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Members of quorum is present. Will the Members and our guests beyond the rail and in the gallery please rise? We'll be led in prayer this morning by Senator Durazo, after which we're going to ask you to remain standing for the pledge allegiance to the flag. Senator Durazo.

Thank you, Mr. President. Hanto yo means clear the way in the Lakota language of the North American plains. God of surprises, you call us from the narrowness of our traditions to new ways of being human, from the captivities of our culture to creative witness for justice, from the smallness of our horizons to the magnificence of your vision.

Clear the way in us, your people, that we might invite others to freedom and renewed faith. God of surprises, you call us from preoccupation with our own histories and hurts, to daily tasks of peacemaking, from privilege and protocol to partnership and pilgrimage, from isolation and insularity to inclusive community.

Clear the way in us, your people, that we might invite others to wholeness and integrity. Holy, transforming spirit, you call us from fear to faithfulness, from clutter to clarity, from a desire to control to deeper trust, from the refusal to love to a readiness to risk. Clear the way in us, your people, that we might all know the beauty and the power of spreading your good news of love. Amen.

Members, please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. [Pledge of Allegiance] Members, we are now moving to privileges of the floor. At this point, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize Jeremy Blakespear, the husband of Senator Blakespear, up in the gallery. Welcome to the California State Senate.

Now moving into privileges of the floor. Senator Bradford, you're recognized from the majority leader's desk.

Thank you. It's my pleasure to introduce Dr. Marketa Houskova, who is the president and CEO of the American Nurses Association in California. Dr. Houskova is a lifelong nurse from San Diego who primarily works in emergency room settings. The doctor is joining us today on behalf of the American Association of Nurses Association.

I say in recognition to National Nurses Week, and I'm honored to do this as a son of a nurse and an uncle of two nurses. This week we celebrate the vital role that nurses play in the transforming healthcare around the world.

Dr. Houskova and my mother and others in my family, as stated, are dedicated to improving patients care. There are over 5 million registered nurses across America and more than half a million located here in the state of California. Thank you for the valuable work that you do and we wish you a continued success in the years to come. Let's welcome her on behalf of the California State Senate.

Welcome to the State Senate. If any other Member wish to participate in the group photo, now is the time.

Members, without objection, we'll take up the following resolution out of order today. File item 96, SCR 144. After a doctrine of the resolution, we'll return to privilege as a floor for the author to introduce guests. Senator Rubio, she's prepared. Secretary please read.

Senate concurrent Resolution 144 by Senator Rubio relative to the day of the teacher.

Thank you Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen of the floor, today I'm proud to present SCR 144, which commemorates May 8 2024 as day of the teacher in the State of California. It is important to recognize and honor teachers for their continuous dedication and resilience to provide our students with the best care and education.

Teachers have a lasting impact on our students as they are given the responsibility of forming the minds of our future workforce and generations to come. They are not just educators. Their role goes beyond the classroom. Thank you. They are mentors, counselors, and so much more.

As an educator for almost 20 years myself, I have seen firsthand the passion and care they bring to their classrooms and every student they touch. It is a profession of tremendous importance, especially this current climate in which the, the State of California and our nation is facing a teacher shortage.

According to the State Department of Education, the state is facing a teacher shortage, with more than 10,000 vacancies statewide showing a dire need to retain teachers. This shortage leads to more pressure and responsibility on teachers as their class sizes become larger, resulting in more support for students and the possibility of some of them falling through the cracks.

As a teacher, as I stated, I remember having 18 to 20 students in my class, and from one year to the next, it grew to 34 students in the classroom, which made it almost impossible to help those that were struggling.

So today, it is very important to me that we recognize the work that they do, the sacrifices that they make, not only in the classroom, but before school, during recess, lunch, after school, every minute of the day. Not only do they sacrifice their personal time to take care of themselves, but also their family time.

As I know, our teachers are always out there shopping for materials and how to make class experience better for our students. And not to mention all the hours they put in at the end of the year with report cards and everything that they have to do to help close out the year.

So it is critical that the state invest today in programs that benefit teachers to encourage them to remain in the classroom. Let us take the time today to appreciate all of our teachers who are everyday heroes that dedicated their lives to educating our children. So with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote on SCR 144.

Thank you.

Thank you. Any further discussion on debate on this item? Senator Laird?

