SIX WILL CALL THE ROLL ALLEN
CALDERON OF GUILT ARCHULETA S.
B. ATKINS BAKER BLAKE'S BEER
BRADFORD CAMBIADO CORTESE DALY
DODD THE RAZA. EGGMAN GLAZER
GONZALEZ DROVE HER TADO JONES
LAYERED LOW MON MCGUIRE MENJIVAR
MEN NEWMAN WHEN MELLOW BUT CHAU
ABOVE PADILLA PORTANTINO ROB
RUBIO SEYARTO SKINNER SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS STERN- BURKE FOR HUB
WIENER WILK. A QUORUM IS PRESENT
WITH THE MEMBERS AND GUESTS
BEYOND THE RAIL AND IN THE
GALLERY PLEASE RISE WILL BE LED
IN PRAYER THIS MORNING BY
SENATOR ASHBY AFTER WHICH PLEASE
REMAIN STANDING WILL BE LED IN
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG BUT CENTER MENJIVAR.
GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD. AS WE
PREPARE TO CELEBRATE MOTHER
EARTH DAY WE RECALL THE WORDS OF
ROBERT SHOCK. THE GREATEST
THREAT TO OUR PLANET IS THE
BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL
SAVE IT. LOVING GOD. AS WE LIVE
THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S EARTH
DAY MAY ALL OF US WORK TOGETHER.
TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE. AND THE
FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN. MAY WE
BUILD ON THE URGENCY OF THESE
TIMES TO ADDRESS ALL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES WHICH
THREATEN THE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING OF OUR HUMAN SPECIES. LET
US RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO BE
GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR COMMON HOME
AND LEARN TO LOVE THE MARVELS
AND WONDERS OF ALL CREATION WE
ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME AMEN.
COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS PLEASE
JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. STATES
OF AMERICA. USER REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT STANDS. GEN I GOT
INDIVISIBLE WITH. YOU LIKE IT.
CRITICS IS NOT HERE. NUMBER IS
COMING. UNDER PRIVILEGES OF THE
FLOOR CENTER CORTESE WILL
INTRODUCE EARTH UP RISING
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDER ALEXANDRIA
VILLA'S WORK IN BE RECOGNITION
OF FOR CLIMATE ACTIVISM IN HONOR
OF EARTH DAY. CENTER CORTESE.
FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK
SENATOR CORTESE YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR GUEST
INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT GOOD MORNING EVERYONE
I AM HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE-
ALEXANDRIA VS IN YOUR IN ON HER
BIRTHDAY AT AGE SEVENTEEN
ALEXANDER HAS BECOME AN
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED USE
CLIMATE ACTIVISTS SHE REPRESENTS
YOUTH VOICES A MAJOR CLIMATE
EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD.
ALEXANDER'S CLIMATE ACTIVISM
BEGAN WHEN SHE WAS THIRTEEN. IN
THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN CAMPFIRE SHE
WAS VISITING FAMILY NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. SURROUNDED BY SMOKE
SHE COULD SEE AND FEEL THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FIRST
HAND AND SHE WAS INSPIRED TO
SPEAK UP. ALEXANDRIA BARKED ON A
LOAN CLIMATE STRIKE OUTSIDE
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK EVERY FRIDAY FOR OVER
TWO YEARS SHE ALSO FOUNDED EARTH
UPRISING AN ORGANIZATION THAT
WORKS TO BRING ACCURATE CLIMATE
SCIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
EDUCATION INTO SCHOOLS.
ALEXANDRIA'S MADE INCREDIBLE
COMMITMENT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO
THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT IN THERE SO
MUCH WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM HER
WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ACTIVISM ALEXANDRIA IN THANK YOU
MEMBERS FOR TAKING THE TIME. TO
RECOGNIZE HER WITH ME. YOU'RE A
NICE BIG CENTER WELCOMES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU WILL ALL
ENJOY EARTH DAYS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES THIS WEEKEND I'M
SURE AS WE RECOGNIZE- BIRTHDAY.
OKAY MOVING ON. MESSAGES FROM
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE DEEMED READ
MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL
BE DEEMED READ REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. MOTIONS
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. SEEING
NONE. CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY
FILE. SECOND READING. CLERK I.
TOMORROW ADAMS ONE THREE THIRTY
SENATE BILL TWO THIRTY ONE WITH
THE MOMENTS THREE FIFTEEN WITH
THE MEMONS THREE THIRTY SEVEN
WITH THE MEMBERS FIVE OH FOUR
WITH THE MINISTRY FORTY WITH THE
MEMBERS THREE FIFTY SIX AT THE
MOMENT SOME PRINTERS WILL BE
REMAINING DREAD. A GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENTS. SAID EARLIER YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED THANK YOU VERY
MUCH OF MADAM PRESIDENT FILE
ITEM THIRTY THREE IS A
CONFIRMATION OF JOHN SO BACK FOR
RE APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES HE'S A
LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
THERAPIST A CLINICAL CONSULTANT
AND TRAINER FOR LIFE GROUP AND
ALSO ADD JOHN FACULTY AT
PHILLIPS GRADUATE INSTITUTE HE
WAS APPROVED BY THE RULES
COMMITTEE ON MARCH TWENTY NINTH
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
RIVAL.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY
OBJECTIONS OR WISH TO SPEAK ON
THIS. SEEING NONE SECRETARY CALL
THE ROLL. ELLEN OUR RUN AGAIN.
HI ARCHULETA. HI S. B. HI I
ATKINS BECKER. HI BLIX BEER I
BRADFORD. HI COMING OUT OF. HI
CORTESE BY TELLING. NO DODD.
FIVE THE RESIDENT. I EGGMAN. HI
GLAZER. AYE GONZALEZ I GROW. HER
DAUGHTER. JONES NO PLAYER. HI
LIMÓN. FIVE MCGUIRE. AYE
MENDOZA. I MEAN. HI NEWMAN. AYE
NGUYEN. NO ME LO. A TROUBLED. NO
IDEA PORTANTINO. HI ROB. I RUBIO
. BY AIRTEL NO SKINNER. FIVE
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS HI STERN- BURKE
HI ONE HUB. HI WIENER BY WILK NO
. TWENTY SEVEN WELL THE ABSENCES
WE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS ALLEN
. I ATKINS GROVE ARE DORADO NERO
. MILANO BUT THE STERN 28-7.
TWENTY EIGHT SEVEN PAPERS
CONFIRMED CENTER EARLIER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED AS A SECOND TIME
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AGAIN
A FILE ITEM THIRTY FOURS A
CONFIRMATION OF NICOLE JONES FOR
APPOINTMENT TO THE MEDICAL BOARD
SHE'S AN ATTORNEY IN THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR WRITTEN
REBOUND WHICH WORKS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANTI
RECIDIVISM COALITION SHE SERVES
AS A PUBLIC MEMBER ON THE BOARD
SHE WAS APPROVED BY THE RULES
COMMITTEE ON MARCH TWENTY NINTH.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
IPHONE. MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK
ON THIS APPOINTMENT. SEEING NONE
SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL ALLEN.
HI EL DORADO GIL HI ANGELA HI S.
B. HI ATKINS BECKER. HI BLAKE'S
BEER. HI BRADFORD. HI CABALLERO
I PARTISI AYE TELLING. AYE DODD
. HI TERRAZZA. HI EGGMAN AYE
GLAZER FIVE GONZALEZ I GROVE ARE
DATO JONES I LAYERED I LOVE MY
OWN. HI MCGUIRE AYE MENDOZA ARE
. I MEAN I NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN. HI
NEIL OF. A NEW LOW OHIO SHOW
ABOVE HI BY THE A PORTANTINO. HI
ROB. HI RUBIO. I SAY ARE TO ON
SKINNER AYE SMALLWOOD CUEVAS I
STERN- BURKE HI WELL HOME BY
WIENER. I WILK. HI THIS CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS ATKINS GROW
FURTADO BUT THE EXTERN. HIGHS.
