Floor — 2026-04-13 (partial)

Thank you. Secretary, please call the roll.

Pearson Wiener. A quorum is present and so would would members and our guests beyond the rail and in the gallery please rise. We'll be led in prayer this afternoon by Senator Araguin after which we will say the pledge. As we bring ourselves into awareness of God's presence today, we pray for all who still long to experience God's heart of mercy. For all who suffer and struggle alone, may they receive healing and support. For all who experience injustice and persecution, may they receive strength and courage. For all who grieve and mourn, may they receive comfort and peace. God of love and mercy, all of the days of our lives are in your hands. Help us to know your presence in each unfolding event, your active enabling grace in every circumstance, and your enduring call to follow you each day with courage and gratitude. Amen. Now please follow me in the pledge to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for our problem. We have several members here disguised as empty seats. So if everybody could come to the floor. On behalf of Senator Allen, please welcome the 2026 Leadership Torrance class participants and organizers here in the gallery. Welcome to the California State Senate. Thank you.

Senator Nilo, you are recognized from the Majority Leader's desk for your guest introduction.

Senator DeRozzo, you are recognized from the majority leader's

Group picture in the back. Anyone interested? Don't be apprehensive. Thank you. and members we are going to continue with guest introductions

Thank you. Oh, yes, Dr. Choi, you are recognized.

And Hector De La Torre and I served in the Assembly together just a few years ago. Picture? Anybody else care to join in the photo? Please step up. Thank you. Thank you. And Senator Becker, they say it's your birthday. Is it true today? Happy birthday, Senator Becker. How old are you? Oh, never mind.

Senate Bill 869 with amendments, 1202 with amendments, 876 with amendments, 1120 with amendments, 1369, 913 with amendments, and Senate Bill 1337 with amendments.

Thank you, Mr. President. File Item 8 is a confirmation of Lilian Kural for appointment as a member of the California Community College's Board of Governors. Since 2002, she has been the Vice President of the Open Technology Institute at New America, leading their core programs on technology as a tool to advance democracy, strengthen human rights, and reduce inequality. She is also an adjunct professor at University of Southern California She was approved by the Rules Committee on March 11th I respectfully ask for your aye vote This is a two-thirds majority vote. Secretary, please call the roll.

Senator Reyes moves the call. Now item number 10. Senator Reyes, you're recognized.

Allen. Aye. Avarado-Gill. Archuleta. Aye. Aragina. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespeare. Aye. Caballero. Aye. Aye. Cervantes. Aye. Aye. Choi. No. Choi no. Cortese. Aye. Dally. No. Turazo. Aye. Aye. Gonzalez. Aye. Grayson. Aye. Grove. No. Hurtado. Aye Aye Jones No Laird Limon McGuire McNerney Aye Aye Jones No No Laird Limon McGuire McNerney Aye Menjivar Aye. Aye. Nilo. No. Ochoa Bog. Padilla. Aye. Aye. Perez. Aye. Aye. Reyes. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Sayarto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Dern. Aye. Strickland. No. No. Umberg. Aye. Valadez. Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Wiener. Aye. Aye. Called absent members. Alvarado Gill. Cabaldon. Aye. Aye. Laird. Limon. McGuire. Ochoa Bog. Smallwood Cuevas. Valadez. Weber Pearson. Aye.

Thank you, Mr. President. File item number 11 is a confirmation of Kelly Ronasinghe for reappointment to the Board of Behavioral Sciences. He is a senior deputy counsel for Imperial County and previously served as pro bono counsel for the Imperial County LGBT Resource Center. He was first appointed in 2020 and serves on the board as a public member. He was approved by the Rules Committee on March 18th, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote. And that previous item was confirmed. I used the wrong word. Secretary, please call the roll.

The ayes are 26, the noes are 7. That appointment is confirmed. Item number 12.

Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gill. Archuleta. Aye. Aragin. Aye. Ashby. Aye. Becker. Aye. Blakespear. Aye. Cabolden. Caballero. No, Cervantes. Aye, Choi. No, Cortese. Aye, Daly. No, DeRazzo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye, Grayson. Aye, Grove. No, Hurtado. Aye, Jones. No, Laird. Limon. McGuire. McNerney. Menjivar. Aye. Aye. Milo. No. Ochoa Bog. Paria. Aye. Aye. Aye. Perez. Aye. Reyes. No. Aye. Richardson. Aye. Aye. Rubio. Aye. Aye. Sayarto. No. Smallwood Cuevas. Aye. Aye. Stern. Aye. Strickland.

