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                                                                  ACR 45
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          Date of Hearing:   April 16, 2009

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                 Ted W. Lieu, Chair
                    ACR 45 (Ruskin) - As Amended:  March 31, 2009
           
          SUBJECT  :   California Holocaust Memorial Week.

           SUMMARY  :  Proclaims April 20 through April 26, 2009, as  
          California Holocaust Memorial Week and urges Californians to  
          observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the  
          Holocaust in an appropriate manner.  Specifically, this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:  

          1)More than 60 years have passed since the tragic events we now  
            call the Holocaust transpired, in which six million Jews and  
            five million others were murdered as part of a carefully  
            orchestrated, state-sponsored program of cultural, social, and  
            political annihilation under Nazi tyranny.

          2)We must teach our children and future generations that acts of  
            heroism during the Holocaust serve as a powerful example of  
            how our nation and its citizens can, and must, respond to acts  
            of hatred and inhumanity.

          3)The United States Holocaust Memorial Council has designated  
            April 20 through April 26, 2009, as the Days of Remembrance of  
            the Victims of the Holocaust, including the International Day  
            of Remembrance known as Yom HaShoah, on April 21, 2009.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800