Shannon Grove

It just amazing.

So, uh, Pastor Grace gave it to Senator Shannon Grove.

Shannon Grove has it hanging in her Sacramento office.

Hmm.

She's a strong Christian.

It's made it very easy for people with nefarious agendas to take full advantage of this opportunity.

So your organization actually has sponsored a law, a bill that Senator Shannon Grove put together.

And so tell me about that and what you want it to do and where is it at?

Senator Grove wrote a very kind-hearted bill that we felt was taking everybody's situation into consideration.

And you're, and you're running for a seat.

That's a Shannon Grove has this seat right now and she's term limited out.

So it's, it's a, it's a wide open race for you.

So, yeah.

We've seen all of these different policies and laws and all these things that have come into place.

I think we have selected leaders, you know, very selective leaders and politicians that continue like Senator Shannon Grove, our Mayor Jerry Dyer, our law enforcement that sees it so prevalent here in our area that really tries to prioritize those things.

But I do think that the voice of victims has started to be drowned out amongst other things, especially since the COVID pandemic.

Central Valley Against Human Trafficking reported 2,162 human trafficking victims in the valley between 2010 and 2023, with about 85% of these victims being sex trafficked.

It brings accountability and accountability sets a precedence.

It really does set a brick wall that tells somebody else you really need to think through your actions before you make these next steps because the consequences are significant.

Now SB 1414, another law that was recently passed by the California legislature by Senator Shannon Grove, I'd love for you to talk a little bit about that piece of legislation as well, but are there other pieces of legislation that you'd like to see come out of Sacramento that maybe have not been passed or not been introduced in the legislature?

First and foremost, my hat's off to Senator Shannon Grove.

What kind of hookup can we do for you?

OK, so I've got a question because, you know, Dolly Parton has been on everybody's mind first with her passing and then with the absolutely bipartisan Shannon Grove co-authoring with a Democrat out of San Jose.

The law that Gavin Newsom apparently came into work on a Sunday to sign making September 25th Dolly Parton Day in California.

I think the federal legislature needs to get their act together and get it done.

September 25th, yeah.

Co-author, state Senator Shannon Grove praised Dolly Parton's literacy legacy, saying Dolly Parton sparkled on every stage she ever stood on, but her highest sparkle was the literacy legacy.

It's kind of hard to say.

It is hard to say literacy legacy.

books sent out by the Imagination Library.

This bill, signed again by Governor Gavin Newsom, was co-authored by State Senator John Laird, Democrat out of Santa Cruz, and State Senator Shannon Grove.

Republican out of Bakersfield.

SB 931.

Shannon Grove saying, Dolly sparkled on every stage she ever stood on, but her brightest sparkle was the literary legacy she built through the imagination library.

The love Dolly gave so freely rooted her deep and openly shared faith, and the love the world returned to her shows how deeply cherished she was by everyone.

And now every September 25th, our state will remember the legend who put millions of books in the hands of our youngest readers and inspired the world on how to respect and love one another.

You know what I really love about Shannon Grove's statement is she's capturing something that Dolly herself had actually said.