SIX WILL CALL THE ROLL. ALLEN I
BROUGHT OF GUILT ARCHULETA S. B.
ATKINS BAKER THANKS FOR YOUR
BRADFORD CABALLERO- TESSIE DALLY
DODD TO US. EGGMAN GLAZER CONSOL
. GROWTH WILL TRAVEL JONES
LAYERED. LIMA MCGUIRE MENJIVAR
MAN NEWMAN WHEN NEW LOW WHAT
TROUBLED BY THE POURTANT. ROTH
RUBIO SO YOUR TOTAL SKINNER
SMALLWOOD WELL US STERN NUMBER
ONE HOBBY WIENER WELL. A QUORUM
IS PRESENT WITH THE MEMBERS AND
OUR GUESTS TO BE ON THE RAIL AND
IN THE GALLERY PLEASE RISE WE
WILL BE LED IN PRAYER THIS
AFTERNOON BY OUR CHAPLAIN SISTER
MICHELLE GORMAN AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WE WILL
BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. BY
SENATOR WIENER. LET US PRAY.
GRACIOUS GOD OF RADICAL
INCLUSIVE AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
. YOU ARE THE LIFE OF ALL LIFE
AND BEYOND ALL NAMES. MAY THE
SPARKS OF YOUR BEAUTY DANCE AND
THE EYES OF THOSE WE LOVE. BE
WITH US AS WE PRAY IN SOLIDARITY
WITH ALL THOSE WHO SEEK TO LIVE
LIVES OF AUTHENTICITY AND
INTEGRITY. TODAY WE REMEMBER THE
L. G. B. T. Q. PLUS COMMUNITY
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LIVE IN
FEAR OF PERSECUTION AND VIOLENCE
FOR THEM WE PRAY FOR FREEDOM.
FOR L. G. B. T. Q. PLUS YOUNG
PEOPLE. WHO LONG FOR THE SUPPORT
OF THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES WE
PRAY FOR COURAGE. FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE ENDED THEIR LIVES RATHER
THAN ENDURE THE TONS OF PEERS
AND REJECTION BY FAMILY AND
SOCIETY. WE PRAY FOR PEACE. FOR
ALL OF US IN ROLES OF AUTHORITY
. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY AND CHANGING ATTITUDES WE
PRAY FOR WISDOM. FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES WHERE GOD'S LOVE IS
SPOKEN AND LGBTQ PLUS PERSONS
LONG FOR ACCEPTANCE. WE PRAY FOR
INTEGRITY OF WORDS AND DEEDS.
MERCIFUL GOD MADE THIS
REMEMBERING ENCOURAGE ALL OF US
NOT TO PLACE LIMITS ON YOUR
BOUNDLESS LOVE. MAY WE
APPRECIATE AND CELEBRATE THE
GIFTS OF LGBTQ PLUS PERSONS EACH
AND EVERY DAY A MAN. I BY YOU TO
JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED. AND.
THE SIMPLE. JOHN FOR ALL.
MEMBERS ARE GONNA MOVE ONTO
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. ON
BEHALF OF SENATOR HER TIGHTER WE
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
FILMMAKER GABRIELA CAL PERSUADE
AN EMMY AWARD WINNING REPORTER
PRODUCER AND CORRESPONDENCE
MAKING HOWEVER SEND FOR THEIR
WORK ON THE DOCUMENTARY THE GRAB
WHICH IS PLAIN TODAY AT THE
CREST THEATRE PLEASE GIVE THEM A
WARM SENATE WELCOME. NUMBER
THREE TO MOVE ON MESSAGE MESSAGE
FROM THE WILL BE DEEMED. MESSAGE
FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED
READ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES WILL
BE DEEMED READ AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED. MOVING ON TO MOTIONS
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. WITHOUT
OBJECTION THE SENATE JOURNALS
FOR MAY THIRTIETH TWENTY TWENTY
THREE THROUGH JUNE FIRST TWENTY
TWENTY THREE WILL BE APPROVED AS
CORRECTED BY THE MINUTE CLERK.
MEMBERS ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY FILE
WHEN TO TAKE UP SENATE THIRD
READING FILE ITEM NUMBERS THREE.
ESSERE SIXTY FOUR BY SENATOR
DODD HE IS PREPARED PLEASE READ
. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
SIXTY FOUR BY SENATOR DOT
RELATIVE TO OLDER AND DEPARTMENT
ADULT ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
SENATOR DODD THE FLOOR'S YOURS
BETTER PRESIDENT MEMBERS S. C.
R. SIXTY FOUR PROCLAIMS AND
RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF JUNE IS
ELDER AND DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE
AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THIS ANNUAL
RECOGNITION ALIGNS WITH THE
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION DURING THE MONTH OF
JUNE. ELDER ABUSE IS A MAJOR
ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH
CALIFORNIA UNFORTUNATELY BEING
WITH THE HIGHEST RANK STATES
WITH REPORTED ABUSE CASES.
ELDERS AND DEPENDENT ADULTS MAY
BE IMPACTED BY CONSOLATION OF
PHYSICAL MENTAL AND MEDICAL
IMPAIRMENTS THAT LEAVE THEM
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ABUSE
AND EXPLOITATION. WHILE MAKING
IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO
PROPERLY REPORT THE ABUSE. THIS
ABUSE COMES IN A WIDE VARIETY OF
FORMS SUCH AS PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL
SEXUAL AND FINANCIAL
EXPLOITATION. WITH FINANCIAL
ABUSE RANKING AS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST REPORTED AMOUNTS ADULTS
OVER SIXTY AMOUNTED TO TRILLIONS
OF DOLLARS OF LOSSES EACH YEAR
IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS
IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE
OURSELVES AND OTHERS ABOUT THIS
ONGOING PLIGHT IN ORDER TO
PROPERLY RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF
ABUSE AND TAKES STEPS TOWARDS
PREVENTING THEM. RESPECTFULLY
ASK YOUR AYE VOTE. MEMBERS IS
THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
ON THIS ITEM ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. SAYING NINE PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ALLEN. A BROADER DEAL
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ZERO THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
MEMBERS ARE GONNA GO WE'RE GONNA
MOVE TO FILE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SENATE RESOLUTION THIRTY THREE
SENATE SENATOR EGGMAN IS
PREPARED PLEASE READ. SENATE
RESOLUTION THIRTY THREE BY
SENATOR EGGMAN RELATIVE TO
LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER
AND QUEER PRIDE MONTH. CENTER
EGGMAN FLOOR'S YOURS THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT
MEMBERS TODAY I RISE ON BEHALF
OF THE L. G. B. T. CAUCUS
PRESENT A SENATE RESOLUTION
THIRTY THREE- TO CELEBRATE AND
COMMEMORATE PRIDE MONTH- PRIDE
MONTH WAS FIRST STARTED PEOPLE
KNOWING THE STONEWALL RIOTS
NINETEEN SIXTY NINE SO. FORTY
PLUS YEARS AGO WE HAVE BEEN
COMING FORWARD AND SAYING WE'RE
NOT GOING TO BE IN THE CLOSET
ANYMORE WE ARE FULL MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY AND WANT TO BE TREATED
AS SUCH- I WOULD LOVE AND
ACCEPTANCE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE- SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE
MADE REMARKABLE GAINS IN OUR
EVOLUTION IN OUR PROGRESS IN OUR
RIGHTS- THE FROM THE GREATEST-
ED SUPREME COURT. SAYS A WE HAVE
THE RIGHT TO MARRY DOWN TO HOW
WE CAN DRESS WHERE WE CAN LIVE
AND EVERYTHING ELSE. NO THESE
RIGHTS RIGHTS ARE NEVER JUST
GRANTED THEY'RE ALWAYS SOMEWHAT
HARD FOUGHT INTO THIS YEAR FOR
SOME REASON WE HAVE SEEN A
BEGINNING OF A ROLL BACK OF SOME
OF OUR WE KNOW THERE'S OVER FOUR
HUNDRED PIECES OF LEGISLATION
INTRODUCED AROUND THE COUNTRY-
AND WE KNOW THAT THE L. G. B. T.
Q. PLUS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN-
VILIFIED MOST RECENTLY. AS A
POLITICAL PUNCHING BAG. AND WE
KNOW EVEN IN THIS CHAMBER WE HAD
SOME PUSH BACK. ON WITH SOME OF
OUR GUESTS. THAT ARE BEING HONOR
TODAY. SO I JUST WANT TO I DO
WANT TO. THE AND SAY THAT WE
NEVER GET. TO THAT FULL PATH OF
FREEDOM AND EQUALITY WITHOUT
SOME STRUGGLES THE NEW WEEK
KNOWLEDGE THAT. AND WHEN WE'RE
FACED WITH THAT WE TRY TO REACH
BACK. WITH LOVE. AND ACCEPTANCE
. I ALSO STAND TODAY. AS A PROUD
CATHOLIC. ALWAYS SURPRISES
PEOPLE SOMETIMES I THINK
SOMETIMES A G. B. T. PEOPLE
CANNOT BE RELIGIOUS. I HAPPEN TO
BE VERY PROUD CATHOLIC. AND
WHILE I LOVE MY CHURCH MY CHURCH
DOESN'T ALWAYS LEVEL PARTS OF
ME. BUT THAT'S OKAY. BECAUSE I
DON'T ALWAYS LEVEL PARTS OF MY
CHURCH EITHER AND THAT'S THE WAY
WE GO FORWARD IN BEING ABLE TO.
PUSH THROUGH THINGS AND NOT
LEAVE OUR SPACES BECAUSE I'VE
GOT MY OWN SPACE IN THAT PEW
JUST LIKE THE GENERATIONS BEFORE
ME. AND I'M NOT LEAVING AND I.
REFUSED TO LET DOORS BE SLAMMED
IN THE FACE OF ANYBODY. SO WE
HAVE A- PHENOMENAL GROUP OF
TWELVE MEMBERS THAT MEET THAT'S
BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A- ONE. 10%
OF THE OF THE OF THE BODY IS L.
G. B. T. Q. WHICH IS THE FIRST
TIME IN THE NATION ANY. STATE
LEGISLATURE HAS DONE THAT. WE
HAVE MORE. MEMBERS OF THE LGBT
CAUCUS THAT WE DO- IN THE
MINORITY PARTY. IN THE SENATE
CHAMBER. WE CELEBRATE THAT WE
CELEBRATE OUR COLLEAGUES AND
PEERS- AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK
FOR THAT PATH WHERE WE ARE ALL
ACCEPTED. AND ACKNOWLEDGED FOR
WHO WE ARE. AND NOT NECESSARILY
WHO WE LOVE THERE IS ROOM FOR US
ALL OF US IN CALIFORNIA. AND I
ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON SENATE
RESOLUTION THIRTY THREE. IS
THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
ON THIS RESOLUTION ANY
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. MOMENTS
CENTER SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I RISE
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF S. R. THIRTY THREE.
THE RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF JUNE
AS LGBT Q. PLUS PRIDE MONTH
PRIDE MONTH COMMEMORATES THE L.
