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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 17
          Author:   Fong (D), et al.
          Amended:  3/17/11 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 3/17/11


           SUBJECT  :    Campus Safety Month

           SOURCE  :     Coalition Against Sexual Assault


           DIGEST  :    This resolution declares March as Campus Safety 
          Month, and encourages citizens to visit the Internet Web 
          site of the California Postsecondary Education Commission 
          to view public safety information about public and private 
          colleges and universities.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following 
          legislative findings: 

          1. California public and private colleges and universities 
             will serve over 2.7 million students; and, these 
             institutions have a responsibility to protect students 
             and the nearby communities from violent and property 
             crimes. 

          2. California colleges and universities report that 29,000 
             crimes occurred in 2008, including 688 aggravated 
             assaults, 479 sex offenses, 137 arson crimes, 6,300 
             property crimes, and four murders, as reported by the 
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             Postsecondary Education Commission. 

          3. A coalition of rape crisis centers, known as the 
             California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, has 
             partnered with the California Postsecondary Education 
             Commission, the University of California, the California 
             State University, California Community Colleges and the 
             Association of Independent California Colleges and 
             Universities to promote safe campuses and communities. 

          This resolution declares March as Campus Safety Month, and 
          encourages citizens to visit the Internet Web site of the 
          California Postsecondary Education Commission to view 
          public safety information about public and private colleges 
          and universities.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  3/31/11)

          Coalition Against Sexual Assault (source)


          CTW:mw  3/31/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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