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          Date of Hearing:  March 19, 2015 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          HR 11  
          (Eduardo Garcia) - As Introduced February 26, 2015


          SUBJECT: César Chávez.  


          SUMMARY:  Recognizes March 31, as the anniversary of the birth  
          of César Chávez, and calls upon all Californians to recognize  
          the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through to  
          feed all the families in our state and to learn from César  
          Chávez's life and his mission of nonviolence, social justice,  
          and selfless service to others.  Specifically,  this resolution   
          makes the following legislative findings:


          1)On March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez was born in the North  
            Gila River Valley in  Arizona on a small family farm his  
            grandfather homesteaded.

          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)Through countless strikes, boycotts, marches, and fasts that  
            produced many victories and some defeats, César Chávez, who  
            even considered vegetarianism an integral part of living  








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            nonviolently, never stopped his peaceful battles on behalf of  
            the farmworkers with whom he shared his life.

          4)César Chávez dedication to his work earned him the respect of  
            some of our greatest political and civil rights leaders,  
            including Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jesse  
            Jackson.  César Chávez's motto in life, "Si Se Puede!" or "Yes  
            We Can!" has served as an inspiration not only for Latinos,  
            but for working Americans of all walks of life.

          5)In 2000, the Legislature enacted SB 984 (Chapter 213, Statutes  
            of 2000) to create an annual state holiday on César Chávez's  
            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








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          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800