G. B. T. Q. COMMUNITIES MANY
YEARS OF STRUGGLE FOR THEIR
CIVIL RIGHTS AND IT CELEBRATES
THEIR RESILIENCE IN THEIR FIGHT
TO LIVE IN A NATION FREE FROM
HATE. AND DISCRIMINATION A
STRUGGLE THAT BLACK AMERICANS
FULLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF THE
VICIOUS OPPRESSION- THAT ARE
SENATOR GREAT SENATOR- FROM
STOCKTON THANK YOU GREAT SENATOR
FROM STOCKTON- SHARED WITH US
THEY HAVE BEEN DOOR AND WE HAVE
BEEN TOWARD. FOR GENERATIONS OF
THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE IT BETTER
IN ITS TRUEST SELF IT IS BECAUSE
OF THIS RACIAL MARGINALIZATION
THAT HAS PROPELLED BOTH BLACK
AND BROWN PEOPLE TO HISTORICALLY
FIGHT ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY. IN JUNE
NINETEEN SIXTY NINE NEW YORK
CITY POLICE VIOLENTLY RAIDED THE
STONEWALL INN A POPULAR TAVERN
THAT SERVED AS A HAVEN FOR LGBTQ
KATE. PATRONS AND COMMUNITY THE
MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO ROSE UP IN
WHO WERE MOST IMPACTED- WERE
LARGELY A MEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR
BLACK AND BROWN. TO PROTEST THE
RAIDS BLACK LGBTQ WOMEN LARGELY
ORGANIZED STONEWALL UPRISING
THAT BECAME THE CATALYST FOR THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY MARSHA P.
JOHNSON SAY HER NAME A BLACK
TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS WHO WAS A
CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE STONEWALL
UPRISING WENT ON TO CO FOUND THE
STREET TRANSVESTITE ACTION.
REVOLUTION LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN
STREET TRANSVESTITES ACTION
REVOLUTIONARIES OR STAR THAT
PROVIDED A SAFE SHELTER FOR
HOMELESS LGBTQ YOUTH. MISS MAJOR
GRIFFIN GRACY ANOTHER BLACK
TRANS AND GENDER LEADER IN THE
STONEWALL UPRISING EVENTUALLY
DIRECTED THE TRANS GENDER
VARIANT AND INTERSECTS JUSTICE
PROJECT BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
AND ALTHOUGH SOME PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
DECADES THERE IS CLEARLY MUCH
MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
TO PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF
ALL OF US AND PARTICULARLY THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY RESEARCH
HAS SHOWN THAT ONE IN FIVE TRANS
PEOPLE ARE DENIED HOUSING
APPLICATIONS. AND ONE IN TEN ARE
A VICTIM BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER
IDENTITY DESPITE THE SUPREME
COURT'S RECENT RULINGS IN
EMPLOYMENT LAW MANY WORKERS AND
MYSELF. AND SISTER BAMBI SAUCEDA
WORK TO ESTABLISH THE UNDER
REPRESENTED WORKER INITIATIVE AT
THE LA CITY WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT BOARD BECAUSE FAR
TOO MANY WORKERS IN THE L. G. B.
T. Q. PLUS. LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
STRUGGLE TO HAVE JOBS THAT PAY A
LIVING WAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE
SAFE SAFE AT WORK AND FEAR FROM
RETALIATION. AND TERM IN
TERMINATION JUST FOR BEING WHO
THEY ARE MEANWHILE TRANS WOMEN
STILL REPORT DISPROPORTIONATE
HARASSMENT AND BRUTALIZATION BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND QUEER YOUTH
CONTINUE TO BE OVERLY
INCARCERATED ONCE INSIDE NEARLY
25% OF GAY LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL
BOYS AND GIRLS REPORT SEXUAL
ASSAULT. AND ABUSE BY STAFF.
WITH THIS MONTH MARKING THE
FORTIETH YEAR OF THE FIRST
REPORTED AIDS CASES IN THE U. S.
THE EPIDEMIC HAS
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED
BLACK AMERICANS. AND WHO
REPRESENT TWELVE POINT 4% OF THE
US POPULATION AND 44% OF DEATHS
AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN.
A POINT OF STRUGGLE IN BOTH OF
OUR INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONAL
COMMUNITIES THE CARE FOR THOSE
THAT WE LOVE- HAVE FALLEN ILL
THROUGH HIV. AND LACK OF CARE.
TODAY IN CALIFORNIA GROWING
NUMBERS OF LEADERS WHO HAVE
COURAGEOUSLY SUPPORTED LGBTQ
COMMUNITY FROM OUR GOVERNOR TO
THIS LEGISLATURE TO OUR ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS- OUR LOCAL COUNTY
OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
THE STONEWALL DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
TRANSATLANTIC A TRANS LATINA
COALITION AND BLACK WORKER
CENTERS THIS YEAR OF PRIDE IS A
PRIDE FOR ALL OF US PRIDE FOR
OUR WORK TOGETHER PRICE FOR OUR
COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO
PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND
ENSURING THAT ALL OF CALIFORNIA
PARTICULARLY OUR CHILDREN CAN
LIVE AND BE WHO THEY ARE AND I
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. SENATOR
MENJIVAR. THINK ABOUT PRESIDENT
I STAND TODAY BE IN SUPPORT OF
SR THIRTY THREE PERHAPS TO
ANSWER A QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT
BE ASKING YOURSELF WHY IS NEEDED
WE'VE DONE SO MUCH PROGRESS
THEY'RE FINE LOOK AT TWELVE. OF
QUEER LEGISLATORS SERVE IN
CALIFORNIA BUT I WANT TO SHOW A
LITTLE BIT WITH YOU ABOUT MY
EXPERIENCE THIS WEEKEND IN MY
OWN DISTRICT AND URBAN DISTRICT
NOT ROLL. THAT'S PRETTY
PROGRESSIVE IT'S PRETTY BLUE
REALLY BLEW- BUT JUST TWO WEEKS
AGO A PRIDE FLAG WAS BURNED IN
MY DISTRICT IN MY BACKYARD. AND
I ATTENDED THE COUNTER PROTEST
THIS PAST FRIDAY. AND IT WAS IN
THE MOTION THAT BROUGHT ME BACK
TO WHEN I WAS NINETEEN YEARS OLD
WHEN PROP EIGHT PASSED A NINETY
YEARS OLD WITH MY FIRST PROTEST
EVER. I PARTICIPATE IN HOLLYWOOD
I WAS THE FIRST TIME I REALIZE
THAT PEOPLE IN POWER HAD THE
ABILITY TO TAKE AWAY MY RIGHTS-
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I GOT
INTO ACTIVISM. IN THIS PAST
WEEKEND I WAS BROUGHT BACK TO BE
NINETEEN YEARS OLD BECAUSE SINCE
THEN I'VE ONLY GOT IN RICE
RIGHTS IN TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.
DON'T ASK DON'T TELL WAS
REPEALED I WAS ABLE TO BE MY
TRUE SELF IN THE MILITARY. AND
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN I WAS GIVEN
THE RIGHT TO GET MARRIED AND A
YEAR LATER I PROPOSED. AND NOW
IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE I FEEL
AYE WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS. I
WANT TO THIS KIND OF PROTEST AND
I WENT OBVIOUSLY ON THE STATE
SENATE IRMA A LESBIAN. THIS
HAPPENED. I WANT TO REPRESENT
BUT ALSO WILL BE ABLE. THAT
MODEL BECAUSE WHILE I WAS THERE
SUPPORT I WAS ALSO EXPOSED
MYSELF. HEY THERE WAS FROM THE
SIDE. THIS THAT THE HAD. AND I
OFTEN QUESTION WHY WHEN THERE'S
- LIKE THAT WHY AMERICAN FLAG IS
. AND PEOPLE WAITING THE SUMMER
FLAG A QUESTION. WHY IS THAT'S-
FOR YOU. WHY THAT NOT FLAG
UTILIZED TO SHIELD. TO PROTECT
ME. LIKE WHY IS A SYMBOL
SOMETIMES OF A FIGHT THAT I HAD
TO AND LOVE SO. BECAUSE I THIS.
AND IT WAS AT THE STATE. TO BE
THERE BE I DON'T TO BE CARE. OR
LIKE A JUST CARE THERE- BUT YOU
KNOW. PUT A BRAVE FACE IN A- THE
MIGHT CALL FROM. SERVICES WHAT'S
ON THE ON THE NEW AND SALAS WAS
LIKE. MARCHING UP IN THEY PUT ME
AS TO SPEAK BUT IN THE MOMENT I
DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT'S- I FELT.
A NINETEEN YEAR OLD GIRL.
FEELING MY RIGHTS ARE BEING TO
AWAY AGAIN. WE OF FAMILIES SEX
FAMILY WE THREE KIDS TWELVE WENT
TO THAT SCHOOL. LITTLE NO MORE
THAN FOUR YEARS OLD HANOI WHAT
WAS. OTHER DAD WERE S. THEM. SHE
COMES UP TO ME. HER JACKET HER
LITTLE TOO JACKET SAYS LOVE IS.
AND IT BROKE MY HEART. BECAUSE
IT OF ACTUALLY. THIRTEEN THE
KIDS AT THE- PROTESTERS WERE AND
THEY WERE. MORE HATE CONFUSION
IN OUR KID. AND ALL TWO LINES A
BOOK THAT WAS WRITTEN. TALK
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT OF FOUND X.
IN THIS WAY. IN ONE LINE FOR.
SOME FAMILIES HAD TO MOM. AND
SOME FAMILY HAD TO DO IS. THAT
WAS THE- DOES THE X. OF THE PRO
TO IN THE HATE THAT MIKE. HOW TO
BE A- TO BECAUSE THEY FOR. THAT
WE WERE GROOMING CHILDREN. AND
NOW SIX INTO MY- MEMBER BEING A
MEMBER. I AM NOT GETTING. AN
SENATOR FROM SANFORD WITH MY
HAVE TO HAVE A- HI HANDLE NOW
BEING TREE. AS AN E. PERSON.
JUST FOR GAY. JUST FOR THINKING
THAT I'M HERE TO PROTECT LITTLE
KIDS. SO EFFORT THIRTY THREE
IT'S NOT JUST A SYMBOL. THIS
MONTH IS JUST NOT A CELEBRATION.
BUT THIS MONTH IT'S A REMINDER
OF WHY I DESERVE TO LIVE. A
NORMAL LIFE. TO WALK DOWN THE
STREETS WITH MY WIFE AND I HAVE
LOOKS NOT GET DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST NOT YET. ANY KIND OF
WORDS THROWN AT ME THAT ARE MORE
THAN. A COUPLE. S. R. THIRTY
THREE STANDS TO PROTECT
INVALIDATE MY EXISTENCE AND THE
TWELVE OTHER MEMBERS THAT SERVE
CALIFORNIA. S. R. THIRTY THREE
IS NOT JUST AN ON A RESOLUTION
AND THIS MONTH OR THIS YEAR MORE
THAN EVER IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
PRICE. IT'S NOT JUST HAPPY
PRIDE. THE THEME TODAY AS YOU
HEARD IS RESISTANCE AND RESIST
AND PERSIST. AND I FEEL LIKE
THIS YEAR IT'S MORE ABOUT
RESISTING AGAINST THE-
HORRENDOUS ATTACKS THEY'RE
COMING DOWN TO. TO ME AND THE
REST OF LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. SO
I ASK IF YOU AREN'T THINKING
ABOUT VOTING ON THIS ISN'T GOES
BEYOND. THIS GOES BEYOND JUST.
S. R. THIRTY THREE THIS IS.
HUMAN RIGHTS. I'M AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL. CENTER
SKINNER. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS I RISE IN
SUPPORT OF SR THIRTY THREE. AS
THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS. AND IT'S A
PLEASURE TO HONOR THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO THE- L. G. B. T.
Q. CAUCUSES GOING TO BRING TO US
IN A LITTLE BIT- AS CHAIR THE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS I THINK EVERYONE
ON THE FLOOR WE KNOW WELL. THE
LEGAL ASSAULT ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS
WE KNOW WELL THE WAYS THAT. OUR
CERTAIN OF OUR LAWS OR PRACTICES
OUR CUSTOMS MAKE WOMEN SECOND
CLASS CITIZENS BUT THOSE SAME
THINGS AND WORSE. HAPPEN TO OUR
LGBTQ MEMBERS. FOUND RIGHT NOW
WE'RE FINDING. THAT ARE IT'S THE
CONVENIENT SCAPEGOAT R. L. G. B.
