Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Wilson notices the absence of a quorum sergeant. Arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent Members. The Clerk will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and our visitors in the gallery and in the rear of the chamber to please stand for the prayer and the pledge. Today's prayer will be offered by our Assembly chaplain, Imam Yasir Khan. Imam? Yes, sir.

In the name of God, the most gracious, the Most merciful, Almighty God, you have revealed to us, saying, O humanity, indeed, we created you from a male and a female and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may get to know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of God is the most righteous amongst you. God is all knowing, all aware.

As we stand here today, we are reminded of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger stood on a balcony in Galveston, Texas, and issued an order announcing that all slaves were free under the Emancipation Proclamation. Give divine guidance and wisdom, individually and collectively, to all the elected Members of this Assembly as they carry out their sworn duties. Give them ears to hear and hearts to discern what the needs are and boldly meet the challenges, even when it involves making hard and uncomfortable choices. Almighty God, as we stand here today, let us all stand up against all injustice. Allow all of us to be a means of peace and justice for all. Amen.

We ask that you remain standing for our flag salute. Please join Assemblymember Wilson, as she leads us in the nation's pledge.

Please join me in the flag salute as we aspire to live up to its words. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

Thank you. You may be seated. Reading of the previous day's Journal Assembly.

Chamber of Sacramento Wednesday, May 17, 2023 the Assembly met at 07:00 a.m...

Mr. Flora seconds the reading of previous day's Journal will be dispensed with presentations and petitions there are none. Introductions and references of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor There are none. Messages from the Senate? There are none. Moving to motions and resolutions, the absences for the day will be deemed read and printed in the journal. And Majority Leader Reyes, you're recognized for your procedural motions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assemblymember Dixon to speak on an adjournment in memory today.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule one and allow Assemblymember Ortega to have a guest seated at her desk today.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to Order House Resolution 47 Reyes to the third reading file.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

At the request of the author. Please move item file Item three, SB 771 Committee on Governmental Organization to the inactive file. The Clerk will note, I request unanimous consent to rescind the action whereby on June 15, 2023, SB 801, Allen was read a third time and passed to the Senate. Please order the Bill back to the third reading file.

Without objections That shall be the order.

Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re refer the following bills to Committee. SB 49 Becker from the Transportation Committee to the Utilities and Energy Committee and the Revenue and Taxation Committee. SB 345 Skinner from the Public Safety Committee to the Judiciary Committee, and then back to the Public Safety Committee and SB 478 Dodd from the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee to the Judiciary Committee, and then back to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee.

Without objections. That shall be the order at the.

Request of the author. Please move file Item 33, SB 727 Limon from the consent calendar, Clerk will note.

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker and Members. Joining me in the gallery today are some of the best and brightest students in California. Please welcome the Associated Student Body Leadership class from Shadow Hills High School in Indio. I'm proud to introduce them on the floor today as they visit Sacramento to learn more about leadership in the legislative process.

With them is their principal, Dr. David Dunn, Vice Principal Mary Alexander, and most importantly, I may be biased here, but I'd like to give a shout out to their extraordinary, incomparable, intelligent, and I might add, beautiful teacher and ASB Director, my wife, Desiree Wallis. Please join me in welcoming them.

Assembly Woman Ortega, you're recognized at your desk for your guest introduction.

Good afternoon, Members. I would like to introduce on the floor today my beautiful and very smart daughter, Yamara Isabel Toro.

And Members, on behalf of Speaker Rendon, we have with us today students from the Youth Leadership Program want to welcome up to the Capitol and we have a birthday with us to announce today. Please wish a happy birthday today to Assembly Member Connolly. All right, we're moving to business on the daily file second reading. The Clerk will read

[Second Reading]

All bills have deemed read. All amendments will be deemed adopted.

Members first will be taking up for concurrence. This is file item six, AB 467. Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 467 by Assembly Member Gabriel and others accolade to Domestic violence

and Assembly Gabriel, you may open on concurrence.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 467 is back on concurrence after adding co authors in the Senate respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Gabriel. Seeing no Members wishing to address the Bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tie the votes is 56. No, zero. Senate amendments are concurred in next, we'll move forward to file item 15. This is AJR 3. The Clerk will read

Assembly Joint Resolution 3 by Assembly Member Grayson and others relative to Housing

And Assembly Grayson, you may open on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AJR 3 declares that the Legislature support a reduction to the threshold for tax exempt bond financing and urged the passage of the Federal Affordable Housing Credit Improvement act of 2023. The Tax Reform of 1986 established the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. This tax credit has become an extremely effective tool to help in affordable housing financing a majority of affordable housing is dependent on Low income housing tax credits coupled with tax exempt private activity bond financing.

