Assembly Floor

Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Wallace notices the absence of a quorum. Sergeant, arms will prepare the chamber. Bring in the absent Members. Clerk will call the roll.

[Roll Call]

Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for today's prayer. Reverend Oshita will offer today's prayer. Reverend Oshita.

Please join me in a moment of reflection. Hundreds of people were enjoying the 4th of July weekend in Kerr County, Texas. Perhaps they were on a family vacation or enjoying a much anticipated children's summer camp. Maybe it was an unplanned weekend getaway. Then tragedy struck.

Our hearts continue to ache as we hear the updates from the flooding just northwest of San Antonio. At last report, 173 people were still missing and the loss of life were confirmed at 119. So many of them children.

I've come to know that even if we have months to prepare for the loss of someone we love, when that time comes, deep in our hearts we know there is no preparing for what we never wanted to come to pass. In an instant, our entire life changes. Time just stops.

And how we think and how we feel changes. Sometimes we can't eat. At times we can't breathe. We are never the same again. How much more devastating when the loss is caused by an unforeseen disaster is wrenching to imagine the heartaches of the hundreds and hundreds of families who are grieving, still numb with disbelief.

This past Monday, we opened our floor session with a moment of silence for the victims of the tragedy in Texas. As we encouraged before, let every moment of silence we share also be our wake up call. That in an instant our lives can be blindsided by tragedy.

In realizing again that life holds no guarantee of tomorrow, our wisdom eyes open and we know that we must hold close the people we love while we have them love them and thank them now, not tomorrow or the next time. We see them with wisdom, eyes open.

We know again not to take for granted the time we have to be together. Namwami Let us live with kindness and gratitude beyond words.

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

Members, please join me in reciting our nation's pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag.

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

Chamber Sacramento Wednesday, June 42025 the Assembly met at 10am The Honorable Josh Lowndahl, Speaker Pro temporary of the Assembly presiding Chief Clerk Sue Parker at the desk reading Clerk David A. Bowman Reading

Assembly Majority Leader Garcia moves and Ms. Sanchez seconds that the reading of the presentation 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 for legislative business, Assemblymember Bauer, Cahan for illness, Speaker Revis and Assembly Member Flora. Now on to procedural motions. Assistant Majority Leader Garcia, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 45.5 to allow Assembly Members DeMaio, Patel, Alvarez, Boerner, Kalera, Calderon, Crell and Ramos to speak on an adjournment in Memory today

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly rule 118A to allow Assembly Members Garcia and and Nguyen to have a guest seated at their desk today and to allow Assembly Member Soria to have guests in the rear of chamber today.

At the request of the author, please remove file item 86 SB864, Committee on Governmental Organization from the consent calendar and move the Bill to the inactive file circle note. Pursuant to Assembly Rule 51, I request unanimous consent to refer SB540 Becker to the utilities and Energy Committee and Appropriations Committee

Without objection. Such shall be the order.

Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to re refer the following bills to Committee SB 14 Blake Spear from Governmental Organization Committee to the Appropriations Committee SB 727 Mcguire from the Natural Resources Committee to the Appropriations Committee and SB777 Richardson from the local Government Committee to the Appropriations Committee. That objection such shall be the order.

At the request of the author, please remove file item 78 ACR 71 Kalera from the consent Calendar I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the following committees to notice bills Pending re referral Judiciary Committee to notice SB830 for their hearing on Tuesday, July 15 pending re referral from the Natural Resources Committee Communications and Conveyance Committee to notice SB371 Cavalon for their hearing on Wednesday, July 16 pending re referral from the Insurance Committee and Local Government Committee to notice SB781 Reyes for their hearing on Wednesday, July 16th pending re referral from the Economic Development, Growth and Household Impact Committee .

Without objection Such shall be the order. Members, we are going to do some guest introductions at this time. There are a few Members that we are waiting upon to hit the floor so we can do their guest introductions. But in the meantime, Assemblymember Castillo is ready. You are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, today we are joined by the Harupa Community Services District. JCSD manages over 240 acres of parks, including 15 parks, multiple sports courts and fields, playgrounds, skate parks, trails, splash pads and community center spaces in Harupa Valley and and Eastvale.

I am proud to say that JCSD is one of California's premier parks and recreation providers, winning multiple merit based awards and being consistently acknowledged for their excellence. It is with great pride that I recognize the Harupa Community Services District for its leadership, innovation and dedication to public service.

Colleagues, please join me in welcoming the JCSD Board of Directors and General Manager as we as well as integral departments, directors and support staff to the California State Assembly today. And they are located over here in the gallery.

Members, while we're waiting for other Members and their guest introductions, please welcome. Former Assemblymember Christina Garcia is in the rear of the chamber. I see. Welcome back. Okay, Assemblymember Soria, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members, today I am honored to introduce my guest to the Assembly floor, Samantha Sillers of Kalinga in my district. For those of you who don't follow farming or ag news, I know that's only that's only a few of you because you're not really cool or hip.

You guys don't follow ag unless you follow really what is happening in our district. So for those of you who don't know Samantha was selected among 55 candidates across the country as the winner of the National Futures Farmers of America Tractor Supply four year scholarship. The only student in California to receive this type of recognition.

A cool thing about Kalinga, where Samantha is from is that their high school has a community student farm. And even though Samantha initially what I learned, she wasn't fully on board when it came to FFA activities, it was really her mom who encouraged her to give it a try and she fell in love with it.

Early in her high school year, Samantha would take on an issue that few talk about, few know about, and even fewer people want to discuss mental health issues within the ag and farming industry.

For those of you that don't know, let me remind you, farmers and growers are three times more likely to die by suicide than any other career path. So what does Samantha do as a sophomore in high school? Once she learns about this, she leans in and decides to tackle the issue head on.

Samantha would soon build and manage a social media page dedicated to spreading awareness and resources regarding mental health issues within the ag and farming industries. And she started this only as a sophomore in high school. Now, Kalinga, much like Fireball, Livingston, Huron, Mendota and several other communities in my district, are reliant and dependent on agriculture.

Samantha was born and raised in an ag town and its students like her that honor these communities by immersing themselves into an industry that is so important to not just her hometown in my district, but our entire State of California. It's clear Samantha's dedication and passion for agriculture paid off.

And now she has funding to put towards her college education. Along with other several scholarships Samantha has been awarded from Harris Ranch, Westlands Water District, Tri Counties bank and others. I think it's safe to say money will not be a concern for her when she attends Kansas State this fall.

Congratulations again and we wish you the best of luck at Kansas State this fall. But come back to the Valley because the Valley needs you. And so let's give this wonderful young woman a warm welcome and round of applause in her accomplishments.

Thank you for your work, Samantha.

Okay, continuing on, Assemblymember Papan. Assemblymember Papan, you are recognized for your guest introduction from the Majority Leader's desk.

Oh my gosh. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Well should be no shock to anyone that here Cash also has a passion for robotics and is a Member of the Atwater High School Robotics Club along With the associated student body and does theater. He will graduate also.

Today I am so pleased to present 8021's finest. My interns who came up from the district office. We've got Ethan Wong, Friedrich Plankensteiner, Jordan Hosner, and Shreya Manu. Welcome you guys and thanks for all the work you've done this summer. I can't wait to celebrate a little more today. Give it up for A.D. 21 people.

Thank you to all our amazing interns. Assemblymember Coloza, you are recognized for your guest introduction.

Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, colleagues, good morning. As a Chair of the Asia California Trade and Investment Select Committee, I am so excited to introduce a delegation of Japanese business leaders who are here from across California, across the country as well as from Japan.

They're up there in the gallery represented is the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California. And they are an organization that has about 270 Members of Japan affiliated and California based businesses as well as the Japanese Business Association of Southern California, also known as JBA. And that's comprised of nearly 420 Japanese corporations doing business across California.

The Japanese business community invests nearly $14 billion and contributes to our GDP and our economy. And so thank you for your investment in California. I look forward to working with you on the Select Committee. And welcome to the California State Assembly.

Welcome. Welcome to the California Assembly. Assemblymember Soria, you are recognized for another guest introduction.

Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members. Again I'd like to welcome another guest today to the Assembly floor. And that is Mr. Cashley Jones. He comes from Atwater in Merced county who at the very young age of 16 as a recent graduate of Atwater High School, was accepted to Stanford University.

Cash will be skipping his senior year to attend Stanford this fall. And so when Cash was in seventh grade, he started taking college level courses at Merced City College. Little did his friends know, little did his teachers know, and ever most his family know. But secretly Cash had his eyes set on Stanford University. Since he was little.

It was his dream. And his dream has come true this fall. As many of you know, I had some guests earlier this year that we recognize for being world breaking world records in robotics and put the Central Valley on the map when it comes to robotics and stem.

What is very impressive of this young man will graduate from Merced City College with an AA in history and economics. He graduated earlier this year and from Atwater High School earlier, as I mentioned, to attend Stanford. And he graduated as valedictorian.

So, Members, I want to please welcome Mr. Cashley Jones to the Assembly for and recognizing his hard work in our Valley. He's now leaving to go to Stanford, but we're hoping he will also come back to the Valley to make a difference in our community.

And we want to congratulate him for all his accomplishments at such a young age.

Okay, Members, we are moving on to business on the daily file. If I could have decorum, please. Second reading file items number one through 24. The Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 1533 with amendments. Senate Bill 410 with amendments. 471 with amendments. 464 with amendment 771 with amendments 303. 323 with amendments. 494 with amendment 761 with amendments. 503 with amendments. 255, 361, 385, 387, 428, 602, 648, 652, 693, 788, 823, 495 with amendments and Senate Bill 68 with amendments.

All bills will be deemed read and all amendments will be deemed adopted. We are moving on to items on concurrence, concurrence and Senate amendments. File items 25 through 31. We're going to pass. Orient hand on file items 25, 26, 27. That gets us to file item number 28. Members, cabinet decorum, please. Let's listen to our Author.

File item 28. That's AB390 by Assemblymember Wilson.

The Clerk will read assembly bill 390 by assembly member Wilson and others and accolades of vehicles.

Assemblymember Wilson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members, I rise to present AB 390, which is on concurrence. This bill expands California slow down move over law to any stationary vehicle that may find itself operating or stranded on the side of the road. This bill earned bipartisan backing in both chambers and was subject to a nonsubstantive amendment in the senate.

And with that I thank you and respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, assembly member Wilson. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 60 nos 0 senate amendments are concurred herein. Concurred in. Herein concurred in. They are concurred.

We will be passing and retaining on file items 29 and 30. That brings us to file item number 31. That's AB 1478 by Assemblymember Hoover. Clerk will read

Assembly Bill 1478 by Assemblymember Hoover an act relating to recycling.

Assemblymember Hoover, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 1478 is back on concurrence with minor technical amendments. The Bill would simply allow retailers to absorb mattress recycling fees instead of passing these fees on to consumers. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Hoover. 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 63. No 0. Senate amendments are concured in.