T. Q. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE THE
CONVENIENT SCAPEGOAT OF SOME
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
SOME PEOPLE THAT SEEM TO. BE
MOTIVATED BY HATE WELL THEY
CHARACTERIZE IT THAT THEY ARE
NOT AND AS OUR COLLEAGUE JUST
SPOKE ABOUT THEY TRY TO ACT LIKE
THEY'RE PROTECTING CHILDREN. IT
REALLY DOES IT REALLY IS
CHARACTERIZED BY HATE. AND RIGHT
NOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN
DIFFERENT STATE LEGISLATURES
THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED AND
NINETY ONE. ANTI LGBTQ MEASURES
THAT'S HOW MANY SOME OF ALREADY
PASSED. SOME ARE STILL IN
PROGRESS- SO THE WOMEN'S IS VERY
VERY PROUD AND PLEASED TO FIGHT
ALONGSIDE OUR LGBTQ CAUCUS IN
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THIS
ASSAULT. WE ALL DESERVE SAFE
SPACES THE RIGHT TO ESSENTIAL
HEALTH CARE. IN THE DIGNITY OF
DECIDING OUR OWN FUTURES AND
WHAT IS BEST FOR US AND OUR
FAMILIES- WHEN I WAS FIRST
ELECTED IN TWO THOUSAND AND
EIGHT AND I WAS STRUCK BY MY
COLLEAGUE JUST RELATING HOW SHE
WAS EIGHTEEN IN TWO THOUSAND AND
EIGHT ONE OF HER FIRST PROTEST
WAS. AGAINST PROP BAIT SO I'M A
LECTIN IN TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT
IMPROPERLY PASSES SO I'M TRYING
TO CELEBRATE MY VICTORY I'M SO
HAPPY THAT I GOT ELECTED TO THE
ASSEMBLY BUT HALF MY HALF THE
PEOPLE WITH ME WE'RE CRYING
BECAUSE PROPERTY PASSES BECAUSE
RIGHT BEFORE PROPERTY PASSED.
MARRIAGE WAS LEGAL. YOU KNOW
QUESTIONABLE BUT LEGAL SO THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VOTERS SAY
NO. MEANWHILE MY DAUGHTER AND
HER NOW WIFE WAS NOT HER WIFE AT
THE TIME BUT THEY HAD BEEN
WITNESSES TO MY HUSBAND IN MY
MARRIAGE. AND YET THEY WERE
DENIED THE SAME THING. NOW
FORTUNATELY THEY'RE MARRIED SO
WHAT A DIFFERENCE YOU KNOW A FEW
YEARS MAKES BUT HOW THANKFUL AND
SO THAT'S THE PROGRESS WE'VE
MADE NATIONALLY BUT IT SEEMS
THAT PROGRESS IT WAS THE SUPREME
COURT THAT UPHELD. A MARRIAGE
FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THEY'RE
NOW TRYING TO UNDO EVERY OTHER
OR MOST EVERY OTHER RIGHT THAT
ARE LGBT COMMUNITY HAS- I WAS
VERY VERY PROUD MY VERY FIRST
NIGHT. WHEN I GOT SWORN IN TO
THE BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL THIS
WAS NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR THE
FIRST VOTE THAT I TOOK WAS AN
ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH DOMESTIC
PARTNER BENEFITS AND BERKELEY
WAS THE FIRST CITY TO DO SO. AND
WE DID THAT BECAUSE GAY MARRIAGE
WAS ILLEGAL. AND WE DID IT
BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE
WERE ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES THAT
WERE NOT. GETTING THE RIGHT TO
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS OR ANY OF
THE OTHER BENEFITS A NAP WE
HEARD THE TESTIMONY FROM CITY
BERKELEY EMPLOYEES THAT COULDN'T
GO AND VISIT. A LOVED ONE IN THE
HOSPITAL BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE A
FAMILY MEMBER OR COULDN'T EXTEND
THEIR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS OR ANY
OTHER NUMBER OF THINGS SO WE DID
IT. I'M SO MUCH HAPPIER THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE GAY MARRIAGE BUT
IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE TO FIGHT
THOSE FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY
ONE BILLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND ANY OTHER THREATS TO COME
FORWARD AND FOR THAT I PROUDLY
STAND IN SUPPORT OF SR THIRTY
THREE. SENATE BAKER. THANK YOU.
MAN PRESIDENT RIGHTS AS VICE
CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUSES
SUPPORT S. R. THIRTY THREE ONE
FIRST THANK MY- COLLEAGUES FROM
STOCKTON AND BERKELEY PARTICULAR
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FOR. SHARING
THEIR STORIES. AT THIS YEAR. BUT
PRIDE MONTH IS A TIME FOR
CELEBRATION OF IDENTITY. AND
COMMUNITY. AND THIS YOUR PRIDE
MONTH OCCURS AT A TIME OF RISING
HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA.
ACROSS OUR GREAT NATION. THE
RISE IN HATRED AND EXTREMISM.
NORMALIZATION OF EXCLUDING LGBTQ
FOLKS WERE DEEMED DIFFERENT.
COINCIDES WITH A RISE IN ANTI
SEMITISM. AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
IMAGINE THAT THESE TRENDS ARE
SEPARATE. WOULD BE TO IGNORE
HISTORY. AND IGNORE THE CLEAR
THREAT OF DANGER. WHERE PEOPLE'S
STORIES ARE BANNED FROM
LIBRARIES. WHEN VIOLENCE BEGINS
TO RISE. WHEN PARENTS TEACH
THEIR CHILDREN TO FEAR RATHER
THAN TO LOVE THE STRANGER.
HISTORY SHOWS THAT WHAT FOLLOWS
IS VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA AND
SUFFERING. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
WE HONOR HARVEY MILK WHO IN HIS
LIFE MADE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE
PARALLELS BETWEEN JEWISH HISTORY
AND ANTI LGBTQ MOVEMENT IN THIS
IN THIS COUNTRY. BACK AT HARVEY
MILK'S TIME THE ANTI LGBTQ
MOVEMENT WHEN TO FOURSQUARE
PEOPLE BACK IN THE CLOSET AND
ELIMINATE DRAG QUEENS AND TRANS
PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC LIFE. SO IT'S
OUR DUTY TO RESPOND AS MILK DID
. TO SHOW THEIR ACTIONS THAT
CALIFORNIA. THAT WOULD BE A AT
HOME. NOT REALLY A BUT A BEACON.
ON OF GOOD FORCE IN GOOD LIGHT.
HAVE HOPE FOR THE MARGINALIZED.
I SAFE HARBOR FOR THE OPPRESSED
. ANAMAT OF INCLUSION AND
RESPECT. THAT ALL PEOPLE DESERVE
. THE WHOLE COSTARRED WITH JEWS
BEING BARRED FROM PUBLIC LIFE.
THIS IS A THREAT TO CHILDREN
ISOLATING US BANNING BOOKS. I'M
NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LEARN
ABOUT US. AS WE TALK A PROCESS
WHEN IT KNOWLEDGE OUR LGBTQ
MEMBERS OF OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY
. WHAT EXISTED THROUGHOUT
HISTORY IN WHOSE DUAL IDENTITIES
OF BOTH INFORM AND ENRICH ONE
ANOTHER. AND IMMENSE PRIDE AND
LOVE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY FEEL
FOR THEM. THIS PRIDE MONTH AMID
THE DARKNESS THAT IS CONSUMING
OTHER STATES. I JUST HOPE THAT-
WE STAND FIRM AND I'M PROUD TO
BE PART OF A BODY THAT IS
WORKING TIRELESSLY. TO EMBRACE
LOVE AND STAND UP FOR WHAT'S
RIGHT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK DR OUT
. THUNDER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS I STAND
TODAY AS A NOT JUST AS A STATE
SENATOR IN YOUR COLLEAGUE BUT AS
A MOM. WHO HAS A WHOSE I
ACTUALLY SERVE ON THE P. T. IT
MIGHT AYE MY CHILD'S LOCAL
SCHOOL IN THE GYM DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION COMMITTEE- MANY. AND
ON THAT COMMITTEE JUST A FEW
WEEKS AGO WE DEALT WITH- ANTI
LGBTQ HATE- JUST BECAUSE WE
WANTED CELEBRATE PRIDE WEEK
WHICH IS WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR
AND JUST BECAUSE WE HONOR
TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY
WHICH IS WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
AND HAVING MY EIGHT YEAR OLD
UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT WAS
GOING ON KNOWING THAT MOM AND
DAD AND HIS FAMILIES CELEBRATE
THIS IN THE DIVERSITY THAT IS
OUR LGBTQ FRIENDS AND LEADERS
AND NEIGHBORS. NOT UNDERSTANDING
WHY THERE WAS SO MUCH HATE. AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT AS A
MOM IS THAT MY CHILD TO QUESTION
WHEN THERE IS HATRED AND DIVERS.
DODD DIVISION AGAINST HIS
FRIENDS WHO HAPPEN TO BE
TRANSGENDER WHO HAPPENED TO BE
LGBT Q. AND EVERY OTHER. PARENTS
THAT HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS
IT'S UNFORTUNATE. AND I STAND
VERY CLOSE IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY
COLLEAGUES HERE BECAUSE I FEEL
THEIR PAIN AS A STRONG ALLY I
SEE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN MY
COMMUNITY BACK HOME IN LONG
BEACH. WHEN I TALK TO MY FRIENDS
AND THEY TELL ME YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE YOUR
RIGHTS STRIPPED AWAY. THE PEOPLE
QUESTION WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU
LOVE. AND EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT
LGBT Q. I'M A STRONG ALLY IT I
FEEL THAT PAIN. AND SO AS A
PARENT. AS SOMEBODY WHO WANTS MY
CHILD EVERY SINGLE DAY TO LEARN
ABOUT LGBTQ LEADERS AND ITS
HISTORY. AND TO PRAISE AND LOVE
AND CELEBRATE OUR FRIENDS. I
URGE IS STRONG OF AYE VOTE ON S.
R. THIRTY THREE TO ENSURE THAT
WE NOT ONLY JUST DO THIS TODAY
AND PRIDE MONTH AND- TODAY AND
IN THE MONTH BUT EVERY SINGLE
DAY OF THE YEAR. SO THANK YOU.
SENATOR PADILLA. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MR PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES
. AS AN OUT AND PROUD LGBTQ
PERSON OF COLOR AND IS A MEMBER
OF THE LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
IS CERTAINLY AN HONOR TO RISE
TODAY. IN SUPPORT OF THIS R.
THIRTY THREE. DURING PRIDE MONTH
RECOGNIZED THE RESILIENCE
CERTAINLY IN THE TERMINATION OF
THE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
FOUGHT. THE CONTINUE FIGHTING TO
SIMPLY LIVE LIFE FREELY. IN
AUTHENTICALLY. LGBTQ LATINOS
HAVE BEEN MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS. IN
THE UNITED STATES TO EVERYTHING
FROM THE ARTS POLITICS AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS. AND
CERTAINLY DISTINGUISH LGBTQ
MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN GREAT RISKS.
THE FAMOUS MEXICAN PAINTER FRIDA
KAHLO. JOSE JULIO SAUDIA THE
FIRST OPENLY LGBT Q. K.
CANDIDATE TO RUN FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES. SAN
FRANCISCO COUNTY BOARD OF
SIMPSON NINETEEN SIXTY ONE.
LGBTQ LATINOS HAVE HAD A
SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE AND
CONTINUE. TO DO SO. URBAN
CULTURE. THIS PRIDE MONTH WE
RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS. OF
MANY INDIVIDUALS ACROSS OUR
NATION THE LATINO CAUCUS
REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO
FIGHT AGAINST ALL FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE.
