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                                                                  SCR 19
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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2009

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                 Ted W. Lieu, Chair
                   SCR 19 (Steinberg) - As Amended:  March 16, 2009

           SENATE VOTE :   37-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Jewish American Heritage Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates May 2009 as Jewish American Heritage  
          Month.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following  
          legislative findings:   

          1)The earliest Jewish immigrants came to California as early as  
            the seventeenth century fleeing persecution from the Spanish  
            Inquisition; and later, Jewish immigrants from Germany and  
            Austria-Hungary were among the original "forty-niners," who  
            enjoyed unprecedented freedom and social mobility to pursue  
            their dreams of independence, prosperity and serving in  
            political office.

          2)Since then, successive waves of Jewish immigrants have come to  
            California to find a better life and have made significant  
            contributions to California's culture and society; and in the  
            decades after the Second World War, the remaining barriers to  
            Jewish educational, economic, and social advancement fell  
            rapidly as California society led the way in tolerance of  
            diversity and a commitment to an open society. 
           
          FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
          
          None on file.
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800