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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 86
          Author:   Hueso (D), et al.
          Amended:  1/30/12 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 1/30/12


           SUBJECT  :    No Place for Hate Month

           SOURCE  :     Anti-Defamation League


           DIGEST  :    This resolution 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.

           ANALYSIS  :    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 
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            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  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  3/21/12)

          Anti-Defamation League (source) 
          California Faculty Association
          Crime Victims Action Alliance
          Equality California



          AGB:nl  3/21/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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