Senate Floor

Secretary will call the roll.

[Roll call].

A quorum is present with the Members and our guests. Beyond the rail, please rise. We'll be led in prayer today by our chaplain, Sister Michelle Gorman. Afterwards, please remain standing. We'll be led in the pledge of allegiance by Senator Menjivar.

As we remember, we are in God's presence today. We pray this prayer in honor of Cesar Chavez by the poet Raphael Jesus Gonzalez. God of all peoples and nations. Show us the suffering of the most miserable, so we will know our people's plight. Free us to pray for others. For you are present in every person. Help us to take responsibility for our own lives so that we can be free at last. Grant us courage to serve others. For in service there is true life.

Give us honesty and patience so that we can work with workers. Bring forth song and celebration so that your spirit will be alive among us. Let your spirit flourish and grow, so we will never tire of the struggle. Let us remember those who have died for justice. For they have given us life. And help us love even those who hate us. So we can change the world. Amen.

Would everyone place a right hand over their heart. Begin...

Members, we're going to start with privileges of floor. And I'm going to start with the privileges to. We have a very special guest here today. I would like to introduce. Welcome Senator Limon to introduce Gigi.

Hi, everyone. This is my daughter. She's Gianna. She's two and a half, and it's her first time on the floor. Many of you saw me pregnant. And so here she is. Say hi.

Thank you. It is a special day here, and now we will have Senator Eggman from the majority leader's desk.

Thank you, Mr. President. Today, Members, I have a special guest here, one of my constituents, Elizabeth. We know her as Nikki Linerman, who has been a lifetime Stocktonian been a lifetime, as soon as she's been able to work SEIU 1000 Member holding it down in our central committees for a couple of decades. But most importantly, I want to recognize her today because she was appointed to the fair board in 2014. 2014. And held it down.

And as people know, a lot of our local boards can get nefarious characters and unsortly things can happen. And Nikki had me on a hotline reporting every incident until people were finally taken away in handcuffs. And she held it down for years and years when other people wouldn't volunteer to be on the fairboard and kept that ship right until now. We're going to be able to do some affordable housing there.

And for the first time in a long time, we're going to have a good old fashioned fair. So I wanted to recognize Nikki Linerman for her dedication to the community of Stockton.

All Members are invited to join now for a photo if you would like to join. Messages from the Governor will be deemed read, messages from the Assembly will be deemed read, reports of Committee will be deemed read, and amendments adopted. Members now moving on to motions, resolutions, and notices. Any motions and resolutions. Senator Ochoa Bogh.

Good morning and thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to move file item a, five to third reading, please.

Noted. Desk will note now we go to the considerations of the daily file. We will start with the second reading file. Madam Secretary, please read Senate Bill 438, with amendment.

Senate Bill 50, with amendment. Senate Bill 349, with Amendment Senate...

The second reading file will be deemed read. Now onto governor's appointments. Item 29. Senator Ochoa Bogh, she's ready. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members, good morning. I am filling in for rules Vice Chair, Senator Grove this morning. File item number 29 is the confirmation of Jose Rosso for reappointment to the Workers Compensation Appeals Board, Alexis Tagagi for appointment to the Student Aid Commission, and Sandra Matsumoto for appointment to the California Water Commission. These appointees were approved by the Senate Rules Committee on March eigth on a five to zero vote. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Members. Any discussion or debate? Seeing none, please call the roll.

[Roll call].

Please call the absent Members.

Allen, Grove, Jones aye. Laird, Stern, Wahab.

Ayes 35 no's are zero. The appointment is confirmed. Now Members will go to Senate third reading. We will start with file item 38. Senator Newman, he's ready. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 23 by Senator Newman relative to family physician Week.

Thank you, Mr. President. I am very pleased to present SCR 23, which will officially designate the week of March 262023 to April 22023 as family physician Week in the State of California. Family physician Week highlights the importance of family physicians to the healthcare system and to our communities, particularly in rural and underserved communities in the United States. Nearly one half of all visits to physicians offices in rural areas are to family physicians.

Family physicians have trained for a minimum of seven years from medical school through residency and receive extensive training in behavioral health, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, and geriatric care. Family physician care is based on a knowledge of the whole person in the context of the family and the community, and is not limited by age, sex, or type of health condition. The deliberately broad skill set of family physicians becomes particularly valuable in communities or geographical areas where certain specialists and subspecialists may not be available.

