Assembly Floor

The Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry notices the absence of a quorum. The sergeant at arms will bring in the absent Members, repair the chamber. The 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 the prayer and the flag salute. The day's prayer will be offered by our Assembly Chaplain, Imam Yasir Khan.

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful, almighty God, we gather here today humbly seeking your guidance. Grant us clarity in our thoughts, compassion in our actions, and strength in our endeavors as we convene in this Assembly.

May your presence infuse our discussions with wisdom and understanding, help us to listen attentively, speak with kindness, and work together with unity of purpose. Bless our efforts with success that we may serve our community and uphold justice for all. In your name, we offer this prayer. Amen.

Members, on Memorial Day, the day we serve. We're not here. We're not here on Veterans Day. But today we're here on a really important day in American history and world history. Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

80 years ago, 156 to 160,000 troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and began a campaign that led to the fall of Europe 11 months later. Over 4400 men lost their lives that day. These were American soldiers. These were British soldiers, Canadians, the Free French, and soldiers from Norway.

I would just like to ask, in the memory of all soldiers who have fought defending this country and our way of life, that we take a moment of silence and remembrance of them. Thank you. And with that, will you join me. In the Pledge of Allegiance? [Pledge of Allegiance]

You may be seated. Reading of the previous day's journal.

Assembly Chamber Sacramento, Monday, May 20, 2024.

The Assemblyman the Assembly moves and Mr. Flora seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with. Presentations and petitions there are none. Introduction and references of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed and amendments deemed adopted. Messages from the Governor there are none. Messages from the Senate there are none.

Moving to motions and resolutions, the absences for the day will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Ms. Aguilar-Curry, you are recognized for your procedural motions.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspect suspend. Assembly Rule 45.5 to allow Assemblymembers Calderon and Joe Patterson to speak on adjournments in memory today.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118 to allow Assemblymember Lowenthal to have a guest seated at his desk and to allow Assemblymembers McCarty, Cervantes, Nguyen and Gabriel to have guests in the room of the church chamber today.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

At the request of Assemblymember Gabriel, please remove item 33, SB 1458, Allen from the consent calendar. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee to notice SB 1144 Skinner for their hearing on Tuesday, June 11, pending re referral from the Judiciary 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 285 Allen from the Government Organization Committee to the Public Safety Committee, SB 721 Becker from the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee to the Housing and Community Development Committee and the Local Government Committee, SB 1147 Portantino from the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee to the Health Committee, then back to the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, SB 1266 Limon from the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee to the Health Committee and then back to the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee and SB 1456, Ashby from the Business and Professionals Committee to the Arts and Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee, and then back to the Business and Professionals Committee.

Without objections, that shall be the order.

Pursuant to Assembly rule 97, I request unanimous consent to re refer file item 14, ACA 10 Haney to the Rules Committee.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

I request unanimous consent to rescind the action whereby on September 13, 2021, SB 639, Limon was read a third time, passed and sent to the Senate. Please order the Bill back for the third reading.

Without objection, such shall be the order.

At the request of Assemblymember Flora, I am giving a one day notice to remove item a nine, SB 445 Portantino from the inactive file. Also, I am giving a one day notice to remove my Bill item a 24 AB 2813 from the enacted file.

Clerk will know Members, please join me. In extending a warm welcome back to Assemblymember Dahle. We are really happy to see you. And Members please also join me in. Wishing Assemblymember Joe Patterson an early birthday as he celebrates on Sunday. Happy birthday. Assemblymember McCarty, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Please join me in welcoming the President of Sacramento State, Doctor Luke Wood, to the chambers today. He has, come on over here Doctor Wood. He has some guests up in the gallery as well. President Wood is an alumni of Sacramento State. Stingers up.

He earned his bachelor's at Sacramento State, then went on to San Diego State where he earned his master's degree. He eventually served as a professor there and became the Vice President of Student Affairs in Campus Diversity.

Last year, he was appointed by the CSU Board of Trustees to be the President of Sacramento State, as well as appointed to the California Racial Equality Commission where he's working to address California system wide inequality and racism still found across our State of California.

His efforts at the University are tremendous, upholding opportunities to expand African American student achievement. This past year, he created the first black honors college, and the University has been recognized as the state's first CSU campus serving as a black serving institution.

Prioritizing the needs of black students helps foster improved academic environment and increased student outcomes for all students in this campus. Again, please join me in welcoming President Wood to the California State Assembly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McCarty, and welcome to President Wood also. Wait a minute. Thank you again, Assemblymember McCarty and welcome to your guests. Also joining us today, Assemblymember Lowenthal has a special guest at his desk, his partner Erica. Welcome. And I believe Mr. Gabriel has a guest. Mr. Gabriel, you are recognized.

