THIRTY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN ALL RODEO ARCHULETA S. B.
ATKINS BAKER. WICKS BRADFORD. W.
OUT OF JESSE THE- DODD TORONTO
EGGMAN GLAZER GONZALEZ ROVE OUR
DAUGHTER JOE. THERE THE MODEM
MCGUIRE MENJIVAR ME NEWMAN WE
NEED NEED A JOB MEDINA
PORTANTINO ROTH. RUBIO SEYARTO
SKINNER SMARTWAY BUS STERN
NUMBER BOB WIENER WILK. MEMBERS
A QUORUM IS PRESENT. MEMBERS A
QUORUM IS PRESENT WHAT OUR
MEMBERS IN OUR GUESTS BEYOND THE
RAIL AND IN THE GALLERY PLEASE
RISE WILL BE LED IN PRAYER THIS
AFTERNOON BUYER JOPLIN SYSTEM
CHAU GARMENT AFTER WHICH WE'RE
GOING TO ASK YOU TO REMAIN
STANDING AND WILL BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG BY
SENATOR DOT. LET US REMEMBER
THIS REAR ALWAYS IN GOD'S
PRESENCE. LOVING AND FORGIVING
GOD AS WE REMEMBERED THE
INDIGNITY OF HAVING TO WAIT TWO
YEARS TO HEAR THE NEWS OF THE
SLAVERY EMANCIPATION ACT WE ASK
YOU FOR THIS DAY AND TIME TO
OPEN OUR HEARTS TO LEARN THE
LESSONS OF JUNETEENTH. TAKE AWAY
FROM US ALL PREJUDICE AND
HARDNESS OF HEART. OPEN OUR
HEARTS TO FEEL THE PAIN OF YOUR
SUFFERING PEOPLE. TURN OUR GOOD
INTENTIONS INTO ACTS OF JUSTICE
AND REPARATION FOR THE FAILURES
OF THE PAST. OPEN OUR HEARTS
THIS WE MAY SPEAK IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THOSE WHOSE VOICES HAVE
BEEN SILENCED. GIVE US THE
COURAGE TO CHALLENGE THOSE
SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIORS THAT
COMPROMISED THE DIGNITY OF ALL
PERSONS. MAY YOUR LOVE AND FOES
AND TRANSFORM US AS WE SEEK TO
BE PEOPLE OF JUSTICE AND PEACE
FOR ALL AYMAN. MEMBERS AND
GUESTS PLEASE JOIN ME IN A
PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. AND SAN
- IT IS A LITTLE.
MEMBERS ARE NOW MOVING TO THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR CENTER
BAR YOUR RECOGNIZE. SECOND FLOOR
RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH
MISTER PRESIDENT OF VERY
GRATEFUL THAT TODAY HE I WOULD
LIKE TO BE A RISE TO RECOGNIZE
THE TRUE HOMETOWN HERO. HE
SERVED THE STUDENTS OF THE
COUNTY MARINE FOR THE PAST
TWENTY FIVE YEARS WERE GRATEFUL
THAT ROB STORMERS WITH THIS
TODAY HIS COMMITMENT AND
DEDICATION TO ENSURING THE SAFE
AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION IN
THE STATE'S FUTURE LEADERS. WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T
GO UNNOTICED HE WAS RECENTLY
NEED NAMES THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
BUS DRIVER OF THE YEAR HE'S
ABOUT TO RETIRE IS WELL WE
WANTED TO HONOR HIM AS HE DRIVES
OFF INTO HIS NEXT ADVENTURE. NO
ROB EXEMPLIFIES THE EVERY DAY
HERE RESUME THAT MAKES OUR
SOCIETY FLOURISH FOR A QUARTER
CENTURY THIS IS INCREDIBLE FOR
TWENTY FIVE YEARS ROB'S BEEN
THAT SMILING FACE THAT GREETS
THE KIDS AT MILLER CREEK SCHOOL
DISTRICT EVERY MORNING. ENSURING
THAT THEY'RE SAFE PASSAGE TO
SCHOOL IS SUCCESSFUL RAIN OR
SHINE IS TAKING CHARGE OF
SOCIETY'S MOST PRECIOUS CARGO
TREATING EACH STUDENT TREATING
EACH STUDENT WITH KINDNESS. WITH
CARING UNYIELDING SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY THROUGHOUT HIS
ENTIRE CAREER ROB IS MAINTAIN A
FLAWLESS DRIVING SAFE SAFETY
RECORD NOT A SINGLE ACCIDENT NOT
ONE SPEEDING TICKET AND NOT A
SINGLE INCIDENT THAT JEOPARDIZE
THE WELL BEING OF THE STUDENTS.
WHO TRUSTED IN HIS CARE. AS WE
CELEBRATE ROBERTS WELL DESERVED
RETIREMENT WITH KNOWLEDGE THE
COUNTLESS LIVES BUT HE IS TAX
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN
HIS CAREER AND THE MARK THAT HE
LEAVES BEHIND HIS DEDICATION.
HIS TENURE AND DEPENDABILITY
HAVE MADE HIM AN INSPIRATION AND
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO
SERVE WITH EXCELLENCE MISTER
SOBERS LEGACY RESIDES IN THE
HEARTS OF THE STUDENTS WHO LIVES
HE'S SHAPED. THE PARENTS WHO'VE
ENTRUSTED HIM WITH THEIR MOST
PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS. IN THE
COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY RECORD
NUYS HIM FOR THE PROFOUND INTO.
THAT HE IS MADE LADIES AND
GENTLEMAN THE SENATE PLEASE JOIN
ME IN GIVING A BIG CONGRATS. THE
SCHOOL BUSTER OF THE- ROB SORE
BURKE THE GIVE A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR A PRESENTED WITH
THIS.
CONGRADULATIONS LET'S GIVE MR
SOBRE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE
FOR ITS- STORIED CAREER. THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. NO
MEMBERS WE'RE MOVING ON TO
SENATOR PER DIEM HE HAS GAS.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT CERTAINLY
AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO RISE
AND TO ASK THAT WE GET THE BIG
SENATE WELCOME TO VISITORS HERE
IN THE GALLERY ABOVE ME FROM
SHADOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN
INDIO IN MY DISTRICT MISSED
DESIREE WALLACE. AND HER FIFTEEN
ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY STUDENTS
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL CAN WE MAKE
THEM WELCOME. WELCOME TO W.
FIFTY. MISTER PRESIDENT MOMENT.
MISTER WALLACE IS ALSO A MEMBER
OF THE CAPITAL MEMBERS NICE THE
LAST NAME AS SHE IS THE WIFE OF
SOMEONE GREG SO WELCOME YOU AND
STUDENTS THANK YOU PRAISE THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. NOW
THIS TIME I WILL TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE CENTER
MANY OTHERS FROM- TO- WIFE STORE
STOVER ARE HIS CHILDREN THE-
EMERSON IN PAXTON LET'S GET THEM
. SENATE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING THIS YEAR. NO MEMBERS
MOVING ON TO. MESSAGES FROM THE
GOVERNOR WILL BE DO READ.
MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY BE
DEEMED READ. REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. MOTIONS
AND RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES.
