BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: March 10, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Gordon, Chair
HR
34 (Daly) - As Introduced January 13, 2016
SUBJECT: Black April Memorial Week.
SUMMARY: Proclaims the week of April 23, 2016, to April 30,
2016, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, a special time
for Californians to remember the countless lives lost during the
Vietnam War, and to hope for more justice and liberty for the
people of Vietnam. Specifically, this resolution makes the
following legislative findings:
1)April 30, 2016 marks the 41st year since 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) After the Fall of Saigon, over 135,000 Vietnamese people and
their families fled to the United States, including former
military personnel, government officials, and those who had
worked for the United States during the war.
4) 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
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in Orange County.
5) 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.
6)Vietnamese American communities throughout California will
commemorate April 30, 2016, as Black April, a day of
remembrance and rededication to the principles of freedom,
including freedom of expression, freedom of press, and
Internet freedom.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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