Senate Floor Session

after which please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Good afternoon, everybody. I am Rabbi Shoshana Nambi from Congregation Betham in Los Altos Hills, California, and I'm truly honored to be here with all of you today. Thank you so much to Senator Baker for inviting me. And Mazal Tov to the honorees, and happy Jewish American Heritage Month to everybody. As a Jew who comes to America not long ago from Uganda, I'm especially very grateful to be part of this milestone of this first inaugural Jewish American celebration here. hosted here at the St. Louis Church. When we reach a meaningful moment, such as this one of joy, of gratitude, a moment of a new blessing, we say a prayer called Shekhechianu. I'm going to invite everybody, if you know the words, to say the prayer with me. Baruch at Adonai, Eloheinu melech haolam, Shekhechianu ve'kiamanu ve'hikianu razman haze Blessed are you, Echano our God, sovereign of the universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this moment. We all know it takes persistence, advocacy, active hope to arrive to a moment like this one and say thank you. We are here. This is my prayer for this month, for this state, for the world, and for everyone in this room. May we continue to celebrate each other what we have built together while we continue to build together. And as the rabbis of the old remind us, we may not complete the work, but neither are we free to abandon it. this commitment to hard work of Tikkun Olam repairing the world has been passed from hand to hand generation to generation and now to us and we take it on gracefully and together we say Amen Please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag

Under privileges of the floor, we have some guests to be recognized today. I would like to recognize Senator Dr. Weber Pearson for your guest introduction.

clerk. Senator Strickland, for which purpose do you raise your mic? Thank you, Mr. President.

Senator, this is only on the procedure and not on the content of it.

Will do. Okay. Thank you, Senator, for your graciousness. Senator Ashby, you are recognized on the procedure.

Senator Strickland would you like to close Sure Thank you Mr President I urge along with millions of Californians an aye vote

Again, Senator, it's only on the procedure, not on the content of the bill. So you can speak to...

Thank you, Senator. We will go to roll call. Senator Strickland is asking for an aye vote. The Majority Leader, Senator Ashby, is asking for a no vote. Secretary, please call roll.

Ayes 9, noes 22, the motion fails. And we are moving on to Senator Ashby.

Members, we are going to move on to consideration of the daily file. Secretary, please read second reading file.

Second reading file will be deemed read. We are moving to Governor's appointments, items 93, 94, and 95. Members, we will begin with item 93, and Senator Grove, when you are ready to present, the floor is yours.

Senator Laird, you are recognized.

Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized.

Senator Blakespeare, you are recognized.

Senator Richardson, you are recognized.

Senator Grove, you may close.

Secretary, please call roll.

Secretary please call absent members.

Ayes 37, noes 0. The appointment is confirmed. Members, we're moving back to privileges of the floor for just one moment. We want to give Senator Cortez the opportunity to introduce guests.

Returning to Senate third reading, we will be returning to governor's appointments. We will go to item 94. Senator Grove, you are recognized.

Secretary, seeing no mics raised for discussion and debate, Secretary, please call roll. Allen.

Secretary, please call absent members.

Ayes 37, noes 0. The appointment is confirmed. Moving to item 95. Senator Grove, you are recognized.

Please call roll Alan hi of Raul Gil I archuleta I I again I Ashby I Becker I Blake Spear I Cabalden Caballero I Cervantes I Choi I Cortese I Dally I Durazo I Gonzalez I Grayson I Grove I put all I Jones I Laird I Aye Limon McGuire Aye McNerney Aye Menjabar Aye Nilo Ochoa Bog Aye Padilla Perez Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciharto. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland. Aye. Umber. Aye. Valadares. Aye.

Cabaldon, aye. Limon, Nilo, Padilla, Weber Pearson, aye.

Senate concurrent resolution 151 by Senator Umberg, relative to anterior crusade ligament ACL injury awareness month.

Well, thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. I rise today to present SCR 151, which proclaims the month of May 2026 as anterior crusade ligament injury awareness month in California. It stands for ACL. This resolution elevates a fast-growing health concern among athletes as injury rates have more than doubled over the past two decades, especially among young athletes under 18. ACL injuries are among the most common and debilitating injuries affecting physically active individuals and young athletes each year an estimated 400,000 ACL tears across occur across the United States alone What makes this injury especially cruel is its tendency to repeat once an individual sustains an ACL injury They're up to 30% more likely to sustain that same injury once more or even more than once more more. In the long-term, individuals who experience an ACL tear face a significant re-injury risk, early onset of osteoarthritis, chronic pain, and long-term joint damage. Research consistently shows, however, that ACL injuries are largely preventable with the implementation of evidence-based neuromuscular training programs. Injury risk can be reduced by 50 to 88 percent. ACL injuries are not simply a sports issue, but a preventable public health challenge by elevating awareness and encouraging the study of prevention programs, California is taking an important step to protect the health and safety of future young athletes. In naming May 2026 as ACL Injury Awareness Month, I'm honored to do so and urge your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. As somebody who's had their ACL repaired three times, I support SCR 151.

I'm honored to present this resolution and urge an aye vote.

to be recognized. Senator Jones and I would like to ask several individuals to join us on the floor. These are professionals in sports and sports medicine, as well as young athletes who inspired this resolution. So joining me is Leora Shimi, daughter of a fellow who works in our office, Ross Shimi, who brought this to my attention. Leora is a multi-sport athlete at St. Francis high school. She suffered an injury to her ACL exact one year ago today and is still recovering. National Women's Soccer League Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Cindy Chang, who, by the way, has had seven operations as opposed to your three, Senator Jones. Also the owner of Mac Performance Physical Therapy, Dan McLean, a representative of California's Athletic Trainers Association, Gina Viviano, Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Medicine at St. Francis High School, Kelly Ketchum. Members, please join me in welcoming these guests. Thank you.

resolution 105 by Senator McNerney relative to National Tennis Month.

afternoon Mr. President and distinguished colleagues. I rise today to present SR 105. SR 105 simply declares May as the National Tennis Month. Some facts about tennis. Tennis participation has grown 46% since 2019. More than 25.7 million Americans played tennis in 2024 and tennis is recognized as the world's healthiest sport. Playing adds an average of 9.7 years to your life expectancy. You want to live longer? Play tennis. Tardiovascular risk drops by 56% with regular play and players see a 20% boost in mental health. Tennis is a lifelong sport for all ages and abilities and let's celebrate this sport together that makes happy California happier and healthier I ask for your aye vote thank

You have some guests you would like to recognize. Thank you, Mr. President. With you today are leaders of the United States Tennis Association, USTA. The USTA is now the largest tennis organization in the world. I would like to recognize Christine Castamagna, Summer Verhoeven, Cheryl Silva, Kamail Delbarba, Kenneth Workin, Vivian Lee Christy Perez Michelle Wilson Marty Anderson Asilia Anderson Mark Shanahan Kevin Hunziger Elise Elcazar and Mark Delbarba Thank you for coming today

Senate Concurrent Resolution 175 by Senator Weber Pearson relative to Behavioral Health

