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Senate adjourns in memory of several Californians; lawmaker urges more protections after clinician's fatal stabbing
Summary
The California State Senate delivered extended adjourned-in-memory remarks for multiple Californians, including Alberto Rangel, a behavioral health clinician fatally stabbed at San Francisco General Hospital; Senator Weiner used the memorial to urge stronger safety protections for health-care workers.
The California State Senate paused its routine business on Jan. 16 to adjourn in memory of several Californians, delivering extended tributes that highlighted long records of civic service and, in one case, raised concerns about workplace safety for health-care providers.
Senator Cortese asked the chamber to adjourn in memory of Elizabeth 'Betsy' Hammer Carr, recounting her decades of activism on civil-rights causes, housing access and prisoners' rights and describing her long record of community organizing. Cortese said Carr had been "involved in the Fair Workplace Collaborative, the COVID Assistance Network" and Measure A housing efforts and asked colleagues to remember her…
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