Senate Floor

Allen Alvarado-Gil, Archuleta, Ashby, Atkins, Becker Blakespear Bradford Caballerro, Cortese Dahle Dodd Durazo Eggman Glazer Gonzalez Grove Hurtado Jones Laird Limon Menjivar Min Newman Nguyen Niello Ochoa bogh Padilla Portantino Roth Rubio Seyarto Skinner Smallwood-Cuevas Stern. Umberg Wahab Wiener. Will.

A quorum is present with the members and our guests beyond the rail and in the gallery. Please rise. We'll be led in prayer by our chaplain, Sister Michelle Gorman after which please remain standing will be led in the pledge by Senator Archuletta. Thank you.

And let us remember that we are always in God's presence. Today we pray a poem by Mercy Sister Reyna Yan called all Creation gracious and Loving. God help us to remember that all creation kneels a single being to praise you from its immense heart creation sings myriad songs at once morning and even song praise and urge, alas and alleluia intermingled it sings even over its own scars where the chasms cry out for bomb it sings both the remembrance and the hope of blessing. It sings the endurance of faith and the confidence of love in roar and silence in darkness and light creation kneels a single being in praise of you, O God. Amen.

Ladies and gentlemen, senators, those in the gallery put your hands over your heart as we honor our flag. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United.States under God. You.

Members, it's my privilege to welcome back State Senator Jim Beall is with us. Please join me. Give it a round of applause. Very good to have you back. On behalf of Senator Archuleta, the California State Senate welcomes Mary Sue from the USC Price School of Public Policy along with dedicated USC students. They're right up there. Let's give them a big State Senate welcome. Go Trojan. All right, members, without objection without objection we are moving to Senate. Third reading. File item 82, SCR 65 by Senator Ashby Paired. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 65 by Senator Ashby relative to Foster Youth Awareness Month.

Go ahead.

Thank you very much. I rise today to present the Senate Concurrent Resolution 65 which declares May 2023 as Foster Youth Awareness Month. In my life, before being an elected official I worked for many years on issues of child welfare, particularly foster care and programs for transition age foster youth. So this is particularly meaningful me. Thank you for allowing me this opportunity. Members, nearly 100 times a day, a child is placed in foster care. Here in California, we have over 60,000 children in our foster care system. They are disproportionately from black, brown and native families in every corner of our state, there are countless foster youth who are growing up in loving, wonderful homes. But there are also foster youth unfortunately growing up in extremely traumatizing situations. Half of all children in foster care have endured four or more adverse childhood experiences of abuse, neglect or abandonment. It is disheartening to see that children from marginalized communities, children of color, LGBTQ, plus youth and those with disabilities are disproportionately represented amongst the ranks of foster care participants. Many of us, many of you here in this chamber and in the assembly, have put forth important legislation to address problems in the foster care system. I thank my many colleagues for their passion and dedication to solving these issues. Some of you have dedicated whole careers to helping this population. We must continue to address the persistent issues within the foster care system. One of those most pressing concerns is the high turnover of care placements. Many foster children experience moving excessively throughout their lives, disrupting their stability, their education, and leading to emotional and behavioral challenges. We must continue to strive for a system that prioritizes our youth's well being and their long term stability. Another critical issue is the lack of adequate support for older foster youth who are transitioning into adulthood. The experiences of instability lead to poor educational outcomes. In California, 93% of foster youth in high school say they would like to attend college. But only 4% of former foster youth will actually have that opportunity. It is vital that we ensure foster youth have access to higher education. The emotional toll of the experiences of leaving your home and being raised in a foster care system create a need to prioritize mental health service intervention and to help our youth heal and build their resilience. We must remain committed to increasing awareness about the challenges facing our youth. Colleagues, please join me in designating May as Foster Youth Awareness Month by voting aye on SCR 65.

Thank you. Any other discussion or debate? Madam Secretary, please call the roll.

Allen. Aye Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuletta? Aye Ashby. Aye Atkins Becker. Aye Blakespear. Aye, Bradford Caballero. Aye Cortese Aye Dahle. Aye dodd Dorazo. Aye Eggman. Aye Glazer? Aye Gonzalez Grove. Aye Hurtado. Aye Jones. Aye. Laird. Aye Limon. Aye McGuire. Aye Menjivar. Aye Min. Aye Newman. Aye Nguyen Niello. Aye Ochoa Bogh? Aye Padilla? Aye Portantino? Aye Roth. Aye Rubio? Aye Seyarto. Aye Skinner? Aye Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye Stern. Stern Aye Umberg. Aye Wahab Wiener. Aye Wilk. Aye.

Please call the absent members.

Atkins. Bradford. Aye. Dodd. Gonzalez. Nguyen Aye Wahab. Aye.

Ayes, 37 Nos are zero. The measure passes. Now, members, under privileges of the floor, I'd like to recognize Senator Ashby, who will recognize some guests.

