State Legislators Celebrate Life of Rose Ochi Posted On SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature on Jan. 11 adjourned in memory to celebrate the life of civil rights activist and attorney Takayo Rose Matsui Ochi, led by Assemblymembers Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), and Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance). Rose Ochi Ochi, who endured her early life in American concentration camps during World War II, was the first Asian American woman commissioner on the Los Angeles Police Commission and the first Asian American woman U.S. assistant attorney general. She passed away on Dec. 13, 2020. “Rose Ochi is a national treasure,” said Holden. “She not only survived the internment camps but used that experience to make a positive impact for Japanese Americans with redress movement, and fought for justice and fairness for all Americans.”