Thank you very much Mr. speaker and colleagues. If you'll indulge me for 1 minute, I have a very special guest here in the back of the chambers, Mason Brickman. Mason is the son of my LDL who does an amazing job.

He just celebrated his fourth birthday on Monday and when his parents asked him his birthday wish was to come to work with mom. So please help me welcome Mason to the Assembly chamber.

Thank you, Mr. Gabriel and welcome to Mason and Mason's mom. Okay Members, moving to business on the daily file. Second reading file items one through eight. The Clerk will read.

[Second Reading]

All bills will be deemed read. All amendments will be deemed adopted. File item nine is a notice under reconsideration. File items 10 through 12. All items shall be continued. Moving to Assembly third reading.

Pass temporarily on item 15.

We will pass temporarily on item 15. We will move to file item number 18, ACR 104 by Assemblymember Soria. The Clerk will read.

[Third Reading]

Assemblymember Soria is recognized from the majority leader's desk.

I'll ask everyone to please give Assembly Member Soria your undivided attention.

Thank you, Mister speaker and Members. I rise today to present ACR 204, which recognizes June 2024 as Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month, and June 20,2024 as the longest day. There are more than 720,000 Californians living with Alzheimer's disease, more than any other state, with that number expected to grow by 127% over the next 20 years.

This growth in cases will disproportionately affect California's communities of color, with the number of Latino Californians living with Alzheimer's expected to triple by 2040. With cases among the AAPI, Californians expected to double.

Disparities in treatment and care still loom large, with less than half of those with Alzheimer's disease even receiving a formal diagnosis disclosed to them by a Doctor. But the impact of Alzheimer's disease goes far beyond the individual's afflicted with it. With 1 million partners, siblings, children, grandchildren and other relatives providing 1.8 billion hours of unpaid care.

Every year in California, Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month is recognized annually, every June to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. And every year on the summer solstice, people come together across the globe in a day of activism and fundraising known as the longest day.

I rise today to present this resolution not just with the purpose of sharing the staggering numbers that we soon have to wrestle with, or to remind folks that we need more investments in finding a cure. But I want to take a moment of personal privilege to talk about my family's Alzheimer's story.

My mother and a former farm worker, Maria Obeldina Samudio Soria, for many known as Obi, at the young age of 55, was diagnosed with early onset of dementia. She's living with this horrible disease for almost 10 years.

This disease quickly has not only robbed my mom of her personality and memories, it has robbed me and my family from our mom as we knew her.

She was adventurous, a risk taker, hard worker, passionate about helping others, loved to dance and was devoted to her catholic faith, going to church at least three to four times a week. Today we can't sing or dance like we used to with her, especially Banda, which she loved to dance to.

We can't pick up the phone to call her when we need advice or to share our excitements of our new accomplishments, like getting elected to the State Assembly. We can't hear her voice and we certainly can't enjoy the great Mexican food she would make for us. I miss all those things about her Obie, my mom.

I want to share a little bit about her, came to this country with a dream that she would provide a better life, her children. It wasn't easy for a young 16 year old undocumented woman to get here to this country and try to grow her family, but she was determined.

She embodied the spirit of America, which she passed on to all her kids.

She worked hard in the agricultural sector for close to four decades, but she also understood the importance of an education and not only decided to go back to school to get her GED, but she encouraged every one of her five children to pursue a higher education.

And sure enough, she was able to witness her five children graduate with bachelor's, master's, and even some of us with doctorates. I am proud to be my mother's daughter. While our family has been has been fortunate to have been connected to resources, this Alzheimer's journey has not been easy.

I can't even imagine families who do not have the knowledge or the connections or face language barriers. Living in rural California presents its challenges, like having to travel far to get specialty care or simply to get diagnosed. I recognize there's a lot of work to do, but I'm grateful.

I'm grateful for programs like IHSS, which I know that we will discuss during budget, which allowed my father to leave his job before being retirement ready to care full time for my mom. It is programs like IHSS that allow us to keep our loved ones afflicted by Alzheimer's at home.

Today, I not only rise to elevate the voices of those that are living with Alzheimer's, but I also want to acknowledge the caregivers that day in and day out are taking care of these individuals in my family. The caregivers are my father and my sister, Yvette.

I know it has not been easy for them, but I'm grateful that they are ensuring that my mom has the best quality of life given to her with this diagnosis.

What gives me solace today is that my siblings and I carry with us many of my mom's great attributes, the most important ones being our faith and passion to help others. Please join me today in bringing awareness to the struggles of Californians living with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

I ask that the first roll call be open for co authors.

Thank you. Assemblymember Soria. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote as a co author. All those vote who desire to vote. You needn't run. Assemblymember Soria. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 62. No, zero.