Thank you very much. There are some very important and special to me people in the gallery today, and I'm very excited to introduce them to you. Colleagues, you also have this beautiful teal ribbon on your desks. This is courtesy of CYCJ Bay, CWDA. And myself. We hope you'll wear it proudly to help folks around us remember to think about the foster youth in the state of California with us today. First up is Cathy Senderling. She's the executive director of the Child Welfare Directors Association, an organization that my late father was a member of when he was the child welfare director in San Diego County; Cathy, her predecessor, Frank Mecca, and her entire staff, most of whom are here, are just absolutely tireless advocates for the children of the state of California. And I thank her for her everyday commitment. Also up there in the gallery, colleagues, is an amazing young man named Shane Harris. If you haven't met Shane, I hope that you do. Shane is a graduate of San Pasqual Academy, a foster youth program in San Diego. He's an absolute star. He started the people's associate. He's the founder of the People's Association of Justice Advocates. Shane focuses on the health and well being of black and brown foster youth, primarily in San Diego County. But he is a force of nature across the state of California, and I am proud to call him my friend. Also in the gallery is the entire team for the California Youth Connection. I'm sure each of you has already met at least one member of CYC because they frequent these halls and do an outstanding job being the voice of foster youth with lived experience in legislative space. Also in the CYC group is Jordan Sosa, their legislative manager; Christopher Hernandez, their legislative coordinator; Kristina Tanner, their policy coordinator; Marbie Martin, the Program Integration Manager and Rainey Ritter, former foster youth with them today. And then we have John Burton Advocates for Youth. If you don't know who John Burton is, then I'm not sure I can help you today. But John Burton obviously started this youth advocacy program, former senator on this floor, and there is very little that happens in the state of California around foster care that does not include the John Burton Advocates. I am extremely grateful to everyone in the gallery with us today. Thank you so much for your impressive work on behalf of foster youth across the state of California. Colleagues, please join me in giving them a Senate welcome.

Thank you. We will now move on to file 85, SCR 68. Senator Padilla. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 68 by Senator Padilla relative to GM one Gangliosidosis Awareness Day.

Senator Padilla.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to present Senate Concurrent Resolution 68, which declares May 23, 2023, as GM One Gangliosidosis Day. Colleagues, GM One Gangliosidosis is a rare inherited genetic disorder that primarily affects children. It is a devastating disorder with many debilitating ramifications, including developmental regression, mobility deterioration, seizures, visual impairment, and neurodegeneration. GM One is a progressive disorder resulting in irreversible damage the longer someone is affected. And unfortunately, over 50% of those impacted die before their fifth birthday. As such, early diagnosis is critical to manage symptoms via medications, physical and occupational therapy, and palliative care. The faster a diagnosis can be made, the sooner a patient can work to limit the damage with therapies medication clinical trials, which may slow the disease progression or help with symptoms. However, while research into enzyme replacement therapy, gene therapy, and other possible treatments are ongoing. There are still no approved treatments for GM One. It is that lack of standardized and scientifically proven treatment for GM One that makes every diagnosis so much more important. Unfortunately, the disease is still not yet very well known. Because of this, it takes an average of four years for most families to get a diagnosis, which is far too long and often too late. The lack of awareness regarding GM One means that it goes severely under diagnosed and misdiagnosed, which contributes to difficulties in assessing specialized services and proper rehabilitation and support. The more we can educate people, the better chance we have to find treatments that can help improve lives and ultimately save lives. Colleagues, this is something we need to lift up on this floor and in this state, in our society, to make more people aware of this devastating disease. And I respectfully ask for your eye vote.

Thank you. Any other discussion or debate? See none. This matter is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objection? See none. The eyes are 37. The no's are zero. The measure passes. Now, members returning to privileges of the floor recognize Senator Padilla for some guests.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge with us today in the gallery and welcome Dr. David Law, whose daughter Violet is battling GM One gangliosidosis. Dr. Law is the father that first brought this disease to my attention. His wife, dr. Vena Sisinlaw could not be here today. Together, this family is advocating to increase awareness of GM One in the hopes of increasing funding, awareness and early diagnosis. Colleagues, let's please welcome Dr. Law, this amazing parent and advocate. Thank you, Mr. President.

Members, moving on. Messages from the governor will be deemed red. Messages from the assembly will be deemed red. Reports of committee will be deemed red and amendments adopted. Now, motions, resolutions and notices. Members, without objection, measures reported from the Appropriations Committee with the recommendation Do Pass will be given their second reading upon being reported and ordered to third reading. Without objection, measures reported with the recommendation Do Pass as amended will be given their second reading. Amendments adopted and returned to second reading upon being reported. Now, also under motions and resolutions, recognize Senator Ochoa Bogh.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to remove file item 99, SB 807 from the consent calendar, please.

That will be noted. Now, we are moving on to considerations of the daily file. We will start with Governor's appointments. File item one. Senator Grove, I do not hold on one moment. Okay, we're going to move on to Senate's third reading. And we will start with file item 16, SR 26. Senator Egman. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Resolution 26 by Senator Egman relative to Harvey Milk Day.

Senator Eggman?

Thank you very much, Mr. President and members, I rise today to present SR 26, Harvey Milk Day. We annually like to celebrate his birthday to remember the work of that leader who was the first person able to run as an outperson and be elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He ran a couple of times, like some of us do, right? Continuing to raise that awareness of not being silenced, of not sitting in the background. I think many of us have that same experience, thinking, why am I waiting for somebody else to come and save the day? If not me, if not me, then who will take that path? So he ran, made waves all across, and continues to serve as a symbol for all of us. I hope many of you had the opportunity to see the movie. And I think the words that he spoke was about the idea of giving people hope, that we have to be able to give people something. As elected officials, it's not enough just to do the policy and everything, that you have to be able to be assembled to give people hope, to believe in their government, to believe in democracy. And unfortunately, as everybody know, he was brutally murdered, assassinated, sitting in his desk chair in San Francisco City Hall. And the murderer was tried on manslaughter, as you know, and then was released. So every year we celebrate his birthday to not forget the work that he did, the trail that he blazed that led many of the rest of us to think, if he can do it, I can, too. And now we have a record number of LGBT members across the country who continue to rise and represent and make people know also that they don't have to go to a big metropolitan city to be out to be gay. That's where it started. But there are many of us all across the country and the nation and our state as well. And as we continue to see the backlash against our community, as it's become fair game to use the LGBTQ community as a punching bag again and as a symbol of what is wrong, we always want to stand on what is right and what is just. That there is a place for all of us, and our elected office should be the symbol of something that everybody, every American, can do. When I ran for the City Council the first time, the question people would ask me is, why are you running? And my question back to them was, why aren't you? Why aren't we all? If it is our government and our democracy, then we all have the responsibility to take a role in that. So for Harvey Milk's birthday and in honor of his memory, in still recoiling from that horrible assassination that took place at stunned a nation and caused riots after we rise today to ask for support of SR 26, remembering Harvey Milk and what he stood for, let's give them hope.