Senator Dr. Weber Pearson, you are recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to present Senate Concurrent Resolution 175, declaring May 2026 as Behavioral Health Awareness Month in California. Behavioral Health Awareness Month recognizes both mental health and substance use disorders. These diagnoses affect Californians in every community, every age group, and every background. Mental illness impacts one in five adults in the United States and nearly 20% of children and youth experience a mental, emotional, developmental, or substance use disorder each year. This resolution acknowledges the growing behavioral health crisis facing our state and nation. Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death for young people, and far too many Californians continue to struggle in silence because of stigma, lack of access to care, or cultural and economic barriers to treatment. The acknowledgement also recognizes the behavioral health needs of adults and older adults, many of whom experience isolation, under-diagnosis, homelessness, chronic illness, or fragmented systems of care. Untreated behavioral health conditions can lead to worsening health outcomes, increasing emergency room visits, and unnecessary institutionalization. This resolution calls attention to the urgent need for equitable, culturally competent, and integrated systems of care across California, because we know that behavioral health challenges disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, including foster youth, justice-involved youth, veterans, LGBTQ plus youth, and communities of color. Importantly, this measure is not only about raising awareness. It is about reducing stigma and encouraging Californians to seek help without fear or shame. It is about recognizing behavioral health as an essential part of one's overall health. With this presentation, I also want to recognize California statewide organizations representing behavioral health providers and advocating for delivery of equitable person-centered care. The California Behavioral Health Association, the California Alliance for Child and Family Services, and the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals, all members of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, a leading national behavioral health advocacy organization. I respectfully ask for an aye vote to recognize May 2026 as Behavioral Health Awareness Month in California and to reaffirm our commitment to improving behavioral health care and outcome for all Californians. Thank you.

Jones, Laird, aye. Limon, McGuire, aye. McNerney, aye. Menjivar, aye. Nilo, Ochoa Bog, Padilla, Perez, aye. Reyes, aye. Richardson? Aye. Rubio? Aye. Ciarto? Aye. Smallwood Cuevas? Aye. Stern? Aye. Strickland? Humber? Paladaris? Wahab? Aye. Weber Pearson? Aye. Wiener? Aye. Pochaboc, aye.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'd also like to recognize the sponsors of SCR 175, the California Behavioral Health Association. In the gallery, we are joined by CEO Dr. Leandra Clark-Harvey and staff members Carly Seltzer, George Cruz, and Chloe Ann Pulido. Thank you for being here and for your tireless work. Welcome to the Senate gallery.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 176 by Senator Ashby relative to National Small Business Month.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to present SCR 176, which designates May as Small Business Month. California is home to over 4.2 million small businesses, representing 99.8% of all businesses in the state. These businesses are the foundation of California's economy. Small businesses employ over 7 million Californians, accounting for nearly half of the state's private sector workforce. Women and minority-owned businesses in particular play an important role in supporting local economies for communities across California, contributing nearly $30 billion in tax revenue each year. I am especially proud of the contributions our small businesses have made here in Sacramento. I would like to recognize two Sacramento organizations and their leaders who are here with us today at the appropriate time. They work tirelessly to support their minority and small business organizations, as do so many in our region. I respectfully ask for your support of SCR 176.

and is a Sacramento person who has elevated to representing her folks statewide. Also with us is Lauren Otto, who is executive director of the Cal Asian Foundation. two people who work absolutely relentlessly on behalf of the small businesses across California. I'm sure you all know that because I'm sure you have all been lobbied by them at some point or another. She is pretty tough to say no to. These two organizations remind us how small businesses are central to California's economy, strength, and our identity. Colleagues, please join me in welcoming both of them to the Senate floor. Thank you.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 178 by Senator Becker relative to Jewish American Heritage Month.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, today I rise to present SCR 178, recognizing May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Month in California. Jewish American Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate a community that has shaped California and this nation from the very beginning. In California, the Jewish story stretches back to the gold rush era, when Jewish immigrants arrived seeking opportunity and helped build the civic, economic, and cultural foundations of our state. Like so many immigrant communities, Jewish families came to this country searching for safety, freedom, the chance to build a better future. My own grandparents immigrated from Europe and started a small business. The story of resilience, sacrifice, and hope is shared by countless Jewish families across California. This resolution recognizes the extraordinary contributions Jewish Americans have made across every field imaginable. Science, medicine, labor, civil rights, business, technology, arts, entertainment, public service. And it recognizes elected leaders like Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer who changed the course of California political history. Recognize the legacy of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marching alongside Dr. Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights Movement. Recognize folks like Harvey Milk who blazed a trail for LGBTQ rights and who worked to uplift other marginalized communities. and to recognize a generation of Jewish labor organizers, educators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders who help strengthen the state and expand opportunity for others. This resolution also honors Holocaust survivors who rebuilt their lives in California after unimaginable loss and carried forward the sacred responsibility to bear witness for future generations. And importantly, it reflects the diversity of today's Jewish community, including multiracial, Latino Jews, Asian American Jews, Persian Jews, Israeli Americans, LGBTQ plus Jews, and many others who continue to enrich the fabric of our state. We must continue learning from one another's histories. We must continue standing together against hate in all forms. I'm incredibly grateful that my colleagues in our sister caucuses have consistently stood shoulder to shoulder and squarely behind the Jewish caucus where we've raised concerns about anti-Semitism and hate directed against our community, and we will continue to stand with them. The Jewish community is a proud community, a resilient community, a deeply patriotic community that believes in strengthening this country and expanding opportunity for everyone. Jewish American Heritage Month invites all Californians to engage with Jewish history, culture, and resilience, and Jewish food, I might have mentioned, and to recognize the role that Jewish Americans continue to play in shaping a more inclusive, innovative, and compassionate society. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise as chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, proudly support of SCR 178, recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month. Jewish Americans have been deeply connected to the broader fight against hatred, exclusion, and discrimination in this country. Their history has been shaped by anti-Semitism, displacement, violence, and a remarkable resilience in the face of injustice. That shared understanding created an important bond between black and Jewish communities throughout American history. During the Civil Rights Movement, black and Jewish leaders worked together to challenge segregation, voter suppression, and discrimination. Jewish attorneys helped fight landmark civil rights cases and Jewish activists marched along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the movement for voting rights and equality. In 1964, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwermer, two Jewish civil rights workers, were murdered alongside James Channey, a black Mississippian, while helping to register black voters during Freedom Summer. Their deaths became a painful reminder that the fight for civil rights requires sacrifice across all communities. At a time when we continue to see rising hate, anti-Semitism, racism, and division in this country, SCR 178 reminds us that solidarity still matters. It also reminds us that when communities stand together against hate and injustice, we move closer to the values of equality, dignity, and humanity that should belong to everyone. On behalf of the California Legislative Black Caucus, we respectfully ask for an aye vote on SCR 178. Thank you.

