THE SAME TIME
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP
CALIFORNIANS. SO THAT'S THE
REASON WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS
BILL BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO.
ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANT TO CHEAP WE
WANT TO GO AFTER THE BAD ACTOR
IF THERE'S A BAD ACTOR BUT
THERE'S NOT BEEN ONE SHRED. OF
EVIDENCE THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY.
DONE THAT AND AG HAS THAT
ABILITY. SO I THINK YOU. MADAM
PRESIDENT. FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK AND I AND I KNOW YOU'RE
GOING TO VOTE FOR IT BUT
REMEMBER. AT THE END OF THE DAY
IT'S OUR POLICIES. AND IT'S
SOCIALISM WHEN YOU TAKE CONTROL
OF COMPANIES AND TELL THEM HOW
TO RUN THEIR COMPANIES. THAT IS
NOT AMERICAN DOES NOT
CALIFORNIA. AND WE NEED THREE
MARKETS HOW MANY COMPETITION IF
YOU WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THE COST
OF. THE PRODUCTS THAT EVERY
SINGLE CALIFORNIA NEEDS. THANK
YOU. CENTER BRADFORD YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT. AS JURORS THE SENATE
ENERGY AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE.
AND COMMUNICATIONS RICHARD THIS
BILL YESTERDAY.
OR THAT WERE USED TO. BUT THIS
IS THE NATURE OF EXTRAORDINARY
SESSION. I CAN ASSURE EVERYONE
HERE TODAY THAT MANY HOURS AND
WEEKENDS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED.
AND DISCUSSION TO HAVE. THAT
HAVE BEEN POURED INTO THIS BILL
. WE'RE USING THIS PRODUCT
EXPEDITED PROCESS BECAUSE WE
HAVE. A DUTY TO ACT ON ISSUES
ISSUES. LIKE BATTED ZERO
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE LIVES
OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. THIS BILL
IS A MUCH IMPROVED VERSION OF
WHAT WE ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED OR
EVEN WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING- AS
LATE AS LAST WEEK. THE DATA
TRANSPARENCY AND WATCHDOG
PROVISIONS ARE BEING CAREFULLY
CRAFTED AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT
THEY WILL RESULT IN BETTER
OVERSIGHT THAT BEING SAID. THE
BILL BEFORE US IS FAR FROM
PERFECT. I WANT TO REITERATE THE
POINTS ARE REYES YESTERDAY AND
YESTERDAY'S HEARING THIS BODY IS
NOT BLAMELESS WHEN IT COMES TO
THE SITUATIONS THAT WE FIND
OURSELVES IN TODAY. OUR POLICIES
HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE FEWER THAN HALF THE
REFINERIES IN THIS STATE THAT WE
HAD TWENTY YEARS AGO. CAUSING US
TO HAVE AND TO RELY MORE ON
IMPORTS TO MEET OUR SUPPLY NEEDS
. CAN WE MAKE STORAGE MORE
DIFFICULT AND WE'RE REMOVING THE
OPTION OF STRATEGIC RESERVES
DURING PERIODS OF UNEXPECTED
SCARCITY. WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL
NOT TO CONFLATE THE FACTORS THAT
IMPACT IMPACT PRICES WOULD
MARKET MANIPULATION. NOR DO I
THINK THE ENERGY COMMISSION HAS
THE EXPERTISE TO REGULATE. THE
TIMING OF A REFINERY TURNAROUND
OR MAINTENANCE. WE'VE HAD WE'VE
SEEN EXPERTS EXPLOSIONS AND
REFINERIES INCLUDING ONE AT THE
TORRANCE REFINERY WHICH IS IN MY
DISTRICT. WORKER SAFETY AND THAT
OF OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD ALWAYS
COME BEFORE COST REDUCTION.
DISCUSSIONS WILL CONTINUE ON
THESE ISSUES. AND OF CLEAN UP
LANGUAGE IS NECESSARY IT CAN BE
INTRODUCED SB ONE X. TWO WILL
INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND
ENHANCE THE REGULATORY
OVERSIGHTS OF THE OIL REFINING
INDUSTRY THE BENEFIT ALL OF
CALIFORNIA. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR A VOTE. CENTER GROVE YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT- I TO SAID IN THE
HEARING YESTERDAY AND I HAD
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS- FROM THE
AUTHOR AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
REITERATE SOME OF THOSE OF THE
FULL FLOOR HAS THE BENEFIT OF
HEARING. WHAT IT WAS IN THIS
BILL. SEVERAL TIMES HEN I GOT UP
TO I THINK FORTY TWO WHEN I QUIT
COUNTING AN- OIL PRODUCER
PRODUCER. IS AN MENTIONED AS
SOMEONE OR AN ENTITY THAT HAS TO
COMPLY WITH THE REPORTING-
PROCESSES AND- IS ACCUSED. OF IN
THE LANGUAGE AS PRICE GOUGING. I
WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF OIL
PRODUCER. THIS IS THE DEFINITION
OF OIL PRODUCERS IT IS A PERSON
OR ENTITY THAT TAKES OIL FROM
AROUND SO THEY THEY TAKE IT OUT
OF THE GROUND THEY PRODUCE OIL
FROM THE GROUND. THE SENATE TO
THE REFINERIES THE REFINERIES
REFINED IT WITH EITHER SPECIAL
BLENDER REGULAR PLAN DEPENDING
ON WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR IT IS.
THOSE REFINERIES HIGHER WHICH
CALL JOBBERS ARE TRANSPORTERS
THAT CHARGE PER HOUR OR PER
GALLON OF GAS TO DELIVER THE OIL
TO THE RETAILER WHICH IS LIKE
YOUR NORMAL EVERYDAY AVERAGE. AS
. A GAS RETAILER THAT WE GAS THE
CORNER IN ORDER TO STORE. AND
THEN THE CONSUMER PAYS THE
PRICES THAT ARE FROM START TO
FINISH. THE ONLY PERSON ARE THE
ONLY ENTITY WITHIN THAT WHOLE
SUPPLY CHAIN AND THERE'S A FEW
OTHERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT
TOO. BUT THE ONLY IN ENTITY THAT
DOES NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON
PRICE WHATSOEVER IN ANY WAY
SHAPE OR FORM BECAUSE PRODUCERS
ARE PRICE TAKERS NOT PRICE
SETTERS. WHEN THE MARKET SAYS
IT'S A HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS A
BARREL THEY SELL THEIR OIL FOUR
HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS A BARREL
WHEN IT SAYS IT'S TWENTY DOLLARS
A BARREL OR A NEGATIVE IMPACT.
AND THEY HAVE TO SELL A PRODUCT
THEY LOSE MONEY ON IT BECAUSE IT
TAKES SO MANY DOLLARS TO PRODUCE
IT. THEY HAVE A GOAL IT SET BY A
GLOBAL MARKET AND A NATIONAL
MARKET IN A COMMODITY ON A
TRADE. SO HAVING EXPLAINED ALL
THAT TO THE FULL BODY OF THE
FLOORING AGAIN A QUESTION OF THE
AUTHOR. WILL YOU ACCEPT THE
QUESTION. SENATOR GROW. AN THANK
YOU MADAM. THANK YOU SEE THANK
YOU MADAM AT THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT THANK YOU MADAM AT
SENATOR FOR ACCEPTING THE
QUESTION. AS WITH THE INTENT OR
THE UNDERSTANDING OF PUTTING
PRODUCER SOMEONE HAS NO CONTROL
OF THE PRICE IN THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION. I'M THE- IT IS NOT
THE INTENTION OF THE LEGISLATION
TO AFFECT. THE TYPE OF PRODUCER
THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING. AND I
THINK AS WE ALL KNOW. THERE
THERE ARE TERMS THAT WE COMMONLY
USE IN OUR IN. OUR VERNACULAR IN
OUR- AND THEN THERE ARE TERMS
THAT ARE REFERENCE SPECIFICALLY
TO EXISTING CODE. AND IT IS VERY
OFTEN THAT NOT OFTEN IT IS
ALMOST EVERY BILL THAT'S BEFORE
US. USES LANGUAGE AND
TERMINOLOGY. THAT DOESN'T
REDEFINE THE TERMINOLOGY BUT
THAT TERMINOLOGY IS BASED ON A
DEFINITION IN A IN AN EXIT
ANOTHER EXISTING CODE. BY POINT
. IF WE AS I COMMITTED YESTERDAY
IN THE ENERGY- COMMITTEE. IF WE
FIND THAT THERE IS ANY- LACK OF
CLARITY AROUND THAT TERM AND WHO
WE ARE TENDING TO IMPACT. THEN
WE ABSOLUTELY WILL DO FIX THAT
IN CLEAN UP. THANK YOU FOR THE
RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION AND
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE CODE
SECTION BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA
CODE OF REGULATIONS THAT WE
REFERENCE IN WE HAVE BILLS THAT
REFERENCES BECAUSE I DO KNOW
THERE'S INTERPRETATIONS I HAVE
YOU KNOW I MIGHT THINK YOU KNOW
I SAY TOMATO YOU SAY TOMATO IT.
IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING- BUT
IN THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF
REGULATIONS THAT ACTUALLY
REFERENCE IN THIS BILL. THE
DEFINITION OF OIL PRODUCER.
MEANS AN OPERATOR FIRM THAT
PRODUCES CRUDE OIL IN CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA AND- TIDELANDS IN
OUTER CALIFORNIA SHELF ADJACENT
TO CALIFORNIA TIDELANDS IN THE
AMOUNT RETURNED TWENTY THOUSAND
BARRELS DURING A PERIOD OF A
MONTH- IN THE CURRENT PRECEDING
CALENDAR YEAR. SO THE DEFINITION
OF PRODUCER OIL PRODUCER IS
REFERENCED IN THE LEGISLATURE IN
THESE- CALIFORNIA CIVIL COLDER
FOR R. AS CALIFORNIA CODE OF
REGULATIONS. AND THAT'S UNDER
THE DEFINITIONS OF SPECIFIC
DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES
REPORTING WRITTEN FOR REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS AND I HAVE THAT IF
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT IT DOES
GIVE YOU ALL THE DEFINITION
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PIECES OF
THE GROUP OIL PRODUCER
REFERENCED IN THIS BILL. IT
MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS TO THINK
THAT WE ARE GOING TO PENALIZE I
KNOW THAT THIS BODY IN THIS
GOVERNOR HAS IT OUT FOR THE OIL
PRODUCERS. AND IN THE OIL COME
OIL PRODUCERS YOU KNOW PRODUCING
70% OF THE STATE'S OIL IN THIS
IN THE STATE. OF MY PRODUCERS
ARE VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS
LANGUAGE AS THEY SHOULD BE
BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THEM AND THEY
WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL
THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BE
SUBJECT TO EVERYTHING WHEN AGAIN
THEY DON'T SET THE PRICE. THEY
ARE PRICE TAKERS AND NOT PRICE
SETTERS. I AM ALSO TALKED
YESTERDAY ABOUT THE COST
CALIFORNIA IN THE NATION IF YOU
LOOK AT IS AND THE HIGHEST GAS
TAX- STATE IN THE NATION. AND
YOU LOOK AT- THE POLICIES THAT
ARE PUT FORTH TO THIS BUILDING
AND I APPLAUD THE AUTHOR WHEN
SHE SAID. IN HER OPENING
STATEMENTS. THAT YOU KNOW WE
SHOULD PROTECT THE CONSUMER-
AGAINST ANY PRACTICE THAT
CREATES HIGHER GAS PRICES. AND I
WOULD HOPE ANY PRACTICE AND I
KNOW YOU MET OUTSIDE THE
BUILDING BUT- I WOULD HOPE THAT
WE WOULD TAKE THAT INTERNALLY
BECAUSE THERE ARE POLICIES THAT
GET PASSED OUT OF THIS BUILDING.
THAT CREATE HIGHER GAS PRICES
FOR CONSUMERS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE GAS TAX IS THE HIGHEST IN
THE NATION AND YOU LOOK AT IT'S
ABOUT A DOLLAR TWENTY FIVE A
GALLON IT IN TOTAL. THE EXCISE
TAXES FIFTY THREE POINT NINE
CENTS HIGHEST IN THE NATION
FEDERAL ONE IS THE SAME AS EVERY
OTHER STATE. THE LOW CARBON FUEL
STANDARD TAXES TWELVE CENTS KNOW
WHETHER STATE HAS THAT THE CAP
AND TRADE PROGRAM IT'S TWENTY
ONE CENTS. AND THAT CAP AND
TRADE TAX GOES UP EVERY SINGLE
YEAR BECAUSE THEY THAT'S THE WAY
THE WORD IN THE LETTER. WAS INTO
PERPETUITY I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE
CONSTITUENTS IT ALSO COMPLAIN
ABOUT. THE REGISTRATION VEHICLE
FEES GOING AT THAT LEGISLATION
WHEN IT WAS PASSED INCREASES
THE- DATA CAP AND TRADE TAX AND
OUR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES.
INTO PERPETUITY UNLESS THIS
LEGISLATURE ACTS TO STOP IT. I
ALSO LOOKED AT THEM. SOME OF THE
OTHER CAPACITY ISSUES YOU KNOW
MY COLLEAGUE FROM BIEBER
MENTIONED THAT WE USED TO HAVE.
