Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Sanchez notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant in arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent Members. Clerk will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Members, the quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for the daily prayer. Today's prayer will be offered by Reverend Oshita. Reverend Oshita.

Please join me in a moment of reflection. I had a dear friend in Winters, California, Mrs. Helen Hiramatsu. Over our 30 years of friendship, I had officiated her daughter's wedding, her son's memorial, and her husband's funeral. She was extended family. Helen once told me that she kept and reread my monthly newsletter.

After that, I wrote every month with Helen in mind. I visited her while her husband Roy, struggled with dementia and was pleased that I remained in his fading memory. They had endured, overcome ,and accomplished so much together. When Helen was battling cancer, we would visit.

I tried to be what she was to me, an encouraging, positive friend. And when her life was being measured in days instead of years. I still recall our last visit. She was too weak to turn her head, but she smiled when she saw me.

Hoping to bring warm memories to mind, I asked her, Helen, when was the best time of your life? She looked at me with her bright smile and said softly, every moment of my life, even this moment now. Then she added, I wouldn't change a thing. I share this today to join Helen's life to all of ours.

Her words, her spirit, and her smile have never left me. How amazing it would be to live so that we may feel like Helen with our last breath. To feel every moment has been the best time and I wouldn't change a thing. With kindness and gratitude beyond words.

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

Members and guests, please rise if you are able and join me in the flag salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag.

You 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 Sacramento, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The assembly met at 7:00am. The Honorable Juan Alanis, Assembly Member, 22nd District presiding, Chief Clerk.

Assistant Majority Leader Garcia moves, and Mr. Lackey seconds that the reading of the previous day's 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. We're moving on to motions and resolutions.

The absences for the day. For legislative business, Assembly Members Dixon and Jeff Gonzalez. For personal business, Assembly Member Papan. For illness, Assembly Member Flora. Mr. Assistant Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118A to allow Assembly Members Lee, Bryan and Ransom to have guests in the rear of the chamber today.

Without objection, such shall be the order. Okay. We are. Okay. Assembly Member Elhawary, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker and members. I am so excited to introduce my guests who are here from Jack and Jill, the far west region, all throughout California, including my district. They are teenagers who are doing amazing work to learn about leadership and advocacy.

And we want to give it up for our amazing young people who are our future leaders. Thank you.

Welcome to the California Assembly. Assembly Member Tangipa, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

All right. Today I rise to proudly recognize two incredible football programs from Tuolumne County, Sonora High School and Summerville High School for their outstanding championship seasons. You guys want to get up?

The Sonora Wildcats captured the 2014 CIF Division 4A state championship, finishing with a 13-2 record and earning their first title in program history under the leadership of coach Kirk Clifton. Meanwhile, the Summerville Bears claimed the Division 6A state championship, defeating Monte Vista High School, 38 to 21, capping off a phenomenal season.

Guided by coach, Sean Leveroos. These teams embody the grit, discipline, and spirit of our rural communities. And I am thrilled to welcome them to the Capitol as champions both on and off the field. As somebody who holds football close to its heart, it's truly a pleasure to honor these remarkable students.

Their hard work, determination, and sportsmanship represents the best of our community. Please join me in congratulating Sonora and Summerville High Schools on their historic achievement. And just for context, Tuolumne County is the only other county that has two state football championships.

The other one is Orange County, and they did it with a population of less than 60,000 from that. So they, thank you boys for representing. To the boys of fall.

Let's go, champions. Let's go. Welcome. Thank you for joining us today. Okay. We have further announcements, we're going to be coming back to. For now, we are going to be moving on to business on the Daily File. There is no second reading today. We're moving on to the third, assembly third reading. We're going to pass, retain on file item number one.

Go to file item number two. Assembly Bill 578 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 578 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan and accolades of business practices.

Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. I'm proud to present AB 578. This is a measure that protects consumers from unfair refund and customer services, practices by food delivery platforms. This was born out of my own experience and my daughter's Bat Mitzvah. We ordered 10 pizzas and lo and behold, we got one.

Not only did I have a room full of hungry teenagers, which no parent wants, but I only had one of the pizzas I delivered. When I went to get my money back, the platform said I could not have my money back, that they would only give me a credit and it was a lot of money.

And so I realized that everyday Californians that are living paycheck to paycheck, if they don't get the goods that they ordered, they should get a refund. That's what this bill does. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 47. No's, 2. The measure passes.

Members, would you help me, join me in a warm welcome for a retired Assembly Member. Cheryl Brown is on the floor here. Members, we're going to pass and retain on file items 3 through file item 8. Which brings us to file item 9. AB 344 by Assembly Member Valencia. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 344 by Assembly Member Valencia, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.

Assembly Member Valencia, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Muy buenas tardes, Members. AB 344 updates and clarifies the definition of successor beer manufacturer to reflect present day businesses and entities regardless of their license status or whether the entity has brewed beer. This update will uphold fair and competitive business practices. With that, I respectfully ask for a yes vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Valencia. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 61. No's 0. The measure passes.

Members, before we continue business on the daily file, we are going to go back to guest Introductions. And I'm going to recognize Assembly Member Ransom for her special guest introductions.

All right. Good morning. Thank you, Speaker and members. Members, today you may have noticed quite a bit of color in the Capitol. Those are the ladies donning pink and green.

Today, the halls of the Capitol, the LOB and the Swing Space will be filled with members of the incredible black institutions that made me the woman that I am today. For those of you who are not aware, I am a proud Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.

And while, that's right, and while Deltas are not here today, myself and Senator Akilah Weber do represent them here in the Capitol. And we are proud to recognize another Divine Nine organization. Alpha Kappa Alpha Far West Regional Director is here with us today. That is Ms. Nicole Jordan here in the back.

The AKAs have a day of capital, and day at the Capitol today. Their cochairs are Ms. LaNiece Jones, Ms. Patrice Marshall Mckenzie, and NAACP Board Member Ms. LaJuana Bivens from Assembly District 13 that I represent. Along with these amazing women, please also join me in recognizing Black Women Organized for Political Action President, Mother, Dezie Woods-Jones

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland Bay Area President, Ms. Shari Wooldridge, founder of the California Black Women's Collective, Ms. Kellie Todd Griffin, California Black Media Executive Director, Ms. Regina Wilson. These individuals and the many members with them today are representative of what black collective action looks like.

This is the AKA's 26th annual day at the Capitol. And as they meet with your offices, please make sure that you give them the respect and the attention that they deserve.

As the first black brief letter organization founded by African American College Educated Women, AKA Sorority Incorporated has led with distinction since 1908, championing scholarship, civic engagement, and service to the underserved. Your enduring commitment to advancing equity and justice continues to uplift communities across California and beyond.

This year, their theme, My Voice, Our Power, AKA Women Leading Legislative Change, is timely and inspiring and reminds us that our collective voices are vital. At the California Legislative Black Caucus, our 2025 legislative priorities are rooted in the same spirit.

From protecting and advancing voting rights to championing reparative justice, public safety reform, and equity based policies, our caucus is steadfast in our mission to create a California where every voice is heard, valued and empowered. We look forward to our continued partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated as we push for meaningful change together.

Please know that these offices remain in support of your efforts and to uplift your leadership and calibrate and collaborate in collective good. Members on behalf of the California Legislative Black Caucus, please join me in welcoming these amazing guests to our State Capitol.

Welcome AKA. Welcome, welcome. Thank you for your activism.

Thank you, members. Can you please take your desks? Thank you, members. I know it's a busy time, members, but we should show grace to the authors who have worked so hard while they're presenting their bills.

Assembly Bill 454 by Assembly Member Kalra and others inaccurate to migratory birds and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

We're continuing on the business of the Daily File item number 10 AB454 by Assemblymember Kalra. The clerk will read.

Assemblymember Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and members. AB454 will remove the California Migratory Bird Protection Act sunset date, making it permanent. For over a century, the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or MBTA, had have allowed the federal government to act against the unauthorized take of more than a thousand native bird species.

However, in 2017, the federal government issued a legal opinion that set the stage for significant rollbacks of the MBTA. Specifically, the opinion indicated that the MBTA should no longer apply to incidental take, that is, the killing, capturing, transporting, trading, or selling of birds that results from activities that are not explicitly meant to take birds.

These activities are often perpetuated by industrial entities that harm birds and their nests when they build and utilize their facilities.

In response to this policy shift, California enacted the California Migratory Bird Protection Act, which codified at the state level the version of MBTA that was in place on January 1st, 2017, and had been in place for over a century.

Unfortunately, the California Migratory Bird Protection Act expired in January, leaving our migratory birds susceptible to the effects of renewed MBTA rollbacks, including the recent reinstitution of the 2017 legal opinion invalidating the MBTA's jurisdiction over incidental take.

