BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 7
Author: Swanson (D), et al
Amended: 1/15/09 in Assembly
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 1/15/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates that Monday, January
19, 2009, be observed as the official memorial of the late
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth and his work on
the Civil Rights Movement; and commemorates the work of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement for
their help in changing public policy from segregation to
integration, for the betterment of the State of California
and the United States of America.
ANALYSIS :
This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1.Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement helped change
public policy from segregation to integration, resulting
in the repeal of the post-Reconstruction era state laws
mandating racial segregation in the South known as the
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"Black Codes," in the passage of laws aimed at ending
economic and social segregation in the North, and in the
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, and other antidiscrimination, full
citizen participation laws.
2.Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement specifically
changes public policy from closed access to open access
in education, employment and labor laws, transportation
policy, election laws, and other aspects of public
policy, particularly those relating to human rights; and,
these public policy changes influenced many changes in
California public policy.
3.These public policy changes at the national level
influenced many changes in California public policy
manifest in the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the Rumford
Fair Housing Act, in open enrollment and access to higher
education, specifically with respect to the California
State University and the University of California, and in
employment and labor laws, transportation policy,
election laws, and other aspects of public policy.
4.Monday, January 19, 2009, marks the 23rd National
Celebration of the National Holiday for Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. and his fight for civil and human rights.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill,
Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley,
Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto,
Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson,
Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller,
Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman,
Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ammiano, Charles Calderon
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TSM:cm 6/23/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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