Item 33. Senate concur resolution 140 by Senator Wiener relative to Parkinson's disease awareness month.

Thank you very much Mr. President. Colleagues, I rise today to present Senate Concurrent Resolution 140, which recognizes April as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month. Parkinson's disease is among the most prevalent and deadly neurodegenerative diseases in our country. An estimated 1.6 million Americans and 130,000 Californians endure symptoms ranging from slowed movement to cognitive impairment to dementia. In recent years, scientific research has greatly contributed to our understanding of Parkinson's disease. Organizations like the Michael J. Fox Foundation have been at the forefront of advocating for greater awareness and setting the stage for the breakthroughs that we've seen. California stands at the epicenter of Parkinson's disease research and treatment innovation, yet another reason why we need to support scientific research funding in this country and this state. It's critical that we continue to foster investment in understanding and community awareness around Parkinson's. I'm delighted to be joined here today on the floor by advocates and members of the Parkinson's community who have come from all across the state to discuss the issues most central to their lives. I'm honored to promote Parkinson's awareness and visibility, and I ask for your aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'll just briefly add on my voice in support of proud co-author. I'm going to be supporting this bill in honor and in the memory of my mother-in-law, Margaret Kaufman. May her memory be a blessing. And my wife, who keeps fighting on this issue. My mother-in-law was born in Hungary and spent her childhood in an attic during the Holocaust. She had to be physically restrained by her mother in that attic so that they didn't make a noise. and the stress and trauma that a one- and two-year-old goes through for an experience like that where you have to have your mouth taped shut to be given alcohol to sedate you, to be hidden in a cabinet. These kinds of traumas for children are part of a growing body of research that we've learned in Parkinson's actually contributes to neurogenerative disorders. Not everyone will go through what Margaret went through as a baby, but this isn't just about the cutting-edge research we're trying to find when it comes to treatment, which we know we're breaking through. And it takes steel will from those who suffer from it and the ability to punch through it, literally. We found that things like boxing, swimming, ways to keep your mind moving and keep talking, human interaction, which is why COVID was such a death sentence for so many people struggling with Parkinson's, but also on the prevention side. And dealing with those traumas early on in life and finding ways to address them early can actually be part of the cure too. So thank you so much for bringing this forward. And even beyond your tenure here, I'll pledge to keep this going. Senator Grove, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to applaud the author

Senator Weiner, you may close.

Secretary, please call a roll.

Alvarado Gil. Archuleta. Aye, Arrigin. Aye, Ashby. Aye, Becker. Aye. Aye, Blakespeare. Aye. Aye, Cabaldon. Aye. Aye, Caballero. Aye, Cervantes. Aye. Aye, Choy. Aye. Aye, Cortese. Aye. Aye, Daly. Aye. Aye, Durazo. Aye, Gonzalez. Aye. Aye, Grayson. Aye. Aye, Grove. Aye, Hurtado. Aye. Aye, Jones. Layard. Limon, aye. McGuire, McNerney, aye. Menjivar, aye. Nilo, aye. Ochoa Bog, Padilla, aye. Perez, aye. Reyes, aye. Richardson, aye. Ochoa Bog, aye. Richardson, aye. Rubio, aye. Sayarto, aye. Smallwood Cuevas, aye. Stern, aye. Strickland, Umberg. Aye. Valadez, Wahab. Aye. Weber Pearson. Aye. Wiener. Aye. Strickland, aye. Call the absent members. Allen. Aye. Alvarado Gill. Jones. Aye. Laird, McGuire, Valadez. the ayes are 36 the noes are zero that is adopted and under privileges of the floor i believe you have some guests yes mr president thank you uh joining us here today is uh stephanie murray from the parkinson's association of san diego and jen whitney from the parkinson's association of northern california please join me in welcoming them to the senate floor Thank you. on third reading item number 56 please read Senate resolution 92 by Senator

