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          Date of Hearing:   March 17, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                 ACR 12 (Mendoza) - As Introduced:  January 31, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :   César Chávez Day.

           SUMMARY  :  Recognizes March 31, 2011, as the anniversary of the 
          birth of César Chávez, and calls upon all Californians to 
          participate in appropriate observances to remember César Chávez 
          as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.  Specifically, 
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings: 

          1)On March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez was born in Yuma, 
            Arizona, to Librado and Juana Chávez.

          2)As a farmworker, César Chávez experienced firsthand the 
            injustice of working long hours with little pay.  Under those 
            conditions, Mr. Chávez began a long career in which he worked 
            to improve the working and living conditions for farmworkers 
            preaching nonviolence and fasting to call attention to the 
            immigrant workers' cause.

          3)During his lifetime, César Chávez established an unparalleled 
            legacy of accomplishments as a national labor and civil rights 
            leader; founding the first successful farmworkers' union in 
            the United States and leading by example so that he might help 
            others.  

          4)In 2000, the Legislature enacted SB 984 (Chapter 213, Statutes 
            of 2000) to create an annual state holiday on César Chávez' 
            birthday, March 31; and, as provided in the bill, the State 
            Board of Education adopted a model curriculum on the life and 
            work of César Chávez which includes topics on pesticides, 
            immigration, and agriculture's role in the economy.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.









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           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

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