THIRTY TWO OR FORTY TWO
REFINERIES WHAT WE HAVE EIGHT
NOW THERE'S TECHNICALLY NINE BUT
ONE IS CLOSING DOWN. IN ORDER TO
NOT A PROCESS. CRUDE OIL INTO-
INTO FUEL. SO IT'S A CAPACITY
ISSUE WHY DID THOSE REFINERIES
LEAVE. IS ANYBODY GONNA TALK TO
THOSE REFINERS OF THE REFINERS
TO FIND OUT WHY THEY LEFT AND
THEY WENT TO TEXAS. WITH THERE
WAS A DISCUSSION YESTERDAY ON
REFINERS SELLING BRIGHT PRODUCT
OF FUEL TO OTHER EXPORTING OUT
OF CALIFORNIA NOT KEEPING SOME
OF THAT. I'M A GASOLINE HERE AND
THEY MADE IT SOUND LIKE A BAD
THING. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS
THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH
CALIFORNIA'S STRINGENT FUEL
REQUIREMENTS. I'M IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA DUE TO POLICY
COMING OUT OF THIS BUSINESS AND
IF THE PRODUCT DOES NOT MEET
THOSE STANDARDS. WHAT ARE THEY
SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT ARE THEY
JUST SUPPOSED TO STORE IT FOR
NON USE FOR CALIFORNIANS. ARE
THEY SUPPORT S. THAT FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO ELIMINATE IT. SO WHAT
THEY DO IS THEY SELL A SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF IT TO STATES LIKE
ARIZONA NEVADA IN OTHER
LOCATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE
REFINING REFINERIES IN THEIR
STATE- AND THEY MADE IT SOUND
LIKE THAT WAS A REALLY BAD
THING. IT'S NOT A BAD THING WE
WANT EXCEPT AMONG ALLOW THEM TO
USE IT HERE SO WHAT ARE THEY
SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT. THEY
EXPORTED AND YESTERDAY THEY WERE
DEMONIZED OVER IT- ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT'S NOT ME. IN THIS
BILL AND I WISH WAS YOU REALLY
FOR A LOT. I THINK IT'S ON PAGE-
PAGE ELEVEN YOU FOLKS A LOT OF
THE TOP AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO
TO BUT IT TALKS ABOUT BRINGING
REFINED PRODUCTS AND- TRACKING
THE VESSELS. FROM POINT OF
DESTINATION- POINT OF ORIGIN TO
DESTINATION LIKE TRACKING
VESSELS. MA'AM WHEN I READ THAT
I GOT SO EXCITED BECAUSE YOU
GUYS KNOW I ALWAYS MENTION THAT
WE IMPORT- 53% OF ALL CRUDE
THAT'S PRODUCED IN ECUADOR THEY
BULLDOZED DOWN THE RAINFOREST
AND THEY JUST KILLED. THE INDIAN
TRIBAL LEADER THAT WAS TRYING
TO. THEY SHOT SADDAM ON HIS HAT.
STEP THERE- WAS TRYING TO FILE A
LAWSUIT AND IN STOP DRILLING IN
ECUADOR BECAUSE OF THE RAIN
FOREST ISSUE WHICH IS A NATURAL
SEQUESTRATION SITE. SO I WAS SO
EXCITED WHEN I READ THAT BUT
THAT'S FOR REFINED FUEL. SO THAT
MEANS IT'S ALREADY GAS WHEN IT
COMES HERE WE'RE NOT EVEN
TRACKING THESE VESSELS THAT GO
FROM ECUADOR TO HERE. AND TRYING
TO FIND THE POINT OF ORIGIN TO
THIS TO CALIFORNIA'S PORTS. AND
I CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU GUYS IS A
VERY INTERESTING SITE ISSUE
GOING VESSEL FINDER .COM HE TALK
ABOUT ME MAYBE LEADING THE PRICE
IN THE MARKET. WHEN THE SHIPS.
AGAIN PRODUCED IN ECUADOR AND
OTHER COUNTRIES PREDOMINANTLY BY
CHINA CORPORATIONS. THEY WILL
BRING THESE THEY WERE
TRANSPORTED FROM ECUADOR HERE GO
TO THE VESSEL FINDER. DOT COM
THAT'S IT VESSEL FINDER DOT COM
ALL THOSE LITTLE TRIANGLES THAT
YOU SEE. ON THAT MOVING THING
THAT ARE MOVING. ITS VESSELS
COMING FROM OTHER PORTS OF
ORIGIN AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
THEY'RE CIRCLING AROUND OUR
PORTS. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ASK
ABOUT THE EXPLANATION OF HIGH
GAS PRICES WHEN WE INVESTIGATE
THE FACT THAT. IT'S SHOWN IN
THERE IS DATA OUT THERE ACTUALLY
THAT THE MISTER PRESIDENT WHO'S
LEADING THE DIETS TODAY. HAS A
CALLING FROM FLORIDA ACTUALLY
HAS DATA THAT SHOWS WHICH IS
REALLY INTERESTING. THAT THOSE
SHIPS WILL CIRCLE OUT START OUR
TWELVE MILE RADIUS INSIDE OF
CALIFORNIA'S COASTLINE. AND WHEN
THE PRICE IT'S THE RIGHT PRICING
WILL BE LINE IT TO OUR PORTS
OFFLOAD AND SELL IT TO US FOR A
HIGHER PRICE. WHICH CAUSES A
COST INCREASE TO OUR REFINERS
WHICH CAUSES COST IN. TO OUR-
OUR RETAILERS. AND SO WE'RE NOT
EVEN CHECK OUT THAT THAT IS ONE
OF THE HIGHER IMPACT THAT WE
HAVE. FOR HIGHEST GASOLINE
PRICES NOT TO MENTION ALL THE
BUNKER FUEL THAT THEY'RE BURNING
OUT RIGHT INSIDER OCEAN. FOR THE
FOR THE WIND TWELVE MILE AN HOUR
WIND OR WHATEVER CAN GET. TO OUR
SHORELINES- SO I JUST THINK THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THERE
ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN THIS
BILL THAT I REALLY LIKE. I MEAN
THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN
THIS BILL THAT I REALLY LIKE AND
I AM EXCITED ABOUT A FEW THINGS.
I DO THINK THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY
COMMISSION I KNOW THAT THERE IS
A LOT OF ISSUES OR COME AND-
COMMENTS MADE YESTERDAY ABOUT
DELEGATING IT TO AN AUTHORITY-
YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW THAT I
WOULD SEND IT TO ANY OTHER
AUTHORITY OR ANY OTHER AGENCY
REGULATORY AGENCY. OTHER THAN
THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY
COMMISSION. THEY ACTUALLY TAKES
FACTS AND DATA REGARDING ENERGY.
THEY REALLY DO THEY TAKE FACTS
AND DATA REGARDING ENERGY. AND
THEY DON'T HAVE A PREDETERMINED
OUTCOME AT LEAST MOST OF THE
COMMISSIONERS THAT I'VE MET WITH
AND SPOKE WITH. THEY UNDERSTAND
IN A VERY STRONG WAY THAT THEY
CAN'T HAVE A PREDETERMINED
OUTCOME FOR TRANSITION. AND I
KNOW WE TALK ABOUT TRANSITION I
KNOW THE GOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT
TRANSITION I KNOW EVERY TALKS
ABOUT A TRANSITION OFF OF FOSSIL
FUELS. WE ARE IN A TRANSITION
MODE OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS. BUT WE
ARE NOT IN THE TRANSMISSION MODE
THAT YOU GUYS THINK WE'RE IN.
WE'RE IN A TRANSITION OF
TRANSITIONING OFF OF CALIFORNIA
PRODUCED. OIL FUEL FOR
CALIFORNIANS BY CALIFORNIANS IN
CALIFORNIA WHERE WE CONTROL THE
PROCESS. TO TRANSITION OFF OF
FOREIGN PRODUCTS THAT COME INTO
THE STATE WHERE WE CONTROL NO
PROCESS NO LABOR. NO
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY NOTHING AND
WE'RE DISH DURING THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF IT. AND
THAT'S NOT A JOKE WE JUST PASSED
A RESOLUTION. BY THE AUTHOR
MISTER BRADFORD SORRY. AS
SENATOR BRADFORD THAT YOU KNOW
IS WORRIED ABOUT THE SUPPLY
CHAIN BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
PUBLIC OF THE CONGO IT'S THE
SAME THING WITH THE OIL THAT WE
BRING HERE. IN THE BOTTOM LINE
IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
TO MAKE SURE THAT CALIFORNIANS
THAT IN. ONE POINT MILLION. OF
OIL EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT IS NOT
CHANGED IN TWENTY YEARS. I DON'T
CARE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU PUT INTO
GREENER RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES.
AND MY COUNTY KERN COUNTY. WORK
ALL OF THE EVENTS. WE ARE WE
HAVE. THIS STATE HAS FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES AND ONE COUNTY MY
COUNTY. PRODUCES 53% OF THE
STATE'S WIND AND SOLAR. WE
PRETTY 70% OF THE STATE'S OIL.
SO WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU KNOW WE
WANT ALL ENERGY WE'RE GOOD ABOUT
THAT BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT
SUPPLY CHAINS AND WE NEED TO
LOOK AT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE
CONSUMER THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THIS BILL WILL ADD
COST WILL REDUCE COULD REFINERY
CAPACITY WHICH WE ALREADY ARE
DOWN TO LIKE I SAID EIGHT
REFINERIES YOU'LL GOOGLE IT
IT'LL SAY NINE YOU SEE SHE'S
WRONG. THAT REFINERIES CHANGING
OVER AT THE END OF THIS YEAR TO
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUEL
PRODUCTION WHICH IS NOT TO THIS
TO YOU- GASOLINE. AND TO CRUDE
REFINED GASOLINE- LIKE I SAID
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN THERE
THIS I REALLY LIKE. I HATE THE
IDEA THIS IS SO RUSHED THROUGH
THE PROCESS I MEAN THAT WOULD
LANGUAGE DROPPED ON MONDAY. IT'S
A HOW MANY PAGES. IT'S FORTY
PLUS PAGES IN THE LANGUAGE
DROPPED ON MONDAY AND THE
COMMITTEE WAS SET FOR WEDNESDAY
WITH THEIR PREPARATIONS THIS
MORNING AT SEVEN THIRTY EIGHT
O'CLOCK AND NOW IT'S ON THE
FLOOR. AND THAT IS A RUSHED
PROCESS THERE'S NO REASON WE
HAVE TO RUSH THIS PROCESS.
YESTERDAY WAS SAID SEVERAL TIMES
IN THE COMMITTEE THIS IS A FIRST
OF ITS TIME EVERY ADVANCING
LEADING THE WAY. ALTHOUGH THAT
TERMINOLOGY WAS USED ON THIS
BILL AND WE'RE RUSHING IN LESS
THAN TEN DAYS TO GET OFF THE
FLOOR INTO THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE. RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A
NO VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR JONES
. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I ALSO
RISE IN OPPOSITION TO- S. B. X.
ONE DASH TO. AND JUST WANNA
SHARES- SOME BRIEF THOUGHTS. THE
GOVERNOR'S GOAL HERE AND I THINK
ALL OF OUR GOAL ACTUALLY WE SURE
THAT WE I THINK WE SHARE THE
GOAL OF LOWERING THE COST OF.
FUEL IN CALIFORNIA. BUT
UNFORTUNATELY. THIS ISN'T GOING
TO DO THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA
MOVE US IN THAT DIRECTION THIS
BILL WILL AND ABSOLUTELY. BEING
EITHER A TAX INCREASE OR FEE
INCREASE ONE OF THE TWO OR BOTH.
AND WE ALL KINDA I THINK. EXCEPT
QUIETLY AND MAYBE NOT PUBLICLY
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE
GOVERNOR'S PUSHING THIS IN THE I
THINK THAT'S HIS GOAL IS TO
RAISE. THE COST OF GASOLINE I
DON'T THINK MOST OF US SHARE
THAT GOAL. WITH THE GOVERNOR AND
I THINK WE WOULD LOOK. LIKE TO
WORK TOWARDS LOWERING THE COST
OF GASOLINE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS
. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO INCREASE
THE GAS TAX AND YOU WANT TO
LOWER. GAS PRICES I RECOMMEND
OPPOSING THIS BILL. AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM BEAVER POINTED
OUT THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A
NEW GOVERNMENT. THERE'S NO WAY A
NEW GOVERNMENT CAN BE LESS
EXPENSIVE. AS OUR COLLEAGUE FROM
KERN. POINTED OUT. THAT WE NEED
TO PRODUCE MORE OF CALIFORNIA'S
OIL BY CALIFORNIANS IN
CALIFORNIA. IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR GUARANTEED WAY TO LOWER THE
GAS PRICES I RECOMMEND INSTEAD
SUPPORTING MY BILL. WHICH IS S.
B. X. ONE DASH ONE WHICH WAS
SUSPENDED THE GAS TAX. OF A
DOLLAR PER GALLON PER YEAR. I
JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH
SOMETHING THAT WAS COVERED- IT
THIS MORNING IN THE PRESS-
MISTER SPEAKER PERMISSION TO
READ PLEASE. PERMISSION GRANTED.
THANK IN THIS UNDERSCORES ONE OF
THE POINTS THAT OUR COLLEAGUE
FROM KERN I MENTIONED REGARDING
THE PROCESS OF THIS PARTICULAR
BILL. I'M READING FROM
CALMATTERS THIS MORNING.
REPORTING ON THE- COMMITTEE
HEARING YESTERDAY. THE DEMOCRATS
ON THE PANEL MOSTLY USE THEIR
TIME TO MONOLOGUE THIS IS AFTER
THEY SAID IT WAS A LINK THE
HEARING WITH A LOT OF. BACK AND
FORTH A LOT OF TALKING. MANY OF
THEM LAMENTED THE SPEED AT WHICH
EVERYTHING WAS MOVING THEN
JUSTIFIED THEIR VOTES THEY'RE
JUSTIFIED THEIR VOTES BY
POINTING TO INTERNAL
DELIBERATIONS. THAT HAD BEEN
HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. DO YOU HOW
MUCH BETTER THE NEW PROPOSAL WAS
THAN ITS PREVIOUS ITERATION AND
THAT THE URGENCY OF ACTING ON AN
ISSUE THAT HAS SLAMMED THEIR
CONSTITUENTS POCKETBOOKS.
MEMBERS I WANT TO READ THAT ONE
PHRASE OUT OF THERE RE READ ONE
PHRASE SO THAT KIND OF SINKS IN.
TO ALL OF US. DELIBERATIONS
INTERNAL DELIBERATIONS THAT HAD
BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS.
INTERNAL DELIBERATIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS.
MEMBERS EACH ONE OF US ARE
ELECTED TO THIS LEGISLATIVE
BODY- AND MOST OF US HAVE WORKED
VERY HARD TO GET HERE. RELATED
TO THIS BODY BY ALMOST A MILLION
CALIFORNIANS. A MILLION
CALIFORNIANS. AND THAT EXPECT US
WHEN WE COME TO THE STATE
CAPITOL TO REPRESENT THEM. THAT
WE WILL HAVE THEIR VOICE IN MIND
WHEN WE GO INTO COMMITTEE WHEN
WE COME TO THE FLOOR WHEN WE
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH
OTHER. THEY KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA
ALWAYS AGREE. THAT'S THE- THAT
THAT THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A
REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. THAT WE
SERVE IN. BUT THEY EXPECT THEIR
VOICE TO BE HEARD. I WANT TO ASK
EACH ONE OF US. WHO OF US WAS
INCLUDED IN THOSE INTERNAL
DELIBERATIONS. FOR ALL FORTY OF
US INCLUDED IN THAT INTERNAL
DELIBERATION I KNOW FOR A FACT
NO EIGHT OF US FOR SURE WE'RE
NOT. FOR ALL THIRTY TWO
REMAINING SENATORS INVOLVED IN
THOSE INTERNAL DELIBERATIONS.
