Amended in Assembly June 25, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 83

Introduced by Assembly Member Campos

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia begin delete and Irwin end delete begin insert , Irwin, Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O’Donnell, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood end insert )

(Coauthors: Senators Jackson and Liu)

June 2, 2015

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 83—Relative to the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 83, as amended, Campos. The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls: 50th anniversary.

This measure would congratulate the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls on the celebration of its 50th anniversary, and recognize and commend the commission for its various contributions and accomplishments.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, The California Commission on the Status of
Women and Girls is celebrating its 50th anniversary, its many
achievements, and its significant impact on California’s women
and girls; and

WHEREAS, The California Commission on the Status of
Women and Girls is an agency of state government, created in
1965 by the California State Legislature, and is mandated to
challenge discrimination against women and girls in California,
promote equity for women and girls, and encourage their full
economic and social participation in this state; and

WHEREAS, The commission is the only state agency that
focuses exclusively on issues relating to the needs and concerns
of California’s women and girls; and

WHEREAS, The commission examines any laws, practices, or
conditions concerning or affecting women and girls that impose
special limitations or burdens upon them or upon society, or that
limit or tend to limit opportunities available to women and girls;
and

WHEREAS, The commission promotes standards and best
practices for equity for women and girls and acts as an information
and referral center on issues that affect the lives of women and
girls; and

WHEREAS, During the past 50 years, the commission has
contributed to the development of public policy in the areas of
women’s health and safety, equal opportunity in education and
employment, child and other dependent care, economic security,
family law, sexual harassment, violence against women, human
trafficking, women in prison, gender equity in the media, and
women in the military, women veterans, and military families; and

WHEREAS, The commission has sponsored public hearings
and educational forums in collaboration with California’s state
legislative committees, local commissions on the status of women
and girls, and other state agencies and women’s organizations, and
is a trusted ally to advocates and community groups; and

WHEREAS, The commission strives to develop innovative
initiatives with government and the business and nonprofit sectors;
and

WHEREAS, The commission has developed innovative
partnerships with the Department of Veterans Affairs to support
women veterans, with the State Department of Education to expand
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
education for women and girls, and with the Office of Emergency
Services on the State Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault
Victim Services; and

WHEREAS, The commission continues to address emerging
issues affecting the diverse population of California’s women and
their families; and

WHEREAS, The California Commission on the Status of
Women and Girls has a comprehensive agenda to promote the full
potential and contribution of the more than 19 million women and
girls in the state of California; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the California Commission on the Status
of Women and Girls be congratulated on the celebration of its 50th
anniversary, recognized for its contributions to improving public
policy impacting the lives of California’s women and girls,
commended for the continued vision and commitment of its past
and present members and their staff on behalf of California’s
women and girls, and that best wishes be extended for the
continued success of the Commission in the future; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.