BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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34 (Cooper and Cooley)
As Amended April 8, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
|----------------+------+-----------------------+---------------------|
|Rules |11-0 |Gordon, Chang, Burke, | |
| | |Campos, Cooley, Dodd, | |
| | |Jones, Mayes, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Waldron, | |
| | |Wood | |
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SUMMARY: The resolution asks for remembrance for those who lost
their lives during the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms and
massacre. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)November 2014 marked the 30th anniversary of the horrific
anti-Sikh pogroms, which claimed the lives of thousands of Sikhs
throughout India in the first week of November 1984.
2)Many Sikh lives were saved from the massacre by compassionate
Indians of all religious backgrounds, who put their own lives at
risk by providing shelter to their Sikh friends and neighbors.
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3)Sikh homes, businesses, and houses of worship (gurdwaras) were
looted, damaged, and destroyed during the pogroms; as well as
the Sikh people being beaten with iron rods, forcibly shorn of
their hair, which for religious reasons they require hair to
remain uncut, set on fire, and many women were sexually
assaulted.
4)Eyewitnesses, journalists, and human rights activists have
compiled evidence showing that government and law enforcement
officials organized, participated in, and failed to intervene to
prevent the killings through direct and indirect means.
5)The pogroms resulted in the intentional destruction of many Sikh
families, communities, homes and businesses.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0000134