senator Becker you are recognized I thank you mr. president I rise today as vice-chair of the California legislative Jewish caucus to present SR 92 this our Caucus's most solemn resolution in recognition of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. This designates April 14th, 2026 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in California. On Yom HaShoah, we remember the Holocaust, the murder of six million Jews at the hands of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime what is often overlooked is that Hitler did not personally carry out these atrocities He spread hatred, and that hatred took hold in ordinary people, enabling them to commit unimaginable acts. And if we are honest with ourselves, we know how easy it is, how easily people can be persuaded to judge, to divide, to dehumanize others. But if hatred can spread, so too can compassion. So too can courage. So too can love. today as we observe holocaust remembrance day we say never forget and never again we carry responsibility to those who perished to keep their memory memories alive so we can remember the lessons of the holocaust because ignorance too is contagious today one in five americans and what i've seen one in five californians as well either doesn't know about the Holocaust or believes the Holocaust is a myth. In my area, we had just the end of last year in December, eight students who formed a human swastika on a football field, took a picture of it. One of them posted it with his actual name on Instagram. And when the principal investigated, and by the way, the other kids hearing about this went to the football field and created a peace symbol. So there is a hopeful message there as well. But the principal found most of the kids, not all of them, but most of the kids just really did not appreciate the significance. They didn't understand the impact that this would have on the community. But it's a reminder of how far we have to go. The Holocaust did not begin with concentration camps. It began with rhetoric, with the erosion of democratic norms, with the targeting of institutions, with the systematic dehumanization of a people. We have seen how this story unfolds, and we can take a different path. Six million Jews were murdered, two-thirds of the Jews in Europe. And Jews were not the only victims. Millions of Roma, LGBTQ people, individuals with disabilities, political prisoners, and others were also persecuted and killed. And these are not just numbers. These were lives, families, entire communities, futures. Today, there are still fewer Jews alive today than there were alive at the time of the Holocaust. And the number of survivors who can share their story is declining. So this day is not only a day of mourning, it is a call to action. Never again is not a passive phrase, it's a responsibility. We must continue the work of education, of remembrance, of vigilance, to ensure these atrocities are never repeated again, not for any people. And while we reflect on the past, we also recognize how far we've come and the work that still lies ahead. Anti and violence against the Jewish community is on the rise In California Jewish communities remain the most targeted by far of religious hate crimes We cannot ignore that reality As Martin Niemöller wrote in First Day Came, silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality, it's complicity. We must stand together against hate, against division, and against those who seek to undermine our values. With this resolution, we honor the victims of the Holocaust, not only in remembrance, but in action. We recommit ourselves to confronting hate wherever it appears, to defending truth in the face of denial, and to ensure that the lessons of history are not forgotten. And I see my colleague from Bakersfield. I was at a church yesterday. A friend of mine was giving a lecture there. and a woman came up to me afterwards talking about immigration and what's happening now with immigration and she was talking about how her father had liberated the concentration camps and how he was traumatized for the rest of his life. Never again must be more than words. So let us choose to speak, let us choose to act, and let us choose to stand together. May we honor the lives of those who were taken by building a world worthy of their memory. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on SR 92.

Thank you, Mr. President. I've said this before on this floor, but oftentimes all of us have the opportunities to go on these incredible trips because of your legislative position that you have, and you get invited. I was invited to Israel a few years ago, and we did a Birkenau trip. And those are things in that camp and the way it was replicated that will haunt you for the rest of your life if you ever have the opportunity to do it. But it also brings you back to a reality of how evil humans can actually be to their fellow human race. We started at the railcars where they would drop hundreds, if not hundreds of thousands of people off. As they walked down the railcars carrying their belongings, the first facility they went into. They took all their luggage and all their belongings, their treasures, their menorahs, their clothing. And then the next room that you went into, and luggage was stacked, like in this room, all the way to the ceiling. And then the next room that you went into was all their shoes, adult shoes, men's shoes, women's shoes, little girl shoes, baby shoes. And then the next room you went into was hair, where they shaved their heads. you could tell what was men's what was women's ponytails and buns still intact and when you got to the little parts where there were pink little ribbons racked around braids and again hair stacked as tall as this building that we're in right now in the chamber 6 million people lost their life during the Holocaust my father which we were very estranged with him because I think partly because of stuff that he endured as an individual who had to go into these camps all over Europe and rescue individuals. He was actually in one of the first groups where when the units found these individuals out in these concentration camps, they gave them food. And they actually, I think one of the things he wrestled with a long time was because the food that they gave them actually killed them because they hadn't eaten in so long they weren't able to digest the food that they had. But it was just out of generosity and compassion that these soldiers gave them what they had to eat. because they were skin and bones and in their striped pajamas. Like I said, six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and we need to remember that and not let any part of our future be any part of that. Permission to read?