WITHOUT OBJECTION THE SENATE
JOURNALS FOR JUNE TWELFTH TWENTY
TWENTY THREE THROUGH JUNE
FIFTEENTH TWENTY TWENTY THREE
WILL BE APPROVED AS CORRECTED BY
THE MINUTE CLERK. THERE ARE FOUR
MINUTES AT TODAY S. THEY WILL BE
DEEMED ADOPTED. NOW MEMBERS ARE
MOVING ON TO CONSIDERATION OF
THE DAILY FILE. WE'RE AT SENATE
SECOND READING. SECRETARY PLEASE
RATE. ASSEMBLY BILL. ELEVEN
TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY ONE. WELCOME
SWORD ART NOW MOVING TO
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT SOONER
LAERTES REPAIRED WILL FIRST
START WITH FILE ITEM THREE.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT FILE ITEM
THREE IS THE CONFIRMATION OF
LESLIE GILBERT LAURIE FOR
APPOINTMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES SHE'S AN ATTORNEY
AUTHOR AND FORMER TELEVISION
EXECUTIVE IS ALSO A CO FOUNDER
AND PAST CHAIR OF THE ALLIANCE
FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND SHE
SERVED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. ON THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION SHE WAS APPROVED BY
THE RULES COMMITTEE ON JUNE
SEVENTH ON A FIVE ZERO VOTE I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR RIFLE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
SENATOR GLAZERS. HE THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT MEMBERS I FIND THIS
NOMINEE IN THE FOLLOWING TWO
THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE SENATE
THEY'RE INCREDIBLY WELL
QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED FOLKS I AM
HAPPY TO SUPPORT IN FACT THEIR
LIFE EXPERIENCES WILL BRING
GREAT INSIGHT. HI TO THE WORK OF
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE
STATE UNIVERSITIES AND THE
REASON I'M RISING TODAY IS-
SIMPLY TO ADD TO THAT THAT. ON
OCCASION FOR THE SENATE- WE GET
A MEASURES THAT. SEEK TO-
CIRCUMVENT THE THOUGHTFUL A
WISDOM OF THE TRUSTEES AND THE
WORK THAT THEY DO. AND I THINK-
THE PRIVILEGES THAT WE HAVE TO
REVIEW AND TO AFFIRM THESE
NOMINEES- IT SHOULD GIVE US THAT
MOMENT OF PAUSE TO SAY. LET'S
LET THEM DO THEIR JOB LET'S LET
THEM DO THEIR GOOD WORK THESE
NOMINEES ARE TERRIFICALLY
QUALIFIED AND I KNOW I HAVE
GREAT CONFIDENCE. TO SUPPORT
THIS NOMINEE. THANK YOU SENATOR
OUR- I JOIN MY VOICE SUPPORT
FOR. MISS COVER LARRY WAS
INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED AND- I AM
VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING OUR TODAY. YOU ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON
THE ITEM. YOUR INTO YOU KNOW IN
SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM. FOR
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT FILE ITEM
FORCED THE CONFIRMATION OF JACK
MCCRORY FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES HE IS THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE
LAW M. J. MANAGEMENT IS AN
ALUMNUS OF SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY WHERE HE SERVED AS A
LECTURER AND CHAIRS THE VETERANS
COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS HE HAS SERVED AS A CSU
TRUSTEE SINCE. A TWENTY EIGHTEEN
HE WAS APPROVED BY THE RULES
COMMITTEE ON JUNE SEVENTH ON A
UNANIMOUS VOTE I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN IPHONE. ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON THIS
APPOINTMENT. HEARING C. NINE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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ABSENT MEMBERS BAKER. GROWTH BY
VIDEO. I MARCH THIRTY NINE NO
ZERO APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED
NOW MOVING ON THE FILE ITEM FIVE
. MISTER PRESIDENT FILE ITEM
FIVE IS THE CONFIRMATION OF JOSE
ANTONIO VARGAS FOR APPOINTMENT
TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HE
IS THE FOUNDER OF DEFINE
AMERICAN AN AUTHOR FILMMAKER
PRODUCER AND PULITZER PRIZE
WINNING JOURNALIST HE ALSO
SERVES ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF
THE DREAM US A SCHOLARSHIP FUND
FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
STUDENTS HE WAS APPROVED BY THE
RULES COMMITTEE ON JUNE SEVENTH
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN
IPHONE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION
OR DEBATE SENATOR ALSO. THANK
YOU MR PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES MY
FIRST YEAR AS SENATOR I
INTRODUCED SB TWO TWO FIVE WHICH
WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ALLOWING NON
CITIZENS TO SERVE ON STATE AND
LOCAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN
A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY WERE
VOTERS ELECT LEADERS TO SPEAK
AND ACT ON THEIR BEHALF NON
CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT YET. ABLE
TO VOTE MUST RELY ON THE
POLITICAL WILL OF A FEW TO SPEAK
FOR THEIR INTERESTS AND NEEDS
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO SERVE FOR
AND WORK ON BEHALF OF
IMMIGRANTS. BUT APPOINTMENTS TO
STATE AND LOCAL BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS ALLOW IMMIGRANTS TO
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES WELL SAN
ANTONIO VARGAS BODY GUS. HAS
USED HIS VOICE PULITZER PRIZE
WINNER. AND HIS THAT. SPECTRUM'S
AND EXPERTISE THROUGH HIS
JOURNALISM. NOW WILL HELP US IN
CALIFORNIA DRAFT A BETTER POLICY
THAT IMPROVES EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL I'M SO
PROUD TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF
HIS- NOMINATION. THANK YOU ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON
THIS I DON'T. HEARING TO NINE
THIRTY- PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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BOB. BY WIENER. HI WILK NO.
PLEASE CALL ABSENT MEMBERS.
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PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS
ONE FINAL TIME. BAKER GROVE.
WHEN LEE LOVE. A TOWBOAT SEYARTO
. R. CERTI ONE KNOWS THREE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
MOVING ON THE CONSIDERATION OF
THE DAILY FILE SECOND READING
FILE ITEMS. THIRD READING ITEM.
SIXTEEN SENATOR BRADFORD. THE
COURT PLEASE READ. SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SEVENTY
SIX BY SENATOR BRADFORD RELATIVE
TO JUNETEENTH. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT I'M HERE TO PRESENT AS
C. R. SEVENTY SIX WHICH
RECOGNIZES THE HUNDRED FIFTY
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF JUNETEENTH
BETTER KNOWN AS INDEPENDENCE DAY
FREEDOM DAY EMANCIPATION DAY
IT'S A DAY THAT MARKS A
SIGNIFICANT POINT IN AMERICAN
HISTORY. WHEN SLAVES WERE MADE
AWARE OF THEIR FREEDOM TWO AND A
HALF YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT
LINCOLN HAD SIGNED THE
EMANCIPATION. PROCLAMATION
STATING THAT ALL IN SLAVE
INDIVIDUALS WERE FREE. IT'S THE
OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLIDAY
IN THE UNITED STATES IT
CELEBRATES THE FULFILLMENT OF
THE PROMISE MADE BY PRESIDENT
LINCOLN IN NINETEEN SIXTY THREE
THE END SLAVERY IN THE UNITED
STATES AND IT'S ONLY ONE OF
ELEVEN NATIONAL HOLIDAYS THAT
EXISTS IN THIS COUNTRY. TWO AND
A HALF YEARS AFTER SIGNING THE
MAN TO PATIENT PROCLAMATION
UNION SOLDIERS LED BY GENERAL
GORDON GRANGER RODE INTO
GALVESTON TEXAS TO INFORM TO TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PLUS
SLAVES LIVING IN TEXAS THAT THEY
WERE FREE PEOPLE. FREE SLAVES
TURN THIS HISTORICAL EVENT ENTER
YOUR LEE CELEBRATION AND MANY
TIMES PEOPLE WANT TO STEREO TYPE
AFTER AMERICANS AS GREAT LOVERS
OF WATERMELON RED SODA POP OR
OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE BUT
IF THEY KNEW OUR HISTORY THEY
WOULD KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE RED. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
WATERMELON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE HIBISCUS TEA OR RED SODA POP
AS MY OLD MAN USED TO SAY OR RED
VELVET CAKE. THE RED WAS- A
REFLECTIVE OF THE BLOOD THAT WE
SHED IN THIS COUNTRY. THE BLOOD
THAT WE SHED FOR OVER TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS OF SLAVERY
AND THAT'S WHY THOSE ITEMS ARE
SO SIGNIFICANT TO A JUNETEENTH
CELEBRATION IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN
TO ONE. AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS
BORN IN TEXAS MY FATHER WENT
BACK TO TEXAS EVERY YEAR UP
UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH THE
CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH BECAUSE
THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO
HIM AND MAKING SURE THAT I AND
THE REST OF MY FAMILY KNEW THE
IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE. OF
JUNETEENTH. AND IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE HEAR AS LEGISLATORS NO
AS WELL BUT JUNETEENTH IS SO
MUCH MORE THAN THAT IT'S A
CELEBRATION OF PRESIDENTS OF
FAITH. AND HOPE IN OUR COMMUNITY
. IT'S A EXAMPLE OF HOW
COMMITTED. INDIVIDUALS FROM TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS OF BONDAGE
FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY. STILL
DEFEND THIS COUNTRY BUT IN MANY
WAYS- STEAL THE NIGHT. THE FULL
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF FREEDOM
IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S ALSO
JUNETEENTH IS ALSO THE
EMANCIPATION IN THE FREEDOM. OF
THIS COUNTRY OF ITS FIRST
ORIGINAL SIN. IN THAT OF
SLAVERY. BUT DESPITE THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE REMOVED THE CHANGE
IN BONDAGE AS MANY ARE STILL IN
BONDAGE OF. POOR EDUCATION. OUR
LACK OF ECONOMIC WEALTH. THE
WEALTH GAP BETWEEN AFTER
AMERICANS OR WHITES IN THIS
COUNTRY TODAY IS AT THREE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS. THE HEALTH DISPARITIES
AFTER AMERICAN WOMEN- STILL FACE
MORE CHALLENGES IN CHILDBIRTH
THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. IN THIS
COUNTRY. HAVE MORE INFANT
MORTALITY IN ANY OTHER GROUP IN
THIS COUNTRY. AND WE'RE UNDER
EDUCATED MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER
GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IT'S
ALSO THIS FALSE NARRATIVE THAT
AFTER AMERICANS ARE LAZY. THAT'S
THE FARTHEST THING FROM THE
TRUTH. YOU COULDN'T BUILT THIS
COUNTRY WITH TWO HUNDRED YEARS
IN INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE IF YOU
WERE LAZY. YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE
SURVIVED THESE ARE SOME OF THE
HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD AND ALSO TO SAY THAT WE
DIDN'T VALUE EDUCATION. AT THE
TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
THERE WERE MORE INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER LEARNING MORE H. B. C.
