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          Date of Hearing:   January 14, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  ACR 2 (Mitchell) - As Introduced:  January 9, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

           SUMMARY  :   Designates Monday, January 21, 2013, be observed as  
          the official memorial of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s  
          birth; commemorates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr.  
          Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in  
          changing public policy in California and in the United States of  
          America; and, also recognizes the anniversary of the  
          Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington.  
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement  
            helped change public policy from legal and socially acceptable  
            discrimination and segregation to an open and accessible  
            policy of racial integration leading to equal participation  
            and access to education, employment, transportation,  
            elections, and other aspects of public policy relating to  
            human rights; and, these public policy changes influenced many  
            changes in California public policy.  

           2)Monday, January 21, 2013, marks the 27th National Celebration  
            of the National Holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and  
            his fight for civil and human rights.  
                 
           3)The year 2013, also commemorates the 150th anniversary of the  
            Emancipation Proclamation, a wartime measure issued by  
            President Abraham Lincoln, freeing relatively few slaves, but  
            fueling the fire of the enslaved to strike for their freedom.  

          FISCAL EFFECT  :   None


           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.









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