Amended in Assembly February 8, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 132

Introduced by Assembly Member Atkins

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Baker, Bloom, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O’Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

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February 2, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 132—Relative to V-Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 132, as amended, Atkins. V-Day.

This measure would proclaim February 14, 2016, as V-Day to encourage all Californians to become more aware about and prevent violence against women.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, The United Nations found that worldwide one out
of every three women will face physical or sexual violence in her
lifetime; and

WHEREAS, In 1994, the United States adopted the Violence
Against Women Act; and

WHEREAS, Today, a woman is beaten every nine seconds in
the United States; one out of every five women in college will be
raped or experience an attempted rape; the third leading cause for
homelessness is domestic violence; and

WHEREAS, The 2011 California Women’s Health Survey found
that approximately 40 percent of women face violence from an
intimate partner and that women 18 to 24 years of age are more
likely to be victims of violence; and

WHEREAS, Violence against women continues to be a serious
issue at home and around the world; and

WHEREAS, On February 14, 1998, Eve Ensler, the writer of
the acclaimed play The Vagina Monologues, established the first
V-Day to raise awareness about violence against women and girls;
and today, V-Day is a worldwide activist movement; and

WHEREAS, On this day, groups around the world will perform
The Vagina Monologues and the proceeds will go to local programs
that support victims of violence and rape; and

WHEREAS, V-Day has raised more than $100 million, has
taken place in 200 countries, and has benefited 13,000 community
antiviolence programs, and its message has reached more than 1
billion people; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims February 14,
2016, as V-Day to encourage all Californians to become more
aware about and prevent violence against women; and be it further

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