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          Bill No:  ACR 45
          Author:   Ruskin (D) and Feuer (D), et al
          Amended:  4/27/09 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 4/27/09


           SUBJECT  :    California Holocaust Memorial Week

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution 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

           ANALYSIS  :    

          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  
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             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  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

          TSM:do  5/11/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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