AND WE MUST NOTE THE FACT. THAT
THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE
LATINO CAUCUS IS FOR THE FIRST
TIME A PROUD LATINA LESBIAN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER SABRINA
CERVANTES. DESPITE HISTORIC
SUPREME COURT RULINGS. THAT HAVE
STRUCK DOWN REGRESSIVE LAWS
AFFIRM THE RIGHT TO MARRIAGE
EQUALITY AND SECURED WORKPLACE
WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS. FOR LGBTQ
INDIVIDUALS THERE ARE EFFORTS TO
ROLL BACK THESE HARD FOUGHT
VICTORIES. IN FAR TOO MANY
STATES. LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS STILL
LACK PROTECTIONS BASIC
PROTECTIONS FOR FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS AND DIGNITY IN HOSPITALS
SCHOOLS PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
AND OTHER SPACES. WE ALSO
CONTINUE TO WITNESS A TRAGIC
SPIKE IN VIOLENCE AS HAS BEEN
MENTIONED MANY TIMES TODAY.
AGAINST TRANS GENDER AND LGBTQ
YOUTH. WHO ARE AT TO
DISPROPORTIONATE RISK OF HARM.
SO AS WE CELEBRATE LGBTQ PRIDE
MONTH INSTALL BE DILIGENT AND
STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT TO
HELP END VIOLENCE. TO STAND AND
BE VOCAL AND BE HEARD. AND TO
END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN
IN THE GREATEST OF ALL AMERICAN
TRADITIONS ENSURE JUST. AND
EQUITABLE COUNTRY AND SOCIETY
FOR US ALL. COLLEAGUES I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT IS. IN THE RECESSES
AND IN SECURITIES OF HUMAN
NATURE. BUT THROUGHOUT THE OFTEN
TROUBLED EVOLUTION OF OUR
SPECIES. WE HAVE SOUGHT TO
SEGREGATE. AND MAKE INVISIBLE.
AND THE VALUE THE THINGS THAT WE
FEAR. AND THAT WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND. AND THE DIVISION AND
ISOLATION AND FEAR THEN LEADS TO
AN EVOLUTION TO RESENTMENT. AND
RESENTMENT TO HATE. IT BECOMES
EASY TO BE VIOLENT TO BE HATEFUL
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE
PEOPLE YOU SEEK TO MAKE
INVISIBLE. HARVEY MILK WAS RIGHT
. WE WILL NOT. THE INVISIBLE. WE
WILL STAND. AND BE PROUD. THANK
YOU MEMBERS. CENTER CORTESE.
THANK YOU AMANDA PRESIDENT
TERMS. I'M HAPPY JOINT MY
COLLEAGUES RECOGNIZE PRIDE MONTH
OF. I DON'T I HAVE NOT EVER
STOOD UP AS A MEMBER OF A CAUCUS
BUT I'M GOING TO STAND UP TODAY
IS A MEMBER OF THE ITALIAN
CAUCUS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES
EXIST. AND I DON'T SEE- MY
COLLEAGUE AT HIS DESK- BUT I
KNOW HE JOINS HIS A FIERCE
ADVOCATE FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS.
SPEAKING OF ITALY- WHEN I LIVED
THERE AS A TWENTY TWO YEAR OLD.
BACK IN THE DAY I WAS AMAZED AT
HOW OPEN HELP OPEN THE SOCIETY
WAS THE PEOPLE WERE WITH REGARD
TO THEIR SEXUALITY I WAS AMAZED
BECAUSE THAT WASN'T THE CASE
HERE AT THAT TIME- IN CERTAINLY
HAS BECOME. MORE OF THE CASE NOW
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
THE RIGHT TIME TO REFLECT ON THE
PROGRESS THAT WE AS A STATE AND
COUNTRY HAVE MADE TO IMPROVE THE
LIVES. OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
HERE CALIFORNIA HAS PASSED THEM
OR CLOSE TO PROTECT THIS
COMMUNITY PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER
STATES DO THE SAME IN THE US WE
HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO IN THEIR
PEOPLE WHO WERE CREATING MORE
WORK. FOR US TO DO SEEMINGLY BY
THE MINUTE BY THE MINUTE- SO WE
NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE'RE STILL FACING AS A
COMMUNITY AS A COUNTRY AS A
WORLD. MANY OF THESE HARDSHIPS
ARE INVISIBLE TO THOSE WHO DO
NOT EXPERIENCE THEM. A DAY BY
DAY MANY TRANS PEOPLE. IN THE
STATE STILL FEAR USING. GENDERED
RESTROOMS MANY BUILDINGS DON'T
EVEN HAVE A GENDER NEUTRAL
RESTROOM A FEW WEEKS AGO A PRIDE
FLAG. WAS BURNED IN THE
CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS AS BEEN
SAID. BY SO MANY OF YOU. WE ARE
SEEN ATTACKS. ON THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY. DENIED OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE TO EVEN SPEAK ABOUT
THIS COMMUNITY IN CLASSROOMS.
DENIED ACCESS TO TEAM SPORTS.
DENIED BUT GENDER AFFIRMING
HEALTH CARE THIS IS LIVES. IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD BEING A
MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY IS
PUNISHABLE BY DEATH. IN SPITE OF
THESE CHALLENGES THE COMMUNITY
IS RESILIENT. MEMBERS OF THE
LGBTQ LTB Q. T. COMMUNITY HEALTH
LIVE IN EVERY SENATE-DISTRICT.
MOREOVER OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS
LEGISLATURE HAVE GROWN OVER THE
YEARS AS POINTED OUT EARLIER. BY
THE SENATOR FROM STOCKTON I
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FOR THIS
RESOLUTION I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CANDOR. IN SPEAKING ABOUT BEING
BOTH A CATHOLIC AND WHAT THE
WHAT THAT'S LIKE BEING A
CATHOLIC. IN A MEMBER OF. THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY- I KNOW IN I
THINK YOU KNOW. PEOPLE WHO WROTE
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING EVERY DAY
ON THE INSIDE OF THAT
INSTITUTION AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS- REFUSING TO GIVE
UP THEIR RIGHTS- TO THEIR
SEXUALITY. INTO WHO THEY ARE. IN
ALSO TO REFUSE TO GIVE UP THEIR
RIGHT. TO LIVE IS A CATHOLIC OR
UNDER ANY TRADITION WITHIN ANY
TRADITION THAT THEY CHOOSE.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE
GOING TO KEEP THE MOVEMENT GOING
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
CHANGE THE WORLD. I'M INSPIRED
ALTERNATELY BY THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE AUTHENTICALLY AND
UNAPOLOGETICALLY. IN AN EQUAL
INSPIRED BY THE PERSEVERANCE OF
THOSE WHO FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY
MUST HIDE WHO THEY ARE. I HAVE
BOTH. IN MY OWN FAMILY. BOTH OF
THOSE CASES IN MY OWN FAMILY.
BUT IT STRUCK ME OVER THE YEARS
. AND I'VE BEEN. AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL AS ALL OF YOU KNOW FOR
MANY YEARS. THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED
AS- I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN. IS IT EACH AND EVERY
TIME. A MEMBER OF SOMEONE'S
FAMILY COMES OUT. THAT FAMILIES
VALUES CHANGE. IN FAMILY VALUES
BECOME DEFINED AS A SHOULD BE A
SO MANY OF YOU HAVE ELOQUENTLY
SPOKEN ABOUT. INSULT TO ME. THIS
IS A MATTER OF FAMILY VALUES NOT
REPUBLICAN FAMILY VALUES NOT
DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAMILY VALUES
BUT FAMILY VALUES. IN HIS
FAMILIES IN THE STATE IN THIS
COUNTRY. WHO ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE THE GREATEST
ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF
LGBTQ COMMUNITY. THAT'S THE CASE
IN MY FAMILY. AND I KNOW THAT'S
THE CASE IN OTHER FAMILIES IN MY
OWN DISTRICT. IN THIS
LEGISLATURE. I STAND WITH THIS
COMMUNITY AND WISH YOU ALL A
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. IN A- GS VOTE
ON SR THIRTY THREE. CENTER
LAYERED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT- I SERVICE R. ONE
ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THE
COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY MANY
MEMBERS HERE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
ON NOW AND THE CHALLENGES AND
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT I WOULD
ACTUALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW
FAR WE'VE COME. IN YESTERDAY WAS
A JOYOUS DAY- IN SANTA CRUZ.
BECAUSE WE HAD PRIDE. AND THERE
WERE FOUR FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE
THERE DOES BECOME THE LARGEST
POLITICAL ADVANTAGE IN THE
COUNTY IN A YEAR. OF EVERYBODY
SHOWS UP THERE'S THE- IT'S EVEN
LED THERE BY THE- DYKES ON BIKES
THE LIBRARY EMPLOYEES PUSH THEIR
LIBRARY CARDS SOMEBODY ALWAYS
DRIVES A CITY DUMP TRUCKS THAT'S
A CITY EMPLOYEE IT IS LIKE
EVERYBODY IN THEIR SPACE AND WHO
THEY ARE. AND I GET TOUCHED BY
THE STRANGEST THING WHICH IS
THAT ARM IT IS NOW WHEN I FIRST
MARCHED IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE
NINETEEN SEVENTIES THE LAST-
FLOAT ACT WOULD THE SAME SILVER
. AND EVERYBODY WOULD COME OUT
FROM THE SIDE AND DANCE UP THE
STREET UP TO THE END OF PRIDE
BURKE THE LAST ONE IN SANTA CRUZ
. THIS IS SANTA CRUZ HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND. THEY'RE ALL
WEARING- ARM RAINBOWS LAYS AND
TO THINK THAT THERE'S ALL THESE
ARGUMENTS ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
HERE'S EVERY MEMBER OF THE BAND
WITH THE DRUM MAJOR CHESS
MARCHING AND- IT IS AN AMAZING
THING. AND I SPOKE FROM THE
STAGE FOR THE FORTY THIRD YEAR
IN A ROW. INTO AN IT IS SUCH A
DIFFERENCE FROM WHEN WE STARTED
WHEN I FIRST MARCHED IN OUR
LOCAL PARADE THAT WAS TWO OR
THREE YEARS BEFORE I HAD ENOUGH
WHATEVER TO BE SPEAKING. THERE
WERE MORE DEMONSTRATORS THERE
WHERE MARCHERS ARE WE NEED TO
HIRE SECURITY TO MARCH WITH US
WHEN WE DID IT IN IN THE FIRST
ONE I MARC SUMMERS WORKING FOR
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. AND JEEZ
YOU'RE MARCHING DOWN THE MAIN
STREET IN FRONT OF OUTDOOR
RESTAURANTS. AND EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON AND I GO TO WORK
THE NEXT WEEKEND AND THIS OTHER
GUY THAT STAFF TO SENIORS
COMMISSION COMES UP TO ME SAYS
JEEZ. ARE I WAS. TALKING TO THE
CHAIR OF THE SENIORS COMMISSION
THEY WERE SITTING IN AN OUTDOOR
CAFE HE SAW YOU MARCH BY THE
SAID YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHO
WAS IN THE PARADE AND HE SAID I
DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE. TO TELL
MY WAS GAY. AND THAT IS THE TIME
WHEN NOT MANY PEOPLE MORE OUT
AND AS MUCH AS I LOOK BACK WITH
GREAT STRENGTH THAT BEING A
TRAILBLAZER IT'S NOT WHITE IT
WAS EASY OR NOT Y. Q. WASN'T.
WITHOUT RISK. SO THEN YOU FOUND
FORWARD. TO THE TIME THAT I'M IN
THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND I'M GOING
DOWN TO. THE STREET IN A
CONVERTIBLE IT'S THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE. AND ABOUT TWO FLOATS IN
FRONT OF ME. IS THE MEDICAL
MARIJUANA FLOAT WHICH YOU CAN
IMAGINE AND SANTA CRUZ IS
SLIGHTLY OVER THE TOP IT IN SO
THERE'S ABOUT A TWELVE FOOT.