Assistant Majority Leader Garcia, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Local Government Committee to notice SB 802, Ashby, for their hearing on Wednesday, July 16th pending re-referral from the Housing and Community Development Committee. Recent amendments update the referral of this bill.

Without objection, such shall be the order. Okay, Members, we are now onto the Assembly third reading file. We're going to pass and retain on file items 32, 33, 34. That is going to get us to file item number 35. That's AJR 12, presented by Assembly Member Hadwick. Clerk will read.

Assembly Joint Resolution 12 by Assembly Member Ahrens and others, relative to Head Start Program.

Assembly Member Hadwick, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today not just as a Legislator, but as someone whose life was shaped by the very program we've been fighting to protect. Head Start. My colleague from Sunnyville and I are Proud to present AJR12.

AJR12 recognizes May 2025 as Head Start Month and calls on the US Congress and President to protect and increase funding for the Head Start program. Head Start provides the poorest, least advantaged kids with early childhood education as well as health, nutrition, social, emotional, behavioral and dental services.

Head Start programs serve more than 80,000 California kids and their families while employing 27,000 Californians. I am thankful that the current federal budget proposal spares Head Start cut from cuts. However, this will be the third federal budget that provides no new funding for this Critical program.

Thankfully, Head Start enjoys strong bipartisan support, so this resolution calls on Congress to increase program funding. Patrick was a Head Start kid. I was a Head Start kid. Raised in rural California by a single mom who worked two jobs just to keep lights on and food on the table.

I know firsthand what Head Start means to families like mine. It was a lifeline. While my mom worked tirelessly to build a better life for us, Head Start gave me a safe place to learn, to grow and to be seen.

It gave her the peace of mind that every parent deserves, that her child was in good hands, learning and cared for. That's why this fight is personal for me. In rural counties like Modoc, Siskiyou or Lassen, or any of the 11 counties I represent in District 1, Head Start isn't just one option among many.

It's often the only option. The only place where a child can get a meal, a health screening are often the only learning program or childcare option. The only way a parent can go to work without having to choose between a paycheck and their child's safety. This is not a partisan issue.

It's a values issue, a community issue, and a future of our kids issue. My mom was able to use what she needed and work hard to create a better life. It was a stepping stone. We need those stepping stones for our families as we face some of the most challenging financial times of our generation.

I fully believe that we need to cut our budget and cut the waste. I just hope that we don't do that on the backs of our low income working families and our children. I am here today because someone invested in my future when I was a little girl. Patrick is here today because someone invested in his.

We need to make sure that we keep doing that for the next child, the next single mom, the next Head Start kid with big dreams and nowhere else to go. Now is the time to lead with purpose. To put families first, to put people over politics, and to invest in the promise that every child holds.

Rural California is depending on it. The children and working parents of California respectfully ask for your aye vote on AJR12 today.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today as a proud co author of Assembly Joint Resolution 12, which acknowledges Head Start and their 60th anniversary of this critical anti poverty program. AJR 12 also calls on the Congress and the President to protect and increase funding to Head Start.

I want to acknowledge and thank all of the Members in this chamber, especially my fellow Head Start graduate and Republican colleague from Alturas, as well as the Majority Leader and the Senator representing Santa Barbara, and especially the bipartisan 66 Assembly Members and 32 Senators who signed our April 24 letter to the California Congressional delegation urging them to protect and increase Head Start funding.

Thank you for helping protect $1.7 billion in federal Head Start funding that serves over 80,000 of our struggling poor kids in the State of California.

The recent federal budget maintained the existing funding for Head Start, which is proof of what we are capable of doing in this chamber when we all work together on behalf of children and families.

This outcome is because Democrats and Republicans in both the State Assembly and State Senate and in both House of Representatives and the United States Senate work together and put people first. The Head Start program is important to me because it shaped my life for the better.

And most importantly, when my life was hard and difficult for me and my family, my first memory of eating fresh fruit was in the Head Start program. Head Start provides the poorest, least advantaged kids with early childhood education as well as health, nutrition and social, emotional, behavioral and dental services.

A budget is a statement of our values and the Head Start program is critical to allowing Americans born into poverty a pathway to the middle class and beyond. We helped keep Head Start funded, but funding has remained flat for over three years and despite the increasing costs. So let's continue to exercise the power of bipartisanship.

Let's stop the partisanship nature. So much of the chamber this past six months has been sniping at one party or another. But when we focus on protecting children and families in the State of California, we are capable of doing that. I rise and urge your aye vote for AGR12. Thank you.

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

Good morning everyone. I want to thank the author and the co author for this important ajr. Every day I go home and I drive by a Head Start and every day I think to myself thank God the lights are still on.

Thank goodness the parents are there and the children are thriving and I would hate to see a program like this go away and why it's so important that we all work together because those children are our future.

This past May I attend the winters high school graduation ceremonies and how many students I see up there, including their parents that have gone through the Head Start program and it warms my heart that these kids are getting opportunity to graduate and attend college or trade schools and if it wasn't for Head Start, I don't know where Those young people would be.

So I want to thank you both for bringing this forward and. And I am in support of AJR12. Thank you.

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

Good morning, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise today in strong support of ACR12 and want to thank our colleagues from Sunnyvale and Alturas for their work on this issue and for being such a great model of what Head Start children can grow up to be.

Head Start has served as a lifeline for our communities, serving nearly 40 million American children and families since its launch 60 years ago under President Johnson.

I had the honor of sitting on many a little mat in Head Start classrooms for hours on end under the mentorship of Ed Zigler, the founder of Head Start and creator of the program Model. Children who attend Head Start are more likely to finish high school and enroll in college and less likely to be arrested.