AB454 addresses this issue by removing the sunset date from the California Migratory Bird Protection Act, ensuring that our state's migratory birds will always enjoy comprehensive protection against all forms of unauthorized take. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Kalra. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Members, there is an urgency clause on this bill; it requires 54 votes. Absent members, please return to the floor and vote.

Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 55, Noes, 12 measure passes. Moving on to file item number 11. AB 482 by Assemblymember Solache. The Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 482. By Assemblymember Salache and acclaim to food and agriculture and making it appropriation.

Therefore, Assemblymember Solache, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB482. This bill will update and modernize the provisions of the California Table Grape Commission. The commission was created by the legislature in 1967 and has only been amended once since then, in 1982. That is over four decades ago.

The commission plays a prominent role in helping the California table grape industry market grapes around the world. And these modernizations will be more consistent with current practices. The industry is mostly located in the around disadvantaged communities, San Joaquin and Coachella Valleys. A strong table industry allows for jobs and economic development in these areas.

Thank you, speaker and members. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB482.

[Roll Call]

We're going to pass and retain on file items 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. That brings us to file item number 17, Assembly Joint Resolution three by Assemblymember Schiavo. Members near Ms. Schiavo, can you please show some grace? The clerk will read.

The clerk will read, the clerk will read.

Assembly Joint Resolution three by Assemblymember Schiavo and others relative to public social services.

Assembly Member Schiavo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AJR3, a resolution to send a strong message to Congressional Leadership Council, California's Congressional Delegation, the President, and the President that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are foundational to our communities and their proposed cuts to these programs will create irreparable harm to seniors, children, the disabled and families.

Social Security is our nation's most important source of retirement, income, disability, and life insurance. For over six million Californians, including veterans, the program provides monthly support and health insurance. Seniors are the fastest growing population forced into homelessness, and Social Security is the only safety net some older adults have. Like my grandmother.

It's unconscionable to threaten eliminating a system that they have contributed to their whole lives. We must remember the Social Security system is one where those receiving benefits paid into the system their entire working life on the promise that when the time comes, they should receive benefits that they are entitled to.

Eliminating these benefits is now going back on a promise made to those hard-working people, many who rely on this for their income later in life. And like Social Security, Medicare is also a critical lifeline for seniors and people living with disabilities.

The health care provided under Medicare makes sure the population with the highest health costs are provided care at a fraction of the cost of private insurance healthcare plans. Current federal proposals could change how care is delivered under Medicare, resulting in the reduction of care and an increase in costs.

And this is another program that people have paid into their entire lives, depending on it being there when they hit 65. And finally, AJR calls for the representatives to protect Medicaid or Medi-Cal in California.

For nearly 15 million Californians, including children and families, Medi-Cal is their only source of health care, providing primary care services, dental, vision, mental health care, substance use disorder services, and long-term care. Medi-Cal is already caring for working people in our state. With one in five California workers enrolled.

Congress is currently proposing a 715 billion dollar cut to Medicaid and health care coverage, creating barriers to health care and exacerbating already existing inequities. These deep cuts to Medicaid will hurt everyone, whether they rely on Medi-Cal or not.

Because these cuts will result in hospitals closed, clinics closed, increasing health care costs, and reducing access to health care for every single person in California. For example, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital serves a remote community surrounding the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake.

And as the chair of Military and Veteran Affairs, I have met with them directly and their concerns about this hospital's ability to stay open. About a third of the hospital's patients rely on Medi-Cal.

And any of the cuts to Medicaid would not only limit the residents' crucial health care, but it would compromise the hospital's ability to have a fully functioning hospital. And the next nearest hospital is nearly 80 miles away. The residents who rely on Ridgecrest Regional Hospital include thousands of civilian scientists and engineers who work at China Lake.

Their ability to live and work in this isolated high desert region is critical to national defense, and as Ridgecrest Regional Hospital's ability to support that mission. So join me in urging the federal administration to reconsider these cuts and not only threaten lives, but our national security.

For so many, these three programs are the difference between life and death. It is more important than ever that we defend Social Security. We defend these programs that are creating a lifeline for people in our community, and that any cuts or disruptions to their programs because they will simply devastate the lives of seniors, children, and families.

I ask for the first roll call to be open to coauthors and respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Schiavo. Assemblymember Tangipa, you are recognized.

Colleagues, I rise and I actually join my colleague in a lot of the concerns that she stated. But if we're truly concerned about Medi-Cal, we forgot who to actually address this to. We really need to start by writing this letter to Governor Newsom because he is actively sabotaging Californians' benefits.

Californians overwhelmingly supported Prop 35 because they understood the stakes. They knew that increasing medical reimbursement rates meant better access to doctors, hospital, and care when they or their families needed it most. But in the May revise, Governor Newsom is raiding the money voters approved for those reimbursement rate increases.

Instead of honoring the will of the people, he's using it to backfill reckless spending. And we've got to talk about that in this letter. And it only gets worse. He's proposing cutting Medi-Cal dental reimbursement rates by 43%. The governor is doing that, which means dentists are getting paid less than minimum wage for essential cleaning.

What do you think that means for access? All this while leaving federal dollars on the table because of poor planning and failure to hold DHCS accountable. California hasn't even submitted the paperwork needed to draw down on all the available federal funds.

So we're facing a double hit, bait and switch funding that breaks faith with California voters and a failure to claim millions in federal money that could help keep our hospitals open. Yes, we must keep advocating with our federal partners, but that advocacy means nothing if California doesn't follow through on its end.

It's time we address this letter to the governor to stop sabotaging Medi-Cal funding.

Thank you, Assemblymember Tangipa. Assemblymember Macedo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise with the same concerns of my colleague from Clovis.

Governor Newsom's administration missed a key March 31st deadline to submit a proposal to the federal government, forfeiting millions, if not billions, in federal matching dollars for Medi-Cal. This failure undermines Prop 35, which was passed by 68% of voters and promised increased reimbursement rates for doctors and hospitals serving Medi-Cal patients.

Without this funding, doctors and hospitals may not receive the rate increases they were promised, jeopardizing care for patients across California, especially in rural and underserved areas like mine. Insurance does not mean access. The Central Valley already faces severe health care access issues.

Low reimbursement rates make it nearly impossible for providers to stay open or serve patients in these areas. While some here in Sacramento are focused on Washington, Governor Newsom has already failed to secure money that was available and ready to support Californians.

We should hold the governor accountable and ask for his plan to uphold the will of the voters. The state cannot afford another missed opportunity as we face a 12 billion dollar deficit. I wrote a letter on April 21st to the governor asking for this plan, and he has yet to respond.

So why would the president respond to us if our own governor won't?

Thank you, Assemblymember Macedo. Assemblymember Bains, you are recognized.

Thank you, speaker and members. Look, Democrats don't control the White House, the US Senate, or the House of Representatives. This resolution shows us why we cannot continue to be the party that alienates regular people. What's happening in Washington right now should make the blood boil in the veins of every decent person in this country.

A group of billionaires have the audacity to tell us that cutting health care for poor people, denying basic medical care to those who can least afford it, will make our country better off. They're proposing to slash billions of dollars for Medicaid, a program that exclusively serves vulnerable people living in poverty, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities.

The result will be 14 million people losing their health care insurance, local hospitals and clinics forced to close their doors, and Americans in every state, regardless of their income level or immigration status, left with less access to care. Is the key to our prosperity really denying a single mother working two jobs access to a doctor?

No, it doesn't stop there. Because why stop at denying poor people health care when you can also deny access to food? One in five children rely on federal food assistance, yet the GOP believes we are better off if fewer hungry children get to eat lunch and if working-class families cannot afford groceries.

Who the hell thinks of this? If you think that this is about fiscal responsibility, think again. Because this plan increases the national deficit by trillions of dollars. How can that be? How can this plan include so many spending cuts but increase the deficit? Follow the money and look at who comes out ahead. These are not spending cuts.

They are spending redirections. Instead of feeding hungry children and letting poor people get to see a doctor, we're giving Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies a tax cut. Billionaires are cutting taxes for billionaires by billions of dollars. That's not a talking point. That's really what they are doing.

And that's why the next vote on these cuts has just been scheduled for one o'clock in the morning on Wednesday. Because let's face it, only good decisions get made at one o'clock in the morning. Look, too many Americans are struggling. Too many parents don't see a brighter future for their kids.

Too many seniors cannot afford their medications. Too many full-time workers can't pay their rent and the electric bill in the same week. But we need to be clear that turning our backs on our most vulnerable is not the solution. Feeding fewer hungry children does not bring the cost of eggs down.

