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                                                                  ACR 86 
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          Date of Hearing:   January 26, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   ACR 86 (Hueso) - As Introduced:  January 4, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   No Place for Hate Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates February 2012 as No Place for Hate Month; 
          urges that the issue of hate crimes, and methods of preventing 
          them, be discussed with appropriate activities in schools during 
          this month; and encourages Californians to adopt a culture of 
          tolerance, to accept diversity, and to embrace each other as 
          individuals every day.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the 
          following legislative findings:  

          1)Every person deserves the basic principles of equality and 
            civil rights guaranteed to all persons by the United States 
            Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and it is the right of 
            every person to live with the expectation that he or she will 
            not be physically, emotionally, or psychologically abused or 
            intimidated.

          2)Hatred and bigotry remain significant and dangerous problems 
            in the United States and in California; and the State of 
            California can move toward the goal of eliminating hate by 
            enacting the Anti-Defamation League's No Place for Hate 
            program.

          3)The No Place for Hate program enables people to challenge 
            anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, and all forms of bigotry in 
            their communities; and this program seeks to provide a model 
            for responding to and preventing acts of hatred by providing 
            resources and education to California school districts.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          Anti-Defamation League, Western States Counsel

           Opposition 
           








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          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800