SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL. ALAN A
BROADER GIL. ARCHULETTA. ASHBY.
ATKINS. BECKER. BLAKE SPEAR.
BRADFORD. CABALLERO. ORTEZ E.
DOLLY! DODD. HUESO. EGGMAN.
GLASER. GONZALES. GROVE. JONES.
LAYERED LIMÓN MCGUIRE MENJIVAR.
MEN. NEWMAN. WHEN NILO. BUT THE
PORTANTINO BRA. RUBIO. SO YOUR
TOE SKINNER. SMALLER QUIVERS.
STERN. NUMBER AHA! WIENER. WELL.
A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WHERE THE
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ANGELA BARTON, WHO WAS RECENTLY
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THE MISS CALIFORNIA PAGEANT
AMERICA PAGEANT IS A PLATFORM TO
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LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR MARRIED
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SPANS ALL ASPECTS OF MARKETING
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TO OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY.
SHE'S CURRENTLY HELD POSITIONS
AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CURRENT
LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE. EXCUSE ME
CURRENT COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOUNDATION IN THE PUBLIC
RELATIONS SHARE FOR THE CURRENT
COUNTY CANCER FOUNDATION. HER
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APPROACHES HAVE HELPED THESE
ORGANIZATION INCREASE THEIR
VISIBILITY AND ALSO HAS MADE
GREAT AWARENESS. SHE IS NOT ONLY
ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE WOMEN
THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REPRESENT. SHE IS MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU. SORRY. I THINK THEY
WERE PREPARED FOR ME TO JOIN MY
COLLEAGUE FROM KERN COUNTY. BUT
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SHE IS A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR
CHILDREN WHO HERSELF HAS BEEN
TRAFFICKED AND EXPLOITED. IT'S A
CAUSE DEAR TO HER HEART AS SHE
HERSELF THE VICTIM OF CHILD
ABDUCTION WHEN SHE WAS ONLY FOUR
YEARS OLD. SO THINK ABOUT IT
ABDUCTED IT FOR YEARS OLD
CROWNED AT 52. OKAY I'M YES, IT
IS. MY COLLEAGUES. MISTAKE AH 40
. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE FALL
. MY COLLEAGUE BUT LET'S NOT
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INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL. AND SHE
SAYS ADVERSITY DOESN'T DEFINE
US. IT REFINES US. WE'RE NOT
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SHAPED BY OUR ABILITY TO RISE
ABOVE IT. ANGELA WILL USE THIS
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AT THE 2023 MISS AMERICA
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FOLLOWING FOLLOWING THE PHOTOS
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ALRIGHT MEMBERS. MOVING ON TO
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR,
WHICH WILL BE DEEMED READ.
MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL
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COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED NOW
MOVING TO MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS
AND NOTE AND NOTICES. WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE SENATE JOURNALIST
FOR JULY 10TH 2023, THROUGH JULY
13TH 2023 WILL BE APPROVED AS
CORRECTED BY THE MINUTE CLERK.
MOVING MOVING ON THE FLOOR
AMENDMENT MOTION. THERE ARE
FLOOR AMENDMENTS AT THE DESK AND
THEY WILL BE DEEMED ADOPTED AT
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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR
PRESIDENT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
AT, OKAY? SO I'D LIKE TO REMOVE
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FILE, PLEASE. SO, NOTED CENTER
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AT THE REQUEST OF THE AUTHOR,
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION FOR 11 26
ASSEMBLY BILL 7 20 TO 16 073 99
WITH AMENDMENTS 16 79 WITH
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MOVING ON TO GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENTS. SENATOR GROVER,
YOU PREPARED THAT OKAY UP FIRST
BY LIGHT. UM 10. THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES. WELCOME BACK. IT IS
LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE ALL
OF YOU FILE ITEM. 10 IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF VICTOR JEROEN,
WHO'S THE CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHABILITATION PRIORITIES
APPOINTMENT. HE WAS SERVING AS
THE GRANTS DIRECTOR FOR THE
CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
ON HOMELESSNESS IN SERVICE OF
THE DEPARTMENT IN VARIOUS ROLES
FROM 2015 TILL 2021. HE WAS
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON JUNE 28TH RESPECTFULLY ASKED
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ASHBY. ATKINS HIGH, BECKER I,
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CABALLERO. AYE, CORTESI. I
DOLLY. AYE, DODD. AYE, DURAZO.
ALRIGHT, EGGMAN. I GLASER. AYE.
GONZALES. ALRIGHT, GROVE. I HAD
Ó. HI JONES. AYE, LAIRD. ALL
RIGHT, LEMON. HI MCGUIRE. I
MANAGE A BAR. I MEN I NEWMAN
ALRIGHT WHEN. AYE NILO. ALRIGHT.
WHAT'S YOUR BOOK? I BADIA.
ALRIGHT PORTANTINO. AYE, ROTH.
AYE, RUBIO. ALRIGHT SUHARTO.
ALRIGHT SKINNER. AYE. SMALLER
QUIVERS. AYE, STERN. I AM BERG.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE AYE, WIENER.
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THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT IS
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THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT,
COLLEAGUES FILE ITEM. 11 IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF HILDEGARD LV ARE
DON'T HURRY APPOINTMENT TO THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BOARD OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNORS.
HILDEGARD WAS THE ASSISTANT
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE
HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY OF DAVITA,
AND SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE
COLLEGE COMMITTEE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS SINCE 2018 AND SHE
CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE BOARD'S
VICE PRESIDENT. SHE WAS APPROVED
ON 50 VOTE ON THE RULES
COMMITTEE ON JULY 5TH
RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR AN I
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AYE, DELI. AYE, DODD. AYE,
DURAZO. AYE, EGGMAN. I GLASER.
AYE. GONZALES. HIGH GROVE. TODD
Ó. HI JONES. AYE LAIRD. I
LEMON. AYE MCGUIRE. I MENJIVAR I
MEN. ALL RIGHT, NEWMAN. ALRIGHT
WHEN. AYE NILO ALRIGHT OR
TRELLEBORG? I BADIA. ALRIGHT
PORTANTINO. AYE, ROTH. RUBIO.
ALRIGHT SUHARTO. ALRIGHT
SKINNER. AYE. SMALLER RIVERS.
STERN. I AM BERG. I WILL HAVE
WIENER. AYE, WILK. HI. I. CLERK.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBER.
ASHBY. ISAIAH 39 NOS. ZERO THE
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED. MOVING ON TO OUR
FINAL GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS
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THANK YOU. MR PRESIDENT,
COLLEAGUES FILE ITEM. 15 IS A
CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING
REAPPOINTMENTS EDWARD YE TO THE
GAMBLING CONTROL COMMISSION
JERRY FLEMING TO THE COVERED
CALIFORNIA GOVERNING BOARD AND
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF APPOINTMENT
HUMOR THAT I THINK ONLY MY GOOD
FRIEND, THE SENATE PRO TIM AND I
WILL GET IS AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED
ADD, DECLARE AS A STATE
ARCHITECT. SHE'S ON THE STATE
ARCHITECT BOARD, ALL
REAPPOINTMENTS THE FOLLOWING NEW
APPOINTMENTS AND RE APPOINTMENTS
FOR THE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND
FIRE PROTECTION ARE DONE. BLAKE
DR ELIZABETH FORCE FORCE BERG
PARTY AND MICHAEL JENNY. ALL OF
THESE APPOINTEES WERE APPROVED
ON THE RULES COMMITTEE ON JULY
5TH AND 50 VOTE. I RESPECTFULLY
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SENATOR OF BEFORE WE MOVED TO
VOTE. THE CHIEF CLERK HAS
REMINDED ME THAT IF YOU WANT TO
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IT OFF THE FLOOR. WITH THAT?
WELL, THAT WAS GOOD. WE KNOW
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. HUH WITH THAT CLERK, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN. ALRIGHT,
ALVARADO GIL I STILETTO ASHBY.
ATKINS. ALRIGHT BECKER. I
SHAKESPEARE. ALRIGHT BRADFORD
CABALLERO. ALRIGHT CORTEZ E.
DELI. DODD. AYE. AYE, EGGMAN.
AYE, GLASER. GONZALES. ALRIGHT,
GROVE. ALL RIGHT, TODD Ó. AYE,
JONES. AYE LAIRD LEMON. MCGUIRE
MENJIVAR ALL RIGHT, MAN. AYE
NEWMAN. I WHEN AYE, NILO. I
TROUBLE I BADIA. PORTANTINO. HI
ROTH RUBIO. ALRIGHT SUHARTO.
ALRIGHT SKINNER. AYE, SMALLER
CUEVAS. AYE, STERN. I AM BERG. I
WILL HAVE WIENER. AYE, WILK.
AYE. PLEASE CALL THE ABSOLUTE
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NO. ZERO THE APPOINTMENTS ARE
CONFIRMED. NOW MOVING ON TO
SENATE THIRD READING, UH, ITEM
31. PLEASE READ. SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, ANYONE BY
SENATOR BRADFORD RELATIVE TO THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOP
SENATOR BRADFORD. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. I RISE TODAY TO
PRESENT SCR 81, WHICH RECOGNIZES
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. THE BIRTH
OF HIP HOP AND COMMEMORATES ALL
THAT IT MEANS NOT ONLY TO
CALIFORNIA BUT TO THIS NATION AS
WELL. ON AUGUST 11TH AND 1973.
CLIVE CAMPBELL AND HIS YOUNGER
SISTER, CINDY, THREW A PARTY IN
THEIR APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE
BRONX, NEW YORK TO RAISE MONEY
FOR BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
CLIVE BETTER KNOWN AS DJ KOOL,
HERC. AH I WAS EMCEEING AND THE
DJ FOR THE NIGHT. HE TOOK TWO
TURNTABLES AND PLACE TWO COPIES
OF JAMES BROWN'S SEX MACHINE ON
BOTH TABLES AND PLAYED AN
EXTENDED VERSION OF THE
INSTRUMENT WILL BEAT OR THE
BREAK. FOR THE RECORD. UH FROM
THAT RECORD, I SHOULD SAY THIS
LET PEOPLE DANCE LONGER DURING
THE BREAK, AND PEOPLE BEGAN
EMCEEING AND WRAPPING DURING THE
BREAK, THUS BREAKDANCING. AND
POP BLOCKING. IF YOU KNOW ABOUT
HIP HOP. IT WAS INITIALLY ABOUT
THE DANCE. AND IT WAS ABOUT TWO
D. J IT WAS WELL BEFORE YOU
ADDED SPOKEN WORD TO IT. THIS
WAS THE BEGINNING OF HIP HOP AND
THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUSIC,
MUSICAL AND CULTURAL REVOLUTION.
