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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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