UNIVERSITIES THAN ANY OTHER
COLLEGES IN THIS NATION. WE
VITAL VALUED EDUCATION WE STILL
VALUE EDUCATION IT'S A SHAME
THAT OUR STATE AND OUR NATION
DOESN'T INVEST. AT THE SAME
LEVEL IN OUR H. B. C. USE AS WE
DO IN ALL OUR OTHER.
UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
IT'S A REMINDER AGAIN OF THE
NATION'S DARK PAST UNITED STATES
IS A GREAT COUNTRY. IT'S IN
LARGE PART BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT
ON THE BACKS OF SLAVES BUT WE
WILL NEVER REACH OUR FULL
POTENTIAL. AS A COUNTRY IF WE
DON'T REALIZE HOW FAR WE'VE
COME. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW
FAR WE STILL HAVE TO GO TO
RECOGNIZE FREE QUALITY IN
FREEDOM HERE. SLAVERY HAS ENDED.
BUT DESPITE THE PROGRESS AS
WE'VE MADE RACISM IS STILL ALIVE
AND WELL IN THIS COUNTRY. EVEN
EXISTING CALIFORNIA. SO I'M HERE
TODAY TO. PASS THAT WE EDUCATE
OURSELVES AND I APPRECIATE ALL
MY COLLEGE EVERY YEAR. I'VE DONE
THIS RESOLUTION EVERY YEAR SINCE
I'VE BEEN IN THE SENATE. AND I
APPRECIATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE COME TO ME AFTERWARDS AND
SAID I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW
TODAY. AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF
THIS. AND IF THERE WAS EVER A
HOLIDAY SHOULD BE A DAY OFF. IT
SHOULD BE TODAY. BECAUSE IF
ANYBODY DESERVES A DAY OFF IS
AFTER AMERICAN TO SLAVES IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS
BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY MY
COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY. BECAUSE
OF THE IMPORTANCE AND
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY. AND SO
. AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT
REPARATIONS FOR A FEW MINUTES
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS I'VE HAD
THE PRIVILEGE. OF SERVING AS A
MEMBER OF THE REPARATIONS TASK
FORCE AND I THINK OP PRESIDENT
PROTEIN FOUR POINT ME TO THAT
AUGUST BODY AND JUST EXTREME.
CHALLENGING TASK OF TRYING TO
FIGURE THIS OUT THE TASK FORCE
IS CHARGED WITH IDENTIFYING
COMPILING. DOCUMENTATION ON THE
INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY THAT
EXISTED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
AND TO MAKE. RECOMMENDATIONS ON
REHABILITATION AND RESTITUTION
TO- AFRICAN AMERICANS HERE IN
THIS COUNTRY NEXT WEEK THE TASK
FORCE WILL CONCLUDE AND SUBMIT
ITS FINAL REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR. I
ENCOURAGE ALL CALIFORNIANS AND
EVERYONE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO
READ THE REPORT. I'M SAY THAT
AGAIN I ENCOURAGE ALL
CALIFORNIANS AND MY COLLEAGUES
TO READ DEPORT. EVERYONE MUST BE
EDUCATED. ABOUT OUR HISTORY THE
REAL HISTORY. IT'S OFTEN SAID
THEIR STORIES THAT MADE AMERICA
AND THEN THERE'S STORIES THAT
AMERICA MADE UP MUCH OF WHAT WE
TEACH IS THE STORES AT AMERICA'S
MADE UP. WE NEED TO STOP WHITE
WHITE WASHING HISTORY.
REPARATIONS HOUSE FORCES
DOCUMENTED CALIFORNIA'S ROLE IN
SLAVERY AND DECADES OF
DISCRIMINATION CALIFORNIA
ENTERED THE UNION AS A FREE
STATE. WE WAS A FREE STATE IN
NAME ONLY. THE FIRST GOVERNOR
THIS CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA
OWNED SLAVES. THIS LOGIC SIX
THIS LEGISLATURE PASSED THE
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW THAT ALLOW
FREE PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA TO BE
RETURNED TO SLAVERY. IF YOU WERE
BORN HERE AS THE OF WHICH THE
SLAVE YOU WERE A TREATED AS A
SLAVE. IT'S IN THERE IT'S
DOCUMENTED PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO
IGNORE IT. THEY CAN BE
UNCOMFORTABLE WHAT OUR HISTORY
BUT YOU CAN'T DENY IT. THE KEY
TAKE AWAY FROM THE REPARATIONS
TASK FORCES THAT THE HISTORY OF
SLAVERY IN CALIFORNIA IN THE
RACIALLY MOTIVATED TAKING A
BLACK LAN TWO EMINENT DOMAIN
SUCH AS BRUCE'S SPEECH. THE INK
WELL. YOU KNOW SUGAR HILL IN LOS
ANGELES WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND
ON WE CAN GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA
HILTON HEAD FOR ANYBODY HERE
THAT'S GOLFERS. THAT WAS A
FORMER SLAVE ENCAMPMENT FOR
DOZENS OF YEARS UNTIL WHITE
FOLKS DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO CUT
OFF THE WATER AND FORCED HIM
BACK ON THE MAINLAND NOW IS ONE
OF THE BEST GOLF MECCAS. IN THE
COUNTRY BUT IT WAS CREATED BY
AFRICAN AMERICANS. AND THE RICH
MOTIVATED TAKE A LEGACY OF BLACK
LAND OVER POLICING MASS
INCARCERATION IN THE NILE OF OUR
HOME OWNERSHIP THROUGH THE
PRACTICE OF REDLINING. HAVE
CREATED GENERATIONAL HARM THAT
STILL EXISTS TODAY. A LOT OF
FOLKS DON'T EVEN KNOW. ZONING
ARE ONES OR TWOS OR THREES. WAS
THE RESULT OF ELIMINATING
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT WAS
ONE IN THE SUPREME COURT IN
NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT BY THURGOOD
MARSHALL. AND WARREN MILLER TWO
AMAZING AFRICAN AMERICAN JURORS
LAUREN MILLER I SUGGESTED LAUREN
MILLER LIVED IN CALIFORNIA. HIS
SON WAS A JUDGE. HIS GREAT GRAND
SMITH GRANDSON MY DEAR FRIEND
MICHAEL PASSED TWO YEARS AGO WAS
A JUDGE TWO SISTERS ARE JUDGED.