Thank you, Senator Wiener.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in support of SR 26 as a gay man, as a representative of San Francisco, as the person who held the supervisor seat that Harvey Milk previously held nearly 50 years ago before he was assassinated because of who he was. And I rise as a very proud Californian, as a resident of a state that, as we see a tidal wave of hate directed towards LGBTQ people. Our state is going in the other direction. We are embracing and uplifting LGBTQ people. This body and this legislature and this governor have enacted some of the strongest civil rights protections for LGBTQ people on the planet. And I am very proud of that. But I also rise with significant, not just concern, but just to be honest, fear about what's happening in this country today. That in the year 2023, it is considered acceptable rhetoric online and in Congress to refer to members of the LGBTQ community as, quote, unquote, groomers, which is another version of the F word that I will not say on this floor today. I have significant fear that in 2023, after so many years of making not the fastest progress that we wanted, but making gradual step by step progress to recognize that LGBTQ people are full human beings, are full citizens, and are deserving of complete respect and acceptance. That in 2023, we see governors and legislatures enacting laws and executive orders that try to erase our community, that prohibit members of our community from using the restroom or playing sports, that literally, literally, the state of Florida just did this. Literally make it legal for a doctor or a nurse to say, I know that you are dying right now. I'm not going to give you health care because my religious beliefs say that I don't want to treat you? That is now legal in the state of Florida. And that is what's happening in the year 2023 in this country. And it is spreading around, and sadly, it's going beyond some of these legislatures and governors. We saw that Anheuser Busch recently ran a small instagram ad campaign with a trans woman featured and a right wing mob just ganged up and went after Anheuser Busch. And Anheuser Busch caved in and backed down for simply putting a trans woman in an ad. And now, just yesterday, we learned that the Los Angeles Dodgers, after inviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, one of the most respected community organizations that raises huge amounts of money for charity, they were going to recognize the Sisters at Pride Night and give them an award. And then a right wing mob just melted down and the Dodgers caved in and revoked that award, spitting in the face of our community. That's here in California. So, colleagues, as we remember Harvey Milk and what he stood for and what he died for, let's remember that in the year 2023, we still have enormous work to do. I urge an I vote.

Thank you, senator Laird.

Thank you, Mr. President. And let me associate myself with the comments of the senators from Stockton and San Francisco. And I was asked on the floor this morning by someone, did you actually meet Harvey Milk? And, yes, I did. And the Bay Area Reporter, the LGBT newspaper in San Francisco, has had a field day pointing out that I'm over four decades older than the youngest member of the LGBT Legislative Caucus. And so at a caucus meeting, I asked, how many of you actually met Harvey Milk? And now it is just me. And it's interesting because you never understand that you might be present for history or iconic moments. One of the first San Francisco parades I went to was the one where he was holding the sign saying, I'm from Windermere, New York. And I stood there and watched that go by and then couldn't believe that Sean Penn was reenacting the same scene as if it had this incredible historic presence. And his point then was that we're all from somewhere. Everybody knows somebody that's LGBT, but at that time, many of them didn't know it. If you looked at the poll results in the, they would ask if you supported civil rights. And nationally, it was overwhelmingly no. But if you looked at the sub tabs, if you knew somebody that was openly LGBT, you tended to support rights. And if you didn't, that is where the opposition was. And that's where Harvey Milk found his groove to basically say coming out is a political act, and that that was the difference in doing it. And the senator from Stockton referred to the movie, and I had a real difficult time when it came out because I knew I'd met him, but I knew everybody around him very close, and I knew how it ended. And I didn't particularly want to go see it. And it took me months. And when I finally saw it, I was surprised, because we look back at the time through the prism of everything that has happened since then, and you feel a comfort. And I didn't recall till I saw the movie that the police were regularly raiding gay establishments in San Francisco and that he organized so that he would get a phone call and a group of people would go and be there when that happened. I remembered it once the movie jogged it, but you forget what it was like and what the differences are like and how far ahead we have come. And it is 40 years this year that I was one of the first three open LGBT mayors in the United States. And at the time, I'm not sure we cracked ten open LGBT elected officials in the entire country. There's more in the Monterey Bay area now than there were in the entire country. When I was first elected to office, I was invited to speak at the fifth anniversary of the assassinations at the Candlelight March in San Francisco. And as was referred to part of the offering hope. And he kept saying, we have to reach out to that kid in Altoona that doesn't know there's anybody else. And that night I said, well, we have the first returns from Altoona because we were really trying to transform and trying to be out and trying to move it along. And so there's a Harvey Milk birthday video that has been recorded by the LGBT caucus. And one of the questions to me was, what do you think he'd say if he were alive right now? And I think he would be amazed at the progress, but he'd start to list all the things we still have to do. And we heard about it from the senator from San Francisco and we heard about it from the Senator of Stockton. And just in my life, there's this amazing thing. We never thought people would be out and older. So now people are going into nursing homes where they feel very vulnerable, and they're going back in the closet because they don't feel safe when they're in that vulnerable situation being out. And as was mentioned, it's just incredibly dangerous to be open and trans, and there's still kids that are not supported and still kids that are thrown out of homes. And so we have a lot of work to do, and it's great that we have this to celebrate his memory and his work and to remind us what we still have to do. So I rise in support of SR 26.