THIRTY FIVE. NO ZERO THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED THANK
YOU MEMBERS ARE MOVING ON TO
SENATE THIRD READING WE DO HAVE
SOME ITEMS UP TODAY FIRST OF
FILE ITEMS THIRTY EIGHT S. C. R.
THIRTY FOUR BY SENATOR ASHBY.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT A
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION THIRTY
FOUR BY SENATOR ASHBY RELATIVE
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
THANK YOU OKAY TO PROCEED MADAM
PRESIDENT PLEASE THANK YOU TODAY
I RISE TO PRESENT S. C. R.
THIRTY FOUR RECOGNIZING THE
MONTH OF APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION MONTH. I AM PROUD TO
STAND WITH THE CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION CENTER AND CALIFORNIA
REP FAMILY RESOURCE ASSOCIATION
ON THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION THEY JOIN US IN THE
GALLERY TODAY. CALIFORNIA'S
CHILDREN DESERVE TO GROW UP IN A
SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT
WHERE THEY'RE FREE FROM ABUSE
AND NEGLECT AND ARE ABLE TO
THRIVE. EVERY MINUTE IN AMERICA
EVERY MINUTE A CHILD IS REPORTED
OF BEING A VICTIM OF ABUSE OR
NEGLECT. YOU KNOW ONE YEAR
PERIOD HERE IN CALIFORNIA HALF A
MILLION CHILDREN WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN REPORTS OF
MISTREATMENT ABOUT 50% OF THOSE
ARE NEGLECT. UNFORTUNATELY
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR
NEGLECTED HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF
DEVELOPING LONG TERM MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. AND
HIS CHILDREN ARE FAR MORE LIKELY
TO NEED HELP WITH SPECIAL
EDUCATION SERVICES. AND TO
BECOME INVOLVED WITH OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THEREFORE IT IS AN ABSOLUTE
IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS
PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE. THE WORK
OF THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
CENTER AND THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY
RESOURCE ASSOCIATION. HAS BEEN
FUNDAMENTAL PROTECT TO
PROTECTING CALIFORNIA'S CHILDREN
AND PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND
NEGLECT ACROSS OUR STATE.
FOUNDED IN NINETEEN SEVENTY
SEVEN THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
CENTER IS A STATE AND NATIONAL
TRAINING EDUCATION RESEARCH AND
RESOURCE CENTER DEDICATED TO
STRENGTHENING CHILDREN FAMILIES
AND COMMUNITIES. THE FAMILY
RESOURCE ASSOCIATION IS A
SUBSIDIARY OF THE CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION CENTER AND IS A
STATEWIDE MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION
OF FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND FAMILY
RESOURCE NETWORKS THAT WORK
TOGETHER TO SERVE FAMILIES AND
CHILDREN IN ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. WORKING TO PREVENT
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT THROUGH
ADVOCACY EDUCATION THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY THE CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION CENTER LEADS THE WAY
IN CHILD PROTECTION EFFORTS
PIONEERING SUCCESSFUL CHILD
ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT
BECOME MODELS FOR OTHER GROUPS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. AND
ACROSS THE NATION. EARLY IN MY
ADULT LIFE I WORKED AT A LEVEL
TWELVE GROUP HOME. SERVING SOME
OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST INTENSELY
IN NEED YOUNG PEOPLE. I LATER
OPENED A CONSULTING FIRM WITH MY
LATE FATHER WHO SOME OF YOU KNOW
LED FOSTER CARE FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WAS PREVIOUSLY A
CHILD WELFARE DIRECTOR IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY. THE FOCUS OF OUR
PRACTICE WAS WORKING WITH LARGE
AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS
TO HELP. SERVE POPULATIONS WITH
BARRIERS TO SUCCESS PRIMARILY
FOSTER YOU TRANSITION AGE YOUTH.
AND CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AS WELL AS
FAMILIES DEALING WITH
INCARCERATION. FOCUSING ON
ADDRESSING CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION. IS ABOUT SAVING
FAMILIES FROM ALIVE. PLAYED WITH
PROBLEMS THAT ARE PREVENTABLE.
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IS
OUR TIME TO REAFFIRM OUR
COMMITMENT TO PREVENTING ABUSE
AND NEGLECT. AND TO RE
COMMITTING TO FINDING WAYS TO
ENSURE THAT ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S
CHILDREN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GROW UP IN A SAFE. AND NURTURING
ENVIRONMENT MADAM PRESIDENT IF I
MAY ACKNOWLEDGE THE ATTENDEES IN
THE GALLERY. PERMISSION TO DO SO
RUSSIAN GRANTED THANK YOU SHEILA
BOXLEY THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
CENTER. MICHAEL WILLIAMS THE
POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE CHILD
ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER THE
STAFF OF THE CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION CENTER JENNY BELOW
HIGH OF THE YOLO CHILDREN'S
ALLIANCE. SHARI CUT CREASE STEVE
SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME
RACHEL RIOS OF LA FAMILIA
COUNSELING CENTER KRISTY
GONZALEZ OF WELL SPACE HEALTH
WINDY HERNANDEZ OF RIVER OAKS
CENTER FOR CHILDREN ROBERT
STANGER OF FOLSOM CORDOVA
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. AND THE
OFFICE OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES I THANK THEM
FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION TO THE SERVICE OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR CENTER
DAHLE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS I
ALSO RISE IN SUPPORT OF S. C. R.
THIRTY FOUR- AND JUST WANTED TO
SAY THAT TO THE AUTHOR TALKED
ABOUT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS
AND I WANT TO JUST DRAW. A
PICTURE FOR YOU IN THE RULE
COUNTIES THAT- MANY OF THEM I
REPRESENT- FOR EXAMPLE OF THE
TOWN OF BIEBER IS SEVENTY FIVE
MILES AWAY FROM THE COUNTY SEAT
WERE ALL THE SERVICES ARE. AS A
COUNTY SUPERVISOR- WE PUT FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTERS THROUGHOUT OUR
COUNTIES AND- AS YOU MAY KNOW
THOSE ARE MANDATORY REPORTERS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THOSE
FAMILIES IN AND WE DIDN'T. COULD
ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF CHILD
ABUSE ADDICTION ABUSE AND THE
LIGHTS I JUST WANTED TO SHARE
ONE OTHER THING THAT TIME JUST
YESTERDAY. I HAD A ZOOM CALL
WITH MY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS
AND THE PROP TEN COMMISSIONS AS
YOU ALL KNOW. LABOUR TOBACCO IS
BANNED IN CALIFORNIA AND THE
REVENUES. FROM THE TOBACCO
SETTLEMENT MONIES WHICH FUNDED
PROPERTY AND ARE DRASTICALLY
REDUCING. WHICH HOW DOES THAT
TIE TO THIS THOSE FUNDS ARE
FUNDS THAT ARE POOR CHILDREN
ZERO TO FIVE. AND WE KNOW THAT-
THOSE ARE THE IN THOSE YEARS ARE
THE CRITICAL YEARS AND SO WE
MUST. LOOK AT FINDING OTHER
FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE PROPERTY
IN COMMISSIONS AND I WANTED TO
BRING THAT UP BECAUSE WILL
DIRECTLY AFFECT CHILD ABUSE IN
CALIFORNIA I STRONGLY URGE AN
AYE VOTE ON S. YARD THIRTY FOUR
. THANK YOU CENTER ANY OTHER
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON
THIS SO- ASK YOU WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE. I THANK MY COLLEAGUE
FOR HIS COMMENTS AND
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE AND
WE TRULY THANK OUR GUESTS UP IN
THE GALLERY FOR THE WORK YOU DO
EVERY DAY AND FOR SHARING YOUR
DAY WITH US TODAY. SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THIS IS
ELIGIBLE FOR A UNANIMOUS CONSENT
AND BUS ANYBODY HAS ANY
OBJECTIONS. SEEING NONE
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL WILL BE
APPLIED. THE I. THIRTY FIVE NOES
ZERO. THE MEASURE IS ADOPTED.