Cutting health care from poor people hurts all of us when our local hospital is forced to lay off staff, reduce services, or close down entirely. As Democrats, I know we care about working at middle class people, but they don't trust us. They think we're too busy fighting the culture war to fight for them.

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We need to be clear about who we are fighting for. We need to show America that we remain the party of hope and change. And don't just say it. Prove it. And let's start right now.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bains. Assemblymember Demaio, you are recognized.

Mr. Speaker, I've only been a member of this august body for a little over five months, and in that time, I've seen a whole lot of hypocrisy on this floor, a lot of hypocritical and dishonest resolutions like the one we are debating today, AGR3. This one, however, has to take the cake.

It is the top of the list of the most hypocritical language and political posturing I have ever seen to try to shift the blame for bad policies approved and imposed by this legislature and this governor. My colleague from Central Valley, she's correct. Democrats do not control the White House or the Congress, thank God.

But they do control this state government. They have supermajority control of this state government. And we have a Medicaid program in our state. It's called Medi-Cal. And right now, what have you done under your management? You've put it on the brink of financial collapse.

And you were warned that this would happen a year ago when you said.

Mr. Demaio, we are speaking on this resolution, aren't we? We are speaking on the resolution before us. We're not speaking about a year ago. We're speaking on the merits of the resolution in front of us.

We are speaking on what everyone in this body says this resolution stands for. And that is safeguarding Medicaid program in the State of California. And so, Mr. Speaker, I will absolutely raise threats to the Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, imposed by this body because we are directing a resolution at the wrong party that is threatening the health care coverage of hundreds of thousands of poor families in the State of California.

Mr. Demaio, I don't believe that a party is referenced in this resolution.

This resolution is about Medicaid and Medicare.

This resolution is about the federal government, and you're speaking of the state government, which is very appropriate. Excuse me, Mr. Demaio. Which is very appropriate. We're not referencing political parties.

Okay. Good to know that we have that new rule in effect. And that's fine. I will confine my comments to not political parties. But what this majority and this governor have done to the Medi-Cal program, you've put it on the brink of financial insolvency. And that was a choice you made.

And that's also a choice that two weeks ago you had an opportunity to reverse. We offered an amendment to save Medi-Cal for poor people in our state, and you unanimously rejected that amendment. That amendment would have said no more illegal immigrants should be given free taxpayer-funded health care in our budget.

The only threat we have to Medicaid Medi-Cal in our state is a threat created by this body.

We are seeing the federal government now go through every invoice that the State of California has submitted for reimbursement on Medi-Cal for the past several years, and it is quite possible, quite probable, that the State of California taxpayers are going to be penalized for decisions made by this body and this governor.

And that will further erode the financial stability of Medi-Cal. And yet we are doing nothing to prepare for that. We're talking billions of dollars in reimbursements that are likely going to be clawed back.

The Department of Health and Human Services at the federal level, rightfully so, is doing an investigation and audit of the State of California Medi-Cal program. You know it, I know it, but the media doesn't report on it.

And if that audit shows that we, the State of California, the governor, misappropriated funds, covered ineligible people with federal funds, guess what? Those dollars will have to now be absorbed by the State General Fund, and we don't have the money.

So that means more doctors, more nurses, more hospitals, more health clinics, not being reimbursed for services for citizens. That means poor people going without health care coverage, not being able to see a doctor or nurse. Oh, spare me the grandstanding with a resolution like this when you're given clear evidence that Medi-Cal is headed for collapse.

So much so that the governor had to rush not one, but two emergency loans in the dead of night. You want to talk about the dead of night? 6.4 billion dollars in emergency loans, and this body didn't even do an oversight hearing on that nonsense.

You stand here with a resolution, and you hope that the voters aren't paying attention to the policies that you have approved and that you had an opportunity to reverse just two weeks ago, and you chose to play politics. I'm voting against a resolution that does not accurately reflect the crisis we face, not imposed by the federal government.

They're simply holding us to account for breaking the law, for breaking the rules of Medicaid. That was a decision, a choice willingly done by this state government and this governor. And this legislature sat by and rubber-stamped it two weeks ago.

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The sooner you wake up and change that policy, the sooner we can safeguard Medicaid, Medi-Cal, health services for the most neediest of Californians. Until then, you'll continue to play politics.

Thank you, Assemblymember Demaio. Assemblymember Schultz, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. With all due respect to my colleague from San Diego, I hope that everyone in the chamber is watching. I hope the whole world is watching this vote. A lot of discussion about what is in this resolution and what it's about. Let me be extraordinarily clear.

In my short time here in the legislature, there are very few easy decisions. I think this is an easy decision.

If you believe that Social Security and Medicare, and Medicaid are critical lifelines covenants to the current and future generations of this country, and if you believe that we should be doing everything in our power to ensure that they are not cut or privatized, if you believe in those things, vote aye.

And if you don't believe in those things, if you believe that privatization is the answer, if you believe in cuts to seniors and those who are on the margins of our society, if you believe that's the answer, vote no. And God help you explaining that to your constituents. I'm voting aye.

Thank you, Assemblymember Schultz. Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to address that there's been a lot of grandstanding and misinformation, and deflection that has been happening right now on this floor.

It is undoubtedly, and the American people understand this, is that the people that control the purse springs, the federal government for Social Security, Medi-Cal, Medicare is the federal government and they have been openly talking about cutting basic health care for our seniors and our families and our citizens across the country while they take a chainsaw to the to the economy, all fueled by their billionaire friends.

The most wealthy man in the history of the planet is recommending to this radical right-wing regime they should cut basic services and health care for poor Americans just so they can pay for unprecedented amount of billionaire tax cuts. Billionaire tax cuts. And I'm sick of hearing of deflections. It is important.

Yes, I don't disagree that we ought to push back with our own administration, and we should be shoulder to shoulder in making sure that Medi-Cal is protected for all of our families in California, immigrants, citizens, undocumented alike. And it is the point of our California Legislature that we prioritize the well-being of all Californians.

Not just arbitrary math and figures on a financial scale to that very point, even at the federal level, they have not been able to course correct their deficit. In fact, by cutting services to poor people, threatening Social Security, all it is to just pay for tax breaks for billionaires and millionaires, and also balloon the defense budget.

It is not true fiduciary responsibility. It is just making people suffer, the American working class suffer. And I respectfully ask your aye vote if you care about the working class, Californians, and Americans.

Thank you Assemblymember Lee. Assemblymember Patterson, you are recognized.

Great, thank you. Mr. Speaker. I have the opportunity to sit on the Budget Committee dealing with California's health care budget. And I can't really speak to what's happening on the federal level because you know, I'm really concerned about what's happening on the state level. And I did read about.

And by the way, I'm an elected state representative, and we Republicans have supported a lot of legislation, a lot of resolutions such as this one, where we've asked Congress and the president to do certain things. But I have to agree with my colleague from San Diego on some of the hypocrisy that we might have today.

Maybe we can write a letter or do a resolution to the governor as well. Because actually his budget that he proposed just last week has 10 billion dollars more in federal funds allocated towards health care than the current budget year. So in other words, he's expecting the federal government to give California 10 billion dollars more.

Despite what he says to the media and despite his press and despite everybody wants to say he's expecting, he's budgeting for 10 billion dollars more. So either he's lying or he's setting California up for failure. And maybe both.

Also, just to go over some of these cuts, because I've received a lot of emails on them already, and I'm sure you have as well. 94 million dollars this year, or, sorry, next budget year to, in home support services, some of the most vulnerable individuals in the state. 540 million next, the following budget year.

That's a half a billion dollars in cuts to some of the most vulnerable individuals in California and nearly 800 million dollars more on an ongoing basis. Now, I'm hopeful that my colleagues in this chamber will reject and act with the same passion and join Republicans in supporting eliminating the governor's draconian cuts to the most vulnerable population in California.

Because we've done that before. We've worked together to do that. And just as Republicans have joined with you on many of these resolutions, which are just statements to the to the federal government, by the way.

We can actually take action on a bipartisan basis and reject these draconian cuts to some of the most vulnerable populations in the state. And whenever session ends, maybe later this evening, there will be a budget hearing in room 1100, where we will discuss these exact issues. And it's in room 1100, usually it's in the Capitol.

And so I expect that we're going to have a very long line of individuals impacted by the governor's draconian cuts that are actually proposed and on paper and that we will be voting on for any day now.

Thank you, Assemblymember Patterson. Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I rise the strong support of AJR3. In case you weren't keeping count, we have been debating this measure for 19 minutes and 21 seconds. That means for four minutes and 21 seconds, we debated longer than Elon Musk paid into Social Security this year.

