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          Bill No:  ACR 171
          Author:   Gaines (R), et al
          Amended:  6/17/10 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 6/17/10 


           SUBJECT  :    Yellow Ribbon Week

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution declares the week of June 28  
          through July 4, 2010 as Yellow Ribbon Week to show support  
          for military families and for troops fighting in Iraq and  
          Afghanistan.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1. The Yellow Ribbon America Campaign was founded in  
             February 2003, as a nonpartisan, grassroots effort to  
             unite all Americans in directly helping our nation's  
             military members and their families during wartime; and,  
             local businesses, residents, churches, and community  
             groups focus their resources on helping military members  
             and their families in their communities. 

          2. Yellow Ribbon America is a proud National Community  
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             Outreach Partner for the federal Defense Department's  
             "America Supports You" and Military Severely Injured  
             Center's "Heroes to Hometowns" programs. 

          3. Californians are proud of our troops and their families  
             and appreciate the great sacrifice they are making to  
             assure freedom for all, and ceremonial activities have  
             been planned to commemorate Yellow Ribbon Week in  
             support of military families and our troops. 

          This resolution, in support of military families and their  
          loved ones who are defending our country and fighting for  
          the preservation of freedom for all, proclaims the week of  
          June 28 through July 4, 2010 as Yellow Ribbon Week, a  
          special week for Californians to extend their sincerest  
          appreciation for the sacrifices military families and our  
          troops are making and to commemorate our troops and their  
          families with ceremonial activities. 

           Prior/related legislation  .  ACR 81 (Torrico), Resolution  
          Chapter 82, Statutes of 2009, is a nearly identical  
          measure.

          FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

          TSM:mw  6/22/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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