JUNE MEET WITH SMOKE PUFFING OUT
OF IT INCLUDED THE PARADE
ORGANIZER TO SOMEONE TO WALK
WITH THE MARIJUANA FLOAT. BUT
THE SHERIFF AND THE TOP DEPUTIES
SO THE SHERIFF COMES BACK TO ME
HE SAYS. WOULD YOU MIND IF WE
MARCHED WITH YOU. AND I THOUGHT
THERE'S THE ARC OF HISTORY FROM
HAVING TO HIGHER SECURITY TO
PROTECT OURSELVES TO BEING THE
SAFE PORT IN THE STORM FOR THE
COUNTY SHERIFF WHEN HE MARCHES
DOWN. THE PARADE AND IT WAS DONE
WITH THE KIND OF JOY THAT
HAPPENS IN THAT EVENT SO RIGHT
IN FRONT OF THE MEDICAL
MARIJUANA FOR. HIS CHEER SAN
FRANCISCO WHO ARE SORT OF DO
THEIR ACROBATS AND WHENEVER THEY
DID IT ON THE STREET WE WOULD
HAVE TO STOP. THE PARADE WOULD
STOP ALL THEY DID IT AND SO HERE
I AM WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. LOOKING AT
THE SMOKE PUFFING OUT OF THE
JOINT AND SEEING SOME ACROBAT
FLYING IN THE AIR IN FRONT OF
THEM AND THEN DOWN. IT IT JUST
IT WAS HAPPINESS IT WAS NOW
WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME
FROM. AND YET YOU KNOW THE OTHER
THING YESTERDAY IS JUST THE DAY
OF PARADE. ALSO HAPPENS TO BE.
THE DAY THAT THE FIRST DAY OF
THE AIDS OF LIFECYCLE GETS TO
SANTA CRUZ AND WE ARE THE FIRST
NIGHT STOP SEVEN DAYS RIDE FROM
SAN FRANCISCO TO LOS ANGELES.
AND I ARE A FEW YEARS AGO I GOT.
TEXTED BY FRIENDLY SAID ON THREE
OR FOUR MILES OUT OF TOWN. I
KNOW WE'RE GOING BY YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SO I WOULD WALK
DOWN TO THE CORNER. WHAT BECAUSE
I LOVE FOUR DOORS FROM WHERE
THEY'RE RIDING THEIR LAST HILL
ABOUT SEVENTY MILE BIKE RIDE
THAT DAY. AND IT DAWNED ON ME
THAT. THE STOPLIGHT THERE IS
ALWAYS CHANGING AND BLOCKING A
MISTER COMING UP THE HILL SO
I'VE DEVELOPED THIS THING I DID
IT YESTERDAY FOR A WHILE. I GO
OUT TO THE STREET CORNER AND
WHEN THEY GET ABOUT TWO THIRDS
OF THE WAY UP IN THE BLOCK
BEFORE ME I HIT THE LOCK BUTTON.
AND BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE
STOPLIGHT THERE CLEAR UP THE
HILL TO THEIR LAST HILL. AND
THEY WERE ALSO HAPPY. NONE OF
THEM WELL WITH ONE EXCEPTION
NONE OF THEM HAS A CLUE WHO I AM
I'M JUST A GUY THAT'S HITTING.
OF THE STREET LIGHTS SO THEY
DON'T HAVE TO STOP ON THEIR WAY
UP THE HILL. HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF
BICYCLISTS. THAT AROUND FOR
CHARITY AND DON'T CARE MANY ARE.
ARE STRAIGHT MANY GAY SUMMER
DRESSED UP IN IN AMAZING WAYS
AND ONE PERSON FINALLY SAID IN A
GROUP OF ABOUT TWENTY CYCLISTS
COMING BY. HEY SENATORS THAT YOU
AND IT NEARLY CAUSED PEOPLE TO
JUMP THEIR BICYCLES AS THEY-
TURNED. TO THE SIDE BUT THAT WAS
THE JOY. THE JOY OF THOU. OF SO.
IN THE- OPEN. IT BEING WHO THEY
WERE. THE COMMUNITY COMING
TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE RIDING. HIS SUPPORT OF
HIV AND REALLY PUTTING THAT OUT
FRONT. AND I THINK THAT. THAT IS
MUCH IS THIS IS STRUGGLE AND I
HAVE A BILL TO TRY TO FIX THE
PROBLEM RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING
ON IN SCHOOLS BUT- I JUST HAVE
TO APPRECIATE. OF WHERE WE WERE
AND WHERE WE ARE AND IN MANY
WAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF A LOT OF
THE PEOPLE ON THIS FLOOR. AND
IT'S BECAUSE OF RESOLUTION SO I
GUESS OUR THIRTY THREE THAT
REALLY TELL THE STORY AND CALL
OUT WHO WE ARE SO I AM PROUD TO
RISE. IN SUPPORT OF S. R. THIRTY
THREE. SENATOR ROB. THANK YOU.
AS A MEMBER OF THE API CAUCUS I
RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ I A
COMMUNITY- I OFTEN SPEAK OF
TOLERANCE AND EXPANDING
INCLUSION AND- I GENUINELY COME
FROM ARE RELATIVELY MORE
CONSERVATIVE COMMUNITY- AS AN
AFGHAN AMERICAN AND- OFTEN TIMES
I'VE I'VE HEARD. YOU KNOW PEOPLE
COMMENT THAT THIS IS. A MINORITY
COMMUNITY IT'S NOT NEEDED TO
ADVOCATE FOR FOLKS IT'S YOU KNOW
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
IN OUR- COMMUNITY IT'S NOT AN
ISSUE AND SO MUCH MORE. AND THE
HARSH REALITY IS THAT IT IS A
PART OF EVERYONE'S COMMUNITY TO
SPEAK UP FOR JUSTICE AND I JUST
WANT TO REMIND FOLKS. THAT WHEN
YOU DO NOT. SPEAK OF INCLUSION
NOT JUST TOLERANCE BUT INCLUSION
. YOU HAVE INCIDENTS LIKE THE
PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING. ONE OF
THE LARGEST AT THAT TIME
MASSACRES. IN THE UNITED STATES
. RIGHT AND- WHEN THAT HAPPENED
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE
COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT. ARE
FELT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO
SPEAK OUT IN OPPOSITION TO WHAT
HAPPENED. PEOPLE AGAIN STATED
IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. IT'S
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED OVER
THERE. IT HAPPENS TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT DON'T EXIST IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. AND THAT IS NOT
TRUE. THE REALITY IS THAT. WHEN
WE SPEAK ABOUT FAMILY VALUES
WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT COMMUNITY
WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT- LOVE CARING
COMPASSION. IT IS ABOUT THE
HUMAN BEING. IT IS ABOUT THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND IT IS OUR
JOB TO SIT HERE AND DECIDE HOW
CAN WE HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MOST
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I OFTEN IN MANY OF YOU HAVE
HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THE MERICAN
DREAM. WELL PART OF THAT
AMERICAN DREAM. IS TO LOVE WHO
YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOVE. WITHOUT
HATE. WITHOUT JUDGMENT. WITHOUT
ANY OPPRESSION. AND IT'S
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK
OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. TO UPLIFT THEM. TO BE
ALLIES. AND I DO JUST WANT TO
STATE THAT. THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED. FOR THE
RIGHTS OF OTHERS. AND I STAND
WITH THE WALL AND IT'S AN HONOR
TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL AS HUMAN
BEINGS WITH LOVE AND RESPECT. I
WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH ALL
OF YOU AND AGAIN I REALLY DO
APPRECIATE THIS I APPRECIATE THE
SENATORS FOR BRING THE SUPPORT
THANK YOU. SENATOR WIENER. BUT
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I'M
COLLEAGUES AS WE HONOR- PRIDE
MONTHS IT'S- I JUST WANTED TODAY
IS INCREDIBLY. REWARDING JUST
ALL OF THE POSITIVE ENERGY AND
JUST SEEING ALL THESE YOU'LL SEE
IN A IN A MOMENT THESE
INCREDIBLY. INSPIRING COMMUNITY
LEADERS FROM ALL ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. PEOPLE WHO WORK DAY
AND NIGHT OFTEN WITH LITTLE TO
NO RECOGNITION- TO MAKE OUR
COMMUNITIES A BETTER PLACE I
WANNA FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE-
EACH OF- OUR HONOREES. I
PARTICULARLY WANT TO CALL OUT-
ONE OF OUR GREAT SAN FRANCISCO
HONOREES- SISTER ROOM- IS ONE OF
THE MOST RESPECTED COMMUNITY
LEADERS AND SAN FRANCISCO- IN
HER THIRTY FOUR YEARS SINCE
TAKING HER VAL AS A SISTER. A
PERPETUAL INDULGENCE ROOM HAS
RAISED MORE THAN ONE MILLION
DOLLARS- FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
AND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CAUSES
NATIONALLY. INCLUDING
SUPPORTING- THE ST CYPRIAN'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH FUND IMMIGRANT
PROGRAM THE AIDS HOUSING
ALLIANCE THE BAY AREA RAINBOW
SYMPHONY THE CASTER COUNTRY CLUB
WHICH IS A SERVER SPACE. THE
RECYCLED AIDS MEDICINE PROGRAM-
DRY CLEAN STORY HOUR AND A P.
FLAG CHAPTER IN OKLAHOMA- SADLY
DESPITE THE FESTIVITIES TODAY
WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT- PRIDE
THIS YEAR COMES AS WE SEE A
RESURGENCE OF HOMOPHOBIA AND
TRANSPHOBIA ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES- AND NOT THE SUBTLE
VARIETY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD-
BUT THE ABSOLUTE. REASON VARIETY
WHERE RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS AND
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT TO BE
PRESIDENT DON'T EVEN BOTHER
HIDING THEIR HATRED OF OUR
COMMUNITY. THREE EVEN SAYING IT
HERE IN CALIFORNIA- THE SENATOR
FROM DECEMBER SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY TO TALK ABOUT HER
EXPERIENCE. WE ALSO TO US- SAW
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO BACK. TO
BACK ILL- BAN THE TEACHING-
ABOUT HARVEY MILL SOME BANA THE
PRESIDENT OF THAT'S BOARD.
HARVEY A FILE RECEIVE AND SPACE
- WORKS S. FOR EXAMPLE TO DOWN
OF DISPLAY A TARGET CREATING
FEAR TARGETS WORKERS. OVERSEEING
IT AND ATTACK SOME COMPANIES-
THAT IN ANY WAY SUPPORT LGBTQ
PEOPLE SUCH AS THE BOYCOTT OF
BUD LIGHT FOR THE MORTAL SIN. OF
HAVING A TRANS WOMAN- IN THEIR
ADS WE'RE SEEING A IN THE GENDER
POLICING PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG
PEOPLE LITERALLY THE GOVERNMENT.