It took him 15 minutes to max out his Social Security contribution this year because the cap is too low. Everything about this administration is set to make people's lives harder. When you cut people's health care, when you cut their Social Security, you make their lives harder. That is not the role of government.

I believe that we are not put here to make people's lives harder. In fact, I believe we have a responsibility to improve the conditions of life wherever we can. That is why California is stepping up. And I want to thank the federal government, as my colleague mentioned, for reimbursing us with our own money.

I pointed it out many times. California pays 80 billion dollars more in federal taxes than we get back. We are the donor nation. We are the donor state to this nation.

In fact, there are many poorly run states that should pick themselves up by their own bootstraps instead of relying on the taxpayers of California who are making up for the deficits that are being created by the actions happening in D.C., the cuts to our foundational social safety nets.

While all this is happening, he is making it harder for folks to receive the same basic benefits others have before. Pell Grants, for example, used to be 12 credits as full time. They've raised it to 15, making it harder for students to get an education and harder to pay it back.

Under President Biden, if you were over 62 years old and you defaulted on your loans, your student loans were for hard times because you shouldn't have had to bear the cost of your education to that degree anyway. Because we defunded education in this country, the lowest Social Security payment you could get was 1,800 dollars a month.

This administration just slashed it to 750 dollars. You cannot live on 750 dollars a month. It's insulting, it's shameful, it's borderline evil. This is a simple resolution. It's about standing up for Californians no matter what's happening in the federal government. That should be bipartisan. We have seniors in every single one of our districts.

We have poor folks who need and deserve health care in every single one of our districts. We shouldn't be debating this. We certainly shouldn't be debating it longer than Elon Musk paid into Social Security this year. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bryan. Members of the gallery, applause is inappropriate. Assemblymember Schiavo seeing and hearing no further debate, would you like to close?

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the robust conversation on this issue, and I would imagine for much of that 19 minutes, it was probably only about four minutes that was actually talked about this resolution and our federal government's impact.

And to be able to deflect and simply brush away 715 billion dollars with a B being cut from Medicare is or Medicaid is convenient to just ignore. To just ignore 715 billion dollars disappearing to pay for health care for the poorest people. And that is what this resolution is about.

I happen to sit on the budget subcommittee that deals on health. I have raised all of the issues raised by those on the other side of the aisle. And one of the reasons that the budget sub health committee is in a larger hearing room today is because it is open to everyone.

And I hope that all of those who have not come and talked about these important issues actually shows up and raises these issues because I raise them at every single one, as my colleague in Rockland knows. So you know, this is.

There were a lot of important points made today and there's been a lot of rhetoric by our president about giving things back to the state. We would happily take those 80 billion dollars that we donate to other states back.

We would happily take that to make sure that we can pay for health care that we are struggling to pay for right now in this state. But instead, they are not giving those 80 billion dollars back to us. They are cutting 715 billion dollars from health care, from Social Security, from Medicare.

I challenge anyone in this room to try to survive on 750 dollars a month and say that that's enough for our seniors to live on.

So we have to, as a state, send a clear message that we will fight every single day here in the State of California and send a clear message to our federal government that they are not allowed to cut health care and basic needs for seniors on the backs of tax breaks to billionaires.

That is a line we should all agree on, and I hope that we do. I urge your support of AJR3. Thank you.

Thank you. Assemblymember Schiavo. Assemblymember Schiavo has asked for the first roll to be open for co-authors. Seeing and hearing no further debate. The clerk will open the roll for co-authors. [Roll Call]

Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. There are 52 co-authors added. Because this is a joint resolution, we cannot have a voice vote. The clerk will now open the roll on the resolution itself. [Roll Call]

Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes ayes 53 nos. 2. The resolution is adopted. Members, I'm going to recognize Mr. Ta for his guest introduction. Before I do that, just a level set for everybody that's in here. Speaking about the Administration is above board.

Speaking about the Federal Government and leadership in the Federal Government is above board. Speaking against political parties is not. I may have missed that in conversation. Speaking with the chief. I am imperfect and as you know, I try to keep things fair. Please restrict your comments to be about leadership.

If you're making critiques the Administration itself and not about political parties. Mr. Ta, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Good afternoon. Mr. Speaker, it's my honor to welcome Mr. Robert Kapp, Director of Asia Pacific, Geo Economist and Business Initiative and he's a Secretary MBA student from Chapman University. These are our future business leader of. California and I hope that have A. Wonderful experience in Sacramento as I learn. About the political process. Please all stand.

Welcome Chapman University. Okay Members, we're continuing on business on the Daily File File item number 18 A.B. 1237 by Assemblymember McKinner.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1237. By Assembly McKenna and others an act. Relating to transportation and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Somebody Member McKinnor, you are recognized Good.

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

As the host of host Assembly Members of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, Assembly Member Aarons and I are pleased to present AB 1237 which will authorize the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority LA Metro and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority VTA to access a $5 fee on primary official game ticket purchases for the 2026 FIFA World cup game in order to provide sports fans with an all day transit pass during the games.

The upcoming 2026 FIFA World cup games present a unique opportunity to showcase the vibrant and diverse cultures of Los Angeles County, Santa Clara County and its surrounding communities to the world Members, California is not new to playing host to some of the largest sports or entertainment events in the world.

As we look to the future, we must start thinking and taking action on how to better integrate transit use beyond its traditional uses like how we get to and from work or school, and begin to fully integrate transit use into all aspects of our lives, including participating in sporting and entertainment events.

I will be amending this measure in the Senate to further expand transit opportunities and options at sports and entertainment venues and to make it easier for sports, music and entertainment fans to better integrate transit use when planning their next sporting and entertainment outing.

Members, integrating a transit pass with your ticket to a sports or entertainment event will make it easier for local and international fans visiting our cities to use our transit systems, reduce our road congestions, improve local air quality, and provide critical resources needed to support our local transit system.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote for on AB 1237.

Thank you Assemblymember McKinner. Assemblymember Ahrens, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I rise in. Strong support of AB 1237. I want to thank my colleague from Los Angeles for bringing up this important. Measure of supporting our public transportation agencies and doing everything that we can to welcome the world to these major sporting events.

The super bowl and the World Cup are coming to my district next year at Levi's Stadium, home to the greatest football team in the world, the San Francisco 49ers. And I am delighted to be supporting this measure. I urge your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ahrens. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.

Thank you. Members, I urge your support in AB 1237 as the mother of and mother in law of not one, but two national team players on the women's side in soccer, a strong believer in our ability to make sure that we are fully representing the State of California in this unique opportunity for us.

I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bonta. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Mckinnon, would you like to close?

Yes. I would like to thank my two Assembly Members from the North. We all know that we also are going to have the super bowl at the SoFi. And we know that the Rams is one of the greatest teams going.

This is just a way for us to help make sure that our transit is taken care of and that we can make sure that we have a very, very successful World Cup. Because we all know when we host this World Cup, we'll have people from all around the world. And this World Cup is.

This is an investment as well. Because we know that the World Cup is going to bring lots of revenue to the State of California. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Mckinnon. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. zero, excuse me. This. This Bill requires. It has urgency clause on it requires 54 votes.

All Members vote who desire to.

Miss McKinnor, mind coming up to the dais? Can you mind coming up to the dais for a moment?

Clerk will close the roll tally the votes Iz 56 nos 15 ize 56 knows 15 on the urgency I's 56 knows 15 on the measure Measure passes going to pass temporarily on file item number 19. We're going to pass and retain on file items 2021. That brings us to file item number 22. AB 738 by Assemblymember Tangipa.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 738 by Assembly Member Tangipa and others and.

Accolades or energy Assembly Member Tangipa you are recognized.

Right Good afternoon Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the opportunity to present AB3 or 738. Prior to being elected, I was a field Rep for Fresno county. And in 2020 our community faced a devastating wildfire known as the Creek Fire. I saw firsthand the impacts that these these disasters have on homeowners and entire communities.

Rebuilding after a fire is a difficult and costly process that doesn't need to include unnecessary regulatory burdens that only make it harder for survivors to get back on their feet. AB738 provides a simple, practical solution by offering a limited exemption to homeowners whose properties were affected by disasters that have been declared an emergency by the Governor.

This Bill allows them to rebuild their homes under the solar energy standards that were in place when their homes were originally constructed, without the added financial burden of meeting newer, more expensive regulations. This exemption is not a blanket change.

It's a narrowly focused measure that ensures that only those who have already suffered the dramatic effects of a disaster can benefit from it. It's so narrowly focused that the income limits on this Bill disqualifies every single one of us in this room.

If that was to happen to you, that's how tight we wanted to to provide relief for the seniors for those who bought their homes 50 years ago to make sure they have the chance to get back on their feet.