Thank you, Senator Allen.

Members. I rise in my capacity as former chair of the Legislative Jewish Caucus. You may all remember powerful discussions we had about a month ago with for Holocast Remembrance Day. And there's some really interesting stories relating to Harvey Milk and some of the difficult stories of the 20th century, World War II, and the Jewish community. Folks may of course, everyone knows about Harvey Milk's incredible activism in our LGBT community. He also was Jewish. He was a son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. In the early half of the 20th century, he came to the United States and he witnessed the brutality of antisemitism himself, both abroad but also here in the United States. As a child, he experienced explicit segregation of Jews. Ku Klux Klan rallies on Long Island where he lived, his school's refusal to hire a teacher just because they were Jewish. At the same time, his grandfather helped to establish the first synagogue in town. And his father fought the exclusion of that very Jewish teacher until they were ultimately hired. The Warsaw Ghetto fell just six days before Milk's bar mitzvah, which was 80 years ago today. And he would recall elders in his community saying that the Jews of the ghetto fought not because they thought they would win, but because when something that evil descends on the world, you have to fight even when it's hopeless. It's so clear to see how the ideas of social justice that he learned from the Jewish community influenced his life and work. He was so committed to tikun alum, healing the world and social justice writ large. He fought Proposition 6, for example, as you may recall, that was a ballot proposition that sought to ban gay people from working in public schools in any capacity. And he said of the law, just as Proposition 6 would prevent gay people from teaching in the public school, so 45 years ago did the German law prohibit Jews from teaching or holding any other civil service positions. So Senator Wiener spoke of the antitrans, anti-queer legislation that we're seeing around the country. Same evil that resulted in some of the bigotry that motivates some of the activists behind some of that legislation resulted in his assassination. That, of course, then led to the White Knight riots. It's the same struggle that Harvey was fighting against his entire life. And I think we need to really reflect on his work and reflect on how we can do more for social justice here in our own state, in our country. I'm just going to leave you with one quote from Harvey Milk. There was silence in Germany because no one got up early enough to say what Hitler really was. If only someone did, maybe the Holocaust never would have happened. With that, I urgent aye vote.

Thank you. Any more discussion or debate? Would you like senator, would we like to close?

Thank you very much. And I thank my colleagues for their remarks. And if anyone doubts the vitriol that still continues today in our own state, I invite you to get tagged with the Senator from San Francisco on a Twitter feed. And you'll certainly see it come overwhelmingly the kind of vitriol and hate that he experiences every single day in California. And I'll also point out, just yesterday there was an announcement in the Morning report about a LGBTQ hate group having a dialogue and we reached out and said that was inappropriate. And they cited free speech and they mentioned it today again in the morning report. But it is insidious and it is everywhere. And so we continue to have to stand in that breach for equality, for rights, and for not backing down when you know that you are standing for people and for hope. With that, I ask for your aye vote on SCR 26.

SR 26 members. This is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objections? Objection. Clerk, please call the roll.

Allen? Aye. Alvarado-Gil. Aye. Archuletta? Aye. Ashby? Aye Atkins? Becker. Aye. Blakespear? Aye. Bradford? . Caballerro? Aye Cortese? Aye. Dahle? Dodd, Durazo. Aye. Eggman? Aye. Glazer? Aye Gonzalez Grove. Hurado. Aye Jones Laird. Aye. Limon? Aye. McGuire? Aye Menjivar? Aye. Min? Aye. Newman? Aye. Nguyen Niello Ochoa Bogh? Aye Padilla? Aye Portantino? Aye Roth? Aye Rubio? Aye Seyarto Skinner. Aye Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye Stern? Aye Umberg. Aye Wahab? Aye Wiener? Aye Wilk?

I please call the absent members.

Atkins, Dahle, Dodd, Gonzalez Grove. Nguyen Niello, Niello Aye Seyarto Jones, Jones Aye Seyarto Aye.

Call the absent. Members, one more time, please.

Atkins, Dahle Dodd Gonzalez Grove, Nguyen.

Ayes are 34, Nos are 0. The measure passes. Members, move back to privileges of the floor. On behalf of Senator Hurtado, the California State Senate welcomes leadership Portorville to the chambers. Then please stand. Thank you for joining us here today, members. We are going to go back to Governor's appointments. File item one, Senator Grove.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members file. Item one is the confirmation of Jennifer McGuire, no relation to the Senate Majority Floor Leader as the Director of Financial Information Systems for California. Prior to this appointment, she was serving as the Acting Director. She has over 25 years of state experience and held several positions to the department since 2012, and including the Chief Deputy Director and Deputy Director of Administration. She was confirmed on May 10 with a unanimous vote or approved by the Rules Committee. Unanimous vote on May 10. Respectfully ask for your I vote.

Thank you. Any discussion or debate, madam Secretary, please call the role.

Allen? Aye Alvarado-Gil. Aye Archuletta? Aye. Ashby? Aye Atkins. Becker. Aye Blakespear. Aye Bradford? Aye Caballerro? Aye Cortese? Aye Dahle. Dodd. Durazo. Aye Eggman? Aye Glazer? Aye Gonzalez Grove. Aye Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Aye. Laird? Aye Limon? Aye McGuire? Aye Menjivar? Aye Min? Aye Newman? Aye Nguyen? Aye Niello? Aye Ochoa Bogh. Aye Padilla? Aye Portantino? Aye Roth? Aye Rubio? Aye Seyarto? Aye Skinner? Aye Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye Stern? Aye Umberg. Aye Wahab? Aye Wiener? Aye Wilk. Aye.

