SECRETARY WILL CALL THE ROLL.
ALAN. ALVARADO GIL. OUR
STILETTO. ASHBY. HACKINGS.
BECKER. BLAKE SPEAR. BRADFORD.
COPY, OTTO. ORTEZ E. DOLLY!
DODD. TERRAZZO. HAGMAN. GLASER.
GONZALES. GROVE. HER DAUGHTER.
JONES. THERE'D LIMÓN MCGUIRE
MENJIVAR. MEN. NEWMAN. WHEN
NILO. A CHILD BOOK. MEDIUM
PORTANTINO ROTH. REVEAL SEYARTO
SKINNER. SMALL QUIVERS. STERN.
HAMBURG. WOW. WIENER. WELCOME.
REQUIREMENTS PRESENT. WITH THE
MEMBERS OF OUR GUESTS BEYOND THE
RAIL, PLEASE RISE WILL BE LED IN
PRAYER BY THE CHAPLAIN, SISTER
MICHELE GORMAN, AFTER WHICH
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AS WE
GATHER IN THE PRESENCE OF HOLY
MYSTERY. WE PRAY GRACIOUS,
UNIVERSAL PRESENCE. WE ASK YOU
TO MAKE OUR YEAR A HAPPY ONE.
NOT BY SHIELDING US FROM SORROW
AND PAIN. BUT BY STRENGTHENING
US TO BEAR IT AS IT COMES. NOT
BY MAKING OUR PATH EASY. BUT BY
MAKING US STURDY TO TRAVEL ANY
PATH. NOT BY TAKING HARDSHIPS
FROM US. BUT BY TAKING FEAR FROM
OUR HEART NOT BY GRANTING US
UNBROKEN SUNSHINE. BUT BY
KEEPING OUR FACE BRIGHT, EVEN IN
THE SHADOWS. NOT BY MAKING OUR
LIFE ALWAYS PLEASANT. BUT BY
SHOWING US THE PEOPLE AND THEIR
STRUGGLES THAT NEED A SMALL MOST
MAY WE RADIATE YOUR LOVE, PEACE,
HOPE AND JOY IN THE YEAR AHEAD.
AMEN. MEMBERS. PLEASE SHOW ME
THE PLEDGE. AND SHE.
THANK YOU MEMBERS ON THEIR
PRIVILEGES. THE FLOOR I'D LIKE
TO FIRST RECOGNIZED SENATOR
ALVARADO GIL. UH PASS ON FILE
FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE PRESIDENT.
WELL I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
UH, MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE
SAMANTHA JAMES, WHO IS LEAVING
OUR LEGISLATURE AND IS HERE WITH
US TODAY. WE'RE EXTREMELY
GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICE AND
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING.
THANK YOU. MESSAGES LET'S SEE.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR WILL
BE TEAMED RED MESSAGE FROM THE
ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED READ
REPORTS THE COMMITTEE WILL BE
DEEMED READ AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED. UNDER MOTIONS,
RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. MEMBERS
ANY MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS,
NOTICES SEE NO MIX. WE MOVE ON
TO INTRODUCTION AND FIRST
READING OF BILLS. BILLS WILL BE
DEEMED READ. OKAY? OKAY? I'D
LIKE TO RETURN BACK TO
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. GIVE US
ONE MOMENT AND I WILL RECOGNIZE.
SENATOR ALVARADO GIL. YOU READY?
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM
THANK YOU FOR THIS. UM, I WANTED
TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FAMILY MEMBER
THAT I HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE
TODAY. MY NIECE CAMILLA OYE GILL
. SHE IS A JUNIOR AT RANCHO
CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL AND
REPRESENTED CALIFORNIA AT THE US
NAVAL ACADEMY THIS LAST SUMMER.
AS PART OF THEIR CADET PROGRAM,
SO I WANTED TO WELCOME HER AS
HER FIRST TIME HERE ON THE
FLOOR, AND SHE IS JOINING US AS
A HOPEFULLY A FUTURE ELECTED, SO
THANK YOU ACROSS. STEP FORWARD
FOR NOW, AN OFFICIAL WELCOME.
WELL THANK YOU. I SEE WE HAVE
OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE BACK
AS WELL. OTHER FUTURE SENATORS
HAVE ARE JOINING US. YEAH.
MEMBERS WILL TAKE ONE MOMENT
HERE.
MEMBERS. EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
WE ARE GOING TO RETURN TO
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS
THE TIME FOR ADJOURNING
MEMORIES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE CENTER PORTANTINO. HIS
HE'S READY. I'LL RECOGNIZE
CENTER PORTANTINO UNDER MOTIONS
RESOLUTIONS FOR YOUR JOURNAL
MEMORY. EVERYBODY, PLEASE. QUITE
TOWN. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
AND MEMBERS. TODAY I RISE SADLY,
TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF
TERRENCE GLENN WILLIAMS. UM
TERRENCE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER
15TH 1959 IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND
WAS THE SECOND CHILD OF CHARLIE
AND JOYCE WILLIAMS FOR CHILDREN.