HOW MUCH IMPACT DID YOU HAVE ON
THIS LANGUAGE IT'S COMING
FORWARD TODAY TO THIS FLOOR. HOW
MUCH OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS VOICES
ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS
LEGISLATION AND THESE FORTY
PAGES OF A BILL. HOW MUCH OF THE
THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU
THANK YOU RAN ON A REPRESENTED
IN THIS REPRESENTING THIS
LEGISLATION. I WOULD REALLY LIKE
FOR THIS QUESTION NOT TO BE
RHETORICAL AND SOMEBODY STAND UP
AND TELL ME. HOW MUCH THEY WERE
INCLUDED IN THESE INTERNAL
DELIBERATIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR
. I'M GONNA CLOSE BY SAYING. I
AM VERY. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN
THIS BODY. THERE WE ARE ALLOWING
THIS TYPE OF INTERNAL
DELIBERATIONS. EXCLUDING THE
PUBLIC FROM THE CONVERSATION.
AND EXCLUDING ALL OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS. THE ARMED
MULTITUDES. ON THIS ISSUE. AND
I'M OPPOSING THIS BILL NOT
BECAUSE I'M STANDING UP HERE
PROTECTING THE COMPANY'S
WHATEVER COMPANIES THOSE MAY BE
AS HAS ALREADY BEEN DEBATED. I'M
STANDING UP HERE OPPOSING THIS
BILL FOR MY CONSTITUENTS.
BECAUSE THEY WERE CUT OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION AND THIS BILL IS
GOING TO LEAD TO HIGHER GAS
PRICES FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIANS I
REGIONAL VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR
SEYARTO. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
. AND COLLEAGUES. BUT I HATE
GOING AFTER SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES HERE BECAUSE THEY
SPEAK SO ELOQUENTLY AND THEY'RE
SO KNOWLEDGEABLE THEY'VE BEEN
HERE A WHILE. SO AND THEY
COVERED A LOT OF THINGS THAT- I
WANTED TO MENTION BUT I WANT TO
START OUT WITH WITH THIS. I CAN
ANSWER THE QUESTION. WHY ARE GAS
PRICES SO HIGH IN CALIFORNIA.
AND ALL OF YOU CAN READ THE SAME
THING YOU JUST HAVE TO GO TO THE
GASOLINE WEBSITE ENROLLED TELL
YOU TAXES. MY COLLEAGUE FROM
BAKERSFIELD HAS ALREADY COVERED
THE TAXES IT'S NOT FIFTY FOUR
CENTS A GALLON LIKE WE HEARD IN
COMMITTEE YESTERDAY. IT'S A
DOLLAR THIRTY BUT IF YOU TAKE
AWAY THE EIGHTEEN SENSE THAT
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO PAY THE
FEDERAL EXCISE TAX GOES DOWN
FROM THERE. BUT THOSE ARE ALL
TAXES A SELF INFLICTED WOUND IF
YOU MAY THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO
OUR GASOLINE PRICE. THAT'S ALSO
THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE
CALIFORNIA FUELS MARKET SOME OF
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TOUCHED ON
THAT. THIS SPECIAL GASOLINE
RECIPE THAT. WELL WE HOPE
REDUCES AIR POLLUTION. AND THEN
ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
COSTS. BUT TO SOME IT ALL UP.
IT'S OUR ENERGY POLICY. OUR
ENERGY POLICY IN OUR EFFORTS. TO
REPLACE FOSSIL FUEL. WITH ALL
ELECTRIC. IN A VERY VERY SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME. WHY CAN'T WE
JUST TELL OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT
. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GAS PRICES
ARE SO HIGH THAT'S WHY YOUR
ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE SO HIGH.
THAT'S WHY YOUR NATURAL GAS
PRICES ARE SO HIGH. WE'RE TRYING
TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORT.
AND ALL OF YOU I DO YOU KNOW ON
THEIR BEHALF. BUT THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES FOR DOING WHAT
WE'RE DOING. AND THESE ARE ONE
OF THE CONSEQUENCES. NOW LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE MARKET BECAUSE WE
HEARD A LOT OF. A LOT OF
TESTIMONY FROM CALL OUR OUR- OUR
COLLEAGUES ABOUT. YOU KNOW THE
PRICE OF FUELS AND HOW IT SPIKED
WILLIS SPIKED IN JUNE OF TWENTY
THOUSAND TWENTY TWO. RIGHT IF TO
FIGHT ALL THE WAY UP TO AN
AVERAGE OF SIX TWENTY NINE A
GALLON. FOR ALL THE OTHER MONTHS
IT WAS JUST ABOUT IN THE FOUR TO
FIVE FIFTY RANGE. BUT THAT'S
WHERE WAS. BUT WHY IN THE HECK
IS IT FOUR TO FIVE FIFTY RANGE
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I'LL
TELL YOU WHY BECAUSE THAT IT
STARTED WHEN ABOUT FOUR GALLONS
FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON IN MARCH
OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE. IT'S
BECAUSE OF OUR ENERGY POLICY.
WE'VE ALWAYS OUTPACED. FOR THE
REASONS MENTIONED BEFORE THE
OTHER STATES. IN OUR PRICES.
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN I GOT A I
GOT MY LICENSE WHEN I WAS
SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN I CAN'T
REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN. BUT A
NICE LITTLE PICKUP TRUCK. YEAH I
USED TO THROW MY SKIS IN THE
BACK AND I DRIVE UP DEMAND. AND
YOU KNOW WHAT. I GOT GAS. IN
SAMBAR DINO EVEN IF IT WAS HALF
OF TANK I GOT GAS AND SAMBAR
DINO. AND THEN I WOULD GET GAS.
IN THE NEXT POPULATED AREA WHICH
WAS BISHOP. IT'S STILL COST
DIDN'T ANOTHER DOLLAR FIFTY A
GALLON UP IN BISHOP. BUT NO WAY
WAS I GOING TO STOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DESERT AT THE ONLY
UNOCAL STATION THAT WAS THERE.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH GAS
EVERYWHERE ELSE WAS A DOLLAR
SOMETHING. THEIR PRICE WAS THREE
FIFTY TO FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON I
COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT. SO I
LEARNED REAL QUICK. AS A
CONSUMER YOU GO WHERE THE MARKET
TELLS YOU TO GO IF YOU CARE
ABOUT THOSE THINGS. I DON'T BUY
GAS IN BEVERLY HILLS I NEVER
BOUGHT GRABBED THE GAS AND BRENT
WOODS. BECAUSE WHY BECAUSE YOU
GO TO THOSE GAS STATIONS. THEY
ARE CATERING TO A DIFFERENT
MARKET VOTES. AND YOU HAVE A
CHOICE TO GO THERE ARE NOT. SO
THERE IS SO THERE THAT CAN
ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THAT BUT
WHAT BOTHERS ME IS WE'RE GOING
TO SPEND. WELL ACTUALLY WE JUST
KIND OF WROTE A BLANK CHECK THIS
MORNING. BUT WE'RE GOING TO
SPEND BETWEEN SEVEN AND TEN
MILLION DOLLARS. A YEAR. TO TELL
US WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. AND
GIVE ANOTHER REGULATORY AGENCY.
HOOKS INTO THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY
AND EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE THAT.
WHAT IS THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED
EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE IT. THE
PRICES GO UP. SO WE'RE NOT I
DON'T THINK WE'RE HELPING THE
CITIZENS I DON'T THINK WE'RE
HELPING CONSUMERS WERE NOT BEING
A WATCHDOG FOR CONSUMERS. WE'RE
JUST WE'RE JUST NOT TELLING
THEM. THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH IS
THERE IS A COST. TO OUR POLICIES
. AND WE'RE PAYING THE COST NOW
. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE
SENTIMENTS OF MY OTHER
COLLEAGUES. WHY THE RUSH. WHY
DID I GET THIS ON TUESDAY. IF
EVEN TO THAT TUESDAY NIGHT. AND
WHY IS THIS THE FIRST WE'VE
HEARD OF THIS. DIFFERENT
APPROACH. THE REPROACH WE WERE
HEARING ABOUT IN DECEMBER- YEAH
COMING UP HERE BEING IN THE
MINORITY. YEAH IT'S KIND OF A
DRAG. BECAUSE YOU DO YOU HEAR
THINGS LAST. AND I THINK I GUESS
THE HONEYMOON IS OVER EVERYBODY
TALKED ABOUT- WE'RE GONNA GET UP
AND WORK WITH EVERY ALL YEAH
WE'RE GOING TO ALL WORK TOGETHER
AND DO THIS NO THEY'RE NOT.
GONNA DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS
THAT I'VE BEEN UP HERE. SO
YOU'RE GOING TO PASS THIS I KNOW
I KNOW THIS HOUSE IS GOING TO
PASS THIS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY
PRE ORDAINED. BUT WE ARE NOT
HELPING OUR CONSUMERS. THERE ARE
REASONS FOR THE GAS AND WE DON'T
NEED TO CREATE AN INSULATION
AGAIN BETWEEN US THE LEGISLATORS
THE ELECTED PEOPLE. AND OUR
PEOPLE. BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT THIS IS. IT'S YOU KNOW WHAT
IF WE DO IF WE DO I NAME IT WE
IMPOSE. ONE OF THESE FEES TAXES
WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
EXCESS PROFIT TAX FREE. IN IN
GAS PRICES SPIKE WELL GUESS WHAT
. CONSUMERS ARE GONNA BE MATTER
TO US. AND WE DON'T LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE TO VOTE FOR US RIGHT.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WE'RE
GONNA CREATE WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE WE'RE GOING TO
ABDICATE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND
GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
ANOTHER PERSON ANOTHER ENTITY
THAT WE CAN TELL OUR OUR PEOPLE
WHEN THEY COME AND SCREAM AT US.
THAT WHAT THE HECK IS THIS I
HAVE TO GIVE UP MY CAR AND
TWENTY THIRTY FIVE. WELL YOU
KNOW CAR BUT- YOU KNOW THAT YOU
CAN IT'S A GREAT RESOURCES IT'S
NOT US. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DO
THAT STUFF. I DON'T NEED AN
INSULATION I DON'T NEED A
FIREWALL BETWEEN ME. AND THE
PEOPLE THAT ELECT ME. IF I IF I
MAKE THEIR PRICES GO UP WITH MY
POLICIES I'M GONNA TELL IMPLY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO TELL THEM
THAT IT'S BETTER FOR THE PRICES
TO GO UP THEN THEN TO. NOT
ACCOMPLISH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
GOALS. JUST TELL THEM THAT. WE
DON'T NEED TO SPEND ANOTHER
SEVEN TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS IF
IT STAYS AT THAT A YEAR. TO BE
ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT. SO
COLLEAGUES. CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
IT'S ADVOCATING WHAT WE SHOULD
BE TELLING OUR- OUR CONSTITUENTS
AND WE'RE WE'RE GIVING THAT TO
SOMEBODY ELSE SO THEY CAN DO THE
DIRTY WORK. AND WE CAN TELL ON
HEY WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP
THEM FROM GALGIANI YOU. A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T BUY THAT I NEVER
GET. WHEN I WAS NOT AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL AND I DON'T BUY IT NOW
. AS I CAN SEE IT. AND SO CAN
DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON
THIS ITEM SENATOR WILK. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT- YESTERDAY IN
ENERGY AND UTILITIES- I LAID OFF
THIS BILL AND I INTEND TO LAY
OFF AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE I'M
CONFLICTED. FACT OF THE MATTER
IS- I'M STILL UNDER THE OLD
LINES AND I HAVE ONE MILLION
SIXTY THOUSAND CONSTITUENTS OVER
HALF OF THOSE CONSTITUENTS ARE
ON MEDI CAL. I HAVE TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DAILY COMMUTERS
THAT EITHER GO FROM FROM THE
ALLEN FAMILY DOWN TO LOS ANGELES
WHICH THEY CALL DOWN BELOW. AND
I HAVE ANOTHER EIGHTY FIVE
THOUSAND IN THE VICTOR VALLEY
THAT TRAVEL DOWN TO THE INLAND
EMPIRE WHICH THEY CALL DOWN THE
HILL- AND THEY THEY'VE THEY'VE
BEEN THEY'VE BEEN SQUEEZED BY
THESE HIGH ENERGY COSTS. NOT NOT
ONLY GAS BUT BUT BY ALL OTHER
ENERGY COSTS AGAIN MENTIONED
EARLIER TODAY- BY MY COLLEAGUES
ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE
PASSED PASSED OUT HERE. BUT THE
FACT OF THE MATTER IS I THINK A
LOT OF A CITY HAVE SAT THROUGH
THESE- BRIEFINGS SINCE THE
TORRANCE FIRE IN TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN. THERE'S BEEN. A HIDDEN
FORTY CENTS A GALLON MORE THAN
IT SHOULD BE ONCE YOU FACTOR IN
CALIFORNIA'S TAXES AND
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT WE'VE
BEEN PAYING OUR CONSUMERS ABOUT
FORTY CENTS A GALLON MORE. THAT
EQUATES ANYWHERE BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC IN LESS DRIVING
ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR MORE.
THAT ARE CALIFORNIA VOTERS AND
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PAYING-
BECAUSE SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE
INDUSTRY AND EVERY SAYS IT'S NOT
ME. IT'S NOT ME WHAT SOMEBODY.
AND THEY KNOW THAT THIS WAS PULL
OUT SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DON'T
COME CLEAN I DO WANNA AGAIN-
AFFIRM WHAT ARE SENATOR FROM
KERN COUNTY SAID IT IS NOT THE
PEOPLE EXTRACTING FROM THE
GROUND THAT THE PRODUCERS. IT IS
A COMMODITY THEY GET PAID WITH A
GET PAID BUT BUT SOMETHING'S
GOING ON. AND I THINK OUR
RESIDENTS. HAVE A HAVE A RIGHT
TO KNOW. KNOW ME PERSONALLY I
THINK THE CLEANEST WAY TO DO
THIS IS ACTUALLY GIVE THIS TO AN
ENTITY THAT ACTUALLY. KNOWS HOW
TO DO THIS AND HAS A RECORD OF
DOING THAT AND THAT IS THE
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. YOU
SHOULD BEEN VERY SIMPLE THING A
BILL AFTER FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION TO DO IT THEY DO IT
THEY BRING THE RESULTS BACK TO
US THAT'S THE THAT'S THE WAY WE
SHOULD HAVE DONE IT. IT WILL.