Please call the absent. Members.

Atkins, Dahle. Aye. Dodd. Gonzalez.

Ayes 37. Nos zero. That appointment is confirmed. Members, give us one moment here.

You. Okay, we're now going to go to file item number two. Senator Grove, go ahead when ready.

Thank you, Mr. President. File item number two is the confirmation of Anna Montesantos. That is not a mistake. She was appointed to two boards and Anna Montesantos for the appointment of the State Personnel Board. Ms. Montesantos previously served as the Governor's, Cabinet Secretary, and the Director of Finance. She is also former Senate staff, having served as a Consultant for the State Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and the Health and Human Services. And believe me, colleagues, if you ever had the opportunity to work with Ms. Montesantos, you know that she is overly qualified for any job the Governor could ever appoint her to. So I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Any discussion or debate, madam Secretary, please call the role.

Alan aye. Alvarado-Gll aye. Archuletta? Aye Ashby? Aye Atkins. Becker. Aye Blakespear? AyeB radford? Aye Caballerro? Aye Cortesei? Aye Dahle? Aye Dodd Durazo. Aye Eggman. Aye Glazer? Aye Gonzalez Grove. Aye Hurtado. Aye Jones? Aye Laird? Aye Limon? Aye McGuire? Aye Menjivar? Aye Min? Aye Newman? Aye Nguyen? Aye Niello? Aye Ochoa Bogh? Aye Padilla? Aye Porschantino? Aye Roth? Aye Rubio? Aye Seyarto. Aye Skinner? Aye Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye Stern? Aye Umberg. Aye wahab? Aye Wiener?Aye Wilk?

I please call the absent members.

Atkins. Dodd Gonzalez.

Ayes 37. No's are zero. That appointment is confirmed. Now, members, we're going to go back to Senate. Third reading. We'll start with file item 16 SR 26. Oh, sorry. File 61 SDR 47. Senator Glaser. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 by Senator Glaser relative to the state government.

Thank you, Mr. President. And members. This concurrent resolution would recognize former Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Byrd recognizing her important contributions to California by naming the plaza within the state capitol's World Peace Rose Garden as the Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird. Justice for all Plaza. The former Chief Justice accomplished many important firsts for women in law over the course of her career. She was the first female law clerk for the Nevada State Supreme Court. She was the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County. She was the first female Cabinet member for a California governor. Of course, she was the first chair of the Judicial Council, and she was the first female Chief Justice of California. There is still no public recognition of Rosebird's long career long, dedicated career in public service to our state's judicial system and her impressive accomplishments breaking through the glass ceiling for women in law. Like to thank the women lawyers of California for their partnership on this resolution and certainly the leaders of the Legislative Women's Caucus for their support as well. And with that respectfully ask for an eye vote. Any discussion or debate. Madam Secretary, please call the roll.

Allen aye. Alvarado-Gll aye. Archuletta? Aye Ashby? Aye Atkins. Becker. Aye Blakespear? Aye Bradford? Aye Caballero? Aye Cortesei? Aye Dahle? No Dodd Durazo. Aye Eggman. Aye Glazer? Aye Gonzalez Grove. No Hurtado. Aye Jones? No Laird? Aye Limon? Aye McGuire? Aye Menjivar? Aye Min? Aye Newman? Aye Nguyen? Aye Niello? Aye Ochoa Bogh? Aye Padilla? Aye Porschantino? Aye Roth? Aye Rubio? Aye Seyarto. No Skinner? Aye Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye Stern? Aye Umberg. Aye Wahab? Aye Wiener?Aye Wilk?

Please call the absent members.

Alvarado-Gil, Atkins. Dodd. Gonzalez. Ochoa Bogh. No

Ayes are 29, no's are seven. Measure passes. Members now moving to file item 80, SCR 63. Senator Hurtado. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 63 by Senator Hertado Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

Senator Hurtado.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members. SCR 63 proclaims the month of May 2023 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. In the United States, maternal depression is the most common complication associated with pregnancy. In a national survey, one in eight women report suffering from maternal mental health disorders. For the state of California, that number increases to one in five women. Unfortunately, as few as 15% of identified maternal mental health disorders get treated. When untreated, it can cause adverse birth outcomes, impaired maternal infant bonding, poor infant growth, childhood emotional and behavioral problems, and significant medical and economic costs. Maternal mental health significantly impacts both the well being of mothers and their overall health and development of their children. Increasing awareness about maternal mental health disorders can help identify those in need of support and connect them to appropriate resources. By designating May as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, we emphasize a need for comprehensive support systems and resources for women experiencing maternal mental health disorders. By dedicating the month of May as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, we will spread awareness and destigmatize the issue of maternal mental health. Colleagues, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Any discussion or debate? This measure is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objections? See none. The eyes are 37. The no's are zero. The measure passes. Members, next up is file item 84, SCR 67. Senator Portantino. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 66 by Senator Hertado Relative to Latina Maternal Health Awareness Month.

Thank you. SCR 66 proclaims the month of May 2023 as Latina Maternal Health Awareness Month. California is home to more than 7 million Latinas, and Latinas account for nearly 50% of births. In California, about 80% of Latina mothers are more likely to receive late or no prenatal care. In my district, Kern County has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the state. Prenatal care is a vital and basic component of comprehensive reproductive health care. By supporting SCR 66, we can elevate the conversation around Latina maternal health, advocate for necessary changes, and work towards ensuring that all Latinas have access to quality health care and support throughout their pregnancy and beyond. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Any discussion or debate? This measure is also eligible for a unanimous roll call. The eyes are 37 the no's are zero. The measure passes. Now going on to file item 84. Senator Portantino. Madam Secretary, please read

Senate current Resolution 67 by Senator Portantino relative to National Bike Month.