I have a friend of mine who purchased their home back in the 1970s for less than $50,000 and the solar requirement on that is more expensive than for than what they bought their home for in the 1970s.

And they have been on a fixed income of less than $2,000 a month and they cannot rebuild and currently live in a trailer. The goal is not to undermine California's clean energy goals, but to recognize that in a time of crisis, wildfire survivors need flexibility, not additional costs that delay their recovery.

Rebuilding isn't just about restoring homes it's about restoring communities and giving people the chance to reclaim their lives.

Thank you. Assemblymember Tangipa seeing and hearing no further debate. The Clerk will open the Mr. Allen, excuse me, Mr. Alanis. Mr. Tangipa is tough to see through. Mr. Alanis, you're recognized.

I was just reviewing his bill. I wanted to ask him a question about one of them. About the state energy, resources and conservation. Will that expand their authority in your bill? Do you know? You can say it in your closing if you want, but just wondering. Curious. Thank you.

Thank you. Assemblymember Alanis. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Mr. Tangipa, would you like to close.

Yes, it will not expand that authority and I respectfully ask for your aye vote on this very important Bill.

All debate having ceased on this support support Bill. The Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.

Eyes 42 knows two measure passes the pass and retain on File item number 23 brings us to file item number 24. AB 1460 by Assemblymember Rogers.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1460 by Assembly Member Rogers and others and accolades of Prescription Drug Pricing Summit.

Member Rogers, you were recognized.

Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, what we have established at today's floor session are two things. One is that while there is a lot of faith in the 49ers and in the Rams, nobody has faith in the Chargers. The second is that we all agree that we need better access to health care.

AB 1460 will help address health equity and access to care issues in California by protecting the ability of clinics and health centers to dispense 340b medications to their patients. The May revise was a wake up call on the State of healthcare in California as we face a major budget deficit and weeks of difficult conversations around cuts.

It's more critical than ever that we protect our social safety net providers and their ability to collect savings that help Fund their services. During the pandemic, drug manufacturers started rolling out contract pharmacy restrictions meant to limit access to the 340B program.

These restrictions limited clinic systems, not individual clinics, the entire system to one single pharmacy location for dispensing 340b medications. Again, for folks as context, my district is 312 miles long. We have a clinic system that spans multiple counties and they've been limited to one specific pharmacy, not type of pharmacy, one specific pharmacy.

This means clinic systems that cover multiple counties and single counties cannot access this program that is keeping the doors open. The purpose of the federal 340B program is to furnish clinics with discount drugs for two reasons. The first is that they can dispense medications to uninsured and underinsured individuals at a reduced cost.

This is extremely important for vulnerable communities and especially for undocumented folks. The second is to provide pass through savings to clinics when they dispense discount medications at full price to patients with insurance.

These new contract pharmacy restrictions have had major impacts on clinic systems that rely on 340B pass through savings to Fund important and often underfunded services like extended hours of operation, new medical equipment, staff, transportation services, and meal services. The contract pharmacy restrictions also mean clinic systems can't contract with multiple pharmacies that cover the areas they serve.

It's slowly strangling local providers by forcing people to use the big conglomerates that are typically out of state. AB 1460 simply states that drug manufacturers cannot place discriminatory restrictions on access to 340b medications. This will allow clinics to contract with more pharmacies in the areas that they serve.

This Bill was severely narrowed in Committee and it now only applies to clinics and federally qualified health centers, not to hospitals. I urge you to vote eye on this important measure to support our safety net providers. Again, it's critical for our communities, especially in rural areas.

Thank you, Assemblymember Rogers. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of AB 1460. Clinic Clinics are at the heart of our health care system, including in my district. They serve everyone, no matter their insurance, income or immigration status. These clinics rely on the 340B program to keep their doors open.

While I'm not happy that the most recent amendment stripped hospitals from the Bill, this is still a step forward for clinics and it gives them some protection. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.

Thank you. Members, I rise in support of AB 1460.

This bill was under discussion for many months and we've been able to arrive, I think, at a very good compromise at the moment right now to ensure that in this moment in time, particularly our clinics, our rural community clinics, our federally qualified health clinics who are under siege right now, have the ability to earn the revenue that they so desperately need through and that ultimately we can ensure that our patients and our constituents have lower healthcare costs as it relates to their pharmacy costs.

So with that, I respectfully request your aye vote on behalf of our Assembly Member.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bontas. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Rogers, do you wish to close?

Yeah. Thank you so much. 340B, like many programs, is not perfect. There have been calls for reform on certain aspects of the program. Those are being discussed at the federal level, as they should be, as it's a federal program. The bill in front of you today is about access.

It's about allowing uninsured folks the chance to afford medications they need to be healthy. It's about protecting an important source of funding for the clinics that serve our constituents. Regardless of how much funding flows in from the Federal Government, the need for health care remains the same and our clinics need funding to keep their doors open.

We have committed to and will continue to work on issues to make sure that there is better transparency so that folks who are not intended to use the program cannot use the program.

That has not been an issue that we have seen with the clinics, but we will continue to work with folks on that as this Bill moves forward. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Rogers. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote it. Clerk will close the roll and Tally the vote. Size 41 noes 5. The measure passes.

That brings us to File item number 25, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 65 by Assembly Member Ward.

The Clerk will read. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 65 by Assembly Member Ward relative to California Tourism Month.

Assembly Member Ward, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. As chair of the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism, I am proud to present here ACR 65, recognizing May 2025 as California Tourism Month. This industry supports our local hotels and hospitality sectors, restaurants and many small businesses and families visit.

California recently reported that There was over $157 billion spent on travel in our state during 2024, representing a 3% increase over the previous year.

The tourism industry continues to be a significant driver of our state's economy, creating 24,000 new jobs in 2024 and employing close to 1.2 million Californians and generating an amazing $12.6 billion in state and local tax revenue.

I expect these numbers to grow even more in the coming years with many hugely significant international events happening right here in California. As we heard earlier, including the FIFA World Cup matches, the LA20 Olympics and Paralympic Games, as well as Super Bowls, NCAA tournaments and more.

These events will provide opportunities for travelers from all around the world to experience California's breathtaking attractions places, parks, beaches and locations up and down the state, including many beautiful and the best city we have Sunny San Diego California Tourism Month is an excellent time to highlight the strength and resilience that the industry provides to the state.

I respectfully ask for your aye vote on ACR 65.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ward. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to rise today alongside my colleague from San Diego to celebrate California Tourism Month. I represent another one of our cities, our state's important destinations for tourists. San Francisco continues to be one of the top global destinations, drawing visitors from every corner of the globe.

Just this last year, we welcomed over 23 million visitors, generating more than $9.2 billion in total visitor spending. As chair of the Select Committee on Downtown Recovery, we've met with mayors, downtown Association leaders, business owners and tourism advocates across the state, and the message is clear.

Downtown's economic recovery in our state is not possible without a robust tourism and visitor base. We know that after the COVID 19 pandemic, we have had challenges bringing tourists back to our state, but thankfully our city is beginning to see the comeback that we have long hoped for.

Hotel occupancy rates, international travel and conventions are all rebounding, but future projections aren't as bright. Visit California's Forecast anticipates a 1% dip in overall visitation and a 9.2% decline in international visitation in 2025. In direct response to federal economic policy and an impending Trump slump, we have to double down on tourism here in our state.

Our budget relies on it. Tens of thousands of jobs in San Francisco. I know many hundreds of thousands of jobs across our state rely on it. And I think it is critical that on this tourism month that we continue our commitment to invest in this industry.

And I want to thank my colleague from San Diego and respectfully ask for your aye vote on ACR 65.

Thank you, Assemblymember Haney. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assemblymember Ward, would you like to close?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank my colleague from San Francisco for raising such important points apart.

As part of this, I'll build on that and just note that we are certainly very nervous about what the effect that we're having from national policies, national dialogues, are doing in the interest for people to be able to come to America, but specifically to come to California.

And by passing this resolution, we want all of those would be visitors to know that California certainly stands apart from our beaches to Yosemite Valley, to Hollywood, to San Francisco. And of course Right back in San Diego, across the Golden State, we have a lot to be able to see, celebrate and visit.

So I hope that you can pass this resolution with the spirit of California in mind. We certainly support all of our workers that make tourism sector work really well. And I know there's a lot of local conversations happening around that.

But I'll underscore again as well how important transit occupancy tax is and the potential decimation of that for all of our city's budgets as they are also facing some of their budget challenges right now. We should be doubling down, as my colleague from San Francisco said, on supporting our tourism sector.

And with that, I respectfully ask for the first roll to be open for co authors and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Ward. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. Members, this is for co authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for co authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes.