BUT THEY FOUGHT TO ELIMINATE
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IN THEIR
STE IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT NOW WE
HAVE WE FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR
WANTON ARE TO USE. THAT WAS
EXTENSION OF REDZONE REDLINING
AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS I HOPE
JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY WILL LEAD. TO
A MORE HONEST EDUCATION
DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTANDING. AS
I SAID JUNETEENTH IS A
CELEBRATION OF PERSEVERANCE
RESILIENCE AND OF HOPE. I ALSO
WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A NAME.
ALL POLICE. SHE'S NINETY SIX
YEARS OLD. SHE IS CONSIDERED THE
GRANDMOTHER OF THEM- OF
JUNETEENTH. SHE FOUGHT FOR
DECADES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
WAS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. TWO
YEARS AGO SHE WAS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN
SIGNED IT INTO LAW AND SHE
RECEIVED THE FIRST. PAN OF THAT
SIGNING. HER LIFE SHOULD BE
RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THAT SHE
FOUGHT THROUGH. AND THE REASON
WHY JUNE. EIGHTEENTH HAS SUCH A
SIGNIFICANT. MEETING HER BECAUSE
AS A TWELVE YOUR GIRL GROWING UP
IN TEXAS FIVE HUNDRED WHITE MEN
CAME TO THEIR HOUSE ON JUNE
NINETEENTH AND BURNED IT DOWN.
IMAGINE THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD
ON HER THE LAST NINETY SIX YEARS
OF HER LIFE. SO I WANT YOU TO
KNOW OUR NAME SHE'S A WARRIOR
SHE AND SHE MARCH. FOR YEARS TWO
POINT FIVE MILES THE PEOPLE
STATE WIDE TWO POINT FIVE MILES
HE SAID FOR EVERY YEAR THAT.
THEY DENIED- WHAT DELAYED IN
DELIVERING THE MESSAGE THAT WE
WERE FREE. AND SEVEN YEARS AGO
SHE ORGANIZED A MARCH ALL THE
WAY FROM FORT WORTH TEXAS. THE
WASHINGTON DC FOURTEEN HUNDRED
MILES. HE CAN WALK ALL OF THEM
BUT SHE WAS THERE ALL ALONG THE
WAY PLEASE IN THE NAME OF OPAL
LEAK. IT IS TIME EVERYONE
CELEBRATE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
MANY CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE AREAS
OF BUSINESS SCIENCE MEDICINE ART
MUSIC. AND THAT AFTER AMERICANS
MADE SO COLLEAGUES I ASK YOU TO
JOIN ME TODAY AND RECOGNIZE
IMPORTANCE OF JUNETEENTH GRASS
RIVAL. CENTER WINNER YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
MADAM PRESIDENT I RISE IS CO
CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS IN
SUPPORT OF A C. R. SEVENTY SIX.
I WILL JUDITH MARKS THE DAY ON
WHICH THE LAST PEOPLE ENSLAVED
IN THE UNITED STATES WERE FREED.
THE REPRESENTS MUCH MORE THAN
THAT- EMANCIPATION DAY IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE
SURVIVAL OF BLACK AMERICANS
ACROSS HISTORY- FROM THE MIDDLE
PASSAGE IN THE ARRIVAL OF THE
FIRST SINCE LATE AFRICANS AND
AMERICAN COLONIES IN SIXTEEN
NINETEEN. TO THE CONTINUING
INEQUITIES FACED BY BLACK PEOPLE
TODAY AND HEALTH HOUSING
EDUCATION- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM GIUNTI
PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE OF BLACK AMERICANS.
ON BOTH THEIR JOYS AND THEIR
TRAGEDIES THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
APPRECIATES WHAT IT MEANS TO NOT
BE SEEN AS A FULL MEMBER. OR
PARTICIPANT IN SOCIETY WE ALSO
UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO CELEBRATE
WITH JOY AFTER SUBJUGATION AND
SUFFERING. IT IS BY HOLDING ON
TO JOY THAT OUR COMMUNITIES
TRANSCEND THE HARMS THAT HAVE
BEEN INFLICTED ON US ACROSS
GENERATIONS. THAT'S HOW WE TRULY
SURVIVE WITH HER HUMANITY
INTACT. JUNETEENTH IS A
WONDERFUL TESTAMENT TO THAT
TRUTH BY CELEBRATING THE
LIBERATION AND DIGNITY OF BLACK
LIVES. WE TAKE A COLLECTIVE.
STEP TOWARD HEALING. EARLIER
THIS YEAR- BOTH THE JEWISH AND
BLACK COMMUNITIES LOST A
CHAMPION OF LIBERTY AND CIVIL
RIGHTS- HARRY BELAFONTE. WHO
ASIDE FROM BEING AN INCREDIBLY
TALENTED ARTIST. WHO WORK
TIRELESSLY TO ADVANCE
MARGINALIZED VOICES ESPECIALLY
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND
CELEBRATED HIS JEWISH HERITAGE
VOCALLY AS WELL AS INCORPORATING
IT INTO HIS MUSIC- HONORED A TO
SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION INNARDS
AND I VOTE. THANK YOU SENATOR
SENATOR GROVE YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIR I AM I MET A PRESIDENT I
TO RAISE IN SUPPORT OF S. C. R.
SEVENTY SIX YOU KNOW JUNETEENTH
FREEDOM DAY DESCRIBED BY MANY OF
MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT.
THE CELEBRATED THIS HISTORICAL
OCCASION THIS PAST WEEKEND.
HAVING IN MY DISTRICT MANY OF
THEM CELEBRATING WITH DANCE
CULTURE FAMILY AND TRADITIONS.
MANY OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY GAVE
SERMONS ON THIS HISTORY OF THIS
HISTORIC DAY OUR LOCAL IN DOUBLE
ACP HELD THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL
VENDORS PARTICIPANTS FROM OUR
ENTIRE COMMUNITY CELEBRATED THE
SPECIAL DAY OF DO YOU BELIEVE OR
WHAT THEY CALL THE JOY. OF WHAT
JUNETEENTH MEANS WE CELEBRATED
THAT OVER TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND SLAVES WERE FREED BY
EXECUTIVE ORDER WELL AFTER THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS
SIGNED I'M SO PROUD OF PASTOR
JENKINS NINETY SIX HUNDRED DOT
JOHNSON. J. VON DANGERFIELD
CENTER CALVIN MICHAEL BOWERS AND
MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE
THIS WONDERFUL CELEBRATION
WEEKEND POSSIBLE AND I THINK MY
DISTRICT AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
PARTICIPATED IN THESE WONDERFUL
EVENTS. TO REALLY- COMMEMORATE
AND SHOW THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF
THIS PARTICULAR DAY. THANK YOU
CENTER GROVE SENATOR MAN YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT MEMBERS I WANT TO
THANK. THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING
FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT
RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE
EIGHTY I LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES
VICE CHAIR I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT S. C. R. SEVENTY SIX.
THE RECOGNITION OF JUNETEENTH.
IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR
COUNTRY'S HISTORY OF COURSE
GROWING UP WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE
THIS HOLIDAY IT IS A RELATIVELY
RECENT PHENOMENON RECOGNITION
BUT- THAT HEIGHTENS THE
IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING. THE
EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE STATE.