Well, thank you, Mr. President. I rise also in support of SCR 178, recognizing me as Jewish American Heritage Month. Just to build on the comments of my colleagues, as we speak, Fellow Californians are suffering an incredible nightmare situation at a mosque in San Diego with a horrific shooting that, at least from the initial reports police are suggesting, is likely to be a hate crime. And it's at the largest mosque in San Diego. So you know I want to just take a moment to express the love and prayers of this body as they are facing this awful situation You know one of the many things that binds our Islamic and Jewish communities are the discrimination and hatred that unfortunately both of our communities face here and elsewhere around the world. We've seen upticks in Islamophobia and anti-Semitism oftentimes going hand in hand. We just had a terrible anti-Semitic incident in my district in a local high school not too long ago. So just last week, I had the chance to go down and be present at the opening of the Jewish Film Festival, where they opened the festival with this beautiful film about Rabbi Heyer, who founded the Museum of Tolerance and the Simon Wiesenthal Center that focused its work on trying to chase down Nazi war criminals in the immediate aftermath of World War II, hold them accountable, but then took that experience to try to turn into something beautiful, an educational experience where people would be able to come from all different backgrounds to an extraordinary museum in Los Angeles in my colleague's district that is a gathering place for people to learn about the extraordinary story of man's inhumanity to man and how hatred and bigotry can turn into murderous abandon and violence. Rabbi Heyer, though, took his passion, his pain, his experience, and built upon the life of Simon Wiesenthal to bridge divides, to lead a life of compassion and understanding in place of fear and intolerance. And so this month, through this important resolution, we invite Californians to learn more of the Jewish experience and contributions, celebrate our diversity across this great state, commit to a future of tolerance and empathy. Just over in the assembly, just right before we all got here, there's a wonderful celebration of Jewish leaders from all sorts of different sectors, from politics, from religion, social services, community services, anti-poverty work. and it just was a good reminder, I think, to me as to why I'm proud of this wonderful community that I'm a part of and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today in proud support of SCR 178, recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month in California. As a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, I'm especially honored to speak on this resolution because the Jewish and Latino communities share a long history rooted in perseverance, faith, family, immigration, labor, and the pursuit of justice. Both of our communities know what it means to arrive seeking opportunity while confronting discrimination and exclusion. Both communities have fought to ensure that future generations inherit a more inclusive California and a more just America. SCR 178 appropriately recognizes the profound contributions Jewish Americans have made to California's civic, economic, cultural, scientific, and political life. Jewish Californians helped build California from the gold rush era onward establishing charitable institutions advancing labor rights pioneering industries strengthening higher education contributing to the arts and sciences and serving this state with distinction in public office this legacy deeply resonates in the Latino community We remember the alliances forged between Jewish and Latino labor organizers who fought for dignity in the workplace. We remember the lawyers, clergy, educators, and activists from the Jewish community who stood beside farm workers, immigrants, civil rights leaders, and more. We recognize today that solidarity is not abstract. It is built through shared struggle, mutual respect, and a belief in human dignity. At a time when anti-Semitism is rising across our country, this resolution sends an important message. Hatred and division have no place in California. The Latino Caucus understands that when any community is targeted because of religion, ethnicity, language, or immigration history, All communities have a responsibility to stand together. That is why Jewish American Heritage Month is not only about honoring history. It is about reaffirming our shared commitment to pluralism, democracy, and respect for one another. Members, California is stronger when we celebrate the contributions of every community that helped to build this state. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today on behalf of the LGBTQ Caucus in support of SCR 178. Jewish American Heritage Month offers us an opportunity to honor the rich history, culture, and enduring contributions of Jewish Americans across our communities. The LGBTQ Caucus is unique in that we have members in every single other affinity caucus. in the legislature. We cross over. And if you look at well-known LGBT Jewish people, I mean, we have Harvey Milk and Barney Frank in elected office, Edie Windsor, who was a plaintiff in the marriage equality suit. In show business, we have Harvey Feierstein, Miriam Margolis, and Fran Leibovitz. We have singers Leslie Gore and Janice Ian and musical director Stephen Sondheim. I could go on and on and on because that list overlaps in a major way and it puts us in solidarity with the kind of discrimination or hatred that targets both groups that are embodied in some cases in one person in the people I just mentioned. Central to the Jewish tradition is the principle of tikkun olam, the call to repair the world. It is a value rooted in justice, compassion, and collective responsibility, and is one that deeply resonates with the work that we do here in this body. In many ways, that same spirit has guided the LGBTQ civil rights movement, a belief that we each have a role to play in building a more just and inclusive world, and that change is possible when we come together in solidarity. So the LGBTQ caucus is proud to stand alongside our colleagues in the Jewish caucus to commemorate Jewish American Heritage Month. And we reaffirm our shared commitment to education, representation, and the celebration of diversity that defines the best of California.

