BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 807| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: SB 807 Author: Price (D), et al. Amended: As introduced Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/24/13 AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Monning SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 SUBJECT : California State University: African American Political and Economic Institute SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill requires the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus to rename its African American Political and Economic Institute as the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute. ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the California State University (CSU) and allows the institution to be governed by a Board of Trustees. The CSU and its Trustees are subject to Acts of the Legislature; however, the system exercises autonomy in the development of curriculum and academic standards. This bill requires the California State University, Dominguez Hills campus to rename its African American Political and CONTINUED SB 807 Page 2 Economic Institute as the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute. Comments According to the author, this bill would pay lasting and appropriate tribute to former Lt. Governor, State Senator and Assemblymember Mervyn M. Dymally who passed away this past winter. African American Political and Economic Institute . The mission of the institute is to influence public policy debates through on-going academic and community research dealing with African American economic and political development issues in California. In addition, the institute documents and analyzes the professional lives and achievements of African American public-elected officials, business leaders, and policy makers, as well as the impact of their efforts on the political, social, and economic development in the African American communities and other disadvantaged communities. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 5/6/13) California Black Chamber of Commerce California State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People PQ:nl 5/6/13 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****