AGAIN IT. KEEPS US AS A CO EQUAL
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. AND ALLOWS
US TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AS MY
FRIEND FROM WEST RIVERSIDE
COUNTY SAID. SO NOW. WE'RE GONNA
GIVE IT TO AN ENTITY THAT MAY OR
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT. IN
ADDITION TO THE NOW SINCE.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO TELL THESE
REFINERIES HOW TO HOW TO DO
THEIR JOB. AND THIS IS A THIS IS
A REACH FROM GOVERNMENT IN TO BE
IN INTO BUSINESS INTO INTO THE
PRIVATE SECTOR. BUT I'M I'M PRO
BUSINESS BUT I'M ANTI MONOPOLY.
BUT IT BUT THIS PROPOSAL I JUST
THINK IT'S AN OVER REACH ONE TWO
IS GOING WAY WAY WAY TOO FAST AS
MENTIONED WE BARELY GOT IT-
THERE'S DRAFTING AIR SENATE
WHICH THE SENATOR FROM KERN
COUNTY POINTED OUT YESTERDAY.
IT'S BEEN ACKNOWLEDGES IS GOING
TO BE CHANGED. BY IS MOVING SO
FAST WHAT ELSE HAVE WE MISSED
THAT IN HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND CLEAN UP
WHICH WE- WE HAVE A HISTORY
DOING. SO I'M- LIKE I SAID
YESTERDAY A PLAGUE ON
EVERYBODY'S HOUSE. I THINK THE
INDUSTRY SHOULD HAVE COME CLEAN
THEY HAVEN'T COME CLEAN. I THINK
THIS DOESN'T GET US TO WHERE WE
WANT TO GO. AND AGAIN- NOT
EVERYBODY HAD INPUT IT WOULD
MEET MAY BEEN BY HIM HE DIDN'T
DATE BICAMERAL. DISCUSSIONS BUT
IT CERTAINLY WASN'T BIPARTISAN
AND THAT IS IT IS VERY
DISAPPOINTING SOME I'M LAYING IT
OFF TODAY. NOT NECESSARILY THAT
THAT THIS IS THE BEST APPROACH
IS NOT THE BEST APPROACH. BUT
ALSO OUR CONSUMERS HAVE A RIGHT
TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HIM
SINCE TWENTY FIFTEEN. AND. WE'LL
JUST SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY FOR
THIS. OR THE- IN ALAN. MEMBERS I
JUST WANNA RESPOND A FEW ISSUES
THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED- I
ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE
SENATOR FROM- FROM NORTH NORTH
L. A. COUNTY. WE KNOW THERE'S
SOMEBODY. THAT'S PLAYING A ROLE
HERE AND YET WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHO AND HOUSE. HI THIS
ISSUE OF TRANSPARENCY IS MINUTE
THE HEART OF THIS PROBLEM FROM
DAY ONE. AND OUR RESIDENTS DO
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW I DO
AGREE WE OUGHT TO GET THE FTC
INVOLVED IN LET'S WORK TOGETHER
ON ON GETTING THEM INVOLVED WE
ALSO KNOW WE HAVE A UNIQUE. SET
OF CIRCUMSTANCES HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND WE CAN'T JUST
RELY ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO LOOK OUT FOR CALIFORNIA
CONSUMERS- WHEN THEY GOT SO MANY
OTHER THINGS GOING ON SO MUCH
BITTER PARTISANSHIP THERE. SO I
THINK IT'S STILL VERY
APPROPRIATE TO GIVE THE CDC.
MORE POWER. AND REALLY CREATE AN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO STUDY ALL OF
THESE ISSUES THE CHALLENGE HERE
FROM EVERY AT EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY HAS BEEN. A LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY AND LOTS AND LOTS
OF FINGER POINTING A LOT OF
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. AND I
WOULD JUST SAY I MEAN AS AS MUCH
AS I APPRECIATE MY DEAR FRIENDS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE-
IT WAS SO DISAPPOINTING THAT
WHEN WE BROUGHT FORWARD A BILL
LAST YEAR SB THIRTEEN TWENTY
TWO. A REALLY RATHER SIMPLE BILL
THAT JUST LOOKED AT IT REFINING.
I TRANSPARENCY REDUCE
TRANSPARENCY SOCIALLY WITH- WITH
WITH WITH- WITH DATA PRICING
DATA FROM EACH REFER ALL
REFINERY OPERATING THE STATE. MY
FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE- BE NO WE DID NOT VOTE
FEDERAL VOTED AGAINST THAT BILL.
WHICH WHICH SUGGESTS TO ME THAT
THERE'S JUST THAT A LOT. I I'M
HEARING EVERYTHING I'M HEARING
AND I APPRECIATE. SO MANY
ARGUMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BUT-
BUT THERE THERE'S BEEN. A LACK
OF WILLINGNESS STEVEN SUPPORT
BASIC TRANSPARENCY. ON THE PART
OF THE OIL INDUSTRY- IN THIS
AREA AND THAT'S REALLY IT WHAT
WHAT I THINK IS MOST PROMISING
ABOUT THIS BILL AT ITS HEART.
IT'S PROVIDING THE CVC WITH
POWER THAT IS NEVER HAD BEFORE.
WITH AN AND RESPONSIBILITY
THAT'S NEVER HAVE BEFORE. WHICH
IS WHICH IS A REAL. WHICH IS A
REAL INVESTIGATION REAL ACCESS
TO DATA. ASSOCIATED. WITH THE
SUPPLY CHAIN EVERY STEP OF THE
AWAY INCLUDING. ALL BASS. THAT
ARE THEY'RE SITTING OUT OFF
COAST THE THAT MIGHT FROM BAKER.
TALK ABOUT LET'S GO TO CHECK OUT
THAT WEB. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
PARENTS YOU SEE TO DO. THAT'S
WHAT THE CC IS NOT EVER HAD THE
POWER TO DO BEFORE. IN FACT WHEN
I FIRST PROPOSED SB THIRTEEN
TWENTY TWO. AND TALK TO OUR
FRIENDS IN THE OIL INDUSTRY THEY
SAID- FECES GOT THIS GREAT
CONSUMER WATCHDOG MECHANISM. AND
COULD YOU TALK TO SEE SENIOR
ACTUALLY DELVE INTO THE DETAILS
THAT DIDN'T THAT WITH THAT'S
JUST NOT TRUE- THEY HAD THEY HAD
A DATA COLLECTOR. WHO HEADED DID
A GOOD JOB OF UNDERSTANDING THE
MARKET ECONOMICS. BUT BUT DIDN'T
HAVE ANY REAL POWER TO IT TO
INVESTIGATE IN IN IN IN.
INTERROGATE THE SUPPLY CHAIN SO
AS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ALL OF
THESE MARKET FORCES AND FACTORS.
THEY WERE LEADING TO THESE PRICE
SPIKES. THAT ISSUE IS GOING TO
BE REMEDIED. THROUGH THE SPELL.
WITH AND ECONOMISTS- AND A TEAM
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A
CC. TO REALLY INVESTIGATE AND
ENGAGE IN THIS ISSUE. AND THAT'S
WHY I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT
SUPPORTING THE BILL TODAY- I
HEAR THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN
RAISED I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN
WORK TOGETHER. IN A IN A IN A
COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT THE
REALLY DOES FOCUS ON
TRANSPARENCY AND I REALLY HOPE
THAT. THAT THAT SOME OF THE
COMMENTS THAT YOU BEEN THAT THAT
IT WE'VE HEARD TODAY. SUGGEST A
REAL COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY
MOVING FORWARD- THAT'S THE
REASON WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS
BILL TODAY. AND- I APPRECIATE
YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION DEBATE AND
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF BAIT
HEARING TINA AND- INNER SCANNER
WHICH OUGHT TO CLOSE. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS I WANT TO
START BY THANKING THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE FOR INITIATING. THIS VERY
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. AND
THEIR WORK IN PUTTING THE
INITIAL BILL FIRST INITIAL BILL
BEFORE US. AND NOW THIS
SUBSEQUENT BILL. AND I WANT TO
THANK. THE SENATE WORKCHOICES
THE REVISIONS TO THE BILL. AND I
WANT TO THANK SENATE STAFF AND
THE MEMBERS WHO'VE MET WITH
STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING OUR OIL
COMPANIES AND REFINERS. AND
OTHERS MANY OTHERS AND TO WORK
TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. RELATED TO
THE BILL IN ITS INITIAL FORM. IN
ITS INITIAL FORM THERE WERE
ISSUES RAISED ABOUT. WHETHER BY
FIXING IN STATUTE A CERTAIN CAP.
ONE OF- THE- IT AFFECTS A
SPECIFIC CAPEN THE ARE. THE TERM
RIGHT THE- AVERAGE. BERMAN
UPLOAD TERM ANYWAY. BY SEN A
SPECIFIC. THE FEAR. THE OF
COURSE WE'RE BASICALLY CAN. TO
THE INDUSTRY RAISE YOUR PRICES
ALL THE WAY UP THERE IF YOU
DON'T ALREADY HAVE IT AT THAT
LEVEL. AND THAT IN BY FIXING A
SPECIFIC CAP IT DID NOT ALLOW.
GIVE US THE ABILITY TO GET THE
DATA TO REALLY ANALYZE WHETHER
THERE IS PRICE GOUGING THAT'S
OCCURRING OR WHETHER THERE IS A
REASONABLE REASON FOR THE GAS TO
BE HIGHER. NOW WE KNOW WAS I
OPENED THAT GAS PRICES ARE
HIGHER IN CALIFORNIA FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS BUT THEY ARE.
WE CAN CALCULATE THOSE REASONS
AND THOSE ARE FAR UNDER A DOLLAR
A GALLON THERE ARE TAXES ARE
ONLY FIFTY FOUR CENTS ADDITIONAL
OUR STATE TAXES. AND YET WHAT WE
EXPERIENCED WHAT CALIFORNIANS
EXPERIENCED WHAT PRICES THAT
WERE TWO DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS
ON AVERAGE TWO DOLLARS AND SIXTY
ONE CENTS ON AVERAGE HIGHER THAN
ANY OTHER STATE AND DEPENDING ON
WHERE YOU LIVED IN CALIFORNIA IT
WAS EVEN FAR HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO IMAGINE IF YOU ARE A FAMILY
THAT HAS TWO VEHICLES AND THOSE
VEHICLES ARE SAY SIXTEEN GALLON
TANKS WHICH IS PROBABLY SMALLER
THAN A LOT OF VEHICLES. THEN YOU
ARE SPENDING. SIXTY DOLLARS OR
MORE A WEEK. EXTRA JUST TO FILL
TANK WE OVER THE COURSE OF A
MONTH YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT
CAUSES THAT TYPE OF INCREASE TO
YOUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENSE. THAT IS
EXTREMELY UNFAIR. TO
CALIFORNIANS. NOW WHILE THERE
MAY BE SOME CALIFORNIANS WHO
DON'T LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
A LITTLE HIGHER TAXES OR OR MAY
NOT APPRECIATE THAT WE DO A
SPECIFIC BLEND. TO IMPROVE OUR
AIR QUALITY THE MAJORITY OF
CALIFORNIANS. ABSOLUTELY WANT
AND PRIORITIZE OUR CLEAN AIR
THEY KNOW THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF
. POOR AIR QUALITY AND SO THEY
WELCOME THAT CALIFORNIA HAS A
SPECIAL BLEND. BUT OUR SPECIAL
BLEND AND ARE SPECIFIC STATE TAX
IN NO WAY. CREATES PRICES- THE
TYPE OF PRICES WE'VE EXPERIENCED
ESPECIALLY LAST SUMMER AND FALL
. THE BILL WE HAVE BEFORE US
TODAY REFLECTS THE WORK. OF THE
MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS OF
THE SENATE TEAM OF THE STAFF OF
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. TO
ADDRESS. WHAT WERE CONCERNS THAT
WERE RAISED AND AS I STATED THIS
IS BEEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC THE
INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR MONTHS AND
OF COURSE THERE'S BEEN
DISCUSSIONS AS IN ANYONE'S BILL
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS BASED
ON THAT. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WHAT
WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS A
MUCH IMPROVED PRODUCT. IT
ENSURES THAT THE STATE CAN GET
THE DATA THAT WE NEED TO
DETERMINE IF CALIFORNIANS ARE
EXPERIENCING UNFAIR PRICE SPIKES
AND IF THERE ARE. MARKET
MANIPULATIONS OR UNFAIR
PRACTICES BY THE REFINERS OF THE
OIL COMPANIES. AND BY CONTAINING
THE STRONG TRANSPARENCY MEASURES
THAT THAT DATA WOULD ALLOW. IT
COULD POTENTIALLY EXPOSE OIL
COMPANIES FOR UNFAIR PRACTICES
AND WITH SOME OF OUR WE HAVE
OTHER LEGISLATION THAT CREATES
TRANSPARENCY AND THAT
TRANSPARENCY ALONE HAS MODIFIED
THE BUSINESSES PRACTICE SO IF
THAT TRANSPARENCY CROSSES OUR
OIL COMPANIES. IF THEY MIGHT
OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN MANIPULATING
PRICES TO REFRAIN FROM DOING SO.
THEN THAT IS A INCREDIBLE
BENEFIT TO OUR CALIFORNIA
CONSUMERS AND IF THAT OCCURS
THEN WE WILL NOT NEED A PENALTY.
WE ONLY NEED THE PENALTIES AND
THE WAY THE BILL'S CONSTRUCTED
THE ENERGY COMMISSION WOULD ONLY
LEVY A PENALTY IF. THAT MARKET
MANIPULATION IS DEMONSTRATED AND
THOSE PRICES ARE UNFAIR ON
CALIFORNIANS- AND WITH THAT
AGAIN MY THANKS. TO THE STAFF TO
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO- ALL OF
THE INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS WITH
THAT I ASK FOR YOUR ACCOUNT.
THANK YOU HALL DEBATE HAS SEIZE
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HIS THIRTY KNOWS EIGHT THE
MEASURE PASSES. SOONER JONES
WERE PURPOSE AT THINK IS PRESENT
QUICK MOVE TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS PLEASE OUR MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS. THANK YOU
MISTER SPEAKER PURSUANT TO
SENATE RULE TWENTY EIGHT I HAVE
SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE SENATE
RULES COMMITTEE REQUESTING TO
WITHDRAW S. B. ACTS ONE DASH ONE
FROM THE RULES COMMITTEE TO THE
SENATE FLOOR SO THAT WE CAN MEET
MAY HAVE AN IMMEDIATE AND ROBUST
DEBATE ON THE MERITS OF THAT
BILL. IF I CAN SPEAK TO THE
MOTION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME
SOONER MCGUIRE. THANK YOU SO
MUCH AND MISTER PRESIDENT AT THE
PROPER TIME RESPECTFULLY WOULD
ASK FOR A NO VOTE. JERRY JONES
YOUR RECOGNIZED THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT OF MINUS BE TO MY
MOTION PLEASE- AND CREATIVE
ATTENTION OF THE FLOOR- THE
SPECIAL IT'S LIMITED TWO. THE
PORCH PURPOSE OF THE MOTION YES
SIR THANK YOU. BY SPEAKING ABOUT
THE MERITS OF THE BILL. OUR
WHILE WE DEBATED HEAVILY THE
LAST BILL ON THIS FLOOR AND PAVE
THE ROAD FOR GAS INCREASES IN
THE NAME OF LOWER GAS PRICES IT
SEEMS ONLY LOGICAL AND FAIR
DEBATE THE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION.
