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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 27
Author: Correa (D), et al.
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Black April Memorial Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution declares the week of April 23
through April 30, 2011, as Black April Memorial Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. April 30, 2011, marks the 36th anniversary of the fall
of Saigon on
April 30, 1975, to communism.
2. For many Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans who were
directly involved in the war and Vietnamese Americans
who have settled in the United States, the Vietnam War
was a tragedy full of great suffering and the loss of
American, Vietnamese, and Southeast Asian lives.
3. Fifty-eight thousand one hundred sixty-nine people were
killed and 304,000 were wounded out of the 2.59 million
people who served in the Vietnam War. One out of every
10 Americans who served in Vietnam became a casualty of
war.
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4. After the fall of Saigon, over 135,000 Vietnamese fled
to the United States, including former military and
government officials and Vietnamese who had worked for
the United States during the war, and their families.
5. Thousands of people took boats in order to leave Vietnam
in the late 1970s to mid-1980s. The successful ones
reached refugee camps in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,
the Philippines, and Hong Kong; while approximately
one-half of the people fleeing Vietnam perished at sea.
6. According to the United States Census for 2010, more
than 465,000 Vietnamese live in California, with the
largest concentration of Vietnamese found outside of
Vietnam residing in Orange County.
7. We must teach our children and future generations
important lessons from the Vietnam War, including how
the plight of the Vietnamese refugees following the end
of war serves as a powerful example of the values of
freedom and democracy.
8. 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 world. Californians should set aside
moments of time every year on April 30 to give
remembrance to the soldiers, medical personnel, and
civilians who died during the Vietnam War era in pursuit
of freedom.
9. Vietnamese American communities throughout California
will commemorate April 30, 2011, as Black April, a day
of remembrance.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
PQ:kc 4/26/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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