Thank you, Mister President. I rise in support of the resolution, but I thought I would put an interesting situational moment to that resolution. I went to my high school reunion and I wanted to help them set up the room. And they said, we can't do it yet. There's this group that's already in there.

And I go and see what the group is, and it is students from the high school where my father taught for the 20 years he taught there. So I immediately crashed the party and became an instant celebrity. It was like, this is Mister Laird's kid.

And as I talked to people, somebody said, zero, he taught me how to swim. Somebody else said I was about to fail a test. And he took me out in the hallway and he gave me a pep talk.

There was somebody else that said, zero, yes, he coached Winston Hickox, who some of you know on the high school basketball team. And he became a cabinet secretary for the state. And that's a big deal.

And I did not tell her what I was doing and had done that because for the first time in years, I was my dad's son. And Winston Hickox even told me, I got to see Sacramento first because of your dad. And I said, how is that possibly true?

And he said, well, I got a basketball scholarship to Sac State. So the resolution that was just spoken to is about thousands and thousands of teachers that are just like that, that make a complete difference in the lives of the kids. They touch and they make financial sacrifices, time sacrifices, to make that difference in people's lives.

So I strongly support SCR 144.

Thank you. Any further discussion or debate on this item? Senator Rubio, would you like to close?

No, thank you. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Secretary, please call the roll on file item 96.

[Roll call].

Secretary, please call the absent Members.

[Roll call].

Aye. 36 no's zero. The resolution is adopted. Now, Members, we're going to move back to privilege of the floor. Senator Rubio, floor is yours.

Thank you, Mister President. Members of this body, today it gives me great pleasure to present a resolution. I'd like to invite our CTA President here. Joining us is President David Goldberg from the California Teachers Association.

David has a bachelor's degree in community studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and also earned his teacher credential through the intern program at LAUSD. His family has deep roots in public education and advocacy. His grandmother went on strike four weeks the year he before he was born.

That strike led to the founding of UtlA, and CTA would later fight for the right of all to collectively bargain. David has been an educator since 1997 and is a longtime advocate for strong public schools. He is passionate about organizing and winning a future for public education where every student has the resources they need and deserve.

David also has led efforts in establishing community schools across the state, guiding local educators associations in their work to create opportunities for students and their families.

I would like to thank him personally and on behalf of our body here and teachers everywhere who are willing to fight for our children's education and to guide them towards a brighter future. Members, please help me welcome David. Thank you.

Welcome to the California State Senate. If there are other Members you would like to join in on the photo, now is the time.

All right, Members, we're moving on. Messages from the Governor will be deemed read, messages from the Assembly will be deemed read. Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments adopted. Motions, resolutions, and notices. Now is the time if Members would like to remove something. Senator Caballero.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to request that file item number 123, SB 1369, be removed from the Consent Calendar.

The desk will note. Senator Blakespear.

Thank you. I would like to remove item SB 1156 from Consent. Thank you.

Thank you. The desk will note. Now, Members, we're moving to consideration of the Daily File. We're moving to second reading. File item one, Secretary, please read.

Senate Bill 1243.

Now, we're at the point of Governor's appointments. We have two items. Two appointments. File item two, Senator Laird, he's prepared.

I am.

Secretary. Yeah. Senator Laird, the floor is yours.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. File item number two is the confirmation of the following appointments to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Ronald Broomfield as Director of the Division of Adult Institutions, Jason Johnson as Director of the Division of Adult Parole Operations, and Amy Casias as Director for the Division of Rehabilitative Programs. The appointees were approved by the Rules Committee on April 17, all on a 5-0 vote. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Any further discussion or debate on the appointments? Hearing and seeing none. Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

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Ayes 36, noes zero. The appointment is confirmed. Now, moving on to file item four, Senator Laird.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. File item four is the confirmation of Kat Anderson for appointment to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission. She is an attorney. She's President of the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission. She was unanimously approved by the Rules Committee on April 24. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Any further discussion or debate on this appointment? Hearing and seeing none. And Secretary, please call the roll.

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Please call the absent Members.

[Roll Call]

Ayes 36, noes zero. The appointment is confirmed. Now, Members, we're moving to Senate third reading. We have three items. First up is file item 19 by Senator Newman. Senator Newman, are you prepared? Secretary, please read.

Joint Resolution 13 by Senator Newman relative to the Navy North Hangar Fire.

Senator Newman.

Thank you. Excuse me. Thank you. Mister President, I am pleased to have the opportunity to present SJR 13.