Growing up in southern New Jersey in a community that had almost no Jews was challenging at times. When we first arrived, there was no synagogue in my community, and my parents joined with other Jews to form that congregation. A big thank you to the local Lutheran church that allowed us to use their sanctuary for Shabbat services until we were able to build our own temple. We had neighbors who asked us why we didn't have horns. we had a sixth grade history book that taught us a chapter about how the Jews begged Jesus or begged the Romans to kill Jesus that was the original blood libel that led to the massacre of Jews for thousands of years in Europe but ultimately we formed a Jewish community in that town and it was a beautiful thing and that is the beautiful thing about the Jewish community It's a community that, no matter what is happening, finds a way to form community and to support one another. I'm honored to represent San Francisco, which is home to not one but two of the oldest synagogues in California, synagogues born from the first gatherings of Jews in the state predating California's admission to the Union. In September of 1949, drawn by the gold rush and the promise of a bright future, a budding Jewish community gathered to celebrate Jewish high holidays, despite lacking a Torah or a rabbi. They gathered again the following year, and then in 1851, formed two congregations that continue to exist in San Francisco today, Congregation Sherith Israel and Temple Emanuel. The origins of these congregations and their continued operation and highlight the perseverance of our community and the values that we hold high. San Francisco is also home to Jewish Family and Children's Services, JFCS, the oldest continually operating nonprofit west of the Mississippi, founded in 1850 before there were any official synagogues in San Francisco. JFCS serves all communities, providing meals, mental health services, senior services, services to refugees, health care services. And so I tell these stories to highlight something critical, and that is that for as long as California has existed as a state, and even before, Jews have been part of that story, back to the very, very beginning. And we have seen this throughout California history, including in San Francisco, whether it's Supervisor Harvey Milk or Senator Dianne Feinstein or Mayor Daniel Lurie, who is here to be honored today on the assembly floor, Levi Strauss, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and on and on and on. I also want to recognize the diversity of the Jewish community. I think sometimes when people think of Jews, they think of only one kind of person. And Jews are incredibly diverse. Sometimes people are surprised to learn that, for example, in Israel, which is home to one half of all Jews on planet Earth, and so when people so brazen, like very casually talk about eliminating Israel, Literally, if you randomly pick two Jews on planet Earth, one of them lives in Israel, and a majority of them are not white. are of Middle Eastern, North African descent. In this country and in California, we have Jews of color, Jews of Latino origin, African-American Jews, Jews of every conceivable background. And it is something that knits together to form an incredibly beautiful tapestry. Jews, also, we don't always agree with each other. Anyone who has sat through a Passover Seder, any kind of Jewish meal, knows that we challenge each other, we argue. There's a saying that if you have two Jews in a room, you'll have three opinions. And that is absolutely true. I also just want to be clear, as I have experienced recently, there are huge differences of opinion in the Jewish community about global affairs and things that are happening outside of this country. I think sometimes there is a perception that we are all in perfect unison on everything, and there are a lot of different opinions about things that are happening in the Middle East and elsewhere, including some very horrible things. I am so proud to be part of this community, a community that welcomes and embraces all sorts of different kinds of people and perspectives. It's a beautiful, beautiful community, and I'm so happy that we are having our first Jewish American Heritage Month celebration here in the Capitol. I ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Today we recognize and celebrate the Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to honor the rich history, enduring contributions and the deep cultural legacy of Jewish Americans in our nation. America, made up of many ethnic groups, each group has a story to tell, as we celebrated celebrated AAPI Heritage Month last week and the Korean American Day in January. Especially after I visited Israel last year as a member of the delegation, when Israel 50 states, I get to understand the Jewish history and its people. And through my Bible reading every morning how difficult times the Jewish people have gone through in the history. Still today, as you know, they are going through many difficult times throughout the world, especially engaged in the world currently we observe. Here in America, from science and medicine to law, education, business arts, and the public service, Jewish Americans have helped to shape the strength and the character of the United States. Their story is also one of resilience of overcoming hardship, preserving identity, and continuing to build a better future for all This month is not only about the reflection but also about the appreciation It reminds us that America's greatness comes from its diversity, from the many faith backgrounds and traditions that together from one nation. As we observe this month, Let us reaffirm our commitment to respect, understanding, and unity. By learning from one another's histories, we strengthen the bonds that hold our communities together. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. President, very simply and profoundly written, God says I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you. This is a foundational biblical promise found in Genesis 12.3. It's a promise that God made to his original chosen and anointed people. And that's why I support SCR 178.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members, I too rise in support of SCR 178, recognizing May as Jewish American Heritage Month. California is home to one of the largest Jewish populations in the world, and Jewish Americans have helped shape the identity and success of our own state for generations. From agriculture to small business to medicine, entertainment, education, labor, science, technology, and public service, their contributions are deeply woven into California's story. But beyond those contributions, this resolution is also about values. Our Jewish community has long stood at the forefront of service, of philanthropy, civil rights, and advocacy for human dignity. Jewish organizations across California continue feeding families, helping refugees, supporting seniors, strengthening education, and caring for vulnerable communities every single day. And especially now, at a time when many Jewish families are experiencing fear, grief, and rising anti-Semitism, it is important that this legislature speak clearly. California stands with our Jewish community against hatred of all forms. Last year, as my colleague, the senator from Irvine, mentioned, I too had the opportunity to visit Israel as a part of a bipartisan delegation of over 250 legislators from across the United States. We met with leaders in health care and agriculture and climate technology and innovation, and we saw firsthand how closely connected many of their challenges and innovations are to the issues we face here in California. But I also met with families and survivors still carrying the trauma of October 7th terrorist attacks. One experience that especially stayed with me was meeting American lone soldiers, including some with California and Los Angeles ties. Serving far from their families and loved ones, their stories reflected courage, sacrifice, and the deep bonds many Jewish American families feel to Israel and to protecting human life and democracy. As a Christian visiting the Holy Land was deeply meaningful to me personally But what impacted me most was the resilience of people continuing to choose faith community and hope even in incredibly difficult circumstances. Jewish American Heritage Month is about honoring community, a community that has contributed enormously to California's culture, economic, and civic life, while reaffirming our commitment to stand against anti-Semitism and hatred wherever it exists. Members, I respectfully urge an aye vote.

Thank you. I rise today in recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month to honor a community whose story is stitched into the fabric of America. It's a story of faith carried across oceans of families who turned hardship into hope, memory into moral courage, and survival into strength. Jewish Americans have helped shape our nation in classrooms and courtrooms, in hospitals and labor halls, in science, art, business, public service, and movements for justice. This month, we celebrate Jewish joy, the traditions, music, food, humor, scholarship, debate, and deep devotion to community that make California stronger. And we say clearly, anti-Semitism has no place here. Hate has no home here. Silence is not our answer. And I want to speak as the only Muslim in the legislature that I do support our Jewish colleagues. And oftentimes what we are seeing today is a rise in anti-Semitism, misunderstanding. And one of the things I joke a lot with my colleagues about is as an Afghan American, we are considered Bani Israel. Abani Israel is basically the lost tribes of the Israelites and we know that as Afghan Americans we have been raised to understand that raised to understand that a lot of our culture actually does tie together and much more and so I share that as a member of the lost tribes so again I just want to congratulate all of my colleagues for bringing this forward I wholeheartedly appreciate this And again, we need to build bridges, not hate. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, I also rise in support of SCR 178, Jewish American Heritage Month. I rise with a deep gratitude to all those who have stood today, have risen to stand in solidarity with the Jewish community, to call for unity, understanding, and the appreciation to all that Jewish Americans have contributed to this nation. And I do so proudly as a member of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus member. The Jewish community has given so much to our nation, and particularly to California, through leadership, innovation, education, advocacy, culture, and an unwavering commitment to justice and human dignity. Jewish voices have helped shape movements for civil rights, labor rights, education, equality for generations, and often standing on the front lines for communities that need our help. As Latinos, we also understand what it means to carry stories of struggle, discrimination, displacement, and perseverance. Our histories are different but deeply intertwined. the resilience faith family and the fight to be seen and respected That is why standing against anti is not only a Jewish issue it is a human issue We must be even louder than those that spew hate We must show compassion, show solidarity, and our commitment to protecting one another. Today we honor the past, not only through remembrance, but through action, by choosing dignity over hatred, understanding over fear, and humanity over division. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

I just want to thank all my colleagues. It really warms my heart, and I wish my mother could hear each of these speeches. Really, everyone who spoke is incredibly meaningful. this first time we've done this kind of celebration here in the legislature. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragin. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cobaldon. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Aye. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Aye. Turazo. Aye.

Secretary, please call absent members.