Yet we see that that blueprint needs to be protected right now. Last year, Head Start served over 80,000 California children and their families and kept over 26,000 Californians employed. There are over 1800 centers across the state where over 7,000 homeless families receive services, 9,000 children receive care for chronic health conditions, and over 76,000 children receive dental care.

While Head Start was spared from the complete elimination in the federal budget earlier this year, this is really not a great time to really think about celebrating, although we must, because there's still much work to be done.

Head Start staff and offices, including in my county, Alameda County and in San Francisco, were worried about making sure that they receive funding that their portal was closed. We got calls about that. Over 2 million Californians are set to lose their health care under the recently signed Bill.

And it's important to recognize that Head Start is really about having a healthy Start. Food assistance programs like SNAP are being gutted, putting the hundreds of thousands of children in California who rely on them at risk.

And in my county, there are more than 22,000 children under six years old who rely on SNAP for the food they need to grow into strong and healthy adults. In those Head Start programs, the families living below the poverty line who rely on Head Start are still in jeopardy.

Members California educates 1 in 5 children in this country. We are the place where we can see so much life possibility happen. And we need to ensure that we're making America healthy again in doing that. Now, I don't think that we.

The way that we're doing things right now ensures that we have path to medical care, dental care, early education for 800,000 children nationwide because we have an issue of poverty that we need to address.

But we still need to ensure that vital programs like Head Start are at the center and the core of what we do for our children in the State of California and throughout the nation.

With that and my deepest support for a program that I've been honored to be able to participate in for many years, I respectfully request your Aye vote.

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

Good morning Members and Mr. Speaker, thank you for presenting AJR 12. Over 60 years ago, President Johnson signed into legislation the beginnings of this anti poverty program. And indeed it has been a success. Thousands of students across the nation have participated in Head Starts.

But one of the fundamental things about Head Starts is working for children in the early developmental years. We know that children's brains are forming and developing at a huge increase between these early years, which is why our early childhood education programs are not only vital, but important.

We know that when children are in not only Head starts or pre Ks or TKs that these are safe spaces where they're learning. We also know that Head starts and pre Ks and TKs are the foundation for their parents, for their parents to be involved in their education. They're the training grounds for parents to become familiar.

Many times the students are coming from other countries and to learn about our American education system. We know this is many times the launching pads of for many parents to become instructional assistants and work in our schools. There is so much that Head Starts due.

But for those students and the hours they spend in these classrooms, where the fundamentals are developmental education, where they're touching and painting and singing and talking, we need to go back in all of our schools to making sure the kids can be kids, that we model this education of developmental in every step of our education.

But we know that more than anything else, early literacy, early development is the success for grade school education. As a teacher for many years, we could clearly see what students had been in a Head Start program or a preschool program. And we could clearly see those kids that had not had that opportunity.

And we could see that when students learn at the ages of 234 and 5, those are the fastest learning years, and they come equipped to have success in school. So with that, I'm very pleased to see a bipartisan effort. We need this more than ever. I'm very happy to see that this funding was protected.

But we have to stay diligent. We have to stay alert. We have to know that with federal cuts that it isn't just this program.

There are other programs that intersect with these programs and we have to be aware of which programs will be cut and are being planned to be cut because early education is essential, but all of our education is essential. And with that I stand in strong support for AJR12.

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

Thank you very much. I just want to rise to join this Kumbaya moment and thank our colleague from Alturas and our colleague from Sunnyvale for your leadership. And you know, I think our colleague from Altura said it best putting people over politics. You know, there are poor kids in.

Red states as well as blue states and red areas of our State of California as well as blue areas of the State of California.

And I'm hoping that we can continue this Kumbaya spirit, this bipartisan spirit, not only for Head Start but but for all the other critical federal education funding programs, Title 1, the individuals with Disabilities Education Act. On so many fronts, we need to come together to put our kids over politics. So I thank again our colleagues for.

Their leadership on this and our rise in strong support of AGR12.

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

Thank you. I also rise in support of this resolution and some memories came back as a, also a graduate of a Head Start in San Diego program where many children enter our school system with different challenges. I entered with not being, with being an English learner, only being monolingual Spanish speaker.

And so I still remember the fuzzy characters that were used by our teachers in Head Start and great memories certainly of learning, starting to learn things like English and other skills that I was not able to learn at home because I had parents who were never even had a first grade education.

So I rise in support of our two Members who are part of our Problem Solvers Caucus. I hear a lot of praise on this bipartisan approach.

Those are the types of conversations we have in the caucus and we are, we have others hopefully we'll be presenting to this body, but certainly very proud of Member from Alturas and Sunnyvale and thank them for their leadership and the work that they put into organizing all of us to come together and move this forward and get the Federal Government to really listen to the significance and the importance of this to children in California.

So I want to stand and congratulate them and ask all of us to support them with an aye vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Summary Member Alvarez, Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in support of AJR12. I look at it from a different angle. My mom was a Head Start teacher in probably one of the toughest cities that you can ever want your mom to be walking through.

But she found joy in walking through those streets where there was, I mean, crime on every corner. But these kids will run out and see their teacher, their Head Start teacher, and just joy because she brought them to a new place.

So not only do I rise in support of this real this Bill, but I rise in support of my mom, one of the courageous Head Start teachers that goes in every single day to love on these kids, to show them their next steps. So with that, I urge my colleagues to rise as well.