There are 63 co authors added without objection. We will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All in favor say aye. All opposed no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Okay, we are going to pass and retain. Excuse me.

We're going to pass temporarily on File item number 26 brings us to file item number 27. AB 750 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 750 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva and others in act IAN to housing.

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB750 enhances the implementation of AB362, a bill that I did on homeless shelters in 2021, by ensuring greater accountability, transparency and enforcement of health and and safety standards across California's estimated 13,000 homeless shelters.

This bill addresses the critical gaps in oversight and compliance to better protect the rights and welfare of unhoused individuals.

Thank you, Assembly Member Clerk Silva. Seeing here no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes ayes 49 knows one. The measure passes. Going to file item number 28.

AB 1061 also by assemblymember Quirk-Silva.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1061 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva and others and applying to land use.

Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1061 removes barriers to housing development by allowing the California Home Act SB 9 of 2021 to apply in historic districts as long as projects do not demolish existing historic structures.

This change prevents the misuse of historic preservation laws to block new housing and expands opportunities for homeownership and multi unit housing in more neighborhoods.

Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk Silva. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Size 41, noes 13. The measure passes. Going to pass and retain on file items 29 and 30. Pass temporarily on file item 31. Pass and retain on file items 32 and 33. That brings us to file item 34, AGR number five by Assemblymember Lee.

The Clerk will read Assembly Joint Resolution 5 by Assembly Member Lee and others relative to birthright citizenship.

Member Lee, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, in the year of 2025, we have to be discussing and debating Assembly Joint Resolution 5, which states a very simple principle, a reality which has been understood and accepted as the American dream for over 150 years, is that all babies born in America are American citizens. But why are we here today?

It's because on the first day in office, President Donald Trump, among many different Executive orders, this order was so blatantly unconstitutional, is trying to seek to redefine the 14th Amendment, which says and made very clear that all babies born in America are American citizens, with the exception of diplomats.

While the White House is trying to unilaterally reinterpret the 14th Amendment, I think it's important to remember where the 14th Amendment originally came from. Above us is the portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator. The Congress at the time, the Republican Congress, made sure that emancipated former slaves were guaranteed the right to citizenship.

And then in 1898, it was a San Franciscan, a California born Chinese American, who sued all the way to the Supreme Court to make sure that the 14th Amendment applied evenly to all Americans.

That person's name was Wong Kim Ark from California, from San Francisco, who worked with the Benevolent Associations of Chinatown to go all the way to the Supreme Court. And, and mind you, this was the era of the Chinese Exclusion act, of rampant racism.

But he won and made that right so concrete and so evident that there are generations, including all the way up to today myself, that benefited from this. If birthright citizenship was not the law of the land at the time of my birth, I may not have been a citizen.

Many of us here and many of my constituents who come from mixed status households, whether they be on legal visas or they're undocumented, would not become citizens.

But today, the Trump Administration is weaponizing their interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which is so blatantly unconstitutional, so blatantly unconstitutional that during the scotus, the Supreme Court hearings this last week, even conservative judges were scratching their head.

It's so unconstitutional, in fact, that the government, the Trump Administration, does not even seek to defend the merits of their reinterpretation 14th Amendment. Instead, they're undermining the power of the courts.

And as we know, the power of the courts is one of the last barriers we have to save the civil rights of citizens and immigrants alike in this country. We already know that the rhetoric began with undocumented and illegal, and we are already arresting judges, deporting legal residents, and scaring even citizens out of this country.

And so the rhetoric is not just about a specific salacious class of person. It is about all those who seek to have the American dream. And I come to think about it this way too, as Justice Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, even scratch his head about what would the Trump Administration do should this come to pass?

Will parents, newborn parents at the hospital, will they say, congratulations to your baby. Now show us your papers. Will there be millions of stateless Children Now who are assumed to be citizens but now not given the right to ever naturalize and become citizens? What will happen to them?

The government, the Trump White House has no answers to those things. They only seek to deny the American dream to those who have legally able to enter this country or as asylum seekers or cross continents to brave so many dangers to be here to give their children a sense of the American dream.

And so if you believe in 150 plus years of legal precedent that every American baby is an American citizen, then I will heartfully ask you to to support this measure and send a clear message to the Federal Government that every child born in America is a citizen.

Thank you, Assemblymember Lee. Assemblymember Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I want to thank my colleague from San Jose. I rise on behalf of the API legislative caucus and as a proud joint author of AJR5, which opposes the unlawful Executive order to end birthright citizenship.

In 1868, the 14th Amendment was adopted and established birthright citizenship through the citizenship clause, overturning the disgraceful decision in Dred Scott vs Sanford. For years, birthright citizenship has remained a critical pathway for Asian immigrants to establish roots and build thriving futures for their families in the United States.

30 years after the passage of of the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court recognized Wong Kim Ark's legal claim to birthright citizenship and confirmed that the citizenship clause applied to all children born in the United States, regardless of the parents immigration status.

For over a century, the courts and Congress have long settled and affirmed the meaning of birthright citizen citizenship. The attempt to terminate birthright citizenship and is an attack on our immigrant communities and only further seeks to deepen the divides.

Anti immigrant hate and anti AAPI racism have always been intertwined and if birthright citizenship were to be revoked, we would surely see a dramatic rise in hate. And let's be clear, like so many other long standing rights that we have enjoyed as Americans, by overturning it, the federal Administration is not going to overturn it for everyone.

It will become selective as it was prior to the 14th Amendment, where winners and losers were chosen oftentimes based on the color of their skin or what country they were immigrating from.

California must take a stand against these tired and misleading attacks and protect the very communities that have always enriched our state and our nation's economy, history and culture. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AJR5.

Thank you, Assemblymember Kalra, Assemblymember Elhawary, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise today on behalf of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus and Black Caucuses in support of AJR5. Rejecting President Trump's unlawful attempt to end birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment makes clear anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen. This is more than a law.

It's a promise that every child born here belongs, counts and is protected. For both the black and LGBTQ communities that fight to belong, to be seen fully as part of this country, fully and equally hits close to home. We know what it means to have our existence questioned, our families attacked, and our place in this nation denied.

Birthright citizenship was written into our Constitution to correct one of the greatest injustices in our nation's history, the Dred Scott decision, which once declared black Americans could never be become citizens.

The 14th Amendment guarantees that everyone born here is recognized as a full citizen, affirming their place, their belonging and their rights, no matter who they are, where they come from or who they love.

Today we see those same tired arguments resurfacing this time targeting immigrant communities, especially our Latino neighbors, trying to decide who gets to belong and and who doesn't. Birthright citizenship is our nation's declaration that America is not a country of bloodlines, but of values.

It says no Executive order, no hateful policy, no fear driven politics can erase your right to belong. This is bigger than just birthright citizenship. It's about reopening old wounds and walking back the hard won progress black Americans and immigrants, LGBTQ people and so many others fought for to be seen to belong, to be treated as fully human.

On behalf of both the LGBTQ Caucus and the Black Caucus, I thank the author and the AAPI Caucus for bringing this Critical resolution forward and ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Al Hawari. Assembly Member Carrillo, you are recognized.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker and Members, as the Southern California Vice Chair of the Latino Caucus, it is my pleasure to rise in strong support of AGR5, which states the legislation opposition to President Trump's Executive order seeking to dismantle birthright citizenship.

I stand firmly in support of our state legislative opposition to the reckless and unconstitutional attempt to end birthright citizenship. This Executive order is not just legally flawed, but morally wrong.

To be clear, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens, regardless of their immigration status or their parents. No Executive order can override the Constitution. This is not just about the law. It's about who we are as a country.

Birthright citizenship is a form of national promise of equality. It's part of what makes our nation a beacon of hope for families seeking a better life. Millions of Latino families contribute every day to the strength and spirit of this country.

To question the citizenship of their US Born children is an insult to their sacrifices and to our nation's principles. California is not going to stand by while federal overreach attacks our communities. We will challenge this order in the courts, in the Legislature, and continue to stand with our communities against these continuous attacks.

I offer my strong support of AGR5 and I respect Gliazra and I vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Carrillo. Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise as a proud joint author of AJR 5 and as the representative of the City of San Francisco, which is the birthplace and home of Wong Kim Ark. My city, just like every part of California, is one that was shaped by and built by immigrants.

At the heart of that commitment and at the center of what made that possible, was birthright citizenship guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. For over 100 years, this has been a centerpiece of our states and our country's commitment to immigrants.

Every single person born in this country, on this soil, has a right to be here as a citizen. This is something that has been challenged and targeted for as long as it has been in existence.

