Assembly Floor

Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant at arms will prepare the chamber and bring in the absent members. Clerk will call the roll.

[roll call].

Members a quorum is present. Can I ask you to take your desk, please? Members, please make your way to the floor. Members, please make your way to the floor. Thank you. Members. Mr. Lee, state your point of order.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are four amendments to my bill, AB 1240, related to housing from my colleague from the County of San Diego that are not germane to my bill. The amendments would gut and amend my bill and take over ownership from him. This is in clear violation of Assembly Rule 92.

So therefore I request that it's not out of order or- therefore these are not in order.

Assemblymember Lee, Legislative Council has issued an opinion on these amendments. The amendments are in fact not germane to the bill and in clear violation of the house rules. Your point of order is well taken. The amendments are out of order. State your point, Mr. Demaio.

Mr. Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the chair for to ensure that the amendment--

Thank you, Mr. Demaio. Thank you, Mr. Demaio.

Thank you, Mr. Demaio. Assemblymember Demaio has appealed the ruling of the speaker. This motion requires a second. Is there a second? Ms. Castillo seconds. Under Assembly Rule 82, this appeal is not debatable when relating to indecorum transgression of the rules or priority of business. In this case, transgression of the rules.

So we will proceed directly to a vote. Members, the question before the body is shall the decision of the speaker be sustained? The speaker is asking for an aye vote. Assemblymember Demaio is asking for a no vote. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

Speaker is asking for an aye vote. Assemblymember Demaio is asking for a no vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Takes a majority of those present. Voting to sustain the speaker. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 49. Noes, 16. The speaker sustained. The amendments are out of order.

Members, we are now going to the second day consent calendar. This is not a drill. This is the actual consent calendar. Before we vote, we will take up resolutions on the consent calendar for for the purpose of adding co authors. Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 58 by Assemblymember Sharp-Collins and others relative to the National Conference of State Legislators. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 70 by Assemblymember Pellerin and others relative to Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 87 by Assemblymember Nguyen relative to Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month and Assembly Concurrent Resolution 88 by Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez relative to Men's Mental Health Month.

Clerk will now open the roll to allow any member to add on as a co author to the resolutions. 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. Clerk will close the roll. There are 62 co authors added.

Moving to a vote on the consent calendar. Does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar? Seeing and hearing none, the Clerk will read the second day consent calendar assuming.

Concurrent resolution 58 by sending Member Sharp-Collins and others relative to the National Conference of State Legislators.

All members vote. Clerk will now open the roll on the consent calendar. 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- Assemblymember Sharp-Collins, you are recognized.

I would like to move- move the call.

Okay. Assemblymember Sharp-Collins moves the call on the consent calendar. Okay, we're going to move backwards to our prayer and pledge. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for our prayer. Reverend Oshita will offer today's prayer. Reverend Oshita.

Please join me in a moment of reflection. I heard a story years ago from my friend Reverend Sanan Kobose. It was about a husband who felt that his wife should get her hearing checked. One day, while passing the kitchen, he saw her busy at the sink. He called out to her, can you hear me? No response.

He went closer and said, can you hear me? Again, no answer. Finally, he stood right behind her and said, can you hear me? She answered, yes for the third time. What do you want? Reverend

Kobose said, this is a great example that sometimes when we don't feel we're being heard, it's because we are the ones unable to hear. In our world today, perhaps more than peace talks, we need more of our leaders to simply listen.

The poet Dean Jackson wrote, listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, and others over self. Let us listen with kindness and gratitude beyond words.

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

Colleagues, join me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the republic for which it stands.

One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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. Briefing of the previous day's journal.

Assembly Chamber Sacramento, Friday, May 23rd, 2025 the Assembly met at 9am. The Honorable Josh Lowenthal, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly Presiding. Chief Clerk Super

Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry moves and Mr. Flores 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.

Moving on to motions and resolutions. The absences for the day? There are none. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly. Rule 118A to allow Assemblymember Bonta to have guests in the rear of the chamber today.

Objection. Such shall be the order.

At the request of the author, please move file item 164, AB 568, Lackey to the inactive file.

Clerk will note.

Mr. Demaio, you were recognized.

I move to take up Assembly Bill 41 without regard to file so that we can consider a bill to reduce the cost of living on Californians. To be considered for debate--

I- I- I understand the motion, sir.

Can you give me the bill number? Mr. Demaio.

Assembly Bill 41.

Assembly Bill 41. Thank you, Mr. Demaio. Appreciate your patience. This bill has not been read a second time. What you're asking for is a suspension of the constitution, that requires a second. Seconded by Assemblymember Castillo. Members, Mr.

Demaio will be asking for an aye vote. The Majority Leader is going to be asking for a no vote to suspend the Constitution to Warf AB 41. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Mr. DeMaio is asking for an aye vote.

The Majority leader is asking for a no vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 19. Noes, 48. The motion fails. Members, we have a very important guest introduction.

There are going to be multiple speakers on this guest introduction and so please hold your applause and greetings until all speakers have done. I would like to recognize Assemblymember Bonta for her guest introduction.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and members. I'm honored today to rise in support of an Oakland icon. My friend, my mentor, the honorable now Mayor Barbara Lee. Mayor Lee's story is one of grit, one of determination, one of California.

She would serve in this very body from 1990-96, then served two years in the State Senate before becoming a national figure during the course of her over 25 years representing community in Congress and brings the voices and values of the East Bay to the halls of power.

Her staunch commitment to the peace, to universal healthcare, to economy for all. Barbara Lee was our voice. She is here today in her role as Oakland's 52nd mayor. And I will always say, as many will, Barbara Lee speaks for me. Let us wish merrily a successful tenure at the helm of of Oakland.

Welcome Mayor Lee. Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you. I would also love to welcome my mayor, our Mayor of Oakland, who really actually needs no introduction and former Assembly Member and just champion for the people.

And you know, as many of you have read and- and hear about, Oakland has gone through some times, but we know the beauty of Oakland and we know we have an adult in the room who's going to lead this city through so many hard times so that we can flourish and be the best city possible.

So I'm so proud to have you as my mayor and welcome you back to the Assembly, Barbara Lee.

And finally, Assemblymember Liz Ortega. You are recognized for your guest introduction.

I would also like to welcome our Mayor from Oakland because Barbara Lee has always spoken for me.

As someone who grew up in the City of Oakland from the age of three years old, who welcomed my paren- my parents and me with open arms, it is no doubt that with your leadership, Oakland will continue to be a beautiful city that contributes to the State of California and the country. We welcome you.

Welcome Mayor Lee. Welcome back to the California Assembly. Mayor Lee. Welcome back.

Thank you, Members. It's time to move to business on the daily file. We have much to get through today. For reconsideration, file item number 1. This item shall be continued. Onto the Assembly Third Reading File. File items 2 through 210, we're going to be moving in file order today.

And we are beginning with file item number two, ACR 40 by Assemblymember Fong. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 40 by Assemblymember Fong and others relative to student financial aid.

Assemblymember Fong, you are recognized.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker and Members. ACR 40 expresses support for immigrant students and reaffirms the state's commitment to ensuring that all students, including undocumented students, have access to financial aid and have the ability to succeed in higher education.

Over the last couple of years there's been a significant decrease in FAFSA applications due to technical issues but also due to the fear that the Federal Government use self-reported information by applicants and their parents or spouses for purposes other than education.

Disruptions to education due to a lack of aid reduces college completion, student success, economic mobility and lifetime contributions to California's economy society.