Family physicians are on the front lines of health care, providing comprehensive and continuous medical care to individuals and families throughout their lives. They become trusted partners in the care of their patients, providing not just medical expertise, but often much needed understanding and compassion as well. Family physicians are often the first point of contact for patients seeking care, and they serve as advocates for their patients, working to improve health outcomes and quality of life.

Throughout our public health response to the Covid-19 pandemic, family physicians played a critical role, often literally risking their own lives to ensure that their patients had access to the care they needed to stay safe and healthy, as well as the information needed in order to make an informed choice on getting vaccinated.

I'm proud to say that my own dad was also a physician, and I'm very cognizant and equally grateful for the kinds of sacrifices that family physicians make every day in the service of their patients and their communities. Please join me in recognizing the essential contributions that family physicians provide to our health and our communities by recognizing this week it's family physicians week. I respectfully ask for your I vote today.

Members, any discussion or debate? Madam Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll call].

Please call the absent Members.

Grove, Laird, Stern, Wahab.

Ayes 36, noes are zero. The measure passes. Returning to privileges of the floor, Senator.

Newman.

Thank you again. With us this morning to celebrate Family Physician Week are several representatives and leaders of the California Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians who, in addition to tirelessly serving their own patients and communities, also do the hard work of serving and supporting their fellow family physicians across our state. Here on the floor with me this morning are Lisa Folberg, Dr. Raul Ayala, Dr. Brent Sujimoto, Dr. Jay Lee, and Dr. Erica Roshanravan.

Lisa Folberg serves as the CEO of the California Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 10,000 family physicians across our great state. In this role, she guides CAFP's advocacy, policy, and membership efforts and oversees the CAFP Foundation. Ms. Folberg previously served as the CEO of the California Medical Foundation and before that worked for our very own Legislative Analyst Office.

Dr. Raul Ayala, the President of the California Academy of Family Physicians, serves as the Ambulatory Medical Director at Adventist Health Central Valley Network, where he has transformed the healthcare landscape in the Central Valley through the clinical integration of over 50 ambulatory clinics. The Governor has recognized Dr. Ayala's commitment to improving care for the state's most vulnerable populations through his work in leading the Adventist Health Opioid Stewardship Committee and implementing programs to address housing and food insecurity screenings.

Dr. Brent K. Sujimoto serves as treasurer and secretary of the California Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Sujimoto is also a family physician, HIV specialist, and the Associate Medical Director at Lifelong Medical Care. He has dedicated much of his career to improving outcomes in HIV care, prevention, and access.

Dr. Jay W. Lee is a board member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and is himself a family physician with KCS Health Center in Orange County and also serves as the Medical Director for Integrated Health Partners of California, a clinically integrated network of nine community health centers in three counties serving more than 325,000 MediCal recipients. Dr. Erica Roshanravan is Legislative Affairs Council Vice Chair for the California Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Roshan Raven has dedicated her entire career to community healthcare for the past four and a half years. She has served at CommuniCare health centers in Yolo County and currently serves as Associate Medical Director for Communicare's Davis Community Clinic. I'd also like to note that today is National Physicians Day, and again, my father was a physician, so that means something special to me.

Please join me in celebrating family physicians week and in thanking our guests for their service to their patients and their communities by giving them all a very warm California State welcome.

Any Members that would like to join for a picture, please do so.

Now we going to, Members. Members move to file item 40. Senator Portantino? He is ready. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 36 by Senator Portantino relative to Arts Education Month.

Go ahead.

Thank you, madam, Mr. President and Members, I rise to present SCR 36, which would proclaim the month of March as Arts Education Month. Arts Education provides pupils with well-rounded education and instills critical thinking skills, artistic literacy, which is needed to succeed in the 21st century. The World Economic Forum and International Monetary Fund called creativity the key to our future economies, and LinkedIn labeled it the most important skill in the world.

Academically, arts education has also been proven to complement learning and other core subjects, improving engagement and attendance, strengthening parent and community engagement, and enhancing positive school climates in the workplace. It fosters cultural understanding, emotional intelligence, and collaborative skills that contribute to a positive work environment. This makes arts education a pillar to our society and a critical part of producing individuals with versatile skills.

