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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 85
          Author:   Leno (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

            ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 8/30/05 (Passed on Consent) - See  
            last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Court Adoption and Permanency Month

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution proclaims November 2005, as  
          Court Adoption and Permanency Month.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1. Each year in California, there are more than 490,000  
             reports of child abuse and neglect and approximately  
             27,000 children enter foster care.

          2. Almost 85,000 children in California are living apart  
             from their families in out-of-home care.

          3. Thirty-four percent of the children in foster care in  
             California have been away from their families in  
             out-of-home care for four or more years.
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          4. Of the more than 35,000 children exiting foster care  
             between January and December 2004, 52 percent reunited  
             with their families and 20 percent were adopted.
           
          5. The Judicial Council of California is committed to  
             working with the Governor, the Legislature, and local  
             courts and communities to bring about permanency for  
             children who have been abused and neglected.

          6. Local courts and communities throughout California have  
             created programs promoting adoption and permanency that  
             have resulted in a decrease in the number of children  
             waiting for permanent, safe homes.

          This resolution proclaims November 2005, to be Court  
          Adoption and Permanency Month, in which the courts and  
          their local communities are encouraged to join together in  
          activities to expedite permanency. 

           FISCAL EFFECT :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Aghazarian, Arambula, Baca, Bass, Benoit, Berg,  
            Bermudez, Blakeslee, Bogh, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan,  
            Chavez, Chu, Cogdill, Cohn, Coto, Daucher, De La Torre,  
            DeVore, Dymally, Emmerson, Evans, Frommer, Garcia,  
            Goldberg, Hancock, Harman, Haynes, Jerome Horton, Shirley  
            Horton, Houston, Huff, Jones, Karnette, Keene, Klehs,  
            Koretz, La Malfa, La Suer, Laird, Leno, Leslie, Levine,  
            Lieber, Liu, Matthews, Maze, McCarthy, Montanez,  
            Mountjoy, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nation, Nava, Negrete  
            McLeod, Niello, Parra, Pavley, Plescia, Richman,  
            Ridley-Thomas, Sharon Runner, Ruskin, Saldana, Salinas,  
            Spitzer, Strickland, Torrico, Tran, Umberg, Vargas,  
            Villines, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee, Nunez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Oropeza, Vacancy


          AGB:mel  9/2/05   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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