MOVING ON IN THE FILE WILL FILE
ITEM SIXTY ONE BY SENATOR
PORTANTINO SB THREE EIGHTY THREE
ARE YOU READY SENATOR. SENATE
BILL THREE EIGHTY THREE BY
SENATOR PORTANTINO AN ACT
RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF
CLAIMS AGAINST STATE MAKING
APPROPRIATION THEREFORE
DECLARING YEARS SEE THEREOF TO
TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. THANK
YOU ARE MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS
SB THREE EIGHTY THREE IS ONE OF
THE BILLS CARRIED BY THE CHAIRS
OF THE CORPORATIONS COMMITTEES
EACH YEAR. TO PROVIDE PAYMENT
AUTHORITY FOR LEGAL CLAIMS
APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
THIS URGENCY MEASURE APPROPRIATE
SIX POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS
FROM THE GENERAL FUND. TO PAY TO
CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE RELATED
TO THE FOLLOWING CASES WETLANDS
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION VERSE
THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER
RESOURCES. AND CALIFORNIA DO YOU
AYE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FIRST
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES THE
BILL ENJOYED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT
IN THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE. ON THE URGENCY FIRST. IS
THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE ANY
OBJECTIONS. SEEING NO OBJECTIONS
. ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
SEEING NONE. IS THERE OBJECTION
TO APPLYING UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL
ON THE URGENCY. SEEING NONE. IS
THIRTY FIVE NO ZERO. ON THE
URGENCY. IS THIRTY FIVE NO ZERO
MEASURES ARE ADOPTED. MOVING ON
FILE ITEM SIXTY FOUR S. C. R.
FORTY EIGHT MS SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SECRETARY PLEASE READ. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT RESOLUTION FORTY
EIGHT FIVE SENATORS SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS RELATIVE TO DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT- COLLEAGUES I
RISE TO PRISON S. C. R. FORTY
EIGHT THAT RECOGNIZES A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE. ON THE FIFTY FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION
OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING YOU ALL
MIGHT REMEMBER THAT WE WERE
GOING TO TAKE THIS UP LAST WEEK
- BUT- IT IS IRONIC. THAT AS WE
WERE CELEBRATING. THIS GREAT
LOSS OF LIFE- WE HAD A GUN MAN
ONE OF OUR SICK BROTHERS.
DRIVING THROUGH- THE CITY-
SHOOTING UP HOSPITALS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE THREAT OF
COMING TO THE CAPITOL AND WE HAD
TO POSTPONE. THIS EVENT AND SO-
IT'S- I SHOW THAT WE ARE HERE
TODAY- AND I THINK IT IS AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WILL NOT BE
DETERRED WE WILL NOT BE MOVED WE
WILL NOT. BE DISTRACTED FROM THE
PATHWAY OF JUSTICE. BUT TODAY IS
A DAY TO REMEMBER DR KING'S
LEGACY OF LEADING A
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT THAT MADE
A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ALL
AMERICANS. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT
ABOUT THE PERIOD LEADING UP TO
DR KING'S. UNTIMELY AND TRAGIC
DEATH WAS THE ENLIGHTEN
TRANSITION HE WAS PURSUING
WITHIN THE CIVIL AND HUMAN
RIGHTS MOVEMENTS. HE BALL FROM
FIGHTING FOR THE POOR PEOPLE'S
HIT BALL TO FIGHTING FOR THE
POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN FIGHTING
FOR WORKERS RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC
JUSTICE DR KING WAS ASSASSINATED
ON APRIL FOURTH NINETEEN SIXTY
EIGHT WHILE STANDING ON THE
BALCONY OF THE LORRAINE MOTEL IN
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. HE WAS
VISITING MEMPHIS TO SUPPORT
BLACK SANITATION WORKERS WHO
WERE ON STRIKE DEMANDING SAFER
WORKING CONDITIONS AND BETTER
PAY. THE DOCTOR KING DIDN'T DIE
WHILE FIGHTING TO INTEGRATE
SCHOOLS OR LUNCH COUNTERS HE
DIED. AT A TIME FIGHTING FOR THE
RIGHTS OF ALL WORKERS TO LIVE
WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. HE
BELIEVED THAT ALL WORK HAD
DIGNITY WHETHER YOU WERE
DOMESTIC WORKER A DAY LABORER OR
DOCTOR AND THAT YOU CAN TURN A
BAD JOB INTO A GOOD JOB. YOU CAN
ENSURE THAT ALL WORKERS LIVE
WITH DIGNITY IN HIS FINAL BOOK
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE CHAOS
OR COMMUNITY AND- OTHER PRO TEM
GAVE EACH OF US- THAT BOOK TO
CELEBRATE DR KING'S. BIRTHDAY
THIS YEAR. THIS WAS PUBLISHED
JUST A YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH AND
DR KING DISCUSSED THE FAILINGS
OF CAPITALISM IN HIS BROADER
MOVEMENT UP UP LIFTING BOTH
RACIAL AND ECONOMIC. EQUALITY HE
BELIEVES THAT A MULTI RACIAL
WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT WAS THE
WAY TO CREATE TRUE EQUALITY.
REALISM HAS OFTEN LEFT A GOALS
BETWEEN SUPERFLUOUS WEALTH. IN
ABJECT POVERTY AND HAS CREATED
CONDITIONS PERMITTING
NECESSITIES TO BE TAKEN FROM THE
MANY TO GIVE LUXURIES TO THE FEW
. HIS BOOK FOCUSED ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING
AMERICA'S JOBS AND CREATING
EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT NOT ONLY
FOR BLACK WORKERS BUT FOR THOSE
FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
INCLUDING THE DIFFICULT TO PLACE
WORKERS. AND HE BELIEVE THAT
THOSE WORKERS DESERVE FAIR AND
QUALITY HOUSING AND THE
OPPORTUNITY. TO CONSUME AND HAVE
ACCESS TO GOOD FOODS AND TO LIVE
IN A DEMILITARIZED COMMUNITY. HE
IS WIDELY KNOWN TO HAVE ASKED
WHAT DID WAS HAVING THE RIGHT TO
SIT AT A LUNCH COUNTER IF YOU
CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HAMBURGER
. AND HE EXPOSED OUR NATION'S
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RACISM AND
ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION AND HOW TO
LEAD THE POOR THE
DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES
PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR DR KING WAS IN FACT A
REVOLUTIONARY- THE IMAGE THAT WE
CELEBRATE TODAY A DOCTOR KEYING
IS BEING- PEACE LOVING AND-
AFFABLE PERSON THAT EVERYONE
RESPECTED. HE WAS CONSIDERED BY
THE FBI AT THE TIME AS THE MOST
DANGEROUS NEGRO IN AMERICA. BUT
HE COURAGEOUSLY CONTINUE TO
SPEAK OUT AGAINST RACISM AND
COMMERCIAL GREED AND HE STOOD UP
FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND
CITIZENSHIP UNTIL HIS LAST
BREATH. AS WE FOREVER MOURN THE
LOSS OF DR KING AND HIS GREAT
VISION WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT
THE WORLD COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE
HAD HE AND SO MANY OTHERS LIVES.
HOW MUCH FARTHER ALONG WITH
AMERICA CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN
THAT WE PUT INTO PRACTICE THE
HUMANITARIAN ETHOS THAT DR KING.
IMPLORED US ALL TO EMBRACE BUT
INSTEAD WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING
WITH MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES IN
THE SAME CONDITIONS HALF A
CENTURY LATER HERE IN CALIFORNIA
WE ARE FACING CRISES OF ON EQUAL
PAY. ECONOMIC INEQUITY
HOMELESSNESS INCARCERATION.
MILITARIZATION OF OUR
COMMUNITIES OUR POLICE FORCES.
