Assembly Floor

Members, the Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Ortega notices an absence of a quorum. The sergeant of 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 visitors in the rear of the chamber and the gallery to please stand for the prayer. Members, today's prayer will be offered by Mr. Grayson.

Let us join together in the name of God. We thank you for this day that you have given us. We will rejoice. We will be glad in it. Give us wisdom. Give us good judgment and common sense as we approach the business of the people of California. In your precious name. Amen.

Thank you, sir. And we ask that you remain standing as Assembly Member Ting will lead us in the pledge.

Members, please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, Mr. Ting. You may be seated. Reading of the previous day's journal.

Assembly Chamber Sacramento Wednesday, February 12023 the Assembly met at 07:00 a.m. Honorable Christopher M. Ward, speaker Protem of the Assembly, Presiding Chief Clerk Stu Parker. At the desk, reading Clerk David A. Bowman. Reading. Roll call. The following were placed upon the morning roll call. 73 Addis Agri R. Curry, Alanis Alvarez, and Rambi.

Mr. Hart moves and Mr. Flora seconds that the reading of the previous day journal be dispensed with. Presentations and petitions there are none. Introduction and reference 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. Mr. Hart, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assemblymember Haney to speak on a adjoun in memory today.

Without objection. Such shall be the order. Members, we have a birthday to announce. Happy birthday to Assemblymember Phil Ting, whose birthday is today. Moving to business on the daily file, Members, we will now take up the second day consent calendar. There are resolutions on today's consent calendar. Before we vote, we will first take up file item 1 and 2 on the consent calendar for the purpose of adding coauthors, the Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution number 6 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi relative to National School Counseling Week and Senate Concurrent Resolution number 9 by Senator Dodd relative to Data Privacy Week.

The Clerk will now open the roll to allow any Member to add on as co authors to the resolution. All Members vote who desire to vote. This is for co authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll and there are 65 co authors moving to a vote on the consent calendar. Does any Member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar? Seeing and hearing none, the Clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution number 6 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi relative to National School Counseling Week.

The Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All Members vote to desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Okay, the Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. ayes 70. noes zero. The consent calendar is adopted. The Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

SCR 9.

Ayes 70. No, zero. Members, we will now move to adjournments in memory. Please give your respectful attention to those who are granted prior permission to speak on adjournments in memory. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you. Speaker and Members, I ask today that we adjourn in the memory of a San Francisco legend, Charlie Walker, better known as the Mayor of Bayview Hunters Point. Charlie was born on July 241933 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was a third of four children born to sharecropper parents and the great grandchild of formerly enslaved great grandparents.

When Charlie was 10 years old, he participated in the great migration that brought tens of thousands of African Americans to California seeking a better life, and he and his family settled in San Francisco. Before Charlie was 18, he joined the US Air Force, and after his service, he returned to San Francisco and began to incorporate himself into the civil rights movement. As a young adult, Charlie noticed the exclusion of African Americans in San Francisco's construction industry.

Charlie spoke out about these injustices, and this was also when he first bought a dump truck. In 1969. He organized several local black truckers to protest racial discrimination in this newly created Bay Area rapid transit project. As one of the largest public works projects in the region's history, Charlie desperately wanted to get a contract for his new truck. To secure a contract, and this became a legend of Charlie Walker. He decided to chain his truck to a local job site in protest.

Thankfully, this act of civil disobedience made headlines and also led him to win numerous jobs on the project. Two years later, he obtained a contract from Standard Oil to supervise the cleanup at Stinton beach. In his later years, Charlie would write a book called America is still the place, chronicling his 30 day contract with Standard Oil. These two wins would become just the beginning of a remarkable life led by Charlie Walker.

For over 60 years, he would remain on the front line fighting for minorityowned small businesses, human rights, children's rights, and the rights of those formerly incarcerated. On January 26, 2023 Charlie passed away peacefully at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Annette Walker, his daughters, Charlotte and Rudel, his son, Charles Walker Jr. And his granddaughter, Jafria, who he assisted in raising. He is also survived by his 10 other grandchildren and his 18 great grandchildren. To honor his legacy, I ask that we adjourn in his memory today. Thank you.

Thank you. Please bring the name to the desk to be printed in the journal. Your request to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Moving to announcements. The session schedule is as follows. Friday, February 10. No floor check in. No floor session. Monday, February 13, floor session at 01:00 p.m., Members, the quorum call is lifted. Members, once again, the quorum call is lifted. We're going to pause for about five minutes to allow Members to check in.

Members seeing and hearing no further business. I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Mr. Hart moves and Mr. Flora seconds that this house stands adjourned until Monday, February 13, at 01:00 p.m. The quorum call is lifted or the house is adjourned.