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          Date of Hearing: April 20, 2015  


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          HR 4  
          (Campos) - As Amended April 8, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Black April Memorial Week. 


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims the week of April 23, 2015, to April 30,  
          2015, 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, 2015 marks the 40th 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. 









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           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  
             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, 2015, 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









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          None on file




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