My apologies. Thank you, Mr. President. First, I'd just like to explain for a moment the gift that's on each of your desks. That is a tzedakah box, which is in every Jewish home. It was a big part of growing up in my family. You walk in the synagogue. You also see the tzedakah box every week at services. The tzedakah goes to a different cause. I know you don't all carry change probably as much as you used to but if you've changed or you can put dollar bills in there as well and it's used to collect contributions for those in need making giving and service a visible part of daily life and it ties into tikkun olam that's the Jewish value of helping to repair the world through acts of service, justice and giving so I hope you will take these Sadaka boxes and put them on your desks or bring them into your home and share with your families and with kids is a great way to instill the habit of giving back. I want to mention quickly, we had some honorees over in the assembly earlier, and I won't go through them all, but I think they also help reflect the diversity of the Jewish community that we've chatted about here today. we also for our prayer we had my Rabbi Shoshana Nambi who is here with all of you today but we had folks representing a civic leader national leadership, transformational criminal justice work. Our friend Scott Budnick was honored. Mayor Lurie was mentioned. Mandana Dayanin, an Iranian-American Jewish leader, works on democracy and women's rights. Rabbi Devorah Marcos from San Diego, who's been a leader in LGBTQ+, affirming education and Jewish community. And we were honored to just bring together some of these folks for the first time to do this kind of ceremony here in the legislature. So I want to thank you and turn it over to my colleague here, Senator Allen, for a moment. Well, members, I want to take a moment to introduce one of these great Jewish Americans who we are celebrating today to our floor, Tamara Levinson, who's from Los Angeles, from my neck of the woods, who has carried on an incredible tradition of Jewish women involved at the forefront of political activism. and Tamara has hosted so many events and activities at her house over the years, engaging people who are trying to make our community and our world and our state a better place. Some of the best events at her house involved during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which is the Feast of Booths, where we remember the experience of the exodus from Egypt and we actually are commanded to dwell in temporary booths, a sukkah, which is a little hut that we build in our backyard to remember what it was like to be transitory and to be on the move and to be a refugee and to be homeless. And so Tamra builds a sukkah in her backyard and then brings people into the sukkah to make phone calls for various campaigns and causes. And so it's a wonderful mixture of the ancient sacredness of the tradition and the modern sacredness of tikkun olam and the fact that we feel so compelled as a people to engage in the pursuit of justice and righteousness. And so I just wanted to welcome to our Senate floor, please give a very warm Senate welcome to Tamara Levinson. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Joint Rule 62A be suspended to allow the Committee on Local Government to hear Assembly Bill 1768.

Thank you, Mr. President. We do not wish to waive the rule. And so therefore, we ask for a roll call vote and advise a no vote. Thank you.

Nope. Respectfully ask for an aye vote, colleagues.

Secretary, please call roll.

Secretary, please call absent members. Jones, no.

Senator Laird and Aquilaine's vehicles.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. SB 922 upholds a local government's longstanding ability to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair caused by public service operations such as waste hauling. For decades, I repeat, for decades, it's been a standard practice to integrate the cost of repairing this damage into franchise agreements, rates and fees. A recent court decision in Rogers v. the City of Redlands disrupted this. This bill reinstates it. Cities, labor groups, and service providers, like waste haulers, are in joint support of the effort. It passed out of the local government committee unanimously. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Allen.

Senate Bill 932 by Senator Hurtado, an accolade to civil proceedings.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB 932, the Litigation Transparency Act. SB 932 is a simple but important bill. It's closing a loophole by making sure the original real property and interest, the person or entity actually benefiting is clearly identified in the process within the case caption. SB 932 has support support. I encourage your support on this floor today. Thank you. Thank you.

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1311 by Senator Wahab, an act relating to licensed professions and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Thank you for that reminder. SB 1311 makes various statutory updates to a few boards and a bureau at the Department of Consumer Affairs to improve efficiencies and operations, updates to Dental Practice Act, and allows an unlicensed dental assistant to either complete the dental assisting, national boards infection control examination, or complete a course offered by various entities in compliance with the law. SB 1311 also ensures the governor can appoint the additional registered veterinary technicians member to the veterinary medical board. It also extends the deadline for applicants for the licensed physicians from Mexico pilot program under the Medical Board of California. It also exempts master agreements from meeting start and end date requirements for private investigator contracts. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. This

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1143 by Senator Caballero, an act relating to child abuse.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB 1143, which will permit child welfare agencies to receive and review forensic interview recordings to support child abuse investigations. While social workers can participate in forensic interviews during a child abuse investigation they are often limited to reviewing written summaries and investigative reports I respectfully ask for your aye vote Thank you Senator Members this item is eligible for unanimous roll call Without objection unanimous roll call

Secretary, please read. Senate vote 1307 by Senator Jones, an act relating to forgery.

1-23 SB 1307, and it addresses delays in clearing fraudulent or forged real estate documents from the public record, and I would appreciate your aye vote. Thank you very much.

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1177 by Senator Cortese, an act relating to high-speed rail.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, I rise to present SB 1177, which will ensure that the legislature continues to consistently receive critical data on California's high-speed rail project. The rail project update report, also known as the PIRB, provides the public and legislature with an important progress check every two years to ensure high-speed rail authority is on track to meet its goals. The current law requires a report to include specific information relating to the project's budget schedule and potential risks. past project update reports have gone above and beyond to include additional information. SB 1177 will codify this additional information into statute. This bill will support long-term transparency and accountability in our high-speed rail transformation. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. Members, the more data that we see coming from the high-speed rail, the more likely it is that we should pull the plug once and for all on this project. There's other shovel-ready projects around the state of California that will be better for the people of California. For example, shovel-ready projects in Southern California that are much-needed resources to get ready for the Olympics that's coming up in 2028. We can't continue to spend billions and billions of hard-to-earn taxpayer dollars on a program in a trail, a high-speed trail, that we know now is not even going to be high-speed. We're going from two tracks to one track that shares with freight, so it's not even high speed. This has been a disaster. If you saw our informational hearing, a lot of folks who were supportive of the high-speed rail, they used terms like disaster. They used terms like this is not realistic. Even our nonpartisan legislative analyst is very critical of moving forward on this high-speed rail project. Once and for all members, stop wasting hard-working taxpayer dollars and use it more efficiently, either lower the gas prices for people of California or put in shovel-ready projects to be better for the people of California. This cost, by the way, is now at $128 billion and growing. And that $128 billion doesn't even account for any borrowing. And as you know, you borrow money, you actually...

Point of order, Mr. President.

The bill is a report.

Just give us one second. Senator, the context of the bill is on a report.

the bill requesting for a report and additional information.

Thank you, Senator. Senator, seeing no other further mics raised for discussion or debate, Senator Cortez, you may close.

Thank you, Senator.

Alan. Aye. Alvarado Gil. No, Archuleta. Aye, Aragon. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye, Blakespeare. Aye, Cobaldon. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. No, Cortese. Aye, Daly. Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. No, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. No, Laird. Aye, Limon. Aye, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. aye Nilo Ochoa Boa no Padilla Perez aye Reyes aye Richardson aye Rubio aye Cioto no Smallwood Cuevas aye Stern aye Strickland no Umber Paula Darius no Wahab aye Weber Pearson aye Wiener aye

Senator Cortese moves the call. We will move to item 134, SB 1400.

Senator Araguin, you are recognized. You are recognized.

Senator Adagin, just one minute. One minute. Senator, I mentioned the wrong name, so if we can restart that.

Senator 971 by Senator Choi, an act relating to older adults.