I THE CITY'S ABOUT CALIFORNIA
AND UNITED STATES THE KNOWLEDGE
IN THE FACT THAT IS LESS THAN A
HUNDRED SIX YEARS AGO THAT WE
HAD SLAVERY IN THIS COUNTRY. AND
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES TODAY. AS
THE MY COLLEAGUE FROM GUARDINO
POINTED OUT. RACISM IS STILL
WELL AND ALIVE TODAY
UNFORTUNATELY STRUCTURAL RACISM
SYSTEMIC RACISM ANTI BLACK
RACISM- WE SEE THIS AROUND US
EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WE CAN'T
JUST BE CONTENT TO SIT BACK AND
DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR PROGRESS
TO FIGHT AGAINST RACISM KNOWING
IN THIS IS ANOTHER LESSON IN
JUNETEENTH THAT THAT THAT MIGHT
TAKE SOME TIME. IT TOOK TWO AND
A HALF YEARS BEFORE THE PEOPLE
IN TEXAS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
SOMETIMES THE THINGS WE DO HERE
ON THE FOR THE SENATE TAKE
SOMETIME TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF
THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT. BUT
THAT SHOULD NOT DETER US FROM
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT. SO ON
BEHALF THE API CAUCUS WE STAND
WITH THE BLACK CAUCUS IN RAMP
REMEMBRANCE AND RESOLVE. AND
TRYING TO COMMIT OURSELVES
RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE WORK
IN EQUITY EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.
AS WELL THE SIX CONSEILLER BREAK
THE WHOLE THE IDEA THAT THE
MORAL ARC OF THE UNIVERSE DOES
BEND TOWARD JUSTICE SO. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU CENTER SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES AND A SPECIAL THANKS
TO MY GOOD COLLEAGUE- FROM
GARDENA. I RISE ON BEHALF. OF S.
C. R. SEVEN SIX THAT CELEBRATES
TODAY JUNE NINETEENTH. AS
JUNETEENTH EMANCIPATION DAY IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ACROSS
THE NATION- AND- IT IS A
TESTAMENT THAT BLACK PEOPLE.
HAVE IN WERE IN SLAVE LONGER
THAN WE'VE BEEN FREE. IN THIS
COUNTRY. AND JUNETEENTH IS IN
FACT THE REALIST DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
IT'S A CELEBRATION THAT AMERICA
HISTORICALLY BECAME THE LAND OF
THE FREE FOR EVERYONE IN THIS
COUNTRY. UP ON JUNETEENTH AN
ESTIMATED TWENTY TRILLION WAS A
MAST ON THE BACKS OF IN SLAVE
LABOR MAKING THE U. S. THE
LARGEST ECONOMIC POWER. IN THE
WORLD AND AS MY COLLEAGUE RICK
REFER TO IT AS THE ORIGINAL
THIN- IT WAS IN FACT THE FIRST.
INSURANCE INTO A GLOBAL
GLOBALIZED ECONOMY- THAT
ACTUALLY SET OUR NATION UP TO BE
THE WORLD POWER THAT IT IS AN IS
ALSO AN ORIGINAL SIN THAT WE ARE
STILL TRYING TO CORRECT TODAY.
TO ENSURE THAT EVERY WORKER HAS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SEEN AS A
HUMAN BEING AND TO BE TREATED
WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND SO
WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH- BECAUSE
ALL BLACK PEOPLE WERE TRULY
LIBERATED. UNTIL THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION OF
POLICY WAS REALIZED MEANING THAT
IT WAS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED AND
I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY
REMARKABLE AND SOMETHING FOR US
TO THINK ABOUT. HERE ON THE
FLOOR THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR
US TO JUST PAST THE POLICIES. WE
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED IN IT
REACHES THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE MOST
IMPACTED IN THAT IT ACTUALLY
BEGINS TO CHANGE. THEIR LIVES-
BEGINNING THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN
EIGHTEEN SIXTY SIX BLACK PEOPLE
KEPT ALIVE THAT MEMORY BY
COMMEMORATING THIS THIS HOLIDAY
AROUND EMANCIPATION INTO
ANNUALLY CELEBRATING WITH
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. AND
GOODEN THINGS LIKE THE- RED
VELVET CAKE THAT YOU HAVE ON
YOUR DESK OF FROM OF THE BLACK
CAUCUS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
INSTITUTIONALIZE THE TRADITION.
OF NOT JUST CELEBRATING
JUNETEENTH. BUT ACTUALLY MARKING
JUNETEENTH AND I HOPE THAT NEXT
JUNE NINETEENTH WE WON'T BE IN
THE CHAMBER WE WILL BE ABLE TO
CELEBRATE- WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS
THIS IMPORTANT. HOLIDAY WE HAVE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESILIENCE
AND THE POWER OF BLACK PEOPLE.
IN THE ALLY SHIP THAT LED TO THE
TRUE ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY AND
TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR
GENERATIONS THE DEMAND FOR
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE- THAT BECAME
A RALLYING CRY IN THE BEGINNING.
AND GIVEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN
PLACES LIKE FLORIDA. WE'RE WE'RE
DENYING THAT EDUCATION WHERE
THERE IS AN EXPLICIT EFFORT TO
ROLL BACK THE CLOCK INTO NOT
TEACH OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS ON
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS HOLIDAY
HERE IN CALIFORNIA WE MUST STAY
STEADFAST. IN MAKING SURE THAT
THAT HISTORY IS KNOWN THAT IS
TAUGHT THROUGH ETHNIC STUDIES
PROGRAMS AND THAT WE ENSURE THAT
WE DO ALL THAT WE CAN NOT TO
UNDERMINE THE PROGRESS A THAT
BEGAN SO MANY GENERATIONS AGO
BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT PROGRESS
IS IN FACT FELT. IN EVERY
COMMUNITY. IN CALIFORNIA WE KNOW
THAT THERE ARE CONTINUING
GROWING WIDENING DISPARITIES
BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE
RESIDENTS DISPROPORTIONATE GAPS
IN LIFE EXPECTANCY ACCESS TO
QUALITY JOBS INCOME INEQUALITY
INCARCERATION AND HOMELESSNESS
THESE ARE ALL THE TESTAMENT TO
THE COMPLEX GOVERNMENTAL
POLICIES. THE JUNETEENTH LIFTED
UP RIGHT THERE ARE DEEPLY ROOTED
IN INSTITUTIONALIZED IN ANTI
BLACKNESS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT
IS OUR EFFORT TO BEGIN PRACTICE
LIBERATION AND EMANCIPATION
EVERYDAY AND MAKING SURE THAT
THOSE KINDS OF DISPARITIES ARE
MEDICATED. IN CALIFORNIA DESPITE
BLACK PEOPLE HAVING
SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE
BUILDING OF THIS COUNTRY
INCLUDING SO MANY BLACK
CALIFORNIANS WE UNFORTUNATELY
CONTINUE TO BEAR THE AN
EQUITABLE BURDEN OF SO MANY
DISPARITIES IN THE STATE AND IN
THIS COUNTRY ALL CALIFORNIANS
DESERVE TO HAVE EQUITABLE
ACCESS. TO THE GOOD THINGS IN
LIFE THE THINGS THAT HELP OUR
FAMILIES GROW THAT IMPROVE OUR
COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATION THAT
INCLUDES GOOD JOBS AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT AND TO
SUSTAIN OUR FAMILIES. IF WE'RE
GOING TO CHANGE THE INEQUITIES
THAT CONTINUE TO PERSIST WE MUST
HAVE THE TOOLS EQUITY MANDATES
THAT INCLUDES BASIC THINGS LIKE
MONITORING TRACKING AND
EVALUATING SO THAT WE CAN SEE
THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING
TO BREAK. THIS THE STUBBORN
REALITIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
THE CONTINUED EXCLUSION OF BLACK
PEOPLE IN THE STATE AND IN THIS
COUNTRY DUNE TEAM BECAUSE TAUGHT
US THAT THE PASSING OF POLICIES
ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH. THAT TRUE
EQUITY AND JUSTICE REQUIRES
ACTIVE AND VIGILANT ENGAGEMENT
IN A MAKE SURE THAT OUR
GOVERNMENTS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA PUTS IN THE TOOLS
PUTS IN THE SYSTEMS AND
PRACTICES THAT GUARANTEES
JUSTICE. FOR ALL THIS IS THE
LESSEN THE TRUE LESSON TODAY OF
EIGHTEEN SIXTY FIVE AND I AM
HONORED TO BE HERE AND
CELEBRATING ANOTHER- MARKING OF
THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WE
LOOK FORWARD FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO CONTINUE TO
RECOGNIZE LIFT UP CELEBRATE
PRACTICE AND MARK THIS HOLIDAY
FOR ALL. AND THAT WE A RATTY
KATE THE RACES POLICIES AND
PRACTICES THAT CONTINUE TO HOLD
US BACK KNOWING THAT WE WANT AND
DEMAND A BRIGHTER FUTURE OF FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES AHEAD AND WITH
THAT I IS BUT- RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I. BOATS. THANK YOU
CENTER GONZALEZ YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE LATINO
CAUCUS IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO
RISE ALSO IN SUPPORT. OF S. C.