Thank you, Mr. President and members. I'm excited to present SCR 67, which would proclaim May 2023 as national bike Month. National Bike Month was established in 1956 by the league of American Bicyclists. Today, millions of Americans engage in bicycling as an affordable, environmentally sound mode of transportation and an excellent form of exercise and family recreation. I have become an avid biker myself over the past two and a half years and am excited to talk about the economic, healthy, convenient and environmentally sound form of transportation as an excellent tool for recreation. The goal of SCR 67 is to promote cycling and bike friendly communities. Creating bicycle friendly communities has been shown to improve health, well being, quality of life, obviously improve traffic safety, and supporting student learning outcomes, and reducing pollution, congestion and wear and tear in our streets. And I encourage you to join me strongly in supporting SCR 67 and buy a bicycle if you don't have one. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President. And would like to thank the author for bringing this resolution forward as a family, the Ochobok family, a family that has been advocates and just I won't say advocates, but more of an example of family being together and collaborating and just enjoying those bike rides on every weekend and during the week. It was a great family bonding experience. And I share that with you because I'm also an advocate for our families in trying to nurture and create environments where we promote family unity and family, healthy families. And bicycling has in our family since our children were very little. You could see dad leading the way, the children in the middle with our infant son in a little seat behind the chair with my husband and mom in the back, making sure that everybody keeps going but working or exercising together on a weekly basis. And it was a beautiful bonding time, great memories, and has really started the foundation for healthy children along the way. So I'm grateful for this resolution and encourage all of our families in the city of California to begin riding bicycles as a great example of keeping our bodies and our minds healthy.

Thank you, Mr. President. I, too have become an avid biker after years of running, just beat me up too much. But I would invite all of my colleagues to experience the American River Trail, which follows the American River from Discovery Park all the way up to Folsom Lake and actually beyond. It is a treasure of the Sacramento region that is internationally known, and I urge everyone to experience the joy of that. The only downside is every once in a while you might meet the pavement going 20 miles an hour, which is not pleasant, but you'll get over it. Well, thank you. I do hope to experience that trail. I've not yet senator portino, would you like to close? Just respectfully ask for an aye vote.

This matter is eligible for unanimous roll call. See? No objections. The eyes are 37. The nose are zero. The measure passes. Members, we have one more item in Senator third reading file. Item 87. Senator Weiner. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Resolution 39 by Senator Weiner relative to National Mental Health Awareness Month.

Senator Weiner.

Thank you very much. Mr. President and colleagues, I rise to present SR 39, which recognizes May 2023 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in California. This Mental Health Awareness Month gives us an opportunity to celebrate the tremendous strides that California and the nation have made in finally recognizing the importance of mental health and increasing the public's awareness that effective services and support exist and that people should not be ashamed to seek that support. We know that mental health is a huge issue. And traditionally in this country, in our culture, we've been told that having a mental health problem is a personal failure and you just need to be stronger. But we know that mental health is these are diseases the same as any other bodily system, and we need to treat it as such. We need to continue to expand access to mental health treatment. We need to continue to reduce and I hope eliminate the stigma of seeking treatment for mental health. And I'm really proud of the work that we the bipartisan work, because it has been strong bipartisan work that we've done in the legislature to expand access to mental health treatment. It's very powerful. And frankly, it's a model for the federal government. I hope that that bipartisanship can really expand. And so I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Any other discussion or debate? This item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objections? The ayes are 37. The no's are zero. The measure passes. Now we're going to go to the consent calendar. Whether any members would like to remove any items from either the consent calendar or the special consent calendar. See? None. Madam Secretary, please read the consent calendars.

Senate Bill 267, 432, 459, 883. Assembly Concurrent Resolutions 52, 55, 57, 58, 60, and 61.

Please call the roll on file item 96.

Alan aye. Alvarado-Gll aye. Archuletta? Aye Ashby? Aye Atkins. Becker. Aye Blakespear? AyeB radford? Aye Caballerro? Aye Cortesei? Aye Dahle? Aye Dodd Durazo. Aye Eggman. Aye Glazer? Aye Gonzalez Grove. Aye Hurtado. Aye Jones? Aye Laird? Aye Limon? Aye McGuire? Aye Menjivar? Aye Min? Aye Newman? Aye Nguyen? Aye Niello? Aye Ochoa Bogh? Aye Padilla? Aye Porschantino? Aye Roth? Aye Rubio? Aye Seyarto. Aye Skinner? Aye Smallwood-Cuevas. Aye Stern? Aye Umberg. Aye wahab? Aye Wiener?Aye Wilk?

I please call the absent members.

Atkins, Dodd, Gonzalez.

Ayes 37, Nos are zero. On file item 96. Ayes 37, Nos are zero on the consent calendars. The consent calendars are adopted now members will move on to committee announcements. Senator Portantino, do you have an announcement? I do. Did you know that the dictionary defines suspense as a mental uncertainty, as in awaiting a decision or an outcome accompanied by anxiety and excitement? Did you know that? All right. So the Suspense Committee will meet immediately upon adjournment in room 2200. Members, come quickly so we can get started quickly and we can end the suspense. Senator. Senator Pill, do you have a

Thank you, Mr. President. The Budget Subcommittee Number four on State Sdministration will convene in the O Street building at 01:30 p.m. in committee room 2200. Thank you.

Thank you. Now, members, we do have returning to motions. And let me recognize Senator Portantino privilege of the chair.

For the record, that's the Appropriations Committee in room 2200.