Although I am not Jewish, I am a follower of Christ, sometimes a bad follower because I always make mistakes, but I ask for forgiveness. I want to read Genesis 12, 1 through 3 in the Old Testament. God's foundational promise to Abraham, Abraham or Abram, the father of Israel. Quote, this is the Lord speaking. Now the Lord said to Abraham, go from your country and your kindred and from your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and to him who dishonors you I will curse. And in you all your families of the earth shall be blessed. This is the starting point in the very first book of the Bible about the covenant that God had with Abraham, who was the father of Israel and his people. And I truly believe that Israel's people are God's people and we should always do our best to defend them and protect them and those that are here in the States or in Israel abroad. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.

You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today on behalf of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus and the Women's Caucuses in support of SR-92. Today we remember those who lost their lives during the Holocaust and honor the survivors of this heinous attempt at extermination. Alongside the Jewish community being the primary target of Nazi persecution, LGBTQ plus people were also targeted. Many are aware that the Nazi regime persecuted gay men forcing them to wear the pink triangle to mark them as homosexual akin to the yellow star imposed on Jewish people. What is less often recognized is the persecution of queer women whose experiences during the Holocaust have too often been overlooked and erased. In 1910, the German government attempted to criminalize lesbian relationships but abandoned those efforts in the face of strong feminist opposition. While lesbians were not explicitly criminalized, they were far from accepted. When Germany later codified the criminalization of homosexuality under paragraph 175, it focused exclusively on gay men. Instead, the Nazi regime targeted lesbians and queer women by isolating them, raiding meeting places, surveilling communities, and erasing their visibility. Many were imprisoned under the label of asocials, a broad and dehumanizing category used to detain those deemed outside Nazi norms. These individuals were marked with a black triangle. This category included a wide range of people, among them queer women, making their persecution less visible than that of gay men, but no less real. Despite this, lesbians and queer women resisted. They organized, they fought, and many gave their lives in the pursuit of freedom. of freedom. One such individual was Frida Bellefont Born in 1904 in Amsterdam Frida was an accomplished musician who in 1941 became the first woman in Europe to serve as the artistic director and conductor of an ongoing professional orchestra During the Nazi occupation, she joined the Dutch resistance, helping forge identification papers and participating in the 1943 bombing of the Amsterdam Population Registry, which destroyed thousands of records and disrupted Nazi tracking efforts. As the Gestapo intensified its crackdown and resistance, members were arrested and executed. Frieda went into hiding, disguising herself as a man before escaping to Switzerland by crossing the Alps in the winter of 1944. She later immigrated to the United States, settling in Laguna Beach, where she continued her musical career, though she also faced gender and sexual orientation discrimination that led to her dismissal from the orchestra that she founded. Despite this, she mentored young musicians and contributed to her community for decades, eventually receiving recognition for her work, including the designation of Frida Bellafonte day. Frida passed away in 1995, leaving behind a legacy of courage, resilience, and leadership. Today, as we bear witness to the horrors of the Holocaust, let us honor those who fought for what was right, who risked their lives in the face of a fascist government and fascist regime, so that all people could live free of oppression. Let us remember people like Frida. Thank you, Mr. President and Senators. I respectfully urge your aye vote on SR92.