R. SEVENTY SIX RELATIVE TO
JUNETEENTH. YES BLACK MEN AND
WOMEN WERE FREE BUT NOT FREE TO
LIVE HOW AND WHERE THEY WISHED.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK
OURSELVES NOW IN TWENTY TWENTY
THREE WHERE ARE WE NOW WHAT WE
LEARNED AND WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED
TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR BLACK
COMMUNITY AND FRIENDS. AS I
PREVIOUSLY SAID ON THIS FLOOR
UNDERSTANDING ARE PASSING THE
KNOWLEDGE IN HEROES IN OUR
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN
CALIFORNIA ONLY SERVES TO
STRENGTHEN THE TIES BETWEEN
EVERY RESIDENT OF THE STATE. AND
AS WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AND
ASK ALL CALIFORNIANS TO HONOR
AND REFLECT ON THE SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT AFRICAN
AMERICAN. A COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE PLAYED IN THE EVOLUTION AND
SUCCESS OF THIS COUNTRY WE MUST
CONTINUE TO FIGHT WITH THE GOAL
OF ENSURING THAT REAL EQUALITY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES.
IS VALUED IN UPLIFTED. BLACK
CULTURE HAS INFLUENCED EVERY
ASPECT OF AMERICAN LIFE
INCLUDING MUSIC FASHION THE ARTS
AND SCIENCE AMONG AMONG THEM. AT
ISSUES AND TOPICS WE ALL CARE
ABOUT AND ENJOY AND LOVE. FOR
EXAMPLE FREDERICK MCKINLEY JONES
LEFT HIS INDELIBLE MARK WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF REFRIGERATION
EQUIPMENT IN THE NINETEEN
THIRTIES. HIS CREATION THERMO
KING ALLOWED PEOPLE TO EAT FRESH
FOOD YEAR ROUND IN NINETEEN
NINETY ONE HE BECAME THE FIRST.
AFRICAN AMERICAN TO RECEIVE THE
NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY.
CONSIDER MARTINE. AFTER EARNING
A DOCTORATE AT STANFORD
UNIVERSITY HE HELPED INVENT
IBM'S ORIGINAL PERSONAL COMPUTER
AND THEN THE PC COLOR MONITOR.
THESE ARE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES AND
SOME OF A FEW MANY OF EXAMPLES.
THAT WE COULD PROVIDE OF LEADERS
AND PIONEERS THAT HAVE IMPACTED
AND CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE OUR
LIVES BUT I CHALLENGE YOU. TO
USE THIS TIME TO RESEARCH LISTEN
AND TAKE IN THE STORIES THAT
HAVE LARGELY BEEN UNTOLD. BUT
THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR EVERYDAY
LIVES THE LATINO CARE ACT CAUCUS
STAND IN STRONG SOLIDARITY WITH
THE AUTHOR. GOOD SENATOR FROM
GARDENA. AS WELL AS OUR SENATOR
FROM LOS ANGELES AND ALL OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS MEMBERS
FOR THEIR- INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP
AND SUPPORT ON THIS IMPORTANT
WORK BUT THEY CANNOT DO IT ALONE
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN IPHONE
AS C. R. SEVENTY SIX. THANK YOU
SENATOR BLANKS FOR YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. I RISE
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF S. C. R.
SEVENTY SIX. IN RECOGNITION OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF JUNETEENTH
INDEPENDENCE DAY WHERE WE ARE
RECOGNIZING BOTH BLACK FREEDOM
AND THE DEEP IN MORALITY AND
UNFORGIVABLE BRUTALITY. OF THE
INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE OF THE
AFRICAN AMERICANS. AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM LOS ANGELES SAID
. BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ENSLAVED WERE ENSLAVED HERE
SINCE SIXTEEN NINETEEN AND SLAVE
LONGER THAN THEY'VE BEEN FREE.
THIS RACISM WAS A CENTRAL PART
OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING AND
HONESTLY FACING THIS PAST IS A
CRITICAL PART OF CREATING A MORE
PERFECT UNION. AND ARE MORE JUST
FUTURE. HOLIDAYS IT'S IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE THIS HOLIDAY IS
JUST WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF JULY
FOURTH SO WE'RE CELEBRATING TWO
IMPORTANT FREEDOMS WITHIN A ONE
MONTH PERIOD. IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE
VALUE OF BLACK FREEDOM OF BLACK
HISTORY AND BLACK TRADITION AND
CULTURE AND I'M HONORED AND
PROUD TO RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH
TODAY. THANK YOU CENTER MENJIVAR
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
MADAM PRESIDENT- COLLEAGUES TO
THEIR RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF LGBTQ
CAUCUS IN SUPPORT OF S. C. R.
SEVENTY SIX I STORY DATE ON
WHICH THE LICENSE PLATE BLACK
AMERICAN AMERICANS WERE FREED.
ON TODAY'S A HUNDRED FIFTY
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF JUNETEENTH
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CRITICALLY EXAMINE OUR COUNTRY'S
SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF SLAVERY. AND
ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION
ON HOW THIS HISTORY CONTINUES TO
IMPACT US TODAY. AS A MEMBER OF
THAT WAS BECAUSE I MUST ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGE HOW LGBT PLUS BLACK
AMERICANS ARE CORNERSTONES OF
OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WERE THE
DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE FIRST
PRIDE THERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF
A COMMITTEES CULTURE. THEIR
COURAGEOUS ADVOCATES AN
OUTSPOKEN ACTIVIST HOWEVER LGBT
CLOSER. BLACK AMERICANS ARE ALSO
THE MOST VULNERABLE AND
UNPROTECTED MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY AS MANY OF US KNOW
BLACK TRANS WOMEN FACE HIGH
RATES OF FATAL VIOLENCE. BLACK
LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH ARE AT HIGHER
RISK OF HOMELESSNESS WHICH HAS
ONLY BEEN EXASPERATED SINCE THE
PANDEMIC. IT IS WITH ALL THIS IN
MIND THE MY CAUCUS MEMBERS AND I
INTERRUPTED BY THE VOICES AND
ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF BLACK LGBT
PLUS AMERICANS. THE RECOGNITION
OF JUNETEENTH JUNETEENTH IS A
STEP TOWARDS ENSURING THAT BLACK
AMERICAN HISTORY IS REMEMBERED
AS AMERICAN HISTORY WITHOUT
IRISH IN MY BOOK THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SENATOR. WAHHAB YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU
JUNETEENTH. ARE SIMPLE OF
FREEDOM. I WAS VERY PROUD TO
INTRODUCE JUNETEENTH AS A HE
WOULD CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WITH
MY COLLEAGUE ANGELA ANDREWS THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED
TO HE WOULD CITY COUNCIL- I'M
VERY PROUD TO CONTINUE THAT
SUPPORT AS THE SENATOR FOR
DISTRICT TEN. I AND I
SPECIFICALLY WANT TO SAY I AS AN
AFGHAN AMERICAN RAISED IN A
BLACK FOSTER FAMILY HOME WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT EVERY ETHNIC
COMMUNITIES RIGHTS WERE AND ARE
BASED ON THE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. INCLUDING THE RECENTLY
PASSED CAST BILL SB FOUR OH
THREE. FROM THE SENATE FLOOR. I
SPECIFICALLY WANT TO SAY THAT
THE POLICE PRELIMINARY REPORT
FROM THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE-
THAT THE GOOD SENATOR SITS ON-
REMINDS US OF THE FREEDOMS AND
LIBERTY STILL OWED TO BLACK
AMERICANS I LOOK FORWARD. AND
URGENT I VOTE AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUED COLLABORATIONS WITH
MY COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE TO
ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIANS MAKE
GOOD. ON THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM
AND JUSTICE- TO BLACK AMERICANS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CENTER
BRADFORD SONORA THEIR MIKES UP
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND LET ME
FIRST THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
YOU WANT THEIR VOICE TO THIS
IMPORTANT. MEASURE AND I'M
DEEPLY GRATIFIED AND GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR
COMMITMENT TO THIS. BUT TODAY WE
NEED TO GO BEYOND WORDS. IF
WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING
CALIFORNIA. AND WHICH SERIOUS
ABOUT CHANGING THIS NATION THEN.
WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING THAT
THIS IS A STATE HOLIDAY THAT
EVERYONE. HAS OFF. SO I WOULD
CHALLENGE SOMEONE. ARE MEMBER OF
THIS BODY. THE INTRODUCED AT
MEASURE NEXT YEAR AND IT SHOULD
HAVE TO BE ME OR MY COLLEAGUE.
FROM LOS ANGELES. BUT SOMEONE
SHOULD INTRODUCE THAT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS IS A DAY OFF FOR
EVERYONE. BECAUSE AGAIN AFTER
MERICAN CA TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
PLUS YEARS OF KNOWS DAVE'S OFF.
SO IF ANYONE IN THIS COUNTRY
DESERVES A DAY OFF AND WE WANT
TO CELEBRATE WHAT ALL OF OUR
ALLIES. I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S-
IN THAT'S WHAT. WE HAVE TO. NOW
ADVOCATE FOR REAL CHANGE AS I
STATED. WE'LL BE CELEBRATING.
THE FOURTH OF JULY IN TWO WEEKS.
BUT THAT WAS THE INDEPENDENCE A
BRITISH TERNI. AS SLAVES WERE
STILL ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS
WERE STILL ENSLAVED DESPITE.
AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE FROM
BRITISH TYRANNY. THOSE SLAVES
FOUGHT. IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION TO HELP MAKE THIS
COUNTRY GREAT. DESPITE NOT BEING
AFFORDED THE RIGHTS AND
PRIVILEGES- THAT THEY WERE
FIGHTING FOR. SO IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW OUR HISTORY A STATE IT
THE KNOW THE TREMENDOUS
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN
AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO THIS
COUNTRY THAT CONTINUE TO MAKE
THE INTO THIS COUNTRY. AND TO
PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE
ARE. YOU THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD. BUT WE WILL NOT BE
VIEWED AS SUCH UNTIL WE START.
YOU KNOW WALKING WALKING NOT
JUST TALKING THE TALK WAS TOO
MUCH RACISM STILL IN HERE SO YES
WE'VE FREE TO BONTA JUST A
PHYSICAL SLAVERY. BUT THEY'RE
STILL BONDAGE IS OF
DISCRIMINATION RACISM HATRED.
THAT HOLES IS BACK THERE'S
BONDAGE OF ECONOMIC LACK OF
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR AS I STATED THE
WEALTHY OUT IN THIS COUNTRY
SHOULD NOT BE THREE HUNDRED
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. BECAUSE
AGAIN WE WORK JUST AS HARD AS
EVERYBODY ELSE BUT IF YOU'VE
HAD. DECADES OF JIM CROW.
DECADES OF DISCRIMINATION
DECADES OF REDLINING AND
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT
PREVENT PREVENTED YOU FROM
ECONOMIC WEALTH AND AGAIN
EXAMPLES OF WHEN WE DID ACHIEVE
ECONOMIC WEALTH. THIS STATE AND
THIS NATION STOLEN AWAY FROM US.
WE STILL HAVE MUCH WORK TO DO TO
RIGHT THE WRONGS AND INJUSTICES
THAT. EXIST TODAY SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR ALL VOTE
FOR JUNETEENTH AYE ASSUR AYE
VOTE FOR FREEDOM FOR
INDEPENDENCE BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY FOR RESPECT THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SENATOR THANK YOU
ALL FOR THAT ROBUST DISCUSSION
THIS IS ELIGIBLE FOR OUR
UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL IF THERE ARE
NO OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE HIGHS
THIRTY NINE AT NO ZERO. THE
MEMBER MANAGEMENT MOTION MEASURE
IS ADOPTED CENTER BROUGHT FOR
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR AN
INTRODUCTION THANK YOU AND AGAIN
I WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT
HAS BEEN SAID. AND AS I STATED
IN MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF RED VELVET CAKE IF
YOU LOOK ON YOUR DESKS. INSIDE
THIS JAR IS RED VELVET CAKE AND
I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE A YOUNG
LADY- JOSEPHINE MCKINNEY WHO'S
UP IN THE GALLERY WHO PROVIDED
THIS FOR US AND ON BEHALF OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS. WE
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND
UNDERSTAND THE SYMBOLISM OF WHAT
RED VELVET CAKE MEANS. TO AFTER
AMERICANS. THE JUNETEENTH THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL
RIGHT MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR THERE AND MAYBE BUT HE
WANTS TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE ONLY
ONE ITEM TODAY. ALL RIGHT CLERK
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VOTE IS THIRTY NINE TWO ZERO
CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED
MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCEMENTS CENTER HER TADO DO
YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US
. THE AGRICULTURAL BEAT IN ROOM
TWELVE HUNDRED THAT'S CORRECT
THANK YOU PINE ADJOURNMENT
CENTER OVER A GILL YES COMMITTEE
AND HUMAN SERVICES WILL MEET AT
THREE TEN IN ROOM TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND NOW RETURNING TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS SENATOR
SKINNER YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
THE JOURNEY MEMORY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS.
TODAY HARD RICE WITH SADNESS TO
ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
DOROTHY WALKER WHO IS A LONGTIME
BERKELEY RESIDENT A FRIEND OF
MINE A MENTOR. AND- JUST A
GREAT- LEADER ON ON HOUSING AND
SO MUCH MORE NOT ONLY FOR THE
CITY OF BERKELEY BUT FOR THE
STATE. I'M DE DOROTHY PASSED
AWAY ON JUNE TENTH AT HER
BERKELEY HOME SHE WAS NINETY
THREE. SHE WAS DECADES AHEAD OF
HER TIME MANY HOUSING POLICIES
THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED RECENTLY.
WE'RE IDEAS THAT SHE HAD AND
BEGAN PROMOTING FIFTY YEARS AGO
SHE WAS THE ORIGINAL YIMBY. A
PLANNER BY PROFESSION AND SHE
WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
SHE WORKED AT UC BERKELEY FOR
YEARS INCLUDING BEING THEIR
ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR AND
SHE SERVED ON MANY CITY BERKELEY
AND BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. COMMISSIONS SHE WAS
BORN IN STOCKTON GREW UP IN
ANGELS CAMP THEY CAME TO UC
BERKELEY IN NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT
WITH HER THEN HUSBAND JOE KAMIAH
. DOROTHY AND JOE EXPERIENCED
FIRST HAND RACIST HOUSING
POLICIES WHEN THEY WERE INFORMED
THEY COULD THEY COULD ONLY BUY
OR RENT IN THE WESTERN CORNER
PORTION OF BERKELEY BECAUSE HER
HUSBAND WAS JAPANESE AMERICAN.
SHE WAS VERY ANGERED BY THIS
BECAUSE HER HUSBAND'S FAMILY HAD
ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE RACISM
OF BEING SENT TO AN INTERNMENT
CAMP DURING WORLD WAR TWO. AND
HER EXPERIENCE PROMPTED HER TO
COMMIT HERSELF TO FIGHTING
RACISM AND SEGREGATION FOR THE
REST OF HER LIFE. IT NEARLY
SIXTY SHE WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS
OF BERKELEY'S DESEGREGATE SCHOOL
DESEGREGATION EFFORTS AND OUT
ONE STUDENT WHO BENEFIT FROM
THAT NUMBER THINK YOU HEARD
ABOUT IT AND ONE OF HER DEBATE
WAS OUR VICE PRESIDENT KAMILLA
HARRIS. KIDS OF COLOR LIKE
KAMILLA WHO LIVED IN THE
FLATLANDS WERE BUSED TO SCHOOLS
IN THE MOSTLY WEALTHY BERKELEY
HILLS. BUT DESEGREGATING OUR
SCHOOLS DID NOT DESEGREGATE
BERKELEY AS I'M SURE WE SIGN
MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE
NEIGHBORHOODS WERE STILL DIVIDED
BY COLOR. SAID DOROTHY REALIZED
EARLY ON THAT HOUSING POLICIES
DEEPENED SEGREGATION SINGLE
FAMILY ZONING PROHIBITIONS ON
MULTI FAMILY HOUSING THOSE
EFFECTIVELY CAPPED PEOPLE OF
COLOR ESPECIALLY BLACK RESIDENTS
. FROM LIVING IN THE MAJORITY OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. SO DOROTHY WAS
SERVED ON THE BERKELEY PLANNING
COMMISSION IN NINETEEN SEVENTY
TWO CAN PROPOSED IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY TWO TO ABOLISH SINGLE
FAMILY ZONING IN BERKELEY'S
WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS. HER IDEA
WAS WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME SHE
LATER RECALLED I WAS BASICALLY A
VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS CRYING
OUT FOR DENSITY IT WAS TOO
RADICAL. WELL I FIRST MET BURKE
DOROTHY WHEN I WAS A STUDENT
ACTIVIST IN IN STUDENT
GOVERNMENT AND CAL. GIVEN HER
ROLE IN UC BERKELEY'S
ADMINISTRATION. OF COURSE I
VIEWED HER WITH SUSPICION. AND
ONCE I WAS ON THE BERKELEY CITY
COUNCIL OFTEN I WAS ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF HER IN TOWN AND
GOWN CONFLICTS. YET ALL THE
WHILE I ADMIRED HER LEADERSHIP
SKILLS HER PASSION HER SMARTS.
AT THAT TIME I WAS BASED ON THE
COUNTS WITH VERY FEW HOUSING
DECISIONS ALL OF THE INVESTMENT
IN HOUSING WAS BEING PUT IN
SUBURBIA- IN MY PERSPECTIVE ON
HOUSING WAS QUITE FRANKLY ILL
INFORMED. LATER IN THE NINETIES
AFTER I GOT OFF THE COUNCIL I
HAD AN AHA MOMENT WHEN I STARTED
A PROJECT CALLED CITIES FOR
CLIMATE PROTECTION. AND DURING
THAT PROCESS ALL OF MY CITIES IN
CALIFORNIA. DOING INVENTORIES
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
INVENTORIES REALIZED THAT
TRANSPORTATION WAS THE SINGLE
LARGEST SOURCE OF EMISSIONS IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES WIDE. LAND USE
AND HOUSING DECISIONS THAT
CAPPED HOUSING FAR AWAY FROM
JOBS SCHOOLS SERVICES AND THAT
SORT OF THING WHICH MADE PEOPLE
CAR DEPENDENT. THEN I REALIZED
THAT DOROTHY WALKER WAS RIGHT
NOT ONLY WERE HOUSING POLICIES
EXCLUSIONARY THEY WERE MAKING
CLIMATE CHANGE WORSE. SHE AND I
RECONNECTED THEN IN THE NINETIES
WHILE HER IDEAS STARTED TO GAIN
TRACTION IN BERKELEY AND
BERKELEY WAS ENGAGED IN A PLAN.
TO PLANNING PROCESS TO INCREASE
THE DENSITY IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
THEN WHEN I GOT IN THE ASSEMBLY
IN TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT I
PARTNERED WITH DOROTHY ON MANY
THE HOUSING POLICIES THAT I PUT
FORWARD WHETHER IT WAS TO.
REDUCE PARKING MINIMUMS
STREAMLINED HOUSING HE'S OWNING
ROLES IN VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.
AND IN THE EARLY TWENTY TWENTY
ONE. THE CITY OF BERKELEY ITSELF
EMBRACED DOROTHY'S IDEAS FOR
NEARLY FIFTY YEARS BEFORE AND
VOTED TO END SINGLE FAMILY
ZONING IN BERKELEY. SO WITH THAT
I CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY THE
DOROTHY WALKER LAID THE
GROUNDWORK FOR MAJOR SHIPS IN
HOUSING POLICY IN BERKELEY AND
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. AND I
KNOW THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY
WERE QUITE PROUD OF THAT I AM
PROUD THAT BERKELEY IS NOW
BUILDING DENSE HOUSING
THROUGHOUT ITS DOWNTOWN. SHE
LOVED MUSIC IN THE THEATER I
OFTEN RAN INTO WERE AT VARIOUS
JAZZ CONCERTS AND BERKELEY
REPERTORY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HER
FOUR CHILDREN FIVE GRANDCHILDREN
AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD.
DOROTHY YOU ARE GREATLY MISSED
AND YOU ARE OWED A SINCERE
APOLOGY BECAUSE MY FRIEND ON
HOUSING YOU WERE RIGHT. THANK
YOU SENATOR SKINNER PLEASE BRING
MRS WALKER'S NAME UP SO SHE CAN
BE PROPERLY MORALIZING WE ALL
AGREE SHE WAS A REMARKABLE
INDIVIDUAL I'M WORTHY OF BEING
RECOGNIZED ON THIS DAY. NOW
WE'RE GONNA MOVE BACK TO
ANNOUNCEMENTS THANK SENATOR
ASHLEY HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
THANK YOU. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE
TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE- MARI GRAY.
I'VE KNOWN OMARI SINCE HE WAS
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD AND HE'S
QUIET. HE'S SOFT SPOKEN AS KIND
AS YOU THINK HE IS. AND THAT HE
WAS RAISED HERE IN SACRAMENTO I
GREW UP IN THE TOMOS A VERY GOOD
FRIEND OF MY OLDEST SON. PLAYED
FOOTBALL TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS
PRETTY SURE HE'S BROKEN ALMOST
EVERY BONE IN HIS BODY. HE WENT
TO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH
SCHOOL IN SAC STATE HE IS A TRUE
HOMEGROWN KIDDO. AND IT JUST
MAKES MY HEART SWELL WITH PRIDE
TO SEE HIM LEADING TODAY AS THE
READING CLERK IN THE CALIFORNIA
STATE SENATE. OMARI YOUR DAD
WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU TO SEE
DOING THIS TODAY CONGRADULATIONS
YOUNG MAN. THAT'S WORTHY OF A
STANDING OVATION NAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IF
THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS
INTERACTIONS THE DALLAS IS CLEAR
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
COLLEAGUES OUR NEXT FLOOR
SESSION WILL BE THIS THURSDAY.
JUNE TWENTY SECOND TWENTY TWENTY
THREE AT NINE AM. MEMBERS THE
SENATE WILL BE RECESSED UNTIL
THREE THIRTY PM TODAY AND AT
WHICH TIME AN ADJOURNMENT MOTION
WILL BE MADE. WILL RECONVENE ON
THURSDAY JUNE TWENTY SECOND AT
NINE AM THANK YOU.