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                                                                  HR 10
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          Date of Hearing:   March 14, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
             HR 10 (Hayashi and Swanson) - As Introduced:  March 7, 2011
                             (As proposed to be amended)
           
          SUBJECT  :   Chief Justice Earl Warren Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates March 19, 2011, and each March 19 
          thereafter, as Chief Justice Earl Warren Day.  Specifically, 
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)Earl Warren was born March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, was 
            raised and educated in the public schools of Bakersfield and 
            lived to see his concepts of American society accepted by most 
            of the nation despite bitter and continuing controversy.

          2)During 1939-1943, Earl Warren served as California's Attorney 
            General; and in 1942 Earl Warren was elected Governor of 
            California.  He served as Governor for three terms and had 
            unprecedented bipartisan support during the elections of 1942, 
            1946, and 1950.

          3)Earl Warren lived simply in the Governor's mansion with his 
            wife and six children and walked the town's streets often, 
            usually from the Governor's Mansion to the Capitol.
           
          4)On September 30, 1953, President Eisenhower nominated Earl 
            Warren to be the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.  
            Earl Warren resigned as Governor and was sworn into office in 
            the Supreme Court chamber on October 5.

          5)On May 14, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the landmark 
            opinion in  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,  holding that 
            segregated public schools violated the 14th Amendment. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           COMMENTS  :   Committee staff recommends adopting committee 
          amendments to correct the year referenced on page 1 of the 
          decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka to 1954. 

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   









                                                                  HR 10
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           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

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