SB 971 would improve health, wellness, and community engagement of California's adults age 55 and older by strengthening existing trusted community networks. This bill would enable coordination and collaboration between nonprofit stakeholders and local community organizations to benefit California's older adults so they can thrive and live long, connected, and have healthy lives. Ultimately, this bill will support healthier aging in coordination and alignment with California's master plan for aging. SB 971 has received bipartisan support without a single no vote. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SB 971.

Senate Bill 1400 by Senator Adagine, an act relating to health authorities.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present Senate Bill 1400, which modernizes the governance of the Alameda Health System by providing Alameda County with enhanced flexibility to improve oversight, operational efficiency and the fiscal sustainability of local public hospitals. Since that structure was established 30 years ago, we can all acknowledge the health care policy environment has become more complex, including with the recent passage of H.R. 1. This bill just provides the county government with more direct involvement in key and targeted issues that impact the operation of this health system. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Allen. Aye. Abraudio. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. No. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. Aye. McGuire. Aye. McNerney. Aye. Menjivar. Aye. Nilo. Ochoa Bog. Padilla. Perez. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Ciarto. Smallwood Cuevas. Stern. Aye. Strickland. Aye. Umber. Valadez. Aye. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Valadez. Aye. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye. Weiner. Aye. Grov. Aye.

Senate Bill 1228 by Senator Rubio, an act relating to advertising displays.

Thank you, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. I rise to present SB 1228, a bill that is narrowly tailored to preserve existing economic activity and formal redevelopment areas. The goal of the bill is simple. it allows a small number of existing outdoor advertising displays to continue operating under current law. Rather than abruptly shutting down due to a statutory sunset, these displays generate critical local revenue that support essential services like law enforcement, senior services, and youth programs. In some communities, these revenues make up a significant share of their local funding. The following requirements need to be met. be deemed in compliance with the California Outdoor Advertising Act, apply for permits for permanent placement, and applies only to existing qualifying displays, not new or expanded development. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President and members. I rise in support of SB 1228, a much-needed measure that provides economic development in many of these local cities that rely on these advertisements for the lifeblood of local government and For them to be able to fund essential services like public safety police and fire So I asked for the yes vote on a thing I commend the author for bringing this forward and her fight to make sure that we have economic development in our local communities Thank you.

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and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Senate Bill 997 by Senator Caballero, an act relating to groundwater agencies.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB 997, which simply grants lean authority to the North Folk Kings GSA and ensures it can efficiently implement its groundwater sustainability plan and be in compliance with SGMA. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Senate Bill 1115 by Senator Grove, an act relating to public cemetery districts.

Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, this is a district bill. It's Senate Bill 1115 in response to a recent dysfunction and mismanagement of the failures of Tulare County Public Cemetery District. It's been completely dysfunctional since 2016. The board has had to take over the proceedings. The meetings were a disaster, some lasting 10 seconds, other meetings not allowed to public comment. It got so bad that they had to exhume six individuals from being buried. These are families that are being buried at the cemetery. It drastically needs a revamp of the trustees, respectfully ask for an aye vote, and a personal note to the chair of housing, or excuse me, local government, who experienced something of a family matter in Tulare County and understand and empathize with her deal with her family that she had specifically asked for an aye vote.

Senate Bill 1088 by Senator Blakespeare, an act relating to health care.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to present SB 1088, which will ensure people receive the medical treatment they desire and planned for at the end of their lives or when they are incapacitated and no longer able to express their wishes. The bill specifically aligns and modernizes the three advanced planning tools, advanced healthcare directives, pulse, and pre-hospital DNRs. First, SB1088 changes the name Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment to Portable Orders Listing Scope of Treatment. Second, it allows physician assistants and nurse practitioners to sign a pre-hospital DNR. Third, it clarifies that pulsed and pre-hospital DNR forms are entirely voluntary and that care can't be conditioned on completing one. Fourth, it clarifies who can sign a pulsed on behalf of a patient, a health care agent, a conservator, or a surrogate. Fifth, it creates a presumption of validity for a post executed in another state. And finally it allows electronic signatures to be used to facilitate electronic completion storage and retrieval of post forms I respectfully ask for your aye vote Seeing no further discussion or debate members this item is eligible for unanimous roll call

Senate Bill 1242 by Senator Choi, an act relating to courts.

Thank you, Mr. President and the members. I present SB 1242, which allows a family member, if they are the original petitioner, to participate in the CARE Court program for the purposes of coordinating care and providing relevant information to the court. Thanks to the fellow senator from Orange County, the CARE Act was enacted to provide court-supervised treatment for those with untreated or undertreated mental illness. Unfortunately, current law limits family members' ability to participate beyond the initial hearing. excluding family members reduces care court's effectiveness, depriving the court and the care team of critical information and limiting family involvement in treatment planning, support and care coordination. This undermines the CARE Act's main goals, which are community and family-centered care. SB 1242 addresses this by allowing family members to assist in care coordination and provide information to the care team. critically SB 1242 preserves judicial discretion by allowing the court to exclude the family members of participation should the court determines that it would be harmful to the respondents treatment I ask for your I vote so that we we can ensure that this mental illness are get the support they need thank you seeing no mics up for discussion or debate

Secretary, please call absent members.

Senator Choi moves the call. We are moving to item 158, SB 1364. Secretary, please read.

Senator Menjivar, you are recognized.

Senator Grove, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Senator Menjaro, you may close.

Thank you, Senator. Members, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call without objection. Hearing no objection, ayes 38, no zero, the bill passes. Moving to item 161, SB 993. Secretary, please read.

Senator Ochoa-Bogue, you are recognized.

Thank you Senator Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate this item will have a roll call Secretary please call roll Allen Aye Abraud Aguil Aye Archuleta Aye Aragon Aye Ashby Aye

Secretary, please call absent members.

Senator Ochoa, vote moves to call. Members, we are moving to item 162, SB 1094. Secretary, please read.

Senator Dr. Weber Pearson, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no mics raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

Senator Weber Pearson moves the call. We are moving to item 164 SB 1117. Secretary please read.

Senator Cervantes, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll. Thank you. Our secretary, please call the roll.

Senator Cervantes moves the call. Item 166, SB 1244.

Senator Allen, you are recognized when you are ready.

for discussion or debate. Secretary, please call the roll.

Senator Allen moves the call. We are moving to item 168, SB 1315. Secretary, please read.

Senator Cabaldon, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary

Senator Cabaldon moves the call. Item 173, SB 1398. Secretary, please read.

Senator Rubio, you are recognized.

Thank you. Seeing no mics up for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

Senator Romero moves the call. We are moving to item 180, SB 1085. Secretary, please read.

Senator Durazo, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no mics raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

Senator Durazo moves the call. We are moving to item 182, SB 1316. Secretary, please read.

Senator Smallwood-Cuevas, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no further discussion or debate, Secretary, please call the roll.

Senator Smallwood-Guevas moves the call. We are moving to Item 268, SB 1146. Secretary, please read.

Senator Gonzalez, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

Senator Gonzalez moves the call. Item 299, SB 1268.

Senator Gonzalez, once again, you're recognized.