Thank you very much, Mr. President and colleagues. Excuse me. I rise in strong support on behalf of myself and the Latino Legislative Caucus, and I thank the author. The Holocaust experience in modern times was the fusion of industrial capability with hatred on a scale unprecedented in human history, and certainly in the modern world. And beyond the tragedy itself, it forced the world to reflect upon the very scary thought of the depth to which the human condition can allow some to sink. the depth and the darkness, that hatred and intolerance and injustice and violence towards those that are different remains a plague among humanity even today. It is for those very reasons, I think, that the lessons, that the memory, that the understanding from generation to generation must live so that the evil can die. I would encourage my colleagues and all those who hear our conversation today, if your life ever affords you the opportunity to visit the Holocaust Museum in our capital, do so, but block a lot of time. I have traveled and been blessed to travel to Israel more than once. I have been to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem It is a life experience It is tragic that in contemporary American society with each generation the future leaders of our world and our nation have less and less an understanding of the Holocaust less and less an appreciation or a connection to what is still possible. So let's never forget, let's let the lessons live so that the evil dies. I urge an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today on behalf of the California Legislative Black Caucus. We stand in solidarity today with our colleagues of the Jewish Caucus, but really, frankly, all of us. We honor the six million Jewish lives that were lost and the millions of other lives that were systematically ended during one of the darkest chapters in human history. But we also stand because not only did it impact those lives, but it impacted lives for generations to come, including ours. I'd like to read, permission to read, a little bit of background of the Jewish American community. Thank you. and how they supported many of us in the African American community. Dating back in the 1960s in the Civil Rights Movement, it was the Jews who worked with the African American community. Fifty percent of the white freedom riders and young volunteers participated in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. Motivated by a shared history of persecution and social justice values, they provided significant funding, legal aid, and leadership to organizations like the NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC. Leadership in legal action, prominent Jewish figures including Joel Arthur Spingard, he was involved with the NAACP, Stanley Levinson, advisor to Dr. King, and Jack Greenberg, NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The Freedom Summer Rides, as I mentioned, many Jewish activists participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides, but in particular, many of you have heard about in 1964 when Andrew Goodman and Michael Sherwerner were murdered alongside James Cheney in Mississippi while volunteering to register black voters. Rabbis also, including Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who marched alongside Dr. King in Selma, joined demonstrations and were equally arrested in efforts to desegregate public places. As I close my comments, my colleague mentioned the call for never again. And I would say that can't be a simple, nice platitude, because we know there is currently a rise of anti-Semitism right now in this country. So as Dr. King famously noted and many of us honored just a few months ago, let's remember that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, and that threat still goes on today. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on resolution SR 92.

Let's not deny the history. Let's uplift those who have families, generations that came after them, and let's stand with them and their memory. With that, I ask for an Ivo. Thank you.

Thank you, and I want to thank my colleague from the Bay for bringing this forward. Today, we remember the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and all those destroyed by hatred, cruelty, and silence. And I want to highlight that it was more than just one community that was completely decimated. And the Jewish community has faced the burden of carrying this for generations. The Holocaust did not begin with camps. It began with words, with lies, with fear, with people taught to blame the vulnerable for their pain. That is why remembrance is not only about history. It is about now, here in America. when immigrants are turned into enemies, when poverty makes people invisible, when truth is bent by fear, and when cruelty is dressed up as policy, we must have the courage to say, this is how dehumanization begins. We honor the victims not only by mourning them, but by refusing to become numb, by defending the dignity of every human being, by choosing conscience over convenience and humanity over hate. Never again is not just a promise to the past, it is a demand online. the present. So with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'll just, I'll be very brief. I'm so inspired that this body from such a diverse group of people is standing up today with such eloquence about this awful day. If only it were the same in the rest of California right now. As my good friend the center from Pasadena well knows, and I credit her deeply for helping bring this to the fore last year, the Holocaust is being edited out of our classrooms right now because it's an uncomfortable topic. The notion of a genocide in general is just an uncomfortable conversation for people to have. So it's easier to just, if you're a social studies teacher, a history teacher in a California classroom, to just talk about World War II and move on. We, thanks to your work, have changed that in California law, and so every school district in the state is now getting a reminder under SB 472 that the Holocaust is in the education code, and that it's not optional. It's not something we can just edit out because it's uncomfortable in this moment to talk about. It will be crucial that we follow through on that, not just by having that mandate to teach out there, but the funding necessary to train teachers to do that, because this is a hard moment. When you hear words like genocide constantly strewn about on the internet, you don't know how to engage with that in your classroom, and you don't want to get involved. Or maybe you do when you have your own agenda and you're trying to prosecute that agenda in the classroom. But the point is that we need standards and we need ways for teachers to be able to see this through. Because it's one thing for us to stand here on the Senate floor and hallow this holy and awful day. But it's another to make sure the next generation does not believe that it didn't happen or never knows what Auschwitz was. And that this becomes a relic of history and that totalitarianism is somehow seen as some relic of the past. where it's very much alive in all of us every single day, that willingness to somehow bow down to power and have faith in leaders that are truly evil in dangerous moments and in unsure moments of our history. And so we currently will have a conversation in our budget. There's a $10 million proposal to implement SB 472 from the governor. I'm hoping we follow through on that commitment. and we've trained about 5,800 teachers in the state of California already. Not just about the Holocaust, but about genocides of all kinds in Cambodia and Armenia. Turns out the Armenian Genocide was part of the origins of the Holocaust, where the Ottomans actually trained the Nazis. And in turn, the Nazis then trained the Muftis of Jerusalem at the time, afterwards who trained with the SS, how to go finish the job that Hitler couldn't. My father-in-law was stuck in DP camps after surviving five camps and losing his entire family and made it on a boat to Israel and immediately found himself in a war as a teenager, almost dying of starvation or of being exterminated at a gas chamber, and then suddenly to find yourselves immediately in a war for your survival simply because you're Jewish and you want to exist in the state of Israel. and so that kind of history is is a dangerous moment on both the right and the left from being lost and from being contorted So I think the brave people on this floor who represent such a diverse range of political views and diverse backgrounds are going to be crucial to seeing us forward So thank you for bringing this forward. And yeah, I stand in support.

