BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 15, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard Gordon, Chair
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39 (Block) - As Introduced April 9, 2015
SENATE VOTE: 36-0
SUBJECT: Jewish American Heritage Month.
SUMMARY: Recognizes May 2015 as Jewish American heritage Month,
encourages all Californians to participate in appropriate
observances with activities that celebrate and commemorate
Jewish American Heritage Month. Specifically, this resolution
makes the following legislative findings:
1)For thousands of years, the Jewish people have sustained their
identity and traditions while persevering in the face of
persecution, enslavement, years of wandering, forced
segregation, and the horrors of the Holocaust.
2)Ever since the first Dutch Jew set foot in New Amsterdam in
1654, Jews have been contributing bountifully to the culture
and history of the United States, have achieved great success,
strengthened the country, and helped shape the American way of
life through their deep commitment to faith, family, and
community.
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3)Jewish Americans have continued their strong support for
ending discrimination in voting, employment, public
accommodation, and in society at large, by prominently
participating in virtually every civil rights effort in the
American experience, including those for women, farmworkers,
the disabled, and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
Americans.
4)Jewish American Heritage Month is the time when the rich
history of Jewish Americans is celebrated and their
contributions to this nation are honored, and also an
opportunity to remember and thank the many Jewish Americans
who defend this nation's ideals as members of the United
States Armed Forces.
5)Jewish Americans continue to guide the nation's progress as
scientists, teachers, entrepreneurs, public servants, private
citizens, leaders, and parents.
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