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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SJR 1
Author: Liu (D), et al.
Amended: 6/29/11
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 39-0, 5/19/11
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, Rubio, Runner, Simitian,
Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hernandez
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 7/7/11 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education: the Morrill Act
SOURCE : University of California
DIGEST : This resolution memorializes the President and
the Congress of the United States to renew the commitment
to accessible higher education and the support of research
in the interest of the nation.
Assembly Amendments (1) add co-authors, (2) delete language
congratulating the President and Congress on the foresight
in enacting the Morrill Act, (3) insert language
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memorializing the renewal of the commitment to accessible
higher education and support of research in the interest of
the nation, and (4) make minor technical changes.
ANALYSIS :
Resolution Findings
1.In 1862, the United States was engaged in a Civil War
which divided the nation and depleted its treasury.
2.The Congress of the United States sought to energize the
vital intellectual resources of the nation by enacting
legislation to make higher education accessible to the
public, and thereby apply that intellectual capacity to
stimulate the national economy which, at the time, was
based in agriculture and mechanical arts.
3.President Abraham Lincoln supported, encouraged, and
signed this legislation because it contained ideals that
united the North and the South and was able to be
executed through the allocation of land grants.
4.This legislation known as the Morrill Act, manifested
itself in California with the establishment of the
University of California.
5.The impact of the University of California, and its
sister public postsecondary institutions, the California
State Universities and the California Community Colleges,
has educated millions of Californians and strengthened
not only the state's agricultural industry as promised by
the Morrill Act, but continued to assist the state's
economy in each successive wave of information, including
the industrial age and the information technology age.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/11/11)
University of California (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 7/7/11 (Consent)
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AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth
Gaines, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Halderman,
Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V.
Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams,
Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Davis, Eng, Galgiani, Gorell, Logue,
Nielsen
CPM:cm 7/8/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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