HE ATTENDED BRYAN ADAMS HIGH
SCHOOL, WHERE HE RAN TRACK
PLAYED WIDE RECEIVER. AND WAS IN
AN ACADEMIC ACHIEVER, EARNING A
SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH TEXAS. AT 17, HE BECAME A
CONSULTANT FOR THE DALLAS URBAN
LEAGUE LATER BECAME A TELLER FOR
THE LAKEWOOD BANK AND THEN MOVED
INTO TRUCKING BUSINESS BEFORE
RELOCATING TO CALIFORNIA TO
CONSULT FOR GLOBAL LINK
TRUCKING. AFTER MOVING TO
ARCADIA IN 1989, HE REMAINED AN
AVID DALLAS COWBOY FAN, UM AND
MET FRANCIS, BOBBY LESLIE. THEY
MARRIED ON AUGUST 17TH 1991 AND
MOVE TO MONROVIA IN MY DISTRICT,
WHERE THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN
JESSICA, LUKE, AUDREY, SAMUEL
AND SAMUEL. TERRENCE SOON JOINED
THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH,
MONROVIA, WHERE HE BECAME AN
ACTIVE AS AN SBC USHER SANG IN
THE GIVEN ME GIDEON'S ARMY MALE
CHORUS AND SERVED WITH THE
BROTHERHOOD. LAYMEN'S LEAGUE
BISHOP DULLARD ORDAINED HIM AS A
DEACON, AND HE WAS ELECTED BY
THE SBC CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AS
CHURCH CLERK AND AN ANNOUNCER.
TERRENCE ALSO SERVES AS AN
ELECTED TRUSTEE OF THE MONROVIA
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM
2014 UNTIL 2018 DEDICATING
HIMSELF TO ENSURING STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT WERE
REPRESENTED. DURING HIS TENURE.
HE MADE MEETINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE
TO THE PUBLIC BY INCREASING
DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND INSURED
SERVICES WERE DELIVERED TO
FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
STUDENTS. HE WAS AN INVOLVED
PARENTS ARE VOLUNTEER AND
UNWAVERING WILDCAT FAN WHO
ANNOUNCED THE MONROVIA HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL
GAMES. HE SERVED ON THE MONROVIA
ARCADIA DUARTE TOWN COUNCIL AS
VICE PRESIDENT AND WAS A BOARD
MEMBER OF THE VOLUNTEER CENTER
OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THE
MONROVIA ROTARY CLUB AND
WHENEVER HIS CHURCH OR COMMUNITY
NEEDED HIM HE WAS ALWAYS PRESENT
. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS ELDEST
CHILDREN. KELVIN LINDSEY,
GRANDDAUGHTER, LILLIAN WIFE,
BOBBY, AND CHILDREN. JESSICA
LUKE, AUDREY SAMUEL, AMONGST
MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
AND COMMUNITY COLLEAGUES. HE WAS
ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT
JUST HAD A BOUNDLESS ENERGY. A
BIG SMILE. A PASSION TO SERVE,
ALWAYS WELCOMING YOU TO EVERY
EVENT WITH OPEN ARMS AND A GREAT
SPIRIT. UH MONROVIA SURELY LOST
GEM AND CALIFORNIA LOST A
SPECIAL PERSON AND I LOST A
FRIEND AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
THAT WE ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY.
LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR RUBIO
ON THIS JOURNEY AS WELL, MR
PRESIDENT AND LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE. I ALSO
RISE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
TERRENCE GLENN WILLIAMS. ALSO A
FRIEND, UM, ANYONE THAT KNEW HIM
? YOU KNOW HOW INVOLVED HE WAS
AND SUCH A CARING, THOUGHTFUL
COMMUNITY LEADER AS A TEACHER IN
THE MONROVIA UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. HE WAS AN ELECTED
TRUSTEE. THERE HE WAS ALWAYS
WILLING TO BE PRESENT TO HEAR
YOU TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND
FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE HELPFUL. UM
BESIDES ITS ROLE AS AN ELECTED
TRUSTEE, HE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR
THE MAD TOWN COUNCIL, WHICH IS
THE MONROE YEAH, RIGHT. KATYA
AND PARTY TOWN COUNCIL, WHERE HE
WOULD JUST LISTEN TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING
SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES THAT
COMMUNITY WAS FACING. BUT MORE
THAN ANYTHING THAT HE DID IN
TERMS OF SERVING. HE WAS REALLY
DEAR FRIEND TO SO MANY AND HE
WAS ALWAYS PRESENT. REMEMBER
SEEING HIM THE WEEK BEFORE HE
PASSED AND I NEEDED A FAVOR AND
HE WAS THERE. HE SHOWED UP. IT
WAS A BUSY DAY HE WAS ANNOUNCING
THE FOOTBALL. UM YOU KNOW, TEAM
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S
STILL MADE TIME RIGHT BEFORE
GOING INTO THAT. MONROVIA
FOOTBALL GAME TO STOP BY AND
HELP ME WITH MY ISSUE AND SO HIS
FAMILY TO HIS COLLEAGUES TO
EVERYONE THAT KNEW HIM MY
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND HE WILL
BE MISSED. THANK YOU, MR
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. PLEASE
BRING HIS NAME UP SO IT CAN BE
PROPERLY MEMORIALIZED BY THE
SENATE. MEMBERS AS A LAST ORDER
BUSINESS, RETURNING TO
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE SENATOR LIMÓN
INTRODUCE HER GUEST. THANK YOU.
I HAVE WITH ME. MY DAUGHTER,
GIANNA, WHO IS HERE TO WELCOME
THE YEAR. IF THERE'S NO OTHER
BUSINESS CENTER, ATKINS THE DESK
IS CLEAR. MR PRESIDENT. THANKS
SO MUCH COLLEAGUES HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEND. OUR NEXT FLOOR SESSION
IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY. JANUARY
8TH 2024 AT TWO PM. THE SENATE
WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL 330 PM
AT WHICH TIME THE GERMAN MOTION
WILL BE MADE. WE WILL RECONVENE
MONDAY AT 2 P.M. HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEND.