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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 12
          Author:   Mendoza (D), et al.
          Amended:  3/31/11 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 3/3/11


           SUBJECT  :    César Chávez Day

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution 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.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          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' 
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             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 (Polanco), 
             Chapter, 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.

          This resolution 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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No


          PQ:do  7/13/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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