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          Date of Hearing:   March 10, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                     SCR 8 (Yee) - As Amended:  February 24, 2011

           SENATE VOTE  :   36-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Sunshine Week. 

           SUMMARY  :   Designates March 13 through March 19, 2011, as 
          Sunshine Week and encourages all Californians to participate in 
          appropriate activities relating to open government and access to 
          public information.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the 
          following legislative findings:

          1)Although originally created by journalists, Sunshine Week is 
            about the public's right to know what its government is doing 
            and why; and, the American Society of News Editors launched 
            Sunshine Week in March 2005 to be observed annually and 
            coincide with National Freedom of Information Day and 
            President James Madison's birthday on March 16.

          2)Sunshine Week is now a national initiative to promote a 
            dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom 
            of information; and, participants include news media, civic 
            groups, libraries, nonprofit entities, schools, and others 
            interested in the public's right to know.

          3)Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an 
            active role in all levels of government and to give people 
            access to information that makes their lives better and their 
            communities stronger.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file.








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