POVERTY CONTINUES TO BE A
CRITICAL ISSUE IN OUR STATE ONE
THAT HAS UNDERMINED THE PROGRESS
THAT WE'VE MADE BECAUSE FAR TOO
MANY FAMILIES ARE LIVING AT OR
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. THAT'S
WHY I'VE INTRODUCED A BILL
PACKAGE THAT LOOKS AT ECONOMIC
EQUALITY THAT TALKS ABOUT
PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE
WORKERS. SB SIXTEEN IS ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT WE EMPOWER
EVERY CITY ACROSS. OUR STATE. TO
ENFORCE CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
. PRETTY CLEAR AROUND HOUSING
AND EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL. I'VE
INTRODUCED BILLS AROUND ANTI
RETALIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
WORKERS WHO ARE. INEXPERIENCE
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THAT
THEY ARE PROTECTED FROM BEING
FIRED AND BULLIED. AND I'M
WORKING WITH SO MANY COALITIONS
AS ARE YOU TO ENSURE THAT
DISPLACED WORKERS WORKERS WHO
ARE LAID OFF HAVE THE PROTECTION
THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THEMSELVES THEIR
FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. WE
ALL CAN DO OUR PART TO HELP
INSURE THAT DR KING'S VISION OF
AN EQUITABLE THE ECONOMY IS
REALIZED THIS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
IS A DAY OF ACTION FOR ALL OF US
TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF
QUALITY JOBS AND EQUITABLE
ECONOMY AND THAT OUR VOTE AND
OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. AND
PRESERVE TO CONTINUE THIS
TRADITION UNTIL THESE EVILS IN
OUR SOCIETY ARE FINALLY PUT TO
REST I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO
ARE IN THE GALLERY TODAY WHO
CAME LAST WEEK- TO CELEBRATE
WITH US. FOR COMING BACK THIS
WEEK A PARTICULARLY- DR-
REVEREND- ANDERSON- IN OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE COALITION TWENTY
TWENTY THREE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
WITH KNOWLEDGE YOUR GRACE LAST
WEEK AND HAVING TO. HAVE YOUR
GUESTS NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE ON
OUR FLOOR CEREMONY SO WE WELCOME
YOU BACK TODAY A CENTER MEN YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT- FELLOW SENATORS ON
BEHALF OF THE API IT LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT
OF THIS YOUR FORTY EIGHT. AND
WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE AND
FRIEND FROM LOS ANGELES FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. WE MUST
CONTINUE TO HONOR MARTIN LUTHER
KING'S LEGACY N. AS THE SENATOR
FROM LOS ANGELES ELOQUENTLY
POINTED OUT WE'VE WE'VE GOT A
LONG WAY TO GO. I AND I WOULD
JUST WANT TO REITERATE MANY THE
POINTS SHE MADE. THIS IS NOT
JUST ABOUT HONORING THE
SANITIZED VERSION OF DR KING
THAT WE ARE PRESENTED WITH A
THAT HIS TRUE MESSAGE OF A-
RACIAL QUALITY ECONOMIC JUSTICE
AND PEACE. I THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE ON S. C. R. FORTY. THANK
YOU CENTER RUBIO YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE SENATE TODAY I RISE
PROBABLY AS MEMBER OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF. S. C. R.
FORTY EIGHT. THE REVEREND DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DARE
TO BELIEVE THAT AS A NATION AND
AS INDIVIDUALS WE COULD NOT.
ONLY DO BETTER BUT BE BETTER HE
CALLED FOR JUSTICE AND WAS
MURDERED FOUR EIGHT FIFTY FIVE
YEARS AGO IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.
HIS KILLERS BELIEVE THAT HIS DAD
WOULD END THE IDEA HE
REPRESENTED THE MOVEMENT FOR
EQUITY ACROSS RACE AND CLASS
DIVISIONS. BUT HIS MOVEMENT HAS
ONLY GROWN. RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA
HERSHEL FAMOUSLY MARCHED WITH DR
KING FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY
AND DR KING WAS JOINED BY MANY
JEWS BOTH IN SPIRIT AND IN
PRESENCE. EARLIER THIS WEEK WE
RECOGNIZE YOM HA SHOAH AND THE
TRAGEDIES OF THE HOLOCAUST. DR
KING CALLED OUT THE EVIL OF THE
HOLOCAUST AND POINTED OUT. TO
THE HITLER'S IN AMERICA. THAT'S
WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS EVIL HE
WAS CLEAR THAT IN THE EYES OF
WHITE SUPREMACISTS THE JEWISH
AND BLACK COMMUNITIES WERE
SIMILARLY INFERIOR HE FOUGHT FOR
OUR COMMUNITY AS HE FOUGHT. FOR
HIS OWN DOCTOR KING CITED JEWISH
PHILOSOPHERS LIKE MARTIN. UP
BARBER TO EXPLAIN THAT IN MARCH
AND MORALITY OF SEGREGATION AND
REFERENCE THE PERSECUTION OF
JEWS SEEN OUR COMMUNITIES AS
PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT. AGAINST
PREJUDICE TODAY'S RISE IN
BIGOTED RHETORIC AND VIOLENCE
ONLY SHOW THAT WE ARE STILL FAR
FROM THE LIBERATION THE DR KING
ENVISIONED AND HE WOULD BE A
LONG TIME TO SEE THE RISE. IN
RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY.
THE LAWS THAT SEGREGATED BLACK
AMERICANS INFORM THE LOSS OF THE
**** AND THEIR QUEST TO
ERADICATE THE JEWS. THUS PSEUDO
SCIENCE OF RACE THE **** USE SO
EFFICIENTLY WAS RECRUITED IN THE
AMERICAN TRADITION OF RACISM
WHICH DR KING. LOSSES LIFE LONG
AGO FIGHTING FOR. ACTRESS ABOUT
FATE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIN
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR
COMMUNITIES BUT LESS THAN A YEAR
AGO THE BUFFALO TOP SHOOTING
SERVED AS A PAINFUL REMINDER OF
WHY WE CANNOT ALLOW SUCH AT
TIMES. TO BE TO GO UNCHALLENGED
DR KING'S ASSASSINS SUPPORTED.
THEY SUPPOSED THAT BY STOPPING
HIM THEY WOULD STOP THE COFFER
EQUITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE HAVE
A DUTY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
WRONG. MAY DR KING'S MEMORY BE A
BLESSING AFTER FIFTY FIVE YEARS
OF HIS PASSING AND MAY WE ALL
CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER I AM
HONORED TO VOTE I ON S. U. R.
FORTY EIGHT AND WE URGE THE SAME
OF ALL OUR COLLEAGUES THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR SENATOR
BRADFORD YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND AS
VICE CHAIR OF LEGISLATIVE BLACK
CAUCUS. AND CO AUTHOR OF A C. R.
FORTY EIGHT I AM HONORED TO
RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH AS THE
FIFTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. OF THE
TRAGIC ASSASSINATION DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING. JUNIOR A MOMENT IN
TIME EVEN THOUGH FIFTY FIVE
YEARS LATER IT'S STILL SEARED IN
MY MIND. BECAUSE AS A EIGHT YEAR
OLD IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER
SAW MY FATHER CRY. AND IT WAS.
WHEN THE SADDEST DAYS AND MY
LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE. SO
MUCH SO THAT MY FATHER BOARDED A
PLANE AND ATTENDED DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING'S FUNERAL. FIFTY
FIVE YEARS LATER BLACK MEN WHO
SPEAK OUT TO PROMOTE PEACE AND
TRY TO CREATE A SAFE.
COMMUNITIES ARE STILL BEING
SILENCED. WE WERE TRYING TO
CREATE PEACEFUL CHANGE ARE STILL
BEING OPPRESSED. JUST LOOK AT
COLIN CAPRA NECK JUST A FEW
YEARS AGO. HE LED A PEACEFUL
PROTEST OF INJUSTICE AND RACIAL
INEQUALITY. A PROTEST. THAT COST
HIM HIS CAREER. JUST FOR TAKING
A KNEE. WE MUST NOT JUST STAND
UP FOR JUSTICE. WE MUST SPEAK UP
AS WELL. DR DEAN OFTEN STATED.
