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          Date of Hearing:   March 19, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
             ACR 27 (V. Manuel Pérez) - As Introduced:  February 27, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   César Chávez Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes March 31, 2013, as the anniversary of the  
          birth of César Chávez, and calls upon all Californians to  
          participate in appropriate observances to remember César Chávez  
          as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.  Specifically,  
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)On March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez was born in Yuma,  
            Arizona, to Librado and Juana Chávez.

          2)As a farmworker, César Chávez experienced firsthand the  
            injustice of working long hours with little pay. Under those  
            conditions, Mr. Chávez began a long career in which he worked  
            to improve the working and living conditions for farmworkers  
            preaching nonviolence and fasting to call attention to the  
            immigrant workers' cause.

          3)In 2000, the Legislature enacted SB 984 (Chapter 213, Statutes  
            of 2000) to create an annual state holiday on César Chávez  
            birthday, March 31; and, as provided in the bill, the State  
            Board of Education adopted a model curriculum on the life and  
            work of César Chávez which includes topics on pesticides,  
            immigration, and agriculture's role in the economy.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 









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