With this, we urge all residents to give their full support to the quality of arts education programs for our children, to frequent our local community theaters, to enjoy art and culture, to foster creativity in our children, and I respectfully ask for an Aye vote on SCR 36.

Thank you. Any discussion or debate? Members, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call. Is there any objection to using unanimous roll call? Seeing none. The Ayes are 36. The noes are zero. The resolution is adopted. Now we'll move on to file item 41. File 41. Senator Padilla. He is ready. Madam Secretary, please read.

Senate Resolution 20 by Senator Padilla, relative to Cesar Chavez Day.

Thank you, Mr. President. And Members, I rise proudly today to present Senate Resolution 20, which recognizes March 31 as Cesar Chavez birthday and a day of public service. Cesar Chavez recognized the great personal sacrifice that our farm workers make in the pursuit of the American dream and a better life for their families. And he intimately knew the struggles that those farm workers faced. He and his family worked in the fields of Brawley, Oxnard, Atascadero, Gonzalez, King City, Salinas, McFarland, Delano, Wasco, Selma, Kingsburg, and Mendota.

He didn't just see the terrible conditions that farm workers faced. He lived them. Mr. President, with respect, I would suggest that the Senate is not in order. Thank you, Mr. President. No running water. No bathrooms in the fields. Families regularly cheated out of their very meager wages they had worked themselves to the bone to earn. All of this was in the face of a society and a culture that didn't want to hear about the pain his community was in.

When he was young, Cesar attended segregated schools where he was exposed to racist remarks and constant harassment by staff and students. He would tell stories where he was physically punished for speaking Spanish at school, punished for his heritage, punished for being Latino. In spite of all of this, at age 19, Cesar decided to join the United States Navy and to serve his country for two years before being honorably discharged. Despite the racism and the treatment he received, he still believed in the promise of America.

After leaving the United States Navy, Cesar Chavez married his longtime sweetheart, Helen Farella, with whom he had eight children. At great risk and with little money, he would eventually move his family to Delano, where he began his storied labor movement. Alongside his partners, he established the National Farm Workers Association, which would later become the United Farm Workers. The organization continues to fight for the rights of farmworkers today, championing legislation for those that put food on our tables every day.

His efforts, and those of many other civil rights leaders like Dolores Huerta, would result in the Agricultural Labor Relations act of 1975. Establishing for the first time the right for farm workers to organize and collectively bargain. They made great strides and accomplishments. The great grape boycott, the march to Sacramento that put before not just the people of the State of California, but the eyes of the nation on both the value and the exploitation of our farm workers.

He was a leading voice for the most vulnerable and exploited and for Latino migrant workers in a time where everyone was encouraged to assimilate. He represented what Latino workers, the dispossessed and the exploited can achieve through collective power, and demonstrated through an indomitable spirit. His legacy continues to this day through the many organizations, individuals, and the leaders that his example inspired. California has been forever changed. Thanks to his vision. He embodies so many of the values that we hold most dear in our state.

And so it is with tremendous pride and with all these things in mind. And in honor of his sacrifice and the sacrifice that so many others have made. I respectfully ask for an Aye vote.

Thank you. Senator Gonzalez.

Yes, Mr. President. As Vice Chair of the Latino Caucus, it is my honor today to rise today in strong support of Sr 20 by my good colleague from San Diego, which acknowledges the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez. Cesar Chavez's life serves as an extraordinary example of how one person can have a huge impact on all of our lives. He was a symbol of justice, an educator of civil and human rights, a role model, and a beloved friend to many.

In September 1965, Cesar led a successful five-year strike boycott, as mentioned, that rallied millions of supporters to the United Farm Workers. Using boycotts and spiritual fasts, Cesar was able to gain invaluable rights for some of the most vulnerable people in our state. Our farm workers today continue to feed our state and nation and are most essential workers. Their hard work and perseverance remain shining examples of strength and inspiration for all.

As we celebrate today, let us use our roles as legislators to ensure farm workers and all marginalized communities are treated fairly, equitably, and respectfully in all aspects of society. Lastly, the Latino Caucus has provided you all with a commemorative artwork of Cesar Chavez with one of his most important quotes. One of my favorites. Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. Mr. President, on behalf of the Latino Caucus, I ask you and Members to join us in supporting SR 20. Thank you.

