BILL NUMBER: AJR 22	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 12, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Coto, Ruskin, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Berg, Brownley, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Davis, De La
Torre, De Leon, DeSaulnier, Dymally, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fuentes,
Galgiani, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez, Huffman, Jones, Karnette,
Krekorian, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieu, Ma, Mendoza, Mullin, Nava,
Nunez, Parra, Portantino, Price, Salas, Saldana, Solorio, Soto,
Spitzer, Swanson, Torrico, and Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Corbett, and Maldonado)

                        MAY 3, 2007

   Relative to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 22, as amended, Lieber. Hurricane Katrina: disaster relief:
Gulf Coast Civic Works  Project   Act  .
   This measure would memorialize each Senator and Representative
from this state in the Congress and the President to enact 
legislation based on  the Gulf Coast Civic Works 
Project   Act  , a national effort to create
100,000 jobs for Gulf Coast residents to rebuild their communities.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Hurricane Katrina damaged over 200,000 Gulf Coast homes;
and
   WHEREAS, Hurricane Katrina destroyed schools, hospitals, roads,
community centers, bridges, parks, and forest lands; and
   WHEREAS, a coordinated local, state, and federal effort is
required to rebuild the communities of the Gulf Coast region, using
citizens from the region; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 101,000 Louisianans have applied for aid to
rebuild their homes, but only several thousand people have received
grant assistance; and
   WHEREAS, During the Great Depression, when the United States faced
a crisis, our country created 800,000 jobs in two weeks, and 4
million jobs in two months; and
   WHEREAS, Public workers in projects such as the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression built or repaired
2,500 hospitals, 6,000 schools, 13,000 playgrounds, and built the
Golden Gate Bridge; and
   WHEREAS, The neglect of the Gulf Coast region after the impact of
Hurricane Katrina is a tragedy that requires the attention of every
American, regardless of party affiliation or state of residence; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature supports the passage of
 federal legislation based on the Gulf Coast Civic Works
Project,   federal legislation known as the Gulf Coast
Civic Works Act, H.R. 4048, introduced in the United States Congress
on November 1, 2007, by Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Charlie
Melancon, and Gene Taylor,  a national effort to create 100,000
jobs for Gulf Coast residents to rebuild their communities; and be it
further
   Resolved, That a WPA-like project for the Gulf Coast will rebuild
homes and shattered lives, and will restore faith in our federal
government; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to each Senator and Representative from California in
the Congress of the United States and the President of the United
States urging their support in passing this federal legislation.