Technical terms. Okay. Members, return to motions, resolutions. We have one very special adjourn in memory today. Yeah, let's make sure everyone is in their seats beforehand. Give us one moment here, and I'll recognize Senator Durazo.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, it is with heavy heart I rise to ask we adjourn the memory of Gloria Molina, Supervisor Molina, who passed away surrounded by families and friends in her home, where she has lived as a constituent of my district for decades. She valiantly fought a three year battle with cancer. She was born on May 31, 948, in Montebello, California, to working class family, one of ten children. As the oldest of her siblings, Supervisor Molina had to take on family responsibilities, like translating for her Spanish speaking father. When her father sustained a work injury that put him on disability, she became the family breadwinner, working as a legal secretary while studying at Rio Hondo College and East La. At the latter school, she participated in the Chicano activism that was sweeping the American Southwest. She told the story that one day her mother, Concepcion, took her children to a learner department store in downtown to buy clothes for the school year. The family stood at the checkout counter for 15 minutes before a preteen. Gloria asked the store manager why they weren't being helped. The man made a crack about her Mexican mother having so many children, and then he finally served them. Her mother told Gloria not to tell her father, but Gloria did anyway. Her enraged father went back to Lerner to set things straight, and the family never shopped there again. Supervisor Molina volunteered at the nearby Maravia housing projects, where the squalor that young women and their children lived in shocked her. She understood that poverty should not be acceptable and that she would have to do something about it. She skipped the history final exam to show solidarity with thousands of high schoolers across East Side schools who walked out for better working, better conditions during the 1968 blowouts. She was also there at the 1970 Chicano Moratorium a protest against the Vietnam War in East La. That ended with deputies brutally bidding up attendees and the deaths of three people, including La. Times columnist Ruben Salasad. But it was the movie Molina saw at East La College that forever changed her political outlook. Salt of the Earth, a 1954 film about real life New Mexico zinc strike in which Latinas replaced their jailed husbands on the picket lines. Their bravery resonated with her. She was already chafing at the sexism amongst Chicano movement activists that claimed to be progressive. Her fierce spirit for community and her organizing skills propelled her to become a trailblazing community leader in elected office. She worked for the Carter administration. She worked for Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. She helped Maxine Waters win her first campaign for State Senate. She was the first Latina to serve as Administrative Assistant anywhere in the legislature. She succeeded assembly member Art Torres when she was the first Latina to be elected to the California State Assembly. She was the first Latina elected to the Los Angeles City Council yet again. She was the first Latina elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1991, when she served until 2014. The reason she ran for office, she said, was because, quote, men kept dismissing her and other women. At one of her swearing in ceremony, she said, we must look forward to the time when a person's ethnic background or gender is no longer a historical footnote. She was not only a first as an elected official, she was also a fierce defender of her immigrant and working class communities, like supporting the class action lawsuit alleging LA County USC Medical Center that had coerced Mexican women into sterilizations. After a governor and the state legislature ordered a prison to be built in her area, she politicked in Sacramento and marched in LA. To stop the construction of a prison in Boyle Heights. Needless to say, the prison was never built. She opened parks and community centers from downtown to the San Gabriel Valley. She won millions of dollars to help create La Plaza de Coultura and housing and health care. She spent her retirement easing into her role as the lioness of La politics as a mentor to the new generation. Her lifelong love of quilting led her to co-found the East Los Angeles Stitchers, a group of Latinas who held monthly meetings and today have vowed to complete the 100-plus quilts Molina could not finish. She also went on more outings and vacations with a group of friends she called Las Girls, women who had weathered their own professional battles and found solace among one another for decades. A couple of months before her passing, she wrote you should know that I'm not sad. I enter this transition in life feeling so fortunate. I have an amazing and caring family, wonderful friends, and worked with committed colleagues and a loyal team. The Board of Supervisors voted to name downtown's Grand Park the Gloria Molina Grand Park and the LA Transportation Authority will dedicate the East Los Angeles Civic Center subway station to this trailblazing official. There is no woman in Los Angeles who has played a more powerful role in our political and civic life. She was strong and unapologetic about her beliefs. She was proud of her Mexican roots, and she was an exemplary feminist. Yes. She didn't follow protocol. She preferred to follow her heart. Our sister Gloria Molina is survived by her husband Ron Martinez. Her daughter Valentina Martinez, grandson Santiago, siblings Gracie, Irma, Domingo, Bertha, Mario Sedgio Danny, Olga and Lisa. Here today colleagues in the gallery are her family. Gracie Molina Diaz, her sister, Bertha Molina mejia sister, Jessica Molina, mejia niece, and Isabella Juarez. Join me in thanking them. And thanking Gloria Molina will end by proudly saying this resolution will be presented to the family. Thank you all for being here. Thank you, colleagues, and join me in the journey in the memory of Supervisor, Assemblymember, City Council member Gloria Molina.

Thank you. I'm going to recognize Senator Rubio on this measure.