And for more than 30 years, the Housing Tax credit has been a model public private partnership program, financing nearly 3.5 million apartments since 1986 and providing approximately 8 million disadvantaged families and individuals with homes that they can afford. However, the LIHTC requirements make it difficult for affordable housing tax credits to be used because of the existing high financing threshold.

Lowering bond financing threshold from 50% could produce or preserve over a million additional affordable rental homes over the next 10 years, and it frees up 93 billion of private activity bond volume cap over 10 years, facilitating more affordable housing development. AJR 3 will urge Congress to pass the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement act of 2023 in order to reduce the bond threshold from 50% to 25%. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Grayson. And seeing no other Members wishing to address the resolution. Mr. Grayson, would you like the first roll of him for co authors? Very well. Clerk will open the roll for co authors on AJR 3. All those wishing to be a co author, please signify by casting your vote. Clerk will close the roll. There are 60 co authors. This is a joint resolution. We'll take a roll call vote. Clerk will open the roll on AJR three. All those vote who desire to vote.

All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes Ayes 63. No, zero. The resolution is adopted next by Mr. Joan Sawyer. This is file Item 16, ACR 94. The Clerk will read

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 94 by Assembly Member Jones Sawyer relative to Juneteenth

And Mr. Jones. Sawyer, you may open on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise on behalf of the California Legislative Black Caucus to present ACR 94, which recognizes June 19, 2023, as Juneteenth. For those of you who may not know, Juneteenth is the annual celebration of June 19, 1865, when word of freedom reached the last enslaved black people in Galveston Bay, Texas, the final Confederate state with slavery in place.

Two long years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Bell of Freedom Rang true for over 3 million Black Americans, thus marking the beginning of the fight to secure freedom for those still enslaved and provide fair and equal treatment for the formerly enslaved. Today, Juneteenth is both a time to reflect and rejoice in all of the work that took place to reach this point, as well as a reminder that true equality is not accomplished overnight.

While there may have been great strides to acknowledge and address the history and plight of Black Americans, we as a societal collective still have a long way to go. June 19 is an opportunity to educate all communities so that we may not repeat the injustices and abuses committed in the past, especially at a time when other states are passing policies that systematically erase our history and laws that are reminiscent of the Jim Crow South.

Members today marks 158 years of freedom celebrations, but also 158 years of struggle, determination, and perseverance. Despite the odds, let us never forget or ignore the holiday of Juneteenth. Let us continue our fight to correctly balance the American scale of freedom for three fifths to a whole.

Thank you, Mr. Jones Sawyer and Assembly Member Bonta. You're recognized at your desk.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today on behalf of the California Latino Legislative Caucus and the Legislative Women's Caucus in support of Assembly. Current resolution Current Concurrent Resolution 94 to honor and celebrate Juneteenth. Juneteenth marks the date that the last people who were enslaved in the US learned they were free in 1865. This year marks the 158th anniversary of its recognition and second anniversary as a federal holiday.

This is not simply a symbolic gesture, but an acknowledgment of the legacy of enslavement and remembrance that freedom and justice have always been delayed for the black communities. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people. It is also a time for Black Latinos in the US to celebrate the emancipation of all people in the Americas. Juneteenth is a transnational commemoration of Black American liberation, demonstrating how beautiful and broad the African diaspora is.

In fact, California has the second largest number of black Latinos, 237,006 million people identifying as black Latinos in the US. Black Latinos have endured many of the same injustices that African Americans have endured in this country through violent institutions. We can also never forget the contributions of black women as a whole and that they've led in the struggle for liberation. We cannot ignore the fact that racism still exists and has been intertwined in our history with the fight against sexism.

Women, our mothers, our grandmothers carry with them this history of racism and sexism and remind us of how precious and hard fought our freedoms are. Freedoms like the right to vote, the right to marry who we choose, the right to attend the schools of our choice, and the right for me, a black Latina, even to hold this office. We are still fighting for the basic rights for women like black women, to have pay equity.