TO LOWER GAS PRICES WHICH IS MY
S. B. ACTS ONE EIGHT DASH ONE
WHICH I WAS VERY HONORED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
SESSION TO BE I HAVE THE FIRST
IN ORDER AND THAT EACH
ORGANIZATION PURPOSE OF THE
MOTION. NOT THE MERIT OF THE
BILL. THANK YOU SIR THE
CALIFORNIANS PAY ALMOST A DOLLAR
FORTY PER GALLON MORE THAN THE
AVERAGE AMERICAN AT A TIME WHEN
GAS PRICES ARE APPROACHING FIVE
DOLLARS PER GALLON. IT'S
IMPORTANT WE CONSIDER ALL
OPTIONS AND HELP COST. CUT COSTS
AT THE PUMP WE HAVE A SPECIAL
SESSION RIGHT NOW TO LOWER GAS
PRICES. LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
IT AND FULLY CONSIDER OPTIONS
FOR THESE REASONS I WOULD LIKE
TO WITHDRAW S. B. X. ONE DASH
ONE. WHICH WILL LITERALLY LOWER
THE PRICE OF GASOLINE
IMMEDIATELY AND PLEASE BRING
THAT BILL TO THE FLOOR FOR
DEBATE THANK YOU. CENTER JONES
THAT SURPRISED VOTE. SOONER
REQUIRES ASKING FOR NO VOTE.
SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN. NO OUR- ALLEN NO. ALL
RIGHT TO GO. ARCHULETA NO SB. NO
ATKINS. NO BACK. NO PLACE FOR.
NO BRADFORD. NAY FAMILY AT ALL.
NO CORTESE NO FELLING BY DON. NO
THE RAZA. NO EGGMAN NO GLAZER.
NO GONZALEZ. NO GROW. HI ARE
DONALD. JONES HI WHERE. NO LIMÓN
. NO MCGUIRE. NO MAN. NO NO NEW
. WHEN HI NEIL. I A SHOW ABOVE
HI BY THE END. NO PORTANTINO. NO
ROB. NO RUBIO. NO SEYARTO HI
SKINNER. SKINNER NO MULLIN
CUEVAS. NO STERN. NUMBER NO
WAHABI. NO WIENER YOU KNOW WILL
I. PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS CALDERON OF GUILT OR
TADO NEWMAN STERN. I EIGHT KNOWS
TWENTY EIGHT THE MOTION FAILS
NOW MEMBERS WHO WERE. MEMBERS
ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE A TWO
MINUTE BREAK SO PLEASE REMAIN ON
THE FLOOR TWO MINUTES.
MEMBERS WE WILL NOW RECONVENE
THE REGULAR SESSION. PRIVILEGE
OF THE FLOOR THERE ARE NONE
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL
BE DEEMED READ MESSAGES FROM THE
ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED READ
LET'S NOT PARTS OF COMMITTEE.
WILL BE DEEMED READ AND
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES THERE
ARE NONE MOVING NOW TO
CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY FILE
. THIS YEAR M. SO NOW WE'RE
MOVING THE SENATE. READING FILE
SECOND READING FILE ITEMS ONE
THROUGH SEVEN SECRETARY PLEASE
RATE PHONE BILLS TO A THREE.
WITH AMENDMENTS TO FORTY FOUR
FOUR AMENDMENTS SB FOUR SIXTY
SEVEN SB FOUR EIGHTY SIX SB FOUR
FORTY FIVE WITH AMENDMENTS SB
TEN WITH THE MOMENT. SB FOUR
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PREPARED TO CARRY ME RATE.
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THIRTY FIVE A SENATOR NEWMAN
RELATIVE TO PASS A PRECISION DAY
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RESUMES I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT
S. HERE AT THIRTY FIVE WHICH TO
OFFICIALLY COMMEMORATE TODAY
MARCH TWENTY THIRD TWENTY TWENTY
THREE AS COSTA APPRECIATION DAY
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL
ADVOCATES ALSO KNOWN AS CASA
VOLUNTEERS OR CLASSES FOR SHORT
PLAY A TRULY CRITICAL ROLE IN
ADVANCING THE BEST INTERESTS OF
CHILDREN IN THE STATE'S FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM ACROSS OUR GREAT
STATE THERE ARE CURRENTLY MORE
THAN EIGHTY THOUSAND YOUTHS IN
CALIFORNIA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
LARGELY AS A RESULT. OF ABUSE
NEGLECT OR ABANDONMENT IN TOO
MANY CASES THE CHILDREN ARE
SUBJECT TO FALLING THROUGH THE
CRACKS IN A CHRONICALLY
OVERBURDENED CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM THAT CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE
SUFFICIENT ATTENTION TO ALL OF
THE CHILDREN WHOSE LIVES AND
WELL BEING HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED
TO IT. THAT'S WHAT CAUSES
COMMITTEE UPON COMPLETION OF
SPECIALIZED TRAINING UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF CREDENTIALS AND
PROFESSIONAL STAFF THESE
COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE A
COURT APPOINTMENT TO SERVE AS AN
ADVOCATE INVOICE WITHIN THE
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. BY
GETTING TO KNOW THEIR KIDDOS IS
CONSTITUTIONALLY FOR THE FOSTER
CHILDREN WITH WHOM THEY ARE
MATCHED. THESE TRAINED AND
HIGHLY COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS CAN
A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING AND
PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR CHILD'S
CHALLENGES. AND NEEDS THE
KNOWLEDGE INTEREST THEY BUILD
EQUIPS THEM TO REPRESENT THE
CHILD'S BEST INTEREST BEFORE THE
JUDGES. AND OTHER KEY PLAYERS IN
THE STATE'S OFTEN LABYRINTHINE.
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. CALIFORNIA
OF COUNTY CHOI COSTS ORGANISER.
INCLUDES FORTY FOR LOCAL PRO
SERVING FIFTY ONE K. COMBINED
THE INCLUDE MORE THAN FIVE
HUNDRED PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MORE
THAN FIVE HUNDRED LOCAL BOARD
MEMBERS GUIDING CASA PROGRAMS UP
AND DOWN THE STATE ALL OF WHOM.
ARE WORKING EVERY DAY TO ENSURE
THE CASA VOLUNTEERS CAN PROVIDE
EFFECTIVE. AND COMPASSION
ADVOCACY FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.
LAST YEAR CASA VOLUNTEERS SERVE
NEARLY THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOSTER
CHILDREN. WERE 16% OF THE
ROUGHLY EIGHTY THOUSAND YOUTH
AND CALIFORNIA'S FOSTER KIDS TO
CARE SYSTEM. WITH CASA
VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE PRESLEY
FOUR HUNDRED FORTY ONE THOUSAND
HOURS OF THEIR TIME. IN THIS
LABOR OF LOVE IF THAT TIME WOULD
PAY FOR IT WOULD BE VALUED AT
WELL OVER FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS. MY WIFE DARCY I HAVE
BOTH HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
SERVING AS COSTS IS THROUGH THAT
SERVICE AGAIN. TO AND JUST HOW
OVERWHELMING IT CAN BE FOR THE
CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM WHO MAY
NOT HAVE INVESTED COMMITTED
ADULTS TO HELP THEM ALONG. IN
THEIR JOURNEYS CENTER SECOND
PERSON PASSING A TEST OF THE
CRITICAL ROLE THAT CALIFORNIA'S
CASA VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE PLAYING
CHAMPIONING. THE INTERESTS OF
ALL CALIFORNIANS CHILDREN TO BE
SAFE. AND LOVING ENVIRONMENT AS
PART OF BUILDING AN OVERALL
FOSTER SYSTEM THAT RESPECTS
ANSWERS. BOTH THEIR NEEDS AND
THEIR RIGHTS PLEASE JOIN ME IN
RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL
ADVOCATES BY DESIGNATED DAY.
MARCH TWENTY THIRD IS COSTA
APPRECIATION DAY I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE TODAY. ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON
THIS ITEM SENATOR ALSO. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MR PRESIDENT I TO
RISE IN SUPPORT. OF THE
RESOLUTION AND I THANK THE
AUTHOR VERY MUCH- AS CHAIR OF A-
THE BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE WERE-
THIS. OF RESOURCES FOR CASA HAVE
COME UP I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH
ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO
IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE
VOLUNTEERS. DOING THE WORK OF
GUIDING THESE FOSTER CHILDREN
FOSTER YOUTH. THROUGH OUR SYSTEM
SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED ITS
VOLUNTEERS ARE RESOURCES TO GAZA
IS ABOUT THEM HAVING A LITTLE
BIT MORE MONEY. TO BE ABLE TO
RECRUIT AND TRAIN VOLUNTEERS TO
PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO THE U.
SO I BECOME. A VERY BIG
SUPPORTER I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU'RE GIVING THIS RECOGNITION
TO THEM. AND I THINK IT'S TIME
FOR US TO SHOW OUR RECOGNITION
WHERE IT COUNTS THE RESOURCES
THAT THEY NEED THANK YOU. THANK
YOU ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND
DEBATE ON THE SIDE OF. SENATOR
GROW THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I TO
RAISE IN SUPPORT OF S. C. R.
THIRTY FIVE YOU KNOW. THESE KIDS
END UP IN THE SITUATION NINETY
NINE POINT 9% NOT OF THEIR OWN
FAULT THEIR OWN DECISIONS. AND
SO I APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD IN
HONORING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL
HELP THESE KIDS NAVIGATE THE
SYSTEM. AND ACTUALLY BE A FRIEND
AND AN ALLY- DURING THIS WHOLE
HURTFUL PROCESS AND I ASKED FOR
AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
HEARING C. NINE CENTER NEWMAN
WHICH OUGHT TO CLOSE I TRULY
APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS OF MY
COLLEAGUES. AND MY COLLEAGUE
FROM. BAKERSFIELD COULD NOT HAVE
PUT IT BETTER I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE. A RITE OF THIS
SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
L. ITEM TWENTY THREE. ALLEN HI
OVER OUT OF GUILT. BY ARCHULETA.
HI ASHLEY. HI ATKINS. HI BAKER.
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FIVE BOB. HI WIENER. FIVE WILK
HI. HIS THIRTY NINE NO ZERO
RESOLUTION PASSES. NOW FOR ME
DISINTERMENT PRIVILEGE OF THE
FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT-
AND THANK YOU FOR THE VOTE WITH
US TODAY TO CELEBRATE COSTS
APPRECIATION CREATION DATE OR
SOME OF THE VERY ADMIRABLE AND
IMPRESSIVE INDIVIDUALS TO DO THE
IMPORTANT WORK EACH DAY
RECRUITING TRAINING AND GUIDING
CASA VOLUNTEERS WILL BE WELL
ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE
TOOLS AND THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO
SERVE IN THIS ESSENTIAL ROLL ON
THE FLOOR WITH US THIS MORNING
ARE SHARON LAWRENCE REAGAN
PHILLIPS AND THE AUDIBLE CAROL
JACKSON. SHARON LAWRENCE SERVES
AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FOR CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA COSTS
ASSOCIATION AND IS A PASSIONATE
ADVOCATE FOR FOSTER YOUTH AND
FOR IMPROVING THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM MISS LAWRENCE HAS BEEN
WITH THE ORGANIZATION SINCE
TWENTY SEVENTEEN AFTER SERVING
AS THE CEO OF VOICES FOR
CHILDREN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS
REAGAN PHILIP SERVICES THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OFFICER FOR
CASA OF ORANGE COUNTY MS
PHILLIPS HAS SPENT HER ENTIRE
CAREER ADVOCATING FOR DEPENDENT
CHILDREN AND IT'S BEEN WITH CASA
OC SINCE TWO THOUSAND NINE
SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER. AS
ITS CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AND
CURRENTLY AS ITS CEO SINCE
TWENTY SEVENTEEN CAROL JACKSON
HAS SERVED AS THE CALIFORNIA
COSTS ASSOCIATION SENIOR POLICY
ADVISER. SINCE TWENTY SEVENTEEN
AFTER PREVIOUSLY PRESIDING ON
THE BENCH AS A JUDGE FOR THE SAN
DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT FOR
FOURTEEN YEARS JUDGE JACKSON'S
EXPERIENCE. ADJUDICATION JUDY
KIDDING CASES IN THE JUVENILE
JUSTICE SYSTEM. HAS PROVIDED HER
WITH TREMENDOUS LEGAL AND
STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS IN SUPPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATION'S ESSENTIAL
WORK. ALSO JOINING US TODAY IN
THE SENATE GALLERY OR A CAROL
MARINE EXPECTED DIRECTOR FOR
SACRAMENTO CASA. KELLY DO NOT-
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SACRAMENTO
CONCERT. AND KELLY LA RAZA NALL
GRANTS MANAGEMENT MANAGER FOR
THE CALIFORNIA BECAUSE HE IS
COSTS ASSOCIATION. PLEASE JOIN
ME IN CELEBRATING COSTS
APPRECIATION DAY AND THANKING
OUR GUESTS FOR THEIR HEROIC WORK
WITHIN THE FOSTER YOU SYSTEM.
AND GIVING THEM ALL A VERY WARM
CALIFORNIA SENATE WELCOME.
MEMBERS LET'S GIVE THEM A WARM
CENTER WELCOME WELCOME PROCESS.
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE. WE'RE
GOING TO. WALLS MY- FOR PHOTO.
ANY MEMBERS WISHING TO TAKE.
PHOTOS AT THIS TIME WE'LL DO IT
NOW.