ACR 40 expresses Legislature support for immigrant students in California. Furthermore, ACR 40 declares the information shared by students and their families on the FAFSA should not be used for purposes other than financial aid. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Fong. Mr. Fong, do you wish the first roll to be open for coauthors?

Yes please.

Members. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll for coauthors. All Members vote who desire to vote. Members, this is for coauthors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote.

Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. There are 53 coauthors added. I've never seen anybody vote no on a coauthorship. We're asking for coauthors. There are 53 coauthors added without objection. We'll now move on to a voice vote on the resolution.

All those in favor say aye. All those opposed no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted.

Now moving on to file item number three, AB 878 by Assemblymember Kalra. The Clerk will read.

Just a moment, Mr. Kalra. While we wait, let's knock out a guest introduction here. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Good morning. I just want to take the time to introduce the students from Pioneer Elementary School. If you want to stand up and wave and thank you for being here. And enjoying our beautiful capitol.

Welcome to the California Assembly.

Mr. Kalra, we're going to be passing temporarily on file item number three. Would you mind coming and speaking with the Chief Clerk?

We will pass and retain on file item number four. Brings us to file item number five, AB 917 by Assemblymember Avila Farias.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 917 by Assemblymember Avila Farias, an act related to school employees.

Assemblymember Avila Farias, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 917 will ensure that educators and school employees in all school districts and county offices of education have an opportunity to achieve permanent employment status.

This Bill will require local education agencies to grant permanent status to certified employees in school districts and counties with an average daily attendance of less than 250 and a regional occupancy centers and programs operated by the County Office of Education or joint powers of authority.

This is already a requirement for schools with an average daily attendance of more than 250. Due process for teachers plays a critical role in protecting against racial discrimination by requiring fair and impartial procedures for employment decisions.

AB 917 is sponsored by the California Teachers Association and will help attract and retain potential educators, provide them with career stability, and diversify California's education workforce. Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Avila Farias. All debate having ceased, 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 41, noes 15. The measure passes. We're going to pass and retain on file item 6 through 15. That brings us to file item number 16. AB 985 by Assemblymember Ahrens. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 985 by Assemblymember Ahrens, an act relating to healing arts.

Assembly Member Ahrens, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'm presenting AB 985, which would help solve the access to safe anesthesia care crisis in California. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Ahrens. All debate having ceased, 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: 44; noes: one. The measure passes. Going to pass and retain on File Item 17 through 25.

Brings us to file--excuse me. We're going to pass and retain on File Item 17 and 18. We're going to pass temporarily on File Item 19. We're going to pass and retain on File Items 20 through 25. That brings us to File Item Number 26. Mr. Bryan? AB 7 by Assembly Member Bryan.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 7 by Assembly Member Bryan and others, and act relating to postsecondary education.

Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. AB 7 gives institutions of higher learning the option to account for history, legacies of harm, exclusion, and enslavement in their admissions process. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bryan. All debate having ceased, 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: 42; noes: 13. The measure passes. Gonna pass and retain on File Item 27.

Brings us to File Item 28, also from Mr. Bryan. AB 42. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 42 by Assembly Member Bryan, an act relating to public social services.

Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Right now, need-based scholarships are not counted against your income classification for CalWORKs and public assistance for students, but merit-based scholarships are.

This bill just brings parity between merit and need-based scholarships for our neediest students so that they don't lose their social services while they're attaining their higher education. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Bryan. All debate having ceased, 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: 59; no: zero. The measure passes. We're going to pass and retain on File Item 30.

We're going to pass and retain on File Item 31. Pass and retain on File Items 32 through 36. Brings us to File Item 37: AB 245 by Assembly Member Gipson. Clerk will read.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 245 by Assembly Member Gipson, an act relating to taxation, declaring the agency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assembly Member Gipson, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise to present Assembly Bill 245. It's a straightforward bill, provided immediate automatic property tax relief for victims of the Los Angeles wildfire disasters that occurred earlier this year. This bill is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Assessor, Jeffrey Prang. Assembly Bill 45. This is a support-support recommendation. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Gipson. 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: 66; no: zero on the urgency. Ayes: 66; no: zero on the measure. The measure passes.

We're going to pass and retain on File Item 38. Ms. Wilson, we skipped you on a bill. We're going to come back later. Brings us to File Item Number 39: AB 255 by Assembly Member Haney. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 255 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to public health.

Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 255, a measure that will align California's housing policy with federal guidelines by recognizing that drug free recovery housing is consistent with housing first policy.

There are folks right now who know that being as far as possible away from drugs in a community where they can get sober and get the treatment that they need is the best and most effective placement for them. But unfortunately, our housing first policies don't allow any funding to to go to those types of environments.

This will allow a community of people who are ready to be fully sober to have housing, peer support and accountability by allowing up to 25% of state funding to go to drug free recovery housing.

It is a Bill that will help to advance our work to get people off the streets and also get them the treatment they need to be successful. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

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

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of AB255. I just want to thank my colleague for his work on this important Bill. Nearly 40% of the people currently living. On the streets in California are suffering from drug addiction. It is critical that we are getting them services so that they can get clean and get their lives back on track. I urge an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Hoover. Assemblymember Leader Gallagher, you are recognized.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise in support of AB 255. And you know, this is a concept that I think has been worked on for a little while now and I. Really appreciate the author, you know, bringing. This, bringing this forward. There is a big need for sober. Environments and it's really proven we've seen.

Some different models even here in Sacramento. You know, St. John's has a great. Program. And so opening this up and allowing for these different models I think is very important. And So I appreciate the author and we'll be supporting today. Thank you.

Thank you, Leader Gallagher. Assemblymember Demaio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too rise in support of AB255. I want to thank the author for recognizing that Housing first is deeply flawed and there are some elements that it can work. There are certain. Certain clientele that it can work for.

But we have to, as a body, take the blinders off and be open about the performance evaluation here. California is uniquely bad when it comes to the issue of homelessness. And Housing first is a big reason why. I know that the author has been very thoughtful about trying to balance different points of view on this.

My hope is that this is only the beginning of some of the reforms that we can make in Housing First. And I would urge my colleagues to again look at what tools we can give different providers. Because right now we have a variety of rules on the books.

Notwithstanding this Bill, which will make progress on those rules that prohibit some of our best homeless service providers from doing their work. They're choked off of state and local funds. And I think it's important for us to fund success. And this Bill, I think, is a beginning point, but certainly not the end point. So with that, I do encourage us to continue to build upon AB255's reforms.

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

Yes. Thank you to my colleagues for speaking on that. This is really about having options. Right now we are restricted from funding options that we know will work for many people who need it. This will allow that flexibility and allow us to also build out the kind of accountability that we need. And with that, respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you so many. Member Haney, 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. Aye 72. No, zero. The measure passes. We're moving on to File item number 40.

That is AB 279 by Assemblymember Patel.

Assembly Member Patel. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 279 by Assembly Member Patel, an act relating to school libraries.

Assembly Member Patel, you are recognized.

Good morning and thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I rise today to present AB 279. K-12 library standards have not been updated since 2010, yet we have seen rapid changes in technology and in society. This bill creates the framework and structure to change these library standards as our state and world change. It received unanimous support in both Policy and Fiscal Committees, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Patel. All debate having ceased, 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: 68; noes: one. The measure passes. Going back to Mr. Haney, File Item Number 41: AB 289.