The measure is adopted for co authors. Excuse me, without objection. We'll take a voice vote on the resolution. All in favor say aye. Opposed say no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Assumed Member Sororio, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, seated in the Gallery, I want to introduce a few guests that have joined us here for Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month. David Ginsburg, Barbara Marcus, Mark White, and then Edward Vasquez, coming all the way from Merced.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for being fearless advocates and making sure that we bring more awareness of this Alzheimer's disease, not just to your own communities, but the entire State of California. Please join me in welcoming them today to the floor.

Thank you, Assembly Member Soria. Welcome to your guests. Thank you for the work that you do. Moving now to file item 19, ACR 206 by Assembly Member Cervantes, who will present from the Majority Leader's Desk. The Clerk will read.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 206 by Assembly Member Cervantes, relative to Immigrant Heritage Month.

Assembly Member Cervantes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, for the opportunity to present Assembly Concurrent Resolution 209. As Chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, it is an honor to commemorate the month of June as Immigrant Heritage Month. I proudly rise today as the daughter of immigrants. Their contributions are not limited to our economy.

In fact, the cultural landscape of our nation and our state has been shaped by immigrants for decades. California is home to 10.5 million immigrants, including 28% of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and the second largest state in the US with the majority of TPS holders, many of which are Latinos.

Immigrant Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate immigrants in their countless contributions to our country and amplify their needs by not overlooking and undermining their role in building our state and our nation. Immigrants should be allowed to thrive beyond their productivity in our state, to live whole and healthy lives beyond survival.

Yet, despite countless contributions made by immigrants, we have frequently overlooked and undermined their role in building our state and nation's economy. Our history reminds us that our immigrant communities have been scapegoated, vilified, targeted, and denied basic human rights.

We must recognize the persistent disparities and challenges disproportionately faced by immigrants, such as access to healthcare, education, benefits, and including federal recovery benefits and safety net programs that were only worsened by the pandemic. We continue to honor the sacrifices of immigrants who became essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

As we recognize and celebrate, let's also recognize the overlooked and undervalued dedication of immigrants like our farm workers, our day laborers, and our street food vendors. Make no mistake, immigrants are the backbone of our economy in this state and in our country. We recognize that while our immigrant and refugee communities have been incredibly filled with incredible strength and resiliency, we urge that immigrants be treated with dignity and humanity that all people deserve.

We must continue to fight for a pathway to citizenship for immigrant workers and their families, providing life saving humanitarian relief through TPS, and support programs that immigrants have contributed to, such as food security, health, and safety nets for all. For these reasons, colleagues, I respectfully ask for aye vote on ACR 206 and respectfully request that the first roll be open for co-authors.

Thank you, Assembly Member Cervantes. Assembly Member Juan Carrillo, you are recognized.

Buenos días, Mr. Speaker and Members. I'd like to thank my colleague from Corona for introducing this measure. As many of you know, I came to this country at 15 and got my first job as a dishwasher. I share my story because it is like so many others. The immigrant story is one of determination and hope.

Determination to leave everything behind and build a new life from the ground up, and hope that our legacy can inspire new generations to dream bigger. Right now, across California, immigrants are starting businesses, making innovations in science and technology, and enriching our arts and culture. We remain committed to achieving the American dream.

This is despite barriers in language and discrimination because the immigrant story is one of strength and endurance. It is important to remember that our struggles are ongoing. But it is also important to recognize that the unique power that dreamers have because each of us contribute to the greater American story. I never imagined that I one day be a proud us citizen, raise a beautiful family, and even speak a different language, let alone serve as an Assembly Member, proudly representing the 39th Assembly District.

So long as we continue to fight for and uplift our communities, we can count on the American story being written by people like us, people like the ones that are nonprofit organizations like CHIRLA. I know two members, at least, are here from CHIRLA and other organizations like SALVA. Those two organizations proudly serve our immigrant community in my district, and I'm proud to be one of them. Thank you, and I ask for aye votes.

Thank you, Assembly Member Carrillo. Assembly Member Zbur, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise on behalf of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus in support of ACR 206, commemorating June as Immigrant Heritage Month. Recognized as a time to uplift our immigrant community members, it's imperative we highlight that immigrants are an integral part of our state and nation, contributing to our cultural and social fabric, enriching our family values and community ties, and adding to our innovation and economic growth.

On the heels of celebrating Pride Month on this very floor, I'd be remiss if I did not recognize that Immigrant Heritage Month is especially close to the heart of those of us in the LGBTQ plus community. With over 1 million LGBTQ immigrants in the United States, coming to this nation is not just about seeking a chance for better opportunities. Rather, it's often a necessity for LGBTQ individuals fleeing persecution and hate based violence, as well as those who wish to gain a better shot at freedom to live authentically, openly, and visibly.