NO MEMBERS WERE RETURNING THE
SENATE THIRD READING. EXCEPT AS
FALL ITEM TWENTY THREE BY
SENATOR WELL KEYS. I'M SORRY
TWENTY TWO BY SENATOR WILK
SECRETARY PLEASE RATE SENATE
RESOLUTION NINETEEN BY SENATOR
WILK RELATIVE TO NATIONAL
SURVEYS THREE. CENTER WILK THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS SR
NINETEEN WOULD MAKE THIS WEEK
MARCH NINETEENTH TO THE TWENTY
FIFTH NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK IT
BRINGS MUCH NEEDED RECOGNITION
TO AN INDUSTRY THAT EMPLOYS
FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PROFESSIONAL
SURVEYORS IN THE UNITED STATES
AND APPROXIMATELY FOUR THOUSAND
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
LAND SURVEYORS ARE MOST KNOWN
FOR THE CRITICAL WORK ON
PROJECTS AND BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORTATION
COMMUNICATIONS MAPPING. AND THE
DEFINITION OF LEGAL BOUNDARIES
FOR LAND OWNERSHIP. IT'S A HARD
WORK OF THE SURVEYORS THAT
DETERMINE THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR
LAND WHICH HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN
THE GREATEST ECONOMIC ASSET FOR
CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED STATES
AND I'M CARRYING THIS RESOLUTION
BECAUSE I COME FROM A FAMILY OF
SURVEYORS I RECENTLY HAD MY
GENEALOGY DID AND I DISCOVERED
THAT MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT
GREAT GREAT. GRANDFATHER WAS
DANIEL BOONE WHO IS THE FIRST
SURVEYOR IN THE STATE OF
KENTUCKY SO WITHOUT THIS THIS
WOULD ESTABLISH THE WEEK OF
MARCH NINETEENTH THROUGH THE
TWENTY FIFTH TWENTY TWENTY THREE
IS NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK AS A
FITTING TRIBUTE TO ALL SURVEYORS
WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION BASED ON THIS
ITEM. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE HEARING NONE SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. I WOULD
TELL DOUBLE FOR IT THIS IS
ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO USING
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL ON THE SIDE
OF. NINETY NINE OZ THIRTY NINE
KNOWS ZERO THE MEASURE PASSES.
NOW WE'RE MOVING TO PRIVILEGE OF
THE FLOOR NO CENTER WORKOUTS
GUEST. YEAH THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT ELECT TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO RECOGNIZE A FEW INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE STAND OUTS IN THE
SERVING COMMUNITY. WITH US TODAY
IS AND RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I
CALL YOUR NAME- KEVIN HILLS WHO
IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS
ASSOCIATION. JOHN SCARPA WHOSE A
SURVEYOR LOCALLY HERE IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY. DALLAS
SWEENEY AND MICHAEL HARLEY WHO
ARE ON THE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS LAND SURVEYORS.
SURVEYORS AND GEOLOGISTS. AND
FINALLY LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST KIM
RAYNAUD EXECUTOR ACTOR AT THE
CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS
ASSOCIATION. AND PLEASE EXTEND A
WARM SENATE WELCOME TO THESE
INDIVIDUALS THANK YOU. WELCOME
TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
MEMBERS WISHING TO TAKE A PHOTO
OF THIS NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.
OUR MEMBERS RETURN YOUR SENATE
THIRD READING X. UP IS FILE ITEM
TWENTY FIVE SENATOR WHAT HOP
SHE'S PREPARED SECRETARY. I HAVE
.
TWENTY FIVE.
RESOLUTION THIRTY SEVEN THIRTY
SEVEN BY SENATOR WILL HARM
RELATIVE TO NO ROOMS GENERAL HOP
BEFORE GEORGE THANK YOU
PRESIDENT SENATORS AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC NOW DO WAS MEANS
NEW DAY AND AS A CULTURAL
CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST DAY OF
SPRING WHICH IS MARCH TWENTY
FIRST THE NEW DAY SYMBOLIZES A
COMMITMENT TO SPRINGTIME RENEWAL
PEACE IN OVERALL SOLIDARITY
BETWEEN GENERATIONS FRIENDS
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES NOW
DOES COMMEMORATES THE NEW YEAR
FOR MANY AFGHANS AND CENTRAL
ASIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL OVER
THE WORLD- INCLUDING IRANIANS
AND- THREE HUNDRED MILLION
PEOPLE. THAT CELEBRATE THIS
THREE THOUSAND YEAR OLD CUSTOM
IN OVER TWENTY THREE COUNTRIES
INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES WERE
NOW DOES A CELEBRATED BY
AMERICANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS
INCLUDING THOSE WITH A HIGH HE
CHRISTIAN JEWISH MUSLIM THE
RATION AND NON RELIGIOUS
BACKGROUNDS THIS IS NOT A
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY. IN FACT THE
UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORTS THE
LARGEST POPULATION OF AFGHANS
OUTSIDE OF AFGHANISTAN LIVE IN
CALIFORNIA AND NOW DOES SERVES
TO REMIND US ALL OF THE MANY
LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE
PERSIAN CIVILIZATION TO THE
WORLD AND THE NOTEWORTHY IMPACT
OF THEM THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
FABRIC OF THE SOCIETY IN THE
UNITED STATES. THE BODY MEANT OF
THE UNITY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
IN CENTURIES LONG TRADITIONS
PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN
STRENGTHENING TIES AMONG PEOPLES
BASED ON MUTUAL RESPECT AND
IDEALS OF PEACE AND GOOD
NEIGHBORLINESS AFTER THOUSANDS
OF YEARS IN THE MAKING NOW DOES
REMAINS BELOVED UNIVERSAL AND
DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN PERSIAN
CULTURE. I RESPECTFULLY
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE AND LEAVE YOU WITH THIS
PROBLEM HAPPY NOW RULES. MAY YOU
ALWAYS BE HAPPIER THAN DEDOS
YESTERDAY LUCKIER THAN M. RULES
TODAY AND BLAST HOW DOES EVERY
DAY NOW DOES NEVADA ACT HAPPY
NEW YEAR TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE SENATOR MAN
. I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
HAYWARD FOR BRINGING FORWARD
THIS RESOLUTION. AS VICE CHAIR
OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND
PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS I'M HONORED TO RISE IN
SUPPORT OF S. C. R. THIRTY
SEVEN. AND RECOGNIZE NOWRUZ
SOMETIMES KNOWN AS PERSIAN OR
ANY NEW YEAR. ON YOUR DESK
YOU'LL FIND IN FRONT OF YOU SOME
SPRING FLOWERS TO COMMEMORATE
THIS OCCASION. AND I WANT TO
THANK SENATOR- BERGENHUS STAFF
FOR HELPING WITH THIS I WAS YOU
MAY HAVE STOPPED BY OUR CAUCUSES
CELEBRATION OF NOWRUZ. EARLIER
THIS WEEK WE CAN RECEIVE SOME
TULIPS OR ENJOYED SOME PERSON
SUITES. ON BEHALF OF API
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS ON I THINK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SANTA MONICA AND
HIS STAFF FOR HELPING ORGANIZE
THAT EVENT. NOWRUZ MEANS NEW DAY
AND IT'S A CELEBRATION OF PEACE
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. IT MARKS
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING. AND IS
THE START OF THE NEW YEAR IN
PERSON CULTURE. IT IS MEANT TO
BE A TIME OF JOY AND REBIRTH. AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF
REPRESENTING A VIBRANT AND
AMAZING IRANIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY IN CITIES LIKE. IRVINE
AND NEWPORT BEACH I KNOW ROSE IS
ALSO A REMINDER TO ME OF THE
WONDERFUL DIVERSITY OF CULTURES
THAT WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA. AND
IN THE API COMMUNITY AND IN FACT
I HAVE A FEW CONSTITUENTS HERE
TODAY FROM THERE ON IN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY WE HAVE CITY FOR
OKENIA. OUR FAITH IS OUR AND
ALEX MASSAGER- BUT ONE NOTICES
MEANT TO BE A TIME OF HAPPINESS
AND CELEBRATION- THIS YEAR'S
NOWRUZ COMES AT A TIME OF GREAT
SADNESS. ANGER AND FEAR IN THE
RUNNING AMERICAN COMMUNITY. WHAT
IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN IRAN.
WHERE THE BRUTAL FUNDAMENTALIST
REGIME IS CRACKING DOWN ON
PEACEFUL DISSENT. OBJECTING TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOLS AND
ENGAGING IN A SYSTEMATIC
CAMPAIGN OF TORTURE. RAPE AND
MURDER HAS NOT RECEIVED THE SAME
ATTENTION HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES- AS THE WAR CRIMES IN
UKRAINE BUT IT IS NO LESS EVIL
OR CONDEMNABLE. I WANT TO ASK US
ALL TO DIRECT OUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS TO THE PEOPLE OF IRAN.
EVEN AS WE ENTER INTO A TIME OF
CELEBRATION FOR MANY CULTURES
AND RELIGIONS. HAPPY NOWRUZ AND
MAY THIS YEAR BRING US ALL
HEALTH PROSPERITY. LOVE AND JOY
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR DR- THANK
YOU ANY FURTHER JUST. OF ON THIS
OF. YOU FOR THE- OF A HEARING.
ON GENERAL HOSPITAL CLOSE. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
THANK YOU. MEMBERS THIS IS
ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL
IS- ANY OBJECTION TO USING
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. ON FILE
ITEM TWENTY FIVE. YOU'RE NINETY
NINE ICE THIRTY NINE KNOWS ZERO
THE MEASURE PROCESS. MEMBERS
WERE MOVING OUT TO FILE ITEM
TWENTY SIX SENATOR WHAT HAAB.
SECTOR YOU MAY READ. SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION THIRTY
EIGHT BY SENATOR WILL HARM
RELATIVE TO RAMADAN. SOONER WHAT
THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU
PRESIDENT SENATORS AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC. NOW RAMADAN IS
THE HOLY MONTH OF FASTING AND
SPIRITUAL RENEWAL FOR MUSLIMS
WORLDWIDE IT'S A TIME TO
REFLECTS YOUR CHILI BUILD
COMMUNITY IN AID THOSE IN NEED.
AT MARKS AN ANNUAL SPIRITUAL
RENEWAL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL A
REASON TO CELEBRATE AND EXPRESS
GRATITUDE THE OBSERVANCE OF
RAMADAN COMMENCED AT DUSK ON
MARCH TWENTY SECOND TWENTY
TWENTY THREE AND CONTINUES FOR
ONE LUNAR MONTH. WITH PEOPLE
FASTING FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET
EACH DAY. FASTING IS ONE OF THE
ASPECTS OF RAMADAN NO ONE IS
REQUIRED TO FAST. YOUNG CHILDREN
THE ELDERLY THE DISABLED
COMMUNITY MEMBERS PREGNANT WOMEN
BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS AND
TRAVELERS ARE SUPPORTED IN THEIR
DECISION TO NOT FAST- THE HUNGER
ENCOURAGES. REFLECTION
COMPASSION AND EMPATHY TOWARDS
THE NEEDY AND HOW OUR LIVES DO
OR DO NOT ALIGN WITH WHAT IS
IMPORTANT. IN TURN BREAKING THE
FAST WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN
THE LATE HOURS REMINDS US OF
WHAT WE SHOULD TREASURE IT AND
ENJOY. EACH OTHER. WITH ISLAM
BEING THE THIRD LARGEST RELIGION
IN THE UNITED STATES WE SHOULD
CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE SOONER MEN
. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
HAYWARD AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AS VICE CHAIR OF THE API
LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS ANY PROUD CO
AUTHOR OF S. C. R. THIRTY EIGHT.
I RISE AS WELL IN SUPPORT OF
THIS RESOLUTION WHICH
COMMEMORATES THE MUSLIM HOLY
MONTH OF RAMADAN. AND EXPRESSES
THE LEGISLATURE SO RESPECT FOR
MUSLIMS ACROSS OUR STATE AND
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. RAMADAN IS
THE HOLIEST TIME IN ISLAM A TIME
WHEN THE MOST OBSERVANT MUSLIMS
OBSERVE A MONTHLONG REGIMEN OF
FASTING FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN.
WHICH IS MEANT TO BE A TIME OF
PRAYER INFLECTION A TIME TO BE
CLOSER TO GOD. AS SOMEONE WHO
HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF
REPRESENTING A LARGE AND
WONDERFUL MUSLIM POPULATION
INCLUDING MANY RONNIE AMERICANS
ARAB AMERICANS AND ASIAN
AMERICANS WHO FOLLOW THE ISLAMIC
FAITH. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE MUSLIM
COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF YOUR
INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
CULTURE AND SOCIETY. I HAVE SO
MANY WONDERFUL MUSLIM LEADERS IN
MY DISTRICT WHETHER THEY'RE IN
COMMUNITY SERVICE. PUBLIC
SERVICE OR THE PRIVATE SECTOR-
WHETHER THEY ARE ENGINEERS PEACE
OFFICERS ARE YOU MOMS. I FEEL
BLESSED TO HAVE SO MANY MUSLIMS
AS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. SO I
WANT TO WISH ALL WHO CELEBRATE
RAMADAN KAREEM. MAYOR TO FAST B.
E. SENIOR MONTH BE FILLED WITH
PEACE LOVE AND GREATER CLOSENESS
TO GOD I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR
AYE VOTE. THANK YOU SOONER HER
TADO. THANK YOU- MISTER
PRESIDENT I ALSO RISE IN SUPPORT
OF S. C. R. THIRTY H. RAMADAN IS
A HOLY MONTH OF FASTING. THE
TIME WHEN MUSLIMS IN CALIFORNIA
AND ACROSS THE GLOBE SACRIFICE
WORLDLY COMFORTS AND DEVOTION TO
THEIR FAITH. RAMADAN IS A PERIOD
WHEN CHARITY TO OTHERS IS
EMPHASIZED FOR PRACTITIONERS OF
ISLAM FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF
THOSE LESS FORTUNATE. AND GIVE
WHAT THEY CAN TO EASE THE
BURDENS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. YOU
MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT-
LATINOS ARE ACTUALLY FOR. WHAT
ARE THE FASTEST GROWING MUSLIM
GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES
MAKING UP EIGHT PERCENT. WITHIN
THE GROUP ACCORDING TO SOME
POLLS. DURING THIS HOLY MONTH IT
IS MY HOPE THAT WE REFLECT ON
THE LESSONS RAMADAN OFFERS THAT
WE CAN BE MORE EMPATHETIC
INDIVIDUALS AND GIVE GLADLY
WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF REWARD. I
THINK MY COLLEAGUE FROM HAYWARD
FOR AUTHORING THIS RESOLUTION
AND URGE AND I VOTE. THANK YOU
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION DEBATE
SENATOR. CENTER BACKER INTO THE
MICROPHONE CENTER BECKER. THANK
YOU A COLLEGE ARE RISE AT TODAY
AS VICE CHAIR OF THE JEWISH
CAUCUS. TO RISE IN SOLIDARITY.
