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 WorksProjectAct . This measure would memorialize each Senator and Representative from this state in the Congress and the President to enactlegislation based onthe Gulf Coast Civic WorksProjectAct , 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 offederal 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.