Clerk will read Assembly Bill 289 by Assemblymember Haney and others and accolades of vehicles and making an appropriation.

Therefore, Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB289 a measure that implements a proven solution to reduce crashes, protect workers, and enhance driver safety. Speeding vehicles pose a deadly threat to construction workers and to drivers on California's highways. In 2023 alone there were 100 vehicle intrusions on highway construction work zones.

While statewide efforts like the presence of California Highway Patrol and active construction zones have helped to deter speeding drivers, these efforts cannot and do not capture all speeding vehicles through active highway construction zones.

AB 289 will implement automated speed enforcement in these zones, following other states 15-16 other states that have shown that this can be an effective tool to save lives. There will be a limited pilot program in the areas where it's most needed and it has received bipartisan support and policy committees.

Respectfully, as for your aye vote thank you Assemblymember Haney.

I'll debate Excuse me. Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this Bill. I'm also presenting a Bill with respect to highway safety and I thank the the author's leadership on this. Especially in my district where there's constant construction, the mothers fathers are working on these streets to make them safe and I appreciate the author for this leadership and I encourage my colleagues to rise and support as well.

Thank you Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez. Assemblymember Davies, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise in support of AB289 as Vice Chair of the Transportation Committee and as a proud co author. Highway construction is one of the most dangerous occupations in the country and speeding in construction zones put both workers and drivers at risk.

Research has shown that automated speed enforcement is effective at reducing speeds in construction zones. It also shows to reduce the number of crashes overall, especially crashes with serious injuries and deaths. AB289 requires warnings and protections for drivers.

All violations will be warnings during the first 60 days of the program and all initial violations up to 15 miles per hour over the speed limit will be warnings. This Bill isn't about raising revenue. The construction contractors and workers supporting AB289 are simply asking drivers to slow down when they see construction zones on your state highway. For those reasons I respectfully ask an aye vote.

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

I appreciate all of the bipartisan love this morning. This is a good Bill. It'll keep drivers and construction workers safe. It will save lives and I hope that we can all support it today. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Haney I'll debate having ceased. 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, aye 62 no's three the measure passes. We're on to file item 42 AB 291 by Assemblymember Gipson.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 291 by Assembly Member Gipson and others, an act relating to teachers.

Assembly Member Gipson, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and members. Assembly Bill 291, which seeks to establish a credentialing educator apprentice program to address the teacher shortage and the crisis. This bill received support-support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Gipson. All debate having ceased, 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: 68; no: zero. The measure passes. File Item 43: AB 327 by Assembly Member Ta.

Clerk will read Assembly Bill 327 by Assemblymember Ta accolating to crimes.

Assembly Member Ta you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Member AB377 aimed to address the recent circ and for reporting of emergency to provoke a large scale police report known as swatting. Swatting account for 64% of violent incident in our school.

I would like to thank the chair of our Public Safety Committee for his collaboration this Bill and ensuring this Bill would not apply to minors or first time offenders. This Bill support by school district of roster state and was unanimously support in the public safety and appropriation Committee. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Ta. All debate having ceased, 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 aye 62 no 0 the measure passes. File item number 44. AB340 by Assemblymember Ahrens.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 340 by Assemblymember Ahrens an act related to employer employee relations.

Assemblymember Ahrens, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB340 makes communication between the employee and. Their union representative confidential. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ahrens. All debate having ceased, 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 51, no's one the measure passes. File item 45. AB 341 by Assemblymember Arambula.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 341 by Assemblymember Arambula to Developmental Services.

Assemblymember Arambula, you're recognized. Thank you Mr. Speaker and Member. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve to have access to quality and timely dental care to prevent dental disease.

AB341 would establish the Oral Health for People with Disabilities Technical Assistance center to provide training and educational materials on the use of alternative methods to provide oral health for people with disabilities. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Arambula. Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a father of a special needs son with severe developmental disabilities, I thank the author for this. Not only is this showing the rest of California that these nuanced type of issues we've missed, but there's more work to be done.

I fully support the the author on this and we need to continue to do more for our most vulnerable special needs community. So I urge my my colleagues to. To support as well.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gonzalez. 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. Aye 70 no 0 the measure passes. Brings us to file item number 46.

AB356 by Assemblymember Patel.

Clerk will read Assembly Bill 356 by Assemblymember Patel and others. And I apply to healthcare. Assemblymember Patel, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise today to present AB356 which convenes key stakeholders to evaluate public health care infrastructure in San Diego with a specific focus on the long term stability of Palomar Healthcare District. The Bill has received no no votes and I've taken amendments to address the concerns of those who were opposed.

Unless amended, I will continue to work with all relevant stakeholders and respectfully ask for your aye vote thank you.

Thank you Assemblymember Patel. I'll debate having cease 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 52 knows three the measure passes the passerine's hand on file item 47 and file item 48 brings us to file item 49 AB 410 by Assemblymember Wilson.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 410 by Assembly Member Wilson and others, an act relating to bots.

Assembly Member Wilson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. I'm pleased to present AB 410. AB 410 updates and strengthens the Bot Disclosure Act by requiring bots to identify themselves as artificial when asked and prohibiting them from misleading users about their identity. Every Californian has the right to know whether they're talking to a person or a machine.

AB 410 ensures honesty and online interactions by making bot disclosures a simple common sense requirement because trust definitely begins with transparency. Thank you. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Wilson. All debate having ceased, 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: 68; noes: two. The measure passes. We're going to pass and retain--we're going to pass and retain on File Items 50, 51, 52. We're going to pass temporarily on File Item 53. Brings us to File Item 54: AB 476 by Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 476 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzales and others an act related to to metal theft.

Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and please present. AB476 will enhance enforcement against copper wire theft and protect critical infrastructure. AB476 will do three main things. Expand the types of information junk dealers and recyclers must collect. Prohibit possession without documentation of additional categories.

Increase penalties to better reflect the true cost and harm caused to taxpayers. These measures aim to deter copper wire theft, protect public safety and increase transparency in the scrap metal industry. Copper prices are near historic highs and copper theft is rampant across California, causing devastating financial and public safety impacts. This is not a victimless crime.

Cities must often spend more repairing the damage than the scrap value of the stolen copper Cities like San Jose, Santa Monica, Richmond, Fresno, Los Angeles, including in my own district, are being hit hard. AB476 is our beacon of hope. A common sense, bipartisan step to shine a light on justice, safeguard our neighborhoods and hold bad actors accountable.

By voting yesterday, we sent a clear message that California stands united. We will protect our public infrastructure, our taxpayers and each other. Let us move forward together, ensuring no community is left in the dark. Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in strong support and urge my colleagues just how necessary this Bill is. In the Central Valley, copper wire theft is running rampant. It's especially hitting our ag folks that my family farm was hit.

We had a break in, they did excessive damage stealing this copper wire that we actually had to move to aluminum wire and posted warnings saying that it's not worth a felony to break into our wells. So thank you so much to the author. This is hurting urban and rural folks alike. And let's request an aye vote and get this over to the Senate. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Macedo. 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. Aye. 70. No. 0. The measure passes.

That brings us to file item 55 AB 477 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 477 by Assemblymember Muratsuchi and others. An act relating to education finance.

Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized.

Thank you very much. Members, I am proud to present the Fair Pay for Educators Act. Assembly Bill 477 will set education funding targets with the goal of giving our teachers a 50% pay raise over the next 10 years. And let me tell you why. Our teachers, their wages have not kept up with other college graduates.