Thank you. Next we'll have Senators Min, Rubio, and Caballero. Senator Min.

Thank you, Mr. President, fellow Senators, on behalf of the API Legislative Caucus, I'm honored to rise in support of SR 20 and join in acknowledging Cesar Chavez Day. The United Farm Workers movement has always had roots with the Asian American community that stood in solidarity with the Latinx American community. In 1965, Filipino American farm workers joined Cesar Chavez in organizing a major strike against grape growers in California.

They worked together for better wages and improved labor conditions for those who work in the fields and feed our communities and our state and our nation. They fought not just for better wages, but for dignity. Cesar Chavez understood the importance of working together through nonviolent means to improve the lives of those who are Members of his union, those who work with him on the field. And his leadership helped tip the scales in favor of the labor union that we know in California today.

He leaves behind an incredible legacy. And I just want to actually give a particular story here because my in-laws actually met through Cesar Chavez. My mother-in-law, believe it or not, was working for the United Farm Workers in the Kansas City area and after a major fundraiser, she met my father-in-law. And years later, they had my wife. So I want to give that gratitude as well. We are stronger when we stand together.

And the API Legislative Caucus, the API community stands strongly with the Latinx community. And it's with deep admiration that I respectfully ask for your support of SR 20 to honor the life of Cesar Chavez.

Senator Rubio.

Thank you, Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, I rise today as a Member of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, as a daughter of a former California farm worker, and as a proud co-author to SR 20, introduced by my good colleague from San Diego. Today we honor a tireless crusader for justice and the rights of workers. Cesar Chavez was a founder of the National Farm Workers Association and continued to be a pivotal figure to this day in the history of labor activism.

I'd like to take a moment to share how labor activism has deep ties within the Jewish community. From Jewish unions to political activism, workers rights have always been a priority. When the National Farm Workers Association and the Agriculture Workers Organizing Committee went on strike, the Jewish community supported and joined. Rabbis declared that nonunion grapes violated the religious tenets not to steal, and activists participated in strikes and rallies, some even losing their lives to the cause.

Nan Freeman, an 18-year-old student, joined the picketers in solidarity and was killed. A truck purposely drove recklessly and hit her. As the daughter of a farm worker who labored during that era, I cannot thank her enough and everyone else who stood in solidarity to ensure that the workers had dignity. I want to also thank everyone else, all the other caucuses, for joining in honor of his legacy.

The Jewish community is proud to reaffirm its support for the labor movement and for Caesar Chavez and continue to fight for fair labor practices and for racial justice. May Cesar Chavez's memory be a reminder of the work that yet still is ahead of us, and may we all continue to pay tribute to his work and his legacy. Thank you, and I ask for your Aye vote.

Thank you. Senator Caballero.

Thank you, Mr. President and Members, I rise on behalf of the Legislative Women's Caucus to support SR 20. Today we honor Cesar Estrada Chavez, a legendary leader whose name is associated with nonviolent struggle, unity, justice, and triumph. And as we know, Cesar Chavez's commitment, leadership, and devotion informed by his childhood of poverty and child labor in a backbreaking industry, his strong catholic faith, and his training by the community service organization led him to uniquely understand that strikes and Boycotts were powerful tools that could affect political power.

Cesar Chavez's organizing and leadership created a movement that created pride and activism and empowered the Mexican American community, especially Chicanos who mobilized for change in their own communities and for farmworker families.

In honor of Cesar Chavez, we recognize and honor women's involvement in the farmworker movement, lessons that are not taught in textbooks and in schools today. Even before Cesar Chavez left the Navy to work for the community service organization, the AFL-CIO hired Maria Moreno, an indigenous Mexican American farm worker who had been organizing for farm worker rights for years.

Moreno was a migrant mother of 12 when a flood in Tulare County brought hunger to her children and left more than 300 farm workers displaced and without work. So how this is happening today. This was in the 1960s. This is happening as we speak. Farm worker families displaced because of flooding. Many of these farm workers and their families were deemed ineligible by the county for food assistance. However, through Maria Moreno's activism, she was able to secure assistance for the families devastated by this flood.