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

Yes. Thank you for the robust debate on a day that we're all trying to get out of here. I am very, very thankful that the President kept this in his budget. And I do believe that a lot of that was because of the letter that this body sent to to Washington.

So thank you very much and I respectfully ask for your.

I vote summit Member. Do you wish to have the first roll be open for co authors? Yes, please. Okay, Members, all debate having cease. Clerk will open the roll for co authors. Members, this is for co authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. This is for co authors.

All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. There are 69 co authors added. This is a joint resolution. So we now must take a roll. A vote on the resolution itself. 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 resolution is adopted. Going to pass and retain on file items 36373839. That brings us to file item number 40, ACR 96 by Assemblymember Rogers.

The Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 96 by Assembly Member Rogers and others, relative to the Assembly Member Patty Berg Memorial Highway.

Assembly Member Rogers, you are recognized.

Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today for ACR 96. This would designate a portion of the 101 Highway in Humboldt County as the Assembly Member Patty Berg Memorial Highway. When I think about Patty's legacy, both in our district and in the Capitol, I think of the things that she led on in she did first. She created the first senior resource center in Humboldt County.

She worked with county health to create the first in California comprehensive sex education and family planning curriculum, which she then taught. She was the founding executive director for the first Area Agency on Aging for Humboldt in Del Norte County. And after all of that, she got elected to the State Assembly, where she led on critical issues for seniors and families here in this body. She introduced the first legislation for death with dignity.

And though she was not successful in getting that bill across the finish line, she laid the groundwork for its eventual passage in 2015. And she was one of the first Members of the Women's Caucus here in Sacramento as well. This recognition is both modest and well deserved. Her legacy is long in our community and in Sacramento, and I urge your aye vote.

Thank you, Assembly Member Rogers. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized.

Thank you. And I want to also acknowledge Patty Berg. We did a name for her a couple months or a couple months ago, but this is really incredible that we are acknowledging a woman for a highway recognition. And as Chair of the Women's Caucus, it gives me great pride that the Assembly Member has brought that forward. She was really incredible. She's the one that started.

Many of the women know this. We have a dinner weekly, and any woman could go to that. And she helped. She was instrumental in putting that together. She was very kind. She took care. She was really into women's health, and she was really into the doing the aging plan for the master plan and helping do that. So it gives me great pride that we would be able to name this highway after Patty and to honor her as well as her family.

And as we drive by these names that we see on the highway and your children, you're trying to find something for them to do. If they start googling it and they find a little history about anyone they see along the highway, it'll be so nice to see something about Patty. So thank you very much for bringing this forward.

Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. Seeing and hearing no further debate. Assembly Member Rogers, do you wish to close?

Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. I ask that the first roll be open for co-authors.

Okay. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. Members, this is for co-authors. All those vote who desire to vote for co-authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. There are 70 co-authors added, Members.

This is a Concurrent Resolution, but since it is fiscal, we must have a roll call vote. 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 71, noes 0. The resolution is adopted.

That concludes the Assembly third reading file. That brings us to the Senate third reading file. We're going to pass and retain on file items 41 through 45. That brings us to file item number 46. That's scr50 by Senator Stern. Presentation presented by Assemblymember Schultz.

The Clerk will read Senate Concurrent Resolution 50 by Senator Stern Relative to Climate.

Change Somebody Member Schultz, you are recognized.

Yes good morning Mr. Speaker and Members colleagues. I rise today to present SCR50 on behalf of State Senator Henry Stern. SCR50 urges the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to examine other regulatory efforts to define maladaptation and to suggest criteria where agencies review their climate responsive policies and investments.

Maladaptation refers to actions that may lead to increased risk of adverse climate related outcomes, including via increased greenhouse gas emissions, increased or shifted vulnerability to climate change, more inequitable outcomes or diminished welfare now or in the future. Most often, maladaptation is an unintended consequence. The critical Los Angeles river is just one example of maladaptation.

When the region attempted to resolve devastating floods by building a concrete waterway system that with stormwater out to the Pacific Ocean, it did not consider the need of stormwater capture, groundwater recharge and extreme heat resiliency.

The State of California lacks consistent criteria for assessing strength and weaknesses of climate resilience planning efforts and it's in the interest of the state to ensure that all of our policies are supporting climate resiliency in order to use state funding wisely to address climate change impacts.

California must focus on our community's climate resilience and preparation for climate related catastrophes instead of resigning to purely recovery oriented efforts. According to the United States Chamber of Commerce, for each dollar invested in climate resiliency preparation, $13 are saved in economic costs, damages and cleanup that would be spent if not for the investment in community climate resilience.

According to a Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation study, the recent wildfires alone could lead to reductions in labor income of up to $3.7 billion, which while federal, state and local governments could experience tax revenue losses starting from $730 million and up to possibly $1.4 billion. The total cost to rebuild and recover is an estimated $270 billion.

The total cumulative cost of seven extreme heat events which affected many Californians amounted to $7.7 billion and the list goes on and on. Roughly one in five Californians are at risk of flooding and all 58 counties have had severe flood emergencies.

Floods have the capacity to have more economic impact than wildfires or earthquakes, with a large statewide flood potentially leading to an estimated $1 trillion in damages. As the impacts of climate change increasingly disrupt Californians well being and our state economy, efforts to plan and implement climate resilience and adaptation strategies must accelerate.

In closing SCR50 is a call to action for government efficiency measures to poise California to make informed and cost effective decisions to strengthen its climate adaption strategies. And with that I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Assemblymember Schultz Mr. Schultz, do you wish for the first roll to be open for co authors? Yes, Mr. Speaker okay, all debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. Members this is for co authors. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Members this is for co authors.