However, the journey for LGBTQ plus immigrants can be fraught with systemic challenges, and in particular, transgender immigrants face additional barriers, including, but not limited to, lack of legal documentation and name and gender markers, healthcare access, and gender based violence. Especially with the rise of both anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, it's imperative that we continue working to address such challenges in a comprehensive, culturally competent approach to uphold our values of being a nation with liberty and justice for all.

Immigrant Heritage Month is a time to uplift the voices and experiences of all immigrants, including those who are LGBTQ plus, and to serve as a reminder that our immigrant communities encompass a diverse spectrum of identities. As we celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month, let us recommit ourselves to creating inclusive spaces where all immigrants feel welcomed, valued, and embraced for who they are.

I'd like to thank our colleague and the Chair of the Latino Caucus for bringing forth this measure to commemorate this month and uplift our immigrant siblings. On behalf of the California Legislative LGBTQ caucus and joining my fellow members of Latino Caucus, I respectfully ask for your support of ACR 206.

Thank you, Assembly Member Zbur. Assembly Member Ramos, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And today I rise on behalf of the California Native American Legislative Caucus. In our country, immigrants make up 17% of the general workforce, and immigrants have served our nation in armed forces during every major conflict. From farm workers and factory workers to engineers, rocket scientists, and the arts and entertainment, immigrants work and succeed in all fields of endeavor. Immigrants are also small business owners and entrepreneurs here in the State of California. They contribute $715 billion of California's gross domestic product and 26.4 billion in state and local taxes.

Because of their contribution, California is a global economic power. Let's honor these contributions and the people behind them for making the contributions to the State of California for what we are today. Today, I proudly stand here, and I thank the author for introducing this measure, and I ask for your aye vote, as we stand to honor the immigrants that make our state what it is today. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Assembly Member Ramos. Assembly Member Gabriel, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today on behalf of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus in strong support of ACR 206. I want to thank our incredible colleague from Riverside for bringing forward this important measure and just offer some reflections on how important it is in this moment that we talk about this.

And I will start as saying that I rise as the proud great grandson of an immigrant that came to this country, as so many of our families did, fleeing persecution, looking for better opportunity for his family. Somebody who worked as a butcher, who joined a union, who started a family, but for who his entire life never had documented status. And I heard from my grandmother about growing up in a mixed status family and the challenges that that family had.

And we know that this immigrant story is one that really, with the exception of our colleague who just spoke, all of our families share because we are all the products of immigrants to this country. And the contributions that immigrants have made are indisputable. And we heard such beautiful stories, personal stories, about this from our colleague from Merced, about her mother, from our colleague from Palmdale, about his incredible life story that is so inspirational.

And I think it's exceptionally important in this moment, when we have policies and rhetoric that have disproportionately targeted our immigrant community, that we take a moment to step back and reflect on the tremendous and profound contributions of immigrants to the United States of America and to the State of California.

And I did just want to take a moment. I know that the resolution speaks about our DACA recipients, our TPS recipients, and others, to just say a word about DACA recipients. As some of you know, I had the opportunity as an attorney, prior to coming to the Legislature, to work with a number of DACA recipients, to represent them in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's illegal end of that program, which was eventually successful at the Supreme Court.

And I will say that these are the most incredible and inspirational people that you would ever meet. And for those of you that have not had the opportunity to sit with some of these young people, to learn from them, to see their enthusiasm for this country, I would encourage all of you to do that.

We are fortunate to have DACA recipients that work in this building as staff, as advocates, as people who are doing incredible work. And I can promise you for all of the challenges that we have ahead of us, for all of the uncertainty that we all feel about the future at this moment, sit with some of our young immigrants, sit with some of our young DACA recipients, and talk to them, and you will be inspired. I can promise you that.

Because despite the tremendous challenges that they face, their commitment to giving back to this country, to serving others as doctors, as lawyers, as social workers, as people who want to uplift and heal this society, is profound. And so I just wanted to take a moment, as was mentioned, we have almost a third of DACA recipients in the country are here in the State of California, to recognize the incredible contributions of our DACA recipients and our TPS recipients.

And let me just conclude, I was debating whether or not to mention this, and I'll mention it not as a religious thing, but as something that I think clues us into this impulse to celebrate our immigrant communities. The most frequent command commandment mentioned in the first five books of the Bible is to welcome strangers and immigrants.

It is repeated 36 times. And I say that not because we should make policy based on what's on the Bible, but because it is an incredible reminder of how, for thousands of years, at the center of the human impulse is this impulse to be welcoming of strangers and immigrants. We know that there are contrary impulses, but we know that for thousands of years, traditions have taught us that welcoming strangers and immigrants is ultimately the right thing to do.