Well, thank you. I thank all my colleagues who spoke. I want to thank my colleague from Los Angeles, all the work he's done on Holocaust education. I appreciate all the words and I respectfully ask for an aye vote on SR 92. Thank you.

Assembly Bill 1389 by Assemblymember Blanco Rubio, an act relating to tribal gaming and declaring the urgency thereof to take effect immediately.

Thank you, Mr. President, for your patience. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, Today I rise to present AB 1389 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio. I rise as chair of the Senate GO Committee to present this bill. AB 1389 will ratify the Second Amendment to the Tribal State Gaming Compact between the state of California and the Yurok tribe of the Yurok Reservation, executed on December 18, 2025. AB 1389 does not change the substantive terms of the existing compact. The bill simply preserves continuity under the existing framework through December 31st, 2026. And the urgency clause appropriately ensures that ratification takes effect immediately to protect the tribe's economic development, stability, and self-sufficiency at the earliest possible time. This bill passed out of the Assembly and the Senate GO Committee with zero, no votes, and bipartisan support. There is no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection will meet upon adjournment downstairs in room 112, which is not our normal room, so just a note. Downstairs in room 112.

The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications will convene in room 1200 in the swing space 10 minutes after the adjournment of the floor session.

a championship-winning football coach who for decades transformed the lives of youth both on and off the field. Mr. Beam began his coaching career in 1979 and joined the coaching team at Oakland Skyland High School in 1982. As head coach at Skyline, Coach Beam brought the Titans many seasons of success with a record of 160 wins, 33 losses, and three ties. After his impressive career at Skyline High, Coach Beam joined the coaching team at Oakland's Laney College in 2004, becoming the head coach in 2012. He led the Laney Eagles to win the California Community College Athletic Association Championship in 2018 and gained national fame after being featured in the Netflix docuseries Last Chance U in 2020. After retiring from coaching, Coach Bean became Laney's athletic director. Coach Bean was more than a legendary football coach in Oakland. He was a builder of futures. For over four decades, he dedicated his life to youth, especially those who far too often go unseen, unheard, or underestimated. He didn't just see potential in underserved youth, he insisted on it. And through the power of sports, he created opportunity. On the field, he taught discipline, resilience, and teamwork. But off the field, he taught people in the power of believing in oneself. He showed his students that wherever you come from does not define where you can go. By building self-confidence, he showed younger generations that the future is theirs to define. Thousands and thousands of young athletes were inspired by Coach Beam's mentorship. He taught them that they were capable, they were worthy, and they are not alone. Many went on to college, some played in the NFL. importantly many ended up getting back to the community with crews in education health care or public service coach being didn't measure success and wins or championships he measured it in lives changed and second chances given in the quiet moments when a young person chose a better path because someone someone believed in them he didn't just coach football he coached life coach being was a giant in the Oakland and East Bay community and many of you may know that he was sadly killed last November and since then thousands and thousands of people in the Oakland East Bay community have mourned and honored coach beams life and I'm honored to honor his life here on the floor of the California State Senate we're joined by his family members in the gallery today with us today are Monica beam Cindy Rivera beam sonha Phillips David Phillips Jenny cop Kopp, Susan Kopp, and Kayla Standard. Thank you for being here today, and our deepest condolences to you and your family. I ask the Senate adjourn in Coach Beam's memory today.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today and honor Cynthia Brantley Pierce, a trailblazer who helped women across the country break the glass ceiling and close the gender gap in public offices. Cynthia was an early supporter of Close the Gap California helping women across the state win elected office As we know Close the Gap was created in 2013 with the goal of achieving gender parity in the California State Legislature by 2028 Despite a 15 period to overcome a major gap with women accounting for just 25 percent of the legislature time, today we're on the cusp of achieving that goal with the state senate, this body, achieving gender parity in 2024. Some of my colleagues would not be sitting beside me today if it wasn't for Cynthia's incredible work and dedication. She also played a key role in helping elect my two predecessors, former Senators Nancy Skinner and Lonnie Hancock, to this body. It was just last month that this body passed SR76, honoring Women's History Month, where many members spoke eloquently of how the world is a better place when women are in positions of power. And Cynthia was the embodiment of that belief and continued fighting for that cause even while battling her own fight with cancer. Cynthia was deft in her ability to connect with people, inspiring others to support causes that advance women's equality. Her mastery of fundraising also made her unstoppable force, helping elevate women on the local, state, and national level. People who know Cynthia would describe her as a kind, passionate, and joyful person, attributes that we need now more than ever in the world of politics. I take comfort in knowing that her legacy will live on with the thousands that countless women, hundreds of women, she helped achieve electoral success and the foundation she created that will inspire women for generations to come. And we're honored to be joined here in the Senate in the gallery by members of her family and friends. With us today in the gallery are Curtis Pierce, her husband, Clayton Pierce, her son, Will Pierce, her son, Polly Paganheart, a family member, and a whole host of friends, Lisa Solomon, Finn, Sharon, Eleanor Moses, Lisa Griffin and Anne Ziegler. We thank you for being here today to honor Cynthia's amazing contributions to the state of California. And, colleagues, I ask the Senate also adjourn in honor of Cynthia Brantley Pierce.