WITH MUSLIMS THAT WILL BE-
CELEBRATING RAMADAN AND WHICH
WHEN EXPRESSED OUR SUPPORT AND
SOLIDARITY ON BEHALF. OF THIS
MONTH OF FASTING AND REFLECTION
. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE SEEN
NINE. CENTER WHAT WHICH OUGHT TO
CLOSE. THANK YOU THANK YOU TO
ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THIS- AYE ASPIRIN AYE
VOTE THANK YOU. MEMBERS THIS IS
ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS
ROLL CALL IS THERE ANY OBJECTION
TO USING A UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL.
ON FILE ITEM TWENTY SIX. EIGHTY
NINE ICE THIRTY EIGHT KNOWS ZERO
THE MEASURE PASSES. NOW MEMBERS
WERE MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM FOR
ONE FORTY EIGHT. SENATOR BURKE
HE'S PREPARED SECRETARY ME READ.
SECOND CAR RESOLUTION SIX BY
SENATOR UMBERG RELATIVE TO
IRANIAN PROTESTS. REMEMBERED
FLOOR'S YOURS. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT IN COLLEAGUES- I RISE
TODAY TO PRESENT S. C. R. SIX
WHICH PROCLAIMS THE LEGISLATORS.
THE SENATE SOLIDARITY. THE
LEGISLATURE SOLITARY WITH PEOPLE
OF IRAN AND THE IRANIAN
AMERICANS AND CALIFORNIANS WHO
ARE PROTESTING IN SUPPORT OF THE
PEOPLE OF IRAN WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM HAYWARD- FOR
RECOGNIZING THE CULTURE AND THE
RICHNESS OF THE PERSIAN.
COMMUNITY AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTION. TO US IN
CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM IRVINE FOR
POINTING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN
IRAN TODAY- THIS MONTH WE
CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
THEN WE RECOGNIZE JUST THE OTHER
DAY THE REMARKABLE WOMEN FROM
ALL OVER CALIFORNIA INCLUDING
TO. TWO WOMEN WHO HAVE TAKEN
THIS BECAUSE UP AS A PERSONAL
MATTER IN OUR PART OF THE
LEADERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA
DEMONSTRATING THE ATROCITIES
GOING ON THE RUN IN WHAT OUR
RESPONSE SHOULD BE TO THOSE
ATROCITIES. OTHERS ONE WOMAN IN
PARTICULAR I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
AND THAT'S MASHA AMINI. MASHA
MEANIE- WAS TWENTY ONE IN ON
SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY TWO RIDE IN TEHRAN TO
VISIT HER FAMILY BUT WAS
SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED BY THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN'S
MORALITY POLICE FOR ALLEGEDLY
WEARING HER JOB IMPROPERLY IN
VIOLATION OF IRAN'S COMPULSORY
DRESS CODE. SHE SUBSEQUENTLY
DIED AS A RESULT OF THE
BRUTALITY SHE SUFFERED WHILE
INCARCERATED. MASHA MONEY'S
MEANIES DEATH SPARKED THE FIRST
IRANIAN. FEMALE LED UPRISING OF
OUR TIME INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF
IRANIAN CITIZENS INCLUDING
TEENAGERS STUDENTS MEN AND WOMEN
OF ALL AGES WHICH CONTINUE
TODAY. TAKING TO THE STREETS AND
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES TO PROTEST
THE BRUTALITY AND REPRESSION OF
THE CURRENT IRANIAN REGIME.
REINA THIRTIES RESPONDED
VIOLENTLY TO THESE PROTESTS
CORNELIA NOMINATIONS AND
NUMEROUS FROM HUMAN RIGHTS
GROUPS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN KILLED WHILE PROTESTING AND
THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
MANY OF WHOM ARE FACING
IMPENDING EXECUTION OR LIFE
SENTENCES FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THESE PROTESTS. REALLY THIRTIES
ABUSE CENSORSHIP AND RESTRICTION
OF THE INTERNET. AS A WAY TO
SUPPRESS COMMUNICATION AND THE
LEADERSHIP OF THIS UPRISING
THESE EFFORTS HAVE NOT STOPPED
THE PEOPLE OF IRAN FROM
FIGHTING. FOR THEIR FREEDOM
EVERY DAY IN FACT DESPITE THIS
REPRESSION PROTESTS CONTINUE TO
EXPAND THE DEFENSE OF BASIC
FREEDOMS AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND
WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THE COURAGE AND
BRAVERY OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
PARTICULARLY THE WOMEN HAVE
INSPIRED THOUSANDS ACROSS THE
WORLD TAKE TO THE STREETS IN
SOLIDARITY MANY OF THESE
DEMONSTRATIONS AND SUPPORT THAT
HAVE TAKEN PLACE RIGHT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. WHICH HAS THE
LARGEST IRANIAN AMERICAN
POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY. S.
ZERO SIX DECLARES THAT THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA STANDS IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF
IRAN IN THEIR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
AND SELF DETERMINATION I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU SENATOR NEWMAN.
DAVIS JERRY I RISE AS A PROUD CO
AUTHOR. OF THIS MEASURE I
COMMEND THE AUTHOR BRING THIS
FORTNIGHT I FIRMLY ALIGNED.
MYSELF WITH HIS COMMENTS I'M
ALSO PROUD TO HAVE A SIZEABLE-
RUNNING COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT
I STAND PROUDLY. WITH THEM IN
THEIR STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM I
WISH THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA RUN A
COMMUNITY- NOWRUZ MOBARAK- AND I
URGE AN AYE VOTE ON THIS MEASURE
. THANK YOU EXCEPT CENTER WINNER
. I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT I
RISE IN SUPPORT OF S. C. R. SIX-
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
FOCUS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
IRAN- RIGHT NOW WE HAD THE
MURDER OF MASA MEANIE. BUT THIS
IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE A HORRIFIC
EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE FASCIST
IRANIAN REGIME HAS BEEN DOING-
FOR MANY YEARS- TWO WOMEN. TO
LGBTQ PEOPLE AND TO OTHERS- AND
I AM IN SUCH INCREDIBLE LAW.
PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG WOMEN WHO
HAVE RISEN UP IN IRAN. PUTTING
THEIR OWN LIVES AT RISK THE
LIVES OF THEIR FAMILY A RISK.
AND THEY JUST KEEP GOING AND
KEEP GOING. BECAUSE WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN IRAN SHOULD NOT BE
HAPPENING IN THIS WORLD EVER-
AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
ACTIVISTS ON THE GROUND IN IRAN
WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES- TO
TRY TO MOVE TO A BETTER PLACE
AND A SAFER PLACE. AND MORE JUST
SOCIETY. THANK YOU SENATOR ALAN
. IT IS ONE OF SOCIO MYSELF IT
MIGHT WITH THE COMMENTS OF MY
AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING THE EVENTS IN IRAN-
PRETTY CLOSELY OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS AND I'VE BEEN SO INSPIRED
BY THE COURAGE THE REAL. REAL
COURAGE BASICALLY THESE YOUNG
WOMEN WHO BE TAKING TO THE
STREETS AND HAVE REALLY BEEN
PUNISHED PEOPLE BEEN KILLED
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. EXECUTED
PEOPLE AND MURDERED IN THE
STREETS IT'S AN ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE
AND THE END YET. THE WAVES AND
WAVES OF PEOPLE STEPPING FORWARD
AND STANDING UP FOR BASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS HAS BEEN SO INSPIRING. I
ALSO WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE MY
WOMAN OF THE YEAR AT MY END SARS
COME BACK UP. HAD TO BE HERE
WITH SOME FOLKS IN THE IRANIAN
AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CLUB I
BELIEVE SHE'S WAS PLAN ON BEING
HERE IN THE GALLERY. HEY GUYS I
MET BUT BUT SHE AND SO AND SO
MANY OTHERS UP HERE REPRESENT
JUST A FEW OF THE MANY MANY
CALIFORNIANS. IRANIAN AMERICANS
RUNNING CALIFORNIANS WHO HAVE
STEPPED UP TO PLAY A BIG ROLE IN
HELPING TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF
THIS ISSUE I WOULD HAVE THE
GREAT HONOR OF MEETING WITH A
NUMBER OF. OF STUDENTS AT UCLA
NOT TOO LONG AGO ALONG WITH-
SHARON IS ARE AND A GOOD FRIEND
IS ON THE BEVERLY HILLS CITY
COUNCIL IRANIAN AMERICAN WHO'S
BEEN A LEADER IN THIS FIGHT AS
WELL. AS STUDENTS- AND ACTIVISTS
HAVE BEEN. BANGING THE DRUM
ABOUT THIS ISSUE PROTESTING
OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN
WESTWOOD. MAKING SURE THAT THE
VOICES. OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
ON THE STREETS OF TEHRAN AND
ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE COUNTRY-
ARE ARE GETTING THE ADEQUATE
ATTENTION THAT THEY DESERVE AND-
I JUST AM HAPPY THAT THIS BODY
IS COMING TOGETHER TODAY. TO
SEND A VERY CLEAR SIGNAL OF
SOLIDARITY- TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN. RISKING EVERYTHING.
TO STAND UP FOR BASIC VALUES OF
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY ON THE
ON THE STREETS OF IRAN. ONSITE
RESPECTFULLY AND STRONGLY URGE
MY VOTE. ON S. U. R. SIX. THANK
YOU SAN MEANT. THANK YOU MISTER
. IRA TODAY AS A PROUD CO AUTHOR
OF S. SIX AND I THINK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM SANTA ANA FOR
BRINGING FORWARD. THE TORTURE
AND MURDER OF MASA ME LAST YEAR
SERVED AS A STARK REMINDER OF
THE OPPRESSION THAT FACES
IRANIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS. AND OF
THE SYSTEMATIC BRUTALITY OF THAT
AUTHORITARIAN REGIME. MASA
MEANIES CRIME LET'S BE CLEAR.
WAS WEARING HER HE JOB
IMPROPERLY AND SHOWING SOME HERE
. HER MURDER SPARKED WEEKS OF
PROTESTS ACROSS IRAN AND MANY
HERE IN UNITED STATES. WHEN
PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITED IRVINE
LAST OCTOBER HE WAS GREETED BY
THOUSANDS OF PEACEFUL IRANIAN
DEMONSTRATORS WHO WANTED TO
STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH MASA.
AND IT WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL I
WAS PRIVILEGED ATTEND THAT EVENT
AND BROUGHT WITH ME THE
PRESIDENT OF OUR LOCAL IRANIAN
AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-
SHE AND HER SISTER WERE T.
SHIRTS AND HOUSING THEIR
SOLIDARITY. WITH MASA AND
PRESIDENT BY A NOTICE THESE
TEACHERS AND ACTUALLY MADE A FEW
COMMENTS EXPRESSING HIS SUPPORT
FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE WOMEN OF
IRAN. BUT SINCE THAT TIME
UNFORTUNATELY THE IRANIAN
THEOCRATIC REGIME HAS CRACKED
DOWN BRUTALLY HONEST PEOPLE. NOT
ONLY ON THE THOUSANDS OF
PROTESTERS BUT ON ANYONE IS
DEEMED A THREAT TO ITS HOLD ON
POWER. INCLUDING GIRLS AND YOUNG
WOMEN. THE IRANIAN SECRET POLICE
AND OTHERS HAVE ADOPTED OVER
TWENTY TWO THOUSAND IRANIANS.
THEY'VE ENGAGED IN A SYSTEMATIC
AND BRUTAL REGIME OF TORTURE
RAPE AND MURDER. THEY HAVE
POISON GIRL SCHOOLS. NOW WE HEAR
ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE MASSIVE
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE IN UKRAINE RIGHT
NOW. AND BE CLEAR I STAND WITH
THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. BUT WE
NEED TO DO MORE TO PUBLICIZE AND
DRAW ATTENTION TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING AROUND SO I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUE AGAIN FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I HEAR
EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM PEOPLE IN
MY DISTRICT RUNNING AMERICANS
ABOUT THE PAIN AND ANGUISH THEY
FEEL. FOR THEIR RELATIVES WHO
ARE STILL IN IRAN. I JUST WANT
TO SAY TO THEM I FEEL YOUR PAIN.
I FEEL YOUR ANGER. I FEEL YOUR
SADNESS AND FRUSTRATION AND
HOPELESSNESS AND HELPLESSNESS.
THIS RESOLUTION STATES CLEARLY
THAT THIS BODY STANDS WITH THE
IRANIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
AGAINST HERE ANY AGAINST
OPPRESSION AGAINST EVIL. THIS
RESOLUTION MAKES CLEAR OUR VIEW
THAT THERE IS GOOD AND EVIL AND
THAT WE IN CALIFORNIA WILL
ALWAYS SIDE WITH GOOD AGAINST
EVIL THAT WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO
PROTECT. THE RIGHTS AND- AND A
TANAMI OF WOMEN. AND GIRLS LIFE
AND FREEDOM. I WISH WE COULD DO
MORE IN THIS BODY BUT THIS
RESOLUTION IS A GOOD START I
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU. TO VOTE I
ON S. R. SIX. THANK YOU SENATOR
EDMUND. THANK YOU I ALSO RISE.
TO ENCOURAGE AN AYE VOTE ON S.
C. R. SIX AND I THINK MY THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
I ALSO THINK MY COLLEAGUE FROM
HAYWARD- FOR. FOR SHARING MORE
ABOUT ABOUT PEACE AND ABOUT
SPRING AND ABOUT. NEW THINGS
HAPPENING. AND HOPEFULLY. WITH
THIS RESOLUTION CALIFORNIA
REALLY BRACES OUR VOICES
TOGETHER IN SPRING FOR
SOLIDARITY FOR THE WOMEN AND
GIRLS. WHO ARE WHO ARE RISKING
THEIR LIVES. FOR FREEDOM-
EARLIER THIS WEEK I HAVE MY
WOMAN OF THE YEAR AS A TEENAGER
PROBABLY FROM STOCKTON AS A
TEENAGER. WAS ACTIVATED AND WENT
TO THE UNITED NATIONS. SO SURELY
IF A TEENAGER CAN TAKE HER VOICE
TO THE WORLD STAGE. WE CAN DO
MORE HERE IN CALIFORNIA TO LEND
OUR VOICES TO THIS ISSUE AND I
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. ON A C.
R. SIX. THANK YOU SENATOR WAUGH.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO FIRST THANK
MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR- BURKE- AND
COLONEL I'M BURKE AYE I SHOULD
SAY ALSO- FOR BRINGING THIS AND
I'M A VERY PROUD CO AUTHOR OF
THIS PARTICULAR- S. C. R. SIX- I
WANT TO CLEARLY STATE THAT S. C.