This Senate joint resolution urges the United States Congress and President Biden to appropriate $100 million in supplemental funding to address the ongoing impacts on public health, the environment, and the local economy as a result of the damage and fallout caused by the recent fire at the former Marine Corps air station in the City of Tustin, and also calls on the President to declare a formal emergency in response to the ongoing impacts of that fire.

On November 7 of last year, a massive fire of unknown origin destroyed one of the two giant historic blimp hangars at the former Marine Corps Air station in the City of Tustin.

The fire smoldered continuously for 24 days with airborne debris from the hangers, interior wiring, and insulation carrying into Tustin's interior and directly affecting more than 1500 homes, 29 local schools, and over 14,000 Tustin residents.

Almost six months in, the fallout from the fire continues to be a source of frustration and concern within the community, and it has left this relatively small community with unprecedented fiscal burdens.

So far, Tustin has incurred over $80 million in direct costs related to the cleanup, with these emergency expenses now having exceeded 100% of the city's annual budget for the current fiscal year.

The Department of the Navy has been a good partner so far, but the scale and expense of the cleanup, especially in light of the city's limited resources, speaks to the need for formalizing the requested federal support.

STR 13 urges the Federal Government to meet its obligations in relation to this former military base and to support the pressing needs created by the northanger fire. I respectfully ask for your. I vote today.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Debate on this item hearing c none. Secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll call].

Ayes 36 noes zero. The measure passes. Now we're moving on to file item 43 by Senator Cortese. He is prepared. Secretary, you may read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 139 by Senator Cortese relative to California Museums month.

Senator Cortese.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. SCR 139 declares May of 2024 as California Museums month. This resolution recognizes the importance of museums as civic and educational institutions. And it's proudly sponsored by the California Association of Museums. California is home to over 1500 museums, which, of course, include art museums, Zoos, science centers, botanical gardens, cultural centers, and more.

Our museums serve 22 million visitors annually, including 2 million schoolchildren. Studies have shown that visits to museums have a positive impact on the academic and social development of children and the well being of adults. Museums foster growth in knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the humanities, science, arts, and the natural world.

Museums have the power to inspire future generations of scientists, artists, politicians, historians and entrepreneurs. In addition to being educational assets for our communities, museums in this state have a $6.5 billion impact on our economy and support 80,000 jobs.

In my district alone, I have the honor of representing museums like the tech interactive, the children's Discovery Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and even the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, among others. Here, of course, we have the privilege to be surrounded by museums.

I think most of us grew up going to museums ourselves. I know many of us have had the privilege and the good time to bring our own children to museums or grandchildren. I have my favorites, maybe too many to list, and I'm sure you do as well.

And I think each and every one of us here representing California State Senate has taken away something ourselves from a museum that's become part of our own lived experience and part of our own values.

So I encourage all of my colleagues to encourage other Californians to visit a museum this month and celebrate the many contributions that museums add to the well being of the state. And thus, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Any further discussion or debate on this item? Hearing seeing none. This is eligible for a unanimous roll call. Is there any objection? Wait on secretary, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Ayes 36, noes 0. The measure passes now. Members, removing the file. Item 64. Senator Umberg. He's prepared.

Secretary, you may read.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 119 by Senator Umberg relative to National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. I rise in support of SCR 119, recognizing Tuesday, May 7, as National Fentanyl Awareness Day. As a volunteer in drug courts.

As the former deputy drug czar, federal prosecutor, board member for the group called All Rise, I've had opportunity to work in drug policy and see firsthand the impacts of substance abuse for the last couple of decades. The impacts of fentanyl are worse than most any other drug that we've known in the past.

Fentanyl overdoses or poisoning are becoming a growing threat to our nation, quickly becoming one of our top public health care concerns. In the 12 months ending in June of 2023, over 75,000 people died of fentanyl overdoses or poisoning. California has lost over 50,000 people to drug overdose poisoning in the last five year period.

California's drug deaths over the last five years have more than doubled, growing by 117%. One of the challenges is that, amazingly, is that Californians are still. Many Californians are still not aware of the dangers of fentanyl. In particular, the dangers of fentanyl being laced with other drugs.

According to a study, in recent years, only 40% of young Americans and 31% of teens consider themselves knowledgeable as to the dangers of fentanyl. In response to our efforts here in Sacramento to address fentanyl poisoning, I've come into contact with a number of parents who've lost children.