And so I rise today as someone who is very proud, very proud to come from a family of immigrants, very proud to live in a state where we understand that immigrants and undocumented folks are our family, our friends, our neighbors, that they are valued members of our community, that we love them, that we embrace them, that we appreciate their incredible contributions.

And to say that, I think this is something that I hope all of us can celebrate. And I want to again thank our incredible Chair of the Latino Caucus for bringing forward this resolution on behalf of all of the Members of the Jewish Caucus, just want to celebrate and honor the incredible immigrants who have contributed to this state and ask for your aye vote on ACR 206.

Thank you, Mr. Gabriel. Assembly Member Rubio, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of ACR 206 as a Member of the Latino Caucus. As an immigrant myself, I arrived to California as an undocumented immigrant who previously was deported at the age of seven. First and foremost, Immigrant Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the diversity that our communities bring to our great state.

With all of the rhetoric surrounding immigration, I want to remind us that immigrants come from many other countries, not just Mexico or Latin America. The values, culture, and prosperity we celebrate in our great state are due to the variety of backgrounds, communities, which immigrated here, which have immigrated here, have brought with them.

Amidst the celebration, I want to note this is also a time to reflect. Given the uncertain budget situation, we have seen the programs that directly benefit our immigrant communities and those served by said programs experience insecurity on whether or not they will have the support they need in the coming months.

I want to thank my colleague from Riverside and her efforts in preserving the services critical to our immigrant communities, many services of which I have seen the benefit of firsthand. I also want to thank our advocates here in the Gallery who have strived to protect California's first in the nation services for our communities that desperately need them, even amidst difficult budget situations.

I want to say I am especially thankful for the advocacy of the Children's Holistic Immigration Representation Program, or CHIRP, which provides legal and trauma informed support services for unaccompanied children. I am proud of my colleagues here today who share prioritizing the needs of our immigrant communities while simultaneously celebrating our shared heritage. I want to thank the Member from Riverside again, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote on ACR 206. Thank you.

Thank you, Assembly Member Rubio. Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise on behalf of the California Legislative Women's Caucus in strong support of ACR 206, proclaiming the month of June as Immigrant Heritage Month. Immigrant Heritage Month gives us an opportunity across the country to annually explore, remember, and honor the contributions and heritage of the cultures of around the world that have now made the United States their home. There are more women in the State of California than there are men.

And in the Women's Caucus, we celebrate the diversity of all women every single day. But sometimes we confuse immigrants as being solely one category, as if solely being undocumented. And I want to talk a little bit more about that in my own personal story. But immigrants can be undocumented, they could be TPS holders, they could be permanent residents, they can be asylum seekers, and they can be naturalized citizens, like myself. We come from all over the world. And in a time where we are such a divided America, let us look at the history of our nation.

One of our founding fathers, George Washington, said, the bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respected stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions whom we shall welcome to a participation of all of our rights and privileges in modern times. George W. Bush said, nearly all Americans have ancestors who brave the oceans, liberty loving risk takers in search of an ideal.

Immigration is not just a link to America's past. It is also a bridge to America's future. I came to this country when I was five years old, my family fleeing the civil war in El Salvador. We were asylum refugee seekers. And between the ages of five and 13, I was undocumented, and I had the great privilege of becoming a permanent resident when I was 13, one of the original Dreamers of this country. And had the immense privilege by my 21st birthday to take an oath to become a citizen of this nation.

I am one of three people, three Members in this body, who were formerly undocumented and who now have the great honor of being naturalized citizen and serving the communities that we love. That is the promise of this nation, that no matter where you come from, what you look like, what language you speak, and potentially what your legal status is, this nation belongs to all of us, not just a few. And we get to build the type of society and the type of country that we want. When I was 27 years old, and I'll close with what a President that inspired me to run for office. And I was 27 when I began working on his campaign. President Barack Obama, who said, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants.

A las personas que vienen de la comunidad de CHIRLA. Yo vine a este país cuando tenia cinco anos huyendo de la guerra civil en El Salvador sin estatus legal entre la edad de cinco a trece no teníamos papeles. Pero tuve el gran orgullo de hacerme residente y ciudadana y ahora poder representar a mi comunidad y a mi familia a nuestra comunidad inmigrante. En la asamblea Estatal soy una de tres personas que en ningún tiempo en nuestras vidas.

No teníamos estado estatus legal y ahora podemos hacer las leyes y poder participar en poder proteger a nuestra. Tejer a nuestra comunidad ustedes son el orgullo cultural con dignidad de nuestra de nuestro estado y de nuestro país. Muchos gracias por todo lo que hacen para nuestras familias y para nuestras comunidades.With that, Members, I respectfully request an aye vote on ACR 206.