HIP HOP BEGAN AS AN OUTLET AND A
VOICE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND
PEOPLE OF LATIN AMERICAN AND
CARIBBEAN DESCENT. IT WAS OUR
GRILL. IT WAS OUR JOURNAL TOLD
OUR STORY. IT BECAME A
MAINSTREAM GENRE IN 1979 WHEN
HUSBAND AND WIFE JOE AND SYLVIA
ROBINSON FOUNDED SUGAR HILL
RECORDS AND SIGNED MANY OF THEIR
EARLY HIP HOP ARTISTS SUCH AS
RUN DMC SUGAR HILL GANG, KURTIS
BLOW ON AND ON AND ON. AND AS
YOU KNOW, EARLY RAP WAS REALLY
LIKE TO SAY SPOKEN WORD. IT WAS
TEASING. AND, UH, KIND OF LIKE
PLAYING THE DOZENS. IT WASN'T
ABOUT VIOLENCE. IT WASN'T ABOUT
CURSING. IT WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
HOTEL MOTEL HOLIDAY IN ALL OF
THOSE THINGS AND FUN AND LIVELY
AND IN THE EARLY 19 EIGHTIES HIP
HOP, DIVERSIFIED AND DEVELOP
MORE COMPLEX MUSICAL STYLES,
SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND
INTERNATIONAL AND FLORENCE IT
WAS COLD COAST. HIP HOP EMERGED
AT THIS TIME, AND IT BEGAN AND
THE 35TH SENATE-DISTRICT, WHICH
I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT, AND
COMMUNITIES SUCH AS COMPTON. AH
LONG BEACH, CARSON, WHERE A LOT
OF RAPPERS CAME OUT OF THOSE
AREAS. UH THE WATTS WILLOWBROOK
AREA AND IN 1979, A YOUNG MAN BY
THE NAME OF ALONZO WILLIAMS WAS
A DJ AND FROM COMPTON AND
GRADUATED FROM GARDENA HIGH
SCHOOL. AND HE BECAME A CLUB
PROMOTER. AS I WAS A CLUB
PROMOTER. I STARTED IN 1978 AS A
CLUB PROMOTER AND HE WAS ONE OF
MY RIVALS AND WE BECAME GOOD
FRIENDS. AND IN THE LATE
EIGHTIES, I MEAN LATE SEVENTIES
AND EARLY EIGHTIES, THERE WERE
NO BLACK NIGHTCLUBS. WHAT WE
WERE PROMOTERS BUT WE WERE WE
DID MOBILE DISCO. ONE WEEK WE
MIGHT BE AT THE BONAVENTURE
HOTEL IN THE BALLROOM. A MONTH
LATER, WE'D BE AT THE SPORTS
ARENA. A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE
WOULD BE I WOULD I USED IT USED
TO BE A RESTAURANT IN BEVERLY
HILLS, ACAPULCO'S ON LAWCENTER
GAH, FOUR, WALLED THAT ON EVERY
SATURDAY. THAT MEANS I TOOK
PLACE OVER ON SATURDAYS AND I
TURNED IT INTO A NIGHTCLUB.
ROSCOE'S WHICH WAS FAMOUS FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER WAS ONE OF
THE PLACES I ALSO WAS A CLUB
PROMOTER AT AND BUT ALONSO ALSO
FOUNDED A CLUB CALLED EVE AFTER
DARK. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH
THE STREETSCAPE AND LAST YEAR'S
SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, ONE OF
THE FIXTURES ON THAT STREET GATE
WAS A NIGHTCLUB AFTER DARK,
WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS, BUT IT
WAS IN MY DISTRICT BETWEEN THE
CITIES OF ENGLEWOOD AND COMPTON
AND I USED TO LAUGH AT THE RADIO
ADVERTISEMENT THEY WOULD NEVER
SAY. WORST OF COMPTON. THEY SAY
EAST OF GARDENA. THEY WANT TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH GARDENA. SO IT
SAYS, COME TO EVE AFTER DARK
EAST OF GARDENA. OH BUT ANYWAY,
UH, THE CLUB WAS A DRIVING FORCE
FOR NIGHT LOVE LIFE IN THE AREA
AND A HIGH PROFILE ARTISTS,
CELEBRITIES AND DJ ALWAYS WERE
IN ATTENDANCE. UM AND IN ORDER
TO SHARE SOME OF THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEEJAYING IN
THE LARGE DEMAND OF DJ AND
ALONSO CREATED A CREW OF DJ
KNOWN AS THE WORLD CLASS
WRECKING CREW. AND CREATED CREW
CUT A LABEL WHICH BEGAN
RELEASING MUSIC AND THEIR EARLY
EIGHTIES AND FOR THOSE OF YOU
DON'T KNOW. THE WEST COAST.
WORKING CREW, UH, MORPHED INTO N
W. A. AND THUS WE HAVE IN W. AND
ALONSO HAS A BOOK CALLED NWS.
NOT WITHOUT ALONZO. BECAUSE
WITHOUT HIM, WE WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY NOT KNOWN ABOUT MANY OF
THE ARTISTS THAT WE HEARD FROM,
AND SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO CAME OUT ALONG THAT TIME WAS
MICHELLE, A DJ BATTLE CAT,
RODNEY O. AND JOE COOLEY DELLA
DREAM TEAM. COMPTON'S MOST
WANTED DJ YELLA, DR DRE, BOTH OF
WHOM WERE MEMBERS OF THE WORLD
CLASS WRECKING CREW, AND THEN
WENT ON TO BECOME LIKE A SHED
AND W. A AND AS A STATED IT WAS
ANOTHER. PURPLE PIVOTAL
INDIVIDUAL WHO WE FAILED TO
MENTION, AND HIS NAME IS ROGER
CLAYTON. AND UNFORTUNATELY,
ROGER DIED 13 YEARS AGO, BUT
ROGER CLAYTON STARTED UNCLE
JAM'S ARMY AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE
LEADING CLUB PROMOTERS AND L. A
DURING THAT TIME, BUT ALSO THE
PLATFORM FOR MANY OF THE YOUNG
RAP ARTIST GET THEIR START AND
AGAIN, MANY OF THOSE DJS AGAIN.
ROGER CLAYTON WAS ALSO THE DJ
FOR THE BEASTIE BOYS, ANOTHER
YOUNG RAP ARTIST, AND IF YOU
LOOK AT ANY OF THE OLD FOOTAGE,
HE WAS DJ ON STAGE ON ALL OF
THEIR WORLD TOURS AND PLAYING
THE MUSIC FOR THOSE GUYS, AND IT
WAS THREE PROMINENT DJS WHEN WE
WERE PROMOTING CLUBS YOU WANTED
. ROGER CLAYTON. YOU WANTED
ALONZO WILLIAMS. YOU WANTED
JERRY MCGEE. OR YOU WANTED
JULIAN JACKSON, ONE OF THOSE
GUYS. YOU WANTED TO BE DEEJAYING
BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS ABOUT TWO
DJS BEFORE IT WAS ABOUT THE
WORDS. UM AND SO, UM, ALSO,
ROGER CLAYTON WAS PART OF, UH,
SOME AS PARTNERS WAS A GUY NAMED
GIG. MARTIN WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE, AND THEY RAN A PLACE AGAIN
IN MY DISTRICT IN TORRENTS
CALLED THE ALPINE VILLAGE, AND
THEY FILLED THIS PLACE EVERY
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WOULD YOUNG
DJS AND THEY MORPHED INTO AGAIN
WRAPPING? WHAT'S GO, SAYS HIP
HOP GAIN IMMENSE. AH POPULARITY
AND DOMINATED RADIO PLAY AND
SALES AND MAKE CALIFORNIA
ARRIVAL HIP HOPS ALONG TIME
CAPITAL OF NEW YORK AND HIP HOP
ARTISTS FROM CALIFORNIA SUCH AS
DR DRE, ICE CUBE, YO YO TUPAC
SHAKUR, SNOOP DOGG, 40.
KENDRICK, LAMAR AND SO MANY
OTHERS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GENRE
AND HAVE INFLUENCED GENERATIONS
OF ARTISTS AND LISTENERS. HIP
HOP IS THE MOST POPULAR AND
FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL MUSIC
GENRE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND
IN THE PAST 50 YEARS JUST JOHN
HAS GROWN FROM UNDERGROUND MUSIC
SCENE. THE EAST COAST TO A
GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF MUSIC, DANCE
, FASHION AND LANGUAGE.
CALIFORNIA ARTISTS,
ENTREPRENEURS, FASHION DESIGNERS
AND PRODUCERS HAVE HAD A
CONTINUED AND CONTINUE TO BE
MONUMENTAL FORCE AND INFLUENCE
IN THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE
OF HIP HOP. THIS RESOLUTION. SCR
81 RECOGNIZES THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOP TIME OF
CELEBRATION AND PRIDE FOR
CALIFORNIA, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZES
MANY OF THE UNNAMED AND UNSEEN
INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED CREATE
THIS CHALLENGER HERE IN
CALIFORNIA ACROSS THIS NATION.
SO FOR ALL HIP HOP LOVERS, WE
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A VOTE
TODAY. THANK YOU, SENATOR
BRADFORD. SENATOR GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
CALIFORNIA LATINO LEGISLATIVE
CAUCUS AND ALSO AS A HIP HOP
LOVER. IT IS MY HONOR AS WELL TO
RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
SCR 81, WHICH CELEBRATES THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOP,
LIKE MOST OF YOU HAVE A VERY
STRONG LOVE FOR MUSIC,
ESPECIALLY HIP HOP, HAVING
PLAYED IT FOR PERIODS OF MY LIFE
, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL,
LISTENING TO TUPAC AND SNOOP
DOGG AND TWO BIGGIE. THE
EVOLUTION OF THIS MUSIC GENRE
HAS BEEN AMAZING, DELIVERING
COUNTLESS HITS OVER ITS 50 YEAR
HISTORY. MANY OF THESE SONGS AND
LYRICS COMMUNICATED IN BLUNT
TERMS, BUT THE REAL EXPERIENCES
OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WERE REAL. AND THEY SHOULD
BE UPLIFTED, NOT ALWAYS
APPRECIATED OR CELEBRATED AS
MENTIONED HIP HOP SONGS, THEIR
LEADERS AND HIP HOP ARTISTS LIKE
ONE THAT I'M ABOUT TO MENTION
OUR REAL CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR
OUR CALIFORNIA MUSIC HISTORY.
