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          Bill No:  SCR 27
          Author:   Correa (D), et al.
          Amended:  4/9/12
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE FLOOR  :  38-0, 4/28/11
          AYES:  Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon, 
            Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Dutton, 
            Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Harman, Huff, 
            Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete 
            McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Runner, Simitian, 
            Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright, 
            Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Hernandez, Rubio

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Not available


           SUBJECT  :    Black April Memorial Week

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution proclaims the week of April 23 
          to April 30, 2012, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, 
          to remember the countless lives lost during the Vietnam War 
          era, and to hope for a more humane and just life for the 
          people of Vietnam.

           Assembly Amendments  (1) change the date from April 30, 
          2011, the 36th Anniversary to April 30, 2012, 37th 
          Anniversary, (2) add coauthors, and (3) make technical 
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          changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following 
          legislative findings: 

          1. 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. 

          2. One out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam 
             became a casualty of war; and out of the 2.59 million 
             people who served in the Vietnam War, 58,169 people were 
             killed and 304,000 were wounded. 

          3. April 30, 2012, marks the 37th anniversary of the fall 
             of Saigon in 1975 to communism. 

          4. We must teach our children and future generations 
             important lessons from the Vietnam War; and 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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No


          PQ:kc  5/3/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

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