Over the last 45 years, college graduate salaries have grown three times faster than our teachers. Today, a California teacher earns just 76 percen- cents for every dollar that their similarly college educated peers make.

Nearly two thirds of our college students, our young adults cite salary at the low pay as the top reason why they are not interested in becoming teachers.

We all, Republicans, Democrats, we all want to make sure that teachers can not only be an attractive profession to attract the best and the brightest, but also to make sure that not only our teachers, but our classified employees, our essential school staff that it takes to run our schools, that they have a fair pay to be able to afford to live in the communities that they live in.

Countries, other countries treat teaching especially as a respective competitive- re- respective competitive career with pay that is on par with professions like engineers, law and business. Let's pay our teachers and essential school staff what they deserve. This bill received bipartisan unanimous support in the Assembly Education Committee. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Muratsuchi. 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 votes. Ayes, 63. Noes, 1. The measure passes. We're going to pass and retain on file item 56.

That brings us to file item 57, AB 485 by Assemblymember Ortega.

Clerk will read Assembly Bill 485 by Assemblymember Ortega and others an act related to employment.

Assemblymember Ortega, you are recognized.

I am pleased to present AB485 which helps workers collect their stolen wages. This Bill simply says that if you're an employer who steals from workers, the state will not continue to license your business. If you're an employer who complies with the law and you pay those stolen wages back, you can continue business as usual. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Ortega. I'll debate having ceased. 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 43, noes 5. The measure passes. File item 58 AB 487 by the Committee on Insurance as presented by Assemblymember Calderon.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 487 by the Committee on Insurance an act related of insurance company

Assemblymember Calderon. You are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present AB487 which is the Assembly Insurance Committee's annual omnibus Bill that makes non controversial technical updates to the insurance code. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Calderon 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. Aye 69. No 0. The measure passes. We're going to pass. Reading 10 on file.

Item 59 brings us to file item 60. AB573 by Assemblymember Rogers.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 503 by Assemblymember Rogers and others an act related to tobacco.

Assemblymember Rogers, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB573 makes a modest increase in the tobacco retail license fee. It still is below that of cannabis. And alcohol and it'll better Fund enforcement for CDTFA. Currently, only about 11% of all retailers are inspected annually. That I ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Rogers. All debate having ceased. 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 55, noes 1. The measure passes. File item 61. AB598 by Assemblymember Gipson.

The Clerk will read Assembly Rule 598 by Assemblymember Gipson and others, an act related to school safety.

Assembly Member Gipson, you are recognized.

Mr. Speaker and members, Assembly Bill 598 seeks to establish school mapping technology, K through 12 campuses. School mapping technology will allow emergency responders to have access to school layout prior to entering campus. This bill received support-support. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Gipson. I'll debate having ceased, 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: 69; no: zero. The measure passes. We're going to pass and retain on File Item 62, 63. That brings us to File Item Number 64: AB 635 by Assembly Member Ahrens. The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 635 by Assembly Member Ahrens and others, an act relating to housing.

Assemblymember Ahrens, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 635 requires the California Department of. Housing and Community Development to refer to. The Attorney General to take up to the 25 of the most serious, harmful and economically significant alleged violations of the mobile home residency law. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Ahrens. All debate having ceased. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Quick, we'll close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 47. Those 10. The measure passes pass and retain them. File item 65. File. I'm 66.

AB651 by Assemblymember Bryan.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 651 by Assemblymember Brian and others an act related to juveniles.

Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise present AB 651, a family oriented Bill that ensures incarcerated parents can remotely participate in their child's dependency court hearings.

Currently incarcerated parents often waive their right to appear in person because transportation disrupts rehabilitation programs and good time calculations often pitting attending these hearings versus doing the work necessary to return home to your family to begin with. What? This Bill allows us for remote participation and utilizes existing state infrastructure that was put in place during the pandemic. I respectfully ask your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bryan. All debate having ceased. 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, aye 68. No 0. The measure passes. That brings us to file item 67.

AB 654 by Assembly Member Caloza. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 654 by Assembly Member Caloza, an act relating to homelessness.

Assembly Member Caloza, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. AB 654 addresses a gap in our homelessness programs in Los Angeles County by establishing a dedicated telephone system to provide direct assistance to individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

In the most recent homeless count, there were over 75,000 people experiencing homelessness in LA County, and so there is a desperate need for a centralized system that is dedicated to helping our most vulnerable and to get direct services. Respectfully ask for my colleagues' vote for AB 654.

Thank you, Assembly Member Caloza. All debate having ceased, 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; noes: 12. The measure passes. Pass and retain on File Item 68.

Item 68 brings us file item 69. AB 662 by Assemblymember Alvarez. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 662 by Assemblymember Alvarez an act relating to to post Secondary Education.

Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, colleagues, I rise to present Assembly Bill 662 for you today. For your consideration today, I'd like to begin by noting that this is one of the most important issues that I'm working on.

This is one of the issues that I was elected to by the community of Assembly District 80 and I appreciate the support I received on this issue over the last couple of years and I hope to receive your support today.

AB662 takes a critical step toward expanding access to higher education and more opportunities for students in the district that I represent. AB 662 seeks to address long standing educational inequities in the South San Diego County region which I represent by exploring the creation of a mixed use intersegmental institution of higher education in the City of Chula Vista.

Chula Vista is the second largest in San Diego, County, Second largest city in San Diego. County. With a population of over 250,000 people, it is the largest city in California without a public University institution offering baccalaureate degree programs to the students and families.

Well over half a million people in this region are without access and what we commonly refer to as a college desert. Many of you are familiar with the Master Plan for Higher Education. The Master Plan unfortunately did not contemplate situations like these for too long.

The absence of a four year public institution has limited educational and and economic opportunities that come with it. For the families that I represent.

The distance, cost and logistical burdens associated with attending universities outside the region have discouraged many from pursuing or completing a college degree, deepening existing inequities in higher education attainment and workforce readiness for the people that I represent.

For this reason, we have embarked on an ambitious project which envisions a binational multi institutional hub for higher education of innovation and collaboration between the University of California, the California State University System and our California Community Colleges.

So Assembly Bill 662 builds on this vision by establishing the South County Higher Education Task Force, a collaborative body that will bring together representatives from those institutions that I just mentioned, the City of Chula Vista, and other stakeholders to evaluate the governance model, funding mechanism and and any changes that are needed in law to bring such an institution to life.

Specifically, the task force will be asked to assess inter segmental collaboration and governance structures, identify sustainable funding sources for development and operations, recommending legislative solutions to remove barriers, and submitting a comprehensive report to the Legislature in order to achieve these this mission this legislation represents an important step along the way of reimagining how we expand access to public education.

Certainly in my region that's underserved, but perhaps in yours as well. It offers a thoughtful and inclusive process that will help guide long term solutions to one of the most pressing equity challenges in California's higher education landscape. And again, something that the Master Plan has missed.

So for that reason, I respectfully urge your support of Assembly Bill 662. And I appreciate your opportunity the opportunity to share with you about this very important project for my district.

Thank you. Assemblymember Alvarez Seeing and hearing no further debate, FERC 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. Aye 67 no 0 measure passes. File item number 70. AB 667 by Assemblymember Solache.

Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 667 by Assemblymember Solache. An act relating to professions and vocations.

Assemblymember Solache, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 667, the language access and Professional Licensing Act. This bill is modeled after the best practices of the boards will already provide this option to their applicants. A professional license can open doors for people to gain more employment, education and professional development.