DICTATING TO PEOPLE HOW THEY
HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE GOVERNMENT
TELLING YOU WHO YOU ARE INSTEAD
OF YOU MAKING THAT DECISION FOR
YOURSELF- WE NEED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE. THAT THESE
POLITICAL ATTACKS ON AREN'T JUST
ABOUT POLITICAL ATTACKS. THESE
ARE ACTIONS THAT OF FACTS AND
HARM THE LIVES OF REAL HUMAN
BEINGS. REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE
HARMED AND WHOSE LIVES ARE MADE
WORSE BECAUSE OF THESE LAWS
BECAUSE OF THESE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS. BECAUSE OF THIS
DEMONISATION. THESE ARE FAMILIES
WHO ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO RAISE
THEIR KIDS AND DO RIGHT BY THEIR
KIDS. AS THEY HAVE DETERMINED
AND THEY'RE BEING CALLED
CRIMINALS IN SOME STATES. FOR
KIDS WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO BE
KIDS AND BE WHO THEY ARE. LIVING
THEIR AUTHENTIC LIVES WITHOUT
THE GOVERNMENT DICTATING WHO
THEY ARE. OR PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY
WANT TO LIVE SAFELY IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES WITHOUT BEING
THREATENS WITH THE VIOLENCE THAT
ALWAYS ALWAYS FLOWS FROM THIS
HATEFUL RHETORIC. I'M IN MY
SEVEN YEARS IN THIS BODY AND IT
HAS BEEN SUCH A DEEP HONOR TO BE
A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE IN MY NEARLY SEVEN YEARS
HERE IS MADE ME SO PROUD. THAT
THIS BODY. AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN
THE ASSEMBLY OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AGAIN HAVE STOOD WITH THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY. EVEN WHEN IT'S
POLITICALLY HARD. AND I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR STANDING
WITH US EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD EVEN
WHEN THERE ARE POLITICAL
CONSEQUENCES. THIS PRIDE MONTH
AMID ALL OF THIS DARKNESS.
CALIFORNIA ONCE AGAIN HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD LIGHTS AND
JOY TO THE COUNTRY- AND
COLLEAGUES I WANT TO WISH
EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY PRIDE AND
I URGE AN AYE VOTE. BETTER PRO
TEM ATKINS. WELL THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT- VERY MUCH- AND TO MY
COLLEAGUES- YOU KNOW I LOVE THE
CEREMONIES BECAUSE THEY
REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. I LOVE HEARING THE
STORIES OF SUCCESS OF OVERCOMING
GREAT ODDS FROM SO MANY OF THE
WERE AWARDED THESE FROM FROM ALL
OF THE CAUCUSES YOU KNOW I THINK
THE ONES WE'VE HAD RECENTLY THE
API THE LATINO THE BLACK. ON IN
ON THESE THE CEREMONIES REMIND
US OF THE GREATNESS OF DIVERSITY
AND THE DIFFERENCES ARE AND HOW
WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT BUT WE'RE
ALL SORT OF THE SAME IN THAT WE
WANT TO LIVE- JOYFUL LIVES
SURROUNDED BY COMMUNITY AND
CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY. AND I'M
ALWAYS MOVED BY THE STORIES- I-
I RISE I DON'T TYPICALLY GET UP
AND SPEAK AT THESE I JUST LOVE
TO HEAR THE STORIES BUT TODAY I
AM MINDFUL- OF THE PLACE IN
HISTORY- AND I LOVE THE OPENING
PRAYER. THE OPENING PRAYER. IT'S
VERY MINDFUL- AS THE FIRST WOMAN
AND THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE
LGBTQ Q. COMMUNITY. WHO LEADS
THIS HONORABLE SENATE BODY.
SUPPORTED BY ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
. AND HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO BE
GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY- BUT AS
MY COLLEAGUE FROM SAN FERNANDO
STARTED TO SPEAK I GOT REALLY
EMOTIONAL. SHE AND HER SEATMATE
HAVE SERVED HONORABLY THIS
COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR
RIGHTS. AND I'M ALWAYS SO PROUD
THAT WE HAVE SERVICE MEMBERS IN
OUR BODY- REFLECTING THE
DIVERSITY OF ALL THAT WE HAVE TO
OFFER HERE IN CALIFORNIA. AND IN
THIS COUNTRY- YOU KNOW. THIS IS
ABOUT EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO JUST
WANT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES THEY'RE
NOT LIKE US MOST OF THEM. THEY
DON'T MARCH IN PRIDE PARADES
THEY DON'T REPRESENT SOME
STAKEHOLDER GROUP THEY'RE NOT
MEMBERS OF THE SISTERS OF
PERPETUAL INDULGENCE THEY'RE NOT
MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICANS FOR
THIS ARE THE DEMOCRATS FOR THAT
THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE JUST TRYING
TO LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH THEIR
FAMILIES AND HAVE OPPORTUNITY
AND TO CELEBRATE FAMILY AND YOU
KNOW ALL THAT'S GOOD ABOUT THE
ABILITY TO LIVE OPENLY- AND
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE
ACCEPTANCE OF OUR FAMILY OUR
PARENTS OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE SO
BLESSED. AND FOR THOSE THAT
DON'T HAVE THE FORTUNE YES. OF
HAVING THAT SUPPORT WE WERE
THERE TO FILL THAT VOID ALL OF
US NOT JUST ME AS A MEMBER OF
THE GAY COMMUNITY- NOT JUST ME
AS A WOMAN LEADER ARE CHOSEN BY
YOU TO BE IN THIS SPOT BUT TO
BE. A VISIBLE ARE PROOF THAT YOU
CAN BEAT ANYBODY YOU WANT TO BE
YOU CAN OBTAIN ANY POSITION THAT
YOU WANT TO TAME WITH THE RIGHT
KIND OF SUPPORT. AND SO YOU KNOW
I JUST WANT US TO THINK WELL WE
HAVE OUR POSITIONS- ON ANY ISSUE
IT REALLY IS ABOUT ALL THOSE
FOLKS OUT THERE THAT JUST WON'T
BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK AND GO TO
SCHOOL AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES
AND OUR JOB IS TO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
THAT'S OUR JOB. AND I AM HONORED
TO HAVE THAT POSITION IN THAT
JOB IN THE ABILITY TO BE BIGGER
THAN SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST
MY ONE LITTLE SELF. JOINING WITH
ALL OF YOU I GET TO DO SO MUCH
MORE. AND I JUST WOULD SAY I
HOPE THAT WHAT TODAY DOES. IS
HELP US INCREASE UNDERSTANDING.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE-
UNDERSTANDING BUILDS BRIDGES AND
I CERTAINLY THINK WHAT THE WORLD
NEEDS NOW IS A LOT MORE BRIDGES.
WHERE WE CAN MEET EACH OTHER
MIDWAY. AND FIND WAYS TO
CELEBRATE EACH OTHER. I URGE
YOUR SUPPORT FOR SR THIRTY THREE
AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE
STORIES OF THESE INCREDIBLE
AWARDEES AND HONOREES WERE
GETTING READY. TO HEAR ABOUT
THANK YOU. SENATOR EGGMAN YOU
MAY CONCLUDE. THANK YOU AND
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR REMARKS
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING A
LITTLE BIT OF YOURSELVES. I
THINK THE PROGRAM SUMMED IT UP
WHEN SHE SAID THIS IS ABOUT ALL
OF US EVERY DAY. JUST TRYING TO
DO OUR BEST TO LIVE OUR LIVES.
YOU SEE. WE PUT A- PLAQUE ON
YOUR- DESK. THIS IS RESIST AND
PERSIST. AS IF THE PLANS FOR
LIKE WE'RE TRAVELING BACK IN
TIME AS A REMINDER. TO WHAT LGBT
COMMUNITY HAD TO WEAR. ON THEIR
SLEEVE DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
WHEN PEOPLE WERE PERSECUTED AND
KILLED. FOR WHO THEY WERE SO AS
WE REMIND OURSELVES BACK TO THE
HOLOCAUST AS WE RESIST AND
PERSIST. YOU SEE ON THE BACK OF
IT. ALL OF OUR HONOREES AT THAT
WERE HONORING TODAY WHO
REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY THAT IS
CALIFORNIA THE DIVERSITY THAT
IS. OUR LGBT CAUCUS. FROM
EDUCATORS TO PRODUCERS TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. YES EVEN THE
SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
WHO BEEN AROUND FOR FORTY YEARS.
WORKING AS NUNS TO SERVE AND TO
MINISTER AND CAME AROUND DURING
THE- HIV. CRISIS TO DO JUST THAT
WORK TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT. I
WANT TO THANK OUR CHAPLAIN.
MISTER MITCHELL FOR SAYING OR
TODAY. BEING HERE WITH US
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY. I HAVE A
CLOSE FRIEND WHO IS A AND A NINE
IN STOCKTON. AND I SAID WE HAD
A- CHAPLAIN. THE CATHOLIC
MANAGES IT ALL. AND SHE KNEW SHE
KNEW OF HER SHE SAID ALL THE
SISTERS OF MERCY THEY DON'T TAKE
INITIATIVE NOW. AND SURE ENOUGH
WE CELEBRATE OUR SISTER AND HER
COURAGE HEALTH WANT TO THANK THE
STAFF ANY TIME WE HAVE SOME KIND
OF CONTROVERSY OUR STAFF GETS.
PULLED IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND
HAS TO DEAL WITH ALL THEIR OWN
ISSUES THAT COME UP AROUND
ACCUSATIONS AND ACCUSING AND-
HAVING TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT
THINGS. SO AS WE AS WE AS WE
JOIN ENJOYED TODAY AS WE ARE AS
WE CELEBRATE EACH OTHER. I
REFLECT. ON A ON A TIME WHEN I
WAS A GUEST INVITED INTO A
CHURCH AND I ATTENDED. AND I WAS
ASKED TO LEAVE I WAS SCREAMED
OUT THAT I WAS A CENTER AND I
HAD NO PLACE IN THAT CHURCH. AND
I WALKED OUT AS EVERYONE STOOD
AROUND ME SILENT. I STILL
REMEMBER THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND I STILL WAS NOT A CATHOLIC
CHURCH AND I STILL GO TO MASS. I
WALKED A SIX THIRTY MASORETES
ELECTION. AND I SAY. I'VE DONE
ALL I CAN DO I GO UP TO FOR
SPECIAL BLESSING AFTERWARDS. GET
A SPECIAL BLESSING FROM THE
PRIEST. AND THEN I SAY THEY WILL
BE DONE. I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE
ON SR THIRTY THREE THAT WILL BE
DONE. THIS MR SECRETARY PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALLEN HI A
BROADER DEAL. HI ARCHULETA. HI
S. B. HI ATKINS. HI BAKER. BY
NEXT YEAR. HI BRADFORD. HI
CABALLERO. HI CORTESE. HI DALY.
DOT BY RUSSELL. BY EGGMAN. HI
GLAZER. HI GONZALEZ. HI GIRLS.
HELLO HI JONES. LATER ON BY THE
MOON. HI MCGUIRE. HI MENJIVAR.
HI MAN. NEWMAN HI WHEN. NEIL OF
. BUT TROUBLE. BY BY THE- HI
PORTANTINO. ROTH HI RUBIO. HI
SEYARTO. SKINNER HI SMALLER
QUEST. HI STERN. HI NUMBER. BY
WILL HOP. HI WIENER BY WILK.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS
DALY. GROVE JONES. MAN WHEN.
NEIL OF. PORTANTINO C. R. TO.
WELL. I THIRTY ONE NO ZERO THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MEMBERS
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
THE INTERDICTION SENATOR EGGMAN
AT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S DESK
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
PRESIDENT AND NOW I GET TO HELP
WITH THE HONORING ALL OF OUR
GUESTS BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE OUR AS YOU HEARD HER
ELOQUENT WORDS ALREADY ARTS
SENATE. PRO TEM PRESIDENT OF
TWENTY ATKINS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH- TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM
STOCKTON IT IS MY HONOR TO
INTRODUCE MY PRIDE MONTH TO
REACH IN A CIRCLE BACK. TO NASA
HAS BUILT HER CAREER AROUND
CREATING A SAFER AND MORE
EQUITABLE WORLD FOR ALL
CURRENTLY ACTING AS THE CEO OF
THE VET VOICE FOUNDATION A
NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
THAT MOBILIZES VETERANS AND
MILITARY FAMILIES TO HAVE A
VOICE IN OUR DEMOCRACY SHE
PROUDLY SERVED IN THE UNITED
STATES MARINES. AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR THAT SERVICE
JANESSA- AND WITH THAT NEXT STEP
AFTER ME WILL BE MY COLLEAGUES
FROM SANTA CRUZ. SO I WANT TO
REMIND I WANT TO REMIND WILL GO
AHEAD AND CLAP AND I WANT TO
REMIND IT WILL TAKE THE PICTURES
UP AT THE PODIUM AT THE END WILL
TAKE ALL OF THE PICKED THE
PICTURES OF ALL OF THE WORD EASE
THEN ALLOW THE LGBTQ CAUCUS TO
BE PART OF IT. AND THEN
EVERYBODY SO I DON'T WORRY
YOU'LL GET YOUR PICTURE. OKAY.