For example, Jason Abney died from fentanyl in Percocet had purchased on social media. Kyle Smith passed away from fake Xanax. Charlie Ternan was weeks away from graduating college. He died of fentanyl poisoning, taking a counterfeit pill. And of course, Alexandria Capiluto, who believed that she was purchasing oxycodone. Turned out she died from fentanyl poisoning.

SCR 119 proclaims May 7 is fentanyl awareness data. Support the increasing responsibility on our part to raise awareness of the dangers of fentanyl. I urge your aye vote. Thank you.

Any further discussion or debate on this item, Senator Nguyen?

Thank you, Mr. President. I too rise in support of Senate concurrent Resolution 119, which declares May 7, 2024 as national fentanyl awareness. Sadly, we are all too aware of the dangers and destruction that this has been caused, that has been caused by fennel across our state and our country.

In many communities across California, including mine in Orange County, we hear the stories of heartbreak, heartbreaks and sadness at the loss of moms, dads, sons and daughters to this lethal substance. And my heart hurts for these families. Orange County has reported over 634 fennel or opioid related deaths since 2022.

Last year, I held numerous town halls and community meetings throughout my district and met many of the families who've been impacted and devastated by fentanyl. Illicit fentanyl and other illicit substances have no place in our society and certainly have no place in the hands of our children or other vulnerable individuals.

Thankfully, after the many recent legislative efforts from my colleagues and myself, we are now getting tough on how to dress and combat this crisis. But more work needs to be done in memory of those who have been lost to the fennel epidemic. I respectfully ask for your aye vote thank you.

Thank you, Senator Dahle.

Thank you, Mr. President, members. I also rise in support of SCR 119. I'd like to just take a moment. I have about five or six facts here that I think are very important. Fentanyl poisoning is the leading cause of death for young adults in the US, surpassing suicide, gun violence and car accidents.

More must be done to deter the sale and trafficking of these deadly drugs. In 2021 alone, fentanyl claimed the lives of more than 5700 Californians. Behind each of those numbers is a story and a life cut short. Between 2019 and 2021, fentanyl overdoses and poisoning deaths among young people aged 14 to 18 more than tripled.

In 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized over 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder and more than 50 million counterfeit fentanyl laced prescription pills. Nearly 500 Californians are dying every month from fentanyl 500. We all know a family or friends that have been affected by fentanyl overdoses in California.

In 2022 28,765 pounds of fentanyl were seized in California, enough to kill the entire population of North America twice. Now members, last year, the good senator that brought this resolution forward had a bill, Alexandria's Law, and we didn't. Over 20 members were co authors to that bill. And what did we do?

We didn't get it out of here. We didn't stop the flow of fentanyl to our state. The good Senator from Yucaipa, myself and the Pro Tem sat down together for three weeks at a time trying to get a working group.

That's the best we can do in California as a working group when we have 500 Californians a month dying. It's pathetic. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves for not doing more to curb this. If this was gun violence or if this was a plane, two planes a month would crash and kill this amount of people, we would be doing more.

Senator Dahle, we're going to ask you to stay to the topic of the.

I am talking about the topic. I'm talking about what fentanyl does to California State. Thank you, Mister President. I respectfully ask for an aye vote and ask this body to do more for the people that have died in California due to fentanyl deaths.

Thank you, Senator Durazzo.

Thank you, Mister President. I also rise in support of SCR 119 with a focus on increased access to treatment. The Senate's working together for a safer California is the best and most thoughtful approach to the fentanyl crisis. We need an approach that includes arrest and prosecution, but also treatment and investing resources to end the cause of the addiction crisis.

Law enforcement and public health data find that while the number of people in federal prison for drug offenses increased from 25,000 in 1980 to nearly 300,000 in 2018, it didn't lead to a significant decrease in drug use. Last year, the average federal trafficking prison sentence for fentanyl related substances was about six and a half years.

56% of those convicted black, 25% Hispanic. We must look at the disparities in our system that could result in another failed war on drugs. The question we need to be asking and solving is how do we actually save lives?

What will work to save lives, including more resources and treatment services, medications for addiction prevention and early intervention are part of that. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Any further discussion or debate on this item hearing and seeing none. Senator Umberg, would you like to close?

Thank you, Mister President. Members fentanyl is a scourge and requires an all in approach. Law enforcement, treatment, education, prevention, deterrence, all those things. But the most important. The most important is prevention. In prevention, the most important element is education.