All while boosting our economy. AB 667 will lead greater economic equity for our communities. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you Assemblymember Solache. 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 votes. Ayes 59, noes 1. The measure passes. Back to Mr. Haney. File item number 71 AB 669.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 669 by Assemblymember Haney an act related to health care coverage.

Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members California families pay hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars every month for health insurance expecting coverage when they need it. But some insurance companies are using corporate review panels to justify cutting off life saving addiction treatment. Even when medical professionals and patients themselves say continued care is necessary.

They use corporate review panels to rubber stamp denials even when patients clearly need ongoing treatment. More than 40% of opioid overdose deaths occur within two weeks of early treatment discharge, highlighting the deadly consequences of of premature insurance denials.

AB 669 closes this loophole by stopping insurance companies from cutting off addiction treatment early based on their own insurer appointed reviewers recommendations and ensures up to 28 days of uninterrupted addiction treatment for addiction patients. This will save lives and it has had bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Haney. I'll debate having ceased. 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 54 noes 3 the measure passes. File item 72 AB 670 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 670 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, an act relating to housing.

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. AB 670 strengthens housing stability for low-income renters and promotes affordable housing preservation by allowing local governments to count investments in preserving Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing--NOAH--towards their Housing Element Annual Report and progress reports. This bill is a support-support and I ask for your support.

Thank you, Assembly Member Quirk-Silva. All debate having ceased, 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: 64; no: zero. The measure passes.

Brings us to file item 73 AB 695 by Assemblymember Mike Fong.

Clerk will read Assembly Bill 695 by Assemblymember Fong an act related to Community Colleges.

Assemblymember Fong, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members Assembly Bill 695 establishes a process for California's community college students who are deported to continue their education online. This Bill will help students maintain their academic progress. Furthermore, students who are able to contribute will be able to contribute to the economy immediately if they are able to return to legal status. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you Celman Member Fong 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 50 nos 15 the measure passes pass and retain on file item 7475.

That brings us to File Item 76: AB 723 by Assembly Member Pellerin. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 723 by Assembly Member Pellerin, an act relating to real estate.

Assembly Member Pellerin, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. AB 723 requires that digitally staged or rendered images include a disclosure that the images have been altered and requires that the original photos be--photos be accessible to the consumer for images posted online. Members, a picture is worth a thousand words. Mr. Speaker, permission to use the prop?

Without objection.

So from my poster, you'll see an example of what this bill is trying to address. The bottom photo shows a beautiful kitchen. The top photo is what actually existed when the person showed up to tour the home. So this has been altered. This is reality.

So this bill will help inform and protect consumers in their quest for new housing. The bill received enthusiastic bipartisan support in Assembly Privacy and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Pellerin. Assembly Member DeMaio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of AB 723. I know that the Republican Caucus does currently have an opposed recommendation here. Can you--can we see the prop again? This is outrageous. If someone--

Without objection. Without objection.

If someone's in the market buying a home, time is valuable, and you're wasting someone's time if you're misrepresenting a home listing, and frankly, you know, realtors should not be proud of this practice because it's deceptive. Nobody would want to buy a home that has been deceptively marketed. So let's not waste people's time.

Let's make sure that we have some level of professionalism. This is not an a costly regulation. This is a professional standard that everyone should be automatically adhering to. It's a surprise that we even have to pass a bill to require it. I thank the author for bringing it forward. I know that you had some personal experience with this scam. I urge an aye vote on AB 723, notwithstanding the caucus's--in my opinion--misguided recommendation.

Thank you, Assembly Member DeMaio. Assembly Member Tangipa, you are, you are recognized.

As a realtor, I think this is an easy standard to meet, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote on this.

Thank you, Assembly Member Tangipa. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Assembly Member Pellerin, do you wish to close?

I appreciate my colleagues' comments, and again, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Pellerin. All debate having ceased, 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: 55; noes: two. The measure passes.

That brings us to file item 77, AB 727 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez. Majority Whip. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 727 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez and others an act related to the pupil and student safety.

Mr. Whip, you are recognized. Thank you. Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Today I rise to present AB 727 an LGBT caucus priority Bill and I want to wish everybody a happy pride as hate and discrimination rise across this nation.

LGBTQ + youth have now become a target of the federal Administration and now targeting the 988 hotline, especially the services that support LGBT plus youth, mental health services. Our community, especially our youth, are being exploited by political opportunists more focused on gaining media attention and social media clout than representing their constituents and addressing real issues.

Well, those actions have consequences. AB 727 is a simple Bill that will put the Trevor Project suicide hotline on the back of student ID cards, increasing access and increasing visibility of LGBT specific resources for our queer communities. And we did amend the Bill much.

To many people who we know need it the most, we did amend the Bill. But to those who raise concerns about religious schools, I hear you. I understand the importance of faith traditions, but I also believe that our faith compels us to do more, not less, for the most vulnerable.

In Matthew 25:40, it says, Whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. That verse doesn't come with conditions. It doesn't say only if they fit your image. It says, whoever, because Christ's love is boundless. This Bill is not about silencing faith. It's about saving lives.

It's about making sure that every child, regardless of who they are, knows they are worthy of love, care, and of protection. This place, this capital that we call Sacramento, is not just where laws are made.

It should also be where mercy is shown, where justice is lifted up, and where love of thy neighbor is made real in the lives of our people. People, now is not the time for fear or division. Now is the time to be the Good Samaritan, to cross the road, to bind the wounds, to say, you matter.

You are not alone. Our LGBT plus students deserve more than words. They too are bearing their own Cross. They deserve action. They deserve life. With that, I respectfully and prayfully ask for your aye vote.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a gay Republican, I rise in strong opposition to AB 727. That has nothing to do with whether we support our LGBT students. As of right now, we do have on student identification cards a resource for mental health services.

What this Bill would do is in essence impose a requirement that we support a political organization with left wing political views and advertise that organization to students. This is inappropriate.

If anyone in our caucus, in the Republican caucus came before this body and said, let's put the NRA on every driver's license, you would object to government mandated promotion of an organization that you may or may not support. And I would respect that objection.

Here you have children that are going to be given basically advertising for a group that has very controversial programs and very controversial views. We have appropriate mental health support services for our students, appropriately promoted. But this is going way too far.

And no, it's not anti gay to oppose this sort of political marketing being added to student identification cards. So please, this is a bridge too far. Vote no on AB 727.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the author's intent of helping our children who might be in a place of crisis. But there's no way, no how we should be putting the Trevor projects phone number on every kid's identification in this state. I know that my colleague from San Diego used the nra and I know maybe some of you disagreed with that. But what if we use something like a pregnancy center?

What if we put the pregnancy center's phone numbers on every ID to assist an individual who is facing crisis and doesn't know what to do when they become pregnant. I believe you would object to that. Just as you should object to putting this on the identification of every child's ID in the State of California.

And by the way, we have declining and not everybody, not every California parent subscribes to putting a phone number like this on an ID. And we constantly are talking about in this state about declining enrollment. And I promise you that there will be individuals that now their kids aren't even going to have their ID.

Whether you agree with that or not, and people will leave schools is just another reason why people are going to leave public schools, which I'm a huge supporter of.