IN THE END WE WILL NOT REMEMBER.
THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES BUT THE
SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS. WHEN WE
SEE INJUSTICE LET'S BE CLEAR AND
JUSTICE STILL EXIST IN THIS
COUNTRY. WE MUST CONFRONT IT.
AND NOT REMAIN SILENT. THIS IS
OUR DUTY. THIS IS WHY SO MANY-
INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS
RESPONDED IN RAISED OUR VOICE
FOR THE TWO BLACK LEGISLATORS
AND TENNESSEE. WHO WERE SPELT.
FOR A FOR SIMPLY EXERCISING
THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT AS DULY
ELECTED OFFICIALS IT SHOULD NOT
BE LOST ON ANY OF US HERE TODAY.
THAT IN THE SAME STATE IN THE
SAME CITY WHERE THESE
LEGISLATORS WERE EXPELLED IS
WHERE DR KING WAS ASSASSINATED.
IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. THESE
LEGISLATORS WERE JUST SPEAKING
LOUDLY AND CLEAR FOR PEACEFUL
PROTEST IN RESPONSE TO A TRAGIC
SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT KILLED
THREE NINE EUROS. AND THREE.
FACULTY EMPLOYEES SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES. THESE LEGISLATORS
WERE JUST STANDING UP FOR
VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE COULD NO
LONGER SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
MEMBERS WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY
SINCE THE ASSASSINATION OF DR
MARTIN LUTHER KING. THERE HAS
BEEN MUCH PROGRESS IN THIS
COUNTRY. BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE RE
ENTERED THOSE TURBULENT TIMES IN
WHICH DR KING DEVOTED HIS LIFE.
AND CONFRONTED AND TRY TO CHANGE
JUST LOOK AT LAST WEEK WHEN A
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BLACK BOY GOOD
SHOT IN THE HEAD BY A WHITE MAN
BY SIMPLY KNOCKING ON A DOOR. AS
WE COMMEMORATE THE LIFE AND
TRAGIC DEATH A DOCTOR MARLEY
DECAYING. I HOPE WE WON'T REMAIN
SILENT. IN THE FACE TO JUSTICE
AROUND US. BECAUSE DR KING OFTEN
STAYED A THREADED JUSTICE
ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE
EVERYWHERE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON S. C. R.
FORTY. THANK YOU SAID EARLIER
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT- I RISE- ON
BEHALF OF THE L. G. B. T. Q.
CAUCUS. BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THE
USUAL TALKING POINTS. I THINK
OUR SHARE OF THE PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE THAT THE SENATOR FROM
GUARDINO JUST MENTION- HE IS IN
NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT TO ON APRIL
FOURTH. I WAS EIGHTEEN I WAS
WORKING ON MY FIRST POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN. ON THAT DAY I WANT TO
SEE YOU JUNE CARTER IN THE GREEK
THEATRE IN BERKELEY. AND ON THE
WAY HOME WITH MY FRIENDS THE
NEWS CAME OVER TO. SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED IN MEMPHIS. IN
WHEN THAT HAPPENED- THE AMAZING
THINGS HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY
. OF A LOT OF CITIES WERE IN
FLAMES AT NIGHT. ANOTHER
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. HAS THE
UNENVIABLE TASK OF- HAVING TO
SPEAK IN INDIANAPOLIS TO A
LARGELY AFRICAN AMERICAN CROWD.
IT WASN'T A TWENTY FOUR HOUR
NEWS CYCLE. HE HAD TO BREAK THE
NEWS TO THEM ABOUT WHAT JUST
HAPPENED. AND HE HAD A TOUGH
DECISION WHICH WAS RATHER TO GO
AHEAD AND TO DO THAT AND THERE
WAS A VICE ALL OVER. AND HE
CHOSE TO DO IT. AND IT RESULTED
IN ONE OF THE BEST
EXTEMPORANEOUS POLITICAL
SPEECHES I THANK IN MODERN
HISTORY. AND I FOUGHT FOR MY
COMMENTS I WOULD READ THAT
SPEECH AND SO PERMISSION TO READ
WITHOUT OBJECTION THANK YOU. I
HAVE BAD NEWS FOR YOU FOR ALL OF
OUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND PEOPLE
WHO LOVE PEACE ALL OVER THE
WORLD. AND THAT IS A STEP MARTIN
LUTHER KING WAS SHOT AND KILLED
TWO NINE. MARTIN LUTHER KING
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO LOVE AND
TO JUSTICE FOR HIS FELLOW HUMAN
BEINGS. AND HE DIED BECAUSE OF
THAT EFFORT. IN THIS DIFFICULT
DAY IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME FOR
THE UNITED STATES. IT IS PERHAPS
WELL TO ASK WHAT KIND OF A
NATION WE ARE. AND WHAT
DIRECTION WE WANT TO MOVE. FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BLACK.
CONSIDERING THE EVIDENCE THERE
EVIDENTLY IS THAT THERE WERE
WHITE PEOPLE WHO WERE
RESPONSIBLE. YOU CAN BE FILLED
WITH BITTERNESS WITH HATRED AND
A DESIRE FOR REVENGE. WE CAN
MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AS A
COUNTRY IN GREAT POLARIZATION.
BLACK PEOPLE AMONGST BLACK WHITE
PEOPLE AMONGST WHITE FILLED WITH
HATRED TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. MORE
WE CAN MAKE AN EFFORT AS MARTIN
LUTHER KING DID. TO UNDERSTAND
AND TO COMPREHEND AND TO REPLACE
THAT VIOLENCE THAT STAIN OF
BLOODSHED THAT HAS SPREAD OVER
OUR LAND. WITH AN EFFORT TO
UNDERSTAND WITH COMPASSION AND
LOVE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
BLACK AND ARE TEMPTED TO BE
FILLED WITH HATRED AND DISTRUST
AT THE INJUSTICE OF SUCH AN ACT.
AGAINST ALL WHITE PEOPLE. I CAN
ONLY SAY THAT I FEEL IN MY OWN
HEART THE SAME KIND OF FEELING.
I HAD A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY
KILLED. BUT HE WAS KILLED BY A
WHITE MAN. BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE
AN EFFORT TO THE UNITED STATES.
WE HAVE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO
UNDERSTAND TO GO BEYOND THESE
RATHER DIFFICULT TIMES. MY
FAVORITE POET WHO WAS CREEK
WROTE. IN OUR SLEEP PAIN CANNOT
FORGET. IN WHICH CANNOT FORGET
FALLS DROP BY DROP UPON THE
HEART. UNTIL IN OUR OWN DESPAIR
AGAINST OUR WILL. COMES WISDOM
THROUGH THE AWFUL GRACE OF GOD.
WHAT WE NEED IN THE UNITED
STATES IS NOT DIVISION. WHAT WE
NEED IN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT
HATRED. WHAT WE NEED IN THE
UNITED STATES IS NOT VIOLENCE OR
LAWLESSNESS BUT LOVE AND WISDOM
. AND COMPASSION TOWARD ONE
ANOTHER. AND A FEELING OF
JUSTICE TOWARD THOSE WHO STILL
SUFFER WITHIN OUR COUNTRY.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE WHITE OR
THEY BE BLACK. SO I ASK YOU
TONIGHT TO RETURN HOME. TO SAY A
PRAYER FOR THE FAMILY OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING. THAT'S TRUE BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY TO SAY A PRAYER
FOR OUR OWN COUNTRY. WHICH ALL
THIS LOVE OF PRAYER FOR
UNDERSTANDING AND THAT
COMPASSION AND WHICH I SPOKE.
AND HE ENTERED WITH LET US
DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THAT AND
SAY A PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY AND
FOR OUR PEOPLE. AND THAT NIGHT.
