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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 34
Author: Correa (D), et al.
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Black April Memorial Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims the week of April 23 to
April 30, 2013, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. April 30, 2013, marks the 38th anniversary of the fall of
Saigon on April 30, 1975, to communism.
2. For many Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans who were directly
involved in the war and Vietnamese Americans who have settled
in the United States, the Vietnam War was a tragedy full of
great suffering and the loss of American, Vietnamese, and
Southeast Asian lives.
3. 58,169 people were killed and 304,000 were wounded out of
the 2.59 million people who served in the Vietnam War. One
out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam became a
casualty of war.
4. After the fall of Saigon, over 135,000 Vietnamese people and
their families fled to the United States, including former
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military personnel, government officials, and those who had
worked for the United States during the war.
5. According to the United States Census for 2010, more than
465,000 Vietnamese live in California, with the largest
concentration of Vietnamese found outside of Vietnam residing
in Orange County.
6. We, the people of California, should actively rededicate
ourselves to the principles of human rights, individual
freedom, sovereignty, and equal protection under the laws of
a just and democratic world. Californians should set aside
moments of time every year on April 30 to give remembrance to
the soldiers, medical personnel, and civilians who died
during the Vietnam War in pursuit of freedom.
This resolution proclaims the week of April 23 to April 30,
2013, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, special time for
Californians to remember the countless lives lost during the
Vietnam War era, and to hope for a more humane and just life for
the people of Vietnam.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
AL:d 4/10/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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