ONE OF WHICH IS A LOCAL LONG
BEACH LEGEND. HE IS MY DEAR
FRIEND, MR CALVIN ANDERSON.
ACTUALLY WHERE HIS SHIRT FROM
VIP RECORDS. HE WAS CRITICAL IN
CENTRAL LONG BEACH FOR DECADES
IN LAUNCHING THE CAREERS FOR
SNOOP DOGG, WARREN G DOG, AMONG
ANY MANY, MANY OTHERS, AS WELL
AS A HUGE INFLUENCE FOR WEST
COAST RAP, ALL LOCATED IN
CENTRAL LONG BEACH, WHICH I'M
VERY PROUD OF. HE ALSO GIVES
BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY ENSURES
THAT LOCAL YOUTH ALSO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT MUSIC
PRODUCTION AND HIP HOP. AND IT'S
ALWAYS A STAPLE AT OUR MARTIN
LUTHER KING PRAYED. AND FOR
THAT, I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO
HIM. SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS
AND MORE, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
UPLIFT OUR HIP HOP COMMUNITY,
AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION AND SCR. 81 THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR
SMALLWOOD QUIVERS. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT, AND I RISE IN SUPPORT
OF SCR 81 THIS AMAZING
RESOLUTION AND I'M STANDING FOR
THE LADIES THE LADIES OF HIP HOP
FROM THE START. HIP HOP HAS BEEN
ABOUT STORYTELLING AND I BRING
INTO THIS SPACE FOLKS LIKE LADY
OF RAGE. YO YO, ROXANNE JJ FAD.
QUEEN LATIFAH LIGHT AND SO MANY
OTHERS FROM THE START. I THINK
SOME OF THE BEST OF THE
STORYTELLERS HAVE BEEN WOMEN,
AND I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS
GREAT LEGACY OF WOMEN TELLING
THE STORY OF WOMEN AND IMPROVING
THE CONDITIONS OF WOMEN. THROUGH
THEIR WORDS. HIP HOP IS NO
DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER FIELD
WHERE WOMEN HAVE HAD TO BATTLE
FOR RECOGNITION AND A MALE
DOMINATED INDUSTRY. IN THE EARLY
DAYS OF HIP HOP. FEMALE RAPPERS
WERE ESSENTIAL TO THE GENRE'S
BIOLOGY AND UNAPOLOGETIC IN
THEIR DETAILING OF THEIR
EXPERIENCE IN THIS MAN'S WORLD,
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE
THEIR STORIES AND TO BUILD
MOVEMENTS TO BUILD UP AND
SUPPORT WOMEN AND PARTICULARLY
DEFENDING THE DIGNITY OF YOUNG
BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. THE STRUGGLES THAT
WERE INFLUENCED AND LIFTED UP BY
QUEEN LATIFAH BY ARTISTS AND
WRITERS LIKE MONY LOVE IN 1989,
WHERE THEY WROTE THE CLASSIC
LADIES FIRST AND THE U. N I T Y
OF QUEEN LATIFAH THAT BROUGHT
WOMEN TOGETHER TO SAY THAT WE
CAN CONFRONT DISRESPECT THAT WE
CAN CONFRONT THE H WORD AND THAT
WE CAN CONTROL OUR OWN BODIES
AND OUR OWN SEXUALITY AND HAVE
POWER IN THAT STORY. WOMEN IN
HIP HOP ALWAYS AND WILL FOREVER
HAVE A DISTINCTIVE STYLE AND
VARIATION THAT CHANGED THE
LITERACY, LYRIC MAKING OF HIP
HOP AND EACH WOMAN BRINGING
THEIR OWN BRILLIANCE IN TERMS OF
THEIR CADENCE AND THEIR
VOCABULARY IN MOSTLY IN COMMON
FIERCENESS TO AN INDEPENDENT
VOICE OF POWER THAT ENSURES THAT
THEY REMAIN CONSISTENT AND
CONTRIBUTING AND BUILDING THE
RESOUNDING HER IN THE FIELD. OF
HIP HOP. THE CELEBRATION OF THIS
ANNIVERSARY IS THE CELEBRATION
OF THE POWER OF WOMEN'S VOICE
FOR CHANGE AND FOR STORYTELLING
AND NOT JUST RECOGNIZING AMAZING
ARTISTS AND STORYTELLERS WHO
STARTED THIS MUSICAL REVOLUTION
BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT
OF THIS REVOLUTION ON HELPING TO
CHANGE AND IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN
OUR SOCIETY BY STORYTELLING AND
KEEPING IT REAL. CLYDE CAMPBELL
, DJ KOOL HURT AS THE GREAT
SENATOR FOR GARDENA TALKED ABOUT
, SAID HIP HOP IS THE VOICE OF
THIS GENERATION, AND IT HAS
BECOME A POWERFUL FORCE THAT
BINDS ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ALL
OVER THE WORLD TOGETHER IN HIP
HOP. IT IS A HIP HOP FAMILY. IT
IS A CULTURE AND ON THIS DAY
IT'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY. I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT. FOR SCR 81. THANK
YOU, SENATOR, SENATOR RUBIO.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE
TODAY I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF SCR 81, ALSO AS A I REALLY A
FAN OF HIP HOP. AND I HATE TO
SAY THIS BECAUSE MOST OF YOU ALL
KNOW HOW OLD I AM, IF I SAY
THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, I GREW UP
WITH THE HIP HOP SONGS OF THE
EIGHTIES AND JUST MOST RECENTLY,
I HAD THE HONOR TO EXPERIENCE
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE WITH
ALL THOSE LEGENDARY HIP HOP
ARTISTS COME TOGETHER FROM MISSY
ELLIOTT TO BUSTER RHYMES TO
EVERYONE THAT MADE US UM JUST
FEEL LOVE AND JOY FOR SOMEONE
LIKE MYSELF THAT COMES FROM
INNER CITY COMMUNITY WITH A LOT
OF GANGS, DRUGS, VIOLENCE. MUSIC
WAS OUR OUT THAT GAVE US THE
ABILITY TO SELF EXPRESS GAVE A
LOT OF OUR KIDS AND OUR
COMMUNITIES, THE ABILITY TO GROW
AND FIND THEIR THEIR FOOTING IN
LIFE. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE
ENTREPRENEURS NOW, UH, MUSIC
JUST CREATED SO MANY ARE SELF
SUSTAINING YOUNG INDIVIDUALS
FROM CLOTHING TO HAD TO
EVERYTHING, SO I JUST WANT TO
THANK ALL THOSE ORIGINATORS WHO
STARTED THE MOVEMENT FOR
BRINGING US TOGETHER BECAUSE I
KNOW AGAIN GROWING UP IN GANGS.
THAT MUSIC WAS THE ONLY THING
THAT JUST BIND US TOGETHER. IT
BROKE BARRIERS. YOU KNOW, WE
DIDN'T CARE WHAT LANGUAGE
ANYBODY SPOKE. I DON'T CARE. YOU
KNOW WHO THEY WERE, WHERE THEY
CAME FROM. JUST EVERYONE ENJOYED
MUSIC, AND I THINK THAT'S THE
VALUE OF MUSIC. IT WAS A VALUE
OF THAT ERA WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING BUT MUSIC. AND SO I
JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED, BUT I
ALSO DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM,
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU
KNOW THE GREAT DINNER FROM
GARDENA FOR BRINGING THIS UP IS
THAT SOMETIMES IT GOES SORT OF
UNNOTICED AND THANKED, BUT THEY
ARE SO RESPONSIBLE FOR UPLIFTING
AND ELEVATING SO MANY PEOPLE OF
COLOR WE HEARD, UM ARE GREAT.
YOU KNOW, SENATOR JUST EXPRESSED
THE VALUE TO OTHER WOMEN, THEIR
GROWTH, THEIR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES. THEY KEEP COMING
BACK. I WOULD HAVE TO SPEND A
LOT OF TIME TO LIST ALL THE
ARTISTS. WHO GO INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES WHO GIVE BACK AND
CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE
THEY CAME FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES
. SO WITH THAT I WOULD ASK FOR A
STRONG RIVAL. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, SENATOR. ONE HOB. THANK YOU
. I RISE TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOP, UM AS A
FOLLOWER OF RAP AND HIP HOP FROM
UNDERGROUND SCENE IN NEW YORK
CITY TO MAINSTREAM ARTISTS,
THERE IS A TRUE TALENT AND SKILL
AND ART IN RAP AND HIP HOP MUSIC
. WE MUST HONOR AND ART FORM
THAT HAS HAD SUCH AN INFLUENCE
ON MAINSTREAM AMERICAN CULTURE
FROM HAMILTON'S ON BROADWAY TO
HIP HOP STREET FASHION INFUSION
IN HIGH FASHION EDUCATORS
BRIDGING SHAKESPEARE, HIP HOP
AND RAP AND EVEN SAYINGS OF
POLITICAL NATURE. FOR EXAMPLE,
THEY HAVE MONEY FOR WAR BUT
CAN'T FEED THE POOR WHILE WE
HONOR HIP HOP IN THE LEGACY OF
THE GREAT RAPPERS SUCH AS TUPAC
AND BIGGIE AND COUNTLESS OTHERS
, I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
WOMEN IN HIP HOP FROM M. C LYTE,
QUEEN LATIFAH, MISSY ELLIOTT IN
LITTLE KIM, WHO HAVE PAVED THE
WAY FOR SO MANY WOMEN IN THIS
MALE DOMINATED WORLD. AND OTHER
ARTISTS SUCH AS NIKI, CARDI,
SPICE AND DOJA, CAT AND OTHERS
WHO ARE FOLLOWING AND ALLOWING
HIP HOP TO BECOME SO MAINSTREAM
AND NO LONGER JUST SEEN AS A
MALE ART FORM. LET'S BE REAL,
THEIR STYLE BEATS AND FLOW.