Black women were still earning 58% of what Nonhispanic white men have earned since 2020. Juneteenth prompts us all to self reflect on how far we have come the continued work needed to push for cultural awareness and the need to eradicate systems of racism and inequity in our society. Members, I also want to take a moment to reflect on this as we celebrate Juneteenth day on the floor. Others are dealing with tragedies that occurred during our Juneteenth celebrations over this weekend.

Gun violence yet again interrupted our celebrations, including our families in San Diego, Willowbrook, Illinois, and continues to be yet another fight for liberation that we must fight against. Even still today, we must continue this fight in our communities because our liberation is paramount. We must continue to fight for equal justice for liberation of all people and for the commemoration and recognition of all Members, I ask you to rise in support of ACR 94.

Thank you. Ms. Bonta. Assembly Member Kalra. You're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. On behalf of the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, I rise in support of ACR 94, which recognizes the importance of Juneteen th and the historic role of African Americans in the United States. The Black community and AAPI communities have long worked together to combat hate and racism. Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reverend Jesse Jackson are but a few examples of African American leaders who have lent their voice to the API community.

The Coordinated action of API and African Americans led to the repeal of the Emergency Detention act of 1950 that unfairly targeted Japanese Americans. Following World War II, the first college of Ethnic Studies in the nation was founded here in California as a direct result of strikes by the Third World Liberation Front Historic Coalition between African American, API, and Latino students.

Instances like these show that we move forward when we move together, and Juneteenth reminds us that even when we are given freedom, that freedom is meaningless if we do not know that we are free, and that we must call out the oppressors who kept free Black families from knowing of their freedom. This resolution reminds us to celebrate the contributions of the African American community in championing the fight for civil rights for all of us that has paved the path for all marginalized communities.

However, if we only join in celebration with the Black community, but are absent when they require our allyship and solidarity, then we are falling short of our obligation to our African American brothers and sisters. Opal Lee, often referred to as the grandmother of Juneteenth, said that she hopes that Juneteenth will not just be about festivals, but that it will be about uplifting each other.

So on a personal note, I say, yes, we should attend festivals, post on social media, and pass important resolutions like ACR 94 but all of those actions ring hollow if we don't stand with the Black community on reforming our criminal justice system, if we don't stand with our Black families to uplift their economic and academic opportunities, if we don't stand with Black families when they demand reparations for the pain and suffering inflicted which impacts them to this day. Thank you. And on behalf of the API Legislative Caucus, I respectfully ask for your support on ACR 94.

Thank you, Mr. Kalra and Assembly Member Zbur. You're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, today I rise on behalf of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus in support of ACR 94, which recognizes and commemorates June 19 as Juneteenth in California, an historic date on which the last enslaved Black Americans were freed. Enslaved Black Americans in Texas were not made aware of their freedom until June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamations.

Reading in 2023, the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth, we have an opportunity to critically examine our country's shameful history of slavery and engage in meaningful discussion on how this history continues to impact us today. Without the national and statewide recognition of Juneteenth, we cannot proudly claim the values of liberty and freedom. Not when these same values were delayed and denied to enslaved Black Americans 158 years ago, and not when liberty and freedom are continuously denied to Black Americans today.

As a Member of the LGBTQ caucus, I must also acknowledge how LGBTQ plus Black Americans are the cornerstones of our community. They were the driving force behind the first prides. They are at the forefront of our community's culture, and they are courageous advocates and outspoken activists. However, LGBTQ plus Black Americans are also the most vulnerable and unprotected Members of our community. As many of us know, Black Trans women face high rates of fatal violence.

Black LGBTQ plus youth are at a higher rate of homelessness, which has only been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. LGBTQ plus people score Low on almost every measure of community health and wellbeing, high rates of homelessness, poverty, school dropout, suicide ideation, substance use and mental health challenges and engagement with the criminal justice system.

And we also know that Members of our community who face multiple bases of discrimination and hate, immigrants, women, people living with HIV, and Members of communities of color are at the bottom of these measures. It is with this in mind that the LGBTQ caucus Members and I aim to amplify the voices and advocate on behalf of Black LGBTQ plus Americans. The recognition of Juneteenth is a step towards ensuring that Black American history is remembered as American history. Thank you. And I urge your aye vote on ACR 94.

Thank you, Mr. Zbur. Assembly Member Gipson, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and Members. I want to thank my colleague from Los Angeles for bringing this ACR 94 before us. It's introduced by the Legislative Black Caucus to recognize June 19 as Juneteenth. I want to start off by quoting the Declaration of Independence that was signed into law in 1776. We hold these truths to be self evidence that all men are created equal. Let me stop there. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I stand before you today because these words did not hold true around until June 19, 1865. People often misunderstand when slavery in the United States actually ended. President Lincoln issued the Executive order known as the Emancipation Proclamation on September the 22nd, 1862, which declares that enslaved people would be free. As of January 1, 1863. The proclamation did not truly go into effect until, of course, June 19, 1865, when the Union troops arrived into Galveston.

I may be the only person on this floor whose family is still in Galveston, Texas. My great grandmother, we call her Mama Bird, who actually was a child in slavery, born into slavery in Galveston, Texas, and then not to mention my aunts and my uncles. And so when we look at Galveston, Galveston still holds true to where my family was originated when we followed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolished slavery, which was ratified December the 6th 1865.

It is important that we remember historical context of this holiday. It's not about parties. It's not about getting a day off. It's not about just cruising and having a good time on this day off. But it's about making sure that we never go back to the dark times, that America enslaved black people in this country. And let me also say this. It's not a physical enslavement. Let's not get it twisted. It's not in a physical enslavement.

But we're talking about enslavement in terms of not having resources in communities, having health disparities, gun violence, gang violence. It's about not even being able to get jobs, resources that help uplift the people who've been enslaved in this country. And so when we talk about removing the limits, we need to talk about removing the limits all across the board so that the African Americans can live the true meaning of being here in the United States of America.

I don't know what it's like to move from another country and come to another country. I was born and raised right here in California, in these United States of America. But it's important that we not just look at this day as just an ordinary day, but it has purpose, it has significance.

And I raise my voice in this space and thank the legislative Black Caucus for one, making sure that when we do policies, that Juneteenth is in the forefront of our minds when we talk about resources, that this is in the forefront of our minds.

Making sure that we never forget, just like we do our brothers during the genocide, when it comes down to Armenian brothers and sisters, our Jewish brothers and sisters, making sure we never forget, but also making sure we never have to go back to a time that America was bad to people and enslave a people. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on ACR 94.

Thank you, Mr. Gipson. And, Senator Ramos, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise on behalf of the California Native American Legislative Caucus to support and ask for an aye vote on ACR 94, which recognizes June 19 as Juneteenth Day. It is a day for us to celebrate the many accomplishments and contributions of African Americans in our national history.

It is also a time to reflect on the power of resiliency and strength as they overcame being torn from their homelands and then denied the rights called out by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. As Jefferson, himself a slave owner, said, indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. This is a day, a day that we come together today as we celebrate the end of slavery in the United States in a new federal holiday.

But it's also every day, every day that reconciliation has to happen, and truth has to come out. Truth has to come out in the educational components. Truth has to come out in the history of what's going on in the State of California and the nation. The truth and the resiliency of people needs to come out in everyday walks that faces our people today. That's what it's about. Not just one day, but every day to make sure that people.

People stand here as equal and to make sure their voices are being heard, not just back in time, but today and in the future. I urge your. aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Ramos and Assembly Member Lowenthal, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, on behalf of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, I rise in very strong support of ACR 94. I would like to thank. And on behalf of the entire caucus, we would all like to thank our colleague from Los Angeles for bringing forward this important measure today. We recognize and celebrate the liberation of African American slaves at the end of the Civil War, the day when the last slaves were freed in America.

It is important that we rejoice and reflect on this historical milestone and recognize that this was only the first step towards equality and justice. The slaves of Galveston, Texas, had to wait more than two years after Lincoln's decree to receive word that they were freed. We can only imagine what many of the slaves felt anxiously waiting for the news of their freedom.