Thank you, Senator. No mics are raised for discussion or debate.

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Senate Bill 1288 by Senator Laird, an act relating to property.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. This bill ensures that non-probate assets make it into the hands of individuals and nonprofits as intended by establishing a clear framework for notification of beneficiaries and elimination of barriers to access funds. When beneficiaries come forward to claim funds, they face barriers to access. Nonprofits can be required to open new accounts, provide personal information about board members or the decedent that they do not and should not have, and simultaneously submit claims with other co-beneficiaries that they might not even know exist. This can delay access for years. This bill has been one of those rare ones where people come out of crowds and thank me for doing it. I did not understand the chord that it struck in nonprofits that struggle to get things that they have been left. So this bill modernizes California's non-probate laws by requiring financial institutions to make a good faith effort to notify beneficiaries within 60 days, receiving proof of death, clear and imaginable verification requirements, allowing independent beneficiary claims, prohibiting mandatory opening of accounts and providing liability protection for institutions acting in good faith. I'm committed to continuing the conversations with people that have concerns about this. There have been no no votes thus far. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you,

Allen. Aye. Avarado Gil. Aye. Allen. Aye. Avarado Gil. Aye. Allen. Aye. Avarado Gil. Aye. Archuleta. Aye. Aragin. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blake Spear. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Aye. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Alley. Aye. Durazo. Aye. Gonzales. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Limon. McGuire. Mcnerney Aye, Medjavar Aye, Nilo Aye, Padilla Aye, Perez Aye, Reyes Richardson Aye, Rubio Aye, Cioto Aye, Smallwood Cuevas Aye, Stern Aye, Strickland Aye, Umberg Aye, Valadares Aye, Wahab Aye Wahab, Aye Weber Pearson

Wiener?

McGuire, aye.

Secretary, please read. Senate Bill 1296 by Senator Durazo, an act relating to tenancy.

Thank you, Mr. President. SB 1296 ensures renters with pets can access clear pet policy information early in the house search process by requiring the disclosure of pet policies on applications, materials, and rental listings. For many Californians, finding housing that accepts pets isn't always easy. Renters are facing rising rental costs and flat-out prohibition of pets. And too often without transparent pet policies, prospective tenants don't find out the details until they've already filled out rental applications and paid application fees. That's frustrating, time-consuming, and expensive. This bill will bring transparency pet owners need during their search for a home. This bill, let me be clear, only requires disclosure of existing pet policies. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Allen. Aye. Avrador Gil. Archuleta. Aye. Aragon. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cobaldon. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Choi. Aye. Cortese. Aye. Daly. Durazo. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. Aye. Hurtado. Aye. Jones. Laird. Aye. Aye, Limon, McGuire. Aye, McNerney. Aye, Menjabar. Aye, Nilo Ochoa-Vogue. Aye, Padilla, Perez. Aye. Aye, Reyes, Richardson. Aye. Aye, Rubio. Aye, Sciarto. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye, Stern. Aye. Aye, Strickland. Aye. Aye, Umber. Aye. Aye, Valadares. Aye. Aye, Wahab. Aye. Aye, Weber-Pearson. Aye. Aye, Wiener. Aye. Aye.

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Ten years ago, the legislature authorized an innovation in workforce development and allowed community colleges in California to offer an applied bachelor's degree when there's a demonstrated unmet workforce need in their region and when that degree is not already offered by a campus of CSU or UC. SB 9 simply clarifies that offered by CSU means the CSU in your service area, that offering a degree at Humboldt shouldn't prevent Southwestern College or Allen Hancock College from offering a workforce-oriented degree in their own area. And it doesn't apply if the CSU program is impacted persistently, and therefore it has no seats open for students from that district. The law sets a very high standard for workforce needs that have to be documented for these programs. They have been very successful. But we're also not trying to convert the community colleges into a bachelor's degree institution. And so, in return, this bill also reduces the total number of authorized bachelor's degrees for community colleges from 25% of degree programs down to 15% of degree programs. It represents a balanced compromise to meet workforce needs for young people but also for working adults. Urge an aye vote. Thank you.

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Daly, aye. Durazo, aye. Gonzalez, aye. Grayson, aye. Grove, aye. Hurtado, aye. Jones, aye. Laird, aye. Limon, McGuire, aye. McNerney, aye. Medjavar, aye. Nilo, Ochoa Bog, Padilla, Perez, aye. Reyes, aye, Richardson, aye, Rubio, aye, Ciarto, aye, Smallwood Cuevas, aye, Stern, aye, Strickland, aye, Umberg, aye, Valadares, aye, Wahab, aye, Weber-Pearson, aye, Wiener, aye.

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Ayes 36, noes 0. The bill passes. Moving to item 233, SB 1023.

Senator Laird, you are recognized.

Senator, seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

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Secretary, please call absent members.

Ayes 28, noes 0. The bill passes. We are moving to item 208, SB904.

Senator Cioto, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call without objection. I'm hearing no objection. Ayes 37, no 0. The bill passes. We are moving to item 239, SB 1054. Secretary, please read.

Senator Cobaldin, you are recognized for your support, support bill.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no microphones raised for discussion or debate, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call without objection. I'm hearing no objection. Ayes 37, nos 0. The bill passes. Item 266, SB 1140. Secretary, please read.

Senator Ashby, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no further discussion or debate, this item is eligible for unanimous roll call without objection. I am hearing no objection. Ayes 37, nos 0. The bill passes. We are moving to item 306, SB 1304.

Senator Wahab, you are recognized.

Thank you, Senator. Seeing no other mics up for discussion or debate, Secretary, please call roll.

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The bill passes. Members, we are going to lift all on several bills. If you will find a way to make sure you're available to vote, we are going to go back to SB 922, file item 113. Secretary, please call absent members.

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Ayes 33, noes 2, the bill passes. Moving to SB 1177, file item 125. Secretary call absent members.

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Dally, aye.

Alvarado Gil, Jones, Nilo, Ochoa Bog, Padilla, Tiaro, Humbert. Aye.

Nilo, Padilla, Perez, Reyes, aye. Humbert, aye. Weber-Pearson, aye.

Nilo Padilla Perez Weber Pearson, I don't know.

Nilo Padilla Reyes, aye.

Jones, Nilo, Padilla, Reyes.

Jones, aye.

Becker, Daly, aye. Jones, aye. Nilo Padilla-Reyes, aye.

Alvarado Gil, Choi, Daly, Grove, Jones, Nilo, Padilla, Reyes.

Ciarto Strickland Valadares Ayes 30 nos 0 The bill passes Lifting call on item 168 SP 1315 Secretary please call absent members Jones, Nilo, Padilla, Reyes.

Jones, aye.

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Nilo? Padilla? Reyes?

Stern?

Becker, Blakespeare, aye. Grayson, aye. Jones, Limon, Nilo, Padilla, Reyes, aye.

Limon, aye.

Daly, aye. Grove, aye. Jones, aye. Limon, aye. Padilla, Reyes, aye. Sillarto, aye.