WOMEN RAPPERS ARE IN THEIR PRIME
RIGHT NOW DOMINATING HIP HOP,
RAP AND POP MUSIC CHARTS,
INCLUDING THIS WEEK WHERE ALL
ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR ARTISTS OF
THE YEAR AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC
AWARDS WERE WOMEN THE FIRST TIME
IT'S EVER HAPPENED, HIP HOP AND
WOMEN IN HIP HOP HAVE INFLUENCED
AT THE MET GALA. PARIS FASHION
WEEK AND EVEN POLITICAL
DISCOURSE. SO AS WE CELEBRATE 50
YEARS OF HIP HOP, LET'S NOT
FORGET THE WOMEN TRAILBLAZERS IN
THE DIVAS WHO ARE RUNNING THE
GENRE TODAY. THANK YOU. AND I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN I VOTE
SCR 81. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
SENATOR, SENATOR SKINNER. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS RISES
THE CHAIR OF THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS
, AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT SO
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALSO
RAISED MANY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS
THAT WOMEN HAVE MADE TO HIP HOP,
AND THEY HAD TO FIGHT HARD TO
GIVE RECOGNIZED. AND WHILE
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN INCREDIBLE
INFLUENCERS WITHIN RAPPING HIP
HOP AH AS PER USUAL, THEY HAD TO
FIGHT TO GET THE RECOGNITION.
BUT BEFORE I GO INTO SOME OF THE
WOMEN, I ALSO RISE AS THE PROUD
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EAST BAY.
OAKLAND RICHMOND AND BERKELEY IN
PARTICULAR TO CELEBRATE HIP HOP
AND HIP HOP CULTURE BECAUSE
WE'RE THE SOURCE OF A GOOD
NUMBER OF THE AGAIN MAJOR
INFLUENCERS WITHIN THIS GENRE.
AS LONG AS THERE HAS BEEN HIP
HOP. THERE HAS BEEN HIP HOP IN
OAKLAND, ALTHOUGH BORN IN NEW
YORK, TUPAC SPENT HIS FORMATIVE
YEARS IN THE BAY AREA, FIRST IN
MARIN CITY, AND THEN IN OAKLAND
, AND HE ALWAYS LET IT BE KNOWN
THAT OAKLAND IS WHERE HE LEARNED
HOW TO BE IN THE GAME OF THE
STREETS, SO IT'S ALWAYS REFERRED
TO OAKLAND AS ONE OF HIS MAJOR
INFLUENCES. UM MUCH OF THE HIP
HOP ART THAT COMES OUT OF
OAKLAND COMES OUT OF OAKLAND'S
HISTORIC PAST. SO BOTH MONEY B
AND TWO PAC'S PARENTS WERE
MEMBERS OF THE BLACK PANTHERS.
MANY HIP HOP ARTISTS WERE ALSO
INFLUENCED BY IBERIA GROUPS LIKE
TOWER OF POWER, SLY AND THE
FAMILY STONE AND TRUE TO THE
EAST BAY, OAKLAND VALUES OF
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
OAKLAND'S RAP DID NOT FIT ONE
MOLD. THE GODFATHER OF OAKLAND'S
, UH, SCENE WAS TOO SHORT. AND
HE SOLD HANDMADE TAPES IN
PARKING LOTS AND INDEPENDENT
RETAILERS AND IN DIFFERENT THE
SWAP MEETS AND SUCH STARTING IN
THE EARLY EIGHTIES, TOO SHORT
WENT PLATINUM IN 1990, WHICH WAS
A HUGE YEAR. UM NOW LET'S TURN
TO THE WOMEN. SO OF COURSE WE
HAD THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN
REFERENCED ALREADY, BUT ALSO
DESTINY'S CHILD. ALICIA KEYS.
MARY BLIGE. UH ASHANTI, WHO ARE
YOU MEETING? MARY J. BLIGE IS
YES, PLEASE. UH MONY, QUEEN
LATIFAH, SALT AND PITS SALT AND
PEPPER. LAURYN HILL. WE MUSTN'T
FORGET LAUREN HILL. OAKLAND
NATIVE COMMEDIA WHO CONTINUES TO
CARRY THE OAKLAND FUNK BRAND, SO
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GOT SOME OF THOSE FOLKS IN AND,
UH IT'S GREAT. BEEN A GREAT 50
YEARS. THANK YOU, SENATOR
SCANNER, SEEING NO OTHER MIX UP.
BRING IT BACK TO SENATOR
BRADFORD. THANK YOU. I WANT TO
THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO
CHOSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE AS
STATED HIP HOP AS PART OF OUR
CULTURE. IT'S WHO WE ARE AS A
STATE WHO WE ARE AS A NATION.
IT'S BEEN THE GRILL FOR THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES FOR THE LAST 40 PLUS
YEARS, AND SO I'M HONORED TO BE
HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD A
TREMENDOUS IMPACT AND WILL
CONTINUE. TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON
OUR LIVES. IT TELLS OUR STORIES
AND SO MANY WAYS. AND I PROBABLY
WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY AS A
LEGISLATOR, IF IT WASN'T FOR MY
INVOLVEMENT IN THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY, AND AS I STATED THE
HIP HOP RAP INDUSTRY CHANGED IN
THE LATE EIGHTIES, AND IT MOVED
ME TO SAY HEY, LET ME BECOME AN
ACTIVIST IN MY COMMUNITY AND
MOVE AWAY BECAUSE IT AGAIN SO
COMPETITIVE AND IT WAS GETTING
HARDER AND HARDER AND IT IT WAS
A LITTLE BIT OF ARRIVAL AT A
TIME. AND I LIKE OKAY, IF I CAN
FILL A NIGHTCLUB WITH PEOPLE I
CAN GET FOLKS THAT COME OUT TO
VOTE, SO I HAVE OFTEN. THANK
SOME OF MY COMPETITORS IN THE
CLUB BUSINESS FOR MOVING ME IN
THIS DIRECTION. AND EVEN SOME OF
MY FRIENDS TODAY CONTINUE TO
TEASE ME AND SAY YOU STILL ACT
LIKE YOUR CUP PROMOTED BECAUSE I
STAND ON THE CORNER AND I'LL
HAND OUT FLYERS OR WHATEVER I'M
DOING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE
USED TO DO IT. WE, WE WERE THE
ORIGINAL STREET TEAM. BUT IT'S
BECAUSE OF MANY OF THE YOUNG
FOLKS WHO JUST HAD A PASSION FOR
THIS MUSIC AND WANTING TO TELL
OUR STORY THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY
. AND SO I'M HONORED, AND I
THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE
ADDED THEIR VOICES TO THE
DISCUSSION BUT UNDERSTANDING THE
VALUE THAT STILL PLAYS IN OUR
LIVES, SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
I VOTE. THANK YOU, SENATOR
BRADFORD WITH THAT CLERK, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ALAN I, ALVARADO
GAIL. ALRIGHT ARCHULETTA. AYE,
ASHBY. ATKINS. ALRIGHT BECKER.
ALRIGHT BLACK SPEAR. ALRIGHT,
BRADFORD. AYE CALOGERO CORTESI.
HI, DOLLY. AYE, DODD. I DO THAT
SO AYE, EGGMAN. AYE, GLASER.
ALRIGHT GONZALES. ALRIGHT,
GROVE. I HAD Ó. HI JONES. AYE,
LAIRD. I LEMON? ALRIGHT MCGUIRE.
ALRIGHT, MENJIVAR. I MAN NEWMAN.
ALRIGHT WHEN AYE, NILO. ALRIGHT.
WHAT'S YOUR BOOK? I PADILLA
ALRIGHT PORTANTINO. AYE, WRATH.
AYE, RUBIO. ALRIGHT SEYARTO.
ALRIGHT SKINNER. ALRIGHT
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. ALRIGHT, CERN.
ALRIGHT, NUMBERED. ALRIGHT,
WELL, HOB AYE, WIENER. AYE,
WILK. AYE. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBER. ASHBY. I WAS 39
NO. ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. OKAY? RIGHT NOW WE'RE
GONNA MOVE TO BACK TO PRIVILEGES
OF THE FLOOR. SENATOR BRADFORD.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME GUESTS
YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE. YES
IT'S NOW MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE
MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT, AND SOME THAT WE
DIDN'T IT HERE IN THE GALLERY
TODAY AND LET'S FIRST START OUT
WITH MY LONG TIME FRIEND AND
ONCE AGAIN CLUB RIVAL ALONZO
WILLIAMS, THE OWNER OF EVE AFTER
DARK, THE FOUNDER OF THE WORLD
CLASS WRECKING CREW. AND
CONSIDERED THE GODFATHER OF THE
WEST COAST, HIP COP, HIP HOP AND
AGAIN AUTHOR THE BOOK IN W. A.
NOT WITHOUT ALONZO ALONZO
WILLIAMS. SEYARTO MOLINA, BETTER
KNOWN AS FROST RAPPER. HE WAS
YOUNG AND HIS YOUNGER DAYS HE
WAS KID FROST. BUT NOW FROST,
RAPPER SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER
AND FROM THE HEART OF LOS
ANGELES, ONE OF OUR OWN ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT NAMES IN
LATIN HIP HOP HISTORY, ARTURO
MOLINA, AND TRON GREGORY,
ENTREPRENEUR PRODUCER AND
MANAGER FOR MANY ARTISTS,
INCLUDING THE WORLD CLASS WERE
WRECKING CREW AGAIN AND A AND
TUPAC SHAKUR. UH ANOTHER GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE. GREG MAC RADIO,
HOST MUSIC DIRECTOR AT K DAY IN
LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE PROMOTED
MANY OF THE BIGGEST ARTISTS IN
HIP HOP HISTORY IN EARLY HIP HOP
HISTORY. GREG MAC, I DON'T KNOW
IF HE'S SERIOUS, GREAT HERE.
OKAY? JOHN OWENS, BETTER KNOWN
AS CASUAL OAKLAND NATIVE AND
FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE HIP HOP
COLLECTIVE. HYDROGEN. GRAPHICS I
BELIEVE IT IS HAROLD OLYMPICS
OLYMPICS. AND THEN WE HAVE CHEAP
SHOT DJ PRODUCER. CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER OFFICER OF
GRAMMY NOMINATED THE MATH CLUB
AND THE FOUNDER OF STUPID FLY
PRODUCTIONS. WANT TO SPERLING,
KNOWN AS M. C J. B RIALTO,
NATIVE FOUNDING MEMBER OF JJ FAT
, THE FIRST FEMALE GROUP SIGNED
TO EAZY E EAZY, RUTHLESS
RECORDS. REAGAN BAILEY ARTISTS,
EDUCATORS SACRAMENTO NATIVE AND
FOUNDING DEAN OF THE CULTURE OF
ROSES AND CONCRETE COMMUNITY
SCHOOL IN OAKLAND. AND THIS NEXT
INDIVIDUAL, UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM,
HE WAS HERE. MY FATHER IN THE
SAME BUSINESS, MY FATHER WHEN I
WAS A KID OWNED TO RECORD SHOPS
AND, UH, ONE OF THE REASON MY
FATHER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IS
BECAUSE OF THE EXCESS OF V I P
RECORDS, SO CALVIN ANDERSON,
LONG BEACH ICON AND OWNER OF THE
WORLD FAMOUS VIP RECORDS. EMPIRE
IN THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY. I
MEAN, VERY SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
CAMERON ART GAZELLE, BETTER
KNOWN AS ARABIAN PRINCE, OR
PROFESSOR X RAPPER, RECORD
PRODUCER DJ AND FOUNDING MEMBER
OF N W. A. LARA RUSSELL THOMAS,
BETTER KNOWN AS SIMPLY AS LARA.
SO A VERY HEALTHY VALET HOLE AND
, UH, NATIVE WRAPPER AND FOUNDER
OF GOOD COMPANY, AN ORGANIZATION
THAT HELPS PROMOTE RAISING THE
BAY AREA ARTISTS. LEILA
STEINBERG, MANAGER,
BUSINESSWOMAN, EDUCATOR, WRITER
, POET AND FOUNDER OF AIMS FOR
THE HEART, A NONPROFIT DEDICATED
TO HELPING ADDRESS YOU FIND
THEIR VOICE BEST KNOWN AS THE
MENTOR AND FIRST MANAGER OF
TUPAC SHAKUR AND CURRENTLY
MANAGES ARTISTS URLS SWEATSHIRT.
ROGER MACBRIDE, BETTER KNOWN AS
KING T. COMPTON, NATIVE RAPPER
PRODUCER MENTOR. MANY ARTISTS,
INCLUDING AH LIQUID CREW
EXHIBIT. AND ALCOHOLICS. STANLEY
COX, BETTER KNOWN AS MR F. A B.
OAKLAND NATIVE RAPPER SONGWRITER
, ENTREPRENEUR AND ACTIVISTS
WHEN THE KEY FIGURES IN THE BAY
AREA HIP HOP MOVEMENT AND LAST
BUT NOT LEAST, VIOLET BROWN.
HUH? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. HI
FI. OKAY. I'M SORRY. VIOLET
BROWN, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER,
MANAGER, WRITER AND OUR
CONSULTANT AND V I P ARTISTS AND
LABELED DEVELOPMENT AT STRANGE
MUSIC RESPONSIVE FOR LAUNCHING
COUNTLESS NAMES INTO THE
SUPERSTARDOM AND ONE OF THE MOST
RESPECTED PEOPLE IN OUR INDUSTRY
. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT ALL THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE JOINED US
WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTRIBUTION. COULD NOT ONLY HIP
HOP BUT TO OUR SOCIETY AND OUR
STATE AS A WHOLE. WELL DONE,
SENATOR BRADFORD. MOVE MOVING ON
TO ASSEMBLY THIRD READING.
VILE ITEM 34 THAT THERE IS TO IT
THAT THERE WAS ONE YEP. CLARK,
PLEASE READ. ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 16 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MIKE FONG
RELATIVE TO THE NEEDS OF
OPPORTUNITY, YOUTH. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. SMALLWOOD QUIBBLES.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS
A CR 16 HIGHLIGHTS THE NEEDS OF
CALIFORNIA'S OPPORTUNITY YOUTH
AND EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF
CREATING PATHWAYS FOR THEIR
SUCCESS. OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE AGES OF 16
TO 24 THAT ARE DISCONNECTED FROM
THE WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION
SYSTEMS. CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
OPPORTUNITY, YOUTH. IN THE
COUNTRY. THE STATE HAS A 12.5%
DISCONNECTION RATE, MEANING THAT
OVER HALF A MILLION TEENS AND
YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF
16 AND 24 ARE NEITHER IN SCHOOL
NOR WORTH WORKING. WE WERE JUST
TALKING ABOUT HIP HOP, AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH CULTURE,
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
STORYTELLING. MANY OF THOSE
STORIES THAT WE GREW UP ON.
UNFORTUNATELY THOSE CAN THOSE
CONDITIONS STILL PERSIST AS OUR
OPPORTUNITY, YOUTH BASED
SIGNIFICANT SOCIO AND ECONOMIC
AND SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT CAN
PREVENT THEM FROM REACHING THEIR
CAREER AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS,
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS BEING
ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AND
TO HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE OF
SURVIVING IN CALIFORNIA'S
ECONOMY. A. C R 16 CALLS FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE PLAN TO
CONNECT THIS POPULATION TO
CRITICAL CAREER EDUCATIONAL AND
SOCIAL SAFETY. NET OPPORTUNITIES
. RECONNECTING OPPORTUNITY,
YOUTH WILL BENEFIT OUR
COMMUNITIES AND EXPAND THE POOL
OF TALENT THAT EMPLOYERS CAN
ACCESS TO MEET THEIR WORKFORCE
NEEDS. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR I VOTE.
THANK YOU SEEING NO OTHER MIKES
UP, CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
PALIN. I BROUGHT A GILL. AYE,
ARCHULETTA. ALRIGHT ASHBY.
ATKINS. ALRIGHT BECKER. ALRIGHT
BLACK SPEAR. ALRIGHT, BRADFORD.
CABALLERO. AYE, CORTESI. AYE,
DELI. AYE, DODD. I DO THAT SO I
EGGMAN. AYE, GLASER. HI
GONZALES. AYE, GROVE. AYE. AYE,
JONES. ALRIGHT, LAIRD. I LEMON.
AYE, MCGUIRE. AYE, MENJIVAR. I
MEN. AYE, NEWMAN. I WHEN I NEED
Ó. AYE, TROUBLE. AYE, PADILLA.
ALRIGHT PORTANTINO. ALRIGHT,
ROTH. AYE, RUBIO. SO YOUR TOE I
SKINNER. SMALLER CUEVAS. STERN.
I REMEMBER. ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE
ALRIGHT, WIENER. AYE, WILK. HI.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
ASHBY. BRADFORD. RUBIO. SKINNER.
ALRIGHT, WELL, PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS ONE MORE TIME.
ASHBY. BRADFORD. RUBIO. SKINNER.
AYE. ALRIGHT I 37 NO. ZERO THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED THAT
MOVING ON TO FILE ITEM 38. THEY
DON'T HAVE MY SCRIPT HERE AND
MUST BE SENATOR MEN. ALRIGHT
PLEASE PROCEED, MR PRETTY. THANK
YOU. MY APOLOGIES. I'M OUT OF
PRACTICE HAS BEEN A BEEN AWHILE,
CLERK. PLEASE READ ASSEMBLY
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 66 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WILSON RELATIVE
TO PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH
. THANK YOU, SENATOR. MEN, MR.
PRESIDENT. I CLEARED TO PROCEED.
OKAY THANK YOU. UM IT'S MY
PLEASURE TO PRESENT A CR 66,
WHICH PROCLAIMS JULY AS PARKS
MAKE LIFE BETTER EXPLANATION
POINT MONTH. CALIFORNIA IS KNOWN
WORLDWIDE FOR ITS NATURAL BEAUTY
AND THE VARIETY OF PARKS WE HAVE
IN OUR STATE PARKS CELEBRATE OUR
RICH PAST PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE
, BUT ALSO OUR IS A GATEWAY TO
THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
PARKS PROMOTE PHYSICAL,
EMOTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS
TO PEOPLE FROM ALL SOCIAL,
ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.
AND DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
. OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WERE
SO IMPORTANT AS A REFUGE FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE SHELTERING IN
PLACE DEALING WITH THE
LONELINESS, THE TUMULT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND THE ISOLATION THAT
THAT BROUGHT THE PROGRAMS
OFFERED BY OUR PARKS OFFER THAT
OUR PARKS OFFER ALSO ENHANCE OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF OUR
SURROUNDINGS AND CELEBRATE OUR
HISTORY, CULTURE AND COMMUNITIES
, PARKS AND THE ACTIVITIES
PROVIDED BY OUR PARKS AND
RECREATION PROFESSIONALS BRING
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TOGETHER TO
CREATE MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES,
WHETHER IT'S KICKING A SOCCER
BALL AROUND OR THROWING A
FOOTBALL AT THE LOCAL PARK. OR
WHETHER IT'S HIKING AND CAMPING
IN SOME OF OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE
PARKS. WE HAVE JUST SUCH A
STORIED AND WONDERFUL OUTDOOR
SET OF OUTDOORS OPPORTUNITIES IN
THIS STATE AS CHAIR OF THE
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER COMMITTEE, I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE
BENEFITS PROVIDED BY PARKS AND
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF
PARKS THAT OUR STATE HAS TO
OFFER. A CR 66 CELEBRATES NOT
ONLY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
PLACES AND SPACES PARKS PROVIDE,
BUT ALSO THE PROFESSIONALS THAT
HELPED TO MAKE THEM THRIVE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING A
CR 66. THANK YOU, SENATOR. MEN.
SEEING NO OTHER MIX UP. CLARK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALAN
ALRIGHT. I BROUGHT A GALE. AYE,
ARCHULETTA. AYE, ASHBY. ATKINS.
AYE, BECKER. I SHAKESPEARE. AYE,
BRADFORD. CABALLERO. AYE.
CORTESI. AYE DAILY. AYE, DODD. I
DO SO AYE, EGGMAN. I GLASER.
AYE. GONZALES. AYE, GROVE. TODD
Ó. ALRIGHT JONES. I LAIRD I
LEMON? ALRIGHT MCGUIRE. I
MENTIONED BAR. ALRIGHT MEN. AYE,
NEWMAN. I WHEN I NEED TO I
COBURG. I BADIA. AYE,
PORTANTINO. AYE, ROTH. AYE,
RUBIO. ALRIGHT SUHARTO. ALRIGHT
SKINNER. ALRIGHT, SMALLER
CUEVAS. ALRIGHT, STERN. I AM
BERG. I HAHAHA. AYE, WIENER.
AYE. WILK. AYE. PLEASE CALL THE
ABSOLUTE MEMBERS. ASHBY.
BRADFORD. ALL RIGHT. 39 NO. ZERO
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. NOW
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT
CALENDAR, WHICH IS ITEMS 1 91 91
AT THIS TIME WHEN ANY MEMBER
LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM OFF THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SENATOR WAHAB
NO, OKAY. WITH THAT. GO AHEAD
AND CALL THE ROLL. PROBABLY READ
FIRST. I'M SORRY. ASSEMBLY JOINT
RESOLUTION THREE ASSEMBLY BILL
13 61. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN I, ALVARADO GIL. ALRIGHT
ARCHULETTA. AYE, ASHBY. ATKINS.
AYE, BECKER. ALRIGHT BLAKESPEAR.
ALRIGHT, BRADFORD. CABALLERO.
AYE, CORTEZ E. I REALLY I DODD
AYE. HI, EGGMAN. I GLASER. AYE.
GONZALES. ALRIGHT, GROVE. DODD
Ó. AYE, JONES. AYE, LAIRD. AYE,
LIMÓN. MCGUIRE I MEAN, JABBAR. I
MEAN, I NEWMAN I WHEN NILO. I
TROUBLED ALRIGHT PADILLA.
ALRIGHT PORTANTINO. I BROUGHT
AYE, RUBIO. ALRIGHT SUHARTO.
AYE, SKINNER. ALRIGHT, SMALLER
AQUILA'S AYE, STERN. I AM BERG.
I WAHAB. AYE, WIENER. AYE, WILK.
AYE. PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ASHBY. BRADFORD. WHEN
AYE. ISAIAH 38 NO. ZERO THAT
CONSENT. CALENDAR IS APPROVED
NOW MOVING ON TO COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCEMENTS. THIS WEEK'S STAR
CENTER PORTANTINO. SO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WILL
RECONVENE IMMEDIATELY UPON A
GERMAN OF SESSION IN ROOM 2200.
THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT,
NOW MOVING ON TO RETURNING
ACTUALLY, TWO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. SO THIS TIME IT'S
APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO A JOURNEY
IN MEMORIES AND UP FIRST IS OUR
ESTEEMED PRO TEM. YEAH. AS YOUR
SENATOR ATKINS. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A SAN DIEGO
ICON GERALD JERRY DANIEL ROSELLI
, WHO PASSED AWAY JUNE 5TH AT
THE AGE OF 64. JERRY WAS BORN IN
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ON
JANUARY 3RD 1959 TO ANTHONY AND
GERALDINE. CAPRA'S ELLIE. HIS
PARENTS HOPED HE WOULD TAKE OVER
THE FAMILY, SMALL, DRY CLEANING
AND TAILORING BUSINESS. BUT
JERRY DREAMED OF A CAREER IN THE
HOSPITALITY FIELD. HE GRADUATED
FROM THE SCHOOL OF HOTEL AND
RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT AT WIDENER
UNIVERSITY IN WILMINGTON'S
DELAWARE. AND AT THE YOUNG AGE
OF 22. HE WAS THE ASSISTANT
BANQUET MANAGER AT THE NEW YORK
HILTON AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER. IN
1983. JERRY MOVED TO SAN DIEGO
AND BEGAN HIS ALMOST FOUR
DECADES LONG CAREER. WITH THE
FAMOUS MR A'S RESTAURANT, ONE OF
SAN DIEGO'S PREMIER DINING
ESTABLISHMENTS WITH INCREDIBLE
SWEEPING VIEWS OF BABEL PARK AND
DOWNTOWN. AND IF YOU'VE EVER
FLOWN INTO SAN DIEGO,
PARTICULARLY IN THE WINTER
MONTHS, AND YOU LOOK A LITTLE IF
YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
PLANE, AND YOU LOOK OUT, YOU
WILL SEE THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS.
OF MR REYES. OVER THE YEARS, MR
A'S HAS BEEN HOST TO COUNTLESS
MARRIAGE PROPOSALS. WEDDINGS
MILESTONE BIRTHDAY PARTIES,
ANNIVERSARIES, HOLIDAY
CELEBRATIONS, PROM DATES,
DINNERS AND MAJOR CELEBRITIES TO
BOOT OF ALL TYPES. IT'S THE
PLACE TO BE SEEN, BUT IT'S ALSO
A FRIENDLY AND ASSESSABLE AND
ACCEPTING ENVIRONMENT. AS MAITRE
D. JERRY TOOK GREAT PLEASURE IN
SERVING HIS GUESTS AND MAKING
THEM FEEL SPECIAL. MULTIPLE
GENERATIONS OF PATRONS REFERRED
TO HIM AS UNCLE JERRY, BECAUSE
HE ALWAYS TREATED THEM AS
FAMILY. I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST
THAT JERRY ALWAYS MADE MY VISITS
ENJOYABLE AND EXPERIENCES
MEMORABLE. HE ALWAYS GREETED YOU
SO WARMLY. ON HIS FREE NIGHT,
JERRY SHARED HIS TALENTS WITH
WDS THE MARINE ROOM IN LA HOYA
HEXAGON PARK BISTRO, BUT MR A'S
WAS HIS PRIDE AND JOY. HE WAS
ACTIVE IN THE SAN DIEGO GAY
COMMUNITY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
SECURING FUNDING FOR THE
RESTORATION OF THE FAMOUS AND
HISTORIC HILLCREST NEON SAN IN
1984. IN THE MID 19 NINETIES, HE
BEGAN WORKING WITH FORMER
CHARGERS PLAYER ERNIE WRIGHT AND
PRO KIDS TEACHING UNDERSERVED
YOUTH ETIQUETTE CLASSES AT THE
RESTAURANT. I COULD ASSURE YOU
IS THAT PROBABLY STILL COULD USE
ADEQUATE LESSONS. IN 2014. HE
RECEIVED THE GOLDEN MEDALLION
AWARD FOR FRONT OF HOUSE. AND IN
2019 AND 2022. HE WAS NAMED TOP
MAITRE DE SAN DIEGO BY MODERN
LUXURY MAGAZINE. JERRY IS
SURVIVED BY HIS HUSBAND OF 34
YEARS, PARTNER AND HUSBAND OF 34
YEARS, TONY CUCA'S ELLIE AND OF
HIS SAN DIEGO FRIENDS, FAMILY
AND CLIENTS, OF COURSE, THAT HE
CONSIDERED ALL TO BE HIS FAMILY
COLLEAGUES. I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME
IN RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION
OF A WONDERFUL LIFE OF THE
MAITRE D EXTRAORDINAIRE. JERRY
CAPAS, ELLIE. THANK YOU, MADAM.
PRETEND SENATOR SKINNER. THANK
YOU, MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS. I'VE
RISE TO ASK THE SENATE TO
ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF DANIEL
ELLSBERG. UM, HE'S A LEGENDARY
PEACE ACTIVIST WHO WAS THE
WHISTLEBLOWER WHO LEAKED THE
PENTAGON PAPERS, WHICH
ULTIMATELY LED TO THE
RESIGNATION OF RICHARD NIXON AND
HAD AN INFLUENCE ON ENDING THE
VIETNAM WAR. DANIEL ELLSBERG WAS
A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF
KENSINGTON, WHICH IS IN MY
DISTRICT. HE DIED JUNE 16TH AT
THE AGE OF 92 AT HOME WITH AFTER
BATTLING CANCER. ELLSBERG WAS
REFERRED TO HENRY KISSINGER. OR
HE WAS REFERRED TO BY HENRY
KISSINGER AS THE MOST DANGEROUS
MAN IN AMERICA. UM AND HE
REFERRED TO HIM AS THAT. AFTER
ELLSBERG HAD RELEASED THE
PENTAGON PAPERS AND INITIALLY,
THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED
THEM. NIXON IMMEDIATELY HAD HIS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUED THE
NEW YORK TIMES TO STOP THAT
PUBLISHING. AND SO ELLSBERG
TURNED OVER THE PAPERS TO THE
WASHINGTON POST WHO TOOK IT UP.
UM HE WAS PERSONALLY TARGETED BY
NIXON ELLSBERG. WHO ORDERED AN
ILLEGAL WIRETAP OF ELLSBERG'S
PHONE AND AN ILLEGAL BREAK IN OF
ELLSBERG'S PSYCHIATRIST OFFICE
BECAUSE NIXON SAID THAT HE MUST
BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS.
ELLSBERG WAS BORN IN CHICAGO IN
1931, BUT HE GREW UP IN DETROIT.
HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S AND
DOCTORATE FROM HARVARD. HE ALSO
STUDIED AT CAMBRIDGE. IN THE 19
FIFTIES AS A YOUNG MAN. HE WAS A
FERVENT CALLED WARRIOR. HE WAS
AN OFFICER IN THE MARINES. HE
SERVED THERE FOR THREE YEARS.
AND HE THEN WAS THE ADVISER. HE
STARTED WORKING FOR THE PENTAGON
, AND HE WAS AN ADVISER TO
DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT
MCNAMARA, NEAR MIRA. HE WAS
NAMED THAT IN 1964. AND HE MADE
A NUMBER OF TRIPS TO VIETNAM IN
THAT ROLE, AND DURING THOSE
TRIPS. THAT'S WHEN HIS FEELINGS
ABOUT THE WAR BEGAN TO CHANGE.
HE WAS WITNESSING THE MOUNTING
TOLL OF CIVILIAN DEATHS. AND UH
OF COURSE, HE WAS PRIVY. HE WAS
TOP SECRET CLEARANCE. HE WAS
PRIVY TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION
THAT INDICATED THAT THE UNITED
STATES PROSPECTS IN THAT WAR
WERE NOT GOOD. AND HE, UH,
DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. UM, HE WAS
WORKING FOR THE RAND CORPORATION
IN THE LATE SIXTIES, BUT HE
STILL HAD THE TOP CLEARANCE AND
IT WAS THEN THAT HE BEGAN TO IN
1969 BEGAN TO RELEASE THE
PENTAGON. WELL, HE ACTUALLY
BEGAN TO ACCUMULATE THE PENTAGON
PAPERS, WHICH WERE A VOLUME NIST
HISTORY OF THE WAR. THAT
REVEALED TOP MILITARY OFFICIALS
HAD OPENLY LIED TO NOT ONLY
PRESIDENTS OF THE US BUT TO
CONGRESS AND OTHERS ABOUT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES IN VIETNAM, AND SO
, UH, AFTER ACCUMULATING THE
PAPERS, HE MADE COPIES OF THEM
AND TRIED GAVE THEM TO MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND TRIED TO GET
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO ACT ON
THIS INFORMATION. BUT THERE WAS
NO RESPONSE. THAT IS WHEN HE
LEAKED THEM TO THE NEW YORK
TIMES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS I
MENTIONED AFTER NEW YORK TIMES
WAS STOPPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, HE GAVE THEM TO THE
WASHINGTON POST. NOW THE SUPREME
COURT RULED IN THE LANDMARKS,
PRESS FREEDOMS CASE AROUND THIS
ISSUE THAT UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF
PRIOR RESTRAINT THAT THE
GOVERNMENT COULD NOT PROHIBITED
THE BLOCKING THEY COULD NOT
PROHIBIT PUBLICATION OF THE NEWS
IN EFFECT BEFORE IT'S PUBLISHED
EXCEPT IN RARE INSTANCES OF
NATIONAL SECURITY, SO IN EFFECT
, THEY WERE LIMITED TO ONLY ACT
AFTER IT WAS RELEASED. ELLSBERG
WAS THEN CHARGED UNDER THE
ESPIONAGE ACT, ANY FACED A
POSSIBLE 100 YEAR SENTENCE, BUT
THE CRIMINAL CASE WAS THROWN OUT
AFTER A JUDGE RULED THAT THE
NIXON ADMINISTRATION HAD ENGAGED
IN A EGREGIOUS CONTACT. KHAN.
EGREGIOUS. MISCONDUCT YES,
BECAUSE OF THE WIRETAPPING OF
ELLSBERG'S PHONE AND OF THE
PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE. UM. POST
VIETNAM. ELLSBERG'S ACTIVISM
CENTERED ON SPOTLIGHTING THE
RISKS OF NUCLEAR WAR, HE WROTE A
BOOK THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE. HE
WAS A LECTURER AT UC BERKELEY'S
JOURNALISM SCHOOL. HE STAYED
VERY, VERY ACTIVE, BUT HE WAS
PRETTY MUCH YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE
NEWS UNTIL THE AWARD WINNING
FILM BY STEVEN SPIELBERG
ENTITLED THE POST. AND THEN THE
PBS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIM CALLED
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN
AMERICA, BOTH HAPPENING AROUND
2017. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
PANCREATIC CANCER JUST EARLIER
THIS YEAR. UM AND SO HE DID NOT
LAST LONG WITH THAT. HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, PATRICIA
ELLSBERG, WHO STILL LIVES IN
KENSINGTON. HIS SON, MICHAEL
ELLSBERG, ROBERT ELLSBERG AND
HIS DAUGHTER, MARY ELLSBERG. HE
ALSO HAS FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND
ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD. AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR ADJOURNING IN
MEMORY OF MR ELLSBERG. THANK
YOU, SENATOR SCANNER FOR SHARING
THAT UNBELIEVABLE STORY. NEXT,
SENATOR AMBERG. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES I RISE TO
HONOR THE LIFE AND THE MEMORY OF
MARGOT MANLY. MARY MARGARET
VITELIC. MANLEY WAS BORN ON
JANUARY 12 1942 TO VIRGINIA AND
NICHOLAS VITELIC RAISED IN SAN
DIEGO. MARGO CHOSE TO GO TO ST
MARY'S COLLEGE IN INDIANA, WHERE
SHARING THE B A IN ENGLISH AND
FORM CLOSE BONDS WITH A GROUP OF
WOMEN WHO REMAINED LIFELONG
FRIENDS AFTER A SHORT STINT IS A
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MARGO
EMBARKED ON A NEW PATH AS A
FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOR UNITED
AIRLINES. HER TO HONE HER
FORMIDABLE SKILLS AS A
CONVERSATIONALIST, TOO QUICKLY
PUT PEOPLE AT EASE. ON LABOR DAY
WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER. 1966 MARGO
MARRIED STEPHEN MANLY, MANY OF
US KNOW STEVE MANLEY, STEVE
MAINLY AS A JUDGE IN SANTA CLARA
COUNTY, AND IN MY MIND IS
INTERNATIONAL EXPERT ON THE
COLLABORATIVE COURSE SEVERAL OF
US TALK TO HIM JUST LAST
THURSDAY. UM AFTER SHE MARRIED
NOW JUDGE MANLY. SHE WAS FORCED
TO RESIGN FROM UNITED AIRLINES
BECAUSE SHE WAS MARRIED. THAT
TIME YOU COULDN'T BE A FLIGHT
ATTENDANT AND BE MARRIED AND SHE
BEGAN A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE,
AND PALO ALTO IS THE MOTHER OF
TESTS. STEVE JR. SUSANNA AND
ALICIA. MARGO AND STEVE MENTORED
JAVIER RUEDA, A YOUNG TEENAGER
AND PROMISING SOCCER PLAYER FROM
MEXICO, WHO QUICKLY FOLD INTO
THE FAMILY. MARGO WAS ACTIVELY
ENGAGED IN THE PALO ALTO
COMMUNITY SHOULD SUPPORTED THE
FRIENDS NURSERY SCHOOL AND
REGULARLY PARTICIPATING IN YOUR
WALKS TO RAISE MONEY TO FIGHT
BREAST CANCER. HAVING FUN WITH
OTHERS WAS PART OF MARGO'S DNA
AND SHOULD LEAD AN ACTIVE LIFE
AT HOME AND IN HER TRAVELS.
HOWEVER MUCH YOU LIKE TRAVEL.
MARGOT WAS A TRUE DAUGHTER OF
CALIFORNIA AND WITH THE
SURPRISING STORY OF LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR HOME STATES
, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY
ARCHITECTURE IN POINTS OF
INTEREST GLEANED FROM MANY LONG
TRIPS ACROSS THE STATE. IN 19 9.
EXCUSE ME. 1986 MARGOT JOINED
THE WOMEN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
UNITED WHO WERE FORCED TO LEAVE
UNITED BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN
MARRIED IN A LAWSUIT IN ORDER TO
BE REINSTATED WITH UNITED, AND
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, AND SHE
GAINED HER SENIORITY BACK AS A
FLIGHT INTENDANT BEGAN TO FLY
AGAIN FOR UNITED IN THE LATE
SUMMER SADLY OF 2022. JUST LAST
YEAR, MARGO RECEIVED THE
DIAGNOSIS OF PAIN CREATED CANCER
, WITH CHARACTERISTIC GRACE AND
OPTIMISM AND CONTINUE TO WELCOME
VISITS FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THROUGHOUT HER ILLNESS AND HER
FINAL MONTHS. MARGOT WAS
GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF
FAMILY, DEAR FRIENDS ARE PASSED
TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY
HAPPY THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO HOLD
HER GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER SUZETTE
MARGARET, WHO WAS BORN THIS YEAR
ON JUNE 27TH 2023 WITH FAMILY AT
HER BAD BEDSIDE. MARGO MIDDLE.
MANLY PASSED AWAY PREDECEASED BY
THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THEIR
DAUGHTERS, SUSANNA MARGOT IS
SURVIVED BY STEPHEN HER HUSBAND.
HER. OTHER CHILDREN. TESTS UM
STEVE ALICIA, HER BROTHER
NICHOLAS, HER SISTER IN LAW,
CAROLINE VITELIC AND GOD,
DAUGHTER NICOLE, HER SIBLINGS
AND THEIR CHILDREN AND HER
COUSINS. KATHLEEN VITELIC WARMER
. I ASKED THAT WE ADJOURNED HER
MEMORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. HAMBURG SENATOR
MENJIVAR. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES TODAY
ARISE THAT SO WE ADJOURNED IN
THE MEMORY OF IAN FRANK
TORTORICI. IN FRANK, SHORTER
RETREAT OR AS I KNEW HIM BY
SIMPLY FRANK WAS KILLED IN
UKRAINE ON JUNE 23RD WHILE ONLY
FROM BEING ON THE FRONT LINES
AND DINING AT A LOCAL
RESTAURANT. HYPERSONIC MISSILE
HIT THE RESTAURANT THAT KILLED
FRANK. I FEEL HIS TEAMMATES.
SOME CIVILIANS, INCLUDING
CHILDREN. FRANK WAS BORN MAY
10TH 1991 IN OCEANSIDE. THEN HIS
FAMILY MOVED TO LAKE FOREST. SO
YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I'M WHY
AM I DOING A NAME FOR SOMEONE
THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN MY
DISTRICT? I'LL LET YOU KNOW. THE
MONDAY FOLLOWING FRANK'S HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION, HE SHIPPED
OFF TO MARINE CORPS BOOT CAMP
WHERE YOU TRAINED IN SPECIALIZED
IN DATA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS. SIX MONTHS LATER, FRANK
AND I MET WHILE I WAS SIGNED TO
MARINE CORPS UNIT MWSS FOR 73.
WHERE WE WERE BOTH MOBILIZED IN
SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM. I REMEMBER FRANK AS A
SMART, FUNNY GUY. HE HAD A
WONDERFUL SMILE AND SOMETIMES
WAS QUIET. HE WAS KNOWN AS ONE
OF THE SMART GUYS BECAUSE HE WAS
A DATA. THAT WAS HIS MILITARY.
