Assembly Floor

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[Roll Call]

It's Members. Quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for the prayer. The day's prayer will be offered by our Assembly chaplain, Reverend Patti Oshita. Reverend Oshita.

Please join me in a moment of reflection. Bob was once helping my dad load up the trunk with fresh fruits and vegetables that he had grown on our family farm and Fowler. We were going into Fresno for a family gathering, and dad was happy to share the gifts of his gardening.

Mom came out and ordered the trunk to be emptied. They had to make room for ice chests full of food she prepared. The veggies can go another time. Bob and dad complied. Upon arriving, we began unloading the trunk. When mom asked, what? Where are the fruits and vegetables? Dad replied, you told us not to bring them.

Mom said, yes, then I told you to bring what you can. Dad gently apologized and was scolded for not listening. With mom out of ear shot, Bob whispered, dad. She didn't say that. Dad whispered back, I know. In the house, Moms go to dad again for not listening.

Once that was over, we had the most delightful family gathering. Our admiration for my dad deepened even more that day. He has shown us that being right was not as important as the happiness of a harmonious gathering. What we do or choose not to do, what we say or choose not to say can make all the difference in creating a better day. With kindness and gratitude beyond words.

We ask our guests and visitors to remain standing to join us in the flag salute. Assembly Member Davies will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Good morning, Members. Place your hand upon your heart. Veterans may salute. Ready Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag.

May be seated. To our guests and visitors today, state law prohibits persons in the gallery from interfering with legislative proceedings or disrupting the orderly conduct of official business. Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest or other appropriate legal remedies. Reading of the previous day's Journal .

Assembly Chamber of Sacramento Thursday, January 16, 2025 the Assembly met at 7:00am The Honorable Tri Ta Assembly Member, 70th District Presiding Chief Clerk Sue Parker with the desk.

Mr. Garcia moves and Mr. Lackey seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with presentations and petitions. There are none. Introductions and reference of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted. Messengers 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. Assistant Majority Leader Garcia, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Mr. Speaker, I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118A to allow Assembly Members Bonta and Stefani to have guests. In the rear of the chamber today. Without objection. Such shall be the order.

We are going to start with some guest introductions. Assemblymember Stefani, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, today I am honored to welcome to the California State Assembly the Italian Consul General of San Francisco and my dear friend, Sergio Strozzi.

As a proud Italian American, it has been a privilege to partner with Consul General Strozzi time and again to celebrate and highlight the countless contributions of Italian immigrants across our great State of California.

I am deeply grateful to the Consul General for his proactive role in strengthening the historic and meaningful relationship between California and Italy, especially between our sister cities, San Francisco and Assisi and South San Francisco and Lucca. In fact, my hometown, our great City of San Francisco is named in honor of St.

Francis of Assisi, the Italian Catholic friar whose compassion for all living beings made him a champion for those in extreme poverty and a protector of our world's fragile and precious natural environment. I know that in many ways the teachings of

St. Francis, to be an instrument of peace, to bring light where there is darkness, to bring love where there is hatred, have inspired the Consul General in his leadership and unwavering dedication to serving the Italian and Italian American communities in our city and state.

I am also thrilled to have the Consul General here as we stand on the verge of establishing the Italian Caucus of California in our state Legislature. Alongside Senator Cortese, I am honored to spearhead this initiative and I look forward to the exciting work ahead.

Thank you, Consul General Strozzi, I'm so glad that you are here today and I'm eager to continue working alongside you as we strengthen the enduring bond spanning culture, the economy, science and agriculture and food and much more between Italy and the State of California.

So please join me in giving Consul General Strozzi a warm welcome and a round of applause. Benvenuto.

It's welcome to the California Assembly, Consul General. Members, if I could have your attention. Thank you Members. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, it is my great honor to welcome representatives from the Casa program in connection with ACR 26 that will commemorate February 6, 2025 as CASA appreciation Day in California. I would like to thank my colleagues for joining me in authoring this very important resolution.

Court Appointed special advocates or CASAs are an important part of the child welfare and justice system. They are community volunteers who are screened, well trained and supported by staff at local Casa programs. A Casa volunteer is assigned by a juvenile court judge to a foster child.

Working one on one, they get to know that child, become familiar with their families and caregivers, and ultimately provide powerful in depth recommendations to judges about the child's best interest. They are often the child's strongest advocates. Most importantly to a child, a Casa is by their side during a traumatic, chaotic, challenging time.

A CASA is the only consistent adult in a foster child's life. Perhaps the most powerful thing a CASA does for a foster child is to simply listen, encourage and reassure. The CASA network includes about 500 staff Members employed by CASA programs statewide and another approximately 500 local Casa program Members every single day.