Cecar Chavez's collaborator and co-founder of the United Farm Worker Organizing Committee, Dolores Huerta, was on the front lines organizing for change, for dignity and just compensation, and good working conditions for farm workers in the '60s and the '70s and I know you all know her. You all probably have a picture with her. Today, she continues her activism as a civil rights leader, working on behalf of low-wage workers and women everywhere every day.

When the time came to sit down with the growers after the great boycott and strike, Dolores Huerta was the lead organizer, obtaining for the workers a just contract. Members, there are many women leaders that contributed to protecting the rights of farmworkers, leaders whose names few of us will ever know. Luisa Moreno. Maria Moreno. May Chen. Hattie Canty. Emma Tenayuka. We recognize and honor them here today as the shoulders upon which we all stand. I leave you with the fight is never about grapes or lettuce.

It is always about people. As we celebrate Cesar Chavez and recognize great and humble women who led lives of service, let us commit ourselves to do more to honor them and to improve the lives of those who struggle in our communities. I respectfully ask for your Aye vote today.

Senator Eggman.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. I rise on behalf of the LGBT Caucus to also speak in support of SR 20. While Cesar Chavez was mostly known for his work with the labor unions, he was also all about inclusive and diversity and embracing. He was at the second march on Washington for the LGBT community. An early leader in peace, an early leader in reaching out and knowing that we cannot move forward just with our own individual movement if we don't bring everybody along with us.

His wife Helen once said he understood that you couldn't ask others to fight for your cause if you weren't able to stand with them for theirs. I respectfully ask for your Aye vote on SR 20.

Thank you. We will have Senator Durazo, Bradford, and then Cortese. Senator Durazo.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to share a couple of stories that I had the privilege of being with alongside of Cesar Chavez. When I was a newly elected leader of the Hotel Workers Union, we had been engaged in a battle that was taking years, and we thought we had done everything possible to be able to get through it and win what was fair for those hotel workers.

But we got to the point of just feeling we couldn't do it, ready to give up. So I asked Cesar if he would come and speak to the workers. And alongside another iconic leader, Reverend James Lawson, the two of them came and spoke to several hundred workers. And Cesar talked about how he says if you look over a meadow, he says, you see thousands of grass blades. And that's everybody. He says, but within them, every so often you see little flowers, because that's who you are.

You are the leaders, you are the ones that everything depends on. You are special. You have to keep on moving forward. You'll get through this. And we did. But that was a pivot point that meant all the difference in the world to that particular group of workers, thousands of hotel workers. And when he was on his last fast, my late husband Miguel and I were able to go visit him. He had been in the fast for several days and little tiny room in Delano.

And he says, you know, something really strange happened to says I had a dream last night that I was eating tacos de carne asada. Well, the reason it's strange is because he was a very, very deeply committed vegan. And here he was having dreams about eating tacos, meat tacos. But he had this incredible simplicity about him, a deep commitment to people, a deep commitment to nonviolence. That's why he and Reverend Martin Luther King made the connection with each other.

And of course, he had a deep commitment to the labor movement, seeing unions as the only way to be able to get the respect that they deserve. So with that, sisters and brothers, que viva Cesar Chavez. Que viva la Union De Campesinos. Thank you.

Thank you. Senator Bradford.

Thank you, Mr. President. As Vice Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, I stand and we stand in strong support and in celebration of Cesar Chavez Day. Cesar Chavez's history of service and advocacy is filled with influence and cooperation with the African American community. Each of the prior attempts to organize a farm workers union had been destroyed by racism and corporate power. But Chavez, along with others, deliberately created a multiracial union made up of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Filipinos, African Americans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and Arab workers, among others.

All being part of the UFW. In 1966, Members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, better known as SNCC, joined Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union in a 250-mile march from Delano to Sacramento to protest the exploitation of agricultural workers. Dr. Martin Luther King sent a telegram to Cesar Chavez in 1966, early in the five-year Delano grape strike. A grape strike I vividly remember as a kid because I love grapes and my parents adamantly would not buy grapes during that period.

And I probably threw a couple of tantrums. But Dr. King stated in that telegram, "Our separate struggles are really one. A struggle for freedom, for dignity, and for humanity." King stated, "We are together with you in spirit and in termination that our dreams for a better tomorrow will be realized." SNCC was not only the only black organization to support UFW. Later on, the NAACP, the National Urban League, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Black Panther Party backed UFW strikes and Boycotts against California agribusinesses throughout the late '60s and the early 1970s.

