BILL NUMBER: ACR 148	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Charles Calderon

                        MARCH 22, 2010

   Relative to the Armenian Martyrs Memorial.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 148, as introduced, Charles Calderon. Armenian Martyrs
Memorial.
   This measure would request the Department of Transportation to
erect informational signs on State Highway Route 60 in the County of
Los Angeles directing motorists to the Armenian Martyrs Monument,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system
and upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to
cover the cost to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, The horrible experience of the Armenian people living in
the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is what is known by historians as the
"First Genocide of the Twentieth Century," and as the prototype of
modern day mass killing; and
   WHEREAS, The Armenian Genocide began with the arrest, exile, and
murder of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals, and business,
political, and religious leaders, starting on April 24, 1915; and
   WHEREAS, The lives of nearly 1,500,000 Armenians were taken during
this dark period in world history from 1915-21; and
   WHEREAS, The Armenian Martyrs Monument was erected in 1965 in
Bicknell Park in the City of Montebello in dedication to the
1,500,000 Armenian victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Turkish
Government between 1915-21, and to men of all nations who have
fallen victim to crimes against humanity; and
   WHEREAS, The Armenian Martyrs Monument is the site of religious
and cultural commemorations by the Armenian community in southern
California; and
   WHEREAS, The Armenian Martyrs Monument serves as a beacon of
awareness for crimes against all of humanity; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the importance of
the Armenian Martyrs Monument to the people of California and
requests the Department of Transportation to erect informational
signs on the westbound portion of State Highway Route 60 leading to
the Garfield Avenue exit and the eastbound portion of State Highway
Route 60 leading to the Garfield Avenue exit, in the County of Los
Angeles, directing motorists to the Armenian Martyrs Monument,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system
and upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to
cover the cost to erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.