BILL NUMBER: ACR 132	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 14, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 8, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 8, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins
   (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)

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2016

   Relative to V-Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 132, 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.



   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.