Thank you, Assembly Member Carrillo. Dr. Jackson, you are recognized.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise on behalf of the Black Caucus for support of ACR 206. And for the Black Caucus, for us, it's a different story. Because unlike all the other caucuses, the Black Caucus ancestry didn't come here as immigrants. We came here as property.

But no matter how we got here, we do know one thing, that we have still found a way to contribute to the culture, to the economy, and to the progress of California and our democracy. And that's what we hope for for all people who decide to make California their home.

And it's our hope that, when any new generation of immigrants come to California, that they don't adopt principles of conformity, that they don't adopt principles that says that they have to shed their own culture, shed their own language in order to thrive here in California. But they can actually do better than that.

They can bring their whole selves, their whole ancestry, their whole culture and language, and add to the strength of the State of California. So the Black Caucus would like to thank all immigrants for choosing California as their home because we know that we can only benefit from that.

And as we continue to, even in times where the budget may be scarce, we know one thing, that immigrants represent the future of California. And if we want California to thrive, we have to make sure that we are investing in the strength and the future and the prosperity of immigrants so that the future of California can be just as great. We would like to urge an aye vote on ACR 206.

Thank you, Dr. Jackson. Dr. Arambula, you are recognized.

Buenos días. En placer para hablar con ustedes el día de hoy para el regularon 206 y quiero dar mil gracias a mi amiga de Corona para este oportunidad. Empezó en español ese día para dar el sexto a nuestros comunidades y también porque van a hablar un poco de mi corazón de mi familia, cuando entraron aquí a este gran país.

I begin in Spanish today to make sure that I'm giving proper respect to our communities, but also because I'm going to tell you a little bit about my family history when we came here to this great country. Because I'm reminded, while we speak about our ideals, that our country and our state at times has struggled to not be racist and xenophobic.

And I'm not speaking about the previous administration, the 45th President, nor am I speaking about in our state three decades ago when we passed Prop 187 and began to remove the public services for our immigrant communities. But I'm speaking about seven decades ago, under President Eisenhower, when my family was coming here to the great United States States.

But it was my grandfather and grandmother, Zacharias and Josefina, with my parents, who got swept up during the largest mass deportation event in American history, which was Operation Wetback. Now, my family, while we recognize that were states that did not value and give the dignity and respect that all human beings deserve, we continued to move and migrate and came here to this great state where we have a legacy of leading and making sure that everyone has the same opportunities.

Because my grandfather never went to a single day of school, he never learned to read. And I stand before you as our state's first Latino physician, and I can assure you that I can read, but I can also write. And here we have an obligation to right historical wrongs and to make sure that we are writing and passing a budget that reflects our values. So I'm grateful that we have a legacy of leading and providing health care for all, regardless of immigration status.

Over the last several years, those on this floor have helped to expand healthcare access for a million Californians, regardless of their status because their income was below $20,000. Now, we must continue to advance and recognize that people who are earning just over those income thresholds don't have enough to keep a roof over their head on food on their table.

And so we must continue to advance and recognize that our programs that address antipoverty, such as EITC, can also be expanded to our immigrant communities to make sure that we are providing opportunities for those mixed status families. In this budget, we are threatening IHSS for our immigrant communities and bifurcating and saying that certain human beings can deserve those in home supportive services and others cannot. We also are threatening the legal services for our immigrants and delaying the Food for All.

And the irony, when you come from the breadbasket of the world and we don't have enough food for those same communities who are producing those bountiful harvests are not lost on so many of us. But we must make sure that we are providing dreams for all and home ownership opportunities and creating entrepreneurship for this next generation.

Because here in our great state, we are a California for all, a California that values and gives our immigrants the dignity and respect that they deserve. We are upholding our nation's legacy of being a nation of immigrants. And it's our responsibility to be that beacon when our nation is lost in the dark. And so I would remind us not just to pass this resolution today, but to focus on a budget that will fund our communities and make sure that our immigrants are provided the resources they need to be able to transform their lives and their families lives.

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It is my honor to be a representative for a community that oftentimes feel that their voice is not heard on this floor. And so I'm grateful to my colleague for allowing me this opportunity to speak up and to make sure that we were doing everything within our power to protect the values that we have as a state. Thank you for this opportunity.

Thank you, Dr. Arambula. All debate having ceased, would you like to close, Ms. Cervantes?

I want to thank all of my colleagues today for your profound words. Let us uplift our immigrant community throughout our state and our country by passing ACR 206.

Thank you, Assembly Member Cervantes. The Clerk will open the roll for co-authors. All those vote who desire to vote as a co-author of the resolution. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. There are 61 co-authors added. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the resolution. All in favor say aye. Opposed say no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Assembly Member Cervantes, you are recognized for your guest introductions.

Thank you, Mr. speaker. Members, I am honored to introduce several guests today in honor of Immigrant Heritage Month. Joining us on the floor today on the back of the chamber, we have community members supported by immigrant legal defense.