Despite the Emancipation Proclamation and the ratification of the 13th Amendment, the struggle for equality for former slaves, their descendants, and African Americans throughout the country has proven long and hard. While we celebrate our hard fought victories, we must recognize the discrimination that still exists in our communities. As we commemorate Juneteenth, we must be cognizant that the continued need to combat racism, hate, and intolerance, our legacy must be one that seeks equality for those who have been historically mistreated and who continue to yearn for justice.

The Jewish people say Lador Vador, which actually means, from generation to generation, to recognize the role we play in shaping the future, just as we are shaped by the past. And so while we celebrate Juneteenth as a pivotal moment in history, we commit to continued work to improve the lives of our children and our children's children. In that spirit, and on behalf of the Jewish caucus, I respectfully ask for your. aye vote on ACR 94.

Thank you, Mr. Lowenthal and Assemblywoman Waldron, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise in support of Assembly concurrent Resolution 94 commemorating Juneteenth. This resolution in California law requires the Governor to proclaim this day as Juneteenth National Freedom Day, a day of observance, to urge all Californians to honor and reflect on the significant role that African Americans have played in the history of the United States, and also reflect on the barriers and suffering that our African American brethren have endured.

But as my colleagues have said, the recognition and the work must continue to achieve true equality. All people in our nation must look forward and work toward a hopeful, unified future. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Ms. Waldron. And seeing no other Members wishing to speak on the resolution, Mr. Jones Sawyer, you may close.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For me, this is extremely emotional. I submitted AB 1655. Introduced it January 14, 2022, on my birthday. As a descendant of a civil rights legend, it is extremely important that we do not forget the struggles of African Americans. It never ended in 1776. Didn't end in 1863 or 1865. We remember. So we do not repeat not to hate America, but to ensure we never again make the same mistake again.

Juneteenth reminds us that slavery takes many forms, like our criminal justice system, two years or two centuries. Injustice is injustice and slavery is slavery. Whether you wear a white cloth at night or a clear plastic cloth during the day, racism is racism. Injustice is injustice, and oppression is impression. Texans did not want African Americans to know they were free. The reason was fear. Fear that black people would demand equality and speak out against injustice. Fear that we would integrate. Fear that we would intermarry.

They use the fear of incarceration to keep us down. But the thing they fear most is one day we would legislate. Fear of an all black jury and all black judges. Fear of black businesses. Fear of black teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, and architects. Really? Fear of an all black Public Safety Committee. We did one better on Juneteenth, a mostly black, Brown, LGBTQ plus Women Public Safety Committee. It happy Juneteenth. All your fears are coming true.

Thank you, Mr. Jones-Sawyer, would you like the first roll open for co authors? That's a yes. Clerk will open the roll for co authors. All those wishing to be a co author on ACR 94, please signify by casting your vote.

Clerk will close the roll. There are 70 co authors. Without objection. We'll take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. The ayes have it. Resolution is adopted next by Dr. Baines. This is file item 17, ACR 64. Clerk will read

Assembly concurrent Resolution 64 by submitter Bains. Relative to Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month and the longest day as some.

Assembly Member Bains, you may open all the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise today to bring ACR 64 relating to Alzheimer's disease to the floor. This month, June 2023, has been declared Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month to bring light to this debilitating disease and the need to increase efforts to combat its human and economic cost.

And this week on the summer solstice, June 21, 2023, we recognize the longest day with people around the world coming together to honor the strength, passion and endurance of people facing Alzheimer's disease with a day of activity and advocacy. California is home to nearly 700,000 residents with an Alzheimer's diagnosis. But this number doesn't reflect the additional 1,120,000 unpaid family givers, caregivers who provide a staggering 884,000,000 hours of care to Alzheimer's patients.

As we have just voted out a budget, let me put this unpaid caregiving into real dollars. The unpaid family care given to Alzheimer's patients saves the state a whopping $18 billion a year. We all know the data projected for our aging state. By the end of this decade, 25% of our state's population will be over the age of 60. Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, which has no known cause, cure or prevention.

And DPH projects that while the population will grow by 16%, by 2040, those living with Alzheimer's will increase by 127%. Communities of color will see the greatest increases. And I would also like to highlight how underrepresented areas in the state will feel this impact. Proper diagnosis leads to better outcomes for patients and those who care for them. As a practicing physician, I have seen the devastating effects of Alzheimer's on my patients and their loved ones.