THIS THE CITY'S BERMAN TO CROSS
THE COUNTRY. THERE WAS ONE CITY
. GOT WAS QUITE PEACEFUL. IN THE
ANNAPOLIS BECAUSE OF THE SPEECH
. SO IN THAT SPIRIT I ASKED WE
SUPPORT S. C. R. FORTY. THANK
YOU CENTER THIS BEAUTIFUL WORDS
STILL TRUE TODAY CENTER GONZALEZ
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO
THANK THE GOOD SENATOR IN MY
SEAT MATE FROM LOS ANGELES AND
HER COMMUNITY FOR. UPBRINGING
THIS- IMPECCABLE RESOLUTION
FORWARD AND SOMETHING THAT AS
VICE CHAIR OF THE LATINO CAUCUS
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SUPPORT. ON
IT RECOGNIZES OF COURSE THE
FIFTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
UNFORTUNATE ASSASSINATION OF THE
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING- THE GOOD
REFERENCE. AND AS WE KNOW HIS
VOICE WAS TRAGICALLY SILENCED IN
NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT BUT HE LED
AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AN EXAMPLE
OF ONE PERSON THAT CAN HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE IMPACT. ON SO MANY OF
OUR LIVES- AS OF COURSE BLACK
AMERICANS BUT ALSO AS LATINOS- I
REMEMBER BEING IN COLLEGE AND
ONE OF MY VERY. FIRST
IMPRESSIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING WAS WHY WE CAN'T WAIT THE
BOOK ON WHY WE SHOULDN'T DELAY
JUSTICE AND THAT'S SOMETHING I
STILL READ TODAY EVEN AS A
LEGISLATOR. AND DR KING EVEN
INSPIRED SOME OF OUR INCREDIBLE
LATINO LEADERS LIKE THOSE ARE
CHAVEZ AND DELORES WORKED AS WE
NOW. AND HE WAS A MODEL OF
NONVIOLENCE DURING THE STRUGGLE
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THE
FARMWORKER RIGHTS AND AS WE MARK
THIS TRAGIC DAY FIFTY FIVE YEARS
AGO THAT TOOK DR KING AWAY FROM
US WE MUST CONTINUE TO HONOR HIS
LEGACY AND STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THE
DREAM DR KING FOUGHT FOR. AND
FOR WHICH HE PAID THE ULTIMATE
PRICE. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH OUR BLACK BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND FRIENDS AND WE'LL DO
OUR PART. AS LATINOS TO HONOR DR
KING'S LEGACY BY ADVOCATING FOR
THE MOST VULNERABLE AND ENSURING
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
FOR ALL. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
NAY VOTE. THANK YOU CENTER
CENTER SKINNER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU ARMENTA
PRESIDENT MEMBERS I RISE AS
CHAIR OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS. HIS
HARD TO FOLLOW. THE COMMENTS OF
MY COLLEAGUES THAT WERE. SO
ELOQUENT. AND I WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THE
RESOLUTION. AND I. THINK WE IT'S
BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED THAT RACISM
IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL IN THIS
COUNTRY. AND JUST THE KINDS OF
INCIDENTS THAT ARE. ON MY
COLLEAGUE FROM GUARDINO
DESCRIBED. THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN
THE LAST FEW DAYS- HOWEVER A
RISE NOW TO REMIND US. THAT AND
WHEN I SAY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
OF DR KING'S LIFE IT SOUNDS LIKE
HE LIVED A LONG LIFE YET WE KNOW
HE WAS VERY VERY YOUNG WHEN HE
WAS ASSASSINATED. BUT HE WENT.
WELL HE CERTAINLY WAS ROOTED IN
THE- INJUSTICES AND INEQUITIES
THAT RACISM. AND SYSTEMIC RACISM
CAUSED IN OUR SOCIETY. HE ALSO
HAD GONE. HE WAS LOOKING AT. THE
ISSUES OF WAR. AND HIS. HIS
STRONG BELIEF IN NONVIOLENCE
BRINGING HIM TO THE PLACE OF
BEING. ANTI WAR. INDEPENDENT OF
WHO IS PERPETRATING IT. AND HE
ALSO BEYOND TO REALLY LOOK
DEEPLY AT THE ECONOMIC
INJUSTICES IN OUR SOCIETY. NOW
WHILE THOSE WERE DUE TO RACISM.
GREATLY CONCENTRATED ON OUR
BLACK. RESIDENTS THEY WERE. NOT
ALONE IN TERMS OF THE EXPERIENCE
OF ECONOMIC INEQUITY. AND HIS
PRESENCE IN MEMPHIS WAS TO
SUPPORT THE SANITATION WORKERS.
AND THE SANITATION WORKERS THE
CITY HAD REFUSED THE SANITATION
WORKERS WERE DOMINANTLY BLACK.
BUT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR A
WAGE AND FOR SOME CONDITIONS
FROM WILL BETTER IMPROVED
WORKING CONDITIONS AND THE CITY
REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND
THE POLICE WERE AGGRESSIVELY
VIOLENT AGAINST THE STRIKERS
INCLUDING KILLING A SIX YEAR OLD
BOY. WHO OF COURSE WAS THERE ON
THE SIDELINES. SO DR KING
RETURNED TO MEMPHIS TO SUPPORT
THOSE ON STRIKE. AND HE DID SO
BECAUSE HE SAW THAT UNTIL WE
LIFTED THE CONDITIONS OF WORKERS
AND THAT WAS FOR ALL WORKERS HE
WAS NOT ONLY SUPPORTING.
WORKPLACE CONDITIONS AND WAGE
IMPROVEMENTS FOR BLACK WORKERS
HE WAS RAISING THIS ISSUE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AS HE WAS RAISING
HIS OBJECTIONS TO WAR ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. SO I THINK IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
THAT. HIS HIS DEEPLY SPIRITUALLY
HELD BELIEFS IN EQUITY AND
JUSTICE. UNDERSTOOD THAT RACISM
OF COURSE PERPETRATED THOSE
INJUSTICES BUT THAT THOSE
INEQUITIES AND INJUSTICES ALSO
AFFECTED OTHER SETBACKS. AND HE
WAS A PROFOUND PROFOUND-
INTELLECTUAL. AN INCREDIBLE
LEADER AND OF COURSE WE STILL
MOURN HIS DEATH TODAY AND WITH
THAT HOUSE FOREVER. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH SIGNAL OTHER MEMBERS
WISHING TO BE RECOGNIZED CENTER
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE. I JUST WANT TO THANK
MY COLLEAGUES FOR BE
INSPIRATIONAL- AND PERSONAL
ACCOUNTS OF STORYTELLING AND- WE
MAY NOT ALWAYS REMEMBER THE
EXACT WORDS BUT WE CAN REMEMBER
HOW WE FELT TODAY AND THAT'S THE
SPIRIT THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE
TO WORK AND LIVE IN AND MAKE
CHANGE AND- HERE IN THE SENATE
CHAMBER SO WITH THAT I ASK FOR
YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORDS THIS
MEASURE IS ELIGIBLE FOR
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL IF THERE ARE
NO OBJECTIONS. SEEING NONE THAT
MEASURE PASSES THIRTY FIVE TWO
ZERO MOVING BACK TO PRIVILEGES
OF THE FLOOR MEMBERS ON BEHALF
OF SENATE MCGUIRE CENTER DOT I
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE HIGH
SCHOOL. SENIORS WHO ARE HERE TO
VISIT THE CAPITAL AND MEET WITH
THE REPRESENTATIVE TODAY FROM
CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL PLEASE
GIVE THEM A WARM. SENATE WELCOME
. WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY
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MADAM PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES I
RISE TODAY TO PRESENT SENATE
RESOLUTION TWENTY FIVE WHICH
WOULD RECOGNIZE LAST WEEK- LAST
WEEK APRIL TEN THROUGH SIXTEEN
DOES COME MY NEW YEAR WEEK. MY
NEW YEAR CAMBODIAN NEW YEAR IS
ALSO KNOWN AS MY HOUSE AND GOT
THAT. AND COINCIDENCES WITH THE-
COINCIDES EXCUSE ME WITH THE
TRADITIONAL SOLAR NEW YEAR- AS
AND CELEBRATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ASIA IN PARTS OF INDIA
BANGLADESH NEPAL MYANMAR LAOS
AND THAILAND IN CAMBODIA THE NEW
YEAR IS CELEBRATED BY A THREE
DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY WITH.