Jones, Limon, aye. Nilo, Ochoa Bog, Padilla.

Jones, Nilo, Ochoa Bog, Padilla, Reyes, aye. Weber-Pearson, aye.

Jones, Limon, aye. Nilo, Padilla, Reyes, aye. Weber Pearson, aye.

Jones, Limon, aye. Nilo, Padilla, Reyes, aye.

Alvarado Gil, Daly, Jones, Limon, aye. Nilo Padilla Reyes aye Sayarto Ayes 34 noes 0 The bill passes

Yes, Mr. President. Local Gov Committee will be meeting in room 112 within 10 minutes after the end of session.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. Today I rise to honor the life and legacy and career of Anaheim Angels all-star Garrett Anderson. Anderson spent 17 years playing Major League Baseball, the first 15 of which he spent with the Angels, leaving behind a legacy that is extraordinary before his untimely passing this month at age 53. He was born in Los Angeles and attended John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, where he was a student athlete. in both basketball and baseball, and at just 18 years old, he was drafted by the Angels. He made his Major League debut four years later against Oakland, and that was the beginning to a record-setting Angels career. Today, there's no one else that has exceeded his franchise records in most games played, at-bats, hits, and more. The 2016 Angels Hall of Fame inductee, two-time Silver Slugger award winner, three-time All-Star, and four-time Angels MVP, Anderson remained humble. His teammates tout him as one of the smartest players in baseball, always professional and accurate. A quiet presence in left field, Anderson studied hitters, knowing exactly where they needed to be, rarely relying on flashy plays. As his teammate Darren Airstead put it, he doesn't dive for balls because he gets there quicker than most folks. In 2002, which was the year the Angels won the World Series, Anderson was a hero, driving in three final runs to bring the Angels their first and only World Series championship. His love for the game made Anderson a respected cornerstone of the Angels franchise. Although he left the Angels in 2008, his presence never faded. His legacy of consistency, dedication, continued to resonate in the clubhouse and on the field. After retiring in 2011, he returned to the Angels to contribute as a television analyst for his beloved team for a decade. He is also remembered, although I didn't know Garrett Anderson, he was a hero. I was at several of the World Series games in 2002, and he certainly was beloved by fans. But also, he was known as being a devoted husband and father, and he was quite proud of his family. his wife Teresa, daughters Brianne and Bailey, son Garrett Anderson III, and his entire family, as well as countless teammates, coaches, and friends, I ask that we adjourn in his memory today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President and members. I rise today and adjourn in the memory of former state and United States Senator John Seymour. John Seymour first served as a planning commissioner, then a member of the Anaheim City Council, later becoming mayor of Anaheim and eventually serving here on this body as a state senator representing North Orange County John was a longtime political force well known in both Orange County and Washington D where he served in the United States Senate after being appointed to complete the then Governor Pete Wilson's term. In Orange County, he was affectionately known as Mr. Anaheim because of his deep roots in the community. Following his career in public service, John began his second career leading nonprofits that helped low-income individuals obtain housing. As mayor of Anaheim, he played the major role in bringing the Los Angeles Rams to Anaheim Stadium. John possessed an entrepreneurial spirit, strong work ethic, and a passion for building communities. John held many roles throughout his life, businessman, public servant, mentor, and leader. In fact, when you talk about mentor, one of his top mentees, I think a lot of members here on this floor know Pete Mitchell. Pete Mitchell's been a longtime friend of mine. I first met Senator Seymour at Pete Mitchell's wedding, who was Pete Mitchell's best man at his wedding when I first met Senator Seymour. Senator Seymour embraced the most proudly, the most proud title he had was that of father. Family was always the center of his life, and those who knew him best often spoke of the love and pride he had for his children and his family. John Seymour leaves behind a legacy of service, leadership, and dedication to Orange County and the state of California. Members, I ask you to join me in adjourning the memory of Senator John Seymour.

Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues. I want to join my colleague from Huntington Beach in recognizing the life and legacy of John Seymour. I actually served with John Seymour. When I was a freshman in the assembly, we both represented Orange County. We had a little bit of an overlap, and today I hold the seat that he once held. He was a gentleman. He was a true gentleman, and he treated everyone, including a brand-new freshman member of the assembly from a different party, with a great deal of respect. What is his testament, besides his elective life, was also what he did after he left elective life. He devoted his career to housing, particularly affordable housing, and did amazing things in creating additional housing for Californians. I also know that he was devoted to his family and that he was incredibly proud of his children, his grandchildren, his great-grandchildren. He and his first wife, Fran, had three children. and later with wife Judy, they welcomed two more children and he embraced Judy's child from a previous marriage as part of their family. He's remembered by Judy, his children John, Chad, Jeffrey, Barrett, Lisa Hauser, Serena Talbert, as well as nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. I join my colleague in asking that we adjourn in his memory. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President. And ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, today I rise to adjourn in the memory of Joanne Mitchell, a woman whose life was defined by faith, service, compassion, and unwavering dedication to others. Joanne was a devoted member of the First Baptist Church of Covina for 77 years. Beginning at the age of 15, she faithfully sang in the church choir for 75 years and served as a church soloist, sharing her beautiful voice and deep faith with generations of congregants. In 1973, she recorded a gospel album, Extend. love of music and ministry beyond the church walls. Her commitment to her community was equally remarkable. Joanne worked for the city of Covina for 35 years, serving with the same integrity and kindness that characterized every part of her life. She was also a devoted wife, sharing 57 years of marriage with her beloved husband, Harold Mitchell. Service to others was not simply something Joanne did. It was who she was. She volunteered tirelessly with numerous organizations, including the American Red Cross for 30 years, in Covino and the Women's Club, Field of Valor, the Daughters of the American Revolution, local elementary schools and programs supporting victims of domestic violence. I have the privilege of working with her and attending some of the meetings with the Covino Women's Club, and I did see how involved they are in trying to tackle domestic violence and help victims. She also brought comfort to hospital patients by playing piano, offering peace and encouragement through music. Joanne truly embodied faith and compassion. Her goal in life was simple yet profound, to give and serve others. Those who knew her experienced her generosity, leadership, and sincere care, firsthand. Joanne has been dedicated to her community for many years, in particular to the Covino Women's Club since 1994, and was a valued part of the organization for more than three decades. She also profoundly served as club president from, I'm sorry, proudly served as club president from 2002 to 2003 Her many years of friendship leadership service and commitment to club left a lasting impact on all those who knew her Joanne Mitchell leaves behind a legacy of kindness, grace, and selfless service. Her life reminds us of the extraordinary difference one person can make through faith and community and dedication to others. She will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered for all that she did for our communities. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, please join me in adjourning in the memory of Joanne Mitchell. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. President. California is home to over one million Jewish Americans. Today we celebrated Jewish American Heritage Month and recognize the important role Jewish communities play in our state. Jewish leaders across California have helped us advance in public service, education, social work, film, business, and so much more. We hope that everyone walks away remembering that Jewish Heritage Month is something that has impacted all of our lives.