HIS M. O S AND I WAS IN RADIO IS
A RADIO OPERATOR. I'M STILL VERY
SMART, THOUGH. WE TRAINED
TOGETHER AS WE PREPARE TO GET
DEPLOYED TO BAHRAIN. AND TALKING
WITH HIS FATHER. AFTER FRANK'S
PAST PASSING, I WAS ABLE TO FIND
A PHOTO OF US TOGETHER. WE
DIDN'T TAKE TOO MANY PHOTOS BACK
THEN MARINES ARE ALWAYS HARD AT
WORK. BOTH OF US LOOK SO SERIOUS
OUT IN THE FIELD, LOOKING COLD
AS HELL. I KNEW FRANK FROM MY
DAYS IN THE MARINES, AND THAT IS
ENOUGH TO CREATE A LONG LASTING
RELATIONSHIP. BECAUSE NO MATTER
WHERE ALL MY MARINES ARE NOW, WE
STILL CARE FOR EACH OTHER VERY
MUCH. AND SINCE IT'S PASSING
FRANK'S FATHER AND I HAVE BEEN
IN CONVERSATION, AND I LEARNED
MUCH MORE ABOUT FRANK BEYOND
BEING A MARINE VETERAN. FRANK
EXCELLED IN MARTIAL ARTS AND
WRESTLING. HE BROKE HIS HIGH
SCHOOL'S ALL TIME PINNING RECORD
AND BECAME A TWO TIMES CF RUNNER
UP WHILE MAINTAINING A 3.5 GPA.
AFTER CORPORATE FRANK WAS
DISCHARGED, I LEARNED THAT HE
BRIEFLY WORKED AT MICROSOFT, HE
BECAME A RANGER FOR THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE, WHERE HE PERFORMED
LINE FORCE, MINT DUTIES, SEARCH
AND RESCUE IN RURAL EMT
SERVICES. FRANK WAS THEN PICKED
UP BY THE UNITED STATES,
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT. HE GRADUATED AS THE
OUTSTANDING DISTINGUISHED
GRADUATE FOR THE TRAINING
ACADEMY. BEING THE MARINE THAT
HE WAS BECAUSE ONCE A MARINE,
ALWAYS A MARINE FRANK LEFT FOR
UKRAINE. ONE WEEK AFTER THE
RUSSIAN INVASION. IT WAS
ATTACHED TO UKRAINIAN NATIONAL
GUARD UNIT AS KEY WAS UNDER
ATTACK. FRANK FOUGHT FOR ALMOST
16 MONTHS. SERVING IN SOME OF
THE HARSHEST CONDITIONS AND
BATTLES AND CAVE IN ALL ACROSS
UKRAINE. HE WAS CREDITED WITH
SAVING MANY LIVES WITHIN HIS
TEAM Y AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THE
ENEMY. LIKE A TRUE MARINE. FRANK
THRIVES IN THE HARSHEST
CONDITIONS AND HAD AN
UNBREAKABLE HAPPY SPIRIT WHILE
SERVING IN UKRAINE. THANK YOU TO
HIS FATHER, JOHN FOR SHARING
SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS OF FRANK
WITH ME. JOHN IS HERE IN THE
GALLERY WITH HIS WITH FRANK'S
BROTHER TAYLOR. FRANK IS
SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, HIS
BROTHERS. SISTERS, NIECES AND
NEPHEWS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND,
NADIA, WHO WAS PREPARING A
TRADITIONAL WEDDING TOWEL FOR
THEIR PLANNED OCTOBER
ENGAGEMENT. TELL THAT HOWLER
BROTHER TAKE CARE. THANK YOU AND
. FROM THE SENATE. SO SORRY FOR
YOUR FOR YOUR LOSS. THANK YOU.
SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT UP.
NEXT IS SENATOR EGGMAN. I'M
SORRY, SENATOR EDMUND DO NOT SEE
CENTER MEN'S MICAH. THANK YOU,
MR PRESIDENT. I ALSO RISE. UM TO
ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF IAN FRANK
TORTORICI, WHO IS A RESIDENT OF
LAKE FOREST, WHICH I REPRESENT.
AND I WANT TO SPEAK TODAY NOT
ONLY BECAUSE HE IS A CONSTITUENT
, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
REPRESENTS, AND I APPRECIATE
THAT THE WORDS FROM MY COLLEAGUE
FROM SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. I
NEVER KNEW FRANK. UH, BUT WHAT
HE WAS FIGHTING FOR. WAS THE
VALUES THAT WE'RE ALL HERE
TRYING TO REPRESENT. MY PARENTS
GREW UP DURING THE KOREAN WAR,
AND I CAN SAY HONESTLY, I
WOULDN'T BE HERE. MY PARENTS
WOULD NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME TO AMERICA. BUT FOR THE
SACRIFICES OF 36,000 AMERICAN
GI'S FIGHTING FAR FROM HOME FOR
VALUES THAT SEEMED ABSTRACT, AND
THAT'S WHAT FRANK WAS FIGHTING
FOR FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM,
FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY, FIGHTING
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHO WE
WANT TO BE. FIGHTING FOR OUR
BASIC RIGHTS IN A WAR WHERE
THERE IS CLEARLY ONE SIDE THAT
IS EVIL, AND ONE SIDE IS
FIGHTING AGAINST THAT EVIL, AND
IT'S IRONIC THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY
NOT ON THE FRONT LINES WHEN HE
WAS KILLED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK
FROM RUSSIA IN A WAR THAT IS
RIFE WITH WAR CRIMES USED KILLED
BY A WAR CRIME, BUT HE WAS OUT
THERE FIGHTING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO STAND UP
HERE AND SAY THANK YOU. TO HIM
FOR WHAT HE REPRESENTS AND SO
SORRY TO THE FAMILY FOR YOUR
LOSS. THANK YOU, SENATOR. MEN.
SENATOR EGGMAN. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE. UM
TO DO IN A GERMAN AND MEMORY ON
BEHALF OF STOCKTON'S RESIDENT
NATIVE AND FORMER MAYOR, GARY
PODESTO. GARY WAS BORN OCTOBER
19TH 1941 IN STOCK. KHN WENT TO
ST MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL MET HIS
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, HIS WIFE
THERE WHO HE MARRIED. THEY WERE
MARRIED FOR OVER 60 YEARS,
JANICE. ALSO MADE SOME LIFELONG
FRIENDS THERE. UM HE WENT ON TO
BECOME A VERY SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSMAN AS FATHER HAD
PODESTO THOSE MARKET IN STOCKTON
AND HE, UM AND GARY STARTED THEN
AND OWNED ALL OUR LOCAL FOOD FOR
LAST MARKETS. UM WHEN, UH, HE
PLAYED AFTER HE GRADUATED HIGH
SCHOOL. I SHOULD SAY HE WENT TO
MARQUETTE AND PLAYED FOOTBALL
THERE UNTIL THEY CLOSE THE
FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT WHICH POINT
HE TRANSFERRED TO SANTA CLARA.
WHERE HE CONTINUED TO PLAY
FOOTBALL AND GRADUATED WITH A
DEGREE IN ECONOMICS. UM IT WAS A
LONG TIME BUSINESSMAN AND THEN
DECIDED TO GET INTO POLITICS PER
STOCKED IN THE CITY HE LOVED. HE
RAN FOR MAYOR OF STOCKTON'S IN
19. 97. AND HE WAS THE LAST
MAYOR WE'VE HAD WHO HAS SERVED
FOR TWO TERMS OF STOCKTON MAYOR.
HE TURNED OUT IN 2005, AND WE
HAVE TO CREDIT TO HIM. UM THAT
WAS A TIME WHEN REDEVELOPMENT
WAS STILL IN FULL EFFECT, AND WE
HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN ARENA ALL OUR
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT OR
THEATER. WE HAVE DOWN THERE. THE
REDEDICATION OF THE BOB HOPE
THEATER OR FORMER FOX THEATER.
OUR BASEBALL FIELD AND OUR ARENA
. THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE THAT HE
DID FOR THE STOCKTON COMMUNITY
WAS A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN, BUT A
TRUE POLITICIAN AND COMMUNITY
SERVANT WHO REALLY WORKED WITH
EVERYBODY AND NO MATTER WHAT HE
JUST WANTED. WHAT WAS BEST FOR
STOCKMAN? UM AS I SAID, HE WAS
THE LAST MAYOR THAT WE HAD WHO
HAS BEEN ELECTED TO TWO TERMS.
HE DID HAVE A RUN FOR STATE
SENATE. HE WAS VERY CLOSELY
DEFEATED IN THAT. RACE AND THEN
JUST WENT ON TO CONTINUE SERVICE
IN THE COMMUNITY UNTIL HE MOVED
AWAY AND ENDED UP DYING IN
MONTANA, UM, ON THE OTHER END OF
JUNE THIS YEAR, WE WISH HIS
FAMILY HE'S GOT THREE CHILDREN,
UM MULTIPLE GRANDCHILDREN AND
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HIS SON
CHRIS IS PLANNING A PRIVATE
SERVICE AND WE WISH THAT PODESTO
FAMILY STOCKTON'S GRATITUDE AND
CONDOLENCES FOR THE LOSS OF
THEIR FATHER. THANK YOU, SENATOR
EDMUND NGUYEN APPROPRIATE OF
MEMBERS COULD COME UP WITH THE
PAPERWORK SO ALL OF OUR PEOPLE
CAN BE APPROPRIATELY HONORED,
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO
RETURN TO MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS
AND NOTICES AND RECOGNIZE
MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER AT HIS
DESK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR
PRESIDENT, GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
WORK TODAY WOULD REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO MOVE
RECONSIDERATION ON FILE ITEM 1
19 1. MAYBE 13 61 IN ORDER TO
THIRD READING. ZERO, AN
OBJECTION. SEEING NONE. 37 NO.
ZERO AND RECONSIDERATION IS
GRANTED. WITH IT IF THERE'S NO
OTHER BUSINESS. SENATOR ATKINS.
THE DESK IS CLEAR. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES. THANK
YOU. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF YOU BACK. FOUR
WEEKS TO GO. AND I KNOW THAT WE
CAN DO THIS. AND I APPRECIATE,
UH ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK GOING
FORWARD AND HOPE YOU HAD A
CHANCE TO RELAX A BIT OVER THE
BREAK WITH FAMILY WITH COMMUNITY
AND WITH THAT, WELCOME BACK. OUR
NEXT FLOOR SESSION IS SCHEDULED
FOR THIS THURSDAY. AUGUST 17TH
2023 AT 9 A.M. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE SENATE
WILL BE IN RECESS. UNTIL 3 30 PM
, AT WHICH TIME THE ADJOURNMENT
MOTION WILL BE MADE AGAIN. WE
WILL RECONVENE THURSDAY, AUGUST
17TH AT 9 A.M.