SPECIFIC ACTS OF WORSHIP ON EACH
DAY AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY
STILL GOING ON IN LONG BEACH AS
WE SPEAK IN CAMBODIA TOWN. FOR
THE CAMBODIAN DIASPORA IN
CALIFORNIA THE NEW YEAR
REPRESENTS A TIME TO HONOR
CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH FOOD
DANCE AND IN LONG BEACH A HUGE
PARADE HONORING OUR LEADERS.
COLLEAGUES I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN
ME IN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING
THIS WEEK AS COMBINED- YOU'RE
WEAK FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN
CALIFORNIA. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR RIVAL. VERY MUCH I SEE A
SENATOR BEN ARE. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT SENATORS ON BEHALF OF
THE API CAUCUS I RISE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS RESOLUTION I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUE FROM LONG
BEACH FOR BRINGING AFFORD
COMPARE NEW YEAR IS THE
TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE
SOLAR NEW YEAR. AND A
CELEBRATION OF OUR ANCESTORS
THIS MULTI DAY OBSERVANCE IS A
TIME OF REFLECTION AS WE REVIEW
OUR- ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE
PAST YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO
THE IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD OF US.
I WANTED TO ALL THOSE WHO
OBSERVE THIS NEW YEAR IT'S A
TIME A JOINT OPPORTUNITY- I WISH
EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ASK
YOU. TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING SB
TWENTY FIVE AND WISHING THE
CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY GOOD HEALTH
PEACE AND GOOD FORTUNE. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH SEEING NO OTHER
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MEMBERS TODAY I AM PRESENTING AC
ARE FOR ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ADDIS. WHICH DECLARES
JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY THREE S.
POSITIVE PARENTING AWARENESS
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EVIDENCE. POSITIVE PARENTING
PROMOTES CHILDREN'S HEALTHY
DEVELOPMENT BUILDS THEIR
CAPACITY TO HANDLE EMOTIONS AND
SOLVE PROBLEMS. AND TEACHES
SKILLS THEY'LL NEED TO HAVE A
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT
LIFE. WE KNOW THAT WHEN CHILDREN
GROW UP IN A POSITIVE LOVING AND
SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH CLEAR AND
CONSISTENT BOUNDARIES THEY'RE
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HUNDRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL
RIGHT- RETURNING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS THE TIME
FOR ADJOURNMENTS IN MEMORIES BY
SENATORS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
ADJOURNMENTS TODAY. SENATOR ALAN
. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. MEMBERS
EMINENT TELL YOU ABOUT A VERY
VERY SPECIAL PERSON ESPECIALLY
YOUNG MAN. HI. IT'S WITH ISRAEL
HAD. IT'S WITH A REAL HEAVY
HEART THAT I RISE TODAY TO
REQUEST A RETURN THE MEMORY OF
CASEY ROAR. WAS AN INCREDIBLY
BRIGHT YOUNG MAN WHO PASSED AWAY
EARLIER THIS YEAR. ON FOR EVERY
TWENTY FIRST. BEYOND BEING A
VIBRANT PRESENCE IN THIS
COMMUNITY HE WAS A PLAYWRIGHT
AND ACTOR AND BLOGGER AND
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER. AND ACCESS
ADVOCATE FOR ACCESSIBILITY. AND
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT A STORY
YOU'LL BE SO IMPRESSED. THERE
WAS A STORY OF CHALLENGE AND TRY
AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN
HE WAS BORN MAY TWENTY SECOND
TWO THOUSAND AND TWO HE WAS
ENTANGLED IN THE UMBILICAL CORD
. DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN. AND HIS
DOCTORS TOLD HIS PARENTS MATT
AND BETH THAT HE SIMPLY WASN'T
GONNA MAKE IT. DESPITE THE
PROGNOSIS IN THE EVENTUAL
DIAGNOSIS OF CEREBRAL PALSY
CASEY WOULD SPEND THE NEXT
TWENTY YEARS OF HIS LIFE POURING
HIS HEART SOUL AND GIFTED
INTELLECT INTO HIS COMMUNITY AND
HIS ART. WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS
OLD. HIS WORLD WAS OPENED UP IN
THIS PROFOUND WAY BY THE
INTRODUCTION OF TOBY WHICH IS IN
THE EYE TRACKING COMMUNICATION
DEVICE. THAT ALLOWED HIM TO BE
HEARD AND CRUCIALLY UNDERSTOOD
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE.
AND DIDN'T WASTE A MOMENT WITH
HIS NEW FOUND VOICE DRIVING
HEADLONG INTO HIS PASSION FOR
THE ARTS TO STAGE ACTING AND
PLAYWRITING. SO WITH THE HELP OF
THIS TECHNOLOGY. WHICH TRACKED
IS I MOVEMENT SO AS TO ALLOW HIM
TO COMMUNICATE. HIS WORDS AND
IDEAS FLOWED AS IF THEY'VE BEEN
BUILDING UP. IN THE PREVIEW FOR
THE PREVIOUS SEVEN YEARS IN HIS
OWN WORDS IF I COULD WRITE
EVERYTHING I'M THINKING MY WORDS
WOULD REACH TO THE SKY. THREE
GRACE THE STAGE IN PERFORMANCES
OF SNOW WHITE THE LION KING
CHARLIE THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. ANY TOOK
CREATIVE CONTROL AND HE WROTE
HIS FIRST PLAY ONCE UPON A ROAD
TRIP A THEATRICAL WINDOW. INTO
THE EXPERIENCE WAS YEP CEREBRAL
PALSY. THE COMEDY OF A ROAD
TRIP. AND AFTER YOU EVER FIND IN
THE SCRIPT AND REHEARSING WITH
THIS CAST. ONCE UPON A ROAD TRIP
DEBUTED AT THE SECOND STORY
THEATRE. MARKING AN IMMENSE
LANDMARK ON HIS CREATIVE JOURNEY
. KAYCEE STROH FOR EACH OF THESE
LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENTS NOT JUST
FOR HIMSELF FOR HIS ART BUT FOR
ALL OF THE OTHER KIDS LIKE HIM.
WHO HAVE FACED OBSTACLES AND
CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THEIR
LIVES. HIS EVOLUTION AND
MATURATION AS AN ARTIST LED HIM
TO SHARE HIS JOURNEY. THROUGH
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING. AND
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCACY AND
ALONGSIDE HIS MOTHER BETH. CASEY
WAS INTEGRAL IN THE FORMATION
THE TRANSFORMATION. OF SOUTH
PARK IN HERMOSA BEACH TO BE
FULLY ACCESSIBLE. FOR KIDS WITH
DISABILITIES. ANY MARK THE
RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE WORDS
ALL KIDS CAN PLAY TOGETHER NOW.
CASEY'S MEMORY IMPAIRMENT BRING
LEGACY CONTINUE TO BE CHERISHED
BY HIS LOVING PARENTS ABOUT
BATH. HIS SIBLINGS LUKE AND
ANNA. HIS GRANDPARENTS BEVERLY
ROAR AND- MONITOR AND PALMER.
CASEY COMMUNITIES LIVE TO
BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS
PRESENTED TO HIM SO THAT THOSE
AFTER HIM WOULD BE ABLE TO
ACCESS A WORLD WITH LESS
BARRIERS. IN HIS OWN WORDS IF I
CAN GO THERE SO CAN YOU.
COLLEAGUES I ASK THE JOIN ME
TODAY IN CELEBRATING. THE VERY
SPECIAL LIFE AND SPIRIT OF A
REMARKABLE FELLOW CALIFORNIANS.