Highlighting past diagnostic issues within minority populations and recognizing geographic disparities will bring us closer to providing the care and understanding needed to better serve those. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Dr. Bains. Assembly Member Rodriguez, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise in strong support of ACR 64 and want to thank the colleague from Delano for introducing this resolution. As some of you may know, I lost my parents a few years ago to Alzheimer's disease. As she stated, I was one of those 1 million family members providing assistance to my parents as they suffered from this horrible disease.

California must continue to advance early detection and diagnosis while investing in Alzheimer's disease research and develop a treatment to slow the progression of and ultimately cure this disease. Also, respect for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez and Assemblywoman Dixon, you're recognized on the resolution.

Good afternoon, speaker and Members. Thank you. I rise in support of ACR 64 to recognize June as Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month. Alzheimer's disease is the third leading cause of death in California, with those being diagnosed. Averaging four to eight years of life beyond diagnosis, California has made great strides in improving the quality of life and support for individuals struggling with Alzheimer's and their families. In 1984, the California Legislature developed the Alzheimer's Disease Program, creating a partnership between state departments, nonprofits, and our education system.

By utilizing our UC system, California has developed a network of care throughout the state that leads in clinical trials and research. On April 20, eigth of this year, the Alzheimer's disease program awarded over $4 million to local health departments as part of the Healthy Brain Initiative. Despite the progress we have made, people diagnosed with Alzheimer's and their caregivers still need more support. Please join me also in supporting ACR 64 and recognizing June as Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Awareness Month. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Dixon. Assemblyman Joe Patterson, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Members. February 20, 2021, my daughter Blake Susie, was born. And that year, July 2021, my mother in law, Susie Susan Ripchick, passed away from a very long battle with Alzheimer's, over 10 years, actually. And it was right in the middle of COVID and we weren't able to see her as much. She lived in a home at that time, and it was obviously crushing.

But I do feel after the suffering she went through, she's free now, but we obviously miss her, and there's a lot more we can do on Alzheimer's. It's not only painful for the person going through it, but it's obviously painful for the families that have to endure it for a decade or more. So with that, I look forward to supporting ACR 64. Thank the author for Bringing it, and also looking forward to supporting legislation in the future on this matter. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Patterson. And Assemblywoman Soria, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of AC 64, and I want to thank my colleague from the Central Valley, from Kern, County, Assemblywoman Dr. Bains, for bringing this resolution forward. I rise as a daughter of someone that is living with Alzheimer's. Eight years ago, my mother, at the early age of 55, was diagnosed with early onset of dementia.

And so I am living as a daughter, seeing my father being my mother's main caregiver, who had to retire early at the early age of 62 or 61, where he could have still kept working, but had to retire because he had to provide 24/7 care to my mom. This is not an easy disease to deal with. My mom has lost the ability to speak, to say our name. She recognizes us and still dances to the music that she recognizes. But it's a very sad disease.

And so I hope that this Legislature, and as I get the opportunity to serve here, that I can continue to advance the investments as it impacts communities and families across the State of California and families in rural California. My mom lives in Lindsay, California, the nearest location to get some of this care with UCSF Alzheimer's Memory Care center is all the way in Fresno, which is 60 minutes of travel.

So when it comes to resources and accessing the type of care that my mom deserves, it is very far away. And so I hope that we are able to continue to push our Federal Government and that us, California, just like we lead the way in a lot of different issues, that we also lead the way in making sure that we're taking care of not just the families that are bearing the brunt of the care, but those that are living with Alzheimer's.

Like my mother, who deserve to have dignity as someone that toiled in the fields of the Central Valleys, she deserves to have the best quality of care with the years that she has remaining. So I wanted to share that personal story because this is impacting our family as we speak. And I hope that others that have to deal with this issue also have other supports and that can lean on each other, because it is a very tough disease to deal with.

So thank you so much, Assemblywoman Dr. Bains, for putting this resolution forward. I strongly ask all of you to support this and that we work together on other efforts to ensure that folks like my family that lives in rural parts of the State of California have the same access to care and resources to ensure that they have a good quality of life. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Soria and Assembly Member, Villapudua, you're recognized on the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you heard on the floor. This is very, very serious. And colleagues, today I stand in support of ACR 64, who recognizes June as Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month. According to the Alzheimer's Association, one in three seniors die from Alzheimer's or the dementia. And the amount of deaths associated with this disease has only increased during COVID-19 pandemic. There are hundreds of thousands of individuals living with Alzheimer's in California, and number of projects to double by 2040.