Thank you, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate. Today, with the heavy heart, I would like to close on behalf and the memory of Detective Armando Mando Santana. Detective Santana was a devoted officer of the Almani Police Department and a proud member of the community he so faithfully served in Almani. In his career, he served as patrol officer, school resource officer, and detective. Building on his passion for public service, he served as a proud member of PORAC. Building on his passion for everything that he loved in his community, He was very involved and also coached Little League. Not only did he coach his children, but also everyone else's children. Outside of that work, Mondo, as he was so lovingly called, was also known to play baseball, basketball, and he also played at a college professional level. He was an avid sports fan and loved to play golf as well with his colleagues, and he made friends everywhere he went. Mondo's constant positive attitude a dedication to his family and service an infectious smile will always be remembered by all of us who knew him family was incredibly important to him he was a devoted husband and proud father of two children and his passing leaves behind his family facing such an unimaginable loss. But knowing the family, as I had an opportunity to speak with them, I learned one thing, and that is that their faith is very strong, and their faith will carry them through. In every call he answered, every life he touched, in every moment he stood between danger and the innocent, Mondo embodied what it meant to serve something greater than oneself. His commitment was not measured only in years, but in impact. He was beloved in his community. He grew up in Almani. He wanted to coach his kids in Almani, and he was a police officer there. That only highlights, again, the commitment he had, and he always wanted to serve in a place where he grew up. Again, he was also a devoted husband, and I had the opportunity to hear his wife speak about her husband. He was always there. He was always present. He was always looking out, not only for his children, but for his neighbors. And his wife remembers just how he always invited everyone over. He loved barbecuing. He loved expanding on his friendships. And everywhere he went, he always created lifelong friendships that he cherished. Let us now carry forward his spirit of service. Let us honor his memory, not only in words, but in the way we look after one another. the way we strengthen our communities and in the way we never forget those who stand in the front line and put their lives on the line for all of us Detective Santana watched his end of watch might have ended but his impact will endure in the hearts of those who loved him in the streets he helped keep safe and in the enduring gratitude of a community that will never forget his name. Once again ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, please join me in adjourning in the memory of Detective Armando Sanna Ana. Thank you.

Pro Tem Limon, the desk is clear. Thank you, Mr. President. Today we recognized and we honored the memory of victims of the Holocaust. In remembrance of those we lost, we reminded ourselves that such hatred and injustice can never be allowed to take root again. Not then, not now, not tomorrow. With that, our next fourth session is scheduled for Thursday, April 16th at 9 a.m. The Senate will be in recess until 3.30, in other words, six minutes from now, at which time an adjournment motion will be made. We will reconvene Thursday, April 16th at 9 a.m.