BY JOINING IN THE MEMORY OF KCR
. PLEASE BEING HIS NAME FORWARD
SECOND PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED BY
THE SENATE. CENTER BRADFORD YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
INSURANCE. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT AND I RISE TO ADJOURN
WITH GREAT SADNESS. FOR DEAR
FRIEND. A BUSINESSMAN. OUR
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS THAT IN A
PERSON OF MR WAYNE SPENCER. WHEN
SPENCER PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON
MARCH TWELFTH. AT THE AGE OF
SEVENTY. WHEN WAS THE DATE OF A
KINGSTON JAMAICA. HE WAS A
PROMINENT AND INFLUENTIAL AND
BELOVED FIGURE IN LOS ANGELES
BUSINESS COMMUNITY. HE WAS A
BIGGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY. AS
WELL AS IN STATURE. HE STUDIED
ENGINEERING AND A AVIATION
TECHNOLOGY A NORTHROP UNIVERSITY
IN INGLEWOOD WITH THE HOPES OF
BEING A PILOT. BUT HE WAS
DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF HIS
HEIGHT AND SIZE THAT HE COULD
NOT FIT INTO THE COP COCKPIT.
BUT THAT DID NOT DISSUADE HIM
FOR HIS LOVE AVIATION- BUT- HE
WANTED TO ANOTHER DIRECTION. AND
MAKE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL. OUR BUSINESS OWNERS
OF A BLACK OWNED SECURITY
COMPANY IN THIS COUNTRY. SPENSER
FOR HIRE SECURITY. BUT I MET
WAYNE OVER FORTY YEARS AGO. WHEN
I WAS A LOCAL CLUB PROMOTER. AND
I HIRED HIM TO BE MY SECURITY
GUY. AND HE SHOWS UP THE FIRST
NIGHT AT WORK WITH A SUIT ON.
LOOKING LIKE NO OTHER SECURITY
GUY I'D EVER SEEN BEFORE AND
WITH A WOODEN BOX IN HIS HAND.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
IT IS THAT'S MY GUN. I SEE MOST
SECURITY GUYS HAVE IT ON THE
WAIST OR SOMETHING HE CARRIED IN
HIS BOX AND A NICE POLISH BOX.
YOU OPEN IT UP I THINK WAS A
THREE FIFTY SEVEN MAGNUM AND HE
WAS SITTING ON THE CHAIR. AND HE
WOULD STAND THERE TO DOOR AND HE
WOULD. HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS
AND LAUGHING AND TALKING AND
DOING SECURITY SO BUT HE WAS THE
BEST PERSON YOU COULD HAVE AT
THE DOOR BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW TO
CALM ANY SITUATION WITH LAUGHTER
AND- THIS IS GREAT PERSONALITY.
AND FOR OVER FORTY YEARS ONE WAS
A PASSIONATE AND DEVOTED. I
INDIVIDUAL PROTECTING PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY
WHICH IS VERY SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS. HIS DEDICATION AND
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. WAS
TRULY REMARKABLE HE SERVED ON
NUMEROUS BOARDS HE SERVED AS THE
CHAIRMAN. OF THE THUNDERBIRD
DISTRICT BOY SCOUTS THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE SOUTH BAY WORKFORCE.
INVESTMENT BOARD. THE PRESIDENT
OF THE INGLEWOOD ROTARY CLUB.
COMMISSIONER FOR THE INGLEWOOD
POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. AND
HE WAS A MEMBER VARIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THAT THE
JAMAICA AWARENESS ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA. THE INTERNATIONAL ON
A LOS ANGELES. AND MANY OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS ONE WAS ALSO KNOWN
FOR HIS PASSION FOR SINGING.
SINGING WAS A HALLMARK OF HIS
LIFE AND HE REMAINED ACTIVE IN
THE BARBARA MORRISON PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER. IT WAS A FOUNDING
MEMBER OF THE HUMMINGBIRD
VILLAGE IN PERFORMING GROUP.
REPRESENTING THE FOLK TRADITION
OF HIS NATIVE AND BELOVED
JAMAICA. WAYNE WAS KNOWN FOR
BEING THE TOWARD SLEEP LATE. AND
IT WAS A RUNNING JOKE ON ON
EVERY BOARDING ORGANIZATION I
WAS PART OF. BUT I HATE TO SAY
HE WAS FAR TOO EARLY AND DEATH.
HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY HIS
FAMILY HIS CHILDREN. THE
COMMUNITY IS FRANCIS COLLEAGUES
MEMBERS I ASKED YOU TO JOIN ME
ON A JOURNEY AND THE MEMORY OF
MISTER WAYNE SPENCER SPENCER FOR
HIRE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH PLEASE
BRING HIS NAME FORWARD SO HE MAY
BE PROPERLY RECOGNIZE AND REWARD
ALLIES BY THE STATE SENATE. THAT
BURKE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
YOUR JOURNEY. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES I RISE
TODAY TO HONOR THE LIFE OF.
CHIEF RON ROBERTS THE REASON
RETIRED CHIEF OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY. UP CHIEF
ROBERTS LONGTIME PUBLIC SERVICE
. HIS DEEDS MERIT RESPECT AND
GRATITUDE FROM THE ENTIRE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA AFTER EARNING AN
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN FIRE
TECHNOLOGY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
IN MANAGEMENT BUSINESS. CHIEF
ROBBERS LAUNCHES STELLAR FORTY
TWO YEAR CAREER AS A FIRE
SERVICE OFFICER WITH- THE SANTA
ANA FIRE DEPARTMENT IN NINETEEN
EIGHTY. AND THEN IN NINETEEN
EIGHTY ONE IT BECAME A FULL TIME
FIREFIGHTER FOR THE CITY OF
WESTMINSTER. OF THE COURSE OF
HIS DECADES OF DEDICATION OF
FIRE SERVICE RON WORKED HIS WAY
UP THROUGH THE RANKS AND BECAME
A FIRE CAPTAIN. WITH THE ORANGE
COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY WHERE
EXCELLED VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS
ACROSS OPERATIONS. AND HE SERVED
IN SEVERAL ROLES BEFORE HIS
ULTIMATE RULES DIVISION DIVISION
CHIEF OF ONE OF THE DIVISIONS OF
THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY
. HE ALSO SERVED AS INCIDENT
COMMANDER THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE
THIRTIES COVERT NINETEEN
PANDEMIC RESPONSE SHEPHERDING
THE FIRE AUTHORITY THROUGH ITS
MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES. KNOWN
FOR HIS KIND HEART AND STRONG
CHARACTER LEADERSHIP NON BODY
THE VALUES THAT. WE HOLD DEAR
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS A
TREMENDOUS PUBLIC SERVICE
SERVANT AND A TRULY VALUABLE
PERSON THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
HE PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY
NINTH. JUST A HUNDRED TWENTY
FIVE DAYS AFTER HIS RETIREMENT.
HE WAS ON VACATION WITH HIS WIFE
AND SADLY HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE GOLDEN YEARS WITH HIS
WIFE AND FAMILY AND- HE AND HIS
FAMILY RIPPED APART DEPRIVED OF
HIS. OF HIS PRESENCE HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE STACY SCOTT
SON SCOTT. WIFE NICOLE SON BRED
AS WIFE MEGAN. UP BRETT'S WIFE
MEGAN AND GRANDCHILDREN ISABELLE
HENRY AND RYKER. YES THAT WE
ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF CHIEF RON
ROBERTS. THANK YOU CENTER PLEASE
BRING HIS NAME FORWARD SO HE
COULD BE PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED
BY THE STATE SENATE. IF THERE IS
NO OTHER BUSINESS SENATE MCGUIRE
THE DESK IS CLEAR. THANK YOU SO
MUCH BETTER PRESENT HOPE
EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL WEEKEND
AT THE SENATE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL THREE THIRTY PM AT WHICH
TIME THE GERMAN. MOTION WILL BE
MADE WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE
MONDAY APRIL TWENTY FOURTH AT
TWO PM. SENATE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL THREE THIRTY PM AT WHICH
TIME THE ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL
BE MADE WE WILL CAN RECONVENE
MONDAY APRIL TWENTY FOURTH. AT
TWO PM MEMBERS HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEND.