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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1652
Author: Olsen (R) and Valadao (R), et al.
Amended: 8/16/12 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMM. : 13-0, 6/12/12
AYES: Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella,
Corbett, De Le�n, Evans, Hernandez, Padilla, Walters,
Wyland, Yee
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/10/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : California American Portuguese Veterans
Memorial
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the construction and
maintenance of a memorial in the existing All Veterans
Memorial to honor California American Portuguese veterans.
ANALYSIS : To date, legislatively approved memorials
include, but are not limited to the California Veterans
Memorial, California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Peace
Officers Memorial, World Peace Rose Garden,
Mexican-Americans Veterans Memorial, Firefighters Memorial,
Spanish-American War Memorial, bronze seals commemorating
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the California Indians and Spanish/Mexican settlers,
Search-and-Rescue Memorial, Crime Victims Memorial, and a
Purple Heart Memorial.
This bill:
1. Requires the Department of General Services in
consultation with California American Portuguese Club to
be responsible for planning and construction of a
memorial to honor California American Portuguese
veterans.
2. Establishes a California American Portuguese Veterans
Memorial Committee to identify an appropriate location
for the memorial in the Capitol Historic Region within
the existing boundary of the All Veterans Memorial, and
to review a memorial design, in consultation with the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
3. Requires funds for the planning, construction, and
maintenance of the memorial be provided through private
donations to the American Portuguese Club, Inc.
4. Prohibits the construction of the memorial until the
master plan for the State Capitol Park is approved by
the Joint Committee on Rules and the Joint Committee on
Rules and the Department of Finance have determined that
sufficient private funding is available to construct and
maintain the memorial.
Background
The author's office states this bill authorizes the
California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial in the All
Veterans Memorial in the Capitol State Park. The memorial
will be funded exclusively through private donations.
California American Portuguese Veterans are without a
memorial to properly honor the service and sacrifices given
by these men and women.
The Joint Rules Committee is working with DGS to develop a
master plan for the Capitol Park grounds. Until the plan
is developed, DGS has instituted an unofficial moratorium
on additional memorials in Capitol Park, which is supported
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by the Joint Rules Committee.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/14/12)
AFSCME
American Legion
American Portuguese Club (Sacramento)
AMVETS
California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
California State Commanders Veterans Council
Vietnam Veterans of America
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/10/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Pan, Perea,
Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson,
Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cook, Fletcher, Furutani, Jeffries,
Norby, Olsen, V. Manuel P�rez
DLW:d 8/20/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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