Cesar Chavez saw parallels in the way that African Americans were treated in the United States to the way that he and his fellow Mexican Americans were treated. He absorbed many of the tactics that African American civil rights leaders and activists had employed throughout the '60s, applying them to his own movement. He was willing to take risk and sacrifice his own health and life for this cause.

To this day, the United Farm Workers continue the tradition of collaboration by working along with many labor and racial justice organizations. Members, tomorrow is not a day off, but a day on, a day of service in memory of a great leader, Cesar Chavez. Thank you.

Thank you. Senator Cortese.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in support of SR 20 to observe Cesar Chavez Day in the State of California, and of course, to honor a champion of working people.

I would justifiably be accused of being remiss this weekend in San Jose if I did not rise in support of this resolution by people like former Assembly Member Nora Campos, former Assemblyman Joe Koto, my own father, who's 90 years old now, former Assemblyman Dominic Cortese, who worked very, very closely with Cesar Chavez during his time in the Legislature and before.

The reason I would be accused of being remiss is because the organizing that we hear about, the CSO training, occurred in my district at a place called Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish in the back, in a place called McoDnald Hall. I was very privileged in 2007 to help lead the effort to identify permanently, of course, McDonald Hall as part of the Cesar Chavez National Monument, which extends from Delano well into California.

But I'm even more privileged, dating myself as I sometimes do when I rise here, to have been tagging along with my father in 1968, during his first race for county supervisor, at a time when much of the Board of Supervisors in that county was very reactionary.

I think most of us know the history of 1968 in many ways, including Bobby Kennedy's visits there to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, which became his largest campaign stops that I'm aware of during that 1968 campaign when he won the California delegates and then was later assassinated, I was allowed to tag along and to see firsthand what was then really referred to, not just as the struggle or the United Farm Workers Movement, but as the Chicano Movement, which was beginning to rise up and for the first time, stifle the reactionary movement that had really entrenched itself in running places like Santa Clara County and the City of San Jose and started to sweep in its own candidates into office what some of us today would call progressive candidates, but I would just say candidates who stood for working people and who stood for those values.

None of us should have been subjected in those orchards where I worked as a kid to parathion and DDT. That wasn't just a farm worker win. That was a win on behalf of everyone. Everyone, including people who walk in and buy an apple at the grocery store that no longer is covered with that thin layer of poison like it was.

The fact that we see now, when we travel into the Central Valley, into districts that many of you represent, that we see sanitary conditions that are mandated by law. Those aren't just benefiting Members of the United Farm Workers, those are benefiting everyone, including the sons and daughters of farmers themselves, who no longer are out there suffering in those same kinds of conditions. These are lasting legacies.

Just five years ago, I was again privileged to be invited to speak on the same program as Kerry Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy's daughter, as we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the healthcare program that was stood up by the United Farm Workers. And that anniversary, appropriately, I think, was held in San Jose in front of McDonald Hall on the Our Lady of Guadalupe site.

Kerry, who is three years younger than me, engaged me in conversation about that fatal year of 1968, but also a year which was really, I think, the beginning of the resurgence of movement that had started just a few years before. To put it all in perspective geographically, in terms of what I'm talking about and then I'll conclude. Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish.

This organizing place is a block away from San Antonio and Sharp Avenue, where the Chavez family home has now been not only identified as the state landmark, but has just been purchased by a nonprofit group called Amigos De Guadalupe, which will make sure in perpetuity that that house remains a community asset.

And just a block and a half to the west is the Safeway store, where the great boycott started, which a few years ago was turned into the Mexican Heritage Plaza and now accommodates arts and education on a day to day basis. I'm very proud of Cesar Chavez's legacy and the movement's legacy in my district, and I appreciate all of you indulging me in a few minutes to share some of those reflections. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Si se puede.

Thank you. Senator Archuleta.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise as a proud Member in support and co-author, SR 20 in recognition of Cesar Chavez Day. Cesar Chavez, as we all know, is one of our nation's greatest champions for labor and social justice, who committed his life to the betterment of the underserved and the underprivileged.