And that's what this is about, is elevating the knowledge of Californians as to the threat and the dangers of fentanyl, either taken as fentanyl or laced with other drugs. I urge a aye vote.

Thank you, secretary. Police, call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Ayes 36 no, zero. The resolution is adopted. Now, Members, we're moving on to the consent calendar. Now would be the time for any Member like to remove an item from the consent calendar. Seeing none, secretary, please read the consent calendar.

[Second Reading]

Secretary, please call the roll on the consent calendar. [Roll Call] Ayes, 36 Noes, zero on the consent. Aye's 36 noes zero on the special consent calendar. Now, Members, we're moving to Committee announcements. Senator Menjivar, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mister President. Budget Subcommittee number three on health and human services will meet in room 12, fifteen minutes after session.

Budget sub three will meet in room 12, Fifteen minutes after. After adjournment of session. Senator Wiener. Budget sub four is canceled. Budget sub four is canceled. Now we're returning to motions and resolutions. Now would be the time for our adjournment and memories. Adjournment and memories. Senator Alvarado-Gil is up. Senator Alvarado-Gil, the floor is yours.

Thank you so much, Mister President. I rise today in memory of John G. Franzia, who was the co founder of Bronco Wine Company of Modesto, one of the largest wine companies in the world. He passed over at the age of 84 in company of his family.

John Franzia studied the science of winemaking at the University of California, Davis, and before that he spent his childhood learning every aspect of the winemaking business from his parents and his grandparents. He learned about viticulture business at his family's vineyards planted throughout the Central Valley, seen firsthand the result of hard work and the California dream actualizing.

The Franzia family had been in the winemaking business since the 18 hundreds, and the Bronco wine is still the largest privately held vineyard throughout the country. The plant is operating south of Ceres in Stanislaus county and it opened in 1973. This company employs about 750 people year round and over 250 more during the harvest and crush.

It has built its own bottling plant in Napa and acquired winemaking operations near Eskilon and Madeira in the Central Valley. John Franzio was a farmer at heart and he believed that the greatest wines began with exceptional family centered vineyards.

His legacy focused on high quality wines at an affordable rate for buyers, such as the quirky two Buck Chuck, which was created and popularized by his cousin and Bronco co founder, Fred Franzia.

The Bronco founders and the Franzia family have deep roots in the local agriculture and manufacturing industry of California, not only as winemakers, but producers and glass artisans. John is survived by his wife, Mary, Lynn, of 62 years, four children, nine grandchildren and two sisters. I ask that today we adjourn in his memory. Thank you.

On behalf of the California State Senate, we extend our deepest condolences and we ask that you bring his name forward so he can be properly memorialized. Next up is Senator Eggman.

Thank you very much, Mister President and Members. Today I rise in the memory of longtime California educator. Fitting that we talk about education today. Don Shalvey. Don Shelby, known as one of the most cheerful residents of California, was an educator and the godfather of the California charter school movement.

Don was the only child born to Florence and Vincent Chavli in South Philadelphia in 1946, and after his dad died suddenly, he had to give up his dreams of going to MIT and stayed to take care of his mom, getting a degree at La Salle and then going on and getting a master's later at Gonzaga and eventually a doctorate at USC.

He was appointed was an educator, a counselor, a mentor, a Superintendent. In 1992, as a Superintendent in San Carlos, Don sponsored the first charter school in California, the San Carlos Charter Learning center. And in 1998, Don and Reed Hastings started grassroots movement that founded the California charter school movement and he founded.

That same year he founded Aspire Public Schools in the Central Valley, where he served as CEO until 2009. Aspire operates 36 schools all up and down the valley and throughout California, educating more than 11,000 students. Don was a galvanizing force in national efforts to find solutions to the country's most difficult education problems.

He was an inaugural Member of the Annenberg Superintendent Leadership Forum, the prestigious Bahara cohort, the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and a recipient of the Ashkawa Fellowship. His father Vincent, had been a trumpet player and passed on his love of music to Don, who was constantly tapping his saddle shoes to some remembered tune and with boombox and microphone.

He was always the Mc with a playlist, often, including Darryl Hall and John Oates were standards for every school event, going away, party staff, goodbye weddings and funerals. The last two decades, Don has lived on a ranch with his wife and fellow educator sue, in Linden, in my district with his son Brian, a former Navy SEAL.