In 1873, Wong Kim Ark was born to Chinese immigrants who, like many at the time, had been denied the opportunity to naturalize due to racist exclusion laws. But the 14th Amendment had guaranteed him the right to be a citizen. But in attack on that, the Chinese Exclusion act attempted to undo that.

And he fought that law all the way up to the Supreme Court. After traveling to China for a brief visit, Wong Kim Ark was denied re entry in the United States despite being born here simply because of his Chinese heritage.

The United States Supreme Court affirmed the 14th Amendment in his decision guaranteeing citizenship to every person born on American soil, regardless of the nationality of their parents.

Because of Wong Kim Ark's courage, because of the support that he had from the Chinatown community, including the Chinese six companies, we have had this right established by the Supreme Court ever since that decision in 1898. These attempts to undo birthright citizenship from children born on the US Soil are unconstitutional.

And they also attempt to divide us, devaluing the American identity of entire communities. And in doing over a century of legal precedent in California, we know the stakes. We've lived the consequences of exclusions, and we've seen what it means to of these attempts to deny the rights of immigrants and children born on our soil.

But we also know the strength and power of diversity, the incredible contributions of immigrants and their children. And we honor Wong Kim Ark and support the constitutional right of birthright citizenship by passing this resolution today. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AJR5.

Thank you, Assemblymember Haney. Assemblymember Rubio, you're recognized.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise today on behalf of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus in support of AJR5, reaffirming our constitutional values and standing by birthright citizenship. The law we are fighting for today is not just another statute to be debated by our parties or ideological factions. It is the very embodiment of the American dream.

The dream ingrained in this right to freedom, the right to opportunity and the right to prosperity is in the stories of those who came in search for a better life for their children 250 years ago and those who have come since. The same promise for a better life for our children is what makes this country great.

It is a promise we must protect for those who came after us, for those who come after us. It is the promise the great Jewish poet Emma Lazarus wrote about, which was enshrined on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. She wrote, quote, give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

It is why our state must stand with newcomers and afford them the same rights that allowed our families to prosper and allowed us in this room to make our way to the Legislature. These stories are also not so far away from our Jewish families.

For many, it is our parents and grandparents who fled some of the world's most horrific moments of bigotry, violence and terror. They come with nothing and lay roots for their children.

In fact, it was just last week I was personally moved by my colleague from Clovis, mother being present and their story of citizenship, which she secured just last year. A story which resonates with many families, families of Members here on this floor.

Citizenship, as my colleague and his mother can attest to, is one of the most joyful and prideful aspects of being an immigrant to both this state and this country. Like California, efforts to defend the fundamental constitutional principle of birthright citizenship are being championed federally by Jewish Congressmember Jamie Raskin and the Congressional Jewish Caucus.

Alongside the chairs of the Congressional Black, Hispanic and Asian Pacific American Caucuses, our leaders are standing united for what is right and for what is fundamentally American. In the same fashion, we are standing arm in arm with our colleagues from the diversity caucuses today to remind detractors of who's still here to uphold the Constitution.

As we stand together on the shoulders of our elders who brought our families to the American dream, we are here to affirm to California's newest citizens, we will not let that dream be taken away from you. In that spirit and on behalf of the Jewish Caucus, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on ACR 5. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Rubio. Assemblymember Demaio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When these resolutions come up, I read them carefully because when I vote on these resolutions, I'm speaking on behalf of nearly half a million constituents. I want to make sure that the resolution is accurate and that the resolution reflects our values.

We have a situation here where supporters of this resolution would like to pretend like if you don't support the resolution, you're somehow anti immigrant. Our colleague from Central Valley even said that if you don't support the resolution, you're anti gay. That surprised me.

The reality is the United States, with the 14th Amendment, with birthright citizenship, this policy, we are quite unique among the community of nations. In fact, we are one of the only countries that afford citizenship just by birthright. The 1898 case that was brought up in this resolution.

I appreciate the author laying out some of the details of Mr. Arc's situation. He had been here for 20 years. A policy imposed by China prevented him from enjoying citizenship. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1898, I believe, correctly decided that he deserved citizenship based upon the facts of the case.

We have a variety of people here that I don't think understand the law. I don't think they understand the 1898 case.

And perhaps the media doesn't want to actually cover the 1898 case, but I think it's actually quite healthy for our country to raise the question because the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship has been a topic of debate and confusion and misrepresentations.

To sit here and say that you can confidently say that anyone who wants this to go to the Supreme Court for another review, that somehow those people are anti immigrant or anti lgbt. Seriously, that is simply inflaming the conversation. I have no concern about the process that the Supreme Court is taking.

I listened to the arguments made, and frankly, I think every government teacher should actually have their students listen to some of the arguments made to the Supreme Court in last week's hearing. Heck, they're not getting a whole lot of education on the Constitution, but perhaps they may learn something from this process.

I'm going to hold out and wait to see what the Supreme Court, in its considered judgment, has to say about this dispute. I don't think they're waiting for any sort of input from a body like this.

Thank you, Assemblymember Dubaio, seeing and hearing no further debate. Assembly Excuse me, Assemblymember Lee. Assembly Member Ramos, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And first of all, this nation is home to Native Americans. Everyone else that has come to this country is from a different country. So that birth, citizenship, right, actually equates to the bodies that are in here and across this nation.

If you aren't from this country from the beginning, talking about history, talking about government classes, let's go way back to where this country was and who the rightful people are.

We sit here today to talk about these things, the issues that we're bringing up on this dais and in this body, from this caucus that's truly diversified to bring up our issues to be the voices of those that were out there, that were tried to be drowned out by others that are there.

No longer are we going to be able to stand for that.

We are unified, culturally unified, together to make sure that the voices, the voices are crying out in our nation that it's time for us to take that stage, to make sure that all those that have come here searching for a better life have the right to be called citizens of the United States when those that are trying to change it aren't even from this country.

It's time that we band together and stand together and support AJR5.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ramos. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assemblymember Lee, do you wish to close?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First, I'd like to thank My colleagues from San Jose, South Los Angeles, South Central Valley, Palmdale, the City of San Francisco, Baldwin park, and of course San Bernardino. I would like to thank you all for your incredibly profound and insightful comments about why this resolution is so important.

And just for the record, if I may read just one of the paragraphs in the AGR just to make it clear what the text of the language is is that we resolve that the Legislature affirms its commitment to birthright citizenship and recognizes and honors Wong Kim Ark's fight to affirm the fundamental right of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment of the United States of the Constitution.

And I hope the Supreme Court does take notice of her state because our Attorney General and also city attorneys part a multi state lawsuit that brought this question to the courts and have prevented this blatantly unconstitutional order from taking effect across hospitals and birthing rooms across the country.

It is important that we share our values and that we stand up steadfast in the court system because it actually does matter. As my colleague from Los Angeles said, we are not a country of bloodlines, we are a country of values.

And it is profoundly insulting to the American Dream and our immigrant families that the Federal Government could take away the citizenship of their innocent American born babies. So I really appreciate today our conversation. I do appreciate that this moment can be a teaching lesson for many generations in history classes down the line.

And I would like to ask for the first role to be open for co authors.

Thank you Assemblymember Lee. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll for co authors Members. This is for co authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. This is for co authors. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes.

There are 55 co authors added as a joint resolution there cannot be a voice vote. Clerk will now open the roll on the resolution. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Eyes58 knows one.

The resolution is adopted.

Assemblymember Lee, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. I have a guest introduction today. Much was discussed today about Wong Kim Ark who was born in San Francisco, California. When he when he tried to return home in 1895 after visiting China, a Collector of Customs barred him entry because his parents were Chinese, not American.

The Chinatown Committee, including a Chinese Consolidate Consolidated Benefit Benevolent Association, rallied to support Wong Kim Ark's lawsuit which affirmed birthright citizenship in the 14th Amendment. Now, of course, we are not bringing Wong Kim Ark to the Assembly floor, but we are bringing his descendant, Norman Wong, to the floor of the Assembly.

Norman Wong is a descendant of Wong Kim ark, whose landmark 1898 Supreme Court case affirmed birthright citizenship. Norman's Japanese American mother also experienced racial injustice by the Federal Government, along with 120 other 120,000 other Japanese Americans. Norman's mother was incarcerated during World War II, and she spent her years in Topaz, Utah.

In his college years, Norman striked for ethnic studies at UC Berkeley as part of the Third World Liberation Front. Norman Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, and I believe this is also where he met his wife, Maureen, who joins him at UC Berkeley.

And together, to this day, they are still champions for change, progress, and liberation for all. Please welcome to the Assembly Maureen and Norman Wang.