I think we need more kids to have trust and more Parents to have trust in our public school and we shouldn't be sowing seeds of distress and in our public education system. With that, I ask for a no vote.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of AB 727 and thank our colleague from Los Angeles and Member of our LGBT caucus for introducing this important piece of legislation. But note, I appreciate as well, our Governor has signaled his interest in being able to receive this Bill to his desk because it's absolutely critical.

The work that the Trevor Project does is becoming national standard bearer to be able to support the mental health and well being, particularly of LGBTQ youth. But all youth that are suffering from mental health crises or questions that are really challenging them on their advocacy, the research, the peer support and the public education, they are second to none for the services that they're able to provide.

And so there is no, I think there is no hesitation that we should have to be able to support and help our youth that need to be able to have these critical life saving services accessible at their fingertips.

And particularly for LGBTQ youth that have higher disparities, more than two fold the rates of depression and more than threefold the rates of suicide compared to their, their, their non LGBTQ peers.

I think that we should be doing everything that we can to be able to make sure at least this resource is available at their fingertips for the moments that these, these, these doubts or these questions come into their mind. I want to thank the author again for introducing this Bill because it will save lives.

It is abhorable, abhorrent that we are comparing this to the NRA or some other organization which by the way, harms more Americans from their advocacy. So I want to commend again the author for bringing this forward and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to my colleague from San Diego for those words. I don't understand why we are so afraid to put LGBT resources in the back of student ID cards, especially from a gay Republican who's talking about the nra. Who ends lives, doesn't save them for a political party who's all about pro life.

They just exhibited the fact that they want to end lives. This is about saving lives. Because this federal Administration doesn't want to showcase the fact that that's what this hotline does. It's not about the Trevor Project. So anybody who feels that way, anybody who's thinking about. About taking their life. They can call 866-488-7386 or text 678-678.

This is a lifeline, and we need this today. And I ask you to vote aye thank you.

Thank you. Assemblymember Gonzalez. All debate having ceased, 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, 54. Noes, 12. The measure passes. File item 78, AB 736 by Assemblymember Wicks. Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 736 by Assemblymember Wicks and others. An act relating to housing by providing the funds necessary, therefore, through an election, for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling of disposition of those funds and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members, I rise to proudly present to you AB 736, the affordable housing bond of 2026. This bill would place a bond on the June 2026 ballot to raise $10 billion for affordable housing that our state so desperately needs.

As we go home to our districts on the weekend, I know many of us have conversations and we see firsthand the housing crisis and what is happening in our communities. We have 187,000 folks experiencing homelessness every single night here in California. Two thirds of our lower income renters are completely rent burdened.

We have the worst, sorry, second worst homeownership rates in the country, 49th out of 50th. And the state says we need to build 1.2 million units of affordable housing to address this crisis. We have a long way to go and there's a lot we need to do.

We need to do a lot of the streamlining and permitting reform work that we are doing to make it easier to build. That is critical. We also have to invest in affordable housing for our families that so desperately need a roof over their head. What this bond will do, it places money in our multifamily housing program.

It's our- It's our- our sort of our state's workhorse when it comes to affordable housing. It puts money into permanent supportive housing, into home ownership programs, into tribal housing, farm worker housing and other really critical programs that we know serve our state and our communities. You know, right now in California, we have 45,000 units that are shovel ready.

They are ready to go. They have gone through the gauntlet. That is the permitting process. They are waiting to be built. We don't have the money for it. That's 45,000 families who- who could be served by these units if we could just fund and just invest in those projects. We know what this money will do.

It's 40,000 new homes, for folks who need it, that are deed restricted for 55 years. It'll rehab 5,000 units that need rehabilitation and it will create 13,000 new first time homeownership opportunities.

When we talk about these numbers, often what gets lost in the debate is we're talking about dollars and cents, but we're also talking about families, families who need a roof over their head. And I know I've told some of you my own story. You know, I don't come from a lot. I grew up in a trailer.

I was embarrassed about that when I was a kid. You know, I didn't want to invite people over because I was embarrassed about the roof over my head. But as I grew up, I realized that that roof provided me housing security. That trailer provided for me housing security. That enabled me to go to community college.

That enabled me to then go work for President Obama for six years. I had that housing security. And for so many people in our communities, particularly our brown and black folks, that is an opportunity not afforded to them.

So it is incumbent upon us here in the state to make sure that we are putting our money where our mouth is and we're investing in these programs. Voting for this today says you want the voters of California to have the opportunity to decide that they want to support this with a bond on the ballot.

That's what the vote is today. So respectfully, I ask for an aye vote.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members, I think my colleague from Oakland said it incredibly well. This is us responding to the most important concern that all of our constituents have. This is true. Whether you're in rural area or suburban or an urban area like San Francisco. The number one issue for Californians is the cost of living.

And their number one cost of living concern is the cost of housing. The first of the month just passed, and for many Californians, millions of Californians, that was a time of great concern and anxiety. As you heard, we have the most rent burdened renters and homes in California are more expensive than anyone else. This will help.

We have to do the streamlining. We have to do the zoning. We have to do these reforms that we've all supported and led on. But we also have to invest in affordable housing. 42,000 new units of deeply affordable housing.

And this is also responsive to what our cities are telling us, which is that they want to meet the goals that we've set for them, but they need support. They need funding. Let's pass this housing bond, get it on the ballot, and allow the voters to have a say.

Thank you again, proud joint author, and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, last year, maybe the year before, I don't know how many times it's been up, but I opposed this measurement in the past. And after committee, I voted in support of this measure. And the Republican leader, the fine Member from Nicholas, blurts out, somebody's gotta watch the money around here.

So I still love you. See? Oh, he left. He didn't even want to hear me. Still love you. But I gotta say, look, some of these things have already been pointed out. Housing is one of the number one issues that people talk about, especially the younger that you get.

I purchased my first home when I was 26 years old, when we were able to put 3% down on a house. And I felt like putting down $9,000 was a ton of money.

But I talk to people on my staff, I talk to people in the community who are around that same age, and nobody can afford to buy a house. I can barely afford to buy a house at today's prices.

But one of the other thing is, I don't agree with everything in this measure, all the things that will be funded, but some of the programs that are being funded are currently used by local governments right now to help seniors in our communities and also those with disabilities. These are some of the most successful programs.

In fact, I remember allocating some of these funds when I was on the Rockland City Council, and they were very successful. So I've kind of bought into this notion about housing being infrastructure, just like roads, just like dams. And Republicans have consistently supported infrastructure in this state, bonds for that.

And so this goes into that same type of messaging. But also what I would say is this doesn't really do anything except give an opportunity for the voters to decide. And I think that's really where I'm putting my hat on this.

If the voters don't want this, despite them saying housing is one of the most important things to them, if the voters don't want it, they can vote no. Why would we deprive them the opportunity to put a bond like this on the ballot? And with that, I ask for an aye vote.

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

As much as I respect and agree many times with my friend and colleague from Rockland, I rise in strong opposition to AB 736. And where to begin? California has a fiscal crisis. We're up against our debt limit.

So now we're going to take out the credit card and say, well, let's do $10 billion more and the politicians of this state have a really, really low credibility ranking when it comes to how you have used bond proceeds in the past. People don't trust the political system to keep promises relating to these bonds.

Think about the water bond. Voters were promised that we would build water infrastructure and that hasn't happened. Think about high speed rail. They were promised we would get private investment for that investment, that bond issuance. And it was a bait and switch. It was one of the.

It is still today one of the most egregious boondoggles and wastes of taxpayer money. The bonds have got to stop. You got to read the room. There is no credibility in this body when it relates to. No credibility or trust when it relates to the use of bond proceeds. What are bonds?