With Alzheimer's disease being the number four leading cause of death in California, it is important that we bring more awareness to the disease and learn the early signs of Alzheimer's in order to help our loved ones to get the necessary care. As you heard do, if you don't know someone, you're going to know someone. If you're not related to someone that has died from this, guess what? You're going to have someone. This is how bad this disease is.

So we need to make sure that not just the awareness, but to make sure that we're really making this a priority for the State of California. It is very bad. So I want to thank my colleagues today that spoke. Dr. Bains, thank you so much for bringing this. This is very important, and we need to make sure that all of us on this floor take this very, very serious.

Thank you, Mr. Villapudua. And seeing no other Members wishing to speak on the resolution, Dr. Bains, you may close.

My heart goes out. Thank you so much selmember Sawyer for that story. My heart goes out to you and your family. Thank you for everyone that spoke. As a Doctor, I have seen so many patients that have perished with Alzheimer's. And I have to say the impact to our healthcare workforce, having to see our patients suffer and the suffering that was talked about, it's real. I've held the hand of a lot of patients that have died.

And I have to say, seeing the impact to caregivers, seeing the impact to families struggling to provide their resources, especially, as Assembly Member Soria said, in rural areas like what we represent, those are the areas that classically lack access to healthcare. And this is a healthcare access problem, specifically in rural underserved areas. In addition to making sure our state is prepared for increasing aging California so I respectfully ask for the first role to be added for co authors and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Senator. Woman Bains Clerk will open the roll for co authors Members, this is for co authors on ACR 64. All those wish to be a co author, please signify by casting your vote. Clerk will close roll. There are 73 co authors. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. The ayes have it. Resolution is adopted. Next, we're moving forward to Mr. Maienschein. This is file item 22, SB 564.

Clerk will read Senate Bill 564 By Senator Laird an act relating to local government.

Mr. Maienschein, you may open on the Bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and Members. Senate Bill of 564 will modestly increase and conform various fees that sheriff's offices are permitted to charge to fulfill their legal obligation to serve process to closer match the costs of providing that service and reflect inflation. These fees have not been increased since 2015, given the rise in the cost of living, inflation, employee salary increases and other costs.

The current fees set in statute do not cover the actual cost of the service, which creates revenue deficits within sheriff's civil units. This Bill will therefore modestly raise the fees sheriffs are permitted to collect consistent with the CPI, and will retain the existing fee waiver process for those who cannot afford the relevant fee. Senator Laird's office received an opposal estimated letter from the California Association of Judgment Professionals.

While they take no issue with the overall fee increases, their proposed changes are beyond the scope of this Bill, and this Bill has received no no votes, bipartisan support and passed the Senate Floor 37 to nothing. I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. Maienshein. And seeing no other Members wishing to speak on this Bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close roll tally the votes. ayes 68 no zero the bills passed. Next file item 24, SB 736. Clerk will read

Senate Bill 736 by Senator McGuire and others an act related to tribal gaming, declaring the urgency to take effect immediately.

Aguiar Curry, you may open on the Bill.

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker and Members. SB 736 will ratify the extension of the Tribal State Gaming Compact entered between the State of California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California. This compact will enhance the economic development, stability and selfsufficiency of the Middletown Rancheria. The compact will protect the interests of the tribe and its Members and the surrounding communities and the California public. This Bill will enhance the economic development, stability and self sufficiency of the tribe.

I take special pride in presenting this compact and the opportunities that comes with it. The Middletown Tribal Council under my friend Chairman Moe Simon and tribal Members have been among the most generous of my constituents, standing up time and again to offer their facilities for evacuation centers from devastating wildfires for their neighbors in Lake County. Members, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Ms. Aguiar Curry. And seeing no Members wishing to speak on this Bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close roll tally the votes I 73, no, zero on the urgency. I 73, no, zero on the Bill. Measure passes. Members, we're going to be moving to a vote on our consent calendar. Does any Member wish to pull an item from the consent calendar?

Seeing and hearing none, Clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

Senate Bill 522 by Senator Niello an act related to trust in the states.

Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote on consent, Clerk will close the roll tally votes ayes 73 noes zero. Consent calendar is adopted. Members, at this time, our quorum call is lifted. We'll be moving to adjournments in memory, so we ask that you take your conversations off the floor.

Members, at this time, we ask that you give respectful attention to those granted prior permission to speak on an adjournment in memory today. Assemblywoman Dixon, you're recognized at your desk for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to adjourn in memory for former Newport Beach Council Member Jean Watt, who passed away on Sunday, April 16, at the age of 96. Jean was an instrumental figure in Newport Beach and made significant and lasting contributions to our community over many decades. Jean Watt was a dedicated Member of our city and was an exemplary example of service above self.

Jean was born and raised in Pasadena and moved to Newport Beach in 1953, where she spent the rest of her life. Jean is survived by her three daughters and son, as well as her five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Jean went to Stanford University and received a degree in political science and economics. As a young mother of three girls, Jean gave back to her community through her service in the Girl Scouts for two decades.

She credited her leadership and mentoring skills to her Girl Scout leadership experience. Jean served as a Member of the Newport Beach City Council from 1988 to 1996. She is credited with spearheading the formation of the airport Working Group, which resulted in the successful airport settlement agreement in the late 80s with the County of Orange, the FAA and the City of Newport Beach. To protect residents from the negative environmental impacts from John Wayne Airport.

Jean dedicated her many passions to protecting and preserving Newport Beach's beautiful natural resources and played a key role in protecting Newport harbor, the Beaches and the Back Bay from runoff pollution. As Orange County began to develop with new cities forming upstream, she often told the story of her early years in Newport Beach. In the 60s, she would swim in Newport harbor and soon became disgusted with the runoff pollution filling the harbor and Back Bay. She had to do something, and she did.

In 1994, after a torrential rainstorm filled Newport Bay with trash from the development runoff, Jean was one of the founding Members of Stop Polluting Our Newport, which is still operating today and now known as still Protecting our Newport or known as Spawn. She helped develop water quality standards and monitoring that is still practiced and enforced by the City of Newport Beach, the county and the water agencies that monitor.

She fought hard to conserve land in Newport Beach so the natural beauty could be appreciated for generations to come. Jean was also the co founder of Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks. Jean Watt was named Newport Beach Citizen of the Year in 2013 as a recognition of her decades of service to our community, but she wasn't done yet in her service to the community in her 90s.

Jean was also founder of the Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter in 2016, which has helped hundreds of lost and stray animals in need. Jean spearheaded the private fundraising of more than $3 million for a new world class animal shelter, which was donated late last year to the City of Newport Beach to operate for the next 50 years.

An excellent example of private public partnership, Gene was on the Formation Committee for the Newport Beach Housing Trust in 2021, which will be focusing on affordable workforce and senior housing. Jean tirelessly gave back to our community through sensible, pragmatic and thoughtful planning leadership with quiet yet singularly forceful advocacy. She inspired many others to participate in community advocacy and take action where there was a need. She encouraged me to file my campaign, my candidacy to run for City Council in 2013.

She inspired many others to participate in community advocacy. She respectfully listened and welcomed all challenges and perspectives. She had a unique ability to listen to a group of people with opposing viewpoints on a topic and after listening, coalesce all of their various ideas into a thoughtful and achievable plan. Her indefatigable spirit to achieve the best for the community that she loved continued until a few days before she passed. She never stopped caring about our community.

Newport Beach will not be the same without the life and leadership of Jean Watt. She leaves behind a remarkable legacy and was instrumental in making Newport Beach the incredible city it is today. Please join me and my colleagues to adjourn in memory for Jean Watt. Thank you.

Thank you. Senator Dixon Members, please bring the names to the desk to be printed in the journal. All requests to adjourn in the memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Moving to announcements. Our Committee hearings. Natural Resources will meet today at Room 447 at 230. And our session schedule is as follows. Tuesday, June 20, check in session. Wednesday, June 21, check in session. Thursday, June 22, Floor session at 09:00 a.m. All other items remaining will be passed and retained.

All motions shall be continued. Seeing and hearing no further business. I'm ready to attain a motion to adjourn. Ms. Nguyen moves. Ms. Dixon seconds that this house stand adjourned until Thursday, June 22, at 09:00 a.m.