Joining us are Iris Idajeta, Miranda Hugo Alfarez Quintana from Oakland, who are the parents of San Francisco State University Student Maybelline. Through the California State University Immigration Legal Service project, ILD represented Iris and Hugo in their naturalization applications, and they are both now us citizens.

They were granted asylum in 2017 due to the persecution they suffered in El Salvador. Let's welcome them, please. I also would like to recognize a few other guests we have joining us Walter and Bethany, both unaccompanied minors. Walter was entered into deportation proceedings as a minor after seeking asylum in the United States.

Bethany of San Joaquin Valley and like thousands of other unaccompanied children, discovered she had been ordered and deported without notice to her and her caregiver. Thanks to Chert, Project CJA was able to offer no cost representation to assist them without immigration relief, ensuring safeguards against deportation.

Our other members with us of Chile are Patricia Salazar and Arthur Garcia. s. Salazar immigrated from Veracruz, Mexico over 30 years ago and calls the Antelope Valley home. We also have Arturo Garcia is 55 years old and immigrated to the United States when he was 19 years old. He lives in Lancaster, California.

We have members supported by the Central American Resource Center. Kerosene are Lorena Zepeta, Zebeda and Jose Ramirez. Ms. Cebera, originally from El Salvador, has resided in the United States for over 30 years and has been protected under the TPS program since 2001.

Jose Ramirez is a construction worker and TPS holder from El Salvador who has called California home for over 30 years.

Joining us in the gallery today are Barbara Pinto, co-Executive Director of immigrant legal defense Christina Sias, Executive Director of Community Justice Alliance Cynthia Gomez, Deputy Director of Policy and Advocacy at Chile and Alejandra Modales, Director of Organizing and Policy at Kerosene. Thank you each of you, for visiting us in Sacramento.

It is an honor to be able to host you. Thank you for your immense contributions and courage in advocating for our immigrant communities. Welcome to the California State Assembly.

Thank you, Assemblymember Cervantes, welcome to your guests. Thank you for being here.

Assembly constitutional amendment 16 with amendments by Assembly Member Bryan .

Assemblymember Bryan, you are recognized.

Thank you Mister speaker and colleagues. These amendments to ACA 16 reflect the ongoing conversations with opposition. There are 73 new words added to the constitutional amendment. All 73 of them came from the opposition. I respectfully ask for procedural I vote on these amendments.

Thank you Assembly Member Bryan without objection, we will take a voice vote on the amendments. All in favor say aye. Opposed say no. Amendments are adopted. Bill is out to print back on file. Moving to Senate third reading file items 21 through 28 pass and retain Members. We will now move to the second day consent calendar.

Before we vote, we will take a. First take up the resolution on the consent calendar for the purpose of adding co-authors. Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.

[Reading]

Clerk will now open to the roll to allow any Member to add on as a co-author to the resolutions. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote as a co-author. There are 60 co-authors. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes.

There are 60 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.

[Second Reading]

Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote on the consent calendar. Clerk will close. The roll tally of the votes. Ayes 59 no zero. The consent calendar is adopted. Moving back to file.

The quorum call will not be lifted as well. So just if you need to have a conversation, please take it off the floor. But we still have business and the quorum call is not going to be lifted for a while.

Moving back and file order to file item number 23 under Senate third reading SB 803 Senator Becker by Mister Kalra. For the purpose of amendments. Clerk will read.

Senate Bill 803 with amendments by Senate Member Kalra.

Senate Member Kalra, you are recognized.

Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise today to present amendments to SB 803 on behalf of Senators Becker and Jones to establish the Heal our Heroes act. These amendments will create a narrow pilot program to offer treatment using psilocybin or psilobin in to military veterans or first responders respectively. Ask for an aye vote.

Seeing and hearing without objection. We will take a voice vote on the amendments. All in favor say aye. Opposed say no. Amendments are adopted. The Bill is out to print and back on file. Members, a quorum call is still in place.

I ask that you please give your respectful attention to those who were granted prior permission to speak on an adjournment in memory. If you need to have a conversation, please take it off the floor. Otherwise, please give your respectful attention to those who were granted prior permission. Assemblymember Calderon, you are recognized for your adjournment and memory.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to adjourn in memory of Karen Pines, a dear family friend who passed away on April 17. Born on March 9, 1941 in Topeka, Kansas, Karen was the first in her family to attend college. She earned AB's in journalism with a minor in education from Ohio University in 1963.

Following graduation, she drove solo across the country to California. Upon her arrival, Karen met her downstairs neighbor, Burt Pines, who she fell in love with and would go on to marry in 1966. After earning a master's in educational psychology from CSU Northridge, Karen began her distinguished career as a marriage and family therapist.