As the Chair of the Military and Veterans Committee, I want to highlight Cesar Chavez proudly served, as we heard, in the United States Navy, as a seamen first class, and he has served with honor and dignity. The Navy has dedicated the USNS Cesar Chavez in his honor, a United States Navy ship named in his honor. Think about that for just a second. Cesar Chavez has really touched us all, but he's also touched the men and women in uniform as well.

So Cesar Chavez Day recognizes Cesar not only for his advocacy and support of farm workers, but also to celebrate the broader labor movement, for all those who have advocated for better working conditions and higher wages, his commitment to the people, to the values he lived for, inspires and all. He was proud to serve, and he fought for the things that he's done that we've all heard.

As a veteran, he served the United States Navy with honor, as I had mentioned. For these reasons and many more, I stand to recognize and honor Cesar Chavez and celebrate his life and this day. And I thank you Members, for respecting him, his commitment to our country, to our state, and to our people. Thank you.

Senator Padilla, would you like to close?

Just to express gratitude to my colleagues and to the caucuses for their voices in support, and respectfully ask for an Aye vote.

Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Oh, this is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objections to sing unanimous roll call? Seeing none. The Ayes are 36. The Noes are zero. The resolution is adopted. We have one other item under a Senate third reading, file item 44. Oh, we just did 41. Yeah, one more. It's file item 44, Senator Menjivar.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 40 by Senator Menjivar, relative to social workers.

Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning, Members. I rise today on behalf of SCR 40. We see there's not enough days or months in the year to recognize the wonderful individuals, Californians, and demographics. But I also want to recognize March as Social Work Month. We've all, especially in the past couple of years, seen the hard work the social workers have been called up to do, and that's with or without a pandemic.

We're hearing in conversations social works are needed to solve so many of the crises that we're dealing with. Social service crises. And who better yet to be at the forefront of that than our social workers? You see social workers in hospitals. You see social workers treating our veterans. You see social workers in schools, and you also see social workers here in the Legislature.

I'm so honored to work alongside a social worker, Assembly Member from Moreno Valley, honored to work with a Senator, a social worker, Senator from Stockton, and myself as a social worker from the San Fernando Valley. So keep it short and quick. I respectfully ask that you recognize Social Work Month, March 2023. And I respectfully ask for an Aye vote. Thank you so much.

Senator Eggman.

Thank you very much. I just wanted to rise also in honor of Social Work Month, it also has to come on the same month as Women's Month, because we know there is an overabundance of social workers who happen to be women. My colleague and I are both veterans as well as social workers. It's all about service. And as we go forward this year and now, all of a sudden, we're all calling for a social worker in times of crisis.

I just invite all of my colleagues to be prepared, because you may be surprised to know that there is no title protection in the State of California for social workers. So anyone can call themselves that. In many of our agencies, there are people who just have a title of that without having the actual professional degree. It's time to really give social workers the honor they deserve.

So be ready for some more conversation as we really try to honor the work and the professional isms of social works. Thank you.

Senator Menjivar, would you like to close?

Thank you so much for the Senator from Stockton, for those added words. Again, respectfully ask for an Aye vote.

Thank you. This measure is eligible for unanimous roll call. Any objection? Seeing none. The Ayes are 36. The Noes are zero. The resolution is adopted. Now we will go on to the consent calendar. Are there any Members who would like to remove anything from the consent calendar or the special consent calendar? Seeing none. Madam Secretary, please read the consent calendars.

Senate Bill 818, Assembly Concurrent Resolutions 24, 12, 20, 21, 23, 27.

Thank you. Please call the roll on file item 58.

[Roll call].

Please call the absent Members.

[Roll call].

Ayes are 35. Noes are zero. Both consent calendars are adopted. Members we'll now have Committee announcements. Senator Menjivar.

Budget Subcommittee Number Three on Health and Human Services will meet 15 minutes after session in Room 1200.

Thank you. And I would like to announce that Budget Sub Two will meet in Room 2200 15 minutes after session. I will also take the liberty to say, go Aztecs. Good luck this weekend. And if there's no other business, Senator Atkins, the desk is clear.

Mr. President, thanks so much. Colleagues, I hope you have a successful and family-filled spring break. And with that, our next floor session is scheduled on Monday, April 10, 2023, at 02:00 p.m. Travel safe.

Senate will be in recess until 03:30 p.m. at which time the adjournment motion will be made. We will reconvene Monday, April 10, at 02:00 p.m.