Members, while the photography is being completed in the back, I just want to let you know we're going to go backwards a little bit on a few items that we passed temporarily. On the first will be file item number 26, that is AB761 by Assemblymember Addis.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 761 by Assembly Member Addis and acclaim to Transportation Member Addis.

You are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 761 which will give the Monterey Salinas Transit District the opportunity to fund vital programs and operations that serve vulnerable populations across Monterey County.

In 2014, MST proposed Measure Q, a county wide 18 cent sales tax ballot measure to support public transit and Measure Q has generated approximately $7 million annually which has funded transportation services and equip for veterans, senior citizens and people with disabilities. However, Measure Q is set to expire in 2030 unless it is renewed by voters.

AB761 would authorize the MST board to propose a sales tax ballot measure to voters upon arrival of 2/3 - upon approval of 2/3 of its board of directors. So to be clear, MST would not have the power to impose a tax. It would simply allow the agency to propose a ballot measure.

This Bill also specifies that an increase in MST sales tax would not count toward the 2% combined rate limit for local taxes. This is a district bill with very minor implications and I respectfully request your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Addis. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 47, noes 12. The measure passes.

We are going to continue on to File item number 31. ACR 62 by Assemblymember Hart. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 62 by Assemblymember Hart relative to California Nonprofits Day.

Assemblymember Hart, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to proudly present ACR 62 and recognize May 21, 2025 as California Nonprofits Day. This day honors the vital role that nonprofit organizations play in our economy, our communities and the well being of all Californians. California's nonprofits are essential partners in delivering critical services.

Our nonprofits also have an incredible impact on on California's economy. Nonprofits are the fourth largest industry by employment in California, employing more than 1.2 million people. That means one in every 14 jobs in California is in the nonprofit sector.

From housing and healthcare to education and the arts, the state depends on thousands of nonprofit organizations to deliver high quality services across California.

At a time when nonprofits face increasing threats from the Federal Government, it's more important than ever that we stand with them here at home. California is committed to supporting and partnering with nonprofits to build resilient communities and create lasting, positive change.

On Wednesday, we will welcome over 100 nonprofit leaders from across the state for our annual Nonprofit Day Luncheon. Now in its 10th year, California Nonprofits Day has recognized the work of over a thousand organizations and honors their invaluable contributions to our great state.

Colleagues are urged your support of this resolution to celebrate and strengthen California's nonprofit sector.

Thank you Assemblymember Hart. Mr. Hart, do you wish the first roll to be open for coauthors? All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. Members this is for coauthors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. There are 65 coauthors added without objection. We will now take a voice vote on the resolution. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed no. The resolution...the ayes have it. The resolution is adopted.

Getting back to file order we are going to pass and retain on file items 35 and 36. Mr. Kalra. Mr. Kalra. We're now on file item number 37, AB 1523 by the Committee on Judiciary.

Clerk will read Assembly Bill 1523 by the Committee on Judiciary and acclaim to Civil Procedure.

Assemblymember Kara, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. AB 1523 is a Judiciary Committee Bill that reflects a compromise between numerous stakeholders that will increase the amount in controversy cap for referring civil cases to mandatory mediation from 50,000 to 75,000.

The Bill also reflects stakeholder input based on 30 years of experience with the existing law to add safeguards to the existing law to ensure that only cases with a high likelihood of amicable resolution are sent to mediation.

This compromise bill strikes a balance between stakeholders to ensure that courts can continue to use mediation as a tool for resolving disputes before trial. With the need to ensure all Californians get their day in court, this Bill received bipartisan support in Committee and I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Kalra. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Ayes 65, noes 0. The measure passes.

Moving to file item 38. AB 316 by Assemblymember Krell.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 316 by Assemblymember Crell in acclaim to civil actions.

Assemblymember Krell, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise to present you today with Assembly Bill 316. This is a very simple bill, but it's an important one.

All it states is that in an action against a defendant that developed or used artificial intelligence that is alleged to have caused harm to a person, it shall not be a defense and the defendant may not assert that the artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm to the person.

This doesn't create any new defenses. This doesn't create any new liabilities. It's a simple guardrail provision that will incentivize companies that are benefiting from AI to also present to also prevent that same AI from cause - that same AI from causing harm.

This Bill has a broad coalition of support, bipartisan support, children's advocacy organizations as well as labor and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Krell. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 56, Noes 0. The measure passes. Gonna pass and retain on file item 39. Brings us to file item number 40. AB 571 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 571 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva and others in acclimating to environmental quality and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you're recognized.

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker and Members. Today I am proud to present AB 571 which provides a targeted CEQA exemption with an urgency clause for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon in the City of Anaheim.

Members, this project has been a decade in the making and is a project I have worked on with bipartisan support since I was first elected to the Assembly in 2012. Members, this is also a testament to slow and steady wins the race. To keep at it. To sometimes you win and sometimes you don't.

Members, I hope you'll pay attention because as you are, many of you first-time members are presenting legislation. You're going to find that sometimes your bills fly off the floor, sometimes you get to 41 and you squeak out a vote. And yet sometimes you have to keep going back over and over.

Members, this is the fourth Bill that I have done in a sequence to bring a Southern California Veterans Cemetery to Orange County. It is also deeply personal to me as my family includes proud members of the United States Army, Air Force, and Marines.

Today we are closer than ever to delivering on the promise of a final resting place for Orange County's veterans, a place of honor, dignity, and peace. I want to thank the members that are standing by me in this, bipartisan support.

And this is meaningful because too often on this floor we know that there are divisions, we know that we don't all agree and sometimes we bitterly disagree and yet we have to find places where we can agree.

And simply honoring our veterans, those who have served, and defining a final resting place for them in Southern California is certainly something that I'm proud to acknowledge these Members here as coauthors. One more bit of information. In order to move a project like this forward, it has not only taken legislation, but it's taken funding.

And I'm proud to say that over the years of step-by-step, not only myself, but Senator Tom Umberg, has helped provide almost $50 million for us to the Cal Vet account to bring forward a first phase. AB 571 will help us move this project across the finish line.

It ensures that after more than a decade of effort, the Southern California Veterans Cemetery can finally become a reality. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Seeing in the hearing of all debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll on Assembly Bill 571. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 64, noes 0 on the urgency. Ayes 64, noes 0 on the measure. The measure passes.

Pass and retain on file item number 41 and 42. Brings us to file item number 43. Going to temporarily pass on file item number 43. Brings us to file item number 44. AB 1466 by Assemblymember Hart. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1466 by Assemblymember Hart in acclaim to groundwater adjudication.

Excuse me. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 44. Going to pass and retain on file item number 45. That brings us to file item number 46. AB 656 by Assemblymember Schiavo. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 656 by Assemblymember Schiavo in acclaim to social media platforms.

Assemblymember Schiavo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB 656, an easy way for California to help teens escape social media addiction and protect their mental health. As a mother, I worry about social media because I know the terrible impacts mental health on mental health it can have.

And many of our colleagues have shared their own stories as parents on this floor. Personalized algorithms, endless scrolling, like buttons and other strategies play on psychology to strengthen addiction, even if the content harms mental health. Unfortunately, many platforms intentionally make users go through a maze of options to delete their account.

We need to make it easier, not harder, to escape this addiction. And AB 656 ensures platforms make it clear as day how to delete your account and your personal data. There are no no votes on this Bill. My office continues to work on language improvements with the opposition, and I respectfully request an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Schiavo. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 60, noes 0. The measure passes.

Going to pass and retain on file item 47. Gets us to file item number 48. AB 1374 by Assemblymember Berman. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1374 by Assemblymember Berman and others in acclaim to rental passenger vehicle transactions.

Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. To ensure price transparency across the rental car industry, AB 1374 would require that the real price of a rental car be disclosed as soon as consumers select dates, rental location, and vehicle type.

This ensures that the upfront price is the real price consumers pay, enabling consumers to make informed choices and comparison shop. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Berman. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members voted. Desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 16, noes 1. The measure passes. Brings us to file item number 49 AB 1223 by Assemblymember Nguyen. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 1223 by Assemblymember Nguyen and others in acclaim to transportation.

Assemblymember Nguyen, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise today to present AB 1223 which modernizes the Sacramento Transportation Authority's legal authority without impacting any other self help counties. AB 1223 is a district driven Bill that gives Sacramento Transportation Authority the flexibility to propose transportation funding measures in specific areas when they are ready...

Rather than requiring a countywide vote every time, it ensures that revenue is used within the area where the voters approve the measure. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assembly Member Nguyen. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 45, no's 13. The measure passes. We will pass and retain on file items 5051.

That brings us to file item 52, ACR 78 by Assembly member Patel. The Clerk will read.

Assembly the concurrent Resolution 78 by Assembly Member Patel Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

Assemblymember Patel, you are recognized.