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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          AJR 16 (Campos and Alejo)
          As Introduced August 16, 2011
          Majority vote 

           RULES               7-4                                         
           
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          |Ayes:|Skinner, Alejo, Butler,   |     |                          |
          |     |Carter, Mendoza, Hueso,   |     |                          |
          |     |Williams                  |     |                          |
          |     |                          |     |                          |
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          |Nays:|Silva, Donnelly, Hagman,  |     |                          |
          |     |Knight                    |     |                          |
          |     |                          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Memorialize the National Park Service to declare 
          McDonnell Hall a national historic landmark and urges the City 
          of San Jose to similarly designate McDonnell Hall as a historic 
          landmark.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following 
          legislative findings:

          1)McDonnell Hall was originally established by Father Don 
            McDonnell in the Sal Si Puedes barrio of San Jose as a parish 
            of Our Lady of Guadalupe and played an integral role in the 
            life of Cesar Chavez during his time in San Jose.

          2)Cesar Chavez was one of the first to attend the newly 
            established parish and became great friends with Father 
            McDonnell who became a mentor to Chavez teaching him how to 
            apply basic Catholic doctrine to help migrant workers and 
            others suffering from social injustice.

          3)Father McDonnell introduced Fred Ross, a community service 
            organizer, to Cesar Chavez; and Ross taught Chavez the 
            principles of organizing which is believed to have lead Chavez 
            to create "La Causa" in San Jose and started the farm worker 
            movement.

          4)In 2008, Congress directed the United States Department of 
            Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites in 
            California and Arizona that are significant to Cesar Chavez 
            and the farm labor movement, and to determine whether or not 








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            any of those sites should be declared national historic 
            landmarks.  The study is to be completed in November 2011.

          5)The City of San Jose's planning department is currently 
            reviewing a proposal to designate McDonnell Hall as a historic 
            landmark.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 



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