Local CASA programs and CASA volunteers provide effective and compassionate advocacy Colleagues. I ask you to consider whether or not you want to be a CASA. CASA has a strong, powerful program recruiting volunteers from across the states.

Just by being you, all you have to do is be you to change your life and the life of somebody who needs you. In the rear of the chamber, please welcome Sharon Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer for California Casa Association. Connie Wang, California Casa Association Carol Noreen, Executive Director, Sacramento CASA Kelly Donato, Associate Director for Sacramento CASA .

In the gallery there are also additional representatives from the nearby CASA programs, Sacramento Placer and Yolo Casa programs. Please join me in welcoming representatives of the California Court Appointed Special Advocates Association.

It's it, it's Members. We are going to be moving on to the business on the Daily File. Who's ready for another four and a half hour session today? If we have cooperation. I know we can shave five minutes off of that file. Item number one, ACR 20 by Assembly Member Macedo.

The Clerk will read Assembly Concurrent Resolution 20 by Assembly Member Macedo Relative to Wear Red Day and American Heart Month.

Assemblymember Macedo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, I rise today to present ACR 20 recognizing American Heart Month. Today we raise awareness on the impact heart disease has on our population, especially among women. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.

Every year, Cardiovascular diseases kill one in three women, claiming the life of approximately one woman every 80 seconds. That's a third of mothers, sisters and friends. What many of you do not know is that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of maternal death and is known as the number one killer of new moms.

The national Go Red for Women movement has not only spread awareness, but has led to a decrease in women's death from heart disease by more than 30% since its inception. When the Majority Leader asked me to present this resolution, I was honored because I wear red for myself.

At the age of four, at a Fourth of July barbecue, I had what looked like a combination of a seizure and a heart attack. And it was one of the scariest moments of my life, which would only be followed by four years of testing and not getting answers until finally, at the age of 8, I was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia.

And I can spell it, but what would mean one surgery would turn into two and eventually would turn into seven heart surgeries. And every time I woke up, I was hopeful, but I was also grateful. I was grateful that I had parents that allowed me to live a very normal childhood.

I was very grateful to have a mother that showed me my power as a young woman to live a normal life, to go and pursue my dreams and never let my heart condition define who I was. Not all women are as blessed and lucky as I am.

So I ask you today, talk to your mothers, your sisters, your aunts, your friends, and tell them, please, health is wealth. Invest in yourself and make sure that we are prioritizing our health. We live in a very stressful world up here in Sacramento.

So to my ladies and gentlemen in this room, do not be a statistic, and let's be compassionate towards one another and have a heart. And thank you for wearing red and showing your support and increasing awareness regarding heart health.

Thank you. Assemblymember Macedo, would you like the first roll to be open for co authors?

Yes.

All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll for co authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. There are 67 co authors. Without objection, we'll now take a voice vote on the resolution.

All those in favor of the resolution signify by saying aye. All those opposed Nay. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. We will now move on to the second day consent calendar. Before we vote, we will first take up resolutions on the consent calendar for the purpose of adding co authors. The Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 22 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi relative to National School Counseling week House Resolution 10 by Assemblymember Bennett to relative to World Wetland Day, Senate Concurrent Resolution 6 by Senator Choi relative to Korean American Day and Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 by Senator Grove and others relative to National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

Clerk will now open the roll to allow any Member to add on as a co author to these resolutions. Members, this vote is for co authors. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll.

There are 69 co authors moving on to a vote on the consent calendar. Does any Member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar? Seeing in hearing none, the Clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 22 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi relative to National School Counsel Week.

Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All Members vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. ayes 69 no zero consent calendar is adopted.

Folks, just a moment talk amongst yourselves Going to take this time to announce Members of the Legislative Women's Caucus upon adjournment of session, we ask that you please remain in the chamber for a few minutes for a group photo commemorating that the Capitol goes red. Appreciate your patience folks. Where we left off is that the consent calendar was adopted. The Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

House Resolution 10 ayes 69 no. 0, Senate Concurrent Resolution 6 ayes 69 no. 0 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 ayes 69 no 0

Again, I'm going to announce that the Members of the Legislative Women's Caucus upon the adjournment of session, please remain here in the chamber for a few minutes for a group photo commemorating Capitol goes red. Session schedule is as follows.

Friday, February 7th no floor session no check in session Monday, February 10th Floor session 1:00pm Seeing and hearing no further business, Mr. Garcia moves and Mr. Lackey seconds that this House stands adjourned until Monday, February 10th. At 1:00pm Quorum call is lifted and we are adjourned.