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          Bill No:  ACR 31
          Author:   Ruskin (D), et al
          Amended:  8/12/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 2/4/10 


           SUBJECT  :    California Holocaust Memorial Week

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution proclaims April 12 through April  
          18, 2010, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and urges  
          Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the  
          victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner. 

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1. More than 60 years have passed since the tragic events  
             we now call the Holocaust transpired, in which six  
             million Jews and five million others were murdered as  
             part of a carefully orchestrated, state-sponsored  
             program of cultural, social, and political annihilation  
             under Nazi tyranny. 

          2. We must recognize the heroism of those who provided  
             assistance to the victims of the Nazi regime and teach  
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             our children and future generations that acts of heroism  
             during the Holocaust serve as a powerful example of how  
             our Nation and its citizens can, and must, respond to  
             acts of hatred and inhumanity. 

          3. The United States Holocaust Memorial Council has  
             designated April 11 through April 18, 2010, as the Days  
             of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust; and we,  
             the people of California, should actively rededicate  
             ourselves to the principles of human rights, individual  
             freedom, and equal protection under the laws of a just  
             and democratic society. 

          This resolution proclaims April 12 through April 18, 2010,  
          as California Holocaust Memorial Week and urges  
          Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the  
          victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

          CTW:mw  8/16/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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