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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 4 (Block and Bonnie Lowenthal)
          As Amended April 11, 2011
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(February 14,   |SENATE: |36-0 |(April 14,     |
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                               (adopted by unanimous vote)
           
           Original Committee Reference:    RULES  

           SUMMARY  :  Proclaims May 1 through May 8, 2011, as California 
          Holocaust Memorial Week and urges Californians to observe these 
          days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an 
          appropriate manner.

           The Senate amendments  add co-authors and make grammatical 
          changes.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , the resolution made the following 
          legislative findings:

          1)More than 65 years have passed since the tragic events we now 
            call the Holocaust transpired, in which six million Jews and 
            five million others were murdered as part of a carefully 
            orchestrated, state-sponsored program of cultural, social, and 
            political annihilation under Nazi tyranny.

          2)We must recognize the heroism of those who provided assistance 
            to the victims of the Nazi regime and teach our children and 
            future generations that acts of heroism during the Holocaust 
            serve as a powerful example of how our nation and its citizens 
            can, and must, respond to acts of hatred and inhumanity.

          3)The United States Holocaust Memorial Council has designated 
            May 1 through May 8, 2011, as the Days of Remembrance of the 
            Victims of the Holocaust; and we, the people of California, 
            should actively rededicate ourselves to the principles of 
            human rights, individual freedom, and equal protection under 
            the laws of a just and democratic society.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None









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