Her compassion for others led her to counsel veterans suffering from PTSD, mentor high school students needing guidance and support foster children as a CASA volunteer.

She utilized her experience to train graduate students at CSU Sacramento and Pepperdine University and to serve on the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Los Angeles Social Service Commission, and the California Commission on Aging. Karen was known for having an adventurous spirit and had a great love for outdoor activities.

She was an avid traveler, having explored India, Morocco, Greece, China, Egypt, Nepal, and Peru. Karen also loved music, performing in chorales across several European capitals and at famous American venues including Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles and Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Karen was a bold woman who lived a remarkable life full of adventure, compassion, and above all else, a great love for her family.

She has survived by her husband of 58 years, the honorable Burt Pines, her children Adam, Ethan and Alyssa, her daughter in law Laurel, her son in law Adam and her beloved grandchildren, India, Atticus, Owen, Miles, and Moxie. Mr. Speaker, Members, I respectfully request that we adjourn in memory of Karen Pines.

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

Members, America has lost our last World War two AAA pilot and I ask that you join me in adjourning in memory of Brigadier General Clarence E. Bud Anderson. How appropriate to be a journeying in the memory of Bud, an American World War two hero today of all days, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when thousands of brave Americans stormed the beaches of Normandy to protect freedom and drive out Nazi forces. Bud grew up on a farm near Newcastle and attended Placer Union High School.

After learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bud enlisted in the air force, and from November 1943 to January 1945, Bud flew 116 combat missions, a total of 480 hours in the air, and destroyed 16 and one quarter enemy aircraft in aerial combat and another one on the ground.

Known for his P-51 Mustang named Old Crow, Bud flew in the 357th Fighter Group, Yoxford Boys, and was the highest scoring ace in the 363rd Fighter Squadron. Bud continued his career in the military for 30 years.

He was the commander of squadrons in post War Korea, Okinawa and Southeast Asia, and was later assigned to the Pentagon in the fields of research and development and operational requirements. As you may have guessed, Bud was highly decorated, 25 times to be exact.

He was awarded two Legion of Merits, five distinguished flying crosses, the Bronze Star, 16 Air Medals, the French Legion of Honor, and the French Croix De Guerre for valiant service in action. Bud was also highly educated. He attended Sacramento Junior College in George Washington University, the Air Force Command and Staff College, and the Army War College.

He was a life member of the American Fighter Aces Association and held the rank of fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Bud was married to the love of his life, Eleanor Cosby, and the two were married for 70 years. They were blessed with two children, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Bud didn't take it easy when he retired from the Air Force in March of 1972. Instead, he joined McDonnell Aircraft Company and served for 12 years at Edwards Air Force Base as manager of the company Flight Test facility.

After full retirement in 1984, Bud and Eleanor moved to Auburn, back to Plasch County, where he spent his time penning his autobiography, To Fly and Fight. Bud consulted on many computer flying games and simulations, participated in many interviews, wrote articles for aviation periodicals, and was featured in the History Channel series Dogfight and the Military Channel Showdown, Air Combat.

When Bud turned the young age of 90, he voluntarily chose to quit flying but continued speaking around the country, especially to kids, of what it meant to be a patriot and a pilot.

Since Bud's death, I've received texts from people all over my district who knew him well, and if you lived in my district, you definitely had exposure to him because he visited all around the district and really spent time with kids.

And one in particular is from a friend of mine and a mom in my district who said Bud was like a great grandfather to my son Kaden. He was literally the nicest, most kind man you'd ever meet. God doesn't make many guys like that, she said. We will love him and miss him forever.

On May 17, Bud passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his friends and family. We are blessed as a nation to have such a life among us for 102 long years. And he will not be forgotten.

Just off the Runway at Wings Cafe at the Auburn airport stands a life size bronze sculpture of Bud made by world famous artist Douglas Van Houd. Members, as we adjourn this morning, the French people in Normandy are right now honoring and pouring out unbelievable thanks to our last of our greatest generation.

As many of our American heroes have made the trek, probably for the last time, to the Beaches of Normandy, where they so valiant fought those 80 years ago. We owe them our thanks. We owe them our freedom.

And I ask today that we join in honoring our D-Day heroes and adjourn in the memory of Brigadier General Clarence E. Bud Anderson.

Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Members, please bring the names to the desk to be printed in the journal. All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Moving to announcements. Session schedule is as follows. Friday, June 7. No floor session. No check in session. Monday, June 10, floor session at 01:00 p.m.

All other items remaining will be passed and retained. All motions will be continued. Seeing and hearing no further business, I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Ms. Aguilar-Curry moves Mr. Joe Patterson seconds. That this house stands adjourned until Monday, June 10, at 01:00 p.m. quorum call is lifted, and the house is adjourned.