He leaves behind his daughter Megan, also an educator, his granddaughter Grace, and is survived by his brother in law, retired Senator Mike Machado, his brother Greg, many cousins, and of course, his wife, Sue. Don once said about sue, she made me so much better. And everyone that knows Don would say the same thing about him.

Don was a Regent at Pacific, and he if I showed up at a meeting that was about education and Don Shelby was there, I knew it was legit. That's the kind of guy Don Shelby was a real leader in California.

Stockton will, for some, Oak County, will miss his help and expertise at trying to solve the toughest problems. He was also helped found the Melissa and Bill Gates foundation and was very active as the Deputy Director of their education team.

We asked that the Senate would adjourn in his memory and also to note that former Senator Mike Machado, Don's wife Sue, and his brother are also in the gallery with us today.

Thank you, Senator Alvarado - Gil.

Thank you from the Senator from Stockton. For me, Don Shalvey was the grandfather of education equity for the underserved areas of San Joaquin Valley all throughout California. He created our first charter school in 1994, when I was a brand new college student, just blossoming and working in some of the most underserved areas of rural California.

Mister Shelby was an organizer, he was a strategist, he was a rancher, and he was a mentor to so many young educators, as well as parent advocates. And for over 25 years, he built his career around excellence. Excellence in public education.

And it didn't matter whether you were a teacher, an aspiring teacher, an administrator, a parent or a student. He looked at you with the same appreciation and the same eyes of you can do it attitude.

The last seven years, he was the CEO of San Joaquin A, which was an organization that I was able to work with to learn more my craft and being an advocate for children with disabilities.

And ultimately, he inspired me to pursue my appointment by the Governor for the advisory Commission on Special Education and ultimately built that path for me to serve here as state Senator, Senate district four in 1999, Shelby founded the first multi school charter organization in California, was the CEO for a decade, Oakland based Aspire Public Schools.

These schools are now within my Senate district, and I've had the pleasure of being able to see his dream from the ground up and meet with some of the students and families that know the don Shelby name, but perhaps don't know the full extent of his history.

He was a tutor who set high expectations, guiding many public school leaders in their careers who went on to open their own high excellent, public, award winning charter schools. He was instrumental in passing two state laws that enabled charter schools to expand their reach and strengthen accountability and partnerships with local traditional school districts.

He encouraged many people, such as myself, who were parents, to rent for school boards and to serve in elected office when many of us, particularly first Gen or English as a second language learner, English as a second language learners did not see ourselves as representatives of an elected office.

But he did encourage us to pursue those school board seats. I want to thank Don Chauvee for his shoe fashion and thank him for the karaoke songs.

And to thank him most of all for seeing beyond what was possible in public education and seeding the perseverance in so many such as myself, to forge through seemingly unsurmountable barriers and to give children and families that voice and to give us the opportunity to achieve what is our greatest potential, our hopes and our dreams. Thank you.

Thank you. And on behalf of the California State Senate, we send our deepest condolences to the Shelvey family and appreciate all the contributions. And we ask that you bring the name forward. He could be properly memorialized. Our next adjourned in memory is by Senator Gonzalez.

Thank you, Mister President and Members. I rise today to adjourn in the memory of beloved figure in the Long Beach community, Yner Ramirez, who was killed by a stray bullet. He fondly was known as the Corn guy or the Elote guy.

Yner had served the Wrigley neighborhood of Long beach with corn and shaved Ayes for the past 414 years. Yner's presence became a beacon of kindness in the communities he served. He was always eager to lend a hand and share a moment of joy with the people he crossed paths with.

And students lined up after school to taste traditional Latino candies and treats, and families looked forward to greeting him at local parks. He was a loving father of two who worked tirelessly to provide for his family.

On his free time, Yner enjoyed playing soccer and friends at LA local parks, and Yenir's loss is felt deeply by his loving wife of 16 years, again, his two young children and the entire long beach community who've come together to memorialize him and financially support his family. I respect that. We.

I respectfully ask that we adjourn in his memory and offer our sincerest condolences to the Ramirez family.

Thank you. On behalf of the California State Senate, we extend our deepest condolences and ask that you bring his name forward board so he too can be properly memorialized. If there's no other business. Senator Gonzalez, the desk is clear?

Yes, Mister President. The next floor session is scheduled for Monday, May 132024 at 02:00 p.m. Thank you.

The Senate will be in recess until 03:30 p.m. At which time an adjournment motion will be made. Will reconvene on Monday, May 13 at 02:00 p.m.