All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. There are 54 co authors added without objection. We will now take a voice vote on the measure. All those in favor say Aye. All those opposed say no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted.

We are going to pass retain on file items 47 all the way through file item 74. Now move on to the second day consent calendar. Before we vote, we will first take up a resolution. Mr. System Majority Leader, right after we take on this, we'll recognize you for your procedural motion.

Before we vote, we'll first take up a resolution on the Consent Calendar for the purpose of adding co-authors. Clerk will read the resolution on the Consent calendar.

Clerk will now open the roll to allow any member to add on as a co-author to the resolution. All members vote who desire to vote. Members this is for co authors. All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. There are 67 CO authors added.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 81 by Assemblymember DeMaio relative to the Border Patrol Agent Daniel H. Salazar Memorial Highway

Moving on to a vote on the consent calendar. Items 78 and 86 have been removed from the Consent calendar. We will pass and retain on item 82. Does any Member wish to remove an item from the Consent Calendar? Seeing and hearing none, the Clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 104 by Assembly Member Wallace with the Outdoor Workers.

Clerk will 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 tally the votes. I71, no 0 consent calendar is adopted. Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 81, I71, no 0 Assembly Concurrent Resolution 97, I71, no. 0 Senate Bill Bill 459, I71, no. 0 Senate Bill 619, I71, no. 0 Senate Bill 673, I71, no. 0 S Senate Bill 860, I71, no. 0 Cube Bill 394, I71, no. 0Screen Concurrent Resolution 73, I71, no. 0 Change Concurrent Resolution 77, I71, no. 0 Science Concurrent Resolution 88, I71, no.

0 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 54, I71, no.

0 Assistant Majority Leader Garcia, you're recognized for your procedural mission.

Mr. Speaker, I request unanimous consent to withdraw AB 529 errands from engrossing and enrolling. And to return the bill to the. Senate for further action.

Without objection. Such shall be the order. Members, we are now moving on to adjournments in memory. The quorum call is still in place. Let's give our respectful attention to those who are granted prior permission to speak on their adjournment in memory. We will begin once the chamber has decorum. It.

Members, please take your conversations off the floor. Assemblymember Kalra, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. I'd like to adjourn. Ask that we adjourn in memory of Beverly Blockey. Beverly Ann Blockey passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 22, 2025 at the age of 91 in her San Jose home.

Born in Nagley park in 1933, Beverly was a proud lifelong daughter of the Valley of Hearts Delight. The eldest of Eleanor and Raymond Blockey, she nurtured a sharp, spirited mind. Through her studies at Notre Dame High School, Foothill College and San Jose State University, Beverly was the beloved matriarch of a large and lively family.

Five children, nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Her home was a warm, welcoming hub for birthdays, holidays and summer weekends. She was deeply rooted in San Jose's civic and religious life, serving on the San Jose Women's Club Board, helping found the docent program at the Cathedral Basilica, and fighting to preserve the city's historical landmarks.

Though devoted to her community, Beverly also loved to explore. When she wasn't traveling to places like Scotland, Japan and New Zealand, she found peace closer to home, camping or staying in cabins with family and friends among California's redwoods, mountains and coastal landscapes.

Her home told the story of her travels and to her grandchildren, it was their first windows to the world. Whether over wine, Earl Grey tea or her favorite burnt almond cake from Dick's Bakery, Beverly's company was bold, wise and full of sparkle. She loved deeply, spoke candidly and brought people together.

She is preceded in death by her daughter, Catherine Azevedo, and survived by her brothers, Raymond and William, and her children, Robert Azevedo, Thomas Azevedo, Michael Azevedo and Patricia Kennedy, and as mentioned, nine children and six grandchildren, including two of our grandchildren who are here with us today, Claire Kennedy and David Azevedo.

I want to thank you, Mr. Speaker, and colleagues, for adjourning our State Assembly session, the memory of one of San Jose's finest citizens, Beverly Blockey.

Members, let us observe a moment of silence to honor the life of this historic Californian Beverly Blockey. Members, we ask for your grace and patience while we wait for a family to arrive for adjournment in memory. Assemblymember Demaio, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, today I rise and ask that we adjourn in the memory of Bo Mazzetti, Chairman of the Rincon Tribal Council. Bo was a legend amongst tribal nations and a key Member of our San Diego County community having such a positive impact on so many elements of our life.

Chairman Mazzetti passed away on May 1 at the age of 77. He was comforted by his family in his final moments. Beau was born on September 301947 to Max and Clarine Mazzetti. After attending school at Orange Glen High School in Escondido, he joined the Navy and served in Vietnam.

He continued his education at the California Polytechnic University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Behavioral Science. After college, he worked as the San Diego County Indian Affairs Officer. During this time, he established the Southern California Tribals Association and then later the statewide Tribal Chairman's Association.

After leaving his job with the county, he obtained his General contractors and General engineering license and ran his own company. Eventually, he transitioned back to Indian issues and became the Roads Officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Federal Government level. And during that time he established the Reservation Transportation Authority.

For the last several years, he has served as President of the San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority, a collection of five tribes that won a 50 year long lawsuit to regain tribal water rights. Chairman Mazzetti felt service to the community was important. In 2002, he was elected to the Rincon Tribal Council and eventually became Vice Chairman.

In 2008, he was elected Chairman where he has served for over 16 consecutive years. Mazzetti was such a resource for me and so many others seeking to understand the important role, the unique status for tribal governments not only in San Diego, county, but across the state.

I considered Beau a personal friend and I appreciated his advice and counsel over the years on so many issues of importance to our tribal nations. He is survived by his wife Mary, daughter Emily, and son Joseph.

Thank you, Assemblymember Demaio. Assemblymember Davies, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to say, as you can tell, Bo Mazetti, he was a gentleman. And when he walked into the room, it just lit up the room. I had the opportunity to get to know him when my district changed because I was in Orange County and then moved into San Diego.

And I was so impressed with him. But I have to tell you, the first time I met him, when I left, I almost felt like he was a father figure and he meant so much to me and what he has done for not only his tribes. I mean, he thought he was a Vietnam vet in the Navy.

He represented everyone and he was there to solve problems and the communication was incredible. So I just want to say I'm so grateful that God blessed me with him in my life, and I will always remember the things that he's taught me and.

And again, for those of you that didn't get a chance to know him, he was just a true, incredible human being.

Thank you, Assemblymember Davies. Assemblymember Boerner, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Today I rise to adjourn in memory of Rincon Band of Louisiano Indians Chairman Bo Mazetti. Chairman Mazzetti was widely regarded by his peers as a visionary, a leader whose passion for his people and dedication to public service never wavered. He led with his heart, humility, and a fierce commitment to justice.

Throughout his career, he walked the halls of the California State Legislature and the United States Congress, advocating tirelessly for water rights, the protection of tribal sovereignty, and investment in clean, renewable energy. Chairman Manzetti's approach to leadership was grounded in relationship building. His personal engagement made a difference. He didn't just talk about change.

He worked directly with those who could make it happen. His commitment to service did not go unnoticed. It earned him the Warrior Award from the California Indian Chamber of Commerce and the Anna Sandoval Leadership Award from the Western Indian Gaming Conference. What stood out most about him was his genuine nature.

While he may not be here with us today, his legacy lives on through the lives that he touched. Please join me in adjourning in the memory of Chairman Bo Mazzetti. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Berner. Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I join my colleagues from San Diego County to honor and to address this body and ask that we adjourn in memory of Chairman Bo Mazzetti.

We in San Diego County have the distinguished and the honor of having the most number of tribal sovereign nations in the county and anywhere in the country in the County of San Diego. And Chairman Mazzetti was an incredible, incredible leader for the community at large. I think it's important that we recognize his community contributions.

In addition to the amazing contributions our colleagues from San Diego have already shared. The leadership position that he took in order to secure water rights and the 50 year battle that it took. That was work that Chairman Mazzetti led for his community, but also for the at large community in San Diego. County.

He was Chairman for a long time, and it was for good reason. He was effective. He was a visionary. As was shared with my. From my other colleague from San Diego. He was a trailblazer. He led in many regards.

He led the fight to ensure that the Supreme Court guaranteed the rights for tribal nations to have gaming, gaming rights and be able to have that as a way of economic development for their community. On the water issues, no one else has led much more than he has. Whether it was the Sustainable Groundwater Water Water.

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Sigma and making sure that the rights of. Of tribes were preserved in that. I mean, you see his work in almost anything that we've done when it came to protection, protecting the rights of tribal nations.

And so for that, we certainly express our condolences to Mary, to Emily, to Joseph, and to the at large Rincon family in the San Diego community, who definitely feels his loss. Tremendous, tremendous loss.

But we also, I think, continue to those of us who knew him, I, almost a year ago, celebrated birthday at a Padres game with him. A memory that I'll get to keep forever. He was just so there present every time you were with him. And his presence was felt.

And we hope that his presence will continue to be felt in the work that he's done and the work that's ahead to be done. Because he would have asked us to continue to work and to continue to be educated and continue to talk to others, to make sure that we build relationships, to be able to effectuate change.

That's how he successfully did this over the years, and that's the legacy that I feel he leaves behind. And I respectfully ask that we adjourn in his memory today. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Alvarez, Assembly Member Patel, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, it is with deep condolences that I rise today to adjourn in memory of Chairman Bo Mazetti, Chairman of the Rincon Band of the Seno Indians. Chairman Mazzetti, a local leader for indigenous sovereignty and rights, was committed to making a difference for his community and for the entire San Diego community.

He was born and raised in San Diego County and attended high school in my Assembly District. Escondido served honorably in Vietnam and later earned a degree in Behavioral Sciences from Cal Poly. His life's work was rooted in service to his people, his country and his community.

I could list his various titles and positions as my colleagues have done, but what defined Bo Mazetti was that he was the lives that he lifted. He showed up when it mattered. He made sure that people were seen, heard and empowered.

Among his many achievements were that he founded the Reservation Transportation Authority within the Bureau of Indian affairs, championed tribal sovereignty rights, and drove economic development that lifted up his tribe and neighboring communities alike.

Chairman Mazzetti was a continual source of wise counsel, and he's known for saying that it is our responsibility to pave the pathway for future generations. Well, he achieved that and so much more. This is a duty that all of us in this chamber strive to do.

His words and deeds have inspired so many in the San Diego region and beyond. He's survived by his wife Mary, his daughter Emily, his son Joseph. Please join all of us in San Diego today as we adjourn in memory and mourn the loss with them. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Patel. Assembly Member Ramos, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to request that we adjourn in the memory of. Of Chairman Bomazetti of the Recon Band of Luceno Indians and a deep condolences to his family that's there. As a people of San Manuel Serrano Cahuilla people, we stand with you.

During this time, Chairman Bomazetti continued to move forward on a lot of issues. He was a founder of the California Tribal Chairman's Association that unified tribes throughout the state on civil issues, civil rights issues, and injustice issues.

During his tenure as tribal Chairman of the Rincon Band of Luceno Indians, he championed initiatives that transformed not only his tribe, but the economic prosperity of tribes throughout the State of California and served as a beacon of hope for others in the nation.

I was fortunate enough to work alongside him on many issues and in my former roles as tribal chairperson of the Sam Manuel Indian Tribal Government. One of those experiences that I've had with Chairman Bo Mazetti, and along the way, Chairman Mazzetti would bring up issues that many wouldn't even think about.

And one of those ideas was one time Chairman Mazzetti asked the tribes, why are we paying into the state? And one time he asked that. Some leaders just took that as a form of the compact that we needed to pay that into there.

But as Chairman of the Samuel Tribal government, I stood with the Rincon people and Chairman Mazzetti, and we started sending our payments in under duress. And lo and behold, the court ruled that those payments were viewed as a tax.

And because of his fortitude and resiliency, that's how the money now goes into the local governments of where those tribes are at. So his resiliency to continue to move forward and not stand for areas that people say, well, that's just part of the compact.

Bomazetti continued to pave the way for many of us that were there, and by making sure, paving the way for us, he also paved the way for local governments to share in the successes of Indian gaming. It was his fortitude and resiliency that brought that forward.

This type of actions led many in Indian country and his resilience to a lot of these different issues that we enjoy today. One more example of working with the Chairman and his lasting impact on the state and California Indian country was when we were advocating for a secretary position for Indian country in the governor's office.

We were meeting across the street at the Hyatt, myself and Chairman Armenta. We were meeting there because we had an appointment with Governor Brown. At the time, Chairman Armenta was Chairman of Santa Ynez, and Bo joined us for breakfast.

We told him we had a meeting with the Governor at the time, Jerry Brown, to pitch the secretary position. And I'll be gosh darn if Beau didn't pick up and follow us into that meeting.

He followed us into that meeting which laid the way for the creation of the first secretary position that Cynthia Gomez eventually filled from the Tule River Indian Reservation, which now Christina Snyder holds from Dry Creek Rancheria.

These are just examples of Bo's tenacity and resiliency of moving forward Indian people in the State of California and these examples and these stories that I share are the way that I remember how they came to be. Chairman Bo Mazetti will always have a presence in the State of California and in Indian Country.

Every one of us who are California Indian people do the best and have the best intentions for our people. And Chairman Bomazetti carries that trait. And that trait carries on in all of us, all of us Indian people continuing to move forward.

To that, I thank him for those issues, and I thank the family for sharing him with Indian country all these years. And to that I say, till we see again. Till we see you again. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Ramos. Members, let us observe a moment of silence to honor the life of this historic Californian. Chairman Bo Mazzetti. Assemblymember Calderon, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise today to adjourn in the memory of George Stephes, a leader in California politics who passed away on July 6. A native of Los Angeles, George attended Los Angeles public schools, Columbia University, and graduated from the University of Southern California, Bachelor of Arts with honors.

An Air Force veteran, George also served four years as a Korean interpreter in the Security Intelligence Branch. George came to Sacramento after Supporting the campaign for then Governor Ronald Reagan as his legislative secretary, George didn't have to work at being bipartisan to effect change.

He was a hard working, practical person who believed in the work and getting things done. He was a masterful tactician. He negotiated numerous pieces of landmark legislation, including welfare reform that is the basis for some of the strongest programs supporting individuals with developmental disabilities today.

George founded one of the first multi person lobbying firms hiring women at a rate ahead of its time. But what made George successful was his strong belief in relationships. He valued the legislators and colleagues he worked with. And for several decades, he was a trusted voice in a business where trust is sometimes hard to find.

When he wasn't lunching at Frank Fats, George was an avid golfer. He was on the course almost daily in his later years, learning and teaching the mental aspects of the sport. As he once said in an interview, golf offered good lessons for life. If I had a bad stroke, I can fix it. Now it's in the past.

Worrying about it is taking energy away from what you can do now. Focus on what you can do to move forward and win the issue. George trusted that people wanted to do the right thing.

And he said that what encouraged him about California is that every place he went, he saw good human beings trying to do the right thing. He also gave back to his community. He helped raise money for a public youth training facility for disadvantaged youth.

And he was also inducted into the Sacramento Golf hall of Fame for his work with disabled children. My heart goes out to his wife, Jamie Kahn, daughters Susie and Diane, son John and son in law Steve, who are here with us today. Thank you for sharing him with all of us. His contributions to this institution are immeasurable.

I respectfully request we adjourn in the memory of George Stephes.

Thank you, Assemblymember Calderon. Assemblymember Krell, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. George Steffes was a constituent of mine here in Sacramento.

And although I didn't have the privilege of getting to know him, in preparing for this adjournment in memory, I've learned about his legacy and the indelible mark that he left on California as a former legislative secretary for President Reagan when he was Governor here, he will be missed by his family.

May his memory be a blessing and an inspiration to all of us. Thank you.

Thank you, Assemblymember Crell. Members, let us now observe a moment of silence to honor the life of this historic Californian. George. Stephen. Thank you. Members, please bring the names to the desk. To be printed in the Journal. All requests to adjourn a memory will be deemed read and printed in the Journal.

Moving to announcements, the session schedules as follows. Friday, July 11, no floor session, no check in session. Monday, July 14, floor session at 1pm seeing and hearing no further business, I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Assistant Majority Leader Garcia moves, and Ms. Castillo seconds that this House stands adjourned until Monday, July 14th.

At 1:00 p.m. the quorum call is lifted and we are adjourned.