Thank you, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate and family of our dear leader, Gloria Molina. I also rise with great sadness and equally with great pride, because I know what Gloria Molina represented for so many young Latinas, especially a young Latina like myself growing up in Los Angeles County, where I saw her throughout my youth, just such an incredible, powerful woman, powerful leader. And so many of us really had a hard time seeing ourselves in leadership roles because there wasn't a lot of women that looked like us, even men. It wasn't something you saw often on TV or in our leaders. And so I followed her throughout my youth and into adulthood, and I got to meet her a few times. And one of the things that I admired of her was that she was such an advocate for the arts. And I remember just wanting to be in the arts. And she came to see one of my performances early on when I used to do local theater. And even in her passing, she asked that instead of flowers, people donate contributions to the arts. In particular, Plaza de la Rasa, which she was very connected to, and casta Serono serono, which is another organization that provides arts for youth, especially in communities where you don't see the arts and you don't see theater, you don't see exhibitions. And so she was such a strong advocate. So I just want to highlight how much she believed in our children from our community having the same access as anybody else. And so I have to admire her for that. As my colleague from Los Angeles mentioned, she broke so many barriers. She did so many first, and I don't think we can ever compete. As you heard, she was the first Latina Semi woman, the first LA City Councilwoman, the first supervisor, and again, that's just what we saw on TV and on the dais. But there was so much more to her, so much more that she did behind the scenes to elevate our youth, to elevate our communities, constantly fighting for opportunities for our children, which is something that I really strongly admired about her. And I also just want to say to the family, thank you for sharing her with us so many years. Again, growing up at Pico Union, downtown Los Angeles, these opportunities were not available. So I have to recognize, and I hope we all do, that we stand on her shoulders, everything she did. And I believe that we are here as women, Latina women on this floor because of her leadership, because she was a role model to so many of us. And with that, I asked the family to just be well and to just remember that she impacted so many lives with her leadership. And I could forever be thankful. So thank you so much for this opportunity.

Senator Archuleta.

Thank you, Mr. President. All of us started our political careers with someone in some location, your hometown, the citizens around you. I started my political career with this beautiful lady. When I first met her, she said, Bob Archuletta, I know your heart is with veterans. I need you to be my commissioner to represent veterans in the county of Los Angeles. So as I look up to the family, I thank them for allowing us to share Gloria with you. But she came to me and said, I need you to be part of the veterans community. You're a paratrooper. You serve at the 82nd Airborne. And I said, Gloria, what is it that you'd want me to do? Just go out there and find these veterans. Make sure that they get the service they need, because I know they're not getting it. I need you to go to every city in the county of Los Angeles that you can get to be a voice, stand up for veterans, and do what you need to do. And as I began to do that, our friendship grew and patriotic. Hall it's a beautiful building just like this in Los Angeles. When they were thinking about closing it, it was Gloria who stood up, said, no, this is a place of honor for our veterans. And she got the $40 million to get it renovated. And she was there when we reopened it. And when she asked me to go ahead and continue my political life in the city of Pico Rivera, it was there where she was with me. And the greatest thing that we did together was to come together and acknowledge the fact that if we don't educate our Latino, young men and women, where are they going to grow and how are they going to grow? So she said to me, I will get you $8 million if you can get $8 million as the mayor of Pico Rivera. If you can do that, I will go ahead and hold it for you. So year went by. Another year went by, and it gave me time to get my city council, my community to come together and gather the other $8 million. And we built a brand new library, a state of the art library in Pico Rivera. And it's a beautiful, beautiful library. And it is there right now because of Gloria Molina and our matching funds of $8 million from the city of Pico Rivera and $8 million from Gloria. She ran the first district like a family, and she knew every single elected official, and she was with me when I began my career in the Senate. And I will forever miss a sister, and I know all of you who love her dearly and her family. But here in the state of California, we also lost someone who will always be there and a trailblazer. But Gloria Molina. For those of you who don't know, los Angeles County, 10 million people, and the First District that she represented is now a proud district that is being represented. And that legacy continues with Hilda Solis. And I will tell you, things that are up there in that First District would never have been there without Gloria Molina. May she rest in peace and God bless her and her family. Thank you.

Senator Caballero.

I also rise today to thank the family for sharing supervisor Gloria Molina with us. The historical context is really important, and I just felt like I I needed to get up and and say a little bit about because sometimes we just take for granted that Latinos and women, in particular Latinas, have a voice and have a vote and have a seat at the table. But the bottom line is that around the time that Gloria was growing up, there was no such thing as a Latino movement. It didn't exist. And it wasn't until people stood up and said, look, there is injustice in the world, and there is racism in the world, and there's mistreatment, and we need to do something about it. And so we joined the Civil Rights movement as part of an expression of frustration and joined our other brothers and sisters that were involved in that fight and part of that for. And we called ourselves Chicanos. We weren't Latinos. Frankly, Latino is a colonist word, but I digress. We called ourselves Chicanos because we wanted to stand for something. And as part of that movement, women basically were told to shut up and just join the march, right? Get in line and make the coffee, and to have a woman step out, a Latina step out, and say, wait a minute. Women need a seat at the table. We need to be able to talk about the things that are important to our communities, and we're going to be there no matter what. We'll fight each other, but we're going to be there. It was really incredibly important. She led the way. For those of us that are here on this floor today, she led the way and showed us how to get it done. And she spoke for anybody who needed help, whether it was veterans, whether it was poor people, whether it was people of color, whether it was children. And that legacy, I think, is incredibly important to remember and to salute and to thank her family for allowing us to be part of that and to see her and to know that if she could do it, we could do it, too. And it's one of the reasons that we need to keep talking to young people and we need to be engaged. And she was until her death, she was a light in the city of La. But it is shown all over the state of California. And so I ask that we adjourn in her memory today.

Thank you all for those comments. Senator Durazo, please bring her name up so she properly memorialized if there's no other business. Senator Grove, the desk is clear.

Thank you, Mr. President. We'll be in recess till 03:30 P.m., which the adjournment when the adjournment motion will be made. We will reconvene on Monday, May 22, at 02:00 P.m.. Look forward to a wonderful weekend.

Thank you. The Senate will be in recess until 330, which time German motion will be made. We reconvene Monday. We'll be in recess until all legislative business is received at the desk, at which time the German motion will be made. Reconvene monday, May 22 at 02:00. P.m..