SENATOR LARRY YOU ARE UP. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT
IT'S MY PLEASURE. TO INTRODUCE
ADAM SPIEGLER HIS THE TWENTY
TWENTY THREE CABRILLO COLLEGE
GOVERNING BOARD CHAIR CURRENTLY
SERVES ON THE BOARDS LEGISLATIVE
ADVOCACY AND NAME EXPLORATION
COMMITTEES. HE'S ALSO THE FIRST
OPENLY TRANSGENDER MAN ELECTED
TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA-
LET'S CONGRATULATE ADAM SPEC.
SENATOR MENJIVAR THANK YOU MA'AM
PRESIDENT. HERE TO HONOR MY
HONOR READ KEVIN OUT BUT IT'S
PRONOUNCED HE HIM AND HE
ACTUALLY STOOD WITH ME ON FRIDAY
IN THE COUNTER PROTESTS AS WELL
KEVIN IS CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT
AND CO FOUNDER OF SO MUCH FOR ME
OF AYE IT WHERE HE HOPES TO
CREATE A SAFER VALLEY FOR ALL MY
CHILDREN FAMILIES. REQUIRE THE
EIGHT ONE EIGHT AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE AND TURN UP FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND WE'RE DOING JUST
THAT WITH THEIR FIRST EVER MARCH
A BLOCK PARTY IN THE SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY TOGETHER KEVIN
ABOUT IT.
OKAY. SENATOR PER THE A. I THANK
THE SENATOR FROM SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN
THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT IS
CERTAINLY MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE
OUR NEXT HONOREE ASSISTANT CHIEF
OF POLICE BILL CALLING FROM THE
CHILDREN'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ASSISTANT CHIEF FILL COLUMN IS A
THIRTY TWO YEAR VETERAN OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT. AND IS THE HIGHEST
RANKING OPENLY LGBT Q. LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY. ASSISTANT CHIEF COLUMN
IS A TRAILBLAZER IN HIS EARLY
CAREER IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
MALE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT
HE IS EXTENSIVELY ENGAGED IN THE
COMMUNITY HE LOVES INCLUDING
WORKING WITH QUITE A SUNDAY V.
THE FOUNDATION. VOLUNTEERS ON A
MONTHLY BASIS TO SUPPORT
ORPHANAGES IN TIJUANA MEXICO AND
WORKS TO ENHANCE BILLION POLICE
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH A
VARIETY OF UNDER REPRESENTED
UNDER REPRESENTATIVE UPPER BOY
PEDIA YOU'RE ON IT TODAY. UNDER
REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES NOT
ENOUGH COFFEE PLEASE MAKE
WELCOME AND HONOR ASSISTANT.
CHIEF BILL COLLINS.
SENATOR EGGMAN.
SENATOR WIENER MY APOLOGIES SIR
- IN TO READ A PRESIDENT ON FROM
FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES- IN
THE WAR AGAINST HIV TO CREATING-
THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL
INDULGENCE IS A STOP THE
VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN TO TAKING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT FACEBOOK. AS
THE CREATOR OF THE MY NAME IS
MOVEMENT- SISTER ROMA HAS
DEDICATED MORE THAN HALF FOR
LIFE TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
ACTIVISM AND FUNDRAISING.
THAT MEANT A PRESENT PERMISSION
TO USE- PROP THIS PHOTO GRANTED
OKAY- THE ANSWER COLLEAGUES ARE
WE ALSO ARE A CAUCUS- THIS YEAR-
AWARDED A POSTHUMOUS HONOR- TO-
HECKLE YOU KNOW- ONE OF OUR
REALLY- BELOVED- DRAG QUEEN
COMMUNITY LEADERS- IN SAN
FRANCISCO WHO- TRAGICALLY AND
VERY SUDDENLY- PASSED AWAY-
WHILE TOURING ON PERFORMANCE- A
FEW MONTHS AGO- HOW CLEAN- IT
IS- INSISTS ASSISTANCE
UNBELIEVABLY BELOVED AND SAN
FRANCISCO AND FRANKLY- IN MANY
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. I SEE
CREATED VARIOUS- SPACES- WHERE
LGBTQ ARTISTS AND PARTICULARLY
YOUNG QUEER PERFORMERS- COULD I
GET A START. HER LAWSUIT IS A
HUGE TRAGEDY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SENATOR EGGMAN OKAY NOW NEXT UP
WE HAVE MY HONOREES. WHICH IS MY
COUSIN ALLEN EGGMAN AND HIS-
HUSBAND HARRY LET. ALLEN HARRY
CREATED LAZY VERY WEEKEND A
CHARITY EVENT CELEBRATING PEOPLE
WHO COME AS THEY ARE AND HAVE
DONATED OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS
TO IMPORTANT CAUSES FOCUSING ON
HIV AIDS. AND THE BREAST CANCER
IN THE CINEMA COUNTY HEALTH
SERVICES PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING MY COUSIN AND HIS
HUSBAND HERE.
OKAY NEXT UP WE ARE HONORING- A
DEAN'S CHÁVEZ WHO HAS OVER SIX
YEARS OF REWARDING EXPERIENCES
EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND BRING THEM
INTO THE DEMOCRATIC AND POLICY
MAKING PROCESS WE WELCOME AND
HONOR YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE NOT A STRANGER
TO MANY OF YOU. TWENTY ONE WHO
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA AND SILVER
STATE EQUALITY AND A VETERAN OF
THE LGBTQ PLUS AN EQUITY
MOVEMENT WHERE HE HAS PLAYED A
PIVOTAL ROLE IN ADVANCING
QUALIFIES FOR MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITY WE WELCOME YOU TONY.
NEXT UP WE HAVE MARTIN HERALD.
COULD YOU AT JOHN AND JOHN
ARTHUR SCHNABEL. HE HIM.
CURRENTLY SERVES AS A DIRECTOR
OF THE CITY OF THE CHAIR OF THE
CITY OF FREMONT HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION WHERE HE STRIVES TO
PREVENT DISCRIMINATION TO
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN
FREMONT JOHN SERVED ON THE BOARD
OF THE WASHINGTON HOSPITAL
HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION TO HELP
MAKE STRIDES TOWARDS BETTER
SERVING INCLUDING LGBT PLUS Q.
POPULATIONS.
NOW WHAT WE HAVE SUE REYNOLDS
SOUP IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
INNOVATOR AND STRATEGIC LEADER
IN NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ALL THE WAY UP FROM RETIREMENT
SHE HAS LED THE GROWTH OF
NONPROFIT COMMITTEE HOUSING
WORKS OVER THE COURSE OF TWO
DECADES WELCOME.
NOW WE HAVE AMBER WITHIN HIM
EMBERS AN ACTIVIST SOCIAL
INFLUENCER ACTORS AND HOST TO
AIMS TO EMPOWER EVERYONE THROUGH
POSITIVITY SELF LOVE AND SELF
CONFIDENCE SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL
INSPIRED TO SHOW THEIR TRUE
AUTHENTIC SELVES TO THE WORLD
WELCOME.
NEXT WE HAVE VALENTINA. A
PREVIOUS CONSTANCE CONTESTANT ON
ROB ROB RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE
VALENTINA CURRENTLY USES HER
PLATFORM TO HELP ADVANCE QUEER
RIGHTS AND LATIN AMERICA THROUGH
HER WORK WITH THE TREVOR PROJECT
MAX. AND GARBARINO DE JALISCO.
WE HAVE EUGENE LEE YANG EUGENE
IS AN ACTOR WRITER AND DIRECTOR
AND ONE OF TODAY'S MOST
RECOGNIZABLE QUEER ASIAN
AMERICAN PERFORMERS WHO IS WELL
KNOWN FOR THEIR WORK WITH HUMAN
RIGHTS AND THE LGBTQ PLUS
ACTIVIST CAMPAIGNS. THERE WAS A
CHANGE IN THE ASSEMBLY.
WELL I WERE THE SAME THING BOTH
CEREMONIES AT BAT. NEXT WE HAVE
THE WORLD FAMOUS. ROSICA SALAS
ROSY INITIALLY GAINED
RECOGNITION FOR HER GREAT
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN WOMEN'S
TENNIS AND LATER ESTABLISHES
SPORTSWOMEN INK NINETEEN EIGHTY
TWO AS WELL AS LOVE AND LOVE
TENNIS FOUNDATION TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN BOTH TO PROMOTE TENNIS
FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF GENDER OR
ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS WE WELCOME
YOU ROSY AND CONGRATULATIONS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE'RE
JUST ONE IT WOULD KNOWLEDGE-
BILLY JEAN KING WHO COULD NOT BE
HERE TODAY BUT WE'RE ALSO TAKING
A MOMENT JUST TO RECOGNIZE HER
AND ROSY WHO CAME UP TOGETHER
AND REALLY DID SO MUCH FOR
WOMEN'S SPORTS THANK YOU ALL.
THE BIG SENATE STATE SENATE
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE
HONOREES ANOTHER ROUND OF
APPLAUSE PLEASE. NOW WE'RE GOING
TO INVITE ALL OF THE HONOREES TO
PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE FRONT
OF THE CHAMBER FOR A PHOTO THE
FIRST PHOTO WILL ONLY BE OF THE
HONOREES. KELLY JUST THE
HONOREES. NOT MY RULES MATTER
PRO TEM IF.
NOW IF WE CAN GET THE OUR CAUCUS
IN.
BOB. RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY THAT
WOULD LIKE A PICTURE CAN GET IN
ANY CENTER THAT WOULD LIKE A
PICTURE.
MEMBERS ARE GOING TO GET BACK
INTO SESSION. IF YOU COULD.
MEMBERS ARE GETTING READY TO
MOVE BACK INTO SESSION IF YOU
COULD- TAKE CARE CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR THAT WOULD BE
TERRIFIC. HADA. MEMBERS ARE
GONNA MOVE TO PRIVILEGES OF THE
FLOOR SENATOR FURTADO IS PLEASED
TO WELCOME HER MOM AND DAD TO
THE CHAMBERS PLEASE GIVE A WARM
IS SENATE WELCOME TO MY IDEA AND
E-MAIL OR THOUGHT OF. W. THE
MEMBERS ARE GOING TO RETURN TO.
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS THIS IS THE TIME
TO ADDRESS OUR ADJOURN IN
MEMORIES. SENATOR WIENER. THE
FLOOR IS YOURS I THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT OUR COLLEAGUES IT'S
WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I RISE
TO ASK THAT THE SENATE ADJOURNED
IN MEMORY OF YOUTH AND BOYS WHO
PASSED AWAY ON APRIL FOURTH AT
THE AGE OF FORTY FOUR I EVEN WAS
BORN ON NOVEMBER FOURTEENTH.
NINETEEN SEVENTY EIGHT AND AYE
ANCHORAGE ALASKA. AFTER HE AND
HIS FAMILY MOVED TO NORTH
CAROLINA HE STUDIED CULINARY
ARTS AT JOHNSON AND WALES
UNIVERSITY AND WORKED AS A SOUS
CHEF AND CHEF IN BOTH THE
PERSIAN ISLANDS IN SANTA BARBARA
WHEN YOU CAN MOVE TO THE BAY
AREA AND THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS
HE QUICKLY DISCOVERED HIS
PASSION. FOR CYCLING HE WORKED
AS A BIKE COURIER BEFORE
STARTING HIS COMPETITIVE CYCLING
CAREER AS A SPRINTER. HE WON TEN
USA CYCLING NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS HE HOOKED ON YOU
HELD THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE
FASTEST ONE THOUSAND METER TIME
TRIAL AMONG A MAN AGED THIRTY
FIVE THIRTY NINE. AND IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN HE SET A RECORD FOR THE
FASTEST FLYING STARTS. OFF THE
TRACK YOU CAN SIMILAR WAS WARM
AND FRIENDLY HE WAS KNOWN FOR
HIS VIBRANT PERSONALITY AND
WACKY SENSE OF HUMOR OFTEN
WEARING OBSCURE T. SHIRTS AND
HAVING GOOGLY EYES PAINTED ON
HIS RACING BIKE. HE WAS AN
OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE
AMERICAN TRACK CYCLING COMMUNITY
THAT'S A MAN HE WAS AN
INSPIRATION A MENTOR NOT ONLY
BECAUSE OF HIS CYCLING PROWESS
BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF HIS
DETERMINATION AND KINDNESS- I
WILL SAY THAT- YOUTH AND- DIED-
BECAUSE WHILE CYCLING HE WAS HIT
BY A CAR- AND THIS IS YET
ANOTHER REMINDER. THAT IT IS NOT
SAFE. IT'S BEEN NEEDS TO BE SAFE
AND IT IS ALL TOO OFTEN NOT
SAFE. FOR PEOPLE TO BE BY DOING
WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO BUY. IS A
SUSTAINABLE WAY TO GET AROUND IT
IS HEALTHY IT IS A GOOD THING
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
TO MAKE CALIFORNIA. MORE BIKE
FRIENDLY PLACE AND A PLACE WHERE
YOU CAN BUY SAFELY AND NOT THE
HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR. EVEN
WITH SURVIVOR IS SURVIVED BY HIS
LONGTIME PARTNER KATE WILSON HIS
MOTHER PENNY HIS BROTHERS NO AND
JESSE. HIS FATHER RON AND TWO
NIECES AND ONE NEPHEW. ETHAN
WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY SO
MANY IN THE COMMUNITY MAY HIS
MEMORY BE A BLESSING. AND PLEASE
JOIN ME IN ASKING THAT THE
SENATE. ADJOURNED TODAY IN HIS
MEMORY. PLEASE BRING NAME FOR SO
MAY BE APPROACH MEMORIALIZED BY
THE SENATE. SENATOR RUBIO. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT TEN LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE
TODAY. OUR RIGHTS WITH GREAT
SADNESS TO JOIN IN THE MEMORY OF
MARIA MARIE. CONSIDERED SHE WAS
A TREASURE FOR THE CITY OF
BALDWIN PARK- I NUMERI FOR
TWENTY YEARS. HE SERVED AS THE
CITY TREASURE AND THE SEEBOHM
PARK WHILE I WAS ELECTED CITY
CLERK AND- SHE WAS SO BELOVED IN
OUR COMMUNITY SHE GAVE SO MUCH
OF HER TIME AND SO MUCH OF HER
ENERGY. WITH A LOT OF PROJECTS I
ALSO SERVED IN SISTER CITIES
ORGANIZATION WITH HER AND- I
TRAVEL TO MEXICO AS WE DONATED.
BOOKS AND TOYS AND BUILT US
SCHOOLS TO HELP THE NEEDY ACROSS
THE BORDER. SHE WAS JUST AN
EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL. HER
HUSBAND ALSO HAS SERVED TO OVER
THIRTY YEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW.
PASSIONATE THEY WERE ABOUT
HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AND
SERVING AND THEY WERE DEFINITELY
A PUBLIC SERVANT FAMILY IN. THE
NINETEEN SIXTY ONE AFTER PARENTS
MIGRATED FROM SONORA MEXICO SHE
SETTLED IN THE CITY OF BALDWIN
PARK AND- SHE BECAME A STAPLE
EVERYONE LOVED HER EVERYONE
WORKED WITH HER. SHE WAS OFTEN
SEEN IN OUR CHURCH ST JOHN THE
BAPTIST CHURCH. YOU KNOW JUST
TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING THAT
WAS NEEDED WE COULD ALL COUNT ON
HER TO ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING
AND JUST BE SUCH A GREAT.
ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND
THE CITY BALLPARK REALLY WANTS
TO THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE AND
ME PERSONALLY I. WANTED TO SAY
HOW DEEPLY SADDENED WE WERE TO
SEE THAT SHE WILL NO LONGER BE
WITH US SHE REALLY WAS AN
INSTITUTION. IN OUR COMMUNITY
SAID MRS COMPETITORS WILL BE
REMEMBERED BY HER KINDNESS.
ARTIST CHARITABLE WORK IN HER
VERY VIBRANT SPIRIT. SHE WILL BE
MISSED BY HER HUSBAND
OUTCOMPETED US HER FAMILY. OUR
MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS SAYS
FASHION OUR CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
AND IN PARTICULAR MYSELF PLEASE
JOIN ME IN A TURNING. IN HER
MEMORY THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
PLEASE BREEZE BRING HER NAME FOR
TO THE- OF SHE MADE
APPROPRIATELY MA'AM. BY THE
SENATE. CENTER BRADFORD. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I TO
RISE TODAY WITH A HEAVY HEART
AND GREAT SADNESS. AND ASKED
THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL. BY THE
NAME OF A WILL THE SHEA HAMILTON
BETTER KNOWN AS JAY TO ALL THAT
NEWARK. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER A
SISTER ON OCT AND FRIEND TO MANY
BUT AN AMAZING PUBLIC SERVICE.
SHE PASSED AWAY ON APRIL
NINETEENTH AFTER PROLONGED BUT
COURAGEOUS STRUGGLE FOR OVER TWO
DECADES. WOOD CANCER AND RILEY
OF OTHER ISSUES. BUT AT NO TIME
DURING HER STRUGGLE DID I EVER
ASK REMEMBER HER COMPLAINING. OR
ASKING THE QUESTION WHY MAY. SHE
A FAR MORE THAN SHE EVER
RECEIVED. IN TWO THOUSAND AND
FOUR SHAPE FOUNDED ANGELS FOR
SITE IN THE CITY OF COMPTON- A
NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDED. VISION
CARE AND EYEWEAR FOR CHILDREN
THAT SHE WAS ASSURING THAT
WOULD. THRIVE AND BE ABLE TO
LEAD US INTO TOMORROW SHE
LEARNED AT EARLY. THE TIME THAT
MANY OF THE KIDS WHO WERE.
VIEWED AS UNDERPERFORMING OR
DISRUPTIVE SPECIALLY KIDS OF
COLOR IT WAS BECAUSE THEY
COULDN'T SEE THE BOARD. THEY
COULD. SEE WHAT'S TEACHER SANDY
COULD READ THE BOOKS SO SHE WAS
COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE SHOULD TO
ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM HE
SINCERELY FELT. THAT FOR
COMMUNITY TO BE HEALTHY AND
WHOLE IT MUST BE INCLUSIVE. AND
IT'S CARE AND CONCERN FOR ALL
ITS MEMBERS ESPECIALLY THE
CHILDREN SENIORS AND VETERANS
SHE WORK WITH GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCIES ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE
MYSELF CORPORATE LEADERS AND
EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO BRING VISION
CARE TO FRUITION. NOT ONLY
COMPTON BUT THROUGHOUT TO CREATE
A LOT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY AREA
SHE PERFORMED VISION SCREENING
AND DISPENSED READING GLASSES ON
SKID ROW. HE HOSTED ANNUAL
VETERANS STAND DOWNS- EVENTS AND
PROVIDED GLASSES FOR THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY
HE RECRUITED A LONG LIST OF
VISION PROFESSIONALS FROM
OPTOMETRISTS TO OPTATIVE. AHA IN
. A TWO AND SIX COUNTLESS. IN IN
THE VISION AREA INCLINATION
CHILDREN. SHE HAMILTON WAS A
TIRELESS AND UNRELENTING AND HER
WORK AND IN. TWO THE- YEAR
ANGELS FOR SITE. OFFER THE
THIRTY FIFTH SENATE DISTRICT.
BUT STILL HAPPENS WHEN SHE WAS
PICKED UP AT THE AIRPORT THAT
DAY. MY STAFF WAS UNAWARE THAT
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE OVER TO
THE CONVENTION CENTER WHERE THE
PROGRAM WAS TAKING PLACE AND SHE
BROUGHT IT STRAIGHT TO MY OFFICE
AND UPON ME GETTING TO MY OFFICE
AFTER COMMITTEE HEARING. SHE WAS
SITTING IN MY LOBBY. AND I SAID
SHE A WARRANT YOU ACROSS THE
STREET SHE SAYS I DON'T KNOW I
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ACROSS THE
STREET HE MISSED THE ENTIRE
CEREMONY. BUT SHE SMILED THE
WHOLE TIME I WOULD IMAGINE MOST
FOLKS WOULD BE UPSET OF GETTING
ON A PLANE EARLY IN THE MORNING
AND SHE WAS JUST AS DELIGHTED
JUST TO BE THERE TO BE
RECOGNIZED FOR THAT WORK WHO SHE
WAS- JUST LAST YEAR IN THE
MIDDLE OVER ILLNESS SHE
ORGANIZED OVER TWENTY
VOLUNTEERS. TO HELP WITH MY
EARTH DAY CLEAN UP WITH CALTRANS
AND WE REMOVED OVER A TON OF
TRASH AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER
LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAD THE
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP
THAT DAY. J. WAS A WOMAN OF
INCREDIBLE SUBSTANCE AND
DETERMINATION AND HAD A SMILE
THAT WOULD LIGHT UP ANY ROOM.
AND SHOULD BE LONG REMEMBERED BY
ALL THE CHILDREN FAMILIES
SENIORS AND VETERANS WHO
RECEIVED THE GIFT OF BETTER
VISION AS A RESULT OF HER
TIRELESS AND DEDICATED WORK. IT
IS OFTEN SAID THAT HUMANS
POSSESS ALL THE QUALITIES OF A
DOG EXCEPT FOR ONE. LOYALTY WELL
YOU NEVER MET SHE HOUSE.
COMPETENT SHE WAS AS LOYAL AS
THEY- COME. AND WHEN THE NEW
AGENCIES SITE CLINIC OPENS IN
LONG BEACH THIS YEAR. I'M ONLY
SAID THAT SHE WILL NOT BE THERE
. BUT IT'S WILL BE ULTIMATE
CELEBRATION. OF A LIFE WELL
LIVED IN A WOMAN WHO WILL BE
MISSED. BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN SHE
LEAVES HER MOTHER HER SISTER
AND- A HOST OF FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. TO MOURN HER PASSING
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO REMEMBER
HER MEMORY AND HER CONTRIBUTION
TO. SO MANY OF US HERE IN
CALIFORNIA MEMBERS HELP ME JOIN
IN- IN THE MEMORY OF AMAZING
INDIVIDUALS CHECK OUT. SENATOR
PLEASE BRING HER NAME FORWARD TO
THE DAY SAYS SO THAT THE SENATE
CAN APPROPRIATELY MEMORIALIZED
HER. MEMBERS THERE IS NO OTHER
BUSINESS CENTER MCGUIRE THE DESK
IS CLEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH
BETTER PRESIDENT TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE LGBTQ CAUCUS THANK YOU
FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL CEREMONY
TODAY. AT THE SENATE IS NOW
ADJOURNED WE'LL RECONVENE THIS
THURSDAY JUNE EIGHTH AT NINE AM
. THE SENATE IS ADJOURNED WE
WILL RECONVENE THURSDAY JUNE
EIGHTH AT NINE AM.