R. SIX SUPPORTS IRANIAN
PROTESTERS FIGHTING FOR BASIC
FREEDOMS. AND HUMAN RIGHTS
AGAINST A REPRESSIVE REGIME.
THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR
KILLED FOR SPEAKING OUT
INCLUDING MOSSES AMINI WHOSE
DEATH SPARKED THE PROTESTS. THE
RESOLUTION URGES THE
INTERNATIONAL. COMMUNITY TO
CONDEMN THE REGIME'S VIOLENT. RE
OF NONVIOLENT PROTEST APPLY
PRESSURE FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
IT SUPPORTS EXISTING U. S.
SANCTIONS ON THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND
ENCOURAGES FURTHER. EFFORTS
INCLUDING EXPANDING INTERNET
ACCESS AND MORE SANCTIONS THE
RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES THE
CONFLICT CONTRIBUTIONS OF-
RUNNING AMERICANS IN
CALIFORNIANS STANDS IN SOLIDARY
WITH IRANIANS FIGHTING FOR. THE
RIGHTS BUT ONE THING I DO WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT AS AN AFGHAN
AMERICAN WOMAN- THERE ARE MANY
AFGHANS THAT ACTUALLY FLEE
AFGHANISTAN AND ENTER IRAN AS
REFUGEES. REQUIRE A LOT OF THE
WOMEN- ARE FACING THE SAME
ABUSES THAT THE IRANIAN WOMEN
AND IT'S A UNITED EFFORT AND I
STAND HERE TODAY IN SOLIDARITY
WITH. A RUNNING AMERICANS THAT
ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR BASIC
RIGHTS AND THEIR FAMILIES RIGHTS
BUT ALSO THE IRANIAN WOMEN THAT
ARE FIGHTING THERE. I WOULD BE
REMISS IF I DIDN'T STATE THEIR
SLOGAN ZAYN IS INDEED HE ALSO DE
ZAYN MEETING WOMAN. ZINDAGI
WHICH MEANS LIFE AND ALSO AT THE
MEETING FREEDOM SO I REALLY
WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT I STAND
WITH THEM I THANK ALL MY
COLLEAGUES FOR SPEAKING UP IN
SUPPORT OF THIS- S. YOUR SIX
AND- I ASKED FOR AN AYE VOTE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THIS
ITEM. YOU'RE IN CHINO IN SOONER
BUT- BURKE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
RECOGNIZING THE ATROCITIES IN
THE COURAGE. OF THOSE IN IRAN
WHO ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE
REGIME- I DON'T THINK IT'S
POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONCEIVE THE
KIND OF REPRESSION IN THE KIND
OF ABUSE THAT OCCURS WHEN FOLKS
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS- THIS
IS. AN AMAZING UPRISING THE
DESERVES OUR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT-
I URGE AN AYE VOTE. THANK YOU.
MEMBERS THIS ITEM ELIGIBLE FOR
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL. IS THERE
ANY OBJECTION TO USING A YOU
KNOW I'M UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL ON
THE SITE ON. SCENE NINE OZ
THIRTY SEVEN KNOWS ZERO THE
MEASURE PASSES. NOW MEMBERS WERE
MOVING TO OUR FINAL ITEM FILE
ITEM ONE FIFTY WOMEN FILE ITEM
ONE FIFTY. YES BY SENATOR RUBIO
. SHE'S PREPARED. SECRETARY
MARIE. CURRENT RESOLUTION FORTY
ONE BY SENATOR RUBIO. RELATIVE
TO JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG
DAY. RUBIO THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE SENATE. TODAY I RISE TO
PRESENT STR FORTY ONE WHICH
HONORS THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
RUTH BADER GINSBURG. THE
RESOLUTION. PROCLAIMS MARCH
FIFTEENTH TWENTY TWENTY THREE US
JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG DAY.
AS WE WRAP UP WOMEN'S HISTORY
MONTH WE WILL CELEBRATE REMEMBER
AND HONOR RBG. AS SHE'S NOW
RESPECTFULLY CALLED FOR BEING A
FIERCE GUARDIAN OF EQUALITY FOR
ALL. WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER TO
HIGHLIGHT WOMEN WHO ARE
TRAILBLAZERS AND WHOSE SHOULDERS
WE STAND ON. AND RECOGNIZING
JUSTIN'S GINSBURG IS PARAMOUNT
AS HE SHAPED AMERICAN LIFE FOR
DECADES IN THE COURTS AND HELP
PAVE THE PATH FOR CIVIL AND
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL WOMEN.
NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER HER
PASSING WE ARE ALREADY
EXPERIENCING THE DEVASTATION
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. MANY STATES
ARE WORKING TO STRIP AWAY
ESSENTIAL RIGHTS FOR ALL WOMEN
TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR
BODIES. JESSA'S BEATER GINSBURG
SAW THIS IN THE FIFTIES SIXTIES
AND BEYOND SHE DEDICATED HER
LIFE TO ADVANCING WOMEN'S RIGHTS
AND PROTECTING ALL THOSE
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. SHE
NEVER ENVISIONED THAT AFTER THE
HEAVY LIFT SHE DID. ON BEHALF OF
ALL OF US FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS
. THAT IT WOULD BE A DONE SO
QUICKLY AND EASILY. THIS ONLY
UNDERSCORES HOW FRAGILE ALL OF
OUR RIGHTS ARE TODAY. IN
CALIFORNIA WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT
FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS NOT ONLY
IN OUR STATE BUT WE STAND IN
SOLIDARITY ACROSS OUR NATION. I
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ONE OF MY
FAVORITE QUOTES PERMISSION TO
READ. PERMISSION GRANTED THANK
YOU. WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF THE OVERALL
HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA TRAINED ON
EQUAL DIGNITY AND ABILITY TO
LIVE IN FREEDOM ALL PEOPLE
SHOULD ENJOY. RPGS LANDMARK CASE
UNITED STATES VERSUS VIRGINIA
AND TO GENDER SEGREGATION AND
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND SET THE
PRECEDENT FOR EVERY GENDER
EQUITY. THAT FOLLOWED SHE
OVERCAME CHALLENGE AFTER
CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE. AND
SHE BROKE MULTIPLE BARRIERS FOR
ALL OF US SHE GRADUATED FIRST IN
HER CLASS FROM COLUMBIA LAW
SCHOOL BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE
PROFESSOR TURNED TEN YOUR
ACCOUNT COLUMBIA LAW. SCHOOL
SERVED AS THE FIRST FEMALE
MEMBER OF THE HARVARD LAW REVIEW
AND COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW AND
LATER BECAME THE SECOND WOMAN
APPOINTED TO THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT. LITIGATION
COMMUNITY OUTREACH ADVOCACY
PUBLIC EDUCATION JUSTICE
GINSBURG EMPOWERED POOR WOMEN
WOMEN OF COLOR IMMIGRANT WOMEN
LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD BEEN
SUBJECT TO GENDER BIAS AND WERE
WHO WERE FORCED I'M SORRY WHO
FACE PERVASIVE BARRIERS TO
EQUALITY. TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT
EVERYONE AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN
ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF FULL
EQUALITY AND PARTICIPATE IN
EVERY SPHERE OF SOCIETY. SHE WAS
A WOMAN OF JEWISH FAITH WHEN
JERRY GENDER AND RELIGIOUS
DISCRIMINATION THAT DENIED HER
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND
YET. SHE PREVAILED. I BELIEVE IN
THIS NAY. I BELIEVE IN ITS
PEOPLE AND I BELIEVE WE ALL WANT
TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND EVEN
THOUGH IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE TIME
. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO HER
THAT WE WILL PREVAIL ONCE AGAIN.
TO HONOR HER WORK. JUSTICE
GINSBURG LEFT A PROFOUND MARK IN
AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE NATION
IS DEEPLY INDEBTED TO HER.
SENATE COLLEAGUES TODAY WE HONOR
HER WORK AND WE REMEMBER HER I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE SENATOR
ASHLEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
I WANNA START BY THANKING THE
SENATOR FROM BALDWIN PARK FOR
GIVING US ALL THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF JUSTICE
GINSBURG. ROLE MODELS ARE
IMPORTANT. I WAS A SINGLE MOM IN
LAW SCHOOL I WORKED FULL TIME
DURING THE DAY AND RAISE MY
LITTLE BOY ON MY OWN. WHEN I
RESEARCHED OTHER MOMS IN LAW
SCHOOL. JUSTICE GINSBURG ROSE TO
THE TOP. WHAT THAT MEANT FOR ME
IS THAT THERE IS HOPE. IT WAS
POSSIBLE. IF SHE COULD DO IT
MAYBE I COULD TO. RUTH BETTER
GINSBURG WAS A MOM ALSO. WHILE
SHE WAS IN LAW SCHOOL. AND
THOUGH SHE WAS FIRST IN HER
CLASS SHE COULDN'T GET A JOB
AFTER LAW SCHOOL. BECAUSE SHE
WAS A WOMAN. EVENTUALLY AS YOU
ALL KNOW SHE WENT ON TO TEACH IN
FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND
JOIN THE SUPREME COURT IN YOU'LL
LOOK AROUND AND SEE SO MANY OF
US WEARING THESE CALLERS TODAY
THAT SHE MADE FAMOUS BUT I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHY SHE
WORE ONE. BECAUSE A JUSTICE ROBE
IS MADE FOR A MAN. THERE'S A
SLIGHT OPENING AT THE FRONT SO
THAT YOU CAN SEE HIS TIE. AND
HIS COLLAR. SO SHE INTENTIONALLY
AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY. ADDED A
TOUCH OF FEMININITY. NOT ONLY TO
THE LAWS AND RULES FOR WHICH SHE
- STOOD OUT. FOR US BUT ALSO TO
THE VERY WARDROBE THAT WAS MADE.
FOR MAN. JUSTICE GINSBURG WAS
ONCE ASKED HOW SHE'D LIKE TO BE
REMEMBERED. AND THIS IS WHAT SHE
SAID. I WISH TO BE REMEMBERED AS
SOMEONE WHO USED WHATEVER TALENT
SHE HAD. TO DO HER WORK. TO THE
VERY BEST OF HER ABILITY. AND TO
HELP REPAIR TEARS IN HER SOCIETY
. TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BETTER
. THROUGH THE USE OF WHATEVER
ABILITY. SHE HAS. FOR ME SHE WAS
A HERO BOTH IN WORD AND IN DEED
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ON THE
SIDE OF. HEARING SEEN NINE
SENATOR RUBIO WHICH OUGHT TO
CLOSE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
AND I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO THINK ABOUT THE- GREAT
SENATORS HERE ON OUR FLOOR THAT
ARE WORRIED CHOKERS TO HONOR HER
MEMORY AND LEGACY AND WITH THAT
I JUST ASK FOR YOUR VOTE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU MEMBERS ASSIST
ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL
CALL IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO
USING THE UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL ON
FILE ITEM ONE FIFTY. HEARING
SEEN NINE HIGHS THIRTY SEVEN
KNOWS ZERO THE MEASURE PASSES
NUMBERS WERE GONNA IS GONNA
BREAK FOR A MINUTE FOR ALL THE
WOMEN WHO WOULD LOVE TO TAKE
PICTURE AND BACK. OUR ANYONE
BORN CALL. EIGHTY ONE WARNING
DOLLAR- ARE WE DOING IN FRONT
OKAY WE'RE DOING IN FRONT OF THE
DESK.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT MEMBERS. NOW IS THE
TIME FOR COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS
. SKINNER LAWYER. THANK YOU OF
MISTER PRESIDENT EDUCATION
BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE NUMBER ONE
ON IT WILL MEET UPON ADJOURNMENT
OF SESSION IN ROOM TWO ONE ZERO
ZERO IN THE SWING SPACE SUB ONE
WILL MEET IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED UPON ADJOURNMENT
EXCEPTION- BAKER. I THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT AT THE SUB COMMITTEE
NUMBER TWO WILL MEET OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES AROUND OUR PROTECTION
ENERGY WILL MEET IN TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER
THE CLOSE THE SESSION
SUBCOMMITTEE Q. WILL MEET
FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER JOURNAL
SESSION IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED EXCEPT MENJIVAR. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT A SUBCOMMITTEE
NUMBER THREE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES WILL MEET FIFTEEN
MINUTES AFTER SESSION IN ROOM
TWELVE HUNDRED. J. SUBCOMMITTEE
THREE WILL MEET FIFTEEN MINUTES
AFTER SESSION IN ROOM TO TWELVE
HUNDRED. NEXT UP IS SENATOR
PADILLA THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER FOUR
ON STATE ADMINISTRATION GENERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL CONVENE ABOUT
FIFTEEN MINUTES FOLLOWING THE
RECESS OF THE FLOOR SESSION HERE
IN THE CAPITAL IN ROOM ONE ONE
THREE. SUBCOMMITTEE FOR WILL
MEET FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER
GERMAN IN ROOM ONE ONE THREE
HERE IN THE CAPITAL. AND SENATOR
DORADO THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
BUDGET SUB FIVE WILL BE MEDIAN
IN ROOM ONE TWELVE HERE IN THE
CAPITAL AT ELEVEN TWENTY. BUDGET
SUB FIVE WILL MEET IN ROOM ONE
TWELVE IN THE CAPITAL. AT ONE
TWENTY. ELEVEN TWENTY I'M SORRY
AT ELEVEN TWENTY. IF THERE'S NO
FURTHER BUSINESS SENATOR GROW
THE DECIS CLEAR. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES THIS
WEEKEND I'LL BE CELEBRATING OR
WONDER FOR FORMER COLLEAGUE
SENATOR JEAN FULLER WHO IS
RECEIVING AN AWARD FROM OUR
BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE IN OUR BRAND
NEW CHANCELLOR SONY
CHRISTIANSEN. FOR HER PART-
EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS IN
CONTINUING SUPPORTING OUR
EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH THAT
SAID THE SENATE WILL BE IN
RECESS TILL THREE THIRTY WHICH
AT WHICH TIME THE ADJOURNMENT
MOTION WILL BE MADE AND WE WILL
RECESS UNTIL MONDAY MARCH TWENTY
SEVENTH AT TWO PM. MEMBERS OF
THE SENATE WILL BE RECESSED
UNTIL THREE THIRTY PM AT WHICH
TIME THE ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL
BE MADE. WILL WE WILL RECONVENE
MONDAY MARCH TWENTY SEVENTH AT
TWO PM.