They're basically the credit card along with a bunch of strings like project labor agreements, prevailing wage to basically allow grift to happen throughout the state. Every single bond issuance is- is a boondoggle for these special interests. If we really wanted to deal with housing costs, we would make California attractive again for housing investment.

You want money, not just $10 billion. You want $100 billion. You want $250 billion of investment over the span of the next decade. Make California attractive again for housing investment.

We have choked off private commercial finance and investment in our state because it's a high risk state and, and frankly, the cost of building anything out here is prohibitively expensive. This legislature started in December with a commitment to reduce cost of living. And now the best we have to offer is take out a credit card.

$10 billion of taxpayer money. That doesn't make things more affordable. It wastes more money on a high cost of operating that we have still yet to address. So I urge my colleagues, no credit cards. Let's get to the root cause of the problem. Reduce the cost of housing. Make California attractive again for private investment.

Vote no on AB 736.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the Member from Oakland for her steadfast leadership on this issue. Colleagues, it's time for us to deliver. It's time for us to deliver for our constituents. It's time for us to deliver on what is in the top two issues of the people of California.

And it's time for us to clean up the mess that decades of neglect have caused when it comes to housing. We need to set up the next generation up for success. An overwhelming majority of people recognize that we're simply not setting up the people, the next generation up for success. And it starts with housing.

We need to be able to guarantee stable, healthy and dignified and affordable housing for all people of California. And if we cannot do that, then we're simply not doing our job as a legislature. We've got to do better, we've got to do more.

And it starts with making sure that we are delivering on the issues that are a key problem for the people of California. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Jackson. Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members, as the chair of Budget Sub 5, which includes housing and homelessness and understanding the budget that all housing has been zeroed out in the state budget across all items, I stand as a proud joint author of AB 736, which would put a $10 billion bond on the June 26 ballot to fund affordable housing programs.

Now, members, I don't disagree with my colleague who is concerned about all of the bonds that we have put forward about how this bond debtness will play out in the future related to budgets. But there is a time where we cannot wait. We have been sounding the alarm for several years about the housing crisis in California.

Every poll shows whether it's Republican or Democrat, that people are concerned about not only housing, but how many dollars that they use in their own personal budgets each month for either rent or mortgages.

We know that there's generations now, not one generation, but more than one generation of young individuals that, that feel that California is not the place they're going to call home simply because it is unaffordable.

We know that people have left California and yet they want to be in California for many of the reasons we want to be in California, the jobs, the locations. And many Californians are driving now 1, 2 or even three hours commuting to live in a more affordable place. $10 billion seems like a lot of dollars.

And if this bond is passed, we certainly must implement transparency and accountability regarding how we use these funds. How many units will be built? How fast will they be built? These are important elements. But if we do nothing, we will feed right into what we have seen happen.

Now, which is the fastest growing number of individuals falling into homelessness is what? Who knows? You don't have to answer. But most of you know it's women, senior women falling into homelessness. I don't always agree with my colleagues on the right, but what I can say is none of us like encampments.

None of us like seeing homeless individuals wandering around the streets who seem to be mentally ill or have drug addiction issues. But they are not the only homeless. There are young families, there are women who are delivering babies out on the streets.

This bond will build tens of thousands of affordable homes, open the doors to that elusive home ownership, and support housing for those that yes, who are facing homelessness. It will be up to the voters and it will be up to us to ensure that those dollars are used wisely, not recklessly.

So with that, let's build a stronger California together. A place where more people can call California home, home and go home to indeed a home. I respectfully ask your vote for AB 736.

Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Assemblymember Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Members, I want to thank our- our author from Oakland and the joint authors who've been working on this issue for so many years to get to this point. I'm a proud co author of AB 736 living in the most expensive housing market in the nation.

Even when you consider the City of San Jose being a city of almost a million people and yet a one bedroom apartment is over $4,000 a month and just the median home price over $1.5 million. It is unsustainable. And the time to act was yesterday. But the second best time to act is now.

And that's what we're here to do. And the- the reality is that when you talk about that kind of investment or that kind of bond dollars going into the community, the investment it brings can be enormous.

A state dollar invested in affordable housing rent and affordable rental housing can leverage a ratio of of more than 4 to 1 in investment. We've seen that play out in the past in Santa Clara County with their 2016 measure. It attracted hundreds of millions of dollars of additional investment on top of what was bonded.

And they are exceeding their goal number of housing units by over a thousand. Those are permanent homes that thousands of families now currently live in because that investment was made at a county level.

With the statewide investment, we can multiply those numbers dramatically and help our local jurisdiction housing developers meet the goals that we want them to meet by actually giving them some resources to help finance some of those projects. And so this is the most urgent issue that we face as a state that our constituents tell us about.

The number one driver of cost of living expenses is housing expenses for our constituents. The time is now to put this before the voters and convince them and- and work with our local jurisdictions to ensure that this bond not only makes for the ballot, but gets passed so that we can start building these homes. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise as a co author of Assembly Bill 736 asking for your support of this bill. I think this bill is an example of the approach that we have taken, particularly in this body, which is a multi pronged approach to addressing the issue of the housing crisis in California.

There are plenty of bills, and I count myself as one of the many authors and members of this assembly over the last several years, this year as well, that have introduced legislation to make it easier, faster, more expeditious and cheaper to build housing. And we must continue to do that work.

But the reality is also that even if we do that the solution to the housing crisis is not just making it easier and faster to build housing. It's also to ensure that we have the resources so that the population of the state, which requires subsidies. And I am okay with that. It is not a bad word.

There are some people, unfortunately in this state who need subsidized housing. This- This funding, this bond will allow for funding to support housing for that population. There are places like San Diego County now where you are making almost $100,000 and you are considered low income because it has become so expensive to live in the State of California.

That means there are people who are recent college graduates, certainly families and valuable people to our economy, for example, in the service industry that cannot afford to live if they do not have subsidized affordable housing. I am okay with that.

It's an investment that I think is a value that we hold dearly in California and that this bond will allow that investment and that value to continue with the support of the voters.

I am- I am confident that the voters will see that we will have done our part in trying to make it easier every single year with multiple pieces of legislation to build housing, but also that we are doing our part to help build and pay for the housing.

Because if we don't pay for it as a society, then individuals will have to pay for it when they are buying their home or when they are renting and then it's on the backs of them. This is a problem that is a problem for all of us and it takes all of us to solve it.

For that reason, I thank the author and proud to be a co author and respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 736. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I rise in strong opposition to this bill because of the template that we've seen before us. $36 billion spent, 180,000 homeless individuals in the State of California and a continuing rise that it actually would have been better to give those homeless individuals almost $200,000 apiece for down payment assistance.

And the reason why I speak about this so personally is because less than a decade ago I was living in a 1996 Volkswagen Passat that my father traded a piece of equipment for because we had a choice in my family, either I was going to go homeless or they were going to go homeless.

And the current model we have in this state is not working. And more money is not a solution. We've got to completely revamp this entire approach that we've seen here in the State of California for what we can do. And I truly thank the author for her priorities and for what she looks at.

But until we completely, completely reform what we have done here in this state and what this legislature has done, we have to do something different. Homeless is continually rising and more money is not the solution here in the State of California.

We've got to find another approach before we put this on the back of more Californians who can't afford an ever increasing debt that really hurts the next generation when we can't even meet our bills today. So I respectfully rise in opposition to this.

I really do thank the author for her approach, for trying to find solutions that and I ask for a no vote today.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I rise in support of AB 736. It's refreshing to hear that my colleague is in favor of universal basic income and direct cash assistance for folks who need it. That's definitely something we should explore going forward. I have lived in six different addresses in the last seven years in my district.

It's an incredibly tough time for tenants and we have more six figure incomes in rental units than we've ever had in our state's history. And part of that is because of our housing stock, our housing supply not meeting the demand of our state.

We have cut more red tape to build housing in the last two years than in the last 20 years in the legislature. And now it's time to step up and build the homes that Californians need. That's what this affordable housing bond is seeking to do.

And I want to thank my colleague from the Bay Area for bringing this bill forward. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you Assemblymember Bryan, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. And as one of the more fiscally conservative Democrats who struggles with housing policy, you. You'll all be surprised to learn that I'm rising in strong support of AB 736. But that's for a couple reasons. One is that we are struggling to build housing in my community.

A starter home on my street just went on the market. Classic starter home. Someone who had lived in it their whole lives hasn't been touched. Two bedroom house, $1.9 million for that starter home in my community. The condos that are being built in my community are also going for over $2 million.

The cost of housing in California is our greatest affordability problem. And when I talk to the wise people that I take counsel from on this issue, the thing they say is most needed is the resources is what is in this bill. And I want to be clear. It's a bond. It can only be used for infrastructure.

It cannot be used for services, which was what my colleague from across the aisle was discussing, which I think we should have serious conversations about the way our homeless services dollars are being spent because we aren't getting the return on that investment that we need. But that is actually different than the conversation we're having today.

And like I said, I represent a fiscally conservative district. And what this does is it allows them to decide, is this how they want their dollars spent? I'm not actually deciding for them. And that makes this incredibly easy. So we will see what Californians decide.

But I think we should give them the opportunity to have these houses be built. With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan. Assemblymember Bennett, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In the rest of the first world, national governments fund affordable housing in their countries. We are one of the few first world countries where the Federal Government does not step up and fund the actual construction of significant amounts of affordable and public housing. This is the attempt by the State

of California to try to fill in that gap and to give voters the opportunity to do that. The one great advantage of this bill is it gives us the resources and it more clearly ties these resources to affordable housing construction, which will not happen from the private market.

If we don't have public funds, we will never be able to incentivize enough affordable housing out there in the marketplace. I strongly encourage an aye vote. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members. And thank you everyone who has voiced support and even the opposition. I welcome the dobust- the robust debate here on the floor of the Assembly. And to my colleagues who expressed concern, I agree we need more certainty in the market. Absolutely.

And I've been steadfast on that in my seven years in the legislature. And in fact, we have a 22 bill package, the fast track housing package, which is sticking to exactly just that. And it is my hope and expectation then that maybe then there would be support across the aisle on that entire bill package to do that.

To folks who express concern about the bond. I do believe bonds should be judicious and should be for our top priorities. That is what the need for housing is, a top priority. That is why I so strongly believe in this. I also believe we need robust accountability with these bond monies and the programs that they fund.

There is baked in robust accountability for the programs this would fund. And how do we know that? We know that because we passed a bond in 2018, a housing bond that is now out of resources that has been wildly successful. It has resulted in housing for members of our community that need it so desperately.

We know the proof's in the pudding. The math is there. It's been successful. Let's double down on that. Let's double down on what we know works, and that is public investments. I also would love to give $200,000 a pop to folks who need it for first time down payment assistance as was recommended.

And I do agree if there's a UBI conversation, let's have that with folks supporting from the other side of the aisle there. But the truth of the matter is, even if we did that, there's no housing supply. Where would that money go? We need the units. We have to do housing production. That is what this is about.

It's about building more units for our families who need it desperately in our communities. And I want to thank my colleague from Rockland. I agree completely. Housing is infrastructure. Housing is also, in my opinion, a human right. We have to do all the streamlining that we need to do. We also have to do the public investments.

So with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Wicks. All debate having ceased, 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, 61. Noes, 11. The measure passes. Excuse me. Ayes, 61. Noes,11 on the urgency. Ayes, 61. Noes,

11 on the measure. The measure passes. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Members. We have dispensed with 32 items. Let's keep the pace going. We're- You're all doing a great job. Thank you.

Okay. I thought you were going to announce lunch. Members, we're going to break for Democratic and Republican caucus meetings right now. Democratic Members will be meeting in the Members lounge. Republican Members will be meeting in Capitol Room 125. We are resuming business at 1:30. Please. We will recess under call. The quorum call is still in place.

All members are to remain on the green carpet or in room 125.

Miss Rubio. Vote change. Mike Fong for Miss Rubio. Vote change. Hello. zero, there we go. Rubio. AB 917 from aye to not voting vote change. Assemblymember Rubio. Assembly Bill 917 aye to not voting. Vote change for Mr. Tangipa. Vote change ACR 40 from the Co author from no to not voting.

Vote change. Assembly Member Tangipa Assembly concurrent Resolution 30 co authors no to not voting. Vote change for Mr. Gipson. AB 485 from not voting to aye vote.

Members, we are going to continue with business on the daily file. We dispense with File item number 78. That brings us to file item 79. We're going to pass. Maintain on 79. File item 80. Just a moment, Mr. Fong. Mr. Fong, I'm going to come back to you.

That's a 54 vote Bill passed temporarily on file item number 80. Passed and retained on file item 81. File item 82. AB798 by Assemblymember Calderon.

The clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 798 by Assembly Member Calderon, an act relating to children's health.

Assembly Member Calderon, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 798, which adds children's diapers and wipes to the State Emergency Food Bank Reserve program for distribution during a state of emergency. This bill ensures Californians won't have to choose between basic necessities or providing diapers for their children when disaster strikes. This bill has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Calderon. 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; no: zero. The measure passes. File Item 83: AB 821 by Assembly Member Gipson.

The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 821 by Assemblymember Gipson an act related to to pupil instruction.

Assemblymember Gipson, you are recognized.

Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 821. Career technical education. Empowers high school students with the skill and the knowledge they need to employ to explore a career technical education. This Bill has received bipartisan support. It supports support. Respectfully asked when aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Gibson. Singing 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 tally. The votes. Ayes 56. No, zero. The measure passes. File item number 84, AB824 by Assemblymember Stephanie.

The Clerk will read. Assembly Bill 824. By Assembly Member Stefani. An acclaim to protective orders.

Governor Stefani, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'm proud to present AB 824, which improves awareness of a petitioner's right to appear remotely during protective order hearings and strengthens our laws by requiring individuals prohibited from possessing firearms to also relinquish any ammunition in their possession.

This bill was inspired by a preventable tragedy last November when a couple seeking to extend a restraining order was shot and killed by a woman's ex partner just outside the courthouse. Law enforcement had been unable to serve the ex partner with the temporary restraining order, and he had not yet been disarmed.

He knew the exact time and place of the hearing, giving him the opportunity to carry out this devastating act. Protective order cases often involve volatile and dangerous circumstances. We can help prevent tragedies like this by ensuring survivors or are fully informed of their right to participate in these hearings remotely at no cost.

There's no opposition to this bill, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Stephanie. 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. Aye. 60. No, zero. The measure passes. File item number 85. 845.

AB 845 by Assemblymember Arambula. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Bill 845 by Assemblymember Arambula an act related to of employment.